George Blake

Accessibility help Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer

Saturday, 5 October, 2024

FT Magazine
Why it took 25 years to solve the greatest prison break in British history
The unlikely story of the trio behind Soviet agent George Blake’s infamous bolt from Wormwood Scrubs
Wednesday, 10 February, 2021

ReviewBiography and memoir
The Happy Traitor, by Simon Kuper — George Blake, an imperfect spy
The cold war double agent refused to recognise the deadly consequences of his betrayal
Friday, 29 January, 2021

FT Magazine
Tales from a traitor — an encounter with cold war spy George Blake
‘I’m sorry about the suffering I caused. But, well, there’s nothing to be done about that’
Friday, 8 December, 2017

ReviewLife & Arts
Cell Mates — Simon Gray’s intriguing yarn at the Hampstead Theatre, London
Geoffrey Streatfeild is compelling as the double agent George Blake in this curious drama