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Ben Macintyre
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Obituaries
A Friend Among Spies
For 60 years, real-life spy turned author John le Carré wrote elegant best-sellers that used the world of espionage to expose the complexities of human nature
By
Ben Macintyre
December 19, 2020
Books
The Game Is Afoot
Netflix and the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle are butting heads over Sherlock Holmes’s true identity
By
Ben Macintyre
November 28, 2020
Crime and Scandal
The Making of a Madam
Growing up, Ghislaine Maxwell was envied, admired, and teased, but what made her conspire with Jeffrey Epstein for decades?
By
Ben Macintyre
July 11, 2020
Modern Times
Lessons of the Spanish Flu
What can we learn from the 20th century’s deadliest virus outbreak?
By
Ben Macintyre
March 14, 2020
Crime and Scandal
Have a Seat!
The naughty French love chair designed for Edward VII to facilitate a threesome
By
Ben Macintyre
February 22, 2020
Modern Times
Putin on the Ritz
To understand Russia’s leader, go back to Stalin
By
Ben Macintyre
January 25, 2020
Film and Television
All Fact-Checked on the Western Front
How much in Sam Mendes’s film
1917
is actually true?
By
Ben Macintyre
January 11, 2020
Culture
Boris-Ripper
Britain’s new prime minister wrote a comic novel with racy language and racial slights
By
Ben Macintyre
August 3, 2019