MI6 chief Richard Moore admits he only went to ‘half a dozen lectures’ while at Oxford University

Confessions of a spy boss: MI6 chief Richard Moore admits he only went to ‘half a dozen lectures’ while at Oxford University as he wanted to play hockey and see his girlfriend MI6 boss says he was not the ‘perfect student’ during three year stint at Oxford He admitted to focusing mainly on hockey and … Read more

Jason Statham gives a glimpse of his MI6 agent character in new poster

Jason Statham gives a glimpse of his MI6 agent character in new poster for the upcoming spy thriller Wrath of Man directed by Guy Ritchie By Amelia Wynne For Mailonline Published: 15:52 GMT, 25 March 2021 | Updated: 16:07 GMT, 25 March 2021 He is set to take on a leading role in the upcoming … Read more

New MI6 chief Richard Moore becomes first member of British secret service to post on Twitter

The new head of MI6 has become the first member of the British secret service to openly post on Twitter. Richard Moore already had an account before taking over as ‘C’ and said he plans to continue using the social media site but ‘can neither confirm nor deny how often’. The 57-year-old tweeted last night … Read more

How Czech double agent snared BBC security editor Frank Gardener’s MI6 spy father

Dread and paranoia had settled over Prague like smog.  Dissent was brutally crushed by the Communist regime, suspected traitors executed on the flimsiest of pretexts.  But when MI6 officer Robert Gardner, having flown in from London, passed through the revolving doors of the famous Alcron hotel on February 20, 1951 – just as Winston Churchill, Charlie … Read more

New MI6 boss Richard Moore’s grandad was IRA fighter who won medal for fighting against British rule

New MI6 boss Richard Moore’s grandad was IRA fighter who won medal for fighting against British rule Richard Moore’s grandfather was an IRA fighter between 1916 and 1922 Jack Buckley won a medal from Sinn Fein for fighting against the British rule Mr Moore, 57, is set to take over as head of the Secret … Read more

Oxford-educated career diplomat Richard Moore takes over as ‘C’ – the new head of MI6

Oxford-educated career diplomat Richard Moore has taken over as ‘C’ – the new head of MI6.    Moore, 57, joined MI6 in 1987, just four years before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. While there he ‘undertook a range of roles across the Service both in the UK and overseas,’ according to his official … Read more

Former MI6 spy’s dossier sparks Huawei storm over ‘useful idiots’ claims

The diplomatic war over Huawei took an extraordinary twist last night after a controversial dossier accused China of trying to manipulate key Establishment figures in the UK. Entitled China’s Elite Capture, the 86-page report details an alleged campaign by Beijing to persuade influential individuals to back Huawei and its strategic aims. Among a string of … Read more

How BBC’s Frank Gardner’s father was Cold War MI6 agent caught up in a shootout with Czech soldiers

In a quiet street on the outskirts of Ostrava in Communist Czechoslovakia, a British secret agent carefully unearths a package containing highly classified documents.  Working with practised ease, he replaces it with cash, which he puts in a food tin, along with instructions for his contact, and buries it in the pre-arranged spot. It is … Read more