George Smiley says,

"There I shall establish myself as a mild eccentric. Discursive, withdrawn, but possessing one or two lovable habits, such as muttering to myself as I bumble along innocent pavements. I shall become an oak of my own generation".

#GeorgeSmiley #AlecGuinness #JohnLeCarre

I woke up today remembering this.
I still can't believe we're getting George Smiley back in our screens; if the books are adapted properly, we could be talking about the best spy show in years.
It might be a perfect time to re-read the Smiley series.
#JohnleCarré
#GeorgeSmiley

#TinkerTailorSoldierSpy #EspionageThriller #SpyClassic #CerebralThriller #ColdWarCinema

#JohnLeCarre #LeCarreClassic #AdaptedFromTheNovel #LiteraryThriller #MasterfulAdaptation

#GaryOldman #GeorgeSmiley #IconicPerformance #SpyLegend #StarPerformance

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWt3...

Büyük aktör, orijinal #ObiWanKenobi , orijinal #GeorgeSmiley , orijinal #YevgrafZgivago #AlecGuinness başroldeymiş. En kısa sürede izleyeceğim #ColonelNicholson 'cığımı. 🥰

Classical CDs! Lots of them! All good! Read more here: www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu... @bernardhughes.bsky.social #berlioz #bruckner #classicalmusic #georgesmiley #multiverse

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Whodunnits, John le Carré - A Murder of Quality, 1. The Letter A visitor draws George Smiley into a deadly investigation

Radio 4 are repeating an old Murder Of Quality adaptation, with George Cold as #GeorgeSmiley and he's really well suited to it: at times he almost topples Guinness and Simon Russell Beale from their top spot. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) ⭐ 7.0 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller 2h 7m | R

#JulyMovieChallenge

7/24 Spy in a movie

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

#JohnLeCarre #GeorgeSmiley #GaryOldman #ColinFirth #TomHardy #movies #filmsky #cinema #booksky #spynovels #tinkertailorsoldierspy

www.imdb.com/title/tt1340...

Current read
Karla's Choice
By Nick Harkaway
#karlaschoice #nickharkaway #johnlecarré #georgesmiley #currentlyreading #currentlyread #reading #amreading #nowreading #booklover #bookworm #booksaregood #booksaremyescape #librarybook #librarylove #librariesaregood #supportyourlibrary

“All men are born free: just not for long.”

#JohnleCarré #AMurderofQuality #GeorgeSmiley #quoteoftheday

Planning our summer hols. We’re on a literary heroes odyssey this year. If I have to be 60 I’m going to bloody well enjoy it!
#france #switzerland #sherlockholmes #georgesmiley

An "A Legacy of Spies" series is now in development and would see Matthew Macfadyen (Succession) playing John le Carré’s George Smiley. / #JohnleCarre #GeorgeSmiley An "A Legacy of Spies" series in development that sees Matthew Macfadyen (Succession) taking on the role of John le Carré’s George Smiley.

An "A Legacy of Spies" series is now in development and would see Matthew Macfadyen (Succession) playing John le Carré’s George Smiley. / #JohnleCarre #GeorgeSmiley

Just re-watched the film version of #TinkerTailor. Peoples of the universe - be more #GeorgeSmiley #leCarre.

Tinker
Tailor
Soldier
Sandwich artist

#leCarre #leCarré #GeorgeSmiley #twist

Original post on mastodon.africa

#AlecGuinness portrayed #GeorgeSmiley in a twelve-part tv series of the first and third books of #JohnLeCarre 's great #Karla trilogy. As they say of other spies, nobody does him better. I've re-watched this television a dozen times, and re-read all three books so many times I've lost count […]

From the archive: John le Carré, 1961.
Taken the year Call for the Dead was first published.

#CallfortheDead #GeorgeSmiley #JohnleCarré

One of 2024’s biggest surprises was @harkaway.bsky.social picking up his father’s pen and writing a new adventure for British institution, #GeorgeSmiley. #KarlasChoice is the result and it’s like visiting an old and cherished friend.

Call for the Dead by John le Carré #CallForTheDead #JohnLeCarré A first look at the most enduring of spymasters

The literary world is glad that #GeorgeSmiley is back thanks to his son Nick Harkaway and his excellent reboot novel #KarlasChoice. Seems like a good time to revisit the start of it all #CallForTheDead by John le Carre narrated by Michael Jayston
peterturnsthepage.wordpress.com/2025/01/03/c...

Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway-Book From a Google Image Search – Washington Examiner Spies make for what is often edge-of-the-seat reading. Spy novels often offer references to obscure historical activities that may not have be…

Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway-Book #book #spythriller #GeorgeSmiley #Karlaschoice #NickHarkaway nbrissonbookblog.com/2025/01/02/k... Find me at Goodreads.com also.

John le Carré - 'Call for the Dead' and 'A Murder of Quality'
Just coming to the end of the 1st of le Carré's 'Smiley' novels and received the 2nd as a gift at Christmas, 'A Murder of Quality'.
#JohnLeCarre #GeorgeSmiley #Spies #Books

Christmas with Smiley #JohnleCarré #GeorgeSmiley #Karla

Comedy Podcast of the Day

#BrainwashMe with @poppyhillstead.bsky.social

Topic: #GeorgeSmiley with guest #MikeWozniak #BrainwashMePod

open.spotify.com/episode/4nZM...

Buy the new George Smiley novel by @harkaway.bsky.social and get a free #Spybrary bookmark. Or you can just nab the bookmark but miss out on what is my favourite spy novel of 2024 @foylesforbooks.bsky.social

#johnlecarré #georgesmiley

#AmReading #BooksOf2024 #CalForTheDead #JohnLeCarre #GeorgeSmiley

A copy of Nick Harkaway‘s novel Karla‘s choice. Jendia Gammon‘s right hand can be seen on the right holding a decorative mug with flowers and beetles on it.

My very early Saturday morning plans involve coffee and a spy novel.

#saturday #books #spynovel #georgesmiley

Karla's Choice book by Nick Harkaway

KARLA'S CHOICE (2024) by NICK HARKAWAY. I ordered this so it arrived today, the day of publication. It's so nice to spend time with George Smiley again. #JohnLeCarré #GeorgeSmiley

#AmReading #BooksOf2024 #CalForTheDead #JohnLeCarre #GeorgeSmiley

I have just pre-ordered "Karla's Choice" by @harkaway.bsky.social , the next book about the adventurous life of John Le Carré's famous spy, George Smiley.
#Smiley #GeorgeSmiley #NickHarkaway #JohnLeCarre #LeCarre