Le Carré gave himself a variety of characters through which he could vent his anger @ Brexit, Trump, oligarchs, the state of the world & its intelligence services: Ed, Florence, Prue. The main character, as ever, remains more circumspect but has clear sympathy for the others views #BookSky #LeCarre

Enjoying the framing of Le Carré's Agent Running in the Field, where it's clear from the beginning that the main character has already confessed his sins to 'the Office'.
I did pause reading once I saw how it might all end in calamity, but I'm glad I picked it back up #BookSky #LeCarre #AmReading

a manga style drawing of George Smiley, Peter Guillam, and Ricky Tarr from John Le Carre's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

So it looks like there's a zerochan page for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. I'm not sure why I'm surprised. #lecarre

www.zerochan.net/1778925

Shortly after the publication of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. A young(ish) Le Carre, posing in a doorway in London.

Do spys even leave the office anymore? I imagine them locked up in windowless rooms with their computers. Perhaps they are allowed out for a drink at Christmas.

#Spys #LeCarre

A Perfect Spy is one of my favourite books / TV series.

Rudiger Weigang as Axel and Benedict Taylor as Magnus Pym (in his youth) were spellbinding. The writers create it, but the actors bring it alive.

I was working in Cornwall when the series came out. It was my winter night's viewing.

#LeCarre

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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Hockey Puck. Thanks for getting there Jesse. #LeCarre

The Night Manager - Series 2, Episode 4 Like Bobby Ewing turning up in the shower, Hugh Lawrie's Richard Onslow Roper was revealed to be much less dead than previously presumed at ...

Dirty Dickie pops back up
Review: The Night Manager s2, e4
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Controversial...

The BBCs adaptation of TheLittle Drummer Girl is much better than their more infamous The Night Manager. #LeCarre #TheNightManager

The Night Manager - Season 2, Episode 1 Only nine years arriving, here comes a follow up to the John le Carre adaptation, David Parr now writing an original story though one that f...

Intrigued but not overly impressed
Review: The Night Manager - s2, e1
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It's John le Carré Night on BBC FOUR. Set your recorders to stunning.
Includes the whole 1979 series of TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY.
#lecarre

OPERATION CROESUS; – A Scalphunter Playthrough The Department is back to business as usual. Deception, intrigue, murder. All in a day’s work.My latest playthrough of Scalphunter, a game of Solo Cold War Espionage. Scalphunter is available…

Operation CROESUS - A Scalphunter Playthrough. Lawson pursues a KGB goon and a compromised Danish politician, aided by an American cabaret singer and a Fairbairn-Sykes dagger

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#rpg #solo #solorpg #espionage #spy #lecarre #deighton #sandbaggers

Scalphunter by finncullen Solo game of Cold War Espionage

Spies don't need seasonal sales! Scalphunter is free (or pay what you want) all year round!

A solo game of cold war espionage, more in the vein of LeCarré than Fleming

finncullen.itch.io/scalphunter-...

#solo #solorpg #espionage #spy #lecarre #sandbaggers

Operation Persephone – A Scalphunter playthrough Eddie Lawson, under suspicion from his department, is sent to Istanbul. My latest playthrough of Scalphunter, a game of Solo Cold War Espionage. Scalphunter is available from Itch and DriveThruRPG,…

Disgraced SIS agent Lawson is given a simple job - but machinations back in his Department spell disaster. Operation Persephone, a Scalphunter playthrough

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#rpg #ttrpg #solo #solorpg #spy #espionage #lecarre #sandbaggers

Lawson goes Rogue – a Scalphunter playthrough This one starts off bloody and goes on from there. My latest playthrough of Scalphunter, a game of Solo Cold War Espionage. Scalphunter is available from Itch and DriveThruRPG, free or pay what you…

Lawson goes rogue - a tale of off-the-books vengeance in my latest Scalphunter playthrough

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#rpg #ttrpg #solo #solorpg #espionage #lecarre #sandbaggers #spy

Operation Morpheus – a Scalphunter Playthrough A sordid tale of espionage, blackmail and murder. My latest playthrough of Scalphunter, a game of Solo Cold War Espionage. Scalphunter is available from Itch and DriveThruRPG, free or pay what you …

"No private vengeance" - Right. Operation Morpheus, my latest Scalphunter playthrough. Lawson goes off the books.

finncullen.co.uk/2025/11/15/o...

#rpg #ttrpg #solo #solorpg #espionage #spy #lecarre #deighton #sandbaggers

Operation Nimue: A Scalphunter Playthrough Scalphunter – a Solo Game of Cold War Espionage is available from Itch and DrivethruRpg – Free or pay what you want. Office Politics back at SIS headquarters adds urgency to Eddie Lawso…

Operation: Nimue, a Scalphunter playthrough.
Lawson takes on the cover of a Russian journalist to get close to an East German student group and identify their KGB connections.

finncullen.co.uk/2025/11/10/o...

#rpg #ttrpg #solo #solorpg #spy #espionage #lecarre #sandbaggers

Scalphunter - Finn Cullen Games | DriveThruRPG.com Scalphunter is a narrative-focused Solo game that puts you into the weary shoes of an intelligence operative within a s

Scalphunter, my solo game of Cold War espionage is now live on DriveThruRpg - free or pay what you want.

Indulge your inner LeCarré, Deighton or McLean

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#rpg #ttrpg #solo #solorpg #espionage #spy #lecarre #sandbaggers

Scalphunter by finncullen Solo game of Cold War Espionage

I've just released SCALPHUNTER - a solo game of cold-war espionage in the mould of LeCarré and the Sandbaggers. Ideal for a quick solitaire run through or the basis of a fleshed out extended spy story. Free or PWYW

finncullen.itch.io/scalphunter-...

#lecarre #solo #rpg #spy #sandbaggers

Homburg hat; green phone; kid in stroller; Union Jack on coffin

It does mention a bookseller #booksky #lecarre #silverview

John le Carre comes in from the cold to the stage John le Carre's first blockbuster novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold follows up its premiere West End run with a major UK tour in 2026

John le Carre's first blockbuster novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold follows up its premiere West End run with a major UK tour in 2026
#leCarre #Spynovel #infromthecold #UKtour
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John le Carré: Tradecraft Free exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford

Would love to go to this too: a John Le Carre exhibition at the Bodleian #LeCarre #Tradecraft

visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lecarre

Mornington Crescent books

George smirkey short story SMIRKEY'S GAME By John le Cabbé The house was set well back from the corner of Headstone Lane. A thin sleety rain drifted through the bitter night air, and the crumbling once-grand façade glistened in the jaundiced glow of a street-lamp. George Smirkey crunched his way up the short driveway then, throwing aside the empty crisp packet, he mounted the three worn stone steps and rapped on the doorbell. The door was cautiously opened almost at once by a man of middle age with receding grey hair, a nervous moustache, and a world-weary pair of spectacles on his face. 'Is this the "Safe" house?' asked Smirkey. 'It is,' replied Mr Safe. 'What can I do for you?' 'I am a Jehovah's Witness,' responded Smirkey, dutifully giving the password the 'Circus Operators' had provided him with before he set out from MI7 (SIC/WD40) HQ at Finchley Central. 'Then you'd better come in from the cold,' said Safe, sighing as he stepped back to allow his visitor to enter. Smirkey slipped past his host into the hallway. Struggling to his feet, he noticed the two men in dark suits and heavily framed spectacles who were sitting on the bench by the phone. One of them opened his briefcase smartly

Recipes from the little book of Mornington Crescent SHEPHERD'S BUSH PIE A traditional and economical regional dish for the ungrateful guest. Method Line a baking dish with pastry. Mince the eels and haddock together with the turnip, and form into 'torpedos'. Spit-roast over a barbecue [mark 7]. Prepare the custard separately, and serve tepid. ELEPHANT AND CASSEROLE A tasty and economical way to use up those menagerie leftovers. Ingredients elephant scraps juice of half a lemon nutmeg thyme 1 small turnip 37 other small turnips many onions Method Simmer ingredients together over a low heat for 2-3 days, stirring occasionally. Serve with celery sticks. COQ FOSTERS Follow any good recipe for 'Coq au vin', but in place of wine use lager. NOTTING HILL GATEAU A nourishing and economical addition to the tea-table. Method Beat the ingredients together in a bowl. Pour into a cake tin or bucket. Brûle with a Gary-Pro Blo-torch. Steam over a bain-marie, pricking every 35-40 buttered pickles. seconds. Turn out when cold. Slice and serve with Ingredients 8oz plain flour 8oz attractive flour 1 knob of sugar 1 tub of healthy-alternative butter substitute chocolate flavouring E194837542 3 eggs [Scotch] 6 anchovy tails BON APPETIT!

Selfie in front of Mornington Crescent underground sign

Enjoying my #MorningtonCrescent books… great #LeCarre short story in the Almanac! Don’t tell the Russian bot farm… it’ll blow their minds (also, couple of good recipes to please the #LenDeighton fans!)

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Fantastic Four: First Steps resuscitates one of Marvel’s most doomed IPs. Is it clobbering time for Marvel again? Fantastic Four: First Steps attempts to breathe new life into the super quartet.

Thanks to Steve Metcalf for the #LeCarre shout-out on the latest Slate Culture Gabfest, re-reading Spy Who Came in from the Cold on my recommendation. Next suggestion: Karla's Choice by @nickharkaway.com to fill in the gap to Tinker Tailor! slate.com/podcasts/cul...

My local librarian is a smokeshow!
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“Dear Penthouse…

cover of novel Half World by Scott O'Connor

"It's hard to write a poem and not include some truth…I'll take a bad poem over a good newspaper any day."

I discovered this dark novel about the CIA's secret LSD tests on the latest #LeCarre Cast, a discussion of Constant Gardener w/ @scottsoconnor.bsky.social

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@nickharkaway.com

THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD theatre show poster for the Soho Place theatre this autumn. Red background, white text, two dark figures in long coats top left - a man and a woman - and a broken bicycle bottom right.

Today is Reminder Day about The Spy Who Came In From The Cold stage play... it is happening this autumn. Booking is open now. It will be intense.

#booksky #lecarre #theatresky #London #westend #soho

The link is here: spyonstage.com

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#writing #smiley #lecarre #craft

Thought someone might find this interesting!

Thriller Quiz, Question 4! Which morally ambiguous British intelligence agency features in John le Carré's novels? A) MI5 B) MI6 C) 'The Circus' #thrillerbooks #bookquiz #spies #lecarre

This #LeCarre spy mystery was before it’s time☕️