As much as we enjoy James Bond movies, we have to admit that their portrayal of the spy world is patently ludicrous.

Based on one of John le Carr's most popular novels of the same name, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is one of the more realistic spy movies. Though its plot may not be as action-packed as other films ...

In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.

In the early 1970s during the Cold War, the head of British Intelligence, Control (Sir John Hurt), resigns after an operation in Budapest, Hungary goes badly wrong. It transpires that Control ...

We opened up the floor in the newsroom to see which books our reporters loved most this year. Below are five suggestions to ...

Former double agent Naveed Jamali rates 12 spy scenes in movies and TV ... "Red Sparrow," starring Jennifer Lawrence, and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," with Gary Oldman, Benedict Cumberbatch ...

This Christmas my father and I set out to watch a spy thriller of the kind that he can only watch with my suspense-phobic ...