Quick reminder that fathers like spy novels. #fathersday
Need a podcast for your Sunday morning? Check out our latest episode in which @mattfulton.net chats with former MI6 (SIS) officer @aspyalone.bsky.social
Secrets & Spies Podcast: Global Affairs | Intelligence@secretsandspies.bsky.social · 3mo agoOn our latest podcast. Former MI6 officer Charles Beaumont joins Matt to discuss Ukraine, Russian disinformation, CIA-SIS intelligence, espionage, and the war for Western public opinion. Links below 👇👇👇
Great to see A Spy at War on sale in Melbourne airport!
I wrote a SubStack about my books of the year, enjoy! The photo is in no way related to the books, it is just from the section feat. links to my latest articles. open.substack.com/pub/sianushk...
2025 - my year in books
Reading. It's my hobby.
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I wrote for #SpyReads about why spies write about spies. crimereads.com/spies-writin...
Why So Many Former Intelligence Officers Write Espionage Fiction
I had spotted the man earlier on. He didn’t quite fit in the usual mid-morning crowd. I was in one of those medieval European cities full of twisty streets that are useless for cars and little alle…
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Well, that was intense. Excellent show at Soho place theatre - the first stage adaptation of Le Carré's The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Bravo.
Yes I also enjoyed it very much. Definitely recommended. (And in a sample of one - my companion - you don’t need to have read the book.)
Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 8mo agoReally good night at the theatre *slightly* dampened by watching the highlights of the Arsenal game and realising I missed a really, really good match. Anyway, the 'Spy Who Came In From The Cold' is terrific.
Great book!
Charles Beaumont@aspyalone.bsky.social · 9mo ago@mpolymer1.bsky.social @johnsipher.bsky.social @mattfulton.net @genmhayden.bsky.social @gordoncorera.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social @nickharkaway.com @lukeharding1968.bsky.social @lkrozen.bsky.social @dankaszeta.bsky.social @spytalker.bsky.social @shaneharris.bsky.social @tim-weiner.bsky.social
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Charles Beaumont@aspyalone.bsky.social · 9mo ago🚨🚨Very excited to share that A Spy Alone is now out in the US🚨🚨 Order your copy now! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813559...
🚨🚨Very excited to share that A Spy Alone is now out in the US🚨🚨 Order your copy now! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813559...
A Spy Alone by Charles Beaumont: 9798217253067 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
'Five stars. One of the best books I've read in a very, very long time' James O'Brien, LBC 'This is first class' The Times | 'Excellent' Spectator 'Exceptional' David McCloskey, author of The Seventh ...
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Although it’s fiction there’s a really interesting book from @aspyalone.bsky.social on this called “A spy alone” which explores exactly this topic in the modern age through the eyes of someone who recently retired from about 20 years inside of SIS and was very familiar with the topic in real life.
“Crème de la crime”. Not that I’m really a crime novelist but @waterstones.bsky.social Victoria are paying me a compliment I’ll happily take.
Super gratified that A Spy at War was in @thetimes.com list of best thrillers of 2025.
Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil
Former president sought to ‘annihilate’ country’s democracy after losing 2022 election
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People should ask themselves why it isn't.
Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11mo agoThese images should be A1, above the fold
This was a really thoughtful and lovely review. Thank you @thebookstack.org
Bookstack@thebookstack.org · 12mo agoNew book review: Charles Beaumont's debut novel "A Spy Alone", from 2022. "The coolest thing I noticed about Charles Beaumont's 2022 debut ‘A Spy Alone’ is..." newbooks.substack.com/p/a-spy-alone @canelobooks.bsky.social @aspyalone.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social #ubergroup #bookreview
New book review: Charles Beaumont's debut novel "A Spy Alone", from 2022. "The coolest thing I noticed about Charles Beaumont's 2022 debut ‘A Spy Alone’ is..." newbooks.substack.com/p/a-spy-alone @canelobooks.bsky.social @aspyalone.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social #ubergroup #bookreview
A Spy Alone
Book by Charles Beaumont (2022)
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Because he’s a Russian asset. How much did he transfer to spsteen?
Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social · 12mo agoUkrainian intelligence noted that Trump is being overly aggressive in trying to force Zelenskyy to surrender territory to Russia. It is hinted that it appears to be very desperate and raises the question of why Trump is now suddenly pushing so hard.
Just finished the prequel after reading the sequel. @aspyalone.bsky.social Charles Baumont’s #ASpyalone. Masterful & simply #unputdownable. A #greatread & a mirror of our troubled times #mustread @canelobooks.bsky.social.
Gosh what an honour! thank you for these kind words @chrisbuijink.bsky.social
Chris Buijink@chrisbuijink.bsky.social · 12mo agoJust finished the prequel after reading the sequel. @aspyalone.bsky.social Charles Baumont’s #ASpyalone. Masterful & simply #unputdownable. A #greatread & a mirror of our troubled times #mustread @canelobooks.bsky.social.
Russia’s cruelty and lies - this is what terrorist state looks like.
Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 12mo agoRussia announces its next war crime
It was my pleasure to appear on the Disorder podcast. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
Ep 134. Why Spying is vital in our age of Disorder
Podcast Episode · Disorder · 05/08/2025 · 46m
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It was my pleasure to appear on the Disorder podcast. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
Ep 134. Why Spying is vital in our age of Disorder
Podcast Episode · Disorder · 05/08/2025 · 46m
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So much is going on in US law and policy that this event might get lost in the noise. But this appointment is indicative about how far (and bad) things have gone. And it is the Senate that is culpable for not blocking this.
Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · last yr.Emil Bove has been confirmed to a lifetime federal judgeship on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals
If you read one thing today make it this by @lukeharding1968.bsky.social on the frontline of Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘That idiot Putin wants to take it all’: Russia’s kamikaze tactics fuel a slow advance in Ukraine
Latest wave of displaced citizens curse ‘imperial ambition’ that has led to an estimated one million Russian casualties
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