I don't think it is necessarily that weird. Gordievsky must have made MI6 seem omnipotent in the 70s/early 80s, after the disasters of the 50s and 60s. The fact that US sources didn't know … (View Post)

That's a lot of typing. (View Post)

Apologies for lack of clarity! I was quoting back from the original message. And yes, agreed. (View Post)

I sometimes wonder if people droned on about it as "man" changed from meaning "people of all kinds", or "girl" changed from meaning "any child". Or "wife&… (View Post)

I've gone for a croque madame in sunny Cambridge. (View Post)