Going undercover with Spy Week
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From 18-23 May the University is hosting Spy Week, a series of events exploring the dangerous and fascinating world of spy fiction. To celebrate, its organiser explains how spy novels reflect the anxieties of their times, we hear how real espionage is coping after Edward Snowden's revelations, and we'll discover how artists created work behind the Iron Curtain under the watchful eye of the secret police.
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Published 04/17/17