KIM PHILBY: THE MI6 DOUBLE AGENT WHO SPIED FOR RUSSIA

A lack of hard evidence allowed Philby to remain at large. A decade later, a KGB defector confirmed Philby was indeed a Soviet mole. Nicholas Elliott, one of Philby’s closest MI6 friends who’d always believed in his innocence, was tasked with extracting a formal confession. ‘I once looked up to you, Kim,’ Elliott told him. ‘My God, how I despise you now.’

February 6, 2023 | 4:49 am