The best of 2023: Calder Walton

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The best of 2023: Calder Walton

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Dec 31, 2023

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We listen back to one of our favourite conversations from 2023. Calder Walton, a historian of global security, speaks to Georgina Godwin about what secret archives and interviews with former agents can tell us about the century-long secret intelligence war between Russia and the West.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Dec 31, 2023

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Want to know more about the authors behind your favourite books? Tune in to discover the methods of – and inspiration behind – some of the world’s most exciting writers. Every Saturday, Georgina Godwin hosts an in-depth discussion with the person behind the prose.

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The best of 2023: Calder Walton

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