Pry into the history of the real 20th-century British spies whose lives continue to inspire writers today.

In Stalin’s Apostles, writer, critic and journalist Antonia Senior uses declassified files to unpick the treachery of Stalin’s famous “Cambridge Five” spies.

In A Stranger in Corfu, prize-winning author Alex Preston creates a vivid reimagining of a real, hidden slice of the British Intelligence Service’s history, an island where former members of MI6 are sent to be forgotten.

Join them in conversation as they explore historical facts that seem stranger than fiction.