The Spy and the Devil

The Spy and the Devil

Professor Tim Willasey-Wilsey is author of The Spy and the Devil. We spoke about the remarkable subject of his book, Baron Bill de Ropp and the story of Britain's secret operations against Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Check out our Bookshop.org affiliate site behindthelines and please sign up for my substack at arthursnell.substack.com and/or follow me on Bluesky @snellarthur.bsky.social. You can sometimes find me on other podcasts - most often Disorder which I am involved with in partnership with RUSI, the Royal United Services Institute, the world's oldest think tank. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Behind the Lines Episode 13: The UK's Long March back to Europe?

Behind the Lines Episode 13: The UK's Long March back to Europe?

This week we’re covering arguably the most important question in British foreign policy: our relationship with Europe and, specifically - what the circumstances and process might be for Britain to rej...

3 Marras 20231h

Behind the Lines Ep 12: Bella Omnium Contra Omnes?

Behind the Lines Ep 12: Bella Omnium Contra Omnes?

Dr Mike Martin, former soldier, military strategist and author of How to Fight a War joined me to discuss how Israel and Hamas are fighting their war. Our discussion took us into a wider exploration o...

27 Loka 202340min

BONUS EPISODE: Avoiding A Regional War

BONUS EPISODE: Avoiding A Regional War

Understanding the risks of a regional war between Israel and its antagonists feels like the most important issue at the present time. I was able to speak to Michael Stephens, former head of the Middle...

23 Loka 202347min

Behind The Lines Ep 10 - Trumps Dirty Roubles  With Greg Olear

Behind The Lines Ep 10 - Trumps Dirty Roubles With Greg Olear

In this episode I wanted to go back to something that Paul Mason said in an earlier episode which struck a chord. He identified that the weakest link in International democratic politics is the world’...

20 Loka 202352min

Behind The Lines Ep 9 -  Israel’s Gaza challenge

Behind The Lines Ep 9 - Israel’s Gaza challenge

Following Hamas’s horrific assault on Israel, attention turns to Israel’s reaction. Gaza is under siege and Israel has mobilised over 300,000 reservists. Israel claims that it plans to destroy Hamas. ...

13 Loka 202351min

Behind The Lines Emergency Episode  - Hamas' War Against Israel with Jason Pack

Behind The Lines Emergency Episode - Hamas' War Against Israel with Jason Pack

EMERGENCY PODCAST We’re only 4 days after the stunning horror of Hamas’s attack on Israel. Much remains unclear, but we now know that a major Hamas operation completely blindsided Israel’s defences an...

10 Loka 202344min

Behind The Lines Ep 7 - How to Stop Fascism, with Paul Mason

Behind The Lines Ep 7 - How to Stop Fascism, with Paul Mason

In 2021, Paul Mason, a veteran journalist familiar to viewers of Newsnight and Channel 4 News, published a book called How to stop Fascism, History Ideology, Resistance. His book came in the aftermath...

6 Loka 202359min

Behind The Lines Ep 6 - Still Beautiful? The Cynical World of Globalised Football

Behind The Lines Ep 6 - Still Beautiful? The Cynical World of Globalised Football

We’re living in an age of the self-confident autocrat: China is rising, President Erdogan coasted to a managed re-election and in the Gulf, the Arab monarchies are riding high on oil prices boosted by...

28 Syys 20231h 3min

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