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 German...
11 Aug 202551min
Ukraine, its occupied territories and its future
with Jade McGlynnCheck 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 s...
6 Aug 202546min
A Moment of Change? France recognises the State of Palestine
With Michael StephensCheck 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 c...
27 Jul 202553min
Is the Islamic regime in Iran fatally wounded?
with Charlie GammellCheck 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 ca...
15 Jul 202547min
Russia's Use of Chemical Weapons and a Victory for Dutch Spies
I spoke to Dutch defence journalist and Russia expert Steven Derix about an important new revelation of Russia's use of chemical weapons in the war in Ukraine, happening as part of direct orders and t...
10 Jul 202533min
EPISODE 100: Creeping authoritarianism in the United States
This is the 100th episode of Behind the Lines podcast. Thank you all for listening and for supporting this show. It's nothing without the listeners. In this episode I discussed the creeping authoritar...
1 Jul 20251h 7min
Israel - Iran - ceasefire? Or more chaos
As Lenin apparently never said, ‘There Are Decades Where Nothing Happens and Weeks Where Decades Happen’. We are clearly living through the latter. Arthur and Jason attempt to untangle the latest: fro...
24 Jun 202533min
War in the Middle East and its wider impacts
I spoke to Chris Coghlan, MP for Dorking and Horley and former diplomat and soldier about the unfolding crisis in the Middle East, the implications for European security and the wider political ramifi...
19 Jun 202540min
