Gordon Corera
@gordoncorera.bsky.social
Co-host of “The Rest is Classified” podcast
https://linktr.ee/gordoncorera
https://linktr.ee/gordoncorera
Just announced! Our first @restisclassified.bsky.social live show......Join myself and David on Jan 31st for an evening exploring where spy fact meets fiction. Pre-sale tickets for members available from today therestisclassified.supportingcast.fm
Tickets on general sale from tomorrow.....
Tickets on general sale from tomorrow.....
November 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Just announced! Our first @restisclassified.bsky.social live show......Join myself and David on Jan 31st for an evening exploring where spy fact meets fiction. Pre-sale tickets for members available from today therestisclassified.supportingcast.fm
Tickets on general sale from tomorrow.....
Tickets on general sale from tomorrow.....
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"Corera, a former security correspondent for the BBC, tells the enthralling story of Vasili Mitrokhin, an unsuccessful Soviet spy whom the KGB demoted in 1956 to the role of archivist."
Check out this informative review of THE SPY IN THE ARCHIVE by @gordoncorera.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com!
Check out this informative review of THE SPY IN THE ARCHIVE by @gordoncorera.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com!
The Spy in the Archive: How One Man Tried to Kill the KGB
Gordon Corera tells the enthralling story of Vasili Mitrokhin, an unsuccessful Soviet spy whom the KGB demoted in 1956 to the role of archivist.
www.foreignaffairs.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"Corera, a former security correspondent for the BBC, tells the enthralling story of Vasili Mitrokhin, an unsuccessful Soviet spy whom the KGB demoted in 1956 to the role of archivist."
Check out this informative review of THE SPY IN THE ARCHIVE by @gordoncorera.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com!
Check out this informative review of THE SPY IN THE ARCHIVE by @gordoncorera.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com!
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The latest episodes of the @restisclassified.bsky.social podcast with @gordoncorera.bsky.social and David McCloskey is a fascinating look inside Mossad's sprawling campaign to infiltrate and weaponise pagers used by Hezbollah.
October 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The latest episodes of the @restisclassified.bsky.social podcast with @gordoncorera.bsky.social and David McCloskey is a fascinating look inside Mossad's sprawling campaign to infiltrate and weaponise pagers used by Hezbollah.
October 7th I'm talking to @jasonburke2.bsky.social
about his new book "The Revolutionists: The Remarkable True Story of The Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s" Come along to the Kiln Theatre, London if you want to hear some crazy stories about wild plots
intelligencesquared.com/events/the-r...
about his new book "The Revolutionists: The Remarkable True Story of The Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s" Come along to the Kiln Theatre, London if you want to hear some crazy stories about wild plots
intelligencesquared.com/events/the-r...
intelligencesquared.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
October 7th I'm talking to @jasonburke2.bsky.social
about his new book "The Revolutionists: The Remarkable True Story of The Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s" Come along to the Kiln Theatre, London if you want to hear some crazy stories about wild plots
intelligencesquared.com/events/the-r...
about his new book "The Revolutionists: The Remarkable True Story of The Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s" Come along to the Kiln Theatre, London if you want to hear some crazy stories about wild plots
intelligencesquared.com/events/the-r...
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This week on @restisclassified.bsky.social podcast we look at the remarkable story of sabotaging the Nazi nuke effort. Operation Gunnerside was organised by SOE but carried out by Norwegians and led by Joachim Rønneberg - one of the bravest, most impressive people I've had the fortune to meet
August 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This week on @restisclassified.bsky.social podcast we look at the remarkable story of sabotaging the Nazi nuke effort. Operation Gunnerside was organised by SOE but carried out by Norwegians and led by Joachim Rønneberg - one of the bravest, most impressive people I've had the fortune to meet
Who was the first foreign leader to visit Britain's COBR crisis room? The surprising answer is Putin. In 2005 he was briefed on the 7/7 terror attack and criticised MI5 head Eliza Manningham-Buller for not stopping it. Full interview with Eliza for club members therestisclassified.supportingcast.fm
July 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Who was the first foreign leader to visit Britain's COBR crisis room? The surprising answer is Putin. In 2005 he was briefed on the 7/7 terror attack and criticised MI5 head Eliza Manningham-Buller for not stopping it. Full interview with Eliza for club members therestisclassified.supportingcast.fm
More detail on the MI6 molehunt I first revealed in my book "The Spy in the Archive' coming out of the Guardian today...... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK launched huge operation to find suspected Russian double agent in MI6
Exclusive: Operation Wedlock lasted up to 20 years and took MI5 teams across world amid panic about ‘another Philby’
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
More detail on the MI6 molehunt I first revealed in my book "The Spy in the Archive' coming out of the Guardian today...... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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I had a great chat with @gordoncorera.bsky.social about his latest book #thespyinthearchive.
@coldwarpod.bsky.social episode comes out this Saturday!
Buy the book here and support @coldwarpod.bsky.social uk.bookshop.org/a/1549/97800...
@coldwarpod.bsky.social episode comes out this Saturday!
Buy the book here and support @coldwarpod.bsky.social uk.bookshop.org/a/1549/97800...
June 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I had a great chat with @gordoncorera.bsky.social about his latest book #thespyinthearchive.
@coldwarpod.bsky.social episode comes out this Saturday!
Buy the book here and support @coldwarpod.bsky.social uk.bookshop.org/a/1549/97800...
@coldwarpod.bsky.social episode comes out this Saturday!
Buy the book here and support @coldwarpod.bsky.social uk.bookshop.org/a/1549/97800...
Blaise Metreweli appointed next Chief of MI6. With field experience in the Middle East (and Whitehall) and focus on tech (she’s currently running the Q tech division) it’s a sign that in turbulent times an understanding of professional spy skills and how to maintain them in the digital age are vital
June 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Blaise Metreweli appointed next Chief of MI6. With field experience in the Middle East (and Whitehall) and focus on tech (she’s currently running the Q tech division) it’s a sign that in turbulent times an understanding of professional spy skills and how to maintain them in the digital age are vital
Always a bit nervous for first book reviews and particularly when I saw this one was by Prof. Christopher Andrew who worked with Mitrokhin so something of a relief to read it......the picture (from the book) is of Mitrokhin and his son during their exfiltration.
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
The KGB man who betrayed the USSR and smuggled secrets to Britain
The Spy in the Archive, a new biography of Vasily Mitrokhin by Gordon Corera, relates his daring deception and flight to the West
www.telegraph.co.uk
June 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Always a bit nervous for first book reviews and particularly when I saw this one was by Prof. Christopher Andrew who worked with Mitrokhin so something of a relief to read it......the picture (from the book) is of Mitrokhin and his son during their exfiltration.
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
REVEALED: MI6 ran a molehunt in the 1990s after a CIA lead the Russians may have recruited an MI6 officer. Fears were of 'another Philby'. The hunt went on for years and was ultimately labelled 'inconclusive'. More details in the "The Spy in the Archive" - out in the UK next week
May 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
REVEALED: MI6 ran a molehunt in the 1990s after a CIA lead the Russians may have recruited an MI6 officer. Fears were of 'another Philby'. The hunt went on for years and was ultimately labelled 'inconclusive'. More details in the "The Spy in the Archive" - out in the UK next week
How did MI6 exfiltrate former KGB archivist Vasili Mitrokhin using a yellow minibus? And how did it nearly go wrong? The story - told for the first time on @restisclassified.bsky.social
this week with the full detail in "The Spy in the Archive" out in the UK next week. linktr.ee/triclassified
this week with the full detail in "The Spy in the Archive" out in the UK next week. linktr.ee/triclassified
May 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
How did MI6 exfiltrate former KGB archivist Vasili Mitrokhin using a yellow minibus? And how did it nearly go wrong? The story - told for the first time on @restisclassified.bsky.social
this week with the full detail in "The Spy in the Archive" out in the UK next week. linktr.ee/triclassified
this week with the full detail in "The Spy in the Archive" out in the UK next week. linktr.ee/triclassified
This week on @restisclassified.bsky.social a very special story for me - that of Vasili Mitrokhin, the archivist who escaped with the KGB's deepest secrets thanks to a wild MI6 exfiltration. It's the subject of my book "The Spy in the Archive" out in the UK next week. linktr.ee/triclassified
May 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This week on @restisclassified.bsky.social a very special story for me - that of Vasili Mitrokhin, the archivist who escaped with the KGB's deepest secrets thanks to a wild MI6 exfiltration. It's the subject of my book "The Spy in the Archive" out in the UK next week. linktr.ee/triclassified
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
The Legacy of Edward Snowden (Ep 6)
Join David McCloskey and @gordoncorera.bsky.social in the final instalment of their incredible series of the life and legacy of Edward Snowden...
The Legacy of Edward Snowden (Ep 6)
Join David McCloskey and @gordoncorera.bsky.social in the final instalment of their incredible series of the life and legacy of Edward Snowden...
May 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
The Legacy of Edward Snowden (Ep 6)
Join David McCloskey and @gordoncorera.bsky.social in the final instalment of their incredible series of the life and legacy of Edward Snowden...
The Legacy of Edward Snowden (Ep 6)
Join David McCloskey and @gordoncorera.bsky.social in the final instalment of their incredible series of the life and legacy of Edward Snowden...
This week on "The Rest is Classified" we start a series on Edward Snowden. As my discussion with David reveals, he can be a controversial subject. But more than a decade on, his story remains consequential in what it tells us about privacy, technology and surveillance linktr.ee/triclassified
May 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
This week on "The Rest is Classified" we start a series on Edward Snowden. As my discussion with David reveals, he can be a controversial subject. But more than a decade on, his story remains consequential in what it tells us about privacy, technology and surveillance linktr.ee/triclassified
What connects Michael Caine and Frank Sinatra? They both delved into the world of spies and mind control in The Manchurian Candidate and The Ipcress File.This week on @restisclassified.bsky.social podcast we finish our journey into the dark world of the CIA’s MKULTRA program linktr.ee/triclassified
April 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
What connects Michael Caine and Frank Sinatra? They both delved into the world of spies and mind control in The Manchurian Candidate and The Ipcress File.This week on @restisclassified.bsky.social podcast we finish our journey into the dark world of the CIA’s MKULTRA program linktr.ee/triclassified
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
CIA Mind Control: Sex, Drugs and Mysterious Deaths
In the third episode of our mind-bending MK Ultra series, David and @gordoncorera.bsky.social explore the bizarre story of how the CIA:
🏠Funded a brothel in San Francisco
☕️Spiked coffee with LSD
Link in replies👇
CIA Mind Control: Sex, Drugs and Mysterious Deaths
In the third episode of our mind-bending MK Ultra series, David and @gordoncorera.bsky.social explore the bizarre story of how the CIA:
🏠Funded a brothel in San Francisco
☕️Spiked coffee with LSD
Link in replies👇
April 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
CIA Mind Control: Sex, Drugs and Mysterious Deaths
In the third episode of our mind-bending MK Ultra series, David and @gordoncorera.bsky.social explore the bizarre story of how the CIA:
🏠Funded a brothel in San Francisco
☕️Spiked coffee with LSD
Link in replies👇
CIA Mind Control: Sex, Drugs and Mysterious Deaths
In the third episode of our mind-bending MK Ultra series, David and @gordoncorera.bsky.social explore the bizarre story of how the CIA:
🏠Funded a brothel in San Francisco
☕️Spiked coffee with LSD
Link in replies👇
Farewell to one of the most important spies of the Cold War. Oleg Gordievsky has died in the UK. A KGB officer who spied for MI6, he supplied vital intelligence that helped manage tensions between the West and the Soviet Union in the 80s. Nothing suspicious to his passing, I understand.
March 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Farewell to one of the most important spies of the Cold War. Oleg Gordievsky has died in the UK. A KGB officer who spied for MI6, he supplied vital intelligence that helped manage tensions between the West and the Soviet Union in the 80s. Nothing suspicious to his passing, I understand.
What's so important about Greenland? This week on "The Rest is Classified" podcast @restisclassified.bsky.social we look at its secret history, a wild story featuring under ice bases, crashed nuclear bombers and an early warning radar station which I visited back in 2008 - linktr.ee/triclassified
March 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
What's so important about Greenland? This week on "The Rest is Classified" podcast @restisclassified.bsky.social we look at its secret history, a wild story featuring under ice bases, crashed nuclear bombers and an early warning radar station which I visited back in 2008 - linktr.ee/triclassified
An act of deadly sabotage carried out by French intelligence.......on Greenpeace. This week on "The Rest is Classified" @restisclassified.bsky.social we look at the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand and who takes the blame when an operation goes wrong. linktr.ee/triclassified
February 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
An act of deadly sabotage carried out by French intelligence.......on Greenpeace. This week on "The Rest is Classified" @restisclassified.bsky.social we look at the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand and who takes the blame when an operation goes wrong. linktr.ee/triclassified
Some news about my next book…..
January 30, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Some news about my next book…..
In a special episode of “The Rest is Classified” we take a look at the question of whether or not TikTok is a national security threat and if so how…….
linktr.ee/triclassified
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January 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
In a special episode of “The Rest is Classified” we take a look at the question of whether or not TikTok is a national security threat and if so how…….
linktr.ee/triclassified
linktr.ee/triclassified
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See former CIA officer David McCloskey in conversation with
@gordoncorera.bsky.social, his @restisclassified.bsky.social co-host, at @waterstones.bsky.social Trafalgar Square on Tuesday 28th January for his upcoming novel #TheSeventhFloor.
Secure your tickets 🎫 ow.ly/TFAA50Uwu9O
@gordoncorera.bsky.social, his @restisclassified.bsky.social co-host, at @waterstones.bsky.social Trafalgar Square on Tuesday 28th January for his upcoming novel #TheSeventhFloor.
Secure your tickets 🎫 ow.ly/TFAA50Uwu9O
January 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
See former CIA officer David McCloskey in conversation with
@gordoncorera.bsky.social, his @restisclassified.bsky.social co-host, at @waterstones.bsky.social Trafalgar Square on Tuesday 28th January for his upcoming novel #TheSeventhFloor.
Secure your tickets 🎫 ow.ly/TFAA50Uwu9O
@gordoncorera.bsky.social, his @restisclassified.bsky.social co-host, at @waterstones.bsky.social Trafalgar Square on Tuesday 28th January for his upcoming novel #TheSeventhFloor.
Secure your tickets 🎫 ow.ly/TFAA50Uwu9O
For those recovering from Christmas festivities, The Rest is Classified presents the wild story of Mansfield Cumming, the first head of MI6. It’s a story of secret inks, disguises and personal tragedy. And some (but not all) of his traditions live on in the British Secret Service today.
December 26, 2024 at 1:40 PM
For those recovering from Christmas festivities, The Rest is Classified presents the wild story of Mansfield Cumming, the first head of MI6. It’s a story of secret inks, disguises and personal tragedy. And some (but not all) of his traditions live on in the British Secret Service today.