My turn to thank you. I hope you enjoy it and perhaps it's a break from the academic stuff...

Delighted you enjoyed! Thank you

Well there's a fair bit of fact in it....😜

Although it’s fiction there’s a really interesting book from @aspyalone.bsky.social on this called “A spy alone” which explores exactly this topic in the modern age through the eyes of someone who recently retired from about 20 years inside of SIS and was very familiar with the topic in real life.

To the best of my knowledge Tomlinson is now on good terms with his former employers. I’ve no idea if that means anything in a wider context of course.

Old enough to remember when having American businesses in Ukraine was the best sort of security guarantee....