But in 1951 it seems life in the shadows was less glamorous than a James Bond movie. New recruits faced ... A 17-page official MI5 guide on ‘observation’ declassified today reveals that ...

Compared to the opulence that greets you on the ground floor of the swanky building, it’s a pretty ... This is where you’ll find The Spy Bar, a James Bond-themed speakeasy that’s got a ...

Rookie wartime MI5 "watchers" were advised they needed ... pavement on quiet streets when following a suspect. Unlike in James Bond films, false hair was heavily frowned upon as it could be ...

and the building also inspired Ian Fleming’s James Bond series and was featured in several Bond films. It’s also said that MI5 and MI6 were founded in the basement of the OWO. Raffles is no ...

Stuart Beaton, who was diagnosed with lung cancer, says in a lawsuit that he was forced to work in a building contaminated with asbestos A retired civil servant who worked at MI5’s headquarters ...

My subterfuge goes from bad to worse when, on arrival, I enter the wrong building and give ... to both promote and misrepresent MI5 than anything since James Bond (who actually works for MI6).

The King’s Guard are watching the gates to Buckingham Palace and James ... of MI5 and MI6 – and where Bond’s creator, Ian Fleming, gleaned much of the detail for his novels. The building ...