If you were wanting to learn about the history of London’s bars, restaurants and hotels – or indeed just to choose somewhere nice for dinner – you might not immediately think to look in the MI5 archives. These files, which the British government has gradually been declassifying and which are held at the National Archives in Kew, are full of unexpected details about…
Given enough money, and the right contacts, that must have been a very exciting time to be alive.
Those flappers enjoying their cocktails, and spies around every corner!
Best wishes, Pete.
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I agree! I’m sure we’d regret it if we were granted the wish to go back to that time but I’ve always rather longed to be a spy.
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