"It's clear that Burgess was a louche, hard drinking, dishevelled, outrageous man."
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| 15:31 UK time, Tuesday, 18 August 2009
So says 91Èȱ¬ Historian of the picture that emerges of Cambridge spy Guy Burgess from previously unreleased documents published by 91Èȱ¬ Archive. The memos, letters and expenses claims are from Burgess's early career while employed at the 91Èȱ¬.
While the documents touch on things like Burgess's unhappiness with his salary and the questioning of his expenses, they also paint a picture of a long-gone much more genteel office world of tea trolleys and unreturned library books.
91Èȱ¬ Archive's other new collection, The Cambridge Spies, covers the gradual exposure of the Cambridge spies over four decades through a fascinating selection of TV and radio programmes.
- Times Online:
- Today Programme:
- See all the 91Èȱ¬ Archive Collections here.
Paul Murphy is the Editor of the Internet Blog.
Comment number 1.
At 18th Aug 2009, ReginaldJeeves wrote:"It's clear that Burgess was a louche, hard drinking, dishevelled, outrageous man."
Good. We need more people like him employed by the 91Èȱ¬, instead of the "namby-pamby leftest wenches" we have now.
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At 18th Aug 2009, TV Licence fee payer against 91Èȱ¬ censorship wrote:#1
"Good. We need more people like him [Guy Burgess] employed by the 91Èȱ¬, instead of the "namby-pamby leftest wenches" we have now."
I really am not sure if that was meant to be a highly ironic comment or just a comment from someone who doesn't actually know who Guy Burgess was (not completely clear from the blog above if people don't already know, "Cambridge spy" doesn't really tell half the story)!...
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