Fay Weldon’s less known accomplishments - In 1997 she charmed me with her memories of the Cold War - scribbling anti communist propaganda for the Foreign Office’s Information Research Department and the “frisson of excitement” as visitors from MI6 came by. bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

In the 50s she wrote propaganda about the failures of communist carpentry and while the emigrés in charge of the Polish desk - „the sort … who ought really to be riding white horses into battle“ - went out drinking „we girls … kept the place running and got none of the credit.“

The extraordinary story of the FBI/MI5 agent who went inside the Real IRA and sent their leader to jail: David Rupert gives his first TV interview to Jennifer O'Leary. Watch Spotlight - I Spy on BBC One Northern Ireland tomorrow at 10.40pm.

In 2016 BBC Panorama helped reveal secret bank accounts held by President Putin’s favourite musician, the now sanctioned Russian cellist, Sergei Roldugin as part of the ICIJ #PanamaPapers investigation. Today in Switzerland... bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

Javad Marandi: Tory donor's link to massive money laundering probe bbc.co.uk/news/uk-612643…

Property register fines worth £1bn not yet imposed bbc.co.uk/news/uk-656112…

Army's IRA spy Freddie Scappaticci admitted killing suspected informer - investigation by the brilliant ⁦Jennifer O'Leary⁩ at BBC Spotlight. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe…

Brilliant and well deserved - congratulations to Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and Juliette Garside Simon Goodley and team The Guardian

‘A personal hell for everyone who sees it’ - a story of 2 female snipers &a special unit sergeant defending #Ukraine Catch our documentary on BBC iPlayer Special tnx Helen Devlin @XVanpevenaege, Vara Szajkowski ⁦BBC News (World)⁩ bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

A former friend of President Putin, a Seychelles secrecy factory, a UK loophole and Albanian politics - great working with Michelle Murray (SBC), ⁦Simon Bowers⁩ ⁦will dahlgreen⁩ ⁦Andy Verity⁩ and ⁦James Melley⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/uk-672762…

COMING SOON: ICIJ’s latest investigation #CyprusConfidential took 270+ journalists from 68 media partners around the world eight months to investigate. It’s launching in the coming days. Get it in your inbox: bit.ly/3QHsGxk

Secret $40m deal links Abramovich to Putin's 'wallets’ bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

Important story from the very excellent and always worth reading ⁦Simon Goodley⁩ as part of #Cyprusconfidential theguardian.com/business/2023/…

Tonight on ⁦BBC Newsnight⁩ our report on a Secret $40m deal links Abramovich to Putin's 'wallets’ by the excellent ⁦James Melley⁩ ⁦Sean Clare ⁦Ben Chu⁩ ⁦will dahlgreen⁩ ⁦Harriet Agerholm⁩ and ⁦Becky Dale⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

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How Money Flowed From Moscow to the Seychelles to Belize to Scotland to a GOP Lobbyist – Mother Jones motherjones.com/politics/2023/…

Angolan billionaire hit with £580m asset freeze - Investigated for ⁦BBC Panorama⁩ and ⁦ICIJ⁩ for #LuandaLeaks. As I recall "The former president's daughter has made the UK her home and owns expensive properties in central London.” bbc.co.uk/news/uk-677674…

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Happy House

Man arrested over LVF murder of journalist bbc.com/news/articles/…

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