Sunday 25 May 2025
3.30-4.30pm
Event Code: 134
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Spies, Lies and Secrets
Spies, Lies and Secrets
This conversation is for your ears only
Undercover agents aren’t just the stuff of stories for writers Jack Beaumont and Ben Macintyre.
A French intelligence officer turned spy thriller writer, Jack (Dark Arena) has all the insider knowledge to craft true-to-life operations in his novels. Ben (The Siege) is an espionage expert and he’s written the definitive account of the siege that put the SAS on the world stage.
Hear these two connoisseurs of the clandestine share the truth behind the spy stories that thrill us. With Matthew Condon.
A French intelligence officer turned spy thriller writer, Jack (Dark Arena) has all the insider knowledge to craft true-to-life operations in his novels. Ben (The Siege) is an espionage expert and he’s written the definitive account of the siege that put the SAS on the world stage.
Hear these two connoisseurs of the clandestine share the truth behind the spy stories that thrill us. With Matthew Condon.
“If it wasn't for my background, I would have said that this was fiction, but knowing what I know, Dark Arena is as real and as deeply disturbing as a world I once knew.”
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