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British columnist and author
Benedict Richard Pierce Macintyre (born 25 December 1963) is a British writer. He has written many books, and received numerous awards for both fiction
Ben_Macintyre
2014 British docudrama
Union. The series is produced by Francis Whately, and presented by Ben Macintyre. The first episode premiered on 2 April 2014 on BBC Two, with the next
Kim Philby: His Most Intimate Betrayal
Kim_Philby:_His_Most_Intimate_Betrayal
2021 film by John Madden
is a 2021 war drama film directed by John Madden. It is based upon Ben Macintyre's 2010 book of the same name recounting the British Operation Mincemeat
Operation_Mincemeat_(film)
UK television series
War II. The storyline is based on the 2016 book of the same name by Ben Macintyre, and is broadly accurate of real events. The second series premiered
SAS:_Rogue_Heroes
British television series
Damian Lewis, and Anna Maxwell Martin. It is based on the book by Ben Macintyre, adapted by Alex Cary and directed by Nick Murphy. It was available
A_Spy_Among_Friends
British Second World War deception operation
deception of an enemy in wartime to fly fishing. The journalist and author Ben Macintyre observes that although the paper was published under Godfrey's name
Operation_Mincemeat
British writer (1908–1964)
ISBN 978-1-85799-783-5. Macintyre, Ben (2008). For Your Eyes Only. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7475-9527-4. Macintyre, Ben (2010). Operation Mincemeat:
Ian_Fleming
British intelligence officer (1916–1994)
study history at Trinity College, Cambridge, his father's college. As Ben Macintyre notes, during his time as an undergraduate Elliott 'seldom opened a
Nicholas_Elliott
British actor
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Stephen_Campbell_Moore
Israeli actor (born 1975)
major Channel 4 drama 'The Siege' based on the bestselling book by Ben Macintyre". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2026
Iddo_Goldberg
German Army colonel (1903–1944)
Lord in complete calm and in the certainty of salvation". Historian Ben Macintyre's 2010 book Operation Mincemeat, provides additional specifics about
Alexis_von_Roenne
KGB colonel and double agent (1938–2025)
19 July 1985, when MI6 agents activated his escape plan. Biographer Ben Macintyre and most people involved in the Gordievsky case believe that during
Oleg_Gordievsky
Anti-colonial Insurgency in Kenya (1952–1960)
her vagina; and Wambugu Wa Nyingi, who survived the Hola massacre. Ben Macintyre of The Times said of the legal case: "Opponents of these proceedings
Mau_Mau_rebellion
German spy and author (1907–2000)
Wartime Spy by Ben Macintyre in The New York Times, 15 September 2020 Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy by Ben Macintyre as a Book of the
Ursula_Kuczynski
English aristocratic and literary family
Thomas Gibson Bowles Citations Macintyre, Ben (12 October 2007). "Those utterly maddening Mitford girls | Ben Macintyre - Times Online". Archived from
Mitford_family
British actor (born 1983)
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Gwilym_Lee
Double agent for Britain during WW2
by Ben Macintyre based on his book. The book was broadcast in an abridged reading in 2012. Macintyre (2007), p. 5 Tallandier (2011), p. 23 Macintyre (2007)
Eddie_Chapman
British intelligence officer with a leading role in Operation Mincemeat
International Council for the Control of the Red Locust in Rhodesia. Historian Ben Macintyre, author of the book Operation Mincemeat, speculated that this was a
Charles Cholmondeley (intelligence officer)
Charles_Cholmondeley_(intelligence_officer)
Swedish actor (born 1982)
major Channel 4 drama 'The Siege' based on the bestselling book by Ben Macintyre". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2026
Alexej_Manvelov
British military officer
story of a founder member of the SAS. London: Pan. ISBN 0330314645. Ben Macintyre (24 September 2016). "Inside the SAS". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 4
Johnny Cooper (British Army officer)
Johnny_Cooper_(British_Army_officer)
1939 document possibly by Ian Fleming
Britain's director of naval intelligence, according to the historian Ben Macintyre it bore the hallmarks of having been written by Godfrey's assistant
Trout_memo
World War II British double agent
reassessment of the Allies' use of double agents in World War II, historian Ben Macintyre called Jebsen a hero. Despite months of torture from the Sicherheitsdienst
Johnny_Jebsen
MI5 employee (1905–1995)
Macintyre, Ben (9 September 2023). "How musical fans forced MI5 to come clean". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 9 September 2023. Macintyre, Ben
Hester_Leggatt
Possible portrait of Shakespeare
or rather that of a chimney sweeper in the jaundice". According to Ben Macintyre, "Some Victorians recoiled at the idea that the Chandos portrait represented
Chandos_portrait
Character from the James Bond series
by Sebastian Faulks, writing as Ian Fleming; For Your Eyes Only, by Ben Macintyre". The Independent. Retrieved 2 January 2011. Goldfinger, chapters 17
Pussy_Galore
British MI5 intelligence operative
120 & 173 See, most recently, Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre, pub 2010, page 137. Macintyre (2007) p311 Nicholas Reed (2011). My Father, The Man
Ronnie_Reed
British intelligence officer and Soviet double agent (1912–1988)
was to claim he could not have prevented Philby's flight. Journalist Ben Macintyre, author of several works on espionage, speculated that MI6 might have
Kim_Philby
British ring of spies for the Soviet Union
docudrama miniseries, produced by Francis Whately, and narrated by Ben Macintyre. Samuel West reprises his role as Anthony Blunt from Cambridge Spies
Cambridge_Five
James Bond character
and his character was described by journalist Ben Macintyre as "every inch the naval martinet". Macintyre wrote that in his study of Fleming's work, Kingsley
M_(James_Bond)
British TV series or programme
British television series for Channel 4, adapted by Will Smith from the Ben MacIntyre book of the same name about the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980 in London
The_Siege_(TV_series)
Persona invented for Operation Mincemeat
the man's real identity would never be revealed. However, historian Ben Macintyre states that the dead man's parents had died and no known relatives were
William Martin (Royal Marines officer)
William_Martin_(Royal_Marines_officer)
2010 book by Frank Dikötter
the United Kingdom for a non-fiction book. Historian and journalist Ben Macintyre, one of the judges for the Samuel Johnson Prize, said that Mao's Great
Mao's_Great_Famine
British actor
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Sam_Troughton
major Channel 4 drama 'The Siege' based on the bestselling book by Ben Macintyre". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2026
David_Morrissey_filmography
British stand-up comedian and actor (born 1965)
major Channel 4 drama 'The Siege' based on the bestselling book by Ben Macintyre". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2026
Omid_Djalili
British musical comedy
Mincemeat may or may not have been written by Hester Leggatt; according to Ben Macintyre, these were written by Leggatt, but Denis Smyth identifies the author
Operation_Mincemeat_(musical)
American journalist and war correspondent
outstanding achievement. According to British journalist and author, Ben Macintyre, Carson "was one of the finest war reporters of the twentieth century:
Lee_Carson
Surname list
MacIntyre John Macintyre Leanne MacIntyre Marguerite MacIntyre Mike MacIntyre Roly MacIntyre Scott MacIntyre Sheila Scott Macintyre Stuart Macintyre William
McIntyre
Hungarian-born architect and furniture designer
"Child's Play". The New York Times. p. 3. Retrieved 23 November 2009. Ben Macintyre (5 April 2008). "Was Ian Fleming the real 007?". The Times. London.
Ernő_Goldfinger
British intelligence officer (1907–2006)
theory that Hollis was a Soviet spy protecting Ursula, though the author Ben Macintyre suggests that Hollis was more likely incompetent. Bagot's concerns were
Milicent_Bagot
Fictional spy
4. Macintyre 2008, p. 19. Chancellor 2005, p. 5. "Obituary: Mr. Ian Fleming". The Times. 13 August 1964. p. 12. Black 2005, p. 75. Macintyre, Ben (5 April
James Bond (literary character)
James_Bond_(literary_character)
English actor, narrator, playwright and producer
2014 A Spy Among Friends by Ben Macintyre Listen Up Award for Nonfiction Winner 2015 A Spy Among Friends by Ben Macintyre Audie Award for History or Biography
John_Rafter_Lee
Fictional character from Sherlock Holmes stories
NAPOLEON OF CRIME — The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief by Ben Macintyre. "A portrait of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire by Thomas
Professor_Moriarty
Second World War poem popular among airborne troops
Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace, Rogue Heroes by Ben Macintyre, and Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead by Jim Mattis. The prayer, or
The_Paratrooper's_Prayer
English actor (born 1964)
major Channel 4 drama 'The Siege' based on the bestselling book by Ben Macintyre". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2026
Sean_Pertwee
Serbian WWII double agent (1912–1981)
a ladies' man. "Women ... found him irresistible," Times columnist Ben Macintyre writes, "with his easy manner, loose, sensual mouth ... and green .
Duško_Popov
British Army officer (1920–2024)
Service's Western Desert Campaign during the Second World War based on Ben Macintyre's 2016 book of the same name. In the series, Sadler was portrayed by
Mike_Sadler
British journalist and writer (1852–1929)
The Times helped Cecil Rhodes in his conquest of Africa" by columnist Ben Macintyre, reckoning with Shaw's role in Britain's colonial history. The essay
Flora_Shaw,_Baroness_Lugard
British comedian and actor (born 1986)
major Channel 4 drama 'The Siege' based on the bestselling book by Ben Macintyre". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2026
Asim_Chaudhry
Unit of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate
March 2018, both possibly overseen by the same agent. According to Ben Macintyre in the London Times in December 2019, the unit is believed to be responsible
GRU_Unit_29155
1956 film by Ronald Neame
doubts about the feasibility of the proposed plan. It was described by Ben Macintyre as a "surreal" moment when the real Montagu addressed his fictional
The_Man_Who_Never_Was
1953 novel by Ian Fleming, the first James Bond book
were still regulated. According to The Times journalist and historian Ben Macintyre, Bond was "the ideal antidote to Britain's postwar austerity, rationing
Casino_Royale_(novel)
to heartbreak. Lazenby is that man, and his performance is superb". Ben Macintyre also observed that of all the Bonds, Lazenby's characterisation was
Portrayal of James Bond in film
Portrayal_of_James_Bond_in_film
English actress
major Channel 4 drama 'The Siege' based on the bestselling book by Ben Macintyre". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2026
Nicola_Stephenson
(2014), an essay on Kim Philby, published in A Spy Among Friends by Ben Macintyre The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life (2016), ISBN 978-0-241-97687-6
John_le_Carré_bibliography
British author and filmmaker
Ben Macintyre The Real Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (Propellerheads) (2011) DOUBLE AGENT: The Eddie Chapman Story (2011) Presented by Ben
Stephen_Walker_(filmmaker)
Spanish double agent for the British in World War II
none reached production. Spain during World War II Totalitarianism Ben Macintyre Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1900-1965, Juan Pujol Garcia, Immigration;
Juan_Pujol_García
Academic and Soviet spy
The New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2010. Biography of Kim Philby Ben Macintyre, A Spy Among Friends (2014), p. 41 The Mitrokhin Archive Vol. I p. 79
Arnold_Deutsch
English actor (born 1977)
major Channel 4 drama 'The Siege' based on the bestselling book by Ben Macintyre". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2026
Danny_Dyer
Book Catalogue
Columbus Maria McCann – The Wilding Rachel Hore – A Place of Secrets Ben Macintyre – Operation Mincemeat 2011 – Spring Nigel Farndale – The Blasphemer
List of books from the Richard & Judy Book Club
List_of_books_from_the_Richard_&_Judy_Book_Club
District in the San Pedro Department of Paraguay
Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2025-08-15. MacIntyre, Ben (1 January 1992). Forgotten Fatherland: The Search for Elisabeth Nietzsche
Nueva_Germania
Form of education for children
Or, The Training Of The Child. Read Books Ltd. ISBN 9781447490036. Ben Macintyre (19 May 2007). "'Cruel' experiment that left its mark on a very precocious
Hothousing
Punctuation mark (;)
zero semicolons in The Name of the Rose (1983). In response to Truss, Ben Macintyre, a columnist in The Times, wrote: Americans have long regarded the semi-colon
Semicolon
Book about the British royal family and espionage
impossible". The Secret Royals was reviewed in The Times by Richard White and Ben Macintyre. It was reviewed in The Daily Telegraph by Matthew Dennison. Dennison
The_Secret_Royals
Dutch historian (born 1961)
beat five other short-listed titles to the award. Chair of the judges Ben Macintyre praised the book as an 'epic record of human folly'. He added it was
Frank_Dikötter
English actor (born 1995)
Rogue Heroes for BBC One in 2025. In preparation for the role he read Ben Macintyre's book on the SAS and was able to speak to Tonkin's daughter, Jane who
Jack_Barton_(actor)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010
and Kirkcaldy High School after Liz Truss's claim in Tory speech". Ben Macintyre (19 May 2007). "'Cruel' experiment that left its mark on a very precocious
Gordon_Brown
Female love interest or sidekick of James Bond
Ian Fleming, who wrote a series of novels featuring the character. Ben Macintyre of The Times has speculated that Fleming's lover Muriel Wright may have
Bond_girl
Nilotic ethnic group in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
2307/217849. JSTOR 217849. Kyle 1999, p. 78. Kyle 1999, pp. 38–43. Orengoh, Ben Macintyre and Paul (31 July 2023). "Beatings and abuse made Barack Obama's grandfather
Luo_people
Former pupils of Abingdon School
Lunghi (1920–2014), British military interpreter and Foreign Office Ben Macintyre (born 1963), author and journalist Richard McMahon (born 1962), Bailiff
List_of_Old_Abingdonians
Russian intelligence officer (born 1951)
Archived 8 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine Meduza, 6 March 2018. Ben Macintyre. Sergei Skripal: 'Forthwith' gave MI6 telephone directory of Russian
Sergei_Skripal
British World War II flying ace (1910–1982)
Disarmament were a "rabble" and should be deported. Author and journalist Ben Macintyre, who chronicled Bader's incarceration in a 2022 book on Colditz, described
Douglas_Bader
1955 novel by Ian Fleming
glass of the champagne. According to The Times journalist and historian Ben Macintyre, to Fleming the alcohol consumption "meant relaxation, ritual and reliability"
Moonraker_(novel)
Private social club
attempt to form a club from which the others are excluded. — The author Ben Macintyre The original clubs were established in the West End of London. The area
Gentlemen's_club
Collections of documents from Britain's former colonial governments
226–247. Ben Macintyre (12 April 2011). "Torture device No 1: the legal rubber stamp". The Times. Retrieved 12 April 2011. Ben Macintyre; Billy Kenber
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Migrated Archives
Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Office_Migrated_Archives
Real-life inspirations for the fictional James Bond character
103. Rankin 2011, p. 136. Macintyre 2008, p. 50. Cook, William (28 June 2004). "Novel man". New Statesman. p. 40. Macintyre, Ben (5 April 2008). "Bond –
Inspirations_for_James_Bond
Traditional umbrella shop in London
biography A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal, historian Ben Macintyre includes the detail that Philby owned a James Smith and Sons umbrella
James_Smith_&_Sons
50 Prime Ministers", The Times, retrieved 23 July 2016[dead link] "Ben Macintyre: My top 50 Prime Ministers", The Times, retrieved 23 July 2016[dead
Historical rankings of prime ministers of the United Kingdom
Historical_rankings_of_prime_ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom
1943 incidents during the WW2 Allied invasion of Sicily
Axelrod 2006, p. 116. D'Este 1995, p. 901. Garland & Smyth 1965, p. 427. Ben Macintyre (2012). Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies. Crown Publishing
George S. Patton slapping incidents
George_S._Patton_slapping_incidents
British soldier, journalist, writer and poet (1912–2010)
years as a prisoner, which was published as Yes, Farewell in 1946. Ben Macintyre wrote that it was the only good novel from a Colditz prisoner of war
Micky_Burn
Pejorative term for French people
while accusing Blair of failing to do the same for the British people. Ben Macintyre of The Times wrote in August 2007 that it is "perhaps the most famous"
Cheese-eating surrender monkeys
Cheese-eating_surrender_monkeys
Headquarters of the British GCHQ
for The Daily Telegraph in October 2014, and by historian and writer Ben Macintyre who visited the Doughnut for a series of articles for The Times in October
The_Doughnut
Former English preparatory school
Matravers near Swanage, and was notoriously spartan and uncomfortable. Ben Macintyre described Durnford as "a traditionally brutal prep school [which] epitomised
Durnford_School
English painter (1860–1927)
Rankin 2008, p. 181. Ben Macintyre. Operation Mincemeat. Bloomsbury, 2010. Bach 2002, p. 340. Pery, Jenny (1990). Solomon J Solomon RA. Ben Uri Art Gallery
Solomon_Joseph_Solomon
Military unit
AND TWO MUSLIMS". The Civil and Military Gazette. 14 November 1927. Ben Macintyre, For Your Eyes Only (London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7475-9527-4)
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Royal_Military_College,_Sandhurst
Literature society in London
McKendrick 2014 Andrew McMillan 2020 Ian McMillan 2022 *Jean McNicol 2024 Ben Macintyre 2014 Shena Mackay 1999 Rory MacLean 2007 *Christopher MacLehose 2021
Royal_Society_of_Literature
Non-fiction writing award
Highfield, Stella Tillyard. The 2011 judges were David Goodhart, Sam Leith, Ben Macintyre, Brenda Maddox, Amanda Vickery. The 2012 judges were David Willetts
Baillie_Gifford_Prize
British ceramic company
Christopher Eccleston, Lauren Child, AN Wilson, historian Tom Holland, author Ben Macintyre, historian Andrew Roberts, Rachel Reeves MP, Greenpeace UK's Will McCallum
Emma_Bridgewater
British spy (1921–2009)
of those love letters, the other being Hester Leggatt. According to Ben Macintyre they were written by Leggatt; Denis Smyth identifies the author as Paddy
Paddy_Ridsdale
Norwegian resistance member
suffering from Parkinson's disease, alcoholism, and malnutrition. Ben Macintyre, Agent Zigzag: The True Wartime Story of Eddie Chapman, Lover, Betrayer
Dagmar_Lahlum
French actor (born 1990)
SAS: Rogue Heroes as Augustin Jordan, in a six-part drama based upon Ben Macintyre's book of the same name. Thompson, Avery (20 October 2017). "Cesar Domboy:
César_Domboy
Architecture of totalitarian states
architecture promoting communism as a political religion. The Times columnist Ben Macintyre wrote that "Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Mussolini and Saddam all imagined vast
Totalitarian_architecture
Subgroup of Amish established in the 1960s
Review 3 (2008): 395. Literature Resource Center. Web. 13 Apr. 2015. Ben, Macintyre. "A quiet lesson in forgiveness; Comment." The Times (London, England)
New_Order_Amish
British inventor
map souvenir pencil". www.derwentart.com. Retrieved 3 January 2021. Ben Macintyre, Operation Mincemeat (Crown Edition) Gladwell, Malcolm (10 May 2010)
Charles_Fraser-Smith
British Zionist (1895–1984)
January 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2008. Macintyre, Ben (4 April 2014). "My hero: Flora Solomon by Ben Macintyre". the Guardian. Retrieved 27 March 2022
Flora_Solomon
Fictitious WWII Allied military unit
Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2011. Ben Macintyre (2012). Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies. Crown. ISBN 978-0-307-88876-1
First United States Army Group
First_United_States_Army_Group
2009 nonfiction book by Christopher Andrew
on "the relationship between the service, ministers and the public". Ben Macintyre reviewed Defend the Realm for The New York Times Book Review, calling
The_Defence_of_the_Realm
English sports journalist (born 1939)
June 2015. "Birthdays". The Independent. Retrieved 29 December 2014. Ben Macintyre (5 April 2008). "Was Ian Fleming the real 007?". The Times. London.
Henry_Blofeld
Sikh Maharaja, 1801–1839
Ranjit Singh. Penguin Books. pp. 6, 253–254. ISBN 978-0-14-306543-2. Ben Macintyre (2008). The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan
Ranjit_Singh
British politician (1914–1985)
Library". Private-eye.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Ben Macintyre "From squiffy to blotto, a lexicon of lushes", The Times, 7 January
George Brown, Baron George-Brown
George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown
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