Philby
Americannoun
noun
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Harold Adrian Russell, known as Kim. 1912–88, English double agent; defected to the Soviet Union (1963)
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his father, H ( arry ) Saint John ( Bridger ). 1885–1960, British explorer, civil servant, and Arabist
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Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, and John Cairncross - whose details are all included in the exhibit - were recruited as Soviet spies while at Cambridge University in the 1930s.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2025
According to the transcript of the pair's conversation, Philby confessed that he found life at MI6 like a "controlled schizophrenia".
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2025
Pearce: I was the Johnny Come Lately on this project because originally Dominic West was going to play Philby but he became unavailable.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2023
Anna Maxwell Martin and Guy Pearce are excellent as Thomas and Philby, and Damian Lewis is outstanding as Elliott, the colorless spy’s spy whose skills and motives are in question until the end.
From New York Times • May 10, 2023
The "Cambridge Spy Ring"—which included Philby, Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt, and John Cairncross—made sure that almost nothing that England or its allies did would be kept secret from the USSR.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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