Deighton
Britishnoun
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Keating once told the BBC, adding: “And at the other extreme is Len Deighton using the spy story to say things about people and about the world.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Deighton was trained as a photographer during his service with the Royal Air Force and studied at St. Martin’s School of Art and the Royal College of Art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Len Deighton, the bestselling author of “The Ipcress File” and influential cookbook writer, died March 15 at 97.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
"It might have sunk without a ripple," Deighton later recalled, "but it did very well, because the critics used me as a blunt instrument to beat Ian Fleming over the head."
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
I once lived in England a long time ago, Mr. Deighton," here Blount turned his face away, and then added dreamily, "a long time, a very long time ago, and met some fairly decent people.
From The Tapu Of Banderah 1901 by Louis Becke
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