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Deighton

British  
/ ˈdeɪtən /

noun

  1. Len. born 1929, British thriller writer. His books include The Ipcress File (1962), Bomber (1970), and the trilogy Berlin Game , Mexico Set , and London Match (1983–85)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The WSJ Leadership Institute’s Katie Deighton reports on the latest in on-campus marketing:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

WSJ Leadership Institute’s Katie Deighton reports on the resurrection—sort of—of a much-missed social network: Remember Vine, the six-second Twitter-owned video app partially responsible for Logan Paul’s career?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 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

In 1969, Deighton wrote Bomber, the story of an RAF raid over Germany, which is often hailed as one of the great anti-war novels.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026

By Horace Deighton, M.A. 4s. 6d., or in separate books.

From The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.) by James Pringle Thomson

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