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Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby (1 January 1912 – 11 May 1988) was a British intelligence officer and a spy for the Soviet Union. In 1963, he was revealed to be a member of the Cambridge Five, a spy ring which had divulged British secrets to the Soviets during World War II and in the early stages of the Cold War.
May 9, 2024 · Kim Philby (born January 1, 1912, Ambala, India—died May 11, 1988, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a British intelligence officer until 1951 and the most successful Soviet double agent of the Cold War period.
Nov 18, 2013 · Fifty years ago one of Britain's most infamous spies, Kim Philby, defected to the Soviet Union. The unresolved questions surrounding his defection reveal blind spots in the British ruling class...
Mar 24, 2022 · The double-agent’s granddaughter, Charlotte Philby, on the correspondence of a man who betrayed his country but cared deeply about the family he left behind. Kim Philby with his...
Apr 4, 2016 · LONDON — Kim Philby, the double agent whose betrayal of his country to the Soviet Union still marks British life, boasted in a 1981 lecture that was recently discovered by the BBC and broadcast...
Apr 3, 2016 · A previously unseen video of infamous double agent Kim Philby describing his career as a Soviet spy is uncovered by the BBC.
Jul 27, 2014 · Kim Philby rose through the ranks of British intelligence. There was even talk of him becoming head of MI6. He was loved and admired by his colleagues, and he was a Soviet agent.
Jun 12, 2018 · As well as being my grandfather – whom I remember from childhood trips to Russia as a funny old man with a beaming smile, who dressed almost exclusively in white vests and braces – Kim Philby, to this day, remains one of the most significant double agents in modern history.
May 12, 2015 · NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The epic true story of Kim Philby, the Cold War’s most infamous spy, from the “master storyteller” (San Francisco Chronicle) and author of Prisoners of the Castle.
Oct 7, 2021 · In 1945, with Nazism defeated, Kim Philby chose to remain an undercover supporter of Moscow not merely working for MI6, Britain’s foreign intelligence service, but heading the department responsible for catching moles – such as himself!
