[…] include the fact a largish chunk of their subject matter has, in effect, been covertly controlled by the British state. Which is more or less what Brian Crozier was telling us in his memoir, Free Agent, wasn’t it? Notes See Tom Easton’s piece in Lobster 36. Dodds-Parker was also busy in the 1960s peddling […]
[…] Report” drew an average of 50% of its material from the IRD’. (p. 27) Presumably this refers to the Economist’s Foreign Report, among whose editors were Brian Crozier and Robert Moss. ‘Crucial to the IRD’s success was its relationship with the BBC.’ (p. 29) What is wrong with Mayhew’s account is his ignorance of […]
[PDF file]: […] the Tom Mahl thesis Ken Weller for trusting me with one of his cuttings files Anthony Carew and Ken Fleet for their comments on the text Brian Crozier for being so (relatively) candid in his memoir and providing so many clues Richard Fletcher for his pioneering research in the 1970s, without which none of […]
[PDF file]: […] before and during the life of the SDP, itself largely formulated along a US model.1 Haseler formed the SDA in 1975 with the distanced help of Brian Crozier, with the intention of drawing votes from the Labour Party up to the 1983 election. In a letter to The Times, Crozier alluded to his previous […]
[…] that point only 18 months from its formal registration as a charity (sic). (11) ISC’s inclusion in this grouping is less surprising than it might look. Brian Crozier, ISC’s founder, had established links with the British domestic antiunion, anti-left organisations in the 1960s. He edited the 1970 anthology We Will Bury You which included […]
[…] that point only 18 months from its formal registration as a charity (sic). (11) ISC’s inclusion in this grouping is less surprising than it might look. Brian Crozier, ISC’s founder, had established links with the British domestic antiunion, anti-left organisations in the 1960s. He edited the 1970 anthology We Will Bury You which included […]
[PDF file]: […] way to a position of prestige in the journalism world.” A hand-written note on the report added: “Run with the knowledge and cooperation of British intelligence.” Brian Crozier became President of FWF in February 1966. (He had known Whitney when Whitney was Ambassador to the UK.) FWF’s managing editor was Iain Hamilton, previously editor […]
[PDF file]: […] “the driving motivation behind ISC is the defence of free industrial societies against totalitarian encroachments.” This, mark you, when charities are legally incapable of being “political”. 10 Crozier (1970). Other pieces were by W. F. K. Thompson (on ISC’s council), the Rev. Michael Bordeaux, now head of Keston College (see below), and C. H. […]
[PDF file]: […] AI Looking for my review of Brian Crozier’s memoir in Lobster, I asked Google (generally better and faster than Lobster’s search engine) for ‘Lobster magazine + Brian Crozier + Free Agent’ and got this from Google AI. Lobster magazine, a British publication focused on intelligence and parapolitics, has frequently covered the career of journalist, […]
[…] AI Looking for my review of Brian Crozier’s memoir in Lobster, I asked Google (generally better and faster than Lobster’s search engine) for ‘Lobster magazine + Brian Crozier + Free Agent’ and got this from Google AI. Lobster magazine, a British publication focused on intelligence and parapolitics, has frequently covered the career of journalist, […]
