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Lobster Issue 52 (Winter 2006/7) £££

[…] flits through the pages of Jonathan Petropoulos’s exhaustive survey of the German aristocracy’s involvement with the Hitler Gang, Royals and the Reich: the Princes von Hessen in Nazi Germany (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006). In particular, Anthony Blunt’s post-war mission to Schloss Friedrichshof on behalf of the royal family is examined in some detail […]

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Lobster Issue 33: Contents

Lobster Issue 33 (Summer 1997) £££

The first of three essays in this issue are about New Labour and its origins. I put mine first because of its general, context-setting nature. The subsequent essays, on the Successor Generation and the operations in the British Unions, deepen and thicken the section towards the end of the opening essay which discusses New Labour’s … Read more

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Private Warriors

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Lobster Issue 40 (Winter 2000/1) £££

[…] thorough introduction to the major themes – and a lot of interesting and entertaining bits and pieces en route. So we get three chapters on the ex- Nazi arms dealers who worked for the US; a section on miscellaneous mercenary operations, including short sections on some UK firms; a chapter on Alexander Haig’s post-government […]

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What is Opus Dei?

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Lobster Issue 51 (Summer 2006) £££

[…] the lack of positive evidence. This problem pervades the whole book. Friedlander discusses various scandals that people have tried to associate with Opus Dei, including the Vatican/ Nazi ratlines to South America, the Banco Ambrosiano/Robert Calvi case, the Swiss Guard murders and even alleged murders of recent Popes. As there is no proof of […]

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Disinformation: From Euros to UFOs

Lobster Issue 40 (Winter 2000/1) £££

A secret service? In the Guardian of 12 June 2000 David Leigh had an important piece on the relationship between our secret servants and the media. At the core of this was his account of the revelation, via a libel suit in London, of an MI6 operation to plant disinformation in the Sunday Telegraph about … Read more

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The state in politics: Wallace, Holroyd and Lobster

Lobster Issue 32 (December 1996) £££

The state in politics: Wallace, Holroyd and Lobster Colin Wallace’s 1980 conviction for the manslaughter of Jonathan Lewis was quashed on 9 October 1996. Considering the size of the political iceberg beneath that little tip, with the notable exceptions of the Guardian and Channel Four News, the response of the media on mainland UK was … Read more

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SISies: MI6: Fifty Years of Special Operations and A Life: A. J. Ayer

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Lobster Issue 40 (Winter 2000/1) £££

[…] Rothschild and Korda (see below). Legg, too, became a Wilson-hater, denying publicly his own communist past, writing a short book espousing geopolitical views derived from Haushofer, the Nazi political theorist. Two younger Labour figures moved into the area and joined this group: Giles Radice, who later helped arrange Tony Blair’s parliamentary seat in 1983, […]

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Out of the blue and into the black

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Lobster Issue 51 (Summer 2006) £££

[…] out of Belfast in 1989 and the UVF did likewise with Combat 18 in 1993. That said, Johnnie Adair was a member of the National Front and Nazi rock band, Offensive Weapons, before ever he joined the UDA in 1989; and McDonald and Cusack add that Rathcoole UDA commander John Gregg was an admirer […]

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Surf’s up! Internet sites of interest

Lobster Issue 31 (June 1996) £££

Here is a selection of sites on the Internet that may interest Lobsterreaders. The usenet newsgroups are for discussion of issues and anyone can contribute; some of the contributions are pretty far-out, or just plain abusive, and much of the material is US-oriented. The content of newsgroups is continually changing, and the examples I have … Read more

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Web Update

Lobster Issue 39 (Summer 2000) £££

[…] the nation’s highest office.’ Factbook on Intelligence http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/facttell/index.html Updated version of the CIA Factbook on Intelligence, a history and guide to the CIA. German Propaganda Archive http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/ Nazi and East German propaganda, translated. ‘Includes both propaganda itself and material produced for the guidance of propagandists. The goal is to help people understand the two […]

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