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On the morning of Saturday 22nd April 1978, members of an Active Service Unit of the IRA hijacked a car and crossed the countryside to the town of Lisburn. Within an hour, they had killed an off-duty policeman in front of his young son. In Anatomy of a Killing, award-winning jou…
The untold story of an IRA unit, and a killing that has echoed across the decades. On the morning of Saturday 22nd April 1978, members of an Active Service Unit of the IRA hijacked a car and crossed the countryside to the town of Lisburn. Within an hour, they had killed an off-d…
From the award winning author of Cruel Britannia, here is a revelatory new book which exposes the culture of concealment at the heart of the British state - from the secret wars of the past century to covert surveillance today.
Ian Cobain's 'The History Thieves' looks at the culture of secrecy in British society. It is a follow-up to 'Cruel Britannia', which won the Total Politics Political Debut of the Year Award
In 1889, the first Official Secrets Act was passed, creating offences of 'disclosure of information' and 'breach of official trust'. It limited and monitored what the public could, and should, be told. Since then a culture of secrecy has flourished. As successive governments hav…