SPY CAT

A real cat was wired up by the CIA to be a mobile bugging device. Isn’t it amazing that the CIA bombed Russia with condoms? That the KGB tried to buy a bank? That if Ancient Rome had lost a battle 2,200 years ago, we’d probably be speaking a form of Arabic today? That the number 72 is “magic“? Guess which British prime minister had a real bee in the bonnet? My channel will tell you the stories that you’ll love to know. And want to share. They are all true. Just like all my best-selling books. Join me, John, on my “Isn’t it amazing?“ channel and, I hope, be astounded and amused. This will be a fun ride and I shall post regularly. I studied Modern History at Christ Church, Oxford, and worked for Margaret Thatcher in the Conservative Research Department. My professional career has been as a writer and a broadcasting executive in BBC TV, Channel 4, TV 2 Denmark, TVI Portugal and TV 2 Norway. My books: “Ireland. An illustrated history”, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-00-216294-6 “A short history of Ireland”, Cambridge University Press, 3rd edition, 2013. ISBN 978-1-107-00923-3 “The Agency: the rise and decline of the CIA”, Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-340-41230-5 “Thatcher`s people. An insider`s account of the politics, the power and the personalities“, Harper Collins. ISBN 0-00-215410-2 “CIA - A History”, BBC Books. ISBN 978-0563362500 Thank you for joining me!