Helen Fry in Conversation 2023 Season

Helen Fry in Conversation with Michael Smith

They will discuss The Real Special Relationship: The True Story of How the British and US Secret Services Work Together
In The Real Special Relationship, Michael Smith reveals how it all began, when a top-secret visit by four American codebreakers to Bletchley Park in February 1941 – 10 months before the US entered the Second World War – marked the start of a close collaboration between the two nations that endures to this day… right up to the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Michael Smith, the bestselling author of Station X and having himself served in British military intelligence, brings together a fascinating range of characters, from Winston Churchill and Ian Fleming to Kim Philby and Edward Snowden, who have helped shape the security of our two nations. Supported by in-depth interviews and an excellent range of personal contacts, he takes the reader into the mysterious workings of MI6, the CIA and all those who work to keep us safe.

In the series:

Jan. 8, 2023: Michael Smith on the UK – US intelligence relationship
Jan. 29, 2023: Sigmund Freud’s Family and Escape from Vienna
Feb. 5, 2023: Clare Mulley on the Women Who Flew For Hitler
Feb. 12, 2023: Joseph Sassoon on the Rothschilds of the East
April 2, 2023: Susan Ronald on Hitler’s Aristocrats