History of spying

Press, 31 January 1984, Page 17

History of spying

The final programme in a five-part 8.8. C. series on the history of espionage, written and presented by Dr Christopher Andrew ’ of Cambridge University, can be heard on the Concert programme this evening. “The Cousins" (the C.1.A.) and “the neighbours" (the K.G.8.) now dominate the world of intelligence and espionage. But in a democracy, where sections of free opinion may honestly incline to ideologies which some officials may see as hostile, who should make the rules? And who is really to know that the rules are being kept? The title of the final programme is “Who watches the watchers?” Sports roundup The Concert programme plans commentary throughout today from the first day’s play in the Shell Trophy cricket match Central Districts v. Wellington at Palmerston North, plus reports from the world 470 yachting championships at Auckland.

World of Books V. S. Pritchett’s stories and literary criticisms have been enjoyed by his readers for over 60 years, and now at the age of 83 he has just published another selection from the vast number of short stories he has written over the years. The author is asked on the Concert programme this evening how he compared his writing now’ to that of his early years.

In an effort to revive the waning art of the ghost story, the distinguished English novelist Susan Hill has not only brought out a collection of ghost stories, but has also written her own ghost novel called “The Woman in Black” — her first novel for nearly 10 years. Tonight Susan Hill talks about the ingredients for a really good ghost story. Science fiction writing has come a long way since the days of Jules Verne, the father of modern science fiction. On the book programme this

week two distinguished science fiction writers, Brian Aldiss from England and Robert Silverberg from America discuss the current state of the art with Bob Berry. A very just man A seventeenth century Dutch lawyer and theologian, Hugo de Groot is the subject of a series of three half-hour documentaries (National, this evening) that come from Radio Nederland and are being broadcast on the National programme. De Grbot, who was a founder of International Law, advocated a better foundation for peace and security in an age when the discovery and exploitation of new continents was leading to widespread wars and a decay of the accepted thinking of the Middle Ages. The programmes make De Groot, the author of a famous work on war and peace, relevant in this age of fierce protest against nuclear armament.