Alan Judd

People of little interest: MI5’s view of left-wing intellectuals

Britain’s pro-communist literati complained of harassment by the security services – but few were monitored for any length of time

Churchill’s cousin Clare Sheridan adopted the Soviet cause in 1920 but was eventually dismissed by MI5 as a mischief-maker. [Getty Images]
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  • Red List: MI5 and British Intellectuals in the Twentieth Century

    David Caute

    Verso, pp. 352, £20

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