Clare Mulley

The pram in the hall was one spy’s best friend

Ursula Kuczynski found perfect cover, as housewife and mother, for a long career in espionage, according to Ben Macintyre

Ursula Kuczynski, as Ruth Werner, at home in retirement. Credit: Getty Images 
issue 12 September 2020
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