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==Notes and references== ===Notes=== {{notelist}} ===References=== {{reflist}} ===Sources=== ====Books==== * {{cite book|last1=Barrett|first1=Oliver Boyd|last2=Herrera|first2=David|last3=Baumann|first3=James A.|title=Hollywood and the CIA: Cinema, Defense and Subversion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xCIff4aRn50C&pg=PP1|year=2011|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=978-1-136-80676-6}} * {{cite book|editor-last=Bloom|editor-first=Clive|title=Modern Crime and Suspense Writers|date=1995|publisher=Chelsea House|location=New York|isbn=978-0-5852-2979-9|url=https://archive.org/details/moderncrimesuspe0000unse}} * {{cite book|last=Buckton|first=Oliver|editor1-last=Parini|editor1-first=Jay|editor-link=Jay Parini|title=British Writers. Supplement XVIII|publisher=Gale|location=Detroit, MI|isbn=978-1-4144-8026-8|pages=55β72|year=2012|url=https://archive.org/details/britishwriterssu0000unse_s2x6/mode/2up|chapter=Len Deighton}} * {{cite book|last=Burton|first=Alan|title=Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction|year=2016|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|location=London|isbn=978-1-4422-5587-6}} * {{cite book|last=Burton|first=Alan|title=Looking-Glass Wars: Spies on British Screens since 1960|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=24mEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR8|year=2018|publisher=Vernon Press|location=Wilmington, DE|isbn=978-1-62273-290-6}} * {{cite book|last=Caine|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Caine|title=What's It All About?|date=2012|publisher=Random House|location=London|isbn=978-1-4481-3648-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H8VbQbS7n78C}} * {{cite book|last=Deighton|first=Len|title=The IPCRESS File|date=1964|orig-year=1962|publisher=Panther|location=London|oclc=154157529|url=https://archive.org/details/ipcressfile0000unse}} * {{cite book|last=Deighton|first=Len|title=Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk|date=1982|publisher=Ballantine Books|location=New York|isbn=978-0-7126-7428-7|url=https://archive.org/details/blitzkriegfromri00deig/page/n3}} * {{cite book|editor1-last=Edwards|editor1-first=Martin|editor-link=Martin Edwards (author)|title=Howdunit! A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club|date=2020|publisher=Collins Crime Club|location=London|isbn=978-0-0083-8013-7}} * {{cite book|last=Gosden|first=Peter H. J. H.|title=Education in the Second World War: A Study in Policy and Administration|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=978-0-4154-3220-7}} * {{cite book|last=Grella|first=George|chapter=Len Deighton|editor-last=Reilly|editor-first=John M.|title=Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers|year=1988|publisher=Macmillan|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-81366-7}} * {{cite book|last=Hines|first=Claire|title=The Playboy and James Bond: 007, Ian Fleming and Playboy magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YnG5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PP1|year=2018|publisher=Manchester University Press|location=Manchester|isbn=978-1-5261-1616-1}} * {{cite book|last=Krueger|first=Christine L.|title=Encyclopedia of British Writers: 19th and 20th Centuries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dnqi3gRxgvQC&pg=PP1|year=2014|publisher=Infobase Publishing|location=New York|isbn=978-1-4381-0870-4}} * {{cite book|last=Macdonald|first=Gina|title=Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography|date=1992|publisher=Gale Research|location=Detroit, MI|isbn=978-0-8103-7988-6|pages=35β55|chapter=Len Deighton}} * {{cite book|last=Masters|first=Anthony|title=Literary Agents: The Novelist as Spy|date=1987|publisher=Basil Blackwell|location=London|isbn=978-0-6311-4979-8|url=https://archive.org/details/literaryagentsno00mast/page/n5/mode/2up}} * {{cite book|last=Milward-Oliver|first=Edward|author-link=Edward Milward-Oliver|title=The Len Deighton Companion|year=1987|publisher=Grafton|location=London|isbn=978-0-586-07000-0}} * {{cite book|last=Rose|first=Lionel|title=Rogues and Vagabonds: Vagrant Underworld in Britain, 1815-1985|date=1988|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=978-0-4150-0275-2|url=https://archive.org/details/roguesvagabondsv0000rose}} * {{cite book|last=Sampson|first=Anthony|author-link=Anthony Sampson|title=The Changing Anatomy of Britain|date=1982|publisher=Random House|location=New York|isbn=978-0-3945-3143-4|url=https://archive.org/details/changinganatomyo00samp}} * {{cite book|last=Symons|first=Julian|author-link=Julian Symons|title=Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel|date=1985|publisher=Viking|location=New York|isbn=978-0-6708-0096-4|url=https://archive.org/details/bloodymurderfrom00symo/page/n7/mode/2up}} * {{cite book|contributor-last=Taylor|contributor-first=A. J. P.|contributor-link=A. J. P. Taylor|last=Deighton|first=Len|contribution=Introduction|title=Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain|date=1994|publisher=Harper Paperbacks|location=New York|isbn=978-0-0610-0802-3|url=https://archive.org/details/fighter00lend/mode/2up}} * {{cite book|last=Woods|first=Brett F.|title=Neutral Ground: A Political History of Espionage Fiction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x6EYtYMgF4UC&pg=PP1|year=2008|publisher=Algora Publishing|location=New York|isbn=978-0-87586-533-1}} ====Broadcast media==== * {{cite AV media|last=Deighton|first=Len|date=19 June 1976|title=Desert Island Discs|medium=Radio programme|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009n0py|ref={{sfnRef|''Desert Island Discs'', 19 June 1976}}}} * {{cite episode|title=The Deighton File|date=26 May 2009|series=The Author Archive Collection|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kjh8g|ref={{sfnRef|"The Deighton File". 26 May 2009}}}} ====Journals and magazines==== * {{cite journal|last=Baker|first=Brian|title='You're Quite a Gourmet, Aren't You, Palmer?' Masculinity and Food in the Spy Fiction of Len Deighton|journal=The Yearbook of English Studies|date=2012|volume=42|pages=30β48|doi=10.5699/yearenglstud.42.2012.0030|jstor=10.5699/yearenglstud.42.2012.0030 |s2cid=190558061 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5699/yearenglstud.42.2012.0030|issn=0306-2473}} * {{cite magazine|title=BBC Radio 4, 18 February 1995|magazine=Radio Times|date=18 February 1995|issue=3709|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_radio_fourfm/1995-02-18|ref={{sfnRef|"BBC Radio 4, 18 February 1995". ''Radio Times''}}}} * {{cite journal|title=Books|journal=The Bookseller|date=1979|issue=3838|page=80|issn=0006-7539|ref={{sfnRef|"Books". ''The Bookseller''}}}} * {{cite journal|last=Brown|first=Geoffrey|title=The Thrillers and Spy Novels of Len Deighton|journal=The Book and Magazine Collector|publisher=Diamond Publishing Group|date=February 1987|issue=35|issn=0952-8601}} * {{cite journal|last=Burton|first=Alan|title=Mind Bending, Mental Seduction and Menticide: Brainwashing in British Spy Dramas of the 1960s|journal=Journal of British Cinema and Television|date=January 2013|volume=10|issue=1|pages=27β48|doi=10.3366/jbctv.2013.0120}} * {{Cite magazine|last=Deighton|first=Len|date=May 1966|title=Why Does My Art Go Boom?|url=https://archive.org/details/playboy-magazines-1953-2013/PlayBoy/Playboy%201966/5%20-%20May%201966/page/102/mode/2up|magazine=Playboy|pages=103, 182β184}} * {{cite journal|title=In England Now|journal=The Lancet|date=29 June 1957|volume=272|issue=6983|pages=1351β1352|issn=0140-6736 |ref={{sfnRef|"In England Now". ''The Lancet''}}}} * {{cite journal|last1=Jackson|first1=Crispin|last2=Gwilliam|first2=Graham|title=Len Deighton: The Master Thriller Writer Turns Seventy|journal=The Book and Magazine Collector|publisher=Diamond Publishing Group|date=March 1999|issue=180}} * {{cite journal|last=Millett|first=Allan R.|author-link=Allan R. Millett|title=Blood, Tears and Folly: An Objective Look at World War II|journal=The Journal of American History|date=March 1995|volume=81|issue=4|pages=1807β1808|doi=10.2307/2081821|jstor=2081821 }} ====News media==== * {{cite news|title=Back to prayer for Suu Kyi|url=https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2009/08/back-to-prayer-for-suu-kyi/|work=Capital News|date=12 August 2009|ref={{sfnRef|"Back to prayer for Suu Kyi". ''Capital News''}}}} * {{cite news|last=Barnard|first=Peter|title=Flying back in real time|work=The Times|date=18 February 1995|page=24 (section 2)}} * {{cite news|last=Bateman|first=Michael|title=A kitchen thriller|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/a-kitchen-thriller-1265655.html|work=The Independent|date=6 April 1997}} * {{cite news|last=Bird|first=David|title=Notes on people|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/11/26/archives/notes-on-people.html|work=The New York Times|date=26 November 1976|page=39}} * {{cite news|last=Burgess|first=Anthony|title=Modern novels; The 99 best|work=The New York Times|date=5 February 1984|at=Section 7; Page 1}} * {{cite news|last=Campbell|first=Christy|work=The Sunday Telegraph|title=Spies With class|date=21 June 1992|page=101}} * {{cite news|last=Child|first=Ben|title=Tarantino mulls Deighton spy film to rival Bond|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/aug/14/tarantino-deighton-trilogy|work=The Guardian|date=14 August 2009}} * {{Cite news|last=Dawson Scott|first=Robert|title=Len Deighton: The spy and I|work=The Independent|page=43|date=4 January 2006a|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/len-deighton-the-spy-and-i-521520.html}} * {{cite news|last=Dawson Scott|first=Robert|title=A class act, not a class warrior|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a-class-act-not-a-class-warrior-s3f0fg7khcp|work=The Times|date=7 January 2006b}} {{subscription required}} * {{cite news|last=Didcock|first=Barry|title=Tributes to the lives and times of two great talents|work=Sunday Herald|date=31 May 2009|page=17}} * {{cite news|last=Duns|first=Jeremy|author-link1=Jeremy Duns|title=Jeremy Duns pays tribute to novelist Len Deighton|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2009/feb/19/len-deighton-revival|work=The Guardian|date=19 February 2009}} * {{cite news|last=Egan|first=Barry|title=Declan Lynch on his childhood and why 'alcoholic' is more of a stigma than words like 'depression'|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-news/declan-lynch-on-his-childhood-and-why-alcoholic-is-more-of-a-stigma-than-words-like-depression-37317769.html|work=Irish Independent|date=17 September 2018}} * {{cite magazine|last=Grow|first=Kory|title=Motorhead's Lemmy: My life in 15 snarls|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/motorheads-lemmy-my-life-in-15-snarls-64130/bomber-159345/|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=28 August 2015}} * {{cite news|last=Hilton|first=Nick|title=The Perfect Spy; Joe Cole steps into Michael Caine's shoes in a vibrant and deliciously retro Sixties 'The Ipcress File', says Nick Hilton|work=The Independent|date=7 March 2022|page=38}} * {{cite news|last=Kemp|first=Stuart|title=Simon Beaufoy to adapt Len Deighton's spy novels for TV|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/simon-beaufoy-adapt-len-deightons-437736|date=4 November 2013|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=29 March 2020}} * {{cite news|last=Kerridge|first=Jake|title=In a hurry to use his organ donor card|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=20 February 2016|page=29}} * {{cite news|last=Kerridge|first=Jake|title=The Deighton file: a life of reluctance and intrigue|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=14 February 2009|page=10}} * {{cite news|last=Kerridge|first=Jake|title=Len Deighton interview: 'Nobody could have had a happier life than I've had'|work=The Sunday Telegraph|date=19 February 2017|page=55}} * {{cite news|last=Kerridge|first=Jake|title=From Ian Fleming to Ann Cleeves: Desert Island Discs' best crime writer castaways|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=18 February 2019|page=44}} * {{cite news|last=Kirschenbaum|first=Matthew|title=The book-writing machine: what was the first novel ever written on a word processor?|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2013/03/len_deighton_s_bomber_the_first_book_ever_written_on_a_word_processor.single.html|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=1 March 2013}} * {{cite news|last=Landin|first=Conrad|title=Time to reopen the Deighton file|url=https://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/time-to-reopen-the-deighton-file|work=Camden New Journal|date=24 February 2022}} * {{cite news|title=Len Deighton|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/11/lendeighton|access-date=30 October 2023|work=The Guardian|date=22 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810051625/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/11/lendeighton|archive-date=10 August 2022|ref={{sfnRef|"Len Deighton". ''The Guardian''}}}} * {{cite news|title=Libel damages For 'doss-house'|work=The Times|date=13 July 1967|page=15|ref={{sfnRef|"Libel Damages For 'Doss-House'". ''The Times''}}}} * {{cite news|title=Libel damages For 'Operation Snowdrop' Leader|work=The Times|date=24 May 1968|page=15|ref={{sfnRef|"Libel Damages For 'Operation Snowdrop' Leader". ''The Times''}}}} * {{cite news|last=Masters|first=A|title=Deighton still the master of the spy thriller|work=The Courier-Mail|date=26 October 1985|page=21}} * {{cite news|title=Secrets case ended|work=The Times|date=8 November 1940|page=2|ref={{sfnRef|"Secrets Case Ended". ''The Times''}}}} * {{cite news|last=Stanhope|first=Henry|title=Panzers and warhorses|work=The Times|date=18 November 1993|page=39}} * {{cite news|last=Stummer|first=Robin|title=Len Deighton's Observer cookstrips, Michael Caine and the 1960s|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/dec/14/len-deighton-observer-cookstrips-michael-caine-1960s|work=The Observer|date=14 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614145136/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/dec/14/len-deighton-observer-cookstrips-michael-caine-1960s|url-status=live|archive-date=14 June 2016}} * {{cite news|title=Through the lens of half a century, we look back on the moments that shaped entertainment and pop culture|work=The Daily News of Los Angeles|date=17 January 2020|page=1|ref={{sfnRef|''The Daily News of Los Angeles''. 17 January 2020}}}} * {{cite news|last=Twigg|first=Melissa|title=The Ipcress File costumes bringing the 1960s drama to life; How class, history and the 1965 film inspired costume designs for the new series, writes Melissa Twigg|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=9 March 2022|page=24}} * {{cite news|last=Walsh|first=John|title=A taste of the action: Len Deighton's cult Sixties' cookbook is back|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/a-taste-of-the-action-len-deightons-cult-sixties-cookbook-is-back-1707751.html|work=The Independent|date=17 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012259/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/a-taste-of-the-action-len-deightons-cult-sixties-cookbook-is-back-1707751.html|url-status=live|archive-date=5 March 2016}} * {{cite news|last=Whitworth|first=Damian|title=There's a Nazi in No 10 and the SS in Scotland Yard|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/theres-a-nazi-in-no-10-and-the-ss-in-scotland-yard-n925cjfms|work=The Times|date=11 February 2017}} ====Websites==== * {{cite web|title=BBC Radio 4 β Desert Island Discs, Len Deighton|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009n0py|website=BBC|access-date=27 October 2023|ref={{sfnRef|"BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Len Deighton". BBC}}}} * {{Cite web|url=http://www.christies.com/features/Collector_Naipaul_V2-5324-1.aspx|title=Collectors & their collections: V.S. Naipaul|date=1 June 2015|website=Christie's|access-date=31 March 2020|ref={{sfnRef|"Collectors & their collections: V.S. Naipaul". ''Christie's''}}}} * {{cite web|last=Deighton|first=Len|title=Len Deighton reveals how he wrote SS-GB, the bestseller that imagines Hitler had won the war|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-06-09/len-deighton-reveals-how-he-wrote-ss-gb-the-bestseller-that-imagines-hitler-had-won-the-war/|website=Radio Times|access-date=26 March 2020|date=9 July 2017}} * {{cite web|title=Game, Set and Match (1988)|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b795cfc03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427162751/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b795cfc03|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 April 2016|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=30 March 2020|ref={{sfnRef|"Game, Set and Match (1988)". British Film Institute}}}} * {{cite web|title=Len Deighton|url=https://adrianflowersarchive.com/len-deighton-cooking/|publisher=Adrian Flowers|access-date=31 October 2023|ref={{sfnRef|"Len Deighton". Adrian Flowers}}}} * {{cite web|title=Len Deighton|url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CH1000024326&v=2.1&u=wes_ttda&it=r&p=CA&sw=w&asid=c198ef6646d916e0f788f6acf88e377c|work=Contemporary Authors|publisher=Gale|access-date=25 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415112654/http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CH1000024326&v=2.1&u=wes_ttda&it=r&p=CA&sw=w&asid=c198ef6646d916e0f788f6acf88e377c|archive-date=15 April 2016|url-status=dead|ref={{sfnRef|"Len Deighton". ''Contemporary Authors''}}}} {{subscription required}} * {{cite web|title=Len Deighton|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1659000147/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=38f7b357|website=Contemporary Novelists|publisher=Gale|access-date=30 October 2023|date=2001|ref={{sfnRef|"Len Deighton". ''Contemporary Novelists''}}}} {{subscription required}} * {{cite web|title=Only When I Larf (1968)|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b2308ea|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310133047/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b2308ea|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 March 2016|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=28 March 2020|ref={{sfnRef|"Only When I Larf (1968)". British Film Institute}}}} * {{cite web|last=Sharf|first=Zack|title=Quentin Tarantino's last movie: 17 unmade projects that could be his final film|url=https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/quentin-tarantino-movies-never-made/killer-crow/|website=IndieWire|access-date=29 March 2020|date=3 October 2019}} * {{cite web|title=Types of school|url=https://www.gov.uk/types-of-school|publisher=UK Government|access-date=30 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002134141/https://www.gov.uk/types-of-school|archive-date=2 October 2023|ref={{sfnRef|"Types of school". UK Government}}}}
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