The ‘Spy Who Came in from the Cold’. John LeCarre’s 1963 Cold War novel about espionage in East Germany which director Martin Ritt adapted to cinema in 1965 with Richard Burton as the lead character, Leamas. As a wire service reporter during the Cold War days, I, too, had brushes with operatives from the ‘other … Continue reading GDR Days: Be Rude – and They Will Leave You Alone