Across the globe, spies love to gather in inconspicuous dens to meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online explores the Stafford London hotel, a long-standing refuge for the United Kingdom's military, diplomatic and political classes.
There are three quick exit routes from the Stafford London hotel in Mayfair. The taxi route hooks round a side road to meet St James's Street on its descent to St James's Palace, the former residence of King Charles III. A second exit goes through an old mews at the back of the building, meeting the same street a few blocks up.
And the third, opposite