Across the globe, spies gather in inconspicuous dens, where they meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online examines a pub that has traditionally been the happy hour for the London's intelligence village, The Burlington Arms.
There may be a private investigators' party in London's Fitzroy Tavern in mid-May, but The Burlington Arms is still the historic home of the small community of British private spies. In the heart of Mayfair, on the corner of Old Burlington Street and parallel to the legendary Savile Row of England's finest tailors, the pub has long played host to the