Weekend reading:

Red Century: A series of essays published by the New York Times exploring the history and legacy of Communism, 100 years after the Russian Revolution.

Fascinating long read

The British security service, MI5, its war on communism, and its file on Eric Hobsbawm, 'one of the pre-eminent British historians of the 20th century.'

Stuck on the Flypaper by Frances Stonor Saunders (London Review of Books).