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The secret lives of MI6’s women spies

Life and Art from FT Weekend

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FT Weekend's Helen Whirl recently wrote an exclusive profile of the three highest ranked women in British spy agency MI6. They agreed to talk because they're worried that pop culture mostly ignores them and it makes it harder for them to recruit a diverse team of spies. Today, we talked to Helen about her profile, which had her going in and out of secret locations to speak to these women over six months. Then we have the great Tim Harford on to talk about quitting.

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