Government should have used technology to ‘target’ groups with tailored messages

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

Dick Mallaby transmitted vital messages between the Allies and Italians

BIOGRAPHY  An Englishman Abroad  by Gianluca Barneschi (Osprey £16.99, 336 pp)  On the night of August 14, 1943, a British secret agent fell from the sky into Lake Como in northern Italy. Dick Mallaby hit the water carrying codes hidden inside a toothpaste tube, radio equipment in his shaving brush, an antenna disguised as a … Read more