The Fifth Man was so prickly even the Russians couldn’t stand him

Agent Molière Geoff Andrews IB Taurus £20 Rating: Years ago, Willy Russell wrote a musical called John, Paul, George, Ringo…. & Bert. Among the five Cambridge spies, John Cairncross is very much the ‘& Bert’ figure. There have been books, articles, films and plays galore about Philby, Maclean, Burgess and Blunt, but nobody seems to … Read more