'Counter-Intelligence: What The Secret World Can Teach Us About Problem-Solving and Creativity' by Robert Hannigan is recommended holiday reading.

'Counter-Intelligence: What The Secret World Can Teach Us About Problem-Solving and Creativity', provides an authoritative account of the history of counter-intelligence that will appeal to business readers, history readers and fans of smart thinking and big ideas around the world.

This new book by our Warden and cybersecurity expert, Robert Hannigan, is on the Economist's recommending holiday reading list:

'...this engaging book by the former director of GCHQ, Britain’s signals-intelligence service, is a compelling corrective to that view. Codebreaking requires people who think in different, original and unusual ways.'

Robert discusses the book, the history of Bletchley Park, codebreaking, and creativity in this interview about with Psychology Today.

We are delighted to invite the members of the 1610 Society along with current Dorothy and Nicholas Circle members to a special Q&A with the Warden about his new book and the secret world. In conversation with Professor Ursula Martin (formerly Senior Research Fellow at Wadham, now Emerita), Robert will discuss some of the people involved, from Bletchley Park to the ongoing work of the GCHQ, and what lessons we can draw from their extraordinary achievements.