Rory Cormac – Cheltenham Literature Festival

Spies, Lies and State Secrets

Competition between the great powers is back on the agenda, and governments around the world are turning to secret statecraft and the hidden hand to navigate these uncertain waters. Meanwhile, we can observe distant war zones through our social media and smartphones, and open-source investigators are exposing the corrupt and powerful at the darkest corners of society. Rory Cormac (How to Stage a Coup) and investigative journalist Geoff White (The Lazarus Heist) weigh up the delicate balance between transparency, ethics and security when it comes to sensitive information and consider what this changing landscape means for us all. Chaired by Charlotte Philby (Edith and Kim).