My double life
George Blake, the former British spy who was a double agent working for the Soviet KGB, has spoken about his career with pride and called himself an “exceptionally lucky man”.
Blake, who will turn 90 on Sunday and has lived in Russia since his escape from Wormwood Scrubs prison in London in 1966, told the Russian daily Rossiyskaya Gazeta that he has spent his “happiest” years in the country.
