In Northern Ireland, from the late 70s to the early 90s, the IRA killed over 40 alleged informers.

But the man who often found, tortured and sometimes killed these people on behalf of the IRA

was himself an informer, a secret British army agent with the codename Stakeknife.

Who gets to play God? And why me? Why my family?

When lies are still being told to this day, who do you believe?

I wouldn't even know where to start, and I'm with the IRA.

Steakknife.

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Hello, today a unique insight into the re-emerging literary life of Baghdad.

And new collections from three recently departed masters of the short story, Helen Dunmore,

William Trevor and Dennis Johnson.

But first, it's 1938, where parochial Sussex Society is seduced by the arrival of a charismatic political guest.

The rank and file at camp referred to him as either the leader or Sir Oswald.

Nina and Eric and the other more senior camp officials also referred to him as the leader,

but tended to prefer the slightly more familiar OM, or its extrapolation, the old man.

Patricia and Venetia and their husbands called him Tom.

All his social circle did.

So he was Tom when the Gordon Canning spoke of him as a guest or friend,

but they both switched to the leader when touching on party business or politics,

a habit which Hugh had adopted.

Vinie Shillette slipped that his new wife always addressed him as Kit.

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