Stella Rimington reviews Smiley book in Spectator
1 Mar 2013

A good review in the Spectator for Michael Jago’s life of the MI5 officer John Bingham who inspired George Smiley

http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/8852241/journalist-novelist-patriot-spy/

Michael Jago draws on family memories and Bingham’s own papers to create an affectionate, and in places poignant account of a serious, conventional and ethical man, facing a world where certainties were constantly challenged… very readable for its main character: novelist, patriot and moderate man in a world of extremes.