David Cornwell

Errol Morris on his film-making ideal: ‘I call it the shut-the-f**k-up school of just sitting and listening’

All the Oscar winner’s talents are on show in The Pigeon Tunnel, his gripping documentary about the great espionage writer John le Carré

Thu Oct 19 2023 - 05:00

‘I’ve lived through a world of endless betrayal,’ the great spy writer tells the celebrated documentarian in his final testament on camera

Thu Oct 19 2023 - 05:00

One of the last photographs of author ‘is him sitting wrapped in an Irish flag’

Thu Apr 01 2021 - 05:00

Novelist was in process of applying for Irish passport after tracing family line to Co Cork

Tue Dec 15 2020 - 15:15

Writer’s popular books included The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

Sun Dec 13 2020 - 22:55

The spy novelist is 87, but his star has never shone brighter, with a BBC adaptation of ‘The Little Drummer Girl’ about to start

Fri Oct 26 2018 - 05:30

Le Carré was wary of having his biography written but gave Sisman access to his papers

Sat Oct 31 2015 - 12:01

Clubs have spent $3m trying to work out if Jameis Winston is worth the gamble

Thu Apr 16 2015 - 03:00