Author Archives: robhutton

I’m very excited to announce my next book, working title “Agent Jack: The True Story of MI5’s Secret Nazi Hunter”. In 1942, MI5 faced a puzzle. They’d spent the first three years of World War II convinced that Germany had … Continue reading →

Want to get a flavour of the new book? Here’s a free extract… Would They Lie To You preview And there’s more here…

I went on the Today programme, to argue that when the news is bad, uncommunication is by far the best policy.

Post by Robert Hutton.

Would They Lie To You?, the follow-up to the quite-well-selling Romps, Tots & Boffins… is out now. The Mail called it “brutally funny”. Where Romps dealt with the sometimes-shifty language of newspapers, Lie deals with, well, everyone else. In particular, the people who want … Continue reading →

Where is drunken vandalism always a “booze-fuelled rampage?” Where is everyone in uniform a “hero” and every thief “heartless”? Where are market towns always “bustling” and villages “sleepy”? Journalese is the language of news. It’s a strange language, a little … Continue reading →