truelife

Heroes recount the true-life thriller behind a gloriously British vaccine triumph

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London in the depths of the first lockdown. Hunched over a laptop in her home, in one of the capital’s most chic neighbourhoods, a well-groomed woman haggles with high-powered American executives. For them, five time zones away, it is the still early evening; for her the dead of night. The deal is so sensitive that … Read more

Has the riddle of Britain’s true-life X-File finally been solved?

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Two nights after Christmas, 1980, and the American servicemen of Combat Support Group were letting off steam in the early hours at Woody’s Bar.  An awards dinner was still in full swing and beer was flowing in the hut at RAF Woodbridge in Suffolk. No one paid much attention to the white-faced young airman who … Read more