Introducing: A History of the World in Spy Objects
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What ghosts lie hidden in the archives of espionage? What story might an unassuming item yield when placed under the right light? I'm Alice Loxton, and this is a history of the world in spy objects.

Jackson Pollock's Number 8 was part of an exhibition in the late '50s. The CIA was behind this exhibition. If you've got a compass that is concealed inside one of the buttons on your jacket, maybe the Germans who've captured you won't find it. Right now in my hand is a pen.

with a hidden microphone. In a new exclusive series from Spyscape Studios and the secretive minds that brought you true spies, we're diving deep into the iconic designs that have defined espionage through history.

Enigma is one of the most famous code machines of all time. Nobody talked about it until I started understanding that my grandfather had worked for the two dictators.

For the next few days at night, I was waiting for my hotel door to be kicked open by a bunch of men in black bursting in and taking it off me. Join me, Alice Loxton, for a deep, dark dive into the archives in a history of the world in spy objects from Spyscape Studios. Hit follow to subscribe now.