Vaseem Khan
Host at Red Hot Chilli Writers
Author, Q novels (from Bond franchise) & Malabar House & Baby Ganesh agency series. Cricket mad @AuthorsCC @RedbridgeCrkt. UCL Security & Crime Science.
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1 week ago |
vaseemkhan.com | Vaseem Khan
Dear colleagues,I begin with a David Bowie reference, but the topic of this memo is deadly serious. Last week I was invited to a behind-closed-doors symposium examining the future of mind control techniques. Here at Q branch we are, of course, familiar with this nefarious brand of pseudo-science. It has always been the goal of military and intelligence agencies to exert influence over our enemies, by fair means or foul.
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1 month ago |
vaseemkhan.com | Vaseem Khan
Dear colleagues,Patriotism. Here in the security services it is taken as given that we stand for something greater than ourselves. Call it a love of King and Country or a set of values that enshrine our democratic ideals. But where does such belief come from? How do we hold on to it as the very concept becomes ever more politically charged? When I was young, I spent a lot of time in the library. No surprises there. It was here that I first came across a copy of Nelson by Richard Hough.
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2 months ago |
vaseemkhan.com | Vaseem Khan
Dear colleagues,It has come to my attention that the coffee machine in the Q Branch kitchen has once again broken down. It beggars belief that a division renowned for its prowess at invention cannot persuade such a simple device to a) remain operational for longer than five minutes and b) dispense a cup of coffee that does not taste of boiled socks. Following my last run-in with the machine’s maintenance personnel, I am no longer permitted to negotiate this situation on our behalf.
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Jan 18, 2025 |
vaseemkhan.com | Vaseem Khan
Dear colleagues,The start of a new year. A time for resolutions. Including several dictated to us from on high. It won’t have escaped your notice that the recent Spending Review has left Q Branch leaner, greener, and, decidedly, meaner. It has further been suggested that we “foster a culture where EQ – Emotional Quotient – and not merely IQ – is employed as a metric of success.” I recently discussed this with M.
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Nov 28, 2024 |
scroll.in | Vaseem Khan
They found the body curled up on a cracked shelf of black rock lapped at by the warm waters of the Arabian Sea, down by the tip of the Malabar Hill peninsular. Parking the jeep on a dirt track leading from the main road, they made their way over the rocks to the corpse. The sun floated high overhead, in a sky of electric blue. Light made an ever-shifting tracery of prisms on the water’s surface. A crowd had gathered, though not of the human variety.
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