Helen Fry and Oliver Price
‘Enemy of State: Political Surveillance in Twentieth Century Britain’

Helen Fry has authored and edited over 25 books covering the social history of the Second World War, including British Intelligence and the secret war, espionage, and spies, as well as MI9 escape and evasion. She is the foremost authority on the “secret listeners” who worked at special eavesdropping sites operated by British Intelligence during WWII. Helen is the official biographer of MI6 spymaster, Colonel Thomas Joseph Kendrick. She has also extensively written about the 10,000 Germans who fought for Britain during WWII. Helen has appeared in a number of documentaries and has provided advisory services for TV and drama. She also appears regularly in media interviews and podcasts. Helen is an ambassador for the National Centre for Military Intelligence (NCMI) and serves as a trustee of both the Friends of the Intelligence Corps Museum and the Medmenham Collection. She works in London.

Oliver Price is a historian of contemporary Britain. He gained a PhD in 2024 and has written for a variety of publications including History Today, Wisden Cricket Monthly, The Blizzard, Contemporary British History, Twentieth Century British History, Nutmeg and The Nightwatchman. His first book, Enemy of the State: Political Surveillance in Twentieth Century Britain was published in February 2026 and can be purchased here.