The National Archives have today released the latest set of historical Security Service files, bringing the total on public display to nearly 4,000. Most of the files relate to the Second World War, though many cover the inter-war and post-war periods as well. Some of the most notable relate to the left-wing actress and producer Joan Littlewood; the Hungarian astrologer Louis de Wohl, who was employed by the Special Operations Executive on the assumption that as Hitler was believed to be influenced heavily by astrology, the British could influence his thinking by employing their own official astrologer; Dennis Kendall, the MP for Grantham and Cleethorpes, who was believed to be involved in gun-running, smuggling and other black market activities; and the British Free Corps, a military unit staffed by British PoWs who had been recruited by the Germans to fight the Russians. For more information, please click on this item's headline.

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