The Minutes of Sir Richard Dearlove on history https://minutesof.com/richard-dearlove/on/history/ Everything Sir Richard Dearlove has said on history: 7 verbatim quotes between May 2016 and August 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:23:24 +0000 Dearlove notes MI6 was founded in 1909, giving it unique historical depth among European services. https://minutesof.com/q/2332de22-7128-46fc-a64d-e9035e64bf39/ https://minutesof.com/q/2332de22-7128-46fc-a64d-e9035e64bf39/ “bearing in mind MI6 is a historical creation that goes back to 1909 and there is no other European service that has a history with that depth.” — Bloomberg Podcasts Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:50:30 +0000 history Dearlove notes MI6's founding in 1909 gives it unmatched historical depth among European services. https://minutesof.com/q/b0e71a1f-17d5-462e-bfd3-b7ba3b20f057/ https://minutesof.com/q/b0e71a1f-17d5-462e-bfd3-b7ba3b20f057/ “MI6 is a historical creation that goes back to 1909 and there is no other European service that has a history with that depth.” — Bloomberg Podcasts Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:50:30 +0000 history Dearlove notes Five Eyes survived the political crisis of Suez 1956, demonstrating its institutional durabilit https://minutesof.com/q/19ce5cd5-6ed0-4a87-b4e6-03ba47bc7ede/ https://minutesof.com/q/19ce5cd5-6ed0-4a87-b4e6-03ba47bc7ede/ “Mean think of the relationship with The United States after the Suez invasion of nineteen fifty six am I right?” — One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 history Dearlove notes Five Eyes intelligence sharing continued despite appalling UK-US political relations after Suez https://minutesof.com/q/a72408bf-d5d9-47ce-b4bd-6b75ee1ecf6c/ https://minutesof.com/q/a72408bf-d5d9-47ce-b4bd-6b75ee1ecf6c/ “I think '56. The state of play politically between The UK and The US was appalling it didn't stop Five Eyes from operating.” — One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 history Dearlove states MI6 was founded in 1909 partly due to scaremongering from fictional spy novels. https://minutesof.com/q/543c65f6-02a6-4cb4-9b49-e20274c7ab15/ https://minutesof.com/q/543c65f6-02a6-4cb4-9b49-e20274c7ab15/ “it's because of that scaremongering, if you look at the historical record, that MI6 was started in 1900 It had been a section of specifically naval intelligence before that, and then it was formalized into a separate organization. So its origins are tied up, strangely, with a certain amount of fiction.” — Hoover Institution Wed, 06 Jul 2022 20:21:01 +0000 history Dearlove asserts Russia has never experienced a coup, only revolutions throughout its history. https://minutesof.com/q/9102e471-8ce1-4c9d-8fa0-bf7bfb5c44d8/ https://minutesof.com/q/9102e471-8ce1-4c9d-8fa0-bf7bfb5c44d8/ “Historically, there's never been a coup in Russia. There have been revolutions, there haven't been coups.” — Hoover Institution Wed, 06 Jul 2022 20:21:01 +0000 history Dearlove invokes Rome's fall to barbarian migration as a historical precedent for today's challenges. https://minutesof.com/q/edf50a20-3a65-47fa-ba90-6d83b390bca3/ https://minutesof.com/q/edf50a20-3a65-47fa-ba90-6d83b390bca3/ “Edward Gibbon elegantly charted how Rome, with all its civic and administrative sophistication and military prowess, could not stop its empire being overrun by the mass movement of Europe's tribes.” — BBC News Mon, 16 May 2016 17:13:13 +0000 history