The story so far(part one here): Mr Alex Allan, head of British Intelligence, lives amidst tight security “among a handful of painters, sculptors, jewellers and print-makers in a dedicated artists’ colony in Hammersmith” where he has been found in a coma. The government denies foul-play but experts know that he was really poisoned by the Russians. However, revelations by “wildlife painter Dominique Salm, who took over the studio in his home when his artist wife of 29 years, Katie Clemson, died of cancer last year” suggest otherwise
Liz Todd
6th July, 2008
The mystery surrounding the sudden illness of Britain’s top spy deepened last night after a neighbour revealed he was found covered in blood by an artist who worked in his house.