The Spy Next Door

You may have seen reports on the mysterious death of Alexander Litvinenko, an ex-Russian security agent who defected to the U.K. from London and lived not far from us in Muswell Hill. Turns out he's even closer to us in death -- he was buried last week in Highgate Cemetery, where rest such famous expats as Karl Marx and the former head of the Iraqi Communist Party. A Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London, upon hearing we lived in Highgate, joked that there was a communist plot in Highgate Cemetery. Turns out he may be on to something...