How to become a spy – MI5 agents share career secrets in effort to boost recruitment

Security chiefs seek to strip away mystique around agents by revealing their backstories

Britain’s spy chiefs have taken the unprecedented step of releasing personal details about spies as part of a recruitment campaign.

The spy agency hopes to demonstrate that most of its recruits come from ordinary backgrounds and often had other jobs in completely unrelated industries before joining up as a spy.

The move is a far cry from when agents came …