Sergei Skripal, 66, and the woman were found slumped on a seat inside the Maltings shopping centre on Sunday afternoon. Skripal was jailed in 2006 in Russia after being convicted of spying for MI6 since the 1990s. The case has sparked fears of another Russian “hit”, similar to the polonium poisoning in 2006 of Alexander Litvinenko, whose death was officially blamed on Kremlin agents by British authorities. Lunchtime read: How the ‘male glance’ overlooks womenA thought-provoking essay today from Lili Loofbourow on the “male glance”, how it pervades our reactions to women’s stories and, she argues, costs the arts a huge amount of talent. The papersThe mysterious circumstances of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal’s apparent poisoning cover most of Tuesday’s front pages: the Guardian, Telegraph, Times, Mail, Mirror, Sun, i and Metro all lead on it.

Source: The Guardian March 06, 2018 06:35 UTC