He was no longer an English author, or an Irish author, or a Russian author, he was simply an Author: think of James Joyce, Christopher Isherwood, Vladimir Nabokov, Samuel Beckett, Joseph Brodsky.

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Charles Garfield, the author of Peak Performance, once coached the Russian Olympic weight-lifting team.

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She is a co-author of both Gandy's study and Russian dimebon study, and serves on scientific advisory boards to both Medivation and Elan.

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Nigel West and his co-author, Oleg Tsarev, a former lieutenant colonel in Russian intelligence, have been able to use a collection of original papers and photocopies of what was, and often still is, highly classified British material and related documents.

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But Mr Manze explained that neither the author nor the show's provenance in a 130-year-old Russian classic will be mentioned.

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The Russian Navy could gain a Mediterranean base, but Russian intelligence would then lose the ability to mingle freely with Nato personnel, suggests the author, so it is swings and roundabouts.

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He has been author and co-author of a range of guidance booklets for teachers and has undertaken education advisory work in the Russian Federation and Georgia on behalf of the Council of Europe.

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