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Physicist and spy Theodore Hall showed a strong mathematical talent from an early age. He became a Harvard graduate at the age of only 18, and was immediately recruited for the Manhattan Project. He began working on the atomic bomb in mid-1944, and grew concerned about the consequences of a US monopoly on atomic weapons. He subsequently made contact with Soviet officials and passed on information. He moved into biophysics in the 1950s, and moved to the UK in 1962.

Many Britons believe that racism is only a marginal problem and of no real long-term importance. In fact, there are almost 100 racially-motivated assaults every day, and there are probably more than 100,000 people committing overt racist acts. Black and Asian people are extremely disadvantaged, and racism seems to have become part of being British in the 1990s, even though the vast majority of people would deny being guilty of racism.

Many observers over recent years have claimed that the UK was able to share in the hydrogen weapon technology being developed in the US in the late 1950s by claiming that it had already undertaken successful work in this area. However, a recent study claims that the US was told more about the true extent of the UK's weapons development programme than has previously been thought. If this is the case, then it was the general public in the UK that was being deceived, and the government of the time is now thought to have not been totally honest in its statements on nuclear issues.