Peter Wright
Peter Wright
Peter Maurice Wrightwas the principal scientific officer for MI5, the British counter-intelligence agency, noted for writing the controversial book Spycatcher, which became an international bestseller with sales of over two million copies. Spycatcher was part memoir, part exposé of what Wright claimed were serious institutional failings in MI5 and his subsequent investigations into those. He is said to have been influenced in his counterespionage activity by James Jesus Angleton, the US Central Intelligence Agencycounterintelligence chief from 1954 to 1975...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth9 August 1916
I never know what it's going to look like. Wouldn't be much point in painting if I already knew the outcome. I have a subject in front of me and I start flooding colour and making marks, I don't know, it's improvisation isn't it?
I have to experiment with methods and I'm trying to find an authentic way of making an equivalent of the living, breathing person within the limits of a single picture.
I tried to learn the violin for a while.
I've had to do all kinds of jobs to pay the rent. I've even worked in a Cornish tin mine.
I felt the need to get back to painting and I thought the best way was to start drawing, so I enrolled in a life drawing class. I soon discovered that people made very interesting subjects and I am still surprised that I had never discovered it before.
I have never subscribed to the Dirty Pallet school of painting.
When I look at some of my old work, the pieces I find most interesting are the ones with people in them.
Yes, it's clearly libellous. But if we don't publish it, we don't deserve to be in the business.
We're optimistic the momentum we've created will continue throughout the forthcoming year.
You have to go out there where there's nothing beneath your feet. You have to get out of your box and do the things you know you can't do.
We had a positive weekend last week (against Arizona and Arizona State). We're looking to build on those performances.
We get to determine our own fate. That is very exciting to me.
We bounced back from the loss against Baylor. It was a much-needed win for us.
There are physicians in our county who are accepting patients.