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2 unusual facts about Philby's Partridge


Chaim Loike

In 2013, Loike launched an online campaign to fund an investigation into the kosher status of Philby's Partridge.

Philby's Partridge

Kosher bird expert Chaim Loike is currently investigating whether this species is kosher.


The Human Factor

" Writing in his 70s, Greene drew on his own experience in MI6 and explored the moral ambiguities raised by his old boss, legendary Soviet double agent Kim Philby, although Greene stated that Castle, the main character in the novel, was not based on Philby.

Wabar craters

In 1932, St. John Philby was hunting for a city named Ubar, that the Qur'an describes being destroyed by God for defying the Prophet Hud.

William Bemister

Bemister's other international producer credits include Philby on Thames Television in Britain, Moscow's Man for Sveriges Television, WDR-Fernsehen in Germany, and the Discovery Channel worldwide; and the Home Box Office documentary special America Undercover: The Search for Dr Josef Mengele for which he worked as Producer-Correspondent.


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