Profumo admits lie and resigns seat in parliament – archive, 1963
6 June 1963: The secretary of state for war admitted that he had lied to his wife, his cabinet colleagues, and the nation about an affair with a 19-year-old model
March 2021
Politicians are now lying with impunity
Letter: The record needs to be corrected, says Barbara Veale of Boris Johnson’s mistruth during PMQs, while Cherry Weston remembers a time when lying used to be a sackable offence
January 2020
How MI5 chiefs abandoned Stephen Ward to take the blame in Profumo scandal
Sophie Cookson on playing Christine Keeler: 'Her vilification was incredible'
After #MeToo, we can hear Christine Keeler’s real story
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Brief letters
So long but hopefully not goodbye to Gary Younge
Connecting the dots in the Profumo story
Still waiting for the full story on the Profumo affair
Profumo: a scandal that keeps giving, even after 50 years
December 2018
Files show John Major's aides viewed emails as passing fad
In another noteworthy revelation, Thatcher praised England footballers for not ‘diving’
March 2018
From the Guardian archive
Mr Profumo clears the air - archive, 1963
23 March 1963: Rumours about friendship with Miss Christine Keeler refuted by John Profumo, secretary of state for war
January 2018
Bronwen, Lady Astor obituary
Model and chatelaine of Cliveden caught up in the Profumo affair of the 1960s who went on to become a psychotherapist
December 2017
From the Guardian archive
'I am part of English history': Christine Keeler interview - archive, 1983
The Observer, 13 March 1983 Simon Hoggart talks to Christine Keeler about her second autobiography
Christine Keeler obituary: the woman at the heart of the Profumo affair
Model and showgirl at the heart of the Profumo scandal that rocked 1960s Britain
Christine Keeler, former model at heart of Profumo affair, dies at 75
Showgirl’s affairs with Russian diplomat and British MP John Profumo caused one of UK’s biggest scandals of 20th century
November 2017
Profumo had long-term relationship with Nazi spy before 60s sex scandal
Tory MP John Profumo met Gisela Winegard in Oxford in 1936 and kept in touch with her for 20 years, according to MI5 files
September 2017
Case of Profumo affair's 'pimp' will not go to court of appeal
Stephen Ward’s 1963 conviction will not be reviewed because original transcript of judge’s summing up cannot be found
July 2017
Government cover-ups revealed in secret files on Profumo and Philby
Establishment’s tendency to look after its own laid bare in historical Whitehall papers showing signs of scandal that went ignored
April 2017
Letter: Lucky Gordon obituary
Joe Boyd writes: Chris Salewicz’s obituary acknowledged two points on which Gordon’s account differed from those of others involved in the Profumo affair
March 2017
Lucky Gordon obituary
Jazz singer, hustler and cook whose relationship with Christine Keeler played a part in the Profumo affair
