Antonia Senior is a journalist, critic and podcaster. She is a book reviewer for The Times, where she has also worked as deputy business editor and leader writer. Antonia currently hosts the Spymasters podcast, and co-hosts the History Book Buffs. She studied the history of intelligence and the Russian Revolution at Cambridge University, which led to a lifelong fascination with the impact of Marxism, the relationship between the West and Russia, the Cold War and espionage. The author of three novels, Stalin's Apostles is her first work of non-fiction.