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Cold Sunset by William Boyd, review – Brilliantly captures the delicious moral ambiguity of the spy novel

4/5 Endless cigarettes, copious drink, and a succession of glamorous hotel rooms and restaurants set the scene for Boyd’s intoxicating world

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Why Does James Bond Drive An Aston Martin?

The DB5 became synonymous with 007, but James Bond's relationship with Aston Martin goes back further than you might think.

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Code Name Silver: The Indian spy who played 5 sides in World War II

Known by the British codename “Silver”, Talwar operated across German, Italian, Soviet, British and Japanese intelligence networks while maintaining links to India’s freedom movement. His shifting loyalties, including his work for British intelligence under Peter Fleming, have made his legacy controversial.

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Former James Bond Casting Director Insists Lead Role Should Be Played By A White Male

“Ian Fleming wrote a character, and that’s the character that stays.”

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James Bond can't have a dog

Charlie Higson, who has written five Young Bond adventure stories, has revealed James Bond is not allowed a pet dog.

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IO Interactive says 007 First Light was 'always' supposed to be an origin story — 'We wanted to take that risk and introduce a fresh Bond for the gamers'

IO Interactive has confirmed that 007 First Light was always intended to be a young James Bond story, and it collaborated frequently with Amazon MGM Studios.

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'007 First Light' Plants The Seeds For Every James Bond Actor Ever

007 First Light, the new game from IO Interactive, introduces a James Bond detached from theatrical depictions while still heavily inspired by them.

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'Peaky Blinders' creator says he has licence to reinvent James Bond

"Peaky Blinders" creator Steven Knight, told reporters that he has done research with "the SAS and even more secret outfits" for his reinvention of the next 007 movie, the first produced by Amazon. He said he has met special forces and secret services personnel as part of his immersion in…

The Economic Times

How to watch 'Ian Fleming and The Curse of James Bond' online from anywhere

Learn all about James Bond author Ian Fleming and his process of crafting the classic spy novels in this insightful new documentary

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TV tonight: Mel Giedroyc’s very fun escape room show

She sets bizarre challenges for comedians like Ed Gamble and Lou Sanders. Plus: what’s the link between Trump and wrestling? Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Spies and Other Gods: When spooks get spooked by self-doubt

You fancy James Wolff, an ex-spy writing under a pseudonym, struggled with life’s Big Questions when he was in service

Evening Standard

Len Deighton, spy novelist and author of The Ipcress File, dies aged 97

British writer brought wit, realism and class consciousness to cold war espionage fiction, reshaping the genre in the 1960s

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Len Deighton obituary

Writer whose ‘anti-Bond’ hero in his 1962 novel The Ipcress File had a seismic impact on spy fiction

The Guardian - UK

The Ipcress File author Len Deighton dies aged 97

Len Deighton, whose debut novel The Ipcress File was adapted into a film starring Sir Michael Caine, has died aged 97.

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Vesper at the Dorchester, bar review: Check in here for your licence to chill

Here is a bar with all the elegance of an early Bond, says Josh Barrie

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Bond, James Bond: All 8 Actors Who Played 007, From 1954 To Present

There have been eight 007s. Soon there will be a 9th.

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Operation Heartbreak: An alternate history of Ian Fleming’s body on the beach

Operation Mincemeat is one of the better known operations of the Second World War, thanks to the film of the same name which was turned into an improbable musical. It caught the imagination because it was so very macabre: the body of a British officer would be found washed up…

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It makes perfect sense for ‘worst-kept secret new Bond’ Callum Turner to be the next 007

COMMENT: The British actor is allegedly ‘blabbing all over town’ that he’s been cast in Denis Villeneuve’s super-spy reboot, and – following years of far-fetched claims that Paul Mescal or Jacob Elordi was about to don the famous tuxe – it’s finally a ‘new Bond’ rumour that’s actually believable, writes…

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Exclusive: 007 First Light will be a 'completely new experience from the ground up' for Bond, says IO Interactive

I sat down with IO Interactive's Theuns Smit to find out what to expect from its upcoming 007 First Light and whether the story-driven, action-adventure game will be the first of many.

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“Writing a Bond song is a bit of an accolade. I always had a sneaking ambition to do it”: How Paul McCartney reunited with ‘the fifth Beatle’ George Martin to create the classic Live And Let Die

It was the first rock song to open a Bond film

Evening Standard

Boozy scents are the new nightcap and these are the best

Boozy scent? Well, 'tis the season to be jolly says Melanie McDonagh

The Guardian - UK

Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases review – on the hunt with Holmes in restored 1920s mysteries

From stealing a photo for the King of Bohemia to battling the Napoleon of crime on a clifftop, Holmes is witty and watchable in these early Conan Doyle-approved dramas

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Apple's Best New Sci-Fi Show Just Hilariously Channeled James Bond

In 'Pluribus' Episode 6, there's a great James Bond spoof. But is there a deeper meaning here?

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Review: The British Spy Novelist Beloved by Fellow Spies

Tradecraft chronicles the career of John le Carré, intelligence officer turned author.

Evening Standard

Hindujas: The UK's richest family — and their very awkward succession

The Hindujas brought billions to London and built its grandest hotel, but after the death of the family patriarch, what will happen to their empire?

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