This week saw the launch of events to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Churchill , who died on 24th January 1965...

I'm rather a fan of Lee Child's Jack Reacher series. The books are superb page-turners featuring a tough, indestructible hero, and p...

Scenes from North By Northwest (left) and From Russia With Love (right) As I was flicking through the novel of Thunderball (1961) the ot...

In Oxford near where I work I noticed a commercial van bearing the legend, 'Shaken and Stirred'. A quick check on Google revealed th...

Merry Christmas from James Bond memes!

The Engadine Valley (By Biovit (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons ) A letter from Ann Fleming to the author Peter Quennel...

I've long resigned myself to the fact that the chances of finding a first-edition Fleming at a jumble (or rummage) sale are very remote ...