Back in 2011, I considered the factors that made Bond's code number, 007, such a successful meme in the cultural environment, the num...

While there have been many books over the years that have charted the history of the Bond films, none has been as detailed, fascinating or...

There is one curious legacy of the film GoldenEye , Pierce Brosnan's debut Bond film released 20 years ago, and that is the adoption o...

Allen Dulles, director of the CIA from 1953 to 1961, has a special place in James Bond lore. Dulles was keen to meet Ian Fleming after being...

Earlier this month, the excellent Artistic Licence Renewed website published an article of mine about Ian Fleming's Oxfordshire . The p...

The other week I happened to watch The Lady from Shanghai (1947), a classic film-noir written and directed by Orson Welles, and starring We...

The film award season is well underway. Spectre won the award for Best Original Song at the Golden Globes, and the theme song is now u...