AI is derivative rather than creative, so can endlessly recycle clichés. That would probably work for a while, but those invested in "the Bond Universe" are getting old, and fewer youngster… (View Post)

It is pretty standard procedure for well organised protest groups. I once did an excellent "know your rights" training from some arms protesters, on exactly how long to obstruct roads, how … (View Post)

From Russia with Love is my favourite, but I do have a soft spot for Live and Let Die, perhaps because it was the first one that I saw as a new release in the cinema. Roger Moore in a film with more … (View Post)

I think that we also have to remember that the Bond books, and to an extent the films, were written in a time when foreign travel was an exotic experience, and consumer luxuries were finally making a… (View Post)

I think Vance's attitude to Europe is more easily explained. It is that "cultural cringe" that Vance wrote about in his book. When he went to Yale he was a fish out of water, not knowi… (View Post)