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)

The worst aspect of the last 2 Bonds was the bizarre sibling rivalry explanation for Blofeld and SPECTRE. It is a bit ironic that just at a time where malevolent billionaire oligarchs with ambitions … (View Post)

If Russia hadn't behaved in such an aggressive manner to nearby countries after the nineties would any of the NATO accession states have wanted to join? It's Russias aggressions and subvers… (View Post)