I’m not a fan of the James Bond movies. Saying that, I’ll admit that I’ve never watched an entire film in the series. Pieces here. Pieces there. But never an entire Bond movie. The concept of the film… more →
101 Bookswrote 8 hours ago: Illustration credit: Kathryn Rathke Helga’s Post # 35: I came across a great article about spy autho … more →
wrote 2 days ago: I keep seeing the same pattern in most of the spy films, “which is conducting the wrongdoings as … more →
wrote 2 days ago: When we think about the times in which each of the three films were made, it was during a time of wa … more →
wrote 1 week ago: It’s great to read new books and to discover new authors. But every now and then, it’s n … more →
wrote 1 week ago: The Spy Who Loved Me by Phil Burns AnElephantCant keep a secret He discovers Mrs Ellie is a spy Not … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Image© Miguel Angel Azua Red Lester SPOILER ALERTS: This review refers to plot points in some of the … more →
wrote 2 months ago: A collection of books that I’ve bought over the last week. I had been on the brink of buying t … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Simon Fraser studied history at Oxford and spent twenty-odd years working in public relations and ad … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Author: John le Carré Pages: 214 Genre: Suspense Summary: This is a story of a breathlessly perilous … more →
wrote 4 months ago: I have been busy reading lots for university in the last two weeks, so rather than writing a review … more →
wrote 4 months ago: As it’s the beginning of the year I thought’ I’d give a quick overview of everythi … more →
wrote 5 months ago: When my old friend (an occupational hazard of being friends for more than a quarter century) John is … more →
wrote 5 months ago: ‘Flee’ is a spy thriller by JA Konrath & Ann Voss Peterson. It also happens to be th … more →
wrote 5 months ago: “This film was produced by committee,” said SIGHTSEERS director Ben Wheatley with faultl … more →
wrote 7 months ago: This is my third review of a movie based on one of John le Carre’s novels that’s being f … more →
wrote 7 months ago: This is my third review of a movie based on one of John le Carre’s novels that’s being f … more →
wrote 7 months ago: It’s supposed to hit 90 degrees here in SF today, an event which happens between never and two … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Here is another story I wrote as a sample for my students. This one began with a black and white ph … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Today the Bookseller announced that Yale University Press will publish Richard Burton‘s handwr … more →