James Bond to be ‘shaken not stirred’ in Dubai
By Annabel Kantaria “Is there a correlation between a city’s economic woes and its hosting of big budget films?” asked Emirati social commentator Mishaal Al Gergawi this week on Twitter, his tongue, I...
View ArticleIn search of 007th heaven
In the first of a two-part Caribbean adventure, Sebastian Doggart infiltrates James Bond’s birthplace On the northern coast of Jamaica, fringed by icing-sugar beaches and rocky coves, lies the holy...
View ArticleInside James Bond’s Jamaica
In Part One of his two-part Jamaican travel yarn, Sebastian Doggart paid a pilgrimage to Goldeneye, the coastal retreat where Ian Fleming wrote all the James Bond novels, but discovered it has been...
View ArticleVive la culture populaire?
Well, the French were very keen on the Olympic opening ceremony, as well they might be. Many stars of sport and the arts were featured, but only one of them starred throughout – the French language....
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