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Arsenal playboy striker's romance with former Fleming wife

13.11.09
On the field, Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner is most known for his pink boots and occasionally headstrong moments, while off duty he has a reputation as something of a playboy... more

It's a crime not to honour our thriller writers

06.11.09
Why does discrimination against crime writing still exist?... more

Please, no more scraps from beyond the grave

14.07.09
George III got it right, I think. He once said he was always glad to hear of the death of an author - because then he knew he'd got the fellow complete upon his shelf... more

Sacking is too good for Clarke: make him clean up our tainted game

20.02.09
Lord’s has been left embarrassed by its association with Sir Allen Stanford — but the chairman of the ECB should not be allowed to resign... more

Oyster bar Scotts is voted the pearl of London restaurants

19.12.08
Mayfair dining room Scotts has been named restaurant of the year in a leading industry magazine's awards... more

How well do you know Bond?

31.10.08
Find out if you’re double-0 material or just a good-enough operator, says Nick Curtis... more

007's next mission... to battle bad reviews

30.10.08
The new James Bond film faces its most serious test when it opens to the public after poor reviews.... more

Fleming's love letters to real Moneypenny

22.10.08
Four flirtatious love letters from Ian Fleming to the woman who became Miss Moneypenny, James Bond's secretary, are to be sold in London... more

Daniel's secret service

06.10.08
With Daniel Craig's arm out of action in a sling, it looks like his girlfriend Satsuki Mitchell has a licence to itch his behind.... more

Jail for criminal family in £100m raids on stately homes

06.08.08
Burglars who stole up to £100 million worth of art works and antiques from stately homes in the Home Counties and South-West have been jailed... more

Great Days out: A-I

22.07.08
From a trip on Star Over London to a butterfly house visit here is your A-Z guide of great things to do in London.... more

Museums and indoor attractions to visit

09.07.08
Daralyn Danns checks out what to see and do at museums and other indoor attractions.... more

BBC in mourning after veteran foreign correspondent Sir Charles Wheeler dies at 85

04.07.08
Veteran journalist Sir Charles Wheeler - one of the BBC's longest serving foreign correspondents - has died from lung cancer at the age of 85. ... more

Bond wipes out: Pierce Brosnan comes a cropper in the Maui surf

13.06.08
It shouldn't happen to an 007. Former action star Pierce Brosnan famously did many of his own stunts in the Ian Fleming series. But maybe he could have done with a stunt man as he came a cropper while paddling to shore on his surf board ... more

London's Best Hotel Bars

04.06.08
As The Coburg is named Bar of the Year, Pete Clark toasts the renaissance of civilised drinking and reviews the city's best hotel bars.... more

'Blonde girls' Emily and Andrea dazzle at 007 book launch

28.05.08
Dressed only as Bond girls should, the newsreaders Emily Maitlis and Andrea Catherwood provided the glamour at the launch of the new novel to mark the centenary of the birth of 007's creator Ian Fleming. ... more

Review: this 007 is a Faulks hero

28.05.08
Sebastian Faulks demurred, when first asked by the Fleming family to write a new James Bond novel... more

Shaken and stirred fans queue all night for Bond

28.05.08
James Bond fans braved stormy weather to be the first to buy the new novel marking the centenary of the birth of 007 creator Ian Fleming... more

MoD promotes new Bond book with helicopters, a warship and speedboats - costing taxpayers thousands

27.05.08
Anyone seeing the array of military hardware speeding along the river yesterday might have thought war had broken out... more

Licensed to kill with the least thrilling of names

27.05.08
The name's Bond. James Bond. Not even Ian Fleming could have imagined that his creation would become one of the most recognisable names in 20th-century English literature, alongside "Bertie" Wooster and Sherlock Holmes... more

Not much fun for mini-Bonds

25.04.08
For Your Eyes Only is interesting to fans of Ian Fleming's James Bond books perhaps but offers nothing to capture the imagination of the younger Bond fans.... more

Bond makes an exhibition of himself... once again

16.04.08
James Bond fans will be stirred, if not shaken, by the Imperial War Museum's latest exhibition... more

Bond makes an exhibition of himself... once again

16.04.08
The Imperial War Museum's latest exhibition, For Your Eyes Only, shows to what extent the adventures of 007 James Bond were based on the life of his creator, Ian Fleming.... more

Explore museums after dark

04.04.08
As part of Muesums and Galleries Month, The Science Museum will host a sleepover and a Chinese London trail will link the V&A and British Museum to the Croydon Museum.... more

An open invitation to explore museums and galleries after hours

04.04.08
Londoners are being offered the chance to visit their favourite museums and galleries at night... more

Breakneck books are sometimes the best

18.03.08
Sebastian Faulks has revealed that he wrote his new James Bond novel, Devil May Care, in just six weeks... more

Bond's back... don't expect to understand the title

24.01.08
The name of the 22nd James Bond film has been revealed as Quantum Of Solace, taken from an Ian Fleming short story.... more

DVDs of the week

20.03.07
Daniel Craig as James Bond in Casino Royale, a film on S&M 1950s pin-up girl Bettie Page and a satire from King Of The Hill's Mike Judge are all released on DVD this week.... more

Licence to thrill

03.11.06
As Daniel Craig dons the famous tuxedo for the 21st film in the "official" 007 canon, Casino Royale, our experts pick their favourites Bond film so far.... more

Mayfair's coolest fish restaurant

10.10.06
Celebrated fish restaurant Scott's is re-opening and features an eye-catching innovation - an air conditioning system using cool water pumped from the chalk deep underneath Mayfair.... more

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