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Friday, 23 November 2012

Eight and out .....

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This blog is sad to report the fictional "demise" of C.O.B.R.A.S. blogger, artist and spy fiction writer Armstrong Sabian , who ...
Saturday, 10 November 2012

Who needs Apple Maps? Kurt Meyer's incredible Ipcress File location hunt ...

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Courtesy of the ever-helpful Harry Palmer website , I've come across what must be the most detailed examination ever of the film of Th...
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Sunday, 4 November 2012

Deighton Dossier exclusive - new Q&A by Len Deighton

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All gone now, of course.... After catching up recently with him in London, Len Deighton kindly agreed to do another short Q...
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Monday, 22 October 2012

Mastermind encore!

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Having recently posted about Nick Flindall's successful efforts a few years ago on Mastermind to answer questions on the Harry Palmer ...
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Monday, 15 October 2012

Any questions?

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I'm due to meet up with Len this weekend for lunch and what should be an enjoyable chat about, well, all sorts of things. Any intere...
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Friday, 5 October 2012

Harry Palmer's Mastermind

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Nick sitting in the famous black chair Deighton Dossier reader Nick Flindall recently informed the blog that he had competed – rather s...
Sunday, 23 September 2012

Bond's origins continue to create debate.....

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It's true that Deighton and Fleming met, mind... A couple of interesting articles in this weekend's media about the origins of t...
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Monday, 17 September 2012

Location, Bond .... Location!

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Very interesting photo-gallery article in today's Daily Telegraph online - 18 of the many fantastic locations from James Bond films i...
Monday, 27 August 2012

MR says LD's SS-GB OK

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Author Mike Ripley, creator of the Angel series of comic crime series novels is a friend of this blog who also edits the 'Getting Away...
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Thursday, 23 August 2012

Libel to frustrate .... the other Deighton Dossier and the High Court

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Cab, anyone? A writer of fiction is free to make observations about the characters and places he or she chooses to put in a book without...
Sunday, 12 August 2012

Whodunnit? An unusual cover find ....

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Whodunnit? Browsing around second-hand book shops can lead to the discovery of real treasure once in a while. It can also throw up somet...
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Monday, 23 July 2012

Ipcress at 50: Harry Palmer – the NCO turned reluctant spy:

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Why the ‘unnamed’ spy cracked the spy thriller mould. In the first of what I hope will be a series of short thought pieces to mark the ...
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Sunday, 15 July 2012

A real cover up .....

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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! I imagine that will be the defence of this apparent example of flattery presented as a ...
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Wednesday, 4 July 2012

Win a long-lost thriller by Bond script writer Berkely Mather! ....

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Lost for something to read over the summer? How about a fantastic but neglected spy thriller by English writer Berkely Mather, set in the ...

Catch this vibe ....

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Jason Whiton, author of the excellent SpyVibe blog, has kindly included the Deighton Dossier website in his series 'For Your Shelf Onl...