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Wednesday, 24 September 2014

The Ipcress File now out on Blu-ray

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The ever popular film of Len Deighton's novel - with the fantastic John Barry score - is now out on the Blu-ray format. Whatever my vi...
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Thursday, 11 September 2014

Guest post 3 - The beginning of the end?

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With the vote on Scotland's independence looming it seems appropriate to recall Len Deighton’s short story, 12 good men and true (fro...
Wednesday, 3 September 2014

Deighton on Radio 4 .... Redux

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For those who may have missed it, the BBC Radio 4 archive has available - for a limited time - a 30 minute interview Len did with the chan...
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Goodbye Erich Stinnes ....

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The late Gottfried John Sad news from the world of acting that German actor Gottfried John has died at the age of 72. Most, if not all ...
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Wednesday, 13 August 2014

The Spectator on Fleming

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If you haven't seen this article on The Spectator website, worth checking out (no subscription required). Interesting perspectives on...
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Saturday, 2 August 2014

Ohhhhh ....... Viennaaaaaaa!

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Need a spy? Try here If you've missed this on The Telegraph website this week , neat little article reporting that, one century on f...
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Saturday, 26 July 2014

Book recommendation - Sea of Gold by Nick Elliott

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Nick Elliott I've just read through a new book I've been sent by author Nick Elliott, entitled Sea of Gold . He's a self-pro...

Two quick snippets - cars and food

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Blog readers, a short post picking up on two things relating to Len and his work & life which I've picked up. First is a short art...
Saturday, 5 July 2014

Guest post part 2 - The 'new' Horse Under Water

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A horse, indeed, under water I’ve always been very fond of Deighton’s novel, Horse Under Water . This despite the fact that I could neve...
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Friday, 13 June 2014

Guest post: 'Divine mysteries' by Terry Kidd

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The Deighton Dossier is pleased to share a perspective on Len Deighton's fiction from reader and correspondent Terry Kidd . "There...
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Wednesday, 4 June 2014

Lunch with Len .....

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A very pleasant - unexpected - lunch yesterday with Len and his friend and fellow writer Mike Ripley in central London, at a very nice, tu...
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Sunday, 1 June 2014

Take note .... why authors never really stop writing

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The rare - but fascinating - Billion Dollar Brain notebook I was intrigued last week by this article  on the BBC News website, about the...
Monday, 19 May 2014

Contributors welcome .....

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No longer required in order to contribute an article In the four years this blog has been running as the companion volume to the main De...
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Saturday, 17 May 2014

Review - New edition - "Blitzkrieg" by Len Deighton

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Technology & humanity Blitzkrieg: from the rise of Hitler to the fall of Dunkirk is the third of the recent reissues by Harper Coll...
Sunday, 27 April 2014

Len on BBC1 this morning - OWALW - redux

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Sir John Mills as General Haig [ Updated content ] Watching BBC Breakfast at 0740h this morning while eating my cornflakes I was inter...
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