lan Fleming was the creator of James Bond, the most popular hero of espionage fiction in the late 1950s and the 1960s. Bond, whose name still suggests a certain type of spy-hero—sophisticated, sexy, glamorously dangerous—is particularly well...

Ian Fleming was the creator of James Bond, the most popular hero of espionage fiction in the late 1950s and the 1960s. Bond, whose name still suggests a certain type of spy-hero--sophisticated, sexy, glamorously dangerous--is particularly well known beca...

Ian Fleming is best known as the creator of James Bond (Agent 007). He was also, however, a book collector who, with the guidance of bookseller Percy Muir, assembled a library of more than one thousand volumes representing milestones in modern science, t...

Call it a musical variation of the Sean Connery argument: For some, composer John Barry will always be synonymous with James Bond by virtue of having been there at the beginning and having been present during some of 007's finest moments, from the instantly...

REACHING INTO A BOX in my mother's attic, I discover a Wire-O Bound memo book that contains actual documentation of "the happiest and worst day of my entire life." "This should be good," I say to my sister Claire. "Grounded," Claire says,...

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes -- or perhaps a zombie rising from its grave -- the Senate revived the immigration reform bill thought dead earlier this month.By a 64-35 vote, lawmakers brought it back to the Senate floor Tuesday. Debate is expected to...

Martin Campbell’s Casino Royale, from a screenplay by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis, based on the novel by Ian Fleming, happens to be the 21st James Bond movie, as well as the very first that I would seriously consider placing on my own...