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The release of the new James Bond, film’s favourite super spy, is more significant than ever. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP) (Photo by MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images)

‘No Time to Die’: James Bond’s not-so-secret mission to save cinema

The release of the new James Bond, film’s favourite super spy, is more significant than ever

More than ‘cute’: It might be down a weight class but the Land Rover Defender 90 can still swing with the heavyweights.
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Car Review: The Land Rover Defender goes wild

The icon has arrived in a two-door with a shorter wheel-base

The top-end brand, one of the few remaining British carmakers in a sector that is largely foreign owned, is cherished by Hollywood actors, global sports stars and British royalty alike. (Chris Helgren/Reuters)

007 carmaker Aston Martin drives into £4.3bn London listing

Aston Martin has priced its initial public offering at £19 per share in the middle of its stated range

2018: The best, the worst and the weird  (Photo Archive)

Listeria outbreak over: Your polony is safe, now meet the scientists you can thank

SA’s listeria epidemic is over. Take a look at the detectives who traced the epidemic’s source in this feature from our archives.

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Listeria: Follow SA’s medical sleuths as they chase a killer in a race against time.

SA’s listeria epidemic is over. Take a look at the detectives who traced the epidemic’s source in this feature from our archives.

Listeria: Follow SA’s medical sleuths as they chase a killer in a race against time

As deaths mount, take an inside look at the detectives working around the clock to solve the country’s medical mystery.

James Bond actor Roger Moore.

Roger Moore: From Saint to 007

The British actor played James Bond in more films than any other man.

James Bond is still a sexist dinosaur – but audiences love it

Every Bond film since the 1970s has promised to revolutionise the Bond girl and bring something new to the table. They haven’t yet.

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Anthony Horowitz apologises after calling Idris Elba ‘too street’ to play James Bond

James Bond author makes a statement after being criticised for telling the Daily Mail that Idris Elba should not play Bond.

The controversy over Moore’s alleged comments comes after studios Sony and MGM released the debut trailer for new Bond movie “Spectre”.
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Roger Moore denies racist comments about Idris Elba playing James Bond

Roger Moore has denied making racist comments about Idris Elba’s chances of replacing Daniel Craig as James Bond.

We look at Julius Malema’s court case and giant sleep-over

Weekend 101: Malema, Krejcir and James Bond

We look at Julius Malema’s court case and giant sleep-over (aka night vigil), Angola banning Islam and Radovan Krejcir’s James Bond movie-style life.

A man stands in front of a poster advertising the latest James Bond movie “Skyfall” in New York.

New James Bond book sees 007 go ‘Solo’

The latest James Bond novel ‘Solo’ sees the world’s most famous fictional spy go on an unauthorised mission at the height of the Cold War.

Weapons of choice: Roger Moore and Barbara Bach in The Spy Who Loved Me.

Moore on half a century of 007

As perhaps the most amenable of the actors who played James Bond, Roger Moore gets the job of writing the text for this commemorative book.

Spies like us: Ian Fleming with Sean Connery

The Bond girl who sold Fleming a bit short

As Skyfall opens on the big screen, Richard Williams remembers Ian Fleming’s ambitious gamble in The Spy Who Loved Me.

A man stands in front of a poster advertising the latest James Bond movie Skyfall in New York.

Ten things about James Bond

This year is the 50th anniversary of the James Bond movie franchise, which began with Dr No in 1962.