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Spy and Espionage related posts from Graeme Shimmin.

Coffee the James Bond Way: A Review of the Chemex Coffee Maker

A review of the only coffee maker in a James Bond novel, the Chemex. It’s a design classic, but is it any good at making coffee?

Fade-Out – Book Review

Fade-Out, written by Patrick Tilley and published in 1975, is a cult classic, first-contact-with-aliens novel. It’s been a steady seller for fifty years and never out of print,…

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Book Review

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, written by John le Carré and published in 1974, is le Carré’s masterpiece, even better than The Spy Who Came In From The Cold….

633 Squadron – Novel and Movie Review

633 Squadron, written by Frederick E. Smith and published in 1956, was the source novel for the classic 1963 war movie of the same name. Although it’s not…

Red Sparrow: Movie Review

Red Sparrow released in September 2017, starring Jennifer Lawrence, and directed by Francis Lawrence, is a noirish espionage-thriller about a Russian ballerina forced to become a seductress for…

Come Into My Parlour – Novel Review

Come Into My Parlour, written by Dennis Wheatley and published in 1949, was the sixth of Dennis Wheatley’s novels featuring secret agent Gregory Sallust—a series that critics sometimes…

The Scarlet Pimpernel – Book Review

The Scarlet Pimpernel, written by Baroness Emma Orczy and published in 1905, was based on a popular play also written by the Baroness first performed in 1903. The…

Fair Stood the Wind for France – Book Review

Fair Stood the Wind for France, written by H. E. Bates and published in 1944, was Bates’ first commercially successful novel. Although not strictly an espionage novel, it includes…

A Legacy of Spies: Book Review

A Legacy of Spies is a John le Carré novel published in 2017. It’s a parallel story to The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, within a…

Kingsman: The Golden Circle – Movie Review

Kingsman: The Golden Circle released in September 2017, starring Taron Egerton, and directed by Matthew Vaughn, is an espionage-comedy-thriller sequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service. It follows the continuing…