Sean Connery

Alvin Rakoff, veteran director of British TV and film, dies aged 97

The much-loved director gave an unknown Sean Connery his first leading role as well as overseeing some of the biggest TV dramas of the 1970s and 80s

Andrew Pulver

17, Oct, 2024 @2:30 PM

James Bond has an Andrew Tate problem. The answer is to set it in the 1960s | Ben Child

Whoever plays the role, it would be wise if the franchise rebooted in period costume – so that 007’s sexism and toxic masculinity seem less anachronistic

Ben Child

05, Jul, 2024 @11:40 AM

Museum seeks Bowie dress for show putting spotlight on Jewish designers

Museum of London Docklands appeals for missing pieces whose influential creators have been overlooked

Esther Addley

23, Jan, 2023 @9:00 AM

Volcano films – ranked!

Missing the heatwave? With the release of Sara Dosa’s hotly tipped new documentary Fire of Love, we round up the most epic, exploding-mountain movies ever made

Anne Billson

21, Jul, 2022 @11:00 AM

The Frightened City review – crooks and coppers in a classic London noir

A pre-Bond Sean Connery is among the gifted cast in this 1961 mob drama that takes in the highlights of London lowlife

Peter Bradshaw

08, Apr, 2021 @10:00 AM

Live and let live: why does James Bond always survive?

There have been 25 official films in the franchise. In all our Vesper martini-swigging hero escapes. Here’s – possibly – why

Rich Pelley

29, Mar, 2021 @12:00 PM

Richard Jenkins: ‘Oh my God, Connery was so cool. I thought Goldfinger was the greatest film ever made’

The Oscar-nominated star of The Visitor and The Shape of Water and new film The Last Shift on drag racing, doo-wop music and discovering James Bond

As told to Rich Pelley

18, Mar, 2021 @3:34 PM

Matthew Modine's teenage obsessions: ‘In Utah, the Beatles were devil music’

The Full Metal Jacket actor, who stars in new horror film Wrong Turn, on Ernest Hemingway, Sean Connery, and why he turned down Top Gun

As told to Rich Pelley

04, Mar, 2021 @3:00 PM

Sean Connery remembered by Jackie Stewart

The former F1 racing driver on the iconic James Bond star, who was his friend for 50 years

Jackie Stewart

13, Dec, 2020 @11:30 AM

The cycling schmuck who cut up Sean Connery | Brief letters

Brief letters: Sean Connery | Antarctic iceberg A-68A | Percentages | Swede | Pollsters

Letters

05, Nov, 2020 @5:36 PM

Tsai Chin: 'What was it like being in bed with Sean Connery? Fine'

From Bond girl to badass grandmas, Tsai Chin has had an extraordinary career. She talks about her battles with racism, predatory producers – and farting leopards

Stuart Jeffries

03, Nov, 2020 @6:00 AM

Sean Connery had dementia, his wife reveals

Micheline Roquebrune says the late James Bond actor’s dementia ‘took its toll on him’