John Barry

Hear me out: why A View to a Kill isn't a bad movie

The latest in our series defending loathed movies is a plea to reconsider Sir Roger Moore’s silly but superb Bond swansong

Martin Pengelly

09, Apr, 2021 @5:51 AM

Don Black: 'the Pele of lyricists' on Bond themes, Broadway and Born Free

He’s written songs with everyone from Quincy Jones to John Barry – though his musical about premature ejaculation was a flop. ‘Everyone’s the same when they sit at the piano,’ he reveals

Alexis Petridis

29, Jul, 2020 @3:06 PM

Jane Birkin: ‘I learned French off a tape recorder’

The singer and actor, 70, on sexy pictures, Glenda Jackson and her first concert – at the Bataclan

Rebecca Nicholson

22, Apr, 2017 @1:00 PM

Sam Smith's Spectre song could be a return to classic Bond themes

Writing’s on the Wall, first theme by British male solo vocalist since Tom Jones in 1965, could hark back to 60s hits

Caroline Sullivan

08, Sep, 2015 @6:48 PM

Bob Stanley: soundtrack of my life

The Saint Etienne co-founder talks to Tom Lamont about the 80s, the joy of sampling, and rediscovering pre-rock'n'roll crooners

Interview by Tom Lamont

28, Sep, 2013 @11:04 PM

Jane Birkin: My family values

The singer and actor talks about her family. By Anita Sethi

Anita Sethi

18, Jan, 2013 @5:45 PM

My favourite Bond film: You Only Live Twice

Phelim O'Neill: Whether faced with space travel, ninja assassins or Blofeld's killer piranhas, Sean Connery's Bond has never seemed more at home than in Roald Dahl's exotic epic

Phelim O'Neill

04, Oct, 2012 @3:29 PM

My favourite Bond film: Goldfinger

Anne Billson: Goldfinger has the most sinister villain and best soundtrack but it's the inept fumbling of 007 that truly sets this Bond film apart

Anne Billson

02, Oct, 2012 @4:02 PM