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...casting of Daniel Craig as James Bond. The 5ft 10 in, blond Craig was considered by many shaken and stirred cynics to not fit the tall, dark Bond portrayed by the likes of Sean Connery. Once the film was released, Craig's performance was highly acclaimed. Like Bond and, more specifically, the music? Get shaken and stirred with this article on Blending the familiar and new...

...cast him out, “a victim of these gay days it seems.” George travels by Greyhound Bus to New York City, where he settles down and soon meets people who are far more sympathetic, including the narrator: “He said he was in love, I said I’m pleased.” But one summer evening, as George and his new love walk home arm in arm from the theatre, they are ambushed by a New...

...cast a shadow.” The same symbol is a powerful metaphor in the harmonious symmetries of The Left Hand of Darkness: male and female, hot and cold, fear and courage. These elements make Le Guin’s worlds less binary, less based on conflict and resolution, and more mystical, spiritual and – ultimately – refreshingly different to expected norms in science fiction and...

...cast by pouring this metal into moulds, which were produced by pressing existing pieces of jewellery or lead models into clay, followed by minor artistic modification. This resulted in a sort of mass-production. As this craft was dependent on high-quality brass ingots from continental Europe, specialist jewellery production centres arose at ports associated with...