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Retired acting legend Michael Caine has released his debut novel, Deadly Game, which fits the mold of some of his finest movies.

Michael Caine had a long apprenticeship in the theater before he became a movie star. Along the way he never lost his Cockney roots or the authenticity that would make him a star for decades to come.

Len Deighton’s espionage books can be broadly classified into two categories—the ones that feature an anonymous British agent (Harry Palmer in the films) and the nine-book saga of Bernard Samson.

From Somerset to Dorset, get a behind the scenes look at all the filming locations for the latest screen adaptation of Jane Austen's last novel, Persuasion starring Dakota Johnson

Elvis Costello quit his job as a computer programmer at a cosmetics company in favor of pursuing music on July 9, 1977.

Elvis Costello quit his job as a computer programmer at a cosmetics company in favor of pursuing music on July 9, 1977.

Elvis Costello quit his job as a computer programmer at a cosmetics company in favor of pursuing music on July 9, 1977.

BRIAN VINER: The story behind how Michael Caine landed the role of Harry Palmer is great, one of many involving The Ipcress File which has been given a new lease of life on ITV.

Screenwriter John Hodge on the reboot of the cold war spy drama he was told was irrelevant, how half a line of his Bond script made it into No Time to Die, and why there’ll be no more Trainspotting sequels

With his plain-talking, down-to-earth spy – now rebooted for ITV – Caine made his name. But there was trouble behind the scenes