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The World is Not Enough: how Michael Apted wrenched Bond into a new, darker era The late director, who claimed ignorance of action films, gave Pierce Brosnan’s 007 fresh grit – and upended the ‘Bond girl’ mould forever 12 January 2021 • 12:00pm Michael Apted's brief for The World Is Not Enough was to 'beef up the stuff between the action sequences' Michael Apted once admitted that he was “scared s---less” going into his 1999 Bond film, The World is Not Enough. And the director, who died last week aged 79, was an unlikely choice to take on 007. He was best known for directing t...
Dubai: Emirati students at a British school in Dubai have started assuming the role of ‘UAE Ambassadors’ to advance the profile of UAE culture, values and history amongst schoolmates. Brighton College Dubai’s UAE Ambassador programme is a new initiative for this academic year, set up by the school located in Al Barsha 2 South, in September this year. Currently it has two Emirati Ambassadors, in Year 5 and 11, leading the programme. The ambassadors are seen as role models amongst their peers and have become the go-to pupils for all questions on the UAE. They also have an ambassador badge...