In the light of yesterday’s epic Bond-related news, I just rewatched Skyfall. Believe it or not, I hadn’t given it a viewing in ages, but it’s one of those cloudy days when all you want to do is put on one of your old favourites. I must say I was once again blown away with it: this is 007 taken seriously, with a razor-sharp script and plot. They have finally made Bond seem like a three-dimensional character, capable of making mistakes yet still possessed of that certain jenu se qua* that seems to have made him arguably one of the core parts of British culture. After all, he must be pretty damn important to us to have been used to escort the queen to the olympics. How glad I am that Sam Mendes, director of Skyfall, has been asked to direct the next film; I have a feeling it is going to be just as awesome.

*Sorry, but my spelling in French is even worse than my spelling in English.