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t may seem hard to believe but James Bond is 70 this year: Ian Fleming’s suave secret agent made his first appearance in, published in 1953. Though his not-so-secret missions have taken him to nearly every country on the planet — blowing half of it to smithereens in the process — Bond remains a true Londoner at heart. When he’s not saving the world, or wooing some glamorous femme fatale, you just might find the world’s favourite

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