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[AFP via Yahoo!]

Stella Rimington, first woman to lead UK's MI5 dies at 90

Stella Rimington, the first woman to head the UK's domestic secret service MI5, has died at the age of 90, the spy agency announced on Monday.

Rimington, who led MI5 from 1992 to 1996, was widely believed to be the inspiration behind the female role of M in the James Bond movies, played
by UK star Judi Dench.
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danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:

[AFP via Yahoo!]

Stella Rimington, first woman to lead UK's MI5 dies at 90

Stella Rimington, the first woman to head the UK's domestic secret service >MI5, has died at the age of 90, the spy agency announced on Monday.

Rimington, who led MI5 from 1992 to 1996, was widely believed to be the >inspiration behind the female role of M in the James Bond movies, played
by UK star Judi Dench.
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rest: >https://uk.news.yahoo.com/stella-rimington-first-woman-lead-201438828.html

I've been hearing this crap all day. James Bond was MI-6, not MI-5. The producers were feeling some pressure to have more females in positions
of power, so Judi Dench was cast. She proved to be an excellent choice,
so they kept her with the Daniel Craig reset.

There's no fucking way the fictional character, newly created for the
movie GoldenEye (1995), was based upon this real woman who would have
entirely been kept out of the public eye.
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Somebody else wrote...

Rimington, who led MI5 from 1992 to 1996, was widely believed to be the >>inspiration behind the female role of M in the James Bond movies, played
by UK star Judi Dench.

I'm suspecting she might have been the basis for Kristin Scott Thomas's character, Diane Taverner, in the recent "Slow Horses" series.
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On Tue, 5 Aug 2025 20:48:31 -0000 (UTC), Big Mongo <mongo@biteme.com>
wrote:

Somebody else wrote...

Rimington, who led MI5 from 1992 to 1996, was widely believed to be the >>>inspiration behind the female role of M in the James Bond movies, played >>>by UK star Judi Dench.

I'm suspecting she might have been the basis for Kristin Scott Thomas's >character, Diane Taverner, in the recent "Slow Horses" series.

Also Mrs. Pynchon in "Lou Grant."
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David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> wrote:

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 20:48:31 -0000 (UTC), Big Mongo <mongo@biteme.com> wrote:

I'm suspecting she might have been the basis for Kristin Scott Thomas's >>character, Diane Taverner, in the recent "Slow Horses" series.

Also Mrs. Pynchon in "Lou Grant."

Try Katharine Graham, not to mention the character was created in 1977.
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On Wed, 6 Aug 2025 02:55:56 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> wrote:

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 20:48:31 -0000 (UTC), Big Mongo <mongo@biteme.com> wrote:

I'm suspecting she might have been the basis for Kristin Scott Thomas's >>>character, Diane Taverner, in the recent "Slow Horses" series.

Also Mrs. Pynchon in "Lou Grant."

Try Katharine Graham, not to mention the character was created in 1977.

Also Victoria Barclay on "The Big Valley."
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David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> wrote:

Wed, 6 Aug 2025 02:55:56 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: >>David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> wrote:

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 20:48:31 -0000 (UTC), Big Mongo <mongo@biteme.com> wrote:

I'm suspecting she might have been the basis for Kristin Scott Thomas's >>>>character, Diane Taverner, in the recent "Slow Horses" series.

Also Mrs. Pynchon in "Lou Grant."

Try Katharine Graham, not to mention the character was created in 1977.

Also Victoria Barclay on "The Big Valley."

. . . 'cuz Ms. Rimington had lived through the era in which that series
was set. Good one. I await the next bit of nonsense with baited breath.
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In article <10704c1$3h3sh$1@dont-email.me>,
Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> wrote:

Wed, 6 Aug 2025 02:55:56 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: >>>David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> wrote:

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 20:48:31 -0000 (UTC), Big Mongo <mongo@biteme.com> wrote:

I'm suspecting she might have been the basis for Kristin Scott Thomas's >>>>>character, Diane Taverner, in the recent "Slow Horses" series.

Also Mrs. Pynchon in "Lou Grant."

Try Katharine Graham, not to mention the character was created in 1977.

Also Victoria Barclay on "The Big Valley."

. . . 'cuz Ms. Rimington had lived through the era in which that series
was set. Good one. I await the next bit of nonsense with baited breath.

You two really need to get a room.
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On Wed, 6 Aug 2025 17:45:37 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> wrote:

Wed, 6 Aug 2025 02:55:56 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: >>>David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> wrote:

Tue, 5 Aug 2025 20:48:31 -0000 (UTC), Big Mongo <mongo@biteme.com> wrote:

I'm suspecting she might have been the basis for Kristin Scott Thomas's >>>>>character, Diane Taverner, in the recent "Slow Horses" series.

Also Mrs. Pynchon in "Lou Grant."

Try Katharine Graham, not to mention the character was created in 1977.

Also Victoria Barclay on "The Big Valley."

. . . 'cuz Ms. Rimington had lived through the era in which that series
was set. Good one. I await the next bit of nonsense with baited breath.

Also Herod's wife in the Gospel according to Mark.


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In <1070o1l$3m0pn$1@dont-email.me> David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> writes:

[snip]

Also Victoria Barclay on "The Big Valley."

. . . 'cuz Ms. Rimington had lived through the era in which that series
was set. Good one. I await the next bit of nonsense with baited breath.

Also Herod's wife in the Gospel according to Mark.

And Rachav "ha-zona" [a], the innkeeper who helped hide
Joshua's spies when they were checking out Jericho.

[a] "ha-zona" in Hebrew translates as "the prostitute". Which
has caused centuries of Rabbis grief when relating this biblical
story to schoolchildren.

Ahhh, I see some English translations do, in fact, use "Harlot",
while others say "innkeeper". I have no idea which of there
is more commonly accepted
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On Mon, 4 Aug 2025 20:53:58 +0000, danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com>
wrote:

[AFP via Yahoo!]

Stella Rimington, first woman to lead UK's MI5 dies at 90

Stella Rimington, the first woman to head the UK's domestic secret service >MI5, has died at the age of 90, the spy agency announced on Monday.

Rimington, who led MI5 from 1992 to 1996, was widely believed to be the >inspiration behind the female role of M in the James Bond movies, played
by UK star Judi Dench.

Never mind hypothetical roles she *may* have inspired, she has a much
better claim to fame as the author of several spy novels, to which she
brought her real-life experience. Among her books are the following:

Rimington, Stella. 2010. Present Danger. London: Quercus.
ISBN: 978 1 84916 194 7
There is a fragile peace in Northern Ireland,
and the Royal Ulster Constabulary has been
replaced by the Police Service of Northern
Irealnd, with the intelligence-gathering
function given to MI5. But some are not happy
with the peace, and a shadowy company led by
an American, Seamus Piggott, seems intent on
stirring up old animosities.

Rimington, Stella. 2004. At risk. London: Arrow.
ISBN: 0-09-946139-0
Liz Carlyle works for MI5, and becomes
involved in a murder investigation in Norfolk
that may involve a terrorist from the Middle
East, and possibly a local accomplice, an
"invisible".

Rimington, Stella. 2007. Secret asset. London: Arrow.
ISBN: 978-0-09-947259-9
While her colleagues are investigating a
suspected terrorist plot, MI5 agent Liz
Carlyle is asked to look for a mole within the
department.

Rimington, Stella. 2008. Dead line. London: Quercus.
ISBN: 978-1-84724-310-2
A British agent receives a report that someone
is planning to disrupt a Middle East Peace
conference, and Liz Carlyle is given the job
of finding out how real and how serious the
threat is.

Rimington, Stella. 2012. The Geneva trap. London: Bloomsbury.
ISBN: 978-1-4088-1965-4
Geneva, 2012. When a Russian intelligence
officer approaches MI5 with vital information
about the imminent cyber-sabotage of an
Anglo-American Defence programme, he refuses
to talk to anyone but Liz Carlyle. But who is
he, and what is his connection to the British
agent?
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In the previous article, Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:

Rimington, Stella. [...]

How has this thread been going on a week and not one of you has
mentioned Remington Steele?
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 05:28:43 -0000 (UTC),
INVALID_SEE_SIG@example.com.invalid (J.D. Baldwin) wrote:

In the previous article, Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:

Rimington, Stella. [...]

How has this thread been going on a week and not one of you has
mentioned Remington Steele?

Apparently not related.

Neither, as far as I know, is Remington Rand.
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