It's never pleasant to have one's unquestioning beliefs put in their historical context, as I know from experience, I can assure you.

William ('Bill') Tanner" Tanner being M's Chief of Staff in many of Fleming's Bond novels. H.

" He was the father of English novelist Martin Amis. In 2008 The Times ranked Kingsley Amis ninth on their list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945. Sir Kingsley William Amis CBE (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist poet critic and teacher.