Swiss actress Usula Andress (1936) is probably best remembered for her role as very first Bond girl in 1962’s Dr. No when she starred opposite Sean Connery. She went on to play in films as Fun in Acapulco (1963) with Elvis Presley, 4 for Texas (1963) with Frank Sinatra and as the countess in The Blue ...

Welcome to The Gatehouse today! Most of the problems we had with our software have been fixed now, bringing back avatars and tags. The links to our “Hosted blogs” still don’t work though. Hopefully, we’ll be able to have them back for you soon....

For Worth1000’s second Flight of Fancy contest an artist who goes by the name of “ChrisEll” presented this fine depiction of several very steampunkesque airships apparently on the run from catastrophe. Click here for a larger version or visit the artist’s profile to further appreciate his skill at photoshopping.

Yesterday, shortly after dusk, the Spirit of Lutetia, following a North-North East route, entered what seemed to be just a fog bank, if a thick one. It is only later in the night that the diesel-powered engine successively experienced several breakdowns, to finally die. The crew proved unable to start up again either the main ...