Cultural References
The building has appeared in The Tailor of Panama as well as the James Bond films GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day, all four starring Pierce Brosnan. Filming of the exterior of the building for the 23rd James Bond film, Skyfall starring Daniel Craig, was postponed due to snow in early February 2012; the building is seen with the upper offices bombed in an explosion. In the opening sequence of The World Is Not Enough, Bond chases a suspect from the building down the Thames after a bomb was detonated, damaging a portion of the building. The Daily Telegraph claimed that the British Government prevented some filming in front of the SIS Building, citing a security risk. However, a Foreign Office spokesperson repudiated the claims and expressed displeasure with the misleading article.
A steampunk pastiche of the building featured in the comic book League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as the headquarters of British Military Intelligence in 1898.
The SAS veteran-turned writer Andy McNab frequently describes the building in his books.
The liner notes of Thom Yorke's album The Eraser contain a stylised depiction of the SIS Building (among other London Landmarks) being washed away by a storm surge.
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“The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not “Am I really that oppressed?” but “Am I really that boring?””
—Margaret Atwood (b. 1939)