Deborah Ross

Mostly gripping – and boasts not one but two Mr Darcys: Operation Mincemeat reviewed

A classic tale of British second world war derring-do and the sort of film you’ll watch with your dad on a Sunday afternoon

Boasts not one but two Mr Darcys: Matthew Macfadyen as Charles Cholmondeley, Colin Firth as Ewan Montagu and Johnny Flynn as Ian Fleming in Operation Mincemeat
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