derring-do

"I once asked someone who served alongside my father how he had come by that name," says Ms Almonds-Windmill, who has penned books charting his tales of derring-do.

Good on James Mangold for tracking a bit of mud on Bob Dylan’s legacy, the kind of irreverent derring-do the movie’s own Johnny Cash celebrates.

Civilian leadership in this country needs to shed its adolescent awe of martial derring-do and gain firm control over a very dangerous weapon.

If you like your fantasy novels packed with comedy, action and old-fashioned derring-do, “Promise” is the book for you.

It was also a dream job for a young man brought up on Soviet TV shows such as The Sword and the Shield, which recounted the derring-do of an undercover Russian spy in Nazi Germany.