You got to drink martinis and brandy, hang around with Diana Rigg and Ursula Andress, and work for a top-secret agency that equipped you with a cane that turned into a sword, or a camera that turned ...

These staffs were not merely for walking; they were ceremonial, often intricately carved ... walking sticks became a fashionable accessory among the European elite. They were custom-made to ...

I found them kind of fascinating when I was a kid. My father’s stepfather, Enrico, had a few hand-carved walking sticks. So did one of my favorite TV characters from the 1960s. John Steed ...