While tragic for his family, the death of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has a few silver linings. Firstly it's nice to see good old fashioned spycraft making a comeback. Is it a co-incidence this happened just as the "new" James Bond movie came out, taking 007 back to his first mission? In an age when it's all about the gadgets and satellites, it's good to see the cloak and dagger age hasn't been completely eclipsed. Secondly, Mr Litvinenko's death has finally proved that Peter Parker could not possibly be Spider Man, because radioactive spiders kill just the same as polonium. This confirms earlier research on radioactive spiders. Unless, of course, it was actually kryptonite, not polonium, the Russians sprinkled on his sushi...