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- Review: James Bond 007 #002 from Dynamite
Javier Trujillo reviews issue 2 of Dynamite’s new comic book series.
Read more... - Shirley Bassey and the story behind the theme song to Moonraker
Guest writer Brendan Edwards looks at how a chance encounter with John Barry led Shirley Bassey to sing the theme for Moonraker.
Read more... - Interview with editor of the Thunderballs James Bond Picture Archive
Pete Brooker recently interviewed the editor of the newly launched Thunderballs James Bond Picture Archive for the From Tailors With Love podcast.
Read more... - Review: James Bond 007 #001 from Dynamite
Javier Trujillo reviews the first of Dynamite’s new comic book series.
Read more... - James Bond Christmas Gifts
Well it’s that time of year again and if you’re like me you have’t got a clue what to buy anyone.
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So begins Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale, first published in April 1953 and the start of James Bond’s literary career. Although criticised at the time for “sex, sadism and snobbery”, the books of Ian Fleming feature a more complex character than found in the films and are full of detail and vivid imagination.
This site, The James Bond Dossier, looks at the character of James Bond, 007, the secret agent with a licence to kill.
On this day...
- Birthday of Ursula Andress [1936]
Ursula Andress, who as bikini-clad Honey Rider emerged so memorably from the Caribbean Sea in Dr No, was born on 19th March 1936 in Ostermundigen, Switzerland.
Read more... - Birthday of Licence To Kill actor Frank McRae [1944]
Frank McRae, who played Sharkey in Licence to Kill, was born in Memphis, Tennessee on 18th March 1944.
Read more... - Eunice Gayson was born on this day [1928]
Eunice Gayson, who appeared in Dr No (1962) and From Russia With Love (1963) as Sylvia Trench, was born in Croydon on 17th March 1928.
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