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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...
- Wedding anniversary of Ian Fleming [1952]
Ian Fleming finally married Ann Rothermere in Jamaica on 24th March 1952 after an affair that lasted for years.
Read more... - Birthday of Corinne Cléry from Moonraker [1950]
Corinne Cléry, who played Corinne Dufour in the movie Moonraker (1979) was born in Paris, France on 23rd March 1950.
Read more... - Anniversary of US publication of Casino Royale [1954]
Casino Royale, which had been published by Jonathan Cape in the UK in 1953, was first published in the United States on 23rd March 1954 by Macmillan Publishing.
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