June 27th, 2017
by David Leigh
Bond in Motion, the largest collection of original James Bond vehicles in the world, based at the London Film Museum in Covent Garden is celebrating 30 years of The Living Daylights. Timothy Dalton played 007 in the 15th film from the iconic series and the film was a worldwide hit when released in the summer […]
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June 21st, 2017
by David Leigh
A blue plaque was yesterday unveiled on John Barry’s childhood home in Yorkshire. Barry was born in York in 1933 and lived in what is now the York Pavilion Hotel in Fulford. Following his hugely successful arrangement of Monty Norman’s “James Bond Theme” for Dr No (1962), Barry was hired to write the soundtrack for From […]
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June 12th, 2017
by David Leigh
MI6 Confidential have announced that their next two issues are to be dedicated to the memory of Sir Roger Moore, who died last month at the age of 89. The magazine’s publishing schedule has been changed, with the planned next issue moved to later in the year. The email, sent by editor Hugh Maddocks, is […]
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June 8th, 2017
by David Leigh
In a new book due to be published in September the late, great Sir Roger Moore reflects on life and aging. Delivered, along with his own hand-drawn sketches, to his publisher mere days before he passed away, in À Bientôt, Roger looks back on his life – and gives it his trademark sideways glance, too. […]
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