Author Profile: David Leigh

On Saturday morning Roger Moore announced on twitter the death of screenwriter and novelist Christopher Wood.  Wood wrote the screenplay for two of Moore’s Bond films, The Spy Who Loved Me (1977, which he wrote with Richard Maibaum) and Moonraker (1979). He also wrote novelisations of the two films. As well as his work on Bond, Wood’s […]

There has been a lot of press over the last few days since Daniel Craig said in an interview that he would “slash his wrists” before making another Bond movie and if he did another he would only be doing it for the money. The criticisms have been various. That he is biting the hand […]

A modified Rolex Submariner worn by Roger Moore in Live And Let Die is to be auctioned in Geneva by Phillips on 7th and 8th November. Photo: Phillips Auctioneers. The watch is a 1972 Rolex Submariner 5513 in stainless steel modified by art director Syd Cain to include a buzzsaw bezel. With an estimate of CHF 150,000 […]

While in the books and the early films James Bond was always a Rolex man, modern Bond wears Omega. When Pierce Brosnan stepped into the shoes of the world’s most famous secret agent he also slipped his wrist into the bracelet of an Omega timepiece. In Goldeneye Brosnan wore a blue-dialled quartz Seamaster Professional diving watch […]

Steve Cole announces the title of his second Young Bond novel. Speaking at the the Cheltenham Literature Festival on Saturday, Young Bond author Steve Cole announced his second book in the series was to be titled Heads You Die. The book will be published in the UK on 5th May 2016by Red Fox Publishing, an imprint of Random House and […]

MI6 Confidential, the full-colour magazine celebrating the world of James Bond 007, returns with its thirty-second issue. Sam Mendes had a particular vision for a car chase through the streets of Rome. It’s the dead of night, the streets are clear and two spectacular hyper- cars are going head to head. In this issue we meet […]

[video https://www.youtube.com/embed/0fjHhz2cfh8 ] Jonathan Ross, who will be hosting an hour long SPECTRE special on ITV later this month, was asked recently about what he knew about the new Bond film. Watch the video above to learn more. The SPECTRE special will air on Saturday 17th October at 18:30 and will feature interviews with Naomie Harris, Andrew Scott, […]

Fans of literary Bond will be interested in two books on Ian Fleming released today. The first is The Man With The Golden Typewriter, in which Fergus Fleming has selected many of his uncle’s letters related to James Bond. We currently have a contest to win one of three signed copies, but you can order it […]

As a long standing partner of the James Bond films, Champagne house Bollinger has commemorated the forthcoming release of SPECTRE with a special 007 limited edition of its 2009 vintage. This Champagne was aged for 6 years in old oak barrels, twice as long as the stipulated by law and it shows in the deep golden colour. Click […]

A book on the guns of James Bond has just been published in English for the first time. A couple of years go I was sent a book on James Bond’s guns by Italian firearms expert Paolo Tagini. The problem with it for me – and most of my readers – is that it is […]

[video https://www.youtube.com/embed/H2qZTLF0bbQ] An exclusive peek behind-the-scenes video on location in London with SPECTRE by VisitBritain.

A new edition of Casino Royale, with illustrations by Fay Dalton, is to be published by the The Folio Society later this month. This lavish edition, with artwork by acclaimed illustrator Fay Dalton, and an introduction by Booker-Prize winning author John Banville, pays homage to the enormous success of Ian Fleming’s iconic novels. Illustrations © […]

Following a filming period of 17 months, the James Bond fan documentary project A Bond For Life – How James Bond changed my Life is now just another five months away from its Charity World Premiere in Braunschweig, Germany. The film is currently in post-production which is due to finish in December. From March 2016 onwards, […]

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Writing’s on the Wall, Sam Smith’s theme to SPECTRE, has become the first ever James Bond theme song to reach the top spot in the UK music charts. According to the BBC the two previous highest-charting Bond themes were Adele’s Skyfall and Duran Duran’s A View To A Kill, which both made second place in the […]

Holding the world to ransom, planning to destroy Britain from the inside, and battling Bond to the death: discover the origins of SPECTRE in this omnibus edition of Ian Fleming’s Thunderball, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and You Only Live Twice. Discover where SPECTRE began: these three Bond novels tell of the rise and fall of the criminal network, […]

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If you’re having trouble keeping yourself occupied while you count down the days until the release of SPECTRE, you might want to check out James Bond: World of Espionage to distract you. The latest 007 themed game is now available to download for free for iOS and Android devices. Developed by mobile games specilist Glu, you can […]

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The soundtrack for SPECTRE is to be released on 23rd October, days before the London première, and is available to pre-order from Amazon now. The original soundtrack album will be released on Decca, but few details are yet available. Composed by long time Sam Mendes collaborator Thomas Newman the listing on Amazon has no mention of the […]