Author Profile: David Leigh

Readers of The James Bond Dossier have the chance to win one of three copies of a new book on Ian Fleming. Read on to learn how you can enter the competition. The Man With The Golden Typewriter: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters is published on 8th October. Edited by Fergus Fleming, nephew of Bond’s creator, The James Bond […]

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After Skyfall went without a vodka brand, SPECTRE sees premium vodka Belvedere on board as an official partner. This Polish vodka is hand crafted from rye and distilled four times to balance a whole range of flavours including vanilla, white pepper and spice. 007 would definitely approve. He told the barman in Ian Fleming’s first novel, […]

Anthony Horowitz’s book Trigger Mortis is just the latest addition in a long line of James Bond continuation novels started following the death of Ian Fleming. Here we look at the authors of all the continuation novels to date. The continuation authors Kingsley Amis John Pearson John Gardner Raymond Benson Sebastian Faulks Jeffery Deaver William Boyd […]

The Limited Edition Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra, announced earlier in the year and designed around the Bond family coat of arms, is now available to order from British jewellers Ernest Jones.  You can buy it in branches of Ernest Jones or order it online here. Crafted in stainless steel and features a monogrammed blue dial with yellow […]

A new paperback edition of Colonel Sun, the first James bond continuation novel, is to be released by Vintage Classics in October. According to The Book Bond it is the first time the novel has been in print since 1995 and therefore well overdue. The cover art matches the recent Fleming titles published by Vintage. It is […]

SEVEN is the latest premium addition to the 007 Fragrances range for men and comes in a new sleekly designed bottle whose lines suggest a seven. It has carefully selected ingredients  with top notes of tangerine, bergamot and apple, a heart of white pepper, cinnamon and saffron on a base of musk, leather and mahogany. SEVEN eau de […]

Last week Naomie Harris and David Bautista were guests of honour at a special Jaguar Land Rover event celebrating their vehicles appearing in SPECTRE. The event showed special stunt vehicles used in the latest instalment of the James Bond series. The Jaguar C-X75, Range Rover Sport SVR and the iconic Land Rover Defender, stole the show as they were […]

Sam Smith’s Writing’s on the Wall, the theme song for SPECTRE, this morning received its début radio airing this morning. Click the PLAY button above to listen to the song on Spotify. You can also download it from iTunes here, or buy the CD from Amazon UK or Amazon.com. Leave a comment below to let me know […]

“The tradition for Bond is always real stunts, real action, real explosions…”, says Director Sam Mendes in the latest behind the scenes video about the action sequences in SPECTRE.

Champagne house Bollinger has released a limited edition 007-branded crystal wine cooler that comes with a magnum of Bollinger 1988 RD to celebrate the release of SPECTRE. The Bollinger SPECTRE Crystal set is available from a number of select wine merchants worldwide. Only 307 sets have been produced and the price is a whopping €5,007. The marque has also released […]

When Glu’s mobile 007 game, James Bond: World of Espionage, became available over the summer it seemed strange there was no official launch. That now seems set to change, with the release of a video highlighting the game’s features and promising it will be available for Android and iOS soon. Although no date has yet been announced it […]

Young Bond author Steve Cole will be attending the Cheltenham Literature Festival on 10th October. There he will launch the paperback edition of his first Young Bond book, Shoot To Kill, and unveil the title and cover for the second book in the series. Cole announced the information on Twitter: Special #YoungBond event 10/10/15 – […]

As the 24th installation in the James Bond film series nears its worldwide release this November, Ronin Audio Books is proud to announce a special SPECTRE edition of Paul Kyriazi’s How to Live the James Bond Lifestyle. How to Live the James Bond Lifestyle is available on Kindle from Amazon UK and Amazon.com   In advance of the […]

It’s not what you know, it’s what they think you know, and The Bluffer’s Guides paid homage to the ultimate spy with The Bluffer’s Guide to Bond. Available from Amazon UK and Amazon.com With nearly 90 titles published in over 20 languages with more than 5 million copies sold, The Bluffer’s Guides are short, humorous guides with all the facts […]

I don’t know what you think about this but the tone of this Heineken is odd for me. It’s very tongue in cheek, recalling the Roger Moore era rather than Daniel Craig’s films. And the the appearance of some familiar looking action, props and characters from various eras make it rather a curious piece. What […]

SPECTRE has been selected for The Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund’s (CTBF) Royal Film Performance 2015. The World Premiere will be attended by Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry and will take place on 26 October at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The World Premiere will also be […]

Sony’s new advert features Miss Moneypenny delivering brand new technologies that have been ‘Made for Bond’. Set against a backdrop of London’s iconic Southbank, Miss Moneypenny uses Sony’s RX100 IV camera to capture super slow motion surveillance of the bad guys, before a chase unfolds as she tries to deliver Bond’s Xperia smartphone.

Watch the Aston Martin DB10 in action. For more on the next James Bond film click here: SPECTRE.

Trigger Mortis: Unlocking Bond is at Waterstone’s Picadilly until Sunday 13th September.