Author Profile: Darryl Marsch

From Murano to Lake Como, Darryl Marsch wraps up his Bond-inspired journey through Italy speedboats, seaplanes, and more spectacular locations. The next morning, Lorenzo took us north by water taxi to the island of Murano. The island has been famous for its glassmaking for centuries, and it featured heavily in the 007 film Moonraker. In […]

Darryl Marsch continues his Bond-inspired European adventure, tracing 007’s footsteps through the canals, cuisine, and cinematic landmarks of Venice. On the railway map, Venezia Santa Lucia station is a terminus, a proverbial end of the line, but when stepping down onto the platform, it becomes a gateway opening to an ancient city and culture born […]

From M’s table to the Orient Express, Darryl Marsch starts out on the ultimate Bond-inspired adventure across Europe. Prologue The whine from the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 turbofans powering our Airbus A380 subsided as they spooled down at Terminal 5, London Heathrow. In the pod adjacent to me, anticipation flashed across my companion’s green eyes and […]

Darryl Marsch reports on his second visit to Goldeneye Resort, from where he recently returned. Crescent moonlight reflected milkily off of my companion as she swam.  By day, the lagoon at Goldeneye sparkled like an aquamarine, but at midnight, its waters only faintly glinted like a shiny, black onyx.  My companion jackknifed her body under […]

Was the most recent Bond film influenced by Greek mythology? Darryl Marsch presents a strong case that it did.  Nothing epitomizes “epic” more than a James Bond film, except for Greek mythology, which provides the foundation for a great deal of western storytelling. I rewatched No Time to Die, the latest installment of the James […]

The third and final instalment from Darryl Marsch on his recent assignment to Goldeneye Resort.  Also see: part 1 and part 2 The next morning saw a typical James Bond breakfast of scrambled eggs and buttered toast. After which, our man, Oniel, collected us for a journey into Ocho Rios, where we arranged to ride […]

The second instalment of Darryl Marsch’s report on his recent assignment to Goldeneye Resort.  Read part 1 of this series The next morning, we returned and breakfasted on ackee and salt fish, which may be the national dish of Jamaica. It was a favorite of Fleming’s, and I speculate so because it tastes of spicy […]

Darryl Marsch reports on his recent assignment to Goldeneye Resort in Jamaica.  The Boeing 737-800 touched down at Sangster International Airport at precisely 2:17 p.m., local time. My eyes glanced away from the dark-brown dial of my Seamaster Diver and fixed on the azure-blue sky above Montego Bay that peeked between the airport’s boxy terminal […]