Author Profile: Nick Young

Nick Young is a writer whose areas of particular interest are history, travel and books (especially thrillers). His blog can be found at http://nick-young.blogspot.com.

James Bond’s Canadian Connections

January 20th, 2026 by

Canada has never been a Bond location on screen, yet behind the scenes it has quietly shaped 007’s world. In June 2025, it was announced that the next Bond film, currently known as “Bond 26”, will be directed by a Canadian, Denis Villeneuve. The award-winning director, who was born in Gentilly, Quebec and is a […]

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James Bond and the Second World War

October 6th, 2015 by

What did James Bond do in the Second World War? I started thinking about this recently when I read William Boyd’s continuation novel Solo in which Bond, from the point of view of the late 1960s, experiences flashbacks to the war.

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