Villainous females of the Bond world
November 6th, 2013 by Thom Popejoy
The women in the Bond universe are too often characterised using two words: Bond Girl. Here we take a look at the most villainous of them.
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October 4th, 2013 by Thom Popejoy
Writing a Bond novel must be pretty tough. After all, many have tried to take on the heavy yoke of expectation that surrounds anything even loosely associated with Britain’s cold war master spy, James Bond, 007. In 2012, Sam Mendes’ latest cinematic effort, Skyfall seemed to suggest that Daniel Craig et al were just getting […]
>> read articleJames Bond: The Ultimate Sportsman
October 2nd, 2013 by Thom Popejoy
“But now the club head was going back, coming down, the left knee bent correctly in towards the ball, the left arm straight as a ramrod. Crack! The ball sailed off, a beautiful drive, as good as Goldfinger had hit, straight down the fairway. Bond’s heart sang. Got you, you bastard! Got you! Blithely Bond […]
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