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Javier E Trujillo reviews the fourth issue of Dynamite’s newest James Bond thriller, 007!

Javier E Trujillo reviews the third issue of Dynamite’s newest James Bond thriller, 007!

You Only Live Twice takes readers on a journey through the exotic culinary culture of Japan, with a wide range of food and drink that help make the story come alive. Ian Fleming’s twelfth James Bond opens with James Bond drinking saké at a Geisha party in Japan. The party has been arranged in his […]

Javier E Trujillo reviews the second issue of Dynamite’s newest James Bond thriller, 007!

Javier E Trujillo reviews the first issue of Dynamite’s newest James Bond thriller, 007!

A hub for articles on the locations appearing in the books and films. As well as fast cars, glamourous women, high stakes gambling and vodka martinis James Bond is synonymous with exotic locations. It’s unsurprising really as Ian Fleming was well travelled and owned a villa in Jamaica, Goldeneye,  where he wrote the books. On […]

You know the name. You know the number… How to use this page This page is the central guide to the James Bond films. It lists every official entry in the series in order of release and explains how the films fit together in the broader context of the franchise’s history. The films here are […]

Reading Ian Fleming’s original James Bond books in order of publication demonstrates an evolution of the literary 007. The world of spy thrillers changed forever when Ian Fleming sat down in 1952 to write a story that would distract him from his impending wedding. What followed was a 14-book run that defined modern espionage literature […]

Ardent Bond fan Julian Gale gives his verdict on the October 4 event at The Royal Albert Hall. From the moment Shirley Bassey walked on stage at The Royal Albert Hall to a standing ovation I knew this was going to be a great evening, one of glitz and glamour far away from the predictable […]

When Ian Fleming sat down to write the “spy story to end all spy stories”, little could the James Bond writer have imagined the resulting phenomenon.  After it was published in Britain in 1953 Ian Fleming sometimes ungraciously joked that he started writing Casino Royale as a distraction from his imminent wedding. In truth he […]