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We continue the discussion about SPECTRE, ten years on from its release. 🎧 Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube The second half of our Licence to Legacy deep-dive sees co-hosts Javi Trujillo, Bill Koenig, and David Leigh return to SPECTRE a decade later to explore how the film sits in the Craig era’s legacy. This time we wonder whether bringing […]

Author Edward Biddulph has returned, this time with a handy travel guide. The scribe of Double-O Dining: A James Bond Cookbook has travelled Britain to compile an excellent resource of locations that have strong connections to the literary and film sides of 007. Starting off in London, an essential hub of Bond activity, the guide […]

Your definitive guide to festive gifts that bring Bond’s world a little closer — important in a year when official news is thin on the ground. Christmas arrives once more, and for Bond fans it comes with that familiar tension between hope and patience. Another year has slipped by without meaningful movement on Bond 26, […]

A decade on from SPECTRE, we take a look back at its legacy—from first impressions in 2015 to how it sits in the series now. 🎧 Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube In this Licence to Legacy episode co-hosts Javi Trujillo, Bill Koenig, and David Leigh revisit SPECTRE on its 10th anniversary of its release. We start with our first […]

Edward Biddulph reports from the launch of Assouline’s latest addition to the James Bond canon. It’s not often one is handed a glass of champagne on arriving at a cinema. But then again, this was no ordinary evening at the pictures, as the Electric Cinema in London’s Portobello Road hosted the launch of James Bond […]

A discussion with Edward Biddulph tracing the real British locations that define Bond’s world. 🎧 Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube In this episode we’re joined by Edward Biddulph to explore the real-world Britain behind James Bond. His new book, The James Bond Lover’s Guide to Britain, brings together locations from Fleming’s novels, the films, and Fleming’s own life — […]

This lavish book takes readers deep inside the vehicles of Bond. James Bond Cars by Assouline is the most complete and visually striking book ever produced on 007’s vehicles — a large-format collector’s piece built for display, not the shelf. Check availability at Assouline Is this book for you? James Bond Cars is a large-format, […]

Half a century after my first Bond on the big screen, I look back at The Man With The Golden Gun. Fifty years ago I had my first ever experience of James Bond on the big screen when, one afternoon in March 1975, my dad took me to see Roger Moore’s second outing as 007. […]

Licence to Legacy: It’s been 40 years since A View to a Kill was released — Roger Moore’s final outing as James Bond — and this week we look back at one of the most divisive entries in the series. 🎧 Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube After a brief detour to the Mexico Grand Prix, we dive into the […]

Richard Maibaum helped define James Bond — but did he ever get the credit he truly deserved?