Goldfinger

Collaboration celebrates Goldfinger’s literary and golfing heritage. Ian Fleming Publications has announced a partnership with Penfold, the British golfing brand, to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the publication of Goldfinger. The collaboration highlights Fleming’s fondness for golf, which is evident in several of his James Bond novels, including Goldfinger where the game plays a pivotal […]

This episode we survey the book covers of Goldfinger, including the first edition by Richard Chopping.

The latest episode of James Bond & Friends is now available on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere. Join us as we watch 1964’s Goldfinger together as a group experience. Is the iconic film still the gold standard or are parts of it due for smelting down? Along the way, we discover Oddjob’s bad fridge habits, effective […]

Actress played Dink in Goldfinger as well as the title sequence “Golden Girl”. Last week director Edgar Wright announced the death of Margaret Nolan on twitter. In a series of tweets he revealed that she had worked on his forthcoming film Last Night In Soho, due to be released next year. Nolan appeared as Dink […]

Issues #55 and #56 of the full-colour James Bond magazine MI6 Confidential are now shipping worldwide. As the filmmaking world comes to terms with developing, shooting and marketing mass entertainment in an uncertain COVID environment, issue #55 casts our attention back at sunnier times. All in the wrist In this issue we talk exclusively with […]

Aston Martin resumes building the DB5 after 50 years as the first Goldfinger continuation model rolls off the assembly line. The first car out of a strictly limited run of 25 was finished last week after a 4,500 hour build. The new cars are built in association with Eon Productions and include a selection of […]

Family announces death of actress famous as Pussy Galore. Today we learnt the sad news that Honor Blackman, who appeared in Goldfinger as perhaps the best known Bond girl of all, has died at home surrounded by her family. She was cast in the role of Pussy Galore after appearing as Cathy Gale in British […]

In this second of three articles Kathryn Smith shares her thoughts and impressions of five more James Bond books by Ian Fleming. Read part 1 here At the end of From Russia, with Love Bond was poisoned by Rosa Klebb, leaving the series on a cliff hanger. But while he looked death in the face, […]

Features 13 Functioning Bond Modifications As Seen In Goldfinger And Thunderball. RM Sotheby’s has announced “the most famous car in the world” and the most iconic Aston Martin of all time to lead ‘An Evening with Aston Martin’, a special single-marque sale at the company’s Monterey auction on 15 August. RM Sotheby’s will present a […]

Serbian actress Nadja Regin, who appeared in two James Bond films with Sean Connery, has died aged 87. Regin acted in two James Bond films; From Russia with Love, as the mistress of Kerim Bey, and a smaller appearance in the pre-credit sequence of Goldfinger. She graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade and also […]