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William Boyd interviewed on Guardian books podcast

November 13th, 2013 by

Solo author William Boyd recently spoke to John Mullan for The Guardian’s book podcast, available to download from iTunes. The podcast includes a reading from the latest James Bond novel, as well as how he went about writing the book, Ian Fleming and how he had to ignore the films. Download Podcast from iTunes The […]

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Ian Fleming found the Vesper “unpalatable”

October 2nd, 2012 by

The Guardian published a Bond related piece yesterday linking to an article from its archives (when it was the Manchester Guardian), which criticised Ian Fleming’s writing; it also linked to Fleming’s response, which makes interesting reading, as he refers to what must be the Vesper, saying: I proceeded to invent a cocktail for Bond (which I sampled several months later and […]

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Barbican to stage an exhibition to mark 50 years of James Bond films [guardian.co.uk]

February 29th, 2012 by

An exhibition celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the James Bond films is set to open at London’s Barbican Centre in July. EON Productions has allowed unprecedented access to the Bond archives and will take up two floors of the centre. An article in the Guardian says: Designing 007: 50 Years of Bond Style promises to showcase five […]

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