This month Gerry Wadsworth dove into the short story Octopussy looking for treasure… Put yourselves in the shoes of Major Dexter Smythe, Royal Marines (Retired).… You’re living the life of ...
https://literary007.com/2020/07/18/death-instead-of-cartier-octopussy-by-gerald-wadsworth/
In the wake of the announcement of Bond 25 at Ian Fleming’s Goldeneye retreat where the 007 books were written, it seems appropriate to revisit the road to Bond 25 and the roots of Fleming’s ...
https://literary007.com/2019/05/22/review-some-kind-of-hero-updated-paperback-edition/
Article by Craig Arthur *** A quirk of the combination of Ian Fleming’s For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy story collections in the new Quantum Of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories, i...
Additional quotes by Michael May; Illustrations ©George Almond where indicated courtesy of http://www.007magazine.co.uk/ Last month we ran down 10-6 in our series on literary Bond that deserv...
https://literary007.com/2015/05/02/unused-literary-bond-scenes-that-should-be-filmed-part-002/
Additional quotes by Michael May; Illustrations ©George Almond where indicated – Courtesy of www.007magazine.com With each new James Bond film (including the upcoming SPECTRE) there is always ...
https://literary007.com/2015/04/15/unused-literary-bond-scenes-that-should-be-filmed-part-001/
Words by Revelator After reading Mathew Parker’s book it will be impossible to over-estimate the importance of Jamaica to James Bond. Beginning with Fleming’s wartime discovery of the island,...
If you’re a James Bond or Ian Fleming fan, then you probably appreciate a well-made drink; just perhaps not in the bibulous daily amounts of Bond or Fleming! Despite the reputation of James ...
https://literary007.com/2015/02/18/10-literary-bond-cocktails/
This week, we are so delighted to welcome the artist and illustrator George Almond in from the cold, to talk about his remarkable illustrations that he did to accompany John Griswold‘s James Bo...
https://literary007.com/2015/01/28/exclusive-interview-with-james-bond-artist-george-almond/
We are delighted to invite artist Freyja Dean to answer some questions about her stunning work on the book bench for the National Literacy Trust’s ‘Books About Town’ project. The campaign r...
https://literary007.com/2015/01/17/exclusive-interview-with-bond-book-bench-artist-freyja-dean/
Article by Revelator: Philip Larkin is perhaps was the first critic to connect Major Smythe to Fleming, and at first glance, Smythe’s similarities to Fleming are many and obvious. Both are in t...
https://literary007.com/2014/02/24/was-octopussy-autobiographical/