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October 5, 2022

James Bond celebrates 60 years at the movies

The first James Bond film, DR. NO, premiered in London 60 years ago today. The movies were a big part of my life growing up and remain so today. The first Bond film I saw on release in the cinema was ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE. I was hooked and I remember journeying on the…

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October 20, 2021September 13, 2022

Film Review – NO TIME TO DIE (2021)

NO TIME TO DIE (2021, UK/USA, 163m, 12) ***½ Action, Adventure dist. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (USA), Universal Pictures International (UPI) (UK); pr co. Eon Productions / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / Universal Pictures / Danjaq / B25 / Cinesite; d. Cary Joji Fukunaga; w. Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Phoebe Waller-Bridge (based on a story by…

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August 22, 2021August 22, 2021

Book review – FOREVER AND A DAY (2018) by Anthony Horowitz

FOREVER AND A DAY (2018) ***½ by Anthony Horowitz  This paperback edition published by Vintage, 2019, 304pp (283pp) First published by Jonathan Cape in 2018 © Ian Fleming Publications Ltd. and The Ian Fleming Estate, 2018 ISBN: 978-1-784-70638-8 Blurb: A British agent floats in the waters of the French Riviera, murdered by an unknown hand. Determined to…

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August 11, 2021August 11, 2021

Book Review – COLONEL SUN (1968) by Kingsley Amis (writing as Robert Markham)

COLONEL SUN (1968) ***½ by Kingsley Amis (writing as Robert Markham) This paperback edition published by Vintage, 2012, 344pp (317pp) First published by Jonathan Cape in 1966 © Ian Fleming Publications Ltd., 1968 Introduction by Kingsley Amis (5pp) ISBN: 978-1-784-87145-1 Blurb: Lunch at Scott’s, a quiet game of golf, a routine social call on his chief M, convalescing in…

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August 4, 2021August 7, 2021

Book Review – OCTOPUSSY AND THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1966) by Ian Fleming

OCTOPUSSY AND THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1966) *** by Ian Fleming This paperback edition published by Vintage, 2012, 126pp First published by Jonathan Cape in 1966 © Ian Fleming Publications Ltd., 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966 Introduction by Sam Leith (10pp) ISBN: 978-0-099-57702-7 Short Stories: Octopussy (1965, 46pp) *** The Property of a Lady (1963, 34pp) **½ The…

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August 2, 2021August 2, 2021

Book Review – THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (1965) by Ian Fleming

THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (1965) **½ by Ian Fleming This paperback edition published by Vintage, 2012, 238pp (214pp) First published by Jonathan Cape in 1965 © Ian Fleming Publications Ltd., 1965 Introduction by William Boyd (8pp) ISBN: 978-0-099-57699-0 Blurb: ‘Mister, there’s something quite extra about the smell of death. Care to try it?’ After a…

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July 26, 2021July 26, 2021

Book Review – YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1964) by Ian Fleming

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1964) ***½ by Ian Fleming This paperback edition published by Vintage, 2012, 320pp (288pp) First published by Jonathan Cape in 1964 © Ian Fleming Publications Ltd., 1964 Introduction by Tony Parsons (10pp) ISBN: 978-0-099-57698-3 Blurb: You only live twice: Once when you are born And once when you look death in the face’ Doctor…

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July 18, 2021

Book Review – ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE (1963) by Ian Fleming

ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE (1963) ***** by Ian Fleming This paperback edition published by Vintage, 2012, 368pp (339pp) First published by Jonathan Cape in 1963 © Ian Fleming Publications Ltd., 1963 Introduction by Stella Rimington (7pp) ISBN: 978-0-099-57697-6 Blurb: Ernst Stavro Blofeld, head of the terrorist organization SPECTRE, is holed up in his Alpine base, conducting…

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July 5, 2021July 18, 2021

Book Review – THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1962) by Ian Fleming

THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1962) *** by Ian Fleming This paperback edition published by Vintage, 2012, 237pp (212pp) First published by Jonathan Cape in 1962 © Ian Fleming Publications Ltd., 1962 Introduction by Douglas Kennedy (8pp) ISBN: 978-0-099-57696-9 Blurb: ‘You take a wrong step, play the wrong card in Fate’s game, and you’re lost in…

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June 26, 2021July 18, 2021

Book Review – THUNDERBALL (1961) by Ian Fleming

THUNDERBALL(1961) **** by Ian Fleming This paperback edition published by Vintage, 2012, 372pp First published by Jonathan Cape in 1961 © Ian Fleming Publications Ltd., 1961 Introduction by MIchael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli (5pp) ISBN: 978-0-099-57695-2 Blurb: ‘He was one of those men – one meets perhaps only two or three in a lifetime – who…

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