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Hi - I've just started my summer holiday and running a day late for this newsletter so I'll keep this one brief. Easy to do since there's not too much going on.

One thing I did in the last few days before packing up my laptop for the summer (yeah right!) was to update the lifestyle section of the website.

   

In case you don't already know, The James Bond Dossier was originally inspired by The Book of Bond, a light hearted look at how to become like 007. It's probably the fist example of what we now call the James Bond Lifestyle.

On my website I wanted to go into more depth as the book is a little too light on detail. It was only later that I started to cover news and more general articles on the world of James Bond, as well as starting this newsletter.
Anyway, you can read the updated lifestyle section here. It's had some great feedback on Facebook so I hope you like it too!
Updated: James Bond’s Lifestyle
 

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News

Monty Norman, who is credited as composer of the James Bond Theme, died last month. Norman is famous for writing the score to the first James Bond film, Dr No, including the James Bond Theme, the signature theme of the James Bond franchise. 
Monty Norman dies at 94

 

Eon Productions has announced three events scheduled for the autumn to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of Dr No’s release. These are a charity auction, a weekend of screenings and talks, and a concert of Bond music. 
Eon announces 60th anniversary events

 

MI6 Confidential Magazine

Issue #65 of the full-colour James Bond magazine MI6 Confidential is now shipping worldwide and I'm happy to have contributed one of the articles that appears. It was back in 1995 with Pierce Brosnan’s debut outing in Goldeneye that CGI was first used in the James Bond series for a few select shots, most notably the gunbarrel. 25 years on and almost every frame in No Time to Die.
MI6 Confidential #65: Digital Illusions
 

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OK, that's it for now. I promised my wife I'd take her to the beach so that's where we're now headed. If you want to get in contact for any reason then I'm still checking email. Just don't expect an immediate response!

Take care and I'll be back in September with the next newsletter. See you then!
 

David Leigh
The James Bond Dossier

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