James Bond News: May 2016
Published: Tue, 05/03/16
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When Ian Fleming sat down to write the “spy story to end all spy stories” little could he have imagined the phenomenon that would result. Fleming first mentioned his desire to write a spy novel to Robert Harling while in France during World War II. However it wasn’t until early 1952 that he finally wrote […]
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The James Bond books
After the iconic beach scene from Dr No, perhaps no other image conjures up visions of James Bond more than a casino. For Ian Fleming, however, the order would probably be reversed. The first words of the Bond world, we must remember, came on this date, 1953, in Casino Royale: “The scent and smoke and […]
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Tale of two Casinos
I was sad to read Raymond Benson’s Facebook post that Ian Fleming’s literary agent, Peter Janson-Smith, has died at the age of 93. Janson-Smith became Fleming’s literary agent in 1956 and was tasked with the foreign translation rights of the James Bond books. As well as acting as agent to Fleming, Janson-Smith also represented thriller […]
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Ian Fleming’s literary agent Peter Janson-Smith dies at 93
One of the best scenes in SPECTRE takes place after Lucia Sciarra returns to her villa following her husband’s funeral. First we see her shows her car arriving (around 30:56 into the film) and switching on the light in her classically decorated house. She turns on some music and pours and drink, walking through the house to the rear garden. […]
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Additional music in SPECTRE
Today we learnt of the sad news that Guy Hamilton, who directed Goldfinger and three other James Bond films, died yesterday at the age of 93. Hamilton was born in Paris on 16 September 1922, where his English parents were living. His first exposure to the film industry came in 1938 when he was the clapper […]
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Director Guy Hamilton dies aged 93
Whitstable Literary Festival will this year focus on Ian Fleming and his Kent connections, as well as thrilling contemporary spy stories and tales of real life espionage from Guy Burgess to Bletchley Park. The highlight of WhitLit 2016 will be a special Ian Fleming evening on Friday 13th May with his biographers Andrew Lycett and Matthew Parker as well as Fleming’s step-daughter, Fionn […]
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Ian Fleming evening at WhitLit in May