It was a key moment in the big-screen movie version of Ian Fleming's famous novel. Auric Goldfinger, explaining his villainous career to James Bond, told 007: 'This is gold, Mr. Bond. All my life I've been in love with its [...]
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The best-selling author William Boyd, who penned the James Bond novel Solo back in 2013, has revealed that he thinks he has pinpointed where Ian Fleming's secret agent 007 actually lived - in a flat in a house in Wellington [...]
The UK's main ITV channel has a Bond season to mark the summer and, as Quantum of Solace (2008) is rolled out as part of this, we take the opportunity to look back on Daniel Craig's second James Bond adventure. [...]
Now pay attention, 007. Gadgets have always been a beloved part of the James Bond universe, in both book and film, and the blur between fact and fiction is often commented on. Secret spy gadgets sent to British soldiers trapped [...]
The espionage author and best-selling thriller writer Jeremy Duns, who is also a leading expert on the literary world of James Bond, has given a fascinating account of his re-discovery of a rare screenplay for the 1967 version of Casino [...]
Now pay attention, 007. Eyes Only. A special decoded message from 'Q' follows: The James Bond franchise has often been called 'spy-fi', as it has regularly fused spy fiction with science fiction. An exciting new book, The Science of James [...]
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Memo from 'M', for your eyes only: the new April, 2020, edition of the BBC History magazine has an article by espionage expert Henry Hemming, which explores the possible real-life inspirations behind the lead characters in Ian Fleming's 007 novels, [...]
Young Bond author Charlie Higson gave a special talk on 'James Bond and the Cold War' on Thursday evening, 3rd October, and the JBIFC sent along a spy to listen to what was said. The talk took place as part [...]
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Spy novelist and Ian Fleming expert Jeremy Duns has published a fascinating new short study of the influence of author Dennis Wheatley on the 007 creator. Entitled A Spy Is Born: Dennis Wheatley and the Secret Roots of Ian Fleming's James [...]
One of the great things to observe during the first week of filming for B25 in Jamaica was the return of James Bond's CIA buddy Felix Leiter, played by Jeffrey Wright. Leiter is a recurring character in the Ian Fleming books [...]
The Bank Holiday weekend in Britain has a nicely 'Bondian' and Jamaican feel to it. Not only has production commenced on the latest EON 007 movie in Jamaica, but actor Toby Stephens is back as Ian Fleming's James Bond in [...]
As well as production taking place in its traditional studios at Pinewood in the UK, there are good indications that the new James Bond movie, no. 25 in the iconic series, will make use of at least (00)3 other countries in [...]
Ian Fleming has played 'a huge role' in his life and he said he is keen to acknowledge this. James Bond continuation author Anthony Horowitz proved to be a highly entertaining, thoughtful and self-deprecating guest when he was interviewed in [...]
Miss Taro, Rosa Klebb, Fiona Volpe, Helga Brandt, Irma Bunt, Bambi and Thumper, Rosie Carver, Xenia Onatopp, Elektra King, Miranda Frost... The EON James Bond franchise has certainly had its fair share of strong and dastardly female characters. And with [...]
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Bond is back! 007 fans are in for a special treat this coming Easter weekend when Toby Stephens returns as James Bond in a new BBC Radio-4 adaptation of Ian Fleming's third novel, Moonraker (1955). As with with the previous BBC adaptations, [...]
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Now pay attention, 007. There's a new message from 'M'. Eyes only. Passed on from Station 'S' in Lincolnshire. Top priority. Message reads: An account of your first operation fetched high price. Stop. Telephone bid successful. Stop. Please be advised [...]
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In a press release issued by Ian Fleming Publications on 8th February, 2018, the title, UK release date, and a brief synopsis for the exciting new James Bond novel by Anthony Horowitz have been revealed. The title of Horowitz's second 007 [...]
The recent screening of the third Sean Connery James Bond movie Goldfinger by the UK's ITV-4 channel (on 21st July) drew appreciative comments by reviewers in the weekly TV listings in British newspapers, and one critic was full of praise [...]
The new issue of All About History, the popular history magazine published in the UK, briefly explores James Bond creator Ian Fleming's role in World War Two, as part of a general article on the 'Spies That Won WWII'. Clearly [...]
Many of the biographers of Ian Fleming have come to appreciate in recent years the full extent to which the James Bond author drew inspiration for his spy novels from various incidents and people from the real-life world of espionage, [...]
The fifth smash-hit EON James Bond movie, You Only Live Twice (1967), celebrates its fiftieth birthday this year, and - as a contribution to this - the JBIFC takes the opportunity to briefly explore the role of the main baddie in [...]
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How well do you know the creator of 007? There was a rare but welcome re-screening of the BBC-TV docudrama Ian Fleming: Bondmaker on the evening of Thursday, 23rd March. The biographical production about the life and career of the author of [...]
According to the obituary penned by 'M', and published in The Times when 007 had gone missing after destroying Blofeld's castle in Japan, James Bond was recruited into the 'Ministry of Defence' in 1941 with the help of an old Vickers colleague of his [...]
The JBIFC is very sad to report that the acclaimed stage and film actor Alec McCowen, who played Algy the Armourer in Sean Connery's unofficial James Bond movie Never Say Never Again (1983), has passed away. He died on February 6th, [...]
The posters and bill-boards said it all: 'Look up! Look down! Look out! Here comes the biggest Bond of all!' Half a century ago, in December 1965, the James Bond movie Thunderball (1965), starring Sean Connery as Ian Fleming's secret agent 007, opened [...]
James Bond - secret agent, trained marksman, civil servant and... part-time author? 007 creator Ian Fleming gave some intriguing clues about Bond's life in between assignments, and how his hero occupied his time at his desk in the rather grey building that served [...]
It contained some of the most memorable 007 movie moments of the 1960s, including one of the biggest sets yet seen in the James Bond franchise. Moreover, audiences were finally given their first sight of the mysterious villain who was intent on causing [...]
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In some exciting news for his many dedicated readers, it has been revealed that the best-selling author Anthony Horowitz has been commissioned to write a second James Bond novel. The new book will be published in the spring of 2018, and [...]
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The James Bond creator Ian Fleming was one of the writers covered in a BBC Radio-4 documentary entitled 'Great Spy Books: Fact or Fiction?', which was given a welcome repeat transmission on BBC Radio 4 extra on Saturday, 13 August. The [...]
One of the more memorable features of Ian Fleming's final James Bond novel The Man With The Golden Gun was the way that the main assassin, Francisco 'Pistols' Scaramanga, used a gold-coloured pistol. This theme was given an even more [...]
When James Bond author Ian Fleming first introduced the criminal network SPECTRE to his many readers in the novel Thunderball in 1961, he inadvertently created an organisation which has arguably become one of the most famous fictional crime syndicates in popular literature. [...]
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The recent coverage of the latest James Bond movie Spectre also saw much interest once again in Ian Fleming, the original creator of 007, and this was helped along nicely by the publication of a collection of his letters, edited [...]
Not many people realise that Ian Fleming's James Bond once saw a very brief BBC-TV incarnation, and this alternative version remains a bit of a 'lost moment' in 007 history. Fleming's famous literary hero appeared in a popular BBC arts programme in 1973, and was played [...]
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The recent coverage of the latest James Bond movie Spectre also saw much interest once again in Ian Fleming, the original creator of 007, including questions about where he might have gained the inspiration for some of the characters and themes that [...]
It has been announced that the paperback edition of Anthony Horowitz's novel Trigger Mortis, the latest James Bond book, will go on sale in the UK on 19th May, 2016, and will be issued with a superb new piece of artwork [...]
