Henry is the younger brother and mentioned a few times in the obituary. (£) www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...

Letter in Times today

Not one of his best.

New mobile Lock Screen #JamesBond what an amazing book so far, more like a Thomas Harris serial killer thriller for the first half, now the second half is going into more familiar Roger Moore style Bond territory, if it keeps up it may be my new favourite John Gardner book….

You can say what you like about Ian Fleming, but was he able to shoehorn a reference to Paul Daniels into a James Bond? No. John Gardner clearly winning on points here (Win, Lose or Die, page 266)

Reading the fifth John Gardner Bond book “Nobody Lives Forever” and apart from the assassination attempt by mutated vampire bat (I kid you not 🤣) it has a very Dalton/Craig feel - for the first time in the Gardner run I’m not “seeing” Sir Rog as #JamesBond

Very nice coverage of THE HOOK AND THE EYE at International Thriller Writers' (ITW) THE BIG THRILL by JH Bográn: www.thebigthrill.org/2025/05/the-...

Happy Birthday to Ian Fleming. An influence on me in my (very young) youth and who is still a major figure in my life. I'm still pinching myself that his heirs and estate entrusted me to play in his sandbox first in the 1990s and once again today. In many ways I wrote THE HOOK AND THE EYE for him.

@calvindyson.bsky.social Calvin Dyson talks about THE HOOK AND THE EYE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgVb...

THE HOOK AND THE EYE Episode One drops Tuesday May 27! Hit the road with Felix Leiter! One price, full serial. US readers: tinyurl.com/2n2r2jmb (also on other e-reader retailers) UK readers, from Ian Fleming Publications: tinyurl.com/mtz5dfn4 Full printed book to be published in October.

Chiselbury Publishing is a London-based company run by Stuart Leasor, a former officer in the prestigious 17/21st Lancers. Originally set up to re-publish the works of his famous father, James Leasor, Chiselbury now publishes books from other great writers. www.chiselbury.co.uk #Christmas2024 #Books

And the winner of the Strangest Bond Poster Tribute goes to...

@dragonpol.bsky.social I will always be proud of being born the same day of the year as Ernst Stavro Blofeld (but a different year). That is also the day of the year when Ian Fleming was born.

Out Now! ⚪⚪🔫'Skyfall: Production Diary' is our latest 100-page full colour special publication - an exhaustive history of the Bond film that broke a billion dollars. www.mi6confidential.com/issue-s8

“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action” -- Goldfinger, Ian Fleming

The absolute end of an era. Eon has been the custodian of the movie-Bond for over 60 years. An amazing run for this family business.

Well this explains a lot. How Amazon bought Bond -- Another 1 billion dollars. deadline.com/2025/02/jame...

The Doomsday Clock has once again ticked closer to midnight amid threats from climate change, nuclear war, pandemics and artificial intelligence⬇️

When you see CASINO ROYALE is on ITV tonight vs when you see it’s the 1967 version

James Bond fan Alan Church who became title designer Maurice Binder’s protégé has died at the age of 60. www.mi6-hq.com/sections/art...

🇬🇧📺 ‘From Roger Moore With Love’ broadcasts on BBC 2 at 9pm tonight.

Just wanted to wish our listener’s and followers Happy Holidays and best wishes for 2025 🎄🎄🎄🍸🍸🍸

Repeat after me: The Moonraker tapes were NEVER lost.

Our latest project, on La-La Land Records with @nsbulk.bsky.social, is The Man With the Golden Gun! A thrill beyond imagination to be involved! #soundtrack #JohnBarry #JamesBond

💿💿🔫Double Roger! The Man With The Golden Gun and Moonraker will have expanded and remastered 2 CD releases next month 🎶 www.mi6-hq.com/sections/art... www.mi6-hq.com/sections/art...

I produced both of these #JamesBond albums for @lalalandrecords.bsky.social. They're available for purchase now. lalalandrecords.com

Other albums may promise you the moon but #Moonraker delivers! On sale now at lalalandrecords.com and www.007store.com

Been thinking about what next for Bond, and I still stand by this from a few years ago. People just want the soup. itsjohnrain.substack.com/p/what-next-...

Love this review of my book: "A fascinating collection of interviews with the creators of the post-Fleming 007 literary adventures."

Very happy to talk to The Spy Command about my new book KEEPING 007 ALIVE -- interviews with every living Bond continuation author. hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2024/11/17/m...

In his brilliant afterword to KEEPING 007 ALIVE, David Lowbridge-Ellis MBE pulls together the challenges and joys of writing a Bond continuation novel. @licencetoqueer.com #JamesBond

Pedantic comment: Albert R. Broccoli received his Thalberg in 1982. I know Barbara Broccoli said 1981. But this excerpt from the 1982 Oscars show was posted by the Academy itself. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-Z2...

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. I will attempt not repeating authors, but no promises. (01/20) #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge

A good, private library is a research tool, not an ego boosting appendage. "The library should contain as much of what you don’t know as your financial means allows. The more you know, the larger the rows of unread books." Umberto Eco in his library, Modena, Italy, April 1977, by Leonardo Cendamo

If you enjoyed the recently completed round of of daily #BondLexicon entries for the letter Q, a quick reminder you can find entries all the letters of the alphabet in the Bond Lexicon book. Available from multiple online retailers.

The silver lining today was receiving a package from Ian's nephew, Fergus, with this nice edition of rare writings by Ian Fleming.

The World Is Not Enough premiered on this day in 1999 in the United States. 25 years later how do you rate this James Bond movie?

#nowreading “For Special Services” the 2nd John Gardner #JamesBond #007 continuation novel - this is very me - hypnotic Ice Cream, a villains lair that is an exact replica of Tara from Gone With The Wind & the return of Felix Leiter AND the return of SPECTRE - I mean, what could possibly go wrong?

Can’t begin to describe what a pleasure it was meeting @raymondbenson today! Especially considering his writing has kept me company on every plane and train journey I’ve made all year long. Really lovely to chat and spend some time with the man himself!

Bond for action! Bond for thrills! #MooreMonday #JamesBond ⚪️⚪️⚪️🔴

Back in the days when James Bond films got Bond's personal story at the right level.

Mark Edlitz discusses his book about James Bond continuation authors hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2024/11/17/m...

Oh no. RIP Timothy West. Loved his work. Even when he terrified me in the Royal Jelly episode of Tales of the Unexpected. *shudder*

And my favourite Timothy West performance…