James Bond Essentials

The Orient Express

August 7th, 2010

After being attacked at a gypsy camp in From Russia With Love, Kerim vows to kill the leader of the band of Bulgars involved. He plans on shooting Krilencu when he tries to make an escape through a trap door in an advertising hoarding – Marilyn Monroe in the book and Anita Ekberg in the [...]

The Orient Express

James Bond's library

March 24th, 2010

In ‘The Book of Bond‘, Kingsley Amis (writing as Lt-Col Bill Tanner after the Chief-of-Staff in Fleming’s novels) describes Bond’s library saying that it should be modest and that more extensive collections go with “serious criminal tendencies”.
While Amis believed that Bond’s library was limited to a handful of books there is no evidence that is [...]

James Bond's library

Essential skills for 00 agents – Scuba Diving

February 22nd, 2010

We only have to wait until Ian Fleming’s second James Bond novel, “Live And Let Die”, to find 007 scuba diving, when Bond is on the tail Mr Big. Ian Fleming was fascinated by the underwater world and sea life, probably the season it features prominently in two Bond novels.
Fleming had met underwater pioneer Jacque [...]

Essential skills for 00 agents – Scuba Diving

The James Bond Workout

February 27th, 2007

Find out more about Daniel Craig’s workout for Casino Royale. Includes links to learn more about increasing fitness and building muscle. Get a body like Bond!

The James Bond Workout

Aston Martin Cars

February 22nd, 2007

Despite the occasional change of loyalty to Lotus or BMW – and you can always argue that as those cars were supplied by Q-branch that they don’t represent a change of loyalty at all on the part of 007 – Bond has stuck with Aston Martin for a large part of his celluloid career.

Aston Martin Cars