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The editor of the early James Bond films and director of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Peter Hunt, was born in London on this day in 1925.
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Some more interesting (to me) facts about Steven Knight. He has pretty eclectic musical tastes, including Nick Cave. Also an album of Bulgarian folk music released in UK by 4AD in the mid 80s after Peter Murphy recommended it to the label head. Yes, my brain stores some pretty obscure stuff.
A couple of years later I was in Russia. Because of that experience, and because St Petersburg has a world renowned ballet company, we went and saw - I think - Swan lake.
It was amazing. But absolute torture!
When I lived in the UK I once ended up with tickets for the opera. Something like paying £10 for £120 tickets, which was too good an opportunity to miss, despite being sceptical.
I really enjoyed it!
Steven Knight on Bond 26: reading between the lines www.thejamesbonddossier.com/news/steven-...
I guess he'd know
Live And Let Die composer George Martin died on this day in 2016. He was sometimes known as "the fifth Beatle" due to his influential work as producer with the Fab Four.
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Charles Gray, who appeared in both You Only Live Twice and Diamonds Are Forever, died on 7th March 2000 in London. After playing Dikko Henderson in YOLT Gray stepped into the shoes of the most iconic Bond villain of all, Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
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William Boyd was born in the Gold Coast, now part of the West African state of Ghana, on this day in 1952. In 2013 he wrote the James Bond continuation novel Solo.
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Today marks the birthday of three-time Bond director Lewis Gilbert, who was born in the London borough of Hackney. He was reportedly reluctant to direct You Only Live Twice when first approached but returned to the 007 series with The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker.
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Today the UK & Ireland confusingly celebrate World Book Day. Which James Bond book will you pick?
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"And since everything's been knocked out we need to close embassies and evacuate people across the region"
One per month is reasonable if you want to get back into the habit of reading.
I agree with a lot of this. I just wanted to point out that I don't necessarily disagree with Phil as much as it may appear at first and not sure if i expressed that in thr podcast.
Me too! 10 books a month is insane for most people. If you have that much time, then great! But why make it a goal. Just read.
If you have a reading a reading goal of, say, 5 books a year, I think you need to up your goals. Best option: dont have reading goals at all. It's insane.
Something I dont get. I see people have reading goals of 10 books a month. I ha e a couple of questions:
A) you do realise reading isn’t a competitive sport?
B) where you you find the time?
For what it's worth, I do think @philnobilejr.bsky.social is right to worry what Amazon will do. I don't remember what I said precisely, but hope is doing a lot of heavy lifting for me until I see hard evidence Amazon is screwing up.
Thank you. Our aim is to provide serious commentary on all things Bond, not just add noise.
Phil Nobile Jr. is down about Amazon taking control of the Bond movies, but then Broccoli and Wilson weren't going to make more movies themselves.
I look forward to seeing whether a Bond movie not made by them feels like a Bond movie to me. NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN did.
Gloria Hendry played Rosie Carver in Roger Moore's 1973 James Bond debut, Live And Let Die. She was born on 3rd March 1949 in Winter Haven, Florida.
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Silverfin, Charlie Higson's first book in the Young Bond series, was first published in the UK on 3rd March 2005.
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Happy Birthday Daniel Craig! He was born in Chester on 2nd March 1968.
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Lana Wood portrayed Plenty O'Toole in Diamonds Are Forever. The younger sister of Natalie Wood was born in Santa Monica on 1st March 1946.
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I am once more yapping about the Bond franchise with @007dossier.bsky.social and @thespycommand.bsky.social
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If they'd asked that while filming No Time to Die, they wouldn't have killed Bond off 🤣
On this day in 1969 Javier Bardem was born in the Canary Islands (Spain). He played Raoul Silva in Skyfall.
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Bond 26 producer reveals her big concern as Bond 26 remains in early stages www.thejamesbonddossier.com/news/bond-26...
