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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Three ways to celebrate 007 in 008

  1. Visit For Your Eyes Only an exhibition to celebrate the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth is at the Imperial War Museum until March 2009. It looks at his war time work in Naval intelligence, where he gathered many of the ideas and plots for his books. Along with artifacts from the Bond films are photographs and his desk from his home in Jamaica, Goldeneye, where he wrote the books.
  2. As part of the Dulwich Festival 2008 (9th to 18th May) Ben MacIntyre will be giving a talk in the Linbury Room, Dulwich Picture Gallery on Tuesday 13th May at 7.30pm From Fleming to Bond: the life that led to 007. Ben is a former intelligence officer and reporter for The Times and The Sunday Times. Ben will be exploring the real lives and stories behind the James Bond books. Tickets £10 (£8 for concessions)
  3. Village Books, 1d Calton Avenue, London SE21 7DE Tel. 020 8693 2808 will have limited signed copies of Sebastian Faulks' new James Bond novel Devil May Care on sale on the 28 May 2008.

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  • If you are more interested in Ian Fleming's James Bond novels as objects there is an exhibition of book jackets and front covers at The Fleming Collection, 13 Berkeley Street, London W1J 8DU, TEL: +44( 0)20 7409 5730. Bond Bound: Ian Fleming and the Art of Cover Design is on from 22nd April to 28th June.

    By Blogger Calista Lucy, at 9:17 am  

  • Apparently Ben MacIntyre was involved with the Imperial War Museum exhibition.

    By Blogger Calista Lucy, at 11:00 pm  

  • Three more ways to celebrate James Bond this year:

    1.Read Sean Connery's autobiography Being a Scot published in August

    2.Read Roger Moore's autobiography My Word is my Bond out now in hardback

    3.See Quantum of Solace the 22nd Bond film, due out on 7th November and rated 12A. The title is taken from one of a collection of short stories published by 007 creator Ian Fleming in 1960.

    By Blogger Calista Lucy, at 7:46 pm  

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