To tie in with our interview with Sean Egan, we are running a competition to win a signed copy of his excellent new book James Bond: The Secret History published by John Blake Publishing in hardback and retail priced at £16.99. All you need to do is answer this simple question below with you contact details. The winner…
***THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED*** In conjunction with our interview with Jeremy Duns, we are giving you the chance to win 4 prizes signed by the author! Just simply submit your answer to a simple question in the form below. A signed copy of Duns on Bond Duns On Bond is an omnibus edition of…
This competition has ended Artistic Licence Renewed has 3 signed copies of Ian Fleming’s nephew Fergus Fleming’s new book – The Man with the Golden Typewriter – to give away! View a sample of the book here: http://issuu.com/bloomsburypublishing/docs/the_man_with_the_golden_typewriter_ Terms and Conditions: 3 winners will be picked at random and we will ask you to provide your address…
This week we welcome Nicholas Anderson in from the cold. Nicholas (his nom de plume of course) is a 19-year veteran of the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service (known also as MI6). In 2002-2007 he was recalled a second time to active duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is now retired and resides in the French…
If you like to listen to James Bond’s adventures while working or relaxing, then check out these BBC radio play productions on YouTube, not to mention the priceless Desert Island Discs interview with Ian Fleming. Sadly, not the whole broadcast. From Russia, With Love: In writer Archie Scottney’s brilliantly evocative ‘radio screenplay’, we see another…
In 1967, this rare Playboy article was written by famous children’s author Roald Dahl. Dahl in fact, worked with Ian Fleming in the BSC during WW2 with the secret intelligence group informally known as The Irregulars. According to Donald Sturrock, author of Storyteller – The Life of Roald Dahl: “[Roald Dahl] had known Ian Fleming well. Both…
Artistic License Renewed is very proud to have as a guest, one of the best James Bond narrators of all time, Simon Vance! Simon has narrated all the Ian Fleming novels and short stories as well as some of the continuation work and we asked for his memories of the experience and take on Fleming’s…
