Artistic Licence Renewed

The Literary James Bond Magazine

Menu

Skip to content
  • Home
  • Literary 007 Timeline
    • Documentaries
    • Fleming’s Own Words
    • Articles
  • Fleming’s Books
    • The James Bond Bibliography
    • Recommended Books
    • Praise for the Books
  • Richard Chopping
    • Fleming on Chopping
    • Trompe L’oeil
  • James Bond Artwork
    • Trevor Scobie Artwork
      • James Bond Still Life by Trevor Scobie
      • Ian Fleming Still Life by Trevor Scobie
    • Gerald Wadsworth James Bond Art
    • Original George Almond Paintings
    • John McLusky’s Comic Strips
  • Contact
  • Submit A Field Report
  • Want to Write for Us?

Tag Archives: Sherlock Holmes

The Weaponry of James Bond

Armed for Her Majesty: James Bond and Sherlock Holmes’ Weaponry

On this day today, Ian Fleming’s sixth novel, Dr. No, is published. The novel was originally a screenplay written in 1956 for what would have been a television show entitled Commander Jamaica. It also marks the first appearance of both Major Boothroyd and Bond’s signature weapon, the Walther PPK. We examine this in comparions with…

March 31, 2015 in Incidental Intelligence.

Ten Most Curious Books about Ian Fleming and James Bond

Words by Edward Biddulph My ambition is to own every Bond-related book that exists, but I realise the task will be unending, as there is a constant flow of new books, and a deluge with the release of each new Bond film. There are books to suit every cultural standpoint, and books that examine the…

February 11, 2015 in Between the Covers.

Recent Posts

  • Call for Papers: SAMLA 2022 ‘The Changing Worlds of James Bond’
  • Alias James Bond – The Worst Spy in the World?
  • For Eyes and Ears Only: Reflections on SAMLA 2021
  • With A Mind to Kill – A new James Bond Novel by Anthony Horowitz
  • Remembering John Pearson 5 October 1930-13 November 2021
  • Viv and Let Die: Route 9, and Me
  • The Man with the Golden Gun by the Folio Society
  • Bond Behind the Iron Curtain
  • The Origins of the 007 Prefix
  • More than Enough: Oliver Buckton’s, The World Is Not Enough
  • Nobody Did It Better – For Your Eyes Only
  • A Tale of Two Brothers: Ian Fleming, and Peter Fleming’s The Sixth Column
  • The Fleming Effect: How Ian Fleming Informed my Writing
  • Thrilling City – 007 in New York
  • Bond Networks: Connecting Fleming, 007 & The Spy World

Categories

  • Between the Covers
  • Bond Continuation Authors
  • Book Reviews
  • Classified Documents
  • Competitions
  • Dust Jackets
  • Events
  • Exclusive Interviews
  • Field Reports
  • Fleming 1st Editions
  • For Your Eyes Only
  • Incidental Intelligence
  • Intelligence News
  • Literary 007
  • Literary 007 Tourism
  • Personal Bond Stories
  • Richard Chopping
  • Room 39
  • Seven Deadlier Sins
  • Stuck on Crab Key Island
  • The Art of Bond
  • The Fleming Dossier
  • Thrilling Cities
  • Trompe l'oeil

Follow us on Twitter

My Tweets

Follow on Facebook

Follow on Facebook
Follow Artistic Licence Renewed on WordPress.com

Archives

Disclaimer

Copyright © 2021 | The James Bond novels are the property of Ian Fleming Publications Ltd. This is not an official site.

Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Artistic Licence Renewed
    • Join 2,210 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Artistic Licence Renewed
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...