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a rehearsed reading in 1989 with judi dench in the role of adela and her husband michael williams in the role of guy the play was performed again in 2012 with judi s daughter finty taking a role reading the play i was reminded of quantum of solace ian fleming s short story published in 1960 which deals with the breakdown of a relationship though the tale was inspired most directly by his excellency a short story by somerset maugham its themes could easily have been drawn from coward s play noël coward returned to the subject of love and lust in samolo in his 1960 novel pomp and circumstance a comical tale set against the backdrop of an impending royal visit ian fleming once again proved inspirational spawning a character called bunny colville whose roving eye leads to all sorts of complications among samolan high society bunny s tropical house incidentally has the hallmarks of goldeneye an uncomfortable house that overlooks a coral beach accessed via concrete steps a large living room and the general appearance of an austere and over masculine barrack since his death ian fleming has made further appearances in novels for instance in william boyd s any human heart but it is worth returning to his earliest appearances written by people who knew him best references coward n 1960 pomp and circumstance heinemann coward n 2018 collected plays nine introduced by barry day bloomsbury jacob a 1949 scenes from a bourgeois life secker and warburg lycett a 1995 ian fleming the man behind james bond turner nicolson h 1944 public faces penguin posted by edward biddulph at 21 03 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels goldeneye harold nicolson ian fleming jamaica noel coward william boyd saturday 30 may 2020 ian fleming the notes some questions may saw the publication by queen anne press of john pearson s ian fleming the notes literally a volume of the notes that john pearson wrote up after his interviews while preparing his biography of ian fleming published in 1966 john pearson has called it a book about writing a book but it is more than that packed with candid reflections by those who knew ian fleming that didn t necessarily appear in the biography as well as john pearson s initial thoughts and queries the book is in essence the reading between the lines the book is a perfect companion to the 1966 biography adding detail and putting people events and places into better context there are aspects too notably fleming s wartime experiences that evidently could not be properly addressed by john pearson but have since been examined more fully by subsequent accounts by andrew lycett nicholas rankin henry hemming and others the book also alluded to other points of interest mainly relating to ian fleming s writing that don t appear to have been followed up in john pearson s or subsequent biographies but are nevertheless very intriguing if anyone can supply any answers to my questions raised by these matters i d be extremely grateful 001 ian fleming had once said to fellow author eric ambler that he fleming had written some 250 television scripts while in the us presumably ambler meant television treatments of which we know of ten or so some of which were recycled by fleming for short stories or have now seen the light of day in anthony horowitz s continuation bond novels i m assuming that 250 scripts is a gross exaggeration or that the number was misremembered by ambler but is there a chance that fleming wrote many more than those we know about 002 hugh vivian smith told john pearson that while at city stockbrokers rowe pitman ian fleming contributed to the firm s newsletters do these newsletters exist still in the company s archives can they be accessed 003 john pearson makes a note to himself that among the items of fleming s writing to dig out is an adaption of one arabian night a television script by sydney carroll for cary grant does this piece of writing exist if so what form of adaptation does it take a novel a short story 004 al hart ian fleming s editor at the publishers macmillans recounted a story that ian fleming had told princess margaret the story was about a traveller that had arrived at a castle he is welcomed in by the owner and stays the night while in bed the traveller is visited by a beautiful woman who sleeps with him in the morning the guest says to his host that he s sorry he didn t meant the host s wife his host tells him that to his great sorrow his wife is a leper this story sounds remarkably like the visitor a short story by roald dahl that was published in playboy in 1965 in his interview with john pearson roald dahl said that fleming came up with several story ideas but the only one that dahl took was lamb to the slaughter might there in fact have been more the visitor being one or did fleming take the story from dahl before it was published 005 finally the volume reminded me that john pearson assisted ian fleming with his atticus column at the sunday times and on occasion wrote some of the copy the dates of fleming s tenure as atticus remains a little fuzzy and it s not always clear which entries he was responsible for to the powers that be would it be possible to have an edited volume of ian fleming s atticus containing a selection of his best or most interesting pieces like this or this and a precise chronology whatever the answers to these questions ian fleming the notes is fascinating read and an essential addition to the fleming scholar s library posted by edward biddulph at 20 53 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels ian fleming james bond john pearson sunday 24 may 2020 no time to die in the gleaner back in 2013 during the 40th anniversary of the release of live and let die 1973 i trawled through the archives of the gleaner probably jamaica s best known newspaper which james bond reads from time to time in the novels to find out how the newspaper covered the filming of roger moore s first bond film much of which was set on the island the previous year i delved into the gleaner s archives to find out how the paper covered the filming of sean connery s first outing as bond dr no 1962 last year eon productions returned to jamaica to begin filming on daniel craig s final bond effort probably no time to die how did the coverage compare with that for live and let die and dr no did the presence of the film crew generate as much interest did james bond still have a place in jamaica s cultural environment once again i took a look through the archives the day after eon s press conference to at ian fleming s former winter home goldeneye james bond was on the front page of the gleaner on 26th april 2019 007 comes home ran the headline with the article beginning with the familiar phrase we ve been expecting you mr bond there was more inside the paper with the item about the event taking up almost half a page apart from reporting what was revealed at the press conference the article focused on the impact that the filming would have on the local economy it was expected the paper reported that the filming would be mean employment for nearly a thousand jamaicans gaining work as extras film crew and in support services such as accommodation and transportation the gleaner 26th april 2019 the following day the gleaner published another photo of the launch event this time of daniel craig naomi harris and director cary joji fukunaga being interviewed in its entertainment pages on 15th may 2019 the gleaner reported that daniel craig had been injured during filming in portland at the eastern end of the island the paper s coveraged remained positive however stating that such injuries are par for the course the article also spoke to jamaican radio celebrity nikki z who it was reported might share some screentime with daniel craig in the film recounting her experience filming on set she praised the way that the film had represented african americans it wasn t something where you saw a lot of us europeaned out nikki z continued you saw so much culture from what i was involved in it made me feel proud the gleaner returned to bond on 26th june 2019 kimberley small reported on the release of a behind the scenes look at the filming in jamaica though not a trailer the video accompanied by a groovy dancehall rhythm was hugely welcomed especially coming after a string of negative events including news of a peeping tom in the women s toilets at pinewood and an explosion at the studio the article also highlighted the incongruous appearance of heineken rather than red stripe beer in the jamaican scenes however the article concluded that fans will nevertheless be getting giddy with excitement to see their beloved mi5 sic agent having a romp on the caribbean shoreline the gleaner 26th june 2019 an article on 25th july 2019 reported on the resurgence of the jamaican film industry thanks in part to the presence of the bond 25 crew in the country the article stated that the film had resulted in 400 jobs for jamaicans on 5th january the gleaner ran through the list of big cinema releases expected in 2020 accompanied by a photo of daniel craig the piece noted that bond 25 now called no time to die was scheduled for release in april since then of course covid 19 arrived january s piece won t be the end of the gleaner s coverage but for now everything is on hold comparing the coverage in 2019 with that for dr no and live and let die it is striking how similar it is for all three films the gleaner reflected interest in the jobs that the filming would generate and the duration and location of the filming ian fleming who created james bond at goldeneye was not forgotten either what is different though is the more critical look at how jamaica is being represented in no time to die when the film crew touched down in april they arrived in a very different country to that in 1962 when jamaica had just become independent and to a lesser extent in 1972 when the legacy of colonial rule which never fully disappears still cast a long shadow one thing is certain however james bond retains the power to generate headlines in jamaica posted by edward biddulph at 16 47 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels daily gleaner daniel craig ian fleming jamaica james bond no time to die sunday 12 april 2020 from the property of a lady to octopussy snowman s art of carl fabergé this easter my thoughts turn to one man james bond and the part that a suberb green gold imperial easter egg by carl fabergé played in the film of octopussy 1983 the egg and the auction in which it or rather a fake is sold are of course taken from ian fleming s short story the property of a lady writing the story fleming turned to kenneth snowman s the art of carl fabergé for inspiration and information the property of a lady of the story is a terrestrial globe designed in 1917 by carl fabergé this fictional piece is based on two separate works one of them is an easter egg in the form of a clock which was never produced but exists as a watercolour design this was reproduced in snowman s volume and also accompanied fleming s story in the ivory hammer sotherby s yearbook in which the story was first published the other is a miniature terrestrial globe an early work that fleming mentions in his story and is described in snowman s volume which fleming also references perhaps to acknowledge kenneth snowman s help in fleming s research the art expert himself appears as a character in the story kenneth snowman s volume was also a sourcebook for the film s screenwriters richard maibaum and george macdonald fraser and prop makers during his briefing with m with art expert jim fanning in attendance james bond is handed an auction catalogue turned to the page in which egg known as the property of a lady is described one can just about make out the text which begins imperial easter egg known as the coronation egg by carl fabergé presented to her imperial highness the tsarina feodorovna by the tsar nicholas ii in the year 1897 the prop egg is indeed based on the real coronation egg right down to the model of the imperial state coach and the introductory words in the catalogue are taken almost verbatim from the entry for the coronation egg in kenneth snowman s volume coronation egg presented to alexandra feodorovna by nicholas ii dated 1897 much of the remaining part of the catalogue entry is based on kenneth snowman s text but his description is also used in the film s dialogue at the auction the auctioneer describes the egg as a superb green gold lmperial easter egg by carl fabergé enamelled in translucent green enclosed by gold laurel leaf trellis set with blue sapphires and four petalled gold flowers with diamonds compare this to kenneth snowman s text this superb red gold egg enamelled translucent lime yellow on an engraved field is enclosed by a green gold laurel leaf trellis work cage in its adaptation of ian fleming s the property of a lady octopussy is remarkably faithful not only to the short story itself but also to its source material posted by edward biddulph at 09 57 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels art of carl farberge ian fleming james bond kenneth snowman octopussy property of a lady monday 23 march 2020 le touquet the final model for royale les eaux back in 2015 i explored the possible inspirations for the fictional seaside resort of royale les eaux introduced in the first james bond novel casino royale 1953 and revisited in on her majesty s secret service 1963 i noted that the location had shifted between novels being first on the côte picarde on the south side of the somme estuary before moving north to the côte d opale in pas de calais a trip last year to explore the french locations in goldfinger 1959 took me first to le touquet from where james bond begins his pursuit of the gold obsessed villain the idea that royale les eaux is based at least in part on le touquet is not new jon gilbert for example suggests as much in his 2012 volume ian fleming the bibliography however a few days on le touquet s beach brought home to me just how closely some aspects of the fictional town as described in on her majesty s secret service were modelled on the french resort take the swimming pool mentioned by ian fleming in the opening chapter of the novel music one of those lilting accordion waltzes blared from the loudspeakers around the olympic sized piscine le touquet s beach side piscine was certainly large enough to qualify as olympic sized and could well have been what fleming a frequent visitor to the resort had in mind as he wrote those words the swimming pool le touquet paris plage in 1965 ian fleming then descibes three childrens play areas on the beach of royale les eaux joie de vivre helio and azur today there are six children s play areas on paris plage among them joie de vivre and helio plage w...