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[Tim007]

This is an article taken from the Indepent Argument...


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007th heaven
It's half a century since Ian Fleming created the world's most famous - and commercially successful - secret agent, and fans everywhere are celebrating. John Walsh explains why gentlemen still prefer Bond

In her diary for 1952, half-way through February, Ann Rothermere wrote: "This morning Ian started to type a book. Very good thing." She was staying with the 43-year-old Ian Fleming at his Jamaican holiday home, Goldeneye, and they were about to get married after a protracted, 15-year relationship. Three things spurred Fleming into creativity. One, Ann was pregnant with their second child, and he knew his life was about to change drastically

[General Koskov]

Gentlemen may prefer blondes, but blondes prefer Bond, who is back with his trusty Beretta chasing diamond smugglers from the racetrack at Saratoga to the casinos of Las Vegas in Ian Fleming's new bppk, Diamonds are Forever.

Heard that ad before? I've paraphrased a bit, but the idea's there.