Posts from: June 2020
Why did Ian Fleming choose the name…. James Bond.?
Fleming was a keen bird watcher and came across the book “Birds of the West Indies” by James Bond, an ornithologist from Philadelphia, and was struck by the name....
The early years in the life of Grand Duke Michael. `A Spartan life of Golden Years.`
In writing this abridged allegory, I pay tribute to the extensive work and research of Rosemary and Donald Crawford ISBN0-684-83430-8. `MICHAEL and NATASHA` Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of...
OFF TOPIC SLIGHTLY – War time sketch of Vera Lynn at Imphal …India, by my Dad who was recovering from wounds and Malaria.
War time sketch of Vera Lynn at Imphal …India, by my Dad who was recovering from wounds and Malaria. Learning today about the death of probably our greatest Dame…Vera...
Ian Fleming`s Connection with Sidney Reilly as James Bond.
Sheer Audacity. Out of many exploits that Fleming knew of, this one stuck in his mind as simply `mission Impossible` Using Reilly’s combination of flamboyance with business acumen….. In...
