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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 29, 2022 7:42:26 GMT
That moment in Live and Let Die came at a cost...
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Post by jsm on Sept 29, 2022 22:35:12 GMT
That's incredible. They are relatively small crocs, but I still don't know why they didn't rip him to shreds when he landed right in the middle of them. And how did they get them all in a row?
Tied down apparently
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 30, 2022 8:46:20 GMT
Talking all things Bond, I finished this beaut the other day… Love and Let Die: The Beatles, James Bond, and the British Psyche by John HiggsI've been a big fan of John Higgs since reading The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds. He's one of a select band of writers whose books I pre-order. John Higgs has that incredible knack of making complex ideas simple, and finding fascinating connections between seemingly unrelated subjects. So it is with Love and Let Die: The Beatles, James Bond, and the British Psyche (2022) in which he takes the reader by the arm accompanying them along the avenues and alleyways of the careers and afterlives of both The Beatles and James Bond. The starting point for this captivating book is the curious coincidence that Love Me Do, the Beatles first single, was released the same day as the first James Bond film, Dr No. Yep, both were released on Friday 5 October 1962. No one would then could possibly have guessed then that the Beatles music would be even more popular 60 years later, or that the Bond franchise would still be going. James Bond and the Beatles embody two very different attitudes to masculinity and Englishness. As usual John Higgs tentatively raises possible interpretations of the numerous fascinating connections he unearths. It's solid gold and as much a political and social history of the last 60 years as a book about Bond and the Fabs. I was enthralled from start to finish. If any of that sounds like your sort of thing then don't hesitate, and then read his other books. ![https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1659366127l/61817916._SY475_.jpg](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1659366127l/61817916._SY475_.jpg)
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