The Britishness of Octopussy: The lucky 13th James Bond film, discussed by authors and fans.

British Culture: Albion Never Dies · 2025-04-28

Thomas Felix Creighton talks about the 1981 James Bond movie Octopussy starring Roger Moore as British secret agent 007. His special guests for this episode include:

Daniel Gaster, Instagrammer, blogger, and Youtuber, 'The Field Office'.Marc Henandez, author of “On the Train Tracks: Filming Octopussy & GoldenEye at Nene Valley Railway” – presented by ‘On the Tracks of 007’, a well-known book series on James Bond locations.Matt Spaiser, co-author of "From Tailors With Love: An Evolution of Menswear through the Bond films”, and sole author of the Bondsuits.com blog site, I check in every Monday for new articles.The inimitable Pete Brooker, co-author of "From Tailors With Love", and "Boy Wanted on Savile Row", and host of the "There Will be Bond" podcast". He finishes up this podcast as only he can.

There are also a couple of bonus contributions by… well… you’ll see!

There. Will. Also. Be. A. *Very* Special Announcement! About a forthcoming episode, right near the end. Don't miss it.

The recommended rabbit hole is 'Being James Bond' by Joe Darlington, the book, the podcast, the Youtube channel... and the man himself of course.

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British Culture: Albion Never Dies

What is 'British-ness'? This podcast explores all aspects of British culture from the perspective of an Englishman previously based in China and Turkey. Perhaps you know Thomas Felix Creighton already from Instagram's @FlemingNeverDies centered on Ian Fleming's classic creation, James Bond, 007. Here, we can see a wider background of where our British hero sits.

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