The fan reaction to the announcement of the new Felix Leiter novel by Raymond Benson has been nothing short of phenomenal. As soon as I heard the news I knew I simply HAD to speak to Raymond himself about it. Check out all you need to know (minus spoilers) about The Hook and the Rye in this FIRST INTERVIEW.

Mental health is not discussed enough, despite it being an important element of the 007 stories. In this series, David talks very openly about mental health with members of the Bond community. He has a theory: these are the sorts of things on many of our minds but we often struggle to put them into words. Maybe our mutual passion for James Bond can help us can change that?

Hear my love letter to the music of Casino Royale on the latest episode of The Scores Are Not Enough.

What if we reframed the whole of the Bond franchise as the story of a man just trying to get a good night’s rest? Lifelong insomniac David Lowbridge-Ellis gets under the covers with 007 to explore when he sleeps, if he’s really the early riser he claims to be and why we should be concerned about his dreams.