@markoconnell
Writer. Author. Bond Fan. CATCHING BULLETS - MEMOIRS OF A BOND FAN WATCHING SKIES - STAR WARS SPIELBERG & US BOND, QUEER BOND - THE FABULOUS OTHER HISTORY OF A SPY Rep'd by Vivienne Clore #JamesBond #WatchingSkies #BondQueerBond www.markoconnell.co.uk
From Ben Whishaw spy dramas via the vivid House of Ryan Murphy & next month's TWENTY YEARS TOGETHER, it is an apt, exciting and happy privilege to have Tom Rob Smith lending the first endorsement to BOND, QUEER BOND!!
Big thanks, Agent Smith!! x
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#BondQueerBond
Happy birthday to the longest-serving agent who gifted the Bond story a second golden age of cinema, missions, and artistry, and who left the baize more than ready for the 007th.
Many happy returns, 006th!
Original art by Robert McGinnis
#DanielCraig #JamesBond #Bond26 #AmazonMGMStudio
Gram. Instagram.
BOND, QUEER BOND has its own Insta page and is gaining momentum ahead of its May release so it would be great to see some familiar and new pals sat at the bar there...
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#BondQueerBond #JamesBond #LGBTQ #Bond26
Ten years ago today the first Academy Award for a gay creative working on a Bond film went to singer Sam Smith for SPECTRE 'Writing's on the Wall'.
Smith continues to honour his queer roots and Bond tenure and features in BOND, QUEER BOND.
Photo/Mark O'Connell
#BondQueerBond #SamSmith #JamesBond
Blending historical insight with new explorations, interviews, and observations, BOND, QUEER BOND examines the fascinating gay forces behind the openly straight 007...
To pre-order...
www.amazon.co.uk/Bond-Queer-F...
#BondQueerBond #JamesBond #LGBTQ #JohnSex #queer
Somewhere not in Clacton Nigel Farage ia on his own panic-screaming 'Denton!?' in a British park and scaring the wildlife. Suck it up buttercup.
💚
#iykyk
The history of Kenneth Williams is part of the queer & cultural history of Britain. A microcosm himself of the guarded British gay man at the time, he gave great parlance & energy to queer worlds, language & entertainment.
Happy centenary Kenny! Bona!
#KennethWilliams100 #CarryOn #KennethWilliams
This is Salkinds of wonderful as I guest on top movie salon MIDNIGHT MASS alongside the legendary @peacheschrist.com & @michaelvarrati.bsky.social to talk SUPERGIRL, Dunaway, cute gardeners & a taster about BOND, QUEER BOND...
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#MidnightMass #Supergirl #BondQueerBond
A year ago, Bond's movie world had a handbrake turn as Amazon MGM Studio took on the greatest franchise & the 7th 007 was gifted a bespoke new leap forwards. This bullet catcher still believes this represents a cracking reset moment...
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#JamesBond #Bond26
A year ago, Bond's movie world had a handbrake turn as Amazon MGM Studios took on the greatest franchise & the 7th 007 was gifted a bespoke new leap forwards. This bullet catcher offered assurances & suggests #Bond26 is a cracking reset moment
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#JamesBond #AmazonMGMStudios
Stones, Waterstones as top UK book folk Waterstones lend BOND, QUEER BOND a pre-order discount on 2026 books to watch out for...
Code: FEB26
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#BondQueerBond #JamesBond #Bond26
BRITAIN. QUEER BRITAIN.
It is this bullet catcher’s wholly proud honour to announce the UK’s national LGBTQ+ hub QUEER BRITAIN is hosting a special MEET THE AUTHOR event in May showcasing BOND, QUEER BOND!
For tickets & info:
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#BondQueerBond #QueerBritain
“I absolutely loved the experience. I don’t regret it at all, in any way – but that was [just] a part, an experience.”
Adam Bloodworth interviews Maryam D'Abo as she reflects on the warm memories surrounding THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS...
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#CityAM #MaryamDAbo #JamesBond
#WutheringHeights is a Victorian novel of great structural & romantic texture reduced here to TikTok tennis & swooning walk outs for Eldordi fans. All Bronte's layers & sense of time that revolutionised literature are gone. Not sure Cathy will come back home for this one. Shame.
One of the absolute joys of writing BOND, QUEER BOND is being able to interview DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER's Putter Smith!
Putter's insight & perspective is a definite treat & sweet Valentine for BOND, QUEER BOND! ❤️
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#BondQueerBond
#PutterSmith
#JamesBond
Många lyckliga återkomster till en Bond-legend, en stor Bond-allierad och en av BOND, QUEER BONDs gäststjärnor!
Happy Birthday Maud! xx
#MaudAdams #Octopussy #BondQueerBond
YOUNG BOND BEGINS A BIG FINISH!
From September 2026, YOUNG BOND is back as BIG FINISH & @theianfleming.bsky.social bring a brand new, sixteen part and full-cast audio drama adaptation of Charlie Higson's SILVERFIN!
#BigFinish #IanFleming #JamesBond #SilverFin #CharlieHigson #BarnabyEdwards
The best one, of course!
Still the best Winter Olympics!!
#PizGloria #OHMSS #JamesBond #WinterOlympics
🥌⛸️⛷️🏒🏅
'This book exists because queer history exists. And that includes the chronicle of the openly straight James Bond 007.'
- BOND, QUEER BOND
As February marks LGBTQ History Month, meet the fabulous other history of a spy!
PRE-ORDERING now:
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#BondQueerBond #JamesBond #LGBTQHM
This ain't right. Kevin, David, Alexis, Lydia & Winky just lost a comedy marksman of a mother.
Am off to down an unpretentious bottle of Herb Ertlinger's Reisling Rioha whilst watching THE CROWS HAVE EYES 3: THE CROWENING.
Rest in peace, Moria.
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#RIPCatherineOHara
Fine. Don't watch them then.
4 NON BONDS
As 007's cultural siblings The Beatles get a four film project that may or may not preclude [some of] these names from being available for any spy duties anytime soon.
Maybe.
#TheBeatles #SamMendes #HarrisDickinson #PaulMescal #Bond26
John Barry gave Bond his musical soul. His work gave the movies a spring-like boost, an autumnal melancholy, the promise of summer and the dangers of winter.
He scored the stories inbetween the scenes. And in doing so became the scene.
John Barry passed 15 years ago today.
#JohnBarry #JamesBond
It was 40 years ago today when kids show NEWSROUND broke the vicious news in a pre-internet age that the Space Shuttle Challenger had been lost.
Today we should honour, remember & thank McAuliffe, Jarvis, Onizuka, Resnik, Smith, Scobee & McNair.
#Challenger #NASA #NASARemembers
BOND, QUEER BOND and NYC
Blending historical insight with new explorations, interviews & observations, BOND, QUEER BOND examines the fascinating gay forces behind the openly straight 007...
www.amazon.co.uk/Bond-Queer-F...
#BondQueerBond #JamesBond #NYC #LGBTQ @thehistorypress
THE OTHER FOLLOW
In the lead up to its May 2026 release, BOND, QUEER BOND is now bringing its fabulous other histories of a spy to the cyber corridors of Instagram. So do say hey...
www.instagram.com/bondqueerbon...
#BondQueerBond #JamesBond
Happy birthday to the maestro, David Arnold!
David is not only a great Bond music sage and top Bond pal wing-man, he also now guest stars in BOND, QUEER BOND - and lends some truly beautiful insight that became a vital beat.
Photo / Mark O'Connell
#DavidArnold #JamesBond #BondQueerBond
The name's Order. Pre-Order.
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#BondQueerBond #JamesBond
Bond, James Bond is back...
BOND, QUEER BOND - THE FABULOUS OTHER HISTORY OF A SPY
by Mark O'Connell
The History Press
Published 14 May 2026
RRP £22 | Hardback
PRE-ORDERING now:
www.amazon.co.uk/Bond-Queer-F...
#BondQueerBond #JamesBond #LGBTQ #queer #TheHistoryPress
