Coronavirus has pushed the release date of the latest James Bond movie, No Time to Die, to the fall, but many of us in self-quarantine have been taking the opportunity to revisit the 25-film 007 catalogue.
Besides the secret-agent action, one of the pleasures of watching films like Dr. No and Live and Let Die is the glimpses of their classic Caribbean settings, which feature prominently thanks in part to author Ian Fleming’s personal love affair with Jamaica. My new story for Caribbean Journal unveils the links between James Bond and the islands, notably Jamaica and the Bahamas…
On the Trail of 007 in the Caribbean