When Daniel Craig’s Bond meets Catherine Tate’s Nan she almost immediately sees something queer about him which has always hidden in plain sight - at least for those of us who have known where to look.

Charles Gray’s Blofeld is a divisive figure to say the least. But whether you love him or loathe him, there’s one thing we can all agree on: he is shady. Here I unpick Ernst’s most waspish comments to reveal the uncomfortable truths about both him and the man he cannot live without - James Bond.

Many of you will have seen Sam Rogers’ videos where he brilliantly re-imagines ‘80s Bond films as the most iconic TV shows from that decade. Here, Sam gives a personal introduction to each video and shares his video editing journey.

A cult phenomenon based around a character with barely five minutes of screentime, Jim Fanning Friday demonstrates the dedication and diversity of the Bond fan community. It was celebrated internationally on 26th February 2021 for the first time - but not the last. Henceforth, the final Friday of February will be #JimFanningFriday. Here’s how it all began…

Credited with writing ‘additional dialogue’ for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and responsible for some of the film’s most memorable and poetic lines, outrageously outspoken queer writer Simon Raven had much in common with Bond, including his snobbery, his far from conventional sexuality and a scandal from his school days.

It’s not just the zeros that are double in Octopussy, a film queerly obsessed with doppelgängers. We see double when it comes to Fabergé eggs, identical knife-throwers, uncanny clowns and female cult members who share more than a passing resemblance. And let’s not forget Double-0 Seven himself of course. But it’s the titular character’s lesbian utopia that steals the show.

Tchaikovsky’s romantic but troubled music bubbles up across the Bond series. Each time it has something to say or an important role to play, whether it’s satirising heteronormativity, softening up rival spies or providing a prelude to a climax. Fire up the jacuzzi because we’re going in!

You could save yourself the colossal time and energy you would expend trying to explain the meaning of Camp to someone by just telling them to watch a James Bond film - any James Bond film. Especially one starring Sean Connery. Susan Sontag would agree with me.

Have no fear, James Bonds (plural) are here! Far from a ‘straight’ take on a Bond story, the ‘67 Casino Royale is much maligned. But in many ways, it’s well ahead of its time. Whether by accident or design, it’s a experience which is not merely open to queer readings, but warmly welcomes them in. Leave at the door your pre-conceptions about what ‘James Bond’ is or isn’t and prepare to join what the original trailers called “the Casino Royale fun movement”.

Wint and Kidd are some of the most ‘problematic’ characters in the Bond series - but I’ve loved them since setting eyes on them in Diamonds Are Forever, when I was aged eight. In an effort to work out the root of my unhealthy obsession, I decided to re-read Fleming’s novel and ended up with more questions than answers. Are they even gay? Why is one of them nicknamed ‘Boofy’? And what does my attraction to such horrible characters reveal about me?

By 1964, Bond had found a large audience despite the character’s sexual politics breaking with traditional views on premarital sex and monogamy. In both Dr No and From Russia With Love, Bond had used sex to manipulate women for his own ends, whilst taking his own pleasure in them. Jon Burn explores what happened next, when 007 faced off against his foe Goldfinger, causing James Bond to enter a considerably less heteronormative and more ‘perverse’ world than he had ever encountered before.