Mark O'Connell

Welcome to a veritable Double-O show of 007 related missions, interviews, curios and exclusive insight. The best MI6 office for CATCHING BULLETS' video treats, insights and interviews is on YouTube so subscribe another day with love... www.youtube.com/@CatchingBul... #JamesBond #Bond26 #IanFleming

Who will be the next James Bond? I join BBC News to look at the purported candidates, what the role needs now and who the lesser rumoured names could be... youtu.be/NyzzLugFl_I?... #Bond26 #JamesBond #NewJamesBond #BBC

BOND'S TEST MATCH as I talk to BBC NEWS about the viability of the rumoured James Bond candidates, what the role and screen tests need, and who it could or should be... youtu.be/wVZpN3OJpyI?... #NewJamesBond #JamesBond #AmazonMGMStudios

This bullet catcher is on the main BBC NEWS channel from 0840 chatting about the purported screen tests which may finally have narrowed down the contenders for Commander Bond's 007th reign. #BBC #BBCNewsChannel #BBCNews #NewJamesBond

As new Hollywood rumours (rumours!) suggest the crosshairs for the 007th 007 are finally focusing, I talk to LBC's Ben Kentish about the validity of the named actors and what might happen now... youtu.be/b-ksxLaKlkws... #LBC #JamesBond #NewJamesBond #Bond26

'The baubles, they tickle my - Liberace!?' Kind of. If you Bond know, you Bond know. Thanks to the main strike mine that is Agent K for the truly fabulous and the perfectly apt BOND, QUEER BOND surveillance!! #BondQueerBondintheWild #BondQueerBond #JamesBond #AViewtoaKill #SanFrancisco

THE WILDE IS NOT ENOUGH Oscar Wilde is a major queer, cultural and literary icon. With new insights from producer Barbara Broccoli, BOND, QUEER BOND looks at how The Man with the Green Carnation played his brilliant part in the 007 story. Happy birthday Oscar! lnk.to/BondQueerBond #OscarWilde

An ETON YES! as YOUNG BOND actor Isaac Rouse hits 007's school for a sharply attired, 1930s-minded SILVERFIN photoshoot! The brand new 16-part audio drama of SILVERFIN will premiere from October 29. markoconnell.co.uk/meet-the-new... #SilverFin #YoungBond #JamesBond #CharlieHigson #IsaacRouse

'If there is one thing I know about gay weddings, it is that you shouldn't upstage the grooms.' - Sir Roger Moore telegram Happy heavenly birthday, Mr. Moore. I miss a Pinewood, a London, a Britain & a world that doesn't still have you on active duty. #SirRogerMoore #RogerMoore #JamesBond

LA LA BOND as the fabulous other history of a spy is spotted in the wild at The Getty Center!! There are fascinating 007 connections between the Getty Collection and Bond so there's some great LA poetry that sees BOND, QUEER BOND rocking up here this weekend! #BondQueerBond #TheGettyCenter

OPERATION BONDSLAM! This is awks! A few new house guests have hit the Mint Juleps hard and found a golden love that dare not shpeak its name. I've hidden the golf balls for now, but someone is going to have to report this to HR. #Goldfinger #JamesBond #IanFleming #OddJob

This is such a good BOND, QUEER BOND chat!

'If Bond's history is not all there, is it really history? I want to embellish what we already know, and with a little bit of a rainbow flourish.' This is a great BOND, QUEER BOND chat and offers a great insight into its world... pod.fo/spyhards/epi... #BondQueerBond @Spyhardspod@gmail.com

To all fellow agents, allies, Bond fans and supporters, this bullet catcher hopes you all have a FABULOUS James Bond Day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Doix... #JamesBondDay #JamesBond #BondQueerBond

ALL IN OR NOTHING as a new Bond novella marks the National Year of Reading. As a companion story to DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, author Dan Jones is penning new 007 short, ALL IN! ALL IN by Dan Jones December 3 2026 Ian Fleming Publications markoconnell.co.uk/diamonds-are... #AllIn #DanJones #JamesBond

'Charlie Higson is on a mission. He wants to make James Bond heroic, sexual, strange, and relevant again...' NOTHING TO LOSE - Reviewing Charlie Higson's KING ZERO: markoconnell.co.uk/nothing-to-l... #KingZero #CharlieHigson #JamesBond

'From London Melody to Digger, Pinewood Studios has now been home to British cinema production for ninety years.' This weeks marks 90 years of movie majesty from the dream palace that is Pinewood Studios! markoconnell.co.uk/from-pinewoo... #PinewoodStudios #JamesBond #EONProductions

Pen pals, spies and Bentleys gathered in Piccadilly Arcade this week to launch a new Bond minded writing set like no other... THE COMPANY INK – Launching YARD-O-LED x IAN FLEMING with MARK O'CONNELL markoconnell.co.uk/the-company-... #YardOLed #IanFleming #JamesBond @theianfleming.bsky.social

To all VHS era Bond fans, John Grover was familiar. As an Assembly Editor, Supervising Editor and Editor, Grover's cutting skills sculpted 6 James Bond films - helping steer the Bond timeline from Roger Moore to Timothy Dalton. Rest in peace, John Grover. #RIPJohnGrover #JohnGrover #JamesBond

BOND’s SILVER LINING as Big Finish Productions’ SILVERFIN reveals its main cast with top, apt and canny casting throughout... markoconnell.co.uk/bonds-silver... #SilverFin #JamesBond #CharlieHigson #BigFinish

'Charlie Higson is on a mission. He wants to make James Bond heroic, sexual, strange, and relevant again...' NOTHING TO LOSE - Reviewing Charlie Higson's KING ZERO: markoconnell.co.uk/nothing-to-l... #KingZero #CharlieHigson #JamesBond

'He was no white knight. She knew that much.' Author Charlie Higson proudly unveils his newest James Bond opus KING ZERO in apt Vauxhall surroundings. HELL BELOW ZERO - Catching KING ZERO and CHARLIE HIGSON: youtu.be/Q1crfbuiUTg?... #KingZero #JamesBond #CharlieHigson #TheNewJamesBondNovel

It has been a while since a new Bond novel lodges like a rogue bullet in my head and will not shift. There is Nothing ZERO about this one... #KingZero #CharlieHigson #JamesBond #TheNewJamesBondNovel

Mark Gatiss not only lent his thoughts and Bond wisdom to CATCHING BULLETS. He has embellished and added acute insight, thinking and art to BOND, QUEER BOND. Here Agent Gatiss outlines for HALF THE PICTURE the two best Bond films... youtu.be/uqP7yTChwRc?... #HalfthePicture #MarkGatiss #JamesBond

Never say no to preparations... markoconnell.co.uk/the-man-who-... #KingZero #CharlieHigson #IanFleming #JamesBond #TheNewJamesBondNovel

In 1982 Bob Mackie costumed the Oscars Bond tribute number and all manner of queer, camp 007 show number excess. Years later, Mackie designed again for muse Tina Turner and GOLDENEYE. Rest in peace, Bob Mackie. #RIPBobMackie #BobMackie #BondQueerBond #JamesBond #TinaTurner

BEACH BOND! From San Monique to Santa Monica as BOND, QUEER BOND hits Ginger Rogers Beach for some gay rays, prime CA hues, & LA action. Thanks to Agent K and our man in LA for the surveillance! To order BOND, QUEER BOND: lnk.to/BondQueerBond #BondQueerBond #JamesBond #SantaMonica #BQBintheWild

'No day shall erase you from the memory of time.' - Virgil It only takes one hinge to open a different door. That day a very different door opened. Photography / Mark O'Connell Music / Adrian Johnston #911 #NYC #NewYork #NeverForget #911MuseumEd #FDNY #GroundZero

'That's why the zero's regal, Mister Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.' The man who would be king as author Charlie Higson returns to the Bond realm with a beautifully produced new 007 novel, KING ZERO! ianflemingshop.com/products/jam... #KingZero #CharlieHigson #JamesBond #TheNewJamesBondNovel

LICENCE... DECIDED? Whether it is slow news or slow horses, a lot of ink needs to dry first... #JamesBond #StevenKnight #Bond26 #AmazonMGMStudios #AmyPascal

Ogromne dzięki to JAMES BOND POLAND for the review observations and kind feedback on BOND, QUEER BOND! Also, JAMES BOND POLAND's Bond artistry is clever, original and wholly fresh... jamesbond.com.pl/com To order BOND, QUEER BOND: lnk.to/BondQueerBond #BondQueerBond #JamesBond

From New South Wales with love as this bullet catcher wishes a happy vodka Martini fuelled 87th birthday to the 002nd Bond and the first to prove the role could be recast. Happy birthday George x Photo / Mark O'Connell #GeorgeLazenby #JamesBond #OnHerMajestysSecretService #OHMSS #BondQueerBond

40 years ago this weekend... 'Being Cubs on tour we were provided with a pocket money allowance. Some bought sweets, a football and some now reduced Mexico '86 Panini stickers. But my own personal retail mission that day was to buy the new TV TIMES' - #CatchingBullets #JamesBond #ForYourEyesOnly

A production pal of BOND '85, a co-star of Bond's wife and best Blofeld and the feasible inspiration for Silva's entrance in SKYFALL, Tim Curry was also the best Bond villain we never had. #RIPTimCurry #TimCurry

'You were expecting someone else?' As the casting crosshairs tighten around their target, should Bond and movie fans be expecting someone else altogether...? www.instagram.com/p/DcipInattT... #Bond26 #JamesBond #AmazonMGMStudios

'There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in a man.' Remembering Sir Sean Connery today on what would have been his 96th birthday. Art by Nikos Bogris #SeanConnery #JamesBond #Bond26 #DrNo

'Has James Bond finally looked UP!' When local cinemas get things right... #AViewtoaKill #Thunderball #JamesBond

The 2029 Academy Award for Best Hair and Make Up will NOT be going to any of the Four Non-Bonds. #TheBeatles

From a rich study of 007 FIRST LIGHT and its creatives via David Arnold’s return to Bond, the wartime Ian Fleming, and a BOND, QUEER BOND showcase, MI6 CONFIDENTIAL has a cracking new adventure on sale. www.mi6confidential.com/issue-78 #007FirstLight #JamesBond #BondQueerBond #MI6Confidential

On eclipse day, there are colanders...and there are colanders that look like they have been designed by Ken Adam in 1971! #solareclipse #eclipse #DiamondsareForever #JamesBond

We won't hide our pride, and this is not a conversation. Our queer is here. #Berlin #CSD #BerlinPride #LGBTQ #queer

'The best articulation I have read on what draws gay audiences to the world of spy fiction and Bond adventure.' A big thanks to the first wave of Amazon readers who have fired some fabulous other reviews of BOND, QUEER BOND! To order: lnk.to/BondQueerBond #BondQueerBond #MarkOConnell #JamesBond

There I was, watching THE ODYSSEY and wondering how the hell are they going to move that damn horse... 'Easy Pegasus.' #TheOdyssey #AViewtoaKill #MayDay

Defy the odds... and NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN MATT DAMON is 009 in a JOHN GLEN film all shot with VHS cameras in the Paddock Tank! #TheOdyssey #Octopussy #JamesBond #JohnGlen #ChristopherNolan

#England #Norway #WorldCup 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️🇳🇴

@markoconnell.bsky.social I just finished the new Bond non-fiction book from Mark O’Connell in a grand cafe in Florence (though 90% completed on the Elizabeth Line). I recommend it for providing (to me, at least) a coherent additional lens through which to understand the world of 007.

“Hi London, do you reckon it’s time for Bond?” This bullet catcher always had a wish to dance into Duran Duran's flames at least once. Crystal tears could well have fallen last Sunday... Catching Duran Duran & A VIEW TO A KILL! youtu.be/xsqI3_Q00X0?... #AViewtoaKill #DuranDuran #BSTHydePark

60 years ago this week, Ian Fleming's posthumous OCTOPUSSY AND THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS is published. With its mix of the botanical, nautical and gynaecological, it is also one of Richard Chopping's best illustrations for Bond. #OctopussyandTheLivingDaylights #RichardChopping #BondQueerBond

MEET THE NEWEST JAMES BOND! As @BigFinish & Ian Fleming Publication’s new audio adventure SILVERFIN announces its new lead... meet the newest spy on Bond's block! markoconnell.co.uk/meet-the-new... #IsaacRouse #YoungBond #SilverFin #JamesBond #CharlieHigson #IanFleming #BigFinish

'For England, James!' Goldfingers crossed, gentlemen. Original Bond art by Robert McGinnis #England #WorldCup #JamesBond 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

This bullet catcher is very excited to be a guest today on The Robert Elms Show on @BBCRadioLondon from 1030 talking BOND, QUEER BOND, London Bond and all the fabulous things about our man James! #BondQueerBond #JamesBond #BBCLondon #GaryCrowley #BBCRadioLondon