McQUEEN Shoreditch is a towering success and testament to the vision of the owners who placed themselves on the ‘fringes of creativity’. A few years ago plain Old Street roundabout was a taxi rat-run, a strip of fried chicken shops, a few East End boozers, foam parties and the barbarella-esque basement Bar 104. Now it’s Silicon Roundabout with […]
Honda Announced as the Choice of 007 for Skyfall
July 19, 2012 by 2 Comments
Honda (UK) is announced its partnership with the upcoming James Bond film, Skyfall, and unveiled the actual Honda machines used in the film, at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu. Honda’s CRF250R motorcycle proved to be the machine of choice by the 007 film’s action vehicles and stunt crew teams. These motorbikes were modified for […]
Bond in Motion – 50 Years of 007 movies
January 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
James Bond: ‘Both hands on the wheel, Mr. Jones, I’m a very nervous passenger.’ BOND IN MOTION will be the largest collection of James Bond vehicles the world has ever seen. Opening 17th January 2012 at Beaulieu, BOND IN MOTION is a year long collaboration between Eon Productions and Beaulieu and will feature fifty vehicles to celebrate fifty years of […]
007 | From Coal Agent to Secret Agent
November 9, 2011 by 2 Comments
When Miss Moneypenny asks 007 ‘One lump or two?’ who would have thought she was referring to Daniel Craig’s family’s underground past? Well, it appears that the James Bond actor’s Victorian ancestor was a coal agent. findmypast.co.uk’s new Cheshire Collection reveal ‘agents’ also exist in Craig’s family tree, as well as his professional life, but in this case […]
