Talk:Ian Fleming

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In popular culture

The movies The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and Operation Mincemeat both depict Fleming, working as naval intelligence officer, as a minor character. Swedishreview100 (talk) 17:18, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

 Not done for now: This article currently has no "In popular culture" subsection. Per WP:POPCULTURE, adding such a section should be treated with care, and adding minor character appearances might be considered unencyclopedic trivia. Do you have sources to reference that discuss in more detail his specific appearance in the films? Consider in which existing section they're better suited, and if it is actually relevant to include in the article. CloakedFerret (talk) 02:17, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

He was a high ranking and key military intelligence official during the biggest war in history. Why is that buried deep in the article? Jozsefs (talk) 08:39, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Buried in the 2nd para of the lead? Johnbod (talk) 03:49, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

As an intelligence officer, he also did operation postmaster, which they’ve now made a movie about The ministry of ungentlemanly warfare 107.195.150.5 (talk) 03:33, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

vol. 11, no. 12, December 1964

I haven’t found this referenced with a quick search of the article. There may be some useful material.

One paragraph describing the interview in “Playbill” p. 3. Claiming it to be Fleming’s last interview, and also claiming to be the only magazine to serialize novels before book publication. Claiming first publication of “The Hildebrand Rarity” and “The Property of a Lady”. Un-named interviewer.

Playbill

Interview pp. 97-98, 100, 102, 104, 106.

interview

David Woodward (talk) 12:32, 11 October 2025 (UTC)

Regarding this edit: the book cover given as a source for that image credits another source, a British newspaper, for the image. Given that it is likely that the image's country of origin is the UK rather than the US, and it is unlikely that the image is in the public domain in both countries. This would make it challenging for the image to meet the requirements of WP:IUP. Speaking of IUP, the claim made in the edit summary of that edit also does not appear in that policy, as far as I can tell. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:57, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

@Nikkimaria: If you have issue with the public domain status of the image, please nominate it for deletion on Commons. I uploaded it believing the country of origin to be US as I could not find prior British publication of the image, including in the Daily Express archives at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 03:10, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

As for now, I have found a separate photo that appeared on the first US edition (1958) of The Diamond Smugglers. It was taken by American photographer Erich Hartmann. The UK edition (1957) did not feature this photo. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 03:39, 10 February 2026 (UTC)