James Bond’s ghosts

October 26, 2015

Dr Nathan Waddell from our School of English introduces the first session of Popular Culture Lecture Series II. Every hero has a spectre. For every Bond there’s a Blofeld. For every Katniss Everdeen a Coriolanus Snow. We value heroes because of their villains. Blofeld’s machinations make Bond more daring. Snow’s intolerance makes more charitable the future …