https://www.cpapadellis.com/writing daily 1.0 2026-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1768750993843-R8AHR3PQMQ1RV142MK8O/unsplash-image-gYlWuIQgeFM.jpg SELECTED WRITING | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1622815788962-F99UADMJ6U6OJE1YNM57/AA.jpeg SELECTED WRITING | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out Getty Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/4f9c28ff-d326-47cd-accb-1b59000ff3c2/1425507132410.jpg SELECTED WRITING | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out U.S. Navy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1624625106379-8WYFQLODQKVV4BT3FM7M/giovanni-calia-ezvIERAtqZc-unsplash.jpg SELECTED WRITING | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out Matador and Bull at Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, Madrid, Spain. https://www.cpapadellis.com/gin-gadgets-bond daily 0.75 2021-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1633470213227-IDG0HP7PS6YGCZP83FSE/daniel-craig-james-bond-gallery-casino-royale-main.jpeg Gin, Guns, and Gadgets | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out Getty Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1633465876638-C484Y6S3YS5BWS8VKBKP/Evelyn+Fleming.jpeg Gin, Guns, and Gadgets | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out L: Evelyn Fleming at her society debut, R: Valentine Fleming in uniform during WWI (Ian Fleming Estate) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1633465443075-N7UQN3DYDT5EN23VDHOB/Ian-Fleming-on-the-beach-as-a-small-boy-400x600.jpg Gin, Guns, and Gadgets | Christian Papadellis - The various portraits of Anna Anderson. Fleming at play on the beach (Ian Fleming Estate) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1633466203453-89X2PB9LH89CMWKT8ZAG/Evelyn+Fleming+2.jpeg Gin, Guns, and Gadgets | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out L: Fleming’s “Leaving Portrait,” Eton College, 1926. R: “Winner of the Games” at Eton College (Ian Fleming Estate) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1633466642459-FMPBONSDTUHKGTY3S7B9/Ian-in-Uniform.jpg Gin, Guns, and Gadgets | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out Fleming in uniform during World War II (Ian Fleming Estate) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1633466769495-YU9FB15LEQW67YWQBM7S/Vice_Admiral_Godfrey_WWII_IWM_A_20777.jpg Gin, Guns, and Gadgets | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out Admiral John Henry Godfrey during World War II (Imperial War Museums) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1633467546822-MMO3MRUKA9MMOLSKWZM2/ar0208-1.jpg Gin, Guns, and Gadgets | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out One of Charles Fraser-Smith’s designs— a map hidden inside a personal grooming kit (Tangmere Military Aviation Museum) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1633467849537-86WDGS9N118QKZBEQK5B/Evelyn+Fleming.jpeg Gin, Guns, and Gadgets | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out L: Ann Fleming (neé Charteris) prior to her marriage to Ian. R: Goldeneye in Jamaica (Ian Fleming Estate) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1633468730522-XJDTK7YD06S25PS0UY9F/Evelyn+Fleming.jpeg Gin, Guns, and Gadgets | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out Top Left: Duško Popov in 1940 (National Archives and Record Administration). Top Right: Wilfred “Biffy” Dunderdale (Alchetron). Bottom Right: Formal portrait of Conrad Fulke Thomond O’Brien-ffrench, Marquis de Castelthomond (John Ffrench). Bottom Left: Peter Fleming portrait (Fleming estate) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1633468977393-4J8EOAI1DRD49IECV59Y/Evelyn+Fleming.jpeg Gin, Guns, and Gadgets | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out L: Illustration commissioned by Fleming of James Bond. R: Hoagy Carmichael, an American musician whose looks characters in the Bond novels often compare to Bond’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1633469268939-BPN4U10KMWQI08GGF0WB/_116787893_img_1507.jpg Gin, Guns, and Gadgets | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out Set of first edition James Bond novels (BBC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1633469425047-9FD611BPF7UUW5PQ0VUP/247584.jpg Gin, Guns, and Gadgets | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out L-R: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig (Getty Images) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1633469597311-HIAPX2NDY0ZTQWP9A9PB/download.jpg Gin, Guns, and Gadgets | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out Portrait of Fleming (Getty) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1633546574296-PMBKN0Q3BUR44F02IGU1/BOND+007.jpeg Gin, Guns, and Gadgets | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out Consider this my audition reel for the next Bond franchise… https://www.cpapadellis.com/about daily 0.75 2026-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/8826131c-da1f-443e-a3dd-9d3b94ba0def/SiQgN86w.jpg About | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out Photograph by Kim Eliot Fung https://www.cpapadellis.com/running-with-the-bulls daily 0.75 2021-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1624640021740-AD0OHC6XJOEHE9JXWHIQ/giovanni-calia-ezvIERAtqZc-unsplash.jpeg Running With the Bulls | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out Photograph by Giovanni Calia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1624638845367-AR44YOWCMHK0NK9IFMY0/HemingwayLoeb.jpeg Running With the Bulls | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out Ernest Hemingway with Lady Duff Twysden, Harold Loeb, Hadley Richardson, Ogden Stewart, and Pat Guthrie at a cafe in Pamplona, Spain during the Fiesta of San Fermin in July, 1925. Ernest Hemingway stationed in Milan, 1918. Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection, Kennedy Library) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1624639263030-QWFVEPBNDHHL9036QJ02/Juan-Belmonte-bullfight-act-estoque-right-hand.jpeg Running With the Bulls | Christian Papadellis - Bullfighter Juan Belmonte in Spain holding a muleta (small cape) in one hand and a sword in the other. Barnaby Conrad, Britannica. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1624639495458-BYGTS1TDCVAWMH5JUFAW/01_main_prihhc_0000024edit.jpeg Running With the Bulls | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out U.S. World War I propaganda posters, 1917. Smithsonian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1624639855065-AX2VTWLPGI0NU2YDAWUP/The_Sun_Also_Rises_%281st_ed._cover%29.jpg Running With the Bulls | Christian Papadellis - Make it stand out First edition cover of The Sun Also Rises, 1926, designed by Cleonike Damianakes. Heritage. https://www.cpapadellis.com/journey-to-the-past daily 0.75 2026-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1633470956378-LMKIDOGR1O3HTZYOG5QJ/GettyImages-90002505-0598a09.jpg Journey to the Past - Make it stand out Getty Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/1633471413097-KLOUBCTSXX0VFZ8W0U3N/AA.jpg Journey to the Past - Make it stand out The various portraits of Anna Anderson (Getty Images) https://www.cpapadellis.com/a-date-which-will-live-in-infamy daily 0.75 2026-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6093f04e4dc8ee48ebfd3458/ce883608-d5ed-4c6b-820f-a05fb6079f22/1425507132410.jpg A Date Which Will Live In Infamy - Make it stand out Pearl Harbor May 29, 1962. 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