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<< Previous   of   Next >> Associated Press  (click to enlarge) A man takes photographs beside a display of James Bond books on display at the "For Your Eyes Only, Ian Fleming and James Bond" exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in London.   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Melanie Munk, Features Editor munk@heraldnet.com   Published: Sunday, May 11, 2008 For everybody's eyes: London exhibits, tours feature Bond, Fleming By John Flinn San Francisco Chronicle Next month marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of author Ian Fleming, which makes as good an excuse as any for a new round of mania about his most enduring creation: James Bond. In London, the Imperial War Museum has just opened "For Your Eyes Only," which it says is the first major exhibition devoted to the life and work of Fleming, including his pre-Bond stint as a travel writer. It runs through March 1, 2009. Items on display include props from 007 movies, including a blood-splattered shirt worn by Daniel Craig in "Casino Royale," Maryam d'Abo's bullet-pierced cello from "The Living Daylights," a spear gun used in "Thunderball," prototypes of the switchblade shoes worn by Lotte Lenya as Rosa Klebb in "From Russia With Love," Halle Berry's bikini from "Die Another Day" and a golf shoe worn by Gert Frobe in "Goldfinger." In the exhibit, visitors will encounter the rather disorienting fact that the creator of the world's coolest secret agent also wrote the child's book "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." A short train ride from London, Bletchley Park is the one-time spy center where Fleming spent World War II trying to crack German secret codes. On Aug. 25, the site will feature "From Bletchley, With Love," which will have, among other things, a display of Aston Martins. At the Beaulieu National Motor Museum, in the New Forest, the "James Bond Experience" focuses on some of the most glamorous Bond vehicles, including the Jaguar XKR Roadster from "Die Another Day," the Aston Martin Volante from "The Living Daylights" and the Ford Mondeo from "Casino Royale." VisitBritain has prepared a two-day self-guided Bond itinerary with stops that include Dukes Bar, where Fleming allegedly heard a bartender describe a martini as "shaken, not stirred." For more information: 800-462-2748, www.visitbritain.us. For the self-guided James Bond itinerary, type "Bond" in the search form in the upper right corner. Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.scrippsnews.com.

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