Octopussy and The Living Daylights unit. One of Fleming's neighbours in Jamaica, and later his lover, was Blanche Blackwell, mother of Chris Blackwell of Island Records. Fleming had previously used Blackwell's name as the guano-collecting ship in "Dr. No", calling it "Blanche". Blackwell had given Fleming a coracle called "Octopussy", the name of which Fleming used for the story. "Octopussy" was posthumously serialised in the "Daily Express" newspaper, 4–8 October 1965. Fleming originally titled "The Living Daylights" as "Trigger Finger", although when it first appeared, in "The Sunday Times" colour supplement of 4 February 1962, it was under the title of "Berlin Escape". It was
The European (newspaper) The European (newspaper) The European, billed as "Europe's first national newspaper", was a British weekly newspaper founded by Robert Maxwell. It was published from 11 May 1990 until December 1998. Maxwell founded the paper in the fervour which immediately followed the destruction of the Berlin Wall and collapse of the Iron Curtain: the name was a reflection of the feelings of pan-European unity which were brought on by the historic changes, an ideal which Maxwell wholeheartedly supported. According to "Time" magazine, Maxwell originally envisaged a daily with a circulation of 650,000, but by the launch date plans had been cut