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
Colour Me English ability to reduce identity to clichés'. Phillips had it tough growing up in Leeds in the 1960s and 1970s and undeniably life was hard for the first wave of immigrants to the UK, yet I can't help but feel that he is sometimes too harsh on Britain. Too often, he writes as if little has changed - perhaps because he has lived abroad for many years. (...) Nonetheless, this is a thought-provoking collection by an accomplished author whose subtle, unobtrusive style allows him to explore familiar subjects in an original way." Colour Me English Colour Me English is a 2011