Bond girl Fiona Fullerton organising a new Cotswolds literature festival

Doing her bit to disprove the myth that all former Bond girls are destined for a life of obscure made-for-television films is one Fiona Fullerton.

The Independent hears that the actress, who played a glamorous KGB spy, Pola Ivanova, in the 1985 outing A View To A Kill, is organising a brand new star-studded literature festival at Kempsford in the Cotswolds.

Fullerton has already persuaded the Countess of Wessex to open the event, which will take place in March. Names being touted to appear include Joanna Trollope, Sandra Howard and the managing director of Condé Nast magazines, Nicholas Coleridge.

The event was originally dreamed up by the town's vicar, the Rev Tim Hastie-Smith, a retired headmaster who suggested the idea to Fullerton at Christmas. As well as her career as an actress, the 53-year-old has authored several books about property and investment.

"It's been fascinating learning about these people and we've got some extraordinary people," she tells us. "It means a lot for the local community. We are not on the tourist trail and all the profits we raise – if there are any – will go to the school where we will be holding the talks."

As for whether or not Fullerton herself will be making a speaking appearance – well, it remains to be seen. "I haven't been asked," she adds.

"I'm not very good at that sort of thing, really!"

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