Nils Hoppe
@hoppe.law
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Professor of Law and Dean of Research at the University of Hannover 🇩🇪 » Partner and Solicitor Advocate at LDMH (@ldmh.partners) 🏴🏴 » ❤️💙🦅 Life sciences and technology law ➡️ hoppe.law
![LinkedIn post that reads:
“Bond | Blofeld back story ; In the 1960s Ian Fleming confirmed to Henry Blofeld that his brother John had played a role in the naming of the supervillain.
“The story [Fleming] told me was that when he started writing Thunderball… he wanted an evil name,” Henry recalled.
“He couldn’t think of one [so] he took a taxi to Boodle’s, sank gratefully into a leather armchair and proceeded to go through the membership list in alphabetical order, looking for a suitably sinister name.
“He had reached the Bs when he was pulled up short by a couple of Blofelds, my father and brother. In his own words, ‘I slammed the book shut, gave a yelp of delight, ordered a pint of champagne, and never looked back.’”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wmj2abwbm5uegzht5vveccxr/bafkreie4uv6irosgwctx23g5hc2bqhoyefx4uwbb3qdkpx7rvq7lfmoabq)
