London Rules (Slough House book 5) by Mick Herron (book review)
In the build-up in ‘London Rules’ by Mick Herron, you could also miss the significance of Roddy Ho being nearly
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Spook Street (Slough House book 4) by Mick Herron (book review).
Unusual for a ‘Slough House’ thriller, Jackson Lamb is missing from the first third of this book, ‘Spook Street’. Instead,
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Real Tigers (Slough House book 3) by Mick Herron (book review).
Unravelling the opening sequence of the third ‘Slough House’ book, ‘Real Tigers’, involves many threads, with the first one not
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Dead Lions (Slough House thrillers book 2) by Mick Herron (book review).
An ex-streetwalker, Richard Bough, aka Dickie Bow, spots a Russian spook in London and pursues him out to Oxford; along
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Slow Horses (Slough House Thrillers book 1) by Mick Herron (book review).
I’ve seen the ‘Slow Horses’ TV series on DVD and thought it was about time I looked at the books,
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The Prisoner: I Am Not a Number, I’m Just Very, Very Confused (spy-fy TV retrospective).
Here’s the first episode of The Prisoner for you. Imagine James Bond quits MI6, goes on holiday to clear his
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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (trailer).
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. Just hearing the title is enough to make one’s adrenaline spike. It promises to
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Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. – the Hoff tries his eyepatched best (classic movie retrospective).
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.—the cinematic equivalent of finding an off-brand superhero action figure in a bargain bin, complete with
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The Prisoner: when James Bond went to Wonderland (video).
In the pantheon of British television, few shows have achieved the lasting cult status of The Prisoner. First airing in
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The Persuaders! Classic spy-fy TV retrospective (video).
Time to consider The Persuaders! – the spy-fi series where James Bond met Hollywood royalty and together they solved crimes,
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