The Champions return: secret agents, superpowers and a Himalayan detour (documentary: video in full).
If your idea of a civilised evening involves superhuman secret agents, Himalayan weirdness, 1960s ITC glamour and villains who probably
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On The Trail Of The Prisoner by Catherine Németh Fraumerman (book review).
The full title of Catherine Németh Fraumerman’s booklet, ‘On The Trail Of The Prisoner’, includes the subtitle ‘A Walking Guide
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Project: The Prisoner: The Village Technical Manual by Tim Palgut (book review).
Very occasionally, I take a look around to see what ‘The Prisoner’ fandom is producing. Hence, coming across this softcover,
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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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