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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M.I. High: The Sinister Prime Minister and Other Adventures (TV spy-fy review).
Years ago, I caught a few snippets of ‘M.I. High’ on TV and thought I would look for a boxset.
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Argylle: Mark Kermode’s spyfy movie review (video).
Our man-of-many-movies, Mark Kermode, sits down for the latest dish served up from Matthew Vaughn’s cinematic kitchen, Argylle, which flips the
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Amazon Prime spy-fy movie (trailer).
Roll up, roll up, dear readers of SFcrowsnest, for a sneak peek into the cloak-and-dagger world of The Ministry of
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