Spy Write is currently doing recaps of the new Bravo show Spy Games. Beyond that the podcast is looking at spy fiction and book collecting as well as various odds and ends I’ve discovered about the secret history of authors, secret gatherings and forgotten stories.
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. In this episode we discuss Mick Herron’s latest in the Slough House series, Clown Town , with guest Sam Leith. We talk about Herron and Wind in the Willows, whether he’s diving into Richard Osman territory, and that shocking turn of events at the end of the book. Plus how to deal with Herron’s dry…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station ”. We are here to recap episode 8 the season finale of the show Down Cemetery Road . We talk all about this season ender. Bus frustrations! Multiple gun standoffs! Church fires! Plus we discuss all those endings, Chekhov’s grenade and … Caps for Sale ? Finally, will we see a season two and what could…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station ”. I’ve got a special Down Cemetery Road interview episode for you. I was lucky enough to get some time with both Fehinti Balogun who plays Amos and Darren Boyd who plays C. I thought both were really fascinating conversations and I think you’ll enjoy them. Fehinti’s TED Talk “How to find your voice…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station ”. We are here to recap episode 7 of the show Down Cemetery Road . I welcome Matthew Bradford back to the show. We talk about whether Amos is more Jason Bourne or Michael Meyers. Plus we discuss those great locations, minor character moments, cliffjumpers and cliffhangers. Finally, what’s going to…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station ”. We are here to recap episode 6 of the show Down Cemetery Road . We talk about the joys of train travel, boat travel and helicopter travel. Plus we discuss why this episode would not be sponsored by the Scottish Tourism Board and playing Bananagrams. Finally, did the end of the episode have an…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station ”. The links to donate to Literally Healing are tinyurl.com/teame2 5 for the amazon wishlist of books and tinyurl.com/giveteame for a monetary donation. We are here to recap episode 5 of the show Down Cemetery Road . I’m joined by computer expert Gary. We talk about cool PI cars, train stations and the…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station ”. We are here to recap episode 4 of the show Down Cemetery Road . We talk about the pluses and minuses of juggling, whether Amos and Axel grew up as theater kids and proper neighbor etiquette. Plus we discuss nosey hotel desk attendants, Tripadvisor ratings and detective tradecraft. Finally, we…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station ”. We are here to recap episode 3 of the show Down Cemetery Road . We talk about whether assassins make the best handymen, proper crime scene clean up and the best way to view CCTV. Plus we discuss dinners with mother-in-laws, being underestimated and good and bad marriages in the Down Cemetery Road…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station ”. This episode I have an interview with Nick Mohammed who plays Mayor Jaffrey on SLOW HORSES. We talk about his playing a politician on show and why we’re interested in spies behaving badly. Plus what’s it like joining the show having already been a fan of the book series. Plus, I have both Frank…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station ”. We are here to recap all the action in the new series Down Cemetery Road based on the book by Mick Herron. I’m pleased to welcome back Keir Graff to talk all the action and changes from the book we see in these first two episodes. We talk about office baths, explosive dinner parties and creepy…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station ”. Welcome back as we look at season finale of season 5 of SLOW HORSES . I’m pleased to welcome back Matthew Bradford to the show for his traditional role of clean up man on the finale episode of the season. We talk about all the crazy action this season, that wild shoot out, and the high tide and low…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station ”. This episode I have an interview with Hiba Bennani who plays Tara on SLOW HORSES. We talk about this season and the surprising turn we see in episode 5. Plus how she integrated into the cast and that nightclub scene. Plus, what happens when you invite your mom to set? All that and more in this…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station ”. Welcome back as we look at season 5 episode 5 of SLOW HORSES . I’m pleased to welcome author and podcaster Keir Graff to the show to talk through this penultimate episode of the season. We talk about track suits, cherries and underpasses. Plus we get into all the craziness that takes place on the…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station ”. Welcome back as we look at season 5 episode 4 of SLOW HORSES . I’m pleased to welcome back author Frank Sennett to the show to break down everything we saw in this episode. We talk about a the proper paint colors, political rallies and tradecraft. We also get into good and bad political slogans and…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station ”. This episode I have an interview with James Callis who plays Claude Whelan on SLOW HORSES. We talk about this season and Claude’s role as First Desk, Claude’s wife and his inability to take control. We also get into the joy’s of going on location to film. Plus, has he heard anything about season 7?…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station ”. Welcome back as we look at season 5 episode 3 of SLOW HORSES . I’m pleased to welcome back Gary to the show to break down everything we learned in this episode. We talk about a lockdown that isn’t COVID related, the proper reaction to being interrogated and the poor penguins. We also get into that…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station ”. This episode I have an interview with Ruth Bradley who plays Emma Flyte on SLOW HORSES. We talk about this season and Emma’s relationship with Diana Taverner. Ruth talks about that epic fight from season four, acting with Christopher Chung and whether she “read ahead” to learn more about her…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station ”. Welcome back as we look at season 5 episode 2 of SLOW HORSES . I’m pleased to welcome back Dr. Mary to the show to break down all the details of this episode. We talk about the Roddy’s apartment, that David and Goliath matchup, and the group least likely to go to a fancy restaurant. We also get into…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station ”. This episode I have an interview with Christopher Chung who plays Roddy Ho on SLOW HORSES. We talk about this season and how Roddy is living his best life. Christopher goes into how the collaboration with the many different people, from the writer and director to the hair and makeup folks help bring…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station ”. Welcome back as we return to look at season 5 of SLOW HORSES . This season is an adaptation of the Mick Herron novel London Rules. I’m pleased to welcome back Scott Hardy from the SpyHards podcast to the show. We talk about the aftermath of last season, that shocking character exit, and Roddy’s…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. In this episode we discuss Mick Herron’s second novel in the Oxford series, The Last Voice You Hear , with prolific author, Antony Johnston. We start with some spoiler free discussion of the book before getting into the novel’s take on city life, Herron’s fake outs and the Goldilocks dilemma for…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Donate to #TeamEvie and the Literally Healing program at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. Go to either TinyURL.com/giveTE for a monetary donation or TinyURL.com/TeamE24 , pick a book and make sure to pick Team Evie as the shipping location. I’ll have more ways to donate soon, so watch the…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Donate to #TeamEvie and the Literally Healing program at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. Go to either TinyURL.com/giveTE for a monetary donation or TinyURL.com/TeamE24 , pick a book and make sure to pick Team Evie as the shipping location. I’ll have more ways to donate soon, so watch the…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Donate to #TeamEvie and the Literally Healing program at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. Go to TinyURL.com/giveTE to make a monetary donation to the Literally Healing program or go to TinyURL.com/TeamE24 , pick a book and make sure to pick Team Evie as the shipping location. That’s so much…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Donate to #TeamEvie and the Literally Healing program at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. Go to TinyURL.com/TeamE24 , pick a book and make sure to pick Team Evie as the shipping location. I’ll have more ways to donate soon, so watch the feed. We are back with a supersized episode to talk all…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Go on a tour of the real locations seen in SLOW HORSES. Go to https://www.squaremilesecrets.com/slow-horses and enter the coupon code SLOUGH for 20% off your tour. We are back to break down all the excitement of the season four episode five of SLOW HORSES. I’m joined this episode by author and…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Go on a tour of the real locations seen in SLOW HORSES. Go to https://www.squaremilesecrets.com/slow-horses and enter the coupon code SLOUGH for 20% off your tour. We are back to break down all the excitement of the season four episode four of SLOW HORSES. I’m joined this episode by returning…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Go on a tour of the real locations seen in SLOW HORSES. Go to https://www.squaremilesecrets.com/slow-horses and enter the coupon code SLOUGH for 20% off your tour. We are back to break down all the excitement of the season four episode three of SLOW HORSES. I’m joined this episode by returning…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. We are back with a special treat for all the SLOW HORSES fans – a interview with Gary Oldman about the latest season. We get into his showdown with David Cartwright that’s been building since season one and how Oldman handles playing a character who’s backstory is still being build by the book series…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Go on a tour of the real locations seen in SLOW HORSES. Go to https://www.squaremilesecrets.com/slow-horses and enter the coupon code SLOUGH for 20% off your tour. We are back to break down all the excitement of the season four premiere and second episode of SLOW HORSES. I’m joined this episode by…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Go on a tour of the real locations seen in SLOW HORSES. Go to https://www.squaremilesecrets.com/slow-horses and enter the coupon code SLOUGH for 20% off your tour. This episode is a review of the book Spook Street , which this season of SLOW HORSES is based on. Extremely minor spoilers are in the…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. This week we are back to talk about Mick Herron’s latest book – The Secret Hours ! I’m pleased to welcome The Sunday Times Senior Political Commentator Tim Shipman to the show. In the first half of the show we stay relatively spoiler free on The Secret Hours as we talk politics and Herron, British…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Donate to Room to Read here or share the link – http://tinyurl.com/spiesread We’re back to discuss the third season finale of the Apple TV Plus adaptation of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses titled Footprints . This episode guest Matthew Bradford returns to join me in talking through all the action in this…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Donate to Room to Read here or share the link – http://tinyurl.com/spiesread We’re back to discuss fifth episode of the third season of the Apple TV Plus adaptation of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses titled Cleaning Up . This episode author Frank Sennett joins me to talk all about this penultimate episode…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Donate to Room to Read here or share the link – http://tinyurl.com/spiesread We’re back to discuss fourth episode of the third season of the Apple TV Plus adaptation of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses titled Uninvited Guests . We talk about the awkward hugs, what to do when you’ve figured out your fired…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Donate to Room to Read here or share the link – http://tinyurl.com/spiesread We’re back to discuss third episode of the third season of the Apple TV Plus adaptation of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses titled Negotiating with Tigers . We talk about the increasing grossness of Oldman’s performance as Jackson…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Donate to Room to Read here or share the link – http://tinyurl.com/spiesread We’re back to discuss the premiere of the third season of the Apple TV Plus adaptation of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses . We talk about the mini movie that starts the show, how A River Runs Through It , and excitement over the…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Donate to Room to Read here or share the link – http://tinyurl.com/spiesread We’re back to discuss the finale of the second season of the Apple TV Plus adaptation of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses – Old Scores. We talk about how this season was like Die Hard, why there’s never a helicopter when you need…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Donate to Room to Read here or share the link – http://tinyurl.com/spiesread We’re back to discuss the fifth episode of the second season of the Apple TV Plus adaptation of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses – Boardroom Games. We talk about chess strategies, proper techniques for dialing your phone with your…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Donate to Room to Read here or share the link – http://tinyurl.com/spiesread We’re back to discuss the fourth episode of the second season of the Apple TV Plus adaptation of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses – Ciacada. We talk about accessorizing with a box cutter, and missing thumbs and Lamb being off…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Donate to Room to Read here or share the link – http://tinyurl.com/spiesread We’re back to discuss the third episode of the second season of the Apple TV Plus adaptation of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses . We talk about bike safety, shady small english towns, whether this episode had two award winning…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Donate to Room to Read here or share the link – http://tinyurl.com/spiesread We’re back to discuss the first and second episodes of the second season of the Apple TV Plus adaptation of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses . We talk about love on the rocks, impressions of new characters and eating on camera. All…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. I talk with guest Matthew Bradford about Mick Herron’s latest short story – Standing By The Wall . This story is a crucial follow up to both Slough House and Bad Actors and fans of River and Roddy won’t want to miss it. Plus we further dissect all the Bad Actors action and discuss our hopes for…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. This week we are back to talk all things Bad Actors ! I’m pleased to welcome Slate Book and Culture critic Laura Miller. In the first half of the show we stay spoiler free of Bad Actors as we talk about the ins and outs of reading, the Slough House audiobooks and Jackson Lamb’s secrets. In the second…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. We talk about the sixth and final episode of the first season of the new Apple TV Plus adaptation of Slow Horses . In the first part we talk about impressions of the first few episodes before taking a break and returning to talk in depth about the sixth episode. My guest this week is Lloyd Shepherd.…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Catch up on episode five before the sixth and final episode of the first season drops of the new Apple TV Plus adaption of Slow Horses . In the first part we talk about impressions of the first few episodes and Jonathan Reed’s interview with James Hawes before taking a break and returning to talk in…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Catch up on episode four before the fifth episode drops as we continue to discuss the new Apple TV Plus adaption of Slow Horses . In the first part we have some updates and impressions of the first few episodes before taking a break and returning to talk in depth about the fourth episode. We talk…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. Catch up on episode three before the forth episode drops as we continue to discuss the third episode of the new Apple TV Plus adaption of Slow Horses . In the first part we discuss impressions of the first couple episodes before taking a break and returning to talk in depth about the third episode.…
Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. In this episode we discuss the premiere of the new Apple TV Plus adaption of Slow Horses . The first part is spoiler free before we take a break and come back to talk in depth about the first and second episodes. Leave me your comments for a future show at PodInbox.com/spy ! Come back next week as I…
In the second episode of Barbican Station we welcome spy author Tim Stevens to talk about the first book in the series, Slow Horses . We discuss the vileness of Jackson Lamb, the real Slough House location, and a certain foppish bike riding politician. Each month we’ll be exploring a different book in the series and it’s all leading up to the release of Book 7, Slough House .…