Barbican Station – A Slow Horses Podcast

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In this episode we discuss Mick Herron’s Slough House adjacent novel, Nobody Walks, with writer Frank Sennett. We start with some spoiler free discussion of the book before getting into the novel’s plot twists, character development, and highlighting the book’s hard boiled edge.

Plus we talk the Parker novels, and some of our favorite reads from the year.

All that and more in this episode!

Books we recommended –

Adrian McGuinty’s Sean Duffy novels – https://officialadrianmckinty.com/

Donald Westlake’s Parker novels – https://www.donaldwestlake.com/parker

Donald Westlake’s Dortmunder novels – https://www.donaldwestlake.com/dortmunder

Dave Hutchinson’s Fractured Europe series first book Autumn in Europe – https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Europe-in-Autumn/Dave-Hutchinson/The-Fractured-Europe-Sequence/9781781087817

Charlie Huston‘s Catchpenny – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725748/catchpenny-by-charlie-huston/

Ross Thomas’ novels – https://crimereads.com/ross-thomas-a-crime-readers-guide-to-the-classics/

Frank’s site – http://franksennett.com/

Frank’s book Shadow State – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717325/shadow-state-by-frank-sennett/

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.

Follow the latest news about the upcoming AppleTV adaption here.

For more on the slow horses, click here.

Track down the real Slough House here.

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 feed.

In this episode we discuss Mick Herron’s first novel in the Oxford series, Down Cemetery Road, with bestselling author, podcaster and Booklist’s former executive editor, Keir Graff. We start with some spoiler free discussion of the book before getting into the novel’s plot twists, character development, and highlighting the book’s roots in both espionage and domestic drama.

Plus, terrible dinner parties! Bad marriages! And are Brits more forthright than Yanks?

We also talk about the novel’s adaptation into an Apple TV miniseries.

All that and more in this episode!

Keir Graff’s Website – https://keirgraff.com/

Sign up for Keir’s newsletter – https://keirgraff.com/newsletter/

The Filmographer’s Podcast – https://filmographerspodcast.com/

Keir on the Fine Arts Building – https://www.newcity.com/2023/10/30/enduring-art-after-125-years-the-fine-arts-building-is-defiantly-unmodernized-and-ready-for-its-next-act/

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.

Follow the latest news about the upcoming AppleTV adaption here.

For more on the slow horses, click here.

Track down the real Slough House here.

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 for your support.

In this episode I am pleased to welcome Meredith and Duane Swierczynski to the show to talk about the Evelyn Swierczynski Foundation. We learn about the Literally Healing program at CHLA, more about Evie, and various ways to give.

Thanks so much to everyone who has already donated. I’ve heard from some of you and it means so much to see the generosity of this community.

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 for your support.

Find the foundation here – https://www.teameviefoundation.com/

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 the revelations in the season four finale of SLOW HORSES. I’m joined this episode by returning podcast guest Matthew Bradford.

We talk familial revelations, the one time River doesn’t run – even though he wants to and whether changes from the book help or hurt the show. Plus, has Lamb turned into a teddy bear? You won’t want to miss this one!

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.

My original review of the book Spook Street. The Barbican Station episode on the book is here.

Follow the latest news about the upcoming AppleTV adaption here.

For more on the slow horses, click here.

Track down the real Slough House here.

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 podcaster Lloyd Shepherd.

We talk bad dads, that shocking ending and get Curiously Specific. Plus, Chekhov’s Dustbin? You won’t want to miss this one!

Lloyd’s website – https://lloydshepherd.com/

Buy Lloyd’s thriller After London – https://lloydshepherd.com/after-london-a-new-book-and-a-new-way-of-reading-it/

Lloyd’s Curiously Specific podcast – https://curiouslyspecific.com/

My original review of the book Spook Street. The Barbican Station episode on the book is here.

Follow the latest news about the upcoming AppleTV adaption here.

For more on the slow horses, click here.

Track down the real Slough House here.

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 recapper Gary Dexter.

We breakdown the why you never want to book the hotel’s murder room, the value of a good gif and Catherine’s emotional intelligence. Plus, how do people on the run always make the train just before the doors close? You won’t want to miss this one!

My original review of the book Spook Street. The Barbican Station episode on the book is here.

Follow the latest news about the upcoming AppleTV adaption here.

For more on the slow horses, click here.

Track down the real Slough House here.

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 recapper Mary.

We breakdown the craziness of River on the run, working out at the office and why the slow horses might take an Uber instead of a taxi next time. Plus, is there anyone competent in Regent’s Park and Slough House? You won’t want to miss this one!

My original review of the book Spook Street. The Barbican Station episode on the book is here.

Follow the latest news about the upcoming AppleTV adaption here.

For more on the slow horses, click here.

Track down the real Slough House here.

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 author, Mick Herron. It’s a fascinating look into the show.

After the interview we’ll break down the conversation and what we learned.

You won’t want to miss this one!

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.

My original review of the book Spook Street. The Barbican Station episode on the book is here.

Follow the latest news about the upcoming AppleTV adaption here.

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For more on the slow horses, click here.

Track down the real Slough House here.

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 Scott Hardy co-host of the SpyHards Podcast.

We breakdown all the new characters, where we think this season might be going and what happens when you clean Jackson Lamb’s office. Plus a full English explanation of Jaffa cakes.

But there’s more! We talk emetophobia. sharks that eat other sharks, and Chocolate teapots! You won’t want to miss this one!

SpyHards website – https://www.spyhards.com/

@SpyHards on Twitter – https://x.com/spyhards?lang=en

My original review of the book Spook Street. The Barbican Station episode on the book is here.

Follow the latest news about the upcoming AppleTV adaption here.

For more on the slow horses, click here.

Track down the real Slough House here.

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 episode

My original review of the book Spook Street. The Barbican Station episode on the book is here.

Follow the latest news about the upcoming AppleTV adaption here.

For more on the slow horses, click here.

Track down the real Slough House here.

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 inquiries and what makes a politician tick. In the second half we discuss Herron’s take on Berlin just after the fall of the wall, misdirection, and whether the TV show prompted Herron to write this particular story. Plus … we mull over where the series goes next! All that and more in this episode!

Tim’s latest interview with Mick Herron – https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mick-herron-a-smiley-for-our-times-on-jackson-lamb-and-slow-horses-d7rf3ndjr

Tim Shipman – At The Sunday Times – https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/tim-shipman?page=1
Tim’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/ShippersUnbound

Preorder Tim’s next book Out on Amazon.

Find Tim’s books All Out War and Fall Out – https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/tim-shipman

Buy The Secret Hours – US or UK.

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For more on the slow horses, click here.

Track down the real Slough House here.

Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”.

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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 epic season finale.

We talk about whether this episode is like Home Alone or if Jackson Lamb has been watching too many A-Team reruns, the most emotional scene so far in the show between Lamb and Catherine and how not to use a double decker bus. Plus, we talk through that season four trailer.

All that and much more in this episode!

Matthew’s Blog – http://doubleosection.blogspot.com/

Season 3, Episode 6 – Footprints

The le Carré Cast – https://lecarrecast.com/

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My original review of the Real Tigers by Mick Herron. The Barbican Station episode on the book Barbican Station – Real Tigers – Episode 4

Follow the latest news about the upcoming AppleTV adaption here.

For more on the slow horses, click here.

Track down the real Slough House here.

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 of the season.

We talk about the showdown between Dame Ingrid and Taverner, Catherine’s alcoholism and misconceptions, and how Lord of the Rings fandom might not be enough to save you in a gun fight. Plus, why Jackson Lamb is like Jackie Chan’s Drunken Master. All that and much more in this episode!

Frank’s site – http://franksennett.com/

Shadow State – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717325/shadow-state-by-frank-sennett/

Vote for Frank’s book! Go here and select “Best New Novel By a Chicagoan” to find Frank’s book Shadow State. https://chicagoreader.com/best-of-chicago/2023-ballot/#/gallery?group=468483

Season 3, Episode 5 – Cleaning Up

The le Carré Cast – https://lecarrecast.com/

Leave me your comments for a future show at PodInbox.com/spy!

My original review of the Real Tigers by Mick Herron. The Barbican Station episode on the book Barbican Station – Real Tigers – Episode 4

Follow the latest news about the upcoming AppleTV adaption here.

For more on the slow horses, click here.

Track down the real Slough House here.

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 and BI6 ROD. Plus, episode MVP – Douglas. All that and much more in this episode!

Season 3, Episode 4 – Uninvited Guests

The le Carré Cast – https://lecarrecast.com/

Leave me your comments for a future show at PodInbox.com/spy!

My original review of the Real Tigers by Mick Herron. The Barbican Station episode on the book Barbican Station – Real Tigers – Episode 4

Follow the latest news about the upcoming AppleTV adaption here.

For more on the slow horses, click here.

Track down the real Slough House here.

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 Lamb, how River is a glutton for punishment, and why you shouldn’t bring drugs on your secret missions. Plus, how best to drive with a dead body in your lap. All that and much more in this episode!

Season 3, Episode 3 – Negotiating with Tigers

The le Carré Cast – https://lecarrecast.com/

Leave me your comments for a future show at PodInbox.com/spy!

My original review of the Real Tigers by Mick Herron. The Barbican Station episode on the book Barbican Station – Real Tigers – Episode 4

Follow the latest news about the upcoming AppleTV adaption here.

For more on the slow horses, click here.

Track down the real Slough House here.

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 buddy comedy of Marcus and Shirley. Plus, we talk plead for some John Bachelor Christmas Specials. All that and much more in this premiere episode!

Season 3, Episode 1 – Strange Games

Season 3, Episode 2 – Hard Lessons

Matthew’s Blog – http://doubleosection.blogspot.com/

The le Carré Cast – https://lecarrecast.com/

Past episodes of Spy Rewind – https://spybrary.com/category/spy-rewind/

Leave me your comments for a future show at PodInbox.com/spy!

My original review of the Real Tigers by Mick Herron. The Barbican Station episode on the book Barbican Station – Real Tigers – Episode 4

Follow the latest news about the upcoming AppleTV adaption here.

For more on the slow horses, click here.

Track down the real Slough House here.

Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”.

The le Carré Cast – https://lecarrecast.com/

Frank Sennett joins the show to talk about political thrillers and Mick Herron and John le Carré.

We talk about US versus UK spy novels, Matt Helm, and favorite Herron and le Carré novels. Plus we talk about how to write politics in fiction without alienating readers and how one author used the nuclear option to get their publisher to pay more.

Frank’s book Shadow State is out now.

Frank’s site – http://franksennett.com/

Shadow State – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717325/shadow-state-by-frank-sennett/

Follow the latest news about the upcoming AppleTV adaption here.

For more on the slow horses, click here.

Track down the real Slough House here.

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 one, and the best type of eulogies. Plus, we talk about how it’s possible for River to screw up in the same way all over again. All that and much more in this supersized finale episode!

Season 2, Episode 6 – Old Scores

Matthew’s Blog – http://doubleosection.blogspot.com/

The le Carré Cast – https://lecarrecast.com/

Past episodes of Spy Rewind – https://spybrary.com/category/spy-rewind/

Leave me your comments for a future show at PodInbox.com/spy!

My original review of the book. The Barbican Station episode on the book Dead Lions.

Follow the latest news about the upcoming AppleTV adaption here.

For more on the slow horses, click here.

Track down the real Slough House here.

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 nose, and that shocking cliffhanger. Plus, we talk about the real London locations we see in this season. All that and much more in this episode.

Season 2, Episode 5 – Boardroom Games

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Leave me your comments for a future show at PodInbox.com/spy!

My original review of the book. The Barbican Station episode on the book Dead Lions.

Follow the latest news about the upcoming AppleTV adaption here.

For more on the slow horses, click here.

Track down the real Slough House here.

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 kilter for once. Plus, hear some major hot takes/rants on River and his overconfidence. All that and much more in this episode.

Season 2, Episode 4 – Ciacada

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My original review of the book. The Barbican Station episode on the book Dead Lions.

Follow the latest news about the upcoming AppleTV adaption here.

For more on the slow horses, click here.

Track down the real Slough House here.