Barbican Station - A Slow Horses Podcast SpyHards - A Spy Movie Podcast Ah the vexed McVities Jaffa Cake question crops up again. Whether they're a cake or a biscuit came to a head in 1991 when the UK tax authorities tried to define them as biscuits for VAT purposes. All biscuits and cakes incur VAT at 0% unless the biscuit is wholly or partly…(1/3)

Barbican Station - A Slow Horses Podcast SpyHards - A Spy Movie Podcast …covered in chocolate in which case it becomes a luxury item and incurs VAT at 20%. The case ended up before a tax tribunal where McVities turned up with a specially made Jaffa Cake the size of a cartwheel in defence of their case that they were cakes…(2/3)

Barbican Station - A Slow Horses Podcast SpyHards - A Spy Movie Podcast …The judgement ruled in McVities’ favour partly on the grounds that Jaffa Cakes (like cakes) go hard when stale whereas biscuits go soft when stale (I think that’s in Magna Carta somewhere). (3/3)

Catch our recap of last week's episode of SLOW HORSES before the new one drops Wednesday! In your podapp or here ⤵️ spywrite.com/2024/09/21/bar…

Slough House book 9 title, description and release date revealed! Send in the clowns? spywrite.com/2024/09/24/slo…

OOOOOHBOYOOOOBOYOOOBOY!!!! One of my favorite book series continues!!

I'm very happy to share that I had the pleasure of chatting to the delightful Joanna Scanlan earlier this week about all things Slow Horses. Of course I couldn't resist asking her who would be the worse boss Jackson Lamb or Malcom Tucker. flickeringmyth.com/exclusive-inte…

We're back talking about all the action in SLOW HORSES episode 4. Never book a hotel's murder room! Best way to catch that train! River's french art trip! All that and more. In all podapps or ⤵️ spywrite.com/2024/09/26/bar…

This sounds like an amazing event. Wish I could be there to hear this. As someone who enjoyed Nick Harkaway's Karla's Choice and has a whole podcast, Barbican Station - A Slow Horses Podcast, on Mick Herron's work, this is a can't miss if you can make it!

Slow Horses remains the best.

We’re back at it to recap that shocking ending! Plus, when will they release the Marcus gif?!? Listen in your pod feed or here - spywrite.com/2024/10/04/bar…

First of these is my chat with James Callis discussing all things Claude Whelan with a little bit of Bridget Jones thrown in for good measure. flickeringmyth.com/exclusive-inte…

Found this in a copy at the used bookstore. Someone obviously trying to work out what was happening in The Secret Hours.

Next in my Slow Horses chats is Emma Flyte herself Ruth Bradley. Discussing shooting some of the shows best sequences and working with Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas

Mick Herron’s world works not just because he is a great storyteller, or has a keen grasp of the mechanics of espionage, but because he simply gets an awful lot right about why modern Britain is the way it is. My latest essay for Engelsberg Ideas: engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-slo…

Slow Horses and popular culture’s long fascination with the quest for the ‘perfect assassin’ – international relations expert Luca Trenta’s latest piece for The Conversation. #SlowHorses #IR theconversation.com/slow-horses-an…

Away from LFF I've got the last couple of my Slow Horses interviews to share. Next up is Marcus himself Kadiff Kirwan. Warning for anyone who's not seen the S4 finale we dive into some spoilers.

We are back with an extra long episode to break down the season 4 finale of SLOW HORSES! Familial drama! Shootouts! Drinks at the bar! Plus a bonus look at a Curiously Specific location. You won’t want to miss it. In all pod apps or ⬇️ spywrite.com/2024/10/13/bar…