Mick Herron: ‘Most people didn’t know I was writing – I was a secretive kind of writer’
If you like Baby Reindeer, you’ll love Young Mungo! 29 terrific TV shows – and the books to read instead
June 2024
From psychological torture to pooing in a suitcase: why are the workplaces on TV so toxic?
Be it the thankless shifts of Blue Lights or the wage-free stressfest of The Bear, onscreen employees are having a very bad day at the office. And things are about to get worse
February 2024
TV soaps could be made by AI within three years, director warns
Director of Apple TV+’s Slow Horses tells inquiry that ‘changes are coming dramatically and very, very soon’
Slow Horses season three review – Kristin Scott Thomas is absolutely top-notch
As ever, this grubby spy thriller is an utter pleasure. It’s big, bold, daft and sees Scott Thomas on brilliantly droll form – alongside a joyously shambolic Gary Oldman
Gary Oldman: cinema’s master of disguise returns as Slow Horses’ seedy spook
As the Oscar-winning actor returns to his filthy desk as Jackson Lamb in the Apple TV+ espionage thriller, we look at the man behind many masks
The watcher
Slow Horses: it’s wild how good Gary Oldman’s spy thriller is
From its cast of acting royalty – Kristin Scott Thomas! – to the excellent dialogue, this drama just whizzes by. It’s a hugely fun, totally charming watch that gets everything right
