Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Slow Horses episode reaction S6 E4 Lost and Found Hippy Hippy Shake Shackcafethinking.comSlow Horses episode reaction S6 E4 Lost and FoundHippy Hippy Shake Shack 010
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Slow Horses episode reaction S6 E3 Resurrection The name's horses. Slow horses.cafethinking.comSlow Horses episode reaction S6 E3 ResurrectionThe name's horses. Slow horses. 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It’s happy up north – Labour conference 2026 The Labour Party is, for a moment, enjoying lifecafethinking.comIt’s happy up north – Labour conference 2026The Labour Party is, for a moment, enjoying life 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Winter Job, by Antti Tuomainen is out now in paperback, so I’m resharing my review cafethinking.com/2025/10/24/t...cafethinking.comThe Winter Job, by Antti Tuomainen tr David Hackston – book reviewSofa the seeds of love 132
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Slow Horses episode reaction S6 E2 Daddy Issues Office politics gets even more deadly than usualcafethinking.comSlow Horses episode reaction S6 E2 Daddy IssuesOffice politics gets even more deadly than usual 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Slow Horses episode reaction S6 E1 Circle of Life In which is featured the hazy beauty of the North Circularcafethinking.comSlow Horses episode reaction S6 E1 Circle of LifeIn which is featured the hazy beauty of the North Circular 001
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 13/09/2026London Transport and the Politicians, by Paul E Garbutt – book review Map man in the C suitecafethinking.comLondon Transport and the Politicians, by Paul E Garbutt – book reviewMap man in the C suite 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Territory of Light, by Yoko Tsushima tr Geraldine Harcourt – book review Light needs shadecafethinking.comTerritory of Light, by Yoko Tsushima tr Geraldine Harcourt – book reviewLight needs shade 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Slow Horses – season 6: news, updates, speculation Your guide to the new seriescafethinking.comSlow Horses – season 6: news, updates, speculationYour guide to the new series 000
Reposted by Richard FernandezQuentin Bates @graskeggur.bsky.social · 04/08/2026'Spiky, weary but also hopeful, this novel gives us something a little different. And if you take it on holiday, keep it visible in the hotel bar and be prepared for some raised eyebrows.' We really like a Cafe Thinking review... cafethinking.com/2026/08/03/t... @richardfernandez.bsky.socialcafethinking.comThe Hotel Manager’s Guide to Murder, by Erlendur Arason tr Quentin Bates – book reviewLight-hearted. Angry. Farcical. Dramatic. Fresh. Familiar. 163
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Thin Air – Shetland series book 6, by Ann Cleeves – book review In which Captain Pugwash doesn’t meet Most Hauntedcafethinking.comThin Air – Shetland series book 6, by Ann Cleeves – book reviewIn which Captain Pugwash doesn’t meet Most Haunted 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Enshittification: why everything suddenly got worse and what to do about it, by Cory Doctorow Time to get off the potcafethinking.comEnshittification: why everything suddenly got worse and what to do about it, by Cory DoctorowTime to get off the pot 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The Hotel Manager’s Guide to Murder, by Erlendur Arason tr Quentin Bates – book review Light-hearted. Angry. Farcical. Dramatic. Fresh. Familiar.cafethinking.comThe Hotel Manager’s Guide to Murder, by Erlendur Arason tr Quentin Bates – book reviewLight-hearted. Angry. Farcical. Dramatic. Fresh. Familiar. 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Get In: the inside story of Labour under Starmer, by Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund – book review A five act storycafethinking.comGet In: the inside story of Labour under Starmer, by Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund – book reviewA five act story 100
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 12/07/2026It could have been her, by Lisa Jewell – book review Menace, bleakness, twists and story-telling that's top notchcafethinking.comIt could have been her, by Lisa Jewell – book reviewMenace, bleakness, twists and story-telling that's top notch 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 28/06/2026This Way Up: when maps go wrong (and why it matters), by Mark Cooper-Jones and Jay Foreman – book review Informative, silly and compellingcafethinking.comThis Way Up: when maps go wrong (and why it matters), by Mark Cooper-Jones and Jay Foreman – book reviewInformative, silly and compelling 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Under the Blazing Sun, by Jenny Lund Madsen tr Paul Russell Garrett – book review Funny and full-on, ludicrous and chaotic. And subtle.cafethinking.comUnder the Blazing Sun, by Jenny Lund Madsen tr Paul Russell Garrett – book reviewFunny and full-on, ludicrous and chaotic. And subtle. 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Thirty Days of Darkness, by Jenny Lund Madsen tr Megan Turney – book review Far more fun than it has any right to becafethinking.comThirty Days of Darkness, by Jenny Lund Madsen tr Megan Turney – book reviewFar more fun than it has any right to be 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Stop Dead, by Katrín Júlíusdóttir tr Larissa Kyzer – book review In which desperate times call for desperate measurescafethinking.comStop Dead, by Katrín Júlíusdóttir tr Larissa Kyzer – book reviewIn which desperate times call for desperate measures 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Dead Sweet, by Katrín Júlíusdóttir tr Quentin Bates – book review Hardhitting. Uncomfortable. Compelling.cafethinking.comDead Sweet, by Katrín Júlíusdóttir tr Quentin Bates – book reviewHardhitting. Uncomfortable. Compelling. 110
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 04/05/2026The Science of Storytelling, by Will Storr – book review Take back control. That's what your brain wantscafethinking.comThe Science of Storytelling, by Will Storr – book reviewTake back control. That's what your brain wants 020
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 26/04/2026The Death of Us, by Abigail Dean – book review In which the lead characters have the space to be messy and warm and petty and unkind and generous and flawedcafethinking.comThe Death of Us, by Abigail Dean – book reviewIn which the lead characters have the space to be messy and warm and petty and unkind and generous and flawed 010
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Clown Town: Slough House / Slow Horses book 9, by Mick Herron – book review Juddy brilliantcafethinking.comClown Town: Slough House / Slow Horses book 9, by Mick Herron – book reviewJuddy brilliant 020
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 19/04/2026The Secret Hours, a Slough House/Slow Horses standalone, by Mick Herron – book review Respectful of the genre. Withering on the world. Hilarious.cafethinking.comThe Secret Hours, a Slough House/Slow Horses standalone, by Mick Herron – book reviewRespectful of the genre. Withering on the world. Hilarious. 010
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Wrong about Japan, by Peter Carey – book review How to miss the point but nail the assignmentcafethinking.comWrong about Japan, by Peter Carey – book reviewHow to miss the point but nail the assignment 010
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Bergerac and the Moving Fever, by Andrew Saville – mini book review Authentically originalcafethinking.comBergerac and the Moving Fever, by Andrew Saville – mini book reviewAuthentically original 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Eye Spy, by C M Ewan – book review A fresh twist on a compelling ideacafethinking.comEye Spy, by C M Ewan – book reviewA fresh twist on a compelling idea 111
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Dead Heat, by Sabine Durrant – book review The truth about truthcafethinking.comDead Heat, by Sabine Durrant – book reviewThe truth about truth 111
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 20/03/2026ICYMI Don’t Let Him In, by Lisa Jewell - book review cafethinking.com/2025/09/01/d...cafethinking.comDon’t Let Him In, by Lisa Jewell – book reviewSeriously. Don’t. 000
Reposted by Richard FernandezOrenda Books @orendabooks.bsky.social · 11/11/2025LOVE!! 'Tuomainen continues mining his rich seam of achingly ordinary people put in farcical conditions. This time he explores shared objectives while calling on classic travel movie themes. It’s uproarious and warm. It should be schmaltzy as a Christmas carol but it’s anything but.' #TheWinterJob 032
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 05/12/2025The Power of Continuing Professional Development, by Amanda Rosewarne – book review A holistic view of an often siloed conceptcafethinking.comThe Power of Continuing Professional Development, by Amanda Rosewarne – book reviewA holistic view of an often siloed concept 120
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Seven kinds of people you find in Bookshops, by Shaun Bythell – book review Are you in it?cafethinking.comSeven kinds of people you find in Bookshops, by Shaun Bythell – book reviewAre you in it? 010
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Dead Water – Shetland series book 5, by Ann Cleeves – book/TV review Things are slightly out of controlcafethinking.comDead Water – Shetland series book 5, by Ann Cleeves – book/TV reviewThings are slightly out of control 000
Reposted by Richard FernandezOrenda Books @orendabooks.bsky.social · 06/11/2025'Heart is literally but more importantly figuratively what this novel is about. Some characters have it. Some think they have. Some lose their way because of bad actors. And some people are just cowards. Sigurðardóttir asks us to find our courage, for ourselves and those around us.' Oh my!! 021
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Black as Death, by Lilja Sigurðardóttir tr Lorenza Garcia – book review A masterclass in storytellingcafethinking.comBlack as Death, by Lilja Sigurðardóttir tr Lorenza Garcia – book reviewA masterclass in storytelling 341
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Slow Horses episode reaction S5 E6 Scars Come for the bickering, not the smooth defence of the realmcafethinking.comSlow Horses episode reaction S5 E6 ScarsCome for the bickering, not the smooth defence of the realm 010
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Snowblind at 10 / Fadeout, by Ragnar Jónasson tr Larissa Kyzer – review A true trailblazercafethinking.comSnowblind at 10 / Fadeout, by Ragnar Jónasson tr Larissa Kyzer – reviewA true trailblazer 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Standing by the Wall, a Slough House / Slow Horses interlude, by Mick Herron – review Ho. HO. HO!!!cafethinking.comStanding by the Wall, a Slough House / Slow Horses interlude, by Mick Herron – reviewHo. HO. HO!!! 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Bad Actors: Slough House / Slow Horses book 8, by Mick Herron – book review Worse luck, for some, than the Scottish playcafethinking.comBad Actors: Slough House / Slow Horses book 8, by Mick Herron – book reviewWorse luck, for some, than the Scottish play 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Slough House: Slough House / Slow Horses book 7, by Mick Herron – book review Hands up if you were expecting to see *him* againcafethinking.comSlough House: Slough House / Slow Horses book 7, by Mick Herron – book reviewHands up if you were expecting to see *him* again 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 29/10/2025The Catch, a Slough House/Slow Horses novella, by Mick Herron – book review Spy fwendcafethinking.comThe Catch, a Slough House/Slow Horses novella, by Mick Herron – book reviewSpy fwend 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 29/10/2025The Last Dead Letter, a Slough House/Slow Horses short story by Mick Herron – review Cold War Lamb, reheatedcafethinking.comThe Last Dead Letter, a Slough House/Slow Horses short story by Mick Herron – reviewCold War Lamb, reheated 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Joe Country: Slough House / Slow Horses book 6, by Mick Herron – book review Dreams stay with you, like a mercenary's voice fires the countryside, stay alivecafethinking.comJoe Country: Slough House / Slow Horses book 6, by Mick Herron – book reviewDreams stay with you, like a mercenary's voice fires the countryside, stay alive 011
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 29/10/2025The Drop / The Marylebone Drop, a Slough House/Slow Horses novella, by Mick Herron – book review Baking badcafethinking.comThe Drop / The Marylebone Drop, a Slough House/Slow Horses novella, by Mick Herron – book reviewBaking bad 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Slow Horses episode reaction S5 E5 Circus Emulsional rescuecafethinking.comSlow Horses episode reaction S5 E5 CircusEmulsional rescue 000
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 24/10/2025The Winter Job, by Antti Tuomainen tr David Hackston – book review Sofa the seeds of lovecafethinking.comThe Winter Job, by Antti Tuomainen tr David Hackston – book reviewSofa the seeds of love 120
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Slow Horses episode reaction S5 E4 Missiles On an epic scalecafethinking.comSlow Horses episode reaction S5 E4 MissilesOn an epic scale 010
Richard Fernandez @richardfernandez.bsky.social · 12/10/2025Slow Horses episode reaction S5 E3 Tall Tales The Park and the horses get in each others' waycafethinking.comSlow Horses episode reaction S5 E3 Tall TalesThe Park and the horses get in each others' way 010
