Yeah, I don't think Gaudy Night is a great place to start either. You have to build up to that one. I am currently bingeing on all of Georgette Heyer's murder mysteries, which are quite formulaic, but easy to unwind with.
What a great podcast. I could listen to you talk about crime fiction all day. With reference to one of the points you made on the pod, I think Documents In The Case may have been the first Sayers I read, and it never did me any harm!
I love this news story from Los Alamos labs, warning drone pilots to stay away. A textbook example of how to say "We will shoot you down" without actually saying "We will shoot you down" dronexl.co/2026/01/20/l...
Looking forward to it!
I really enjoyed that episode
Controversial opinion here, but I like the Discover feed. I like being able to easily flick between my friends talking about stuff I already know I'm going to like, and a wider pool of people talking about stuff that I might not know about.
Happy Yule everyone, we've made it half way through the dark
I think he's on the wrong track
You see, this is why we need a license fee
The live camera at the seal colony on Blakeney Point, Norfolk, started broadcasting again yesterday. Yay! Sea-labradors for everyone until January! www.youtube.com/live/Jh1kFGn...
Oh this was a fun one, working with Waxcap Wizard Steve Hindle and the ball of energy that is Rosie Holdsworth, on this film for the National Trust youtu.be/HruPbPB7OKU
Yes, it's just spineless, and shows, I think, that he's basically sympathetic to many on the right who've been undermining the organisation that provided him with a career and a big house near Henley.
I have seen them. They have one in Avebury
Yes. All the time. But real ones.
Did you know reading rots your brain? Especially if you're young, working class and living 120ish years ago. It might give you ideas above your station. Luckily some girls did it anyway youtu.be/BlsHsa7OYCE
A video showing Trump in a crown shitting on the American people is not a pro-Trump message. If he thinks it is, it's further proof of how deluded he has become.
So judgemental!
The audio transcription software that I use is really prudish. It keeps replacing the surname of Doctor Who's longest serving script editor with four asterisks.
"We can't be sure that image is a real face" feels like a harsh judgement from Bluesky facial age verification
Evil incarnate. I love it.
I received a parcel in a very large cardboard box today. I had to strongly fight the urge to climb into it and make a fort. I am nearly 53 years old.
The real Berkshire nuns were far more independently-minded than Townsend-Warner's though. They got a ticking off from the Bishop for staring out of the windows at men, and some of them escaped to the nearest town to have a good time
I read this just after filming the excavation of a nunnery in Berkshire and now I can't ever separate the two in my mind youtu.be/rg0VE_zRBWw?...
One for the old-school Doctor Who fans, you scurvy dogs and narrow-hipped vixens. Today I've been to Irongron's Castle!
Pastry case, fruit base, custard, sprinkles, job done
I like fruit tart, my husband likes trifle, today we compromised and invented the trifle tart
Magnificent
Here's a good Doctor Who podcast! I'm on it, but don't let that put you off emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https://...
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I don't care about the science, where can I get some of those super fluffy mice!? www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
