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150: I won’t be Donald-ducking

April 8, 2020

Hullo. Easter week, and I’m still thinking Jesus has to be a little bit miffed it’s called Good Friday. “Yeah, I’ve had better, to be honest” Our go Future...

149: Comewithmecomewithmewelltravel

April 1, 2020

Hullo. A friend of mine was mocked at school because everyone said that he thought spam came from an animal called “a spamial”. He didn’t. Bullies are just...

148: the Escape of the Prisoner

March 25, 2020

Hullo. Since I last wrote I have learned how to make similes in Italian, so can now can be pretentious in two languages. Pre-Abstractly Abstractly Links...

147: a ball of inertia with a collection of offal

March 11, 2020

Hullo. I have a minor cold, but don’t worry, I strong suspect it really is just a cold, and I have been self-isolating my entire life....

146: Nod, nod, noddity nod

March 4, 2020

Hullo. A short one this week, as I want to get it to you as soon as possible, but it also includes Fresh Exclusive New Content, so I hope you’ll forgive me....

145: the medium of a tiny owl judging me

February 26, 2020

Hullo. I had a couple of weeks off the newsletter due to nothing happening. Stasis field accident. You know how it is. MayLudomeetLinksGerman for “why did...

144: momentarily Manichean

February 6, 2020

Hullo. I think I’m having today off. The way I’m having today off is to write this especially long newsletter. There is something fundamentally wrong with...

143: Imagine the Neverending Story for adults, if not grown-ups

January 29, 2020

Hullo. I have the basis of the Tracks of the Year done, but don’t quite have enough time today to write it up. In which case, I’ll knock it to next week, and...

142: Diamanda Galas said that mortality is insulting

January 22, 2020

Hullo. I’m about to go and meet up with a bunch of Old Games Journalists for a meal, so it’s appropriate that I’m hurriedly assembling a bunch of links and...

141: “Some”

January 8, 2020

Hullo. Someone asked me if I could do regular tracks of the week in the newsletter, but thanks to Tom Ewing I’ve been mainly listening to Enola Gay by...

140: Jaded regular readers

January 2, 2020

Hullo. I meant to do this yesterday, but I decided to start my 2020 schedule with a full day of wrestling with a difficult hangover. Arcana Art Once...

139: I’ve been the Queen’s Spaceship.

December 18, 2019

Hullo. This week I learned that due to an understandable fear and loathing of songs in books, Jamie skips anything he sees written in italics. Jamie is a...

138: It's not the despair, it's the hope.

December 11, 2019

Hullo. No books out this week, but some things to say. Swiftly, as I have to meet someone in – oooh – half an hour. UnitedLinksByyyyeeee!!! **** I was out...

137: Barbed wire made of glistening hard candy

December 4, 2019

ANSWERS ONLINE Hullo. This week I went to Athens, where I can confirm they have some well old stuff. D10 Roses Links Like Comics, but without pictures...

136: Justice For Agnes Nitt

November 27, 2019

Hullo. As we work from home, we basically act as an ad hoc parcel delivery place for the neighbourhood. There has been two weird quirks in the last week....

135: freeform fluid pop-work

November 20, 2019

Hullo. I missed a week, because I am awful. Once More McK Watch Careers In The Toilets DIE1ONCEMORE Amnesty Links Byyyyeeee!!! **** Once & Future 4 is out...

134: I find that ominous too.

November 6, 2019

Hullo. This week I finally joined a gym. Yes, this is in the traditional joke intro part, but I’m not joking. Stop laughing at me. I’ll tell my mum....

133: Duncan confused, Bridgette phlegmatic

October 30, 2019

Hullo. Having finished Derry Girls, I’m now listening to the playlist of every song on it, which is probably the moment when David Kohl would club me to...

132: the elf who lived in a basement in Rivendell

October 16, 2019

Hullo. Murderous Grandma Nerdy Links Byyyyeeee!!! **** Once & Future 3 drops today, wherein we dive straight into the action, Bridgette’s determination to be...

131: where three stars should be.

October 10, 2019

Hullo. It seems these newsletters are being primarily written in short breaks when travelling. At the moment, I’m flying between Boston and New York before a...