Can you believe we now live in a world in which we have copies of all but two of Katarina's episodes - seems film collectors were big fans! #DoctorWho
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Can you believe we now live in a world in which we have copies of all but two of Katarina's episodes - seems film collectors were big fans! #DoctorWho
I just can't believe that we have two excellent seasons of Drag Race going on at the same time in 2026
New Opportunity β Join Our Team!
Weβre looking for a Freelance Schools Programme Project Officer to help deliver the Agatha Christie Festivalβs 2026/27 creative learning programme across Torbay schools.
You have until 16 March to apply.
Find out more:
www.iacf-uk.org/news/vacancy...
Earl of Devon claiming that people will miss hereditary peers
Lol no
(The only other song I've had to mute cos I love it too much is Don't Shut Me Down, but I suspect that ABBA won't be popping up as surprise guests in Brockwell Park.)
Will miss Hoopla this year (Sunday ticket for sale!), mostly sad to miss Agnes because I've been so obsessed with Here Comes the Night that I've had to mute it on Spotify cos it ended up on every playlist.
youtu.be/YJFrPzsOosU?...
(Do NOT watch the video if you're photosensitive. I'm not and needed a lie downπ‘)
The big surprise with lyrics websites is learning that the nonsense I've been singing for years is... sometimes correct?!
("Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue" opening Ordinary World the latest offender)
The BBCβs job is to βinform, educate, and entertainβ? Letβs talk about the middle word.
What follows is the story of what we found in an FOI request (per the Observer) about the Corporation killing off plans to launch an online catalogue and failing to deliver βlearning for people of all agesβ. π§΅
The Swinging Christies link www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...
For World Book Day, why not book in for this (as well as The Swinging Christies LIVE and Gray's brilliant talk)?
William Mervyn
I wonder if he and William Mervyn reminisced about The War Machines during rehearsals
Michael Craze in Crown Court
Let's spin the wheel and see which actor who regularly appeared in Doctor Who is in this Crown Court case...
Today it's......
Michael Craze!
Wow, what an incredible 24 hours!
Since launching the Agatha Christie Festival 2026 literary programme, weβve sold a record number of tickets and are absolutely thrilled!
A huge thank you to everyone who has already booked from across the UK and around the world!
www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...
(Don't have the heart to say I'm boycotting Eurovision)
Turns out I'm slowly turning my family into me, which is bad news for them. Nephew was disappointed with the Brits because he prefers Eurovision and my sister is taking the family to Wallingford for half term so they can take in some Agatha sights while near Oxford?!
Wait did we promote this at the same time to the MINUTE π
The Swinging Christies link www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...
For World Book Day, why not book in for this (as well as The Swinging Christies LIVE and Gray's brilliant talk)?
Description of my Agatha Christie on Screen talk
My solo talk for @agathafestival.bsky.social - it'll be fun! Lots to cover...
"Frankly, we don't want to know" days Kirk's boss in The Simpsons
Maybe there are people who open a thin Doctor Who paperback looking for an extensive discussion of familicide and blackheads in the opening chapter
The weirdness of the Doctor Who Target audio collections means that I have moved from a reading of The Creature from the Pit by David Fisher (funny and clever, read by Tom Baker) to the excruciating The Twin Dilemma by Eric Saward, which is somehow worse than the TV version, albeit in different ways
Description of my Agatha Christie on Screen talk
My solo talk for @agathafestival.bsky.social - it'll be fun! Lots to cover...
We are BACK!
SumUp seems a good option - with a card reader I could take pretty much any card with a per-transaction fee of 1.69% - if anyone has experience let me know
Samsung phone btw