Philip Gwynne Jones

#NowEating it’s another @rachelaliceroddy.bsky.social night, this time with a lovely chickpea, pasta and chestnut soup.

Spring is on the way and it’ll soon be too warm for a dish like this, so it was just the right time.

Ah well. Here we go again. Streak of 1. #Wordle 1,719 4/6

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DM us and we'll sort something out...

I'd also say she's better than he is. I mean, they're both obviously reading off autocue, and I would never normally bash somebody for having a go, but - for a man who spent 2-3 years on Mon, that accent is ofnadwy.

As has been said, you don't get to join the race for the last 100 metres and claim you won the marathon....

Brilliant! Do give her my very best wishes!

(if you want a signed copy mail me and we'll sort something out...)

That does look lovely!

Spinach for extra veggies, and it adds a little body to the sauce as well. Two frozen cubes, microwaved , with the excess water squeezed out.

Marlene!

The theme song is regrettable (should have let Marlene sing it her way) but otherwise there’s a lot to admire in this one.

#NowEating Thai Red shredded chicken curry night

I was speaking with an elderly American couple in church the other day who kept apologising...

It reminded me of working in Germany in the 90s when people of a similar age would also keep apologising...

He spent a couple of years on Ynys Mon, a place where literally everyone speaks at least some Welsh and so you might think...if he'd taken the opportunity...he'd be really good. Oh well...

Stewart Lee? I didn't know that. My gateway to him was Lovecraft's "Supernatural Horror in Literature" which gave me a huge backlist of writers to investigate.

Menywod dewr iawn.

Excellent film with Barbara on top form. And yes, stick with the B&W version!

Arthur Machen, legend of supernatural fiction, and one of the few people HP Lovecraft would admit to liking, #BOTD 1863

Argh! I thought I’d been so clever and my guess at 5 had just left one possibility! #Wordle 1,718 X/6

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Late to the game today!!

Nearly forgot to post this! #Wordle 1,717 3/6

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My favourite one of theirs, and yes, side 2 is genuinely epic...

(bonus point for the album title drop in "Stargazer")

Gotta be honest, I really liked his 90s stuff but he turned out to be such an utter arse I find it unlistenable now.

With all the renewed interest in 1953's Stolen Face thanks to the re-release on Hammer's own 4K disc set, recorded a few years ago, here's a chance to revisit Ben's musings on the subject and its wider cinematic outings from the sublime to the not so much...

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#HammerBites

I love this. It's pretty much a perfect adaptation.

Next month! April 2nd.

There's a couple of cracking offers on throughout March. If you're in the UK you can pick up the Kindle edition of "The Magus of Sicily" for just 99p. And for those of you in the US, "The Angels of Venice" is 99c.

Happy reading!

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I broke and went for it. I’m gonna be about a kilometre from the stage, in Milan. Abd yes, of course, no Neil. But the new drummer is fantastic, and so I’m expecting a real “Farewell to Kings”

We remember which team the “Prince of Wales” was supporting in the last World Cup.

You two, frankly, can piss off.

Which is genuinely a thing!

Thank you both xx