PeterJDunn

We are all in his debt. I am particularly in his debt, as I have appeared in 27 episodes and have learnt so much from him. A peerless presenter and a wonderful man.

Eric Mival, The Prisoner’s legendary music editor and Rhyl’s finest, has passed away at the age of 86. Aside from Ron Grainer’s majestic theme, Mival was responsible for choosing the eclectic soundtrack that peppered the series and helped make it so memorable. #ericmival

Eric Mival’s Film Collection

Film is Fabulous! are pleased to announce that films from the private collection of Eric Mival, the former freelance editor, who worked for the BBC, MGM, and ITC, will be catalogued and preserved.

Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, ♦
at the presence of the God of Jacob,

Who turns the hard rock into a pool of water, ♦
the flint-stone into a springing well.
(Ps 114) ✝️⚓️

Great up to the last 10 mins. The defeat of the big bad and rescue of people made no sense at all, though the Mrs Flood and 3 fans bits at the very end were fun.

Some costime pics from @easterconuk.bsky.social at the ICC in Belfast today.

Just off to hear @DerekLandy.bsky.social speak in his GOH slot at Easterconuk.bsky.social . My son has read much more of his stuff than I, but he was such a good speaker on an earlier panel that I want to hear more.

Replica Beagle2 @ICC Belfast for Eastercon today. Pics : folded up as it would be on landing, Robert Hill, Director of the Northern Ireland Space Office demonstrating during his talk the robot arm with many sensors, & a tiny pop up bit that was a curved mirror allowing a 360 degree pic to be taken.

Original Bungle Bear from Rainbow.

If you want to see a real terrifying children's TV animal change try the the original Bungle from Rainbow...

The puppeteer, Nigel Plaskitt, is the original one but the Puppet isn't. Someone else kept the original. Nigel has made 2? I think replacement Hartleys since and they are pretty close to the original.

YouTube video by BAR 333 Mason Boyne

youtu.be/SBEtQQZ7Z9I?...

From Prisoner (and many other things) actress Norma West's Facebook feed...
www.facebook.com/share/p/1Vzb...

One of the great mysteries of The Box of Delights is why the Bishop of Tatchester is addressed as 'Your Grace', a form of address reserved for archbishops. I think the most logical explanation is that Tatchester was, at some distant time in the past (perhaps under Offa?) briefly a metropolitan see

Edouard Lartet’s 1864 discovery of this mammoth engraved on a mammoth tusk at La Madeleine in France provided clear evidence that humans had lived there alongside extinct ice age animals

Nigel said the image on screen was the very 1st version on Topov the monkey which both looked hideous and was terrible to work as a puppet. He said later versions were better. Various suggestions were made as to who Topov 1 looked like with an audience suggestion of Fu Manchu getting most laughs.

By coincidence it was fun to see and hear Hartley Hare / Nigel Plaskitt from Pipkins at today's Christmas Kaleidoscope event in Birmingham's MAC. Well done organisers Chris Perry et al.

Chris Perry interviews HartleyHare / Nigel Plaskitt from Pipkins at Kaleiodscope event in Birmingham's MAC.

Hartley Hare / Nigel Plaskitt from Pipkins at Kaleiodscope event in Birmingham's MAC.

It was fun to see and hear Hartley Hare / Nigel Plaskitt from Pipkins at today's Christmas Kaleidoscope event in Birmingham's MAC. Well done Chris Perry et al.

Dune has the same plot as the Westminster Dog Show: After generations of careful breeding, we have produced this perfect little freak of nature and now it has behavioral issues

Hope you feel better soon.

A funeral procession performed by rabbits. The rabbits carry bells, a cross and wax tapers before the coffin which is carried by two dogs. A lone rabbit sits on the coffin blowing a trumpet. The rabbit priest stands before the coffin in full vestments and sprinkles the coffin with holy water.

The rabbit funeral procession from the Gorleston Psalter. The rabbits have a processional cross and a series of wax tapers to light the way. The rabbit priest sprinkles holy water on the coffin. Two dogs carry the bier. 14th cent. Add 49622 @britishlibrary.bsky.social #skystorians #medieval

The Prisoner - Dance of the Dead by Anthony Skene (17th November 1967). Mary Morris guests as the new Number Two.

Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy The Portmeirion Road by Fiona Moore

Have you read?

The Portmeirion Road by Fiona Moore at Clarkesworld

I adore these stories of Morag, the tech-builder from The Spoil Heap. Read the earlier 2 stories linked at the bottom of the story page first for setting and context.

clarkesworldmagazine.com/moore_05_24/

Over on the old site a load of people are having a tantrum over this sign. See if you can guess why.

Sad news. I prefer hard SF & dystopia to the more ethereal, but Christopher Priest suckered me in with hard SF Inverted World & his dystopia Fugue for a Darkening Island & soon had me lost & enthralled in his Dream Archipelago stories- much like the characters therein www.ninaallan.co.uk?p=6855

1st post here. I rarely post on books these days but I must make an exception for this. Just finished my hardback of @ianmcdonald.bsky.social 's ‘Hopeland’ One of his best works and it had me playing Graceland in the car this week.. Beautiful dedication to Enid at the start and end.