Hope the sonic waves from the latest #OffGridPod don't rock your yacht too hard. https://offgrid.tlmb.net/2023/03/26/steam-powered-syndicated-stump-ep-31/ #trivia #words #pop #quiz #podcast
CLIO
1 in 9 (of) C(lassical)L(adieswho)I(snothist)O(rical)
Clue-as-def with "?" for lit. vs allegorical interpretations of historical
#FF @roddyhj @roddyhj @FrankMPaul @widdersxwd @MitzCrosswords @nicwhitton @enniscath
Advanced warning: in the next #OffGridPod, we'd solved https://puzzles.independent.co.uk/games/cryptic-crossword-independent?puzzleDate=20230306 (select 6th March 2023). #quiz #trivia #podcast #words
Anyone remember an old (pre-1981, 40s-60s?? b&w?) French #film comedy where the 2 lead characters sing "Viva, viva la liberté!" at the end?
The next yearly cycle of @1AcrossEditor magazine starts soon. https://1across.co.uk/about-us/ #CrypticCrosswords #Crosswords #Cryptics
#Audio gremlins, I hate you. #editing #podcast #OffGridPod #hum #filters #Cut! #perseverance #Rescue #31is13backwards #Phew #Coffee!
If you’re tempted to QT a culture war controversionalist, don’t! Instead post “#PR!”, ‘cos that’s what they don’t want us yelling.
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Looking forward to hearing the county commentators trying to restrain themselves. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/64989204
15 March, or the Ides, is the anniversary of Julius Caesar's death.
A look at the popular stories surrounding his birth and death. He wasn't delivered by caesarean section, he didn't say 'you too, child' to Brutus, and the story that he did is probably a wry literary allusion.
#ancientrome #ancienthistory #history #classics #caesar
https://kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/2017/09/caesars-birth-and-death.html
Britain’s first National Local Radio Station!
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RT @fentonstevens
A gathering of old friends. Lovely day reading through a show for the @INK_festival next month. Come and see us. We can’t last forever. Although it already feels like we have!
https://twitter.com/fentonstevens/status/1636015644503097345
Illegal kites, Russian roulette, hedgehogs, asps, cricket(s): a #logophile's dream of a #trivia-packed #OffGridPod. #quiz #words #podcast
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RT @Skirwingle
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. If you love dross, prefer your dodgy political appointments to be over a century old, or have ever asked, "What's a duck worth, Lewis?" you can revel in the latest #OffGridPod at
https://offgrid.tlmb.net/2023/03/12/cleopatra-bags-…
https://twitter.com/Skirwingle/status/1634942325398077440
There's a (spoiler/helpful bit of GK) for a clue in this puzzle in the latest #OffGridPod. https://offgrid.tlmb.net/2023/03/12/cleopatra-bags-fish/
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RT @TheVoidTLMB
My latest #CrypticCrossword is out, so Hop to it: https://tlmb.net/blog/hop/ . #cryptics #CrypticCrosswords #Wunderbar?
https://twitter.com/TheVoidTLMB/status/1633870935613902848
31st of April, people, 31ST APRIL!
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RT @beesandbombs
#PiDay
https://twitter.com/beesandbombs/status/1238878434274795520
The 1 gaijin kendama 6th Danけん玉六段
Crossword setter(Mev/Prak)
#Podcast: #OffGridPod
Royalist@RoyalKendama;Author;Juggler;
Jokes/quiz/cricket/classics/+ #140Forever