22/12/2025

"I used to hate buying presents"

Merry Christmas! This week it's five reindeers prancing (why are they called "rein" deer?), four German zoos, three types of gift I give my family, two knees-a-clicking (not mine), and a partridge in a pear tree!

Ministry of Rightspeak
Quintuplicate letters

What's Dis
Reindeer, Caribou

Something Different
The Twelve Days of Christmas

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

Also featuring the songs:

"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
by Johnny Marks and Robert L. May
performed by Mmm De, YouTube.

"Deck the Halls"
performed by Kevin MacLeod.

01/12/2025

"Stranger Things season five means nothing to me"

Fetch! Sit! Watch every Wes Anderson film! This week it's dog breeds. Are St Bernards truly blessed? Are terriers terrible? Are whippets always huffing gas? Tune in to find out!

Harvey Dudgeon
Knots

Etymology
Dog breeds

Cryptic Corner

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

Also featuring the songs:

"Nymphetamine (Fix)"
by Cradle of Filth.

"Gotta catch 'em all!"
by John Siegler and John Loeffler
performed by Jason Paige.

"Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs"
by Bruce Miller and Darryl Phinnesse
performed by Sid and the Comeds.

29/09/2025

"Your whole system falls apart"

Will the real Slim Shady please explain English conditionals. With pleasure! And which spice is known as the stinking gum? Tune in to hear why Anti-Lock Braking is actually the nanny state.

Oxford New Words

Plants of Interest
Asafoetida

Motor Scrap Auto Service
Anti-lock braking

Punch Up The Psalm
Psalm 101: I will sing of mercy and judgment

New Accent Please

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Music by Kevin MacLeod, arranged by Kit Foxley

Also featuring songs by Eminem.