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Dining Table Discworld
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A monthly podcast where a geeky, British couple rereads & discusses the Discworld books, at their dining table.
https://diningtablediscworld.podbean.com
Available on most pod catchers also YouTube & Facebook.

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Seen in Another Place...
Discworld heraldry: 2026 - Year of the Curious Squid. (A heraldic shield stands behind a curious-looking squid!)
January 1, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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Discworld Calendar - December 2008
Tiffany Thaws by Sandy Nightingale
The final Discworld Calendar is from Wintersmith, and has a bit of unexpected romance.
Happy New Year!
A young, white woman with long, dark brown hair wears a tall, white crown and a long, light blue dress with a snowflake-shaped hem. She is on tiptoe, grabbing the lapels of a young man and kissing him. The young man is in shades of white, grey and pale blue, his hair is pure white and spiky, his coat is long and patterned, he has calf-length, blue boots and frosty cuffs and cravat; he looks very surprised to be kissed and has his arms spread wide. The couple are surrounded by clouds, with lightning coming out of one, and transparent spikes like railings poking up out of others.
December 31, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Discworld Calendar - December 2006
Manning the Barricades by Jon Sullivan
Perhaps a picture meant to be set in May is an odd choice for December, but the angry sky lends a blue cast to everything which feels wintery (or maybe I just feel wintery). I am questioning Vimes' bare arms in any case. Brrr
Manning the Barricades by Jon Sullivan A man bare-armed man with armor, cloak, eye patch and sword, carries a chair by its legs, while a child in a red coat and top hat tries to pick his pocket. Beyond them is a sign that says Treacle Mine Road and a row of tudor-style houses with tiled roofs. In the background are 3 men with roundhead-style helmets. The sky above looks stormy and annoyed.
December 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
rincewind.run Micah @rincewind.run · 9d
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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javaelemental.bsky.social
I post this quote for Christmas every year, but usually without any context. Here's a little context.
‘Hogfather,’ Terry Pratchett
REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Our new special episode about the Hogfather TV show references a couple of other podcasts that recently talked about David Jason:
Comfort Blanket (hosted by @gralefrit.bsky.social), specifically the Count Duckula episode.
@xplainthexmen.bsky.social, specifically episode 507 which has Hogfather info.
dtdiscworld.bsky.social Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 13d
It's the shortest day of the year (where we are), so what better time to discuss the Hogfather TV adaptation. Angels & creatures are omitted, a pixie is briefly added, everyone's doing good work. We brush past how the longest night works on the Disc. Happy Hogswatch!
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Dining Table Discworld - Hogfather TV
We discuss the live action, TV adaptation of Hogfather. Including what's changed from the book, how menacing Mark Warren is, and the quality of the visuals. Also is the Ankh the Maris Crane of rivers?...
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December 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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A poem for Winter Solstice: "The Shortest Day" by Susan Cooper, author The Dark is Rising and numerous other luminous books.

The image is from www.thelostland.com. The poem is © Susan Cooper.
The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper: And so the Shortest Day came and the year died / And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world / Came people singing, dancing, / To drive the dark away. / They lighted candles in the winter trees; / They hung their homes with evergreen; / They burned beseeching fires all night long / To keep the year alive. / And when the new year’s sunshine blazed awake / They shouted, reveling. / Through all the frosty ages you can hear them / Echoing behind us—listen! / All the long echoes, sing the same delight, / This Shortest Day, / As promise wakens in the sleeping land: / They carol, feast, give thanks, / And dearly love their friends, / And hope for peace. / And now so do we, here, now, / This year and every year. / Welcome, Yule!
December 21, 2025 at 7:14 AM
dtdiscworld.bsky.social
It's the shortest day of the year (where we are), so what better time to discuss the Hogfather TV adaptation. Angels & creatures are omitted, a pixie is briefly added, everyone's doing good work. We brush past how the longest night works on the Disc. Happy Hogswatch!
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-vst6y-...
Dining Table Discworld - Hogfather TV
We discuss the live action, TV adaptation of Hogfather. Including what's changed from the book, how menacing Mark Warren is, and the quality of the visuals. Also is the Ankh the Maris Crane of rivers?...
www.podbean.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Discworld Calendar - December 2005
Tiffany in the Snowy Wood of Shadows by Jon Sullivan
There's something so wonderful about Tiffany's expression here. Also nice to have a wintery Tiffany picture that isn't from Wintersmith.
A young, white girl in a short-sleeved, blue dress walks through a snowy wood. She wears over-sized black boots that have left a trail of footprints in the snow behind her. She has a big, black frying pan strapped to her back and a toad tucked into her brown apron. The trees are dark, their branches are tangled in the background and their trunks twisted with face-like bits
December 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Discworld Calendar - December 2004
Mr & Mrs War by David Wyatt
Not a Hogswatch or wintry picture, but there is something kinda cold about it, despite all the red. Maybe it's how tired the Wars look.
A man on horseback and a woman at an ironing board dominate this picture. He is on a reddish-brown horse with a red mane, he wears bright red armour on his top half, including a red helmet, he is also wearing pyjama trousers and matching slippers. He has a red mustache and is daintily drinking from a small tea cup. His saddle is slung with skulls, his scabbard has a sword, pistol handle and multiple golf clubs. She stands behind the ironing board holding up a pair of bright red trousers, with a tired, resigned expression, she wears a red dress, white apron pinned by a big gold brooch, chunky necklace and blue fluffy slippers. On the floor under the ironing board is a pair of bright red, armoured boots. The background is blue and misty around the ground, but at about shoulder height it changes to a red image of warfare, a churning mass in battle against a bloody sky.
December 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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We have gone to the city where Cathy was born to see Paul Kidby's Designing Discworld exhibition, which will be here until January. Before we even get into the exhibition itself the museum has a cabinet with a hippo skull and a stuffed owl, very Ankh-Morpork.
A vertical banner outside a brick building that says: Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum Designing Terry Pratchett's Discworld There's a picture of Great A'tuin a couple of elephants and the Discworld A hippopotamus skull, it is big and risky A stuffed tawny owl, positioned as though about to take off. The reflection on the cabinet looks like it's ringed in lights.
December 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Very good article about Pratchett's legacy from @rickandwrite.bsky.social
I was moderating that World Fantasy panel start of last month, and as it was the last day of the con we were probably more Ish than Fresh, but talking about Pratchett isn't a chore and people enjoyed it.
britfantasysoc.bsky.social British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 25d
Fresh(ish) from a panel at World Fantasycon discussing all things Discworld, @rickandwrite.bsky.social reflects on the legacy of Sir Terry Pratchett’s most famous works, and why fans are still discovering new things in well-worn paperback copies.
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White graphic with an image of a witch on a broomstick, the grim reaper, a photo of Terry Pratchett and one of Rick Danforth. Text reads: Celebrating the Legacy of Terry Pratchett's Discworld
December 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Discworld Calendar - December 2003
On the Brink by Douglas Carrel
A dramatic climax in Hogfather where Susan helps save an early incarnation of the Hogfather from the auditor's unreal dog shapes. Very myffic
A starry night, a steep, snowy mountainside. A woman with a black outfit and white hair with a black streak clings to the back of a huge boar. The boar is bleeding and panicking, and close to falling off a snow-covered ledge. The boar is being worried and attacked by a group of dog-shaped creatures who have the same colouration as the starry night sky above.
December 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Discworld Calendar - December 1999
Hogfather by Josh Kirby
Tis the season, so of course we start with the iconic Hogfather cover. Only just noticed how much kingly ermine looks like a father Christmas suit. Not all the calendar entries will be Hogfather this month, but it is well represented.
A snowy city landscape below a sky full of stars. Four huge, pink boars with red reins pull a wooden sleigh through the sky. Driving the sleigh is a blue-eyed skeleton in a familiar red and white fur-trimmed outfit with matching hat. Hanging off one side is an old man with a green, pixie outfit. Hanging off the other side is a big, beefy guy. Sitting in the back, surrounded by objects that might be toys, is a slender woman with white hair holding a scythe. Beneath this group a sinister man in black holds a dagger and has his foot down a chimney. A king in a red and white fur-trimmed cloak is pushing his hand on the back of a poor, old man carrying a bundle of sticks, who looks rather annoyed. A be-ruffed servant stands behind the king holding a tureen aloft. Perched on a turret below the foremost pigs is a raven ridden by a skeletal rat with a cowl and scythe.
December 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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We've just watched the Hogfather show and this line is in there verbatim.
ladywicket.bsky.social Lady Wicket 💖 What happened to Peace on Earth 2026 😬 @ladywicket.bsky.social · Dec 1
“..and then Jack chopped down the beanstalk adding murder and ecological vandalism to the theft, enticement and trespass charges..but he got away with it..Which proves you can be excused just about anything if you're a hero…!"
Terry Pratchett; Hogfather #Discworld #HogswatchSeason #MerryDecember🎄🎅🪾🫘
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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The Roundworld year for 2026 shall be known as [FX Drum Roll] : The Year of the Curious Squid. Artwork by Discworld artist Paul Kidby.
A painting of a curious squid by Paul Kidby
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Discworld Calendar - November 2008
We're running on cabbages! by Dominic Harman
My cabbages! Exploding cabbages and a lot of horsepower, amazing such speeds are possible!
A night sky. A coach drawn by four horses belts along apparently on clouds, the driver is almost blown from his seat, his hat blown from his head. Ahead of the actual horses a big, spectral horse fills the sky. All around flaming cabbages shoot like falling stars.
November 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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For the weekend crowd, our Jingo episode is now available on various podcatchers. War is coming to Ankh-Morpork & too many people are excited, making it hard for the Watch to keep the peace. We discuss how relevant this book feels still, hopefully it will continue to be instructive to folk like us.
dtdiscworld.bsky.social Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · Nov 26
Jingo
Ankh-Morpork prepares for war, which is no good if your job is keeping the peace. Vimes does what he knows, even when it takes him outside his city. We discuss the good influence this book has on us and how it is, regrettably, still very relevant right now.
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Dining Table Discworld - Jingo
Suddenly Ankh-Morpork is keen to go to war, which is bad news for those trying to keep the peace. Vimes chases a suspect out of his element and learns something about big crimes and little crimes. Mea...
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November 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Discworld Calendar - November 2005
Moving Pictures by David Frankland
Not a wintery scene per se but there's something cool about the colours and the silhouettes. The sun seems like it's light and warmth aren't getting as far as they should
All in silhouette: two big trolls, which look like humanoid piles of rocks shedding pebbles, hold spiky clubs and chase a man in a loincloth, who is facing them with a sword. A shaggy dog sits in front of a film camera being operated by a man with a lot of tools attached to his belt. Behind him is a paunchy figure with a pointy hat standing in front of a megaphone and a directors chair. In the background the sky is blue, the sun a bright yellow circle and there's the faded silhouette of a small hill with a big sign saying Holywood.
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Jingo
Ankh-Morpork prepares for war, which is no good if your job is keeping the peace. Vimes does what he knows, even when it takes him outside his city. We discuss the good influence this book has on us and how it is, regrettably, still very relevant right now.
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-xib32-...
Dining Table Discworld - Jingo
Suddenly Ankh-Morpork is keen to go to war, which is bad news for those trying to keep the peace. Vimes chases a suspect out of his element and learns something about big crimes and little crimes. Mea...
www.podbean.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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yeets.biz
and that's fucking ridiculous! you shouldn't have to apply Vimes boots theory to a fucking santa hat you're gonna wear for like 2 or 3 events per year. that old santa hat that lasted 2 decades was like 15 or 20 dollars
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Discworld Calendar - November 2004
The Librarian by Paul Kidby
Another bookish picture with our favourite orangutan. I guess November is a good month for staying inside and reading. I mean all months are but the dark, cold and wet feel like good excuses not to go out.
An orangutan (The Librarian) is sitting in a glowing magic circle with four very dribbly candles around the edge. The Librarian looks a bit cross and is holding a big, leatherbound book with all four hands. The covers of the book have a stylised picture of a turtle with a world in its back, which is also glowing, the book has a metal chain coming out of its spine. In a lower hand the Librarian holds a set of gold keys on a ring. There's discarded banana peels around the floor and piles of smaller, leatherbound books in the background.
November 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
“‘Do you think there’s something a bit… odd about Littlebottom?’ ‘Seems like a perfectly ordinary female to me,’ said Angua. ‘Female? He told you he was female?’ ‘She,’ Angua corrected. ‘This is Ankh-Morpork, you know. We’ve got extra pronouns here.’”
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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cybersten.bsky.social
Trying out last years cosplay costume ahead of Birmingham Comic-Con at the end of the month. #Hogfather #ComicCon #MurderOnTheDanceFloor #FaithAndGeekery
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Discworld Calendar - November 2003
When books of magic are left to themselves by Sandy Nightingale
Another bookish picture, but this time with a horde of strange little eldritch creatures. Not sure if they're more spooky or cute.
Three leatherbound books with golden chains, one is open and leaning against the other two. One page has a grand looking picture of a wizard standing before a lecturn below a vaulted ceiling. Around this is are stylised pictures of a hare and a small tree. The opposite page has some writing and a pyramid symbol, these are mostly obscured by the tiny horrors scurrying all over the books. There are about a dozen little gribbly creatures of all different shapes, some are blobby, some are like bulbous-eyed flies, some has transparent bits. A central one has a head like a bird skull, a rat-tail and bat-like wings.
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM