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Welcome to the Connecting Wall. 4 groups of 4 words are hidden in the grid. Each day a new wall. Send me your 4 groups plus a connection for each group. This is just for fun!
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.69.
with1v.bsky.social
Welcome to the Connecting Wall. 4 groups of 4 words are hidden in the grid. Each day a new wall. Send me your 4 groups plus a connection for each group. This is just for fun!
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.69.
January 6, 2026 at 5:22 AM
with1v.bsky.social
Welcome to the Connecting Wall. 4 groups of 4 words are hidden in the grid. Each day a new wall. Send me your 4 groups plus a connection for each group. This is just for fun!
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.68.
January 5, 2026 at 5:23 AM
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Agatha's Christmas concludes tonight. Currently watching Nemesis & will finish with Kenny B's Murder on The Orient Express.
5 Moffatt Poirots, 2 Ustinov Poirots, 1 Finney Poirot, 1 Branagh Poirot, 4 Suchet Poirots, 7 ITV Maples, 4 other Christie stories & 2 Christie radio plays. #AgathasChristmas
January 4, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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Cadfael: The Sanctuary Sparrow. Before they were famous. Natascha McElhone, Hugh Bonneville, Toby Jones and Steven Macintosh.
January 4, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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Tonight @neilmullarkey.com retires from the Comedy Store Players. I want to wish him all the best with all his other endeavours but mostly say thank you for all of the laughs over so many years. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENUFb7rp6Hc
Neil Mullarkey Check Up Scene
YouTube video by Neil Mullarkey
www.youtube.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:01 AM
with1v.bsky.social
Welcome to the Connecting Wall. 4 groups of 4 words are hidden in the grid. Each day a new wall. Send me your 4 groups plus a connection for each group. This is just for fun!
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.67.
January 4, 2026 at 5:35 AM
with1v.bsky.social
Agatha's Christmas:
Still can't find Kenny B's Moustache?
Currently at 5 John Moffatt Poirots, 2 Ustinov Poirots, 1 Finney Poirot, 6 ITV Maples, 4 other Christie stories, 4 Suchet Poirots and 1 other Christie radio play. #AgathasChristmas
January 3, 2026 at 6:17 PM
with1v.bsky.social
Welcome to the Connecting Wall. 4 groups of 4 words are hidden in the grid. Each day a new wall. Send me your 4 groups plus a connection for each group. This is just for fun!
There's no time limit but solutions will be revealed 6pm (UK time) each day. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
Here is grid No.66.
January 3, 2026 at 5:31 AM
with1v.bsky.social
Agatha's Christmas:
Where is Kenny B's Moustache?
Currently at 3 John Moffatt Poirots, 2 Ustinov Poirots, 1 Finney Poirot, 5 ITV Maples, 3 other Christie stories, 3 Suchet Poirots and 1 other Christie radio play. #AgathasChristmas
January 1, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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#DetectivesInOtherSeries
Sally Lindsay (Jean White in Madame Blanch Mysteries) is tonight in Midsomer.
December 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Just been watching a fascinating documentary on the BBC about the fall of American civilization.
December 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Agatha's Christmas:
I'm currently at 2 John Moffatt Poirots, 2 Ustinov Poirots, 1 Finney Poirot, 3 ITV Maples, 3 other Christie stories, 3 Suchet Poirots and 1 other Christie radio play. Still holding out for Kenny B's moustache. #AgathasChristmas
December 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Agatha's Christmas: I'm currently at 2 Ustinov Poirots, 1 Finney Poirot, 2 ITV Maples, 3 other Christie stories, 3 Suchet Poirots and 1 Christie radio play. But where is Kenny B and that moustache? #AgathasChristmas
December 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Polite request. Can all those middle-aged men who keep banging on my door with a handful of queue cards please stop?
Kiera Knightley lives next door and, if I'm honest, your pathetic cries for attention lack originality and beware she sends her elderly grandmother to answer the door. Happy new year!
December 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Agatha's Christmas: I'm currently at 1 Ustinov Poirot, 1 Finney Poirot, 2 ITV Maples, 3 other Christie stories, 3 Suchet Poirots and 1 Christie radio play. #AgathasChristmas
December 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Just a reminder that we play an #OnlyConnect wall each day.
Here is my Christmas day special. Find a new game each day on my wall.
December 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Alexander Armstrong, Abigail Cruttenden, Julian Fellowes and Adam James. Before they were household names, they appeared in one episode of Sharpe.
December 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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#DetectivesInOtherSeries David Burke (Dr Watson) in practically every other detective series since. (Twice in Midsomer, Poirot, Inspector Lynley & Dalziel and Pascoe)
December 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Just checked the listings.
BBC2 4 all.
15:10 25th Dec Evil Under The Sun
15:25 28th Dec Murder on the Orient Express
15:45 29th Dec Death on the Nile

Agatha's Christmas. I'm currently at 1 Maple, 3 other Christie stories, 2 Suchet Poirots and 1 Christie radio play. Ustinov and Finney in waiting.
December 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Agatha's Christmas. I'm currently at 1 Maple, 3 other Christie stories and just starting a Suchet Poirot. Not a sight of Ustinov or Finney yet.
December 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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When the American President was released in UK, Rob & Michele were in the UK to publicise the film. I bumped into them at Leeds Castle on a family day out. Regular people living their lives. Extraordinary people in terms of their impact. RIP Rob & Michele.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz0np02znezo
Rob Reiner: 2 found dead at LA home owned by director, police say
Authorities were called the storied Hollywood director's home on Sunday and found the bodies of a man, 78, and a woman, 68.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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I can tell that we are in the season of joy as I mostly spent yesterday vacuuming out a blocked dishwasher.

(It was a wet/dry vacuum for those who are concerned about my behaviour).
December 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Please do consider tuning in to this special Advent Sunday Service on BBC Radio 4 on 14th December at 08.10am … all about my beloved Jane Austen …

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Sunday Worship, Advent Authors: Jane Austen
The Ven Dr Rachel Mann reflects on Jane Austen to mark her 250th anniversary.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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The bananas on the beach story is an absolute beauty.
December 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM