Alan Connor
@alanconnor.bsky.social
www.alanconnor.com/log/
Author: 188 Words For Rain etc
Screenwriter: Borat 2, The Rack Pack etc
Compiler: Everyman, House of Games etc
Jokes: HIGNFY, Brooker etc
Editor: Guardian crossword
Author: 188 Words For Rain etc
Screenwriter: Borat 2, The Rack Pack etc
Compiler: Everyman, House of Games etc
Jokes: HIGNFY, Brooker etc
Editor: Guardian crossword
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Puzzlers! Solve a present problem and do your bit for BBC Children in Need Day: www.fifteensquared.net/2025/11/14/3... #BBCChildrenInNeed @rnib.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Puzzlers! Solve a present problem and do your bit for BBC Children in Need Day: www.fifteensquared.net/2025/11/14/3... #BBCChildrenInNeed @rnib.bsky.social
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Neither Tim Davie nor Deborah Turness incited an insurrection against the US Capitol. Congressman didn’t have to flee for their lives because of a BBC Panorama edit.
That all happened because of President Donald Trump. If he didn’t resign, it’s truly *insane* that anyone else does.
That all happened because of President Donald Trump. If he didn’t resign, it’s truly *insane* that anyone else does.
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Neither Tim Davie nor Deborah Turness incited an insurrection against the US Capitol. Congressman didn’t have to flee for their lives because of a BBC Panorama edit.
That all happened because of President Donald Trump. If he didn’t resign, it’s truly *insane* that anyone else does.
That all happened because of President Donald Trump. If he didn’t resign, it’s truly *insane* that anyone else does.
I worked there.
This response is quite embarrassing.
This response is quite embarrassing.
Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage
Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage
Davie tells staff departure was “my own decision” but it comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way it edited a Trump speech
Tim Davie, the BBC’s director general, and the head of BBC News have resigned after a former adviser to the corporation accused it of “serious and systemic” bias in its coverage of issues including Donald Trump, Gaza and trans rights.
In a shock move, Davie said his depature was his own, but comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way the broadcaster edited a Donald Trump speech. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I worked there.
This response is quite embarrassing.
This response is quite embarrassing.
Play Shuffalo: Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Can you make a longer word with each new letter?
www.newyorker.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Play Shuffalo: Friday, October 31, 2025
Can you make a longer word with each new letter?
www.newyorker.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Remembering Mary Hansen on her birthday
youtu.be/DSXf0RRtSQ8
youtu.be/DSXf0RRtSQ8
Stereolab - Les Yper Sound (Live on Later With Jools Holland)
YouTube video by Stereolab
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November 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Remembering Mary Hansen on her birthday
youtu.be/DSXf0RRtSQ8
youtu.be/DSXf0RRtSQ8
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I think there are still tickets available for this: I will be talking to the great @quantick.bsky.social about my #IntoTheGroove book and 80s pop history at Waterstones Hastings, this Wednesday at 5pm. www.waterstones.com/events/justi...
October 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I think there are still tickets available for this: I will be talking to the great @quantick.bsky.social about my #IntoTheGroove book and 80s pop history at Waterstones Hastings, this Wednesday at 5pm. www.waterstones.com/events/justi...
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October 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Identify cities using satellite images in this daily puzzle game, where each guess zooms out for enhanced clues.
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October 9, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
The best music club in West London, I mean the world.
signup.com/client/invit...
Solo, ensembles, SEN, supported places.
Please share!
signup.com/client/invit...
Solo, ensembles, SEN, supported places.
Please share!
October 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The best music club in West London, I mean the world.
signup.com/client/invit...
Solo, ensembles, SEN, supported places.
Please share!
signup.com/client/invit...
Solo, ensembles, SEN, supported places.
Please share!
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A lot of great things in this auction, but for the modernists out there, here's Allen Tate's annotated first edition, first issue copy of T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land
www.swanngalleries.com/auction-lot/...
www.swanngalleries.com/auction-lot/...
Lot - T.S. Eliot. The Waste Land, Allen Tate's Copy. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922.
www.swanngalleries.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A lot of great things in this auction, but for the modernists out there, here's Allen Tate's annotated first edition, first issue copy of T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land
www.swanngalleries.com/auction-lot/...
www.swanngalleries.com/auction-lot/...
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For real, it's Crowley Time! Episode 39: The DiPoni Contingency, as seen live on stages throughout the land, is on your podcast app and at crowleytime.com NOW! What happened to Marco DiPoni? Find out with Gemma Arrowsmith and Paul Putner!
@mmaarrow.bsky.social @realpaulputner.bsky.social
@mmaarrow.bsky.social @realpaulputner.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
For real, it's Crowley Time! Episode 39: The DiPoni Contingency, as seen live on stages throughout the land, is on your podcast app and at crowleytime.com NOW! What happened to Marco DiPoni? Find out with Gemma Arrowsmith and Paul Putner!
@mmaarrow.bsky.social @realpaulputner.bsky.social
@mmaarrow.bsky.social @realpaulputner.bsky.social
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The best party of the 2025 @wansteadfringe.bsky.social book festival was chatting with the great @alanconnor.bsky.social about crosswords, quizzing, Monty Python, Bach, suits, and 100 other things.
September 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The best party of the 2025 @wansteadfringe.bsky.social book festival was chatting with the great @alanconnor.bsky.social about crosswords, quizzing, Monty Python, Bach, suits, and 100 other things.
What’s the Crown Copyright situation here?
Finally a Facebook ad for a product I am tempted by.
Also: a very quick ‘no’ from my wife.
Also: a very quick ‘no’ from my wife.
September 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
What’s the Crown Copyright situation here?
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Quick cryptic in The Times today is a debut by ‘Kybos’
Kybos is a Greek word for a six-sided 🎲 …
Testers are wonderful people who deserve so much ❤️
#cryptic #crossword #isitreal
Kybos is a Greek word for a six-sided 🎲 …
Testers are wonderful people who deserve so much ❤️
#cryptic #crossword #isitreal
September 12, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Quick cryptic in The Times today is a debut by ‘Kybos’
Kybos is a Greek word for a six-sided 🎲 …
Testers are wonderful people who deserve so much ❤️
#cryptic #crossword #isitreal
Kybos is a Greek word for a six-sided 🎲 …
Testers are wonderful people who deserve so much ❤️
#cryptic #crossword #isitreal
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September 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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In @theipaper.com Weekend, #Inquisitor 1921: Friends of Mine by Kruger; Solution 1919: V&A? by Eclogue @derekharrison.bsky.social @olyduff.bsky.social @alanconnor.bsky.social @mickhodgkin.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
In @theipaper.com Weekend, #Inquisitor 1921: Friends of Mine by Kruger; Solution 1919: V&A? by Eclogue @derekharrison.bsky.social @olyduff.bsky.social @alanconnor.bsky.social @mickhodgkin.bsky.social @somsram.bsky.social @jon-summers.bsky.social @tilsit999.bsky.social
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I wrote the Jumbo cryptic crossword in today’s Guardian Puzzles Summer Special. It’s a bit of a brute in places:
Whopper made of unknown meat? (5)
Family tent is a big mistake (7)
Rogue wife gatecrashes function (5)
Minimalist style of Soprano family boss (8)
Whopper made of unknown meat? (5)
Family tent is a big mistake (7)
Rogue wife gatecrashes function (5)
Minimalist style of Soprano family boss (8)
July 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I wrote the Jumbo cryptic crossword in today’s Guardian Puzzles Summer Special. It’s a bit of a brute in places:
Whopper made of unknown meat? (5)
Family tent is a big mistake (7)
Rogue wife gatecrashes function (5)
Minimalist style of Soprano family boss (8)
Whopper made of unknown meat? (5)
Family tent is a big mistake (7)
Rogue wife gatecrashes function (5)
Minimalist style of Soprano family boss (8)
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Another roll of the 🎲 for anyone? Bonus Summer Puzzle Pullout in the Guardian today!
The tails of common hipppotami hypntic and inimitable - lovely! (4)
Item used to dry bedraggled owlet (5)
When agitated, God sure complained (7)
…and a lot more summer fun!
The tails of common hipppotami hypntic and inimitable - lovely! (4)
Item used to dry bedraggled owlet (5)
When agitated, God sure complained (7)
…and a lot more summer fun!
July 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Another roll of the 🎲 for anyone? Bonus Summer Puzzle Pullout in the Guardian today!
The tails of common hipppotami hypntic and inimitable - lovely! (4)
Item used to dry bedraggled owlet (5)
When agitated, God sure complained (7)
…and a lot more summer fun!
The tails of common hipppotami hypntic and inimitable - lovely! (4)
Item used to dry bedraggled owlet (5)
When agitated, God sure complained (7)
…and a lot more summer fun!