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Phil Wells
@philwells.bsky.social
Brit living in Bermuda. Books, politics, philosophy, mindfulness, photography, language, tech and video games (but follow me @bdalimey.bsky.social for the latter). Previously blogged as Limey In Bermuda and columnist for Bermuda’s Royal Gazette
Haha, oh now I understand your bitterness! 😉
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Wait, is being aloof bad?
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Classic proof of Betteridge’s Law.
November 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Haha, don’t worry about it, it certainly wasn’t as good as the stuff written by the professionals!
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I don’t exactly remember now, but I think so, yes. I think I’d written the scenario to play with my own gaming group as we played through the Enemy Within. I wrote another scenario set in Middenheim too but either I never sent that one in or it didn’t get published.
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
It was originally printed in White Dwarf and GW initially reprinted it without my permission. When I wrote to them complaining about this they made me a 50 quid ex gratia payment though, which seemed like a lot of money to me at the time!
November 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I wrote “The Ritual”! Not sure why it was uncredited in your copy - pretty sure my name’s in there in mine. I’m amused that you found it dull, but go easy on me: I was only a teenager when I wrote it!
November 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
According to the Guardian’s style guide, they’re supposed to use Bermudian. www.theguardian.com/guardian-sty...
Guardian style guide: B
From bytes to Byzantine empire
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
According to ChatGPT…
October 31, 2025 at 8:11 AM
@economist.com Any chance you might correct your style guide? Seriously, *no-one* here *ever* refers to the locals as Bermudans.
October 31, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I once sent a grumpy letter to the Economist about this. It did not get printed, or even acknowledged.
October 31, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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October 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM