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This was fun. Episode one Wed 30 July.

Comedy screenwriting nomination. An honour!

A Paddy O’Connell interview is intense. Listen from 24:15. Book is here.

Really enjoyed hearing @alanconnor.bsky.social talk about 188 WORDS FOR RAIN on Radio 4. People often trot out the dubious truism about the Inuit having umpteen words for snow to me, but it seems we Brits have cornered the market for rain!

— Ann Morgan (@annmorgan.bsky.social) 16 February 2025 at 09:36

‘A conference celebrating the parallel lives of literature and puzzles at Magdalen College, Oxford.’

• Friday, March 21 · 9am – 6pm GMT
• Magdalen College Oxford OX1 4AU
• Tickets

Talking rain with Ian McMillan and pals. 188 Words for Rain published next week.

Ah, the joy of ⁦@R4TheVerb⁩ with ⁦@alanconnor⁩ ⁦@pascalepoet⁩ ⁦@DerynRJ⁩ ⁦@Isysuttie⁩ ! pic.twitter.com/qiNtmuV6w0

— Ian McMillan (@IMcMillan) October 24, 2024

• The Verb, BBC Radio 4, 1710, 3 Nov 2024

Series eight, still question editor:

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‘This delightful book … this lovely book’ – The Times

ORDER: Local bookshop | Amazon | Waterstones | more

Travel around these islands enjoying our many kinds of rain and the words we use for them.

‘A gorgeous, funny tour of the British Isles as seen from the clouds.’ – Konnie Huq

‘Alan knows everything, knows everyone, and writes beautifully too.’ – Richard Osman

‘I’ve always been in awe of Alan Connor: the man with the contents of the Oxford English
Dictionary stored just above his left eyebrow … and he’s quite funny too.’ – Rory Cellan-Jones

Goodreads | Librarything
BBC Books, 14 Nov 2024
ISBN: 9781785948541, 320 pages, £16.99

‘ … for a Nonfiction Program’ (The Reluctant Traveler). Decision time 7 September, Peacock Theater, Los Angeles.

September update: OK, so next time.

Choose your way through the story, plus some new games, out 23 November:

Be the Host and the Pointless Friend:

Series seven:

On bookshelves 22 September.

It’s your standard texaverienne interactive immersive experience experiment.

Due for release 27 December.

I was delighted to work on this review of this year.

Remembering Chifonie.

• See also: Gordius obituary; How to solve Cryptic Crosswords during Coronavirus

A long time in the making. There is something extraordinary in every episode.

• Apple TV from November 13

“Additional material” for this, released on 23 October.

Proud to have taken part. BBC2, 9pm, 14 May.

Also known as Gordius.