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What ARE their favourite words?

(Wrong answers only.)

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We opened a Patreon with early access to pages, behind the scenes, more elaborate bonus content, a tier just to hear the boys say swear words and much more!

As hardcore polarheads know, the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch – holder of one of the world's greatest archives of documents artefacts from the Heroic Age Antarctic expeditions – has been closed for a while as they make the building safe against future earthquakes and bring it up to date for accessibility etc. The archives have been closed to visitors since the earthquake! We are all looking forward to being able to enjoy this resource agin someday in the future.

But they need our help. As the Human Histories curator Adele Jackson has put it:

I’m writing to ask if you will support the Museum by lodging an online submission to Christchurch City Council? The City Council hasn’t named the Museum in its draft annual plan. Positive submissions will encourage the Council’s financial commitment to the Museum’s redevelopment to ensure the building reopens as planned in 2029. Submissions from overseas and within New Zealand are accepted. Sending a submission takes only 2-3 minutes. https://standupforyourmuseum.co.nz/ As I’m sending this to people across the world in different time zones, please will you make a submission before Wednesday 25 March, to meet the Council’s deadline. [NB: Given NZ's proximity to the International Date Line, those of us in the Western Hemisphere should submit before Tuesday the 24th, or this weekend just to be safe.] We’re trying to get a high number of submissions to show just how much support there is for the Museum. Your submission will make a huge difference.

Anyway, if you like scripted audio comedy and think there should be more of it in the world, here’s a link you might find interesting:

If you – yes YOU – wish to inject your midwinter with a little of that Cape Evans 1911 energy, why not inflict it on others with some cards from my shop? I am hitting the big red PRINT button on the morning of 15 October, so please get your orders in if you want to be included.

Missed Christmas or Hanukkah or Diwali or Yule or Kwanzaa or whatever your favourite "It's Dark" party is? Live in the Southern Hemisphere and want to mark the winter solstice with a little Edwardian cheer? No problem, as long as it's winter you can send these cards!

There is also MERCH!

Sales support digitisation of the archives at the Scott Polar Research Institute! Truly noble and a benefit to humanity!

>> SHOP <<

If you – yes YOU – wish to inject your midwinter with a little of that Cape Evans 1911 energy, why not inflict it on others with some cards from my shop? I am hitting the big red PRINT button on the morning of 15 October, so please get your orders in if you want to be included.

Missed Christmas or Hanukkah or Diwali or Yule or Kwanzaa or whatever your favourite "It's Dark" party is? Live in the Southern Hemisphere and want to mark the winter solstice with a little Edwardian cheer? No problem, as long as it's winter you can send these cards!

There is also MERCH!

Sales support digitisation of the archives at the Scott Polar Research Institute! Truly noble and a benefit to humanity!

>> SHOP <<

Shop! Shop! Shop!

Get your midwinter cards and Centenary merch at the shop!

A5 cards with these majestic images and free envelopes:

I order these from the printer next Wednesday so tell me how many you want before then, please, or you may miss out!

Also, more pictures of pins!

On account of mysterious reasons no one can fathom, there are no P.O. Evans pins, but a double crop of Wilsons. Anyway, proclaim your blorbo to the world (subtly; they're only an inch wide) unless your blorbo is Taff in which case, I dunno, find out what happened to his pins. It is a mystery.

Shop! Shop! Shop!

Get your midwinter cards and Centenary merch at the shop!

A5 cards with these majestic images and free envelopes:

I order these from the printer next Wednesday so tell me how many you want before then, please, or you may miss out!

Also, more pictures of pins!

On account of mysterious reasons no one can fathom, there are no P.O. Evans pins, but a double crop of Wilsons. Anyway, proclaim your blorbo to the world (subtly; they're only an inch wide) unless your blorbo is Taff in which case, I dunno, find out what happened to his pins. It is a mystery.

Cabin Pressure, Series 2 Episode 3: Johannesburg

THIRTY-TWO MEN WENT TO MOW, WENT TO MOW A MEADOW ….

It gets better: I started listening to Cabin Pressure because Matt Green was in it, who played Cherry in the radio dramatisation. (He's Kieran in "Helsinki".) Only then did I find out it was written by John Finnemore, whose name I associated with Mitchell & Webb and all the best monologues on the Now Show. It just happened to be the week "Helsinki" aired when I looked up his name in the old Radio iPlayer. Who knows what might have happened otherwise!

Are you an American who has been hoping to get the shiny and beautifully produced hardcover of Worst Journey Vol.1 for a mere $14(before shipping)? Or are you anyone in the world who would like to download a fully-zoomable PDF to enjoy on the electronic reader of your choice? Then get down to the Iron Circus store, because I've only gone and got an Eisner nomination, and there's a sale on nominated books.

To celebrate the 115th anniversary of the Terra Nova sailing from Cardiff, Worst Journey Vol.1 is 30% off in the Iron Circus store on Sunday 15 June 2025!

Hey hey, it's my book birthday in the States! If you are Stateside, you can finally pick up your very own copy of this, with all the new and improvements of the last two years!

Look at that! How cool is that! Don't you want one? You can get one for under $20 from Bookshop.org! (Other retailers are available; I will let you do your own search.)

Not even a year old and already nominated for a big prize! Worst Journey Vol.1 is one of five books nominated for Best Adaptation From Another Medium. If you're an Eisner voter and you're leaving your ballot until the last minute (deadline is tonight!) then please consider casting a vote in my direction?

Back in 2011, the animation department at Disney wanted to put out an anthology of comics, like the story department’s Torch Tiger and Rocket Johnson. To make a long story short … it kind of fell apart. Well, completely fell apart. I was one of the few who actually got my comic finished, and I sat on it for a while hoping things would get sorted out, but the ashes are cold now, so here it is.

Everyone's got lingering congestion this year, so as someone who's no stranger to phlegm, and inherited the folk wisdom of a stage actress (the show must go on!) I share with you my recipe for making things better:

2L water

the juice and rind of one lemon (just dump the juiced rinds in, don't zest them, you maniac)

a small thumb of fresh ginger, sliced in coins

about a dozen cloves, some star anise, peppercorns, and maybe whole cinnamon or allspice or whatever else you like, in a tea ball (except the cinnamon if it doesn't fit, obvs)

good dollop of honey, to taste

Bring the water to a boil then dump in all the stuff. Keep it hot but not boiling – a slow cooker is good for this. Keep this pot on a low heat all day and serve yourself a mug every so often, adding water as necessary. At some point you will need to add a new lemon and some more honey, but the spices can generally carry over two pots if you're drinking it regularly.