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sovay alerted me to the existence of a tv adaptation of one of H. C. Bailey’s Reggie Fortune stories, with Denholm Elliott in the lead.

Five minutes in and he’s definitely got down Fortune’s perpetual annoyance at getting dragged into crime investigations when he’d much rather be having breakfast and doing normal things.

ETA— he looks so doleful. C’mon, Inspector Bell, let him have some breakfast!

Further ETA—the intense longing with which he looks at that piece of cake.

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Enjoyed this week’s Doctor Who, "The Story and the Engine," and its dive into Afro-Fantasy—is that the right term? I usually encounter Afro-Futurism, but this was set more or less in the present (2019 according to the Wikipedia entry), and the premise was definitely more on the fantasy end of SFF.

I did think it wrapped up a bit too quickly and neatly, but that was the fault of Nu-Who episode-format constraints, not writer Inua Ellams. *reads rest of Wikipedia entry* oh that mysterious kid they lampshaded was Capt. Poppy from the Space Babies episode? Which was also about storytelling. I hope they get back to that and that it wasn’t just a thematic shoutout.

Watched The Green Man (1990) on YouTube, which had three episodes to tell its M.R.James/sex-comedy/Fawlty Towers tale, and revelled in every minute of them. I still would’ve liked a final scene with the protagonist’s new-age-y daughter-in-law—since she’d been his confidante since Episode Two, I can’t imagine her not asking how his meeting with the ghost went, especially since the injuries to his young daughter must be known to the rest of the household.

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Last night I came across this Swallows and Amazons+The Charioteer crossover fic, in which a teenaged Ralph goes camping with his Scout troop in the Lake District and recognizes James Turner from his author photo. Does a charming job of showing just how weird the kids’ shenanigans look to someone slightly older who doesn’t know them: Ralph is thrilled that the author of his favourite book, Mixed Moss, is giving him the time of day—and then a little girl in a red stocking cap bursts in, shouting piratical threats, as Mr. Turner cheerfully says “oh, is it two o’clock already? Sorry, I have to be Captain Flint now.”

The Road to Rio (9758 words) by greerwatson
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Charioteer - Mary Renault, Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ralph Lanyon, Hugh Treviss, James "Captain Flint" Turner, John Walker, Susan Walker, Titty Walker, Roger Walker, Nancy Blackett, Peggy Blackett, Dick Callum, Dorothea Callum, Timothy "Squashy Hat" Stedding, Mary Walker, Bridget Walker, Mrs Dixon (Swallows and Amazons), Mr Dixon (Swallows and Amazons), Mrs Callum (Swallows and Amazons), Prof. Callum (Swallows and Amazons), Carter (The Charioteer), Green (The Charioteer)
Additional Tags: Crossover, Holidays, Wordcount: 5.000-10.000, Canon Related, Missing Scene
Summary:

A troop of Scouts from Lanyon's school go on a camping holiday in the Lake District.

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I only met him and Diane Duane for about thirty seconds in 2003, but Andrew hung out with him at several conventions over the years and always spoke fondly of him.

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