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A Stroke of Malice, Anna Lee Huber 08 November 2025

2020 historical mystery; eighth in Huber's Lady Darby series (post-Regency amateur detection). Lady Darby, six months pregnant, is painting the portrait of the scandalous Duchess, and then a Twelfth Night party turns up a corpse in the cellar…

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The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971) 07 November 2025

1971 horror, dir. Robert Fuest, Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten: IMDb / allmovie. Who is committing bizarre murders, and why?

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Games At Home, November 2025 06 November 2025

Seven for games on a sunny November afternoon.

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A Song for the Dying, Stuart MacBride 05 November 2025

2013 police procedural mystery, tartan noir, second in the Ash Henderson series. The serial killer known as "The Inside Man" stopped eight years ago; now he seems to have come back. Ash Henderson, stuck in prison until the criminal underboss he annoyed chooses to let him die, is hauled out as part of a power play.

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Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) 04 November 2025

1992 drama, dir. James Foley, Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon; ImdB / allmovie." The people are insane. They just like talking to salesmen."

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Wolvercote Games, November 2025 03 November 2025

The Oxford Meeples had another quarterly games day, and I had a great time again. (Yes, I've missed a few.)

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The Weekly Challenge 345: Position the Visitor 02 November 2025

I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved array scanning and transformations. (Note that this ends today.)

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Escape from New York (1981) 01 November 2025 - 4 comments

1981 action, dir. John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, Adrienne Barbeau: IMDb / allmovie. Are you a bad enough dude to save the president?

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Owner's Share, Nathan Lowell 31 October 2025

2010 SF, sixth and last in its series. Ishmael Horatio Wang moves from merchant ship captain to owner, though he's not entirely clear why.

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Essen 2025 30 October 2025

I still go to Essen SPIEL. I still love Essen SPIEL.

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