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Dining Table Discworld
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A monthly podcast where a geeky, British couple rereads & discusses the Discworld books, at their dining table.
https://diningtablediscworld.podbean.com
Available on most pod catchers also YouTube & Facebook.

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For the weekend crowd, our Jingo episode is now available on various podcatchers. War is coming to Ankh-Morpork & too many people are excited, making it hard for the Watch to keep the peace. We discuss how relevant this book feels still, hopefully it will continue to be instructive to folk like us.
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Jingo
Ankh-Morpork prepares for war, which is no good if your job is keeping the peace. Vimes does what he knows, even when it takes him outside his city. We discuss the good influence this book has on us and how it is, regrettably, still very relevant right now.
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Dining Table Discworld - Jingo
Suddenly Ankh-Morpork is keen to go to war, which is bad news for those trying to keep the peace. Vimes chases a suspect out of his element and learns something about big crimes and little crimes. Mea...
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November 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Discworld Calendar - November 2005
Moving Pictures by David Frankland
Not a wintery scene per se but there's something cool about the colours and the silhouettes. The sun seems like it's light and warmth aren't getting as far as they should
All in silhouette: two big trolls, which look like humanoid piles of rocks shedding pebbles, hold spiky clubs and chase a man in a loincloth, who is facing them with a sword. A shaggy dog sits in front of a film camera being operated by a man with a lot of tools attached to his belt. Behind him is a paunchy figure with a pointy hat standing in front of a megaphone and a directors chair. In the background the sky is blue, the sun a bright yellow circle and there's the faded silhouette of a small hill with a big sign saying Holywood.
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
dtdiscworld.bsky.social
Jingo
Ankh-Morpork prepares for war, which is no good if your job is keeping the peace. Vimes does what he knows, even when it takes him outside his city. We discuss the good influence this book has on us and how it is, regrettably, still very relevant right now.
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-xib32-...
Dining Table Discworld - Jingo
Suddenly Ankh-Morpork is keen to go to war, which is bad news for those trying to keep the peace. Vimes chases a suspect out of his element and learns something about big crimes and little crimes. Mea...
www.podbean.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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and that's fucking ridiculous! you shouldn't have to apply Vimes boots theory to a fucking santa hat you're gonna wear for like 2 or 3 events per year. that old santa hat that lasted 2 decades was like 15 or 20 dollars
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Discworld Calendar - November 2004
The Librarian by Paul Kidby
Another bookish picture with our favourite orangutan. I guess November is a good month for staying inside and reading. I mean all months are but the dark, cold and wet feel like good excuses not to go out.
An orangutan (The Librarian) is sitting in a glowing magic circle with four very dribbly candles around the edge. The Librarian looks a bit cross and is holding a big, leatherbound book with all four hands. The covers of the book have a stylised picture of a turtle with a world in its back, which is also glowing, the book has a metal chain coming out of its spine. In a lower hand the Librarian holds a set of gold keys on a ring. There's discarded banana peels around the floor and piles of smaller, leatherbound books in the background.
November 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
“‘Do you think there’s something a bit… odd about Littlebottom?’ ‘Seems like a perfectly ordinary female to me,’ said Angua. ‘Female? He told you he was female?’ ‘She,’ Angua corrected. ‘This is Ankh-Morpork, you know. We’ve got extra pronouns here.’”
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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cybersten.bsky.social
Trying out last years cosplay costume ahead of Birmingham Comic-Con at the end of the month. #Hogfather #ComicCon #MurderOnTheDanceFloor #FaithAndGeekery
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Discworld Calendar - November 2003
When books of magic are left to themselves by Sandy Nightingale
Another bookish picture, but this time with a horde of strange little eldritch creatures. Not sure if they're more spooky or cute.
Three leatherbound books with golden chains, one is open and leaning against the other two. One page has a grand looking picture of a wizard standing before a lecturn below a vaulted ceiling. Around this is are stylised pictures of a hare and a small tree. The opposite page has some writing and a pyramid symbol, these are mostly obscured by the tiny horrors scurrying all over the books. There are about a dozen little gribbly creatures of all different shapes, some are blobby, some are like bulbous-eyed flies, some has transparent bits. A central one has a head like a bird skull, a rat-tail and bat-like wings.
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Discworld Calendar - November 2002
The Librarian by David Wyatt
It's our favourite literary ape, in his natural environment. Surrounded by books, magic and bananas.
An orangutan, the Librarian, is sitting on a book on a cataloguing desk, reading a book that he's holding with his feet. He's throwing a banana peel behind him with one arm and reaching down to a drawer of bananas. Around him are tall wooden shelves filled with books, stretching away to distant walls. Various books are flying into the air around the Librarian, straining at the end of hefty chains. Under the cataloguing desk is a green blanket.
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Discworld Calendar - November 1999
Maskerade by Josh Kirby
It's all going wrong at the operahouse. In this crowded scene, there's trolls, witches and watchmen about, but where's the opera ghost and will he kill again? The fat lady is singing but it doesn't look over just yet.
A view from the ceiling of an opera house, or maybe the chandelier? The proscenium arch and balconies are all decorated in swirly, ornate gold. On the stage a large man wearing a small mask is singing. Besides him, a large woman with curly brown hair and wearing a green dress is singing, and standing in front of her a thin, blonde woman in a white dress is singing. Behind this trio is a small Watchman with a suit, axe and helmet, behind him are some yellow trolls in suits. Right at the back is a sinister-looking figure in black and probably another figure in a mask welding a knife, though it's not very clear. Peeking around the curtain is another black clad figure. In front of the stage human and troll musicians are playing. In a private box a man surrounded by plush red curtains is leaning over to look at the stage. Above him there's a massed rows of audience made up of people in formal wear, all looking towards the stage, some leaning over the balcony. The central leaner is a witch with red boots, stripy stockings, a black dress and pointy black hat with a grey cat perched on it. She has her feet on the chests of 2 men in the audience and is leaning over the balcony with a pipe clamped between her lips.
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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This excellent essay from Freyja Stokes examines the ways in which Terry Pratchett accurately portrays historical sex work in Europe, and its close connections to witchcraft.

Read it now! Tell your friends! www.speculativeinsight.com
Purple background, white text, which says The history of sex work is not only one of marginalisation. It is also a history of real-world people who, like Rosemary Palm, work collectively with their communities and allies to push for improvements, protections, social change, and legal legitimacy. "Almost a Witch" -- Freyja Stokes
November 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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ctjhill.bsky.social
The Pratchett panel with @quietandscreaming.bsky.social @rickandwrite.bsky.social @burdockbroughton.bsky.social went v well. We said various interesting things in a friendly if sometimes emotional way, but it was well received and we kept to the time (cos it's a big subject) plus some audience Qs.
November 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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ctjhill.bsky.social
Got my Great A'tuin pin badge, ready for the Pratchett panel at noon
Pale white woman with long hair and glasses, wearing a dark blue top with a pattern of gold stars, and a bright blue pin badge featuring Great A'tuin the world turtle in silver.
November 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
dtdiscworld.bsky.social
For the weekend crowd, we're Halfway Through our Discworld reread, and look back on the 2nd quarter and 1st half of Discworld and what we've made of it. We also look ahead to the next 10 books. It's now been 2 years of us doing monthly episodes.
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Quadrant 2: Halfway Through
In our look back over the 1st half of Discworld we fail to pick a fave, but do have a clear least fave. We talk through the subseries. We also make some additional comments about Maskerade and discuss the baddies of Discworld so far.
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-tubx4-...
Dining Table Discworld - Quadrant 2
We look back on the last 10 Discworld novels, plus the first half of the series. Including discussion of how sometimes books need to hit you at the right time in your life, how Granny Weatherwax is li...
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November 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
dtdiscworld.bsky.social
At @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social on the Beyond Binaries: good/evil order/chaos panel @genevievecogman.bsky.social cites Granny Weatherwax in Carpe Jugulum where she says there's not shades of grey, just white that's got grubby. Which of course leads to the idea of sin being treating people as things
November 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Unsurprisingly @iaingrant9.bsky.social mentions Terry Pratchett in the Comedy in Fantasy & Horror panel, comparing what Sir Terry does to Douglas Adams. They're often mentioned together as comic SFF writers, but Iain makes the good point that they do very different things in how they're funny.
November 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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In the "I Would Not Be Queen For All the World" (Monarchy) panel at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social and @karisperring.bsky.social has touched on the Guards books as being radically against monarchy. Panel has turned to other fine recommendations, and of course Pratchett writes monarchies too.
November 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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🎃 #HappyHalloween! 🎃
“” The night was as black… As the cauldron bubbled an eldritch voice shrieked: “When shall we three meet again?”
There was a pause.
Finally another voice said, in far more ordinary tones: “Well, I can do next Tuesday.” — WS, #TerryPratchett
#Halloween #TerryPratchettQuote
October 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
dtdiscworld.bsky.social
In the Here Be Dragons panel at WFC @aknighton.bsky.social declared Errol from Guards! Guards! as his favourite fictional dragon. We do love that weird little guy and his triumph at the end.
October 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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7 minutes into the Satirical Fantasy panel Pratchett is mentioned. @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social has promised they'll not just focus on him, but you can't do this panel without mentioning Pratchett. That's a whole different panel we're at in a few days. This discussion is broad & interesting.
October 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
dtdiscworld.bsky.social
We're at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social and at our 3rd panel. In the Asexuality in Fantasy panel it has just been suggested that Granny Weatherwax is ace as she can't be having with it. You can't really argue with that.
October 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Discworld Calendar - October 2007
Ginger the Somnambulist by Les Edwards
A good picture for spooky season, as Our Heroine is compelled by unknown forces to wander in the nigh. At least the little dog is paying attention.
A quiet nighttime street. A blonde woman wearing a long, loose, white nightdress, which is revealing at the top, walks with her arms stretched out ahead of her. Her gaze is fixed ahead, she doesn't seem to notice the small black and brown dog that has clamped his teeth on the hem of her nightgown and is trying to pull her back. Around the woman and dog the town is dark except the yellow light shining from windows. Behind them a two-storey building has a sign outside saying The Blue Lias. From a top-floor window a troll leans out and looks down at the woman with a worried expression. To the right of the picture a barrel is sitting against a wall and on top of it, mostly hidden in shadow, a black cat has its tail up and all its fur on end.
October 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
dtdiscworld.bsky.social
Quadrant 2: Halfway Through
In our look back over the 1st half of Discworld we fail to pick a fave, but do have a clear least fave. We talk through the subseries. We also make some additional comments about Maskerade and discuss the baddies of Discworld so far.
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-tubx4-...
Dining Table Discworld - Quadrant 2
We look back on the last 10 Discworld novels, plus the first half of the series. Including discussion of how sometimes books need to hit you at the right time in your life, how Granny Weatherwax is li...
www.podbean.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Discworld Calendar - October 2005
Thud by Paul Kidby
A bit of a creepy picture in some ways; an uncanny space, stern statues and Vimes clearly not happy about what he sees.
A black and white checkerboard pattern on the floor is the whole background. The focal point is a white man (Sam Vimes) wearing a helmet, breastplate and leather uniform. He's holding a flaming torch ahead with one hand and a book behind, his pose alert with legs apart. He's staring up and ahead, and doesn't like what he sees. Surrounding him are man-sized, stone playing pieces, some are blocky trolls holding clubs, others are bullet-shaped dwarves. At Vimes feet a stone dwarf has fallen with blood on its head and pooling on the white tile beneath.
October 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Are you a UK or Ireland-based designer looking to get started in the industry? Penguin UK has launched its cover design awards and this year, the focus is fantasy – and one of the two titles is Terry Pratchett's Night Watch. More details:
terrypratchett.com/news/calling...
Calling all designers! Create your own version of a classic Discworld cover... | Terry Pratchett
Penguin UK has launched its annual cover design award contest where all UK and Ireland-based designers can submit their own designs for two classic Penguin titles. This year’s focus is fantasy and the...
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October 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM