Whilst planning schemes to stow away for the journey North, Lyra attaches herself to Farder Coram - offering help with interpreting the intelligence received from the Gyptian’s master of spies Benjamin de Ruyter. Farder Coram takes Lyra under his wing and through his guidance begins to learn how to use the alethiometer - with surprising outcomes.

Join us as we discuss librairies of legal record (rock on), the “soldier’s death” and why some answers from the alethiometer might take a very very long time.

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You can find out more about the Bodleian Library in our Oxford, here: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/history

Check out our Instagram or Twitter pages for a photogram of a gorgeous tortoiseshell Maine coon cat, or search ‘Maine Coon Tortoiseshell’ here (courtesy of barnabashohl on Pixabay), along with some pictures of us with longbows and our weapons wall...

If you want to use your very own Amy-“Whaaaaat?” notification sound, you can find it here: https://twitter.com/DarkMaterialPod/status/1182049441538351105

We discuss where on earth Lapland is in Lyra’s world - more information here: https://hisdarkmaterials.fandom.com/wiki/Lapland

Iain mentions yeomanry. Again. Here is a link to more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_longbow#Social_importance

For photograms of us with longbows and a photogram of our weapons wall, take a look here: https://www.instagram.com/p/B5CZ7j9lLB1/

Amy talks about the scene in Gladiator when a character requests a “soldier’s death” - here is that scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkVwMAinC6M

To find out more about the Crookes radiometer, you can watch a helpful introductory video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7NEI_C9Yh0), or read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crookes_radiometer

If you fancy reading more about creepy automatons, some good ol’ Golem myths are a good place to start! https://www.britannica.com/topic/golem-Jewish-folklore

We talk about the mediaeval myth of chameleons living only on air this week (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2bKnSDQQKgvMPChch0C3T4g/nine-colourful-facts-about-chameleons), and Iain quotes Two Men of Verona, by William Shakespeare. https://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/shakespeare/twogentlemen/page_46/

If you want to experience the smell of Colby in Lyra’s world, Amy recommends the Fishing Heritage Museum in Grimsby (http://www.fishingheritage.com/) and Iain reminisces about the Justin-Bieber infused Herring fishing museum in Bergen (https://fiskerimuseum.museumvest.no/english/)

As confused as us by fo’c’sles? Learn more about the etymology of ‘forecastle’ here: https://www.etymonline.com/word/forecastle?ref=etymonline_crossreference

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