John is listening to podcasts, Alison is reading stories, and Liz is watching TV.

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Content warnings this episode: COVID-19 discussion (chapters 3 and 7)

• Letters of comment

• Chris Garcia

• Heathers

• Edge of the Earth

• John forgot to mention the NHS Covid Pass last week

• NHS page (for England and Wales)

• Scotland

• Please wear a mask if you can, no requirement for vaccines or negative tests

• They will announce a policy but not until closer to the time

• FantasyCon

• The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

• The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories by H. P. Lovecraft (paperback, ebook, Kindle)

• iPlayer

• The Otherwise Award

• Star Trek: Lower Decks (on Amazon Prime in the UK)

• The Needles Old Battery and New Battery is maintained by the National Trust

• Alison notes “they are super misleading – the [page] has a photo of Woomera on it."

• Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 4.0 license