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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast

@breakfastruins.bsky.social
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Michael Moorcock-flavoured podcasting, with a Hull garnish, broadcasting from the Bradford hills. Some other stuff. www.breakfastintheruins.com Episodes: pod.link/1483375608?view=episodes&s…

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Matthew Sullivan @sulli864.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Find of the week had to be this copy of @pulpcurry.bsky.social debut novel at The New International Bookshop at Trades Hall. ‘Ghost Money.’ Will look forward to checking this out before his latest comes out from @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social next year.
‘Ghost Money’ by Andrew Nette, aka @pulpcurry.bsky.social
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Had it pointed out by @wintermutegb.bsky.social that they line up nicely too
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Aaaah... I just thought it was a cloud! It hits differently once you realise/have it pointed out because you're a dunce
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We have a couple of them on our kitchen walls 👌
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Hit the motherlode today at Shipley Market. Gorgeous nick.
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David Michael Nolan @conanriquelme.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
@breakfastruins.bsky.social The new pod reminded me of his good the Marvel adaptation of The Valley of the Worm is. The sometime Conan team of Roy Thomas and Gil Kane.
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ah yeah, that looks great.
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New episode: Halloween season is upon us, so we've kicked off with Robert E Howards's The Valley of the Worm (and The Gods of Bal Sagoth, becasue VOTW was really short). Andy Darby is back in D&Ts for this one and his new book Sword Songs: An Anthology of Dark Fantasy – Volume 1 is out now.
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Halloween 2026 – The Valley of the Worm
Episode 151 – The Valley of the Worm by Robert E. Howard It’s Halloween season again at Breakfast in the Ruins, and we’re kicking things off with a journey into the darker, more monstro…
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
EXECUTION TONIGHT AT 6. ALL NET, ALL CHANNELS.
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
On the back of our GNS odyssey, we were very lucky that same Halloween season to get Guy's daughter Tara on to talk about her Dad, his work and her efforts to get his books back in print with Black Hill Books.
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The Legacy of Guy N Smith – a Conversation with Tara Paulsson
In this, the second blow of that one-two punch of GNS brain matter, Graham and I welcome Tara Paulsson to Derry and Toms to talk about her Dad and his work. Tara will be at Tamworth Castle’s …
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
2023 we couldn't decide between @guynsmith.bsky.social amd James HERBERT, so we did BOTH. First up... CRABS ON THE RAMPAGE!
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CRABS ON THE RAMPAGE (Guy N Smith Re-revisited)
Graham and Phil return to Derry & Toms to tackle our third adventure in the company of the mighty Professor Cliff Davenport in the first of a one-two punch of GNS-related early Halloween action…
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Our affair with James Herbert rattled on as we took a deep dive into The Dark (The Fog on steroids) and considered the nature of the 70s Herbert disaster novels as responses to what Brian Aldiss called the 'Cosy Catastrophes' of John Wyndham.
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The Dark – The Nature of the Uncosy Catastrophe Part One
Graham and Miles join me in Derry & Toms to delve into more James Herbert disaster action and muse over the glut of uncosy catastrophes coming out of the 70s paperback boom to answer Aldiss&#82…
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Dave Griffiths - Writer & Director @daveygriff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"She didn't say a word when we lit the pyre. She just stared into my eyes." 9️⃣ Days until The Hammer and Helena at Shakespeare North Playhouse 15-16 Oct. shakespearenorthplayhouse.co.uk/event/the-ha... An ArtsGroupie Production #theatre #witches #witchcraft #history #Halloween #prescot
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Can I Pod With Madness @podwithmadness.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In a radical departure from our normal programming, here's a delve into the summer of Love (but actually, mostly the psych adjacent brit cheese Barry Evans vehicle, Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush) podwithmadness.podbean.com/e/return-of-...
Here we go round the mulberry bush The Album.The cover of The NME March 1968- and a full page ad for Lady Madonna/The Inner Light. Hang on, that's Jon Fucking Anderson."Troggs want to go to Vietnam". Just imagine, that scene in Apocalypse Now but with Reg and the lads busting out I Can't Control Myself.
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Protracted sexy times... Uncomfortable genital desolation... Moist triangles... And,oh... Good Morning Kevin! In 2022 we turned our attention back to James Herbert, with The Fog. Could he out-nasty The Rats?
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Halloween Special 2022 – THE FOG (James Herbert)
Halloween Special 2022 – The Fog by James Herbert Phil and Graham return to Derry and Toms to gas about James Herbert’s second novel, 1975’s The Fog. One year on from The Rats he&…
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Allister Thompson @allistert.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You’d think I could have gotten some ‘elbows up’ action for an affectionate album of 80s and 90s Canadian cover versions, but nooooo, it’s all ‘where can I source Canadian-grown avocados’ instead. thegatelessgate.bandcamp.com/album/nowher...
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Nowhere Is the Dreamer: Songs from a Gen X Canadian Youth, by Allister Thompson
16 track album
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This would be a great trip away
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We had such a good time with Night of the Crabs, we had to go back to the well. So we followed up with... CRABS MOON! Not the last time we'd talk @guynsmith.bsky.social either.
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Guy N Smith Revisited – Crabs’ Moon
Guy N Smith Revisited – Crabs’ Moon After the Halloween Special we couldn’t stay away. Phil needed questions answered. Where did they come from? How did they come to be? So we rea…
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Colossive Press @colossive.com · 03/10/2026
We’re all set up on Table 85 @comicartfestival.bsky.social - shoulder to shoulder with lots of Very Important Comics People. Here all day today and tomorrow - come and see us/them/the whole damn thing! #comics #zines #morecomicsandzines
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We followed up in 2021 with our second Halloween Special, one that sent us down a crabhole (?) of discovery... NIGHT OF THE CRABS
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Halloween Special 2021 – Night of the Crabs by Guy N Smith
Halloween Special 2021 – Night of the Crabs The patrons have spoken. Phil joins me again for this year’s Halloween Special to look at the classic New English Library killer critter clas…
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New Episode: IT'S EPISODE 150. And technically, our 7th birthday. So Enid Blyton, obviously.
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Episode 150 – The Magic Faraway Tree
It’s our 150th episode, and we’ve now been at this for seven Earth years! So how do we celebrate this milestone? By sitting on the sofa and gassing about one of our earliest reads, a bo…
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I haven't
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I can't be arsed to count up how many Halloween episodes we've done over the past seven years and I'm too late to start the 31 days of Halloween count down, but whatevs. Here's our first one from 2020... THE RATS! breakfastintheruins.com/2020/10/31/h...
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Halloween Special – The Rats
It’s Halloween, so Phil and I enjoy some spooky old fashioneds and engage with the horror of James Herbert’s 1974 debut novel, The Rats! It’s got the lot. A creepy hero… out…
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's Bandcamp Friday, so give The Magickal Folk of the Faraway Tree a look.
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The Soup & The Shilling, by The Magickal Folk Of The Faraway Tree
29 track album
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If so, the tree is Tanelorn...
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New Episode: IT'S EPISODE 150. And technically, our 7th birthday. So Enid Blyton, obviously.
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Episode 150 – The Magic Faraway Tree
It’s our 150th episode, and we’ve now been at this for seven Earth years! So how do we celebrate this milestone? By sitting on the sofa and gassing about one of our earliest reads, a bo…
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Magic delivery from @sonusrocks.bsky.social just now. Looks like the Sound Burger has to come out whilst I try to concentrate on work. I'll probably fail. Epic cover art from legend Peter Andrew Jones too.
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Wintermute @wintermutegb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@breakfastruins.bsky.social Michael Moorcock discussing The Great Rock & Roll Swindle and The Oak & The Ram youtu.be/3oF3EWtAK_E?...
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Michael Moorcock & Terry Jones. Paperbacks
YouTube video by Savoytube
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Projection Booth Podcast @projectionbooth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Happy Birthday to Maitland McDonagh! Hear them on our Performance (1970) episode - www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2022…
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Episode 603: Performance (1970)
We’re looking at Nic Roeg and Donald Cammell Performance (1970), the story of a gangster (James Fox) who kills an old friend and goes into hiding.
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Well blimey. That's another episode in the can for our 2026 Halloween run of weekly excursions into the horrific, spooky and/or generally unpleasant. We'll have stories from the 30s, 70s, 80s and, by request, something from the 90s. A rarity for this podcast. Watch this space.
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Never Mind the Dice Rolls Magazine @nmtdrzine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We are officially 5 years old! Where has the time gone? We are still a small TTRPG magazine packed with reviews, articles, advice, and other TTRPG bits and pieces. Do give us a try and see what you think. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
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Never Mind the Dice Rolls issue 061 | NMtDRzine | NMtDRzine | DriveThruRPG
Welcome to issue 61 of Never Mind the Dice Rolls zine, your friendly monthly TTRPG magazine. Each issue contains reviews, scenarios, advice, and other things TTRPG! This issue contains: Review: Aegean...
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Imrryr @imrryr.com · 26/09/2026
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Dyvim Slorm, by Imrryr
from the album The Dreaming City III
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Electroica? ELEKTROIKA! New RPG spin-off.
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New episode: It's release day for the ninth album by The Belbury Poly, so Jim Jupp dropped by Derry & Toms to talk about his love of Moorcock, genre fiction, electroica, hauntology and all that good stuff, as well as @ghostboxrecords.bsky.social and various other things. Join us!
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Sorcery by The Belbury Poly – a conversation with Jim Jupp
Jim Jupp drops by Derry & Toms to talk about his love of genre fiction, his path into making music as Belbury Poly, and the beginnings of Ghost Box Records, the label he founded with Julian Hou…
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Allister Thompson @allistert.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Here's an autumnal ambient release I'd forgotten about... "Regret," an old collab from way back with the incredibly prolific Scott Lawlor. thegatelessgate.bandcamp.com/album/regret
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Regret, by Scott Lawlor and The Gateless Gate
7 track album
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Eight months ago I got pissed with John (AKA @mrdarcydog.bsky.social) in Rochdale, and we decided to do this. Little did we know just how amazing (and weirdly connected) the experience would be. JOIN US!
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The Prisoner – Part One
John returns to Derry & Toms as, following a drunken afternoon in Rochdale, we decided to take a look at Thomas M Disch’s The Prisoner, the first of three Ace tie-in novels commissioned i…
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Eight months ago I got pissed with John (AKA @mrdarcydog.bsky.social) in Rochdale, and we decided to do this. Little did we know just how amazing (and weirdly connected) the experience would be. JOIN US!
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The Prisoner – Part One
John returns to Derry & Toms as, following a drunken afternoon in Rochdale, we decided to take a look at Thomas M Disch’s The Prisoner, the first of three Ace tie-in novels commissioned i…
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Whilst we weren't a trawlerman family, Rayner's was my grandad's local for years & just about all of our shopping for years after we moved was down there. Still go at every opportunity when we're back in Hull. My wife is a Grimsby lass. Her dad started out on the docks. Can't wait to read it.
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As a once Hessle Rd lad, I'll be watching this closely
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Michael - InnocentGoblin TTRPGs @innocentgoblin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Announcing my next big game 3 Day Millionaires is a TTRPG about the Trawlermen of Hull and the community that was built around the fishing industry in the 1960s It's a game about dangerous jobs, anxieties about life and it's loss as well as families struggling to stay together
A trawler ship called Farnella in black and white leaving a dock. Above it is 3 Day Millionaires. (with a gold .) A TTRPG about the Trawlermen of Hull (With a gold "TTRPG")
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Instabuy
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We have Doctor Who and the Pescatons at home...
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Allister Thompson @allistert.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If I were to have a funeral, I’d put in my wishes that mourners sit painfully through all 17 mins of ‘De Futura’ at max volume, because it’s heavier than the blackest of metal as far as I’m concerned. I’d get a kick out of that. seventhrecordsmagma.bandcamp.com/album/ud-w-d...
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Udü Wüdü (Remastered), by MAGMA
7 track album
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ill tell him, when it finally gets out there.
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Moomen are the villains of my Krangg story for the Good Morning Kevin anthology...
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ha!
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Had it been poured over a chocolate pudding or a bowl of ice cream. Fine. As a glass of beer... Just no. A thousand times, no.
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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Happy Separation Day to those that celebrate it. Illustration by Dick Kohfield for STARLOG MAGAZINE issue #2, published in November 1976.
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Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast @breakfastruins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Palate cleanser
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