It remains too hot to say anything clever about the publication of Ansible 469. news.ansible.uk/a469.html

Here we go again with the July issue of Ansible! news.ansible.uk/a468.html

Here's the June issue of Ansible. news.ansible.uk/a467.html

The May issue of Ansible. news.ansible.uk/a466.html

Here's the April issue of Ansible. news.ansible.uk/a465.html

Here we go again with the March issue of Ansible. news.ansible.uk/a464.html

Ansible 463, February 2026 news.ansible.uk/a463.html

Ansible 462, January 2026: news.ansible.uk/a462.html

I think I can promise that Ansible 461 (1 December) is the final issue of 2025. news.ansible.uk/a461.html

It is the season of skulls, bats, demonic pumpkins, giant spiders, eldritch intimations and Ansible 460. news.ansible.uk/a460.html

Ansible 459, October 2025 ... news.ansible.uk/a459.html

Another month, another Ansible. news.ansible.uk/a458.html

Oh no, it's August, and that means Ansible 457.... news.ansible.uk/a457.html

Too hot here for any clever comment, but here's the July Ansible: news.ansible.uk/a456.html

You are trapped in that bright moment where you learned your doom ... and to make matters worse, here's Ansible 455. news.ansible.uk/a455.html

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, but who cares: here's Ansible 454. news.ansible.uk/a454.html

The April issue of Ansible: news.ansible.uk/a453.html

Ansible 452 for March 2025 ... news.ansible.uk/a452.html

Here we go again: news.ansible.uk/a451.html

Random book cover of the day: 1955 Penguin paperback of a serial-killer crime novel from 1933. Absolutely nothing to do with unhinged billionaires giving ill-informed advice to British royalty.

Slightly belated Happy New Year sentiments accompanied by a slightly belated Ansible: news.ansible.uk/a450.html

The next London First Thursday meeting is postponed to 9 January because the usual pub will be closed on 2 January. See news.ansible.uk/london.html

Christmas starts earlier every year, and so does the "December" issue of Ansible: news.ansible.uk/a449.html

"Deep Thought says the answer to life, the universe and everything is ... Ansible 448!" "Try turning it off and on again." news.ansible.uk/a448.html

Here's the October issue of Ansible: news.ansible.uk/a447.html

Suddenly it's Ansible 446. news.ansible.uk/a446.html

Things people use as bookmarks, number 5,271,009.

Catalogues for the Glasgow Worldcon fan funds auctions were released on 9 August. The live auction is at 20:30 Saturday (today) and the silent auction closes at 13:00 Sunday. I've linked to the catalogues in the latest post at taff.org.uk.

Last issue before the Glasgow Worldcon: Ansible 445. news.ansible.uk/a445.html

Random book cover of the day, inside out: Kingsley Amis's The Book of Bond; Or, Every Man His Own 007 (Jonathan Cape, 1965), as by Lt-Col William ("Bill") Tanner, has a reversible dust-jacket "for use in the field."