Daniel Peake
@quizzydan.bsky.social
Deputy Puzzles Editor at a UK newspaper, picture researcher / question writer for Only Connect. I stream puzzles and games a few evenings a week at: twitch.tv/quizzydan All views here are my own and not those of any of my employers.
*finally settles down to sleep at 1:45am because of the heatwave* oh
I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.
Ratatouille is a film about the difficulties of being a head chef
I love capturing those moments where London Underground trains line up perfectly with station posters. With a little patience and a bit of luck, you can end up with some wonderfully amusing and unexpected shots.
My new slogan for the English summer: Grass - it used to be green.
🧩 Tezzel Fun Fact #5 As you play Tezzel, the background slowly fills in with a trencadís, the broken-mosaic technique famous from Gaudi's Barcelona. Trencadís means "cracked" in Catalan. You can find it in many places in Barcelona. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trencad... #gamedev #Barcelona #Trencadis
I bought an actual physical newspaper on Saturday! I haven't had time to read it yet, so no spoilers please.
My non-spoilery review of The Odyssey: Matt Damon and chums run away from things in windy conditions.
My non-spoilery review of The Odyssey: Matt Damon and chums run away from things in windy conditions.
I must be a grumpy sod - went to see The Odyssey tonigth and it was good, sure, but not great like I had seen loads of reviews of it saying. Also almost every scene was notably windy. I’m not sure why I spotted this but I ended up going “stop being so windy” for a god half of it.
Everyone who uses "smart glasses" to be legally required to strap one of these to their head and light it up when the camera is on
Saw ‘The 39 Steps’ last night. Way too many people for a tribute act.
And here's AFP picture taken by one of the photographers in the PA picture, Justin Tallis
Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.
[Ducktales theme] 🎵When shall we three meet again 🎵Here in 🎵Scot-land
I will say, finding the picture of a bull's eye for tonight's #OnlyConnect was particularly vexing - I am extremely pleased the team got it.
We were so pleased to see a copy of our cryptic crossword mag on the #OnlyConnect set! (thanks @quizzydan.bsky.social) Looking forward to the new series starting at 8pm. New issue of Unch is incoming too - you can pre-order a copy or sign up for our mailing list here: unchcrosswords.com
Daniel Peake@quizzydan.bsky.social · 5mo ago@unchcrosswords.com It’s all gone a bit meta…
Have you noticed the weather is changing at last? It’s almost as though an icy wind is blowing across the country. Only Connect returns, tonight at 8 pm on BBC Two.
TONIGHT. 8PM. Like a persistent rash that the cream won't quite clear away, ONLY CONNECT IS BACK. Sorry about that.
Daniel Peake@quizzydan.bsky.social · last mo.GOOD NEWS! Only Connect is nearly back! Only Connect returns on Monday 13th July at 8pm - which will be unlucky for some ... (the contestants) Really looking forward to you seeing some of the finest picture research and general terrorising of contestants that I've ever done. Enjoy!
And that would make sense, but I’m not sure anything about Only Connect makes sense…
@mr-birches.bsky.social · 4w agoI thought that they said 'In the Autumn' which I interpreted as September