[Jerome Betts]

The final issue of this over-eventful year is now up and packed with the coruscating contributions of a host of Sphereans old and new, viz, Brian Allgar, Melissa Balmain, Jerome Betts,Terese Coe, Mary Cresswell, Martin Elster, Max Gutmann, Chris O’Carroll, Martin Parker and Gail White, together with New Members Damian Balassone, Marshall Begel, Bruce Bennett, Janice Canerdy, Barbara Lydecker Crane, Daniel Galef, David Galef, Julia Griffin, Steven Kent, and Jenna Le.

Their topics, guaranteed gluten and T-word free, include, AI, Birds, real or imaginary, books and their over-production, cats in Minneapolis, Christina Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddall, Coleridge, Gouda, the Iliad, the loathing of liver, middle-aged hobbies explained, rabbits, review copies, seasonal grumbles, the sex life of a vampire, and assorted yeomen, with a wealth of other distractions from these ever-darkening times by them or the accompanying throng of the unspherical.


https://www.lightenup-online.co.uk/i...-december-2024

[Melissa Balmain]

So many gems in this issue, Jerome! An excellent gift for the season ... and yes, the T-word lack is much appreciated too.

[Jerome Betts]

Thanks, Melissa, and also for your own gem in the issue, Middle-Aged Hobbies, Explained.

[Melissa Balmain]

Thanks, Jerome! An honor to rub elbows with so many funny writers, as always.