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Stephen

Stephen

@wenlock.bsky.social

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Outrageous, alarming, courageous, charming. #TheArchers listener and @Dumteedum co-presenter.

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Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 8h

Google might have assisted me.

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Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 8h

German but with Czech or Polish predecessors (Blažek or Błažek); possibly originally Sorbian (Błazyj or Błazij, depending on whether it is Lower or Upper Sorbian.) I wonder whatever happened to the Sorbs?

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Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 8h

And calling the baby Macbeth or MacDuff. #TheArchers

Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 9h

Good question. Berkeley was a stage name; he was born Ballard Blascheck. #TheArchers

Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 9h

Kate being Kate… #TheArchers

Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 9h

Colonel Danby outranked Major Gowen, long term guest at Fawlty Towers, but both were played by Ballard Berkeley. #TheArchers

Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 9h

On her wedding day a bride hides in a large chest, can’t get out, and is only found long afterwards, by when it is Too Late. #TheArchers

Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 9h

If they are into hide and seek they could re-enact the story told in The Mistletoe Bough. It probably has its origins in Minster Lovell but has been claimed by half the castles and stately homes of England, and quite a few in Scotland too.

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Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 10h

Ruairí is learning his trade from his partner in the Home Farm Dream Team. So he’s probably taken the money from the machinery account, but he will definitely put it back later. #TheArchers

Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 13h

Sounds a bit like Aunt Laura, and the circumstances which saw the eviction of Colonel Danby and the arrival of the Snells. #TheArchers

Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 13h

I know; those American motorways can be dangerous.

I’ll get my coat.

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Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 13h

Oh, and also the lines about Phoebe calling the baby Macbeth or MacDuff. #TheArchers

Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 13h

It was a good line from a brilliantly scripted week, but I preferred Kate’s explanation of why she should run Home Farm: “I’m very interested in plants and herbs and their healing nature.” #TheArchers

Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 13h

Yes, but this particular 22-year-old kid had been boasting that in a couple of years he would be ready to run Hime Farm and indeed he could do “a really amazing job of it”, when in reality he can’t tell the difference between smoke and a bit of tail pipe steam. #TheArchers

Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 13h

But it makes for fun listening. And it’s hard to deny that Ruairí is behaving like the arrogant entitled prick that some of us think he actually is. #TheArchers

Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 19h

Esme works in IT, and she knows her father’s habits. So not totally implausible that she would find the will. We don’t know what else fnu Mulligan used it for. #TheArchers

Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 19h

aHeprhe?

When Ruth told Josh to bring all the cows to the yard, Esme asked whether he would mind if she went with him. I read that as her fancying him, at least a bit. #TheArchers

Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 21h

Well yes, but I try not to let the facts get in the way of a good joke. #TheArchers

Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 22h

Josh is late 20s. Esme said “we’re young - you’re very young,” to Josh. It feels like there’s a spark there, so maybe she’s three or four years older than him, rather than ten or more years. #TheArchers

Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 1d

There’s certainly plenty of scope for games of F, M or A. #TheArchers

Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 1d

Do a search for “Will”, ignore the folder of death threats from a certain Mr Grundy, and Bob’s your Uncle. Or Clarrie’s great uncle, anyway. #TheArchers

Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 1d

And what happens when a real chicken pox comes out of the woods?

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Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 1d

Where did Ruairí get the money for the deposit? He’s been learning how to do things from Adam, so he’s probably dipped into the Home Farm machinery account. #TheArchers

Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 1d

Peggy must have put that condition in to make sure that:
(a) the holiday never happens; and
(b) all her offspring rapidly come to hate each other for objecting to date after date.

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Stephen @wenlock.bsky.social · 1d

I know. It’s going to be great!

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