Why is your upper lip twitching?

“Sgriob”  - say no more (Bill Bryson knows though). 

We welcome new listeners from around the globe, - and wonder how  WW&W is topping the pod charts in Hong Kong.

What is “value for money” in a wine/whisky? And are you drinking too much if your name is on the cellar door of a local winery? Discuss.

Jack channels Lulu (doesn't look so good in that miniskirt though) but balks at shaving his wonderful head of hair to sing Midnight Oil songs.

While watching “Trespasses” Jack reminisces over his first car. Graham is confused as to who owned his first car, but more confused by the opening scene in Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” – his review of the film reflects on what they left out, (most of the book), what was introduced into the story (the spirit of the Marquis de Sade), and the inventive use of farmyard implements. Overall it is well-acted with very high-production values which is worth seeing. But if you have read the book try and overlook the fact that the film  relates to it only in its location and the uniformly horrific personalities of its characters.

Following on from previously mentioned films about arcane pursuits (refer “Marty Supreme” and pong pong) Graham nerds out on an excellent doco on Netfix called “Queen of Chess” about the characters in the life of the world’s first female (and youngest ever) Grand Master (Mistress?) Chess player. Spoiler: Garry Kasparov is not such a nice person….

Meanwhile, we return to the gentler pursuit of reading and learn about “parallel reading”, and a new spy thriller. Jack is into “Mother Tongue” an excellent Bill Bryson book on the derivation of the English Language (noting that it contains some Gaelic…).

On the listening front Jack continues to unearth local artists worth supporting, while Graham regresses to artists who are closer to being buried than unearthed (but who produced the  greatest guitar solo of all time).

Whisky: Black Douglas (sans Coke)

Wine: 6ft 6  Shiraz, 2023

Reading: Damascus Station” David McCloskey (who isn’t Scottish)

                  “Mother Tongue” Bill Bryson

Watching: Trespasses (SBS TV)

                  “Wuthering Heights” – Emerald Fennell, Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi

                  Grand Sumo Tournament (NHK World stream)

                  “Queen of Chess” – about Judit Polgar - Netflix

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