Apologies in advance for the first 5-10 minutes of this episode of TCD (sorry, Lucy) as Ant faffed around trying to get his microphone to send a signal to his recording software. We kept it in because it's a little insight into the technical challenges that men of a certain age often face.

And on that subject I did finally manage to send Ant those two pictures I promised, only took three days...

Anyway onto to the business in hand, and today we return to the subject of Marillion Promo Vids as we round out the story with memories of filming These Chains back in 1998.

And if you are now thinking "I don't remember a video for These Chains...?!" thats because it largely slipped under the radar, but thanks to Lucy J you can see it in all it's err ”glory” (?)…on the Marillion YouTube Channel.

Love'n'lipsyncs

h

Well hello, thanks for coming...it really is lovely to see you!

Ant thought it might be nice to begin 2025 (HNY by the way, I hope you had a good 'un) with a bit of a pop quiz, based around what I can actually remember about my own podcast.

Clearly he thought this would be hilarious, particularly as the only bit of a clue I was allowed was the chapter title and the date it was published. And because the whole world seems to be doing 2024 review-type stuff at the moment, we started with the first episode of last year.

So, if you think you know your TCD, and you want to play along at home, these are the ones we had a go at...

• 191 - Third drawer on the left in the laptop
• 192 - in amongst the football boots and dog food
• 193 - And some people know me as Papa
• 194 - Dawn in California, Joe sends hugs

As you might imagine, I did fairly dreadfully.

Right I am off to find my sea-legs, join me for a turn around the deck if you feel the urge.

Hearts'n'bones,

h

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If everything has gone to plan, and you are a Purple, then I am currently in East Sussex, preparing for the second of my Christmas h Natural affairs at Trading Boundaries. Let me tell you that last night was amazing, and I’ll try to improve on it tonight.

If everything has gone to plan, and you are listening to this upon general release, then Trading Boundaries was an absolute blast and to quote our Sue 'we all had a lovely time'.

Anyway back to today and what we have for you is a bit of chat about matters arising from the couple of shows I did in Liverpool at the Crypt. Consequently both Ant & I would like to dedicate this episode to everybody that appeared over those two magical evenings, and to Family Barton who kept order and proved how mercurial they are in the dark art of commerce.

Maybe I will see you in Oxford, but either way have a good one,

h x

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