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The inside story of Terry Pratchett's Discworld, by those who knew him.
https://inews.co.uk/culture/books/inside-story-terry-pratchett-discworld-those-knew-him-4373899
saved 2026-04-29

The inside story of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, by those who knew him
The beloved author would have turned 78 this year - here, his friends and collaborators reminisce on his life and work

In a conversation someone asked me if it wouldn’t be great if AI could just generate stories/movies/tv-shows etc and my first reaction was to tell the story of that time I ate too much ice cream, but then I thought the most obvious thing possible: comic books.
If you like Marvel, especially super heroes from the golden age, you have so much to read that I don’t think you have enough time in your life to read them all.
But… how many really good stories? Eh, not many. Like, really re…

Day Five in the Improv Narrative house, and we're in the format I like most really. A few instructive games in the first half and a couple of longer narrative stories in the second half.
The island game was supposed to teach something about not deliberately getting obstructive.
A scene where your players are told they are on one island and must end up at some point all on the other one the other side of the stage.
Set a scene, make some characters, but nobody said it was supposed to be difficult to get from one island to the other.
Yet barriers are deliberately thrown up, actually imaginary barriers since the whole thing is imaginary after all. Why should there be sharks or a quest for a boat or the sea deep and cold.
You can just wade across. You can just have a boat. You can just levitate yourself over with your hive mind psychic abilities.
Unsure about this.
There must be conflict and peril and challenges which are mastered in a story, you can't set up a hero's quest only to have the hero just happen to have a holy grail in the stationary cupboard. Already got one you see. Use it for storing pens.
Still. Finding the crowbar doesn't have to be a quest. There can just be one in the boot. Don't let things get bogged down in difficulty.
Watched a story about a lazy fellow falling into a life of crime and villainy because of his tardiness and fulfilling his teacher's prophecy that he would indeed end up as a criminal if he didn't buck up his ideas. Good repeated themes of characters making lists of his failures and nice stage-focus work when everyone was on stage at once.
Played a preacher organizing a wedding in a story about friends running a hotel.
Fun to have Reverend Priest finding sin everywhere again. Easy wipe-off sin in this case. We may have come to an end too early. Perhaps not enough obstructions put in the way. 😆
#improv #london #hooplaImpro

Okay, this Kagi translation tool is pretty entertaining (and an absolute gem as a guerilla marketing tactic, by which I mean it be a fine way to plunder more business, me hearty!)
https://translate.kagi.com/?from=en&to=LinkedIn speak

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #DreamTime
Jamie Lidell and Luke Schneider:
🎵 The Story of Your Life
#JamieLidellandLukeSchneider
https://lukeschneider.bandcamp.com/track/the-story-of-your-life
https://open.spotify.com/track/0e2MB3bp8I3SrkoqOyROcv

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲?
Most people think it’s just “extra income.”
That’s only half the story.
A side hustle is any income stream outside your main job or pension – but the type of side hustle determines whether you’re building freedom or just staying busy.
Robert Kiyosaki’s 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 explains this clearly:
🔹 𝐄 – 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞:
Paid for time worked
✔ Easy to start
✖ Income stops when you stop
🔹 𝐒 – 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝:
You own the job
✔ More control, higher income potential
✖ Still tied to your time
🔹 𝐁 – 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫:
Systems work for you
✔ Scalable, leveraged income
✖ Requires learning and setup
🔹 𝐈 – 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫:
Money works for you
✔ Potentially passive
✖ Requires capital and knowledge
👉 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭:
Not all side hustles move you forward. Some just make you tired.
Over my next posts, I’ll break down each quadrant so you can decide what actually fits your goals and stage of life.
𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Where are you now – and where do you 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 to be?