RIGHT, WELL, no way I am leaving LJ until the very last but my obscene loyalty doesn’t mean I want to risk losing everything, so I am importing all things to my DW account as we speak ( Read more... )

I recommended this lecture when it first aired on the Beeb a year ago and it was exactly as funny and moving as you would expect from a lecture by Pterry. Obviously it has long since disappeared from the iplayer so HOORAY FOR YOUTUBE.

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Supermassive TV rec:

Terry Pratchett's Richard Dimbleby Lecture on assisted death: Shaking Hands with Death. Exactly as funny and incredibly moving as you would expect a lecture by Pterry to be. It's available on iPlayer until midnight tomorrow, so do watch it as soon as you can if you're interested and haven't already ( Read more... )