It's Threads Day! So what better excuse to have Dr Malcom Craig back in Derry & Toms to talk about NUCLEAR WAR, and particularly General Sir John Hackett’s The Third World War: August 1985 (1978) and its sequel The Third World War: The Untold Story (1982). As we're both gamers, and Malcolm has an academic … Continue reading Our Experiences in the Third World War
Stormbringer RPG Dot Com (MM&RPGs – X)
SYNCHRONIUS NEWS! We're less than four weeks out from our first Moorcockian gaming weekend, Rolling in the Ruins 2026, and suddenly Elric RPGs are like buses! What great fortune then, that I had this RPG-related chat lined up with Marcus Bone, the guy behind https://stormbringerrpg.com/ and many other things, like: https://www.darkconspiracytherpg.com https://unboundbook.org and https://demonground.org/archives/299-2/ So … Continue reading Stormbringer RPG Dot Com (MM&RPGs – X)
Death Angel’s Shadow – Part Two
Dave returns to Derry & Toms to conclude our coverage of the 1973 Karl Edward Wagner anthology Death Angel's Shadow, featuring his anti-hero Kane. Some great stuff in here, but some rough stuff too, with references to sexual assault, so please beware that we will discuss it in both the original context, as we see … Continue reading Death Angel’s Shadow – Part Two
Teaching Behold the Man w/ Professor Rowland Wymer
In a blasphemous conjunction of the spheres, this year is the 60th anniversary of the publication of the novella Behold the Man in New Worlds issue 166 - and a few weeks ago patron Nick Hopkinson sent me the link to an article by Professor Rowland Wymer in Vol 52 no 2 of the Interdisciplinary … Continue reading Teaching Behold the Man w/ Professor Rowland Wymer
The Alex Sanders Lectures and the Satanic Mojo of Jason Atomic
Jason Atomic drops by Derry & Toms to talk about his journey from finding Moorcock and metal to creating Satanic Mojo comix, founding the Satanic Flea Market, becoming an avid book collector and illustrating the Alex Sanders Lectures, a brand new reprint of one of the first correspondent courses in witchcraft by the "King of … Continue reading The Alex Sanders Lectures and the Satanic Mojo of Jason Atomic
Birch and Jay w/ Allister Thompson
Allister Thompson returns to Derry & Toms to talk about his new novel, Birch and Jay: The Knowledge Seekers Part One. In a typically roving conversation, we get into his influences and intentions in writing about a climate apocalypse and aftermath, as well as other stuff, like bad War of the Worlds adaptations (again). This … Continue reading Birch and Jay w/ Allister Thompson
The Warlord of the Air – Part Two
Robert is back in D&Ts to pick up the trail of Oswald Bastable as he navigates the strange world of an alternative 1970s full of airships, anarchists and a nasty little fucker called Reagan. We also navigate Mike's occasionally annoying propensity for retrospectively sticking a Von Bek in EVERYTHING. Get the Colossive Press Croydon Spaceport … Continue reading The Warlord of the Air – Part Two
One of the Spirits Burning w/ Don Falcone
Don Falcone returns to Derry & Toms to talk about his epic musical memoir, One of the Spirits Burning. A fascinating insight into Don's magical journey as the centre of the Spirits Burning space rock collaboration, spanning almost 30 years and 22 albums (and counting). Don has worked with Michael Moorcock extensively (Mike wrote the … Continue reading One of the Spirits Burning w/ Don Falcone
THE ROBOT BRAINS (Sydney J Bounds)
Malcom Craig drops by Derry & Toms to talk about his work in academia, roleplaying games, his authorship of the first ever academic article on Twilight 2000, the "macho men with Uzis" sub-genre of RPGs, the upcoming reboots of his Cold City and Hot War games, and panicking as children about how high priority your … Continue reading THE ROBOT BRAINS (Sydney J Bounds)
Entropic State Report 16th February 2026
We're more than half way through February and 2026 is largely looking like a similar version of 2025 but on shit-steroids, with the usual players doing their things. Any hope that the situation(s) around the world may improve are in the toilet. I suppose it was a vain hope, and there's nothing wrong with having … Continue reading Entropic State Report 16th February 2026
Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast 