Entropic State Report 1st March 2025

Welcome to March pards!Technically it might not actually be spring yet from an astronomical perspective, but I'm going with the old meteorological date of 1st March. Besides, there's also the phenological definition, which has been creeping ever earlier in the 21st century. Apparently, one of the indicators is the appearance of frogspawn and in 2024 … Continue reading Entropic State Report 1st March 2025 →

Luther Arkwright Part One w/ Bryan Talbot

Tom Murphy of Colossive Press drops by Derry and Toms to discuss The Adventures of Luther Arkwright. Plus, creator and legendary author/artist Bryan Talbot himself joins us so we can quiz him about his early career and the origins of Arkwright! For more exclusive content check out the Breakfast in the Ruins Patreon page.

Entropic State Report 15th February 2025

Bradford remains chiily and wet this February but all the more reason to muse upon interesting readings and rustle up more stupid names for ships for my Let's Play Fucking D&D game (latest, Dish of Ploons).I've also just managed to get another episode largely in the can as my mate John came back to look … Continue reading Entropic State Report 15th February 2025 →

Entropic Dice Report – Games and Grog

For the first time in several years I recently managed to make it to one of the UK's premier RPG gatherings, GROGMEET, a joyous celebration of roleplaying games hosted by Dirk of The Grognard Files. And this time... I TOOK PHIL... so we decided, 'what the fluff!' and recorded our reflections on a cracking weekend … Continue reading Entropic Dice Report – Games and Grog →

(The Secret of) The Runestaff – Part One

Dave, frontman of Space Rock Colossus SÖNUS, is back in Derry and Toms to tackle the final volume in the first Hawkmoon saga... The Runestaff (AKA The Secret of the Runestaff). Huon's tongue is flicking, Meliadus is plotting and Hawkmoon is SULKING ABOUT BOATS!

The Coming of the Terraphiles Part Three

It's 2025, but we're tying up some 2024 business with Miles and finally rampaging to the potentially multiverse-shattering conclusion of Moorcock's Doctor Who novel The Coming of the Terraphiles. They came. They went. The hat mystery was solved and the multiverse saved, and we still don't really get what went down. But HATS!

Entropic State Report 7th January 2025

Welcome friends... to 2025! The festive period here at Derry & Toms (Bradford branch) has been a funny one, punctuated by hospital visits to the awd fella, lifted in the middle by a boozy visit from Loz (see Episode 101), and then run down to a gooey conclusion by a heroic dose of lurgy that … Continue reading Entropic State Report 7th January 2025 →

EPISODE 101

We're back for our last show of 2024 and it's dropping in that weird 'between time' when I'm sick of festive food and just craving a tin of beans, but also wondering how much Yorkshire pud I can fit on my plate when my NYE appetite returns. And because Episode 101 has emerged through a … Continue reading EPISODE 101 →

BIRTHDAY SPECIAL 2024 – EPISODE 100 (featuring Michael Moorcock)

It's Mike's birthday... It's Phil's birthday... It's our centenary... For this one, we have a very special guest. It's Michael Moorcock! Also, me and Phil go to Morecambe blah blah blah... JOIN US!!!

The King of the Swords Part One

Simon Perrins is back in Derry and Toms to pick up the third instalment of the first Corum trilogy. Many delights await as Mike puts his foot down on drawing together the threads of this first ten years of Eternal Champion cosmology and, as usual, Jhary wears some nice threads.JOIN US!