Bibliogryphon

Time is not on your side young warriors

We have got to get rid of one of the Tina's (possibly both but I will not be complaining if any of these go through) However Operation Tree by A River is the most important rescue mission at the moment

We are all old and you are not!

I have already had to make two substitutions since I submitted my team for game 2

31/7/2024 55 Ultravox - Dancing with Tears in My Eyes 46 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 44 Bronski Beat — Smalltown Boy 40 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time -3 39 Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey - Together in Electric Dreams 31 Tina Turner - What’s Love Got to Do With It -3 31 Madonna - Like a Virgin 29 Queen - I Want to Break Free 26 Tina Turner - We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) 17 Nik Kershaw - The Riddle +4

31/7/2024 58 Lewis Capaldi — Someone You Loved +1 54 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow 44 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road 42 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss +1 36 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid — Eastside 30 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — Señorita 28 Ariana Grande — Thank U, Next -6 27 Ava Max — Sweet But Psycho +1 26 Jess Glynne — I’ll Be There +1 23 Stormzy — Vossi Bop 22 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith — Promises

30/07/2024 51 Ultravox - Dancing with Tears in My Eyes 48 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 48 Bronski Beat — Smalltown Boy 41 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time -3 40 Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey - Together in Electric Dreams 39 Tina Turner - What’s Love Got to Do With It -3 33 Queen - I Want to Break Free 27 Nik Kershaw - The Riddle +4 27 Madonna - Like a Virgin 26 Tina Turner - We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)

30/07/2024 57 Lewis Capaldi — Someone You Loved 52 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow 40 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road 39 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss +1 34 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid — Eastside 33 Jess Glynne — I’ll Be There +1 32 Ariana Grande — Thank U, Next 32 Ava Max — Sweet But Psycho +1 30 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — Señorita 29 Stormzy — Vossi Bop +1 25 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith — Promises 06 Ariana Grande — Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored -3 03 Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy — Take Me Back To London -3

Just done a skim listen for the remaining songs that I didn't know (most of them) Nothing very inspiring but I can at least select five that I would prefer to progress

So there are six people* who have put themselves forward to lead the Conservative party *used in its broadest description Kemi Badenoch is apparently favourite with the Conservative Party Members and Tom Tugendhat is most popular with the population at large. I can see Mel Stride going out in the first round before the party conference with either Robert Jenrick or James Cleverly but not sure how much support TT has with the parliamentary party

What TQR?

From all the players who played in round 5 these are the ones who have not yet put a team in YoungWillz Famous6Eva DeathbyArsenic wannamaker ThereWillBeDeaths7 Great Uncle Bulgaria time Rover & Out An Fear Beag Gcreptile Toast Thatcher I know many of you are working on them already Twenty team already in (nine fully verified)

29th July 49 Lewis Capaldi — Someone You Loved 42 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss 42 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow 40 Jess Glynne — I’ll Be There 39 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road 38 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid — Eastside 36 Ava Max — Sweet But Psycho +4 28 Ariana Grande — Thank U, Next 28 Stormzy — Vossi Bop 28 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — Señorita 23 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith — Promises 16 Ariana Grande — Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored 14 Dave ft. Fredo — Funky Friday 12 Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy — Take Me Back To London 08 Ariana Grande — 7 Rings -3 07 Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid — Beautiful People -3

Yes for categories like best selling and most performed song either the performer or the artist As I said earlier the categories have changed so I will allow winners of defunct categories but not Lifetime achievement or special contribution awards

Thank you everyone who have sent in a flurry of teams over the weekend. I will try to start working through the verification but I am a bit behind at the moment. The game will start on 1st August and when the lists get published I will update any hits that have occurred. Those who have not been verified keep an eye out for any challenges or confirmation over the next few days

With the now confirmed passing of Ray Lawler the earliest surviving play author to win the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play leaps forward by 15 years to Tom Stoppard although the oldest is Athol Fugard. Brian Friel who won in 1991 is already dead so the new addition is Angels in America author Tony Kushner BEST PLAY (Writer) 1972 Tom Stoppard (b.1937) 1974 Alan Ayckborn (b.1939) 1976 Howard Brenton (b.1942) 1983 Athol Fugard (b.1932) 1984 Michael Frayn (b.1933) 1985 David Hare (b.1947)* 1986 Christopher Hampton (b.1946) 1989 Yehoshua Sobol (b.1939) 1990 William Nicholson (b.1948) 1992 Tony Kushner (b.1956)

29/7/2024 48 Bronski Beat — Smalltown Boy 46 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time -2 44 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill +1 41 Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey - Together in Electric Dreams 39 Ultravox - Dancing with Tears in My Eyes 37 Madonna - Like a Virgin 34 Nik Kershaw - The Riddle +1 33 Tina Turner - What’s Love Got to Do With It -2 30 Queen - I Want to Break Free +1 30 Tina Turner - We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) 29 Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover 07 Madonna - Material Girl +1 04 Bananarama - Robert De Niro’s Waiting -2 This is going to be a brutal final stage and it looks like we are decided on Like A Virgin over Material Girl but We Don't Need Another Hero deserves to win out against the fairly generic What's Love Got To Do With It

1924 Russell M. Nelson/Eva Marie Saint 1925 Pete Murray/Brigitte Auber 1926 Timothy Dudley-Smith/Judith Magre 1927 Sandy Gall/Hazel Chinnery 1928 James Ivory/Queen Ratna of Nepal 1929 John Woodvine/Patricia Routledge 1930 Douglas Hurd/Katherine Jackson  1931 Ken Bates/Leslie Caron  1932 Roy Hattersley/Carmen Munroe 1933 Tinto Brass/Kim Novak Thanks everyone

Sun 28 Jul 44 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 41 Queen - I Want to Break Free 40 Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey - Together in Electric Dreams 40 Bronski Beat — Smalltown Boy 39 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill +1 38 Nik Kershaw - The Riddle +1 38 Ultravox - Dancing with Tears in My Eyes +1 36 Tina Turner - What’s Love Got to Do With It 30 Tina Turner - We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) 26 Madonna - Like a Virgin 25 Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover  12 Bananarama - Robert De Niro’s Waiting 12 The Commodores - Nightshift  11 Elton John - Nikita 11 Dee C. Lee - See the Day  07 Madonna - Material Girl +1 06 U2 - Pride (In The Name of Love) -6

Sun 28 Jul 46 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss 45 Lewis Capaldi — Someone You Loved +2 38 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid — Eastside 32 Jess Glynne — I’ll Be There 32 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road 30 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow 29 Ava Max — Sweet But Psycho +2 28 Ariana Grande — Thank U, Next 28 Stormzy — Vossi Bop 24 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — Señorita 23 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith — Promises 22 Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid — Beautiful People 20 Dave ft. Fredo — Funky Friday 20 Ariana Grande — 7 Rings 18 Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy — Take Me Back To London 17 Ariana Grande — Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored 15 Demi Lovato ft. Clean Bandit — Solo 09 Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds — Three Lions 08 Drake — Nice For What -6

OK which one of you is part of the commissioning team at Channel 4. The latest offering (streaming from Thursday) is Celebrity Send Off in which a one Celebrity plans a funeral for another. As an example in the first episode Bez plans a funeral for his friend and Bandmate Shaun Ryder

This should help me in the Theme Team League and Ysanne Churchman is my first hit (and joker) for my Unusual Suspects team

The 20/20 game has been a fascinating source of fun and frustration in equal measure but no the first year will all be dwindling Centarians by the end of 2020. @Sean has given his blessing to the continuation of this game in whatever form and we thank him for his initial great idea. This new version will just last one year and from my point of view is relatively low maintenance. Basically the aim of the game is to pick 20 candidates from the years 1921-1930.You need 2 from each year and you must have one male and one female from each year.Candidates only qualify if they have a national news article about their death in English and or an obituary. The game does not start until 1 January 2020 (UK Time Zone) and no teams can be posted before this time and will continue until the end of the year. As soon as one candidate from anyone`s list dies the pool will be immediately restarted and it is first come first serve. You can even be a bitch and steal someone`s entire list if you wish. It is a competitive game. The overall winner will be the person with most hits in the year. The pool restarts as soon as a link from the the qualifying Obituary is posted verifying age of the deceased (by their own standard).No two players can have duplicate picks and the age given in the article will be accepted as soon as the article is published and pasted to this site.It has to be decisive at the time the news breaks. If the age they give is different to the year of birth you don`t get a hit unless it is amended before another death that meets the criteria of a hit. There is no limit to the number of players and you can enter the round at any point. You may even miss some rounds if they are quick. You do not need an admin to confirm your pick if you have a QO to post your next round team but you may be challenged if it in any way suspect.

It is not bad and would probably do OK if the category were No.6 singles (or in the 90s) but it feels out of place in this company

27 July 42 Bronski Beat — Smalltown Boy 40 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time -2 38 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill +1 37 Ultravox - Dancing with Tears in My Eyes 35 Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey - Together in Electric Dreams 35 Tina Turner - What’s Love Got to Do With It 35 Nik Kershaw - The Riddle +1 35 Queen - I Want to Break Free +1 30 Tina Turner - We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) 26 Madonna - Like a Virgin 21 Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover  17 The Commodores - Nightshift  16 Elton John - Nikita  15 Bananarama - Robert De Niro’s Waiting  15 Baltimora— Tarzan Boy -2 14 Dee C. Lee - See the Day  13 Madonna - Material Girl +1 12 U2 - Pride (In The Name of Love) -2 06 Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor!