John is critically bereft, Alison made a mistake, and Liz is carving papayas.

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Content warnings this episode: COVID-19 (chapter 4) and problematic behaviour such as racism, sexism, and abuse (chapter 6).

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• Letters of comment
  • Facebook: Ali Baker, Dave Mansfield, Ang Rosin
  • Bridget Bradshaw
  • Chris Garcia
• Papaya carving
• COVID policy roundup
  • Smofcon Europe
  • Corflu Concorde (in PR5)
• Theme songs
• Guests of Honour
  • Disinvitations
    • File 770 reporting on Toni Weisskopf
    • Frank Miller disinvited from Thought Bubble
    • Elizabeth Moon disinvited from Wiscon
  • Reflections on Racefail
    • N. K. Jemisin
    • Jaymee Goh
    • Fanlore write-up
  • Ghosts of Honour
    • H. G. Wells’ speech at Beccon (the 1987 Eastercon)
  • Paul Cornell suggested the “foetus of honour”
• Picks
  • John: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Disney+)
    • Always Be My Maybe (Netflix)
    • Dune
  • Alison: irrelevant waffle [Alison wrote that—Ed]
  • Liz: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (PS4)
    • Some pretty cutscenes from Uncharted 4
• Music credits
  • Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 4.0 license