In Grantchester that summer, he lay in a field and dreamed of machines

Why, yes, universe, thank you, I would love an orchestral work about Alan Turing by Pet Shop Boys. (Original article here, but not being a subscriber, about all I can do is look at the evocative photo.) What a wonderful antidote to the prospect of a straight-cast Turing movie. Tell me there's going to be a recording. Especially if the rest of it sounds anything like the live track here. I'm only sorry—and I'm really sorry—Derek Jarman isn't around to handle the music videos.

P.S. My father came over with power tools and two-by-fours and did not fix the bed per se, but he built a new partition and braced it and the frame with a lot of chocks and blocks and we did not have to buy a new bed last night. The current arrangement will last us until we can. Now I need to learn how to deal with the fact that the new air conditioner makes an ear-filling high-pitched tone that I can't sleep through, but at least I don't have to fail to sleep through it on the floor.

P.P.S. I can now announce that my short story "In Winter" has been accepted by Lackington's. They are publishing the table of contents over Twitter, so you can read the news and a teaser here and here. It's an experiment in historical fiction. strange_selkie told me to stop researching and write already. rushthatspeaks said there was no point in any version of "The Snow Queen" that was missing the robber girl.