This episode was recorded on election day (6/2021) and deals with a character who is standing for the Mayor of London, Count Binface - the article surprised me when I learnt that Binface was previously a version of Lord Buckethead and had to change due to a copyright dispute - it is, asmum always says, a bad day when you don't learn somethingRead along HERE and HERETOO Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a vain attempt to pretend this podcast has any listeners I suggest that iepisode's subject was suggested by a listener, called Z (you don't know him, he lives in another town) Anyway, welcome to the Wikipedia page about Jesus's foreskin(s) and how it ended up as the rings of SaturnFeel free to read along HERE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amongst the many images I create and call 'art' are a series that I call "The Towers of Brighton and Hove and the most popular of those is loosely based on The Brighton Palace Pier, soo today I read the Wikipedia article about Brighton's most famous ico.You can read along here And look at my version of the pier here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Since I started this podcast a number of people have asked if it's actually a version of Wikipedia created by 1980's heartthrob Mike Read - it isn't - but I thought I would go a little meta and read the article about Mike Read for Mike Reads Wikipedia - you can read along here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recently I've looking back over some of my old projects, the ones I start and never complete and I came across an idea I had to do a book about 3 rubber ducks lost at sea. The idea was inspired by a real story that involved over 28000 bath toys being set free in the ocean that were tracked by scientists and I thought I would find the Wikipedia article about the inspirational event - it's entitled Friendly Floatees and you can read along here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Normally I avoid contentious articles on Wikipedia – you know ones that are controversial and badly in need of a brisk edit – but today I was thinking about Apple Crumbles so I went to Wikipedia to find out about the history of the dish, only to discover they had merged the article with one about an American dessert called an Apple Crisp! – you can hear my disbelief throughout this episode and read along yourself HERE: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are quite a few places in the UK called Devil's Dyke, one of them is near to where I live in Sussex and I thought I would take a look at the Wikipedia entry for it today.You can read along HERE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I read a newspaper article about a man who had posted himself from Australia to the UK in the 1960s, so I went to look in Wikipedia to find other stories of Human Post - this one, about Henry Box Brown caught my eye - so I read it into a mic and now here we are.Read along HERE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the last few days I've been thinking about Star Trek and drew a couple of cartoons about the show, including a rendition of the HMSS Brexit - my spoof version of the show. The day after First Contact Day (5/4/2021) - thee day that celebrates a fictional event that won't happen till 2063 - I thought I'd turn to the page of Wikipedia that covers Zefram CochraneClick here to read the article yourselfor let me read it for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

General Jumbo, one of my all time favourite comic book characters, inspired me to do a drawing/photo montage this morning, so I thought I would investigate the, rather short, article about him on Wikipedia - I discovered his name - which I didn't know - and a little bit of his back story in this short episodeFollow along here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.