Breakfast in the Ruins

Breakfast in the Ruins

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Episodes 141
Avg. Duration 1h 41m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.8 (19)
Since Oct 2019
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
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About This Podcast

Friends old and new join me in Derry and Toms roof gardens to discuss the work and influence of prolific British fantasist Michael Moorcock, as well as other bits of 60s and 70s genre fiction that came to me via my Grandad in the 80s and informed my world view. Books, music, role-playing games, wrestling in Featherstone Library and many other digressions await.

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The Ice Schooner - Part Two

Jun 12, 2026 1h 49m

Miles is back for Part Two of The Ice Schooner, in which we find that our hero Konrad Arflane is still a dick, and we beat around several bushes, including the novelisation of Star Trek: The Motion…

Our Experiences in the Third World War

May 26, 2026 2h 8m

It's Threads Day! So what better excuse to have Dr Malcom Craig back in Derry & Toms to talk about NUCLEAR WAR, and particularly General Sir John Hackett’s The Third World War: August 1985 (1978)…

Stormbringer RPG Dot Com (MM&RPGs - X)

May 11, 2026 1h 27m

SYNCHRONIUS NEWS! We're less than four weeks out from our first Moorcockian gaming weekend, Rolling in the Ruins 2026, and suddenly Elric RPGs are like buses! What great fortune then, that I had this…

Death Angel's Shadow - Part Two

Apr 27, 2026 1h 39m

Dave returns to Derry & Toms to conclude our coverage of the 1973 Karl Edward Wagner anthology Death Angel's Shadow, featuring his anti-hero Kane. Some great stuff in here, but some rough stuff…

Teaching Behold the Man w/ Professor Rowland Wymer

Apr 06, 2026 1h 4m

In a blasphemous conjunction of the spheres, this year is the 60th anniversary of the publication of the novella Behold the Man in New Worlds issue 166 - and a few weeks ago patron Nick Hopkinson…

The Alex Sanders Lectures and the Satanic Mojo of Jason Atomic

Apr 02, 2026 1h 23m

Jason Atomic drops by Derry & Toms to talk about his journey from finding Moorcock and metal to creating Satanic Mojo comix, founding the Satanic Flea Market, becoming an avid book collector and…

Birch and Jay w/ Allister Thompson

Mar 27, 2026 1h 13m

Allister Thompson returns to Derry & Toms to talk about his new novel, Birch and Jay: The Knowledge Seekers Part One. In a typically roving conversation, we get into his influences and intentions…

The Warlord of the Air - Part Two

Mar 20, 2026 1h 20m

Robert is back in D&Ts to pick up the trail of Oswald Bastable as he navigates the strange world of an alternative 1970s full of airships, anarchists and a nasty little fucker called Regan. We…

One of the Spirits Burning w/ Don Falcone

Mar 06, 2026 1h 32m

Don returns to Derry & Toms to update us on his journey adapting The Dancers at the End of Time stories into a sprawling four-album suite and to talk about his epic musical memoir, One of the…

THE ROBOT BRAINS (Sydney J Bounds)

Feb 20, 2026 1h 40m

Malcom Craig drops by Derry & Toms to talk about his work in academia, roleplaying games, his authorship of the first ever academic article on Twilight 2000, the "macho men with Uzis" sub-genre…

Death Angel's Shadow Part One

Feb 06, 2026 1h 45m

Dave is back in Derry & Toms as we finally turn our attention to Karl Edward Wagner and his towering dark fantasy anti-hero... Kane! We've been talking about doing some KEW for a while now, so…

Gamifying the Multiverse - Moorcock & RPGs Part IX

Jan 27, 2026 1h 38m

We're talking RPGs again, this time in the company of Tanya Floaker (Mum Chums, Lo! Thy Dread Empire, Solstice, Be Seeing You, a|state). Along the way we'll get into Tanya's history with Moorcock and…

The New Worlds Fair

Jan 24, 2026 1h 20m

Joe Banks braves the radioactive zone to join me on the Ferris Wheel and discuss the 1975 album by Michael Moorcock and The Deep Fix - The New Worlds Fair - the 50th anniversary edition of which is…

The Jade Man's Eyes

Jan 16, 2026 1h 32m

Derek AKA Imrryr joins me in Derry and Toms as we take a look at the Elric tale, The Jade Man's Eyes. Initially published in 1973 in Flashing Swords 2 and as a standalone novella by Unicorn Press,…

The Warlord of the Air - Part One

Jan 02, 2026 2h 27m

We're back... we've crawled out of the ruins of our Christmas and New Year bottles to witness the fantastic world of 1973 through the eyes of Oswald Bastable. Robert MacMillan is my co-pilot for this…

Birthday Special 2025

Dec 18, 2025 1h 53m

Another year, another Birthday Special... our sixth! It's Mike's birthday... it's Phil's birthday... it's the podcast's official state birthday... so what better than a silly, hastily assembled…

City of the Beast AKA Warriors of Mars

Dec 09, 2025 1h 48m

Andy Darby joins me as we take D and Ts on the road to eons-old Mars to explore mysteries, machinations and mild disappointments. Check out Andy’s substack to read The Crow Feeder and sign up to his…

The Ice Schooner - Part One

Nov 21, 2025 1h 50m

Miles is back in Derry & Toms as we tackle another 60s Moorcock classic... The Ice Schooner. Lots to talk about here, and some pearls to clutch too, as we visit one of Mike's sweatiest…

Halloween Special 2025 - SLUGS by Shaun Hutson

Oct 31, 2025 1h 59m

As voted for by our dear patrons, the subject for this year's Halloween Special is SLUGS! Shaun Hutson's breakthrough best seller has been on the poll list for three or four years, but 2025 was its…

Immortality Inc. by Robert Sheckley

Oct 21, 2025 2h 8m

Author and game designer Tone Milazzo joins me in Derry & Toms as we look at another work by the late, great Robert Sheckley, his first novel Immortality Inc. Last time we talked about Sheckley…

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How many episodes does Breakfast in the Ruins have?

Breakfast in the Ruins has published 141 episodes since October 2019, covering topics in Arts, Books.

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Breakfast in the Ruins is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 1h 41m.

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