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Jean Bürlesk is a storyteller. He writes, he reads, he acts, he makes jokes nobody understands. He would sing and dance, but he has no sense of rhythm or melody. Sometimes he still sings and dances. As a Luxembourger and a lover of words, he expresses himself in five recognizable languages, as well as the…

John is a scientist by day, working on the interaction between the solar wind and Earth’s magnetic field, and won the Royal Astronomical Society’s Fowler Award. By night, he co-hosts the Octothorpe podcast. He is a keen tabletop gamer and GMs regularly; in all the other parts of the day, he alternates between feeling guilty…

Alison Scott is a London-based SF fan, and one third of the Hugo-winning podcast Octothorpe. She’s also won awards in the past for her fan art, as well as the fanzine she co-edited, Plokta. She’s worked on too many conventions to count and can often be found in the bar. In 2026 she is playing…

Liz is a fan, conrunner, and podcaster who started attending conventions in 2003 and has had strong opinions about them ever since. She is one-third of the Octothorpe podcast, launched in 2020 to cover fandom and interesting fannish topics. When she isn’t podcasting she researches tropical diseases in Thailand.