John can do one, Alison don\u2019t like cricket, and Liz will never get to bed.\nPlease email your letters of comment to comment@octothorpecast.uk and tag @OctothorpeCast (on Twitter or on Mastodon) when you post about the show on social media.\nContent warnings this episode: Poor working conditions (chapter 2), COVID (chapter 3)\n\nLetters of comment\n\nAbigail Nussbaum\nChris Garcia\n\n\nChengdu is a shower\n\nHugo Award delay\nVenue under construction\n\n\nCOVID Round-up\n\nNew recommendation: 5 air changes per hour (ACH)\n\nThe Lancet COVID-19 Commission Task Force on Safe Work, Safe School, and Safe Travel\n\n\nHSE has general ventilation advice\n\n\nSeattle is the only Worldcon bid for 2025\nPemmi-Con\n\nVirtual memberships have been announced\nYou will have a supporting membership if\n\nyou voted in NASFiC site selection or\nyou got drunk and bought a $65 Moose T-shirt at Chicon 8\n\n\n\n\nGlasgow in 2024\n\nYou can volunteer to be on programme or suggest an item\n\n\nArthur C. Clarke Award\n\nLiz has read one of them\nJohn has read a different one\n\n\nGUFF\n\nAlison has dates and a plan\nIf you\u2019re in Australia and want to have Alison (and maybe Steven) to visit, let us know\n\n\nPicks:\n\nJohn: UK Games Expo\n\nEarthborne Rangers\nSolar Sphere\nFlickFleet\nAsteroid Dice and Shape Invaders\nCatacombs\nDungeon Drop\nFinal Girl\nFind stockists for any of the above games through BoardGamePrices\n\n\nAlison: Cricket\nLiz: Rivers of London, specifically the most recent novels (False Value and Amongst Our Weapons)\n\n\nCredits\n\nCover art: Apparently It\u2019s Beach Cricket by Alison Scott\n\nAlt text: The three of us wearing cricket clothes in front of a picture of a beach that Liz took to taunt us.\n\n\nTheme music: \u201cSurf Shimmy\u201d by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)