This Midsomer Murders conspiracy theory is bonkers(ly brilliant)
16.
already mentioned that Heaney was nominated for ‘human chain’. but why ‘human chain’, his worst book by a mile? perhaps because [ctd]
— LRB Bookshop (@LRBbookshop) June 27, 2017
17.
In 2002, Christopher Logue was nominated for ‘Homer: War Music’. DI Barnaby’s assistant is, of course, the erstwhile Sergeant Troy
— LRB Bookshop (@LRBbookshop) June 27, 2017
18.
In 2005, Roo Borson won for ‘Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida’. The long-term sponsor of Midsomer Murders was Viking River Cruises.
— LRB Bookshop (@LRBbookshop) June 27, 2017
19.
In 2005, George Bowering was nominated for ‘Changing on the Fly’. I’m pretty sure there was a midsomer murders episode where Barnaby [ctd]
— LRB Bookshop (@LRBbookshop) June 27, 2017
20.
[ctd] was trying to get into his trousers when the phone rang & it was a murder. or perhaps i dreamt it?
— LRB Bookshop (@LRBbookshop) June 27, 2017
21.
don’t know how to embed quotes in threads, but @closeandslow points out that ‘tall nettles’ is michael longley’s favourite poem
— LRB Bookshop (@LRBbookshop) June 27, 2017
22.
2003: Kathleen Jamie was nominated for ‘Mr and Mrs Scotland are dead’. in MM episode 18, a couple called
Mr and Mrs Shortlands are murdered— LRB Bookshop (@LRBbookshop) June 27, 2017
23.
what do the titles of these 2005 nominees suggest to you? possibly, tampering with traffic lights in order to engineer a road accident??? pic.twitter.com/zyxKGSka5t
— LRB Bookshop (@LRBbookshop) June 27, 2017
24.
[ctd] – well – that was just what happened in Episode 28, ‘Birds of Prey’ (scripted, incidentally, by one….. D. Harsent)
— LRB Bookshop (@LRBbookshop) June 27, 2017
25.
How about 2006 – Kamau Braithwaite wins for ‘Born to Slow Horses’ – in the episode ‘Death of a Stranger’, Spt. Ron Pringle is thrown [ctd]
— LRB Bookshop (@LRBbookshop) June 27, 2017
26.
[ctd] from a horse which has been artificially slowed, e.g. doped. (this episode is also, incidentally, written by David Harsent.)
— LRB Bookshop (@LRBbookshop) June 27, 2017
27.
a very good point from Ken Babstock here (incidentally, MH is an amazing book, do read it if you haven’t yet) pic.twitter.com/lJ0DmeK9Mq
— LRB Bookshop (@LRBbookshop) June 27, 2017
There’s a whole lot more where this came from but, well, you get the idea. It’s no more nuts than the plot of, say … Midsomer Murders.
We love these responses too.
LOL, what a funny series of joke tweets! Delete them immediately and report alone to the British Library for a meeting, do not bring weapons
— Society of Authors (@Soc_of_Authors) June 27, 2017
We have been exposed. https://t.co/7DZTJT3Cba
— Griffin Poetry Prize (@griffinpoetry) June 27, 2017
DCI Barnaby, it’s over to you.
As spotted by the brilliant @gregjenner on Twitter.