In a shocking twist, the mystery guest was revealed to be... the admin! That's right, queen of admin Katie Bruce was invited on the show, revealing her voice to the citizens for the first time! And how did the King of Leeds respond to having a fellow Loiner on the show? He swanned off on holiday and abandoned the whole of Writeopolis, obviously. Rude.

More importantly than RJ's absence, we also had:

• Kit describing the 'all hot, no plot' Bat Out of Hell musical as 'culture'

• Scott doing a deep dive into his own psyche over his hatred of Thatcher

• Katie making the Sandwich Shop of Dreams feel all its feelings (and the citizens struggle with the concept of 'bread in moderation')

• Kit is very, very busy and has mysterious good news

• Dinosaurs get shown a lot of love with the dragon prince of Mongolia and Katie makes a reluctant choice on the binary that causes uproar!

• There's also some big David Bowie love and all things Labyrinth are discussed.

  Listen in for all this and so much more! Enjoy!

After the epic fail of Craig the recording bot last episode, he was thoroughly reprimanded in time for the amazing Marguerite Kenner! Listen in for highlights such as:

• The very rude motorbike

• The podcast getting immediately thrown off topic by cats and video games leading to a record-breaking 16 minute delay on getting to the intro

• Scott is sacked for having a sore throat

• Cheese Detective

• Marguerite talks about the frankly awe-inspiring amount of work she's doing

• "I've been helping my wife build a human skin desk"

• Night cheese is not bed milk

  And so, so much more! Enjoy!

Season 11 continued with the wonderful Stephanie Burgis!

• Scott didn't bring enough chocolate for the whole group and was therefore immediately fired

• Stephanie appreciates living in Britain, purely for the joy of people being able to pronounce her name correctly

• Scott has a lot of praise for Sinners, Kit's had a horror film fest with The Shallows and Clown In A Cornfield, and Stephanie immediately changes the tone with family fantasy film Man And Witch

• RJ surprises no one by discussing his love of all thing ships - as long as he doesn't have to actually go on one

• Stephanie talks hybrid publishing, filling the well and gives a magical and mysterious entry to the Sandwich Shop of Dreams

• RJ then offends Stephanie with his opinions on hot chocolate and his microphone starts playing up in response, as well it should

• "Something awful happens in the Wonkaverse" - no I'm not going to explain, you'll just have to listen to the episode for context*

Listen in for all this and more!

*context may not necessarily provide any clarity to statements made on Writeopolis

Series 11 kicked off with a host-only episode, in which one of the hosts failed to turn up, the intern fired himself and Bosch was mentioned so instant bingo. Also featured were 700 eggs, a giant TV, gold bullion, "Ahh, bed milk" and fascinating lacrosse facts. Unfortunately, as it was Kit who failed to turn up, there was no recording but, in hindsight, that may be a good thing...

However, all went well for episode 2 and the recording bot behaved itself, therefore you get to listen back to the glorious Intisar Khanani fully embracing the chaos of Writeopolis! Including:

• RJ failing to turn up and immediately being slandered by Kit

• Scott diving straight into Doctor Who – but a book, not the show! (Before immediately going back to the show. Obviously)

• Kit's delightful exclamation of "wow I didn't know machine guns fired swords"

• Intisar reveals her hidden talent involving The Addams Family

• The citizens being frankly shocked by the number of books in the 'what media have we been consuming' section

• "Reading is great!" is uttered to the surprise of all

• Intisar asks the hosts questions that gets them to really think about the things they're doing. A very unusual occurrence!

• RJ annoys Kit without even being present

• And the playlist additions are possibly the most eclectic we've ever had.

All this and so, so much more! Listen in for all the fun!

Series 10 concluded with a glorious crossover episode with David Thomas Moore running a game of Dungeons and Disorderly for our three hosts!

There is quite simply no way to summarise this episode in any way that will make sense, so without further ado:

• Paddington Bear Stare

• We must save the Writeoponomicon!

• STET!

• Tiny glove with a white whale on it

• Regret

• "We are writers answering the call to adventure!"

• Keeper Sutherland - not to be confused with Kiefer Sutherland (who also makes an appearance)

• "We're like a family here."

• Bertie the wizard cat

• A Pope-firing trebuchet

• An unsettling encounter with a goat

Listen in for all this and more! So much more... You would not believe how much more we managed to cram into this episode. No, none of it makes sense. None. Enjoy!

Season 10 continues with the magnificent M R Carey, in which:

• Mike understands the assignment when it comes to 'keeping the recent media we've consumed segment to a minimum'. The hosts, once again, fail spectacularly.

• Kit is reading poetry and may have been taken over by an alien parasite

• Mike gives an insight into his latest book Once Was Willem

• RJ completely forgets the format of the show after being off for a week

• Scott invents a new soap opera in his dreams

• Book signing horror stories make an appearance

• The kaiju question makes an appearance

• Mike confirms Yorkshire is awesome

Listen in for all this and more!

Please be aware there is a content warning for episode due to discussion of sexual assault

The guests returned for episode 3 with Andrea Stewart!

Which of course meant one of the hosts was missing.

Also in this episode:

• The chat seriously overestimate RJ's tech skills

• Scott reads a book! Not during the episode, obviously. It's not that kind of podcast.

• Andrea introduces the hosts to One Piece

• Scott starts an argument with the words "The ending was even worse than Lost"

• The Writeoponomicon is pleased as Andrea teases a new secret project, discusses craft and shares an amazing source for fantasy travel research

• Some good urtexts make an appearance

• Kit laments failing to get Black Sabbath tickets

• And, inevitably, Mephi!

Listen in for all this and even more!

Season 10 continues with the hosts being set free without any guest to rein in their shenanigans.
Inevitably, excessive shenanigans ensue. Including:

• A discussion about Winnie the Pooh that leads to sinister pork adverts

• Scott gets so annoyed with S2 of The Night Agent, he goes into full spoiler mode (you have been warned)

• David Lynch

• 10 seasons in and Scott figures out how Discord works

• Kit gets into serious writing talk

• RJ teases his current project

• And there is an unusually long music discussion

Listen in for all this and even more chaos!