Better Than A Poke In the Eye

11/11/2025

11/11/2025

We will remember them.

04/11/2025

[Newsletter issue with Microsoft!]

We've just sent out the latest issue of Better Than a Poke in the Eye newsletter and it appears that the mail servers at Microsoft (hotmail.com, outlook.com etc) have decided that our newsletter is spam and can not be delivered. (We wonder if this is related to their outage issues last week).

Sadly the link they provide in each of these rejection emails fails to work so there is no way we can report this to them!

So for now you can read the latest issue at:
https://betterthanapokeintheeye.co.uk/newsletters/13

If you have an outlook or hotmail email address you can if you like let them know they are being over zealous.

Issue 13 of Better Than a Poke in the Eye has information about a crossover we never knew we needed Mr Men and Agatha Christie!

31/10/2025

[Disc-tober 2025]

The last day of Disc-tober is here !

Every year we gather together 31 prompts for a Discworld art challenge.

Today's prompt is "Hard Boiled Egg"

Use the hashtags and to get your artworks seen by our team and others also doing the challenge.

For those who are not familiar with our art challenge, we encourage fans of Terry Pratchett's works to create a piece of art based on our daily prompts.

We publish a list of prompts for every day of October.

It's a way to pass the time and have a go at producing something possibly a little out of your comfort zone.

We don't judge the artwork, we just enjoy seeing it!

The rules are simple.
1. Read the prompt of the day.
2. Produce a piece of visual artwork inspired by that prompt.
3. Enjoy the process - it doesn't have to be a Rembrandt!
4. No AI
5. Share your artwork publicly using the and

That's it. Give it a go!

30/10/2025

[Disc-tober 2025]

Day 30 of Disc-tober is here !

Every year we gather together 31 prompts for a Discworld art challenge.

Today's prompt is "Smoking GNU"

Use the hashtags and to get your artworks seen by our team and others also doing the challenge.

For those who are not familiar with our art challenge, we encourage fans of Terry Pratchett's works to create a piece of art based on our daily prompts.

We publish a list of prompts for every day of October.

It's a way to pass the time and have a go at producing something possibly a little out of your comfort zone.

We don't judge the artwork, we just enjoy seeing it!

The rules are simple.
1. Read the prompt of the day.
2. Produce a piece of visual artwork inspired by that prompt.
3. Enjoy the process - it doesn't have to be a Rembrandt!
4. No AI
5. Share your artwork publicly using the and

That's it. Give it a go!

29/10/2025

[Disc-tober 2025]

Day 29 of Disc-tober is here !

Every year we gather together 31 prompts for a Discworld art challenge.

Today's prompt is "Travel"

Use the hashtags and to get your artworks seen by our team and others also doing the challenge.

For those who are not familiar with our art challenge, we encourage fans of Terry Pratchett's works to create a piece of art based on our daily prompts.

We publish a list of prompts for every day of October.

It's a way to pass the time and have a go at producing something possibly a little out of your comfort zone.

We don't judge the artwork, we just enjoy seeing it!

The rules are simple.
1. Read the prompt of the day.
2. Produce a piece of visual artwork inspired by that prompt.
3. Enjoy the process - it doesn't have to be a Rembrandt!
4. No AI
5. Share your artwork publicly using the and

That's it. Give it a go!

28/10/2025

[Disc-tober 2025]

Day 28 of Disc-tober is here !

Every year we gather together 31 prompts for a Discworld art challenge.

Today's prompt is "Revolution"

Use the hashtags and to get your artworks seen by our team and others also doing the challenge.

For those who are not familiar with our art challenge, we encourage fans of Terry Pratchett's works to create a piece of art based on our daily prompts.

We publish a list of prompts for every day of October.

It's a way to pass the time and have a go at producing something possibly a little out of your comfort zone.

We don't judge the artwork, we just enjoy seeing it!

The rules are simple.
1. Read the prompt of the day.
2. Produce a piece of visual artwork inspired by that prompt.
3. Enjoy the process - it doesn't have to be a Rembrandt!
4. No AI
5. Share your artwork publicly using the and

That's it. Give it a go!

27/10/2025

[Disc-tober 2025]

Day 27 of Disc-tober is here !

Every year we gather together 31 prompts for a Discworld art challenge.

Today's prompt is "Brassicas"

Use the hashtags and to get your artworks seen by our team and others also doing the challenge.

For those who are not familiar with our art challenge, we encourage fans of Terry Pratchett's works to create a piece of art based on our daily prompts.

We publish a list of prompts for every day of October.

It's a way to pass the time and have a go at producing something possibly a little out of your comfort zone.

We don't judge the artwork, we just enjoy seeing it!

The rules are simple.
1. Read the prompt of the day.
2. Produce a piece of visual artwork inspired by that prompt.
3. Enjoy the process - it doesn't have to be a Rembrandt!
4. No AI
5. Share your artwork publicly using the and

That's it. Give it a go!

26/10/2025

[Disc-tober 2025]

Day 26 of Disc-tober is here !

Every year we gather together 31 prompts for a Discworld art challenge.

Today's prompt is "Opera"

Use the hashtags and to get your artworks seen by our team and others also doing the challenge.

For those who are not familiar with our art challenge, we encourage fans of Terry Pratchett's works to create a piece of art based on our daily prompts.

We publish a list of prompts for every day of October.

It's a way to pass the time and have a go at producing something possibly a little out of your comfort zone.

We don't judge the artwork, we just enjoy seeing it!

The rules are simple.
1. Read the prompt of the day.
2. Produce a piece of visual artwork inspired by that prompt.
3. Enjoy the process - it doesn't have to be a Rembrandt!
4. No AI
5. Share your artwork publicly using the and

That's it. Give it a go!

25/10/2025

[Disc-tober 2025]

Day 25 of Disc-tober is here !

Every year we gather together 31 prompts for a Discworld art challenge.

Today's prompt is "Scones?"

Use the hashtags and to get your artworks seen by our team and others also doing the challenge.

For those who are not familiar with our art challenge, we encourage fans of Terry Pratchett's works to create a piece of art based on our daily prompts.

We publish a list of prompts for every day of October.

It's a way to pass the time and have a go at producing something possibly a little out of your comfort zone.

We don't judge the artwork, we just enjoy seeing it!

The rules are simple.
1. Read the prompt of the day.
2. Produce a piece of visual artwork inspired by that prompt.
3. Enjoy the process - it doesn't have to be a Rembrandt!
4. No AI
5. Share your artwork publicly using the and

That's it. Give it a go!

24/10/2025

[Disc-tober 2025]

Day 24 of Disc-tober is here !

Every year we gather together 31 prompts for a Discworld art challenge.

Today's prompt is "Potato"

Use the hashtags and to get your artworks seen by our team and others also doing the challenge.

For those who are not familiar with our art challenge, we encourage fans of Terry Pratchett's works to create a piece of art based on our daily prompts.

We publish a list of prompts for every day of October.

It's a way to pass the time and have a go at producing something possibly a little out of your comfort zone.

We don't judge the artwork, we just enjoy seeing it!

The rules are simple.
1. Read the prompt of the day.
2. Produce a piece of visual artwork inspired by that prompt.
3. Enjoy the process - it doesn't have to be a Rembrandt!
4. No AI
5. Share your artwork publicly using the and

That's it. Give it a go!

23/10/2025

[Book Release News] Little Miss Marple: Muddle at the Vicarage and Mr Poirot: Mischief on the Nile.

Fans of the author Agatha Christie will be surprised to see some new titles coming from the author.

Today sees a brand new collaboration between the Christie estate and the Mr Men and Little Miss brand from Sanrio published in all good book shops.

Miss Marple and Poirot have both received the Adam Hargreaves treatment in a set of four books.

The first two have been released today, Little Miss Marple: Muddle at the Vicarage and Mr Poirot: Mischief on the Nile. The second pairing will be released in Feb 2026.

James Prichard, Agatha Christie's great grandson and CEO of the Agatha Christie Estate said "As a lifelong fan of the Mr. Men Little Miss books, it has always been a wish of mine to put our beloved detectives, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, into their universe. These clever and very funny re-imaginings of my great grandmother’s stories, which include some of my favourite characters (in rather suspicious circumstances!), are bound to delight fans of both authors. This is absolutely a dream collaboration."

Little Miss Marple: Muddle at the Vicarage will see the super-sleuth get involved when Reverend Muddle suspects there's been a theft at the vicarage.
The amateur detective is determined to uncover the truth with the help of Inspector Nonsense and Constable Silly.
In Mr. Poirot: Mischief on the Nile, the Belgian investigator meets Colonel Rush while cruising on the Nile. The pair soon find themselves uncovering a mischievous mystery with the help of Mr Tickle and his extraordinarily long arms.

The two stories are loosely inspired by Christie's Death on the Nile and Murder at the Vicarage, but with a charming and humorous twist for younger mystery fans (and thankfully, not a murder in sight).

Adam Hargreaves, whose father created the Mr Men in 1971, and who has written and illustrated for the series himself since 1998, said:
"My father, Roger Hargreaves, created the Mr. Men in 1971. His books met with near immediate success and since then the Mr. Men and Little Miss have entertained generations of children. I have had the privilege from 1988 to continue to draw and write for the series. It has been a real pleasure and an intriguing challenge to bring together the timeless mysteries of Agatha Christie with the playful world of the Mr. Men and Little Miss. Agatha Christie’s iconic stories now have a new twist that neither she nor my father might have imagined!"

The partnership will form part of Agatha Christie Limited's anniversary programme next year, which will mark 50 years since the celebrated author's death, 100 years since the publication of Poirot novel, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, and 50 years since the release of Sleeping Murder.
Although not the last book she wrote, the latter was the final novel to be published by Christie, posthumously in 1976, and featured Miss Marple.

Priced at £9.99 each, both these titles are available now.

If you wish to purchase either of these new titles, you can order them through our bookshop below.

Better Than a Poke in the Eye at Bookshop .org
Mr Poirot
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/3941/9780008740948
Little Miss Marple
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/3941/9780008742911