Despatches

Note from the Editor: Bit of a quieter week this week. Hope everyone's doing OK?

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:
From hmsacasta_feed: Images of Life at Sea, 14
From hmsacasta_feed: The Doctor singing Heart of Oak
Icons: meganbmoore posts Sense and Sensibility (2008) icons
Podfic: Father Sam Investigates by heather_mist, ready by alltoseek; Aubreyad; PG/teen

Of historical interest:
From hmsacasta_feed: Rules to be Observed When Pickling

Miscellany and meta:
From hmsacasta_feed: A Return to Bermuda

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read will be reading Chapter Three of HMS Surprise this weekend

Rec of the Week: Conversation by followingyourbliss; Garrow's Law; 18; William Garrow/Sarah Hill; Takes off directly from the end of 2x04. Conversation, criminal and otherwise, ensues.

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Note from the Editor: It looks like it's been another busy week all round! There's plenty of stuff here for you to browse while you take a break from your Christmas shopping.

Fanfic:
Advent Calendar Day 6: The Feast of St Nicholas by feroxargentea; Aubreyad; PG, Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin, the crew of HMS Surprise; The crew of the HMS Surprise welcome the Doctor back aboard
Advent Calendar Day 8: Sophie Aubrey: Sex therapist by sid; Aubreyad; NC-17; Jack/Stephen, Sophie; It's a time-honored tradition by now! Beginning with Sophie's Secret and Sophie's Secret Obsession, and continuing with last year's Sophie's Lee Shore
Advent Calender Day 10: Carnival in Barcelona by mithen; Aubreyad; NC-17; Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin; A midshipman and a student meet by chance in the streets of Barcelona on a night of masks and secrets.
Advent Calendar Day 13: Christmas Morn by ashley_pitt; aubreyad; PG; Jack, Stephen; Stephen and Jack meet on deck one early morning.
Two Ficlets by sharpiefan; Show the Colours; PG; Gabriel Cotton, Maggie Cotton; Thoughts and reminiscences on the Great War of 1793-1815, and its ending
Memento Mori by josbanks; Aubreyad; PG; Jack/Stephen; Stephen, Jack, Diana, Sophie, Brigid; Stephen ponders grief and love en route to Woolcombe.

Son et Lumière:
Fanmix: Advent Calendar Day 9: Paint my Spirit Gold by cienna; Aubreyad; G
Fanart: Advent Calendar Day 11: Jack and Stephen in the style of Calvin and Hobbes by sospan_fach; Aubreyad; G
Fanvid: In the Army Now by sharpiefan; Sharpe; PG13
Vid: Adventures at Sea Part 2 by amaraal; Aubreyad; G

Of historical interest:
sharpiefan posts Here's the Tender Coming lyrics, and a press warrant
From hmsacasta_feed: HMS Terpsichore and her Daring Endeavours
sharpiefan posts Even museums don't always get it right
sharpiefan informs us about an Exhibition at the NMM: Broadside: Caricature and the Navy, 1775-1815
sharpiefan informs us that a sword-pistol 'brandished by Lord Nelson at Trafalgar' goes under the hammer

Miscellany and meta:
From hmsacasta_feed: A Letter to Lt Ramsay
From hmsacasta_feed: A Letter of intent
From hmsacasta_feed: A Letter to the Doctor
From hmsacasta_feed: A Reply to Miss Waterman
From hmsacasta_feed: A Letter to the Doctor 2
From hmsacasta_feed: A Reply From the Doctor 2
Advent Calendar Day 7: A ditty box by hrh_taliesin
Advent Calendar Day 12: A coaster by bethctg
latin_cat posts Further Proof that Mr Bush is a Timelord

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read will be reading Chapter Ten of Post Captain this weekend
hm_jollies: sharpiefan posts another query
sharpiefan informs us that she has set up a feed for The HMS Acasta blog

Rec of the Week:
Thicker Than Blood by followingyourbliss; Garrow's Law; PG; William Garrow, Sarah Hill, Samuel Hill; A series of connected vignettes focusing on Samuel and his developing relationship with William immediately after the events of series 3.

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Note from the Editor: Hope everyone's had a good week this week. I'm pleased to say we've got quite a long issue this week. Also, if you have a particular fic (or any other fanwork) you would like to recommend to a wider audience, please link to it in a comment and I'll link it in a future issue!

Fanfic:
Thing Without a Name by alley_skywalker; War and Peace; PG; Nikolai/Theodore and Nikolai/Sonya
Unitled fic, Part One by mmejavert; NC-17; Enjolras, Bossuet, Grantaire, Prouvaire; Grantaire came to slowly, a soreness plaguing his body as he rolled over. He was on some cold, stone floor and he realized belatedly that he was naked. With a groan, he pulled himself to a sitting position. A jail cell. It wasn't the first time he'd been imprisoned, but he did wonder where his clothing was.
Your Friend by mmejavert; Les Miserables; NC-17; Joly/Bossuet; The date had been going so well, until Bossuet fell down a flight of stairs, cracked his skull, and had to be rushed to a doctor.
The Beast Wore Bearskin by mithen; Aubreyad; PG-13; Jack/Stephen; After escaping from France disguised as a bear, Jack Aubrey finds himself in a Spanish castle owned, improbably, by his ship's doctor.

Son et Lumière:
dreamboatdreamer70 post Aubreyad fanart; NC-17; Jack/Stephen

Of historical interest:
hm_jollies: wayward_shadows posts Letters From War, Part 3
hm_jollies: wayward_shadows posts Marines and Mutiny

Miscellany and meta:
From redcoatbob: Normal Service is Resumed
From garrows_law: Harry Potter on the Garrow's Law set!

Communities and challenges:
sharpiefan asks Is anyone interested in a read-through of the Sharpe series?
esteven posts Join a Voyage as Epic as the odyssey and the Iliad Rolled Into One

Rec of the Week:
Waiting by barefoot_bard; Master & Commander; K (suitable for all ages); The Surprises; Surprise's crew just before the action aboard Acheron.

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Note from the Editor:
Another short one! Hope everyone's revision and exams and things are going well

Fanfic:
P is for Pepper by sharpiefan; Show the Colours; G; John Vickery; What is a small boy supposed to do when faced with a pepper-pot and something to add its contents to?

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read is reading Chapter Nine of Blue at the Mizzen this weekend
w_i_r: sharpiefan posts On anachronism done deliberately
where_away: ozfille posts confirmation about where and when Stephen discovered a lump of 'ambergris'

Rec of the Week:
Girded For Battle by followingyourbliss; Garrow's Law; NC-17; William Garrow/Sarah Hill; Missing scene from Episode 3x04 - Will is ready to charge off with the Trinidad Treasury evidence. Sarah stops him for some very important business.

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Note from the Editor:
Has it been a good week for all of you? Short issue this week -

Fanfic:
The Bet by mmejavert; Les Mis; R/NC-17; Enjolras/Grantaire; Grantaire loses a bet with Bahorel and humiliates himself in front of all his friends, although Enjolras more than makes up for it later.
Girded for Battle by followingyourbliss, rec'd by mswyrr; Garrow's Law; NC-17; William Garrow/Sarah Hill; Missing scene from Episode 3x04 - Will is ready to charge off with the Trinidad Treasury evidence. Sarah stops him for some very important business.
A Place for the Cactus by eglantine_br; Aubreyad; Gen; Pullings/OFC; The Wedding Night of Tom Pullings (between PC and HMSS)

Son et Lumière:
mswyrr posts a manip for Girded for Battle by followingyourbliss

Of historical interest:
vanilla_elf posts The Double Captain Manley, with additional Pegleg

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read will be reading Chapter Four of Blue at the Mizzen this weekend

Rec of the Week:
Recced by bakerloo: Descend, and touch, and Enter by innie; To The Ends of the Earth; Edmund Talbot, Charles Summers, Marion Chumley; For oxoniensis, whose request was: Charles Summers/Edmund Talbot – I'd love to see an AU of the ending (on the boat – being vague, in case anyone is thinking of reading the books/watching the mini-series), so Charles and Edmund get to be friends or more once they're settled in Australia.

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Note from the Editor:
The last issue was two days late, so this issue is a little slimmer than it would be otherwise. Hope you've all had a better day than I've had (working with a backache and stonking cold is No Fun, trust me!).

Fanfic:
Whiskey Lullaby by barefoot_bard; Original; K+ (Suitable for ages 13 and above); Original characters;
Nip and Tuck by feroxargentea; Aubreyad; PG; Jack, Stephen; “If you spend another two minutes up to your neck in water at this temperature, I will not answer for your life,” said Stephen. “Last time it was nip and tuck, with hot blanket, fomentations, and half a pint of my best brandy.”
Comfort to the Enemy by barefoot_bard; Show the Colours; K+ (Suitable for ages 13 and above); Original characters; Show the Colours AU; A French soldier tries to be kind to some English prisoners. Portugal, 1809.
Dark of Night by barefoot_bard; Show the Colours; K+ (Suitable for ages 13 and above); Original characters; Show the Colours AU; While on picquet one night, Rifleman Cotton has an unexpected visitor. Portugal, 1810.
The Writing Desk"> by mmejavert; Les Miserables; NC-17; Grantaire/Enjolras/Combeferre; Grantaire is enjoying a quiet evening in with Enjolras, but before they can settle into lovemaking they get interrupted by Combeferre. Enjolras has him join in and threesome fun ensues.
Recruits by barefoot_bard; show the Colours; K+ (Suitable for ages 13 and above); Original characters; Show the Colours/Dogwatches AU. An old sergeant oversees the training of new Marine recruits. Chatham, 1797.
Dogwatches Chapter 15 by barefoot_bard; Original; M (Suitable for ages 16 and above); Original characters; A Royal Navy frigate gains a captain whose ideas about running a ship quickly put him at odds with the crew. West Indies, 1780.
Sharpe's Marines Part 5: England Expects... by sharpiefan; Sharpe; G; Sharpe, Captain Chase, original characters; What did Sharpe and the Marines of HMS Pucelle really make of each other?

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:
vanilla_elf inform us that Garrow's Law has been axed
From garrowslaw_feed: Series Four and my Best Bits
vanilla_elf informs us that Two of her AoS fics are available for download

Communities and challenges:
esteven informs us that mandc_read will be reading Chatper Six of the Hundred Days this weekend
where_away: heather_mist posts Small Ships and Vessels Mentioned in the Canon
where_away: alltoseek posts about Ears
mandc_watch is a new community dedicated to watching the film Master and Commander, based on the original LJ comm.
mandc_watch will be watching Master & Commander this Saturday

Rec of the Week:
Whither Thou Goest by mswyrr; Garrow's Law; PG; Garrow/Lady Sarah; Coda to 2x04. They are not beaten. But where do they go from here?

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Note from the Editor: Yes, it's a week since the last issue, and no, it doesn't feel like it! I hope you've all had a productive week!

Fanfic:
The Dogwatches Chapter 3 by barefoot_bard; Original; M (Suitable for ages 16 and above); Original Characters; A Royal Navy frigate gains a captain whose ideas about running a ship quickly put him at odds with the crew. West Indies, 1780.
The Dogwatches Chapter 4 by barefoot_bard; Original; M (Suitable for ages 16 and above); Original Characters; A Royal Navy frigate gains a captain whose ideas about running a ship quickly put him at odds with the crew. West Indies, 1780.
The Dogwatches Chapter 5 by barefoot_bard; Original; M (Suitable for ages 16 and above); Original Characters; A Royal Navy frigate gains a captain whose ideas about running a ship quickly put him at odds with the crew. West Indies, 1780.
Tigers at Night Part IIe by marashar; Show the Colours/Torchwood crossover; PG; Vickery, Torrington, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness; Captain Jack Harkness is on a sabre-toothed tiger hunt... in 1809
Tigers at Night Part IIf by marashar; Show the Colours/Torchwood crossover; PG; Vickery, Torrington, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness; Captain Jack Harkness is on a sabre-toothed tiger hunt... in 1809
Tigers at Night Part IIIa by marashar; Show the Colours/Torchwood crossover; PG; Vickery, Torrington, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness; Captain Jack Harkness is on a sabre-toothed tiger hunt... in 1809
Tigers at Night Part IIIb by marashar; Show the Colours/Torchwood crossover; PG; Vickery, Torrington, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness; Captain Jack Harkness is on a sabre-toothed tiger hunt... in 1809
Tigers at Night Part IVa by marashar; Show the Colours/Torchwood crossover; PG; Vickery, Torrington, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness; Captain Jack Harkness is on a sabre-toothed tiger hunt... in 1809
Never in Life Chapter 1 by latin_cat; Sharpe; NC-17; Wellington/Sharpe, Harper, Hogan, Ramona, OCs; A mysterious plague causes particular and personal problems for Lord Wellington.
Never in Life Chapter 2 by latin_cat; Sharpe; NC-17; Wellington/Sharpe, Harper, Hogan, Ramona, OCs; A mysterious plague causes particular and personal problems for Lord Wellington.

Son et Lumière:
21 Garrow's Law icons by mswyrr

Of historical interest:
patches_the_shipcat posts about Animals in the Napoleonic Army

Miscellany and meta:
perfect_duet: latin_cat posts an idea

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read will be reading Chapter Three of The Hundred Days this weekend
perfect_duet: esteven asks about the future of memes
perfect_duet: hrh_taliesin posts HML Huzzah: My life and fic snippet in progress

Rec of the Week:
There's a first for everything. There seems to be a spate of commercials with an AoS setting at the moment, and marines_messdeck has linked me to a couple of her favourites on YouTube: Hussars: Orange Cineday and Napoleon: Big Mac

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Note from the Editor: Well, Happy New Year! This is the first Despatches of 2012, and I am looking forward to bringing lots of fandom things to the attention of a wider audience over the course of this coming year. For those new to DW, welcome! This is the DW version of despatches, set up and currently issued by sharpiefan, who many of you may remember from LJ. I was inspired to begin issuing a version of Despatches here because there was very little AoS content here on DW and I hoped to inspire people to produce more - there can never be too much fandom stuff, after all. For those of you who are new subscribers, I encourage you to look through the back issues, and if you find something you like, please let the author know.

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Fanfic:
Lineage by barefoot_bard; Show the Colours; K (13+); Thompson; Show the Colours AU; Thompson makes a discovery while taking stock of his mother's personal effects. Chatham, year unknown.
A Bagful of Cats by latin_cat; Sharpe; PG; Sharpe/Wellington, Hogan, Perkins; Hogan is very surprised to find a tabby cat in Sir Arthur’s bed one morning.
The Duet of Hearts by zilah1; Aubreyad; NC-17; Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin; Just Jack and Stephen as we all want them.
Tigers at Night, Part Ia by marashar; Show the Colours/Torchwood crossover; PG; Vickery, Torrington, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness; Captain Jack Harkness is on a sabre-toothed tiger hunt... in 1809

Son et Lumière:
Podfic: Upon A Midnight Clear by latin_cat, read by latin_cat; Hornblower; G (contains slash); Hornblower/Kennedy, Bush; text may be found here

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read: esteven reminds us that the community will begin reading The Hundred Days next week
mandc_read: Aubreyad Flail Weekend 2/2

Rec of the Week:
The Mouths of Babes by followingyourbliss, recced by mswyrr; Garrow's Law; PG; William Garrow/Sarah Hill, Samuel Hill, David Garrow; Set approx 15 months after the end of Series 3. Will and Sarah contemplate moving to a larger home.

Got a link for the next issue? Please comment and let us know. Remember to please tell your AoS friends about us. The more, the merrier, after all! And if you would like to include a particular favourite of yours in Rec of the Week, please leave a comment with a link.

Note from the Editor: If I say it's only 11 days to Christmas, I hope I don't panic anyone! I do hope your week's been a good one! You will all be pleased to know that I'm back on my proper laptop - no more tiny keyboard to type this out on! Huzzah!

Fanfic:
Performance Anxiety, or, The Perfect Duet by sharpiefan; G; Aubreyad; Jack,Stephen. Maybe there really is such a thing as performance anxiety after all...
sid posts Sophie's Lee Shore; Aubreyad; R; A sudden draft came down the chimney? Probably the same wind that blew Jack home before he was expected....
Gifts of Gold and Paper by jasmasson; Aubreyad; G; Jack/Stephen; A ship's Christmas
The World in Stillness by feroxargentea; Aubreyad; PG-13; Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin, Jack watches Stephen asleep
Five Christmases aboard HMS Surprise by feroxargentea; Aubreyad; Jack/Stephen; PG-13; How many attempts will it take to make 1813 perfect?
A Night Like This by esteven; Aubreyad; NC-17; Jack/Stephen; Playing cards
Riding Lessons by sharpiefan; Show the Colours; U; John Vickery; Written a while ago for the prompt Childhood injury: Any character
Christmas tidy by conjure_lass; Aubreyad; PG; Jack/Stephen; It's Christmas morning, and Jack has decided to play chambermaid. I know we're all disappointed that he couldn't find the French maid uniform.
From the Vickery Family Papers: Letter 9 by sharpiefan; Show the Colours; U; John Vickery; Correspondence from the papers of the Vickery family, between Captain John Vickery of the 5/60th and members of his family. The ninth extant letter


Son et Lumière:
AoS pic: rowdy_tanner posts Happy Birthday in georgette_heyer; General AoS; G; unknown couple
Aubreyad comic strip: johanirae posts I want my cormorant!; Aubreyad; G; Stephen, Jack, Bonden, Killick, HMS Surprise
AoS fanart: Untitled sketch by bbshrimp; Aubreyad; NC-17; Jack/Stephen
sharpiefan posts a link to AoS dress-up dolls

Of historical interest:
latin_cat posts some Apsley House trivia
latin_cat posts More from the Apsley House guidebook>
sharpiefan posts about Upcoming Lunchtime Lecture at the NAM on Wellington's First Battle:The Combat of Boxtel

Miscellany and meta:
vanilla_elf posts a Reveiw of Garrow's Law Series 3 Episode 4: The Baby in the Basket

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read: esteven posts Flailing fangirl weekend 1 at the read
vanilla_elf posts Molly Joyful's Yuletide Contest

Rec of the Week:
Whither Thou Goest by mswyrr; Garrow's Law; PG-13; Garrow/Lady Sarah; Coda to Series 2, Episode 4. They are not beaten. But where do they go from here?

Got a link for the next issue? Please comment and let us know. Remember to please tell your AoS friends about us. The more, the merrier, after all! And if you would like to include a particular favourite of yours in Rec of the Week, please leave a comment with a link.

Note from the Editor: First, I think I should probably apologise for there being so much of my own work in this edition! It was completely unintentional, I assure you!

Fanfic:
Untitled Anon Kink Meme fill by sid for the perfect_duet's anon Aubreyad kink meme; Aubreyad; Jack/Stephen; NC-17; prompt: Porn!!! Heavy, sweaty, grabbling action!!! Jack/Stephen please!
From the Vickery family papers: Letter 8 by sharpiefan; Show the Colours; G; Emma Vickery; Correspondence from the papers of the Vickery family, between Captain John Vickery of the 5/60th and members of his family. The eighth extant letter
From the Vickery family papers, Letter 7 by sharpiefan; Show the Colours; G; Lady Saltash; Correspondence from the papers of the Vickery family, between Captain John Vickery of the 5/60th and members of his family. The seventh extant letter
From the Vickery family papers, Letter 5 by sharpiefan; Show the Colours; G; John Vickery; Correspondence from the papers of the Vickery family, between Captain John Vickery of the 5/60th and members of his family. The fifth extant letter
From the Vickery family papers, Letter 4 by sharpiefan; Show the Colours, G; Emma Vickery; Correspondence from the papers of the Vickery family, between Captain John Vickery of the 5/60th and members of his family. The fourth extant letter
From the Vickery family papers, Letter 3 by sharpiefan; Show the Colours; G; John Vickery; Correspondence from the papers of the Vickery family, between Captain John Vickery of the 5/60th and members of his family. The third extant letter
From the Vickery family papers, Letter 2by sharpiefan; Show the Colours; G; John Vickery; Correspondence from the papers of the Vickery family, between Captain John Vickery of the 5/60th and members of his family. The second extant letter
From the Vickery family papers, Letter 1 by sharpiefan; Show the Colours, G; Emma Vickery; Correspondence from the papers of the Vickery family, between Captain John Vickery of the 5/60th and members of his family. The first extant letter
The Dimming of the Sky by sharpiefan; Show the Colours; G; John Vickery, Emma Vickery, Jonathan Padstowe; Originally written for a kink meme on showthecolours and has been edited for posting here. The prompt was Padstowe/Miss Vickery. Because I want it to happen.
Long We've Tossed on the Rolling Main Part 1 by sassysailorgirl; Aubreyad/Torchwood crossover; R; Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones, Rhys and Gwen Williams, Toshiko Sato/Owen Harper, Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin. After leaving the Galapagos, the Surprise is in hot pursuit of the French privateer, Acheron; that is, until a bizarre storm descends upon them & Jack Aubrey and his crew find themselves someplace completely unexpected...
Long We've Tossed on the Rolling Main Part 2 by sassysailorgirl; Aubreyad/Torchwood crossover; R; Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones, Rhys and Gwen Williams, Toshiko Sato/Owen Harper, Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin. After leaving the Galapagos, the Surprise is in hot pursuit of the French privateer, Acheron; that is, until a bizarre storm descends upon them & Jack Aubrey and his crew find themselves someplace completely unexpected...

Son et Lumière:
esteven posts new links to ilthit's Aubreyad birds
vanilla_elf posts Much care and consideration has gone into the production of this merchandise

Of historical interest:
esteven informs us that the Patrick O'Brian books will be released in e-book format from December the 5th onwards
From garrowslaw_feed: Judge tells Jury to Reconsider the Verdict
From garrowslaw_feed: Garrow fights with Judge
From garrowslaw_feed: Did I hear right: "...Enter the cow?!"
From garrowslaw_feed: Garrow's Law Episode 2 Series 3 notes now online
From garrowslaw_feed: New article on Garrow Society website
From garrowslaw_feed: Fascinating facts from the Garrow's Law blog archive
From garrowslaw_feed: Inspirations for Episode 1, Series 3

Miscellany and meta:
Meta: What is so great about the Age of Sail fandom? by sharpiefan
vanilla_elf posts Garrowites v Erskiners: This time, it's not about the gavels
vanilla_elf posts A review of Garrow's Law, Series 3, Episode 1: Not the Madness of King George
esteven reminds us that it is M&C's 8th anniversary

Communities and challenges:
showthecolours posts a Kink Meme Reveal
feroxargentea: An Aubreyad kink meme fill you might like on perfect_duet
latin_cat posts the Perfect Duet Advent Calendar Sign-up
Rec of the Week:
Both Sides of the Medal by sarlania, Aubreyad/Hornblower crossover; G; Hornblower, Brown, Jack Aubrey; In 1816, Sir Thomas Cochrane was implicated in the Stock Exchange Fraud of 1814, fined a thousand pounds, sentenced to the pillory, struck from the Navy List and stripped of his knighthood. Patrick O’Brian used that for his novel the Reverse of the Medal, and this is the event as seen from Hornblower’s point of view (Spoilers for both Flying Colours (HH) and The Reverse of the Medal (Aubreyad))

Got a link for the next issue? Please comment and let us know. Remember to please tell your AoS friends about us. The more, the merrier, after all! And if you would like to include a particular favourite of yours in Rec of the Week, please leave a comment with a link.