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The Strange History of Funny Surnames Around the World

Melting Roads, Strikes And Escaped Tigers: Disneyland’s Opening Was Disastrous

Birthdays around the world can weird, fun, and unexpected

New Year productivity and a shift in focus

Happy Christmas! Free book: ‘Haunted Thailand: Ghosts and spirits in the Land of Smiles’

The Secret Of Secrets By Dan Brown – Fun, Preposterous, And Exciting But More Of The Same

Inside The Fascinating World Of AI Poker Tournaments – Apparently AI Can Now Bluff

The Studio: Brilliant Cast, Big Laughs And Hollywood Meltdowns

Science Advises Playing Chess. Here’s A Great Way To Begin

Short stories are back – here’s why that’s great for writers

Substack Vs Medium – It Doesn’t Need To Be Either Or…

The Potsdam Giants: How A Prussian King’s Obsession Led To Kidnapping, Torture, And Eugenics

Perth, Rottnest Island, And Ridiculously Cute Quokkas. All You Need To Know

The Gorilla Who Was Brought up as a Boy in an English Village

The Loose End by Dwonch and Hymel is a fun, Tarantino-esque comic caper

Tree Spirits And Good Fortune: The Beautiful Ghosts Who Protect Thailand’s Forests

What Did People Wipe With In The Past And Why Is The World Moving Beyond Toilet Paper?

Saturday, February 28, 2026

Author: ward

Blog Travel

Conwy Castle, Wales

ward 11/02/2014

If you like castles or spectacular decaying edifices, I highly recommend Conwy castle. It was actually pretty fun to go on a bleak mid-week afternoon in January as well, as we pretty much had the place to ourselves.

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Felix Baumgartner’s jump from a First Person Point of View

ward 01/02/2014

I know the world moves at a quick pace these days, but do you remember that Felix Baumgartner guy who jumped from space to prove that science was cool? It … Read More

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Films

A Million Ways to Die in the West

ward 01/02/2014

It’s the new film by Seth MacFarlane – the fellow who brought you Family Guy and Ted. So expect some bad language. Also a surprising bit of blood.

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Follow The Word of Ward on Twitter

ward 25/01/2014

The Word of Ward has been getting a lot of attention recently (not sure why but the figures keep doubling), so to the 1000s of new unique daily visitors who missed it – I am also on twitter: @thewordofward.

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Films

Devil Baby prank

ward 19/01/2014

I saw this all over the interweb and thought I would share just in case you missed it. I have previously posted a prank that was actually a viral promo … Read More

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Art Blog London Theatre

Fuerza Bruta

ward 09/01/2014

This was what Fuertza Bruta was all about – spectacle, sensation, and an incredibly fun interactive experience.

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Arthur C. Clarke predicts computers and internet in 1974

ward 29/12/2013

Arthur C. Clarke predicted a ton of stuff like satellites, fully immersive VR games, sexily voiced computers and space elevators and and so on.

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Happy Christmas!

ward 25/12/2013

Happy Christmas from the Word of Ward! And from Mrs Word of Ward! If you don’t celebrate Christmas but have a festival – then Happy Festival! If you don’t have … Read More

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Blog Books

eBook Self Promotion

ward 19/12/2013

Jason Ward tells three true stories of fairly perilous travel.

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Stabilised Video of Lunar Buggy on the Moon

ward 18/12/2013

If you like science and space exploration, you will probably have already seen the original footage of astronauts driving a buggy on the moon. If you haven’t then shame on you, but not to worry – here is the same footage but stabilised.

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Blog Books Theatre

Danny Boyle’s Frankenstein starring Cumberbatch and Miller

ward 11/12/2013

Of course it could be down to the fact that the thing we went to see was absolutely incredible: Danny Boyle very ably directs Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in Frankenstein.

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Amazon Prime Air

ward 02/12/2013

In a few years we will be in a science fiction-esque world with unmanned vehicles flying stuff to your front door.

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TV

Sherlock Holmes Season 3

ward 24/11/2013

Ok, I’ll keep this brief. Like the trailer. #sherlocklives pretty much explains what it’s all about. We knew that anyway as you see him at the end of the final episode of season 2. The big shock here is Martin Freeman’s/Watson’s facial hair.

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Blog Travel

Octoberfest Munich

ward 22/11/2013

Mrs Word of Ward and myself were a bit mental in that we went in October. Most of it is in September, but the Bavarians obviously decided Septemberfest sounded stupid. I highly recommend going mid-week because it can get ridiculously busy at weekends or holidays.

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Art Blog Life! London

LLSB – Long Live Southbank

ward 13/11/2013

The Southbank also has a place for skateboarders which has been there since I was a kid. It has been there for forty years.

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Blog Life! London

Rising seas interactive map

ward 05/11/2013

A friend just posted this on Facebook. It’s basically a map that shows what will happen if the sea levels rise.

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Blog

Game and Watch

ward 27/10/2013

When I was a nipper in the early 80s I was addicted to my Game and Watch collection. Whenever I was forced out of the flat and my away from … Read More

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Blog Life!

The Venn Diagram of Irrational Nonsense

ward 20/10/2013

Finding Bigfoot or being able to levitate or seeing a ghost (when you haven’t coincidentally just woken up) would be amazing and make the world much more interesting. But sadly a tiny bit of research from a purely subjective point of view shows them to be rubbish.

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Films Life!

Telekinetic Powers in a Coffee Shop

ward 11/10/2013

This is pretty damned funny. I can only assume the people involved were brought up to speed afterward or they will now be gibbering wrecks curled up under their beds.

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Blog Life!

How often should you blog?

ward 08/10/2013

One thing that most bloggers do seem to agree on is that inconsistency is bad.

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