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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

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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 London

Live London Tube Map

ward 29/03/2013

Ok this isn’t Thailand OR beach related. Happy? If you are a trainspotter or a Londoner, you will probably find this pretty cool. It shows the position of every tube … Read More

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Blog

A hammock, Koh Jum, and a technology test.

ward 21/03/2013

This post is something of an experiment just to see how brilliant the technology at my disposal is. I’m currently lying in a hammock on the very quiet and quite … Read More

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Blog Life! London Travel

Coming to you live from Bangkok!

ward 10/03/2013

Dear readers, I apologise most profusely for my lack writing. But I do have a pretty awesome excuse. I left my flat of 4 years and had to pack everything … Read More

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Blog Games

Why I won’t be buying the next gen consoles

ward 23/02/2013

Consoles were great multimedia gaming devices and my PC was for toil or writing superb website entries. Recently however, this seems to be changing and it is a change that will be permanent and the end of consoles.

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Blog Life!

Best of the Web 4

ward 16/02/2013

I don’t know who made this or why but basically it is the best of the web (minus porn) volume 4. In HD!

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Art Blog London

Death at the Wellcome Collection

ward 09/02/2013

No this isn’t Agatha Christie novel, it’s an art exhibition. About Death. Which was brilliant.

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Deep Space Industries

ward 27/01/2013

This fanciful dreaming has been inspired by the science-fiction-sounding Deep Space Industries.

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A fascinating tour of the International Space Station

ward 20/01/2013

An amazing tour of the international space station and observatory.

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Blog Life!

Happy 2013!

ward 14/01/2013

I forgot to mention the digit change and wish all my readers a happy 2013. (Funnily enough, this replicated the Indie Retro New Year’s Eve party I went to in … Read More

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Art Blog London

Ansel Adams – Photography from the mountains to the sea

ward 05/01/2013

I saw this exhibition yesterday at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich (London). It was downright awe inspiring. Alongside Cartier Bresson, Adams is probably my favorite photographer in equal first place. I guess I’m a sucker for black and white photos.

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Blog Life!

Richard Feynman’s Ode to a Flower

ward 30/12/2012

I found this brilliant and touching and admirable. I love the scientific mind, the need to question everything, to test things, to find out what makes them them tick. This … Read More

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Blog Life! London

Happy Christmas from the Word of Ward

ward 24/12/2012

Happy Christmas wonderful readers! If you aren’t a Christian, then happy Tuesday! No need to worry really Christmas is hardly a religious thing. Like Easter it is a made up … Read More

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Blog

Another Apocalypse is about to not happen

ward 16/12/2012

The Mayans predicted that on the 21st December 2012 the world will come to a grisly end and that a few bored and hungry astronauts will be all that remains of humanity. Except they didn’t.

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Blog Life!

Moving to Europe

ward 08/12/2012

Technically Britain is part of Europe but most Brits feel less European than say, a Frenchman or a German does. Actually, Brits consider themselves to be English/Irish/Scottish/Welsh and then, if pushed, British. We feel as if we happen to live next door to Europe and that it is a handy place for holidays and the occasional war.

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Blog Travel

Florence

ward 25/11/2012

Ok. Here’s an attempt to post a picture or two.

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Blog Travel

I’m in Florence

ward 25/11/2012

I probably won’t be writing much for the next few days as I am in Florence. That’s in Italy, in case you are a tad geographically challenged. If you have … Read More

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Films

Skyfall review

ward 20/11/2012

Skyfall has all the necessary elements for a classic Bond – hot chicks, fights, explosions, envy inducing travel, great cars, tuxedos, psychos, peril, etc.

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Blog Travel

Hong Kong. What’s it like?

ward 09/11/2012

I was born in Hong Kong and lived there until I was 21. It is a superlative place. It is like living about 10 years in the future. Hong Kong … Read More

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Blog

Trying the WordPress app

ward 04/11/2012

Forgive this unusual post for not being as astoundingly brilliant or as modestly genius as my usual posts. I am trying an experiment. Now that I have a Galaxy Note … Read More

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Joss Whedon endorses Romney for the inevitable Zombie Apocalypse

ward 29/10/2012

I could make jokes and hedge my position but bollocks to that – I hope Obama wins. Mitt is too weird a name. On top of that, I just don’t … Read More

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