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RMS Olympic: The Titanic’s Unsinkable and Nearly Identical Sister

Write Every Day: The Daily Word Counts Of Great Authors

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Weird Events At The Olympics – Pistol Duels, Pigeon Shooting, And More

Agatha Christie

I’ve been rediscovering the unique genius of Agatha Christie books

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The Astonishing Story Of Nicholas Alkemade, The Rear Gunner Who Fell 18000 Feet

Durian

Can durian really kill you? The strange truth about the world’s smelliest fruit

Do Writers Really Work Better Drunk? Should you ‘Write Drunk, Edit Sober’?

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The Loudest Man in the World, a Duck at a Presidential Briefing, and Pigeons with a Liver Compass

Antarctica

Surviving Antarctica: The Fascinating Reason Residents Of Villa Las Estrellas Remove Their Appendixes

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Medium and Substack – the Strange, Lonely Business of Finding Readers

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This Is Why Japan Is Now Infested with Raccoons

Cats

Did a Pope’s Hatred Of Cats Lead To The Plague?

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The Man Who Accidentally Took Control of 7,000 Robot Vacuums

The Fascinating Story Of Africa’s Fake Mountains Of Kong

Sistine Chapel

The Real Reason Photos Are Banned in the Sistine Chapel

The Greatest Heist In Canada’s History Wasn’t What You’d Think

I was interviewed by an AI recruiter for the first time and it was weird

The Man Who Faked A Volcano Eruption – One Of The Greatest April Fools’ Hoaxes Ever

Amazon

The Forgotten Story of the King of the Amazon

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Why Modern Novels Are Getting Longer (And Why Readers Love It)

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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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Blog

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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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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Blog

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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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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Blog

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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