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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’?

Merlin FIFA World Cup Duck

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)

The Unbelievable True Story Of The Only Person To Be Hit By A Meteorite

The Dark History of Okunoshima, Japan’s Famous Rabbit Island

From the Oasthouse Alan Partridge

Alan Partridge From The Oasthouse goes full career circle

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Blog

Jupiter saves Earth again

ward 14/09/2012

I’m sorry if you find this boring but I find it incredible and it is my website. I love space related stuff as it is all so damned epic. Things … Read More

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Blog Life!

Mars Curiosity Descent Video

ward 14/09/2012

This is astounding. I seem to be posting a lot of videos recently but I can’t help it as people making awe inspiring clips. And this is one of the … Read More

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Blog Films

Bond versus Bond

ward 05/09/2012

As I am currently going through a Bond theme right now, I thought I might as well include this clip. It’s pretty cool. I’m impressed that Sky is launching a … Read More

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Blog Films

Skyfall – the new trailer

ward 03/09/2012

Bond is back! I got excited just typing that. Skyfall is the latest Daniel Craig outing, and it looks damned awesome.

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Blog

The Mars Rover

ward 28/08/2012

This is a picture of Mars. Mars! How awesome is that? This was taken by the Mars Rover – a 10 foot nuclear powered robot that is wandering around the red planet doing scientific analysis with the aid of lasers that shoot from its eyes.

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Blog Life!

Buying magic on eBay

ward 18/08/2012

The latest money spinner that passed me by is selling magic spells, hoaxes, wishes, and pointy hats on eBay.

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The Olympics are here

ward 04/08/2012

The Olympics are currently in full swing here in London town. Lots of Londoners, myself included, were originally against them. We weren’t asked if we wanted the games but we … Read More

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Britain spent more on bank bailouts last year than they have spent on Science since Jesus.

ward 10/07/2012

Yes you read that unnecessarily long headline correctly. How depressing is that? There is something deeply amiss with the world today, although to be fair it has always been pretty … Read More

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Games

Max Payne 3 review

ward 01/07/2012

Max Payne is back and he’s as mental as ever. I loved the first two although they feel like distant memories now. I do still remember certain scenes from them … Read More

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Blog

Gary Oldman campaigns against athletes acting

ward 22/06/2012

Someone posted this on Facebook and it made me laugh. In case you haven’t seen it you should, because it’s damned funny. Enjoy.  

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Blog Films

Comedy films become horror

ward 14/06/2012

As editing movies becomes easier there are an increasing number of re-cut films, sequences, and trailers out there on the interweb. Generally this is really annoying. You try and find … Read More

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Blog

NASA videos Transit Of Venus and it’s astounding

ward 07/06/2012

This is great. NASA has released footage from its satellite the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). If you think money spent on space is a waste of time, please go elsewhere. Enjoy.

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Blog Travel

I turned 40 and have fled to Prague

ward 02/06/2012

Yikes! A few days ago, the 31st to be precise, I turned forty. That would officially make me middle aged if it wasn’t for the fact that life expectancy in … Read More

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Films

Skyfall trailer

ward 29/05/2012

Bond! James Bond! The new trailer for the much delayed Skyfall is finally with us. I love Bond films and I think that the new batch are great. This one … Read More

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Blog Life!

Introducing The Leap.

ward 21/05/2012

A friend just posted this on Facebook (thanks Tim). Very cool. According to the blurb ‘The Leap’ is more accurate than a mouse. I don’t play many PC (or Apple … Read More

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Blog Life!

Guinness QR glass

ward 20/05/2012

This is genius/awful. I love Guinness, it’s a tasty pint of health and alcohol. I also love gadgets, so you can see while this really appeals to me. Basically it’s … Read More

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Blog

Google Glass

ward 12/05/2012

If you are on the internet enough and are up with your virals and memes you have probably seen this picture already:   Apparently this picture appeared in the Google … Read More

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Blog

Drenched Britain struggles through drought

ward 30/04/2012

I’m currently in the middle of two 80 hour weeks of mostly nightshifts. Normally this would suck as I have to pass lots of happy people drinking outside pubs on … Read More

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Blog Life!

Facebook – why do your apps need my details? Why!?

ward 21/04/2012

I get a lot of requests on facebook to join groups, play games, take part in a quiz or do something else that will literally waste my life. I nearly … Read More

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Blog

Belgium and excitement

ward 17/04/2012

I know you are probably thinking that I’m going to mock Belgium and call it dull. Well I’m not. I really like Belgium and have been to Ghent and Bruge … Read More

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