The Astonishing Story Of Nicholas Alkemade, The Rear Gunner Who Fell 18000 Feet
And was almost shot as a spy… Nicholas Stephen Alkemade was born in Norfolk, in the United Kingdom, in 1922. When World War Two began, he enlisted as a rear … Read More
Reviews, Blog, and the occasional Rant
Flash News
The Astonishing Story Of Nicholas Alkemade, The Rear Gunner Who Fell 18000 Feet
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’?
The Loudest Man in the World, a Duck at a Presidential Briefing, and Pigeons with a Liver Compass
Surviving Antarctica: The Fascinating Reason Residents Of Villa Las Estrellas Remove Their Appendixes
Medium and Substack – the Strange, Lonely Business of Finding Readers
This Is Why Japan Is Now Infested with Raccoons
Did a Pope’s Hatred Of Cats Lead To The Plague?
The Man Who Accidentally Took Control of 7,000 Robot Vacuums
The Fascinating Story Of Africa’s Fake Mountains Of Kong
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
The Forgotten Story of the King of the Amazon
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
Alan Partridge From The Oasthouse goes full career circle
Thailand’s most famous ghost still has a shrine in Bangkok
Wednesday, July 15, 2026