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From NASA To Mountain Dew: The Greatest (And Funniest) Crowdsourced Naming Fails

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Friday, August 28, 2026

Tag: Creativity

How to be more productive and creative
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How to be more productive and creative

ward 04/06/2023

As Ricky Gervais once said: ‘It’s better to create something that others criticise than to create nothing & criticise others. Go create!’

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Write drunk, edit sober is, sadly, not all that great

ward 06/08/2019

When I was younger, I was a firm believer in the aphorism, “write drunk, edit sober”. It is a saying attributed to Hemingway that sadly seems untrue. Both in meaning … Read More

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The daily routine of various creative people

ward 25/06/2019

As I grow older and massively wiser, I am starting to enjoy the delights of a more structured daily routine. When I was younger I often didn’t go to bed … Read More

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Writing 1000 words a day

ward 11/06/2019

I don’t know what has been happening with me lately but I have become something of a writing machine. It could be related to my pseudo-mid-life crisis that I’m not … Read More

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Going all creative and embracing philosophy

ward 17/05/2019

As I hurtle toward my late forties I find myself at the prime age where one tends to re-evaluate life and find what is truly important. Or when you just … Read More

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Temple of Art

ward 25/01/2016

The Temple of Art is a documentary (and website) about what it is like to be an artist. Although not just an artist, just generally creative. There are lots of writers, musicians, directors and actors, etc, featured, and the end result is damned inspiring.

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