The Flask Hampstead
The Flask is a pretty decent pub and probably my main drinking spot if I happen to be on Hampstead high street.
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Flash News
From NASA To Mountain Dew: The Greatest (And Funniest) Crowdsourced Naming Fails
Self-Publishing Vs. Traditional Publishing: How Technology Is Changing The Game
RMS Olympic: The Titanic’s Unsinkable and Nearly Identical Sister
Write Every Day: The Daily Word Counts Of Great Authors
Weird Events At The Olympics – Pistol Duels, Pigeon Shooting, And More
I’ve been rediscovering the unique genius of Agatha Christie books
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
Friday, August 28, 2026