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Cryptic snowcrossword
Back in 2021, I made a cryptic crossword for this blog. It didn’t go super well: It turns out that the intersection of amateur bloggers and amateur crossword writers is, essentially, me. So there’s…
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Welcome to the London Borough of…, part IV
Last time: it was hot. I’d been searching for London borough signs for nearly five hours, and I’d got six signs. I was in the outer reaches of Croydon, a borough which barely has…
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Only a week since we started
A few weeks ago I promised a review of the third board game from Tabletop Scotland. I then kept you waiting for two weeks while I wrote about other things—sorry about that. And sorry…
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The cue ball, gone
Who was the first sportsperson you were aware of? If you’re about my age, it might have been Paula Radcliffe, or Tim Henman. If you’re from my neck of the woods, it might have…
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Welcome to the London Borough of…, part III
Last time: there was a lot to see in Crystal Palace Park, but what there wasn’t was an abundance of borough signs. Four down, 29 to go. Why did I think for a moment…
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I’ve seen you twice, in a short time
Last year, I went to Tabletop Scotland, a convention for games of the role-playing, war, card, and board variety. I was mostly interested in the board games side, and I left with four games:…
