Category: Blog posts
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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:…
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A prompt response
Another change I’ve noticed since restarting this blog is that the app now presents me with a daily writing prompt—and, what’s more, lets me see an archive of the prompts from the preceding ten…
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Welcome to the London Borough of…, part II
Last time: I decided to go get a selfie with as many London borough signs as I could in a day. Some hours later, I was in the middle of south-east London, having only…
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The “story” of Oxford
When I put this blog back online late last year (Happy New Year, by the way!) I was asked if I was willing for my posts to be used to train AI large language…
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Blowing hot and cold
I got my first post-relaunch suggestion to the suggestion box a week or so ago: Hot Frosty – it would only be a year late! Hot Frosty is the title of a 2024 Netflix…
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Welcome to the London Borough of…, part I
Of all the things I’ve done in the nearly five years (five years!) since my last period of posting on here, there was one in particular where I felt like what I was doing…
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Act III
It’s been a while. How’ve you been? Truth be told, I have no idea if anyone is reading this. Until this week, this entire blog was offline, which may well have broken the email…