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Photo by Stefano Marinelli on UnsplashThe smartwatch reminds me it's time to take my blood pressure. I get up from the desk and walk towards the living room. I'm in a vest - it's easy. I sit down and put on the cuff. My eyes fall on the...
QUASER - Space sickness pills. • CLEARSOL - Sunspot remover. • MALIG-NOT - A cure for the common cold. • RESURRECTOL - For prompt, temporary relief from death. •...
Mist clings to the moss-draped cedars, and the river below churns with the silver flash of salmon fighting upstream. Then, out of the shadows, a pale figure steps onto the slick stones—a spirit bear, its coat glowing against the emerald...
I spend half of my life reading; the rest I waste. Articles, websites, books, the back of a cereal pack - you get the gist. Books give me more than anything else, when they are ‘good’. Unfortunately, I can’t judge a good book until I’m...
Tuesday, June 9, 2026 - 11:00 The Lesbian Historic Motif Project There are many angles to be had on the ladies of Llangollen. This article looks specifically at the aesthetics of the rural cottage retreat as an element both for romantic...
On Sunday 28 June 2026 we’re going to post something inspired by the late Martyn Cornell’s final epic work of beer history Porter and Stout. We’d love you to join us. The first problem is that the book is quite expensive. The second is...
The primary idea for the blogging calendar I started earlier this year was to be able to find topics that you, the reader, might find interesting. What I overlooked there, though, was that I have the classic writing block: Will someone...
Last year on a trip to Trieste, Italy, with my son, we visited the James Joyce Museum. Trieste had lodged itself in my a corner of my mind since working as an English teacher in Modena and watching the film, Nora starring Ewan McGregor...
That last post. What can I say. Four thousand plus words? Did I really do that to you? It won’t happen again. If I could do it over, I would. When I set out to (very tentatively) write this series of posts on ark, I intended it as being...
We watched the new Ryan film (it’s bad). After we were done, Amazon had suggestions from the broader continuity: If you’re taking notes, that’s: Two different Jacks Ryan; Two different Jacks Reacher; An actual spin-off of the right...
As a young punk rock kids we made zines and stared music blogs (instead of complaining that the major music outlets wouldn’t cover our bands), booked our own shows (when “real” venues wouldn’t book us), and released our own music (when...