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I'm glad it's not just me who finds glory hole spillways and associated reservoir architecture fascinating - there's some more...

Another couple in the Hapag-Lloyd vein for you: BBC crime correspondent Ben Ando has been popping up on the TV news a bit lately. I can...

Yes, folks, it's Name That Cathedral ! I think this could be a winner, though obviously there is a finite amount of material to work wit...

Much gnashing of teeth and exasperated slapping of foreheads among Democrat supporters as Ralph Nader announces his intention to run for ...

Much fanfare and excitement as the title of the new James Bond film (the 22nd in the official series, no less) is revealed . And it's......

Just to illustrate my point about the false notion of scientific "fairness" whereby everybody's vote on a complex and nuanced ...

Post-rant health warning: I seem to have done a certain amount of gratuitous swearing in this post. Approach with caution. You know how some...

Unpacking a couple more boxes today and I discovered a big stash of old tickets to various events that I'd hung onto for no apparent rea...

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold by John le Carré. Interesting things, pseudonyms. Just as William Henry Pratt decided that his fairly mun...

No money (or none of mine, anyway) is going to change hands at any bookmakers over this one, but I'm guessing that the winner of the re...

This one struck me immediately upon reading the latest on the Northern Rock debacle. And I was very pleased with myself, right up until the ...

In another example of the fundamental interconnectedness of all things , no sooner have I posted some pictures of my shiny new barbecue tha...

We've got a bit more room in the new house, both indoors and out, so that gives me an opportunity to play with some new toys. And here t...

No doubt you'll remember the Old Testament in Lego . Well, now you can have the Old Testament in lolcats . Start at the very beginning ...

I won't duplicate Andy's post regarding the award of the prestigious title of CAMRA National Pub Of The Year to the Old Spot In Dur...

Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth. A slight break with tradition here, in that it's not an album that I've been moved to write about...

Bluesman by Andre Dubus III. It's 1967, and 17-year-old Leo Suther lives in the backwoods of Massachusetts with his widowed father. Ove...

Here's the internet as a force for good, education, etc. - now that the BBC has largely abandoned its lofty Reithian ideals, it's ni...

Forget Petra , Angkor Wat and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon , we've got what you need right here in Newport. The Newport Transporter ...

Well. I can only echo Doug's slack-jawed disbelief in the comments to the previous post . The England-Wales game has to be one of the s...