I always liked the word ‘miscellaneous’. It means a mixture of various items. Here are my blog posts which I have classified as ‘misc’.
Important Stuff
How to save a life: 6 new things I learned about first aid
Resources
N S Ford’s Information Superhighway: OZ magazine, British Library Online Exhibitions, Museum of Obsolete Media, Currency Converter 1270 – 2017, British Council Literature: Writers Directory
‘Ordinary people of the past’ series: Norris marries her English man, 14-year-old girl avoids prison sentence, Irish girl arrives in New York, Margaret begins life in Wales, Georgette and Salvator get hitched in Paris, A baby is born on Barbados, A war casualty on the day of the ceasefire, Prisoner transported to Tasmania, Jeremiah Salter’s birthday, Georgianna goes to Rio,
Film & TV
7 children’s TV shows that scared me too much
Doctors, Daleks and Drums: 11 series of Doctor Who
Review of Doctor Who, series 12
The Warner Bros Studio Tour – The Making of Harry Potter!
Things I’ve learned from ‘Back in Time for School’
Film of the book:
Far From the Madding Crowd (2015)
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Reviews of Simon Reeve’s BBC TV documentaries: Russia, Mediterranean, Sacred Rivers, The Tea Trail and The Coffee Trail, Tropic of Capricorn, Ireland, Equator, Turkey, Indian Ocean, Colombia, Tropic of Cancer, Greece, Burma, Australia, Caribbean,
Review of ‘The War of the Worlds’ (BBC, 2019)
Why I still love ‘The Snowman’
Music
5 songs that spark memories for me
5 more songs that spark memories for me
7 great songs with terrible music videos
Music mysteries from the 90s that people are still talking about
Grooves, chills and starship troopers: 14 songs about hearts
My favourite albums: The Beatles – Revolver,
Theatre
Review of James Acaster, ‘Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999’
Review of ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’
Random
Bicycle Spearing Potatoes… and other party games [something weird I discovered in my research]
5 good things about early 2000s internet
5 cultural trends I want to throw in the bin
Why do people find clowns scary?
Tags and Awards
TBR Book Tag: Find out what’s on my ‘To Be Read’ shelf!
The Sunshine Blogger Award – double edition!
My third Sunshine Blogger Award post!
The Sunshine Blogger Award [fourth edition]
The Liebster Award: See my answers to 11 curious questions
The Versatile Blogger Award: 7 Things About Me