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
Film & TV
7 children’s TV shows that scared me too much
Witches, wheelers and pink elephants: the 7 scariest children’s films
Doctors, Daleks and Drums: 11 series of Doctor Who
Review of Doctor Who, series 12
Review of ‘The War of the Worlds’ (2019)
The Warner Bros Studio Tour – The Making of Harry Potter!
‘Outdated cultural depictions’ – a discussion
Life advice from ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’
Things I’ve learned from ‘Back in Time for School’
Don Bluth and the dinosaurs: re-watching ‘The Land Before Time’
Review of ‘Ratched’, season 1,
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
10 things I’ve learned about guitars
10 Beatles songs to ‘help’ you out
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
Why 5ive were the best 90s ‘boy band’
My ‘favourite albums’ series: The Beatles – Revolver, Simon and Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme, Kraftwerk – The Man-Machine, Depeche Mode – Violator, NOW That’s What I Call Music 35.
Sheet music reviews: Radiohead -The Piano Songbook,
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
Some favourite things from 1988
Tiny problems which I find ridiculously annoying
Why do people find clowns scary?
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, Kathleen Crofts’ birthday, Gaudah Singh arrives at Liverpool, Seven rioters sentenced, Cora Coombe’s birthday, Thomasine enters the asylum, Emily goes to the workhouse, Alexander joins the Royal Navy,
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