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Dodgy romantic advice from old self-help guides

14/02/2022 nsford 8 Comments

Here’s something a bit different for you this Valentine’s Day. Last year, we had fictional dates from hell! The year…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, history, humans, random, reading, resources, Valentine's Day

Dystopia 2020: a poem

28/10/2020 nsford 17 Comments

  We’re living in Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. What is Truth? We can’t be sure. Censorship, fake news, watched all the…

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Posted in: Poetry, Writing Filed under: humans, poetry, writing

‘Outdated cultural depictions’ – a discussion

12/06/2020 nsford 27 Comments

Recently a number of films and TV shows have been removed from online streaming platforms due to what are sometimes…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: culture, films, humans, trends, TV

A-Z of my blog!

28/05/2020 nsford 19 Comments

I thought it would be fun to do an A-Z of my blog (too much time on my hands?) so…

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Posted in: Book Reviews, Film & TV, Music, Poetry, Random, Reading, Theatre, Writing Filed under: blogging, books, films, humans, music, poetry, reading, resources, reviews, TV, writers, writing

Tiny problems which are ridiculously annoying

15/05/2020 nsford 28 Comments

For no reason whatsoever, here are some small problems which I find disproportionately irritating. It’s not a definitive list, these…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: humans, random, writing

On this day: Prisoner transported to Tasmania

10/12/2019 nsford 4 Comments

10th December 1840. William Smith was transported to Van Diemen’s Land on the ship ‘Duncan’ for a fourteen year sentence.…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: history, humans, research, resources, writing

Cold dark mornings: a poem

05/12/2019 nsford 6 Comments

I hate to get up in the morning when the sun is still in bed. I’ll spend the whole day…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: humans, poetry, writing

On this day: A war casualty on the day of the ceasefire

11/11/2019 nsford 4 Comments

11th November 1918. Charles William Scott, a Private in the 1st Kent Cyclist Battalion (British Army Cyclist Corps), died in…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: history, humans, research

Why do people find clowns scary?

26/10/2019 nsford 24 Comments

Red noses, colourful baggy costumes, oversized shoes, white facepaint, wigs, bunches of balloons… and evil grins? It seems that clowns…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: clowns, halloween, humans, random, trends

5 good things about early 2000s internet

24/09/2019 nsford 12 Comments

If you were online in the first few years of the new millennium, you’ll probably remember some frustrating things. It…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: humans, random, technology, writing

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