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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

On this day: Margaret begins life in Wales

03/08/2019 nsford Leave a comment

3rd August 1905. Margaret Jane Williams was born. 34 years later, she lived in Rhondda, Glamorganshire and was a school…

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

On this day: Irish girl arrives in New York

15/07/2019 nsford Leave a comment

15th July 1850. Bridget Cannon arrived in New York. She was 10 years old. An Irish emigrant, she had voyaged…

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

On this day: 14-year-old girl avoids prison sentence

27/06/2019 nsford Leave a comment

27th June 1815. In Middlesex, England, Mary Dinan was acquitted of larceny. She was 14. Had she been found guilty,…

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

My worst job interviews

20/06/2019 nsford 17 Comments

I’ve had many job interviews over the years. The ones that went badly were sometimes due to me being unprepared…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: employment, humans, random, writers

On this day: Norris marries her English man

10/06/2019 nsford 2 Comments

10th June 1793. Norris Scully married William English in the Parish of St Marylebone, Westminster. Norris made an ‘x’ in…

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

Ordinary people of the past – this is for you

03/06/2019 nsford 9 Comments

On this day in history, billions of events occurred. Some of these turned out to be important in the grand…

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

Awkward! – No name

22/04/2019 nsford 17 Comments

It’s your first day of a new job. It’s going well. You’ve been introduced to so many people that no…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: humans, writing

5 cultural trends I want to throw in the bin

13/04/2019 nsford 24 Comments

Usually I wouldn’t dream of blogging about things that annoy me, for fear that people would find my opinions boring…

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

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