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A springtime visit to Kew Gardens

22/03/2022 nsford 12 Comments

It was a sunny day in mid-March when I returned to Kew, having decided when I visited last summer that…

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Posted in: Random, Writing Filed under: experiences, random

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

A summer visit to Kew Gardens

07/07/2021 nsford 10 Comments

London sweated in the hazy heat of early July. After breathing the polluted air of the traffic-heavy Kew Bridge, it…

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Posted in: Random, Writing Filed under: experiences, random

More tiny problems which are ridiculously annoying

11/06/2021 nsford 20 Comments

Why should the massive problems have all the limelight? Let’s give some attention to more of those tiny problems which…

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Posted in: Random Filed under: random

Who will you invite to your fictional party?

11/01/2021 nsford 20 Comments

I’m having a party! Not a real one, obviously. Fictional characters only. The venue is Doctor Who’s TARDIS (it’s bigger…

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Posted in: Film & TV, Random, Reading Filed under: books, children's fiction, fiction, films, random, reading, TV, YA fiction

Risk: a poem

18/12/2020 nsford 7 Comments

I want to play a game of Buckaroo, But the government says it’s a bad thing to do. I want…

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Posted in: Poetry Filed under: Christmas, poetry, random

Why 5ive were the best 90s ‘boy band’

07/11/2020 nsford 18 Comments

Well, there goes my street cred. Hey, are you still here? Then welcome to this random post about 5ive (or…

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Posted in: Music Filed under: 5ive, culture, music, random

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

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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