I have read lots of her books during my childhood - Secret Seven and Famous Five, The [insert noun here] of Adventure, and all the Malory Towers and St Clare's books ( Read more... )

In 1991 Tim Berners-Lee released files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuted as a publicly available service on the Internet today. In what way does access to the web help you in day-to-day life ( Read more... )

Anyone else notice the synchro diving commentator studiously avoiding saying "Long;Wang" by mispronouncing "Wang" as "Wong ( Read more... )

For those who don't know, this is a little challenge to see how many different birds you can see or hear on consecutive days. Those living North America should assume the word "European", "Eurasian" or sometimes "Northern" should appear in front of the name of any bird that sounds familiar - eg. your robin is not our robin (yours is a thrush - ( Read more... )

... was being asked "Is that Mrs or Miss?" by a sales assistant who should have known better, as they were clearly a trans woman.

Why not just ask, "Your title?"

I get so annoyed by things like this, and like being asked for my e-mail address so they can send me a receipt - WTF? - that I am beginning to bore myself.

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I got some new fishes ( Read more... )

So, I've had this intermittent dry cough for about 6 months. Sometimes it would wake me up at night, and I would take an anaesthetic throat sweet that would stop it. It seemed to mostly happen when I was sitting or lying down ( Read more... )

I can't seem to find a hand/shoulder bag that works for me. I used to like bags with lots of compartments, but the ones I have are a cloth material that just falls about, obscuring the contents. Also, made of hemp, it's way too heavy, even before I put anything in it ( Read more... )

On Tuesday 28th March, between 11:15 and 11:45 pm, while staying at the Hilton at Wembley, I came down to Reception to get some milk. At this time, I had the misfortune to witness some very poor behaviour by a security guard, towards other guests staying at the hotel ( Read more... )