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Dec
14
How do I establish a credit score?

How do I establish a credit score?

Stuck in the catch-22 where you are too sensible with money to be in high-interest debt, but now you have no credit record? Here's how to build a credit score without getting into debt.
6 min read
Nov
18
Google Translate Telephone Poetry

Google Translate Telephone Poetry

Some silly poems created by playing telephone with Google Translate
3 min read
Nov
09
Rows of lettuces and chives growing in an allotment garden

The Old Chesterton Allotment Society

How to grow potatoes for fun and very little profit
9 min read
Nov
09
Postcards postcards!

Postcards postcards!

1 min read
Oct
29
Frodo and Sam from Lord of the Rings gazing into each other's eyes in a totally hetero way

Teenage Smut

The books you loved as a teenager shape you forever... (nsfw)
5 min read
Oct
22
A photograph of a young soldier walking down a busy city street

Winning the "War"

Looking at my grampa's photographs from WWII
4 min read
Oct
06
A small place

A small place

Hello, grownups! Airports always make me feel like the world is a very small place. I’ve spent enough time
4 min read
Sep
06
A recorder (instrument) lying on top of a piano

Recorder Girl

Some reflections on how I ended up playing the world's least cool musical instrument.
5 min read
Aug
20
Some questions about starting a blog

Some questions about starting a blog

How do you make money? Can I blog anonymously? And some other questions about blogging.
3 min read
Aug
18
Two children standing in snow. The girl is about to throw a snowball at the boy, but he doesn't see it.

I remember Shawn Michaels, the Heartbreak Kid

Memories from primary school
8 min read