Category Archives: Funny & Humour

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A piss-poor history of urine

Posted on October 28, 2019 by

I’m going to try not to use the P word too much in this post, as tempting as it is as that would be taking the Pee but urine has actually had a long history of practical uses especially in … Continue reading →

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Changing with the tide – how newspapers reported Napoleon’s march on Paris

Posted on September 4, 2019 by

I was doing a bit of research on some French related history and the following made me smile so I thought I would share it. I don’t often write on French history (except for WW1 or my trips to Paris) … Continue reading →

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American perceptions on Britain from tourists.

Posted on August 14, 2019 by

Working with tourists every day, I often find out that they have some interesting observations or preconceptions about what it is like both in London and the rest of the U.K.  Here are a collection of very common comments that … Continue reading →

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When two (spaces) are better than one

Posted on June 5, 2019 by

I don’t know about you but there are countless things that annoy me about modern life and one of them is the slow decline into the use of a single space after a full stop or period. Until the early … Continue reading →

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National Sickie Day – Good and stupid reasons to take a day off work.

Posted on February 6, 2019 by

According to national statistics the first Monday in February is the day when people are most likely to pull a sickie. One of the factors attributed to this is the first payday since Christmas, meaning people have been out celebrating … Continue reading →

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For I Will Consider My Cat Jeoffry

Posted on January 7, 2019 by

The internet is always full of cat videos and cat memes and I thought I would try to raise the bar a little by bringing up the marvellous poem by Christopher Smart, a poet and mystic who led an eventful … Continue reading →

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Looking back at 2018 in cartoons

Posted on December 31, 2018 by

It’s tradition at the end of a year to look back at the events that we’ve lived through and I thought this year that I would do so with the use of political cartoons. It’s amongst the finest of British … Continue reading →

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