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16th October 2026 No Comments

24 July 2055: Steven Moss’s arthritic fingers leafed through the photo album he pulled out on his birthday, and only his birthday. He hated looking back, but sometimes you had to remind yourself.

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What makes you think you are qualified?

4th August 2026 No Comments

What makes you think you are qualified?

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Turn off and turn on again

31st May 2026 No Comments

Thinking things is dead goodIt fires the neurons and stirs the bloodThinking really is super niceWhy think once, when we could think twice? Cognition is

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SMART Sickie™: It’s your time now

21st October 2025 No Comments

A number of people have expressed an interest in a service described in a recent story which empowers people to have more meaningful downtime by

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Exploring a simple way to avoid internet use problems

9th September 2025 No Comments

Heavy internet use can cause mental overload and distraction, so I drew on some public health ideas to create a long-term digital shelter for just over a tenner.

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Blow the man down (2019)

31st August 2025 No Comments

Margo Martindale makes a wonderfully malign presence in “Blow the man down” (2019), a film which delivers that rare combination of funny, tense and heavily

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The ultimate minimalist mobile

27th August 2025 No Comments

Proud to present a sneak peak of the 1, the ultimate in minimalist mobile communication devices. In transmit mode it can be used to reach

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“To the Success of our Hopeless Cause” | Benjamin Nathans

11th August 2025 No Comments

“To the Success of our Hopeless Cause” is a suitably paradoxical title for this fascinating journey into the perilous and puzzling world of Soviet dissidents.

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Bohemian Vienna | Albertina Museum

9th August 2025 No Comments

THE VIENNESE BOHÈME, Works from the Hagen Society, Until 12 October 2025 Some pics related to a jolly bunch of late 19th century cafe enthusiasts

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Weltmuseum | first impressions

5th August 2025 No Comments

For the reader to decide which is which: 500-year-old underpants; Hawaeiian deity; a female peeing device, in the history of the trouser; child’s armour; and

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Stills: Killer Shrews (1959)

30th June 2025 No Comments

“In 24 hours there will be one shrew left on the island and he’ll be dead of starvation.”

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Stills: Don’t Wait, Django… Shoot! (1967)

26th May 2025 No Comments

Director:Edoardo Mulargia. WatchWriter: Vincenzo Musolino Starring: Ivan Rassimov, Ignazio Spalla, Rada Rassimov

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