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How to stand under Niagara Falls without getting wet
Posted on February 4th, 2010 by Chris
Just make sure it’s switched off when you visit.
Puzzled? Let me explain…
Having let it languish on the shelves for a couple of years, I’ve just started reading John Todd’s ‘Race for the World‘, and it’s already thrown up some amazing facts, including this bit where the author is describing his journey through Canada:
The single disappointment [...]
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Momma’s taking us to the zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow…
Posted on February 2nd, 2010 by Chris
Never at a loss for something to do, I was dusting the bookshelves on Sunday morning (in preparation for yet another revamp of our private Dewey system!) when I let myself get distracted by Harold Clunn’s The Face of London. It’s a book I have yet to read more than a few pages of, although [...]
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May the horse be with you
Posted on December 24th, 2009 by Chris
Browsing through a translation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles (ASC) yesterday, the entry for 1015 caused us much merriment on account of a little rhyme at the end.
Much of the ASC after the early ninth century deals with intermittent (and increasingly vicious) raids by the Vikings, to whom the Chroniclers often refer as ‘the force’. [...]
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