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Moving to Ghost

My blog has moved around a lot in the 20 years it's been online. Most recently it was on WordPress, I am moving it to Ghost because I want something faster, simpler, and without the overhead of the WP post formatting. Simple markdown to edit, a clean look,

The Falkland Islands

I don't usually post about current events, but this one has me angry and disappointed. Consider this: if Venezuela laid claim to Hawaii, passed laws saying it owned Hawaii, and petitioned the UN to get control of the islands, what would the US do? And how would America

Kakapo given NZ Government job

The Telegraph: Parrot that tried to mate with Mark Carwardine is given a government role. The New Zealand prime minster has given the country’s most famous parrot a job in his government, it has emerged. An endangered kakapo parrot, named Sirocco, which rose to fame last year after it

Two countries separated by chocolate

BBC News: The great transatlantic chocolate divide. Anyone who has performed a chocolate taste test will know that compared with its British counterpart, American chocolate has a distinctly different flavour. To many, Hershey's chocolate has a more bitter, less creamy taste than its British equivalent, and seems to

RIP Dorking's white squirrel

BBC News: Squirrel's accident 'ends magic' Residents of a Surrey town have set up a shrine and an online tribute page after a "celebrity" albino squirrel was run over. The squirrel had lived in St Martin's churchyard off Dorking High Street for

Mental health news

BBC News: Autistic impressions. Hollywood movies rarely deal with disability - except for autism, when characters are typically shown as having special intelligence. Why do we like to think everyone with autism is especially gifted? In one evening, he memorised every name and number from A to G in the

Scottish big cat

BBC News: Policeman takes 'big cat' video An off-duty Ministry of Defence police dog handler has taken a video of what he claims is a panther-sized big cat. Pc Chris Swallow was helping a friend with their garden in Helensburgh, Argyll, when he spotted the black creature on

Sounds of Doctor Who

BBC News: Doctor Who theme wins sci-fi vote. The distinctive music to Doctor Who has been named the best television sci-fi theme tune in an online vote. It finished ahead of Red Dwarf, The X Files and Buffy The Vampire Slayer, according to website Total Sci-Fi. The music, which has

Feel better

BBC News: 10 ways to beat the blues? Charities are calling for a nationwide campaign to help promote mental health after a survey suggested more people are growing anxious. But what sort of advice might be offered? Blame a long winter, blame media fixations with bad news, blame the credit

Take a break at 11:45 today

According to the Telegraph, Tuesday at 11:45 is the most stressful time of the week: Researchers found that nearly half of British workers identified mid-morning on their second working day of the week as the moment when they were most under pressure. Most workers coast through Monday getting their

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