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The shortest one asks the tallest one to take a photo. Prompted by a DoA games thread!

This was a good spring for cherry blossoms. We had many sunny days when the trees were in bloom in April. On a day like that it’s easy to think the meaning of life is …

The #ECWtravelogue has dipped its toe into Lincolnshire, gateway to the heartlands of the Eastern Association, and the important ports connecting England to the Low Countries. Make yourself a cup of tea and settle back …

We must rediscover the idea of the metaphor which is real. — First and Last Notebooks Gravity and Grace (tr. Crawford): – Any attempt to gain this deliverance by means of my own energy would …

Me, tracing my fingers in and out of the coarse surface of cupmarks on a stone in the sun, with red paint marks on the rock beside me. Again. Not in Faifley, but Oslo. To …

I've said it before; the most exciting thing in fishing for me is a pike run. Sometimes you've been watching the float all day when suddenly it comes to life - then sails away - …

In 1972, I was living in New York City. I had a job and a family, and I didn’t have much time for daytime TV. If I ever knew, I’d forgotten that in February of …

They followed John Henry through the barroom, past a crowded bar and towards the sounds of loud crashing music.Mr. Whitman took Milford's arm again and spoke into his ear."Hey, Mel, you got another five in …

Over to Germany, where – in a cute inversion of the tiresome refrain, “if it weren’t for Churchill/America/Wonder Woman you’d all be speaking German” – language purists complain that allowing possessive apostrophes represents acquiescence to …

Debut author Alex Kingsley is here today to talk to us about crabs, monsters, being an outsider, and how all these things are inexorably connected. Follow along through their Big Idea for their new novel, …

I’ve been growing my own veg for 30 years and most years I grow the same things because I know they work, or usually work, or I like them: runner beans, broad beans, tomatoes, lots …

That's entertainmentSaw Joker: Folie a Deux and-- well I liked the ending. Todd Philips can't direct traffic to save his life and the movie still looks like a recycle bin of older better films, among …

Non-fiction Viviane Robinson Reduce Change to Increase Improvement: My brilliant colleague at the National Institute of Teaching, Paula, recommended this. It has been hugely influential in developing leadership approaches that are clear and simple, and …

By far the largest part of Schumachers book is in regard to the third world and this section really hasn’t aged well at all. The world is different place 50 years on, but it exposes …

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