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My new book, Intervals of Darkness, with 14 weird stories, is now out. You can buy it as a paperback or eBook more-or-less anywhere in the world, including UK eBook | paperback US eBook | …

The share of payrolled employee jobs among London residents that are held by non-UK nationals has been increasing since the UK’s formal exit from the European Union and the start of the pandemic in early …

Over the weekend Matt Mullenweg — creator and would-be destroyer of WordPress — has seemingly released malware upon two million innocent websites. Every WordPress website I have ever built may be victim.For ongoing WordPress vs …

April 2024 marks five years since I quit my corporate job for a life of financial independence. With that anniversary approaching, here are five… The post Lessons from Five Years of FIRE appeared first on …

Wargames are a bit of an oddity in the tabletop gaming space because they’re as much an arts and crafts hobby as they are games. This distinction is not exclusive to wargames. You can certainly …

2024 sees Peter Richardson on a cinema tour. Picturehouse cinema celebrates the history of The Comic Strip Presents, featuring Robbie Coltrane, Rik Mayall, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Nigel Planer, Ade Edmondson and Peter Richardson. This …

CLR is a beloved brand in the candle community, which is a corny opening sentence but also completely true. They’re inclusive and diverse, owned and operated by LGBTQIA+ people of color who donate a percentage …

The Golden Rule of Game Promotion: No One Cares About Your Game (YouTube) Thomas Reisenegger gives a fascinating and actionable overview of how to think about marketing indie games. Some principles are timeless; others are …

Jeff McRae CHEAP GUITAR I will fix up her guitar now she is dead, now it is no longer a symbol for how I felt every day since. Now it is just an unused instrument. …

i leaped, feeling the rush of wind against my bare back as i slid cleanly into the pool. another perfect dive. i let my head gently ease above the water, resting for a moment. then, …

I spent the best 5 weeks of my life solo traveling across Ghana to learn about Ghanaian food, culture and history. In this post, I will give a detailed breakdown of my trip to Ghana, …

I try not to jump into beauty product hypes until I see or read enough reviews to make me actually want to try the product myself. Also I tend not to believe most social media …

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Tony Trupp recently asked this question on twitter. It’s not a new question, but given the impending release of Graham Hancock’s Ancient Apocalypse: The Americas, it’s a good time to give it some thought. I …

(or why I won’t be responding to another government consultation on trans healthcare). Just weeks after having submitted an invited response (invited as an academic expert) to a government consultation on making a legal ban …