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Had Frederick Miller not lost an eye in a freak golfing accident back in 1885, I might be Prime Minister right now.

Published 17-Feb-2013
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: astronomy, cats, dinosaurs, journalism, politics

There's a scary rabbit living in our kitchen drawer

Can-opener-looks-like-rabbit hilarity.

Published 16-Feb-2013
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: rabbits

Lambeth Volk, Lambeth Reich, Lambeth Führer

Video: Lambeth Walk, Nazi Style

Published 14-Feb-2013
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: music, nazis, tyrants, videos

Ex-Benedict

Pope to resign. Time to focus all of my attention on Murdoch.

Published 11-Feb-2013
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: germans, murdoch, pope, religion

I have a cast-iron alibi

Wind-felled wind turbines: sabotage suspected.

Published 01-Feb-2013
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: wind turbines, windpowerstations

Stense meets her Waterloo

This week's episode of 'Waterloo Road' is directed by my mate Stense.

Published 21-Jan-2013
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: stense, tv, videos

Eeee, grande!!

The 2014 Tour de France will be visiting Hebden Bridge.

Published 17-Jan-2013
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: cycling, hebden bridge, sport, yorkshire

Comparing anatomy

In which Alice Roberts responds to a tweet.

Published 14-Jan-2013
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: alice roberts, celebrities, charles darwin, conversations, science, twitter

It's my neighbour's fault!

There appears to be a geological fault line running right underneath my next-door neighbour's house.

Published 12-Jan-2013
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: carolyn, hebden bridge, yorkshire

Finding out what goes on inside a woman's head

In which I admire a friend's brain-scan.

Published 12-Jan-2013
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conversations, twitter

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On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk
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—Mark Cocker, author and naturalist
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