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“Tenable” Soccer Aid special, questions and answers: The London City Lionesses [Wednesday 1 September 2021]

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Here are the questions and answers from the special edition of “Tenable” broadcast earlier today (Wednesday 1 September 2021), a Soccer Aid special featuring the London City Lionesses. [Episode listed as S5Ep47.] The format here is the same as other pieces about “Tenable” on this Blog: a list of the challenges, a note on how… Continue reading “Tenable” Soccer Aid special, questions and answers: The London City Lionesses [Wednesday 1 September 2021]

Notes from West London · Word of the week

Word of the week: statioons

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Our local minicab office has had a refurb. It had lain empty for a year or two but now the single-storey pair of rooms attached to a nearby house has been done up. It doesn’t appear to be open yet, but I hope it will be soon. At the start of 2016 I wrote this piece predicting that I would not be signing up for the ride-hailing… Continue reading Word of the week: statioons

Advice · Home life · Notes from West London

In praise of duvet covers

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In the late 1970s my mother made a household change that affected all five of us (my father and her; my brother and sister and me: the three of us were teenagers at the time). She replaced our traditional bedding of sheets and blankets with duvets and duvet covers. Although this switch was made during the summer, I caught a cold within a week of sleeping… Continue reading In praise of duvet covers

Tenable · Trivia

“Tenable” All Stars Panto Special questions and answers [It’s Behind You]

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Here are the questions and answers from the Christmas “All Stars” edition of ITV quiz show “Tenable” ,shown on 26 December 2019. Team name: It’s Behind You, captained by the lovely Debbie McGee. I finally got around to watching it today, Friday27 August 2021. The format here is the same as other pieces about “Tenable”… Continue reading “Tenable” All Stars Panto Special questions and answers [It’s Behind You]

In the news · Sport

Football in the afterlife, and a Leeds United starting XI 

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Most weeks there are news stories about the chronic health problems and deaths of sporting legends. This week we learnt that former England cricket captain Ted Dexter had died, and that former Middlesbrough, Leeds and England footballer Alan Peacock was diagnosed with dementia in 2018. Like Denis Law, who announced his dementia diagnosis earlier this month, he wanted to raise awareness of the issue. I have supported Leeds United since childhood, and the roll call of former… Continue reading Football in the afterlife, and a Leeds United starting XI 

Tenable · Trivia

“Tenable” All Stars Episode 3 questions and answers [The Party Animals]

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Here are the questions and answers from the third “All Stars” edition of ITV quiz show “Tenable” ,repeated in December 2019. Team name: The Party Animals, captained by John Sargent. I finally got around to watching it today, Thursday 26 August 2021. It was listed as S3Ep63 on my multi-channel box. The format here is… Continue reading “Tenable” All Stars Episode 3 questions and answers [The Party Animals]

Tenable · Trivia

“Tenable” questions, Series 1 Episode 19 (repeated again Tuesday 24 August 2021)

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ITV continue to broadcast repeats from the first series of their quiz show “Tenable”, first shown in the last two months of 2016. Questions and answers from Episodes 11-15 were recorded in this piece from last year, and the shows were repeated again earlier this month. On Monday and Tuesday of last week the following… Continue reading “Tenable” questions, Series 1 Episode 19 (repeated again Tuesday 24 August 2021)

Memories · Notes from West London

Head-high weeds, just like when I was a child

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In recent years, things have changed at many of our local green spaces. In parks, commons and the grounds of local landmarks, designated areas have been left to grow wild. For decades these spaces were weeded, mown and kept tidy. Now they are deliberately left uncultivated for much of the spring and summer. In some cases these… Continue reading Head-high weeds, just like when I was a child

Tenable · Trivia

“Tenable” questions, Series 1 Episode 18 (repeated again Monday 23 August 2021)

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ITV continue to broadcast repeats from the first series of their quiz show “Tenable”, first shown in the last two months of 2016. Questions and answers from Episodes 11-15 were recorded in this piece from last year, and the shows were repeated again earlier this month. On Monday and Tuesday of last week the following… Continue reading “Tenable” questions, Series 1 Episode 18 (repeated again Monday 23 August 2021)