This piece, from 6 months ago, recalls something my father taught us when we were children. It compared contours on Ordnance Survey-style maps (which show how steep a gradient is) with the rings left behind when someone is drinking a pint of stout. It also describes the method my brother and I use to fold… Continue reading The 4-Ring Man, in pictures
Following on from yesterday’s set of lists, and continuing this New Year Resolution of sorts, here are some challenges involving things that begin with the letter T (including countries, capital cities and chemical elements) or come 20th numerically (such as the 20th Pope and the 20th President of the USA). In each case you can… Continue reading 2019 Trivia Lists Day 20: the letter T and the number 20
Following on from yesterday’s set of lists, and continuing this New Year Resolution of sorts, here are some challenges involving things that begin with the letter S (including countries, capital cities and chemical elements) or come 19th numerically (such as the 19th Pope and the 19th President of the USA). In each case you can… Continue reading 2019 Trivia Lists Day 19: the letter S and the number 19
Following on from yesterday’s set of lists, and continuing this New Year Resolution of sorts, here are some challenges involving things that begin with the letter R (including countries, capital cities and chemical elements) or come 18th numerically (such as the 18th Pope and the 18th President of the USA). In each case you can… Continue reading 2019 Trivia Lists Day 18: the letter R and the number 18
My subject is memory. I assumed that those words had appeared in that order in at least a dozen pieces on this Blog, but it turns out that this is only the sixth time. The Memories Menu, and posts that have been tagged with the Memories category, contain well over 100 pieces between them, but… Continue reading The bishop and the chocolate bar
Following on from yesterday’s set of lists, here are some challenges involving things that begin with the letter Q (including countries, and capital cities) or come 17th numerically (such as the 17th Pope and the 17th President of the USA). In each case you can test yourself first to see how many you can name.… Continue reading 2019 Trivia Lists Day 17: the letter Q and the number 17
Following on from yesterday’s set of lists, here are some challenges involving things that begin with the letter P (including countries, capital cities and chemical elements) or come 16th numerically (such as the 16th Pope and the 16th President of the USA). In each case you can test yourself first to see how many you… Continue reading 2019 Trivia Lists Day 16: the letter P and the number 16
Following on from yesterday’s set of lists, here are some challenges involving things that begin with the letter O (including countries, capital cities and chemical elements) or come 15th numerically (such as the 15th Pope and the 15th President of the USA). In each case you can test yourself first to see how many you… Continue reading 2019 Trivia Lists Day 15: the letter O and the number 15
Here’s a word that was completely unknown to me 24 hours ago: aquafaba. As this definition on the Oxford Dictionaries website tells us, it’s “water in which chickpeas or other pulses have been cooked, used as a substitute for egg whites, particularly in vegan cooking.” Its origin is very recent (2015), “from Latin aqua ‘water’… Continue reading Word of the week: aquafaba
Following on from yesterday’s set of lists here are some challenges involving things that begin with the letter N (including countries, capital cities and chemical elements) or come 14th numerically (such as the 14th Pope and the 14th President of the USA). In each case you can test yourself first to see how many you… Continue reading 2019 Trivia Lists Day 14: the letter N and the number 14
The Compartments 