A new series of ITV quiz show “Tenable” began last Tuesday, 20 September 2022. Here are the questions and answers for today’s show, Tuesday 27 September, Series 6 Episode 6 (S6Ep6). [Repeated on Friday 16 June 2023.] As with Series 5 last year, I am posting one piece for each episode containing the following: the… Continue reading “Tenable” questions, Tuesday 27 September 2022 [Series 6 Episode 6]
A new series of ITV quiz show “Tenable” began last Tuesday, 20 September 2022. Here are the questions and answers for today’s show, Monday 26 September, Series 6 Episode 5 (S6Ep5). [Repeated on Thursday 15 June 2023.] As with Series 5 last year, I am posting one piece for each episode containing the following: the… Continue reading “Tenable” questions, Monday 26 September 2022 [Series 6 Episode 5]
A new series of ITV quiz show “Tenable” began on Tuesday 20 September. Here are the questions and answers for today’s show, Friday 23 September, Series 6 Episode 4 (S6Ep4). [Repeated on Wednesday 14 June 2023.] As with Series 5 last year, I plan to post one piece for each episode containing the following: the… Continue reading “Tenable” questions, Friday 23 September 2022 [Series 6 Episode 4]
A new series of ITV quiz show “Tenable” began on Tuesday 20 September. Here are the questions and answers for today’s show, Thursday 22 September, Series 6 Episode 3 (S6Ep3). [Repeated on Tuesday 13 June 2023.] As with Series 5 last year, I plan to post one piece for each episode containing the following: the… Continue reading “Tenable” questions, Thursday 22 September 2022 [Series 6 Episode 3]
A new series of ITV quiz show “Tenable” began yesterday, Tuesday 20 September. Here are the questions and answers for today’s show, Wednesday 21 September, Series 6 Episode 2 (S6Ep2). [Repeated on Monday 12 June 2023.] As with Series 5 last year, I plan to post one piece for each episode containing the following: the… Continue reading “Tenable” questions, Wednesday 21 September 2022 [Series 6 Episode 2]
A new series of ITV quiz show “Tenable” began today, Tuesday 20 September. Here are the questions and answers for today’s show, Series 6 Episode 1 (S6Ep1). [Repeated on Friday 9 June 2023.] As with Series 5 last year, I plan to post one piece for each episode containing the following: the questions, how the… Continue reading “Tenable” questions, Tuesday 20 September 2022 [Series 6 Episode 1]
Earlier this month I reflected on drinking, and posed this question for anyone who still drinks beer or cider: how many pints is enough? The answer I offered, which is true for many questions: “it all depends”. Usually, the “two pint feeling” is good enough but there are times when you go further. The words… Continue reading A tale of two gallons
Robert FitzRoy (1805-1865) was a naval officer, captain of HMS Beagle for Darwin’s voyage to the southern hemisphere, and later an MP. He was also Governor of New Zealand and, later still, the “founding director of the Meteorological Office – the world’s first full-time professional weather forecaster”. That quote comes from the fly-leaf of my… Continue reading Word of the week: FitzRoy
Here’s a question for you, if you’re the kind of person who still drinks beer or cider: how many pints is enough? The answer for me, as with so many questions, is “it all depends”. About 15 years ago I would occasionally have a few drinks with an old work colleague, someone I had worked… Continue reading That two pint feeling
I have not driven on UK motorways much in recent years. I spend very little time outside the M25, London’s orbital motorway. In the early years of this century I went beyond its confines most weeks, on the M1, M11 and M40 in particular, travelling to places like Leeds, Cambridge, Oxford and Stratford-on-Avon. Soon after… Continue reading Norbert, Willi, Eddie
The Compartments 