Here’s a photo of my vinyl copy of the current UK #1, and the picture sleeve that it came in. As you can see, it’s “Running up That Hill” by Kate Bush, an old-fashioned 7” single. The picture shows her using a bow and arrow. The song first entered the UK charts in August 1985… Continue reading The current UK #1, on vinyl
As a family, we have started to do the daily Wordle puzzle most days. My wife and our 15-year-old daughter have been doing it for a few months. Our 17-year-old son has been doing it in form time at school from time to time. I have only started in the last fortnight, long after most people.… Continue reading Word of the week: bayou
Regular readers of this Blog will know that Trivia and Quiz Questions feature heavily on these pages. Although these topics take up much of my time, I am an occasional rather than a regular quizzer. I do not have many friends who are into this sort of thing, and have not taken part in a… Continue reading 193 countries, and a challenge
A few months ago I wrote this piece about Southend-on-Sea, the UK’s 70th city (the 52nd in England). Since then a further 8 places have been granted city status, taking the total to 78 (55 in England). For the first time, there is a city that is part of a British Overseas Territory, not within… Continue reading 8 more UK cities
Here are the questions and answers from the special edition of “Tenable” broadcast earlier today (Wednesday 8 June 2022), a Soccer Aid special featuring the Teddy Bears, five teammates from Glasgow Rangers Women’s FC. [Episode listed as S6Ep27.] The format here is the same as other pieces about “Tenable” on this Blog: a list of… Continue reading “Tenable” Soccer Aid special, questions and answers: The Teddy Bears [Wednesday 8 June 2022]
I return to the theme of the “The 4-Ring Man”, originally covered in this piece from 2018. Since then I have occasionally posted photographs of what remains when you drink a pint of beer (usually Guinness), along with examples of how we deal with empty crisp packets. There are links to those earlier pieces below.… Continue reading The 4-Ring Man, in pictures (Part 5, July 2020–May 2022)
Another summary of my scores from a week’s worth of questions from Pop Master, along the lines of this piece from earlier in May. Just like 8 million other people in the UK I continue to follow Pop Master, the mid-morning quiz on BBC Radio 2. It has been the subject of many pieces on… Continue reading Pop Master Summary w/e Fri 27 May 2022
You might be familiar with the quote that begins “Try everything once except …” It is attributed to the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham. You could always come up with suggestions of your own to complete the sentence. The original advice was “Try everything once … except Morris dancing and incest”, and I am happy to… Continue reading “I tried it once and I didn’t like it”
It is nearly a year since I posted a screenshot of a football league table on this Blog. I have done so at various times in recent years, usually with information from the BBC website. In May 2021 I posted this piece, showing the top half of the English Premier League, with Leeds United (the… Continue reading This could be the last time
Another summary of my scores from a week’s worth of questions from Pop Master, along the lines of this piece from April. Just like 8 million other people in the UK I continue to follow Pop Master, the mid-morning quiz on BBC Radio 2. It has been the subject of many pieces on this Blog,… Continue reading Pop Master Summary w/e Fri 13 May 2022
The Compartments 