Since September I have been hosting quiz nights on Sundays at a local pub, as explained in this piece. Here’s a record of the 10 rounds of questions for the quiz on Sunday 17 November 2024. Round 1: General Knowledge What is the capital city of Azerbaijan? Who is the current Chancellor of Germany? Who… Continue reading A Quiz from Sunday 17 November 2024
In the late 1980s, when I was still in my 20s, my listening habits changed. My radio station of choice for most of my life had been BBC Radio 1. In the 1970s we switched from there to the newly created Capital Radio from time to time but Radio 1 was the default station on… Continue reading Capital Gold in the late 1980s
As explained in this piece from September, I have been asked to host a Sunday night quiz at a local pub. Here’s a record of the 10 rounds of questions for the quiz on Sunday 3 November 2024. Round 1: General Knowledge What is the capital city of Bosnia? In UK Politics, who is the… Continue reading A Quiz from Sunday 3 November 2024
My daughter turned 18 last month. I mentioned it in this piece about Berlin. When my son turned 18 two years ago we took a symbolic trip to a nearby pub for him to buy a pint of beer for the first time. It was a pint of London Pride, for me. He had lemonade.… Continue reading Buying your dad a pint for the first time
As explained in this piece from last month, I have been asked to host a Sunday night quiz at a local pub. Here’s a record of the 10 rounds of questions for the quiz on Sunday 27 October 2024. Round 1: General Knowledge What is the capital city of Moldova? Since November 2023 Christopher Luxon… Continue reading A Quiz from Sunday 27 October 2024
As explained in this piece from last month, I have been asked to host a Sunday night quiz at a local pub. Here’s a record of the 50 questions for the quiz on Sunday 20 October 2024. Round 1: General Knowledge What is the capital city of North Korea? Name either of the two candidates… Continue reading A Quiz from Sunday 20 October 2024
Over the years, most recently in this piece from September 2020 (updated in February 2021), I have written about the visitors that this Blog has attracted from faraway countries. In 2020 this site had been viewed at least once by people in 48 of the world’s 50 most populous countries. The exceptions were Iran (18th… Continue reading More about visitors from faraway countries (Iran, Yemen …)
My daughter returned last night from a school trip to Berlin. A week earlier she celebrated her 18th birthday. She was only away for three nights, but it felt like longer. She had a cold the weekend before she left, and I have had one for the last few days, but had recovered enough to… Continue reading Berlin Memories
In two previous posts I have written about a favourite pop trivia challenge of mine, namely: What do the songs “Virginia Plain” and “Up the Junction” have in common with each other, and with no other singles that have reached the UK Top 10? The second of these pieces was posted in September 2020. The… Continue reading “Up the Junction”, “Virginia Plain”, and “The Rose”
As explained in this piece from last month, I have been asked to host a Sunday night quiz at a local pub. Here’s a record of the 50 questions for the most recent quiz (Sunday 6 October 2024). Round 1: General Knowledge What is the capital city of Mozambique? Who is Kamala Harris’s running mate… Continue reading A Quiz from Sunday 6 October 2024
The Compartments 