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Adventures in Teaching
2001, I had finished university, after paying all my fees up front, and taking out large student loans, I emerged with a Degree in History. How to put it to good use? After working in [more…]
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Physics
An abridged history of the atomic model
Towards the end of the 19th century, scientists were considering the structure of the atom. The atom was deemed to be a tiny piece of matter which helped answer questions regarding spectroscopy. Spectroscopy being the [more…]
Arts
Gmbd, Honesty
I don’t want to sound boastful but I think I started very early. All I ever did was think. I thought within my capabilities but the important thing that you need to understand is that [more…]
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Wankpuffin – GE2017 Election Special
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Hobbies
Confessions of an inept handyman
Ann had been telling me forever that the hot tap in the bathroom sink needed looking at. It didn’t turn on fully, apparently, so it was pot luck whether the flow was enough to tell [more…]
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Sentencing and Capital Punishment
A Personal View Introduction The treatment of “serious” criminals within the UK has long been a talking point which tends to polarise people. There are those in our society who consistently blame society itself for [more…]
Engineering
Development of the Merlin Engine
The Rolls Royce Merlin was a V12, 27 litre engine and originally was a private venture so was financed entirely by Rolls Royce and its backers. Designated the PV12 it followed the Rolls Royce trend [more…]
Arts
A Wiltshire Junior School, 1953 to 1957
Change has always come slowly to rural Wiltshire, in 1957 the 1944 Education Act hadn’t affected my schooling to any great extent. The school I moved to after the infant school was one that took [more…]
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Lloyds of London ‘My Word is my Bond’ A Page in the Diary
6am: Unleash bowel movement Purging yesterdays Petrol washed translucent flake cocaine, continental lager and sundry sweet meats. 6.10am: Get up. 6.11am: Think about Killing Myself. Shower/power wank while thinking of the Receptionists Feet , toe [more…]