Zoomy's thing

I went to see a production of West Side Story by the Erewash Musical Society Youth Group today, and it was surprisingly completely awesome. ...

I mentioned a while ago that I've been following the Rangers story, mainly for want of anything better to do with my time. One thing you...

It's been suggested to me that the 'Cambridge Memory Championship' joke is wearing a little thin now, and I should probably call...

I thought I needed a definitive list. This is every TV show (and a couple of other interesting things) I’ve been on for memory-related reaso...

A 2013 update - if you've been directed to this page looking for the 2013 event, please click here instead. Thanks! It's getti...

You know, one thing I can't do is ride a bike in the cool no-hands way that people do. Which is a shame, because one of my secret ambiti...

Yes, it looks like there will be a world memory championship this year! Hi all, Thanks for your patience. We are really pleased to announce ...

To prepare for a job interview a couple of weeks ago for a job that would require me to speak German (I didn't get it) and also to prepa...

The Victoria Centre in Nottingham has an absolutely beautiful "Time Fountain" decorated with ornate birds and squirrels and things...

I was unlocking my bike from the bike-parking thing today and there was a small girl playing around them, so I smiled at her, which provoked...

Like most people, I'm really not interested in Scottish football at all, but I have been following the prolonged saga of Rangers and the...

I never tire of looking at the stats page on Blogger and seeing what google searches brought people here to this strange corner of the inter...

I'm back home from Basel now, and my first thought on entering my flat is "oh my gosh, this place is filthy!" That's what ...

Basel is a very nice city, but I can't believe how many roads all around town are currently halfway through being dug up. Is it a once-a...

Hello everyone, I'm sorry I haven't blogged anything for the best part of a month. It's been quite an eventful month, all in all...

I've just found a caricature of myself on the internet that I didn't know existed! Click here! It's a bit out of date, s...

The last two Mondays in a row, I've found myself idly channel-hopping just as "56 Up" was coming on, and I've enjoyed it a...

Since nobody seems to want to give me a job at the moment, I went up to Nottingham this lunchtime and got collared by the market research pe...

I'm reliably informed that the UK Memory Championship will happen on August 23-24, at the Science Museum in London. That's an absolu...

Hey, I've just noticed something today! The "teach yourself" books and things are now "Teach Yourself" books and thi...