Zoomy's thing

Upstairs in the Science Museum in London, there's a really cool-looking little library room, with double-decker bookcases (there's a...

Another thing I'm on is my way to London, and another is cloud nine, because I'm off work for the next week and a half, and I've...

Last week, looking through my bookcases for something to read on the train to work, I grabbed Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King. And then ...

It's always great to have the football back after a long summer without, isn't it? And this season, in addition to enjoying the game...

Even though the whole town of Beeston is in the process of being demolished to make way for the trams, it's actually really cool around ...

Yes, I haven't posted anything here for a month, and I'm terribly sorry about that. But I just checked back in the old posts to see ...

Occasionally I see those competitions on ITV football where the prize is excessively huge - a month-long globe-trotting holiday to see the C...

If you're interested in memory talk but hadn't heard the latest news, get over to Mnemotechnics.org , where I'm answering any qu...

You've got to feel a bit sorry for David Ferrer. He's really awesome at tennis, but he doesn't get to be Spain's national he...

Writer's block. Of a very psychological kind. See, I agreed to write memory-related things in return for money, and the idea seems to ha...

The Quad in Derby is launching a season on the theme of memory, and an exhibition of the works of William Kentridge. And seeing as I've...

Someone I know was convinced that it was his 38th birthday the other day, until I pointed out that if he was born in 1976, same as me, that ...

I haven't talked about cartoons on here for a while, so I thought I should place on record that the best cartoons to come along in the l...

What's a good nickname for a man with a staggeringly 1980s hairstyle, sunglasses whatever the weather and a suede jacket with the sleeve...

Twice in a row, the Channel 4 continuity announcer has stumbled over his witty scripted lines. They need to either hire someone who can read...

Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer are playing in the French Open final tomorrow. They're currently number 4 and 5 in the world ranking list,...

According to my stats page, Dai's number-themed comment on yesterday's blog post was the 3000th comment published on this blog! I ...

You know that thing people say, that they only ever look at a clock when it's 11:11? All very psychological. Well, the headlines on the ...

I like overhearing snatches of conversation from people on the street and then speculating on what they might be talking about. I just cycle...

If you want to keep up with what's happening in the big wild world of memory competitions, you really need to be reading Johann Randall ...