Zoomy's thing

I was just looking through my bookcases, and found that I own a book called "The Memory Book", by Tony Buzan. Which came as a bit ...

I don't seem to have played a single game of othello, or even given the game more than a passing thought, for a year or so. I really nee...

Did you ever hear of such a thing as a TV that tells you your remote control's batteries are running out and you should change them? Lo...

I've mentioned before that all video games created since roughly 1995 are rubbish, and I stand by that belief resolutely. There are exce...

In a sort of occasionally-watch-test-matches way, at least. But this last couple of days I've tuned in to the world cup and quite enjoye...

I like tennis at the moment. I recall blogging here, at some point in the distant past, that tennis was rubbish, but it's got better sin...

I haven't talked family trees on this blog for a long time - when the 1921 census comes out in January 2022, I'll have to get into t...

If you've got Netflix, check out Memory Games ! The documentary following Nelson, Yanjaa, Simon and Hannes around the world of memory co...

There's a website called Raffolux , which offers "exclusive raffles for everyone", that apparently very few people know about ...

I'm going to America for the 4th of July, and not for memory-related reasons either. It's absolutely ages since I went anywhere exot...

What's the best new pre-school cartoon out there, I hear you ask? That would be "Bluey" , an Australian work of genius that ha...

I realise I haven't posted anything here for a long time, and I do apologise to all the people out there who in my imagination are hangi...

This will be fun - the French Memory Championship in October, just before my birthday! Well worth a trip across the channel! The fourth i...

But I have to say, I feel very lucky to live in a universe where the Marvel Cinematic Universe exists.

I'm still really impressed by the four days of summery sunshine over the four-day weekend, immediately changing back to grey unexception...

Those following my cycling updates will be pleased to know I did indeed bike from Derby to Nottingham today, completing an impressive four-d...

I was only planning to go as far as Kings Norton on the bike today, but once I'd got there I thought I might as well carry on all the wa...

The people in charge of weather have shown unusual good taste and made this four-day Easter weekend into four days of gorgeous summer sunshi...

Two entirely unrelated people today have mentioned the chronicles of Narnia, with particular reference to Edmund's love of Turkish delig...

I really don't like seeing a football headline saying "Brighton are in the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time in 36 years"....