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Arts prizes and bestsellers
Summary: This post provides an up-to-date record of the winners of the major arts prizes and the annual bestsellers from the start of 2022 onward, covering books, films, TV, music, theatre and “real” art such as painting, drawing and photography. … Continue reading
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Arts prizes and bestsellers: the details
Summary: This blog aims to sketch the history and details of the major arts prizes and bestseller lists, including books, films, TV, music, theatre and “real” art such as painting, drawing and photography. To give a recent flavour, prize winners … Continue reading
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Sports Digest: Snooker 2019/20 season and 2020/21 so far
The 2019/20 snooker season was extended due to coronavirus, running from May 2019 to August 2020. The women’s season didn’t host any events from February 2020, with the women’s world championship cancelled. Here are the final stats from the season, … Continue reading
Sports Digest: Snooker update (Jun 2020)
This is my third post on snooker, after a summary article in Aug 2017 and an update in August 2018. This is 18 months later, but I do bring you up to date eventually! If this is your only source … Continue reading
Writing Skills from Culture Man
Update (Jun 2020): This blog post has been published as a free book for readers who’d like to download a copy. See https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1028792 for details. Summary: While writing Culture Man, I found many points of grammar and style I repeatedly … Continue reading
Sports Digest: Snooker update (Aug 2018)
My snooker digest and all-round summary of everything you need to know about snooker was published a year ago. You’ll be desperate to know who’s won the most recent Triple Crown events, who the number one is and the current … Continue reading
Electricity: Part 2
Part 2: Atomic theory, explanation of electrostatics and what really is charge I’m going straight in. Atomic theory, a quick tour: The essential atomic theory is that solids, liquids and gases are made up of either molecules or atoms. If … Continue reading
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Electricity: Part 1
Introduction: This is my first science post, but nevertheless, let’s leap in. The definition I like best is that electricity is the set of phenomena associated with the presence and flow of charged particles. The electricity that travels through wired … Continue reading
Literary Prizes: the Booker Prize
Summary: Here I unleash the first of my literary-related posts, in a series describing the major prizes. We begin with one of the most prestigious, the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, often shortened to the Booker Prize. The prize awards, in … Continue reading
Sports Digest: Snooker
Preamble to Sports Digest series: Here I unveil my first post in a series of sporting summaries, which happens to start with snooker. First, a quick introduction. Any sport contains a multitude of stories, from sporting tales of particular matches … Continue reading
