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Monthly Archives: May 2021

The Guardian on… Cults.

Posted on 29 May 2021 by ChrisC

Apparently, in those more freeform pre-Blair-government days of February 1997, The Guardian (or at least those parts of the Guardian who worked Saturdays to put out the Observer) decided to put out a guide to cults.

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Posted in Uncategorised | Tagged History, Odd, PSPB

Douglas Adams in MacWorld (May 1985)

Posted on 11 May 2021 by ChrisC

An old (and, alas, they’re all old now) interview with Douglas Adams from the May 1985 issue of Macworld. Transcription is via OSX’s images to text service.

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Posted in Books, Retro | Tagged 80s, Geekery

Yorkshire Wildlife Park Expansion – May 2021

Posted on 10 May 2021 by ChrisC

See my 2022 update here!

14 months and one minor apocalypse since my last outing, it’s time to return to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park and to see how work on the the new expansion has progressed. And progressed it has!

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