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Prophet Iain Dale: A plague on all your houses, O Oxfordshire !

Prophet Iain Dale: A plague on all your houses, O Oxfordshire !

Iain Dale includes a locust swarm for Oxfordshire in his predictions for 2008:

David Cameron forced to cancel trip to Rwanda after his Witney constituency is affected by a plague of locusts.

As it happens I have a solution for them, since Oxfordshire is probably the heartland on earth for Ducks (apart from the “Eeyup Ducks” of Yorkshire and the Midlands).

Have I Got News For You Webisode 5: Wardman Wire

A few weeks ago the BBC started publishing “out takes” of the Have I Got News for You quiz as a “Webisode”.

Over the New Year I will be posting one of these each day.

Another Famous Belgian ... Jef Denyn

Another Famous Belgian … Jef Denyn

q-photo-jef-denyn-carillon-famous-belgianPerhaps you haven’t heard the name of Jef Denyn, another fabulously famous Belgian to go alongside Hercule Poirot and Jean Rey.

I hear you say:

Who he?

Only the most famous Carillon player in history.

Carillons are musically tuned bells which are usually installed in continental belltowers attached to churches or town halls.

You can find more information about the school at their website here.

Personally I prefer Change Ringing.

Have I Got News For You Webisode 4: Wardman Wire

A few weeks ago the BBC started publishing “out takes” of the Have I Got News for You quiz as a “Webisode”.

Over the New Year I will be posting one of these each day.

Have I Got News For You Webisode 3: Wardman Wire

A few weeks ago the BBC started publishing “out takes” of the Have I Got News for You quiz as a “Webisode”.

Over the New Year I will be posting one of these each day.

Invasion of the Yellow Ducks, Bath Toys, Coastal Defence, and Oceanographic Advances

Invasion of the Yellow Ducks, Bath Toys, Coastal Defence, and Oceanographic Advances

Way back when in 1992, a container including 29,000 bath toys fell off a container ship in the Pacific Ocean. These ducks have drifted all over the world, and this article traces their paths and looks at some of the scientific data that have been provided.
Since then many of these have travelled on Ocean currents, [...]

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