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Martin Fone @frimleyblogger.bsky.social · 1d

My thoughts on And Cauldron Bubble by #BrianFlynn, reissued by @deanstpress.bsky.social #CrimeFiction #BookReview #booksky
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And Cauldron Bubble

A review of And Cauldron Bubble by Brian Flynn – 250824 Double, double, toil and trouble. The thirty-ninth in Flynn’s Anthony Bathurst series, originally published in 1951 and the fourth in the bat…

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Martin Fone @frimleyblogger.bsky.social · 2d

How #bloodpressure came to be measured
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Sphygmomanometer

A visit to a doctor’s surgery often involves a check on blood pressure. To do that one of the patient’s arms is put inside an inflatable cuff which collapses and releases the artery under the cuff …

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Martin Fone @frimleyblogger.bsky.social · 3d

My thoughts on Murder with Relish by Guy Cullingford #CrimeFiction #BookReview #booksky
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Murder With Relish

A review of Murder With Relish by Guy Cullingford – 2508 I came across Guy Cullingford through a short story in Martin Edwards’ British Library Crime Classics collection Cyanide in the Sun, a tale …

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Martin Fone @frimleyblogger.bsky.social · 4d

The story of #shrapnel, an #armament developed by Henry Shrapnel #militaria
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Shrapnel

The technical definition of shrapnel is “an artillery projectile provided with a bursting charge, and filled with lead balls, exploded in flight by a time fuse”. It was a deadly and game-changing a…

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Martin Fone @frimleyblogger.bsky.social · 5d

My thoughts on Cyanide in the Sun, a collection of short stories with a holiday theme #CrimeFiction #BookReview #booksky
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Cyanide In The Sun

A review of Cyanide in the Sun, edited by Martin Edwards – 250821 Cyanide in the Sun is the second collection of short stories with a holiday theme that Martin Edwards has curated for the British L…

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Martin Fone @frimleyblogger.bsky.social · 6d

How to move from driving on the left to the right #Sweden #HDay #motoring
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H-Day

At 4.50am on September 3, 1967, drivers in Sweden were required to drive on the right side of the road rather than the left. This was the second time such a switch had been made: in 1718 such road …

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Martin Fone @frimleyblogger.bsky.social · 8d

My thoughts on #Maigret's Holiday #CrimeFiction #BookReview #booksky
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Maigret’s Holiday

A review of Maigret’s Holiday by Georges Simenon – 250817 Whatever is the French equivalent of a busman’s holiday, Maigret certainly had one when he and his wife took their annual vacation to the A…

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Martin Fone @frimleyblogger.bsky.social · 9d

A #feather in the cap led to the formation of the @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
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Another Feather In Your Cap

The practice of killing birds for their plumage was unsustainable and, for some, repulsive. Speaking in the House of Lords on May 19, 1908, Lord Avery opined that “it is evident that unless the sla…

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Martin Fone @frimleyblogger.bsky.social · 10d

My thoughts on The Case of the Sapphire Brooch, reissued by @deanstpress.bsky.social #CrimeFiction #BookReview #booksky
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The Case Of The Sapphire Brooch

A review of The Case of the Sapphire Brooch by Christopher Bush – 250811 With The Case of the Sapphire Brooch, the fifty-fourth in Bush’s long-running Ludovic Travers series, reissued by Dean Stree…

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Martin Fone @frimleyblogger.bsky.social · 10d

The story behind #pralines
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Pralines

In Europe we associate a praline with a sweet consisting of a chocolate casing with a soft centre, often made from finely ground nuts. Known as Belgian chocolate, Belgian chocolate fondant or choco…

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Martin Fone @frimleyblogger.bsky.social · 10d

My thoughts on The Judas Window #CrimeFiction #BookReview #booksky
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The Judas Window

A review of The Judas Window by Carter Dickson – 250814 Also known as The Crossbow Murder and first published in 1938, The Judas Window is widely regarded as being one of the most famous and highly…

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Martin Fone @frimleyblogger.bsky.social · 10d

My thoughts on The Venner Crime #CrimeFiction #BookReview #booksky
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The Venner Crime

A review of The Venner Crime by John Rhode – 250815 The sixteenth book in the prolific John Rhode’s Dr Lancelot Priestley series, originally published in 1933, spins together an intriguing mystery …

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Martin Fone @frimleyblogger.bsky.social · 16d

Whatever happened to #cropcircles? Here's a 17th century example, allegedly
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The Earliest Crop Circle

They were once forever in the news during the slow months of the summers in the 1980s and 1990s, but you rarely hear of crop circles these days. Perhaps so much of the British arable land in the ha…

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Martin Fone @frimleyblogger.bsky.social · 17d

The fashion for wearing a #feather in a #hat and what it did for the world's #bird population
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A Feather In Your Cap

Feathers have long been a feature of millinery design and for a big, bold, dramatic effect there was nothing better than to stick an ostrich feather or two in your titfer. As well as decorating hat…

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Martin Fone @frimleyblogger.bsky.social · 18d

There may be something in #alchemy some #scientists suggest #science
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Fool’s Gold

From the 4th century AD Zosimos of Panopolis onwards people have been fascinated with the concept of chrysopeia, turning everyday metals into gold. Known as alchemists they believed that base metal…

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Martin Fone @frimleyblogger.bsky.social · 18d

Not read them all yet. Enjoying the series and looking forward to seeing how her approach develops.

Martin Fone @frimleyblogger.bsky.social · 19d

My thoughts on No Wind of Blame #GeorgetteHeyer #CrimeFiction #BookReview #booksky
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No Wind Of Blame

A review of No Wind of Blame by Georgette Heyer – 250809 The first in Heyer’s Inspector Hemingway series and originally published in 1939, No Wind of Blame mixes a murder mystery which like a Victo…

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Martin Fone @frimleyblogger.bsky.social · 28d

The difference between an #AmusementPark and a #ThemePark
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Amusement And Theme Parks

There are over five hundred amusement and theme parks in the UK with IBISWorld putting the number of businesses in the sector as 565 in 2005. Many parents will have taken their children to one or m…

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Martin Fone @frimleyblogger.bsky.social · 29d

My thoughts on The Mystery at Orchard House by Joan Coggin, reissued by #Galileobooks #CrimeFiction #BookReview #booksky
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