How much impact does telly have on children? I have just realised my adult personality is pretty much determined by my favourite programmes as a child.
November 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
How much impact does telly have on children? I have just realised my adult personality is pretty much determined by my favourite programmes as a child.
Hot take: most of the Bond themes are actually pretty awful...
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Hot take: most of the Bond themes are actually pretty awful...
A lunchtime grid today, and a beginner friendly one. Arrange the 16 words/phrases below into four groups of four, with a link for each.
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
October 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A lunchtime grid today, and a beginner friendly one. Arrange the 16 words/phrases below into four groups of four, with a link for each.
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
ROUND THE WORLD IN 65(ISH) NOVELS
79: My Life as Edgar by Dominique Fabre (translated by Anna Lehmann) - France (again)
I have got behind with my reviews, but the project is still underway.
This book was a bit dull.
#booksky #bookreview #france #readingtheworld
79: My Life as Edgar by Dominique Fabre (translated by Anna Lehmann) - France (again)
I have got behind with my reviews, but the project is still underway.
This book was a bit dull.
#booksky #bookreview #france #readingtheworld
October 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
ROUND THE WORLD IN 65(ISH) NOVELS
79: My Life as Edgar by Dominique Fabre (translated by Anna Lehmann) - France (again)
I have got behind with my reviews, but the project is still underway.
This book was a bit dull.
#booksky #bookreview #france #readingtheworld
79: My Life as Edgar by Dominique Fabre (translated by Anna Lehmann) - France (again)
I have got behind with my reviews, but the project is still underway.
This book was a bit dull.
#booksky #bookreview #france #readingtheworld
Slight variation this week, but the same principle still applies. Group the 16 quotes below into four groups of four, with a link for each.
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
October 17, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Slight variation this week, but the same principle still applies. Group the 16 quotes below into four groups of four, with a link for each.
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
Nothing says autumn quite like dew-soaked cobwebs and jewell bright purple sloes
October 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Nothing says autumn quite like dew-soaked cobwebs and jewell bright purple sloes
Gorrilas in the mist?
Nope, these are cattle. I'm not a trained farmer for nothing.
Nope, these are cattle. I'm not a trained farmer for nothing.
October 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Gorrilas in the mist?
Nope, these are cattle. I'm not a trained farmer for nothing.
Nope, these are cattle. I'm not a trained farmer for nothing.
A farmer with messy hair you say? I feel called out.
October 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A farmer with messy hair you say? I feel called out.
October 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
We have a beginners level grid this week.
Arrange the 16 words/phrases below into four groups of four, with a link for each (just look at last week's answers for an idea).
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
Arrange the 16 words/phrases below into four groups of four, with a link for each (just look at last week's answers for an idea).
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
October 3, 2025 at 7:07 AM
We have a beginners level grid this week.
Arrange the 16 words/phrases below into four groups of four, with a link for each (just look at last week's answers for an idea).
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
Arrange the 16 words/phrases below into four groups of four, with a link for each (just look at last week's answers for an idea).
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
What's everyone's work stations looking like today? I find mine very quickly fills up with books
September 29, 2025 at 9:54 AM
What's everyone's work stations looking like today? I find mine very quickly fills up with books
This chart shows the most democratic countries, but it could be the countries with the best literature. Coincidence..?
September 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This chart shows the most democratic countries, but it could be the countries with the best literature. Coincidence..?
Even bleaker than the title suggests. But very good.
September 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Even bleaker than the title suggests. But very good.
I was going to do something special for my 200th word grid. But then I didn't.
(Story of my life).
Arrange the 16 words/phrases below into four groups of four, with a link for each group.
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
(Story of my life).
Arrange the 16 words/phrases below into four groups of four, with a link for each group.
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
September 26, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I was going to do something special for my 200th word grid. But then I didn't.
(Story of my life).
Arrange the 16 words/phrases below into four groups of four, with a link for each group.
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
(Story of my life).
Arrange the 16 words/phrases below into four groups of four, with a link for each group.
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
ROUND THE WORLD IN 65(ISH) NOVELS
78: Vernon Subutex 1 by Virginie Despentes (translated by Frank Wynne) - France
A no-holds-barred social epic, looking at the seedy side of Parisian life
#booksky #bookreview #france #readingtheworld
78: Vernon Subutex 1 by Virginie Despentes (translated by Frank Wynne) - France
A no-holds-barred social epic, looking at the seedy side of Parisian life
#booksky #bookreview #france #readingtheworld
September 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
ROUND THE WORLD IN 65(ISH) NOVELS
78: Vernon Subutex 1 by Virginie Despentes (translated by Frank Wynne) - France
A no-holds-barred social epic, looking at the seedy side of Parisian life
#booksky #bookreview #france #readingtheworld
78: Vernon Subutex 1 by Virginie Despentes (translated by Frank Wynne) - France
A no-holds-barred social epic, looking at the seedy side of Parisian life
#booksky #bookreview #france #readingtheworld
ROUND THE WORLD IN 65(ISH) NOVELS
77: Faces on the Tip of My Tongue by Emmanuelle Pagano (translated by Jennifer Higgins and Sophie Lewis) - France
An intriguing and poetic fragmentary novel
#booksky #bookreview #france #readingtheworld
77: Faces on the Tip of My Tongue by Emmanuelle Pagano (translated by Jennifer Higgins and Sophie Lewis) - France
An intriguing and poetic fragmentary novel
#booksky #bookreview #france #readingtheworld
September 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
ROUND THE WORLD IN 65(ISH) NOVELS
77: Faces on the Tip of My Tongue by Emmanuelle Pagano (translated by Jennifer Higgins and Sophie Lewis) - France
An intriguing and poetic fragmentary novel
#booksky #bookreview #france #readingtheworld
77: Faces on the Tip of My Tongue by Emmanuelle Pagano (translated by Jennifer Higgins and Sophie Lewis) - France
An intriguing and poetic fragmentary novel
#booksky #bookreview #france #readingtheworld
ROUND THE WORLD IN 65(ISH) NOVELS
76: When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà (translated by Mara Faye Lethem) - Spain (yet again)
An amazing novel which slowly pulls a story out of the mountains.
#booksky #bookreview #catalonia #spain
76: When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà (translated by Mara Faye Lethem) - Spain (yet again)
An amazing novel which slowly pulls a story out of the mountains.
#booksky #bookreview #catalonia #spain
September 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
ROUND THE WORLD IN 65(ISH) NOVELS
76: When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà (translated by Mara Faye Lethem) - Spain (yet again)
An amazing novel which slowly pulls a story out of the mountains.
#booksky #bookreview #catalonia #spain
76: When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà (translated by Mara Faye Lethem) - Spain (yet again)
An amazing novel which slowly pulls a story out of the mountains.
#booksky #bookreview #catalonia #spain
Watssup Blueskiers?
Tis Friday again.
Arrange the 16 words/phrases below into four groups of four, with a connection for each group (for an example, see last week's answers).
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
Tis Friday again.
Arrange the 16 words/phrases below into four groups of four, with a connection for each group (for an example, see last week's answers).
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
September 19, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Watssup Blueskiers?
Tis Friday again.
Arrange the 16 words/phrases below into four groups of four, with a connection for each group (for an example, see last week's answers).
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
Tis Friday again.
Arrange the 16 words/phrases below into four groups of four, with a connection for each group (for an example, see last week's answers).
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
I've got as far as France on my reading round the world challenge
September 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I've got as far as France on my reading round the world challenge
Yet another week rolls by, and as the world slowly descends into chaos, like a battered fish into the deep fat fryer of life, what do we have to look forward - except word puzzles.
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
September 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Yet another week rolls by, and as the world slowly descends into chaos, like a battered fish into the deep fat fryer of life, what do we have to look forward - except word puzzles.
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
#WQuers #puzzle #onlyconnect #wordpuzzle
Sometimes, research takes me in odd directions
September 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Sometimes, research takes me in odd directions
I don't know how easy they are to see on the video, but as I am flatlifting, I'm being accompanied up and down the field by a flock of feeding swallows
September 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I don't know how easy they are to see on the video, but as I am flatlifting, I'm being accompanied up and down the field by a flock of feeding swallows
This dinorock was found in north Shropshire, but rehidden near badger #Shropshirerocks
September 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This dinorock was found in north Shropshire, but rehidden near badger #Shropshirerocks
Tonight's D&D was DMed by Louie. He's a good boy.
September 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Tonight's D&D was DMed by Louie. He's a good boy.