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That Time I Took the Folk Train from Manchester

I wrote this post back in 2011 and never published it. But with the folk train still going strong, now seems as good as time as any… Read more…

My Fraught Relationship with Plants [VIDEO]

Me and plants don’t get on. Actually, that’s probably a bit unfair, given that it suggests some kind of mutual responsibility for the situation.

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Watch This: The World at War (1973)

I’m currently writing a book about Poland. Despite the fact that it’s going to be one of those jaunty, idiot-bumbling-around kind of travelogues, I realised that I was still going to need some basic understanding of the events that have shaped the country. Read more…