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How easy would it be to cover up alien life?

Posted on 23 February 2017 by Spuggy

It wasn’t aliens, despite what The Telegraph claimed, but it was cool. TRAPPIST-1 has a whole clutch of planets orbiting, including several rocky Earth sized planets in its habitable zone. “Well,” the conspiracy theorists are already saying, “of course they wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Learning to Drive, and other life stories, by Katha Pollitt

Posted on 12 January 2017 by Dove

I really wasn’t expecting this one to be anything special. I put it on the list because we got the film at Sneak sometime in 2015 (arghhh so behind) but I knew it was based on a short piece and … Continue reading →

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Surprise Poem! and unsurprising recc

Posted on 3 July 2015 by Dove

So, I finished Burger’s Daughter by Nadine Gordimer last night. My initial impressions were unchanged – it’s a great, nuanced, complex story about identity. About how our upbringings shape who we are and who we want to be and who … Continue reading →

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Poem and Recc

Posted on 19 June 2015 by Dove

Poem time again! First, I want to leave a recommendation here, instead of just presenting my ridiculous free verse. It’s kind of like a “Here’s what you could have won” sort of deal. I want to introduce you to someone … Continue reading →

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Lego Galluswarte Turm

Posted on 12 May 2014 by Spuggy

Following last week’s S-Wagen, here’s another Frankfurt landmark in Lego form: the Galluswarte!

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A Paradelle

Posted on 25 December 2013 by Dove

I wrote this poem a while ago, and am moving it from my DeviantArt account to here for easy finding on request (!) This is a paradelle. Read the link! Paradelles are great and everyone should try them. (A request! … Continue reading →

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More Crane Wife sketches

Posted on 1 February 2012 by Dove

Frankfurt’s got freezing cold pretty much overnight, so I’m sitting here in my dressing gown while the kettle boils, and procrastinating from typing up more story. Yay. Instead, have some more biro sketches of stuff!

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Black Gold review

Posted on 31 January 2012 by Dove

One of my favourite things about Frankfurt so far is the fact that Monday night is Mystery English Language Film Night (known as “Sneak”). You really never know what you’re going to get. We’ve had films as awful as The … Continue reading →

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Preliminary Sketches

Posted on 28 January 2012 by Dove

I haven’t been working on any cross stitch recently. I have ideas, but they’re much more ambitious than anything I’ve ever done before, so I’m planning it all out before I make an arse of myself and waste tons of … Continue reading →

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Best-Worst lyrics from A Flash Flood of Colour

Posted on 19 January 2012 by Spuggy

Oh look, Enter Shikari have a new album, A Flash Flood of Colour. And, if we’re to believe the band, it’s currently the best selling album in the UK. According to the lead singer Rou, this is “a victory for … Continue reading →

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