Box Office Quizzing
            Sometimes there are University Challenge matches that sound like football matches - for example, Leeds vs Liverpool, or Birmingham vs
        
     
    
            
    
        
    
        Intermezzo
            Leaving tomorrow for a hike to a hostel through the mountains. Need therefore to write this review rather than the
        
     
    
            
    
        
    
        Local Month of Writing a Novel
            For possibly the fourth time in the nine years I've been doing this blog I have decided to
        
     
    
            
    
        
    
        No Use Crying Over Smashed Mugs
            Leaning too far to the left I nudged my prized blue coffee mug over the edge of my sofa. If
        
     
    
            
    
        
    
        The Jackal
            Last week I promised you an intro based on the 'CJ Does the Jackal' scene from the West
        
     
    
            
    
        
    
        Oxbridge Avalanche
            I was going to write this intro about CJ doing the Jackal, a famous scene from the West Wing.
But
        
     
    
            
    
        
    
        Cold Water Swimming
            Last week's blog was about dopamine and the other feel-good brain hormones.
This week's attempt to