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Origins of the Bus Driver Wave

You know what I’m on about. Some people – me included – might even look out for them. Those brief, almost compulsory exchanges of affection. It’s a topic that even has a Facebook group. But why do bus drivers wave to each other? Thanks to the complete lack of parking spaces anywhere around Poole and [...]

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Gordon Brown reveals favourite biscuit

I’d like to draw the world’s attention to perhaps the most pressing question we’d like hear answered from Gordon Brown in this troubled times – What’s his favourite biscuit? The Prime Minister Gordon Brown has revealed he’s partial to a biscuit with a bit of chocolate on it, after he was accused of side-stepping the [...]

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5 Other Things I Didn’t Know Last Week

1. That guy who seems to get on the same bus as me every day of the week is in fact in my seminar group. 2. BU seem to like planning large, important activities to coincide with the large, important social events of SUBU. 3. Magnetic fridge magnets cost £1.50 from Hawkin’s Bazaar. 4. Guitar [...]

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Climate Change – Blog Action Day

I can’t believe nobody told me about Blog Action Day before today. Now I have to fit a rather interesting blog about climate change into the last 20 minutes of the 15th that are remaining… Before we start, a brief introduction to Blog Action Day. October 15th is a day where bloggers all over the [...]

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The Last Plinther.

Hey ho. So today had to come. The final day of the One and Other Project in Trafalgar Square. You know, that thing I was involved in? It’s been 100 days since the 6th of July when the first official plinther RachelW and became the first in a row of 2400 people queuing up for [...]

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