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Apr
05
I Have Changed And Manipulated Space

I Have Changed And Manipulated Space

Here we are for the last two quarter-final matches. This series has been going for nearly nine months and comes
4 min read
Mar
20
ELIMINATION Stations

ELIMINATION Stations

Would it be unfair to blame my Aunt's 60th birthday party for the delay in getting this post
5 min read
Mar
09
Post Winter Blues, Post Winter Bliss

Post Winter Blues, Post Winter Bliss

We had a three-week break from University Challenge due to the Winter Olympics. Only I decided to turn this into
5 min read
Feb
08
Absolute Slam Dunks

Absolute Slam Dunks

Imperial and Warwick have played each other three times in University Challenge history. First in the 1996 semi-final, which Imperial
3 min read
Feb
02
Reverting to the Time Domain

Reverting to the Time Domain

Darwin vs Sheffield Darwin made it through to the quarter finals by making a mockery of my round two predictions
4 min read
Jan
26
A Farewell to X

A Farewell to X

I joined Twitter in October 2009 and immediately followed Stephen Fry, Jenson Button, Barack Obama and Jake Humphreys. Not quite
6 min read
Jan
17
Full Kit W*nker

Full Kit W*nker

In last week's post, I discussed the idea of having UC contestants returning for multiple series, which would
4 min read
Jan
12
The College Sports Piece

The College Sports Piece

It's too late to say Happy New Year, so I'm not going to do that. Instead,
3 min read
Dec
24
Deck the Halls With Queries of Power

Deck the Halls With Queries of Power

Every so often, you come across a game-changing data analysis tool (this is a theme I'm sure is
3 min read
Dec
15
Ancient DNA

Ancient DNA

Edinburgh and Trinity have played only once in UC history, with Edinburgh winning a quarter-final match in 2022. Trinity came
4 min read