2022-23

Mar
06
Greetings from Thirty Seconds Ago

Greetings from Thirty Seconds Ago

In 2016, I competed with the RGU captain Donald Anderson in the British Universities bridge tournament. We won our first
5 min read
Feb
27
Serves Up

Serves Up

Two weeks ago I said that I thought Southampton would end up as series champions. One week ago I realised
4 min read
Feb
20
£14 for a Watermelon

£14 for a Watermelon

When I go onto iPlayer to watch The Challenge, I will often catch the very end of Only Connect. Sometimes
3 min read
Feb
20
The Belcher Show

The Belcher Show

As the writer of a University Challenge blog, you'd think that I would watch the episodes live, or
3 min read
Feb
06
Freestyling

Freestyling

When I was younger I used to swim four or five times a week, often in the mornings before school.
3 min read
Feb
02
Sidetracked by a Gigantic Lasagne

Sidetracked by a Gigantic Lasagne

Sidetracked by the cooking of a gigantic lasagne, I forgot to post last week's review, which I wrote
4 min read
Feb
02
Hipsters

Hipsters

Before we start I'll say that if you never want to miss one of these posts (I always
4 min read
Jan
18
Offside

Offside

Struck down by a massive bout of the sniffles at work, I fell asleep as soon as I got home.
5 min read
Jan
10
Low Value Content

Low Value Content

Last week I tried to add ads to this website, but according to Google everything on here is 'low-value
4 min read
Jan
05
St Andrews vs Royal Holloway

St Andrews vs Royal Holloway

Argentina beat France to win the World Cup, and Balliol beat Hull in the Christmas series of University Challenge since
3 min read