Voyage to Upton Snodsbury
There are six different rounds in a series of University Challenge.
* Round 1
* Repechage
* Round 2
* Quarter-finals
* Semi-finals
* Grand Final
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
Dopamining
Yesterday I listened to a podcast about dopamine and the other 'feel-good' brain hormones oxytocin, seratonin and endorphins.
The Fame Game
For the past week or so, I have been obsessed with Chappell Roan's album The Rise and Fall
Some Good Old Fashioned Number Crunching
Winningest
Imperial and Manchester are the two winningest institutions in University Challenge history.
Whenever I have used 'winningest'