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A long time ago in a bookshop far, far away…

Some of the oldest possessions I've got are books. Sometimes, like the Ship of Theseus, they're copies of books many times removed - I'm on my fourth copy of Good…
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Posted by John Clayton February 4, 2026
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Warning! Reading can be bad for you!

On the 18th January 2026, Winnie the Pooh turned 100. Quite incredible, really, that a bear of very little brain should have such a long-lasting place in the collective memory…
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Posted by John Clayton January 28, 2026
Posted inRPGs

Where Do You Get Your Great Ideas?

This week, one for the Dungeon Masters/Games Masters/Keepers/whatever your game happens to call it. Fair warning, this doesn't work for all roleplaying games. It's not great for dungeon crawls (whether…
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Posted by John Clayton January 19, 2026
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The Great January Reading Reset

Got to make a start on organising things this year. Prioritising. Making sure stuff gets read. And that means tackling the TBR pile. And that's scary.
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Posted by John Clayton January 12, 2026
Punched cards for Babbage's Analytical Engine
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Oh, Good. There’s a Tiger Behind Door 3

The way I see it, we've 2 potential futures ahead of us. Behind door 1 is The Terminator future. Rise of the machines. Technology going from being our slave to being our master. And there's plenty of other examples of this in dystopian fiction. On the other hand, we've door 2. Behind door 2 is the Star Trek future. The protopian future...
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Posted by John Clayton December 30, 2025
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The Year of the Reader

The Government has decreed 2026 to be the National Year of Reading (https://www.goallin.org.uk) and with good reason. Reading seems to be happening less and less, not just in kids but…
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Posted by John Clayton December 17, 2025
3 come along at once
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3 come along at once

You know the saying, you wait ages for a bus (or a tube train) and then 3 come along at once. Turns out it's the same with cheesecakes. One of…
Posted by John Clayton October 4, 2025
The Incredible 60th Anniversary of Broadstairs Folk Week
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The Incredible 60th Anniversary of Broadstairs Folk Week

10 years ago, newly moved to England from Shetland, my son's violin teacher - the great and much-missed Pete Shaw -suggested that to further his education in fiddle playing, we…
Posted by John Clayton August 18, 2025
open spiral binded notebook on a wooden desk
Posted inEducation

Flexible timetabling for the modern school – Bring out the gunnaries

I was doing the weekly shop today. Supermarket shelves full of stuff to strike dread into the hearts of teachers and parents alike. "Back to school". Seriously, folks, it's only…
Posted by John Clayton August 1, 2025

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