hobbies & pursuits

Bodhana Sivanandan, from Harrow wins the Female Blitz Chess title in Croatia; Bodhana only began playing the game aged five during the pandemic. She's one to watch in future events! From https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67770604 "An eight-year-old girl has been crowned best female...

On a recent visit to London I found myself in one of the famous large bookstores - Foyles I think it might have been. After some looking around, I aked a Sales assistant where the Unexplained section was. `We don't have one`, he replied. `we don't even have a True Crime section`. The...

I've mentioned cryptidcore on other threads but today I came across a new article that I think is worth discussing. I'd love to hear some views on it. Cryptidcore and the joy of discovering mythical creatures in the wild, explained...

Should politicians have to explain why they do live-action roleplay?

I couldn't find a news thread version on the Minor Strangeness thread in IHTM so please forgive me if this has already appeared somewhere... Just how is this bloke to sell his house if he doesn't want anyone to see inside (if it is on sale. It's all a bit odd)...

Old gits and/or fans of The Who will know that the record Pinball Wizard(1969) and film "Tommy" (1975) is about a "deaf, dumb, and blind kid" who "Sure plays a mean pinball." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball_Wizard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_(film) Real pinball machines have...

Having been a detectorist for quite a few years myself, I am so envious of this chap who stands to earn millions thanks to his actions. He has shown metal detecting in a good light as opposed to Tony Robinsons assertion that we are all vagabonds and no better than thieves. Come on then Tony lets...

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8505838%255E401,00.html