@fone41

Writer and blogger. Quirky, light-hearted observations on life, science, history, books, gin, and non-league football. Latest book More Curious Questions

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Delighted that my new book, More Curious Questions, has now been published @AmazonKDP #KindleBooks amazon.co.uk/dp/B09K2QTDSK/r… Discover the stories behind some of life's intriguing mysteries. If you would like a free sampler, DM me with your email address
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windowthroughtime.wordpress.… Know your #transis from your #gisants? #tombs

Transi Tombs

Do you know your gisants from your transi? We are familiar with grandiose mediaeval tombs, proudly displayed in alcoves and nooks and crannies in cathedrals and abbeys, showing an image of the dece…

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A rather wet but not yet windy @AshUtdFC as they take on @AmesburyFc in the @WessexLeague Div one #nonleaguefootball #nonleague
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windowthroughtime.wordpress.… With the end of #BritishSummerTime tonight, a #clock that tells local time and national time #Bristol

The Clock That Tells A Story

In an age when the position of the sun was used to tell the time, the fact that it was noon in one place did not mean that it was noon elsewhere. Sitting about 2 degrees 35 minutes west of Greenwic…

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windowthroughtime.wordpress.… My thoughts on Lift Up The Lid #CrimeFiction #BookReview

Lift Up The Lid

A review of Lift up the Lid by Anthony Gilbert – 260903 Lift up the Lid, which went by the alternative title of The Innocent Bottle, is the eighteenth novel in Gilbert’s Mr Crook murder mystery ser…

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windowthroughtime.wordpress.… Wearable #tech is nothing new as these attempts to fuse #electricity with #fashion show

Lightning Fashion

Benjamin Franklin’s discovery in 1747 that lightning was a form of electricity and that its power could be negated by earthing it with a rod surprisingly gave the fashion industry an unexpected fil…

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windowthroughtime.wordpress.… My thoughts on The Magic-Lantern Murders, reissued by @BL_Publishing #CrimeFiction #BookReview

The Magic-Lantern Murders

A review of the Magic-Lantern Murders by Carter Dickson – 260831   What do you do on the night before your wedding? Have a quiet meal with a few friends and relatives or, perhaps, a few …

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windowthroughtime.wordpress.… How the ever-present risk of #dresses catching fire led to the development of #nonflam #flannelette #clothes #history

Flaming Ballerinas

It is always an artist’s dream to put on an incendiary performance but for ballerinas in the mid-19th century it was a living nightmare. Playing Zelika in the ballet The Revolt of the Harem, at the…

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windowthroughtime.wordpress.… My thoughts on The Cape Cod Mystery #CrimeFiction #BookReview

The Cape Cod Mystery

A review of The Cape Cod Mystery by Phoebe Attwood Taylor – 260828 My exploration of Golden Age American detective fiction continues with my first dip into the world of Asey Mayo, dubbed the Codfis…

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Headline from my Non-League Paper column today where I describe my trip to the Isle of Wight to visit Britain's newest football stadium @Newport_IW_FC @official_FGFC @WessexLeague @WightFibre @NonLeaguePaper @VisitIOW @ThoseWhiteLines @NonLeagueCrowd @HampshireFA_CEO @Flwessex
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windowthroughtime.wordpress.… Not a challenge but a piece of #French #health advice in 1954 #France #wine

A Litre Of Wine A Day

“No more than a litre of wine a day” sounds like a challenge rather than a piece of public health advice but, strange as it might seem, it was the strap line of the “Santé Sobriété” campaign run by…

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After a sticky start and a comedy goal a commanding performance and comprehensive 8-1 win for @official_FGFC
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Today @official_FGFC host @FollandSportsFC in the @WessexLeague Div one. Printed programme @NLprogs #nonleaguefootball ##nonleague
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A pitch invader at @official_FGFC
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windowthroughtime.wordpress.… The story of the #bidet and why it was not a hit in #Anglophone countries

The Bidet

French for a pony, the bidet is in essence a sink which you straddle like a horse, probably explaining its name, in order to clean your private parts. Its origins can be traced to 17th century Fran…

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windowthroughtime.wordpress.… My thoughts on The Wind Blows Death by #CyrilHare #CrimeFiction #BookReview

The Wind Blows Death

A review of The Wind Blows Death by Cyril Hare – 260826 Some years ago, I was involved in a company which put on orchestral concerts in the grounds of stately homes. When deciding upon the programm…

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windowthroughtime.wordpress.… Watch out, there's a #flying #car #tesla

There Ain’t ‘Alf Some Clever Bastards – Part Eleven

Henry Smolinski We live in a world full of multi-functional devices. You are probably reading this on a device on which you can make phone calls, surf the internet, play videos, games and listen to…

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windowthroughtime.wordpress.… The first #fax machine was patented over 180 years ago #office #history #science

Early Fax Machines

I well remember the frisson of excitement that swept round our otherwise rather sleepy office in the early 1980s when our first fax machine was unwrapped and plugged in. Little did I know at the ti…

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windowthroughtime.wordpress.… When medals were awarded for prowess in the #arts as well as #sporting achievement at the #Olympics

Pentathlon Of The Arts

For the Ancient Greeks the perfect way to achieve harmony was to exercise both body and mind and there was a sort of coming together of the two disciplines at their major games such as the Olympics…

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windowthroughtime.wordpress.… The golden age of the hotel detective

The Hotel Detective

In an age before closed-circuit television (CCTV), when rooms did not have their own safes, when an unmarried couple checking in was still the source of potential scandal and the presence of workin…

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The golden age of the #hotel #detective
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