Thursday, 1 May 2025

Oranges and Lemsip

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There's a tradition in English poesy that marries financial misfortune with the chiming of church bells. You may recall from your childh...
Monday, 24 February 2025

Reading the Nebula Award Winners - 1967 - The Einstein Intervention

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Samuel R Delaney’s second Nebula Award for Best Science Fiction Novel was bestowed for his book The Einstein Intersection (published in 1967...
Monday, 10 February 2025

Reading the Nebula Award Winners: 1966

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I decided I wasn’t reading enough, so I thought I would read all the novels that have won the Nebula Award for Best Novel. This is one of th...
Monday, 9 December 2024

Three of the Worst Xmas Songs I Have Ever Heard

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Xmas just wouldn’t be Xmas without the added stress of banging out a few Finnginn Festive countdown blogs. It’s been two years since the las...
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Saturday, 23 December 2023

Finnginn's Favourite Festive Drinks: Number 1 - The Gimlet

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Anticipation is better than reward.  Cocktail hour in the Finnginn household is an established part of the weekend routine, and ...
Thursday, 21 December 2023

Finnginn's Favourite Festive Drinks: Number 2 - Port

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My notes for today’s blog read as follows: Tawny vs ruby vs LBV Cheeky vimto? With what cheese? Just thought I’d give you a peek behind the ...
Tuesday, 19 December 2023

Finnginn’s Favourite Festive Drinks: Number 3 - Liqueur Coffee

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Poultry including turkey is a great source of the amino acid L-tryptophan - a chain molecule so acute in its effects that a single gram can ...