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I was out with my family in Chester recently and I saw a quote on the side of a building explaining how to work better. I thought it was very well put, so I wanted to share it.

I'm not usually one for these inspirational "posts" (is it a post…

My name is confusing. I don't mean that people constantly misspell it, but that no-one seems what I'm called. Let me explain.

British parents have this weird habit of giving their children long formal names which are routinely shortened to a diminutive version. Alfred becomes Alf, Barbara becomes Babs,…

Fuck it man. Just put on some Grateful Dead. Put on some Aretha. Print some kind of zine. Paint a sign. Start a band. Write a manifesto. Bootleg a t-shirt. Hand out stickers. Throw a party. Keep it weird.

The Franco-Prussian War of 1870 cast a long shadow. France, humiliated and burning for revenge. Germany, rising and certain it had to strike first to stay on top. Every decision, every alliance, every military maneuver was shaped by one core belief: another war wasn’t just possible—it was inevitable.

And when…

Do you see my logo up there? if you don’t, it’s probably because you’re reading this from your RSS Reader… anyway, if you visit my website, you’ll see my logo and since you are qutie clever, you’ll be able to know it’s just the initials for “joel chrono,” my username,…

Every week, BBC Scotland publishes a collection of photos as part of a Your pictures of Scotland series. Readers are invited to submit photos of anywhere in Scotland. The series has opened my eyes to all of the landscapes across the country. From morning frost over the hills to kingfishers…

It was Christmas, I was still a child, we were in my uncles’ house and me and my siblings went downstairs to see the gifts under the tree! I remember my sister’s gift quite well, it was a Mega Blocks set of Dora the Explorer, actually kind of awesome,…