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Sep 1, 2016

Five ways to follow up my sabbatical

5x5 Wonderful though it is to enjoy this unexpectedly long London summer without the pressure of full-time employment, I feel the need to have an exit strategy before my self-imposed sabbatical year expires.

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Sep 29, 2016

Five things I’ll do differently when I move house again

5x5 I’d lived in the same house for 16 years until this summer. Think about that: in 2000, you didn’t need to know about broadband or TV options, mobile coverage wasn’t much of an issue, and at 27 I’d hardly begun accumulating more…

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Sep 6, 2016

Five ways the airbus A380 could make travel better for everyone

5x5 Last week’s Travel Tuesday brought up the The Residence penthouse suite aboard Etihad’s new Airbus A380 double-decker jets. It struck me as an egregiously wasteful piece of elitism, which probably flies empty or at a…

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Sep 7, 2016

Five photos of Earth from space that make us see how special it is

5x5 It’s 50 years since the Earth was first photographed from beyond a low orbit. For all the thousands of planets we’re continuing to find around other stars, it’s the only one we know that supports life, let alone…

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Sep 5, 2016

Five kinds of monkeys and apes I’d like to see in the wild

5x5 It’s been a busy Monday, so here’s a quick 5x5 about real apes and monkeys that I’d like to encounter in the wild (good zoos and wildlife centres are OK, but nothing beats a monkey encounter in their own territory).

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Sep 16, 2016

Five bucket list experiences I’d like to try

5x5 About 16 years ago I won the chance to wing-walk on a biplane over the English countryside, and I absolutely loved it. Strapped into a very sturdy harness on top of an over-engineered stunt plane with an experienced pilot, all I had to do was…

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Sep 2, 2016

Five signs that get your attention for the wrong reasons

5x5 I love a bit of signage, whether it’s funny illustrations, bad translations or terrible context. Turns out I have quite a big collection in Google Photos — here’s five of my favourites.

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