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ABC-TV, University Challenge. TV Week, 1988.
I’ve just met crime writer and 2016 Christmas #UniversityChallenge winner Val McDermid… and SHE KNEW WHO I WAS! 😱
I’m at The Royal Society’s annual Science Book Prize, where I was a judge in 2024 and Val was a judge too. 📚
I’ve just met crime writer and 2016 Christmas #UniversityChallenge winner Val McDermid… and SHE KNEW WHO I WAS! 😱
I’m at The Royal Society’s annual Science Book Prize, where I was a judge in 2024 and Val was a judge too. 📚
Two years ago, I was a judge for Royal Society Science Book Prize 2024 (and even brought my #UniversityChallenge pal Eric Monkman to meet legendary author Bill Bryson at awards ceremony!)
This year, I'm attending as a guest - so I'll wait in suspense for the result...
Two years ago, I was a judge for Royal Society Science Book Prize 2024 (and even brought my #UniversityChallenge pal Eric Monkman to meet legendary author Bill Bryson at awards ceremony!)
This year, I'm attending as a guest - so I'll wait in suspense for the result...
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Bluesky's Top 10 Trending Words (past 60min):
💨x1* - ukraine 🔓
💨x1* - epstein 🔓
💨x1* - democracy 🔓
💨x1* - gaza 🔓
💨x120 - 揺れ
💨x107 - ゆれ
💨x95 - knies
💨x71 - strandkorb
💨x52 - 地震
💨x49 - 2026-09-28
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Still, I got Liszt in the klaxon for the win.
70 Happy with that :-)
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Still, I got Liszt in the klaxon for the win.
70 Happy with that :-)
#UniversityChallenge
#UniversityChallenge
#UniversityChallenge
Thank you to my Dad for allowing me to watch Disney's 1940 animated Fantasia again and again and again.
Thank you to my Dad for allowing me to watch Disney's 1940 animated Fantasia again and again and again.