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- 254 - Words I want to know
- 253 - Gardening Enjoyment - or not.
- 252 - Why I hate the Phone 2
- 251 - unicode fun
- 249 - British Social Attitudes 1 - Climate Change
- 248 - the High Street, No1
- 247- Political Distrust
- 246 - Happiness
- 245 - Essential communications
- 244 - Universal Basic Income
- 243 - Smart meters
- 242 - Plastic Waste Revisited 2
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- 225 - A new Dark Age?
- 226 - A new Dark Age, Part 2
- 227 - the Learning Business
- 228 - Bracken Control
- 229 - Communication Imperfect
- 230 - Communication 2: Context
- 231 - Is education worthwhile?
- 232 - Causation
- 233 - Phishing
- 234 - the Cost of Tertiary
- 235 - Hypocrisy, Cynicism, etc
- 236 - What is Data Quality?
- 237 - Smell the Food
- 238 - True Grit
- 239 - The current Irish Question
- 240 - More population issues
- 241 - the Middle Class
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- 196 - Tall trees need water
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- 198 - How to catch a lion
- 199 - The Press is the Enemy
- 200 - Zombie Ideas
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- 150 - Recycling
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- 156 - Speed vs Safety
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- 160 - Alternative Internal Combustion
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- 162 - Vehicle Efficiencies
- 163 - Exercise may be good for you
- 164 - !! Using tables in webpages
- 165 - Shopping deceit
- 166 - Dress Sizes
- 167 -Judgment Day Pt 2, the election
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- 170 - Timeliness
- 171 - Human Rights
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- 135 - the Hills of Qingdao
- 136 – Catalysis
- 137 - Back to Britain
- 138 - Upgrading the computer
- 139 - PRC / UK relative costs
- 140 - Return on investment
- 141 - Vocabulary
- 142 - the running club
- 143 - the NEw locality
- 144 Alex Nunns - On health care
- 145 - the Gower Peninsula
- 146 - a Bucket List
- 147 - the Brass Band
- 148 - Rhetorical Language
- 149 - A Need for Christmas
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- 48 - Four letter word rides alone
- 49 - Rising Water levels
- 50 - A Trip to Macao
- 52 - Ancestor worship
- 51 - Language 3
- 53 - Life in ZQ
- 54 - Short-term targets
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- 56 - !! Un petit, d’un petit
- 57 - Chinese TV
- 58 - A Bit of PT
- 59 - Looking Both Ways
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- 62 - Altogether a different Hash
- 63 - On Hydration
- 64 - The Sock Monster
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- 89 - Workyticket
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- 91—What is an illegal immigrant?
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- 95 Cathy Song - I fought for 18 years..
- 96—What were you doing when..?
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- 102 - Working in Beijing
- 103—Beijing Geography
- 104 - Air Quality Issues
- 105—Calling the shots
- 106 - More on pollution
- 107 - chasing corrupt files
- 108 Spider Robinson - Pandora’s Last Gift
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- 115 - Christmas comes early this year
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- 15 - Wine into Water
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- 19 - Man or Mouse?
- 2008 Essays
- 20 - Some Chinese Geography
- 21 - Interruptions
- 22 - What is safe?
- 23 - Running Factors
- 24 - A visit to Spa
- 25 - Chinese New Year
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