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2019

The obscure word of the week is murageoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2019
All about stupid people who are too stupid to know they’re stupidoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2019
The obscure word of the week is pasquinadeoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2019
How Shortland Street should end (but won’t)original ↗
28 Jun 2019
The obscure word of the week is relictoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2019
The ‘other’ HMS Hood – my latest article for the Navy General Board.original ↗
23 Jun 2019
Why I won’t be watching the Avatar sequelsoriginal ↗
21 Jun 2019
The obscure word of the week is cacidrosisoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2019
When intolerance trumps reasonoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2019
The obscure word of the week is rappareeoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2019
Let’s go to Mars (of which the Moon is a part)original ↗
10 Jun 2019
The obscure word of the week is labeorphilyoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2019
This week in history: Jutland and my great uncle’s navy mess forkoriginal ↗
31 May 2019
The obscure word of the week is donkraoriginal ↗
28 May 2019
Humanity’s biggest own goalsoriginal ↗
24 May 2019
This week in history: the loss of HMS Hoodoriginal ↗
23 May 2019
The obscure word of the week is partiveoriginal ↗
21 May 2019
Check out the Navy General Board’s incredible history websiteoriginal ↗
20 May 2019
How my favorite Napier icon proves the Moon landings really happenedoriginal ↗
17 May 2019
The obscure word of the week is paraprosdokianoriginal ↗
14 May 2019
Is the universe out to get me? Why yes!original ↗
12 May 2019
Capturing the feeling of history with music… and the Bismarckoriginal ↗
10 May 2019
The obscure word of the week is labileoriginal ↗
7 May 2019
‘Half of you will pass’: my old high school’s pre-exam morale boosteroriginal ↗
5 May 2019
Pluto might be a planet again. Or not.original ↗
3 May 2019
The obscure word of the week is adoxographyoriginal ↗
1 May 2019
Book Review: Waitangi, A Living Treaty, by Matthew Wrightoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2019
A few things about meoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2019
Fun with an Amazon Echooriginal ↗
26 Apr 2019
Lest we forget: the memory of waroriginal ↗
24 Apr 2019
The obscure word of the week is echardoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2019
Are lynching mobs a general human thing?original ↗
22 Apr 2019
How we all see different aspects of the same peopleoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2019
The obscure word of the week is cabotageoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2019
Notre Dame cathedral before the fireoriginal ↗
16 Apr 2019
Another species of human discovered – and what it means for usoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2019
The science behind the awesome black hole photographoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2019
The obscure word of the week is larboard, Mr Clemensoriginal ↗
9 Apr 2019
I’m woke to the gerundification of Englishoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2019
What happens when we’re caught by ‘automation surprise’?original ↗
5 Apr 2019
The obscure word of the week is zosteriformoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2019
My close encounter of the hard boiled kindoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2019
Why do people react to headlines alone?original ↗
29 Mar 2019
The obscure word of the week is languescentoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2019
Blue Water Kiwis – second edition out now!original ↗
24 Mar 2019
Nature versus nurture: the problems of binary thinkingoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2019
Defeating terror with the strength of kindnessoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2019
One of the hardest things about writingoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2019
New Zealand’s darkest dayoriginal ↗
15 Mar 2019
The obscure word of the week is sabulousoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2019
The ultimate mashup: Gordon Freeman’s Model of a Modern Major Generaloriginal ↗
10 Mar 2019
Our solar system may be unique – let’s look after itoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2019
The obscure word of the week is choanoidoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2019
Armageddon by nuclear winter – it’s still a thingoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2019
Seeing you on the dark side of the Moonoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2019
The obscure word of the week is logohorreaoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2019
Why the Earth isn’t flatoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2019
Six Million Dollar Sillinessoriginal ↗
22 Feb 2019
The obscure word of the week is zoanthropyoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2019
Why yes, it’s proof of time travel, or notoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2019
What five super-powers would you most like to have?original ↗
15 Feb 2019
History’s all about shapes and patterns – and it’s all relativeoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2019
And it’s a wrap (for now) …original ↗
14 Feb 2019
The obscure word of the week is griseousoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2019
Should history be compulsory in New Zealand schools?original ↗
10 Feb 2019
Did Maori really understand the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840?original ↗
8 Feb 2019
A radio interview about my latest bookoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2019
Thinking about Waitangi as a living treatyoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2019
Yes, the meanings of the past DO changeoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2019
Einstein’s twin paradox explainedoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2019
The obscure word of the week is gadarineoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2019
If hyperbolic metaphors were true…original ↗
28 Jan 2019
If I don’t like it, the artist is stupid… right?original ↗
25 Jan 2019
Pictures from a book signingoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2019
The obscure word of the week is antiphonyoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2019
Waitangi: A living treatyoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2019
All sorts of exciting with OSIRIS-Rexoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2019
The obscure word of the week is judgementoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2019
Blocking out the WordPress future… and it’s Gutenbergoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2019
My top six classic British novelsoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2019
The obscure word of the week is ebracteateoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2019
Which recipe would you eat?original ↗
6 Jan 2019
A few New Year anti-resolutionsoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2019
Reflections on New Horizons, Ultima Thule and the human conditionoriginal ↗
4 Jan 2019

2018

Welcome to 2019original ↗
31 Dec 2018
The obscure word of the week is griskinoriginal ↗
26 Dec 2018
Season’s greetings for 2018original ↗
21 Dec 2018
The obscure word of the week is intarsiaoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2018
When fringe thinkers re-write historyoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2018
Ironic adventures with my high school English teacher, part 483,586original ↗
14 Dec 2018
The obscure word of the week is exedraoriginal ↗
11 Dec 2018
That ‘ol Christmas shopping zombie thing againoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2018
Where to find out about the loss of Prince of Wales and Repulseoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2018
A memorial to the United States Marine Corps in New Zealandoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2018
The obscure word of the week is gnathonicoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2018
Why AI won’t work. Probably.original ↗
2 Dec 2018
Ways to wrap up your 50,000 word writing sprintoriginal ↗
30 Nov 2018
The obscure word of the week is abarognosisoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2018
I’m not Matthew Wright from the University of Exeteroriginal ↗
26 Nov 2018
Life, the universe, and why people abuse each other over how to classify itoriginal ↗
23 Nov 2018
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