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Revisiting a Haunted House: Gustav Holst and The Cheltenham Ghosts.
Christian Jensen Romer. Reproduced with permission from Anomaly 51 (2021) p.35-91. You can join ASSAP at http://www.assap.ac.uk Abstract In this paper the Swinhoe era of residence at St. Anne’s House is discussed with reference to contemporary documents to provide the … Continue reading
Absent Friends?
So some of the college generation before me are planning a reunion and it made me think about all the people I knew over the years and lost touch with. What made me think of even it even more though … Continue reading
Fresher’s Week in Cheltenham: Six Things I Wish I Had Known
Another year, another Fresher’s Week about to start here in Cheltenham. A friend from the University of Gloucestershire told me the new students arrived today, but it was only when I met some friendly types who started a conversation in a … Continue reading
Posted in Dreadful attempts at humour, Reviews and Past Events, Social commentary desecrated, Uninteresting to others whitterings about my life
Tagged CGCHE, Cheltenham, Cheltenham & Gloucester College of H.E., Cheltenham student life, Cheltenham Students, College of St. Paul & St. Mary, Frances Close Hall, Fresher's Week, Freshers, Gloucestershire Students, Gloucestershire University, nostalgia, Student Parapsychology Society, The Park Campus, uni.glos, University of Gloucestershire
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On Thursday I’m Talking Ghosts At Skeptics In the Pub, Cheltenham Science Festival Fringe. Controversy May Ensue :D
So I am trying to write my talk on The Science of Ghosts for Thursday night… Continue reading
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Tagged Cheltenham, Cheltenham Science Festival, Cheltenham Skeptics in the Pub, Chris Jensen Romer, Fake Sceptic, JREF, Rational Scepticism forum, Scepticism, Science of Ghosts, Science Show Offs, skepticism
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Festival of Science, Cheltenham: Martin Rees on Life in the Cosmos
One thing that really shocked me was when Lord Rees pointed out that there is only 66 years from the Wright Brothers first power flight to the first men walking on the moon, some 42 years ago now. I thought for a moment that our knowledge of space may be stagnating, then I realised as Rees spoke on the tremendous achievements of those 42 years in terms of unmanned space exploration, and thought of my shock on first seeing pictures taken on Mars, and just how far our probes have gone – Voyager is now approaching the edge of the solar system. Still from Kitty Hawk to the moon in less than a single lifetime – indeed my grandmother lived through both events, and long enough to see the Pathfinder missions to Mars, yet as she once told em as a young girls she had disliked aeroplanes believing they would disturb the angels in the clouds! Continue reading
It Snowed A Little… Pictures of Cheltenham (but they could be anywhere!) In The Snow
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Tagged Ars Magica 5th Edition, Berklist, Cheltenham, Cheltenham High Street, Cheltenham in snow, lots of pictures of dull scenes of snow, Normal Terrace, pictures of public toilets and kebab shops in snow, pictures of wheelie bins in snow, snow cat, snow in Cheltenham, St. Paul's Cheltenham in Snow, very dull pictures of car parks in the snow, what really goes on in CJ's bedroom exclusively revealed
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"And sometimes he's so nameless" 
Pokémon Take Back The Night in Cheltenham?
It was about 2.30pm yesterday and a beautiful sunny afternoon; I was walking along Cheltenham High Street when I first noticed the two elegantly dressed, seemingly normal women. They were in their 30’s I guess, and as they approached I … Continue reading →