Greece – A S H Smyth http://www.ashsmyth.com Will write for money Sat, 10 Oct 2020 03:11:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.4 The Gentleman’s Marathon http://www.ashsmyth.com/the-gentlemans-marathon/ http://www.ashsmyth.com/the-gentlemans-marathon/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2020 14:27:25 +0000 http://www.ashsmyth.com/?p=3127 On my attempt to run 26.2 miles, in Pheidippides’ footsteps.

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For The Critic

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For the Sri Lankan Sunday Times

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For the Sri Lankan Sunday Times

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For Queen Mob’s Tea House

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From the deepest pit we may see the stars.

— The Nelson Evening Mail, August 28 1906

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Armadillos are incapable of irony.

Greek prostitutes bill their clients in six-minute units.

One of the stars of early-Nineties cult TV show Twin Peaks was called Suburbis Polaski.

It is rarely useful to have studied Latin.

A ‘wineglassful’ is an official unit of measurement among apothecaries.

The youngest woman to achieve the title of Grandmaster of chess was India’s Humpy Koneru. Her first name is a contracted form of ‘champion’.

It is difficult to dry your hair in a Dyson Airblade™.

Children blink about 5 million times a year.

Vegetal, celery-like, ham-like, or soapy flavours are inappropriate.

There are only 25 real tennis courts in the UK, and 45 worldwide.

A car for sale in Nelson, New Zealand, probably won’t be bought after it burst into flames during a test drive.

Call The Midwife‘s Helen used to be afraid of Trevor Nunn.

In China, eggs are cooked in the urine of young boys.

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