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When you’re in a hole…
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When you’re in a hole…
keep digging.[…]

PCGMWatch: October
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PCGMWatch: October
A DUP councillor in Northern Ireland who subjected a colleague to a campaign of homophobic abuse and got successfully prosecuted for it. “On one occasion Templeton bent over in front of [victim], patted his backside and said,[…]

FREAKY TRIGGER TOP 25 SCARIEST THINGS 6. Being Buried Alive
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FREAKY TRIGGER TOP 25 SCARIEST THINGS
6. Being Buried Alive
I am a fear faddist. Generally there’s one thing which will worry me desperately, obsessively, for a few months and then suddenly fade from my thoughts – to be quickly replaced b[…]

Teenage Kicks (And Others)
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Teenage Kicks (And Others)
– I sometimes used to worry that they’d sack him. I imagined him looking glumly through records he wouldn’t get the chance to play on the radio. It honestly never occurred to me he might die first.
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Naughty Norty!
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Naughty Norty!
Relive the Rogue Trooper saga, the 2000AD story that pretty much defined the ‘future war’ genre. The thing which struck me was quite how many Rogue Trooper stories there were (and even so this guide sensibly gives up after […]

FREAKY TRIGGER TOP 25 SCARIEST THINGS
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FREAKY TRIGGER TOP 25 SCARIEST THINGS
9. Frayed Wires
I got electrocuted the day before my wedding. My rabbits had got behind the fridge and had a good old chew – suspecting this had happened I moved the fridge to check it out, and there it was[…]

FREAKY TRIGGER TOP 25 SCARY THINGS10. Threads
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FREAKY TRIGGER TOP 25 SCARY THINGS
10. Threads
This is the only fictional work to get onto the list. Whether it should be so low overall is open to debate, but I genuinely think it’s the most frightening film I’ve ever seen – by a m[…]

My Theory Of Magazine Buying
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My Theory Of Magazine Buying
Apologies if I have gone into this before. Inspired by a Dissensus thread on the well-meaning Observer Music Monthly.
Basically once you’ve got to the stage where you actually know about something it’s best to[…]

Light moustache for multiball
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Light moustache for multiball: the Hitler pinball machine may have been canned but we hope the Moses edition enters production – hit all ten commandments for jackpot…[…]

FREAKY TRIGGER TOP 25 SCARIEST THINGS 11. Being Stalked
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FREAKY TRIGGER TOP 25 SCARIEST THINGS
11. Being Stalked
I have never been stalked and I think it unlikely that I will be. But unless they’re a very, very famous celebrity I think anybody thinks it ‘won’t be them’. And yet week[…]

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