What a start to 2023’s set of community days! And by that, I mean… it wasn’t that great.
Continue reading “Chespin Community Day: a recap!”Author: Paige Briscoe
Questions I’m desperate for answers from in a Wednesday season 2
Naturally, this blog post is going to contain spoilers for Netflix’s Wednesday, so if you haven’t watched the series yet, proceed with caution.
Continue reading “Questions I’m desperate for answers from in a Wednesday season 2”5 perfect handmade gifts to give this Christmas
Need inspiration on some gifts this festive season? Looking to go handmade and maybe save some money? Here are five perfect handmade gifts you can have a go at creating to give to friends and family this year!
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Looking for something to do this autumn? Why not head north to Ilkley’s annual Literature Fest!
Ian McMillan, Ruth Jones, Gyles Brandreth, Adrian Chiles, Gabby Logan and Melvyn Bragg amongst headliners at the 2022 Ilkley Literature Festival.
Continue reading “This autumn: Ilkley Literature Fest”Pride month movie review: Uncle Frank
I was going to start this blog post with how watching a relatively unknown LGBTQ+ film during Pride month seems to be my annual tradition… however, it turns out I missed out last year! Nether the less, I started in June 2020 with a review of ‘Handsome Devil‘, and now I am reviewing the Amazon Original ‘Uncle Frank’.
Continue reading “Pride month movie review: Uncle Frank”Pokèmon GO: Adventure Week Recap
Adventure week in Pokémon GO is officially over!
I’d like to do a nice little recap; I really want to start writing more on the games I enjoy playing and so I thought this is a great time to start.
So here’s a recap of my adventures on Sunday, June 12th!
Continue reading “Pokèmon GO: Adventure Week Recap”Some of History’s Best-Hidden Marketing Stunts – and Some of the Worst.
A key concept to successful marketing is to prove that you, or your product/service, provides a much needed solution to a common problem. But what happens when you have the solution, but there’s no immediate problem? You do what some of these brilliant minds do: you create the problem.
How many of these items did you know were the product of insanely innovative publicity and marketing?
Continue reading “Some of History’s Best-Hidden Marketing Stunts – and Some of the Worst.”How I would survive if I was on Channel 4’s ‘Hunted’
We’ve all dreamt of getting away with a crime as children. Some adults still do – but most won’t act on those thoughts. You’d hope.
My recurrent dream is quite simple: how I would evade capture if I was on the show Hunted.
Of course, this is the fantasy and surrealist side of my brain talking; if I were to actually be on the show, or ever in a position where I was on the run, I would probably be found within a day or two, so.
But I have a plan, anyway.
Continue reading “How I would survive if I was on Channel 4’s ‘Hunted’”[Top 10] Pokemon GO Best Gym Defenders
This blog post will look at 10 of the best Pokémon to leave as a defender for your gym – whether you’re team Valor, Mystic, or Instinct.
Putting Pokémon in gyms not only helps you max out your daily coin limit (50 coins), but also improves your score with that gym – meaning when you spin the gym whilst it belongs to your team, you will get a greater team bonus.
When it comes to defending a gym for long hours, there are some key attributes you need to evaluate:
- Is my Pokémon weak or vulnerable to multiple types?
- Does my Pokémon have a high CP range – is it, effectively, a tank?
- Does my Pokémon have a strong moveset?
- Is my Pokémon resistant to popular or powerful move types?
- Will adding my Pokèmon type to this gym make it harder for a single team to take down?