Apologia
Apologia
Our science is founded upon causality.
But this is a work of correspondences which follows in the tradition of Carl Jung, Paul Kammerer, Colin Wilson and others who have kept coincidence records.
On February 9th 1984, I began to keep a diary.
There I recorded many dreams, extracts from books and magazines I had read, thoughts on films and plays I had seen, snippets from conversations in which I had participated, etc. And after a few months I began to encounter the occasional coincidence. Which I would also note.
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Our science is founded upon causality.
But this is a work of correspondences which follows in the tradition of Carl Jung, Paul Kammerer, Colin Wilson and others who have kept coincidence records.
On February 9th 1984, I began to keep a diary.
There I recorded many dreams, extracts from books and magazines I had read, thoughts on films and plays I had seen, snippets from conversations in which I had participated, etc. And after a few months I began to encounter the occasional coincidence. Which I would also note.
Those I deemed worthy of record I here present. Most are anecdotal, and often the first part is my thinking about something. So I'm afraid you'll just have to take my word for them. Although others may be partially substantiated and for some there is even complete documentary evidence.
And I am not arguing that coincidence necessarily means anything.
In early 1988 it seemed to me I was running into many, with February 14 1988 providing the focus for no fewer than six. Although I should very much have liked to list these examples individually, I felt that I could not, and therefore wrote them up as a Narrative. In an attempt to make the following of it easier, I have begun with a synopsis and conclude with epilogues and appendices.
I was so struck by these groupings that I advanced them towards some parapsychologists for their opinions, but I encountered disinterest.
So I shut up about it.
Then in September 1991 I got a letter from a graduate of Oxford University who said that he was studying meaningful coincidence and had heard about my material from a Dutch parapsychologist, Dr H. Breederveld. Could he see it?
He signed himself Roderick Main.
I wrote back, expressing my surprise at interest in the matter being revived after so long, but also enclosing the material. He was intrigued, and we later met to discuss the topic more deeply.
To assist with its presentation and clarification I rewrote it in the Summer of 1992, adding additional incidents and commentaries. Roderick used this material to form part of his PhD thesis Synchronicity as a Form of Spiritual Experience which he worked on in the Department of Religious Studies at Lancaster University.
Part One is the diary of coincidences, all but three of which were culled from my diaries.
Part Two is almost entirely the Narrative of 1988 - http://james-plasketts-coincidence-diary.blogspot.com.es/2006/03/part-two-narrative-epilogues-and.html
In an attempt to make the following of it easier I have begun with a synopsis and conclude with epilogues and appendices.
The diary then continues in Part Three.
Professor Main has elsewhere commented on the coincidences of the Narrative, e.g. in his 2007 book Revelations Of Chance.
I was so struck by these groupings that I advanced them towards some parapsychologists for their opinions, but I encountered disinterest.
So I shut up about it.
Then in September 1991 I got a letter from a graduate of Oxford University who said that he was studying meaningful coincidence and had heard about my material from a Dutch parapsychologist, Dr H. Breederveld. Could he see it?
He signed himself Roderick Main.
I wrote back, expressing my surprise at interest in the matter being revived after so long, but also enclosing the material. He was intrigued, and we later met to discuss the topic more deeply.
To assist with its presentation and clarification I rewrote it in the Summer of 1992, adding additional incidents and commentaries. Roderick used this material to form part of his PhD thesis Synchronicity as a Form of Spiritual Experience which he worked on in the Department of Religious Studies at Lancaster University.
Part One is the diary of coincidences, all but three of which were culled from my diaries.
Part Two is almost entirely the Narrative of 1988 - http://james-plasketts-coincidence-diary.blogspot.com.es/2006/03/part-two-narrative-epilogues-and.html
In an attempt to make the following of it easier I have begun with a synopsis and conclude with epilogues and appendices.
The diary then continues in Part Three.
Professor Main has elsewhere commented on the coincidences of the Narrative, e.g. in his 2007 book Revelations Of Chance.
Amazon.com: Revelations of Chance: Synchronicity As Spiritual Experience (Suny Series in Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology): 9780791470244: Main, Roderick: Books http://www.essex.ac.uk/centres/psychonew/staff/main.htm
http://www.essex.ac.uk/centres/psychonew/staff/main.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Plaskett
The only facts you may here glean about me will be via the coincidences; a form of pointilliste self portrait.
The only facts you may here glean about me will be via the coincidences; a form of pointilliste self portrait.
Or, if you like, snapshots.
Coincidence may denote nothing more than intriguing and sometimes amusing improbability, so the reader may find himself in agreement with Grandmaster Murray Chandler who, although a sceptic, said he thought the presentation of such a collection constituted an almost unique experiment in autobiography and " ... a really fun book! All these stories!"
I would echo the sentiments of Grandmaster Jan Timman in his book The Art of Chess Analysis: "My hope is that you will feel free to make critical comments."
Finally, I should like to express my particular gratitude to Dr John Nunn.
Without his laughter, at the beginning of January 1988, I might not have been prompted to check the details of the naming of the crater in the first place.
James Plaskett, Cartagena, Spain, 2025
Part One: Coincidence Diary
I would echo the sentiments of Grandmaster Jan Timman in his book The Art of Chess Analysis: "My hope is that you will feel free to make critical comments."
Finally, I should like to express my particular gratitude to Dr John Nunn.
Without his laughter, at the beginning of January 1988, I might not have been prompted to check the details of the naming of the crater in the first place.
James Plaskett, Cartagena, Spain, 2025
Part One: Coincidence Diary
(1) "Norwch crash three nil!"
(2) The ski lift
(3) Anna of Terndrup; "We´ll meet again."
(4) Timepieces stopping, mobiles misbehaving, Spring Time and Nazi lies
(5) Queen and Bishop Vs Queen
(6) Shambolic Wogan's Winner Pennies
(7) Anna of Moscow
(8) The reappearance of Richard Parker
(9) Three butterflies; three wanton killings
(10) A Matter of Life and Death... on a Stairway to Heaven. A hit authorised by Moscow on a man in the Iberian peninsula and Alekhine's My Best Games of Chess 1924-1937
(9) Three butterflies; three wanton killings
(10) A Matter of Life and Death... on a Stairway to Heaven. A hit authorised by Moscow on a man in the Iberian peninsula and Alekhine's My Best Games of Chess 1924-1937
(11) Splash and TV names
(12) The Dog Is King
(13) The Morecambe and Wise finale
(14) Where the Robin Hoods hang out
(14) Where the Robin Hoods hang out
(15) Anticipating the quiz questions
(16) Two male youths lie down
(17) Husband and wife trouble in Belgium due to astrology and the Committee P.A.R.A. And David Nias
(18) Grandmasters
(19) Alligators in American city sewers
(20) "I ́m not a barber: I ́m a hairdresser!"
(21) Questioning Newton's third law
(22) A short horror story with unclarity whether a man has murdered his wife in their bed before breakfast
Part Two : The Narrative, Epilogues and Appendices
Part Three : Diary continued
(23) Richard III
(24) Did they see?
(25) A girl incorrectly says "Thirty-six"
(26) Face to Face... with an adequate symbol?
(27) In the country of the blind, the one-eyed are kings; Solon misspelled;
(28) Tony Blott's head bust a Beethoven bust
(17) Husband and wife trouble in Belgium due to astrology and the Committee P.A.R.A. And David Nias
(18) Grandmasters
(19) Alligators in American city sewers
(20) "I ́m not a barber: I ́m a hairdresser!"
(21) Questioning Newton's third law
(22) A short horror story with unclarity whether a man has murdered his wife in their bed before breakfast
Part Two : The Narrative, Epilogues and Appendices
Part Three : Diary continued
(23) Richard III
(24) Did they see?
(25) A girl incorrectly says "Thirty-six"
(26) Face to Face... with an adequate symbol?
(27) In the country of the blind, the one-eyed are kings; Solon misspelled;
(28) Tony Blott's head bust a Beethoven bust
(29) All You Need Is Love
(30) The Geller Effect
((31) W.A.Cordon qua magistrate
(32) We have free will to be cautious in crossing the road
(33) Julian Barnes
(34) Getting it right with diabetic comas and Treasure Hunts
(35) ... d6-d5 surprises in 1988
(36) Laws concerning Killjoys and Killers
(37) Bank birthdays
(38) Tamburlaine: Parts One... and then several others
(39) The precise measurement of the British coastline
(40) Stephen Fry, the former editor of The Times Sir William (now Lord) Rees-Mogg and I all judge what is fit to be viewed as rational
(40a) Inventing the truth
(41) Was Myra Robinson happy?
(42) Two Knights versus a Pawn for the first time
(43) The Flight from Reason
(44) Veni, vidi,... da Vinci?
(45) Teaching that not to act is to act
(46) Countdown orgasms
(38) Tamburlaine: Parts One... and then several others
(39) The precise measurement of the British coastline
(40) Stephen Fry, the former editor of The Times Sir William (now Lord) Rees-Mogg and I all judge what is fit to be viewed as rational
(40a) Inventing the truth
(41) Was Myra Robinson happy?
(42) Two Knights versus a Pawn for the first time
(43) The Flight from Reason
(44) Veni, vidi,... da Vinci?
(45) Teaching that not to act is to act
(46) Countdown orgasms
(47) The public burning of Nicholas Ridley
(48) We have free will to run over a dog when it chooses to cross the road
(49) On the rocks: Man's abandonment of the feminine at Christmas
(50) The very day on which to ́Address ́ a Niro or two. And, the very next day, address two more
(49) On the rocks: Man's abandonment of the feminine at Christmas
(50) The very day on which to ́Address ́ a Niro or two. And, the very next day, address two more
(51) Famous mistaken identities
(52) Chess in the new South Africa
(53) The goalkeeper's effort which led to loss: a complex metaphor
(54) Bill Linton's letter commenting on the earlier article
(55) Pancho Sanza (plus Spanish and the selection of a horse)
(55) Pancho Sanza (plus Spanish and the selection of a horse)
(56) The headline explaining everything
(57) Orbis
(58) A middle aged man's wife leaves him for another man. He then becomes involved with the girl, Martine
(59) Confusing right from left (feet) and right from wrong, so slapping the sides. Liberty from hegemony... on the 4th of July.
(60) Secret triad partnerships in Durban
(61) "Boeee... Bowie"
(62) H.G.Wells and Tommy Steele
(63) The elderly qualify for a driver's (and maybe a pilot's) licence!?
(64) Saying sorry for what you had done twenty years ago
(65) AI
(58) A middle aged man's wife leaves him for another man. He then becomes involved with the girl, Martine
(59) Confusing right from left (feet) and right from wrong, so slapping the sides. Liberty from hegemony... on the 4th of July.
(60) Secret triad partnerships in Durban
(61) "Boeee... Bowie"
(62) H.G.Wells and Tommy Steele
(63) The elderly qualify for a driver's (and maybe a pilot's) licence!?
(64) Saying sorry for what you had done twenty years ago
(65) AI
(66) St Andrews people
(67) Keith Arkell, and the small world of chessplayers
(68) A sister comments on her brother protecting and then nurturing a wolf cub which an eagle let fall into his arms
(69) Lambolle Road: from Buzan - via the lady - to Patrick Hughes
(70) Fighting for and against the existence of soul: The DU (AL) or (ELL) ists
(68) A sister comments on her brother protecting and then nurturing a wolf cub which an eagle let fall into his arms
(69) Lambolle Road: from Buzan - via the lady - to Patrick Hughes
(70) Fighting for and against the existence of soul: The DU (AL) or (ELL) ists
(71) Laughter at the phallic potter's clay
(72) Paul Kurtz and The Transcendental Temptation
(73) Two Scandinavian Women Tourists
(74) Kate Fitzgibbon
(75) The parallel processing of the ending of two Knights and Bishop Vs a Rook
(76) Rob Starbuck and Simon Kennedy
(77) Terry Waite's speech, Amnesty International and composing books in Bedford
(76) Rob Starbuck and Simon Kennedy
(77) Terry Waite's speech, Amnesty International and composing books in Bedford
(78) Canning... CANING
(89) Contacting Malcolm Pein
(90) The opposite meaning of ́enervated ́
(91) Concerning real experiences: Stepping (up and out!?) into another dimension and breaking the fourth wall
(90) The opposite meaning of ́enervated ́
(91) Concerning real experiences: Stepping (up and out!?) into another dimension and breaking the fourth wall
(92) Jury service
(93) Richard Wildman
(93) Richard Wildman
(94) Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge
(95) Hartston broadcasting on unpublished or rejected manuscripts
(96) Dolmatov vs Plaskett: European Junior Championship 1978-1979
(97) Crossed Cebit wires
(98) With Rachelle and friends
(99) Starting off the complete works of Shakespeare with Julius Caesar
(100) Shower scene dreams
(96) Dolmatov vs Plaskett: European Junior Championship 1978-1979
(97) Crossed Cebit wires
(98) With Rachelle and friends
(99) Starting off the complete works of Shakespeare with Julius Caesar
(100) Shower scene dreams
(101) Apposite authors and bookmarks
(102) Lillies that fester smell far worse than weeds
(103) "I could do this! I could do this!"
(104) Grandmasters meeting Fiona Pitt-Kethley
(105) The dream of the speck on the tooth
(103) "I could do this! I could do this!"
(104) Grandmasters meeting Fiona Pitt-Kethley
(105) The dream of the speck on the tooth
(106) Graham Hillyard
(107) Spider in the Bath
(108) Novels about The Second Coming
(109) One real wedding and one real funeral
(110) The unique aspects of Christianity and Christmas via The Big Issue and a train from London to Tonbridge Wells
(110) The unique aspects of Christianity and Christmas via The Big Issue and a train from London to Tonbridge Wells
(111) Three experiments that could change the world: a) Nice D(h)arshans, b) Pets' powers and c) The only constant
(112) Sean Nicklin
(113) The Moon's a Balloon
(114) "Are you musicians?" asks the black man when I am with an American
(114) "Are you musicians?" asks the black man when I am with an American
(115) Time to marry
(116) The Nag Hammadi Library
(117) Bald hairdresser
(118) Meeting up at GA
(119) The Dutch ladies' skills
(120) Penny Blacks
(119) The Dutch ladies' skills
(120) Penny Blacks
(121) A clue for an answer
(122) Further halved clues
(123) The rules for assessing the (spiritual) significance of coincidences, and when to break them
(124) Synchronicity and prophecy
(124) Synchronicity and prophecy
(125) Synchronicity and prophecy (2): the moons of Mars
(126) Richard Neagle
(127) Questioning neo-Darwinism: our idemtity crisis
(128) An identity crisis: Publicly or privately, what's in the changing of a name (of father or son)?
(129) From the third to the fourth; "a more individual evolution of the feminine..." and a less lonely Christmas
(130) Lord Longford, the other sinners and myself
(129) From the third to the fourth; "a more individual evolution of the feminine..." and a less lonely Christmas
(130) Lord Longford, the other sinners and myself
(131) Owner/Occupier
(132) Professor Lipton
(133) Thought Police
(134) The dream of the teacher's assault and the new headmaster
(134) The dream of the teacher's assault and the new headmaster
(135) Bad Fathers
(136) Computer chess, long distance whale song and communication with Mars
(137) Gifts and celebrations of Christmas. Queen Victoria, and never saying "Never again" (Well, not to an Avatar, at any rate!)
(138) The TV programme called The Ghost in the Machine followed the next week by one leading to a loss of face for the Oxford academic
(139) Testing the authenticity of James' CVs
(140) As the Soviet Academy of Science rebels and asserts its right to uphold truth, we witness "The rise and fall ..." but of whom?
(141) Eyeing Princess Diana ́s death
(142) The investigation into the strange case of hylozoism is assisted by Dr Watson's arrival from Baker Street
(143) The parachuting dog
(144) The cat from Tackleway called Mogadon
(145) The trio focal point at the Royal Festival Hall
(146) Writing Sting in and out of it
(147) The superiority of intuition over intellect illustrated by the Pawn ending stalemate
(148) Constructing A Mosaic from bits and pieces
(149) Paradise lost
(150) Wolfram/Wolfman. Further name confusion
(151) Telling people why the title of Maharishi was changed to Sexy Sadie
(152) Blowfish
(153) Messrs Borcherds, the Monster and other Moonshines
(154) Further and further into the Arena
(155) The Dark Side of the Moons and correspondence with Eileen Barker
(156) Another statistical method of detecting a monster
(157) National Geographic cover stories, husband and wife reporting collaborations (Double Acts) and English explorers
(158) Love and Charity examinations
(159) Spotting the Easter continuations and comebacks
(160) Yorkshire chess displays
(161) Peter Fairbrass
(162) Giant octopus odds
(163) Hope fades: Real Hope and octopus manifest
(164) Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, Andrew Meldrum, and Three online chess teachers of Aletheia ('Truth')
(165) Queries on the train about the origins of the name Leighton Buzzard
(166) Paula Yates and family and friends
(167) Who ́s ahead in the queue?
(168) Maurice Grosse, And three familial coincidences: "Two twenty-six"... unicorns... and Six, six, sixes
(139) Testing the authenticity of James' CVs
(140) As the Soviet Academy of Science rebels and asserts its right to uphold truth, we witness "The rise and fall ..." but of whom?
(141) Eyeing Princess Diana ́s death
(142) The investigation into the strange case of hylozoism is assisted by Dr Watson's arrival from Baker Street
(143) The parachuting dog
(144) The cat from Tackleway called Mogadon
(145) The trio focal point at the Royal Festival Hall
(146) Writing Sting in and out of it
(147) The superiority of intuition over intellect illustrated by the Pawn ending stalemate
(148) Constructing A Mosaic from bits and pieces
(149) Paradise lost
(150) Wolfram/Wolfman. Further name confusion
(151) Telling people why the title of Maharishi was changed to Sexy Sadie
(152) Blowfish
(153) Messrs Borcherds, the Monster and other Moonshines
(154) Further and further into the Arena
(155) The Dark Side of the Moons and correspondence with Eileen Barker
(156) Another statistical method of detecting a monster
(157) National Geographic cover stories, husband and wife reporting collaborations (Double Acts) and English explorers
(158) Love and Charity examinations
(159) Spotting the Easter continuations and comebacks
(160) Yorkshire chess displays
(161) Peter Fairbrass
(162) Giant octopus odds
(163) Hope fades: Real Hope and octopus manifest
(164) Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, Andrew Meldrum, and Three online chess teachers of Aletheia ('Truth')
(165) Queries on the train about the origins of the name Leighton Buzzard
(166) Paula Yates and family and friends
(167) Who ́s ahead in the queue?
(168) Maurice Grosse, And three familial coincidences: "Two twenty-six"... unicorns... and Six, six, sixes
(169) Lourber/Lorbor/Lobor/Lobo/Lorber
(170) Who (still) Wants To Be A Millionaire?
(171) Mick Brown
(172) Trust Me, magical books, hidden identities, and vision
(173) Peter Brent and non-repeatability
(174) Rain men
(175) Geldof's milk
(176) Dodgy gurus and false Jesus claimants
(177) Fish(eye)on
(178) Jerry Hall
(179) Prisoners... Numbers Six... newly-weds
(180) The man's view on entrapment
(181) Past and future glories
(182) Haywood spiritual fire sermons
(183) Lisa and the angel
(184) Ebenezer Roads
(185) Lisa and the iguanas
(186) Concerning real experiences... (perhaps!?)
(187) The dream of the Quiz Show host undone through two friends helping a player with the answers
(188) Unlucky for some
(189) Finding a chess café. Should you reside in London or Spain
(190) Sheila's house
(191) Villa Spain
(192) Revelations of Chance
(193) Looking for a bishop and a Spanish chess tee shirt for the education authorities
(194) Reviews, Doctors, letters re Justin Horton and GMs´ wives, 1941 and Zweig´s The Royal Game
(171) Mick Brown
(172) Trust Me, magical books, hidden identities, and vision
(173) Peter Brent and non-repeatability
(174) Rain men
(175) Geldof's milk
(176) Dodgy gurus and false Jesus claimants
(177) Fish(eye)on
(178) Jerry Hall
(179) Prisoners... Numbers Six... newly-weds
(180) The man's view on entrapment
(181) Past and future glories
(182) Haywood spiritual fire sermons
(183) Lisa and the angel
(184) Ebenezer Roads
(185) Lisa and the iguanas
(186) Concerning real experiences... (perhaps!?)
(187) The dream of the Quiz Show host undone through two friends helping a player with the answers
(188) Unlucky for some
(189) Finding a chess café. Should you reside in London or Spain
(190) Sheila's house
(191) Villa Spain
(192) Revelations of Chance
(193) Looking for a bishop and a Spanish chess tee shirt for the education authorities
(194) Reviews, Doctors, letters re Justin Horton and GMs´ wives, 1941 and Zweig´s The Royal Game
(195) Teaching Darwinists
(196) More on the giant octopus
(197) James Plaskett in the news
(198) Completing the Irish set
(199) Andrew ́s ́H ́
(200) Living the Dream
(201) Sir Ludovic Kennedy
(202) Not Guilty of misspelling 'tomorrow'
(203) The Juror
(204) George's Last Ride
(205) Peter Rhodes
(206) Terence Goldberg and Katryn Jose-Piet
(207) Justice and misspelling and incorrect Portias
(208) The Three Imposters
(209) Escaping from Hell to Be Linda
(210) Keeping it in the family
(211) The question of the liger or the Siberian tiger
(212) N.A.P. McSheehy
(213) A shifting of the popular take on a villain
(214) Third time lucky?
(215) A surprise hit on the other verdict which I had chosen to contest
(216) Undersea earthquakes: Just Christmas?
(217) Timely appearances
(218) Who Do We Need To Talk About; Joe Creed... or Kevin Plaskett?
(219) Gabriela Gruber, the rude woman of Knights Insurance
(220) Genealogical research about separate great-grandfather generations turns up great-uncles called Arthur who jumped ship in Australia in the early 20th century
(221) The mobiles lost at the same petrol pump
(222) Linking up with the other side
(223) The Feed the Birds song from Mary Poppins. Charity... and Millionaire?
(224) Le siége perileux
(225) Easterton and new housing
(226) Here I am
(227) Sacha visits Diver Tienda
(228) "Angel, Angel, Burning Bright"
(229) Twin Peaks: The way of the head and the way of the heart. Worlds in Harmony
(230) Bebo ́s number
(231) To speak freely about one ́s beliefs, or to black more?
(232) The secret identity of Mr.CC
(233) Richard Dawkins, Dr Who and 'Runaway Brides' at Christmas time
(234) Don't sweat the small stuff with your family
(235) The question of when the earliest (Dragon) Sicilian ... Rxc3 sacrifice occured: 100 years ago
(236) Housetraining the Siamese
(237) Young gangs' assaults of spitting in the face
(238) What's IN a name? (and The Parallels between the explorations of Space and the Spiritual)... Earthrise...
(239) The Science of Belief, and £10 the price and prize of a quiz on meaning
(240) Q+A
(241) Four random letters hit upon the Internet Chess Club handle of two friends
(242) The incarnation of The Lady in the Water
(196) More on the giant octopus
(197) James Plaskett in the news
(198) Completing the Irish set
(199) Andrew ́s ́H ́
(200) Living the Dream
(201) Sir Ludovic Kennedy
(202) Not Guilty of misspelling 'tomorrow'
(203) The Juror
(204) George's Last Ride
(205) Peter Rhodes
(206) Terence Goldberg and Katryn Jose-Piet
(207) Justice and misspelling and incorrect Portias
(208) The Three Imposters
(209) Escaping from Hell to Be Linda
(210) Keeping it in the family
(211) The question of the liger or the Siberian tiger
(212) N.A.P. McSheehy
(213) A shifting of the popular take on a villain
(214) Third time lucky?
(215) A surprise hit on the other verdict which I had chosen to contest
(216) Undersea earthquakes: Just Christmas?
(217) Timely appearances
(218) Who Do We Need To Talk About; Joe Creed... or Kevin Plaskett?
(219) Gabriela Gruber, the rude woman of Knights Insurance
(220) Genealogical research about separate great-grandfather generations turns up great-uncles called Arthur who jumped ship in Australia in the early 20th century
(221) The mobiles lost at the same petrol pump
(222) Linking up with the other side
(223) The Feed the Birds song from Mary Poppins. Charity... and Millionaire?
(224) Le siége perileux
(225) Easterton and new housing
(226) Here I am
(227) Sacha visits Diver Tienda
(228) "Angel, Angel, Burning Bright"
(229) Twin Peaks: The way of the head and the way of the heart. Worlds in Harmony
(230) Bebo ́s number
(231) To speak freely about one ́s beliefs, or to black more?
(232) The secret identity of Mr.CC
(233) Richard Dawkins, Dr Who and 'Runaway Brides' at Christmas time
(234) Don't sweat the small stuff with your family
(235) The question of when the earliest (Dragon) Sicilian ... Rxc3 sacrifice occured: 100 years ago
(236) Housetraining the Siamese
(237) Young gangs' assaults of spitting in the face
(238) What's IN a name? (and The Parallels between the explorations of Space and the Spiritual)... Earthrise...
(239) The Science of Belief, and £10 the price and prize of a quiz on meaning
(240) Q+A
(241) Four random letters hit upon the Internet Chess Club handle of two friends
(242) The incarnation of The Lady in the Water
(243) Explanation
(244) Coincidences Two
(245) Looking for Rita
(246) Pascal ́s Wager: tossing a coin on the ultimate bet
(247) The only thing that truly matters
(248) Living the Dream. Bryan Appleyard and big time Blogging at The Times
(249) Grandmasters begin learning to philosophise... with the Blakemores
(250) Other coughing syndromes re Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
(251) Drs read minds on CiF to suss identity
(252) Getting real
(253) ... so shall ye receive
(254) Same car, same key
(255) Predicting the National Lottery numbers
(256) James Marsh and the responsibility of doing your own thing
(257) Knight from g3 to h1
(258) "origin of christmas for veni vidi vinci" and other ́incorrect ́ Latin quotes
(259) Shoemakers impacts: craters on the Earth and the Moon and comets on Jupiter
(260) Murray Chandler and Zygmunt Frankel: unpublicised exceptional lives
(261) The Water Bearer
(262) ́Something Old, Something New ́... ́Something Blue ́... and the sussed Facebook wedding
(263) The dream of Nobby Stiles fallen on hard times.
(264) Bookmark at page 73 and running or travelling on a no frills airline on Twitter
(265) Puig crashes in Valencia
(266) Plaskettian basic endgame correction
(267) Short coincidences. With pawns which can move backwards and... Q(b5) to f1 checkmate
(268) "Autre temps, autre moeurs" with Stephen Fry on Just A Minute
(269) Live Sherlock in The Strand
(270) The Garden of E(a)don
(271) Less of a Plaskett/Parsifal Identity Crisis
(272) Naval family interests at Scapa Flow
(273) In the 1980s, entering or residing at number 27 Shakespeare Road, Bedford
(274) Sam Harris ́ true thoughts on life, the universe and everything
(275) Apologising for the unintentional consequences of projecting something upwards over forty years later
(276) The cute stalemate resultant from a queen sacrifice in an ending
(277) One armed bandit
(278) Sceptic Michael Shermer ́s Anomalous Events That Can Shake One ́s Skepticism to the Core
(279) Lyuboyevic Vs Karpov, Linares 1981
(280) Parsifal and magic of the quest for The Holy Grail
(281) "Are you not entertained?"
(282) The Reti study of Rook against a Pawn
(283) The run up Calvary and then San Julián later that week
(284) "Only 1%" accept the validity of subjective experence as well as objective facts
(285) Researches on The Holy Grail leading to more re ́Paraclete ́ and ́cognate ́
(286) Gaddafis "nearly reborn"
(287) The TV item pointing out the dolphin did not object to being pleasured
(288) Writer not a Fighter! Artist or Combatant!? Singer or S(e)argent!?
(244) Coincidences Two
(245) Looking for Rita
(246) Pascal ́s Wager: tossing a coin on the ultimate bet
(247) The only thing that truly matters
(248) Living the Dream. Bryan Appleyard and big time Blogging at The Times
(249) Grandmasters begin learning to philosophise... with the Blakemores
(250) Other coughing syndromes re Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
(251) Drs read minds on CiF to suss identity
(252) Getting real
(253) ... so shall ye receive
(254) Same car, same key
(255) Predicting the National Lottery numbers
(256) James Marsh and the responsibility of doing your own thing
(257) Knight from g3 to h1
(258) "origin of christmas for veni vidi vinci" and other ́incorrect ́ Latin quotes
(259) Shoemakers impacts: craters on the Earth and the Moon and comets on Jupiter
(260) Murray Chandler and Zygmunt Frankel: unpublicised exceptional lives
(261) The Water Bearer
(262) ́Something Old, Something New ́... ́Something Blue ́... and the sussed Facebook wedding
(263) The dream of Nobby Stiles fallen on hard times.
(264) Bookmark at page 73 and running or travelling on a no frills airline on Twitter
(265) Puig crashes in Valencia
(266) Plaskettian basic endgame correction
(267) Short coincidences. With pawns which can move backwards and... Q(b5) to f1 checkmate
(268) "Autre temps, autre moeurs" with Stephen Fry on Just A Minute
(269) Live Sherlock in The Strand
(270) The Garden of E(a)don
(271) Less of a Plaskett/Parsifal Identity Crisis
(272) Naval family interests at Scapa Flow
(273) In the 1980s, entering or residing at number 27 Shakespeare Road, Bedford
(274) Sam Harris ́ true thoughts on life, the universe and everything
(275) Apologising for the unintentional consequences of projecting something upwards over forty years later
(276) The cute stalemate resultant from a queen sacrifice in an ending
(277) One armed bandit
(278) Sceptic Michael Shermer ́s Anomalous Events That Can Shake One ́s Skepticism to the Core
(279) Lyuboyevic Vs Karpov, Linares 1981
(280) Parsifal and magic of the quest for The Holy Grail
(281) "Are you not entertained?"
(282) The Reti study of Rook against a Pawn
(283) The run up Calvary and then San Julián later that week
(284) "Only 1%" accept the validity of subjective experence as well as objective facts
(285) Researches on The Holy Grail leading to more re ́Paraclete ́ and ́cognate ́
(286) Gaddafis "nearly reborn"
(287) The TV item pointing out the dolphin did not object to being pleasured
(288) Writer not a Fighter! Artist or Combatant!? Singer or S(e)argent!?
(289) Elton fails to shoot Rowan
(290) Neil Cannon, 30 Kimbolton Road, mothers in the same Care Home and watching soccer on TV
(291) The ending of rook ́s pawn and a bishop which does not control the corner square Vs an adjacent knight ́s pawn
(292) The road back to 2500
(293) Learning from Krabbé ́s Chess Curiosities site about Salvioli ́s g4! break in response to ... g5? And then to encounter it
(294) Crime and Punishment. "When in Tibet, do as the Tibetans do"
(295) Michael Basman grabbing Vassily Smyslov at the 1968 Olympiad
(296) The fine lines between the attempt and the achieve
(297) Lightning strikes connect husband and wife. Piano mastery to begin the next day. Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
(298) The Relic. Annas, Anns and Annes. The true origin of The Seven Deadly Sins. The Resurrection!?
(299) Caught in a pair of Dragonfly eyes
(300) Disputes of 2018 with the co-author´s widow whether his name or yours comes first.
'YESTERDAY´.
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