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One hour on the UK internet

![Clock of internet usage blog.png](https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/09/Clock-of-internet-usage-blog.png?resize=500%2C481)Fascinating how social media has come to dominate web use – and how the old “porn drives web innovation” maxim is clearly no

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bloggers

There is no British Blogosphere

A question: It’s been an interesting week for the British blogosphere. A week that has raised the question of whether there even is such a thing. The answer is

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commuting

London's transport is broken

Sometimes a break can let you see things with new eyes. I haven’t commuted into or out of London by train for over three months now, and a blessed change it’s been. However, today an appointment in London in the morning and

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academia

physics is hard, and that's a good thing

While I was away in France, the annual fracas over improved A level results broke out. Now, I know where I stand on this; I know people who work and teach in Higher Education and they’re seeing a decline in the educational quality

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pensions

The British Way of Dying

So, we’re all to work until we’re 68, are we? Well that all seems very sensible, what with rising life expectancy and all. And then, I think about the fact my Dad died at 65 and it sends a small shiver down

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england

400 years of pain

What happened 400 years ago today? Unless you were listening to Today on Radio 4 this morning, just as I was, you probably have absolutely no idea whatsoever. In fact, 400 years ago today, James IV of Scotland was crowned in Westminster Abbey, becoming