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Here's a list of Edited Guide Entries I've authored, and some which are in the process of being reviewed and edited.

Anyone can write an entry - that's why anyone signing up to this site is called a Researcher - indeed, there's nothing more rewarding than seeing your creation appear on the h2g2 Front Page, and to read other people's reactions to it. Go on, have a go. If you're unsure, then there are lots of people here who will help you every step of the way - just ask!

Authored Entries in Peer Review


Authored Entries - Recommended

The Trick that Fooled Churchill

Authored Entries - Edited


95. The Listener Crossword

94. The Trick that Fooled Einstein

93. The Many Centres of a Triangle

92. Brian Johnston's Corpse

91. How to Trisect a Toblerone

90. War - What is it Good For?

89. Cheese Footballs

88. Pan Yan Pickle

87. A Potted History of Bovril

86. 'Hitchhiker' Quotations in the Oxford English Dictionary

85. Brain's Faggots

84. The Pomodoro - 25 Minutes of Productive Time

83. Cruel Consonant Combos

82. The Mathematics Behind Digital Technology

81. Gismos, Whatsits and Thingummy Doodahs

80. 'Smash' - Instant Mashed Potato

79. Bird's Angel Delight

78. The Golf Sale Placard Phenomenon

77. Schiphol Airport's Urinal Flies

76. The Fray Bentos Steak and Kidney Pie

75. The Language of Coastal Projections

74. The Four Colour Theorem

73. I-Spy - a Publishing Phenomenon

72. A Walk Around Men-an-Tol, Cornwall, UK

CE3. Reusing Baby Equipment

71. 'Little Black Sambo' by Helen Bannerman

70. Yawning

69. The Language of Snobbery

68. Grey Owl - an Environmentalist with a Secret

67. Friendly Numbers

66. The Screwfix Catalogue

65. The Strange Case of the Missing 'N'

64. Blue Hoardings

63. 'Wlonk' - the Word

62. The Noddy-Shot

61. Gates in Constant Use

60. Memorable Football Press Conferences

59. The Chimps' Tea Party

58. 'Maggie Thatcher, Your Boys Took a Hell of a Beating'

57. Eddie the Eagle

56. Whitwell - Twinned with Paris

55. Trinity - the Number Three

54. Two - the Dichotomous Number

53. The Tooth Amoeba

FM3. Lake Garda, Italy (Flea Market Rescue)

52. Unity - the Number One

51. Bikini Alert

50. Consultants

FM2. Tank Tops (Flea Market Rescue)

49. Queen's Speech Bingo

48. The Millennium Stadium Jinx

47. The HP Sauce Story

46. Riders

45. Colin Murphy - Football Manager and Bard

44. The Cervical Traction Kit

43. The Columbia Disaster - Death By PowerPoint

42. 'When The Balloon Goes Up'

CE2. Broadcasting to our Galactic Neighbours (Collaboration with Galaxy Babe)

41. Surviving the Office Workshop

40. Pop

39. Malaysian Teapot Worship - The Ayah Pin Cult

38. The Mission Statement

37. Meeting Icebreakers

36. The Pocket Book of Patriotism

35. The Age of the Plastic Stirrer

CE1. Sugar Sachets (Collaboration with Matt)

34. Hawks over Anfield - The Diary of an FA Cup Run

33. Kibibytes and Yobibits - A Guide to Binary Prefixes

32. The Face Mite

31. The Mosquito - Sonic Teenager Deterrent

30. The Woking Martian

29. Nano the Dwarf - A Guide to Decimal Prefixes

28. The Square-Wheeled Bicycle - a Road of Hyperbolics?

27. The Industrial Estate

26. Envy-Free Cake Division

25. Sambo's Grave, Sunderland Point, Lancashire, UK

24. Complex Numbers - an Introduction

23. The Berlitz Phrase Book

22. Futtocks

21. The Wellington Statue, Aldershot, Hampshire, UK

20. Russian Peasant Multiplication

19. Divisibility

18. Calculating the Day of the Week

17. Zero

16. A Guide to Saying Grace in Latin

15. </UNSUB> - Slamming the Door on Your Way Out

FM1. The 'Big Five' Accountancy Firms (Flea Market Rescue)

14. Nim - Strategy Game or Scam?

13. Pronouncing British Placenames

12. The UK Millennium Construction Boom

11. Tombstones - a Word Game

10. The Mathematician and the Blancmange

9. Famous Air Crash Victims - Part 4: Politicians

8. Famous Air Crash Victims - Part 3: Sportsmen

7. Famous Air Crash Victims - Part 2: Musicians

6. Famous Air Crash Victims - Part 1: Aviators

5. Hampshire, England, UK

4. Ging Gang Goolie - a Scouting Song

3. Rick Rescorla - Security Manager and Hero

2. The Somerset Guy Fawkes Carnivals

1. The Broadmoor Siren

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Sub-editing

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If you have a keen eye for detail and a few hours to spare, then why not volunteer to be a h2g2 Sub-editor? You even get a shiny blue badge for your trouble!


Sub-editing in Progress


Returned to Editors


Sub-edited Entries


133. Lettuce

132. Writing the Perfect UCAS Personal Statement

131. Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight, UK

130. A Cheater's Mince Pies

129. Snobbery and Sculling - John B Kelly's Olympic Gold

128. Christchurch Castle, Dorset, UK

127. Model United Nations

126. Alternative Uses for Eggshells

125. How to Buy a Guitar Amplifier

124. To Flee in Women's Clothing

123. Polaris - the North Star

122. Ray Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451'

121. Old Town Lunenburg World Heritage Site, Nova Scotia, Canada

120. The Mysterious Treasure of Thomas Beale

119. Arabian Horses - Drinkers of the Wind

118. Avvakum Petrovich, Russian Priest and Martyr (1620-1682)

117. The Bays of the Gower Peninsula

116. The European Peacock Butterfly

115. Bobby Sands MP 1954-1981

114. The Boston Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-1776

113. The Birmingham Canal Network

112. Chalkida, Evia, Greece

111. Alice B Toklas and Gertrude Stein

110. Doctor Who and the Errors of Continuity

109. Dere Street - From York to Melrose in Seven Days

108. Ectopic Pregnancy

107. Injuries from Casual Football

106. Purple

105. Endometriosis and Adenomyosis

104. Well Dressings of the English Peak District

103. The V-Bomber Ejector Seat Scandal

102. David Beckham’s Red Card, St Etienne 1998

101. The Motorway Network of Northern Ireland

100. Vanished Alexandria

99. The Pyramid of Hawara, Egypt

98. The Gladiators of Rome

97. The Spirograph Nebula

96. Bette Davis, Actress

95. Ronda, Andalucia, Spain

94. The Bechdel Test: Women in Film

93. De Aguilar and Guerrero - Mayan Captives

92. New South Wales, Australia

91. Queensland, Australia

90. The History of Marks and Spencer

89. Mathematical Knots

88. The Cuica - a Brazilian Drum

87. Dame Kelly Holmes

86. Liechtenstein

85. The Jutland Heavy Horse

84. Making Your Own Cloak

83. The Lives of Stars

82. Constellations: Corvus 'the Crow'

81. How To Swing A Hammock

80. Drainspotting

79. Ginger Rogers - Actress and Singer

78. 'Les Sylphides' - a Ballet

77. The Ham in the Hamburger

76. 'The Cat, the Rat, the Dog and the Hog'

75. Joanna Lumley OBE: Actress and Activist

74. Smear and Slander in US Politics

73. Schloss Benrath, Düsseldorf, Germany

72. Constellations: Hydrus 'the Water Snake'

71. The North West 200

70. Professor Bernice Summerfield - The Science Fiction Series

69. Tensegrity - And How To Use It To Make A Thing That Goes 'Boink'

68. 'Somewhere in Time' - the Soundtrack

67. Constellations: Crater 'the Cup'

66. Winnie the Pooh

65. English Chartered Markets: The South Midlands, East Anglia and Wales

64. Being a Home Supporter at a Football Match

63. Constellations: Columba 'the Dove'

62. Constellations: Virgo 'the Maiden'

61. The Dayton Flood of 1913

60. The Boating Lake, Cleethorpes, NE Lincolnshire, UK

59. Wired Coffee

58. Constellations: Ara 'the Altar'

57. 'Cdesign Proponentsists'

56. Kushiel's Legacy: Phedre's Trilogy

55. Kopi Luwak (Civet Coffee)

54. The Fender Bullet Guitar

53. How To Calculate Your Reaction Times With A Ruler

52. Constellations: Corona Borealis 'the Northern Crown'

51. 'Hello World!' - Programming Tradition

50. Singing Saturn's Hexagonal Mystery

49. Constellations: Cancer 'the Crab'

48. The Other Coronation Stone

47. Constellations: Centaurus 'the Centaur'

46. Constellations: Cepheus 'the King'

45. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

44. Pinky and Perky

43. Yo-Yo Ma - Cellist

42. Byzantium: Romanos Diogenes and the Loss of Anatolia

41. Watford, Hertfordshire, UK

40. Hank Marvin - Guitar God

39. Spaghetti Westerns - Django

38. Cold Christmas Pudding - A Variation on the Traditional Recipe

37. Participatory Economics: An Alternative to Capitalism

36. The Monkees - Legends of Television and Rock 'n' Roll

35. Michael Parkinson - Journalist and Broadcaster

34. A New Forest Walk - Ashurst to Brockenhurst

33. The Lost Chord

32. Doctor Who Companions: K-9

31. Margorie McCall - Deceased

30. The Taj Mahal

29. The American $2 Bill

28. Opus Numbers

27. Arthur Hunnicutt - Actor

26. First Steps to Survival in an Inflatable Liferaft

25. NaNoWriMo - One Month, One Novel, No Problem

24. Garden State - The Film

23. How to Grow Broad Beans

22. Marilyn Monroe - Actress

21. Constructions with a Ruler and a Compass

20. Worsley Braided Interchange

19. The Human Respiratory System

18. 'The Silly Side of Sherlock Holmes' by Philip Ardagh

17. Gloomy Sunday - Music to Die for?

16. Blewbury, Oxfordshire, UK

15. Nicknames

14. The Legend of the Lorelei

13. Howling Bells - the Band

12. Haematuria (Blood in the Urine)

11. The Wreck of The Hesperus In Verse, History and Idiom

10. Scrapbooking Basics

9. British Mammals: Sika Deer

8. Auteur Theory in Film Criticism

7. How New Orleans Became the Birthplace of Jazz

6. Early North American Colonies

5. The Ten Biggest South African Tree Species

4. Evil Eye Lounge, York, UK

3. Lip Balm Addiction

2. Round Robins

1. The Raz (Blue Angel), Liverpool, UK

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Authored Entries in The Post

Archive - Icy's Quizzes and More

Ascii Picture Quiz 5 - Solution (30 April, 2012)
Ascii Picture Quiz 5 (23 April, 2012)
Ascii Picture Quiz 4 - Solution (23 April, 2012)
Ascii Picture Quiz 4 (16 April, 2012)
New English Words Quiz: Spring 2012 (16 April, 2012)
New English Words Quiz: Winter 2011 (16 January, 2012)
New English Words Quiz: Autumn 2011 (26 September, 2011)
New English Words Quiz: Summer 2011 (4 July, 2011)
New English Words Quiz: Spring 2011 (11 April, 2011)
Soft Soap (28 March, 2011)
h2g2 Hidden Word Quiz: Authors and Novels II (21 March, 2011)
h2g2 Hidden Word Quiz: Authors and Novels (21 February, 2011)
h2g2 Hidden Word Quiz: Countries (14 February, 2011)
New English Words Quiz: Summer 2010 (17 January, 2011)
New English Words Quiz: Winter 2010 (20 December, 2010)
Eleven Years in the Life (6 December, 2010)
New English Words Quiz: Autumn 2010 (15 November, 2010)
The Wind Commercial Manager (01 November, 2010)
Charity Begins (27 September, 2010)
h2g2 in the Outside World (26 July, 2010)
Around the Day in 80 Worlds (03 May, 2010)
Ascii Picture Quiz 3 - Solution (26 April, 2010)
Ascii Picture Quiz 3 (19 April, 2010)
Ascii Picture Quiz 2 - Solution (12 April, 2010)
Ascii Picture Quiz 2 (05 April, 2010)
Ascii Picture Quiz - Solution (29 March, 2010)
Ascii Picture Quiz (22 March, 2010)
Spot the Researcher - the Solution (21 December, 2009)
Spot the Researcher (14 December, 2009)
Ten Years in the Life (7 December, 2009)
2009 - A Late Celebration (23 November, 2009)
I Want One Of Those (23 July, 2009)
Hickstead Derby Day (09 July, 2009)
h2g2 - What the Papers Say (19 March, 2009)
Referencing h2g2 (19 February, 2009)
Derek and Pauline's Round Robin (18 December, 2008)
Nine Years in the Life (04 December, 2008)
Legal Restrictions (23 October, 2008)
Eight Years in the Life (06 December, 2007)

Entry of the Month column in The Post

Entry of the Month, December 2010 result (07 February, 2011)
Entry of the Month, December 2010 (17 January, 2011)
Entry of the Month, November 2010 (13 December, 2010)
Entry of the Month, October 2010 (22 November, 2010)
Entry of the Month, September 2010 (25 October, 2010)
Entry of the Month, August 2010 (27 September, 2010 and 04 October, 2010)
Entry of the Month, July 2010 (6 September, 2010)
Entry of the Month, June 2010 (19 July, 2010)
Entry of the Month, May 2010 (14 June, 2010)
Entry of the Month, April 2010 (10 May, 2010)
Entry of the Month, March 2010 (12 April, 2010)
Entry of the Month, February 2010 (15 March, 2010)
Entry of the Month, January 2010 (15 February, 2010)
Entry of the Month, December 2009 (18 January, 2010)
Entry of the Month, November 2009 (14 December, 2009)
Entry of the Month, October 2009 (16 November, 2009)
Entry of the Month, September 2009 (26 October, 2009)
Entry of the Month, August 2009 (5 October, 2009)
Entry of the Month, July 2009 (17 September, 2009)
Entry of the Month, June 2009 (09 July, 2009)
Entry of the Month, May 2009 (11 June, 2009)
Entry of the Month, April 2009 (14 May, 2009)
Entry of the Month, March 2009 (16 April, 2009)
Entry of the Month, February 2009 (05 March, 2009)
Entry of the Month, January 2009 (05 February, 2009)
Entry of the Month, December 2008 (08 January, 2009)
Entry of the Month, November 2008 (04 December, 2008)
Entry of the Month, October 2008 (06 November, 2008)
Entry of the Month, September 2008 (09 October, 2008)

Tyneham Evening Herald collaborations:

The Tyneham Evening Herald (19 February, 2009)
The Tyneham Evening Herald (05 February, 2009)
The Tyneham Evening Herald 22.01.09 (22 January, 2009)
The Tyneham Evening Herald Sports Department

Other h2g2 Post collaborations:

The Opti Interview (with Icy North) (11 June, 2009)
The h2g2 Poem (26 June, 2008)

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Photographers

An occasional series.

Bottles of HP Sauce.
Odiham Castle
A grave with a wooden cross and stones with inscriptions written on laid upon it
Two promontories on the Cornish coastline: Carrick Du (foreground) and St Ives Head.
The prehistoric holed stone of Men-an-Tol, Cornwall
The Wellington Statue.
The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man appears at Waterloo Station.

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Community Artwork

An even more occasional series!

The OED has quotations from the Hitchhiker's Guide
Part of a map of Europe coloured with four colours.
Mock-up of a big green 'GOLF SALE' sign with arrow pointing the way.

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Other Entries

Other bits and pieces:

Creating Clickable Pictures using HTML tags
Published References to h2g2 Entries
h2g2 Online Eye Storage Pound
h2g2 Eye Test
Arachnophobia Aversion Therapy Course - Part 4
The Front Page'll be Alright on the Night
The IE 5.5 Special Effects Gallery
IE 4.0 - supported HTML Colours
Using IE 5.5 Visual Filters in Guide-ML

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Quotes/Questions of the Day/Week
QUESTION OF THE WEEK:  'What's the most manly soft drink?' (16 May, 2011)

QUESTION OF THE WEEK:  'What has been the lasting legacy of your working life?' (22 April, 2010)

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:  'It's done for web design what Carl Douglas's 'Kung Fu Fighting' did for music.' (19 April, 2010)

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:  'Surely pi is more greeky than geeky?' (22 March, 2010)

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:  'Don't feed turkey fat to garden birds.' (28 December, 2009)

QUOTE OF THE DAY:  'Being British, I can only offer tea and sympathy. Take a brolly.' (24 July, 2009)

QUESTION OF THE DAY: 'Who do you think will get the nod this year? The guy who sets fire to drains, maybe? Or the one who draws little arrows on your ceiling with a pencil?' (08 May, 2009)

QUOTE OF THE DAY: 'Nuts were comparatively sweet prior to the introduction of refined sugar.' (01 May, 2009)

QUESTION OF THE DAY: 'What soundtrack would suit the Front Page?' (19 March, 2009)

QUOTE OF THE DAY: 'I aim for a sort of generic Greek-god look.' (26 February, 2009)

QUOTE OF THE DAY: 'I think Clapton can do it with his teeth, too. He just has to take them out first.' (14 November, 2008)

QUOTE OF THE DAY: 'How about Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen? He could bring his own costumes.' (31 October, 2008)

QUOTE OF THE DAY: 'Too much negative stuff flying around. Care to share a vibe or two?' (12 August, 2008)

QUOTE OF THE DAY:  'Why is the Chelsea manager sitting in what looks to all the world like a Vogon poetry-appreciation chair?' (23 May, 2008)

QUOTE OF THE DAY:  'On a pack of Cadbury's chocolate Animal Biscuits: "Do not eat if seal is broken". And he was.' (17 March, 2008)

QUOTE OF THE DAY:  'People are always talking about a recipe for disaster, but I can't find it in any of my cookbooks.' (18 October, 2007)

QUOTE OF THE DAY: 'I'm not sure I'd trust his recipes. I remember him serving up poodle pie in the movie Theatre of Blood.' (28 August, 2007)

QUOTE OF THE DAY: 'I'm appalled to read that. 'Herd' is entirely the wrong collective noun in that context.' (23 July, 2007)

QUOTE OF THE DAY: 'It's nice to know that a small proportion of your licence fee funds this brand of cutting-edge journalism from BBC News. If that makes Quote of the Day, I'll eat my keyboard.' (13 April, 2007)

QUOTE OF THE DAY:  'I signed up for meditation classes once - well, I figured it was better than sitting around doing nothing.' (15 March, 2007)

QUOTE OF THE DAY:  'Hey don't tar the Wombles with the same brush - they were musically very accomplished.' (18 January, 2007)

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