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- Q.1 Does your life have a purpose? (36)
- Q.2 Are you an art lover? (68)
- Q.3 Do you have a good imagination? (41)
- Q.4 Have you ever wanted to stop the clock? (34)
- Q.5 Do you believe in fate? (16)
- Q.6 Do you believe in fairy tales? (18)
- Q.7 Have you dreamed of being a champion? (81)
- Q.8 Do you crave a better life? (24)
- Q.9 Do you feel in control of your life? (22)
- Q10 Have you ever seen a ghost? (20)
- Q11 Do you believe in justice? (31)
- Q12 Is our Earth enchanted? (107)
- Q13 Have you ever been mistaken for someone else? (9)
- Q14 Do you believe your stars? (10)
- Q15 Do you sometimes fear the worst? (60)
- Q16 Have you ever had a psychic experience? (19)
- Q17 Can you speak another language? (29)
- Q18 Do you let your heart rule your head? (20)
- Q19 Do you love hedgehogs? (9)
- Q20 Have your eyes ever deceived you? (116)
- Q21 Have you ever hugged a tree? (14)
- Q22 Do you love our Earth? (69)
- Q23 Do you believe all the laws of physics? (28)
- Q24 Do you get enough time to yourself? (11)
- Q25 Do you believe in fairies? (8)
- Q26 Do you take poetry seriously? (18)
- Q27 Do you like gardening? (7)
- Q28 Have you ever lived in poverty? (14)
- Q29 Could you live without machines? (19)
- Q30 Did you ever watch the rain on your window? (5)
- Q31 Are you a charitable neighbour? (11)
- Q32 Are you afraid of the dark? (10)
- Q33 Do you believe in life after death? (15)
- Q34 Have you ever restored something? (39)
- Q35 Do you trust your instincts? (45)
- Q36 Should a good life cost the Earth? (46)
- Q37 Do you know how to have fun? (37)
- Q38 Have you built a house of cards? (6)
- Q39 Do you believe in magic? (44)
- Q40 Can you play a musical instrument? (40)
- Q41 Do you like surprises? (65)
- Q42 Do you enjoy drawing? (9)
- Q43 Do you believe in happy endings? (33)
- Q44 Is there anything worse than a fly at night? (10)
- Q45 Are you good at marbles? (3)
- Q46 Do you value a good education? (44)
- Q47 Do you know your history? (37)
- Q48 Have you ever played solitaire? (11)
- Q49 Do you ever think about the old days? (24)
- Q50 Do you miss someone you love? (9)
- Q51 Have you ever taken part in a protest? (32)
- Q51a How many people does it take to fill up the Earth? (12)
- Q52 Do you believe in miracles? (39)
- Q53 Do you prefer to keep warm? (18)
- Q54 Do you enjoy a bit of a mystery? (67)
- Q55 Do you believe in truth? (11)
- Q56 Do you believe rules are there to be broken? (23)
- Q57 Have you ever spied on anyone? (14)
- Q58 Do things happen for a reason? (98)
- Q59 Do you like surprises? (11)
- Q60 Have you ever experienced deja vu? (14)
- Q61 Have you ever worn fancy dress? (15)
- Q62 Have you ever helped the poor? (5)
- Q62a Is life logical? (7)
- Q63 Do you like the way you look? (2)
- Q65 Have you ever wished you could fly? (14)
- Q66 Do you have a favourite flower? (8)
- Q67 Have you ever decorated a tree? (5)
- Q68 Does the Earth have a spirit? (21)
- Q69 Do you put off to tomorrow what you could do today? (10)
- Q70 Do you like to look at the stars? (37)
- Q71 Is there something missing in your life? (6)
- Q72 Are you a good time keeper? (20)
- Q73 Do you like nursery ryhmes? (6)
- Q74 Do you like puzzles? (14)
- Q75 Have you ever put on a show? (117)
- Q76 Are you going to take action now to save our world? (64)
- Q77 Do you get bored easily? (2)
- Q78 Do you want to be part of the picture? (30)
- Q79 Have you ever looked into the shadows? (26)
- Q80 Have you ever searched for buried treasure? (15)
- Q80a Do you keep a diary? (7)
- Star Question - what happened to the blue ribbon? (16)
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- 13/04/2012: Friday the 13th: Scream!!!!!!!
- 11/04/2012: Return of 'The Great Bed of Ware'
- 02/04/2012: Sir Peter Blake's new Sgt Pepper's album cover
- 10/02/2012: Paul McCartney's Star
- 30/01/2012: Exodus
- 18/01/2012: Hedgehog climate study
- 12/01/2012: Waterstone's drops its apostrophe
- 10/01/2012: War Horse and the Iron Lady
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Archive for September 2010
Polar Bear at Bude!
22/09/2010 by admin.
News reports of polar bear washed ashore at Bude in Cornwall proved to be mistaken. Video footage had shown a large white animal stranded on the beach which was understandably mistaken for a polar bear.
However, closer examination revealed it to be the carcass of a cow whose flesh had been bleached white by the sea. Polar bear numbers are threatened by climate change and an image of one features on the front cover of our novel.
As we suspect a creative spiritual force is behind The Haymakers Survey we’re also curious that the animal beached at Bude. The town’s name is thought to be shortened from Bude Haven a corruption of Bede haven which means ‘harbour of the holy men’suggesting Bude was a landing place for early Christians. The town’s oldest property is Quay cottage in the heart of the town - all very fascinating because we also read in the media that countries surrounding the Arctic are showing an increasing interest in the oil beneath that wilderness.
Posted in Haymakers: Watch Wonders, Q78 Do you want to be part of the picture?, Q20 Have your eyes ever deceived you?, Q13 Have you ever been mistaken for someone else?, Q.3 Do you have a good imagination? | No Comments »
Out of the Blue
07/09/2010 by admin.
We’re very sad to report that Mike Edwards an early member of the British rock group the Electric Light Orchestra has been crushed by a giant bale of hay. The bizarre accident happened near Totnes in Devon when the hay rolled down a steep hill and smashed into his van. Police believe the 600kg bale fell from a tractor in nearby farmland. The cellist was 62 years old and lived in Totnes - a place with a thriving centre for music, art and natural living. It has a sizeable ‘New Age’ community. In 2007 Time magazine declared Totnes the captial of New Age Chic.
When ELO was formed the idea was to take rock music in the direction that the Beatles had left off. The band’s debut album was called No Answer. The band’s second album produced its first big UK hit ‘Roll Over Beethoven’. They had a range of hits in Britain and the USA. Perhaps the most popular album was Out of the Blue which featured the songs’ Turn to Stone, Mr Blue Sky, Sweet Talkin Woman and Wild West Hero.
Our condolences go to Mike Edwards and his family and friends. In celebration of his life and contribution to a fabulous pop group here’s ELOs version of Roll Over Beethoven which begins with a haunting rendition of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony - which features on page 27 of our novel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLNR4xfh1Qc
Posted in Star Question - what happened to the blue ribbon?, Q40 Can you play a musical instrument?, Q.3 Do you have a good imagination?, Q.2 Are you an art lover? | No Comments »
Light of the World?
03/09/2010 by admin.
A unique Roman lantern made of bronze has been discovered in a field in Sudbury, Suffolk by Danny Mills - a young metal detector enthusiast. The lantern’s believed to be the only one of its kind in Britain. Dating from around the 3rd century AD the object’s been restored to its former glory by Emma Hogarth, Conservator at Colchester and Ipswich museums. Emma was amazed that the chains that suspend the lantern showed no sign of corrosion and move like any modern chain.
Coincidentally, our novel reveals how a metal detector leads to the discovery of buried treasure. More exciting perhaps is how Charles Lamb’s journal tells how they use a lantern when first entering mystical Royston cave. Here’s the extract from page 397
“Stukeley hung his perforaed lantern on a swivelling hook. Before it settled its light settled like a pendulum casting shadows that danced about the cave. As the carvings flickered in the unnatural light I wondered about the invisible people from days gone by whose feet had traversed the floor of the cave, whose hands had carved the figures into the stone. What would they make of us?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZhY7fD1d4c&feature=related
Posted in Q79 Have you ever looked into the shadows?, Q80 Have you ever searched for buried treasure?, Haymakers: Watch Wonders, Q60 Have you ever experienced deja vu?, Q34 Have you ever restored something?, Q20 Have your eyes ever deceived you?, Q32 Are you afraid of the dark?, Q12 Is our Earth enchanted? | No Comments »