Featured Entries
New in the Edited Guide: 'Love Actually' - the Film
This film has become as much a part of Christmas in the UK as the Queen's Speech, turkey or presents under the tree. What is its secret?
Author: summerbayexile
New in the Edited Guide: The Unending Appetite of the Canopener Bridge: A Trucker Tale
Question: When is a Railway Bridge Like a Canopener? Answer: When it's low enough to remove the lids of box trucks.
Author: Dmitri Gheorgheni
Topical: Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace, mathematician, computer scientist and daughter of Byron, was born on 10 December, 1815.
Welcome to Create
We've all been disappointed from time to time. We've all expected something to be better than it actually was, whether it was believing that your burger would be as good as the picture on the menu board, or perhaps saving up for a vacation only to find the hotel was dreadful!
This month we invite you to share your experiences of great expectations and/or massive let-downs.
December 2019 Create Challenge: Great Expectations and Massive Let-Downs
Newest Edited Entries
- 'Love Actually' - the Film9th December 2019
- The Unending Appetite of the Canopener Bridge: A Trucker Tale9th December 2019
- 'The Elf on the Shelf' - the Marketing Phenomenon2nd December 2019
- 'Only Connect' - the Television Quiz Show2nd December 2019
- UK Christmas Singles of the 1970s6th December 2019
- Favourite Festive Films25th November 2019
- Stand By Me: The Journey Started with Some Sheet Music25th November 2019
- The Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport, Hampshire, UK18th November 2019
- The Trial of Anne Royall: Courageous Journalist or 'Common Scold'?18th November 2019
- Caroline Herschel - Astronomer11th November 2019
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- A87906388 - 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' - the Film Yesterday
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What's the weather like where you are? Hot, cold, wet, turbulent? What are you doing? We're not just asking. We really want to know. We want pics! We also want stories. And jokes. Videos. Whatever you've got. You see, we're really, really interested in your take on your corner of Planet Earth. We don't want your data: we want your observations. With that in mind, here's what we've found this week.

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