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It seems to me that the nomadic past holds a similar place in Kazakh culture as cowboys and frontiersmen do in the American West. Not only does nomadism share the romantic features of freedom, bravery, exploration and nature – nomads in Kazakhstan have the additional attraction of being once a major world power. it is [ ]
Our Home I don’t have many activities to update on this time, because most of my time has been spent doing DIY in our new flat and babysitting various builders. Aiko owns her flat, albeit at the time of moving in she had no real furniture in it and only the wallpapering was completed, but [ ]
In case anyone reading this doesn’t know, at the start of 2026 I quit my job in order to move to Uralsk in Kazakhstan with my partner Aiko – who I met whilst she was studying in the UK on a scholarship. I am registered for a remote masters degree in Data Science, but [ ]
I have just finished a spree of reading early English novels (let’s say, Pre-WWI as a cutoff) and thought it’d be nice to share my thoughts on everything I’ve read. I think my motivation for doing this was that I’ve always instinctively neglected these novels because their premises always seemed so dry and removed from [ ]
On April 6th 2024, me and a couple of friends (Tom and Ionie) moved from Birmingham to the Lake District, in an effort to put the mountains directly on our doorsteps. The plan was to boulder, climb, hike, scramble and any other outdoor activity we could think of, all while working our IT jobs remotely. [ ]
Suppose I approached you and offered you a one time deal of either £1 million guaranteed or a fair, 50/50 chance at £3 million: which deal would you take? When a similar question was posed in one of my maths class, I was surprised to see a majority of my classmates opt for the £3 [ ]
What would happen to house prices tomorrow if the government announced that, in order to help people afford a home, they would contribute a flat £10,000 towards the purchase of any house? The answer is that prices would rise by £10,000. Why? Because the actual exchange between buyer and seller has not been changed – [ ]