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TudoRama

TudoRama explores the nature and practice of creativity in the arts, sciences, politics and above all in everyday life. Tudor Rickards is Emeritus Professor of Creativity and Organizational Change at the University of Manchester. Tudor studied chemistry and radiation chemistry at The University of Wales at Cardiff. Following post-doctoral research at New York Medical College, he returned to the UK to work in technical management before joining Manchester Business School. He has published numerous

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6:36

Requiem for a dream: Spain 2 England 1

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2024/07/15

Send us a Text Message.Requiem for a dream. Spain 2 England 1Social media capture the thoughts and emotions of a nation@WhitlallClive(Who describes himself as‘once a Tory voter. Never going back there, but not yet quite convinced with labour. Seller of old things. Vegan. Wolves fan. Married to a Welsh dragon.)A tough night for #England fans but what a day to be Spanish! David Baddiel Spain were much better and this is a really good, perhaps great, Spanish side. But the truth is that...

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1:43

Can brainy birds play chess? How early should you...

TudoRama ·

2024/07/14

Send us a Text Message.Could brainy birds play chess? How early should you start playing chess with your children?Sunday 14 July 2024This morning, I listened to a BBC science programme about the research of Professor Nicky Clayton, who studies cognitive processes in crows, and in other birds showing exceptional problem solving skills. These creatures also have better development than other birds, in the regions of the brain associated with problem solving.One assessment is that crows, fo...

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5:25

Wit and Wisdom, Mid July 2024

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2024/07/10

Send us a Text Message.@TollytBI've just been chatting to my neighbour, and he thinks his wife is a kleptomaniac."She should take something for it."@deelomasMy husband just called to say he saw a fox on his way to work. I asked him how he knew the fox was on his way to work. He hung up on me…Visual wit from @RookieRedheadFirst cartoonBuddha surrounded by acolytesAcolytes: what makes us human?Second cartoonBuddha to acolytes Selecting all images with traffic lights.... Stay up-t...

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17:47

The General Election of 2024 as seen by the twitterati.

TudoRama ·

2024/07/05

Send us a Text Message.Wednesday 3 July 2024Tomorrow it will be all over, after six weeks of campaigning leaving the general public weary of political promises and cockups. With a burst of relief I begin to record how it all ends, drawing on the wit and wisdom provided by the twitterati, and with a little help from the so called MSN. @WhoTargetsMeWhen labour campaign director Morgan McSweeney concluded that the polling day would come on July 4, some 24 hours before Sunak’s sho...

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6:15

Wit and Wisdom. Early July, 2024

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2024/07/03

Send us a Text Message.Wit and Wisdom Early JulyUnsurprisingly, this wit and wisdom edition has a political flavour during the run-up to the British general election on July 4. A special general election edition is planned for that date.@henrywinterAbbreviated from a long and heart-cry of anguish by a football journalist over England’s last qualifying match at the Euros. The heat was on here, and not simply because the temperature nudged 30C. The scrutiny was intense. England passed and ...

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1:48

The twelve-move forced mate for White in chess

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2024/07/01

Send us a Text Message.A non chess-playing friend of mine often asks me is there a special move that gives white an advantage in chess. I was reminded of this question when it appeared on the Quora website.Here's how it was answered.... Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to sign up! Follow Tudor on Twitter @Tudortweet Follow Tudor's blogs: everydaycreativity.uk leaderswed...

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7:18

England v Slovakia. Chess, Politics and Football come...

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2024/06/30

Send us a Text Message.England v Slovakia. Chess, Politics and Football come together.Sunday 30 June5pm kickoff soon.At last, we are spared football punditry chatter for the duration of a real football match.Maybe the last for England in this tournament. One last commentator commentIt’s go big or go home.Time for the first factHarry Kane has scored in 13 football stadiums but not this one.Didn’t mention if he had played in this one.First blunder. Yellow card for an England defender...

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3:56

Biden Trump debate. First reactions: A disaster for...

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2024/06/28

Send us a Text Message.Friday 28 June, 2024The debate was scheduled for 2am British Summer Time. Wisely or not, I started listening , then dragged myself out of bed to watch the debate.It was slightly surreal viewing. The two protagonists stood behind space-age podiums (podia?). Behind them, a vast vacant area reminding me of a gigantic lecture theatre.Two interrogators sometimes visible pose carefully crafted questions. I watch with increasing dismay as a car-crash scene unfold. I leave...

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7:35

General Election Diary, Weeks 3-4, June 2024

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2024/06/26

Send us a Text Message.General Election Diary, Weeks 3-4, June 2024Week 3Thursday 13 JuneThe Labour manifesto concentrates on wealth creation. A plan to replace the Lords seems to have been watered down. Yet another seven a side debate, but without two major figures Sunak and Starmer. Penny Mordaunt and Angela Rayner resume hostilities. Rather unenlightening. Stephen Flynn, for the SNP, Daisy Cooper, Lib Dems, Rhun ap Iorwerth - Plaid Cymruand Carla Denya, the Green Party show glim...

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4:05

Royal welcome of Japan’s Emperor and Empress by the...

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2024/06/25

Send us a Text Message.Royal welcome of Japan’s Emperor and Empress by the King. Nobody does it better.25 June 2024. Horse Guards Parade, LondonEmperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan have been greeted at Buckingham Palace by King Charles III, Queen Camilla and the Prince of Wales. The three day visit with all expected pageantry and state banquet has had to be slightly tweeked because of the unpredicted election inconveniently arranged.The BBC is across the event, and has it...

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2:52

Draper beats Alcaraz playing a perfect chess move on...

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2024/06/21

Send us a Text Message.Draper beats Alcaraz playing a perfect chess move on the tennis courtThursday, the 20th of June 2024.The tournament at Queens club played on grass is the prelude to the Wimbledon Championships every year. Carlos Alcaraz, Wimbledon champion last year, is seeded number one this year at Queens.He played the newly ranked British number one Jack Draper ina match he was expected to win. Draper continued his recent good form and won a sensational victory in two sets.At one poi...

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8:05

The curious case of the man who read seventy...

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2024/06/19

Send us a Text Message.This could have been another detective story. But the plot darkens as Murray Clark, a university professor, then switches with five stories left which would have completed his self-imposed task of reading all of the books about Maigret written by George Simenon. For mysterious reasons he switches his attention to reading the complete works of Jane Austin.I set off the discover the explanation to this puzzle and am confronted with a tale which like all good detectiv...

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5:30

Wit and Wisdom. Late June, 2023

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2024/06/18

Send us a Text Message.Wit and Wisdom. Late June, 2023@vardiHow to write good. One avoid alliteration alwaysTwo prepositions are not words to end sentences withThree avoid cliche like the plague they are old hat.Four comparisons are as bad as cliches.Five be more or less specific.Six writers should never generaliseSeven don’t be redundant; don’t use more words than necessary; it’s highly superfluous.Eight who needs rhetorical questions? Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts,...

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4:49

Sad story. The tale of the lonely Professor

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2024/06/17

Send us a Text Message.Sad story. The tale of the lonely Professor.My good friend Mike the Gardener classifies people into clever stupid and stupid clever. He classifies me as clever stupid which an extended education has done little to change. Mike believes (correctly) he has a far greater grasp of how the experienced world operates. I think he’s using the terms in a far from stupid way to avoid giving offence.Here’s an example of clever stupid in Mike’s terms. I have changed names and disgu...

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Marianna Spring, BBC’s secret weapon against fake news

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2024/06/14

Marianna Spring, BBC’s secret weapon against fake news. Early in the GE Campaign I listened with great interest to an Interview by the BBC with Marianna Spring about her project evaluating fake news about the general election. Her work Is an exemplary effort which could have come from a university study into information technology and artificial intelligence. Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everyda...

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5:44

Wit and wisdom, Mid June 2024

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2024/06/12

Politics dominated the social media. I had to search for non-political posts and eventually created a new podcast dedicated to them. The first few here are from the broadcast encounter between party leaders early in the campaign. Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to sign up! Follow Tudor on Twitter @Tudortweet Follow Tudor's blogs: everydaycreativity.uk leaderswedeserve....

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3:57

What sort of chess game suits you?

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2024/06/10

What sort of chess game suits you?Recently I found myself watching and playing with our club members the during club nights. For quite a different purpose I am also looking back at some studies I made of members of business workgroups.Eventually the two interests came together. I think it worth thinking about your playing style, in terms which were described as your cognitive thinking style, by the psychologist Michael Kirton.His work became well known, as did his method of measuring style us...

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7:24

My life changed after receiving one email. I have...

TudoRama ·

2024/06/10

My life changed after receiving one email. I have become a sweat-free zone.I have been receiving regular messages from the company for several years. At first I assumed they had been added to a mailing list by a friend who was trying to tell me something… I realise now that the company is on a mission that will eliminate the major curse of social embarrassment, undesirable body odours. The company is Ijis. I’m not sure even if I am pronouncing it wrongly. Ijis hope not. Stay up-to-d...

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4:13

Sinner v Alcaraz. A great tennis match

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2024/06/08

Sinner v Alcaraz. A great tennis match The French Open semi-final, 20247 JuneA thrilling match took place between two of the brightest young male tennis stars. The Italian Jannick Sinner and the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz arrived at the semifinal of the French Open as No 2 and 3 seeds respectively. Their paths to the semi-final road had been made easier by the retirement from injury of Djokovic earlier in the tournament. It also meant that the pundits were describing this match as effe...

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10:07

General Election 2024. An audio-diary, weeks1-2

TudoRama ·

2024/06/07

This audio-diary has been compiled throughout the UK general election called for the 5th July 2024. It is completed unedited. Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com to sign up! Follow Tudor on Twitter @Tudortweet Follow Tudor's blogs: everydaycreativity.uk leaderswedeserve.wordpress.com

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