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src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/asset/file/72d92ac4-fa66-4d3e-8828-059eea155634/tanparsons_an_arrogant_auburn_haired_man_stands_with_his_arm_ar_96075f58-ab72-4ed6-9ca5-0f7d63de3ac3_ins.jpg?t=1746171525" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">2 May 2025</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Mansa Musa's Marvellous Golden Flying Machine</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">Ryan travels back in time to the Mali Empire to meet the richest man who ever lived </p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/gallic-battle-magic"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/asset/file/cecc8bdf-aeb0-44cc-996d-832062d5653e/tanparsons_An_obese_celtic_warrior_with_ginger_hair_wearing_blu_9cef9922-efa6-4b84-9c4f-293bb90d03cc.png?t=1745665061" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">26 April 2025</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Gallic 'battle magic'</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">Inspired by the adventures of Asterix, PastMaster cooks up a heady brew to get the indomitable Gauls pumped for action</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/bath-tub-time-machine"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/asset/file/4ea98656-b3e0-48a4-9ca3-b796ad6a33c5/tanparsons_two_men_wearing_deer-stalker_hats_share_a_very_long__bc8957a2-be29-4db9-adfe-4cafab11aa90.png?t=1744880263" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">18 April 2025</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Bath tub time machine </h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">Comedian Matthew Crosby is hoping to save Victorian London from a deranged criminal</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/beware-of-greeks-bearing-chocolate-fountains"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/asset/file/042d2d4d-e21c-40e6-9692-3408c34b7507/tanparsons_a_man_with_a_beard_tries_to_sell_a_gargantuan_chocol_d130b922-0854-4e87-8b4e-68719372d50e_ins.jpg?t=1744383423" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">11 April 2025</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Beware of Greeks bearing chocolate fountains</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">PastMaster heads for Troy and attempts to come up with a better idea than the Trojan Horse</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/henry-viii-incoming"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/asset/file/0f0ac4e7-61d8-4dbc-a633-aaec61ff92a9/tanparsons_Henry_VIII_breaks_a_time_machine_because_his_big_bod_72627cae-78be-4fb4-a4bc-8e8d881da901_ins.jpg?t=1743687395" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">4 April 2025</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Henry VIII incoming</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">After a slight delay due to the late monarch's legendary stubbornness, S4E9 is out on Monday</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/we-need-to-talk-about-henry"><img 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2025</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Tesla vs Edison</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">It's Keon vs Tan and ChatGPT vs Claude in our highly charged battle of the bots </p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/weekend-at-byron-s"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/publication/thumbnail/3e8d5bf2-3b2d-4eb5-a13b-1f633dc229b2/landscape_PM_collage.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">28 February 2025</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Weekend at Byron's</h2><p 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class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/one-small-misstep-for-man"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/publication/thumbnail/3e8d5bf2-3b2d-4eb5-a13b-1f633dc229b2/landscape_PM_collage.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">14 February 2025</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">One small misstep for man...</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">Chris Dillon attempts to take the place of Buzz Aldrin and walk on the moon</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/what-the-actual-zuck"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/publication/thumbnail/3e8d5bf2-3b2d-4eb5-a13b-1f633dc229b2/landscape_PM_collage.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">7 February 2025</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">What the actual Zuck?</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">Writer Chris Dillon tries to destroy social media by stealing Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook plans</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/pastmaster-is-back-for-season-4"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/publication/thumbnail/3e8d5bf2-3b2d-4eb5-a13b-1f633dc229b2/landscape_PM_collage.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">31 January 2025</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">PastMaster is back for Season 4!</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">Comedian Micky Overman has her finger on the trigger in episode one, out on Monday</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/ho-ho-ho-merry-christmas"><img 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Merry Christmas!</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">S3E15: The Ghost of Christmas PastMaster</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/plato-s-wrestlemania"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/publication/thumbnail/3e8d5bf2-3b2d-4eb5-a13b-1f633dc229b2/landscape_PM_collage.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">27 September 2024</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Platoâs Wrestlemania</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">S3E12: In search of Atlantis</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/pastmaster-goes-live"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/asset/file/e715e960-94a8-4c64-9d3f-b2d3c3de4a7a/cheerfulearful.jpg?t=1
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Tickets on sale now</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/robin-hood-vs-claude"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/publication/thumbnail/3e8d5bf2-3b2d-4eb5-a13b-1f633dc229b2/landscape_PM_collage.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">7 July 2024</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Robin Hood vs Claude</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">s3E10: Heidi Regan joins the Merry Men</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] 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src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/publication/thumbnail/3e8d5bf2-3b2d-4eb5-a13b-1f633dc229b2/landscape_PM_collage.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">28 June 2024</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Samurai Claude</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">s3E9: Player vs GameMaster</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/area-51"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/publication/thumbnail/3e8d5bf2-3b2d-4eb5-a13b-1f633dc229b2/landscape_PM_collage.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">21 June 2024</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Area 51</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">S3E8: The truth is out there... isn't it?</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/meeting-pablo-escobar"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/publication/thumbnail/3e8d5bf2-3b2d-4eb5-a13b-1f633dc229b2/landscape_PM_collage.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">16 June 2024</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Meeting Pablo Escobar</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">S3E7: Cakes, hippos and gift bags</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/pure-gold"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/publication/thumbnail/3e8d5bf2-3b2d-4eb5-a13b-1f633dc229b2/landscape_PM_collage.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">9 June 2024</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Pure gold</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">S3E6: Clever Claude's occult alchemy</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/s3e5-best-drama-period"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/publication/thumbnail/3e8d5bf2-3b2d-4eb5-a13b-1f633dc229b2/landscape_PM_collage.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">31 May 2024</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">The best drama. Period.</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">S3E5: Pheasants and Phlatulence</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/sunils-roman-rampage"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/publication/thumbnail/3e8d5bf2-3b2d-4eb5-a13b-1f633dc229b2/landscape_PM_collage.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">24 May 2024</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Sunil's Roman Rampage</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">S3E4: Patel's wagon of death</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/murder-mystery"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/publication/thumbnail/3e8d5bf2-3b2d-4eb5-a13b-1f633dc229b2/landscape_PM_collage.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">17 May 2024</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Murder mystery</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">S3E3: Move over, Hercule Poirot</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/saving-walt-disney"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/publication/thumbnail/3e8d5bf2-3b2d-4eb5-a13b-1f633dc229b2/landscape_PM_collage.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">10 May 2024</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Saving Walt Disney</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">S3E2: Stop Walt from smoking! Out on Monday 13 May</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/word-claude"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/asset/file/a9a3d9e7-278c-4a18-9c04-df72e318159a/Screenshot_2024-05-08_at_11.02.11.png?t=1715162638" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">8 May 2024</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">A word about Claude</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">Mad, bad and completely freakin' deranged</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/mary-celeste"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/asset/file/325cd455-7f80-4084-9287-1e8e30fc3088/Screenshot_2024-01-31_at_09.32.03.png?t=1706865636" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">2 February 2024</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">The Mary Celeste</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">S2E12: Mystery solved</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/deep-arnold"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/asset/file/fa4d86a3-aad4-4029-b834-f47744b8e784/Arnie_Frodo.png?t=1706864897" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">2 February 2024</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Deep Arnold</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">A reimagining of The Lord of the Rings starring Arnold Schwarzenegger</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/dinner-party-disaster"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/publication/thumbnail/3e8d5bf2-3b2d-4eb5-a13b-1f633dc229b2/landscape_PM_collage.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">26 January 2024</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Dinner party disaster</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">S2E11: Stalin, Gandhi and Liz Truss walk into a barâ¦</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/patrick-bateman-tinder"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/asset/file/65d77db5-8328-4f52-a2bb-0676b6efdea0/tanparsons_Patrick_Bateman_uses_Tinder_to_flirt_with_a_woman_2e854bcf-72e5-4635-8302-1adb0d5bf83e.png?t=1706186134" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">25 January 2024</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Patrick Bateman on Tinder</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">Internet man used AI to get 500 girls' numbers</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/man-vs-machine"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/publication/thumbnail/3e8d5bf2-3b2d-4eb5-a13b-1f633dc229b2/landscape_PM_collage.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">19 January 2024</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Man vs machine</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">S2E10: Gambling and drinking in Jacobean London</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/rebuild-civilisation"><img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1549740425-5e9ed4d8cd34?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3w0ODM4NTF8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw1fHxIb3QlMjBhaXIlMjBiYWxsb29ufGVufDB8fHx8MTcwNTU4MDY3N3ww&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=1080&utm_source=beehiiv&utm_medium=referral" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">18 January 2024</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Could you rebuild civilisation?</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">I'd start with a bit of old soap</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/hard-mode"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/publication/thumbnail/3e8d5bf2-3b2d-4eb5-a13b-1f633dc229b2/landscape_PM_collage.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">5 January 2024</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Hard Mode</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">S2E9: God, King George and England!</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/pastmaster-final-frontier"><img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1517478327452-d0c4379fadc2?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3w0ODM4NTF8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxfHx0aW1lJTIwdHJhdmVsfGVufDB8fHx8MTcwNDM4MDc3MHww&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=1080&utm_source=beehiiv&utm_medium=referral" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">4 January 2024</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">PastMaster: the final frontier</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">Where next for the PastMaster crew?</p></di
25v></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/operation-rescue-jesus"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/publication/thumbnail/3e8d5bf2-3b2d-4eb5-a13b-1f633dc229b2/landscape_PM_collage.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">15 December 2023</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Operation: Rescue Jesus</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">S2E8: A two player race to save the saviour</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/ai-will-eat"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/asset/file/ec8dc7ca-28b3-4371-974f-5a3d96e34053/WhatsApp_Image_2023-12-15_at_11.12.40.jpeg?t=1702641071" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">15 December 2023</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">AI will eat itself</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">Reverting to the average will minimise diversity</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/futuremaster"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/asset/file/6b31af88-fe07-484f-8ca6-4f6230fb2a44/WhatsApp_Image_2023-12-06_at_09.59.14.jpeg?t=1701880197" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">8 December 2023</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">FutureMaster</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">S2E7: We've been to the year 3000</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/ai-art-getting-better-bigger"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/asset/file/0695c393-211f-42dc-8b76-b7d855f4aadf/WhatsApp_Image_2023-12-06_at_15.49.11.jpeg?t=1701878378" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">6 December 2023</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">AI art getting better and bigger</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">What if we take it to the extreme?</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/berlin-conference-1884"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/publication/thumbnail/3e8d5bf2-3b2d-4eb5-a13b-1f633dc229b2/landscape_PM_collage.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">1 December 2023</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">The Berlin Conference 1884</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">S2E6: Can we stop the colonisation of Africa?</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/continent"><img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1626695436755-3e288720849c?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3w0ODM4NTF8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwyfHxBZnJpY2ElMjBtYXB8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzAxMzQwMjA3fDA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=1080&utm_source=beehiiv&utm_medium=referral" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">30 November 2023</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">It's a Continent</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">African history - a blank sheet in my education</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/stonehenge-origins"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/publication/thumbnail/3e8d5bf2-3b2d-4eb5-a13b-1f633dc229b2/landscape_PM_collage.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" class="block w-full aspect-[16/9] object-cover border-b-2 border-foreground"><div class="p-5 flex flex-col gap-2 flex-1"><span class="text-xs font-semibold text-primary">24 November 2023</span><h2 class="font-display text-2xl leading-tight group-hover:text-primary transition-colors">Stonehenge origins</h2><p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground line-clamp-3">S2 E5: Who exactly put them stones there?</p></div></a><a class="group border-2 border-foreground bg-white shadow-[4px_4px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:shadow-[6px_6px_0_hsl(var(--foreground)/0.25)] hover:-translate-y-0.5 transition-all flex flex-col" href="/blog/making-pastmaster-harder"><img 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