Peter Jenkinson

Toyologist Pete Jenkinson regularly writes about toys in national newspapers like The Sun and The Mail. This super-dad has an unmatched passion and dedication for trying and testing the latest, coolest and most interesting offerings from the world of toys.

Bitcoin Blackpool

A gang of bitcoin fraudsters made so much money from an online scam they bought new cars for strangers in pubs and handed out £5,000 gift vouchers in the street. They included James Parker, from Blackpool who began orchestrating the scam in 2017 after discovering a glitch which allowing him …

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Golden Globes – Indiana Winner

Blast from the past as the boy actor who played Short Round in the 80’s Temple of Doom bagged a Golden Globe after giving up acting for over two decades. Ke Huy Quan was named best supporting actor for his role in Everything Everywhere All At Once, after writers sought …

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Harry and his Beard – A facial hair tale

This weeks revelations about the oh-so secretive and media shy royal this week revealed “Beardgate” – A passage in hsi book SPARE talked about requests he made ahead of his wedding to Meghan Markle where he outlined this issue in the following passage: ‘I now dared to make another ask …

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3,2,1 – Cornwall, we have lift-off.

Tonight, from Spaceport Cornwall (a part of Newquay airport) Virgin will launch the country’s first horizontal rocket, a modified Boeing 747 called Cosmic Girl, into space from Newquay well after nightfall this evening. The modified Boeing called Cosmic Girl will take off with the LauncherOne rocket beneath its wing, fly up …

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F.A. Cup – Round three kicks off today

After all the World Cup hype and plenty of football to watch free-to-air it is time to concentrate back on the world renowned F.A. Cup where (much in the guise of what Morocco achieved) there can be some upsets. There are 22 games today, Coventry are off to Hollywood Wrexham …

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Vegas Baby – CES tech show didn’t disappoint.

Plenty of new TV sets, Honda announcing they’re teaming up with Sony for their foray into the EV market, BMW showed off a concept car, beauty brands brought us self-applying make-up products and we saw a connected bird-house – CES in Vegas is massive, in terms of size and fun. …

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All day rave anyone? Back to the 80’s all day on Radio 6

Celebrate 80’s culture and take a trip down memory land on your Sinclair C5, Mongoose BMX or Kettcar Go-Kart. Here’s some reminders of toys you’ll remember as absolute 80’s icons: I mean where to start, so much toy goodness from this decade, a few absentees from the collage above. Namely …

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Zoo, Zoo, Zoo – How about you, you you?

It is the annual review of the inhabitants of London Zoo today, over 300 species being ticked of by the c lipbord weilding ZSL workers, a few new arrivals at the Regents Park depot this past 12 months too including Plenty of new additions arrived in 2022 including a critically …

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And adiue to you, 2022

An interesting one it has been, 12 months of average innovation, some highlights, not many. More licensed stuff this year as the big screen gained more momentum, economies shrinking testing the resolve of almost everyone, bigger gift buying, more considered purchases and people grabbing playthings that bring people together – …

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Re-create a Masterpiece – Wave hello to the latest LEGO set

Easily one of the most recognisable and influential Japanese artworks of all time continues to make creative waves around the world: Hokusai – The Great Wave. The LEGO Group is paying tribute to this global masterpiece and its almost two-century long history by re-imagining the iconic masterpiece in LEGO Art …

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