Who wants their own memory palace?

If you fancy your very own memory palace, just like Sherlock, then don't despair we all have it within ourselves to build one.
By chance on Sunday I picked up a supplement from this week's Guardian all about memory.  It began with some simple tests to assess my memory (simple in format, not simple to do) and then gave a whole raft of techniques to learn for ways to improve it.
It was fascinating and believe it or not I found myself able to memorise all 40 of the Bard's plays in order of publication.  And I did it in little over an hour.  I even managed to learn a smattering of Estonian vocabulary.  Of course that in itself doesn't have a great deal of use outside the pub quiz fraternity but the skills are so easily translatable into daily life - especially that challenge we all face of being introduced to a number of people all at once and then promptly forgetting their names.
Take a look and you'll see just how simple the techniques are at http://bit.ly/wzmEot  And of course I'm happy to demo my Shakespeare trick to prove it - amazingly 3 days later I still can recall it!
(picture courtesy The Guardian)