Quiz of the week
1) What’s the largest fish found in British seas (and the world’s second largest)?
2) Which bishop settled on the Farne Islands, where he kept ducks that are now commonly named after him?
3) Which is the UK’s lowest point, at 9ft below sea level?
4) Which English coastal village is named after a Charles Kingsley book?
5) Who wrote the music for Jerusalem?
Word of the week
Borborygmus (noun) The rumbling of the stomach
100 years ago in October 21, 1922
A NEGLECTED corner of the rockery is [the toad’s] favourite hibernating place. This retreat is hidden, shady, moist—it is a delightful winter headquarters, and here, some time during this month, he goes to sleep. First, however, he makes his
