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Quiz of the week

1) In C.S. Lewis’s ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’, what animal is the swashbuckling Reepicheep?

2) The second act of The Nutcracker is set mostly in which land?

3) Which is the UK’s most common bat species?

4) In which county is Devil’s Dyke, Britain’s deepest and widest dry valley?

5) Which is Britain’s oldest named cheese?

Word of the week

Triskaidekaphobia (noun) Fear of the number 13

Paws for thought

Dog trainer Ben Randall offers his advice

Are you sitting comfortably?

Q I’ve been trying to teach my 18-month-old labradoodle to sit, but he doesn’t always do it when asked and sometimes ignores me altogether. What can I do?

K.D., Herefordshire

A It doesn’t need to be complicated. Here’s how to

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