Quiz of the week
1) The fox features in the emblem of which English county?
2) Edward I and Richard II had the same number of wives. How many?
3) What plant is known as Old Man’s Beard?
4) What’s the title of Ludwig van Beethoven’s only opera?
5) Who was the first author to be buried in Westminster Abbey’s Poets’ Corner?
Word of the week
Procellous (adjective) Stormy
Cabinet of curiosities by David Profumo
I HAVE been collecting stuff since my school days and am now in possession of a house full of assorted artefacts—to the chagrin of Mrs. P. As an obsessive shopper, I am intrigued by
