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Quiz of the week

1) Entomophobia is the fear of which animals?

2) Dorothea Brooke is the heroine of which novel?

3) What does a vexillologist study?

4) The chough is a member of which bird family?

5) Since 1066, which royal dynasty has ruled the longest over England?

Word of the week

Corallidomous (adjective) Inhabiting coral reefs

Cabinet of curiosities by David Profumo

ALTHOUGH she is some 50 years old and has not enjoyed an easy life, Miss Abu is now gatekeeper to my library and a spectacular Muse (she is very soft-spoken, but

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