Month: August 2011

Downward Facing Dog?

Is your dog stressed?  Perhaps the pressures of daily walks, chasing one’s own behind is causing them sleepless nights?  Fear not, the solution is at hand.  What your dog needs is a jolly good session of Dog Yoga. Doga (no, we did not make that up) is the latest craze

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Graham’s Movie Quiz

Well this week Graham has come up with a fantastic movie trivia quiz to get synapses spinning.  The usual rules apply, email your answer, with a photograph of yourself, or a photograph you wish to showcase, and have permission to use, to quiz@newsnibbles.co.uk.  Please do not send any obscene photographs,

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Bovine Freedom Fighter Still at Large!

A German cow destined for the slaughter house got wind of her ill fate and has been on the run since May. Yvonne the cow was doomed to be dog food when she made a break for it in late May.   Since then she has been hunted but to no

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Graham’s Art Quiz

Once again we had no winners to last week’s puzzle.  Graham thinks it may be because his puzzles just aren’t highbrow enough for our readers, so with that in mind he has created this week’s puzzle specifically with classic art lovers in mind.  What may appear, at first glance to

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THE BLACK KNIGHT’S CONCUBINE: Part 2

The long-anticipated – and by Ava long-dreaded – day arrived; Karel Tate came to the village.  Children out minding the sheep saw him first and came running into town with the news.  The whole populace was out to watch by the time the great knight on his great horse appeared,

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Snake’s Alive!

We’ve all heard of people using an old stocking to replace their fanbelt in an emergency, but a snake? Mechanics at a garage in Oxford had more than they bargained for this month when they lifted the bonnet of a car to discover a seven foot boa constrictor lurking within.

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Graham’s James Bond Quiz.

Despite having no correct entries to last week’s quiz Graham refuses to lower the difficulty level of his quizzes.  He likes to really challenge readers and give them something to think about.  With that in mind he has developed this extremely tough James Bond Quiz.  You can email your answers,

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THE BLACK KNIGHT’S CONCUBINE PART I

Ava had lived her entire life in fear. Her mother had been a Silvan soldier, killed in the wars, and so Little Ava had learned early what death was, and to fear it.  She had learned to fear her grandmother too; the ancient Silvan Diva had taught Little Ava what

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A More Humane Deterrent?

In wildlife news this week a swannery in Dorset has come up with a unique way of deterring predatory foxes from attacking their swans. According to The Independent a local farmer put the staff at Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset onto a novel, non-violent fox deterrent.  Apparently foxes have a particular

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Recipe One: Bread and Butter

Recipe corner is a new edition to Newsnibbles.  Graham has found us a top Chef: Jean Claude Maître de la Cuisine who will be providing us with weekly recipes.  

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