Month: February 2012

Don’t Badger Me

For personal reasons Bee has been unable to submit her column this week.  Normal service will resume next week.  In the mean time, so as not to let down our readers in need, Badger has stepped into the breach to address this week’s letter. Dear Bee, With winter weather upon

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The Super Heroes Alliance: Caught Short: Part 1

Caught Short is the new weekly serial to be gracing Newsnibbles.  Do let us know what you think.  If it isn’t popular we will probably cancel it – that’s what all the cool publications do these days.   Scene: Top Secret Headquarters of the Super Heroes Alliance.  Green Man has just returned from

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Film Review: A Monster in Paris

Well, today I went to see a film, so I thought I’d share my thoughts with you.  This seemed to me to be a rather clever take on the story of King Kong.  In a freak accident a flea gets blown up to 7ft tall and terrorises Paris.  As it

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Deer Hart, A Romantic Ram-bull Through China

Well, ridiculous animal puns aside, today is Valentine’s Day and we have this romantic tail of animal attraction that transcends species. You may remember that last year we reported on a Chinese Zoo that rather progressively allowed its gay penguin couple to marry and foster an egg. Well, China is

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Newsvamp’s Attempt at Romance

Well, it turns out that Bee’s Valentine’s Poem competition was a resounding success.  Since it is Valentine’s Day tomorrow she has recommended that I attempt to stick with the romantic theme, so here we go.  Below you will find a quotation from Shakespeare’s* Twelfth Night – we would like you to

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Recipe Two: Orange Juice

Well, regular readers of Newsnibbles may have noticed that recipe corner consisted of one recipe before it petered out into obscurity.  Well it’s back, with a new chef and an exciting new twist on recipes.  We hope that our new Recipe Corner will prove popular with you, the fans.  If you

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Nibblets

A Fishy Archaeological Find Archaeologists in Spain have discovered cave paintings that date back to Neanderthal times, almost 45,500 years old.  Previously the earliest cave paintings were thought to have been done by Homo Sapiens some 10,000 years later.  These latest discoveries that look to be striped fish could change

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What Will Bee Will Bee

Dear Bee, I have a problem that I need advice on. I am a 93 year old man and have been married for 92 of those years. (We did things differently in the old days). For some time now my wife  Gladys has insisted that I dress up as either

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Whales Are People Too…

Or not.  A US Judge has today thrown out a case brought before him by the animal rights group PETA which claimed that the killer whales at Sea World were being held as slaves, which went against the US Constitution.  The Judge ruled that the Constitution only applies to people

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Squeetastic

The response to last week’s Cutest Pet Picture was overwhelming, and so, flush with success Bee has decided that this week we should run a special, Valentine’s poem* competition.  Simply submit your best effort at creating a romantic verse to quiz@newsnibbles.co.uk along with the picture you would like us to publish

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