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Ann’s Story: Chapter Twenty-Two ‘The Interview’

Yellow Magpie’s Saturday Serial continues with Chapter Twenty-Two. You can read chapter one, two and three here. The interview process was gruelling and throughout Ann felt flustered and lacking in experience. She had arrived at Katie Hill’s designer rooms a half hour ahead of time and after giving her name to the receptionist she sat down to

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Odd News Stories: Cranes, Losers and Lego

Entertainment

The Case Of The Craned-off Car In a bizarre incident, a four-wheel drive Jeep Wrangler was stolen using a crane. Northern Indiana, United States, was the scene of an usual crime as a 4×4 was stolen from the car park of a garage dealership using a mobile crane.

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Withnail And I Quotes: A Different Class

Quotes

Withnail: ‘Vegetables again. I’ll be sprouting bloody feelers soon. Must be 20,000 sheep up there on those volcanos, we’ve got a plate full of carrots.’ Marwood: ‘There’s black puddings in it.’ Withnail: ‘Black puddings are no good to us. I want something’s flesh.’

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Odd News Stories: The Pub Bull, Stolen Bridge And Pee Bag

Fun Stuff

The Bull-dozed Pub Locals in a pub in Ireland were rudely interrupted by a rampaging bull. The bull put holes in the walls, destroyed a pool table and scattered bar stools in Porter House Tavern, Kingscourt, County Cavan. Despite the bull charging several of the patrons no one was hurt.

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Withnail And I Film Review: The Tragicomic Masterpiece

Film Review

Director: Bruce Robinson. Cast: Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann and Richard Griffiths. For a movie to register near the top of many people’s list of favourite films it has to have justifiably received its fair share of plaudits. The 1987 film Withnail and I definitely falls into this category.

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The Whales: Kings Of The Cetaceans

Animals

They are the largest creatures to ever live on Earth. The biggest, weighs in excess of 180 tonnes, twice as heavy as the largest dinosaur. Perhaps what is most amazing is that these enormous creatures are still with us, still roaming the seas. But there is much more to whales than just their size. And

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Rhea: Saturn’s Mysterious Ringed Moon

Science and Technology

A moon that raises more questions than anything else, Rhea is a world that does not give up its mysteries easily. Does it have a rocky core? Does it have a ring system? Is there a liquid ocean underneath its icy crust? The se are all questions that scientists desperately want to answer.

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