Who would have thought that the huge hippopotamus simply scared its effective enemies away by articulating 'a'. Still this is the successful strategy of this monstrous mammal. It opens its odorous mouth and emits acid air that certainly scares all its near rivals away. If you indecently ignore this scaring scent and protective perfume, you might be either terribly trampled to death, defensively drowned in a dirty puddle or perfectly

In the happy home of the wealthy Weasleys – the young generation, that is – riotous riots are traditionally taking place particularly about the daily duties. The dealt with differences arise actually from the various ways in which the two were privately brought up. Reigning Ron witnessed the wife as the 

Now that the contestants moved into the charming cottage at the edge of dreary Dartmoor, the time has come for Brian to make his first move. To make things more interesting for all of us, Brian himself does not know what he will have to do and whom he will have to invite for the first group date to get to know some of the ladies a bit better. Violet Vainglory will take you on a trip into the wilds of the moors!
Here we are again, and our magical bachelor will soon get some very interesting owl post. This is the procedure: Brian will receive instructions as to what is to be done, and then has to go to the cottage to fetch the chosen ladies – chosen by us, not him, of course. This first time we wanted to make it easy for him. After that, the group will go on a walk through the hills to talk and watch the scenery, and of course meet the famous Dartmoor ponies. Let’s see how things are going:
Brian has received the note that he will have to invite Pomona Sprout, Dolores Umbridge and Muriel Weasley for the first group date. Still, he also gets the chance to choose one of the remaining ladies for a single date for the next issue. So he might feel better about the choice we forced on him – or not…
“Hello, ladies, I’m here to invite the first lucky three to join me in a ramble across country. Er… Professor Sprout, Mrs Weasley and Madam Umbridge, will you join me?” The ladies seem astonished, and they may well be – none of them would have been chosen by Brian for sure had we not played Cupid. They agree readily enough, fetch their wellies and off they walk across country.
Now, Dartmoor in sunshine is a nice enough place, if you like barren trees, wind-swept heath and broom bushes galore. For those of you who master the art of driving a Muggle car, be aware that the right of way belongs to the animals living in the

(London) Shortly before summer, spring turns its nasty face at us and showers us with rain while the cold winds do their best to push these liquids into our faces, so what can you do? You can go to a museum. But not any museum, why not the British Museum in London. Mike has talked to one of the Trustees of this institution to find out more about its attractions and distractions from the bad weather.
MF: Welcome to our office!
T: Thanks for having me and thanks for letting me talk about our museum.
MF: Personally, we here at newbroom are huge fans of museums, but what is there to see for people who are not regular museum visitors?
T: First of all there is the Greek revival façade. Naturally, it is the first thing you would see. So, if you are interested in architecture or like Greek buildings, ours is the place to go.
MF: Still, that might not make anyone enter your museum.
T: Well, for those I would just like to add that entrance is free.
MF: That is quite nice! So what can we see once we enter?
T: Well, the first item you will see is the olduvai hand-axe, which is a tool from Tanzania. It's a stone that you used very much like a modern axe, but

(Ukraine) The last couple of months have brought about some grave changes in the Ukraine. Many people were killed during protests, a regime was overcome and the people are about to vote for a new president. Unfortunately, though this would have been enough, they are also on the verge of war and as a matter of fact so are we all. Therefore, it is considered a necessity to renew our call for world peace which we had featured a couple of years ago for the occasion of April, 1^st and we have never been this serious!
A well known song brought the tears to our eyes as the words even though they are old expressed our wishes and hopes. What else could it be than the 'Ode to Joy'. Rather than singing it to you now – which would be no joy, at least for you – we

(The Magical World) As you will have probably heard by now, the Ministry is planning to introduce the Linksfahrgebot for flying cars, buses, ships and brooms. Consequently, from today onwards anyone flying in the air has to make sure that he is on the right side which in our case would now be the left side.
You better are not caught on the wrong side of the law as there will be broomed police forces up in the air to make sure that this new law is enforced with all the strength of the executive power. A special focus will be paid on rural areas as the magical air travel usually is the strongest there.
Punishments reach from a warning to the destruction of the broom. Since there is no such thing as a flying licence for a broom, it seems most suitable to destroy the respective vehicle.