Once upon a time there were two struggling slaves slaving away for a mightily mysterious magazine. Their daily days were fearlessly filled with the most tedious tasks like languidly licking letter stamps or rapidly rescuing the upcoming edition. The two demons for work literally led a laborious life. The one drowsy

day when the grey clouds heavily hung so low you dared touching them, a rather small ray of sunshine worked its way through the thick thicket and gently tickled the girls. This pure magic put a smile on their fair faces and helped them to slave on. And they lived happily ever after. (MF)

(Europe) In this year's Eurovision Song Contest, the music was just not the most important item. Pivotal politics played a major role, too.
The Eurovision Song Contest always shows a varied varsity of musicians from all over Europe. There are always some funny people, some serious singers, some downright loony ones. Since the Eastern European states usually vote for each other, it is pretty clear that one or two of their contestants come to the forefront.
This year's victorious winner, Conchita Wurst from Austria, is

an entirely different phenomenon. She is a brilliant singer, no doubts about that - she is also a man masquerading as a woman and sporting a dark full beard. And this is where politics pressed in: Eastern Europe has a major problem about homophobia. So they were really angry about the winner. Yet Austrians themselves are not entirely elated, so Miss Wurst is faced with a lot of unnecessary hassle.
We from newbroom, however, congratulate her and wish her all the best!
(BC)

(Europe) The past election for the European Parliament has seen a strong movement towards the right in many countries. We would like to use this opportunity to call to all the nationalists in the world the following cry: Nationalists of all countries, unite!
Being a nationalist in times of growing globalisation is a great thing. It is like putting blinkers on a horse. Anything you can't see won't scare you and you just follow the Führer, oops, sorry, leader. There is danger lurking behind every corner and what strategy would be better than to ignore it?!
Furthermore, it is of literally vital importance to protect your own people. Just imagine they would mix with other people! No, you want to stay the same you are right now! After all, you are superior ~ as are in fact all the nationalists.
However, you naturally, list different reasons. There are jobs that are given to foreigners! How could that happen when all the world knows that you are so keen on doing the dirty work yourself, oh, no, hang on, you are over-qualified for these jobs, and, of course, you are referring to the better paid jobs like

those of specialists which you can't do because you are under-qualified for them.
Economy is another important trophy in this game. Well, what a pity that economy and politics are only loosely connected and while the first can influence the latter, the latter has hardly any effect on the first.
Some people just come to exploit the social system! Yeah, let them starve and live with the sight of it. Honestly, there are more people of your nation who exploit your social welfare system, than people of another nation who do so.
You might by now have guessed that this article is full of irony. This is because we just can't bring ourselves to support such old-fascist ~ sorry -fashioned ~ believes as these. We are one ~ if yo like it or not ~ and we have to work as one if we want to save this planet and anything living on it.
Alas, our cry for all nationalists to unite will not prove fertile. That's the one (and only) good thing about nationalism: it is limited to quite a small space ~ and we are not referring to the brain here. (MF)

(Dartmoor) In our neat little cottage ind reary Dartmoor, emotions are running very high. Brian Cullen has vanished from the earth, as it seems to the ladies forced to stay inside most of the time due to torrential rains.
While the rain is pouring down outside and the wild Dartmoor ponies are looking for shelter, our leftover ladies are trying to find out what is going on now. Since Brian's disastrous date with Penelope Clearwater, after which she left, no lady has seen hide nor hair of him.
The situation is not funny, of course, since the ladies are of such difficult characters, especially in view of the challenge of catching the magical bachelor. "I don't think he'll come back. He is a coward," snears Dolores umbridge. This, needless to say, makes Pomona Sprout bristle: "He is not a coward. Otherwise he wouldn't have set up that rather extensive network of resistance during the dark times!" "Tuh. As if that was courageous," says umbridge. "Yes, it was. Working for the

Ministry and knowing they do wrong was much more courageous in your eyes, I gather." "Mrs Sprout, Ms umbridge, don't bicker," says Evangeline Evergreen. "No, don't stop them, you ninnyhammer, it was just getting amusing," cackles Muriel Weasley, whose knitting needles are clicking furiously in front of her. "It's not amusing at all," says Katrina O'Shea. "Hm. I wonder where that so-called investigative journalist went to," says Rita Skeeter. "Maybe he was eaten by the beast on the moors," Katrina suggest, grinning. "Like the hound of the Baskervilles?" asks Sprout. "Yes."
But exactly at that moment a letter is dropped down the chimney and lands in front of the fireplace: Meet me at 3 pm tomorrow afternoon in front of the Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle, Evangeline. Looking forward to meeting you! BC".
Now that is a turnup for the books. We will see what will happen next! Stay interested and watch out for tha magical spark of romance! (VV)