The Daily: May 29
Bridget Jones is 'Mad About the Boy' in new novel
Helen Fielding announced yesterday that a new instalment to the much-loved Bridget Jones will be published on 13 October 2013, titled 'Mad About the Boy.'
Bridget Jones has moved a long way since her introduction in the 1996 international bestseller Bridget Jones' Diary. Whilst Fielding muses that "Bridget's life has moved on" since the days of Mark Darcy and Daniel Cleaver, she has kept an antagonising silence over which boys Bridget is mad about in the new novel.
However, excited readers were given a few clues on what to expect from the next instalment. Publisher Jonathon Cape revealed that the older Bridget is "immersed in texting and experimenting with social media, with an emphasis on 'social'!" leaving speculation that the protagonist's next episode will involve some comical attempts at internet dating.
Unfinished Elgar piece played for the first time in over a century
A piece of music composed by Edward Elgar has been aired publically for the first time since it was written, nearly 120 years ago.
'Muleteer's Serenade,' which dates to 1894, was initially through to be an unfinished work. It was mentioned in the diary of his wife, Alice Elgar, but the song itself was unearthed when editing work began on a complete set of his Solo Songs With Piano, 1857-1900.
The composition was played live on BBC Radio 3, by soprano Bethan Waters and pianist Barry Collett, and will also be performed on the 156th anniversary of Elgar's birth, at the Elgar Birthplace Museum.
Dog bites off more than he chew, when he unearths mammoth tooth
A dog walker was left stunned when his collie dog, Mavrik, presented him with an Ice Age mammoth tooth.
Andrzej Sikorski, who is an amateur archaeologist, had been walking his dog in Poland's Carpathian Mountains, when he noticed that his pet was struggling to pull something out of the ground. Sikorski commented, "I thought he had found an old bone - but I didn't realise straight away just how old." The tooth has been date tested by Poland's Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals has discovered that the tooth is about 200,000 years old.
Double the trouble: Twin giraffes born at US Sanctuary
A wildlife rescue in Texas, US, are celebrating after the rare birth of twin giraffes.
The calves were born on May 10 at the Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch, but officials wanted to keep the births quiet, until they were positive the new-borns would survive.
The baby giraffes, Wasswa and her brother Nakato were born to mum Carol, and are the only set of giraffe twins in the US. A spokeswoman from the ranch, Melissa Welch, commented that giraffe twins have a low survival rate, and are usually still-born or have to be aborted.
Cream Tea? Time to get the tape measure out
Next time you're putting together your cream tea, be careful not to be too generous with the jam.
Dr Eugenia Chang from Sheffield University has devised the formula for the perfect afternoon tea.
For the average scone weighing 70g, a 35g layer of jam should be spread, and topped with 35g of cream. However, there should be a 5mm gap between the edges of the cream and jam, in order to provide the best stability for the cream.
The thickness of the scone is also important, and should be cut to 2.8cm, in order for the mouth to be relaxed when taking a bite.
Although this may be too mathematical for those who just want a scone with their afternoon tea, it does settle the dispute over whether the jam or cream is spread first.
Helen Fielding announced yesterday that a new instalment to the much-loved Bridget Jones will be published on 13 October 2013, titled 'Mad About the Boy.'
Bridget Jones has moved a long way since her introduction in the 1996 international bestseller Bridget Jones' Diary. Whilst Fielding muses that "Bridget's life has moved on" since the days of Mark Darcy and Daniel Cleaver, she has kept an antagonising silence over which boys Bridget is mad about in the new novel.
However, excited readers were given a few clues on what to expect from the next instalment. Publisher Jonathon Cape revealed that the older Bridget is "immersed in texting and experimenting with social media, with an emphasis on 'social'!" leaving speculation that the protagonist's next episode will involve some comical attempts at internet dating.
Unfinished Elgar piece played for the first time in over a century
A piece of music composed by Edward Elgar has been aired publically for the first time since it was written, nearly 120 years ago.
'Muleteer's Serenade,' which dates to 1894, was initially through to be an unfinished work. It was mentioned in the diary of his wife, Alice Elgar, but the song itself was unearthed when editing work began on a complete set of his Solo Songs With Piano, 1857-1900.
The composition was played live on BBC Radio 3, by soprano Bethan Waters and pianist Barry Collett, and will also be performed on the 156th anniversary of Elgar's birth, at the Elgar Birthplace Museum.
Dog bites off more than he chew, when he unearths mammoth tooth
A dog walker was left stunned when his collie dog, Mavrik, presented him with an Ice Age mammoth tooth.
Andrzej Sikorski, who is an amateur archaeologist, had been walking his dog in Poland's Carpathian Mountains, when he noticed that his pet was struggling to pull something out of the ground. Sikorski commented, "I thought he had found an old bone - but I didn't realise straight away just how old." The tooth has been date tested by Poland's Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals has discovered that the tooth is about 200,000 years old.
Double the trouble: Twin giraffes born at US Sanctuary
A wildlife rescue in Texas, US, are celebrating after the rare birth of twin giraffes.
The calves were born on May 10 at the Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch, but officials wanted to keep the births quiet, until they were positive the new-borns would survive.
The baby giraffes, Wasswa and her brother Nakato were born to mum Carol, and are the only set of giraffe twins in the US. A spokeswoman from the ranch, Melissa Welch, commented that giraffe twins have a low survival rate, and are usually still-born or have to be aborted.
Cream Tea? Time to get the tape measure out
Next time you're putting together your cream tea, be careful not to be too generous with the jam.
Dr Eugenia Chang from Sheffield University has devised the formula for the perfect afternoon tea.
For the average scone weighing 70g, a 35g layer of jam should be spread, and topped with 35g of cream. However, there should be a 5mm gap between the edges of the cream and jam, in order to provide the best stability for the cream.
The thickness of the scone is also important, and should be cut to 2.8cm, in order for the mouth to be relaxed when taking a bite.
Although this may be too mathematical for those who just want a scone with their afternoon tea, it does settle the dispute over whether the jam or cream is spread first.