The panto is still on in Birmingham so don't miss your chance to see it as it ends on 1st Feb. Fee Fi Fo Fum, a Giant's coming to Birmingham! Jack and the Beanstalk is at Birmingham Hippodrome until Sunday 1st February 2015 so don't miss out on your last chance to see it. It tells the story of Jack Trot who sells his family cow for some mysteriously magic beans and when he wakes up one morning he can't believe his eyes, as the beans have grown into an enormous beanstalk.

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The Time Traveler’s Wife starring Rose Leslie and Theo James has been canceled by HBO Max after just one season. Based on the 2003 novel from Audrey Niffenegger, the series explored the challenges, consequences, and pressures that time-traveling can create — especially in a relationship. If you loved the six episodes of The Time Traveler’s Wife, here are seven time-traveling TV shows to watch that will take you on an adventure into the past, present, and future.

Published: 05:36 EST, 10 January 2019 | Updated: 05:36 EST, 10 January 2019 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TAWNY OWLS?Tawny owls feature in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter novels as messengers - one delivers Harry’s first invite to Hogwarts The characteristic ‘twit-twoo’ of the tawny owl is actually a courtship duet between male and female. The night vision of owls is not much better than a human - although their hearing is around ten times more sensitive and they rely on this to hunt prey such as mice.

SEMANTIC ENIGMASAn American friend has suggested that the term "rule of thumb" derives from an archaic English law forbidding a man from beating his wife with anything thicker than his thumb. I don't believe it either, but can't find a more persuasive origin. Any suggestions? Geoff Cusick, Woking, UK Have a look at this URL: http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-rul1.htm which has a long answer on this topic (and many others). Chris Stevenson, Bristol 'Rule of thumb' derives from the Miller's thumb.