Equities began the year pretty much where they had left off in 2020 – in a ‘buy everything’ bull market. Despite some wobbles before Christmas, growth shares made further gains in the first few weeks of the year alongside the recovery trade in value and cyclical stocks. My magpie Isa was 25 per cent up … Read more
Adorable moment a hot and bothered magpie is hosed down by an Aussie animal lover as millions battle through a blistering heatwave Footage shows magpie showered with cool water in Mildura, Victoria on Sunday Temperatures soared to 37C in Mildura as country suffered through heatwave Video shared to Reddit shows magpie being hosed down during extreme … Read more
Adorable moment a hot and bothered magpie is hosed down by an Aussie animal lover as millions battle through a blistering heatwave Footage shows magpie showered with cool water in Mildura, Victoria on Sunday Temperatures soared to 37C in Mildura as country suffered through heatwave Video shared to Reddit shows magpie being hosed down during extreme … Read more
Naomi Watts reveals the horrifying moment her magpie co-star pooped in her MOUTH on the very first day of filming on new movie Penguin Bloom By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:29 GMT, 16 January 2021 | Updated: 14:29 GMT, 16 January 2021 Naomi Watts has revealed an amusing mishap she suffered on … Read more
My father used to ‘play the stock market’. He folded the profits from his small business in the 1970s into company shares, some of which came as recommendations from his stockbroker, over the bakelite telephone with a twisted brown cord. He added to this substantially with the big privatisations of the 1980s, and left a … Read more
This year has been a strange one for the world of books. Covid meant that bookshops were closed for much of the time, which meant that readers were denied the joy of browsing, and the affiliated pleasure of judging books by their covers. In turn, we authors were denied most of the usual ego-boosts normally … Read more
The wrong kind of birdie! Cheeky magpie keeps knocking golfer’s ball off the tee as he tries to take his shot Charlie Smith, 30, is trying to line up his drive at Bromley Golf Centre in Kent The mischievous bird defiantly pecks at the ball and continually knocks it over Video has went viral on social … Read more
Gotcha! Moment magpie swoops down and snatches spider off terrified driver’s car A video captures a magpie swooping in and snapping up a spider for lunch The arachnid had been hitching a lift on woman’s car for several miles Driver in Landsborough, Queensland, had been about to swipe it off the car By Clare Mccarthy For … Read more
Featherhood Charlie Gilmour W&N £16.99 Rating: Like many children, Charlie Gilmour never had much success with goldfish and hamsters and mice. ‘No matter what you do, it seems like they always end up in the same place: a shoebox at the bottom of a shallow grave.’ Charlie with his pet magpie, Benzene. Benzene’s bad habits were … Read more
A bird-loving woman has struck up a remarkable friendship with dozens of magpies, including one who sits on her shoulder waiting for a kiss. Danielle, 39, greets the birds as they arrive in her Geelong garden each morning and says they all have their own personalities. The wildlife carer has created a social media community … Read more