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how you can enjoy your<br />
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19 Page<br />
out more about<br />
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Yousafzai<br />
Malala<br />
APRIL<br />
2019<br />
<strong>BUZZ</strong><br />
B E T H E B E S T Y O U C A N B E<br />
<strong>ISSUE</strong> <strong>#03</strong><br />
Climate<br />
Friendly<br />
Gardening<br />
Page 11<br />
Gardening and<br />
recycling are<br />
featured in U:Bee<br />
Book Corner<br />
Page 15<br />
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THEATRE<br />
APPRECIATION<br />
COMIC<br />
COLLECTING<br />
INSPIRATIONAL<br />
PEOPLE<br />
YOUNG<br />
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You Heard Of These<br />
Have<br />
Hobbies?<br />
Unusual<br />
might be thinking of shooting paint filled<br />
You<br />
while running around a forest but not<br />
pellets<br />
world leader in it is a man called Michael<br />
The<br />
and he has made paint balling<br />
Carmichael<br />
a world famous hobby. In the picture<br />
into<br />
he is resting his arm on his 'paint ball',<br />
below<br />
started with a baseball back in 1977 and so<br />
He<br />
has added 23000 coats of paint and still<br />
far<br />
Each one must be a different colour<br />
counting!<br />
though!<br />
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It<br />
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on<br />
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get in touch with other enthusiasts<br />
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dedicated Toy Voyaging websites and<br />
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teddy in front of the Eiffel Tower<br />
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PAINT<br />
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with this really unusual hobby!<br />
TOY<br />
VOYAGING<br />
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or The Great Wall of China!<br />
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Add a little bit of body text
spread news and record<br />
entertain,<br />
history.<br />
Well, 'just enjoying'<br />
appreciation?<br />
is absolutely fine and theatres<br />
it<br />
references, historical<br />
material,<br />
and technical terms of the<br />
contexts<br />
Sounds<br />
performance.<br />
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THEATRE<br />
APPRECIATION -<br />
WEST END,<br />
BROADWAY AND<br />
YOUR LOCAL<br />
VILLAGE HALL<br />
THE FIRST<br />
PERFORMANCES<br />
OF ART AND<br />
DRAMA CAN BE<br />
TRACED BACK<br />
THOUANDS OF<br />
YEARS<br />
BY MARK EVE<br />
school and amateur dramatic<br />
performances around the country<br />
happening every week.<br />
Everyone loves the theatre and some<br />
of our longest running plays and<br />
musicals have been watched millions<br />
The origins of theatre and<br />
performance date back thousands<br />
of times in productions around the<br />
of years to ancient societies who<br />
globe.<br />
used the art of performance to<br />
Theatre is a multi-million pound<br />
business and for every successful West<br />
End play there are hundreds of<br />
Some of the greatest works of<br />
Shakespeare are still performed to<br />
this day.<br />
So what is the difference between<br />
going to see a play and enjoying it<br />
and the skill of theatre<br />
need people just like YOU to keep<br />
filling their seats! But appreciation<br />
of theatre means looking at some<br />
of the hidden meanings, source<br />
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you find our about theatre the .....
They take a very different<br />
productions.<br />
set but they still both end up<br />
skill<br />
His musicals span a five<br />
Webber.<br />
career at the very top of his<br />
decade<br />
From Joseph and the<br />
profession.<br />
Technicolor Dreamcoat right<br />
Amazing<br />
appreciation of musical theatre,<br />
your<br />
can't be a better place to start!<br />
there<br />
FACT: TWO SEATS<br />
ARE PERMANENTLY<br />
BOLTED OPEN AT<br />
THE PALACE<br />
THEATRE, LONDON<br />
FOR THE THEATRE<br />
GHOSTS TO SIT IN!<br />
.....more you understand that there are<br />
themes and common points of<br />
across all theatre.<br />
reference<br />
learning about theatre appreciation<br />
By<br />
can understand the different types<br />
you<br />
production and see similarities.<br />
of<br />
can also understand the huge<br />
You<br />
of people who have to get<br />
amount<br />
FACT:SHAKESPEARE'S<br />
GLOBE IS THE ONLY<br />
BUILDING IN LONDON<br />
ALLOWED TO HAVE A<br />
THATCHED ROOF SINCE<br />
THE GREAT FIRE IN 1666<br />
involved to take it from a writer having<br />
the initial idea for a play or musical<br />
and you actually sitting in you seat<br />
Story telling through dialogue, music<br />
waiting for the curtain to rise.<br />
and movement are at the heart of the<br />
attraction of theatre.<br />
It's also interesting to compare musical<br />
theatre and drama based theatre<br />
Musical theatre has been dominated<br />
by a few individuals, one of the most<br />
famous of which is Sir Andrew Lloyd<br />
telling a story.<br />
through to Phantom of the Opera, Sir<br />
Lloyd Webber has dominated stages<br />
across the world. If you'd like to study<br />
Visit: https://ubee.org.uk<br />
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down the change?<br />
slow<br />
are many changes that you<br />
There<br />
oceans, use less and recycle more,<br />
the<br />
wise choices when buying items<br />
make<br />
WE ALL NEED<br />
TO HELP THE<br />
PLANET-<br />
REMEMBER<br />
CLIMATE<br />
FRIENDLY<br />
GARDENING<br />
The earth's climate<br />
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changes "PERFECT in its FOR 4.55<br />
billion PARTIES years. AND For<br />
example, 18,000<br />
CELEBRATIONS"<br />
years ago most of<br />
Britain was covered in<br />
ice and glaciers<br />
So where can you help? Can you help<br />
probably have heard about such as<br />
using less plastics to stop pollution of<br />
BY TOBY SPENCER<br />
It's impossible to turn on the TV or look<br />
and avoid single use products.<br />
at the internet with out seeing stories<br />
of devastation from the latest weather<br />
But there are also changes you can<br />
related event. Climate change is<br />
make in your own gardens. It doesn't<br />
forcing unheard of weather related<br />
matter if you only have a few plant<br />
disasters such as flooding to affect the<br />
pots on a windowsill or balcony or a<br />
lives of millions of people.<br />
huge family garden. Every change we<br />
make, makes a difference.<br />
Why is it important to make a change?<br />
Climate change doesn't only mean<br />
global warming.<br />
It will also affect how much rain there<br />
is which will lead to floods or drought.<br />
It will mean there are rising sea levels<br />
and problems with farming and food<br />
supply.<br />
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most important thing is to get<br />
The<br />
with any local and national<br />
involved<br />
to stop the devastating effects<br />
activities<br />
climate change.<br />
of<br />
here are some simple changes you<br />
Well<br />
make with your family when you are<br />
can<br />
Rainwater<br />
Collect<br />
in the driest parts of the UK you<br />
Even<br />
collect rain water from your<br />
can<br />
The average water butt<br />
drainpipes.<br />
around 160 litres and refills very<br />
holds<br />
leaving you with more than<br />
quickly,<br />
Up Birdfeeders<br />
Hang<br />
no better way to control slugs,<br />
There’s<br />
caterpillars and other insects that<br />
snails,<br />
to eat your plants, than inviting<br />
want<br />
to feast on them. Place a few bird<br />
birds<br />
and nesting homes around your<br />
feeders<br />
to encourage them to come<br />
garden<br />
and visit. This will avoid the use of<br />
down<br />
to control unwanted insects<br />
pesticides<br />
your garden produce.<br />
eating<br />
soil.<br />
garden<br />
you recycle general garden waste<br />
If<br />
but will have a constant supply<br />
waste,<br />
fresh compost that can be used<br />
of<br />
And what about at home?<br />
thinking about your garden:<br />
Use Native Plants<br />
enough to feed your garden.<br />
Try to use plants and flowers that are<br />
local to your area. You will see adverts<br />
for “wild flowers” but make sure<br />
they’ve been cultivated from seeds and<br />
not just dug up.<br />
Make a Compost Heap<br />
A compost heap is an area where you<br />
put leaves, fruit and vegetable peelings<br />
and garden waste until it rots down<br />
and creates a great 'food' for your<br />
So why does it matter<br />
about climate change? It's<br />
happened before. What's<br />
different this time?<br />
Because it is happening<br />
more quickly now than<br />
ever. Humans are<br />
believed to be speeding<br />
up the rate at which the<br />
climate is getting warmer<br />
you will not only help reduce landfill<br />
your garden.<br />
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London Film & Comic Con will<br />
Showmasters<br />
taking over the whole of the Olympia<br />
be<br />
in July. Taking place on Friday 26th,<br />
London<br />
27th and Sunday the 28th of July<br />
Saturday<br />
London Film & Comic Con promises to<br />
2019,<br />
you some of your favourite stars from TV,<br />
bring<br />
and Comics as well as a whole host of fun<br />
Film<br />
including photo shoots, panels,<br />
activities<br />
sessions and hundreds of stalls full<br />
autograph<br />
TV and Film memorabilia to browse.<br />
of<br />
you’re into...science fiction …<br />
Whatever<br />
horror… slice of life … humour … crime<br />
fantasy…<br />
war … Western … biography… historical …<br />
…<br />
or even superheroes... there is<br />
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something<br />
back issues,<br />
rare<br />
latest releases,<br />
the<br />
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posters,<br />
statues,<br />
http://londonfilmandcomiccon.com to<br />
Visit<br />
out more.<br />
find<br />
festival is made up of hundreds of shows<br />
The<br />
take place in Machynlleth between 4th<br />
which<br />
6th May 2018.<br />
–<br />
show has it’s own capacity depending on<br />
Each<br />
size of the room which range from 30 –<br />
the<br />
seaters, all of which are located within 10<br />
500<br />
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minutes<br />
You only buy a ticket for the show(s) you<br />
town.<br />
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want<br />
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much<br />
weekend.<br />
do sell out so if there’s a show you really<br />
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to see then it is best to buy tickets in<br />
want<br />
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advance<br />
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your<br />
office at the Owain Glyndwr Centre selling<br />
box<br />
to all remaining shows.<br />
tickets<br />
of the ticketed shows have an age limit<br />
Many<br />
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so<br />
anyone under 18. There are dedicated<br />
for<br />
shows, including performances for<br />
family<br />
children. The complete programme will<br />
young<br />
available online from April 2018.<br />
be<br />
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vegies, disposable coffee<br />
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life<br />
than one planet Earth. The<br />
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between this approach and<br />
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analysis to help to<br />
footprint<br />
how effective our efforts<br />
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Much of the book is a manual -<br />
are.<br />
examples - on how to live the<br />
with<br />
life' and supply over 65% of your<br />
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THE 'ONE PLANET'<br />
LIFE: A BLUEPRINT<br />
FOR LOW IMPACT<br />
DEVELOPMENT-<br />
DAVID THORPE<br />
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Can Do You<br />
you Anything....if<br />
keep trying!<br />
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Team<br />
Work is<br />
Dream<br />
Work<br />
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can you collect comics when you<br />
So,<br />
some of them are worth millions?<br />
hear<br />
COMIC<br />
COLLECTING -<br />
IT'S A POPULAR<br />
HOBBY ALL<br />
AROUND THE<br />
WORLD<br />
Comic collecting has gone through<br />
ups and downs in popularity through<br />
the years.<br />
Big Value Titles Sell for Millions<br />
Some of the rarest titles have recently<br />
It could have been a hobby that lost<br />
millions of followers with the rise of TV<br />
sold at auction for millions of dollars.<br />
and cinema. However that has only<br />
Those comics are out of the reach of<br />
added to the appeal of collecting<br />
comics.<br />
most of us but does that stop you<br />
enjoying the collecting? No, not atall.<br />
The first printed comic came onto the<br />
market in the USA back in the 1930's.<br />
Comic collectors are a community all<br />
of their own and attend events such as<br />
the world famous Comic-Con in San<br />
Diego, California every year.<br />
THE WORD<br />
"DICTIONARY" WAS<br />
INVENTED BY AN<br />
ENGLISHMAN CALLED<br />
JOHN OF GARLAND IN<br />
1220 — HE HAD<br />
WRITTEN A BOOK<br />
DICTIONARIUS TO HELP<br />
WITH LATIN "DICTION"<br />
those collectors, they are enjoying<br />
For<br />
world of the superhero or maybe<br />
the<br />
the artwork that forms part<br />
admiring<br />
the production.<br />
of<br />
and the best way to start is to<br />
Yes<br />
what you like in comics? Are<br />
decide<br />
interested in a certain superhero<br />
you<br />
like Batman or are you interested.....<br />
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Frank Miller or Steven Ditko or do<br />
Lee,<br />
like a particular TV show or film<br />
you<br />
Make sure you don't put them<br />
titles?<br />
a carrier bag under your bed! They<br />
in<br />
the worth of a comic is<br />
Unfortunately,<br />
down to it's condition. If it's torn<br />
100%<br />
creased, it's value falls very quickly.<br />
or<br />
shops sell protective sleeves<br />
Comic<br />
Make sure you don't leave them<br />
flat.<br />
in the sun as well!<br />
sitting<br />
Well, there is a worldwide<br />
condition?<br />
of 'comic grading'. Research<br />
system<br />
....in the artwork of some of the most<br />
famous illustrators of comics such Stan<br />
and want to collect comic featuring<br />
that subject (IronMan, Batman or<br />
Justice League)<br />
There are thousands of titles so if you<br />
narrow it down to one you are<br />
interested in to begin with, it will help<br />
your collecting skills.<br />
Another top tip from comic collectors<br />
is to do your research. You can never<br />
know TOO much about comics! This<br />
tip applies not just if you want to make<br />
So you've collected all these great<br />
a valuable collection but also if you<br />
want to enjoy you collection more.<br />
might get creased or mouldy or you<br />
Another top tip is to get involved with<br />
might spill something on them!<br />
the Comic Community. There are lots<br />
of people ready to share their<br />
knowledge and passion for the comic<br />
world at properly organised comic<br />
selling events.<br />
with a stiff cardboard insert in them<br />
and this will keep your comic dry and<br />
WANT TO KNOW MORE<br />
ABOUT COMIC<br />
COLLECTING?<br />
VISIT U<strong>BEE</strong>.ORG.UK AND<br />
SEARCH 'COMIC<br />
COLLECTING'<br />
on the internet and you'll see how<br />
this<br />
can be in 'mint' condition ( the<br />
comics<br />
best) down to 0.1 (the worst with<br />
very<br />
and pages missing)!<br />
tears<br />
How do you tell if a comic is in good<br />
Happy collecting!<br />
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.
IF YOU CAN<br />
DREAM IT, YOU<br />
Remember....<br />
W A L T D I S N E Y<br />
DO IT<br />
CAN<br />
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LIST<br />
SHOPPING<br />
tbsp olive oil or sunflower oil<br />
2<br />
beef mince or protein alternative such as Quorn or Soy<br />
400g/14oz<br />
onion, 1<br />
2 garlic cloves,chopped<br />
diced<br />
carrot, grated<br />
100g/3½oz<br />
x 400g tin chopped tomatoes<br />
2<br />
oz stock (made from stock cube)<br />
400ml/14fl<br />
dried spaghetti<br />
400g/14oz<br />
and pepper<br />
salt<br />
COOKING!<br />
START<br />
Using a large frying pan, add a tablespoon of olive oil or sunflower oil and once hot<br />
1.<br />
the beef mince or Quorn and a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook until well<br />
add<br />
over a medium-high heat (be careful not to burn!) Once browned, transfer<br />
browned<br />
mince or quorn to a bowl and set aside.<br />
the<br />
Add another tablespoon of oil to the saucepan you browned the mince in and turn<br />
2.<br />
heat to medium. Add the onions and a pinch of salt and fry gently for 5-6<br />
the<br />
or until soft and translucent. Add the garlic and cook for another 2 minutes.<br />
minutes,<br />
the grated carrot then pour the mince pack into the pan.<br />
Add<br />
Add the tomatoes to the pan and stir well to mix. Pour in the stock, bring to a<br />
3.<br />
and then reduce the temperature to simmer gently for 45 minutes, or until<br />
simmer<br />
sauce is thick and rich. Taste and adjust the seasoning as necessary. If you are<br />
the<br />
Quorn, reduce the cooking time by half.<br />
using<br />
When you bolognaise sauce is nearly ready, you can start cooking the spaghetti.<br />
4.<br />
a large saucepan of water and add a pinch of salt. Cook according to the packet<br />
Boil<br />
Once the spaghetti is cooked through, drain and add to the pan with the<br />
instructions.<br />
sauce. Mix well and serve. You can sprinkle with grated cheese or<br />
bolognese<br />
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Essential Cookery<br />
Bolognaise<br />
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Bon Appetite!<br />
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establishing the Malala<br />
education,<br />
just one year later.<br />
Fund<br />
find out more go to:<br />
To<br />
https://malala.org/<br />
By AzamStudio - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,<br />
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47110232*credit to Wikipedia<br />
BEING A<br />
GLOBAL<br />
CITIZEN -THE<br />
INSPIRATIONAL<br />
MALALA<br />
YOUSAFZAI<br />
BY JANE GRANTLEY<br />
You may have heard of Malala - she is<br />
the youngest Nobel Prize winner.<br />
Malala Yousafzai is undoubtedly one of<br />
the most inspiring, and well-known<br />
teens and her story is extraordinary.<br />
In this issue we<br />
"PERFECT FOR<br />
are taking a look<br />
PARTIES at a truly AND<br />
CELEBRATIONS"<br />
Who is Malala?<br />
Inspirational<br />
Teen<br />
At just 12-years-old, Malala was already<br />
outspoken supporter of girls’<br />
an<br />
rights in her Taliban-<br />
education<br />
controlled hometown in Pakistan.<br />
A very brave thing, as the Taliban are<br />
violently opposed to girls being<br />
educated in any form.<br />
After quickly rising to prominence<br />
through her campaigning, she<br />
received death threats from the<br />
Taliban and, was shot by a gunman on<br />
a school bus in 2012, aged just 15.<br />
After surviving the attack Malala<br />
moved to the UK, and despite her<br />
near-death experience, continued to<br />
be an inspiring ambassador for female<br />
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Want to Learn More?<br />
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Essential Cookery,<br />
Comic Collecting,<br />
Stamp Collecting...<br />
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