NEWS FROM NOWHERE: Monday

ON THIS DAY IN 1489 - Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus, sold her kingdom to Venice. She was the last of the Lusignan dynasty. 
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

Michael Morpurgo's charity farm celebrates its 40t...

Trend for owning beehives in London is bad for ins...

EU referendum: Brexit will diminish UK's ability t...

Brown Treesnake Rapid Response Team Deployed to Sa...

Biologists identify six new unique species of West...

New plan to save rare bees

AND TO WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK... (Music that may have some relevance to items also on this page, or may just reflect my mood on the day)