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I see from an online search that ‘wow’ comes not from English but from Scots. In a 1513 translation of Virgil’s Aeneid, translator Gavin Douglas wrote the lines, ‘Out on thir wanderand spiritis, wow!’ – not that this leaves me any the wiser. We tend to say wow when we’re surprised, impressed or astonished: it’s embedded in the language and has become a kind of verbal reflex.

Kibworth Library will mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day with an exhibition of artefacts kindly loaned by local residents. The display will be open to view during normal library opening hours from late morning on Tuesday 6 May until mid-afternoon on Friday 9. We would value offers to lend us anything that is local and is WW2-related. It could be:

We would like to begin by again extending a huge thank you to everyone who donated preloved books for the World Book Day event. It was a massive success and the children adored selecting a book to keep. We look forward to repeating this next year as it was so wonderful.

Several members of the twice-monthly, Monday afternoon, Family History Workshop which gathers informally in Kibworth Community Library have been actively contemplating relaunching the currently dormant Kibworth History Society. (www.kibworth.org)

Almost the last large plot of land within Kibworth village centre might become a building site after all.

During a recent Wednesday walkabout, my brother and I were fascinated to notice colourful umbrellas in the outdoor seating enclosure of the Coach and Horses - yes Kibworth’s 18^th Century Coaching Inn is back in business.

Easter Sunday Services at the Kibworth Benefice Churches

The Kibworth easy riders were formed 5 years ago during the Covid times with the aim of bringing cycling enthusiasts together to share their love of cycling. Over the years we have organised rides covering much of the UK and Europe. 

Thank you for publishing Mark Adams scientific explanation why we ignore the climate changing in these days, at our peril. It’s very well informed and clearly explains the reasons why we have to not only take it seriously, but also do something about it personally.

Those of us with a garden area or a patch of land nearby, like a grass verge, can join the battle for saving our soils, bees and insects by abandoning the use of pesticides. Instead the Pesticides Action Network www.pan-uk.org with its amazing list of alternatives, can lead us on an exciting journey into life changing alternatives.