Of mooning, emus, conkers and sad losses

RIP Liam Payne, former member of One Direction, whose premature death, aged just 31, has shocked the music world.

Another snippets post, dear reader:

• Celestial bodies news: Tonight's full moon, called the "Hunter's Moon" [though quite why we in the UK have somehow adopted names given by Native Americans to various phases of the moon is beyond me], will be the brightest (and appear largest) of the year.
• More glittering news: We're very sad to hear that one of our all-time house faves - and Patron Saint - Miss Mitzi Gaynor has departed these shores for Fabulon.

[More over at the Dolores Delargo Towers Museum of Camp. Of course.]

• Irony of the day: A brand new fire station in Germany burned to the ground in a fire, causing millions of euros' worth of damage - but itself did not have a fire alarm system to alert anyone.
• Awwww moment: An emu that was abandoned by her parents has been raised by a chicken named Nugget.
• Urban myths news: Apparently the much-mocked Yank who allegedly bought the old London Bridge thinking it was its much more splendid neighbour Tower Bridge actually knew full well what he had bought, rode the publicity wave, and built a whole new town in Arizona around it!
• And finally: The World Conker Championship is in disarray after one of its champions was accused of cheating!

And the weather? Unseasonably warm - it was 18C/64.4F last night!