DID YOU SPOT?
Can you find these ten things amongst the tumultuous Tudors?
1 A lion in a ruff
2 A fly on a wooden spoon
3 A pet greyhound
4 A pink cat that got the cream
5 A skull
6 Three red roses
7 Three venison skewers
8 A fire hose
9 A tape measure
10 A jester doing a handstand
PETS APLENTY
Hi!!!!! I know everyone says this but I loooooooooove AQUILA! Every month when the mail comes, I always snatch them out of our mail person’ s hands.( Although I should probably stop because I’ m getting in trouble for it!) Jk! Anyways, I would looooove it so much if you would please do an issue on Irish history. We have had AQUILA for three years. Our cousins( who live in London) gave
them to us for Christmas. Me, my sister and my parents live in Bend, Oregon. We visited Ireland in the spring, and we are hoping my dad gets a job so we can move there. It was sooooo pretty! We have two bunnies, five chicks, two full-grown chickens and a dog. We used to have fish but you know how puppies are. We got our bunnies from our friends who couldn’ t take care of them anymore. My sister’ s bunny is named Ginger, and she has a little white stripe on her face. My bunny is Daisy, and she is super-duper fluffy. We let them in the living room and my dog loves to play with them. I would ask if you could do a mag on dogs but that already happened, so you read my mind. Jeez I have a lot of pets! I really hope I can get into the mags but if I don’ t I have my emotional support bunnies.
From Maeve, age 12 P. S. You can’ t have a news letter without the P. S.
P. P. S. These are the best mags P. P. P. S. When I found out that Miriam doesn’ t like Harry Potter, I was heartbroken P. P. P. P. S. This is long P. P. P. P. P. S. Byeeeeee
P. P. P. P. P. P. S. Hello from the US! P. P. P. P. P. P. P. S. OK, OK, bye!
CASE CLOSED
Hiiiiiii!!! I know everyone says this, but I LOVE AQUILA!!! I have so many issues! I loved the Food issue, but I haven’ t solved the Pudding Club Murder Case( which issue is the murderer in??), but I think it’ s Champika Bose. My favourite parts of AQUILA are Ed’ s funny comments and the Brainfeeders quiz. Could you do an issue on trains, pleaaaaaaaaaaaseeee?
CALLING ALL EVELYNS
Hi! I know EVERYONE says this but I LOVVVVVVVVVVE AQUILA! I had a subscription for a while but I stopped for a bit and now I am back again!!!!! Please can you do an issue on axolotls or wildlife? My fave issue is Festivals & Folklore! BTW I love cats!( You too, Pepe.) OK, I’ m going to carry on the tradition now!!!
From Alex, age 10 P. S. I prefer freight trains to passenger trains P. P. S. Who started the P. S. tradition?
P. P. P. S. Bye!!!
The murderer was revealed in our November 2024 issue, Fireworks, and it was, dun-dun-duuuun – Kenneth Appleton!!!
From Evelyn, age 10 P. S. My fave colour is purple
P. P. S. Is anyone else reading this called Evelyn? P. P. P. S. Carrying on the tradition! P. P. P. P. S. The AQUILA eagle does look very wise P. P. P. P. P. S. OK, bye for real now!
P. P. P. P. P. P. S. Byeeeee
Thanks for noticing, Evelyn!
COMPETITION TIME
WIN!
1 family membership to be won!
WIN!
Attention, budding historians, for here we have a chance to win an English Heritage family membership! AMAZING!
With over 400 sites to explore across the country, there are ruins to discover and so much fun to be had learning incredible stories!
We have a year-long family membership to give away to one lucky winner, and for two runners up, we have these super-fun Monopoly: Castles edition board games! History-tastic!
To enter this competition, we’ d like you to draw us your own family emblem in the style of a Tudor rose. The traditional Tudor rose represented the Houses of Lancaster and York joining together. It became a symbol for peace and unity in England. We’ d like yours to represent your family, or just you, or you and your dog, you and your hamster, you and pizza – you get the idea.
Make it fun, colourful and let us know what it means!
Send your entries to: competitions @ aquila. co. uk
Be sure to write English Heritage in the subject heading, and please include your postcode or subscription number.
Please check with your grown-up before entering. By entering you give permission for us to share your lovely work on our social media channels( never fear, we would not publish a reader’ s surname or hometown).
One winner will receive a year’ s English Heritage family membership( for a family of two adults and up to 12 children – adults must live at the same address as the children).
Closing date: Monday 12 January 2026
Q: What’ s orange and sounds like a parrot? A: A carrot! From Meadow, age 10
Q: Why did the man sell yeast? A: To raise some dough! From Gabe, age 9
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