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28 March 2020•The Week Junior

The doctor who

invented handwashing

W

ashingyour hands is oneofthe simplesttways

to stopyourself fromfalling ill.However,,it

wasabrand newideawhen itwasproposed bby

Hungariandoctor Ignaz Semmelweis in 1847. Hewas

working atahospital in Austria, trying to workkout

why morewomen died from childbirthint he ppartof

the hospital run by doctors than in thepartoftthe

hospital run by midwives (people trainedtoheelp

womengive birth). He asked doctorstowash ttheir

handswhenmoving between patients becausehe

thought they mightbespreadinggerms.Once they

starteddoingthis, thenumberofd eaths starteedto

fall. The practiceofhandwashing soonspread..

ALAMY

·NASA

One person’s rubbish

is another person’s art

F

or any artist,atrip to MountEverest is bound to

provide ideas for new work. It is the world’s highest

mountain and is in the Himalayanrange in Asia.

However,for Welsh artistPeter Kettle,itw asn’t just

the stunning viewsthat inspired him. Itwasthe

rubbish.Kettle collected litter whiletrekking across

the mountain,and used it to makecollages of the

region. He says he mostly used wrappers and

left-behind tent material to create the art, and hopes

to inspirepeople toreuse andrecyclewhat theycan.

Peter Kettle

T

he st ory of thePsammead–agrumpy

creaturewho hasthe powertog rant

wishes–was first toldin1902. It was

published inabook calledFive Children and It,

by E. Nesbit,which becamean

instant success.Sincethen

the re has beenafilm

version, and in 2012,

theautho rJacqueline

Wilsonwasinspiredto

write her own novel

basedonthe character.

ThePsammeadis now

returning inafilm

adaptation of that book,

bringing the story to lifeoncemore.

ActorTeddie-RoseMalleson-Allen,

who playsthe starringrole of Ros in the

newversion, toldThe Week Juniorit wasan

interestingchallengetoact alongsideaCGI

creature. (CGI stands forcomputer-generated

imagery.) Shesaid,“They had thiscreature, a

spongy toy,thatshowed us whatitw ould look

like. Therewas thenaspeaker that would play

his lines and wecould hear his tone,but it ’s

quitestrangebecause youcan’t work out

what itsexpression is goingtobe.”

A ntral part of the plot

he newfilm is the

Psammead’s

wish-granting

abilities, and

Malleson-Allen

says ascene

herethe

acters learn to fly

ingtofilm. She

explained,“Thereweregiantrobot

arms that would go over your clothes.You

felt likeyou wereactually flying.” Malleson-

Allen, who acted in the2016remake of

Swallows andAmazons,said she lovesbeing

in adventurefilms because they encourage

viewers to play together.

Four Kids and Itwillbeavailable on Sky

Cinema from3April.

Teddie-RoseMalleson-Allenisthestarofamagicalnewfilm.

The actor who had

awish come true

DIDYOU

KNOW?

Thereh

avebee

nlotsofs

tories

basedon the Psammead,

including

aJapanes

eanimat

ed

TVshow,

astage musical,

andac

omicst

rip.

Malleson-Allen in

Four Kids and It.

Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen

and Jacqueline Wilson.

“Takecareof

yourself,take

careofyour

family and

friends,take

careofyour

spaceship.”

AstronautChris Hadfield

gives his advicetop eople in

lockdown because of the

spreadofcoronavirus.

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