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#HRIS %DITORIAL (ELLO !ND WELCOME TO THE PENULTI MATE ISSUE OF THE YEAR 7ITH SOME OF WHAT ) FEEL ARE THE BEST REVIEWS AND FEATURES WE VE HAD THIS YEAR THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE BEST ENJOYED WITH A GLASS OF CHAMPERS AND A lNE SALMON STEAK SUCH IS THE HIGH QUALITY OF STUDENT JOURNALISM ON OFFER )T S NOT ALL GOOD STUFF FOR ME HOWEVER ! COUPLE OF CRIMINAL AC TIVITIES ) VE EXPERIENCED THIS WEEK HAVE PUT A BIT OF A DOWNER ON MY LAST MONTH AT 5%! AND HAVE MADE ME QUESTION EXACTLY WHAT DRIVES SUCH PILLOCKS TO DO SUCH THINGS ) WAS WOKEN UP AT AM A FEW MORN INGS AGO BY LOUD THUDS AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE ) LIVE IN $ESPITE BEING CONFUSED AS TO WHAT THE SOUNDS WERE ) FELL STRAIGHT BACK TO SLEEP AGAIN )MAGINE MY SURPRISE THEN WHEN ) OPENED THE CURTAINS IN THE MORNING AND FOUND EGGS SMEARED ON MY BEDROOM WINDOW &URTHER INVESTIGATIONS SHOWED THAT THEY HAD ALSO BEEN THROWN AT THE BRICKS OF THE HOUSE AND MY CAR AS WELL -Y LANDLORD HAS SINCE CLEANED OFF THE MANKY RESIDUE BUT IT STILL IRRITATED ME BEYOND BELIEF 4HEN WHEN SEEING 3UNSHINE A FEW NIGHTS AGO ) NOTICED SOMEONE STANDING IN LINE TO PAY FOR HIS PICK AND MIX WHO WAS BRAZENLY MUNCHING THEM STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BAG !S ) M SURE MOST OF YOU KNOW PICK AND MIX IS PAID FOR BY THE WEIGHT OF THE SWEETS SO HE WAS

ESSENTIALLY STEALING ) POINTED THIS OUT TO HIM HE AGGRESSIVELY GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH ME STATING THAT HE D ONLY EATEN hA FEW CHOCO LATE RAISINSv WHEN ) D SEEN HIM SCOFF FAR MORE THAN THAT AND THAT ) WAS PATHETIC FOR BEING SAD ENOUGH FOR TELLING HIM THAT HE WAS A THIEF AND THAT ) NEEDED TO hGET A LIFEv !FTER A SEVERE REPRIMAND FROM THE CINEMA STAFF HOWEVER AND BEING CHARGED FOR FAR MORE THAN HE ATE ) THINK HE LEARNED THAT HE D BEEN A PILLOCK AND SEEMED VERY EMBAR RASSED BY THE WHOLE THING 7HAT ) DON T UNDERSTAND IS WHAT DRIVES PEOPLE TO DO THINGS LIKE THIS AND HOW THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH IT ) VE GOT NO WAY OF lNDING OUT WHO THREW EGGS AT MY HOUSE ONE MORNING AND SO THE BERKS THAT DID IT GET AWAY COM PLETELY SCOT FREE 4HE BLOKE WHO EFFECTIVELY STOLE FROM A BUSINESS IN FRONT OF HIS DAUGHTER AS WELL NICE WAY TO BRING HER UP HONEST THERE SEEMED TO SHOW NO REMORSE AS TO WHAT HE D DONE UNTIL STAFF TOLD HIM OFF AND INSTEAD APPEARED TO THINK IT WAS HIS RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO EAT SWEETS ) D LIKE TO THINK THAT ) VE BEEN BROUGHT UP RIGHT AND KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG BUT ) SOMETIMES DESPAIR THAT OTHER PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE PASSED THESE IMPORTANT LIFE LESSONS BY IN FAVOUR OF A CAN OF 3TELLA AND A BAG OF CHIPS 7HY THESE TWO THINGS HAPPENED ) LL NEVER KNOW OR WHAT DROVE THEM

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TO DO IT BUT IT SADDNES ME TO THINK OF PEOPLE DOING THIS /N A MUCH MORE SERIOUS NOTE THAN EGG THROWING OR STEALING SWEETS A MAN WAS CHASED DOWN $EREHAM 2OAD LAST WEEK BY TWO THUGS WIELDING KNIVES IN ESCAPING FROM THEM THE MAN RAN INTO ONCOMING TRAFlC AND GOT HURT &ORTUNATELY HE DIDN T DIE BUT THE TWO HOOLIGANS GOT AWAY WITH IT AGAIN 7HY DO PEOPLE DO THINGS LIKE THAT 7HAT CAN THEY POSSIBLY GET FROM CARRYING KNIVES THROWING EGGS OR BEING LIGHT lNGERED ) REALISE ) SOUND LIKE A POMPOUS AND CURMUDGEONLY RETIRED COLONEL ON AN OLD MAN MISSION WRITING TO 4HE $AILY -AIL ABOUT THE STATE OF SOCIETY TODAY BUT ) D LIKE TO THINK THAT ) LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE ) CAN FEEL SAFE AND WHERE PEOPLE ARE RELATIVELY FRIENDLY 5NFORTUNATELY ) WAS PROVED WRONG THIS WEEK AND IT S MADE ME RATHER REmECTIVE (MM 3EE YOU IN TWO WEEKS

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LIP mOPS OR PUMPS 6EST TOP OR TEE /VER SIZED SUNGLASSES OR A HATx PERHAPS BOTH 4HERE S NO WHERE TO SIT IN THE 5%! SQUARE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY STUDENTS LOUNGING AS THEY AVOID THE LIBRARY AND THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE IS TO GET IN THE QUEUE FOR A STRAWBERRY 2ONALDO S ICE CREAM )T ALL SOUNDS LIKE A TYPICAL SUM MER S DAY "UT WAIT IS IT #OULD IT BE .O SURELY NOTx WHITE TROUSERS THERE WHITE TROUSERS AGAINx AND THEREx SHE S WEARING THEMx EVEN HE S WEARING THEMx TUTORS TOOx OH THERE S A PAIRx THERE S A PAIRx WHOAx ANOTHER 7HITE TROUSERS TROUSERS TROUSERS &ASHIONISTAS KNOW THAT ALL IT TAKES IS EVEN THE SLIGHTEST GLIMPSE OF THE SUMMER SUN AND THE STAPLE WHITE TROUSER AND HOT PINK VESTS COME OUT OF THE BACK OF THE WARD ROBE COMPLETE WITH OVERSIZED SUN GLASSES AND mOPPY HATS &ASHION HEADQUARTERS HAVE mICKED THROUGH THE 6OGUE AND STYLE COM S TO BRING YOU THE BEST STYLE FOR SUMMER SEMESTER 7E LOVE THE mOPPY HATS AND OVERSIZED GLASSES AND HERE ARE THE TRENDS THAT WILL NO DOUBT BE STRUTTED ON 5%! S HOT CONCRETE THAT S 3 T U D E N T -ETALLIC RIGHT IT S STILL ON 3HOP THE CATWALKS SO YOU STILL NEED TO BE WEARING IT FOR SUMMER 4HIS MINI IS IN KEEPING WITH THE KEY FEATURES OF THE TREND BUT IT DOESN T COME CHEAP AT a FROM /ASIS (ANNAH 4AYLOR

)F YOU LIKE THE WHITE THEN YOU WILL LOVE THE ROMANTIC RUFmES OF THE 6IC TORIAN UNDER GARMENT STYLE DRESS )N SOFT COTTON AND LACE DETAILING COM PLETE WITH THE ANTIQUE LOCKET AND A FAT FREE BODY THERE S ONLY ONE WORD FOR THIS FEMININE STYLE @BEAUTIFUL )T S A VERY GIRLY DREAM INDEED 4HIS SEASON WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RETRO 4HINK S AND S mORAL PRINT DRESSES BEEHIVES AND QUIFFS IN YOUR HAIR #ALIFORNIAN BLONDE CURLS S NEON LIGHTS AND ACID BRIGHTS FOR THOSE REVISING AND NOT QUITE IN THE FASHION LOOP WE RE TALKING HIGH LIGHTER COLOURS

4HREE IS THE MAGIC NUMBER AS WE BREAK AWAY FROM THE DULL WINTER GREYS THAT HAVE CROWDED OUR CLOS ETS FOR CRAYOLA PRIMARY COLOURS IN BLOCKS BE ULTRA BRIGHT WITH A YEL LOW DRESS AND WEAR IT WITH A PATENT CLUTCH AND PATENT SHOES FOR REAL JUICINESS )F THE THOUGHT OF A YELLOW DRESS SCARES YOU THEN OPT FOR ONE THAT SUITS YOUR COMPLEXION SUCH AS A RED OR GREEN FOR DARKER TONES "E CAREFUL WHEN APPLYING THIS TREND TO MAKEUP REMEMBER THE NAME 0AT "UTCHER KEEPS POPPING UP WHEN EVER WE TALK MAKEUP BLUNDERS

'EOMETRIC SHAPES ARE EVERYWHERE AND IF YOU PREFER THE SIMPLE LIFE THEN MONOCHROME IS BACK FOR YOU &ROM PUMPS TO 2AY "AN S THE CLAS SIC BLACK AND WHITE IS HERE FOR EVE RYONE AND REALLY IT S NOT THAT HARD TO GET THE COMBINATION RIGHT AND BECAUSE IT S A HOT TREND YOU CAN EVEN GO OVER BOARD WITH THIS ONE

3O WE THOUGHT THAT THE SHINY THING WOULD ONLY STICK AROUND FOR WINTER IT WAS STILL IN THE SHOPS THIS SPRING AND IT S HERE TO STAY THIS SUMMER 'LIMMER IN THE SUN IN GOLD FROM SHOES TO BAGS IT DOESN T MATTER IF YOU LOOK LIKE A ROBOT OR LEAVE A TRAIL OF SEQUINS BEHIND YOU THERE IS NO ESCAPING THE METALLIC AND IT IS AFTER ALL A GREAT OPTION FOR THE EVENING /KAY THE WHITE TROUSER IS INESCAP ABLE IN THE SULTRY HEAT AND -ICHAEL +ORS DISPLAYED A CATWALK OF SLOUCHY NEUTRALS FOR HIS 3 3 SHOW 4HIS WORKS WELL FOR A CASUAL SUMMER LOOK IN THE @) M lTx ) M ABOUT TO HIT THE GYM ATTIRE COMPLETE WITH HOODY FOR THE BOYS AND JERSEY MA TERIAL IN GREYS AND WHITES

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35--%2 -!+%50 3%33)/.3 ./ 3,)034)#+ 7E ALL KNOW THE FEELING IT S A HOT !UGUST DAY AND YOU RE STRUTTING DOWN THE HIGH STREET IN THAT GOR GEOUS SUMMER DRESS BIG SUNGLASS ES AND mOPPY HAT IN TOW 9OU FEEL GLAMOROUS YOU RE !UDREY (EP BURN YOU RE 3IENNA -ILLER THE SUM MER GODDESS YOU RE +ATE -OSS THE QUEEN OF COOL 9OUR FACE FEELS LIKE IT S MELTING AND YOUR HOPING NO ONE WILL KNOW THAT YOUR FAKE TAN HAS STREAKED AND YOU LOOK MORE LIKE A FRANKFURTER THAN A SEXY SUM MER SIREN 3O WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE 4HE @.ATURAL LOOK OF COURSE "UT JUST HOW NATURAL IS THAT LOOK 7E ALL NEED A HELPING HAND AND &ASHION ( 1 IS HERE TO HELP WITH THE TOP SUMMER MAKE UP BLUNDERS AND THE BEST WAYS OF AVOIDING THEM 4HE -ASK 7HEN FOUNDATION IS SO THICK IT COULD CRACK AT ANY MOMENT AND

MELTS IN LAYERS SCARY 2EMEDY 7HEN TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE NATU RAL LOOK DEPENDING ON THE STATE OF YOUR SKIN THE BEST TRICK IS TO AVOID USING FOUNDATION AT ALL INSTEAD USE A LIGHT CONCEALER TO COVER BLEMISHES &OR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN T BRAVE ENOUGH TO TRULY GO NATURAL INSTEAD OF SHOVELLING ON THICK FOUNDATION CHOOSE A TINTED MOISTURISER SUCH AS .O 3OFT AND 3HEER 4INTED -OIS TURISER IN -EDIUM a THAT CON TAINS 30& !LTERNATIVELY USE A LIGHTER FOUNDATION LIKE "ENElT S 3OME +IND A 'ORGEOUS a A CREAM TO POWDER FORMULA WITHOUT THE USUAL HEAVY FEEL OF FOUNDATION 2EMEMBER LESS IS MORE 4ANGERINE &ACE 9OU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE RE TALK ING ABOUT 3OME OF YOU GIRLS OUT THERE TEND TO GET A BIT CARRIED AWAY WITH THE SELF TAN AND BRONZER DON T

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.OW YOU KNOW THE TRENDS TO LOOK OUT FOR GO FORTH AND PURCHASE 5%! FASHIONISTA S GO FORTH AND PUR CHASE 3TRUT YOUR SUMMER STYLE 5MAY +ALSOOM

YOU 2EMEDY 7E RECOMMEND DITCHING THE FAKE TAN ALTOGETHER AND OPTING FOR "ENE

lT S LATEST POWDER a THAT COMBINES A BRONZER AND PINK HIGH LIGHTER IN ONE #AN T BRING YOURSELF TO DITCH THE FAKE TAN )T S WORTH INVESTING IN -AC S NEW SOFT MOUSSE FORMULA 3UNDRESSING IN -EDIUM a !LWAYS MAKE SURE TO EXFOLI ATE BEFOREHAND TO AVOID STREAKING 0ANDA %YES

4HE BLACK EYELINER AND THICK MAS CARA YOU USE DURING WINTER IS JUST AS USEFUL FOR A HOT SUNNY DAY UNTIL SOMEONE POINTS OUT THE BIG BLACK SMEARS DOWN THE SIDE OF YOUR FACE 2EMEDY 7HEN THERE S SWEAT INVOLVED IT S USUALLY A GOOD IDEA TO LEAVE USING EYELINER UNTIL THE EVENING 0ASTELS ARE A MORE SUBTLE AND SOPHISTI CATED SUMMER ALTERNATIVE BUT IF YOU FANCY BEING BOLDER NEONS ARE REALLY BIG THIS SEASON SO WHY NOT TRY -AYBELLINE %XPERTWEAR %YE SHADOW IN 2OSE 4INT a %ASE OFF THE THICK BLACK MASCARA AND USE A WATERPROOF BROWN MASCARA LIKE ,ANCOME S &LEXTENCILS 7ATERPROOF a 0LASTIC 0OUT "RIGHT PINK GLOOPY LIPGLOSS CAN LEAVE YOU LOOKING LIKE 0AT "UTCHER ON A BAD DAY 2EMEDY

,ET VIBRANT mOWERS ADORN YOUR DRESSES THIS SUMMER FOR A FEMININE AND CON TEMPORARY LOOK 4HIS SILK SMOCK DRESS FROM 7ARE HOUSE IS EXPEN SIVE AT a BUT CERTAINLY A STAPLE FOR YOUR SUMMER TIME WARDROBE (ANNAH 4AYLOR

4HIS SEASON IS ALL ABOUT NUDE LIPS 4HE BEST NUDE SHADE SUITABLE FOR ALL COMPLEXIONS IS -ISS 3PORTY S #OLOUR -E LIPSTICK IN 0EACH 0ASSION a !LTERNATIVELY LIGHT PINKS WITH A SLIGHT GLOSS SUCH AS CORAL ARE SWEET AND SUMMERY TRY -AYBELLINE 7ATERSHINE %LIXIR ,IQUID ,IPCOLOUR IN #ORAL %XPLOSION a 3WEATY "ETTY 3HINY NOSES AND PATCHY FOUNDATION CAN LEAVE YOU LOOKING WORSE THAN IF YOU HADN T PUT ANY MAKE UP ON AT ALL 2EMEDY !LWAYS USE OIL FREE MOISTURISER BE FORE APPLYING FOUNDATION SUCH AS .EUTROGENA S 6ISIBLY #LEAR /IL FREE -OISTURISER a AND BE SURE TO USE A LIGHT POWDER LIKE "ENElT S "LUFF $UST a )F YOU HAVE PARTICULARLY OILY SKIN IT S ALWAYS BEST TO CARRY FACIAL BLOTTING PAPER .ICOLA *ONES

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4EXTURE LIKE SUN 4HE (OTTEST 4IPS &ASHION #ONSCIOUS -EN 7ITH GLOBAL WARMING AT ITS lNEST PROPELLING US EVER CLOSER TO THE SUM MERS OF OUR DREAMS IT HAS BECOME APPARENT THAT &#- NEEDS TO BREAK FREE FROM CLAD CALVES AND SHROUDED UPPER HALVES TO EMBRACE THE lNEST SUMMER WEAR THAT THE PRECARIOUS MEN S MARKET HAS TO OFFER 4O UNDERTAKE THIS MOMENTOUS AND UNEXPECTEDLY EARLY TASK WITH OUR PITIFULLY MEAGRE WORD COUNT WE VE DECIDED TO FORM THE PERFECT SARTORIAL SPIRITUALLY AWAKENING OUT lT (OWEVER &#- DOES NOT HAVE THE BUDGETARY mEX OF THE OPULENT WOMEN S SECTION THEREFORE BEHOLD 'IOVANNI SEE RIGHT THE !LPHA -ALE OF 3UMMER &ASHION #ONSCIOUS -EN X X X 0 3 WE HAVE HEARD A DIRTY RUMOUR THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN ELEMENT OF DISGRUNTLEMENT AMIDST OUT LOYAL FAN GROUPx )F YOU THINK YOU RE BIG ENOUGH TO ENTER THE MINElELD OF MEN S FASHION PLEASE EMAIL US AT FASHIONCONSCIOUSMEN GMAIL COM AND PREPARE FOR AN ARSE WHIP PINGx

&#- 4OP 4IP ! SEASONED FAVOUR ITE OF THE &#- TEAM 0ERFECT FOR THOSE SLIGHTLY CHILLY EVENINGS WASTED IN PUB GARDENS "LACK MM 7AYFARER )) a FROM 2AY "AN &#- 4OP 4IP 4O COM PLIMENT THOSE lNE SHADES HOW ABOUT A LOVELY JUBBLY WATCH 2OLEX 3UPER 0RESIDENT 3APHIRE AND $IAMOND ENCRUSTED WATCH AVAIL ABLE FROM ALL GOOD STORES FOR a

&#- 4OP 4IP +HAKI &ORKED ,AKE a FROM !BERCROM BIE AND &ITCH %NSURE THE LENGTH OF YOUR SHORTS IS SUITA BLY LONG 4HE CURRENT @FAD FROM OUR MORE FEMININE COUSINS IS TO WEAR A HOT PANT ESQUE VA RIETY &OR THE DISCERNING MALE THIS IS A NO NO $OCKSIDE "LUE 0OLO #LASSIC &IT 6INTAGE 0OLO a FROM 2ALPH ,AUREN

&#- 4OP 4IP 4HE BASIC POLO ONE MAY GO MORE EXTRAVA GANT THAN THIS HOWEVER THE ANCIENT PROV ERB THAT YOU CANNOT HAVE TOO MANY BASIC POLO SHIRTS HAS OFTEN BEEN OUR MAN TRA "LACK #LASSIC &LIP &LOP a FROM (AVAIANAS

&#- 4OP 4IP !NYTHING BUT *ESUS SANDALSx #HARCOAL 'ROOVY #ARDI a FROM &RENCH #ONNECTION

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HE GLORIOUS SANDS OF THE 'REAT 9ARMOUTH BEACH ARE ONLY A QUICK BUS RIDE AWAY AND HAND IN HAND WITH THIS COMES THE DREADED BEACH ATTIRE (OWEVER FEAR NOT THIS SEA SON THOSE @UP ABOVE IN THE FASHION HEADQUARTERS ARE ALLOWING A MORE RELAXED AND VERSATILE BEACH WARD ROBE FOR US ALL 4HE BEACHWEAR VERSATILITY THAT THE HIGH STREET AND INTERNET RETAIL ERS ARE PROVIDING FOR US IS ASTOUND ING /F COURSE A STAPLE SUMMER WARDROBE STILL NEEDS THE COM PULSARY SWIMWEAR BUT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE AVAILABLE TO SPICE UP THOSE OFTEN BORING AND UNINSPIR ING BIKINIS 7EBSITES SUCH AS !3/3 WWW ASOS COM ARE REALLY PUSHING THE FASHION BOAT OUT THIS SEASON TO GIVE THEIR BEACHWEAR THAT EXTRA SOMETHING EVEN INCLUDING THEIR OWN @"EACH 3HOP SECTION 0RETTY SHEER KAFTAN TOPS ARE ONCE AGAIN MAKING AN APPEARANCE BUT WITH LESS OF THE BEACH LIKE FEEL AND IN STEAD MORE OF A SOPHISTICATED SUM MER VIBE TO THEM 4EAMED WITH A PAIR OF TAILORED SHORTS A CHUNKY RIBBON STYLE BELT AND HOOP EARINGS WE HAVE lNALLY BEEN GRANTED FASH ION PERMISSION TO STEP OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF THE SANDY SHORES AND INTO THE CITY STREETS WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A DISAPROVING GLANCE IN SIGHT 4HE BEACH THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE MORE OF A FASHION ARENA THAN EVER BEFORE

!CCESSORIES ARE GOING TO BE THE KEY TO THIS DOOR 'ONE ARE THE DAYS OF THE PRAC TICAL STRAW BEACH BAGS INSTEAD WE SHALL lND OURSELVES CLUTCHING INDI AN MOTIF CLAD BAGS IN RICH COLOURS AND WE LL BE WEARING STYLISH SUM MER SLIP ONS RATHER THAN 0RIMARK mIP mOPS ) AM AFRAID TO SAY THAT THIS SUM MER BEACH WEAR IS GOING TO BE MUCH LESS 5+ AND MUCH MORE ,! "IG SHADES mOPPY SUN HATS AND LIP GLOSS ARE A MUST ON YOUR DAY TRIPS AWAY TO THOSE SANDY SHORES 4HE BEACH IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE FOR DOGWALKS BUT A CATWALK INSTEAD 3LIP ON THOSE OVERSIZED SHADES AND STRUT YOUR STUFF HAVE FUN WITH YOUR BEACH OUTlTS 'ONE ARE THE DAYS OF SARONGS AND JELLY SHOES AND INSTEAD WE ARE GOING TO BE WEAR ING OUTlTS THAT WE CAN DRESS UP OR DRESS DOWN WITH THE HELP OF A SIM PLE GLITTERY ANKLET OR A TRUCKER STYLE HAT 7HEREVER YOU lND YOURSELF THIS SUMMER DONT SLIP INTO @HOLIDAY MODE AND END UP WITH A LOOK THAT WILL LEAVE YOU QUARANTINED TO THE BEACH BUT INSTEAD DRESS TO IMPRESS IN AN OUTlT YOU CAN WEAR FROM DAWN TO DUSK !LANNAH 7ELLS

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,OSS GRIEF HEARTACHE AND BITTERNESS THESE ARE THEMES THAT SUFFUSE THE PAGES OF 4HE )NHERITANCE OF ,OSS EMERGING AUTHOR +IRAN $ESAI S SECOND NOVEL /F COURSE THESE CONCEPTS ARE NOT UNCOMMON IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE QUITE THE OPPOSITE IN FACT BUT WHAT MAKES $ESAI S NOVEL WORTHY OF ITS -AN "OOKER 0RIZE IS HER TALENT FOR EVOKING EMOTIONAL RESPONSES FOR BOTH HER INDIVIDUAL DOOM BOUND CHARACTERS AND FOR THE SIMILAR PLIGHT OF HUMANITY ITSELF $ESAI ADDRESSES POLITICS AND POVERTY IN )NDIA %NGLAND AND !MERICA WITH A STARTLING INSIGHT SURELY BORNE FROM HER EDU CATION AND EXPERIENCE OF ALL THREE COUNTRIES ACHIEVED THROUGH AN INTERWEAVING NARRATIVE THAT MAKES UP THE TRIALS AND STRUGGLES OF SEVERAL CHARACTERS IN THE TEXT 0ERHAPS THIS IS WHY FRESH OUT OF 7ATERSTONES THAT 4HE )NHERITANCE OF ,OSS HAS BEEN GREETED WITH SUCH WIDE ACCLAIM )T IS RARE THAT AN AUTHOR IS ABLE TO SO ADEPTLY ADDRESS BOTH SMALL AND LARGE SCALE CUL TURAL ISSUES A FEAT SHE ACHIEVES SO EFFECTIVELY THAT THE READER IS ALSO LEFT HUMILIATED AND OUT RAGED AS THEY TURN THE lNAL PAGE 4HERE IS NO DOUBT THAT $ESAI IS AN ACCOMPLISHED AUTHOR HER SHORT SENTENCES HAVE A FANTAS TIC WEIGHTED RHYTHM TO THEM THAT RESONATE WITHIN THE READ ER S HEAD LONG AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN SCANNED ON THE PAGE AND HER DESCRIPTION IS SOME OF THE MOST ORIGINAL AND EVOCA TIVE 4HE %VENT HAS EXPERIENCED $ESAI IS ABLE TO ADEPTLY DESCRIBE BOTH THE UNFAMILIAR INlNITE RISING PEAKS OF THE (IMALAYAS AND THE MUNDANITY OF A WASP FALLING DEAD TO THE GROUND WITH THE SAME POWERFUL AND ABSORBING LANGUAGE 4HESE PHRASES LITTERED AMONGST THE PAGES ARE SATISFYING SURPRISES FOR THE READER A RELIEF FROM THE RATHER HEAVY POLITICAL NARRATIVE THAT OTHERWISE WHOLLY PERVADES THE TEXT )F YOU LIKE A FAST PACED ACTION BASED STORY HOWEVER 4HE )NHERITANCE OF ,OSS IS NOT FOR YOU !DMITTEDLY THE PLOT IS SLOW AND WHILST THE DESCRIPTION AND LANGUAGE IS POWERFULLY EVOCATIVE THIS IN ITSELF IS NOT ENOUGH TO CARRY FOUR HUNDRED PAGES WORTH OF SLOW MOVING NARRATIVE $ESPITE ALL THIS THE PREVAILING THEMES AND USE OF LANGUAGE MAKE 4HE )NHERITANCE OF ,OSS A BOOK TO PUT ASIDE FOR A RAINY DAY ALTHOUGH THE READER MAY HAVE TO HOPE FOR MONSOON SEASON TO OCCUR IF THEY WISH TO lNISH IT ANY TIME SOON .ICOLE (AZAN

4RACY #HEVALIER S NEW NOVEL "URNING "RIGHT WAS ONE THAT 4HE %VENT WAS EAGER TO READ AND IT DID LITTLE TO DISAPPOINT )NTERESTINGLY IT IS WRITTEN PARTLY ABOUT 7IL LIAM "LAKE THE FAMOUS POET AND REVOLUTIONARY OF THE TH CENTURY #HEVALIER HONOURS HIS WORK THROUGH THE USE OF COMPARABLE THEMES WITHOUT ATTEMPTING TO ANSWER HIS MANY AMBIGUITIES WHICH FRANKLY WOULD BE AN ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FEAT )N NOT DOING SO SHE THANKFULLY DOES NOT DESTROY THE BEAUTY OF HIS WRITING 4HE OPENING CHAPTERS DO NOT INTRODUCE THE STORY ESPECIALLY WELL AND THE STO RYLINE ITSELF WAS NOT ENGAGING ENOUGH TO KEEP US ENTERTAINED TO BEGIN WITH ! FEW CHAPTERS IN HOWEVER 4HE %VENT FOUND THEMSELVES FERVENTLY READING EAGER TO lND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS COUNTRY FAMILY FORCED INTO A DIFlCULT AND UNFORGIVING ,ONDON LIFE )T WAS INTERESTING TO SEE "LAKE FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF HIS NEIGH BOURS PORTRAYING HIM AS AN AMIABLE lGURE RATHER THAN THE REBELLIOUS UNFRIENDLY MAN HE IS SO OFTEN SEEN AS (OWEVER BE CAUSE "LAKE IS ALREADY FAMILIAR THIS NOVEL DOESN T PARTICULARLY OFFER ANYTHING NEW )T MERELY PUTS HIS RATHER COMPLICATED LIFE IN A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT ESPE CIALLY THROUGH THE UNSURPRISING THEME OF INNOCENCE AND EXPERI ENCE THAT IS LACED THROUGHOUT THE NOVEL !T TIMES #HEVALIER S NARRA TIVE IS SLIGHTLY PREDICTABLE THAT IS UNTIL THE END WHERE AN ELEMENT OF SURPRISE SUDDENLY EMERGES AND LEAPS TO THE FRONTLINE (OWEVER BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE NOVEL IS SO CLEAR CUT IT WAS ALMOST DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THE NOVEL END WHERE IT DOES #HEVALIER S CHARACTERS HOWEVER ARE VARIED AND COLOURFUL AND THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WILL APPEAL TO ALL MINDS 9OU FEEL AS IF YOU TRULY BEGIN TO KNOW THE PEOPLE AND THE PLACES WELL AND EVERY TIME YOU OPEN THE BOOK YOU STEP INTO THE VIBRANT STREETS OF AN OLD ,ONDON WITH #HEVALIER S EVOCATIVE AND WONDERFUL IMAGERY 4HE MORE 4HE %VENT THINKS ABOUT IT THE MORE WE REALISE HOW CLEVER THE NOVEL IS IN TERMS OF ITS DEVOTION TO "LAKE )T IS DElNITELY WORTH A READ IF ONLY TO DISCOVER AND GET LOST IN THE WORLD OF WHICH "LAKE WAS A PART #HLOE 0EW ,ATTER

!RT 'ALLERIES )N .ORWICH HOW TO PICK THE ONE TO VISIT 4HE &ORUM

!T THE MOMENT THE &ORUM IS PERHAPS THE PERFECT STARTING POINT FOR ANY EXPLOR ING ART LOVER AND IS CURRENTLY EXHIBITING THE EASY ON THE EYE PHOTOGRAPHIC SERIES @4HE %ARTH FROM !IR )T IS PRONE TO LARGER INNOVATIVE EXHIBITIONS DUE TO ITS CENTRALITY AND MAKES FOR AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE IN THE HEART OF THE CITY AMONGST THE RABBLE 0ERHAPS PREFERRED BY THE CITY SLICKER IN THE DAYTIME AT NIGHT THE &ORUM COMES TO LIFE AND PROVES A TRANQUIL RETREAT UNDER THE GAZE OF .ORWICH S #ATHEDRAL 2ATING

.ORWICH 'ALLERY

.ORWICH 'ALLERY LURKS IN THE CENTRE OF THE !RT #OL LEGE S @HIP ARTISTIC COMMUNITY AND OVERLOOKS THE RIVER 4HE SPACE IS SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTING AS IT FAILS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SCENIC RIVER VIEW BUT VISI TORS CAN STILL PASS BY AND PEER IN THROUGH THE INVITING WINDOW FRONT 4HOUGH THE CURRENT 6IDEO EXHIBITION IS LESS THAN THRILLING THE GALLERY IS ALWAYS INVOLVED IN PROMOTING LOCAL ART AND ITS LINK WITH THE !RT #OLLEGE GUARANTEES INNOVATIVE AND EMERGING ARTISTIC TALENT 2ATING

&RAMES OF .ORWICH 'ALLERY

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4HE #ASTLE -USEUM HAS THE REGULAR EXHIBITIONS TERRIlED STUFFED ANIMALS IN THE .ATURAL (ISTORY 'ALLERY AND RIVETING CERAMICS OF THE 4EAPOT 'ALLERY BUT ITS -ODERN 'ALLERY IS SUC CESSFULLY REMINISCENT OF THE BIG ,ONDON CONTENDERS SUCH AS 4HE 4ATE AND THE .ATIONAL 0ORTRAIT 4HE CURRENT EXHIBITION @7ATERLOG HOUSES A SERIES OF LOCAL NATURALISTIC ART WHICH IN CLUDES VIDEO PAINTING AND SCULPTURE 4HOUGH NOT AS INTIMATE AS THE PREVIOUS GALLERIES THE -ODERN 'ALLERY STILL MAINTAINS A LEVEL OF PRIVACY AWAY FROM THE GAGGLES OF ROAMING SCHOOL CHILDREN ON CHAOTIC SCHOOL TRIPS 2ATING

!S A TRENDY GALLERY LARGE GLASS OF RED WINE AS STANDARD &RAMES OF .ORWICH EXPECTS SERIOUS ART GOERS AND BUYERS WITH PAINTINGS WITH PRICES IN THE THOUSANDS 9ET THIS 'ALLERY IS WARM AND INVITING AND MUCH LARGER THAN EXPECTED 4HE SPACE PROVIDES PERSONAL VIEWINGS OF THE ART WITH ITS NARROW STRUCTURE AND IS A WELCOME SOLACE FROM THE BUSY STREET IN WHICH THE 'ALLERY IS LOCATED 4HE BAR TOP CRAMMED WITH WINE BOTTLES IS THE 'ALLERY S ADDED BONUS 2ATING

4HE +ING OF (EARTS

$ATING BACK TO 4UDOR TIMES THE +ING OF (EARTS IS .ORWICH S ANSWER TO THE ULTIMATE ARTY EXPERIENCE #OMPLETE WITH GIFT SHOP FULL OF LO CAL CRAFTS A MUSIC ROOM AND TEASHOP TO REST WEARY LEGS THIS 'ALLERY REALLY HAS SOMETHING FOR ALL 4HE EXHIBITION SPACE IS WONDERFULLY HOMELY WITH A lREPLACE AND SNUG ARMCHAIRS INCLUDED AND YOU FEEL LIKE THE PRETENTIOUS GALLERY GOER IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN LIV ING ROOM 4HE IMPRESSIVE ARTWORK ON DISPLAY RANGES FROM MODERN SCULPTURE TO DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY AND IT OCCUPIES EVERY BLANK SPACE POSSIBLE THE +ING OF (EARTS CERTAINLY AVOIDS THE MINIMALIST APPROACH 4HE ICING ON THE +ING S CAKE HAS TO BE THE COURTYARD IN THE CENTRE OF THE BUILDING WHERE YOU CAN CONTEMPLATE AND INDULGE IN THE TEASHOP S DELIGHTS 2ATING

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$EATH OF THE %NGLISH 3TUDENT 7HILE UNDERGRADUATE COURSES IN #REATIVE 7RITING ARE ON THE RISE NATIONALLY -IRANDA "RYANT lNDS THAT 5%! NEEDS TO STEP UP ITS GAME TO BATTLE WITH THE COMPETITION

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IR !NGUS 7ILSON 0ROFESSOR -AL COLM "RADBURY *OHN &OWLES (AROLD 0INTER $ORIS ,ESSING )RIS -URDOCH !RNOLD 7ESKER $AVID ,ODGE -ICHÒLE 2OBERTS !LI 3MITH -AGGIE 'EE "ENADINE %VARISTO 0AUL -ULDOON 4HUS READS THE lRST PARAGRAPH OF THE 5%! #REATIVE 7RITING -! PROSPECTUS ALBEIT WITH A FEW JOINING WORDS IN BETWEEN ! COURSE LADEN WITH LEGACY AND BIG NAMES THE MOST FAMOUS IN "RITAIN CREA TIVE WRITING AT 5%! HAS ALWAYS ENJOYED A HEAVY WEIGHT REPUTATION "UT WITH UNIVER SITY CHANCELLORS AROUND %NGLAND DESPERATE TO LURE MONEY FROM THE POCKETS OF ASPIRING WRITERS PARENTS AND FAMOUS WRITERS HAPPY TO BE PAID TO LURK AROUND UNIVERSITIES FOR A COU PLE OF HOURS A WEEK CREATIVE WRITING COURSES HAVE mOURISHED AND MULTIPLIED !ND THIS IS ONLY OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS 7HERE DOES THIS CHANGE IN THE #REATIVE 7RITING MARKET LEAVE 5%! !FTER ALL LEGACY CAN ONLY GET YOU SO FAR 7ITH SEVERAL TEACHING STAFF ON THE MOVE THE FACULTY IS FEELING THE PRESSURE FOR A NEW DIREC TION h#REATIVITY ITSELF HAS REALLY KIND OF AS CENDED IN VALUE v SAYS 0ROFESSOR -ARK #URRIE SCHOOL OF ,ITERATURE AND #REATIVE 7RITING AT 5%! #REATIVITY HAS NOT ONLY BECOME A COM MODITY BUT ALSO THE NEW MEANS TO STUDY LIT ERATURE #URRIE THINKS THAT IT SUITS THE MODERN STUDENT BECAUSE IT IS MORE VOCATIONAL THAN THE TRADITIONAL %NGLISH COURSE h7RITING IS SOME THING THAT %NGLISH DEPARTMENTS HAVE ALWAYS CELEBRATED v $OES THIS MEAN #URRIE FORESEES #REATIVE 7RITING AS THE DEATH OF THE TRADITION AL %NGLISH DEGREE .O h4HE TRADITIONAL %NG LISH DEGREE IS EXCELLENT PREPARATION FOR -! #REATIVE 7RITING v 4HE NUMBER OF STUDENTS STUDYING #REATIVE 7RITING INSTEAD OF %NGLISH IS STEADILY INCREASING !T THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 0ATRICIA $UNCKER LEFT 5%! TO BECOME THE 5NIVERSITY OF -ANCHESTER S lRST 0ROFESSOR OF #REATIVE 7RIT ING AND NOW -ARTIN !MIS MOST FAMOUS FOR -ONEY AND ,ONDON &IELDS HAS BEEN CONlRMED TO BE JOINING HER IN THE NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR 7ITH %NGLAND S MOST FAMOUS LIVING WRITER ON THEIR SIDE AND 5%! TEACHERS JUMPING SHIP TO JOIN THEM HAS -ANCHESTER OVERTAKEN 5%! AS THE LEADING UNIVERSITY FOR CREATIVE WRITING

h5%! AND -ANCHESTER ARE IN COMPETITION v ADMITS -ARK #URRIE hBUT -ARTIN !MIS WOULD NOT lT IN AT 5%! /UR STU DENTS WOULD NOT WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH HIM v 5%! AND -ANCHESTER ARE IN COMPETITON ADMITS #URRIE BUT !MIS WOULD NOT lT IN AT 5%! h) M NOT SURE OUR STUDENTS WOULD WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH -ARTIN !MIS v #URRIE EXPLAINS h-ARTIN !MIS IS NOT A 5%! STYLE

PROMISE TO TRY TO HOOK -! STUDENTS UP WITH PUBLISHERS AND AGENTS UNFULlLLED !RE THESE THE VOICES OF THE RIPPED OFF AND THE NEGLECTED /R ARE THEY MERELY THOSE OF THE EMBITTERED WHO REALISED THEY WEREN T AS TALENTED AS THEY HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT 7HATEVER THE TRUTH IS THERE UNDOUBTEDLY APPEARS TO BE A SCHISM IN THE SELF IMAGE OF 5%! S #REATIVE 7RITING COURSE AND ITS REALITY 3TUDENTS AND THE PUBLIC CAN ONLY SPECULATE AS

TO WHICH DIRECTION THE FACULTY WILL TAKE SEMI NAL WRITER OR ANONYMOUS TEACHER &ROM WHAT #URRIE SAYS THE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING FOR A COMBINATION OF BOTH BUT ONLY TIME WILL TELL WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A TENABLE IDEAL WITHOUT GENETICALLY MODIFYING WRITERS )F THEY DO NOT SUCCEED THE HISTORICALLY FAMOUS COURSE WILL BE LEFT CLINGING TO THE ONLY ASSET THAT -ANCHESTER CANNOT BUY A LEGACY 0ICTURE 0ROFESSOR -AL COM "RADBURY #OPYWRIGHT ""# /NLINE

7HAT STUDENTS REALLY THINK ABOUT #REATIVE 7RITING AT 5%!

WRITER HIS WRITING IS VERY MASCULINE WHILE 5%! #REATIVE 7RITING STUDENTS ARE PREDOMI NANTLY FEMALE v (E ALSO QUESTIONS HOW MUCH TIME !MIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO SPEND WITH STUDENTS 7HILE #URRIE S ATTACK MAY BE ON THE DEFENSIVE HE IS NOT WRONG TO QUESTION !MIS COMMITMENT TO TEACHING SHORTLY AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS POSITION HE SAID IN AN INTERVIEW WITH 4HE 4IMES h) WON T ACTUALLY BE MOVING TO -ANCHESTER ) LL JUST BE GOING UP ONCE A FORTNIGHT v )N LIGHT OF THE COMPETITION IS 5%! S #RE ATIVE 7RITING COURSE STILL DISTINCTIVE h)NTER DISCIPLINARITY THE CONJUNCTION OF THE CRITICAL AND THE CREATIVE IS UNIQUE TO 5%! v h!T OTHER UNIVERSITIES v #URRIE SAYS h#REATIVE 7RITING IS ONLY BOLTED ON n THERE S NO REAL INTEGRATION v $ESPITE ITS ASSETS 5%! DElNITELY NEEDS A -AR TIN !MIS ESQUE lGURE TO MAINTAIN ITS PROlLE IN THE lELD BUT NO CLUES HAVE BEEN REVEALED AS TO WHO IF ANYONE IS GOING TO lLL THE CELEB RITY GAP THAT THE UNIVERSITY DESPERATELY NEEDS lLLED #URRIE WANTS hINTERDISCIPLINARITY TO COMBINE CRITICS AND CREATIVES 7E AIM TO CRE ATE A BUZZ BY THEORISING THE RELATIONSHIP BE TWEEN THE NOVEL AND CRITICISM v 0LANS TO KEEP 5%! #REATIVE 7RITING AHEAD OF ITS GROWING COMPETITION INCLUDE WORKING ON NON lCTION h)T WOULD BE INTERESTING TO EX PLORE MORE KINDS OF WRITING AND TO FOCUS ON THE UNDERGRADUATE COURSE 4HE -! COURSE IS ROOTED IN THE PASTv SAYS #URRIE !S FOR THE CE LEBRITY DEBATE h7E VE ALWAYS HAD THAT TENSION IN THE SCHOOLv SAYS #URRIE hBUT IT S CRUCIAL TO BALANCE OUT FAME WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE GOOD IN AND KNOW THE HIGHER EDUCATION ENVIRON MENT v 7HILST 5%! MAY ARGUE THAT TEACHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN FAMOUS NAMES IT IS THIS THAT INITIALLY ATTRACTS STUDENTS AND DON T THEY KNOW IT n THE PROOF LIES NO FURTHER THAN THE PROSPECTUS !N ANONYMOUS CREATIVE WRIT ING STUDENT FEELS THAT HE WAS MISLED BY THE PROSPECTUS WHICH MADE HIM CHOOSE 5%! (AVING CHOSEN THE UNIVERSITY FOR ITS REPUTA TION AND EXCLUSIVITY THE SECOND YEAR STUDENT HAD EXPECTED INTIMATE CLASS SIZES AND A HIGH WRITING STANDARD AMONGST HIS CLASS MATES (E HAS BEEN DISAPPOINTED BY THE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN HIS CLASSES WHO HAVEN T STUDIED THE SUBJECT BEFORE AND BY THE VARIED TEACHING QUALITY h) DON T GO TO MANY OF MY LESSONS ANYMORE IT S NOT WORTH IT v HE SAYS !N -! GRADUATE PLAYWRIGHT WAS NOT OVERWHELMED BY THE COURSE lNDING THE 5%! S

h) HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED BY CREATIVE WRITING AT 5%! )NTENSE SEMINARS WITH OTHER WRITERS HAVE DElNITELY IMPROVED MY TECHNIQUE 4HE CREATIVE ATMOSPHERE THAT THEY ENCOUR AGE HAS INSPIRED ME TO WRITE MORE THAN EVER v 3AM %LLIOT lRST YEAR %NGLISH ,ITERATURE AND #REATIVE 7RITING h2EGARDING CREATIVE WRITING THERE WASN T THAT MUCH AND ALSO ) DIDN T THINK IT WAS ANYTHING SPECIAL 4HE IN CLASS EXERCISES SEEMED A BIT POINTLESS AND THERE WAS NO CROSSOVER BETWEEN !MERICAN ,ITERATURE AND THE TAUGHT #REATIVE 7RITING ELEMENTS v 0ETER -ATTHEWS lRST YEAR !MERICAN ,ITERATURE AND #REATIVE 7RITING h4HE SEMINARS WHILE BEING INTERESTING AND ENLIGHTENING FREQUENTLY FELT SOMEWHAT FORMU LAIC )N MY EXPERIENCE ) LEARNT THE MOST WHEN DOING THE EXERCISES FOR HOMEWORK OR WORKING ON MY OWN PROJECTS THOUGH BEING EXPOSED TO OTHER YOUNG WRITERS AND BEING TAUGHT BY A PRACTISING WRITER WAS AND IS A THOROUGHLY FASCINATING AND USEFUL EXPERIENCE v *ACK #LARK lRST YEAR %NGLISH ,ITERATURE AND #REATIVE 7RITING

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$OCTOR 7HO ""# 3ATURDAYS )N CASE YOU VE BEEN LIVING ON 3KARO FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND SOME HOW MISSED THE TRAILERS NEWSPA PER ARTICLES AND 2ADIO 4IMES COV ERS THE BIG NEWS IN 46 LAND IS THAT $OCTOR 7HO IS BACK ON 3ATURDAY NIGHTS &OLLOWING THE DEPARTURE OF "ILLIE 0IPER S 2OSE AT THE END OF SERIES TWO AND AN ADVENTURE WITH #ATHERINE 4ATE AT #HRISTMAS THIS NEW RUN OF THIRTEEN EPISODES OPENS WITH THE $OCTOR PLAYED BY THE SIMPLY BRILLIANT $AVID 4EN NANT TRAVELLING THROUGH TIME AND SPACE ALONE !LONE THAT IS UNTIL THE 4IME ,ORD MEETS A YOUNG MEDICAL STUDENT NAMED -ARTHA *ONESx 4HE BIG QUESTION AT THE START OF THE SERIES OF $OCTOR 7HO IS WHETHER THE NEW COMPANION

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PLAYED BY NEWCOMER &REEMA !GYE MAN IS ANY GOOD OR NOT 4HANK FULLY !GYEMAN IS A MORE THAN AD EQUATE REPLACEMENT FOR "ILLIE 0IPER MAKING -ARTHA *ONES AN EXCITING LIKEABLE CHARACTER FROM HER lRST FEW MOMENTS ON SCREEN (ER CHEMISTRY WITH $AVID 4ENNANT WORKS INSTANT LY THE $OCTOR AND -ARTHA QUICKLY BECOMING A TEAM THE AUDIENCE WANTS TO SEE MORE OF !S FOR THE 4IME ,ORD HIMSELF $AVID 4ENNANT IS AS GOOD AS EVER SHOWING A $OC TOR TROUBLED BY THE LOSS OF 2OSE YET STILL THE SAME FUNNY EXCITABLE AND BRILLIANT MAN WE ALL EXPECT 7ITH REGARDS TO THE EPISODES THEMSELVES ONLY THE lRST TWO SHOWS HAD BEEN SCREENED AS 4HE %VENT WENT TO PRESS 4HE NEW SERIES

46 TREATS TO WATCH THIS FORTNIGHT

4HE !PPRENTICE ""# 4UE TENSIONS RUN HIGH AS THE TEAM 3IR !LAN 3UGAR SETS THE TEAMS THE TASK OF MANUFACTURING SWEETS TO SELL AT ,ONDON :OO $OCTOR 7HO ""# 3AT 4HE $OCTOR S GREATEST AND OLDEST ENEMIES THE $ALEKS ARE AT WORK PREPARING THEIR MOST AUDACIOUS PLAN YET #3) &)6% 4UE .EW #3) +EPPLER CAUSES DYSFUNCTION BETWEEN #ATHERINE AND THE TEAM 0RISON "REAK &)6% -ON n -ICHAEL AND ,INCOLN ARE BACK ON THE RUN WITH AN UNLIKELY ALLY (OUSE &)6% 4HUR n (UGH ,AURIE IS AS CHARMING AS EVER IN THIS FUNNY !MERICAN HIT SHOW

OPENED WITH @3MITH AND *ONES A WILD AND FRANTIC TALE THAT CHRONI CLED -ARTHA S lRST MEETING WITH THE $OCTOR 2USSELL 4 $AVIES SCRIPT WAS lLLED TO THE BRIM WITH INVEN TION THE TRANSPORTATION OF A HOS PITAL TO THE SURFACE OF THE MOON BEING ONE TYPICALLY BARMY IDEA IN A STORY CHOCK FULL OF THEM ! PERFECT INTRODUCTION FOR A NEW COMPAN ION THE STORY CONTAINED THE PRIME ELEMENTS OF CLASSIC $OCTOR 7HO n IT WAS QUIRKY EXCITING BOASTED GREAT ALIENS THE 2HINO HEADED *UDOON AND HURTLED BY AT BREAK NECK SPEED 4HE KEYNOTE OF THE SCRIPT WAS -AR THA S ARRIVAL n DEFTLY HANDLED BY $AVIES QUICKLY MAKING THE NEW GIRL A LIKEABLE ADDITION TO THE 4!2$)3 4HE FOLLOWING ADVENTURE @4HE

3HAKESPEARE #ODE IS REPORTEDLY THE MOST EXPENSIVE SINGLE EPISODE OF THE SHOW EVER MADE AND IT SHOWS 4UDOR ,ONDON WAS mAWLESS LY RECREATED PROVIDING THE PERFECT BACKDROP TO A TALE INVOLVING ALIEN WITCHES INVENTIVE MURDERS AND OF COURSE THE "ARD HIMSELF SMOOTHLY PLAYED BY EX 3HAMELESS STAR $EAN ,ENNOX +ELLY ! VISUAL FEAST WITH A

WITTY AND LITERATE SCRIPT BY 'ARETH 2OBERTS THE SECOND EPISODE WAS AS EPIC AND EXCITING AS THE lRST )NDEED IT SEEMS OVERALL THAT $OCTOR 7HO HAS STEPPED UP A GEAR THIS YEAR BECOM ING BIGGER AND MORE EXCITING THAN EVER 7ITH $ALEKS KILLER SCARECROWS AND MORE TO COME 3ATURDAY NIGHTS JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT MORE EXCITINGx ,IAM / "RIEN

46 #LASSICS "LAKE S #REATED BY $ALEK MASTERMIND 4ERRY .ATION "LAKE S WAS SET IN A FUTURE WHERE THE GALAXY IS RULED BY THE EVIL &EDERATION THINK THE %MPIRE FROM 3TAR 7ARS "ATTLING THIS TYRANNICAL REGIME WAS FREEDOM lGHTER 2OJ "LAKE PLAYED BY 'ARETH 4HOMAS AND HIS SIX FELLOW ESCAPEES ABOARD HIS STOLEN ALIEN SPACE SHIP THE ,IBERATOR $ESPITE THE LOW BUDGET AND OCCASIONALLY CAMP COSTUMES IT WAS THE SEVENTIES "LAKE S WAS A BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN SHOW WELL AHEAD OF ITS TIME )N AN ERA WHEN

MAIN CHARACTERS RARELY DIED ON 46 "LAKE S BECAME WELL KNOWN OVER ITS FOUR YEAR RUN FOR KILLING OFF KEY CAST MEMBERS AND FEATURING MORALLY DUBIOUS CENTRAL CHARACTERS 4HE SHOW IS RECOGNISED AS AN INSPIRATION FOR SHOWS LIKE &IREmY AND THE NEW "ATTLESTAR 'ALACTICA 4HE SHOW WAS ALSO ONE OF THE lRST TELEVISION SERIES TO END ITS SEASONS ON CLIFFHANGERS A DEVICE USED MORE REGULARLY IN MODERN TELEVISION SHOWS /FTEN WRITTEN OFF AS NOTHING MORE THAN A POOR MANS $OCTOR 7HO

"LAKE S WAS AN INVENTIVE SUPERBLY CHARACTERISED PROGRAMME THAT SHOWED 46 HEROES DID NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE INFALLIBLE OR UPSTANDING 3TAR 4REK TYPES ,IAM / "RIEN

.EIGHBOURS $6$ #ORNER 3TEPH AND 4OADIE S NEW FOUND LOVE CAME TO A HALT AS HER HUSBAND -AX MADE HIS RETURN %LLE AND *ANAE TRACKED HIM DOWN TO A HOUSE NEARBY WHERE HE WAS LIVING IN WITH A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FAMILY ALTHOUGH ONCE *ANAE CONFRONTED HIM HE CONVENIENTLY REMEMBERED HIS ORIGINAL WIFE AND CHILDREN AND RETURNED TO %RINSBOROUGH !FTER SOME SOUL SEARCHING BY 3TEPH A LOT OF HOSPITAL VISITS AND A GREAT DEAL OF +ENNEDY INTERFERENCE 3TEPH ENDED UP BACK WITH -AX WHEN 4OADIE STEPPED ASIDE $ESPITE REALISING IT HAD BEEN A MISTAKE TO LET 3TEPH GO 4OADIE PULLED A MASSIVE STUNT TO SAVE -AX S NECK DURING HIS TRIAL OVER #AMERON S DEATH +ARL AFTER RETIRING FROM MEDICINE FOR GOOD THREW HIMSELF INTO BECOMING TOTALLY ORGANIC BREEDING hCHOOKSv AND MAKING 3USAN PLANT ALL HIS VEGETABLES ,OU S DAUGHTER ,OLLY CAME FOR AN EXTENDED STAY AND WITHIN AN EPISODE HAD ALREADY STOLEN +ARL S WALLET AND ATTEMPTED TO BREAK UP THE NEWLY REUNITED 3TINGRAY AND 2ACHEL 2OSIE CHOSE &RASER OVER 0AUL BUT &RASER IS WORRIED SHE WILL lND OUT HIS CONNECTION TO HER EX lANCE *OHNNY WHEN HIS YOUNGER BROTHER 2INGO COMES TO STAY .ED S ATTEMPT AT PROFESSIONAL GAMBLING WAS SUCH A FAILURE HE WAS FORCED TO STEAL FROM THE 3CARLET "AR &RAZER WAS ACCUSED AND +ATYA BLAMED HERSELF +IERA / "RIEN

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4HE lRST SERIES OF %XTRAS HAILED AS THE hDIFlCULT SECOND ALBUMv TO THE NEAR PERFECT 4HE /FlCE WAS AN UNLIKELY TRIUMPH AND HAD MANY CRITICS WONDERING JUST WHEN THE lRST CHINK IN THE 'ERVAIS -ERCHANT ARMOUR WOULD SHOW ,IKE A RINGING BELL THAT SHOUTS h) M A BELL AND ) M RINGING v THIS SECOND SERIES SERVES AS THE CLARION OF POST MODERNISM ANNOUNCING THAT THE CREATORS HAVE SOUGHT SANCTUARY FROM THE LIMELIGHT OF MEDIA ADORATION WITHIN THE DARK REGIONS BETWEEN THEIR OWN BUM CHEEKS 5TILISING A PLOT DEVICE USED TO FAR GREATER EFFECT IN 3EINFELD lFTEEN YEARS AGO THIS SERIES SEES OUR HERO !NDY -ILLMAN WRITING AND STARRING IN HIS OWN COMEDY SERIES ON THE ""# 4HIS IS THE SET UP FOR A STEADY STREAM OF

KNOWING NODS TO THE TEDIOUS AND TIRED MECHANISMS OF THE STANDARD SITCOM FORMAT FROM IRRITATING CATCHPHRASES TO ILLOGICAL CELEBRITY GUEST SPOTS 4HIS IS ALL VERY WELL OBSERVED STUFF BUT GIVEN 'ERVAIS AND -ERCHANT S READY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THEIR DEVIATION FROM SUCH SITCOM STOCK WITH 4HE /FlCE IT ALL COMES ACROSS AS A LITTLE SELF CONGRATULATORY 4HE lRST SERIES GAMBLED WITH OUR SYMPATHIES THE POTENTIAL FOR CELEBS SMUGLYSENDING UPTHEIROWNPERSONAS TO ALIENATE AUDIENCES KEPT JUST IN CHECK BY THE SUBTLY SWEET HANDLING OF !NDY S FRIENDSHIP WITH FELLOW EXTRA -AGGIE AND FREQUENT OUTINGS FOR THE SQUIRMING EMBARRASSED ROUTINE THAT 'ERVAIS DOES SO WELL 4HIS SERIES HOWEVER HAS A NOTICEABLE COLDNESS

TO IT TELLINGLY SIMILAR TO THE FEEL OF 'ERVAIS S OWN FAVOURITE SITCOM #URB 9OUR %NTHUSIASM THAT A LAZY ATTEMPT AT SENTIMENT IN THE lNAL EPISODE DOES LITTLE TO REDEEM 3PECIAL MENTION FOR VERY DIFFERENT REASONS MUST GO TO THE CELEB HEAVY AND LAUGHTER LIGHT EPISODE AND TO EPISODE IN WHICH -ERCHANT S STEALING OF THE SERIES FROM HIS MORE CELEBRATED CO STAR IS CONlRMED WITH HIS BEST TURN YET AS -ILLMAN S INEPT AGENT $ARREN .EIL (UITSON

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)N THE LAST DECADE *OSS 7HEDON HAS BECOME A CULTURAL ICON (IS SERIES FROM "UFFY TO &IRE mY HAVE HUGE FAN BASES GLOBALLY AND HIS WRITING HAS HAD A PHENOMENAL IMPACT ON SUPER NATURAL TELEVISION .ATASHA +UNDAIKER PAYS HOMAGE TO THE MAN BEHIND THE SLAYERx

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OME HAVE QUOTED HIM AS THE h#HARLES $ICKENS OF THE .EW -ILLENNIUM v AND THOUGH THIS IS PROB ABLY AN OVER THE TOP STATEMENT NAMELY AS MODERN TEL EVISION WRITING AND CLASSIC NOVELS VASTLY DIFFER THERE IS NO DOUBT AS TO *OSS 7HEDON S SKILLS AND UNIQUE STYLE AS A WRITER *OSS 7HEDON STARTED OFF ON SCRIPTS AND SCREENPLAYS WITH TITLES SUCH AS 0IXAR S 4OY 3TORY !LIEN 2ESSURECTION AND 4ITAN ! % UNDER HIS BELT "UT IN THE WORLD OF CULT 46 HE IS BEST KNOWN AS THE CREATOR OF "UFFY THE 6AMPIRE 3LAYER "UFFY STARTED OFF AS A lLM DI RECTED BY &RAN 2UBEL +UZUI AND STAR RING +RISTY 3WANSON $ONALD 3UTHER LAND AND 2UTGER (AUER 4HE DIRECTOR S VISION OF THE lLM DIDN T QUITE MATCH 7HEDON S ORIGINAL CREATION BUT THE lLM WAS STILL MADE RECEIVING LARGELY BAD REVIEWS WHICH NOTED THE UNEVEN DIRECTION AS A MAJOR PROBLEM 7HAT SAVED THE lLM IN THE MIND OF CRITICS WAS ITS COMIC TIMING A TRAIT HIGHLY PRAISED IN 7HEDON S LATER VENTURES 4HANKFULLY IN THE CONCEPT WAS RE IMAGINED FOR TELEVISION AND THUS BEGAN THE PHENOMENON OF "UFFY 4HE SERIES WAS MUCH CLOSER TO WHAT 7HEDON HAD ENVISIONED THE lLM TO BE AND "UFFY WENT ON TO BECOME A CRITICAL AND CULT HIT GAINING A WORLDWIDE FAN BASE INTO THE MILLIONS 4HE STORY FOLLOWED ON FROM THE END OF THE lLM WITH RELUCTANT SLAYER "UFFY 3UMMERS PLAYED BY 3ARAH -ICHELLE 'ELLAR ARRIVING IN THE NEW TOWN OF 3UNNYDALE A HOT SPOT FOR SUPERNATU RAL ACTIVITY &ANS INSTANTLY FELL IN LOVE WITH "UFFY HER @3COOBY 'ANG AND 7HEDON S WARM HEARTED WORLD WHERE FRIENDSHIP IS KEY AND THE SHOW PLAYED PERFECTLY TO ITS PASSIONATE NICHE AUDIENCE (OWEVER IT WAS "UFFY S LOVE INTER EST !NGEL $AVID "OREANAZ THE VAM PIRE WITH A SOUL WHICH ATTRACTED HUGE FAN INTEREST SPAWNING HIS VERY OWN SPIN OFF SET IN , ! REVOLVING AROUND HIS QUEST FOR REDEMPTION &OR TEENS THE SHOWS CARRIED MORAL MESSAGES SHOWING NOT ONLY SUPER NATURAL EVILS BUT THE EVILS IN LIFE )N BOTH "UFFY AND !NGEL THE PLOTS REVOLVE AROUND THE PROBLEM OF GOOD AND EVIL ANDTHOUGHTHISISLARGELYDONETHROUGH lGHTS AGAINST DEMONIC CREATURES IT IS THE INTERNAL BATTLE OF THE CHARACTERS THAT IS MOST PROMINENT )N AN INTER VIEW 7HEDON STATED THAT h4HE TIMES ARE CHAOTIC &OR ME ) WOULD HOPE THAT PEOPLE LOOK AT ;"UFFY AND !NGEL= AND GAIN STRENGTH BY IT 7ITH EVERYTHING THAT ) DO ) HOPE THAT THEY SEE PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO LIVE DECENT MORAL LIVES IN

A COMPLETELY CHAOTIC WORLD 4HEY SEE HOW HARD IT IS HOW OFTEN THEY FAIL AND HOW THEY GET UP AND KEEP TRYING 4HAT TO ME IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MESSAGE ) M EVER GOING TO TELL v )T S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT A FANTASY HORROR SHOW COULD HAVE A PROFOUND INmUENCE ON PEOPLE BUT IT WAS THE METAPHORS BEHIND THE EPISODES WHICH AT TIMES WERE VERY SIMPLE THAT HAD SUCH INmUENCE 7HERE ELSE WOULD YOU lND MYSTICAL BEER THAT TURNS YOU INTO BLITH ERING .EANDERTHALS OR A DRUG LIKE MAGI CAL POTION THAT MUTATES YOU INTO THE VIOLENT GREEN HULK OR EVEN ONE WHERE FRIENDSHIP LITERALLY KEEPS YOU ALIVE "UFFY RAN FOR lVE SEASONS ON THE 7" .ETWORK BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO 50. FOR ITS lNAL TWO SEASONS )T WAS THE lRST SERIES IN TELEVISION HISTORY TO CHANGE NETWORKS BETWEEN SEASONS AS THE RESULT OF A BIDDING WAR AS OPPOSED TO BEING CANCELLED AND THEN PICKED UP BY A DIF FERENT NETWORK !FTER SEASONS OF "UFFY SEASONS OF !NGEL A NETWORK CHANGE AND A PHENOMENAL GLOBAL FAN PROTEST BOTH SHOWS WERE CANCELLED FOREVER DESTINED FOR RE RUNS (OWEVER THE "UFFY VERSE DIDN T JUST STOP THERE 4HOUGH THERE WERE INITIAL PLANS FOR MORE SPIN OFFS NAMELY "UFFY THE !NIMATED 3ERIES AND 2IPPER A ""# PRODUCTION BASED ON "UFFY S "RITISH WATCHER 2UPERT 'ILES NEI THER WERE GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT 7HEDONCONTINUEDHISSTORIESINCOM ICSSUCHAS4ALESOFTHE3LAYERS AGRAPHICNOVEL OFFERING SNAPSHOTS OF 3LAYERS THROUGHOUT HISTORY AS WELL AS A SUCCESSFUL WRITING STINT IN-ARVEL S!STONISHING 8 -EN SERIES 7HEDON S NEXT PROJECT WAS &IREmY

A SCI l WESTERN SHOW CENTRED AROUND A MISlT GROUP OF SPACE TRAVELLERS ABOARD THE SHIP 3ERENITY LED BY THE SHARP TONGUED CAPTAIN -ALCOLM 2EYNOLDS .ATHAN &ILLION 4HE &IREmY UNIVERSE IS ONE WHERE THE 53 AND #HINA THE ONLY TWO SURVIVING SUPERPOWERS FUSE TO FORM THE CENTRAL FEDERAL GOVERN MENT CALLED THE !LLIANCE MERGING BOTH CULTURES AND LANGUAGES 4HE SHOW NOTORIOUSLY CONTAINED THE CHARACTERS SPEAKING AND SWEARING IN #HINESE THE PHRASES BEING UNKNOWN TO THE VIEWERS AS THEY WERE NOT SUBTITLED !FTER ELEVEN EPISODES AIRED ER RATICALLY AND OUT OF ORDER ON THE &/8 NETWORK &IREmY CAME TO AN UNTIMELY END (OWEVER IT RECEIVED STRONG SALES AND HUGE FAN SUPPORT WHEN RELEASED ON $6$ AND 7HEDON ALSO CONTINUED THESE STORIES IN COMIC BOOK FORM WITH GREAT ACHIEVEMENT )N IT WON AN %MMY AWARD FOR h/UTSTANDING 3PECIAL 6ISUAL %FFECTS FOR A 3ERIESv AND GIVEN THE POST AIRING SUCCESS OF THE SHOW 7HEDON AND 5NIVERSAL 0ICTURES PRO DUCED A lLM BASED ON THE SERIES CALLED 3ERENITY WHICH PROVED A BOX OFlCE AND $6$ HIT 3ERENITY WENT ON TO WIN "EST &ILM AWARD IN THE ""# S &ILM AND HAS RECENTLY TOPPED A 3&8 POLL AS THE BEST SCI l MOVIE BEATING OUT THE LIKES OF 3TAR 7ARS AND "LADE 2UNNER !S OF -AY 7HEDON HAD BEEN SIGNED ON TO WRITE AND DIRECT THE 7ARN ER "ROS ADAPTATION OF 7ONDER 7OMAN BASED ON THE $# COMIC HEROINE (OW EVER EARLY THIS &EBRUARY HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD NO LONGER BE INVOLVED WITH THE PROJECT IN A POST ON FAN WEBSITE

"UFFY WAS THE lRST SERIES IN TELEVISION HISTORY TO CHANGE NETWORKS BETWEEN SEASONS AS THE RESULT OF A BIDDING WAR AS OPPOSED TO BEING CANCELLED AND THEN PICKED UP BY A DIFFERENT NETWORK

7HEDONESQUE COM CITING THAT HIM AND 7" hJUST SAW DIFFERENT MOVIESv $ESTINED TO CONTINUE WORKING 7HEDON HAS CONTINUED THE "UFFY FRAN CHISE WITH $ARK (ORSE COMICS STARTING WITH "UFFY 3EASON 4HE lRST ISSUE WAS RELEASED THIS -ARCH AND QUICKLY SOLD OUT ON ITS lRST DAY ON THE STANDS 4HE STORY TAKES PLACE A YEAR AND A HALF AFTER THE END OF THE TELEVISION SERIES WHERE "UFFY AND 8ANDER HER HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND NOW LEAD @COMMAND CENTRAL A BASE FOR THEIR lGHT AGAINST EVIL WHICH IS SITUATED AT A CITADEL IN 3COTLAND )N ADDITION HE HAS ANOTHER lLM UNDER DEVELOPMENT 'ON ERS A FANTASY THRILLER WHICH WILL LIKELY BE HIS NEXT DIRECTING PROJECT 7HAT MAKES 7HEDON S WRITING SO DIFFERENT IS HIS RICH AND PURPOSE lLLED STORY ARCS (E DOESN T WANDER AIMLESSLY INTO EACH SEASON COUGH ,OST COUGH EVERYTHING HAS A SPECIlC PLAN AND DES TINY MUCH LIKE THE CHARACTERS IN HIS SHOWS !ND OF COURSE WE ALL LOVE HIS PENCHANT FOR STRONG FEMALE CHARAC TERS (IS WRITING IS QUICK WITTED lLLED WITH CUTTING POP CULTURE REFRENCES AND SHARP COMEDIC TIMING BUT ABOVE ALL IT IS HIS THOROUGHLY MULTI DIMENSIONAL AND SOULFUL CHARACTERS THAT MAKE HIM A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH 4HE CHARACTERS ARE WARMLY WELCOMED INTO THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THEIR VIEW ERS WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY 7HEDON S PROJECTS HAVE SUCH HUGE FAN SUPPORT AND NAMELY WHY 3ERENITY WAS EVEN MADE ,ET S HOPE IT WON T BE TOO LONG BEFORE *OSS 7HEDON HAS ANOTHER WINNING SHOW STIRRING OUR HEARTS AND HITTING OUR SCREENS

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4HIS SUMMER WITH SO MANY MUSIC FESTIVALS TO CHOOSE FROM MOST PUNTERS OPT FOR THE USUAL SUSPECTS 4HE #ARLING 7EEKEND AKA 2EADING AND ,EEDS 4HE 6&ESTIVAL AND 'LASTONBURY 7HILE THE LATTER REMAINS THE SUMMER S HOTTEST TICKET IT IS SO HOT THAT MOST APPLICANTS YES YOU NEEDED TO APPLY THIS YEAR GET TURNED DOWN &OR MANY THE REMAINING OPTIONS MAY BOAST BRILLIANT LINE UPS BUT BIG NAMES EQUATE WITH BIG SPON SORS AND A CORPORATE VIBE THAT HARDLY lTS WITH A FESTIVAL IDEAL OF PEACE AND LOVE 4HE EVER POPULAR 'LASTON BURY HAS A REPUTATION AS MORE THAN JUST A MUSIC FESTIVAL WHICH COINCIDENTALLY IS THE SLOGAN OF THE LESSER KNOWN NEWCOMER TO THE FESTIVAL SCENE ,ATITUDE ,ATITUDE S DEBUT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS LAST YEAR WINNING THE AWARDS OF "EST &ESTIVAL "EST !LTERNATIVE &ESTI VAL AND "EST /VERALL &ACILITIES IN THE ""# -USIC 0OLL AS WELL AS BEING VOTED "EST &ESTIVAL IN 4HE )NDEPEND ENT ON 3UNDAY@S %ND /F 9EAR 2EVIEW "UILDING ON THIS SUCCESS ,ATITUDE RETURNS THIS SUMMER TO ITS IDYLLIC SETTING ON THE 3UFFOLK COASTLINE IN THE GROUNDS OF THE (ENHAM 0ARK %STATE 3OUTHWOLD !T THIS THREE DAY ARTS FESTIVAL THE MUSIC SPANS THREE MAIN STAGES AND OFFERS THE HEADLINERS !RCADE &IRE 4HE 'OOD 4HE "AD AND 4HE 1UEEN AND $AMIEN 2ICE -USIC FANS CAN ALSO ENJOY THE LIKES OF *ARVIS #OCKER 4HE -AGIC .UMBERS 4HE 2APTURE AND %XPLOSIONS IN 4HE 3KY 4HE LIST GOES ON BUT TO FOCUS ON THE MUSIC ALONE WOULD BE TO MISS THE POINT OF A FESTIVAL THAT PRIDES ITSELF ON OFFERING @ALL THE VARIED ASPECTS OF THE ARTS WORLD IN ONE PLACE

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4HE FESTIVAL FEATURES LITERARY POETRY AND THEATRE ARENAS AS WELL AS STAGES DEVOTED TO COMEDY CABARET AND MUSIC AND lLM 4HIS ECLECTICISM WAS TYPIlED LAST YEAR BY THE LEGENDARY 0ATTI 3MITH WHO GAVE A STORM ING SET ON THE MAIN MUSIC STAGE ONLY TO APPEAR LATER ON THE POETRY STAGE TO READ SOME OF HER LESSER KNOWN VERSE 4HIS YEAR 2OGER -C'OUGH WILL BE WAXING LYRICAL ON A BILL THAT INCLUDES FORMER 5%! POETS !ISLE 4HE COMEDY LINE UP IS ALSO ESPECIALLY STRONG FEATURING THE LIKES OF 3TEWART ,EE !LAN #ARR AND 2USSELL (OWARD 3IMPLY LISTING THE ARTISTS DUE TO PERFORM STILL CANNOT REmECT THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE TO BE HAD AT ,ATI TUDE 9OU CAN lND YOURSELF ADMIRING THE DYED WOOL OF THE mUORESCENT SHEEP TAKING PART IN A MALE BUR LESQUE WORKSHOP AND THEN DANCING UNTIL MORNING WITH THE HEDONISTIC 'UILTY 0LEASURES )T IS THE MOST LOCAL FESTIVAL TO 5%! LIMITED TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE STUDENT BOX OFlCE AND MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WWW LATITUDEFESTIVAL CO UK .OT ONLY IS ,ATITUDE THE FESTIVAL CLOSEST IN SPIRIT TO 'LASTONBURY AND ITS %UROPEAN COUNTERPARTS IT IS CHEAPER TOO WEEKEND TICKETS COST a AND DAY TICKETS ARE a "EAT THAT 2ICHARD "RANSON 4OM 3TEVENS

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6 &ESTIVAL !UGUST TH TH 7HEN *ARVIS #OCKER HAD THE IDEA OF PLAYING A COUPLE OF OUTDOOR GIGS IN THE SUM MER OF HE WOULDN T HAVE GUESSED THAT YEARS LATER HE WOULD BE ON STAGE FOR ANOTHER YEAR OF ONE OF THE 5+ S BIGGEST MUSIC FESTIVALS #ONTINUING THE TRADITION OF THE EVER MATURING FESTIVAL THIS YEAR PROMISES TO BE THE BEST YET /LD lRM FAVORITES +ASABIAN 3NOW 0ATROL AND &OO &IGHTERS LEAD THE RANKS JOINED BY TOO "RIT TO BE !MERICAN 4HE +ILLERS LAST YEAR S lXATION 4HE +OOKS AND OLD BOYS 0RIMAL 3CREAM 4WELVE YEARS MAY SEEM LIKE A LONG TIME BUT COMPARED TO 'LASTONBURY AND 2EADING ,EEDS BOTH BORN IN THE EARLY S 6 &ESTIVAL REMAINS A MERE INFANT 9OUTH HAS ITS BENElTS THOUGH 7ITH TWO OF THE BIGGEST OUTDOOR ARENAS COMPLETE WITH TWO MAIN STAGES WITH ACCOMPANYING 46 SCREENS YOU WON T lND SQUEEZING INTO A SMALL TENT MUCH OF AN ISSUE 4HE CHOICE OF FOOD AND NUMBER OF SHOPS IS OVERWHELMING AND THE ARENAS BOAST PORTACABINS WITH SOAP SOMETIMES EVEN TOILET ROLL "UT AT THE END OF THE DAY 6 DOESN T HAVE AS MUCH HEART AS THE OLDER EVENTS 9OU RE MORE LIKELY TO RUN INTO A 4 PRESENTER THAN AN AMAZING NEW BAND YOU VE YET TO HEAR OF )T S A 46 FRIENDLY FESTIVAL n A TELEVISION SHOWCASE OF THE MOST POPULAR ACTS FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS )T HAS ITS SMALLER TENTS BUT 6 LACKS THE DIVERSITY AND SHEER NUMBER OF BANDS AS ITS OLDER SIBLINGS

7ITH THE PREDICTABLE LINE UP COMES THE PREDICTABLE CROWD n GUYS WHO ARE MORE INTERESTED IN THE WARM #ARLING IN THEIR PAPER CUPS THAN CATCHING THE EARLY UP COM ING BANDS THE MIDDLE AGED COUPLES WHO WOULD SOMEHOW PREFER TO SIT AND WATCH AS "ASEMENT *AXX LET RIP ON STAGE AND THE LITTLE GIRLS WHO JUST WANT TO TOUCH ,ILY !LLEN S HAIR 0LUS BEING A TWO DAY EVENT YOU WON T GET THE VALUE FOR MONEY YOU DO AT 2EADING OR ,EEDS )T MAY BE MORE COMMERCIALLY DRIVEN THAN ITS OLDER COUNTERPARTS BUT IT S HOWEVER MORE UNIVERSAL 7ITH AT LEAST FOUR STAGES RUNNING SIMULTANEOUSLY A NUMBER OF BARS AND EVEN A lLM TENT THERE REALLY IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE &URTHER TICKETS BECOME AVAILABLE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS SO DON T PANIC IF YOU HAVEN T GOT YOURS YET 3ING UP TO THE 6 MAILING LIST TO BE AHEAD OF THE GAME AND DON T FORGET YOUR WELLIES *OHN -UTCH #HECK OUT -ANIC 3TREET 0REACHERS "ASEMENT *AXX ,ILY !LLEN 0RIMAL 3CREAM !VOID 3OPHIE %LLIS "EXTOR 3NOW 0ATROL 0INK 0AOLO .UTINI -IKA "ABYSHAMBLES 2UMOURS #HARLOTTE (ATHERLEY ,ARRIKIN ,OVE 4HE (OLLOWAYS $UB 0ISTOLS

)SLE OF 7IGHT *UNE TH TH )N *UNE MUSIC ENTHUSIASTS TOOK A FERRY ACROSS THE 3OLENT IN SEARCH OF SOME SUMMERTIME FUN AT A NEW FESTIVAL ON THE )SLE OF 7IGHT 4HEY PROBABLY DIDN T REALISE THAT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS NEARLY A MILLION PEOPLE WOULD MAKE THE SAME TRIP TO SEE SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC INCLUDING "OB $YLAN 4HE 7HO AND (ENDRIX S LEGENDARY lNAL PERFORMANCE !ND SO THE )SLE OF 7IGHT FESTIVAL WAS BORN 7ELL SORT OF $UE TO THE MASSIVE INmUX OF EXTRA PEOPLE IN WITHOUT TICKETS THE FESTIVAL WAS BANNED 4HEN IN THE FESTIVAL WAS RELAUNCHED 4HIS YEAR TICKETS HAVE BEEN SOLD AND THE )SLE OF 7IGHT IS SET TO PARTY FOR THE TH TIME TO THE LIKES OF -USE 3NOW 0ATROL +ASABIAN 'ROOVE !RMADA AND 4HE 2OLLING 3TONES AMONG MANY OTHERS )SLE OF 7IGHT ONLY HAS ONE STAGE BUT THAT DOESN T RESTRICT THE GOOD ECLECTIC MIX OF ARTISTS AND ALSO MEANS THAT APART FROM NEVER HAVING TO MISS A BAND YOU CAN EXPLORE EVERYTHING ELSE THE FESTIVAL HAS TO OFFER 4HE ARENA HAS MASSES OF THINGS TO DO FROM EXTREME SKATEBOARDING TO STOMACH CHURNING RIDES WHICH SHOULD PROB ABLY BE AVOIDED IF YOU HAVE ALREADY VISITED THE MUSHROOM STALL )F THE WEATHER FOLLOWS THE SAME PATTERN AS IT HAS THE LAST TWO YEARS OR EVEN IF IT DOESN T YOU RE GOING TO NEED A COLD DRINK AND THIS IS WHERE THEY GET CLEVER 4HE FESTIVAL RUNS A BEER AMNESTY SO YOU CAN TAKE ANY WARM CAN OF BEER AND EXCHANGE IT FOR AN ICE COLD #ARLING )F #ARLING ISN T YOUR THING YOU COULD VISIT EITHER THE 3TRONGBOW ROOMS OR THE "ACARDI " BAR WHERE THERE ARE QUALITY $*S PLAYING WITH A CLUB

ATMOSPHERE UNTIL LATE 4HERE IS MORE CHOICE OF FOOD THAN YOU CAN HANDLE AROUND THE ARENA FOR WHEN THE MUNCHIES SET IN THE CHOCOLATE AND BANANA CREPES ARE A MUST %VEN AFTER THE MUSIC HAS lNISHED THERE ARE DANCE TENTS OPEN TILL LATE AND THE ATMOSPHERE IS GUARANTEED TO BE GREAT 4HE )SLE OF 7IGHT FESTIVAL IS PERFECTLY PLACED FOR THE END OF THE 5NIVERSITY YEAR AND IS ONE OF THE BEST EVENTS OF THE YEAR 3MALLER THAN SOME OF THE FESTIVALS THERE IS A MORE COMMUNAL FEEL WHICH MAKES IT A GREAT PLACE TO MEET RANDOM PEOPLE AND REDUCES THE RISK OF STUFF BEING STOLEN )F YOUR STUDENT LOAN ISN T ALREADY SPENT IT S WELL WORTH ROUNDING UP A GROUP OF FRIENDS AND TRYING TO GET TICKETS TO WEL COME THE SUMMER IN STYLE $O THE 7IGHT THING !LEX $UNTON

#HECK OUT +ASABIAN 4HE 2OLLING 3TONES !SH -USE 'ROOVE !RMADA !VOID 4HE &EELING 3NOW 0ATROL +EANE *AMES -ORRISON -ELANIE # 2UMOURS %MPORIUM

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0ACK AN OUTlT FOR GOING HOME AND KEEP IT DRY THROUGHOUT 4HERE S NOTHING WORSE THAN TRAVELLING THE COUNTRY ON A PACKED TRAIN WEARING THREE DAY OLD WET JEANS "RING PLENTY OF FOOD &ESTIVAL FOOD IS EXPENSIVE EXPECT TO PAY A lVER FOR A BURGER AND THERE S ONLY SO MANY KEBABS THE HUMAN BODY CAN TOLERATE IN THREE DAYS "RING AN EMPTY PLASTIC WATER BOTTLE 3ITES ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE WATER TAPS AND IT S INVALUABLE TO DRINK ALL DAY SO THAT YOU CAN MOSH YOUR HEART OUT TO ALL YOUR FAVOURITE BANDS 4AKE AS MUCH ALCOHOL AS YOUR CAR BAG HORSE CAN ALLOW FESTIVAL BOOZE IS ALSO SEVERELY EXPENSIVE AND NOBODY WANTS TO PAY a TO GET DRUNK $ON T GET INVOLVED IN THE RIOTS THAT HAPPEN EVERY YEAR OR BE ONE OF THOSE PRICKS THAT THINK IT S A GOOD IDEA TO THROW AEROSOL CANS OR GAS CANISTERS ONTO THE lRE )T S NOT BIG IT S NOT CLEVER AND COULD LEAD TO YOU GETTING SUSPENDED FOR LIFE OR WORSE HARMING SOMEONE 4AKE AT LEAST SOME OF THE FOLLOWING TORCHES FOR THOSE LATE NIGHT TOILET TRIPS LOO ROLL TO MAKE THE DREADED &ESTIVAL 0OO THAT TINY BIT BEARABLE SUN LOTION AND A RAIN MAC HOWEVER UNCOOL THEY MAKE YOU LOOK YOU CAN NEVER PREDICT WHAT "RITISH WEATHER WILL DO AND YOU LL STILL BE COOLER THAN THE EMO BOYS WITH THEIR BATTERY POWERED HAIR STRAIGHTENERS MONEY CASH POINT QUEUES CAN BE ABOUT AN HOUR LONG AND NOBODY WANTS TO MISS THEIR FAVOURITE BAND FOR THAT CONDOMS WAHEY AND A SLEEPING BAG YOU D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE FORGET THIS -OST OF ALL HAVE FUN

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!LBUM 2EVIEWS +INGS /F ,EON "ECAUSE /F 4HE 4IMES h0EOPLE CALL US RENEGADES BECAUSE WE LIKE LIVING CRA ZYv WAILS #ALEB &OLLOWILL DURING SEVEN MINUTE OPENER +NOCKED 5P &OUR YEARS OF BOOZE DRUGS AND mOOZIES CAUSED MANY TO QUESTION WHETHER THE &OLLOWILL S WOULD CONTINUE TO AS A BAND LET ALONE RELEASE ANOTHER ALBUM !FTER THE SUCCESS OF 9OUTH AND 9OUNG -ANHOOD AND !HA 3HAKE (EARTBREAK THE FOURSOME DABBLED IN MORE OR LESS EVERY INDULGENCE UNDER THE SUN COKE ACID BOOZE AND WOMEN THE LIST GOES ON 4HE NATURE OF ROCK AND ROLL MEANS THAT NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN EXTREME EXCESS LEADS TO A DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF SHITNESS SO AN UNSURPRISINGLY TIRESOME +INGS /F ,EON WERE MORE OR LESS THE BRINK OF IMPLOSION ! BAND AS CLOSE KNIT AS +/, WERE ALWAYS BOUND TO PULL THROUGH HOWEVER AND IT IS WITHOUT QUES TION THAT WE WELCOME THEM BACK WITH THEIR THIRD ,0 "E CAUSE OF 4HE 4IMES 9OU CAN WAVE GOODBYE TO THE +/, OF OLD THOUGH WITH THEIR NEW ,0 IT S AS IF WE RE EMBRACING A NEW BAND ALTOGETHER BOUND TOGETHER WITH A WORLDLY WISDOM A BIT LESS FACIAL HAIR AND A BIGGER DESIRE TO CON TINUE PRODUCING MUSIC OF THE VERY HIGHEST CALIBRE &OUR YEARS OF DOWNRIGHT DEBAUCHERY HAS DONE LITTLE TO FAZE THE &OLLOWILL S PUT SIMPLY "ECAUSE /F 4HE 4IMES CEMENTS +/, AS ONE OF THE SEMINAL BANDS OF THEIR ERA /UR JOURNEY BEGINS WITH THE TEEN DRAMA OF +NOCKED 5P h) DON T CARE WHAT NOBODY SAYS WE RE GOING TO HAVE A BABY v )T S A STARK CONTRAST TO RABBLE ROCK OF OLD #ALEB S DONE WITH THE SLEAZE IN FACT HE S LOOKING AHEAD PLAN NING A FUTURE THERE S CERTAINLY NO 2ED -ORNING ,IGHT IN VOLVED THIS TIME )T S A SLOW BURNER IN THE GOOD SENSE OF THE WORD AND LEADS US PERFECTLY INTO THE &OLLOWILL S ODE

TO 4HE 0IXES #HARMER 7ITH A BASS LINE THAT COULD NOT BE MORE +IM $EAL IF THE SONG WAS LABELLED +IM $EAL AND SHARP VOCALS THAT ECHO &RANK "LACK AT HIS MONSTROUS BEST WHAT YOU VE GOT IS A RECKLESS ENERGETIC EUPHORIC THREE MINUTES AND IT MARKS THE ALBUMS MOST RIVETING MOMENT )F /N #ALL SEES +/, EDGING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO MODERN STADIUM TERRITORY "LACK 4HUMBNAIL SEES THEM TRIUMPHANTLY REACH THAT TARGET A RIOTOUS BLAZE OF EU PHORIC MODERN ROCK IT S A NOTABLE CAREER HIGHLIGHT THAT ILLUSTRATES +/, S REFUSAL TO BE ANYTHING BUT WHO THEY ARE h) AIN T TOO PROUD TO SAY BUT THAT S HOW ) M MADE ) LL BE THAT PERSON TILL MY DYING DAYv -Y 0ARTY 4RUE ,OVE 7AY AND 2AGOO REVERBERATE THE hTHIS IS HUGE AND WE DON T GIVE A F CKv TONE SET UP EARLY ON IN FACT THEY PUSH THE BAND INTO TERRITORY THAT PEOPLE STRANDED IN DOUBT ERSVILLE NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE 4HE CARNAGE OF -Y 0ARTY THE ANTHEMIC 4RUE ,OVE 7AY AND THE REGGAE STOMP OF 2A GOO ALMOST WARRANT A COMEDOWN OF SOME SORT AND YOU KNOW WHAT &OR THE NEXT COUPLE OF SONGS THAT S WHAT +/, GIVE YOU 4HE SELF ASSURED RADIO BOP OF &ANS AND THE BEAUTIFUL SHIVERS DOWN YOUR SPINE FOUR MINUTES OF 2UNNER BRING YOU DOWN PERFECTLY h) LL TALK TO *ESUS *ESUS EVERYDAYv YELLS #ALEB &OLLOWILL )T SPEAKS FOR ITSELF #AMARO IS A HARK BACK TO THE OLD DAYS WHEN THESE BOYS THOUGHT ANYTHING WAS POSSIBLE THE LYRICS SPARK EPIPHANIES OF FORMER HIGHLIGHTS 7ASTED 4IME AND 2ED -ORNING ,IGHT h3HE LOOKS SO GOOD IN HER NEW #AMAROv WHILST CLOSER !RIZONA JUST ABOUT CEMENTS +/, AS THE STADIUM GIANTS THEY ONCE THREATENED TO BE h!ND ) GO

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$ETRACTORS BELIEVE 'OOD 3HOES HAVE MISSED THE BOAT WITH THE WHOLE ART POP MOVEMENT AND COME TWO YEARS TOO LATE LETS FACE IT 4HE &UTUREHEADS WERE SO (OWEVER A STRING OF GREAT SINGLES HAVE BEEN SLOWLY DEFYING CRITICS AND COUPLED WITH SOME GREAT LIVE PERFORMANCES BOTH AT 2EADING AND ,EEDS LAST YEAR AND MORE RECENTLY ON THEIR OWN HEADLINE TOUR EXPECTATION HAS SWELLED OVER THE DEBUT RELEASE OF THIS ALBUM &ROM INSTANTLY ACCESSIBLE AND SIMULTANEOUSLY PERSONAL OPENER .AZANIN !LL OF MY INSECURITIES ARE SUMMED UP WHEN YOU WALK IN TO THE ROOM TO THE SELF DOUBTING BUT ARROGANT !LL )N -Y (EAD ) M A GOOD SHAG BUT ) lND NOBODY lT TO THE INCREDIBLY ARTICULATE ASSAULT ON END OF THE LINE HOMETOWN -ORDEN 9OU CAN GO AND EAT YOUR #HINESE FOOD OVER DRUNKEN FOOLS SINGING EIGHTIES TUNES WHAT REALLY SETS 'OOD 3HOES APART IS NOT THEIR CATCHY GUITAR RIFFS BUT THE LYRICAL AWARENESS OF FRONTMAN 2HYS *ONES !N ALBUM FULL OF ALT POP SINGLES THAT ARE A JOY TO LISTEN TO 4HINK "EFORE 9OU 3PEAK GETS BETTER WITH EACH LISTEN 4HERE ARE FAULTS *ONES ,ONDON TINGED DELIVERY CAN SOUND A BIT REPETITIVE AND THERE ISN T MUCH VARIETY BETWEEN THE SONGS (OWEVER WHEN THE SONGWRITING IS THIS GOOD IT DOESN T MATTER ! PERFECT DOCUMENTATION OF YOUNG LIFE IN MODERN "RITAIN ,EWIS -ORTON

!NDROGYNOUS ELECTRO MINSTREL 0ATRICK 7OLF S lRST TWO ALBUMS WERE DARK AFFAIRS FULL OF ELECTRONIC BEATS AND TALES OF CHILDHOOD RAPE 3URPRISING THEN TO lND THAT HIS LATEST ALBUM IS SOMETHING OF A CABARET IN COMPARISON /PENING SONG /VERTURE SOUNDS LIKE IT S A 7IND IN THE 7IRES B SIDE IT S OPENING STRINGS AND TYPICALLY POETIC LYRICS )T S SO WONDERFUL WHAT A SMILE CAN HIDE IF YOUR TEETH SHINE BRIGHT AND IT S NICE AND WIDE REMINISCENT OF 4HE ,IBERTINES 3IMILARLY !CCIDENT %MERGENCY WITH GUEST VOCALS FROM %D ,ARRIKIN IS FULL OF ELECTRONIC GRANDEUR WHILST 0ATRICK S VOICE SOUNDS MORE THEATRICAL THAN EVER 9ET RATHER THAN PLOUGHING THE SAME MUSICAL LINE HE S PREVIOUSLY EXPLORED 4HE -AGIC 0OSITION TAKES A MORE UPBEAT ROUTE 2ECENT SINGLE AND TITLE TRACK 4HE -AGIC 0OSITION SOUNDS AS IF 7OLF IS IN A 7EST %ND MUSICAL THOUGH THE INSTRUMENTATION AND HIS VOICE LOSES NOTHING -AGPIE SOUNDS AS IF IT S A LOST COLLABORATION FROM 9OKO /NO S RECENT 9ES ) M ! 7ITCH ALBUM AND WHILST THE MIDDLE PART OF THE ALBUM DOES SLIGHTLY REmECT UPON 7OLF S DARKER PAST BY ,ET S 'O 'ET ,OST WE ARE BACK TO THE NEW HAPPIER KIND OF SONG THAT COULD SEE 0ATRICK 7OLF GO FROM BEING OBSCURE TO A MAINSTREAM DARLING 0ROOF THAT CREATIVE RE INVENTION IS A COMMENDABLE THING THE WORLD NEEDS ICONS LIKE 0ATRICK 7OLF

4HOSE FOLK AT I TUNES MUST HATE PEOPLE LIKE 4HE "EES WHO BY THEIR OWN ADMISSION ARE h7ONDERFULLY HARD TO CATEGORISE v 4HEIR THIRD ALBUM /CTOPUS CERTAINLY ISN T GOING TO MAKE THE LIVES OF THE GENRE DEPARTMENT ANY EASIER THE SWINES 4HE "EES RECORDED /CTOPUS AT THEIR BASEMENT STUDIO ON THE )SLE OF 7IGHT HAVING BEEN AT !BBEY 2OAD FOR &REE 4HE "EES AND CLEARLY HAVE INDULGED ON THE LUXURIES OF HOME WITH POSSIBLY THE MOST ECLECTIC ALBUM THIS REVIEWER HAS HEARD IN A WHILE /PENING SONG 7HO #ARES 7HAT 4HE 1UESTION )S 3OUNDS AS IF 'EORGE (ARRISON WROTE IT IN AND THE "EES STUMBLED ACROSS IT WHILST ,EFT &OOT 3TEPDOWN POSSIBLY THIS REVIEWER S SONG OF THE YEAR THUS FAR CHARMS WITH IT S SKA BASS LINE AND HOOK LADEN CHORUS /VERALL /CTOPUS IS A LEANER AFFAIR THAN THEIR LAST ALBUM FULL OF S MELODIES 4HIS )S &OR 4HE "ETTER $AYS NODS TO REGGAE ,ISTENING -AN AND RAW BLUES RIFFS %ND /F 4HE 3TREET 4HIS ALBUM ALREADY SOUNDS LIKE A LOST SUMMER OF HEDONISTIC PLEASURES AND RELAXING ON WARM GRASS WITH THE BREEZE ON YOUR FACE 4HE "EES MIGHT BE A TRIPPY BUNCH OF ECCENTRICS BUT THIS IS A PSYCHEDELIC MASTERPIECE "UY THE ALBUM 0UT IT ON ,ISTEN REPEATEDLY " CKS TO I TUNES WHO NEEDS GENRES ANYWAY

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.ICK $RAKE IS ONE OF "RITISH &OLK MUSIC S GREAT ENIG MAS (E RECORDED JUST THREE ALBUMS BEFORE HE DIED OF AN OVERDOSE OF ANTI DEPRESSANTS IN AGED JUST $RAKE BECAME INTROVERTED AND SUFFERED DEPRES SION AS HIS CAREER STUTTERED NONE OF HIS ALBUMS SOLD MORE THAN COPIES IN HIS LIFETIME 9ET SINCE HIS DEATH $RAKE HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST REVERED AND INmUENTIAL MUSICIANS OF THE LAST YEARS 2ECORDED IN 0INK -OON WAS THE LAST OF .ICK $RAKE S ALBUMS )T IS MUCH DARKER THAN THE PREVIOUS TWO WHICH FEATURED ARTISTS SUCH AS 4HE 6ELVET 5N DERGROUND S *OHN #ALE HAD LUSH ORCHESTRATION AND WERE PRODUCED BY *OE "OYD 7HEN $RAKE RECORDED 0INK -OON HE WAS AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS DEPRESSION AND HAD WITHDRAWN INTO ISOLATION LEAVING HIS mAT OCCASIONALLY TO BUY DRUGS 0INK -OON WAS RECORDED LIVE OVER TWO NIGHTS THOUGH $RAKE S RECORD COMPANY )SLAND KNEW NOTH ING OF IT UNTIL ITS COMPLETION )T FEATURES JUST .ICK AND AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR $URING RECORDING .ICK SAT FACING THE WALL UNABLE TO BE WATCHED AND THE ONLY OTHER PERSON HE WOULD ALLOW IN THE ROOM WAS THE RECORDING ENGINEER 4HE SONGS ON THE ,0 ARE BARON AND MELANCHOLY HINTING AT THE ILLNESS HE SUFFERED 3ET OVER A lNGER PICKED MELODY OF MINOR CHORDS $RAKE S LYRICS ON 0ARASITE ARE THAT OF AN OUTSIDER h4AKE A LOOK YOU MAY SEE ME ON THE GROUND &OR ) AM THE PARASITE OF THIS TOWNv %LSEWHERE ON THE TITLE TRACK WE BEAR WITNESS TO $RAKE S INCREASING PSYCHOSIS A PRODUCT OF DRUG ABUSE h.ONE OF YOU STAND SO TALL

0INK -OON GONNA GET YOU ALLv ALTHOUGH EVIDENCE OF INTROVERSION CAN BE FOUND EVERYWHERE h4AKING THE MASK OFF THE LOCAL CLOWN &EELING DOWN LIKE HIMv #LEARLY $RAKE S LYRICS ARE INDICATIVE OF HOW HE FELT BUT IT S THE MELODIES THAT STAND OUT "ECAUSE THE ALBUM FEATURES JUST $RAKE S ACOUSTIC GUITAR THE RESULT IS A MAN BARING HIS SOUL FOR AS LONG AS HE CAN MUSTER A MERE MINUTES $RAKE S lNGER PICKING IS HAUNTING AND YOU BECOME IMMERSED IN THE COM PLEXITY OF IT 0INK -OON WHILE NOT $RAKE S MOST ACCESSIBLE "RYTER ,ATER OR POPULAR &IVE ,EAVES ,EFT ALBUM IS THE ONE THAT IS MOST LIKE HIM AN ALBUM MADE ALMOST IN SPITE OF HIS ILLNESS ! BLEAK MELANCHOLY GEM AND CERTAINLY HIS MOST CHALLENGING ALBUM )T DOCUMENTS PERFECTLY $RAKE AT THIS TIME A FRACTURED GENIUS TORMENTED

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(ADOUKEN 4HAT "OY 4HAT 'IRL %XCLAIM YOUR BAND WITH A LINE AND A DOT AND YOU HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF SUCCEEDING FACT 4HE 'O 4EAM +UBICHECK xIT WORKS WONDERS 4O THAT LIST YOU CAN ADD (ADOUKEN 5TILISING EVERY LAST MORSEL OF THAT PUNCTUATION MARK (ADOUKEN S INTRODUCTORY TUNE 4HAT "OY 4HAT 'IRL IS A PUNK INFUSED AMALGAM OF WHITE BOY GRIME AND NEW RAVE mUORESCENCE *AMES @5BER 'OBSHITE 3MITH SPOUTS SOON TO BE RUDIMENTARY SCENESTER STYLING S hTHAT GIRL S AN INDIE CINDYv hTHAT BOY S A (OXTON HEROv OVER THE TOP OF A RAVE GRIME MASH UP THAT WILL BE SPINNING IN YOUR BRAIN FOR DAYS TO COME !LTHOUGH 3MITH IRONICALLY BASHES THE INDIE POUTING -Y3PACE

DARLINGS hYOU LOOK SILLY WHEN YOU PUT ON YOUR BEST -Y3PACE POUTv YOU KNOW THE MAJORITY OF SKINNY JEANED MONKEYS WILL INEVITABLY TAKE TO THE mOOR ON THE BACK OF THIS TRACK 4HAT "OY 4HAT 'IRL CEMENTS (ADOUKEN AS THE FRESHEST @CANT TOUCH THIS HIPSTER BAND OF THE MOMENT #OME SUMMER THESE SNARLING ABRASIVE YOUNG UPSTARTS WILL BE EVERYWHERE S !TLANTIS TO )NTERZONE &EW WOULD ARGUE WITH THAT 'REG 3ULLIVAN

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CHART SUCCESS SUGGESTING 4HE 3HINS COULD BE ON THE VERGE OF MAINSTREAM SUCCESS !USTRALIA THEN IS THE SECOND SINGLE TAKEN FROM SAID ,0 AND COMES LOADED WITH THE CATCHY MELODIES THAT COULD HAVE THIS SONG SOUNDTRACKING YOUR EARLY SUMMER MONTHS 3OUNDING LIKE "ELLE AND 3EBASTIAN COVERING 4HE 1UEEN IS $EAD ERA 3MITHS THE LAYERED GUITAR MELODIES AND TWO PART HARMONIES ARE INSTANTLY PLEASING TO THE EAR AS -ERCER PAINTS A PICTURE OF UNREQUITED LOVE AND LIFE AS AN OUTSIDER 9ET THE LYRICS ARE ALMOST SUBMERGED BY THE UPLIFTING NATURE OF THE SONG SUCH THAT THE DISPARATE NATURE OF THE LYRICS MATTERS LITTLE 4HIS SONG ACTS AS A PERFECT INTRODUCTION FOR ONE OF THE BEST CONTEMPORARY BANDS AROUND DESPITE BEING NOWHERE NEAR AS STRONG AS SOME OF THE SONGS ON 7INCING THE .IGHT !WAY 7ILL !USTRALIA CHANGE YOUR LIFE 0ROBABLY NOT BUT IT WILL CERTAINLY MAKE IT A WHOLE LOT HAPPIER ,EWIS -ORTON

*ACK 0ENATE 3PIT !T 3TARS 3PIT AT 3TARS IS AN %0 THAT SCREAMS OUT hTHIS IS *ACK 0ENATE AND THIS IS WHAT ) DO v 4HE PERFECT INTRODUCTION TO THE NAME EVERYONE S TALKING ABOUT IT S AN %0 THAT SWEEPS ACROSS GENRES AS

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mUENTLY AS 0ENATE S VERSATILE ORATORY SKILLS NAVIGATE VOCAL PITCHES &IRST TRACK 3PIT AT 3TARS FRESHLY REVAMPED AND BEEFED UP IS A HIGHLY INFECTIOUS TWINKLING INDIE POP ANTHEM THAT IS JUST BRIMMING WITH ENERGY )N CONTRAST THE SLOW AND TEASING -Y 9VONNE IS A TALE OF EMOTIONAL TURMOIL BROUGHT TO LIFE BY THE CAREERING VOCALS OF 0ENATE WITH BACKING FROM !DELE )N CONTRAST TO THE GUITAR DRIVEN 3PIT AT 3TARS IT S 0ENATE S VOICE THAT POWERS THE SONG $IDN T ) IS A LESSON IN SOUL SOFT DRAWN OUT VOCALS ARE BEAUTIFULLY COMPLIMENTED BY A FUNKY BASS RIFT %ACH SONG AN ISOLATED PROJECT OF ITS OWN THE %0 IS CLEAR DEMONSTRATION OF 0ENATE S VERSATILITY AND ARTISTIC mAIR "EST SUMMED UP IN HIS lNAL SONG *ACK OF ALL 4RADES 0ENATE IS NO ONE TRICK PONY *OHN -UTCH

TORS IT S A CALL AND REPLY SONG VERY MUCH IN THE GUITARS MEET ORCHES TRAL SWELL MOULD OF ,ITTLE "ABY .OTHING FROM 'ENERATION 4ERRORISTS ONLY WITH VOCALS FROM .INA 0ERS SON OF 4HE #ARDIGANS INSTEAD OF NOTORIOUS PORN STAR 4RACI ,ORDS $ESPITE BEING MILKED FROM THE SAME WITHERED TEAT AS THAT SONG 9OUR ,OVE !LONE IS A MUCH MORE SOLID POP SONG WITH THE SIM PLE HOOK OF "RADlELD AND 0ERS SON S REPEATED LYRICS MINGLING WITH THE ! $ESIGN &OR ,IFE ESQUE VIOLIN LED CRESCENDO AND THE ONCE AGAIN KOHL WEARING .ICKY 7IRE S BASSLINE PROVING TO BE AN EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE AND CAPTIVAT ING COMBINATION 7HEN 0ERSSON CHEEKILY SINGS hYOU STOLE THE SUN FROM THE HEARTv AND "RADDERS CALLS BACK WITH hSTRAIGHT FROM MY HEART v IT S SUCH AN AMAZING MO MENT THAT YOU CAN ALMOST FORGIVE THE -ANICS FOR ,IFEBLOOD 9OUR ,OVE !LONE MAKES US WONDER WHY WE EVER DOUBTED THAT THE BAND COULD EVER BE ANY THING OTHER THAN MAGNIlCENT )T S SWEET SEXY 7ELCOME BACK -AN IC 3TREET 0REACHERS WE VE MISSED YOU SOMETHING CHRONIC #HRIS (YDE

-ONKEYS *UST MONTHS SINCE THEIR DEBUT ALBUM AND THEY RE BACK TO THEIR CHART TOPPING WAYS WITH NEW SINGLE "RIANSTORM "UT WITH SUCH LITTLE BREAK FROM ALBUMS CAN WE EXPECT MUCH CHANGE FROM THE GENRE BREAKING 3HEFlELD OUTlT )F "RIANSTORM IS ANYTHING TO GO BY THE ANSWER IS NO NOT REALLY 4HE FUNKY DANCE FRIENDLY RIFFS ARE STILL THERE COUPLED WITH THE TEENAGE RADIO FRIENDLY LYRICISM hCAN T TAKE OUR EYES OF THE T SHIRT AND TIES COMBINATIONv BUT THERE ARE FEW SIGNS OF MATURITY )T S ALSO A PRETTY STEADY RIDE AS THE !RCTIC -ONKEYS GO EXPECT IT TO BE A REGULAR DANCE mOOR lXTURE BUT IT WON T HAVE YOU JUMPING AS MUCH AS THE EARLIER MATERIAL 4HEY MAY JUST BE BREAKING US IN GENTLY TO THEIR NEW ALBUM BUT THERE IS LITTLE NEW HERE .OT TO THE DISPLEASURE OF FANS THOUGH AS THE SINGLE HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO SATURATE THE RADIO WAVES *OHN -UTCH

!RCTIC -ONKEYS "RIANSTORM 4HERE S NO REST FOR THE !RCTIC

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#URLING UP WITH 'OOD"OOKS )T S EASY TO SEE WHY 'OOD"OOKS SAT ON JUST ABOUT EVERYONE S LIST OF HOTLY TIPPED BANDS FOR !S *OHN -UTCH AND ,EWIS -ORTON DISCOVERED 'OODBOOKS ARE ANYTHING BUT THE @CHILLED OUT lREPLACING LISTENING THAT THEIR NAME SUGGESTS

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ODAY THERE S A CERTAIN STIGMA ATTACHED TO POP MUSIC SO MUCH SO THAT SOME BANDS IN AN EF FORT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS h4HE PEOPLE WHO CAN MAKE GOOD POP MUSIC OF TEN DON T BECAUSE THE IDEA OF POP MUSIC HAS BEEN SO TAINTED BY THE PEOPLE WHO SHOULDN T BE ALLOWED TO MAKE MUSIC AT ALL )T SHOULD BE A NATURAL WAY OF WRITING MUSIC 4HERE S NO REASON FOR MAKING THINGS INAC CESSIBLE FOR THE SAKE OF IT YOU KNOW )T SHOULD JUST BE A REALLY EASY THING TO DO TO WRITE POP SONGS v !WARE BUT UNAFFECTED BY THE CONNOTATIONS OF SUCH MUSIC 'OOD"OOKS WRITE POP SONGS AND THEY RE PROUD OF IT TOO h"ANDS ALMOST BLURxIT S SHAMELESSLY COMMERCIAL BUT THERE S STILL NOTHING WRONG WITH IT v -AX TELLS US DEFINING HOW IT S POSSIBLE TO CREATE ACCESSIBLE MUSIC WITHOUT SOUNDING GENER IC OR SELLING OUT -AX #OOKE IS A MAN WITH BIG AMBITION AND A VERY ENER GETIC FRONTMAN AS TONIGHT S GIG PROVES (OWEVER SITTING IN THE !RTS #ENTRE BAR HE SEEMS HUMBLE AND WELL ORDINARY IT FEELS AS IF WE RE JUST HAVING A DRINK WITH A FRIEND INSTEAD OF INTERVIEWING ONE OF THE MOST CAPABLE OF CONTEMPORARY SONG WRITERS -OST RECENT SONG ,ENI APPEARS A PRODUCT OF A BAND THAT S VERY MUCH MATURED AND PERFECTLY SHOWCASES #OOKE S LYRICAL AWARENESS 7ALK WITH ME AND 4URN IT BACK HAVE SHOWN GREAT POTENTIAL BUT IT S ,ENI THAT OFFERS A MORE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPED SOUND h,ENI WAS RE ALLY A POOR SONG 7E HAVE JUST CASUALLY BEEN WORKING UP TO HOW WE MAKE TRACKS ) THINK ALL WE WANTED TO DO IN THE STUDIO WAS TO CREATE A MORE POLISHED SOUND v 'OOD"OOKS SONGS ARE OVERT LY EXPRESSIVE CHARGED WITH EMO TION "UT JUST HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO PRODUCE SONGS THAT TELL A STORY h) THINK IT HELPS )T S VERY EASY TO LOOK BACK AT A SONG LIKE 0AESENDHALE WHICH THE WEEK ) WROTE THAT ) WAS LIKE 'OD WHAT THE HELL IS THIS PRETEN

TIOUS THING ) COULDN T BELIEVE ) D DONE IT )T REALLY WAS JUST A BORED AFTERNOON AND ) HAD THESE IDEAS KNOCKING AROUND MY HEAD ) WAS ANNOYED ABOUT SOME )RAQ STORY ON THE 46 AND IT WAS JUST A SUCCESSION OF THOUGHTS )T S NOT THE KIND OF THING THAT COMES AROUND FROM PUTTING OUT A HUGE MISSION STATEMENT v 'OOD"OOKS CLEARLY HAVE NO SET AGENDA AND IT S BECAUSE OF THAT THAT THEY CAN BE SO EXPRESSIVE AND HAVE SUCH FREEDOM IN SONG WRITING -AX INSISTS THAT ITS INDIVIDU AL CHARACTER THAT GIVES SONGS LIFE n WRITING ABOUT EVERYDAY THINGS CAN BE SO MUNDANE h4ELLING STO RIES IS NICE ) GET BORED OF WRIT ING SONGS ABOUT GIRLS AND ABOUT BEER )T S BEEN DONE YOU KNOW YOU RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BETTER THE GREAT LOVE SONGS v 'OOD"OOKS ARE OFTEN PUT UNDER THE CATEGORY OF ELECTRON IC BUT BENEATH THE SYNTHESIZ ERS AND KEYBOARDS HOWEVER IS A BAND WHOSE BONES LIE WITH A CONVENTIONAL INDIE POP STYLE 4HE %VENT ASKED -AX WHAT AT TRACTED 'OOD"OOKS TO ELECTRON ICS h7E WERE A VERY VERY AVER AGE ;OUTFIT= SOMEWHERE BETWEEN "RIT 0OP AND !MERICANA SHITE AT SCHOOL 7E WERE SITTING AROUND THINKINGxWHY ARE WE DOING THIS SHIT MUSIC /NE NIGHT WE WERE DOING AN ACOUSTIC GIG ON A 3UNDAY NIGHT FOR PEOPLE AND

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*0 WAS THERE A FRIEND OF OURS FOR A FEW YEARS AND HE S BEEN MAK ING HIS OWN ELECTRONIC MUSIC FOR YEARS AND HE JUST SAID TO US ) M GOING TO JOIN YOUR BANDx) WAS GETTING FRUSTRATED TRYING TO PLAY REALLY FAST COMPLICATED RHYTHMS "UT THAT S BOLLOCKS n NOBODY NEEDS THAT )T S JUST FINDING MORE TOOLS MORE THINGS TO MAKE MUSIC WITH ;7ORKING WITH ELECTRONICS= IS LIKE DOING A PAINTING AND DISCOVERING NEW COLOURS v 4HE INTERVIEW IS INTERRUPTED AT THIS POINT 4HE -ACCABEES ARE HUNGRY AND ARE READY TO DINE ON OUR TABLE JUST MINUTES PRI OR TO THE DOORS BEING OPENED 5PSTAIRS -AX TELLS US WHAT IT S LIKE TOURING WITH THE -ACCA BEES h7E VE DONE SOME PRETTY GOOD TOURS 7E VE TOURED WITH 4HE &IELDS AND 4HE -AGIC .UM BERS WHICH FOR US WERE REALLY GOOD FUN 7ITH THE -ACCABEES THOUGH THEY RE SO CLOSE TO OUR AGE AND THEY RE RELATIVELY CLOSE TO WHERE WE ARE 4HEY RE TAKING OFF A BIT MORE AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE THEY VE GOT RELEASES AND STUFF BUT ITS KIND OF VAGUELY SIMILAR STUFF 7E JUST GET ON SO FUCKING WELL ,AST NIGHT WE END ED UP ON THEIR TOUR BUS AND A LOT OF *$ WAS GOT THROUGH v 'OOD"OOKS ARE CERTAINLY NO STRANGERS TO THE -ACCABEES WITH .ORWICH BEING THEIR TH

h) GET BORED OF WRITING SONGS ABOUT GIRLS AND ABOUT BEER )T S BEEN DONE v

DATE ON TOUR TOGETHER h4HERE S SO MUCH TO LEARN YOU KNOW AND IT S JUST GOOD TO SEE SOMEONE OUT THERE DOING IT EVERY NIGHT )T S RE ALLY THE DETAILS OF WHAT THEY DO THE INS THE OUTS !ND BY THE END OF IT IT S LIKE YOU KNOW THEIR SET AS WELL AS YOURS v "UT IT DOESN T END THERE FOR 'OOD"OOKS -ARCH SEES THEM TEAM UP WITH THE .OISETTES AS PART OF A STUDENT ONLY FREE GIG CAMPAIGN 4HE %VENT ASKED -AX IF THEIR INCESSANT TOURING REFLECTED AN ATTEMPT TO RAISE THE BANDS PRO FILE BEFORE THE ALBUM RELEASE h) GUESS THAT S WHAT A LOT OF TOURING IS FROM A BUSINESS POINT OF VIEW 9OU GET RESTLESS THOUGH 7E VE FINISHED THE ALBUM SO THERE S NO EXCUSE TO NOT GET ON THE ROAD AS MUCH AS WE CAN v 'OOD"OOKS HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE RECORDING STUDIO LATELY WORKING WITH LEGENDARY ENGINEER $AN 'RECH -ARGUERET 3CISSOR 3ISTERS 0AUL -C#ARTNEY 2ADIOHEAD !S EXPERIENCED AS HE IS 'OOD"OOKS ALBUM SET FOR A RELEASE IN THE FIRST WEEK OF A *ULY IS HIS FIRST PROJECT AS A FULL FLEDGED PRODUCER h/UR FIRST FULL LENGTH ALBUM AND $AN S FIRST ALBUM AS PRODUCERx WE WERE BOTH IN THE SAME KIND OF PLACE v 7ITH THE ALBUM COMING OUT JUST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE FES TIVALS THIS SUMMER 'OOD"OOKS ARE HOPING TO MAKE A BIG IMPACT h7E LL TAKE EVERYTHING WE CAN GET WE WANT TO PLAY AT AS MANY FES TIVALS AS WE CAN THIS YEAR v -AX HOPES THAT THE FESTIVALS CAN BE A SPRING PAD TO GREATER SUCCESS THE BAND HAS ALREADY HAD POSITIVE EXPERIENCES PLAYING 2EADING AND ,EEDS FESTIVALS LAST YEAR h9EAH IT WENT REALLY WELL /UR PROFILE SEEMS TO BE NICE AND HIGH IN 2EADING )T S AMAZING HOW YOUR PROFILE VAR IES 3OME PLACES ITS LIKE @/H MY GOD YOU RE IN 'OOD"OOKS OTHER PLACES IT S LIKE @$ON T YOU MEAN GOOD SHOES v 'OOD"OOKS CAMPAIGN TO REACH THE TOP IS IN FULL SWING %X PECT A SURGE OF EXCITEMENT BEFORE THE ALBUM RELEASE FOLLOWED BY SOME HIGHLY ANTICIPATED AND AC CLAIMED FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES IN THE SUMMER FROM ONE OF THE MOST LITERATE BANDS AROUND 'OOD "OOKS ARE SET TO DELIVER

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-ONDAY ND !PRIL !RTS #ENTRE h7E VE JUST BEEN WATCHING 0ARTRIDGE BACK STAGE v DECLARES A BUOYANT 0HIL %THERIDGE h) WEREN T GONNA DO THIS BUTxWE RE 4HE 4WANG AHA v !DORED BY .-% WHO HAVE BEEN TOUTING THEM AS "RITAIN S BEST NEW BAND AND EQUALLY DISMISSED BY SOME USUALLY ON THE BASIS OF THEIR ONE SINGLE 7IDE !WAKE AS BAGGY (APPY -ONDAYS WANNABEES WHO HAVE ARRIVED TEN YEARS TOO LATE 4HE 4WANG ARE TONIGHT BRINGING THEIR REPUTATION FOR SWORD WIELDING MIS BEHAVIOUR TO .ORWICH FOR THE lRST TIME 3O IS THE HYPE JUSTIlED 7ELL THE lRST MYTH TO DISPEL IS THE NOTION OF ASBO TYPE BEHAVIOUR BY THE BAND AND THEIR FANS ! SURPRISINGLY MATURE CROWD ARE ALMOST TOO PLACID THE ATMOSPHERE NOT AS INTENSE AS IT SHOULD BE 4HE BAND TOO ARE SURPRIS INGLY WELL BEHAVED WITH %THERIDGE RE VEALING THAT THE ONLY HARD STUFF HE S BEEN HITTING BACK STAGE IS )NNOCENT 3MOOTHIE AS A PROMISE TO HIS MUM (ARDLY THE STUFF OF ROCK @N ROLL BAD BOYS 3ECOND IS THE IDEA THAT 4HE 4WANG ARE A THROWBACK TO -ANCHESTER IN THE LATE S 9ES CO VO CALIST 3AUNDERS DOES BOUND AROUND THE STAGE LOOKING SLIGHTLY WORSE FOR WEAR IN A MANNER BElTTING "EZ AND SOME OF THE BASS LINES ARE TAKEN STRAIGHT FROM -ANI AND EARLY 3TONE 2OSES "UT THEY SHOULDN T BE PIGEON HOLE AS THE BAND SOUND MORE LIKE A CURIOUS BLEND OF PUNK AND URBAN

THE KEEN SOCIAL WIT OF FELLOW "RUMMIE -IKE 3KINNER WITH THE RAW AGGRESSION OF 4HE 0ADDINGTONS 4HIS IS MUSIC THAT MEANS SOMETHING ! YEAR AGO THE BAND WERE STUCK WORKING DEAD END JOBS THIS IS THEIR WAY OUT AND THEY RE CLEARLY LOVING THE RIDE 4HEIR SET ALTHOUGH LARGELY UNFAMILIAR TO MOST OF THE CROWD IS VERY TIGHT 4HE SONGS PLAYED PARTICULARLY 4HE .EIGHBOUR AND #LOUDY 2OOM SUGGEST THEIR DEBUT AL BUM COULD BE A CONTENDER FOR RECORD OF THE YEAR )N TRUTH THE BAND ARE NOT LIFE CHANGING AND IT S QUESTIONABLE WHETHER THEY DE SERVE THE TAG OF BEST NEW BAND "UT THEY ARE CERTAINLY A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AND ARE WORTH GETTING EXCITED ABOUT ,EWIS -ORTON

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%VERYONE S FAVOURITE EMO PREACHER lNALLY HIT 5%! LATE -ARCH AND BY GOLLY WAS HE EXCITED h,AST TIME ) CAME HERE ) WAS PLAYING 4HE &ERRYBOAT ;2EMEMBER THAT BEAUTIFUL DIVE = 7ELL THIS ONE GOES OUT TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO VE STUCK WITH ME FROM THE BEGINNING v )N RETURN 5%! MORPHS INTO A BIG NOSTALGIC MESS EVERYONE STARES AT THE CEILING AND INTENSE WONDERMENT HITS THE FACE OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL 9OU SEE THE THING ABOUT 3AM $UCKWORTH IS WELL HE S NOT YOUR EVERYDAY @GET UP ON THE STAGE PLAY A FEW TUNES DO AN ENCORE TRADITIONAL SHOWMAN TYPE .O SIR WHEN 'ET #APE PERFORMS IT S ALL EMOTIVE NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH %-/ TIVE HE FASCINATES YOU WITH HIS WISE MAN TALES SEE #HRONICLES AND MELTS YOUR SPINE WITH

LUSH ACOUSTO TUNEAGE SEE /AK 4REE 7AR /F 4HE 7ORLDS BUT MOST PROMINENTLY YANKS AT YOUR HEART STRINGS WRACKING EVERY LAST MORSEL OF GUILT FROM YOUR PRE SHOW EXCITABLE SELF BY EXCLAIMING HOW THE WORLD PUT SIMPLY SUCKS 0OLITICALLY CHARGED IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT 3AM $UCKWORTH WANTS YOU TO HELP HIM HELP THE WORLD I E SCREW CORPORATE EXPLOITATION .IKE 'AP .ESTLEx SUDDENLY MY .IKE DUNKS AND 'AP T SHIRT MAKE ME THE MOST VULNERABLE GUY IN THE CROWD ACCEPT THAT %NGLAND IS A MIXED RACE NATION AND BASICALLY VOTE OR DIEx ANYWAY THE LIST GOES ON AND BY THE END OF HIS SET YOU GET THE POINT THAT $UCKWORTH IS FRIGGIN PASSIONATE ABOUT HIS MUSIC THE WORLD AND THAT JUST MAYBE HE COULD BE ONE OF THE VOICES OF OUR GENERATION HEY )@M JUST THROWING IT OUT THEREx "ECAUSE BESIDES HIS POLITICALLY POWERED MOTOR MOUTH LIES SOME OF THE MOST FASCINATING MUSIC THIS SIDE OF THE !TLANTIC 4HE SET VEERS FROM SYNTH FUSED LAPTOP POP BACKED BY DRUMMING AND BRASS OF THE HIGHEST CALIBRE 'LASS (OUSES ) 3PY TO RAW SIMPLE HEART ON YOUR SLEEVE ACOUSTIC GEMS /NCE -ORE 7ITH &EELING PROVING THAT 3AM ISN@T JUST AN EVERYDAY GUITAR WIELDING PREACHER MANIAC RATHER HE S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST HOPES IN ST CENTURY POP MUSIC 'REG 3ULLIVAN

*ACK 0ENATE IS A MAN WHO HAS BEEN CAUSING A LOT OF BUZZ IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY SINCE SIGNING TO 8, 2ECORDINGS LAST SUMMER (AVING STOLEN THE SHOW AT THIS YEARgS 3837 TONIGHT 0ENATE BRINGS HIS UNIQUE TALENT TO OUR lNE CITY FOR THE lRST TIME $RESSED IN A CAP AND A HOODIE HE LOOKS MORE LIKE A GRIME -# THAN A SOUL SINGER AS HE TAKES TO THE STAGE (OWEVER AS SOON HE SINGS THE lRST FEW BARS OF :ANE ,OWE BACKED SINGLE 3PIT AT 3TARS IT S CLEAR 0ENATE IS A TRUE TALENT (IS VOICE SOUNDS IMMACULATE HIS DULCET TONES RECEIVED BY A SERIES OF JAWS HITTING THE mOOR !LTHOUGH OMITTING THREE OF THE SONGS FROM THE FORTHCOMING 3PIT AT 3TARS %0 (E TELLS US LATER THAT HE DOESN T WANT TO PLAY IT UNTIL IT S RELEASE LATER THIS MONTH THE SET IS STILL CONSIDERABLE 4ORN ON THE 0LATFORM AND 3ECOND -INUTE OR (OUR SEE THE CROWD ERUPT WHILE MORE INTROSPECTIVE SONGS SUCH AS 7E 7ILL BE (ERE SHOW THAT 0ENATE CAN LEND HIS CONSIDERABLE TALENTS TO A VARIETY OF GENRES AND IT S CLEAR TO SEE WHY JOURNALISTS AND FANS ALIKE ARE RAVING OVER HIM 3PEAKING EXCLUSIVELY TO 4HE %VENT AFTER THE GIG *ACK 0ENATE REVEALS THAT HE DOESN T LISTEN TO THE RADIO OR READ ARTICLES ABOUT HIMSELF SO hCOMING TO A PLACE LIKE .ORWICH AND SELLING OUT THE VENUES IS AMAZING v (E MAY NOT BE AWARE OF HIS EVER RISING STOCK

BUT THE PEOPLE WHO MADE IT TO TONIGHT S GIG WILL HAVE LEFT IN NO DOUBT THAT THEY HAVE JUST WITNESSED THE STAR SET TO BURN BRIGHTEST IN ,EWIS -ORTON

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SEEMS TO BE A lLM GRABBING ATTENTION WHEREVER IT S MENTIONED ITS VISUALS ITS STORY AND ITS SOURCE ARE ALL COMING UNDER SCRUTINY BUT THE QUESTION REMAINS IS IT ACTUALLY A GOOD lLM ,IKE 3IN #ITY BEFORE IT &RANK -ILLER S IS VISUALLY DISTINCTIVE TO THE POINT WHERE YOU WOULD BE HARD PUSHED TO MISTAKE IT FOR ANYTHING ELSE 4HE COLOURS ARE SUBDUED THE DIRECTING IS IDIOSYN CRATIC AND THE OVERALL FEEL OF THE PIECE IS THAT IT S JUMPED STRAIGHT

OFF A COMIC AND ONTO THE CINEMA SCREEN WHICH IS OF COURSE EXACTLY THE TRUTH 4HE lLM CONCERNS A GROUP OF THREE HUNDRED 3PARTAN WARRIORS lGHTING 0ERSIAN INVADERS WHICH OUTNUMBER THEM MANY TIMES OVER 7ILL THE 3PARTANS DEFEND SUCCESS FULLY OR IS THEIR DEFENCE FUTILE !C TUALLY THAT lNAL QUESTION IS NEVER REALLY RAISED IN THE lLM AS THERE ISN T REALLY ANY STORY SO TO SPEAK /BVIOUSLY THERE S A PLOT BUT IT S A

#INEFILE 3O IT S ABOUT A REAL LIFE BANK ROBBERY 9ES BUT NOT JUST ANY OLD ROBBERY IT S ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS OF ALL TIME !N AMATEUR ROBBERY BY TWO LOSERS ESCALATES TO A HOUR PUBLIC SPECTACLE 4HE MOTIVES BEHIND THE ROBBERY ARE ALSO SOMEWHAT UNU SUAL IN THAT 3ONNY !L 0ACINO IS LOOKING TO FUND HIS MALE PARTNER S SEX CHANGE OPERATION 7HAT MAKES THE lLM SO WATCH ABLE 4HIS IS !L 0ACINO AT HIS BEST PART NERED WITH HIS FAMILIAR SIDEKICK *OHN #AZALE 4HE 'ODFATHER 'IVEN A FULL LICENSE TO ROAM THE SET AND IMPROVISE WHEN NECESSARY 0ACINO DOMINATES EVERY SHOT BRINGING THE OCCASION TO LIFE 7HAT ABOUT THE CHARACTERS 4HE BEAUTY OF THE TWO ROBBERS ARE THEIR ENIGMATIC QUALITIES !SPECTS

PLOT THAT IS BURIED BENEATH BATTLES VISUALLY APPEALING SET PIECES AND NOT A LOT ELSE 4HAT THE lLM DRIVES FOR STYLE OVER SUBSTANCE IS AXIOMATIC AND SO TO CLAIM THIS IS A mAW WOULD BE CHURLISH AND AKIN TO SAYING 4OY 3TORY WAS TOO TOY CENTRIC 7HERE THIS lLM LETS ITSELF DOWN HOWEVER IS BY NOT MAKING ANY OF THE STYLE GRIPPING ENOUGH FOR THE TWO HOUR DURATION /NE BATTLE LOOKS MUCH THE SAME AS THE NEXT AND THE NEXT

ONE TOO AND THE ONE FOLLOWING ALSO UNTIL IT IS HARD TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE ENDING OF ONE BOUT OF DEFENCE AND THE START OF THE NEXT %VERY SO OFTEN ARROWS WILL mOAT DOWN LIKE RAIN OR ELEPHANTS WILL APPEAR BUT NEVER DOES IT SPARK MORE THAN A FAINT GLIMMER OF IN TEREST )NSTEAD IT MERGES INTO A BLUR OF ONE VAGUELY INTERESTING VISUAL TO THE NEXT WITH EACH NEW @TREAT LOS ING ITS EDGE !DD TO THE MIX DIA LOGUE THAT IS EITHER FORGETTABLE OR

SEEMINGLY DESIGNED TO BE QUOTED AND SERVE NO OTHER FUNCTION AS WELL AS DATED STEREOTYPES WHICH ARE PURPOSELY INCLUDED BUT STILL FEEL AWKWARD A @-ASTER 2ACE OF WARRI ORS %ASTERN PEOPLE WITH UNHEALTHY CUSTOMS THE INCLUSION OF LESBIANS BECAUSE Y KNOW THAT S SEXUALLY APPEALING )T ALL FEELS RATHER DATED AND AT TIMES IT MORE THAN BORDERS ON THE QUESTIONABLE #HARACTERS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN CIPHERS h) M THE BLONDE ANGRY ONEv h) M THE ONE WITH A SON WHO S lGHT ING (E LL PROBABLY DIE /H LOOK HE S DEADv h) M THE ONE WHO HAS A TEMPER THAT SHOULD BE KEPT IN CHECKv AND IT ALL SMACKS OF DISAP POINTMENT )N THE END THIS OUTSTAYS ITS WELCOME BY QUITE A WHILE IT S A ONE TRICK PONY STRETCHED BEYOND SNAPPING POINT FOR TWO HOURS ! PITY FOR CERTAIN AS WHERE 3IN #ITY HAD THE GOODS TO BACK ITS LOOK UP WITH WE lND A WASTELAND AS BARREN AS THE PLOT DEPARTMENT IT SELF 4HEY SAY h&REEDOM ISN T FREE )T COMES AT THE HIGHEST COST THE COST OF BLOOD v 7E SAY STYLE OVER SUBSTANCE FOR CERTAIN )T S JUST A PITY THAT THE STYLE IS SO DRAB .ICK -ELLISH

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OF THE CHARACTERS PERSONALITIES ARE HINTED AT BUT NEVER EXPLORED LEAVING THE AUDIENCE SPECUALATING 4HERE ARE NO HINTS AT HOMOSEXU ALITY BEFORE WE DISCOVER 3ONNY HAS A BOYFRIEND 7E ALSO LEARN OF HIS VIOLENT TEMPERAMENT WHICH SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE FROM SUCH A LOV ABLE LOSER ,IKEWISE CO ROBBER 3AL IS THE @LOOSE CANNON ! COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CHARACTER FROM THE RE LAXED 3ONNY HE EVEN THREATENS TO THROW BODIES OUT THE DOORS 3OUNDS LIKE A ROUGH RIDE )T ISN T AS INTENSE AS IT SOUNDS AS HUMOR IS GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED INTO THE MIX &OR A CRIMINAL 3ONNY IS VERY HUMAN AT ONE POINT HE AN SWERS THE BANK S TELEPHONE TO BE GREETED BY A HOSTAGE S CONCERNED BOYFRIEND (E PASSES THE PHONE TO THE GIRL AND SAYS hITS FOR YOUv (E IS BEYOND COOL 3AFE IN THE KNOWLEDGE HIS PART

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$OG $AY !FTERNOON NER 3AL IS INSIDE WITH A GUN 3ONNY LATER COMES OUT OF THE BANK TO BE GREETED BY THE CHEERING PUB

LIC 3PURRING ON THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE @FRIENDLY BAD GUY HE THROWS MONEY INTO THE THRONGS SHOUTING

h!TTICAv A REFERENCE TO A POLICING DISASTER THAT LEFT DOZENS DEAD *OHN -UTCH

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7ILL &ERRELL S lLMS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN INCONSISTENT TO SAY THE LEAST FROM THE ABSOLUTE GENIUS OF !NCHORMAN TO THE PLAIN AWFUL +ICKING AND 3CREAMING 4HE QUEST TO COVER EVERY SPORT KNOWN

TO MAN CONTINUES WITH "LADES OF 'LORY AND THANKFULLY IT SMELLS MORE RICH MAHOGANY THAN 3EX 0ANTHER 4HE STORY CENTRES ON ICE SKATERS #HAZZ -ICHAEL -ICHAELS &ERRELL AND *IMMY -AC%LROY *ON (EDER WHO ARE BOTH BANNED FROM SINGLES COMPETITION FOR LIFE AFTER A PODIUM PUNCH UP (OWEVER A LOOP HOLE TO THE RULING IS DISCOVERED ALLOWING THEM TO COMPETE AS A PAIR AN ALL MALE AFFAIR THAT SENDS SHOCKWAVES THROUGH THE SKATING WORLD

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)T S GOT THE USUAL DAFTNESS OF THE FRAT PACK mICKS BUT WHERE "LADES OF 'LORY SUCCEEDS IS IN NOT ALLOWING THIS TO DETRACT FROM THE STORY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TWO PROTAGONISTS CHARACTERS "OTH ARE EXTREMELY AMIABLE IN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAYS AND WHILE THEIR MAIN AIM IS TO MAKE US LAUGH ONE CAN T HELP BUT URGE THEM ON IN THEIR FANTASTIC BUT STILL ALMOST BELIEVABLE QUEST /THER THAN !RRESTED $EVELOPMENT S CRIMINALLY UNDERUSED 7ILL !RNETT THE SUPPORTING CAST IS LACKLUSTRE 4HIS WASTED OPPORTUNITY ASIDE THERE IS A WEALTH OF COMEDY GOLD WITHIN ALTHOUGH SOME JOKES ARE BLATANT COPIES OF PREVIOUS &ERRELL WORK WHICH NONETHELESS GET THE JOB DONE -EANWHILE THE SOUNDTRACK AND UTTERLY LUDICROUS COSTUMES ONLY ADD TO THE HUMOUR HELPING OFlCIALLY MAKE THIS THE GREATEST WINTER SPORTS lLM SINCE #OOL 2UNNINGS +IERAN #ORNWELL

&LOWER $IR 9IMOU :HANG 2ELEASED 4HE PLOT OF THIS lLM IS MORE TWISTED THAN EVEN THE WORST BEST OF *ERRY 3PRINGER #URSE OF THE 'OLDEN &LOWER IS (AMLET ALL OVER AND IN A TYPICAL 3HAKESPEARIAN STYLE BUILDS UP TO A CATASTROPHIC DENOUEMENT )T IS THE THIRD OF 9IMOU S ACTION GENRE lLMS (ERO WAS THE lRST THEN (OUSE OF &LY ING $AGGERS 4HIS TIME ROUND THE lLM HAS A SLOWER PACE BUT IT BUILDS UP TO AN EPIC ENDING ,IKE MOST GOOD lLMS WITHIN THE lRST FEW SECONDS YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN FOR A TREAT 4HE OPENING SCENES SHOW ROW UPON ROW OF WOMEN GET TING READY WITH MILITARY PRECISION 4HESE THEN CONTRAST WITH DARK FACE

LESS SOLDIERS RIDING TOWARDS THE )M PERIAL 0ALACE 7OMEN AND MEN ARE PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER FROM THE BEGINNING IN A STRUGGLE FOR POWER 4HE STORY IS WHAT DRIVES #URSE OF THE 'OLDEN &LOWER RATHER THAN THE ACTION SO IF YOU ARE HOPING FOR THE CONTINUOUS SWORD JABBING TRIPLE mIPS THAT WERE IN (ERO THEN YOU MAY BE DISAPPOINTED 4HE BATTLE AND lGHTING SCENES ARE BREATHTAK ING THOUGH WATCH OUT FOR THE SCENE

WHEN *IANG #HAN ESCAPES TO THE )M PERIAL 0ALACE 4HE CINEMATOGRAPHY THROUGH OUT MEANS THE lLM PANS OUT LIKE A VISUAL POEM )T DRIPS WITH THE EXU BERANCE THAT WAS PREVALENT IN THE 4ANG DYNASTY AND WHETHER DELIBER ATE OR NOT IT MAKES EVEN THE MOST GORY SCENES BEAUTIFUL 4HIS ATTEN TION TO DETAIL IS WHAT MAKES #URSE OF THE 'OLDEN &LOWER SO GREAT !NNA 3TEWARD

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