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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF>HANNAH LIVINGSTON| concrete.editor@uea.ac.uk THE EVENT EDITOR>GRACE SIMPSON| concrete.event@uea.ac.uk DEPUTY EVENT EDITOR>DUNCAN VICAT-BROWN concrete.music@uea.ac.uk|MUSIC EDITORS>PAUL COOK & STEPH MCKENNA MUSIC WRITERS>MICHAEL BLUNT, MICHAEL BOND, PAUL COOK, WILL DONOVAN, GEMMA HENZLEY, FIONA HOWARD, ROS JUBBER, STEPH MCKENNA, ALEC PLOWMAN, ALICE SAUNDERS, ANDREA STROMSTAG, HELEN THOMAS, ALEX THROSSELL, DUNCAN VICAT-BROWN, PETER WALKER BETH WYATT

concrete.arts@uea.ac.uk|ARTS EDITORS>FIONA HOWARD & KIRSTEN PETER

“External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty.” A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens

ARTS WRITERS>DAVID BIGGINS, ANGHARAD BULLWARD, FIONA HOWARD, CARMINA MASILOVER, ISOBEL PALMER, ALEC PLOWMAN, KIRON WARD

concrete.tvdigital@uea.ac.uk|TELEVISION EDITOR>JOSH BUTLER TELEVISION WRITERS>JOS H BUTLER, MICHA BUTLER, PAUL COOK, TOM DOLTON, NICOLE FASSIHI, LINDSAY HARRIS, LAUREN O’NEILL, ALEC PLOWMAN, CAROLINE PREECE, GARETH REES-WHITE, NATALIE STEPHENSON, CAROLINE WALKER

concrete.competitions@uea.ac.uk|COMPETITIONS EDITOR>WILL DONOVAN WITH MANY CHRISTMAS COMPETITIONS KISSES TO SANTA’S LITTLE HELPERS: DAVINA KESBY, HANNAH LIVINGSTON & DUNCAN VICAT-BROWN

concrete.film@uea.ac.uk|FILM EDITORS>ELIZABETH POOLE & ADAM SCALES FILM WRITERS>JOSH BUTLER, RACHEL COXON, CHRIS BENTLEY-SMITH, MICHAEL BLUNT, EMMA FEATHERSTONE, NAOMI FRASER, JAMES GALLOWAY, STACEY LARNDER, ELIZABETH POOLE, DUNCAN VICAT-BROWN, BERT WARDLOW

concrete.wired@uea.ac.uk|WIRED EDITOR>WILLIAM MORAN WIRED WRITERS>VAUGHN HIGHFIELD, RICHARD JOSLIN, WILLIAM MORAN

concrete.creativewriting@uea.ac.uk|CREATIVE WRITING EDITOR>STEPHANIE CROSS CREATIVE WRITERS>MICHAEL ANDERSON, MICHAEL KESHIGIAN, FEARCHAR MACLEAN , ROBERT VAN EGGHEN, ASHRAF ZIDAN

concrete.event@uea.ac.uk|CANVAS EDITOR>ADIZAH TEJANI concrete.fashion@uea.ac.uk|FASHION EDITOR>KAT JONES FASHION WRITERS>HANNAH BRITT, KAT JONES

concrete.listings@uea.ac.uk|VENUE EDITOR>HELEN THOMAS VENUE WRITER>JOZ NORRIS

music TOP 10 ARTISTS OF 2000-2009

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<10> SIGUR ROS <10> dŚĞ /ĐĞůĂŶĚŝĐ ďĂŶĚ ǁŚŽ ĐůĂŝŵ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚŽŵĞůĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŽŶŐƐ ǁĂƐ ĨŽƵŶĚĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϰ͖ ĞŵĞƌŐŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŶ /ĐĞůĂŶĚŝĐ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƐĐĞŶĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ DƷŵ ĂŶĚ ŵŝŝŶĂ͕ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ƌĞƐĞŵďůĞƐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƚĂů ďĂŶĚƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ǆƉůŽƐŝŽŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŬǇ͕ DŽŐǁĂŝ ĂŶĚ 'ŽĚƐƉĞĞĚ zŽƵ͊ ůĂĐŬ ŵƉĞƌŽƌ͘ dŚĞǇ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ďƌĞĂŬƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϵϬƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĂůďƵŵ͖ ŐčƟƐ ďǇƌũƵŶ ;͞ Ŷ ĂůƌŝŐŚƚ ƐƚĂƌƚ͟Ϳ͘ ƌŝƟĐƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĂůďƵŵƐ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ƟŵĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂƐ ŝƚƐ ƌĞƉƵƚĂƟŽŶ ďĞŐĂŶ ƚŽ ƐƉƌĞĂĚ͕ ŵŽƌĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ƚĂŬĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ^ŝŐƵƌ ZŽƐ͛ ƐǇŵƉŚŽŶŝĐ ĂŶĚ ĞǆƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƚĂů ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ ůů ŝŶ Ăůů ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ĮǀĞ ĨƵůů ĂůďƵŵƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽůĚ ŽǀĞƌ Ϯ͘ϱ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ĐŽƉŝĞƐ ǁŽƌůĚ ǁŝĚĞ͘ ^ŝŐƵƌ ZŽƐ ŝƐ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ĐĂƚĞŐŽƌŝǌĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞĚ ĂƐ ƉŽƐƚͲƌŽĐŬ͕ ĞǆƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƚĂů͕ ĚƌĞĂŵ ƉŽƉ͕ ĂŵďŝĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽŐ ƌŽĐŬ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŝŵƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŽ ĨƵůůǇ ũƵƐƟĨǇ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŽƌĚƐ͕ ƐŽ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĂĚǀŝĐĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƚŽ ĐŚĞĐŬ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ dŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ŝŶ ǀŽŶůĞŶƐŬĂ ;,ŽƉĞůĂŶĚŝĐͿ͕ Ă ŶŽŶͲůŝƚĞƌĂů ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞƐĞŵďůĞƐ /ĐĞůĂŶĚŝĐ͕ ƵƐĞĚ ƐŽ ƚŚĞ ůŝƐƚĞŶĞƌƐ ĐĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌƉƌĞƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐƐ͘ dŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŽĨ ^ŝŐƵƌ ZŽƐ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƵƐĞĚ ŝŶ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ĮůŵƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ƐŚŽǁƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ dŚĞ EŽƚŚŝŶŐ ^ŽŶŐ in sĂŶŝůůĂ ^ŬǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵĂǇďĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĨĂŵŽƵƐůǇ͕ ,ŽƉƉşƉŽůůĂ ĨƌŽŵ WůĂŶĞƚ ĂƌƚŚ͘ Andrea Stromskag

<7> BRAND NEW <7> EŽďŽĚǇ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ƐƚŽƌǇ ƚŚĂƚ >ŽŶŐ /ƐůĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ƌĂŶĚ EĞǁ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ zŽƵƌ &ĂǀŽƌŝƚĞ tĞĂƉŽŶ ĚƌŽƉƉĞĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϭ͕ Ă ǇĞĂƌ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ŚĂĚ ĨŽƌŵĞĚ͘ ǀĞŶ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ŽĨ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŵĂŶ :ĞƐƐĞ >ĂĐĞǇ͛Ɛ ƐƵďůŝŵĞ ĂŶĚ ŽŌĞŶ ĐƵƫŶŐ ůǇƌŝĐƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ǁĂƐ ƐƟůů ŐĞŶĞƌŝĐ ƉŽƉͲƉƵŶŬ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉĂƌƚ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ƵŶƟů ϮϬϬϯ͛Ɛ ĞũĂ ŶƚĞŶĚƵ that they became ƚŚĞ ƵŶĚŝƐƉƵƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ƌĞůƵĐƚĂŶƚ ŬŝŶŐƐ ŽĨ ĞŵŽ͕ ĂƐ ůĞĂĚ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ^ŝĐ dƌĂŶƐŝƚ 'ůŽƌŝĂ͘͘͘ 'ůŽƌǇ &ĂĚĞƐ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĂŶƚŚĞŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƐŝůůƵƐŝŽŶĞĚ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƌĂŶĚ EĞǁ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚĂďůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ďĞŝŶŐ ůƵŵƉĞĚ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ Ă ŐĞŶƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐŚŽǁĞĚ ŽŶ ĂůďƵŵ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ƚŚƌĞĞ͕ dŚĞ Ğǀŝů ĂŶĚ 'ŽĚ ƌĞ ZĂŐŝŶŐ /ŶƐŝĚĞ DĞ͘ dŚĞ ϵϬƐ ůƚ͘ ZŽĐŬ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞƐ ŽĨ Ƶŝůƚ dŽ ^Ɖŝůů ĂŶĚ WĂǀĞŵĞŶƚ ďĞŐĂŶ ƚŽ ƉƵƐŚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͕ ƌĞƐƵůƟŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵŽƐƚ ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ ĞīŽƌƚ ƚŽ ĚĂƚĞ͘ dŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ ŚĂƐ ƐĞĞŶ Ă ǁĂǀĞ ŽĨ ďĂŶĚƐ ĨŽůůŽǁ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁĂŬĞ͕ ŚĞĂĚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŽŶ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚƵŐĞ DĂŶĐŚĞƐƚĞƌ KƌĐŚĞƐƚƌĂ͘ ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ ůŝǀĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŚĂƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ďĞĞŶ Ă ŬĞǇ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐƟĐ ŽĨ >ĂĐĞǇ͛Ɛ ĐƌĞǁ͕ ĂŶĚ ϮϬϬϵ ƐĂǁ ƚŚĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ŽĨ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ ĂůďƵŵ ĂŝƐǇ͕ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ĞīŽƌƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚƐ Ă ďĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŽŶůǇ ŐĞƫŶŐ ďĞƩĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŐĞ͘ Michael Blunt

concrete.music@uea.ac.uk

<9> BLOC PARTY <9>

ŌĞƌ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ŶĂŵĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ͕ ƐŽŵĞ ŐŝŐƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ĨĞǁ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ůĂďĞůƐ͕ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϯ Ă ďĂŶĚ ĐĂůůĞĚ ůŽĐ WĂƌƚǇ ĞŵĞƌŐĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞǀŝƚĂůŝƐĞ ƚŚĞ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ŝŶĚŝĞ ƐĐĞŶĞ͘ dŚĞǇ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ĐŽŵƉůĞǆ͕ ŐƵŝƚĂƌͲĚƌŝǀĞŶ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ďƵƚ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƟŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŚĂƚ dŚĞ >ŝďĞƌƟŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ ^ƚƌŽŬĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ ĞůƐĞǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞǇ ƵƐĞĚ ĞǆƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƚĂů͕ ŵƵůƟͲůĂǇĞƌĞĚ ƐŽƵŶĚ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ďĂƐĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ ĚĞďƵƚ͘ ^ŝůĞŶƚ ůĂƌŵ ǁĂƐ ŝŶƐƚĂŶƚůǇ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĞĚ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞŵŝŶĂů ĂůďƵŵƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƐĐĞŶĞ͖ ƚŚĞ ũĂŐŐĞĚ ďƵƚ ŚĂƌŵŽŶŝŽƵƐ ŝŶĚŝĞ ĂŶƚŚĞŵƐ ǁŽŶ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂƵĚŝƚƐ ŽĨ ͚ ůďƵŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ͛ ĨƌŽŵ ED and WůƵŐ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϱͬϲ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ŶĞǆƚ ĞīŽƌƚ͕ tĞĞŬĞŶĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝƚǇ͕ ŵĂƚƵƌĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ͖ ŽƉƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ǁĂƐŚ ŽĨ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŽŶ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ƚƌĂĐŬƐ͕ ƵƟůŝƐŝŶŐ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐ ƐǇŶƚŚƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉůĞǆ ƐĂŵƉůĞƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ĂůŝĞŶĂƚĞĚ ŚĂƌĚĐŽƌĞ ĨĂŶƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ŽĨ &ůƵǆ and DĞƌĐƵƌǇ ĐĞŵĞŶƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚƐ ŶĞǁ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƚĞĚ ƚŚĞŵ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ůŝŬĞ ^ŝůĞŶƚ ůĂƌŵ ĂŐĂŝŶ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶĞǁ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞŵ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ďĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ͖ ǁŝƚŚ /ŶƟŵĂĐǇ they broadened ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚŽƌŝǌŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŐĂŝŶĞĚ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ŶĞǁ ĨĂŶďĂƐĞ͘ dŚĞ ĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŽƵŶĚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐƟůů ƌĞŵĂŝŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŚĞŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌŝƚǇ͕ ƐƵƌĞůǇ ƚŚĂƚ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞƐ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ͘ Alex Throssell

<6> QOTSA <6>

/ƚ͛Ɛ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ďĂŶĚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƵŐŚƟĞƐ ǁŚŽ ũƵƐƚ ƉůĂŝŶ ƌŽĐŬĞĚ͘ ŵƉƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƐĞƚ ďĞůŽǁ ϭϭ͕ ƐǇŶƚŚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƌĞǀŝǀĞĚ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ǁĞĞŬůǇ ĂŶĚ ƐŽďĞƌ ƌĞŇĞĐƟŽŶ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞĚ ƉĂƌƚǇŝŶŐ͘ Ƶƚ YƵĞĞŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ƚŽŶĞ ŐĞ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ŐŝǀĞ ƵƉ ƐŽ ĞĂƐǇ͘ :ŽƐŚ ,ŽŵŵĞ͛Ɛ ĐƌĞǁ ŽĨ ĚĞƐĞƌƚ ƌŽĐŬĞƌƐ ŬĞƉƚ ŝƚ ůŽƵĚ͕ ůŽǁ ĂŶĚ ƌĂƵĐŽƵƐ Ăůů ĚĞĐĂĚĞ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ĨŽƵƌ ƐƵƉĞƌď ƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ͛Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ĂůďƵŵƐ ǁŝƚŚ ϮϬϬϬ͛Ɛ ZĂƚĞĚ Z͕ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ďƌŽŬĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚǁŽ ǇĞĂƌƐ ůĂƚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ^ŽŶŐƐ &Žƌ dŚĞ ĞĂĨ͘ ǀĞŶ ŵŽƌĞ ĨƵůů ŽĨ ĞĂƌͲďƵƐƟŶŐ ƌŝīƐ͕ ƉŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĚƌƵŵƐ ;ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ ĂǀĞ 'ƌŽŚůͿ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůĚ ƐŽůŽƐ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ͕ ŝƚ ƐĞƚ Ă ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ ĨŽƌ ƌŽĐŬ ǁŚŝĐŚ ďĂƌĞůǇ ĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƵŐŚƟĞƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ŐĞƚ ŶĞĂƌ͘ /ƚ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ŽǁŶ ƉĞĂŬ ƚŽŽ͕ ďƵƚ ĨŽůůŽǁͲƵƉ >ƵůůĂďŝĞƐ ƚŽ WĂƌĂůǇǌĞ ΀ƐŝĐ΁ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ŚŝƚƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ŵŽƌĞ ƌĞůĂǆĞĚ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌĂ sƵůŐĂƌŝƐ ǁĂƐ ĨƵůů ŽĨ ƐůĞĂǌǇ͕ ĚŝƐũŽŝŶƚĞĚ ƌŝīƐ͘ tŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞ ĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŽƌĞ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ ĂĐƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĐŽŵĞ͕ YƵĞĞŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ Ă ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ͕ ǁĞůůͲůŽǀĞĚ ƐƚĂƉůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ďŝůůƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƵŐŚƟĞƐ͘ /Ŷ Ă ĚĞĐĂĚĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐŽƌĞůǇ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ŝƚ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ƌŽĐŬĞĚ ŚĂƌĚĞƐƚ͕ ůŽƵĚĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ ďĞƐƚ͘ Will Donovan

<8> KINGS OF LEON <8> tŚŝůĞ ŝƚ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƵŶƟů ϮϬϬϴ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĂĚŝŽ ŵĂŝŶƐƚĂǇ ^Ğǆ ŽŶ &ŝƌĞ ŵĂĚĞ <K> Ă ŚŽƵƐĞŚŽůĚ ŶĂŵĞ͕ ƚŚĞ &ŽůůŽǁŝůů ĐůĂŶ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽŶĞƚŚĞůĞƐƐ ďĞĞŶ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĚƵƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ ĨŽƌĞǀĞƌ ƚŽ ďĞ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƵŐŚƟĞƐ͘ ZĞůĞĂƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮƌƐƚ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϯ͕ <ŝŶŐƐ ŽĨ >ĞŽŶ ĂƌĞ ĂŵŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨĞǁ ĂĐƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƉŽůů ǁŚŽƐĞ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ ŝƐ ĐŽŶĮŶĞĚ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϬϬƐ͘ dĞŵƉŽƌĂůŝƚǇ ĂƐŝĚĞ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ dĞŶŶĞƐƐĞĞ ƌŽĐŬ ŐƌŽƵƉ͛Ɛ ŐĞŶĞƐŝƐ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ĂŶĚ ĂĞƐƚŚĞƟĐ ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ǇĞĂƌƐ͘ &ƌŽŵ ƐŚĂŐŐǇ͕ ĚĞŶŝŵ ŵŽƵŶƚĂŝŶͲŵĞŶ ƚŽ ƐŚĂƌƉ ĂŶĚ ƐƚǇůŝǌĞĚ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶŝƐƚĂƐ͕ <ŝŶŐƐ͛ ĚƌĂƐƟĐ ƌĞďƌĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϳ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĞǇĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŚĂǀĞ ĚŝƐŵŝƐƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ͛Ɛ ŐƵŝƐĞ ĂƐ ĚĞƌŝǀĂƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐůĞƐƐ ƐŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ ƌŽĐŬ ƌĞǀŝǀĂůŝƐŵ͘ dŚĞǇ͛ǀĞ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚƚƌĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůĂƩĞƌ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĐůƵď ďĂŶŐĞƌ ŵĂƐŚƵƉƐ ĂŶĚ ǁĞĚĚŝŶŐ ƉůĂǇůŝƐƚƐ ŵĂĚĞ ĂŌĞƌ ϮϬϬϴ ƐĞůĚŽŵ ďĞŝŶŐ ƐƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ŽĨ KŶ Ăůů͕ hƐĞ ^ŽŵĞďŽĚǇ Žƌ ƚŚĞ ĂĨŽƌĞŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ŵĞŐĂ ƐŝŶŐůĞ͘ dƌƵĞ͕ ƵŶƐĂǀŽƵƌǇ ĐƌŽǁĚ ďĂƐŚŝŶŐ Ăƚ Ă ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ŵŝŐŚƚ ŚĂǀĞ ůĞŌ Ă ƐŽƵƌ ƚĂƐƚĞ ŝŶ ƐŽŵĞ ŵŽƵƚŚƐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚĂŶƚƌƵŵƐ ĂƐŝĚĞ͕ <ŝŶŐƐ ŽĨ >ĞŽŶ ĂƌĞ ƚƌƵůǇ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ED ƉƵƚ ŝƚ͕ ͞ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ďĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ƟŵĞƐ͘͟ Alec Plowman

<5> THE LIBERTINES <5> dŚĞƌĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĨĞǁĞƌ ďĂŶĚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ĞƌĂ ŵŽƌĞ ƐƚŽƌŝĞĚ ƚŚĂŶ dŚĞ >ŝďĞƌƟŶĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ĚƌƵŐƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ďƌĞĂŬĚŽǁŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƚƵŵƵůƚƵŽƵƐ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ WĞƚĞƌ ŽŚĞƌƚǇ ĂŶĚ Ăƌů ĂƌĂƚ ŚĂƐ ĚŽŶĞ ƚŽ ƚĂďůŽŝĚ ũŽƵƌŶĂůŝƐƚƐ ǁŚĂƚ Ă ďĂŐ ŽĨ ƐƵŐĂƌ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƌŽďĞ ůŝŐŚƟŶŐ ĚŽĞƐ ƚŽ ĞǆĐŝƚĂďůĞ ƚŽĚĚůĞƌƐ Ͳ ĂŶĚ ǇĞƚ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚĂůĐǇŽŶ ĚĂǇƐ ŽĨ ϮϬϬϮ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ďĞůƟŶŐ ŽƵƚ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ĚĞďƵƚ ĂůďƵŵ hƉ ƚŚĞ ƌĂĐŬĞƚ ǁĂƐ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ǀŽƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ĂůďƵŵ ŽĨ ϮϬϬϬ ʹ ϮϬϬϵ ďǇ ED ĂŶĚ ƌŝŐŚƚůǇ ƐŽ͘ tŝƚŚ WŽǁĞůů ĂŶĚ ,ĂƐƐĞů ĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŝŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚĞƚŚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƚĂĐůǇƐŵŝĐĂůůǇ ŐŝŌĞĚ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŵĞŶ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ŽƌĚĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵƌƐŽŵĞ ŇŝƩĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƐŬĂ ƌŚǇƚŚŵƐ ƚŽ ǁĂƌďůŝŶŐ ƐĐƌĞĂŵƐ ƚŽ ŵĞƚĞƌĞĚ ůĂŵĞŶƚƐ͕ Ăůů ŝŵďƵĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŽŚĞƌƚǇ͛Ɛ ŚĞĂǀǇ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ǁŝƚ ĂŶĚ ƉŽĞƚƌǇ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĂů͕ ĂůďƵŵ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞƉŽŶǇŵŽƵƐ dŚĞ >ŝďĞƌƟŶĞƐ ǁĂƐ ͚ĂŶ ĞŶĚŝŶŐ ĮƫŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ͕͛ ƐĞĂůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůĞŐĂĐǇ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĞƐƚ ďĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞƌĂ͘ /ƚ ĐŚƌŽŶŝĐůĞĚ ƚŚĞ ďƌĞĂŬĚŽǁŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĞǆƉůŽƐŝǀĞ͕ ǇĞƚ ĂŶƚŚĞŵŝĐ͕ ĞǇĞ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ dŚĞ >ŝďĞƌƟŶĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ŇĂŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ďƵƌŶƐ ŚĂůĨ ĂƐ ůŽŶŐ ďƵƌŶƐ ƚǁŝĐĞ ĂƐ ďƌŝŐŚƚ͘ Michael Bond

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<3> RADIOHEAD <3>

<4> MUSE <4>

ďĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ĚĞƐĞƌǀŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ĮǀĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ůŝƐƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂƌƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ŝƐ DƵƐĞ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϵϬƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚŚƌĞĞͲƉŝĞĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ dĞŝŐŶŵŽƵƚŚ͕ ĞǀŽŶ͕ ŚĂǀĞ ƚĂŬĞŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ďǇ ƐƚŽƌŵ͘ DĂƩ ĞůůĂŵǇ͕ ŚƌŝƐ tŽůƐƚĞŶŚŽůŵĞ ĂŶĚ ŽŵŝŶŝĐ ,ŽǁĂƌĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ĮǀĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ ĂůďƵŵƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŽĨ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ Showbiz ŝŶ ϭϵϵϵ͕ ĂŶĚ͕ ŝŶ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ůŝǀĞ ĂůďƵŵƐ ĂŶĚ s Ɛ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ fact about the band is the hysteria their live shows produce. ŝƚĞĚ ĂƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƌŝƟƐŚ ůŝǀĞ ĂĐƚƐ͕ DƵƐĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƌĂĐŬĞĚ ƵƉ ĂŶ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĂǁĂƌĚƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚǁŽ ƌŝƚƐ͕ Ɛŝǆ NME ǁĂƌĚƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ Ă ƉƌĞƐƟŐŝŽƵƐ DĞƌĐƵƌǇ WƌŝǌĞ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ for 2006’s ůĂĐŬ ,ŽůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ZĞǀĞůĂƟŽŶƐ. They have put on ŵĂŶǇ ĂƐƚŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ƐŚŽǁƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚǁŽ tĞŵďůĞǇ ^ƚĂĚŝƵŵ ĐŽŶĐĞƌƚƐ ŝŶ :ƵŶĞ ϮϬϬϳ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ĞŶƚĞƌŝŶŐ ƵƉ ĨƌŽŵ ďĞŶĞĂƚŚ ĂŶ ĞǆƚĞŶƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ůŝŐŚƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŵŽŬĞ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ƐĂƚĞůůŝƚĞ ĚŝƐŚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŚƵŐĞ ŇŽĂƟŶŐ ďĂůůŽŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĂĐƌŽďĂƚƐ ĂƩĂĐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŵ͘ dŚĞ ƚƌŝŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ďƌĂŶĐŚĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ĐŝƌĐƵŝƚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŽƌĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞƐ ďĞŝŶŐ Ăƚ KǆĞŐĞŶ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϳ͕ >ŽůůĂƉĂůŽŽǌĂ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϳ ĂŶĚ s &ĞƐƟǀĂů ŝŶ ϮϬϬϴ͘ ŌĞƌ Ăůů ƚŚŝƐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ǇŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ĂƐŬ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĚŽ ƚŚĞǇ ŐŽ from here? Their latest album The Resistance was released ŝŶ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ʹ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ďĞŝŶŐ Uprising ʹ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ new single Undisclosed Desires ŝƐ ŽƵƚ ŶŽǁ͘ DƵƐĞ ǁŝůů ƐƟůů ďĞ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ͘ ĞƚŚ tǇĂƩ

The thing about Radiohead is that you could have compiled this ůŝƐƚ ƚĞŶ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐƟůů ŚĂǀĞ ĚŽŶĞ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ dŚĞǇ ĚĞĮŶĞĚ ϵϬƐ ƉĂƌĂŶŽŝĂ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƐƉĂŝƌ ǁŝƚŚ ϭϵϵϳ͛Ɛ Ok Computer, ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ďǇ ŵĂŶǇ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ĂůďƵŵ ŽĨ Ăůů ƟŵĞ͘ ŶĚ then, for an encore, they set the scene for the 00s with <ŝĚ ͘ A ĐŽůĚ͕ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů͕ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐ ŵŽŶƐƚĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ƉŽůĂƌŝǌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ďŽƚŚ ĨĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ ďƵƚ ŽǀĞƌ ƟŵĞ ŚĂƐ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĞĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ĂůďƵŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ͘ KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐ ƉŽƉ ƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ ĞǀĞƌ ŵĂĚĞ͕ ŝƚ ĂďĂŶĚŽŶƐ ĐŽŶǀĞŶƟŽŶĂů ƐŽŶŐ ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌĞǀĞƌ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĮŶĞƐ ŽĨ mainstream music. Follow-ups Amnesiac and Hail to the Thief are not held in such high esteem but, especially for the former, this is unfair; both are ĞǆĐĞƉƟŽŶĂů ĂůďƵŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĞĂŵůĞƐƐůǇ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞ ƌŽĐŬ ĂŶĚ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐĂ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ĐŽŶƟŶƵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ƚƌĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƐŽŶŝĐ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŇĂǁůĞƐƐ ƐŽŶŐǁƌŝƟŶŐ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ϮϬϬϳ͛Ɛ /Ŷ ZĂŝŶďŽǁƐ͘ Whether you consider the ‘pay what you like’ online download scheme to be a stroke of genius or the end of the record industry as we know it, the music itself is infallible. A return to form for a band that never lost it, In Rainbows is simultaneously their most accessible ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁĂƌŵĞƐƚ ĂůďƵŵ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŽůĚ ĂůŝĞŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ůĂƌŐĞůǇ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞĚ ďǇ ŝŶƟŵĂĐǇ ĂŶĚ ůŽŶŐŝŶŐ͘ tŝƚŚ Ă ŶĞǁ ĂůďƵŵ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞĚ ĨŽƌ ϮϬϭϬ͕ ǁŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ ǁĞ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ŶĞǆƚ ĨƌŽŵ ZĂĚŝŽŚĞĂĚ͍ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŝŵƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ͘ KŶĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ ĨŽƌ ƐƵƌĞ͗ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŝůů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ĚĞĮŶĞ ĂŶĚ ĚŽŵŝŶĂƚĞ every decade in which they release material. Duncan Vicat-Brown

<2> ARCTIC MONKEYS <2>

ĂƐƚ ǇŽƵƌ ŵŝŶĚƐ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ϮϬϬϱ͕ ƚŽ Ă ƟŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƐĐĞŶĞ ǁĂƐ ŵŽƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůŽƐƐ ŽĨ dŚĞ >ŝďĞƌƟŶĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚůǇ͕ ƚŽ ǁŚĞŶ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ƐŝŶŐůĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ decade was released. Instant classic I Bet That You Look Good on ƚŚĞ ĂŶĐĞŇŽŽƌ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ ƚŚĞ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŝŶĚŝĞ ŬŝĚƐ ĂŶĚ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ ĂůŝŬĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ďĞŐĂŶ ƚŚĞ ƵŶƐƚŽƉƉĂďůĞ ĨŽƌĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƌĐƟĐ DŽŶŬĞǇƐ͘ 2006 Mercury Prize winning debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not ŝƐ Ă ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƟĐŬƐ ƐŽ ŵĂŶǇ ďŽǆĞƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŵƵƐŝĐĂůůǇ ŝŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶƚ͕ ƉŽƐƐĞƐƐĞƐ Ă ƉƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŶĚŝĞ ďĂŶĚƐ ĐĂŶ ŽŶůǇ ĚƌĞĂŵ ŽĨ ĂĐŚŝĞǀŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ůǇƌŝĐĂůůǇ͕ ǁĞůů͖ ůĞǆ Turner’s lyrics are observant and astute, but most of all, they are ƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚ͘ zŽƵ ƉŚǇƐŝĐĂůůǇ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ůŝƐƚĞŶ ƚŽ Mardy Bum, for instance, ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ƐŵŝůĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĂďůĞ ƉĂƩĞƌŶ ŽĨ ďĞŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ ŚĂůĨ ŽĨ Ă ƚƌŽƵďůĞĚ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ͘ Follow-up album, 2007’s Favourite Worst Nightmare, was ƉŝƉƉĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐƚ ďǇ <ůĂǆŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ Ă ƐĞĐŽŶĚ DĞƌĐƵƌǇ DƵƐŝĐ ƉƌŝǌĞ ďƵƚ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ůĞǀĞů ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞŶƐĞ ĐƌŝƟĐĂů ĂƉƉƌŽǀĂů͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů as containing fan favourites Fluorescent Adolescent and the delicate 505͘ dŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ Humbug, however, has ĚŝǀŝĚĞĚ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŶƐ ĂůŝŬĞ͘ dŚĞ :ŽƐŚ ,ŽŵŵĞͲƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ĞƉŝĐ ŝƐ ĐĂƉƟǀĂƟŶŐůǇ ĐŽŵƉůĞǆ͕ ǇĞƚ dƵƌŶĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĐŽ͘ ŚĂǀĞ ƵŶĚŽƵďƚĞĚůǇ ůŽƐƚ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵŽƌĞ ůĂŐĞƌͲůŽƵƟƐŚ ŽĨ ĨĂŶƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŐƵǇƐ͛ ŶĞǁůǇ ŇŽǁŝŶŐ ŚĂŝƌ͕ ƐŽƉŚŝƐƟĐĂƚĞĚ ŶĞǁ album and celebrity girlfriends to boot, you cannot help but be ĞǆĐŝƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ǁŚĂƚĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ͘ Gemma Henzley

<1> ARCADE FIRE <1> Arcade Fire, in their original line-up, formed in 2003 in Montreal, fronted by the husbandand-wife duo of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. The band quickly signed to the independent record label Merge Records ĂŶĚ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮƌƐƚ ĨƵůůͲůĞŶŐƚŚ ĂůďƵŵ Funeral in 2004. This received widespread ĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂů ĂŶĚ ĐƌŝƟĐĂů ĂĐĐůĂŝŵ͕ ƌĞƐƵůƟŶŐ in sold-out live shows and packed venues. By 2005, the album had gone gold in both Canada and the UK, a major feat for an ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚůǇ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ĂůďƵŵ͘ dŚĞ ƟƚůĞ ƌĞĨĞƌƌĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĂƚŚƐ ŽĨ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ƌĞůĂƟǀĞƐ ŽĨ ďĂŶĚ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ƌĞŇĞĐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĞůĂŶĐŚŽůǇ tone of many of the songs. The album also features Chassagne’s funeral tribute to her lost homeland with the track ,ĂŝƟ͘ The band now comprises seven members, ǁŚŽ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞŵ ƉůĂǇ ĂŶ ĞĐůĞĐƟĐ ŵŝǆ ŽĨ ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ Ă ǆǇůŽƉŚŽŶĞ͕ ŚƵƌĚǇ gurdy and mandolin, which makes for

ĞŶĞƌŐĞƟĐ ĂŶĚ ĞŶũŽǇĂďůĞ ůŝǀĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ and a diverse range of tracks. Arcade Fire have also performed with the likes of rock veterans U2 and David Bowie. In March 2007, Neon Bible was released following a year of recording in an abandoned church that the band bought and converted into a studio. The album reached number 2 in the UK Top 40 Album Chart and prompted Q Magazine to name Arcade Fire ‘The Most ǆĐŝƟŶŐ Đƚ KŶ dŚĞ ĂƌƚŚ͛͘ Neon Bible also went on to win the Meteors 2008 ‘Best /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ůďƵŵ͛ ĂǁĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ :ƵŶŽ ǁĂƌĚƐ ϮϬϬϴ ͚ ůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ůďƵŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ͛͘ The album is slightly more up-beat than Funeral and features a military choir and a full orchestra, as well as a repackaged version of the favourite hit No Cars Go. A third album is currently in the pipeline and promises to ĐĞŵĞŶƚ ƌĐĂĚĞ &ŝƌĞ ĂƐ Ă ƚŽƉ ďĂŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ decade. Ros Jubber

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dŚĞ ǀĞŶƚ͛Ɛ DƵƐŝĐ ĚŝƚŽƌƐ Paul Cook and Steph McKenna ĐŚŽŽƐĞ ƚǁŽ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ĚĞƐĞƌǀŝŶŐ ŽĨ Ă ŵĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŶĂƌƌŽǁůǇ ŵŝƐƐĞĚ ŽƵƚ ŽŶ Ă ƉƌĞƐƟŐŝŽƵƐ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ƚŽƉ ϭϬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ...

JAY-Z

As rap’s most powerful man, Jay-Z proclaims ŽŶ ŚŝƐ ƐĞŵŝŶĂů >W ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƵŐŚƟĞƐ The Black Album: “There’s never been a n****r this good for this long, this hood, or this pop, this hot, or this strong.” If Jay wasn’t aptly summing up his global impact on the music industry such a statement might seem arrogant. However, ^ŚĂǁŶ ŽƌĞǇ ĂƌƚĞƌ͕ ďĞƩĞƌ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ƌŽŽŬůǇŶ͛Ɛ ƐĞůĨͲŵĂĚĞ :ĂǇͲ ͕ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŶŐ ŚŝƐ ůǇƌŝĐĂů ĮŶĞƐƐĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚ ĐƌĞĂƟǀŝƚǇ ĨŽƌ ŽǀĞƌ 15 years now. Jay-Z’s phenomenal feat of 11 successive ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽŶĞ ĂůďƵŵƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h^ ŵĂƌŬƐ Śŝŵ

BRIGHT EYES

ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ůŝĨĞƟŵĞ͛Ɛ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů achievers. It is not only his immense ability to ǁƌŝƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĂƉ ŝŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶƚ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ďƵƚ ŚŝƐ ĞĐůĞĐƟĐ ƚĂƐƚĞƐ ĂƐ Ă ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ŚŝƐ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƐŽ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ͘ īŽƌƚůĞƐƐ ďůĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ ďĞĂƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƟŵĞůĞƐƐ DŽƚŽǁŶ͕ ƐŽƵů͕ ƌĞŐŐĂĞ ĂŶĚ ŐŽƐƉĞů ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞƐ ŐŝǀĞƐ :ĂǇͲ ͛Ɛ ŵƵƐŝĐ Ă ĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ƌĞƚƌŽƐƉĞĐƚ ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ ƉŽŝŐŶĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŽŌĞŶ ƉŽůŝƟĐŝƐĞĚ ůǇƌŝĐƐ͘ &ƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĞƐŚ͕ ƐůŝĐŬ ƐƚǇůĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Blueprint ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƚĂů͕ ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟǀĞ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ŽĨ Kingdom Come and The Black Album, Jay-Z has mastered the art of delicately balancing mainstream sounds and hardcore ƌĂƉ ůǇƌŝĐƐ͘ ďŽůĚ͕ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐͲ minded approach to such an expressive and ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ďŽĚǇ ŽĨ ǁŽƌŬ ƉƵƚƐ :ĂǇͲ ƌŝŐŚƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůŝƐƚ ŽĨ ƌĂƉ͛Ɛ Ăůů ƟŵĞ ŐƌĞĂƚƐ ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ EŽƚŽƌŝŽƵƐ ͘/͘' ĂŶĚ ƌ͘ ƌĞ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ŶĂƌƌŽǁůǇ ŵŝƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ƚĞŶ͕ ŚŝƐ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ĂŶĚ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƵŐŚƟĞƐ ŝƐ ƵŶĚĞŶŝĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƚŽ ďĞ ƵŶĚĞƌĞƐƟŵĂƚĞĚ͘ Paul Cook

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If ever there was a poster boy for the tortured soul of contemporary humanity, it’s Conor KďĞƌƐƚ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚůǇ ƚĂŬĞŶ ƚŽ ƐŽŶŐͲǁƌŝƟŶŐ the instant he learnt two chords on guitar at the ĂŐĞ ŽĨ ƚĞŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŶŽǁ ůĂďĞůůĞĚ ͚ƚŚĞ Žď ǇůĂŶ ŽĨ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕͛ ƚŚĞ ƉĞĐƵůŝĂƌ EĞďƌĂƐŬĂŶ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ŝŶ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ďĂŶĚƐ ŚŝƐ ĞŶƟƌĞ ůŝĨĞ͘ ƌŝŐŚƚ Eyes, however, remains his biggest success; ďŽƚŚ ŝŶ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ŚŝƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂů ŵĂƌŬĞƚ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƵŶƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĂďůǇ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĂƌƟƐƟĐ ĂďŝůŝƚǇ͘ &ŽƌŵĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŝĚͲŶŝŶĞƟĞƐ ďǇ KďĞƌƐƚ͕ DŝŬĞ DŽŐŝƐ ĂŶĚ EĂƚĞ tĂůĐŽƩ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞŵĂŝŶĞĚ the band’s permanent members to this day, ĞǆƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĚŝǀĞƌƐŝĨǇŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ other guest musicians whilst on tour. The release of >ĞƫŶŐ Kī dŚĞ ,ĂƉƉŝŶĞƐƐ (1998) sent ripples ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚŝĞͲĨŽůŬ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƌŬ ĂŶĚ ĐƌƵƐŚŝŶŐůǇ ĞŵŽƟǀĞ Fevers & Mirrors ;ϮϬϬϬͿ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ĐĂƐĐĂĚĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ waves. >ŝŌĞĚ Kƌ dŚĞ ^ƚŽƌǇ /Ɛ /Ŷ dŚĞ ^Žŝů͘͘͘ ;ϮϬϬϰͿ ŵĂƌŬĞĚ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂů ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϱ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƟŶŐ releases of /͛ŵ tŝĚĞ ǁĂŬĞ͕ /ƚ͛Ɛ DŽƌŶŝŶŐ and ŝŐŝƚĂů ƐŚ /Ŷ ŝŐŝƚĂů hƌŶ, with singles Lua

11) JAY-Z 12) YEAH YEAH YEAHS 13) THE STROKES 14) BRIGHT EYES 15) ELBOW

and dĂŬĞ /ƚ ĂƐǇ ;>ŽǀĞ EŽƚŚŝŶŐͿ stealing #1 and ηϮ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h^ ŝůůďŽĂƌĚ ĐŚĂƌƚƐ͘ ϮϬϬϳ͛Ɛ Cassadaga ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐĞĚ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ƉĂůƉĂďůĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ͕ coupling diverse orchestral sounds with Oberst’s ƚƌĂĚĞŵĂƌŬ ƚƌĞŵďůŝŶŐ ǀŽĐĂůƐ͘ ŵĂůŐĂŵĂƟŶŐ ƐƚǇůĞƐ ŽĨ ŝŶĚŝĞ͕ ƌŽĐŬ͕ ĨŽůŬ ĂŶĚ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐĂ͕ ƌŝŐŚƚ ǇĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƉĂƌŬůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞǇĞƐ ŽĨ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŶƐ ĂůŝŬĞ͘ /Ŷ ĨĂĐƚ͕ ŽŶĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŚĂƌĚ ƉƵƐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ Ă ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ďĂŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ϭϬ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŝŶ ĂŶǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŐĞŶƌĞƐ ǁŚŽ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ůŝƐƚ ƚŚĞŵ ĂƐ ĂŶ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ͘ ƚ ƚŚĞ heart of this acclaim is the disillusioned spirit of ŽŶŽƌ KďĞƌƐƚ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ͖ Ă ĐŚŝůĚͲůŝŬĞ ĨĂĐĞ ǀĞŝůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ worldly eyes of a true contemporary genius. Steph McKenna

16) KANYE WEST 17) BIFFY CLYRO 18) ANIMAL COLLECTIVE 19) EMINEM 20) THE WHITE STRIPES

ELLIOT MINOR LISA HANNIGAN NORWICH WATERFRONT > TUESDAY 17TH NOVEMBER NORWICH WATERFRONT > SUNDAY 22ND NOVEMBER

ŝƐƚŽƌƚĞĚ ďĂƐƐ ĂŶĚ ĚƌƵŵƐ ŐƌĞĞƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ůŽŶŐ ƋƵĞƵĞ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽůĚ͕ ƐĞƫŶŐ the mood; the excitement was almost tangible. &ƌĂŶĐŽ͕ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ďĂŶĚ͕ ŚĂĚ Ă ƚŽƵŐŚ ũŽď with the reluctant crowd of young teenagers ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞŵ ũƵŵƉŝŶŐ ĂůŽŶŐ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ƐŽƵŶĚ ĐŽŵƉůŝŵĞŶƚĞĚ ůůŝŽƚ DŝŶŽƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ĮůƚĞƌĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ďŽƵŶĐĞĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ͘ dŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ĞǆĐĞƉƟŽŶĂůůǇ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ůŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ůĞŌ &ƌĂŶĐŽ ǁĞƌĞ ŐƌĞĞƚĞĚ ďǇ Ă ƐǁĂƌŵ ŽĨ ŐŝƌůƐ ĂƐŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ and autographs. They appeared to be as loved ĂƐ ůůŝŽƚ DŝŶŽƌ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ĂĐƚ͕ DĞ sƐ ,ĞƌŽ͕ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ this energy and brought the crowd alive with a

ƐŽƵŶĚ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ƚŽ Ă ŵŝǆ ŽĨ &Ăůů KƵƚ ŽǇ ĂŶĚ >Ăŵď ŽĨ 'ŽĚ͕ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂǀǇ ŵĞƚĂů ƵŶĚĞƌƚŽŶĞ͘ dŚĞ ƐǁŝƚĐŚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŽ ůůŝŽƚ DŝŶŽƌ ƚŽŽŬ ĂŶ ĂŐĞ͕ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ the audience suitably unimpressed. However, ŽŶĞ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ƐƚŽƉ Ă ĐƌŽǁĚ ŽĨ ĐŚĂŶƟŶŐ ŬŝĚƐ ŝƐ ƚŽ ǁŚĂĐŬ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ǀŽůƵŵĞ ŽŶ Teenagers ďǇ D Z͘ ǀĞŶƚƵĂůůǇ͕ ůůŝŽƚ DŝŶŽƌ ƚŽŽŬ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ and the crowd went wild. They started with a ƐŽŶŐ Žī ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶĞǁ ĂůďƵŵ ƚŽ ǁĂƌŵ ƵƉ ďĞĨŽƌĞ going straight into Jessica, an old favourite ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌƐ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ůĞǆ ĂǀŝĞƐ͕ ůĞĂĚ ƐŝŶŐĞƌ͕ ǁĂƐ loudly accompanied by the audience. Elliot DŝŶŽƌ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƉĂƵƐĞ ĞǆĐĞƉƚ ĨŽƌ ǁŚĞŶ ůĞǆ ĂŶĚ Ě DŝŶƚŽŶ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŐƵŝƚĂƌƐ ĨŽƌ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƐŽŶŐƐ͘ ůĞǆ ŐŽƚ ƐŽ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐƟĐ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟŽŶ with the crowd that the tech guys had to come on stage to untangle his microphone from around two of the microphone stands. The three bands were very well received and wonderfully complemented each other. dŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ůŽǀĞĚ ůůŝŽƚ DŝŶŽƌ ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĚŽƵďƚĞĚůǇ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ ƵŶůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ their tour dates. Alice Saunders

ŶũŽǇŝŶŐ Ă ďƌŝĞĨ ƐƟŶƚ ŽĨ ZΘZ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ DĞƌĐƵƌǇ ǁĂƌĚƐ͕ >ŝƐĂ ,ĂŶŶŝŐĂŶ ŝƐ ďĂĐŬ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƚŽƵƌ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĨĞǁ ŵŝŶŽƌ ĂůƚĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů͕ ŶĞǁ ĐŽǀĞƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ ĐŝƟĞƐ͘ &Žƌ ŚĞƌ ĮƌƐƚ ĞǀĞƌ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƚŽ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͕ ĂŶ ƵŶĚĞƌƐŽůĚ Waterfront received her quaint Irish charm on ƚĞŶĚĞƌŚŽŽŬƐ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŵĂůů ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĨĂŶƐ who made it out ‘on this miserable night’ (in her words) they waited for a performance of equal merit to the highly acclaimed and nothing ƐŚŽƌƚ ŽĨ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƟŶŐůǇ ďůŝƐƐĨƵů Sea Sew. Hannigan always exudes an amicable superiority to any audience. &ůŽƵƌŝƐŚŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ ŽŶ ƐƚĂŐĞ͕ ƚŚĞ band of drummer, guitarist, violinist, double ďĂƐƐŝƐƚ͕ ŬĞǇďŽĂƌĚŝƐƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ,ĂŶŶŝŐĂŶ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞĚ ŶŝŶĞ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚĞŶ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚĞďƵƚ ĂůďƵŵ ;ĞǆĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƉƌŝŵŝƟǀĞ Splishy Splashy), ,ĂŶŶŝŐĂŶ ƚƌĂĚŝŶŐ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ /ƌŝƐŚ ĨŽůŬ ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚ͕ ŵŝĐƌŽƉŚŽŶĞ ĨŽƌ ďĂŶũŽ͕ ŵĂŶĚŽůŝŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ͕ ĞĂĐŚ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĞīŽƌƚůĞƐƐŶĞƐƐ ŽĨ ďƌĞĂƚŚŝŶŐ͘ tŝƚŚ ƋƵŝƌŬǇ Ăƌŵ ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƐ and not a misplaced lyric or note, she opened the show with an oddly chosen and slightly subdued Pistachio͕ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ ŇƵĞŶƚůǇ ŝŶƚŽ

the more apt Ocean and a Rock͘ EĞǁ ƐŽŶŐƐ Blurry, Braille, and Couldn’t Love You More ŐĂǀĞ ĂŶ ŝŶũĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ĂŶĚ ĞǆĐŝƚĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ͕ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŶŐ ĂŶ ŝŵŵŝŶĞŶƚ ŶĞǁ ĂůďƵŵ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϬ͘ &ŽƌŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĂďůĞ ƌŚǇŵĞƐ ;͚KŚŝŽ͕ ůŝŬĞ Ă ďŝƌŽ͛Ϳ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƐŽŶŐƐ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚĞĚ Ă similar but more experienced vein to Sea Sew, ƐŝŵƉůĞ ďƵƚ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ŵĞůŽĚŝĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƟŐŚƚ chemistry between band members. dŚĞ ĐůŽƐŝŶŐ ƚƌĂĐŬ ǁĂƐ Ă ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĐŽǀĞƌ ŽĨ Personal Jesus that more or less summed up >ŝƐĂ ,ĂŶŶŝŐĂŶ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ͖ /ƌĞůĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ƵŶŵĂƚĐŚĞĚ victor. Helen Thomas

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MILEY CYRUS PARTY IN THE USA

As a university student, you’re not officially allowed to enjoy cheesy pop unless it’s in an entirely ironic way, but Miley Cyrus’ new single Party in the USA thoroughly puts this to test. Miley has managed to capture the pure bubblegum pop of Britney Spears without all the craziness, and

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has matured from when she was ”just being Miley.” The song demands a singalong, with an infectious chorus and a catchy (albeit repetitive) guitar riff. In the same way Katy Perry took the LCR by storm with I Kissed A Girl, we can expect this song to be a similar ‘must have’, as long as we put our prejudices about her sickly sweet naivety aside and accept that sometimes there are songs that just have to be loved. The only reason to really dislike this song is that Miley makes us lament how uncool we were at 16.

Fiona Howard

This introductory single to dŚĞ ƵƚŽŵĂƟĐ͛Ɛ ƚŚŝƌĚ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ album Tear The Signs Down took just two hours to write, and this explains the result, a classic example of a twohour jam: self-indulgent ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ĐŚĂŽƟĐ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƉĞƟƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ƌĞŇĞĐƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŶŝĐĞůǇ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚƌĞĞͲ way vocals epitomised by

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echoes of “Oh Yeah-Oh Yeah,” “Na-Na” and a bit more of “Na-Na,” helping don a simple structure of approximately ũƵƐƚ ĨŽƵƌ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŶŽƚĞƐ͘ However, that’s not to say this isn’t enjoyable. The track (along with their brilliant second album, This is a Fix) is fun, synthy and far more professional than the older material we are more familiar with. This is mainly the result ŽĨ ŵƵůƟͲƚĂůĞŶƚĞĚ WĂƵů DƵůůĞŶ ( Yo u r c o d e n a m e i s : m i l o ) , who has reshaped the band ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂďůǇ ĂŌĞƌ ƌĞƉůĂĐŝŶŐ screaming vocalist Alex Pennie.

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Arguably the most talkedĂďŽƵƚ ŶĞǁ ĂƌƟƐƚ ŽĨ ϮϬϬϵ ǁĂƐ Lady Gaga, who burst onto the music scene with her smash single Just Dance and ƚƌĂĚĞŵĂƌŬ ĞĐĐĞŶƚƌŝĐ ŽƵƞŝƚƐ͘ Following hot on the heels of Lovegame is Bad Romance. dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĨĞǁ ƐĞĐŽŶĚƐ sound promising, but then Gaga launches into sounds

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such as “Rah-rah-ah-ah ahah” and “Roma-roma-mamaa” which come across as rather ďŝǌĂƌƌĞ ŽŶ ĮƌƐƚ ůŝƐƚĞŶ͘ ^ŝŵŝůĂƌůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ǀĞƌƐĞ ĨĂŝůƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ĂŶ impact, with Gaga strangely ƐƚĂƟŶŐ ͞/ ǁĂŶƚ ǇŽƵƌ ƵŐůǇ͕ / ǁĂŶƚ your disease” and drawling “I want your love” in a low voice which fails to come across in ƚŚĞ ƐĞĚƵĐƟǀĞ ŵĂŶŶĞƌ ƐŚĞ ŝƐ probably aiming for. However, ĂŌĞƌ Ă ƐŚŽƌƚ ďƌŝĚŐĞ ƚŚĞ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ chorus suddenly kicks in with an upbeat rhythm and Lady 'ĂŐĂ͛Ɛ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ĂƌĞ ŝŶĨĞĐƟŽƵƐ͘ She may be able to “write a bad romance” but is this lady ĐĂƉĂďůĞ ŽĨ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ Ă ďĂĚ ƐŽŶŐ͍ True, it’s no Poker Face, but Gaga fans will lap it up. ĞƚŚ tǇĂƩ

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LITERATURE>REVIEW>UNSUNG BOOKS OF THE DECADE THE GARGOYLE BY ANDREW DAVIDSON

CENSORING AN IRANIAN LOVE STORY BY SHAHRIAR MANDANIPOUR

ŶĚƌĞǁ ĂǀŝĚƐŽŶ͛Ɛ ĚĞďƵƚ ŶŽǀĞů ƌĞƐƚƐ ŽŶ ŵŽƐƚ ƐŚĞůǀĞƐ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĚŝƐƟŶĐƚůǇ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƉůĂĐĞ͘ dŚĞ ƉĂŐĞ ĞĚŐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƚĂƌƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ďůĂĐŬ ŝŶŬ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŽǀĞƌ ŝƐ ďůŽŽĚ ƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĂĚŽƌŶĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚƐ ŽĨ ŐŽůĚĞŶ ĂƌƌŽǁƐ͘ ŇĂŵŝŶŐ ŚĞĂƌƚ͕ ĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ŐŽƚŚŝĐ ƉƌŝŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŐƌŽƚĞƐƋƵĞƐ͕ ďŽĂƐƚƐ ƚŚĞ ůŝŶĞ͗ ͞>ŽǀĞ ŝƐ ĂƐ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ĂƐ ĚĞĂƚŚ͕ ĂƐ ŚĂƌĚ ĂƐ ŚĞůů͘͟ :ƵƐƚ ǁŚĂƚ ƐŽƌƚ ŽĨ Ă ŶŽǀĞů ŝƐ ƚŚŝƐ͍ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ĂŶ ĞĂƐǇ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ŶĂƌƌĂƚŽƌ͕ Ă ƉŽƌŶ ƐƚĂƌ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ Ă ƉĞŶŝƐ͕ ďĞŐŝŶƐ ƚŚĞ ƚĂůĞ ďǇ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďŝŶŐ Ă ŚŽƌƌŝĮĐ ĐĂƌ ĂĐĐŝĚĞŶƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ ůĞŌ Śŝŵ ďƵƌŶĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌƉŚŝŶĞ ĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ͘ tŚŝůĞ ǀŝƌƚƵĂůůǇ ƉĂƌĂůǇƐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĐŽǀĞƌŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŚŽƐƉŝƚĂů͕ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƌƌĂƚŽƌ ;ǁŚŽ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ŶĂŵĞůĞƐƐͿ ŝƐ ǀŝƐŝƚĞĚ ďǇ DĂƌŝĂŶŶĞ ŶŐĞů͕ Ă ŵĞŶƚĂů ƉĂƟĞŶƚ͕ ǁŚŽ ĐůĂŝŵƐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŬŶŽǁŶ Śŝŵ ŝŶ Ă ƉĂƐƚ ůŝĨĞ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƐĐĞƉƟĐĂů͕ ŚĞ ůŝƐƚĞŶƐ ƚŽ ŚĞƌ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŶŽŶĞƚŚĞůĞƐƐ͕ Ă ƐƚŽƌǇ ǁŚŝĐŚ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ǁŽƌƌǇŝŶŐůǇ ŵŽƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐŝŶŐ ĂƐ ƟŵĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐĞƐ͘ The Gargoyle ŝƐ Ă ƌĞŵĂƌŬĂďůĞ ŽĚĚŝƚǇ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĂŶ ƵŶĚĞŶŝĂďůǇ ƉƵůƉǇ ƉĂŐĞ ƚƵƌŶĞƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ůŽǀĞ ĐŽŶƋƵĞƌŝŶŐ Ăůů ĂƐ ŝƚƐ ĐĞŶƚƌĂů ƚŚĞŵĞ͘ ƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟŵĞ͕ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ĂƉƉĞĂů ƚŽ ĨĂŶƐ ŽĨ ƌĞƚ ĂƐƚŽŶ ůůŝƐ ĂŶĚ ŚƵĐŬ WĂůĂŚŶŝƵŬ ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐ ƚǁŝƐƚǇ ƉůŽƚ ĂŶĚ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƐĐƌƵƉƵůŽƵƐ ĚĞƚĂŝů ǁŚĞŶ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ƚƌƵůǇ ŐƌƵĞƐŽŵĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ ĂǀŝĚƐŽŶ͛Ɛ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ƌĞĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟǀĞ ƐƵƌŐĞƌǇ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƉƌŽǀĞ ĨŽƌ ĚƌǇ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ʹ ďƵƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƐŽ ƌŝĐŚůǇ ŵĞƟĐƵůŽƵƐ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ǀĞƌǇ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ͘ hƉ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ƉĂŐĞ͕ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĐůƵĞ ĂƐ ƚŽ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ ǁŝůů ƉůĂǇ ŽƵƚ͘ dŚĞ ŵǇƐƚĞƌŝĞƐ ƉŝůĞ ŽŶ͕ ĂƐ ĨŽƵƌƚĞĞŶƚŚ ĐĞŶƚƵƌǇ ƐĐƌŝƉƚŽƌŝƵŵƐ͕ ŐĂǇ sŝŬŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ǀŝƐŝƚ ƚŽ ĂŶƚĞ͛Ɛ ŚĞůů ĐŽŶĨƵƐĞ ĂŶĚ ĞŶƌŝĐŚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚůǇ͘ ĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ Ă ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ƌĞĂĚ͘ David Biggins

^ŚĂŚƌŝĂƌ DĂŶĚĂŶŝƉŽƵƌ͛Ɛ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ĂƐ Ă ǁƌŝƚĞƌ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĚŽŐŐĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚŝŐŶŝƚǇ ŽĨ ĐĞŶƐŽƌƐŚŝƉ͘ EŽǁ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h^ ͕ ŚŝƐ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ŶŽǀĞů͕ Censoring an Iranian Love Story͕ ǁĂƐ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͘ /ƚ ƚĞůůƐ ƚŚĞ ƚĂůĞ ŽĨ ĂƌĂ ĂŶĚ ^ĂƌĂ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŵ Ă ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ŝŶ Ă ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽƌďŝĚƐ ƚŚĞŵ ĨƌŽŵ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ǀĞŚŝĐůĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ǁŚŝĐŚ DĂŶĚĂŶŝƉŽƵƌ ǁƌŝƚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂůŝƟĞƐ ŽĨ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĐĞŶƐŽƌƐŚŝƉ ĂŶĚ ĞǆŝůĞ͘ &Žƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ĚŝƐƟŶĐƚ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐ͕ DĂŶĚĂŶŝƉŽƵƌ ůŝƚĞƌĂůůǇ ƐƚƌŝŬĞƐ ŽƵƚ ƉĂƌƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƚŽƌǇ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĚĞĞŵĞĚ ƵŶĂĐĐĞƉƚĂďůǇ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů Žƌ ĞƌŽƟĐ ;͞tŚĂƚ Ă ƐŚĂŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĞǇĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚĂŶƚĂůŝǌŝŶŐ ĨĂĐĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚŝĚĚĞŶ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŐůĂƐƐĞƐ͟Ϳ͗ ŚĞ ƐŝŵƵůƚĂŶĞŽƵƐůǇ ǀĞŝůƐ ĂŶĚ ƵŶǀĞŝůƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ /ƌĂŶŝĂŶ ůŽǀĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ ƌĞĂĚĞƌ͘ Ƶƚ ǁŚǇ ƚŚĞ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ ƌĞĂĚĞƌ͍ tƌŝƩĞŶ ŝŶ &ĂƌƐŝ͕ ĂŶĚ ĚĞŶƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ůŽĐĂů ƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ͕ DĂŶĚĂŶŝƉŽƵƌ͛Ɛ ŶŽǀĞů ŝŵƉůŝĞƐ ĂŶ /ƌĂŶŝĂŶ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐĞůĨ͘ Ƶƚ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ŚŝƐ /ƌĂŶŝĂŶ ůŽǀĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶĞĚ ďǇ /ƌĂŶŝĂŶ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ͕ ƐŽ ŵƵƐƚ ŚŝƐ ŝŵƉůŝĞĚ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͘ DĂŶĚĂŶŝƉŽƵƌ ǁƌŝƚĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĂǁĂƌĞŶĞƐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ĐĂŶ ŽŶůǇ ǁƌŝƚĞ Ă ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ŶŽǀĞů ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŚĞ ŝƐ ŝŶ ĞǆŝůĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚŝƐ ďŽŽŬ ĐĂŶ ŽŶůǇ ĞǆŝƐƚ ŝŶ ƚƌĂŶƐůĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ŶŽǀĞů ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŵĂĚĞ ďǇ ĐĞŶƐŽƌƐŚŝƉ ĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƉƌŽŚŝďŝƚĞĚ ďǇ ŝƚ͘ Ɛ ƐƵĐŚ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŶŽǀĞů ŵĂƌŬƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚͲƉƌŽǀŽŬŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶǀĞŶƟǀĞ ůŝƚĞƌĂƌǇ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ /ƐůĂŵŝĐ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ďĂƐŝƐ ĂůŽŶĞ ŝƐ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ͛Ɛ ŵŽƐƚ ŶŽƚĂďůĞ ďŽŽŬƐ͘ Kiron Ward

ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY BY DAVID SEDARIS

UGLY SHY GIRL BY LAURA DOCKRILL

A New York Times ďĞƐƚƐĞůůĞƌ͕ Ă tŽŽĚǇ ůůĞŶ ĮŐƵƌĞ ŽĨ ůŝƚĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŶŽǁ Ă h< ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ͕ ĐŚĂŶĐĞƐ ŽĨ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ĂǀŝĚ ^ĞĚĂƌŝƐ ŽŶ The South Bank Show ĂŶǇƟŵĞ ƐŽŽŶ ĂƌĞ ƉƌĞƩǇ Ɛůŝŵ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŶĚ͕ ŚŝƐ ŶĂŵĞ ŚĞƌĞ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ƐŽůĞůǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŽŶŐƵĞƐ ŽĨ ĞǆƉĂƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƐĞƵĚŽͲ zĂŶŬĞĞ ĐŽŶŶŽŝƐƐĞƵƌƐ͘ ^ĞĚĂƌŝƐ͛ ĂƵƚŽďŝŽŐƌĂƉŚŝĐĂů ƐĞůĨͲĚĞƉƌĞĐĂƟŶŐ ƐƚǇůĞ ŝƐ ĞŶĚĞĂƌŝŶŐ͕ ŚŝƐ ŶĞƵƌŽƐĞƐ ĐŚĂƌŵŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ŚŝůĂƌŝŽƵƐ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂů ũŽǇ ŽĨ ^ĞĚĂƌŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŵĂŬĞƐ ǇŽƵ ĨĞĞů ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ K< ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵƌ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĂƌĞ ŽĚĚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŚŝƐ ĂƌĞ ĞǀĞŶ ŵŽƌĞ ƐŽ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƐ ƐŽŽŶ ĂƐ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ ƉƵƚ ŚŝƐ ďŽŽŬ ĚŽǁŶ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ĞǀĞƌǇďŽĚǇ ĞůƐĞ ƚŽ ƐŚĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŚŝůĂƌŝƚǇ͘ ůů ŽĨ ^ĞĚĂƌŝƐ͛ ďŽŽŬƐ ĂƌĞ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ Ă ƌĞĂů ĨĞĞů ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ŐĞŶŝƵƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŝƐ ďǇ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ďƌĞĂŬƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĞƐƐĂǇƐ DĞ dĂůŬ WƌĞƩǇ KŶĞ ĂǇ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐŚƌŽŶŝĐůĞƐ ŚŝƐ ĐŚŝůĚŚŽŽĚ ŝŶ ^ŽƵƚŚ ĂƌŽůŝŶĂ͕ ŚŝƐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĚƌƵŐƐ͕ ŚŝƐ ŵŽǀĞ ƚŽ &ƌĂŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ůŽǀĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ĂŵƵƐŝŶŐ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƌĞĚŶĞĐŬ ďƌŽƚŚĞƌ ͚ZŽŽƐƚĞƌ͛͘ ^ĞĚĂƌŝƐ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŶŽƚ ǁƌŝƚĞ ŝŶ Ă ĐŚƌŽŶŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ŽƌĚĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĞ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƌĂŵƉĂŶƚ ĞŐŽ͕ ďƵƚ ŚŝƐ ƉƌŽƐĞ ŝƐ ĞĂƐǇ͕ ĂƐƚƵƚĞ ĂŶĚ ďĞůŝĞǀĂďůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĐŽŵŝĐ ƟŵŝŶŐ͘ ,Ğ ŝƐ ƵŶŇŝŶĐŚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ĚĞƐĐƌŝƉƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĂǁŬǁĂƌĚ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ůŝĨĞ ďƵƚ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƐ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ͘ &Ğǁ ďŽŽŬƐ ŵĂŬĞ ǇŽƵ ůĂƵŐŚ ŽƵƚ ůŽƵĚ͕ ďƵƚ ĞĂĐŚ ŽĨ ^ĞĚĂƌŝƐ͛ ĞƐƐĂǇƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂĐĞƌďŝĐ ǁŝƚ͕ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ǁĂƌƌĂŶƚƐ Ă ĐŚƵĐŬůĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽǁŚĞƌĞ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƐƚƵĐŬ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŶ Me Talk WƌĞƩǇ KŶĞ ĂǇ͖ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ďƵƐ ũŽƵƌŶĞǇ ƌĞĂĚ͘

/ůůƵƐƚƌĂƚŽƌ͕ ĂƵƚŚŽƌ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ƉŽĞƚ >ĂƵƌĂ ŽĐŬƌŝůů͕ ĂŬĂ ŽĐŬĞƌƐ D ĨŽƵŶĚ ŚĞƌ ĨĂŵĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĂƌƚǁŽƌŬ ĨŽƌ <ĂƚĞ EĂƐŚ ĂŶĚ ^ĐƌŽŽďŝƵƐ WŝƉ͘ tŝƚŚ ŽŶĞ ƉŽĞƚƌǇ ďŽŽŬ͕ Mistakes in the Background, ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ďǇ ,ĂƌƉĞƌ ŽůůŝŶƐ͕ ƐŚĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ Ă ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ŽĨ ϮϬϬϵ ĞŶƟƚůĞĚ Ugly Shy Girl͘ dŽ ůĂƵŶĐŚ ƚŚĞ ďŽŽŬ ƐŚĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞĚ Ăƚ ^ŽƵƚŚďĂŶŬ͛Ɛ YƵĞĞŶ ůŝǌĂďĞƚŚ ,Ăůů ǁŝƚŚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ ƐĞƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ <ĂƚĞ EĂƐŚ͕ WĞŐŐǇ ^ƵĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌŝŐŝƩĞ ƉŚƌŽĚŝƚĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĚĂǇ ŽĨ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͘ ŽĐŬƌŝůů ŚĞƌƐĞůĨ ŝŶĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ƉŽĞƚƌǇ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĞǆƚƌĂĐƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĞƌ ƉƌŽƐĞ ďŽŽŬ͕ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ ĂŶ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐĂƐƚ ŽĨ ŐŝƌůƐ ĐŚĂŶƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚŽŵƉŝŶŐ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ĂƐƉĞĐƚ ŝƐ ŝŶƚĞŐƌĂů ƚŽ ŽĐŬƌŝůů͛Ɛ ǁŽƌŬ͕ ĂƐ ŝƚ ďƌŝŶŐƐ ƚŚĞ ƚĞǆƚ ƚŽ ůŝĨĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉŚǇƐŝĐĂů ĐŽƉǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ Ugly Shy Girl ŝƐ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ŐĞŵ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ͛ůů ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ďƵǇ ŝƚ ĨŽƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŵŝůǇ͘ ůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŝůůƵƐƚƌĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƌŝǀĂů YƵĞŶƟŶ ůĂŬĞ͛Ɛ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĂŶǇ ǁŝůů ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ĐŚŝůĚŚŽŽĚ ĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶǇŝŶŐ ZŽĂůĚ ĂŚů͛Ɛ ďŽŽŬƐ͕ ŽŶĞ ĐĂŶ ƐĞĞ Ă ĐůĞĂƌ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ͖ ƌĞŇĞĐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƉƌŽƚĂŐŽŶŝƐƚ͛Ɛ ŶĂŵĞ͕ DĂƟůĚĂ͘ dŚĞ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ ŝƐ ŵƵĐŚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŽĨ Ă ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛Ɛ ďŽŽŬ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƐǁĞĂƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵďũĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ďƵůůǇŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ͕ ŝƚ ĂůůŽǁƐ ǇŽƵ ƚŽ ŝŶĚƵůŐĞ ŝŶ ƐŽŵĞ ŶŽƐƚĂůŐŝĂ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĂĚƵůƚ ƚǁŝƐƚ͘

Fiona Howard

Carmina Masilover

TWELVE BY NICK MCDONELL ŐŽŽĚ ǁƌŝƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚ ŝƐ ŝŶ ĂƚƚƵŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǌĞŝƚŐĞŝƐƚ͘ ŐƌĞĂƚ ǁƌŝƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ŝƐ ƉƌĞĨŝŐƵƌŝŶŐ ŝƚ͘ >ŽŽŬŝŶŐ Ăƚ EŝĐŬ DĐ ŽŶĞůů͛Ɛ Twelve ƌĞƚƌŽƐƉĞĐƚŝǀĞůǇ ŐŝǀĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĂƵƚŚŽƌ ŐŝĨƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞŵĂƌŬĂďůĞ ĨŽƌĞƐŝŐŚƚ͘ &ŝƌƐƚ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϮ͕ Twelve is the ƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ Ă ĐůŝƋƵĞ ŽĨ ǁĞĂůƚŚǇ DĂŶŚĂƚƚĂŶ ƚĞĞŶƐ ĞŶŐƌŽƐƐĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ƐŚĂĚǇ ƵŶĚĞƌǁŽƌůĚ ŽĨ ĚƌƵŐ ĂĚĚŝĐƚŝŽŶ͕ ƐĞǆ ĂŶĚ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ͘ KĨƚĞŶ ĚĞƚĂŝůĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŝƌĚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ tŚŝƚĞ DŝŬĞ͕ Ă ƉŚŝůŽƐŽƉŚŝĐĂů ĂŶĚ ŵŝƐƉůĂĐĞĚ ĚƌƵŐ ĚĞĂůĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĞŵŝŶŐůǇ ƉƌŝǀŝůĞŐĞĚ ǁŽƌůĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚͲƐĐŚŽŽů ĂŐĞĚ ƐŽĐŝĂůŝƚĞƐ ŝƐ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ĐĂƐƚ ĂƐ Ă ǀŝĐŝŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ǀŝŶĚŝĐƚŝǀĞ ƐƉŚĞƌĞ͕ ƚĞĞƚĞƌŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌŐĞ ŽĨ ĐŽůůĂƉƐĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƚŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŐŶŽƌĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĨĞĞůŝŶŐ

ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶŚĂďŝƚ ŝƚ͘ DĐ ŽŶĞůů͛Ɛ ƉƌŽƐĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƐ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ƚŽ ĞĨĨĞĐƚŝǀĞůǇ ƉŽƌƚƌĂǇ Ă ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵůůǇ ƐĂƌĚŽŶŝĐ ŵŝĐƌŽĐŽƐŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĞŶĂŐĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ;WĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƵŶƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ǁŚĞŶ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ŽŶůǇ ϭϳͿ͕ ďƵƚ ĂůůƵĚĞƐ ƚŽ ďŝǌĂƌƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŽĨƚĞŶ ĚŝƐƚƵƌďŝŶŐ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶĚůĞƐƐ͕ ǁĞĂůƚŚǇ ǇŽƵƚŚ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŶŝĨĞƐƚĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ƐƚĂƉůĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ The Hills and My Super Sweet Sixteen later in ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ͘ dŚƌŽǁ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŽŵŝŶŽƵƐ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ sŝƌŐŝŶŝĂ dĞĐŚ ŵĂƐƐĂĐƌĞ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͕ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ĨŝŶĚ ĂŶ ĂƵƚŚŽƌ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ĨŝŶŐĞƌ ƐŽ ŚĂƌĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƵůƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƉƌĂĐƚŝĐĂůůǇ ƚŚƌŽďďŝŶŐ͘ Alec Plowman

arts

01dec09 issue236

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THEATRE>PREVIEW>STUDENT PRODUCTIONS FINAL YEAR DRAMA DEGREE STUDENTS STAGE A NIGHT TO REMEMBER You might be wondering why the SU bar seems lovelier and quieter than usual, or why there is ůĞƐƐ ƐĐƌĞĞĐŚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĂŶĐŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĂŶĐĞŇŽŽƌ of the LCR. That is because us third-year drama ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŽŽ ďƵƐǇ ƉƵƫŶŐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ŽƵƌ ĮŶĂů ǇĞĂƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚŽƵďůĞͲďŝůů ŽĨ Tales from the Vienna Woods by Odon Von Horvath, and Tales from Hollywood by Christopher Hampton. ͚:ƵƐƚ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĚƌĂŵĂ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ͕͛ / ŚĞĂƌ ǇŽƵ ĐƌǇ͊ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ƵŶůĞƐƐ Ă ĨƌŝĞŶĚ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌƐ ŝƐ ƐƚĂƌƌŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŝƚ͕ ǇŽƵ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ŐŽ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ͘ Ƶƚ / Ăŵ here to persuade you otherwise. Typically, a student night involves waking up the next day with a pounding headache, an oddly-located bruise that you have no memory ŽĨ ĂĐƋƵŝƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ Ă ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚůǇ ĞŵƉƟĞƌ ǁĂůůĞƚ͘ ŽŵŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŽƵƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ǁŝůů ďĞ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ďƌĞĂŬ ƵƉ ǇŽƵƌ ǁĞĞŬ͖ ŽŶĞ that is incredibly cheap (£3.50!) and considering

WHY YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT DRAMA SOC’S STREETCAR... ZĞĐĞŶƚůǇ hŶŝŽŶ ,ŽƵƐĞ͛Ɛ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ƌŽŽŵƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ŚŽƐƚ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ͖ ĂŶ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂůůǇͲĚĞůŝĐĂƚĞ ĨĂĚĞĚ ƐŽĐŝĂůŝƚĞ͕ ĂŶ egomaniac wife-beater and a love-blind sister, ƚŽƌŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ͘ ŽŶ͛ƚ ǁŽƌƌǇ͕ hŶŝŽŶ House has not been invaded by the guests ŽĨ ƚŚĞ :ĞƌĞŵǇ <ǇůĞ ^ŚŽǁ͖ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĂŵĂ ^ŽĐŝĞƚǇ͛Ɛ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƌĞŚĞĂƌƐĂůƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐĞŵĞƐƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ĮŶĂů ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ĂƌƌŝǀĞĚ͖ ƚŚĞ ƵƩĞƌůǇ ĞǆƚƌĂŽƌĚŝŶĂƌǇ A Streetcar Named Desire, ŵĂĚĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ďǇ DĂƌůŽŶ ƌĂŶĚŽ͛Ɛ ƐƟŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ white shirt. ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĞǆƉĞĐƟŶŐ Ă ƉĂůĞ ŝŵŝƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͕ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŐƌĞĂƚůǇ ŵŝƐƚĂŬĞŶ͘ What is happening above the LCR and Hive is a completely new and fresh take on the play. Dealing with issues such as poverty, family and ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂů ƐƚĂďŝůŝƚǇ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƉůĂǇ ďƌŝŶŐƐ ƚŽ ůŝĨĞ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƌƐŚ ƌĞĂůŝƐŵ ŽĨ ϭϵϰϬƐ EĞǁ KƌůĞĂŶƐ͕ ŝŵŵĞƌƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ Ă ĐůŽƐĞ ĞǆĂŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ůŝĨĞ ĂŶĚ sexuality in post-war America. The director, Louise Davidson, has taken great pains working with the cast to build an in-depth understanding of the psychological

ĂŶĚ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂů ĚŝŵĞŶƐŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇ ŝŶ order to create a piece that rises above the ƉƌĞĐŽŶĐĞŝǀĞĚ ŶŽƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƌĂŶĚŽ ĂŶĚ >ĞŝŐŚ͛Ɛ Streetcar. The results of this are scenes between Stella and Blanche (played by Jasmine ůĂĐŬďŽƌŽǁ ĂŶĚ yĂŶƚŚĞ WĂƩĞƌƐŽŶͿ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ƚƌƵůǇ ŚĞĂƌƚďƌĞĂŬŝŶŐ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ^ƚĂŶůĞǇ ;DĂƩ DŝůŶĞͿ ĞŶƚĞƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ ƉĞƌĐĞƉƟǀĞůǇ changes, becoming fraught and crackling with tension. dŚĞ ĐŚŽƐĞŶ ǀĞŶƵĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ WƵƉƉĞƚ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ͕ ĂĚĚƐ ĂŶ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů element that nowhere else in the city can give. dŚĞ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƚĞĚ ĐŚƵƌĐŚ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŝŶƟŵĂƚĞ ƐƉĂĐĞ where the audience will only be metres away ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ Ăƚ ƚŽƵĐŚŝŶŐ ĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇ͛Ɛ ĞǆƉůŽƐŝǀĞ ĐůŝŵĂǆ͘ Angharad Bullward Don’t miss this opportunity to come and see ƚŚŝƐ ĮŶĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚĂůĞŶƚĞĚ ĂĐƚŽƌƐ ŝŶ their full glory at the Puppet Theatre on the 6th and 7th of December. Tickets are available ĨƌŽŵ h Žǆ KĸĐĞ͘

EXCLUSIVE OFFER>FREE COPY OF SPIRIT OF THE SEASON h ƌĞĂƟǀĞ tƌŝƟŶŐ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ƌŝĂŶ >ĂŵŽŶƚ ŝƐ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ƐƚĂī ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ the chance to read his latest book, Spirit of the Season, for free. The book ŽīĞƌƐ ƐŽŵĞ ƟĚŝŶŐƐ ŽĨ ũŽǇ ũƵƐƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐŚŽƌƚ ƵƉůŝŌŝŶŐ ŶŽǀĞů ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĚĞůŝŐŚƞƵů ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ǇĞĂƌ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ receive a copy of the e-book please email Brian on penburypress@ yahoo.co.uk and quote Concrete.

the amount of work that the drama students put amongst you. ŝŶƚŽ ŝƚ͕ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŝŶĚĞĞĚ͘ KƵƌ KĚŽŶ sŽŶ ,ŽƌǀĂƚŚ ĚŽƵďůĞͲďŝůů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ Furthermore, unless you decide to hit the wine ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƉůĂǇ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ by the man himself, ǁĞ͛ůů ďĞ ƐĞůůŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌǀĂů͕ ƚŚĞ ĂŌĞƌͲĞīĞĐƚƐ Tales from the Vienna Woods. A classic piece will be much kinder, and more memorable. of 20th-century drama, set against the backdrop So what about the plays you will be coming to ŽĨ ƚŚĞ sŝĞŶŶĂ tŽŽĚƐ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂŶ ĞŶĞƌŐĞƟĐ ĂŶĚ ŚƵŐĞůǇ see? Awarded the Standard Best Comedy award, entertaining epic, centred around a community Tales from Hollywood is a hilarious account of a ƐƚĞĞƉĞĚ ŝŶ ďŝŐŽƚƌǇ͕ ƐĞǆ͕ ůŽǀĞ ĂīĂŝƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů group of German émigré writers (including the tragedy. All the while, society at large is reeling ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ ƌĞĐŚƚ ĂŶĚ dŚŽŵĂƐ DĂŶŶͿ ǁŚŽ͕ ĂŌĞƌ towards fascism. ŇĞĞŝŶŐ EĂǌŝƐŵ͕ ǁĞƌĞ ĞŵƉůŽǇĞĚ ĂƐ ƐĐƌĞĞŶǁƌŝƚĞƌƐ Enjoy the show! ĨŽƌ ŵĂũŽƌ Įůŵ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ ŝŶ ,ŽůůǇǁŽŽĚ͘ dŽůĚ Isobel Palmer through the eyes of playwright Odon Von Tales of Hollywood is running in the Drama Studio Horvath, sharp wit is paired alongside moving on 1st, 3rd and 5th December at 7:30pm. Tales and tender insights into the lonely eastern from the Vienna Woods is running on 2nd and European exiles. Blending both fantasy and 4th December at 7:30pm and Sat 5th at 2:00pm. ĮĐƟŽŶ͕ ŝƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ Ă ĐƌĂĐŬŝŶŐůǇ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ;ĂŶĚ Tickets are now on sale at the Drama Studio Box ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟǀĞͿ ƐŚŽǁ͘ /ƚ ŵŝŐŚƚ ĞǀĞŶ ĐŽŵĞ ŝŶ ƵƐĞĨƵů KĸĐĞ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƐŽŵĞ ƟĐŬĞƚƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ƐŽůĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ for the History and American Studies students door.

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LIE TO ME SEASON 1

ŌĞƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŝŶƚƌŝŐƵŝŶŐ ĂĚǀĞƌƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉŝůŽƚ ŽŶůŝŶĞ͕ / ŚĂǀĞ ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ͗ / ǁĂŶƚ Lie to Me ^ĞĂƐŽŶ KŶĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŐŝŌͲŐŝǀŝŶŐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ ƌ Ăů >ŝŐŚƚŵĂŶ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ŵĂŶ ŚĞƌĞ͕ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ Ă ĐƌĂĐŬ ƚĞĂŵ ǁŚŽ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƚĞ ƵƐŝŶŐ Ă ŵŝǆ ŽĨ ƉƐǇĐŚŽůŽŐǇ ĂŶĚ ďŽĚǇ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĞƌĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ CSI and Psych but don’t ǁŽƌƌǇ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĐƌŝŵĞͲĮŐŚƟŶŐ ĚƌĂŵĂ Ͳ ĂŌĞƌ Ăůů͕ ǇŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ƚƌǇ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌĞŶƐŝĐ ƐŬŝůůƐ ds ŚĂƐ ƚĂƵŐŚƚ ǇŽƵ ŽŶ ǇŽƵƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͕ ďƵƚ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ƐƚĂƌƚ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞƐĞ ͚ŵŝĐƌŽͲĞǆƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ͛ ƚŽ ĐŚĞĐŬ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƚŚŝŶŬ͘ Lie To Me ĂĚĚƐ Ă ŶĞǁ ůĂǇĞƌ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ĐƌŝŵŝŶĂů ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƟŽŶ ŐĞŶƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ dŝŵ ZŽƚŚ ďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ƌŝƟƐŚ ǁŝƚ͘ dŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ůĞĂĚ ŝŶ Ă h^ ƐŚŽǁ ŚĂƐ ŐŽƚ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƐŽŵĞ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ďƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ŚĞ ŬĞĞƉƐ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĐĞŶƚ ;ƵŶůŝŬĞ ,ƵŐŚ >ĂƵƌŝĞͿ ĂŶĚ ƌŝƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŵĂĚĞ ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ ƐŵĂƌƚ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŽů͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ / ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ůŝŬĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ Ă ůŽŶŐ ŽǀĞƌĚƵĞ ƵŶĚŽŝŶŐ ŽĨ Ăůů ƚŚĂƚ ŇŽƉƉǇͲŚĂŝƌĞĚ ƐƉůƵƩĞƌŝŶŐ ƐƚƵī ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ,ƵŐŚ ŚĂƐ ŵĂĚĞ ƵƐ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ĨŽƌ͘ ^Ž͕ ďŽƚŚ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŐƌŝƉƉŝŶŐ͕ / ŚŽƉĞ Lie To Me ĮŶĚƐ ŝƚƐ ǁĂǇ ƵŶĚĞƌ ŵǇ ƚƌĞĞ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͘ Natalie Stephenson

ENTOURAGE SEASON 5

dŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ŽĨ Entourage ĮŶĚƐ ŝƚƐ ŚĞƌŽĞƐ ƐŝŶŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŶĞǁ ĚĞƉƚŚƐ͕ ĂƐ ŵŽǀŝĞ ƐƚĂƌ sŝŶĐĞŶƚ ŚĂƐĞ ; ĚƌŝĂŶ 'ƌĞŶŝĞƌͿ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ ƚŽ ĐůĂǁ ŚŝƐ ǁĂǇ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ Ă ŵĂũŽƌ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ƌƵƚ͘ WƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŝǀĞůǇ ƉŽŽƌ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶƐ ůĞĂĚ ƚŽ ĐƌŝŶŐĞͲǁŽƌƚŚǇ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ďƵƚ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƐŽŵĞ ĚĂƌŬ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ŵĂƩĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŝƐ ŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ĨŽƌ ůĂƵŐŚƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͛Ɛ ĐƌĞĚŝƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŌĞƌ ĮǀĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĞŵŝŶŐůǇ ƚǁŽͲĚŝŵĞŶƐŝŽŶĂů ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ƌĞŵĂŝŶĞĚ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ŚĂǀĞ ďůŽƐƐŽŵĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ůŝŬĞĂďůĞ ĐĂƐƚƐ ŽŶ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ͘ ^ƉĞĐŝĂů ŵĞŶƟŽŶ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŽ :ĞƌƌǇ &ĞƌƌĂƌĂ͛Ɛ ͚dƵƌƚůĞ͕͛ ĮŶĂůůǇ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƐƉĂĐĞ ƚŽ ďƌĞĂƚŚĞ͕ ĂŶĚ :ĞƌĞŵǇ WŝǀĞŶ͛Ɛ ƌŝ͕ ǁŚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ ŚŝůĂƌŝŽƵƐůǇ ŝŶǀĞŶƟǀĞ ŝŶƐƵůƚƐ͘ Entourage ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ďŝŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĐůĞǀĞƌ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƐŽ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŚĂƌĚůǇ ŵĂƩĞƌƐ͘ /Ĩ ;ůŝŬĞ ƚŚŝƐ ǁƌŝƚĞƌͿ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ Ă ĨĂŶ͕ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞƚ ŝƐ Ă ŵƵƐƚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ƉůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƐƚĞƉƉŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ sŝŶĐĞ͛Ɛ ǁŽƌůĚ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ĮŶĚ ĂŶ ĞŶůŝŐŚƚĞŶŝŶŐ͕ ĨƵŶŶǇ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ͕ ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ Ă ǁĞůůͲƌŽƵŶĚĞĚ ĐĂƐƚ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ƐĂƟƐĨǇŝŶŐůǇ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ƐŽƵŶĚƚƌĂĐŬ͘ Gareth Rees-White EĞĞĚ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ Įůů ƚŚĞ ƚŽĞ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ AND OF ROTHERS ďƵůŐŝŶŐ ƐƚŽĐŬŝŶŐ͍ dŚĞ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ĐŽŵĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ ds ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ĞǀĞƌ ŵĂĚĞ ;ƌŽƵŐŚůǇ ΨϭϮŵ ƉĞƌ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞͿ Ͳ Band of Brothers Ͳ ƚŚĞ ^ĞĐŽŶĚ tŽƌůĚ tĂƌ ĞƉŝĐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ ͚ ĂƐǇ͛ ŽŵƉĂŶǇ ŽĨ ϮŶĚ ĂŝƌďŽƵƌŶĞ ďĂƩĂůŝŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ďĂƐŝĐ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƌ͛Ɛ ĮŶĂů ĚĞĂƚŚ ƌĂƩůĞƐ͘ tŝƚŚ ƐƵĐŚ ŚŝŐŚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ĐŽƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌƐ dŽŵ ,ĂŶŬ ĂŶĚ ^ƚĞǀĞŶ ^ƉĞŝůďĞƌŐ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƵŶƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŚĂŝůĞĚ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ĞǀĞƌ͘ tŝƚŚ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƐƵƌǀŝǀŝŶŐ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ĂƐǇ ŽŵƉĂŶǇ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƚĞŶͲƉĂƌƚ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĐĂƉƚƵƌĞƐ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŵĞŶ ĞŶĚƵƌĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ŝŶ EŽƌŵĂŶĚǇ͘ KŶĞ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚ ŝƐ ͚ ĂǇ ŽĨ ĂǇƐ͕͛ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞ ĚƌŽƉ ŝŶƚŽ &ƌĂŶĐĞ ŝƐ ƉŽƌƚƌĂǇĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŐƌĂŶĚĞƵƌ ŽŶůǇ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ Saving Private Ryan͘ tŝƚŚ ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĞīĞĐƚƐ͕ ƐƵƉĞƌď ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ĨƵůůǇͲƌĞĂůŝƐĞĚ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ͕ / ĚĂƌĞ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ ŝƚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƐŚĞĚĚŝŶŐ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ŽŶĞ ƚĞĂƌ͘ Tom Dolton

HOUSE SEASON 5

ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĮŌŚ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ŬŝĐŬƐ Žī ŽŶ Ă ĚĞƉƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ ŶŽƚĞ͕ ĨĂŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉůĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ,ŽƵƐĞ ƐĞƩůŝŶŐ ŝŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ŶĞǁ ƚĞĂŵ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ĚŝƐƚƌĂĐƟŶŐ ĂƵĚŝƟŽŶŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ŽĨ ^ĞĂƐŽŶ &ŽƵƌ ŝƐ ĚŽŶĞ ĂǁĂǇ ǁŝƚŚ͕ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ƟŵĞ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ Ͳ ďŽƚŚ ŽůĚ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ Ͳ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐĞ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ,ŽƵƐĞ ƵƉ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ŽůĚ ƚƌŝĐŬƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶƐ ŝƐ ďĂĐŬ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ Ă ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ĨŽƌ ͚,ƵĚĚǇ͛ ĨĂŶƐ͘ ,ŽƵƐĞ ĮŶĂůůǇ ŐŽĞƐ ďĞǇŽŶĚ ŚŝƐ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ĐůĞĂǀĂŐĞ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ ĂŶĚ ďĞŐŝŶƐ ƚŽ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇ ĂĐƚƵĂů ŚƵŵĂŶ ĞŵŽƟŽŶƐ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƵĚĚǇ͘ ŌĞƌ ŵĂŶǇ ŵŝƐƐĞĚ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞ ŽĨ ĮŶĂůůǇ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƉƉǇ ƵŶŝŽŶ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ͘ Ƶƚ ŝŶ ƚƌƵĞ HouseͲƐƚǇůĞ͕ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ ĂƐ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ͘ dŚĞ ũŽǇ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ Ă ƌĞůĂƟǀĞůǇ ŐƵŝůƚͲĨƌĞĞ ƐƚŽĐŬŝŶŐͲĮůůĞƌ͘ /Ĩ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ĞůƐĞ ŝƚ ĂůůŽǁƐ ǇŽƵ ƚŽ ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐĞ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ďǇ ĂǀŽŝĚŝŶŐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞǁŽƌŬ ŝŶ ĨĂǀŽƵƌ ŽĨ ƌĞƉĞĂƚ ǀŝĞǁŝŶŐƐ͕ ǇŽƵ ƚŽŽ ŵŝŐŚƚ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ ƚŚĞ ĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ƐŽůǀĞ ŵĞĚŝĐĂů ŵǇƐƚĞƌŝĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐĂƌĐĂƐŵ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͘ Nicole Fassihi

THE SOPRANOS SEASONS 1-6

ĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĞůůŽǁ ĐƌŝƟĐͲďĂŝƟŶŐ , K ƐĞƌŝĞƐ The Wire͕ The Sopranos was ƌĞŐĂƌĚĞĚ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ds ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ Ăůů ƟŵĞ Ͳ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ŵĂŶǇ ǁĂǇƐ ƐƟůů ŝƐ͘ &Ăƌ ďĞ ŝƚ ĨŽƌ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ǁŽƌƚŚǇ ŽĨ ƐƵĐŚ ĂĐĐůĂŝŵ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ĂŶĚ ƐŽĐŝĂů ŝŵŵĞĚŝĂĐǇ ŽĨ The Sopranos ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ƚƌƵůǇ ŐƌŽƵŶĚďƌĞĂŬŝŶŐ͘ /ƚƐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĐƌĞĚŝƚĞĚ ƚŽ Ă ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ǁŽƌƚŚ Ă ǁĂƚĐŚ͘ :ĂŵĞƐ 'ĂŶĚŽůĮŶŝ͕ ĂƐ dŽŶǇ ^ŽƉƌĂŶŽ͕ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ͕ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ Ă ĐŽŵƉůĞǆ ǇĞƚ ŚŝůĂƌŝŽƵƐ ƉŽƌƚƌĂǇĂů ŽĨ Ă EĞǁ :ĞƌƐĞǇ ŵŽď ďŽƐƐ ƐƵīĞƌŝŶŐ ĂŶǆŝĞƚǇ ĂƩĂĐŬƐ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƐƚƌƵŐŐůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƌĞŵĂŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚĞĚ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ŵĂŶ͘ dŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƌŝĐŚ ŝŶ ŚŽŵĂŐĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŶŐƐƚĞƌ ŐƌĞĂƚƐ ŽĨ ^ĐŽƌƐĞƐĞ ĂŶĚ ŽƉƉŽůĂ͕ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ Ă ĐŚĞĞŬǇ ŶŽĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁĞƌ ǁŚŽ ƐƉŽƚƐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞƐ ďŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞĂƚŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂĮŽƐŽƐ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ĚƌĂǁ ƵƉŽŶ͘ The Sopranos ŚŽůĚƐ Ă ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ͕ ƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĂůůͲƚŽŽͲůŽǁ ďĂƌ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ ǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ ĐĂŶ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ĨƌŽŵ ds ĂŶĚ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ĚĞƉƚŚ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĞĂƟǀŝƚǇ ŝŶ ďŽƚŚ ŝƚƐ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ĂŶĚ ĚƌĂŵĂ͘ Paul Cook

SMALLVILLE SEASON 5 tĞ ĐŽƵůĚ Ăůů ĚŽ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐƵƉĞƌŚĞƌŽ Ăƚ ƐŽŵĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ůŝǀĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŝƐ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐ ƚŚĂŶ Ăƚ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ǁŚĞŶ ĚŝƐƚĂŶƚ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐ ƐƚĂƌƚ ĚĞƐĐĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƵƉŽŶ ŽƵƌ ŚŽŵĞƐ͕ ŚĞůůͲ ďĞŶƚ ŽŶ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ ŚĂǀŽĐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞǆĐĞƐƐŝǀĞ ĨŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ĂůĐŽŚŽů ĐŽŶƐƵŵƉƟŽŶ͘ Ƶƚ ĨĞĂƌ ŶŽƚ͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ dŽŵ tĞůůŝŶŐ ŝƐ ŚĞƌĞ ƚŽ ĚŝǀĞƌƚ ǇŽƵ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ ƟƉƐǇ ŐƌĂŶĚŵŽƚŚĞƌ͕ ƌĞƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĮŐŚƚ Ğǀŝů ǇĞƚ ĂŐĂŝŶ ;tĞůůŝŶŐ Ͳ ŶŽƚ 'ƌĂŶĚŵĂͿ͘ ůĂƌŬ <ĞŶƚ ŚĂƐ ŐƌŽǁŶ ƵƉ Ă ůŽƚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ŚŝƐ ĮƌƐƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ ƐĞǀĞŶ ƐĞĂƐŽŶƐ ĂŐŽ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŵŽǀĞ ĨƌŽŵ ^ŵĂůůǀŝůůĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƉƌĂǁůŝŶŐ DĞƚƌŽƉŽůŝƐ ŽƵƌ ŚĞƌŽ ĚƌĂǁƐ ĐůŽƐĞƌ ƚŽ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƵƉ ŚŝƐ ŵĂŶƚůĞ ĂŶĚ ĚŽŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ^ͲĐĂƉĞ͘ dŚĞ ĚĞƉĂƌƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͛Ɛ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ĐƌĞĂƚŽƌƐ Ͳ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ĐĂƐƚ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ Ͳ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ǁĂƐ ŚĞĂĚĞĚ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂƉƉĞĂƌ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĂŶƐǁĞƌĞĚ ƐŬŝůĨƵůůǇ ŝŶ Ă ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĨĞĞůƐ ĨƌĞƐŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŵĂƚƵƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ŝƚƐ ƉƌĞĚĞĐĞƐƐŽƌƐ͘ ůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ĐŽŵƉůĞǆ ůŽǀĞͲ ůŝĨĞ ĨŽƌ ůĂƌŬ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ƌĞŵĞĚǇ ƚŽ Ăůů ƚŚŽƐĞ ŚŽůŝĚĂǇ ƚƌĂƵŵĂƐ͕ ƐŽ ƐŝŶŐ ĂůŽŶŐ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌĚƐ͗ “Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaave meeeeeeeeeee!” Lindsay Harris

television

01dec09 issue236

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PRIMETIME - MISFITS This new E4 series has been likened to Skins, ŽŶůǇ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŝƐĐƌĞĂŶƚƐ ǁĞ Ăůů ŚĂƚĞ ƚŽ ůŽǀĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƵƉĞƌͲƉŽǁĞƌƐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĂƉŽĐĂůǇƉƟĐ ƐƚŽƌŵ͘ dŚŽƵŐŚ ŶŽƚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŝƚƐ ŇĂǁƐ͕ DŝƐĮƚƐ is undoubtedly a step forward for ƐĐŝͲĮ ŽŶ ƌŝƟƐŚ ds͕ ĞƐĐĂƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ Dr. Who/Sarah Jane/Torchwood ƌŽƵƚĞ ŽĨ ƟŵĞͲƚƌĂǀĞů͕ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƚĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐ ƐĐƌĞǁĚƌŝǀĞƌƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶ ĂŶĚ ƐŽůǀĞ ĂŶǇ ŝƐƐƵĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƉůŽƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ĐŽƌŶĞƌ͘

dŚĞ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ ŝƐ ƐŝŵƉůĞ͗ ĮǀĞ ^ KƐ ŽŶ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ĂƌĞ Śŝƚ ďǇ ůŝŐŚƚŶŝŶŐ͕ ĐĂƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ƉŽǁĞƌƐ͘ tŚŝůĞ ŶŽƚ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚ ŝƐ ŶĞǀĞƌƚŚĞůĞƐƐ ŝŶŐĞŶŝŽƵƐ ĂƐ ĞĂĐŚ ŽŶĞ͛Ɛ ƉŽǁĞƌ highlights their character traits (in most cases, ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽŶůǇ ŽŶĞͿ͗ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞ͕ ƋƵŝĞƚ ŬŝĚ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ŝŐŶŽƌĞƐ ĐĂŶ ƚƵƌŶ ŝŶǀŝƐŝďůĞ͖ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƵƚŚǇ ĐŚĂǀ ǁŚŽ ŽǀĞƌƌĞĂĐƚƐ ƚŽ ĞǀĞƌǇ ůŝƩůĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ ĐĂŶ ŚĞĂƌƐ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͛Ɛ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐ͖ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŚĂƐ

DOWNLOAD - MODERN FAMILY ŵĞŶ ĨĂůůŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŚĞƌ Ăƚ Ă ƐŝŶŐůĞ ƚŽƵĐŚ͖ ƚŚĞ ŽůǇŵƉŝĐ ƌƵŶŶĞƌ ĐĂŶ ŵĂŶŝƉƵůĂƚĞ ƟŵĞ͖ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ /ƌŝƐŚ ŐƵǇ͙ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ĨĂůůƐ ĚŽǁŶ͘ dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ ǁĂƐ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽŵŝƐŝŶŐ Ͳ ǁĞ ůĞĂƌŶ of four of their powers and see how they cope ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ĂŶĚ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞůǇ ďŽŶĚ ĂƐ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ Ͳ ďƵƚ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ ƚǁŽ ǁĂƐ Ă ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚ͘ EŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ĚŽ ǁĞ ŶŽƚ ŝŶŝƟĂůůǇ ůĞĂƌŶ ǁŚĂƚ ǇŽƵŶŐ Dylan Moran’s power is, but we follow him ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚǁŽ ƐƵďͲƉůŽƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ŶŽŶĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŝƐĞƌ͘ KŶůǇ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƐƚŽƌǇ ůŝŶĞƐ ŝƐ ƌĞŵŽƚĞůǇ ĞŶůŝŐŚƚĞŶŝŶŐ͖ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŝƐ ƐŚĂůůŽǁ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬĞƐ Śŝŵ ůĞƐƐ ůŝŬĞĂďůĞ ĂƐ Ă ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ͕ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ŵĞŶƟŽŶ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ ŵĂũŽƌ ƉůŽƚ ŚŽůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂůůŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ the Skins stereotype that all teenagers care ĂďŽƵƚ ŝƐ ƐĞǆ͕ ĚƌƵŐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂďŽǀĞ͘ Ƶƚ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚŝƐ ĚŽǁŶĨĂůů͕ ŝƚ ƐƟůů ůŽŽŬƐ ůŝŬĞ ƉƌŽŵŝƐŝŶŐ ƐĐŝͲĮ͕ ĂŶĚ ŐƌŽƵŶĚͲďƌĞĂŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌϱ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ͘ KŶĞ ŽĨ ďĞƐƚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŝƐ ŝŶĚĞĞĚ ŝƚƐ ƌŝƟƐŚŶĞƐƐ͖ ŝƚ ŚĂƐŶ͛ƚ ƚƌŝĞĚ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ŽŶ ,ŽůůǇǁŽŽĚ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ ƚĂŬĞ ŽŶ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂůůǇ ,ŽůůǇǁŽŽĚ ŝĚĞĂƐ ;ƐƵƉĞƌƉŽǁĞƌƐ͕ ĂƉŽĐĂůǇƉƟĐ ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ͕ ŵĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐĂŵĞͲƌĂĐĞ ůŽǀĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ͕ ĞƚĐ͘Ϳ ,ĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŚŽƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĂƚ ĮƌƐƚ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ͘ Micha Butler

THURSDAYS 10PM E4

JEDCASES

Good new series are like buses - they only turn ƵƉ ĂŌĞƌ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĂďĂŶĚŽŶĞĚ Ăůů ŚŽƉĞ͘ ^Ž it’s just as we’re releasing our last issue of the ǇĞĂƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ ƚŽ ƐůŝƉ ƉĂƐƚ ŐĞŵƐ ůŝŬĞ Mouth to Mouth, Ă ƐĂƟƌŝĐĂůůǇ ƐŚĂƌƉ ;ŝĨ Ă ůŝƩůĞ stagey) talking-heads mockumentary about a hopeful performer in an X-Factor ƉƌŽǆǇ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌ ǀĂĐƵŽƵƐ ǇĞƚ ƋƵŝĞƚůǇ ƚƌĂŐŝĐ ĚƌĞĂŵƐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƵŶĐůĞĂƌ ǁŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ůĞŌ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƐĞůĨͲĐŽŶƚĂŝŶĞĚ ĮƌƐƚ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ ďƵƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŝŶƚƌŝŐƵŝŶŐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĂƚ / ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ͘ ^ƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ ŽĨ ŝŶƚƌŝŐƵŝŶŐ ŵŽĐŬƵŵĞŶƚĂƌŝĞƐ͕ Channel 4’s ĂƐƚ KīƐ is an edgy new pilot of the ƐŽƌƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂůůǇ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐĞĚ ĂƐ ĂŶ ͚ĞĚŐǇ ŶĞǁ ƉŝůŽƚ͛͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĐƌĞĂƚŽƌƐ ĂƌĞ ŵŝŶŽƌ ǁƌŝƚĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ

Arrested Development, The Simpsons, Outnumbered͙ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ĂƐ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ĞǆĞĐƵƟǀĞƐ ŽŶ ďŽƚŚ ƐŝĚĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŶĚ ĂƌĞ ŽďƐĞƐƐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ƵƐ ͚ŶĞǁ͛ ĚĞƉŝĐƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ĚǇƐĨƵŶĐƟŽŶĂů ĨĂŵŝůǇ ůŝĨĞ͘ ŶĚ͘ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞƐ ;ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚƐ ŽĨ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌůǇ ƚƌǇ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůƵĐŬ ŽŶ dŚƌĞĞͿ͕ ƐŽŵĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵĂƚ ŝƐ ƟƌĞĚ Ͳ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂǀĞ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ŶŽƚ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ũŽǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ Modern Family͘ This mockumentary sitcom follows the families of Jay and his two grown up children, DŝƚĐŚĞůů ĂŶĚ ůĂŝƌĞ͘ :ĂǇ ŝƐ ŵĂƌƌŝĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵƵĐŚ ǇŽƵŶŐĞƌ 'ůŽƌŝĂ͕ Ă ŽůŽŵďŝĂŶ ĮƌĞĐƌĂĐŬĞƌ͕ and is step-father to Gloria’s eight-yearŽůĚ ƐŽŶ DĂŶŶǇ͘ dŚŽƵŐŚ ŽŶůǇ ĞŝŐŚƚ͕ DĂŶŶǇ has the insight and wisdom of a man many ƟŵĞƐ ŚŝƐ ĂŐĞ͕ ĚƌŝŶŬƐ ďůĂĐŬ ĐŽīĞĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌĚƐ ŽĨ ůĂŝƌĞ͕ ͞ĚƌĞƐƐĞƐ ůŝŬĞ Ă ŽƵŶƚ͘͟ Then there is Claire and her husband, the ƐĞůĨͲƉƌŽĨĞƐƐĞĚ ͚ĐŽŽů ĚĂĚ͛ WŚŝů͘ dŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ children but, unlike Manny, the kids are not ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĨĂŵŝůǇ Ͳ WŚŝů ŝƐ͘ WŚŝů ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĚĂĚ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĂŶŬĨƵů ǇŽƵ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŚĂĚ ;ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĚŽ͕ ŽƵƌ ĐŽŶĚŽůĞŶĐĞƐͿ͘ ,Ğ ŬŶŽǁƐ ƚŚĞ ĚĂŶĐĞ ŵŽǀĞƐ to High School Musical as well as all the slang ;͞>K> с >ĂƵŐŚ ŽƵƚ ůŽƵĚ͘ KD' с KŚ DǇ 'ŽĚ͘ td& с tŚǇ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐĞ͍͟Ϳ͘ tŚĞŶ ,ĂůĞǇ͛Ɛ ďŽǇĨƌŝĞŶĚ ǇůĂŶ ĐĂůůƐ ƌŽƵŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ Ăƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƟŵŝĚĂƟŶŐ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŚŝƐ ŽǁŶ ĨĂƚŚĞƌͲŝŶͲůĂǁ ĐůĞĂƌůǇ ǁĂƐ ĂƌĞ ďŽƚŚ ĐƌŝŶŐĞͲǁŽƌƚŚǇ ĂŶĚ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ͘

&ŝŶĂůůǇ͕ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ DŝƚĐŚĞůů ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ͘ DŝƚĐŚĞůů ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƵƉƟŐŚƚ ŽŶĞ͖ Ă ƐŶŽď͕ prodigious ice-skater and proud gay man ;ƌĞŇĞĐƚĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ŚŝůĂƌŝŽƵƐůǇ ŝůůͲĂĚǀŝƐĞĚ ƐƉĞĞĐŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞͿ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞĂƐ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ůĂŝĚ ďĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ŇĂŵďŽǇĂŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ pair - as demonstrated when he presents ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶĞǁůǇͲĂĚŽƉƚĞĚ ƐŝĂŶ ĚĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ͕ >ŝůǇ

to the opening song from The Lion King͘ dƌƵĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƌĞĂů ůŝĨĞ ĂŶĚ ŽŶůǇ ĞǀĞƌ ĐŽƌŶǇ ĂŌĞƌ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ĮƌƐƚ ĞĂƌŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ďĞ͕ Modern Family ŝƐ Ă ƌĂƌĞ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚ ŝŶ ^ŬǇ KŶĞ͛Ɛ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞ͘ Lauren O’Neill

THURSDAYS 8PM SKY 1

Cheryl Cole’s dumbfounded response to the ƐƉŝŬǇͲŚĂŝƌĞĚ ƵďůŝŶĞƌƐ ŶŽǁ ĐŽůůĞĐƟǀĞůǇ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ Jedward, in the early stages of this year’s X Factor, ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƐƉŽŬĞ ǀŽůƵŵĞƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ǁĂƐ ŝŶƚĞŶĚĞĚ͘ &Žƌ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĞĐƵůŝĂƌ ƌĞĂůŵ ŽĨ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƟĞƐ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ŵĂŶŝĨĞƐƚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ Ͳ ŐŝǀĞŶ :ĞĚǁĂƌĚ͛Ɛ ŽŶůǇ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ĚĞƉĂƌƚƵƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƵƌ ƐĐƌĞĞŶƐ Ͳ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŽĚĚŝƟĞƐ ĮŶĚ ŝŶĞǆƉůŝĐĂďůĞ ĂĐĐůĂŝŵ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƉƵďůŝĐ͘ Ƶƚ :ĞĚǁĂƌĚ ĂƌĞ ĨĂƌ ĨƌŽŵ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŽĨ

ƚŚĞŝƌ ŬŝŶĚ͘ :ŽŚŶ ^ĞƌŐĞĂŶƚ͛Ɛ ƌĞŝŶƚĞƌƉƌĞƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĂŶĚĚĂĚ ĨŽǆƚƌŽƚ ŽŶ Strictly or father/son ĚƵŽ ^ƚĂǀƌŽƐ &ůĂƚůĞǇ͛Ɛ ĐƌŝŶŐĞͲǁŽƌƚŚǇ ƉĂŶƚŽŵŝŵĞ dance on Britain’s Got Talent ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ĨĂǀŽƵƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐƐĞƐ͘ /ŶĚĞĞĚ͕ for many, the lacklustre and embarrassing ƐŝĚĞƐŚŽǁͲƌĞũĞĐƚƐ ĮŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁĂǇ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞƐĞ programmes are much more appealing than the world-class waltzers or new-millennium ĐƌŽŽŶĞƌƐ ǁŚŽ ŵĂǇ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ͘ /Ɛ it through championing these freaks of reality ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ŵĂŶŝĨĞƐƚ ŽƵƌ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƐĞůĨͲĚĞƉƌĞĐĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϮϭƐƚ ĐĞŶƚƵƌǇ͍ ^ƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐůǇ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ďĞĂƌĚǇ ƉƐĞƵĚŽͲƉŚŝůŽƐŽƉŚĞƌ ^ƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŵŝŐŚƚ ĮŶĚ Ă ƐĂƟƐĨĂĐƚŽƌǇ ĐŽŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶ ĂƐ͕ ĂŌĞƌ Ăůů͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŵĂǇ ďĞ

ƐŽŵĞ ƚƌƵƚŚ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ƟƌĂĚĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝĨŽƌŵ ƵŶŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ͘ While the spoils might belong to the Leonas ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ ǁŚŽƐĞ ŽǀĞƌƚ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Whitneys and Mariahs before them assures us of their place in the crooner canon, it is ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŝĐŽƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ^ĞƌŐĞĂŶƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĮŶĚ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ƐĞĞŶ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘ ƌĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĐŽƌŶǇ͍ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ͘ tŝŶŶĞƌƐ͍ EŽƚ :ĞĚǁĂƌĚ͘ They are, nonetheless, a welcome aside to the slick, airbrushed conformity of the reality ds ĨŽƌŵĂƚ͘ ƌŝƚŽŶƐ ƐĂŶƐ ƚĂůĞŶƚ Ͳ ǇĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŶŽƚ sans spunk, and in showbiz terms that might ďĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŽĨ ĂŶ ͚y͛ ĨĂĐƚŽƌ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ǁĂƌďůŝŶŐ ǀŽŝĐĞ͘

series such as The Thick Of It, Shameless and Skins ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ Ă ĐĂƐƚ ŽĨ ͚ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚůǇ ĂďůĞĚ͛ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ůĞŌ ŽŶ ĂŶ ŝƐůĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă Įůŵ ĐƌĞǁ͕ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞǇ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĚĂƌŝŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ that daring is on behalf of the actors allowing their bodies to be a spectacle for shocking ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ͕ Žƌ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ŚĂŶŶĞů ϰ ĚĂƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁĞƌ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉůĂŝŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǀŽǇĞƵƌŝƐƟĐ ĨƌĞĂŬͲƐŚŽǁ͕ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐĞĞŶ͘ EŽƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŽƵƚĚŽŶĞ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ƐŚŽǁƐ͕ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ ds ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ƉĂƌŽĚǇ ŝƚƐĞůĨ͘ <ĂƟĞ WƌŝĐĞ ;ƐŝŶŐůĞ ŶĂŵĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƐŽ ϵϬƐ͕ ŚŽŶĞƐƚůǇ ^ĞĂůͿ ĚĞĐŝĚĞƐ ƚŽ ĞŶĂĐƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ŽĨ WƌŽǀĞƌďƐ͕ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ with returning to the jungle like a dog returning ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ǀŽŵŝƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ͛Ɛ Young Hairdresser of the Year ĮŶĚƐ Ă ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ĚƵůůĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ zŽƵŶŐ DŽƌƟĐŝĂŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ͘͘͘ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ƚŚĂƚ / ǁŽƵůĚ ǁĂƚĐŚ͕ ĂƐ ůŽŶŐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ǇŽƵŶŐ͕

and cried a lot - Doogie Howser FD. Doctor Who’s back, for those into that sort of thing, and so is Gavin and Stacey, so if you’re the kind of person who likes genuinely wellǁƌŝƩĞŶ ĂŶĚ ǁŝĚĞůǇͲƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ƚŚĞŶ there’s that - just be horribly aware while you ǁĂƚĐŚ ŝƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵƌ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ ŝƐ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĂƐ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ĞůƐĞ͛Ɛ͘ KŚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ĞĂƵƟĨƵů WĞŽƉůĞ: from a writer of Britannia High and Gimme Gimme Gimme, ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ŽŶůǇ ŐĂǇĞƌ͘ X Factor ŝƐ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ Ă ŚŝĚĞŽƵƐ ĐůŝŵĂǆ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƉƵŶĚŝƚ ǁŽƌƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁĞŝŐŚƚ ŝŶ ĐŽůƵŵŶ ŝŶĐŚĞƐ ŝƐ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƟŽŶƐ ŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŵŝŶĞ͗ ǁŚĞŶ the big moment’s happened, and we all feel the ƐƵĚĚĞŶ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁĞƌ ĂŌĞƌǁĂƌĚƐ͕ ǁĞ͛ůů ƐŽŽŶ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂůŝƐƚƐ͛ ŶĂŵĞƐ ĂƐ ŵĞŵŽƌĂďůĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ DŝƐƐ &ƌĂŶŬ ;ŐŽ ŽŶ͕ ƚƌǇ ƚŽ

ŶĂŵĞ ƚŚĞŵ Ͳ ŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞĚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ǇŽƵ ŝŶǀĞŶƟŶŐ ƌĂĐŝĂůůǇ ŝŶƐĞŶƐŝƟǀĞ ŶĂŵĞƐͿ͘ ŶĚ ǁĞ ĂůƐŽ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ĐĂůů ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ͘ ^Ž ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŝƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŝŶƚĞƌ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͘ Ğ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŽ go out and buy a big Radio Times and highlight ƚŚĞ ĐƌĂƉ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŝƚ͘ zŽƵ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ǁĂƚĐŚ ĂŶǇ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĐŽƐƚƵŵĞ ĚƌĂŵĂƐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞŶ ŶŽ ŽŶĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĚŽĞƐ͘ dŚĞ 'ƌƵīĂůŽ ŝƐ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂů ǀŝĞǁŝŶŐ͕ ĂƐ ŝƐ The Royle Family, &ĞƌŶ ƌŝƩŽŶ DĞĞƚƐ ƌĐŚďŝƐŚŽƉ Desmond Tutu and Grow Your Own Drugs For Christmas͖ Ă ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ƌĞĂůůǇ ŚĞůƉ ǇŽƵ ŐĞƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ăůů ƚŚĂƚ ƟŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĨĂŵŝůǇ͘ KƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĂƚ Ăůů ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ůĞŌ ŝƐ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ ƚŽ ǁŝƐŚ you a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hannukah, a &ƌƵŝƞƵů <ǁĂŶǌĂĂ͕ Ă 'ƌĞĂƚ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ůŽƚƐ ĂŶĚ ůŽƚƐ ŽĨ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƐ͘ ^ĞĞ ǇŽƵ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϬ͊ Josh Butler

“There’s something intriguing about you… I just don’t know if it’s in a good way.”

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Alec Plowman

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CHRISTMAS PUZZLE PULL-OUT

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ďƵŵƉĞƌ ĞĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶƐ ƐĞĐƟŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĞĞŬ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ǇŽƵ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ƐƉŝƌŝƚ͊ Thank you to guest compilers Davina Kesby and Duncan Vicat-Brown.

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1. Access points for St Nick (8) 4. You’ll be this if you overeat this Christmas (5) 9. Brer _____’s Christmas Carol, 1992 TV movie (6) 13. Santa’s red-nosed minion (7) 15. Mischievous fairy in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (4) 17. You’ll need one of these if you break a bone (4) 18. Christmassy term for ‘you’ (2) 19. Something to hang ten down on (4) 20. Opposite of ‘out’ (2) Ϯϭ͘ hƐĞĚ ŝŶ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƐ ;ϱͿ 22. Wise men followed this (4) 23. Adolescent mutant turtles (5) 24. The abode of Satan (4) 25. A bit strange (3) 26. Simon ____, Hot Fuzz star (4) 27. Not Dad (3) 28. Santa’s helper (3) 30. Slang for someone who drinks too much (4) ϯϮ͘ ůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ƚŽ ͚ůŝŬĞ͛ ŝŶ ƐŝŵŝůĞƐ (2) 33. Sent by post at Christmas (4) 36. As ___ usual (3) 37. Nights (4) 39. Large weight (3) 41. Use this to row (3) ϰϯ͘ ĞĮŶŝƚĞ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ;ϯͿ 44. Generic measurement (4) 46. These could fall this Christmas (10) 47. Not peace (3) ϰϵ͘ &ŽƌĞŚĞĂĚ ĚĞĐŽƌĂƟŽŶ ǁŽƌŶ ŝŶ South Asia (6) 55. What you might need to call on New Years’ Eve (4) 57. Celebrated on 25th December

(9) 2. Intense dislike (6) 59. Word in a song (5) 3. Long-haired wild ox (3) 60. Small guitar with 4 strings (3) ϱ͘ ĂǇ ĂŌĞƌ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ĚĂǇ ;ϲͿ 61. Comic theme or gimmick (5) ϲ͘ >ŽŶŐ ůĂƐƟŶŐ ŵĂƌŬƐ ;ϲͿ 64. A river in Hades according to 7. __ Rave, type of modern fashion Greek mythology (5) and music (2) 65. A large intake of something, 8. Colleague in school (9) such as alcohol (5) 9. Beat of music (6) ϲϲ͘ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ĂƌŽŵĂƟĐ ϭϬ͘ ^ƉĂƌŬůǇ ƐƉŚĞƌŝĐĂů ĚĞĐŽƌĂƟŽŶƐ͕ substances, made into a ball (8) hung on 19 across (7) 69. ______ Robinson, American 11. Child’s play objects (4) singer (5) 12. Slang for sausage (6) ϳϮ͘ KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐŝŌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ tŝƐĞ ϭϰ͘ ǆĐůĂŵĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ;ϰͿ Men (5) 15. An ancient Roman unit of length 73. To entertain, to make someone that roughly corresponds to a foot (3) laugh (5) 16. Pulled before dinner on Christmas 75. 20th century avant-garde art day (7) movement (6) Ϯϭ͘ WůĂǇ ƌĞͲĞŶĂĐƟŶŐ ďŝƌƚŚ ŽĨ ϵϮ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ 77. When repeated makes a brand (8) of clothing (3) Ϯϵ͘ 'ŝŌ ĨƌŽŵ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŝƐĞ ŵĞŶ ;ϭϮͿ 79. Stone implement from about ϯϭ͘ :ŽŶŶǇ tŝůŬŝŶƐŽŶ ŝƐ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ 9500 BC (7) adept at these (8) 81. Something that is in existence 32. Story used to cover a criminal’s (5) tracks (5) ϴϮ͘ :ĂŵďŽ ͺͺͺͺ ͕ ŐƌĞĞƟŶŐ ŝŶ <ĞŶǇĂ ϯϰ͘ 'ĞƌŵĂŶ ǁŽƌĚ ĨŽƌ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ ;ϱͿ (5) 35. Writer of A Christmas Carol, ϴϯ͘ >ŽŶŐ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ;ϯͿ Charles ____ (7) ϴϰ͘ ^ĞĐƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ϮϬй ;ϲͿ ϯϲ͘ 'ŝŌ ;ϳͿ 87. Song sung at Christmas (5) ϯϴ͘ DĞĂů ĐŽŽŬĞĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ůŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ ;ϰͿ 89. One who cuts with the teeth (5)40. If you stay out in the cold for too 92. Famous baby born in stable (5) ůŽŶŐ͕ ǇŽƵƌ ĮŶŐĞƌƐ ŵŝŐŚƚ ďĞ ƚŚŝƐ ;ϰͿ 94. __ up, northern catchphrase 42. Join (5) (2) 48. Type of nuts (7) 96. High-class beauty (7) 50. Scandinavian country that 97. Slang for child (5) produces many Christmas trees (6) 100. Female chicken (3) 52. Reward (5) 101. Supermarket on campus (3) 53. Remains of a burnt item (5) 102. Set of morals or values (6) 54. Hollowed out at Halloween (7) ϭϬϯ͘ WůĂŶ ĨŽƌ Ă ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ;ϲͿ 56. To receive as a legacy (7) 104. Common type of cheese (7) 58. Replacement (3) 105. Room in top of house (4) 59. Simple board game (4)

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TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON

New Moon ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŵƵĐŚͲ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŝŶƐƚĂůŵĞŶƚ in the Twilight Saga to hit the ďŝŐ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ĐŚĂƉƚĞƌ ƐĞĞƐ ĚǁĂƌĚ ;ZŽďĞƌƚ WĂƫŶƐŽŶͿ ďƌĞĂŬ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ ĞůůĂ ;<ƌŝƐƚĞŶ ^ƚĞǁĂƌƚͿ ĂŌĞƌ ĂŶ ƵŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞ ŝŶĐŝĚĞŶƚ Ăƚ ŚĞƌ ϭϴƚŚ ďŝƌƚŚĚĂǇ ƉĂƌƚǇ͘ >ĞŌ ďƌŽŬĞŶͲŚĞĂƌƚĞĚ͕ ĞůůĂ ƚŚĞŶ ƚƵƌŶƐ ƚŽ ŚĞƌ ŽůĚ

ĨƌŝĞŶĚ :ĂĐŽď ;dĂǇůŽƌ >ĂƵƚŶĞƌͿ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚ͘ ŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƟŶŐ ƌĞĐĞƉƟŽŶ ŚŝƐ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ǁŽƌŬ on The Golden Compass ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĞƌĞ ŵŝǆĞĚ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ŽĨ ŚƌŝƐ tĞŝƚǌ ĂƐ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ĨŽƌ New Moon͘ DĂŶǇ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ůŝǀĞ ƵƉ ƚŽ

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®Ù͗ ã« Ä Ä :Ê ½ Ê Ä Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϮϬͬϭϭͬϬϵ A Coen brothers’ movie is always going to be highly ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ͕ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĂŝƌ ŚĂǀĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚǁŽ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĮůŵƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ƚǁŽ years. A Serious Man ƐƵĐĐĞĞĚƐ ŝŶ ĐŽŵƉůĞƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƚ ƚƌŝĐŬ͘ WŽƐƐŝďůǇ ĂƵƚŽďŝŽŐƌĂƉŚŝĐĂů͕ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ĚĂƌŬ ĂŶĚ ůĂƵŐŚͲŽƵƚͲ ůŽƵĚ ĨƵŶŶǇ͖ ƚŚĞ KƐĐĂƌ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ĚƵŽ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ƐĞĞŵ ŝŶĐĂƉĂďůĞ ŽĨ ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ Ă ďĂĚ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞ͘ ^Ğƚ ŝŶ ϭϵϲϳ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ :ĞǁŝƐŚ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ >ĂƌƌǇ 'ŽƉŶŝŬ ;DŝĐŚĂĞů ^ƚƵŚůďĂƌŐͿ Ăƚ ĂŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐůǇ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ůŝĨĞ͘ ,ŝƐ ǁŝĨĞ ǁĂŶƚƐ Ă ĚŝǀŽƌĐĞ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŚĞ ĐĂŶ ƌĞŵĂƌƌǇ͕ ŚŝƐ ƐŽĐŝĂůůǇ ŝŶĞƉƚ ŐĞŶŝƵƐ ďƌŽƚŚĞƌ ƐůĞĞƉƐ ŽŶ ŚŝƐ ĐŽƵĐŚ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă <ŽƌĞĂŶ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŝƐ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ĚĞƐƉĞƌĂƚĞůǇ ƚŽ ďƌŝďĞ Śŝŵ͘ dƌƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽĞŶƐ͛ ĨŽƌŵ͕

ƚŚĞ ƉůŽƚ ŝƐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĂƐ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ĂƐ ŝƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ͘ ĞůŝŐŚƞƵůůǇ ƉŽƐƚͲ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶǇ ƚǁŝƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚƵƌŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽůůŽǁ >ĂƌƌǇ ƚĂŬĞ Śŝŵ ŽŶ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ Ă ďŝǌĂƌƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůǇ ĂŵďŝŐƵŽƵƐ ũŽƵƌŶĞǇ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŶŽ ŚŝŐŚ ƉƌŽĮůĞ ĂĐƚŽƌƐ ŚĞƌĞ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ĐĂƐƚ ŝƐ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ͖ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ &ƌĞĚ DĞůĂŵĞĚ ĂƐ ^Ǉ ďůĞŵĂŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶ ǁŚŽ ǁĂŶƚƐ ƚŽ ŵĂƌƌǇ >ĂƌƌǇ͛Ɛ ǁŝĨĞ͘ dŚĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƌƌĞĂů ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ >ĂƌƌǇ ŵĞĞƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ƌĂďďŝƐ ĂƌĞ ƵŶŵŝƐƐĂďůĞ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ŶĂŵĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌƐ ŽŶůǇ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ĚƌĂǁƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ͘ Michael Blunt

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ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ĂŌĞƌ ĂƚŚĞƌŝŶĞ ,ĂƌĚǁŝĐŬĞ͛Ɛ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ Twilight ĨĞůů ƐŚŽƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬ ĨŽƌ ŵĂŶǇ ĨĂŶƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĐůĞĂƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ŵĂĚĞ ŚŝƐ ŽǁŶ ŵĂƌŬ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŚĞ Twilight ĨƌĂŶĐŚŝƐĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ĚŝƐƟŶĐƟǀĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ͕ ĂƌŐƵĂďůǇ ĂŶ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ͕ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚǇůĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĮůŵƐ͘ tĞŝƚǌ ƌĞĮŶĞƐ ,ĂƌĚǁŝĐŬĞ͛Ɛ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ ĂŶŐůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ůŝŐŚƟŶŐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĞŶŚĂŶĐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƉĞƌŶĂƚƵƌĂů ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ďƌŝŶŐƐ Ă ŶĞǁ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ͕ tĞŝƚǌ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƐƚĞƉƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŝŶŐ ůŽǀĞ ƚƌŝĂŶŐůĞ ƚŚĞ ĨŽĐƵƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞ ƚŽ ƐƚĂǇ ƚƌƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďŽŽŬ ĂŶĚ ĞŶƐƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ

ĞīĞĐƚƐ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŽǀĞƌǁŚĞůŵ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƚŽƌ͛Ɛ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ͘ Ɛ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďŽŽŬ͕ ĚǁĂƌĚ ŝƐ ĂďƐĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ͖ Ă ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůůǇ ĚĂŵĂŐŝŶŐ ƚƵƌŶ ŽĨ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ĨŽƌ Ă Įůŵ

“New Moon will please fans” ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŶ ďĂƐĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞƐ ůĂƌŐĞůǇ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂůĞ ůĞĂĚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ :ĂĐŽď ĮůůŝŶŐ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ŐĂƉ ŝŶ ĞůůĂ͛Ɛ ůŝĨĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĚǁĂƌĚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌŝŶŐ ŝŶ ǁŝƐƉǇ ǀŝƐŝŽŶƐ ǁŚĞŶĞǀĞƌ ƐŚĞ ƉůĂĐĞƐ ŚĞƌƐĞůĨ ŝŶ ĚĂŶŐĞƌ͕ ǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ůĞŌ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ĂďƐĞŶĐĞ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ :ĂĐŽď ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌĞŐƌŽƵŶĚ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů

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ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌǇ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĂŵƵƐŝŶŐ ůŝŶĞ ďǇ Ă ƉĞƌŝƉŚĞƌĂů ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĐĞŶĞ͘ ǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĂŶŝŵĂƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĨĞĞů ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂůůǇ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ^ƚĞǁĂƌƚ͛Ɛ ĂĐƟŶŐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ůĞĂǀĞ ŵƵĐŚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĚĞƐŝƌĞĚ͕ ŚĞƌ ƉŽƌƚƌĂǇĂů ŽĨ ĞůůĂ͛Ɛ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂů ĚŝƐƚƌĞƐƐ ;ĂŝĚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƌƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĞůůĂ͛Ɛ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ĞŵĂŝůƐ ƚŽ ůŝĐĞͿ͕ ĂĚĚƐ Ă ĚĞƉƚŚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůůǇ ůŽƐƚ ŝŶ ďŽŽŬͲƚŽͲ ŵŽǀŝĞ ƚƌĂŶƐůĂƟŽŶ͘ ŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďƵĚŐĞƚ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ;ĂŶ ĞƐƟŵĂƚĞĚ ΨϱϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ͕ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŽ Ψϯϳ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ TwilightͿ͕ ĨĂŶƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ƌĞĂƐŽŶĂďůǇ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ Ă ŚŝŐŚ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ ŽĨ ĂŶŝŵĂƟŽŶ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ

Stacey Larnder

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®Ù͗ ^ã Ö« Ä ^Ê Ù Ù¦« Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϮϬͬϭϭͬϬϵ The Informant! ƐĞĞƐ DĂƌŬ tŚŝƚĂĐƌĞ ;DĂƩ ĂŵŽŶͿ ĂƐ ĂŶ ĞǆĞĐƵƟǀĞ ŽĨ D͕ Ă ĐŽŶŐůŽŵĞƌĂƚĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐĞƐ ŐƌĂŝŶ ĂŶĚ ŽŝůƐĞĞĚƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ƵƐĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů ŵĂƌŬĞƚƐ͘ 'ŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ŝƐ ƌĂƌĞůǇ ŽīͲƐĐƌĞĞŶ͕ Ă ĐŽŵƉĞůůŝŶŐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŵŽŶ ŝƐ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ͖ ĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ ŚĞ ŝƐ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ͕ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ Ă ŵŽƵƐƚĂĐŚĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƵƫŶŐ ŽŶ ǁĞŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ ƚŚĞ ƌŽůĞ͘ tŚŝƚĂĐƌĞ͛Ɛ ĐŽŵƉĂŶǇ ĂƌĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ŐůŽďĂů ƉƌŝĐĞ ĮǆŝŶŐ ĐŽŶƐƉŝƌĂĐǇ ĂŶĚ͕ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ă ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ ŚĞ ƉĞƌƐƵĂĚĞƐ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ƚŽ ƌĞǀĞĂů Ăůů ƚŽ ƚŚĞ & /͘ dŚƵƐ tŚŝƚĂĐƌĞ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ĂŶ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĞƌ͖ ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ͕ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƐĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ĐŽƉŝĞƐ

involving werewolves. Whilst ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽůǀĞƐ͛ ĂŶŝŵĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĐĂƌƚŽŽŶͲ ůŝŬĞ Ăƚ ďĞƐƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƐ Ă ƐƚƌŝŬŝŶŐ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ǁĞůůͲ ĐŚŽƌĞŽŐƌĂƉŚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĞŶũŽǇĂďůĞ ǀĂŵƉŝƌĞ ĮŐŚƚ ƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞƐ͘ &ĂƐƚĞƌͲƉĂĐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƉĂĐŬĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŽƌĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ ƚŚĂŶ Twilight͕ it is easy to see why New Moon ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͘ tŝƚŚ Ă ŚŝŐŚůǇ ĞŶũŽǇĂďůĞ ƉůŽƚůŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ƵŶĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ĞŶĚŝŶŐ ;ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŶŽŶͲďŽŽŬ ĨŽůůŽǁĞƌƐͿ͕ New Moon ǁŝůů ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĨĂŶƐ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ĂƉƉĞĂůŝŶŐ ƚŽ Ă ǁŝĚĞƌ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͘

ŽĨ ŝŶĐƌŝŵŝŶĂƟŶŐ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ŐƵŝĚĞĚ ďǇ tŚŝƚĂĐƌĞ͛Ɛ ǀŽŝĐĞŽǀĞƌ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǀĂƌŝĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ƌĂŶĚŽŵ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ Ă ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ŽĨ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶƐ ŚĞ is in. The Informant! is a rare Įůŵ͗ ŽŶĞ ƚŚĂƚ ďĂůĂŶĐĞƐ ďŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƌŝůůĞƌ ŐĞŶƌĞƐ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ͘ Ɛ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐƉŝƌĂĐǇ ƵŶĨŽůĚƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ůĂƵŐŚƐ ĐŽŵĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚůǇ͕ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐůǇ ĞŶŐƌŽƐƐĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ͛ ůŝǀĞƐ͘ Chris Bentley-Smith

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®Ù͗ KÙ Ä W ½® Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϮϱͬϭϭͬϬϵ ǁŽƌĚ ŽĨ ǁĂƌŶŝŶŐ͖ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŐŽ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ ǁŝƚŚ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐĂƌŝĞƐƚ Įůŵ ĞǀĞƌ ŵĂĚĞ͖ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ Ă ƌĞůĞŶƚůĞƐƐ ƚŚƌŝůů ƌŝĚĞ͘ ^ĞĞŝŶŐ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƐƵďũĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ Ă ŵĞĚŝĂ ƐƚŽƌŵ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚĞĚ The Blair Witch Project’s ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƵŶƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ƉŽůĂƌŝƐĞĚ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ same way. ƐƐĞŶƟĂůůǇ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ Ă ƉƌŽƚĂŐŽŶŝƐƚ ƌĞůĞŶƚůĞƐƐůǇ ƉƵƌƐƵĞĚ ďǇ Ă ĨŽƌĐĞ ƐŚĞ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚ͕ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ KƌĞŶ WĞůŝ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ƐƉĂƌƐĞ ĐĂƐƚ ƚĂĐŬůĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŽǀĞƌƵƐĞĚ ƚŚĞŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŽƌĞ ŵĂƚƵƌŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƉƚŚ ƚŚĂŶ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ŝŶ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ŵĞŵŽƌǇ͘ ĂƐǇ ƐŚŽĐŬƐ ĂƌĞ ůĂƌŐĞůǇ ĞƐĐŚĞǁĞĚ ŝŶ ĨĂǀŽƵƌ ŽĨ Ă ƐůŽǁůǇ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ƚĞŶƐŝŽŶ͕

ŵĂƐƚĞƌĨƵůůǇ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ďǇ ŶĂƚƵƌĂůŝƐƟĐ ĂŶĚ ĞŶŐĂŐŝŶŐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ͕ ƐƵďƚůĞ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĞīĞĐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƵŶƟŶŐ ƐŽƵŶĚ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ͘ dŚĞ ƐůŽǁ ƉĂĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĨŽĐƵƐ ŽŶ ĚŝĂůŽŐƵĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ůŽƐĞ ƚŚĞ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŵĂŶǇ͕ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ƌĞĐƵƌƌŝŶŐ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ƵƐĞĚ ĂŐĂŝŶ ůĂƚĞƌ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƚĞƌƌŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ĂĐƚ ĂƌĞ ƌĞŶĚĞƌĞĚ ŽďƐŽůĞƚĞ͘ ^ƟĐŬŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁŝůů ĚƌĂŐ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƉůĞ͛Ɛ ŽǁŶ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ŚĞůů͕ ũƵŵƉŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƐŚĂĚŽǁƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĞĂƌŝŶŐ ^ĂƚĂŶ ŝŶ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĐƌĞĂŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŇŽŽƌďŽĂƌĚƐ͘ Duncan Vicat- Brown

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®Ù͗ &͘ ' Ùù 'Ù ù Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϮϳͬϭϭͬϬϵ In >Ăǁ ďŝĚŝŶŐ ŝƟǌĞŶ, Clyde ;'ĞƌĂƌĚ ƵƚůĞƌͿ ĐŚŽŽƐĞƐ to take revenge on the WŚŝůĂĚĞůƉŚŝĂ ũƵĚŝĐŝĂƌǇ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ͕ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ƉůĞĂ ďĂƌŐĂŝŶ ĞŶĂďůĞƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ĨĂŵŝůǇ͛Ɛ ŬŝůůĞƌƐ ƚŽ ǁĂůŬ ĨƌĞĞ ĂŌĞƌ ƐĞƌǀŝŶŐ Ă ƚĞŶͲ ǇĞĂƌ ƐĞŶƚĞŶĐĞ͘ ŌĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ten-year lapse, everyone ǁŚŽ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ŽŶ ůǇĚĞ͛Ɛ ĐĂƐĞ ŝƐ ŵƵƌĚĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ŶŽǀĞů ;ďƵƚ ŶŽƚ ŽŌĞŶ ŐƌƵĞƐŽŵĞͿ ǁĂǇƐ͕ ƐƚƌŝŬŝŶŐ ƉĂŶŝĐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ city. ^ŽƵŶĚƐ ůŝŬĞ ĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƌĞǀĞŶŐĞ ƚŚƌŝůůĞƌ͕ ƌŝŐŚƚ͍ tƌŽŶŐ͘ Clyde performs all these ĚĞĞĚƐ ŝŶ ĐƵƐƚŽĚǇ͕ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ĞĂĐŚ ĚĞĂƚŚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚĞŶ ǇĞĂƌƐ͖ ŚĞ͛Ɛ ŵĂƐƚĞƌĞĚ ƚŽǆŝĐŽůŽŐǇ͕ weaponry and even law ƚŽ ĮŐŚƚ ƚŚĞ ũƵĚŐĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƚƌŽŽŵ͕ Ăůů ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐĂĨĞƚǇ of his prison cell. This sets the

ƐƚĂŐĞ ǁĞůů͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ does not know where and ǁŚĞŶ ůǇĚĞ͛Ɛ ƚƌĂƉƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐĞƚ Žī ŶĞǆƚ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Śŝŵ Ă ǀĞƌǇ frightening and a very clever stage master. dŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ Ăůů ĂďŽƵƚ fancy explosions and ĞǆƉůŽĚŝŶŐ ŵŽďŝůĞ ƉŚŽŶĞƐ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͘ dŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ŝƐ forced to ask themselves ͚ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŐŽŽĚ ŐƵǇ͍͛ /Ɛ ZŝĐĞ ;:ĂŵŝĞ &ŽǆǆͿ͕ ůǇĚĞ͛Ɛ ůĂǁǇĞƌ͕ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ ĂĐĐĞƉƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉůĞĂ ďĂƌŐĂŝŶ͕ Žƌ ůǇĚĞ͕ ǁŚŽ ǁĂŶƚƐ Ă ĨĂŝƌ ũƵƐƟĐĞ͍ tŝƚŚ Ă SawͲĞƐƋƵĞ ŬŝůůŝŶŐ͕ ƐƵĚĚĞŶ ĞǆƉůŽƐŝŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƵƚůĞƌ͛Ɛ ƉŽƌƚƌĂǇĂů ŽĨ ůǇĚĞ͕ ǁŚŽ͕ Ăƚ ƟŵĞƐ͕ ĮŶĚƐ ŝƚ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ͛Ɛ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ŬŝůůĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ũƵŵƉƐ͕ ƐĐƌĞĂŵƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŶŝŋĞƐ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͘ That said, it is not a perfect ƚŚƌŝůůĞƌ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚŝƐ ďĞŝŶŐ 'ĞƌĂƌĚ

ƵƚůĞƌ͛Ɛ ƚŚŝƌĚ Įůŵ ŽĨ ϮϬϬϵ͕ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŵƵĐŚ to ask for him to perfect his ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ĂĐĐĞŶƚ͘ :ĂŵŝĞ &Žǆǆ͛Ɛ EŝĐŬ ZŝĐĞ ŝƐ ƵŶůŝŬĞĂďůĞ͕ ŵŽƌĞ interested in maintaining his ĂůŵŽƐƚ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĐŽŶǀŝĐƟŽŶ ƌĂƚĞ than the welfare of his family. >Ăǁ ďŝĚŝŶŐ ŝƟǌĞŶ͕ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐŽŽĚ ǀĞƌƐƵƐ ďĂĚ ŐƵǇ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ƉƵƚƐ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ũƵƐƟĐĞ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ͕ ŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ͘ 'ƌŝƉƉŝŶŐ͕ ƚĞŶƐĞ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƐǇ ƚŽ ĨŽůůŽǁ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĞƐĐĂƉŝƐŵ from every-day stress. James Galloway

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There is a limited choice in ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ƚŚĞŵĞĚ ĮůŵƐ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŵƉƌŽǀŝƐĞĚ ƌŝƟƐŚ comedy EĂƟǀŝƚǇ is one of the few. It takes place in St ĞƌŶĂĚĞƩĞ͛Ɛ WƌŝŵĂƌǇ ^ĐŚŽŽů in Coventry, a school with a ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ ŶĂƟǀŝƚǇ ƉůĂǇ ĨĂŝůƵƌĞƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ĂĐƚŽƌͲƚƵƌŶĞĚͲƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ WĂƵů DĂĚĚĞŶƐ͕ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ďǇ DĂƌƟŶ &ƌĞĞŵĂŶ͕ ŝƐ ůĞŌ ƚŽ ĚŝƌĞĐƚ͘ ŌĞƌ ŚŝƐ ůĂƐƚ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ Ă ƐĐĂƚŚŝŶŐ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌ ĐƌŝƟĐ ; ůĂŶ ĂƌƌͿ͕ ŚĞ͛Ɛ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚ͘ ^Ž ǁŚĞŶ ŚĞ ďƵŵƉƐ into a former drama school friend, who works at a posh ƐĐŚŽŽů͕ ǁŚŽƐĞ ŶĂƟǀŝƚǇ ƉůĂǇ ŝƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ Ă ƌŽĂƌŝŶŐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͕ ŚĞ͛Ɛ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ƉƌĞƩǇ ĚĞĨĞŶĐĞůĞƐƐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ůŽŶŐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĂƚ ,ŽůůǇǁŽŽĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌƐ are coming to watch St

ĞƌŶĂĚĞƩĞ͛Ɛ ŶĂƟǀŝƚǇ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǀŝĞǁ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ă Įůŵ͘ WĂƵů͛Ɛ ŽŶĞ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ͕ ĞǆͲŐŝƌůĨƌŝĞŶĚ :ĞŶŶŝĨĞƌ ; ƐŚůĞǇ Jensen) who now lives LA, is his ŽŶůǇ ŚŽƉĞ͘ ,ŝƐ ŽŶůǇ ŽďƐƚĂĐůĞ ŝƐ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ ďĂĐŬ ƚŚĞ ůŽǀĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ůŝĨĞ͘ dĂŬŝŶŐ ƵƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ũŽƵƌŶĞǇ ŝƐ Ă ĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵ ĨƵůů ŽĨ ĐŚĂƌŵŝŶŐůǇ ĂǁŬǁĂƌĚ kids, determined to prove ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĐŚŽŽů͛Ɛ ͚ŶŽͲŚŽƉĞƌ͛ ƌĞƉƵƚĂƟŽŶ ǁƌŽŶŐ͘ &ƌĞĞŵĂŶ͕ ŵĞĂŶǁŚŝůĞ͕ ƉƵůůƐ Žī Ă ŵŝǆ ŽĨ Scrooge-like tendencies and kindheartedness very well. ^ůĂƉƐƟĐŬ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ ŝƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ďǇ Dƌ WŽƉƉǇ͕ Ă ĐŚŝůĚŝƐŚ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞŶĚůĞƐƐůǇ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐƟĐ ĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵ ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ďǇ DĂƌĐ tŽŽƩŽŶ͘ DĂŶǇ ĮůŵƐ ŵĂƐƋƵĞƌĂĚĞ ĂƐ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛Ɛ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĞƐ ǁŚŝůĞ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ŐƌŽǁŶͲƵƉ ũŽŬĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŝƐ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ

ĨŽƌ Ă ǇŽƵŶŐĞƌ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͘ ĐŚĂŽƟĐ ƚĂůĞ ŽĨ ƐƚĞĂůŝŶŐ ĨĂƌŵ animals, singing rap songs, ĂŶĚ Ă ƚƌŝƉ ƚŽ > ͕ ŝƚ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ answers the wildest childhood ĨĂŶƚĂƐŝĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚŽŽů ŶĂƟǀŝƚǇ ƉůĂǇ͘ KĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ƌĞŵŝŶĚĞƌƐ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ͛Ɛ important at Christmas: friends and family, providing some shameless holiday cheesiness. ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ĂŶ ŝŶƐƚĂŶƚ Christmas classic, EĂƟǀŝƚǇ does try something refreshingly ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͘ /ƚ ŽīĞƌƐ ĨĂŵŝůǇ friendly viewing while avoiding ŵĂŶǇ ĨĞƐƟǀĞ ĐůŝĐŚĠƐ͖ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽƚ Ă &ĂƚŚĞƌ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ƐƵŝƚ Žƌ Ă ďƵŶĐŚ ŽĨ ŵŝƐƚůĞƚŽĞ ŝŶ ƐŝŐŚƚ͘ Emma Featherstone

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®Ù͗ :͘ :͘ Ù ÃÝ Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϭϲͬϭϭͬϬϵ ZĞŝŶǀĞŶƟŶŐ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ĞǆĐůƵƐŝǀĞ ĚŽŵĂŝŶ ŽĨ DĂĚŽŶŶĂ and ŽĐƚŽƌ tŚŽ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂƚŵĂŶ and :ĂŵĞƐ ŽŶĚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƋƵĞů͕ ^ƚĂƌ dƌĞŬ is in good company. The ĞĂƌůǇ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ Ă ďůĂĐŬͲŚŽůĞ ƚŽ ĂŶ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐĞ ŵĂǇ ůƵƌĞͲ ŝŶ ĨĂŶƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ƐĞƌǀĞƐ ƚŽ ĨƌĞĞ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŶǇ ĮĚĞůŝƚǇ ƚŽ the Trekkie franchise. Thanks to this, ^ƚĂƌ dƌĞŬ is allowed ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ƌŽŵƉŝŶŐ ƐƉĂĐĞ ĂĐƟŽŶͲĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ

ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƚŽ ĨĂƵůƚ͘ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ :͘:͘ ďƌĂŵƐ ĂůƐŽ ďĞŶĞĮƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĞƐĐĂƉŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ds roots, as he trades in the >ŽƐƚůŝŬĞ ĞīĞĐƚƐ ĨŽƌ ĨĂƐƚ ĂŶĚ ĨƵƌŝŽƵƐ ƐƉĂĐĞ ďĂƩůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂŶĞƚ ŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŶŽ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ pine for tĞƐƚ tŝŶŐ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ ŝŶ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŽƐƚĞŶƐŝďůǇ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ƐƉĂĐĞ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞ ƐŝŶĐĞ >ƵĐĂƐ ƌĂŶ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŝĚĞĂƐ ĂŶĚ ƚƌŝĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƋƵĞů ŝĚĞĂ͘ tŝƚŚ ŝĐĞ ƉůĂŶĞƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĨƵƌƌǇ side-kicks, ^ƚĂƌ dƌĞŬ invites

comparisons to ^ƚĂƌ tĂƌƐ and yet stands on its own merits. /Ĩ ďƌĂŵ͛Ɛ ŽďũĞĐƟǀĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ŝŶũĞĐƚ Ă ĚŽƐĞ ŽĨ ĂĚƌĞŶĂůŝŶĞ into this aged franchise he ŚĂƐ ƐƵĐĐĞĞĚĞĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƋƵĞů ŶŽƚ ĚƵĞ ƵŶƟů ϮϬϭϮ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ familiar with ^ƚĂƌ dƌĞŬ͛Ɛ ďƌĂǀĞ new world. Josh Butler

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tŚŝůƐƚ dŚĞ ϰϬ zĞĂƌ KůĚ sŝƌŐŝŶ and <ŶŽĐŬĞĚ hƉ were very ĨƵŶŶǇ͕ ŶĞŝƚŚĞƌ ŽŶĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĂƐ ĨƵŶŶǇ ĂƐ dŽĚĚ WŚŝůŝƉƐ͛ dŚĞ ,ĂŶŐŽǀĞƌ͘ The premise is a fairly typical one: three friends, ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐŽŽŶ ƚŽ ďĞ ďƌŽƚŚĞƌͲŝŶͲůĂǁ͕ ƐĞƚ Žī ŽŶ that all-American rite of ƉĂƐƐĂŐĞ͖ ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŚĞůŽƌ ƉĂƌƚǇ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝůĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ĞƋƵĂůůǇ ĚŝƐĂƐƚƌŽƵƐ ĐŽŶƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞƐ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ƐĞƌǀĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ

ƐŽŵĞ ƚǇƉŝĐĂů ŐƌŽƐƐͲŽƵƚ ĐŽŵŝĐ ƐŬĞƚĐŚĞƐ͕ ǁŝƩǇ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ŐĂŐƐ ĂƌĞ ŝŶ ĂďƵŶĚĂŶĐĞ͘ >ĂƐ sĞŐĂƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ƐĞƫŶŐ for their x-rated escapades: a world where anything can happen. dŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ͖ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐ ŐŝŐŐůĞͲĂͲŵŝŶƵƚĞ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ͕ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ƚŚĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞŵĞŶƚ ĨĞůƚ ǁŚĞŶ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ŝƚ͘ 'ŽŝŶŐ ŽŶ Ă ũŽƵƌŶĞǇ͕ ƉŝĞĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ƌĞƚƌŽƐƉĞĐƟǀĞůǇ͕ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŚǇƐƚĞƌŝĐĂů ŇĂǁĞĚ

protagonists means the gripping fast pace never lets ƵƉ͘ WĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ŵĞŵŽƌĂďůĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ͕ ůĂŶ ͚ĨĂƚ :ĞƐƵƐ͛ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ŐĂŶŐƐƚĞƌ Dƌ ŚŽǁ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ŝŶ ƐƟƚĐŚĞƐ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ,ĞĂƚŚĞƌ 'ƌĂŚĂŵ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ŽŶ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĨŽƌŵ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĞŶũŽǇĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŽǀĞƌ ĂŐĂŝŶ͘ Naomi Fraser

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CHRISTMAS CLASSICS>IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, 1946 It’s a Wonderful Life is frequently played on various ĐŚĂŶŶĞůƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĞ season. The heart-warming ƐƚŽƌǇ ĂŶĚ ĐƌŽƐƐͲŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶĂů ĂƉƉĞĂů ŚĂǀĞ ŵĂĚĞ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ƟŵĞůĞƐƐ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ǁĂƐ not always a success. When it was released on the 20th December 1946, it was ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ Ă ďŽǆ ŽĸĐĞ ĨĂŝůƵƌĞ because of its high budget, its struggle to compete with ŽƚŚĞƌ ĮůŵƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐĞƉƟŽŶ from audiences who were saying that the story was too ŵƵƐŚǇ ĂŶĚ ŝŵƉƌŽďĂďůĞ͘ ƌŝƟĐƐ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ƉƌĞŵŝĞƌĞ͕ ǁĞƌĞ ŶŽƚ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐĞĚ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ͖ Ă New York Times journalist Bosley

ƌŽǁƚŚĞƌ ƐƚĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ĚĞƉŝĐƚ Ă ƌĞĂů ƐŽůƵƟŽŶ to real problems, and that the people were too happy and

ŽƉƟŵŝƐƟĐ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ĮĐƟŽŶĂů ĞĚĨŽƌĚ &ĂůůƐ͕ Ă ƐŵĂůů town where everybody knows

everybody. Through a series of ŇĂƐŚďĂĐŬƐ ǁĞ ůĞĂƌŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ ĂŝůĞǇ ;:ĂŵĞƐ ^ƚĞǁĂƌƚͿ͖ a generous and caring man who has to give up his dream of seeing the world in order to help others. The structure ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŇĂƐŚďĂĐŬƐ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ͕ Clarence, George’s guardian angel, can learn, along with the audience, about George’s plight. It is Christmas Eve, and ŚĞ ŝƐ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉůĂƟŶŐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ his life. Clarence manages to stop him by showing him what ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŝĨ ŚĞ ŚĂĚ never been born. Through this experience, George realises that although he has not seen his dreams ĐŽŵĞ ƚƌƵĞ͕ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ƐƟůů

accomplished a lot during ŚŝƐ ůŝĨĞƟŵĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ him the town of Bedford Falls ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ place. It is easy to see how ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ ĂůŝŬĞ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝŵƉƌŽďĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ƵŶƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ͕ but it can be argued that the implausibility is the very thing ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ƚŽĚĂǇ ĮŶĚ ƐŽ appealing. The fact that the Įůŵ ƐƚĂƌƐ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ůĞŐĞŶĚ James Stewart playing one of his most memorable roles can’t hurt. It’s a Wonderful Life was given a second chance ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϳϯ ǁŚĞŶ͕ ĂŌĞƌ Ϯϳ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ĐŽƉǇƌŝŐŚƚ

ůĂƉƐĞĚ Ͳ ƚŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů dĞůĞĮůŵ Associates who owned the ƌŝŐŚƚƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ĮůĞ for a renewal of the copyright. This oversight led to the Įůŵ ďĞŝŶŐ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ĐŽƵŶƚůĞƐƐ ƟŵĞƐ ŽŶ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŝƚ ŝŶĮůƚƌĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŚŽŵĞƐ ŽĨ America and was seen by new ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ͘ ǀĞŶ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ŽĨ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĞƌĂ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĐŽƵůĚ ƐƟůů ƌĞůĂƚĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ messages. The lapse of copyright was the best thing that could have happened to It’s a Wonderful Life. It gave a new lease of life ƚŽ Ă Įůŵ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĨŽƌŐŽƩĞŶ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĮǀĞ ĐĂĚĞŵǇ Awards, it didn’t win a single

one. But this does not lessen ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ Christmas culture. Fondness ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŚĂƐ ĐĂƵƐĞĚ ŵĂŶǇ a homage and spoof of the story or the characters, for example the characters Bert and Ernie in Sesame Street ĂƌĞ ĂīĞĐƟŽŶĂƚĞůǇ ŶĂŵĞĚ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝĐĞŵĂŶ ĂŶĚ ƚĂǆŝ driver in Bedford Falls. It’s a Wonderful Life is so embedded into our popular culture that it is hard to believe that a story about seasonal cheer and the importance of friendship, not money, could have been such ĂŶ ŝŶŝƟĂů ŇŽƉ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůůǇ ĐŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĨŽƌŐŽƩĞŶ͘ Rachel Coxon

PRESS RELEASE>AN INTERVIEW WITH GERARD BUTLER

ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ &ŝůŵ ŚĂĚ ĂŶ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ŽīĞƌ ůĂƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ͖ ƚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚ the press conference of Law ďŝĚŝŶŐ ŝƟǌĞŶ in London, with Gerard Butler. Here are the ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ the answers …

As a Law student, I can imagine the script would have had a ŚƵŐĞ ĂƩƌĂĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ ǇŽƵ ĨƌŽŵ the beginning. Yes it did, that was one of the ŝŶŝƟĂů ĂƩƌĂĐƟŽŶƐ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ͙ but also, having been involved with the law, I realised that I no longer wanted any involvement with it!

dŚŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƐĞĞƐ ǇŽƵ ĂƐ Ă ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ͘͘͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ because I’d never done it ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĐĂŵĞ Ă ƟŵĞ when I felt that when you get a lot more to say in movies, and what’s going to be made, then you want to be more involved and take the credit for it. For me it was three years of ƌĞĂůůǇ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŚŝŶŐ ŐŽŝŶŐ and developing. We went to another director… it was a long ũŽƵƌŶĞǇ ƚŽ ĮŶĂůůǇ ŐĞƚ ŝƚ ŵĂĚĞ͘

Iƚ͛Ɛ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ĚĂƌŬ͕ ďůĂĐŬ Įůŵ͖ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ĮůŵŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ ĚŝĚ ǇŽƵ ƚĂŬĞ

ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĂƚ ŚŽŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ ǇŽƵ͍ Yes absolutely, I don’t think I was always in a good space ǁŚĞŶ ĮůŵŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽǀŝĞ͘ This was partly because of the character and what he was going through, but also because I was trying to produce ĂŶĚ ĂĐƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟŵĞ͘

/ ŚĞĂƌĚ ǇŽƵ ĚŝĚ ƐŽŵĞ ŚĞůů ƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ŽīͲƐĞƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƐŽŵĞ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ƚĞůů͍ Raising hell… I don’t drink! At the weekends we were out a ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ƟŵĞƐ ďƵƚ / ǁŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ say we “raised hell”. We didn’t have any orgies (laughs).

zŽƵ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůůǇ ƐŝŐŶĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ Jamie Foxx’s character, what were the reasons behind the ƐǁŝƚĐŚ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁĞƌĞ ǇŽƵ ƐĂƟƐĮĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ŝƚ ǁĞŶƚ͍ / ǁĂƐ͘ dŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƟŵĞ ǁĞŶƚ ŽŶ͕ the more I was seduced by the other role and thinking that it was something I had never ƉůĂǇĞĚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘ / ŽŌĞŶ ƉůĂǇ ƚŚĞ more heroic character with a more straight forward, subtle journey - I wanted something I could get my teeth into. We ĮŐƵƌĞĚ :ĂŵŝĞ ǁĂƐ ŵŽƐƚ ůŝŬĞůǇ to want to play the prosecutor ƐŽ / ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚĞĚ / ŽīĞƌ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ the other role. The second I said it I thought “Ah I shouldn’t

have said that because they might say yes”. They did, and I was kind of screwed. But in hindsight I have no regrets.

Brothers are stuck trying to resolve legal issues with Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel’s family. The Siegel family managed to win back the rights to the characters ĐƌĞĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ĐŽƵƌƚ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ year. * Warner Brothers are reportedly unhappy with the results of Brian Singers’ Superman Returns and intend to reboot the franchise, once they have managed to resolve the outstanding legal issues. * Mathew Vaughn and Mark Millar are rumoured to be developing the reboot if it gets the green light. Meanwhile, in

Gotham, Chris Nolan is yet to ƐŝŐŶ ƵƉ ĨŽƌ Ă ƚŚŝƌĚ Įůŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Batman franchise, leaving its future uncertain. * Nolan has stated in interviews that he would only return to the franchise if he felt there was a story worth telling, meaning that rumours of Johnny Depp playing the Riddler or Philip ^ĞǇŵŽƵƌ ,ŽīŵĂŶ ƐƚĂƌƌŝŶŐ ĂƐ the Penguin are completely unfounded. * In other comic book news, Sherlock Holmes director Guy ZŝƚĐŚŝĞ ŝƐ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŶŐ ĂŶ ƵƉĐŽŵŝŶŐ ĂĚĂƉƚĂƟŽŶ of Lobo: Highway to Hell.

tŚĂƚ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ƚŚŝŶŬ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ǁŝůů ƚĂŬĞ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ͍ I always like movies to have some kind of message going on, and with this there’s ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ analysis of the legal system and the consequences of abusing it. There’s also a huge popcorn ĞůĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽǀŝĞ͖ ŝƚ ŐĞƚƐ to the point where it’s just pure entertainment. ůŝǌĂďĞƚŚ WŽŽůĞ Θ ^ƚĂĐĞǇ Larnder

TRIVIA TIME * Roman Polanski is to leave Switzerland. He has been in jail there since September, and will now be moved to a luxury Swiss Ski resort. Polanski was ĚĞƚĂŝŶĞĚ ďǇ ^ǁŝƐƐ ŽĸĐŝĂůƐ ŝŶ September this year, as he ĂƌƌŝǀĞĚ ŝŶ ƵƌŝĐŚ ƚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ &ŝůŵ &ĞƐƟǀĂů ǁŚĞƌĞ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ Ă >ŝĨĞƟŵĞ Achievement Award. Ύ >ĞŐĂů ŽĸĐŝĂůƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ United States had arranged Polanski’s arrest with the ^ǁŝƐƐ ĂƵƚŚŽƌŝƟĞƐ ƐŽ ƚŚĞǇ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞŐŝŶ ĞǆƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ ƉƌŽĐĞĞĚŝŶŐƐ ƌĞůĂƟŶŐ ƚŽ ĐŚĂƌŐĞƐ ŽĨ ƐĞǆƵĂů abuse that have been pending since 1978.

* The next Twilight instalment, Eclipse, has already wrapped ĮůŵŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ŽƉĞŶ ŝŶ the United Kingdom in July ϮϬϭϬ͘ &ĂŶ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ

Eclipse has already begun, with new fan-made trailers for ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĂƉƉĞĂƌŝŶŐ ŽŶ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞƐ such as Google and Youtube. * With the huge business that the Twilight franchise has ĂƩƌĂĐƚĞĚ ƐŽ ĨĂƌ͕ ŵĂŶǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ ĂƌĞ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů Įůŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ͕ Breaking Dawn, will be split into two parts in a similar ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ the ,ĂƌƌǇ WŽƩĞƌ series, The Deathly Hallows. * Elsewhere, things are not looking good for men in capes. The Superman franchise is currently in the ninth level of development hell, as Warner

Ritchie is set to direct the Įůŵ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ƐĐƌŝƉƚĞĚ by Anthrax ŐƵŝƚĂƌŝƐƚ ^ĐŽƩ /ĂŶ͕ and produced by Joel Silver. However, it is unknown when ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ǁŝůů ŐŽ ŝŶƚŽ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ͘ * Despite the fact that the Įůŵ ŚĂƐ ǇĞƚ ƚŽ ŽƉĞŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h<͕ Avatar star Sam Worthington has revealed that he has signed ƵƉ ƚŽ Įůŵ ƚǁŽ ŵŽƌĞ ƉĂƌƚƐ ŽĨ the trilogy. Worthington fears he may be an old man by the ƟŵĞ ƚŚĞ ƚƌŝůŽŐǇ͛Ɛ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ͕ due to the fact it has taken James Cameron fourteen ǇĞĂƌƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƉĂƌƚ of the trilogy. Bert Wardlow

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FRONT ROW>THE LOVELY BONES PREVIEW ƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐƐ ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ The Lovely Bones WĞƚĞƌ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ ƋƵŽƚĞƐ ,ŝƚĐŚĐŽĐŬ ǁŚĞŶ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚŝƐ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌŝĂů ƐƚǇůĞ͗ ͞^ŽŵĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͛Ɛ ĮůŵƐ ĂƌĞ ƐůŝĐĞƐ ŽĨ ůŝĨĞ͕ ŵŝŶĞ ĂƌĞ ƐůŝĐĞƐ ŽĨ ĐĂŬĞ͘͟ ŽͲ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ďǇ ƚŚĞ >ŽƌĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ZŝŶŐƐ ƐĐƌĞĞŶƉůĂǇ ƚĞĂŵ ʹWŚŝůŝƉƉĂ ŽǇĞŶƐ͕ &ƌĂŶ tĂůƐŚ ĂŶĚ ͚W:͛ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ʹ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ Ă ƐůŝĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶͲ ĐůĂŶ͛Ɛ ĐĂŬĞ͘ ĚƌĂŵĂ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĂŵŝĮĐĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďƌƵƚĂů ŵƵƌĚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƌĂƉĞ ŽĨ Ă ǇŽƵŶŐ Őŝƌů ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ƐŚĞ ůĞĂǀĞƐ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ƐĞĞŵ ůŝŬĞ ĂŶ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ŽĨ ŶŽǀĞů ĨŽƌ WĞƚĞƌ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ ƚŽ ĂĚĂƉƚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚ͘ ,Ğ ĂĚŵŝƩĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ͞ĂĚĂƉƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďŽŽŬ ǁĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ĚŽŶĞ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ůŝǀĞƐ͖͟ Ă ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ŶŽǀĞů ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉƌĞƐƐ ŝŶƚŽ Ă Įůŵ ŝƚ ŵĂǇ ďĞ͕ ďƵƚ ƵŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌĞĞŶǁƌŝƟŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ĐƵƚ ŽƵƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƐƵďͲƉůŽƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŶŽƚĂďůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐƵƚƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƌŽŵĂŶĐĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ >ĞŶ &ĞŶĞƌŵĂŶ ĂŶĚ ďŝŐĂŝů ^ĂůŵŽŶ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŐŽŶĞ ƚŽŽ ŝƐ ZĂǇ ĂŶĚ ZƵƚŚƐ͛ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ͘ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ ŚĂƐ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵ ůŝĐĞ ^ĞďŽůĚ͛Ɛ ͚ZŝĐŚĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ :ƵĚǇ͛ ďŽŽŬ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ϭϮ Įůŵ ĂŝŵĞĚ Ăƚ Ă ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ŵĂƐƐ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ͘

:ĂĐŬƐŽŶ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶĞĚ ŚŽǁ ͞ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͖͟ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĐĂƐĞ ǇŽƵ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ͚ƌĞĂů͛ ƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ƐŽ ĂůŝĞŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞƉŽŶǇŵŽƵƐ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĂƚ ƚƌŝůŽŐǇ͘ ƌĂŵĂƟĐ ƌĞĂůŝƐŵ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ͛Ɛ ĨŽƌƚĞ ĂŶĚ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƉĞŶĐŚĂŶƚ ĨŽƌ ŽǀĞƌͲƚŚĞͲƚŽƉ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ǁŝůů ƐƟĐŬ ŽƵƚ ƉĂŝŶĨƵůůǇ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ ǁĂƚĐŚĞƌ ʹ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ŇĂƐŚĞƐ ŽĨ ũĞƌŬǇ ĂŶĚ ĂŵĂƚĞƵƌͲ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ŚĂŶĚŚĞůĚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ ǁŽƌŬ͕ ĐƌĞĞƉǇ ŚĂůůǁĂǇƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞ ;ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐĂƉŝƚĂů ͚Ğ͛Ϳ ĐůŽƐĞͲƵƉƐ͘ /Ŷ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŝƌƌŽƌ dĞƌƌǇ 'ŝůůŝĂŵ͛Ɛ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚͲƚŚĞͲůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ŐůĂƐƐ ƐƚǇůĞ ŝŶ dŚĞ /ŵĂŐŝŶĂƌŝƵŵ ŽĨ ŽĐƚŽƌ WĂƌŶĂƐƐƵƐ͕ ^ƵƐŝĞ ǁĂƚĐŚĞƐ ŽǀĞƌ ŚĞƌ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ŝŶ Ă ŵĞƚĂƉŚŽƌŝĐĂů ŐůĂƐƐ ďŽƩůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ͚ŵŝĚĚůĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͛ ʹ Ă ƉůĂĐĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ŚĞĂǀĞŶ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƌƚŚ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ͚ŵŝĚĚůĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͛ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞ ƐƵŵƉƚƵŽƵƐ ĐŝŶĞŵĂƚŽŐƌĂƉŚǇ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌĞŝŶ ůŝĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ƚĞĂŵ͘ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƚƌŝĞĚ ͞ƚŽ ƉƌĞƐĞƌǀĞ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ƐŽ ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ďŽŽŬ͟ ďƵƚ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ŶŽƚ ƐƵĐĐĞĞĚĞĚ͘

dŽ ƚĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌĚƐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ůŝĐĞ ^ĞďŽůĚ͛Ɛ ŵŽƵƚŚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶŽǀĞů ǁĂƐ ŵĞĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚ ŚŽǁ ͞ǁĞ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ͛ǀĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ ΀ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ΁ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ͘͟ dŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ďŽŽŬ ƐŚĞ ƚƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚ ŚŽǁ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ ŝƐ ĞǀĞƌǇǁŚĞƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ǀŝƚĂů ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ ƚŚĞ ĞƐƐĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶŽǀĞů ŚĂƐ ŶŽƚ ďĞĞŶ ĐĂƉƚƵƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͘ ŌĞƌ ĞŶũŽǇŝŶŐ ǁŝĚĞƐƉƌĞĂĚ ĂĐĐůĂŝŵ ;ĂŶĚ ƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ĐĂƐŚ ƌĞŐŝƐƚĞƌƐͿ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďŽŽŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟƚůĞ͕ dŚĞ >ŽǀĞůǇ ŽŶĞƐ ŝƐ ĂŝŵŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ŽŶ ĐĞůůƵůŽŝĚ ŝŶ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ ϮϬϭϬ͘ Hannah Livingston

Resident Tutors Do you want to make a positive difference to the experiences of students living in University residences? tĞ ĂƌĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ŵŽƟǀĂƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐƟĐ ĨƵůůͲƟŵĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚ ĂƐ ZĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ dƵƚŽƌƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ǇĞĂƌ ϮϬϭϬͲϭϭ͘ ƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƉŽƐƚŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞĚ͘ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŶĞǆƚ ǇĞĂƌ ĂďƌŽĂĚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĂůƐŽ ĂƉƉůǇ ŶŽǁ ĨŽƌ ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϭϭ͘ ZĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ dƵƚŽƌƐ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ĮƌƐƚ ŵŽǀĞ ŝŶƚŽ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞƐ͕ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƚŚĞŵ ŵĂŶĂŐĞ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŶƐŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ůŝĨĞ ĂŶĚ͕ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ĂƌĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĚĞĂů ǁŝƚŚ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞƐ͘ Ǉ ƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĞĚŝĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵͲƐŽůǀŝŶŐ ƐŬŝůůƐ͕ ZĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ dƵƚŽƌƐ ŚĞůƉ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶ Ă ďĂůĂŶĐĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐ ŽĨ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ŝŶ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞƐ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ ĂůůͲƌŽƵŶĚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐŬŝůůƐ͕ ĂƌĞ ŶŽŶͲũƵĚŐŵĞŶƚĂů͕ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĞŵƉĂƚŚŝƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ĐŽŵŵŽŶůǇ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ ďǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ŚĂǀĞ ŐŽŽĚ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ĂŶĚ ƐƉŽŬĞŶ ŶŐůŝƐŚ͕ ŐŽŽĚ ƟŵĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ƐŬŝůůƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ĨŽůůŽǁ ĐůĞĂƌůǇ ĚĞĮŶĞĚ ƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞƐ͕ ŇĞǆŝďŝůŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ Ă ǁŝůůŝŶŐŶĞƐƐ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ƵŶƐŽĐŝĂů ŚŽƵƌƐ͕ ǁĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ŚĞĂƌ ĨƌŽŵ ǇŽƵ͘ ǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ǀƵůŶĞƌĂďůĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂŶ ĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ƚŽ Ă ĐƌŝŵŝŶĂů ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ĐŚĞĐŬ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŵŝŶĂů ZĞĐŽƌĚƐ ƵƌĞĂƵ͘ ƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ƉĂĐŬƐ ĂƌĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĞĂŶ ŽĨ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ KĸĐĞ ZĞĐĞƉƟŽŶ Žƌ ĨƌŽŵ ŝŶƚƌĂŶĞƚ͘ƵĞĂ͘ĂĐ͘ƵŬͬƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐͬ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐͬ ĐĐŽŵŵͬZdͬŶĞǁƐ

dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ Ϯ ĐůŽƐŝŶŐ ĚĂƚĞƐ ĨŽƌ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ͗

&ƌŝĚĂǇ ϭϭ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϬϵ ;ĂƉƉůŝĐĂŶƚƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŝŶǀŝƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ Žƌ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƵŶƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ďǇ ϱ &ĞďƌƵĂƌǇ ϮϬϭϬͿ

&ƌŝĚĂǇ Ϯϵ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ ϮϬϭϬ ;ĂƉƉůŝĐĂŶƚƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŝŶǀŝƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ Žƌ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƵŶƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ďǇ ϭϵ DĂƌĐŚ ϮϬϭϬͿ͘

wired

01dec09 issue236

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<GAMING><REVIEWS> ASSASSIN’S CREED 2

For those who can unglue their eyes from Modern Warfare 2 ĨŽƌ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ǁŚŝůĞ͕ Assassin’s Creed 2 is the other big game of November and one of the biggest and most hyped games of ϮϬϬϵ͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƐĞƋƵĞů ;ǁĞ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ďĞ ŐĞƫŶŐ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇͿ ƚŽ Ă ĐƌŝƟĐĂůůǇ ĂĐĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ŐĂŵĞ͕ AC2 is one of the uncommon cases where the sequel is superior to the original in every single aspect imaginable. hďŝƐŽŌ ŚĂǀĞ ƚĂŬĞŶ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐŵ ĂŝŵĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ Assassin’s Creed into their ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ͕ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ ŝƚ ƐŝŵƉůǇ͕ ĮǆĞĚ ŝƚ͘ dŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŚĂƐ ŐŽŶĞ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŶ ŝůůͲĚĞĮŶĞĚ ĂĐƟŽŶ ŐĂŵĞ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ĨƵůůǇ ŝŵŵĞƌƐŝǀĞ ŽƉĞŶ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ƐĂŶĚďŽǆ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͘ 'ŽŶĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƟƌĞƐŽŵĞ ͞ƉŝĐŬƉŽĐŬĞƚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ĞĂǀĞƐĚƌŽƉ ŽŶ ƚǁŽ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͟ ƌŽƵƟŶĞ ǇŽƵ ŽŶĐĞ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƚŽ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ assassinate someone. The guy just tells you where to go and you are free to approach the ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ŝŶ ǁŚĂƚĞǀĞƌ ǁĂǇ ǇŽƵ ǁŝƐŚ͘ 'ŽŶĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂůĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƉĞƟƟǀĞ ĐŽŵďĂƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŐĂŵĞ͖ ŝŶ AC2͕ ĮŐŚƟŶŐ ǁŝůů ŶĞǀĞƌ ŐĞƚ ďŽƌŝŶŐ͕ ƵŶůĞƐƐ ǇŽƵ ĨĂůů ďĂĐŬ ŽŶ ŚŝƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĨĂƵůƚ ĂƩĂĐŬ ďƵƩŽŶ ƌĞƉĞĂƚĞĚůǇ͘ /ŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ŽŶůǇ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĨŽƵƌ ǁĞĂƉŽŶƐ͕ ǇŽƵ ŶŽǁ ƚĂƉ Ă ďƵƩŽŶ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĂƉŽŶ select menu (a welcome change to the game’s ŝŶƚĞƌĨĂĐĞͿ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĐŚŽŽƐĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ůŝŬĞ ƐŵŽŬĞ ďŽŵďƐ͕ ƉŽŝƐŽŶĞĚ ĂƐƐĂƐƐŝŶ͛Ɛ ďůĂĚĞƐ ;ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƚǁŽ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ ŶŽǁ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞͿ͕ ƚŚƌŽǁŝŶŐ ŬŶŝǀĞƐ͕ ĞƚĐ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ŶŽǁ ƐŝĚĞƐƚĞƉ͕ ĚŝƐĂƌŵ͕ ŚĞĂĚďƵƩ͕ ŬŝĐŬ ŝŶ ŐƌŽŝŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƌŽǁ ŐƵĂƌĚƐ Žī ƚŽǁĞƌŝŶŐ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ

ĂŵƵƐŝŶŐ͕ ŝĨ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĨƵƐĞĚ ƌĞĂĐƟŽŶƐ of the people on the ground. Leonardo da Vinci ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĂƉŽŶƐ͕ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌŽůĞ ŽĨ Y ĨƌŽŵ James Bond in the game. This brings up the topic ŽĨ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƐƚŽƌǇůŝŶĞ͘ zŽƵ ƉůĂǇ ĂƐ ǌŝŽ ƵĚŝƚƵĞƌƌĞ ĚĞ &ŝƌĞŶǌĞ͕ Ă ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ǇŽƵ ďĞĐŽŵĞ close to as you are introduced to him literally from his birth (which also serves as a clever ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ ƚƵƚŽƌŝĂůͿ͕ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŚŝƐ ǁŽŵĂŶŝǌŝŶŐ ǇŽƵŶŐƐƚĞƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĂůůǇ͕ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐ events that turn him into a badass assassin.

AC2 ŝƐ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ďĞƩĞƌ Ăƚ ŝŵŵĞƌƐŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŐĂŵĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ĮǆĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚ ũĂƌƌŝŶŐ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ AC1 whereby you were made to constantly switch between the past and the present. AC2 ƚĂŬĞƐ Žī ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĞǆĂĐƚ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŐĂŵĞ ĂďƌƵƉƚůǇ ĞŶĚĞĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƌƚƐ ďǇ ũĂŝůďƌĞĂŬŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ĚĂǇ ƚĞŵƉůĂƌ ƐƚƌŽŶŐŚŽůĚ ĂŶĚ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ to the assassin’s hideout where it’s revealed ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŬĞǇ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƌ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƐƐĂƐƐŝŶƐ

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&ƵƚƵƌĞŵĂƌŬ͕ Ă ĐŽŵƉĂŶǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϭϵϵϳ ďĞĞŶ ƉƌŝŵĂƌŝůǇ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ďĞŶĐŚŵĂƌŬŝŶŐ ƐŽŌǁĂƌĞ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ ŚĂƌĚǁĂƌĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĐƵƫŶŐ ĞĚŐĞ ŐƌĂƉŚŝĐĂů ƚĞƐƚƐ͕ ŚĂƐ ĨŽƌŵĞĚ &ƵƚƵƌĞŵĂƌŬ 'ĂŵĞƐ ^ƚƵĚŝŽ ;&'^Ϳ ĂŶĚ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ^ŚĂƩĞƌĞĚ ,ŽƌŝǌŽŶ͕ Ă ĮƌƐƚ person shooter (FPS) set in space. It is unique ĂŵŽŶŐ &W^ ŐĂŵĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ Ă ǌĞƌŽ ŐƌĂǀŝƚǇ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘ Facing the prospect that your enemies may no longer be solely on the ground in front of ǇŽƵ͕ ďƵƚ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂůůƐ͕ ĐĞŝůŝŶŐ͕ ŽƌďŝƟŶŐ ĚĞďƌŝƐ ĂŶĚ ŇŽĂƟŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͛Ɛ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ďƌŝŶŐƐ ŶĞǁ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚĞƌŵ ͚ƐƉĂƟĂů ĂǁĂƌĞŶĞƐƐ͛͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ůŝŵŝƚĞĚ ƌĂĚĂƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶĚŝĐĂƚĞƐ ĞŶĞŵǇ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚƌĞĞ ĚŝŵĞŶƐŝŽŶƐ͕ but this is only useful at short range and survival relies largely on the player’s ability to be aware ŽĨ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ƌĂŶŐĞ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ͕ ŝŶ ŵŽƐƚ ŐĂŵĞ ŵŽĚĞƐ͕ ďĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ Ă ƚĞĂŵ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ gameplay is fast paced and has something of a ƐƚĞĞƉ ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ĐƵƌǀĞ͘ ǀĞŶ ƐĞĂƐŽŶĞĚ &W^ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚǇ ĂĚũƵƐƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ĐŽŵďĂƚ ŝŶ ƐƉĂĐĞ͘ tĞĂƉŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ĂƐ ĂĐĐƵƌĂƚĞ ĂƐ ŝŶ ŵĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŐĂŵĞƐ ƚŽ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚǇ ŽĨ ŵĂŶŝƉƵůĂƟŶŐ Ă ƌŝŇĞ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ŝŶ Ă ƐƉĂĐĞ ƐƵŝƚ ĂŶĚ ŽƌďŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƚŚ Ăƚ ϭϳ͕ϬϬϬ ŵŝůĞƐ ƉĞƌ ŚŽƵƌ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƚǇƉĞƐ ŽĨ ŐƌĞŶĂĚĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ release of Call of Duty: Grenade Grenadefare 2

gamers will be pleased to hear none of these are ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ Ŭŝůů ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ďǇ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ ZĂƚŚĞƌ͕ they assist players against other players. For ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ DW ŐƌĞŶĂĚĞ ƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌŝůǇ ƉŽǁĞƌƐ ĚŽǁŶ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂƐƚƌŽŶĂƵƚƐ ƐƵŝƚƐ͕ ĐĂƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ŵŽǀĞ ƐůƵŐŐŝƐŚůǇ ĨŽƌ Ă ĨĞǁ ƐĞĐŽŶĚƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ůĞƚŚĂů ŐƌĞŶĂĚĞ ƐƉĂŵŵŝŶŐ ŝŶĚŝĐĂƚĞƐ &'^ has learnt from previous FPS games and have been careful to remove rage-inducing features.

ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ŽĨ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ĚŽŶĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ the full use of dedicated servers – something the gaming community clearly wants. ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ůŽǁ ƉƌŝĐĞ ƚĂŐ͕ ^ŚĂƩĞƌĞĚ ,ŽƌŝǌŽŶ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐŵĂůů ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ŵĂƉƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŽŶůǇ ĨŽƵƌ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ŝŶ ƉůĂǇ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĞĂĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŝƐ ƐƵďƐƚĂŶƟĂů ŝŶ ƐŝǌĞ͕ ĞǆƉĞƌƚůǇ ĐƌĂŌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƵƐĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ŽĨ ŐĂŵĞ ŵŽĚĞƐ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ƚĞĂŵ ĚĞĂƚŚ ŵĂƚĐŚ ƚŽ

ĂŶĚ ƚĞŵƉůĂƌƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƌĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ŝƚƐ ŵŝůůĞŶŶŝĂͲ ůŽŶŐ ĂƉĞǆ͕ ŝƐ ŝŶ ĞƐŵŽŶĚ͛Ɛ ;ƚŚĞ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ĚĂǇ ƉƌŽƚĂŐĂŶŝƐƚͿ E ŵĞŵŽƌǇ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌ ŽĨ ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ŐŽ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĞůŝǀĞ ancestors’ memories. Once you’ve done the ďƌŝĞĨ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ͕ you’re in the past for good and you won’t have to ĚĞĂů ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ĂŶŶŽǇŝŶŐ ŝŶƚĞƌǀĂůƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ game made you endure. AC2 ŚĂƐ ƵƉƉĞĚ ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ ƐƉĞĞĚ͕ ĂŶĚ traversing the city roofs and climbing on anything ŝƐ ƵůƚƌĂͲŇƵŝĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƚĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ͛ůů ĨĞĞů ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŶĂŝƐƐĂŶĐĞ ĞƋƵŝǀĂůĞŶƚ ŽĨ ^ƉŝĚĞƌŵĂŶ͕ ĂůďĞŝƚ a murderous Italian version. The game has ĂĚŽƉƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞĚ ZW' ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ as a monetary system and all sorts of shops that ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ĂƌŵŽƵƌ͕ ƐƵƉƉůŝĞƐ͕ ǁĞĂƉŽŶƐ͕ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƚĞ ŽƵƞŝƚƐ͕ ŚĞĂůŝŶŐ ŝƚĞŵƐ ĞƚĐ͘ /Ŷ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĞĂůƚŚ ĂƐƉĞĐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͕ once again there has been a great improvement ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŐĂŵĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ͚ŚŽůĚ ďƵƩŽŶ ƚŽ ǁĂůŬ ǁŚŝůĞ ƉƌĂǇŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ƚƵƌŶ invisible’ nonsense for starters. The game ĨŽĐƵƐĞƐ Ă ůŽƚ ŵŽƌĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ͚ďůĞŶĚŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ͛ ĂƐƉĞĐƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƌŝŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŽ ĚŝƐƚƌĂĐƚ ŐƵĂƌĚƐ͘ &Žƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ last game you’d run around a corner and go into ƉƌĂǇŝŶŐ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŐƵĂƌĚƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ƚƌĞĂƚ ǇŽƵ ůŝŬĞ ǇŽƵ ǁĞƌĞ ŝŶǀŝƐŝďůĞ͘ /Ŷ AC2 ƚŚĞ ŽƉƟŽŶƐ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ĨŽƌ ĞƐĐĂƉŝŶŐ ĂƌĞ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ŇƵŝĚ ĂŶĚ ĨƵŶ͘ dŚƌŽǁŝŶŐ ƐŵŽŬĞ ďŽŵďƐ ŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ĨƵŶ ĂŶĚ ƵƐĞĨƵů ŝĨ you’re massively outnumbered.

'ƌĂƉŚŝĐĂůůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ŝƐ ƐƵƉĞƌď ĂŶĚ &ŝƌĞŶǌĞ ;&ůŽƌĞŶĐĞͿ ůŽŽŬƐ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ͕ ĂƐ ĚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĐŝƟĞƐ͘ ůů ƚŚĞ ĂŶŝŵĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ƚŚĞ ĐůŝŵďŝŶŐ ŽŶĞƐ͕ ĂƌĞ ƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ ĂŶĚ ƐŵŽŽƚŚ͘ dŚĞ ƐŝĚĞ ƋƵĞƐƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŐƌĞĂƚůǇ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŐĂŵĞ ŝŶ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚ ŽĨ ĚŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͕ ĨƵŶ ĂŶĚ ŝŶŐĞŶƵŝƚǇ͘ zŽƵ͛ůů ŶĞǀĞƌ ĨĞĞů ůŽƐƚ ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĞǁŽƌŬĞĚ ŵĂƉ͘ Assassin’s Creed 2 builds and improves on its predecessor ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ŝŶ ƌĞƚƌŽƐƉĞĐƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ Assassin’s Creed ůŽŽŬƐ ƉƌŝŵŝƟǀĞ ŝŶ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝƐŽŶ͘ zŽƵ͛ůů ŐĞƚ Ăƚ least 18 hours of fun out of AC2͕ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ŽŶůǇ ĚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƐƚŽƌǇůŝŶĞ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ǁŽƌƚŚ ǇŽƵƌ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽŶĞǇ͘ Richard Joslin Available on: PC, 360, PS3 Price: £40 (PC) | £55 (360, PS3)

ŽďũĞĐƟǀĞͲďĂƐĞĚ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐ͘ &ƵƌƚŚĞƌŵŽƌĞ͕ &'^ recently announced forthcoming downloadable ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƵƉ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ŵĂƉƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ four more on the way. KŶĞ ŝƐƐƵĞ &'^ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ĞƐĐĂƉĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ Ă ƐŝŶŐůĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ŵŽĚĞ͕ ƐŽ ŐĂŵĞƌƐ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ for a developed storyline and campaign will be ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚŝƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐĐĞŶĂƌŝŽ in which the game is set is fairly intricate. It is ĐŝƌĐĂ ϮϬϱϬ͕ ŵĂŶŬŝŶĚ ŝƐ ďĂĐŬ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ DŽŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ĞǆƉůŽŝƟŶŐ ŝƚ ĨŽƌ ƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ͘ dŚĞ DŽŽŶ DŝŶŝŶŐ ŽŽƉĞƌĂƟǀĞ ŝƐ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŚƵŐĞ ƉƌŽĮƚƐ͕ ƵŶƟů Ă ĚŝƐĂƐƚƌŽƵƐ ĞǆƉůŽƐŝŽŶ ĐĂƵƐĞƐ ůĂƌŐĞ ĐŚƵŶŬƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ƐĂƚĞůůŝƚĞ ƚŽ ďƌĞĂŬ ĂǁĂǇ͕ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ ďŝůůŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƐƉĂĐĞ ĚĞďƌŝƐ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ƐĞƩůĞƐ ŝŶƚŽ ĂƌƚŚ͛Ɛ Žƌďŝƚ͕ ĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ Ă ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐ ƐŚĂƉĞ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ĂƌƚŚ͛Ɛ ŶŝŐŚƚ ƐŬǇ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ dŚĞ ƌĐ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ƐƚƌĂŶĚĞĚ ŝŶ ƐƉĂĐĞ͕ ƚŚĞ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ^ƉĂĐĞ ŐĞŶĐǇ ŝƐ ƚĂƐŬĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂƉƉƌĞŚĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶĞƌƐ responsible for the catastrophe. They and the miners engage in a struggle to control The Arc to ƐƵƌǀŝǀĞ͘ tŚŝůĞ ĞĂĐŚ ŵĂƉ ŚĂƐ Ă ƐŵĂůů ƐƚŽƌǇ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ŝƚ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůůǇ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ game. The game is somewhat graphically ĚĞŵĂŶĚŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ Ă ĚƵĂů ĐŽƌĞ processor and decent graphics processing unit ǁŝůů ĮŶĚ ŝƚ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ƌƵŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ĞŶũŽǇĂďůǇ͘ &'^ ŚĂǀĞ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ Ăƚ

ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ͘ WůĂǇĞƌƐ ĐŽŵƉůĂŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ŶŽ ǁĂǇ ŽĨ ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ǌĞƌŽ ŐƌĂǀŝƚǇ ƉƌŽƉĞƌůǇ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ŵŽƌĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ ƵƐĞƌƐ ƐŽ &'^ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƐĞƌǀĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĂůůŽǁ this. Their forums are full of threads started by ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞƌƐ͕ ŝŶĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŚĂƉƉĞŶŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂƐŬŝŶŐ ŝĨ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĂƐƉĞĐƚƐ ƚŚĞǇ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŐĂŵĞ ŝƐ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĐŚĞĂƉ͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ƚŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƌĞƉůĂǇ ǀĂůƵĞ͕ ůŽŽŬƐ ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞƌƐ ĐĂƌĞ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ƚŚŝŶŬ͘ /ƚ ŚĂƐ Ă ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ĐƵƌǀĞ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŚĂƚ ŐĂŵĞ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ͍ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ĞŶũŽǇ &W^ ŐĂŵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͕ ǇŽƵ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŐŝǀĞ ^ŚĂƩĞƌĞĚ ,ŽƌŝǌŽŶ a try as soon as possible. William Moran Available on: PC Price: £15 (PC)

9.5/10

GOOD STUFF Ͳ ǁĞƐŽŵĞ ƐĞƫŶŐ͕ ŝŵŵĞƌƐŝǀĞ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ - Improved UI Ͳ KďũĞĐƟǀĞƐ ĐůĞĂƌůǇ ŵĂƌŬĞĚ ŽŶ ŝŶͲŐĂŵĞ ŵĂƉ - Impressive story Ͳ 'ƌĂƉŚŝĐĂůůǇ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ Ͳ 'ƌĞĂƚůǇ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ǁĞĂƉŽŶƐ

BAD STUFF Ͳ ĂŵĞƌĂ ĐĂŶ ŵĂŬĞ ĐůŝŵďŝŶŐ ƚƌŝĐŬǇ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ Ͳ ŶĞŵŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ƵŶĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐ

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GOOD STUFF - Replay value Ͳ /ŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ ŐĂŵĞƉůĂǇ - Learning curve

BAD STUFF - No single player Ͳ ZĞůĂƟǀĞůǇ ƐŵĂůů ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ŵĂƉƐ

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sŝĚĞŽ ŐĂŵĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ͕ ƵŶƟů ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ͕ ŚĂĚ ůĂƌŐĞůǇ Ă ďĂĚ ƉƵďůŝĐ ŝŵĂŐĞ͘ tŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ĮƌƐƚ ĞŵĞƌŐĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ŵĞĚŝĂ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĂƐ ůĂƌŐĞůǇ ŝŐŶŽƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŵŝƐƵŶĚĞƌƐƚŽŽĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐƐĞƐ͖ ŽŶůǇ Ă ƐĞůĞĐƚ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ƚŽŽŬ ĂŶ ĂĐƟǀĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ŝŶ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ŐĂŵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ĨĞǁĞƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŽƵƚǁĂƌĚůǇ ĂĚŵŝƚ ƚŽ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ŐĂŵĞƌ͘ dŚŝƐ ĂƫƚƵĚĞ ƚŽ ŐĂŵĞƐ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŚĂƐ ƐƵďƐƚĂŶƟĂůůǇ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ͕ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĞƐ ŽĨ ĐĂƐƵĂů ŐĂŵŝŶŐ ĐŽŶƐŽůĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ tŝŝ ĂŶĚ ^ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŝWŚŽŶĞ ƉƉ ^ƚŽƌĞ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ Ăůů ƚŚŝƐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ŽĨ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ǀŝĚĞŽŐĂŵĞƐ ŚĂƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĂůůǇ ďĞĞŶ ĚĞďĂƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ƵƐĞĚ ĂƐ ͞ƉůĂƵƐŝďůĞ͟ ĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ĐŽƵƌƚ ĨŽƌ ĐƌŝŵĞƐ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĚ ďǇ ǇŽƵƚŚƐ͘ ǀĞŶ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇƐ ŽĨ ^ƉĂĐĞ /ŶǀĂĚĞƌƐ ŝŶ ĂƌĐĂĚĞƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ Ă ďĂĐŬůĂƐŚ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚŽǁ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƚ ŽĨ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŶŽǁ͕ ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂƉƐ ĂŶĚ ďŽƵŶĚƐ ŝŶ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐǇ ĂŶĚ ŐƌĂƉŚŝĐƐ ƵƐĞĚ ŝŶ ǀŝĚĞŽ ŐĂŵĞƐ͕ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ĞǀĞŶ ŵŽƌĞ ƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ͘ dŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ŽĨ ĮŶŐĞƌͲ ƉŽŝŶƟŶŐ ĐĂŵĞ ƉƌŝŽƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2͘ KƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŝƚƐ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ ǀŝƐƵĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ ĚĞƉŝĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ďůŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ďŽĚǇ ƉŚǇƐŝĐƐ ;ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂĚ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ůĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ϭϴ ĐĞƌƟĮĐĂƚĞͿ ŝƚ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶĞĚ Ă ŚŝŐŚůǇ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐŝĂů ůĞǀĞů͕ ĐĂůůĞĚ ͞EŽ ZƵƐƐŝĂŶ͕͟ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƚĂŐŽŶŝƐƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŽůĞ ŽĨ ĂŶ ƵŶĚĞƌĐŽǀĞƌ / ŽƉĞƌĂƟǀĞ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ŝŶĮůŝƚƌĂƚĞĚ Ă ZƵƐƐŝĂŶ ƚĞƌƌŽƌŝƐƚ ŐƌŽƵƉ͘ dŚĞ ƚĞƌƌŽƌŝƐƚƐ ůĂƵŶĐŚ ĂŶ ĂƩĂĐŬ ŽŶ DŽƐĐŽǁ ŝƌƉŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ŚĂƐ ĨƌĞĞ ƌĞŝŐŶ ƚŽ ƐŚŽŽƚ ŝŶŶŽĐĞŶƚ ĐŝǀŝůŝĂŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐŝůŝƚǇ͘ hŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚĂďůǇ͕ ŝƚƐ ŝŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶ ǁĂƐ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐŝĂů ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬůĂƐŚ ŝƚ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŶŽŶͲŐĂŵŝŶŐ ƉƌĞƐƐ ǁĂƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞƌƐ͕ /ŶĮŶŝƚǇ tĂƌĚ͕ ǁŚŽ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ĚŝƐƚƵƌďŝŶŐ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ǁĂƌŶŝŶŐƐ ďŽƚŚ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ŝƐ ĮƌƐƚ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŝŵŵĞĚŝĂƚĞůǇ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ͚EŽ ZƵƐƐŝĂŶ͛ ůĞǀĞů͘ /ƚ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐŝĂů ƚŽƉŝĐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶ ZƵƐƐŝĂ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ŶŽ ŐĂŵŝŶŐ ƌĞŐƵůĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ůĞǀĞů ǁĂƐ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ ƌĞŵŽǀĞĚ͘ tŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ WĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚ ŝƚ ƐƉĂƌŬĞĚ Ă ĚĞďĂƚĞ

&Žƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŽĨ ǇŽƵ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ďĞƌĞĂǀĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ŶĞǀĞƌ ŚĞĂƌ ŚĞƌǇů ƐĂǇ ͞:ŽŚŶ ĂŶĚ ĚǁĂƌĚ͟ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ůŽǀĞůǇ 'ĞŽƌĚŝĞ ĂĐĐĞŶƚ ĞǀĞƌ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ͘ dŚĞ > Z ŶĞǀĞƌ ĨĂŝůƐ ƚŽ ĂƩƌĂĐƚ ƐƚĞůůĂƌ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ͖ ΎtŝƚĐŚĞĚ͕ ^ ůƵď ϯ͕ ^ĐŽƩ ĂŶĚ ďƐ ĨƌŽŵ &ŝǀĞ͕ ƐŽ ǁŚŽ ŶĞǆƚ͍ /Ĩ ƚŚŝƐ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŚĂƐ ŝƚƐ ǁĂǇ͕ :ĞĚǁĂƌĚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ͞ĐĞůĞďƌŝƟĞƐ͟ ƚŽ ŐƌĂĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ >ĂƌŐĞ ŽŵŵŽŶ ZŽŽŵ͘ dŚĞ > Z ŝƐ :ĞĚǁĂƌĚ͛Ɛ ƐƉŝƌŝƚƵĂů ŚŽŵĞ͗ ĐŚĞĞƐǇ͕ ďƌĂƐŚ ĂŶĚ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůǇ ƌŝĚŝĐƵůŽƵƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞĚ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ƐŵŝůĞͬŐƌŝŵĂĐĞ ƚŽ ǇŽƵƌ ĨĂĐĞ͘ >ŽǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ

ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚǁŽ >ĂďŽƵƌ ƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶƐ͕ <ĞŝƚŚ sĂǌ ĂŶĚ dŽŵ tĂƚƐŽŶ͕ ŶŽƚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ƵŶĚĞƌ ϭϴ ĐĂŶ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ůĞĂĚ ƚŽ <ĞŝƚŚ sĂǌ ƐŝĚŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌ The Daily Mail, ĂŶĚ dŽŵ tĂƚƐŽŶ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ Ă &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ ĨĞůůŽǁ ŐĂŵĞƌƐ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ĚĞďƵŶŬ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐǇ ŽǀĞƌ ŐĂŵĞƐ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ ŵĞĚŝĂ͘ dŚĞ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ h ͛Ɛ 'ĂŵĞƐ ^ŽĐŝĞƚǇ ŚĂƐ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ŚĞ ĂŐƌĞĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŐĂŵĞƐ ĂůŽŶĞ ĂƌĞ ƵŶůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉĞů ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŵŵŝƚ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ƌĞĂů ůŝĨĞ͕ ŚĞ ĨĞůƚ ͞ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ͞EŽ ZƵƐƐŝĂŶ͟

ůĞǀĞů ŝŶ Modern Warfare 2 ǁĂƐ Ă ĐůĞǀĞƌ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ ƚĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞ͕ ďƵƚ ǁĂƐ ĚŝƐƚĂƐƚĞĨƵů ĂŶĚ ĐŽƵůĚ ĞĂƐŝůǇ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĂǀŽŝĚĞĚ͘͟ /ƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŶŽƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƐŚŽŽƚ ĂŶǇ ĐŝǀŝůŝĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŶŽ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞŵĞŶƚƐ ĨŽƌ ĚŽŝŶŐ ƐŽ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ĐĂƐĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǀŝĚĞŽŐĂŵĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƚĂŬĞŶ ƚŚĞ ďůĂŵĞ͖ ƚŚĞ ůĂƵŶĐŚ ŽĨ Grand dŚĞŌ ƵƚŽ /s͕ Ă ŐĂŵĞ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ĨƌĞĞ ƌĞŝŐŶ ŽŶ ǇŽƵƌ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ Ă ǀŝƌƚƵĂů EĞǁ zŽƌŬ ŝƚǇ ;ƌĞŶĂŵĞĚ >ŝďĞƌƚǇ ŝƚǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞͿ͕ ĐĂƵƐĞĚ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐǇ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ŐůŽďĞ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ĂůůĞŐĞĚůǇ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ ŶĞĂƌ ŝƚƐ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ĚĂƚĞ͕ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ŐĂŵĞƉůĂǇ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐŝŶŐ ƐƵĐŚ ǀŝŽůĞŶƚ ƚƌĂŝƚƐ͘ &ŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ sŝƌŐŝŶŝĂ dĞĐŚ DĂƐƐĂĐƌĞ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϳ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ϯϮ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ĨĂĐƵůƚǇ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŬŝůůĞĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐƐ Ăƚ ŽůƵŵďŝŶĞ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϵ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ϭϮ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŽŶĞ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ ǁĞƌĞ ŬŝůůĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĮŶŐĞƌ ǁĂƐ ƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ Ăƚ ƐƚĂƚĞ ŐƵŶ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ůĂǁƐ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ǀŝĚĞŽ

Žƌ ŚĂƚĞ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ǁĂŶƚƐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚŽ ŶĞǆƚ ĂŶĚ ŶŽǁ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ĨƌĞĞ ĨƌŽŵ X Factor ;ĂŶĚ >ŽƵŝƐͿ͕ ƐƵƌĞůǇ h ŝƐ ďĞĐŬŽŶŝŶŐ͘ /ŵĂŐŝŶĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽƵƚƌĂŐĞŽƵƐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ > Z ƐƚĂŐĞ͖ ŝŶŇĂƚĂďůĞ ƉŝŶĞĂƉƉůĞƐ͕ Ws ŶĞŽŶ ƐƵŝƚƐ͕ ŐƌĂǀŝƚǇͲĚĞĨǇŝŶŐ ŚĂŝƌ͕ ĨƌĞŶĞƟĐĂůůǇ ĐŚŽƌĞŽŐƌĂƉŚĞĚ ƌŽƵƟŶĞƐ͕ ĐĂŵƉ ŐŽͲŐŽ ĚĂŶĐĞƌƐ͙ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ > Z ďƵƚ ĨĂƌ ŵŽƌĞ ƐƵƌƌĞĂů͕ ĨĂƌ ŵŽƌĞ ǀƵůŐĂƌ͕ ĨĂƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŚŝůĂƌŝŽƵƐ͘ :ŽŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŐƌŽƵƉ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƚ :ĞĚǁĂƌĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ^ƵŵŵĞƌ ĂƐŚ͘ Ɛ ĨŽƌŐĞƩĂďůĞ ĂƐ ŵŽƐƚ X Factor ĮŶĂůŝƐƚƐ ĂƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ůĞŐĞŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ ds ǁŝůů ŶĞǀĞƌ ĐĞĂƐĞ ƚŽ ĂŵĂǌĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƉƉĂůů ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŐƌĂŶĚŝŽƐĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ͘ >Ğƚ͛Ɛ ĨĂĐĞ ŝƚ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞŵ Žƌ ,ĂŶĚǇ ŶĚǇ ĨƌŽŵ Changing Rooms͘

ŐĂŵĞƐ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƌĚĞƌĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ͘ ^ƵĐŚ ĐůĂŝŵƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŵĂĚĞ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ͕ ŝŶ ďŽƚŚ ĐĂƐĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽŽƚĞƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŬŶŽǁŶ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ŐĂŵĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽůƵŵďŝŶĞ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐƐ ƚŚĞǇ ďŽƚŚ ƐŚŽǁĞĚ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ŝŶ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵŝŶŐ ŐĂŵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ůĞǀĞůƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĂƐ ƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶ dŽŵ tĂƚƐŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ ŚŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƐĐŝĞŶƟƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƐǇĐŚŽůŽŐŝƐƚƐ ĂŐƌĞĞ͕ ǀŝĚĞŽŐĂŵĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ďůĂŵĞ͘ >ĂďŽƵƌ DW tĂƚƐŽŶ ƐĂŝĚ ŝŶ WĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚ ;ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ͞EŽ ZƵƐƐŝĂŶ͟ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶͿ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ͞ŶŽ ǁŽƌƐĞ ƚŚĂŶ ΀ƐĐĞŶĞƐ΁ ŝŶ ŵĂŶǇ ĮůŵƐ ĂŶĚ ďŽŽŬƐ͖͟ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂŶǇ ĮůŵƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ĞĂƐŝůǇ ĂĐĐĞƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŽ ŵĂŶǇ ŵŽƌĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŚĂŶ ŐĂŵĞƐ ĂƌĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ďŽŽŬƐ ĂŶĚ ŐƌĂƉŚŝĐ ŶŽǀĞůƐ ŶŽƚ ĐĂƌƌǇŝŶŐ ĂŐĞ ƌĂƟŶŐƐ͕ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ĂůƐŽ ƚŽ ďůĂŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƐƵĐŚ ĐƌŝŵĞƐ͍ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ƉƌŽǀĞŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ sŝƌŐŝŶĂ dĞĐŚ DĂƐƐĂĐƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƌĚĞƌĞƌ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ĂǀŝĚ ƌĞĂĚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚ ĮůŵŐŽĞƌ͘ ^ĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ďǇ ŵĂŶǇ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ĂǀŝĚ ^ĂƚĐŚĞƌ͕ ^ƵƌŐĞŽŶ 'ĞŶĞƌĂů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ h^ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ĐŽŶĐůƵƐŝǀĞůǇ ƐŚŽǁƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǀŝŽůĞŶƚ ƚĞŶĚĞŶĐŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ǀŝŽůĞŶƚ ŵĞĚŝĂ ŽŶůǇ ƐƟŵƵůĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶ

ƐŽŵĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͖ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĞǇ ŵĂǇ ĐŽŵŵŝƚ ĂŶ ĂĐƚ ŽĨ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ĚŝĐƚĂƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝĂ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ĞǆƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƚƵĚǇ ďǇ ƉƐǇĐŚŽůŽŐŝƐƚ :ŽŶĂƚŚĂŶ &ƌĞĞĚŵĂŶ ƐŚŽǁĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ǁĞƌĞ ĞǆƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ ǀŝŽůĞŶƚ ĮůŵƐ ĂŶĚ ďŽŽŬƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ŵŽƌĞ ĚŝƐƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ĐŽŵŵŝƫŶŐ ĂŶ ĂĐƚ ŽĨ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ƉĂƌƚĂŬĞ ŝŶ ǀŝĚĞŽ ŐĂŵĞƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǀŝĚĞŽ ŐĂŵĞƐ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƚ ĂŶĚ ĂůůŽǁ Ă ůĞǀĞů ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟǀŝƚǇ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƵƌŐĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŵŵŝƚ ƐƵĐŚ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ ŝƐ ƌĞŵŽǀĞĚ ƵƉŽŶ ƉůĂǇ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞĂƐ Ă Įůŵ Žƌ ďŽŽŬ ĐĂŶ ƐƟŵƵůĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ĚƌŝǀĞ Ă ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ƚŽ ĐŽŵŵŝƚ ǀŝŽůĞŶƚ ďĞŚĂǀŝŽƵƌ ŝŶ ƌĞĂů ůŝĨĞ͘ dŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟǀĞ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ŐĂŵĞƐ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĂŶ Ă Įůŵ Žƌ Ă ďŽŽŬ͕ ďƵƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟŵĞ͕ ĂƐ ĂŶǇ ĂǀŝĚ ŐĂŵĞƌ ǁŝůů ƚĞůů ǇŽƵ͕ ǁĞ Ăůů ŬŶŽǁ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ũƵƐƚ ĨƵŶ ʹ ĮĐƟŽŶ ŶŽƚ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ ʹ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĮůŵƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ͘ /ŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ďĂŶŶŝŶŐ ǀŝŽůĞŶƚ ŐĂŵĞƐ͕ ŵĂǇďĞ ƚŚĞ ŶŽŶͲŐĂŵŝŶŐ ƉƌĞƐƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƚƌǇ ƚŽ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵ ŝƚƐ ƌĞĂĚĞƌƐ ƉƌŽƉĞƌůǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ Ăƚ ŚĂŶĚ͘ sĂƵŐŚŶ ,ŝŐŚĮĞůĚ

creative writing

01dec09 issue236

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Carnival CARNIVAL OF GUILT NOT AT THE CARNIVAL ŶĚ / Ăŵ ƐŽ ĐŽŶĨƵƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚŝƐ Ͳ ďƵƚ / ŐƵĞƐƐ ǇŽƵ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ŬŶĞǁ ƚŚĂƚ͘ ZĂŝŶĚƌŽƉƐ ŵŝǌǌůĞ ĚŽǁŶ ĂŶĚ Ă ĨĞĂƚŚĞƌ ĐŽŵĞƐ ŇŽĂƟŶŐ ďǇ͕ ŇƵīǇ ƐŬĞůĞƚŽŶ ĚĞĐŬĞĚ ŽƵƚ ďǇ ƟƌĞĚ ŵŽŽŶůŝŐŚƚ͘ ĐƌĂŶĞ ŇǇ ĚĂŶĐĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƚĞƌ͕ ƵƉƐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂůĞ Žƌď͕ ƉůĞĂƐĞĚ Ăƚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĨŽƵŶĚ Ă ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ƌĞƐƚ͘ / ƐůŝŶŬ ŵǇ ĮŶŐĞƌƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ǇŽƵƌ ŚĂŝƌ ĂŶĚ Ă ƐŵŝůĞ ƐŝƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŽƌƌǇŝŶŐ ĞĂƐĞ ƵƉŽŶ ǇŽƵƌ ůŝƉƐ͘ Ƶƚ ŶŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ ƚƌƵĞ Ͳ ĂŶĚ ŵĂǇďĞ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ŐƵĞƐƐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŽŽ͘ ŶĚ ƐŽ / ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ƚǁŝƐƚ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƵŶĚĞƌ Ă ƐǁĞĞƉ ŽĨ ǀĞůǀĞƚ ƐŬǇ͘ ZŽƵŶĚ ĂŶĚ ƌŽƵŶĚ ůŝŬĞ Ă &ĞƌƌŝƐ tŚĞĞů͕ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĐŽĂǆ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŽƵƚůŝŶĞ ŽĨ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĂƌĞ͘ Robert Van Egghen

HER EXACT WORDS ,Ğƌ ĞǆĂĐƚ ǁŽƌĚƐ͖ ͞/ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƚŚŝŶŬ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ǁĂŶƚ ŵĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ͟

/ ǁĂƐ ŐƌĞĞƚĞĚ ǁĞůů ĞŶŽƵŐŚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĚŽŽƌ͕ 'ŝǀŝŶŐ ŵǇ ƟĐŬĞƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐůŽǁŶ͘ / ƐĂǁ ĂƩƌĂĐƟŽŶƐ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŽƌĞ͕ ^Ɵůů͕ ŶŽŶĞ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ƚŽ ƐůŽǁ ŵĞ ĚŽǁŶ͘ / ŚĞĂƌĚ ůĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ Ăůů ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ŵĞ͕ zĞƚ͕ / ĨĞůƚ Ă ƐŝůĞŶƚ ũĞĞƌ͘ EŽ͕ ŝƚ ĚŝĚŶΖƚ ƚĂŬĞ ŵĞ ůŽŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞͲ / ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ŚĞƌĞ͘ ,ĞĂĚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ͕ ĞǇĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ďƵƌŶŝŶŐ͕ ^ƵĚĚĞŶůǇ͕ Ăůů ůĂƵŐŚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŐŽŶĞ͘ KŶůǇ ƐŝůĞŶƚ ŐůĂƌĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵǇ ƐƚŽŵĂĐŚ͕ ĐŚƵƌŶŝŶŐ /Ŷ ƌĞƉƵůƐĞĚ ĨĞĂƌ͕ ƉƵƐŚĞĚ ŵĞ ŽŶ͘

CARNIVAL &ĞƌƌŝƐ ǁŚĞĞů ƌĞǀŽůǀĞƐ ǀĞůŽĐŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ŐůŽǁ͕ Ă ŬĂůĞŝĚŽƐĐŽƉŝĐ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƐĐƌĞĂŵƐ ŽĨ ŐůĞĞ ŚĞĂƌĚ ΖƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ĚƵĞƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŶŐŝŶŐ ĐĂƌŽƵƐĞů ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐƉŝŶƐ ƚŽ ŚŽƌƐĞΖƐ ŐĂůůŽƉ ƚŽǁĂƌĚ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƵƐĞ ŽĨ ŵŝƌƌŽƌƐ ƌĞŇĞĐƟŶŐ ƐŚĂĚŽǁǇ ƐŝůŚŽƵĞƩĞƐ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĐůĂŶĚĞƐƟŶĞ ĞŵďƌĂĐĞ͘ ŽǌĞŶƐ ŽĨ ǇŽƵ ƚŽƵĐŚŝŶŐ ŵĞ ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚƐ ŽĨ ƟŵĞƐ͘

/ ǁĂůŬĞĚ ĨĂƐƚĞƌ͕ ǇĞƚ ƐŽ ĚŝĚ ƚŚĞǇ͕ tŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŚŽƌĚĞ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ͕ / ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ŬŶŽǁ͘ ZƵŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĂƌĞƐƚ ĚŽŽƌ ŽŶ ŵǇ ǁĂǇ͕ / ĨŽƵŶĚ ŵǇƐĞůĨ Ăƚ ΗdŚĞ &ƌĞĂŬ ^ŚŽǁΗ͘ ^ŶĞĂŬŝŶŐ ďĂĐŬƐƚĂŐĞ͕ ŝŶ ŚŽƉĞƐ ƚŽ ŚŝĚĞ͕ / ƐĂǁ Ă ƚǁŽͲ ŚĞĂĚĞĚ ŵĂŶ ŝŶ Ă ĮŐŚƚͲ ŐĂŝŶƐƚ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ͕ ĞĂĐŚ ŚĞĂĚ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ƐŝĚĞ͕ ŶĚ ŶĞŝƚŚĞƌ ƐŝĚĞ ǁĂƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ͘

Michael Keshigian

WHY YOU SHOULDN’T PUT A TELLY IN YOUR KITCHEN The incessant metric meter Stays /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƌŶĞƌ ŽĨ ŵǇ ŬŝƚĐŚĞŶ dĂƉƉŝŶŐ Ăƚ ĞŶĚůĞƐƐ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ͕ ŽƵŶƟŶŐ ƵƉ ŵǇ ĮŌǇ ƉĞĞƐ͘

ŽƚŚ ůŽŽŬĞĚ Ăƚ ŵĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ǁŽƌĚƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ĂĐŚ ƉŽŝŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŐŝǀĞŶ ŚĂŶĚ ƚŽ Ă ĚŽŽƌ͘ ^ŵŝůŝŶŐ͕ ĂƐ ŝĨ ƐŽŵĞŚŽǁ ŵǇ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐ ƚŚĞǇ ƌĞĂĚ͕ dŚĞǇ ŬŶĞǁ ǁŚĂƚ / ǁĂƐ ŚĞƌĞ ĨŽƌ͘

^ŚĞ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ƐŚĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂůŽŶĞ͕ EŽƚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŵĞ͘ ůŽŶĞ͘ DǇ ĞŐŽƟƐŵ ŝƐ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐ͘ Fearchar Maclean

GREAT BRITAIN / ůŝŬĞ ƌĂďŝĐ͕&ƌĞŶĐŚ ĂŶĚ >ĂƟŶ͘ Ɛ ĨŽƌ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ŝƚΖƐ ŵǇ ĚĞĂƌ͘ / ŚĞĂƌĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ 'ĂƌĚĞŶ ŽĨ ĚĞŶ͕ ďƵƚ / ŬŶŽǁ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƐŽ ŶĞĂƌ͘ tŚĞŶ ŵǇ ĨĞĞƚ ƚƌŽĚ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͕ I realised it exists here. /Ŷ ŶŐůĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƐĞĞ ĂŶĚ ůŝƐƚĞŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐůĂŵŽƵƌ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ĨĞĂƌ ĚĞĂƚŚ ĨŽƌ Ă ǁŚŝůĞ ĂŶĚ ůŝǀĞƐ ŝŶ ,ĞĂǀĞŶ eternally not just for a year. Ashraf Zidan

tĂůŬŝŶŐ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŚĂƚ / ƐĂǁͲ dŚŽƵŐŚƚ͕ ĚĞĨƵŶĐƚ͕ ŵǇ ŚƵŵĂŶ ĞǇĞƐ͘ dŚŽƵŐŚ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ / ǁĂƐ ƐƚƌƵĐŬ ǁŝƚŚ ĂǁĞ͕ / ƚƌŝĞĚ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ͘ ĨŽƵƌ ůĞŐŐĞĚ ǁŽŵĂŶ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐͲ tŝƚŚ Ă ŵĂŶ ǁŚŽ ŚĂĚ ŶŽ ůĞŐƐ Ăƚ Ăůů͕ >ŝǀŝŶŐ͕ ůŽǀŝŶŐ͕ ůĂƵŐŚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐͲ As if he stood ten feet tall. ďĞĂƌĚĞĚ ůĂĚǇ ƐŝŶŐŝŶŐ͕ ƐŽŌ ŝŶ ƚŽŶĞͲ dŽ Ă ŵĂŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚǁŽ ŶŽƐĞƐ͘ ŵĂŶ ƐŽ ƐŬŝŶŶǇ ŚĞ ůŽŽŬĞĚ ƚŽ ůĂĐŬ ďŽŶĞͲ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ŵŝƌƌŽƌ͕ ƉƌĂĐƟĐŝŶŐ ƉŽƐĞƐ͘ / ƐƚŽŽĚ͕ ĂŵĂǌĞĚ͕ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĂƉĞƐ ŚĞ ƚŽŽŬ͕ Ɛ ŵǇ ŵŝƐĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐ ƌĂŶ͘ /ƚ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ŚĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ŵĂŬĞ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ƚŽ ůŽŽŬͲ >ŝŬĞ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ďƵƚ Ă ΗŶŽƌŵĂůΗ ŵĂŶ͘

The “unnecessary nature KĨ ĐŽŶƐƵŵƉƟŽŶ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ĞƌĂ KŌĞŶ ůĞĂĚƐ ƚŽ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ƉĞŶƐŝŽŶ tŚĞŶ ǁĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ ďĞƩĞƌ dŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ ǁĞĂůƚŚ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ ŽƵƌ ŵŽƚŚĞƌƐ ĞĂƌŶĞĚ͘͟

&ŝŐƵƌĞ ŝŶƚŽ ǇŽƵƌ ƉĞƌƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĐĞŶƟǀĞ͘ dŚĂƚ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ǁĂƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ͕ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŵǇ ŵƵŵ͘ Fearchar Maclean

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dŚŝƐ ŝƐƐƵĞ͕ Adizah Tejani ĞǆƉůĂŝŶƐ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ĨƌŝĐĂ ĂŌĞƌ ƐƉĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƚĞŶ ǁĞĞŬƐ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ŝŶ 'ŚĂŶĂ͘ WůĂƞŽƌŵ Ϯ ŝƐ Ă ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚͲƐƉŽŶƐŽƌĞĚ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌ ƐĐŚĞŵĞ͘ /ƚ ĂůůŽǁƐ ǇŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ ϭϴͲϮϱ ƚŽ ƐƉĞŶĚ ƚĞŶ ǁĞĞŬƐ ŝŶ Ă ͚ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŝŶŐ͛ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͘ dŚĞ ĚĞƐƟŶĂƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ 'ŚĂŶĂ͕ <ĞŶǇĂ͕ ^ŽƵƚŚ ĨƌŝĐĂ͕ WĞƌƵ͕ EĞƉĂů ĂŶĚ /ŶĚŝĂ͘ &ůŝŐŚƚƐ͕ ŵĞĚŝĐĂů ďŝůůƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƐƵƌĂŶĐĞ ĂƌĞ Ăůů ĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ͕ ƐŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƚŚŝŶŐ / ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ĚŽ ǁĂƐ ĂƉƉůǇ͕ ƉĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ŐŽ͊ / ũŽŝŶĞĚ WůĂƞŽƌŵ Ϯ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ŐĂŝŶ Ă ĚĞĞƉĞƌ ƉĞƌƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ŽĨ 'ŚĂŶĂŝĂŶ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ǀŝĞǁ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ŽĨ ůŝĨĞ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞ 'ŚĂŶĂŝĂŶƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ǁĂƐ ďĂƐĞĚ ŝŶ <ĂƐĂƉŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŽŶĂĨŽ ZĞŐŝŽŶ ŝŶ 'ŚĂŶĂ͕ tĞƐƚ ĨƌŝĐĂ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ϭϱϬŬŵ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ <ƵŵĂƐŝ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ 'ŚĂŶĂ͛Ɛ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĐŝƚǇ͘ dŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ŝƐ dǁŝ ĂŶĚ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ŝƐ ǁŝĚĞůǇ ƐƉŽŬĞŶ͘ / ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌ ŝŶ <ĂƐĂƉŝŶ ĨŽƌ ƚĞŶ ǁĞĞŬƐ͕ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďƵŝůĚ Ă ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĂůƐŽ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ĐĂƌĞ ĐůŝŶŝĐƐ͘ ĚƵůƚ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ 'ŚĂŶĂ ŝƐ Ă ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚ ŚĞůĚ ŝŶ ŚŝŐŚ ƌĞŐĂƌĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞ ĐŝƟĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ĐĐƌĂ ĂŶĚ <ƵŵĂƐŝ͘ ƵƌŝŶŐ ŵǇ ƟŵĞ ĂƐ Ă WůĂƞŽƌŵ Ϯ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌ / ĐŚŽƐĞ ƚŽ ďĞŐŝŶ Ă ĐůĂƐƐ ŽĨ ŵǇ ŽǁŶ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ŵǇ ĨƌĞĞ ƟŵĞ͘ / ĐŚŽƐĞ ƚŽ ĨƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐ ŵǇƐĞůĨ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŶŽ ĐŽƐƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ ^ƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐ ǁĂƐ Ă ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ͕ ĂƐ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ĂƌŽƐĞ ŽǀĞƌ ǁŚŽ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ͕ ĚĂƚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƟŵĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐ ĮŶĂůůǇ ďĞŐĂŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϮϱƚŚ ŽĨ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ͕ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ƚǁŽ ǁĞĞŬƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŽƵƌ ĚĞƉĂƌƚƵƌĞ ĚĂƚĞ͘ dŚĞ ƚĂƌŐĞƚ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŶĂƌƌŽǁĞĚ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŽ ǁŽŵĞŶ͕ ĂƐ / ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ŬŶĞǁ ǁŽŵĞŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ŵŽƐƋƵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ŝĚĞĂů ƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ͘ ŌĞƌ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ŵĞ ƚŽ ƚĞĂĐŚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĚĂǇ ƵŶƟů / ůĞŌ͖ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ / ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ĚŽ ĞŝŐŚƚ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ ŝŶ ϭϰ ĚĂǇƐ͘ / ĐŽŶĚƵĐƚĞĚ

ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ Ăƚ ϳƉŵ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ďǇ :ĂŵŝĞ >ĞĞ tĂůŬŝĞ͖ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ŝĚĞĂů ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ ĂƐ ŽƵƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞĚ WůĂƞŽƌŵ Ϯ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŽǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽŵĞŶ ƚŽ ĮŶŝƐŚ ĂŶǇ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂĚ͘ / ƚĂƵŐŚƚ ďĂƐŝĐ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ĂŶĚ ĨŽĐƵƐĞĚ ŽŶ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƐĂƟŽŶĂů ƐŬŝůůƐ͘ dŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƉŚƌĂƐĞƐ ƐĞĞŵ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ƚŽ ŶĂƟǀĞ ƐƉĞĂŬĞƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ŐƌĂƐƉ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŽŵĞŶ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞĚ ƚŽ ůĞĂƌŶ͘ / ŚĂĚ Ă ƚƌĂŶƐůĂƚŽƌ ŶĂŵĞĚ ZĂďŝ͕ Ă ϮϬͲǇĞĂƌͲŽůĚ ůŽĐĂů ƚƌĂĚĞƌ͘ ,Ğƌ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ǁĂƐ

ƐƟůů ďĞĞŶ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ƚƌĂĚĞƌ͘ ,Ğƌ ƚƌĂǀĞůƐ ƚŽ dŽŐŽ ĨŽƌ ƚƌĂĚĞ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ŚĞƌ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĞ ďĞůŝĞǀĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ǁŝůů ŚĞůƉ ŚĞƌ ƚƌĂĚĞ ŝŶ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƚŽǁŶƐ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ <ĂƐĂƉŝŶ͘ ƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůĞƐƐŽŶƐ Ă ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ ŶĂŵĞĚ &ƌĂŶŬ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŶĂŬ ^ĐŚŽŽů͕ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐ ĂŌĞƌ / ůĞŌ͘ dŚŝƐ ŵĞĂŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽŵĞŶ ĐŽƵůĚ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ůĞĂƌŶ ŶŐůŝƐŚ͘ / ĂƌƌĂŶŐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŵǇ WůĂƞŽƌŵ Ϯ ƐƵƉĞƌǀŝƐŽƌ͕ <ŶŽǆ͕ ƚŽ ŵĞĞƚ &ƌĂŶŬ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ĂůůŽǁ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌƐ

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ŐŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĞ ĂůƐŽ ƐƉŽŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵŽŶ 'ŚĂŶĂŝĂŶ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ dǁŝ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ŚĞƌ ƚŽ ƚƌĂŶƐůĂƚĞ͘ ZĞƉĞƟƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƌŽůĞƉůĂǇ ǁĞƌĞ ƵƐĞĚ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĂďŽƵƚ Ɛŝǆ ĞŶƌŽůůĞĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ďƵƚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ^ĂŚŽƌĂ͕ ϰϱ͕ Ă ǁĂŬŝ ;ƌŝĐĞͿ ƐĞůůĞƌ͕ ,ĂũũƌĂ ďĚƵůůĂŚ͕ ϯϬ͕ Ă ĐŽĐŽĂ ƐĞůůĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĨĂƌŵĞƌ ĂŶĚ ,ĂũũĂƌ KƐŵĂŶ͕ Ă ďĞĂŶ ƐĞůůĞƌ͘ ^ĂŚŽƌĂ ǁĂƐ ŵǇ ďĞƐƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͘ ,Ğƌ ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞĚ ŵŝŶĚƐĞƚ ŵĂĚĞ ŚĞƌ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŐŽŶĞ ƚŽ ƐĐŚŽŽů ďĞĨŽƌĞ͕ ƐŚĞ ŚĂƐ

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,ĂǀŝŶŐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ Ăƚ ĂŶĂŬ ^ĐŚŽŽů ĂŶĚ > ^ĐŚŽŽů͕ / ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚŽŽĚ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ĨŽƌ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ͘ /ƚ ĂůůŽǁƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ďĂĐŬ ĨƌŽŵ ŵǇ WůĂƞŽƌŵ Ϯ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ / ŚĂǀĞ ĚŽŶĞ ƚĂůŬƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ sŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ƚĞĂŵ ŽĨ EŽƌĨŽůŬ Ăƚ Ă ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌ ĞǀĞŶƚ͕ ĂŶĚ Ăƚ ŝƚǇ ŽůůĞŐĞ͕ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ŵĂŬĞ ǇŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂǁĂƌĞ ŽĨ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ WůĂƞŽƌŵ Ϯ͘ 'ŽŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚĞŵĞ ŚĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞĚ ŵĞ ƚŽ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ zĂĂƌĂŚ ^ĐŚŽŽůƐ͕ ĂŶ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƐƉĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ 'ŚĂŶĂ͘ zĂĂƌĂŚ ^ĐŚŽŽůƐ Ăŝŵ ƚŽ ƌĂŝƐĞ ĨƵŶĚƐ ĨŽƌ ďŽŽŬƐ͕ ĐŚĂŝƌƐ͕ ƚĂďůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂůƐŽ Ă ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ƚŽ ůĞĂƌŶ ŝŶ͗ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ǁĞ ƚĂŬĞ ĨŽƌ ŐƌĂŶƚĞĚ͘ KǀĞƌĂůů ŵǇ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ <ĂƐĂƉŝŶ ǁĂƐ ŵĞŵŽƌĂďůĞ͘ /ƚ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ŵĞ ŐĂŝŶ Ă ĚĞĞƉĞƌ ŝŶƐŝŐŚƚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůŝǀĞƐ ŽĨ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĂůƐŽ ƐŚŽǁĞĚ ŵĞ ŚŽǁ ĞĂƐǇ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ŚĞůƉ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ / ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ƚŽ <ĂƐĂƉŝŶ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐ ŚĂƉƉĞŶŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ǀŝďƌĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ůŽǀŝŶŐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ͘ Links www.yaarahschools.org/ www.adizahtejani.wordpress.com/ ǁǁǁ͘ŵǇƉůĂƞŽƌŵϮ͘ĐŽŵͬ

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ƚŽ ĂůƐŽ ŐĞƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝĨ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŝƐŚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ Śŝŵ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ŵĞ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐ͘ ƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚƐ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƚƌĂǀĞů ĂƌŽƵŶĚ 'ŚĂŶĂ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐŝŐŚƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐŚĂŶƟ WĂůĂĐĞ ŝŶ <ƵŵĂƐŝ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ <ŝŶŐĚŽŵ ŽĨ 'ŽůĚ͕ <ŝŶƚĂŵƉŽ tĂƚĞƌĨĂůůƐ͕ Ă ƐŝƚĞ ŽĨ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ďĞĂƵƚǇ ĂŶĚ >ĂŬĞ ŽƐƵŵƚǁŝ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ůƵĐŬǇ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ŐŽ ŽŶ Ă ƐƉĞĞĚ ďŽĂƚ͊ 'ŚĂŶĂ ŝƐ Ă ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĂŶĚ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ĂŶĚ ƌŝĐŚ ǁŝƚŚ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ͕ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ͘

dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ĐĂŬĞ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŝĐĂŶ ũĞǁĞůůĞƌǇ ƐĂůĞ ϭϮͲϯƉŵ ŽŶ dŚƵƌƐĚĂǇ ϯƌĚ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ,ŝǀĞ͘ ŽŵĞ ĂůŽŶŐ ĂŶĚ ďƵǇ ƐŽŵĞ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ŐŝŌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽƉƐ͊ ,ĞůƉ ŬŝĚƐ ŐĂŝŶ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ͊

PHOTO KEY 1. Ϯ͘ 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

tŽŵĞŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƋƵĞ͘ &ƌĞƐŚ ĐŽĐŽĂ͘ ƌŝĞĚ ĐŽĐŽĂ͕ ƐŽŽŶ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ Ăůů ůŽǀĞ͊ ŵŝŶĂ Ͳ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ŚĞůƉ ƚŽ ŵǇ ĐůĂƐƐ͘ ƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ƐŝƚĞ ϳĂŵͲϭϭĂŵ͊ zĂĂƌĂŚ ^ĐŚŽŽůƐ͗ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ͘ ŚŝůůĞĚ ŽƵƚ ďŽǇ͘ zĂĂƌĂŚ ^ĐŚŽŽůƐ͗ ĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŝƚĞŵƐ <ĂƐĂƉŝŶ ŚŝĞĨ͘ ďĂƐŝĐ ĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵ Ͳ Ă ǀŝƐŝŽŶ zĂĂƌĂŚ ^ĐŚŽŽůƐ ŚŽƉĞƐ ƚŽ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĨƵŶĚƐ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ŽĨ ŵǇ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŶƐůĂƚŽƌ͘

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For this festive issue we highlight the essentials needed in a Fashionista’s stocking, Fashion Editor Kat Jones shares her Christmas Wish List and the editors of Concrete dazzle us with Christmas trends.

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS..

FILL HER STOCKING WITH...

dŚĞƐĞ ďĞƐƉŽŬĞ ƐƵŝƚƐ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĞƉŝƚŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƉƌĞƐƟŐĞ͘ hŶŝƋƵĞ ĂŶĚ ŵĞƟĐƵůŽƵƐůǇ ŚĂŶĚĐƌĂŌĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ƐŝůĞŶƚůǇ ƐĐƌĞĂŵ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƟŽŶ͘ ǀĞƌǇ ŵĂŶ ŶĞĞĚƐ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ƐƵŝƚ͖ Ă ŵĞĚŝŽĐƌĞ d< DĂǆǆ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ũƵƐƚ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ĐƵƚ ŝƚ͘ ƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƐƚ ŽĨ Ă ƐŵĂůů ĐĂƌ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ŝŶǀĞƐƚŵĞŶƚ ďƵƚ ǁĞůů ǁŽƌƚŚ ŝƚ͘

The Polo Shirt.

^ůŝŵŵŝŶŐ͕ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ĂŶĚ ŇĂƩĞƌŝŶŐ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƚĞŵ ŝƐ Ă ŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ďĞƐƚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ͘ WŽůŽ ƐŚŝƌƚƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ >Ăŵď ŽĨ ƚŽƉƐ͕ ŵƵĐŚ ƐŚĂƌƉĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ ƚͲƐŚŝƌƚ͘ 'ĞƫŶŐ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ĨŽƌ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞĂƐǇ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ĂĚĚ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ǀĂƌŝĂƟŽŶ ŝŶƚŽ ǇŽƵƌ ǁĂƌĚƌŽďĞ͘ WŝĐŬ ƚŚĞŵ ƵƉ Ăƚ ZĂůƉŚ >ĂƵƌĞŶ͕ WĂƵů ^ŵŝƚŚ ĂŶĚ >ĂĐŽƐƚĞ Žƌ ĨŽƌ ŚŝŐŚ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞƐ ƚƌǇ dŽƉŵĂŶ͘

EŽ Őŝƌů͛Ɛ ǁĂƌĚƌŽďĞ ŝƐ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ďĞĂƵƟĞƐ͘ :ƵƐƚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌ ƐƵŝƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶ͕ ƚŚĞ > ŝƐ Ă ŬĞǇ ŝŶǀĞƐƚŵĞŶƚ͘ zĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŐŽŽĚ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞƐ Ăƚ ĂƌĂ ĂŶĚ ZŝǀĞƌ /ƐůĂŶĚ ďƵƚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ Ă ŐŽŽĚ Őŝƌů ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŚĞŶ ĂƐŬ ^ĂŶƚĂ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ĞǆƚƌĂ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů͘

Statement Jewellery

tĞ Ăůů ůŽǀĞ ũĞǁĞůůĞƌǇ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƌƐƚŵĂƐ ŝƐ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ Ă ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ ďůŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƉŝĞĐĞƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ŽǀĞƌƐŝǌĞĚ ĐŽĐŬƚĂŝů ƌŝŶŐƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĐĐĞƐƐŽƌŝǌĞ ŝŶ ďŽůĚ ĐŽůŽƵƌƐ Žƌ ĨŽƌ ƋƵŝƌŬǇ ĮŶĚƐ ĐŚĞĐŬ ŽƵƚ ǁǁǁ͘ƚĂƩǇĚĞǀŝŶĞ͘ĐŽŵ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ƌĞĂůůǇ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƚƌĞĂƚ ŚĞƌ͕ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ƐŵĂůů͕ ƉĂůĞ ďůƵĞ dŝīĂŶǇ ďŽǆ ǁŝůů ŵĂŬĞ ŚĞƌ ƐŵŝůĞ͘

Obligatory Socks and Pants

3. The New Anya Hindmarch Must-Have dŽƉŵĂŶ WŽůŽхάϮϬ

EŽ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŵ͘ DĂƌŬƐ ĂŶĚ ^ƉĞŶĐĞƌƐ ĚŽ ŐƌĞĂƚ ǁŝƩǇ ƐŽĐŬƐ ďƵƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĂŶƚƐ͕ ƐƉĞŶĚ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŽŶ ǇŽƵƌ ŵĂŶ ǁŝƚŚ ĂůǀŝŶ <ůĞŝŶ ďŽǆĞƌƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ Įǆ͘

Hannah Britt

The Little Black Dress zǀĞƐ ^ƚ >ĂƵƌĞŶƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƵƚƵŵŶ ŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ϮϬϬϵ

A Tom Ford Suit.

dŽŵ &ŽƌĚ ^Ƶŝƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƵƚƵŵŶ ŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ϮϬϬϵ

FILL HIS STOCKING WITH...

tĞůů͕ ǁĞ Ăůů ǁĞŶƚ ĐƌĂǌǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ͞/͛ŵ ŶŽƚ Ă ƉůĂƐƟĐ ďĂŐ͟ ďĂŐ ƐŽ ƚŚŝƐ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ďƌŽǁƐĞ ƚŚĞ ůŽǀĞůǇ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ͛Ɛ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ Žƌ dĂƩǇ ĞǀŝŶĞх ďŽƵƟƋƵĞ ĂƐ ŚĞƌ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĐƵƚĞ͕ ĐŽƐŵĞƟĐ ĐĂƐĞƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ dƌĂƉĞǌĞ EĞĐŬůĂĐĞ ďĞ ŵŝƐƐĞĚ͘

Kat Jones

FASHION EDITOR’S CHRISTMAS WISH LIST / ůŽǀĞ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ͊ ǀĞƌǇ ǇĞĂƌ / ƌĞǀĞƌƚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ŵǇ ƚŚƌĞĞͲǇĞĂƌͲŽůĚ ƐĞůĨ ĂƐ / ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŵĞƐŵĞƌŝƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚǁŝŶŬůŝŶŐ ůŝŐŚƚƐ͕ ŐůŝƩĞƌŝŶŐ ǁƌĂƉƉŝŶŐ ƉĂƉĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŵĞůůƐ ŽĨ ĐŝŶŶĂŵŽŶ͕ ĐůŽǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉŝŶĞ ŶĞĞĚůĞƐ͘ Ɛ /͛ǀĞ ŐŽƚ ŽůĚĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ŚĂƐ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ĚĞƐŝƌĞƐ ŽĨ ĞŵďĞůůŝƐŚĞĚ ďĂŐƐ͕ ƐĞƋƵŝŶŶĞĚ ĚƌĞƐƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŽůůǇ ŚĂƚƐ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƌŵƚŚ ŝŶ͘ tŝŶƚĞƌ ĂůůŽǁƐ ƵƐ ƚŽ ǁƌĂƉ ƵƉ ǁĂƌŵ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƚǇůĞ ĂŶĚ ǇĞƚ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ĞŵďƌĂĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ĂƐ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ ŝƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƌŶĞƌ͘ DǇ ĮƌƐƚ ǁŝƐŚ ŝƐ ĨŽƌ Ă tŚŝƚĞ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ŵƵƐƚͲŚĂǀĞƐ͘͘͘

dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ůŝŬĞ Ă ƉĂŝƌ ŽĨ ĐŽƐǇ dŚĞƐĞ dŽƉƐŚŽƉ ƐŬŝŶŶǇ ũĞĂŶƐ

ƉǇũĂŵĂƐ ƚŽ ƐŶƵŐŐůĞ ƵƉ ŝŶ ǁŚŝůĞ

ĂƌĞ άϲϬ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ ŵǇ ůŝƐƚ͘

ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ The Snowman ŽŶ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ

tĂƐŚĞĚ ďůĂĐŬ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĐĂƩĞƌĞĚ

ǀĞ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ŽŶĞƐ ĂƌĞ άϮϱ ĨƌŽŵ DΘ^͕

ŐŽůĚ ƐƚƵĚƐ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ďĂďŝĞƐ ƐŚŽƵƚ

ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ůŽŽŬ ŝŶ ĂǀŝĚ ĂŶĚ

ŽƵƚ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ĐŚĞĞƌ ŝŶ Ă

'ŽůŝĂƚŚ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ Ă ďŝƚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͘

ĨƵƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƌŽĐŬ ĂŶĚ ŐůĂŵŽƵƌ͘

WƌŝŵĂƌŬ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ άϱ

ůŽǀĞůǇ͕ ůĞĂƚŚĞƌ ƐĂƚĐŚĞů ƚŽŽ ƉůĞĂƐĞ͘ ZŽŬŝƚ͕ Ă ǀŝŶƚĂŐĞ ƐŚŽƉ ŝŶ >ŽŶĚŽŶ Žƌ Ăƚ ǁǁǁ͘ƌŽŬŝƚ͘ĐŽ͘ƵŬ ŝƐ ĨĂďƵůŽƵƐ͘ dŚŝƐ dŝŵďĞƌůĂŶĚ ďĂŐ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ άϯϱ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ŐŽƌŐĞŽƵƐ ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŵĞŶ͘ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ďĂŐ Ă ďĂƌŐĂŝŶ͘

LITTLE EXTRAS>A caramel coloured snood from Gap>a Thomas Pink shirt>a grey, faux fur gilet>several cashmere Zara sweaters>Chocolate over-the-knee boots...

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The Office Christmas Party with Burton and Knotty Green The editors of Concrete dress up to the nines to showcase the glitz and glamour of Christmas party trends.

Christmas Belles Clothes and jewellery from Knotty Green, kindly modelled by Editor of Concrete Hannah Livingston and The Event’s Music Editor, Steph McKenna.

Santa’s Happy Helpers

Concrete’s News Editor Nicolas Church and Sports Editor Danny Collins wear suits, ties and belts from Burton.

Burton have moved location and are now found on the first floor of Miss Selfridges on St Stephens Street. There are new collections this season including the Core Collection consisting of casual wear and the Black collection focusing on suits and ties. Pop in to find their latest offers and new stock.

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Ύ&ŝůŵх ƌƵŶŽх>dϭхϳ͗ϯϬхάϮ͘ϳϱ ΎDĂŶŝĐ sŝƐŝŽŶхt&хϳ͗ϯϬхάϴ Ύ ƌŽŬĞŶ WŝĂŶŽ ^ŚŽǁх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞ хϴƉŵхάϱ Ύ Ăƌ ďϰ > Zх Ăƌхϵ͗ϯϬ Ύ ŶĚ ŽĨ dĞƌŵ ĂƐŚх> ZхϵƉŵхάϵ͘ϵϱ

Ύ&ĂƌŵĞƌƐ͛ DĂƌŬĞƚх> ZхϭϭĂŵ Ύ^ĂůƐĂ >ĞƐƐŽŶхHiveхϱ͗ϯϬхάϮ Ύt͘ ͘^͘W͘хtĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚхϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϲ͘ϱϬ Ύ ŚƌŝƐ tŽŽĚ͛Ɛ ,ĂŶĚŵĂĚĞ >ŝĨĞх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϭϮ Ύ Ăƌ ďϰ > Zх ĂƌхϴƉŵ Ύ ĂƌƚŽŽŶƐх> ZхϭϬƉŵхάϯ͘ϱϬ

ΎdŚĞ :ŽǇ &ŽƌŵŝĚĂďůĞх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞх ϴƉŵхάϳ ΎZŽď 'ƌĂŶƚхWůĂǇŚŽƵƐĞхϴƉŵхάϭϱ Ύ>ŝů͛ > Zх ĂƌхϴƉŵ ΎzŽƵƌ 'ƵŝůƚǇ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞƐ Θ WĂƌĂĚŝƐĞ ŝƚǇхt&хϭϬƉŵхάϯ͘ϱϬ Ύ ůƵŵŶŝ > Zх> ZхϭϬƉŵхάϯ͘ϱϬ

Ύh >ŝƚĞƌĂƌǇ &ĞƐƟǀĂůх ͘ ^͘ ǇĂƩх>dϭхϳƉŵхάϲ ΎtĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇ ϭϯхt&хϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϮ Ύ:ŽĞ ŽŶĂŵĂƐƐĂх> Zхϳ͗ϯϬхάϮϮ ΎdŚĞĂ 'ŝůŵŽƵƌх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϭϬ Ύ^ƉŽƌƚƐ EŝŐŚƚх Ăƌхϵ͗ϯϬ

ΎhŶŝŽŶ ŽƵŶĐŝůх>dϰхϳ͗ϯϬ Ύ&ŝůŵх ŽƌĂůŝŶĞх>dϭхϳ͗ϯϬхάϮ͘ϳϱ Ύ&ƌĂŶŬŵƵƐŝĐхt&хϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϬ Ύ>ĞĞ DĂĐŬхWůĂǇŚŽƵƐĞхϴƉŵхάϭϬ ΎZĞĚ ^ŚĂĚŽǁ YƵĂƌƚĞƚх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞ хϴƉŵхάϰ Ύ ŝŶŐŽх Ăƌхϴ͗ϯϬ

ΎdŚĞ hŶĐĂŶŶǇ sĂůůĞǇхWƵƉƉĞƚ dŚĞĂƚƌĞхϳƉŵхάϱ Ύ&ŝůŵхdĞƌŵŝŶĂƚŽƌ͗ ^ĂůǀĂƟŽŶх>dϭхϳ͗ϯϬхάϮ͘ϳϱ Ύ>ŝǀĞǁŝƌĞ hŶƐŝŐŶĞĚх Ăƌхϳ͗ϯϬ ΎEKZ >ĂƟŶ EŝŐŚƚх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞ

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WHO THE HELL IS TOM MORAN? ,ĞĂĚůŝŶŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ĮƌƐƚ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶŝŶŐ ƐŚŽǁ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ &ŽƌƵŵ ŽŶ ϭϮƚŚ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϬϵ͕ h ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ dŽŵ DŽƌĂŶ͕ ĨŽƵŶĚĞƌ ŽĨ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ĐůƵď >ĂƵŐŚ KƵƚ >ŽƵĚ͕ ŝƐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͛Ɛ ĐĞŶƚƌĂů ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ƐƚĂŐĞ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ũŽŬĞƐ͕ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ŽŶĞͲ ŵĂŶ ĞǆƚĞŶƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ĐůƵď Ăƚ h ͘ ^Ž͕ ǁŚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚĞůů ŝƐ dŽŵ DŽƌĂŶ͍ &Žƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƌĞĂĚĞƌƐ ƵŶĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ ƐĐĞŶĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ŵĂǇ ďĞ Ă ǀĂůŝĚ ŽŶĞ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ĐůƵďƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ŇŽƵƌŝƐŚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ĂƌĞĂ ǁŝůů ŶŽ ĚŽƵďƚ ďĞ ĂǁĂƌĞ ŽĨ dŽŵ DŽƌĂŶ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĐŽŵŝĐ ĞŶĚĞĂǀŽƵƌƐ͘ dŽŵ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ h ͛Ɛ ƉƌĞƐƟŐŝŽƵƐ ƐĐƌŝƉƚǁƌŝƟŶŐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ƉƵƌƐƵŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ĂƐ Ă ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ďĞŐĂŶ ƐŽŵĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ͘ ůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĨĞůůŽǁ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ WĂƚ ĂŚŝůů͕ dŽŵ ĨŽƵŶĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ĐůƵď >ĂƵŐŚ KƵƚ >ŽƵĚ ;>K>Ϳ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϲ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ǁĂƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŚĞ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞ ŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂŵďŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ

хϴƉŵхάϱ ΎϴϬƐ EŝŐŚƚ Θ ,ŝƚ WĂƌĂĚĞхt&хϭϬƉŵ хάϯ͘ϱϬ

ΎtĞĞŬĞŶĚ tĂƌŵͲƵƉх ĂƌхϴƉŵ ΎKǇƐƚĞƌďĂŶĚх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϭϯ Ύ ůƵ ZĞƚƌŽ Θ ůƵď EĞŽх> ZхϭϬƉŵ хάϰ͘ϱϬ ΎDĞůƚĚŽǁŶ Θ ZĂǁŬƵƐхt&хϭϬƉŵх άϯ͘ϱϬ

ΎZƵŶǁĂǇ Ϭϵх> Zхϳ͗ϯϬхάϰ ΎdŚĞ ŝŐ WƌŝǌĞ YƵŝǌх Ăƌхϳ͗ϯϬхάϯ Ύ ĂƚŚĞƌŝŶĞ &ĞĞŶǇ Θ ŚƌŝƐ WƵƌĞŬĂх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϴ

ůŽĐĂů ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌůǇ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ ĂŶĚ ƚƌǇ ŽƵƚ ŶĞǁ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů͘ dŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ dŽŵ Ăƚ >K>͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵď ŚĂƐ ŶŽǁ ĮƌŵůǇ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌĞŵŽƐƚ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ĐůƵďƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƌĞĂ͘ ͘

dŽŵ ŚĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐƟŐŝŽƵƐ ZĞĚ ĂƌĚ ŽŵĞĚǇ ůƵď͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶĞĚ ĐƌŽǁĚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĚŝŶďƵƌŐŚ &ƌŝŶŐĞ &ĞƐƟǀĂů ĂŌĞƌ Ă ƌƵŶ ŽĨ ƐŚŽǁƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ͛Ɛ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ tĞƚŚĞƌƐƉŽŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĨĞůůŽǁ >K> ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶƐ͘ ,Ğ ŚĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂĚ ĐƌŽǁĚƐ ŝŶ ŚǇƐƚĞƌŝĐƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ƐĐƌŝƉƚǁƌŝƟŶŐ ƉƌŽǁĞƐƐ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƐ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƉůĂǇƐ tƌŝƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ůŽĐŬ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ /ŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ͕ ĐŽͲǁƌŝƩĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ŷƚ ƵůĞ͘ DŽƌĂŶ͛Ɛ ĐŽŵŝĐ ƐƚǇůĞ ŚĂƐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ďĞĞŶ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ ŚŝůĂƌŝŽƵƐ͕ ĂƐ ŚĞ ƚƵƌŶƐ ŚŝƐ ƐĂƟƌŝĐĂů ĞǇĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞƌǇĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐŝĂů ĂůŝŬĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͕ dŽŵ ŝƐ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƉƵƌƐƵŝŶŐ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ

ΎZƵŶǁĂǇ Ϭϵх> Zхϳ͗ϯϬхάϰ Ύ ĂĚ DĂŶŶĞƌƐхt&хϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϱ Ύ ƐƐŽƌƚĞĚ :ĞůůǇďĞĂŶƐхDĂƌƋƵĞĞх ϴƉŵхάϳ

ΎtŚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚĞůů ŝƐ dŽŵ DŽƌĂŶ͍х&ŽƌƵŵхϴƉŵхάϱ Ύ:ŝŵ :ĞīĞƌŝĞƐхWůĂǇŚŽƵƐĞхϴƉŵхάϭϬ ΎdŚĞ WĂĚĚŝŶŐƚŽŶƐх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϴ ΎDĞůƚĚŽǁŶ Θ ƌŝƚƉŽƉƉŝŶ͛хt&хϭϬƉŵ хάϯ͘ϱϬ

Ύ^ĂůƐĂ >ĞƐƐŽŶхHiveхϱ͗ϯϬхάϮ Ύ^ŬŝŶхt&хϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϱ Ύ Ăƌ ďϰ > Zх Ăƌхϵ͗ϯϬ Ύ ƵƐŚŝĚŽ ŚĂůůĞŶŐĞхDĞƌĐǇ Ύ ŚƌŝƐŵĂƐƐǇ > Zх> ZхϭϬƉŵхάϯ͘ϱϬ EŝŐŚƚĐůƵďхϱ͗ϯϬхάϮϳ͘ϱϬ ΎdŚĞ ^Ăǁ ŽĐƚŽƌƐх> ZхϳƉŵхάϮϬ Ύ<ĞǀŝŶ ĞǀŝŶĞх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϴ Ύ^ƉŽƌƚƐ EŝŐŚƚх Ăƌхϴ͗ϯϬ Ύ^ŚĞĚ ^ĞǀĞŶх> Zхϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϲ͘ϱϬ Ύ^ŽĂƉďŽǆ ůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ WĂƌƚх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϳ͗ϯϬхάϱ

ŝŶ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ƐƉŚĞƌĞ͘ >ĂƵŐŚ KƵƚ >ŽƵĚ ŚĂƐ ŵŽǀĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ŝƚƐ ůŽǁůǇ ŽƌŝŐŝŶƐ ŝŶ ƉƵď ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶ ƌŽŽŵƐ ƚŽ ƐĞůůͲŽƵƚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ Ăƚ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƐĞŵďůǇ ,ŽƵƐĞ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ dŽŵ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ƉƌĞƉĂƌŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ĮƌƐƚ ƐŽůŽ ƐƚĂŶĚͲ ƵƉ ƐŚŽǁ͕ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ &ŽƌƵŵ͘ ,ĞƌĞ ŚĞ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ĂŶ ŝƌƌĞǀĞƌĞŶƚ ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ďŝǌĂƌƌĞ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ĞǀĞƌǇĚĂǇ ůŝĨĞ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ƐĞǆ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĞŵƉůŽǇŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƌĞůŝŐŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĐŽƌƌĞĐƚŶĞƐƐ͘ EŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ďƵƚ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ĞǆƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƟŵĞ ƐƉĞŶƚ ƐŚƵƚ ĂǁĂǇ ƉĞŶŶŝŶŐ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ĂŶĚ ƚƵŶĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ǁŝůů ďĞ Ă ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ĞǆƚƌĂǀĂŐĂŶǌĂ ƉĂĐŬĞĚ ĨƵůů ŽĨ ƐŽŶŐƐ ĂƐ dŽŵ ƉůĂǇƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŝĂŶŽ ĂŶĚ ĚƌƵŵƐ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ƐŝŵƵůƚĂŶĞŽƵƐůǇ͊ dŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ǁŝůů ƚĂŬĞ ƉůĂĐĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϮƚŚ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ Ăƚ ϴ͗ϬϬƉŵ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ &ŽƌƵŵ͕ ĂŶĚ ƟĐŬĞƚƐ ĂƌĞ άϲ͘ϱϬ͕ Žƌ άϱ͘ϬϬ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŶĐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ Ͳ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ h Žǆ KĸĐĞ ŽŶ ϬϭϲϬϯ ϱϬϴϬϱϬ͘ ^Ž͕ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŽĨ ǇŽƵ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞůǇ ƐƚƵŵƉĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ͞tŚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚĞůů ŝƐ dŽŵ DŽƌĂŶ͍͟ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƐƚƌŽŶŐůǇ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ŚŝŐŚͲƚĂŝů ŝƚ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ &ŽƌƵŵ ŶĞǆƚ ǁĞĞŬ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉƌŽŵŝƐŝŶŐ ƵƉͲĂŶĚͲĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƚĂůĞŶƚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ƐĐĞŶĞ͊ Joz Norris

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