Event - Issue 241 by Concrete - the official student newspaper of UEA.

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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.fashion@uea.ac.uk|FASHION EDITOR>KAT JONES FASHION WRITERS>KAT JONES, GRACE SIMPSON

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

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concrete.tvdigital@uea.ac.uk|TELEVISION EDITOR>JOSH BUTLER TELEVISION WRITERS>MICHA BUTLER, ELLA FAIRHURST, REBECCA HARRINGTON, LINDSAY HARRIS, NATALIE STEPHENSON, DUNCAN VICAT-BROWN, CAROLINE WALKER

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concrete.film@uea.ac.uk|FILM EDITORS>ELIZABETH POOLE & ADAM SCALES FILM WRITERS>MICHAEL BLUNT, GEMMA BOYLE, PAUL COOK, RACHEL COXON, SARAH HEMSTED, JOSEPHINE LISTER, MICHAEL LOVELOCK, STEPH MCKENNA, LUKE NASH, DUNCAN VICAT-BROWN, BERT WARDLOW, CATHERINE WATTS

concrete.music@uea.ac.uk|MUSIC EDITORS>PAUL COOK & STEPH MCKENNA MUSIC WRITERS>MICHAEL BOND, MICHAEL BLUNT, KIERAN CORDERY, HAZY HALE, KATE HINKSMAN, JACK LOUGHRAN, TOM MCINNESCHRISTOPHER MILLS, HELEN THOMAS, ALEX THROSSELL, DUNCAN VICAT-BROWN

concrete.event@uea.ac.uk|CANVAS EDITOR>HAZEL COMPTON concrete.listings@uea.ac.uk|VENUE EDITOR>HELEN THOMAS

concrete.competitions@uea.ac.uk|COMPETITIONS EDITOR>WILL DONOVAN

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concrete.creativewriting@uea.ac.uk|CREATIVE WRITING EDITOR>STEPHANIE CROSS

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Tom: Red skinny jeans>£24.99, Military mini jacket>£44.99, Polo t-shirt>£19.99, Sunglasses>£4.99 Caroline: Black cardigan>£24.99, Hawaii’s 50 Dress>£39.99, Wet look leggings>£9.99

^ƉĞĐŝĂů ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ EĂƚŚĂŶ ĂŶĚ DŽ ĨƌŽŵ dŚĞ ZŽĐŬ ŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĞůƉ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ZŽŶ ƚŚĞ sĞƌŐĞƌ ŽĨ ^ƚ ŶĚƌĞǁƐ ŚƵƌĐŚ ĨŽƌ ĂůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƵƐ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ŝƚ ĂƐ ŽƵƌ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ͘ ǁǁǁ͘ƌŽĐŬĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ͘ĐŽ͘ƵŬ

ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ǁŝůů ĐĂƚĐŚ ƚŚĞ ĞǇĞ ŽĨ ĞǀĞŶ

THE ROCK COLLECTION ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ ŽĨ ƐŚŽƉƉĞƌƐ͘ 14-16 Lower Goat Lane, Norwich Lanes, Norwich NR2 1EL 01603 625 055 Stepping into this shop is like stepping into a new world. There is a huge ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ĐůŽƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ƐǁĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĞ 'ŽƚŚ ZŽĐŬ ĂŶĚ 'ƌƵŶŐĞ ƐƚǇůĞƐ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ recently incorporated the shop Black >ĂĐĞ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞǀĞŶ ŵŝǆ ŽĨ ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŵĞŶ͘ ǀĞŶ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ not a person who dresses head-to-toe in black leather and spiked jewellery, don’t be so quick to dismiss this shop. zĞƐ͕ ŝƚ ƐĞůůƐ ǁŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƚƌĞŶĚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ďĂŐŐǇ͕ ďůĂĐŬ trousers embellished with chains, ŇƵŽƌĞƐĐĞŶƚ ǀĞƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚƵƚƵƐ͕ ƟŐŚƚ ůĂĐĞ ďŽĚŝĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ďƵŝůƚͲƵƉ ƉůĂƞŽƌŵƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ŽůĚ ƌŽŽƚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĂŶĚ

&Žƌ ƐƚĂƌƚĞƌƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŇƵǆ ŽĨ skinny jeans this season, The Rock ŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĂůůǇ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĐŽůŽƵƌ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ both men and women. There are ůĞŽƉĂƌĚ ƉƌŝŶƚ ǀĂƌŝĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽŽ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ďƌĂǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ĂƌƌĂǇ ŽĨ ĚĞŶŝŵ ŚŽƚ ƉĂŶƚƐ ĨŽƌ ǁĂƌŵĞƌ ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ͘ ĂŶĚ ƚͲƐŚŝƌƚƐ ĂůƐŽ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ŚĞĂǀŝůǇ͕ including The Rolling Stones, Queen and Led Zeppelin. Emblazoned ůŽŐŽƐ ŝŶ ŐƌĂĸƟ ƐƚǇůĞ ƚĂŐƐ ĨŽƌ ŵĞŶ͕ Žƌ ĚŝĂŵĂŶƚĞͲĚ ƐƚƵĚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐůŝŵͲĮƚ ƚĞĞƐ ĨŽƌ ǁŽŵĞŶ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ĨĂŶ ƉĂƌĂƉŚĞƌŶĂůŝĂ ŝƐ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ǁŽƌƚŚ Ă look. For women, there is a huge ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ŽĨ ĚƌĞƐƐĞƐ͕ Ăůů ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĂƚ ͞ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ďŝƚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͟ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐŚŽƌƚ͕ ƟŐŚƚ ůĞĂƚŚĞƌ ŶƵŵďĞƌƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƌĚĐŽƌĞ ŐŽƚŚŝĐ ŐŝƌůƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƟŶŐ ůĂĐĞ ƐůĞĞǀĞƐ and ribboned corsets, or snap up

GUCCI GOTHIC>>> We saw it with the Autumn 2008 ŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ >ƵĞůůĂ ĂƌƚůĞǇ͕ ĂŶĚ here in the Gucci Spring/Summer ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ϮϬϭϬ͖ ŐŽƚŚŝĐ ƐƚǇůĞ ŝƐ ďĂĐŬ͘ >ĞƐƐ ǀĂŵƉŝƐŚ ŝŶ ĐƵƚ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƩĞƌŶ͕ ƚŚĞ 'ƵĐĐŝ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ

ŵŽƌĞ ƌŽŵĂŶƟĐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĞĚƵĐƟǀĞ ĐƵƌǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŝůǀĞƌ ĞŵďĞůůŝƐŚŵĞŶƚƐ ĨŽƌ ǁŽŵĞŶ ĂŶĚ ůƵǆƵƌŝŽƵƐ ďůĂǌĞƌƐ ŝŶ ŵĂŐĞŶƚĂ͕ ƌƵďǇ ĂŶĚ ĐŽďĂůƚ ďůƵĞ ĨŽƌ ŵĞŶ͘ ƌĞƐƐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƐĐƵůƉƚĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ĞǀĞƌǇ ůŝŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďŽĚǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ũĞƚ ďůĂĐŬ ĨĂďƌŝĐƐ

ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶǇ ƌĞƚƌŽ ƉƌŝŶƚĞĚ ƉŝĞĐĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽůŽƵƌĞĚ ŇŽǁĞƌƐ͕ ŶĂƵƟĐĂů stripes and anchors, or embroidered roses. The brand Hell Bunny adds ƵŶĚĞƌƐůŝƉƐ ŽĨ ƌƵŋĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƌŽƵƐŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ǀŽůƵŵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐŬŝƌƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ quirky dresses. Check out the 50’s ƐƚǇůĞ ƉĂůĞ ďůƵĞ ͞ ŝǆŝĞ DŝŶŝ ƌĞƐƐ͟ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƉĂƩĞƌŶ ŽĨ ƉŽƐƚĞƌ ŐŝƌůƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƌƐ͕ Ă ĨƵůů ƐŬŝƌƚ ĂŶĚ Ă ƟŶǇ͕ ĐŝŶĐŚĞĚ ŝŶ ǁĂŝƐƚ ĨŽƌ ũƵƐƚ άϮϰ͘ϵϵ͘ dŚĞ ƐƚĂī ĂƌĞ Ăůů ĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ ĂŶĚ ŚĞůƉĨƵů͕ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ŚĂƉƉǇ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ĂĚǀŝĐĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐ ƉƵƌĐŚĂƐĞƐ ůŝŬĞ dread pins and coloured contacts. So step in, look around, embrace ƚŚŝƐ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ƚƌĞŶĚ ĂŶĚ ďĞ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌŽƵƐ͘ Situated opposite Delaney’s pub, St Andrew’s church is simply ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ŝŶƐŝĚĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ŚŽŵĞ ƚŽ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ h<͛Ɛ ŽůĚĞƐƚ ƐƚĂŝŶĞĚ ŐůĂƐƐ ǁŝŶĚŽǁƐ͘ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ ŝƐ ŚĞůĚ Ăƚ ϭϬĂŵ ĞǀĞƌǇ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ĂŶĚ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞƐ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ͘ are criss-crossed with startling ĐŽůŽƵƌƐ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ĞŶĐŚĂŶƟŶŐ ƉƌŝŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƉƌŝŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ƐƵďůŝŵĞ͖ ƚŚĞǇ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƚǁŝŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĐŽůŽƵƌƐ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ĨƵůů ďůŽǁŶ Śŝƚ ŽĨ ďŽůĚ ĂŶĚ ĐůĂƐŚŝŶŐ ƉĂƩĞƌŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞƌĞ so apparent last year. DŝĚŶŝŐŚƚ ďůƵĞƐ͕ ƐŝůǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŵĞƚĂůůŝĐ ďůĂĐŬ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ũĂĐŬĞƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ

mens’ suits. Drain pipe trousers stream the leg to gather at the ĂŶŬůĞƐ ŽĨ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůǇ ƐŚŝŶǇ ƐŚŽĞƐ and boots. The man bag is the staple item seen throughout ƚŚĞ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĚĂƌŬͲƟŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚĞ 'ƵĐĐŝ ŵĂŶ Ă ďĂĚ ďŽǇ image.

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KAOS FASHION SHOW 2010

Greg Mann

Christopher Butchart

Greg Mann

< K^ ;ƐŚŽƌƚ ĨŽƌ <ŝĚƐ ĐƟŽŶ KǀĞƌƐĞĂƐͿ ŝƐ Ă h ͲďĂƐĞĚ ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ ĨŽĐƵƐĞĚ ŽŶ ĨƵŶĚƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĚƌĂǁŝŶŐ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĞƋƵĂůŝƟĞƐ͕ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ŝŶ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ĂŶĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ƐƵīĞƌĞĚ ďǇ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŽǀĞƌƐĞĂƐ͘ dŚĞ ƚŚŝƌĚ ĂŶŶƵĂů < K^ &ĂƐŚŝŽŶ ^ŚŽǁ ǁĂƐ ŚĞůĚ ŽŶ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϳƚŚ DĂƌĐŚ ƚŽ ƌĂŝƐĞ ŵŽŶĞǇ ĨŽƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚͲůĞĚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ŝŶ dŚĂŝůĂŶĚ͕ DĂůĂǁŝ͕ ĂŵďŝĂ ĂŶĚ <ĞŶǇĂ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͘

Christopher Butchart

dŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ƐŚŽǁƐ͕ ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ ƉƌĞĚŽŵŝŶĂŶƚůǇ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ;ǁŚŽ ŬŶĞǁ ƚŚĂƚ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ƐŽ ŐŽŽĚ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ͍Ϳ ŵŽĚĞůůŝŶŐ ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ ;Žƌ ŶŽƚ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ ŽĨ ŶŶ ^ƵŵŵĞƌƐͿ ĨƌŽŵ ůŽĐĂů ďŽƵƟƋƵĞƐ͘ ^ƚŽƌĞƐ ĂŶĚ ůĂďĞůƐ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƚǁĂůŬ ƐŚŽǁ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ^ŚŚŚŚ͕ WĞĂƌĚƌŽƉƐ Θ KĚĚƐŽĐŬƐ͕͊ >ŽǀĞ ŽƵƚƵƌĞ͕ ŶŶ ^ƵŵŵĞƌƐ͕ ZĞǀŽůƵƟŽŶǌ͕ ĂŝƐǇ Θ >ŽůĂ͕ ĞƐƉŽŬĞ ŽƵƟƋƵĞ͕ ůĞŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ůƵĞ :ĞĂŶ ŽŵƉĂŶǇ ĂŶĚ :ĂŶĞ ^ŚŝůƚŽŶ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ďǇ ͘ ͘ ͘D͘ WƌŽũĞĐƚ͘ dŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĞǆƉĂŶĚĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŽ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĂŌ ƐƚĂůůƐ͕ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ŵĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƉƌŝǌĞƐ ŽŶ ŽīĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĂŋĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůŝƐŵ͕ ĐƌĞĂƟǀŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐŵ ĞǆŚŝďŝƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌƐ ŝƐ Ă ĐƌĞĚŝƚ ƚŽ < K^ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƌĚ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŚĞǇ ƉƵƚ ŝŶƚŽ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ h ͛Ɛ ďĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘

Greg Mann

Greg Mann dŚĞ ǀĞŶƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĂŶŬ ŚƌŝƐƚŽƉŚĞƌ ƵƚĐŚĂƌƚ͕ 'ƌĞŐ DĂŶŶ ĂŶĚ ĂƐƉĞƌ WĂůŵĂŶŽ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ ĂŶĚ < K^ ĨŽƌ ŝŶǀŝƟŶŐ ƵƐ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ƐŚŽǁ͘ &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŽŶ < K^͕ ũŽŝŶ ƚŚĞ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ ŐƌŽƵƉ͕ < K^ h ͘

Casper Palmano

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Greg Mann dƌĂĐŬƐ ŽǁŶ ^ŽŵĞ ŽĨ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͛Ɛ ĞƐƚ 'ƌĂĸƟ

EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ ƚŚƌĞĞ ůĞŐĂů ŐƌĂĸƟ ǁĂůůƐ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ WŽƩĞƌŐĂƚĞ ƵŶĚĞƌƉĂƐƐ͕ ŽŶ 'ƌĂƉĞƐ ,ŝůů ĂŶĚ ŶĞĂƌ ŶŐůŝĂ ^ƋƵĂƌĞ͘ dŚĞǇ ĂĐƚ ĂƐ ĞǀĞƌ ĞǀŽůǀŝŶŐ ĐĂŶǀĂƐĞƐ ĨŽƌ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͛Ɛ ŐƌĂĸƟ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ƵƐĞ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ŽĨ ƚĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽůŽƵƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ Ăƌƚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĂĚǀŝƐĂďůĞ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŽŽ ĂƩĂĐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ŽŶĞ ƉŝĞĐĞ ŽĨ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͕ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ĂƚŵĂŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŽŶĐĞ ǁĂƚĐŚĞĚ ǇŽƵ ĂƐ ǇŽƵ ǁĂůŬĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ WŽƩĞƌŐĂƚĞ Ͳ ŝƚ͛ůů soon be gone.

BANKSY AND THE APPRECIATION POLITICAL GRAFFITI AROUND THE OF GRAFFITI WORLD ŝŵĂŐĞƐ͕ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐůŽŐĂŶƐ͘ ĂŶŬƐǇ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ĨĞǁ ŐƌĂĸƟ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ŚŝŐŚ ůĞǀĞů ŽĨ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ Śŝƚ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ƟŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ Ă ŚŽƵƐĞ ŐĞƚƐ ƐŽůĚ ĂƐ ͚ŵƵƌĂů ǁŝƚŚ ŚŽƵƐĞ ĂƩĂĐŚĞĚ͛ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ͚ŚŽƵƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŵƵƌĂů ŽŶ ǁĂůů͛͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŝŵƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŽ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐ ŐƌĂĸƟ Ăƌƚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ Śŝŵ Ă ŵĞŶƟŽŶ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ŵŝŐŚƚ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǀĂůŝĚŝƚǇ ŽĨ ůĂďĞůůŝŶŐ ŐƌĂĸƟ ĂƐ Ă ƚǇƉĞ ŽĨ Ăƌƚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚŝƐ

At South Bank, by the River Thames in London, ƐŬĂƚĞďŽĂƌĚĞƌƐ ŶŽƐĞƐůŝĚĞ͕ ŐƌŝŶĚ ĂŶĚ ŇŝƉ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ Ă ďĂĐŬĚƌŽƉ ŐůŝƩĞƌŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĞǀĞƌͲĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ mural. ^ŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ŐƌĂĸƟ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƐĞĞŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚƐ ŽĨ ĐŝƟĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƚƐ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƌŽŽƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƵŶĚĞƌŐƌŽƵŶĚ ŚŝƉͲŚŽƉ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ďͲďŽǇŝŶŐ͘ In recent years, Bristol’s Banksy has become Ă ŚŽƵƐĞŚŽůĚ ŶĂŵĞ͕ ƉŝŽŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ ŐƌĂĸƟ Ăƌƚ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐƐĞƐ͘ ,ŝƐ ǁŽƌŬ ŝƐ ƐĂƟƌŝĐĂů͕ ŽŌĞŶ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ĂŶƟͲǁĂƌ͕ ĂŶƟͲĐĂƉŝƚĂůŝƐƚ Žƌ ĂŶƟͲĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚŵĞŶƚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĚƌǇ͕ ĐŽŵŝĐ ƚǁŝƐƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽŌĞŶ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚƐ ŽĨ ƐƚĞŶĐŝů

ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ͚ƚĂŐƐ͛ ǇŽƵ ŵĂǇ ĮŶĚ ƐƉƌĂǇĞĚ ŽŶ ǇŽƵƌ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ ĨĞŶĐĞ͘ 'ƌĂĸƟ Ăƌƚ ŝƐ ĂďŽƵƚ community and human rights, not claiming ƚĞƌƌŝƚŽƌǇ ĂŶĚ ŽǁŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ůŝŶĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ǀĂŶĚĂůŝƐŵ ĂŶĚ Ăƌƚ͖ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ Ă ƚŚŝŶ ŽŶĞ͘ tŚĞŶ ŐƌĂĸƟ ŚĂƐ ƐƚǇůĞ ĂŶĚ ƚĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞ͕ Žƌ Ă ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ ʹ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů Žƌ ĐŽŵŝĐ͕ ŽŶůǇ ƚŚĞŶ ŵĂǇ ŝƚ ďĞ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ Ăƌƚ͘ dŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŐƌĂĸƟ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƉůĂĐĞ ĐĂŶ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĐĂƉƚƵƌĞĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ Ăƚ ĂŶ ĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ dĂƚĞ DŽĚĞƌŶ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ;ŽƵƚĚŽŽƌ Ăƌƚ ŝƐ ǀŝĞǁĞĚ ďĞƐƚ ŝŶ ƐƵŶŶǇ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐͿ͕ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ƚƌŝƉ ƚŽ ƌŝŐŚƚŽŶ͕ ĂƐƚ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͕ ƌŝƐƚŽů͘͘͘ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ĮŶĚ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ƐƚŽƉƉŝŶŐ͕ ƐƚĂƌŝŶŐ͕ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ ŇĂƐŚŝŶŐ ĂƐ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶĚĞƌ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞĞƚƐ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ůƵĐŬǇ enough to have money to go abroad, seek out ǁŚĂƚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŵĞ ŽĨ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ Ăƌƚ͘ zŽƵ ũƵƐƚ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ĐůŽƐĞƌ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ǇŽƵ͘ Carmina Masoliver-Marlow

IŶ ŵŽƐƚ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƉůĂĐĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h<͕ ƚŚĞ ŝůůĞŐĂůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ŐƌĂĸƟ ĂŶĚ ƚĞŶƐŝŽŶƐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ Ăƌƚ ĂŶĚ ǀĂŶĚĂůŝƐŵ ŝƐ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƟŽƵƐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĚĞĞƉĞƌ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ ďĞŝŶŐ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝŶ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵƚĐŚĞƐ ŽĨ ǁĂƌ Žƌ ĚŝĐƚĂƚŽƌƐŚŝƉ͕ ŐƌĂĸƟ goes beyond these boundaries and becomes a ďĂƐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĨƌĞĞ ƐƉĞĞĐŚ͘ /Ŷ WƌĂŐƵĞ͕ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƐƟůů ǀŝƐŝƚ :ŽŚŶ >ĞŶŶŽŶ ǁĂůů͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƐƚ ƌĞŐŝŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬ ďĞŝŶŐ ĐƌƵƐŚĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƵƐŝŶŐ ŝŵĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ :ŽŚŶ >ĞŶŶŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ ƉĞĂĐĞ ĂůŽŶŐ Ă ƐƚƌĞƚĐŚ ŽĨ ǁĂůů ŶĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ &ƌĞŶĐŚ ĞŵďĂƐƐǇ ƐƟůů ƚŚƌŝǀĞƐ͘ >ĞŶŶŽŶ͛Ɛ ŵƵƐŝĐ ǁĂƐ ďĂŶŶĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǌĞĐŚ ZĞƉƵďůŝĐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŝŵĂŐĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂŶ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƐǇŵďŽůŝĐ ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ to the government, believing to have facilitated WƌĂŐƵĞ͛Ɛ ƉĞĂĐĞĨƵů ĚŝƐƐŽůƵƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƐŵ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ sĞůǀĞƚ ZĞǀŽůƵƟŽŶ͘ DŽƌĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐůǇ͕ ŝŶ ĞƌůŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂůů ƚŚĂƚ ƐƉůŝƚ

ĞĂƐƚ ĂŶĚ ǁĞƐƚ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ŐŝŐĂŶƟĐ ĐĂŶǀĂƐ ĨŽƌ ŵĂŶǇ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ƐŝĚĞ͘ dŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽůŽƵƌĨƵů ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁĂůů ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďůĂŶŬ͕ ŐƌĞǇ ĞĂƐƚĞƌŶ ƐŝĚĞ ďĞĐĂŵĞ Ă ƐǇŵďŽů ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ƐŽĐŝĞƟĞƐ͘ ŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ǁĂůů ĨĞůů͕ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂůƐŽ ƉĂŝŶƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƐƚĞƌŶ ƐŝĚĞ ĂŶĚ Ă ĨĞǁ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ

ĞǆĂŵƉůĞƐ ƌĞŵĂŝŶ ĚŽƩĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ͘ /Ŷ WĂůĞƐƟŶĞ͕ ƚŚĞ /ƐƌĂĞůŝ tĞƐƚ ĂŶŬ ĂƌƌŝĞƌ ŚĂƐ ĞǀĞŶ ĂƩƌĂĐƚĞĚ ĂŶŬƐǇ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ŚŝƐ ŵĂƌŬ͘ 'ƌĂĸƟ isn’t all about famous names though, and there ĂƌĞ ůŽƚƐ ŽĨ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂůůǇ ĐŚĂƌŐĞĚ ĚƌĂǁŝŶŐƐ ĚŽŶĞ ďǇ ůĞƐƐĞƌ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂĐƚ ĂƐ ŝŵŵĞĚŝĂƚĞ͕ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ƌĞĂĐƟŽŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽĨ WĂůĞƐƟŶĞ͘ 'ƌĂĸƟ ŚĂƐ ŇŽƵƌŝƐŚĞĚ ŝŶ /ƌĂŶ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŝƚ ĂŶ ŽīĞŶƐĞ ƉƵŶŝƐŚĂďůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ƉƌŝƐŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ĂƌƟƐƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ /ƌĂŶŝĂŶ ƐĐĞŶĞ ŝƐ ϭŽŶĞ ǁŚŽ ƵƐĞƐ ŚŝƐ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŽ ĞĚƵĐĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽƚĞƐƚ ƐŽĐŝĂů ŝŶũƵƐƟĐĞƐ͘ ,ŝƐ ǁŽƌŬ can be found throughout Tehran, but he also ƉŽƐƚƐ ƉŚŽƚŽƐ ŽĨ Ăůů ŚŝƐ ǁŽƌŬ ŽŶ ŚŝƐ ďůŽŐ ;ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬ ƚĞŚƌĂŶǁĂůůƐ͘ďůŽŐƐƉŽƚ͘ĐŽŵͿ͘ >ŝŬĞ ĚĞƉŝĐƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ŐƌĂŶĚ ďĂƩůĞƐ ŝŶ Žŝů ƉĂŝŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƐŽ ĂĐĐƵƐƚŽŵĞĚ ƚŽ ŽŶ ŐĂůůĞƌǇ ǁĂůůƐ͕ ŐƌĂĸƟ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ϮϭƐƚ ĐĞŶƚƵƌǇ ŵĞƚŚŽĚ ŽĨ ĚĞƉŝĐƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂŝŶƐ ŽĨ Ă ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ŝŶ ŇƵǆ͘ Kirsten Peter

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THEATRE>NAME TO DROP> THEATRE>PREVIEW> CHAPTERHOUSE THEATRE COMPANY HAMLET This year Chapterhouse Theatre Company enters its 11th season of touring open-air ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ Ăƚ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ŚŽƵƐĞƐ͕ ĐĂƐƚůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌŝƚĂŐĞ ƐŝƚĞƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ h< ĂŶĚ /ƌĞůĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ ƌĂŶŐŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ͞ďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ^ŚĂŬĞƐƉĞĂƌĞ ƚŽ ůŝĨĞ ŝŶ ĂŶ ĞǆŚŝůĂƌĂƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƌĂƵĐŽƵƐůǇ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ͕͟ ; ĚŝŶďƵƌŐŚ ǀĞŶŝŶŐ EĞǁƐ ϮϬϬϲͿ ƚŽ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ĂĚĂƉƚĂƟŽŶ of Beauty and the Beast. ŚĂƉƚĞƌŚŽƵƐĞ ŚĂƐ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ƚŽƵƌŝŶŐ ĐŽŵƉĂŶǇƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͕ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ĮƌƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ŽĨ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ Ăƚ ƐŽŵĞ ƚŚŝƌƚǇ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ZŽŵĞŽ ĂŶĚ :ƵůŝĞƚ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϬ͘ /Ŷ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽƵƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ŽĨ ƐŚŽǁƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, dǁĞůŌŚ Night ĂŶĚ The Taming of The Shrew, together ǁŝƚŚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ ŽĨ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ǁŽƌŬƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ The Mystery Plays ĂŶĚ Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland͘ /Ŷ ϮϬϬϰ ƚŚŝƐ ƉŝŽŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ ĐŽŵƉĂŶǇ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ tĞƐƚ ŶĚ ƐŚŽǁ ĞǀĞƌ ƚŽ ƚŽƵƌ open-air; ART, ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ ďǇ EŝŐĞů ,ĂǀĞƌƐ͘

Ɛ ƚŚŝƐ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ĞŶƐĞŵďůĞ ƉƌŝĚĞ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ŽŶ ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ ĂĐĐĞƐƐŝďůĞ͕ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ďƵƚ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ ƐŚŽǁƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞŐŽĞƌƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͘ ŚĂƉƚĞƌŚŽƵƐĞ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ ŽŵƉĂŶǇ ŝƐ ƚŽƵƌŝŶŐ ĮǀĞ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ŶĞǁ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ŽǀĞƌ ŽŶĞ ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚ ŽĨ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͛Ɛ ŵŽƐƚ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĂŶĚ ŝĚǇůůŝĐ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ ƐĞƫŶŐƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ tŽďƵƌŶ ďďĞǇ͕ &ŽƵŶƚĂŝŶƐ ďďĞǇ ĂŶĚ ^Ăǀŝůů 'ĂƌĚĞŶƐ͖ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ ůŽǀĞƌƐ ĂůŝŬĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƉĞŶͲ Ăŝƌ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ ůĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ ƚŽ ƉƌĞͲƐŚŽǁ ƉŝĐŶŝĐƐ͕ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ ĂŶ ĞŶũŽǇĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ŵĞŵŽƌĂďůĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͘ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ĨŽƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ Ă ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞ ĂƐƚĞƌŶ ĂŝůǇ WƌĞƐƐ ĐůĂŝŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ͞ŽƉĞŶͲĂŝƌ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ Ăƚ ŝƚ͛ ďĞƐƚ͘͟ tŚĞƚŚĞƌ Ă ƉůĂǇ ƐĞĞŶ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƐ Žƌ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ ŽĨ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͛Ɛ ďůŝƐƐ͕ ŚĂƉƚĞƌŚŽƵƐĞ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞƐ ǇŽƵ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶĞǁ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͕ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚͲůŽǀĞĚ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ůŝƚĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ :ƵŶĞ ƚŽ ůĂƚĞ ƵŐƵƐƚ ϮϬϭϬ

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM ůůŽǁ ƚŚĞ ŵŝƐĐŚŝĞǀŽƵƐ ZŽďŝŶ 'ŽŽĚĨĞůůŽǁ ƚŽ ƐƉŝƌŝƚ ǇŽƵ ĂǁĂǇ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŚĞŶŝĂŶ ĨŽƌĞƐƚ ĂƐ ^ŚĂŬĞƐƉĞĂƌĞ͛Ɛ ǀĞƌƐĞ ĐŽŵĞƐ ĂůŝǀĞ ǁŝƚŚ

ŵĂŐŶŝĮĐĞŶƚ ĐŽƐƚƵŵĞƐ͕ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ƐĞƚƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ĐƵƐƚŽŵ ĐŽŵƉŽƐĞĚ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ƐĐŽƌĞ ŝŶ ^ŚĂŬĞƐƉĞĂƌĞ͛Ɛ ƌĞŶŽǁŶĞĚ ƌŽŵĂŶƟĐ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ͘

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING ZĂŝƐĞ Ă ŐůĂƐƐ ĂƐ ǇŽƵ ũŽŝŶ ŚĂƉƚĞƌŚŽƵƐĞ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĂƵƚŚĞŶƟĐ ^ŚĂŬĞƐƉĞĂƌĞĂŶ ŵĞƌƌŝŵĞŶƚ͘ DƵĐŚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚĞůŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞŶŐĂŐĞĚ ůĂƵĚŝŽ ĂŶĚ ,ĞƌŽ͕ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŝŵŝƚĂďůĞ ĞĂƚƌŝĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌ ďĞŐƌƵĚŐŝŶŐ ŵĂƚĐŚ ĞŶĞĚŝĐŬ ĂƌĞ ƚƌŝĐŬĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ĐŽŶĨĞƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŽǀĞ ĨŽƌ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽŶƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞƐ ďŽƚŚ ŚŝůĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ƌŽŵĂŶƟĐ͘ ŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ũĞĂůŽƵƐ ŵĂĐŚŝŶĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǀŝůůĂŝŶŽƵƐ ŽŶ :ŽŚŶ ĂŶĚ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ ŚŽƐƚ ŽĨ ĚĞůŝŐŚƞƵůůǇ ĐŚĞĞŬǇ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ůŝŐŚƚͲŚĞĂƌƚĞĚ ůŽǀĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŝƐ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŽ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶ ĂŶĚ ĞŶƚŚƌĂů͘

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

dŚŝƐ ǁĞĞŬ ƚŚĞ ƌĂŵĂ ^ŽĐŝĞƚǇ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƐ ŝƚƐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞŵĞƐƚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ tŝůůŝĂŵ Shakespeare’s Hamlet, one of Shakespeare’s most ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ƉůĂǇƐ͕ ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ ďǇ ,ĂŶŶĂŚ ZŽǁůĞǇ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ Ă ƚƌĂŐŝĐ ƚĂůĞ ŽĨ ŵǇƐƚĞƌǇ͕ ŵĂĚŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƌĚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŝĐƌŽĐŽƐŵŝĐ ĂŶŝƐŚ ĐŽƵƌƚ͕ ĂƐ WƌŝŶĐĞ ,ĂŵůĞƚ ƐĞĞŬƐ ǀĞŶŐĞĂŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĂƚŚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ͘ ^ƉŽƌƟŶŐ Ă ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶǀĞŶƟǀĞ ĐĂƐƚ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ :ŽĞ tƌŝŐŚƚ ĂƐ ůĂƵĚŝƵƐ͕ ^ƵǌǇ 'ŝůů ĂƐ 'ĞƌƚƌƵĚĞ͕ ^ŚŽŶĂ K͛>ĞĂƌǇ ĂƐ KƉŚĞůŝĂ ĂŶĚ ůůŝŽƚ ZƵŽĐĐŽͲdƌĞŶŽƵƚŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƟƚůĞ ƌŽůĞ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐƚͲƐĞĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ͘ tŝƚŚ ůŝǀĞ ƐǁŽƌĚ ĮŐŚƟŶŐ͕ ĨĂŵĞĚ ƐŽůŝůŽƋƵŝĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƟĐŬĞƚƐ ĐŽƐƟŶŐ Ă ŵĞƌĞ άϰ͘ϱϬ͕ ŝƚ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ŶŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ŚĞĂƌƚǇ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͘ ^Ž ĐŽŵĞ ĂůŽŶŐ Ăƚ ϳ͘ϯϬƉŵ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϬƚŚ͕ ϭϭƚŚ Žƌ ϭϮƚŚ ŽĨ DĂƌĐŚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ƵƉ ĨŽƌ Ă ŶĞǁ ƌĞƚĞůůŝŶŐ ŽĨ Ă ƐƚŽƌǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞŐƵŝůĞĚ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŽǀĞƌ ϰϬϬ ǇĞĂƌƐ͘ Suze Wood

^ƚĞƉ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ ƟŵĞ ĂƐ ǁĞ ŵĞĞƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶŶĞƩƐ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŶƚĞƌĨĞƌŝŶŐ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ ĞŶŐŝŶĞĞƌƐ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĐŽƵƌƚƐŚŝƉƐ͕ ƐŝƐƚĞƌƐ ůŝǌĂďĞƚŚ ĂŶĚ :ĂŶĞ ŵƵƐƚ ƉƵƌƐƵĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ƋƵĞƐƚ ĨŽƌ ůŽǀĞ͘ ŵŽŶŐƐƚ ŵŝƐƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐƐ͕ ŵŝƐƚĂŬĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŝƐĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ŐŝƌůƐ ŵƵƐƚ ĮŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ƵŶƟů ůŝǌĂďĞƚŚ ĐĂŶ ĮŶĂůůǇ ƐƵƌƉĂƐƐ ŚĞƌ ƉƌĞũƵĚŝĐĞƐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƉĂƐƚ Dƌ ĂƌĐǇ͛Ɛ ƉƌŽƵĚ ĞǆƚĞƌŝŽƌ͘ ŌĞƌ Ăůů͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ Ă ƚƌƵƚŚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐĂůůǇ ĂĐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ƐŝŶŐůĞ ŵĂŶ ŝŶ ƉŽƐƐĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ĨŽƌƚƵŶĞ͕ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ŝŶ ǁĂŶƚ ŽĨ Ă ǁŝĨĞ͙

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST >ŽƵŝƐĂ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌ ƚƌƵƐƚǇ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝŽŶ DŝůŬǇͲ tŚŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽǁ ĂƌĞ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ Beauty and the Beast ƚŚŝƐ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͘ >ĂƵƌĂ dƵƌŶĞƌ͛Ɛ ŝŶƚĞƌƉƌĞƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ĨĂŝƌǇƚĂůĞ ŝƐ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŽ ĚĞůŝŐŚƚ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŽĨ Ăůů ĂŐĞƐ ĂƐ >ŽƵŝƐĂ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽƌĚŝŶĂƌǇ ϭϵϰϬƐ͛ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ŵĂŐŝĐĂů ƐĞƫŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞůĞƐƐ ĨĂŝƌǇƚĂůĞ͘ tĂƚĐŚ ƚŚŝƐ ŚĞĂƌƚͲǁĂƌŵŝŶŐ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ ĨƵŶ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐŚŝƉ ŝŶ ĨĂŶĐǇ ĚƌĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ũŽŝŶ >ŽƵŝƐĂ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ŝŶ Ă ƉĂƌĂĚĞ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌǀĂů ʹ Ă ƚƌƵĞ ŚĂƉƚĞƌŚŽƵƐĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ͊ Ƶƚ ŝĨ ũƵƐƚ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƐ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ƋƵŝƚĞ ŇŽĂƚ ǇŽƵƌ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ďŽĂƚ͕ ŚĂƉƚĞƌŚŽƵƐĞ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ ŽŵƉĂŶǇ ĂƌĞ ŚŽůĚŝŶŐ ĂƵĚŝƟŽŶƐ Ăƚ h ŽŶ dŚƵƌƐĚĂǇ ϭϭƚŚ DĂƌĐŚ͊ Richard Main, Chapterhouse producer, would ĂůƐŽ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĂŶŬ :ŽŶĂƚŚĂŶ ,ǇĚĞ͕ ^ĐŽƩ ƌŽǁŶ and everyone in the Drama department for ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĂƌĚ ǁŽƌŬ ŝŶ ƉƵƫŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͘ &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƚĂŝůƐ ŽĨ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƟĐŬĞƚƐ͕ ŐŽ ƚŽ ǁǁǁ͘ĐŚĂƉƚĞƌŚŽƵƐĞ͘ŽƌŐ Žƌ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ ŐƌŽƵƉ͘ Laura Riggs

creative writing

09mar10 issue241

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comedy. The Blue Horn Beaked Fish Warbler dŚĞ ůƵĞ ,ŽƌŶ ďĞĂŬĞĚ ĮƐŚ ǁĂƌďůĞƌ͕ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĨŽƵŶĚ ďǇ ŵĞ͕ / ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ŝƚ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĚĂǇ͕ ũƵƐƚ ƐŝƫŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ƚƌĞĞ͘ / Ăŵ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŝƚ ŚĞƌĞ͕ ŶŽ ŽŶĞ ĞůƐĞ ŚĂƐ ǇĞƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͕ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ ƐŝŐŚƚ͕ /͛ŵ ƐƵƌĞ / ĞǀĞƌ ƐĂǁ͘ dŚĞ ůƵĞ ,ŽƌŶ ďĞĂŬĞĚ ĮƐŚ ǁĂƌďůĞƌ͕ ůŝǀĞƐ ŝŶ dŝŵďƵŬƚƵ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƐŝŐŚƚĞĚ ƐŝŶĐĞ͕ ŝŶ ũƵŶŐůĞƐ ŽĨ WĞƌƵ͘ tŚĞƌĞƚŽ ŝƚ ŵŝŐƌĂƚĞƐ ƚǁŝĐĞ Ă ǇĞĂƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŇŝŐŚƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ZǇĂŶͲĂŝƌ ŶĚ ƐƚĞĂůƐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶͲŇŝŐŚƚ ŵĂŐĂǌŝŶĞƐ͕ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ůĂŝƌ͘ dŚĞ ůƵĞ ,ŽƌŶ ďĞĂŬĞĚ ĮƐŚ ǁĂƌďůĞƌ͕ ŝƐ ŝŶ ĨĂĐƚ Ă ďŝƌĚ͕ tŚŽ͛Ɛ ƐŝŶŐŝŶŐ ůƵƌĞƐ Ăůů ƉĂƐƐŝŶŐ ĮƐŚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ĂďƐƵƌĚ͘ Although when a tree falls on it, and no-one is around, ŽĞƐ ĂŶǇďŽĚǇ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĐĂƌĞ͕ ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐ ŐŽĚ ĂǁĨƵů ƐŽƵŶĚ͘

tŚŝůĞ / ǁĂƐ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ůĂŬĞ͕ ƐƵĚĚĞŶůǇ͕ / ƐĂǁ Ă ƐŶĂŬĞ͘ ^Ž / ƌĂŶ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ƚŽ > Z ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŽŽ ĨĂƌ͘ / ƚŽŽŬ ƐŚĞůƚĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŝǀĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƌĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚĂŶĐĞůůŽƌƐΖ ƌŝǀĞ͘ Ƶƚ ǁŚĞŶ / ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƵď͕ hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ͕ / ďƌŽŬĞ Ă ĐƵƉ͘ tŚĞŶ / ǁĞŶƚ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďĂƌ͕ / ŚĞĂƌĚ Ă ƐŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ Ă ƐŵĂƐŚŝŶŐ ũĂƌ͘ ^Ž / ůĞŌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐΖ hŶŝŽŶ ƚŽ ĂƐŬ ĨŽƌ ĂĚǀŝĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ͘ dŚĞŶ / ĞŶƚĞƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŵƉůŽǇĂďŝůŝƚǇ͕ / ĨŽƵŶĚ ĨŽƌ ǁŽƌŬ ŶŽ ƉŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƚǇ͘

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Run, student, run. You’d never know that the average student puts on of a sizeable amount of weight by ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮƌƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŽǁ ŵƵĐŚ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ they seem to do. And all those varied types of ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŽŽ͘ zŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐ ĂůŽŶŐ ƐŝĚĞ Ă ǇŽƵŶŐ ŵĂŶ ŝŶ Ă ƚƌĞŶĐŚ ĐŽĂƚ ;,Ğ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌƵĞ EĞŽ ĂŶĚ DŽƌƉŚĞƵƐ ǁŝůů ĐĂůů ŽŶĞ dŚĞ ůƵĞ ,ŽƌŶ ďĞĂŬĞĚ ĮƐŚ ǁĂƌďůĞƌ ŝƐ͕ Žƌ ƐŽ /͛ŵ ƚŽůĚ͕ ĚĂǇͿ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƐƉŽƌĂĚŝĐĂůůǇ͕ EŽƚ ŝŶ ĨĂĐƚ Ă ƐŚĂĚĞ ŽĨ ďůƵĞ͕ ďƵƚ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ǌƚĞĐ ŐŽůĚ͘ ƚŚĞǇ ĚĞĐŝĚĞ ƚŽ ďƌĞĂŬ ŝŶƚŽ Ă /ƚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ŇŽĐŬ͕ Žƌ ŚĞƌĚ Žƌ ƌƵŶ ŝŶ ƉĂĐŬƐ͕ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ƚĞŶĚ ƚŽ ƌƵŶ͕ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŶŽǁŚĞƌĞ͘ KŶĐĞ swarm, ǇŽƵ ŶŽƟĐĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ /ŶƐƚĞĂĚ͕ /ƚ ŚĂŶŐƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďƌĂŶĐŚĞƐ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ĨŽƌůŽƌŶ͘ ƐƉŽƌĂĚŝĐ ƌƵŶŶĞƌƐ͕ ǇŽƵ ƐƚĂƌƚ dŚĞ ůƵĞ ,ŽƌŶ ďĞĂŬĞĚ ĮƐŚ ǁĂƌďůĞƌ͕ ŝƚƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŝƐƐŝŶŐ ůŝŶŬ͕ ƚŽ ŶŽƟĐĞ ŵŽƌĞ͘ ^ƚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ĞƚǁĞĞŶ Ă ŵƵůƟͲƐƚŽƌĞǇ ĂŶĚ Ă ƐŬĂƟŶŐ ƌŝŶŬ͘ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ŽŶ Ă ǁŚŝŵ͘ /ƚƐ ĚŝĞƚ ŝƐ ŵŽƐƚ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ŝƚƐ ŚĂďŝƚƐ ǁŝůů ĂŵĂǌĞ͕ Moving without bending /ƚ ĨĂǀŽƵƌƐ ďĂŵďŽŽ ƐŚŽŽƚƐ ĂŶĚ ůĞĂǀĞƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŽůŵĂŶ͛Ɛ either knees or elbows. mayonnaise. ^ŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ǇŽƵ ũƵƐƚ ŐŽƚ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŽ ďĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŶŽ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ͚ũƵƐƚ ǁĂůŬ͛͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƐĐĂƌĞĐƌŽǁ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ƟŵĞ͘ dŚĞ ůƵĞ ,ŽƌŶ ďĞĂŬĞĚ ĮƐŚ ǁĂƌďůĞƌ͕ / ŬŶŽǁ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ͕ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ ĐůĂŝŵŝŶŐ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƚǇƉĞ ŽĨ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞ ĚĂƌƚ͘ zŽƵ͛ůů ďĞ ƐŝƫŶŐ ŝŶ >dϭ͕ ϱ dŚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ŽĨ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǇŽƵ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ǁĂƌǇ͕ ŵŝŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŽ Ă ůĞĐƚƵƌĞ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ŚĞĂƌ Ă ƐŚƵŋĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ /Ɛ ĮŶĚŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ĨŽƵŶĚ͕ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƌǇ͘ ĚŽŶĞ Ă ϭϴϬĚĞŐƌĞĞ ƚƵƌŶ͕ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƚĞŶƐĞ ďƵƚ ƐŵƵŐ Simon Cox ůŽŽŬ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĂĐĞ͘ /ƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ǇŽƵ ƚŚŝŶŬ͖ ǁŚǇ ĚŝĚ ƚŚĞǇ ĞǀĞŶ ĐŽŵĞ͍ / ^ ŝƐ Ă ďŝƚĐŚ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ͘

/ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ Ă ůĞƩĞƌ ĨƵůů ŽĨ ŐůŽŽŵ͘ dŚĞŶ / ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĂŵĂ ^ƚƵĚŝŽ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ Ă ǀŝĚĞŽ Žƌ Ă ƉůĂǇ ĨŽƌ ^ŚĂŬĞƐƉĞĂƌĞ͘ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ <ŝŶŐ >ĞĂƌ͘

tŚĞŶ / ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ DĞĚŝĐĂů ĞŶƚƌĞ͕ / ĨŽƵŶĚ ŶŽ ĚŽĐƚŽƌƐ͕ ďƵƚ Ă ĐĂƌƉĞŶƚĞƌ͘ dŚĞŶ / ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŚŽŽů ŽĨ >Ăǁ͘ / ƐĂǁ ƐŽŵĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ƐŚŽǁ͘ / ƚŽŽŬ Ă ďƵƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚǇ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ

dŚĞŶ / ǀŝƐŝƚĞĚ EĞůƐŽŶ ŽƵƌƚ͘ dŚĞ ǁĂǇ ǁĂƐ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƚŽŽ ƐŚŽƌƚ͘ EĞǆƚ͕ / ƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŚŽŽů ŽĨ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ ŵǇ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ͘ tŚĞŶ / ǀŝƐŝƚĞĚ ƵĐŬĞƌŵĂŶ /ŶƐƟƚƵƚĞ͕ / ŵĞƚ ƐĐŝĞŶƟƐƚƐ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ƐŽ ĐƵƚĞ͘

ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ĐŽůĚ ŝŶ tŝŶƚĞƌ͘ / ŐŽƚ Žī ĂŶĚ ĞŶƚĞƌĞĚ WŽƵŶĚůĂŶĚ͘ dŚĞǇ ƐĞůů ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ĞǀĞŶ ƐĂŶĚ͊ / ƐĂǁ ƚǁŽ ďĞŐŐĂƌƐ ůŝŬĞ Ă ďĂŶĚ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ /ĐĞůĂŶĚ͘

dŚĞŶ / ƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ ůŝǌĂďĞƚŚ &ƌǇ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ƐŽ ďŝŐ ĂŶĚ ŚŝŐŚ͘ tŚĞŶ / ƐĂǁ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐƚĂďůĞ dĞƌƌĂĐĞ͕ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ƐŽ ŐƌĞĂƚ ůŝŬĞ Ă ƉĂůĂĐĞ͘ dŚĞŶ / ǁĂůŬĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ŽĨ ^ĂŝŶƐďƵƌǇ ĂŶĚ / ŚĂĚ ƐŽŵĞ ũƵŝĐĞ ŽĨ ƐƚƌĂǁďĞƌƌǇ͘ / ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŚŽŽů ŽĨ ŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ ƐŽ ĂƐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƐŽŵĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͘

ŌĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ / ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶŬ where there is somebody to thank. dŚĞŶ / ƚŽŽŬ Ă ƐŚŽƌƚ ƌĞƐƚ and had a drink at Zest.

/ ǀŝƐŝƚĞĚ ĂůƐŽ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŚŽŽů ŽĨ ŽŵŵĞƌĐĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ŵĞ ƚŽ ǁƌŝƚĞ ƚŚŝƐ ǀĞƌƐĞ͘ Ɛ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ^ĐŚŽŽů ŽĨ ŽŵƉƵƟŶŐ ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞƐ͕ / ĨŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞŵ Ăůů ǁĞĂƌŝŶŐ ŐůĂƐƐĞƐ͘

EĞǆƚ͕ / ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƉůĂŝŶĐǇ͕ /ƚΖƐ Ă ƉůĂĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƌĞůŝŐŝŽƵƐ ĚĞŵŽĐƌĂĐǇ͘ dŚĞŶ / ŵŽǀĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůŝďƌĂƌǇ ƚŽ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞ ĂŶ ĞƐƐĂǇ ĨŽƌ &ĞďƌƵĂƌǇ͘ / ůŽŽŬĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ >ĞĐƚƵƌĞ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ǀŝƐŝƚ ŝƚ ůĂƚĞƌ͘

dŚĞŶ / ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ďƌŝĚŐĞ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ŐŽ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ^ĞĐƵƌŝƚǇ >ŽĚŐĞ͘ / ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚ Ă ůĞĂŬ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌƚƐ ĐĞŝůŝŶŐ͕ ^Ž ƚŚĞǇ ƚŚĂŶŬĞĚ ŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĚĞĞƉ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ͘

tŚĞŶ / ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌƚƐ͕ / ĨŽƵŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚǁŽ ƉĂƌƚƐ͘ EĞǆƚ͕ / ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ WŽƐƚ ZŽŽŵ͘

dŚĞŶ / ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ^ƉŽƌƚƐ WĂƌŬ͘ / ŚĞĂƌĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŬǇ ůĂƌŬ͘ ĞĨŽƌĞ ƌĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ůĂĐŬĚĂůĞ ^ĐŚŽŽů͕ / ƉĂƐƐĞĚ Ă ďŝŐ ƐǁŝŵŵŝŶŐ ƉŽŽů͘

dŚĞŶ / ŵŽǀĞĚ ƚŽ Y ͘ ůů ƐƚĂī ǁĞůĐŽŵĞĚ ŵĞ͊ dŚĞŶ / ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ WƌŝŵĂƌŬ / ďŽƵŐŚƚ ũĞĂŶƐ ďůƵĞ ĚĂƌŬ͘ tŚĞŶ / ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂƐƚůĞ DĂůů͕ / ƐĂǁ ƚǁŽ ďŽǇƐ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ďĂůů͘ ^Ž / ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƐŚŽƉ Ăƚ DŽƌƌŝƐŽŶƐ͕ / ĨŽƵŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝƐŽŶƐ͊ dŚĞŶ / ƚŽŽŬ Ă ďƵƐ ƚŽ ŶŐůŝĂ ^ƋƵĂƌĞ͘ ŚĂƌŝƚǇ ƐŚŽƉƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĞǀĞƌǇǁŚĞƌĞ͘ / ĞŶƚĞƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŚĂŶĚ ƐŚŽƉ and asked for a used laptop. / ůŽŽŬĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ZŽƐĞ >ĂŶĞ for an hour, but in vain. ^Ž / ƚŽŽŬ Ă ďƵƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂƌďŽŽƚ͘ / ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ďƵǇ Ă ŶŝĐĞ ƐƵŝƚ͘ dŚĞŶ / ǁĞŶƚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǀŝůůĂŐĞ ĂŌĞƌ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ŶŽ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ͘ &ŝŶĂůůǇ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ďĞĂŵ͕ / ƌĞĂůŝǌĞĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ĚƌĞĂŵ͘ Ashraf Zidan

Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ŐǇŵ ŝƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǇŽƵ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂů ƌƵŶŶĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƐ͘ tŚĞƌĞ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƌƵŶ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽ ƌƵŶ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽͲǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŽ ďĞ͘ ϯϬŵŝŶƐ ŽŶ Ă ƚƌĞĂĚŵŝůů ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŐĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĂŶ ŝŶĐŚ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ K<͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǇŽƵ ŐŽƚ Įƚ͘ tĂůŬŝŶŐ ƉĂƐƚ ƚŚĞ ^ƉŽƌƚƐ WĂƌŬ͛Ɛ ŚƵŐĞ ŐůĂƐƐ ǁŝŶĚŽǁ ;ŽŶ ƌŽƵƚĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďĂƌͿ͕ ƚŚĞ athletes, who somehow gravitate towards the window, bust Ă ŐƵƚ͘ dŚĞ ďƵƌŶ͘ dŚĞ ƐǁĞĂƚ͘ 'ŽŽĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŵ͘ WůĂǇŝŶŐ WŽŽů ĐŽƵŶƚƐ ĂƐ ĞǆĞƌĐŝƐĞ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͕ ƌŝŐŚƚ͍ ŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉůƵƌĂů͘ dŚĞ ƌƵŶƐ͘ dŚĞ ƌƵŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ ƚĂŬĞĂǁĂǇ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ĨƵŶŶǇ͕ ũƵƐƚ ŶŽƚ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ǇŽƵ͘ WŚŽŶĞ ĨŽŽĚ ĂŝŶ͛ƚ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ĨƵŶ͘ &Žƌ ƐŽŵĞ ƌĞĂĚĞƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƟŵĞ ǇŽƵ ĚŽ ƌƵŶ ŝƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ Ϯϱ ďƵƐ͕ Žƌ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ϯϱ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ͘ Ƶƚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ŵŝƐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ďƵƐ͕ ǇŽƵ ďĞƩĞƌ ƉƌĞƚĞŶĚ ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐŝŶŐůǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŝĨ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĞ ďƵƐ ǇŽƵ ǁĞƌĞ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ăƚ Ăůů͘ ,ĞŶĐĞ͕ ǇŽƵ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŵŝƐƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďƵƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ƉĂƐƚ ƚŚĞ ďƵƐ ƐƚŽƉ͘ /͛ŵ ŶŽƚ ƐƵƌĞ ŚŽǁ ůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂƌƌǇ ŽŶ ĨŽƌ͕ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ũƵƐƚ ĨĂƌ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƐŝŐŚƚ͘ Ƶƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƵƐƵĂůůǇ ƚŚĞ ďƵƐ ƉĂƐƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ gives them away. ZƵŶŶŝŶŐ ŝƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ͘ tĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ũƵƐƚ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ůŽǀĞ ŝƚ͘ ^Ž͕ ŝĨ you’re a student, never stop running. Carl Silverstone

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FIVE DAYS>RUNNING LIKE CLOCKWORK dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŚĂůĨ ŽĨ Five Days proves as entertaining ĂƐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶĂŝůͲďŝƟŶŐůǇ ƚĞŶƐĞ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐ ƚǁŝƐƚ ŽĨ Ă ďƌŽŬĞŶͲĚŽǁŶ ƚƌĂŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ comes screeching to an agonising halt, leaving the passengers dwelling on their unfortunate ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ͘ Happily this also leads to light-hearted moments of banter, such as the police-woman’s mother constantly complaining, Clerks-style, ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚĞƌ ĚĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ĚĂǇ Žī͘ Updates on the baby also provide some much ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ƌĞůŝĞĨ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƌƐŚ ƌĞĂůŝƟĞƐ ŽĨ ůŝĨĞ ƚŚĂƚ have to be confronted by the protagonist. It is ŽŌĞŶ Ă ŐƌƵĞůůŝŶŐ ǁĂƚĐŚ͕ ĞŶŚĂŶĐĞĚ ŐƌĞĂƚůǇ ĨƌŽŵ the performance of David Morrissey, who leads

HEROES>HOW TO SAVE A SCI-FI Heroes has used up a lot of story lines: the past, the future, family reunions, family unity, families at war, and the simultaneous loss of ƉŽǁĞƌƐ͘ tŚĂƚ ŽŶ ĞĂƌƚŚ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ůĞŌ͍ ǆĂĐƚůǇ͊ Perhaps it’s not ‘Earth’ that they should be on. Kƌ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ĂƌƚŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ŬŶŽǁ ŝƚ ʹ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ dimension perhaps? ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĚŝŵĞŶƐŝŽŶ ǁŽƵůĚ ĂůůŽǁ Ă ŶĞǁ world to be explained and explored, the heroes’ circumstances would be fresh and new, and they would have new friends to make, and new enemies, too. The show normally works best if they’re outnumbered - freaks and underdogs - so they work as a team. The new dimension could be a

the search for the infant. dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐŽŵĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ǀŝƐƵĂů ĐŚŽŝĐĞƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ũƵŵƉͲĐƵƚ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŝŶ ĚƌĂǁƐ ďĂĐŬ͘ WƵŶĐƚƵĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚƌŝǀĞƌ͛Ɛ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂů ďƌĞĂŬĚŽǁŶ͕ there are bouts of verbal frenzy as the anxiety ůĞǀĞů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƐĞŶŐĞƌƐ ƌŝƐĞƐ͕ ƉƌŽŵƉƟŶŐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƐĞŶŐĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ŵĂƩĞƌƐ ŝŶƚŽ ŚŝƐ ŽǁŶ hands despite protests of, “where do you think you’re going?” The hammering on the driver’s door causes further alarm (as if his stress levels weren’t high enough already) but luckily there ŝƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ƌŽŽŵ ĨŽƌ ŝŶƚƌŽƐƉĞĐƟŽŶ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĚƌŝǀĞƌ recalls the terrible moment he saw a body on the tracks to PC Franklin. Five Days is a clever intertwining of the ĨƵŶŶǇ ĂŶĚ ƵƉƐĞƫŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĐŽĐƚƐ ĂŶ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂů intensity that will leave you gripped - at least for the rest of the week. Ella Fairhurst

place where powers are natural and the norm, and much more advanced than our heroes already have. As the natural world has not featured highly so far, super-powers could be so commonplace that animals have them too. Our ŚĞƌŽĞƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƐĞĞŶ ĂƐ ǁĞĂŬĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ŬŝƩĞŶ͊ EŽ ĚŽƵďƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ŐŽ ĂƐ ĨĂƌ ĂƐ ƚŽ have humans that phase into animals, but that might be a bit too Twilight/True Blood. dŚĞƌĞ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŚŽǁ ƚŚŝƐ ŶĞǁ dimension would be available to the heroes. ŚĂŶŐĞ ŝƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ĐĂƵƐĞĚ ďǇ ƐĐŝĞŶƟĮĐ ƉƌŝŶĐŝƉůĞƐ ŝŶ ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ ĮĐƟŽŶ ǁŽƌůĚƐ͕ ƐŽ Ă ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ tectonic plates opening a portal could be acceptable. This new chapter could add some new faces and new life to the show. We might even lose some dull characters who want to ‘stay in the alternate dimension’. Natalie Stephenson

FRIENDS>I’LL BE THERE ŚĂŶŶĞů ϰ ĞŶƚĞƌƉƌŝƐĞ͕ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ŽŶĐĞ͕ ďƵƚ ĨŽƵƌ ƟŵĞƐ Ă ĚĂǇ͘ ĚŽƌŝŶŐ ĨĂŶƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŽŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ĂďůĞ FOR YOU? ƚŽ ǀŝĞǁ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŐŝĐĂů ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ Friends has been - without a doubt - one of the most dominant family TV shows of the last two decades, which explains why the announcement of its disappearance from our screens was met with a near-riotous response earlier this week. ƌŐƵĂďůǇ͕ &ƌŝĞŶĚƐ ŚĂƐ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵƵůĂ of every other popular TV show, with many being deemed as the ‘new Friends’: How I Met Your Mother, Will & Grace, among others. Yet one cannot help but compare these shows to Friends, and come to the conclusion that they lack the sparkle and popularity that it had at its peak. KĸĐŝĂůůǇ ĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϰ͕ ĨĂŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƐŝŶĐĞ been spoilt by its repeated airing on the

six characters, who had become like family members. Many watch the repeats, even if they ŚĂǀĞ ƐĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĞǆĂĐƚ ƐĂŵĞ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ ƚĞŶ ƟŵĞƐ ŽǀĞƌ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƉƌĞĐŝƐĞůǇ ǁŚǇ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ƚŽ be popularly screened. However, since Channel ϰ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ŝƚƐ ŝŶƚĞŶƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ĚƌŽƉ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ĨƌŽŵ ŝƚƐ ďƌŽĂĚĐĂƐƟŶŐ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƵƚƵŵŶ to free up space for new shows, we’re sure we won’t be the only ones to think of this as the end of an era. So, while daily catch-ups with Friends can be ĞŶũŽǇĞĚ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ĂƌƌŝǀĂů ŽĨ ĂƵƚƵŵŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƉĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĞƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĂƌ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ those six familiar faces will make a return to our screens... Friends: The Movie anyone? Rebecca Harrington

ADULT SWIM Who says cartoons are for kids? On American ĐĂďůĞ͕ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ĂŌĞƌ ĂƌƚŽŽŶ EĞƚǁŽƌŬ ŐŽĞƐ Žī Ăŝƌ͕ the Adult Swim channel raises its ugly, sweary, violent head. It’s depraved, it’s twisted, it’s ŐƌŽƚĞƐƋƵĞ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ǀĞƌǇ E^&t͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞ͘ ,ĞƌĞ are some of the best shows:

ROBOT CHICKEN You may well have heard of this one, thanks to ĐĞůĞďƌŝƚǇ ƟĞƐ ;^ĞƚŚ 'ƌĞĞŶ ŝƐ ŝƚƐ ĐŽͲĐƌĞĂƚŽƌͿ ĂŶĚ successful Star Wars parodies. It’s basically a lightning fast, pop-culture based sketch reel, with all sketches animated in charmingly ƐŚŽĚĚǇ ƐƚŽƉͲŵŽƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞ ůĂƐƟŶŐ ŽŶůǇ Ă few seconds. Although fairly hit and miss, there are more than enough classic sketches, such as the Gummy Bear Trap, Mortal Kombat ZĞŚĂďŝůŝƚĂƟŽŶ and Mr T and the Foo Fighters ĮŐŚƟŶ͛ &ŽŽ’s.

TIM AND ERIC AWESOME SHOW, GREAT JOB! Let’s get one thing straight: either you’ll love this more than breathing, or you’ll have literally no idea what’s going on. KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ůŝǀĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ ƐŚŽǁƐ ŽŶ ĚƵůƚ Swim, Awesome Show is made up of sketches, ďƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ĂƐ ĐůŽƐĞ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŐĞƚƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŶǀĞŶƟŽŶĂů͘ ,ŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ :ŽŚŶ ͘ ZĞŝůůǇ ĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƟŶŐ dubious health advice, inappropriate children’s dance workouts, and Tim sporadically turning ŝŶƚŽ Ă ƚĞƌƌŝĮĞĚ ĐĂƚ͘ /ƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĂůƐŽ ďĞ ŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƌŝĐ ŚĂƐ the world’s most amusing face.

AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE Following the adventures of a Machiavellian chip box, a sociopathic drink cup and a… meatwad, Aqua Teen Hunger Force is Adult Swim’s second most widely known show. Although a great ensemble piece, this show’s secret weapon is neighbour Carl - the episode in which he is repeatedly raped by a dog cloned from a banana is hysterical.

SUPERJAIL! Seemingly the brainchild of a crazed bulldog straining on a leash which has been fed nothing but hallucinogenics for several days, Superjail! is a sensory overload. Each episode follows The Warden - a cross between Willy Wonka ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ DĂƌƋƵŝƐ ĚĞ ^ĂĚĞ Ͳ ĂƐ ŚĞ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ŽƌĚĞƌ ŝŶ Ă ĨƵƚƵƌŝƐƟĐ ƉƌŝƐŽŶ͘ ŶĚ ƐŽ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ madcap humour, psychedelic imagery and… ƵůƚƌĂͲǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ͘ ^ĞƌŝŽƵƐůǇ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Žī ƚŚĞ ƐĐĂůĞ Ͳ each episode ends with a surreal blood-bath that makes South Park look like Disney. Duncan Vicat Brown

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DĂƌƌŝĞĚ ^ŝŶŐůĞ KƚŚĞƌ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ŶĞǁ ĚƌĂŵĞĚǇ ĨŽƌ ƌŝƟƐŚ ĞǇĞƐ ŽŶůǇ͘ dŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŚŽƵƐĞŚŽůĚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝŐƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƵŶĐŽŶǀĞŶƟŽŶĂů ʹ ǇĞƚ ŽĚĚůǇ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ ʹ ůŽǀĞͲ lives.

ŶĚ ƐŽ ǁĞ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚƵŵďůĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐƐ of ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ͘ &ŝǀĞ ĂƌĞ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŵŝŶĚŝŶŐ ƵƐ Ăůů ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŝƐ ƚƌƵůǇ ĂďŽƵƚ͗ ĂŶ ĂƌƌŽŐĂŶƚ͕ ǁŝƩǇ ďƵƚ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞůǇ ƚƌĂŐŝĐ ŵĂŶ ǁŚŽ ůŽǀĞƐ Śŝŵ ƐŽŵĞ ďŽŽďƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞ ĚƌƵŐƐ͘ dŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ,ĂŶŬ DŽŽĚǇ͕ Ă ŵŝƐĞƌĂďůĞ ǁƌŝƚĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ EĞǁ zŽƌŬ ǁŚŽ ĮŶĚƐ ƵŶǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ŝŶ > ͕ ĂǀŝĚ ƵĐŚŽǀŶǇ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ƉŽƐƚͲyͲ &ŝůĞƐ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ůŝĨĞƐƚǇůĞ ŚĞ ƉůĂǇƐ ŝƌŽŶŝĐĂůůǇ ŚĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ĨŽƵŶĚ Ă ůŝĨĞ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ ʹ ƵĐŚŽǀŶǇ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ǀŝƐŝƟŶŐ ƌĞŚĂď ĨŽƌ ƐĞǆ ĂĚĚŝĐƟŽŶ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϴ͘ dŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͕ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŝƚƐ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ĨŽĐƵƐĞƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ,ĂŶŬ͛Ɛ ƐĞůĨ ĚĞƐƚƌƵĐƟǀĞ ďĞŚĂǀŝŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ ƚǁŝƐƚĞĚ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ůŝŵŝƚĞĚ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ;ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ĐŚŝůĚͿ ĂŶĚ Ă ĐŽƉŝŽƵƐ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĞĂƐǇ ǁŽŵĞŶ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ Ğǆ ŝƐ ŽĨ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ Ă ƐŵĂůů ƌĂǇ ŽĨ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŚĂƚ ,ĂŶŬ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ ĚĞǀŽŝĚ ŽĨ romance. Not to say that the swearing, sarcasm ĂŶĚ ŝĚŝŽƟĐ ďĞŚĂǀŝŽƵƌ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ĚĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ͕ ďƵƚ ǁĞ Ăůů ǁĂŶƚ Śŝŵ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ďŝƚ ŽĨ ŝŶŶŽĐĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ůŽǀĞ ŝŶ Śŝŵ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĞƌĞ͘ ŽŶ͛ƚ ǁĞ͍ tŽƵůĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƉŽŝů ƚŚĞ ĨƵŶ ĂŶĚ ĞŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŝƐďĞŚĂǀŝŽƵƌ ŽŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŝƐ ďĂƐĞĚ͍ /Ɛ ,ĂŶŬ DŽŽĚǇ ƚŽŽ ĐŽŽů ĨŽƌ Ă ŚĂƉƉǇ ĞŶĚŝŶŐ͍ ŽĞƐ ŚĞ ŶĞĞĚ ĐŽŶƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ͍ ŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĚĞďĂƚĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŐŽŶĞ ŽŶ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͛Ɛ ŝŶĐĞƉƟŽŶ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ

be something to keep your eye out for. ^ŚŽǁƟŵĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƋƵŝƌŬǇ ŚŝƚƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ as Dexter ĂŶĚ Weeds, but it is ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚ ŵŽƐƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ , K ĨĞĞů͕ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ŝƚƐ ĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƉĂƌƚ͕ Entourage. The ƐŝŵŝůĂƌŝƟĞƐ ĂƌĞ ůĂƌŐĞůǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ > ƐŚŽǁďŝǌ ƐĐĞŶĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĚĂďďůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ ĂŶƟĐƐ ƚŚĂƚ the characters get up to in both shows. It has ďĞĞŶ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƐǇ ŐŽŝŶŐ ĨĞĞů ŽĨ Entourage ŝƐ ƐƵƉĞƌŝŽƌ͕ ďƵƚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ƉƌĞĨĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĞĚŐŝŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚ ŽĨ ,ĂŶŬ DŽŽĚǇ ƚŚĞŶ ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ is the ĚĞĞƉĞƌ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͘ ,ĂŶŬ ŝƐ ƐŽ ĚĂƌŬ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵƌ ƌĞĂĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ Śŝŵ ŝƐ ƐƚƌŽŶŐĞƌ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ǁŚĞŶ Ăůů is lost for him. The character might not last as long, especially if he is to get his comeuppances ĂŶǇ ƟŵĞ ƐŽŽŶ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ͛ůů ďĞ Ă ƌŽůůĞƌĐŽĂƐƚĞƌ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ ŝƚ ƵŶĨŽůĚ͘ Natalie Stephenson

ŚĞĂůƚŚ ĐĂƌĞ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐůǇ ŇĂǁĞĚ͘ hŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ůĞĂƌŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵŝƐƚĂŬĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƵŶǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐ ĂŶǇ ůŝŶŬ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ŵĞŶƚĂů ŚĞĂůƚŚ ĂŶĚ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ͕ ƚŚĞ DĞŶƚĂů ,ĞĂůƚŚ dƌƵƐƚ ŝƐ ƉĂŝŶƚĞĚ ŚĞƌĞ ĂƐ Ă ǀŝůůĂŝŶ͖ ĂŶ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĂƟŽŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĨĂŝůƐ ďŽƚŚ ŝƚƐ ƉĂƟĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ͕ ŽŶ ƌĂƌĞ ŽĐĐƵƌƌĞŶĐĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ŚĂƌŵĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞŵ͘ ,ĞŶĚǇ ĂƐƐĞƌƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ǁĂŶƚ ŚŝƐ Įůŵ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƟŐŵĂ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ŵĞŶƚĂů ŝůůŶĞƐƐ͕ ƐƚĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ǁĂŶƚƐ ƚŚĞ ůŝŶŬ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ŵĞŶƚĂů ŚĞĂůƚŚ ĂŶĚ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĨƌĞĞůǇ ƚĂůŬĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŽŶĞ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ŚĞůƉ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ŐŽŶĞ ƐůŝŐŚƚůǇ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƚŽ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ĚƌĂǁŝŶŐ ĂŶǇ

ƐƵĐŚ ŶĞŐĂƟǀĞ ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶƐ͘ &Žƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ŚĞ ĚŽĞƐ ƚĂůŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ ŽĨ ĂƩĂĐŬ ǀŝĐƟŵƐ ŚĞ ĨĂŝůƐ ƚŽ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ƐƵīĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ŵĞŶƚĂů ŝůůŶĞƐƐ͖ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐƵƌĞůǇ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚŝƐ

ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ ŵŽƌĞ ŽďũĞĐƟǀĞ͘ dŚĂƚ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŝƐ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ĂŶĚ ƉĂŝŶĨƵů ŵĂƩĞƌ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇ ŚĂŶĚůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĐĂƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƚĂĐƚ͘ tŝƚŚ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ĚŝƐƚƵƌďŝŶŐ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁŝŶŐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝƐ ŽŌĞŶ ŚĂƌƌŽǁŝŶŐ͕ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ǁŚĞŶ ,ĞŶĚǇ ůŽŽŬƐ ŽǀĞƌ ŚŝƐ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ͛Ɛ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ĞīĞĐƚƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ Ă ďůŽŽĚ ƐƉůĂƩĞƌĞĚ ƉĂŝƌ ŽĨ ŐůĂƐƐĞƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŚĞ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ĂůůŽǁ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂů ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ŽďƐĐƵƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͘ tŚĞƚŚĞƌ ,ĞŶĚǇ͛Ɛ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ ǁŝůů ƉƌŽŵƉƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌĞ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĞ ĚĞƐŝƌĞƐ remains to be seen, but it is certainly thoughtƉƌŽǀŽŬŝŶŐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ŝƚ ƌĂŝƐĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ͕ ďǇ ĚĞĮŶŝƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶ ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ͘ Lindsay Harris

Diaries͕ ĂŶĚ Being Human are all regulars ŽŶ ŽƵƌ ƐĐƌĞĞŶƐ͕ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ŵĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĞĞƌ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ǀĂŵƉŝƌĞ ĮůŵƐ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ĞĂĐŚ ǇĞĂƌ͘ It must certainly now be near impossible

ƚŽ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ĚŽ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ͕ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ there is only so far one can go with that premise. Vampire boy meets human girl has ďĞĞŶ ĚŽŶĞ ƚŽ ĚĞĂƚŚ Ͳ ƉĂƌĚŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƵŶ Ͳ ǇĞƚ ƚŚĞ ďƌŽŽĚŝŶŐ ͚ŐŽŽĚ͛ ǀĂŵƉŝƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶƌĞ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ƐŚĂŬĞ͖ ĨƌŽŵ ŶŐĞů͕ ƚŽ ĚǁĂƌĚ ƵůůĞŶ͕ ƚŽ ^ƚĞĨĂŶ ^ĂůǀĂƚŽƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞǇ are everywhere. Now throw in the typical ŐŽŽĚ ǀƐ ďĂĚ ƐĐĞŶĂƌŝŽ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƐǇŶŽƉƐŝƐ ŽĨ ĂŶǇ ǀĂŵƉŝƌĞ ƌĞůĂƚĞĚ ĚƌĂŵĂ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͘ ^Ž ŚŽǁ ĚŽĞƐ Being Human ĚŝīĞƌ͍ ŽĞƐ ŝƚ ĞǀĞŶ ĚŝīĞƌ Ăƚ Ăůů͍ tĞůů ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐ͙ Ă ďŝƚ͘ /ƚ͕ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ŚĂƐ Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ͘ dŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ǀĂŵƉŝƌĞͬǁĞƌĞǁŽůĨͬ ŐŚŽƐƚ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŚŝŶŐ ĂĚĚƐ Ă ŶĞǁ ĂŶĚ ƋƵŝƚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ĚǇŶĂŵŝĐ͘ /ƚ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ Ă ůŝŐŚƚĞƌ ƚĂŬĞ

ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉŝĐ͕ Ăƚ ƟŵĞƐ ĞǀĞŶ ďĞŝŶŐ ĐŽŵŝĐĂů͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ǀĂŵƉŝƌĞƐ͖ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ŝƚƐ ƐŚĂƌĞ ŽĨ ǁĞƌĞǁŽůǀĞƐ͕ ŐŚŽƐƚƐ͕ ŚƵŵĂŶƐ͕ ƐĐŝĞŶƟƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞǀĞŶŐĞͲĚƌŝǀĞŶ ƉƌŝĞƐƚƐ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĞ ĞǆŝƐƟŶŐ͕ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĨŽƌŐĞƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ŵŽŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ minor problem of them being non-corporeal. /ƚ ĚŽĞƐ ƵŶƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐůǇ ŚĂǀĞ ŝƚƐ ĨĂŝƌ ƐŚĂƌĞ ŽĨ ĐůŝĐŚĠƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂƩƌĂĐƟǀĞ ͚ŐŽŽĚ͛ ǀĂŵƉŝƌĞ ;DŝƚĐŚĞůůͿ͕ ƚŚĞ ŝůů ĨĂƚĞĚ ůŽǀĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ;'ĞŽƌŐĞ ĂŶĚ EŝŶĂͿ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĂƌĐŚĞƚǇƉĂů ďĂĚ ŐƵǇƐ ;:ĂŐŐĂƌƚ ĂŶĚ <ĞŵƉͿ͘ However this is a supernatural series that, for sheer entertainment value alone, is probably ǁŽƌƚŚ ĐŚĞĐŬŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ǀĂŐƵĞ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĚĠũă ǀĂŵƉ͘ Caroline Walker

dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ƌŝƟƐŚ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƐŚŽǁ͕ ǇĞƚ ǁŚŽ Ăůů ǁŽƌŬ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐůǇ ǁĞůů ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͘ >ƵĐŝĞ ĂǀŝƐ ;ŽĨ dŚĞ KĸĐĞ ĨĂŵĞͿ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƌĚͲ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŵĂƌŬĂďůǇ ƚŽƵŐŚ ŵƵŵ ŽĨ ƚǁŽ ƐŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌ ŽĨ ϭϲ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ^ŚĂƵŶ ŽŽůĞǇ͘ dŚĞŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ŐŽƌŐĞŽƵƐ ĞĂŶ >ĞŶŶŽǆ <ĞůůǇ ;<Ğǀ ĨƌŽŵ ^ŚĂŵĞůĞƐƐͿ͕ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ŵĂƌƌŝĞĚ ƚŽ ĂďƐ ; ŵĂŶĚĂ ďďŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ ƐŚĂŵĞĨƵůůǇ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĂďůĞ ĂƐ ͚ŚĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ DĂůƚĞƐĞƌƐ ĂĚǀĞƌƚƐ͛Ϳ͕ ĂŶĚ ůĂƐƚ ďƵƚ no means least is ZŽǇůĞ &ĂŵŝůǇ ƐƚĂƌ ZĂůĨ >ŝƩůĞ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŚŝůĂŶĚĞƌŝŶŐ ĂƐĂŶŽǀĂ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƌƚŚ͘

dĂŬĞŶ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐƚ ĂŵŽƵŶƚƐ ƚŽ Ă ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƵŶĚĞƌͲĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ͕ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĐĂƌŝĐĂƚƵƌĞͲůŝŬĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƟĞƐ ;ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ĞǆĐĞƉƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĂǀŝƐ͛ ĮĞƌǇ >ŝůůŝĞͿ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇ ƐƵĐŚ ĂŶ ĞŶĚĞĂƌŝŶŐ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ůŽǀĞ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐŚŝƉ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ǁŚŽůůǇ ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐŝŶŐ that they care for each other. Their various ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ĂƌĞ ďƵŽǇĞĚ ĂďŽǀĞ ůĂǌǇ ĐůŝĐŚĠ ďǇ ƐƉĂƌŬƐ ŽĨ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůŝƚǇ͕ ĞǆĞŵƉůŝĮĞĚ ďǇ >ŝůůŝĞ͛Ɛ ǁŽƌŬ ŝŶ Ă women’s refuge, where we see the apparently ĐŽŵŵŽŶƉůĂĐĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚƌĞĂƚĞŶĞĚ ďǇ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚƵƐďĂŶĚƐ͘ tŚŝůĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ĨƌŝŐŚƚĞŶŝŶŐůǇ ďĞůŝĞǀĂďůĞ ĚĞƉŝĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͛Ɛ ůĞƐƐ ůŝŐŚƚͲŚĞĂƌƚĞĚ ĨĂĐĞ͕ ŚĞƌ ďƌĂǀĞƌǇ ǁŚĞŶ ĨĂĐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĂŶ ƉƵƚƐ ŵĂŶǇ Ă ƐŽŌͲƐƉŽŬĞŶ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ƐƚĞƌĞŽƚǇƉĞ ƚŽ ƐŚĂŵĞ Ͳ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ moving for it. >ŝŬĞ >ŝůůŝĞ͛Ɛ ĐĂƌͲƉĂƌŬ ƐŚŽǁĚŽǁŶ͕ DĂƌƌŝĞĚ ĐĂŵĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ƵŶĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚůǇ Ͳ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ƐŽŵĞ ŚǇƉĞ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ŝƚ͕ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ͕ ďƵƚ ĨĂƌ ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĞĞŶ ďǇ ƐŽŵĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŵĞĚŝŽĐƌĞ ƐŚŽǁƐ͘ ŶĚ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ĚŽĞƐ ŝƚ ĚĞĂů ǁŝƚŚ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƐŝƚĐŽŵ͕ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐ ŝƚ Ăůů ǁŚŝůƐƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞůǇ ĨƵŶŶǇ ;ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ŝŶ the obligatory post-Boosh ƐƵƌƌĞĂů ǁĂǇͿ͘ ,ĞƌĞ Ăƚ Television, we recognise this as a rare nugget ŽĨ ƚŚŽƌŽƵŐŚůǇ ŐŽŽĚ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƌĞĂů ĚƌĂŵĂ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ͘ >Ğƚ͛Ɛ ŚŽƉĞ ŝƚ ŬĞĞƉƐ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ƐĞƚ ŝƚƐĞůĨ͘ Micha Butler

REALITY>WHY DID YOU KILL MY DAD? tŝƚŚ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ƉƌŽǀŽĐĂƟǀĞ ƟƚůĞ͕ ǇŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ forgiven for thinking tŚǇ ŝĚ zŽƵ <ŝůů DǇ ĂĚ͍ ǁĂƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ ŵŽƌĞ ŶŽƚĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐ ĞǆƉůŽŝƚĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂŶ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ͘ ŶĚ ǁŚŝůĞ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐ ŝŶĚĞĞĚ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂůůǇ ƚĞŶĚ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĞŶƟŵĞŶƚĂů͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ƐĞŶƐĂƟŽŶĂůŝƐƚ ƟƚůĞ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ĚŽĞƐ Ă ĚŝƐƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌǇ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ŝƐƐƵĞ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ŝƚ͘ Following the fatal stabbing of his father by Ă ŵĞŶƚĂůůǇͲŝůů ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞƌ͕ ĮůŵŵĂŬĞƌ :ƵůŝĂŶ ,ĞŶĚǇ ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƵƐĞ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƐƵĐŚ ĂŶ ĂƩĂĐŬ͘ &ŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ŶĞĂƌůǇ ƚŚƌĞĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ ďǇ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ĂƩĂĐŬƐ͕ ,ĞŶĚǇ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌƐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŶƚĂů

FINALE>BEING HUMAN Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the ƉĂƐƚ ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ǇĞĂƌƐ ǇŽƵ͛ůů ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽƟĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ massive upsurge in the number of vampire/ supernatural series taking over our screens. dŚĞ ŐĞŶƌĞ ǁĂƐ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ͕ ƉƌĞƩǇ ŵƵĐŚ Ă ŵŽŶŽƉŽůǇ ŚĞůĚ ďǇ :ŽƐƐ tŚĞĚŽŶ͕ with his hugely successful series ƵīǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵďƐĞƋƵĞŶƚ ƐƉŝŶͲŽī͕ Angel. Then along ĐĂŵĞ ^ƚĞƉŚĂŶŝĞ DĞǇĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉŚĞŶŽŵĞŶŽŶ that is Twilight͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶƌĞ ĞǆƉůŽĚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ more or less cult following to mainstream success. Now there’s no shortage of vampireƌĞůĂƚĞĚ ĚƌĂŵĂ͖ True Blood, The Vampire

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on it and it contains the core storyline for what has taken place on the research colony. That does not mean to say the other two campaigns are sub-par, however. Ɛ Ă ŽůŽŶŝĂů DĂƌŝŶĞ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ĚŽĞƐ Ă ǀĞƌǇ good job of making players feel helpless against the onslaught of Aliens and Predators that you come across, as all players have to defend themselves with is a handful of weapons, ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĨĂŵŽƵƐ WƵůƐĞ ZŝŇĞ͕ Ă ŐƵŶ ŵŽƵŶƚĞĚ ƚŽƌĐŚ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞ ŇĂƌĞƐ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƉŝĐŬ ŽƵƚ enemies in the dark. Story-wise, it’s the usual ĐůŝĐŚĠĚ ĂīĂŝƌ ŽĨ ĐƌĂƐŚͲůĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂŶĞƚ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ŵĞĂŶƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ůŽƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƵƉ ƚŽ ǇŽƵ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ĂŶǇ ƐƵƌǀŝǀŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĮŐƵƌĞ ŽƵƚ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚ on the planet that lead to ‘xenomorph’ aliens being let loose in the colony. The campaign plays out much like a survival horror shooter, almost like F.E.A.R., due to the fact that there is a persistent threat of encountering an Alien at any point. To raise that psychological tension, ƚŚĞ ƌĂĚĂƌ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĂůůǇ ůĞƚƐ ŽƵƚ Ă ĚƵůů ďůŝƉ ƚŚĂƚ

becomes increasingly high pitched and faster as an enemy approaches. The Alien and Predator campaigns, however, feel like they have been stapled onto the side of the game, both of them bringing a much more stealthy approach to the game. Playing as an Alien, players can climb walls and traverse ƐƵƌĨĂĐĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞůĂƟǀĞ ĞĂƐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŚĞůƉĨƵů crosshair indicates whether the Alien is in the cover of darkness and which way the ground is ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ĞĂƐĞ ĚŝƐŽƌŝĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƐƟůů likely that players will become disorientated. The Predator is much more bulky than both the DĂƌŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůŝĞŶƐ͕ ƐŽ ĐůŽĂŬŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĂƐŝŽŶ are key when playing with him. Luring enemies away from each other and then striking with ƐŶĞĂŬ ŬŝůůƐ ŝƐ ƉƌĞƩǇ ŵƵĐŚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ǁĂǇ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ͘ Both species have the use of a heavy and ůŝŐŚƚ ŵĞůĞĞ ĂƩĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ďůŽĐŬ͘ dŚĞ predator also has its signature weapons at its disposal, such as the spear, cloaking, proximity mines and the shoulder mounted cannon. No ŵĂƩĞƌ ŚŽǁ ƐŚŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĂƌƐĞ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶƐ

for the Aliens and Predator may be, they do recreate the experience faithfully. Overall this game is an excellent update of a franchise; its omission of iron sights and crouching along with a dipped frame rate do ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ĨĞĞů ŽĨ Ă ŵŝĚͲŶŝŶĞƟĞƐ͛ &ŝƌƐƚ WĞƌƐŽŶ Shooter, which for this game is ideal. hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ǁĂƐ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ experience the online mode as on the PS3 it is ƐŚŽĚĚǇ ĂŶĚ ůĂŐŐǇ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŽŶ W ĂŶĚ yďŽǆ ϯϲϬ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŽĨ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŝŶŐ buying and playing this excellent game, it’s worth considering what you want from it. The W ĂŶĚ ϯϲϬ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ĨĂƌ ƐƵƉĞƌŝŽƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ W^ϯ version, with improved visuals and a decent online mode. Having said that, the PS3 does run ƚŚĞ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌ Ă ůŽƚ ŵŽƌĞ ƐŵŽŽƚŚůǇ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŵĂƩĞƌ ĂƐ ǁŚĂƚĞǀĞƌ ĨŽƌŵĂƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ on it is bloody good fun. Remember, you’re not in space, so everybody can hear you scream. sĂƵŐŚŶ ,ŝŐŚĮĞůĚ

ǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŽŶ͗ W ͕ ϯϲϬ͕ W^ϯ WƌŝĐĞ͗ άϯϬ ;W Ϳ ͮ άϱϬ ;ϯϲϬͬW^ϯͿ

GOOD STUFF -Three individual campaigns provide variety Ͳ&ƵŶ͕ ŝĨ ůŝŵŝƚĞĚ͕ ŵƵůƟƉůĂǇĞƌ -Uses the Alien/Predator franchises well

BAD STUFF Ͳ ŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŐƌĂƉŚŝĐĂůůǇ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ͲKƚŚĞƌ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶƐ ǁŽƌƐĞ ƚŚĂŶ DĂƌŝŶĞ ŽŶĞ -Steep learning curve for Aliens/Predators ͲDƵůƟƉůĂǇĞƌ ŝŶ ŶĞĞĚ ŽĨ ŵŽƌĞ ŵĂƉƐ͊

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NINTENDO TO LAUNCH NEW DSI /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌůǇ ŶŝŶĞƟĞƐ ŬŝĚƐ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŚƵŐĞ ŐƌĞǇ bricks which had a screen on them. Twenty ǇĞĂƌƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ƐƟůů ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ďƌŝĐŬƐ͕ ďƵƚ these ones have two screens. EŝŶƚĞŶĚŽ ŚĂƐ ũƵƐƚ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ^ŝ y>͕ ͞Ă ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ^ŝ͘͟ &Žƌ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ who isn’t familiar with the DS family, these are ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ŝŶĐĂƌŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽůĚ 'ĂŵĞ ŽǇ͘ dŚĞ DS boasted two screens, one of which was a touch screen allowing for more spontaneity ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟǀŝƚǇ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ game. The DSi, launched last April, featured a new camera and a slightly larger and brighter screen. This newest member of the team is simply a larger DSi; its screen is 93% larger or 4.2” compared with the DSi’s 3.25”. Sadly, Nintendo have not increased the screen

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ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶ͕ ƐŽ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĂƉŚŝĐƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐůŝŐŚƚůǇ ĐŚƵŶŬŝĞƌ͘ ĚĚŝƟŽŶĂůůǇ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ^ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ improved angle views, meaning people ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ĐĂŶ ŐĞƚ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ǀŝĞǁ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ͘ hůƟŵĂƚĞůǇ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ to replace your DSi. Really it’s just a DS that your granny or dad might prefer because of its larger size, pen-shaped stylus and brighter ƐĐƌĞĞŶ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ũƵƐƚ ďŽƵŐŚƚ Ă ^ŝ͕ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ǁŽƌƌǇ͗ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ŽďƐŽůĞƚĞ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ worth considering, but remember that bigger ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌŝůǇ ďĞƩĞƌ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ handheld consoles. >ŽĐŚůĂŝŶŶ ŽǇŶĞ ǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŝŶ tŝŶĞ ZĞĚ Θ ĂƌŬ ƌŽǁŶ WƌŝĐĞ͗ άϭϲϬ

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You lurk in the shadows, watching your prey whilst they are blissfully unaware of your presence in the room. You move from wall to wall, scrambling from surface to surface to stalk ǇŽƵƌ ǀŝĐƟŵ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ŵŽǀĞ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƌƌŝĚŽƌ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ Ă ƐƚĂŶĚƐƟůů͘ ĂƌĞĨƵůůǇ ǇŽƵ ĐƌĞĞƉ ƵŶƟů you are directly above them. Then you pounce, grab them from behind and turn them round so they can see what you are, a look of pure ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ŇĂƐŚĞƐ ƵƉŽŶ ǇŽƵƌ ǀŝĐƟŵƐ ĨĂĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ suddenly your tail whips around and stabs them through the eye with a bloodcurdling scream ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ ĨĂůů ůŝĨĞůĞƐƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŇŽŽƌ͕ Ăƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉŽŝŶƚ you can choose to either run away or feast upon their brain. This is the life of H.R. Geiger’s Alien, and Aliens vs. Predator recreates the experience faithfully. KƌŝŐŝŶĂůůǇ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ƐƉŝŶ Žī ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůŝĞŶƐ universe under the guise of Aliens: Colonial Marines, Rebellion (the developer), quickly changed its mind and produced an update of its classic Aliens Versus Predator franchise. Split into three separate campaigns, one for each species, a survival mode and an online play mode, where the longevity and life of this game ŝƐ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽŶ ŽīĞƌ͘ ^ƵƌǀŝǀĂů mode is a riot and great fun if you want to see your friends squirm with fear. The premise is a simple one; survive waves of Aliens and then eventually Predators. Dropped into an arena ĂƐ Ă ŽůŽŶŝĂů DĂƌŝŶĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ƉĂĐŬƐ ;ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĚŽƩĞĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ the arena) and a couple of weapons, only your ŇĂƐŚůŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ƌĂĚĂƌ ĐĂŶ ŚĞůƉ ƚŽ ĚĞƚĞĐƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĐŽŵŝŶŐ ĂƩĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ĞǆĐĞƉƚ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ of the single player campaign can match the genuine tension and fear on display whilst playing. As the single player campaigns go the ŽůŽŶŝĂů DĂƌŝŶĞ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ŝƐ ďǇ ĨĂƌ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌŽŶŐĞƐƚ of the three, as it has had the most work focused

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^ŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ƟŵĞ tŝƌĞĚ ǁƌŽƚĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŝŐŝƚĂů ĐŽŶŽŵǇ ŝůů͕ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐŝĂů ůĂƵƐĞ 17, that would have given business secretary WĞƚĞƌ DĂŶĚĞůƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐŽƌƐ ƵŶůŝŵŝƚĞĚ power to amend internet copyright law as they ƐĞĞ Įƚ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŽƉ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ 'ŽŽŐůĞ͕ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ͕ zĂŚŽŽ ĂŶĚ Ğ ĂǇ ŽďũĞĐƚĞĚ to, has been voted to be scrapped in the Lords. ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĂƐ ŝƐ ŽŌĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ ŝŶ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ legislature, they have taken one step forward and two steps back. &ŝƌƐƚ͕ ŽĸĐŝĂů ĂĚǀŝĐĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĞĞŬ reveals that the government will not exempt ůŝďƌĂƌŝĞƐ͕ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŵĂůů ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ the draconian copyright crackdown. This means ƚŚĂƚ ŽƉĞŶ tŝͲ&ŝ ŚĂƐ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůůǇ ďĞĞŶ ŽƵƚůĂǁĞĚ͘

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^ĂǇ ŐŽŽĚďǇĞ ƚŽ ƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ h ĐĂŵƉƵƐ tŝͲ&ŝ ĂƐ well as the internet in any public, open place, ƐŝŶĐĞ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƟŶŐ ĐŽƉǇƌŝŐŚƚ ŝŶĨƌŝŶŐĞŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ these places will be impossible. Second, the Lord’s chosen replacement to ůĂƵƐĞ ϭϳ͕ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĞĚ ďǇ >ŽƌĚ ůĞŵĞŶƚͲ:ŽŶĞƐ ;ǁŚŽ ƚĂŬĞƐ άϳϬ͕ϬϬϬ Ă ǇĞĂƌ ĨƌŽŵ > WŝƉĞƌ͕ Ă ĐŽƉǇƌŝŐŚƚ Įƌŵ ǁŚŽ ǁŽƵůĚ ŐĂŝŶ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĚĞĂů ŝĨ ƚŚŝƐ ďŝůů ŝƐ ƉĂƐƐĞĚͿ͕ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐĞĚ ďǇ /^W ͕ Open Rights Group, and Pirate Party UK for being almost, if not just as bad. The proposed provision could result in sites like YouTube or ŝŶ ƚŚĞŽƌǇ ĞǀĞŶ 'ŽŽŐůĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚĂŬĞŶ ŽŋŝŶĞ ĂƐ it gives a high court judge the right to issue an ŝŶũƵŶĐƟŽŶ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ Ă ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ ĂĐĐƵƐĞĚ ŽĨ ŚŽƐƟŶŐ Ă ͞ƐƵďƐƚĂŶƟĂů͟ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ĐŽƉǇƌŝŐŚƚ ŝŶĨƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů͕ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůůǇ ĨŽƌĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ƐŝƚĞ

MAKE A WEBSITE>GET THOUSANDS OF POUNDS WORTH OF SOFTWARE /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ͘ĂĐ͘ƵŬ ĞŵĂŝů ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐ͕ ϭϮϯͲZĞŐ ;ŝŶ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ ǁŝƚŚ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌͿ ŝƐ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ǁĞď ŚŽƐƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ Ă ĚŽŵĂŝŶ ŶĂŵĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ŵĞƌĞ άϭ ƉĞƌ month. This is an opportunity to put whatever is in your brain on the internet. Suggested uses ĂƌĞ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ Ă ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵƌ ďĂŶĚ͕ ďůŽŐŐŝŶŐ͕ Žƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐƚĞƉƐ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ĞͲĐŽŵŵĞƌĐĞ͕ ďƵƚ ǇŽƵƌ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ůŝŵŝƚ͘ ZĂƚĞ ďŝƐĐƵŝƚƐ͕ ĐĂƚĂůŽŐƵĞ ŐƌĂĸƟ Žƌ ƐƚĂƌƚ ǇŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ʹ for a series of tubes, the internet has plenty of niches to explore. 123-Reg is the largest web domain name provider in the UK and aims to make building a ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ ĞĂƐǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŽīĞƌ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ϭϮ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ͛

ŚŽƐƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ Ă ͘ŝŶĨŽ ĚŽŵĂŝŶ ŶĂŵĞ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ you are given access to the full versions of ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ ƐŽŌǁĂƌĞ͕ ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ ƌĞĂŵ^ƉĂƌŬ͕ ƐŽ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ǁĂŶƟŶŐ to get into the technical side will have plenty ŽĨ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ĞǆƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞ ƚŽƚĂů ĐŽƐƚ ŽĨ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ άϭϰ͘ϭϬ ƉĞƌ ǇĞĂƌ ;s d ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚͿ͘ This is an excellent saving, given that the DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ ƐŽŌǁĂƌĞ ŽŶ ŽīĞƌ ǁŽƵůĚ ƵƐƵĂůůǇ ĐŽƐƚ ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚƐ ŽĨ ƉŽƵŶĚƐ ƉĞƌ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ͕ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ ^ĞƌǀĞƌ Žƌ sŝƐƵĂů Studio, it’s all free. ^Ž ƚŚĞ ĐŽƐƚ ŝƐ ŵŝŶŝŵĂů͘ /Ɛ ŝƚ ǁŽƌƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĞīŽƌƚ ŽĨ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ͍ WƌŽďĂďůǇ͘ &Žƌ Ăůů

ƚŚĞ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ǀĂůƵĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŽīĞƌ ŚĂƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂůƐŽ Ă ƉƌĞƩǇ ŐŽŽĚ ĚĞĂů ĨŽƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ get anywhere in life, exposure is important, ĂŶĚ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƚĞĐŚŶŝĐĂůůǇ ĂĚǀĂŶĐĞĚ ƟŵĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ internet is a good place to start. Even if you have no concrete goal, the skills ǇŽƵ ƉŝĐŬ ƵƉ ƟŶŬĞƌŝŶŐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŽ ƐƚĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ŝŶ ŐŽŽĚ ƐƚĞĂĚ͘ ^Ž ŶĞǆƚ ƟŵĞ you’re slumped in front of your computer and ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚǁŝŶŐĞƐ ŽĨ ďŽƌĞĚŽŵ ƐĞƚ ŝŶ͕ ǀŝƐŝƚ ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬ www.123-reg.co.uk/web-hosting/studentŚŽƐƟŶŐ͘ƐŚƚŵů and check it out. <ĂƚŚƌǇŶ ,ĞƵƐƚŽŶ

IT’S NEWS TO ME>SILLY STORIES, THE SUN AND SQUID SEX Since The Sun recently used our humble ƉƵďůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ĂƐ Ă ƐŽƵƌĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ;ŝĨ ǇŽƵ haven’t read it yet, go to ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬǁǁǁ͘ƚŚĞƐƵŶ͘ ĐŽ͘ƵŬͬƐŽůͬŚŽŵĞƉĂŐĞͬŶĞǁƐͬϮϴϱϰϯϭϱͬ^ĞǆǇͲ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐͲŶĂŬĞĚͲĂŵďŝƟŽŶ͘Śƚŵů ĂŶĚ ďĞ ƉƌŽƵĚ͊Ϳ / Ăŵ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂǀŽƵƌ͊ Over 11 million people visit The Sun’s ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŵŽŶƚŚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ĮŐƵƌĞ ĨŽƌ ĂŶǇ h< ŶĞǁƐ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĂůŝĮĐĂƟŽŶ of thesun.co.uk as a news website that makes ƚŚŝƐ ĮŐƵƌĞ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĚŝƐƚƵƌďŝŶŐ͘ / ǀŝƐŝƚ The Sun’s website on a daily basis, ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ŽƵƚ ǁŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽŝŶŐ ŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ ďƵƚ ĨŽƌ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŚŝůĂƌŝŽƵƐ ͞ŶĞǁƐ͟ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ͘ KŶĞ ŽĨ ŵǇ favourites from last week bore the headline ͚WĞƌǀ ͞ŚĂĚ ƉŝĐƐ ŽĨ ƐĞǆ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƋƵŝĚ͛͘͟ dŽ ƚŚĞ ůĞŌ ŝƐ Ă mock-up of the photo accompanying the story, ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌ ŚĂƐ ƐĞŶƐŝƟǀĞůǇ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞŶƟƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƋƵŝĚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽīĞŶĚĞƌ is named and shamed, showing an obvious bias towards the sea creature. The Sun claims that the man was charged with ‘performing an act of intercourse with a dead animal, namely an octopus/squid, ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ŐƌŽƐƐůǇ ŽīĞŶƐŝǀĞ͕ ĚŝƐŐƵƐƟŶŐ Žƌ

otherwise of an obscene character’. Not only was the poor squid sexually abused, The Sun ĐĂůůĞĚ ŝƚ ŽīĞŶƐŝǀĞ͕ ĚŝƐŐƵƐƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŽďƐĐĞŶĞ͘ ^Ž ŵƵĐŚ ĨŽƌ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƟŶŐ ŝƚƐ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐƐ͘ Bizarrely, this story was on the main news ƉĂŐĞ͕ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ tĞŝƌĚ ƉĂŐĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ĨĂƌ more mundane headlines such as ‘Snakes on a ǁŝŶĚŽǁ ƉĂŶĞ͛ ĂŶĚ ͚ ĂƚͲďŽǇ ƐĞĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƌŬ͛͘ KŶ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ŶŽƚĞ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĚŝƐĐŽŶĐĞƌƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂƌƟĐůĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ϭϭ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ people every month as news. Headlines such ĂƐ ͚DĂƌǇ ƉĂŝŶƟŶŐ ͞ǁĞĞƉŝŶŐ Žŝů͕͛͟ ͚^ƉĞĐŝĂů ƌƵůĞƐ for Yorkshire puds’ and ‘Squirrels go nuts for a snack’ were among The Sun’s top ten weekend news stories. Though The Sun’s website is a constant source of amusement for me and all those who are able to see the irony in such stories, for the millions of people who use thesun.co.uk as their primary source of news, they will begin to ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƌƉĞĚ ƉĞƌĐĞƉƟŽŶ of the news, if they didn’t already. The popularity of content sharing websites ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ZĞĚĚŝƚ͕ &ĂƌŬ ĂŶĚ ŝŐŐ ĂƌĞ Ă ƚĞƐƚĂŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǀŽůƵŵĞ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ƚƌĂĸĐ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƚĞĚ ďǇ

ƌŝĚŝĐƵůŽƵƐ ͞ŶĞǁƐ͟ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ͘ dŽ the original site, a hit is a Śŝƚ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƌĞͲĮƌĞ moneymaker as these silly stories ĂƩƌĂĐƚ ƵƐĞƌƐ ƚŽ thesun.co.uk in their millions, inadvertently increasing their ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐŝŶŐ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ĂŶĚ ǁĂƌƉŝŶŐ ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐƐ to make The Sun the most read news website in the country. DǇ ĞŶũŽǇŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ not be confused with condonement. The ĂĨŽƌĞŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ Sun ĂƌƟĐůĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ůĂƐƚ ŵŽŶƚŚ͛Ɛ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ^Ğǆ ^ƵƌǀĞǇ ĞǆĞŵƉůŝĮĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĚĂŶŐĞƌ ŽĨ ŵĂŶŝƉƵůĂƟŶŐ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞ͕ ĨĂĐƚƵĂů ƐŽƵƌĐĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞ Žƌ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ͕ ƌŝĚŝĐƵůĞ͕ ƐĞŶƐĂƟŽŶ Žƌ ƟƟůůĂƟŽŶ͘ hŶůĞƐƐ Ă ƋƵĂƌƚĞƌ ŽĨ ǇŽƵ ĚŽ ͞ďŽŶŬ͟ ĨŽƵƌ ƟŵĞƐ Ă ƟŵĞƐ Ă ĚĂǇ ŝŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞƐ͘͘͘ 'ƌĂĐĞ ^ŝŵƉƐŽŶ

ŽŋŝŶĞ͘ /^W ĂƌĞ ͞ŽƵƚƌĂŐĞĚ͟ ďǇ ƚŚŝƐ ĂŵĞŶĚŵĞŶƚ͘ ͞dŚŝƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ŽƉĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĚŽŽƌ ƚŽ Ă ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ imbalance of power in favour of large copyright ŚŽůĚŝŶŐ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ͕͟ ƐĂŝĚ :ŝŵ <ŝůůŽĐŬ͕ ĞǆĞĐƵƟǀĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ KƉĞŶ 'ƌŽƵƉƐ͘ ͞/ŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ĂŶĚ small businesses would be open to massive ͚ĐŽƉǇƌŝŐŚƚ ĂƩĂĐŬƐ͛ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ƐŚƵƚ ƚŚĞŵ ĚŽǁŶ͕ ũƵƐƚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƚŚƌĞĂƚ ŽĨ ĂĐƟŽŶ͘͟ >ŝůŝĂŶ ĚǁĂƌĚƐ͕ Ă ĐǇďĞƌůĂǁ ĞǆƉĞƌƚ Ăƚ ^ŚĞĸĞůĚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͕ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĞĚ͕ ͟ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ͕ ^ŽŶǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ rest can now go to court and demand that every /^W ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h< ďůŽĐŬƐ zŽƵdƵďĞ͕͟ ƐŚĞ ǁƌŽƚĞ͘ dŚĞ ƐĂŐĂ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ͘ ŝƐĐůĂŝŵĞƌ͗ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ŝƐ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ŽŶ ϬϰͬϬϯͬϮϬϭϬ͕ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ůŝĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŝŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƉƵďůŝƐŚŝŶŐ͘ ZŝĐŚĂƌĚ :ŽƐůŝŶ

MICROSOFT LAUNCHES ANDROID APP DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ ŚĂƐ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ĂŶ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƌŝǀĂů ^ŵĂƌƚ WŚŽŶĞ KƉĞƌĂƟŶŐ ^ǇƐƚĞŵ ;K^Ϳ Android, developed by Google. The App, a barcode scanner called DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ dĂŐ ZĞĂĚĞƌ͕ ŝƐ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ other Smart Phone OS’, and allows barcodes to be decoded by a phone. This means barcodes ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƵƐĞĚ ƐƚŽƌĞ ƚŽ ƐƚŽƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƐĞŶĚ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŶŽƚ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂůůǇ ƐƚŽƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ďĂƌĐŽĚĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ͕ among other things, web links. ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂůůǇ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŶĚƌŽŝĚ K^ ŝŶ ŵŝŶĚ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ a Smart Phone App designed for use with a ƌŝǀĂů ĐŽŵƉĂŶǇ͛Ɛ ŚĂƌĚǁĂƌĞ͘ /Ŷ ůĂƚĞ ϮϬϬϴ ĂŶĚ ϮϬϬϵ ŝƚ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ƚǁŽ ƉƉƐ ĨŽƌ ƉƉůĞ͛Ɛ ŝWŚŽŶĞ ƉůĂƞŽƌŵ͕ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ dĂŐ ZĞĂĚĞƌ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞ ďŽƚŚ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ͛Ɛ biggest rivals in the Smart Phone market, it is likely that the company is looking to create ĂǁĂƌĞŶĞƐƐ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ƉƉƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶĂůŝƚǇ ƚŚĞƌĞŝŶ ƚŽ ĂƩƌĂĐƚ ĐŽŶƐƵŵĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ ƉŚŽŶĞ ƐŽŌǁĂƌĞ͘ ƉƉůĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ stated that their App store had seen over three billion downloads, with the highest market share of the App market. However, this is also ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌ ĞīŽƌƚ ďǇ ƉŚŽŶĞ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ to make more Apps accessible to more ŚĂƌĚǁĂƌĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƐŝĞƌ ƚŽ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ ĨŽƌ ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ƉŚŽŶĞ K^͛Ɛ͘ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ͛Ɛ ^ŵĂƌƚ WŚŽŶĞ K^ ŝƐ ǁŝĚĞůǇ ƐĞĞŶ ĂƐ ŝŶĨĞƌŝŽƌ ƚŽ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ŶĚƌŽŝĚ͘ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐŝŶŐ Ă ƌĞǀŝƐĞĚ version of its phone OS later in the year. dŚĞ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ dĂŐ ZĞĂĚĞƌ ŶĚƌŽŝĚ ƉƉ ŝƐ available as a free download from the Android DĂƌŬĞƚƉůĂĐĞ͘ tŝůůŝĂŵ DŽƌĂŶ

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tŚĞŶ dŝŵ ƵƌƚŽŶ ĮƌƐƚ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĞŵďĂƌŬŝŶŐ ŽŶ Ă ĨƌĞƐŚ ƚĂŬĞ ŽĨ >ĞǁŝƐ ĂƌƌŽůů͛Ɛ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛Ɛ ŶŽǀĞů͕ Įůŵ ĂŶĚ ůŝƚĞƌĂƌǇ ďƵīƐ ĂůŝŬĞ ƌĞũŽŝĐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ Alice in Wonderland ǁŽƵůĚ ĮŶĂůůǇ ďĞ ƉĂŝŶƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞůǇ ƐŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ ďƌƵƐŚ͘ tŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ŽǀĞƌůŽŽŬĞĚ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƐŶĞǇ ƐƟĐŬŝŶŐ Ă Įƌŵ ĮŶŐĞƌ ŝŶ ĞĂĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ZĞĚ YƵĞĞŶ͛Ɛ ƚĂƌƚƐ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĂůǁĂǇƐ Ă ůŝŵŝƚ ƚŽ ŚŽǁ ĨĂƌ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƚĂŬĞŶ͘ EĞǀĞƌƚŚĞůĞƐƐ͕ Ă ŶĞǁ ƚĂŬĞ ŽŶ ůŝĐĞ͛Ɛ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŝƐ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ǁŚĂƚ ƵƌƚŽŶ ŚĂƐ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƵƐ͘ ZĞŝŶǀĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉůŽƚ ƚŽ ŽŶĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŽĐĐƵƌƐ ŵĂŶǇ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŌĞƌ ŚĞƌ ĮƌƐƚ ĐŚŝůĚŚŽŽĚ ĞŶĐŽƵŶƚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ tŽŶĚĞƌůĂŶĚ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞƐ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ ĞĐŚŽĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŶŽǀĞůƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŽŵŝŶŐͲŽĨͲ ĂŐĞ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ƐŝŵƉůĞ ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƉĂŐĞ ƚŽ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ͘ &ůĞĞŝŶŐ Ă ƐŚŽĐŬ ŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĂů ĨƌŽŵ Ă ƚĂƵƚ ŵĂŶ ǁŚŽ ůŽŽŬƐ ƵŶƐĞƩůŝŶŐůǇ ůŝŬĞ ZŽŐĞƌ ZĂďďŝƚ͕ ůŝĐĞ ;DŝĂ tĂƐŝŬŽǁƐŬŝͿ ŝƐ ŽŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ƚŚƌŽǁŶ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĂďďŝƚ ŚŽůĞ ŝŶƚŽ ͚hŶĚĞƌůĂŶĚ͖͛ ĂŶ ĞǆƵďĞƌĂŶƚ ĨĂŶƚĂƐǇ ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ ŽǀĞƌŇŽǁŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĞĐĐĞŶƚƌŝĐ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŚĞ ŵƵƐƚ ĨĂĐĞ ŚĞƌ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ĚĞŵŽŶ ʹ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĂƌƐŽŵĞ :ĂďďĞƌǁŽĐŬǇ ʹ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ƌĞƐĐƵĞ hŶĚĞƌůĂŶĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ZĞĚ YƵĞĞŶ͛Ɛ ƌĞŝŐŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ƚĞƌŵƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽŶƚƌŽůůŝŶŐ ŚĞƌ ŽǁŶ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ͘ sŝƐƵĂůůǇ͕ hŶĚĞƌůĂŶĚ ŝƐ Ă ůƵƐĐŝŽƵƐ ĨĞĂƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽůŽƵƌĨƵů ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŬŽŽŬǇ͕ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƵƌƚŽŶ͛Ɛ ƐŝŐŶĂƚƵƌĞ ƐƉŝƌĂů ƚƌĞĞ ďƌĂŶĐŚĞƐ

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ĂŶĚ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů͕ ƌŝĐŚ ĐŽƐƚƵŵĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐŽŵĞ ĂŵƵƐŝŶŐ ŐĞŵƐ ŽĨ ƚǇƉĞĐĂƐƟŶŐ ƚŽŽ͕ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ƚŚĞ ƐĂƌĐĂƐƟĐ ĂƚĞƌƉŝůůĂƌ ; ůĂŶ ZŝĐŬŵĂŶͿ ĂŶĚ ĞůŽƋƵĞŶƚ ŚĞƐŚŝƌĞ Ăƚ ;^ƚĞƉŚĞŶ &ƌǇͿ͘ dŚĞ DĂĚ ,ĂƩĞƌ ;:ŽŚŶŶǇ ĞƉƉͿ ĂŶĚ ZĞĚ YƵĞĞŶ ;,ĞůĞŶĂ ŽŶŚĂŵͲ ĂƌƚĞƌͿ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĐŚĂƌŝƐŵĂƟĐ ŽŶƐĐƌĞĞŶ͖ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ Ă ƐĐŚŝǌŽƉŚƌĞŶŝĐ ^ĐŽƚƐŵĂŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƩĞƌ Ă ƚǇƌĂŶŶŝĐĂů ďŝŐͲŚĞĂĚ ;ƋƵŝƚĞ ůŝƚĞƌĂůůǇͿ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƉĞŶĐŚĂŶƚ ĨŽƌ ĚĞĐĂƉŝƚĂƟŽŶ͘ ŶĚ͕ ĂƐ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƚǇƉŝĐĂůůǇͲ ƵƌƚŽŶ ƚŽƵĐŚ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂŶĚ ŽĨ ŐŽŽĚ͕ Ğǀŝů ĂŶĚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŶŽŶƐĞŶƐĞ ŝŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ͕ ŶŽ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ŝƐ ĂƐ ďůĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝƚĞ ;Žƌ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŝƚ ďĞ ƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝƚĞ͍Ϳ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ĮƌƐƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ƚƌĂŐŝĐ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƵŐůŝĞƐƚ ŽĨ ŽĚĚďĂůůƐ͗ ƚŚĞ ,ĂƩĞƌ͛Ɛ ĐŚŝůĚůŝŬĞ ĐŽŶĨƵƐŝŽŶ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂůůǇ ŐŝǀĞƐ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ Ă ƐŶĂƌůŝŶŐ͕ ƉƐǇĐŚŽƟĐ ƌĂŐĞ ŽĨ ƚĞŵƉĞƌ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞ ZĞĚ YƵĞĞŶ͛Ɛ ĐƌƵĞůƚǇ ŝƐ ƵŶĚĞƌƉŝŶŶĞĚ ďǇ ŝŶƐĞĐƵƌŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ŶĞŐůĞĐƚ͘ hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ͕ ƵƌƚŽŶ͛Ɛ ƵƐƵĂů ĂƌĞĂ ŽĨ ĞǆƉĞƌƟƐĞ ŝƐ ƉƌĞĐŝƐĞůǇ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ ĨĂůůƐ ŇĂƚ͘ ,Ğ ŽƉĞŶƐ Ă ǁŝŶĚŽǁ ŽĨ ŚƵŵĂŶŝƚǇ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ƵŶƐĞĞŶ ŝŶ Alice ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƐ͕ ǇĞƚ ǁŝƚŚ Ăůů ƚŚŝƐ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐĂƟŽŶ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ǁŝƚŚ ůŝĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ͘ tŝƚŚ ůŝƩůĞ ĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ŵĂƚƵƌĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ĚŝƐŝůůƵƐŝŽŶĞĚ Őŝƌů ƚŽ ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞĚ ǁŽŵĂŶ͕ ǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ůĞŌ ƵŶĐŽŶǀŝŶĐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞƌ ͞ŵƵĐŚŶĞƐƐ͟ ŚĂƐ ƌĞĂůůǇ ďĞĞŶ ĨŽƵŶĚ͘ tŚŝĐŚ ůĞĂĚƐ ƵƐ ƚŽ ǁŽŶĚĞƌ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ dŝŵ ƵƌƚŽŶ ŚĂƐ ƌĞƚĂŝŶĞĚ ŵƵĐŚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ͞ŵƵĐŚŶĞƐƐ͟ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ŝƚƐ ǀŝƐƵĂů ďĞĂƵƚǇ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ

ŝƐ ĂŶ ƵŶĐĂŶŶǇ ƉŽůŝƐŚ ĂƉƉůŝĞĚ ƚŽ Alice ƚŚĂƚ ďĞĂƌƐ ƚŚĞ ŝƐŶĞǇ ǁĂƚĞƌŵĂƌŬ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĚĞƌĐƵƚ͛Ɛ ŽƵƌ ŚŽƉĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌƌŽůů͛Ɛ ŶŽǀĞů ǁŽƵůĚ ĮŶĂůůǇ ďĞ ŐŝǀĞŶ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶƐŝŐŚƞƵů ĂŶĚ ŵĂĐĂďƌĞ ƚƌĞĂƚŵĞŶƚ͘ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ ŶŽǁ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƵƌƚŽŶ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ƵƉ ŽŶ ƌĞŵĂŬĞƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŽŽ ůĂƚĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ůĞĂǀĞ Žī ƚŚĞ ĨĂŶĐǇ ϯ ĨŽƌ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĞ ĚŽĞƐ ďĞƐƚ͗ ƚƌĞĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ͚ĨƌĞĂŬ͛ ^ĐŝƐƐŽƌͲŚĂŶĚƐ͕ ŽƌƉƐĞ ƌŝĚĞ͛Ɛ ĂŶĚ WĞĞͲǁĞĞ͛Ɛ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ǁŽƌůĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďŽůĚ ďƵƚ ƐǇŵƉĂƚŚĞƟĐ ŚĂŶĚůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞǇ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞ͘

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®Ù͗ Ù » ®ÝÄ Ù Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϮϲͬϬϮͬϭϬ /ƚ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĞƌĞ ŝŶ ,ŽůůǇǁŽŽĚ͕ ůĂƌŐĞ ďĞƚƐ ĂƌĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ƉůĂĐĞĚ ŽŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŐĞŶƌĞ ĐĂŶ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŵŽǀŝĞƐ͕ ǌŽŵďŝĞ Žƌ ǀĂŵƉŝƌĞ͘ ŽƚŚ ƐĞƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚĞŶ Ă ƉĞŶŶǇ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ăůů ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůŝƚǇ ďĞŝŶŐ ĐƌƵŵďůĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ĚƵƐƚ͘ The Crazies ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǌŽŵďŝĞ ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĨĂŝƌ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶƐƚĞƌ ŚǇƉĞ ďĞŐĂŶ͕ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ƌĞŵĂŬĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϳϯ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ ZŽŵĞƌŽ Įůŵ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƚĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŵĂůů h^ ƚŽǁŶ ŽĨ KŐĚĞŶ DĂƌƐŚ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƐĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ĨŽůŬ ĐƌĂǌǇ͘ ^ŚĞƌŝī ĂǀŝĚ ƵƩŽŶ ;dŝŵŽƚŚǇ KůǇƉŚĂŶƚͿ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ǁŝĨĞ :ƵĚǇ ŵƵƐƚ ĞƐĐĂƉĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƚŽǁŶ ĚŝƐƐŽůǀĞƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƉĂŶĚĞŵŽŶŝƵŵ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŝůŝƚĂƌǇ ŵŽǀĞƐ ŝŶ͘ The Crazies ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ

ƐƵĐĐĞĞĚƐ Ăƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ƵŶƉƌĞĚŝĐƚĂďůĞ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů͘ tŚŝůĞ ŝƚ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞůǇ ƐĐĂƌǇ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚĞŶƐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉůŽƚ ƵŶĨŽůĚƐ ŝŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶƚůǇ͘ hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ďĞ ƐĂŝĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůǇ ĐůŝĐŚĠĚ ĚŝĂůŽŐƵĞ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŽĚĞŶ ĂĐƟŶŐ͘ /ƚ ĚŽĞƐ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƌĂŝƐĞ ƐŽŵĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ǁŚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂů ŵŽŶƐƚĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ͖ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĨĞĐƚĞĚ ĐŝǀŝůŝĂŶƐ Žƌ ƚŚĞ ĂƌŵǇ ƐĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŽ ƋƵĂƌĂŶƟŶĞ ƚŚĞŵ͍ /ƚ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ǌŽŵďŝĞ ŵŽǀŝĞ ŽĨ Ăůů ƟŵĞ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ǁĂƚĐŚĂďůĞ͘ Michael Blunt

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®Ù͗ W® ÙÙ DÊÙ ½ Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϮϲͬϬϮͬϭϬ From Paris with Love follows / ĂŐĞŶƚ tĂǆ ;:ŽŚŶ dƌĂǀŽůƚĂͿ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ƐŝĚĞŬŝĐŬ :ĂŵĞƐ ZĞĞĐĞ ;:ŽŶĂƚŚĂŶ ZŚǇƐ DĞǇĞƌƐͿ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƋƵĞƐƚ ƚŽ ďƌĞĂŬ ƵƉ Ă ĐŽĐĂŝŶĞ ƌĂĐŬĞƚ͕ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ĚŽǁŶ Ă ƚĞƌƌŽƌŝƐƚ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ Ăƚ ĂŶ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƵŵŵŝƚ ŝŶ WĂƌŝƐ͘ WůŽƚͲŚŽůĞƐ ůŝƩĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ;WŝĞƌƌĞ DŽƌĞůͿ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇ ĐůĂƐŚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽǀŝĞ͘ tŝƚŚ dƌĂǀŽůƚĂ ĂŶĚ DĞǇĞƌƐ ĚŽŶŶŝŶŐ ƌŝƚŶĞǇ ^ƉĞĂƌƐ ƐƚǇůĞ ŵŝĐƌŽƉŚŽŶĞƐ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵƵůƟƉůĞ͕ ƵŶŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌǇ ŐƵŶ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ͕ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ƉĞŶĂůŝƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ǁĂƐ Ă ĐŽŵĞĚǇͲ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ Įůŵ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ DŽƌĞů ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŝĚĞĂƐ͖ ŚŝƐ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƐ ƐŽŵĞ

ŐŽŽĚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ ĂŶŐůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ǁĞůů ƐŚŽƚ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ͕ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ ŝƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ ƚĞŶƐŝŽŶͲ ĮůůĞĚ ƚŚƌŝůůĞƌ ŚĂĚ ŝƚ ŶŽƚ ďĞĞŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉĂůůŝŶŐ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ ĂŶĚ ƉĂŝŶĨƵůůǇ ĐůŝĐŚĠĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ďǇ dƌĂǀŽůƚĂ͘ ǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽǀŝĞ ŝƐ ƌĞŐƵƌŐŝƚĂƚĞĚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŽůĚ ŐŽŽĚ ĐŽƉͲďĂĚ ĐŽƉ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐĂƟŽŶ ƚŚƌŽǁŶ ŝŶ ĨŽƌ ŐŽŽĚ ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞ͘ dŚĞ ŽŶĞ ŵĞŵŽƌĂďůĞ ĂƐƉĞĐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽǀŝĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ůŝŶĞ͗ ͞/ ǁŝƐŚ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŽĐŬ ŵĞ ƵƉ͘͟ ĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŚŽŶĞƐƚůǇ͕ dƌĂǀŽůƚĂ͕ ǁĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ĂŐƌĞĞ ǁŝƚŚ ǇŽƵ ŵŽƌĞ͘ Josephine Lister

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®Ù͗ Ä Ä dç » Ù Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϮϲͬϬϮͬϭϬ Leap Year follows Anna (Amy ĚĂŵƐͿ͕ Ă ďƌĂƩǇ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ǁŚŽ ƉůĂŶƐ ƚŽ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĞ ƚŽ ŚĞƌ ďŽǇĨƌŝĞŶĚ ŽŶ ůĞĂƉ ĚĂǇ͖ ĂŶ ŽůĚ /ƌŝƐŚ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƐŚĞ ĨĂĐĞƐ Ă ŵĂũŽƌ ƐĞƚďĂĐŬ ǁŚĞŶ ďĂĚ ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚƌĞĂƚĞŶƐ ƚŽ ƌƵŝŶ ŚĞƌ ƚƌŝƉ ƚŽ ƵďůŝŶ͕ ďƵƚ ŚŝƌĞƐ ĐŚĂƌŵŝŶŐ ůŽĐĂů ĞĐůĂŶ ;DĂƚŚĞǁ 'ŽŽĚĞͿ ƚŽ ĚƌŝǀĞ ŚĞƌ ĐƌŽƐƐͲĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ƐŽ ƐŚĞ ĐĂŶ ƌĞĂĐŚ ŚĞƌ ďŽǇĨƌŝĞŶĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ϮϵƚŚ ŽĨ &ĞďƌƵĂƌǇ͘ KƐĐĂƌͲŶŽŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ ĚĂŵƐ ŝƐ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ĂŶŶŽǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ Ăƚ ƟŵĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ŶŽƚ ŚĞƌ ďĞƐƚ ƌŽůĞ ĂƐ ŚĞƌ ƐĞůĮƐŚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƚǇ ŝƐ ŽŌĞŶ ĚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ 'ŽŽĚĞ͛Ɛ ĚƌǇ ǁŝƚ ĂŶĚ ŐŽŽĚ ůŽŽŬƐ ƉƌŽǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͘ Leap Year ŝƐ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚĂďůĞ ƌŽŵĂŶƟĐ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƐŝůǇ ĨŽƌŐĞƩĂďůĞ͘

,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ďŽĂƐƚƐ ƐŽŵĞ ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ ƐĐĞŶĞƌǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ /ƌŝƐŚ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇƐŝĚĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ƐŽŵĞ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ŽŌĞŶ ƚĂƌŐĞƚĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐŽŵƉĞƚĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ŶŶĂ͘ dŚĞ ĨƵŶŶǇ ŵŝƐĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ŶŶĂ ŵĂŶĂŐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďůŽǁ ƚŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌ ƚŽ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ ǀŝůůĂŐĞ ĂƌĞ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŇƵīǇ ƐƚŽƌǇůŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ǁĞĂŬ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ĚƌĂŐ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĚŽǁŶ͘ KǀĞƌĂůů͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ŐŽŽĚ Įůŵ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞ ůŝŐŚƚ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ďƵƚ ƉƌŽǀĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚĂďůĞ ƌŽŵͲĐŽŵ͘ Sarah Hemsted

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®Ù͗ dÊÃ s ç¦« Ä Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϮϲͬϬϮͬϭϬ A television movie with a ďĞƩĞƌ ĐĂƐƚ ƉƌĞƩǇ ŵƵĐŚ ƐƵŵƐ ƵƉ Extraordinary Measures. ƌĞŶĚĂŶ &ƌĂǌĞƌ ĂŶĚ ,ĂƌƌŝƐŽŶ &ŽƌĚ ĂƌĞ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ĐůŽĐŬ ƚŽ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ Ă ůŝĨĞͲƐĂǀŝŶŐ ĚƌƵŐ ĨŽƌ ƐŝĐŬ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͘ ĐĂƵƐĞ ǁŽƌƚŚ ĐĂƌŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ͕ ŶŽ ĚŽƵďƚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ŐŽ ƚŽ ĂŶǇ ůĞŶŐƚŚƐ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝĐĂůͲ ĚƌĂŵĂ ŐĞŶƌĞ͘ /ŶƐƚĞĂĚ͕ ŝƚ ƵƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞͲŽůĚ ĐŽŶǀĞŶƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƐĐŚŵĂůƚǌǇ ƉŝĂŶŽ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĂŶĚ ŚĞĂƌƚůĞƐƐ ĐĂƉŝƚĂůŝƐƚƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƉƌŽƚŽĐŽů ƚŚĂŶ ƐĂǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŬŝĚƐ͘ :ŽŚŶ ƌŽǁůĞǇ ;&ƌĂǌĞƌͿ ŝƐ Ă ĚĞƐƉĞƌĂƚĞ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ ŽŶ Ă ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ƚŽ ƐĂǀĞ ŚŝƐ ƚǁŽ ĚǇŝŶŐ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͘ ,Ğ ƋƵŝƚƐ ŚŝƐ ǁĞůůͲƉĂŝĚ ũŽď͕ ĨŽƌŵƐ Ă ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƌŽŐƵĞ ƌ͘ ZŽďĞƌƚ ^ƚŽŶĞŚŝůů

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;&ŽƌĚͿ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ŝŶ Ă ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚ ďĂƩůĞ ĨŽƌ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ͖ ǁŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŵŽƌĞ͕ ŚŝƐ ĚĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ DĞŐĂŶ ŚĂƐ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ͞ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ŵĞĚŝĐŝŶĞ͟ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƉŝŶŬ͘ &ŽƌĚ ďƌŝŶŐƐ ŚŝƐ ƚƌĂĚĞŵĂƌŬ ǁŽƌƌŝĞĚ ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ƚŽ Ă ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶŐĞƌ ůĞǀĞůƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŚŝƐ ƐŚŽƵƚͲŽīƐ ǁŝƚŚ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ůĂĐŬ ĂŶǇ ĞŵŽƟǀĞ ƐƉĂƌŬ͘ dŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ŐŽŽĚ ƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ďƌŝŶŐƐ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƐƵīĞƌĞƌƐ ŽĨ WŽŵƉĞ ĚŝƐĞĂƐĞ͘ KŶ ƉĂƉĞƌ͕ Extraordinary Measures has the elements ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ Erin Brockovich͖ ďƵƚ ŽŶ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ ŝƚ ĨĂŝůƐ ƚŽ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌ͘ ĂƚŚĞƌŝŶĞ tĂƩƐ

Case 39 is the latest ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ŐĞŶƌĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ 'ĞƌŵĂŶ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ͕ ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶ ůǀĂƌƚ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͕ ZĞŶĠĞ ĞůůǁĞŐĞƌ ƉůĂǇƐ ŽǀĞƌǁŽƌŬĞĚ ƐŽĐŝĂů ǁŽƌŬĞƌ ŵŝůǇ :ĞŶŬŝŶƐ͕ ǁŚŽ͛Ɛ ŝŶƐƟŶĐƚ ƚŽ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƚ Ă ĐŚŝůĚ ůĞĂĚƐ ŚĞƌ ŝŶƚŽ ƐƵƉĞƌŶĂƚƵƌĂů ƉĞƌŝů͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ĨŽůůŽǁƐ ƚŚĞ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ĨŽƌŵƵůĂ ŽĨ ĐƌĞĞƉǇ ĐŚŝůĚ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ͘ tŚĞŶ ŵŝůǇ ĮƌƐƚ ŵĞĞƚƐ >ŝůůŝƚŚ͕ ƐŚĞ ŝƐ Ă ƐŚǇ͕ ŚĂƵŶƚĞĚ Őŝƌů͕ ďƵƚ ĂƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŽ ĚŝĞ ŚŽƌƌŝĮĐĂůůǇ͕ ƐŚĞ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞǀĞĂůƐ Ă ĚĂƌŬ ŝŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶĐĞ͘ >ŝŬĞ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌƐ Pandorum͕ ĂůƐŽ ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ ďǇ ůǀĂƌƚ͕ Case 39 ŝƐ Ă Įůŵ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ĚĞǀŽŝĚ ŽĨ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůŝƚǇ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ƚĂŬĞƐ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ƉůŽƚ ĂŶĚ ƐƚǇůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ďĞƩĞƌ ĮůŵƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶƌĞ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ have seen The Exorcist͕ The

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Ring Žƌ The Omen͕ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ĮŶĚ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ ŚĞƌĞ͘ ĞůůǁĞŐĞƌ ŝƐ Ă ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƌŽůĞ ŝŶ Ă ŚŽƌƌŽƌ Įůŵ͖ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ŚĞƌ ďĞƐƚ ĨĂĐĞͲƐĐƌƵŶĐŚŝŶŐ ĞīŽƌƚƐ͕ ƐŚĞ ŝƐ ƵŶĐŽŶǀŝŶĐŝŶŐ ĂƐ Ă ƐŽĐŝĂů ǁŽƌŬĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƐŽ ŝŶĞƉƚ ĂŶĚ ŶĂŝǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ŚĞƌ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐůǇ͘ dŚĞ ĐĂƐƟŶŐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ Ăůů ďĂĚ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͖ :ŽĚĞůůĞ &ĞƌůĂŶĚ ĚŽĞƐ Ă ŐŽŽĚ Ğǀŝů ŬŝĚ͕ /ĂŶ DĐ^ŚĂŶĞ ŽīĞƌƐ Ă ƐŽůŝĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ĂƐ ĞƚĞĐƟǀĞ DŝŬĞ ĂƌƌŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƌĂĚůĞǇ ŽŽƉĞƌ ĐŽŵĞƐ Žī ǁĞůů ĂƐ ůŽǀĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ŽƵŐ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƚŚĞ ĚƵŵďĞƐƚ ƚŽƌƚƵƌĞ ƐĐĞŶĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ Įůŵ͘ Bert Wardlow

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®Ù͗ ãÊÃ ¦Êù Ä Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϬϱͬϬϯͬϭϬ Chloe ŽƉĞŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌŝĐ ǀŽŝĐĞͲŽǀĞƌ ŶĂƌƌĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƟƚůĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ͕ Ă ƉƌŽƐƟƚƵƚĞ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ďǇ ŵĂŶĚĂ ^ĞǇĨƌŝĞĚ͕ ǁŚŽ ƚĞůůƐ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ĐŚĂŵĞůĞŽŶͲůŝŬĞ ĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵ ŚĞƌƐĞůĨ ŝŶƚŽ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ Ă ŵĂŶ ĚĞƐŝƌĞƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝŶǀŝƟŶŐ ŝŶƐŝŐŚƚ ŝŶƚŽ ŚůŽĞΖƐ ŵŝŶĚ ƐĞƚƐ ƚŚĞ ƚŽŶĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĞŶŝŐŵĂƟĐ Įůŵ 'ǇŶĂĞĐŽůŽŐŝƐƚ ĂƚŚĞƌŝŶĞ ;:ƵůŝĂŶŶĞ DŽŽƌĞͿ͕ ďĞůŝĞǀĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞƌ ŚƵƐďĂŶĚ ĂǀŝĚ ;>ŝĂŵ EĞĞƐŽŶͿ ŶŽ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ůŽǀĞƐ ŚĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂůůǇ ĞƐƚƌĂŶŐĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĞƌ ĂŶŐƐƚͲƌŝĚĚĞŶ ƚĞĞŶĂŐĞ ƐŽŶ͘ /Ŷ ĚĞƐƉĞƌĂƟŽŶ͕ ƐŚĞ ŚŝƌĞƐ ŚůŽĞ ƚŽ ƚƌǇ ĂŶĚ ƐĞĚƵĐĞ ĂǀŝĚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŝĨ ŚĞ ŝƐ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĂīĂŝƌ͕ Ă ƉůĂŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĞƐĐĂůĂƚĞƐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƐŚŽĐŬŝŶŐ ĐŽŶƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞƐ ĨŽƌ ĂƚŚĞƌŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌ ĨĂŵŝůǇ͘

tŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ĐĂůůĞĚ Chloe͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ DŽŽƌĞ ǁŚŽ ƐƚĞĂůƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŝŶ Ă ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉĞůůŝŶŐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ĂƐ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ ǇĞƚ ǀƵůŶĞƌĂďůĞ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ͕ Ă ůĞŐĂĐǇ ƐŚĞ ŚĂƐ ĐƌĂŌĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŚĞƌ ƌŽůĞƐ ŝŶ ĮůŵƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ Far From Heaven ĂŶĚ A Single Man. sŝƐƵĂůůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ƐƚǇůŝƐŚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƵůƚƌĂͲŵŽĚĞƌŶ͕ ǇĞƚ Ăƚ ƟŵĞƐ ƐƚĂƌŬ ĂŶĚ ďůĞĂŬůǇ ŵŝŶŝŵĂůŝƐƚ ƐĞƚƐ ĞǀŽŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂůůǇ ĚĞƐƟƚƵƚĞ ƚĞƌƌĂŝŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐΖ ůŝǀĞƐ͘ ďƵŶĚĂŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚǁŝƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚƵƌŶƐ͕ Chloe ŝƐ ĂŶ ŝŶƚƌŝŐƵŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĂďƐŽƌďŝŶŐ Įůŵ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌǇ ĞŶĚ͘ Michael Lovelock

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& Äã Ýã® DÙ͘ &Êø

®Ù͗ ^ã ò Ä < ÝãÙ®ÝÝ®ÊÝ Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϬϭͬϬϯͬϭϬ >ŽǁͲďƵĚŐĞƚ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂŶ ƚŚƌŝůůĞƌ͕ The Horseman͕ ƚĞůůƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ ŐƌŝĞǀŝŶŐ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶ ;WĞƚĞƌ DĂƌƐŚĂůůͿ͕ ǁŚŽ ŐŽĞƐ ŽŶ Ă ŬŝůůŝŶŐ ƐƉƌĞĞ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ŝŶŇŝĐƚ ƌĞǀĞŶŐĞ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƌŶŽŐƌĂƉŚĞƌƐ ǁŚŽ ŝŶĂĚǀĞƌƚĞŶƚůǇ ĐĂƵƐĞĚ ŚŝƐ ĚĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ĚĞĂƚŚ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ŽƉĞŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐĐĞŶĞ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞŶƐĞ ďƌƵƚĂůŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ŝŶ ŵƵĐŚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ǁĂǇ͕ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ůŝƩůĞ ƌĞůŝĞĨ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁĞƌ͖ ĂƉĂƌƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƌƌŽŐĂƚĞ ĨĂƚŚĞƌͲĚĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ƚŚĂƚ ŐƌŽǁƐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵŶŐ

ŚŝƚĐŚͲŚŝŬĞƌ ůŝĐĞ ; ĂƌŽůŝŶĞ DĂƌŽŚĂƐǇͿ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ŵĂŝŶ ŇĂǁ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƚĞŶĚĞƌůǇ ŚĂŶĚůĞĚ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚĂƌǇ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶŝƚĂů ŵƵƟůĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŝŵŵŽůĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŵ ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬďŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͘ dŚĞ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ ŝƐ ƐŽ ƉƌŽŵŝŶĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ƌĞƉĞƟƟǀĞ Žƌ ŐƌĂƚƵŝƚŽƵƐ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ǇŽƵƌ ƐĞŶƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐ͘ EĞǀĞƌƚŚĞůĞƐƐ͕ DĂƌƐŚĂůů͛Ɛ ĐĞŶƚƌĂů ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ĞǆĞƌƚƐ ƐŽŵĞ ƉŽǁĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĐƌĞĂƚĞƐ Ă ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐŝŶŐůǇ ĚŝƐŵĂů

ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ ŽĨ ĂŶŽŶǇŵŽƵƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ĚƌĂď͕ ĐůĂƵƐƚƌŽƉŚŽďŝĐ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ dŚĞ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞůǇ ůŽǁͲŬĞǇ ĐĂŵĞƌĂǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ƚĞƌƐĞ ƐĐƌĞĞŶƉůĂǇ ŚĞůƉ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ The Horseman ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŽƌĞƐ ŽĨ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƌĞǀĞŶŐĞ ƚŚƌŝůůĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ͖ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ĂůƐŽ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ Ă ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ǁĂƚĐŚ͘ >ƵŬĞ EĂƐŚ

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®Ù͗ t Ý Ä ÙÝÊÄ Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϬϭͬϬϯͬϭϬ tŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŝŵĂƟŽŶ ŐŽůŝĂƚŚƐ ŝƐŶĞǇͲWŝǆĂƌ ǁĞƌĞ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶƚ͕ ĞŶĚĞĂƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĚĂǌǌůŝŶŐ ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ Cars͕ Ratatouille͕ Wall-E ĂŶĚ UP͕ tĞƐ ŶĚĞƌƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ƉůĞƚŚŽƌĂ ŽĨ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ͕ ŵŽĚĞůͲŵĂŬĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŶŝŵĂƚŽƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ďŽƚŚ ĂƌĞ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ďĂƩůĞ ŝƚ ŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐĂĚĞŵǇ ǁĂƌĚ ĨŽƌ ďĞƐƚ ĂŶŝŵĂƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ĐůŽƐĞƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƉŝĂͲƚŽŶĞĚ ŶŽƐƚĂůŐŝĂ ĂŶĚ ƌŽŽƚƐ ŽĨ Ă ŶŽǁͲƚŚƌŝǀŝŶŐ ŐĞŶƌĞ ŽĨ Įůŵ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ s ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ŽīĞƌƐ

Ă ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĞǆƚƌĂƐ ƚŽ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ this view. dŚĞ ŵĞƟĐƵůŽƵƐůǇ ŵŽĚĞůůĞĚ ƐƚŽƉͲŵŽƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŶĚĞƌƐŽŶ͛Ɛ Įůŵ ĞǆĞŵƉůŝĮĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂů ŚĞĂƌƚ ĂŶĚ ƐŽƵů ďĞŚŝŶĚ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ͛Ɛ ŵŽƐƚ ůƵĐƌĂƟǀĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚƐ͘ ƩĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĚĞƚĂŝů ŝƐ ĂŶ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚ ĂƐ Ăůů ϲϮϭ͕ϰϱϬ ƐƟůů ĨƌĂŵĞƐ ĂƌĞ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵůůǇ ĐƌĂŌĞĚ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ Ă ĐƵůŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĮǀĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ƟƌĞůĞƐƐůǇ ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă Įůŵ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞƚƵƌŶƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌŽŽƚƐ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ŝŶĐĞƉƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ŚĂŶĚŵĂĚĞ

ŵŽĚĞůƐ ĂŶĚ ϭϬϬн ƐĞƚƐ ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ Ă ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ƵŶƐĞĞŶ ŝŶ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂŶŝŵĂƚĞĚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ͘ hŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ tĞƐ ŶĚĞƌƐŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ǁŝƩǇ ŶƵĂŶĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĚƌǇ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ ǁŽƌŬ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚůǇ ƚŽ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ Ă ƉŝĞĐĞ ŽĨ ĐŝŶĞŵĂ ĂƐ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĞŵŽƟŽŶ ŽĨ ůŝǀĞͲĂĐƟŽŶ ĂƐ ĂŶŝŵĂƟŽŶ ĐĂŶ ŐĞƚ͘ Paul Cook

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INTERVIEW SPECIAL>DR KEITH JOHNSTON ON THE FILM TRAILER

RATED OR SLATED? KICK-ASS: WILL IT? The eminent release of KickAss͕ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƐƵƉĞƌ ŚĞƌŽ ŵŽǀŝĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ͕ ŚĂƐ got tongues wagging in the Įůŵ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ƵŶƵƐƵĂů ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞĐĂƌŝŽƵƐ ƐƚĂƌƚ͘ ĂĐŚ ,ŽůůǇǁŽŽĚ ĞǆĞĐƵƟǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĚŽǁŶ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ of its violence and excessively ƉƌŽĨĂŶĞ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ͕ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ which comes from an 11-yearŽůĚ Őŝƌů͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ƚŚĂƚ Mark Millar had for a comic ƐĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ĂŶĚ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ǁĂƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ĂŶĚ ŵĂĚĞ͘ But what is Kick-Ass ĂďŽƵƚ͍ In short, a geeky school kid, ƉůĂǇĞĚ ďǇ ƵƉĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƐƚĂƌ ĂƌŽŶ Johnson, can’t seem to fathom ǁŚǇ ŶŽ ŽŶĞ ŚĂƐ ĞǀĞƌ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ƐƵƉĞƌŚĞƌŽ ĨŽƌ ƌĞĂů͘ ,Ğ ĚĞĐŝĚĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŝƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐƚĞƉ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďƌĞĂĐŚ ĂŶĚ ďĞĐŽŵĞ <ŝĐŬͲ ƐƐ Ͳ a masked vigilante who wants to defend the city from evil, ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ Ă ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ĂĐƚƵĂů ƐƵƉĞƌ ƉŽǁĞƌƐ͘ ZƵŶŶŝŶŐ ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ ŚŝƐ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ ŽĨ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ŚĞƌŽ͕ Ă ĨĂƚŚĞƌͲĚĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ ĐŽŵďŽ ŝƐ ĮŐŚƟŶŐ ĐƌŝŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů villain in New York City. The ĂĨŽƌĞͲŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ǀŝůůĂŝŶ͕ however, thinks Kick-Ass is ƚŽ ďůĂŵĞ ĨŽƌ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ůŝĨĞ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ͕ ƐŽ ŚŝƐ ƐŽŶ ƉŽƐĞƐ ĂƐ Ă ƐƵƉĞƌŚĞƌŽ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ƚƌǇ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƉƚƵƌĞ Śŝŵ͘ With the confusing nature

ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉůŽƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǀŝŽůĞŶƚ ůŝƩůĞ Őŝƌů ǁŚŽ ůŝŬĞƐ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ ͚ ͛ ǁŽƌĚ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚĂďůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚŝŽƐ ǁĞƌĞ ũƵƐƚ ŶŽƚ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ͖ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĞƐ ŽĨ DĂƩŚĞǁ sĂƵŐŚŶ͛Ɛ ǁŽƌŬ͕ ŵŽƐƚ ŶŽƚĂďůǇ Stardust (director) and Snatch ;ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌͿ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ĨƌŽŵ ,ŽůůǇǁŽŽĚ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŚĂƐ ŐŽŶĞ ĂŚĞĂĚ ĂƐ ĂŶ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ͘

/ƚ ŝƐ ŽŶůǇ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ;ŝŶ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϮϬϬϵͿ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŚĂƐ ŐĂŝŶĞĚ ĂŶǇ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ ďĂĐŬŝŶŐ͕ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ the growing interest in this ŶĞǁ ƐƵƉĞƌ ŚĞƌŽ ŵŽǀŝĞ͘ KŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƚĂůŬĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ĂƐƉĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ EŝĐŽůĂƐ ĂŐĞ͛Ɛ ƉŽƌƚƌĂǇĂů ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ͕ ŝŐ Daddy. Since the Big Daddy ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ůŽŽŬƐ ůŝŬĞ Ă ĐŚĞĂƉĞƌ version of Batman, Cage ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƉĂǇ ŚŽŵĂŐĞ ƚŽ ĚĂŵ tĞƐƚ͘ sĂƵŐŚŶ ďĞůŝĞǀĞƐ that this will add to the reality ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĂƐ ŝĨ ĂŵŽŶ DĂĐZĞĂĚǇ ;ĂŬĂ ŝŐ ĂĚĚǇͿ ŚĂƐ ũƵƐƚ ǁĂƚĐŚĞĚ

one too many Batman re-runs on TV. This issue of reality is a huge factor in Kick-Ass: ƚŚĞ ƉůŽƚ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ƐĞƚ ŝŶ Ă ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ŽĐĐƵƌ͕ ďƵƚ ŵŝŐŚƚ if someone in society should ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ƐƵƉĞƌ ŚĞƌŽ͘ Kick-Ass ŝƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŵĂƌŵŝƚĞ ĮůŵƐ͖ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌĞ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ůŽǀĞ ŝƚ Žƌ ŚĂƚĞ ŝƚ͕ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ƚŚĞ violence contained within it. sĂƵŐŚŶ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚŝƐ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ Ăůů ƚŽŽ ƌĞĂĚǇ ƚŽ ƐůĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͕ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƟŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ underage violence, however ŚĞ ƐƚĂŶĚƐ ďǇ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͕ ŝŶƐŝƐƟŶŐ that there is a moral in the ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ͘ Kick-Ass ŝƐ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇ Ă comment on society’s lack of ǁŝůůŝŶŐŶĞƐƐ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ǁŚĞŶ ĨĂĐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĚŝĸĐƵůƟĞƐ͘ The Good Samaritan angle that Vaughn insists is there is ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ĂůŽŶĞ ƚŽ ĞŶƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ ŝƐ Ă ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͘ ,Ğ ŵƵƐƚ ŶŽƚ ĨŽƌŐĞƚ͕ however, that what is more ůŝŬĞůǇ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŵŝŐŚƚ ďĞ ŽīĞŶĚĞĚ͕ ŝŶ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ Ă ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƐƚƌŝŶŐ ŽĨ ďĂĐŬůĂƐŚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐƐ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ŐůŽŽŵǇ ƌĞĂůŝƟĞƐ of Kick-Ass, there are already talks of a sequel, should the Įůŵ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ďŽǆ ŽĸĐĞ success. Rachel Coxon

The Event sat down with Dr. Keith Johnston, a lecturer of Film and Television studies in UEA’s school of FTV. Keith has ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ƉƵďůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ƚƌĂŝůĞƌ including The Coolest Way to Watch Movie Trailers in the World. Before undertaking his ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͕ <ĞŝƚŚ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ŚŽŶŽƌĂƌǇ ŐƵĞƐƚ ƐƉĞĂŬĞƌ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ƚƌĂŝůĞƌ͕ and we document some of his ĞǆƉĞƌƟƐĞ ŚĞƌĞ͘ What are the key elements to a successful trailer? Keith Johnston>I know that ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ƚŚŝŶŐ ,ŽůůǇǁŽŽĚ ŝŶƐŝƐƚƐ ŽŶ ŝƐ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ Ă ďĂůĂŶĐŝŶŐ ĂĐƚ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͕ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͙ &ŝůŵƐ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƚŚƌĞĞ act structure, trailers have ƚǁŽ͖ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚŚŝƌƚǇ ƚŽ ĨŽƌƚǇ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ƐŽ the audience thinks ‘What is ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ƐƚĞƉ͍͕͛ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ away too much has always ďĞĞŶ ƐĞĞŶ ĂƐ Ă ƉƌŽďůĞŵ͖ ƚŚĞ What Lies Beneath trailer ǁĂƐ ƌŽƵŶĚůǇ ĐƌŝƟĐŝǌĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ for Psycho͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ,ŝƚĐŚĐŽĐŬ ďĂƐŝĐĂůůǇ ƐĂǇƐ ŝŶ ŝƚ ͚ Ž ŶŽƚ ƚĞůů ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ͛͘ How important would you say ƚƌĂŝůĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ ŽĨ Ă Įůŵ͍ Keith Johnston>WƌŽďĂďůǇ ŵŽƌĞ

in to see the trailer and then ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ͊ WĞƌƐŽŶĂů ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ͙ / ŚĂǀĞ Ă ŚĂŶŬĞƌŝŶŐ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϰϬƐ͕ ŚǇƉĞƌďŽůŝĐ ƐƚǇůĞ ƚƌĂŝůĞƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ,ŝƚĐŚĐŽĐŬ ŽŶĞƐ͘

ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ĞǀĞƌ ďĞĞŶ͘ /ƚ ŚĂƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ďĞĞŶ ĂŶ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂů ĐŽŵƉŽŶĞŶƚ͖ ďǇ the 1930s and 40s they were ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚ͘ Ironically, all the technologies that have come on since then that have challenged Įůŵ ĚŽŵŝŶĂŶĐĞ ŚĂǀĞ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ screens on which you can view Įůŵ ƚƌĂŝůĞƌƐ͕ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĚŽǁŶůŽĂĚŝŶŐ ƚƌĂŝůĞƌƐ ŽŶƚŽ ŵŽďŝůĞ ƉŚŽŶĞƐ͘ Which trailers do you feel ǁĞƌĞ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ͍ Keith Johnston>For sheer ŝŵƉĂĐƚ͕ ƚŚĞ Independence Day ƚƌĂŝůĞƌ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞĚ around showing something in the trailer; that really changed ƚŚĞ ďůŽĐŬďƵƐƚĞƌ ƚƌĂŝůĞƌ mentality. Another one is Star Wars: Episode One. It was ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ĮůŵƐ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ͕ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁĞƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ

How do you feel that trailers ŚĂǀĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ƟŵĞ͍ Keith Johnston>Well, there ĂƌĞ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐ ƐƚǇůŝƐƟĐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ͘ In the 1930s and 40s they had ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ƟƚůĞƐ͕ ǇŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ͕ ‘The Most Staggering Film Ever Made!’, really screenĮůůŝŶŐ ƐƚƵī͘ dŚŽƐĞ ĚŝƐĂƉƉĞĂƌĞĚ around the 1950s, when you ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ͚ƚƌĂŝůĞƌ ǀŽŝĐĞ͛͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽƚ ďĞĞŶ ŚƵŐĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ͖ ƚŚĞ ďĂƐŝĐ elements have remained the same. Do you think that stunt trailers ĂƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ Žƌ ůĞƐƐ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ͍ Keith Johnston>I think ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŶ ďĞ͖ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ makes the trailer stand out ŝƐ ŐŽŽĚ͘ &Žƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ Spiderman trailers with ƚŚĞ ǁĞď ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ dǁŝŶ Towers, and more recently the new one for Toy Story 3 which ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ĨŽŽƚĂŐĞ ƐŚŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ĨŽƌ the trailer, those were very ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůůǇ ƚĂƌŐĞƚ ǇŽƵƌ ĚĞŵŽŐƌĂƉŚŝĐ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŝŶ ĐŝŶĞŵĂƐ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ĚŽŶĞ ŝƚƐ ũŽď͘ Duncan Vicat-Brown

TRIVIA TIME *With Avatar already reaching ƚŚĞ ŵŝůĞƐƚŽŶĞ ŽĨ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ŐƌŽƐƐŝŶŐ Įůŵ ĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ϮϬƚŚ ĞŶƚƵƌǇ &Žǆ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉƵƐŚŝŶŐ :ĂŵĞƐ Cameron to create an Avatar 2͘ Ƶƚ ŚĞ ĐĂƵƟŽŶĞĚ ĂŶĂůǇƐƚƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ͞ŚŽůĚ ǇŽƵƌ ďƌĞĂƚŚ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ĞĂƌůǇ ŽŶĞ͕͟ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ŽŌĞŶ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ůŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ĨƌƵŝƟŽŶ͘ tŝůů ƚŚŝƐ ĂǁĂƌĚ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ Įůŵ ƐƵīĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ dreaded curse of the sequel ŇŽƉ͍ ΎDĂƌĐ tĞďď ((500) Days of SummerͿ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŚŝƌĞĚ ƚŽ helm the next Spider-Man Įůŵ͘

dŚĞ Įůŵ ǁĂƐ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůůǇ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ Śŝƚ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ ŝŶ DĂǇ ϮϬϭϭ͕ ďƵƚ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ Ă ĐŽŶŇŝĐƚ ƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ Įůŵ͕ ŝƚƐ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ĚĂƚĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ 2012. ΎdŚĞ ůŽŶŐ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ Alice in Wonderland has caused ƵƉƌŽĂƌ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͘ KĚĞŽŶ ŚĂĚ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ƐĐƌĞĞŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĂƐ a result of a row with Disney. They were less than keen at the shortened window that ƌĞĚƵĐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŶ ŵĂŬĞ ŵŽŶĞǇ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ s ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕

ĂŐƌĞĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽǁ ďĞĞŶ ŵĂĚĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ƚƌĂŶƐƉŝƌĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ KĚĞŽŶ ǁŝůů ŶŽǁ ďĞ ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͘ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ͞ĨĂŶĂƟĐĂů ĂďŽƵƚ Įůŵ͟ ĂŌĞƌ Ăůů͊ *Bad news for girls of the Twilight ĨĂŶ ďĂƐĞ͖ ĂŌĞƌ ŽǀĞƌ Ă ǇĞĂƌ ŽĨ ƐƉĞĐƵůĂƟŽŶ͕ ZŽďĞƌƚ WĂƫŶƐŽŶ ŚĂƐ ĮŶĂůůǇ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚ ŚĞ ŝƐ ĚĂƟŶŐ ŚŝƐ Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart. They were ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮƌƐƚ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ ĂƐ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ &d &ŝůŵ ǁĂƌĚƐ͕ ďƵƚ ĞŶĚĞĚ ƵƉ ĂƌƌŝǀŝŶŐ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞůǇ͘ ŌĞƌ ƌĞĨƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ĨŽƌ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ͕ WĂƫŶƐŽŶ ĮŶĂůůǇ ďƌŽŬĞ ŚŝƐ

ƐŝůĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĂĚŵŝƩĞĚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ͘ Ύh͘^͘ ds ďŽƐƐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƐŵĂůů ƐĐƌĞĞŶ ĂĚĂƉƚĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͛Ɛ ŵŽƐƚ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ĮůŵƐ͕ including Bridget Jones’s Diary, Billy Elliot and EŽƫŶŐ

Hill. NBC and Working Title recently announced they ǁŽƵůĚ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌ ƵƉ ĨŽƌ Ă ds ǀĞŶƚƵƌĞ ʹ ĞŶƟƚůĞĚ tŽƌŬŝŶŐ Title Television. Working Title’s theatrical releases include the ĂĨŽƌĞŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ŵŽǀŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĮůŵƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ Nanny McPhee, Shaun of the Dead and Four Weddings and a Funeral. Ύ tŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ Įůŵ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ ĨŽƌ Ă ƐĞƋƵĞů͍ ,Žǁ ĂďŽƵƚ Zoolander͍ /ƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŶŝŶĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ĞŶ ^ƟůůĞƌ ƚĂƵŐŚƚ ƵƐ ƐŽŵĞ ŝŶǀĂůƵĂďůĞ ůĞƐƐŽŶƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽĚĞůůŝŶŐ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŝƚŚ :ƵƐƟŶ dŚĞƌŽƵǆ ĂŶĚ ĞŶ

^ƟůůĞƌ ĐŽͲǁƌŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ͕ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƚŽŽ ůĂƚĞ for a sequel. The release date ŝƐ ǇĞƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ͘ Ύ ƵƌƟƐ ͚ϱϬ ĞŶƚ͛ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ ǁŝůů ĂĚĚ Ă ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƉƌŽǀĞƌďŝĂů ƐƚƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ĂĐƟŶŐ ďŽǁ ǁŝƚŚ DĂƌŝŽ sĂŶ WĞĞďůĞƐ͛ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ĨŽŽƚďĂůů ĚƌĂŵĂ͕ Things Fall Apart. Fiddy will take the lead role of a star “who faces Ă ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ƚƌĂŐĞĚǇ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ his own mortality while in his senior year in college.” Sounds ůŝŬĞ ŚĞ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ƚŽ actually act for this role. Gemma Boyle

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ŚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŽůĚͲŽƵƚ ŐŝŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ > Z ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽŶƚŚ͕ >ŽƐƚƉƌŽƉŚĞƚƐ͛ DŝŬĞ >ĞǁŝƐ ĂŶĚ :ĂŵŝĞ KůŝǀĞƌ ƐƚŽƉƉĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂƩĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ dŚĞ ǀĞŶƚ͛Ɛ Seb Crane, ĂďŽƵƚ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ ŝŶ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƚŽ ďŝďůŝĐĂů ƐƵƉĞƌͲŐƌŽƵƉƐ͘͘͘

THE INTERVIEW How’s the tour going, any highlights so far? Mike (rhythm guitarist): /ƚ͛Ɛ ďĞĞŶ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ ƐŽ ĨĂƌ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ďĞĞŶ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĨƵŶ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ĚŽŶĞ͘ WƌĞƩǇ ŵƵĐŚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĐƌŽǁĚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ bands we’ve had out with us have been really ĐŽŽů͕ ƐŽ ǇĞĂŚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ďĞĞŶ Ă ďůĂƐƚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ďĞĞŶ ŽƵƌ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ƚŽƵƌ ĨŽƌ Ă ůŽŶŐ͕ ůŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ Ͳ ϭϴ ĚĂƚĞƐ ĂůƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͘ ĚŝŶďƵƌŐŚ ƐƚĂŶĚƐ ŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ ƐŽ ĨĂƌ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ͘ Jamie (keyboardist): / ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ƐŽŶŐƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ KďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ƐŽŶŐƐ ůŝŬĞ Last Train Home that we’ve played at Reading and everyone’s jumping up and down is great, but there are songs from ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ůŝŬĞ Where We Belong ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝŵŵĞĚŝĂƚĞůǇ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ă ǀŝďĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů͘ ^Ž ƚŽ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŶŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ƌĞƐƉŽŶĚƐ ŝƐ ĞƉŝĐ͘ So the new songs have been going down really well? J: zĞĂŚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ĮůůƐ ƵƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ͘ tŚĞŶ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ more than ever, we thought about how they would perform live as opposed to just how they ƐŽƵŶĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ͕ ƐŽ ŝƚ ĨĞĞůƐ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŐŽŽĚ ƚŽ

ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͘ How does the new album compare to your ŽƚŚĞƌ ĞīŽƌƚƐ͍ M: / ƐƟůů ƐƚĂŶĚ ďǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĂůďƵŵ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ĚŽŶĞ͘ J: zĞĂŚ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ͖ ĚŽŝŶŐ ŝƚ ŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ͕ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁĞŝŐŚƚ ŽŶ ŽƵƌ ƐŚŽƵůĚĞƌƐ͘ tĞ͛ƌĞ ũƵƐƚ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůǇ ƉƌŽƵĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ĐĂŵĞ ŽƵƚ ĂƐ ǁĞ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ŝƚ ƚŽ͘ /ƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ůŝŬĞ ƵƐ͘ M: I think it’s a really good mix of all our previous ĂůďƵŵƐ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŝŶƚŽ Fake Sound... then you will ůŝƐƚĞŶ ƚŽ ŝƚ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĚ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ͛ůů ůŝŬĞ͕ ŝĨ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Start Something or >ŝďĞƌĂƟŽŶ dƌĂŶƐŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ then ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ͘ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĂůůͲƌŽƵŶĚĞĚ >ŽƐƚƉƌŽƉŚĞƚƐ ĂůďƵŵ͘ You’ve been around ten years now, what are your career highlights? M: ǀĞƌǇ ƟŵĞ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ZĞĂĚŝŶŐ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ Ă ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŝŶ ƟŵĞ͘ tŚĞŶ ǁĞ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϭ Ͳ ǁŚĞŶ ǁĞ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƚĞŶƚ - that was when we felt like we were moving out ŽĨ ĐůƵďƐ͘ tŚĞŶ ǁĞ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƐƚĂŐĞ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϰ ĂŶĚ ϮϬϬϳ͕ ďŽƚŚ ǁĞƌĞ ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ͘ ,ĞĂĚůŝŶŝŶŐ

ŽǁŶůŽĂĚ ǁĂƐ ƉƌĞƩǇ ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞ͘ 'ĞƫŶŐ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽŶĞ ĂůďƵŵ ǁĂƐ ƉƌĞƩǇ ĐŽŽů͘ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŬŶŽǁ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ ŐŽ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĞƌĞ͘ M: /ƚ͛Ɛ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ůŝŬĞ Ă ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ďĞŝŶŐ ŚĞƌĞ ƚĞŶ ǇĞĂƌƐ ůĂƚĞƌ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ŚĂĚ ĂƐŬĞĚ ƵƐ ƚĞŶ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ ǁŽƵůĚ ǁĞ ƐƟůů ďĞ ŚĞƌĞ now, then I don’t know what we would have said, ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ŶŽ͘ Ƶƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƉƌĞƩǇ ĐŽŽů ƚŽ ƐƟůů ďĞ ŚĞƌĞ ƚĞŶ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐƟůů ŐŝǀĞ Ă ƐŚŝƚ͘ Why did you choose Sharks and Kids In Glass Houses to support you? M: ĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ ďĂŶĚƐ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞǁ <ŝĚƐ /Ŷ 'ůĂƐƐ ,ŽƵƐĞƐ ĂůďƵŵ ŝƐ ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞ͖ / ƚŚŝŶŬ they deserve to do well and they’re some of our ŐŽŽĚ ŵĂƚĞƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ƐŽ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ĚŽƵďůĞ ďŽŶƵƐ͘ tĞ ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ ĂŶ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ ďĂŶĚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŶŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ŚĂŶŐ ŽƵƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƵƌ ŵĂƚĞƐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ͘ If you could form a super-group, who would be in it? M: dŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƵŐŚĞƐƚ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂŶĞƚ͘͘͘ J: /͛Ě ŚĂǀĞ :ĞƐƵƐ ŚƌŝƐƚ͘ M: /͛Ě ŚĂǀĞ Śŝŵ ŽŶ ĚƌƵŵƐ͘ :ĞƐƵƐ ŚƌŝƐƚ ŽŶ ĚƌƵŵƐ͕ he’d have to be good wouldn’t he? I’d have two ǀŽĐĂůŝƐƚƐ͘ /͛Ě ŚĂǀĞ͘͘͘

J: /͛Ě ŚĂǀĞ 'ŽůŝĂƚŚ ŽŶ ĚƌƵŵƐ͕ / ǁŽƵůĚ͘ M: ,Ğ͛Ě ĐƌƵƐŚ ƚŚĞŵ͘ J: ,Ğ͛Ě ďĞ Ă ďĞĂƐƚ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͕ ǁŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ŚĞ͍ M: ŶĚ ǇŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ĂǀŝĚ ŽŶ ďĂƐƐ͘ What musicians did you aspire to be when you were growing up? M: >ŽĂĚƐ͗ :ĂŵĞƐ ,ĞƞŝĞůĚ ĨƌŽŵ DĞƚĂůůŝĐĂ͕ :ŽĞ ^ƚƌƵŵŵĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ dŚĞ ůĂƐŚ͕ WĂƵů tĞůůĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ dŚĞ :Ăŵ͘ J: ŚƵĐŬ ĨƌŽŵ WƵďůŝĐ ŶĞŵǇ͘ M: DŝŬĞ WĂƩŽŶ ǁŚĞŶ / ǁĂƐ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ƵƉ͕ ǇĞĂŚ ůŽĂĚƐ͘ What can we expect from you tonight? M: We have kind of tried to make it more of a ƐŚŽǁ͘ ^ŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ been endless banter on stage and we just mess ĂƌŽƵŶĚ͘ KƚŚĞƌ ƟŵĞƐ ǁĞ ũƵƐƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ͘ J: /͛ǀĞ ŶŽƟĐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƐŚŽǁ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƵƉ ĨŽƌ ŝƚ͕ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ĐŽƵůĚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶ͖ ŝƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ŐŽ ĐƌĂǌǇ Žƌ ǁŚĂƚĞǀĞƌ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƟŵĞƐ you just want to go on stage and just perform ǇŽƵƌ ďĞƐƚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ũƵƐƚ ŶŝĐĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ŐƌĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽƌƚ ŽĨ ƉƌŝǀŝůĞŐĞ ŽĨ ďĞŝŶŐ ŚŽŶĞƐƚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƐ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ͘

LOSTPROPHETS LIVE > THE FAKE SOUND OF PROGRESS? >ŽƐƚƉƌŽƉŚĞƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ album, The Betrayed͕ ŝƐ ͞ďǇ ĨĂƌ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĞƐƚ͕ ĚĂƌŬĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƐƚ ƌĞĂů͟ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ͕ ŵĂƌŬŝŶŐ Ă ƐĞůĨ ĚĞĮŶĞĚ ͞ĂƉŽĐĂůǇƉƟĐ͟ ĚĞƉĂƌƚƵƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽŶĞ ĐƌŽƐƐͲŽǀĞƌ album >ŝďĞƌĂƟŽŶ dƌĂŶƐŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ͘ >ŝďĞƌĂƟŽŶ Transmission ǁĂƐ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĞǆƉůŝĐŝƚ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ ŽƌŝĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ͕ ďůĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŵĞůŽĚŝĐ ƌŝīƐ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ďǇ ϴϬ͛Ɛ ŶĞǁ ƌŽŵĂŶƟĐ ƉŽƉ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŶƐĂƟĂďůǇ ĐĂƚĐŚǇ ĐŚŽƌƵƐĞƐ͘ dĞĞŶĂŐĞ ŐŝƌůƐ ůŝŬĞĚ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ZĂĚŝŽ KŶĞ ůŝŬĞĚ ƚŚĞŵ͖ Ă ŬŝƐƐ ŽĨ ĚĞĂƚŚ ĨŽƌ ĂŶǇ ͚ĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ ƌŽĐŬ ďĂŶĚ͛͘ zĞƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĐŽŵĞƐ Ă ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ůŝĨĞ ǁŚĞŶ ŚĞ͛Ɛ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ƚŽ ďƵŝůĚ Ă ƉŽĚŝƵŵ͕ ƐƚĂŶĚ ĂƚŽƉ ŽĨ ŝƚ ĂŶĚ ƐŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ŚĞĂƌƚ ŽƵƚ͘͘͘ Žƌ ͚^ĐƌĞĂŵ ŚŝƐ ŚĞĂƌƚ ŽƵƚ͛ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ͚ƌŽŽŌŽƉ͕͛ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů͘ dŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͘ >ŽƐƚƉƌŽƉŚĞƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĐůĞĂƌůǇ ŝŶĚĞďƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐƌŽƐƐͲŽǀĞƌ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͘ tŚĂƚ ĂĐƚ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ďůŝŐŚƚĞĚ ĂŐĞ ŽĨ ĚĞĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ƐĂůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ĐƌŝƐŝƐ͕ ĐŽƵůĚ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ Ă ĨƵůů ĂůďƵŵ͛Ɛ ǁŽƌƚŚ ŽĨ material in LA - reportedly spending around $500,000 - to merely suggest that the resultant ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŽŽ ͞ƐůŝĐŬ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŝŶǇ͍͟ 'ƵŶƐ ĂŶĚ ZŽƐĞƐ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ͍ &Žƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŚĂůĨ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĞƚ͕ Dƌ͘ tĂƚŬŝŶ͛Ɛ ŽǁŶ ƌŽŽƐƚͲƌƵůŝŶŐ ƉŽĚŝƵŵ ĂŶƟĐƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂŬŝŶ ƚŽ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŽĨ ͚ŵŝƐƵŶĚĞƌƐƚŽŽĚ͕͛ ŵŽŽĚ ŽƌŝĞŶƚĂƚĞĚ ǆů ZŽƐĞ͖ ŚŝƐ ĐŚĂƌŝƐŵĂ ŝŶŝƟĂůůǇ

ŽďƐĐƵƌĞĚ ďǇ Ă ƉŽƉ ĚŝǀĂ ůŝŬĞ ĂŵďŝǀĂůĞŶĐĞ͘ ůĂĚ in a Vivienne Westwood diamante belt and long ďůĂĐŬ ŵĂĐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨƌŽŶƚŵĂŶ ƉƌĞĞŶĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƐĞĚ ŚŝƐ ǁĂǇ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĞƚ͕ ŇŝĐŬŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƐǁĞĂƚͲŐůŽƐƐĞĚ dŽŶŝ ĂŶĚ 'ƵǇ ŚĂŝƌĐƵƚ ;ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŵĂǇ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ŚĂŝƌ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐͿ͕ ĂĐĐůŝŵĂƟƐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ƐŵĂůůĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƵƐƵĂů ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐƐ͘ ^ƚƵĂƌƚ ZŝĐŚĂƌĚƐŽŶ ƐƚĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĂůůĞŐĞĚ ƚŚĞŵĂƟĐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ The Betrayed had been nurtured ďǇ ƐƵďƐĞƋƵĞŶƚ ĚŝĸĐƵůƟĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ͞ďĞŚŝŶĚͲƚŚĞͲ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ďƵůůƐŚŝƚ͘͟ dŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ƚƌĂŶƐůĂƚĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŐƌŝĞǀĂŶĐĞ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůĂĐŬĂĚĂŝƐŝĐĂů ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĞƚ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ĂŐŐƌĂǀĂƟŽŶ ƉĂůƉĂďůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůǇƌŝĐĂů ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ŽĨ Dstryr And Dstryr͕ Ă ƐƚĂŶĚŽƵƚ ƚƌĂĐŬ from both album and set: “Religion needs a new employer / I’ve got the rope you need to ŚĂŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ :ĞƐƵƐ ĞǀĞŶ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ͘͟ /ƌŽŶŝĐĂůůǇ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ŵĞĚůĞǇ ŽĨ WƌŽĚŝŐǇ ƐŽŶŐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ƚŽ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞ ďŽƚŚ ďĂŶĚ ĂŶĚ ĐƌŽǁĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŶĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ Omen ŝŶĐŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŇŽŽƌ ƚŽ Ă ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ŶŽƚ ƐĞĞŶ ĂŐĂŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĂƌǇ ƌĞŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ Last Train Home and Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja, ƚŚĞ ůĂƩĞƌ ƐƟůů ďĞŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮŶĞƐƚ͕ ŵŽƐƚ ĂŐŐƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ƐŽŶŐƐ ;ŝŶ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ The Fake sound of Progress and We Are Godzilla You Are Japan͕ ďŽƚŚ ŽĨ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ŽŵŝƩĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƚͿ͘

tĂƚŬŝŶƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĞŶŚĂŶĐĞĚ ŬŝŶĞƟĐ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ĂŶĚ ŵŝŶƵƐ ŵĂĐŬ͕ ŚĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂůŵ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ hand, leading the assembled throng through a ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶĂƚĞ ƌĞŶĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ Next Stop Atro City, and ƚŚĞ ƟƚůĞ ƚƌĂĐŬ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵŽƐƚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ĂůďƵŵ͕ Start Something͘ >ŽƐƚƉƌŽƉŚĞƚƐ ͚ƚƌĞĂƚ͛ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ŚŝƚƐ ƐĞƚ͕ ŽĐĐƵƉǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ stage for an hour and a half, and in this sense ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ďĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ĐůĞĂƌůǇ ƐĂƟƐĨǇ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉĞƟƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŽůĚ ŽƵƚ ĐƌŽǁĚ͖ ĐŽŶƐƟƚƵƚĞĚ ŽĨ Ă ŵŝǆ ;ŶŽƚ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ ƌĞůŝĂŶƚ ŽŶ ƚĞĞŶĂŐĞ ŐŝƌůƐͿ ƚĞƐƚĂŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚƐ ĐƌŽƐƐͲ ŽǀĞƌ ĂƉƉĞĂů͘ dŚĞ ͚ĚĂƌŬĞƌ͛ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ŽďƐĐƵƌĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂĐĐĞƐƐŝďŝůŝƚǇ͘ tŚŝůĞ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ Ă ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŚĂůĨ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĞƚ Ͳ ƉŽƐƚ WƌŽĚŝŐǇ͕ ƉƌĞĞŶŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉŽƵƟŶŐ Ͳ ŝƐ ĮůůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ďĂŶƚĞƌ͕ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ĐŽŵŝĐĂů͕ ǀĞƌŐĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞůĨ ŝŶĚƵůŐĞŶƚ͘ >ŽƐƚƉƌŽƉŚĞƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŐŽŶĞ ƚŽ ƐƵďƐƚĂŶƟĂů ůĞŶŐƚŚƐ ƚŽ ǀĂůŝĚĂƚĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐƌĞĚŝďŝůŝƚǇ͕ ǇĞƚ ƚŚĞ ĚƵĂůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĞƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ŵŝĐƌŽĐŽƐŵŝĐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ͕ ďŽƚŚ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ďƵƚ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ŇĂƩĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚĞĐĞŝǀĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂŐŐƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ Burn Burn͕ ĐŽŵƉƌŽŵŝƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ Őůŝƚǌ ŽĨ sŝǀŝĞŶŶĞ tĞƐƚǁŽŽĚ ĂƫƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƐĞůĨ ŝŶĚƵůŐĞŶĐĞ͘ dŚĞ ĨĂŬĞ sound of progress? Oliver Brooks

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ŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ h< ĂŶĚ h^ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ƐŝŵƵůƚĂŶĞŽƵƐůǇ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ƐŝŶŐůĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂŝĚ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĞīĞĐƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ,ĂŝƟ ĞĂƌƚŚƋƵĂŬĞ͘ Kate Hinksman ƚĂŬĞƐ ƵƐ ŽŶ Ă ĐŽŵƉĂƌĂƟǀĞ ũŽƵƌŶĞǇ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉĂƐƚ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ ĞīŽƌƚƐ͕ ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ ŽƵƌ ďĞƐƚͲůŽǀĞĚ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ͘͘͘

NOW:

THEN:

Everybody Hurts ;sĂƌŝŽƵƐ ƌƟƐƚƐ͕ ϮϬϭϬͿ

Is This The Way To Amarillo? ;dŽŶǇ ŚƌŝƐƟĞ ͞ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ͟ WĞƚĞƌ <ĂǇ͕ ϮϬϬϱͿ

dŚŝƐ :ĂŶƵĂƌǇ͕ ^ŝŵŽŶ ŽǁĞůů ƌŽƵŶĚĞĚ ƵƉ ĂŶ ĂůůͲ ƐƚĂƌ ůŝŶĞͲƵƉ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ DĂƌŝĂŚ ĂƌĞǇ͕ ^ƵƐĂŶ ŽǇůĞ͕ ZŽďďŝĞ tŝůůŝĂŵƐ͕ :>^ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŽ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ Ă ĐŽǀĞƌ ŽĨ Z D͛Ɛ Everybody Hurts͕ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ƌĂŝƐĞ ŵŽŶĞǇ ĨŽƌ ǀŝĐƟŵƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŐŝĐ ,ĂŝƟ ĞĂƌƚŚƋƵĂŬĞ͘ tŝƚŚŝŶ ŝƚƐ ĮƌƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ ŽĨ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ŝƚ ƐŽůĚ ϰϱϯ͕ϬϬϬ ĐŽƉŝĞƐ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŝƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƐƚĞƐƚͲƐĞůůŝŶŐ ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ƚŚŝƐ ĐĞŶƚƵƌǇ ƐŽ ĨĂƌ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ůĞƐƐ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂůůǇ ƌĞƐŽŶĂŶƚ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů͕ ĨĂŶƐ ŽĨ DĂƌŝĂŚͲƐƚǇůĞ ǁĂƌďůŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ƉŽůŝƐŚĞĚͲǁŝƚŚŝŶͲĂŶͲŝŶĐŚͲŽĨͲŝƚƐͲůŝĨĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ͘

^ŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ͕ ĂŶ ĂĚŵŝƩĞĚůǇ ĨĂŝƌůǇ ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ ƐŽŶŐ ƌĞĂĐŚĞƐ ĞǆƚƌĂŽƌĚŝŶĂƌǇ ŶĞǁ ůĞǀĞůƐ ŽĨ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌŝƚǇ ƐŽůĞůǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂƐŝƐ ŽĨ Ă ƌĞĂůůǇ ŐŽŽĚ ƉƌŽŵŽ ǀŝĚĞŽ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞͲƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ŽĨ ..Amarillo ĨŽƌ ŽŵŝĐ ZĞůŝĞĨ ϮϬϬϱ ŝƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ͖ ƐŽŵĞŚŽǁ Ăůů dŽŶǇ ŚƌŝƐƟĞ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞͲůĂƵŶĐŚ ŚŝƐ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ǁĂƐ ĨŽƌ WĞƚĞƌ <ĂǇ ƚŽ ǁĂůŬ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ Ă ŐƌĞĞŶ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ ĂŶĚ ŵŝŵĞ ;ŚŝůĂƌŝŽƵƐůǇͿ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ƐŽŶŐ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ũŽŝŶĞĚ ďǇ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƟĞƐ͘ /ƚ ŐĂŝŶƐ ďŽŶƵƐ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ ǁŚĞŶ ZŽŶŶŝĞ ŽƌďĞƩ ĨĂůůƐ ŽǀĞƌ͘ ^ŝŵƉůĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ͘͘͘

We Are The World ;h^ &Žƌ ĨƌŝĐĂ͕ ϭϵϴϱ Θ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ͕ ϮϬϭϬͿ

Do They Know It’s Christmas? ; ĂŶĚ ŝĚ͕ ϭϵϴϰ Θ ĂŶĚ ŝĚ ϮϬ͕ ϮϬϬϰͿ

ĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŶĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂůƐŽ ŝŶ ĂŝĚ ŽĨ ,ĂŝƟ͕ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ũŽŝŶĞĚ ĨŽƌĐĞƐ ƚŽ ƌĞͲƌĞĐŽƌĚ ϭϵϴϱ ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ ƐŝŶŐůĞ We are The World͘ dŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ǁĂƐ ĐŽͲǁƌŝƩĞŶ ďǇ >ŝŽŶĞů ZŝĐŚŝĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞ DŝĐŚĂĞů :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ͕ ǁŚŽ ĂůƐŽ ďŽƚŚ ƐĂŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ ŵĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƚĂƌƐ͕ ŝŶ ĂŝĚ ŽĨ ĨĂŵŝŶĞ ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ h^ ĨŽƌ ĨƌŝĐĂ͘ Ϯϱ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞͲƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚ ďǇ ƐƚĂƌƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ DŝůĞǇ ǇƌƵƐ͕ <ĂŶǇĞ tĞƐƚ͕ W͊ŶŬ͕ dͲWĂŝŶ ĂŶĚ :ĂŶĞƚ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ͘ /Ŷ Ă ;ƚŚĂŶŬĨƵůůǇ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƚĂƐƚĞĨƵůͿ ŶŽĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů͕ ĐůŝƉƐ ŽĨ DŝĐŚĂĞů ĂƉƉĞĂƌ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƐŝƐƚĞƌ :ĂŶĞƚ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ƐĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĚĞŽ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐ͘ ^Ž ĨĂƌ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƐƚĂŶƚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ

WƌŽďĂďůǇ ƚŚĞ h<͛Ɛ ŵŽƐƚ ǁĞůů ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂŶĚ ůŽǀĞĚ ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ ƐŝŶŐůĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝĚ ǁĂƐ ŵĂƐƚĞƌŵŝŶĚĞĚ ďǇ ŽŽŵƚŽǁŶ ZĂƚƐ͛ Žď 'ĞůĚŽĨ ŝŶ ĂŝĚ ŽĨ ŽŶŐŽŝŶŐ ĨĂŵŝŶĞ ŝŶ ƚŚŝŽƉŝĂ ĂŶĚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞĚ ϴϬƐ ůĞŐĞŶĚƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ tŚĂŵ͊ ĂŶĚ hϮ͛Ɛ ŽŶŽ ͘ /ƚ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ĚŽƵďůĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ŽĨ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ >ŝǀĞ ŝĚ ĐŽŶĐĞƌƚ ŝŶ ϭϵϴϱ ĂŶĚ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ Ă ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ĐŽŵƉŝůĂƟŽŶ ƐƚĂƉůĞ ĨŽƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ͘ dŽ ŵĂƌŬ ĂŶĚ ŝĚ͛Ɛ ϮϬƚŚ ĂŶŶŝǀĞƌƐĂƌǇ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϰ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ƌĂŝƐĞ ĨƵŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ĂǁĂƌĞŶĞƐƐ ĨŽƌ DĂŬĞ WŽǀĞƌƚǇ ,ŝƐƚŽƌǇ͕ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ƐŽůŽ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ďĂŶĚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĐĂůůĞĚ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŵ ĂŶĚ ŝĚ ϮϬ͘ dŚĞ ůŝŶĞͲƵƉ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ EĂƚĂƐŚĂ ĞĚŝŶŐĮĞůĚ͕ ŝǌǌĞĞ ZĂƐĐĂů ĂŶĚ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ hϮ͛Ɛ ŽŶŽ͕ ǁŚŽ ŝŶƐŝƐƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ

that Everybody Hurts ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ Ă ƐŚĂŵĞ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ŝƚ ŝƐ Ă ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞůǇ ƵƉůŝŌŝŶŐ͕ ƐƉŝƌŝƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĞĐůĞĐƟĐ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ͘

RAPPER EVENTUALLY BEHIND BARS... Duncan Vicat-Brown and Tom McInnes ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ũƵƐƟĐĞ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ͛Ɛ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ĐůĂŝŵ ƚŽ ĨĂŵĞ͕ ƌĂƉƉĞƌ ǁĂǇŶĞ ͚>ŝů tĂǇŶĞ͛ ĂƌƚĞƌ͘͘͘ /ƚ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ĂŶ ĞŶĚ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůǇ͘ ƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ŝŶŚĞƌŝƚĞĚ ĞƌŶĂƌĚ͛Ɛ ǁĂƚĐŚ͕ >ŝů tĂǇŶĞ managed to release a total of twenty one mostly ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ >WƐ͕ ŽĸĐŝĂů ŵŝǆ ƚĂƉĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟŽŶ ĂůďƵŵƐ ŝŶ ƚĞŶ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟŶŐ with everyone from Eminem and Kanye to tĞĞǌĞƌ ĂŶĚ DĂĚŽŶŶĂ͕ Ăůů ǁŚŝůĞ ƉƵƫŶŐ ŚĂůĨ ŽĨ ŽůŽŵďŝĂ͛Ɛ ĂŶŶƵĂů ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚ ƵƉ ŚŝƐ ŶŽƐĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ϮϬϭϬ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƐŚĂƉŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ǀŝŶƚĂŐĞ ǇĞĂƌ ĨŽƌ >ŝů tĞĞǌǇ͘ &ŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ĂƌƌĞƐƚ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϳ ĨŽƌ ĐƌŝŵŝŶĂů ƉŽƐƐĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ǁĞĂƉŽŶ͕ ƚŽ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĞ ƉůĞĂĚ ŐƵŝůƚǇ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͕ tĂǇŶĞ ŝƐ Ăůů ƐĞƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ŽŶĞ ǇĞĂƌ ƐƚĂǇ Ăƚ ZŝŬĞƌƐ /ƐůĂŶĚ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Śŝŵ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ŝŶŵĂƚĞ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞĚ ŝŶ ďŽƚŚ ĂŶ KďĂŵĂ ƐƉĞĞĐŚ ;ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĐŚŽŽůĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŝŶ 'ĞŽƌŐŝĂ͗ ͞zŽƵ ĂƌĞ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ

ŶŽƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŐŽŽĚ Ă ƌĂƉƉĞƌ͘ DĂǇďĞ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ >ŝů tĂǇŶĞ͕ ďƵƚ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ŶŽƚ͕ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐĂƐĞ ǇŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƚĂǇ ŝŶ ƐĐŚŽŽů͟Ϳ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ /D ďŽƩŽŵ ϭϬϬ ŵŽǀŝĞƐ ůŝƐƚ ;ĨŽƌ Who’s Your Caddy?Ϳ͘ Not that the heat has done anything to slow ĚŽǁŶ ŚŝƐ ƐĞĞŵŝŶŐůǇ ůŝŵŝƚůĞƐƐ ĐƌĞĂƟǀŝƚǇ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ĐŚĂƌŐĞ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϳ͕ tĂǇŶĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚ Tha Carter III͕ Ă ĐƌŝƟĐĂů ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂů ƐŵĂƐŚ͗ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ƌĂƚĞĚ ϴϰ ŽŶ DĞƚĂĐƌŝƟĐ͘ĐŽŵ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ƐĞůůŝŶŐ ĂůďƵŵ ŽĨ ϮϬϬϴ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h^͘ ,Ğ ĂůƐŽ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĂůďƵŵ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŝƐ ĐŽůůĞĐƟǀĞ͕ zŽƵŶŐ DŽŶĞǇ͕ ĨŽƵƌ ŵŝǆ ƚĂƉĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ŝůůͲĂĚǀŝƐĞĚ ƌŽĐŬ ĂůďƵŵ͕ Rebirth͕ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ŵĞŶƟŽŶ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟŽŶƐ͘ KŚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĞ ĂůƐŽ ƐƚĂƌƌĞĚ ŝŶ ŽǀĞƌ ĨŽƌƚǇ ŵƵƐŝĐ ǀŝĚĞŽƐ͘ zĞĂŚ͕ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƌŝŐŚƚ͕ ĨŽƌƚǇ͘ ŶĚ ƚĞŶ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĮůŵĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͘

^ŽŵĞŽŶĞ ƵƉ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ĐůĞĂƌůǇ ůŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ǁĂŶƚ >ŝů tĂǇŶĞ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ďĂƌƐ͘ /Ŷ &ĞďƌƵĂƌǇ ŚŝƐ ƐĞŶƚĞŶĐĞ ǁĂƐ ĚĞůĂǇĞĚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŚĞ ƵƌŐĞŶƚůǇ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ƌŽŽƚ ĐĂŶĂůƐ͘ ŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ͘ ŶĚ͕ ĨŽƌ ŐŽŽĚ ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĮǆĞĚ ŚŝƐ ĚŝĂŵŽŶĚ ĮůůŝŶŐƐ͕ ĂĚĚĞĚ ƐŽŵĞ ƚŽŽƚŚ ŝŵƉůĂŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƉĂŝƌĞĚ ǁŚĂƚ ůŝƩůĞ ƌĞŵĂŝŶĞĚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ƚĞĞƚŚ͘ ^Ž͕ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƚĞ ǁĂƐ ŵŽǀĞĚ ƚŽ DĂƌĐŚ ϮŶĚ͘ Ƶƚ ŽŶ DĂƌĐŚ ϭƐƚ DĂŶŚĂƩĂŶ͛Ɛ ƌŝŵŝŶĂů ŽƵƌƚŚŽƵƐĞ ŵǇƐƚĞƌŝŽƵƐůǇ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ ĮƌĞ͕ ŝŶũƵƌŝŶŐ ĞŝŐŚƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂŶĚ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ĚĞůĂǇŝŶŐ tĂǇŶĞ͛Ɛ ŝŵƉƌŝƐŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘ Ǉ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ǇŽƵ ƌĞĂĚ ƚŚŝƐ͕ >ŝů tĂǇŶĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĮŶĂůůǇ ďĞ ŝŶ Ă ŶŝĐĞ͕ ĐŽŵĨǇ ĐĞůů͕ ďƵƚ ŚŝƐ ůĞŐŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ĨĂŶƐ ǁŝůů ƐƟůů ďĞ ŚŽƉŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ƐǁĂƌŵ ŽĨ ůŽĐƵƐƚƐ ƚŽ ĚĞůĂǇ ƉƌŽĐĞĞĚŝŶŐƐ ũƵƐƚ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ďŝƚ ůŽŶŐĞƌ͘

ŚĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŬĞĞƉ ŚŝƐ ůŝŶĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ͛ϴϰ ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ͗ ͞tĞůů͕ ƚŽŶŝŐŚƚ ƚŚĂŶŬ 'ŽĚ /͛ŵ ŵĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ hϮ͘͘͘͟ tĂŝƚ͕ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŽƚ ŝƚ͍

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BIZARRE TOUR > UEA LCR > FRIDAY 19TH FEB Chipmunk took to the stage in spectacular fashion and performed his track Saviour ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌŝƐŵĂ͕ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ ĂƌƟƐƚ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ũƵƐƚ Ɛŝǆ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ĂŌĞƌ ŐĂŝŶŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ͲůĞǀĞůƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ϭϵ ǇĞĂƌ ŽůĚ ŚĂƐ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞĚ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ƚǁŽ ĂůďƵŵ͕ ĮǀĞ ƚŽƉ ƚĞŶ ƐŝŶŐůĞƐ ĂŶĚ Ă h< ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽŶĞ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ Ă DK K ĨŽƌ ďĞƐƚ ŚŝƉ ŚŽƉ ĂĐƚ͘ dŚĞ ŝǌĂƌƌĞ ƚŽƵƌ͕ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞĚ ďǇ ŚŝƉŵƵŶŬ͕ ĞǆƉŽƐĞƐ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ŶĂƟŽŶǁŝĚĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐůǇ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ŐƌŝŵĞ ŐĞŶƌĞ͘ KƉĞŶŝŶŐ ĂĐƚ dĞŶŶǇ dĞŶ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ƵƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƌĞŵŝŶĚĞƌ ŽĨ ǁŚǇ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƚǇůĞ ŽĨ h< ŚŝƉ ŚŽƉ ŚĂƐ ůĂƌŐĞůǇ ďĞĞŶ ĞŶũŽǇĞĚ ͚ƵŶĚĞƌŐƌŽƵŶĚ͛ ƐŝŶĐĞ ŝƚƐ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌůǇ ϵϬƐ͘ ,ŝƐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ůŝǀĞ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞĂƟǀŝƚǇ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƐƚĂŐĞ ŶĂŵĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŶŐůĞ O My Daze ŝƐ ƵŶůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ƚƌŽƵďůĞ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ϭϬϬ h< ƐŝŶŐůĞƐ ĐŚĂƌƚ ĂŶǇƟŵĞ ƐŽŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͛Ɛ ƉŽŽƌ ƐƚĂƌƚ ǁĂƐ ŶĞǀĞƌƚŚĞůĞƐƐ ƌĞƐĐƵĞĚ ďǇ ƚŽƉ ŶŽƚĐŚ ƐĞƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ^ŬĞƉƚĂ ĂŶĚ dŝŶŝĞ dĞŵƉĂŚ͘ dŚĞ ƉĂŝƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ĞǆĐĞƉƟŽŶĂů ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŝŶŐůĞƐ Too Many Man and

Pass Out͕ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŶŐ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ďĂƐƐ ůŝŶĞƐ ŚĂƐ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ Ă ŶĞǁ ĂŶĚ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚůǇ ŵŽƌĞ ƚĂůĞŶƚĞĚ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŐƌŝŵĞ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ƚŽ ƉƌŽƉĞů ƚŚĞŝƌ ŐĞŶƌĞ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ͘ EŽŶĞƚŚĞůĞƐƐ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŚŝƉŵƵŶŬ͛Ɛ ĐůŝŵĂĐƟĐ ƐĞƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵŽƐƚ ŚĂĚ ƉĂŝĚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐƚŽůĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͘ ,ŝƐ ŵĂƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵĂŶĚŝŶŐ ƐƚĂŐĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞĚ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ǇŽƵƚŚĨƵů ĞǆƵďĞƌĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ĨĞůƚ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞůǇ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƟƐƚ͕ ďƵƚ ĞƋƵĂůůǇ ŝŶ ĂǁĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƚĂůĞŶƚƐ͘ ŚŝƉŵƵŶŬ͛Ɛ ĞŶĞƌŐĞƟĐ ƐƚǇůĞ ŽĨ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌǇ ƐĂǁ Śŝŵ ĐŽǀĞƌ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŝŶĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ ĂƐ ŚĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞĚ ƚŽƉ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƌĞŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŶŐůĞƐ Oopsy Daisy, Look for me and Diamond Rings͘ dŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐ ĂƌƟƐƚ ŝƐ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ƐŽŶŐƐ ƚŽ Įůů ĂŶ ŚŽƵƌ ůŽŶŐ ƐĞƚ͍ &Žƌ ŶŽǁ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŚĞ ĐĂŶ ďĂƐŬ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐůŽƌǇ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ďĞŝŶŐ ŚŝƉ ŝĚĚǇ ŚŝƉ͘ Kieran Cordery

LOS CAMPESINOS! > ARTS CENTRE > MONDAY 22ND FEB /ŶĚŝĞͲƉŽƉ͕ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ƌĞĂů͕ good ŝŶĚŝĞͲƉŽƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƐĞŶƐĞ͕ ŝƐ ĚĞĂĚ͘ /Ŷ ĨĂĐƚ͕ ƌŝƚƉŽƉ ƉƌĞƩǇ ŵƵĐŚ ǁŝƉĞĚ ŝƚ ŽƵƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϵϬƐ͘ tŚĞƌĞ ĐĂŶ ǇŽƵ ŐŽ ŶŽǁ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ Ă ďĂŶĚ ůŝŬĞ dĂůůƵůĂŚ 'ŽƐŚ͕ dŚĞ :ĞƐƵƐ ĂŶĚ DĂƌǇ ŚĂŝŶ͕ Žƌ ƚŚĞ ^ĞĂ hƌĐŚŝŶƐ͍ tĞůů͕ ĂƐ ŝƚ ƚƵƌŶƐ ŽƵƚ͕ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƉŽƐƐŝďůǇ ƚŚĞ ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞ͘ >ŽƐ ĂŵƉĞƐŝŶŽƐ͊ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĂĐĐƵƐĞĚ ďǇ ƐŽŵĞ ĂƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌůǇ ƚǁĞĞ͕ ƉƌĞƚĞŶƟŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŽŽ ĂƌƚǇ ďƵƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ďĂŶĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ h< ƐĐĞŶĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ͚ŐĞƚ͛ ƚŚĞ ĞŝŐŚƟĞƐ ďĂŶĚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ŝŵƉĞƌƐŽŶĂƟŶŐ ;ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ Ăƚ ǇŽƵ͕ tŚŝƚĞ >ŝĞƐͿ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ŐŽŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŽ ĞǆĐĞĞĚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĂĨŽƌĞŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ŶĂŵĞƐ͘ ͞,ŝ͕ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ƚŚĞ >ŽƐƚ WƌŽƉŚĞƚƐ͟ ĨƌŽŶƚŵĂŶ 'ĂƌĞƚŚ ĂŵƉĞƐŝŶŽƐ͊ ƉƌŽĐůĂŝŵƐ ŽŶĞ ƐŽŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƚ͕ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ůĂƵŶĐŚŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ Ă scolding Death to Los Campesinos!͘ dŚĞŝƌ ĨĞůůŽǁ tĞůƐŚŵĞŶ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ũƵƐƚ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĂĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ > Z ƚŽ ŽǀĞƌ Ă ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ďƵƚ͕ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚͲŝƐŚ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ďƵďďůĞŐƵŵ ŵĞƚĂůůĞƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ

HOT CHIP > UEA LCR > WEDNESDAY 24TH FEB /ƚ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĂƚ ,Žƚ ŚŝƉ ǁĞƌĞ ďĂĚ ĂƐ Ă ďĂŶĚ ŽŶ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ͕ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ ǁĞůů͕ Žƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƉŽƵƌ ĞīŽƌƚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ Ͳ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ƌŝŐŚƚ͘ ŌĞƌ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ǁŚĂƚ ĐƌŽǁĚƐ Ăƚ ,Žƚ ŚŝƉ ŐŝŐƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ůŝŬĞ͖ ĨƌĂŶƟĐ ƐǁĂƚŚĞƐ ŽĨ ĨĂŶƐ Ăůů ĞŶũŽǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚǇƉĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ͖ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ůŝƐƚĞŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ĂůďƵŵ ůŝǀĞ͕ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ Ă ŵĂƐƐ ƚƵƌŶ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŐŝĚĚǇ ĂŶĚ ĞŶĞƌŐĞƟĐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ĚǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨƌŽŶƚ ƚŽ ũŽŝŶ ŝŶ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŵĞƌƌŝŵĞŶƚ͘ Ƶƚ ŶŽ͘ /ŶƐƚĞĂĚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ǁĞƌĞ ǀĞƌǇ ƵŶƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝǀĞ͗ ŽŶůǇ Ă ƐĞůĞĐƚ ĨĞǁ ǁĞƌĞ ĚĂŶĐŝŶŐ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŽ ƐŽŶŐƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚĞŶ ŽŶůǇ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ŚŝƚƐ͘ Ŷ ĂƵĚŝďůĞ ŐƌŽĂŶ ŽĨ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŚĞĂƌĚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚƌŽ ŽĨ No Fit State when all the crowd wanted was Ready for the Floor, and the general turnout ǁĂƐ ũƵƐƚ ƉŽŽƌ͖ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƐƉĂĐĞ͕ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽ ďƌĞĂƚŚĞ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŽ ƐǁŝŶŐ Ă ďůŽŽĚǇ ĐĂƚ ĚŽǁŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĨƌŽŶƚ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ŶŽƚ ŐŽŽĚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͘ /ƚ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ĂƐ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ǁŚĂƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ͚ĐŽŽů ƐƚĂƚƵƐ͛ ĂƩƌŝďƵƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͕ ŚĂĚ ďŽƵŐŚƚ ƟĐŬĞƚƐ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽ

ƐĂǇ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ĂĐƚƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ǁĞƌĞ ĂƐ ďĂĚ ĂƐ ƚŚŝƐ͕ ƐŽŵĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĐůĞĂƌůǇ ĞŶũŽǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĨƵůů ǀŝĞǁ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŽŽŵ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞǇ ƉƵƚ ŝŶ ĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ĞīŽƌƚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŝĚ͘ /ŶĚĞĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚƐ on the crowd should not detract from the panache that well ǀĞƌƐĞĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞƌƐ ƐŚŽǁĞĚ ŽŶ ƐƚĂŐĞ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ŶĞǁ ĂůďƵŵ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƚ͕ ǁĂƐ ǁĞůů ĞǆĞĐƵƚĞĚ͕ ƐŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĨƌĞƐŚ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů͖ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƚĞŶĚĞƌ ƐŽŶŐƐ ĂůůŽǁŝŶŐ ůĞǆŝƐ͛ ǀŽŝĐĞ ƚŽ ƐŚŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĚĂŶĐĞǇ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ Ă ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ĞŶĞƌŐŝƐĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ͘ dŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŽŶůǇ ĨĞǁ ĂŶĚ ĨĂƌ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ͕ ďƵƚ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ĂƐ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ͖ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƚƐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ Hold On and Over and Over ƌĞƐŽŶĂƚĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ǀĞŶƵĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌŽďĞƐ ďƵƌŶƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƟŶĂƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ͘ zĞƐ͕ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƚŚĞ W͘ ͘ ǁĂƐ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ďŝƚ ƋƵŝĞƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŵŽƌĞ ŚŝƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƚ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ǁĞƌĞ ĂƐ ŐŽŽĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ĐŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞ ŵĂŶǇ ĨĂŶƐ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐ ĂǁĂǇ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ƵŶĚĞƌǁŚĞůŵĞĚ͘ Alex Throssell

ƚŚĞ h<͛Ɛ ďĞƐƚ ĞƋƵŝǀĂůĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĐĂĚĞ &ŝƌĞ͖ ŝĨ ŶŽƚ ŵƵƐŝĐĂůůǇ ƚŚĞŶ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůŝǀĞ ƐŚŽǁ͘ ŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ ĐƌŽǁĚ ŽŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ Ăƚ ƟŵĞƐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƐ ƐŽŵĞ ƉƌĞƩǇ ŚĂƌƐŚ ĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬ͘ /ƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ŵĂƩĞƌ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͖ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽŶŝŐŚƚ ĐĂŶ ďƌŝŶŐ >ŽƐ ĂŵƉĞƐŝŶŽƐ͊ ĚŽǁŶ͘ dŚĞ ƐĞƚ ůŝƐƚ ƐƚĞŵƐ ŵĂŝŶůǇ ĨƌŽŵ ĚĞďƵƚ ĂůďƵŵ Hold On Now, Youngster ĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ ĂůďƵŵ Romance is Boring͕ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƐŽŶŐ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŚĂŽƟĐ ƉƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ͘ There Are Listed Buildings and Romance is Boring ĂƌĞ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ŵŝĚ ͲƐĞƚ ĚŽƵďůĞ ĐŚĞĂƉ ƐŚŽƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ The Sea is a Good Place To Think About the Future ƐůŽƚ ĂůŽŶŐ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ ǁŝƚŚ ŽůĚĞƌ ;ǁĞůů͕ ĨƌŽŵ ϮϬϬϴͿ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ ůŝŬĞ You! Me! Dancing!. >ŽƐ ĂŵƉĞƐŝŶŽƐ͊ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŽŶŝŐŚƚ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ŝĨ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ĂŶǇ ũƵƐƟĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ƐĞůůŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ > Z͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ƚǁĞĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝƚ͘ Michael Blunt

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ALBUMS>>> ELLIE GOULDING LIGHTS

ůůŝĞ 'ŽƵůĚŝŶŐ͛Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ĂůďƵŵ ŝƐ Ă ƚƌŝƵŵƉŚ ŽĨ ƐƚǇůĞ ŽǀĞƌ ƐƵďƐƚĂŶĐĞ͘ ůŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ ĂŐŽ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ Ă ŵĞĚŝŽĐƌĞ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĂĐŽƵƐƟĐ ĨŽůŬ ƐŽŶŐƐ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞŶ͕ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ ǀƵůƚƵƌĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĚĞƐĐĞŶĚĞĚ ƵƉŽŶ 'ŽƵůĚŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐŵ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞĂů ǀƵůƚƵƌĞƐ ĚĞƐĐĞŶĚ ƵƉŽŶ Ă ƌŽƫŶŐ ĐĂƌĐĂƐƐ͘ Lights ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŚĞƌ ĂůďƵŵ ĂŶǇŵŽƌĞ͖ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐƐ ƐŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůůǇ ǁƌŽƚĞ ĂƌĞ ŶŽǁ ďƵƌŝĞĚ ƵŶĚĞƌ ĚĞŶƐĞ͕ ŽǀĞƌǁŚĞůŵŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ͘ 'ŽƵůĚŝŶŐ͛Ɛ ĂĐŽƵƐƟĐ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ŝƐ ůŽƐƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŝǆ ƚŽ ŝŵƉĞŶĞƚƌĂďůĞ ůĂǇĞƌƐ ŽĨ ĚƌƵŵ ŵĂĐŚŝŶĞƐ͕ ƉŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ƐǇŶƚŚƐ ĂŶĚ ǀŽĐĂů

JOANNA NEWSOM HAVE ONE ON ME

:ŽĂŶŶĂ EĞǁƐŽŵ͛Ɛ ƚǁŽ ŚŽƵƌ ĞƉŝĐ͕ Have One on Me͕ ŚĂƐ ĞǀŽŬĞĚ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁƐ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ĞǆŝƐƚĞŶĐĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ͘ dŚŝƐ ŶĞǁ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƉĞƌĐĞŝǀĞĚ ĂƐ ĂŶ ĞǆƚĞŶƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ϮϬϬϲ ĂůďƵŵ͕ Ys͕ ŵŝƌƌŽƌŝŶŐ ŝƚƐ ƚĞŶ ŵŝŶƵƚĞ ǁŝŶĚŝŶŐ ĨĂŝƌǇ ƚĂůĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŶŽƚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌŝƉƉĞĚ ĚŽǁŶ ĂƌƌĂŶŐĞŵĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďĂƌĞ ŚĂƌƉͬƉŝĂŶŽͬŚĂƌƉƐŝĐŚŽƌĚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŚĞĂƌĚ ŽŶ ĚĞďƵƚ The Milk-Eyed Mender. dƌŝƉůĞ ĚŝƐĐ͛Ě ĂŶĚ ĮƌƐƚ ƵŶǀĞŝůĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ƐĞĐƌĞƚ ĐŽŶĐĞƌƚ ŝŶ ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂ͕ Ăƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ EĞǁƐŽŵ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞĚ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉƐĞƵĚŽŶǇŵ ͚dŚĞ ĞĂƚůĞƐ͛Ɛ͕͛ Have One on Me ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ƐƉĂŶ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ůĞŶŐƚŚ ŽĨ ŚƵŵĂŶ ĞŵŽƟŽŶ͕ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ŐĞŶƌĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ůŝƚĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ͘

2/10 ƚƌĞĂƚŵĞŶƚƐ ƌĞŵŝŶŝƐĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ ůĂƚĞ ϵϬƐ ĚĂŶĐĞ ƉŽƉ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ĂŶ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ŽĨ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŝƐ ůĞƐƐ͘ ŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂůůǇ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚŽ͘ ^ƚƌŝƉ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƐŽŶŐƐ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĂƌĞ ŵŝŶŝŵƵŵ ĂŶĚ 'ŽƵůĚŝŶŐ ǁŽƵůĚ ŐĞƚ ůŽƐƚ ĂŵŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ĂďƵŶĚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ĨĞŵĂůĞ ƐŝŶŐĞƌͲƐŽŶŐǁƌŝƚĞƌƐ͘ ,Ğƌ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ĂƌĞ ŵŽŶŽƚŽŶĞ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ůĂĐŬ ĂŶǇ ƐƵďƐƚĂŶĐĞ͘ dŚĞ ĐŚŽƌƵƐ ŽĨ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ƐŝŶŐůĞ Under the Sheets ŝƐ Ă ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ͞>ŝŬĞ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ďŽǇƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͕ ůŝŬĞ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ďŽǇƐ͕ ďŽǇƐ͕ ďŽǇƐ͟ ƌĞƉĞĂƚĞĚ ĂĚ ŝŶĮŶŝƚƵŵ͘ zŽƵ ĨĞĞů ƐŽƌƌǇ ĨŽƌ 'ŽƵůĚŝŶŐ͖ ŵĂǇďĞ ƐŚĞ ũƵƐƚ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ ŚĞƌ ŵĞĚŝŽĐƌĞ ĨŽůŬ ƚŽ Ă ƐŵĂůů ĐƌŽǁĚ ŽĨ ŵĞĚŝŽĐƌĞ ĨĂŶƐ͘ EŽǁ ƐŚĞ͛Ɛ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ŚĞƌ ĚŝƌĞ ϵϬƐ ĚŝƐĐŽ ƉŽƉ ƚŽ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ŽĨ ĚŝƌĞ ĨĂŶƐ͘ dŚĞ ŵĂƌĂƵĚŝŶŐ ŵĂƐƐĞƐ ǁŝůů ŇŽĐŬ ƚŽ ŚĞƌ ƐŽƵůůĞƐƐ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŝůů ƉŝĐŬ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŇĞƐŚ Žī ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ďŽŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŽǀĞ ŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͕ 'ŽƵůĚŝŶŐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ŶĞǆƚ ǇĞĂƌ͕ ƐŚĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŶŽǁŚĞƌĞ͕ ŶŽ ŽŶĞ ǁŝůů ĐĂƌĞ ĂŶǇŵŽƌĞ͘ 'ŽƵůĚŝŶŐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĐŚĞǁĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƐƉĂƚ ŽƵƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƐŚĞ ĐĂŶ ĐĂƉŝƚĂůŝƐĞ ŽŶ ŚĞƌ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĂůďƵŵ͘ ^ŚĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĞŶũŽǇ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ǁŚŝůĞ ŝƚ ůĂƐƚƐ͘ /ƚ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ůĂƐƚ ůŽŶŐ͘ Jack Loughran

CHUMBAWAMBA ABCDEFG

ŚƵŵĂďĂǁĂŵďĂ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŵĞ Ă ůŽŶŐ ǁĂǇ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶŝŶĞƟĞƐ ĚĂǇƐ͘ /Ŷ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝƐŽŶ ƚŽ Ăůů ƚŚĂƚ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŬŶŽĐŬĞĚ ĚŽǁŶ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƵƉ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ ABCDEFG ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞĐůĞĐƟĐ ŵŝǆ ŽĨ ƐĂŵƉůŝŶŐ͕ Ă ĐĂƉĞůůĂ ŚĂƌŵŽŶŝĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚͲƉƌŽǀŽŬŝŶŐ ůǇƌŝĐƐ͘ dŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŶŽƚĂďůĞ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ĂƌĞ Underground͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ƐƵƌƌĞĂů͕ ĐŚŝůĚůŝŬĞ ǀŽŝĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĂĚŝŽ ƐŶŝƉƉĞƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ Voices, That’s All͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ƟŵŝŶŐ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ůŽŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŽƌƵƐ ĂŌĞƌ ĞǀĞƌǇ ǀĞƌƐĞ͘ >ĞƐƐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ŝƐ ƐŽŶŐ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ƚǁŽ͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ

THE AUTOMATIC 7/10 TEAR THE SIGNS DOWN tŚŝůƐƚ ĂĚŚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐůŝĐŚĠ ůĂďĞůƐ ŽĨ ďĂƌŽƋƵĞ ƉŽƉ͕ ĂǀĂŶƚͲŐĂƌĚĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ĨŽůŬ͕ EĞǁƐŽŵ͛Ɛ ǁŽƌŬ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ƐĞĞŵƐ ŵŽƌĞ ĚĞƐĞƌǀŝŶŐ ŽĨ Ă ŵĂŐŝĐĂůůǇ ĨĂďƌŝĐĂƚĞĚ ůĂďĞů͘ Baby Birch͕ ĐůŽƐĞƌ ŽĨ ϭ͕ ƚƌĂŝůƐ Žī ŝŶƚŽ Ă :ĂƉĂŶĞƐĞͲŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ĨĂĚĞ ŽƵƚ͖ No Provenance ŝƐ ƌĞŵŝŶŝƐĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ Ă ĨĂŝƌǇ ƚĂůĞ ůŽǀĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŝŶ Ă ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ƵƌďĂŶ ƐĐĂƉĞ͕ ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ĞŶĚŝŶŐƐ͕ ƚǁŝƐƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨŽůŬ ŚĂƉƉǇ ĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ ĞǆƉĞĐƚƐ͖ ĂŶĚ ŽƉĞŶŝŶŐ ƚƌĂĐŬ Easy ŚĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĞƌĞŽƚǇƉĞ ĨƵůů ŽƌĐŚĞƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ͕ ĚƌƵŵƐ͕ ĐŚŽƌĂů ĂƌƌĂŶŐĞŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ĂůďƵŵ ǁŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƉůĂĐĞ ĂƐ Ă ƐŽƵŶĚƚƌĂĐŬ ƚŽ Ă Įůŵ͘ EĞǁƐŽŵ͕ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƵůů ƐĐŽƉĞ ŽĨ ŬĞǇďŽĂƌĚ ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŚĞƌ ŶŽƚŽƌŝŽƵƐ ŚĂƌƉ͕ ŚĂƐ ĚŝƚĐŚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůǇƌŚǇƚŚŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĞƉŝƚŽŵŝƐĞĚ ŚĞƌ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ƐŽŶŐƐ͕ ǇĞƚ ƌĞƚĂŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĂƚǇƉŝĐĂů ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞƐ͕ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂƌƌĂŶŐĞŵĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĞǀŝĚĞŶƚůǇ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐĞ ŚĞƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ EĞǁƐŽŵ͛Ɛ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ĐŚŝůĚͲůŝŬĞ ǀŽŝĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ƌĞŵŽǀĞĚ ŚĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ĂƌĐŚĞƚǇƉĂů ĨŽůŬ ŽƵƞŝƚƐ ŽĨ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƐĞĞŵƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŽŶĞĚ ĚŽǁŶ ŝŶ Have One on Me͕ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ƐƟůů ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ͕ ǇĞƚ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶŝŵĞŶƚ ďůĞŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ĞĂƐŝůǇ ƚŚĂŶ ŽŶ Ys. dŚŝƐ ŵĂǇ ĂƉƉĞĂů ƚŽ ŵŽƌĞ ĨĂŶƐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ůĞŶŐƚŚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ Žī ƉƵƫŶŐ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ĂƐ ŝƚ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞƐ ǇŽƵƌ ĨƵůů ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŽ ĮŶŝƐŚ͘ DƵƐŝĐĂů ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ͕ ǇĞƐ͖ ƚǇƉŝĐĂů ŶĞǁ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ ĨŽƌ ϮϬϭϬ͕ ŶŽ͘ Helen Thomas

zĞĂŚ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ďĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ Monster ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĨŽƵƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ͘ ĚŵŝƩĞĚůǇ ŵŽƐƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĂƐƐƵŵĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ĐĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĞǆŝƐƚ͕ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ Ă ŶŽǀĞůƚǇ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƵƉ ƚŽ ĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶǇ ƐĂŝĚ Śŝƚ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ tĞůƐŚ ƌŽĐŬĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ŶŽǁ ŽŶƚŽ ĂůďƵŵ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ƚŚƌĞĞ͘ tŚŝůĞ Monster ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĞǇĞ ĂŶĚ ďŝǌĂƌƌĞůǇ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ŐĂŝŶ ƚŚĞŵ Ă ŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞ ƐƉŽƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ED ƚŽƵƌ͕ ŝƚ ĂůƐŽ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ Ă ĨĂůƐĞ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ďĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƚŚĞƌǁŝƐĞ ŵĂĚĞ Ă ĚĞĐĞŶƚ ĚĞďƵƚ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ͘ Tear the Signs Down is ĂŶ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ƚŽ ĮŶĂůůǇ ĞǆŽƌĐŝƐĞ ĂŶǇ ƌĞŵĂŝŶŝŶŐ ŐŚŽƐƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌůǇ ĚĂǇƐ͘ ƚ ƟŵĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ŶĞĞĚŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ ďŽƚŚĞƌĞĚ͘

5/10 ĐŽŵƉĞůůŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ŐƌŽǁŶ ŵĞŶ ƐŝŶŐŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƉŝĐŬůĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ Singing Out the Days ŚĂƐ Ă ŶƵƌƐĞƌǇ ƌŚǇŵĞ ͚ƚŚĞͲĂŶŝŵĂůƐͲǁĞŶƚͲŝŶͲƚǁŽͲďǇͲ ƚǁŽ ;ŚƵƌƌĂŚͿ͛ ƚŚŝŶŐ ŐŽŝŶŐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ŵĂŬĞ ĨŽƌ ŐƌĞĂƚ ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ dŚĂƚ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ŝƐ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ͘ Wagner at the Opera ƵƐĞƐ ƐŽƵŶĚ ĞīĞĐƚƐ ůŝŬĞ Ă ƌĂƩůĞ͕ Ă ǁŚŝƐƚůĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƐƋƵĞĂŬǇ ƚƌĂŝŶĞƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ Puccini Said ƐĂŵƉůĞƐ ŽƉĞƌĂ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŽĚĚůǇ ĂĚĚƐ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ĂƉƉĞĂů͘ You Don’t Exist ŝƐ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ůŝŐŚƚŚĞĂƌƚĞĚ ĞǆŝƐƚĞŶƟĂů ĂŶŐƐƚ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ĐŽŵĞ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ĞǆƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ ůŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐ͕ ABCDEFG ŝƐ͕ ƌĞĂůůǇ͕ ũƵƐƚ Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ Ă ůĞƚ ĚŽǁŶ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ĚŽǁŶůŽĂĚƐ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚƵŶĞƐ ;Underground, Puccini Said, Voices, That’s All͕Ϳ ŵĂǇ ǁĞůů ďĞ ǁŽƌƚŚ ŝƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ĂůďƵŵ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ǀĞƌǇ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ͘ ŚƵŵďĂǁĂŵďĂ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ƐƚƵĐŬ ŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƌƵƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽŶĞ Śŝƚ ǁŽŶĚĞƌ ĨŽƌĞǀĞƌ ʹ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ƐĞůĨͲĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĂƚĞƐ ŝŶ Torturing James ,ĞƞŝĞůĚ͗ ͞΀ ŚƵŵďĂǁĂŵďĂ͛Ɛ΁ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ŚŝƚƐ͖ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŽŶůǇ ŽŶĞ͘͟ ŶĚ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ƚĂůĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ Ă ǁĞĂůƚŚ ŽĨ ĐůĞǀĞƌ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ŽŶ ƐŚŽǁ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĂůďƵŵ͕ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ƵŶůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ĞǀĞƌ ƌŝǀĂů ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ŽĨ Tubthumping.

Hazy Hale

5/10 KƉĞŶĞƌ Insides ŐƌĂƚĞƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŝƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƐŽĂƌ͘ DĂǇďĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ĚƌŽƉƉĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůĂďĞů ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƉŽŽƌ ŵĂƐƚĞƌŝŶŐ ǁŽƌŬ͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ďŝƚ ŽĨ ƉŽůŝƐŚ ǁŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ŐŽ ĂŵŝƐƐ͘ >ĞĂĚ ƐŝŶŐůĞ Interstate ĂůƐŽ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ĨĂŝů ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ĂŝŵƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂƩĞŵƉƚĞĚ ĐĂƚĐŚǇ ĐŚŽƌƵƐ ĨĂůůŝŶŐ ƵŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ ŇĂƚ͘ Tear the Signs Down ŝƐ ŶŽǁŚĞƌĞ ŶĞĂƌ ĂƐ ĚŝǀĞƌƐĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƚ ŝƐ͖ Ă ƌĞůĂƟǀĞůǇ ŽƌĚŝŶĂƌǇ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƉŽƐƚͲŚĂƌĚĐŽƌĞ ƐŽŶŐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĂŶŬĨƵůůǇ ŚŽůĚ ďĂĐŬ ĨƌŽŵ ĨĂůůŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞŵŽ ĐĂƚĞŐŽƌǇ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŽĚĚ :ŝŵŵǇ Ăƚ tŽƌůĚ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ Sweat Heat Noise͕ Run and Hide ĂŶĚ Race to the Heart of the Sun ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐƚĂŶĚ ŽƵƚ ĂƐ ŬĞǇ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ůĂƩĞƌ Ă ƐǁŝƌůŝŶŐ͕ ĞƉŝĐ ďĞůƚĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĂŶǇ ƉŽŝŶƚ ƚŽ dŚĞ ƵƚŽŵĂƟĐ͘ dŚĞǇ ƐĞĞŵ ĚĞƐƟŶĞĚ ƚŽ ĨĂůů ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĨĞůů ƐŽ ŵĂŶǇ ďĂŶĚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ŚĞĂǀǇ ƌŽĐŬ ƐĐĞŶĞ͘ ,ƵŶĚƌĞĚ ZĞĂƐŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ,Ğůů ŝƐ ĨŽƌ ,ĞƌŽĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ĨĂĚĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƌĞůĂƟǀĞ ŽďƐĐƵƌŝƚǇ ĨƌŽŵ ŽŶĐĞ ŚĞĂĚǇ ŚĞŝŐŚƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐĂĚůǇ dŚĞ ƵƚŽŵĂƟĐ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ďĞ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁĂŬĞ͘ /ƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ǁŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ďĞ Ă ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ Tear... ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂƌŐĂŝŶ ďŝŶƐ ŝŶ Ɛŝǆ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ƟŵĞ͘

Michael Blunt

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09mar10 issue241

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/Ŷ ĂŶ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ĂůďƵŵ͕ The Betrayed, ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŵƵĐŚ ŚĞĂǀŝĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŵƵĐŚ ůŽǀĞĚ The Fake Sound Of Progress, >ŽƐƚƉƌŽƉŚĞƚƐ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵŽƐƚ ƉŽƉͲĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ ƐŝŶŐůĞƐ ƚŽ ĚĂƚĞ͘ For He’s A Jolly Good Felon ĨŽůůŽǁƐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĞŶĚ ŽĨ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ tĞůƐŚ ƌŽĐŬĞƌƐ͛ ƐŽŶŐƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ǇĞĂƌƐ ;ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ZŽŽŌŽƉƐͿ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ŵĞůŽĚǇ͕ ĂŶƚŚĞŵŝĐ ĐŚŽƌƵƐ ĂŶĚ͕ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůǇ ƚĞƌƌŝďůĞ

ůǇƌŝĐƐ͘ /ĂŶ tĂƚŬŝŶƐ ŚĂƐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ďĞĞŶ ƚŽŽ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ƐŽŶŐ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ͞DŝŬĞǇ͕ ŽŚ ǁŚĞƌĞ͛Ě ǇŽƵ ŐĞƚ ƚŚŽƐĞ EŝŬĞƐ͍͟ ŝƐ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌƐƚ ůŝŶĞƐ ŚĞĂƌĚ ŝŶ Ă ǁŚŝůĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ E Ƶďǌ͘ dŚĞ ƐŽŶŐ ŽƉĞŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŵƵĐŚ ůŝŐŚƚĞƌ͕ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ŝŶĚŝĞ ƌŽĐŬ͕ ƌŝī ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƵƐĞĚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐŽŵĞ ǁŝůů ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ƚŽ ĐĂƐŚ ŝŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĚǇŝŶŐ ƐĐĞŶĞ͕ ďƵƚ ĂƐ ƐŽŽŶ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŽƌƵƐ ŬŝĐŬƐ ŝŶ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ >ŽƐƚƉƌŽƉŚĞƚƐ ƚĞƌƌŝƚŽƌǇ͘ tŚĞƚŚĞƌ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ Ă ĨĂŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ Žƌ ŶŽƚ͕ ŽŶĞ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ĂĚŵŝƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŽ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŽ ǀĞƌǇ ǁĞůů͘ >ŝŬĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐ ŝƐ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůǇ ĐĂƚĐŚǇ ĂŶĚ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ĨƵŶ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƵƐƉŝĐŝŽƵƐ ŐƵŝůƚ ŽŶĞ ĨĞĞůƐ ĨŽƌ ĞŶũŽǇŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ͘ Christopher Mills

JAMIE T EMILY’S HEART

Emily’s Heart͕ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ Kings & Queens͕ ŚĂƐ :ĂŵŝĞ d ĚŝƐƉůĂǇ Ă ĚĞůŝĐĂƚĞ ƉůĂĐŝĚŝƚǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ůŝŬĞ ŽĨ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ ĂďƐĞŶƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ͘ :ĂŵŝĞ͛Ɛ ƚƌĂĚĞŵĂƌŬ ŵĞůŽĚŝĐ ƐŶĂƌů͕ ƐƟƌƌŝŶŐ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ĂŶĚ ƚǇƉŝĐĂů ƉŽŝŐŶĂŶĐǇ ƌĞŵĂŝŶ͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĚƌĞƐƐĞĚ ƵƉ ƋƵŝƚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚůǇ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƐůŝŐŚƚ ƌĞĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ǁĞůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ƚŽ ĞŵĞƌŐĞ ƐŽ ĨĂƌ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŝƐ ŚƵŐĞůǇ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ƐĞĐŽŶĚ

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͞,ĞůůŽ /ƌĞůĂŶĚ͘ ,Žǁ͛Ɛ ǇŽƵƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƐĐĞŶĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ͍ tĞ ĐĂŶƚ ǁĂŝƚ ƚŽ ŚĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ŽǇǌŽŶĞ͕ Žƌ ŵĂǇďĞ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŽŶĞ ůŝŬĞ dŚĞ ^ĐƌŝƉƚ Žƌ dŚĞ ŽƌƌƐ͊͟ ͞,ŝ͕ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ŵƵƐŝĐͲďƵǇŝŶŐ ƉƵďůŝĐ͘ zĞĂŚ͕ ƐŽƌƌǇ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŵ͘ ĐƚƵĂůůǇ͕ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ŐŽƚ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ͕ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĞǆĐŝƚĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝƚ͘͟ ͞KŚ ƌĞĂůůǇ͍ ,ĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ĮŶĂůůǇ ƚƌĂĚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮĚĚůĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ŚŝͲƚĞĐŚ͕ ůŝŬĞ͕ ƐĂǇ͕ ĂŶ ŽƌŐĂŶ͍͟

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͞ ĐƚƵĂůůǇ͕ ǇĞĂŚ͕ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ͘ ŽŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ƐŽ ĨΎĐŬŝŶŐ ĐŚĞĞŬǇ͘ ĂƐŝĐĂůůǇ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ƚŚŝƐ ŶĞǁ ďĂŶĚ ĐĂůůĞĚ >Žǁ ^ĞĂ͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ƚǁŽ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ ĐŽŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ 'ĂůǁĂǇ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ŶĞǁ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ŝƐ ĐĂůůĞĚ Never Yours, ĂŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽƚ ŽƌŐĂŶƐ ŽŶ ŝƚ͘ /ƚ ƐƚĂƌƚƐ Žī ƋƵŝƚĞ ƐƉŽŽŬǇ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚŝƐ ^ƵŝĐŝĚĞͲĞƐƋƵĞ ĚƌƵŵ ůŽŽƉ ŬŝĐŬƐ ŝŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ŐĞƚ Ă ďŝƚ ƐĞǆǇ͘ dŚĞ ǀŽĐĂůŝƐƚ͕ ŝůůŝĞ ŚĂƐ Ă ŚĂƵŶƟŶŐ͕ ŬŝŶĚĂ ƐĞŶƐƵĂů ǀŽŝĐĞ ǁĞ ƚŚŝŶŬ ǇŽƵ͛ůů ƌĞĂůůǇ ĚŝŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ăůů ŬŝŶĚƐ ŽĨ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐ ďĞĞƉƐ ĂŶĚ ĮůůƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĂĚĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ͘ WůƵƐ ŝƚƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƐĞǀĞŶ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ůŽŶŐ͕ ƐŽ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ůŽƚƐ ŽĨ ƌŽŽŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĐŬ ƚŽ ďƌĞĂƚŚĞ͘ tŚĂƚ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ƚŚŝŶŬ͍͟ ͞hŵ͕ ǇĞĂŚ͕ ŐƌĞĂƚ͘ ,ĞǇ͕ ĚŝĚ ǇŽƵ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǀŝĚĞŽ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŐƵǇƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĞĂĚŵŝůůƐ͍ dŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ƐŽ ĐŽŽů͘͟ Duncan Vicat-Brown

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09mar10 issue241

LIVING IN HARMONY

concrete.event@uea.ac.uk

BY HAZEL COMPTON

I wrote this when thinking of the recession, yet I do not believe in its views nor its portrayal of Britain. This is fiction, intended to make you read, not make you riot. Thank you, and enjoy. I am the same as you. I eat, I sleep, I smile, I cry. And we both love. We both can feel the crispy silk of the grass underneath and between our ƚŽĞƐ͘ tĞ ďŽƚŚ ĐĂŶ ƚĂƐƚĞ ƚŚĞ ƚĂŶƚĂůŝƐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƐƵŐĂƌ ŵĞůƟŶŐ ŽŶ ŽƵƌ ƚŽŶŐƵĞƐ͕ ƐŵĞůů ƚŚĞ ĐŽīĞĞ ĂƐ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƉŽƵƌĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ĮůƚĞƌ ŝŶƚŽ ŽƵƌ ŚŽŵĞůǇ mugs. You know the voice of your best friend as well as I know mine. You can visualise the image of your home clearly, as can I. zĞƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŚŽŵĞ ǇŽƵ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŽĨ ŝƐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƚŽ ŵŝŶĞ͘ zŽƵƌ ŚŽŵĞ ƐƟůů ŚĂƐ Ă ĨĂŵŝůǇ͕ Ă ůŽǀŝŶŐ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ ďŽƚŚ ďŝŐ ĂŶĚ ƐŵĂůů͘ I’ve seen you all together, in the park on the ƵŶďƌŽŬĞŶ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ͘ /͛ǀĞ ǁĂƚĐŚĞĚ ŝŶ ŝŶĚŝƐƉƵƚĂďůĞ ĞŶǀǇ ĂƐ ǇŽƵ ƉƵƐŚ ǇŽƵƌ ůŝƩůĞ ƐŝƐƚĞƌ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐǁŝŶŐ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƉƌŝƐƟŶĞ ĨĞŶĐĞ͕ ŚĞƌ ƌĂǀĞŶ ŚĂŝƌ billowing and milk-tooth smile aglow. It’s easy ƚŽ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĞ ǇŽƵ Ăůů ƐŝƫŶŐ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚĂďůĞ ŝŶ your central-heated, plush kitchen. Your loving, benevolent mother will place a plate of hot, home-baked pride before you, and you will eat ŝƚ͕ ďĂƌĞůǇ ŶŽƟĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŇĂǀŽƵƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ become so accustomed to. They are like the background music of the radiator. I don’t have a family. I did, but we declared ourselves before things got too bad, we thought ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŽƉƟŽŶ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ͘ / ǁĂƐ ƐŝǆƚĞĞŶ ƐƵŵŵĞƌƐ͕ ĚĞĞŵĞĚ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ůŝǀĞ my own life, so I was given independence. I ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ďĞŝŶŐ ƐŽ ĞǆĐŝƚĞĚ͕ ƐŽ ŚĂƉƉǇ ǁŚĞŶ they had forced this upon me. My parents had swallowed it hard and I understand why now, because with this independence, I’ve lost my unity; I’m one of many forced to learn to make our own dinner, when I can manage to gather enough tokens to trade for basic ingredients. ^ƵĐŚ ďĂŶĂů ĐŽŽŬŝŶŐ ŝƐ Ă ŚƵŵĂŶŝƚĂƌŝĂŶ ůƵǆƵƌǇ͕ / ŵŽƐƚůǇ ůŝǀĞ Žī ͞tĞůůďĞŝŶŐ͖͟ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ gruel granules named so in a cleverly marketed ploy. ͞tĞůůďĞŝŶŐ͟ ŝƐ ĐĂƌĚďŽĂƌĚ ĐŚĞĂƉ ĂŶĚ ƐƵĸĐŝĞŶƚůǇ ŶƵƚƌŝƟŽƵƐůǇ ďĂůĂŶĐĞĚ͕ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇ͘ / ůŽǀĞ ŝƚƐ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐŝŶŐ͖ ƚŚĞ ƐƵĐĐƵůĞŶƚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ƌŽĂƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ůĞĂŶ ĐŚŝĐŬĞŶ͕ ĨƌĞƐŚ ĮƐŚ ĂŶĚ ŚĞĂůƚŚǇ ƐĂůĂĚ dishes all arcing like rainbows into the recycled ĐĂƌĚďŽĂƌĚ ďŽǆ͖ ƚŚĞ /ƌŝƐŚ ŐŽůĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ rainbow. It’s supposed to calm all doubt that it’s nothing but healthy. It’s ironically telling us that ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŽƵƌ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ĨŽŽĚƐ ŝŶ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĨŽƌŵĂƚ͘ /ƚƐ name suggests a trust in its contents to provide us with such fundamental sustenance to keep us living. It’s a pity it tastes of bile. Would you trade it for the love-spread feast ƐŽ ƌĞĂĚŝůǇ ůĂŝŶ ŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ ŽŶĐĞ ǇŽƵ͛ǀĞ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ǇŽƵƌ ůŝƩůĞ ƐŝƐƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ƐƋƵĞĂŬǇ ĚĞŵĂŶĚƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉƵƐŚĞĚ ͞,ŝŐŚĞƌ͕ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ͊͟ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƟƌĞĚ ŚŽŵĞ͍ /͛ǀĞ ƐĞĞŶ ǇŽƵƌ ĞǇĞƐ ƐĐĂŶŶŝŶŐ ƵƐ ĂƐ ǁĞ ƋƵĞƵĞ Ăƚ ŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ Ɵůů͕ ƚŚĞ ƐĞůĨͲƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ŽŶĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ǁŝƌĞƐ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŽ ŐŽ ƚŚƌĞĂĚďĂƌĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ they connect into the wall. A conveyer-belt ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ĂƐ ǁĞ ĮůĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ƚƌĂĚĞ ŽƵƌ ƚŽŬĞŶƐ

for our restricted choice of supplements. All ŽƵƌ ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƵƉ ŽŶĞ ĂŝƐůĞ͕ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ beginning of the supermarket, divided from the rest of the cornucopia of food you can amble through. You got to choose what you fancied ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ďƌĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĨŽŽĚƐƚƵī ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ƚŽ ǇŽƵ͕ ƐŬŝƉƉŝŶŐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ďƌĂŶĚƐ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ǇŽƵƌ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ͘ Ž ǇŽƵ ǁŝƐŚ you could also choose from the grey porridge ďŽǆĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŝĐĞͲŐŶĂǁĞĚ ĐŚĞĞƐĞ ƐŬŝŶƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ͍ tŚĞŶ ǇŽƵƌ ĂŝƐůĞƐ ďƵůŐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽůŽƵƌĨƵů͕ ŽƌŝĞŶƚĂů ŇĂǀŽƵƌƐ ĂŶĚ ůƵǆƵƌŝŽƵƐ ƚƌĞĂƚƐ͕ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ǁŝƐŚ ǇŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ƚƌǇ ƚŚĞ ŵƵůƟŐƌĂŝŶ ŵƵƐŚ / ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ƐĂƟƐĨǇ ŵǇ ŚƵŶŐĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ůĂƐƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ͍

I had sat looking out of my bird pooh and ŝŶƐĞĐƚ ƐƉůĂƩĞƌĞĚ ǁŝŶĚŽǁ͕ ĚŽǁŶ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĨĞŶĐĞ upon the lush emerald of grass, and I saw you, ĂďƐĞŶƚͲŵŝŶĚĞĚůǇ ƉŽƉƉŝŶŐ ĂŝƌǇ DŝůŬ ƐƋƵĂƌĞƐ into your mouth. You knew you didn’t have to ǁŽƌƌǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ƟŵĞ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ eat such a delight. I used to love chocolate, but ŽŶĞ ƐƋƵĂƌĞ ŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ŵǇ ůŝĨĞ͛Ɛ ǁŽƌƚŚ ŶŽǁ͘ ^Ž I looked down at you with self-pity and jealousy as I spooned the granules into my mouth. I was ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĐƌǇŝŶŐ Ăƚ ŵǇ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ ĂƐ / ƐĐƌĂƉĞĚ ƌĂƐŚůǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ďŽǁů ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ŇĞĐŬƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉƵƐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ dribble down my chin back into my woeful ŵŽƵƚŚ͘ ,ƵŶŐĞƌ ŚĂƐ ƐĐŽƌĐŚĞĚ Ăůů ŵǇ ĂĐƟŽŶƐ to override my archaic ideas of pride and selfƌĞƐƉĞĐƚ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ďŝƩĞƌ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ ƚŽ ĂƩĂŝŶ ĨŽŽĚ͘ Ƶƚ ƐƟůů͕ ǁĞ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ƚŽ ĚŽ ŵŽƌĞ͘ ^Ž ƚŚĞ government got tougher. As people fell to seeking allowance, we were told to work on public projects, including building tower blocks of prison-like cubicles. One bed, a cracked sink, ďĂƐŝĐ ŬŝƚĐŚĞŶ ĂƉƉůŝĂŶĐĞƐ͕ Žī ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐŝĚĞ ǁĂƐ Ă toilet that would be apt to clog with anything more than two-ply paper. We ignorantly built these space-conserving shelters with no ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ͕ ĞǆĐĞƉƚ ŚŽǁ ĞƚŚŝĐĂůůǇ ͞ŐƌĞĞŶ͟ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ͘ ƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ͕ ǁĞ ŝŶƐŝƐƚĞĚ ŽŶ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƚŽƌƐ and solar power, which meant those blocks only

got enough electricity to keep a low-energy ůŝŐŚƚ ďƵůď ŐůŽǁŝŶŐ ŝƚƐ ĐŽŝůĞĚ ǁŽƌŵͲůŝŬĞ ĮůĂŵĞŶƚ for a few hours, and that is on a good day. Then, those who had declared themselves unemployed were forced to sell their homes, ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞƋƵŝƚǇ͘ Ɛ ǁĞ ůŝŶĞĚ ƵƉ ƚŽ ŚĂŶĚ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ůĞŐĂů ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ĞĂĐŚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ǁĂƐ ĮůĞĚ ƚŽ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĚĞƐŬ ďǇ ĂŐĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ůĞĂĚ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐŝŶŐůǇ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĚŽŽƌƐ͘ My mother and father walked through the same one, hand in hand. They were reassuring one another and I tried to follow them, but one ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƵƚŚŽƌŝƚĂƟǀĞ ǁŽŵĞŶ͕ ŚĞƌ ĐƌŝƐƉ ĂƐĞǆƵĂů haircut jiggling, called me back. She directed and pushed me to walk through the doorframe ŶĞǆƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞ / ĨĂǀŽƵƌĞĚ͘ ^ĐƌĞĂŵŝŶŐ͕ / ĐĂůůĞĚ for my mother, and she came back for me. When I lay my head down on my stoic bed at night, my nightmares are of the way my ŵŽƚŚĞƌ ŚĂĚ ŚĞĂƌĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵŽƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵĞ back to tenderly imprint her lips to my cheek ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂƐƐƵƌŝŶŐ ǁŚŝƐƉĞƌ ͞ŐŽ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŇŽǁ ĨŽƌ Ă ƐĞĐŽŶĚ͘͟ / ŶĞǀĞƌ ŚĞĂƌĚ ŚĞƌ ǀŽŝĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ ŶĞǀĞƌ felt her lips kiss me, but I have nightmares that ƐŚĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĨĞůƚ ŵǇ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ͛Ɛ ŚĂŶĚ ĂŐĂŝŶ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ͘ ,Ğƌ voice had made it sound like she knew what was happening as she smiled at me, before walking ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚůǇ ďĂĐŬ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĚŽŽƌ ĂƐƐŝŐŶĞĚ to her, without my father, leaving me to step

through the chipped frame of that second door. I split mother from father and they never were reunited. / ŶĞǀĞƌ ƐĂǁ ŚĞƌ͕ ŵǇ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ Žƌ ŵǇ ůŝƩůĞ ĐŚĞƌƵďͲĨĂĐĞĚ ďƌŽƚŚĞƌ ĂŐĂŝŶ͘ ,Ğ ǁĂƐ ĐĂƌƌŝĞĚ͕ ƵŶŬŶŽǁŝŶŐ͕ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƐĐƵīŵĂƌŬͲ ƐƚĂŝŶĞĚ ĚŽŽƌ͘ ŌĞƌ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŽůĚ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ͞ŐŽ ƉůĂǇ͟ ƐŝŶĐĞ ǁĞ ŚĂĚ ƐĞŶƚ Śŝŵ ƚŽ ŶƵƌƐĞƌǇ ŽŶ government funded help for struggling parents for so long, he was used to strangers picking him up and carrying him away from mother’s ĂƌŵƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚƐ͘ ŽŶƐĞƋƵĞŶƚůǇ͕ ŚĞ ŵĂĚĞ ŶŽ ĞīŽƌƚ ƚŽ ǁƌŝŐŐůĞ ĨƌĞĞ ƚŽ ŵĞ͖ ŚĞ really did think he was going to go play. Families were split up, as it was cheaper to

feed children en mass, rearing each individual ĂůŽŶĞ ŝŶ Ă ĐƵďŝĐůĞ͕ ůŝŬĞ ďĂƩĞƌǇ ĨĂƌŵ ĐŚŝĐŬĞŶƐ͘ Ironic that we have lowered ourselves to ďĞĐŽŵĞ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĂƟǀĞ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŽŶĐĞ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ĞǀĞŶ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ ŝŶƚŽ ŽƵƌ ŵŽƵƚŚƐ͘ /ƐŽůĂƟŽŶ ĂůƐŽ keeps the peace; no revolts can happen with one man alone if he has no following. zĞƐ͕ / ƐƟůů ŚĂǀĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ ƚŽ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞ that when we were building our towering ďůŽĐŬƐ͕ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞůǇ ĚŝŐŐŝŶŐ ŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ graves. tĞ ƐŽůĚ ŽƵƌ ŚŽƵƐĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ďŝĚĚĞƌƐ͘ dŚĂƚ was you. You were clever enough to capitalise on our capital’s downfall. Illegal immigrants became the nouveau rich as the pound fell against every other currency. You brought our homes that we’d built so lusciously, brought ŽǀĞƌ ǇŽƵƌ ĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ ŇĂǀŽƵƌŝŶŐƐ ƚŽ ƐƉŝĐĞ ƵƉ ŽƵƌ country to your tastes and brought us out of pocket. With fences erected and parameters divided, we became the illegal aliens in our own land, unable to enjoy the lavishness of our countryside for the cost of travelling around. Whilst you freely pollute our air with cars and ĂĞƌŽƉůĂŶĞƐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƉĞƌƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ƵƉŽŶ the land, we can only walk the paths we are assigned to be on. Again, the government eased us into this ǁĂǇ ŽĨ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ƐůŽǁůǇ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĞĂůƚŚǇ ĞĂƟŶŐ ƉůĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƚ Įƚ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶƐ͘ ǀĞ ĂŶĚ ŵǇ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ used to be all for it; taking my brother, her ůŝƩůĞ ŚŽƌƌŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĞ ƐǁŝŵŵŝŶŐ ŝŶ ĐŚůŽƌŝŶĞͲ ƐĂŶĐƟĮĞĚ͕ ƐĂĨĞ ǁĂƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĞĞ Ăŝƌ every weekend, talking themselves of the way they were going to join yoga classes and pilates, aerobics and dancing. They never did, but the walks are now a memory I relish for their social and unneeded ƉƌŽƉĞƌƟĞƐ͘ EŽǁ͕ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ďƵƚ ƚŽ slog miles to get what we need to survive. We cannot walk anywhere; you’ve generously given us our own space, but you constrict us in case ǁĞ ƌĞǀĞƌƚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ƉĂƐƚ ŐƌŝĞǀĂŶĐĞƐ ŽĨ ŐƌĂĸƟ͘ You don’t want us destroying the landscape we ŵĂŬĞ ƉƌŝƐƟŶĞ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƐĞĐƚŽƌ ũŽďƐ͘ I watch you from my window in envy all day, but you don’t care for the rough-edged, ŇĂǆĞŶ ŚĂŝƌĞĚ ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ůŽŽŬƐ ŽƵƚ Ăƚ ǇŽƵ over the fence. You would back away in fear ŝĨ / ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚĞĚ ĂƐ ŶĞĂƌ ĂƐ / ĐŽƵůĚ ĂŶĚ ƐůŽƩĞĚ Ă ƚŚŝŶ ĮŶŐĞƌ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ďĂƌƐ ŝŶ ŐƌĞĞƟŶŐ͘ dŚĞ government has eliminated obesity in us, purely because we can’t get enough to binge upon ǁŝƚŚ ŽƵƌ ƌĂƟŽŶĞĚ ŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌͲƚŚŝŶ ƚŽŬĞŶƐ͕ ďƵƚ ǁĞ ǁĂƚĐŚ ǇŽƵ ŐĞƫŶŐ ĐŚƵďďǇ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŶŽƐƚĂůŐŝĐ ďŝƩĞƌŶĞƐƐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŽŶůǇ ŽŶĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ǇŽƵ ĂŶĚ ŵĞ͖ / ǁĂƐ ďŽƌŶ ƌŝƟƐŚ͕ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ďŽƵŐŚƚ Britain from me.

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VENUE>THE SIGHTS & SOUNDS OF THE CITY TUESDAY 9TH

ZŽďĞƌƚƐŽŶх>dϭхϲ͗ϯϬхάϲ Ύ ŽŵĞĚǇ ^ƚŽƌĞх&ŽƌƵŵхϴƉŵхάϭϬ͘ϱϬ ΎdŚĞ <ĂďĞĞĚŝĞƐх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϲ

ΎhŶŝŽŶ ůĞĐƟŽŶ ĂŵƉĂŝŐŶŝŶŐ ďĞŐŝŶƐ Ύ^ĂůƐĂ >ĞƐƐŽŶх,ŝǀĞхϱ͗ϯϬхάϮ Ύ Ăƌ ďϰ > Zх> ZхϴƉŵхĨƌĞĞ ΎdŚĞ /ŶǀŝƐŝďůĞх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴ͗ϯϬхάϴ ΎEŝŐŚƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ DŽǀŝĞƐх> ZхϭϬƉŵ хάϯ͘ϱϬ

THURSDAY 18TH Ύ&ŝůŵх,ĂƌƌǇ ƌŽǁŶх>dϭхϳ͗ϯϬхάϮ͘ϳϱ Ύ Ăƌ ďϰ > ZхďĂƌхϴƉŵхĨƌĞĞ ΎdŽŵ tƌŝŐŐůĞƐǁŽƌƚŚхWůĂǇŚŽƵƐĞхϴƉŵ хάϭϬ Ύ ŵŵĂ WŽůůŽĐŬ Θ :ŽƐŚ WǇŬĞх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϭϬ Ύ ŶĚ ŽĨ dĞƌŵ ĂƐŚх> ZхϵƉŵх

WEDNESDAY 10TH Ύ,ĂƉƉŝůǇ ǀĞƌ ŌĞƌ ;ƵŶƟů ϭϯƚŚͿ хWƵƉƉĞƚ dŚĞĂƚƌĞхϳ͗ϯϬхάϲ Ύ,ĂŵůĞƚх ƌĂŵĂ ^ƚƵĚŝŽхϳ͗ϯϬхάϰ͘ϱϬ Ύ^ƚĞǁĂƌƚ >ĞĞхWůĂǇŚŽƵƐĞхϴƉŵхάϭϰ Ύ'ůĂŵŽƵƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ <ŝůůх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞ хϴƉŵхάϲ

THURSDAY 11TH ΎdŚĞ ŽƵƌƚĞĞŶĞƌƐх> Zхϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϳ ΎKƌƉŚĞƵƐ ŽǁŶ hŶĚĞƌ ;ƵŶƟů ϭϮƚŚͿ хWůĂǇŚŽƵƐĞхϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϮ Ύ>ŝƐĂ ZĞĚĨŽƌĚх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϴ ΎdŚĞ h &ĂĐƚŽƌ &ŝŶĂůĞхďĂƌхϴ͗ϯϬ хĨƌĞĞ

FRIDAY 12TH ΎZĞŵŝǆ ĨŽƌ ZĞĂĚх,ŝǀĞхϳƉŵхάϰ͘ϱϬ Ύ&ŝůŵхdǁŝůŝŐŚƚ͗ EĞǁ DŽŽŶх>dϭхϳ͗ϯϬ хάϮ͘ϳϱ Ύh ^ǇŵƉŚŽŶǇ KƌĐŚĞƐƚƌĂ Θ ŚŽŝƌ х ĂƚŚĞĚƌĂůхϳ͗ϯϬхάϰ Ύ ƌƌŽƌƐх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϳ Ύ^ŽĐEŝŐŚƚхďĂƌхϴƉŵхĨƌĞĞ ΎzŽƵƌ 'ƵŝůƚǇ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞƐ Θ WĂƌĂĚŝƐĞ ŝƚǇ хt&хϭϬƉŵхάϯ͘ϱϬ

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HEADLIGHTS /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟǀĞ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ĐŝƌĐƵŝƚ͕ ŚŽƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĞůƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞƌͲƉŽƉƵůĂƌ >ĂƵŐŚ KƵƚ >ŽƵĚ͕ ŶĞǁ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ,ĞĂĚ>ŝŐŚƚƐ ǁĂƐ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ůĂƐƚ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ďǇ WŚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĂŶ dĂǇůŽƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ĂŶ ŝŶƐƚĂŶƚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ĂŌĞƌ ŝƚƐ ĮƌƐƚ ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ 'ƌĂĚ Ăƌ ƚŚŝƐ ƚĞƌŵ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŚĞůƉ ŽĨ ĨĞůůŽǁ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ WĂƵů DĐEĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ͕ tŝůůŝĂŵ dƵƌŶĞƌ ĂŶĚ ,ĂŶŶĂŚ ^ĐŚƵƩ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ůĂƵŶĐŚĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ^ŽĐDĂƌƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂŶǇ ŚĞƐŝƚĂƟŽŶƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͛Ɛ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ƉŽƉƵůĂƌŝƚǇ ǁĞƌĞ ƐŝůĞŶĐĞĚ ĂŌĞƌ ŝƚƐ ĮƌƐƚ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ͘ ͚&ŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ͕ ǁĞ ƌĞĂůŝƐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƵƌ ŶĞǁ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐƟĐ ĂďŽƵƚ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ĂƐ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ͕͛ ƐĂǇƐ ĂŶ dĂǇůŽƌ͘ dŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ŵĞĞƚ ƵƉ ǁĞĞŬůǇ͕ ĞǀĞƌǇ &ƌŝĚĂǇ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ Ăƚ ϳƉŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ /EdK ůĞĐƚƵƌĞ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ ĨŽƌ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ǁĞŝŐŚƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƚǇƉĞƐ ŽĨ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŝŵƉƌŽǀŝƐĂƟŽŶͲďĂƐĞĚ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ŐĂŵĞƐ ůĞĚ ďǇ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ůĞǆ ZǇĚĞŶ͕ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ĞǆƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Ăƌƚ ŽĨ ŝŵƉƌŽǀŝƐĂƟŽŶ͘ ,ĞĂĚ>ŝŐŚƚƐ ĂůƐŽ ŽīĞƌ ĂŶ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ĨŽƌ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ

FRIDAY 19TH

SATURDAY 13TH

MONDAY 15TH

ΎhŶŝŽŶ ůĞĐƟŽŶƐ͗ ǀŽƟŶŐ ďĞŐŝŶƐ Ύ,/Dх> ZхϳƉŵхάϮϬ ΎdŝŐĞƌ >ŝůůŝĞƐхWůĂǇŚŽƵƐĞхϴƉŵхάϭϱ Ύ ĂŐŚĚĂĚĚŝĞƐх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴ͗ϯϬхάϲ ΎEŽǁ ϵϬƐ Θ 'ƌŝƚх> ZхϭϬƉŵхάϰ͘ϱϬ ΎDĞůƚĚŽǁŶ Θ ƌŝƚƉŽƉƉŝŶ͛хt&хϭϬƉŵ хάϯ͘ϱϬ

ΎtŝůĚ ĞĂƐƚƐхt&хϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϬ͘ϱϬ Ύ^ƚĞǀĞ ,ŽǁĞ dƌŝŽх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϭϯ

SUNDAY 14TH ΎdƌŝǀŝƵŵх> ZхϳƉŵхάϭϲ͘ϱϬ Ύ΀^ƉƵŶŐĞ΁хt&хϳƉŵхάϭϬ ΎYƵŝǌхďĂƌхϳ͗ϯϬхĨƌĞĞ Ύ&ƌŝŐŚƚĞŶĞĚ ZĂďďŝƚх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵ хάϭϬ

ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĐĂůůĞĚ ͞ďƌŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ĨƵŶŶǇ͟ Žƌ zK&͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ǀĞƌǇ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ĚŽƵďůĞ ĂĐƚƐ͕ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉƐ Žƌ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ƐƚĂŶĚͲƵƉ ƌŽƵƟŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŽ ƚƌǇ ƚŚĞŵ ŽƵƚ ŽŶ Ă ŶŽŶĐƌŝƟĐĂů ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ ĂůƐŽ ŐŝǀĞ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ ƐƉůŝƚ ŝŶƚŽ ƐŵĂůů ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ĂŶĚ ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚĞŵ ŚĂůĨ ĂŶ ŚŽƵƌ ƚŽ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞ Ă ƐŬĞƚĐŚ ƚŽ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ŽŶ Ă ƌĂŶĚŽŵ ƚŽƉŝĐ ĞǀĞƌǇ ǁĞĞŬ͘

tŝƚŚ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ƐƚĂŶĚͲƵƉ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶƐ͕ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ĐŽŵĞĚŝĂŶƐ͕ ƐŬĞƚĐŚ ǁƌŝƚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŵƉƌŽǀŝƐĂƟŽŶ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞƌƐ͕ ĂŶ dĂǇůŽƌ ƐĂǇƐ͕ ͚,ĂǀŝŶŐ ŽŶůǇ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ŝŶ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ŽĨ

Ύ&ŝůŵхWĂƌĂŶŽƌŵĂů ĐƟǀŝƚǇх>dϭхϳ͗ϯϬ хάϮ͘ϳϱ ΎzŽƵ DĞ Ăƚ ^ŝǆх> Zхϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϱ Ύ^ƚĂĐĞǇ <ĞŶƚхWůĂǇŚŽƵƐĞхϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϱ Ύ^ŽĐEŝŐŚƚхďĂƌхϴƉŵ Ύ^ŬŝƉ ͚>ŝƩůĞ ǆĞ͛ DĐ ŽŶĂůĚх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞ хϴƉŵхάϴ ΎϴϬƐ EŝŐŚƚ Θ ^ŽƵů dŽǁŶхt&хϭϬƉŵ хάϯ͘ϱϬ

TUESDAY 16TH

Ύ^ĂůƐĂ >ĞƐƐŽŶх,ŝǀĞхϱ͗ϯϬхάϮ Ύ ĂŶ >Ğ ^ĂĐ ǀƐ ^ĐƌŽŽďŝƵƐ WŝƉхt& SATURDAY 20TH хϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϮ͘ϱϬ ΎdŚĞ 'ŽůĚĞŶ zĞĂƌƐх> Zхϲ͗ϯϬхάϭϮ Ύ,ŽǁůďĂĐŬ ,Ƶŵх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϯ ΎWůĂƞŽƌŵ hŶƉůƵŐŐĞĚхWůĂǇŚŽƵƐĞхϳ͗ϯϬ Ύ Ăƌ ďϰ > ZхďĂƌхϴƉŵхĨƌĞĞ хάϭϮ Ύ^ƚ͘ WĂƚƌŝĐŬƐ > Zх> ZхϭϬƉŵхάϯ͘ϱϬ ΎdŚĞ ĞĂĚ &ŽƌŵĂƚƐхDĂƌƋƵĞĞхϳ͗ϯϬхάϱ ΎDĞůƚĚŽǁŶ Θ ^ŬĂ͛Ě hƉхt&хϭϬƉŵхάϯ͘ϱϬ

WEDNESDAY 17TH

ΎhŶŝŽŶ ůĞĐƟŽŶ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ Ύ^ƚ͘ WĂƚƌŝĐŬ͛Ɛ ĂǇхďĂƌх >> z Ύh >ŝƚĞƌĂƌǇ &ĞƐƟǀĂůхZŽďŝŶ

MONDAY 22ND Ύ&ƌĂŶŬ dƵƌŶĞƌх> Zхϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϮ͘ϱϬ ΎdŚĞ ƵƚŽŵĂƟĐх ƌƚƐ ĞŶƚƌĞхϴƉŵхάϵ

ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĐ ĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ͛͘ tŝƚŚ Ăůů ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ͚ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ĐĂƉĂďůĞ ŽĨ ƐǁŝƚĐŚŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ŐĞŶƌĞ ƚŽ ŐĞŶƌĞ ĂƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĞŶ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ͕͛ ,ĞĂĚ>ŝŐŚƚƐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŶŝŐŚƚƐ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ͕ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƚĂůĞŶƚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ƉƵƫŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ŶŝŐŚƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ďĂƌ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͘ ĂŶ DĐ<ĞĞ͛Ɛ ͞^ĂůƚďŽǆ͟ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ŐƌŽƵƉ ĂĚŽƉƚƐ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ,ĞĂĚ>ŝŐŚƚƐ͛ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ ŽŶ Ă ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ďĂƐŝƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂƐ ŝŶƚĞŶƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ŐŽ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ĂĮĞůĚ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵ ŵĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ŶŝŐŚƚƐ ĂƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ŚŽƐƚĞĚ Ă ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ŶŝŐŚƚ ŽŶ DŽŶĚĂǇ ϭƐƚ DĂƌĐŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ 'ƌĂĚ Ăƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞƌƐ :ĂĐŬ tĞĂǀĞƌ͕ :ŽŶĂƚŚĂŶ ĂĚŐĞƌǇ͕ tŝůů dƵƌŶĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ^ĐŽƩ DŝůůƐ͕ ,ĞĂĚ>ŝŐŚƚƐ ŝƐ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ h ͛Ɛ ƉƌĞŵŝĞƌ ƐŽĐŝĞƟĞƐ͕ ƉƌŽŵŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ƵƐ ǁŝƚŚ ůĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ ĨĂƌ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ͘ &Žƌ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƵƉͲƚŽͲĚĂƚĞ ŶĞǁƐ͕ ŚĞĂĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ,ĞĂĚ>ŝŐŚƚƐ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ ŐƌŽƵƉ͖ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ŚĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ Ă ŶĞǁ zŽƵdƵďĞ ĐŚĂŶŶĞů Ăƚ ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬǁǁǁ͘ǇŽƵƚƵďĞ͘ĐŽŵͬƵƐĞƌͬ h ,ĞĂĚůŝŐŚƚƐ͕ ĨŽƌ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ Įůŵ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬůǇ ŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ Helen Thomas

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CROSSWORD

SUDOKU 5 8 1 4 6 7 9 2 7 9 8 4 2 6 7 5 1 4

4 5

EASY

4 3 1 3 5 1 2 9 6 2 3 9 5 6 2 8

8 9

5 3 6 5 1

6 1 9

ACROSS

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ϭ͗ EĂƟŽŶĂůŝƚǇ ŽĨ &ĞƌŶĂŶĚŽ dŽƌƌĞƐ ĂŶĚ ZĂĨĂ EĂĚĂů ;ϳͿ ϱ͗ ,ƵŵƉĞĚ ĂŶŝŵĂů ;ϱͿ ϴ͗ /ƚĞŵ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƌŽǁ Ă ďŽĂƚ ;ϯͿ ϵ͗ EŽƌƚŚ ĨƌŝĐĂŶ ŶĂƟŽŶ ;ϳͿ ϭϬ͗ dŽ ŐŽ ŝŶƚŽ Žƌ ĂƉƉůǇ ĨŽƌ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚ ;ϱͿ ϭϭ͗ dŽƉ ĐŽůŽƵƌ ŽŶ ƚƌĂĸĐ ůŝŐŚƚƐ ;ϯͿ ϭϮ͗ tŽƌŬĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ĨƵƌǇ ;ϳͿ ϭϯ͗ 'ĞŶƌĞ ŽĨ ŵƵƐŝĐ ;ϱͿ ϭϲ͗ ĚŐĞ ŽĨ ƉŝǌǌĂ Žƌ ďƌĞĂĚ ;ϱͿ ϭϴ͗ ^ŽƌĐĞƌĞƌ Žƌ ǁŝǌĂƌĚ ;ϵͿ ϭϵ͗ dŽ ƐĞŝǌĞ ƚŚƌŽŶĞ͕ ĚŝƐƉůĂĐĞ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ;ϱͿ Ϯϭ͗ ĂŵƉ ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ ;ϰͿ ϮϮ͗ 'ŝǀŝŶŐ Ă ƚĞŶƚŚ ŽĨ ŐŽŽĚƐ ƚŽ ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ ;ϱͿ Ϯϰ͗ dŽ ŐĂŝŶ ďǇ ĚŝƐŚŽŶĞƐƚ ŵĞĂŶƐ ;ϱͿ Ϯϱ͗ dŽ ŽďƐĞƌǀĞ͕ ǁƌŝƐƚ ďĂƐĞĚ ĐůŽĐŬ ;ϱͿ Ϯϲ͗ ĚŐĞ ŽĨ Ă Đůŝī͕ ƌĂŝƐĞĚ ŶĂƌƌŽǁ ƐƚƌŝƉ ;ϱͿ Ϯϳ͗ /ŶƚĞƌǁŽǀĞŶ ĨĂďƌŝĐ͕ ƐƉĂĐĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ŶĞƚ ;ϰͿ

ϭ͗ ds ƐŝƚĐŽŵ ƐƚĂƌƌŝŶŐ ^ŝŵŽŶ WĞŐŐ ĂŶĚ :ĞƐƐŝĐĂ ^ƚĞǀĞŶƐŽŶ͕ ĂŝƌĞĚ ϭϵϵϵͲϮϬϬϭ ;ϲͿ Ϯ͗ ŶŶŽǇĂŶĐĞ Žƌ ĨƵƌǇ ;ϱͿ ϯ͗ ^ƚƌĂŶŐĞ Žƌ ƵŶƵƐƵĂů ;ϵͿ ϰ͗ dŽ ƐƚŽĐŬƉŝůĞ Žƌ ŬĞĞƉ ĨŽƌ ŽŶĞƐĞůĨ ;ϱͿ ϱ͗ &ƌĞƋƵĞŶƚůǇ ƵƐĞĚ ƚĞƌŵ ĨŽƌ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ĚĞƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ;ϲ͕ ϲͿ ϲ͗ tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ Žī ;ϱͿ ϳ͗ ŝŐŐĞƐƚ͕ ŶŽŶĞ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌ ;ϳͿ ϭϰ͗ 'ŝǀĞŶ Ă ƉůĞĂƐĂŶƚ ƐŵĞůů ;ϳͿ ϭϱ͗ EĞǁĐĂƐƚůĞ ƌŽĐŬ ďĂŶĚ͕ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϳϬƐ ĂŶĚ ϴϬƐ ŝƌĞ ͺͺͺͺͺͺ ;ϳͿ ϭϳ͗ &ŽƵƌ ƐƚƌŝŶŐĞĚ ,ĂǁĂŝŝĂŶ ŐƵŝƚĂƌͲůŝŬĞ ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚ ;ϳͿ ϭϴ͗ KŶĞ ǁŚŽ ƉƵƚƐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ Ă ŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌ ;ϲͿ ϮϬ͗ 'ƌĂƐƐ ƐƵƌĨĂĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ͕ ƚŽ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚ ĂŶ ŝĚĞĂ ƚŽ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ;ϱͿ Ϯϯ͗ &ĞŵĂůĞ ƐŚĞĞƉ ;ϯͿ

MEDIUM

9 7 6 9 4

9 6 3 2 7 4 3

WIN THE COURTEENERS TICKETS Manchester indie rockers The Courteeners come to the LCR on 11/3/10 and ĐŽƵƌƚĞƐǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ hŶŝŽŶ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƉĂŝƌ ŽĨ ƟĐŬĞƚƐ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ĂǁĂǇ͊ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ũƵƐƚ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂĐĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĂůďƵŵ Falcon ůĂƐƚ ŵŽŶƚŚ͕ dŚĞ ŽƵƌƚĞĞŶĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ƌŝĚŝŶŐ Ă ǁĂǀĞ ŽĨ ƉƌĂŝƐĞ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ĨĞůůŽǁ Mancunian Morrissey. ,ŝƚ ƐŝŶŐůĞƐ ůŝŬĞ That Kiss͕ What Took You So Long and You Overdid It Doll ŐĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ŚĞĂǀǇ ƌĂĚŝŽ ƉůĂǇ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞƐƐ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ͕ ĐƵůŵŝŶĂƟŶŐ ŝŶ Falcon ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ƐŝƫŶŐ ƉƌĞƩǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ƚĞŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ h< ĂůďƵŵ charts. dŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞǆƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ ŐŝŐŐŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ǇŽƵƌ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞŵ ďƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚŽƵƌ ƚŽ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͕ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ ƐŽŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮƌƐƚ ĂůďƵŵ͕ St. Jude.

8 9 4 2

HARD

1 9

1 3 5 2 3

1 7

2 6 9 7

3 5 8

COME AND FIND US! dŚĞ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ KĸĐĞ ŝƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ŇŽŽƌ ŽĨ hŶŝŽŶ ,ŽƵƐĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŝŐŶƉŽƐƚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ the top of the stairs. Come and see ƵƐ ƚŽ ĚƌŽƉ Žī ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ĞŶƚƌŝĞƐ Žƌ ƚŽ ƚĂůŬ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ĞĚŝƚŽƌƐ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ ĂŶǇ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ƐĞĐƟŽŶƐ͊

2 6 9 8

WIN WILD BEASTS TICKETS ŽƵƌƚĞƐǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ hŶŝŽŶ͕ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƉĂŝƌ ŽĨ ƟĐŬĞƚƐ ĨŽƌ tŝůĚ ĞĂƐƚƐ͛ ŐŝŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ tĂƚĞƌĨƌŽŶƚ ŽŶ DŽŶĚĂǇ ϭϱͬϯͬϭϬ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ĂǁĂǇ͊ dŚĞ <ĞŶĚĂů ŽƉĞƌĂƟĐͲŝŶĚŝĞ ĨŽƵƌͲƉŝĞĐĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŐĂŝŶĞĚ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĐƌŝƟĐĂů ĂĐĐůĂŝŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĂůďƵŵ Two Dancers ĂŶĚ ƐŝŶŐůĞƐ ,ŽŽƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ,ŽǁůŝŶŐ and All the King’s Men. ŌĞƌ ƚŽƵƌŝŶŐ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂ ŝŶ ĞĂƌůǇ ϮϬϭϬ͕ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĂƌƚĞƚ ĂƌĞ ƐƚŽƉƉŝŶŐ Žī ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ h< ůĞŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ ƚŽƵƌ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƌĞƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ŚŽŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ >ŽǀĞďŽǆ &ĞƐƟǀĂů sŝĐƚŽƌŝĂ WĂƌŬ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϭϳƚŚ :ƵůǇ͘ &Žƌ Ă ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ďƌŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚ crossword or sudoku ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ KĸĐĞ ďǇ ϭϯͬϯͬϭϬ͘ Name:

dŽ ďĞ ŝŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ Ă ƉĂŝƌ ŽĨ ƟĐŬĞƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŐŝŐ͕ ũƵƐƚ ĞŵĂŝů ƚŚĞ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ Ă ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ ƚĞůĞƉŚŽŶĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ƚŽ ĐŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͘ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶƐΛƵĞĂ͘ĂĐ͘ƵŬ ďǇ ŶŽŽŶ ŽŶ dŚƵƌƐĚĂǇ 11/3/10: What is the name of The Courteeners’ frontman?

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