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>ŽƵŝƐ sƵŝƩŽŶ ^ƉƌŝŶŐ ϮϬϭϬ

dŚĞƌĞ / ǁĂƐ͖ Ă ƐŵĂůů ƐƋƵŝƌƚ ŽĨ Ă ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ďŝŐ ďƌŽǁŶ ĞǇĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĐƌƵīǇ ŐŽůĚĞŶ ŚĂŝƌ͕ ǁĞĂƌŝŶŐ ďƌŝŐŚƚ͕ ƌĞĚ ƟŐŚƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĐůƵƚĐŚŝŶŐ ŵǇ ĚĂĚĚǇ͛Ɛ ŚĂŶĚ͘ / ƐƚĂƌĞĚ Ăƚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ďŽŽƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĨĂƐĐŝŶĂƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŝĐŬ ƐŽůĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǀĞƌͲ ĞŶĚŝŶŐ ůĂĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůŽŶŐ ƚŽŶŐƵĞƐ ƉŽŬŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ Ăƚ ŵĞ͖ ǁĂƐ ƚŚŝƐ Ă ƐŚŽĞ ƚŚĂƚ Ă Őŝƌů ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ƐĞǀĞŶ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƵŶĚĞƌ ŚĞƌ ďĞůƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ƉƵůů Žī͍ / ůĞŌ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽƉ ǁŝƚŚ ŵƵĐŚ ŚĞĂǀŝĞƌ ĨĞĞƚ ƚŚĂŶ ǁŚĞŶ / ĞŶƚĞƌĞĚ ŝƚ͘ DǇ ŶĞǁ͕ ďƌŝŐŚƚ ǇĞůůŽǁ ͞ DƐ͟ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ Ăůů ŽǀĞƌ ƌĞĚ ŇŽǁĞƌ ƉƌŝŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĚ ůĂĐĞƐ ƉƵƚ Ă ƐŵŝůĞ ŽŶ ŵǇ ĨĂĐĞ͘ >ŝŬĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƐŚŽĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƐƚĂǇ ďƌŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ ĨŽƌ ůŽŶŐ ĂƐ ƐŽŽŶ ƚŚĞǇ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ƐĐƵīĞĚ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƌŶ ǁŝƚŚ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂů ƉĂƩĞƌŶƐ ŽĨ ŵƵĚ ĂŶĚ ĨƌĂǇĞĚ ǁĞƚ ůĂĐĞƐ͘ dŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ŵƵĐŚ ůŽǀĞĚ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƌŶ ƚŽ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ĨĞĞĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚƵĐŬƐ ƚŽ ĂŶ ĂƵŶƟĞ͛Ɛ ǁĞĚĚŝŶŐ͕ ŽŚ ŚŽǁ / ĂĚŽƌĞĚ ƚŚĞŵ͘ &ĂƐƚ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ ƌ DĂƌƚĞŶƐ ŚĂƐ ƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ ŝƚƐ ϱϬƚŚ ĂŶŶŝǀĞƌƐĂƌǇ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ƚŚŝƐ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ĞĚŝƚŽƌ Ă ĨĂŶ͕ ďƵƚ Ă ĨĞǁ ĐĞůĞďƐ ĂƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŽǁ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ DŽĚĞůƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ĂŝƐǇ >ŽǁĞ ĂŶĚ ŐǇŶĞƐƐ ĞǇŶ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƐĞĞŶ ƌŽĐŬŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ĐƵůƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŝǆƟĞƐ͘ dŚĞ EŽŝƐĞƩĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƵŬĞ

^ƚƌƵƫŶŐ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ^ƉƌŝŶŐͬ^ƵŵŵĞƌ ϮϬϭϬ ĐĂƚǁĂůŬƐ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ŽĨ ƐƉŽƌƚƐǁĞĂƌ ĂƐ ĚĂǇǁĞĂƌ͘ dŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ ĞīŽƌƚůĞƐƐ͕ ĐŽŽů ĂŶĚ ǁŚŝŵƐŝĐĂů͘ dŚĞ ŬĞǇ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ůŽŽƐĞŶĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĂƌŵĞŶƚƐ ǁŽƌŶ͖ >ŽƵŝƐ sƵŝƩŽŶ ĐŝŶĐŚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚŝĐŬ ĐƌŝĐŬĞƚ ũƵŵƉĞƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĚĞůŝĐĂƚĞ ďĞůƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĞĂŵĞĚ ĚƌĂƉĞĚ ŚĂƌĞŵ ƉĂŶƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĮƩĞĚ͕ ĐƵƌǀĞ ĞŶŚĂŶĐŝŶŐ ƚŽƉƐ ƚŽ ƌĞƚĂŝŶ ĨĞŵŝŶŝŶŝƚǇ͘ EĞƵƚƌĂů ĐŽůŽƵƌƐ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ďĞƐƚ ǁŝƚŚ ůĞƐƐ ĚĂŶŐĞƌ ŽĨ ĂƉƉĞĂƌŝŶŐ ĐŚĂǀͲƚĂƐƟĐ͖ ďƌŝŐŚƚ ĐŽůŽƵƌƐ ŶŽĚ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ƚŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ >ŝƩůĞ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͛Ɛ sŝĐŬǇ WŽůůĂƌĚ͘ ǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞͲůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ŬĞǇ͖ ůǇĐƌĂ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂǀŽŝĚĞĚ Ăƚ Ăůů ĐŽƐƚƐ ƵŶůĞƐƐ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ ůŝŬĞ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ Žī ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐǇŵ͘ EǇůŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĂƌŵǇ ĐĂŶǀĂƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ůĂǇĞƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŝůŬ ĨŽƌ Ă ůƵǆƵƌŝŽƵƐ ƵƟůŝƚĂƌŝĂŶ ůŽŽŬ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ŽĨ ĞŵďƌĂĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽƌƚƐǁĞĂƌ ƚƌĞŶĚ ǁŚŽůĞŚĞĂƌƚĞĚůǇ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ĂƉƉĞĂů͕ ĂŶ ĞĂƐǇ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ

ƵƉĚĂƚĞ Ă ůĞƚŚĂƌŐŝĐ ǁĂƌĚƌŽďĞ ŝƐ ƚŽ ĂĐĐĞƐƐŽƌŝƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŽŶĞ ƉŝĞĐĞ͕ Ă ŐĞŶƚůĞ ƚƌŝďƵƚĞ ƚŽ ŽŶͲƚƌĞŶĚ ƐƉŽƌƚƐǁĞĂƌ͘ zŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ŝŶǀĞƐƚ ŝŶ ůĞǆĂŶĚĞƌ tĂŶŐ͛Ɛ ŐƌĞǇ ůĞĂƚŚĞƌ ƌƵĐŬƐĂĐŬ͖ ŬŝƩĞŶ ƐŽŌ͕ ŝƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŝƐ Ă ƚŚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ďĞĂƵƚǇ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ Ăƚ άϳϵϵ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ďŝƚ ƐƚĞĞƉ ĨŽƌ ŵŽƐƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ďƵĚŐĞƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ŵŽŶĞǇ ĐŽƵůĚ ďƵǇ ǇŽƵ Ă ŐƌĂŶĚ ƚŽƚĂů ŽĨ ϭϱϵϴ ƉĂĐŬĞƚƐ ŽĨ ^ƵƉĞƌŶŽŽĚůĞƐ͘͘͘ ^Ž͕ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ďůŽǁŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ůŽĂŶ͕ ŚĞĂĚ ƚŽ dŽƉƐŚŽƉ Žƌ ĂƌĂ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞƐ͖ dŽƉƐŚŽƉ͛Ɛ ƐƚƵĚĚĞĚ ƐƉŽƌƚƐĂĐŬ ŝƐ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů͘ &ŝŶĂůůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽƌƚƐǁĞĂƌ ůŽŽŬ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƉƵƌĞůǇ ĐĂƐƵĂů͘ ,ĞĞůƐ ĐĂŶ ĂĚĚ Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ ŐůĂŵŽƵƌ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ƌĞůĂǆĞĚ ƐƉŽƌƚƐǁĞĂƌ ŽƵƞŝƚ ĨƌŽŵ ĚĂǇ ƚŽ ŶŝŐŚƚ͘ ƚ ůĞǆĂŶĚĞƌ tĂŶŐ͕ ŵŽĚŝĮĞĚ͕ ƌŝďďĞĚ͕ ĂƚŚůĞƟĐ ƐŽĐŬƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƚƵĐŬĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƐŝůŬǇ ƐŚŽĞƐ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ƉĂƌĂĚŽǆ͘ dŚŝƐ ƚƌĞŶĚ ŚĂƐ ǀĞƌƐĂƟůŝƚǇ͕ ƌƵŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚ͘ ,ĂŶŶĂŚ ƌŝƩ

THE BOOT’S BIRTHDAY dŽ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞ ƌ͘ DĂƌƚĞŶƐ͛ ϱϬƚŚ ďŝƌƚŚĚĂǇ͕ Kat Jones ƐŚĂƌĞƐ ŚĞƌ ĨŽŶĚ ŵĞŵŽƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝĐŽŶŝĐ ďŽŽƚ͘͘͘ ^Ɖŝƌŝƚ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ĨŽůůŽǁĞƌƐ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ĂƌƌŝǀŝŶŐ ŝŶ EŽƌƚŚĂŵƉƚŽŶ ŝŶ ϭϵϲϬ͕ ƌ DĂƌƚĞŶƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ďĂďǇ ŽĨ 'ĞƌŵĂŶ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ <ůĂƵƐ DĂƌƚĞŶ͘ dŚĞ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ͕ ƚŚŝĐŬ ĨŽƌŵ ŐĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĨŽŽƚǁĞĂƌ ĂŶ ĂŶĂƌĐŚŝĐ ǀŝďĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ĨĂǀŽƵƌĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ďŝŬĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƵŶŬƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞǀĞŶƟĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ďŽŽƚƐ ĂƌĞ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ďŽƚŚ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĂŶƟͲĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƐŚŽĞ ďƌĂŶĚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƌŝƟƐŚ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ͘ ǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ŚĂƐ Ă ŽĐ DĂƌƚĞŶ ŵĞŵŽƌǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĞŶ ŐĞƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĞď Ăƚ ǁǁǁ͘ĚƌŵĂƌƚĞŶƐ͘ĐŽŵ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ͘

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<TWO DESIGNERS FOR ON-TREND FASHION> 1>EMMA WATSON

This fresh-faced starlet has graced numerous best-dressed lists and is applauded on the red carpet with her choice of vintage gowns. ,ĂƌƌǇ WŽƩĞƌ͛Ɛ Emma Watson has grown before our eyes from pre-teen wizard to an elegant English rose who ŚĂƐ ƵŶůĞĂƐŚĞĚ ŚĞƌ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ƐŝĚĞ ďǇ ĚĞƐŝŐŶŝŶŐ Ă ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ fairtrade clothes with the ethical clothing brand People Tree. dŚĞ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚƐ ŽĨ ŝƚĞŵƐ ĨŽƌ ďŽƚŚ ŐŝƌůƐ ĂŶĚ ŐƵǇƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ Ă preppy summery feel, very casual and relaxed. Items include Breton tees and Oxford jumpers for girls, and casual hoodies and shirts for guys. Unlike most items on the high street, each piece is made in Bangladesh, India or Nepal, and the workers not only get a fair wage but People Tree also help their ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƚŽŽ͘ One of Emma’s personal favourites is a necklace made from ƌĞĐǇĐůĞĚ ƐǁĞĞƚ ǁƌĂƉƉĞƌƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ ƌĞĐǇĐůĞĚ ŐŝŌ box, “I love this jewellery. It looks so amazing and has a great story.” ŵŵĂ ŚĂƐ ĨŽƵŶĚ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ŚĞƌ ƐƚƵĚǇŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƌŽǁŶ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĮůŵŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ,ĂƌƌǇ WŽƩĞƌ Įůŵ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ this range, something she feels very passionate about. “It is hard to know what is good and what is bad on the high street and ĞƋƵĂůůǇ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶĂďůĞ Žƌ ǇŽƵƚŚĨƵů ĞƚŚŝĐĂů ĐůŽƚŚŝŶŐ͕͟ ƐŚĞ explains. “So I decided to work with People Tree to put together a ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ / ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƉƌŽƵĚ ŽĨ ŝŶ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ďŽƚŚ ĞƚŚŝĐƐ ĂŶĚ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ͘͟ Key pieces include a grey t-shirt dress with the slogan ‘please don’t panic… I’m organic’ for girls, and a casual v-neck with a ‘fairtrade fashion award’ military style print for guys. Sarah Hemsted

2>MONCLER ^ƵŶƐŚŝŶĞ Ăƚ ůĂƐƚ͊ dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƌĂǇƐ ŽĨ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝŶƚĞƌ ŝƐ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ its end are slowly warming our shoulders. High street shops are ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƉƌŝŶŐƟŵĞ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƌŽŵĂŶƟĐ͕ ĚƵƐŬǇ ŚƵĞƐ ŽĨ ivory, champagne and duck egg blue along with a stream of all ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ĚĞŶŝŵ͖ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŝƚĞŵƐ ǁŝůů ůŝŶĞ ŽƵƌ ďŽĚŝĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŶŽǁ ƵŶƟů the peak of summer, yet at the New York Fashion Week, earlier this year, the Moncler Autumn/Winter 2010-2011 Grenoble ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ƐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽůĚĞƌ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ǁĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĚƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ͘ ŚƵŐĞ͕ ƐĐĂīŽůĚŝŶŐ ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ĨŽƵƌ ƐƚŽƌĞǇƐ ŚŝŐŚ ƐƚŽŽĚ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ŶŝŐŚƚͲƟŵĞ ďĂĐŬ ĚƌŽƉ ŽĨ EĞǁ zŽƌŬ͘ ĞĂŵƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĞůŝĐŽƉƚĞƌƐ ŝůůƵŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ ƐƋƵĂƌĞ ƐĞĐƟŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĂŵĞ ƚŽ ƌĞǀĞĂů ŵŽĚĞůƐ ŝŶ ƐŝůŚŽƵĞƩĞƐ ǀĞƌŐŝŶŐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ĂůŝĞŶ ĂŶĚ ĂƐƚƌŽŶĂƵƚ shapes; think dŚĞ DĂƚƌŝǆ fused with powerful elegance. A wind ĚƌĂŌ ĞŶĨŽƌĐĞĚ ĂŶ ŝĐǇ ĐŚŝůů ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƵƌƌĞĂůŝƐƚ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ĞŶŚĂŶĐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŵĞůŽĚŝĐ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƌĂŚŵƐ͛ ĮƌƐƚ ĐŽŶĐĞƌƚŽ͘ dŚĞ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ ƐƚŽŽĚ ƐƟůů ĂŶĚ ƚĂůů͕ ĐůĂĚ ŝŶ ŵĞƚĂůůŝĐƐ ŽĨ ŐƌĞĂƚ ǀŽůƵŵĞ͕ forming armour of quilted jackets with helmets of sculpted ŚŽŽĚƐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ďĞĐĂŵĞ Ă ƐƉĂĐĞͲĂŐĞ ĂƌŵǇ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďĂƩůĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ the cold. One would certainly be a well-suited warrior of the Moncler ĂƌŵǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŬŝ ƐůŽƉĞƐ ŽĨ &ƌĂŶĐĞ͕ ďƵƚ ĞĂĐŚ ƉŝĞĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ĂƌĞ ŵĂĚĞ ƚŽ ĂĐĐůŝŵĂƟƐĞ ƚŽ ƵƌďĂŶ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͕ ĨŽƌ

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example in the slim cut of trousers. This is a concept that the three founders of Moncler have had since the brand evolved from tents and sleeping bags to fashion. Their idea was to create ŵĂƌƌŝĂŐĞƐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ǁŽƌůĚƐ͖ ŵŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ nature with technology. Every element possesses a quality and ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ĨƵůĮů ƚŚŝƐ ŶĞĞĚ͘ dŚĞ DŽŶĐůĞƌ 'ĂŵŵĞ ůĞƵ ^ƉƌŝŶŐ ϮϬϭϬ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ŵĞŶ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƐĞĞŶ ĂƐ Ă ƐŵŽŽƚŚ ƚƌĂŶƐŝƟŽŶ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŝůů ůĞĂĚ ĞīŽƌƚůĞƐƐůǇ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĞĂƌůǇ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŽīͲƉŝƐƚĞ ƐƚǇůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ĂƵƚƵŵŶ͘ DŽŶĐůĞƌ ĞŶůŝƐƚĞĚ dŚŽŵ ƌŽǁŶĞ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĞĐůĞĐƟĐ knowledge of suits and tailoring to create a line of contemporary ĐůĂƐƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƌĞůĂǆĞĚ Ăŝƌ ŽĨ ĂƚŚůĞƟĐŝƐŵ͘ tŚŝůĞ ǁŽŵĞŶƐǁĞĂƌ ĨŽĐƵƐĞƐ ŽŶ ŇŽƌĂů ƚŽŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞƩǇ ƉĂƐƚĞůƐ͕ 'ĂŵŵĞ ůĞƵ ĐŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĂƚĞƐ ŽŶ shades circling between blue and grey with hooded anoraks ŝŶ ƐŚĞĞƌ ĐŚĂƌĐŽĂů͕ ƐůĂƚĞ ĚŽǁŶͲĮůůĞĚ ďůĂǌĞƌƐ͕ ǁŚŝƚĞ ƚƌĂŶƐƉĂƌĞŶƚ trousers and silver lined draw-stringed shorts eluding the sportluxe look. Strong, navy overcoats are assembled with crisp, white ƐŚŽƌƚƐ͕ ŇŝƉ ŇŽƉƐ ĂŶĚ ďŽǁƟĞƐ ƚŽƵĐŚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ďƌŝŐŚƚ ƌĞĚ ƐƚƌŝƉĞƐ͖ the metropolitan sailor makes his entrance, whilst the Grenoble soldier waits in Mont Blanc’s snowy wings. Kat Jones

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Moncler can be found at its London branch on Sloane Street, ďƵƚ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ĐůŽƐĞƌ ƚŽ ŚŽŵĞ ŝƐ WŚŝůůŝƉ ƌŽǁŶĞ ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĐŝƚǇ centre. If you haven’t ventured to this unique gem of a shop yet, then you are certainly missing out on an urban utopia of Narnia found in the wardrobe of the 21st century man.

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ARTS>ALTERNATIVE ACTIVITIES ART>THE CLASH EXHIBITION

A QPR picture smeared with Pete Doherty’s blood would be eccentric enough on its own, but it is just one of the unusual items in the DŝĐŬ :ŽŶĞƐ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ĞŶƟƚůĞĚ ƚŚĞ Rock and Roll Public Library shown at the Norwich University ƌƚƐ ŽůůĞŐĞ ;Eh Ϳ͘ dŚĞ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĂŶ Aladdin’s cave of iconic bric-a-brac that appears ĚĞĐĞƉƟǀĞůǇ ŶŽƌŵĂů Ăƚ ĮƌƐƚ͕ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ 'ůĂƐƚŽŶďƵƌǇ wellies designed by Kate Moss for Mick or the shirts the band wore that decorate the walls. Mick Jones didn’t just intend people to look at ƚŚĞ ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ƚĂĐƟůĞ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞƐ ƚŚĞ viewers to browse through the Marvel comics ĂŶĚ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ĚĞƚĞĐƟǀĞ ŶŽǀĞůƐ Žƌ ǁĂƚĐŚ ƚŚĞ Carry On videos that line the shelves. Alongside Mick Jones personal memorabilia are certain items that are gold to a Clash fan, such as the scribbled note from Joe Strummer, the musical equipment or the gold disc for London

Calling͘ YƵŝĞƚůǇ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ is a soundtrack handpicked by Mick and occasionally his voice can be heard intervening over the tracks. It is not surprising Mick Jones chose the art ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ƚŽ ŚŽƵƐĞ ŚŝƐ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ͘ dŚƌĞĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Clash members, including himself, are former Ăƌƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ŽĨ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĐŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŵĞ Ăƚ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ƟŵĞ ĂƐ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƟŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĞǀĞƌ ŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƵůƚƵƌĞ by 2013. The Principal of NUCA, Professor John >ĂƐƚ͕ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ͞ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ŝƐ ĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ĂƐ Ă thriving cultural centre and can only strengthen ƚŚĞ ďŝĚ ĨŽƌ EĂƟŽŶĂů ŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƵůƚƵƌĞ ƐƚĂƚƵƐ͘͟ Aniqah Choudhri

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LITERATURE>REVISION READS Nobody likes to talk about it, but exams are fast approaching. For some these are the last exams of their academic life. It’s a scary thought standing on the precipice of adulthood; a theme covered in David Nicholls’ One Day. Nicholls, who notably wrote Starter for Ten (later turned into a mediocre movie),is the new Nick Hornby, ďƵƚ ďĞƩĞƌ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ ŶŽǀĞů EŝĐŚŽůůƐ ůĞĂĚƐ ƵƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĂŶĚĞƌŝŶŐƐ ŽĨ ůŝĨĞ ĂŌĞƌ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŝŶ ďŝƩĞƌƐǁĞĞƚ ǀŝŐŶĞƩĞƐ ĚĞƉŝĐƟŶŐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚǁŽ graduates are in their lives each subsequent ǇĞĂƌ ĂŌĞƌ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƟŽŶ͘ Nicholls tackles the gripping fear of ŐƌĂĚƵĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ĂŌĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ tenderness and care, but making sure not to ƚĂŬĞ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƉĂŝŶĨƵů ƌĞĂůŝƟĞƐ ŽĨ ŝƚ Ăůů͘ EŝĐŚŽůůƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ƌĞĂĚ͕ ďƵƚ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ĨŽƌ students. He is a breath of fresh air, portraying ĂƵƚŚĞŶƟĐŝƚǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĂĚĞƐ ŽĨ ŐƌĞǇ ŝƚ ĚĞŵĂŶĚƐ but also allowing for a book so engrossing that you won’t want to put it down. One Day is the perfect opportunity to truly get immersed in a book and clear your head, before spurring you on to do more work! The Secret History is a classic novel. It may have only been published in 1991 but it touches on universal themes, feelings and desires. It would be a classic campus novel if it weren’t

for the expertly delivered murder plot. Donna dĂƌƩ ŽƉĞŶƐ ƚŚĞ ďŽŽŬ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƵŶĂīĞĐƚĞĚ ĚĞĐůĂƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĐŽůĚͲďůŽŽĚĞĚ ŵƵƌĚĞƌ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚƌĂĐŝŶŐ ďĂĐŬǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ŵŽƟǀĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽƐĞ and story keeps you enthralled through every page, forcing you to be charmed by characters you thought charmless, describing complex ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƵĐŚ ĂĐĐƵƌĂĐǇ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ŚĞůƉ ďƵƚ empathize with decisions made, and making you both glad and sorry that you’re not on that ĚĞƐƟƚƵƚĞ͕ ĚĞďĂƵĐŚĞĚ EĞǁ ,ĂŵƉƐŚŝƌĞ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ďƌĂƐŚ ďƵƚ ǁŝƩǇ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ͕ speckled with larger than life characters then Wilt ďǇ dŽŵ ^ŚĂƌƉĞ͕ ĮƌƐƚ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϳϲ͕ ŝƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ŽƉƟŽŶ͘ /Ĩ One Day and The Secret History are about students Wilt turns the tables and lets us glimpse into the world of a demoralized assistant lecturer. Wilt promises a welcome ďƌĞĂŬ ƚŽ ŵŽŶŽƚŽŶŽƵƐ ƌĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ĮůůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĞǆƵĂů innuendo and murderous thoughts; this farcical ŶŽǀĞů ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ŐƵīĂǁŝŶŐ͘ dŽŵ ^ŚĂƌƉĞ͛Ɛ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ŝƐ ĚƌŽůů͕ ďŝƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĂƐƚƵƚĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƉŽƐƚĞƌŽƵƐ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶƐ ƐĞĞŵ ďĞůŝĞǀĂďůĞ͘ ,ŝƐ ŝƌƌĞǀĞƌĞŶƚ ĚĞƐĐƌŝƉƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ǁŝĨĞͲƐǁĂƉƉŝŶŐ ŶĞŝŐŚďŽƵƌƐ ;ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĞǀĞŶƟĞƐ ĂŌĞƌ Ăůů͊Ϳ ĂŶĚ the like are the perfect way to escape the world ŽĨ ŇĂƐŚ ĐĂƌĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůŝďƌĂƌǇ͘ Fiona Howard

THEATRE>OSCAR WILDE AND HEARING VOICES

Mick Jones: The Rock and Roll Public Library is ŽŶ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ Eh ŐĂůůĞƌǇ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ϮϮŶĚ of May

ART>EXTRA EXHIBITIONS>BIRDCAGE AND SCVA

ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ƌƵŶ ďǇ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŚĂƵŶƚ The Birdcage comes to a climax this month. Since January, they have been asking Norwich ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ƚǇƉĞƐ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ăƌƚ ĂŶĚ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚǇ ŽŶ the theme of the circus. From the 16th April the work will be available to view. All the work is ĨŽƌ ƐĂůĞ Ăƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ ƉƌŝĐĞƐ ŽĨ Ă ĮǀĞƌ ƚŽ ĂŶ ĞĐĐĞŶƚƌŝĐ ůŽĂŶ ďůŽǁŽƵƚ ŽĨ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ άϮϬϬ͘ 'Ž ĚŽǁŶ͕ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ůŽŽŬ ĂŶĚ ĞŶũŽǇ Ă ĚƌŝŶŬ ŽĨ ĐŽīĞĞ͕

or something stronger. Any excuse, eh? dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ^ĂŝŶƐďƵƌǇ ĞŶƚƌĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽŶƚŚ͘ On the 21st and the 28th of April there ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƟƐƟĐĂůůǇ ŝŶĐůŝŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ ƉĞŶĐŝů ƚŽ ƉĂƉĞƌ ŝŶ ƌƚƐůĂď͕ ĂŶ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ ŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶĂů ĚƌĂǁŝŶŐ ĐůĂƐƐ͕ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĨŽƌ ƌĞůĂǆŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ůĞƫŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ũƵŝĐĞƐ ŇŽǁ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ popular so be sure to book ahead on 01603 593199. Also on the 21st, the on-campus art gallery ďƌŝŶŐƐ ƵƐ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞ ƐŚŝŌ͕ Ă ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ǁĂŶĚĞƌ ƌŽƵŶĚ ƵŶƟů ϵƉŵ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞ ĞǆƚƌĂ Ăƌƚ ƚŚƌŽǁŶ in. If nothing else, go down on a revision break and have a look around. It’s free if you take your campus card, and the lovely café on a summer’s day is hard to resist.

KŶ KƐĐĂƌ tŝůĚĞ͛Ɛ ŽůĚ ŚŽƵƐĞ ŝƐ Ă ƉůĂƋƵĞ ƐƚĂƟŶŐ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ,ŽŵĞ ŽĨ tŝƩǇ ĂŶƚĞƌ͕ Ă ƉŚƌĂƐĞ hijacked by comedy channel Dave. While this ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ Ă ůĂŵĞ ũŽŬĞ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ĮŌǇ ƟŵĞƐ ǁĞĂŬĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ tŝůĚĞ͛Ɛ ǁŽƌƐƚ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐĞŶƟŵĞŶƚ remains true. Oscar Wilde is damn funny, and ƌĂŵĂ^ŽĐ ŝƐ ƉƵƫŶŐ ŽŶ ŚŝƐ ŵŽƐƚ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ǁŽƌŬ͕ The Importance of Being Earnest at the Puppet Theatre on 22nd and 23rd April. Check out the words of the man who told us that ‘Nothing worth learning can be taught.’ Although it might

be wise to forget that while you work. /Ĩ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ĚĂƌŬĞƌ ŝƐ ǇŽƵƌ ĐƵƉ ŽĨ ƚĞĂ͕ check out Clare Summerskill’s Hearing Voices at dŚĞ 'ĂƌĂŐĞ ŽŶ dŚƵƌƐĚĂǇ ϮϵƚŚ Ɖƌŝů͘ dŚĞ ƉůĂǇ ŝƐ based on the playwright’s own experiences in a secure psychiatric ward in London, the script ĨŽƌŵĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƌĞĂů ƉĂƟĞŶƚ͛Ɛ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌ ŽǁŶ ĚŝĂƌǇ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ͘ dŚŝƐ ƚŽƵƌŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ĚŝƐƟŶĐƟǀĞ ƚŽ ĐŚĞĐŬ ŽƵƚ͘ Kirsten Peter

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ART>GRACE KELLY EXHIBITION dŚĞ ƉŚƌĂƐĞ ͞ƐƚǇůĞ ŝĐŽŶ͟ ŝƐ ŵƵĐŚ ŽǀĞƌͲƵƐĞĚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĚĂǇƐ ďƵƚ 'ƌĂĐĞ <ĞůůǇ ŚĂĚ Ă ĐŚŝĐ ĞůĞŐĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ĚĞŵƵƌĞ ďĞĂƵƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ĚĂǇ ƉƌĞƚĞŶĚĞƌƐ ĐĂŶ ŽŶůǇ ĚƌĞĂŵ ŽĨ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůŝĨĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϱϬƐ ĂĐƚƌĞƐƐ ǁĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ ĨĂŝƌǇ ƚĂůĞ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ WŚŝůĂĚĞůƉŚŝĂŶ ďůŽŶĚĞ͛Ɛ ƐĞƌĞŶŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂĚĞ ŚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐĞ ŽĨ ůĨƌĞĚ ,ŝƚĐŚĐŽĐŬ͕ ǁŚŽ ĐĂƐƚ ŚĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ŵŽƐƚ ƉƌŽůŝĮĐ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƩƌĂĐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ŽĨ WƌŝŶĐĞ ZĂŝŶŝĞƌ ŽĨ DŽŶĂĐŽ͘ /Ŷ ϭϵϱϲ͕ <ĞůůǇ ďĞĐĂŵĞ WƌŝŶĐĞƐƐ 'ƌĂĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚŝƐ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ĂŶ ĞŶĚ ƚŽ ŚĞƌ ,ŽůůǇǁŽŽĚ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ͕ ƐŚĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ƚŽ ƐĞƚ ƚƌĞŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂƌŵ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ĞƚŚĞƌĞĂů ĂůůƵƌĞ͘ Ɖƌŝů ƐĞĞƐ ƚŚĞ ůĂƵŶĐŚ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ Ăƚ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͛Ɛ sŝĐƚŽƌŝĂ ĂŶĚ ůďĞƌƚ DƵƐĞƵŵ ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚƌĞƐƐĞƐ͕ ďĂŐƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐĞƐƐŽƌŝĞƐ ǁŽƌŶ ďǇ ƚŚĞ WƌŝŶĐĞƐƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĞƌ ĞĂƌůǇ ĚĂǇƐ ĂƐ Ă ƚŚĞĂƚƌŝĐĂů ĂĐƚƌĞƐƐ ƵƉ ƵŶƟů ŚĞƌ ƚƌĂŐŝĐ ĚĞĂƚŚ ŝŶ Ă ĐĂƌ ĂĐĐŝĚĞŶƚ ŝŶ ϭϵϴϮ͘ dŚĞ ŐŽǁŶƐ͕ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ďǇ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ŐŝĂŶƚƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ŝŽƌ͕ ĂůĞŶĐŝĂŐĂ͕ 'ŝǀĞŶĐŚǇ ĂŶĚ zǀĞƐ ^ƚ >ĂƵƌĞŶƚ͕ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ Įůŵ ĐůŝƉƐ͕ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚƐ͕ ƉŽƐƚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ <ĞůůǇ͛Ɛ ϭϵϱϱ

ĐĂĚĞŵǇ ǁĂƌĚ ĨŽƌ ďĞƐƚ ĂĐƚƌĞƐƐ͘ dŚĞ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ĐŚĂƌƚƐ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƐƚĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ 'ƌĂĐĞ <ĞůůǇ͛Ɛ ůŝĨĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŚĞƌ

The Grace Kelly: Style Icon is running at the V&A Museum from 17th April-26th September. Admission for students is £4. Grace Kelly Style: Fashion for Hollywood’s Princess is published by V&A, rrp £19.99

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ůĂƌĞ ůůĂŶ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĂƐ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ Žƌ ƉƌŽůŝĮĐ ĂƐ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ h ͛Ɛ D ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŚĞƌ ŶŽǀĞů ŝƐ ĂŶ ĂīĞĐƟŶŐ ƉŝĞĐĞ ŽĨ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĂĚĂƉƚĞĚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůůǇ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ĚƌĂŵĂ͘ Poppy Shakespeare ĨŽůůŽǁƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŶĂŵĞ͕ ƚŚƌŽǁŶ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŶƚĂů ŚĞĂůƚŚ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ Ă ĐŽůŽƵƌĨƵůůǇͲĐĂƐƚ ĚĂǇ ŚŽƐƉŝƚĂů͕ ĨŽƌ ƌĞĂƐŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŵĂĚĞ ĨƵůůǇ ĐůĞĂƌ͘ /ŶƐŝĚĞ ƐŚĞ ŵĞĞƚƐ ŽƵƌ ŶĂƌƌĂƚŽƌ͕ Ă ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ŬŶŽǁŶ ŽŶůǇ ĂƐ ͚E͛ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞǆƉĞƌƚ Ăƚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌǇ ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĞ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĚĞƚĂĐŚĞĚ͕ ŝŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶĂůŝǌĞĚ ǁŽƌůĚ͘ /ƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĞĂƐǇ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ďŽŽŬ

ĐĂƌĞĞƌƐ ĂƐ ĂĐƚƌĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŝŶĐĞƐƐ ǁĞƌĞ ǀĂƐƚůǇ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ĞƋƵĂůůǇ ƉƌŽůŝĮĐ ĂŶĚ ůĂƌŐĞůǇ ĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ ŽŶ 'ƌĂĐĞ͛Ɛ ŝŵƉĞĐĐĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĞůǇ ĐƵůƟǀĂƚĞĚ ŝŵĂŐĞ͘ WƌŝŶĐĞƐƐ 'ƌĂĐĞ͛Ɛ ĨĂƐĐŝŶĂƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĚŝǀĞƌƐĞ ůŝĨĞ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞ sΘ ͛Ɛ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ƚŽ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ Įůŵ ĨĂŶƐ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ͕ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ƚŽ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŝŶƚƌŝŐƵĞĚ ďǇ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ϮϬƚŚ ĐĞŶƚƵƌǇ ƉƌŝŶĐĞƐƐ͘ dŚĞ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĞŶĐĂƉƐƵůĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽīĞĞ ƚĂďůĞ ďŽŽŬ Grace Kelly Style: Fashion for Hollywood’s Princess͕ ĐŽͲĞĚŝƚĞĚ ďǇ sΘ ͛Ɛ dĞǆƟůĞƐ ĂŶĚ &ĂƐŚŝŽŶ ĐƵƌĂƚŽƌ :ĞŶŶǇ >ŝƐƚĞƌ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƚǇůĞ ďŝďůĞ Ă ŵƵƐƚ ĨŽƌ ĂŶǇ ĂƐƉŝƌŝŶŐ ƉƌŝŶĐĞƐƐĞƐ͘

ƐŚŽǁƐ Ă ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ůŽĐŬĞĚ Žī ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂů ǁŽƌůĚ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ĚĞǀĂůƵĞ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞƌǇĚĂǇ ůŝǀĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ďŽŽŬ ŝƐ ƉŽƌƚƌĂǇŝŶŐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ŐƌĞǇ ĂŶĚ ƵŶƉůĞĂƐĂŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂĚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ͕ ďƵƚ ĨŽƌ E ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌ ĨĞůůŽǁ ͚ĚƌŝďďůĞƌƐ͛ ŝƚ ŝƐ Ăůů ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ĐůŝŶŐ ƚŽ͘ tŚĞŶ WŽƉƉǇ ĂƌƌŝǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŵŵĞĚŝĂƚĞůǇ ǁĂŶƚƐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ŽƵƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ŝƐ ĚŝƐŵŝƐƐĞĚ ĂƐ ƌŝĚŝĐƵůŽƵƐ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚŝƐ͕ E ĚĞĐŝĚĞƐ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ WŽƉƉǇ ͘ dŚĞ ďŽŽŬ͛Ɛ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚ ůŝĞƐ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ĞǆƉŽƐƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƐƉĞƌĂƚĞ ŝƌŽŶŝĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ WŽƉƉǇ ĮŶĚƐ ŚĞƌƐĞůĨ ƐƚƵĐŬ ŝŶ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ũƵǆƚĂƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ŝĚĞŶƟƟĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽŶĞƚŚĞůĞƐƐ͕ ůŽƐƚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƚĞůůŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƵƌ ŶĂƌƌĂƚŽƌ͛Ɛ ŶĂŵĞ ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞĚƵĐĞĚ ƚŽ ŽŶĞ ƉĂůƚƌǇ ůĞƩĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ďŽŽŬ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶƐ ďůĂĐŬ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ ǀŽŝĐĞ Ͳ ŝƚ ŝƐ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ŝŶ Ă ĐŽůůŽƋƵŝĂů ƐƚǇůĞ ƚŚĂƚ Ăƚ ĮƌƐƚ ŵĂǇ ƐĞĞŵ ũĂƌƌŝŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ŐŽĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƐĞŶƐĞ͕ ĮƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďŽŽŬ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ͖ Ăƚ ƟŵĞƐ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ƉŽĞƟĐ͘ ůůĂŶ ůĞĂǀĞƐ ƵƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŽŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ͕ ďƵƚ ƐƟůů ƐŚŽĐŬŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂĚĞƌ͕ ǁŚŽ ďǇ ŶŽǁ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂǁĂƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ĂƵƚŚŽƌ ǁƌŝƚĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚĞŶ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŝŶ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ŚĞƌ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ͛Ɛ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ Ă ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ĐŽůƵŵŶ ŝŶ The Guardian ŽŶ ŵĞŶƚĂů ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ͕ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƟŐŵĂ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƟůů ĞǆŝƐƚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐƐƵĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ŵĂŝŶůǇ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ Ă ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ƉƵďůŝĐ͘ ^ŚĞ ŝƐ ƐƟůů ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ŚĞƌ ĮĐƟŽŶ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ͘ /ƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ǁŚĂƚ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ŵĂƩĞƌ ƐŚĞ ƚĂĐŬůĞƐ ŶĞǆƚ͘ tĂƚĐŚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƉĂĐĞ͘ Kirsten Peter

creative writing concrete.creativewriting@uea.ac.uk

A LITTLE PIECE OF HOME dŚĞ ĐĂǀĞƌŶŽƵƐ ƐŬǇ ĐĂƐƚƐ Ă ƐŚĂĚŽǁ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĂĚŽǁƐ ďĞůŽǁ͕ tŚŝĐŚ Ă ŵŽƚŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĐŚŝůĚ ƚƌĂǀĞƌƐĞ ďĞĚƌĂŐŐůĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĐŽůĚ͘ dŚĞ >ŝƩůĞ KŶĞ ĐĂƌĞƐƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽďďůĞ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ŚĂŶĚƐ͕ ;dŚĂƚ ƚƌĞĂƐƵƌĞĚ ŬĞĞƉƐĂŬĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƵŶƋƵŝĞƚ ůĂŶĚƐͿ͕ Ƶƚ ŚĞƌ ĮŶŐĞƌƐ ĐůĂƐƉ ŝƚ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŽ ŚĞƌ ĐŚĞƐƚ ĂƐ ƐŽŽŶ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂǀĞŶƐ ďĞůůŽǁ͕ &Žƌ ƐŚĞ͛Ě ŐƵĂƌĚ ŝƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ůŝĨĞ͕ ĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ ŝƐ Ăůů ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ŽĨ Ăůů ƐŚĞ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ͘

20apr10 issue242

The Rehearsal.

THE REHEARSAL ,ŝƐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĂĐƚ ĐŽƐƚƵŵĞ ǁĞŝŐŚƐ ĮŌĞĞŶ ƉŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĞ ŵƵƐƚ ĚĂŶĐĞ ŝŶ ŝƚ ƵŶĚĞƌ ŚŽƚ ůŝŐŚƚƐ ǁŚŝůĞ ƐŝŶŐŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĂůƚŽ ǁŚŽƐĞ ǀŽŝĐĞ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ůŝŬĞ Ă ĨƵůů ŵŽŽŶ ďůĂǌŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ŶŝŐŚƚƐ͘

AT THE BALLET REHEARSAL

^ŵŝůŝŶŐ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ǁŚŝůĞ͕ ŚĞ ŵƵƐƚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ĞĂƐĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ǁŝƚ ŽĨ Ă ƌŽŐƵĞ ƉƌŝŶĐĞ ǁŚŽƐĞ ƚƌƵĞ ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶ ŝƐ ĨŽƌ ďĂƩůĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŐƌĂĐĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ƚŚŝƐ ǇŽƵŶŐ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌ͘ Ƶƚ ŚŝƐ ĨĂĐĞ ŝƐ ĂƐŚĞŶ͕

ǁŚĞƌĞ ŵĞƚĂƉŚŽƌ

ďƌŽǁ ĚƌĞŶĐŚĞĚ͘ ƌĞĂƚŚ ŝƐ ĞůƵƐŝǀĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ďŝƌĚƐ ŚĞ ƚƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĞŶĚůĞƐƐ ƐŽŶŐ͘

Ƶƚ ŶŽǁ ƐŚĞ ŵƵƐƚ ŵŽǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĞ ŵƵƐƚ ŬĞĞƉ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ͕ ^ŚĞ ŵƵƐƚ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚ ĨŽƌ ƐŚĞ ŵƵƐƚ ŬĞĞƉ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ůĂĐŚƌǇŵŽƐĞ ^ƵŶ ƚƵŵďůĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ďƌĞĂŬƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŬǇ͕ ŶĚ ĚŝŵƐ͕ ĚŽƵƐĞĚ ďǇ Ă ĨŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ŽĨ ƚĞĂƌƐ ĂƐ ŚĞ ĐƌŝĞƐ͖ ͞/ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂůŽŶĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂďǇƐƐĂů ŶŝŐŚƚ͊ ŽŵĞ ďĂĐŬ͊ ŽŵĞ ďĂĐŬ͊ WůĞĂƐĞ͕ ŬĞĞƉ ŵĞ ĂůŝŐŚƚ͊͟ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ^ƵŶ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ƚŽ ƐŝŶŬ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽ ƌĞůŝĞĨ͕ ŶĚ >ŝƩůĞ KŶĞ͛Ɛ ĂĨƌĂŝĚ͕ &Žƌ ĂƐ ƐŚĞ ƐƚƵŵďůĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐůŽŽŵ ƐŚĞ ĐĂŶ ŚĞĂƌ ^ƚƌŝĨĞ͛Ɛ ŵĂĐĂďƌĞ ŐůĞĞ͘

ǁŚĞƌĞ ƐƉĞĐƵůĂƟŽŶ

,Ğ ƐƚŽƉƐ͘ /Ĩ ŚĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ƌĞĐĂůů ƚŚĞ ƌŚǇŵĞĚ ǁŽƌĚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚĂŬĞ Śŝŵ ŽīƐƚĂŐĞ ŶŽǁ͕ ŚĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŐŽŶĞ

ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŐŝƌůƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂůůĞƚ ƌĞŚĞĂƌƐĂů ŬŶĞĞͲůŽĐŬĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƐƟīͲĂƌŵĞĚ ƵƉ ŝŶƚŽ

ĨŽƌ ŐŽŽĚ͘ EŽƚŚŝŶŐ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ Śŝŵ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ǁŝŶŐƐ ĞǀĞƌǇǁŚĞƌĞ͕ ĂĐƟŽŶ ƐŚĂƩĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƟůů ŵŽŵĞŶƚ ŚĞ ŚŽƉĞĚ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ͘ ,ĂǌǇ ƌŝŶŐƐ͕

ƚŚĞ ďƌŝŐŚƚ ĐĞŝůŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ ŽĨ ůŝŐŚƚ͕ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂŶ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ǁŝůů

Ƶƚ ŶŽǁ ƐŚĞ ŵƵƐƚ ŵŽǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĞ ŵƵƐƚ ŬĞĞƉ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ͕ ^ŚĞ ŵƵƐƚ ĮŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚ ĨŽƌ ƐŚĞ ŵƵƐƚ ŬĞĞƉ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ͕ ĞĐĂƵƐĞ ůĂŶƚĞƌŶƐ ĂƌĞ ůŝƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶĚŽǁƐ ĂŚĞĂĚ͕ dŚŽƵŐŚ ƐŚĞ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ǇĞƚ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĞƌ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ ŚĂƐ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞ ůĞƚƐ ŚĞƌ ĨŽƌŐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ĚŽƵďƚ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ŚĞĂƌƚ͕ ŶĚ ŬĞĞƉƐ ŚĞƌ ŚŽƉŝŶŐ ĂƐ ƐŚĞ ŐƌŽƉĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƌŬ͘

ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ůŝŌĞĚ ƵƉ

ďĞ ĂƉƉůĂƵĚŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ƚŽŵŽƌƌŽǁ͕ ĨĂĚĞ ĂƐ ŚĞ ĂǁĂŝƚƐ ƚŚĞ ĨĂůůŝŶŐ ĐƵƌƚĂŝŶ ŶŽǁ͕ ůŽƐƚ ŝŶ Ă ƐŽŌ͕ ƌĂƉƚƵƌŽƵƐ ƐŽƌƌŽǁ

ůŝŐŚƚ ĂƐ ŶŽͲďŽĚǇ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ŵŽǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ͘ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ Ăůů ďŽĚǇ ŶŽǁ͗

&ƌŽŵ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ďůĂĐŬ ĞǆƉĂŶƐĞƐ ĐŽŵĞ ďůŽŽĚĐƵƌĚůŝŶŐ ŚŽǁůƐ͕ ŶĚ ǀƵůƚƵƌĞƐ ƌĞƐƚ ĞĂƐǇ ƵƉ ŚŝŐŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďŽƵŐŚƐ͕ KĨ ƚƌĞĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ǁŝƚŚĞƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŐƌŽƐƐůǇ ŐŶĂƌůĞĚ͖ Ɛ >ŝƩůĞ KŶĞ͛Ɛ ĐůŽƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƌŵƐ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ͕ ůƵƚĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽďďůĞ ĂƐ ƐŚĞ ĚƌĞĂŵƐ ŽĨ ĚĞĂƌůǇ ďĞůŽǀĞĚ͕ tŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ʹ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ʹ ŝŶ Ă ǁŽƌůĚ ƌĞĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ͕ tŚŝůƐƚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĂĚŽǁƐ ƐŚĞ ŝƐ ŐĞŶƚůǇ ƐŵŽƚŚĞƌĞĚ͘

Lloyd Fenton ƚŽƌƐŽ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝŐŚ ĂŶĚ ƐŵŝůĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƌŵƐ ĂƌĐĞĚ ůŝŬĞ ŚŽǁ ĚŽ ƐĞĂƌĐŚ ĨŽƌ Ă ǁŽƌĚ ĞŶŽƵĞŵĞŶƚ ĨĂůůŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ƉůĂĐĞ

ŶĚ ŶŽǁ ƐŚĞ ŵƵƐƚ ƌĞƐƚ ĨŽƌ ƐŚĞ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ŬĞĞƉ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ͕ ^ŚĞ ŵƵƐƚ ůĂǇ ĚŽǁŶ ŚĞƌ ŚĞĂĚ ĨŽƌ ƐŚĞ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ŬĞĞƉ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ͕ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ůĂŶƚĞƌŶƐ ƐƚĂǇ ůŝƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶĚŽǁƐ ĂŚĞĂĚ͕ dŚŽƵŐŚ ƐŚĞ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ǇĞƚ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĞƌ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƟůů ƐĂǇƐ͕ ŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞ ůĞƚƐ ŚĞƌ ĨŽƌŐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ĚŽƵďƚ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ŚĞĂƌƚ͕ ŶĚ ŬĞĞƉƐ ŚĞƌ ŚŽƉŝŶŐ ĂƐ ƐŚĞ ŐƌŽƉĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƌŬ͘ Stephen Gates

ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ĞůƐĞ ƐƵĚĚĞŶůǇ ŝŶĞǀŝƚĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ďĞƩĞƌ͘ Zara Lang

THE LIGHT TECHNICIAN dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĂŶ Ăƌƚ ƚŽ ůŝŐŚƟŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ͕ ŝůůƵŵŝŶĂƟŶŐ ĂĐƚŽƌƐ͕ ĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ƐĐĞŶĞ͖ ĨŽƌ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ǁƌĂƉƉĞĚ ŝŶ ŐůŽŽŵ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ĞŶŐĂŐĞ ĂŶ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŶΖƚ ƐĞĞ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ͊ dŚĞ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ďĞĂŵƐ ŽĨ ƐƉŽƚůŝŐŚƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĨƌĞƐŶĞůƐ͕ ŽĨ ĨŽůůŽǁͲƐƉŽƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ůŝŐŚƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĐŽůŽƵƌĞĚ ůŝŐŚƚ ƚŚĂƚΖƐ ƐŝĞǀĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƉůĂƐƟĐ ŐĞůƐ͕ ďůĂǌĞ ĨŽƌƚŚ ĨƌŽŵ ůĂŵƉƐ ŚƵŶŐ ŚŝŐŚ ŽŶ ŵĞƚĂů ďĂƌƐ͘ &Žƌ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƐƉůĞŶĚŝĚ ŵĂũĞƐƚǇ ŽĨ ůŝŐŚƚ͕ Žƌ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌŝĐ ŵǇƐƚĞƌǇ ŽĨ ƐŚĂĚĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐƚ ŵƵƐƚ ƚŚĂŶŬ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂŶŝƐŚĞƌ ŽĨ EŝŐŚƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚĞŶĞƌ ŽĨ ǀĞƌǇ ^ĐĞŶĞ ŝƐƉůĂǇĞĚ͘ ,Ğ ŐŽĞƐ ďǇ ŵĂŶǇ ŶĂŵĞƐ͖ ĨŽƌ ŶŽǁ͕ ũƵƐƚ ŬŶŽǁ͗ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ >ŝŐŚƚ dĞĐŚŶŝĐŝĂŶ ƚŚĞƌĞΖƐ ŶŽ ƐŚŽǁ͘

ƌĂŶĐŚĞƐ ĞƚĐŚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŽĨ ŝĐĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ ǁŝŶĚŽǁ͘ ĐƌŽǁ ůŽŽŬƐ ŝŶ͕ ŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚƌŝĞŬŝŶŐ ǁŚĞŶ / ĚĂŶĐĞ ŝŶ ŵǇ ďůĂĐŬ ƚƵƚƵ͕ ƚƌŝŵŵĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŝůǀĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ďĂůůĞƚ ŵĂƐƚĞƌ ƐĂǇƐ͕ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ŝƚƐ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ͘ Ƶƚ ŝŶ Ă ĐƌŽǁ͛Ɛ ƐŬǇͲŬŶŽǁŝŶŐ ŵŝŶĚ ĐŽƵůĚ / ďĞ ƐŽ ŵŝƐĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĞĚ͍ KƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďůĂĐŬĞƐƚ ĐŽůĚͲǁĞƚ Ăŝƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁ ƐĞĞŵƐ ŵŽůĚĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƐ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ǁĂŬĞ ƵƉ ƚŽ ŐƵŝĚĞ ŝƚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞĞŬ ŽĨ ƐŚĂĚŽǁƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ĨŽƌŵĞĚ͘ WƌĂĐƟĐĞ͕ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͘

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ŵĂŝů ǇŽƵƌ ƐƵďŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐ ƚŽ͗ ĐŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͘ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞǁƌŝƟŶŐΛ ƵĞĂ͘ĂĐ͘ƵŬ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ϮϵƚŚ Ɖƌŝů

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dŝƌĞĚ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƐŚŽǁƐ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ƐƵƌĞ ǇŽƵ͛ůů ŚĂƚĞ͍ ^ƚŝůů ƌĞĨƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĞǀĞƌ ǁĂƚĐŚ The Wire͍ Television dives into the first discs of acclaimed but ĂůŝĞŶ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ĂƐĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ds ĐĂŶ ƚƌĂŶƐĐĞŶĚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ƉƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ͘

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA THE MINI SERIES dŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐŽůĚĞŶ ĂŐĞ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ŝƐ ĂŶ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚ͘ The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Oz; the list is endless, and ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ͘ ĂƩůĞƐƚĂƌ 'ĂůĂĐƟĐĂ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ŚĞůĚ ŝŶ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ƌĞŐĂƌĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐůĂƐƐŝĐƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚ ďǇ Ă ǁŝĚĞ ĂŶĚ ĚŝǀĞƌƐĞ ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ŚĂƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ůŝŶŐĞƌĞĚ ŶĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ďŽƩŽŵ ŽĨ ŵǇ ͚ŵƵƐƚ ǁĂƚĐŚ͛ ůŝƐƚ͘ tŚǇ͍ tĞůů͕ /͛ŵ ŶŽƚ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ƐĐŝͲĮ ĨĂŶ ;Stargate and Heroes season ƚǁŽ ďƵƌŶĞĚ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďƌŝĚŐĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ &ŝƌĞŇǇ

DEADWOOD EPISODES 1-3

ŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƟŶŐůǇ ŶŽƚ Ă ĚƌĂŵĂ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ :ĞĚǁĂƌĚ͛Ɛ rebound career as assassins, Deadwood is ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƵůƚƌĂͲǀŝŽůĞŶƚ ĂĚƵůƚ ǀĞŶƚƵƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ , K͕ ǇĞƚ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĂǀŝĚ ǀŝĞǁĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ͛Ɛ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƚĂůǁĂƌƚƐ ůŝŬĞ The Sopranos and Rome͕ ƵŶƟů ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞĂ ŽĨ Ă ĚƌĂŵĂ ƐĞƚ ŝŶ ϭϴϳϬƐ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĂƉƉĞĂůĞĚ͘ /Ŷ ƚǇƉŝĐĂů , K ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ͕ Deadwood features a ůĂƌŐĞ ĞŶƐĞŵďůĞ ĐĂƐƚ͕ ǇĞƚ ĞǀĞŶ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ /ĂŶ DĐ^ŚĂŶĞ͛Ɛ ďƌŽƚŚĞů ƉƌŽƉƌŝĞƚŽƌ͕ ů ^ǁĞĂƌĞŶŐĞŶ͕ ƐƚĂŶĚƐ ŽƵƚ͕ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ŵƵĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚŽƌŝŽƵƐ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ;ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ĨͲďŽŵď ĚƌŽƉƉĞĚ ϰϯ ƟŵĞƐ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŚŽƵƌͿ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ĂŶ ŝŶƐƚĂŶƚůǇ ůĂǇĞƌĞĚ ĂŶƟͲ ŚĞƌŽ͘ EŽƚ ĂƐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ŝƐ dŝŵŽƚŚǇ KůǇƉŚĂŶƚ͛Ɛ ƐŚĞƌŝī ǁŚŽ͕ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ŝŶŝƟĂůůǇ͕ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ŽŶĞͲ ĚŝŵĞŶƐŝŽŶĂů͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞ ĞĂƌůǇ ĚĂǇƐ͕ and already the tension between the two leads ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ĂŵƉůĞ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ͘ Ɛ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͛Ɛ ƐĐĂůĞ͘ ƚ

SEX AND THE CINEMA Film versions of TV series are notoriously hit ĂŶĚ ŵŝƐƐ͕ ƉĂŶŶĞĚ ďǇ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ͕ ĚĞƌŝĚĞĚ ďǇ ĨĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƚŽ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ĮůŵͲ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƉƵďůŝĐ͘ dŚĞ ƚƌĂŶƐŝƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƐŝůǀĞƌ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ to cinema is so frequently disastrous that one ǁŽŶĚĞƌƐ ǁŚǇ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĞǀĞŶ ĂƩĞŵƉƚĞĚ͘ tŚŝĐŚ ďƌŝŶŐƐ ƵƐ ƚŽ Sex and the City͘ >ĂƵŶĐŚĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϴ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ǁĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ĐĂďůĞ ds͛Ɛ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ͕ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ƐŝŶŐůĞͲ ŚĂŶĚĞĚůǇ ůĂƵŶĐŚŝŶŐ , K ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŚŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ds ĂŶĚ ĂŵĂƐƐŝŶŐ Ɛŝǆ ƐĞĂƐŽŶƐ͕ ϵϰ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŐĂŝŶŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌ ϱϬ ŵŵǇ ĂǁĂƌĚ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂƵĚŝƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ďŽƚŚ ƐŝĚĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŶĚ͘ SATC was undoubtedly a money spinner ĨŽƌ Ăůů ƚŚŽƐĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ůƵĐƌĂƟǀĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚ

ŽŶĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ ƐĞƚ ĞǀĞƌ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚŽǁŶ ŽĨ ĞĂĚǁŽŽĚ ĐĂŶ ŽŌĞŶ ĨĞĞů ƚƌƵůǇ ĂůŝǀĞ͕ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ Ă ŐƌŝƩǇ ƌĞĂůŝƐŵ ƌĂƌĞůǇ ƐĞĞŶ ŽŶ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ͘

and ĞĞƉ ^ƉĂĐĞ EŝŶĞ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ƐŽ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ďƵŝůĚͿ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŝƐ Ă ƌĞŵĂŬĞ ŽĨ Ă ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ϳϬƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ĐĂŵƉ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ tŝůůŝĂŵ ^ŚĂƚŶĞƌ͛Ɛ ĂƉƚĂŝŶ <ŝƌŬ ůŽŽŬ ůŝŬĞ ^ƚƌŝŶŐĞƌ Ğůů͘ EĞǀĞƌƚŚĞůĞƐƐ͕ / ƉƵƚ ĂƐŝĚĞ ŵǇ ƌĞƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶŝͲƐĞƌŝĞƐ Ͳ Ă ƐŚŽƌƚ ƉƌĞƋƵĞů ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ Ͳ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƐĐͲĚƌŝǀĞ͘ ,ŽůǇ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ ŽĨ 'ŽĚ͘ >ĂďĞůůŝŶŐ ^' Ă ƐĐŝͲ Į ŝƐ ĂƐ ƵŶũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ĮůŝŶŐ The Wire under ‘police ƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĂů͛͘ dŚĞ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ŝƐ ƐƵƉĞƌď͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĞīĞĐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĞƚ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ĂƌĞ ƐƵƉĞƌŝŽƌ ƚŽ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ

TWIN PEAKS EPISODES 1-3

ŽŶ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ Ͳ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌĞĚ ĂƉƚĂŝŶ ĚĂŵĂ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞŶŝŐŵĂƟĐ EƵŵďĞƌ ^ŝǆ Ͳ ĂƌĞ ďĞǇŽŶĚ ĐŽŵƉĞůůŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ Ă ƐƵďƚůĞƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĚĂƌŬŶĞƐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƟĐĞĂďůǇ ĂďƐĞŶƚ ĨƌŽŵ ŵŽƐƚ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇ ƐĐŝͲĮ͘ Will you watch disc two? / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ͘ / ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ͘ Duncan Vicat-Brown

ĚĞƚĞĐƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ĐůĞĂƌ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ϮϬ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ Twin Peaks ƐƟůů ŚĂƐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ͕ ƚŚƌĞĂƚ ĂŶĚ ĚƌĂŵĂ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ Ă ƐĂƟƐĨǇŝŶŐ ǁĂƚĐŚ͘

Will you watch disc two? tŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ʹ ďŽƚŚ ŝƚƐ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚ ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ƐƵƌƌĞĂů ƐƵďͲ^ŚĂŬĞƐƉĞĂƌĞĂŶ ƐƚǇůĞ ʹ ŵĂǇ ƉƵƚ ƐŽŵĞ Žī͕ / ĨŽƌ ŽŶĞ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ĞŶũŽǇĞĚ ŵǇ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ Deadwood͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ďĞ ƌĞƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ͘ Gareth Rees-White

It may be an oldie but Twin Peaks ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ŐĞƚƐ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ƉƌĂŝƐĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ŝŶŐƌĂŝŶĞĚ into our conscious from so many spoofs (from The Simpsons to Sesame StreetͿ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ƌĞŵĂŝŶŝŶŐ a complete mystery in terms of what it’s about ;ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ƐĞĞŶ ŝƚͿ͘ ^Ž ŽŶ ďĞŚĂůĨ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ ĐŽůůĞĐƟǀĞ ĐƵƌŝŽƐŝƚǇ͕ / ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƟŵĞ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƚĞĚ͘ Ɛ ǁŝƚŚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƐƚŽƌǇ͕ ŝƚ Ăůů ƐƚĂƌƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă Őŝƌů͕ >ĂƵƌĂ WĂůŵĞƌ͕ ǁŚŽ ǁĂƐŚĞƐ ƵƉ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ƚŽǁŶ ŽĨ dǁŝŶ WĞĂŬƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉŝůŽƚ ĞĂƐĞƐ ǇŽƵ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ǁŝƚŚ ĨĞǁ ŽĨ ĂǀŝĚ >ǇŶĐŚ͛Ɛ ƚƌĂĚĞŵĂƌŬ ŽĚĚŝƟĞƐ͘ /Ŷ ĨĂĐƚ͕ ŝƚ Ăůů ĨĞĞůƐ Ă ďŝƚ ůŝŬĞ Ă ĐƌĂƉƉǇ ĚĂǇƟŵĞ ŵĞůŽĚƌĂŵĂ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŌ music and the emphasis of the impact on the ƐŵĂůů ƚŽǁŶ ĂŶĚ >ĂƵƌĂ͛Ɛ ƐĐŚŽŽů ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐƵďǀĞƌƐŝǀĞ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ Ăƚ ǁŽƌŬ͕ ĂŶĚ >ǇŶĐŚ ďĞŝŶŐ >ǇŶĐŚ ĨƵůůͲ ƐĐĂůĞ ǁĞŝƌĚŶĞƐƐ ŝƐ ƵŶĚŽƵďƚĞĚůǇ ũƵƐƚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƌŶĞƌ͘ dŚƌŽǁ ŝŶ <ǇůĞ DĂĐ>ĂĐŚůĂŶ͛Ɛ ƋƵŝƌŬǇ & /

Will you watch disc two? <ǇůĞ DĂĐ>ĂĐŚůĂŶ͛Ɛ ƉŽƌƚƌĂǇĂů ŽĨ Ă ďŝŐ ĐŝƚǇ ĂŐĞŶƚ ďƵƫŶŐ ŚĞĂĚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŵĂůů ƚŽǁŶ ǇŽŬĞůƐ ŝƐ ǁŽƌƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂĚŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ƉƌŝĐĞ ĂůŽŶĞ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞ ĂŶƐǁĞƌƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ďŽƩŽŵ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ŵǇƐƚĞƌǇ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ Ă ďŽŶƵƐ͘ Micha Butler

ͲƉůĂĐĞŵĞŶƚ ĚĞĂůƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ ďƐŽůƵƚ ǀŽĚŬĂ͕ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĞǀŝǀĂů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌĞĞƌƐ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ĨŽƵƌ ƉƌŽƚĂŐŽŶŝƐƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ͛ ĐƌĞĂƚŽƌ ĂƌƌĞŶ ^ƚĂƌ ƉĂŝĚ EĞǁ zŽƌŬ ƐĞǆ ĐŽůƵŵŶŝƐƚ ĂŶĚĂĐĞ ƵƐŚŶĞůů ΨϱϬ͕ϬϬϬ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞǆĐůƵƐŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƵŶƌĞƐƚƌŝĐƚĞĚ ƌŝŐŚƚƐ ƚŽ ŚĞƌ ǁŽƌŬ͕ ĂŶ ŝŶǀĞƐƚŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ĞǆƚƌĂŽƌĚŝŶĂƌŝůǇ ƉƌŽĮƚĂďůĞ͘ ŌĞƌ Ɛŝǆ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ĞŶĚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ďůŽĐŬďƵƐƚĞƌ ĮŶĂů ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ĂŵŝĚ ƌƵŵŽƵƌƐ ŽĨ ŝŶͲ ĮŐŚƟŶŐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ĞǆĞĐƵƟǀĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌ ĂŶĚ ůĞĂĚ ^ĂƌĂŚ :ĞƐƐŝĐĂ WĂƌŬĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌ ĐŽͲƐƚĂƌƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ ůŽŶŐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƌƵŵŽƵƌƐ ŽĨ Ă ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞͲ ůĞŶŐƚŚ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ďĞŐĂŶ ƚŽ ĐŝƌĐƵůĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ĂŌĞƌ ŵƵĐŚ ŚĂŐŐůŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĂĐƚƌĞƐƐĞƐ͛ ƐĂůĂƌŝĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĮŶĂůůǇ Śŝƚ ĐŝŶĞŵĂƐ ŝŶ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ϮϬϬϴ͘ &ĂŶƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĨĂŝƌůǇ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĂŶĚŝŽƐĞ͕ ƐĂĐĐŚĂƌŝŶĞ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐĂǁ ĂƌƌŝĞ ƌĂĚƐŚĂǁ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůǇ ŵĂƌƌǇ ŚĞƌ ůŽŶŐͲƚĞƌŵ ůŽǀĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ Dƌ ŝŐ ĂŶĚ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ Ă ůƵŬĞǁĂƌŵ ƌĞĐĞƉƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƌĞǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŐƌŽƐƐĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ΨϰϬϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ Ăƚ

ƚŚĞ ďŽǆ ŽĸĐĞ͘ ,ĂƌĚĐŽƌĞ ĨĂŶƐ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁĞƌĞ ůĞŌ ũƵƐƟĮĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĞůŝĞĨ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ŶĞǁ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ Ă ĨĂƌ ŵŽƌĞ ƐĂƟƐĨǇŝŶŐ ŽƵƚĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵƌͲǇĞĂƌ ǁƌĂŶŐůĞ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŐŝƌůƐ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͘ ŚĂŶŶĞů ϰ ǁŽƵůĚ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ŚĂǀĞ ĂŐƌĞĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ďƌŽĂĚĐĂƐƚĞƌ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h< ƚŽ Ăŝƌ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƩƌĂĐƚĞĚ ŚƵŐĞ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐŝŶŐ ƌĞǀĞŶƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶŶĞů͘ dŚĞ ƟŵŝŶŐ ŽĨ SATC͛Ɛ ĮŶĂůĞ ĂĚĚĞĚ Ă ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ďůŽǁ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ͕ ǁŚŽƐĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŇĂŐƐŚŝƉ ŝŵƉŽƌƚƐ͕ Friends and Frasier also made ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮŶĂů ŽƵƟŶŐƐ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϰ͕ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ Ă ǀŽŝĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞƐ ďƵƚ Ă ĚĞǀĂƐƚĂƟŶŐ ŚŽůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐŝŶŐ ĐŽīĞƌƐ͘ dŚŽƵŐŚ Ă ŶĞǁ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ Ă ŵĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ ŐŽůĚŵŝŶĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ͕ , K ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŝŶĐĞŶƟǀĞ͘ ,ŽŵĞ ƚŽ ŽƚŚĞƌ ďŝŐͲŚŝƩĞƌƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ The Sopranos and Six Feet Under͕ ƚŚĞ ĐĂďůĞ ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ ŝƐ Ă ƐƵďƐĐƌŝƉƟŽŶͲ ŽŶůǇ ĐŚĂŶŶĞů ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ŝƐ ĨƌĞĞ ŽĨ ĂĚǀĞƌƚƐ͘ , K͛Ɛ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ͕ ƉƌŽǀŽĐĂƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ

ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐŝĂů ŶĞǁ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŽŽ ƌŝƐƋƵĠ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐĐƌĞĞŶĞĚ ŽŶ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ǁĂƐ ƌĞǁĂƌĚĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ďŽŽŵ ŝŶ ǀŝĞǁŝŶŐ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŶĞĂƌůǇ ϯϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƐƵďƐĐƌŝďĞƌƐ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϱ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ s ďŽǆ ƐĞƚƐ ĨĂƌ ŵŽƌĞ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ƚŚĂŶ ǁŚĞŶ SATC͛Ɛ ŝŶĂƵŐƵƌĂů season was aired ten years before, a seventh ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ǁĂƌƌĂŶƚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ŶĞǁ ƐƵďƐĐƌŝďĞƌƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ǀĞŶƚƵƌĞ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂůůǇ ǀŝĂďůĞ͘ ŶĚ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ ůĞĂǀĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĞǀŝƚĂďůĞ Įůŵ ĨƌĂŶĐŚŝƐĞ͘ ǀĞŶ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ SATC2 is not released ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ŶĞǆƚ ŵŽŶƚŚ͕ ƚĂůŬ ŽĨ SATC3 is ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ƐǁĂƌŵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŐŽƐƐŝƉ ďůŽŐƐ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŽďƐĐĞŶĞ ĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƋƵĞůƐ ŝƐ ŝƌƌĞƐŝƐƟďůĞ ƚŽ Ăůů ƚŚŽƐĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ͘ Ƶƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŵĂƩĞƌ ʹ ƚŚĞ ŚƵŵďůĞ ĨĂŶƐ ʹ ƚŚĞ ŵŝůŬŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ SATC ĐĂƐŚͲĐŽǁ ƚŚƌĞĂƚĞŶƐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞŐƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ Ă ds ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ƚŚĂƚ ŶĞĞĚƐ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ ǁĞůů ĂůŽŶĞ͘ Grace Simpson

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dŚŝƐ ĂƐƚĞƌ QI͛Ɛ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŶƵŵƉƚǇ ůĂŶ ĂǀŝĞƐ ƌĞƚƵƌŶĞĚ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ĚĞďƵƚ ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐ ƌŽůĞ ŝŶ Ă ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ŽƵƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ͛Ɛ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ƉĂƌĂŶŽƌŵĂů ŵƵƌĚĞƌͲŵǇƐƚĞƌǇ ĚĞďƵŶŬŝŶŐ ŵĂŐŝĐŝĂŶ͕ :ŽŶĂƚŚĂŶ ƌĞĞŬ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞǁ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ ƐĂǁ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ of the supernatural sleuth and his latest ƐŝĚĞŬŝĐŬ͕ :ŽĞǇ ;^ŚĞƌŝĚĂŶ ^ŵŝƚŚͿ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞͲůĞŶŐƚŚ ŽƵƟŶŐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ǀĂŶŝƐŚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƵƌ ƐĐƌĞĞŶƐ ĮǀĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ͘

If the rumours had been true, and season nine of teen Superman prequel Smallville (currently airing in the US) was set to be its last, then it would have gone out with a bang. Finally the series feels as if it is again embracing progression ĂŶĚ ĨĂŶƐ ĂƌĞ ĮŶĂůůǇ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ mythology and iconic imagery they have been ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƐŝŶĐĞ ůĂƌŬ <ĞŶƚ ;dŽŵ tĞůůŝŶŐͿ ĮƌƐƚ ĚŽŶŶĞĚ ŚŝƐ ƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ďůƵĞ ũĂĐŬĞƚ ĂŶĚ ƚͲƐŚŝƌƚ ĐŽŵďŽ͘ >ŽŶŐͲƚĞƌŵ ĨĂŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƐĞǀĞŶƚŚ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĂŬĞƐƚ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĂŶŬĨƵůůǇ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚůǇ ƐƚƌŽŶŐĞƌ ĞŝŐŚƚŚ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂŶŶŽǇĂŶĐĞƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ůĂƌŬ͛Ɛ ĚŝƐŝŶƚĞŐƌĂƟŶŐ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŝŶŝĞƌͲ ƚŚĂŶͲƚŚŽƵ >ĂŶĂ >ĂŶŐ ;<ƌŝƐƚĞŶ <ƌĞƵŬͿ ĂŶĚ Ă version of Supergirl more suited to America’s Next Top Model ƚŚĂŶ ĂŶ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ƐĐŝͲĮ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĞƌĂĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞƉĂƌƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ <ƌĞƵŬ ĂŶĚ >Ğǆ >ƵƚŚŽƌ ;DŝĐŚĂĞů ZŽƐĞŶďĂƵŵͿ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ǁĂƐ ŐƌĂŶƚĞĚ Ă ŵƵĐŚ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ŵĂŬĞŽǀĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ĚĂƌŬĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ focused on the more adult issues of a cast of ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ŶŽǁ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵŝĚͲϮϬƐ͘ dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ ƐĞƚƐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶͲĂƌĐ ŽĨ ŬŶĞĞůͲďĞĨŽƌĞͲ ŽĚ͛Ɛ ; ĂůůƵŵ ůƵĞͿ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ŶŝĐĞůǇ͕ and with the consequences of (spoiler alert) :ŝŵŵǇ͛Ɛ ĚĞĂƚŚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ůĂƐƚ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ĚƌŝǀŝŶŐ Ă ǁĞĚŐĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ůĂƌŬ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ůŽŶŐͲƟŵĞ ƐŝĚĞŬŝĐŬ ŚůŽĞ ; ůůŝƐŽŶ DĂĐŬͿ͕ ŝƚ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ĐůĞĂƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ show has escaped the pull of the generic this ƟŵĞ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ͘ ZĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ Ͳ Ă depressingly rare phenomenon in Smallville Ͳ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ƉĂǇͲŽīƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͛Ɛ

ŝŶŝƟĂů ƌƵŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h^ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ůĂƌŬ͛Ɛ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ with Lois Lane (Erica Durance). Laying the ŐƌŽƵŶĚͲǁŽƌŬ ĨŽƌ ƐƵĐŚ ĂŶ ŝĐŽŶŝĐ ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ no small feat, and yet the show struggled far ŵŽƌĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚǇŶĂŵŝĐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ŚůŽĞ ĂŶĚ KůŝǀĞƌ ;:ƵƐƟŶ ,ĂƌƚůĞǇͿ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐŽŵĞƐ Žī ĂƐ ŵŽƌĞ ŽĨ Ă ĚƌƵŶŬĞŶ ƌĞďŽƵŶĚ ǁŚĞŶ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ĐŚĞŵŝƐƚƌǇ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ tĞůůŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƵƌĂŶĐĞ͘ dŚĂƚ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ KůŝǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ůĂƌŬ ƐƟůů ůŝŐŚƚ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ ĂŶĚ ůƵĞ͛Ɛ ƉŽƌƚƌĂǇĂů ŽĨ ŽĚ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĐŽŵƉĞůůŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŵƵůƟĨĂĐĞƚĞĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŚĂƐ ƐĞĞŶ ƐŽ ĨĂƌ͘ KŶĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ ĐůĞĂƌ͕ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͛Ɛ ƚĞŶƚŚ ;ĂŶĚ ƉŽƐƐŝďůǇ ĮŶĂůͿ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ůŝǀĞƐ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞƐ͕ ŝƚ ŵĂǇ ĮŶĂůůǇ ĐĂƉŝƚĂůŝƐĞ ŽŶ ŝƚƐ ŝŶŝƟĂů ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞ͘ Caroline Preece

ůŝǀĞƐ ŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚĞĚ ŝƚ ƐŽ ŬĞĞŶůǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƉůĂĐĞ͘ /ŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶƐ to become The One Show ďĂĚŐĞͲǁŝŶŶĞƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ůĂƵŐŚŝŶŐ͘ Kirsten Peter

'ĞƌǀĂŝƐ ĂŐĂŝŶ ďƌŝŶŐƐ ƵƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟƌĞĚ ƐĐŚƟĐŬ ǁŝƚŚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ďƌĂŶĚŝŶŐ͘ dŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƐŽŵĞ ŵĂŐŝĐ ŽĨ ĐŝŶĞŵĂ͕ 'ĞƌǀĂŝƐ͛ ƚƌĂŶƐŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ,ŽůůǇǁŽŽĚ managed to completely relieve him of any of the empathy that made his comedy so true to ůŝĨĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ǀĞƌǇ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ƚŽ ds ǁŝůů ďĞ a return to form but the truth is that the star ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĨŽƌŵĂƚ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƉŽĚĐĂƐƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ͚ŝƐ ŚĞ ĨŽƌ ƌĞĂů͍͛ ŽĂĮƐŚ ĚĞĐůĂƌĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ <Ăƌů WŝůŬŝŶŐƚŽŶ while Gervais merely provides celebrity canned ůĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ͘ ^Ɵůů͕ / ŚŽƉĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽŽĚ͖ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ŽĨ this column I need a good laugh. Josh Butler

Jonathan Creek ǁĂƐ Ă ƉƌŝŵĞƟŵĞ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ Ɛŝǆ ǇĞĂƌ ŚĞǇĚĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ϭϵϵϴ ƚŽ ϮϬϬϰ͕ ƚŚƌŝůůŝŶŐ ŝƚƐ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ŵŝǆ ŽĨ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ĂŶĚ ĚƌĂŵĂ͕ ƚƌŝĐŬĞƌǇ͕ ŝůůƵƐŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĐƌŝŵĞ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ĂƩƌĂĐƚĞĚ ŝůůƵƐƚƌŝŽƵƐ ŐƵĞƐƚ ƐƚĂƌƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ :ĂĐŬ ĞĞ ĂŶĚ ŝůů ĂŝůĞǇ͕ ũŽŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌŝƐŵĂƟĐ ĂǀŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ƉĂƌĂŶŽƌŵĂů ƉĂůƐ͕ ĂƌŽůŝŶĞ YƵĞŶƟŶ ĂŶĚ ůĂƚĞƌ :ƵůŝĂ ^ĂǁĂůŚĂ͘ ,ŝƐ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ǇĂƌŶ͕ ͚dŚĞ :ƵĚĂƐ dƌĞĞ͕͛ ƐĞĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĂīĂďůĞ ŵĂŐŝĐŝĂŶ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĨĞŝƐƚǇ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝŽŶ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƚĞ Ă ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ŚĂƵŶƚĞĚ ŚŽƵƐĞ ĐĂƐĞ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ strange events start to mimic an unsolved

ŵƵƌĚĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŽŽŬ ƉůĂĐĞ Ă ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ͘ Green Lanterns, the suburban home of a successful crime writer and his wife, saw the ĚĞĂƚŚ ŽĨ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ŽǁŶĞƌ͕ ƌ EŽƌƚŚĐŽƚĞ ŝŶ ϭϴϴϵ͕ ǁŚŽ ǁĂƐ ďǇ Ăůů ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚƐ ĐƵƌƐĞĚ ďǇ ŚŝƐ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ŐǇƉƟĂŶ ŚŽƵƐĞŬĞĞƉĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌĞƩǇ ϮϭƐƚ ĐĞŶƚƵƌǇ housemaid Emily (for when one love interest ũƵƐƚ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ĚŽͿ ĂƉƉĞĂƌƐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƉŽƐƐĞƐƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ sŝĐƚŽƌŝĂŶ ƐŽƌĐĞƌĞƐƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƐŚĞ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇ ŵƵƌĚĞƌƐ ŚĞƌ ďŽƐƐ͛Ɛ ǁŝĨĞ͘ Ɛ ĂůǁĂǇƐ͕ ƌĞĞŬ ƵŶƌĂǀĞůƐ ƚŚĞ ĞŶŝŐŵĂ ŽĨ the two deaths with a dash of cunning and a ŚĞĂǀǇ ĚŽƐĞ ŽĨ ĐŽŵŵŽŶ ƐĞŶƐĞ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽŶĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ŵǇƐƚĞƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉůŽƚ ĂƌĞ ƐŽ ƟŐŚƚůǇ ǁŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĞǀĞŶ Ă ŵĂƐƚĞƌ ŽĨ ƌŝĚĚůĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƌĞĞŬ ƐƚƌƵŐŐůĞƐ ƚŽ ĨƵůůǇ ĞŶůŝŐŚƚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͘ dŚĞ ďƌĂŝŶͲǁƌĂĐŬŝŶŐ ŝƐ ƉůĞĂƐĂŶƚůǇ ƌĞůŝĞǀĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĂƌǇ ĐŽŵŝĐ ŝŶƚĞƌůƵĚĞƐ͖ :ŽŶĂƚŚĂŶ͛Ɛ ĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞ ĚĂŵ <ůĂƵƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĐƟŵ ŽĨ ĂŶ ƵůƚƌĂͲŵŽĚĞƌŶ ƌƵƐĞ ǁŚĞŶ ŚŝƐ zŽƵdƵďĞ ǀŝĚĞŽƐ ĂƌĞ ĞĚŝƚĞĚ ďǇ ĂŶ ƵŶŝĚĞŶƟĮĞĚ ĐǇďĞƌ ƉŝƌĂƚĞ ƚŽ ŚŝůĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĞīĞĐƚ͘ zĞƚ ĂŐĂŝŶ ǁƌŝƚĞƌ ĂǀŝĚ ZĞŶǁŝĐŬ ƐƚƌŝŬĞƐ Ă ďĂůĂŶĐĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐĂů͕ ƚŚĞ ĨĂƌĐŝĐĂů and the intricacies of the crimes themselves. ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ϵϬͲŵŝŶƵƚĞ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ƟŵĞ͕ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽŵƉůĞǆ ĂŶĚ ŶŽŶͲůŝŶĞĂƌ ƉůŽƚ ŝƐ ƚŽŽ ŚĂƐƟůǇ ǁƌĂƉƉĞĚ ƵƉ ƚŽ ĨƵůůǇ ƐĂƟƐĨǇ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚƌŝŐƵĞ ƉƌŽǀŽŬĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ͕ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ĞǆŝƐƟŶŐ ĨĂŶƐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ǁĂŶƚ ŵŽƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĚƵŋĞͲ coated one, but leaving the newcomers as ƉĞƌƉůĞǆĞĚ ĂƐ ƌĞĞŬ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ͘ Grace Simpson

REALITY>THE ONE SHOW For those of you brought up under a regime of ďƌŝŶŐͲĂŶĚͲďƵǇ ƐĂůĞƐ͕ ƐƟĐŬǇͲďĂĐŬ ƉůĂƐƟĐ͕ ŽŶĞƐͲ ƚŚĂƚͲŚĂĚͲďĞĞŶͲŵĂĚĞͲĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŚŽůǇ ĨĞĂƌ ŽĨ ŚŽůĚŝŶŐ Ă ƐƉĂƌŬůĞƌ ŝŶ ĂŶ ƵŶŐůŽǀĞĚ ŚĂŶĚ͕ ͛Ɛ The One Show ǁŝůů ƐĞĞŵ ĂǁĨƵůůǇ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ͘ tŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ƐƚƵĚŝŽͲďĂƐĞĚ ĐŚĂƩĞƌ ŝŶƚĞƌƐƉĞƌƐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŚŽƌƚ ĮůŵƐ ŽŶ ƚƌĂĸĐ ůŝŐŚƚ ĐŽůŽƵƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĮƐŚͲƌĞůĂƚĞĚ ƐŬŝŶ ƌĞŵŽǀĂů ƚĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞůǇ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƟŶŐ ǁĞĞŬŶŝŐŚƚ ƐƚĂƉůĞ ŝƐ Blue Peter͛Ɛ ŽůĚĞƌ͕ ǁŽƌůĚͲ weary cousin. dŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͛Ɛ sdƐ ŽŌĞŶ ĐŽǀĞƌ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ĂƌĞĂƐ ŽĨ a slightly blander persuasion, with insurance ĂŶĚ ŚŽŵĞ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ ďĞŝŶŐ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚǁŽ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ĨĂĐƚŽƌƐ ŶƵŵď ǁŚĂƚ

would otherwise be insurmountable boredom. &ŝƌƐƚůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ĚƌĂŐƐ ŝŶ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƚǇ every day and quizzes them on whatever issues ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ĐŽǀĞƌŝŶŐ͘ ŽŶƐƵŵĞƌ ƌŝŐŚƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ƐŽ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ĂƐ ǁŚĞŶ WĂƚƌŝĐŬ ^ƚĞǁĂƌƚ ŽīĞƌƐ ŚŝƐ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ďƵƚ ǁĞŝŐŚƟĞƌ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ŐĂŝŶ Ă ĐŽŵĨŽƌƟŶŐ ƐŚĞĞŶ ŽĨ ĚĞƚĂĐŚŵĞŶƚ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƚǇ ƚŚĞǇ͛ǀĞ ŝŶǀŝƚĞĚ ŽŶ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ ƚŽ ŵƵƐƚĞƌ ƵƉ ĂŶ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŶŽ ǁĂǇ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĨŽƌĐĞ ǇŽƵƌ ĞĂƌůǇ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ͕ ƚĞĂ and biscuits fogged brain to have one either. Secondly, the show has the same sense of ƐĞůĨͲĂǁĂƌĞŶĞƐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ƉĞƌǀĂĚĞĚ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ

ƚĞĞŶͲĚƌĂŵĂƐ ĨŽƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ͘ tŚĞŶ ĚƌŝĂŶ ŚŝůĞƐ͕ a man whose brilliantly dry delivery never ĨĂŝůƐ ƚŽ ŇĂƩĞŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŝĚĞͲĞǇĞĚ ĐŚŝůĚ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ ƵƐ Ăůů ;ŵĞƚĂƉŚŽƌŝĐĂůůǇ ƐƉĞĂŬŝŶŐͿ͕ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞƐ ĂŶ ŝƚĞŵ ŽŶ ũĂŵ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞ ůĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ƚĞĂŵ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚƐ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ůŝƩůĞ ŝĚĞĂ ǁŚǇ ǇŽƵ͛Ě ďĞ ƐŝƫŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ͖ ďƵƚ ǇŽƵ ĚŽ͘ &Žƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ people in houses with cameras in the walls ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƚĞĚ ƚĂƐŬƐ ĂŶĚ ĐĂůůŝŶŐ ŝƚ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ͘ dŚĞ ůŝƩůĞ ŐůŝŵƉƐĞƐ ŽĨ ůŝĨĞ ǁĞ ƐĞĞ ŝŶ The One Show Ͳ ĨƌŽŵ Žǁů ƚƌĂŝŶĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƌŽƵŶĚĂďŽƵƚ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐƚƐ ƚŽ ƌĞƉŽƌƚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĞīĞĐƚ ŽĨ ds ĐĂƚĐŚƉŚƌĂƐĞƐ ŽŶ ŽƵƌ ĞǀĞƌǇĚĂǇ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƐĂƟŽŶ Ͳ ĂƌĞ Ă ĨĂƌ ďĞƩĞƌ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ͘ tŚŝůĞ ƚŚĞ ͛Ɛ ŇĂŐƐŚŝƉ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͛Ɛ ƐŚŽǁ ŵĂǇ have sailed past its heyday in an internet age, it

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ŝƚƐĞůĨ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŽƌĞ ĚĞƚĂŝůĞĚ ĂŶĂůǇƐŝƐ ĂŶĚ ŽŶͲƚŚĞͲ street discussion than whether or not Lady Gaga ŚĂƐ Ă ŵĂŶŐŝŶĂ Ͳ Doctor Who ŝƐ ďĂĐŬ ;ǇĂǇͿ ĂŶĚ͘͘͘ ǁĞůů͕ ƚƌƵƚŚ ďĞ ƚŽůĚ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ǁĂƚĐŚ ŝƚ͕ ďƵƚ ĨƌŽŵ ǁŚĂƚ /͛ǀĞ ƐĞĞŶ ĂǀŝĚ dĞŶŶĂŶƚ͛Ɛ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ǇŽƵŶŐ ƚŚĞƐĞ days. :ŽĂŶŶĂ >ƵŵůĞǇ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƵƉ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƚŚĞŵ ;͚^ƵĚĂŶ͛ Ͳ ƚŚĂƚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ĞǀĞŶ ƐŽƵŶĚ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶͿ͕ ZŽƐƐ <ĞŵƉ ǀŝƐŝƚƐ ƚŚĞ ŵĂǌŽŶ ŝŶ Ă ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ƐŚĞĚ ŝƚƐ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ƟƚůĞ ŽĨ Ross Kemp’s Hardest Brazil Nuts ĂŶĚ ,ĞƐƚŽŶ ůƵŵĞŶƚŚĂů ƉƌŽǀĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ŶŽƚ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƉĞĂŬ YƵĞĞŶ͛Ɛ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă

ds ĐŚĞĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĚĂǇƐ ďƵƚ ŶŽǁ ǇŽƵ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ĞǀĞŶ ŶĞĞĚ to be sane. Ashes to Ashes carries on buoyed up by more than a healthy dose of nostalgia and a ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ĚĞŶŝĂů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƵƩĞƌ ĐƌĂƉ͕ Outnumbered ƐŚŽĐŬƐ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ďǇ ƌĞǀĞĂůŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŬŝĚƐ ĂƌĞ ĐƵƚĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŝĚĚůĞͲĐůĂƐƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ laugh at them and I manage to run out of things ƚŽ ďĞ ƐĂƌĐĂƐƟĐ ĂďŽƵƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ / ĞǀĞŶ Śŝƚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ column. Ś͊ The Ricky Gervais Show Ͳ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ ŐŽ͘ Originally a podcast people could download for free, then a podcast people had to buy, ŶŽǁ Ă ĐĂƌƚŽŽŶ ŽŶ Ă h^ ĐĂďůĞ ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ͕ ZŝĐŬǇ

^Ž͕ ƋƵŝƚĞ Ă ĚƌǇ ǁĞĞŬ ĨŽƌ ds ƚŚĞŶ͘ ŶĂƟŽŶ ƐŬŝƉƐ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ϯϬ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ŽĨ EŝĐŬ ůĞŐŐ ƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ ŚĞ͛Ě ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĞůŽƋƵĞŶƚ WƌŝŵĞ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ ĞǀĞƌ ƚŽ ŶŽƚ ŐĞƚ elected because Outnumbered is about to start on the other side, while Have I Got News For You ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞƐ ĚĞĮĂŶƚůǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇ ŽŶůǇ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁƐ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ďĞŝŶŐ ůĂŵƉŽŽŶĞĚ ŝŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐůǇ ƟƌĞĚ ǁĂǇƐ͘ DŽǀŝŶŐ ƐǁŝŌůǇ ŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĚĞďĂƚĞ Ͳ ǁŚŝĐŚ by the reading will probably have been debated

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INAL ANTASY

Those of you out there who remember the superb 2006 release trailer with glee have ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ŐŽƩĞŶ ǇŽƵƌ ŵŝƩƐ Ăůů ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ŐĂŵĞ ĂŶĚ͕ ďǇ ŶŽǁ͕ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ Žƌ made your way through a considerable chunk ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͘ ůŽĐŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ăƚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ϲϬ ŚŽƵƌƐ ĨŽƌ the story, at a breakneck pace it would probably ƐƟůů ƚĂŬĞ ϱϱ ŚŽƵƌƐ Žƌ ƐŽ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ Ă further 20 hours worth of side-quests, character ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĞǆƉůŽƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚŽ ĂŌĞƌ ĐŽŵƉůĞƟŽŶ͖ ƚŚĞ ƐĐĂůĞ ŝƐ ĚĂƵŶƟŶŐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ďǇ ŶŽ ŵĞĂŶƐ Ă short pick up and play game. Although it may be the thirteenth game in the series, like each of the other games it stands completely independently. Final Fantasy XIII may as well be a brand new franchise for Square-Enix’s Role Playing game series. It’s set ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚƐ ŽĨ 'ƌĂŶ WƵůƐĞ ĂŶĚ ŽĐŽŽŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ůŽŽŬĞĚ ĂŌĞƌ ďǇ ƚŚĞ &Ăů͛ ŝĞ͖ ĐƌĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ transcend human comprehension. They wage ǁĂƌ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ŽĐŽŽŶ ĂŶĚ 'ƌĂŶ WƵůƐĞ ƵƐŝŶŐ ů͛ ŝĞ - humans that have been turned into weapons and slaves that do their bidding. The main protagonist, Lightning, and her comrades are drawn together by pure ĐŽŝŶĐŝĚĞŶĐĞ ďƵƚ ƵƉŽŶ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ ů͛ ŝĞ ƚŚĞǇ decide to band together to focus on their goal: ƐĂǀŝŶŐ ŽĐŽŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĐĂůŵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƌ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ the worlds. The story may sound confusing but ŝƚ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ŝŶ Ă ŐĂŵĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ůŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ Ă ďĞůŝĞǀĂďůĞ ĐĂƐƚ ĂŶĚ Ă world of wonderful creatures and amazing set ƉŝĞĐĞƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ƐƟůů ĂƌĞ ĐŽŶĨƵƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ͕ ŝƚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŝŶƚĞƌĨĞƌĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŐĂŵĞƉůĂǇ unless you really want to read the backlog of ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ƚŽ ǇŽƵ͘ ,ĞƌĞ FFXIII begins

ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŝƚƐ ƉƌĞĚĞĐĞƐƐŽƌƐ͘ Firstly, in FFXIII you no longer control the ĞŶƟƌĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ͖ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ǇŽƵ ŽŶůǇ ŚĂǀĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚ control of the leader and indirect control of the move sets, or paradigm as the game calls them, of your team mates. Secondly FFXIII has removed the imposing storyline aspect, allowing you instead to just play your way through the game. You only have to follow the story of your ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ͕ ŶŽƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐĞ ŝƚ ƐŝƚƐ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŝƌĚ ŵĂũŽƌ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ is incredibly linear. /ƚ ůŝƚĞƌĂůůǇ ƉůĂǇƐ ůŝŬĞ Ă ďŽƩůĞ ŽĨ ƐŚĂŵƉŽŽ ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƐ ;ĂƩĂĐŬ͕ ƌƵŶ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƉĞĂƚͿ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĮǀĞ ŚŽƵƌƐ Žƌ ƐŽ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ŐĂŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƌŽůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĂůůǇ ŝƚ ďĞŐŝŶƐ ƚŽ ĨƵůůǇ ŽƉĞŶ up around twenty hours in, with the result that ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ǇŽƵ ƌĞĂĐŚ ĐŚĂƉƚĞƌ ĞůĞǀĞŶ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĂůůǇ venture into a huge landscape you won’t feel as ŽǀĞƌǁŚĞůŵĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĞĞĚŽŵ ŽŶ ŽīĞƌ͘ ŚĂƉƚĞƌ ĞůĞǀĞŶ ƐŚŽǁƐ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ Ăƚ ŝƚƐ ďĞƐƚ͕ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐƌĞĚŝďůǇ ƟŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ŇƵŝĚ ĮŐŚƟŶŐ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ and the slick visuals. It becomes obvious when you see the scale of this game why it took over four years of development and polish to create

such a masterpiece. Visually no game can compare. Wired ƉůĂǇĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ W^ϯ ǁŚŝĐŚ ďŽĂƐƚƐ ďĞƩĞƌ visuals and lossless music tracks, compared to the 360’s compressed visuals and audio to make ŝƚ Įƚ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ĚŝƐŬƐ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚĂďůǇ͘ /Ŷ ĨĂĐƚ͕ one scene in the later stages of the game looks ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞůǇ ƉŚŽƚŽƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ͕ ƉƵƫŶŐ ďůŽĐŬďƵƐƚĞƌ ĮůŵƐ ůŝŬĞ Avatar to shame, and even the ingame models and environments are rendered ŝŶ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ƌĞĂůͲƟŵĞ͕ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĐůŝƉƉŝŶŐ͕ ŐůŝƚĐŚŝŶŐ or dropping frame rates. sŝƐƵĂůůǇ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ Ă ƐŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ďĞŚŽůĚ ŝŶ ,ŝŐŚ ĞĮŶŝƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŚŽǁ ŝƚ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉůĂǇĞĚ͘ 'ĂŵĞƉůĂǇͲǁŝƐĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚĂďůĞ turn-based system, however it now moves ŵƵĐŚ ĨĂƐƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƐŵŽŽƚŚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŶĞǁ ĂĐƟǀĞ ďĂƩůĞ ƟŵĞ ŐĂƵŐĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĚĞŶŽƚĞƐ ǁŚĂƚ ŵŽǀĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ͘ 'ŽŶĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ DĂŐŝĐ Points of old and the wait bars. Now you can implement a move as soon as your gauge is full enough to perform what you desire, and this is a breath of fresh air into a genre that was slowly becoming stale to all but hardcore fans. ǀĞŶ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚŝƐ ŐĂŵĞ ƐŽƵŶĚƐ ĚĂƵŶƟŶŐ

SUPER MONKEYBALL: STEP & ROLL Monkey Ball. The game describes itself. A monkey in a ball, rolling around a level, trying to reach a goal. The series was born on Nintendo’s ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ĐŽŶƐŽůĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚƌƵƐƚǇ ůŝƩůĞ 'ĂŵĞ ƵďĞ͕ and has since spawned several sequels. With this new entry into the series comes the expected new array of levels, a new line-up of mini-games, and support for Wii Fit’s Balance Board controls. In many ways, Step & Roll takes the series ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ďĂƐŝĐƐ͕ ĞůŝŵŝŶĂƟŶŐ ŵĂŶǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŽƌůǇ ĐŽŶĐĞŝǀĞĚ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ƉƌĞĚĞĐĞƐƐŽƌ͕ Banana Blitz. Thankfully gone is the much riled-against ĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ũƵŵƉ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ĂŶǇ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ Ăƚ Ă ƐƚŽƌǇůŝŶĞ Žƌ ďŽƐƐ ĮŐŚƚƐ ;Ă ŶŝĐĞ ŝĚĞĂ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ are really only so many ways a monkey in a ball ĐĂŶ ĮŐŚƚͿ͘ ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ůĞǀĞůƐ ĞǀĞŶ ďƌŝŶŐ ďĂĐŬ ƚŚĞ switches from Super Monkey Ball 2, although ƚŚĞŝƌ ƵƐĞ ŝƐ ;ĂůƐŽ͕ ƚŚĂŶŬĨƵůůǇͿ ŵŽƌĞ ůŝŵŝƚĞĚ͘ What Step & Roll’s levels do have a lot of though is obstacles - many, many pillars you ŵƵƐƚ ŶĂǀŝŐĂƚĞ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĂŶĚ ŐƌŽŽǀĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŇŽŽƌ͕ which your monkey can then roll along like a

train on a track. As someone who has played all Monkey Ball games to date, the repeated use ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĚĞǀŝĐĞƐ ůĞǀĞů͕ ĂŌĞƌ ůĞǀĞů͕ ĂŌĞƌ ůĞǀĞů͕ was kind of confusing. It makes the game’s generally longer levels more about snaking your ǁĂǇ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĂŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ĂĐƚƵĂů accuracy, and in fact many are made so mazelike with obstacles it will take you more than one turn, or a good look at the level map, to work out your route. This design choice can only, this reviewer has concluded, have been implemented to accommodate the Balance Board controls. It’s ŚĂƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ͞ĨĂůů ŽƵƚ͖͟ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ĮŶĚƐ him/herself more focused on dodging and winding around simpler levels at enough speed

to reach the goal before the clock runs out. DŽƌĞ ǁŽƌƌǇŝŶŐ ƐƟůů ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ Ă ŽͲKƉ mode, where the mess of pillars/rocks etc. can be blasted away by the second player. It’s like Sega are saying: “yes, we know these obstacles are annoying”, but are also forcing you to have ĨƌŝĞŶĚ ŽŶ ŚĂŶĚ ƚŽ Įǆ ƚŚŝƐ͘ dŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ŐĂŵĞ ŚĂƐ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĨĞĞů ĂďŽƵƚ it, but is not broken enough to be unplayable. /ƚ͛Ɛ ŝƌƌŝƚĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ^ĞŐĂ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŝƚ ƐŽ ĚƌĂƐƟĐĂůůǇ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽ ƐƵŝƚ Ă ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ƐĐŚĞŵĞ we assume the majority of gamers will not be using. We couldn’t really get used to Balance Board controls, and switched back to the WiiŵŽƚĞ ĞĂƌůǇ ŽŶ͘ ĂƌůŝĞƌ ůĞǀĞůƐ ǁŝůů ƚĂŬĞ ŶŽ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ďĞĂƚ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ůĂƚĞƌ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ƐƟůů ƌĞƚĂŝŶ ƚĞĞƚŚͲŐƌŝŶĚŝŶŐ

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concrete.wired@uea.ac.uk

ǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŽŶ͗ ϯϲϬͬW^ϯ WƌŝĐĞ͗ άϱϬ

GOOD STUFF

-'ƌĞĂƚ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚŽƌǇ Ͳ'ƌĂƉŚŝĐĂůůǇ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞůǇ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ

BAD STUFF

-Linear progression -Lack of content outside main storyline

8/10 ĚŝĸĐƵůƚǇ͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŐŝǀĞŶ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ƚŽ ŵŽƌĞ ǁŽƌůĚƐ Ăƚ Ă ƟŵĞ͘ Mini-games have always played a big part in Monkey Ball, ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ůŽŶŐͲƟŵĞ classics Monkey Race and Monkey Target make a well-earned return. Another chance to see the Monkey Ball ŐĂŶŐ ŝƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŶĞǆƚ ƟŵĞ around we’d prefer less obstacles, and a further return to the classic level designs. Step & Roll reigns back some of the wackier elements of its ƉƌĞĚĞĐĞƐƐŽƌ ;ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ďĂĐŬ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ŐĂŶŐ ŽĨ ĨŽƵƌ ŵŽŶŬĞǇƐ͕ ƚŽŽͿ͕ ďƵƚ ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂůĂŶĐĞ ŽĂƌĚ ŚĂƐ ƐŚŝŌĞĚ ŐĂŵĞƉůĂǇ ŝŶ ǇĞƚ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƵŶǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ĂƐ ŐŽŽĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ƚǁŽ ƟƚůĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ Step & Roll ĐĂŶ ƐƟůů be recommended for newbies who won’t be ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƚĞůů ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ůŽŶŐͲƚĞƌŵ ĨĂŶƐ of the series who may be curious to see exactly what has changed. Tom Phillips

7/10

<I NTERNET> T A T S HE

and confusing, riddled with stats and number ĐƌƵŶĐŚŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ Ă ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƟŶŐůǇ ƐůŽǁ ƐƚĂƌƚ͕ it is genuinely the biggest and best game of 2010, so far, and arguably the best of the last ĨĞǁ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƚŽŽ͘ EŽ ŐĂŵĞ ŝŶ Ă ůŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ ŚĂƐ ĂƌŽƵƐĞĚ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ĞŵŽƟŽŶƐ͖ ŚĂƚƌĞĚ͕ ŐůĞĞ͕ ƌĞůŝĞĨ͕ ƐǇŵƉĂƚŚǇ ĂŶĚ ĨĞĂƌ͘ ǀĞƌǇ ďĂƩůĞ ŝƐ Ă ƚĞƐƚ of skill and strategy and for those out there that love thinking on their feet, nothing can test you ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ĮŐƵƌŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ĚĞĨĞĂƚ Ă ŵŽŶƐƚĞƌ ŵĂŶǇ ƟŵĞƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů ƚŚĂŶ ǇŽƵ ŝŶ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ of minutes. With a learning curve anybody can handle and the ability to either dive as deep into the story and environment as you like or just enjoy the gameplay, FFXIII is the perfect Final Fantasy for beginners or veterans. It’s just a shame it ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ĨĞĞů ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ &&͛Ɛ ŽĨ ǇĞƐƚĞƌǇĞĂƌ͘ ^Ɵůů͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƐŝǆƚǇ ƉůƵƐ ŚŽƵƌƐ ǇŽƵ ǁŝůů ĞǀĞƌ spend playing a game, and you won’t regret it. sĂƵŐŚŶ ,ŝŐŚĮĞůĚ

20apr10 issue242

LAN ITCHMARSH HOW AND VIDEO GAME VIOLENCE

Video game violence; it’s a topic that has been debated for aeons, on internet forums, in the printed media and in the street atop upturned crates. Last month, it was the turn of Alan Titchmarsh and a handful of so-called ‘experts’. The fact that Titchmarsh felt that ‘Are violent ǀŝĚĞŽ ŐĂŵĞƐ ĐŽƌƌƵƉƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ǇŽƵƚŚ͍͛ ǁĂƐ a topic that could be reasonably discussed on his ĚĂǇƟŵĞ ĐŚĂƚ ƐŚŽǁ ŝƐ ďĂŋŝŶŐ͕ ĂƐ ŵŽƐƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ǀŝĚĞŽ ŐĂŵĞ ƌĞůĂƚĞĚ ĞǆƉĞƌƟƐĞ͕ will probably not turn to their gardener. The guests chosen, however, were even more ridiculous. The defence, Tim Ingham, editor of www.computerandvideogames.com, is an intelligent and reasonable man, but the show’s target audience of middle-class housewives are unlikely to hold the words of an internet journalist in high regard. ZĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƐĞĐƵƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ :ƵůŝĞ Peasgood, a Z-list actress and presenter who ƚƌŝĞƐ ŚĞƌ ďĞƐƚ ƚŽ ďĞ :ŽĂŶŶĂ >ƵŵůĞǇ Ăƚ ĞǀĞƌǇ opportunity. She is also The Alan Titchmarsh Show’s resident sex expert; clearly they’re ƐĞůĞĐƟǀĞ ǁŚĞŶ ĐŚŽŽƐŝŶŐ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ ĚĂǇƟŵĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ͘ ůƐŽ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŽīĞŶĐĞ ;ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ͕ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ĞǀĞƌǇ reasonable discussion needs a badly balanced ƉĂŶĞůͿ ǁĂƐ <ĞůǀŝŶ DĐ<ĞŶǌŝĞ͕ ǁŚŽ ĞĚŝƚĞĚ dŚĞ ^ƵŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ,ŝůůƐďŽƌŽƵŐŚ ĐŽǀĞƌĂŐĞ ƐĐĂŶĚĂů͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŵĂŶǇ ŚŝŐŚͲƉƌŽĮůĞ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ŽƵƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĨĂďƌŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ͘ /Ɛ ŝƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĂďůĞ ƚŽ promote the opinions of a man who once said ‘Libel can only have a value if there has been ƐŽŵĞ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ĚĂŵĂŐĞ͍͛͘ Naturally, the ensuing ‘debate’ erased all the credibility Titchmarsh earned when kicking :ŽŚŶ DĐ ƌŝƌŝĐŬ Žī ŚŝƐ ƐŚŽǁ ƚǁŽ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ ;ĨŽƌ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶŝŶŐ /ŶŐƌŝĚ dĂƌƌĂŶƚ͛Ɛ ƐĞǆƵĂů ƉƌŽǁĞƐƐ͕ ďŝǌĂƌƌĞůǇͿ͘ /ŶŐŚĂŵ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞ ŐŽŽĚ

RUSSIAN REPARTEE

Footballers are hardly the most eloquent of creatures and spectators are usually quite happy for the players to do the talking with ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĂŶĐǇ ĨŽŽƚǁŽƌŬ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞĮŶĞĚ ĂƌƟĐƵůĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ďĂƌƌŝĞƌ ĨĂĐŝŶŐ ŵĂŶǇ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ WƌĞŵŝĞƌ >ĞĂŐƵĞ͛Ɛ ŵƵůƟͲŶĂƟŽŶĂů

ƉŽŝŶƚƐ͕ ĂƐƐĞƌƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǀŝĚĞŽ ŐĂŵĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĂŐĞ ĐĞƌƟĮĐĂƚĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ ŽĨ ĮůŵƐ ;dŝƚĐŚŵĂƌƐŚ ďĞƚƌĂǇĞĚ ŚŝƐ ŝŐŶŽƌĂŶĐĞ ĨĂƐƚ by revealing that he was unaware of video game ĂŐĞ ƌĞƐƚƌŝĐƟŽŶƐͿ͘ Peasgood started shaking her head before ŚĞ ŚĂĚ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ƐƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ŽĨ ŚŽƌƌŝĮĐ ĚĞďĂƚĞ ĞƟƋƵĞƩĞ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ůĂƵŶĐŚĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ŝůůͲŝŶĨŽƌŵĞĚ ƟƌĂĚĞ ƚŚĂƚ DĂƌǇ tŚŝƚĞŚŽƵƐĞ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĐůĂŝŵ ǁĂƐ ŚĞƌ ͚ƚŚŝŶŐ͛͘ <ŝĐŬŝŶŐ Žī ǁŝƚŚ ͚sŝĚĞŽ ŐĂŵĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĂĚĚŝĐƟǀĞ͖ ƚŚĞǇ ƉƌŽŵŽƚĞ hatred, racism, sexism’, one of the most broad ĂŶĚ ŝůůͲŝŶĨŽƌŵĞĚ ƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚƐ ĞǀĞƌ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĚ ƚŽ ƚĂƉĞ͕ ƐŚĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ƚŽ ďƌĞĂŬ Ăůů ƐŽƌƚƐ ŽĨ ƌƵůĞƐ͖ she neglected to name sources, shouted down the defence and repeatedly used unprovable, blanket statements. DĐ<ĞŶǌŝĞ͕ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐůǇ͕ ŽīĞƌĞĚ Ă ŵŽƌĞ considered and even-handed point of view, ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŚĞ ƐŚŽǁĞĚ ŚŝƐ ƚĂďůŽŝĚ ƌŽŽƚƐ ǁŚĞŶ ĐŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ǀŝĚĞŽ ŐĂŵĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ :ĂŵŝĞ ƵůŐĞƌ ĐĂƐĞ ;ǁŚŝĐŚ ŽĐĐƵƌƌĞĚ ǇĞĂƌƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ǀŝĚĞŽ ŐĂŵĞ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ ǁĂƐ ĞǀĞŶ Ă ƉĂůƉĂďůĞ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶͿ͘ /ŶŐŚĂŵ͛Ɛ ƌĞƉĞĂƚĞĚ ĂƐƐĞƌƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŐĂŵĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ intended for children, and that parents need to stop buying them for their kids, were repeatedly ŝŐŶŽƌĞĚ ;ŚĞĂǀĞŶ ĨŽƌďŝĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐ ŽĨ ŝƚƐ ƚĂƌŐĞƚ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͊Ϳ͘ dŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ͕ ŚĞ ĞǆĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ͚/ know I’m the bad guy in this programme.’ Is that really acceptable for a so-called reasonable ĚĞďĂƚĞ͍ Naturally, the gaming community have taken ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌĞĞƚƐ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ͘ ^ĐƌƵƟŶǇ ŽĨ WĞĂƐŐŽŽĚ͛Ɛ credibility have revealed that the woman who claimed that she is ‘categorically against violence for entertainment’ has previously lent her vocal talent to a survival horror game, DĂƌƟĂŶ 'ŽƚŚŝĐ͗ hŶŝĮĐĂƟŽŶ. Suspiciously, details of this have

ƚĞĂŵƐ ŽŌĞŶ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŶǇ ƐƉĂƌŬůŝŶŐ ǁŝƚ ƚŚĞǇ ŵĂǇ ƉŽƐƐĞƐƐ ŝƐ ůŽƐƚ ŝŶ ƚƌĂŶƐůĂƟŽŶ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƌƐĞŶĂů͛Ɛ ͞ůŝƩůĞ ZƵƐƐŝĂŶ͕͟ ĂƐ ŚĞ ŝƐ ĂīĞĐƟŽŶĂƚĞůǇ ĚƵďďĞĚ ďǇ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĂƚŽƌƐ͕ shares is Yoda-like opinions and bizarre sense of humour on his own website. The cheeky charm ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŝĚĮĞůĚĞƌ ŶĚƌĞǇ ƌƐŚĂǀŝŶ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇƐ in interviews is evident in his replies to fans’ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŬ ŶĚƌĞǇ ƉĂŐĞ͘ ,ĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ Ă few of the most surreal: tŚĂƚ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŽĨ 'ƌŝŐŽƌǇ ZĂƐƉƵƟŶ͍ dŚŝƐ ŵĂŶ ŚĂĚ Ă ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ƚĂůĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ Śŝŵ ƚŽ ǁŝĞůĚ ƉŽǁĞƌ ŽǀĞƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͘ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ĞĐĐĞŶƚƌŝĐ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ͘ ŶĚƌĞǇ͕ ĂƌĞ ǇŽƵ ĨƌŝŐŚƚĞŶĞĚ ŽĨ ďĞĂƌƐ͍ KŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƌǇ͕ / ůŝŬĞ ďĞĂƌƐ͘ ƐŬ ŶĚƌĞǇ Ă ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ Ăƚ ǁǁǁ͘ĂƌƐŚĂǀŝŶ͘ĞƵ͕ maybe the rapid Russian could help with your ĞǆĂŵ ƌĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ͘͘͘Žƌ ĮŐŚƟŶŐ ďĞĂƌƐ͘ 'ƌĂĐĞ ^ŝŵƉƐŽŶ

recently disappeared from her website. There ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ƉĞƟƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ůĞŐĂů ĂĐƟŽŶ ƚĂŬĞŶ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͕ ĐŝƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉƌŽƉĞƌ ĐŽŶĚƵĐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞďĂƚĞ ;/ŶŐŚĂŵ ŚĂƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ĐůĂŝŵĞĚ that the studio audience was encouraged to ĂƉƉůĂƵĚ ƚŚĞ ŽīĞŶĐĞͿ ĂŶĚ WĞĂƐŐŽŽĚ͛Ɛ ŝŶĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŽ name her sources. This debacle brings a number of important ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ƚŽ ůŝŐŚƚ͘ &ŝƌƐƚ ŽĨ Ăůů͕ ŵĞĚŝĂ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƟĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĨĞĞů ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚ ŽŶ topics about which they know nothing. Secondly, many parents feel they are not responsible for the content of the materials that they purchase for their children. Thirdly, games, more than ĞǀĞŶ ĮůŵƐ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ǁŝůů ĂůǁĂǇƐ ďĞ Ă ƐĐĂƉĞŐŽĂƚ͘ What needs to be understood is that the basis of any economy is supply and demand. Violent ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͕ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ŝŶ ŐĂŵĞƐ͕ ĮůŵƐ Žƌ ůŝƚĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ͕ exists purely because people are happy to buy it. No-one is forcing children to play violent games.

Violence is gradually becoming a mainstay in popular culture because there is demand for it. But is this demand as extreme as shrieking ŚǇƐƚĞƌŝĂ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ͍ ,ĂƌĚůǇ͘ Ɛ /ŶŐŚĂŵ ĂƐƐĞƌƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŚĂƚ ůŝƩůĞ ƟŵĞ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ given, only one in twenty video games have an ĂĚƵůƚ ƌĂƟŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ,Ds s ĐŚĂƌƚ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶƐ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƟƚůĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ƚǁĞŶƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŚĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƌĂƟŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂǌŽŶ ƚŽƉ ƚǁĞŶƚǇ ďĞƐƚƐĞůůŝŶŐ ďŽŽŬƐ ŚĂƐ ĨŽƵƌ ƟƚůĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ǀŝŽůĞŶƚ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ;ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ŵĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĂŶŬůǇ ŝƌƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ dǁŝůŝŐŚƚ ƐĂŐĂͿ͘ Will the Alan Titchmarsh show ever run a debate on violence in literature, a medium with ŶŽ ĂŐĞ ƌĞƐƚƌŝĐƟŽŶ ďƵƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͍ KĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŶŽƚ͘ sŝĚĞŽ ŐĂŵĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƐĞĞŶ ĂƐ ŝŵŵĂƚƵƌĞ͕ ĚĞďŝůŝƚĂƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŝŶƚĞůůĞĐƚƵĂů Žƌ ĂƌƟƐƟĐ ŵĞƌŝƚ͘ hŶƟů ƚŚŝƐ ŽƵƚĚĂƚĞĚ ƉĞƌĐĞƉƟŽŶ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ͕ :ƵůŝĞ WĞĂƐŐŽŽĚ will always be applauded. Duncan Vicat-Brown

TOP 10 WAYS TO MISTREAT YOUR SIMS In dŚĞ ^ŝŵƐ, players have complete control over ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ůŝǀĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ dĞĂŵ ƌĞǀĞĂů their Top Ten favourite ways to abuse their Sims.

^ŝŵƐ ďƵƐĞ DĞƚŚŽĚ ηϱ͗ :ŽƐŚ ƵƚůĞƌ DĂŬĞ ƚŚĞŵ ǁĞƚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ƌĞƉĞĂƚĞĚůǇ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ only full happiness bar is bladder.

^ŝŵƐ ďƵƐĞ DĞƚŚŽĚ ηϭϬ͗ ƵŶĐĂŶ sŝĐĂƚͲ ƌŽǁŶ Make their husband bang their sister.

^ŝŵƐ ďƵƐĞ DĞƚŚŽĚ ηϰ͗ ƵŶĐĂŶ sŝĐĂƚͲ ƌŽǁŶ dĞůů ƚŚĞŵ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ 'ŽĚ͕ ŽŶůǇ zKh͘

^ŝŵƐ ďƵƐĞ DĞƚŚŽĚ ηϵ͗ 'ƌĂĐĞ ^ŝŵƉƐŽŶ Make them lick the toilet seat.

^ŝŵƐ ďƵƐĞ DĞƚŚŽĚ ηϯ͗ <ŝƌƐƚĞŶ WĞƚĞƌ Making them shower repeatedly is probably quite close to water boarding.

^ŝŵƐ ďƵƐĞ DĞƚŚŽĚ ηϴ͗ tŝůů ŽŶŽǀĂŶ Put them in the pool, sell the steps to get out. ^ŝŵƐ ďƵƐĞ DĞƚŚŽĚ ηϳ͗ ^ƚĞƉŚ DĐ<ĞŶŶĂ WůĂŶƚ ĮƌĞǁŽƌŬƐ ŝŶĚŽŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŵŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĚŽŽƌ͍ ^ŝŵƐ ďƵƐĞ DĞƚŚŽĚ ηϲ͗ William Moran ,ĂǀĞ Ă ŵĞĐŚĂŶŝĐĂůůǇ ƵŶƐŬŝůůĞĚ ^ŝŵ ƚƌǇ ƚŽ ƌĞƉĂŝƌ something electronic while in water. The result is rather... shocking.

^ŝŵƐ ďƵƐĞ DĞƚŚŽĚ ηϮ͗ &ŝŽŶĂ ,ŽǁĂƌĚ ^Ğƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽǀĞ ŽŶ ĮƌĞ ĂŶĚ ďůŽĐŬ ƚŚĞ ĚŽŽƌƐ ƐŽ nobody can get in or out to help. ŶĚ ĨƌŽŵ 'ƌĂĐĞ ^ŝŵƉƐŽŶ ĐŽŵĞƐ ^ŝŵƐ ďƵƐĞ DĞƚŚŽĚ ηϭ, the greatest way to abuse a Sim of Ăůů ƟŵĞ͗ DĂŬĞ ƚŚĞŵ ŵĂƌƌǇ ƚŚĞ ͞'ƌĂĐĞ ^ŝŵƉƐŽŶ͟ Ɛŝŵ͘

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MAIN FEATURE DEAR JOHN

The story of ĞĂƌ :ŽŚŶ appears ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ƉƌĞƩǇ ĨŽƌŵƵůĂŝĐ ƌŽŵĂŶĐĞ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĚŽĞƐ ůŝǀĞ ƵƉ ƚŽ ĮƌƐƚ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ƚŽ ĂŶ ĞǆƚĞŶƚ͘ zĞƚ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƐĞŶƟŵĞŶƚĂů͕ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞ ƵŶĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚǁŝƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ǁĞŝŐŚƚǇ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ make this romance worth Ă ǁĂƚĐŚ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĂĚĂƉƚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ŶŽǀĞů ďǇ EŝĐŚŽůĂƐ ^ƉĂƌŬƐ͕ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ǁŚŽƐĞ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĂĚĂƉƚĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ĮůŵƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ǁĞůůͲŬŶŽǁŶ ďĞŝŶŐ dŚĞ EŽƚĞďŽŽŬ͘ ƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ĐĂŶ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ Ă ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ƚĂůĞ ŽĨ ƌĞĚĞŵƉƟŽŶ͕ ƐĂĚŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƟŽŶ ŚĞƌĞ͘ John Tyree (Channing dĂƚƵŵͿ ŝƐ Ă ^ƉĞĐŝĂů &ŽƌĐĞƐ ŽĸĐĞƌ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ƵƉ ďǇ ŚŝƐ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ͕ ďƵƚ

ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ͕ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ͘ :ŽŚŶ ŵĞĞƚƐ ^ĂǀĂŶŶĂŚ ; ŵĂŶĚĂ ^ŝĞŐĨƌŝĞĚͿ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂĐŚ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŚĞ ŝƐ ŝŶƐƚĂŶƚůǇ ĐĂůůĞĚ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁ ŚŝƐ ŚĞƌŽŝĐ ƋƵĂůŝƟĞƐ͘ ^ĂǀĂŶŶĂŚ͕ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇ ƐŵŝƩĞŶ͕ ŝŶǀŝƚĞƐ Śŝŵ ƚŽ Ă ďĂƌďĞƋƵĞ ƐŚĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĂƌĞ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ͘ tŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ŶĞǆƚ ŵĞĞƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƉůĞ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌ ƵŶĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚƌĂŝƚƐ ŝŶ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ͘ ^ĂǀĂŶŶĂŚ learns that John has a past ŽĨ ŝŶŝƟĂƟŶŐ ĮŐŚƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŝƐ ůŽǇĂů͕ ďƵƚ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ashamed of his socially isolated ĨĂƚŚĞƌ͘ zŽƵ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ͕ ŽŌĞŶ ƐŝůĞŶƚ͕ ƌĞĨŽƌŵĞĚ ďĂĚ ďŽǇ ŝƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ dĂƚƵŵ͛Ɛ ƐƚŽĐŬ ƌŽůĞ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĂŶƟŵĞ :ŽŚŶ ůĞĂƌŶƐ that Savannah is more than Ă ĐĂƌĞĨƌĞĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŽŶ ^ƉƌŝŶŐ

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®Ù͗ :ÊÝ« ÖÖ®¦Ä Ä Ý® Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϬϵͬϬϰͬϭϬ &ŝƌƐƚ͕ ƚŚŝŶŬ ŽĨ Ă ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐŝĂů religion of today, perhaps the DƵƐůŝŵ ĨĂŝƚŚ͘ dŚĞŶ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞ ŝƚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐĂůůǇ ƚĂďŽŽ ƌĞůŝŐŝŽŶ͕ :ƵĚĂŝƐŵ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͘ EŽǁ ŝĨ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞ the two with the element of ĐŽŵĞĚǇ͕ ǁŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ǁĞ ŐĞƚ͍ dŚĞ /ŶĮĚĞů͘ DĂŚŵƵĚ EĂƐŝƌ͕ Ă ƐĞŵŝͲ ůŝďĞƌĂů DƵƐůŝŵ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ďǇ KŵŝĚ ũĂůŝůŝ ;ǇŽƵ ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ŬŶŽǁ Śŝŵ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ DŽŶĞǇ ^ƵƉĞƌŵĂƌŬĞƚ ĂĚǀĞƌƚͿ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌƐ ŚŝƐ ŵŽƚŚĞƌ ŚĂƐ ĚŝĞĚ͕ ĮŶĚƐ ŚŝƐ ďŝƌƚŚ ĐĞƌƟĮĐĂƚĞ ǁŚĞŶ ĐůĞĂƌŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ her home and discovers he is ĂĚŽƉƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ :ĞǁŝƐŚ͘ dŚŝƐ ůĞĂĚƐ ƚŽ Śŝŵ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ŝĚĞŶƟƚǇ ĂŶĚ ŐŽŝŶŐ ŽŶ Ă ƋƵĞƐƚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ his Jewish roots, and so the ƋƵĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƐĞůĨͲĮŶĚŝŶŐ ƵŶĨŽůĚƐ͘ KŶ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞ ŚĂŶĚ͕ DĂŚŵƵĚ ŝƐ

ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ĚĞǀŽƵƚ DƵƐůŝŵ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐ ŚŝƐ ƐŽŶ͛Ɛ ƉƌŽƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ĨĂƚŚĞƌͲŝŶͲůĂǁ͖ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ͕ ŚĞ͛Ɛ ƵŶĚĞƌ ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ Ă :ĞǁŝƐŚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ ƚŽ ƉĂƐƐ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ Žī ĂƐ Ă ůĞŐŝƟŵĂƚĞ :Ğǁ ƐŽ ŚĞ ĐĂŶ ŵĞĞƚ ŚŝƐ ĞůĚĞƌůǇ ďŝƌƚŚ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ͘ dŚŝƐ Įůŵ ƚŽƵĐŚĞƐ ŽŶ ƐŽŵĞ ƚĂďŽŽ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ƌĞůĂƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƌĞůŝŐŝŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƉůĂǇĨƵů ĂŶĚ ŚƵŵŽƌŽƵƐ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ it is less convincing when the ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ŽǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƐŽůǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĂů͕ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŽůŽŐŝĐĂů ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͕ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŝůƐ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ Ă ĨŽƌŵĂů ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ďŽƚŚ ĨƵŶŶǇ ĂŶĚ ƐĂƟƐĨǇŝŶŐ͘ Gemma Boyle

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®Ù͗ > ÝÝ , ½½ÝãÙÏÃ Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϭϰͬϬϰͬϭϬ ďƌĞĂŬ͘ ^ŝĞŐĨƌŝĞĚ ƉƵƚƐ ŝŶ Ă ƐŽůŝĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ďƵƚ ŚĞƌ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ŵƵĐŚ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůŝƚǇ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ EŝĐŚŽůĂƐ ^ƉĂƌŬƐ͛ ǁŽƌŬ͘ ^ŚĞ ƐĞĞŵƐ Ă ůŝƩůĞ too perfect, apparently devoid ŽĨ ǀŝĐĞƐ͕ ŚĞƌ ŽŶůǇ ĨĂƵůƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ŶĞŐůĞĐƟŶŐ ŚĞƌ ŽǁŶ ŶĞĞĚƐ͘

^ĂǀĂŶŶĂŚ͛Ɛ ĐŚĂƌŝƚĂďůĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŝƐ ĂƩƌĂĐƟǀĞ ƚŽ :ŽŚŶ ďƵƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞŵ ǁŚĞŶ she implies there is a more ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ĞǆƉůĂŶĂƟŽŶ ďĞŚŝŶĚ Dƌ͘ dǇƌĞĞ͛Ɛ ĞĐĐĞŶƚƌŝĐŝƟĞƐ͘ ,Ğƌ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŽŶ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝŶŝƟĂůůǇ ĐĂƵƐŝŶŐ Ă ƌŝŌ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ

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ĐŽƵƉůĞ͕ ďĞŐŝŶƐ ƚŽ ŚĞĂů ƚŚĞ ĂůŝĞŶĂƟŽŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ŝƐ ƉĂƌĂůůĞůĞĚ ďǇ ^ĂǀĂŶŶĂŚ͛Ɛ ŬŝŶĚůǇ ŶĞŝŐŚďŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ dŝŵ͕ ǁŚŽƐĞ ǇŽƵŶŐ ƐŽŶ͛Ɛ ďĞŚĂǀŝŽƵƌ ƚƌĂŝƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŚĂƐ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ƚŽ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŽĨ :ŽŚŶ͛Ɛ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ͘ dŚŝƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ Ă ƐŝĚĞͲƉůŽƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͘ tŚĞŶ :ŽŚŶ͛Ɛ ůĞĂǀĞ ŝƐ ŽǀĞƌ ĂŶĚ ^ĂǀĂŶŶĂŚ ƌĞƚƵƌŶƐ ƚŽ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ they make the promise to keep ŝŶ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ͘ Ɛ :ŽŚŶ͛Ɛ ƉŽƐƟŶŐƐ ŵƵƐƚ ƌĞŵĂŝŶ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƟĂů͕ ĂŶĚ the army camps of war-torn ƉůĂĐĞƐ ůĂĐŬ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƚĞ ďǇ ƉŚŽŶĞ Žƌ ĞŵĂŝů͘ ,ĞƌĞ the romance creates some ŶŽƐƚĂůŐŝĂ ĨŽƌ ůĞƩĞƌͲǁƌŝƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ

ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ĂŶ ŽůĚͲ fashioned love story as the ĐŽƵƉůĞ ĂŶǆŝŽƵƐůǇ ǁĂŝƚƐ ĨŽƌ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ͛Ɛ ƌĞƉůŝĞƐ͘ While ĞĂƌ :ŽŚŶ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚĂďůĞ Ăƚ ƟŵĞƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ are moments of realism that ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ǁŝƚŚ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ ĚĞƉƚŚ͘ dŚĞ ŝŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ĂƵƟƐŵ ĂŶĚ ĐĂŶĐĞƌ͕ and the distress of 9/11 on the ůŝǀĞƐ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ƐŽůĚŝĞƌƐ͕ ĂƌĞ ŽŌĞŶ ƉŽŝŐŶĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚͲ ƉƌŽǀŽŬŝŶŐ͘ dŚŽƐĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ǁŝƚŚ ůŽǁ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞĚ͘ Emma Featherstone

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®Ù͗ D ÄÝ D Ù½®Ä Ä ¹ÏÙÄ ^ã ®Ä Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϬϵͬϬϰͬϭϬ dŚĞ ĚĞůĞĐƚĂďůĞ͕ ĂĐĂĚĞŵǇ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ :ƵůŝĂŶŶĞ DŽŽƌĞ delivers once again in this ŵĂĐĂďƌĞ ƐƵƉĞƌŶĂƚƵƌĂů ƚŚƌŝůůĞƌ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ƉůŽƚůŝŶĞ ŝƐ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĂďůĞ͘ /ƚ ŵĞĂŶĚĞƌƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ϭϭϮ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ŽĨ ƉƐǇĐŚŝĂƚƌŝƐƚ ĂƌĂ ;DŽŽƌĞͿ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƟŶŐ ůŽĐĂů ŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ;ZŚǇƐ DǇĞƌƐͿ ŵƵůƟƉůĞͲ personality disorder, which ƐůŽǁůǇ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉƐ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ more when one of his ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƟĞƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŽĨ Ă ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ŵƵƌĚĞƌ ǀŝĐƟŵ͘ /ƚ ŵŝŐŚƚ ďĞ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƉŽŽƌůǇ ĞǆĞĐƵƚĞĚ͘ /ƚƐ ĨŽƌŵƵůĂŝĐ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ĚĞŵĂŶĚƐ ǀĞƌǇ ůŝƩůĞ ŐƵĞƐƐ ǁŽƌŬ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌƐ ǀĞƌǇ ůŝƩůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ŽĨ ƚĞŶƐŝŽŶ͘ &ĂŝƚŚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞůŝŐŝŽŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŬĞǇƐƚŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͕

ĂƌĞ ƵƐĞĚ ĂƐ ŵĞƌĞ ƉůŽƚ ĚĞǀŝĐĞƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌƐ ĨƵůůǇ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ƚŽ ƐǁĂůůŽǁ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽŶǀĞŶƟŽŶĂů ĚĂƌŬ͕ ĂƵƐƚĞƌĞ ƐŽƵŶĚƚƌĂĐŬ ŚĞůƉƐ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă moody tone, and there are some stellar performances ĨƌŽŵ ďŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚƐ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚŝƐ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ĂďƐĐŽŶĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ ƐƵīĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŶǇ ŝŶŐĞŶƵŝƚǇ Žƌ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůŝƚǇ͕ ƌĞůǇŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĞīĞĐƚƐ ƚŽ ĚƌŝǀĞ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƉŽŽƌ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŽŶůǇ ĐŽŶĮƌŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƐŝƫŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŝŶĞŵĂ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ϭϭϮ ůŽŶŐ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ Ăůů͘ WĂƵů DĂƌƟŶ

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®Ù͗ Z® »ù ' Ùò ®Ý Ä ^ã Ö« Ä D Ù « Äã Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϭϰͬϬϰͬϭϬ Ricky Gervais and Stephen DĞƌĐŚĂŶƚ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƋƵĞƐƚ to reclaim their glory days as ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ƚĞĂŵ ďĞŚŝŶĚ The KĸĐĞ with this coming-of-age ƚĂůĞ͕ ĂŶĚ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ ƐƟůů ĨĂůůƐ way short of that pinnacle, it is at least a sign that they might ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ƉƵůů ŝƚ Žī ŽŶĞ ĚĂǇ͘ dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ 'ĞƌǀĂŝƐ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ƐĂƟƌŝƐĞĚ ĨŽƌŵƵůĂŝĐ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů͕ Cemetery :ƵŶĐƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĂƐ ĨŽƌŵƵůĂŝĐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ĐŽŵĞ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ƐŝŶŐůĞ ĂƐƉĞĐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉůŽƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽƚ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ŝƚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶƐ͕ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ǇŽƵ ƐŚŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ ĮůŵƐ͘ dŚĞ ĚƌĂŵĂ ĂƐƉĞĐƚ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ very hammy in places, too ŽŌĞŶ ďŽŐŐĞĚ ĚŽǁŶ ďǇ ĐůŝĐŚĠƐ and recycled lines from every

ƌŝƟƐŚ ƐĐƌŝƉƚ ƉŽƐƚ >ŽŽŬ ĂĐŬ ŝŶ Anger. ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƟĚŝĞƐ ƵƉ towards the end as a degree ŽĨ ƐƵďƚůĞƚǇ ƐĞĞƉƐ ŝŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ are some lovely moments of ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ϮϬ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͘ What is very impressive ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ ǁŝůů ŵĂŬĞ ǇŽƵ ůĂƵŐŚ͕ ŵƵĐŚ ŚĂƌĚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŽŌĞŶ ƚŚĂŶ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ͕ and for that alone it is worth ǇŽƵƌ ŵŽŶĞǇ͘ ĮŶĂů ŵŝŶŽƌ ƉŽŝŶƚ͗ ŶŽ ŽƚŚĞƌ Įůŵ ƌĞƉĞĂƚƐ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ ƟƚůĞ ƋƵŝƚĞ ĂƐ ŽŌĞŶ ĂƐ ĞŵĞƚĞƌǇ :ƵŶĐƟŽŶ͕ ĞǆĐĞƉƚ ŵĂǇďĞ ^ŚĂŌ͘ Duncan Vicat-Brown

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®Ù͗ ZÊÃ Ä WÊ½ ÄÝ»® Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϭϵͬϬϰͬϭϬ The Ghost Writer͕ ĂŶ ĂĚĂƉƟŽŶ ŽĨ ZŽďĞƌƚ ,ĂƌƌŝƐ͛ ďĞƐƚƐĞůůĞƌ͕ ŝƐ Ă Įůŵ ŽĨ ƚŚƌŝůůƐ ĂŶĚ ŐƵĞƐƐǁŽƌŬ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ĂƐƉĞĐƚƐ ƌĞŵĂŝŶ ŚŝĚĚĞŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƚƌƵƚŚ ŝƐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĨƵůůǇ ƌĞǀĞĂůĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ƉůŽƚ ĐŽŵŵĞŶĐĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĂďĂŶĚŽŶĞĚ ĐĂƌ ŽŶ Ă ĨĞƌƌǇ ĂŶĚ ĞŶĚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŚĞĞƚƐ ŽĨ ŵĂŶƵƐĐƌŝƉƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ďůŽǁŶ ĚŽǁŶ Ă ƐƚƌĞĞƚ ŝŶ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͘ WŝĞƌĐĞ ƌŽƐŶĂŶ ƉůĂǇƐ ƚŚĞ ĞǆͲ ƉƌŝŵĞ ŵŝŶƐƚĞƌ ; ĚĂŵ >ĂŶŐͿ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ŵĞŵŽŝƌƐ ƌĞͲǁƌŝƩĞŶ ĂŶĚ ƐƉŝĐĞĚ ƵƉ ďǇ ǁĂŶ DĐ'ƌĞŐŽƌ͕ ŚŝƐ 'ŚŽƐƚ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƐƉŝĐŝŽƵƐ ĚĞĂƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ŵĞŵŽŝƌ ǁƌŝƚĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ĚĂƌŬ ĂŶĚ ĚƌĞĂƌǇ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ ĐŝŶĞŵĂƚŽŐƌĂƉŚǇ͕ ĚĞƉŝĐƟŶŐ

ŽŶůǇ ƌĂŝŶ͘ /ƚ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶƐ ƚŚŝƐ ĨŽƌĞďŽĚŝŶŐ ƚŽŶĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ͘ zĞƚ The Ghost Writer ĚŽĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŝƚƐ ĐŽŵŝĐĂů ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ͖ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ǁŚĞŶ DĐ'ƌĞŐŽƌ ƚĂŬĞƐ Ă ƚƌŝƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƌ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŐƵĞƐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚůǇ ƚŽůĚ ŚĞ ŝƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŽŶŐ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŝŶďŽĂƌĚ ƐĂƚĞůůŝƚĞͲŶĂǀŝŐĂƟŽŶ͘ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ZŽŵĂŶ WŽůĂŶƐŬŝ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶƐ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ƚĞŶƐŝŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚůǇ ůŽĐŬĞĚ ĚŽŽƌƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ůĞŌ ŽƉĞŶ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƌ ƐƚĂůŬŝŶŐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ǁĂƚĐŚĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ĞŶũŽǇĂďůĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƚŚƌŝůůĞƌ͘ Tasha Percy

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/Ĩ ǇŽƵ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ƌĞĂĚ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ ŝƐ ǁŝůĚůǇ ƉƌŽĨĂŶĞ͕ ƐĞƚƐ ŶĞǁ ůĞǀĞůƐ ĨŽƌ ƐĐƌĞĞŶ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ Ă ƉĂĞĚŽƉŚŝůĞ͛Ɛ ǁĞƚ ĚƌĞĂŵ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƐŝŵƵůƚĂŶĞŽƵƐůǇ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƐƚ ŝƌƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ŵŽǀŝĞ ĞǀĞƌ ŵĂĚĞ͘ /Ŷ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ŵŽƌĞ ǀŝŽůĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽĨĂŶĞ ƚŚĂŶ ŵŽƐƚ ĐŽŵŝĐ ďŽŽŬ ŵŽǀŝĞƐ͕ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ĨŽƌ Ă ǇŽƵŶŐ ĂĐƚƌĞƐƐ ŝŶ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ŵĞŵŽƌǇ ;ĂŶǇ ƐĞǆƵĂů ĐŽŶƚĞǆƚ ŝƐ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ ƵŶŝŶƚĞŶĚĞĚͿ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ͕ ǇĞƐ͕ ǀĞƌǇ ŐŽŽĚ ŝŶĚĞĞĚ͘ ŚůŽĞ DŽƌĞƚǌ ŚĂƐ ƌŝŐŚƚůǇ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ƉůĂƵĚŝƚƐ ĨŽƌ ŚĞƌ ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐůǇ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚ ƚƵƌŶ ĂƐ ,ŝƚͲ'ŝƌů͕ ďƵƚ EŝĐŚŽůĂƐ ĂŐĞ ƐƵďƚůǇ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌƐ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ďĞƐƚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ĂƐ ŚĞƌ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ͘ ,Ğ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ŝŵƉĞƌƐŽŶĂƟŶŐ ĚĂŵ tĞƐƚ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŚĞŶ ŚĞ ĮŶĂůůǇ ŐĞƚƐ

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ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ŽƵƚ Ă ƌŽŽŵ ĨƵůů ŽĨ ŚŽŽĚƐ ;Ă ƉŚĞŶŽŵĞŶĂů͕ ŽŶĞ ƐŚŽƚ ƐĞƚͲ ƉŝĞĐĞͿ ǇŽƵƌ ŚĞĂƌƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŝŶ ǇŽƵƌ ŵŽƵƚŚ͘ dŚĞ ƟƚůĞ ŵĂǇ ďĞ KickAss͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ,ŝƚ 'ŝƌů ĂŶĚ ŝŐ ĂĚĚǇ ƐŚŽǁ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŝƐ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ Ă ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ĚŝƐƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ͘ ǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ǁŽƌŬƐ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐƚǇůŝƐŚ ǀŝƐƵĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ ƐŽƵŶĚƚƌĂĐŬ ;ǁŚŝĐŚ͕ Ăƚ ŝƚƐ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂů ƉĞĂŬƐ͕ ŝƐ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůůǇ Ă :ŽŚŶ DƵƌƉŚǇ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ŚŝƚƐ ĐŽŵƉŝůĂƟŽŶͿ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƌƌŽǁŝŶŐ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƌĞĂů ĚĂƌŬŶĞƐƐ͘ KŶůǇ ƚƌƵĞ ŐƌĞĂƚŶĞƐƐ ĂƩƌĂĐƚƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĐƌŝƟĐĂů ĨƌĞŶǌǇ͘ Duncan Vicat-Brown

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®Ù͗ D®¦ç ½ ^ ÖÊ «Ä®» Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϭϵͬϬϰͬϭϬ /ŵĂŐŝŶĞ Ă ǁŽƌůĚ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂŶǇ ŽƌŐĂŶ ŝŶ ǇŽƵƌ ďŽĚǇ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞĚ͖ ĨŽƌ Ă ƉƌŝĐĞ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ŬĞĞƉ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ ǇŽƵƌ ƌĞƉĂǇŵĞŶƚƐ͕ Repo Men ǁŝůů ďƌĞĂŬ ŝŶƚŽ ǇŽƵƌ ŚŽŵĞ͕ ĐƵƚ ǇŽƵƌ ďŽĚǇ ŽƉĞŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĐůĂŝŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚǇ͖ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĂů ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ƵŶůŝŬĞůǇ͘ dŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ƉƌĞŵŝƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĞǆĐĞƉƟŽŶĂůůǇ ŐŽƌǇ ƐĐŝͲĮ ƚŚƌŝůůĞƌ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ĚĞƉŝĐƚƐ ZĞƉŽ DĂŶ ZĞŵǇ ;:ƵĚĞ >ĂǁͿ ǁŚŽ ƐƵīĞƌƐ Ă ĐĂƌĚŝĂĐ ĂƌƌĞƐƚ͘ tĂŬŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ĮƩĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐƚĂƚĞͲ ŽĨͲƚŚĞͲĂƌƚ ŵĞĐŚĂŶŝĐĂů ŚĞĂƌƚ͕ ZĞŵǇ ŝƐ ƐŽŽŶ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ƉĂǇŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ ƚŽ ŐŽ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌƵŶ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŝƐ ŽůĚ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌ ;&ŽƌĞƐƚ tŚŝƚĂŬĞƌͿ͘ 'ƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƚƌŝŬĞ Ă ŶĞƌǀĞ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ŽƵƌ ĚĞďƚͲƌŝĚĚĞŶ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͕

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®Ù͗ W ã Ù ͘ Êó½®Ä¦ Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϭϵͬϬϰͬϭϬ Stag Night ŝƐ Ă ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽĚĚǇ ůŽǁͲďƵĚŐĞƚ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽ ƉƌĞƚĞŶƐŝŽŶƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ũƵƐƚ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ŐŽƌĞͲ ĨĞƐƚ͘ dĂŬŝŶŐ ŝƚƐ ĐƵĞ ĨƌŽŵ ϳϬƐ ĮůŵƐ ůŝŬĞ Dead End and C.H.U.D͕ ďƵƚ ŵŽƐƚ ŶŽƚĂďůǇ ůŽǁͲďƵĚŐĞƚ ϮϬϬϱ ƌŝƚ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ŇŝĐŬ Creep, Stag Night ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƚĂůĞ ŽĨ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ůŽǁͲ/Y ǇŽƵƚŚƐ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ŶŝŐŚƚŵĂƌĞ ƐƚƵŵďůĞ ŚŽŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƉƵď͘ dŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƐƵďƐĞƋƵĞŶƚůǇ ƐƚĂůŬĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ĚĞƐĞƌƚĞĚ ƵŶĚĞƌŐƌŽƵŶĚ ƐƚĂƟŽŶ ďǇ Ă ĐĂƐƚ ŽĨ ƐĂǀĂŐĞƐ͕

ŝƚ ŝƐ ƵŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ĚĞĞƉ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ ƐŽŽŶ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ůŽƐƚ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐůǇ ĨƌĞŶĞƟĐ ƉůŽƚ͘ tŚŝƚĂŬĞƌ ĂŶĚ >Ăǁ ŐŝǀĞ ĐŽŶǀŝŶĐŝŶŐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ ĂƐ ůŽŶŐ ƚĞƌŵ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƌŝǀĂůƐ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ĐŽƌƌŝĚŽƌ ĮŐŚƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ Ă ŶŝĐĞ ŚŽŵĂŐĞ ƚŽ Old Boy. ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŝƐƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŝƐ ƵŶĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ďĞĞŶ ĚŽŶĞ ŵĂŶǇ ƟŵĞƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƐƚŽŵĂĐŚ ƚŚĞ ŐŽƌĞ͕ Repo Men ŚĂƐ ƐŽŵĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ŝĚĞĂƐ͕ ďƵƚ ƐĂĚůǇ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ĨƵůůǇ ĞǆƉůŽŝƚ ƚŚĞŵ͘ Lindsay Harris

ǁŚŽ ƌĞƐĞŵďůĞ Ă ĐƌŽƐƐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ϭϵϳϬƐ ƉŽǁĞƌ ƌŽĐŬ ĐĂƐƚͲŽīƐ͕ ZĂƐƚĂĨĂƌŝĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ EĞĂŶĚĞƌƚŚĂůƐ͘ EĞĞĚůĞƐƐ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ͕ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ŚƵŶŐƌǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďůŽŽĚ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ƵƌďĂŶŝƚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌŝĞƐ ĐĂŶ ŽŶůǇ ƐĂƚĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚĂƐƚĞ ĨŽƌ ŚƵŵĂŶ ŇĞƐŚ͘ ZĞĞůŝŶŐ Žī Ă ůŝƐƚ ŽĨ ĐůŝĐŚĠƐ ǀŝĂ Ă ƉŽŽƌ ƐĐƌĞĞŶƉůĂǇ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶƐ ƐŽŵĞ ƵŶƵƐƵĂů ĚĞĂƚŚ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ŶŽƚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞĚ ĞůƐĞǁŚĞƌĞ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ŵŽƐƚůǇ ƐƟĐŬƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƵƐƵĂů ĨŽƌŵƵůĂ ʹ ƐůŝĐĞƐ͕ ƐŚŽƚƐ͕ ƐŚĂŬǇ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ ǁŽƌŬ͕ ĨƌĞŶĞƟĐ ĐƵƫŶŐ͕ ŝŶĐŽŶŐƌƵŽƵƐ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ ƉůƵƐ ƚŚĞ

ƵƐƵĂů ƐƚŽĐŬ ŽĨ ĚƵŵď ;ĂŶĚ ŝŶĞǆƉůŝĐĂďůĞͿ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶƐ͘ ǀĞŶ ďǇ ƌĞůĂƟǀĞ ŚŽƌƌŽƌ ŵŽǀŝĞ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ͕ ƐƵďƚĞƌƌĂŶĞĂŶ ƐĐĂƌĞƐ ŵĂŬĞ ůŝƩůĞ ƐĞŶƐĞ ʹ ŚŽǁ ǁŽƵůĚ Ă ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ƐƵŶůŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ĞĚŝďůĞ ĨŽŽĚ ŐŝǀĞ ƵŶĚĞƌŐƌŽƵŶĚ ŚƵŵĂŶƐ ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞůǇ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚ͍ ĞĨŽƌĞ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ŶŽƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĂǌĞĚ ƐƉŽŶƚĂŶĞŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ ďĂŶŐ Ͳ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ăůů ŽǀĞƌ ŝŶ ϴϰ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͘ WŚĞǁ͘ George Gilbert

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®Ù͗ 'Ù Äã , Ý½Êò Z ½ Ý ã ͗ ϭϵͬϬϰͬϭϬ The Men Who Stare at Goats ĚĞƉŝĐƚƐ Žď tŝůƚŽŶ ; ǁĂŶ DĐ'ƌĞŐŽƌͿ Ă Daily Telegraph ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞƌ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƌĐŚ ĨŽƌ Ă ĐŽŵƉĞůůŝŶŐ ƐƚŽƌǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŚŽƉĞƐ ǁŝůů ĞŶŚĂŶĐĞ ŚŝƐ ũŽƵƌŶĂůŝƐƟĐ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ͘ ŌĞƌ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ >ǇŶŶ ĂƐƐŝĚǇ ;'ĞŽƌŐĞ ůŽŽŶĞǇͿ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ Ă ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ h͘^͘ ƌŵǇ͛Ɛ &ŝƌƐƚ ĂƌƚŚ ĂƩĂůŝŽŶ͕ tŝůƚŽŶ ĮŶĚƐ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶĞǁ ĂŐĞ͕ ƐĞĞŵŝŶŐůǇ ƉĞĂĐĞĨƵů ƚĂĐƟĐƐ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶƐ ŵĂŶǇ ĐŽŵŝĐĂů ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƌŵǇ ŽĸĐŝĂůƐ ƚŽ ĞŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƌ ĂƐ

ǁĞ ŬŶŽǁ ŝƚ͕ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ă ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ĚŝǀĞƌƐĞ ƉƐǇĐŚŝĐ ŵĞƚŚŽĚƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐŽŵŝĐĂů ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ ĚĞƚƌĂĐƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĨŽƌĐĞĚ ŝƚƐ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ŝĚĞŽůŽŐǇ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƚĂĐƟĐƐ ƵƐĞĚ ŝŶ ǁĂƌ ƚŽĚĂǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞīĞĐƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ĐĂŶ ŚĂǀĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŽůĚŝĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶŶŽĐĞŶƚ ĐŝƟǌĞŶƐ ĂůŝŬĞ͘ dŚƵƐ͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ĐŽƌĞ ŝƐ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚĞĚ ďǇ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐůĞƐƐ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞůŝĞǀĞ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ƚŚŝƌĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͕

ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ƚƵƌŶƐ ůĂĐŬůƵƐƚƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ƵŶŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌǇ͘ ůŽŽŶĞǇ͛Ɛ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ŝƐ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ŝƐ DĐ'ƌĞŐŽƌ͛Ɛ͕ ĂůďĞŝƚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƩĞƌ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ƵŶǇŝĞůĚŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƚƐ͘ KǀĞƌĂůů͕ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ Ă ƉŽƚĞŶƚ ƐŽĐŝĂů ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŽǀĞƌƐŚĂĚŽǁĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞĚƵŶĚĂŶƚ͘ Adam Scales

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20apr10 issue242

concrete.film@uea.ac.uk

RATED OR SLATED? IRON MAN 2: A STRONG SEQUEL?

CINEMATIC CLASSICS > THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1920)

dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ Iron Man Įůŵ ĐĂŵĞ out of more or less nowhere ŝŶ ϮϬϬϴ͕ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ ŽǀĞƌ Įůŵ ĨĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͘ The Marvel character had a ƚƌŽƵďůĞĚ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĂŶĐŚŝƐĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌ ƐƚƵĚŝŽƐ ĨŽƌ ϭϲ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ before Marvel created their ŽǁŶ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ƐƚƵĚŝŽƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͘ ƌŝƟĐƐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŶƐ were unsure what to expect: ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ĐŽŵƉĂŶǇ ǁĂƐ inexperienced and Robert Downey Jr had been cast in the lead role, an actor infamous for his troubled personal ůŝĨĞ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ͕ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ƵŶƚĞƐƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ďŝŐ ďƵĚŐĞƚ͕ ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ ŚŝƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵ ŽĨ :ŽŶ &ĂǀƌĞĂƵ͕ Ă ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ǁŚŽƐĞ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ Śŝƚ ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ tŝůů &ĞƌƌĞůů ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ vehicle Elf. Despite these worries, the Įůŵ͛Ɛ ŚƵŵŽƌŽƵƐ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĞŐŽƟƐƟĐĂů ďŝůůŝŽŶĂŝƌĞ ǁĞĂƉŽŶƐ manufacturer, brilliantly played by Downey Jr, who is captured by rebel forces in the Middle East and coerced ŝŶƚŽ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ƐƵŝƚ ŽĨ ŵĞƚĂů ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ĞƐĐĂƉĞ͕ ǁĂƐ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŶĞĂƌůǇ άϲϬϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ďŽǆ ŽĸĐĞ͘ dŚĞ ďƌŝŐŚƚ ĐŽůŽƵƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǆĐĞƐƐŝǀĞ ĞǆƉůŽƐŝŽŶƐ ŵĂƌŬĞĚ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ĚĞƉĂƌƚƵƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŐůŽŽŵǇ storylines of other superhero ĮůŵƐ Ăƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ The Dark Knight and Spiderman

What is the truth? What is real? Who can we trust? These ĂƌĞ Ăůů ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂƌƚ ŽĨ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŶŇƵĞŶƟĂů ĂŶĚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƐŝůĞŶƚ ĮůŵƐ ŽĨ the 20th century, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ǁĂƐ made in Weimar Germany, the heart and soul of culture ŝŶ ƵƌŽƉĞ Ăƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ͕ ƚŚĂƚ produced a movement in art that had a profound impact ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ĂƌƚƐ͘ dŚĞ Expressionist movement ŚĂĚ ĂŶ Ăŝŵ ŽĨ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ world of the individual, thus ĞǆĂŐŐĞƌĂƟŶŐ ŝƚ ƚŽ ĚĞƉŝĐƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂůůǇ ǀŝǀŝĚ ŝŵĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ the individual’s moods and ŝĚĞĂƐ͘ /ƚ ƐŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŽ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ĂƐ ŵƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ͚ďĞŝŶŐ ĂůŝǀĞ͕͛ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ of the mind rather that the physical reality. /ƚ ĞŵĞƌŐĞĚ ĂƐ ĂŶ ĂǀĂŶƚͲ ŐĂƌĚĞ ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ĞƌůŝŶ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϮϬƐ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ Ă ƌĞĐŽǀĞƌŝŶŐ 'ĞƌŵĂŶǇ ĂŌĞƌ ttϭ͘ dŚĞ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐĂůůǇ ǁĞĂŬ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ;ƚŚĂƚ ƐƵīĞƌĞĚ ƐĞǀĞƌĞ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ĚĞƐƟƚƵƟŽŶ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ŚŝŐŚ ƌĞƉĂƌĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŵƉŽƐĞĚ ďǇ the victors of the war) could ŶŽƚ ĮŶĂŶĐĞ ŵĂŐŶŝĮĐĞŶƚůǇ ĞǆƚƌĂǀĂŐĂŶƚ ĮůŵƐ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ,ŽůůǇǁŽŽĚ Įůŵ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ƚŚĞ ĮůŵŵĂŬĞƌƐ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐǇŵďŽůŝƐŵ ĂŶĚ ŵŝƐĞͲĞŶͲƐĐĞŶĞ of Expressionism to create ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ ĐŝŶĞŵĂ͘ ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ^ŝĞŐĨƌŝĞĚ <ƌĂĐĂƵĞƌ͕ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ŝŶĚŝĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ

rise of Nazism, seen as the ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŝĐŬ soul of poor Weimar Germany ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ƐƵīĞƌŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŚĂŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ͚ ŝŐ ƚŚƌĞĞ͛ ;&ƌĂŶĐĞ͕ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͕ h͘^͘ Ϳ͘ dŚĞ 'ĞƌŵĂŶ expressionist movement’s features can all be found in The Cabinet of Dr Caligari. dŚĞ Įůŵ ĨŽĐƵƐĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƌŬ ĨƌŝŶŐĞƐ ŽĨ ŚƵŵĂŶ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ĚĞƉŝĐƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƐĂŶĞ͘ dŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͕ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ƵŶĂǁĂƌĞ ŽĨ

ͻdŚĞ ƚƌĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƌĞŵĂŬŝŶŐ musicals seems to have no ĞŶĚ ŝŶ ƐŝŐŚƚ͘ ŌĞƌ ďƵƚĐŚĞƌŝŶŐ Fame, it seems that Hollywood wants another stab at ͚ŵƵƌĚĞƌŝŶŐ͛ ůĞŐĞŶĚĂƌǇ Įůŵ Footloose. However, it seems

that they have hit a number of ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ Ă ŶĞǁ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ŵĂŶ ƚǁŝĐĞ as both dropped out. Can they ŶŽƚ ƚĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŶƚ͍

3͕ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ĨĂŶƐ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞĚ with open arms. Hopes are ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ŚŝŐŚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƋƵĞů͕ which is released in cinemas at ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ Ɖƌŝů͘ The plot has remained Ă ĐůŽƐĞůǇ ŐƵĂƌĚĞĚ ƐĞĐƌĞƚ͖ however, it has been revealed ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƋƵĞů ǁŝůů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ Ɛŝǆ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ Įůŵ ĞŶĚĞĚ͘ dŽŶǇ ^ƚĂƌŬ ŚĂƐ ƌĞǀĞĂůĞĚ himself to be the armoured super hero and revels in ƚŚĞ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ďƌŝŶŐƐ

Śŝŵ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ^ƚĂƌŬ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƵŶĚĞƌ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ h͘^͘ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƐŚĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐǇ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŵŝůŝƚĂƌǇ͕ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŚĞ ŝƐ ƵŶǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚŽ͕ ĨĞĂƌĨƵů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĨĂůůŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŽŶŐ ŚĂŶĚƐ͘ ůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ this, Iron Man will also have to face a new nemesis in the form of Whiplash, played ďǇ KƐĐĂƌ ŶŽŵŝŶĞĞ DŝĐŬĞǇ ZŽƵƌŬĞ͘ dŚĞ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ &d ǁŝŶŶĞƌ ^ĐĂƌůĞƩ :ŽŚĂŶƐƐŽŶ͕ ^Ăŵ ZŽĐŬǁĞůů ;ĨƌĞƐŚ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŝƐ

success in Moon) and Robert ŽǁŶĞǇ͛Ɛ ĐŽŶƟŶƵŝŶŐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ĂƐ Ă ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ŵĂŶ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ release of Guy Richie’s new ƚĂŬĞ ŽŶ Sherlock Holmes, ƐŚŽǁƐ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŬĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ƉƵƐŚŝŶŐ ŚĂƌĚ ĨŽƌ ĐƌŝƟĐĂů ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ commercial success. dŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐǇ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ replacement of Terrence Howard by Don Cheadle, in the role of Lieutenant Colonal :ĂŵĞƐ ZŚŽĚĞƐ͕ ^ƚĂƌŬƐ͛ ůŽŶŐͲ ƟŵĞ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ ĂŶĚ ĂůůǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ form of Warmachine. Howard was apparently replaced ĂŌĞƌ ŚŝƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚůǇ ƌŽĐŬǇ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ǁŝƚŚ &ĂǀƌĞĂƵ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ Ă ĚŝƐĂŐƌĞĞŵĞŶƚ ŽǀĞƌ ŵŽŶĞǇ͘ KƐĐĂƌͲŶŽŵŝŶĞĞ ŽŶ ŚĞĂĚůĞ is a very well respected actor, but it is yet to be seen if he can ŵĂŶĂŐĞ ƚŽ ŽďƚĂŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŚĞŵŝƐƚƌǇ ƚŚĂƚ ,ŽǁĂƌĚ and Downey Jr discovered in ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ Įůŵ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŝůĞƌƐ͕ with the massive explosions, ŚĞĂǀǇ ŵĞƚĂů ƐŽƵŶĚƚƌĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ĨƵŶŶǇ ŽŶĞ ůŝŶĞƌƐ͕ ĂƌĞ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŐŽ ďǇ͕ &ĂǀƌĞĂƵ ŚĂƐ ŝŶ Iron Man 2 created the superhero Įůŵ ŽĨ ĂŶǇ ĐŽŵŝĐ ďŽŽŬ ĨĂŶƐ͛ ĚƌĞĂŵƐ͘ ,ĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŚŽƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŝůĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ũƵƐƚ Ă ƚĂƐƚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ brilliance we can expect from ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ Ăƚ the end of this month. Katy Quigley

the fact that the story is told by a madman and thus the ĚĂƌŬ ƐƚǇůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ƐĞĞŶ ĂƐ Ă ƐƚǇůŝƐƟĐ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ĨŽƌ ĂĞƐƚŚĞƟĐ ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞƐ͘ Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƉůŽƚ ƚŚŝĐŬĞŶƐ we start to understand that the ƐůĂŶƚĞĚ ŚŽƵƐĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƐƚƌĞĞƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞŶƐĞůǇ ĚĂƌŬ ƐŚĂĚŽǁƐ ĂƌĞ Ă ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ of a state of mind, a mind deeply disturbed by the ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ͘ dŚĞ plot revolves around the ŶĂƌƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ &ƌĂŶĐŝƐ͕ ǁŚŽƐĞ

ŇĂƐŚďĂĐŬƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ŝŵĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͘ ,Ğ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞƐ Ă series of mysterious murders ƚŚĂƚ ŽĐĐƵƌƌĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ƐŵĂůů ǀŝůůĂŐĞ in Germany, Holstenwall, and ŚŝƐ͕ ůĂŶ͛Ɛ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ďĞƚƌŽƚŚĞĚ͛Ɛ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŵƵƌĚĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ seem to be carried out by a Dr. ĂůŝŐĂƌŝ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ƐŽŵŶĂŵďƵůŝƐƚ͘ dŚƵƐ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ŐŽƚŚŝĐ͕ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ŽĨ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ŵĂƩĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ deals with death, betrayal and ĚĞĐĞƉƟŽŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƚ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚƐ ƵƐŝŶŐ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞ ĂĞƐƚŚĞƟĐ choices, because not only is the set built to resemble the mind of the insane but also the actors themselves ĞǆĂŐŐĞƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĚĂƌŬ ŵĂŬĞͲƵƉ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƐŚĞǀĞůůĞĚ ĐůŽƚŚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĂŝƌ͘ :ƵƐƚ ůŝŬĞ Ă dream, all the elements of the Įůŵ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ physical reality of the narrator, where, for example, the appearance of the characters in Holstenwall is similar to that of the inmates in the asylum or ƚŚĞ ŶĂŵĞ ĂůŝŐĂƌŝ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽĐƚŽƌ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ͚ĐƵƌĞ͛ &ƌĂŶĐŝƐ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ ŚĂƐ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞĚ ŵĂŶǇ ĮůŵŵĂŬĞƌƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ůĨƌĞĚ ,ŝƚĐŚĐŽĐŬ ĂŶĚ dŝŵ ƵƌƚŽŶ ĂŶĚ it also led to the style of the &ŝůŵ EŽŝƌ ĮůŵƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϭϵϰϬƐ͘ It is most certainly one of ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ĮůŵƐ ŝŶ ĐŝŶĞŵĂƟĐ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ͘ Ira Lorandou

TRIVIA TIME ͻDesperate Housewives star ǀĂ >ŽŶŐŽƌŝĂ WĂƌŬĞƌ ŚĂƐ ůĞŌ ƚŚĞ ďŝǌĂƌƌĞ ŚĂƉƉĞŶŝŶŐƐ ŽĨ tŝƐƚĞƌŝĂ >ĂŶĞ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƚŽ Įůŵ Ă new horror movie, scheduled ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŶĞǆƚ ŵŽŶƚŚ͘ dŚĞ Įůŵ͕ Tenement, has apparently used The Exorcist, Amityville Horror and Rosemary’s Baby ĂƐ ŝƚƐ ŵĂŝŶ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞƐ͘ ͻ ĂŶŶĞƐ &ŝůŵ &ĞƐƟǀĂů ŚĂƐ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŝŶĞͲƵƉ ĨŽƌ this year’s award ceremony. hŶƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐůǇ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ďƵƚ Ă ĨĞǁ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ ŵŽǀŝĞƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĞǆĐĞƉƟŽŶ ŽĨ ZŝĚůĞǇ ^ĐŽƩ͛Ɛ Robin Hood͖ ďƵƚ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŽŶ ŽīĞƌ ǁŝůů ĂƉƉĞĂů ƚŽ

ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĮůŵŐŽĞƌƐ͘ /Ĩ ŶŽƚ͕ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ĐŚĞĐŬ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĮůŵƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ƐĐƌĞĞŶĞĚ͘ ͻ /ƚ ŚĂƐ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚĞĞŶĂŐĞ ŚĞĂƌƩŚƌŽď ĂĐ ĨƌŽŶ ŚĂƐ ƚĂŬĞŶ Ă ĚĂǇ Žī ĨƌŽŵ ŚŝƐ ƵƐƵĂů ĐůŝĐŚĠĚ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ũŽĐŬ ƌŽůĞ ƚŽ ƉƵƌƐƵĞ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚ ŝŶ Ă ŶĞǁ ^ǁĞĚŝƐŚ Įůŵ ƌĞŵĂŬĞ ŽĨ drama Snabba Cash. He will be ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌŽůĞ ŽĨ Ă ƚĂǆŝͲĚƌŝǀĞƌͲ ĐŽŵĞͲĐŽĐĂŝŶĞͲĚĞĂůĞƌ͘ ĐůĞĂƌ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ƚŽ ďƌĞĂŬ ĨƌĞĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŝƐ ďůƵĞͲĞǇĞĚͲďŽǇ ƐƚĞƌĞŽƚǇƉĞ͘ ͻsŝŶ ŝĞƐĞů͕ Ă ŶĂŵĞ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽƚ ŚĞĂƌĚ ŝŶ Ă ǁŚŝůĞ͕ ŝƐ ďĂĐŬ in his too comfortable role of

Riddick in what must be one ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĂďƐƵƌĚ ƟƚůĞƐ ŽĨ the year, Dead Man Stalking. dŚŝƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŝƌĚ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝĞƐĞů ƚĂĐŬůĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĂǌǇ ĂŶĚ wild character. Many will want to believe it will be the last ƟŵĞ͘ ͻ ůů ƌŽƵŶĚ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶĞƌ :ĂŵŝĞ &Žǆǆ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƌŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŶĞǁ ĂŶŝŵĂƚĞĚ Įůŵ Welcome to the Jungle. The ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ŝƐ ƐƚĂǇŝŶŐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ŝůůƵƐŝǀĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĨĂŝƌ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ &Žǆǆ ǁŝůů ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ĚƌŽƉ Ă ĐŚĞĞŬǇ ƐŽŶŐ Žƌ ƚǁŽ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵŝǆ ĨŽƌ ŐŽŽĚ measure.

ͻdĂůŬŝŶŐ ŽĨ Footloose͕ <ĞǀŝŶ ĂĐŽŶ ŚĂƐ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ƐŝŐŶĞĚ ŽŶƚŽ ĂŶ ĂƐ ŽĨ ǇĞƚ ƵŶƟƚůĞĚ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ ^ƚĞǀĞ ĂƌĞůů͘ ĂĐŽŶ will play Carell’s wife’s lover ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͕ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ďǇ :ƵůŝĂŶŶĞ DŽŽƌĞ͕ ǁŚŽ ŵŽƟǀĂƚĞƐ ĂƌĞůů ƚŽ ĮŶĂůůǇ ƐŽƌƚ ŽƵƚ ŚŝƐ ůŝĨĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŚĞůƉ ŽĨ ůŝĨĞ ĐŽĂĐŚ ZǇĂŶ 'ŽƐůŝŶŐ͘ tŝůů ĂƌĞůů͕ ĂĐŽŶ ĂŶĚ 'ŽƐůŝŶŐ ƌĞĂůůǇ Ăůů ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ Įůŵ͍

ͻ ŶĚ ĮŶĂůůǇ͕ <ĂƚŚƌǇŶ ŝŐĞůŽǁ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ǁŽŵĂŶ ƚŽ ǁŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞƐƚ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ KƐĐĂƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶŶƵĂů ĐĂĚĞŵǇ ǁĂƌĚƐ͕ ĨŽƌ ŚĞƌ Įůŵ The Hurt Locker, last month. While this is an achievement in ŝƚƐĞůĨ͕ ĂƐ ŽŶůǇ ϳй ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ϭϯ͕ϰϬϬ members of the Directors 'ƵŝůĚ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ ĂƌĞ ůŝƐƚĞĚ ĂƐ ĨĞŵĂůĞ͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ůŽŶŐ ďĞĞŶ overdue. Only four women, ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŝŐĞůŽǁ͕ ŚĂǀĞ ĞǀĞƌ ďĞĞŶ ŶŽŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞƐƚ ŝƌĞĐƟŶŐ KƐĐĂƌ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐŝŐŶĂůƐ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ďƌĞĂŬƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĨŽƌ ĨĞŵĂůĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌƐ ŐůŽďĂůůǇ͘ Rebecca Harrington

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When hardcore hero Chuck Ragan took a trip to our waters in support of Frank Turner, The Event’s Steph McKenna sat down for a chat with him about the challenges of going solo and taking his music back to its folk roots.... into the studio and not even being sure what will happen, just ůĞƫŶŐ ŝƚ Ăůů ŇǇ͘ dŚĞ Bristle Ridge ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ;ǁŝƚŚ ƵƐƟŶ >ƵĐĂƐͿ ǁĂƐ recorded in six days, and none of us had met everyone yet! When ǁĞ ůĞŌ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ůŝŬĞ͗ ͞tŽǁ ǁŚĂƚ ũƵƐƚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚ͍ ŝĚ ǁĞ ũƵƐƚ ĚŽ ƚŚĂƚ͍ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ͘͟ / ŐƵĞƐƐ ŝƚ ĐĂŶ ŐŽ ďŽƚŚ ǁĂǇƐ͘ ƌĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂŶǇ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ĂůďƵŵ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ŽĨ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ǇŽƵ͕ Žƌ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ĞŶũŽǇ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ůŝǀĞ͍ dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ Ă ƚŽƵŐŚ ŽŶĞ͕ Ăůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ͊ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŽŶĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƟĐŬƐ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ ŵǇ ŵŝŶĚ ŝƐ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ůŽǀĞ ƐŽŶŐ ĐĂůůĞĚ ͚ZŽƩĞƌĚĂŵ͛͘ / ƌĞĂůůǇ ĞŶũŽǇ ƚŚĂƚ one - especially on the road. My wife’s not with me on this run and normally she is, but… last year we got a new puppy, and she’s at ŚŽŵĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ͘ ^ŚĞ ĚŽĞƐ Ă ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ǁŽƌŬ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ZĞǀŝǀĂů ƚŽƵƌ͕ ũƵƐƚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐŝŶŐ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƐƚƵī ĨƌŽŵ ŚŽŵĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƚŽƵŐŚ ďƵƚ͙ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ beast, unfortunately. I really look forward to playing that song on this tour. tŚĂƚ ĞůƐĞ ŚĂǀĞ ǇŽƵ ŐŽƚ ƉůĂŶŶĞĚ ĨŽƌ ϮϬϭϬ͍ We’re bringing the Revival tour to Australia in April, which I’d also love to bring to the UK and Europe, possibly next year. You will love ŝƚ͊ ZŝŐŚƚ ŶŽǁ /͛ŵ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ Ă ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƌŝĂŶ &ĂůůŽŶ ;dŚĞ 'ĂƐůŝŐŚƚ ŶƚŚĞŵͿ͘ tĞ͛ƌĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĮƌĞĚ ƵƉ͕ / ůŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐƐ͕ / ůŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ of it. The plan is to record at the same place where I made Gold Country, and produce it ourselves. We’ve got some other great ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ƚŽŽ͘ We’re really looking forward to it... but I’m anxious!

You are currently on the road with Frank Turner. How is it going so far? It’s been great. We’re only about three shows into it now but we’ve just been having a blast. I’ve played with Frank before on the Revival tour that my wife and I organised, and we really loved ŚŝƐ ŵƵƐŝĐ ĂŶĚ Śŝƚ ŝƚ Žī ǁŝƚŚ Śŝŵ͘ &ƌĂŶŬ͛Ɛ ŐŽƚ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĐƌĞǁ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ tour - just a lot of good people involved - and it’s a pleasure and an honour to be here. In June, you return to the UK with your band Hot Water Music. ,Žǁ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚƌĂŶƐŝƟŽŶ͕ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ĨŽůŬ ƚŽ ŚĂƌĚĐŽƌĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ͕ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ͍ Is it a lot to get your head around when you take to the stage? The mind set sort of changes when you’re there. Once I stand up with those boys, and we get around each other, it all falls back into place. I feel really lucky for that. It is tough on the body and the voice, but I enjoy it and I’m really blessed to have the opportunity to experience both sides; to play stripped down folk songs and then to just... let it rip. tŚǇ ŝƐ ŝƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƉƵŶŬ Žƌ ŚĂƌĚĐŽƌĞ ƌŽŽƚƐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ĂĐŽƵƐƟĐͬĨŽůŬ ŵƵƐŝĐ͍ dŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ĞĂƌůǇ ,Žƚ tĂƚĞƌ DƵƐŝĐ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ǁĂƐ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ĂĐŽƵƐƟĐĂůůǇ͕ ƐŽ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͘ &Žƌ ŵĞ͕ ǁŚĂƚ / ůŽǀĞ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ Ăƌƚ ĂƌĞ ĐůĂƌŝĮĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐƐ ƐŝŵƉůŝĮĞĚ͘ tŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ƐƚĂŶĚ ƵƉ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ĨŽůŬƐ ĂŶĚ Ăůů ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ is your voice and your guitar, it can be a very, very humbling ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ ůŽƚ ƚŽ ŚŝĚĞ ďĞŚŝŶĚ͘ / ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ guitar because of my grandfather, and so a lot of it brings me back ƚŽ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĮƌƐƚ ďĂƐŝĐ ŝŶƐƟŶĐƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĞƉƐ͘ / ĐĂŶ ƐƉĞĂŬ ĨŽƌ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ŐŽŽĚ friends that are doing it like that too. ůŽƚ ŵŽƌĞ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĚƌĂǁŶ ƚŽ ŝƚ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ

will come and go. The folks that are doing this wholeheartedly will keep on truckin’, whilst others will migrate on to something else. That’s how we all live as music lovers. Life deciphers what is true or false, what we love and what we don’t. zŽƵ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŝƐ ůŝŬĞ Ă ͚ďĂƐŝĐ ŝŶƐƟŶĐƚ͛Ͳ ǁŽƵůĚ ŝƚ ďĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵƌ ƐŽůŽ ƐŽƵŶĚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ŵŽƌĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĂůůǇ ƚŽ ǇŽƵ͕ then? ĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ͘ ǀĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ,Žƚ tĂƚĞƌ DƵƐŝĐ͕ ǁĞ Ăůů ǁƌŽƚĞ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůůǇ in our own ways, then we’d come together, tear the songs apart and put them back together again. For me, it feels natural and it’s ƐŝŵƉůĞ͕ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ƚŽ ŵĞ ƚŽ Ɛŝƚ ĚŽǁŶ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĂĐŽƵƐƟĐ͘ 'ŽŝŶŐ ƐŽůŽ ŝƐ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ůŝďĞƌĂƟŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟŵĞ ǇŽƵ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ have the support group behind you to say, “hey, that’s a really bad idea.” So I have a lot of good friends that I bring to the sessions, ǁŚŽ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞ ŵĞ͘ dŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ĨŽƌ ƐƵƌĞ͘ Gold Country ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ǇŽƵ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ĂůŽŶĞ͘ ,Žǁ ǁĂƐ that process? /ƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŽƵŐŚ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞŶƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ / ŚĂĚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďƵĚŐĞƚ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ǁŚĂƚ / ǁĂƐ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ͕ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ƌĞůĂǆĞĚ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ /͛ŵ ƵƐĞĚ to would involve running into the studio and working around the ĐůŽĐŬ ƵŶƟů ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ĚŽŶĞ͖ ĂŶǇǁŚĞƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ĚĂǇ͕ ƚŽ Ă ŵŽŶƚŚ ĂŶĚ Ă half or so. With Gold Country, it was really nice to have the support when I said I wanted to produce it myself and they said, “yeah, ƚĂŬĞ ǇŽƵƌ ƟŵĞ͕ ƌŝŶŐ ƵƐ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĚŽŶĞ͘͟ / ũƵƐƚ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďƌĞĂŬ ŝƚ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ůĞƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ďĞ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ͘ ǀĞƌǇ ƟŵĞ ǁĞ went into the studio I truly wanted to be there, and I don’t ever want to do it any other way. ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ Ă ůŽƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐĂŝĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ

FRANK TURNER: UEA LCR, MONDAY MARCH 22ND Every now and then, the LCR gets quite full; Socmart, DayGlo rave, the end of term bash. But none of those even come close to how densely packed it was on March 22nd. Now, consider the fact that this gig was originally meant to take place at The Waterfront and you get some idea of quite how much Frank Turner’s star has risen over the last 12 months. With a voice somewhere between a chainsaw and ĂŶ ĞŶƌĂŐĞĚ ďĞĂƌ͕ ŚƵĐŬ ŚĞůĚ ƚŚĞ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ > Z throughout his set, successfully channelling the spirit of ƌƵĐĞ ^ƉƌŝŶŐƐƚĞĞŶ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ƐĞŶƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐ ŽĨ Willie Nelson. Though unfamiliar with most of the material, the majority of the crowd ended the set as new Chuck fans. Any long term Frank Turner fan will tell you that his live show is integral to his appeal. The man lives to gig, and has ďĞĞŶ ŽŶ ƚŽƵƌ ƉƌĞƩǇ ŵƵĐŚ ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚůǇ ĨŽƌ ĂďŽƵƚ ĨŽƵƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ͘ ŌĞƌ ĂƉŽůŽŐŝƐŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŽŶůǇ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ŽŶĐĞ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ;ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƟŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌĂĐŝƚǇ ŽĨ ĂƐƚ ŶŐůŝĂŶ ŚĂƚĞ ŵĂŝůͿ͕ ŚĞ ƌŝƉƉĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ƐĞƚ ƐƉĂŶŶŝŶŐ Ăůů ƚŚƌĞĞ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ ĂůďƵŵƐ͕ as well as some more obscure tracks; the crowd watched ŚŝƐ ƌĞŶĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ dŚĞ WŽƐƚĂů ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ͛Ɛ ͚ ŝƐƚƌŝĐƚ ^ůĞĞƉƐ ůŽŶĞ͛ Tonight in awed silence. Every track gained a new energy and some, most ŶŽƚĂďůǇ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƌŵĂůůǇ ůĞĂĚĞŶ ͚/ƐĂďĞů͕͛ ǁĞƌĞ ŶŽƟĐĞĂďůǇ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞĚ͘ /Ŷ ĨĂĐƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŐŝŐ͛Ɛ ŽŶůǇ ƌĞĂů ŶĞŐĂƟǀĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ĂŶĂƌĐŚŝƐƚƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉĞƌƐŝƐƚĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĨƵƟůĞ song request; if you’re reading this, you know who you are. Everyone thinks you’re idiots, so please don’t come back. ƵŶĐĂŶ sŝĐĂƚͲ ƌŽǁŶ

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In the midst of their biggest headline tour to date, Oliver Brooks met with Max Helyer and Chris Miller of You Me At Six, to ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐ ĂƌĞŶĂ ƚŽƵƌƐ͕ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ĨĂĐĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƉŽƉ ƉƵŶŬ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ͘͘͘ You guys are coming to the end of what must have been an amazing sell out tour. Tonight’s date sold out in a couple of days and people are queuing outside already... Chris: zĞƉ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŽ ƐĞůů ŽƵƚ͘ Max: dŚŝƐ ĂŶĚ EŽƫŶŐŚĂŵ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞ͘ Have there been any stand out dates; any night that has been ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů͍ C: ǀĞƌǇ ƐŚŽǁ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůǇ ŽƵƚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ͘ M͗ dŚŝƐ ŚĂƐ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƚŽƵƌ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ͘ C: ͘͘͘KƵƌ ďĞƐƚ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞ ƚŽƵƌ͘ M: / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƟŐŚƚĞƐƚ ƐŚŽǁƐ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ďĂŶĚ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƟŵĞ Žī ĂŌĞƌ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ƵƐ ŽƵƚ͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƋƵŝƚĞ ďƵƌŶƚ ŽƵƚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͘ / ŚĞĂƌĚ ǇŽƵ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ϭϮϲ ƐŚŽǁƐ͕ Žƌ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͍ C: / ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƚ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ĞǀĞŶ ďĞĞŶ Ă ďŝƚ ŵŽƌĞ͊ tĞ͛ƌĞ ŚŽƉŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĚŽ ĂďŽƵƚ ϮϬϬ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͕ Žƌ ƐŽ͘ tŽƌůĚ ĚŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ͍͘͘͘ C: Yeah, for sure! M: dŚŝƐ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƚŽƵƌ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŝĐĞ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ŬŝĚƐ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŐŽ Ă ďŝƚ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŶŽǁ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͖ ƐŽ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƐŚŽǁƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ƉƵƚ ŽŶ͕ ŝĨ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h< ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ͘ / ƌĞĂĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ďĞĞŶ ĂŶ ĂŵďŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ the Astoria, which you sold out before it shut down. Then you set yourself the target of playing Brixton Academy, and tomorrow you play a sold out show there too. Must be a special ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ĞŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƵƌ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ŝŶĚŝĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ you have made as a band. M: ƌŝǆƚŽŶ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ŽŶĞ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ͘ C: zĞĂŚ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ĚƌĞĂŵ͘ tŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ĂŵďŝƟŽŶ ŽŶ ǇŽƵƌ ůŝƐƚ͍ C: tĞ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ƉůĂǇĞĚ tĞŵďůĞǇ ;ǁŝƚŚ WĂƌĂŵŽƌĞͿ ďƵƚ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƚŚŝŶŬ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ĂŶ ĂƌĞŶĂ ďĂŶĚ͘ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƚŚŝŶŬ ǁĞ ǁŝůů ĞǀĞƌ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞ ĂƌĞŶĂƐ͘ M: /Ĩ ŝƚ ĞǀĞƌ ŐĞƚƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ ƉŽŝŶƚ͘͘͘ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƚŚŝŶŬ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ƌĞĂĚǇ ĨŽƌ ĂƌĞŶĂƐ Ăƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͘ C: /͛Ě ƐĂǇ ,ĂŵŵĞƌƐŵŝƚŚ ƉŽůůŽ ŝƐ ŵǇ ŶĞǆƚ ƚĂƌŐĞƚ͘ M: dŚĂƚ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ŝŶ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ƉůĂǇĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ƐĐĞŶĞ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŇŽƵƌŝƐŚŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͘ I understand you are quite good friends with Bring Me The Horizon and The Blackout, who like yourselves are doing really well, and are similarly signed to Epitaph in America. Do you feel ƚŚĂƚ h< ďĂŶĚƐ ĂƌĞ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ ƚŚĞǇ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞ͍ C: zĞĂŚ͕ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ͘ M: / ƚŚŝŶŬ ŵŽƌĞ ĨĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŐĂǌŝŶĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ƚŚŝƐ onboard too, because it seems to me that a lot of the music ŵĂŐĂǌŝŶĞƐ ŽŶůǇ ĐĂƌĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ďĂŶĚƐ͘ tŚǇ ĚŽ ƌŝƟƐŚ magazines not care about their own bands? They need to cater ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚŽŵĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽŵŽƚĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŵƵƐŝĐ ƐĐĞŶĞ͘ Are there any up and coming UK bands that you think will have Ă ŐŽŽĚ ǇĞĂƌ͕ Žƌ ǁŚŽ ǁĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ůŽŽŬ ŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ͍ M: /͛ŵ ƉƐǇĐŚĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ zŽƵŶŐ 'ƵŶƐ ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ůů

&ŽƌŐŽƩĞŶ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ĂŶ ĂůďƵŵ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͘ C: dŚĞ tĞ ƌĞ dŚĞ KĐĞĂŶ ǁĂƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƚŽŽ͘ M: ĞĂĨ ,ĂǀĂŶĂ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ĂƌĞĂ͕ ƚŽŽ͘ dŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ŵǇ ďŽǇƐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ ŐŽŽĚ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ͘ I’ve heard that you are all big fans of the Drive Through Records ďĂŶĚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉŽƉ ƉƵŶŬ͍ M: zĞĂŚ ǁĞ ůŽǀĞ ŝƚ͊ >ŝŬĞ dŚĞ ^ƚĂƌƟŶŐ >ŝŶĞ͕ EĞǁ &ŽƵŶĚ 'ůŽƌǇ͕ Zy ĂŶĚŝƚƐ͘͘͘ C: / ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ůŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ Ă ƌŝǀĞ dŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĐŽŵƉŝůĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ũƵƐƚ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ dŚĞ ^ƚĂƌƟŶŐ >ŝŶĞ ŽŶ ƌĞƉĞĂƚ͘ ĂƌůǇ ^ƚĂƌƟŶŐ >ŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ DŝĚƚŽǁŶ ĂŶĚ &ŝŶĐŚ͖ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ Ăůů ƐŽ ŐŽŽĚ͘ It seems to me that there is a big pop punk resurgence at the ŵŽŵĞŶƚ Ͳ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ŐƵǇƐ ŵŝŶĚ ďĞŝŶŐ ĚĞĮŶĞĚ ĂƐ ƉŽƉ ƉƵŶŬ͍ C: ƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ƉŝŐĞŽŶŚŽůĞĚ ĂƐ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ƉŽƉ ƉƵŶŬ ďĂŶĚ͕ ͞ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ &Ăůů KƵƚ ŽǇ͟ ƚǇƉĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ / ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ŵŝŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ŝƚ ŐĂǀĞ ƵƐ ƉƌĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ŬŝĚƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ toM: Ͳ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞ ƵƐ ƚŽ͘ C: zĞĂŚ͕ ďƵƚ ŶŽǁ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŐƌŽǁŶ ŝŶƚŽ ŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ͘ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƚŚŝŶŬ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ Ă ƉŽƉ ƉƵŶŬ ďĂŶĚ͖ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ Ă ƌŽĐŬ ďĂŶĚ͕ Ă ƉŽƉ ƌŽĐŬ ďĂŶĚ͘ M: ĂŶĚƐ ůŝŬĞ :ŝŵŵǇ Ăƚ tŽƌůĚ ĂŶĚ dĂŬŝŶŐ ĂĐŬ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ͖ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ /͛Ě ƐĂǇ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƌŽĐŬ ƉŽƉ ďĂŶĚƐ͘ Ɛ ŚƌŝƐ ƐĂǇƐ͕ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŵŽǀĞĚ ŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƉŽƉ ƉƵŶŬ a bit, and we are just trying to be us as a band and enjoy what ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ͘ zŽƵ͛ǀĞ ŐŽƚ ƚŽ ĐĂƚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŶƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƚŽ ůŝŬĞ ǁŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ͘ ^Ž ŝĨ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂŶ ĂĚĚĞĚ ďŽŶƵƐ͘ Hold me down has been out a couple of months now, and it’s been really well received, obviously reaching #5 on the UK album chart. It seems that your sound has really matured on this album; the band has really found their own sound. Did the

ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ Žƌ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ǇŽƵ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ compared to dĂŬĞ Kī zŽƵƌ ŽůŽƵƌƐ͍ C: /ƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ŵƵĐŚ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͘ dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĂůďƵŵ ǁĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚǁŽ ĂŶĚ Ă ŚĂůĨ ǁĞĞŬƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ƐƉĞŶƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƐĞǀĞŶ ĂŶĚ Ă ŚĂůĨ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŽŶĞ͘ M: tĞ ũƵƐƚ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ǁĂƐ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ͖ ŝĨ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞŶ͛ƚ ŚĂƉƉǇ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ǁĞ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ŐŽ ďĂĐŬ͘ C: ŶĚ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǁĞ ĚŽ ŝƚ Ăůů ŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ͕ ǁĞ ƉƵƚ ŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ ƵŶĚĞƌ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƐƵƌĞ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ǁĂƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ͘ tĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĚĞƐƉĞƌĂƚĞ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ǁĞ ĐŽƵůĚ͕ ĂŶĚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ǁĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƉƵůůĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚ͘ ŶĚ ĮŶĂůůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ͚hŶĚĞƌĚŽŐ͛ W ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ͞&ĂĐƚͲƚĂƐƟĐ͕͟ ǁŚŝĐŚ portrays the band’s feelings about certain people who are ĞĂƐŝůǇ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞĚ ďǇ ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ ďŽĂƌĚƐ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌƵŵƐ͘ / ƚĂŬĞ ŝƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐ ŝƐ Ă ƐŚŽƚ Ăƚ WƵŶŬƚĂƐƟĐ͍ M: /ƚ ŝƐ Ă ƐŚŽƚ Ăƚ WƵŶŬƚĂƐƟĐ ďƵƚ ŶŽƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƌƵŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ͖ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ƐŚŽƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŚĂƚ Ɛŝƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĨŽƌƵŵƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŽĂŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ƵƐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƉĂƚŚĞƟĐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŵƵĐŚ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ Ɛŝƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƐĂǇ ƚŚŝƐ ďĂŶĚ ͞ĨΎĐŬŝŶŐ ƐƵĐŬ͕͟ ͞ƚŚŝƐ ďĂŶĚ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ǁƌŝƚĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ƐŽŶŐƐ͘͟ C: /ƚ͛Ɛ ĨƵŶŶǇ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŬŶŽǁ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ our band! M: dŚĞǇ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĂĐƚƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ĞǀĞŶ ŐŝǀĞ ŽƵƌ ďĂŶĚ ĂŶ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ͕ ůŝŬĞ͕ ŝĨ ƚŚĞǇ ŐĂǀĞ ƵƐ ĂŶ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ ƐƟůů ƐĂǇ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ͕ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ũƵĚŐŝŶŐ ƵƐ ŽŶ ŽƵƌ ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ C: dŚĞ ĨƵŶŶŝĞƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌĞ ůŝŬĞ͕ ͞ƚŚŝƐ ďĂŶĚ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ĞǀĞŶ ǁƌŝƚĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ƐŽŶŐƐ͕͟ ĂŶĚ ůŝŬĞ͕ ͞ŽŚ Ă ďĂŶĚ ůŝŬĞ ƐŽ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ ǁƌŝƚĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů͕ ǁŚĞŶ zŽƵ DĞ ƚ ^ŝǆ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ǁƌŝƚĞ ĂŶǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƚƵī͘ dŚĞǇ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͕͟ ǁŚĞŶ ǁĞ Ɛŝƚ ĨŽƌ ŚŽƵƌƐ ĂŶĚ ǁƌŝƚĞ ŽƵƌ ƐƚƵī͊ C: ǆĂĐƚůǇ͕ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŚĂƌĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĞŶũŽǇ ŝƚ͘

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WĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƵŶŝŶƚĞŶƟŽŶĂůůǇ ĂƉƌŽƉŽƐ ƐƵŵŵĂƌǇ ƚŽ ďĞ ŵĂĚĞ ŽĨ &ƌŝŐŚƚĞŶĞĚ ZĂďďŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ďǇ Ă ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ E ĐƌŽǁĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ,ƵƚĐŚŝŶƐŽŶ ďƌŽƚŚĞƌƐ ĮƌƐƚ ǁĂůŬĞĚ ŽŶ ƐƚĂŐĞ͗ ͞dŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ǀĞƌǇ ŚĂŝƌǇ͘͟ tŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŚĂĚ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ŝŶĚŝĞͲĨŽůŬ ďĂŶĚ͕ ƉƌŝŽƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ĂůďƵŵ The Winter of Mixed Drinks, ǁĂƐ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ƚŚĂƚ ĞŶĚĞĂƌŝŶŐ ŵĞƐƐŝŶĞƐƐ͕ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĂĚ͕ ĐĂŶĚŝĚ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƉŝƌŝƚĞĚ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌǇ͘ EŽǁ ŵŝĚŶŝŐŚƚ ŚĂƐ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ ĂŌĞƌ͖ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŽƉƟŵŝƐŵ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŝŶĞ͕ ďƵƚ ĐĂŶ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƚƌĂŶƐůĂƚĞ ŝŶƚŽ &Z͛Ɛ ůŝǀĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ͍ ŝƌƐŚŝƉ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ĐŽŵƉĞƚĞŶƚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ĂĐƚ͕ ŚĂŵŵĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐĞƚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶŽŝƐǇ ŽƉĞŶĞƌ ͚<ŝĚƐ͛ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮƌƐƚ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ͚ ůŐĞďƌĂ͕͛ ƚǇƉŝĮĞĚ ďǇ ŝƚƐ ŽǀĞƌƉŽǁĞƌŝŶŐ ƐǇŶƚŚĞƐŝǌĞƌ ƌŝī͕ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŵŽŽĚǇ͕ ƉĞƌĐƵƐƐŝǀĞ ĚŝƌŐĞ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ƐƚƌƵŵƐ͕ ƚŽƉƉĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĂƌƉ DĂŶĐƵŶŝĂŶ ƚŽŶĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŽŶŐͲŚĂŝƌĞĚ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŵĂŶ͕ ŵĂĚĞ ƚŚĞŵ ƐŽƵŶĚ ůŝŬĞ ĂŶ ĞĚŐŝĞƌ ^ƚĂƌƐĂŝůŽƌ͗ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ĞĂƌůǇ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ƐůŽƚ Ăƚ Ă ĮĞůĚ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐĂůŝƚǇ ŬĞǇ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƉƉĞĂů͘

KŶĐĞ &ƌŝŐŚƚĞŶĞĚ ZĂďďŝƚ ƐƚĞƉƉĞĚ ƵƉ͕ ŝƚ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚ ǀĞƌǇ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƌƐŚŝƉ͛Ɛ ƌĞůŝĂŶĐĞ ŝƐ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƐŽŶŐƐ͕ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĞƌƵƉƟŶŐ ͚^ŬŝƉ dŚĞ zŽƵƚŚ͛ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚŽƌǇ ƐƚŽŵƉ ŽĨ ͚>ŝǀŝŶŐ /Ŷ ŽůŽƵƌ͕͛ ǁĞƌĞ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ĞŶũŽǇĂďůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƌ ƐŝǌĞ ĂŶĚ ƉŽůŝƐŚ͕ ďƵƚ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂůůǇ ĨĞůƚ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ĚŝƐƚĂŶƚ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŽ Midnight Organ Fight ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞƐ ůŝŬĞ ͚dŚĞ DŽĚĞƌŶ >ĞƉĞƌ͛ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďƌƵƚĂůůǇ ŚŽŶĞƐƚ ͚<ĞĞƉ zŽƵƌƐĞůĨ tĂƌŵ͕͛ ǁŚŽƐĞ ƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚ ĐĂŵĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂŝŶĨƵůŶĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ǁĂƌŵ ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ,ƵƚĐŚŝŶƐŽŶ ďƌŽƚŚĞƌƐ ƉĞƌŵĞĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͖ ǁŚŝůĞ 'ƌĂŶƚ ƉŽƵŶĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĚƌƵŵƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞůŝƐŚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĂĚďƵƌǇ ŐŽƌŝůůĂ͕ ^ĐŽƩ͛Ɛ ĂŶŝŵĂƚĞĚ ǇĞůƉƐ ƐŚŽǁĞĚ ĐůĞĂƌ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ͘ dŚĞ ŝŶƚĞŶƐĞ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ ͚WŽŬĞ͛ ŵĂĚĞ͕ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞĚ ĂůŽŶĞ ďǇ ^ĐŽƩ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ĐŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ĞǆŝƐƚ ŝŶ ĂŶ ĂƌĞŶĂ͘ >Ğƚ͛Ɛ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƩĂŝŶ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͕ &ƌŝŐŚƚĞŶĞĚ ZĂďďŝƚ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ůŽƐĞ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƟŵĂĐǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞŵ ĂƉƉĞĂůŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƉůĂĐĞ͘ Chris Ogden

TRIVIUM > LCR > SUNDAY 14TH MARCH ŌĞƌ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƐƚĂŐĞ Ăƚ ŽǁŶůŽĂĚ &ĞƐƟǀĂů ŝŶ ϮϬϬϵ͕ ƚŚĞ > Z ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƐĞĞŵ ůĂƌŐĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ŚŽƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ͛Ɛ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ &ůŽƌŝĚĂͲďĂƐĞĚ ŵĞƚĂů ƋƵĂƌƚĞƚ͖ ĂŵƉůŝĮĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂǀǇ ŵĞƚĂů ĂŶĚ ĚĞĂƚŚͲĐŽƌĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƐ ǁŚŝƉƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ĨƌĞŶǌǇ͘ &ŝƌƐƚ ƵƉ ĂƌĞ hŶĞĂƌƚŚͲŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞĚ ZŝƐĞ ƚŽ ZĞŵĂŝŶ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƌŚǇƚŚŵ ĂŶĚ ƵƐƟŶ ŝĐŬŝŶƐŽŶ ĂƐ ĨƌŽŶƚͲ ŵĂŶ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ŚŝƐ ƐĐƌĞĂŵƐ ĂŶĚ ŐƌŽǁůƐ ĂƌĞ ĮƫŶŐ͕ ŚŝƐ ĐůĞĂŶ ƐŝŶŐŝŶŐ ƐĞĞŵƐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƉůĂĐĞ͘ dŚŝƐ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ĚĞƚƌĂĐƚ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ǇŽƵŶŐ ďĂŶĚ͘ EĞǆƚ ĂƌĞ tŚŝƚĞĐŚĂƉĞů Ͳ ĂŶ ĂĐƋƵŝƌĞĚ ƚĂƐƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǀĞƌďůŽǁŶ ďƌƵƚĂůŝƚǇ Ͳ ďƵƚ ǁŚŽ ŶĞǀĞƌƚŚĞůĞƐƐ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ > Z ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂůŵ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĂŶĚ͕ Ă ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚŝŵĂŝƌĂ ĂůƐŽ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ůŝǀĞůǇ ĐƌŽǁĚ͘ EĞǆƚ͕ dƌŝǀŝƵŵ Ͳ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŽĨ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ Ă ǀĞŶƵĞ ƚŚŝƐ ƐŝǌĞ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŝŶƟŵĂƚĞ͕ ĞĂƌͲƚŚƌĂƐŚŝŶŐ ƐĞƚ͕ ĞĂĐŚ ƐŽŶŐ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŚĂŽƟĐ ƉƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ͖ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƐƚĂŝŶĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉůŝĐĂƚĞĚ ƐŽůŽƐ ĨƌŽŵ ,ĞĂĨǇ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƵůŝĞƵ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĂǁ͕ ƚĞĐŚŶŝĐĂů ĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ ĐŽŵĞ ƐƚŽƌŵŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͘ dƌŝǀŝƵŵ ĂƌĞ ƟŐŚƚ͕ ĞŶƐƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŝƐ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐůǇ ĨĂŝƚŚĨƵů ƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ ůĂŝĚ ĚŽǁŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ͘ ǀĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ĚĞƉĂƌƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ĚƌƵŵŵĞƌ dƌĂǀŝƐ ^ŵŝƚŚ͕ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚƌŝǀĞ͕ ŶŽƚ ŵŝƐƐŝŶŐ Ă ďĞĂƚ ŽŶ ƐŽŶŐƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ͚>ŝŬĞ >ŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ &ůŝĞƐ͛ ĂŶĚ ͚ ƌŽǁŶĞĚ

JOSH PYKE & EMMA POLLOCK > ARTS CENTRE >THURS 18TH MARCH dŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ďĞŐĂŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĐĂƚĐŚǇ͕ ƵƉďĞĂƚ ƐŽŶŐƐ͕ ĐŽƵƌƚĞƐǇ ŽĨ ůŽĐĂů ďĂŶĚ DĂĚĂŵĞƐ Ğƚ DŽŶƐŝĞƵƌƐ͘ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ŝŶĚŝĞ͕ ƉŽƉ ĂŶĚ ƌŽĐŬ͕ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ƐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽŶĞ ĨŽƌ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ƐŚĂƉŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ƌĞŵĂƌŬĂďůĞ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ͘ dŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƌŽŽŵ ǁĂƐ ƌĞůĂƟǀĞůǇ ĞŵƉƚǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ǇŽƵŶŐ ďĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĚĞƚĞƌƌĞĚ͖ ƌĂǁ͕ ƚĂůĞŶƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ůŝŬĞĂďůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŽŶůǇ ƵŶƐŝŐŶĞĚ ĂĐƚƐ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĂƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĐŚƵƌŶĞĚ ŽƵƚ Ă ƌĞĞů ŽĨ ůŝǀĞůǇ͕ ƋƵŝƌŬǇ ƐŽŶŐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽŽŶ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ŵŽƟǀĂƚĞĚ͕ ĐĂƉĂďůǇ ĮůůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĂĐĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ͘ ^ŝŶŐĞƌͬƐŽŶŐǁƌŝƚĞƌ ŵŵĂ WŽůůŽĐŬ ďĞŐĂŶ ŚĞƌ ŽǁŶ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĂŵƵƐŝŶŐ ĂŶĞĐĚŽƚĞ͕ ĞīŽƌƚůĞƐƐůǇ ůŽŽƐĞŶŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŽŽŵ͕ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƐƵĂůůǇ ĂƐƐƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ ŽŶ ƐƚĂŐĞ͘ dŚĞ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ĞůŐĂĚŽƐ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ƐŽŶŐƐ ĨƌŽŵ ďŽƚŚ ŚĞƌ ĚĞďƵƚ ;Watch The FireworksͿ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƐƚ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ;The Law Of Large NumbersͿ ĂůďƵŵƐ͕ ĐĂƉƟǀĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶĂƚĞ ǀŽĐĂůƐ͕ ĂŶĚ͕ ŵŽƌĞ ŶŽƚĂďůǇ͕ ŚĞƌ ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ^ĐŽƫƐŚ ĂĐĐĞŶƚ͘ ^ŚĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĞƌ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ďĞŐĂŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĨĞǁ ƌĞůĂƟǀĞůǇ ŚĞĂǀǇ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ͖ ďƵƚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐƐ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ůŝŐŚƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŵŽƵƌŶĨƵů͘ dŚĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ͚,ŽƵƐĞ KŶ dŚĞ ,ŝůů͛ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚƉŽŝŶƚ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͗ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ

ůŝŐŚƚƐ ĚŝŵŵĞĚ ĂƐ ƐŚĞ ĚĞůǀĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ͕ ĞǀŽĐĂƟǀĞ ďĂůůĂĚ͕ ŚĞƌ ǀŽŝĐĞ ĐĂƌƌǇŝŶŐ ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵůůǇ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŽůĚ͕ ƌĞŶŽǀĂƚĞĚ ĐŚƵƌĐŚ ƌŽŽŵ͘ tŝƚŚ :ŽƐŚ WǇŬĞ͛Ɛ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚŽŶĞ ƐŚŝŌĞĚ ĂŐĂŝŶ͘ >ĂƵŶĐŚŝŶŐ ŝŵŵĞĚŝĂƚĞůǇ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ƐŽŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŝƐ ĮƌƐƚ ĨƵůů ĂůďƵŵ͕ Memories and Dust͕ ŚĞ ƐŽŽŶ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ƐǁĂǇŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶƚůĞ ƌŚǇƚŚŵ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ ƚ ĮƌƐƚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ͕ ŚĞ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ũƵƐƚ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ͚ŽŶĞ ŵĂŶ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ͕͛ :ĂĐŬ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶͲ ƚǇƉĞ͕ ďƵƚ :ŽƐŚ͛Ɛ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ƐŽŽŶ ĚŝƐƉĞůůĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝůůƵƐŝŽŶ͘ >ŝŬĞ ŵŵĂ WŽůůŽĐŬ͕ ŚŝƐ ĂĐĐĞŶƚ ; ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂŶͿ ĐĂƌƌŝĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ŚŝƐ ǀŽĐĂůƐ͖ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĞǀŽĐĂƟǀĞ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ƉŽĞƟĐ͘ dŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐƐ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ĐĂŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŚŝƐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĂůďƵŵ͕ ŚŝŵŶĞǇ͛Ɛ ĮƌĞ͖ ďŽƚŚ ŶĂƵƟĐĂů ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞŶƐĞůǇ ŶŽƐƚĂůŐŝĐ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƐĞŶƟŵĞŶƚĂů ĂŶĚ ŝŶƐƉŝƌŝŶŐ ʹ ͚KƵƌ ,ŽƵƐĞ ƌĞĂƚŚŝŶŐ͛ ĂŶĚ ͚DĂŬĞ zŽƵ ,ĂƉƉǇ͕͛ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ͕ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ǇĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŵŽƌĞ͘ dŚĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ĞŶĚĞĚ ŽŶ Ă ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ŵŽƵƌŶĨƵů ŶŽƚĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ͚sŝďƌĂƟŽŶƐ /Ŷ ŝƌ͕͛ Ă ƐŽŶŐ ƌĞŵŝŶŝƐĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŵĞŵŽƌǇ ĂŶĚ ůŽƐƐ͘ ĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ Ă ŶŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌĞĚ͘ Imogen Knowelden

ĂŶĚ dŽƌŶ ƐƵŶĚĞƌ͛ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ ĂůďƵŵ͕ Ascendancy. dƌŝǀŝƵŵ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ƉĂƵƐĞ ƚŽ ĂůůŽǁ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐŚͲƉŝƚ ƚŽ ĐĂƚĐŚ Ă ŵƵĐŚ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ďƌĞĂƚŚ͕ ďƵƚ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞ ƐŽŶŐƐ ĨƌŽŵ Shogun͕ ĂĚĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ^ĞƉƵůƚƵƌĂ ĐŽǀĞƌ ͚^ůĂǀĞ EĞǁ tŽƌůĚ͛ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŚŝůƐƚ Ascendancy ŚĂƐ ƐƚĂŵƉĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĂƌŬ ŽŶ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƐŚŽƌĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƵďƐĞƋƵĞŶƚ ĞīŽƌƚƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ŝŐŶŽƌĞĚ͘ Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƐŽŶŐƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ďĂƩĞƌ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ƌĞƐƉŽŶĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐĂůůƐ ŽĨ ͞ĐŝƌĐůĞ͕ ũƵŵƉ ĂŶĚ ĚŽ ǁŚĂƚĞǀĞƌ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ͕ ďƵƚ ũƵƐƚ ĚŽ ŝƚ ĨĂƐƚ͟ ďǇ ,ĞĂĨǇ͕ ǁŚŽ ĐŽŵŵĂŶĚƐ ďŽƚŚ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂŐĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ďĞůŝĞƐ ŚŝƐ ǇŽƵŶŐ ĂŐĞ͘ ůŽƐŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƌĂƉƚƵƌŽƵƐůǇ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ͚ 'ƵŶƐŚŽƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ,ĞĂĚ ŽĨ dƌĞƉŝĚĂƟŽŶ͛ ĂŶĚ ͚WƵůů ,ĂƌĚĞƌ KŶ dŚĞ ^ƚƌŝŶŐƐ KĨ zŽƵƌ DĂƌƚǇƌ͕͛ dƌŝǀŝƵŵ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƌĚƵŽƵƐ ƉƌĂŝƐĞ ŝƐ ǁĞůů ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞĚ͘ ƚ ĨĂĐĞ ǀĂůƵĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĐĂƚĞŐŽƌŝƐĞĚ ĂƐ ĐůŝĐŚĠĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ŵĞƚĂů ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ ŽŶ ƐŚŽǁ͗ ƐƉŝŬǇ ŐƵŝƚĂƌƐ͕ ƐǁŝƌůŝŶŐ ŚĞĂĚ ďĂŶŐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ Ă ũĂǁ ĚƌŽƉƉŝŶŐ ĨƌĞƚͲĨĞƐƚ͖ ďƵƚ ůŝǀĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞ ŚƵŵŝůŝƚǇ͕ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ŵƵƐŝĐŝĂŶƐŚŝƉ ƚŽ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ŽůĚ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ ĨĂŶƐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĂƌĞŶĂ Ͳ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƚĞƌĂŶƐ ĐĂŶ ůŽƐĞ ƐŽŵĞ ŵŽƌĞ ŚĞĂƌŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ǇŽƵŶŐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƚĂƵŐŚƚ ŚŽǁ ŝƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĚŽŶĞ͘ Laura Riggs

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BRIGHT EYES & NEVA DINOVA ONE JUG OF WINE, TWO VESSELS (REISSUE)

There will be a new Bright Eyes album, one last one, this year. But this is a split-LP. And only half of it is new material. And only half of that is new Bright Eyes material. So why, then, has the buzz ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƉĂůƚƌǇ ůŝƩůĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ ďĞĞŶ ƐŽ ďƵǌǌǇ͍ Well, because Conor Oberst is a big deal, and while other music, by other bands, can be good ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ Ͳ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ůĂĐŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶŚĞƌĞŶƚ ƌŝŐŚƚ ǇĞƐͲŶĞƐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ ǇĞƐ ƐŽ ƌŝŐŚƚ ǇĞƐ͘ ŽŶŽƌ͛Ɛ ŶĞǁ ƐƚƵī ŝƐ ŐůĂŶĚͲŐƌĂďďŝŶŐůǇ ƌŝŐŚƚ Eyes – more Bright Eyes than Bright Eyes has been since 2002‘s >ŝŌĞĚ͘ ͚,ĂƉƉǇ ĐĐŝĚĞŶƚ͛ ŝƐ Ă ĮƐƚͲƐŚĂŬŝŶŐ͕ Ăŝƌ ƉƵŶĐŚŝŶŐ ƚƌŝƵŵƉŚ Ͳ ŝƚ ĨĞĞůƐ ůŝŬĞ

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^ůĂƐŚ͛Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ƐŽůŽ ĂůďƵŵ ŝƐ Ă ŵŝǆĞĚ ďĂŐ͘ &ĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ Ă ǁŝĚĞ ĂƌƌĂǇ ŽĨ ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƚŽƌƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ĨƌŽŵ KǌǌǇ KƐďŽƵƌŶĞ ĂŶĚ /ŐŐǇ WŽƉ ƚŽ ĚĂŵ >ĞǀŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ &ĞƌŐŝĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ŝĐŽŶŝĐ ŐƵŝƚĂƌŝƐƚ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ďĞ ĂĐĐƵƐĞĚ ŽĨ narrow-mindedness. The main issue is that there ĂƌĞ ƐŽ ŵĂŶǇ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ǀŽŝĐĞƐ ŽŶ ^ůĂƐŚ that it stops and starts without any real feel of cohesion. ĚŵŝƩĞĚůǇ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ŇŽǁ ǁĞůů͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ Ă ĨĞǁ ƌĞĂů ŐĞŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŬĞ ƵƉ ĨŽƌ ŝƚ͘ dŚĞ ŽƉĞŶĞƌ͕ ͚'ŚŽƐƚ͕͛ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ĂŶ ĂŐŝŶŐ /ĂŶ ƐƚďƵƌǇ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŶŐ Ă ďĂƩĞƌĞĚ ŐƌŽǁů ƵŶĚĞƌƉŝŶŶĞĚ ďǇ Ă ƌŝī ƐƚŽůĞŶ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůǇ ĨƌŽŵ ͚^ǁĞĞƚ ŚŝůĚ K͛ DŝŶĞ͛͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŝŵŵĞĚŝĂƚĞůǇ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ KǌǌǇ ƚƌĂĐŬ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚƐ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ͕

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LAURA MARLING 6/10 I SPEAK BECAUSE I CAN

ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŚŽŵĞ͘ ͚/ <ŶŽǁ zŽƵ͛ ŝƐ Ă ĨĂƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶƟŵĂƚĞ ĂīĂŝƌ͘ ŽŶŽƌ ŚĂƐŶ͛ƚ ƐŽƵŶĚĞĚ ͚ƐŽ ƚŽƌŶͲĨƌŽŵͲƚŚĞͲ ĚŝĂƌǇ͛ ƐŝŶĐĞ &ĞǀĞƌƐ Θ DŝƌƌŽƌƐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ǀĞƌǇ ƉƌŽŵŝƐŝŶŐ͘ KĨ ƚŚĞ ŽůĚĞƌ ƐƚƵī͕ ͚ ůĂĐŬ ŽŵĞĚǇ͛ ƉůĂǇƐ ůŝŬĞ Ă swan-song to the primal, heart-in-his-throat ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ƚŽ ƐŽŶŐͲǁƌŝƟŶŐ ŽŶŽƌ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶĞĚ ƵŶƟů ϮϬϬϱ͛Ɛ /͛ŵ tŝĚĞ ǁĂŬĞ͕ /ƚ͛Ɛ DŽƌŶŝŶŐ. The ŽƚŚĞƌ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ƐĞĞŵ ůŝŬĞ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞͲƌƵŶƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇͲĐĞŶƚƌŝĐ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐƐ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƉŽƐƚͲ>ŝŌĞĚ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ͖ ŵŽƌĞ ĐƵƌŝŽƐŝƚǇ ƉŝĞĐĞƐ ƚŚĂŶ ĨƵůůǇͲŇĞĚŐĞĚ songs. EĞǀĂ ŝŶŽǀĂ ƉĂůĞ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂďůǇ ďǇ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝƐŽŶ͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ǁƌŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ũƵƐƚ ŵŝƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶĚĞĮŶĂďůĞ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ that Conor has always possessed – the one that ůĞĂǀĞƐ ĂŶ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ŽŶ ŚŝƐ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƐǇůůĂďůĞ͘ KĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĂůĨ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ͕ ŽŶůǇ ͚^ŽŵĞŽŶĞ͛Ɛ >ŽǀĞ͛ really stands out as a solid barroom lament. While there are moments of excellence ǁŽǀĞŶ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ĨĞĞůƐ ĂƌďŝƚƌĂƌǇ͘ dŚĞ ϮϬϭϬ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ŵĂĚĞ Ă ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞĂďůĞ W ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĚƌĞĚŐŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ǀĞŶƚƵƌĞƐ ďĞƐƚ ůĞŌ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ͖ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ŵĞŵŽƌŝĞƐ͕ ƌŽƐĞͲ ƟŶƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƐĂĨĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ũƵĚŐŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ǁŽƌůĚͲ ǁĞĂƌǇ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ƐĞůǀĞƐ͘ ^Ɵůů͕ ĂƐ ŽŶŽƌ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶƐ͕ ͞/ ŐƵĞƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽŽĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ůĂƵŐŚ Ͳ Ă ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ƐŽ ĚƌǇ ĂŶĚ ďůĂĐŬ͘͟ Tom McInnes

A lot has happened for 20-year-old Laura Marling since the release of her debut LP, ůĂƐ͕ / ĂŶŶŽƚ ^ǁŝŵ. Since establishing her whimsical ballads ĮƌŵůǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ĨŽůŬ ƐĐĞŶĞ͕ she has played sold-out shows for thousands, ŐƌĂƟĮĞĚ ƚŚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ZĂĚŝŽ KŶĞ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ͕ ĂŶĚ reportedly made a surprise appearance in a 'ůĂƐƚŽŶďƵƌǇ ĐĂĨĞ Ăƚ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƐ ŝƚ Ăůů ƚŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ ƚŽŽ ƐŽŽŶ͍ / ^ƉĞĂŬ ĞĐĂƵƐĞ / ĂŶ Ͳ ϮϬϭϬ͛Ɛ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƵŶĚĞƌŐƌŽƵŶĚ ƐĐĞŶĞ ŵŽǀŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ͕ ƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ Ăƚ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ĨŽƵƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h< ĐŚĂƌƚ Ͳ ƚĂŬĞƐ the girlish themes of ůĂƐ and warps them into

DEFTONES 7/10 DIAMOND EYES ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ^ůĂƐŚ ĚŽĞƐ ŵĂŶĂŐĞ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ƐĂƟƐĨǇŝŶŐ ^ĂďďĂƚŚͲĞƐƋƵĞ ĐŚƵŐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĞ ĚƌĞĂƌǇ ǀŽĐĂůƐ͘ dŚĞ ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ &ĞƌŐŝĞ ŝƐ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐůǇ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ͕ ĂƐ ƐŚĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƐ ƚŽ ƉƵůů Žī ĂŶ ǆů ZŽƐĞ impression unsurpassed anywhere else on the ĂůďƵŵ͘ ͚ Ǉ dŚĞ ^ǁŽƌĚ͛ ŝƐ Ă ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ŚŽŵĂŐĞ ƚŽ ĞĂƌůǇ ϳϬƐ ŚĞĂǀǇ ŵĞƚĂů͕ ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ ŶĚƌĞǁ ^ƚŽĐŬĚĂůĞ ĨƌŽŵ tŽůĨŵŽƚŚĞƌ͕ ǁŚŽƐĞ ƐĐƌĞĂŵ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚůǇ ĐŽŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ^ůĂƐŚ͛Ɛ ĨƵƌŝŽƵƐ ƐŚƌĞĚĚŝŶŐ͘ hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ͕ ĚĂŵ >ĞǀŝŶĞ ĨƌŽŵ DĂƌŽŽŶ ϱ ŵĂŬĞƐ ĂŶ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůǇ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ͘ ,ŝƐ ǁŚŝŶǇ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ůĞĂǀĞ Ă ďŝƩĞƌ ƚĂƐƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƌƵŐŐůŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ƐŽŶŐ ƉƌŽǀĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂŶ ĂƌĚƵŽƵƐ ƚĂƐŬ͘ dŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƚƌĂĐŬ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ /ŐŐǇ WŽƉ ƌŽůůŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞƐƚ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ůǇƌŝĐĂů ĐůŝĐŚĠƐ ĞǀĞƌ ƌĞĐŽƌĚĞĚ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ ƐŽŶŐ͘ ĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƉůĞƚ͕ ͞'ĞĞ / ƌĞĂůůǇ ůŝŬĞ ǇŽƵƌ ƟƚƐ͕ /͛ůů ƐĂǇ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ĮƚƐ͕͟ ŝƚ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ĂŶ ĞŵďĂƌƌĂƐƐŵĞŶƚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŽƌƵƐ͗ ͞WĞĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ 'ƌŽƵŶĚ͕ ŶĚ ũƵŵƉ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ͘͟ ^ĞƌŝŽƵƐůǇ /ŐŐǇ͕ ǇŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ĚŽŶĞ ďĞƩĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĂƚ͘ Although Slash has demonstrated once again that he is one of the most accomplished modern ŐƵŝƚĂƌŝƐƚƐ͕ ůĂƉƐĞƐ ŽĨ ũƵĚŐĞŵĞŶƚ͕ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂůůǇ ƚŚĞ ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ĚĂŵ >ĞǀŝŶĞ͕ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŝƐ ďĞƩĞƌ Žī ƐƟĐŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŽŶĞ ƐŝŶŐĞƌ͘ Jack Loughran

The sparse, psychedelic atmospheres that ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ĨƌŽŵ ĞŌŽŶĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ŚĞĂǀŝůǇ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĞŌŽŶĞƐ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ĚŽ much re-treading old ground with ŝĂŵŽŶĚ ǇĞƐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƚŽ ƉŝŶͲƉŽŝŶƚ Ă ƐŝŶŐůĞ ĂƐƉĞĐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ƚŽ ĂƩƌŝďƵƚĞ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͖ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƐŽ ƟŐŚƚ Ͳ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĞƉ ŐƌŽŽǀĞ ŽĨ ĚƌƵŵŵĞƌ ďĞ ƵŶŶŝŶŐŚĂŵ Ͳ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ŝƐ ůĂǇŝŶŐ ĂĐĞƐ Ăůů ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ record. DŽƌĞŶŽ͛Ɛ ǀŽĐĂů ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ƉƌŽǀĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ͛Ɛ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ƉĞĞƌůĞƐƐ͘ dŚĞ ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌǇ on the record is excellent, from the unreal centre-piece scream on ZŽǇĂů ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƵŶƟŶŐ͕

6/10 the thoughts of a woman. As the listener follows Marling into maturity, we experience the anger ĂŶĚ ĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ͕ ůŽǀĞ͕ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƐŽŶŐ͘ EĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƟŵŝƐƚ͕ ƐŚĞ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŝĞĨ ŽĨ ǁŝĚŽǁƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĂƌ ĨĞůƚ ďǇ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ͚ŇĞĞƟŶŐ ĨĂŝůƵƌĞ͛ ƚŽ ǀŽŝĐĞ ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌŝƚǇ with the world that is surely beyond her years. dŚĞ ĐůŽƐŝŶŐ ƚƌĂĐŬ͕ŽƉĞŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐƚŽƌǇ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ͚ŵǇ ŚƵƐďĂŶĚ ůĞŌ ŵĞ ůĂƐƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ͕͛ ĂŶĚ͕ ĨĂŝůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĐŽŶĐĞŶƚƌĂƚĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĞƉŝĐ ŽƌĐŚĞƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ͕ ŇƵŝĚ ĐŚŽƌĚƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĞĂǀǇ ƉŝĂŶŽ ĚƌŝǀĞ͕ ŽŶĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ĂƐƐƵŵĞ DĂƌůŝŶŐ ŚĂƐ ĮŶĂůůǇ ƌƵŶ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ďĂƐŝŶŐ ŚĞƌ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ŽŶ Ă ĐǇŶŝĐ͛Ɛ ƉĞƌƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ͘ ůů ƐŽŶŐƐ ĂďƐĞŶƚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ůǇƌŝĐƐ͕ ŵĞůŽĚǇ͕ ŽƌĐŚĞƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ͕ Žƌ ƚŽŶĞ͘ ͚,ŽƉĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝƌ͛ ƌĞƐŽƌƚƐ ƚŽ Ă ĨƵƌǇ ŽĨ ƐƚƌƵŵŵŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ Ă ƌĞƉĞƟƟǀĞŶĞƐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉƌŽǀŽŬĞƐ ŝƌƌŝƚĂƟŽŶ͖ ͚DĂĚĞ ďǇ DĂŝĚ͛ ŝƐ ƚŽŽ ƚĂŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƐƵĐŚ ĂŶ ĞĂƌůǇ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĐŬ ůŝƐƟŶŐ͖ ŝŶ ĨĂĐƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƚƌĂĐŬ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶƐ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ŝƐ ͚ ůƉŚĂ ^ŚĂůůŽǁƐ͕͛ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĨŽƵŶĚ ĨĂŵĞ ŽŶ the 2008 EŝŐŚƚ dĞƌƌŽƌ EP. ^ĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƟŶŐ͘ <ĞĞƉŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŵŝŶĚ DĂƌůŝŶŐ͛Ɛ ƐŽƉŚŽŵŽƌĞ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƐŚĞ ƐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂƌ ĨĂƌ ƚŽŽ ŚŝŐŚ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ teenage years and may not be ready for such musical responsibility yet. Helen Thomas

8.5/10 ŽƚŚĞƌǁŽƌůĚůǇ ǁĂǇ ŚĞ ŵŽƵůĚƐ ŚŝƐ ǀŽŝĐĞ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ the music on ĞĂƵƚǇ ^ĐŚŽŽů and ^ĞǆƚĂƉĞ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ƚƌŽƵďůĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ůǇƌŝĐĂů ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ŝƐ ŽƉƟŵŝƐƟĐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐĂů͕ ŝŶ Ă ƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ǀĞŝŶ ƚŽ tŚŝƚĞ WŽŶǇ, and is some ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ǁŽƌŬ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ĞǀĞƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ͘ ĂƌƉĞŶƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ǁŽƌŬ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ǀŝƌƵůĞŶƚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ǀŽĐĂů ĚĞůŝǀĞƌǇ͘ KŶ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ůŝŬĞ DE ͬ EdZ>, Carpenter manages to push some ƐŝŵƉůĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ŝĚĞĂƐ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞůǇ ĨĂƌ͕ ŝŶ Ă ǁĂǇ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ĐŽŶĚĞƐĐĞŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůŝƐƚĞŶĞƌ͕ ǇĞƚ ƐƟůů ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů͘ Ƶƚ ĂƌƉĞŶƚĞƌ ĂůƐŽ shows ingenuity and restraint on the more ƉƐǇĐŚĞĚĞůŝĐ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ͕ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ƐŽƵŶĚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ĞŌŽŶĞƐ͛ ŶŝŐŚ ŝŵƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ to imitate. ^ƉĞĐŝĂů ŵĞŶƟŽŶ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĂůƐŽ ŐŽ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐǇŶƚŚ ǁŽƌŬ ŽĨ &ƌĂŶŬ ĞůŐĂĚŽ͕ ǁŚŽ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŐŽĞƐ ĨĂƌ ŝŶ ĐŽŵƉůĞŵĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ ŽĨ the record and adding a new dynamic to the ĞŌŽŶĞƐ͛ ƐŽƵŶĚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĂƐ ŝŶĐŝƐŝǀĞ͕ ƉƵƌƉŽƐĞĨƵů ĂŶĚ ĞŶŐĂŐŝŶŐ Ă ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ĂƐ ĞŌŽŶĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĞǀĞƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ͖ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ͛Ě ďĞ ĨŽƌŐŝǀĞŶ ĨŽƌ ĨŽƌŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚĞǇ͛ǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƉƵƫŶŐ ŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ ŶĞĂƌůǇ ƚǁĞŶƚǇ years now.

Jake Wieczorek

music > SINGLES ROUNDUP

20apr10 issue242

concrete.music@uea.ac.uk

dŚĞ ŵŽŶƚŚ ŽĨ DĂǇ ƐĞĞƐ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ŽůĚ ĨĂĐĞƐ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŶŐůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĂůďƵŵƐ ĐŚĂƌƚƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ &ŽĂůƐ͕ WĂƵů tĞůůĞƌ͕ &ĂŝƚŚůĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ 'ŽƌŝůůĂǌ͘ ͚dŚŝƐ KƌŝĞŶƚ͛ is the second taster that KǆĨŽƌĚ ƋƵŝŶƚĞƚ͕ &ŽĂůƐ͕ ŚĂǀĞ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƵƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨŽƌƚŚĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĂůďƵŵ Total Life Forever. tŚŝůƐƚ ƌĞƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚĞŵĂƌŬ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƐƚĂďďŝŶŐ ĚƌƵŵ ƌŽůůƐ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂǇĨƵů ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ƉůƵĐŬƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ůĂĐŬ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶǀŝĐƟ ŽŶ ĂŶĚ catch that featured on the debut, ŶƟ ĚŽƚĞƐ͘ dŚƵƐ ĨĂƌ͕ ͚dŚŝƐ KƌŝĞŶƚ͛ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ͚^ƉĂŶŝƐŚ ^ĂŚĂƌĂ͛ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĂůďƵŵ ŝƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĨĂƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŵĞůůŽǁ ĂŶĚ ŵĞůĂŶĐŚŽůŝĐ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ Į ƌƐƚ͘ &ŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ͚^ƵƉĞƌĨĂƐƚ :ĞůůǇĮ ƐŚ͕͛ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ WůĂƐƟ Đ ĞĂĐŚ ĂůďƵŵ ďǇ 'ŽƌŝůůĂǌ͕ ǁŝůů ŐĞƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Žĸ ĐŝĂů ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ŶĞǆƚ ŵŽŶƚŚ͘ dŚĞ ďŝǌĂƌƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĂŝŶƚ ĐŽŵĞ ŝŶ ĞƋƵĂů ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĐŬ ŽƉĞŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ

Ă ƐĂŵƉůĞ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ŵŝĚͲϴϬƐ ĂĚ͛ ĨŽƌ ^ǁĂŶƐŽŶ͛Ɛ ŵŝĐƌŽǁĂǀĂďůĞ ͚'ƌĞĂƚ ^ƚĂƌƚƐ ƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚƐ͊͛ dŚĞ ƚƌĂĐŬ͛Ɛ ƚĂůĞ ŽĨ Ă ƚĂƐƚǇ ƋƵŝĐŬ Į ǆ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ ŝƐ ƚŽůĚ ďǇ Ğ >Ă ^ŽƵů͕ ǁŚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŚŝƉͲŚŽƉ ǀĞƌƐĞƐ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ^ƵƉĞƌ &ƵƌƌǇ ŶŝŵĂůƐ͛ 'ƌƵī ZŚǇƐ

provides the surreal chorus. EĞǆƚ ŵŽŶƚŚ ǁŝůů ƐĞĞ WĂƵů tĞůůĞƌ ƚĂŬĞ ŚŝƐ ƐŽůŽ ĂůďƵŵ ƚĂůůǇ ŝŶƚŽ ĚŽƵďůĞ Į ŐƵƌĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ release of tĂŬĞ hƉ dŚĞ EĂƟ ŽŶ͘ dŚĞ Į ƌƐƚ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ŝƐ ͚EŽ DŽƌĞ dĞĂƌƐ’͕ Ă ƐŝŵƉůĞ ǇĞƚ Ğī ĞĐƟ ǀĞ ďĂůůĂĚ ŶƵŵďĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ƚƌĂĐŬ Žī ĞƌƐ Ă ŶŽƐƚĂůŐŝĐ ŵŝǆ ŽĨ ƉŝĂŶŽ͕ ŐƵŝƚĂƌ ĂŶĚ ďĂƐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƌŬ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ĞǆĂŵƉůĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ tĞůůĞƌ͛Ɛ ďĂĐŬͲĐĂƚĂůŽŐƵĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŵŽƐƚ ŶŽƚĂďůǇ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟ ŽŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĞǆͲ:Ăŵ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ƌƵĐĞ &ŽǆƚŽŶ ;ŚŝƐ Į ƌƐƚ ǁŽƌŬ ǁŝƚŚ tĞůůĞƌ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϭϵϴϮͿ ĂŶĚ ĞǆͲ^ƚǇůĞ ŽƵŶĐŝů ŬĞǇďŽĂƌĚŝƐƚ DŝĐŬ dĂůďŽƚ͘ ŶĚ Į ŶĂůůǇ͕ ƉƌŝŽƌ ƚŽ Ă ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ĨƵůů ŽĨ ĨĞƐƟ ǀĂů ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞƐ͕ &ĂŝƚŚůĞƐƐ ǁŝůů ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ͚EŽƚ 'ŽŝŶŐ ,ŽŵĞ͕͛ ƚĂŬĞŶ ĨƌŽŵ ĨŽƌƚŚĐŽŵŝŶŐ ĂůďƵŵ The Dance. The track unfortunately does not live up to the ďĞŶĐŚŵĂƌŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ƚǇƉŝĐĂůůǇ ŝŶĨĞĐƟ ŽƵƐ ƐŽƵŶĚ͘ >ĂĐŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞƵƉŚŽƌŝĐ ĐŚŽƌƵƐ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ůŝŬĞ ͚/ŶƐŽŵŶŝĂ͛ ĂŶĚ ͚DĂƐƐ ĞƐƚƌƵĐƟ ŽŶ͛

ĂŶĚ ƌĞƉůĂĐŝŶŐ ŝƚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŐĞŶĞƌŝĐ͕ ŵŝŶĚͲŶƵŵďŝŶŐ bass line ,the song’s only saving grace is the ĐĂůŵŝŶŐ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ŽĨ ĨƌŽŶƚŵĂŶ DĂǆŝ :Ăǌǌ͘ WĂƵů ŽŽŬ

> DAN LE SAC VS. SCROOBIUS PIP The Event’s :ĂŬĞ tŝĞĐǌŽƌĞŬ ĐĂƚĐŚĞƐ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ůǇƌŝĐŝƐƚƐ ĂŶ >Ğ ^ĂĐ ĂŶĚ ^ĐƌŽŽďŝƵƐ WŝƉ to discuss the duo’s latest long-player Logic of Chance͕ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďƵƐǇ ƚŽƵƌ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌŽƐĞͲƟ ŶƚĞĚ ƌĞƚƌŽƐƉĞĐƟ ǀĞ ŽŶ Ă ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĐŽŶĐĞƌƚ ůŝŶĞƵƉ͘͘͘ With an extensive UK tour coming up in support of new album Logic of Chance͕ ǁĞ ƐƟ ůů ƐĞĞ ^ĂĐ ‘n’ Pip staying true to their roots. However, ƚŚŝƐ Ɵ ŵĞ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ŶĞǁĞƌ ďĞĂƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ͘ tŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ǇŽƵƌ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ǁŚĞŶ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟ ŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ĂůďƵŵ͍ >^͗ To be honest, because we’d been touring ‘Angles’ since Thou Shalt (Always Kill), which happened back in 2006…so we’ve been touring for about four years, and I guess you just start ŐĞƫ ŶŐ ƐƵĐŬĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĂƚ ůŝǀĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ ʹ ĞǀĞƌǇ Ɵ ŵĞ ŝƚ ŐŽĞƐ Žī ŝŶ Ă ƐĞƚ͕ ĞǀĞƌǇ Ɵ ŵĞ ͞ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ŐŽ wild” to quote the cliché, you get addicted to it. ^Ž ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵ ĂƌĞ ƐƟ ůů ĂƩ ĞŵƉƟ ŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐƵďƚůĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉůŝŵĞŶƚ ǁŚĂƚ WŝƉ͛Ɛ ĚŽŝŶŐ͕ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ƐƟ ůů ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŐƌĂď ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞ͘ zŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ĐƌĂĐŬ ĂĚĚŝƟ ŽŶ͕ ƐŽƌƚ ŽĨ ;ůĂƵŐŚƐͿ͘ ^Ž ŝŶ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ĐŽŵƉůŝŵĞŶƟ ŶŐ WŝƉ͘͘͘ zĞĂŚ͕ / ŶĞǀĞƌ ĐŽŵƉůŝŵĞŶƚ Śŝŵ͘ ;>ĂƵŐŚƐͿ One thing about your music is that it’s very ĐŽŚĞƐŝǀĞ͕ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌŝůǇ ƐŽƵŶĚ ůŝŬĞ Ă ƚƌĂĚŝƟ ŽŶĂů D ͬWƌŽĚƵĐĞƌ ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞ͖ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ elements compliment each other well. Was this Ă ĐŽŶƐĐŝŽƵƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ ƐŽŶŐͲǁƌŝƟ ŶŐ ĨŽƌ Logic of Chance͍ Well, we don’t really sit down like this; there is Ă ďŝƚ ŽĨ ďĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌƚŚ ĞͲŵĂŝů ǁŝƐĞ͕ ďƵƚ ŶŽƚ ƚŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚŽŶĞƐƚ͘ WŝƉ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ƉŝĐŬƐ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƚƐ ŝŶ Ă ƐĞŶƐĞ͖ ŚĞ ŐĞƚƐ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ĨƌŽŵ ŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ďĞĂƚƐ ǁŝůů ƐƉĂƌŬ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ Śŝŵ͘

The fact that they’re the beats that he chose to write for sort of leads that cohesion. We will ƐŽƌƚ ŽĨ ŐƌƵŵďůĞ ďĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌƚŚ͗ ͞dŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ŐŽŽĚ enough, that’s not good enough!” but when we ŵĞĞƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ ŶŽ ƌĞĂů ƚĞŶƐŝŽŶ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ĞͲŵĂŝů ǁĂƐ͗ ͞ ;ĨƌŽǁŶƐͿ>ŝƐƚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ĨΎĐŬĞƌ͊ :ƵƐƚ ĨΎĐŬŝŶŐ ƌĞͲ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ŝƚ ŵĂŶ͊͘͟ ĞĐĂƵƐĞ ďǇ ƚŚĞ Ɵ ŵĞ ǁĞ ŵĞĞƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ůŝŬĞ͕ ͞;ƐŵŝůĞƐͿ ,ĂŚĂ ǇŽƵ ĨΎĐŬĞƌ͕ ũƵƐƚ ƌĞͲƌĞĐŽƌĚ ŝƚ ŵĂŶ͊͟ ŽƵůĚ ǇŽƵ ƐŚĞĚ ƐŽŵĞ ůŝŐŚƚ ŽŶ ǇŽƵƌ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐ ǁŚĞŶ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ^ĂŐĞ &ƌĂŶĐŝƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌĞůĞĂƐŝŶŐ Ă ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ŽŶ ŚŝƐ ůĂďĞů͕ ͚^ƚƌĂŶŐĞ &ĂŵŽƵƐ͍͛ tŝƚŚ WŝƉ ĂŶĚ /͕ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ĨĞǁ ĐŽŵŵŽŶ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů areas of interest is that brand of hip-hop, so obviously that was one of the points we could ƚĂůŬ ĂďŽƵƚ͘ tŚĞŶ ǁĞ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ŝŶ ,Ds we used to go to the odd gig together and see ŶƟ ͲWŽƉ ŽŶƐŽƌƟ Ƶŵ ĂŶĚ EĞǁ &ůĞƐŚ &Žƌ KůĚ͕ ƐŽ it was just a clucking treat to get involved. When Thou Shalt (Always Kill) went up, Sage posted a ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ DǇ^ƉĂĐĞ͖ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ũƵƐƚ Ă ƚǇƉŝĐĂů͕ ǇŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ͘͘͘ ͞ ŽŽů ďĞĂƚ͟ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞŶ a year later, to be able to go to Sage and say, ͞tŚĞŶ ǁĞ ŐĞƚ Ă ĚĞĂů ŝŶ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͕ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶŶĂ ŐŝǀĞ ƵƐ Ă ŚĂŶĚ͍͟ tŝƚŚ Śŝŵ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ƵƐ Ă hand but having to go through a lot of trials and ƚƌŝďƵůĂƟ ŽŶƐ ƚŽ ĚŽ ŝƚ ĂŶĚ ŐŝǀĞ ŝƚ ƚŚĞ ũƵƐƟ ĐĞ ŚĞ ĚŝĚ͘ tĞ͛ǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ŐŽƚ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ͛Ɛ ŽŶ ƚŽƵƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƵƐ ŶŽǁ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŽƵƌŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ͘ ŽůĂŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ states was eye-opening for us, so we wanted to ďƌŝŶŐ Śŝŵ ƌŽƵŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƵƐ͘

>ŽŽŬŝŶŐ ďĂĐŬ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŽĨ ǇŽƵƌ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĂůďƵŵ͕ ĂƌĞ ǇŽƵ ŝŶ Ă ƌƵƐŚ ƚŽ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ Žƌ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ŝƚ ĞĂƐǇ ĨŽƌ Ă ǁŚŝůĞ ĂŌ Ğƌ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƵƌ͍ tĞůů͕ ǁĞ͛ůů ũƵƐƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĐŽŵĞ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ͘ ^ŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵī ǁĞ ƚĞŶĚ ƚŽ ǁƌŝƚĞ͕ ǇŽƵ know, here and there, and it’s just what inspires ƚŽ ďĞ ŚŽŶĞƐƚ͘ /Ĩ WŝƉ ŝƐ ƐƵĚĚĞŶůǇ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĞĚ ƚŽ ǁƌŝƚĞ Ă ůŽĂĚ ŽĨ ƐƚƵī /͛ŵ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ƌĞĂĚǇ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƚŽŶ ŽĨ ďĞĂƚƐ͘ It’s a really weird thing to be honest because ǁŚĞŶ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ǁƌŝƟ ŶŐ Logic of Chance WŝƉ ǁĂƐ ǁĂǇ ĂŚĞĂĚ͖ ŚĞ͛Ě ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ǁƌŝƩ ĞŶ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ϭϬ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ĂŶĚ / ŚĂĚ ŽŶůǇ Į ŶŝƐŚĞĚ ƚŚĞ Į ƌƐƚ ŽŶĞ͊ tŚĂƚ tends to happen is that he writes everything and ƚŚĞŶ ƚĞŶĚƐ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇ ŚŝƐ WůĂǇƐƚĂƟ ŽŶ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ƉĂŶƚƐ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ /͛ŵ Ɛŝƫ ŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ ŐŽŝŶŐ͗ ͞KŚ ŐŽĚ͕ I’ve got all these things to write!” Then I’ll write ǁĂǇ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ / ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ͕ ƐŽ ĂŌ Ğƌ ƚŚĞ ĂůďƵŵƐ ŽƵƚ

/͛ǀĞ ŐŽƚ ůŝŬĞ ϮϬ ďĞĂƚƐ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ͕ ͞,Žǁ Ăŵ / ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ Ăůů ƚŚŝƐ͍ ͛ŵŽŶ WŝƉ ǁƌŝƚĞ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ͊͟ ^Ž ŚŽƉĞĨƵůůǇ /͛ůů ŐĞƚ Śŝŵ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ ǁƌŝƟ ŶŐ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ͛ůů ŐĞƚ ƐŽŵĞ ŶĞǁ ƐƚƵī ŽƵƚ͘ &ŝŶĂůůǇ͕ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ƉƵƚ ŽŶ ǇŽƵƌ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ŐŝŐ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŝƚ ďĞ͍ tŚŽ ǁŽƵůĚ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ͍ / ŐƵĞƐƐ /͛Ě ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ŐŽ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ Ɵ ŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂǇ WƌĞƐƚŽŶ tĂƌĞŚŽƵƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƌůǇ ϴϬƐ͕ ďĞĨŽƌĞ /ĂŶ ƵƌƟ Ɛ ĚŝĞĚ Ͳ ƐŽ ƉůĂǇ ǁŝƚŚ :ŽǇ ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ǀĞŶƵĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ Ɵ ŵĞͲƚƌĂǀĞůůŝŶŐ ŝƚƐĞůĨ͕ ƐŽ Į ƌƐƚ ŽŶ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ :ŽǇ ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶŝŶŐ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ :ŽǇ ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ͘ /ĂŶ ƵƌƟ Ɛ ǁŽƵůĚ ĚŝĞ ŝŶ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŽĨ ƵƐ Ăůů ŝŶ Ă ĐŽƌĚƵƌŽǇ ũƵŵƉĞƌ͘ It would last nine days because it would be every ĂĐƚ ĞǀĞƌ ƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ &ĂĐƚŽƌǇ͕ Į ŶŝƐŚŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ,ĂƉƉǇ DŽŶĚĂǇƐ ĂŶĚ ůŽĂĚƐ ŽĨ ĚƌƵŐƐ͊

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BY HARRY LOW

dŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ͘ ĂŶǀĂƐ ůŽŽŬƐ Ăƚ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ƐĐŽƌŝŶŐ ƐƚƌŝŬĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϬϯͲϰ WƌĞŵŝĞƌ >ĞĂŐƵĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ŚĂǀĞ ĨĂƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ƵƉ ƚŽ ŽŶ ĂŶĚ Žī ƚŚĞ ƉŝƚĐŚ͘

1>THIERRY HENRY (ARSENAL) France’s record goal scorer was the man to ǁĂƚĐŚ ĂƐ ŚĞ ƐƉĞĂƌŚĞĂĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƟƚůĞͲǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƌƐĞŶĂů ƚĞĂŵ ǁŚŝĐŚ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ ͚dŚĞ /ŶǀŝŶĐŝďůĞƐ͛ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ĂŶ ƵŶďĞĂƚĞŶ ůĞĂŐƵĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϯͲϰ͘ ,Ğ ůĞŌ ƚŚĞ 'ƵŶŶĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ŽĨ ϮϬϬϳ ĨŽƌ Ă ĨĞĞ ŽĨ άϭϲ͘ϭŵŝůůŽŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ dŽƩĞŶŚĂŵ ,ŽƚƐƉƵƌ ƉĂŝĚ ŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ ŚĂƌůƚŽŶ ƚŚůĞƟĐ ƐƚƌŝŬĞƌ ĂƌƌĞŶ ĞŶƚ͘ ŌĞƌ Ă ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ƐƚĂƌƚ ŝŶ ^ƉĂŝŶ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉƌŽůŝĮĐ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉƐ ŝŶ ŵŽĚĞƌŶͲ ĚĂǇ ĨŽŽƚďĂůů ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ ^ĂŵƵĞů ƚŽ͛Ž ĂŶĚ >ŝŽŶĞů DĞƐƐŝ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ůĂƐƚ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ǇŝĞůĚĞĚ ϭϬϬ ŐŽĂůƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ϯϮ ǇĞĂƌ ŽůĚ ŚĂƐ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĐŚĂŶĐĞƐ ůŝŵŝƚĞĚ͘ ,Ğ ŝƐ ŽŌĞŶ ĚĞƉůŽǇĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ƐƵďƐƟƚƵƚĞ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ŽǀĞƌůŽŽŬĞĚ ŝŶ ĨĂǀŽƵƌ ŽĨ ƌŝŐŚƚ ďĂĐŬ ĂŶŝĞů ůǀĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ͚ĐůĄƐŝĐŽ͛ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ZĞĂů DĂĚƌŝĚ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚŝƐ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ &ƌĂŶĐĞ͛Ɛ ϮϬϭϬ tŽƌůĚ ƵƉ ƐƋƵĂĚ͘

ŌĞƌ ĮŶŝƐŚŝŶŐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŽŶůǇ ƚŽ dŚŝĞƌƌǇ ,ĞŶƌǇ ĂƐ ŚŝŐŚĞƐƚ ƐĐŽƌĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ Ϯϯ ŐŽĂůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϬϯͲϰ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŽůŽŵďŝĂŶ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĂŐĂŝŶ Śŝƚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŚĞŝŐŚƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ϯϱ ǇĞĂƌ ŽůĚ ŵĂƌŬƐŵĂŶ͕ ǁŚŽ ĐŽƐƚ ƐƚŽŶ sŝůůĂ άϵ͘ϱŵŝůůŝŽŶ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϭ͕ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ EĞǁ zŽƌŬ ZĞĚ ƵůůƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŚĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵď͛Ɛ Ăůů ƟŵĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ŐŽĂů ƐĐŽƌĞƌ͘

16>LES FERDINAND (LEICESTER CITY)

ƌĞƵŶŝƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ƐƚƌŝŬĞ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌ ǁŝŐŚƚ zŽƌŬĞ Ăƚ ^ƵŶĚĞƌůĂŶĚ ǀŝĂ ƐƉĞůůƐ Ăƚ WŽƌƚƐŵŽƵƚŚ ĂŶĚ ŝƌŵŝŶŐŚĂŵ ;ůŽĂŶͿ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ũŽŝŶŝŶŐ ƵƌŶůĞǇ ŽŶ ůŽĂŶ͘ ŌĞƌ Ă ƐƉĞůů ǁŝƚŚ EŽƫŶŐŚĂŵ &ŽƌĞƐƚ͕ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĞ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƚŽ ƐĐŽƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ƌƐĞŶĂů ĂĐĂĚĞŵǇ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚ ŚƵŶŐ ƵƉ ŚŝƐ ďŽŽƚƐ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƌĞƟƌŝŶŐ ŽůĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ĐŽůƵŵŶŝƐƚ ĨŽƌ The Independent͕ where he recently revealed the reason why ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ŶŽƚ ƐƉŽŬĞŶ ƚŽ dĞĚĚǇ ^ŚĞƌŝŶŐŚĂŵ ŝŶ ϭϱ ǇĞĂƌƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĐŽĂĐŚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ,ƵĚĚĞƌƐĮĞůĚ dŽǁŶ ƐƚƌŝŬĞƌƐ ƚǁŝĐĞ Ă ǁĞĞŬ ƵŶĚĞƌ ŽůĚ EĞǁĐĂƐƚůĞ hŶŝƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ &ƵůŚĂŵ ƚĞĂŵŵĂƚĞ >ĞĞ ůĂƌŬ͘

19>JASON EUELL (CHARLTON ATHLETIC)

5>MIKAEL FORSSELL (BIRMINGHAM)

dŚĞ ǇŽƵŶŐĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ϮϬ ƐĐŽƌĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůŝƐƚ͕ ƚŚĞ Ϯϵ ǇĞĂƌ ŽůĚ ŝƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƵŶĚĞƐůŝŐĂ ĨŽŽƚďĂůů ĨŽƌ ,ĂŶŶŽǀĞƌ ϵϲ͘ dŚĞ ϮϬϬϯͲϰ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ǁĂƐ ŚŝƐ ĮƌƐƚ Ăƚ ŝƌŵŝŶŐŚĂŵ ŝƚǇ͕ ŽŶ ůŽĂŶ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĞůƐĞĂ͘ &ŝŶŶ &ŽƌƐƐĞůů ƐĐŽƌĞĚ ŵŽƌĞ ŐŽĂůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ĂůŽŶĞ ;ϭϳͿ ƚŚĂŶ ŚĞ ĞǀĞƌ ĚŝĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ Ăƚ ^ƚ ŶĚƌĞǁƐ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ƉĂƌƚůǇ ďĞ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶĞĚ ďǇ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ŝŶũƵƌŝĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ůŝŵŝƚĞĚ ŚŝƐ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ŽŶůǇ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ϭϯϲ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ŽĨ ĮƌƐƚ ƚĞĂŵ ĨŽŽƚďĂůů͘

7>JUAN PABLO ÁNGEL (ASTON VILLA)

&ƌŽŶƚŵĂŶ &ĞƌĚŝŶĂŶĚ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ Ă ƋƵĂƌƚĞƌ ŽĨ Ăůů ŽĨ >ĞŝĐĞƐƚĞƌ ŝƚǇ͛Ɛ ŐŽĂůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚŽŽŵĞĚ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ƚŽ ƐƚĂǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ WƌĞŵŝĞƌ >ĞĂŐƵĞ ƵŶĚĞƌ DŝĐŬǇ ĚĂŵƐ͘ ůƌĞĂĚǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŝůŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚůǇ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ũƵƐƚ ŽŶĐĞ Ă ǁĞĞŬ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶ ǁŚŽ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ WƌĞŵŝĞƌ >ĞĂŐƵĞ͛Ɛ ϭϬϬϬƚŚ ŐŽĂů ŵŽǀĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŽ ŽůƚŽŶ tĂŶĚĞƌĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵďƐĞƋƵĞŶƚůǇ ZĞĂĚŝŶŐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŚĞ ŵĂĚĞ ŵŽƐƚůǇ ƐƵďƐƟƚƵƚĞ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞƐ͘ ŌĞƌ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞƐ ŽŶ ŶŽǁ ĚĞĨƵŶĐƚ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ĐŚĂŶŶĞů ^ĞƚĂŶƚĂ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞůĚĞƐƚ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůŝƐƚ ĐĂŶ ŶŽǁ ďĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂů ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞƐ ŽŶ &ŽŽƚďĂůů &ŽĐƵƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ DĂƚĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂǇ Ϯ ƐŽĨĂ͘ tŽƌŬŝŶŐ ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ dŝŵ ^ŚĞƌǁŽŽĚ͕ ŚĞ ŝƐ Ă ƐƚƌŝŬĞƌƐ͛ ĐŽŶƐƵůƚĂŶƚ ĨŽƌ dŽƩĞŶŚĂŵ ,ŽƚƐƉƵƌ͕ Ă ƌŽůĞ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŽ Śŝŵ ďǇ ,ĂƌƌǇ ZĞĚŬŶĂƉƉ͘ dŚĞ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ YWZ ŵĂŶ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ >ĞƐ &ĞƌĚŝŶĂŶĚ ^ƵŵŵĞƌ ^ŽĐĐĞƌ ĂŵƉ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƌĂŶ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϵ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ Ɛŝǆ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ǁŚŽ ǁĞŶƚ ŽŶ ƚŽ ũŽŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĂĚĞŵǇ Ăƚ tŚŝƚĞ ,Ăƌƚ >ĂŶĞ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ďĞĞŶ ƚĞƌŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ͘

17>ANDREW COLE (BLACKBURN ROVERS) ŌĞƌ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ ǁŽŽĚ WĂƌŬ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ Ă ƐƉĂƚ ǁŝƚŚ 'ƌĂĞŵĞ ^ŽƵŶĞƐƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶ ŬŶŽǁŶ ďǇ ŵŽƐƚ ĂƐ ŶĚǇ ŽůĞ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ƐƚĂŐŐĞƌŝŶŐ ƐĞǀĞŶ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĐůƵďƐ ŝŶ ĨŽƵƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ͘ ŌĞƌ ũŽŝŶŝŶŐ &ƵůŚĂŵ ĂŶĚ ĮŶŝƐŚŝŶŐ ĂƐ ƚŽƉ ƐĐŽƌĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ϭϮ ŐŽĂůƐ ƵŶĚĞƌ ŚƌŝƐ ŽůĞŵĂŶ͕ ŚĞ ůĞŌ ĨŽƌ DĂŶĐŚĞƐƚĞƌ ŝƚǇ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŚĞ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ ĂůŵŽƐƚ Ă ŐŽĂů ĞǀĞƌǇ ƚǁŽ ŐĂŵĞƐ͘ ,Ğ ƚŚĞŶ

ƌŐƵĂďůǇ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂƐƚ ƚĂůĞŶƚĞĚ ƉůĂǇĞƌ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ůŝƐƚ͕ ƚŚĞ :ĂŵĂŝĐĂŶ ŝƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďŽŽŬƐ Ăƚ ůĂĐŬƉŽŽů͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŝƌŽŶŝĐĂůůǇ ŚĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ƚŽ ƌĂĐŝĂů ĂďƵƐĞ ŝŶ Ă ϰͲϯ ĚĞĨĞĂƚ ƚŽ ^ƚŽŬĞ ŝƚǇ͘ ,ŝƐ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ Ăƚ ŚĂƌůƚŽŶ ǁĂƐ ĞŶĚĞĚ ĂŌĞƌ ĂŶ ŽŶŐŽŝŶŐ ďĂƩůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŶ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƌ ůĂŶ ƵƌďŝƐŚůĞǇ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƵĞůů ƌĞĨƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĞŵƉůŽǇĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ƐƚƌŝŬĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ƵƉƐŚŽƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌůǇ ďĞŶĐŚĞĚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůǇ ďĞŝŶŐ ƐŽůĚ ƚŽ DŝĚĚůĞƐďŽƌŽƵŐŚ ĨŽƌ άϯϬϬ͕ϬϬϬ͘ ,Ğ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ dĞĞƐŝĚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŽǀĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŽ ^ŽƵƚŚĂŵƉƚŽŶ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŚĞ ďĞŐĂŶ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŵŽƌĞ ŵĂƚĐŚĞƐ͘ hŶƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐůǇ͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͕ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŝĚĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƌĞůĞŐĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ >ĞĂŐƵĞ ϭ͕ Ăƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉŽŝŶƚ ƚŚĞ ϯϮͲǇĞĂƌͲŽůĚ ŵŽǀĞĚ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽĂƐƚ ƚŽ ũŽŝŶ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ /ĂŶ ,ŽůůŽǁĂǇ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŚĞ ďĞĞŶ ŵĂĚĞ ĐůƵď ĐĂƉƚĂŝŶ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ ĨŽƵƌ ŐŽĂůƐ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ƚŽ ƉƵƐŚ ƚŚĞ dĂŶŐĞƌŝŶĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƐƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ƉůĂǇŽīƐ͘

AND IN THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE:

MARCUS STEWART (SUNDERLAND - 14 GOALS)

,ĂǀŝŶŐ ŵĂĚĞ ŚŝƐ ŶĂŵĞ Ăƚ ƌŝƐƚŽů ZŽǀĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ,ƵĚĚĞƌƐĮĞůĚ dŽǁŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ƉůǇŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƚƌĂĚĞ ĨŽƌ ŝŶ >ĞĂŐƵĞ ϭ ǆĞƚĞƌ ŝƚǇ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĂƐƚƵƚĞ ƐƚĞǁĂƌĚƐŚŝƉ ŽĨ WĂƵů dŝƐĚĂůĞ͘ ŌĞƌ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ ^ƵŶĚĞƌůĂŶĚ ŚĞ ũŽŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵď ŚĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ďŽǇ͕ ƌŝƐƚŽů ŝƚǇ͕ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƐƚĂǇŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ tĞƐƚ ŽƵŶƚƌǇ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŵŽǀĞ ƚŽ zĞŽǀŝů dŽǁŶ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ĐůƵď͘ ĞƉůŽǇĞĚ ĂƐ ĂŶ ŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƚ ƐƚƌŝŬĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ϯϳ ǇĞĂƌͲŽůĚ ŽŌĞŶ ĮŶĚƐ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ǆĞƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ŵŝĚĮĞůĚ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚĂů ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͘

dŚŝĞƌƌǇ ,ĞŶƌǇ ůĂŶ ^ŚĞĂƌĞƌ ZƵƵĚ ǀĂŶ EŝƐƚĞůƌŽŽǇ >ŽƵŝƐ ^ĂŚĂ

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<ĞǀŝŶ WŚŝůůŝƉƐ :ŝŵŵǇ &ůŽǇĚ ,ĂƐƐĞůďĂŝŶŬ >ĞƐ &ĞƌĚŝŶĂŶĚ WĂƵů ŝĐŬŽǀ ŶĚƌĞǁ ŽůĞ :ĂƐŽŶ ƵĞůů &ƌĂŶŬ >ĂŵƉĂƌĚ ,ĞƌŶĄŶ ƌĞƐƉŽ

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VENUE>THE SIGHTS & SOUNDS OF THE CITY TUESDAY 20TH

,ĂƌƌŝƐх>dϭхϲ͗ϯϬхάϲ Ύ^ĂůƐĂ ĞůƟĐĂхArts Centreхϴ͗ϯϬхάϵ ΎWKt͊хLCRхϭϬƉŵхάϲ ĂĚǀ

ΎDƵƌĂůƐ Θ DŽĚĞƌŶŝƐŵ ŝŶ /ŶĚŝĂ ďǇ ƌ ĂŶŝĞů ZǇĐƌŽŌхForumхϲƉŵ Ύ>Ă :ŽǇŽǌĂхUEA School of Musicхϳ͗ϯϬ хάϰ Ύ^ŬǇůŝŐŚƚ ;ƵŶƟů ϮϰƚŚͿхPlayhouseхϴƉŵ хάϭϬ Ύ ŚĞǁ >ŝƉƐхArts CentreхϴƉŵхάϳ Ύ:ŽĐŬƐ ǀƐ 'ĞĞŬƐхLCRхϭϬƉŵхάϯ͘ϱϬ

THURSDAY 29TH Ύ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ^ƚƵĚŝĞƐ ^ŽĐ͛Ɛ dŚĞ 'ƌĞĂƚ 'ĂƚƐďǇ ĂůůхSainsbury CentreхϳƉŵхάϭϱ Ύ^ŚŽǁ ŽĨ ,ĂŶĚƐхWFхϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϱ Ύ:ŽŚŶ ŝƐŚŽƉ ;ƵŶƟů ϯϬƚŚͿхPlayhouse хϴƉŵхάϭϱ ΎtŝůůǇ ĂƌƌĞƩ͛Ɛ ^ůĞĞƉŝŶŐ ŽŐƐхArts CentreхϴƉŵхάϵ Ύ : ZƵŬƐƉŝŶхBirdcageхϴƉŵ ΎWKt͊хLCRхϭϬƉŵхάϲ

WEDNESDAY 21ST Ύ ƐŚхWFхϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϱ Ύ ŽŵĞĚǇ ^ƚŽƌĞхForumхϴƉŵхάϭϬ͘ϱϬ Ύ^ŚǇ ŚŝůĚхArts CentreхϴƉŵхάϴ Ύ Ύ Ύ Ύ ΎZΎ ΎdхBirdcageхϴƉŵхάϭ

FRIDAY 30TH

THURSDAY 22ND Ύ&ƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ :ĂŵхWFхϳ͗ϯϬхάϮϬ Ύ ƌĞĂďĂĐŚхArts CentreхϴƉŵхάϴ Ύ : ZŽď ƵīхBirdcageхϴƉŵ

FRIDAY 23RD ΎDƵƐŝĐ Λ ϭхAssembly HouseхϭƉŵ хάϰ Ύ/Ŷ ƚŚĞ &ůĞƐŚхLCRхϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϮ Ύ ĂůĂĐůĂǀĂ <ŝĚ Θ ĂĚхArts Centre хϴƉŵхάϰ Ύ ĂƐǇ sŝďĞƐхBirdcageхϴƉŵ Ύ>ŝƚ^ŽĐ ^ƉƌŝŶŐ Ăůůх^ƚ͘ 'ŝůĞƐ ,ŽƵƐĞ Hotelхϴ͗ϯϬхάϭϱ Ύ^ŝůĞŶƚ ŝƐĐŽхWFхϭϬƉŵхάϰ͘ϱϬ

SATURDAY 24TH ΎEŽ ^ƚƌŝŶŐƐͲ ƵƌůĞƐƋƵĞ Θ ĂďĂƌĞƚ

EVENT SPOTLIGHT> POW! END OF TERM EXTRAVAGANZA Familiar to the eyes of all UEA students, POW! is the Mustard Lounge’s club night that has ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ǁŽƌŵĞĚ ŝƚƐ ǁĂǇ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ > Z͛Ɛ ŝƟŶĞƌĂƌǇ to bring musical enthuse to our otherwise empty &ƌŝĚĂǇ ŶŝŐŚƚƐ͘ ^ĞůĨͲĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚ ƚŽ ďĂŶŝƐŚ ĂŶǇ student’s worries about coursework, seminars and early morning lectures, POW! brings the ďĞƐƚ :Ɛ ƚŽ Įůů ƚŚĞ ƌŽŽŵ ǁŝƚŚ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ electro to pop, rock, dance and trance. ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ŚŽƐƚĞĚ ŝƚƐ ĮƌƐƚ > Z ĐůƵď ŶŝŐŚƚ ůĂƐƚ ƚĞƌŵ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐůƵď ŶŝŐŚƚ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞƐ ƚŽ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƐĞŶƐĂƟŽŶĂů ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĂŶǆŝĞƚǇ ŽĨ ĞǆĂŵƐ ƐĞƚƐ ŝŶ͕ ĂŝŵŝŶŐ ƚŽ Įůů ƚŚĞ ϭ͕ϴϬϬ ĐĂƉĂĐŝƚǇ > Z ĂƐ ZĂĚŝŽ ϭ :Ɛ ĂŶĚ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ƚŚĞŵĞĚ ƌŽŽŵƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ Ă ŐĂƌĚĞŶ ƌĂǀĞ͕ ƚĂŬĞ ŽǀĞƌ ŽƵƌ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ǀĞŶƵĞ͘ Luring you in with the ‘standard’ sweets, ƚƌĞĂƚƐ͕ ŐůŽǁƐƟĐŬƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞƐ͕ WKt͊ ŝƐ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƵƐƵĂů ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ Žƌ dƵĞƐĚĂǇ > Z ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞ ĞĐůĞĐƟĐ ŵŝǆ ŽĨ ŵƵƐŝĐ͘ ƐŝĚĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ :Ɛ͛ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ŽŌĞŶ ŽďƐĐƵƌĞ ƌĞŵŝǆĞƐ

хPuppet TheatreхϳƉŵхάϭϱ Ύ>ĂƵŐŚ KƵƚ >ŽƵĚхZŽƐĞ dĂǀĞƌŶхϳ͗ϯϬ ΎdŚĞ ƵŬĞ Θ dŚĞ <ŝŶŐхArts Centre хϴƉŵхάϴ ΎtĞƐƚĞƌŶ EŝŐŚƚхBirdcageхϴƉŵ ΎdŚĞ KƚŚĞƌ KŶĞ Θ ,ĂƌŵŽŶǇ Ků͛ ^ŬŽŽů хLCRхϭϬƉŵхάϰ͘ϱϬ ΎDĞůƚĚŽǁŶ Θ tƌĂŝƚŚхWFхϭϬƉŵ хάϯ͘ϱϬ

SUNDAY 25TH Ύ ĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ >ŝǀĞ DƵƐŝĐ ĂŶĚ ƌƚ ^ĂůĞхBirdcageхd

MONDAY 26TH Ύ^ƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌхWFхϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϬ ΎdŚĞ &ƵƚƵƌĞŚĞĂĚƐхArts CentreхϴƉŵ

хάϭϮ͘ϱϬ Ύ ĂŶƚĞƌďƵƌǇхDĂƌƋƵĞĞхϴƉŵхάϳ

TUESDAY 27TH Ύ^ƵƌƌĞĂůŝƐŵ Θ ĞƐŝŐŶ ďǇ ƌ <ƌǌǇƐǌƚŽĨ &ŝũĂůŬŽǁƐŬŝхForumхϲƉŵ ΎdŚĞ ĂƌĞƚĂŬĞƌ ;ƵŶƟů ϮϴƚŚͿхPlayhouse хϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϬ ΎdŝŵĞƐ EĞǁ sŝŬŝŶŐхArts CentreхϴƉŵ хάϳ Ύ^ƟĐŚ Θ ŝƚĐŚх ŝƌĚĐĂŐĞхϴƉŵ Ύ ůĂĐŬ Θ tŚŝƚĞхLCRхϭϬƉŵхάϯ͘ϱϬ

WEDNESDAY 28TH Ύ ůůĞŐƌŝ ^ƚƌŝŶŐ YƵĂƌƚĞƚхUEA School of MusicхϭƉŵхάϰ Ύh >ŝƚĞƌĂƌǇ &ĞƐƟǀĂůх:ŽĂŶŶĞ

ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƵŶĚĞƌŐƌŽƵŶĚ ƐĐĞŶĞ͛Ɛ ďĞƐƚ ŵŝǆĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ wouldn’t be out of place on a Monday night at WŽ EĂ EĂ͛Ɛ͕ WKt͊͛Ɛ ŶĚ ŽĨ dĞƌŵ ǆƚƌĂǀĂŐĂŶǌĂ brings you ‘Ed Bangin’ electro, Indie Cindies, Pop Bitches, Fashionista Disco Dancers, Mods Žī ƚŚĞŝƌ ZŽĐŬĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƐƐůŝŶĞ ^ŬĂŶŬĞƌƐ͛ ƚŽ ŵĞĞƚ the standards of all opposing music tastes. Room One, the LCR, will play host to Radio ϭ :Ɛ :ĂǇŵŽ ĂŶĚ ŶĚǇ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ͕ ŚĂŝůŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ /Ŷ EĞǁ :Ɛ tĞ dƌƵƐƚ ZĂĚŝŽ ϭ ƐŚŽǁƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŶĚͲ in slot for Annie Mac. As Zane Lowe’s secondhand men at his DJ Hero Tour freshers’ week ĞǀĞŶƚ͕ :ĂǇŵŽ ĂŶĚ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ ƚŽ h ďĞĨŽƌĞ Ă ďƵƐǇ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ŽĨ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ /ďŝǌĂ dates, bringing us electro, disco, house, techno and indie mash-ups for POW!’s April date at the LCR. dŽ ǁĂƌŵ ƵƉ͕ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞƐ ͚WĂƌƚǇ ŽǇƐ͛ :ƵǆƚĂƉŽƐĞƌ ďϮď &ĂǌŚĂŶĚƐ ĂƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŽ ŬŝĐŬ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ŐĂŝŶĞĚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌŝƚǇ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ UEA students from their appearances at the 'ĂƌĚĞŶ ZĂǀĞ ĂŶĚ ůƵď EĞŽ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞ ƚŽ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌ ͚ƚŚĞ ŽĚĚ ĐƵƌǀĞďĂůů͛ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ďůĞŶĚ of house, electro and techno. Alongside these ĚĞĐŬ ƐƵƉĞƌƐƚĂƌƐ͕ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂůůǇ ĂĐĐůĂŝŵĞĚ :ͬ Producer and newby to the POW! family, Louis >Ă ZŽĐŚĞ͕ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ϭϵ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ͚ŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞĚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ǇŽƵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽŽǀĞ͛ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝƐ ĂŌ WƵŶŬͲĞƐƋƵĞ &ƌĞŶĐŚ ƚŽƵĐŚͬĚŝƐĐŽ͘ KƵƚƐŝĚĞ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ

ΎhŶŬŶŽǁŶ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞƐхLCRхϳ͗ϯϬхάϭϯ Ύ^ƚĞǁĂƌƚ >ĞĞхPlayhouseхϴƉŵхάϭϰ ΎEŝĐĞ hƉ WƚϮхArts CentreхϴƉŵхάϴ ΎdŚĞ DĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚхBirdcageхϴƉŵ ΎEŽŶͲ^ƚŽƉ ͚ϵϬƐ Θ >ŽĂĚĞĚ͊хWFхϭϬƉŵ хάϯ͘ϱϬ

SATURDAY 1ST MAY ΎWŽĞƚƌǇ Θ WƌĂǇĞƌхCathedralхϭϬĂŵхάϯ Ύ W & ŽŽŬ &ĂŝƌхSt Andrew’s HallхϭϭĂŵ хάϭ Ύ:ŽĚŝ WŝĐŽƵůƚхSt Andrew’s HallхϳƉŵхάϱ ΎdŚĞ ŽƵŶƚĞƌĨĞŝƚ ^ƚŽŶĞƐхPlayhouseхϴƉŵ хάϭϴ͘ϱϬ ΎDĂǆ ZĂƉƚŽƌхArts CentreхϴƉŵхάϲ Ύ'ŽŽĚDŽƌŶŝŶŐDŝĚŶŝŐŚƚхBirdcageхϴƉŵ ΎEŽǁ ϵϬƐ ǀ ůƵď ZĞƚƌŽхLCRхϭϬƉŵхάϰ͘ϱϬ ΎDĞůƚĚŽǁŶ Θ ^ŬĂ͛Ě hƉхWFхϭϬƉŵхάϯ͘ϱϬ

ĂĐƟǀĞ ƌĞĂŬ^ŽĐ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ Z͘ ͘ ĂŶĚ &ĂƵƐƚ ďƌŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂǀŝĞƌ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ƐƉĞĐƚƌƵŵ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǀŝŶǇů ĚƵďƐƚĞƉ ĂŶĚ ĚƌƵŵ Θ ďĂƐƐ ƐĞƚ͘ tŚĞƌĞĂƐ͕ WKt͊ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ : ĂďůĞ͕ ƚǁŽ ƟŵĞ h< D ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŐƵĞƐƚ ŵŝǆĞƌ ŽŶ ZĂĚŝŽ ϭyƚƌĂ͕ ŝƐ ďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŐĂƌĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ ŐƌŝŵĞ ƚŽ ĚƵďƐƚĞƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ 'ĂƌĚĞŶ ZĂǀĞ͕ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ his own celebrated DMC-style scratching and juggling. WĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ŽŶĞ ƚŽ ůŽŽŬ out for at the club night will be Boaboa, a longƟŵĞ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ WKt͊͛Ɛ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ĂďƐĞŶƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ƐĐĞŶĞ͕ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ŵŽǀĞĚ away from the area. Apart from spinning House and funky beats for the Dark Party, Boaboa is ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ WKt͊ ĂƌƚǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ design. Certainly a talented guy, he’s been described as a ‘god behind the desks’ and is ƚĞĂŵŝŶŐ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŵƵůƟƚƵĚĞ ŽĨ :Ɛ ŽŶ ϮϵƚŚ April for UEA’s much needed mass chill out and ƌĂǀĞ͘ dŝĐŬĞƚƐ ĨŽƌ WKt͊͛Ɛ ŶĚ ŽĨ dĞƌŵ ǆƚƌĂǀĂŐĂŶǌĂ ĂƌĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ άϲ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ h Žǆ KĸĐĞ͕ from Soundclash Records on St. Benedict’s ^ƚƌĞĞƚ͕ ĨƌŽŵ WKt͊ dŝĐŬĞƚ ZĞƉƐ͕ Žƌ ĨŽƌ άϴ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĚŽŽƌ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ͘ dŚĞ ďŽǆ ŽĸĐĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚĞĚ ŽŶ ϬϭϲϬϯ ϱϬϴ ϬϱϬ͕ ĂŶĚ WKt͊ ƌĞŵŝŶĚ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ƚŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ƉŚŽƚŽ /͘ ͊͘ Helen Thomas

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ϭ͗ ,ƵŐĞ͕ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ Ăƚ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ Ă ďĞĂŶƐƚĂůŬ ;ϱͿ ϱ͗ /ƚĂůŝĂŶ ǁŽƌĚ ĚĞŶŽƟŶŐ ďƌŝƐŬ͕ ĐŚĞĞƌĨƵů ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ƚĞŵƉŽ ͕ ŽƌĂů ŐĞů ;ĂŶĂŐ͘Ϳ ;ϳͿ ϴ͗ &ĂƐƚ͕ ůŽŶŐ ŶĞĐŬĞĚ ďŝƌĚ͕ ƉĞƚ ŽĨ :ŽŚŶŶǇ ĂƐŚ ;ϳͿ ϵ͗ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂů ŶĂŵĞ ĨŽƌ ŐƌĂŶĚŵŽƚŚĞƌ ;ϱͿ ϭϬ͗ ĞĂĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚůǇ ƚŚĞ ƚŽǁŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĨŽĐƵƐĞƐ ŽŶ ŝƚ ;ϳͿ ϭϭ͗ dŽ ĐŽŶǀĞǇ ĂŶ ŽďũĞĐƚ ƚŽ Ă ƉůĂĐĞ Žƌ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ;ϱͿ ϭϮ͗ ůů ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͕ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ;ϱͿ ϭϯ͗ /ŶƚĞŶƐĞ ŵŽƵƌŶĨƵůŶĞƐƐ Žƌ ƐŽƌƌŽǁ ;ϯͿ ϭϱ͗ dŽ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ ĚĞŵŽĐƌĂƟĐ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ ĂŐĂŝŶ ;ϭϬͿ ϭϵ͗ dŽ ƚĂŬĞ ƌĞǀĞŶŐĞ ;ϲͿ ϮϬ͗ ŽŶĚƵĐƟǀĞ ŵĞƚĂů͕ ƐǇŵďŽů Ƶ ;ϲͿ ϮϮ͗ ZƵĚĞŶĞƐƐ ;ϭϭͿ

ϭ͗ >ĂƌŐĞ͕ ĚŝƐŐƵƐƟŶŐ ;ϱͿ Ϯ͗ ŶŝŵĂů ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŶƐƵŵĞƐ ŝŶƐĞĐƚƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ůĂƌŐĞ ƐŶŽƵƚ ;ϴͿ ϯ͗ dŚƌĞĞ ƉĂƌƚƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĂŬĞ ƵƉ Ă ƐŝŶŐůĞ ĞŶƟƚǇ ;ϴͿ ϰ͗ WŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ͕ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ ;ϭϬͿ ϱ͗ tĞĂƉŽŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĮƌĞƐ ĂƌƌŽǁƐ ;ϴͿ ϲ͗ ZĞĂů͕ ƚƌƵƚŚĨƵů ;ϴͿ ϳ͗ ĨƌƵŝƚ ŶĂŵĞĚ ĂŌĞƌ ŝƚƐ ĐŽůŽƵƌ ;ϳͿ ϭϮ͗ EĂƟŽŶ ǁŚŽƐĞ ƉĂƚƌŽŶ ƐĂŝŶƚ ŝƐ ^ƚ͘ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ ;ϳͿ ϭϰ͗ KƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ ŽĨ ŝŶ ;ϯͿ ϭϱ͗ dŽ ďĞ ǁƌŝƩĞŶ ŝŶ ƌƵŶĞƐ ;ϱͿ ϭϲ͗ dŽ ƐŚƵƚ ;ϱͿ ϭϳ͗ dŽ ŚŝŶƚ ;ϱͿ ϭϴ͗ &ŝďƌĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐŽŶǀĞǇƐ ŝŵƉƵůƐĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďƌĂŝŶ ;ϲͿ Ϯϭ͗ ŶŝŵĂů͕ ĨĂŵŽƵƐůǇ ZŽĚ ,Ƶůů͛Ɛ ƉƵƉƉĞƚ

SEE GOGOL BORDELLO AND MEET THE BAND EĞǁ zŽƌŬ 'ǇƉƐǇ ƉƵŶŬƐ 'ŽŐŽů ŽƌĚĞůůŽ ďƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĂŵĞĚ ůŝǀĞ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ > Z ŽŶĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶ ŽŶ DŽŶĚĂǇ ϭϬͬϱͬϭϬ͕ ďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶĞǁ ĂůďƵŵ dƌĂŶƐĐŽŶƟŶĞŶƚĂů ,ƵƐƐůĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ϮϲͬϰͬϭϬ͘ ŽƵƌƚĞƐǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ hŶŝŽŶ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ĂǁĂǇ ƟĐŬĞƚƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐŝŐ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚ Ă ŵĞĞƚ ĂŶĚ ŐƌĞĞƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ͊ &Žƌ Ă ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ũƵƐƚ ďƌŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĚ ĐƌŽƐƐǁŽƌĚ Žƌ ƐƵĚŽŬƵ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ KĸĐĞ ďǇ &ƌŝĚĂǇ ϮϵͬϰͬϭϬ͘ EĂŵĞ͗

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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

ODEON HOT TUB TIME MACHINE FREE SCREENING BONANZA dŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ K KE͕ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ŝƐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ Ă ƚƌŝƉ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ Ă ƐŶĞĂŬ ƉƌĞǀŝĞǁ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌĚͲŽĨͲŵŽƵƚŚ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ƐĞŶƐĂƟŽŶ ,Žƚ dƵď dŝŵĞ DĂĐŚŝŶĞ͕ ĂŶĚ Ăůů our readers are invited! dŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ƐƚĂƌƚƐ Ăƚ ϱ͘ϯϬƉŵ ŽŶ dƵĞƐĚĂǇ ϮϳͬϰͬϭϬ Ͳ ŽǀĞƌ Ă ǁĞĞŬ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ͛Ɛ ŽĸĐŝĂů ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ Ͳ ǁŚĞŶ ǁĞ ƐŚĂůů ĚĞƐĐĞŶĚ ƵƉŽŶ K KE͛Ɛ ŵďĂƌ ĨŽƌ ĚƌŝŶŬƐ͘ &ĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ŽīĞƌƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƚǁŽ ĐŽĐŬƚĂŝůƐ ĨŽƌ άϲ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďŽƩůĞ ĨƌĞĞ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ďƵǇ ƚǁŽ ŐůĂƐƐĞƐ ŽĨ ǁŝŶĞ͕ ƉůƵƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ŵŝŶŐůĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ăůů ǇŽƵƌ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ĞĚŝƚŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚŽƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐĐƌĞĞŶŝŶŐ ǁŝůů ďĞ Ăƚ ϲ͗ϯϬƉŵ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞƐ ƚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ŚŝůĂƌŝƚǇ ĨƌŽŵ ŝƚƐ ƐƚĂƌƐ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ůĞŐĞŶĚ :ŽŚŶ ƵƐĂĐŬ ;High Fidelity, Grosse Point Blank, Con AirͿ ĂŶĚ ůĂƌŬ ƵŬĞ ;Kick-Ass, Sex DriveͿ͘ ŌĞƌ Ă ĐƌĂǌǇ ŶŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ĚƌŝŶŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ƐŬŝ ƌĞƐŽƌƚ ŚŽƚ ƚƵď͕ ĨŽƵƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ǁĂŬĞ ƵƉ͕ ŚĞĂĚƐ ƉŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ͕ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌ ϭϵϴϲ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ŬŝĐŬ ƐŽŵĞ ƉĂƐƚ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨƵƚƵƌĞƐ ʹ ŽŶĞ ǁŝůů ĮŶĚ Ă ŶĞǁ ůŽǀĞ ůŝĨĞ͕ ŽŶĞ ǁŝůů ůĞĂƌŶ ƚŽ ƐƚĂŶĚ ƵƉ ĨŽƌ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ůĂĚŝĞƐ͕ ŽŶĞ ǁŝůů ĮŶĚ ŚŝƐ ŵŽũŽ͕ ĂŶĚ ŽŶĞ ǁŝůů ŵĂŬĞ ƐƵƌĞ ŚĞ ƐƟůů ĞǆŝƐƚƐ͊ &ŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ĂŶ ŝŵƉƌŽŵƉƚƵ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ƐŽĐŝĂů͕ ƐŽ ŐĞƚ ĚŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ ĞŶũŽǇ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůǀĞƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ĞǆĂŵƐ ƐƚĂƌƚ͊ ĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂŶ ϴϬ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞŵĞ ƐŽ ďƌĞĂŬ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŚĂŝƌƐƉƌĂǇ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽƵůĚĞƌ ƉĂĚƐ͊ /Ĩ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ŶŝŐŚƚ ƚŚĞŶ ũƵƐƚ ƐĞĂƌĐŚ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ ĨŽƌ ͞ KE Z d ^K / >͗ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĐŽƵƌƚĞƐǇ ŽĨ K KE͊͟ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĮƌŵ ĂƐ ĂƩĞŶĚŝŶŐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ϯƉŵ ŽŶ ϮϳͬϰͬϭϬ͘ ĂĐŚ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĂƩĞŶĚĂŶĐĞ ŝƐ ŽŶůǇ ǀĂůŝĚ ĨŽƌ ŽŶĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ͘ WůĂĐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ůŝŵŝƚĞĚ͕ ƐŽ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ŽŶůǇ ŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ϮϬϬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ĂƌƌŝǀĞ Ăƚ K KE ďǇ ϱ͘ϯϬƉŵ ŽŶ ϮϳƚŚ Ɖƌŝů ǁŝůů ŐĂŝŶ ĂĚŵŝƩĂŶĐĞ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ǇŽƵ ŵƵƐƚ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚ ǇŽƵƌ ĂƩĞŶĚĂŶĐĞ ŽŶ ŽƵƌ ĨĂĐĞďŽŽŬ ĞǀĞŶƚ ƉĂŐĞ ďĞĨŽƌĞŚĂŶĚ͘ tĞ ůŽŽŬ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ Ăůů͊ dŚŝƐ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŝƐ ĨŽƌ ŽǀĞƌ ϭϴ͛Ɛ ŽŶůǇ͘ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞƐ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĚƌŝŶŬŝŶŐ͘ zŽƵƌ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ĞĚŝƚŽƌƐ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͘

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