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EDITOR’S LETTER If you’re into music and weekend-long parties there’s no better place to be than here in Britain over summer. The range and number of music festivals on offer is incredible – there is a big gig pretty much every weekend from May to September. Right now is the time to get booking, so check out our four-page special from page 30 for all you need to know.

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9 LONDON 9 London Eye 10 London Life 12 SPRING IS THE AIR: Make the most of springtime in London 14 Food & Drink 16 Spotted

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ROUNDHOUSE CIRCUSFEST FROM £10 WHAT: It’s a five-week long season of vaudeville, cabaret and circus performance, with a healthy dose of stone-cold crazy thrown in for good measure. Whatever you’re into, you’ll find something on the programme to get your wheels spinning. WHEN: April 7 to May 16. DO IT BECAUSE: It’s different, and the Roundhouse is a fantastic venue. The sheer volume of quirky, off-the-wall acts means there’s no excuse not to get along at some stage.

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Capital idea: Finsbury Circus Gardens There’s something undeniably cinematic about Finsbury Circus’s roundabout oasis of green space, ringed by an escarpment of towering stone. Dating back to 1606, it’s the oldest public park in London, and amid the hustle-andbustle there’s a welcome village-green quaintness about the gardens, with their park benches and immaculately manicured lawns. Topping it off is the City’s only bowling green, which is overlooked by a stately old

rotunda and, on a day when there’s a bit of sunshine about, it creates a postcard perfect image. It’s charmingly British, in the best sense. Or, if it’s a bit too chilly for you, drop into the Pavillion, which houses a wine bar and restaurant. The Guinness beef burger, followed by a glass of mulled wine, comes highly recommended. TS

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THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP In 1946, Winston Churchill spoke of “the special relationship” between the UK and the USA and the phrase has since been used as a shorthand for the countries’ close ties. But last week, Britain’s Foreign Affairs Committee called for it to be reconsidered, urging a “less deferential”

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Spring is in theAir Here’s our checklist of what to do once the sun is out and the weather warms up WORDS TOM STURROCK GO FOR A PICNIC London boasts an embarrassment of riches when it comes to picnic spots: try Kyoto Gardens in Holland Park, St John’s Lodge Garden in Regent’s Park and Postman’s Park, just north of St Paul’s Tube. Or stroll through bigger grounds, like Fulham Palace Gardens and Hampstead Heath, and even Kensington Gardens or Hyde Park, until you find somewhere perfect. Go all out or keep it simple with a few ciders, some good cheese and a loaf of fresh bread.

DISCOVER THE CANALS London’s canals are the perfect complement to a sunny afternoon, breaking up a cityscape that can be a bit asphalt-heavy. Regent’s Canal is the main one, snaking from Islington out west towards0 Ladbroke Grove, but there are other waterways dotted around London. Go to canalmuseum.org.uk to organise a boat trip or find a good waterside pub. Start with the Waterside Cafe and the Floating Boater in Little Venice, the Waterway in Paddington, the Pavillion in Hackney or the Constitution in Camden Town.

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GET GRILLING If you need a new barbecue, you can invest in something top-of-the-range but, in England, it’s probably not worth it. Instead, you can buy a basic, two-burner gas barbecue from around £90 or even a very cheap, disposable one from your local supermarket. If that’s too hard, check out pubs that do barbecues. Start with the White Horse in Fulham, the Water Poet in Spitalfields, the Stag in Hampstead, the Old Ship in Hammersmith or the Grand Union in Westbourne Park.

GET OFF THE COUCH AND GET FIT Sure, you could join a gym, but you can do that at any time of the year. It’s spring, so who wants to be in a sweaty room pumping iron or doing leg-lifts when you can run around with your mates? If you want a more organised way to play sport, think about taking up touch rugby (in2touch.com/uk), cricket (lastmanstands.com), netball (onenetball.com) or Aussie rules (wildcatsfc.co.uk). Or, if you’re really keen, join a boot camp (thebootcamp.co.uk).

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SOMETHING FISHY? Now you’ve got your barbecue, or at least found a pub with one, you’ll want to impress your mates with your grill-work but, really, steak and snags don’t cut it anymore. In spring, go for seafood: either some calamari skewers marinated in lime and chilli or a cod fillet, smothered in lemon and coriander, all wrapped up in foil. Make sure you go to a good fishmonger: check out The Chelsea Fishmonger, Moxon’s in Clapham South, Cape Clear in Hammersmith, Brown’s in St John’s Wood, Steve Hatt Fishmongers in Islington or Borough Market. PITCH A TENT You’ll obviously have to get out of London for some quality camping but there are plenty of options not too far away. Epping Forest in Essex is spectacular – it’s basically an ancient medieval forest – if you can forgive the fact it’s in Essex. Further afield, check out the New Forest past Southampton on the south coast, the Cotswolds towards Wales, Norfolk to the east and Devon and Cornwall out west. Wherever you go, visit ukcampsite.co.uk for tips on where to pitch or park. SIP A SEASONAL COCKTAIL Stash the red wine and the whisky; the onset of warmer weather means it’s mojito time. Muddle two or three

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wedges of lime with a pinch of caster sugar and half a dozen fresh mint leaves in a tall glass, before adding one or two shots of white rum. Fill the glass with ice, top it up with sparkling water and then add a splash of bitters. Mojitos were good enough for Ernest Hemingway, so they’re good enough for you.

MAKE A SPLASH Maybe we’re jumping the gun here, as it’s not exactly tropical yet, but for those champing at the bit for a paddle in a lido – that’s the special name Poms have for outdoor pools – London has a few good options. Parliament Hill Lido in Hampstead is probably the pick of the bunch, while Oasis in Covent Garden and the London Fields Lido are also clean and spacious. The Serpentine Lido in Hyde Park is open on weekends from the start of May and then every day from the start of June.

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May 1 is the official start of good weather – the Poms wisely like to wait two months, just in case it gets cancelled. May Day celebrations have their roots in pagan ritual, specifically, the Celtic festival of Beltane, which means ‘day of fire’. May Day was also a celebration of fertility; men and women would dance around the maypole – a phallic pole planted deep in the earth representing the potency and fecundity of nature. On May Day, entire villages would go to the woods, where all manner of temporary sexual liaisons would take place. Ah, the good old days – how do you reckon that line would work these days? “Come on baby, it’s May Day.” Try it.

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RESTAURANT REVIEW Water House Restaurant ★★★★★

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THE SCENE Young Shoreditch locals rub shoulders with older diners at this social enterprise restaurant set right on Regent’s Canal. The light

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and airy feel and waterside views make it a cracking spring venue. Plus the fact that it’s owned and run by the Shoreditch Trust with impeccable eco and social credentials means you can enjoy the food and do something good for the world. THE GRUB Modern European grub. Garlic bruschetta with dips to share, followed by a

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are full. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and drizzle with oil. Place the lamb directly onto the oven rack with a roasting tray directly underneath to catch the fat as it drips from the

lamb. Roast for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until cooked to taste, basting frequently. Let the lamb rest for at least fifteen minutes and then serve, with roast veg, to six hungry people.

PROVIDING YOU WITH: • The best fresh smoothies in the area • Fresh salad • Homemade food – best falafels and kebabs in town! • Illy coffee • Beautiful and tranquil atmosphere

Only minutes away from the Hammersmith ‘HMV’ Apollo and a short walk from the beautiful Hammersmith Bridge and river. 3 Queen Caroline Street (opposite Junction with Hammersmith Bridge Road), 30B Broadway Centre. Phone: 020 8741 4500

Notting Hill Arts Club 21 Notting Hill Gate, W11 3JQ Probably West London’s coolest venue, this basement bar, music venue and art gallery is the place to rub shoulders with big name acts.

Austin Gallery Bethnal Green Rd, E2 7DG Also home to hip Benny’s Bar. Come to hang with the art trendies. You might even spot Gilbert & George nearby.

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Now is the time to dig in

Naomi Watts audaciously turned down a date with Tom Cruise in favour of her mum’s good old lamb roast in a classic 1990 Aussie TV ad. While the world has changed a lot in 20 years (Watts is now a bonafide star and Cruise is, well, a Scientologist) the lure of a lamb roast is a constant. Luckily, right now is the perfect time to whip up your own and enjoy the delicate flavour of new season spring lamb. WHAT YOU NEED: One leg of lamb, bone in, approximately 2kg; 5 peeled garlic cloves; a bunch of fresh rosemary; olive oil; salt and pepper. THE WORK: Preheat the oven to 200°C. Use a sharp knife to prick the leg of lamb all over (20-30 times) and about 2cm deep. Cut the garlic cloves into thin strips and place one slice of garlic into each hole with a few rosemary leaves. Continue until all the holes

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Popette and radio presenter Ricki-Lee Coulter joins Lewis Hamilton in the dickheads on the road department, being nicked for driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle.

STREWTH! A GOLD LOGIE? Actor Ray Meagher – Home and Away’s Alf ‘Stone the flamin’ crows’ Stewart – is tipped to take the gold Logie after the nominees for Australian TV’s night of nights were revealed.

Meagher, a 22-year veteran of the soap, is backed by fans and a Facebook campaign to win the public-voted top gong at the May 2 awards. He is predicted to muscle out Rebecca Gibney, Rove McManus, Shaun Micallef,

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TNT Anzac Ball Get together with your fellow Aussies and Kiwis and celebrate Anzac Day with TNT on April 24. Honour the diggers in style at this black tie event, one of London’s most prestigious Anzac Day commemorations.

» Chelsea Football Club, SW6 1HS Fulham. Sat, Apr 24, 7.30pm-1.30am. See tntmagazine.com/ anzacball

TNT LANGUAGE SCHOOL Planning a trip to foreign shores and want to be able to communicate with the locals? TNT and The Language Machine are running weekly language courses for beginners in Spanish, Italian, French and Chinese with the first lessons starting from April 19-24. The five-week intensive courses cost £75 and include a qualified tutor, a language pack, reading materials, refreshments, a TNT goodie bag and travel discounts.

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WHEN The season starts April 26.

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WHERE Clapham, Regent’s Park, Putney/Wandsworth, Surrey Quays and Wimbledon.

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The 77-year-old lion of Kiwi literature has just won an illustrious UK prize for his short story Last Season’s Man

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CK Stead INTERVIEW ALISON GRINTER Congratulations on winning The Sunday Times Short Story Award. How does it feel?

Thank you. It feels very good indeed and a big surprise. It’s a big prize and there was a lot of competition so there has to be an element of luck.

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You can’t go into cruise mode with a short story

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One of your recent novels, My Name Was Judas, was about the life of Jesus Christ through the eyes of Judas. What drew you to that story?

It was an idea that came when I was telling someone about my Mansfield novel, the one before Judas. If I was writing about Jesus Christ how would I write it? It would have to be from the outside and it would have to be someone of a sceptical frame of mind – therefore Judas was the obvious one … The idea wouldn’t go away and so in the end the only way to get rid of it was to write the book. Did you cop any flak from religious groups over that book?

A few but what surprised me was how many people who are quite devout Christians were fascinated by it. Even the dean of the Auckland Cathedral at

the time preached a sermon about it and insisted that we meet over coffee and even thought we should have a few, but I thought one was quite enough! You were friends with other literary greats like Janet Frame and Frank Sargesan. It sounds like New Zealand’s answer to the Bloomsbury set.

We were a very bizarre group, really. Frank was gay, we didn’t know about it, he actually had a conviction for a homosexual offence, and had changed his name. And Janet had spent most of 10 years in hospitals and was officially designated schizophrenic … but somehow the chemistry worked and we had great times together. Why are short stories so much less popular than full-length novels?

I think that’s because the reader has to make a whole lot of new beginnings – each story requires you to start again and learn a new set of characters so you can’t go into cruise mode with short stories in the way you can with a novel. Your novel Smith’s Dream was turned into the film Sleeping Dogs starring Sam Neill. Did you like the end result?

It was [director] Roger Donaldson’s first movie and it was Sam Neill’s first movie and people just didn’t make movies in New Zealand in those days … It’s a terrible, creaky old movie if you look at it nowdays but it was extraordinary

YOU DON’T SAY? What did you have for breakfast? Muesli, yoghurt and banana. And two slices of toast.

Janna Dixon

Have you ever been mistaken for someone famous? Yes – it’s happened frequently – I’m often mistaken for the [British] playwright Michael Frayn. What song is guaranteed to get you on the dancefloor? I tend to do old-fashioned dances like a waltz or a foxtrot. It was really fashionalble to go ballroom dancing when I was young.

that he brought if off. It was the beginning of a commercial film industry in New Zealand. Is it true that former NZ Prime Minister Robert Muldoon asked for a private screening because the film was supposedly critical of him?

He told me this at a university occasion and I was trying to be a polite host and said: “Oh no no no, it wasn’t about you – you were relatively junior in the cabinet at the time I wrote the novel”. My wife who was standing beside me said: “Yes, Prime Minister – you’ve just grown into the role”. He just sort of chuckled in his famous, mirthless Muldoon laugh.

» CK Stead’s award winning short story Last Season’s Man can be found online at timesonline.co.uk.

CINEMA Whip It

SCREEN TEST: DREW BARRYMORE

Ellen Page, Drew Barrymore, Zoe Bell

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★★★★★

Drew Barrymore owes Ellen Page a few drinks, at least. Such is the quality of the Juno star’s performance in Whip It that Barrymore’s directorial debut is affecting and thoroughly entertaining from start to finish. Page plays Bliss, a Texas teenager forced to take part in excruciating beauty pageants by her pushy mom. Desperate to find some direction in life, Bliss is drawn to the flash world of roller-derby. There she meets the Hurl Scouts, a team that includes Smashley Simpson (Barrymore) and Bloody Holly (Bell). As her skills improve, so does her life. While the coming-of-age storyline is a tad predictable, the characters are so likeable and the script so sharp that Bliss’s voyage of discovery is anything but a bumpy ride. Key to

1 Who is Drew Barrymore’s famous film director godfather? 2 What is the name of Barrymore’s own film production company? 3 In which year did Barrymore earn a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? 4 She is the youngest celebrity ever to host which American TV variety show? 5 Refusing to ever have botox, Barrymore famously once said that she’d rather look like a what?

the success of the film is Barrymore’s light touch behind the camera, the actor-turneddirector keeping things bright and breezy while still ensuring Whip It packs a decent emotional punch. The real star is Page, though,

whose endearing turn underlines her burgeoning reputation as one of the most talented young actresses around at the moment. GOOD FOR: Those who like fast-paced comedies. PIERRE DE VILLIERS

THE REEL DEAL

A Hollywood casting director says more Aussies should hit Hollywood. Valerie McCaffrey, a former

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casting director for Universal Studios, told news.com.au: “Australians have trained quite extensively and have done lots of theatre. I’d like to see, quite frankly, a lot more Australians come over.” She pointed to a waning emphasis on big stars in favour of a director’s vision. “People are looking at the quality of the material,” she said. “They’re taking chances on new people – and Sam Worthington (left) is one of them in Avatar.”

LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS 1 Jonathan Ross 2 Manga

3 Brad Pitt 4 It was very low cut 5 Stardust LAST WEEK’S WINNER Glenn Marshall

I AM LOVE

★★★★★ Tilda Swinton shows why every leading man in Hollywood wants to work with her, with another spellbinding performance as a Milanese socialite whose life unravels when she has an affair with an immigrant in this classy drama. It moves slowly but a great score complements Swinton’s turn. GOOD FOR: Those who still don’t like Swinton. PDV

CLASH OF THE TITANS

★★★★★ Sam Worthington tries to keep a straight face while fighting giant scorpions in Louis Leterrier’s overbearing remake of the stop-motion animation classic. Apart from an impressive climax featuring the monstrous Kraken, this is as silly and soulless as blockbusters get. GOOD FOR: Those who can switch off and enjoy special effects. PDV

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The Kiwi film Boy has topped the box office just four days after its release. Written, directed and starring Wellingtonian Taika Waititi, the film earned NZ$607,471, double the takings of Alice in Wonderland, stuff.co.nz reported. On opening day, Waititi tweeted: “I’m going to stop being irreverent & sarcastic & silly for just a sec and say I’m seriously STOKED at the mad awesome reviews for my Boy.”

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CULTURE LONDON ASSURANCE Simon Russell Beale and Fiona Shaw have a whale of a time – and ensure the audience does too – in Nicholas Hytner’s sprightly revival of Irish playwright Dion Boucicault‘s 1841 comedy of town and country manners. Beale plays Belgraviabased Sir Harcourt Courtly, a plump, preening pigeon of a man, whose plan to marry the 18-year-old daughter of a squire is sidetracked by Shaw’s horsey, thighslapping Lady Gay Spanker. It’s a rare treat to see two of the UK’s finest actors on stage together and there’s

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SEE THIS: Theatre excellent support from Richard Briers as Spanker’s spouse, Nick Sampson giving a supremely supercilious performance as the valet Cool, and a cat-sized rat putting in a couple of perfectly timed appearances. LOUISE KINGSLEY

» Olivier at the National

Theatre, South Bank, SE1 9PX Waterloo (020 7452 3000; nationaltheatre.org.uk). Until June 2. £10-£44

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WORTH A LOOK Aussie Adam Spreadbury-Maher, the controversial new artistic director of fringe theatre The King’s Head, is behind a new production of Studies for a Portrait – a reflection on the power of modern art and the legacy of an artist written by acclaimed playwright Daniel Reitz. » 115 Upper Street, N1 1QN

EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK

BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK

ENCHANTED PALACE

HULK HOGAN: MY LIFE OUTSIDE THE RING

★★★★★

Whimsical, charming and surprisingly moving, Kensington Palace’s new exhibition inspired by nine royal women, including Princesses Diana and Margaret, is a hell of a coup. Enchanted Palace puts some of the UK’s best

Richard Lea Hair / HRP / newsteam.co.uk, Catherine Ashmore

Angel (0844 209 0326;kingsheadtheatre.org). Until May 22. £15-25

designers, including Dame Vivienne Westwood, on show and uses theatre, film, story and installations expose some of the Palace’s hidden stories and bring them to life through a dream-like experience. SAMANTHA BADEN

» Kensington Palace, W8 4PX High St (hrp.org.uk) Kensington. Until Jan 2012. 12.50

THE BONES OF AVALON Phil Rickman

Hulk Hogan/ Mark Dagostino

(Atlantic Books) OUT NOW

It wasn’t just his WWF opponents Hogan had to wrestle with; there was also marital breakdown, steroid abuse and his son’s car crash.

Historical novel chronicling the relationship between a newly crowned Queen Elizabeth and her advisor, Renaissance man and mathematician John Dee.

THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

THE DEAD-TOSSED WAVES

John Kennedy O’Connor

Carrie Ryan

(Carlton Books Ltd)

Teen fantasy novel about Gabry; one half of her generation is dead, the other half imprisoned. If she has any hope of a future, she must face her mother’s past.

(Hodder & Stoughton) OUT NOW

(Gollancz ) APR 8

OUT NOW

The scandals, the block voting and the sheer cheesiness of Eurovision since its humble inception in 1956 are all charted in this official history.

MORE EXHIBITIONS Digital Pioneers tracks computers

in art. » V&A Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL (vam.ac.uk). Until April 25. Free

South Kensington

• Myths and Monsters examines the

legends. » Horniman Museum and Gardens, 100 London Road, SE23 3PQ

Forest Hill Rail (horniman.ac.uk). Until September 5. £5

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MUSIC SARAH BLASKO As Day Follows Night (Dew Process)

★★★★★

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As Day Follows Night, the third record from Sydneybased singersongwriter Sarah Blasko, isn’t a record that holds any great ambitions towards originality. Blasko’s a straightforward verse-chorus songwriter and a plaintive, uncomplicated singer who understands her own vocal limits. And Swedish producer Björn Yttling, onethird of Peter Björn & John, is happy to colour-by-numbers Blasko’s creations with a

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS Various Reissues (Mute)

★★★★★

Mute’s programme of Cave reissues continues with a trio of mid-career albums. On 1988’s Tender Prey Cave still sounds a little unhinged; by Henry’s Dream four years on, most of his rougher edges had been smoothed away. The best of the bunch, though, is The Good Son, which is 20 years old this month. The record’s rake-thin sound hasn’t quite been salvaged by a remastering, but the material remains some of Cave’s strongest. WFJ

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT

JOHN BUTLER TRIO

All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu

April Uprising

(Polydor)

★★★★★

Given the context in which it was produced (his mother was dying), it seems cold-hearted to slate Wainwright’s sixth, piano-andvocals album for its selfindulgence. But the truth is that self-indulgence has been a constant theme throughout the Canadian’s career, which looks set to continue promising far more that it delivers unless the singer agrees to work with a producer who can add structure to his often shapeless songwriting. Too much art and too little craft. WFJ

(Because)

★★★★★ Never mind the change in direction signalled by his new line up, John Butler’s aptly titled April Uprising sounds like someone put a bomb under him. A Nicky Bomba in fact. The chemistry between Butler and his new drummer is clear for all to hear on wildly upbeat tracks One Way Road and Come On Now. As Butler’s most conventional rock LP yet April... still retains Butler’s rootsy eclecticism. But as ever his ‘fuck-the-system’ shtick rapidly wears thin. ALISON GRINTER

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NO.1 Hey, Soul Sister, Train MAKING NEWS Hirsute rocker Slash will play Guns ’N’ Roses hits as well as cuts from his debut solo album Slash at the launch of new music channel MTV Classic at the Palace Theatre in Melbourne on April 28. MTV Classic will launch on on Foxtel and Austar in May.

NO.1 You Got Me, J Williams feat. Scribe OUT NOW Anika Moa will support the release of her fourth album Love In Motion with an eight-date tour of Westfield shopping centres, kicking off at Westfield Albany on April 6. Yup, this is what musos have been reduced to.

NO.1 Two Is Better Than One, Boys Like Girls/Taylor Swift MAKING NEWS Furious that only a handful of homegrown acts have been chosen to perform at the official Fifa World Cup Kick-Off concert in June, musician Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse has vowed to stage his own World Cup concert.

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LIVE REVIEW Phoenix Roundhouse March 29 ★★★★★ Previously written off as Daft Punk/Air also-rans, the Parisian quartet has certainly risen like the proverbial mythical bird from the flames, winning this year’s best Alternative Music Grammy for their fifth album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. Opening with the joyous Lisztomania, they boast more backbone live than on record and it is hard not to be won over by the sheer exuberance of Girlfriend’s jangly pop or Armistice’s proggy keyboard flourishes. Unfortunately the set sags in the middle before the band return with old favourite I Feel Better. So do we. STEPHEN JEWELL

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faintly old-fashioned sound that recalls Feist and Kiwi Bic Runga. No alarms and no surprises, then, and you may get the nagging feeling that you’ve heard it all before (especially on opening track Down On Love, which bears such a strong resemblance to Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah). Still, this is one occasion where familiarity doesn’t breed contempt. Blasko’s a strong enough performer to carry the likes of the bouncy Hold On My Heart, and Yttling’s roomy, organic production is a snug fit for these tidy, modest songs. WILL FULFORD-JONES

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Alison Grinter PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST LIVE MUSIC

GIG OF THE WEEK THE TRIFFIDS: A SECRET IN THE SHAPE OF A SONG Few bands have captured the desolate beauty of rural Australia in their music as effectively as Perth cult folk rockers The Triffids. Sadly their creative lynchpin David McComb passed away in 1999 but his songwriting genius will be celebrated this week by the band’s current line up together with a star cast of guest musicians and vocalists including fellow Oz legends Mick Harvey (Bad Seeds), Warren Ellis (Bad Seeds/Dirty Three) and Chris Abrahams (The Necks).

» Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS

Barbican (020 7638 8891; barbican.org.uk). Friday, Apr 9. £15-£25

THE BLACKEYED SUSANS

R. KELLY

Born out of the ashes of The Triffids in 1989 (founding members David McComb and Alsy MacDonald were both ex-Triffids) The Blackeyed Susans went on to become one of Australia’s best loved indie acts. They are in town this week to support The Triffids (see above) and plug their retrospective box set, Reveal Yourself.

Even before Flight Of The Conchords sent up his drippy balladry with I’m In Love With a Sexy Lady it was difficult to take R. Kelly seriously, what with all that “Trapped in the Closet” nonsense. That aside, expect to hear serious hits like I Believe I Can Fly, alongside cuts from the R&B superstar’s most recent album Untitled.

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THE LINE-UP Caan Capon (vox)

Charlie Haddon (vox) Joseph Hutchinson (synths) HAILS FROM Camden Town THE BUZZ SO FAR This trendy trio tore up dancefloors across London last year with their debut single Dance The Way I Feel, a tune helped along by industry tastemakers Nick Grimshaw and Annie Mac. Now the band look set to go stratospheric with their next single These New Knights. WHAT ELSE? The band have been together for less than two years and have already scored support slots on La Roux’s and Alphabeat’s national tours. THE BAND SAY “A year and a half ago we borrowed synths and the music just flowed so we played some gigs and wrote more tunes.” [Mizz]

THE CRITICS SAY “With their

dirty bed of squelching synths and pounding beats, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool float somewhere between Pet Shop Boys, Human Leauge Run DMC, Ultravox and Duran Duran.” [Fashion Music Style] THE PLUG Single These New

Knights out on Fire and Manoeuvre on Monday, April 5.

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SOUND BITES Superstar Susan Boyle will make her Down Under debut in May by performing at the Logie Awards and appearing on Hey Hey It’s Saturday. Also, Rage Against The Machine have invited Boyle to sing Killing In The Name at their UK gigs this summer. The band are keen to make amends with Simon Cowell after beating X Factor’s Joe McElderry to the Christmas number one last year.

Crank it up! Summer’s on its way. Here’s our guide to the best festivals the UK and Europe have to offer WORDS ALISON GRINTER ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES When May 7-9 Where Butlins, Minehead Why Go? Because The Simpsons’ creator Matt Groening is curating this year’s bill. Line-up Iggy & The Stooges, Spiritualized, Joanna Newsom, The XX, Amadou & Mariam. Tickets Start at £160 including accommodation. » atpfestival.com THE GREAT ESCAPE When May 13-15 Where Various venues, Brighton Why Go? 350 artists in 30 venues across three days: what more could you want? Line-up Ellie Goulding, Esben And The Witch, Eskimo Joe, Hurts, The Ruby Suns. Tickets Early bird tickets £45. » escapegreat.com

ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL When June 11-13 Where Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight Why Go? It comes a close second to Glasto for eclecticism and feel-good vibes. Line-up Paul McCartney, Jay-Z, The Strokes, Blondie, Florence And The Machine, Crowded House, Pink, Biffy Clyro, Vampire Weekend. Tickets Weekend ticket with camping £150 » isleofwightfestival.com GLASTONBURY When June 23-27 Where Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset Why Go? Because everyone should experience this massive mudbath at least once in their life.

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Jigga what? Jay-Z is everywhere this summer

DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL When June 11-13 Where Donington Park,

Castle Donington, near Derby Why go? Because you rarely get rock talent of this calibre converging in the one place. The line-up AC/DC, Rage Against The Machine, Aerosmith, Them Crooked Vultures, Stone Temple Pilots, Wolfmother. Tickets Weekend Ticket with camping £180. » downloadfestival.co.uk

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On ya, sunshine : festivalgoers will be praying for good weather

Line-up Muse, Stevie Wonder, U2, Dizzee Rascal, Empire of The Sun, Jack Johnson. Tickets They sold out in October last year! If you missed out, start planning for 2011. » glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

T IN THE PARK When July 9-11 Where Balado, near Kinross-shire, Scotland Why Go? They won ‘Best Toilets’ at last year’s UK Festival Awards. We kid you not. Line-up Muse, Eminem, Kasabian, The Prodigy, Faithless, Stereophonics, Mumford & Sons, Wolfmother, Empire Of The Sun, The Temper Trap. Tickets Sold out. Try scarletmist.com » tinthepark.com LATITUDE When July 15-18 Where Henham Park, Beccles, Suffolk Why Go? Because Latitude is more than just a music festival – it’s a cultural experience. Line-up Florence And The Machine, Grizzly Bear, Belle And Sebastian, Noah And The Whale. Tickets Weekend ticket with camping £155. » latitudefestival.co.uk GLOBAL GATHERING When July 30-31 Where Long Marston Airfield, near Stratfordupon-Avon, Warwickshire Why Go? It’s as close to a good old-fashioned rave up in the countryside as you can get. Line-up Faithless, Dizzee Rascal, Carl Cox. Tickets £115 including camping. » globalgathering.co.uk

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SONISPHERE When July 30-August 1 Where Knebworth House, Hertfordshire Why Go? Because this is metal central, dude. Line-up Iron Maiden, Rammstein, Motley Crue, Alice Cooper, Iggy & The Stooges, The Cult. Tickets £157, including camping. » sonispherefestivals.com THE BIG CHILL When August 5-8 Where Eastnor Castle Deer Park,

Present tents: good accommodation helps

Ledbury, Herefordshire Why Go? This original boutique festival boasts a leftfield bill and quirky one-offs. Line-up Massive Attack, MIA Tickets Weekend tickets £155 with camping. » bigchill.net/festival

THE GREEN MAN FESTIVAL When August 20-22 Where Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons, Wales Why Go? Because Green Man offers something a little different from the average festival. Line-up Doves, Billy Bragg, The Flaming Lips. Tickets Weekend tickets with camping from £120. » thegreenmanfestival.co.uk V FESTIVAL When August 21-22 Where Hylands Park, Chelmsford and Weston Park, Staffordshire Why Go? Because Cheryl Cole’s headlining! Er, don’t worry, there are some decent acts too. Line-up Kings Of Leon, Kasabian, The Prodigy, Stereophonics, Faithless, Pet Shop Boys, The Kooks, Cheryl Cole, Goldfrapp, The Temper Trap. Tickets Sold out. » vfestival.com

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Deadmau5, Armin Van Buuren. Tickets Weekend tickets are £100 with camping. » creamfields.com

BESTIVAL When September 9-12 Where Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of Wight Why Go? Because Rolf Harris is on the bill – seriously! – not to mention all the other fab acts. Line-up Dizzee Rascal, Hot Chip, The Flaming Lips, Roxy Music, Mumford & Sons, Tricky, The Temper Trap, Fever Ray, Gil Scott-Heron, Rolf Harris, Ellie Goulding, Fat Freddy’s Drop. Tickets Weekend tickets £150 with camping. » bestival.net

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We salute you: Acca Dacca will rock the hell outta Download

READING/LEEDS FESTIVALS When August 27-29 Where Richfield Ave, Reading, and Bramham Park, Leeds Why Go? Because The Libertines have kissed and made up especially for this indie rock shindig. Line-up Guns ’N’ Roses, Blink 182, The Libertines, Limp Bizkit. Tickets Weekend tickets are £180. » readingfestival.com; leedsfestival.com

A real machine: Florence is a busy girl this summer

CREAMFIELDS When August 28-29 Where Daresbury Estate, Cheshire Why Go? Because the 40,000 gurning clubbers who show up every year can’t be wrong. Line-up David Guetta, Tiësto,

EUROPEAN FESTIVALS... SOS4.8 When April 30-May 1 Where Murcia, Spain Why Go? There are certainly worse ways to spend a Bank Holiday weekend. Line-up Fatboy Slim, Franz Ferdinand, Hot Chip, Madness, Orbital, The Horrors. Tickets £34.99 two day pass. Two nights’ hotel plus ticket £98. » sos48.com ROCK AM RING When June 4-6 Where Nürburg and Nuremberg, Germany Why Go? This two-site festy is one of the world’s biggest with attendances of 150,000 plus. Line-up Rage Against The Machine, Muse, Kiss, Rammstein, Jay-Z. Tickets Sold out but hospitality deals available. » rockamring.co.uk

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AND THE PICK OF LONDON’S FESTIVALS... CAMDEN CRAWL When May 1-2 Where Various venues around Camden Line-up Calvin Harris, Roots Manuva, Teenage Fanclub, The Drums, Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip, Billy Childish Tickets Weekend £57 » thecamdencrawl.com

Mac attack: Sir Paul will plug in at The Isle of Wight Festival

ROCK WERCHTER When July 1-4 Where Werchter, Belgium Why Go? Cos this excellent event is proof that there’s more to Belgium than beer and chocs. Line-up Faithless, Muse, Skunk Anansie, Green Day, Jack Johnson, Pink, Rammstein, Pearl Jam Tickets A four-day pass is £170. » rockwerchter.be ROSKILDE When July 2-5 Where Roskilde, Denmark Why Go? Scandinavia’s biggest festival delivers top acts along with eco-awareness. Line-up Motörhead, Florence And The Machine, Jack Johnson, The Temper Trap, Muse, Them Crooked Vultures. Tickets From DKK 1675 – about £203. » roskilde-festival.dk BILBAO BBK LIVE When July 8-10 Where Kobetamendi, Bilbao, Spain Why Go? Because it takes place near Pamplona, handy for the Running of the Bulls. Line-up Manic Street Preachers, Rammstein, Faith No More, Slayer, Pearl Jam, Jet. Tickets Early bird tickets £65 for a three-day ticket, including camping. » bilbaobbklive.com

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FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL BENICASSIM When July 15-18 Where Benicassim, Spain Why Go? Because here you can combine lazy beach days with scorching, music-filled nights. Line-up The Prodigy, Kasabian, Vampire Weekend, Leftfield, Dizzee Rascal, Cut Copy. Tickets £160, including camping. » benicassim2010.com SOUNDWAVE When July 23-25 Where Petrcane, near Zadar, Croatia Why Go? Think quality clubbing in beautiful surroundings. Line-up Alexander Nut, Kid Kanevil, Andy H & Gilla, Blue Daisy, Toddla T Tickets £75. No camping on site. » soundwavecroatia.com

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HARD ROCK CALLING When June 25-27 Where Hyde Park Line-up Paul McCartney, Pearl Jam, Wolfmother, Ben Harper, Stevie Wonder Tickets Day tickets £47.50 » hardrockcalling.co.uk WIRELESS When July 2-4 Where Hyde Park Line-up Pink, The Temper Trap, Jay-Z, Lily Allen Tickets Day tickets £47.50. » wirelessfestival.co.uk LOVEBOX When July 16-18 Where Victoria Park Line-up Dizzee Rascal, Roxy Music, Empire Of The Sun, Grace Jones, Cut Copy Tickets 1 day £45, 2 days £80, 3 days £99 » lovebox.net FIELD DAY When July 31 Where Victoria Park Line-up Phoenix, Amiina, Caribou, Beth Jeans Houghton, Esben And The Witch, Gold Panda, Max Tundra, Mouse On Mars Tickets £33.33 » fielddayfestivals.com SOUTH WEST FOUR When August 28-29 Where Clapham Common Line-up Armin Van Buuren, Fatboy Slim Tickets £40 per day, £72.50 per weekend. » southwestfour.com

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EXIT When July 8-11 Where Petrovaradin Fortress, Novi Sad, Serbia Why Go? Originally staged as an anti-Milosevic event, Exit is still going strong 10 years on. Line-up The Chemical Brothers, Röyksopp, Missy Elliot, Placebo. Tickets £85 until Festival food: Often June, then £99 after. licked, always eaten » exitfest.org

OXEGEN When July 9-11 Where Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, County Kildare, Ireland Why Go? It’s got a great line-up, aye to be sure. Line-up Eminem, Muse, Jay-Z, Kasabian, The Prodigy, Faithless, Hot Chip, The Temper Trap, Empire Of The Sun, La Roux, Wolfmother. Tickets A three-day ticket is €199.50, excluding camping. » oxegen.ie

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MUSIC LISTINGS

MONDAY 5

Watershed Rock and pop

Tim Kay, Kate Stapley, Jake Shaw Indie-pop

covers trio. Half Moon, Putney, Lower Richmond Rd, SW15 1EU (020 8780 9383). £19.

from the London-based singer-songwriter. The Source

SATURDAY 10

Below, Lower John St, W1F 9TY (020 7060 3614). £6, adv £5.

Angelic Upstarts Punk from the The Meow Meows The Brighton-based ska combo plays original material. Soho

South Shields-based four-piece. Relentless Garage, Highbury Corner, N5 1RD (0870 060 3777/ cc 0844 847 1678). £15.

Theatre, Dean St, W1D 3NE (020 7478 0100). £10-£17.50.

The Blockheads Punk pubOpeth The Swedish combo

rock favourites featuring Chas Jankel, Norman Watt-Roy and Johnny Turnbull. Millfield

plays death metal. Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP (020 7589 8212). £17.50-£26.50.

Arts Centre, Silver St, N18 1PJ (020 8807 6680). £18, concs £16.

Luther Russell, Folks, Patrick Bower The Brooklynbased singer-songwriter and guitarist performs rock. The Slaughtered Lamb, Great Sutton St, EC1V 0DX (020 7253 1516). £8.

This Is Colour, Throats, Feed The Rhino, One Step Down The Suffolk-based five-piece plays metal. Monto Water Rats, Gray’s Inn Rd, WC1X 8BZ (020 7837 4412). £6.

We Sunk Atlantis, In Gratitude, Lost In Colour The London-based five-piece plays pop-punk. The Barfly, Camden, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AN (0844 847 2424). £7.

TUESDAY 6

TNT’S TOP BOOKING

THE CAT EMPIRE Brixton Academy, 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL Brixton (0844 477 2000; ticketweb.co.uk). Sat, Oct 23. £19.50. Melbourne’s The Cat Empire have announced their biggest UK tour to date but you’ll have to wait until autumn for the eclectic jazz-reggaefunk-rock mashers to swing by London. Beverley Knight The soulful singer performs hits from her album 100%. Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP (020 7589 8212). £20-£60.

We Have Band The Londonbased trio plays electro-pop. King’s College London Students’ Union, Macadam Building, Surrey St, WC2R 2NS (020 7848 1588). £10.

producer, actor and member of The Wu-Tang Clan. Matter at O2

Brixton, Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL (0844 477 2000). £17.50.

Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0AX (020 7549 6686). £25, adv £19.50.

Clay Experimental rock from

Kathryn Tickell Band

and Bar, Dover St, W1S 4LQ (020 7629 9813). £15.

singer-songwriter Michael Ciancetta, Hungarian drummer Matthew Hekker and Bulgarian bassist Stefan Marinov. Monto

Traditional and contemporary folk. Kings Place, York Way, N1 9AG

Ledisi R’n’B and soul singer from

(0844 264 0321). £15.50-£29.50.

California. Bush Hall, Uxbridge Rd,

Water Rats, Gray’s Inn Rd, WC1X 8BZ (020 7837 4412). £6.

The Vision Bleak The

Method Man Hip-hop rapper,

Mellrichstadt-based duo plays metal. The Purple Turtle, Crowndale Rd, NW1 1TN (020 7383 4976). £12.

songwriter performs material from her album Gown. The

THURSDAY 8

Slaughtered Lamb, Great Sutton St, EC1V 0DX (020 7253 1516). £6.

Jessie Buckley The Irish

The Screenbeats, Alfie & The Holics, Someone’s Daughter The four-piece band

singer performs easy listening tunes. Live! On The Park At Pizza On The Park, Knightsbridge, SW1X 7LY (020 7235 5273). £25.

play pop with support. The Monarch, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AJ (020 7482 2054). £6.

Tin Pan Gang, Shere Khan, The Fifth Season

9AG (0844 264 0321). £9.50-£29.50.

Eyehategod The American five-piece plays metal. University Of London Union, Malet St, WC1E 7HY (0870 060 3777). £14.

Folklahoma Acoustic folk from singer-songwriter and guitarist Nancy Wallace, also featuring Firfly. Kings Place, York Way, N1 9AG (0844 264 0321). £9.50.

Ray Gelato’s Giants Classic

AFI, Sick Of It All The Californian quartet play rock to promote album Crash Love. O2 Academy

Jo Hamilton, Jess Roberts, O-Arc The pop singer-

Eliza Carthy The Yorkshireborn, Edinburgh-based singersongwriter performs experimental folk. Kings Place, York Way, N1

Bob Fox, Billy Mitchell, Jez Lowe, Benny Graham The Durham-based singer-songwriter and guitarist performs folk.

Italian-American swing from the sax-playing vocalist and his band. 100 Club, Oxford St, W1D 1LL (020 7636 0933). £18, adv £15.

Maze Veteran smooth soul band. IndigO2, Peninsula Sq,

FRIDAY 9

SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £35.

Funktonite Soul and funk

Nojus The Dublin-based,

octet. Dover St Restaurant

Lithuanian four-piece plays acoustic folk-rock. Bush Hall, Uxbridge Rd, W12 7LJ (020 8222 6955). £15.

W12 7LJ (020 8222 6955). £12.50.

Reuben Richards & Soul Train Blues, funk and soul

Harbhajan Mann The

Dover St Restaurant and Bar, Dover St, W1S 4LQ (020 7629 9813). £15.

popular Punjabi singer and actor performs pop. Wembley Arena, Arena Sq, HA9 0DH (0870 060 0870). £22.50-£55.85.

New Young Pony Club London-based indie five-piece rock out. Village Underground, Holywell Ln, EC2A 3PQ (020 7422 7505). £12.50.

Patti Plinko And Her Boy The chanteuse performs

Nathan Watson And Friends The soul singer performs songs from his debut album Student Of Life. The Forge Venue and Caponata Restaurant, Delancey St, NW1 7NL (07971 851141). £10, adv £8.

SUNDAY 11

dark cabaret and torch songs. Leicester Square Theatre,

Bad Company Power chord-laden classic rock from the veteran four-piece.

Leicester Place, WC2H 7BX (0844 847 2475). £8-£12.

Wembley Arena, Arena Sq, HA9 0DH (0870 060 0870). £38.50.

Robots In Disguise

Hariharan The vocalist

The London-based duo play electronic punk. King’s

and actor performs Indian fusion music. Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP (020 7589 8212). £10-£75.

The four-piece play shoegaze.

Kings Place, York Way, N1 9AG (0844 264 0321). £9.50-£29.50.

Hope And Anchor, Upper St, N1 1RL (020 7354 1312). £6, concs £4.50.

Madina Lake The Chicago-

White Lines To Sunset

based four-piece play indierock from album Attics To Eden.

The South-East-based trio play punk-pop. Bull And

HMV Forum, Highgate Rd, NW5 1JY (020 7344 0044). £14.

College London Students’ Union, Macadam Building, Surrey St, WC2R 2NS (020 7848 1588). £12.50.

Gate, Kentish Town Rd, NW5 2TJ (020 8826 5000). £5, concs £4.

Paolo Nutini The Scottish

John Smith The up-and-coming

The Messengers The outfit performs indie-rock and soul. 100 Club, Oxford St, W1D

singer-songwriter performs songs from his album Sunny Side Up.

singer-songwriter performs traditional folk music. The

Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP (020 7589 8212). £20-£50.

Tabernacle, Powis Sq, W11 2AY (020 7221 9700). £12.50.

Ultravox Classic 1980s pop

and funk six-piece. Dover St

The Parlotones The

Theory Of A Deadman The

and electronica from Midge Ure’s four-piece. HMV Apollo,

Restaurant And Bar, Dover St, W1S 4LQ (020 7629 9813). £8.

South African four-piece play indie-rock. The Electric

Canadian band plays high

Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH

WEDNESDAY 7 Blues Engineers Soul, blues

Deep St Soul, Randa & The Soul Kingdom The groovy Melbourne-based four-piece band plays funk and soul. Cargo, Rivington St, EC2A 3AY (020 7739 3440). £8.

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Ballroom, Camden High St, NW1 8QP (020 7485 9006). £12.77.

spirited, energetic rock-pop. The Electric Ballroom, Camden High St, NW1 8QP (020 7485 9006). £13.

Submit your free listing at least three weeks prior to the publication by emailing gigs@pressassociation.com.

1LL (020 7636 0933). £12, adv £9.

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FAST FORWARD John Butler Trio Hammersmith Apollo, Apr 14 (0844 844 4748). £21 Sarah Blasko Islington Academy, Apr 15 (0844 477 2000). £12.50 Crowded House Hammersmith Apollo, Jun 8-9 (0844 844 4748). £44.75 Download Festival: AC/DC, Wolfmother Donnington Park, Jun 11-13 (0844 277 4321). £175 (weekend) Eskimo Joe Shepherds Bush Empire, May 17 (0844 477 2000). £27.50 Fat Freddy’s Drop The Troxy, Sep 9 (0870 264 3333). £27.50 Green Day Wembley Stadium, Jun 19 (0844 980 8001). £26-£35 Grinspoon Forum, May 23 (0870 0603 777). £18 Jack Johnson O2 Arena, Jun 30 (0844 856 0202). £30-£37 Motörhead Brixton Academy, Nov 27 (0844 477 2000). £32.50 Muse Wembley Stadium, Sep 10-11 (0844 277 4321). £45 The Necks Barbican, Jun 26 (020 7638 8891). £15 Pendulum Wembley Arena, May 28 (0844 815 0815). £28 Powderfinger Brixton Academy, Apr 22 (0844 477 2000). £22.50 Rugby Rocks: Just Jack, The Parlotones, Alex Gardner, NIXA. The Athletic Ground, Richmond, Jun 12 (rugbyrocks7s.com). £15-55

CLUBBING

MUSIC & CLUBS

CLUB GUIDE

Natasha Vuckovic PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST CLUB NIGHTS

CLUB OF THE WEEK ONCE UPON A NIGHT: THE EXPERIENCE A Ferry Corsten night is always an over-the-top trance-extravaganza. There’ll be pyrotechnics, lasers and no doubt voice-overs from some guy who sounds like he’s plugging a Hollywood action flick. The six-hour event is split into three parts that have not-so-imaginatively been named sunset, night and sunrise, each aiming to bring a different sense of atmosphere to the event. » IndigO2, Peninsula Square, SE10 0DY North Greenwich (020 8463 2000; theo2.co.uk). Fri, Apr 9, 8pm. From £21.25 adv

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electro

hip-hop

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HAITI APPEAL PROJECT

Chicane, AKA Nick Bracegirdle, is the guy behind golden oldie dance tracks like Saltwater and Don’t Give Up. More recently he’s been working on a studio album (out soon) and has released track Come Back And Stay. Catch him with a full band playing both old and new tunes.

This charity event is raising funds for the Disasters Emergency Committee with three rooms of psytrance, techno and dubstep tunes. Acts include Tristan and Laughing Buddha (live) and James Harcourt and Ed Real 4D. All proceeds will be donated to charity. Warm fuzzy feeling anyone?

» Ministry of Sound, 103 Gaunt » Club Colosseum, 1 Nine St, SE1 6DP Elephant & Castle (0870 060 0010, ministryofsound.com). Fri, Apr 9, 10.30pm-6am. £20 adv

Elms Lane, SW8 5NQ Vauxhall (020 7627 1283, haitiappealproject.co.uk). Fri, Apr 9, 10pm-9am. £15

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rock/metal

techno

CLUB NEWS Deadmau5 has invited fans to contribute to his new album. Teaming up with The Public Record, an online interactive recording site, he’s asked peeps to submit tracks for him to consider for the album. The winning track will feature on the album. Judge Jules is on a pre-Ibiza season tour before setting up camp on the White Isle for his weekly Judgement Sundays event. The tour includes stops at Cardiff, Glasgow and Leeds and will hit London on Friday, May 28 at Ministry of Sound. “Judgement Sundays is getting ready to remind you of

the best nights of your life and get you in training for the incoming Ibiza season with seven specially selected events across the UK,” he says.

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CLUB LISTINGS MONDAY 5

Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083). 9pm-3am. £5, w/flyer £3.

Happy Monday Chill-out anthems courtesy of the residents. Thirst, Greek St, W1D 3DR (020 7437 1977). 5pm-3am. £3, concs available.

Iluvlive DJ Jay Diamond and Ras Kwame play hip-hop, electro, garage and grime. Proud Camden, The Horse Hospital, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AH (020 7482 3867). 8.30pm-1.30am. £5 & £8.

Logan Offer Nissim, Michel Mizrahi and Paul Heron play house and electro. The Coronet, New Kent Rd, SE1 6TJ (020 7701 1500). 10.30pm-6.30am. £20, VIP £35.

Rehab DJs Val, Cheeky Pete Donaldson, Satoko, Haley and The Demonettes play indie, pop and electro. The Roxy, Rathbone Place, W1T 1HJ (020 7255 1098). 10pm-3am. £5, NUS/w/flyer £3, £1 before 10.30pm.

TUESDAY 6 Boot Camp Rob C and Peter X spin disco in aid of Positiveline and The Eddie Surman Trust. Eagle, Kennington

Glamorous The residents play funk, soul and disco. The Clapham Grand, St John’s Hill, SW11 1TT (020 7223 6523). 10pm-3am. £10, £5 before 11pm.

BOOKA SHADE Koko, NW1 7JE Mornington Crescent (0870 432 5527, koko.uk.com). May 13. £16.50 Booka Shade return to spruik new album More. “We’ve been working on these songs for the last 18 months and now is the time to hear them loud,” muses Arno Kammermeier.

Habibi DJs Nikki Lucas, Qurra and Georgia play Arabic beats, R’n’B and Balkan beats. Oak Bar, Green Lns, N16 9BU (020 7354 2791). 9pm-3am. £7, £6 before midnight, £4 before 10pm.

Kinky Malinki Funkerman, Martijn Ten Velden, MYNC Project and DBN play house. Matter at O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0AX (020 7549 6686). 11pm-7am. £15.

Myclub Running Man, Sweet P and Mr Benz spin R’n’B and house. The Hill, Muswell Hill, N10 3ST (020 8365 3651). 10pm4am. £15, £10 before midnight.

WEDNESDAY 7 Agita Brasil Latin and samba from the resident DJs, plus dance classes before 10pm. Fiesta Havana, Fulham Rd, SW6 5NH (020 7381 5005). 7pm-2am. £6.

G-A-Y Porn Idol The residents

Got That Friday Feeling?

supply pop and disco. Heaven,

Resident DJs play soul, disco and R’n’B from the 1980s.

Charing Cross Arches, Villiers St, WC2N 6NG (020 7930 2020). 11pm-4am. £7, w/flyer free.

The Murmur Box Nicky

and hip-hop courtesy of DJ Downfall. Moonlighting, Greek St, W1D 4DR (020 7287 372). 9pm3.30am. £6, NUS £5, w/flyer £4.

The Troubadour, Old Brompton Rd, SW5 9JA (020 7370 1434). 8pm-late. £7, £5 before 8.30pm.

Game On Residents spin chart, party anthems and retro hits in the basement, with R’n’B and house in the VIP room. Zoo Bar,

Rough Disco Resident DJs

The Queen Of Hoxton, Curtain Rd, EC2A 3JX (020 7422 0958). 8pm-2am. £5, free before 9pm.

spin electro, drum’n’bass, indie and hip-hop. Sound, Leicester

Popstarz Three rooms of indie,

Cheap$kates Disco

Bear St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188). 9pm-3am. £7, guestlist/NUS £5.

Sq, WC2H 7NA (0870 863 1010). 7.30pm-late. £10, £5 before 11pm.

Trannyshack Miss Dusty O

Festa Fiesta Latin and samba

and Lady Lloyd spin commercial dance and pop. Madame Jo Jo’s,

from the resident DJs, plus salsa classes before 10pm. Fiesta

Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040). 10pm-3am. £5, w/flyer £3.

techno, drum’n’bass and disco from the resident DJs. Egg,

Havana, Fulham Rd, SW6 5NH (020 7381 5005). 7pm-2am. £6.

XXL Wednesdays House and

York Way, N7 9AX (020 7609 8364). 10pm-10am. £12, NUS/concs £8.

Hot Club De Paris Dubstep,

pop courtesy of resident DJs Joe Egg and Alex Logan. The Arches,

FRIDAY 9 Blow House, electro,

Sweet Memory Sounds DJ

pop and R’n’B for a gay crowd.

Derek and Adam Callan spin a mix of soul, ska, reggae, roots, dancehall and R ’n’ B. Notting

The Den & Centro, West Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083). 10pm-4am. £8, free before 11pm.

Hill Arts Club, Notting Hill Gate, W11 3JQ (020 7460 4459). 7pm-2am. £8, £6 before 11pm, free before 8pm.

Tales Of The Unexpected DJs Ben and Gaz play retro folk, pop, indie and electro.

SUNDAY 11

Bishopsgate Churchyard, EC2M 3TJ (07951 624098). 7pm-late. £7, adv £5.

Great Newport St, WC2H 7JA (020 7240 1551). 9pm-3am. £10, guestlist £5, free before 9pm.

Harvey, Rick Maia and DJ Masa play Latin and dance across two rooms. Pacha, Terminus

Dance Rocks House, R’n’B,

Place, SW1V 1JR (0845 371 4489). 10pm-5am. £15, adv £10.

chart, indie and 1980s and 1990s

Panda Power The Freewheelin’

and David spin indie, electro and retro. Moonlighting, Greek St, W1D

hits. The Watershed, The Broadway, SW19 1SD (020 8540 0080). 8pm-late. £8, £5 before midnight.

Groove Sanctuary AfricanLatin, electronica, funk, disco and deep house from DJ Jimbo (Raw Deal), Joey Vieira and guests. Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer

SATURDAY 10

St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040). 9.30pm-3am. £5, free before 11pm.

Decadence DJs Shuff and

Horse Meat Disco Jim

Glow DJ Amy Amia and The

Belle play glam rock and punk. St Moritz, Wardour St, W1F 8WL (020 7437 0525). 10pm-3.30pm. £6, mems/w/flyer £5, free before 11pm.

Stanton, James Hillard, Filthy Luka and Severino spin disco.

Kortell and DJ Raz supply house. RS Lounge, Woodford

Dovester spin commercial dance, house, pop and R’n’B. Aquum Bar, Clapham

New Rd, E17 3PR (020 8509 6450). 9pm-3am. £5, ladies free.

High St, SW4 7UL (020 7627 2726). 8pm-3.30am. £5, free before 10pm.

Everybody Dance

Dirt Box Nick Wilson, Domenik

White Heat DJs Matty Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040). 10.30pm-3am. £5.

The Barfly, Camden, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AN (0844 847 2424). 10.30pm-3am. £8, NUS £5.

WOM Cesar Ruiz, Rachel

Candybox DJs Jamie, Michael

and Olly play indie, punk, techno and electro. Madame

One Party State Club remixes, indie, electro and requests from the One Party State DJs.

Calentito Pop, R’n’B, and soul. Salvador And Amanda,

Hoxton St, N1 6LP (020 7749 0600). 7.30pm-1am. £7, adv £5.

The Social, Little Portland St, W1W 7JD (020 7636 4992). 7pm1am. £6, NUS £4, free before 8pm.

WI Club, Gramme, Ben Morris, Ron Basejam, Yam Who? and Dolan Bergin play disco, house and dance, plus Killer Whale and Black Cherry perform live.

Boom Boom Club Fatman International Sound, Channel One and Aba-Shanti-i provide reggae and roots. The Bathhouse,

THURSDAY 8

4DR (020 7287 372). 10pm-3.30am. £6, w/flyer £5, £3 before 11pm.

Hidden, Tinworth St, SE11 5EQ (020 7247 4121). 9pm-6am. £10.

Proud Camden, The Horse Hospital, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AH (020 7482 3867). 7.30pm-2.30am. £10, w/flyer £8, £5 before 9pm.

hip-hop and R’n’B from DJ Swerve, Chantelle Fiddy and Ego Theives, plus live music from Professor Green and Rinse. The Macbeth,

Southwark St, SE1 1RU (020 7403 9643). 10pm-3am. £3, mems free.

DJs Johny G and Bickey play hip-hop, R’n’B, bhangra and Bollywood soundtracks.

Is It All Over My Face? The

Francis & The Quill, The White Russian, Oldwick and Padraig Whelan provide psychedelic rock and indie.

Ln, SE11 5QY (020 7793 0903). 9pm-2am. £3, mems £2.

Troubadour plays indie, rock and pop, plus live performances from Pop Skull, Where’s Strutter?, Patrick Hamilton and Billy Vincent.

Revolution, Leadenhall St, EC3V 4QT (020 7621 9955). 8pm-2am. £7, £5 before 10pm, free before 8pm.

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Eagle, Kennington Ln, SE11 5QY (020 7793 0903). 8pm-3am. £6.

Resident DJs David and Andrew spin dance, club classics and 1970s disco. Up The Creek, Creek

Rekids Label Party James Teej, Radio Slave, Quiet Village, Phil Asher and Stuart Patterson supply disco and dubstep.

Rd, SE10 9SW (020 8858 4581). 11pm-2am. £8, w/flyer £4.

East Village, Great Eastern St, EC2A 3HX (020 7739 5173).

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CAREERS What do you do for a living back in NZ?

After sorting myself out with buying a great house, I landed my dream job as National Sales Manager and Fashion Accessories Queen at Popsie Ltd. Did your overseas experience help you find a job?

ON THE JOB TENNILLE FLOOD Career National Head of Sales Age 33 Lives Hawkes Bay, New Zealand How long were you in London and why did you leave?

I was in London for 11 of the best years of my life so far, but

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KIWI PAY RISES LOOM

As many as 37,000 construction jobs in Queensland could be lost if development does not improve. Two recent industry reports show a 60 per cent drop in commercial finance to developers in the last two years.

Almost half of New Zealand companies employing finance and accounting professionals plan to increase salaries over the next 12 months, according to a new survey by specialists Robert Half International.

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I was involved in events in London – mostly parties and some fashion. I think my enthusiasm to get stuck into something new excited my bosses and I was hungry for the challenge.

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are inflated by the fact jobseekers are bailing on NSW. “Victoria and Queensland look bad in part because people are moving there looking for jobs,’’ he said. “You could look at it as a good problem to have. People come here to find jobs.”

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Shock Everything you need to know about returning to New Zealand can now be found online. Even the ugly truth WORDS REBECCA KENT

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or the first time more Kiwis are returning home than coming to the UK, and in big numbers at that. But it’s easy to forget that in the time you came, saw and conquered here, things evolved on the tiny island nation, too. If unprepared, you’ll get beached as, bro.

THINGS TO CONSIDER Returning home is a whole lot more involved than having a place to go and knowing the way there from the airport. Things also to consider include transferring money, dealing with your student loan and

finding work that will be personally and financially rewarding. They’re the obvious ones that barely scratch the surface, but what about bringing a pet home, or brushing up on road rules? And the biggie: reverse culture shock. Until now, it’s not a subject that has been so categorically broached.

A DOSE OF REALITY Philippa Drinkwater, 35, (left) is the driving force behind a section on the New Zealand Government’s Career Services website called Returning to New Zealand. Covering three areas – preparing for the move to NZ, career options and reverse

JOBS FOR THE TAKING The brain drain is a fact of life in NZ as graduates and skilled workers up sticks for better money and greater career opportunities. The resulting deficit has has spurred the government and employers to pull out all the stops to lure the right people back. This includes enhanced salary packages, relocation grants and freezes on student loans. Here are some of the jobs where supply is low in NZ: senior chartered accountants, early childhood and primary school teachers, civil engineers, construction project managers, graphic designers, town planners, dentists, dispensing opticians, electricians, farmers, truck drivers, skydive tandem masters and snow sport instructors. » immigration.govt.nz

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culture shock – it is inspired largely by her own experiences returning home after seven years in London. There are also some frank contributions from a host of surveyed repatriates, like this one from Loic TaylorBizet, on reverse culture shock: “Things I noticed: very slow nasal accents; casual attitude; more emphasis at work on team rather than performance. Social events for 30+ are a bit lacking … to name a few!”

FINDING THE RHYTHM Drinkwater confesses: “It took me nearly 18 months to feel a part of New Zealand again. I had changed and lots of things at home had changed.” This scene is making NZ look prett y good about now, right ?

Reverse culture “ shock hasn’t been broached before ” She admits she felt “out of sorts”. Her peers in NZ had built up successful lives where hers was left behind in the UK. But there was a plus side. Drinkwater came back more confident, with a broader set of skills and with a more open mind.

THE TIDE IS CHANGING In the year to October 2009, 25,700 Kiwis returned home, greater than the 30-year average of 23,400. From December, for the first time in six years, the number of permanently returning Kiwis outnumbered those who had left New Zealand. So Drinkwater’s project is timely.

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Sparkie Craig O’Dea, 27, from Taranaki, New Zealand felt so unsettled after returning home he came back to the UK for more adventure. How did you find home? It’s like I hadn’t left – same people, same pubs, same everything, which is why I took six weeks off work and returned to Europe for more snakies, some Oktoberfest steins and a trip through Egypt. Had you changed at all? Totally. I worked as a tour guide and there’s no way you’d have got me on a microphone before. London got me out of my comfort zone and made me grow up. What are the postives about returning home? So much outdoors stuff. I got back into playing rugby, touch and other things that slipped in London. Any advice to Kiwis before they go back? Do as much as possible in the time you have and say no to nothing.

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credit cards has remained relatively flat since the global downturn, suggesting a conscious effort by cardholders to reign in the amount they put through their cards. At the same time, overall household debt continued to grow, up by about 2.7 percent on 12 months ago.

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Aussie travellers are bagging the cheapest budget air fares on record, but airlines are quietly pushing up the price of other classes of travel. Based on an examination of airfare data from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics, air fares in March were at a 17-year low.

Before Christmas, heavy discounting made Australia the cheapest place in the world in which to buy iPod nanos. But an improving economy means Australia is now just the 14th cheapest, making it the priciest nation in the English-speaking world to pick up the gadget.

Just touching on two years, and went back home for family reasons. What were your major expenses after heading back home?

Finding a place to buy. We went home with some savings but found that the dollar was competitive. It was also noticeable that, in Melbourne, it’s just as expensive to eat out as in London, perhaps more so. Are your spending habits in Australia different to what they were in London?

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THE REAL CITIZEN KANE The pre-eminent media magnate of a previous era, William Randolph Hearst is the spiritual ancestor to the likes of Rupert Murdoch. But he was way crazier. » Born in 1863, Hearst peaked » He tried to block the release as a magnate in 1935, when he owned a stack of US papers, magazines, radio stations and movie companies. » Hearst popularised ‘yellow journalism’ – the publication of sensational stories of dubious veracity.

of Citizen Kane, whose central character was a none-too subtle riff on Hearst. » In the ‘30s, Hearst’s papers contributed to the banning of marijuana – he owned pulp mills and some claim hemp threatened his interests.

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If you’re moving home, you’re going to have to bail on your current place and to avoid hassle and any nasty surprise costs, make sure you plan ahead. If you’re breaking your lease – not a big deal if your flatmates are happy to have someone else move in – make sure you do the right thing and give the household plenty of time to find a replacement. You want to ensure a smooth transition – you sure as hell don’t want to lose your deposit. Make sure all the bills are settled before you leave – there’s nothing worse than having to organise back-payment for last year’s gas bill from the other side of the world.

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MOVING ON Resign from work How much notice you need to give your employer will depend on your contract (usually two weeks to three months). You must give at least one week’s notice if you’ve been in your job for a month or more. Give notice on your flat

Check the conditions of your Tenancy Agreement. If you want to leave before your lease is up you may be liable to pay until new tenants are found. If you’re living in a sharehouse and haven’t signed a contract, you can move out whenever you want, though it’s usual to give a month’s notice and help find someone to move in.

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As the holder of Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR), your partner should not be outside the UK for a consecutive period of two years or longer, otherwise your partner risks having her ILR status revoked. Should you marry prior to returning home to New Zealand, then your spouse can apply for British citizenship via naturalisation, under the three year rule. This would then entitle your partner to a UK passport, negating the need for any further UK visa.

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to yourself is about £80 a week. Going it alone A bedsit or studio is at least £150 a week. Bills Bills can include phone, gas, electricity, water, council tax and a TV licence. Bond This is usually a month’s rent. You may also have to pay one month’s rent in advance. Leases You may need to sign a lease for six or 12 months.

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Namely council tax, internet, phone, gas, electricity, TV, gym membership, insurance. Settle overdrafts and credit cards Any defaults

on bank payments will be filed with a credit reference agency (making it difficult for you to set up an account or rent a flat if you return), or you could receive a County Court Judgement.

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ON A HIGH Like the human dots on the pavement seen from the observation deck on the 30th floor, this unwanted ‘gift’ from Stalin was his reminder you were just another ant – that the state was bigger than the individual. But the People’s Republic of Poland collapsed in 1989 and now the caverns of this 3.3-hectare Palace house a multiplex and a cafe frequented by celebrities.

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arsaw has long had a reputation as an ugly city, so I’m fully expecting to be repulsed by the Soviet Union’s infamous symbol of domination over the Polish capital. But my first sight of the 231m-high Palace of Culture and Science (above) stops me in my tracks. Ruling the skyline for 55 years, this is Europe’s very own Empire State Building. Warsaw’s reputation, it seems, is out-of-date.

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Still the highest building in the country, the Palace’s distinctive silhouette is stamped on the souvenir postcards you can buy and post from there.

DARK PAST The sprawl below the Palace is a virtually unbroken vista of concrete and right angles. Before cult band New Order reformed as Joy Division, they called themselves Warsaw in a metaphor for bleakness and a dark past. This past is all explained at the next stop, the Warsaw Rising Museum (see 1944.pl). The former power station commemorates the definitive event in modern Warsaw history. After inciting Varsovians to rebel against the Nazi occupiers in August-September 1944, advancing Soviets pulled up just across the Vistula River. Restricting Allied supply airdrops, the Soviets watched events unfold from the suburb of Praga as the Nazis put down the rebellion and took a drastic revenge. Some 85 per cent of Warsaw was razed and pictures show an Hiroshima-like landscape. When the Soviets did come, they began their own occupation which lasted for four decades. LIVING ON THE EDGE The Rising symbol can still be seen on walls and buildings but in Praga construction is well underway on a stadium for the Euro 2012 football championship. “Praga? Hmm, be very careful at night,” say locals. Tipped to become trendy, this edgy

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Warsaw’s past

working class district is best enjoyed by day; a few galleries and cafes around Zabkowska hint at an embryonic renaissance.

OLD TREASURES Back in Warsaw proper, the ornate facades of the UNESCO-recognised old town – known locally as Stare Miasto – offer a much more relaxed environment. Lunching in the small strip of restaurants on the street where Marie Curie was born, I began to wonder how these beautiful buildings and cobbled streets survived the war. A ‘1953’ sign above the cobbles gives the reconstruction game away: stone was brought in from other cities to make the district a careful replica of what used to be here.

Head south from the Old Town – past Chopin’s apartment and the church containing his heart (seriously) – to Nowy Swiat, the junction with Foksal. Here you’ll find a good spot to pass the weekend. The easily-found Sketch offers 50-plus beers from around the world. There’s also hidden treasure here: in the courtyard behind this corner, an anonymous row of shutters and iron grills hides some 10 or so busy bars. With no signs or windows in these ‘pavilions’, stick your head into the discreet drinking dens until you find your favourite.

NIGHT BUZZ When evening falls Warsaw’s old market square buzzes; along the grand boulevard of Krakowskie Przedmiescie, music lovers celebrate local boy Chopin’s 200th birthday at classical concerts. Elsewhere, packed trams bring revellers downtown to bars like Nowy Swiat’s Bierhalle. While Warsaw honours the past, it lives in the present and looks ahead to the future.

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Pisa is a perfectly lovely Tuscan student town that’s become a landmark around the world because of its extraordinary gravity-defying tourist pull: the Leaning Tower of Pisa. There’s no denying the Tower, or Torre in Italian, is unique, but the town has loads more on offer.

HEADLINE ATTRACTION The Leaning Tower is actually the Campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the nearby Duomo, or cathedral, and is found inside the Campo dei Miracoli – Pisa’s most important square. Building on the tower started in the 12th century and it started leaning almost from the beginning of construction. The Leaning Tower reopened in late 2001 after extensive shoring up work begun in 1990, and it’s now possible to climb it, although you must reserve a time slot.

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BEST OF THE REST Pisa is flat as a pancake, which means it’s perfect for strolling around. Head away from the Campo dei Miracoli and

discover Pisa’s squares, arcaded streets and Romanesque churches. Walk down Via Santa Maria towards the Arno River where you’ll find some lovely palazzos along the banks. The Campo dei Miracoli, or the Field of Miracles, is an elegant square that’s home to, in addition to the Leaning Tower, the Bapistry, the Duomo and the Campo Santo burial grounds. The Duomo is the oldest building on the site, completed and consecrated in 1118. It’s possible to visit all the sites on the Campo, although you will need to buy a ticket from the ticket office opposite the Leaning Tower.

CHOW DOWN Pisa is situated in Tuscany so you’ll find some wonderful examples of regional cuisine, including baccala alla pisana – a type of dried cod and local speciality. Pisa’s proximity to the coast means that seafood is fresh. You also find great pizza, pasta and gelato.

The big rule with eating in Pisa is to get as far away from the Leaning Tower as you can. As a student town, it’s a good place for budget feeds and for a colourful experience seek out the Mercato delle Vettovaglie, a fruit and vegetable market held each morning.

GET OUT THE CAMERA No visit to Pisa is complete without the obligatory ‘holding up the tower’ photograph. You’ll see scores of tourists telling their subjects to “move a little to the right” as they line up the money shot. Why fight it? Just join in.

TRY THE LOCAL TIPPLE Pisa lies in Italy’s most celebrated wine country so there’s no shortage of vino on offer. Start off with a Chianti delle Colline Pisane (DOCG) from the Pisan Hills and then work your way through the rest of the list.

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DAY ONE – 21 MILES We set out in the afternoon in front of Barbican harbour, Plymouth, from where Captain James Cook began his expedition Down Under in 1768. Autumn leaves covered our path as we cycled to nearby Saltram House for a lunch pitstop before cycling to Tavistock. The Plym Valley Railway path follows a disused railway which led us through tunnels and golden woodlands, until we hit a rocky path down to Grenofen Bridge. Passing through Tavistock, we arrived sopping wet at Mount Tavy Cottage and warmed up with a Devonshire cream tea beside a fire. DAY TWO – 44 MILES Cycling up the roads from Tavistock, we reached the edge of Dartmoor National Park. As the setting of Sherlock Holme’s Hound Of The Baskervilles, and home to Dartmoor prison, I felt the eeriness of this beautiful and desolate wilderness and, with a shiver, increased my peddling speed. Just past the old town of Bridestowe we reached the highest point of the

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HORSING AROUND Stop and admire the view in Dartmoor

trail at 290m. “So it’s all downhill from here!” I exclaimed. No such luck. It would’ve been a perfect descent, if not for the interruption of steep hills along the way. We earned our lunch cycling to Okehampton across the ancient Meldon Viaduct, and then cruised up and down hills passing through the villages of Hatherleigh and Sheepwash. My enthusiasm was fading and, unlike Lance Armstrong, unashamedly blamed it on my bike. Night closed in as we entered the woods of the Tarka Trail, and our bike lights lit up the path like a disco until we reached our B&B in Great Torrington, where we devoured a pub meal.

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RIVER ROCKING Devon’s racing rivers are ideal for gorge walking, rock climbing, caving and kayaking. mountainwaterexperience. co.uk

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Take a stroll through Gandy Street, Exeter

DAY THREE – 16 MILES Back on the Tarka Trail with its history of mining and smugglers, we cruised over bridges above the rushing River Torridge before arriving in Bideford. Stopping at The Old Bideford Station for tea and cake – served from an old steam train – we meandered towards the coastline, where the River Taw meets the sea. We crossed the low-lying marshland to Barnstaple – a drawcard for tourists and where our journey came to an end. Jumping on the train to Exeter, I imagined what it was like in the early 20th century to travel by steam train for a holiday by the sea. But as we discovered, there’s no better way to explore this land of clotted cream and cider than on two wheels, and it’s all the more rewarding after an uphill slog.

The Devon Coast to Coast Challenge is a charity bike ride taking place this year on Sunday June 13. coast-coast.co.uk Wax up in Croyde Bay

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Two friends and I will be staying with friends in Paraguay near the border of Brazil and Argentina for a few days. We’d like to see a bit of Argentina if possible. Is there anything close-by worth doing as a day trip or something? I can’t seem to find anything. We’re already planning on going to Iguazu Falls – both sides. Anita, via email

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Anita, listen up. I’m about to make your trip to Paraguay. Argentina is huge and getting around involves travelling long distances. This doesn’t make life easy for independent travellers who want to see it in a couple of days. Argentina does do one very wonderful thing. however. It has as its capital and transport hub one of the world’s great cities: Buenos Aires. So, when you pop down to Iguazu Falls, do yourself a favour and hop on a flight from the Argentine side down to Buenos Aires for a couple of days. Aerolineas (aerolineas.com.ar) and LAN (lan.com) both run this flight, as do a few low-cost carriers, depending on when you travel, and you should be able to do it for about £100 return. Once in Buenos Aires you can explore colourful neighbourhoods like San Telmo and La Boca, take in a football match at one of the city’s passionately supported teams and eat your body weight in Agentinian steak. It’s such a great place that if you don’t go, I will.

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CREAMFIELDS Dance festival Creamfields has announced its line-up for 2010. Taking place in Daresbury, Cheshire on the August bank holiday weekend, big name acts will include David Guetta, Leftfield, Paul van Dyk and Tiesto. See creamfieldsfestival.co.uk.

ARCTIC TREK Adventure holiday specialist World Expeditions now offers voyages to the Russian Arctic and the Far East, a region previously off-limits to Western visitors. The 15-day hike departs from Alaska, goes through the Bering Strait and all the way to Russia. The trip costs a cool £4917. See worldexpeditions.co.uk.

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NEPAL EXPEDITION BRITA is on the hunt for volunteers to join an expedition to Nepal to build a well and water tank. Due to take place at the end of September, the water filter company will contribute half the cost of the 12-day trip, with the remainder of the cost to be gathered through fund-raising. To find out more, contact Nepal2010@brita.co.uk.

NEW JAB FOR TRAVELLERS A new vaccine can protect travellers from four major strains of meningitis when visiting Africa. Launched last week, the Menveo jab will make holidaymakers immune against the meningitis strains A, C, W-135 and Y. Travellers planning to visit African countries within the meningitis belt are advised to get the jab. This region includes a huge swathe of Africa south of the Sahara, stretching from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east. A recent survey by market research group TNS showed that half of holidaymakers visiting countries within the meningitis belt were not vaccinated against the potentially lethal disease. The research also revealed that half of all

travellers quizzed had never heard of the meningitis belt and only six per cent were able to name a country within it. Dr Jane Zuckerman, director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Travel Medicine at University College London Medical School, said: “Travellers should consider visiting specialist travel health centres where they can be provided with expert knowledge on the vaccines and medicines they require to keep well and protected against travel-related infectious diseases”. Researchers have warned that epidemics have also been seen in countries such as Tanzania, Kenya, Namibia and even some parts of South Africa.

Check the small print Travel insurance policy holders should check the small print closely to ensure that they really are covered on their holiday, consumer champion Which? advises. Half of insurers quizzed in a Which?Holiday survey will not pay out if you miss your flight due to bad traffic but they might fork out if you are delayed due to public transport. Only a third of insurers would pay out if the hotel, car hire company or other supplier at the destination goes bust. A total of 41 per cent of insurers don’t cover an airline

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CORSA DEI CERI (CANDLES RACE)

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Gubbio, Italy May 15 It’s an unusual strongman contest, where three teams race through the city’s streets and up the slopes of Monte Ingino to retrieve giant wooden candles.

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CANNES FILM FESTIVAL CANNES, FRANCE WHAT: It’s the world’s most

prestigious film festival, and this year there’s a tribute to the work of Tim Burton, as well as the premiere of Russell Crowe’s Robin Hood. WHERE: Cannes is one of the best-known cities on the French Riviera, famous for its luxury shops and hotels. WHEN: May 12-23 WHY: The first festival was planned in 1939, in response to Mussolini’s fascist propaganda film festival.

DO IT BECAUSE: It’s a great opportunity to see a lot of films, while soaking up the spectacular surrounds. HOW MUCH: Screenings are for bigwigs only, but it’s free to show up and ogle celebs on the red carpet or in local cafes.

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LOCK IT IN ANZAC DAY Gallipoli, Turkey Apr 25, 2010 anzacsite.gov.au

MONACO F1 GP Monte Carlo, Monaco May 15, 2010 formula1.com

ROYAL ASCOT Ascot (near Windsor) Jun 15-19, 2010 ascot.co.uk

SUMMER SOLSTICE Stonehenge, England Jun 21, 2010 english-heritage.org.uk

ANASTERNARIA Ayia Eleni and Langada, Greece May 21 Villagers enter a trance-like state for a spot of firewalking. It’s about St Helen and St Constantine, but you don’t need to know about that to enjoy the show.

WIMBLEDON Wimbledon, SW19 Jun 22-July 5, 2010 wimbledon.org

RUNNING OF THE BULLS Pamplona, Spain July 6-14, 2010 spanish-fiestas.com

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THE TRAVELLER … Harry Callister 21, from Gold Coast, Australia What’s the best place you have been to?

Queenstown, NZ. For the adrenaline rush. Best place in the UK?

Dover, because once I laid my eyes on the white cliffs, England didn’t feel like a dreary place after all. Wackiest travel story?

Nadine House from Cairns, Australia, at Mt Everest base camp, Nepal

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ur van had seen better days but my partner tackled each bend as if auditioning for a car commercial. My stomach was firmly clenched as we edged a little too close to the cliff-edge during every dramatic twist in the road. Just as I was wondering why we hadn’t bought a sat-nav, the road levelled out onto a flat and fertile lowland on which in some prehistoric time the ocean had rolled. As the sun was at its highest, we faced landscapes that had taken trillions of years to form. With mountains on all sides, Europe’s natural beauty was staggering. Beyond the campsites, festivals and alcoholfuelled parties found on beaten paths in central Europe, the roads from the Baltic to the Balkans provide a treasure trove of history and wild surprises.

EASTERN PROMISE With the euro hampering backpackers’ budgets, more travellers are keeping their foot on the accelerator and driving beyond Europe’s core, straight into the old communist states of the east where prices are cheaper and the locals welcome tourists with open arms. No region in the world has undergone as much change in less than a generation as Eastern Europe. The region broke free of the Iron Curtain in the early ‘90s, with communist regimes collapsing like dominos and countries such as Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union breaking up into democratic states. A new world was born and Eastern Europe is now a prominent notch in the belt of any traveller. But with public transport still largely unreliable or non-existent, the best way to explore some of the region’s vast forests, picturesque mountains and tranquil lakes is on wheels. Motorcyclists have long opined that the journey from Italy through the Balkans to Greece is one of the best driving experiences to be had in the world. Head inland and you’re guaranteed spectacular mountain scenery, stick to the coast and you’re treated to picturesque Mediterranean coastlines. Thanks to improved economies, roads have been improved and those motorcyclists are now sharing their tarmacked secret with a new wave of tourists who arrive on four-wheels and with a penchant for adventure. ON THE ROAD So, which way forward? Leave Italy or Austria and head into Slovenia, the wealthiest nation of the former Yugoslavia, for your dramatic entry into the Balkans. Known as the Land of the Forests, visitors can choose from fairy-tale Bled

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Castle, the breathtaking Lake Bohinj and the thriving riverside city of Ljubljana to stop by. Slovenia’s top tourist spot is Postojna, thanks to its expansive caves, which are 100m deep in parts, and contain an eerie labyrinth of tunnels festooned with stalactites and stalagmites. Heading into Croatia you’ll pass houses that were bombed during the battles of the early 90s, while scores of others are left just as they were: deserted. Hillsides are scattered with small graveyards for a family of four or five, providing a sobering reminder of what people in the region have suffered. It’s not easy to remain downbeat, however, with a day spent walking at Plitvice Lakes, a 300km² water park of lakes, waterfalls and streams accessible on wooden walkways. Every step on the boardwalk is a 360-degree wonder with the tranquil sound of trickling streams or gushing waterfalls – and the odd quacking duck.

SPLIT PERSONALITY Half a day’s drive away is the oft-overlooked town of Split, which provides an honest insight into Croatian life. Visitors will find a historical, cobbled interior; a thriving cafe scene and a student beach vibe. Girls are pretty, Italian trends thrive and everyone seems to be eating ice-cream. But this is just the start of a little Dalmatia charm. Hugging the coast down to Dubrovnik, you’ll drive along the Med, which is blessed with a laid-back beauty. With salmon-coloured listed buildings, overpriced coffee and the odd celebrity, economical and political struggles seem to skip this glamorous part of world. You’ll end in Dubrovnik, the so-called ‘pearl of the Adriatic,’ where herds of tourists congregate. Pushing on, the road will lead you inland. Back when the Venetians were carving up the Balkans, they named this region Monte Negro – black mountain. It’s easy to see why.

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TRAVELLING BY VAN With your bed always with you, a van tour is one of the most memorable and economical ways to get around the Balkans. Main roads in Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia and Greece are similar to those in Europe but in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia, roads are narrow and full of potholes. Driving in the region is more dangerous than elsewhere in central Europe but with the right maps and an understanding of driving regulations in each country, your journey will be a safe one. You’ll need a UK or international driving licence, insurance and a green card insurance document which makes it easier for vehicles to move freely over borders. Travelling on main roads in Slovakia, Croatia and Central Europe can incur high tolls, so taking the scenic route can be more cost-effective. A road-worthy van should set you back about £2,000 but bear in mind that UK insurers may not insure a vehicle over 20 years old. Make sure you get your van checked out before starting. For shorter trips, you may

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WHEN TO GO Spring or summer. Roads will be less crowded in spring. Arriving before high season will help you avoid the crowds. GETTING THERE Use a sturdy set of wheels. GETTING AROUND Sat-nav may help avoid arguments, otherwise take an up-to-date road map. VISAS Australians and New Zealanders don’t require tourist visas. South Africans need a Schengen visa. CURRENCY Euro in Central Europe, Slovenia, Montenegro, and Greece, Kuna (HRK) in Croatia, Marka (BAM) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denar (MKD) in Macedonia. 1 GBP = 1.12 EUR, 8.09 HRK, 2.18 BAM and 68.56 MKD. LANGUAGE Slovene, Croatian, Montenegrin, Bosnian, Macedonian and Greek. GOING OUT A beer in Montenegro can cost ¤1 but ¤6 in Greece. ACCOMMODATION In your van. There are campsites throughout the region. SEE slovakia.travel, montenegro.travel, croatia.hr, bhtourism.ba/eng, exploringmacedonia.com, visitgreece.gr

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Huge, dark peaks intimidate those approaching them, yet, close up, the dramatic mountains reveal stunning valleys, gorges, rolling hills and spooky swamps. With four national parks and untapped opportunities for hiking, skiing, rafting or sunbathing, Montenegro is a tourist trap waiting to happen. But for now – with the exception of the Durmitor National Park – there’s barely a hotel to be found throughout the country. In north Montenegro you’ll meet the stunning turquoise blue Tara Canyon where audible gasps from your groupwill confirm that words fail to describe the magnitude of the Canyon’s beauty. How has this been kept secret for so long?

MEAT FEAST Cross over the border into Bosnia where you can join one of the parties of outdoor-loving Serbians who travel down for rafting on glacial rivers during the summer months.

Montenegro is a “ tourist trap waiting to happen ” Meals are huge and dominated by meat while the drink of choice is home-made rakia, which comprises 70 per cent peach schnapps. If dancing the night away to bad euro-pop and rafting the wild river each day is your thing, you’re in the right place. From Bosnia, you can continue the party with a few nights in Serbia’s capital Belgrade or, for something more laid-back, head into Macedonia to the Unesco-designated town of Ohrid.

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This quiet, cobbled town overlooks the three to five-million-year-old Lake Ohrid, one of the world’s oldest lakes. Macedonia has still not recovered economically as quickly as other states in the region. Most homes in the cities are ex-socialist tower blocks and the roads are ruled by pre-1970 Skodas, Ladas or Yugos. As we passed into Greece, the contrast was dramatic as we were met by myriad colours. Houses are painted in bright pastel blocks of colour: think rose-red houses, lime-green doorways, sky-blue walls. Though elderly widows walk head-to-toe in black. Once in Greece, your itinerary becomes a choice of bleached rocky islands, towns with historical legacies such as Delphi or Olympia, spiritual wonders such as the floating monasteries at Meteora or the vibrant café culture and club scene in Athens. With the hard work far behind, Greece asks nothing of you except to slide on some dark shades, kick back in the open-air cafés, air kiss the young and the beautiful, and reflect on a memorable journey. All you need to do next is take a ferry back up the Adriatic Sea to Italy from Igoumenista or Petra, where the chaos and manic familiarly of central Europe awaits. For now though, don’t let that worry you.

BEFORE YOU HIT THE BALKANS Check out some of these must-see events before exploring the Balkans. The Running of the Bulls (July 6 - 14) in Pamplona Spain, has spectators watching as six bulls are let loose on the town’s streets. Spain’s La Tomatina (August 26) is a mighty food fight that paints the town red with over-ripe tomatoes. Germany’s Oktoberfest (September 18 –October 3) is the infamous 16-day binge of food, drink and oldfashioned debauchery.

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georgeous blonde in the seethrough dress dancing to Jump Around. I was the loud Kiwi that nearly knocked you and your mate over. You gave me your number but I think I lost it; took you home but you weren’t there in the morning. Be there again this Friday? Or email kirwanj@hotmail.co.uk. Sarah: Hope you’ll have a sweet as time in Africa! Like you know, sleep is over-rated so go and knock them dead kid! Oh, and don’t you dare find a hot Saffa and stay there forever! London wouldn’t survive without us! Archy: Have an awesome London birthday matey! Same procedure as last year, ey ;-) A few snakies at the Walkie before getting down and dirty with the ladies at Ministry Of Sound ;-) Enjoy! The NP crew. The most charming guy I’ve ever seen: We met on the

District line on Saturday, March 27 at 6.30pm. I got on in Earl’s Court with a friend. You have brown hair, lovely smile, wearing a green tweed jacket and you were sitting between two friends. Hope you remember me waving a shy “hello” at you when I got off at Embankment and you smiled back at me. Wish I could see you again for a drink. Hope you feel the

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same. Me: the brunette girl with the beige trench coat. Email me at manola144@ googlemail.com. The coolest roomy in town:

Finally, after your awesome trip to Egypt, and my not so awesome time at work, we are back to the basement and our days are back on track. Thank God. I missed you so much. Bring on summer, when we can lax out together amongst the beach and the booze. I can’t wait! Love you heaps, Nickers xoxo. PS. Power Hour this week??? Noodle and Crumble: Thank you so much for taking me under your wings! Not sure what I would’ve done without you ... I’d probably be living in a cardboard box outside McDs if it wouldn’t have been for you ladies :-) There’ll always be a bed for you to sleep in in NZ. Chuck.

Jamie at the Lillie Rd bus stop on Tuesday, March 30: In

retrospect, I should’ve taken you up on your offer. Email vikkystr83@yahoo.com and show me the magic. Vikky. Damon Carter: After three years in the concrete jungle you’ve decided to head back home to the land of surf and sunshine. It’s been quite an experience hanging out with ya – from the cross-dressing to the caffeine highs and the latenight yoga sessions :-). We’ll miss ya! Kerry, Ian and Snazz. To my beautiful, forgiving wife:

Even though you were in the room with us, I thought I hid it quite well. I blame it on the vodka that night, as for the next morning, I blame it on not only the vodka after-effects but my terrible morning glory! As soon as you asked whether anything had happened the next day, I knew you’d know I

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required for childbirth and other manual labour. You’ve got to find a woman you can rely on in the trenches. I mean, if you’re pinned down

behind enemy fire, using your helmet as a latrine, you don’t want a chick who’s whinging about her sore feet, and then flies off the handle when you

was lying. Feel free to have sex in our bedroom with another while I’m in there. From the bottom of my heart, I apologise!!! No-one will ever compare to the nights I spend with you. Loving you forever, promise, it will never happen again!!! Remember three chances and I’m out, only one more to go ... Kidding :-) You’re my one and only! Pease forgive me, chip not what I do ;-) Erica: You’re the ‘hot chick’ at the house party in Acton Town on Saturday, March 27. I’m the guy who declared my love for you while falling down the stairs. Can’t remember a thing from about 8pm onwards but my friends have kindly filled in any memory gaps. Now, just wondering if you want to pick up where we left off, or rather if we should start afresh? Email coollikeacracker@ hotmail.com. Jono. Dear Mannie Moo: Happy quarter of a century you crazy minx! We’ve had the most amazing times at home and in ye ol’ crazy London town and I can’t wait to continue the adventure! Hopefully we’ll finally work out where cous cous, waves and our enhanced English drinking abilities come from – surely the hairy dog and pink elephant will eventually lead us to the answers?! Love you infinity, Little Teeny Tiny Mel xxx

remind her that, “Hey, we’re running a counterrevolutionary militia here – you should have worn your sensible shoes.” A first date at the track screens out weak constitutions that will land you in a floating bamboo cage with barracuda snapping at your perineum.

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