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EDITOR’S LETTER The slightest hint of sunshine that tickled London last week has got us gloom-withered gals and guys at TNT a bit giddy about summer. Join us in getting excited about the warmer (I’m too much of a realist to say ‘sizzling’) season and check out our 18-page summer festival guide, starting on P25. Plus we meet rising rockers Foals, who’ll be gracing various fest stages this year (P28).

Finally, don’t miss out on how to commemorate Anzac Day in London this week – details on P6.

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Here’s what to see at Robert Redford’s Sundance London indie film festival

SOUNDS OF SUMMER

Our guide to the biggest and best music festivals this year, plus TNT meets Foals

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Porn director and pollie Anna Arrowsmith tells us why blue movies aren’t bad

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UK beauty Bath is celebrating 200 years since Pride And Prejudice’s publication

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Escaping the big city to roam free among the fairytale fields of Luxembourg

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Elementary: it’s Sherlock but not as you know him

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This new production from Morphic Graffitti is set to bring Sherlock to life in a “music hall musical of elementary magnificence” with a wholly new mystery for the crack sleuth to get to the bottom of. It promises “more Victoriana than even Prince Albert could handle,” but as well as all the era-specific garb, detail and adventure puzzle-solving, there will be a load of comedy, magical illusions and even puppets. So not exactly Sherlock as Conan Doyle imagined him, but then neither was Robert Downey Jr. £20

Until May 10, Wed-Sat, 7.30pm (Sat matinee 3pm); Sun, 2pm & 6pm Hoxton morphicgraffiti.com Hoxton Hall, 130 Hoxton Street, N1 6SH

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MickRonsonfest at the ICA celebrates the life, times and talent of one of rock’s best ever guitarists, Mick Ronson, a cohort of Bowie and the Spiders From Mars. His legacy and impact on music and style is the focus of these talks and the premiere screening of 1994’s The Mick Ronson Memorial Concert.

An unsung rock hero.

Organic materials such as flowers, fruit and butterflies, both living and dead, are the focus for Alexander James’ new exhibition, Intersection, the USP being that all his photos have been of their subjects underwater. Bold, startling, with no touching up, and 10 years in the making.

Eye-catching stuff.

This art fair brings you face to face with the artists behind the works on display, so you can find out how it came about and perhaps haggle for your favourite and get a top deal.

Up-and-coming artists get recognition, and your new piece for the living room might be from one of tomorrow’s superstars.

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Self-proclaimed: you decide if Daniel Simonsen’s the funniest Norwegian

ANGEL COMEDY FESTIVAL Angel

The world’s funniest Norwegian Daniel Simonsen is one of the well-funny funnymen at this week-long orgy of laughs, gags and split sides. We say the funniest Norwegian, but that’s mainly because he says he is, and he is indeed very funny. Easiest if you find out for yourself. Also funny is Irish hip-hop improv-er Abandoman, Canadian Tony Law, and Welshman Matt Rees. Best of all, the five nights are free!

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HYPERLINK This three-day fest of culture, music and art at Tate Modern’s new underground area looks at today’s youth. There will be all manner of installations and performances designed for your participation and discovery of the “six degrees of separation”. Don’t miss a special performance from rapper Sway, and spoken word from George The Poet.

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LONDON COFFEE FESTIVAL This artisan coffee event takes up residence in eight festival zones at the Old Truman Brewery and various venues across town, with baristas from 33 coffee shops wowing your tastebuds with their indie-blends. For the overly caffeinated there’s music performances, an art gallery and grinding demos. £9.50+

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THE ENEMY KT TUNSTALL DEXYS BELLOWHEAD KING CHARLES PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING RODDY HART AND THE LONESOME FIRE HOLY ESQUE VUKOVI ROMAN NOSE VIGO THIEVES NORTH TYNESIDE STEELBAND & MANY MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED WITH TEN STAGES, A DEDICATED CHILDREN’S AREA, A HOST OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, LUXURY CAMPING OPTIONS, A FIREWORKS DISPLAY AND THE SPECTACULAR BURNING OF THE WICKERMAN AT MIDNIGHT ON SATURDAY, IT IS AN ADVENTURE NOT TO BE MISSED.

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Dawn Service will be at the Australian War Memorial at Hyde Park Corner

The cost of renting in London has rocketed a whopping eight times faster than wages over the past year, new research has revealed.

The study by lettings agency network LSL Property Services also found that in March of this year, the average monthly rent in London stood at £1106, a rise of 7.9 per cent in a year and the highest level ever recorded.

Some of the steepest rises were found in Fulham, Clapham, Balham and Shepherd’s Bush. Time to move ’hoods, maybe?

She was the first female lady, and that’s good

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EUSTON STATION WILL NOT BE DEMOLISHED Plans to demolish and rebuild Euston train station from scratch have been scrapped, it has been announced.

New proposals from HS2 Limited, responsible for the HS2 high-speed rail project connecting London to Birmingham, said the firm intended to keep existing platforms and improve the station around them. This includes the potential for new homes, offices and shops in the surrounding area, ready by the time the first phase of the rail project is completed in 2026. We’ll not move to Euston just yet, then.

ON THE TUBE THIS WEEKEND’S CLOSURES/WORKS

BAKERLOO: No service between Queen’s

Park and Harrow & Wealdstone on Sun. London Overground services are also suspended between Queen’s Park and Harrow & Wealdstone. Replacement bus services operate.

CIRCLE: No service all weekend.

DISTRICT: No service between Earl’s Court, Edgware Road and Kensington (Olympia) all weekend.

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Dawn Service at Hyde Park Corner welcomes the public on Thursday Thousands of Australians and New Zealanders are expected to gather at Hyde Park Corner for a Dawn Service to commemorate Anzac Day on Thursday morning.

Anzac Day commemorations have a long history in London, including a street march of 2000 soldiers in 1916. The Dawn Service is traditionally held on alternating years at each country’s memorial, located diagonally opposite each other at Hyde Park Corner, with wreath-laying each year at both. This year, the Dawn Service will be at the Australian War Memorial at 5am and is a non-ticketed event open to all members of the public.

Australian High Commissioner Mike Rann said: “Anzac Day is a day when we honour those that fought and died for our

countries. It is a time to reflect upon the bravery and camaraderie that our diggers showed at Gallipoli. It was a conflict that helped define our national identities and enshrined a bond between Australia and New Zealand that will never be broken.”

The New Zealand High Commissioner Lockwood Smith added: “As the centenary of World War One gets closer, so too does the significance of Anzac Day. Remembering the Anzacs and indeed all our veterans is as important today as it was almost 100 years ago. The bravery, leadership and sacrifice of our servicemen and women should never be forgotten.”

There will also be a wreath-laying parade and ceremony at the Cenotaph on Whitehall at 11am, which is also open to the public to observe.

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After the Dawn Service and the wreath-laying parade on Thursday, why not join fellow Aussies and Kiwis to commemorate the day at the TNT Anzac Day BBQ? We’ll be at the Elk Bar in Fulham from 12pm until late, with a free VB on arrival for those who arrive before 2pm.

Pre-register for the event at tntmagazine.com and you’ll also be entered into a draw to win awesome prizes courtesy of Scotland travel specialists Haggis Adventures.

As well as scoffing Anzac biscuits and BBQ food, you can play in our Two-Up Tournament starting at 3pm, where you could win tickets to music fest Bilbao BBK Live in Spain. We’re also screening the AFL Anzac Day special at 1pm and 5pm, and DJs will be spinning tunes til late. See you there!

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The Sundance kid: Robert Redford brings indie movies to the capital

Sundance London Robert Redford’s nomadic festival hits town with the best new movies and music from around the world Words alasdair morton Robert Redford’s Sundance film festival made its first tentative steps across the Atlantic last year for a four-day stint at The O2. This year, markedly emboldened by last year’s success, it returns for a festival of movies, music, and movies about music.

There are films from established talents and first timers, many traversing the gap between film and song, with a wealth of gigs taking place alongside interactive events, panels and talks.

First up, though, what about that trim 20-strong programme cherry-picked from the 100+ entries at 2013’s January Sundance fest in Park City, Utah?

“It was Robert Redford’s idea to make Sundance a film and music festival, he’s always loved the intersection between the arts,” Sundance London programme head Trevor Groth tells us from his US base.

There will be movie-music mash-ups such as indie darlings British Sea Power performing their score live to nature doc From The Sea To The Land Beyond, and electro-sexual performance artist Peaches baring it all on stage and in new documentary Peaches Does Herself.

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be rocking out, and events such as the comedy-dissecting Senses Of Humour/ Humour: The Art Of Comedy with Lake Bell will take you behind the scenes.

There will, however, be some very special purely cinematic spectacles for you to dig into, as Groth eagerly points out. “One of the highlights is our Audience Award winner from our [January] Dramatic competition, Metro Manila,” Groth enthuses of a film shot by new British filmmaker Sean Ellis in the Philippines.

“It has a great genre element to it, about someone who robs armoured cars and a guy who gets caught up in this world. But it also has a great emotional core to it, too.”

Another eagerly awaited film is the grey-matter testing Upstream Colour, the sophomore flick from visionary writer-director-actor-talented-bugger Shane Carruth.

“It is as ambitious a film as you’d expect from Shane,” Groth tells us reassuringly. We loved Carruth’s 2004 time-travel debut Primer (itself a Sundance product) but confess it took us a couple of runs through to unravel its narrative complexities.

“I have seen Colour twice now and it clicked a lot more the second time around,” Groth adds, comfortingly, suggesting the nine years Carruth spent on the movie were put to good use.

“It took him so long as he was not willing to compromise – when you see the film you’ll see what a true artist he is and what a sophisticated mind he has for telling stories in film.”

As well as traversing the gulf between movies and music, Sundance London also straddles the tastes of both American and British audiences.

“We programme the festival first and foremost for the public,” Groth says.

“We want to showcase films to a UK audience that they’ll respond to right away. Last year [the festival] followed through on these hopes so we’re excited ahead of our second year.”

With such a diverse portfolio of movies and gigs coming your way, you’d best be excited, too.

BEST OF SUNDANCE LONDON ›› Sundance London. Apr 25-28. The O2. Tickets from £12.50. Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX North Greenwich sundance-london.com

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Friends With Kids’ Adam Scott (below) is a well-off middle-aged man, ‘a child of divorce’ whose life is thrown into disarray when he finds out that his parents were part of a divorce study. It’s a star-studded (Jessica Alba, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clark Duke, Richard Jenkins, Catherine O’Hara) comedydrama from debut director Stu Zicherman.

Nick Ryan’s mountaineering documentary looks at the attempts in 2008 of a group of climbers to reach the summit of K2, the secondhighest mountain in the world but also the most dangerous. It was an attempt that saw 11 of the climbers lose their lives. This 28,000ft+ high tragedy is told absorbingly through a combination of interviews and reconstructions. A study of high altitude climbing, those who partake, and the perils they chance.

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peaches does herself film & gig The enigmatic pop singer/siren told everyone to “fuck the pain away” and had a mega hit in the process. This new movie is, as you’d expect, a lively and unique offering. A rock opera stage show committed to celluloid, it promises to be predictably mad-capped and wild.

Peaches will be in town as well for an accompanying live performance at the adjacent Indigo2. £14

Apr 26, 9.15pm; Apr 28, 2.45pm Cineworld 7 & 8

Concert: Apr 26, 8pm. Film: Apr 26, 6pm & Apr 27, 11.30pm Indigo2 & Cineworld 8

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Filmmaker Shane Carruth made the mind-boggling, timetravelling Primer back in 2004 but has been quiet since that sterling debut.

He’s been busy though and returns with this sensoryoverloading movie about love, life and the search for a higher power. Challenging.

Steve Coogan (right) stars as famed London gentlemen’s club owner Paul Raymond in this comedic drama about the rise of the self-styled ‘King of Soho’. Michael Winterbottom’s movie is one of Sundance London’s most anticipated.

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metro manila feature film An international premiere, this drama won the Audience Award for Best World Cinema (Dramatic) at this year’s Sundance film festival in Utah, and it’s certainly one not to miss. It’s a drama about a young man, Oscar (Jake Macapagal), who moves with his family from the poverty of the rice fields to the big city of Manila, where a job as an armoured car guard tests his morals and dedication to doing the right thing. A stunning debut from one-to-watch Brit filmmaker Sean Ellis.

The band perform their score live to movie From The Sea To The Land Beyond, a doco about Britain’s coastlines, and take part in a post-screening Q&A, too.

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Apr 28, 6.30pm Indigo2, britishseapower.co.uk

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bands on film: the art of the music video talk

This open discussion looks at low-budget filmmaking, what to avoid and the tips to succeed when working on an el cheapo production. For budding moviemakers and those keen to hear stories about the ones who have beaten the odds.

The music video has come a long way since Queen premiered what is widely understood to be one of the first ever with their promo for Bohemian Rhapsody (it wasn’t the first, but was the first to be so massively successful).

A marketing tool and artwork in its own right, this hour-long talk looks at the rise of the three-minute clip into an artform as important as the song itself through some of the most beloved examples, and also the most famous filmmakers behind the best and biggest ones.

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The killer whale’s so named for a reason: it is a dangerous creature.

Tilikum is a US killer whale in captivity that has killed three people, including a respected trainer. This riveting documentary looks at the circumstances that led to this, within the context of the larger effects of keeping such large, wild animals in captivity. It’s a movie with a message from respected nature documentary filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite.

Writer-director-star and all-round ace talent Lake Bell won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at this year’s Sundance in Utah for this quirky and hilarious film all about families, Hollywood and the world of voiceover work. Bell’s directorial debut marks her as one to watch. £14

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mud feature film There was a time when Matthew McConaughey made crass movies like Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past and took his top off – a lot. He was a movie star, not an actor. Recently, the ladies’ pin-up has gone through something of an artistic renaissance and has surprised us all.

After his perception-shifting role in Killer Joe, he plays mysterious drifter Mud in this highly praised indie flick from director Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter). £14

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Kaya Scodelario (TV’s Skins) stars as troubled teen Emanuel in this hyper-stylised comedy drama from filmmaker Francesca Gregorini. Realism and surrealism combine in this one-of-a-kind flick as Emanuel develops a fascination and then a relationship with the enigmatic young mum who moves in next door, and bears a striking resemblance to her own late mother.

Director Greg Camalier interviews a stellar line-up of musicians, including the Rolling Stones, Jimmy Cliff (left) and Bob Dylan, for this documentary about the little Alabama town that birthed some of the most iconic and loved music as black and white came together as one.

A tale that lifts the lid on a too little heard moment of magic in the history of American music. The Saturday screening of the movie will be followed up by a special one-off performance, A Celebration Of Muscle Shoals with Gregg Allman and John Paul White of The Civil Wars. This 45-minute acoustic show honours the people and the songs, such as Mustang Sally and Wild Horses, that made this small town important.

Lynn Shelton is indie movie royalty. Her mumblecore Humpday was a cult triumph, her follow up Your Sister’s Sister a sombre drama, and her newbie bears all the hallmarks of her sublime work. Abby (Rosemarie DeWitt) is a massage therapist with an aversion to human contact.

The all-star cast includes Ellen Page, Ron Livingston and Scoot McNairy (right).

Apr 26, 9pm; Apr 27, 2.45pm; Apr 28, 12.15pm Sky Superscreen & Cineworld 6

Apr 25, 5.30pm; Apr 27, 6pm; Apr 28, 2.30pm Cineworld 9 & 8

Apr 25, 8.15pm; Apr 27, 2.30pm; Apr 28, 6.15pm Cineworld 6, 8 & 9

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emanuel and the truth about fishes feature film Photos: QuantrellColbert; Charlie Gray; Colleen Hayes; Jim Bridges; Benjamin Kasulke

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the apocalypse short film Andrew Zuchero’s short follows four friends devising a truly novel way to spend their Saturday afternoon ... £14

the kings of summer feature film Writer-director Jordan Vogt-Roberts directs this coming-of-age story about three kids who decide to build themselves a house in the woods where they are free from school, parents and the rest of the world. A warming and hilarious movie about childlike innocence and growing up that has been highly praised both for Vogt-Roberts’ script and the performances of its three young newcomers – Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso and Moises Arias. £14

Apr 25, 5.45pm; Apr 27, 9pm; Apr 28, 2.30pm Cineworld 6 & 9 & Sky Superscreen

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HONEY AND VENOM BAR

This newly opened bar, the sister venue to Clapham’s Holy Drinker, is a stone’s throw from Tooting Bec station and fills a void in the area for a proper bar – Tooting Broadway has the pubs, Balham the bars, but Bec had a dearth, until now. Retooling the previous establishment into ‘a bar for drinking’ it has a wealth of cocktails, beers and other booze. Management’s opened up the interior to make it three sections of highly spacious booth-encircled drinking space with a couple of fireplaces adding to the minimal, red-leathered aesthetic. And if you’re worried about missing the game by being in a ‘bar’, they still play sport on a big screen.

THE GRUB Err, none. Like we said, it’s for drinking not munching.

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There are just shy of 20 cocktails to pick from, spread across the traditional ‘honey’ offerings (mojito, margarita and cosmopolitan), and the more extravagant and indulgent ‘venom’ concoctions (the Kraken ‘n’ Stormy, full of rum, lime, ginger beer and Angostura bitters). Most importantly, it has 21 beers to choose from, including draught (Erdinger), lagers (Vedett), wheat beers (Weihenstephan) and ales (Flying Dog) and Coopers.

BILL PLEASE Lagers from £4; wine from £4.10/ £16 (glass/ bottle); cocktails from £6.70.

VERDICT A cool little establishment that keeps it simple and does what it’s set out to do with style – a bar is for drinking. ALASDAIR MORTON BEHIND THE BAR

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Gin is enjoying a revival, moving from the preserve of the over 60s to a hip drink deserving of specialist bars.

Try “sort of Jewish deli” Mishkin’s in Covent Garden for its dedicated gin list and gin cocktails.

For a sense of just how trendy gin has got, head to this Soho spot, which hosts exhibitions by urban artists and stocks 180 types of the juniper-based drink. Up the fashionable factor and order some sliders to absorb them.

Another Soho venue, The Star At Night has a 50-strong gin list and is where The London Gin Club meets to taste premium gins from micro-distilleries, regional small batch boutique gins and recipes from way back when.

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ST GEORGE’S JOLLY Get your Brit on with a spectacular of Morris dancing (below), ales and gins at The Lamb Tavern on St George’s Day, this Tuesday April 23. The patron saint of England will be celebrated in style at the Leadenhall Market pub (first built in 1309), where an all-day pop-up beer bar will serve Young’s cask ales and Morris dancers will jingle their bells with performances at 11.30am and 1.30pm. If you can make it through to the evening, Old Tom’s Bar downstairs is hosting a special St George’s Day quiz, where you can test your knowledge of Blighty over a few artisanal Sipsmith gins. Jolly-oh! lambtavernleadenhall.com

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BEEF IT UP Now continue the patriotic theme with a feast of British beef at The Grill On The Market at Smithfield, where British Beef Week (until April 27) is being honoured with a special menu.

Choose from a selection of homegrown cuts (take on the 1200g Big Boy Cut of T-Bone at £75 if you’ve got the balls) and pair them with Brit craft brews.

And, if you don’t mind sounding like a tit, visit on St George’s Day and say “I am a steak slayer” to your server and you’ll get a free bottle of Brit beer, ale or cider with your meal. blackhouse.uk.com

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GET MEDIEVAL Finally, travel back to ye olden days at Northbank by Millennium Bridge, which has just launched ‘Mead Mondays’. A mead cocktail – blending the strong honey-based booze brewed by monks in the Middle Ages – and a small plate (think crab linguine, hog’s pudding) is just £10. Er, yum?

THE SCENE ”A little bit of Australia in Shoreditch” is how this laid-back cafe/ bar on City Road pitches itself. Managed by Aussie Shelagh Ryan, also responsible for Lantana in Fitzrovia, you can detect the Down Under in the Melbournian vibes, proper coffee and decor (channelling ‘Seventies Aussie beach house’, apparently).

Everything about the place drawls “chilled out”, from the haphazard decoration (mismatched wooden chairs, exposed pipes, the odd ceramic mallard hanging on the wall) right down to the lighting (not so bright that you can’t relax, not so dark that the menu is unreadable and you feel like falling asleep). It comes off as the perfect venue for a catch up with a big group of friends or a really casual date.

The grub The setting may be Aussie, but the food finds its influences from all over the world. My dining companion starts on a caramelised pear and spiced pecan salad with bitter leaves and crumbled baked ricotta, while I plump for the Asianstyle sticky pork ribs. The latter are exactly as I’d hoped, the sauce just the right side of sweet and thick like molasses (“It’s as though a pig mated with treacle in Asia,” my date offers). The salad’s mix of ingredients hits lots of nice notes but is a little heavy on the cheese. Next up is an excellent squid and crispy duck laksa, which although it smells intoxicatingly rich, packs a big kick (a surprise as the aroma suggests something mild in terms of spice but heavy with cream; instead, it’s invigorating and fresh). My Cypriot lamb in filo pastry with cauliflower kisir and a tahini yoghurt dressing is also unexpectedly light – the pastry is thin and crisp while the shredded lamb leaks lashings of juicy flavour. The result is that we leave full, but not unpleasantly so. It’s just a shame we couldn’t face the ace-looking cheesecake.

Craft brews (think Little Creatures, Brooklyn Lager, Anchor Porter) from £3.90; wines from £5/ £13/ £20 per glass/ carafe/ bottle; cocktails from £6.50.

Bill please Small plates from £5.50; larger plates from £9; desserts from £6. verdict A welcome taste of Oz cafe culture. Brunch is meant to be great, too. lc Behind the bar

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Fraga, Spain. £60+. July 20. monegrosfestival.com

Underworld (live), Public Enemy celebrating their 25th anniversary, Vitalic with his Rave Age VTLZR show – this desert-set dance music fest, the biggest rave in Spain, has some of the absolute biggest names and acts out there right now. With 40,000 people and 20 hours of tunes taking in electro, techno, hip-hop, drum ‘n’ bass, dubstep and more, it promises ‘a life experience’, and believe us, that is exactly what you’ll get.

Bobby Gillespie and co surged back this year with new album, More Light, their 10th and one of their finest in a kaleidoscopic career. They celebrate more than 25 years of rocking out with this ultra intimate show at The Hospital Club.

The Scream started out in the late Eighties after Gillespie finished up with fellow Scot rockers The Jesus And Mary Chain. Since then, they’ve gone from alt-rock beginnings, through the ecstasy-fuelled Screamadelica and onto the Rolling Stones-esque follow-up Give Out But Don’t Give Up. They then reinvented themselves as full-on electro-terrorists with a trio of fuzzed out, boundary-pushing records of full-on racket and a bristling take-no-prisoners attitude.

Vanishing Point introduced a new, electro-beat based sound, XTRMNTR saw the band pushing themselves to new extremes and the ensuing Evil Heat strapped harmonies and a Kate Moss vocal cameo to the aggressive wall of noise.

Since 2006, though, they have been mostly back to rocking out with six strings, Riot City Blues single Country Girl seeing the band back in the charts with the sort of catchy tune Jagger could shake his wigglesome hips to.

They’ve never been easily pigeonholed, have always bucked the trend, and ducked expectations. Sometimes it has worked, other occasions less so (the Accelerator single was a bold but unlistenable screech of feedback).

This Mercury Prize-staged show is for competition winners only, so head on over to mercuryprize.com to be in with a chance of winning. Or hit up eBay! Covent Garden

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After stunning the world on Jools Holland’s Hootenanny in 2006, Seasick Steve has ruled over here. True, his drifter persona’s a tad outdated – he owns his own studio and hasn’t ridden the railroad in some time – but the tunes proper rock, especially on his latest, Hubcap Music, and live, he is a powerhouse!

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Born in a Yorkshire warehouse, SubDub has become a respected bass music brand. They’re celebrating 15 years of their all-inclusive music policy that takes in an eclectic mix of reggae, dub, jungle and bass. The line-up here includes Iration Steppas Sound System, Channel One, Michael Prophet, Alpha Steppa and more.

This new night brought clubbing to a part of London poorly served in this capacity, and after two sold-out parties, it’s back for a third night of house and electro indulgence at this sub-Stamford Bridge venue. This time out there’s X-Press 2, Prins Thomas, Hot Since 82, Lumi, Balou & JDP and more on the line-up.

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The Glaswegian trio have a couple of singles to their name – Lies and The Mother We Share – and a debut in the pipeline. Emo-electro with added heart, reminiscent of a poppier Garbage, they play this east London venue ahead of a summer of festival action. We guarantee they’re going to be absolutely bloody massive! Trust.

Simon Dunmore (above), Adam Shelton, Lee Brinx, East End Dubs and many more head up one of the biggest line-ups yet at this famed house party at Cable. An atmospheric venue with three rooms, a load of lasers, not to mention some of the top names in house – it’s a full-on super-bash not to be missed.

The folk-punk rocker returned this year with his fifth album, Tape Deck Heart, a more personal record after its predecessor England Keep My Bones, which saw him play Wembley and the Olympics Opening Ceremony. A class act live, the 31-year-old from Hampshire is fast developing into a British national treasure.

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the growlers The buzz so far Hung At Heart,

the debut album from this Long Beach-bred fourpiece – Brooks Nielsen (vocals), Scott Montoya (bass), Matt Taylor (lead guitar) and Brian Stewart (drums) – is a collection of Sixties-styled, garage-rock psychedelia-dabbling beach party tunes perfect for long summer evenings, ideally with the surf lapping in the distance and a cool beer in hand. They’ve toured with The Black Lips and Julian Casablancas, and will be landing on these shores soon.

The Critics say “Kicked-out jams” Consequenceofsound.net the plug Hung At Heart is out April 29 through Fat Cat Records. Play Shacklewell Arms, Apr 24 & 25. £11 E8 2EB Dalston Kingsland thegrowlers.com

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The French filmmaker and actor on his new real-life thriller Rebellion, casting himself, and the importance of being historically accurate

INTERVIEW alasdair morton

You spent 10 years making this movie about the Ouvéa cave hostage incident in 1988, in which France clashed with New Caledonians wanting independence on the Pacific island colony. How did you keep your focus?

When you get involved with a story like that and go across the world meeting people who witnessed it, you become involved in the drama.

You get involved in personal ways, meeting families and people who suffered [during the actual events]. It becomes more than a film.

When you say to a family you will go all the way with the project with their help then it is difficult to say no. There was never any time in those 10 years when I thought ‘I am going to stop’. It was also about the commitment to France.

What made you tell the story from [negotiator] Captain Philippe Legorjus’ point of view?

That character was the reason why I thought the movie should be made. He was in the middle of the political drama as the story unfolded.

He had to confront the orders he was given with how they contradicted his own personal morality. I used that as the centre for the movie.

Phillippe is important as he is the audience, too, and we discover the Kanaks [indigenous New Caledonians] through his eyes.

How did you and he work on the script?

He didn’t give me notes on the script so much but we did work closely by talking about the story. I compared his experience with the experiences of other witnesses I interviewed. It helped him get a clearer understanding of what happened around him, and why it happened. We worked very closely and conducted the investigation [into the events] together. When Philippe and the Kanaks saw the film they agreed it was very close to the actual experience.

Is it tempting to take a little cinematic licence when making a film like this?

It [the hostage incident] only happened 20 years ago, so when you do something that is as contemporary as that, there are still people alive who were there, so you want the film to be as close to the truth as you can. A movie like this is going to carve the story in stone. It is going

War story: Kassovitz takes on French/Pacific history to be a memory for people and a launchpad for discussions, so being accurate is important.

When did you decide to play the lead Philippe yourself? You hadn’t originally intended to cast yourself.

No, I had other actors interested in the role, but I couldn’t hire an actor when I wasn’t sure we’d ever actually shoot, with the obvious consequences for the film’s funding that carried.

That was why I decided I had to play that character. Through all the work that I did before the movie was even greenlit, negotiating to get all these people together, I almost became the character.

Was it tough being the lead actor, director and writer? It sounds exhausting.

It is not that exhausting, actually. It is more exhausting to fight with an actor who is not doing what you want. When you don’t have that actor messing with you, it’s less of a problem.

You are not going home every night thinking, ‘He’s such a shitty actor’ or ‘What a diva!’

How did you cast the Kanak rebel leader, Alphonse Dianou?

It was difficult. It was like if you had been trying to cast someone to play Bob Marley – the kids might be unsure if they want to take on the weight of such an iconic role. Are they going to

be able to walk the neighbourhood with people wondering, ‘Who do you think you are to play someone like Bob Marley?’ In casting Alphonse it was important to find someone who was related to the story, who was Kanak, and who also understands what the movie’s about. Then we found Iabe Lapacas, who’s actually becoming a lawyer right now. He was very smart and knew the responsibilities of the role and of the film.

And he was also related to the family of Alphonse which helped a lot, too.

Your last film as director, 2008’s Babylon AD, was mired in studio problems – would you like to make a Hollywood movie again?

Yes, I would like to. I like both personally driven movies and commercially driven ones. But for both of them you need to have the right partners, and with Babylon AD I didn’t. It never goes right when that happens. I learned from that experience that you need to work with the right people. So now I am working with different people in Hollywood on a new project.

Anything you can tell us about it?

Not yet. In Hollywood, it’s never done until it’s up there on the screen!

Rebellion is out April 19 through Lionsgate

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bernie FILM review by Alasdair Morton Starring: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine | 12A | 104mins | Out Apr 27

iron man 3 FILM Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sir Ben Kingsley | 12A | 126mins

Robery Downey Jr stars for the third time as the billionaire philanthropist, who’s now facing troubles with his own sanity, and Ben Kingsley’s maniac Mandarin, who is out to cause all kinds of death, chaos and unpleasantness.

Guy Pearce is on hand too as a smarmy type, with Lethal Weapon screenwriter Shane Black the new helmsman. Should be top drawer.

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Jack Black, usually prone to grandstanding clowning and louder-than-everyoneelse turns, delivers one of his best performance in years as a murderous mortician in this superb, based-on-real-events black comedy.

Black is Bernie Tiede, a mild-mannered mortuary worker who sweeps into Carthage, Texas and becomes the town’s best friend. “He was a real people person – he just made you feel good about yourself,” one of the townsfolk says in Richard Linklater’s deftly assembled movie. Bernie’s good nature comes unstuck when he befriends one of the fiercest widows in town, Shirley MacLaine’s Marjorie, the two becoming best buds before her scathing treatment of him proves too much and he sends her packing courtesy of a bullet in the back.

Black and Linklater worked together on the ace musical comedy School Of Rock, and here again they come up trumps. Indie legend Linklater employs a pseudo-doc approach, using spliced-in interviews with local townsfolk (real life and actors) that backgrounds Bernie and Marjorie’s relationship, and Linklater alumni Matthew McConaughey (the Texan duo first worked together on 1993’s Dazed And Confused) serves up yet another surprising role as a dedicated DA in his rapidly integrity-winning career. Black shines brightest though, reigning in his usual OTTisms to make Bernie, an oddball in so many respects, empathetic while still keeping him at arm’s reach. And fear not, he does still get to sing – only this time round it is gospel songs at a funeral rather than Tenacious D’s Fuck You Gently.

Good for: Black comedy and Black fans keen for a film that offers laughs of a different nature

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Laughing ‘til it hurts certainly won’t be a tough task at this talent-studded cancer supporting charity gig. The line-up includes Josh Widdecome (The Last Leg), Issy Suttie (off Peep Show, pictured), Michael Mittermeier, Joe Wilkinson and Marlon Davis, with Dave Johns marshalling the lot of them. Gags for a good cause.

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Artworks 40,000 years old, made using bone, stone, antler and ivory take centre stage in this exhibition that looks at the creative minds at play during the Ice Age. While their methods and materials may have been primitive, their quest to convey their state of mind and role in the world was terribly astute.

This idiosyncratic play is a show about not doing a show. In 2007, when the now 76-year-old Edward Petherbridge arrived in New Zealand to play King Lear, he found himself suffering a stroke. Not the stuff of life-affirming entertainment, yet that’s exactly what this evening of whimsy, anecdote and Bard extracts is. LK

British Museum 44 Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG. Until May 26. £10+ Holborn britishmuseum.org

Young Vic Theatre The Cut, SE1 8LZ. Until May 4. £10+ Southwark youngvic.org

Jack barry Are you looking forward to this week’s gig? I’ve never played the WCC but gather the ethos is about sweet comedy fun. Tony Law’s there, too – he’s Canadian and amazing.

Photos: Getty, Manuel Harlan

What’s the funniest thing you’ve ever seen? My friend once threw her shoe at a fox to scare it away on a night out but the fox took the shoe and ran off, never to return. It was funny in a pure, philosophical way.

Like a metaphor for the enduring strength of Mother Gaia.

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Paul Raymond was the ‘king of the keyhole show’ – or Soho, depending on your viewpoint – and his career as a purveyor of erotica from the Fifties to the Nineties is the focus of Michael Winterbottom’s tale of ecstasy and excess. A comedy-drama with a top Brit cast (Anna Friel, Imogen Poots, Stephen Fry), it lifts the lid on the man behind the myth with hilarious results.

This stage version of John Carney’s critically acclaimed 2006 film – about a Dublin busker and Czech immigrant who bond over music – wowed Broadway. You can grab a pre-show or interval pint from the on-stage Dublin bar to put you in the mood for this bittersweet love story that crosses culture through song. LK

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Phoenix Theatre Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0JP. Until Nov 30. £19.50+ Charing Cross oncemusical.co.uk

Who inspired you to take to the stage? My grandfather, who used to send me hundreds of comedy videos and insist I watch them, like homework. We’d spend hours quoting that old Harry Enfield sketch ‘English for Aliens’ running around yelling “tree!” I think the rest of our family hated us.

Where was your first show?

At Leeds uni as a student. I drank far too much to calm my crippling nerves. Unfortunately it worked and it was the best of gig of my entire ‘career’. It’s all been downhill since.

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For a relatively small island the UK doesn’t half know how to rock out and get its dancing shoes on come summer time. With literally hundreds of festivals across London and Great Britain, there is something for everyone from one-day dance parties to two-day hipster fests and full-on three-day rock marathons. So whether your idea of a top festival is dancing all day to the latest tech sounds, or headbanging away to the scruffed-out monsters of rock, the UK has something very special for each and every one of you.

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i’ll be your mirror When May 4-5 Where alexandra palace the vibe A day each of this year’s edition of the left-field music fest is curated by New York art punks Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Brooklyn indie rockers Grizzly Bear, promising a bank holiday weekend of grungy alt tunes, plus cinema, DJs and grub. line-up Grizzly Bear, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Walkmen Tickets £59+ » illbeyourmirror.com

field day When May 25 Where victoria park the vibe Pop, punk, indie, techno, electro and dubstep tuneage provide the soundtrack to fete games such as tug-of-war and tea bag tossing at this impossibly cool music fest. line-up Animal Collective, Chvrches, Bat for Lashes, Kurt Vile, Daughter, Savages, Palma Violets Tickets £54.50 » fielddayfestivals.com

camden crawl When May 4-6 Where camden town the vibe The home of rock and indie hosts this multivenue three-day-long orgy of gigs. Strap in and rock out! line-up Death In Vegas, The Cribs, Glasvegas, Spector

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EDITOR’S CHOICE... barclaycard british summer time WheN July 5-14 Where Hyde Park The VibE This new concert series to hit London has a line-up that will absolutely rock the capital. New Jersey cowboys Bon Jovi roll into town on their steel horses, while the Rolling Stones are playing twice – their first show sold out in a matter of minutes!

Line-uP Bon Jovi, Rolling Stones, The Vaccines TicketS £65+ » bst-hydepark.com

we are fstvl When may 25-26 Where Damyns Hall Aerodrome the vibe House and techno dominate at this 15-hour dance-fest mega-party that’s held at an aerodrome in Essex. And don’t worry, the Upminster Tube station is nearby so you can get back to town easily after dancing all day and night. line-up Joy Orbison, Sven Vath, Kerri Chandler Tickets £95+ » damynshall.co.uk as one in the park When May 26 Where victoria park the vibe A colourful assortment of artists and concertgoers unite at this pop-focused gathering supporting the LGBT community. line-up Rita Ora, Katy B, Union J, Holly Johnson Tickets £40+ » asoneinthepark.co.uk high definition When june 29 Where ilford, essex the vibe House, techno, disco, trance, electro, dubstep, rave – it’s all here at this all-day North London dance party.

Legends: Rolling Stones will hit Hyde Park line-up Labrinth, Eats Everything, Miguel Campbell Tickets £25+ » highdefinitionfestival.co.uk

hard rock calling When june 29-30 Where queen elizabeth olympic park the vibe It’s all about the rawk at this six-string legends’ event. After getting cut off during his 50-years-in-themaking performance with Sir McCartney last year, The Boss returns for what’s sure to be another marathon jam sesh. line-up Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band, Paul Weller, Kasabian Tickets £45+ » hardrockcalling.com somerset house series When july 11-21 Where somerset house the vibe Once home to the Duke of Somerset, this house is now a music venue with a stately appearance. The line-up here ranges from up-and-comers to today’s stars across electronica, folk and all in between. line-up Band of Horses, Basement Jaxx, Goldfrapp Tickets £27.50 » somersethouse.org.uk

wireless When July 12-14 Where Queen Elizabeth olympic park the vibe An all-star line-up promises to knock this pop fest all the way out of Olympic Park. Plus, Jay-Z and JT will put on their suits and ties to perform together in the Legends Of The Summer Sunday night show. line-up Justin Timberlake, Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z Tickets £65+ » wirelessfestival.co.uk lovebox When july 19-21 Where victoria park the vibe Renowned DJs and electronic music stars take to the stage at this three-night festival of dance. Prepare to get your rave on. line-up Annie Mac, Flying Lotus, SBTRKT (DJ set) Tickets £29.50+ » mamacolive.com/lovebox homelanz When august 10 Where boston manor the vibe Expect nothing but the finest food and the greatest tunes from the southern hemisphere. This year boasts two stages –

including an acoustic stage – as well as a silent disco, too. line-up Desmond And The Tutus, What Now, Blue King Brown, Jayson Norris Tickets £30 » homelanz.co.uk

south west four When august 24-25 Where clapham common the vibe There’s no better way to end the summer than at the city’s biggest dance party. Following the success of last year’s sold-out event, this 10th anniversary 70-act-strong festival across the bank holiday weekend is sure to be absolutely banging! line-up Armin Van Buuren, Carl Cox, Example, Eric Prydz Tickets £47.50 » southwestfour.com

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2 x standon calling tix This hip, stylish festival in Hertfordshire has a line-up set to stun – De La Soul, Band Of Skulls, Digitalism and loads more – and one of the coolest crowds around.

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FESTIVAL SPECIAL Holy Foals!: the indie-rockers are on fire and set to light up fest stages this year

FOALS Foals come of age this year with number one album Holy

Fire and festival shows around the world. We chat to frontman Yannis Philippakis about his favourite fests, the road to the top and bucking trends WORDS ALASDAIR MORTON

So far, 2013 has been a big year for Foals. The indie-rockers started with chart-smashing new album, Holy Fire, and a sell-out UK tour. With a shedload of festival shows lined up for the summer, including Reading and Leeds’ main stage as well as a headline slot at Latitude, this year is just going to get even bigger for the Oxford five-piece.

And it’s all down to their devotion to bucking expectations, frontman Yannis Philippakis tells us ahead of their summer of full-on festival action.

“Our bull-headed stubbornness is an

intrinsic part of what makes this band what it is,” the singer-guitarist says of the drive and determination that’s seen them climb the ladder to headliner status in a mere eight years. “We are sensitive to [Foals] being something we can take pride in. It has to be like that or we wouldn’t want to do it.”

Their ‘stubbornness’, as Philippakis puts it, has paid off in spades.

Last November, lead single Inhaler hit, its humongous riffs and feral energy heralding the return of a band who’d been out of the limelight since touring

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for the previous LP, Total Life Forever, came to a close 18 months prior.

“We had no idea how it would go down,” he says modestly of the single that slayed all in its path. “We thought it was quite a risky song, in a way. We like the first single to be the track that’s the most exciting to us and is the furthest from what has come before.

Inhaler was a bit of a curveball – it had a visceral energy to it that excited us and if we are excited about something we have faith that others will like it.”

Others certainly did.

The single won Song Of The Year at the NME Awards back in February, a night that was “pretty debauched,” Philippakis recalls.

“I talked to Liam Gallagher and saw [Rolling Stone] Ronnie Wood’s chin.

And I complimented Johnny Marr on his hair – and his guitar playing.”

Holy Fire landed the same month, hitting number two in the UK album charts, and topping the charts Down Under. They played the Big Day Out, gigged in the States and rocked a sell-out UK tour that included the prestigious Royal Albert Hall – not once, but twice, in the same day.

But if you missed these going-downin-history shows, all is not lost. They’ll be tearing up a field somewhere near you this summer as part of a festival schedule that takes them everywhere from Lollapalooza in Chicago to Scotland’s annual party-piss-up T In The Park.

Foals are known for delivering an explosive stage show, and that won’t change in a festival setting.“We play every show like it is our last so that won’t be any different,” Philippakis tells us. “We put a lot of attention into every aspect of the band, from the visuals to the live show,” he adds of what exactly he and the boys put together for the Holy Fire shows thus far, and will be taking out on the road this summer.

“We had an active hand in how the lighting comes together, and we’ve been working with [award-winning concert lighting designer] Davy Sherwin for some time as well as [multi-discipline creative group] Marshmallow Laser Feast.

“We know aesthetically how we want the show to be and we have a strict idea of how we want the visual presentation to look.” When he jokes that one of their plans for their festival shows is “more lasers!” we’re not really sure if he’s kidding or not.

As well as enjoying taking their stonking new album and show around the world, Philippakis and the boys are also looking forward to the festival season as an opportunity to catch up on the bands they’ve not been able to see these last few months.

“Even if we are just there for a day we try and see some stuff,” Philippakis says of his plans to catch some of this summer’s other top acts.

“There is so much music out there that we want to try and catch up on.

Touring can be an isolating experience.

And it’s also nice to see friends and

hang out with bands you haven’t seen for a while, and you get to see new stuff, too.”

So which new acts is Philippakis most looking forward to catching at this summer’s Latitude?

“Jagwar Ma,” he fires back of the Melbournians who are also making big waves this year.

“And [Brit singer-songwriter] Jessie Ware, [former 20th Century Steel Band founding member currently kicking out on the solo trail] Fimber Bravo, [German electro-geniuses] Kraftwerk, obviously. And [NY art-punks] Yeah Yeah Yeahs, too!”

Foals’ summer gets underway at the Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, but they’ll come of age in the beautiful surrounds of the Suffolk countryside back home.

“Latitude has a great line-up and it is an honour to be at the top,” he says of their jump up to the big leagues this year. “We’re going to do a great show and blow it away!”

And so what about the Reading and Leeds shows they have bookending this summer of multi-fest action?

“Reading is the definitive alternative festival. There are so many legendary bands that have played and performances that have taken place there,” Philippakis tells us. He’s not wrong – the rock festival institution has seen classic shows by the likes of Nirvana, Metallica and Guns ‘N’ Roses in years gone by, to name but a few.

“Every time we’ve played it has been an incredible reception. Our favourite Foals show ever was at Reading in 2010, when we played in the John Peel Tent. That was pretty special for us.

“There is always this kind of dirty, depraved atmosphere there. It is going to be fucking awesome – loud and crazy and everything guitar music should be at a festival.” We couldn’t agree more. Bring it on!

» Summer of Foals: Bonnaroo Festival (Jun 14, bonnaroo.com); Subbotnik Festival (Jul 6, kassir.ru); T In The Park (Jul 14, tinthepark.com); Longitude (Jul 19, dublinconcerts.ie); Latitude (Jul 21, latitudefestival.com); Fuji Rock (Jul 26, smash-uk.com/frf13); Lollapalooza (Aug 3, lollapalooza.com); Dockville (Aug 16, msdockville.de). Pukkelpop (Aug 17, pukkelpop.be); Lowlands Festival (Aug 18, lowlands.nl); Reading & Leeds (Aug 23 & 24, readingfestival.com/ leedsfestival.com); Ibiza Rocks (Sep 18, ibizarocks.com).

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UK festivals...

ATP Curated by TV On The Radio When May 10-12 Where pontins, camber sands, kent the vibe All Tomorrows Parties (ATP) knows how to throw a party – the clue’s in the name! This chalet-based fest serves up awesome music without the mud. line-up TV On The Radio, De La Soul, MF Doom Tickets £180 » atpfestival.com the great escape When May 16-18 Where Brighton the vibe Each year 15,000 people take over this south coast city to celebrate 350 of the most exciting new acts and bands across 30 venues city-wide. The UK’s leading new music event. line-up Tom Odell, Billy Bragg, Temples, Chvrches Tickets £35+ » mamacolive.com/ thegreatescape

929 The number of music festivals that took place in the UK over the summer months of 2012

life When May 24-26 Where dublin the vibe This camping-based celebration unites global good-vibe seekers for three days of partying, music, and respect for the environment and one another. line-up Groove Armada, Seth Troxler, Modeselektor Tickets £118 » life-festival.com love saves the day When May 10-12 Where Bristol the vibe In its second year, this mecca for British music is back with a line-up of DJ and live acts set to pump beats through Bristol. line-up Bonoba (live), Feel The Real, Eats Everything Tickets £39.50 » lovesavestheday.org

Comeback: The Stone Roses’ megareunion trail hits V and Isle of Wight Evolution Fest: Newcastle When May 26-27 Where Newcastle the vibe This much-loved event has developed into one of the UK’s most popular festivals for chart-toppers with credibility. line-up The Vaccines, Ellie Goulding, Rudimental, Paloma Faith, Jake Bugg Tickets £29.50 day/ £39.50 weekend » evolutionfestival.co.uk RockNess When June 7-9 Where Inverness, Scotland The Vibe This festival on Loch Ness is a beast of its own with rock, indie, pop and electronic music acts, and a load of funnymen in the comedy tent, too.

Line-Up: Fatboy Slim, Ellie

Goulding, Basement Jaxx TICKETS £130+ weekend » rockness.co.uk

Parklife Weekender When June 8-9 Where Heaton Park, Manchester The Vibe After a sell-out 2012, this weekender aims to start the summer in style with a packed full line-up.

Line-Up Plan B, Example, The Maccabees, Jurassic 5 Tickets £69.50 day pass » parklife.uk.com Isle of Wight When June 13-16 Where Newport, Isle of Wight The Vibe The legendary festival reborn in 2002 continues its dominance as one of the festival calendar mainstays.

Line-Up The Stone Roses,

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glastonbudget When May 24-26 Where turnpost farm, leicestershire the vibe The ‘daddy of tribute’ festivals might just be honouring its influences, but the parties here are most certainly the real deal as the the bands the acts love to sound like get celebrated.

A viable Glasto alternative! line-up Green Date, Four Fighters, The Hot Red Chili Peppers, Knot Slip Tickets £29.50 day pass/ £37 weekend (inc. camping) » glastonbudget.org

Armed: The Killers bring Battle Born to the UK

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Festival Special Breeders, Atlas Sound, Panda Bear, Kim Gordon Tickets £180 weekend » atpfestival.com

The Killers, Bon Jovi, Blondie Tickets: £75 day pass/ £185 weekend (inc. camping) » isleofwightfestival.com

Download When June 14-16 Where Donington Park, Leicestershire The Vibe Rock gods of the past and present take the stage in the UK’s premier rock and metal fest that as always will be a paradise for headbangers.

Line-Up Slipknot, Iron Maiden, Korn, Motorhead, Rammstein Tickets £195 weekend » downloadfestival.co.uk

Beat-Herder When July 5-7 Where Ribble Valley, Lancashire The Vibe B-H claims to be the birthday party your parents never let you have. Better late than never. A fancy-dress fest, it’s the ultimate dub, reggae, dance-punkelectronic-music fantasy.

Line-Up Jimmy Cliff, Jaguar Skills, Norman Jay MBE, Booka Shade (Live) Tickets £111 weekend » beatherder.co.uk Blissfields When July 4-7 Where Vicarage Farm, Winchester The Vibe With the theme ‘the director’s cut’, this year’s event will be outfitted with all of the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. A chance to dress to impress.

Line-Up Bastille, Mystery Jets, Friends Tickets £85 weekend » blissfields.co.uk

Beach Break Live When June 20-24 Where Newquay, Cornwall The Vibe The UK’s premier surf haven’s transformed into a 100-hour beach town party with musicians, DJs, street art and poolside action.

Line-Up Jake Bugg, Aluna George, Devlin, Lucy Rose tickets £20 day pass/ £99 weekend (inc. camping) » beachbreaklive.com

Cornbury Festival When July 5-7 Where The Great Tew Park, Oxfordshire The Vibe This old country fayre turned music fest, celebrating its tenth birthday, is one of the maturer events, with pop, indie and the odd mega-legend, too.

Line-Up Squeeze, Imelda May, Keane, Echo And The Bunnymen, Van Morrison Tickets £70 day pass/ £160 weekend pass (inc. camping) » cornburyfestival.com

ATP Curated by Deerhunter When June 21-23 Where Pontins, Camber Sands, Kent The Vibe The ATP crew welcome Atlanta’s finest, Deerhunter, as this year’s special guest curators.

Line-Up Deerhunter, The

Hop Farm When July 5-7 Where Hop Farm, Kent The Vibe This festival prides itself on no sponsorship and branding, and is famed for both up-and-comers and big star-signing coups.

Line-Up My Bloody Valentine, Rodriguez

Tickets: £65 day pass/ £135 weekend (inc. camping) » hopfarmfestival.com

Tickets £75 day pass/ £194 weekend pass » tinthepark.com

Live From Jodrell Bank When July 6-7, August 30 Where Jodrell Bank, Cheshire The Vibe Although it takes place in the shadow of the Lovell Telescope at the University of Manchester, all of the stars you need to see are on stage at this fast-rising concert series which snags some proper big acts.

Line-Up New Order, Johnny Marr, Sigur Rós Tickets £38.95+ » livefromjodrellbank.com

Magic Summer Live When July 13-14 Where Guildford, Surrey The Vibe Guilfest is taking a year off, replaced by this radio-sponsored event, so expect big crowds at this home counties bash.

Line-Up Bryan Adams, Jamiroquai, Joss Stone.

Tickets £67 day / £122 weekend (inc. camping) » magicsummerlive.co.uk

T In The Park When July 12-14 Where Balado, Scotland The Vibe Seven stages of music at one of the UK’s most popular and riotous music festivals, which draws 85,000 people each year.

Line-Up Mumford And Sons, Rihanna, The Killers

latitude When July 18-21 Where Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk The Vibe Let your artsy side come alive at this laid-back culture fest with music, comedy, poetry, literature, film and more.

Line-Up Bloc Party, Foals Tickets £84.50 day pass/ £190 weekend (inc. camping) » latitudefestival.co.uk

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Pick-a-bow: Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi

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Festival Special Nozstock When July 26-28 Where Bromyard, Herefordshire The Vibe This festival was born from a curious amalgamation of performance art, electronic sounds and traditional guitar strumming. Truly eclectic.

Line-Up The Strypes, Chas And Dave, Dub Pistols Tickets £95 weekend » nozstock.com

Deer Shed Festival When July 19-21 Where Topcliffe, Yorkshire The Vibe The colossal 90-acre site is the perfect setting for the numerous storytellers, artists and musicians that perform at this music, arts and science fest. This year’s theme is ‘Machines’.

Line-Up Edwyn Collins, Gaz Coombes, Willy Mason Tickets £89+ weekend » deershedfestival.com Secret Garden Party When July 25-28 Where Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire The Vibe Now attracting 32,000 lively people for a weekend of camping, melodies and revelry, this not-so-secret festival is a garden party gone crazy.

Line-Up Django Django, Hadouken, Public Service Broadcasting, Soulwax Tickets £165 weekend » secretgardenparty.com Cambridge Folk Festival When July 25-28 Where Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge The Vibe As one of the oldest music festivals in the world, this fair attracts artists representing the gamut of

folk music family, the vibe that comes with that, and even the odd pop star, too.

Line-Up The Mavericks, Bellowhead, KT Tunstall, Levellers, LAPD Tickets £20+ day pass/ £126 weekend (inc. camping)

» cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk

Womad When July 25-28 Where Charlton Park, Malmesbury, Wiltshire The Vibe The festival, meaning World of Music, Arts and Dance, has something for all. A global village of shops complements the entertainment, all with the goal of promoting a multicultural society.

Line-Up Alice Russell, David Rodigan MBE, Rokia Traore, Gilberto Gil Tickets £145 weekend » womad.co.uk Global Gathering When July 26-27 Where Long Marston, Stratford-upon-Avon The Vibe This 12-stage dance marathon won Best Dance Fest at last year’s UK Festival Awards. Yep, it’s good.

Line-Up: Plan B, Disclosure, Nicky Romero, Example Tickets: £115 weekend » globalgathering.com

EDITOR’S CHOICE... glastonbury WheN June 26-30 Where Pilton, Somerset The VibE The king of all festivals returns after a year off with a line-up that absolutely rocks, with Mumford And Sons, Arctic Monkeys and the Rolling Stones headlining. But this iconic event is about more than just the music, with 150,000 festivalgoers revelling in the wide variety of entertainments on offer.

Line-uP Primal Scream, Portishead, Public Enemy, Cat Power, Palma Violets, Foals, Alt-J, The Vaccines TicketS £205+ » glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

Kendal Calling When July 26-28 Where Lowther Deer Park, Lake District The Vibe This contemporary rural fest maintains a limited capacity so the stages are easily accessible and queues at the bars are never long.

Line-Up: Basement Jaxx, The Charlatans, Primal Scream Tickets: £125 weekend » kendalcalling.co.uk

Eastern Electrics When August 2-4 Where Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire The Vibe Combining leading purveyors of house and techno, with some fast-rising stars, this party promises to be mind-blowing.

Line-Up Joy Orbison, Seth Troxler, Richie Hawtin, Josh Wink, Eats Everything Tickets £40+ day/ £115 weekend (inc. camping) » easternelectrics.com Standon Calling When August 2-4 Where Standon, Hertfordshire The Vibe Just 40 minutes from London, this hipster festival hosted Mumford And Sons and Florence And The Machine before they were huge, so expect big things from its carefully crafted bill.

Also, there’s swimming pools, BBQs and a rave in a barn.

Line-Up De La Soul, Band Of Skulls, Digitalism Tickets: £99 weekend » standon-calling.com

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V-dazzle: Kings of Leon headline the massive pop-rock fest with Beyoncé

Camp Bestival When August 1-4 Where Lulworth Castle, Dorset The Vibe A place where campers meet the friendly spirit of independent festivals with constructive arts and crafts and top literature, music acts and spoken word.

Line-Up Richard Hawley, The Levellers, Gabrielle Aplin, Toots and the Maytals Tickets £200 weekend » campbestival.net

FESTIVAL SPECIAL BOOM TOWN FAIR WHEN August 8-11 WHERE Matterly Estate, Hampshire THE VIBE The self-styled “maddest town in the UK” is conjured in the middle of the countryside and packed with 13,000 residents. There’s restaurants, comedy, theatre, music, fancy dress and more.

Totally mental.

LINE-UP The Selector, Mad Caddies, Toots And The Maytals TICKETS: £155 weekend » boomtownfair.co.uk WILDERNESS WHEN August 8-11 WHERE Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire THE VIBE While there are some great acts on the line-up, the top-billed one might just be Cornbury Park itself – 1700 acres of almost untouched natural grandeur.

A top-notch musical habitat.

LINE-UP Empire Of The Sun, Noah And The Whale, Michael Kiwanuka, Rodriguez TICKETS £146.50 weekend » wildernessfestival.com

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V FESTIVAL WHEN August 17-18 WHERE Hylands Park, Essex/ Weston Park, Stratfordshire THE VIBE Like listening to the radio, but live. Big crowd favourites, chart-toppers and indie upstarts.

LINE-UP Beyoncé, Kings Of Leon, Stereophonics, The Script, Calvin Harris, Jessie J TICKETS: £89 day/ £185 weekend (inc. camping) » vfestival.com CREAMFIELDS WHEN August 23-25 WHERE Daresbury, Cheshire THE VIBE Repeat winner of UK’s Best Dance Fest, this mega-outdoor club brings 40,000 beat addicts together.

LINE-UP The Prodigy, David Guetta, Avicii, Skream, Afrojack, Groove Armada TICKETS £70 day/ £150+ weekend (inc. camping) » creamfields.com

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READING AND LEEDS WHEN August 23-25 WHERE Richfield Avenue, Reading/ Bramham Park, Leeds THE VIBE Huge names in rock, punk and alternative travel across two locations at this all-out rock fest that is known for having the biggest and best acts. A bank holiday weekend institution.

LINE-UP: Biffy Clyro, Green Day, Eminem, Fall Out Boy, Deftones, Editors TICKETS: £90 day / £200 weekend (inc camping) » leedsfestival.com/ readingfestival.com END OF THE ROAD WHEN August 30September 1 WHERE Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset THE VIBE An old-fashioned festival that guarantees top food, beer and music.

LINE-UP Sigur Rós, Belle And Sebastian, David Byrne TICKETS £165 weekend » endoftheroadfestival.com BESTIVAL WHEN September 5-8 WHERE Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of Wight THE VIBE Today’s stars and legends from yesteryear combine at this Rob Da Bank-curated musos’ fave.

LINE-UP Elton John, Snoop Dogg, Franz Ferdinand TICKETS £199 weekend » bestival.net

Up in lights: electrofor festival fashionistas pop star Ellie Goulding

THE VIBE Mischief and misrule run amok in the Black Mountains, where all-night bonfires, locally sourced food, and ale and cider sippings add to the Welsh wilderness magic.

LINE-UP Band Of Horses, Ben Howard, The Horrors TICKETS £145+ weekend » greenman.net

BEAUTIFUL DAYS WHEN August 16-18 WHERE Escot Park, Devon THE VIBE Get ready for some of the above in picturesque Devon. There’s healing areas, real ale bars and a seated theatre tent to add to the glorious tunes.

LINE-UP Primal Scream, Ocean Colour Scene, Levellers TICKETS £120 weekend » beautifuldays.org

GREENBELT WHEN August 23-26 WHERE Cheltenham Racecourse THE VIBE Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, this Christian-based festival has a history of inclusive and diverse performance acts.

LINE-UP Amadou & Mariam, Lemar, Mama Rosin TICKETS £109 weekend » greenbelt.org.uk SHAKEDOWN WHEN September 28 WHERE Brighton THE VIBE No matter what way you shake it, this event, where every after-party requires its own after-party, is sure to provide an explosive end to summer.

LINE-UP Rizzle Kicks, Labrinth, DJ Fresh, Delilah TICKETS £45 » shakedown.co.uk

FESTIVAL NO.6 WHEN September 13-15 WHERE Portmeirion, Wales THE VIBE Awarded best new festival after its first year, this banquet of music and arts returns for an encore.

LINE-UP Manic Street Preachers, James Blake, Everything Everything TICKETS: £70 day/ £180+ weekend » festivalnumber6.com GREEN MAN WHEN August 15-18 WHERE Glanusk Park, Wales

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further afield ■ great wall

music festival May 5, Beijing, China As it says, it’s a music festival next to the Great Wall of China. A stunning location, with David Guetta and Andy C confirmed. It’s only a few weeks away so get moving. » greatwallmusicfestival.com

quick chat with... public service broadcasting Frontman J Willgoose Esq on his innovative band’s debut album, Inform, Educate, Entertain, and upcoming summer festivals.

We first saw you playing Tooting Broadway Market last year. It’s been a big 12 months...

Haha, that was probably the last one they did there. They got too many noise complaints and shut it down after that.

Where did you get the idea to combine old public service films with new music?

A Radio 4 show that mentioned a release of BFI archive films and Rick Prelinger, the curator of a US archive. I made a song out of an old film called Coughs And Sneezes Spread Diseases.

I thought a concept album where each song was a public service information film was a terrible idea but I did it anyway!

Do you look for particular things in clips?

I look within a genre and have a rough idea about what a song needs to be about. There’s a song called The Now Generation, a tongue-in-cheek fashion song skewed towards the corduroy end of the market. I was looking for kitschy Sixties and Seventies footage and found a film that was all about corduroy! It was just really lucky.

What’s the strangest film you’ve seen?

I saw an appalling film called Boys Beware about the fear of sexual predators. I wanted to do a tongue-in-cheek update to celebrate everything that’s changed. But it was hard to do that and be clear that was the angle I was coming from.

What are your musical influences?

My background is guitar music. Oasis ignited

that teenage spark to get into music. One of the influences has been a Jamaican dancehall compilation. And on Spitifre there is a load of Krautrock – I didn’t want a song that just celebrated the English side of the war so I put a Krautrock beat on it to celebrate culture since.

You’re playing some great out of the way towns on the album launch tour ...

Yeah, the Highlands dates are really exciting, we played a festival in Ullapool last year and the guy who booked us said he had a great run of Highlands dates that the Mumfords, Jake Bugg and Paolo Nutini had done. So that’s what we’re doing before the tour starts in Edinburgh. It is a beautiful country, and the whisky there is great!

Which fests are you looking forward to?

Glastonbury – it’s the one every band wants to play. Our eccentricity should go down well!

Did you go to festivals a lot as a punter?

I always had a great time at Bestival – I saw the Beastie Boys there in 2007 and they were amazing. I went to Glastonbury in 2005 but woke up one morning to find we were totally flooded.

My advice is to camp at the top of a hill!

» Inform, Educate, Entertain is out May 6.

PSB play Village Underground (May 22 & 27); Wychwood (June 1); Hidden Hills (Jun 21); Blissfields (Jul 5); Hop Farm Fest (Jul 6); Beat-Herder (Jul 7); Barclay Card British Summertime (Jul 1); Leefest (Jul 14); Truck Festival (Jul 19); Deershed Fest (Jul 21); Secret Garden Party (Jul 26); Wickerman (Jul 27); Kendal Calling (Jul 28); Y-Not Fest (Aug 2) » publicservicebroadcasting.net

■ Bonnaroo June 13-16, Manchester, Tennessee, US This mega-sized music and arts festival has a stack of talent to keep you entertained from Reggie Watts in the comedy tent, to Paul McCartney, Mumford And Sons, Tom Petty and ZZ Top. Eclectic and extensive. » bonnaroo.com ■ fuji rocks July 26-28. Naeba Ski Resort, Niigata, Japan Independence, cooperation and respect for nature are the ethos of this countrysideset alt-rock festival. Nine Inch Nails, Bjork, The Cure, Skrillex and loads more join the leafy party. Invigorating. » smash-uk.com/frf13 ■ lollapalooza August 2-4, Grant Park, Chicago, US A long-standing alternative music fest started in the Nineties by Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction. Its line-up – including The Cure, The Killers, The Postal Service, New Order – is unsurpassed.

Ass-kicking! » lollapalooza.com ■ burning man Aug 26-Sep 2. Black Rock Desert, Nevada, US You don’t get the big bands here. What you do get is a week-long party in an impromptu city based on community, art and self-reliance. Hippy vibes are plentiful. » burningman.com

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Spring Festival When May 29-June 2 Where Graz, Austria THE VIBE Electronic music is the most important type of music on earth. At least, that’s what this festival and its 12,000 concert-goers preach each year at the five-day party.

LINE-UP Chilly Gonzales, Mark Ronson, SBTRKT Tickets £25-£126 » springfestival.at Optimus Primavera Sound When May 30-June 1 Where Porto, Portugal THE VIBE Balancing experimental and mainstream music, this coastal fest also puts on free concerts in the city centre.

LINE-UP Blur, Dead Can Dance, Grizzly Bear, My Bloody Valentine Tickets £47 day pass/ £107 weekend (inc. camping)

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Meadows in The Mountains Festival When June 7-9 Where Smolian, Bulgaria THE VIBE With top acts in delightful scenery, this is how festivals should all be.

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Got game: Melbourne psych rockers Tame Impala Ibiza Rocks When Wednesdays and Fridays, June 5-September 20 Where San Antonio, Ibiza THE VIBE The concert series that brought guitars and drums to the island of dance, Ibiza Rocks lasts 17 weeks and has an eclectic line up of six-stringer acts.

LINE-UP Jake Bugg, Rizzle Kicks, The Vaccines, Mistajam Tickets £34+ » ibizarocks.com

Love System When May 29-June 3 Where Petrcane, Croatia THE VIBE Set in a woodland bay, this festival creates a communal atmosphere and is designed specifically for attendees who want to spend equal time relaxing and partying.

LINE-UP Shonky, Bicep, Ralph Lawson, Finnebassen Tickets £89 » lovesystemfestival.com

Rock Am Ring / im park When June 7-9 Where Nurburgring/ Nuremberg, Germany THE VIBE The German equivalent of Reading/Leeds, this festival uses one line-up in two separate locations full of punk, rock and endless guitar solos mixing global acts with national stars.

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EDITOR’S CHOICE... bilbao BBK WheN July 11-13 Where Bilbao, Spain The VibE This young festival is quickly establishing itself as one of the leading lights on the Euro-fest scene – big acts, a fab, mountainside locale and a great little city on the coast with beaches 20 mins away for daytime chilling.

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Sonar When June 13-15 Where Barcelona, Spain THE VIBE Prides itself on its selection of “advanced” new music and hosts the most cutting edge and forwardthinking artists out there, irrespective of genre.

LINE-UP Pet Shop Boys, Skrillex, Soulwax, Seth Troxler Tickets £34 day pass/ £150 weekend pass » sonar.es/en INMusic When June 24-26 Where Lake Jarun, Zagreb, Croatia THE VIBE Of all of the summer Croatian music fests, this is the largest open-air event, famed for its crowddrawing big name acts.

LINE-UP Arctic Monkeys, Basement Jaxx, Bloc Party Tickets £40 weekend pass » inmusicfestival.com/en Innovation in the Sun When June 25-July 2 Where Barcelona, Spain THE VIBE Now celebrating its 10th year, this seaside rave has invited more than 100 artists to provide the soundtrack to the year’s craziest parties.

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Roskilde When June 29-July 7 Where Darupvej, Roskilde, Denmark THE VIBE Denmark’s first music festival began as a hippie event in 1971. Now more mainstream, the dedication to music, culture and humanism remains.

LINE-UP Crystal Castles, Kraftwerk, The National, Animal Collective Tickets £111 day pass / £219 weekend pass (inc. camping) » roskilde-festival.dk Hideout When July 3-5 Where Zrce Beach, Croatia THE VIBE Just two years old, this up-and-coming festival with hundreds of boat parties is an electronic feast.

LINE-UP Chase & Status, Four Tet, Jamie Jones, Erol Alkan Tickets £199 weekend pass » hideoutfestival.com Heineken Open’er When July 3-6 Where Gdynia, Poland THE VIBE Last year’s heavy rainfall at the four-day festival gave adventurous attendees the chance to pontoon. Rain or shine, this year promises modern art, film festivals and dancing to reggae, rock and gypsy-punk.

LINE-UP Alt-J, Editors, Modest Mouse, Tame Impala Tickets £39 day pass/ £97 festival pass » opener.pl/en garden festival When July 3-19 Where Tisno, Croatia THE VIBE Chill out and feel the beats as this seaside electronic music boutique festival enters its eighth season. With capacity limited to just 2000 people, you’re guaranteed top access to the sand and sun while you soak up the tunes.

Go to it: turntable king Skrillex LINE-UP Auntie Flo, Crazy P, Feel The Real, Floating Points Tickets: £35 day pass/ £105 weekend pass » thegardenfestival.eu

exit When July 10-14 Where Novi Sad, Serbia THE VIBE A diverse mix of guitars and electronica sounds can be found at this Serbian fest, with mainstream indie headliners and out-there DJs. LINE-UP Atoms For Peace, Snoop Dogg, Bloc Party Tickets: £95 five-day pass » exitfest.org/sr ULTRA When July 12-14 Where Split and Hvar, Croatia THE VIBE This is the first year the massive electronica event is being held in Europe, moving on from Miami, its home since 1999. The first

few days are hosted at Poljud Stadium in Split, before it moves to the Hotel Amfora Grand Beach Resort on the island of Hvar.

LINE-UP AfroJack, Armin Van Buuren, Carl Cox Tickets: £102 three-day camping pass » euromusicfestivals.com

Super Bock Super Rock When July 18-20 Where Fetais, Portugal THE VIBE With stages for major bands, alternative acts and electronic DJs, too, you can’t go wrong at what is one of Europe’s oldest festivals.

LINE-UP Azealia Banks, Queens Of The Stone Age, Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, Johnny Marr, Kaiser Chiefs, Toy, Ash Tickets: £41 daily pass / £77 three-day camping pass » superbocksuperrock.pt

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Festival Special Oya When August 6-10 Where Oslo, Norway THE VIBE This boutique festival is a short walk from both 11th-century ruins and Oslo’s city centre. On stage, expect everything from current cool kids to thrash metal titans and beyond.

LINE-UP Blur, Tame Impala, Slayer, Kraftwerk Tickets £93+ day pass » oyafestivalen.com

Open air: catch Arctic Monkeys at InMusic in Croatia Benicàssim When July 18-21 Where Benicàssim, Spain THE VIBE A favourite with Brits, this Catalan treasure gives indie newcomers and rock legends the chance to rub shoulders with electronic DJs, experimental artists and local groups.

LINE-UP The Killers, Arctic Monkeys, Queens of the Stone Age, La Roux Tickets £150 weekend pass » fiberfib.com Melt!

When July 19-21 Where Ferropolis, Germany THE VIBE More than 80 live acts appear on six floors of a giant industrial museum that pays homage to the city’s coal-mining roots. Unique.

LINE-UP Atoms For Peace, Ben UFO, Catz ‘N Dogz, Rudimental Tickets £102 three-day pass » meltfestival.de Kazantip When July 31-August 14 Where Popovka, Ukraine THE VIBE The focus isn’t so much on who’s performing, but who’s attending, as the world’s most beautiful and

trendy convene for this two-week-long party with everything from D’n’B, dubstep, house, techno and trance. Electronic heaven.

LINE-UP Crystal Sound, Deep ‘N Disco, MindTwist Tickets £69 day pass/ £137 festival pass » kazantip.com

Dockville Festival When August 16-18 Where Hamburg, Germany THE VIBE This herbaceous festival on Europe’s biggest river-created island in Hamburg has an eclectic line up of electronica, leftfield indie as well as big rock acts.

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Off When August 2-4 Where Katowice, Poland THE VIBE Yes, this festival is really cheap, but the quality is anything but second-rate.

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Sziget When August 5-12 Where Obudai Island, Budapest, Hungary THE VIBE It’s ironic one of Europe’s biggest festivals is Stop Making Sense on a small island – the ‘island When August 1-4 of freedom’, as it’s known for Where Tisno, Croatia the weekend. But with more THE VIBE This top-notch than 60 venues, 200 daily event recently relocated to shows and 400,000 festival Tisno, the place to be for goers, the hype’s deserved. summer in Croatia. The LINE-UP Blur, Empire of the eclectic atmosphere only Sun, The Cribs, Biffy Clyro benefits from the tiki bars, beach sports and boat parties Tickets £38 day pass/ £170 week camping pass at this dance music fiesta. » sziget.hu LINE-UP Dixon, Steve Bug,

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Why porn is good for you Porn director Anna Arrowsmith on why she wants more people to watch blue movies and her budding career as a politician Words LAURA CHUBB

For Anna Arrowsmith – or Anna Span, to use her industry name – pornography is not only good for society, but she feels it is her mission to encourage more people to watch it.

She became the UK’s first female porn director in 1998 and her debut film, Eat Me/ Keep Me, aired on Television X in 1999. “I want to make it acceptable for women to buy it – that’s an important part of my job,” she tells TNT over the phone from her home in Kent. She’s as unapologetic about her views as you’d expect from someone who, a decade into making pornography, became the Liberal Democrats’ candidate for Gravesham.

Arrowsmith will take on formidable Aussie feminist Germaine Greer at a debate on porn’s role in society this week, hosted by Intelligence Squared at the Royal Institution in central London. The evening posits the idea that, rather than turn viewers into desensitised, sick-minded slavering fuckbeasts (TNT’s words, not theirs), pornography in fact has a positive impact on people. Arrowsmith will be arguing for that motion and Greer – no surprise – will be railing against it.

Whatever your feelings on the subject, there’s little doubt Arrowsmith is a pioneer. Her work, which she terms “female point of view” porn, tries a different tack to the typical stuff coming out of the US industry (so to speak). “I don’t say I make porn for women, I make it from a female perspective,” Arrowsmith tells us. This involves subtle tweaks to the format, such as greater attention to realism and plot.

“I didn’t want to do the, ‘here’s a prim and proper young lady and here comes the pizza boy to show her what sex is all about’,” Arrowsmith explains. Instead, there are more believable storylines. Think 2003’s Pound A Punnet, which is about women working on London market stalls and having sex in their lunch hours. There’s also more variety: “I don’t market it by single sex acts, so I don’t just do all anal or all gang bangs or whatever.” Presumably mixing it up is more in keeping with a woman’s ability to multi-task than a man’s one-track mind.

Another thing Arrowsmith has brought to the industry – and which the ladies both working in porn and watching it are probably most thankful for – is good-looking men.

“When I started shooting in ’98, there was very little choice and I had to go out of my way to audition a lot of guys and get new men into the industry,” the director reveals. “In America, [there were just] pig-ugly, 40- or 50-year-old men

with 20-year-old women.” She says this has largely changed throughout porn moviedom now, but her films remain progressive by including shots from the “female eye line” that linger on male actors; Arrowsmith points out that porn is traditionally “shot from a man’s perspective”.

Breaking into the boys’ club that is the porn movie business hasn’t won the director all-round plaudits – although the industry itself has awarded her a number of accolades, including Indie Porn Pioneer at the Feminist

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Porn Awards in Toronto and Best Director (twice) at the UK Adult Film & TV Awards. Her first forays into making pornography were when she studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Arrowsmith wrote a dissertation called Towards A New Pornography and submitted an accompanying film (“My adverts for performers to appear ››

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Liberal: Nick Clegg says porn isn’t his “cup of tea”.

Right: Arrowsmith films on the set of Hug A Hoodie [in it] were defaced and torn down by members of staff and my final film was refused a public airing,” she confesses).

She also faced a few stark realities when working on her first porn shoot: “The man couldn’t get an erection, which I hadn’t even thought of! It was outside in October so that may have been why.”

Funnily enough, it seems to be largely women who take offence to this well-educated female who enjoys filming people shagging; Greer won’t be the first feminist that Arrowsmith’s butted heads against. Gail Dines, an internationally renowned feminist and anti-porn activist, once said of Arrowsmith: “Women who work in the sex industry and promote this in the name of feminism are the scabs of the feminist movement.”

Sure, Arrowsmith identifies herself as a feminist, telling us the mainstream porn industry is “sexist” and that she’s against the “sexualisation of imagery of women”. If you find that hard to process along with the fact Arrowsmith has made money from asking women to have sex on camera, it’s not as nonsensical as you might think. “If you’re dealing with sex then using sexual imagery is justified,” she reasons. “If you’re selling carpets and using female beauty to do it, that’s unjustifiable.” It seems in Arrowsmith’s view, advertisements in which women are always doing the cleaning and looking after the children are far more damaging to society than porn.

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idea of women liking porn has already entered the mainstream (some would say not before time), thanks to 50 Shades Of Grey.

“I didn’t finish because it was so bad,” Arrowsmith laughs when we ask for an opinion on EL James’ “mummy porn”. “[Forgetting] the content of the book, though, I wholeheartedly support what she’s done. The fact women are out there making this stuff is for the better.”

Arrowsmith, however, might not go out there and make this stuff ever again. She’s taken a three-year hiatus from filming to study for a PhD and, having increased the Lib Dem vote share by more than the regional average when she stood for Gravesham in 2010 (Nick Clegg was a master of understatement when he said her profession wasn’t his “cup of tea”, but added at least she wasn’t “a cardboard cut-out Westminster politician”), she doesn’t rule out a return to politics. But why might she not go back to porn? The ease of having her copyright ripped off on the web – a problem that, she insists, is sinking independent filmmakers like herself and allowing only the big (male-dominated) companies to survive.

“It’s got to make money,” she says. “I’m not going to do it for nothing, you know?”

And suddenly it occurs to us that Anna Arrowsmith not making porn might be bad for society. Who woulda thunk it? ❚ Pornography Is Good For Us. April 23, 7pm. £10. 21 Albemarle Street, W1S 4BSQ Green Park Tickets have sold out, but you can join the wait list at intelligencesquared.com More on Anna Arrowsmith at annaspansdiary.com See her campaign site for sex workers at weconsent.org

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Formidable: Arrowsmith faces Germaine Greer at the debate

about the subject.” But what we will say is that history doesn’t appear to be on the side of those who wish to stamp it out.

Graphic depictions of sex in art pre-date civilisation (think naughty prehistoric rock carvings), and even the trailblazers for civilisation itself, the Romans, loved their erotica (plenty of fruity finds were dug up in the first large-scale excavations of Pompeii in the 1860s). It’s likely that so long as there are people, there’ll be porn. So if it’s here to stay, perhaps it is better men and women learn to love it equally. After all, the

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LifestyleHEALTH CLASS OF THE WEEK

parkour There is probably no one better suited to teach free running – aka, the art of running over obstacles and up walls – than Sébastien Foucan. If you don’t know his name, you’d recognise him from the opening sequence of Casino Royale, in which he engages Daniel Craig’s James Bond in a spectacular on-foot chase in Madagascar. He is sharing his art at Westway Sports Centre, and I joined a class to see how achievable free running is to a total novice. The class quickly divides in two, the first being those who’ve mastered the basics (precision jumping, rolling into a ball and quickly standing up, as well as some incredibly high leaps). This group proceeds to scramble around a playground, jump over tall obstacles and monkey up pillars. The rest of us practice the basics. After a few scrapes, I jump over a wall fairly swiftly. Oddly, jumping on tall objects seems to fill me with fear.

I manage to leap, and land on one foot, but getting both feet up at the same time remains a challenge. It is a difficult (and bruising) art. Judging by the regulars, who are loving it, I get the sense that the sport really opens itself up after a few sessions.

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Man-icured Survey says men fork out more on pre-sex spruceups than women. TNT’s boys see if it’s worth it Compiled by Daisy carrington

When we saw that gents spend more on getting ready for a romantic night out than their lady friends – an msn.co.uk survey says guys splash an average £46.79 on pre-date treatments, from haircuts to waxing all areas, £5 more than women – we had to find out if it’s worth the outlay. So TNT’s male staff (a crew not exactly au fait with the salon) tested some of the city’s more acclaimed groomers.

Dan Thorne: Traditional wet shave Murdock London’s head barber, Matthew Hughes, prepped my overgrown stubble with a shaving oil and scrubbed the rest of my face with a mix of aloe vera, jojoba oil, pumice and herbal extracts.

To prep my hairy chops for the razor, Hughes wrapped my face in hot towels.

He then lathered me up before unveiling a frightening Shavette straight razor. Seeing a blade bearing down on your face gives you a sense of manliness, which kinda balances out the pampering aspect of the experience.

BABE MAGNET FACTOR: I walked out of Murdock a super clean-shaven, greatsmelling, smooth-as-a-baby’s-bum gent (and I reckon a very dateable one at that). My girl would at least be spared stubble rash when it came time to smooching. While she liked the feel of my face, my girlfriend said she

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Alasdair Morton: Facial Not quite brave enough for an intimate wax (which Nickel Spa also offers), I stopped in for a speedy facial. Do I have an oily T-zone? Do I suffer from breakouts? These are some of the questions I was asked as I sat down, barechested. Truth is, I’d not thought about these much before, but probably yes. I shouldn’t be washing with soap, I discovered (a frequent male mistake, apparently).

For my time-saving half-hour speed facial, I was subjected to a hydrating neck and face massage, skin cleansing and face mask, followed by moisturiser and an eye contour lift. Me and my face left feeling quite refreshed, replenished and reformed. Sorry soap, your time has been called.

BABE MAGNET FACTOR: A lack of pussing face bulges and horrific red splotches is a good thing when it comes to wooing the opposite sex. The missus was dead impressed, and said my face had never felt so smooth or “looked so reflective”. However, she pointed out I smelled “like an old lady”.

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Designed to clear up any outbreaks of back spots (a sporadic complaint of mine) the back tone and tonic first involves a deep clean, then a thorough exfoliation, then another clean, at which point, Zsuzsa my treatment therapist and an eight-year industry veteran, sets about squeezing my back spots – a

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This is followed by an incredible 45-minute massage. Zsuzsa seeks out my knots like an assassin and exterminates them with extreme prejudice.

BABE MAGNET FACTOR: There is something specifically gross about back spots. They suggest fundamental uncleanliness that is extremely unattractive and massively unfair.

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Music industry 2.0 Wanna work with tomorrow’s divas? It’s going to take an open mind, a sturdy work ethic and lots of skills Words daisy carrington Once upon a time, the music industry was segregated by task – producers, A&Rs, managers and PRs all had a separate function. Today, the lines are blurred, and breaking into the industry means knowing how to do it all.

Changing industry “The internal structure of the music industry has changed dramatically over the last 10 years,” observes Helen Gammons, director of Henley Business School’s music industry programme.

“For one, the industry has shrunk so much, meaning those players that remain have less time for artist development. The market place also moves much faster.”

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only bastions of music production, and traditional roles, like A&R (meaning artists and repertoire) are in increasingly short supply. According to Gammons, that is no reason to lose heart.

“The beauty of the industry is that there are so many ways to cut the cake, if you’d like,” she says. “If today’s entrants have a broad vision, and understand the tools that are in front of them, there are many more opportunities available. Every film and computer game needs music. There are so many outlets that you don’t have to go via a record label to get in.”

Also, the old jobs have been absorbed into new ones, so someone wanting to discover new talent would do better setting up in PR (public relations). That’s how Billy Burrell, who

represents artists at Impressive PR, got into the business.

“We pride ourselves on breaking new talent. I actually spearheaded that section at my old company,” Burrell says.

“I know people who do A&R for major labels, and it’s quite a difficult job to get into full-time. More and more, radio pluggers, online PRs and social media people are doing A&R as well.”

Get your foot in According to Martyn Ware, founding member of bands The Human League and Heaven 17 as well as a music producer, the main requirement to breaking into music is passion.

“It’s very hard work,” he says. “It’s not always glamorous, and a lot of the time, it’s just a grind. You have to do it

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because you love doing Learning the ropes in your programming it, and have to view that Martyn Ware recommends Camden’s abilities. It’s not like the as being your payment, Roundhouse as a place to grow your old days where there’s a because at the start, skillset and network with industry traditional job path. It’s you’re going to struggle experts. The creative group has not working for a bank. to make money.” affordable drop-in sessions (£2) and There’s no traditional Pinpointing a salary workshops (from £20) for under 25s. ladder you can work for any position in the Participants can learn how to run your way up. Those industry is difficult. days are long gone. You a radio studio, learn music software Those starting out will have to be adaptive, or train as a voice coach. Mainly, very likely earn zilch, creative and sociable.” though, Ware notes it’s a good spot as the best break could Burrell notes that for hobnobbing. easily come in the form going to gigs, big and “They have a lot of artists who of an unpaid internship. small, is still a valuable come through, and they encourage A junior PR might earn way to meet industry them to pass on their knowledge. in the area of £18,000 professionals and You never know who you’ll bump annually. A lot of jobs potential colleagues, into or what contact you’ll make.” also come with and practice talent roundhouse.org.uk scouting as well. a commission on new talent signed. Rise up in What to expect the industry and Burrell says the earning potential is “limitless”.

Long hours are par for the course.

Ware notes that a diversified skill set Burrell reckons he works past 10pm is the best bet for landing a job. most nights, and many weekends. He “Nowadays, it’s such a competitive also attends two to three gigs a week, field that you almost have to be a searching out new talent and keeping multiple threat,” he says. “So learn an eye on his current clients. programming, music theory, and listen “I worked 55 hours to every kind of music, not just, say, this week, “ he says. dubstep, or whatever you’re into, “I love what I do, so NEXT week but everything.” it doesn’t always Work it: TNT Networking is also key. feel like work, but checks out the “If you’re musical, get out there,” it essentially is, and job market in Ware insists. “Play in a band, and you I never fully get Singapore might meet people who are interested to relax.”

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One day I could be rummaging through a client’s closet, sourcing pre-loved treasure, and the next I could be on a product photo shoot.

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A seven-metre-long wasp nest found in an abandoned building in Tenerife could steal the world’s largest nest title from New Zealand.

The current record, at 3.5 metres, was found on a farmstead in Waimauku near Auckland in 1963. It was so heavy that it fell from the tree where it had been built and broke in two.

The new contender, created out of bark, could be nearly double the size of the incumbent champion. Experts reported loads of the stinging insects inside an abandoned hut on the Canary Island.

They’re now working out how to safely measure the nest before removing it. tweets of the week @WorldNomads Only thing I can live with being behind NZ in is rugby.

Wake up Oz! Pass gay marriage laws! @Charles_HRH Margaret Thatcher’s funeral. Over 18’s only. No miners @simonblackwell British do this stuff well – both the pomp & ceremony and the disrespectful piss-taking

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two-million-hectare park. Spokesman William Mabasa warned other visitors not to get too close to the animals when driving around.

“It is not yet clear why the elephant turned aggressive,” he said, adding that the male driver was airlifted to hospital.

In a no-shit-Sherlock statement, he told tourists to look out for “huge animals and try not to get too close whenever they see one approaching on the road”.

In November last year, a German tourist who was among a group of travellers was badly injured when a white rhino charged at her while taking a guided walk inside the world-famous park.

avoid incest? there’s an app for that iceland

It’s perhaps something you’ve never really thought about before, but now there’s an app to make sure you don’t unwittingly date a family member.

Islendingabók let’s you and your potential partner find out how closely you’re related by bumping phones.

The Android software, with the tagline “bump the app before you bump in bed” was developed in Iceland and includes the details of 720,000 people born in the country since the Vikings settled it.

It came too late for one person who left a message on the app’s website, declaring: “If I’d had this earlier, maybe I would not go home with my aunt.”

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A policewoman in Sydney has been dubbed the “coolest in Australia” after a video of her dancing on the city streets went viral.

The uniformed female constable was keeping watch at a youth event in Martin Place when an older man who was already dancing approached and encouraged her to have a boogie.

With no hesitation she stepped into the middle of the small, approving crowd and showed off some flamboyant moves to a pulsating dance track.

Footage of the dance has been posted and shared across a number of websites, with one user calling the officer the coolest Down Under.

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A beer utilising the droppings of elephants, made by a brewery in Japan, has sold out in minutes.

The beverage is brewed using coffee beans that have passed through the animals, before being collected as waste and cleaned.

Whether the idea disgusts you or intrigues you doesn’t really matter as it’s proved incredibly popular.

Apparently since elephant dung coffee somehow became a thing last year and

Number, in people, that Australia’s population is set to reach on April 23 at 9.57pm, increasing by 1048 a day

Full of shit: elephant dung beer begun selling at over £68 a kilo, something of a fad has grown up around the stuff, particularly in Japan.

One man described the beer as “mellow”, although he added: “It was a familiar aroma that accompanied me through the entire beer.”

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I‘m up for crass and non-politically correct, but this was just MAN TRIES TO PAY FOR disgusting and not SEX WITH FAST FOOD at all funny NEW MEXICO

A man has been arrested in New Mexico for allegedly trying to pay for sexual favours with McDonald’s.

Donald Jones, 58, was being followed by police as he bought some burgers at a drive-through. He then drove into a park where officers pounced on his truck before he could get amongst his quarter pounder.

They found a half-naked woman who confessed she had agreed to have sex with Jones accepting the food in lieu of cash.

To make matters worse, police also allegedly found drugs. D’oh.

Aussie journo Megan Miller slams comedian Tracy Morgan after punters walked out of his Melbourne show

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Gay or straight?: the rainbow didn’t mind being called either

‘Big gay rainbow’: good for farmers and same-sex duos

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For those not affected, though, NZ’s breakthrough is no big deal

Australia looked like a backward hell-hole last week as New Zealand was enshrouded by a “big gay rainbow” at the passing of a bill that, at its third reading, made it legal for men and women who like men and women – in that order – to marry.

That’s what social media told me last week. My gay mates were stoked that a government, if not their own, had given their relationships the same legal weight as heterosexual ones (when Australia hasn’t, and in the near future won’t). The straight ones were even more ecstatic, weirdly, through a feeling of injustice for their friends or (more likely) a perceived need to impress their open-mindedness in lieu of being gay themselves.

Instead of dinner and bad holiday snaps, there were pictures of gay icons such as Bert and Ernie moving to NZ. Most popular though was the speech by Maurice Williamson. The National Party MP for Pakuranga is clearly smart above the average, but likely speaks for more people than I or my gay or straight friends do.

Williamson supported the bill, but asked it not be made “into a big deal”. Importantly, he acknowledged those who may not understand or like the idea of a homosexual marriage being the same as theirs. I, like probably many of you, come from a generation where this bill makes total sense. But I know plenty of people who, for generational, religious or cultural reasons – not from a cruel-hearted place – don’t. To them, Williamson said “the sun will still rise tomorrow” and “you will not have toads in your bed”. “This is fantastic for the people it affects, but for the rest of us, life will go on,” he said. Amen. He mocked the priest who predicted a “gay onslaught” and tore to hilarious shreds another who said he’d burn in hell for eternity – his physics degree helped him decide that’s not physically possible.

I especially liked his closing line, about the “big gay rainbow“ over his electorate after the bill coincided with welcome rains. Perhaps the “big gay rainbow” should be the symbol for anything that doesn’t affect you but makes someone else happy, and therefore is good. » Agree or disagree? Is legalising same-sex marriage that big a deal? letters@tntmagazine.com

ONE-WAY MISSION TO MARS MADNESS A thumbs up to the super-smart nutters who have devised a plan to send humans to Mars and to the worldwide media who reported it as though it was going to happen (this stuff never comes true, right?).

Dutch organisation Mars One called for applicants to make the trip, and will decide via a reality TV-style process. But there were a few catches. That it’s a one-way trip is the main one.

Thousands put their name forward, apparently, but likely because they missed

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Explorers won’t be home for Christmas

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the fine print that ensured their doom – at least they wouldn’t be home for Christmas.

After a few months amid the planet’s weaker gravitational field, it’s said to be impossible to readjust back to Earth’s much stronger gravity. No need to worry about the cancer-causing radiation, then.

I joke, but I guess good on private enterprise for reaching for the sky – means no one’s tax dollars are going into it.

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Leading the way As New Zealand legalises gay marriage, is Australia getting left behind? WORDS CAROL DRIVER It was a scene of jubilation unlike any seen before in New Zealand’s parliament. Politicians whooped and cheered loudly with delight, before delivering a standing ovation.

The celebrations escalated as the public gallery burst into song, belting out century-old Maori love tune Pokarekare Ana, before the applause broke out again, echoing around the chamber, with MPs hugging and kissing each other in congratulations. They ran up a good four minutes before order was finally called, and New Zealand became the 13th country in the world – and the first in the Asia-Pacific region – to legalise gay marriage.

“In our society, the meaning of marriage is universal – it’s a declaration of love and commitment to a special person,” sponsor of the bill MP Louisa Wall said as the parliamentary debate wound up. “Nothing could make me more proud to be a New Zealander than passing this bill.”

Seventy-seven of 121 members voted in favour of amending the 1955 Marriage Act last Wednesday night. Since 2005, NZ has allowed civil unions, but the new law, which will come into force in August, will allow same-sex couples to jointly adopt children for the first time and will also allow their marriages to be recognised in other countries.

But the bill wasn’t without its opposition. Some 44 MPs voted against it, and 75,000 people have signed an anti-legislation petition. Addressing some of those who had opposed the bill in a YouTube video that’s gone viral, MP Maurice Williamson made a speech in Wellington’s parliament which had MPs in fits of giggles.

He said: “I’ve had a reverend in my local electorate say, ‘The gay onslaught will start the day this law is passed’.

“Well, we are struggling to know what the gay onslaught will look like. We don’t know whether it will come down the Pakuranga Highway as a series of troops or whether it will be a gas that flows in over the electorate that blocks us all in.”

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people who love each other to have that love recognised by way of marriage. We are not declaring nuclear war on a foreign state; we are not bringing a virus in that could wipe out our agriculture sector forever.”

Politicians weren’t the only ones celebrating, as the jubilant mood carried through the streets of Wellington.

“This is really, really huge,” said Jills Angus Burney, a lawyer who drove about 90 minutes to parliament to watch the vote with her partner, Deborah Hambly. “It’s really important to me. It’s just unbelievable.”

Kiwi bank teller Tania Penafiel Bermudez said that although she already considers herself married to partner Sonja Fry, the new law means “we can now feel equal to everyone else” with a certificate to prove their commitment.

“This means we can feel safe and fair and right in calling each other wife and wife,” she added.

Crucially, despite the fact it was mooted by the Labour party, the bill was supported by the country’s centre-right prime minister John Key, as well as Opposition leader David Shearer. And members were told to vote by their conscience rather than along party lines. “In my view, marriage is a very personal thing between two individuals,” Key said. “And, in the end, this is part of equality in modern-day New Zealand.”

However, despite the historic step taken by its transTasman neighbour, it seems Australia isn’t ready to follow suit. Opposition leader Tony Abbott said his “traditional” views are pretty well known, while prime minister Julia Gillard also supports the view that under commonwealth law, marriage is defined as between a man and a woman.

Federal parliament’s debate to change the Marriage Act was voted down 98-42 last September, despite heavy support from gay groups and some MPs. But while Gillard had allowed Labor MPs a conscience vote on the issue, Abbott’s coalition was required to follow the party line not to support amendments. Following NZ’s vote, Gillard said a

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conscience vote was “the right thing to do”, adding: “It is absolutely impossible to see change ever succeeding unless every parliamentarian gets a conscience vote.” However, polls indicate Gillard and Abbott might be getting it wrong.

A study last year found 60 per cent of 786 Australians back gay marriage – an increase on an earlier survey where just 27 per cent of 1204 people thought it was an important issue.

For Australian Christian Lobby spokesman Lyle Shelton, the issue is a “vote changer”. He said: “It’s just not an issue that relates to the Australian electorate. For many Christian people, and people who are concerned about the natural family, this would be a vote changer.”

However, Independent Sydney MP and gay rights activist Alex Greenwich called the campaign “unstoppable”. He said the vote gave “a lot of hope and a lot of encouragement to campaigns in Australia”. He added: “The growing international pressure that was just taken up a notch with New Zealand embracing this important reform is sending a message that marriage equality is unstoppable. If New Zealand can do it, Australia can as well.”

Many Australian gay couples now plan to travel to New Zealand to get married, and Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young will be introducing a private member’s bill allowing recognition of same-sex marriages conducted overseas. But with a packed agenda before parliament rises in June before the September 14 federal election, there may not be time to put her bill to a vote.

So, as Kiwis celebrate equality in modern-day New Zealand, ex-Greens leader Bob Brown fears Australia is getting left behind because of Gillard and Abbott’s views.

“Their thinking is last-century, and they’re making Australia last-century,” he said.

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New Zealand freestyle motocross rider Levi Sherwood turns his back on gravity as he competes in the Dubai stage of the 2013 Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour last week. He lost the final to series leader Dany Torres.

Sherwood’s ranked third in the series now ahead of Aussies Rod Adelberg and Josh Sheehan

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Back: Lionel Messi

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News that Lionel Messi was back training for Barcelona on Thursday and is a chance to play at Bayern Munich in the first leg of Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday (7.45pm, ITV) wouldn’t bring the Germans joy.

“The big novelty of this training session was Leo Messi,” Barcelona’s website said as the world’s best player nurses a hamstring injury to be right for the game.

In the other tie to get to the final at Wembley on May 25, Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid meet on Wednesday (Sky Sports 2, 7.45pm).

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Although the Gold Coast Suns have a year on their AFL newbie colleagues GWS, the Sydneysiders will have their clash pencilled in as a possible win.

Improved but still winless for the year ahead of their bottom of the table match at the weekend, Kevin Sheedy’s Giants play Gold Coast on Saturday (4.45am GMT).

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St Helens may be Super League giants but mid-table isn’t where Aussie coach Nathan Brown wants them.

The Saints visit the Twickenham Stoop this Saturday at 1pm to take on Tony Rea’s London Broncos, who will hope to have gained some confidence in their opening Tetley’s Challenge clash at the weekend.

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Aussie playmaker Matt Giteau may have saved his career best form for last with the former Wallaby on fire at French club Toulon, who take on Saracens in the Heineken Cup semi-final on Sunday in London (see preview, right).

The centre’s coach at the Top 14 leaders, Bernard Laporte, can’t sing his praises highly enough, calling him “a great rugby player, a great attacking player, very explosive with good vision of the game.”

He’s been key for the reds alongside another international legend who can’t get a look in for his country, Englishman Jonny Wilkinson.

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QUOTES OF THE WEEK Obviously, I still want to play Origin this year.

I’ve got a few games left to prove myself to Queensland selectors Not that obvious, Ben Barba, who started the NRL year on the sideline dealing with personal issues and with the Bulldogs struggling, but good news for league fans

PREVIEW SARRIES A FRENCH KISS-OFF FROM GLORY HEINEKEN CUP: SARACENS V TOULON SUN, 3PM, SKY SPORTS 2

A packed Twickenham Stadium greets Saracens and Toulon, playing each other for the first time for a berth in the Heineken Cup final in Dublin.

With every player offering their own potential fairytale, none come greater than John Smit, the 111-Test South African legend who will leave Sarries at the end of the season, making this the 35-year-old’s last chance at European glory.

There’s nothing to suggest Saracens

don’t have every chance of overcoming the big dollars Toulon have pumped into their squad. They have flair to burn, with wingers Chris Ashton and David Strettle finding form at the right time and Owen Farrell a potential X-factor to counter Toulon’s star power. But it’ll be cool old heads such as world cup winning hooker Smit, alongside Scotland skipper Kelly Brown and Schalk Brits, who could prove the difference when it matters.

Tournament favourites Clermont play Munster on Saturday at 5pm (also on Sky Sports 1) in the other semi-final.

THE CHAT | How good was Black Caviar?

I wanted to get a medal for Scotland. I didn’t think I could so wanted someone else to take my place Britain’s greatest Olympian Sir Chris Hoy on his decision to retire from the track and not contest the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next year

I think Australia are a bit better than people give them credit for at the moment Former England skipper Andrew Strauss says talk of the death of Australia in the Ashes has been slightly exaggerated

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FOOTBALL With the dust just settled after the not-so Q shock retirement of Black Caviar, looking past the sentimental stuff, how good was she really?

Whoa Nelly. That’s what trainer Peter Moody and A connections said last week, reverting from the fancy fish name to her stable moniker as he called an end to her 25-race career, with 25 wins (15 at group 1 level, beating Kingston Town’s record). Royal Ascot last year, when she pulled a horse hammy and still won, was the closest she’s been to tested. One betting website says if you put a £1 bet on her to win her first race, and rolled the winnings into her next 24 wins, you would have won Black beauty: the pink with just £337. She was that dominant. She won AU$7,953,936, at black polka dots are gone AU$318,253 per race. So the answer: really good.

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Rugby heavens Just like 15-a-side, New Zealand are top of the world in sevens, but this exciting code is more of a world game WORDS MICHAEL GADD

It’d be fair to assume Scottish butchers David Sanderson and Ned Haig would be impressed by a rugby sevens tournament today. In 1883, the pair devised a novel mini-format of the 15-a-side game to raise funds for their Borders club, Melrose RFC. Today, it’s a truly international code, packing stadiums with its nine-stage IRB World Series – which hits Twickenham in London on May 11-12 – and preparing for its debut on the biggest stage of all, the Olympics. And before that is the World Cup in Moscow in June and the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Sevens is a novelty no more.

Just like the full form, New Zealand are the benchmark in sevens, with a commanding lead in the World Series. But it’s been consistency rather than dominance that has put them there. There have been six winners in the seven tournaments so far this season in Australia, Dubai, South Africa, New Zealand, the US, Hong Kong and Japan. The only side to have won twice is second-placed South Africa, who beat the Kiwis both times in the final. But in making the final four times and not finishing lower than third, the All Blacks are sitting pretty going into May 4-5’s Glasgow Sevens and the series finale in London the following week at the home of rugby.

“We’ve had a pretty good season,” says All Black back Tim Mikkelson. “I suppose we’ve been the most consistent team in all the tournaments, but it’s been anything but smooth sailing for us. There are teams who’ve won one tournament but then not made the cup play-offs in the next one. Anyone can win any game, and that’s great for the sport.”

When Mikkelson says anyone, he means nations few would associate with the upper echelons of rugby. While the flair of Fiji has always been strong, the likes of Kenya and Canada are now in the reckoning. The World Series’ top points scorer for the season is Canada’s Nathan Hiramaya. In the New Zealand tournament the hosts were relegated to third while England and Kenya fought out a tight 24-19 final.

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play-off in Hong Kong only to lose to the All Blacks. ”A lot of countries, a couple of years ago, you would have called them minnows, but now they’re forces on the IRB circuit,” Mikkelson says. Along with the All Blacks and Proteas, Fiji, Samoa, France, Kenya, Wales and Argentina are all ranked above traditional giants Australia and England.

Canada, Scotland and the United States aren’t far behind.

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Inclusion in the Olympics, announced in 2009, has taken the growth of sevens as a code to a new level, significantly because it’s made it a magnet for government funding in countries that wouldn’t normally think twice about rugby.

“With the Olympics comes more and more resources for the sport in those countries,” Mikkelson says. Even in rugby-mad New Zealand, he says sevens now gets “a lot more help”.

Purists may argue the point, but the code that used to be either a summer amusement or a chance for skillful speedsters to show their wares off to potential pro sides or international selectors, in addition to their 15-a-side performances, is now a legitimate career opportunity.

Winger Julian Savea is an exception to the rule, starring for the under-20s sevens All Blacks before joining the ranks of Richie McCaw’s world champions.

“But with the Olympics and Comm Games, a lot of the youngsters starting out can see that there could be a future in the sevens and are keen to stay around and play for a medal,” Mikkelson says. A potential taste of Olympic glory must be an enticing factor for young athletes deciding

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Try time: Canada’s Nathan Hirayama

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On fire: New Zealand rule, but are looking over their shoulder

on their future, too, with league and union fighting for signatures. “It’s the biggest stage in the world, so I’m sure they’re eyeing it off,” Mikkelson adds.

A NZ Rugby strategy document read by TNT makes scary viewing for other nations – their long-term goals demand no less than back-to-back World Cup victories for the 15-a-side All Blacks and two gold medals (for the men and women’s sevens teams) in Rio de Janeiro 2016. It’s not highlighted, but the Commonwealth Games will be high on the agenda too, though they’re probably sick of winning that – in an aberration for the worldly sport, all four times sevens has been in the Queen’s games the All Blacks have won gold.

So unlike McCaw’s All Blacks, who finally broke a World Cup hoodoo at the last championship to beat France in the final, the sevens boys know all about big tournament success and don’t feel the same kind of pressure.

When they go to the World Cup in Moscow, they will hold the World Series title, barring a spectacular flop in the final two tournaments of the season. They’ve also won the World Cup before – however, that was in 2001. Confidence minus the cockiness is how Mikkelson says his team is approaching it.

Much more in keeping with the theme of sharing the glory around, Fiji is the only team to have won the World Cup twice since it began in 1993. Wales, the defending champions, and England are the other winners. Surprisingly absent are Australia and South Africa.

“There are a lot of teams who can win the World Cup and all of the other tournaments, but we can’t get ahead of ourselves,” Mikkelson says. “We’re considered favourites, but any of those teams in the top five at the moment could win it. And then you can’t discount teams like Kenya or Canada, they’ve got a lot of guys who just played the 15-a-side World Cup, so they’re gaining experience all the time. Every year they’re getting better and better.

“You have to play every game like it’s a final now.”

No minnow: Kenya’s Eden Kochieng Agero

Wild: London Sevens is a rugby party fest

Catch him if you can: England’s Dan Norton

sevens sure to shine finale at home of rugby Excitement machine Dan Norton will be a star attraction as England look to end a disappointing IRB World Series on a positive note at Twickenham.

The sevens roadshow reaches the home of rugby on May 11 and 12 with New Zealand leading the series.

Despite winning the title in New Zealand, England have flopped elsewhere to be ranked 10th.

“There’s such a fine line between success and failure in sevens, but we’ll be bringing our best,” the Gloucestershire-bred flyer Norton promises.

Last year’s London Sevens attracted 110,000 punters, who embraced the party atmosphere, but also enjoyed the height of sevens speed and skill. Sales are already up 20 per cent on last year, the IRB says.

“The game’s on an upward curve, it’s so much fun to come and watch with a carnival atmosphere, but also really high level, competitive rugby,” Norton says.

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Royal rumble: footie fans get violent

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A video that went viral this week was filmed at the first Boston Bruins game played since the city’s marathon was bombed last Monday.

It shows Rene Rancourt, a veteran singer, resplendent in a slightly mawkish shiny dickie bow at centre ice, singing the American national anthem at the TD Garden just prior to the Bruins’ match against the Buffalo Sabres, the first major sporting event to take place in the city since the marathon.

What follows is one of the most moving scenes ever captured at a sporting event and a reminder of sport’s incredible

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capacity to unite people. Seconds into the song Rancourt drops his microphone and joins in with the crowd’s impassioned rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.

It was an impromptu coming together of people during what is generally a perfunctory element of American sport, a perfect act of defiance and solidarity.

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It appears we’ve been labouring under the happy delusion that we’d left football hooligans behind in the Nineties along with boil-in-the-bag curry, Melissa Tkautz and Vanilla Coke. But no, they’re back, and unlike Vanilla Coke, there’s a good chance they’d never really gone away in the first place.

The scenes of fighting during Millwall’s FA Cup semi-final against Wigan and on the streets of the North East (the latter of which at least came replete with the comic relief of one of the most futile acts of violence ever committed to film when a podgy Newcastle fan attempted to punch a police horse) weren’t, as they were so regularly called in the media, a “throwback to the dark old days of the Eightes and early Nineties”.

Having worked in a pub in the East End I’ve seen first-hand that football hooliganism is still a favourite preoccupation of a particular kind of preeminently unintelligent social exile, one who’s generally identifiable by a wall-eyed expression of aimless aggression and angle of forehead that during even light rainfall has the capacity to collect sizable puddles.

While hooliganism is certainly in decline, the violence is still happening, it’s just that these days it’s happening away from the grounds. Actually the serious instances of violence have generally always happened away from the grounds, showing, if only symbolically, how incidental football itself is in this frankly bizarre subculture.

Think of how little to live for a person must have to think that they would attack someone, at great risk to their own personal safety, for supporting a different football club. Think of the effort, think of the cognitive gymnastics you’d have to go through before you could convince yourself that something so utterly arbitrary was grounds enough to want to hurt them. While I’m in no way excusing the behaviour of those engaged in it, hooliganism, like many kinds of social belligerence, is a symptom of disenfranchisement – a symptom of a problem that’s never truly gone away.

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Hula hoopla: Berlin’s Carnival of Cultures

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GOOD, BAD AND UGLY AIRPORTS The World’s Best Airports have been announced with Singapore’s Changi first, and good old London Heathrow sliding in at number 10. Airports Down Under didn’t do too shabbily either, with Auckland coming a respectable 13th and Brisbane 21st.

The list is by air travel research firm Skytrax, based on votes from 12.1 million responses at 395 airports.

An impressive survey, but I have to admit there were a few howlers. I’ve spent many hours staring miserably at the hideous blue-green ceiling of Abu Dhabi’s drab, claustrophobic excuse for an airport, where there’s nothing by way of entertainment except Costa’s cake counter (it came 20th). As for Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China (42nd), it might be the coldest, loneliest place on earth. I spent a night there sheltering under a hoodie from air-con so fierce I’d have been more comfortable in a blizzard. Adding insult to injury, their coffee’s crap.

I wonder what airports were worst. I’d have plenty to say about Kathmandu, where a guard swung the barrel of his gun to point me in the direction of the taxi queue and then laughed his ass off when I jumped back in alarm. What a charmer. There was nothing jolly about Jolly Grant Airport in Dehradun, India, either, where no one had heard of an e-ticket.

Laos’ Vientiane Airport was probably the most memorable.

It’s small, sunny and friendly, so I was feeling quite relaxed until I realised that the same guy who had checked our passports and loaded the luggage onto the plane had run outside and hopped in the pilot seat.

Under-staffing had never seemed so terrifying.

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Forget beery Oktoberfests, for a real let-your-hair-down German festival visit the capital for the Berlin Carnival of Cultures. This 17-20 enormous street party is a celebration of the city‘s ethnic diversity, so you can expect a riot of Brazilian drumming, Latin samba dancing, Korean street snacks, Congolese singers and other entertainment from around the globe.

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WHY: This carnival dates back to 1995, when the post-Berlin Wall city was struggling economically, and social divisions were very apparent. In other words, the Berliners were in sore need of a festival, to cheer everyone up and celebrate the spirit of togetherness.

It’s been going strong ever since.

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This quirky Harajuku festival in Tokyo interprets “art” and 18-19 “design” as liberally as possible so that any artist who creates an original piece can exhibit in the event. More than 10,000 artists and 53,000 visitors travel to Tokyo for a non-corporate, non-judgmental artsy explosion of colourful chaos.

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The Finns’ May Day festivities start with the 1 placing of a ceremonial student’s cap on the nude Havis Amanda statue in Helsinki’s centre.

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The Bun Bang Fai Rocket Festival is all about getting 11-12 the attention of the gods using rockets (or bang fai) in the hope they’ll be blessed with a rainy riceplanting season. The highest-reaching torpedo is declared the winner.

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This fishy festival celebrates the patron saint of 12 fishermen in an off-thehook celebration, in which thousands of visitors queue up to fry fish in the world’s largest frying pan.

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DO IT BECAUSE: The parade is a real highlight – more than 4500 dancers samba their way through the melting pot neighbourhood of Kreuzberg on the Sunday.

Expect stilt-walkers, wacky costumes and all sorts of impromptu street performances.

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Tibet tours Tour operators are ready to resume trips to Tibet, following a relaxation of travel restrictions. While the Chinese government may not exactly be flinging the doors wide open, they have lifted the ban on almost all foreign travellers to the region, which was imposed last June. Now, although not able to explore completely independently, Aussie, Kiwi and British travellers will be able to visit the country on organised trips and will not have to travel in a group. “This is a very significant relaxation of the restrictions,” said Heather Chan, general manager of CTS Horizons, a China specialist. “It has been very frustrating having to tell people wanting to go that the territory was effectively closed.

There are so many who want to see those stunning lakes and snow-capped mountains.”

Rijksmuseum opens Fans of Amsterdam’s iconic Rijksmuseum have been waiting patiently for more than a decade for the world-class arts museum to reopen to the public – and now it finally has, after a colossal £319 million refurbishment project. The facelift was supposed to take only three years, but the revamp of its 80 different galleries and the work done on the outside of the famous 19th-century building they are housed in, went way over schedule.

The centrepiece of the museum is Dutch pride and joy The Night Watch, a painting by Rembrandt, which still hangs in its original spot.

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Want to know what the aircraft of the future might be like? It’s not that exciting, sadly.

Sliding aisle seats to speed up passenger boarding, windows that dim automatically and, um, bigger seats were among the latest innovations proposed at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany. Meh. That the best they could come up with? We were hoping for self-replenishing mini bars in arm rests, jet-lag reducing goggles in the seat pouch and an eject button (for use at passenger discretion) that would fling snorers, dribblers and messy eaters out into the clouds.

Sri Lankan police have begun to keep closer tabs on tourists in the country, with hotels and guesthouses asked to inform the police of the passport numbers and visa details of all foreigners staying with them. “Tourists are important to our economy,” said Buddhika Siriwardana, a police spokesman. “This is to ensure their own safety. This scheme will ensure officers will have details of tourists in their areas to protect them.” The move is thought to be in response to the death of British national, Khuram Shaikh, who was attacked on Christmas Day in 2011.

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Bookish Bath We take a tour of the city that was home to one of England’s most revered writers, Jane Austen

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WORDS HELEN ELFER

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that an article about Jane Austen must begin with a line that rips off the opening sentence of Pride And Prejudice – but it’s also true that anyone with an interest in great literature, BBC period dramas, or the genteel, gloriously la-di-da England of the past, must be in want of a trip to Bath.

Which is why I find myself taking a weekend there from London, which is just 90 minutes by train. Austen lived here from 1801 to 1806, and so I’m here to immerse myself in her world of endless tea times, prim and proper dances, social niceties, sideburny soldiers and blushing ladies.

Bath is, understandably, crazy about this heroine of English literature. To mark the 200th anniversary of the publication of Pride And Prejudice there are numerous events being held this year, including readathons, gettogethers and festivals. There’s also a dedicated Jane Austen Centre here (look for the life-sized waxwork of the writer outside), which has a permanent exhibition about her life.

This is where I head first, getting there just in time for a talk about Jane Austen and her family. Rows of eager Austen fans all begin nodding happily in recognition as we hear how members of the writer’s family influenced her work: the military figures, well-meaning vicars, dependent female relatives and wealthy bachelors that gave her insights into the worlds we’re familiar with from her novels. It’s all going swimmingly until the speaker drops a bombshell. “Of course, Jane Austen herself absolutely hated Bath – apparently when she first heard she and her family would be moving here, she fainted dead away.” An entire roomful of faces drop. Turns out it was her father who loved Bath, where he married Austen’s mother, and had always wanted to retire here. But Bath at the time was a fashionable winter resort, and Austen found the society here shallow and boring.

I climb upstairs to the Regency Tearooms, where light strains of classical music are playing, china clinks and the hushed conversation is as prim as you could hope for – change some outfits and the scene could come straight from the pages of Sense And Sensibility. I choose a ‘Tea with the Austens’ from the menu of shamelessly novel-themed options.

As I try to nibble appropriately daintily at the scones and crusts-off sandwiches, my eyes rest on a huge oil painting on the wall, complete with a heavyweight gilded frame. It’s of

a chap in full military garb, with curly dark hair, a very stiff upper lip and a strangely familiar expression of suppressed passion. Surely it can’t be…? “Is that an oil painting of, um, Colin Firth?” I whisper to the waitress. She bursts into giggles.

“Yes it’s him! We love it! It’s our pride and joy!” she says.

Downstairs, I pass crowds of tourists having a whale of a time trying on the period gear – bonnets, parasols, smocks and cropped ‘Spencer’ jackets – and buying ‘I Heart Darcy’ lip balm from the gift shop.

Definitely time to take a look at the more authentic side of Austen’s Bath, and my walking guide Tony Abbott (no

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relation) is the man to help. We start off strolling along the wide and leafy Gravel Walk, which leads to the Royal Crescent of magnificent, sand-coloured Georgian houses.

“We’re really walking in Jane Austen’s footsteps here, as this was very much a place for society to see and be seen in her time,” Tony tells me. “It could get very busy with people promenading, or if they were wealthy, carried in sedan chairs (a windowed cabin). This is also the spot in the final chapter of Persuasion, where Anne Elliott and Captain Wentworth confess their love for one another.”

We visit the Assembly Rooms where Austen and her sister Cassandra would have socialised, the churchyard where her father is buried and two of the four houses she lived in. As we walk through sun-dappled cobbled streets of this small, beautiful city, I think she might have hated it 200 years ago, but if she could Pint time: The see it today, she might just summer’s best have changed her mind.

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Warm, balmy nights, dry grass to sit out on, wine in plastic cups ... you know the drill. It’s jazz fest season.

Whether you’re the kind of fan that books expensive tables at dimly lit nightclubs, the sort that rummages for golden oldie vinyl in record store sales bins, or just a ‘fair weather’ spectator, jazz festivals bring everyone on the spectrum together for a bit of allembracing summery, outdoorsy ba-ba-di-doop-ba.

New Orleans is generally considered the birthplace of jazz, which emerged in the early 1900s as a fusion of the region’s soul, blues and ragtime music.

But despite its heavyweight origins, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival isn’t one for the purists – its allstar line-up is chosen according to a very loose interpretation of the genre. Put it like this, the admittedly rockin’ but not very jazzy Foo Fighters headlined last year’s event. This year the hardly genrefaithful Maroon 5, Fleetwood Mac and Little Big Town also feature, but there’s also plenty representing purer jazz sounds, including legends BB King, 72 00

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The colossal jazz festival, which is on this week and next, didn’t launch until 1970, when gospel great Mahalia Jackson returned to her hometown to perform in front of 350 guests.

Organiser George Wein said at the time: “This festival could only be held in New Orleans because here and here alone is the richest musical heritage in America ... New Orleans is the real thing.”

Nowadays more than half a million people take a trip to America’s French Quarter to get their jazz on each year.

As for the ‘heritage’ part of the festival, there’s a Congo Square African Marketplace which will be full of arts and crafts, as well as the Louisiana Folklife Village showcasing all the cultures that make up Louisiana’s distinctive character: African-American, Cajun, Creole, Latin, French, Isleño and Native American. Elsewhere visitors can check out live Cajun cooking demonstrations on the food stages or grab some spicy snacks from the foodstalls. Runs April 26-May 5. nojazzfest.com

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Paris Jazz Festival

Almost two months of the Parc Floral de Paris with bluesy trumpet licks and shuffling beats coasting out into the evening summertime air. The height of sophistication, non?

With a price tag of zero these concerts are nothing to scoff at. Each weekend between June 8 and July 28 has a different theme, from piano odes to sizzling hot Latin jazz and Cuban pianist and festival regular Omar Sosa, who is also returning. parisjazzfestival.fr/en/home

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Yes, the Swiss do swing – they even do it on boats and trains.

Musicians at this festival stray from the stage to perform live on jazzthemed cruises into the countryside (smoooooth, yeah) and on trains. The world’s second-largest jazz fest has 12 stages, 10 of which offer free shows.

Also free are music workshops and fusion jazz club nights. The festival runs from July 5 to 20 and the mighty Prince is headlining, with shows running July 13 to 15. montreuxjazzfestival.com/2013/en

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It’s the mother of all music fests, and it has a Guinness World Record to prove it – named the largest in 2004.

Plus, if BB King says it’s the world’s best, who are we to argue? This supercultural city hosts more than 3000 artists with a minimum of two million visitors from June 28 to July 7. Rock and pop musicians share the stage with jazz legends and upstarts, which is why both Aretha Franklin and She & Him will appear at this year’s 34th edition. montrealjazzfest.com/default-en.aspx

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Jazzkaar

The pretty city of Tallinn probably isn’t the first place you’d expect a mega jazz tradition, but JazzKaar has been going strong for 24 years.

With a focus on young artists, rather than established international names, most of this series of concerts take place in Tallinn’s purpose-built Marina Pavilion. Many of the gig venues turn into pumping boogie-woogie clubs at night. Catch Zara McFarlane and Andy Emler Trio playing at this year’s bash, which runs from April 19 to 28.

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WOW factor Rather than take the budget airline tactic of charging for everyday ‘addons’, the amenities thrown in here are impressive. Sure, breakfast is super-simple (doughnuts, toast, cereal), but plentiful, and rooms have big flat screens with cable TV. Plus, the location couldn’t really be more central.

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you won’t want to whiz through anywhere!

However, my advice would be to allow at least a month. A large proportion of international flights go to the major cities, Delhi or Mumbai, so plan to start and end your trip in these locations.

Begin with a week in the Golden Triangle of Delhi, Jaipur and Agra, taking in the sights of Delhi’s Red Fort and the stunning Taj Mahal.

From Agra, hop on a train to Varanasi, a stunning city located on the Ganges. You might also like to spend some time in the cities of Pushkar and Udaipur before continuing to Kochi, in India’s laid-back region of Kerala.

From here, spend time taking in Kerala’s fabulous beaches, green hills and tranquil backwaters. An overnight train goes to Goa, from where you can go north to cosmopolitan and chaotic Mumbai before heading home.

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Hiking in Luxembourg’s northern region, The Ardennes, is like stepping into a real-life fairytale adventure. Vast ancient forests and gentle rolling hills surround impossibly pretty villages, and well-maintained medieval castles loom on mountaintops overhead. It’s so Disney-esque you’d be excused for believing you might just bump into the Seven Dwarfs. But as I tighten the laces on my hiking boots, swing my backpack over my shoulders and step out onto the platform at Clervaux – a one-hour train trip from the capital – the thick grey clouds and miserable rain drops bring me straight back down to earth.

I’m on a three-day ‘hiking without luggage’ trip, which means I can escape deep into the Ardennes’ wilderness on foot unencumbered by my backpack, which is transferred to the next night’s hotel. Is that cheating? Feels a bit like it, but I’m not complaining – especially when I meet hotel manager Jean-Claude Gindt on the train platform and he swaps my heavy bag for a light picnic lunch. I also meet my guide for the afternoon, Liette Schmitz, who’s taking me on a gentle walk around the outskirts of Clervaux.

I discover Clervaux is a typically small village of just 1000 residents and has three main attractions: a Roman church, a large monastery and a resilient 12th-century white castle standing on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by the village houses in a horseshoe formation. In this sleepy, quiet place among the hills, the pace of life seems to have suddenly slowed down and as Jean-Claude says later on that evening, “Here, it’s truly another world.”

The following day I catch a train to Wilwerwiltz, where I’m to walk a portion of the 100km Escapeardenne trail, which winds its way from northern Luxembourg into Belgium. It’s the third ever hiking trail to be included on the Leading Quality Trails – Best of Europe list by the European Rambler’s Association, which is only given out when trails meet a stringent set of criteria, ranging from well-marked signs and rest benches, to cultural and scenic sites. In layman’s terms, it’s got to be a frickin’ awesome walk.

We hike through unspoilt countryside with stunning views across valleys, take bridges over babbling creeks and traipse through atmospheric forests, carpeted with emerald-green moss and dead winter leaves. It’s not uncommon to see the occasional deer and wild boar roaming about – both of them feature in many of the traditional dishes in the region.

Liette points out tiny yellow daffodil buds and little purple flowers that have newly sprung up, and it’s a pretty magical feeling being here among the hills and dense forests at the beginning of spring. Best of all, this part of the trail is far from gruelling, so I’m relaxed enough to take in every detail.

After a quick lunch, we take a minibus to Esch-sur-Sûre.

If Clervaux seemed small, medieval market village Esch is tiny with just 200 permanent residents. Despite or perhaps because of its size, Esch is remarkably prettier.

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(Lochkapelle), which is surrounded by grave stones and offers a pretty view of the village – encircled by verdant hills and the river Sauer – below. Getting back down, I wander past the old candle factory and a memorial plaque dedicated to the townspeople who fought in WWII. It’s a sleepy little place, but one of the most picturesque I’ve ever seen, and the thrills come from all the climbing I need to do to snap the best views.

The village’s focal point is undoubtedly the castle ruins, dating back to 927AD, still standing defiantly on a rocky hill.

A series of fortified stone walls circle the castle, each one thicker than the one before. The vista from here is so spectacular that it hardly seems real.

Someone tells me that in Luxembourg there’s a saying: “d’Liewen ass schéin”, which means “Life is beautiful”. It refers to enjoying the simple pleasures: natural beauty, the outdoors, friends and family. From the castle walls, peering out across the country and, as the sun finally decides to show its face, I couldn’t agree with the saying more. I’m thankful to have got a taste of this beautiful life. ❚ Hiking without luggage in the Ardennes starts at £72.50pppn ardennes-hotels.lu

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Chocolate House in Luxembourg City has more than 80 flavours of hot chocolate to choose from, plus a great range of mouth-watering desserts, cakes and more. It also has the cosy ambience to match the menu. Hot chocolates £3.40. chocolate.lu

The capital’s popular hangout Urban is a bar and restaurant serving up solid pub-style food, from hefty portions of burgers, sandwiches and chips to shareable bar snacks. Meals start at £8.50. urban.lu

A swanky spot to dine if you’re passing through Luxembourg City, Brasserie Guillame is famous for its lobster dishes and selection of carpaccio, and has terrific views out over the city’s Old Quarter. Mains from about £25. brasserieguillaume.lu

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If you want somewhere casual to duck into for a quick pint after exploring Luxembourg City, head to Scott’s, a typical British pub down in the medieval valley known as the Grund. Bottled beers from £2.50. scotts.lu

Luxembourg City’s The Tube is a London Underground-themed pub and an ideal stop on a warm summer night, where you can take your drink out on to the street. It’s in the basement of a building in the Old Town, recreating the look of a Tube station. Pints from £3.25. thetube.lu

With theatrical velvet décor, Art Cafe in Luxembourg City is the perfect spot to unwind with a cheeky cocktail or two and the enclosed terrace out back is ideal for a catch up with friends. Cocktails from £7.25. goeres-group.com

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The capital’s Youth Hostel is in the city centre, offering affordable, clean rooms in either a room of four or room of six. Breakfast, wi-fi and sheets are included in the price, and there’s a convenient on-site cafeteria offering cheap eats. Beds from £19.50pn. youthhostels.lu

Located at the base of Clervaux’s 12th-century castle, Hotel du Commerce is a homely and personable family-run hotel that’s been in the Gindt family for three generations. Rooms are cosy, clean and well-kept. From £37pppn. hotelducommerce.lu

In the charming medieval town of Esch-sur-Sûre, Hotel de la Sure is the perfect place to unwind after a day outdoors. The hotel offers 30 themed rooms including the ‘Fly to the Moon’ room with a suspended bed from £65pppn. hotel-de-la-sure.lu

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It’s nearly summertime which means one thing – you need to start planning how many weird and wonderful festivals you can pack into one long, hot season. Perhaps you’ll end up mingling with New York’s art scenesters or losing an important part of your brain, somewhere, in a field in Huntington. Nevada’s Black Rock Desert might be the spot where you figure out the meaning of life while sat around a campfire. Maybe you’ll turn yourself into a human canvas for top tattooists and bodypainters or, to let off some steam, hit up one of Europe’s favourite traditional boozy extravaganzas. Whatever cultural shenanigans you and your mates get involved in this summer, from the high brow to the low brow, or really, really low brow, at least you’ll know there are thousands of like-minded souls doing the same.

expect all sorts of styles and influences to be showcased.

Along with the artists themselves are their canvases and works: tribal swirls, delicate flowers, inspirational quotes and seafarer-influenced designs will all be adorning the skins of those attending the festival. There will also be plenty of sideshows to keep you entertained from burlesque shows to street art workshops. Feel like joining the scene? Better grit your teeth, grip your bottle of Jack Daniel’s and prepare to go under the needle.

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Thinking that maybe a full-body inking’s not quite the thing for you? Then this bodypainting fest is a much gentler alternative. Models are transformed into human works of art with little more than a lick of bodypaint, a sprinkle of glitter and a pot of hair dye, posing as everything from melting ice caps to wild tigers to grim reapers and all sorts of other surreal figures. Join the throng and check them out in the small town of Pörtschach in Austria, where there will be fashion shows, competitions and bodypainting classes held by top artists.

WHEN: July 1-7 GET THERE: Fly from London Gatwick to Vienna from £119 return with easyJet (easyjet.com).

Got a freak flag to fly? Burning Man is the place to put it right out there. A giant get-together of hippies, radicals, thrill-seekers, nudists, artists and hedonists, Burning Man takes place in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, and attracts tens of thousands of people. Black Rock City is the temporary venue where the festivities take place and is “dedicated to community, art, self-expression and self-reliance”. The culmination of the festival, which gives the event its name, is the ritual burning of a giant wooden effigy. You can basically do whatever you feel like for a couple of days, but festival-goers are supposed to be guided by the 10 core principals of Burning Man, which include gifting, decommodification and radical self-reliance. Not sure how to go about all that? Just get your kit off and slap on some neon body paint – that should do the trick.

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Tattoo Expo, Netherlands As far as alternative festivals go, Amsterdammers don’t do anything by halves. This huge gathering of ink fans brings together renowned tattoo artists from all corners of the globe, including New Zealand, Japan and the US, so you can

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Well that’s basically Oktoberfest in a nutshell. A bierkeller, but bigger and better. There are Oktoberfest celebrations all over the world, but some of the best parties are in Munich.

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La Batalla Del Vino, Spain If you consider yourself, well, the polar opposite of a wine connoisseur, then this is definitely the event for you. Forget sipping, swirling and sniffing – at Spain’s La Batalla Del Vino, it’s more about pouring buckets of cheap red plonk on top of each other. In the village of Haro, wine becomes a weapon during the annual wine battle, when it’s glugged from big aluminium wine bags (goon) and splashed over the streets.

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