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EDITOR’S LETTER Exploring the UK is something I bang on to people about at every opportunity.

I still find myself amazed at the amount of people who have spent years in the country but have never taken the chance to properly see it.

This week’s cover story encourages you do to just that, but at a somewhat slower pace. Rambling, as the Brits call walking in the countryside, is the best way to see the UK. It’s one thing to drive past the green rolling hills, but another thing all together to go walking in them.

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74 It’s time to start planning your Christmas escape

9 LONDON

63 Global Vision 64 STEPPING OUT: Take a walk in the Yorkshire Wolds 66 TNTT Weekender: Sarajevo 67 Late Deals 68 Hotshots 70 Travel Tips 71 Travel News 72 On The Road 73 Gear Up 74 CHRISTMAS ROSE: Festive fare in Jordan and other breaks

9 London Eye 10 London Life 12 ACTION STATIONS: TNT’s guide to London’s train stations 14 Food & Drink 16 Spotted

21 ENTERTAINMENT 21 22 23 24 25 26

Celebrity News TNT Life Look Who’s Talking: Dobie Blaze Cinema Culture REINVENTING THE CLASSICS: Saffa theatre company’s spin on opera

28 MUSIC & CLUBS 28 32 34 35

Music Music Listings Clubbing Clubbing Listings

64 Best foot forward: go rambling in the UK countryside

36 NEWS & SPORT 36 38 40 43 44 46 48 50 52

66 Why Sarajevo makes a great weekend break

Australia News New Zealand News South Africa News The Week In Sport Rugby NRL AFL General WHO’S TOP DOG?: Preview of the NRL Grand Final

55 CAREERS & MONEY 55 Careers 58 Money 61 Coming & Going

REGULARS 52 Who has what it takes to win the NRL premiership

4 Letters 6 Wins 130 Desperately Seeking & Dear Reuben

26 South African performers’ new take on old-school opera

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Notting Hill Carnival 2009

➥ TNT1356 AUG 24-31 CHOOSE YOUR WORDS I am deeply offended by Tom Sturrock’s article (‘Easy money’). I feel he has purposely taken the opportunity to insult Jamaican dishes, namely jerk chicken, and belittle the pricing of popular alcoholic drinks such as Red Stripe.

If jerk chicken is so untasty as Sturrock highlights in his article, I doubt Caribbean restaurateurs would showcase jerk cuisine at the annual Notting Hill Carnival.

Small businesses need consumers, consumers need food and drink. Carnival is a great time to enjoy music, culture, food and drink in an energised environment, without fear of overspending.

The prices are OK, the key is to do everything in moderation.

Why on earth would anyone compromise their safety by going to a house party unless invited? Why not just go early [to the Carnival], see the floats, go for the live music, eat, drink, exercise self-control and go home early. Why overspend on a cab unless you really have to?

I can understand Sturrock is pushed for space, but this

and less discriminating in the future.

None the less, I forgive him for his ignorance and in the past, I have found his articles enjoyable to read. I will continue to read them as I do enjoy TNT Magazine and look forward to reading it.

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KEEP IT CLEAN My first Notting Hill Carnival flew past in a hazy blur.

What an experience! The smell of a smoky Jamaican barbecue, the taste of the Caribbean in a can of Red Stripe, and the many

Carnival is a chance for “ people to share a common love of music and dance ”

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interesting personalities and cultures bringing so much life and energy.

I love such events because they are a chance for people from all walks of life to come together and share a common love of music and dance.

Pleasantries aside, now for

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ALL TOGETHER NOW Is it just me or does anyone else hate the use of the word ‘Antipodean’?

I know it’s probably easy for the media to lob us Kiwis and Aussies in the same basket, but with due respect to the Australians, if I wanted to be lumped in with that mob then I’d start supporting the Wallabies.

I never hear anybody use the term in New Zealand, so why is it so common over here?

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does not give him the right to be insensitive on paper; words are a double-edged sword. It has been said there is life and death in the tongue. His words will either help Jamaica’s reputation or destroy it.

My advice to Sturrock is he should be more general

the negative: where were all the bins?

I have never seen such a mess! Food stalls should have had bins organised for their punters and the council should have provided bins and been cleaning up relentlessly throughout the day.

I hate fools who drop their rubbish. No one has the right to mess up my beautiful world.

LETTER OF THE WEEK

YOUR SAY SEASON TO BE MERRY

With the last of the Bank Holidays gone and the winds blowing, it seems everyone’s gearing themselves up for a case of the dumps.

But for those who think the end of the world is nigh as the days shorten, there are a few things to keep yourself upbeat with the arrival of autumn.

London’s parks are great in summer, but in autumn they are stunning, with the

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most amazing colours on display.

And while London’s beer gardens are tops, settling in to a warm pub on a cool evening is hard to beat.

Then before you know it, Christmas will be knocking at the door and to experience one in the northern hemisphere is to experience Christmas like it’s meant to be.

There’s plenty to love.

Abbie, via email

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GREAT REASONS to go out in Chelsea & Fulham!

The Cock & Hen A tastefully refurbished modern pub that retains its Victorian charm, the Cock & Hen has something different to offer everyone. A welcoming cozy interior, garden terrace, poker league on Mondays and burger nights on Wednesdays are a few of the attractions of this great pub.

360 North End Road, Fulham, London, SW6 1LY Tel: 020 7385 6021 www.cockandhenfulham.co.uk

The Coopers Arms Nestled in the back streets of Chelsea, the Coopers offers a fantastic “real” pub experience. Delicious freshly-prepared pub tucker, a secret garden, bustling atmosphere, an awesome Sunday roast and the best pub quiz in Chelsea every Tuesday make this pub a worthwhile visit.

87 Flood Street, Chelsea, London, SW3 5TB Tel: 020 7376 3120 www.coopersarms.co.uk

The George A traditional pub in the heart of Fulham! No fancy food, just friendly service, a brand new pool table, all the action on Sky Sports, a classic jukebox and Domino’s pizza delivered fresh to your table!

506 Fulham Road, Fulham, London, SW6 5NJ Tel: 020 7160 0943 www.georgefulham.co.uk

The Hollywood Arms One of Chelsea’s gems, the Hollywood is well known as a vibrant and bustling hang out. Live acoustic music every other Thursday, 2 for 1 cocktails on Fridays and a luxurious upstairs bar which is available for private hire (pictured left) make this a perfect choice for a good time out.

45 Hollywood Road, Chelsea, London, SW10 9HX Tel: 020 7349 7840 www.hollywoodarms.co.uk

The Kings Arms Fancy a contemporary high-street pub with great beers, a scrummy menu and entertainments to match? Then pay the gorgeously Victorian Kings Arms a visit!

Funky house live DJ on Fridays nights, quiz nights, board games aplenty and poker evenings are bound to keep you returning to this great little pub.

190 Fulham Road, Chelsea, London SW10 9PN Tel: 020 7351 5043 www.kingsarmschelsea.com

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Camels Sarah and Sharifa took part in three races along the Thames, near Tower Bridge, to help promote Saracens rugby club. The camels are mascots for the London-based club and will race again on September 12 at Wembley Stadium when the team takes on Northampton Saints. It was the first time camel racing in the UK featured blood-line racers rather than zoo animals.

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LONDON LIFE

WHAT’S ON Daniel Landon PICKS THE BEST OF LONDON THIS WEEK

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THE THAMES FESTIVAL 2009 FREE WHAT: An extravaganza of eclectic events along the river, including a big fireworks show, a night-time procession of fire and illumination, swing and jive dancing, free running (parkour), and a communal feast on Southwark Bridge .

WHEN: Sep 12 and 13, noon-10pm. The fireworks are on Sep 13 at 9.45pm, between Blackfriars and Waterloo bridges.

DO IT BECAUSE: It’s all free, and is a perfect way to round out the summer.

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» On the south bank of the Thames between Westminster Bridge and Tower Bridge (thamesfestival.org).

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Capital idea: Roundhouse When it first opened in 1846 the Roundhouse was a repair shed for steam locomotives, but it’s now one of London’s leading music and art venues.

The Roundhouse has become known for showcasing an eclectic and innovative lineup of events since it became a venue in 1964, and plays host to top-notch bands and musos.

A venue is no guarantee that what you’ll hear or see will be quality, but this is one place where it comes pretty close.

However, it’s the building

itself that helps to make gigs in particular, a special experience. The interior is magnificent, the high circular roof provides a unique backdrop, while the balcony areas offer a great vantage point of the action.

There’s also a café and funky bar at the venue.

If you can’t make it to Munich for Oktoberfest, head to the next best thing. There’ll be loads of German-inspired food, games and beer.

» Octoberfest Pub, Fulham Rd, SW6 5SA Parsons Green (tntonline.co.uk/oktoberfest).

Sep 12, 5pm-1am

PROMS IN THE PARK £25 The final concert of the Proms classical music season is a must-see showcase of British pride and splendour. Tickets to the concert itself are almost impossible to get, but head to Hyde Park to soak up one of the best events of the year.

» Hyde Park

Marble Arch (bbc.co.uk/proms). Sep 13

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» Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8EH Chalk Farm (roundhouse.org.uk).

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GREENWICH COMEDY FESTIVAL £10- £18.50

GREAT CAPITAL RUN £20

A varied selection of topnotch stand-up comedians.

A 5km fun run with a route through Regent’s Park and with proceeds going to charity. Runners will be split into three groups: Team England, Team Australia and Team Rest of the World.

» Various venues (greenwichcomedyfestival. co.uk). Sep 7-13

FASHION’S NIGHT OUT FREE More than 200 stores and boutiques stay open late and put on special events.

» Chester Rd, NW1 4HG Regent’s Park (greatrun.org). Sep 13

» Various venues (vogue.co.uk/fashionsnightout).

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BRITAIN EXPLAINED

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HOW BRITAIN BUILT AN EMPIRE From the mid-18th century to the end of World War II Britain ruled the biggest empire the world had seen.

How did it conquer so much?

Being an island largely protected the country from the threat of invasion, enabling it to concentrate its efforts further afield, and the country had a powerful navy.

There was also the desire to spread Protestantism to

counter Catholic (and dominion seeking) rivals France, Spain and Portugal.

Britain’s mercantilist spirit (companies were encouraged to make money) placed importance on finding new markets; and there was the Protestant work ethic (‘let’s head to the colonies, work hard and get rich’). DL

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s n o i t a t s They’re busy and crowded, but necessary to travellers and commuters alike. Here’s TNT’s guide to London’s train stations

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ondon’s big mainline train stations may not be places you’d want to hang out in, but most of us end up passing through them reasonably often.

Here’s the lowdown on the rail hubs that keep Londoners moving.

Waterloo

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KING’S CROSS Historically one of the seediest parts of London, the area around King’s Cross is now undergoing a massive redevelopment

LIVERPOOL STREET Liverpool Street is a run-of-the-mill station in the heart of the City. It’s also the terminus for the hideously over-priced Stansted Express. The standard one-way fare is £18, and there’s no cheaper train option. Take a bus.

Destinations: Essex; East Anglia; Cambridge.

Fun fact: It was built in 1874 on the site of the world’s first lunatic asylum.

WATERLOO London’s busiest and biggest station attracts a better class of commuter – Waterloo services the well-heeled suburbs of south-west London and genteel south-west England.

Destinations: Hampshire; Dorset; Devon; south-west London.

Fun fact: Waterloo was the Eurostar terminus until 2007 – pity the French arriving at a station

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ST PANCRAS With its majestic arched glass roof and impressive Gothic-style hotel out the front, St Pancras (above) is possibly the most beautiful station in the world. It was a bit grotty until an £800 million redevelopment, finished in 2007, to make it the Eurostar terminus for Britain’s first high-speed cross-channel train services.

Destinations: France, Belgium and the continent; the East Midlands; Ashford in Kent; Thameslink to Brighton, Gatwick, Luton and Bedford.

Fun fact: When it opened in 1868 it was the largest enclosed space in the world.

project. The station itself has only 11 platforms.

Destinations: Edinburgh and eastern Scotland; north-east England; North London; Cambridge; Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.

Fun fact: There’s a plaque to mark Platform 9 3⁄4, from which the Hogwarts Express departs in the Harry Potter books.

RIP-OFF RAIL WHY ARE TRAIN FARES SO EXPENSIVE?

named after their most humiliating battlefield defeat. Kinda like if the Japanese made American planes land at ‘Pearl Harbor’ airport in Tokyo.

CHARING CROSS Unless you’re commuting south of the river, there are almost no interesting destinations served by Charing Cross. But it’s got a futuristic office building on top.

Destinations: South-east London; Kent.

Fun fact: It’s named after the Eleanor Cross – a 13th-century monument erected by King Edward I to his wife Eleanor.

VICTORIA An incredible 115 million people pass through Victoria annually – but it’s actually the second busiest station (behind Waterloo) in London.

Destinations: Sussex; Surrey; Kent; Gatwick Airport; South London Fun fact: A regular Southern train can take you to Gatwick, saving you a fiver on the Express.

PADDINGTON Every teddy bear’s favourite station, Paddington was designed by the genius British engineer

115 million people “ pass through Victoria station annually ” Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who also devised the super-quick Great Western line to Bristol.

Destinations: Oxford; western England; Wales.

Fun fact: The Heathrow Connect service (£7.40) is cheaper than the Heathrow Express (£16.50).

EUSTON Set amid a concrete jungle, Euston is London’s ugliest station. A £1 billion redevelopment of the local area and station is planned – it needs it.

Destinations: The West Midlands; north-west England; North Wales; western Scotland.

Fun fact: The original station was fronted by a magnificent Doric arch, but it was demolished amid much outcry in 1962.

AND SOME OTHERS FENCHURCH STREET It’s on the Monopoly board – but if you need to use Fenchurch Street, you’ve pretty much hit rock bottom of London commuting.

Destinations: Deepest, darkest Essex.

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Although 80 per cent of rail users are satisfied with UK train services (according to the watchdog Passenger Focus), only 40 per cent think fares are good value for money.

There are two broad reasons fares are so pricey.

First, huge underinvestment in railways – anyone for motorways? – since World War II until this decade has left a huge bill to bring the network up to scratch.

Second, British railways are operated by private companies, and like any business they want to make a profit. Last January, with inflation at 1 per cent and the economy going into recession, fares rose 6-7 per cent on average. Ouch.

“The drive to extract premiums from some parts of the network will result in further above-inflation fare increases,” the Parliamentary Transport Select Committee said in 2006.

But cheaper fares can be found with a little planning.

Travel off peak, and book as far in advance as you can.

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LONDON BRIDGE Opened in 1836, London Bridge is London’s oldest station. Platforms 1-6 and 8-16 are split into different buildings (7 doesn’t exist).

Destinations: South London; Sussex; Kent; Thameslink to Brighton and Bedford.

The Hogwart s Express departs from Platform 9 3⁄4 in King’s Cross

MARYLEBONE Tucked behind the posh Landmark Hotel, the six-platform Marylebone (pronounced mar-leebone) is charming and unhurried.

Destinations: Birmingham; the Cotswolds; north-west London.

The lovers’ statue at St Pancras

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FOOD & DRINK

RESTAURANT REVIEW Domali

warm summer nights.

THE GRUB Specialty pies from Bristol-based Pieminster come with seasonal veg. Try the smoked mackerel pâté which comes on huge slabs of farmhouse bread. The highlight of the sides is huge bowl of chunky-cut chips served with garlic dip.

BEHIND THE BAR Good selection of bottled lagers and

★★★★★

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38 Westow Street, SE19 3AH 020 8768 0096 Crystal Palace

THE SCENE This place caters for a veggie-friendly crowd, and also acts as a gallery, displaying work by local artists. Out the back there’s a garden that gets busy on

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ales and a small wine list. The coffee is excellent and comes piping hot.

BILL PLEASE A meal for two, including drinks, is about £25.

VERDICT Very friendly, the staff here know what they’re doing. This is a cool place for a lengthy dinner or to spend a weekend afternoon with a cappuccino and newspaper.

JOEL NORTHCOTT

Portobello Road

It’s manic on market day, but here’s where to head for a food and drink reprieve on Portobello Road.

IN NEED OF A DRINK? It’s an eclectic mix of cocktails, pints and brownies at the Portobello Star (171 Portobello Rd, W11 2D). For a more traditional boozer, pop in to the The Duke Of Wellington (179-181 Portobello Rd, W11 2ED), which featured in Notting Hill. Kitsch but cool Trailer Happiness (177 Portobello Rd, W11 2DY) makes fantastic tiki cocktails.

GRAB SOME GRUB Behind its seemingly closed doors, Galicia (323 Portobello Rd, W10 5SY) serves up Iberian specialities. E&O (14 Blenheim Crescent, W11 1NN) is a fave with celeb locals – its Asian menu is superb. For authentic Thai cuisine in a cosy setting, try Thai Rice (303 Portobello Rd, W10 5TD). Or blag a seat at the chic members-only

OF THE BEST: CAKE SHOPS Bea’s Of Bloomsbury Theobalds Rd, WC1X 8NW Find works of art that are good enough to eat at this cake boutique.

Choose from wickedly gooey chocolate-covered gateaux to cute cupcakes.

The Hummingbird Bakery cupcakes

Electric House (191 Portobello Rd, W11 2ED).

FILL YOUR BAG As well as fruit and veg from the road’s famous market, there’s plenty more to buy.

Delightful cupcakes from

The Hummingbird Bakery (133 Portobello Rd, W11 2DY); spices for your home-made curry at The Spice Shop (1 Blenheim Crescent, W11 2EE) and recipe books at Books For Cooks (4 Blenheim Crescent, W11 1NN).

FOODIE EVENTS IN THE CAPITAL Market related St Pancras International is more known for zipping off to Paris by train, but this week sees the launch of its Sourced Market.

Open seven days a week opposite the UK ticket office in the train station, the market sells cheeses by Neal’s Yard,

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charcuterie from Brindisa, Monmouth coffee, British beer and more.

Go ape for it Transient drinking holes are the trend this summer, with the latest pop-up bar in London sprouting outside the Old Truman Brewery in

Hanbury Street in the city’s East End. Only open from September 10-13, The Monkey Shoulder Tree House, which was also at The Big Chill Festival, is exactly this – an elevated wooden bar offering cocktails made with the whisky brand.

Maison Bertaux Greek St, W1D 5DD Famous for its creamy confections, such as devine profiterole cake as well as chocolate eclairs, this café is a sweet slice of bohemian France in the heart of Soho.

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“But they call Nicole by her first name,” a source, purporting to be close to the family, told In Touch.

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DAME KIRI HITS OUT Dame Kiri Te Kanawa says she’s not retiring and is sick of talking about John Farnham.

Dame Kiri, 65, was quoted by the UK media last month as saying a concert in the German city of Cologne next April “will be [her] last”, citing an exhausting schedule.

But New Zealand’s worldfamous soprano now claims she said no such thing.

“The press might have announced it. I didn’t say a thing. I don’t know why

they’re trying to retire me. I’m not retiring,” she explained.

The singer added she wished people would stop asking her about Farnham.

Two years ago, Dame Kiri beat a A$2 million lawsuit after withdrawing from three scheduled concerts with Farnham – because she was uncomfortable at the prospect of female fans throwing knickers at him.

“Can we just drop that subject,” Dame Kiri said.

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”These are my mountains, my valleys.”

Dolly Parton sings as part of celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of the Smoky Mountains National Park in the US

Women’s Weekly: Kiwi starlet Anna Paquin talks marriage and motherhood with her fiancé and co-star Stephen Moyer. Plus, Sarah Ferguson heads off to Spain with Prince Andrew, sparking rumours the once royal couple are back together.

AUSTRALIA OK!: Dancing With The Stars host and City Homicide star Daniel MacPherson shares his plans for trying his luck in LA. Songstress Kate Ceberano celebrates 25 years in the music business.

Plus, Spanish siren Penelope Cruz talks about her love for boyfriend actor Javier Bardem and those swirling pregnancy rumours.

SOUTH AFRICA YOU: New mother Kass Naidoo – South Africa’s first female cricket commentator – shows off her baby boy, Daniel. Plus, as controversy continues to rage in South Africa about Caster Semenya’s gender testing ordeal, the star athlete’s friends and family share some stories that reveal a softer side to the 18-year-old 800m women’s world champion.

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Dobie Blaze Keyboardist from Fat Freddy’s Drop, aka Iain Gordon, on playing for peanuts, looking like a dick on stage and his band’s new album INTERVIEW ALISON GRINTER From where do you take your stage name, Dobie Blaze?

It’s a strange combination – the Dobie part comes from singer, Dobie Gray, and Blaze is from an old pet dog.

Your new album Dr Boondigga & The Big BW apparently ‘absorbs a few influences from Berlin bashment to Tooting bhangra beat’. What the hell is Tooting bhangra beat?

I dunno! [Laughs filthily] Who said that?

It’s all here in your press release.

Is it in the biog? I haven’t even seen the biog – we only went online today. We live kinda quite separate lives.

Bret McKenzie’s “ got a beautiful strap-on

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But you all spent some time in Tooting when you were working on your first album, didn’t you?

Yeah, there was a house jacked up in Tooting for one of the early tours and everyone parked up there. Yeah, it was an interesting time cos the MPC was set up in the lounge. There weren’t many gigs and it was summer time and no one had any money, so there was just a lot of music being made, really. And there was a tennis court across the road, so there was lots of tennis being played.

Do fans still put you up in their own flats when you’re touring?

We used to love doing that. We’d get hosted by people from all over the place. It was essentially like being billetted, really. But no, that’s all changed. Everyone needs hotels, needs to be normalised, especially when you have to get from place to place quickly.

Do you have a rider now?

Yeah [laughs]. Riders are very dependent on where you go. We ask for the basics which is booze, basically, and something to eat but we don’t really specify. In the UK it’s really cheap wine, warm beer, CCs [corn chips] and peanuts. You go to France and it’s like – oh my God – every kind of cheese, and there’s a chef waiting for you as you arrive at the venue.

Every Fat Freddy’s Drop gig is unique because of your commitment to improv. How do you approach this on the night?

We rehearse a particular structure at home so we have a guideline of the

tune, and there will also be a solo section within it. But sometimes it’s an opportunity to take the tune to a different place. It could go anywhere, depending on whether someone picks up the ball and decides to run with it. And if someone does, hopefully everyone runs after them. If they don’t, you end up looking like a dick.

Dr Boondigga ... is quite smooth in some places but also quite clubby and ravey in others.

Yeah! [Laughs] Exactly! Finally! Lots of keyboards, eh! We pulled out all of our keyboards for this album cos we all have collections of old analogue keyboards.

How many keyboards do you have between the seven of you?

I’ve got 20 at home and more at the studio. So probably 50 keyboards between us.

Have you ever jammed with Bret McKenzie from Flight Of The Conchords? He’s a keyboard nut too.

Bret is a great keyboard player, he’s an awesome musician. I’ve never actually really had a good jam with Bret, no, but he’s got a beautiful strap-on – it’s really amazing. I love it.

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YOU DON’T SAY? What song is always guaranteed to get you on the dancefloor?

Pump Up The Jam by the Technotronics or Demis Roussos’ Forever And Ever.

What would your superpower be?

To be invisible. No, bugger that – to fly What’s your porn star name?

Pointer Bradshaw. Pointer was a dog.

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Meryl Streep and rising star Amy Adams are quite the double act. After starring together in Oscar-baiting drama Doubt, they team up again for enjoyable culinary comedy Julie & Julia.

Based on the memoirs of late celebrity chef Julia Child and the blog of one of her fans, Julie Powell, Nora Ephron’s film follows the pair’s love affair with food.

In the 1940s Child (Streep) moves to Paris with her diplomat husband and, after discovering fine cuisine, writes cookbook Mastering The Art Of French Cooking.

Sixty years later, in New York, aspiring writer Julie Powell (Adams) starts a blog documenting her experiences cooking all 524 recipes in Child’s best-selling book.

Swapping between the timelines, the film explores

1 What colour were the tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café?

2 Who is the Australian director of the 2007 film in which a leading Manhattan chef’s life is changed forever when she suddenly becomes the guardian of her young niece?

3 Who wrote the book on which the film Chocolat is based?

4 What cuisine is served in the restaurant in Big Night?

5 What animated film features a cooking rat?

how the skill and charm of the two chefs lead to fame but also heartbreak and frustration.

As you would expect, Streep puts in a nuanced, Oscarworthy performance as the loud, brash Child and makes what is a meandering, at times

boring, storyline altogether more palatable.

Adams is a tad annoying as the neurotic Powell but doesn’t detract much from a movie that will thrill foodies.

GOOD FOR: Wannabe chefs.

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★★★★★ Andrea Arnold shows why she’s a director to keep an eye on with this powerful drama in which a family is plunged into crisis when a teenager (Katie Jarvis) befriends her mother’s new boyfriend (Michael Fassbender). Topnotch turns and breathtaking visuals combine in one of this year’s best British films.

GOOD FOR: Spotting bright, young talent. PDV

television networks, who were killed by Indonesian troops in 1975. The film stars Anthony LaPaglia (below).

Fans of long-running South African bilingual soapie Egoli, which finished filming episodes last week, can breathe easy after producers confirmed a one-off big screen version of the TV soap would be going into production shortly.

Known simply as Egoli – The Movie, the producers told newspaper Die Burger that the film would be released during the middle of next year.

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★★★★★ Director RJ Cutler latches onto Vogue editor Anna Wintour as she puts together the allimportant September issue of her mag, in a doco that peels back the layers of the fashion industry. It’s not scathing enough but some tasty clashes make for an enthralling film, even if you don’t know which colours are hot this season.

GOOD FOR: Fans of The Devil Wears Prada. PDV

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The filmmakers behind Australian political thriller Balibo have been awarded the Presidential Medal of Merit in East Timor.

President Jose RamosHorta presented director Robert Connolly and producer John Maynard with the medal at a ceremony in the capital Dili as part of the country’s 10th anniversary festivities.

The Presidential Medal of Merit is a honour awarded to those who make a great contribution to East Timor.

Balibo tells the story of the Balibo Five, a group of journalists working for Australian

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CULTURE TELLING TALES To most of us an item of furniture is a functional item, while art is something to be hung on a wall and admired.

But what happens when the two collide and designers take an artistic approach to household items?

Well, as this magnificent exhibition shows, the results are spectacular. Designers reconnect with nature, engage with a fairy tale, parody highfalutin style or reflect on mortality, even if it is for something as inherently basic as a lamp or cushion.

So, among others there is a vase made of honeycomb, a wardrobe made of fig

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Whether you simply enjoy the bizarre and fun designs, or reflect on a deeper message, it’s all hugely enjoyable. DANIEL LANDON

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WORTH A LOOK Kiwi and Pacific Island artists use mixed media and performance works to explore their ethnography in

ethKnowcentrix. » October Gallery, Old Gloucester St, WC1N 3AL

•Obama’s People

Holborn (octobergallery.co.uk). Sep 10-Oct 10. Free

features intimate portraits of the President’s offsiders. » Flowers Gallery, Kingsland Rd, E2 8DP

Old Street (flowerseast.com). Sep 11-Oct 10. Free

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NICK CAVE: THE DEATH OF BUNNY MUNRO

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Forming part of the National Youth Theatre’s season on body bits, these playlets offer a slick showcase.

In Tits, schoolgirl Ffion pursues glamour modelling while the audience question director Anna Niland’s decision to flash as much flesh as the industry under attack.

In Teeth, Louise’s body

dysmorphia sends her in search of certain ‘procedures’, and Sophie Ward convincingly portrays a girl who thinks filing her teeth brings contentment.

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» Soho Theatre, Dean St, W1D 3NE Tottenham Court Road (020 7478 0100; sohotheatre.com). Until Sep 12. £15-£20

Multi-talented goth dude that he is, Nick Cave has shown as much flair for writing dark and doomy novels as he has for creating dark and doomy music.

The Death Of Bunny Munro is Cave’s second foray into fiction; his debut was the critically acclaimed Southern horror And The Ass Saw The Angel.

In The Death Of Bunny Munro (out now through Canongate) the titular character is a beauty-product

salesman who, after the suicide of his wife, embarks on a bizarre road trip with his nine-year-old son, forcing him to face ghosts from his past.

Cave will be discussing his new book with UK author David Peace, famous for The Red Riding Quartet and The Damned United.

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MORE STAGE Billed as a sizzling non-stop, all-action, feel-good dance musical, Zambezi Express is set to pounding African Eric Richmond

beats and tells the story of one boy’s pursuit of the ultimate football dream, to triumph in South Africa after growing up on the back streets of a township in Zimbabwe. » Riverside Studios, Crisp Rd, W6 9RL

Hammersmith (riversidestudios.co.uk). Until Sep 27. From £10

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But when Cape Town-based theatre company Isango Portobello took it on a few years back, they ditched the evocative Spanish arias and sang in Xhosa – the ‘click’ language found exclusively in South Africa.

While this might seem like a recipe for disaster, the resulting production garnered accolades at home and abroad. So when Isango Portobello – the world’s largest black theatre company – takes to the stage in London this week, they will be putting a similarly fresh twist on some timeless stories.

Opening this Friday, The Mysteries – Yiimimangaliso uses South African song and dance to reinterpret medieval plays about the Bible. But while it seems remarkable to blend medieval texts with contemporary African culture, this kind of fusion is core to Isango Portobello’s remit to stage quality and widely accessible theatre.

TEACHING PEOPLE “My generation grew up with no theatre at all,” says singer Pauline Malefane, 32, who is the star of the The Mysteries and co-founder of the company.

“The best way to teach people is to make things they can easily relate to. If you bring a Shakespeare play into the townships, one: not many people know Shakespeare, and two: the language of Shakespeare is very difficult. So

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the best way of helping people to understand is to change the concept.

“We try to really tell our stories in a manner that people would really understand,” Malefane adds.

This is where Isango Portobello’s blend of singing, dance and language (including English, Afrikaans, Tswana, Xhosa and Zulu) combine to make classic tales such as Carmen or The Magic Flute accessible and entertaining.

But it’s not all about spreading the word. Most of Isango Portobello’s performers come from struggling townships, and being part of the company offers a huge professional boost and helps the extended families that many of the cast members support.

“But those are considered by-products of what we want to do, which is achieve artistic excellence,” says Mark Dornford-May, Isango

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We tell our stories “ in a manner people would understand ” Portobello’s director and co-founder (pictured right with Malefane).

“We want to be good. The drive is not to be a feel-good charity so much as a powerful and respected theatre company.”

the country,” Dornford-May says. “There’s still a lot of entrenched views about what theatre should be, and most of those views we would now think of as very old-fashioned even within a European setting.

“Theatre for a long time in South Africa was used to preserve the European heritage; was used to diminish the black cultural threat. For at least the last 50 years before democracy that was its prime aim, so it’s a slow change.”

But outside South Africa it’s a different story.

“I don’t think people are necessarily aware of those political ramifications,” says DornfordMay. “We’re viewed as a theatre company who produce interesting and exciting work.”

“It’s probably the first time a black woman has played God, certainly the first time a black woman has played Christ,” explains director Mark Dornford-May of Pauline Malefane’s lead role in Isango Portobello’s production of The Mysteries – Yiimimangaliso.

The Mysteries is based on what are known as the ‘Chester Mystery’ plays, which are stories about the Bible first performed in England in the 14th century.

The stories about Adam and Eve, the birth of Christ, crucifixion and resurrection, among others, are brought to life through African song, dance and language.

The sheer theatricality of this means the performance will appeal to pretty much anyone, Dornford-May says.

“It’s a great story. You’ve got a central heroic figure that people can relate to, whatever their background or faith,” he adds.

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PARIS CALLING After their season in the West End the company will perform in Paris’ biggest opera house, with Dornford-May pointing out: “We’re probably the only performing company who’s managed that sort of double.”

But in South Africa there’s still a way to go to convince people about blending traditional arts with western classics.

“It’s only been a democracy [here] for 15 years now – it’s not a long time within the history of

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MUSIC JET Shaka Rock (EMI)

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“They got the beat on repeat,” slurs Nic Cester on track two.

Well, yes. Few listeners will arrive at Shaka Rock – which has the most pathetic cover art of any mainstream rock album released this year – expecting a surprise. Jet don’t really do surprises. But still, the lack of variety and originality on the Melbourne quartet’s third LP is quite something.

The problem isn’t Jet repeating themselves. Most

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One of the UK’s most likeable and gifted soul singers, Knight’s been looking for a record worthy of her talents for a decade.

Although this one is released on her own label, which implies a pronounced level of creative control, 100% isn’t it. While there’s a too-manycooks element to some songs, it’s the presentation of Knight’s vocals that are the real problem; she’s a charismatic singer, not that you can tell from the flat production. She’ll get there eventually. WFJ

Producer Nick Launay, a longtime Nick Cave collaborator, and guitarist Johnny Marr, once of the Smiths and now of Modest Mouse, have been drafted in to add order to the chaos that’s blighted the Jarman brothers’ three previous LPs. Both do their best – especially Marr, who adds texture where previously there was none – but they can’t save The Cribs from themselves. Marred by workaday songs and rotten vocals, Ignore The Ignorant is simply dull. WFJ

Taste-wise, Jamie T’s ramshackle pop/rap hybrid has always been up there with Marmite. But love or hate him, Mr Treays’ debut Panic Prevention showcased a sound that was uniquely his own. Follow up LP Kings And Queens sticks to the T template on tracks such as frantic but catchy Sticks ’N’ Stones, but also pushes the envelope with the ’60s flecked Chaka Demus and sampledelic Castro Dies. It’s a bit hit and miss, but original all the same. ALISON GRINTER

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NO.1 Sexy Bitch, David Guetta ft Akon.

ON TOUR Ladyhawke will embark on her first headline tour of Australia later this year.

The Kiwi pop star will take in all of the capital cities, kicking off in BrisVegas on November 5 and finishing in Perth on November 14.

NO.1 Sweet Dreams, Beyoncé.

ON TOUR Blues-based hard rockers The Checks are all set for their second tour of NZ for 2009. The quintet, currently flogging their sophomore album Alice By The Moon, will start their tour in Wellington on September 25 and finish up in Auckland on October 3.

NO.1 Hush, Hush, Hush, Pussycat Dolls.

ON TOUR Rodriguez is to return to South Africa for his fifth tour, beginning in Cape Town on September 13. The folk singer’s 1970 LP Cold Fact became a cult hit in South Africa while he was largely forgotten in his native Detroit.

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LIVE REVIEW Kate Miller-Heidke The Bedford August 27 ★★★★★ This free show is the perfect chance for cash-strapped Aussies to catch the little Queenslander with the big voice.

But those expecting Miller-Heidke as top billing may have been disappointed with the format, which sees four musicians each perform two sets of three songs.

Although there are impressive voices on display, Miller-Heidke and her six songs, including Words and Caught In The Crowd, stand out for being more professional, polished and entertaining.

If anyone in the audience wasn’t willing to fork out to see her before, they are now. EMILY COLSTON

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bands do that. It’s they’re repeating themselves repeating other people in a regurgitation of clichés that were clichés before any of the group were born.

Shaka Rock sounds more colourful than Get Born, and carries more life than Shine On. But it’s their third album, so it also carries fewer excuses, especially when it comes to the schoolboy lyrics.

“Your heart’s on fire,” yowls Cester, “but you’re cold to the touch.” Fire! Cold! And that’s one of the better lines.

The worst part? Knowing that album number four will sound exactly the same.

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MUSIC

GIG GUIDE MUSIC & CLUBS

Alison Grinter PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST LIVE MUSIC

GIG OF THE WEEK DIRTY PROJECTORS Formed around the unique talent of Brooklyn vocalist and guitarist Dave Longstreth, the Dirty Projectors are creating some of the most quixotic sounds to have assailed our ears in a long, long time. Though Longstreth and his band have been toiling on the indie margins since the early noughties, their 2009 effort Bitte Orca is considered to be their most ‘accessible’ yet. But given their previous album Rise Above was a reimagining of Black Flag’s Damaged, we’re hardly talking about mainstream sellouts here. Catch ’em this week.

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» Scala, Pentonville Rd, N1 9NL (0870 534 4444)

King’s Cross Sun, Sep 13. £12

BLACKCHORDS

TORI AMOS

Led by singer-songwriter Nick Milwright, the Blackchords are the latest Aussie band to try their hand at the Coldplayish, tug-your-heartstrings shtick as heard on their eponymous debut. But unlike fellow Melburnian epic rockers, The Temper Trap, their music evokes Australia’s remoteness to some effect. Deserves a hearing.

Emotionally lacerating is what Tori Amos does best, and her latest album, the sonically adventurous Abnormally Attracted To Sin doesn’t disappoint with it’s exploration of Amos’ ongoing ambivalence to religion and sex. The flame-haired piano-thrasher is back this week and couldn’t put on a dull live show if she tried.

» The Good Ship, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (020 7372 2544). Fri, Sep 11. £5

» Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH

Kilburn

Hammersmith (0844 844 4748). Sep 10-11. £35

BELIEVE THE HYPE O CHILDREN

Guy Stephens, Sarah Cass

THE LINE-UP Tobias (vocals),

Gauthier (guitar), Harry (bass), Sleath (drums).

HAILS FROM East London.

THE BUZZ SO FAR Led by towering baritone Tobias, O Children take their name from a Nick Cave song and their aural cues from early Echo And The Bunnymen and New Order. The end result is edgy, transcendent ’80s electro, which is as catchy as it is mind bending. Having already seduced Hoxton with dark rock tracks, Dead Eye Lover, O Children are coming to an airwave near you.

THE BAND SAY “We don’t just want a bunch of hot checker babes from Shoreditch knowing who we are … we want to get into people’s heads, play to everyone.”

THE CRITICS SAY They manage

to stay standing with one foot in art and the other in pop; birthing their music into the murky territory between.”

(Artrocker) THE RELEASE Dead Disco Dancer out on Sep 7 through Deadly People.

THE PLUG The Macbeth,

Old Hoxton St, N1 6LP Street (020 7739 5095).

Wed, Sep 9. Free

SOUND BITES Ex-Bad Seed Mick Harvey has spoken for the first time about why he left the legendary band, fronted by his longtime friend Nick Cave, last August. ”I had reached a point where I needed a change,” he told The Age. Harvey also said his role in the band had altered and “was more looking after the business side of things than an artistic role.”

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MUSIC LISTINGS MONDAY 27

SATURDAY 2

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Concern, Mewgatz

Dub Pistols The hip-hop, breakbeat and ska collective use horns and turntables for the performance. Koko, Camden High

The Chicago-based indiepop performer promotes his album Vs Children. The

St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £14.50.

Luminaire, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (020 7372 7123). Adv £8.50.

Jooks Of Kent, The Nuns The trio play blues and boogie crossed with rock and roll.

Kenny G The saxophonist promotes his album Rhythm And Romance. Royal Albert

The Grosvenor, Sidney Rd, SW9 0TP (020 7733 1799). £5.

Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP (020 7589 8212). £29-£50.

Left With Pictures, My Sad Captains, The Riff Raff

Rosemary Branch Festival: Pete Letanka Trio South

The London-based combo play melodic indie-pop. The

African swing band. Rosemary

Lexington, Pentonville Rd, N1 9JB (020 7837 5371). £6, w/flyer/NUS £5.

Branch Theatre, Shepperton Rd, N1 3DT (020 7704 6665). £10.

Raphael Saadiq The Grammy Award-winning American soul singer and producer plays tracks from his back catalogue.

IndigO2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £22.50 & £30.

NOFX American punk-

TNT’S TOP BOOKING

NINE INCH NAILS O2 Arena, Peninsular Sq, SE10 0DX North Greenwich (0870 534 4444). Wed, Jul 15. £32.50 You want to what me like an animal? Trent Reznor’s nihilistic rock vehicle rolls into town this summer. Expect to hear 20 years’ worth of hits.

Chris Wood Acoustic folkrock from the singer-songwriter and guitarist. The Slaughtered Lamb, Great Sutton St, EC1V 0DX (020 7253 1516). £14, concs £12.

rockers. Shepherds Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (0905 020 3999). £20.

Gary Moore, Buddy Whittington The veteran guitarist promotes his album, Bad For You Baby Baby.

Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £26.91-£34.26.

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TUESDAY 28

KT Sullivan The vocalist

The Bug, DJ Adrian Sherwood The London outfit

performs the songs of Jerome Kern. Live! On The Park At Pizza

play experimental rock. The

On The Park, Knightsbridge, SW1X 7LY (020 7235 5273). £15 & £25.

Rhythm Factory, Whitechapel Rd, E1 1EW (020 7375 3774). £10.

The Wednesday Night Showcase Acoustic

Easy Star All-Stars The New York four-piece perform covers with a reggae twist. Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £17.50.

Putney, Lower Richmond Rd, SW15 1EU (020 8780 9383). £5.

Sleepercurve, White Light Parade, HK:UK The London

Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo, Danny Schmidt Folk from the Australian singer-songwriter and her band, including tracks from her album Despite The Snow Snow.

trio play progressive indie-rock to promote their forthcoming EP.

showcase of signed and unsigned acts. The Bullet

Bar, Kentish Town Rd, NW1 8PB (020 7485 6040). £5, w/flyer £4.

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

Skinny Molly

Southern US rock band featuring Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Mike Estes. The Half Moon, Half Moon Ln,

THURSDAY 30

The Blockheads The veteran

punk-rockers play their hits. The

Electric Ballroom, Camden High St, NW1 8QP (020 7485 9006). £23.50.

The Luminaire, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (020 7372 7123). £8, adv £6.

Herne Hill, SE24 9HU (020 7274 2733). £12, adv £10.

The Deadly Vibes, The Risk, The Branded

Tarrbaby, Three Times Daily

The American three-piece play country-rock tracks from their album Feels So Good I Wanna Do It Again. Boston Arms, Junction Rd, N19 5QQ (020 7272 8153). £7, concs £5.

Willie Garnett’s Big Band

Gravity, Spector, Gunner Sgt, Continental Train Wreck The outfit play indie-rock songs.

Sax-led swing from the 17-piece.

Bull’s Head, Lonsdale Rd, SW13 9PY (020 8876 5241). £7.

Dublin Castle, Parkway, NW1 7AN (020 8806 2668). £6, w/flyer £5.

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

The Yeah You’s, Meg Hutchinson Alternative duo

Indie-rock trio from Ipswich.

Mike Kintish and Nick Ingram perform electro-rock tracks.

Sam Lewis Soul, blues and folk from the guitarist and his band playing tracks from album Everything You Are.

The Troubadour, Old Brompton Rd, SW5 9JA (020 7370 1434). £7.

12 Bar Club, Denmark Place, WC2H 8NL (020 7240 2622). £6.

Okkyung Lee, Christian Marclay, Steve Beresford, John Butcher Experimental

WEDNESDAY 29

Zoot Money’s Surprise Party The veteran blues man

tracks from the New York performer. Cafe Oto, Ashwin

plays his monthly residency.

St, E8 3DL (020 7923 1231). £10.

Bull’s Head, Lonsdale Rd, Barnes, SW13 9PY (020 8876 5241). £10.

James Marsters

Bridgefire, Son Of Bitch Heavy soulful rock four-piece from London. Bull And Gate, Kentish Town Rd, NW5 2TJ (020 8826 5000). £5, concs £4.

Nina Ferro with Boisdale Blue Rhythm Band The Australian jazz singer performs with the outfit. Boisdale Of Belgravia, Eccleston St, SW1W 9LX (020 7730 6922). £12, diners £4.50.

José González The Swedish singer-songwriter plays lo-fi pop.

Hayze, I’m Spartacus, Hipsters Fix, The Blockade The Cavendish Arms, Hartington Rd, SW8 2HJ (020 7627 0698). £5.

Old Brompton Rd, SW5 9JA (020 7370 1434). £8, £7 before 10pm.

The Wolfetones

Brian Warfield and his band play upbeat interpretations of Irish ballads and songs.

Irish Cultural Centre, Blacks Rd, W6 9DT (020 8563 8232). £15.

SUNDAY 3 Ian Anderson Jethro Tull flautist. Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, Silk St, EC2Y 8DS (0845 120 7500). £17.50-£25.

Rhydian The Welsh X Factor finalist performs tracks from his self-titled album, which features covers and originals.

Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £22.02-£39.15.

trio play experimental rock.

Dublin Castle, Parkway, NW1 7AN (020 8806 2668). £6, concs £4.50.

Compton Terrace, N1 2UN (020 7226 1686). Adv £20.

John Standing The vocalist performs the songs of Noël Coward. Live! On The Park At Pizza

Ultravox The 1980s

Pink

new wave and electropop band perform tracks from their repertoire. Roundhouse,

The pop singer performs tracks from her album Funhouse. O2

On The Park, Knightsbridge, SW1X 7LY (020 7235 5273). £15 & £25.

Tacoma The Paris-based

Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8EH (0844 482 8008). £32.50 & £35.

Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £35.

Jim White The Americana

Mick Thomas, Rachel Hatfield, Natalie MCcool

country singer plays tracks from his extensive back catalogue.

The Australian soloist performs folk-rock. The Troubadour,

Jeniferever, Red Skys, Caesura, Codes In The Clouds Indie-rock from the

Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, N1 2UN (020 7226 1686). Adv £17.50.

Old Brompton Rd, SW5 9JA (020 7370 1434). £12, adv £10.

Swedish four-piece playing tracks from their album Spring Tides. Monto Water Rats, Gray’s Inn

The London singer and instrumentalist plays soul, funk and electronica. The Troubadour,

The acoustic pop vocalist plays songs from his album Like A Waterfall. Union Chapel,

East Wintergarden, Canada Sq, E14 5AB (020 7334 3922). £17.

Rd, WC1X 8BZ (020 7837 4412). £6.

Blues, funk and soul from the seven-piece. Dover St Restaurant

For full listings info go to tntonline.co.uk/ whats_on

Jayson Norris, Rhys Morgan, Amphibic Acoustic rock singer-songwriter originally from New Zealand. Halfmoon

FRIDAY 1

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

Tina Turner The Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter performs hits from her back catalogue.

O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £50-£200.

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FAST FORWARD AC/DC Wembley Stadium, Jun 26 (0871 2200 260). £55 Animal Collective Brixton Academy, Aug 20 (0844 477 2000). £18 Blur Hyde Park, Jul 2-3 (0870 534 444) £45 British India Dublin Castle, May 24 (020 8806 2668). £6.

John Butler Union Chapel, Jul 17 (0870 264 3333). £17.50 The Cat Empire Shepherds Bush Empire, Jul 3-4 (08444 77 2000) £17.50 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Latitude Festival, Jul 16-19, Henham Park, Suffolk, (latitudefestival.co.uk) £150 Die! Die! Die! Cargo, May 10, (020 7403 3331). £6.50 The Drones The Luminaire, May 21 (wegottickets.com). £8.50 Gurrumul Union Chapel, May 13 (0844 576 5483).£12.50 Manic Street Preachers Roundhouse, May 28-30 (0844 482 8008). £26.50 Mr Scruff Koko, May 23 (0870 4325 527). £15 Pet Shop Boys O2 Arena, Jun 19 (0870 534 4444). £30 Shapeshifter Forum, May 22 (0844 847 2405). £17.50 Toast Festival: Dave Dobbyn, Jayson Norris, Goldfish Clapham Common, Jun 26-28 (0871 230 5583). £15-£150

CLUBBING

MUSIC & CLUBS

CLUB GUIDE

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Natasha Vuckovic PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST CLUB NIGHTS

CLUB OF THE WEEK POLARISE If you haven’t heard the Hoxton Whores play before, then do yourself a huge favour and get down to this event, pronto. The duo has a pulsating dirty electro sound, which is contagiously rhythmic, where playful bootlegs and big tune remixes will keep your hooves stomping all night long. Also on the bill are London-based producers, the House Prophets and Jason Feist, fresh from a stint at Ibiza’s Eden nightclub.

Top music in a great East London venue.

» 54, Commercial St, E1 6LT Sat, Sep 12, 10pm-7am. £12. beats/breaks

funk/soul

Aldgate East (020 7377 0666).

drum ’n’ bass

electro

hip-hop

SAVED

SIZEISM

Get a whole lot of DJ value for your pound with Nic Fanciulli’s night at Matter. The stonker of a line-up includes super-trippy Dane Trentemøller and Detroit techno legend Kevin Saunderson.

A clubber’s calendar favourite, this is Swedish House Mafioso Steve Angello’s resident night at Ministry and it’s always a good one. Ex-End resident and deep house aficionado Raymundo Rodriguez plays in the bar.

» Matter, The O2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DY North Greenwich (020 7549 6686).

Sat, Sep 12, 10pm-7am. £15 adv

of music is super cheesy pop.

Yummy cocktails are the order of the day. Try the treasure chest – laden with booze, serves eight and sets you back 100 quid.

» Dover St, W1S 4LD

Green

Park (020 7493 9529).

For your chance to win one of four pairs of tickets to Saved and one of four Kevin Saunderson History Elevate albums, email grabs@tntmagazine.com with ‘Saved’ in the subject line by noon on Wed, Sep 9.

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rock/metal

techno

CLUB NEWS

Is Armin van Buuren looking for a career change? The world’s number one DJ had a brief stint as an interviewer, grilling fellow DJ Roger Sanchez about life in club land for a promo for their Tuesday night party at Amnesia in Ibiza. Leaving the most important question to last, the cheeky Dutch DJ (above) asked Sanchez how often he needs to trim his trademark mo. “Well Armin, for those of us who actually do grow beards, it’s a daily chore. I’ve got to sit there and trim it every single day,” Sanchez revealed.

Deadmau5 was up to some mousey mischief in Ibiza

recently. The DJ/producer jumped off a balcony at the Ibiza Rocks hotel into a giant swimming pool below, to the delight of onlookers. While his leap was only from a deck on the first floor, we don’t recommend trying these sorts of shenanigans yourself.

Basement Jaxx’s new album Scars is to be released on Monday, September 21. The duo’s next single, from the album, will also be released on the same day. Called Feelings Gone, it features Australian Black & Gold singer Sam Sparro. Other artists featured on the album include Santigold, Paloma Faith and Yoko Ono.

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house/garage

» Ministry Of Sound, Gaunt St, SE1 6DP Elephant & Castle (0870 060 0010). Sat, Sep 12, 11pm-7am. £15 adv, £18

PLACE TO BE Mahiki Located in Mayfair, this is one of those celeb-spotting type party places (Princes Wills and Harry, and Girls Aloud have all been pictured here), where you can expect to pay through the nose, and that’s before you’re through the door.

Mahiki is decked out in a Polynesian theme, where tacky tropicana palm trees and bamboo trimmings rule the interior and the choice

hard house/trance

CLUB LISTINGS TNT’S TOP BOOKING

MONDAY 27 Authentic Cuban Night

Electrovibe James Mac and DJ Lukass play house and electro. Club Boulevard, The Broadway, W5 5JY (07912 654 543). 10pm-late. £10.

DJ Flecha plays Cuban beats, plus dance classes.

Fiesta Havana, Fulham Rd, SW6 5NH (020 7381 5005).

5pm-2am. £5, free before 9pm.

Bite DJs Lydia, Ian, Marcus and Complexus play electro, hip-hop, indie, Motown and pop. Punk, Soho St, W1D 3DN (020 7734 4004). 9pm-3am. £5, concs £3, free before 10pm.

Explosive DJ Rugrat spins R’n’B, funky and club classics.

Zoo Bar, Bear St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188). 10pm-3.30am. £5.

Hard Core Salsa DJ

House Rules Bank Holiday Special Norman Jay spins house classics. Plan B, Brixton Rd, SW9 4AY (0870 116 5421).

9pm-6am. Adv £10.

Lost And Found Keb Darge and Andy Smith play blues, rock and Northern Soul. Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040). 10pm-3am. £8.

Miami 305 Funky house and pop from Mr Mak and Edge. Stanza, Shaftesbury Ave, W1D 5DY (020 7494 3020).

9.30pm-3am. £15, mems £10.

Mario plays mambo and salsa. Salsa!, Charing Cross Rd, WC2H 0JG (020 7379 3277).

5.30pm-2am. £4, free before 9pm.

Double Shake It With Laquisha Jonz Andrew

Delicious Thursdays R’n’B and retro hits on the ground floor, with house and party anthems in the basement. Zoo Bar, Bear

Funky Fridays DJs provide funk, disco, pop, African beats and 1980s hits, plus live performances from Jesse, Ken and Tyrone.

Salsa Night The resident

Elmore and Tommy Sandhu supply club hits. The Shadow

DJs provide salsa tracks. The Standard, Blackhorse Ln, E17 6DS (020 8503 2523). 8pm-9pm. £6.

Lounge, Brewer St, W1F 0RF (020 7287 7988). 10pm-3am. £5£10, free before 10pm, mems free.

St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

10pm-3am. £10, £8 before 10pm.

Royal Oak, East Hill, SW18 2QB (020 8874 4892). 7.30pm-late. Free.

Fuse The resident DJs spin funky house and indie. The

Hospitality High Contrast and Skream Zinc spin house. Matter

chart, party and retro hits in the basement with R’n’B, electro and house in the VIP room. Zoo Bar, Bear St,

Langley, Langley St, WC2H 9JA (020 7836 5005). 4.30pm-1am. £8, free before 9pm, £3 before 10pm.

At O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0AX (020 7549 6686). 10pm-6am. £15.

WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

9pm-3am. £7, NUS £5, adv £4.50.

Members Night DJ Bambach

Game On Residents spin

TUESDAY 28 Barrio Latino Merengue, salsa, bachata and urban Latin tracks from Chino and Alex. Bar Rumba, Shaftesbury Ave,

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W1D 7EP (020 7287 2715). 9pm-3am. £5, £4 before 11pm, NUS £3.

Socialism Brockie, Nicky

Forca Brasil DJ Fred spins

BM and Phantasy provide drum ’n’ bass. Herbal, Kingsland

salsa, samba and Latin tunes, plus live bands. Salsa!, Charing Cross Rd, WC2H 0JG (020 7379 3277). 5.30pm-2am. £4, free before 9pm.

Lost In London Party hits on the ground floor, electrohouse in the basement and commercial R’n’B in the VIP room. Zoo Bar, Bear St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

9pm-3am. £7, guestlist/NUS £5.

Salon DJ Aubrey spins club anthems. The Shadow Lounge, Brewer St, W1F 0RF (020 7287 7988). 9pm-late. £5-£10, free before 10pm, mems free.

supplies funky house anthems.

Latin Fever Latin music from resident DJ Jorge, plus live bands. Salsa!, Charing Cross

The Shadow Lounge, Brewer St, W1F 0RF (020 7287 7988). 9pm-late. £5£10, free before 10pm, mems free.

Rd, WC2H 0JG (020 7379 3277).

7pm-2am. £10, £8 before 11pm, £4 before 9pm, £2 before 8pm.

Rewind Residents spin classic

Twisted The residents supply

Rd, E2 8DA (020 7613 4462).

9pm-2am. £7, £5 before 12am, NUS £4, ladies Free before 11.30pm.

club anthems. LVPO, Dean St, W1D

house and commercial dance.

5BQ (020 7434 3399). 9pm-3am. £8.

Trannyshack Tasty Tim and

Silk Cuts DJ Nick Fletcher spins

Dusty O supply chart anthems, plus live bands. Madame Jo Jo’s,

global house. Jewel, Glasshouse

Motion, Victoria Embankment, WC2N 6PA (020 7389 9933).

8pm-late. £10, guestlist £5 before 11pm, free before 9pm.

St, W1B 5DQ (020 7439 4990).

9pm-1am. £10, guest list £5.

Upper Class DJ Leo spins

For full listings info go to tntonline.co.uk/ whats_on Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040).

10.30pm-3am. £5, w/flyer £3.

Wicked Wednesdays

The residents supply R’n’B and hip-hop. Sound, Leicester

Sq, WC2H 7NA (0870 863 1010).

9pm-3am. £10, £2.50 before 11pm.

THURSDAY 30

Arpdays DJs Idjut Boys, Bill

house. Jewel, Glasshouse St, W1B 5DQ (020 7439 4990).

9pm-1am. £10, guest list £5.

FRIDAY 1

Appropriate For... Party!

Residents spin dance, pop and club classics. Apt, Queen St, EC4N

1TX (020 7618 9020). 7pm-3am. £5, £3 guest list. Free before 10pm.

Back In The Day Resident DJ Stevie B spins retro pop, electro, funk, house, dance and R‘n’B.

White Heat DJs Matty and Olly spin rock and disco.

Brewster and Jonny 5 spin club hits. Cargo, Rivington St, EC2A 3AY

Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040).

10.30pm-3am. £7, adv £6.

(020 7739 3440). 7pm-1am. £8.

Escape Soho, Brewer St, W1F 0SU (07833 327002). 9pm-3am. £4.

Classique The residents

Calentito Resident DJs spin

play house classics, 1980s pop and commercial R’n’B. The Hill,

pop, R’n’B and classic soul.

WEDNESDAY 29

Muswell Hill, N10 3ST (020 8365 3651).

10pm-3am. £10, £7 before 11.30pm.

Salvador And Amanda, Great Newport St, WC2H 7JA (020 7240 1551).

9pm-3am. £10, guestlist £5.

SATURDAY 2

The Libertaire, High St, W3 6NG (020 7160 0572). 10pm-late. £10, ladies Free before 11pm.

Rock The Kaz Bar Resident DJs spin disco, funk, pop, house and R’n’B grooves.

Digress Soho, Beak St, W1F 9RA (020 7437 0239). 12noon-3am. £10, £7 before 11pm, free before 10pm.

Steve Smart Steve Smart spins dancefloor hits. Club Boulevard, The Broadway, W5 5JY (07912 654 543). 10pm-1.30pm. £10, ladies £5 before 11.30pm.

XXL Techno and pop from resident DJs for a crowd of hirsute guys and their admirers. The Arches, Southwark St, SE1 1RU (020 7403 9643).

9pm-6am. £12, concs/mems £8.

SUNDAY 3 Dubfire Paul Woolford, Tim Sheridan Vs Mr C and Biased Guy spin dubstep.

Matter at O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0AX (020 7549 6686).

10pm-6am. £15, adv £12, NUS £10.

Born 2 Boogie DJ Legs,

Playboys and Milk Tray spin R’n’B, hip-hop, soul and reggae. Archangel, Kensington High St, W8 5NP (020 7938 4137).

10pm-2am. £10, concs £8.

Funkinyou 5th Anniversary & Sunglasses Party DJ Arkoss and special surprise guests play house, funk and electro.

Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). 10pm-5.30am. £15.

Carwash Resident DJs play 1970s and 1980s disco and funk.

N-Joy The resident DJs

Club Aquarium, Old St, EC1V 9DD (020 7251 6136). 10pm-3.30am. £15.

supply club anthems.

Destination Resident DJs

Cheap$kates Disco and hip-hop courtesy of DJ Downfall.

spin funky house, dance, commercial dance, R’n’B and club anthems. On Anon,

Moonlighting, Greek St, W1D 4DR (020 7734 6308). 9pm-3.30am. £6, NUS £4.50, w/flyer £4.

Piccadilly, W1V 9LA (020 7287 8008).

9pm-late. £10, £7 before 11pm, free before 10pm.

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Platinum Funk The resident DJs supply R’n’B, hip-hop and funky house.

Motion, Victoria Embankment, WC2N 6PA (020 7389 9933).

10pm-3am. £10, free before 12am.

Wetyourself Resident DJs spin electro and minimal tunes. Club Aquarium, Old St, EC1V 9DD (0776 704 7420).

10pm-4am. £10, w/flyer £5.

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MUSIC & CLUBS

TIESTO VICTORIA PARK Bethnal Green Jul 3, £36 The Dutch DJ is coming to London this summer for a bit of festival fun.

Having sold out the O2 Arena last year, he’s sure to do the same at this event.

Get your tickets now at ticketmaster.co.uk.

NEWS & SPORT

NEWS IN REVIEW

The week that was MONDAY

» TUESDAY » WEDNESDAY » THURSDAY » FRIDAY » SATURDAY » SUNDAY QUOTE UNQUOTE “I sometimes think people don’t know how close we got to the abyss last September and October. This was dire straits time. You had financial institutions falling over like nine pins and all over the world the rest of the global economy plummeting into recession.” Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on claims the government overreacted to the financial crisis.

WRAP UP OF LAST WEEK’S EVENTS FROM AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AFRICA

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Body found in forest Police found the body of a man in Queensland’s Coominglah State Forest, believed to be that of a missing ranger.

A massive search was launched after the man, who worked for the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and was undertaking field work, failed to meet a work colleague at their vehicle last Thursday.

Bligh is cooking Queensland premier Anna Bligh copped a grilling in parliament over her decision to compete on Celebrity MasterChef, with suggestions she make “porkie

Anna Bligh

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pies” and “corruption cookies”.

Bligh will line up in the kitchen alongside stars such as swimmer Eamon Sullivan, INXS’ Kirk Pengilly and Miss Universe Australia Rachael Finch.

Video wins Blake Prize A silent video of young people jumping up and down at a rock concert won Australia’s top prize for religious art and spirituality.

Rapture (Silent Anthem) by Sydney artist Angelica Mesiti was the first video to win the Blake Prize, worth $20,000, in its 58-year history.

The 11-minute slow motion video was filmed from under the stage of a Sydney rock concert.

Son witnesses killing A nine-year-old boy was the only witness to the killing of his father, property developer Michael McGurk, outside their family home in Sydney.

McGurk, 45, was killed by a single gunshot to the head outside his home in Cremorne.

Police said McGurk was well known to police and they were pursuing a number of inquiries.

“It appears very targeted,” homicide squad commander detective superintendent Geoff Beresford said.

The property developer had matters listed for mention in the NSW Supreme Court involving a property dispute.

“This ceremony marks the end of an era.

After all the tumult of the Vietnam War, Australians can finally close this chapter.”

Defence personnel minister Greg Combet on the return of the bodies of the last Australian servicemen in Vietnam.

“I am very, like, remorseful for what I did.” A McDonald’s manager, Amanda Jane Murison, 21, who took a secret photograph of a colleague sleeping naked before showing it to other staff.

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beer, which police estimate to be worth $35,000.

Detectives and Australian Customs officials searched the man’s house, and he was then charged with stealing and for possessing cannabis.

Investigators were still trying to identify the co-offender in the crime and locate the missing Belgian beer.

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A man was charged with stealing a container of imported beer from an industrial yard in Perth, in what has been described as “The Great Belgian Beer Heist”.

Police say the 34-year-old man and an accomplice allegedly used a side-loading trailer to steal the full container.

It was packed with 1349 cartons of Belgian Hoegaarden

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■ John Della Bosca quits as NSW health minister after news breaks of his affair with a 26-year-old.

■ Woman claims he bypassed state parliament security with her in tow.

■ Della Bosca’s colleagues claim his career should not be over.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA Mr Percival – one of the pelicans that starred in the 1976 South Australian movie Storm Boy – died of old age at Adelaide Zoo. He was 33 years old.

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from his role as NSW health minister after his affair with a 26-year-old woman was reported in a Sydney newspaper, effectively bringing an end to his campaign to become the next state premier.

His former mistress, named by media as comedy writer Kate Neal, claimed Della Bosca, 53, had bypassed security to have sex in his office and missed official functions to be with her.

The woman told the Daily

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Telegraph the affair ended only when it became clear that Della Bosca had no intention of keeping his promise to leave his wife, federal MP Belinda Neal.

While NSW ministers rallied around Della Bosca and said his political career wasn’t over after revelations of the affair, NSW premier Nathan Rees,

who last year inherited a state in economic chaos, accepted the resignation.

Della Bosca was counted as a persistent plotter against Rees, and just a week before news of his affair broke, the former NSW health minister had been named as one of three rivals for the state crown.

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Minister feared for life during fall A Victorian government minister said he thought he would die as he plunged down an icy mountain in the Victorian alps, but vowed to make the trek again.

Tim Holding was discharged from a Melbourne hospital after he was rescued by helicopter.

Embarrassed and emotional, the Victorian tourism and water minister vowed to return to the mountain that almost claimed his life, but said he’ll take an emergency beacon and won’t go solo.

Holding was stranded on Mount Feathertop, Victoria’s

second highest peak, for two days after he slipped while descending the icy 1922m summit.

“When I slipped on Feathertop and slid off the top of the mountain, I thought I was going to die,” he said.

“I slid very, very fast … you start slowly and you slide faster and faster, and you gather huge momentum.”

Holding thanked all who assisted in his rescue and apologised for the grief he had caused his family, saying he was officially “grounded” by his partner.

NEW SOUTH WALES The state government said it wanted to ban energy drinks with dangerously high levels of caffeine after five Year 7 students suffered dizziness and nausea after consuming the drinks.

NORTHERN TERRITORY Northern Territory authorities said they were “a bit embarrassed” after their efforts to destroy old fireworks ignited a large bushfire at Hidden Valley.

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The largest dengue fever epidemic in Queensland in 50 years was declared to be over.

The dengue fever type 3 epidemic began in Cairns in November last year and spread across north Queensland infecting 931 people.

A man suffered head injuries after being hit with a machete during a brawl at White Beach on the Tasman Peninsula. Police were called to the disturbance, which involved weapons including an axe handle.

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545,000 Value of a former Black Power gang pad in Auckland, which was seized by police under proceeds of crime legislation.

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Bain wants rifle back

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that after the retrial the defence applied to get many of the 500 exhibits, including the rifle, back.

She added they did so to ensure that the exhibits were not destroyed or lost.

Bodies discovered The bodies of two women were found buried under a house in Christchurch Police said they thought one of them may be Tisha Lowry, who lived two doors down from the house and who had been missing for almost a year.

A man in his early 30s, who lived in the house where the bodies were found, appeared in

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phone, Skilton thought she was speaking to someone in the store in New Zealand.

However, she was shocked to find the operator didn’t know where the store was, and couldn’t even trace it using its certification warrant and address.

Fortunately, Spotlight staff overheard Skilton and managed to pry the doors open.

court accused of murdering his 35-year-old partner, who is believed to be the other body.

Kiwis help Tassie devil New Zealand zoos are to help protect Australia’s most endangered native creature, the Tasmanian devil.

Auckland and Wellington Zoos are seeking biosecurity approval to import the marsupials for captive breeding.

The Kiwi-bred devils will provide back-up for Australian zoos, which have started breeding the rare animals to help support the dwindling wild population.

Fine levelled against an import company that failed to establish the safety of Christmas lights it was selling.

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A Christchurch woman who got stuck in a Spotlight store’s lift was surprised to discover the emergency phone operator was in Australia and had no idea where the store was.

A baffled Sue Skilton and her mother, Desley Armstrong, were trapped in the store’s lift for about 30 minutes.

When she used the emergency

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Number of days workers at the Open Country Cheese company site, at Waharoa in Waikato, will strike over pay and conditions.

The smell of burning rubber, panic and prayers filled an Air New Zealand Boeing 737, which was forced into an emergency landing at Wellington airport.

Flight NZ535, carrying 95 people from Auckland to Christchurch, ran into trouble about 10 minutes after take-off and the stench of burning rubber filled the cabin causing panic, one passenger said.

The plane was diverted to Wellington where it eventually landed safely.

David Bain reportedly wanted the return of the rifle with which he was accused of killing his parents and three siblings in Dunedin in 1994.

Bain, 37, was cleared of the murder charges in June this year after a long retrial in the High Court in Christchurch.

He spent 13 years in prison after originally being convicted of the killings in 1995.

One News reported Bain’s lawyer Helen Cull confirmed

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What’s happening across the country

SUMMARY ■ Wanganui bans gang insignia in effort to stamp out intimidation.

■ Mayor describes protest against the new bylaw as a “damp squib”.

■ Another New Zealand city – Timaru – says it would consider introducing a similar law.

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UPPER NORTH ISLAND A Bay of Plenty marae was likely to be moved to higher ground because it was sinking. Ohaaki marae was shifted to its current site in the early 1900s because of rising river levels. The marae has been slowly sinking largely because of geothermal draw-off from the Ohaaki geothermal powerstation.

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council banned gang insignia from the city when it passed a bylaw that made it illegal to display patches and colours.

The bylaw, initiated to try and stamp out gang intimidation in the city, gave police the power to fine patchwearers $2000 and take possession of insignia.

A protest against the new laws was attended by about 300 people, but the city’s mayor, Michael Laws, played

A Black Power gang member shows his patch tattoo during a protest against a new bylaw in Wanganui

down its significance, calling it a “damp squib” and said it was dominated by “local students and eccentrics”.

Police made their first arrest within 12 hours of the bylaw being passed when they charged a man wearing gang insignia for speeding.

Wanganui is home to about 10 different gangs. The local

council and police had pushed for anti-patch laws to be introduced since two-year-old Jhia Te Tua was killed in a gang-related drive-by shooting in the city two years ago.

Support for the new laws were mixed, but at least one other council – Timaru on the South Island – said it wanted to follow Wanganui’s lead.

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Kiwi entrepreneurs get on their bike New Zealand entrepreneurs have re-invented the wheel – penny-farthing wheels favoured by cyclists in Victorian times.

Inventor Grant Ryan and engineer Peter Higgins recently launched their YikeBike “mini-farthing” at the Eurobike trade fair in Germany.

The result of five years work, the electric bike weighs less than 10kg, and folds so that it can be taken on buses, trains, and in cars and will store under a desk or in a cupboard.

The new creation has the rider sitting upright at the

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front using their hands to control the accelerator and brake on the steering column.

“We’re not trying to compete with traditional bikes,” said Ryan. “We aimed to produce an electric bike that was portable, lightweight, compact, practical and fun.”

One test rider said it took only 15 seconds to assemble, and compared it to “sitting on a bar stool that suddenly takes off at 10 miles per hour”.

The bike, which has a top speed of 21km/h, retails for more than $7000 and riders in New Zealand will need to wear a helmet.

LOWER NORTH ISLAND A Muslim woman who was barred from entering a Hastings courtroom because she refused to take off her headscarf said she would lodge a complaint with the Human Rights Commission.

UPPER SOUTH ISLAND A Christchurch school said it planned to serve alcohol to under 18-year-olds at its school ball. Christ’s College’s $175-a-head annual ball included a three-course meal and full bar.

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Judge found guilty Pretoria High Court judge Nkola Motata was found guilty of drunken driving by the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court.

Magistrate Desmond Nair said audio recordings taken at the scene of the accident brought to mind the saying “if a picture told a thousand words, the audio recordings told 10 thousand words”.

Nair said Motata was acquitted of the other charges – obstructing the ends of justice and resisting arrest – because Motata had no intention to hinder justice but was more “difficult and quarrelsome” because he was drunk.

Smoking laws passed Two pieces of legislation that dramatically increase smoking fines and crack down on tobacco companies were signed into law, the National Council Against Smoking said.

The acts also make it illegal for adults to smoke in a car where there is a child under 12,

DEATH THREAT: An actor chokes other entertainers wearing T-shirts marked “skills”, “culture”, “viewers”, stories” and “jobs” outside the SABC’s headquarters in Johannesburg. Actors, producers and directors were demonstrating against the public broadcaster’s planned R500 million cut of local content.

and pave the way for picture warnings, such as diseased lungs on cigarette packs.

New car sales drop New vehicle sales fell in August, the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) said.

Naamsa reported new vehicle sales for August 2009 were at 29,667 units – a decline of 10,519 vehicles – compared to 40,186 units sold during the corresponding month last year.

However, it said the year-onyear rate of decline continued to be “less negative” than in previous months.

More swine flu cases The number of swine flu deaths in South Africa rose to 27 at the end of last week, and confirmed infections were 5841, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said.

“There is also ongoing and widespread community transmission,” it said in a statement.

“Once one commuter dies this time, we are going to take this situation back to 1976. If they don’t want to be part of the transformation they must step aside.” South African Commuters’ Organisation president Stephen Sangweni on the minibus taxi industry’s opposition to the Bus Rapid Transit system.

South Africa’s population increased from 45.6 million in July 2002 to 48.7 million in July 2008, according to Statistics South Africa’s General Household Survey.

“Unlike the taxis there is no skipping red traffic lights, driving towards oncoming traffic or in the emergency lanes, or dangerous overtaking.” Rose Kubu from Soweto, speaking to The Star about the new bus system.

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was to embrace South Africans living abroad.

“It is your democratic right to vote for whoever you want to, no matter where you live.”

Modise said the ANC realised there was a large overseas constituency of voters and so launched a London branch of the ANC. It would launch branches in Scotland and Canada soon.

“Let’s be honest: we haven’t exactly lost a cure for Aids here.

Huntley is an unemployed irrigation sprinkler salesman who ended up in Canada working as a carnival attendant.” Chris McEvoy writing on channel24.co.za.

Population increase

*And finally … expats welcome The view by former ANC spokeswoman Jessie Duarte “that only right-wingers left South Africa” after she analysed overseas voting results earlier this year “was not the official view” of the ruling party, deputy secretary-general of the ANC, Thandi Modise told TNT Magazine.

Modise said the ANC’s policy

QUOTE UNQUOTE “I find that the claimant would stand out like a ‘sore thumb’ due to his colour in any part of the country.” Canadian immigration and refugee board chair William Davis on why South African citizen Brandon Huntley was granted refugee status in that country.

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What’s happening across the country

■ The new Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system is launched in Johannesburg.

■ Two wounded as gunmen open fire on one of the new buses.

■ Senior member of Taxi Council is gunned down while riding motorbike.

axi operators would be held responsible for any damage to property and injury resulting from attacks on buses, the Gauteng provincial government warned.

The warning came a day after a police officer and passenger were wounded when occupants of a minibus taxi opened fire on a new Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system vehicle in Soweto.

The attacks came only two days after transport minister Sibusiso Ndebele launched the new Rea Vaya buses at the

KWAZULUNATAL A Durban primary school teacher stands accused of raping a 12-year-old pupil in the school toilet, police said.

“Members of the family and the child protection unit are investigating,” said superintendent Danelia Veldhuizen.

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Transport minister Sbu Ndebele on a BRT bus

Westgate station in Johannesburg.

“The attacks were clearly incited by public statements and threats of violence made by leaders of some taxi associations,” spokesman Thabo Masebe said.

Ndebele expressed his “outrage” on Saturday, for the murder of a senior official of

the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) who was gunned down.

Mthuthuzeli Molefe, the deputy president of Santaco, was shot near his home at Evaton, south of Johannesburg on Friday night while riding his motorbike. It was not clear whether Molefe’s killing was linked to the BRT system.

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Canada to challenge refugee ruling Canada’s federal government said it was challenging a contentious immigration board panel ruling that granted refugee status to a white man from South Africa who claimed persecution from blacks in his home country.

Danielle Norris, spokeswoman for the department of citizenship and immigration in Canada, said the government would challenge the decision before the Federal Court and lawyers were studying the panel’s decision on the matter.

South Africa asked the Canadian government to

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appeal to the court. The ruling has angered many in South Africa, where race remains a highly sensitive issue.

A Canadian immigration board panel issued its ruling late last week in the case involving Brandon Huntley.

Huntley argued that whites are targeted by black criminals in South Africa, and that the South African government does nothing to protect them.

He claimed he was attacked seven times during attempted robberies and muggings.

Tribunal panel chair William Davis ruled that Huntley’s fears were justified.

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LIMPOPO The poaching war in the Kruger National Park intensified with an announcement by SANParks that seven more white rhino were killed in August. This brings the number of rhino killed in the reserve since the beginning of the year to 33.

EASTERN CAPE A bogus “doctor” who confessed to operating an illegal clinic in the Eastern Cape was arrested along with his two “nurses”, police said. “The doctor was arrested after agreeing to meet with police. He confessed he was not a doctor and apologised,” said police captain Mduduzi Godlwana.

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Twelve Parktown Boys High School pupils appeared in the Gauteng High Court to face assault charges, which stemmed from an initiation ceremony earlier this year. The charges were laid after the mother of a fellow pupil complained.

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RUGBY LEAGUE The Sydney Roosters’ sorry season came to a fitting end with utility Setaimata Sa being stood down indefinitely after brawling in a Sydney hotel.

Could be a big off-season.

FOOTBALL Australia are up to 14th in the world on FIFA’s newly-released rankings, with the Socceroos inexplicably above Portugal and the Czech Republic. To be taken with a grain of salt.

CRICKET The return of Kiwi quick Shane Bond to the international arena goes up a notch, with Bond taking 3-18 in a Twenty20 against Sri Lanka to help the Black Caps to a 2-0 series win.

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TENNIS Aussie teenager Olivia Rogowska falls agonisingly short of one of the biggest ever grand slam upsets, losing 6-7 6-2 6-4 to world number one Dinara Safina in New York.

FOOTBALL Socceroos Lucas Neill and Mark Viduka are both reportedly close to finding new clubs, with Neill tipped to join Atheltico Madrid, and Viduka linked with West Ham.

TENNIS The last Aussie players bow out of the US Open, with Lleyton Hewitt losing to Roger Federer in four tight sets and Anastasia Rodionova going down to Katerina Bondarenko.

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THURSDAY SNOOKER Shanghai Masters Rack ’em up 7.45am British Eurosport

NETBALL New Zealand prevail in the latest chapter of the TransTasman rivalry, shading the Aussies 53-50 – the 12th straight match between the nations decided by less than 10 points.

FRIDAY CRICKET India V New Zealand The triangular ODI series 10am Zee Cinema

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Typically self-effacing Dragons star Wendell Sailor, while interviewing Nathan Hindmarsh

SATURDAY FOOTBALL Tottenham V Man Utd Are Spurs the real deal?

5pm ESPN SUNDAY MOTROSPORT Italian F1 Grand Prix Start your engines 12.10pm BBC1

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PUB TALK: BRITISH SPORT EXPLAINED British rugby competitions What’s the deal?

There’s the Guinness Premiership, contested by English sides. And there’s the Magners League for Welsh, Scottish and Irish teams. Both kicked off on the weekend. There’s also the Heineken Cup, the European comp, with French and Italian sides.

Who are the favourites?

In the Premiership, Leicester (captain Geordan Murphy pictured) are the defending champions, and are tipped to go back-toback. Irish clubs Munster and Leinster loom as the teams to beat in the Magners League and in Europe.

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Bay of Plenty back on top AIR NZ CUP RESULT BOP 19 d Canterbury 17 Wellington 62 d Counties 19 Taranaki 17 d N Harbour 13 Tasman 34 d Manawatu 15 Waikato 30 d Hawke’s Bay 22 Auckland 22 d Otago 18 Southland 15 dr Nortland 15

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O’Connor signs with ARU, Force James O’Connor’s dazzling footwork will be on display at the Western Force for at least two more Super 14 seasons after the teen sensation last week came to terms with the Australian Rugby Union.

After lengthy negotiations, the 19-year-old signed on until the end of 2011, taking him through to the World Cup. The Brumbies, Waratahs and Reds all made desperate bids to lure O’Connor away from the Force, but couldn’t match the big money on offer in Perth. The Force had already lost star backs Matt Giteau and Drew Mitchell for 2010.

A week after hoisting the Ranfurly Shield in brilliant style, an error-prone Canterbury side missing most of their All Blacks came up short against Bay of Plenty’s staunch defence in a 19-17 loss.

number eight Colin Bourke.

He was a constant handful with his pace and power off the back of the scrum while flanker Tanerau Latimer was a superb deputy with his work at the breakdown.

Canterbury weren’t their efficient selves at the tackle, making uncharacteristic mistakes to go with a swag of handling errors. Their bulldozing scrum seemed to be the only part of their game in working order.

Bay of Plenty were forced to make more than twice as many tackles and their effort was epitomised after the final hooter when they withstood a determined Canterbury raid that lasted 17 phases.

Province too slick for Blue Bulls Chris Jack runs the lines

CURRIE CUP RESULTS W Province 25 d Blue Bulls 19 Cheetahs 20 d Lions 16 Sharks 48 d Kavaliers 3 Griquas 34 d Leopards 33

Table-topping Western Province looked like a championship side in their 25-19 win over the Blue Bulls at Newlands on Saturday.

The victory was a fitting reward for Province, who managed to overturn a 16-12 first-half deficit with a spirited second-half display to clinch another fine victory and avenge their first-round 30-22

defeat at Loftus.

When the second half got under way, Province looked a transformed side. They hit the front through a pair of penalty strikes from Joe

Pietersen, and then clinched the victory by pushing hard into Bulls’ territory, before skipper Luke Watson dived over following a scrum just six metres from the Bulls’ tryline.

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James O’Connor AUSTRALIA The boy wonder was at his elusive best with ball in hand, and used his blistering turn of speed to score the try that sealed the game.

The 19-year-old prodigy also stood up in defence.

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and strong tackling stopped the Boks from building any momentum.

After a Giteau drop goal, Steyn landed a penalty to keep the Boks in the game, but the Wallabies took control in the second half.

Will Genia and Giteau came close to dotting down before a sublime backline move sent Adam Ashley-Cooper scything through a gap for a well-deserved try.

As the Boks chased the game late on, their error-rate soared and a fumble by Fourie du Preez allowed James O’Connor to scoop up the ball and scamper over.

With South Africa failing to pick up even a bonus point, the All Blacks are now right back in the hunt for Tri-Nations glory.

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The Wallabies answered their critics in the most convincing way possible, storming to an emphatic Tri-Nations win over South Africa in Brisbane. But for some heroic tackling from the Boks, the winning margin could have been even greater, as an emerging Australian side, who led 9-6 at half-time, outplayed the world champions in every facet of the game.

Matt Giteau turned pressure into points early on, landing two penalties, before Morné Steyn struck back with a drop goal. Surging runs by Jaque Fourie and Jean de Villiers came to nothing as a combination of poor handling

Kiwis braced for high-ball barrage

Brisbane curse strikes again

New Zealand are preparing themselves for an aerial bombardment when they play the Springboks on Saturday, in a game that could well decide who wins the Tri-Nations.

While South Africa have shown a willingness to run the ball against Australia over the past two weeks, All Blacks fullback Mils Muliaina believes the Boks will try and kick their opponents into submission.

“There’s no doubting that their kicking game is right up there at the moment,” he said.

“So I wouldn’t be surprised if they still kept that mentality.”

South Africa’s heavy loss to Australia in Saturday’s Tri-Nations Test is the latest in a string of horrible results for the Springboks in Brisbane. The South Africans have not won in the city since 1971, and have lost all their six matches against Australia at Lang Park.

To make matters worse, they have been unable to score a single try in their past four Tests at the venue. After the latest episode of his team’s Brisbane nightmare, Springboks skipper John Smit said he had expected the Wallabies to improve on their recent showings.

“We knew the Wallabies would come out firing,” he said. “No one just loses four on the trot and rocks up. They were always going to be far more formidable this weekend.”

Although his team was second-best to the Wallabies, Smit pointed out that his men are

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still in pole position for this year’s Tri-Nations, needing just two points from their next game against the All Blacks to take the trophy.

“We still have our own fate in our hands,” the Boks skipper said. “So the guys will be fired up for our final game.”

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The Dragons brushed aside accusations of a late-season choke to dismantle Parramatta 37-0 on Friday night, taking out the minor premiership in the process and capping a remarkable resurgence in 2009.

Wayne Bennett’s men emphatically snapped a late-season slump, destroying the hottest Warriors 0

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30 Storm W Chambers 2 R Hinchcliffe G Inglis D Nielsen B Slater tries C Smith 3 goals

Melbourne clinched a home semi-final by thrashing the Warriors in Auckland, and also sent a clear warning to the other seven finalists that they are again serious title contenders. The Storm’s pressure was relentless from the outset, as they methodically took the Warriors apart.

Sharks 24

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26 Rabbitohs S Geddes C McQueen C Wing N Merritt E Pettybourne tries C Sandow 3 goals

Classy Souths five-eighth John Sutton masterminded a thrilling win over Cronulla, putting Scott Geddes over for a winning try eight seconds from full-time. Sutton also threw the pass for winger Chris McQueen to score 12 minutes earlier to lock the scores at 18-18.

team in the competition with a stunning shutout. Not even the brilliant Jarryd Hayne could find a hole in the red and white wall, which leaked like a sieve in allowing 41 points against South Sydney a week earlier.

Ben Creagh crossed to start the rout, before Brett Morris scored twice in the space of nine minutes. A late fumble from Luke Burt allowed the Dragons to take a 21-0 half-time lead, Jamie Soward booting a field goal after the siren.

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4 Titans K Gordon try

The Sea Eagles’ big guns all hit form at Brookvale Oval, as the defending champions romped to their biggest win of the year.

Meanwhile, the Titans will limp into the finals with Mat Rogers carrying a hamstring strain and Luke O’Dwyer ruled out for the season.

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Newcastle skipper Kurt Gidley scored a double as the Knights smashed Penrith to secure a place in the finals. But Newcastle’s celebrations on reaching the finals for the first time since 2006 were tempered with Isaac De Gois carried from the field with a left knee injury.

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Matt Orford SEA EAGLES With finals looming, halfback Matt Orford turned in his best game of the season, scoring 14 points against the Titans. If Manly are to peak just at the right time of year, Orford will be crucial.

THE TABLE Team Dragons Bulldogs** Titans Storm* Sea Eagles Knights Broncos Eels* Tigers Rabbitohs* Panthers* Cowboys Raiders Warriors* Sharks Roosters

P 24 24 24 24 24 23 24 24 24 24 24 24 23 24 24 24

W 17 18 16 14 14 13 13 12 12 11 11 11 9 7 5 5

L 7 6 8 9 10 11 10 11 12 12 12 13 14 15 19 19

PD 219 147 47 157 90 17 -67 3 75 17 -74 84 -19 -188 -209 -299

PTS 38 38 36 33 32 30 30 29 28 27 27 26 22 20 14 14

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Roosters 16 I Hauraki W Mason S Kenny-Dowall tries C Fitzgibbon 2 goals

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B Ayshford C Lawrence D Galea D Halatau B Marshall T Moltzen tries B Marshall 5 goals

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The Bulldogs’ title aspirations are in disarray after a shock loss to the Tigers cost them the minor premiership and could result in suspension to backline stars Luke Patten and Josh Morris. Tigers star Benji Marshall was at his brilliant best, scoring a sensational solo try.

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The Roosters finished with the wooden spoon after an amazing 32-16 loss to the Cowboys.

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When Carlton big man Cameron Cloke booted his second goal early in the last quarter, the Blues led by 30 points and seem headed for their most important win for a decade. But, in reality, it was the beginning of the end.

In what had already been a seesawing affair, there proved to be one final twist, as the Lions piled on the last six goals of the game to snatch Cats 14.12.96

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12.10.82 Bulldogs J Akermanis 3 B Johnson 2 S Higgins 2 B Hudson J Hill L Gilbee R Griffen S Welsh

The Cats shook off their late-season wobbles to produce a clinical performance against the Dogs, earning a week’s rest and reminding everyone of their big game bona fides.

Geelong started quickly with six goals in the first term, before Paul Chapman kicked truly to Saints 12.8.80

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7.10.52 Magpies A Rocca 2 D Thomas 2 J Anthony L Davis P Medhurst

Collingwood snuck out to a 15-point lead early in the second quarter, but it was all St Kilda thereafter, the minor premiers producing a dominant second half to earn a week’s break.

As it is so often when the Saints are challenged, it was Nick Reiwoldt who turned Crows 26.10.166

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put them out by 34 points early in the second.

The Dogs fought back to within nine points in the third quarter, but the Cats responded with three goals in five minutes.

The Dogs pushed again in the last term, but the Cats had all the answers, with veteran defenders Matty Scarlett and Darren Milburn dominating a Bulldogs attack again exposed for its lack of height. the tide, his three-goal burst in the second term allowing the Saints to go to the break with a 10-point lead and all the momentum.

Collingwood managed just three goals after half-time, as the Saints’ engine ground its way on top, with Lenny Hayes, Leigh Montagna and Nick Dal Santo all busy. There were few positives for Collingwood, who will now face the red-hot Crows in a sudden-death final. goal in the first quarter. But thereafter, the Bombers found themselves exposed.

In the second quarter, the Crows piled on eight goals to two, setting up a match-winning lead before continuing the rout after half-time.

The Crows had winners all over the ground.

Their forward-line fired, their midfield ran riot and their running defenders set up wave after wave of counter-attack.

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Jon Brown LIONS It was Daniel Bradhsaw who put the Lions in front and then iced the game, but Jon Brown’s two goals earlier in the final quarter were what gave his side the belief that an amazing comeback was on the cards.

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a famous victory and end Carlton’s season.

The Lions’ two tall targets, Jon Brown and Daniel Bradshaw, were always going to be dangerous for Carlton’s under-sized defence, and they were pivotal in the fightback, kicking two goals apiece in the final quarter.

And, in the middle, the Lions’ experience told. While the Blues were superbly led by Chris Judd all night, the ability of Simon Black to lift his team around the clearances when the game was at its hottest was crucial.

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“My goal is to die with no enemies – because I’ll have outlived the bastards.” Aussie Formula One legend Jack Brabham, now in his 80s, still has the right idea.

“I grabbed him by the ear and hair. He turned around and said ‘you effing c***, I am going to kill you’. So I punched him and kneed him in the groin.” Former swimming champion Dawn Fraser, who is now 72, on throwing down against a would-be burglar.

“I was hoping there was another five minutes left, but when the siren sounded, it hit me. That was it. It was over, and I just thought: ‘Where to from here for me?’ There won’t be any more crowds or playing with my teammates. How am I going to get that buzz again? I just looked to the sky and was a shattered man.” Retiring Sydney Swans forward Michael O’Loughlin after his last game. Chin up, Micky O. It’s not that bad.

Fresh faces fire Aussies Australia did their best to move on from their Ashes defeat by winning the first of seven ODIs against England last week.

After scoring 5-260, Australia restricted the hosts to 8-256, holding on in the dying overs to seal a thrilling victory. With skipper Ricky Ponting resting up at home, Australia were well-served by

their new arrivals, Cameron White posting a hard-hitting 53 batting at first-drop, and Callum Ferguson top-scoring with an unbeaten 71.

The familiar faces also did their bit – Mitchell Johnson was the pick of the Australian bowlers, finishing with 3-24 from his seven overs.

Ferguson, 24, has quickly become a mainstay of the

limited-overs side, and looms as one of the most likely middle-order candidates should the selectors pull the plug on Mike Hussey’s stuttering Test career later on this year.

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Moffatt poised to win world title GEMMELL IN THIRD England’s Alistair Brownlee looks set to become the men’s world champion, boasting a handy lead over Spaniard Javier Gomez and Kiwi Kris Gemmell.

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Moffatt, 25, narrowly leads the standings, ahead of Sweden’s Lisa Norden and New Zealand’s Andrea Hewitt.

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STORM The outlook: Haven’t really hit their straps this season, but the Storm know what finals are all about and have enough quality to go up a gear.

The star: Greg Inglis – he’s the complete package: quick, strong, and has great awareness and silky skills. Hopefully his head is right.

The wildcard: Billy Slater – if Inglis doesn’t fire, the Storm will need Slater to be at his best.

Prediction: Premiers.

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much as anyone from Bennett’s arrival, emerging as one of the league’s most creative five-eighths.

The wildcard: Brett Morris – the 23-year-old winger adds bite to the Dragons’ attack.

Prediction: Runners-up.

SEA EAGLES The outlook: After a horror start to the season, the reigning premiers have found form at the right time and know how to win big games.

The star: Matt Orford – last year’s Dally M winner has had a quieter year, but he’s all class, and delivers when it matters.

The wildcard: Anthony Watmough – adds the grunt that could get the Sea Eagles going.

Prediction: Eliminated third week.

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DRAGONS The outlook: Also-rans the past three years, Wayne Bennett has transformed the Dragons. Still vulnerable against more battle-hardened sides.

The star: Jamie Soward – has benefited as

There are plenty of big stories in this year’s NRL finals series. But at the end, which team will stand alone in victory?

BRONCOS The outlook: They looked shot during their post-Origin slump, but the Broncos have recovered and could upset the apple-cart.

The star: Darren Lockyer – no surprises here.

The skipper holds the side together, but also has a knack of turning big games in a flash.

The wildcard: Antonio Winterstein – at just 21, he’s the Broncos’ leading try-scorer this year.

Prediction: Eliminated second week.

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BULLDOGS The outlook: Can the Dogs go from wooden spooners to premiers? It looked likely until Brett Kimmorley smashed his cheekbone. He’s a massive loss.

The star: Hazem El Masri – with Kimmorley gone, El Masri’s experience will be vital. He’s a point-scoring machine and is set to retire.

The wildcard: Bryson Goodwin – has emerged spectacularly as a try-scoring machine.

Prediction: Eliminated third week.

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TITANS The outlook: Will play finals for the first time, and Skilled Park will be packed first-up, but the Titans don’t have the big-game pedigree to go deep.

The star: Scott Prince – has led from the front this year, and is one of the few Titans who knows what it takes to go all the way.

The wildcard: Nathan Friend – the hooker known as Hobbit is a tackling machine.

Prediction: Eliminated second week.

KNIGHTS The outlook: Tough to beat at home, but don’t have the quality to upset a more fancied side on the road.

The star: Kurt Gidley – the Knights skipper is one of the league’s most versatile players and pulls the strings in attack.

The wildcard: Jarrod Mullen – tons of potential, and could take the next step with a solid series.

Prediction: Eliminated first week.

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Bronco Darren Lockyer

THE BEST MAN Recent Churchill Medallists for best afield in an AFL Grand Final.

2008 Brent Kite, Sea Eagles 2007 Greg Inglis, Storm 2006 Shaun Berrigan, Broncos 2005 Scott Prince, Tigers 2004 Willie Mason, Bulldogs 2003 Luke Priddis, Panthers 2002 Craig Fitzgibbon, Roosters 2001 Andrew Johns, Knights 2000 Darren Lockyer, Broncos 1999 Brett Kimmorley, Storm 1998 Gorden Tallis, Broncos 1997 Robbie O’Davis, Knights 1996 Geoff Toovey, Sea Eagles 1995 Jim Dymock, Bulldogs 1994 David Furner, Raiders

EELS The outlook: Spent most of the season in the bottom half before a late surge. Their ladder position makes it hard.

The star: Jarryd Hayne – now sits alongside Greg Inglis as the most electrifying player in the game. A rolled-gold match-winner.

The wildcard: Luke Burt – the veteran has had another busy year, scoring a stack of points.

Prediction: Eliminated first week.

THE START OF SOMETHING BIG The 1989 Grand Final is often regarded as the greatest ever, and it was the day that saw the dawning of the great Canberra dynasty.

Led by Mal Meninga, Laurie Daley, Ricky Stuart and Bradley Clyde, the Green Machine won in 1989, 1990, and 1994. But it all began in 1989, when the Raiders pipped favourites Balmain who fielded a Test-quality pack.

The Raiders trailed for most of the day, but with 90 seconds to go and 14-8 down, the evergreen John “Chicka” Ferguson scored

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Canberra became the first non-Sydney club to win the then NSWRL, and the first side to win from fourth spot after the regular season.

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’ve never seen cows look so smug. Although I know they’ll end up on a dinner plate, as we stand lost in the middle of the Yorkshire Wolds I can’t help but think their lowing resembles something closer to a snigger.

Aside from the cows mocking us, what’s making me feel even more silly is that we only started our first rambling adventure 15 minutes ago, and despite having a good map and what seemed to be pretty clear instructions, we’ve found ourselves in a paddock with a dozen cows and nowhere to go.

Then just when my fiancée thinks all hope is lost and we’re set to perish on the outskirts of a quaint English village, a woman passes by with her baby. Salvation is at hand – if only I can swallow my pride and ask for directions.

“I’d rather have cows laughing at me than ask for help,” I tell my decidedly unimpressed fiancée. “Besides, this is part of the adventure.”

There’s only one thing for it – we have to go

RAMBLING AROUND

NEED TO KNOW

The UK is covered in public footpaths, and there are dozens of websites that offer suggestions for good walks.

Give these areas a go – the websites provided have detailed directions for walks and downloadable maps.

■ THE LAKE DISTRICT With some of the England’s finest scenery (left), the Lake District has walks to suit all abilities. For self-guided trails see www.lake-district.gov.uk, which also has details of free guided walks in the area.

■ THE COTSWOLDS Rambling in the Cotswolds you’ll find the picturesque England you imagined. The area is only a few hours from London, and easy to get to.

See cotswoldsaonb.org.uk.

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back to where we started and figure out where it went wrong.

As we make our way back into town, this time bypassing the 1mhigh stinging nettles that may have contributed to my fiancée’s tempestuous mood, it’s immediately obvious where we went wrong.

Just before the path of nettles there are some clearly marked arrows pointing us in another direction. This time I take the hint. With the path clearly worn from ramblers who have trodden before us, the feeling of being back on track lifts the pall hanging over us.

For the next four hours we meander through fields of wheat, and drift down the silent country lanes that surround the tiny village of North Dalton.

With threatening clouds gathering overhead, we unfortunately fail to catch a glimpse of the impressive Beverley Minster, the spire of which normally pricks the area’s skyline. But in any case it’s the North Dalton cricket field we stumble across that encapsulates the region better – small, quaint and very English.

And only twice on our journey do we come across fellow ramblers who are also exploring the countryside.

Despite our inauspicious start, the footpath signs and our trusty map keep us heading in the right direction. And in the end, we finish back where we started – with fresh air in our

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WHEN TO GO As long as you’ve got the appropriate clothing any time is good for walking in the Yorkshire Wolds.

GETTING THERE Catch a train to Hull from King’s Cross. From Hull take another train to Beverley, which is well placed to access the Wolds.

GETTING AROUND There are bus services, but they’re limited on weekends. Best bet is to hire a car. Get a 5 per cent discount at easycar.com/tntmagazine.

GOING OUT Head to The White Horse Inn, affectionately known as ‘Nellies’ by the locals, where you can buy a York Beverley pint for £1.60.

Hull ACCOMMODATION Double rooms in B&Bs start from £60.

ENGLAND SEE realyorkshire.co.uk.

■ EAST YORKSHIRE You can walk for hours in East Yorkshire and not see a soul – no mean feat in the UK. See walkingtheriding. eastriding.gov.uk.

■ THE ISLE OF SKYE Test your map reading skills

lungs and hearty appetites that need to be addressed. The cows aren’t laughing now.

» Krysten Booth travelled with Visit Hull & East Yorkshire. New Yorkshire Wolds Walking Packs are available local tourist information centres, or contact Louisa Walker on 01482 486563 or email louisa.walker@vhey.co.uk

Scotland’s Isle of Skye is as close as it gets to rambling nirvana. There’s mountains for the serious and easier walks along the coast. See walkhighlands.co.uk/skye.

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TNT Weekender Sarajevo BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

In Sarajevo’s city centre, holes in the road filled with red cement mark sites where civilians were murdered by Serbian criminals. These ‘Sarajevo Roses’ are among the few reminders of the war that raged here from 1992-95.

Today Sarajevo is a bustling, glittering city full of “coffee freaks and party animals”, according to a local.

cevapcici (minced lamb or beef) and burek (pastry stuffed with meat or cheese). To Be Or Not To Be or Bosanska Kuca are good places to try.

GET THE CAMERA OUT During the siege of Sarajevo, a 700m tunnel was dug to transport food, ammunition and manpower from the outskirts to the city centre. In

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OUT OF TOWN

WHEN TO GO Avoid the chill

Explore the nearby hills and visit Jajce Castle and the ruins of a medieval village before getting the best view in town at the Park Princeva restaurant.

The risk of unexploded mines means you should stick to the roads unless you are with a guide, but the slopes used for the 1984 Winter Olympics are safe to ski.

from December-February, unless you want to ski.

GETTING THERE Fly direct to Sarajevo. If you’re coming from a neighbouring country, buses or trains are a good option.

VISAS Australians and New Zealanders don’t need a visa. South Africans do.

CURRENCY Convertible Mark. 1 GBP = 2.28 BAM. LANGUAGE Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian.

GETTING AROUND You can easily explore the centre on foot but taxis are reasonable if you want to go further afield.

GOING OUT A beer is about 4 BAM a bottle.

ACCOMMODATION Dorm rooms from 25 BAM and double rooms from 30 BAM.

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A BIT OF HISTORY

The warren of narrow streets off Bascarsija is Sarajevo’s Turkish Quarter, filled with coffee shops, restaurants, and a bazaar selling Turkish artefacts. Coffee here comes in a copper pot and is served with Turkish delight.

The most famous of the Ottoman bridges crossing the Milijacka river is Latinska Cuprija.

It was here, on June 28, 1914, that Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were gunned down by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip – an assassination that sparked the outbreak of World War I.

BEST OF THE REST The spine of the city, Ferhadija Street, runs from the Turkish Quarter to Austro-Hungarian Sarajevo. Look for the Eternal Flame that marks the unity of Serbs, Croats and Muslims during World War II.

CHOW DOWN Head to the Turkish Quarter to sample traditional food such as

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their house by the city airport, which disguised one end of the tunnel, the Kolar family have set up a unique museum.

TRY THE LOCAL TIPPLE Grab a Sarajevsko pivo at the Sarajevo Brewery or City Pub, a boisterous bar with live music. For dancing try ’90s throwback club Sloga, or the imaginatively named Bar And

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HOTSHOTS Hayley Madden TALKS TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY

WINNER STATUE OF LIBERTY, NEW YORK Chey Noble, Bundeena, Australia

A low horizon on a panoramic shot does not seem a likely composition for success.

However, Chey keeps the eye travelling across the wide expanse with the Statue of Liberty leaning slightly into the centre from the left, seemingly guiding in the seagull soaring in from the right.

If there had not been the massive expanse of brooding

grey sky, the bird would not have been such a strong focal point. Black and white keeps the emphasis firmly on the dynamic between the two main subjects.

HOT TIP: The classic rules of composition still apply when shooting panoramics – level horizons, repeated patterns, rule of thirds etc. It’s especially important to have a reason to

RUNNER-UP SOUTH BANK, LONDON, Alex De Haas, Johannesburg, South Africa This riot of colour could make for a messy composition, but Alex has kept it under control by placing the bike and rider dead centre and in front of the block of yellow, which is in the background.

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this is emphasised by the strong diagonal from the left and the triangle formed by the unpainted patch of floor.

HOT TIP: Triangles act like arrows in your compositions and you can use them to point to subjects or to suggest direction. » Alex wins a photography course from Nigel Wilson Photography (020 7793 8664; photographycourses.org.uk) valued at £60.

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HOW TO MAKE YOUR PHOTOS STAND OUT

THEME: ARCHITECTURE Tate Modern, London, by Lisa James-Holmes from Sydney, Australia

WHY THIS WORKS: 1 Good use of foreground for strong diagonals and framing.

2 Snow has obliterated an otherwise dull floor and highlights the subtle detail in the austere flat face of the Tate building itself.

3 The writing is on the rule of thirds for a strong focal point.

4 Trees add a fluffy texture, a nice contrast to the graphic lines of the poles in front.

5 Interesting intersection of lines all over the photograph for a strong graphic effect.

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Architecture and photography just go naturally together. Creators of both are very aware of light and space and, ironically, well-designed buildings often work just as nicely when flattened to two dimensions. Lisa has used the footbridge to the Tate Modern as an effective foreground for her image.

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HOT TIPS: 1 Light is important so take note of the sun. A backlit building will not photograph well unless it has a strong silhouette, while side lighting will create long shadows.

2 A plain building by day can be transformed at night when the street lights are on. Shoot about dusk when there is still a bit of colour in the sky.

3 Be careful of reflections with lots of glass or metal, which works well if used intentionally but can be disastrous.

4 Try to show your building in context. Putting people in the shot gives scale and indicates the building’s purpose.

5 Think about the character of the building to help you decide how to approach it. Is it inviting, imposing, old, tall?

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When you’re TIP OF making travel THE WEEK plans tripit.com is a great, free online planner.

It allows you to invite others (if you’re travelling with a group) so you can all edit the details, and you can forward things such as your flight confirmation to the site so it’s all in one place.

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YOU ASKED FOR IT Tom Hall FROM LONELY PLANET

Walvis Bay, a busy commercial port, is one of the best places in Namibia to spot pelicans.

If you don’t want to travel the 30km to Walvis Bay, there are bird-watching opportunities – including a pod of pelicans – on the outskirts of Swakopmund, near the bridge on the Swakop River.

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I’d like to walk the Amalfi Coast in Italy, from Ravello to Positano, in five days next year. I have knee problems – is it possible to send my backpack between hotels by taxi? Or is there a less challenging but equally scenic coastal walk I could do instead?

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Putting together itineraries like this is notoriously difficult, as there’s a huge amount of ground to cover with dozens of possible deviations, and so much to see in a short time.

With this and a tight budget in mind I’d suggest you forget Romania and Bulgaria and instead travel the length of Serbia and into Greece via Macedonia. You miss out on a lot of travelling and get to Greece quicker.

What I’d try and see en route is: Krakow, the Tatras Mountains, and on to Budapest in one week; Serbia – Belgrade and Novi Sad, through Macedonia to Thessaloniki in another week. Through mainland Greece to Athens and Paros with your third week.

But this is where I need more detail. Do you love walking and need longer in the mountains?

Would you like more time in Macedonia, seeing the historic town of Ohrid and ancient ruins?

As with many European trips, you’ll soon realise there’s so much to see in too short a time.

Enjoy your journey.

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The paths along this route – including the marvellously named Sentiero degli Dei (Footpath of the Gods) – offer some of Europe’s most beautiful walking, through the Lattari Mountains and on dramatic stretches of coast.

Your route is easily doable in five days, with three to five hours’ walking a day. Any walk that involves a lot of downhill is hard on the knees, so take it slowly and make sure you have decent footwear.

It looks like forwarding your luggage is usually done only if you’re with a tour group.

Pack as if you’ll be carrying it yourself, and ask around when you arrive in Italy. Given the fairly short distances involved you could take a taxi to your destination, leave your bag, head back and then start your walk.

From Ravello to Positano is the best section to walk, and is worth the effort if you can manage it. One alternative would be to do shorter walks from a fixed point where you don’t have to carry your bag. The Sunflower Guide To Sorrento, Amalfi And Capri (£12.99; sunflowerbooks.co.uk) has lots of walks in the area, plus car tours.

My boyfriend and I have booked flights to Krakow and then want to travel through Slovakia, Hungary, possibly Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, to Paros in the Greek Islands. We have three weeks and a tight budget, so I’m looking for advice on where we should stop on the way.

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NEW TASTES UK travellers are becoming more adventurous in their tastes, according to a

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Budget airline Sky Europe has ceased operating because of financial problems.

Bookings made with a credit card or through a tour operator/bonded travel agent should be refunded, Which?

Holiday says. Some travel insurance policies would give travellers their money back.

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AIRPORT TO CITY TREKS Ever taken a low-cost flight and realised the journey to the airport cost more and took longer than the plane ride itself? Well, travel search website Skyscanner.net has released a list of the worst culprits when it comes to the airport being far removed from the city it claims to serve.

“It’s easy to get caught out by flying to an airport that is miles away from where you want to be, especially if you’re not familiar with your destination, and that low-price flight could easily be offset by the cost of a bus or taxi fare,” says Barry Smith, Skyscanner co-founder and director.

“Double check the airport location before you book, especially when flying low-cost airlines.”

TripAdvisor survey. While 82 per cent admitted to being confused by foreign menus, almost half were willing to try local delicacies.

STAGS AND HENS Stag parties prefer English cities for their pre-wedding boozing, while hens favour heading overseas, a survey

by Hostel Bookers found.

WORST OFFENDERS ■ Munich Memmingen – 112km from city centre.

■ Oslo Torp – 110km from city centre.

■ Frankfurt Hahn – 110km from city centre.

■ Barcelona Girona – 94km from city centre.

■ Barcelona Reus – 94km from city centre.

■ London Stansted – 64km from city centre.

■ London Luton – 51km from city centre.

SHORT JOURNEYS

Taipei Sungshan – 5km from city centre.

Lisbon – 6km from city centre.

■ London City – 10km from city centre.

■ Warsaw – 10km from city centre.

■ Edinburgh – 13km from city centre.

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Venice plans to oust tourists Venice is considering a plan to decrease overcrowding in the city by banning day-trippers.

The Daily Telegraph reported one proposal was that visits must be pre-booked through a hotel reservation.

“If you have a booking you can come in; if not, you can’t,” one council official was quoted

as saying in the report.

The council will discuss the plan with tourist associations and residents.

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Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia October 5 To mark the end of Buddhist Lent, boats made of banana leaves and loaded with offerings are released down local rivers in colourful and poignant ceremonies.

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WESTON BEACH RACE WESTON-SUPER-MARE WHAT: The Glastonbury for

dirt bike fans, where 1000 or so of the “maddest and baddest” riders (on dirt bikes, quad bikes and sidecars) from around the world zoom down the expanse of Weston Beach and over purpose-built sand dunes, watched by 100,000 eager spectators.

WHERE: Weston-super-Mare, south-west of Bristol.

WHEN: October 9-11.

WHY: It’s been going since 1983, and seems to be getting

more and more popular.

DO IT BECAUSE: There’s loads of off-track entertainment, as well as the spectacular, allaction racing.

HOW MUCH: One-day tickets from £16, Friday to Saturday camping from £45.

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LOCK IT IN OKTOBERFEST Munich, Germany Sep 19-Oct 4, 2009 oktoberfest.de/en

HALLOWEEN PARADE New York City, USA Oct 31, 2009 halloween-nyc.com

TAR BARREL ROLLING Ottery St Mary, England Nov 5, 2009 otterytourism.org.uk

HOGMANAY Edinburgh, Scotland Dec 31, 2009 edinburghshogmanay.org

EAST MIDLANDS FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL Melton Mowbray, England October 3-4 Tuck into a wide range of fab local produce or check out a cooking demonstration, all in the scenic surrounds of a ye olde country manor.

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VENICE CARNIVAL Venice, Italy Feb 5-16, 2010 veniceconnected.com

RIO CARNIVAL Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Feb 13-18, 2010 rio-carnival.net

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Where in the world?

THE TRAVELLER …

Simon Poulton, 32, from Sydney, Australia Where’s the best place you’ve been to?

A church in Dublin where I touched the hand of an 800-year-old corpse.

Dream destination?

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the prettiest place in the world but for me Dubai is one of the most exciting and innovative places on the planet.

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I always pack … When flying, I never travel without my iPod and Bose noisereducing headphones,

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Our Christmas “ meal is upside down chicken ” promise of a big traditional Christmas dinner.

In fact, if I don’t get a move on there will be no Christmas dinner at all.

I’ve elected to spend the evening in Petra Kitchen, working alongside local men and women and learning how to prepare a traditional Jordanian meal. On the menu tonight is green wheat soup (shourbat freekeh), Arabic salad, baba ganoush, tabbouleh, cucumber and yoghurt salad (salatat khyar) and cheese triangles (sambousek b’jibn).

Our main meal will be chicken and I’m sure there’ll be chicken on the table at Nan’s house too. Although I am guessing hers will be the right way up. Ours, however, is called upside down chicken (magloubet) – it’s a Jordanian speciality and, as it’s a regular item on the buffets around the country, it’s not the first time we’ve eaten it. But it is, judging by our collective

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’m wearing a tangled-up apron, I’m up to my elbows in eggplant pulp and I’m thinking about my grandmother. She’s probably never mashed chargrilled eggplant. She’s probably never eaten cracked wheat and she’s certainly never included either ingredient in her Christmas dinner.

But I’m not at Nan’s house this Christmas.

She’s in Australia putting the final touches on the glazed ham and serving up a feast of roast meats, roast vegetables and her delicious Christmas pudding. I’m in Jordan, on the other side of the world, spending Christmas in a Muslim country and helping to prepare my own festive feast.

This Christmas is definitely not like all the others. There’s no tree, decorations or presents.

Instead of relaxing at home with relatives I’ve spent my time with relative strangers exploring the ancient city of Petra in a country where December 25 is just another day.

We woke just after dawn and trekked through the narrow tunnel of the Siq until the magnificent Treasury (pictured) revealed itself.

It shimmered under the early light, and we lingered at its base for most of the morning before hiking up to the Monastery.

Petra was buzzing – tourists were clambering for the perfect photo, Bedouin children were selling donkey rides or dusty postcards, and jewellery touts were spruiking their wares.

There were no kids testing out new bikes, no warm wishes of ‘Merry Christmas’ and no

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NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO Over the Christmas period expect to find temperatures ranging from 0-12˚C, depending on the altitude.

GETTING THERE Fly direct to Amman. Charter flights also operate to Aqaba.

GETTING AROUND You can drive the length of Jordan in five hours. If you’re travelling on your own you can hire a car (though mind the crazy drivers) or rely on buses.

VISAS All foreign visitors need a visa but these can be bought on arrival.

CURRENCY Jordan Dinars.

1 GBP = 1.15 JOR. LANGUAGE Arabic. English is also widely spoken.

GOING OUT A beer is 3 JOR. ACCOMMODATION Dorm beds in Amman cost from 10 JOR. You can expect to pay 100 JOR a night at the Dead Sea resorts.

VITAL INFO Invest in some decent walking shoes for your visit to Petra and pack warm clothes during winter.

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Not your average Christmas dinner …

gasp as the chef adds six handfuls of salt, the first time any of us have seen it being made.

After our memorable lesson in seasoning, I return to my station where I’m in charge of preparing the Arabic salad – an excellent choice given my level of cooking expertise. Still, even dicing the tomatoes is beyond my ability so I do it quickly, rather than perfectly, and then start mashing those eggplant for the baba ganoush.

At another table some fellow travellers are rolling up the cheese triangles ready for the deep fryer. Another group is juicing lemons and chopping mint leaves for the tabbouleh.

I look around the room. No aunts and uncles, no grandparents, cousins, brothers, sisters or parents. Just a mix of young and old travellers – from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, England, Ireland and the US – all wearing

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aprons and all in various stages of preparing their first authentic Jordanian dish.

My job is soon over. The cold starters are ready and the hot starters have come out of the deep fryer. We clean up, set the tables and watch as the chicken is inverted onto a large serving plate – hence the name ‘upside down’.

We devour our meal and when we are done the cooks at Petra Kitchen give us a copy of the recipes. I think of my grandmother again. I’ll take them home so she can add them to her collection of recipes. But this will probably be my last Middle Eastern Christmas.

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If there was one thing more magical than Christmas in Petra, it was Christmas Eve in Petra. We caught our first glimpse of the Treasury after a walk through the Siq, guided by the glow of 1800 candles. Once in front of the glowing facade we were entertained by Bedouin musicians and offered Bedouin tea.

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If your Christmas is lacking in Santa action, pay a visit to the Church of St Nicholas in ancient Myra (modern Demre). The Byzantine church houses the tomb of St Nic, the 4th century bishop who was the inspiration behind the fat, red, beardy guy we know and love today.

Egypt: You’ll feel like all your Christmases have come at once when you’re spending December 25 sailing down the Nile on a felucca. A trip to Egypt is glorious any time of the year but at Christmas you’ll avoid the scorching heat of summer and the crush of the crowds. It will still be warmer than the UK so if you don’t mind falafel for Christmas dinner it could be the perfect festive break.

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WHITE CHRISTMAS TRADITIONAL New York: Nowhere does Christmas like New York City. See all of Manhattan’s iconic sights – but with a festive twist. The top of the Empire State Building will glow red and green, the department store windows will be Christmas themed and the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree will be standing tall. Take a carriage ride or go ice-skating in Central Park for a little extra winter magic.

Lapland: Imagine visiting Santa in his home this Christmas! The big guy lives in the Arctic Circle and opens his house to visitors every year (you’d think he’d be too busy). While you’re in Lapland you can also go dog-sledging, snow mobiling, cross-country skiing and ice-fi shing.

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Skiing in Europe: Christmas is an ideal time to go skiing in Europe – you’ll have a white Christmas and you’ll be having so much fun on the slopes you won’t get homesick.

If you’re a solo traveller there are plenty of package deals or ski group tours that can organise your accommodation and meals, including Christmas dinner, as well as group you with other Christmas ‘orphans’.

CHRISMAS IN THE HEAT Kenya: If you’re from the southern hemisphere you’ve probably had enough hot, summery Christmases.

But if you’re eager to get some sun this winter you could head to east Africa for a Christmas safari. The main tourist season in Kenya is January and February, when the weather is hot and dry. This climate is ideal for spotting animals on safari as they tend to gather around watering holes (much like we do in summer). Because this is peak season make sure you book early to get a good price on accommodation.

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Iceland: You’re pretty much guaranteed snow if you spend your Christmas in Iceland. Check out the capital Reykjavik but don’t forget to head out of the city to warm up at the Blue Lagoon, the famous geothermal spa where the water is about 40˚C. Christmas is also a great time to spot the magnificent Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis). There are many Northern Lights tours that can be booked from Reykjavik.

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tall, brown hair, Hollywood smile and well-fit Popeye arms and wearing an All Blacks shirt. Me: Blonde, mojito-drinking Aussie whose drinks you kindly helped me carry. I wish you could have stayed for another drink so I could have got to know you better. Please email popeyeatelkbar@ hotmail.com. Erin.

Girly: From the Uni Pub dance floor to our countless skype sessions, welcome to London town! Will be sure to find some cheesy tunes to jive along with together (cue Darryl B) while I also work on rediscovering my walking abilities with you. Happy birthday! Cheers, Dave.

Mr London: You will be sadly missed. Your brainstorms always got us going and had us sheening up for a good night out. Make sure you bust a D Dub on the way home for old times. Enjoy the Leon Rouge back in Puke.

From the NZ Boyzees! Peace.

Michelle at the Get Loaded after-party at Fabric on Sunday, August 30: I liked

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your very drunk ‘boyfriend’ home. I fell asleep and left my phone on the bus so don’t have your number any more. Please email damianjissel1982@ gmail.com. Damo.

Pachoops: Happy 25th birthday, baby! I hope you’ve had an amazing (short) time in London so far and will continue to live it up. Hope you’re still on a high from your Grand Final win and will continue with more beers for your birthday. Let’s hope the fun times together continue in London! Love you, Poopa.

Captain FiFi: We hope you have an awesome time in Africa and are looking forward to fun times with you back in NZ. Nic and Anna.

The guy in the chicken costume at Oxford Street on Saturday, August 29: We

almost felt sorry for you as you walked around doing your

chicken thing – you looked a bit lost … We know it seemed like a good idea at the time (and who’d ever have thought that Australia would lose the Ashes anyway!) but next time just be a bit more graceful when ripping off someone else’s team, placing bets and making promises when you’re drunk. You know we’re never gonna let you live this one down. Ha ha, he he he! The Evil Knievels.

To the new Mr and Mrs Lippitt: Congratulations on

your nuptials. Good luck for the future, about time too. All the best, Ug. Ardnassac Eel Regaj: Little sis, it has been awesome having you as a cling-on. Who else will I watch The Hills and The City marathons and LA/ Miami/London Ink with? It’s “rubbish” you’re going and we’ll miss you, but you know

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who else misses you! Hope the She Bu was all I said it would be! Give my love to Harley. Love Churchill Castle (and Grandpa)!

Eva Lisserion: We used to live together in Ealing Broadway back in 2005. I’ve since been away travelling and have unfortunately lost your contact details. I’m now back in London and would love to see you again if you’re still here.

Would love to experience another Wine Wednesday with you and relive all the good times. Email zinc_bullz@ hotmail.com. Jessica Nichols.

The Water Boy: No more Boothy baguettes, no more avoiding the tea run, no more trouble from the smoking lady, no more CMS … Australia rejoice – as Krysten leaves, he takes the Ashes curse with him. Thanks for all the good times boss and we wish you all the best back home in Brissy.

AJ: Happy birthday for Thursday, honey. We hope you have a wonderful day – and let Jay spoil you rotten in Paris.

Remember, a diamond is a girl’s best friend :-) Another girly night is definitely due once you’re back – let’s get jiggy with it! Love always, your three non-blondes.

Brad: Thanks for giving me the best night of my life. I’m happy to say that I’m no longer a scooter-virgin. Rabbit.

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