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EDITOR’S LETTER With its pretty canals and smoke-filled coffee shops, a trip to Amsterdam is on everyone’s list of must-dos while living in the UK. Turn to page 71 to find out all you need to know to plan an unforgettable weekend in the Dutch capital.

We’ve also got some cracking ideas for alternative nights out in London – from eco clubs to roller discos. Get into it on page 12.

71 Explore the canals and cafés of Amsterdam

65 TRAVEL

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9 LONDON 9 London Eye 10 London Life 12 NIGHT FEVER: Discover London’s alternative evenings out 14 Food & Drink 16 Spotted

19 ENTERTAINMENT 19 Celebrity News 20 TNT Life 21 Look Who’s Talking: Valentine Warner 22 Cinema 25 Culture

80 Lend a helping hand on a volunteering holiday

34 NEWS & SPORT

26 MUSIC & CLUBS 26 Music 28 TALES OF ARABIA: Kiwi musician James Milne’s new alter ego 30 Music Listings 32 Clubbing 33 Clubbing Listings

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65 Global Vision 66 NEW YEAR, NEW YOU: Start 2010 with a relaxing detox break 68 Late Deals 71 TNTT Weekender: Amsterdam 72 PARTY ON: Join the madness at Lucerne’s annual carnival 74 Hotshots 76 Travel Tips 77 Travel News 78 On The Road 79 Gear Up 80 ACTION TRAVEL: How to make the most of a volunteering holiday 55 School days in London: how to teach in the UK

Australia News New Zealand News South Africa News The Week In Sport Cricket Tennis General

51 CAREERS & MONEY 51 Careers 55 Teaching 63 Money

REGULARS 4 Letters 6 Wins 130 Desperately Seeking & Dear Reuben

12 Gear up for some fun nights out in the capital

28 Introducing NZ’s Lawrence Arabia

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I’m sick and tired of opening up my copy of TNT every Monday morning to be confronted with the continual theme of how bad London’s public transport is.

Having grown up in Australia and spent time in New Zealand, I sincerely hope it’s not Aussies and Kiwis making these complaints.

I’ve nothing but praise for the public transport system in the UK, and in particular London. Each year 80 million commuters pass through Victoria station, one of five or six major commuter centres.

You do the maths: that’s a hell of a lot of people.

Inevitably there will be delays and cancellations, but on the whole trains run on time, buses come every 10 minutes and Tubes turn up every couple of minutes. On top of this, from January 2 you can have just one ticket to use all of them.

We know about whingeing Poms – may I suggest before

our morning flight was not displayed. A swift answer was pointed out on our itinerary, as we realised why our plane had not waited 12 hours for us!

I’m sure this happens to the best of us … doesn’t it?

The next flights were either too expensive, bad timing or just plain non-existent.

So we turned to rail ’n’ sail.

Cutting the long story short, a snowy, scenic train ride and

80 million commuters “ pass through Victoria each year. That’s a lot of people ” you complaining lot turn into them, give public transport just one more try. Perhaps the Piccadilly line to Heathrow?

Joe, via email

FORGET PLANES So four nights to Amsterdam with my bro-in-law was the set mission for seeing in the decade of 2010.

Winding down after doing all – I mean most – of what can be done in the Dutch capital, we politely questioned why

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open bar on a comfortable ferry crossing the English Channel during a snowstorm was the tip of the iceberg (no pun intended).

I’ll certainly use this travel option in the future. Have an adventurous 2010 and if you think some travel is likely to fail, go for rail and sail!

Nath Quinn, via tntmagazine.com

SPREAD THE LOVE When people are trying to blow up planes on Christmas

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Day, when hundreds of young men are dying on foreign soil in a war of the West’s own making, and when innocent women and children are being killed in the name of politics and religion – haven’t things gone too far?

The regular Joes of London can’t control what the decision makers of America and the UK do, but we can at least spread tolerance on the streets.

How about this for a new year’s resolution: try to engage one of your local Middle Eastern brothers or sisters in conversation sometime soon.

You don’t need to go into politics or religion, simply start each other on the journey to understanding and acceptance.

We can’t change what the radicals, the fundamentalists and the warmongers believe, but at least we can make our own neighbourhoods a little more enlightened. Small steps, friends, small steps.

Matt, via email

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Apart from a carrot nose, the secret to a really stonking snow man is to use packing snow – the stuff you get when regular powder snow nears its melting point and becomes moist and compact – as this Londoner found out last week during the capital’s big freeze. According to the Met Office, we’re in the midst of Britain’s coldest winter for 30 years, thanks to those howling Siberian winds that keep blowing Arctic air over this way.

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LONDON INTERNATIONAL MIME FESTIVAL TICKET PRICES VARY WHAT: Since its humble beginnings in 1977, London’s showcase of visual theatre has grown into a world-class festival featuring a broad spectrum of weird and wonderful performances.

WHEN: January 13-31.

DO IT BECAUSE: This is a great chance to take in some strikingly original theatre. There are venues dotted around London, but the Barbican is hosting the Swiss circus act Zimmermann & De Perrot, which opens the festival on Wednesday. Get online – you’re sure to find something that appeals.

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Capital idea: Ray’s Jazz Café If you didn’t know where it was, you’d miss it. You turn into a nondescript doorway from busy Charing Cross Road and head up a couple of flights of steps before the sound of jazz bubbles over and drifts down into the stairwell.

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GENTLE NIGHTS OUT Stitch & Bitch What is it: What started as a few friends getting together to knit and natter has transformed into a nationwide movement to get the needles out in public venues.

Experts are often on hand to teach newbies the basic skills (left).

Who goes? Crafty boys and girls.

Tea Dances What is it: They’re a throwback to the ’20s, when it was ”simply darling” to grab a partner and dance to a live band, then take a break for a proper afternoon tea.

Who goes? Those who can’t let go of the good ol’ days – even if they were born in the ’80s

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Peter Garrett, the Aussie frontman-cumpolitician, will perform with his rock band Midnight Oil at the Sydney Opera House on January 28. The band last performed in March 2009 in aid of bushfire relief.

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Lisa Origliasso, the brunette half of Aussie singing twins The Veronicas, checked into an LA Hospital with stomach pains, which turned out to be symptoms of a serious bout of flu.

DIE HARD WEDDING Die Hard 4.0 actor Cliff Curtis brought a touch of Hollywood to his Kiwi homeland when he went home to get hitched.

The small Kiwi settlement of Tapuaekura, near Curtis’s birthplace of Rotorua, hosted the wedding, details of which – including the bride’s name – have been fiercely guarded.

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More than 200 wedding guests were welcomed with a powhiri, a traditional Maori ceremony.

Curtis, 41, a father of two, has appeared in Hollywood films Collateral Damage, Training Day and Three Kings. His uncle, Toby Curtis said his nephew had always wanted a wedding away from Hollywood.

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Mitch Winehouse on his daughter Amy’s new addiction: lingerie

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HOME SWEET HOME WINNER Congratulations to Ryan Bennett from the Gold Coast, Australia, who won TNT’s Home Sweet Home photography competition with his picture Sunrise Over Sea (see page 75).

Ryan has won return flights for two people from London to his choice of Australia, New Zealand or South Africa with Etihad Airways. He’ll be taking his

girlfriend Karla, and they’re both very excited about the prize.

When TNT caught up with Ryan he told us: “I think we’re going to go to South Africa and go on a game trek through the Kruger National Park [above]. It’s something we’ve been dreaming of doing for years! Thanks to everyone who voted for me.”

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To mark 70 years since the beginning of food rationing in Britain the What To Eat Now TV chef had a bash at cooking wartime cuisine

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Valentine Warner INTERVIEW ALISON GRINTER In your new TV programme Ration Book Britain you recreate some of the recipes people used to cook during World War II and up until 1954. Rationwise, what could the average person expect to get?

Not that much. Everyone was encouraged to plant vegetables, if you could, but you’d get two ounces of this and four ounces of that and if you actually laid out all the food on the table – you know, the bacon and the sugar and the tea and the cheese – there really isn’t that much to get you through a week, and you really had to think very, very carefully what you were going to put certain things in. And I think it’s actually part of the reason we got quite healthy. Apparently obesity went down.

I think the “ low point was the eggless sponge ” We’re all so molly-coddled with our Marks & Spencer ready meals – we’d just all die if rationing was brought in tomorrow, wouldn’t we?

Yeah, I kinda think we would. We all eat far too much, especially living in a world where we waste a third of the food that we buy every year. That automatically says on its own we eat too much.

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So you were pretty faithful to the recipes of that time, no matter how yucky they sounded?

Well, of course it would have been wrong to make a programme without using dried eggs – which smelt disgusting when you were mixing them up with water, but once they’d been cooked they weren’t quite as bad as I thought they were going to be.

So the poor buggers didn’t even have real eggs!?

Well you did, but you were lucky if you saw more than thirty a year. People were

encouraged to keep their own chickens, but you had to give up your egg rations.

banana – parsnips with banana essence.

I dunno, I’d give it a try.

Can you tell us any of the yummier recipes you came across?

Did cooking in a 1940s kitchen throw up a few challenges?

They were all OK. I went into the week thinking: ‘ohmygod, I’m really going to struggle’, but everything I ate was perfectly acceptable. I think if you’d been eating it for 14 years you’d probably want to pick up your plate and hurl it against the wall, but the dishes in their own right were perfectly acceptable.

Not really. I think personally the way I cook I’m always trying to get rid of stages that aren’t necessary. There was a total lack of gadgetry, but then I’m kind of old-fashioned too. But the oven was slightly problematic in that it just incinerated everything, so you really had to watch that.

Hmm, “perfectly acceptable” isn’t exactly yummy, is it?

Well it’s not bad. Like Woolton pie, a kind of vegetable pie. I don’t know if ‘delicious’ is the right word, but it was tasty. And it wasn’t boring.

What was the worst ration recipe?

I think the low point was the eggless sponge. Which actually was a low point because it didn’t rise at all. It had a little help from some baking powder, but it also leaves it with a slightly unpleasant taste.

People had to be inventive too …

There were lots of things that had to be replaced: there were lots of mock dishes like mock cream was margarine mixed with egg powder and water … and mock apricots which was grated carrots with plum jam and almond essence. And mock

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What’s your guilty pleasure?

Bacon Frazzles – imitation strips of streaky bacon in crisp form.

What song is guaranteed to get you on the dance floor?

Donny Hathaway’s The Ghetto.

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Up In The Air

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Director Jason Reitman is fast establishing himself as hot property in Hollywood.

Following in the wake of the Oscar-winning Juno and the razor-sharp satire Thank You For Smoking he now delivers Up In The Air, a resonant, brilliantly crafted comedy drama.

As is the case with his two previous films, Reitman coaxes a sublime performance out of his lead. George Clooney delivers a careerbest turn as Ryan Bingham, a man who travels around the US and lays off workers for bosses too cowardly to do it themselves.

Despite spending most of his time in the air and in departure lounges, he loves his job – especially when he runs into sexy fellow traveller Alex (Farmiga).

But when Bingham’s

1 Clooney won a best supporting actor Academy Award for which film?

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lifestyle comes under threat from new co-worker Natalie (Kendrick), who wants to can people over the internet, he takes her on a trip to prove his way of doing things is much better.

Both witty and thought-

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It is a film that will cause Jason Reitman’s stock to rise even further.

GOOD FOR: Those who really like flying. PIERRE DE VILLIERS

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LAST WEEK’S WINNER Trevor Jackman

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★★★★★ Strong performances from some British stalwarts drives this brutal gangster drama in which a jealous husband (Ray Winstone) and his mates kidnap his wife’s French boyfriend. The movie covers some familiar territory, but Winstone, Ian McShane and John Hurt elevate the film to something special.

GOOD FOR: Those who like Sexy Beast. PDV

gritty film following the lives of victims, perpetrators and observers of the 2002 clashes which claimed the lives of 1300, mostly Muslims.

Exuberant Outback film Bran Nue Dae will hit Australian cinemas on Thursday (Jan 14). The film adaptation of the 1990 musical filmed in Broome, Western Australia, follows the adventure of a rebellious teen in the summer of 1969.

The cast features Geoffrey Rush, Missy Higgins, Magda Szubanski and Jessica Mauboy (left).

Australian Idol winner Mauboy, 20, confessed she was unsure about her debut film role, particularly the kissing scene.

LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS 1 Benoni 2 Aileen Wuornos

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★★★★★ Filmmaker Joe Berlinger takes on oil giant Chevron, which stands accused of wrecking the Ecuadorian rainforest due to its merger with Texaco, in a powerful documentary that will leave you feeling pissed off. Berlinger wisely tells both sides of the story and then lets some shocking footage speak for itself.

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However they are up against some big flicks in India’s equivalent of the Oscars, including Aamir Khan’s 3 Idiots, which has taken a record 21 nominations and is bumping screenings of James Cameron’s blockbuster Avatar out of cinemas in Australia. Firaaq is a

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CULTURE THE MISANTHROPE Martin Crimp’s witty, erudite version of Molière’s verse comedy doesn’t need a star to make it work, but Keira Knightley definitely cuts it in her West End debut as twenty-something American film star Jennifer.

Transposed from 17th Century Paris to a swanky London hotel and today’s celebrity culture, Crimp’s swiftly delivered, almost too-clever couplets mock the media world and all its trappings.

Artists, agents, actors and journalists all come under fire from Damian Lewis’s angrily cynical playwright Alceste,

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SEE THIS: Theatre who, ironically, is in thrall to the flirtatious, bitchy but beautiful Jennifer.

Thea Sharrock’s production could be funnier in places – but Tim McMullan’s critic with misplaced aspirations hits just the right note of overblown pomposity in this enjoyable satire. LOUISE KINGSLEY

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» Comedy, Panton St, SW1Y 4DN Piccadilly Circus (0844 871 7622). Until Mar 13. £20-£49.50

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WORTH A LOOK Palestinian theatre company Shiber Hur joins forces with the Young Vic to produce a compelling drama called

I Am Yusuf And This Is My Brother, set at the end of the British mandate in 1948 and touching on themes of loyalty, love and war. » Young Vic, 66 The Cut, SE1 8LZ

Waterloo (020 7928 6363; youngvic.org). Until Feb 6. £15

EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK

BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK

THE STAFFORDSHIRE HOARD

TRUTH

★★★★★

The Staffordshire Hoard is the largest haul of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found, and when it was unearthed last year up in the Midlands, it was hailed as a major find, revolutionising theories about technology in England in AD 600-700.

It’s interesting, but the

exhibition in the British Museum fails to convey the significance of the discovery, and the collection isn’t spectacular enough to fascinate anyone who doesn’t know the backstory. TS

» British Museum, Great Russell St, WC1B 3DG Tottenham Court Road (british museum.org). Free. Until Feb 7

Peter Temple

THE CHILDREN’S BOOK

(Quercus) JAN 14

AS Byatt

Five-time winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction, Peter Temple returns with Truth, an unflinching portrait of Stephen Villani, the head of police who has got himself into some seriously hot water.

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ONCE ON A MOONLESS NIGHT

(Vintage, paperback) JAN 14

A panoramic novel of family secrets set against the backdrop of a bohemian, Victorian and Edwardian world, shortlisted for last year’s Man Booker prize.

Dai Sijie

IAN DURY: THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY

(Vintage) JAN 14

Will Birch

A young French woman living in Peking in the late 1970s is intrigued when a disgruntled old professor tells her about a text believed to be taken directly from Buddha’s teachings.

(Sidgwick & Jackson) JAN 15

Music journalist Will Birch publishes the first ever in-depth biography of the iconic punk poet behind such classics as Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick.

MORE EXHIBITIONS Check out No Love Lost: Blue

Paintings by Damien Hirst. » Wallace Collection, Manchester Sq, W1U 3BN Bond St (wallacecollection.org). Until Jan 24. Free

•Last chance to

see Maharaja: The Splendour Of India’s Royal Courts. » V&A, Cromwell Rd, SW7 2RL

South Kensington (vam.ac.uk). Until Jan 17. £11

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MUSIC VAMPIRE WEEKEND Contra (XL) ★★★★★

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Proving that, in pop, everything old will eventually become new again, Vampire Weekend won a fair few sales and a fair few more enthusiastic reviews in 2008 by wedding the same guitar lines that inspired Paul Simon’s Graceland to the kind of knowing, elusive lyrics that made Pavement’s name.

Two years later, they’re back with more of the same, but without novelty on their side. How will it play this time

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TIMOTHY B SCHMIT ★★★★★

JONI MITCHELL, JAMES TAYLOR & PHIL OCHS Amchitka (Greenpeace) ★★★★★

Schmit fulfils for the Eagles the same role that Ron Wood fulfils in the Rolling Stones: in the band for yonks but still seen as the newbie, precise contribution unknown, silly hairstyle, etc. Aside from showing off Schmit’s crisp, measured vocals, this album of singer-songwritery rock doesn’t leave the listener any the wiser as to the nature of his talents, though couplets such as “Sailing through the sky/Soaring way up high” reveal that lyric-writing isn’t among them. WFJ

Greenpeace was launched by a 1970 concert in Vancouver featuring these three artists.

Four decades later, it’s getting a commercial release.

The recording is low-fi by today’s standards, but the performances transcend the tape’s limitations: Phil Ochs, the forgotten man of US protest song; James Taylor, smooth and intense at once; and, indelibly, Joni Mitchell, premiering songs from Blue nine months before their release. WFJ

Expando (Universal)

NICK CAVE & WARREN ELLIS The Road - Original Film Score (Mute) ★★★★★ In attempting to bring the suffocating bleakness of Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road to the big screen one wonders why director John Hillcoat bothered with a score at all, and didn’t just let menacing silences à la No Country For Old Men do the trick. There’s a little too much light and warmth in Cave and Ellis’s spare piano/violin evocations and not quite enough dread and foreboding to punctuate the story’s more harrowing moments. ALISON GRINTER

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LIVE REVIEW Lawrence Arabia Hoxton Bar and Kitchen January 7 ★★★★★ “I’ve got very hot legs – at least four of us have long johns!” confides James Milne, aka Lawrence Arabia as he surveys the crowd that’s come in from the cold to see New Zealand’s hippest new export.

After a month together, Lawrence Arabia’s four backing musicians may not have a name – but they’re tight, tuneful and amusing.

Their cooing harmony complements a short, varied set of solid gold pop from his new Chant Darling album, plus oldie Talk About Good Times. Talk about cool. JON LUSK See page 28 for our story on Lawrence Arabia.

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NEW ZEALAND

SOUTH AFRICA

NO.1 Fireflies, Owl City.

ON TOUR Aria-winning singer/ songwriter Bertie Blackman and rising electro duo Tim & Jean have been named as support acts for La Roux’s Aussie mini tour in March. The tour will take in Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide from March 19-23.

NO.1 Black Box, Stan Walker.

MAKING NEWS Wellington’s One Love festival to be held at the Hataitai Velodrome on Waitangi Day (February 6) has confirmed Sola Rosa feat Spikey Tee, Don McGlashan, The Eastern, The Midnights, Mungo’s Hifi plus many more acts on its bill.

NO.1 I Gotta Feeling, Black Eyed Peas.

BREAKING NEWS The Parlotones have cancelled their Koko show on February 4 but will instead be playing two alternative shows in London ahead of the release of their UK single Life Design.

See page 30 for full details.

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around? Unsurprisingly, much like the first: absolutely dandy arrangement, wan singing and pretty ordinary songs.

Strip the jumpy rhythm section and twinkling guitars from Cousins, and there’s basically nothing left; dilute the restless arrangement of Holiday, and you’re left with a nursery rhyme. None of which has to be a problem, of course; pop history is lined with great records built around lousy songs. But in the case of Contra, as with Vampire Weekend’s debut, it results in an album that, for all its surface sheen, is ultimately nothing but a trifling diversion.

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Alison Grinter PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST LIVE MUSIC

GIG OF THE WEEK NICKELBACK When NME interviewed pop Antichrist Simon Cowell last year, Biffy Clyro guitarist Simon Neil asked him if he liked rock music. Cowell said no. But it got TNT Music thinking – if Simon Cowell did like rock, what kind of rock would it be? Well, here’s your answer, folks. Named after an American football position, Nickelback are so lowest common denominator that amoebas would look down their noses at them. And if you think we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel – well, we are. But that’s the early January gig scene for you.

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» Wembley Arena, Engineers Way, HA9 0DH

Wembley Park (0844 815 0815; whatsonwembley.com). Tue, Jan 19. £38.50

MARTHA WAINWRIGHT Since emerging from her brother’s shadow, and his backing band, Martha Wainwright has carved out a musical niche distinct from Rufus’s theatrical pop stylings with soaring ballads and a ragged, preternaturally powerful voice.

Catch her at these almost indecently intimate gigs at Camden’s Jazz Cafe this week.

» Jazz Cafe, 5 Parkway, NW1 7PG Camden Town (0870 060 3777, jazzcafe.co.uk). Jan 12-13. £20

HENRY ROLLINS SPOKEN WORD Shooting to fame as the frenetic frontman for punk rock legends Black Flag and later the Rollins Band, he of the thick neck and powerful stage presence is these days better known for his spoken word tours, showcasing his sharp sense of humour and keen observation of social and political events.

» Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX

Waterloo (0871 663 2501, southbankcentre.co.uk). Fri, Jan 15. £17.50-£20

BELIEVE THE HYPE FRANKIE & THE HEARTSTRINGS

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THE LINE-UP Frankie Francis

(vocals), Dennis Mennis (bass), Dave Harper (drums), Michael McKnight (guitar), Pete Gofton (bass).

HAILS FROM Sunderland.

THE BUZZ SO FAR Led by parttime football commentator Frankie Francis, this five-piece have garnered significant praise for their ’50s-inspired indie-pop and are expected to do great things in 2010.

WHAT ELSE? The quintet scored their first major gig supporting legendary Sunderland artrockers The Futureheads at their charity gig.

THE BAND SAY “Passion is an amazing emotion if approached with the correct attitude. We have that. We think we’re right and think others are wrong, and are unashamed and quite willing

to shout at you until we’re red in the face.” [toonwaves.co.uk] THE CRITICS SAY “There are signs that Frankie & the Heartstrings could be that rare creature, presumed extinct: the simply thrilling indie band.” [Guardian ] THE PLUG Lock Tavern, Chalk

Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AJ Farm (020 7482 7163). Sun, Jan 24. Free. ELIZABETH EUN

SOUND BITES Shannon Noll is ready for a fresh start with a new record label after parting with Sony last week.

“It was great while it lasted and Sony were terrific to work with but it’s time to take some risks,” The 2003 Australian Idol runner-up told The Daily Telegraph.

“I’ve got the experience and knowledge to freshen things up, and I’m looking forward to the future.”

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Tales of

Arabia

Kiwi muso James Milne is making waves under his new alter ego, Lawrence Arabia WORDS ALISON GRINTER

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iwi music fans will already recognise James Milne as one-time lead singer of The Reduction Agents, and as a part-time member of twee-popsters The Brunettes. But it’s under his latest guise, as the white-robed Lawrence Arabia, that Milne is set up to create a sandstorm.

His gorgeous new psych-folk album Chant Darling will be released on London indie label Bella Union, so expect to hear more about this Christchurch native. In the meantime here are some pass notes to get you better acquainted …

HE DIDN’T SCORE EAGLE VS SHARK, CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF “I didn’t actually score it,” he says of the romcom starring Flight Of The Conchords’ Jemaine Clement. “That’s just some misinformation that has crept out.”

But two of his Reduction Agents songs – Pool and 80s Celebration – feature on the soundtrack, capturing the quirky, retro feel of this singularly

Check out the robes: as Lawrence Arabia

Milne with previous band The Reduction Agents

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Standing In The Way Of Control – there’s this huge canon of songs, and these people going to the disco waiting to dance to these songs.”

odd flick and reflecting Milne’s aesthetic. “I’m generally quite a backward-looking person,” he says, “relentlessly romantic … and nostalgic.”

HE SUPPORTED FEIST ON TOUR “We did a tour of Europe and the UK with her last year. It was a huge jump from what we’d been doing – going from playing to a hundred people to playing to two or three thousand people a night. It was pretty scary.

“From the Camden Enterprise to the Royal Albert Hall was a steep learning curve … you have all different equipment, bigger monitors … make you hear yourself better. So you can hear pretty quickly what mistakes you’re making … normally playing in a pub there’s a multitude of errors hidden by the noise of the audience and the terrible sound onstage.”

HE’S WRITTEN A GREAT SONG SKEWERING HOXTON TRENDIES His song The Beautiful Young Crew goes: “We love each other, we hate each other, we’re afraid of each other because we want to screw each other.” It’s a bitchy sideswipe at London’s toocool-for-school crowd.

“I was living in Shoreditch at the time and it was my view of these stunningly beautiful people all wandering around, and I couldn’t work out what any of them were doing … I just really liked the idea of our generation’s canon of songs sort of from Last Night by The Strokes to

HE WASN’T INSPIRED BY THE FAMOUS FILM DESPITE NICKING ITS NAME “Actually, when I thought of Lawrence Arabia I hadn’t seen the film [Lawrence Of Arabia].

“After I came up with that name I used to dress up in robes … I liked the idea of the persona and having a ridiculous outfit to dress up in. I never used to be a particularly confident person, so it was quite appealing to have an alter ego. It’s a pretty silly name – it’s impossible to Google cos it always comes up with the movie.”

And when he finally saw the film? “I enjoyed the sadomasochist elements to it. It’s actually a really strange film for something that was such a huge blockbuster at the time.”

HE’S GOOD MATES WITH LIAM FINN The two shared a flat in Shoreditch. Was Finn a good housemate? “Yeah, in that he ended up spending a lot of time in NZ cos it was when he put his album out, and he ended up doing a lot of touring.”

Between them they helped make up the Kiwi muso community in London, which sounds surprisingly dog eat dog. “Maybe I’m the only paranoid crazy one, but when you’re over there, there’s so much going on and so much at stake that community element isn’t as warm as you might imagine it to be.”

» Chant Darling out now through Bella Union

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JAMES MILNE ON HIS NEW LP CHANT DARLING “In terms of my major influences, it was probably Hunky Dory by David Bowie.

I had the idea of making it sound like that.

“I completely failed, but that was something that was in my mind – trying to incorporate as many styles as possible.

“I love so much pop music and consume as much as possible, and try to incorporate it into my music – I’m really magpieish in my construction of pop music.

“I remember Hunky Dory as something I was striving for. I failed but it was a happy failure for me, I’m pretty proud of it.”

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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.

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

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.

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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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.

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.

Jayson Norris, Rhys Morgan, Amphibic Acoustic rock singer-songwriter originally from New Zealand. Halfmoon Putney, Lower Richmond Rd, SW15 1EU (020 8780 9383). £5.

Sleepercurve, White Light Parade, HK:UK The London trio play progressive indie-rock to promote their forthcoming EP. Dublin Castle, Parkway, NW1 7AN (020 8806 2668). £6, w/flyer £5.

The Yeah You’s, Meg Hutchinson Alternative duo

FRIDAY 1

Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo, Danny Schmidt

Skinny Molly

The Wednesday Night Showcase Acoustic showcase of signed and unsigned acts. The Bullet

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 Blockheads The veteran

punk-rockers play their hits. The

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

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.

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

Sax-led swing from the 17-piece.

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

Hayze, I’m Spartacus, Hipsters Fix, The Blockade Indie-rock trio from Ipswich.

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

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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

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.

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.

Rd, WC1X 8BZ (020 7837 4412). £6.

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.

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

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

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

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

Heavy soulful rock four-piece from London. Bull And Gate,

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

Folk from the Australian singer-songwriter and her band, including tracks from her album Despite The Snow Snow.

Mike Kintish and Nick Ingram perform electro-rock tracks.

Bridgefire, Son Of Bitch

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

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

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Natasha Vuckovic PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST CLUB NIGHTS

CLUB OF THE WEEK RIOT! CLASSICS What better way to get through the dismal wintery months than a good old knees-up Riot! style? Riot! welcomes two of the original Tidy Girls to the decks, Lisa Pin Up and Anne Savage. And if that ain’t enough to shake you up, BK and Pete Wardman will be playing back to back and Scott Attrill will be taking on the mighty Slipmatt for an epic old skool set, while two of the scene originators, Andy Farley and Ian M, will also be playing together on the night.

» Matter, Peninsula Sq, SE10 ODY

North Greenwich (020 7549 6686; matterlondon.com). Jan 15, 10pm-6am. £5

beats/breaks

funk/soul

drum ’n’ bass

electro

hip-hop

CLUB NEWS Dutch DJ Ferry Corsten has released a digital album with all the best bits from his popular weekly radio show, Corsten’s Countdown, for the year.

Best Of Corsten’s Countdown 2009 includes tracks by producers such as Breakfast, Tritonal, Rafaël Frost, Cataracta, Alpha 9, Masoud featuring Josie and heaps more. Out now, it’s a great way to kick off the new decade.

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house/garage

rock/metal

techno

SPACE HERO

LA DOLCE VITA

Jonathan Ulysses has been spinning tunes at Ibiza super club Space for 10 years, cramming dance floors with a decade of his superb house style. So chase away the winter blues with the Space hero’s summertime sounds.

Egg loves to celebrate dance music from different nations, and we love them for it. This week it’s hail to all things Italian, with great Eyetie talent on the decks. Ricky Montanari heads the line-up, alongside duo Neverdogs and Francesco Del Garda, all waving the red, white and green flag.

» The White House, 65 Clapham Park Rd, SW4 7EH Clapham Common (020 7498 3388; thewhite houselondon.co.uk). Fri, Jan 15, 7pm-5am. £6 before 11pm, £8 after

» Egg, 200 York Way, N7 9AX Farringdon (020 7609 8364; egglondon.net). Sat, Jan 16, 10pm-6am. £15

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Four lucky winners can bring along three of their friends to Riot! Classics, and will also enjoy some drinks on the house. For a chance to win email grabs@ tntmagazine.com with ‘Riot! Classics’ in the subject line by noon on Wed, Jan 13.

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US DJ Erick Morillio has got on board the health train by mixing a workout album for six-pack bible Men’s Health.

The album apparently follows the science of working out by aligning the music

beats to the target heart rate.

“A good playlist for the gym has to include music that you can warm up to, work out to and cool down to, and I think this download does the job perfectly,” Morillo told the magazine. Check it out at menshealth.co.uk.

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CLUB LISTINGS MONDAY 27 Authentic Cuban Night 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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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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

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

club anthems. LVPO, Dean St, W1D

house and commercial dance.

Cross Rd, WC2H 0JG (020 7379 3277). 5.30pm-2am. £4, free before 9pm.

Rd, E2 8DA (020 7613 4462).

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

5BQ (020 7434 3399). 9pm-3am. £8.

Trannyshack Tasty Tim and

Silk Cuts DJ Nick Fletcher spins

global house. Jewel, Glasshouse

Lost In London Party hits

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

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

on the ground floor, electrohouse in the basement and commercial R’n’B in the VIP room. Zoo Bar, Bear St,

Wicked Wednesdays

WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

9pm-3am. £7, guestlist/NUS £5.

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

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.

Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040).

10.30pm-3am. £5, w/flyer £3.

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.

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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.

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.

SATURDAY 2 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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“The Government advises Indian students studying in Australia as well as those planning to study there, that they should take certain basic precautions in being alert to their own security while moving around.” Official advisory by the Indian Government to Indian students in Australia.

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AUSTRALIA Digger injured An Australian soldier received shrapnel wounds in a roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan.

The digger, who was in a satisfactory condition in a hospital in Tarin Kowt, had spoken with members of his family.

The Defence Department said the blast happened in southern Afghanistan.

Dolphin falls on man A trainer was injured on the Gold Coast by a falling dolphin.

Ambulance officers were called

pretty in pink: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and television presenter Lee Furlong serve sausages in support of the McGrath Foundation before day three of the second Test match between Australia and Pakistan at Sydney Cricket Ground.

to the Sea World theme park about to find the trainer had sustained neck and back injuries after a dolphin fell on him, a Department of Community Safety spokeswoman said.

The dolphin was not injured.

KFC ad pulled KFC was forced to pull a television ad that was blasted as racist in the US. In the advert a white cricket fan tells viewers it is “too easy” to calm an unruly mob of Windies fans by sharing a bucket of fried chicken with them.

Before pulling the ad KFC defended it, saying it was not

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manner that leaves something to the imagination, to say the least.”

But the local ladies hit back.

“Most Territory girls would say ‘Put it where the sun doesn’t shine’,” nightclub dancer Lana Sandic bit back.

But it may have been a prank with the US consulate saying it was unable to find a serving marine with that name.

Alleged carjacker An armed teenage boy allegedly carjacked and crashed two vehicles and when finally caught assaulted some detectives.

Police said the 17-year-old first carjacked a taxi in Wellington, in the NSW central west, after threatening the driver and then rolled the car.

The boy, who was unlicensed, then allegedly used the knife to threaten a carload of tourists who stopped to help him and drove off in their hired car.

“There are clear upward trends in the number of hot events and downward trends in the number of cold events [over the period 1960 to date], consistent with global warming.” The Bureau Of Meteorology 2009 annual climate statement.

“They’re charging me with organising things that never happened. I wasn’t at a protest.”

Australian activist Natasha Verco arrested in Denmark during the Copenhagen climate conference.

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A letter from a US Marine captain had women in Darwin up in arms.

Capt John Campbell said the women had some work to attract a decent man.

“It’s about having standards, ladies,” he wrote to the Northern Territory News.

“What are standards? Well, it can begin by dressing in a

intended for the US market where “a culturally based stereotype exists”.

“These acts of sabotage that threaten our country’s whaling ships and crew were extremely dangerous.”

A statement from Japan’s Fisheries Agency on the Sea Shepherd collision in the Southern Ocean.

What’s happening across the country

SUMMARY

■ Relations between India and Australia sour after Indian student killed.

■ Police say there is no evidence to suggest killing is racially motivated.

■ Indian Government calls on Australia to do more to find killer.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA A string of crossbow attacks on kangaroos in urban parklands in Western Australia was being investigated by police and animal welfare authorities.

Five kangaroos were found with arrows lodged in their bodies at Mandurah.

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ndia called on Australia to fast-track its hunt for the killer of an Indian student in Melbourne as ties between the two countries continued to be strained.

The stabbing murder of Nitin Garg, 21, killed on his way to work at a Hungry Jack’s fast food restaurant, sparked renewed debate about the safety of Indians in Australia.

Garg’s uncle, Raj Kumar, said the Australian Government had failed to safeguard his nephew.

“Every time we were assured by your ministry,

A vigil held after the death of Indian student Nitin Garg

Australian [sic], they were protecting Indians, but they have failed in protecting Indians,” Kumar said.

Police leading the investigation said there was no evidence to suggest the attack on Garg’s had been racially motivated The Indian Government has predicted the attack will

impact on relations between the two countries, and while it has ruled out sanctions, it has once again pressed Australia to ensure the safety of its citizens.

External affairs minister SM Krishna told the ABC Australian police must fasttrack its hunt for Garg’s killer or killers.

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Japanese whaling dispute heats up Deputy prime minister Julia Gillard criticised the Japanese Government for hiring Australian aircraft to track the activities of anti-whaling protesters south of Australia.

The revelation came in the same week a Japanese whaling boat rammed a New Zealand protest vessel, which was sliced in half.

Light planes went out from Western Australia and Tasmania to locate Sea Shepherd protest vessels on the high seas.

The Greens and the federal opposition have slammed the Government for allowing the

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Japanese to spy on antiwhaling protesters using Australian planes and airports.

Gillard spoke strongly against the flights.

“We do not condone this action by the Japanese Government at all,” Gillard told reporters.

“We’re urgently seeking legal advice about this matter.”

Before winning the last federal election, Labor promised to take international legal action to stop Japanese whaling.

Since winning the election no legal action has been taken by the Government.

NEW SOUTH WALES A man reached through the window of a van and stabbed its driver in the face and arm during a road rage incident on the NSW Central Coast, police say. The driver of the sedan then returned to his car and fled the scene.

VICTORIA A man was charged with kidnapping three men who were rescued by police in Melbourne. It was believed three men were kept in a shed in Crosby Court, St Albans for several days.

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Japanese fishermen work on gutting a whale

An Iraqi refugee accused of dragging a woman from a Brisbane park into his house and raping her twice was released from custody. The 50-year-old Stafford man faced Brisbane Magistrates Court on charged with two counts of rape and one of deprivation of liberty. Police said a neighbour had reportedly seen the man approach other women in the park.

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English let off Finance minister Bill English’s drivers escaped punishment for parking on yellow lines and across a mobility park while their boss had a haircut.

The convoy was spotted parking illegally in central Wellington while the deputy prime minister visited upmarket Haight Ashbury salon in November.

Wellington City Council initially said it would issue tickets to English’s security detail but, after discussions with its lawyers and the diplomatic protection squad), it concluded that his drivers were within the law.

Nominees announced Olympic gold medalist Valerie Vili and founder of The Warehouse Stephen Tindall were announced as finalists for New Zealander of the Year.

The pair will go head to head with scientist and inventor of medical devices for the third world, Aucklander Ray Avery.

The winner, recognised for

Valerie Vili

95.1m

The amount in dollars of unpaid fines wiped by courts between July 2008 and June last year according the Justice Department.

12 wheely crazy: Adrien Delecroix of France does a back flip during the Unicon Unicycle Street finals at Waitangi Park in Wellington. The street competition involved unicyclists performing tricks on urban obstacles such as ledges, handrails and stairs.

major contribution to the nation, outstanding service to the country and inspiration through achievement, will be announced February 3.

Jack, Sophie on top Jack and Sophie keep their hold as the top baby names for 2009.

The list of most popular 100 names in the country was released by the office of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Jack has held the title of most popular boys’ name for the last five years and Sophie has kept her place since 2008.

Three new names enter the top 10 lists. Ruby is the most popular

to the Hawera Salvation Army’s foodbank.

The auction webpage, on TradeMe, describes the nail as a “good honest Kiwi male nail”.

“Offered here for auction is your chance to own 1 only prime porcellus carnivarous keratin [middle toe nail] that has been carefully groomed for one year for you!”

newcomer, coming in at No. 2 on the girls’ list, with Amelia entering at 10.

Thomas is the only new name in the boys’ top 10, coming in at No. 10.

Noughties hottest The noughties were the warmest decade on record in New Zealand, although last year was cooler than average, latest climate figures from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research revealed.

The years 2000-2009 were slightly warmer than the 1980s, which were previously the warmest decade on record.

The amount of people who died on New Zealand roads during the Christmas/New Year holiday period.

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The amount of years it’s been since there was a lower road toll during the Christmas/New Year holiday period.

45,747

The amount in dollars spent by the Ministry of Health preparing health scorecards comparing the performance of the 21 district health boards.

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The amount of people who drowned in the Christmas/New Year holiday period.

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The percentage of people who would like the legal minimum driving age changed to 18.

*And finally … nailing originality There is no tip-toeing around by a group of Taranaki Salvation Army parishioners who are raising funds for their local foodbank by auctioning a toenail that has been grown and cultivated for a year.

The toenail, still attached to the foot and growing, has so far reached a top bid of $7.50.

The proceeds will be donated

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What’s happening across the country

SUMMARY

■ Japanese whaling ship collides with New Zealand protest trimaran, the Ady Gil. ■ New Zealand skipper Pete Bethune survives collision which cuts off Ady Gil’s bow.

■ It is believed the Ady Gil will not be able to be salvaged.

UPPER NORTH ISLAND Three teenagers were arrested after a pair of American tourists were attacked and robbed in central Rotorua. The man and woman, in their early twenties, were bruised and scratched in the attack and had their belongings stolen.

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Japanese whaling ship has crippled the New Zealand trimaran being used off the coast of Antarctica to protest the whaling in the Southern Ocean, cutting off its bow.

The 24m Ady Gil – formerly named Earthrace – was shadowing the Shonan Maru, which suddenly started its engines and hit the Sea Shepherd vessel, according to Paul Watson, the captain of Sea Shepherd flagship, the MV Steve Irwin.

Watson said the $2 million Ady Gil was paralysed by the

LOWER NORTH ISLAND The Ady Gil pictured before it left for the Antractic

incident and probably unable to be salvaged.

“It cut eight feet [2.4m] off the front of the vessel. There is a big gaping hole, so it can’t go anywhere or it would fill up with water,” he told the HeraldSun newspaper in Melbourne.

The crew of six, including New Zealand skipper Pete Bethune from Auckland, were

all accounted for, but one suffered broken ribs.

The confrontation happened in the area of Commonwealth Bay on the Adelie Coast of Antarctica.

Japan’s Fisheries Agency, which has no direct involvement in whaling, said it was still checking details about the clash.

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Mental health worker attacked An inquiry was launched after a Nelson mental health worker was stabbed, kicked and had boiling water thrown over her by a patient.

The 49-year-old woman, who works for Nelson Marlborough District Health Board’s community mental health team, is now recovering at home from the vicious attack after being discharged from hospital.

She was visiting the man in respite care at a Nelson house when police said that without warning, he stabbed her in the throat, arm, back and face with a knife, and punched and

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kicked her, The Nelson Mail reported. She also suffered burns after having boiling water thrown over her body.

The following day, a 40-yearold man on an invalid’s benefit appeared in Nelson District Court and entered no plea to a charge of attempted murder.

The man, who was granted interim name suppression, was remanded in custody.

Health board mental health district manager Robyn Byers said staff were in shock and an investigation was underway.

Byers said the victim was an experienced nurse and a “very resilient person”.

A 19-year-old German woman, who was on a cycling holiday in New Zealand, died after a collision with a truck in Manawatu. The accident happened on State Highway 3, 4km north of Bulls.

UPPER SOUTH ISLAND Police were unsure what part of New Zealand they might find a convicted rapist wanted for breaching his prison release conditions. Maka Renata was jailed for seven-andhalf-years after being convicted of rape committed in June 1999, when he was 14.

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A short-sharp barrage of rain and hail pummelled Invercargill on Thursday leaving the city looking like a scene from mid-winter.

Roads and buildings in the city were covered thickly by the summer hail and the Fire Service dealt with 38 call outs in a little over an hour.

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Evictee gets support

500

The number of people who protested at the court appearance of the killers of Rustenburg businesswoman Miriam Khoza and four family members.

15

Road toll ‘rigged’

slovo remembered: Helena Dolny, wife of anti-apartheid activist Joe Slovo, lays a wreath at the Avalon cemetery in Soweto, during the 15th commemoration of his death. Slovo was integral in the end of apartheid in South Africa. He died of cancer in 1995.

accusation, saying it took time to get all statistics in and verified.

Judge attacked Gauteng police were hunting for a gang that attacked an acting High Court Judge in his Johannesburg home.

Judge Mahomed Ismail, who is attached to the Pretoria High Court, woke up during the night to the screams of his wife.

He found an armed man in the house and was shot in the neck.

He managed to flee and call

for help and doctors later told him that the bullet had just missed his jugular vein.

Teen jumps from car A teenage girl from the UK was killed when she fell from a moving vehicle on the N2 near Mossel Bay. ER24’s Werner Vermaak said it was not clear why the 18-yearold fell from the Pajero she was travelling in.

He said a bystander told them the girl appeared to have jumped from the moving vehicle.

The number of years since the killing of SA Communist Party leader Joe Slovo, whose death was commemorated by 200 people at Soweto’s Avalon cemetery.

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The age of a KwazuluNatal girl who plans to marry a 17-year-old, against the wishes of the provincial administration, police and child care groups.

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The length in metres of a crocodile repeatedly spotted in the Umgeni River near Durban, causing jitters among canoeists training for the annual Dusi marathon.

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wedding waltz: President Jacob Zuma sings and dances with his new wife Tobeka Madiba at their wedding ceremony on January 4, 2010, in a colourful Zulu traditional wedding outfit at Zuma’s rural homestead of Nkandla.

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The number of additional seats on domestic flights planned by SAA for the duration of the Fifa World Cup in June/July.

The SA National Civic Organisation (Sanco) took up the cause of an elderly man who was evicted from his home in 2005 due to the non-payment of municipal arrears.

Steven Mkhize, 83, lost his home in Greytown, Kwazulu-Natal in 2005 after owing R14,000 in rates to the municipality.

The house, which was said to be worth R350,000, was later sold at auction for R8000.

Sanco wants the property to be given back to Mkhize.

Johannesburg lawyer Michael de Broglio accused the Department of Transport of manipulating the December road death statistics.

De Broglio frequently handled Road Accident Fund claims.

He said the much-trumpeted lower road death toll over the festive season, namely 1050 compared to 1348 the previous year, was misleading.

The department denied the

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SUMMARY

■ Matric results are described as disappointing after high failure rate.

■ Mpumalanga’s results are the worst with more than half of the candidates failing.

■ More than 400 schools get 100 per cent pass rate.

WESTERN CAPE A 30-year-old man was arrested for possession of an unlicensed firearm at Cape Town International Airport. It was unclear what he wanted to do with the weapon.

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bout 40 per cent of South Africa’s matric pupils did not make the grade last year.

The Department of Basic Education announced in Pretoria that 60.7 per cent of matrics passed the 2009 exams.

It was about 2 per cent down compared to 2008.

The minister, Angie Motshekga, described the drop as marginal, but very disappointing, adding that she and others had sleepless nights over the issue.

The rate improved in KwaZulu-Natal by 3.5 per cent to 61.1 per cent, while the

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Celebrations for students have been soured by poor matric results

Eastern Cape stabilised at 50 per cent.

Motshekga commended the results of these two rural provinces characterised by high rates of poverty.

Mpumalanga had the poorest performance with a pass rate of 45.9 per cent, a decline of 3.9 per cent.

Motshekga said the

department would put steps in place to ensure the system improved.

Education director general Duncan Hindle said 19.8 per cent of the 551,940 pupils who wrote matric could proceed to university.

Despite an overall decline in the pass rate, 417 schools had a 100 per cent pass rate.

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Debt hangover after Christmas Thousands of over-indebted consumers were expected to flock to debt counsellors this month as the post-Christmas bills started arriving.

Debtbusters managing director Luke Hirst said reckless Christmas spending would cause serious financial stress in the weeks to come.

He urged consumers to develop a plan and to budget.

The National Credit Regulator (NCR) said consumers should not see the current interest rate relief as an excuse to borrow more.

NCR senior manager of education and strategy, Peter

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Setou, said consumers still needed to be highly responsible and conservative when borrowing money.

Setou said interest rates had come down 5 per cent since the start of the rate cutting cycle in December 2008, but the economy remained depressed and the NCR continued to see a monthly average of 9000 consumers applying for debt counselling.

He said consumers should see the interest rate relief afforded to them over the past year as an opportunity to pay off their debt.

A 27-year-old man was arrested in connection with the murder of an elderly couple on a farm between Senekal and Steynsrus.

GAUTENG The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals again called for a complete ban on fireworks and explosive devices countrywide. The SPCA said animals had to be euthanised over the festive season because they did not recover from trauma caused by fireworks.

KWAZULUNATAL Eskom promised to sort out power shortages at the Manguzi Hospital. The shortages have put patients’ lives in danger and for the past four months doctors have had to operate using small fans to cool the theatre.

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Legendary British darts commentator Sid Waddell ahead of Australian Simon Whitlock’s world darts championship final against Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor.

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Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor Who is he?

Only the most successful man to discover there’s more to do at the pub than drink pints. He’s a 15-time darts world champion.

Does he do any good out of it?

He’s already won in excess of

£1.5 million in prize money and his sponsorships are believed to be worth more than that again.

But it’s not really a sport … is it?

Admittedly he’s not the fittest-looking bloke but apparently he trains up to five hours every day and most of that’s not even at the pub.

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Graham Onions celebrates his survival

Relations rocky Relations between the South African and England teams were rocky after the Proteas “raised concerns” about the condition of the ball when England were bowling.

Footage showed Stuart Broad standing on the ball while James Anderson was filmed picking at the leather.

Johnson wins Australian pace bowler Mitchell Johnson has become the first player to win the ABC Test Cricketer of the Year Award in consecutive years. The leftarmer took 63 Test wickets and scored 500 runs in 2009, including his maiden Test century in Cape Town against South Africa.

Spinner withdrawn South Africa were forced to withdraw Pakistani-born spinner Imran Tahir from their squad for the final Test against England because of question marks over his eligibility. Tahir married a South African last year but there was said to be issues with his residency paperwork.

waugh inducted Steve Waugh, one of the SCG’s favourite sons, made a triumphant lap of honour when he was formally inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame.

Waugh, 44, was one of five Australians newly recognised by the ICC, along with Victor Trumper, Bill O’Reilly, Keith Miller and Ray Lindwall; but the only one still alive.

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South Africa missed a golden opportunity to level their series with England when the third Test finished in a dramatic draw.

The Proteas will now need to win the final Test in Johannesburg to draw the series.

The match in Cape Town came down to the last delivery with Graham Onions surviving the South African assault to allow his team to hang on for a

draw. It was the third time in the past year England had survived such a close call.

Having built a massive 465 run lead, Graeme Smith’s men could only take nine wickets in England’s second innings.

Smith had given his team every chance of victory piling on 183 to once again be England’s main tormentor.

But it was the fortitude of Ian Bell and Paul Collingwood who defied the South African

bowling attack led by Dale Steyn and Paul Harris.

Collingwood put up the shutters like only he knows how, taking 188 balls to score 40 and frustrate his opponents.

Ian Bell also concentrated on batting time as he amassed 78 runs off 213 balls.

But with the finish in sight both batsmen fell.

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Cairns to sue for defamation Chris Cairns

Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns is to sue Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi for defamation.

Cairns’ name was removed from a list of 97 players initially put forward for the next IPL player Twenty20 auction and Modi was quoted as saying it related to allegations during Cairns’ time in the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League (ICL).

“The allegation made by Lalit Modi that I have been involved in match fixing is scandalous and wholly untrue,” Cairns said in a statement.

“For him to circulate such a

falsehood around the world is outrageous.

“Mr Modi’s allegation has caused me huge personal distress and professional damage. I cannot allow these slurs to ruin my future.

“I have instructed my solicitors, Collyer Bristow LLP, to bring proceedings for defamation against Mr Modi.”

Fitch-Holland said earlier that Cairns, 39, was never the subject of any investigation or finding of misconduct during his short stint in the nowdefunct ICL. Cairns was suspended from the ICL in October 2008 on disciplinary grounds.

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Marcus North will be under pressure going into the final Test against Pakistan after a lean summer. North had only scored more than 16 on two occasions in his past 10 Test match innings.

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An unbeaten Mike Hussey century, two astonishing catches and a five-wicket haul for Nathan Hauritz helped Australia complete one of Test cricket’s greatest comebacks to wrap up the series against Pakistan.

Ricky Ponting’s men whooped with delight and piled on top of one other in celebration at the SCG after turning a 206-run first innings deficit into a 36-run victory.

The unlikely triumph clinched the three-Test series 2-0 with one to play.

Such a fairytale seemed virtually impossible as the home team resumed on day four at 8-268, ahead by just 80 runs after trailing abysmally on the first innings.

But Hussey, the 34-year-old warhorse stayed the distance to notch his 11th Test century,

Hussey rides his luck

Australia’s two heroes with the bat Peter Siddle and Mike Hussey

Any doubts about Mike Hussey’s position in the Australian team were quashed in Sydney with his match-winning knock.

Hussey had more than his fair share of luck as he was dropped four times on the way to 134 not out.

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remaining not out on 134 as he combined with the gritty Peter Siddle (38) to engineer a record-breaking ninth-wicket partnership of 123.

Needing 176 to win, the Pakistan batting line-up imploded as Hauritz and Mitchell Johnson ripped through the visitors to bowl them out for 139.

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Ponting struggles for form Ricky Ponting has been playing hurt and his scoring output is below expectations, but he’s not making excuses.

However Test cricket’s thirdhighest run-scorer, whose average has dipped below 55 for the first time in five years, knows he has to lift.

And what better place for a Tasmanian to score his first Test century of the summer than Hobart?

Australia, leading their three-match series against Pakistan 2-0, begin the third Test on Thursday.

Ponting has carried an elbow-tendon injury in scoring only 57, 12, 0 and 11 in the Melbourne and Sydney Tests against Pakistan.

One of the game’s leading exponents of the hook shot, Ponting suddenly appears human against the short ball.

“I’ve been a bit restricted in the last couple of games, yeah,” Ponting said after

Pakistan haven’t found it too difficult to get the prized scalp of Ricky Ponting

Australia won the second Test.

“There’s no doubt about that.

But I’m not going to use that as an excuse for why I haven’t scored as many runs as I would have liked.

“I put my hand up and said I’m right to play and I’ve got to

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get out there and make runs.”

Australia will also be hoping opener Simon Katich can return from an elbow injury for the Hobart Test after being replaced by NSW teammate Phillip Hughes (0 and 37) for the second Test.

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by IPL riches The riches of the Indian Premier League were too hard to resist for Australia’s cricketers with another 11 players shortlisted for this year’s player auction.

The likes of Brad Haddin, Phillip Hughes, Doug Bollinger, Peter Siddle and former international Damien Martyn have all thrown their names in the hat for the 2010 season.

Ashley Noffke, Jason Krejza, Ben Laughlin, Graham Manou, Clint McKay, Adam Voges are also chasing their slice of the pie in the Twenty20 competition.

The Australians made up the largest contingent of international players shortlisted for the auction that allows teams to supplement their squads by adding to players on multi-year contracts.

Seven Pakistan players have made the cut for the auction.

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Spain win in Perth Australia’s hopes at the Hopman Cup crashed and burned when they were given a tennis lesson by eventual tournament winners Spain.

In the second match of the tie Lleyton Hewitt was beaten 6-2 6-4 by world No.16 Tommy Robredo.

Earlier, world No.13 Sam Stosur crashed to her second singles loss of the $1 million mixed teams tournament.

Stosur lost 6-4 6-1 to world

No.26 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez in a match that lasted just 67 minutes.

Top-seeded Australia needed to defeat Spain 3-0 without losing a set to top group A and qualify for the final but Stosur’s early blip brought a swift end to those aspirations.

Spain made it a 3-0 clean sweep in the tie after posting a 6-3 3-6 7-6 (10-7 in match tiebreak) win in the mixed doubles, with Hewitt backing

up from his singles encounter to ease any fitness concerns.

Stosur was clearly off rhythm in her singles encounter against Martinez Sanchez, with her forehand in particular letting her down throughout the match.

After a tight first set, Stosur’s game imploded in the second as Martinez Sanchez broke the Queenslander twice to race to a 4-0 lead.

Spain went on to beat Great Britain 2-1 in the final.

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and 4-1 down, but in the end she couldn’t quite complete the overall comeback of winning her first tournament back.

The 23rd meeting between the pair had more twists and turns than a Hitchcock movie before Clijsters triumphed 6-3 4-6 7-6 (8-6) with her fourth match-point.

Although she dominated the first set and a half, Clijsters was forced to save two match points at 4-5 in the third set.

Henin was returning from a 20-month hiatus.

World No.22 Lleyton Hewitt was adamant his Australian Open campaign remained on track despite suffering an injury scare at the Hopman Cup in Perth.

Hewitt, whose career was threatened by a serious hip injury in 2008, suffered a back spasm early in his loss to Spain’s Tommy Robredo.

The 28-year-old South Australian repeatedly grabbed at his back and hip and called a medical time-out after dropping the first set in 37 minutes.

“I’m still not 100 per cent at the moment but by the time I play in Sydney in a few days’ time I’m pretty confident I’ll be fine,” Hewitt said.

He is due to play in this week’s Sydney International.

Ana’s Scott keeps cool Former world No.1 Ana Ivanovic was grateful for golf star boyfriend Adam Scott’s cool demeanour as she battled to reassert herself near the top of the tennis rankings.

At times Scott looked as though he needed his pulse checked as he watched his girlfriend playing at the Brisbane International.

“That [Scott’s calm facade] is really good to see [in the crowd],” Ivanovic said.

“Because you have so many emotions running through your body.

“It’s good to see someone calm supporting you no matter what the result – it’s great, I really enjoy it.”

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Justine Henin went inches from completing two fairytale comebacks in one match before lifelong rival Kim Clijsters claimed an epic Brisbane International final.

The dream all-Belgian decider in Henin’s first tournament back on the WTA Tour lived up to its billing and more with the pair slugging it out for two hours 23 minutes in a tense thriller.

Henin did produce one comeback during the match itself, fighting back from a set

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The Socceroos accused Kuwait fans of deliberately shining laser lights in their eyes to put them off during their Asian Cup qualifier in Kuwait City.

Australian goalkeeper Eugene Galekovic and midfielder Dario Vidosic believed they were targeted by someone in the crowd with a laser pointer during the game, which ended in a 2-2 draw.

Galekovic complained of a light being shone in his eyes, while Vidosic told Socceroos officials that he saw the laser light while attempting to take corner kicks.

Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek admitted he had mentioned the incidents to match officials in an animated pitchside exchange during the first half.

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“I don’t think anyone in the world, apart from all the blokes inside our dressing room, thought we could win.” A very satisfied Australian captain Ricky Ponting following his side’s remarkable 36-run Test win at the SCG. “I practised yesterday with my shirt off and I got so, so burnt.” Like so many Brits visiting Australia this time of year, world tennis No.4 Andy Murray will be splashing out on tubes of aloe vera.

investigate the matter.

But Verbeek was taking a more diplomatic tone over the incidents after his side put themselves a step closer to qualifying for next year’s Asian Cup finals thanks

to the draw with Group B leaders Kuwait.

Australia took a 2-0 lead early in the first of half of the match before the locals hit back with two goals of their own before the break.

Webber already under fire Formula One testing for this season is still two weeks away but already Australian Mark Webber is battling reports this will be his last year with Red Bull Racing.

Speculation has been circulating that former Ferrari world champion Kimi Raikkonen will return in 2011 to usurp Webber’s seat.

Raikkonen, who had a disinterested year with the Italian team in 2009 and subsequently left F1, plans to compete in this season’s World Rally championship.

But it has been reported that the enigmatic Finn is merely taking a 12-month sabbatical and will return to drive alongside young German Sebastian Vettel at Red Bull.

Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko dismissed the reports as “pure rumour.”

Disenchanted with F1, Raikkonen secured Red Bull sponsorship to run in the WRC

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“If we were Aussies, there might be different talk, a different attitude.” Bernard Tomic’s father John responds to Lleyton Hewitt’s assertion that his son is not yet up to Davis Cup selection.

“One of the reasons I got into cycling was to help the transition into normal life.” Three-time world champion rower Amber Halliday after becoming the national women’s cycling time trial championship.

“Every time they had a beer they opened it and called me hard as nails.

I was pretty soft I guess.”

Nathan Hauritz (pictured) on the mocking he received from his teammates for collapsing on the SCG turf after holding onto a fullblooded drive from Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf on the final day.

series this season at the wheel of a works Citroen C4.

It was speculated that the 30-year-old’s deal was a way for him to return to Formula One in place of Webber in 2011.

Webber wrapped up his most successful season at the elite level, breaking through for wins in the German and Brazilian grands prix in 2009.

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He admitted Webber had been hampered by injuries early in the season.

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Mills makes NBA Patrick Mills became the fourth Australian to play in the NBA this season when he suited up for the Portland Trail Blazers. He got a little under five minutes court time against the LA Clippers and provided two assists but failed to get on the scoreboard.

Blues suspended Carlton suspended Ryan Houlihan, Eddie Betts and Andrew Walker from the club for a month after drunken and inappropriate behaviour after a boat cruise last month. Houlihan and Walker were kicked out of Melbourne’s Crown Casino after a scuffle with security guards and Betts was arrested for being drunk in the city’s CBD.

Richie McCaw and his teammates may head to Asia again for the Bledisloe Cup

Bledisloe to be cut

Cooper back

It appears likely that a Bledisloe Cup match will be played in Asia again this year, but it will almost certainly be the last time the Wallabies and All Blacks clash four times in a calendar year.

Quade Cooper made a return to training for the Reds despite a cloud hanging over his playing future.

Cooper was arrested on the Gold Coast last month on suspicion of burglary.

In the last two seasons, Australia and New Zealand have supplemented their three Tri-Nations clashes by playing an additional fixture.

In 2008, the teams met in Hong Kong and last year

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Top Australian cyclist Robbie McEwen withdrew from the national road race championship after re-injuring his left knee. He said he was still hopeful of competing in the Tour Down Under.

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Berrick Barnes has been linked with the Melbourne franchise

The ownership saga surrounding the fifth Australian Super Rugby team was finally resolved, with the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) handing control of the franchise to the Melbourne Rebels consortium.

Melbourne will join an expanded 15-team Super competition next year, when Australia, New Zealand and South Africa will all field five teams.

The Melbourne franchise will be based at the new 31,000-capacity rectangular stadium nearing completion in the city’s sporting precinct.

The announcement brought to an end several months of

happy with our experience in Hong Kong and Tokyo the last two years and one more trip to Asia would be, I think, a good idea for us and I think New Zealand agree.”

He said South Africa New Zealand Australia Rugby (SANZAR) was hopeful of announcing, by the middle of this year, confirmation of Argentina’s participation in a major southern hemisphere international tournament from 2012.

barnes back in action Wallabies back Berrick Barnes is set to play in the NSW Waratahs’ final Super 14 trial after receiving a positive report on his ankle injury at training.

Barnes, who switched from the Reds to the Waratahs, suffered the inury in Tokyo in October before the Bledisloe Cup match.

uncertainty about which interested parties would be involved in the Melbourne franchise, which will receive some loan funding from the ARU.

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Anthony Mundine expects to stroll past ‘Deadly’ Rob Medley in their non-world title fight in Sydney this week before finally lining up one of the big-name overseas bouts he craves. A two-time former WBA super middleweight world champion, Mundine insisted the time would come when he took on some of boxing’s big names and he was happy to fight overseas.

they travelled to Tokyo.

The Wallabies schedule for the latter half of this year has still to be finalised, but the Australians are expected to again face their oldest foe on neutral territory.

“I’m not sure whether it will be Hong Kong or Tokyo, but it’s highly likely there will be a fourth Bledisloe,” Australian Rugby Union chief executive John O’Neill said.

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ustralian employment figures soared for a third straight month last November, as companies added six times more jobs than economists estimated, making Australia perhaps the strongest economy in the developed world.

Some 31,200 people gained new employment in November, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported, while employers have added 99,500 new jobs in the past three months. Craig James,

chief economist at CommSec, told Bloomberg Australia was living up its reputation as the “wonder from Down Under”.

“The economy may not yet be going gangbusters, but Australia clearly has the strongest economy in the developed world,” he said.

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The UK Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development claims unemployment will peak at 2.8 million in 2010, with unemployment rising for the first six months of 2010, but with the general economic outlook improving.

Kiwi recruitment specialists expect skills shortages will bite in 2010. Hays managing director Jason Walker says as New Zealand emerges from the downturn, financial analysts and technical IT specialists will be in demand.

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will need to attain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). Ask your school or supply teaching agency for advice (see page 56).

DOCUMENTS AER Teachers director Alex Tuckwell says teachers must bring their original degree qualifications, two recent references and proof of their the right to work in the UK. A Criminal Records Bureau

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for head teachers and their pupils,” he adds.

In addition, teachers from these countries are able to offer a high level of sporting, academic and artistic achievement.

Antipodean and South African teachers recognise and are familiar with the diverse and multicultural make-up of the UK and are able to educate pupils about their countries of origin.

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check must also be completed once in the UK. If coming from Australia, Tuckwell says you’ll also need a federal police check.

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Anyone who wants to teach permanently in a state-maintained school in England and Wales.

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DEMAND AND VALUE Demand is high for Antipodeans and South African teachers, especially in London.

“Due to the similarities in qualifications and curriculums, teachers from these countries are able to adapt quickly to the UK education system,” Tuckwell says.

“They also bring a lot of excitement and energy into their teaching, which is attractive

SUPPLY Supply teaching offers the chance to experience a range of schools and it’s a good way to get to know the schools and areas into which you may like to move as a permanent teacher.

“You also get greater flexibility and choice,” says Tuckwell, adding that while all teachers have marking and planning responsibilities, it’s less of a burden for supply teachers than those in permanent or long-term assignments.

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Why did you opt to be a long-term supply teacher?

It makes it easier to travel.

There are a lot of different job opportunities over here so it gives you the chance to try something different.

How different is it is to teach over here?

It’s a different curriculum and there’s more paperwork and assessment because of Ofsted [the UK education regulator] , but I really like working over here.

What about the kids?

The kids are different. They seem to have a bit more space back home, and that makes a difference in terms of behaviour.

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pupils and colleagues. Permanent teaching also means added responsibilities, which in turn means you’ll get the benefits of increased pay and the security of full-time work.

“With long-term or permanent work, you will also benefit from being able to update your CV and gain more complete and comprehensive references, which will improve your chances of further employment,” Tuckwell says.

CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE On the whole, those at the coalface of UK teaching say the classroom experience can be very similar to what you would expect at home.

However, Tuckwell says this depends on a number of factors – such as class sizes, education levels and language.

Multiculturalism in the UK means that teachers should be prepared for extremely diverse classrooms, where for many pupils English is a second language.

Tuckwell says this diversity makes for a rewarding teaching experience and is likely to improve teachers’ ability to be

more inclusive, communicate and improve their behaviour management techniques.

But he adds: “Your classroom experience will very much depend on the school in which you are teaching, and the area of the UK you are teaching in.”

FINDING WORK The UK school year runs between September and July. This period is broken up into three terms, with each term containing holiday breaks.

“In the UK we enjoy 13 weeks of holiday, during which you have time to travel around the UK, Europe and further for the more adventurous,” Tuckwell says.

The main recruitment periods are normally at the start of each term.

The typical term dates are from September to December for the autumn term; January to March for the spring term; and April to July for the summer term.

“Typically, September and January are the busiest periods if you are looking for long-term or permanent work. For supply or day-to-day work, the peak periods are between October and April,” Tuckwell says.

What advice would you give to a new teacher?

Research your agencies well. Compare their day rates because they do vary a lot, and some agencies really do look after you.

Also, if you’re looking to work at a school long-term, it’s a good idea to teach there before you commit.

If you’re planning to be here longer than four years, you’ll need to get your QTS qualification. Keep a copy of every bit of planning and paperwork because it’s a massive thing to organise.

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Allie Behr Job Operations manager From Sydney, Australia Lives Westbourne Park Age 25 How do you budget?

I have to take my rent out at the beginning of the month, before it’s due, so I don’t spend it! Then at the end of the month I put everything I haven’t spent from my pay cheque into a separate savings account.

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grossly unfair that Labour expects millions of innocent customers to pay extra each month because of the actions of a minority. This will make broadband unaffordable to tens of thousands of people, which flies in the face of policy to increase take-up in disadvantaged communities.”

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SURF AND YOGA Get fit and relax on a surf and yoga week at the Natural Surf Lodge near Biarritz in France.

The idyllic retreat is set in a forest and run by passionate boardriders and surfing instructors Stephane and Claire Becret. The surf lessons take place at Seignosse, a perfect sandy beach that – along with neighbouring Hossegor and Capbreton beaches – is an ideal location to learn, with regular swells, fun beachbreak waves and a laid-back vibe.

Back at the lodge, the daily yoga sessions involve all basic postures as well as deep breathing, relaxation and meditation. If you’re not chilled out enough after all this, the leafy eco-retreat also has a warm hydro-massage pool, steam room, tree house massage area and hammocks swaying in the breeze.

The damage: A six-night stay including bed and breakfast, surfing equipment, daily surf lesson and transfers is €570, plus €100 for five yoga sessions.

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FROLICK IN THE HAY With its jagged mountain peaks and alpine meadows, you only need look out a window in the South Tyrol to feel whole again. It’s no wonder the region in northern Italy is a magnet for those seeking ‘wellness breaks’.

Most hotels in the area offer spa treatments particular to the local Ladin culture, such as hay baths and herb saunas.

Situated in Sesto/Sexton in Val Pusteria, the family-run Alpenwellnesshotel St Veit offers a range of indigenous spa treatments including rose and salt baths in a giant copper kettle and hay baths, where you lie in a trough-like bed and get covered in warm hay.

South Tyrolean farmers discovered the health benefits of hay centuries ago – quick naps on freshly cut hay soothed their aches and pains.

The damage: Doubles at Alpenwellnesshotel St Veit start from €66 per person per night, half-board. A traditional hay bath costs €28.

See: hotel-st-veit.com.

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FIVE-STAR DETOX If you’re looking for a detox break that doesn’t mean sacrificing creature comforts, Cornwall’s Rettalack Resort and Spa could be for you.

The ‘Detox: New Year, New You’ package offers three nights in a five-star self-catering lodge combined with a detoxifying body wrap and a one hour personal training session. You also get a personalised health assessment so

the programme can be tailored to your needs.

There’s a high-tech gym and a pool so you can put your new regime into practice, or simply relax in the spa. The resort is near Padstow and the stunning bays of north Cornwall.

The damage: A ‘Detox: New Year, New You’ package is £140, based on four sharing.

See: retallackresort.com.

WEEKEND BENDER Drank your body weight in beer and downed too many mince pies over the festive season? A health retreat and dose of yoga in the peaceful Welsh countryside may be the perfect tonic.

Head for a weekend break in the heart of the Brecon Beacons with Herbal Ayur Retreats and you’ll leave feeling as relaxed as if you’d spent two weeks in Thailand. The two-day

programme aims to combine the three sister sciences of Ayurveda, yoga and meditation in an affordable break, at a place that blends with the company’s philosophy – an elegant country mansion surrounded by rolling hills.

The damage: A two-night, full-board retreat at Buckland Hall costs £185.

See: herbalayur-retreats.co.uk.

IRELAND MEETS TIBET Why head across the world to study Tibetan Buddhism when you can find enlightenment in Ireland?

The Dzogchen Beara Buddhist retreat centre on Ireland’s rugged Beara Peninsula is the ideal place to unwind and escape everyday stress. Situated on a remote cliff top, you’re flanked on one side by mountains and the other by the Atlantic – in summer you can watch dolphins frolicking in the sea from the meditation room.

The Tibetan Buddhist centre offers free, twice-daily guided meditation sessions, and throughout the year there are short retreats on topics such as ‘discovering the true nature of love’ and ‘finding peace’.

Accommodation is in a basic, cottage-style hostel or self-catering cottages.

The damage: A dorm bed is £9.50 a night.

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Amsterdam might be known as a den of vice thanks to its coffee shops selling marijuana and famous red light district, but it’s also a charming and historic city where bikes and trams whizz along cobbled streets and canals meander by narrow terraced houses and towering churches.

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there are also plenty of bars and clubs if you just fancy a drink and a wander.

CHOW DOWN Look out for Febo stores where you can get tasty treats such as croquettes and chicken chunks for €1. Another bargain option are traditional waffles made by street vendors. The Dutch do fab cheese, and top varieties include Edam (smooth), Gouda (mild and creamy) and Leiden (with cumin seeds).

Amsterdam has a fascinating selection of museums. Take a trip back to wartime Holland with a visit to the Anne Frank House – a moving museum in the building where the Frank family hid during the German occupation. Art fans should try the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum. For something a little less highbrow there’s the eye-opening Sex Museum, celebrating pornographic and erotic art.

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It’s what Amsterdam is famous for, and you’ve got to dip your toe in by toking a marijuana joint in a ‘coffee shop’. After dark Amsterdam’s red light district comes to life. As well as the brothels and sex shows

OUT OF TOWN Learn about Holland’s famous traditions at Rembrandt Hoeve, a clog factory and cheese farm 30 minutes from the city. If you choose to visit Amsterdam during spring, catch a train to Leiden, about 45 minutes away, to see the world-famous tulips at Keukenhof gardens.

GREEN SPACE The biggest and best park near the city centre is Vodelpark, perfect for kicking back on the grass if you need to chill out.

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The Dutch love beer. Grolsch, Heineken and Amstel are leading exports, though some tasty local beers are brewed in Amsterdam as well. Don’t be surprised if your glass only comes three-quarters full, though – it’s customary for

NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO All year round, or time your visit to see the Queen’s Day celebrations on April 30.

GETTING THERE Fly from any London airport, take the Eurostar from St Pancras, or bus it from Victoria.

VISAS Aussies and Kiwis don’t need a visa. South Africans require a Schengen visa.

CURRENCY Euro. 1 GBP = 1.11 EUR. LANGUAGE Dutch, but most locals speak good English.

GETTING AROUND Walk, cycle or take the tram. Consider buying an Amsterdam card, which offers free entry to loads of attractions as well as public transport. Prices start at €33 for 24 hours.

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subdued town centre, across one of Lucerne’s famous medieval covered bridges, I asked local Marcel why the party had to start quite so early.

His answer was simple: “So people can party for longer.” This attitude might explain why the carnival (Fasnacht in German) has become Switzerland’s second biggest after Basel.

Both are held from Dirty Thursday until the following Ash Wednesday, to throw out winter and welcome in Lent. But as well as being slightly smaller, Lucerne Carnival is an entirely different event according to our guide Christian.

“Basel is more organised. Ours is more … messy,” he concludes, smiling wryly. “There’s

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no schedule, people just do what they want.”

It seems to start off neatly enough, with a parade of 30 bands, made up of an assortment of musicians, some thumping bass drums, others tooting trumpets or wielding tubas, and all of them wearing costumes.

At Lucerne Carnival forgoing fancy dress is not an option, and the bands take this most seriously of all, only revealing their chosen outfits on the day. There are Vikings, monsters, devils and jesters, some with gleaming eyes poking through their giant masks, others with huge medieval helmets. The odd costume has a political edge, like the polar bears making a point about climate change.

Mesmerised, we follow the bands through the cobbled streets of Lucerne’s old quarter, admiring outfits and clutching our mulled wine to keep warm.

Escaping the cold, we head inside and by the time we come back out again the sun is high in the sky and the carnival spirit is in full flow.

The bands, now split up, continue to parade the city, the sound of drums and brass signalling their arrival.

Wherever they stop a crowd forms around them as they alternate between covers of chart songs and traditional tunes.

People dance and chatter, while mothers and fathers pull trailers filled with kids, also in costume. I spot an entire family of Smurfs dancing to the Beatles’ All You Need is Love.

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parade of bands and floats organises the chaos slightly, but afterwards it’s back to anything goes.

With so much revelry it’s hard to take in the charms of Lucerne that have been drawing in tourists for centuries – the frescoed houses and ancient guildhalls, the many churches and chapels, and the winding alleys that open on to medieval squares.

Today, littered with ticker tape and discarded props, they provide a surreal backdrop to the carnival cheer. As the night draws in and the fun steps up a gear, it’s hard to believe it carries on for another five days. But it’s easy to believe that things get more than a little messy.

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NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO This year Lucerne Carnival takes place from February 11-16.

GETTING THERE Fly direct to Zurich and catch a train to Lucerne (one hour). Swiss (swiss.com) operates daily flights from London from £69 return. For train information see myswitzerland.com/rail.

GETTING AROUND You can easily walk around the town. To get to surrounding towns take a boat across the lake.

VISAS No visas needed for Aussies and Kiwis. Saffas require a Schengen visa.

CURRENCY Swiss Franc (CHF). 1 GBP = 1.63 CHF. LANGUAGE German.

GOING OUT A beer is about 4-5 CHF. ACCOMMODATION Dorm beds from 32.80 CHF at the Youthhostel Luzern.

ZURICH Lucerne

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Tourism. For info see myswitzerland.com or call the Switzerland Travel Centre on 00800 100 200 30

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Grab a window seat (it’s a bit chilly to stand outside) and admire the scenery as it changes from snowy fields and scattered villages to craggy mountains that plunge straight into the dark water. See lakelucerne.ch.

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Showers are sometimes limited to after 8am, which doesn’t tie in with the early morning bus schedules.

A good place to stay not far from the centre is Hostal Portales, Calle Cabrera 117.

It has warm showers and the staff are friendly.

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If you want to try a new sport grab a package deal to the Canary Island of Fuerteventura and learn to kite board at the René Egli centre – one of the biggest kite-boarding centres in the world. See rene-egli.com.

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Next year I’d like to go to Morocco for about two weeks and then head over to Israel and Syria for 10 days. What are the best places to visit in these countries, and what is the best way to do this trip over three or four weeks on a limited budget?

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There are still capitals you can visit that don’t get the visitors they deserve. Step forward Warsaw, Bucharest and Sofia – and Minsk, if you’re keen on Soviet architecture and easy-to-visit castles.

Top of the pops, though, is a city that has never been a capital: Lviv, in Ukraine. There’s a real mixed-bag of influences, and while having a very European feel, the Cyrillic script means you feel very much like a foreigner in the city.

It’s still good value for hotels and eating, there are churches and museums to roam around and loads of great cafés to seek refuge in.

The only small downside is that getting there is not as cheap as it is to other European cities, and requires a change in Kiev or Warsaw. Still, it is well worth a look.

Don’t forget Western Europe, though. Whole swathes of Germany from Bremen to Lubeck, receive next to no tourists and are lively and historic cities. Lastly, the new high-speed train line from Brussels to Amsterdam makes it zippy to reach the Dutch capital in around four hours. That means it’s high time to rediscover a city which most of you have probably only seen through a boozy, smoky haze.

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Due to the restrictions on travel between Syria and Israel – the border between the two countries is closed – your options are few for doing this as a continuous journey. In fact, the only way to do the Middle East portion of your trip would be to go to Syria first, then enter Israel via Jordan. You could visit Morocco before or after, flying via a European country, or possibly Egypt, to get the best fares. You should talk to an expert in arranging such complicated itineraries to get the best deal on flights – try Trailfinders (trailfinders.com).

In terms of what to do, you have plenty of choices. Morocco for many means Marrakesh, but you should also consider seeing Fes, Rabat and Tangier. Ten days to see Syria, Jordan and Lebanon isn’t much. I would either concentrate on Syria and see Damascus, Aleppo and some of the ancient and crusader sights around the country, or head straight for Israel, where the highlights speak for themselves.

Possibly the best option would be to drop Morocco for now, and content yourself with seeing Syria, Jordan and Israel in depth.

Do you have any suggestions for cities in Eastern Europe that are worth going to but don’t get much hype? I’m keen to go somewhere that’s a bit different.

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Latvia and Estonia are taking the lead in the popular travel destination stakes, with over 60 per cent increase in flight searches since last year.

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Stay for less in Moscow After the success of its London and Brighton branches, budget hotel group Umi hotels is to open a property in Moscow.

Owner Steve Lowy said: “Value accommodation is sorely needed in a city renowned for being expensive.”

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Australasia flights cheaper Airlines flying to Australia will be offering the most competitive prices in 2010, according to Travelmood.

The long-haul tour operator is advising that Australasia will be excellent value to fly to, and that early bookers will bag the biggest bargains.

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ST PATRICK’S DAY Dublin, Ireland Mar 17, annually stpatricksfestival.ie

ORURO CARNIVAL ORURO, BOLIVIA WHAT: Bolivia’s largest yearly

celebration attracts 400,000 people, and has La Diablada, the Dance of the Devils, as its centrepiece. It has its roots in Andean tribal ritual, but it’s now regarded as Christian.

WHEN: February 7-17.

WHY: Oruro was founded as a mining town, and the parade culminates with the finest minerals being offered to the demonic El Tio, who is the owner of all underground

precious metals, followed by a series of dancing depicting the victory of good over evil.

DO IT BECAUSE: There’s a 4km parade, with so many people it can last for 20 hours.

HOW MUCH: Free to attend.

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SNOWBOMBING BATTAGLIA DELLE ARANCE IVREA, ITALY February 14-16 It translates as Battle of the Oranges, and it does what it says on the tin: revellers pelt each other with 400,000kg of oranges. Apparently it dates back to a 12th century peasant uprising.

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Mayrhofen, Austria April 5-10, 2010 snowbombing.com

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Qatar. Good weather, nice lifestyle and great party vibe.

Best places in the UK?

Leicester Square, for the nightlife, and of course Earl’s Court.

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It doesn’t look so great, but when it’s inside you, you go: ‘Give me more eel’!

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My first big trip was … My first school trip to Devon, when I was 14. I spent six weeks living with a family

making such a saving on gym membership though, you might as well make the experience more pleasant by investing in some gear.

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of farmers and 80 cows.

My favourite place in the world is … Patagonia, because it has such beautiful mountains.

My most memorable travel experience was …

Family holidays in Senegal.

During a visit to Zenaga, I almost married a native during a dance!

The next destination on my travel wishlist is …

Japan. From the samurai to

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The city is comepletely reorganized underground.

I always pack … Swimsuit, walking shoes and camera.

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TRAVEL Get on the road and do your bit for the world on a volunteering holiday WORDS SARAH WARWICK

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re you bored of going to places and having the same experiences as other people? Of ‘been there, done that, got the T-shirt’ travel? If so, then you could be an ideal candidate for a bit of voluntourism – the fast-growing trend for people who want to enjoy more meaningful travel and have unique, lifechanging experiences.

Volunteering not only makes a positive impact on people in developing countries, it’s the path to a deeper, more insightful journey.

Not only that: you can gain valuable skills and pad out your CV at the same time – not a thing to be sniffed at in these troubled times.

WHAT CAN YOU DO? Whether you’ve always wanted to work with children, look after big cats or learn about marine conservation, there’s a project out there with your name on it. A thriving gap-year culture in the UK means there are at least halfa-dozen big British voluntourism companies currently organising projects in every corner of the world.

Bunac, Global Vision International (GVI) and i-to-i are three of the largest, and a quick trawl of any of their websites (see page 83) shows the huge variety of projects available. These fall into four main categories: teaching and childcare, ecology and conservation, animal welfare and community support.

When choosing a trip it’s important to play to your strengths. Hay fever sufferers may not enjoy a rural placement, for example, and the physically weak might want to steer clear of manual labour projects. The i-to-i website has an online test so prospective volunteers can find a project that suits them.

“Research is the key to having a successful volunteer experience,” says Chris Dutton from Bunac. “Choose your destination carefully and be honest about your motivations and goals. If you arrange your trip through an organisation

make sure that you are happy with what is offered. Don’t be embarrassed to ask questions.”

Most organisations will give you a face-to-face interview to make sure you are certain about the placement.

PAYING YOUR WAY Volunteers give their time for nothing, but they are expected to pay for their upkeep. Obviously the schemes wouldn’t work if charities had to support dozens of hungry mouths.

Big volunteer companies will generally charge a one-off fee, which includes support, placements, transfers, accommodation and meals. Prices vary depending on the location and duration of the project; the most expensive can run into thousands of pounds.

Projects worth digging deeper in the pocket for are the ones that come with CV-enhancing qualifications. Teaching programmes that have inclusive Tefl qualifications are common, such as Bunac’s Teach and Travel China programme (£1999). Others – such as GVI’s six-month Padi

“I DID IT!”: THE LION TRAINER Name: Andrea James What I did: Lion rehabilitation in Zimbabwe with an organisation called African Impact (african impact.com): My main duties: Feeding, cleaning out and looking after young lions, helping them to develop hunting skills. On many afternoons I took lions out on a six-hour walk to encourage them to hunt.

I loved: Horse riding through herds of zebra and giraffe – totally surreal.

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“I DID IT!”: TEACHING IN AFRICA Name: Andy Cox What I did: Spent 2.5 months as an English teacher with organisation Senevolu (senevolu. mypage.org).

My main duties: Teaching English at a secondary school in suburban Dakar (the Senegalese capital).

I loved: Living in Dakar – the noisiest and most colourful city I’ve ever been to.

Not so good: The lack of organisation. Volunteers should get a statement from the company of what kind of responsibilities they will have.

What I learned: The very fast learning curve gave me the confidence to go into teaching as a career.

divemaster internship and marine conservation training – incorporate scuba-diving tuition with on-the-job experience of marine conservation: ideal for starting out in a new glamorous career but, with a whopping £4995 price tag, only for the seriously rich.

A cheaper option is to start your own project.

Contact charities directly to ask whether they’re looking for volunteers (websites often tell you this). Cutting out the middle man can save you money, and it also allows the charity to see that you’re serious about working with them.

Some (smaller) charities offer accommodation free of charge in return for labour. Those with an interest in agriculture could consider joining Wwoof (Willing Workers on Organic Farms), a loose network of national organisations that matches keen volunteers with farms where they can stay for free while helping poor farmers out of poverty. Wwoof asks that all volunteers “be

Volunteers get to “ see the world from a different angle ” genuinely interested in learning about organic farming, country living or ecologically sound lifestyles”, and publishes a guidebook for all new members setting out rules and regulations for ‘Wwoofers’ (see woof.org/wwindynews/ handbooks/wwoofer.pdf).

Even cheaper is joining Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), which even pays its volunteers a basic wage. But applications to VSO require a two-year commitment, degree-level education and two years’ work experience in a relevant field (see vso.org.uk).

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TAKE THE ROUGH WITH THE SMOOTH Volunteering is an ideal way to see the world from a different angle and participants get to know far more about destinations than general holidaymakers ever do. But experiencing the indigenous culture and traditions can have lows as well as highs. Do your research in advance and be aware of the expectations and norms of the place you are going. Be realistic about levels of cleanliness, order and technology.

Andy Cox, who volunteered with Senevolu (a Senegalese company that organizes projects) on her gap year, found that the school she was teaching English in had no organisation at all.

“Working hours were flexible and we could teach everything and anything we wanted to,”

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We pick up every Friday evening in our luxury mini coach at 6:30pm from West London. We ride all day over the Brecon Beacons national park through rivers, ancient bridleways on and around the third highest peak in the UK – it is rugged. On Sunday we do a tour of the Cotswolds on the way home. Suitable for beginners, intermediate or the experienced. You will stay in our own Welsh cottage with large hot tub next to a river. The food is all homemade and high quality. At night we party and do not get up early on Sunday. Group size 16 max. Price is £195 and includes return transport, 2 nights' accomm, all food, full day's ride and tub. The sore ass is on us. There are no hidden extras. Other activities fishing £165, hill walking £155, cycling £195 or you can just chill £155.

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Spend the weekend in Scotland staying in the heart of Edinburgh. Tour includes return train travel, guided city sightseeing tour with local Scottish guide, 2 nights’ B&B hotel accommodation, plenty of free time to explore or take an optional “Loch Ness Tour� to the Scottish Highlands (supplement applies) with the services of an tour manager.

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YORK BY TRAIN

Experience the lively city of Cardiff on this overnight tour staying right in the heart of the Welsh capital. Tour includes return coach travel, overnight B&B hotel accommodation, guided city sightseeing tour with local Welsh guide, entrance to Caerphilly Castle, plenty of free time, services of a tour manager

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