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For my boyfriend’s Christmas present I got us a city break in Prague, which is a beautiful place to visit.

We had a lovely time, but on the day we were due to fly home we received word – not from the airline or the travel agent we’d booked with, but from family in the UK – that Gatwick was closed and our flight had been cancelled.

We went to the airport anyway. Our flight wasn’t on the board so we lined up at check-in, only to be told the only available flight for us was five days later, and that if we chose that flight they would put us in a hotel with breakfast and dinner for our stay.

We had to be back at work the next day, so after lots of lining up and not being able to get hold of our insurance companies to see if our cover would get us home, we figured we’d make our own way and insurance should cover it.

Wrong! Neither the travel agent nor insurance companies

Snow stopper: travelling in bad weather

➥ TNT 1376 JAN 11-17 MORE TRAIN WOES Joe, I am also sick of opening my edition of TNT Magazine every Monday morning to read the same thing (‘Shut it over trains’). However, I feel that at times the complaints are actually justified.

I have on many occasions publicly sung the praises of public transport here in London. I’m from Sydney,

To suspend a whole “ train line every weekend justifies a huge whinge

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would help ‘due to it being adverse weather conditions’.

Whilst we had a very scenic route back to the UK via plane, train, bus, ferry and more trains, it has left us about £500 out of pocket.

So everyone just keep in mind that while you think it’ll be cheaper and easier to make your own way back under the those conditions it’s not – and people are pretty unhelpful.

Happy travels.

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where in my opinion the trains are deplorable. In London they’re a dream – generally arriving frequently.

However, when almost on a daily basis the Overground is delayed and nearly every weekend – for weeks on end – the Jubilee line is down, sometimes in conjunction with the Metropolitan line, you can be stranded.

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not be an appropriate option – and yet there’s no choice.

I understand that with a network as large as London’s there is bound to be repairs or upgrades, but to suspend a whole line every weekend justifies a huge whinge.

So I’m sorry Joe, but if are you experiencing this every weekend like I am, then I hate to disappoint you but these letters will still appear in TNT Magazine. Rant over!

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➥ TNT 1376 JAN 11-17 ON THE BALL Tim has it wrong (‘Aussie Rules, OK!’). There are eight main footy clubs in the London area, including Reading.

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YOUR SAY LONDON CALLING

I came to London for Christmas, braving the winter, when I found myself missing my home in Brisbane, Australia.

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BIKING IT BACK HOME I am a New Zealander living in London and am looking at cycling home, hoping to leave April/May 2010.

The trip will take about six months and won’t be less than 20,000km.

I propose to cycle through Western Europe, into Turkey and Iran, and then fly from Tehran to New Delhi. I will

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cycle across India, fly from Calcutta to Bangkok, then cycle to Singapore. I’ll fly to Australia and cycle down one of the coasts (probably the east) and then fly to NZ. I am interested to hear from anyone who likes the sound of this. You will need to be pretty fit. Email me at mattdewes@gmail.com Matthew Dewes, via tntmagzine.com

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LONDON TAP JAM AT RONNIE SCOTT’S £6 WHAT: It’s an improvised tap dancing jam, held upstairs at Soho landmark Ronnie Scott’s, set to a soundtrack of live jazz.

WHEN: January 24.

DO IT BECAUSE: It promises to be an eye-popping spectacle, and who knows – after a few beers, maybe you’ll even pluck up the courage to throw some shapes yourself. There’s a diverse turn-out, with dancers from across the country showing up. Everyone’s welcome, amateur or professional, aged anywhere from 18 to 80 and beyond.

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Ronnie Scott’s, Frith St, Soho, W1D 4HT Square (londontapjam.org).

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Capital idea: The British Library The notion that libraries are dusty old graveyards striped with cobwebs doesn’t survive very long at the British Library.

This is a cutting-edge resource, flooded with natural light.

The foyer features several brightly coloured panels illustrating the Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam – a collection of 1000 fourline poems written by an 11th century Iranian astronomer, philosopher and mathematician.

It’s an apt introduction

to a building that distils everything the brightest minds have figured out about the world, no matter how esoteric – there’s a whole room devoted to rare books and music and another for maps.

The British Library reinforces the idea that, even in a world obsessed with the frivolous, knowledge for its own sake is magnificent. TS

He got his break by appearing on Comedy Idol back in 2005, and his act now consists of trying to solve all the world’s problems with some crudely sketched graphs. Genius.

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BRITAIN EXPLAINED CHEESE ROLLING The Poms acquit themselves pretty well when it comes to bizarre traditions, and there’s no finer example of this than their time-honoured cheese rolling ritual.

The largest and most famous cheese rolling event takes place in May at Cooper’s Hill in the Cotswolds.

A double Gloucester cheese is rolled from the top of

the hill, which is ridiculously steep, and competitors chase after it. Rarely does anyone manage to catch the cheese, which reaches speeds of up to 70mph.

The tradition dates back at least 200 years, and there’s speculation that it may once have been a pagan healing ritual, which seems a bit of a stretch. TS

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science For centuries London was a hub of scientific discovery, and there’s still plenty to occupy a curious mind in the capital WORDS TOM STURROCK DARWIN CENTRE What’s the story? Housed in the Natural History Museum, the Darwin Centre was opened to the public last year. It contains millions of biological specimens.

Why is it cool? While it’s a state-ofthe-art museum, it’s also a site of ongoing experimentation and discovery. You’ll observe scientists at work – mapping the effects of climate change or unlocking the mysteries of DNA.

» Natural History Museum, Cromwell

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Rd, SW7 5BD South Kensington (nhm.ac.uk). Open daily. Free

» Blackheath Ave, SE10 8XJ Greenwich (nmm.ac.uk). Open daily. Free

ROYAL OBSERVATORY What’s the story? Commissioned in 1675 by King Charles II – pretty cuttingedge given the Catholic church was still adamant telescopes were instruments

GRANT MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY What’s the story? Robert Grant was one of Charles Darwin’s mentors. This collection of his teaching aids, buried deep in the bowels of University College London, includes about

National Maritime Museum

The Prime Meridian at Greenwich

of heresy – the Royal Observatory has been a stargazer’s Mecca ever since. The Prime Meridian, the basis for longitudinal measures and the international dateline, runs through the building, hence the expression Greenwich Mean Time.

Why is it cool? At the Observatory you’ll find a 71cm telescope, the largest in the UK, which is powerful enough to pick out Saturn. In the courtyard a camera obscura projects a close-up real-time moving panorama of Greenwich and its surrounds.

WHO’S WHO? BRITAIN’S FIVE MOST INFLUENTIAL SCIENTISTS ■ Isaac Newton (1643-1727):

■ Michael Faraday

This Apollo 10 capsule is on display at the Science Museum

19th -century X-ray, anyone? An um instrument at the Science Muse

62,000 specimens covering the entire spectrum of the animal kingdom.

Why is it cool? There’s some weird stuff: the monstrous skeleton of a 250kg anaconda, bisected wallaby heads preserved in formaldehyde, elephant hearts, and a three-toed puffer fish. These days zoology makes a more family-friendly pitch – it’s all animatronic rabbits and talking dolphins – but this harks back to a more offbeat, less touchy-feely era.

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» Exhibition Rd, SW7 2DD South Kensington (sciencemuseum.org.uk). Open daily. Free ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN What’s the story? Founded in 1799 by the leading scientists of the day, the Royal

1882, below): the naturalist who first theorised that species shared a common ancestor, but had evolved through a process of natural selection.

■ James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879): a physicist who combined unrelated theories of electricity, magnetism and optics into consistent theory.

» Albemarle St, W1S 4BS

Green Park (rigb.org). Open Mon-Fri. Free

WC1E 6BT Euston Square (ucl.ac.uk).

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SCIENCE MUSEUM What’s the story? Originally part of the same complex as the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Science Museum splintered off and got renamed in 1893.

Why is it cool? There’s heaps to see. Exhibits include the first jet engine, a reconstruction of Crick and Watson’s model of DNA, a working model of an early giant calculator, and the first prototype of a clock designed to keep time for 10,000 years.

■ Charles Darwin (1809-

Institution is committed to the advance of science in society. Basically, it champions the scientific world view but is also committed to research, particularly in areas of nanotechnology and health science.

Why is it cool? The Faraday Museum charts more than two centuries of scientific discovery and innovation.

It houses instruments used in groundbreaking experiments, as well as state-of-the art laboratories.

There are also in-depth biographies on the Institution’s scientists, as well as lectures on the state of the discipline.

The Royal “ Observatory is a stargazer’s mecca

(1791-1867): chemist and physicist, contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.

■ Francis Crick (1916-2004):

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HUNTERIAN MUSEUM What’s the story? In the 18th century John Hunter was the leading surgeon of his day, developing treatments for gunshot wounds and venereal disease. He was an avid collector, amassing more than 60,000 specimens skewed to pathology and anatomy (main image).

Why is it cool? One of the centrepieces is the skeleton of Charles O’Brien, an Irish giant who appeared at carnivals. When O’Brien fell ill, Hunter wanted his skeleton as an exhibit.

Suspicious, O’Brien demanded he be sealed in a lead coffin and buried at sea. But Hunter paid fishermen £500 for the corpse, which he boiled so only the bones remained.

biologist and neuroscientist, who, with James Watson, discovered the structure of a DNA molecule, revealing the human genetic code.

TNT online For more ideas on what London attractions to visit see tntmagazine.com/london_life Wax model of a jaw operation at the Hunterian Museum

» Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Royal College

of Surgeons, WC2A 3PE Holborn (rcseng. ac.uk/museums). Open Tue-Sat. Free

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physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist and theologian, was the first to write about gravity and the laws of motion.

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BAR REVIEW The Volunteer ★★★★★

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245-247 Baker St, NW1 6XE 020 7486 4091 Baker Street

THE SCENE Conveniently on Baker Street between the Tube and Regent’s Park, this pub is a popular haunt for tourists and the after-work crowd. In summer the throng spill on to the pavement, while in winter

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it’s all about getting cosy in the fireside armchairs.

THE GRUB Decent British bar food, with a focus on burgers.

A good bet for Sunday roasts.

BEHIND THE BAR Extensive wine list and wide variety of lagers and bottled beers. The Volunteer also promotes real ale, and offers several guest beers on draught.

BILL PLEASE Not bad for the

location – just shy of £25 for a meal and drink for two.

VERDICT I want to like this pub – it’s got everything that appeals: comfy sofas, good food, reasonable prices and a lively buzz. But the night we went, it was too loud to hold a conversation and our food took 35 minutes to arrive.

Perhaps I’m just getting old.

CLAIRE GOODALL

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West London’s leafy and sedate suburb is home to a great selection of pubs and restaurants.

PUB LOVE Soak up some olde-worlde ambience at gastro pub Duke Of Sussex (South Parade, W4 5LF), which offers a SpanishBritish menu and plenty of good wine and beer. The Swan (Acton Ln, W4 5HH) also offers good food, but enjoying a pint here is more about cosying up on the soft leather sofas.

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GOOD EATING Sam’s Brasserie and Bar (left, Barley Mow Passage, W4 4PH) is an informal, modern eatery with a menu that ranges from salads to roasts. Another restaurant offering a relaxed meal out is the High Road Brasserie (Chiswick High Rd, W4 1PR), which is part of the exclusive Soho House group.

For more sophisticated gastronomy, bistro Le Vacherin (South Parade, W4 5LF) serves

FOR CREATIVITY Notting Hill Arts Club Notting Hill Gate, W11 3JQ Mixing creativity with cocktails, this venue hosts regular dance nights and cutting-edge exhibitions.

See nottinghillartsclub.com.

The Flea Pit Cafe

up French fare, which would be at home in Paris.

HAVE YOUR CAKE Feeling in need of a sugar rush? Then make a stop at Outsider Tart (Chiswick High

Rd, W4 2EF), where the delectable cake creations are simply irresistible.

GETTING THERE Get the District line to Turnham Green or Chiswick Park.

Columbia Rd, E2 7RG Snack on vegetarian specials and sip on quirky brews, such as chocolate beer, before catching one of this venue’s creative happenings.

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It will be the first child for the Aussie export, whose maternal displays have thus far been limited to her X-Factor protégés.

The less famous of the Minogue sisters tweeted the news after her 12-week scan: “Woo-hoo I’m going to be a mummy!”

The father is Minogue’s model boyfriend Kris Smith, and the bub is expected in July. Auntie Kylie is reported to be equally ecstatic.

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Hugh Jackman was crowned Favourite Action Star by internet voters in the 36th annual American People’s Choice Awards.

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Greg Norman and tennis star Chris Evert have officially divorced after 18 months of marriage. The split was reportedly due to a clash of egos. Both walk away with their multimillion dollar sporting empires in tact.

A BURNING LOVE Aussie actor and musician Axle Whitehead was scalded with boiling radiator water while tinkering under the bonnet of his vintage car.

Whitehead, who is the reigning Cleo Bachelor of the Year, was caught in a spray of water, burning his right hand, arm, shoulder and chest, The Daily Telegraph reported.

The Home And Away pinup, who is also the host of Channel 7’s World’s Strictest

Parents, was working on his 1977 Corvette Stingray, which had overheated.

He was treated at Epworth Hospital in Richmond.

Whitehead had driven his beloved set of wheels from Sydney to Melbourne to spend the Christmas and New Year period with his family.

The incident won’t taint his love affair with the muscle car, which he admitted had him “hook, line and sinker”.

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”Being done from behind while pretending to be all sorts of farm animals” Actress Billie Piper describes her most embarrassing scene

NZ Woman’s Weekly: George Michael scotches rumours of a Wham reunion, Australian Idol host Ricki-Lee Coulter embraces her Maori roots and curvy physique, plus Kiwi Rugby League star Manu Vatuvei ties the knot with his college sweetheart.

AUSTRALIA New Idea: Olivia NewtonJohn reveals the torment she felt the day her daughter Chloe went missing, and radio host Jackie O reflects on a difficult year and the birth of her baby.

Plus photos of the christening of Rachel Griffiths’ six-monthold daughter Clementine Grace, and Jennifer Hawkins is caught canoodling with beau Jake Wall.

SOUTH AFRICA Heat: The rumour that Tiger Woods is receiving sex addiction counselling in Cape Town is fuelled by a spokeswoman for the treatment facility. Actress Mischa Barton reveals the source of her suffering over the past year. Plus the surprising choice of girlfriend for South African singer Danny K.

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Samantha Fox INTERVIEW ALISON GRINTER In I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! you had a spider in your mouth.

How did you cope?

My boxing trainer had said to me: ‘Just remember nothing can kill you.’ So that’s what I was thinking to myself, ‘nothing can kill me’. I have a little mouth … and it jumped out about three times, the bastard. My worst fear was that I would swallow it and it would have babies or something, and I was like: ‘Am I gonna have a million spiders born in my belly?’

It’s not the baby I want! I thought after that I could do anything. Then Katie Price came in and got all the trials [laughs].

I got the rat’s “ ribcage. It tasted like chicken ” Did you feel sorry for her?

Yeah, I did, as a woman you know?

I remember seeing her shaking.

friendly, really. I had one around me all night … I remember thinking it’s just like a hamster but with a long tail.

You ate the little hamster!

Oh no, please don’t. There were many of them, right. And Stuart [Manning] and Gino said we’d get one for dinner cos we were starving. Me and Lucy [Benjamin] were like ‘Please kill it humanely.’

You became a Page 3 girl at the age of 16. Were you mature enough?

At the age of seven I was going to stage school … I had my first band at 15 so I was edging towards that life anyway.

There are a few kids out there who probably couldn’t have handled it but I was ready for it. I was the youngest ever Page 3 Girl and given a four-year contract. It was the first time that had ever happened, so I felt very privileged, very secure.

Were you involved in Ratgate?

I was there … I got the ribcage. I thought, ‘Hang on a minute, there’s no meat on this’. I was like ‘Is that it?’ It tasted like chicken or rabbit. Gino [D’Acampo] made me feel better when he said they’re not like the rats in London, they don’t rummage around in faeces … They were quite

YOU DON’T SAY? Vegemite or Marmite?

Ooh, gawd, none of them!

What song would you want played at your funeral?

Time To Say Goodbye by Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli. We had it at my nan’s [funeral], it was beautiful.

Tell us your guilty pleasure.

Haribos. I’m not a chocolate girl but love sweeties and chews.

You were a sex symbol to millions of blokes but secretly you knew you were gay – did you feel like a fraud?

I didn’t know I was gay at an early age.

I was very inquisitive, you know? I don’t believe in labels, I believe in love and attraction. I never knew what I was until I met Myra [Stratton, Fox’s manager and fiancée]. But I knew I was attracted to women. My first crush was The Bionic Woman Lindsay Wagner and I loved Julie Andrews in The Sound Of Music.

Touch Me went to No.1 in Oz. Were you blown away by the success of the song?

I just knew when I heard it. I remember Madonna came out with Like A Virgin and the record company had read that I loved to sing. They auditioned me for Touch Me – there were 200 girls there. I learnt it for two weeks and envisaged myself as Madonna, giving it my all.

You were huge in India too.

We went there with a band. They drove us onto Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium and we were like, ‘What we doing here?’ We played for three nights to 70,000 people and had to borrow extra PA equipment from Jethro Tull who were there the night before.

I did a Bollywood film not long after … and sang Touch Me in Hindi … And then I got an award from Mother Teresa!

I went to a Catholic school and every weekend I’d put money in the hat for Mother Teresa. Next thing I know, I’m getting an award from her for being the Most Influential Woman, amazing!

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Australian director Scott Hicks returns to the silver screen with The Boys Are Back WORDS JAMES MOTTRAM

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t’s been 14 years since director Scott Hicks (above) burst on to the scene with Shine. His 1996 Oscar-nominated tale of pianist David Helfgott captured public imagination like few other films that – or any – year.

Inevitably Hollywood came calling, but the resulting films – Snow Falling on Cedars, Hearts In Atlantis and No Reservations – never came close to making the same impact. So perhaps it’s no

coincidence that his latest film, which sees him return to film in Australia with the aptly titled The Boys Are Back, is his best film since Shine.

In truth, Hicks never went away. Born in Uganda and raised in Kenya and England, he has lived in Adelaide for most of his life and doesn’t own a house in the US. “I’m a traveller,” he says, in his softly spoken voice, when we meet in a Soho hotel. “I guess in

CLIVE OWEN

Clive Owen on set with his young co-stars

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the past 12 years I’ve spent four or more years off shore. I lived in New York for a year, doing No Reservations. The point is, if I moved, I never would’ve been at home anyway, as none of the films I’ve done in America were shot in LA.”

IN HIS OWN BACKYARD Even so, Hicks admits he was “hesitant” about making his first film on home turf since Shine.

“I wasn’t sure how it would work out – whether my filmmaking methods and style would fit in the local filmmaking scene,” he says.

It can’t have hurt that the film was shot in and around his own backyard – “literally” in the case of one scene, which was “shot from the balcony of my beach house”.

Based on the autobiographical book The Boys Are Back In Town by UK journalist Simon Carr, the film follows an Adelaide-based English sport writer, Joe Warr (Clive Owen), who is forced to look after his six-year-old son Artie (Nicholas McAnulty) after his wife dies of cancer. Making his life yet more complicated is Warr’s estranged teenage son Harry (George MacKay), from his first marriage, who decides to come and stay for the summer – leaving him at breaking point.

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER Now 56, his long hair twinkling with grey, Hicks says he responded immediately to the screenplay’s theme of fatherhood – though stresses his own domestic situation, with his

producer-wife Kerry Heysen, is very different.

“I’ve been a father since I was 18. I became an instant father to a four-year-old [Scott]. My wife’s first husband had died very young, and I took on the role of a stepfather – looking after him, cooking, cleaning, all that stuff. I am his dad, and I have been for 38 years.”

Hicks concedes it was “unusual” to become a father at such a young age. “It’s just what happened, and I took it up and stayed with it,” he says. “It was odd. I was still an adolescent really. But I just adored the kid.”

Hicks did not become a father again for another 12 years, when his wife gave birth to their second son, Jethro. Despite the 16-year age gap, Hicks maintains the brothers are “actually very close”.

While this history differs from the script for The Boys Are Back, Hicks stresses the resonance of the story. “You can’t help but hear the echo of things that you’ve experienced.”

SHINING ON The film features a moving performance from Clive Owen, far removed from his usual tough guy persona. But Hicks is reluctant to suggest that his star might follow Shine’s Geoffrey Rush and scoop a Best Actor Oscar.

“I let other people talk about that because anything I say never works! I think Clive’s performance is well worthy of attention. But it takes so many different planets to align for that to be a possibility, it’s better not thought about.”

So what does he wish for? “The most important attention is from the audience,” he says.

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Q: What made you want to do The Boys Are Back?

A: It was about parenting and the inadequacies of this guy, trying to make it work. It was funny and charming but also terribly touching and sad, and it wasn’t sentimental. I just felt – because I’m a parent and I’ve got two girls – I wanted to explore that area.

Q: Do you think it’s a very unusual role for you?

A: It’s unlike anything else I’ve done. A lot of the film is me and a seven-year-old.

Q: Your family stayed with you for some of the shoot.

Did you all get a chance to explore Australia?

A: We had a fantastic time on Kangaroo Island.

Very unspoilt. It was really lovely. It’s some of the most beautiful countryside I’ve ever seen in my life.

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As the late, great British comic Peter Cook once famously said of David Frost, OneRepublic have risen without trace. The group sold two million copies of their debut album, racking up unavoidable top-five UK singles in the process. Singer Ryan Tedder added more zeroes to his royalties by cowriting and producing Leona Lewis’s Bleeding Love.

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BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN

LOSTPROPHETS

LAWRENCE ARABIA

The Betrayed

Chant Darling

Back To Love

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Speaking of dodgy lyrics, here come Lostprophets, surely the only heavy metal act from Pontypridd to have twice reached number 33 in the American album charts. Despite the rotten words, the group are on solid form when they keep things aggressive, as on Dstryr And Dstryr. The softer tracks are less successful: For He’s A Jolly Good Felon and Streets Of Nowhere are the sound of a band who heard Hard-Fi and liked them a little too much for their own good. WFJ

In case you missed our interview with him last week James Milne aka Lawrence Arabia is an erstwhile member of The Brunettes, The Ruby Suns and The Reduction Agents, who didn’t write the score for Eagle Vs Shark. His shtick on latest LP Chant Darling is to marry a wry sense of humour to delicious harmonies, dreamy ’60s guitar pop with much success on tunes such as the joyous Apple Pie Bed, and Tiki-flavoured Auckland CBD Part 2. ALISON GRINTER

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Chapman is one of those Nashville singersongwriters whose earnest sincerity and well-practised professionalism don’t always fare well on these cynical shores. Six of the 11 tracks on Back To Love have ‘love’ in the title; the others have names such as Happiness, Shadows and Peace. It’s a relief then, to find Chapman’s melodies stick a bit better than her occasionally cornball lyrics; the fluidity of Even As It All Goes By is the most memorable example. WFJ

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NO.1 Fireflies, Owl City.

MAKING NEWS Ex-George singer Katie Noonan will release a new album with her new band The Captains in March this year. The first single from the album, co-written with Tim Finn, Don Walker, Sia Furler and Josh Pyke, will be Page One, also out in March.

NO.1 Black Box, Stan Walker.

MAKING NEWS Bachelorette, Bang Bang Eche, Die! Die! Die! and Gin Wigmore are just some of the names making up the bumper Kiwi contingency heading off to the prestigious South by Southwest Music and Media Festival in Austin, Texas, on March 17-21.

NO.1 Meet Me Halfway, Black Eyed Peas.

MAKING NEWS Crown prince of South African rock and Springbok Nude Girls frontman Arno Carstens returns to the UK with his first ever British release, Dreamer, taken from his forthcoming album Wonderful Wild.

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LIVE REVIEW Martha Wainwright Jazz Cafe Jan 13 ★★★★★ So comfortable is Martha Wainwright on stage, joshing with audience members about hiding guitar picks in her bra, that she could be in her front room playing to friends.

Her acoustic, folksy tunes, charting various shades of heartache, can sometimes seem forgettable, but live she inhabits them heart and soul.

And then, of course, there’s that voice, so rich and raw that it lends itself perfectly to an interlude of Edith Piaf numbers, which Wainwright performs beautifully with a little help from jazz pianist Zoe Rahman. AG

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and go unrecognised. You can’t help but suspect the record company are delighted with such anonymity.

As with the band’s debut, much of Waking Up seems designed to be dropped into whatever is this season’s big US teen TV drama. Passing over the cack-handed rap of Everybody Loves Me and booming All The Right Moves, the likes of Fear and the subKeane balladry of All This Time are carefully heartfelt, painfully sincere and resolutely anti-charismatic. If they sound familiar, that’s the general idea. Give ’em time and they’ll sink without trace, too. WILL FULFORD-JONES

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GIG OF THE WEEK WOLFMOTHER Hippy-fied frontman Andrew Stockdale may have returned in 2009 with a new line-up, but as Wolfmother’s latest album Cosmic Egg attests, the band haven’t compromised on their heavy rock sound one iota. Cosmic Egg has had a bit of a roasting from the critics for highlighting the band’s failure to evolve. But what did they expect from a band channelling the hard-rock elements of AC/DC and Black Sabbath, along with the mystic stylings of Led Zep? And anyway, Wolfmother (now a quartet) are pretty ace live.

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Brixton (0844 477 2000; ticketmaster.co.uk). Thur, Jan 21. £18.50

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Darryl ‘DMC’ Matthews McDaniels is one-third of Run DMC, the innovative hip-hop act who crashed through a wall (both literally and metaphorically) to jam with Aerosmith on Walk This Way. Since the murder of his bandmate Jam Master Jay in 2002, DMC has been solo and will be previewing his new album The Next Level this week.

Some band members flourish on their lonesome. Some don’t. Witness onetime Britpop pin-up Brett Anderson.

Since The Tears – formed with his exSuede bandmate Bernard Butler – went MIA, Anderson’s solo career has been DOA with three lacklustre albums. But Suede fans no doubt will be sated by his return to the stage.

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BELIEVE THE HYPE DELPHIC

SOUND BITES

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THE LINE-UP James Cook

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HAILS FROM Manchester.

THE BUZZ SO FAR Touted as the band most likely to bring the Manc dance scene back to the boil, Delphic take their cue from New Order’s futuristic dance pop, but often end up in the nu-rave territory of the Klaxons.

WHAT ELSE? The trio have been bigged up in the BBC’s Sound of 2010, the annual list of bands to watch which, in recent years, has proved to be a veritable crystal ball.

THE BAND SAY “These days, Manchester just seems to get recognised for guitar bands like The Courteeners or The Ting Tings. We see it as our job to put dance music

The most played song on Australian radio last year was You Found Me, by Colorado wuss-rockers The Fray (below), according to a survey by broadcasting monitoring service AirCheck.

Meanwhile home-grown acts struggled to make their presence felt: the only band to crack the top 10 was Perth MOR outfit Eskimo Joe, with tune Foreign Land. back on the map.” [Guardian] THE CRITICS SAY “This is what would have happened if New Order embraced ambient techno, or the Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant had spent his time at raves.” [BBC] THE PLUG Dingwalls, Middle Yard, NW1 8AB Camden

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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-

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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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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

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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 A NIGHT FOR HEROES Three great parties take over Egg this week.

First up in the basement is Concepto, a new venture by the people behind Liaison, so it should be a tune-worthy success. Meanwhile Italian clubbers’ favourite Meganite takes charge of the terrace with Riccardo Ferri playing live.

Lastly, S.H.E (Soulful House East) is hosting the loft. Having spread its happy vibes to many East London venues, its soulful, sexy house music is courtesy of Funky Soldiers.

» Egg, York Way, N7 9AX

King’s Cross (020 7609 8364; egglondon.net). Sat, Jan 23, 10pm-6am. £15

beats/breaks

funk/soul

drum ’n’ bass

electro

hip-hop

CLUB NEWS The season of goodwill may be over, but that hasn’t stopped John Digweed from reaching out.

The DJ is hosting Bedrock Benefit, a party aimed at raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. The event will take place at Cable nightclub on Thursday, February 4, and a minimum donation of £5 is asked on entry (£8 after 11pm).

There are a limited number of tickets available, and you have to register at locknloadevents.com/ bedrockbenefit.

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electro and drum ’n’ bass.

The first event is this week on Friday, January 22, when Pendulum themselves will headline to give a taster of what’s to come from their new album Immersion, which is out later this year.

house/garage

rock/metal

techno

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North London venue The Westbury has proved to be a hot little party place of late. Part pub, part club, it’s perfect for when you don’t want to go the whole 7am-bender100-quid-spender mile.

Never shy of a great line-up, the venue has Joey Negro playing live this week.

If you’re keen to swap the giant clubs for an intimate do with some good tunes, then head to Shoreditch venue East Village for just that. The legendary Sancho Panza (Matt Brown and Jimmy K-Tel) are on the decks to dish out their brand of top quality house, with Stuart Patterson as support act.

» The Westbury, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 5UA Kilburn Park (020 7625 7500; westburybar.com). Fri, Jan 22, 8pm-3am. £3 from 9pm, £5 from 10pm

» East Village, Great Eastern St, EC2A 3HX Old Street (020 7739 5173; eastvillageclub.com). Sat, Jan 23, 9pm-3.30am. £6 before 11pm, £8 after

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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.

Hard Core Salsa DJ

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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wrap up of last week’s events from australia, new zealand and south africa

“Mum, it’s Rachel.

We’re alive” Australian aid worker Rachel Hoffman, who 12 hours earlier had clawed her way out of a collapsed three-storey apartment complex in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, phones home.

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AUSTRALIA Canyoner dies One person was dead and five others were airlifted to safety two days after being reported missing in the NSW Blue Mountains.

An unidentified member of the group, reportedly a male, was dead, while a 27-year-old woman and 13-year-old boy were airlifted to hospital.

NZ anthem in schools New Zealand’s national anthem could soon be played during Anzac Day ceremonies at Queensland schools.

Premier Anna Bligh, who was

opening night: Missy Higgins and Magda Szubanksi attend the opening night of the St George Open Air Cinema, and Sydney premiere of Bran Nue Dae, which has received favourable reviews, at Mrs Macquaries Point in the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney.

chairwoman of the Anzac Day Commemoration Committee, was to send a letter to principals asking them to play God Defend New Zealand along with the Australian national anthem.

Tamils rejected

Anna Bligh

Resettling four Tamils who posed a security risk to Australia was a problem the Rudd Government has created for itself, the federal opposition said.

The nation’s security intelligence agency, ASIO, found four of the 78 asylum seekers rescued by the Oceanic Viking late last year off Indonesia, posed a

*And finally … television will kill you

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of dying from all causes, including cancer.

“The human body was designed to move, not sit for extended periods of time,” the study’s lead author, David Dunstan, said.

“But technological, social, and economic changes mean that people don’t move their muscles as much as they used to.”

Aussie in strife in India An Australian man facing an attempted murder charge in India was released on bail.

Justin Lewis Reibel, of the Gold Coast, was being held in the Visakhapatnam Central Jail The 30-year-old engineer was ordered to surrender his passport, according to the ABC. He was accused of shooting a local man with an air rifle after he saw the man urinating outside his apartment building.

“What I really want to get home to people is this country is worth it.

We have to get our country back in the hands of the people, it’s the people’s nation and that’s what always made this such a wonderful place and to somehow, over the last 50 odd years … they’ve taken it from us.” NSW farmer Peter Spencer on the conclusion of his 52 day hunger strike.

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Video killed the radio star, according to the famous Buggles song, but new research suggests television is killing the rest of us.

An additional hour in front of the box each day increased the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease by 18 per cent, according to Australian research.

Each extra hour increases by 11 per cent the overall likelihood

threat to national security.

The Australian Government asked the United Nations to resettle the Tamils.

“We will not allow kangaroo cricketers to play in Mumbai and Maharashtra till the attacks on Indians are stopped. Our boys are being stabbed, burnt and shot at in that country and still our cricketers have no qualms in playing with them.” Bal Thackeray, head of the radical Hindu political party Shiv Sena, threatens to target Australian cricketers at Indian Premier League matches.

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Kiwi jailed overseas

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was keen to reschedule her visit to New Zealand as soon as she could, according to foreign minister Murray McCully.

Clinton called off her planned three-day visit to co-ordinate US relief efforts in Haiti.

Clinton had been due to arrive in Auckland on Friday, meet

600m

The amount in dollars being spent by Crest Energy to sink 200 tidal power turbines on on the Kaipara Harbour seafloor. It will be New Zealand’s first tidedriven power station.

Fiery death: Invercargill police investigate the death of a person found in a burnt out vehicle on the outskirts of the city. The Fire Service said firefighters attended a callout to Oreti Beach. It was understood the vehicle was registered to an elderly man.

McCully and Prime Minister John Key. Key said he had hoped to discuss finding a diplomatic solution to end Japanese whaling, which he will propose at next month’s International Whaling Commission in Hawaii.

Big dry a threat

Murray McCully

The Government was keeping a close watch on the “big dry” in many regions and would consider drought assistance if conditions worsened, agriculture minister David Carter said.

Northern and eastern parts of the country were parched due to windy dry weather. Irrigation

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walk to get your next pie ever again,” he wrote on the auction.

The auction was flooded with questions both serious: how fast does it go? (65-70kmh), and can stubbie holders be fitted? (yes, for the right buyer). And less serious: does it float, can it be used for fishing trips? (not yet), and does it have keyless entry? (yes, you use a screwdriver to start it).

bans were already in place in some regions.

Brooke investigated Two police officers were investigating former All Black Robin Brooke’s alleged groping of a 15-year-old Auckland girl and the choking of the 17-yearold boy who came to her aid beside the Hilton Denarau swimming pool on New Year’s Eve, Fiji police said.

Sergeant Suliano Tevita said he was unable to say when the investigation would be completed and a decision made on whether or not charges would be laid.

5.1

The percentage rise in median house prices nation wide from the low at the end of April, 2009 until the end of the year.

98

The number of people who drowned last year, the second lowest annual toll since records began in 1980.

31

The percentage of people who support all police carrying guns according to a New Zealand Herald survey.

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The age of New Zealand’s oldest driver Ellen Noy.

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A “motorised drinking couch” attracted nearly 18,000 views and a $430 bid on auction website TradeMe. Inventor Ryan Ogle added wheels and the rear end of a 50cc scooter to his old green armchair, knocking up a steering system from scrap metal.

“Bludy good fun and you never need worry about the long

689

The number of complaints the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry received last year about the mistreatment of livestock.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was in contact with a Jordanian New Zealander sentenced to two years’ hard labour by Lebanon’s Military Tribunal but could say little more.

The Daily Star, an English language newspaper in Beirut, said seven men were accused of forming an armed group with the aim of conducting terrorist acts in Lebanon, weapons trafficking and falsifying official documents.

They included a Jordanian New Zealander named Khaled Ziyad Shamout.

Clinton cancels visit

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What’s happening across the country

SUMMARY

■ A New Zealand family is caught in the earthquake in Haiti.

■ Two-year-old found alive under her dead father’s body.

■ Two other children confirmed dead but bodies are still missing.

UPPER NORTH ISLAND A south Auckland teacher wrongfully dismissed for making derogatory comments and throwing tennis balls at his students was refused compensation for hurt and humiliation.

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he grieving family of the New Zealand woman whose husband and two daughters died in the Haiti earthquake confirmed only two bodies have been found so far.

Jamie Larnach and his sister Caroline said their step-sister, Emily Sanson-Rejouis was a very strong, intelligent and caring mother and would be grieving immensely at the loss of her husband Emmanuel and two children Kofie-Jade, 5, and Zenzie, 3.

Sanson-Rajouis and her youngest daughter Alyahna, 2,

LOWER NORTH ISLAND Emily Sanson-Rejouis, with her husband Emmanuel Rejouis and their children Kofie-Jade, Zenzie, and Alyahna

were in a Dominican Republic hospital where the little girl was being treated for a broken leg.

Larnach has not been able to speak with Sanson-Rejouis since the magnitude 7 quake struck on Wednesday.

He said the family wanted privacy but would share news with the public whenever

it became available.

It was too early to have made funeral arrangements for the family members, he said.

Sanson-Rejouis’ father Roger, mother Jennie Wilson Sanson and sister Rachel left New Zealand on Thursday.

So far tens of thousands were believed to have died in the quake.

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Harawira stands by sentiments Controversial Maori Party MP Hone Harawira said the sentiment behind his “white mother....ers” remarks remained and the “rape of Maori land” continued.

In a speech at the Parihaka International Peace Festival in Taranaki, Harawira said white New Zealanders reacted badly to his controversial remark after he defended his day trip to Paris, the Taranaki Daily News reported.

Harawira said the rape of Maori lands was not an issue confined to the past.

The foreshore and seabed solution was simple, he said.

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STORY SO FAR …

After being accused of skipping official duties in Belgium to go sightseeing in Paris, Hone Harawira unleashed a racist tirade in an email which was leaked to the media in November.

Harawira was almost kicked out ot the Maori Party as a result.

“First, put all the foreshore and seabed in Maori title,” Harawira said.

“That will take away the angst, anxiety and anger that has been with Maori forever.”

A motorcyclist died after attempting to escape police near Wellington.

Police spotted the 29-yearold man speeding before a patrol car gave chase but lost sight of him within minutes as he entered dense traffic. He was found dead shortly after.

UPPER SOUTH ISLAND Two rural Canterbury residents, one a 71-year-old woman, were struck with pieces of timber and punched when they blocked the escape of a pair of burglars. Jonathan Selwyn Bevan Ellis was remanded because he committed the offence while under a sentence of intensive supervision.

LOWER SOUTH ISLAND

Hone Harawira

Invercargill SPCA were hunting the owner of a dog that was found burnt, bloodied and peeling after being doused in solvent. The staffordshirecross, thought to be about 10 years old was found with its back legs tied with nylon rope.

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Airlink cancels flights

10

The rand value over which a fight erupted leaving one man dead in Kathlehong outside Johannesburg.

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Semenya to compete

Caster Semenya

hopeless search: A search is conducted to find the remains of a man who was attacked by a great white shark at Fish Hoek beach, Cape Town. The man, who was neck deep in water off Fish Hoek beach, was identified as Lloyd Skinner, 37, of Zimbabwe.

embark on her 2010 season in February.

Baby fighting for life Johannesburg doctors were looking for ways to save a baby born with part of her heart outside her chest.

Professor Sithembiso Velaphi, head of the neo-natal unit at Baragwanath Hospital said Baby Ashleigh, as she was known, also had only half her ribcage.

He said while her condition was unusual, it was not the first seen in South Africa.

Velaphi said the part of

Ashleigh’s heart that was inside the body was not formed normally either.

Union unhappy SA Municipal Workers’ Union said it was “disturbed” by President Jacob Zuma’s remarks that municipal employees should not hold leadership positions in political parties.

Zuma said his party would tighten deployment procedures to ensure party positions were filled by people with “political integrity and professional competence”.

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to all representative sports teams in Pretoria, and every proposal included the colours white, black, yellow and green.

Traditionally, Pretoria-based teams wore light blue with the Barberton daisy as their emblem.

Beeld asked Blue Bulls president Boet Fick about this, and he said: “It won’t happen.”

A decision is expected in April.

The number of foreigners arrested in Johannesburg for loitering. Among them were mothers with small children.

90,000 The amount of litres of water lost every day in Durban due to leaking municipal pipes. It will be repaired at a cost of R1.6bn.

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The number of children going to schools for the start of the 2010 academic year.

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The amount in US dollars you would have got last year if you invested $100 in gold a decade ago, according to the SA Gold Coin Exchange.

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The Blue Bulls could soon be the white-black-yellow-and-green bulls, if the Tshwane Sports Council got its way.

It would also be without the Barberton daisy as its symbol.

The council was considering proposals to change the region’s traditional sporting symbol and colours.

It already tabled five proposals

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The number of internet users online in SA in 2009 – up from the previous year’s 4.6m and with vast futuregrowth potential.

Airlink confirmed some of its suspended services would be cancelled due to “consolidation”.

These included Port ElizabethBloemfontein, BloemfonteinGeorge, and JohannesburgMala-Mala.

The routes had already been suspended when the Civil Aviation Authority ordered a maintenance check on Airlink’s Jetstream aircraft.

Its Durban-George, Port Elizabeth-East London, Nelspruit-Livingston and Cape Town-Upington routes were also under evaluation.

World 800m champion Caster Semenya said she would compete in South Africa’s domestic athletics season while she waited to hear her fate on the gender issue from the International Association of Athletics Federations.

Athletics SA announced sponsors had come on board, and Semenya’s coach, Michael Seme, confirmed she would

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SUMMARY

■ Attack on Togolese team sparks concern about World Cup security.

■ US agencies to work closely with South African security authorities.

■ SAIRR says event attractive attack option for Al Qaida.

EASTERN CAPE A gang of three robbers targeted the Morewag Primary School in Port Elizabeth, taking more than R30,000 on the year’s first school day.

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he US Embassy in South Africa said Washington was working closely with Pretoria to ensure appropriate security measures were in place for the Fifa World Cup. There had been global safety worries since the deadly attack on the Togolese team bus during the Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Angola.

US ambassador Donald Gips said law enforcement representatives from his country met regularly with their South African counterparts to discuss the security of the US national

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World Cup Local Organising Committee chairman Danny Jordaan

team, visiting US nationals and general national and regional safety issues.

Local Organising Committee chairman Danny Jordaan said it was illogical to question the country’s safety standards based on the attack in Angola.

The South African Institute for Race Relations (SAIRR)

warned that there may indeed be an Al Qaida terror threat.

It said all the circumstances that would make such an attack possible and attractive for Al Qaida would “converge neatly around the World Cup”.

Meanwhile, Jordaan expressed concern locals were not buying tickets, especially for Bafana Bafana games.

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Presidency confirms pardon plea The presidency finally confirmed receiving an application for a presidential pardon from convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik.

The application was one of more than 300 before President Jacob Zuma.

His spokesman, Vincent Magwenya, said the president did not mean to mislead the public during a television interview when he said Shaik had not applied.

Zuma had meant to say he could not comment as he had not yet seen the application.

He had not yet had the opportunity to consider any of

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the applications before him.

The Democratic Alliance called for a new law to guide the president on granting pardons that would make it easier to challenge his decisions in court.

DA MP James Selfe said it was currently not clear whether a presidential pardon could be challenged in court.

He admitted the call had been precipitated by Shaik’s bid to have his name cleared.

Selfe said the bill sought to simply help the president to make a “rational decision” and avoid accusations of abuse of power.

Sea Point curio shop owner Mark Goldberg was to go on trial in the Cape Town Regional Court over the illegal possession of ivory worth R32 million.

GAUTENG Civil rights group Afriforum won a bid in the Pretoria High Court to sue Zimbabwe’s Government over its “cruel” and “revengeful” expropriation of South African-owned farms.

FREE STATE The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein decided to hear an appeal by the SA Predator Breeders Association on hunting captive bred lions in South Africa, after lion breeders challenged the validity of certain provisions of the Threatened or Protected Species regulations.

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A school that received a 0 per cent matric pass rate had no principal since 2000 and only six teachers according to the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union.

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BOXING NRL star Carl Webb steps into the ring to make his professional debut. He gets stopped in the third round by some bloke who had only won one fight before the bout.

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CRICKET New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori arrives in Sydney just hours before his winning debut for Queensland in the Twenty20 competition. He takes three catches and gets a wicket.

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RUGBY UNION Waratahs star Kurtley Beale pleads not guilty to one count of common assault in Mount Druitt Local Court. The charge relates to an incident last July.

He’s still eligible to play rugby.

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FOOTBALL Socceroos captain Lucas Neill confirms he has signed an 18-month contract to join Harry Kewell at Turkish club Galatasaray after a disappointing stint at Everton.

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TENNIS Serena Williams has the bookies readjusting their odds for the Australian Open after she crashes to a 6-3 6-2 loss to Elena Dementieva at the Sydney International.

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Sam Allardyce What’s there to know about ‘Big Sam’?

Well, he’s certainly one of the more high-profile English managers getting about. But he’s never actually won much.

He can’t be a complete dud.

No, he’s not a dud. He did very well with a limited Bolton squad

for almost eight years, but they never won any of the big titles.

Will he coach England?

He was in the running in 2006 when Steve McClaren was appointed. But after how that went it might be a while before another Englishman gets a crack.

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Andrew Strauss departs after being dismissed in the first innings

Imports to clash New Zealand’s two best players will clash when they turn out for Australian state teams on Tuesday. Daniel Vettori will play for Queensland and Ross Taylor will be in the Victorian line-up when the two teams clash to decide which team will join South Australia in the IPL finals in India.

Bond in demand Shane Bond will venture into unknown territory when he lines up for the IPL auction on Tuesday. It was believed Delhi Daredevils and the Kolkata Knight Riders were the teams most interested in signing the Kiwi speedster.

Johnson gets break Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson will be rested from the first two oneday internationals against Pakistan. Selectors opted to give Johnson a break on the back of his heavy workload through back-to-back threematch Test series against the West Indies and Pakistan.

Pakistan saga Pakistan’s tour of Australia descened into a debacle when there was a public fallout over the selection of keeper and vice-captain Kamran Akmal. Akmal dropped four catches in the second Test, but publicly maintained that as a member of the tour selection committee he would not drop himself. But he eventually fell on his sword handing Sarfraz Ahmed a debut cap.

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South Africa were in the box seat to level their four-Test series against England.

South Africa had England 3-48 heading into the fourth day, with the tourists needing another 196 to make the Proteas bat again.

Going into the final Test, England held a 1-0 series lead.

Dale Steyn (5-51) was the man who put South Africa in the dominant position on the first day when he ripped

through the English line-up to bowl them out for 180.

Paul Collingwood (47) and Ian Bell (35) were once again the best of the English batsmen.

Steyn was more than ably supported by Morne Morkel (3-39) who did the damage early, dismissing three of the top-four batsmen.

When South Africa got their chance to bat, it was Graeme Smith (105) and

Hashim Amla (75) who laid the early foundations with a 165-run stand.

Mark Boucher played another typically aggressive innings as he put the English bowlers to the sword scoring 95 off 118 deliveries.

Smith declared at 7-423.

England’s hopes appeared to rest on Kevin Pietersen.

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Technology still causing problems England go up in unison

Graeme Smith was caught in the middle of a storm concerning the video review system in the fourth Test.

While on 15 in South Africa’s first innings, Smith appeared to get an edge to a wide delivery off Ryan Sidebottom which flew through to England keeper Matt Prior.

Smith stood his ground and umpire Tony Hill gave him not out. England captain Andrew Strauss immediately asked for a review but third umpire Daryl Harper stood

by Hill’s decision.

Smith went on to score 105.

It was later claimed that Harper could not hear the

edge on his monitor because he didn’t have the sound turned up loud enough.

England later lodged an official complaint and repeated their objection to the review system.

Smith later said he didn’t believe he hit the ball.

“There definitely was a noise but I didn’t feel I’d touched the ball,” he said.

“Even talking to Ashwell [Prince] as the review was going on I didn’t feel the ball hit the bat.

“That can happen, maybe it did, maybe it didn’t.

“I thought it was my thumb on the bat handle, and I still don’t feel like I hit it.”

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Australia coach Tim Nielsen says fast-bowler Shaun Tait still has a promising future playing for Australia despite retiring from first-class cricket. Tait is focusing on limited-overs cricket.

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Australia’s opening odd couple Shane Watson and Simon Katich continued to haunt Pakistan before Hobart’s weather loomed as the tourists’ third Test saviour at Bellerive Oval.

Rain washed out the last 22.4 overs of day four as Pakistan fought for survival at a perilous 4-103 after being set 438 for an improbable victory.

After Katich (100) broke his 90s curse to set up an attacking declaration at 5-219, opening partner Watson showed his all-round value by starring in a vital nine-over spell that reaped 2-24.

The 28-year-old ended any faint hopes of a Pakistan miracle in dismissing captain Mohammad Yousuf (23) and Umar Akmal (15).

Earlier in the match, skipper Ricky Ponting and his deputy

Ponting bounces back

Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting celebrate their success

Ricky Ponting’s form going into the third Test was under the microscope.

After being dropped when he hooked a ball to fine-leg, Ponting batted for almost nine hours to score 209. He backed up in the second innings with 89.

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Michael Clarke put Australia firmly in control.

The pair shared a first innings partnership of 352 as Ponting (209) and Clarke (166) bounced back to form.

Only Hobart’s changeable weather appeared to be in Australia’s way of a win.

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Freddie aims for Ashes return Andrew Flintoff opened the door for a possible Ashes return after revealing his desire to play first-class cricket and also represent England again.

Plagued by injuries, Flintoff announced his Test retirement during last year’s home Ashes victory but a successful knee operation now has him keen to play all forms of cricket for Lancashire.

The 32-year-old all-rounder’s excitement levels for the game have also been boosted by England’s gripping four-Test battle in South Africa.

“During my time in rehabilitation I have been watching England playing well in South Africa and it has made me realise how much I have missed cricket,” he said.

“If I am going to go through another six months of hard rehabilitation and training for long hours, I need a big incentive to be the driving

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force of that and playing for Lancashire and England again will become that.”

Flintoff has not played since undergoing a micro-fracture operation on his right knee in September but a routine arthroscope this week showed

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he was primed to resume in the upcoming English county season.

Flintoff was the hero of England’s 2005 Ashes triumph and also took 5-92 in a man-ofthe-match display for a second Test victory at Lord’s last year.

North gets more support Ricky Ponting urged Australia’s selectors to keep the faith with Marcus North after the under-pressure lefthander failed to silence his critics in a no-win situation in the first innings of the third Test against Pakistan.

North had nothing to gain and everything to lose when he went to the wicket following Ponting and Michael Clarke’s mammoth 352-run stand.

He fell edging a Mohammad Asif leg-cutter, the same manner of his SCG dismissal, for just 21.

With 207 runs in six Tests at 23 this summer, the West Australian’s No.6 position is not assured for the two-Test tour of New Zealand in March.

But Ponting felt North, who scored three centuries in his first eight Tests, looked in good nick and felt he should be retained.

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Hewitt gets it tough Lleyton Hewitt faces two familiar roadblocks in his quest for a maiden Australian Open title after the draw was announced – Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis and world No.1 Roger Federer.

Australia’s highest-ranked male player will play a qualifier in the first round, but has found himself in a landmine-riddled quarter of the men’s draw.

He faces a potential third-

round clash with Baghdatis – his conqueror at last week’s Sydney International and a foe at Melbourne Park in a match that finished at sunrise two years ago – then perhaps Federer in the fourth round.

Popular Australian player Peter Luczak received a horror first-up assignment against defending champion and world No.2 Rafael Nadal.

Several other Australians fared better in the draw.

Both teenager Bernard

Tomic and Australia’s No.1 women’s player Samantha Stosur will play qualifiers, while Casey Dellacqua takes on Anastasiya Yakimoro of Belarus, who is ranked outside the world’s top 100 women.

Another Australian on the comeback trail, Alicia Molik, plays world No.75 Julie Coin of France.

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and a member of the plane’s cabin crew.

Australian tennis bosses were not risking any damage to their recently patched-up relationship with Team Dokic.

“We have spoken to Jelena and Jelena’s team, and there’s two sides to the story,” Australian Open boss Craig Tiley said.

“All I can speak to is the dealings we’ve had with Jelena’s team, particularly over the past four years, have been nothing but good.”

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Former world No.1 John McEnroe warned Australia needs to be patient and realistic with rising tennis prodigy Bernard Tomic.

McEnroe said he had practised with Tomic several times over the past two years, but the retired seven-time grand slam singles champion said, while Tomic was a great talent, Australian fans should temper their often over-the-top tennis expectations for the 17-year-old.

“He’s got great upside obviously but it’s not easy to make that jump real fast – the best junior expected to beat a top pro player … physically the breakthrough is much more difficult,” McEnroe said.

“The history of Australian tennis, there’s so many great players … the expectations are higher than is fair sometimes.”

Seeds as expected Australian Open organisers kept the seedings according to world rankings and resisted the temptation to elevate or lower players – most notably star Belgian duo Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters.

Seven-time grand slam winner Henin was unseeded as she continues her road back from a year-long hiatus from the sport.

Clijsters will be seeded 15th.

Only two Australians were seeded – Lleyton Hewitt 22nd in the men’s singles and Samantha Stosur 13th in the women’s draw.

Defending men’s champion Rafael Nadal was No.2 men’s seed, putting him on course to meet Federer in the final.

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Australian tennis officials threw their support behind embattled Jelena Dokic despite her entourage being embroiled in an air-rage incident en route to the Australian Open.

Dokic’s boyfriend Tin Bikic and his brother Borna Bikic, who is Dokic’s coach, were quizzed by Australian Federal Police following an incident on a flight to Melbourne.

Dokic’s management confirmed the issue involved allegations the duo argued with another passenger

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Berrick Barnes has been told he needs the right motives to move to Melbourne

Bowlers guilty An independent panel investigating match-fixing allegations found a Gary Lawson-led New Zealand four deliberately lost an end against Thailand during the Asia-Pacific lawn bowls tournament in Malaysia last August. The judicial committee said Lawson and teammates Jamie Hill, Shayne Sincock and Shannon McIlroy were guilty of deliberately throwing the 17th end of the match.

Hodges out Brisbane Bronco Justin Hodges was ruled out of football for six months after rupturing his Achilles tendon during NRL pre-season training. The injury was expected to also keep him out of State of Origin.

McCarthy on outer The future of South African football star Benni McCarthy remained up in the air following a lack of interest from other clubs. Blackburn are keen to offload the Bafana Bafana star but it can’t find a buyer.

Ottens recovering Geelong ruckman Brad Ottens was recovering well from a hand injury he suffered in a boating accident and was confident he could play in the AFL pre-season competition.

Ottens, 29, required surgery after his hand was caught in the propeller blades of a speedboat while on a water skiing holiday in December.

Macqueen a rebel New Melbourne Rebels coach Rod Macqueen said mercenaries weren’t welcome at the Super 15 rugby union club he would build from the ground up.

Former Wallabies coach Macqueen was lured out of a near-decade-long retirement into a three-year deal to be head coach and director of coaching at the Rebels, who will join the competition in 2011.

But those expecting the

Anthony Mundine

Three-time world champion Anthony Mundine continued his five-year unbeaten run with a comfortable victory over Rob Medley in their nonworld title fight at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.

The bout was originally scheduled for the IBO light middleweight world title but eventually it was only Mundine’s WBA International middleweight title that was on the line.

And Mundine dominated his largely unheralded opponent, setting the tone throughout and showing more size, speed and strength than the heavily-tattooed Medley.

The judges scored the bout

Katsidis wants shot One of Anthony Mundine’s old undercard fighters wants a crack at The Man, but before boxing fans complain about another substandard opponent, the fighter in question is WBO interim lightweight world champion Michael Katsidis.

Katsidis said he would be prepared to move up three weight divisions to fight Mundine for a title.

117-113, 117-115 and 117-112 in Mundine’s favour.

Mundine’s last defeat came against Mikkel Kessler in Sydney in 2005

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culture we want to build here – there’s been a bit of speculation in the paper that has been thrown out recently by some of the [player] managers.

“We won’t be going after players to be the highest bidders. We’ll be going after players who want to come here.”

The Rebels have been linked to several big names, including league star Israel Folau, Wallaby Berrick Barnes and England captain Phil Vickery.

Mundine cruises past Medley

Green has to wait Australian boxer Danny Green’s big pay day fight against Bernard Hopkins was put on hold. Hopkins, 45, opted to take on Roy Jones, who Green disposed of in the first round during their bout in Sydney last month.

Rebels to shower current Wallabies, overseas internationals and would-be rugby league converts with cash have been warned by the World Cup-winning coach they’ll be disappointed.

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This week, the Australian Open heralds the start of the tennis year.

We look ahead to some of 2010’s stories in the making WORDS TOM STURROCK HEWITT: “I CAN WIN WIMBLEDON” The former world No.1 turns 29 next month and hasn’t made a Grand Slam final since the 2005 Aussie Open – but that hasn’t stopped the little battler talking himself up. Hewitt makes the legitimate point that he doesn’t lose to many mugs in the majors. If he can stay injury-free, the pugnacious little bugger will back himself in for a return to the Top 10 and a real crack at a third Grand Slam title. Good luck.

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RAFA AND ROGER SPLIT SLAMS Men’s tennis is shaping up for an engrossing year, with the Federer-Nadal rivalry at the heart of the game’s appeal. Nadal was injured for much of last year, allowing Federer to regain some of the ground ceded. It will be fascinating to see whether Nadal returns to his best and how many shots Federer has left in his locker during the third act of this two-man epic.

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I studied journalism at university back in Sydney and then went travelling through Africa. I didn’t have much of a plan, but I managed to pick up writing assignments and semiregular work wherever I went.

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When is a good time to look for a job?

It depends what kind of job you’re looking for. But Hays manager Catherine Goosem says there’s usually a spike in jobs at the beginning of the year, following the Christmas break, and then again after the summer holidays.

This year the recession

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“Last year we saw continued demand for high performers with specialist skills and we expect this to continue into 2010,” Goosem says.

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he number of consumers in the UK who will take a winter break this year is nearly 20 per cent less than in 2009, a result of tightened belts across the board, though short breaks are experiencing a resurgence in popularity.

In a poll of more than 2000 people in December, auditing

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moving from eighth place last year to sixth place this year in the poll of priority spends.

PricewaterhouseCoopers leisure director David Trunkfield says: “This is consistent with travel trade expectations for 2010. This winter will be difficult, especially for ski operators.”

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The Tube definitely. It costs me a fiver just to go to work. That’s pretty expensive. After that, I always notice how much I spend on food, drink and cigarettes.

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Sharing You can share a room for about £50 a week, while a room to yourself will start at about £80 a week.

Going it alone A bedsit or studio is at least £150 a week.

Bills Bills can include phone, gas, electricity, water, council tax and a TV licence.

Bond This is usually a month’s rent. You may also have to pay one month’s rent in advance.

Leases You may need to sign a lease, which will typically run for six or 12 months.

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you want, though it’s usual to give a month’s notice and help find someone to move in.

Pay and cancel your bills

Namely council tax, internet, phone, gas, electricity, TV, gym membership, insurance.

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Most recruitment agencies handle specific sectors: IT, banking, finance, secretarial, legal, medical and teaching are the broad categories.

Make an appointment to see a consultant, and take your passport, CV and references with you. Some agencies will help you open a bank account.

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Some NI contributions go into a State Second Pension (S2P). You can contract out of this and direct the money into a private pension fund instead.

You’ll need to do this before the end of the tax year or your contributions will be lost.

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The UK tax year begins on April 6, and if you work only part of the tax year you should get some tax back.

The tax threshold is £6475 per year – so if you earn less than this, you won’t pay any tax. You’ll need a P45 (when you leave a job) and a P60 (at the end of the tax year).

If you’re leaving the UK and won’t work again before the end of the tax year, you can claim a rebate by filling in a P85.

SHIPPING Get plenty of quotes, checking sizes and whether customs and tax charges are covered.

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GLOBAL VISION Women in traditional kimonos chair skate at Toshimaen Amusement Park in Tokyo on Coming Of Age Day, which is held on the second Monday of January every year. Some 1.27 million Japanese 20-year-olds celebrated their entry into adulthood on this day.

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e careful you don’t end up in Morocco,” quips our windsurfing instructor Guido as we head into the turquoise water off Playa Sotavento, one of Fuerteventura’s best beaches.

In the natural lagoon created by an offshore sandbank, the Canary island’s legendary wind and safe water levels make it the perfect place to learn.

Speed past the sandbank, though, and the north-easterly wind might just whip you across a narrow stretch of the Atlantic, all the way to the west coast of Africa.

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item of clothing on between them. Winter in the Canary Islands isn’t only mild enough for water sports, it seems.

WIND IN YOUR SAILS Year-round sunshine and strong winds are just two reasons water sports enthusiasts – or those looking to be – should head to the second largest Canary island in winter.

The off-season means a lack of crowds, a surplus of good package deals and little sign of the Brits abroad vibe that might put some off a visit to the Spanish archipelago.

At Pro Center René Egli II it’s hard to believe that the Irish bars of the island’s main resort Corralejo exist, though. The shack, stuffed to the brim with boards and sails, and manned by tanned, tousled hair types, fronts a deserted, 3km beach of soft, caramel sand.

The centre was opened by René Egli 25 years ago and has since grown into one of the biggest windsurfing centres in the world. The empire doesn’t stop there. Further north along the Costa

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From Fuerteventura it’s only a 35-minute ferry trip to Lanzarote, an island famous for its volcanic landscape.

In Timanfaya National Park you can ride a camel up the Montanas del Fuego (Fire Mountains) or, better still, take a coach tour into the lava fields created by eruptions in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Leave time to see the geysers at Islote de Hilario or have a meal in the restaurant El Diablo, where the food is cooked using the earth’s heat. See turismolanzarote.com.

63 Calma, Egli has a kiteboarding school too. This is where the seasonally empty beaches really come in handy, as groups of beginners wrestle with kite strings without the accompanying fear of trampling sun bathers.

WHEN TO GO In winter or spring to avoid the crowds.

GETTING THERE Direct flights from London to Fuerteventura take about four hours.

GETTING AROUND Hire a car to explore the island.

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VISAS South Africans need a Schengen visa.

CURRENCY Euro. 1 GBP = 1.12 EUR. LANGUAGE Spanish.

GOING OUT A beer is about €5.

ACCOMMODATION Hotel rooms from €30 or look for good value package deals.

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HAWAII OF EUROPE Inland Fuerteventura is worlds away from the blissful white beaches of the coast, with the eerie lunar landscape broken only by scattered villages and grazing goats (goat’s cheese is one of the island’s main exports – more goats live here than people).

We take a drive in the early evening to catch the sun setting on El Cotillo. Kite surfs dot the horizon, but in this part of the island it’s regular surfing that rules. Lajares is the island’s surf hangout, with rental shops complemented by laid-back bars and restaurants.

Peter Brabants, who owns a surf school here, tells us that the north-east is best for beginners while the north shore reef breaks benefit the more experienced surfer.

“This is the best place I’ve ever surfed,” he says. “It’s the Hawaii of Europe.”

IT’S A KIND OF FEELING Driving back to our hotel our guide Robert tells us: “Fuerteventura doesn’t have big attractions, it has a feeling. It’s special.”

I know what’s he getting at: Fuerteventura doesn’t have the black lava landscapes of Lanzarote or Spain’s highest mountain like Tenerife – but to say it lacks attractions misses the very obvious appeal of catching waves or soaking up rays on an empty sandy beach in winter.

» Amy Adams travelled with Monarch (monarch.co.uk).

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On the French and Swiss border, in the shadow of Mount Blanc, the Portes du Soleil ski area attracts skiers and boarders (and hardy sledding fans) who come for the thousands of kilometres of runs on offer between December and April, and the chance to ski in two countries on the same day.

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HEADLINE ATTRACTION Two of the area’s main resorts (there are 12) are Morzine and Avoriaz. Morzine is a large ski town but still manages to look pretty with wooden chalets and fairy lights adorning the restaurants and bars. A local bus service runs through the town and will take you to the base of nearby slopes. Just outside of town is the ski cable car to Avoriaz, perched 600m above Morzine on the cliffs above the valley Ardoisières.

Avoriaz is ski-in, ski-out. No cars are allowed so there are horse-drawn carriages on offer to ferry you around.

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snowpark in Avoriaz where boarders and skiers can turn tricks. The slopes wind among the trees and are punctuated with hidden wooden obstacles that boarders can hit to create jumps. There are wooden elements including a wall for vertical sliding, logs and tree trunk obstacles and wooden tables for sliding on.

THE LIE OF THE LAND Advanced skiers should make for the Hauts Forts area in Avoriaz, where long, steep runs take you all the way back to the valley floor. Beginners can try out the area serviced by the TS Seraussaix lift. The runs are wide and not as steep, so you’ll have plenty of time

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WHEN TO GO The ski season runs until late April.

GETTING THERE EasyJet fl ies from London to Geneva in Switzerland, with bus connections to Morzine.

VISAS Aussies and Kiwis don’t need a visa. Saffas need a Schengen visa.

CURRENCY Euro. 1 GBP = 1.11 EUR. LANGUAGE French.

GETTING AROUND By ski or snowboard! The village is small enough to explore on foot.

GOING OUT A beer costs about €5.

ACCOMMODATION Rude Chalets offers catered and self-catered chalets in Morzine and apartments in Avoriaz. Another budget option is The Morzine Mountain Hostel.

Morzine has restaurants to suit all budgets and lively bars and clubs (Bar Robinson and the Cavern are two to try) thanks to its seasonnaire population.

Avoriaz might be sleepier but there are some great places to eat and drink including the Michelin rated Dromont Hotel.

There’s also a bowling alley and an ice rink.

WHILE YOU’RE THERE Try night sledding in Morzine, where you take a ski gondola to the top of the tree-lined Pleney ski run and slide back down it on a plastic sledge.

SUMMERTIME The action doesn’t stop when the snow melts. Instead thrill seekers can take advantage of the mountain biking and hiking trails.

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Getting to the World Cup looks superexpensive. Any suggested short cuts?

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Atlases out! These three countries are always the last to be named when discussing South America. Many people think they’re in Africa, or the Caribbean. Not many plonk them correctly in the north-east of South America, bordering Brazil and the Atlantic Ocean. Guyana borders Venezuela too.

They’re short on attractions of the kind you find elsewhere on the continent, and don’t attract many visitors. French Guiana – strictly speaking an overseas department of France, and therefore part of the EU – has the most to see. Here you’ll find the European Space Centre of Kourou, from where rockets blast off, and the Iles du Salut, the former penal colony where Henri Charrière, author of prison-break book Papillon, was based. The book and subsequent film are both ace, by the way.

Apart from that it’s rainforest all the way, and these three countries have huge amounts of deep, impenetrable jungle. Guyana’s Kaieteur Falls are the stand-out natural attraction.

They’re not cheap to visit – not terribly South American – but these countries are something of a final frontier for an increasingly explored and mapped-out continent.

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Not really, unfortunately. You know a place will be busy when accommodation a four-hour flight away in Mauritius is being advertised for supporters.

You’re not going to get much change from £3000 if you decide to travel to South Africa during the World Cup. And as you Aussies and Kiwis will be going home after the first round, you don’t have the option of waiting until the later stages when less fans might free up flights and hotels, allowing you to save £500 or so, but get less of the carnival atmosphere caused by 32 teams’ supporters charging around one of the world’s most beautiful countries.

The main problem is that flying to southern Africa tends to involve going via Johannesburg, so the usual cheap entry route into the region happens to be the main transport hub for the tournament. Bah. Give some serious thought to taking six weeks off work, flying to Nairobi and having the time of your life making your way to South Africa in time for the tournament. There are rumours Dutch fans have chartered a dozen overland trucks to do just this, so you’ll have plenty of company.

If anyone has better ideas about the World Cup in South Africa, I’d love to hear them.

What is there to see and do in Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana? No one talks very much about them and I wonder if they’re worth a visit?

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THE GREATEST ADVENTURE The experience of staring into the smouldering eyes of a tiger while on an elephant in India’s Kanha National Park was selected as the world’s greatest travel adventure by a jury of the UK’s top explorers, adventurers and writers.

The list was drawn up on behalf of Adventure Travel Live, an exhibition taking place in London on January 29-31.

For the past two months, travel luminaries including Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler

have assessed the most intense adventures on the planet.

Skiing down a live volcano on the Japanese island of Hokkaido was voted in at second place and diving with hammerhead sharks in the Galapagos came in third. An encounter with mountain gorillas in Rwanda took fourth place, while hiking the Inca Trail in Peru and exploring the Larrapinta Trail in Australia’s Northern Territory were placed equal fifth.

Travel to save the planet If your new year’s resolution is to do something good for the planet, then you may find what you’re looking for on an Earthwatch expedition.

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WHY: The festival’s origins

Dublin, Ireland Mar 17, annually stpatricksfestival.ie

are unclear, but it dates back to 300 BC. DO IT BECAUSE: It’s a great chance to burn effigies – the demon Holika takes the place that is normally reserved for unpopular cricket umpires.

HOW MUCH: Free to attend.

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YAP DAY Yap, Micronesia March 1-2 Located about 1300km east of the Philippines, Yap’s isolation has preserved its culture – and this festival, with traditional dancing and spear-throwing, is a great way to get immersed in it.

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Edinburgh, for the nightlife and the people. I love the city.

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South of France. It was just too busy, with people everywhere.

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Haggis, in Scotland. It was good and meaty. Yum.

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THE INSIDER RUPERT DIGGINS, SALES AND MARKETING MANAGER, BALKAN HOLIDAYS My first big trip was …

When I was 21, I spent six months travelling across the US by Greyhound bus and hitchhiking from Houston to Toronto.

My favourite place in the world is … Dubrovnik

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in Croatia. The people, the architecture, the food, the natural beauty of the coastline – Dubrovnik has this and a whole lot more.

My most memorable travel experience was …

Spending 48 hours in Australia for the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final.

I arrived on the Friday night, watched Jonny Wilkinson kick the winning goal on the Saturday, and

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A wonderful weekend!

The next destination on my travel wishlist is … I would love to take a trip to the Amazon.

My top travel tip is …

Never take a motorway when you have time to explore.

My guilty travel pleasure is … If there is an Irish bar in the most remote place on earth, I'll find myself in it.

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ut together any list of North America’s top 10 scenic roads, and few in the know would fail to include the Cabot Trail in Nova Scotia among their number.

The 298km highway loops around the Cape Breton Peninsula at the northern tip of the province, situated between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of St Lawrence. It’s named after the explorer John Cabot, who was poking about in the region way back in the 1490s, and if you park up and take one of the many hiking trails through the Cape Breton Highlands National Park you’ll discover a wild and verdant forested landscape that’s changed little since Mr Cabot was going about his business.

The peninsula is a five-hour drive north of the funky maritime city of Halifax, and the spectacular Cabot Trail is a smooth blacktop snake that dips down to unspoilt beaches, soars above craggy sea cliffs and wends between

The Cabot Trail “ forms an irritatingly scenic highway ” these dense forests to form a highway that’s irritatingly scenic – you feel compelled to stop every couple of kilometres to break out the camera yet again.

Two very different cultural regions make the people here as interesting as the landscape and wildlife. Scottish émigrés have clearly left their mark with many settlements boasting a Highlands namesake (Inverness, Craigmore, Creignish, etc), while Celtic traditions such as fiddle playing and ceilidhs are an integral part of local life – there’s even a Gaelic College in the curiously named town of South Gut St Ann’s where, should you so choose, you can learn to play the bagpipes.

North-west of the Celtic influence, though, you’ll find things are very French, particularly around the town of Chéticamp. This is where Acadian settlers, whose forebears came from France, made their homes in the 1800s, erecting huge Catholic churches which seem somewhat out of proportion to the small communities they serve. Virtually every home flies the Acadian flag (a tricolour with a small gold star in one corner) alongside the Canadian flag – divided loyalties or just a proud heritage I’m not sure, although I suspect a bit of both.

On my autumn visit I encountered weather that would have had the early Scottish settlers feeling very much at home as wind and rain drove in off the Gulf of St Lawrence, but pulling over for a hike in the forest the wind was stilled

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NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO Avoid the bone-chilling winter. April to October is best.

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The Cabot Trail is also ideal for cycling.

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

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CURRENCY Canadian dollar. 1 GBP = 1.68 CAD. LANGUAGE English and French.

GOING OUT A beer costs about $3.50.

ACCOMMODATION Driftwood Lodge (drift woodlodge.ca) in Ingonish has hostel-type rooms from $40 plus tax, and Wreck Cove Wilderness Cabins (capebretonsnaturecoast. com) just south of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park has rustic-style rooms from $99.99 plus tax.

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Hit the road in Nova Scotia

Autumn shades “ lent character to the drizzly surrounds

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by the thick tree cover, and classic autumn shades of russet and gold lent character and atmosphere to the drizzly surroundings.

I’d hoped to spot a moose, as this is prime territory for these magnificent beasts, but came no nearer than fresh scat and an old skull; however, one healthy population of the local wildlife that I did get to see was whales.

The various whale watching trips operating out of Pleasant Bay on the shores of the mighty St Lawrence estuary actually offer a moneyback guarantee if you don’t see a cetacean of some sort, and at a rough estimate I’d say we encountered 50 or more pilot whales during the hour we sailed around the gulf, while other

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I visited with the intention of joining that tiny circle of madness – never before had I encountered a surf shop beside a road sign advising motorists of the danger of blowing snow – but unfortunately there were no surfable waves during my stay.

However, the same low pressure systems that create waves along the coastlines of Western Europe can also produce some epic beach, reef and point breaks in Nova Scotia – just ensure you have a very good and very thick wetsuit.

See scotiasurfer.com for videos of people surfing 0˚C water in -5˚C air temperature.

Surfing off Lawrencetown Beach

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species such as minke are equally common.

This meant my money was safely in the pocket of the boat operator, but I considered this good value, especially since one of the whales took it upon itself to give a flamboyant display of aquatic leaps in front of us, while others swam right up to the boat. You won’t get moose doing that …

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