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EDITOR’S LETTER One thing that never fails to astound me about London is the amount of creative energy on show. Our what’s on section (pages 12-13) this week highlights festivals of words, female filmmakers and wacky theatre, as well as a bunch of comics banding together for a good cause. For homegrown action, check out the innovative circus antics of Circa on page 26.

80 Drink up the culture in Kyoto

65 TRAVEL

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11 LONDON 11 London Eye 12 London Life 14 TANGLED UP IN BLUE: London’s blue plaques for famous expats 16 Food & Drink 18 Spotted

21 ENTERTAINMENT 21 22 23 24 25 26

Celebrity News TNT Life Look Who’s Talking: Peter Gordon Cinema Culture CAUGHT IN THE ACT: Enthralling acrobatics in Aussie show Circa

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36 NEWS & SPORT 36 38 40 43 44 46 48

Australia News New Zealand News South Africa News The Week In Sport Super 14 Cricket General

65 Global Vision 66 GET ON BOARD: Forget punting, paddleboard in Cambridge 68 Late Deals 71 TNTT Weekender: Champagne 72 PILGRIM’S PROGRESS: Walk the way to Santiago de Compostela 74 Hotshots 76 Travel Tips 77 Travel News 78 On The Road 79 Gear Up 80 KYOTO PROTOCOL: Visit the calm, cultural capital of Japan 26 There’s more to Circa than circus

51 RETURNING HOME 51 Careers 53 TAKE CARE: Social work opportunities in Australia 56 Money 59 Coming & Going

REGULARS 4 Letters 8 Wins 138 Desperately Seeking & Dear Reuben 14 Get your teeth into London’s blue plaques

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The South African flag and the Union Jack fly together along the Mall ahead of President Jacob Zuma’s first state visit to the UK. The South African president will be in London on March 3-5, during which he’ll meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown and be hosted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

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CAPTAIN JAMES COOK What’s the big deal? The English explorer ‘discovered’ Australia and was also the first European to circumnavigate New Zealand. He reached Australia’s south-eastern coast in 1770, made the first documented observations of Aboriginal Australians, and made contact with a tribe known as the Gweagal.

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SOLOMON PLAATJE What’s the big deal? Plaatje was a South African intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator and writer, who was a founding member and first general secretary of the South African Native National Congress, which would later become the African National Congress. In 1930 he also became the first black South African to publish a novel in English.

Where’s the plaque? 25 Carnarvon Road, E10 6DW Walthamstow Central DAME NELLIE MELBA What’s the big deal? Born Helen Porter Mitchell in Melbourne in 1861, Dame Nellie Melba was an opera soprano who became one the world’s most famous singers in the late 19th century. She was known for being a diva – a singer making his London debut once attempted to take a bow with her on stage, but she pushed him back, saying: “In this house, no one takes a bow with Melba”. That’s the spirit.

Where’s the plaque? Coombe House, Devey Wimbledon Close, KT2 7DT

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PERCY GRAINGER What’s the big deal? A world-famous pianist and composer, Australian-born Grainger’s energy was legendary. In London he was known as “the jogging pianist” for his habit of racing through the streets to a concert, where he would bound on stage at the last minute.

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Where’s the plaque? 31 King’s Road, SW3 4RP Sloane Square SIR ARCHIBALD MCINDOE What’s the big deal? McIndoe was a pioneering Kiwi plastic surgeon who worked for the Royal Air Force during World War II and improved the treatment and rehabilitation of badly burned aircrew. McIndoe developed the walking-stalk skin graft and discovered that immersion in saline promoted healing after observing that

Melba was one “ of the world’s most famous singers ” pilots who landed at sea healed better than those who came down on land.

Where’s the plaque? 14 Avenue Court, Draycott Sloane Square Avenue, SW3 3BU

SIR DAVID LOW What’s the big deal? Low was a New Zealand political cartoonist and caricaturist who lived in Christchurch and then Sydney before moving to London in 1919. There, he made his name, working first at The London Star and then The Evening Standard, mercilessly satirising the personalities and policies of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Joseph Stalin.

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Melbury Court, Kensington High High Street, W8 6NH Street Kensington OLIVE SCHREINER What’s the big deal? Born in South Africa’s Eastern Cape in 1855, Schreiner was an author and political activist best-known for her novel The Story Of An African Farm, which was ahead of its time in its depiction of the treatment of women. After spending time in the UK, she returned to South Africa in 1889, and remained a staunch pacifist ahead of the Boer War. Where’s the plaque? 16 Portsea Marble Arch Place, W2 2BL

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You’d think it would all be quite straightforward: find a dead notable and a building they lived in. But the blue plaques scheme also throws up its share of anomalies.

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Nor are plaques reserved for real people – Sherlock Holmes has a blue plaque on the supposed site of 221B Baker Street, placed there on behalf of the Sherlock Holmes Museum, which now occupies the site.

And Edward Johnston, regarded as the father of modern calligraphy, has a blue plaque written in the Johnston Sans typeface he designed for use on the London Underground.

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A selection of eateries jostle for your custom in this Shoreditch stretch affectionately dubbed Pho Mile. For authenticity opt for venues with Vietnamese diners, and expect cheap grub that can be hit and miss, but mostly pretty darn good. It’s Vietnam’s answer to Brick Lane.

SONG QUE (134) This place does a mean beef pho – a signature Vietnamese soup – enriched with a complexity of spices.

champagne cocktails were particularly good. The choice of beers is somewhat limited.

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Whitney Houston struggled on the opening night of her Australian tour in Brisbane appearing tired, breathless, and even introducing her brother to sing as she rested.

SEE JANE COMPLAIN Kiwi director Jane Campion has become embroiled in a media frenzy over allegations she was sexually harassed.

She has been forced to deny rumours that she lodged a complaint with the Indian government after attending the Indian International Women Film Festival in New Delhi.

Newspapers in the subcontinent branded the incident a ‘major scandal’, reporting that the accused,

Bhashar Deb, the husband of festival director Shyamali Banerjee, was the subject of a police investigation over complaints about his drunken mauling and lewd behaviour.

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Deb apparently denied the accusations, accusing Campion of bitterness.

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The Kiwi chef who brought fusion cuisine to the UK explains where he gets his ideas from and why he doesn’t have time for Gordon Ramsay’s outbursts

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Peter Gordon INTERVIEW ALISON GRINTER Fusion became a dirty word in the noughties – why do you think that is?

Probably because in order to do fusion well you need to understand different cuisines, and I think what was happening was a lot of chefs were trying it who didn’t have a clue about Asian food.

But it looks as though it’s making a comeback now?

A restaurant we helped set up in New York six years ago called Public won an award for best international fusion

Working in “ London seemed like a gulag ” restaurant last year, and yet when it first opened we were told you can’t use the word fusion cos it’s really negative!

Fusion will be quite a nice word [again], and all it will mean is you can go to a restaurant, one that will be a mix of different cultures. It won’t mean this wacky crazy thing, it will just be a descriptive word.

In your new book you’ve got a recipe for black pudding with rice noodles. How do you hit on combos like that?

A lot of it’s instinctive … It wasn’t a case of coming up with something that’s Scottish and Chinese. It was more like the texture of these slimy noodles would be delicious with this lovely rich, fatty black pudding.

You said you would never again work with angry chefs or abusive managers.

How did you avoid that in London’s notoriously aggro kitchens?

When I came to London it was the first time I’d seen such bizarre behaviour.

It seemed like being in a gulag rather than going to work. Not only are you shoved in the basement working mad hours, you then have to listen to this abuse. I thought: ‘I don’t need this!’ And then you have Gordon Ramsay behaving like that on TV. The public love it. If it was a show about a hospital and you

had a doctor treating staff like that it’d be: ‘This is unacceptable!’

Chefs are pretty damned precious about their knives. Why is that?

Yeah chefs are precious and the poor buggers, whenever we’ve got someone coming in for a trial and they’ve been on the underground with their knives, they’re feeling terrified because they think they’re about to be arrested for being a terrorist or something. I think they’re illegal to carry, but if you’re a trade chef how are you supposed to get to your job without your tools? Every day on the Tube there’s all these people going around with knives in their bags and no one knows about it.

What’s the worst thing a restaurant critic has ever written about you?

Terry Durack, from the Independent, a fellow Antipodean, when he reviewed us [The Providores and Tapa Room] when we first opened, said that “fusion food is the zeitgeist for wrong”. It was written with such vitriol. And then like most critics you bump into them a couple of months later and they can’t look you in the eye. God, at least have the courage of your convictions!

» Peter Gordon’s book Fusion, A Culinary Journey is out now through Jacqui Small

YOU DON’T SAY? Have you ever been mistaken for someone famous?

Someone in Sydney thought I was the lead singer of The Flaming Lips.

Are there any ingredients that just shouldn’t go together do you think?

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I once had poached beef and Kiwi fruit salsa, and to me, that was just really gross.

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Alice in Wonderland

SCREEN TEST: TIM BURTON

Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Mia Wasikowska

STARRING:

RT 109 MINS

1 What was the name of Burton’s debut feature film about an eccentric manchild on a hunt for his bike?

2 On which film set did Burton meet now wife Helena Bohham Carter, and in which year was the film made?

3 What was the name of Burton’s first R-rated film?

4 Name two Burton films starring his supposed muse Johnny Depp.

5 Edward Scissorhands and Mars Attacks both feature a song by Tom Jones. What is it called?

★★★★★

With Alice having tumbled into Wonderland several times since 1951, there was a lot of pressure on Tim Burton to put an interesting twist on Lewis Carroll’s famous tale.

Visually, that’s exactly what he does with Alice In Wonderland, delivering an eye-popping spectacle that is further enhanced by 3D goggles.

Those filmgoers who seek some sort of emotional resonance will be disappointed, though, with few of the revamped characters leaving a lasting impression.

Australian newcomer Wasikowska is decent enough as Alice, who, while running away from her arranged marriage, falls into a strange realm occupied by the Mad Hatter (Depp) and the

Cheshire Cat (Stephen Fry).

Things only really kick into gear with the appearance of the bobble-headed Red Queen (a scene-stealing Bonham Carter) who is waging a war against her sister the White Queen (Anne Hathaway).

While the storyline revolves around Alice, the film has been designed to show off

Depp’s mad-cap skill. And while the actor does have his moments he is constantly upstaged by the CGI creations around him, in particular the Cheshire Cat – the perfect marriage of special effects and vocal talent.

GOOD FOR: Those partial to a bit of psychedelica.

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★★★★★ Uma Thurman continues her career slide with this putrid comedy that chronicles a day in the life of a Manhattan mum who is planning a kid’s birthday party. The film raises some points about keeping your identity amid the chaos of motherhood, but has such narrow appeal only stressedout mums need apply.

BAD FOR: Mothers on the edge. PDV

that the spat “makes neither [party] look good”.

Franswa Shari, an Aussie film about a 12-year-old boy who re-invents himself as a girl to enter a beauty contest, has taken out the Crystal Bear award for best short film at the Berlin Film Festival.

Director Hannah Hillard described her movie as “about being your own hero”, and said it intended to tap into common themes around parent-child relationships.

One judge said the acting and storyline were first rate: “Non-stop fun! For a moment we forgot the world around us.”

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THE REEL DEAL Britain’s largest cinema chain is staging a boycott of Tim Burton’s film Alice In Wonderland (which stars Johnny Depp, below), so moviegoers may need to travel further afield to catch the 3D extravaganza.

Odeon is refusing to screen the flick – which ironically premiered at its Leicester Square venue last week – because of Disney’s decision to release the DVD within 12 weeks of it showing at cinemas, rather than the usual 17 weeks.

The decision is a hopeful attempt by Disney to halt the trend of flagging DVD sales.

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★★★★★ A doctor (Julianne Moore) who believes her husband (Liam Neeson) is cheating hires a call-girl (Amanda Seyfried) to catch him out in this sexy but silly thriller. There is some good sexual chemistry between Moore and Seyfried, but an unrealistic plot spoils what should have been a fine relationship drama.

GOOD FOR: Those who enjoy hot lesbian action. PDV

CULTURE IRVING PENN PORTRAITS American photographer Irving Penn carved out a towering 60-year career. The breadth of it shines through in this exhibition of portraits, from his early work in Vogue to his last pieces from only a few years ago.

Working exclusively in black and white, Penn pioneered a style of portrait photography that is now ubiquitous – with innovators, imitation is the true measure of influence.

Rather than shooting his famous subjects, from Alfred Hitchcock to Nicole Kidman and plenty in between,

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SEE THIS: Exhibition in their daily lives or on contrived, elaborate sets, Penn photographed them in near-empty studios, with only a simple prop competing for space in the frame, magnifying their expressions and intensifying the overall impression.

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Making a better life and getting off the estate proves no easy matter for pregnant nurse Sharon (Lorraine Burroughs) and partner Kojo in Bola Agbaje’s sparky 70-minute play.

Agbaje has an astute ear for snappy dialogue, but the plot proves predictable and

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Tracing the 100-year history of Australia House in London, this includes biographies of the 22 remarkable individuals who have held office.

MORE STAGE Laugh along for a good cause at the Teenage Cancer Trust Comedy Night, featuring the oddly funny Noel Fielding and king of the one-liner Jimmy Carr, plus Rhod Gilbert and Tommy Tiernan. » Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP South Kensington (royalalberthall.com). Mar 23. £25-£45

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CAUGHT IN THE ACT Be enthralled and titillated by the amazing new Aussie circus show Circa WORDS REBECCA KENT

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aw emotion is expressed through the powerful movements of seven lithe, agile and muscled bodies in a captivating fusion of dance and acrobatics in Circa. They slam, tumble, pounce, balance and explode across the stage in this spectacle designed to convey the nuances of modern relationships.

Its creators call it circus – but it’s not as you know it. In fact, you may be puzzled if you were expecting Bobo the clown or Leonard the lion tamer. Here, there are no spoken words at all.

It’s left to the performers and their movements to punctuate this enthralling show.

SUCCESS AT EDINBURGH Circa hails from Brisbane but its cast is drawn from performance institutions across Australia

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AUSSIE ROUGH AND TUMBLE Another thing the critics agree on is that Circa is hard to classify. It’s one of a steady stream of imaginative, contemporary productions which Australia seems to incubate.

Along with other global contemporary acts, it has muscled its way into the mainstream, leaving the conventional big top for dust and offering an alternative to the over-stylised art of Cirque du Soleil.

“There is plenty of room for every type of circus as long as it’s done well,”he says. “But I think circus is cluttered with lycra and smoke

machines. We wanted to see what it was like when you stripped all of that back.”

Lifschitz attributes Australia’s success in physical theatre to its youth and sunny climes.

“We have a very physical culture and great conditions to go for a jog or go for a tumble in the park. As a culture, we are young and adolescent, and it’s a great thing that needs to be celebrated. It means we’re not going to be old and crusted like Europe any time soon.”

BLOOD-RED STILETTOS So what is the show’s appeal? “These bodies are doing extraordinary things. It’s a very refined performance which taps into the fragile, fraught nature of being human,” Lifschitz says.

The performers move from highly connected

It’s a little bit sexy “ and kinky – which we all are ” acrobatic and tumbling sequences to fast-paced moments of great intricacy where precision and timing are everything.

“It is the only place I can think of where real circus skills talk emotionally to an audience.

Plus, it’s a little bit sexy and kinky, which we all are,” Lifschitz laughs.

Indeed, Circa does have its risqué moments.

Look out for the woman treading over a male body in blood-red stilettos – a sequence that’s been designed to make you wince. Men, you have been warned.

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such as the National Institute of Circus Arts and the Flying Fruit Fly Circus.

They have honed their prowess in three previous shows, which have been combined Yaron Lifschitz to create Circa. Having been all over Australia, Circa is now blazing through Europe, leaving critics and audiences awestruck and leaking superlatives. The performers’ combinations were described as “oriental calligraphy” by one critic. Another said that the show was: “Knee tremblingly sexy, beautiful and moving.”

Its success at the Edinburgh Fringe last year has left artistic director Yaron Lifschitz, a 39year-old Aussie who was born in South Africa, understandably chuffed.

He describes the opportunity for his small outfit to perform at the Barbican next week as “spine tingling” and “terrifying”.

“It’s a very live, challenging medium and you can never take it for granted,” he adds. “And that’s part of the terror of it.”

The Australian ‘new circus’ movement in the 1970s and ’80s was spearheaded by the innovative Flying Fruit Fly Circus and physical theatre outfit Circus Oz, which made waves internationally.

Performing animals made way for truly spectacular derring-do by humans, and as well as enriching Australia’s cultural landscape, the shift heralded the equal rights of sexes in performance circles. It also politicised circus, giving the audience something to respond to.

The Aussie contingent in the quirky circus/burlesque production La Clique, including The English Gents with their feats of skill and strength, plus the decadent Circa performers, attest to the quality of skill now churned out Down Under.

One of the highlights of the upcoming CircusFest, a five-week festival at The Roundhouse in Camden (Apr 7-May 16) will be Australian avant-garde circus company Acrobat, which will be performing a UK debut of their politically questioning work Propaganda (below) on Thursday, May 13.

See roundhouse.org.uk for more details.

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MUSIC JOANNA NEWSOM Have One On Me

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(Drag City)

★★★★★

The most polarising figure in music returns with – what else? – a three-CD, 18-track, two-hour song cycle.

Californian singer/harpist Joanna Newsom doesn’t do things by halves, as this immense, elusive LP attests.

Have One On Me is less exhausting than Ys, which was dragged down by overbearing orchestral arrangements and Newsom’s wearying vocal tics. Both

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GROOVE ARMADA

CHRIS WOOD

THE FEATURES

Black Light

Handmade Life

Some Kind Of Salvation

(Cooking Vinyl)

(Ruf)

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Reviewers across the country have been ejecting Black Light after the first 20 seconds: not because it’s bad, but to check that they’ve got the right CD. From the alt-rock power-chords of Look Me In The Eye Sister to the chilly electro of I Won’t Kneel, Black Light is unrecognisable as Groove Armada. The transformation doesn’t always work, but on tracks such as Fall Silent and History, it’s right on the money. One of the year’s nicest surprises. WFJ

The latest record from Kentish folkie Wood matches him with three other musicians, creating the well-worn quartet line-up of, er, acoustic guitar, drums, cello and trombone.

It’s unlikely on paper but beautiful in practice, thanks to some delicately understated playing by all concerned. It helps that Wood’s songwriting has never been better; Hollow Point, his retelling of the Jean Charles de Menezes saga, is one of the most powerful protest songs in years. WFJ

Having bigged-up their fellow Tennesseans as “the best undiscovered band in the world”, The Kings Of Leon have now put their money where their unsmiling mouths are and signed The Features to their new label.

The resulting LP picks up where The Features’ debut Exhibit A left off with rollicking power pop tunes buoyed by horns and hammering piano lines. It’s a patchier effort, but Matthew Pelham’s lyrics and nervy delivery are undeniably compelling. ALISON GRINTER

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NO.1 In My Head, Jason De Rulo.

MAKING NEWS Placebo lead man Brian Molko doused news.com.au video journalist Helen Parker with a bottle of water as she filmed him from the photographer’s pit at Sydney’s Soundwave festival last week. What a tosser.

NO.1 If We Ever Meet Again, Timbaland feat Katy Perry.

OUT NOW Neil Finn has become a co-owner of the newly independent Flying Nun record label. The music legend joins two other investors plus Roger Shepherd, who bought the iconic label back from Warner last year.

NO.1 Fireflies, Owl City.

MAKING NEWS Kwaito music star Mandoza was questioned

by South Africa’s elite fraud investigation unit over an asset fraud syndicate last week, News 24 reports. The muso was recently in a car crash involving a vehicle allegedly used in a fraud scheme.

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LIVE REVIEW Depeche Mode The O2 Feb 20 ★★★★★ There’s nothing worse than a band plying their fans with new material when they’ve coughed up some serious moolah to sate their nostalgia for songs that struck a chord in the group’s halcyon era. And there’s a palpable sense that for the large crowd – all eyelinered and dancing stiltedly – the Mode fails to hit the spot.

Nonetheless, the Brit electronic trio do glitter amid a striking backdrop of composite digital images.

Guitarist Martin Gore is particularly outstanding, profoundly punctuating a lively set with his captivating tenor voice, most notably on the track Home. REBECCA KENT

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have been toned down considerably, and the effect is beguiling. The arrangements give Newsom’s songs the room they need to breathe, and her cultured, careful vocals are a world apart from her trademark shrieking.

There’s plenty to say about the record, which will reveal more with repeated listens.

It’s the sound of a singer growing not just more confident in her work but also, simply, growing better at it.

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GIG OF THE WEEK LILY ALLEN, DIZZEE RASCAL How fitting that the recently crowned king ’n’ queen of the Brit Awards (winning female solo artist and male solo artist between them) should share the bill at this monster show.

Not that this is a new development. The two friends have performed and recorded together in the past and no doubt kept each other from getting homesick when performing the Big Day Out circuit earlier this year. Also, this could be one of Allen’s last shows as she’s allegedly retiring from music. After the one with Jay-Z at the Wireless Festival, of course.

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» The O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX

North Greenwich (0844 856 0202; theo2.co.uk). Sun, Mar 7. £29.50

THE XX Emerging from the Elliot School, the same creative Petri dish responsible for nurturing the likes of Hot Chip and Four Tet, The XX’s music sounds like Mazzy Star on narcotics framed by the sparsest of beats. The London trio, who’ve been picked for the Matt Groening-curated All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in May play She Bu this week.

» Shepherds Bush Empire, W11 8QE Shepherd’s Bush (0844 477 2000; o2shepherdsbushempire.co.uk). Mar 2-3. £18.50

PETER ANDRE: THE REVELATION TOUR An ironic tour name wouldn’t you say?

What more could this man, whose carcrash marriage/divorce to Katie Price has played out on the pages of every chequebook tabloid going, have left to reveal? Unless he’s talking about revelations of the musical kind. Um, somehow we doubt it.

» IndigO2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX

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THE BUZZ SO FAR Combining

a languorous flow, Dirty South style beats and a grim, crimeriddled vision of London, Giggs is the newest hip-hop kid on the council estate. But his approach to the genre owes more to the US tradition than the local grime scene.

Having spent time in prison for gun crime he is following Fifty Cent’s example: transforming his life through music.

WHAT ELSE? He blew away reigning grime MCs Wiley and Dizzee Rascal to win the BET award for best UK hip-hop act last year and teamed up with The Streets’ Mike Skinner to create Slow Songs. Now signed to ultra cutting-edge label XL Recordings (home to Radiohead, MIA and Vampire

Weekend) his debut LP Let ’Em Have It will be out in April.

GIGGS SAYS “On the streets no one’s got anything to look forward to so they just do whatever they can do. My doing this music thing, that’s not taken one person out the game, that’s taken 10 people

out the game.” (bbc.co.uk) THE PLUG Slow Songs feat Mike Skinner out now.

The Springbok Nude Girls’ Arno Carstens will be in town for a solo show at the Hard Rock Cafe on March 22 as part of Hard Rock’s STREET2SANCTUARY series to raise money for the Bombay Teen Challenge.

Also on the bill is James Walsh of Starsailor. Tickets are £20 from ticketweb.co.uk.

We have two pairs of tickets to give away. For a chance to win email grabs@ tntmagazine.com with ‘Arno Carstens’ in the subject line.

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Peter Andre The Australian

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Jack Bruce, Ronnie Scott’s Blues Experience

pop singer-songwriter performs songs from his 2009 album Revelation, alongside past hits.

The composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist plays Chicago, Delta, West Coast and British blues covers.

IndigO2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £27.50-£38.50.

Ronnie Scott’s, Frith St, W1D 4HT (020 7439 0747). £30-£47.50.

Billy Bragg, The Screaming Bluejays The musician performs folk-punk. University

Eighth Wave The Liverpool-

Of London Union, Malet St, WC1E 7HY (0870 060 3777). £11.

based quartet play pop-rock.

Islington Academy, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000/ cc 0844 477 2000). £6.

Baby Dee Rock and pop

Emily Green, Spekki Chris, Chris Macaree Alternative

Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX (0871 663 2500). £14 & £16.

pop and soul from the Londonbased Australian vocalist. The

LAU The Edinburgh-based

Source Below, Lower John St, W1F 9TY (07956 818489). £6, adv £5.

ensemble play experimental folk. Stratford Circus, Theatre

Mika The punk-pop singer performs songs from his album The Boy Who Knew Too Much.

Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £25.54.

Vader, As You Drown, Divine Chaos Death metal from the Polish four-piece.

The Underworld, Camden High St, NW1 0NE (020 7482 1932). £15.

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from the New York-based singer-songwriter. Southbank

TNT’S TOP BOOKING AEROSMITH: THE COCKED, LOCKED AND READY TO ROCK TOUR The O2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX North Greenwich (theo2.co.uk). Tue, Jun 15. £TBC The bad boys of Boston have kissed and made up and are now celebrating with a new tour.

Tickets go on sale on Friday, March 5.

Groove Armada The electro-pop act play songs from their album Black Light.

FRIDAY 5

Forum, Highgate Rd, NW5 1JY (020 7344 0044). £22.50.

Brendan Benson The indie and Americana singer-songwriter promotes his album My Old Familiar Friend. Koko, Camden

Phronesis Experimental

High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £14.

Dalston Culture House, Gillett St, N16 8JH (020 7254 4097). £12.

jazz and folk trio influenced

by African, Cuban, Brazilian, Middle Eastern and East European traditional rhythms.

John Cale & The Heritage Orchestra The experimental

The Forge Venue And Caponata Restaurant, Delancey St, NW1 7NL (07971 851141). £8, concs £5.

Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP (020 7589 8212). £22.50.

Rudder The New York-based

Lynyrd Skynyrd The southern American band play their country-rock hits and promote album God & Guns. Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £40.

Dave Matthews Band The Americana band from Virginia promote their album Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King. O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £43.75.

Martin Carthy The folk guitarist and singer plays traditional songs from the British Isles. The Vortex Jazz Club,

Ludovico Einaudi The Italian composer performs electro-classical songs from his album Nightbook. Royal

Sq, E15 1BX (020 8279 1015). £12 & £16, concs £10 & £14.

indie singer is joined by the ensemble to perform songs from his album Paris, 1919.

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX (0871 663 2500/ cc 0871 663 2500). £22.50-£45.

Plaid, Luke Vibert, DMX Krew, King Cannibal Psychedelic electro from the London-based duo.

Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £15.

The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain The ensemble perform classical and rock favourites. Cecil Sharp House, Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 7AY (020 7485 2206). £15, concs £12.

four-piece play nu-jazz. Charlie

Rebecca Poole, Boisdale Blue Rhythm Band Jazz and pop from the Londonbased singer-songwriter.

Boisdale Of Belgravia, Eccleston St, SW1W 9LX (020 7730 6922). £12, before 10pm £4.50.

Wright’s International Bar, Pitfield St, N1 6EN (020 7490 8345). £15.

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John Waite And His Band

Fightstar The indie-rock quartet play songs from their album Be Human. Dingwalls,

Acoustic rock from the Santa Monica-based singer and guitarist and his band. The

Camden Lock, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AB (020 7428 0010/ cc 020 7428 5929). £10.

Underworld, Camden High St, NW1 0NE (020 7482 1932). £15.

First Aid Kit Indie-folk from the Swedish duo. Union Chapel,

The XX The London-based band perform new wave and pop from their self-titled debut album. Shepherds Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (0905 020 3999/ cc 0844 477 2000). £12.50.

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Compton Tce, N1 2UN (020 7226 1686). £10.

Heaven 17 The 1980s electropop veterans perform their hits.

Matter, O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0AX (020 7549 6686). £21.50.

Cara Dillon Folk ballads from the County Derry singer-songwriter. Artsdepot, Nether St, Tally Ho Corner, N12 0GA (020 8369 5454). £16, concs £14.

Louis Eliot & The Embers, Jackie Oates Folk-pop singer and his band. ICA, The Mall, SW1Y 5AH (020 7930 3647). £12, adv £10.

The acoustic folk singersongwriter promotes her album The Quickening.

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX (0871 663 2500). £16.

SUNDAY 7 Lily Allen & Dizzee Rascal

Idlewild The Edinburgh fivepiece perform rock from their album Post Electric Blues. The

The pop singer and rapper co-headline and perform their chart-topping hits.

Watershed, The Broadway, SW19 1SD (020 8540 0080). £15.50.

O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £30.14.

Wilko Johnson The Canvey

A Funk Affair An evening of funk featuring some of the UK’s finest musicians.

Island guitarist and former Dr Feelgood member plays rock and blues. The Standard Music Venue, Blackhorse Ln, E17 6DS (020 8503 2523). £12.

Richmond Fontaine US band play mellow country-rock and Americana. Bush Hall, Uxbridge Rd,

Kathryn Williams

Dan Reed The acoustic funk-

Ronnie Scott’s, Frith St, W1D 4HT (020 7439 0747). £15-£27.50.

Opus4 The outfit play traditional Django Reinhardt Gypsy swing and traditional eastern tunes. Le Quecumbar,

Benoit & His Orchestra, Adeline D’Armagnac

W12 7LJ (020 8222 6955). £14.

rock singer performs songs from his forthcoming album Coming Up For Air. Union Chapel, Compton

Smooth jazz from crooner Benoit Viellefon and his group. Volupte, Norwich St,

Spiers & Boden The folk

Tce, N1 2UN (020 7226 1686). £17.

EC4A 1EJ (020 7831 1677). £10.

duo perform Basque and Irish-influenced material from their album Vagabond.

The Vinylettes London-based swing covers trio. Live! On The Park

Carlene Carter The

The Luminaire, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (020 7372 7123). £14.

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

hardcore punk quintet play songs from their album Everything You Know. The

Wild Beasts Melodramatic

Yuri Da Cunha Traditional

Underworld, Camden High St, NW1 0NE (020 7482 1932). £8.50.

indie-rock group. Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £12.50.

semba music from the Angolan singer. IndigO2, Peninsula Sq,

singer-songwriter performs country-rock from her album Stronger. Halfmoon Putney, Lower Richmond Rd, SW15 1EU (020 8780 9383). £18.

SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £20-£45.

Field Music Indie-pop quartet from Sunderland. Scala, Pentonville Rd, N1 9NL (020 7833 2022/ cc 0870 060 0100). Adv £9.50.

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Battersea High St, SW11 3HX (020 7787 2227). £15, adv £12.

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FAST FORWARD John Butler Trio Hammersmith Apollo, Apr 14 (0844 844 4748). £21 Arno Carstens Hard Rock Cafe Mar 22 (ticketweb.co.uk). £20 Crowded House Hammersmith Apollo, Jun 8-9 (0844 844 4748). £44.75 Download Festival: AC/DC, Wolfmother Donnington Park, Jun 11-13 (0844 277 4321). £175 (weekend) Eskimo Joe Shepherds Bush Empire, May 17 (0844 477 2000). £17.50 Armin Van Buuren, Fat Boy Slim South West Four, Aug 28-29 (0844 477 2000). £17.50 Grinspoon Forum, May 23 (0870 0603 777). £18 Abdullah Ibrahim Barbican, Mar 30 (020 7638 8891). £10-£27.50 Jack Johnson O2 Arena, Jun 30 (0844 856 0202). £30-£37 Kings Of Leon Hyde Park, Jun 30 (livenation.co.uk). £47.50 Muse Wembley Stadium, Sep 10-11 (0844 277 4321). £45 The Parlotones Electric Ballroom, Apr 8 (020 7485 9006). £10 Pendulum Wembley Arena, May 28 (0844 815 0815). £28 Powderfinger Brixton Academy, Apr 22 (0844 477 2000). £22.50 Sia Roundhouse, May 27 (0844 482 8008). £20 The Temper Trap, Sarah Blasko Shepherds Bush Empire, Apr 28-30 (0844 477 2000). £15

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Natasha Vuckovic PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST CLUB NIGHTS

CLUB OF THE WEEK LIAISON Hailing from the DJ breeding ground that is the Netherlands, the Bingo Players know how to make you dance. Their 2009 remake of the dance track Devotion dominated the Beatport charts for most of November. With an uplifting electro/house sound, Paul Bäumer & Maarten Hoogstraten will have sweat dripping off the walls as they hit Pacha this week. Meanwhile, fab duo Prok & Fitch are also gracing the decks with their pure, unadulterated house sound.

» Pacha, Terminus Pl, SW1V 1JR

Victoria (0845 371 4489; pachalondon.com). Mar 6, 10pm-5am. £15 adv, £20 otd

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If you dig the French electronica scene then look no further. The last Ed Banger Records party (run by Busy P, Daft Punk’s ex-manager) was sold out so it’s back by popular demand. Line-up includes Busy P, SebastiAn, Breakbot, So-Me and guests Fake Blood and Riton.

Little bit pub, little bit club, The Westbury is celebrating three years of existence this weekend. The hilarious Cuban Brothers will provide the entertainment with their comedy/DJ-stylings, while Russian expat DJ Vadim will spin some hip-hop. A magician, fairy floss and ball pit all add to the party vibe.

» The Coronet Theatre, New Kent Rd, SE1 6TJ Elephant & Castle (020 7701 1500; coronettheatre.co.uk). Mar 5, 9pm-5am. £15 adv, £20 otd

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» 34 Kilburn High Rd, NW6 5UA Kilburn (020 7625 7500; westburybar.com). Mar 5, 8pm-3am. £3 from 9pm

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CLUB NEWS Ibiza Rocks, the White Isle hotel with a weekly rock ’n’ roll party attached to it, is heading to the sunny shores of Magaluf this summer. The Mallorca Rocks Hotel opening party will kick off on Sunday, June 6, with The Kooks and DJ Zane Lowe (right) confirmed for the line-up. The Kooks’ Luke Pritchard said: “Can’t wait to play the new album to a crowd like that, if they’re anything like the Ibizan crowd.” To find out more about the Mallorca Rocks line-up or to book go to mallorcarockshotel.com.

GMTV’s fitness instructor Mr Motivator is coming to Snowbombing. He’ll be

greeting bleary-eyed clubbers at the top of the ski lift in Mayrhofen and encouraging them to warm up before hitting the slopes. Sound strange? Yes, it is. For more info see snowbombing.com.

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We have VIP tickets to Liaison for one winner and four friends to dance the night away to the Bingo Players – plus a bottle of champagne on arrival. To enter, email grabs@tntmagazine.com with ‘Liaison’ in the subject line by noon on Wed, Mar 3.

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CLUB LISTINGS MONDAY 1 Anthem The residents play

Country Mondays Brazilian and samba night with residents DJs, plus a live Latin band.

Guanabara, Parker St, WC2B 5PW (020 7242 8600). 5pm-2.30am. £5.

Happy Monday Chill-out anthems courtesy of the residents. Thirst, Greek St, W1D 3DR (020 7437 1977).

5pm-3am. £3, concs available.

Popcorn Commercial dance, house, pop and R’n’B, plus a cinema and chill-out room. Heaven, Charing Cross Arches, Villiers St, WC2N 6NG (020 7930 2020). 11pm-6am. £8, £2 before midnight, w/wrist band free before 1am, NUS/mems free.

Rehab DJs Val, Cheeky Pete Donaldson, Satoko, Haley and The Demonettes play indie, pop and rock. The Roxy, Rathbone Pl, W1T 1HJ (020 7255 1098). 10pm3am. £5, NUS/w/flyer £3, £1 before 10.30pm.

Glamorous The residents play funk, soul and disco.

The Clapham Grand, St John’s Hill, SW11 1TT (020 7223 6523).

10pm-3am. £10, £5 before 11pm.

HED KANDI Ministry Of Sound, Gaunt St, SE1 6DP Elephant & Castle (0870 060 0010; ministryofsound.com).

Sun, Apr 4. From £20 Hed Kandi has a series of one-off bank holiday weekend parties lined up. Phil Faversham, John Jones, Andy Norman and Kraak & Smaak play at the first.

Haven’t Stopped Dancing Yet! DJs Louise and Dan play soul, funk and disco. The Trafalgar Tavern, Park Row, SE10 9NW (020 8856 7755). 8pm-1am. £20.

Liaison Bingo Players and Leroy Roberts spin house, dance and electro.

Pacha, Terminus Pl, SW1V 1JR (0845 371 4489). 10pm-5am. £15-£20.

Megawoof Resident DJs play commercial dance, funk and uplifting house.

Hidden, Tinworth St, SE11 5EQ (020 7247 4121). 11pm-6am. £14, £13 before midnight, mems £10.

Samba De Gafieira DJ Limao spins tango and Afro rhythms, plus live music from Chico Chagas and Gafieira Brasil. Guanabara, Parker St, WC2B

Fabriclive Popof, Filthy Dukes, Stopmakingme and Solo provide house, hip-hop and techno. Fabric, Charterhouse St, EC1M 6HJ (020 7336 8898). 10pm-6am. £14, mems/NUS £11, £7 after 3am.

5PW (020 7242 8600). 5pm-late. £5.

Trannyshack Miss Dusty O, Kuch Kuch DJ Ritu plays Bollywood, bhangra, Arabic, R’n’B and chart. Whitechapel

Tasty Tim and Lady Lloyd spin commercial dance and pop.

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Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040). 10pm-3am. £6, w/flyer £3, free before midnight.

Festa Fiesta Latin and samba

Wicked Wednesdays The

The London-Rio Connection

from the resident DJs, plus salsa

residents supply R’n’B and hip-

classes before 10pm. Fiesta Havana, Fulham Rd, SW6 5NH (020 7381 5005). 7pm-2am. £6.

hop. Sound, Leicester Sq, WC2H 7NA (0870 863 1010). 9pm-3am. £10, £5 before 11pm, guestlist £3.

DJs T and Harv spin Brazilian house and party, plus Eri Okan.

Lost In London Party on

Gallery, Whitechapel High St, E1 7QX (020 7522 7888). 8pm. £10.

play R’n’B, hip-hop and funk.

Sound, Leicester Sq, WC2H 7NA (0870 863 1010). 10pm-3am. £10.

St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

7.30pm-3am. £7, guest list/NUS £5.

Breton, Delooze and Paul Cook provide electro and alternative tunes. The Old

and John play pop, indie, retro and rock. The Roxy, Rathbone Pl,

Warped Night Resident DJs

Replay Antony Di Francesco

Queen’s Head, Essex Rd, N1 8LN (020 7354 9993). 7.30pm-1am. £5.

and Steve Nocerino play deep house. The Den & Centro, West

G-A-Y Porn Idol The residents

Toxic Tuesdays The residents supply funky house, R’n’B, hip-hop and chart anthems.

Sound, Leicester Sq, WC2H 7NA (0870 863 1010). 9pm-3am. £5-£10.

WEDNESDAY 3 Agita Brasil Latin and samba, plus dance classes before 10pm.

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

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

Charing Cross Arches, Villiers St, WC2N 6NG (020 7930 2020).

11pm-4am. £7, w/flyer free.

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

Skavoovie The Dualers spin ska and reggae. The Amersham

Dance Rocks House, R’n’B,

Arms, New Cross Rd, SE14 6TY (020 8469 1499). 8pm-2am. £10.

The Watershed, The Broadway, SW19 1SD (020 8540 0080).

8pm-late. £8, £5 before midnight.

indie and 1980s and 1990s hits.

Yoyo Warrior One, Leo G and Kobe 1 play house, electro and hip-hop, plus live performance from Kid Adrift.

Entice DJs PMD, Heightz, Philth,

Notting Hill Arts Club, Notting Hill Gate, W11 3JQ (020 7460 4459).

7pm-2am. £7, £5 before 11pm.

The Whitehouse, Clapham Park Rd, SW4 7EH (020 7498 3388). 7pm-5am. £8, £6 before 10pm, free before 9pm.

Scott Clark, Detox and Move The House play house and electro.

Cheap$kates Disco and hip-hop courtesy of DJ Downfall. Moonlighting, Greek St, W1D 4DR (020 7734 6308).

9pm-3am. £6, NUS £5, w/flyer £4.

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

Tribe House and Afro soul from Zepherin Saint, Matt L-S and Timmy Regisford.

Corsica Studios, Farrell Crt, SE17 1LB (020 7703 4760). 11pm-7am. £15, adv £7.

punk, pop and rock, plus A Loss For Words perform live.

Big Night Out DJs David, Jim

supply pop and disco. Heaven,

Peninsula Sq, SE10 0AX (020 7549 6686). 10pm-7am. £20, NUS £16, adv £15.

Urban Chic Resident DJs

Ear Music New Islands,

Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083).

11pm-7am. £10, ladies £5.

plays acid house, electro and trance with Aeroplane, DJ Three, Charlie May and Paul Woolford. Matter, O2 Arena,

Whatever Happened To P-Rock? Resident DJs play

THURSDAY 4

W1T 1HJ (020 7255 1098). 5pm3.30am. £9, NUS £5, £4 before 10.30pm, free before 8.30pm.

Sasha The DJ and producer

Guanabara, Parker St, WC2B 5PW (020 7242 8600). 5pm-late. £10.

FRIDAY 5

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

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rock anthems. Punk, Soho St, W1D 3DN (020 7734 4004).

8pm-late. £5, free before 11pm.

TNT’S TOP BOOKING

spin indie, electro and dub.

Islington Academy, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000).

9.30pm-late. £10, adv £6.

SATURDAY 6 Bangers & Mash Let’s Wrestle, Wild Wolves and James Theaker play rock ’n’ roll, hip-hop, funk, ska and Motown. 93 Feet East, Brick Ln, E1 6RU (020 7770 6006).

7pm-1am. £7, w/flyer £5.

Casino Royale Resident DJs play indie, rock and garage.

The Barfly, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AN (0844 847 2424). 10pm-late. £8, adv £6.

East Meets West Glitches, Rotkappchen and ReMake ReModel supply indie and electro. Ginglik, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8PH (020 8749 2310).

7pm-3am. £8, £6 before 10pm.

The Macbeth, Hoxton St, N1 6LP (020 7749 0600). 8pm. £6, adv £5.

SUNDAY 7 The Church The resident DJs supply modern and classic rock. The Clapham Grand, St John’s Hill, SW11 1TT (020 7223 6523). 12noon-4pm. £7.

Forro European and African rhythms, plus live music from Zeu Azevedo and Forrodaki.

Guanabara, Parker St, WC2B 5PW (020 7242 8600). 5pm-late. £5.

Groove Sanctuary AfricanLatin, electronica, funk, disco and deep house from DJ Jimbo (Raw Deal), Joey Vieira and guests. Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040).

9.30pm-3am. £5, free before 11pm.

Muy Gupo Resident DJs provide current chart and indie. Salvador And Amanda, Great Newport St, WC2H 7JA (020 7240 1551). 9pm-3am. £10, guestlist £5, free before 9pm.

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“Prior to the rise of jihadist terrorism, Australia was not a specific target, now Australia is.” Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on the release of the counter-terrorism white paper.

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AUSTRALIA Ex-cop sent to jail A former Victorian policeman who chained his wife to a car and then drove her off a pier was jailed for 15 years.

Cameron Cook had pleaded guilty in the Victorian Supreme Court to the attempted murder of his wife in September 2007 after learning she was having an affair.

Queen may visit Queen Elizabeth II may visit Australia later this year.

The Herald Sun website said the Queen’s senior private secretary,

Queen Elizabeth II

Eating up: New York artist Spencer Tunick eats sushi from a nude model during a press conference at the Toko Restaurant & Bar in Sydney. Tunick will be creating his next installation The Base on the steps of the Sydney Opera House as part of Mardi Gras.

Christopher Geidt, held informal talks with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during private visits to Melbourne and Sydney in recent weeks.

alert, declaring a potential threat for Queensland, NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.

Tsunami warning

Australia formally warned Israel that if it was involved in the abuse of Australian passports allegedly used in an assassination, the move would not be seen “as the act of a friend”.

Three of the suspects in the murder of a senior Hamas figure in Dubai in January travelled on fraudulent Australian passports.

Dubai authorities were almost certain Israeli spy agency Mossad was behind the murder.

Australians on the east coast were warned to stay off the beach on Sunday following a tsunami alert warning.

The alert followed a devastating 8.8-magnitude earthquake which struck off the coast of Chile, toppling buildings, cutting power and pushing the death toll beyond 200.

Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre issued a tsunami

Australia warns Israel

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“Our commitment to our customers was to put things right where we had done wrong – and we are honouring that commitment.”

Commonwealth Bank CEO Ralph Norris on the compensation deal for Storm financial clients. .

“We were disappointed because it didn’t go as far as we would have wanted it to go but we were always going to be disappointed. Some people will get nothing, some will get a lifeline, some people will get some sort of relief.”

Storm Investor Consumer Action Group chairman Noel O’Brien.

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Elephant blessing: Buddhist monks sprinkle water on a baby Asian elephant – born at Melbourne Zoo six weeks ago – during a ceremony where she was named Mali. The name is Thai for jasmine and was chosen in a public vote held by the Zoo.

“The greatest threat to the safety of many Australian families over the last 12 months has been the home insulation program and Peter Garrett’s mismanagement of it.”

South Australian Liberal Simon Birmingham.

What’s happening across the country

SUMMARY

■ Death of eight-year-old girl shocks Queensland regional community.

■ Girl’s body found in a drain near family home.

■ A 19-year-old man is charged with her murder.

VICTORIA The controversial roll-out of Tasers is to begin in Victoria, with the stun guns to be trialled in the Bendigo and La Trobe regions from July 1. Under the pilot program, all uniform and traffic management unit police at Bendigo and Morwell will be trained in the use of Tasers.

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arefoot, handcuffed and dressed in prison clothes, the young man accused of murdering schoolgirl Trinity Bates briefly faced court.

Trinity was allegedly taken from her Bundaberg home during the night.

Her parents called police when they realised she was missing the next morning.

Her body was found in a nearby drain soon afterwards.

Locals enraged by the killing of the eight-year-old hurled abuse as Allyn John Slater arrived under heavy police guard at court.

The hearing was short and

Police at the scene where Trinity Bates’s body was found

the round-faced, sandy-haired 19-year-old kept his head bowed and did not make eye contact with those gathered in the court.

Magistrate Jennifer Batts remanded him in custody.

He was automatically refused bail on one charge of murder.

Meanwhile, four people

were under investigation over pornographic and other offensive posts made on Facebook tribute pages for Trinity.

Site administrators removed the offensive content and closed down one site following a request from police.

Police said there was not enough evidence to lay charges.

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Abbott suggests alcohol ban Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said his proposal to ban takeaway alcohol sales in all Aboriginal communities would not necessarily become coalition policy.

Abbott floated the idea in a submission to the coalition’s expenditure review committee in November, Fairfax reported.

He was the opposition’s indigenous affairs spokesman at the time under former leader Malcolm Turnbull.

But Abbott suggested the submission was simply a thought-bubble at this stage.

“It’s one thing to propose things for discussion, it’s

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another thing to support them as policy,” he told ABC Radio.

“We have a policy-making process that’s in train and people will know in good time, before the election, exactly what the next coalition government will do.”

Abbott also proposed in November making federal funding for remote indigenous housing dependent on communities tackling school truancy and alcohol abuse.

Mining royalties would be stripped from individual communities and redirected into an “indigenous future fund” to pay for large projects.

NEW SOUTH WALES An eight-monthpregnant woman was threatened with a syringe and robbed of cash after using an ATM in broad daylight in Sydney. After using the ATM she entered a nearby hotel to use the toilet and was confronted by a man with a syringe.

QUEENSLAND Police were dealing with a child alleged to have threatened a fellow student with a knife at a Cape York school. The incident came less than two weeks after 12-year-old Elliott Fletcher was stabbed to death at a Brisbane school.

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Australia’s first national nuclear waste dump could be operational in the Northern Territory outback within the next few years. Muckaty Station was being considered by the Federal Government for the disposal of medical isotope waste from Sydney’s Lucas Heights reactor.

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The percentage of people who are against a rise in GST according to a poll conducted by TVNZ and Colmar Brunton.

Key reluctant on court

Japanese whalers

listen up: More than 100 people, some carrying transistors tuned in to Radio New Zealand, turned up outside Parliament to protest a funding freeze. Broadcasting minister Jonathan Coleman said RNZ would need to cut costs and find new ways to raise revenue.

fails, and the only option is a court action, at that time we will consider whether we will join Australia – but I wouldn’t jump to conclusions that we would,” Key said.

Off-duty cop attacked Police said they had spoken to all the main players involved in an attack on an off-duty policeman.

Ten people appeared in Pukekohe Youth Court facing a holding charge of assault following the attack on John Connolly in Tuakau, 55km south of Auckland.

Connolly suffered a fractured skull, a broken jaw, broken bones

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United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and Spain.

The ads read, “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life”.

Similar campaigns have run in Australia, the US and several European countries.

NZ Bus tentatively approved the ads but received complaints from the public and staff.

in his face, a collapsed lung and a broken ankle when he was attacked after trying to break up a fight.

Supporters hurl abuse Supporters of widow Gaynor Alice White yelled abuse at the 22-year-old man accused of murdering her when he appeared in Christchurch District Court.

“You don’t deserve to be on this earth,” said one supporter , the Christchurch Court News website reported.

White, 63 was found dead in her home in what police believe was a burglary that went wrong.

1.8bn

The amount in dollars Australian tourists spent in New Zealand last year.

100

The amount in dollars babies born on March 5 will receive from Bonus Bonds which will celebrate its 40th birthday on that day.

37

The percentage of people who believe now is a good time to buy property according to an ASB survey.

4bn

The amount in dollars commercial fisheries are worth to the economy every year.

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Organisers of a controversial campaign to get pro-atheism ads on buses said they may go to the Human Rights Review Tribunal after transport company NZ Bus backtracked on plans to allow the ads.

The Atheist Bus Campaign last year raised more than $22,000 to fund the ads, which created a storm when they ran in the

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The percentage of people who don’t believe the Government is pursuing policies which will help match incomes with those available in Australia.

A man who disciplined his sixyear-old daughter with a cricket bat when she would not stop coughing failed to get his sixmonth jail term reduced.

Arthur Bristowe was sentenced in Rotorua District Court just before Christmas after admitting assaulting the child with the bat.

In the High Court at Rotorua Justice Rhys Harrison rejected arguments Bristowe should not have been imprisoned.

New Zealand wanted to find a quicker way to save whales than taking Japan to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Prime Minister John Key said.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said either Japan stopped killing whales in the Southern Ocean by November, or it would be taken to the ICJ. The Government had the option of supporting that case, but it preferred to first seek a diplomatic solution Key said.

“If the diplomatic solution

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Expense scandal

UPPER NORTH ISLAND An innocent bystander hospitalised for three nights after being bitten by a police dog chasing a burglar was seeking $20,000 damages.

Cedric Lawrence required two lots of surgery after a police dog bit him in the calf while chasing burglars in Manurewa in 2006.

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Phil Heatley fronts the media to announce his resignation

the documentation used to support Mr Heatley’s expenses claim for $70 in Christchurch last year was incorrect,” Key said.

The expenses claim said the spending was listed as minister and spouse: dinner.

The actual credit card receipt was notated by him as minister and spouse for

food and beverage.

The credit card was used for two bottles of wine for his and his wife’s table at the National Party Conference.

“I have no reason at this stage to believe that Mr Heatley has been dishonest.

However, it is important that the auditor-general investigates this issue,” Key said.

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Coast put on tsunami alert Management advised people to stay off beaches and out of waterways.

One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded, the tremor tore apart houses, bridges and highways and sent a tsunami racing halfway around the world.

Prime Minister John Key said the Government would provided assistance to Chile if requested.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the embassy in Santiago were working to account for New Zealanders in Chile, although there were no reports of Kiwi casualties.

LOWER NORTH ISLAND Two caregivers violently beat and abused an intellectually disabled Levin man in his own home, a court has been told. Two men, with interim name suppression, were on trial in Palmerston North District Court for beating the disabled man at a community home.

UPPER SOUTH ISLAND A 17-year-old who fired off shots with a gaspowered pistol faced a $2621 bill for the three bus windows he smashed.

Charlie Leonard William Osborne pleaded guilty to firing the pellet-gun with intent to frighten a cyclist.

LOWER SOUTH ISLAND

Boats were warned to stay off the water

Dunedin residents will soon be getting their teeth into a new sculpture set to grace their harbourside. The artwork was a set of six large wisdom teeth, made from concrete and Oamaru stone, by Wellington artist Regan Gentry.

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■ Housing and fisheries minister Phil Heatley resigns over expenses claim.

■ Scandal revolves around claim for bottles of wine worth $70.

■ Auditor-general’s office launches investigation.

New Zealand was put on tsunami alert on Sunday after the earthquake which hit Chile.

People were warned to keep away from beaches amid fears a massive surge of water could come ashore.

The first waves hit New Zealand about 8am, and the Chatham Islands and Banks Peninsula near Christchurch, were expected to receive waves between one to three metres.

The waves posed a threat to people in boats, on beaches and in coastal communities and the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency

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SUMMARY

hil Heatley resigned his ministerial roles after Prime Minister John Key asked him about a claim for bottles of wine.

An emotional Heatley resigned as housing and fisheries minister over misspending the taxpayers’ money. He handed over all of his accounts to the Office of the Auditor General to investigate.

Key said officials had been talking to the auditor-general’s office already over the expenses issue.

“It came to my attention yesterday [Wednesday] that

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Racism accusation

The Child Abuse Action Group welcomed the seven-year jail term imposed on convicted child molester Cezanne Visser, also known as ‘Advocate Barbie’.

However, the Group described her bail as “sick”.

Pretoria High Court Judge Chris Eksteen turned down an application by Visser for leave to appeal against his findings on

Cezanne Visser

6.2

The percentage which the Consumer Price Inflation rose in January. Food prices were cited as one of the major contributors to the continued upward pressure.

More protests: Residents of Orange Farm, south of Johannesburg, block the Golden Highway during a protest against poor housing construction and the lack of basic amenities. Similar protests have been held across the country.

the merits of the case, but extended her bail pending an application to the Supreme Court of Appeal, for leave to appeal.

Her bail was increased to R10,000 and she was ordered to surrender her passport.

boyfriend when they were attacked.

Without saying a word, Seabi drew his service pistol and fired several shots at the new boyfriend.

Guard shoots girlfriend

Just as the red-hot exchange of words over ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema’s wealth and business interests appeared to die down, the league itself fuelled the fire.

It said they would defend his right to do business with anyone, because he was neither a Member of Parliament nor a Cabinet minister.

A Limpopo security guard shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend and her friend, before turning the gun on himself.

Police said 27-year-old Edmond Seabi stormed into the home of his 25-year-old ex-girlfriend, Mmakoena Makgapa, after she dumped him.

She was with her new

Malema controversy

5.5bn

The amount in rands that was committed towards the construction and upgrading of roads in Gauteng.

3.7m

The amount in rand awarded to a Pretoria widow in a court case against the Road Accident Fund, after an accident claimed her husband’s life.

1.3m

The number of tourists expected in South Africa for the 2010 World Cup, according to President Jacob Zuma, compared to the recently adjusted Fifa estimate of 150,000.

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Port Elizabeth 21

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presidential visit: The flags of South Africa and Britain fly together on the Mall in London as the UK prepares to welcome South African President Jacob Zuma on a three-day State visit this week. He is expected to arrive on Tuesday.

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1.5bn

The amount in rands that the Competition Commission wanted Pioneer Foods to be fined for price-fixing.

They were fined R195.

An appeal was pending.

State-owned arms subsidiary Denel was accused of excluding whites from its learnerships and training programmes.

Trade union Solidarity spokesman Jaco Kleynhans said the Denel entity, RheinMetal Denel Munitions (RDM), advertised learnership positions for chemical operators and apprenticeships for artisanships.

In terms of two notices from RDM regarding the company’s artisan programme said only black, Indian and coloured students could apply.

The advertisements were distributed internally.

‘Barbie’ sentenced

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Electricity shock

KWAZULUNATAL Four people accused of forcing foreigners to jump from a Durban high-rise were charged. Foreigners jumped from a building in Albert Park while trying to escape a crowd of more than 100 people wielding bush knives in January. Two people died.

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FREE STATE Nersa chairwoman Cecilia Khzwayo announces the massive price hikes

hikes, more than four times the current rate of inflation, “totally unacceptable”.

Spokesman Patrick Craven said Cosatu would not hesitate to mobilise its members and the South African public to embark on strike action and protests over the price hikes.

Craven predicted that the economy would be hit by a rise

in inflation, jeopardising its chances of recovering from the recession.

However, energy minister Dipuo Peters said the matter should be looked at in a positive context of the possibilities it created.

She said the rises would allow for capital investment to ensure supply stability.

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Business worried about Cup crime, staff leave and delivery delays.

EGN managing director Martin Humphries said a large proportion of staff was going to want to take leave during the World Cup. He said forward planning was crucial, otherwise companies could be faced by a Christmas shutdown-type scenario in the middle of the year.

He added traffic congestion would also be a major issue for companies making and receiving deliveries, while imports and exports might also be hampered.

Nine school boys were arrested at Wesselsbron for burglaries after police launched a special investigation.

Computer equipment and other goods valued at R12,000 were recovered.

The boys were released under the supervision of their parents or a guardian.

WESTERN CAPE A Cape Town man who was arrested for gesturing at President Jacob Zuma’s convoy was pressing ahead with a damages claim against the police. The man was arrested on February 10 by members of Zuma’s VIP protection unit after allegedly giving the finger as the convoy of the President passed him.

NORTH WEST

There are concerns World Cup fun might cost businesses

A meeting of key stakeholders was planned to determine whether the economy was out of a recession. Premier Maureen Modiselle said economic growth remained challenged by backlogs.

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■ Electricity price increases of about 25 per cent per year are approved.

■ ANC welcomes announcement, but Cosatu is angry.

■ Widespread job losses are expected.

While excitement was mounting over the upcoming Fifa World Cup, information sharing organisation Executives Global Networking (EGN) said the tournament could present some disruptions for business.

It said some of South Africa’s top chief executive officers, chief financial officers and human resources executives had been meeting to discuss how their businesses could be negatively affected and how to effectively prepare for possible disruptions.

These included issues such as absenteeism, business

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SUMMARY

outh Africa was reeling at the news that the National Electricity Regulator of SA (Nersa) had granted electricity utility Eskom permission to increase its tariffs by about 25 per cent per year, for three years.

The announcement led to threats of strikes and dire warnings of job losses.

Nersa announced it was granting the power utility a 24.8 per cent tariff increase for 2010, 25.8 per cent for 2011, and 25.9 per cent for 2012.

The ruling ANC’s powerful ally, the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) called the

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RUGBY UNION The Force call in reinforcements with former Chiefs playmaker David Hill joining the franchise. Hill played one Test off the bench for the All Blacks in 2006.

TUESDAY

TENNIS Bernard Tomic gets the call-up for Australia’s Davis Cup team.

He will became the youngest player to represent Australia in the competition when he plays this week in Melbourne.

WEDNESDAY

AFL Sacked Saints player Andrew Lovett has an early win over his dismissal after it’s ruled he can take his case to the AFL grievance tribunal. Expect a drawn out legal battle.

THURSDAY

SURFING The who’s who of world surfing front up on the Gold Coast for the Quiksilver Pro and Roxy Pro event. Golden girl Stephanie Gilmour is aiming for a fourth straight world title in 2010.

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FRIDAY

CRICKET The riches of the IPL prove too hard to resist for Western Australia coach Tom Moody who steps down from his duties. There was talk he’d be sacked anyway.

SATURDAY

RUGBY LEAGUE The annual Charity Shield match between St George and Souths finishes in a 26-26 draw. Jamie Soward misses a conversion from the sideline which would have won it.

MONDAY FOOTBALL Crusaders V Glenavon Northern Ireland Premiership 7.45pm Sky Sports 1

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TUESDAY CRICKET Bangladesh V England Second ODI 7.30am Sky Sports 1

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WEDNESDAY FOOTBALL England V Egypt International friendly 8pm ITV1

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MOTORSPORTS English rider Leon Haslam clinches the opening world superbike race of the Australian round in one of the closest races ever staged at Phillip Island.

To be honest, we “ haven’t had a huge

amount of sex … um, success, the last two times we’ve travelled here

”

It seems life on the road is taking its toll on Aussie cricket coach Tim Nielsen’s love life.

THURSDAY BASKETBALL Orlando V Golden Gate NBA action 12am ESPN FRIDAY TENNIS France V Germany Davis Cup 12pm Sky Sports 4 SATURDAY FOOTBALL Fulham V Tottenham FA Cup Rnd 6 5.20pm ITV1 SUNDAY RUGBY UNION Sale V Northampton Guinness Premiership 2.30pm Sky Sports 2

PUB TALK: BRITISH SPORT EXPLAINED

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Jonathan Davies He’s always got a bit to say when talking about rugby.

He sure does. Whenever he’s interviewed or commentating on the BBC he doesn’t hold back and his opinions are usually well-founded.

What’s his background?

He’s a rugby union and

league legend. He played 37 Tests for Wales before switching over to league.

How did he go in league?

Brilliantly. He played 10 games for Great Britain and even played for Canterbury and the Cowboys in Australia. He went back to union but still commentates on both codes.

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Brumbies fullback Adam Ashley-Cooper breaks the defence

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Smith steals win Stormers 17 P Louw try; J Pietersen 4 pens

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19 Brumbies G Smith try; M Giteau 1 con 4 pens

Veteran Brumbies flanker George Smith went from possession pilferer to try stealer in his side’s potentially season-shaping 19-17 win over the Stormers in a torrid Super 14 clash in Cape Town.

The Canberra-based franchise’s second win in three away games gave them a strong platform heading into a run of five home matches in their next six fixtures.

“Seven of our last 10 games are at home now, so it looks like a good run home, but it’s as good as we will make it,” Brumbies captain Stephen Hoiles said.

Numerous errors and penalties contributed

to a dour struggle in which most of the drama was reserved for the final five minutes, in which the only two tries were scored.

Smith’s converted 77th minute intercept try off a pass from Stormers prop Brok James broke a 12-12 deadlock, but the visitors survived a late scare before clinching victory.

Stormers flanker Pieter Louw, who had a first-half try disallowed for grounding the ball on the in-goal line, crashed over for a legitimate score in the final few seconds.

However, the conversion attempt of fullback Joe Pietersen drifted wide of the posts and the Stormers surrendered their unbeaten record.

“It was tough and we were a bit lucky in that last minute to get away with a win,” Smith said after the game.

Rebels target SA forwards The Melbourne Rebels were casting their recruitment net far and wide, looking to South Africa to bolster their forward stocks.

With the ARU announcing the deadline for its domestic player transfer deadline for all provinces had been brought forward to March 15, the Rebels have been linked with a number of Australian players including NSW flyhalf Daniel Halangahu and lock David Dennis, as well as former Wallabies skipper Stirling Mortlock, who is set to leave the Brumbies.

With quality props in short supply in Australia, coach Rod Macqueen said they were looking for players in South Africa, where there were almost half a million registered.

“Certainly in some of the signings of marquee players there are some opportunities for us there in South Africa,” Macqueen said.

“There’s no doubt that one of the issues Australian rugby’s got is that we don’t have a lot of depth in that area.”

The 1999 World Cup-winning coach said the Rebels had scouts on the ground in South Africa, while he already had a good insight into their player talent.

He ruled out Argentina as a source of players because their best were already earning huge contracts in Europe.

Highlanders fall short of bonus point Cheetahs 24 H Brussouw, J Smith tries; N Olivier 1 con 4 pens

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31 Highlanders M Hobbs, K Lynn, F Vainikolo tries; I Dagg, M Hobbs cons; I Dagg 4 pens

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The Highlanders injected some life into their Super 14 rugby campaign with a 31-24 defeat of the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein.

A tenacious performance from the southerners was rewarded with a deserved first win of the campaign following tight losses to the Crusaders and Blues.

The visitors thought they had snared a bonus point try through flanker Adam Thomson in the dying moments but he was denied.

Michael Hobbs and Jimmy Cowan tackle Heinrich Brussow

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It’s a game “ of inches

Gary Botha of the Bulls beats Wycliff Palu of the Waratahs

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Reds coach Ewan McKenzie bemoans his young side’s failure to adapt to the slippery conditions as well as the Blues.

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Keven Mealamu BLUES The big man marked his 98th appearance for the Blues with a strong allround game. It was the All Blacks hooker defending desperately when the Reds’ Will Chambers fluffed a potentially match-winning score.

THE TABLE Team Bulls Hurricanes Chiefs Crusaders Stormers Blues Brumbies Reds Highlanders Cheetahs Waratahs Lions Sharks Force

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L 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3

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PTS 15 14 14 10 9 9 8 6 5 5 5 2 2 0

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OTHER MATCHES

Chiefs V Reds, Brumbies V Lions, Stormers V Highlanders, Cheetahs V Hurricanes.

Bye: Bulls, Force

Bulls fight back Bulls 48 F Hougaard 2, S Dippenaar, W Olivier, JL Potgieter, G van den Heever tries; M Steyn 6 cons 2 pens

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38 Waratahs D Mitchell, B Mowen, T Polota-Nau, L Turner tries; B Barnes 2, K Beale cons; B Barnes 3 pens drop goal

The Waratahs produced their best rugby of the season but still lost to the Bulls in Pretoria after surrendering an early lead.

The Bulls scored six tries to four as NSW scored the first 17 points and led 26-10.

The Bulls were rewarded for some bold play, with several of their tries coming after Victor Matfield eschewed chances to kick for Crusaders 35 Z Guildford 2, A Whitelock, Q MacDonald tries; D Carter 3 pen, 3 con

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6 Sharks R Kockott 2 pen

Some vintage Crusaders form returned as a dominant forward effort carried them back to the winners’ circle in Christchurch.

The Crusaders scored two of their four tries through winger Zac Guildford.

Up 16-6 with nine minutes to play, the hosts rocketed clear with late tries to Guildford, Adam Whitelock and Quentin MacDonald to snare a bonus point.

Force 19 R Cross try; J O’Connor 3 pen, con, B Sheehan pen

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37 Chiefs H Elliot, L Masaga, C Bourke, T Nanai-Williams tries; S Donald 3 pen, 4 con

The Chiefs compounded the Western Force’s woes with a comfortable victory in Perth.

Lelia Masaga, almost struck in the corner while Callum Bruce was also held up over the line before Colin Bourke and Tim NanaiWilliams ensured the Chiefs pocketed maximum points and climbed to second on the table in their best start to a season.

goal. Sparked by a strong forward effort and runs from man-of-the-match Luke Burgess, NSW impressed with their early play.

A converted try to centre Stephan Dippenaar got the Bulls to within nine points at half-time, as they ended the period defending 12 phases of Waratah pressure in their own quarter.

“It’s not just about attack, you’ve got to defend well and at times the pressure got to us and we let in a couple of easy tries,” Waratahs captain and flanker Phil Waugh said.

Reds 18 W Genia, L Weeks tries; Q Cooper con 2 pens

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27 Blues A Boric, A Mathewson, R Wulf, R Ranger tries; S Brett, L Munro cons; S Brett pen

A powerful Blues rained on the Reds’ return to Ballymore, coming from behind for victory.

While they trailed by five points, the Blues pounced after the break with quick tries to lock Anthony Boric and halfback Alby Mathewson.

Queensland’s soft defence and poor kicking at critical times let them down as the Blues mastered the wet conditions better.

Hurricanes 33 M Paterson, P Weepu, A Hore, D Smith tries; W Ripia 3 pen, con, P Weepu con

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18 Lions D Minnie, T Clever tries; E Rowe 2 pen, con

The Hurricanes were forced to work much harder than predicted before beating the Lions in Wellington.

The Hurricanes only collected a bonus-point fourth try 12 minutes from full-time when backs Conrad Smith and Corey Jane featured in a sweeping move which gifted a five-pointer to wing David Smith.

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verbeek’s decision Pim Verbeek’s future as Socceroos coach will be resolved this week. The Dutchman’s current contract expires after the World Cup, but he will decide whether he will continue on past that point after Australia’s Asian Cup qualifier against Indonesia on Wednesday.

green goes home Danny Green will switch his world boxing title defence against Manny Siaca to his hometown Perth after people power convinced the West Australian government to provide backing. Green will put his IBO title on the line against Puerto Rican Siaca at Perth’s Challenge Stadium on April 14.

webber sets mark Mark Webber declared Red Bull the best team in the field after testing ahead of this month’s Formula One season-opener in Bahrain.

The Australian finished almost a full second quicker than second-placed Williams driver Nico Hulkenberg in testing at Barcelona.

diamond effort Australia’s netballers won their Test series against England 2-1 after a thrilling two-goal victory. Kate Beveridge was named player of the match.

Ryan Nelsen, left, will miss Thursday’s game against Mexico with a knee injury

Nelsen sidelined Scotland-based defender Steven Old was drafted into the All Whites soccer squad to face Mexico in Los Angeles for injured captain Ryan Nelsen.

Nelsen suffered a hyperextension of his knee in Blackburn’s 3-0 England Premier League win over Bolton last month and while scans revealed no structural damage, he faces four to six

Benji Marshall

Wests Tigers confirmed the re-signing of star fiveeighth Benji Marshall through until the end of the 2015 NRL season.

Marshall, already on contract through until the end of 2011, reaffirmed his commitment to the club in a move which is set to make the New Zealand Test skipper a one-club player.

Marshall, whose early career was dogged by injury, signed the long-term deal on the day of his 25th birthday.

“Securing his services for the next six years is a critical piece of our strategic plan,”

Tigers chief executive Stephen Humphreys said.

“Benji provides enormous value to Wests Tigers both on and off the field and we are absolutely delighted that he will now become a ‘Tiger for Life’.”

Marshall said he was proud to become a one-club man.

“This club has looked after me from the very beginning when I was a young schoolboy at Keebra Park High and have been very loyal to me through the good times and the hardships,” Marshall said.

“The Wests Tigers are like family to me.”

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tempered the disappointment of losing him for a crucial warm-up match.

“It’s a four to six-week concern, but that should alleviate concerns about his fitness for the World Cup, which is the most important thing for us,” Herbert said.

Old was part of the All Whites’ Confederations Cup squad last year after joining Scottish club Kilmarnock.

Marshall commits to Tigers

NZ girls dominate Australia’s women cricketers were whitewashed by New Zealand in the Twenty20 leg of the Rose Bowl series. NZ’s resurgence after a 5-0 drubbing in the one-day series continued at Bellerive Oval as they defended an imposing 7-141 by limiting Australia to 7-137 in reply.

Australia needed 14 from the last over and got only halfway while losing two wickets.

weeks on the sidelines.

He hoped to be fit for the final stages of the All Whites’ World Cup buildup, starting with the trans-Tasman match against the Socceroos in Melbourne on May 24.

All Whites coach Ricki Herbert, currently in South Africa as part of a New Zealand delegation on a World Cup fact-finding mission, said Nelsen’s long-term fitness

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Lassila jumps to gold The 28- year-old buried her heartbreaking performance from the last Winter Olympics once and for all with a stunning victory in the women’s aerials final.

Lassila put paid to that bitter memory when she snatched gold with a flawless double twisting triple somersault on her second jump.

Second after her opening effort behind Mengtao Xu, Lassila had to pull one out of the bag for her next jump – and wait for the Chinese to fail.

Flipping furiously with the highest degree of difficulty of any jump that night, Xu

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The shroud was still there but Turin was the furthest thing from Lydia Lassila’s mind after claiming Australia’s second gold medal of the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

no medal for cooper Jacqui Cooper will go down as arguably Australia’s greatest Olympian never to have won a medal after finishing an admirable fifth in the women’s aerials final.

In her fifth and likely final Olympic campaign, the most successful women’s aerial skier of all time fell short of teammate Lydia Lassila and a strong Chinese contingent.

pitched forward and fell over on her landing to hand victory to the Melburnian.

Lassila’s score of 214.74 was the highest in a women’s Winter Olympic aerials decider.

Jacqui Cooper finished fifth with Liz Gardner 12th.

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Lydia Lassila wins the second gold medal of Australia’s campaign

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Player trading to skyrocket Western Bulldogs coach Rodney Eade expected trading would “go through the roof” as AFL teams began to adapt to free agency.

Clubs continued to react to the historic announcement, with the league to have a limited system of free agency for the first time in late 2012.

As AFL operations manager Adrian Anderson revealed more detail of how the system would work, Hawks coach Alastair Clarkson praised club president Jeff Kennett for voicing his concerns about potential effects.

Adelaide coach Neil Craig said free agency would put the spotlight on the environment at a club, pointing to the Crows’ ability to fend off Gold Coast interest in Kurt Tippett.

Like most in the AFL, Eade felt free agency would come into the game at some point and was generally supportive.

Eade expected trading,

Bulldogs coach Rodney Eade expects trading to rise under free agency

rather than free agency itself, to increase sharply once the new system started.

“I really believe, I don’t

know that the free agency will go through the roof, I think a by-product will be trading will increase greatly,” Eade said.

Saints land narrow win St Kilda could thank a blunder

by Sydney ruckman Mark Seaby for helping get them to the semi-finals of the AFL preseason NAB Cup. Seaby had the chance to kick a nine-point goal when awarded a 50m penalty, but played on before booting the goal, for which he was awarded six points, not nine. The Saints won 2.9.7 (79) to 0.12.6 (78).

Meanwhile, Port Adelaide set up a semi-final showdown against the Western Bulldogs with a ruthless 78-point thumping of West Coast at a scorching Subiaco Oval.

The Power blew the game apart in the third quarter to secure the 4.19.8 (158) to 2.8.14 (80) win.

Barry Hall starred in his Western Bulldogs debut as they belted Hawthorn 1.15.12 (111) to 0.7.12 (54) in their AFL NAB Cup quarter-final.

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How did you land your job in London?

I was the Superintendent’s Office Administration Assistant at Lord’s Cricket Ground. I saw the job on the internet after I arrived.

What are you doing for a living now you’re back in Australia?

ON THE JOB ADAM BARRY Career Membership & Technical Development Officer, Netball Queensland Age 28 Lives Brisbane, Australia Why did you head home?

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Australian economists have forecast further easing in the nation’s jobless rate with new data suggesting businesses are clamouring for workers. The rate is 5.3 per cent, but could fall to 5 per cent this month.

New Zealand’s workforce is being hit by “premature ageing,” says demographer Natalie Jackson, who claims New Zealand is losing people aged 20 to 40 – mainly due to emigration.

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I picked up a position with my former employer (Netball Queensland) as soon I arrived back in Australia.

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Which accountancy and finance jobs are available in Australia?

Hays Globalink’s Rachel Baldy says there’s demand for business analysts and management accountants within the manufacturing

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Senior accountants with a mix of management and financial accounting skills are sought after, as are regulatory accountants with international standards experience.

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fficials from the Australian hospitality industry are warning that hospitality workers must be enticed from overseas to prevent a skill shortages.

Next month, the Australian immigration department will nominate occupations eligible for express visa appplications.

Hospitality professionals, such as industry body Restaurant & Catering Australia’s president Peter Doyle, claim hospitality

workers should be high on the list. “Australia has had a shortage of cooks since the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956,” Doyle said.

“The industry has grown at such a rapid rate the supply of cooks in Australia has never been able to be filled.”

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or Aussie social wokers, slipping back into a job when returning home will be a cinch.

Demand for your skills and experience is high, and what greater motivation is there than to improve someone’s life?

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CURRENT STATE An ageing and burgeoning global population, widespread migration and a lack of qualified social workers has contributed to a rather dire situation in the field of social care in the UK and in Australia.

To give you an idea, there is a 14 per cent vacancy rate across the UK for social workers, and 30 per cent in London alone. The situation in Australia is a hot media topic, and for some years the government has been actively recruiting abroad.

THE RIGHT PERSON If you have worked in social care in the UK, Australia needs you, says Andrew Anastasiou,

head of recruitment organisation HCL Social Care International.

UK-trained social workers “are valued in Australia because of their knowledge of various socioeconomic issues, as well as tried and proven methods of client care,” he says.

“In Australia, there is often a greater focus on therapeutic intervention, which many professionals find attractive.”

THE NITTY GRITTY There are some administrative hurdles that you will need to overcome before you can work Down Under.

For a start, you’ll need to have the papers to prove you are a qualified social worker. Noncitizens will also need a visa to work, although sponsorship may be an option.

You will need to have a minimum of three years’ experience if you work in the children and families discipline, and good references are essential. Be prepared to undergo a police

CARE FOR THE JOB Anita, 26, from Australia, has lived in the UK for five months and works in children’s services.

TELL US ABOUT THE JOB I manage cases involving children in need, working with families, intervening before they have to go on to a child protection plan.

Domestic violence and drug and alcohol use are big factors.

HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO AUSTRALIA? It’s been a learning curve because I was previously working with families who volunteered themselves.

I’m now in a statutory environment. Besides that, the terminology took some getting used to.

ANY ADVICE? Give any job a go. I was warned not to get involved in children’s services, but I’ve really enjoyed myself.

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and working with children check as well.

Additionally, having a valid and clear CRB (criminal records bureau) or home country police check as part of your application will prevent delays from the outset.

WHO TO CALL Your first port of call should be a reputable agency, such as HCL (hclplc.com), which is contracted by the Australian government to entice expats and economic migrants to their shores.

Agencies can advise on where the best roles

You can expect “ a more manageable caseload of clients ” are and what the areas are like, and they can also assist with the paperwork, planning, and setting up telephone interviews.

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A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT Demand for social work is high in rural areas such as Utopia (below), so a career in social care could be a good opportunity for those who want to experience life outside the big Australian cities.

It’s also beneficial to have a sound knowledge of UK legislation and the Australian equivalent, and when you land an interview make sure you can articulate your experience and knowledge.

WORKING IN RURAL AUSTRALIA If your skills are suitable, it is highly likely you will can work with indigenous families in rural Australia, particularly the Northern Territory. This can be an opportunity for a real adventure as you could be covering a region of more than 400km.

Anastasiou says your fitness should be a major consideration as the extremes of heat and humidity can be quite taxing. And there is rarely a dull moment.

“At times we see an expectation that a worker will be out in light aircraft or 4WD vehicles to get to isolated communities and to stay overnight in very rural accommodation (a sleeping bag and a makeshift shelter), so it can turn out to be a bit of an adventure,” he says.

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A TYPICAL DAY Anastasiou says social wokers can expect a more manageable caseload of clients than they are used to in the UK, however each case will, of course, still have its own complexities.

“It’s hands-on, front-line case work for the most part, with most states offering broad roles

encompassing everything from intake, assessment, referral and case support along with court work,” he points out.

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Kiwis converting to pay TV espite subscriber growth down by 50 per cent in the six months to December, Sky TV’s boss reckons 90 per cent of New Zealand households will eventually be paying for his company’s services.

Sky posted a 19 per cent rise in half-year profit to NZ$50.7 million, boosted by

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growth for each Sky subscriber.

“We don’t see anything keeping us from getting to at least 90 per cent,” Sky chief executive John Fellet says. “But it will be done on a two points of penetration a year process.”

Therefore, it would take Sky 20 more years to get to the 90 per cent level.

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Aussies who invest savings in industry funds are almost $80,000 better off at the end of their working lives than those who choose retail funds.

SuperRatings analysed the average fees of 16 industry and 16 retail funds and projected how much they would add up to after 40 years.

Jetstar is overhauling its customer service after the threat of government intervention. Australia’s biggest low-cost airline has revealed it has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in the past year retraining staff in order to reduce complaints about bad customer service.

What have you been spending your money on in London?

I’ve been travelling around and just enjoying it. I’ve spent a lot of money on booze and getting around.

I’ve also enjoyed some great picnics, so I’ve spent quite a bit on exotic cheese.

Money well spent, I say.

What will be your expenses when you get home?

I’ll be back at uni, so I’ll be up for fees in my first week.

Otherwise I’ll be lying low because I’m pretty broke and need to find a job.

How will your spending habits change?

I’ll be back with my parents so I can save money when I need to. I’ll still be going out but I won’t be bouncing around a whole continent.

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So you’re packing up all your stuff and heading home.

Presumably, that means you’ll be cancelling your bills and closing your UK bank accounts. Give yourself plenty of time to do this, and make sure it’s final.

The last thing you want is to find yourself back home, and then have utility companies chasing you for money because your old housemates haven’t paid the bills. Plan ahead. Get your name off bills weeks, rather than days, before you leave London.

And with your bank accounts, get in early and make sure you’re not liable for ongoing fees or won’t be in violation of sneaky fine print.

more than twice the number of customers using its MySky HDi personal video recorders.

About 48 per cent of Kiwi households now subscribe to Sky. The average monthly revenue for each MySky customer rose 12 per cent to $83.89, which is double the pace of overall revenue

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

Give notice on your flat

Check the conditions of your Tenancy Agreement. If you want to leave before your lease is up you may be liable to pay until new tenants are found.

If you’re living in a sharehouse and haven’t signed a contract, you can move out whenever you want, though it’s usual to give a month’s notice and help find someone to move in.

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I’ve spent the past five years living and working in the UK, but the time has come to move home to Australia.

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With regard to the UK flat, you will have to lodge UK tax returns including your rental income. UK domestic law and Double Tax Agreements allow the UK full taxing rights

over income from UK property, though there are different rules if you manage it yourself.

Under the Double Tax Agreements between the UK and Australia you may be entitled to Foreign Tax Credits.

The word “domiciled” means permanent place of abode. The Australian tax office will deem a person to be a resident of Australia if they are in Australia, unless the taxpayer can satisfy the commissioner that their permanent abode is outside Australia.

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to yourself is about £80 a week.

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

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

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

Leases You may need to sign a lease for six or 12 months.

Pay and cancel your bills

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

Settle overdrafts and credit cards Any defaults

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

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TAX 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.

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

For sea freight (which should take no longer than 12 weeks to arrive) you’ll pay about £80£150 for your first box – less for suitcases – and £30-£90 for additional boxes.

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JUST ARRIVED ACCOMMODATION There are Antipodeans and South Africans calling all parts of London home, but generally they tend to head west (Acton, Shepherd’s Bush, Fulham, Hammersmith), north (Dollis Hill, Kilburn, Willesden Green) or south (Clapham, Southfields, Tooting).

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Dossing Offer to chip in £5 a night minimum.

Hostels Expect to pay at least £10-£25 a night.

Sharing You can share a room for about £50 a week. A room

Getting a job doesn’t have to be an impossible task. Register with a couple of agencies, the cream of which advertise in TNT and at tntjobs.co.uk.

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.

NATIONAL INSURANCE You need a National Insurance (NI) number to work in the UK. Call 0845 600 0643 to make an appointment to apply for one.

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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Paddleboarding’s the new punting, and Cambridge is the place to get involved WORDS AMY ADAMS

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PADDLE WHAT? For those in the dark, the cumbersomely named sport involves standing upright on a surfboard, using a paddle to propel yourself over the water.

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unting in Cambridge is not only so last year, it’s so last century. These days, the cool thing to do on the River Cam is stand-up paddleboarding.

“It’s punting for the 21st century,” says Roland Turner, who launched a paddleboarding company in the university city last year. “It’s quicker, cooler, and involves a lot more skill.”

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a host of celebrity fans including Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Aniston.

It’s also the fastest-growing water sport in the world. Turner, an avid wind-surfer, started paddleboarding to keep fit when he couldn’t get to the coast. He was soon hooked and opened up the Fen Paddle Company.

“They’ll get the chance to build their core muscles, limbo under bridges and trees or perform 180 or 360 degree spins,” he says of his customers. “The skills they’ll have learned on the river can then be taken to the sea.”

DON’T LOOK DOWN As Turner sets the surprisingly light and reassuringly wide boards on the water my mind is far away from 360 spins and riding waves, though. First things first, will I fall in?

“What’s your balance like?” he shoots back, grinning. We’re about to find out. I step gingerly

CONCENTRATION NOW BEGINS We duck under a bridge and a woman jogging above us shouts down: “What a lovely way to spend the day – much more fun than what I’m doing.” More fun, and just as good for you.

Stand-up paddleboarding is a great workout, using balancing to strengthen your core muscles. I clench various muscles to see which ones are being worked and the movement sends a ripple through the board.

The ripple turns into a wobble and then ungainly lurching as I try desperately to regain my balance before plunging into the river.

Gasping, I reach the surface and clamber back on my board, held steady by a surprised-looking Turner. “You were doing so well!” he exclaims.

In the translucent Cam, though, there’s no harm in a little dunking. But it might be a while before I try paddleboarding on the Thames.

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A one-hour session starts at £35

GET SPORTY IN CAMBRIDGE There are lots of sports on offer in Cambridge for brainiacs to let off steam.

■ PUNTING

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■ BIKING Rent a bike and join the students buzzing round the city on two wheels.

■ SPRINTING Make like Harold Abrahams, whose story was told in the film Chariots Of Fire, and sprint round the Great Court of Trinity College in the time it takes for the clock to strike 12.

■ SWIMMING Not only for those who fall off their paddleboard, in summer there’s an area of the Cam towards the Fens cordoned off for swimming.

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on to the board and am relieved to find it feels surprisingly stable. Keeping my legs bent and trying to resist looking down, we paddle slowly away from Cambridge towards the Fens.

WHEN TO GO Fen Paddle Company operates from April until September.

GETTING THERE Catch a train from Liverpool Street or King’s Cross stations, which takes 60-90 minutes.

GETTING AROUND You can easily walk the centre of Cambridge, or join the locals who get round by bicycle. Buses run from the station to the town centre.

A taxi is about £5.

GOING OUT A pint costs about £2.80.

ACCOMMODATION Dorm beds from £13.95 at the YHA (yha.org.uk). Doubles from £20.

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The region that gave its name to the bubbly wine is a fantastic part of France to explore. Only an hour from Paris, Champagne has lipsmacking wine trails that weave through picturesque countryside and villages, and best of all, dozens of tipples to sample – from the palatial home of Moët & Chandon to friendly family outfits operating out of little more than a shed.

and hold literally millions of bottles of bubbly.

BEST OF THE REST The Champagne region has four well-marked trails that weave their way through mile after mile of vineyards, rolling countryside and charming villages that all look so authentically French you’ll think they’re straight off a film set. Driving along the route is a great way to get a feel for the region. There are dozens of champagne houses along the way – visitors are welcome to drop in for a free tasting.

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HEADLINE ATTRACTION Most of the famous producers (such as Moët & Chandon, Mumm and Veuve Cliquot) offer English-language tours, which are a delicious way to learn about the famous drink and glug a bit of their product afterwards. While some tours need to be booked in advance, for most you just turn up and start sipping. These underground cellars are a constant chilly 10-12˚C (make sure you take a jumper) and can stretch for kilometre after kilometre

Reddition), the site where the Germans surrendered to end World War II.

GET THE CAMERA OUT Is it fluctuating temperatures, the unique subsoil or divine providence that makes Champagne’s ‘terroir’ (the geographical conditions) so special? To find out, visit the Musée de la Vigne, housed in a lighthouse, which was built as a promotional gimmick in 1909. The gardens offer great panoramic views over the surrounding vineyards.

A BIT OF HISTORY STARTING OUT The regional capital, Reims, is a great base for exploring the area and an interesting city in its own right. The Notre-Dame de Reims – the cathedral where kings of France were once crowned – is impressive, and there are many historical monuments, castles, palaces and, of course, some fine champagne houses (try Taittinger and Pommery). Also worth a look is the Museum of the Surrender (Salle de

Perched atop vine-covered slopes, Hautvillers is a pretty village known as the birthplace of Champagne for its connection with Dom Pérignon, the 17th century monk whose discoveries shaped the methods of production still used today.

NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO Any time is good, but spring and autumn are best.

GETTING THERE From Paris, take a train (45 minutes) or drive (one hour) to Reims.

VISAS South Africans need a Schengen visa.

CURRENCY Euro. 1 GBP = 1.15 EUR. LANGUAGE French.

GETTING AROUND A tour or hire car is the best bet. See tntmagazine.com/ toursearch. Get 5 per cent off car rental at easycar. com/tntmagazine ACCOMMODATION There are few hostels. Your best bet is B&Bs, rooms start at about €60. For more information see gites-de-france.com SEE champagne-ardennetourism.co.uk

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PROGRESS Trek to the Cathedral of Santiago as people from across the Christian world visit the grave of the apostle Saint James WORDS ROBERT WILLIAMS

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he Camino de Santiago de Compostela, known in English as The Way of St James, on the north-west tip of Spain, might just be the ultimate active break.

For more than a thousand years, tourists and pilgrims have been walking this route to the Cathedral of Santiago to visit the grave of the apostle Saint James (‘Sant Iago’ in Spanish).

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UP HIGH This is a hike with a difference. Even if you aren’t religious – and most people who do the Camino are not obvious god-botherers – a trek with lots of footsteps but no carbon footprint is

understandably popular. Last year more than 100,000 people received their ‘compostelas’ – the traditional Latin certificate of pilgrimage – in Santiago.

This year there will be even more, with Santiago celebrating a Holy Year, as St James’s Day (July 25) falls on a Sunday.

If this all sounds a little, er, pious, rest assured the scenery is varied and wonderful, the wine is cheap, and the tortillas are sublime.

CATHEDRAL TOWNS ON THE WAY SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA

Trekking across the meseta

de Compestela, and is one of the most popular with pilgrims. It runs from St-Jean-Pied-de-Port, in the foothills of the French Pyrénées, across 800km of northern Spain to the Cathedral de Santiago de Compostela in Galicia.

This path can be divided into three main sections – the Pyrénées and the rolling hills of the Basque country; the hot, flat and empty central ‘meseta’ (tableland), and more green hills of Galicia. The Camino also goes through the city centres of some beautiful Spanish cities, including Pamplona, Burgos and León.

GETTING STARTED In St-Jean-Pied-de-Port, we pick up our ‘pilgrim passports’, or credentials for the walk. These must be stamped and dated at each stage of the journey, preferably not always in bars. They entitle you to a place in the Spanish refugios, which are dormitories along the way. These basic accommodations have double and even triple bunks in big rooms.

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Roncevalles. The path wasn’t too difficult, but the mountains were high. We took the advice of the hospitalero (dormitory warden) and followed the lower route, after hearing about a recent fatality during a snowstorm on the high level route.

In general we found the path to Santiago was clearly marked by yellow arrows and the image of the scallop shell. The shell is a 1000-year-old symbol of achievement that has long been the emblem of the Camino de Santiago.

THE ACTUAL TREK From St-Jean there was a long hike over the Pyrénées to the Spanish monastery of

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ARRIVAL AT LAST At its heart, the Camino is not about history, but walking. After 32 days on foot (and two rest days) we arrived in Santiago de Compostela.

We triumphantly received our compostelas, and headed off to Pilgrim Mass. In order to qualify for the ‘compostela’, we had to prove that we’d walked the last 100km to Santiago.

Santiago de Compostela We managed to complete the 800km from St Jean in one go, but MADRID many pilgrims do the Camino in stages, coming back over a period of months – or even years – to SPAIN complete the walk. I can absolutely understand why.

WHEN TO GO Spring and autumn are best. It’s not too hot, cold or crowded.

GETTING THERE To reach St Jean Pied-de-Port fly from London to Biarritz and get a bus or train to Bayonne. From there you can take either a bus or train to St Jean. Eurolines runs a coach service from London to Bayonne. You can fly directly from Stansted to Santiago.

VISAS South Africans need a Schengen visa.

CURRENCY Euro. 1 GBP = 1.15 EUR. LANGUAGE Spanish.

GOING OUT Pilgrim menus are about €7-10, a beer costs €2-4.

ACCOMMODATION Beds in refugios cost from nothing except a donation to €10.

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LEÓN In the Middle Ages all pilgrims stopped in León.

After walking for a week across the empty meseta, León really feels like a cosmopolitan metropolis.

The city is famous for the gothic León Cathedral.

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The final stop of the Camino happens to be a great destination in its own right.

The cathedral is the first destination for pilgrims, but the old town has many narrow winding streets full of historic buildings.

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WINNER NEWQUAY, CORNWALL Marlos de Souza, Brazil

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Marlos has totally ignored the ‘no large black faceless areas’ rule and used it to great effect in this atmospheric image of Newquay.

You would think you were looking at this image upside down if it were not for the little Lowry-like figures cavorting on the reflective sands.

The cliffs in total shadow

make them seem huge and imposing, totally dominating the landscape. An original and dramatic seascape.

HOT TIP: Huge areas of black space will literally overshadow your whole image. Make sure you use any large black areas for a jolly good reason, as Marlos has done.

RUNNER-UP VICTOR, STREET CHILD FROM MSAMARIA STREET KIDS CENTRE, TANZANIA Joanna Sargent A classic portrait with eyes on the rule of thirds, face nicely framed by the hood, and the strong sidelight adds atmosphere.

The simplicity of the colour scheme makes the image powerful and draws attention

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The beauty of photography is how lots of apparently disparate elements can come together to form one pure moment in time. Henri Cartier Bresson spent his whole life perfecting the ‘decisive moment’ approach to photography, and it has caused many discussion and arguments in the photographic world in general. This street shot by Scott pulls together lots of elements into one cohesive image.

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WHY THIS WORKS: 1 Balanced composition, each element is clear and has its own space.

2 Spontaneous expressions as the subjects engage with the camera.

3 The inclusion of the dog and the monkey gives depth and context to the image.

4 Each figure has a story – the

man on the mobile, the boy with a snake on his head, the woman carrying the basket.

5 Frame is filled with interest – no wasted space.

HOT TIPS: 1 Purists demand that the decisive moment is completely candid, subjects unaware of the camera.

2 To really get the style, shoot on a 50mm lens (the natural angle as viewed by the human eye), using black and white film, with no postprocessing effects such as increasing contrast.

3 Anticipate the moment.

Study a scene and try to think what would make it complete – a person looking out of the

window, a car turning the corner. It’s amazing how many times I have done this and what I’ve wished for has actually happened in the next five minutes.

4 Turn off the flash – the pure reportage style is natural light.

5 Trust your instincts. If it feels right forget the rules – just shoot.

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You might think I’m being contrary, but I wouldn’t bother. I’m sure the Galapagos wildlife is great and it’s wild and remote, but there are too many people going and it’s too expensive to justify the effort. Mainland South America is cheaper, and much more fun.

Most people who go to the Galapagos do so on a boat-based tour, where you visit some islands by day and sleep on the vessel at night.

Tours commonly last from four to eight days and, excluding international flights, cost about £1300 to £2000. These are arranged either from the UK, in which case you usually pay more than if booking through Ecuador, but you can be sure of the quality. If you do book through an Ecuador-based company you’re still better to do it in advance: Ecoventura (ecoventura.com) and Columbus Travel (columbusecuador.com) are two to try.

There are no worries with combining the Galapagos with elsewhere in South America.

Ecuador is compact and diverse, and offers volcanoes, jungle and mountains – but you can fly into Quito and go where you please. Journey Latin America (journeylatinamerica.co.uk) can help with flights, tours and transfers.

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As any Kiwi reading this will testify, New Zealand is big place, and there are two large islands of difference between the mild climate of Auckland and the driving winds and rain of Invercargill in the far south.

That said, I would follow a similar itinerary whether there in winter or summer, and just do different things along the way. So still living it up in Auckland, but seeking out cosy cafés in Parnell rather than getting sunburnt hiking to the peak of Rangitoto Island.

You might also get chased out of town by a terrifyingly over-amorous Italian girl – or perhaps that’s one NZ treat only I was lucky enough to receive …

From here Rotorua, the Coromandel and Napier are fine places to hit before Wellington.

It’s in the South Island that things really get revved up, with skiing in beautiful places such as Queenstown and around Lake Wanaka. June to August is skiing high season. Book ahead if you’ll be in the south at this time.

It’ll be cold and wet in what I firmly believe is the most beautiful part of not just New Zealand but the whole world, the Marlborough Sounds, but you still shouldn’t miss this area.

My girlfriend and I are thinking about making a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Galapagos Islands? I’d like some advice on ways to make it a bit more economical.

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LOST PROPERTY Fifteen blow-up dolls, an erotic salt and pepper shaker and 30 Spiderman costumes where among the treasure trove of saucy items left by guests staying at European hostels.

Generator Hostels, which operates two of the three biggest hostels in the world in London and Berlin, has also amassed a bizarre collection of lost property including 243 sticky moustaches, 150 sombreros and 10 mountain bikes on top of the expected mobile phones and keys.

TUNE INTO TRAVEL TALKS Ever wished you could chat to a genuine travel expert about your upcoming holiday plans? Whether it’s Italy, India or just getting out into the world in general, the varied programme of travel talks at TNT Magazine’s annual Travel Show is the place to find the information you crave.

The TNT Travel Show – London’s largest free travel show – is on Saturday, March 13, in Earl’s Court.

Come along and hear travel journalist Frances Linzee Gordon share her top tips for safe independent travel. Later on, listen to travel writer Mark Kalch recounts his eye-watering

60-day solo walking adventure across Iran.

And if that isn’t enough, the show also boasts specialists on travel in Egypt from On The Go, Eastern European knowledge from Eastern Trekker, Russian tips from Vodkatrain and hints on seeing the best of Europe on a budget care of the clever people at Busabout.

Once you’ve taken your fill of travel tales get out into the rest of TNT’s Travel Show and chat to the exhibitors and take advantage of the exclusive travel deals available on the day.

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EARS ON EGYPT Those planning a trip to see the pyramids shouldn’t miss the chance to hear acclaimed Egyptologist Sameh Nazeeh talk about the wonders of the country on March 12.

The talk will take place at Miss Q’s Lounge Bar on Earl’s Court Rodd, and is presented by Flight Centre and On The Go. There will be prize giveaways and discounts on the night.

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Travellers loyal to South America Interest in travelling to Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina and Chile has been on the increase since the recent floods and mudslides at Peru’s Machu Picchu, according to tour operator Dragoman.

The Incan ruins are expected to reopen in April after being shut last month,

when severe rains in the regions cut off rail access to the site.

Dragoman’s Matthew Fletcher said: “Travellers are remaining loyal to South America as a destination even if they are unable to travel to Machu Picchu in the short term.”

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Throughout Thailand April 13-15 An almighty water fight held in the peak of the hot season and everyone is fair game.

Celebrations are particularly wild In the northern city of Chiang Mai.

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most colourful of Andalucia’s festivals takes place in a tent city set up to indulge the favourite Spanish pastimes of eating, drinking and dancing late into the night.

WHERE: South-west of the city centre, in the area known as El Real de la Feria.

WHEN: April 20-25.

WHY: Any excuse for a party, basically. The fairgrounds get lit up and then the bullfighting begins.

DO IT BECAUSE: It’s an incredible week sure to dazzle the senses. If dancing flamenco until dawn isn’t your thing, you can always take a ride in a horse-drawn carriage or check out the city’s tapas bars.

HOW MUCH: Free to attend.

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Maricha Callaghan, 21, from South Africa Best place you’ve been and why?

London – I love the city life.

Most over-rated place?

Pietermaritzburg – it’s a really boring city.

Dream destination and why?

Jamaica – I’d just like to chill with everyone there.

Where are the friendliest locals?

South Africa – I had a pub in Greytown and the people there were great.

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Cat Gurney and Dave McCarthy from Australia at the Gullfoss waterfall, Iceland

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KYOTO PROTOCOL Tune in and chill out in the Zen atmosphere this historic Japanese city embodies WORDS MARIE TEATHER

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UNVEILING KYOTO’S SECRETS From the pebbled Zen gardens to a temple full of chanting monks, or noticing that the garden of Ginkakuji Temple was designed to appreciate the moonlight – once you find one pocket of beauty, you’ll want to do it again.

Kyoto is centre stage for Japan’s traditional culture, and where much of Japanese history was played out. The Japanese refer to Kyoto as

Once you find “ a pocket of beauty, you want to again ” ‘the heart of Japan,’ a sentiment evident by the high school students on a pilgrimage to learn about the city that was the nation’s capital for over a thousand years. Needless to say, it should rank near the top of any Japan itinerary.

That said, first impressions could be a little disappointing. Stepping into the controversial Kyoto Station for the first time, beneath the futuristic, steel beamed roof known as the Matrix, you’d be forgiven for thinking someone has been playing an elaborate tourist joke.

It doesn’t become any clearer when your taxi arrives with a neon flashing heart on top that would suggest it’s for driving Hello Kitty home, but stay patient. When the taxi stops and you’re told to head down a small, nondescript street to your hotel, rest assured the Kyoto you’re looking for awaits.

SETTLE INTO A RYOKAN Synonymous with any trip to Kyoto is a stay in a traditional Japanese inn, known as a ryokan.

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here it was again. A streak of colour and a scurry in the tiny alleyway up ahead. I crept forward, treading lightly past wooden facades and unmarked doors, careful not to knock the red lanterns that cast an atmospheric glow across the cobbled path. A sharp turn to the left, and there she is: a geisha.

A quick glance over her shoulder, her white made-up face contrasting with the elaborate design of her kimono – and she’s gone.

While we all know that geishas’ inherent beauty, grace and charm have been admired for centuries, the same could be said of Kyoto.

Like waiting for a glimpse of a shy nocturnal creature, you can wait all day for the city to reveal its secrets, and just as you’re about to give up in favour of fast food and a night at karaoke, Kyoto’s discrete world will reveal itself.

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adapting to the Kyoto way. Tip-toeing around in your robe, aware of the other guests’ needs to share facilities, respecting the ryokan owner, and harmonising your whole being to the daily house routine. A trip to Kyoto is no longer about you – you’re trying to tune in, not stand out.

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of the straw-matted flooring, communal baths, and following your bath (not obligatory although you really should), all eating and interaction with the owner and other guests are done wearing the provided slippers and yukata dressing robe.

Food served in a ryokan will be traditional Japanese kaiseki cuisine: a meal of small, varied dishes, and depending on the time of year will feature seasonal or regional specialities.

It may be around this time you realise you’re

JUST RELAX There are thousands of historical temples and shrines in Kyoto, each built in harmony with the natural environment. Most temples you’ll discover are purposely designed to draw the attention to the seasons, from the bright reds

FIVE FOODS TO TRY IN KYOTO Okononiyaki A pan-fried dish particularly popular in the west of Japan. Meaning “to one’s liking”, simply choose your favourite ingredients from octopus, pork, potatoes, kimichi or vegetables, throw some noodles into the batter, and cook on the grill in front of you. A must try!

Tako-yaki A great street-side snack popular in eastern Japan, these octopus balls are baked in a soft batter, topped with a dipping sauce, bonito flakes and mayonnaise, then eaten with a cocktail stick.

Ramen Japan’s premier fast food has regional differences notable to the soup: toppings, noodle thickness and hardness, even the water. Kyoto’s noodles have a strong soup, thick ‘soft’ noodles, and pork slices.

Dango A traditional savoury snack of four or five small, coloured dumplings made from rice flour and toasted on a skewer with soy sauce.

Kids and the older generations love them.

Japanese sweets

Yatsuhashi A soft rice flour parcel folded to resemble triangular ravioli, filled with sweet flavours such as mango, blueberry, or the acquired taste of azuki bean paste. A popular confectionary for Japanese tourists to take back home for colleagues or friends.

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Known as the ‘flowers of the willow world’, geisha are an enduring symbol of Japan.

The word means ‘performing artist’, and although often misconstrued, geisha are simply female entertainers trained to perform traditional arts such as classical music and dance.

Numbers are in decline but Kyoto’s geisha are still considered the elite of a strictly hierarchical ranking.

Even in the city’s five geisha districts, the Gion district has long retained the highest reputation for geisha.

Wander among the tea shops here in early evening and you are likely to catch a geisha or maiko (geisha in training) walking between engagements, but getting more than a glimpse will be unlikely: Gion’s geisha tend to entertain only politicians and businessmen, through personal introductions.

For a more tourist-friendly look at the world of geisha, head to Gion Corner, an art centre at Hanami-koji, where there are daily performances of a tea ceremony, ikebana (flower arranging), kyogen (traditional comic plays) and dances by maiko.

TUNING INTO TRADITION Senses awoken, you’re ready to explore. Leaving the ryokan you can’t go wrong by wandering the myriad streets. It’s during such unscheduled walks that you’re likely to pass Kyoto’s artisans, and family businesses that have passed their trades through generations.

Look out for what may be a kimono fabric maker riding by on his bike, an elderly lady who has been making tofu the way her grandmother showed her, or the young men keeping the rickshaw tradition alive by pulling giggling tourists between sights.

There are five traditional entertainment districts in Kyoto. The most famous is the Gion district, although Pontocho and Kamishichiken districts are also good for teahouses, theatres and restaurants where geisha entertain. The streets here are lined with wooden two-storey buildings with reed screens in the windows to ensure the privacy of guests, and have remained this way since the 16th century.

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of the maple leaves in autumn to the delicate cherry blossoms in spring.

Although more elaborate than most, nothing exemplifies this more than Kinkaku-ji (The Golden Pavilion), a three-storey building of which the upper two are completely covered in gleaming gold leaf (right).

In north-west Kyoto, you can contemplate nature at Ryoan-ji (The Temple of the Peaceful Dragon), Japan’s – if not the world’s – most famous Zen garden.

Whether your time spent at the Zen garden will result in enlightened thinking remains to be seen, but bear in mind that, like Kyoto, a Japanese garden is a collection of subtleties and symbolic elements. More simply, showing less is showing more. The closer you look, the more there is to see – and if you look for the clues, you might catch that geisha after all.

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ONSEN ETIQUETTE Being a volcanic country, Japan is home to thousands of onsens (natural hot springs).

They come in various forms: indoor and outdoor, gender separated and mixed; some are multi-floored centres with saunas, restaurants and massage rooms, others can be a simple wooden tub.

Beyond the initial embarrassment of getting naked with strangers, an hour in an onsen is a hugely pleasurable experience.

Not only is onsen water believed to have healing powers thanks to its mineral content, the Japanese talk of the virtues of “naked communion” for breaking down barriers and getting to know each other.

Take off all your clothes before entering the onsen area, then sit on a small bucket to wash and rinse your body entirely. Entering without cleansing first would be a huge faux pas. Once clean you can soak in the onsen, moving between the various baths.

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WHEN TO GO Temperatures are most comfortable in spring (March to May) and autumn (late September to November). Summer (June to August) can be hot and humid, while winter can be too cold for some.

GETTING THERE There are regular flights from London direct to Tokyo and Osaka.

Kyoto is well connected to both cities’ airports by shinkansen (bullet train) and bus services.

GETTING AROUND Kyoto’s comprehensive bus network is a quick and cost effective way to get around the city as well as the subway, which has two lines running north to south and east to west.

CURRENCY Japanese Yen. 1 GBP = 139 JPY. LANGUAGE Japanese.

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Goodbye Goodall: Cx, you’re

Perth boy at the Jeff Lang gig in Camden: You were the

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tall, blond handsome man with the cheeky smile. You broke my glass of wine … now don’t do the same to my heart! I was the redhead girl from Melbourne. We didn’t talk for long but I would love to chat some more and after all, you do owe me a glass of wine! Email melbournegirl@ hotmail.co.uk.

Farewell Dobby: We’re going to miss our fright sessions when you head back to In Zid. Who’s going to be our little clean freak now?

Crus just isn’t the same – he uses too much bleach! Your astonishing forays on the netball court and touch fields are forever imprinted on our minds! We wish you all the best for your return home … and just cos it’s funny: boo! Love from Churchill Castilians and Cling-ons.

A night of magic: I met you at the She Bu Walkie. Your name was Gertie and your hair was a beautiful shade of ginger.

We started dancing when December 1963 (Oh, What A Night) came on, and danced our way back to your place.

You were worried I wouldn’t like you because of your glass eye, but I didn’t mind, and the sparks that flew matched your wonderful hair. I should’ve taken your number, but I had

post your message at tntmagazine.com/seeking or email seeking@tntmagazine.com

to go. If you’d like to make more sparks fly, then email me at truegingelove@ googlemail.com.

Joey, missing from Nutbrook in Peckham: I couldn’t think

of any other way of contacting you to say I love you and am missing you so much. We were so happy together and, like you wanted, were going to grow old together. If you feel the same again, you know where to find me. Kisses to my Aussie-Irish-Yorkshire man. Amy C. Big guy with a mullet at Waitangi Day: You said your

name was Jonesy and you were the drunkest person I’ve ever met in my life. I think I’m in love with you. You are everything I want and more.

I didn’t get your number but have been thinking about you ever since. Email me at kristym1@hotmail.co.uk.

I really hope to hear from you soon :-).

Dearest Pedey (Perma-Hung):

We can’t believe the time has come to say goodbye to our favourite (and only) old man of the house. We’ll miss our 90210 nights, days in the park, how you made fun of our laughs, nights out in Brixton, barbecues in our backyard, your salad bowl, sharing ‘that app’ and so much more.

Enjoy your trip – you deserve it! From all of the ladies at Sudders … TOOOOORLETT! The guy in the red jacket at the Churchill Arms on Friday, February 12: You’re the hottest

guy I’ve ever come across.

I was too shy to talk to you, but took a photo of you on my phone. Think you may have noticed as my friends don’t understand the word ‘discreetly’. Let’s meet. Email redjackethottie@hotmail.com.

Desperately Seeking is a reader forum, and all messages should be within the spirit of the page; TNT cannot take responsibility for offence caused. No phone numbers can be printed. Messages may be edited for publication. See tntmagazine.com/seeking

Q

I’ve been in a relationship for three years, but I kissed a girl from work at an office party.

I’m confused about what to do. I love my girlfriend, but I’ve been feeling like I’m in a bit of a rut and I’m attracted to the girl at work.

What should I do?

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Naturally, you should focus your attention on the more attractive of the two

girls. Superficial, but you’ll be happier with the hotter girl.

It’s a law of the universe, like gravity or calling shotgun.

If you’re bored with your

girlfriend, go for the office minx. ‘The heart wants what the heart wants’ – words for us all to live by.

Alternatively, if you are

the brunette who makes sure there are no mistakes in the mag every week! What will we do without you? Thanks for all your hard work round the Towers. Who’s going to keep everyone on their toes now? All the best for Down Under. The TNT crew.

Reply to HR from Acton:

Han and Lukey H would like to thank our mate Sam for getting the ball rolling … we couldn’t have done it without you! We’re now repaying the favour and shouting out to all single ladies out there looking for a George Clooney look-alike, but we might have to wait a while until your particularly severe case of scabies has finally cleared up. Thanks again Sam, you’re a true mate.

See tntmagazine.com/seeking.

Farewell Tovin: Can’t believe such an epic era is coming to an end! Too many wild times to mention. Day dresses, horse heads, cliff jumps, Beyoncé/ JLS moves (among others), drunken Uno, not making it cos you’re too plastered, corny jokes, and lame pick-up lines will all remind us of you guys.

If travellers living in London for the past two years don’t know you, they’ve heard stories. You definitely weren’t here to fuck spiders. See you in Oz. The girls xox. PS Is that a mirror in your pants?

consumed with self-loathing and regret following your tawdry betrayal, stick with your missus.

But never volunteer the truth about your weak-willed infidelity. If she asks, lie. If she finds out about your betrayal from someone else, tell her she drove you to it.

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