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EDITOR’S LETTER With its political and economic crisis Greece is in the news for all the wrong reasons at the moment. But to see why the country remains one of Europe’s best holiday spots, check out this week’s travel section. It’s business as usual for tourists (page 73), so why not discover the pick of the idyllic beaches, towns and islands of the Ionian Sea (page 76)?

76 Explore the fabulous shores of Greece’s Ionian Islands

63 TRAVEL

DANIEL LANDON

63 Global Vision 64 BEAUTIFUL BROADS: By bike or by boat, explore Norfolk 66 Late Deals 67 TNTT Weekender: Newcastle 68 CHILL OUT ZONE: Go for an extreme health kick in Slovakia 70 Hotshots 72 Travel Tips 73 Travel News 74 On The Road 75 Gear Up 76 GREEK ODYSSEY: Relax on the Ionian Islands’ tranquil beaches

9 LONDON 9 London Eye 10 London Life 12 IN FOR THE GRILL: It’s time to raise your barbecue game 14 Food & Drink 16 Spotted

19 ENTERTAINMENT 19 Celebrity News 20 TNT Life 21 Look Who’s Talking: Lachlan Buchanan 22 Cinema 23 Culture 24 A DIFFERENT STORY: Russell Crowe is cast as the latest Robin Hood

26 MUSIC & CLUBS 26 28 30 31

Music Music Listings Clubbing Clubbing Listings

12 Don’t become the raw prawn on the barbie this summer

32 NEWS & SPORT 32 34 36 39 40 43 44 46 48

Australia News New Zealand News South Africa News The Week In Sport Super 14 AFL Rugby league General COMING OUT SWINGING: Meet Oz’s Twenty 20 star David Warner

67 Spend a weekend in vibrant Newcastle

51 CAREERS & MONEY 51 Careers 53 MARKETING STRATEGY: Sharpen up to bag your dream job 56 Money 61 Coming & Going

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21 Lachlan Buchanan gets naked in Newcastle

4 Letters 6 Wins 130 Desperately Seeking & Dear Reuben

24 Russell Crowe turns outlaw in Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood

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How many of us travellers can truly appreciate the nightmare of losing your passport while living in the UK? Returning home while laden with numerous shopping bags, I, in a rush to get off the train, forgot the most important bag of all: the one that contained my visa and passport. After a frantic few weeks of calling lost property departments, hoping that some honest soul would decide not to sell my passport on the black market, I have come to accept that I am never going to see it again – the one document that shows all of my adventures in Europe. And the process to get a replacement is as follows: get a police report, apply for a new passport at the Australian High Commission, contact the High Commission in Canberra for ancestry visa details to be forwarded, send paperwork to the visa section of the Home Office and wait between four

one bag, make sure it’s the one with your passport! The Passportless Aussie, Balham

➥ TNT 1392 MAY 3-9 WORDS OF WISDOM If Michelle can win tip of the week for the stunning insight of packing your shampoo and lotions in a plastic bag to avoid leaks in your suitcase (‘Take a leak’), may I claim my fiver for

If you can only save one “ bag, make sure it’s the one with your passport ” and 14 weeks for a new passport. Total cost: £335 (excluding postage). This could mean I won’t have the passport until the end of summer. Goodbye travel plans! And to rub more salt in the wound, my platinum travel insurance policy does not cover any incidents taking place in the UK. So, travel-savvy Londoners, my word of warning to you is this: if the train doors are closing and you can only save

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➥ TNT 1392 MAY 3-9 HOUSE CALL I’d like to add my support to the writer of your letter of the week (‘Lazy landlords’) urging people to go to the Citizens Advice Bureau if they have trouble with a dodgy landlord or estate agent. I had endless hassles when moving out of my flat in Willesden, but the local Citizens Advice Bureau was brilliant, helping me get my deposit (bond) back from the landlord who claimed I had trashed the place, when I hadn’t. Relieved Kiwi, Kilburn

GOOD REVIEW Please let your music man, Will Fulford-Jones, know that he is the best reviewer around. That review of the tripe from Scouting For Girls had me in

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E4 UDDERBELLY AT SOUTHBANK CENTRE TICKET PRICES VARY WHAT: It’s a real mishmash of events. There’s street football, capoeira exhibitions, cabaret and poetry, but the big ticket item is comedy, with performances from some well-known names from around the world. WHEN: May 13-July 18. DO IT BECAUSE: The mascot is a giant inflatable upside-down cow. Presumably, that was part of the reason punters flocked to the banks of the Thames in their droves last year.

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Trade, which is a record store/ café that has carved out a real niche in the trendy East End. And at the far end, there’s the Big Chill Bar, which serves incredible halloumi skewers and a tasty range of cocktails. Once you’re done at the markets, Dray Walk is a great place for a few looseners before an eye-watering curry.

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BRITAIN EXPLAINED WINSTON CHURCHILL This week, 70 years ago Winston “The Bulldog” Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain, a man tainted by his proclamation of “peace in our time” after signing a treaty with Hitler in 1938, as prime minister of Britain. When Churchill came to power, the UK faced losing World War II to Germany, but the greatest Brit of all

time (according to a BBC poll) stood firm, his inspirational leadership doing much to turn the tide. Despite this, Churchill was voted out of office weeks before the end of the war, to be replaced by Clement Attlee. His absence was temporary, though – he returned to office in 1951.

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You fancy yourself as a barbecue pro, but steaks and snags don’t cut it any more. Here’s how to raise your game this summer WORDS TOM STURROCK

f you really want to impress your friends around the barbecue this summer, you’re going to need to learn some new tricks. According to chef and all-round barbecue guru Paul Ellis, of Chef’s Compliments, the key lies in the preparation: “If you don’t have your ammunition ready, you can’t go into battle.” Words to live by, especially when you have tongs in your hand and hungry mates to feed.

LOVELY LAMB To make a marinade for lamb, put a few spoons of olive oil, rosemary and chilli in a bowl. Leave a halved lemon in there after giving it a good squeeze and then add plenty of salt and pepper. Add your lamb to the bowl, mix, and leave to marinate for 15-20 minutes. Find a hot spot on the barbecue to sear your lamb, turn it once, add another dab of marinade

A BIT ON THE SIDE … SUMMER SALSA

EAT YOUR GREENS It’s all about bok choy, or Chinese cabbage. Slice it in half and whack it on the grill, leaving it long enough to char a bit, and then simply drizzle over sesame oil. Great with lamb, steak or on a burger as an alternative to plain old lettuce.

Juicy: a top marinade will make all the difference

along the way. Once cooked, let the meat rest. Chef Paul says: “Make sure the meat is room temperature before you start cooking it. And don’t overcook it – it will come off dry and lose its barbecue flavour. Keep it a bit pink in the middle.”

SOMETHING FISHY A flat fish that’s not too bony is good for the barbecue: try gilthead bream, rainbow trout, seabass or tilapia. Make sure it’s clean and filleted. Soak it in water for 10 minutes, then whack it on a sheet of foil and drizzle with olive oil. Add a good sprinkle of sea salt. Squeeze some lime over it and place a few slices on top. Add some finely chopped lemongrass. Wrap it up and put it on the grill for about 10 minutes. Chef Paul says: ”Balance one citrus with one herb. Or you can use some pesto instead. Or try Thai spice, five spice or cajun.” PLAYING CHICKEN Drumsticks can be a pain. Instead, dice up a chicken breast roughly, along with a few onions and thread them on to wooden skewers. Soak the skewers first, to prevent them burning on the grill. Coat the chicken with olive oil,

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WHAT’S COOKING? ■ Use half an onion dipped in water to clean your grill and add extra flavour to your food. ■ Lighter fluid can leave a bad taste in your food, so use it sparingly across the coals, if at all. ■ Oil the meat, not the grill – and always let your meat reach room temperature before you season it. ■ Only flip red meat once to keep maximum flavour. Prick it with a skewer and if the juices run clear, it’s done. ■ Let meat rest before serving it. If you wrap it in foil for about five minutes, it will continue to cook through.

Breast is best: forget the drumsticks

If you don’t have “ ammunition, you can’t go into battle ” pepper, chilli and coriander. Make sure they’re well marinaded before you start cooking. Let them get some colour on the outside and then move them to a low heat to cook through. Chef Paul says: “Make sure your chicken skewers are well coated in oil, otherwise they will stick to the grill. And don’t turn them or move them around too much – you’ll stuff it up and the meat will tear.”

BRAINS V PRAWN King prawns or tiger prawns are best for the grill. After you’ve rinsed them, peel off their shells. Then, get a knife and gently slice down the back of their tails to pull out the little dark vein at the bottom. Give them another good rinse and then line them all up on a flat tray. Give them splash of oil and lime or lemon juice, then dust them with chilli. Let them soak in the marinade before cooking them briefly on a hot tray on the grill. Chef Paul says: “Once they get colour and start to pink up, it’s time for them to come off.”

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AWESOME AUBERGINE Grab an aubergine, chop it in half lengthwise and score with your knife. Coat the inside with olive oil and pepper, then whack it skinside down on the grill. After you’ve turned it and the flesh has softened, scoop it all out. Chop it up with lettuce and cumin. Great on its own, and tops off lamb beautifully.

Gourmet extra: aubergine

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Put together a salsa that works with everything. Mix three parts white vinegar with one part olive oil and dice green, red and yellow peppers. Add a squeeze of lime, chilli flakes and cracked pepper and you have a great little all-purpose sauce.

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BAR REVIEW Cubana ★★★★★

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THE SCENE With brightlypainted walls adorned with murals of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro, this Cubanthemed restaurant/bar throbs to the beat of salsa and Latin

X-ray tuna rolls

music, with Colombian and Cuban bands playing live at weekends. AK47s hang from the walls, while a small statue of the Virgin Mary keeps an eye on punters. THE GRUB There’s traditional spicy Cuban dishes, including steak, tuna and pork flavoured with mango and chilli, and they’re served with rice and plantains.

BEHIND THE BAR An impressive cocktail list includes mojitos, caipirinhas, margaritas and daiquiris, as well as a selection of wine and beer – and Cuban cigars. BILL PLEASE A mojito is £4.95, wine £3.45 and beer £2.95. VERDICT Popular with large groups, this place has a party atmosphere. Our mojitos were to die for. JANINE KELSO

Japanese treat

To mark the opening of Itsu’s new restaurant and bar in Notting Hill, the clever clogs behind the Japanese chain have agreed to share a delicious recipe for these refreshing X-ray tuna rolls.

TO GET YOU IN THE MOOD FOR THE WORLD CUP

WHAT YOU NEED 1 prepared sheet of sushi rice on a bamboo rolling mat; wasabi mixed with mayonnaise; 40g-60g tuna pieces, diced; Maldon sea salt; shichimi pepper (available from Asian supermarkets); 10g-20g tobiko (or any fi sh roe); avocado, cut in strips; bunch of coriander; 1 dry rice paper roll; shiso leaves THE WORK To make the rice roll: take your rice sheet, put one line of wasabi mayo down the centre, spread the tuna in a line on top of the wasabi, and sprinkle with salt and shichimi pepper. Place the tobiko in a line next to the tuna and put the avocado

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strips next to the tobiko. Gently roll the rice so it is closed. To assemble the X-ray: apply a little oil spray to a non-stick surface (the bottom of a baking tray works well). Place the rice paper into hot water for a couple of seconds and lie it on the lightly oiled surface. Scatter the coriander and shiso leaves over the rice

paper. Place the roll at the bottom of the cooked rice paper and roll it into a tube. Slice into discs, arrange on a plate, and garnish with a little shiso.

» Itsu Restaurant and Butterfly Bar, Notting Hill Gate, W11 3QA Notting Hill Gate (020 7229 4016; itsu.com)

Salty and sweet, this has to be licked to be believed. Get it at Gelato Mio (Holland Park, Notting Hill, Fulham) from May 25 to July 11 in honour of the World Cup.

Windhoek beer Thirsty South Africans will be thrilled to know their favourite Namibian tipple is available in the UK in time for the World Cup. Pick up a four-pack for £4.29 from Tesco or Morrisons.

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Nelson Mandela may be all things to all people, but to a Spice Girl, he was also a failed matchmaker. When we thought the girly group had gone back in its Union Jack-adorned box, Mel B (Scary Spice) has revealed that all Mandela wanted, what he really, really wanted, was to set her up with his cousin so she could be part of his fray. “Nelson Mandela was

trying to pawn me off to date one of his cousins. I was trying to say to him I’m not really interested, and he said, ‘No, no, no. Come and meet him right now’,” Scary told South Africa’s Heat magazine. She met Mandela in Pretoria in 1997 at the height of the girl group’s fame. We reckon Mandela had better things to do than harass a Spice Girl, but a bit of celeb tripe from the ‘as if’ files never hurt anybody.

SAY WHAT?

”Opinions are like arseholes: everyone’s got one.” Pineapple Dance Studios’ Andrew Stone philosophises.

Woman’s Weekly: Actress Danielle Cormack joins the mature mum brigade with a new bub at 39; Sonia Gray is back to her letterturning best on Wheel Of Fortune after giving birth to twins; and Royal Camilla faces life in a wheelchair.

AUSTRALIA New Idea: Buff beach babe Lisa Curry-Kenny romps with a handsome toyboy after her split with former ironman Grant Kenny; Brian McFadden and Delta Goodrem set the record straight about “pigfaced mole” Kerry Katona; and Ray ‘Alf Stewart’ Meagher reveals his sneaky marriage to lover Gilly before his Gold Logie triumph.

SOUTH AFRICA Heat: Model/ actress/ everything LeeAnn Liebenberg sports a bump touted as South Africa’s celebrity tot of the year; Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius gets pulses racing when he reveals his sexy torso on the Italian version of Celebrity Survivor; plus songbird Kelly Rowland feels right at home in the Rainbow Nation.

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The Aussie star took aim at the cameramen in the waves, ran around naked and had a sex scene in front of 30 people for coming-of-age flick Newcastle

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Lachlan Buchanan INTERVIEW ALISON GRINTER You look like a surfer, surf like a surfer and play a surfer in coming-of-age tale Newcastle. Ever worry you might get typecast?

After Newcastle I did surfing series Blue Water High. At one point I thought, “I’d better steer away from surfing because I don’t want to get stuck …” but it’s fine now that I don’t have the long blonde hair. Didn’t you play a little grommet in Home And Away as well?

I wasn’t so much a surfer, I was more like a shaggy kind of feral kid … He had a job as a gardener and would sleep in his car. Did you do all your own surfing in the film?

I got to do about half of the surfing because my character is at pro-junior level. I’m not as good as that, so we actually got a pro-junior to do the stuff that I couldn’t do myself.

How did the cameramen get all that amazing footage?

We had four or five photographers who were out there just floating in the water. Three of the guys also shoot all the pros like Kelly Slater and Mick Fanning. Basically you surf normally, and they’ll be hiding in the waves, with their flippers and their cameras, and you just go straight for them and they get out of the way. It’s quite brave for a surfing film to have a gay sub-plot, don’t you think?

really great and the first AD [assistant director] was like, “If you guys aren’t comfortable, we’ll strip down”. You also got to work with venerable Aussie actor Barry Otto. What’s he like?

He’s funny, he’s insane – in a good way. He’s so quirky and his mind’s racing a million miles an hour, but I did learn a lot from him, his way of mumbling to himself to get into character and his focus. It was fascinating to watch him.

It is kind of a taboo thing still, but I think he [director, Dan Castle] wanted to touch on that particular issue in that particular world because people are like, “What are you talking about?” It’s one of those sports that has that masculinity thing attached to it, so having a gay element shakes that theory. He didn’t make it over the top. It was very subtle, very realistic.

Barry Otto “ is insane – in a good way ”

If anything, the gay sex scene was too coy whereas you had to do this full-on hetero sex scene. How was that?

There was also a lot of running around naked.

Yeah, they’re out there … I’m based in LA now and my agency forwards on stuff that people send in. Actually, a lot comes from Japan – they’re crazy for surfing. The weirdest was when an Australian woman in her fifties sent me a picture of herself holding her cat … I don’t want to sound like an arsehole but at the end of the day, you kinda just go, “What do I do with this?”

Yeah, there was a lot of that. It was kind of nerve-wracking at first because you’re really opening yourself up. The crew were

» Newcastle out on DVD and Blu-ray on May 24

It was pretty funny. We were lucky that it had to have that awkward first-time feel to it because we were in this tent with a crew of 30 people peering in!

With your good looks you must have a lot of female fans sniffing around.

YOU DON’T SAY? What was your nickname at school? Everyone calls me Lochie, but some people thought calling me Loch Ness was funny. I was just like, “Er, yeah, you’re clever”. What did you have for breakfast I haven’t actually had breakfast yet – it’s only 9am in LA. I will probably have scrambled eggs. Ever been mistaken for someone famous? In Australia, people would sometimes confuse me with Lincoln Lewis [Geoff in Home And Away] when I had long hair.

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SCREEN TEST: SAFFA FILM

Vanessa Cooke, Lionel Newton, Pam Andrews

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RT 118 MINS

1 Which Star Wars star featured in a 1995 Darrell Roodt film? 2 Who wrote and directed the film Tsotsi? 3 What’s the name of the film featuring aliens living in Jo’burg? 4 Who played Nelson Mandela in the film based on events in South Africa before and during the 1995 Rugby World Cup? 5 What eponymous role did Arnold Vosloo play in a 1999 film about antiquities?

★★★★★

With a storyline featuring incest, racism and violence, Triomf is difficult to sit through. Those who persevere though, will be rewarded with a powerful, moving exploration of the fear and loathing experienced by many South Africans as the country went from military state to young democracy. Based on the book by Marlene van Niekerk, the film is set in rundown Jo’burg suburb Triomf in the days leading up to the 1994 election. Nervously awaiting a seismic shift in the country are Mol (Cooke), son Lambert (Eduan van Jaarsveldt), and family members Pop (Paul Luckhoff) and Treppie (Newton). With Lambert’s 21st birthday approaching, Treppie arranges for prostitute Cleo (Andrews) to

drop by as a present, only for things to go tits up. Scenes of Lambert having sex with his mother and a spicy script laced with expletives gives Triomf a shock value few other South African films possess. The movie’s real power lies in its portrayal of race relations

before the elections, with black hope standing in stark contrast to white paranoia. The performances are a tad histrionic but Michael Raeburn’s film is a compelling look at a turbulent time in SA’s history. GOOD FOR: Those who don’t shock easily. PIERRE DE VILLIERS

THE REEL DEAL

LAST WEEK’S WINNER Solange Thomas

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★★★★★ Doco-maker Peter Mettler takes a low-key but effective look at the controversy surrounding the Alberta tar sands in a film that will delight tree-huggers. Using aerial shots of oil projects that are both beautiful and shocking, the director gets a poignant eco-message across without labouring the point. GOOD FOR: Eco warriors. PDV

Naomi really took charge.” Director Rodrigo García said the actress (below) did all she could to make the scenes believable, even stripping off for the film. A French-Aussie production adapted from a novel by Australian author Judy Pascoe is to close the Cannes Film Festival. Queensland-shot The Tree, starring French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg and directed by French filmmaker Julie Bertucelli, is a story of loss, in which a girl hears the voice of her dead father coming from a tree in the backyard.

LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS 1 Wes Craven 2 Psycho

3 Jamie Lee Curtis 4 Kevin Bacon 5 Courtney Cox and David Arquette

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★★★★★ The passionate love affair between dictator Benito Mussolini (Filippo Timi) and idealistic Ida Dalser (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) makes for a captivating biopic thanks to director Marco Bellocchio. The filmmaker draws great performances out of the lead actors and cleverly interweaves old reels in what is a memorable portrait of obsession. GOOD FOR: Historians. PDV

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Aussie actor Naomi Watts has been on the receiving end of an apology from Samuel L Jackson over a sex scene the two shot for the film Mother And Child. Jackson told Fox News he found the scene mortifying to shoot, saying that though he’s been in many films, he can’t get used to being sexy on camera. “For me as an actor, I don’t know how to do that sort of thing in a room full of people, and I tend to ask a lot of questions. Where can I touch you? Where can I not touch you? I’m sorry if I get excited, I’m sorry if I don’t. But

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CULTURE FRA ANGELICO TO LEONARDO: ITALIAN RENAISSANCE DRAWINGS The British Museum’s curators have again compiled an outstanding collection, bringing together more than 100 original drawings by the giants of the Renaissance. For those with an avid interest in art, the technical aspects of the exhibition will be worth the price of admission alone. A casual doodling by Michelangelo is a working study, which creates depth, perspective and shadow. The artists’ hand-drawn sketches deliver detail that is

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SEE THIS: Exhibition extraordinarily photo-real. The exhibition excels in explaining the role of art in Italian life. Its sections on the wealthy benefactors, most notably the Medicis, are fascinating and depict the early chattering classes. TOM STURROCK

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Russell St, WC1B 3DG Tottenham Court Road (britishmuseum.org). Until Jul 25. £12

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the new portrait of Vogue’s icy editor-in-chief at Alex Katz Paints Anna Wintour •Check out » National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Pl, WC2H 0HE Leicester Square (npg.org.uk). May 15-Sep 21. Free

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THEATRE OF THE WEEK

BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK

THE REAL THING

UNPLAYABLE

THE WAY WE WERE

Robert Lusetich

Elizabeth Noble

★★★★★

Playwright Tom Stoppard first got personal with this domestic drama about marriage, infidelity and living with an actress – all things he knew more than a little about – in 1982. Using a clever “play within a play” structure, which finally comes full circle, he lays bare

the emotions which successful dramatist Henry conceals behind his articulate wit. It’s a fine revival, and is both a paean to the dexterous use of language and a dissection of what it means to be in love. LOUISE KINGSLEY » Old Vic, SE1 8NB

Waterloo (oldvictheatre.com). Until Jun 5. £20-£47

(Simon & Schuster)

(Michael Joseph)

OUT MAY 13

An inside account of Tiger Woods’ most tumultuous season, which culminated in his wife allegedly going after him with a nine iron and the meltdown of his good guy image.

Chick lit fable in which childhood sweethearts Susannah and Rob bump into each other many years after they broke up. Sparks fly. But is rekindling the romance such a good idea?

THE WHISPERERS

THE THOUSAND AUTUMNS OF JACOB DE ZOET

John Connolly (Hodder & Stoughton)

MAY 13

Detective Charlie Parker returns in this new thriller from Irish author of The Lovers. This time he is investigating a smuggling ring operated by former soldiers on the US/Canada border.

David Mitchell (Sceptre) MAY 13

Set at a turning point in history on a tiny island attached to mainland Japan, Mitchell’s tale of dark adventure centres on Dutch clerk Jacob De Zoet.

MORE STAGE Idiots Of Ants are four guys who love

sketch comedy and the internet. » Soho Theatre, Dean St, W1D 3NE

•Through

Tottenham Court Road (020 7478 0100). May 17-22. From £10

A Glass Darkly is a tale of family dynamics that will leave you haunted.

» Almeida, N1 1TA

Angel (almeida.co.uk). Jun 10-July 31. £8-£32

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story Russell Crowe steps into the outlaw’s shoes in Ridley Scott’s latest film, Robin Hood, which offers up a new version of events in this classic tale WORDS WILL LAWRENCE

t was Australia Post that pushed the envelope, finally sending Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett tumbling into each other’s arms. It all started at an awards dinner in January last year, when the pair (along with Nicole Kidman and Geoffrey Rush) were granted the honour of seeing their faces on commemorative stamps (they sold for 55 cents a pop) . “I’ve known Cate for a long time, although we’ve never been close mates,” says Crowe, “but I’m sitting on the stage with her at this stamps function in Sydney for 1000 people, and I suddenly realised that she was the person to play Marian in Robin Hood.” Crowe was struck by her presence. “Her demeanour, everything about her, I was kicking myself – why didn’t I think of this before? When the microphone came around to me to say something, I asked the thousand people if Cate and me should make a movie together. They all applauded, and her eyes were shining, so she obviously thought that was funny.” She also thought it was a great idea, and the 40-year-old Oscar-winning actress signed on

IT WASN’T ALL SMOOTH SAILING BUT RUSTY AND RIDLEY GOT THERE IN THE END … ■ Feb 2007 It’s announced that Russell Crowe will play the Sheriff of Nottingham in a revisionist version of the Robin Hood story, which casts Nottingham as the hero and Robin as a villain.

“How many times have I told you? It’s Friar Tuck, not Triar F…”

to the 46-year-old Oscar-winning actor’s movie. “The thing about Cate,” continues Crowe, “is that she has resilience and resonance. She’s tough, strong and single-minded.” The same could be said of her character in Robin Hood. Directed by Crowe’s old friend and frequent collaborator Sir Ridley Scott – since Gladiator in 2000, the pair have worked together

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We have set it “ up so that we could have a sequel ”

first; it’s a bit like The Taming Of The Shrew,” says Scott. “She has to wait to see whether she can trust him.” While he’s proving himself to Marian, Robin is also drawn into a larger political picture, with England threatened by invasion from France on the accession of Richard the Lionheart’s weaker brother, John. Robin isn’t actually declared an outlaw until the movie’s conclusion. Only then does he gallop off into the Greenwood. “We have set it up so that we could have a sequel,” smiles Scott. “Why not? Our film basically takes you up until the time Robin becomes an outlaw in the forest, and has the adventures that people are more familiar with. Only at the end does he become Robin of the Hood.” Which seems more than a little unfair as, before being an outlaw, Robin and his men lead the resistance to the invasion launched by the opportunistic King Philip of France. The films denouement builds into a climactic battle on the beaches of Wales. “And that was great fun,” smiles Crowe, who put in the same amount of bow training as an Olympic archer. “Back in Australia, we say that something is ‘Bigger than BenHur’. Well, this really did feel bigger than Ben-Hur. We had a lot of extras on Gladiator, but in the Coliseum they were just sitting there, occasionally shouting something.” It was a different story on Robin Hood, says Crowe. “In that battle scene at the end, we had about 1500 people out there and they were all active. And honestly, mate, that really did feel bigger than Ben-Hur!”

on A Good Year (2006), American Gangster (2007) and Body Of Lies (2008) – Robin Hood is an origins tale, in which Crowe’s hero is a humble bowman, rather than dispossessed nobleman (as most retellings have it), and when he meets Marian in Nottingham, she’s far from the damsel in distress. “In our version of the story, times are tough in England, the crown has been bleeding the country dry with King Richard [the Lionheart] fighting his wars overseas,” explains Scott. “Robin returns from waging war with Richard in the Holy Land and in France, and comes back to find England on its knees. “Most of the men have gone off to war and the women, the old and the children are those left behind. It was like the women during World War II having to do the men’s work. That’s where we find Marian.” With Blanchett’s heroine struggling to manage her estate, it falls upon Crowe’s hero to try to save the day. “Their Rusty’s always been relationship is strained at something of a swordsman

» Robin Hood is on general release from May 14

■ April 2007 Oh no, he won’t. Director Ridley Scott chucks the original script and demands rewrites, delaying filming, ■ June 2008 Sienna Miller is announced to play Maid Marian.

■ July 2008 But hang on, she’s so skinny and young that she’ll make Rusty look fat and old. Enter Cate.

■ February 2009 After more script issues, Scott decides on a “back-to-basics” classic Robin Hood story.

■ June 2009 The Mirror reports Rusty is demanding daily chopper flights from his Windsor mansion to the film’s set in Wales. Scott allegedly ain’t thrilled by the idea. ■ July 2009 There’s argybargy on the set when Rusty jibes a boom operator for being late for work after her car blows up. “You’ve probably never had to worry about finding five grand for a new car,” she retorts. Rusty lives up to his character giving the crew member £5000 for a new car. Aww. ALISON GRINTER

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TROUBLE IN THE HOOD

MUSIC KEANE Night Train EP (Island)

★★★★★

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They’re following in Coldplay’s footsteps again, but this time the similarity is commercial. After Viva La Vida, Chris Martin and co issued an eight-track EP, expanding on their previous album while also offering a faint preview of what might come next. And now, two years after Perfect Symmetry, Keane have done the same, throwing out this eight-track taster of album number four. As an EP, it doesn’t try

FOALS

THE NATIONAL

SLASH

Total Life Forever

High Violet

Slash

(Transgressive)

(4AD)

(Roadrunner Records)

The fact that The Foals’ surprisingly conservative and pretty unremarkable follow-up album is being heralded in some quarters as a great leap forward for British indie is testament more to the creative bankruptcy of most guitar rock in 2010 than any merits of its own. Sure, the title track is a useful update of the post-punk formula, and After Glow does all right with a propulsive beat, but Total Life Forever is basically landfill indie wearing funny shoes. WFJ

The fifth album from Brooklyn quintet The National won’t come as any surprise to listeners who have heard any or all of their previous four. The songs remain more about extended verses than big choruses; Matt Berninger’s vocals still don’t get far above middle C; and the band continue to deal in shades of grey rather than primary colours. Most of it is reliably good, but the formula was more effective on previous album Boxer. WFJ

Slash’s first solo album isn’t a solo album at all. It’s actually a collection of songs, each featuring a different guest vocalist/ collaborator. Which is fine in theory, but the resultant tracks sound like pale imitations of the guest’s signature sound. So Ghost with Ian Astbury passes for a Cult song, By The Sword with Andrew Stockdale is Wolfmother-lite, and so on. And the less said about Fergie’s faux rock chick turn the better. A disappointingly limp affair. ALISON GRINTER

★★★★★

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NEW ZEALAND

SOUTH AFRICA

NO.1 Just Say So, Brian McFadden feat Kevin Rudolf MAKING NEWS Powderfinger have added several new shows to their Sunset Farewell Tour of Australia after 17 of their 26 shows sold out. Extra shows will be added to their Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane dates.

NO.1 OMG, Usher feat Will.I.Am MAKING NEWS Fat Freddy’s Drop will release two new LPs this year. The band confirmed to Stuff.co.nz that they are now working on a follow-up to last year’s Dr Boondigga And The Big BW and will also put out a six-track live LP recorded at London’s Roundhouse in 2008.

NO.1 Memories, David Guetta feat Kid Cudi NEWS Freshlyground, Hugh Masekela and the Soweto Gospel Choir have been added to the star-studded line-up of the World Cup opening gig in Jo’burg on June 10. They join Saffa acts BLK JKS and The Parlotones.

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to hang together. The instrumental atmospherics of House Lights link nicely to the U2-esque pomp rock of Back In Time, but it’s quite a leap to the cheesily likeable Stop For A Minute (featuring, of all people, Somali-Canadian rapper K’naan), the flimsy ’80s pop of Ishin Denshin, and Looking Back, built around a melody nicked from the Rocky theme tune and played on a synthtrumpet sound that would shame Argos. The overall impression is of a collection of scrubbed-up demos, but it’s an intriguing collection at that. WILL FULFORD-JONES

LIVE REVIEW Ash Koko May 6 ★★★★★ The last time this reviewer saw Ash perform, guitarist Charlotte Hatherley was still in the band. They didn’t look a happy bunch, it has to be said and Hatherley was soon jettisoned. Tonight, the Brit act seem a much more together band as evergreen frontman Tim Wheeler leads them through a set interspersed with songs from their latest A-Z Series of 26 singles, and classics from their early ’90s heyday, such as Kung Fu, Walking Barefoot and Girl From Mars. The overall effect is a hit of nostalgia for the early days of indie guitar pop and, frankly, no one does it quite like these guys. ALISON GRINTER

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GIG GUIDE MUSIC & CLUBS

Alison Grinter PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST LIVE MUSIC

GIG OF THE WEEK KISS To hear bassist Gene Simmons tell it, as he did to the Daily Telegraph last week, Kiss’s greatest achievement in their 35year career isn’t their back-catalogue of heavy rock classics, such as Detroit Rock City or Deuce, or their dazzling stadium events, but their branding. “We have our own Visa card,” he blathered. “We have a Dr Pepper soft drink campaign.” Crikey, perhaps he should paint dollar signs on his eyes instead of bat wings. But with the success of 2009’s Sonic Boom and a new LP on the way, they’re still a musical force.

» Wembley Arena, Engineers Way, HA9 0DH

Wembley Park (0844 815 0815; whatsonwembley.com). May 12-13. £40

PAVEMENT

PENNYWISE

This is one reunion tour worth getting your knickers in a twist for. The New York five-piece, fronted by Stephen Malkmus, were credited with putting a bomb under America’s alternative scene in the ’90s with sublime guitar pop albums Slanted & Enchanted, Wowee Zowee, and Crooked Rain. Catch the indie heroes in Brixton this week.

Named after Stephen King’s creepy clown, California’s Pennywise emerged from the same neo punk scene that launched Green Day and The Offspring into the stratosphere. Various setbacks meant they never matched their contemporaries dizzying heights, but their diehard fans will be massing in She Bu on Sunday night.

» Brixton Academy, Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL

» Shepherds Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W11 8QE

Brixton (0844 477 2000; o2brixtonacademy.co.uk). Fri, May 10-13. £25

Shepherd’s Bush (0844 477 2000). Sun, May 16. £18.50

BELIEVE THE HYPE THE MIDDLE EAST

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THE LINE-UP Too many to

itemise here (there’s seven in total), but the main players are guitarist Rohin Jones and lead singer Jordan Ireland. HAILS FROM Townsville THE BUZZ SO FAR A Queensland collective who create pretty, pastoral folky tunes that you would normally associate with the rolling green hills of England, not hot ’n’ sweaty Townsville. They are currently supporting Mumford & Sons on their US tour. WHAT ELSE? Having conquered the Oz festival circuit, the band are coming to a UK/ European festival near you: Glastonbury, Hultsfred, T In the Park, to name a few. Expect them to make a huge splash. THE BAND SAY “People often tell us our music makes them think of landscapes.” [NME]

WIN Still dining out on the success of their fourth album, Inshalla, Freemantle’s Eskimo Joe will be back in town next week for a runthrough of their hits at Shepherds Bush Empire on Monday, May 17. Tickets are £17.50 from 0844 477 2000. For a chance to win one of five pairs of tickets to the gig email grabs@ tntmagazine.com with ‘Eskimo Joe’ in the subject line by Wednesday, May 12.

THE CRITICS SAY Single

The Darkest Side is “a simple, finger-plucked acoustic affair with alternating and harmonizing vocals that lend the hushed track a sense of beleaguered hope”. [Pitchfork] THE PLUG Booking now: Bush

Shepherd’s Hall, W12 7LJ Bush (bushhallmusic.co.uk). Tue, Jul 13. £9

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MUSIC LISTINGS

MONDAY 10

SATURDAY 15

Eric Bibb Blues, folk and

Michael Bublé The

soul from the New York-based singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Canadian singer-songwriter performs pop and smooth jazz from his album Crazy Love.

The Bloomsbury Theatre, Gordon St, WC1H 0AH (020 7388 8822). £25.

O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). Also Sun. £45-£95.

Glen Campbell Ali Campbell The former

The singer-songwriter of countrified pop promotes his Greatest Hits album.

UB40 frontman performs reggae from his album Flying High. IndigO2, Peninsula Sq,

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX (0844 847 9910/cc 0871 663 2500). £29.50-£40.

SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £25-£40.

Los Delinquentes The Foals The Oxford-based five-piece plays minimalist alternative pop from its album Total Life Forever. The

Spanish mariachi duo strums and fingerpicks through rapid Latin rhythms and folk ballads. Islington Academy,

Electric Ballroom, Camden High St, NW1 8QP (020 7485 9006). £15.

N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £18.

Pavement Alt-rock from the veteran American five-piece. Brixton Academy, Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL (0844 477 2000). £25.

Rihanna The glamorous songstress from Barbados performs her chart-topping hits and R’n’B from her album Rated R. O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £38.50-£45.

TUESDAY 11 Boredoms Experimental electro from the Osaka-based combo. Forum, Highgate Rd, NW5 1JY (020 7344 0044). £16.

TNT’S TOP BOOKING TEENAGE FANCLUB Shepherds Bush Empire, W11 8QE Shepherd’s Bush (o2shepherdsbushempire.co.uk). Tue, Jun 8. £17.50 Scottish indie heroes Teenage Fanclub are one of those bands who just never go away. And why should they? They’re blimmin’ ace!

Kids In Glass Houses The

The Hootananny, Effra Rd, SW2 1DF (020 7737 7273). £12.

Mike Sanchez

Kiss The American rock fourpiece promotes its album Sonic Boom. Wembley Arena, Arena Sq, HA9 0DH (0870 060 0870). £40.

Juana Molina An experimental

Joanna Newsom Indie-folk from the California-born harpist and singer-songwriter as she promotes her album Have One On Me. Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX (0844 847 9910/ cc 0871 663 2500). £22.50-£27.50.

The Madagascan guitarist performs music from around the world. St Ethelburga’s, Bishopsgate, EC2N 4AG (020 7496 1610). £15, inc meal £20.

O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £35 & £40.50.

Chapel, Compton Tce, N1 2UN (020 7226 1686). £14.

Nogabe Randriaharimalala

Contemporary reggae from the Jamiacan duo promoting their album called Bread And Pipe.

St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £12.

and world music melange from the Californian-based Argentinian artist. Union

Cargo, Rivington St, EC2A 3AY (020 7739 3440). £15, adv £12.

The Wailing Souls

Westlife The internationally acclaimed pop quartet from Ireland plays hits and songs from its album Where We Are.

band plays pop-punk and power pop. Koko, Camden High

Gaba Kulka Alt-pop from the Warsaw-based singer-songwriter promoting her album Sleepwalk.

Alt pop from singer-songwriter Neil Hannon as he promotes his album Bang Goes The Knighthood. The Tabernacle, Powis

Grails The band from

Rd, NW6 7JR (020 7372 7123). £10.

Corner, N5 1RD (0870 060 3777/ cc 0844 847 1678). £13.50 & £14.50.

The Divine Comedy

Sq, W11 2AY (020 7221 9700). £20.

Portland, USA play instrumental psychedelic and experimental rock. The Luminaire, Kilburn High

Fozzy The four-piece from Atlanta, Georgia performs rock. Relentless Garage, Highbury

THURSDAY 13 The Big Pink Provocative electro-rock from the Londonbased duo. Forum, Highgate Rd,

FRIDAY 14 Alabama 3 The band play

Midlands-based rock ’n’ roll pianist and his band. 100 Club, Oxford St, W1D 1LL (020 7636 0933). £16, adv £13.50.

electro-country from album Revolver Soul. Forum, Highgate Rd,

Third Eye Blind The Californian trio performs alt-rock from album Ursa Major. Forum, Highgate Rd,

NW5 1JY (020 7344 0044). £18.50.

NW5 1JY (020 7344 0044). £16.50.

Gotan Project Tango from

Wildbirds & Peacedrums

the international collective promoting its album Lunatico.

The Swedish duo performs pop with soulful vocals and choir accompaniment. Bishopsgate

Brixton Academy, Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL (0844 477 2000). £25.54.

Institute, Bishopsgate, EC2M 4QH (020 7392 9220). £12.50.

Steve Hogarth Modern rock from the Marillion vocalist. Relentless Garage,

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NW5 1JY (020 7344 0044). £12.50.

Highbury Corner, N5 1RD (0870 060 3777/cc 0844 847 1678). £17.

Jason Collett, Zeus

Chaz Jankel The Stanmore-

Folk rock from the Canadian singer-songwriter and his band.

born singer, keyboardist and guitarist performs an acoustic set. Downstairs At

Hall, Uxbridge Rd, W12 7LJ (020 8222 6955). £25, adv £20.

The King’s Head, Crouch End Hill, N8 8AA (020 8340 1028). £12.

Fabolous Hip-hop and rap from the Brooklyn-born artist.

Muyiwa & Riversongz

IndigO2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £22.25-£27.50.

The Windmill, Blenheim Gardens, SW2 5BZ (020 8671 0700). £10.

Abjeez The Sweden-based, Iranian combo plays pop, reggae and rock. Bush

The Slits The pioneer

Deez Nuts The four-piece

all-female band plays classic punk. Islington Academy,

Australian band plays hardcore metal. The Underworld, Camden

N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £15.

High St, NW1 0NE (020 7482 1932). £10.

Gospel music with rock, pop and soul influences.

Duke Special The indie

IndigO2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £20 & £25.

Jason Isaacs Covers of songs by Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Robbie Williams.

Po’Girl, JT Nero Folk, country

Riverside Studios, Crisp Rd, W6 9RL (020 8237 1111). £25, concs £23.

65daysofstatic Experimental

singer-songwriter from Belfast promotes his triple album release The Stage, A Book & The Silver Screen. The Shaw

electro-rock quartet from Sheffield. Koko, Camden High St,

Theatre, Euston Rd, NW1 2AJ (0870 033 2600). £13.50.

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Matices Latinos Latin

Renny Field Acoustica

Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band

Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP (020 7589 8212). £15-£28.50.

from the Australian singersongwriter. The Troubadour,

The veteran singer and his group play blues and soul.

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

100 Club, Oxford St, W1D 1LL (020 7636 0933). £18, adv £17.50.

Francis Rossi The Status Quo frontman and acclaimed guitarist plays rock ’n’ roll. Her

Alan Price Soulful pop-rock

Xtatic Soul and funk outfit

Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket, SW1Y 4QL (0870 890 1106). £25.

NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £12.50.

Atari Teenage Riot The anti-fascist four-piece from Berlin plays digital hardcore and anarchic electronica. The Electric Ballroom, Camden High St, NW1 8QP (020 7485 9006). £18.

Cecil Sharp House Community Choir The choir performs a capella harmony songs from the British Isles and the rest of the world. Cecil Sharp House, Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 7AY (020 7485 2206). £66.

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and blues from the Canadian five-piece. The Luminaire, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (020 7372 7123). £12.

from the former member of the Animals. Bull’s Head, Lonsdale Rd, Barnes, SW13 9PY (020 8876 5241). £12.

American folk from the London-based combo. Royal

fronted by Vanessa Haynes. Dover St Restaurant And Bar, Dover St, W1S 4LQ (020 7629 9813). £15.

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FAST FORWARD The Cat Empire Brixton Academy, Oct 23 (0844 477 2000). £19.50 Johnny Clegg Hammersmith Apollo, Jun 19 (0844 844 4748). £27.50 Crowded House Hammersmith Apollo, Jun 8-10 (0844 844 4748). £44.75 Download Festival: AC/DC, Wolfmother, Aerosmith, Slash Donington Park, Jun 11-13 (0844 277 4321). £175 (weekend) Eskimo Joe Shepherds Bush Empire, May 17 (0844 477 2000). £17.50 Fat Freddy’s Drop The Troxy, Sep 9 (0870 264 3333). £27.50 Green Day Wembley Stadium, Jun 19 (0844 980 8001). £26-£35 Jack Johnson O2 Arena, Jun 30 (0844 856 0202). £30-£37 Jet Shepherds Bush Empire, Jul 18 (0844 477 2000). £25 Don McGlashan Dingwalls, Jul 22 (0844 477 1000). £10 Motörhead Brixton Academy, Nov 27 (0844 477 2000). £32.50 The Necks Barbican, Jun 26 (020 7638 8891). £15 Pendulum Wembley Arena, May 28 (0844 815 0815). £22.50 Powderfinger Brixton Academy, Jun 4-5 (0844 477 2000). £22.50 Rugby Rocks: Feeder, Just Jack, Parlotones, Alex Gardner The Athletic Ground, Richmond, Jun 12 (rugbyrocks7s.com). £15-£55

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CLUB OF THE WEEK LOST DAWN PRESENTS INTEC DIGITAL So superstar DJ Carl Cox (right) used to have a label called Intec Records. After eight years, it closed in 2006, then re-opened in March 2010 as Intec Digital. History lesson aside, some of the label’s finest will be rocking out the main room at Cable this week. Techno veteran Trevor Rockcliffe is headlining, while Coxy’s right-hand man Jon Rundell, fresh from a sold-out tour of Australia with the big man himself, will also grace us with his presence.

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When the weather’s fine, nothing beats a bit of outdoor clubbing. The Canal Party was one of last year’s best outdoor dance dos and it’s back for another series of summer events. Held on a north London terrace, beats are provided by James Priestley and Stuart Patterson.

You have to love Booka Shade. The German duo are responsible for some of electro’s greatest tunes (In White Rooms, Mandarin Girl) and with a new album called More, they’re bringing it to the masses with a world tour. Having already hit Australia’s Future Music Festival, they’re now playing in London.

» The Grand Junction Arms, Canal Bridge, Acton Ln, NW10 7AD Harlesden (0871 971 4325). Sat, May 15, 9pm-4am. £9 adv

» Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE Mornington Crescent (0870 432 5527; koko.uk.com). Thu, May 13, 7pm. £16.50 adv

We have three pairs of tickets to Lost Dawn and a pair of tickets to The Canal Party to give away. To enter, email grabs@tntmagazine.com with ‘Lost Dawn’ or ‘Canal Party’ in the subject line by noon, Wed, May 12.

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CLUB NEWS Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello and Axwell (right) have finally released a single together under the Swedish House Mafia guise. Called One, it has been getting rave reviews from their peers. “This breathtaking epic will be the dance track of the decade, not just the summer,” DMC says. “It’s so simple but so large,” Pete Tong adds. Available now on Beatport. Clubbing charity Last Night A DJ Saved My Life is signing up DJs, artists and promoters to donate at least one performance/gig a year to raise funds for humanitarian

and environmental causes. Want to get involved? Then head to Corsica Studios on June 5 for the Acid House Effect event, raising money for Survival International, a charity protecting the rights of tribal peoples.

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Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083). 9pm-3am. £5, w/flyer £3.

Hard Core Salsa DJ Mario plays mambo and salsa. Salsa!, Charing Cross Rd, WC2H 0JG (020 7379 3277). 7pm-late. £4, free before 9pm.

I Love Mondays DJ Victor spins commercial dance, disco, pop, garage, R’n’B and funky house. Moonlighting, Greek St, W1D 4DR (020 7287 372). 10pm3.30am. £5, NUS £1.

Salsa Cellar Resident DJs play Latin funk and salsa. Downstairs At The King’s Head, Crouch End Hill, N8 8AA (020 8340 1028). 7pm-late. £7, concs £4.

Annie

St Moritz, Wardour St, W1F 8WL (020 7437 0525). 10pm-3.30pm. £6, mems/w/flyer £5, free before 11pm.

MODULAR SUMMER SUNDANCE Cable, Bermondsey St, SE1 3JW London Bridge (cable-london.com). Jun 5. From £10 Those cool kids at label Modular are putting on a summer shindig that includes a live set by Norway’s Annie, plus Tensnake, Treasure Fingers and The Swiss.

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.

Inferno Andrew Elmore spins funk, house and dance. The Shadow Lounge, Brewer St, W1F 0RF (020 7287 7988). 10pm-3am. £10, free before 11pm.

Kinky Malinki Felix Baumgartner, Grant Richards, Groove Project and Future Freakz spin uplifting and funky house. Pacha, Terminus Pl, SW1V 1JR (0845 371 4489). 10pm-5am. £20, adv £15.

Cheap$kates Disco

G-A-Y Porn Idol The residents

Everybody Dance Resident

and hip-hop courtesy of DJ Downfall. Moonlighting, Greek

supply pop and disco. Heaven,

DJs David and Andrew spin dance, club classics and 1970s disco. Up The Creek, Creek

St, W1D 4DR (020 7287 372). 9pm-3.30am. £6, NUS £5, w/flyer £4.

Charing Cross Arches, Villiers St, WC2N 6NG (020 7930 2020). 11pm-4am. £7, w/flyer free.

Game On Residents spin

Rough Disco Resident DJs spin electro, drum ’n’ bass, indie and hip-hop. Sound, Leicester

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

Festa Fiesta Latin and samba

St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188). 9pm-3am. £7, guestlist/NUS £5.

Vodka Island Funky electro, house and chart from the residents. Tiger Tiger, Haymarket, SW1Y 4SP (020 7930 1885). 9pm-3am. £6, £5 before 10pm.

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

Lost In London Party on the ground floor, electro-house in the basement and commercial R’n’B in the VIP room. Zoo Bar, Bear St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188). 7.30pm-3am. £7, guestlist/NUS £5.

Hey! Ho! Let’s Go! Resident DJs spin indie and punk. The Roxy, Rathbone Pl, W1T 1HJ (020 7255 1098). 10pm-3am. £5, w/flyer £4, NUS £3, £3 before 11pm.

hip-hop, electro, dub, reggae and soul. Favela Chic, Great Eastern St, EC2A 3HZ (020 7613 4228). 6pm-1am. £5, free before 8pm.

Swerve Drum ’n’ bass from Shy FX, Fabio and Tendai.

Den & Centro, West Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083). 11pm-7am. £10, ladies £5, ladies w/flyer free.

Cable, Bermondsey St, SE1 2EG (020 7403 7730). 10pm-3am. £7, NUS £5, £5 before 11pm.

Play On Pop, commercial dance and R’n’B with resident DJs. On Anon, London Pavillion,

Saint and Matt L-S play deep house, plus Bucie performs live. Dex Club, Brixton

Camden, The Horse Hospital, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AH (020 7482 3867). 7.30pm-2.30am. £8, £5 before 10pm.

Piccadilly, W1V 9LA (020 7287 8008). 9pm-3am. £10, free before 10pm.

Rd, SW9 8HH (020 7326 4455). 11pm-7am. £15, adv £10.

Roller Disco Old school roller

Unbranded DJs Howie and

Temptation Pop, R’n’B, dance and cheese with resident DJs. Zoo Bar, Bear St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188). 10pm-3am. £10, £7 before 10pm, guestlist free before 10pm.

disco with DJ Louise playing disco, funk, soulful house, electro and breakbeat. Renaissance Rooms, Arches, Miles St, SW8 1RZ (0844 736 5375). 8pm-2am. £12.50.

Perry play commercial dance and R’n’B. Crazy Larry’s, King’s Rd, SW10 0TZ (020 7376 5555). 10pm3am. £10, guest list £5 before 11pm.

Bollywood Spectacular

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Funky and lively Bollywood music. Tiffinbites, Gresham

Urban Chic Resident

St, EC2V 7PG (020 7600 4899). 7.30pm-late. £85.

DJs play R’n’B, hip-hop and funk. Sound, Leicester

W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040). 9.30pm-3am. £5, free before 11pm.

Booka Shade The Frankfurt,

Calentito Pop, R’n’B, and

Sq, WC2H 7NA (0870 863 1010). 10pm-3am. £10, £8 before 11pm.

FRIDAY 14

soul. Salvador And Amanda, Great Newport St, WC2H 7JA (020 7240 1551). 9pm-3am. £10, guestlist £5, free before 9pm.

SATURDAY 15 BodyMove Tech, deep and

Credit Crunch Thursdays Victor V and Hitman play reggae, soul and R’n’B.

Dance Rocks House, R’n’B,

Orleans, Seven Sisters Rd, N4 2HZ (020 7281 0611). 10.30pm-3.30am. £9 before midnight.

hits. The Watershed, The Broadway, SW19 1SD (020 8540 0080). 8pm-late. £8, £5 before midnight.

chart, indie and 1980s and 1990s

Agita Brasil Latin and samba Havana, Fulham Rd, SW6 5NH (020 7381 5005). 7pm-2am. £6.

Tribe 1st Anniversary Part 2 Black Coffee, Zepherin

Groove Sanctuary AfricanLatin, disco and deep house from DJ Jimbo, Joey Vieira and guests. Madame JoJo’s, Brewer St,

Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). 7pm-late. £16.50.

from the resident DJs, plus dance classes before 10pm. Fiesta

SW19 1SD (020 8540 0080). 11pm-3am. £8, £7 before midnight.

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White Heat DJs Matty and

WEDNESDAY 12

Langley St, WC2H 9JA (020 7836 5005). 8pm-3am. £10, £5 before 9pm, free before 8pm.

Saints & Sinners Daniel Scott plays club classics, while resident DJs play indie and pop in the bar. The Watershed, The Broadway,

The Shadow Lounge, Brewer St, W1F 0RF (020 7287 7988). 10pm-3am. £10, free before 11pm.

Germany duo provides techno, electro and house to promote album, More.

Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040). 10.30pm-3am. £6, adv £5.

Nick Tcherniak spins house and electro. The Langley,

McMillan, Chiswell St, EC1Y 4SB (020 7256 5883). 10pm-3am. £15.

Therapy Electro-pop and dance from Kris Di Angelis.

Old St, EC1V 9NQ (020 7739 4202). 8pm-late. £6, adv £5.

Olly play indie, punk, techno and electro. Madame JoJo’s,

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Pose Resident DJs play R’n’B, hip-hop and bhangra. Parker

spin indie, pop and electro, plus live music from Ice Black Birds and Marner Brown. Proud

Plaintain DJ Fratts plays funk,

Diego CK, Anto and Steve Nocerino play deep house. The

Resident DJs play indie and rock, plus Lillies And Remains and Bracelets perform live. El Paso,

Sq, WC2H 7NA (0870 863 1010). 7.30pm-late. £10, £5 before 11pm, guestlist £3 before midnight.

Rd, SE10 9SW (020 8858 4581). 11pm-2am. £8, w/flyer £4.

Smash & Grab Resident DJs

Replay System Of Survival,

South Of The Border

Decadence DJs Shuff and Belle play glam rock and punk.

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funky house across three floors from the resident DJs. Egg, York Way, N7 9AX (020 7609 8364). 10pm-6am. £15, concs £12.

Horse Meat Disco Jim Stanton, James Hillard, Filthy Luka and Severino spin disco. Eagle, Kennington Ln, SE11 5QY (020 7793 0903). 8pm-3am. £6.

Sound Sundaze The resident DJs spin commercial R’n’B. Sound, Leicester Sq, WC2H 7NA (0870 863 1010). 9pm-3am. £5, guest list £3 before midnight.

Casino Royale Resident DJs play indie, rock and garage. The Barfly, Camden, Chalk

WetYourSelf Jacob Husley,

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

Fabric, Charterhouse St, EC1M 6HJ (020 7336 8898). 11pm-6am. £8.

Cormac and Peter Pixzel spin house, electro, soul and techno.

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“I think Kevin Rudd’s shelving of the ETS … is the most extraordinary act of political gutlessness, of political cowardice, any of us could ever imagine.” Malcolm Turnbull explains the reasons behind his decision to stay in politics after previously saying he wouldn’t contest the next election.

AUSTRALIA Rates up again The RBA raised the cash rate for sixth time since October, lifting it by 25 basis points – a move that was quickly followed by the major banks. The move by the banks was met by disbelief in some quarters as Westpac posted a record net profit of $2.875 billion in the six months to March, a 32 per cent increase on the previous half year.

Appeal rejected Former Federal Court judge Marcus Einfeld will languish in

single voice: Nightwear becomes daywear in Melbourne’s central business district, as single mums wear negligees, pyjamas and dressing gowns to draw attention to the rate of poverty among single mother families in Australia.

jail for at least another 10 months after the Court of Criminal Appeal rejected claims he was suffering a mental illness. Einfeld was jailed for a nonparole period of two years in March 2009 for perjury after telling lies designed to get him off the hook for a $75 speeding ticket.

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A Liberal senator’s call to ban the burqa was dismissed as a political stunt aimed at tapping into anti-Islamic sentiment. Writing on his personal blog, outspoken South Australian senator Cory Bernardi referred to

a burqa-clad man who robbed a Sydney shop, commenting that the veil was now “emerging as the preferred disguise of bandits and n’er do wells”.

Photo comes to light Police were examining a photo which showed the driver of a WWII truck which ploughed into veterans during Melbourne’s Anzac Day march had both hands on a camera while at the wheel of the vehicle. Eight veterans were injured, and two were still in hospital. Police said they would be using the photo as part of their investigation.

“I’d reckon that Tony Abbott wouldn’t be popping any champagne corks tonight.” Treasurer Wayne Swan on Turnbull’s decision to stay in politics. “When you are acting in the national interest and taking difficult decisions, sometimes these will be popular decisions, sometimes unpopular decisions.” Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on a Newspoll survey that showed his public support was at its lowest ever. “If people choose to die from smoking I think, as a Liberal, well that’s your problem. Go for it.” Liberal Senator Nick Minchin.

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■ Compulsory employer superannuation contribution to rise to 12 per cent. ■ Tax reforms see hike for mining companies. ■ Prime Minister says reforms are well overdue.

QUEENSLAND Beaudesert MP Aidan McLindon and Burnett MP Rob Messenger resigned from the Liberal National Party to begin what they’re calling a co-operative of independent MPs.

he Prime Minister defended a move to slug big mining with a new tax, saying most of the profits already went overseas. The new 40 per cent tax on mining company profits was the centrepiece of the Government’s response to the Henry Tax review. The Government also committed to increasing the employer’s compulsory contribution to superannuation from nine to 12 per cent. Mining companies criticised the move, saying it could cost jobs and investment. Rudd said the redistribution of wealth was justified and

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Mining magnate Clive Palmer has slammed the Government’s proposed taxes

long overdue, adding that much of the income generated by mining the resources which were owned by the Australian people went offshore. “Over the last decade the mining companies generated $80 billion in higher profits,” Rudd said. “At the same time,

governments on behalf of the Australian people, received only an additional $9 billion.” Mining magnate Clive Palmer savaged the Goverment’s proposed 40 per cent profit tax on the minerals sector, saying he would look to move some of his operations off-shore.

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Watson’s record up for debate Adventurer Jessica Watson’s manager was confident the teenager will have met record rules when she sails into Sydney this week, although it won’t be officially recognised. Watson is expected to sail into Sydney Harbour on Saturday – three days shy of her 17th birthday – after circumnavigating the globe in Ella’s Pink Lady. However, Sail-world.com editor Rob Kothe claimed the teen’s route had cut corners. He said he’s calculated Watson’s path and the Queensland school student will be more than 2000

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nautical miles (about 3700km) short of a world record. Watson’s manager Andrew Fraser said she had travelled far enough and would become the youngest person to sail solo and unassisted around the world. But he admitted it wouldn’t be an official record as the World Sailing Speed Record Council doesn’t recognise any voyages from sailors under the age of 18. Kothe said Watson did not travel far enough north of the equator to break a record set by fellow Australian sailor Jesse Martin.

Victorian Premier John Brumby denied the government was building up an election war chest of un-budgeted poll sweeteners. On the big sell after handing down the government’s 11th budget, Brumby said the $4.4 billion in unallocated revenue would fund future infrastructure projects.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA A 78-year-old man died after being pinned between his car and a jetty while winching his boat from a ramp. The man was winching the boat from the Smokey Bay ramp in western South Australia when his car rolled back.

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The Northern Territory was to set up a cash-back recycling scheme for bottles and cans – only the second state or territory to do so. The scheme will be based on that used by South Australia for 35 years, including the same going rate of 10 cents for every bottle or can recycled by the public.

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Key criticised National MPs rubbished a suggestion Prime Minister John Key should have attended trade negotiations with Gulf states rather than return from overseas to attend the funerals of victims of the Anzac Day helicopter crash. Key was scheduled to travel with a delegation to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates for trade talks after his trip to Anzac Day services in Turkey and before he went to Afghanistan. Cognition Education chief executive John Langley, who was on the trade mission, criticised the decision in an opinion piece in The New Zealand Herald, suggesting Key was pandering to “public opinion and our moralistic and judgmental press”.

Charges extended Revenue gained by extending the administration charge for student loans would be used to create more tertiary education places, tertiary education minister Steven Joyce said. The

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55,000 The value in dollars of gifts and cash a mentally ill woman gave a social worker. The social worker was reprimanded and advised to return the money.

flying visit: Prime Minister John Key, right, with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a trip to Afghanistan. Key says security around next year’s Rugby World Cup could limit the Government’s ability to keep elite troops in Afghanistan beyond March.

Government proposes extending the $50-a-year charge, currently paid by students while they are studying, to those who have left tertiary education and are still paying off their loans.

Hacker not in NZ A Russian Facebook hacker was not based in New Zealand, New Zealand police said following a two-week investigation. Reports that the hacker, known as Kirllos, was living in New Zealand and attempting to sell the login details of social network website users were wrong and the hacker had no link to New Zealand, Detective

around it,” Dr Berks said. “And it wouldn’t be fully accepted as a mental health or addiction diagnosis by the majority of people in the profession in Australasia. “... whether it should be seen as an addiction or not is up for debate.” He was discussing the issue at a conference in Auckland.

Senior Sergeant John van den Heuvel of the National Cyber Crime Centre. It was reported that Kirllos offered the user names and passwords of 1.5 million Facebook users for between $35 and $62.70 per 1000 accounts sold.

Bodies found A Korean woman and her two daughters, aged 13 and 17, were found dead in a Christchurch house. The bodies were discovered in a home in the suburb of Avonhead after the mother failed to keep an appointment.

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The percentage increase in the annual rate of salary and wage growth, including overtime, in the March quarter according to Statistics New Zealand. It was the lowest increase since the year to September 2000.

1424

The amount of rain in millimetres that fell at Milford Sound in April, which was the highest since records began in 1929.

42.7m

The amount of money being spent on a makeover of Government House in Wellington.

8700

The number of divorces granted in 2009.

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The price in dollars of 91 octane fuel at the end of last month. It was the highest it had been in 17 months.

*And finally … convenient addiction Sex addiction, fact or convenient fiction? Despite what Tiger Woods might claim Kiwi psychiatrist and addiction expert Dr John Berks is not so sure. “I’d say there is much less research and evidence around [sex addiction] than, for example, alcohol addiction which has had many, many years of research

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SUMMARY

■ Accommodation providers hike prices for World Cup. ■ Minister Murray McCully warns them not to go over the top with prices. ■ Reports that supporters might fly in and out from Australia for matches.

Two men who allegedly shot 33 dogs on a rural property north of Auckland elected to be tried by a jury. Russell Mendoza and Tony Campbell both face animal cruelty and firearms charges after allegedly shooting the dogs following a row between Mendoza and the dogs’ owner. Murray McCully has concerns about World Cup accommodation prices

straight home again to avoid being ripped off. McCully said the issue had been discussed for some time between RWC organisers and the accommodation industry. “We will have a large number of visitors here and so while there is a chance to charge a premium we need to balance that against the

reputation for being a welcoming destination and a good place for tourists to come,” he said. He said it was not acceptable for anyone to rort the system and some were being asked to “understand the difference between charging a premium and doing something that is extortionate”.

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Unemployment rate plummets The New Zealand economy shocked the market with the largest fall in the unemployment rate on record, leading economists to confidently predict the Reserve Bank would start raising benchmark interest rates from next month. During the March quarter the unemployment rate fell 1.1 percentage points to 6 per cent, as the seasonally adjusted number of men employed full time surged 1.9 per cent. The Household Labour Force Survey, published by Statistics New Zealand (SNZ), showed the number of people

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ugby World Cup minister Murray McCully wrote to the Hotel Association asking it to persuade its members not to over-charge for accommodation during the rugby World Cup. There have been reports of accommodation providers in Auckland ramping prices up several hundred percent above usual rates and adding long minimum-stay provisions. The situation has led to complaints from some Australian tour operators who claim fans are considering flying into New Zealand for matches and then heading

COAST TO COAST

unemployed dropped by 25,000 or 15.1 per cent, seasonally adjusted, to 140,000 in the March quarter from the preceding three months. It was the first fall in both the number of people unemployed and the unemployment rate since the December 2007 quarter, and the largest fall in the unemployment rate recorded since the survey began in March 1986, SNZ said. But Berl chief economist Ganesh Nana sounded a note of caution, saying the real story lay in the actual counts of real people.

LOWER NORTH ISLAND A six-year-old boy died after a fire gutted his family home in Wanganui. Five family members were in the house but four escaped.

UPPER SOUTH ISLAND A Christchurch teenager admitted she made a false complaint of being forced into a car on Riccarton Road, tied up, and repeatedly raped. Judge Erber remanded her on bail for sentence on July 1.

LOWER SOUTH ISLAND

Employment has continued to grow

A Dunedin man was “pleasantly surprised” to find he had won $410,001 when he checked his Bullseye lottery ticket, two weeks after he purchased it with $4 in loose change. The man forgot to check his ticket until his wife read a story in the paper about a big unclaimed prize that was sold in Alexandra. The was sure about how to spend the money.

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Zuma off the hook

190bn

The shortfall in rands Eskom said it still faced up to 2017, despite a massive loan from the World Bank.

Strip club boss killed

Tutu glad for Mandela Archbishop Emeritus, Desmond Tutu, said former president Nelson Mandela would be hurt about the current situation in South Africa. Tutu said in an interview he

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friends reunited: Nelson Mandela is reunited with two of his Robben Island comrades, fellow treason trialist Denis Goldberg, right, and Namibia’s Andimba Toivo ja Toivo. Goldberg was the youngest trialist and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

was, in a sense, thankful that Mandela was not always fully aware of what was going on in the country he once led. Tutu also spoke out against corruption, crime, bad service delivery and spending resources on name changes.

should. He said this was mainly because the body would receive a complaint from the public and investigate it, only to have its recommendations given to the same police member that the complaint was about.

Moves to improve ICD

The DA said it would block the promulgation of the Expropriation Bill mooted by public works minister Geoff Doidge in Parliament. It said the bill would grant government officials the right to decide on the amount of compensation for expropriated land, rather than the courts.

Police minister Nathi Mthethwa said legislation to improve the functioning of the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) – responsible for policing SA Police Service members – was being finalised. Mthethwa acknowledged the ICD was not operating as it

DA to block bill

The percentage of the 3 million Fifa World Cup tickets sold so far, according to the Local Organising Committee.

61m

The amount in rands Cameroonian businessman Ahamadou Baba paid at an auction for the upscale Kings Court shopping centre in Port Elizabeth, which was built for R300m.

The number of public apologies in a week by Cope President Terror Lekota for accusing his deputy, Mbhazima Shilowa, of financial mismanagement.

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The percentage given by Statistics SA as the official unemployment rate.

Cabinet said it would not impose any sanctions on President Jacob Zuma for failing to declare his financial interests in time after taking office. Presidency and justice minister Jeff Radebe would review anomalies in the executive code of ethics, which Zuma blamed for his delay in declaring. He missed the deadline by eight months.

Teazers boss Lolly Jackson was shot dead at a friend’s house in Kempton Park. Police said the motive for the murder was not known. The killer was believed to have called police to inform them that he had shot Jackson.

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Safety on agenda

GAUTENG Two people died in an apparent murder-suicide related to a contractual dispute in Mulbarton, south of Johannesburg. Police said Aspen Hills residential estate CEO Allan Goldring was shot twice in the chest, before contractor Harold du Preez, who owed Goldring R1.4m, shot himself.

Police remove personal belongings of those injured or killed in the crash

Doorns, appeared in the Touws Rivier Periodical Court charged with culpable homicide. Cabinet called for those found responsible for the accident to “face the full might of the law”. Government spokesman Themba Maseko said law enforcement agencies must

show zero tolerance. Two people also died of gunshot wounds after an attack on buses in Soweto, Johannesburg. The attack was linked to dissatisfaction over the government’s Bus Rapid Transit system and the attack resulted in buses getting armed escorts.

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Fifa restrictions grating people in the zones would be allowed to do business, provided there was no Fifa-related marketing activity or ambush marketing. Fifa considered its trademarks to include “World Cup”, “World Cup 2010”, “Football World Cup”, “SA 2010”, “ZA 2010”, “South Africa 2010”, “Ke Nako – Celebrate Africa’s Humanity”, “Soccer World Cup” and “Zakumi”. It took a Pretoria pub owner to court to get him to remove banners and flags that said “World Cup 2010” and “2010 South Africa”, while it took Metcash to court for selling lollipops branded “2010 Pops”.

KWAZULUNATAL The Democratic Alliance said the ANC had not withdrawn a candidate for a by-election, even though he had been jailed for hijacking. Dumezweni Ndlovu served jail time for armed robbery, hijacking, theft and vehicle theft.

WESTERN CAPE A serious fire broke out in a parliamentary building housing ministerial offices. An official said the blaze started on the 18th floor of 120 Plein St, which housed the officers of the state security ministry.

FREE STATE

With the World Cup closing in regulations are tightening

The Naledi local municipality will be disbanded and placed under administration after its mayor, Motlatsi Motlohi, was killed by gunmen. Provincial MEC for corporate governance, Mosebenzi Zwane, had criticised the conduct of Naledi councillors since 2006, calling them irresponsible.

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■ Bus crash claims 23 lives prompting calls for action. ■ Bus was allegedly overloaded and unroadworthy. ■ Bus driver is charged with culpable homicide.

Fifa was South Africa’s “interim government”. That was how the governing body was described on a national radio station, amid mounting displeasure over brand-related regulations that was starting to annoy ordinary citizens. Fifa “brand police” would patrol stadiums to ensure the event was not abused. No commercial brand would be allowed in the restriction zones in and around stadiums countrywide, Fifa rights protection manager Mpumi Mazibuko said. Existing businesses situated

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here was a wave of calls from leaders across the political spectrum for stricter measures to ensure public transport safety, following a bus accident in the Western Cape which claimed 23 lives. Authorities alleged there were 78 passengers on board even though the bus was only registered to carry 64 passengers. It was also alleged that the bus was declared unroadworthy in the Eastern Cape last year and had not been fixed since. The driver of the bus, which crashed on the N1 near De

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RUGBY UNION All Black Ma’a Nonu says sorry for an expletive-laden radio interview after his Hurricanes’ team win on the weekend. He said “fuck” seven times while answering two questions.

WEDNESDAY

AFL The league takes a hard line against betting on matches by suspending and fining a number of officials. Power assistant coach Matthew Primus is among those caught.

THURSDAY

FOOTBALL Football Federation Australia boss Ben Buckley says he is confident progress is being made in negotiations with rival sports over the nation’s World Cup bid.

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Round 13

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Hosea Gear crosses for one of his three tries

Gear burns Reds Hurricanes 44 H Gear 3, T Ellison, C Jane, D Smith tries; P Weepu 4 cons 2 pens

21 Reds W Chambers, R Davies, S Higginbotham tries; Q Cooper 3 cons

Winger Hosea Gear put his name in the All Blacks mix as the Hurricanes moved within touching distance of the Super 14 finals with a stunning defeat of the Reds. Gear bagged a hat-trick in a hectic spectacle as the home side racked up 31 unanswered points in the second half to celebrate veteran No. 8 Rodney So’oialo’s 100th Super rugby match. For the Reds it was back-to-back defeats after a stunning mid-season run. The Reds led 21-13 at half-time but the turning point came when Reds flanker Andrew Shaw

was sinbinned by referee Bryce Lawrence in the 42nd minute for an apparent spear tackle on Weepu. With their set piece giving a powerful platform, the Hurricanes scored twice in that 10-minute period and added another soon afterwards to seize the match at 34-21 up with still 20 minutes left. Gear punished Reds centre Will Chambers for a handling error under his own posts to slide over in the corner, then fellow winger Tamati Ellison ran 40m after nice lead-up work from outstanding fullback Cory Jane who helped spark the hosts.

De Villiers fancies Kiwis Springboks coach Peter de Villiers said the strong form of the Bulls and Stormers in the Super 14 would not mean much when it came to the international season. While their strong seasons would give the Springboks confidence, the step up to international level meant Super 14 form could not be used as a guide for the international season, de Villiers said. “Winning is always positive, it’s just how are we going to put it together and maintain that kind of positive momentum,” he said. De Villiers still rated New Zealand’s Super 14 sides, saying talent was more evenly spread among their teams, whereas in South Africa the vast majority of internationals played for either the Stormers or the Bulls “If you look at the New Zealand sides, they are still some of the better sides in the competition, what happened is all the other sides actually caught up,” he said. Speaking about the rule changes in this year’s Super 14 he said referees were “applying the law as it always should have been” and this resulted in a faster and more open game.

Brumbies gallop back into contention Brumbies 31 R Elsom, S Ma’afu, M Toomua, J Valentine tries; M Giteau 4 cons pen

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The Brumbies kept their Super 14 finals aspirations alive and gave George Smith and Stirling Mortlock a perfect Canberra farewell with a bonus-point win over the Highlanders. The Brumbies notched three tries in the opening 48 minutes but had to wait until two minutes before time to notch the crucial bonuspoint fourth, with flyhalf Matt Toomua the man to cross. Smith lasted 74 minutes in his

Canberra farewell while Mortlock, whose back injury denied him the chance to play one last time in front of his home crowd, did a lap of honour before the game. The Brumbies were dominant throughout the night, with the only question being whether they would be good enough to claim the bonus point. Rocky Elsom opened the scoring in the 13th minute when he took the ball at the back of a lineout and twisted and turned his way through several opponents to cross.

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Seeing the “ traffic jams

Francois Hougaard of the Bulls breaks the tackle of Dan Bowden

outside the stadium with so many people wanting to support us proved inspirational

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Sharks skipper Jon Smith explains his team’s upset of the Stormers. THE PLAYER

George Smith BRUMBIES The Australian rugby legend was outstanding in his final game for the Brumbies at Canberra stadium. Returning from injury Smith threw himself into the fray with the same gusto of old.

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

P 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

W 10 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 4 4 4 3 0

L 2 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 8 9 12

BP 7 7 6 5 7 6 6 8 5 8 3 2 5 5

* Have had a draw

PTS 47 39 38 37 37 36 34 32 29 26 21 18 17 5

Bulls snatch win Bulls 40 F Hougaard 2, V Matfield tries; M Steyn 2 cons 5 pens 2 drop goals

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Blues v Chiefs, Waratahs v Hurricanes, Sharks v Force, Cheetahs v Lions, Stormers v Bulls

35 Crusaders A Ellis, S Maitland, T Paulo, B Thorn tries; D Carter 3 cons 2 pens drop goal

The Bulls delivered a serious blow to the Crusaders’ Super 14 rugby hopes with a controversial win in Pretoria. A try after the final hooter to Francois Hougaard handed the hosts a thrilling victory but it didn’t come without howls of protest from the visitors, who believed the ball had gone forward to the flying winger. However, Lions 14 C Spencer 2 tries; H Kruger 2 cons

56 Blues J Rokocoko 2, S Brett, A Mathewson, T McCartney, R Ranger, P Williams tries; S Brett 6 cons 3 pens

The hapless Lions set an unwanted record when they became the first Super 14 team to lose 12 games straight after they were humiliated by the Blues. The Lions looked like they might make a match of it after trailing 24-14 at half-time, but during the second stanza the Blues were able to run the ball at will. Sharks 20 O Ndungane, R Pienaar tries; R Pienaar 2 cons 2 pens

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South African referee Marius Jonker ruled the ball had been knocked back by reserve prop Owen Franks, with the replay supporting that decision, although there could also be an argument that Hougaard received the ball from an offside position after it ricocheted from the head of passer Bandise Maku. Crusaders captain Richie McCaw was clearly distraught at the call, which made it very difficult for the Crusaders to make the finals, and argued with Jonker for several minutes. Chiefs 19 J Willison 2, T Nanai-Williams tries; C Bruce, D Sweeney cons

46 Waratahs B Barnes, K Beale, D Fitzpatrick, D Mitchell, B Mowen, T Polota-Nau, L Turner tries; B Barnes 2 cons pen, D Halangahu 2 cons

The Waratahs took control of their finals destiny with a crushing win over the Chiefs. Up 20-0 at half-time, NSW secured the vital bonus point within 60 seconds of the restart, when flyhalf Berrick Barnes scored a 50m intercept try. NSW delivered on their pre-match aim to produce a more physical performance after recent poor efforts.

14 Stormers

Cheetahs 29

P Grant, F Louw tries; Grant 2 cons

B Basson 2, N Olivier, S Pretorius tries; NOlivier 3 cons pen

The Sharks blew the race for the finals wide open when they upset the Stormers. Flyhalf Ruan Pienaar and Rory Kockott were the stand-out performers for the Sharks controlling the game with precision. It was the fifth consecutive Super 14 loss by the Stormers to the Sharks. Stormers’ captain Schalk Burger described his team’s performance as poor.

14 Force R Cross, D Pocock tries; J O’Connor 2 cons

A dominant first half allowed the Cheetahs to beat the Force and continue adding some respectability to their season. The home side scored four tries in the opening stanza to take a 26-7 lead into the break. Halfback Sarel Pretorius was the best player on the park for the Cheetahs guiding his team around expertly.

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Bulldogs coach Rodney Eade isn’t getting carried away with the Bulldogs’ win.

THE PLAYER

Dogs win scrap M Bate 3, A Davey, B Green, D Hughes, J Bennell, N Jones, T Scully.

POWER The Port midfielder was best afield in the game against Essendon with 29 disposals and two goals.

THE LADDER P 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 6

W 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 0 0

L 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 6

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

% 146 130 145 141 124 90 115 103 109 106 78 85 83 86 62 49

PTS 24 24 20 20 20 20 16 16 12 12 12 8 8 4 0 0

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Monday night game Saints v Blues

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Team Magpies Dockers Cats Saints Swans Power Bulldogs Lions Blues Demons Roos Bombers Eagles Hawks Crows Tigers

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Other Round 8 games

Buldogs v Swans, Demons v Eagles, Roos v Crows, Tigers v Hawks, Saints v Bombers

10.10.70 Bulldogs J Hill 2, A Everitt, B Lake, B Stack, J Akermanis, J Grant, M Boyd, R Griffen S Higgins

The Western Bulldogs endured another AFL scrap but this time emerged victorious, as they beat Melbourne by four points at the MCG. The Dogs avenged the previous week’s heartbreak, when they conceded three late goals and lost narrowly to St Kilda, by kicking the last two goals to sink Melbourne. Fullback Brian Lake, sent forward as the last Bombers 16.10.106 A Davey 3, A Monfries 3, S Gumbleton 3, B Stanton, D Zaharakis, J Melksham, M McVeigh, N Lovett-Murray, P Ryder, S Lonergan

17.7.109 Power B Ebert 3, D Motlop 3, J Westhoff 3, D Pearce 2, R Gray 2, C Cornes, J Davenport, J Trentgrove, T Boak

Port Adelaide maintained their domination over Essendon, coming from behind to win their match by three points at Etihad Stadium. The Power trailed by 13 points early in the final term, but kicked three of the last four goals and held on grimly in the last few Eagles 15.12.102 J Kennedy 6, M LeCras 4, B McKinley 2, Q Lynch 2, D Cox

14.10.94 Hawks J Roughead 6, B Whitecross 2, G Birchall 2, B Muston, C Peterson, C Young, J Morton

Josh Kennedy booted a career-best six goals as West Coast scraped past fellow AFL strugglers Hawthorn by eight points. Hawks forward Jarryd Roughead booted four final-term goals but it wasn’t enough as the Eagles held on for dear life. Lions 15.10.100 B Fevola 3, S Black 2, T Banfield 2, A McGrath, C Stiller, D Rich, J Brown, J Drummond, J Sherman, M Rischitelli, T Rockliff

15.23.113 Dockers M Pavlich 3, H Ballantyne 2. M Johnson 2, P Hasleby 2, A Morabito, A Sandilands, C Mayne, M Barlow, N Fyfe R, Palmer

The AFL’s worst away record finally came to an end as Fremantle rubbed salt into injuryravaged Brisbane’s wounds. The Dockers closed out their first-ever win in Brisbane in their ninth encounter dating back 15 years.

roll of the dice, snapped truly to keep the Bulldogs alive in the last four minutes, and then Ryan Griffen kicked the winner from deep in the pocket with the clock winding down. It was a great escape for the Bulldogs, who looked set to go into the red despite holding a sizeable lead in the first half, when it rained continuously. The Dogs led by 20 points at the start of the second quarter before the Demons had kicked a goal. minutes. Port have now won 12 of their past 13 matches against the Bombers, who paid dearly for too many turnovers. In the frenetic finish, Angus Monfries kicked his third goal at 25 minutes into the last term to bring Essendon back to only a point behind. The game broke open in the third term, with 13 goals scored – seven to Essendon and six to the Power. Magpies 23.19.157 S Sidebottom 5, P Medhurst 3, A Didak 2, C Dawes 2, D Jolly 2, L Davis 2, A Toovey, B Johnson, C Wood D Thomas, H Shaw, S O’Bree, T Cloke

14.7.91 Roos L Thomas 3, A Edwards 2, B Warren 2, D Hale 2, D Wells 2, A Swallow, B Harvey, C Garlett

Collingwood continued their slick brand of high-scoring football, storming to their fourth consecutive big win. It gave the club their equal best start to a season in 17 years, matching their win-loss ratio from the first seven rounds of 1993. Cats 19.12.126 J Podsiadly 5, P Chapman 3, T Varcoe 3, G Ablett 2, S Johnson 2, J Kelly, M Blake, S Byrnes, S Hogan

9.5.59 Swans K Jack 2, A Goodes, D Bradshaw, E Barlow, G Rohan, J McVeigh, J White, R O’Keefe

Geelong cantered to a 67-point thrashing of Sydney at Skilled Stadium. The contest between two of the league’s better-placed teams began brightly, but became a romp in the second half. The victory also snapped Sydney’s five-game winning streak.

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44 Australia captain Darren Lockyer attracts a bit of attention

Morris buries NZ AUSTRALIA 12 B Morris 2 tries; J Lyon 2 goals

8 NEW ZEALAND J Nightingale, J Sau tries

Brett Morris’s continuing love affair with the green and gold was enough to hold off a gallant New Zealand fightback as Australia christened Melbourne’s AAMI Park with a thrilling win in the trans-Tasman Test. Morris scored a double to take his tally to eight tries in just five Tests, as the Kangaroos shrugged off the first-half loss of hooker Cameron Smith to a hyper-extended right Sea Eagles 24 T Williams 3, B Farrar tries; J Lyon 4 goals

6 Dragons T Merrin try; J Soward goal

A Tony Williams hat-trick helped Manly to a magnificent win over St George Illawarra. In addition to inflicting only the second defeat of the Dragons’ season, Manly secured the win despite having eight players backing up from representative duties 24 hours earlier. And they were also forced to play the whole Knights 36 A Uate 2, S Dureau, K Gidley, K Lulia, C Vuna tries; K Gidley 6 goals

38 Titans C Toopi 2, G Bird, P Campbell, M Minichiello, D Moore, J Tomane tries; S Prince 5 goals

Two tries from veteran New Zealand winger Clinton Toopi helped Gold Coast outlast Newcastle in a topsy-turvey NRL encounter. Both sides had three players backing up from representative action from Friday’s international in Melbourne and the City versus Storm 14 M Duffie 2, A Quinn tries; G Inglis goal

36 Broncos I Folau 2, G Beale, C Norman. B Te’o, J Yow Yeh tries; C Parker 6 goals

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second half without halfback Kieran Foran after the young ROUND Kiwi playmaker suffered a 9 strained hamstring. Despite the two sides having 11 players between them involved in Friday’s Test between Australia and New Zealand and the City versus Country clash in Port Macquarie, the match was an intense, high-quality encounter. Country clash in Port Macquarie, but it was the Titans who dominated the opening exchanges. Toopi crossed for his first try of the game after 10 minutes when he went over in the left corner after good work from the evergreen Preston Campbell and William Zillman. The Knights hit back in emphatic fashion through centre Keith Lulia three minutes later and then took the lead through a Kurt Gidley try. their salary-cap rorting was exposed and they were stripped of all points for the season, as well as two premierships. Brisbane centre Israel Folau made a point to selectors who ignored him for Australia’s Test, scoring two tries, standing up Billy Slater to post the second. The home side started brightly and through winger Anthony Quinn, took a 4-0 lead after five minutes.

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Greg Inglis AUSTRALIA The Storm centre returned to form when he turned out for his country. Inglis was the most dangerous player on the field keeping the Kiwi defence hard at work all night.

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

W 7 7 6 5 4 4 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 6

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elbow. The Kiwis stormed back from 12-0 down with two tries in the final 12 minutes to set up a grandstand finish. When Junior Sa’u powered his way over with just two minutes remaining the Kiwis had just one more play to snatch a dramatic win. Issac Luke’s two missed conversions proved costly in the final wash-up. Even though the home side struggled to turn many of their breaks into points, they did enough to put the visitors away.

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Reports indicated the former Leeds and Liverpool star was going to struggle to be fit for Australia’s World Cup opener against Germany on June 13. The FFA confirmed Kewell suffered a recurrence of his groin injury after training with his Turkish club Galatasaray but suggested the problem was not as bad as feared. A report in Fairfax Media said Kewell had ruled himself out of the remainder of the Turkish season with assistant coach Johan Neeskens suggesting the 31-year-old was a big doubt for the World Cup. “Right now, I think it’s going to be very difficult,” Neeskens said in the newspaper report. “Stage by stage he got better but then he fell back again. He chose to stop practising and take treatment but sometimes

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after three or four days and he stops treatment and starts training again, it comes back again. “I don’t know if he really is to make the World Cup at this rate.“ Kewell’s setback came just three days after making his first appearance for Gala since breaking down and undergoing surgery in January. Despite the injury worry, the FFA spokesman said Kewell would be available for selection in Australia’s 27-man preliminary squad named by coach Pim Verbeek on Tuesday. He was also expected to take part in the Socceroos camp ahead of the match against New Zealand on May 24.

Black Caps in touch New Zealand breathed life into their Twenty20 cricket world championship campaign with a thrilling one-run defeat of Pakistan. Seamer Ian Butler produced his most memorable display for his country, dismissing Abdur Rehman for two off the game’s final ball when Pakistan needed two to win. Butler, who claimed 3-19 off four overs, conceded nine runs off an excellent final over, leaving topscorer Salman Butt stranded at the other end on 67. After losing their first Super Eight match to South Africa by 13 runs at the same ground on Friday, New Zealand will still need to win their final match against England at St Lucia on Tuesday to progress to the

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semi-finals. South Africa stumbled to a 39-run loss to England. Australia were due to play Sri Lanka on Sunday after beating India by 49 runs earlier in the tournament.

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Reports of a proposed A$50,000 increase to NRL salary caps bemused players and officials, with Melbourne skipper Cameron Smith saying it would do little to stop the likes of Israel Folau leaving the game. Details emerged that the NRL was looking at funding a $3 million rescue package to help keep the game’s biggest star from being poached by rival codes. The plan was said to be one of a range of ideas being considered by the NRL in the wake of last week’s meeting of the league’s chief executives, with a final decision to be made once CEOs have submitted their reports on May 21.

Socceroo star Harry Kewell re-injured his groin but Football Federation Australia (FFA) believes the forward will be available for next month’s World Cup.

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ast month, ahead of the World Twenty20 tournament currently on in the Caribbean, new Aussie skipper Michael Clarke claimed the shortest form of the game is just as significant as 50-over matches and even Test cricket. Clarke’s comments may have raised sceptics’ eyebrows, but there would have been no argument from David Warner, who became Australia’s first Twenty20 specialist when he made his international debut in January 2009, before playing a first-class match for NSW. “It definitely feels like that,” Warner says of Twenty20’s growing prestige. “Any game for Australia is a top-class match and you’ll be busting your backside no matter what the format.”

A STEPPING STONE TO BIGGER THINGS Since his blistering 89 off 43 balls in his debut against South Africa, Warner, 23, is now Australia’s leading run-scorer in Twenty20 internationals. But he is adamant his future at international level encompasses other formats. “I’ve played seven ODIs and I see myself playing more of those,” he says. “It’s a real focus of mine to be part of the World Cup next year.” Perhaps surprisingly, Warner credits the Indian Premier League (IPL) with helping him moderate his bull-at-a-gate style. “Initially,

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I could only think in one tempo,” he says. “The IPL has taught me that you need a good start, but you also need to work the ones and twos in the middle.”

THE IPL FAST LANE Playing for Delhi in this year’s IPL, Warner hit 107 not out off 69 balls against Kolkata, confirming he is poised to cash in on Twenty20 cricket. “I see myself playing Twenty20 for the next 15 years – I think it’s a game I can grab, but I’m greedy to succeed, no matter who I’m playing for,” Warner says. “The IPL is like a big party – the crowds create an electrifying atmosphere.” The IPL has also made headlines for the wrong reasons: chairman Lalit Modi has been suspended and a mixture of financial improprieties has been alleged. “If things are happening, then it’s disappointing,” Warner says. “As far I’m concerned, when you’re playing competitive cricket, it doesn’t enter your mind. There’s too much at stake for a player to go down that path.”

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TIME TO SHINE Given Australian cricket’s strength over the past 20 years, their Twenty20 struggles are an enigma, but Warner is confident of an upward curve. “We’re only going to get better from here,” he says. “Our team, on paper, has enough batting depth to eat up any team in the world.” “We’re starting to pick a specialist Twenty20 side and the players understand their roles.” As top-order H-bomb, Warner will next be appearing for Middlesex in the English county Twenty20 competition, where he could form a tantalising opening partnership with former Test great Adam Gilchrist. And, taking Warner at his word, Middlesex’s opponents can expect to be retrieving some balls. “I’ve got to believe that the only way they’ll get me out is if I get myself out. If it’s in my zone, I’m going to hit it.”

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DOM VERSACE Career Entrepreneur Age 39 Lives Surrey From Melbourne, Australia How did you get into your line of work?

I was brought up in a family of entrepreneurs and that, together with reading loads of business books, gave me the confidence. What do you do day-to-day?

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Every day is completely different and I love seeing an idea come to life. What’s the most challenging aspect about your job?

Managing other people; this is definitely a skill in itself. I try to make sure I have an equal balance between work and family life, this is really important to me. I also try to keep a positive attitude and surround myself with like-minded people.

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OFFICE GURU Is intern just another name for unpaid labour? I’m a media grad and it’s all I’m being offered. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) says an internship should be a chance to pick up valuable work skills, not an unpaid opportunity to learn to commute and skivvy for paid staff. Essentially, you

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various businesses. I start the day in my lettings office and spend a few hours doing admin and organising appointments. In the afternoons, I’m either at the Croupier Academy, organising interviews with prospective students, or at Chequers Bar in Old Street. Lately, I have been focused on promoting a new business networking group called Australian Entrepreneurs in London.

need to weigh up what you’ll get from your internship in relation to what you’re giving. Remember that a stint as an intern gets you right inside an office and into full view of the boss the next time they’re hiring paid staff. Even if you don’t land a job, you’ll still be able to get valuable CV experience.

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year and £7.7bn in 2012. The CEBR also claims that the number of jobs in the City is set to increase by 14,000 this year, as banks shrug off the recession. It also predicts that by 2011, employment in the financial services industry will be back above 2008 levels.

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Western Australia is leading a national surge in IT job salaries as the employment market opens up. More than 40 per cent of IT job categories in Perth received a salary or contract rate rise in the first quarter of this year.

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t’s a tough industry to crack, but 2010 is a good year for marketing. If you know how to big yourself up, and put yourself out there, you could land a pretty cool job.

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HERE AND NOW Marketing jobs were among the most dispensable during the financial meltdown, so the industry took a hefty blow, but companies are scouting for talent again. Financial services, in particular, are big employers of those in marketing, with in-house roles at the mid-tier level prevalent. Selected telcos, publishing houses and digital agencies are also on a recruitment drive. FINDING THE RIGHT PEOPLE Benjamin Stevenson, manager of the sales and marketing contract division for Robert Walters, says that though it’s a candidate-rich market,

the right people are not necessarily out there. “I struggle to find enough experienced people in financial services events to supply client demand,” Stevenson explains. “Demand for people with knowledge of SEO and pay-per-click is also high and while the industry is flexible to a degree, ultimately, employers are stretched so they want someone who can do the task with their eyes closed.”

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE Employers are looking for a solid career history with no gaps, says Nicola Wright, marketing recruitment consultant at Austin Benn. “CIM qualifications are preferable, with a degree ideally in marketing, and generally, employers favour those who can demonstrate

Tourism Queensland’s vacancy for ‘the best job in the world’ – being paid $150,000 to live on Hamilton Island for six months as an island caretaker – was viral marketing genius. It attracted 34,684 applicants, trebled traffic to the organisation’s site, generated about $80m worth of publicity, and spawned more than 500 Facebook groups. It was Briton Ben Southall (left) who landed the job last year.

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a full marketing mix,” says Wright. Stevenson adds that workers need to be “adaptable and autonomous”. At entry level, if they don’t have a marketing degree, then graphic design skills are advantageous.

EXPERT ADVICE “Be open with your consultant and explain what you want from your next career move,” says Wright. “Also, testimonials from previous employers could make the difference between applying for a job and landing the interview.” Stevenson suggests that if you’re experience-poor, offer your marketing services to a charity for free and gain some valuable skills.

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HALF THE JOB DONE Australians, New Zealanders and South Africans have a great working reputation in this field, and have a broad skills set, says Stevenson. “For example, a marketing manager from any of these three countries may have been required to deal with collateral, online, PR, internal communications and events as part of their role, while UK organisations may have specialists for each.” But be prepared. Despite your best efforts you may not initially secure a great job. “This is a competitive market, so be flexible about your first job – it will give you invaluable UK experience and opportunities to search for a role that is ideal,” adds Wright.

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THE GOOD STUFF There’s no denying that there are perks to be had

in this sector; junior marketing roles often work on fantastic projects, through to digital marketing specialists branding famous clients. Sponsorship managers (see right) can also find themselves rubbing shoulders with stars. “Some of the most exciting opportunities that I’m currently working on include a brand manager with a large cosmetics company, and a marketing executive for a leading film organisation,” says Wright.

Kiwi Belinda Stevenson (below) is sponsorship manager for Vodafone UK. What does your job entail? I manage the sponsorship strategy, activation plans and promotions of Vodafone-sponsored teams and events, such as the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1 team (left) and sponsorship of the UEFA Champions League and England cricket team. How does the job here differ from home? Everything’s on a bigger scale, including budgets, which allows more scope for creativity. I have gained amazing experience, which I would never have been exposed to back home. Advice for marketeers? I’m a massive believer in getting a foot in the door. I was transferred here to a role that wasn’t ideal, but by building contacts and relationships, I landed this job. What’s been the highlight? In 2008, I managed the Vodafone Live Music Awards. We had an amazing line-up of artists and celebrities and it was a real sense of achievement to pull off this type of event.

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Sony wants pre-loved gear f your home entertainment set-up is looking a bit battered, and you’re keen to upgrade for this year’s World Cup, then electronics giant Sony’s “scrappage” scheme could give you a leg up. Sony is offering discounts of up to £150 in return for old products, with TV, DVD-R,

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I don’t really. I have no plans – I’m here to travel, so I’ll see what happens. I’m up for some fun, and when the money runs out, I’ll think about getting a job. What are your major expenses here?

Entertainment – having a few beers, basically. I’m living in a hostel, so that’s cheap. All I need is a place to stay and then there’s not much else on top of that. Do you blow your cash on anything that’s out of the ordinary?

Not yet, but I’m looking to travel around Europe, whenever I can. That will be a big expense, so hopefully, I can find a job that gives me time to travel.

LA DOLCE VITA The British election promises to be fascinating, but none of the candidates over here are as eccentric as Italy’s mega-rich PM, Silvio Berlusconi » Berlusconi, 73, first served » He has been accused as prime minister from 1994-95, again from 2001-06, before his third term began in 2008. » Berlusconi is among Italy’s richest men, worth about £4.5bn, mostly from media holdings that account for about half the Italian market.

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Beautiful Broads Norfolk may not be the first UK destination that springs to mind, but it offers a relaxing weekend of boating and bike rides WORDS REBECCA KENT

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ow’s the serenity?” pondered Darryl Kerrigan in The Castle. Wading through the palpable ash-induced chaos of a volcano beginning with ‘E’, it was hard to get into his head space. But I was bound for a weekend in the Norfolk Broads National Park, wishing with all my optimistic might for a Kerrigan moment. With a heavy nostalgic sigh, I can say it came in spades.

PICTURE PRETTY Pulling into a sweeping gravelled drive flanked by jasmine trellises, dancing daffodils, sweetsmelling roses and overhanging foliage, we gasped at the postcard aesthetic of the romantic 18th-century house nestled among acres of enchanting, sun-drenched English gardens, meadow and woodland. The Broadhouse Hotel is our base for the

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weekend. At the edge of Wroxham Broad, it’s not so much a place to stay as an experience to behold. Formerly a Queen Anne residence, pains have been taken to retain its timeless charm. Sipping Pimm’s on the outdoor settees, we revel in the stillness. The hotel’s tag rings in my head: ‘Doing nothing is never a waste of time’. Never a truer word said.

PLACID LAKES In the eastern corner of England, the Norfolk Broads are a network of navigable rivers and lakes best explored by boat. We take the luxury option, gliding on the hotel’s 35ft cruiser Lola, but for about £30 a day, a canoe will allow you to get more intimate with the wealth of wildlife. The waterside is so appealing, with its uncluttered, quaint thatched-roofed cottages and weather-beaten shacks. ‘’Where else can you have all this, plus the beach and dunes along the coast just a stone’s throw away?’’ our skipper Philip Search asks. I’ll add to that the loveliest of British folk, plus one

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THE NORFOLK BROADS The broads are the largest protected wetland in Britain, with 200km of waterways across Norfolk and Suffolk, and are the result of flooding in areas of extensive peat excavation. The Romans first exploited the rich peat beds for fuel in the Middle Ages, monasteries operated a turbary business, selling the fuel in Norwich and Great Yarmouth. Despite the use of dykes, the flooding couldn’t be halted, resulting in the landscape.

Lazy days: navigate the Norfolk waters by boat

massive drawcard – the least rain in the country. ‘’We had 42 weddings booked last year and we were only concerned about the rain for one of them,’’ Search says. Clear skies as good as guaranteed, tonight we gaze at the stars on the banks of the broad. On a chillier evening, Search will throw in a blanket and hot water bottle – plus a bottle of whisky if you’re that way inclined.

ON YER BIKE With another fine day forecast, we decide to explore the broads by bicycle. As we criss-cross the Bure River, passing through the bustling boat villages of Wroxham and Horning, we find the national park’s quiet lanes and undulating countryside perfect cycling terrain. After a meander through the Ranworth Broads, known as the thatch factory of the UK, we pull up at rustic Woodbastwick to fuel up on pub grub and a pint of Norfolk ale. Finally, a climb up the 100ft tower of St Helen’s Church, also known as the ‘Cathedral of the Broads’, rewards us with panoramic views of winding rivers dotted with white sails, waving reed beds, and swathes of verdant grass. An Arthur Ransome book has come to life.

WHEN TO GO August is the best time of year as the weather is usually still and warm. GETTING THERE Car hire from Avis is about £90 for two days and driving takes about 2.5 hours from London; National Express (nationalexpress.com) coaches run from London to Norwich, the closest big town. There are also halfhourly train services from Liverpool Street station. GETTING AROUND The Broads are easy to explore by foot, bicycle or boat. You can also travel between Wroxham and the ancient market town of Aylsham by steam train on the Bure Valley Railway. GOING OUT A pint at a village pub will cost £2-£3. ACCOMMODATION A hostel dorm is about £12 a night, while a threestar hotel is about £80 per night. Cottages, caravans, campsites and boat accommodation are also available. SEE visitnorfolk.co.uk

» Rebecca Kent stayed at the Broadhouse Hotel (broadhousehotel.co.uk) and hired a car with Avis (avis.co.uk). Rent a bike with Broadland Cycle Hire (norfolkbroadscycling.co.uk) The Norfolk count ryside has been shaped by centuries of flooding

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Recently hailed the UK’s friendliest city, Newcastle has pristine pavements, shiny buildings, pricey drinks and European funding, which has led to its latest rash of superimposed ‘culture’. Whether it’s the Angel of the North, the Blue (but it’s grey) Carpet or Sir Norman Foster’s Sage Music Centre, Newcastle has developed an identity beyond football and short-skirted ladies. But don’t despair – the city is still as much about having a good time as ever.

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Art. The latter was formerly a grain house and now provides excellent views of the Tyne river, but its exhibitions are often disappointing. There are echoes of Sydney Harbour in the Tyne Bridge and the recently opened Sage Music Centre, though perhaps the most impressive feature of the quayside is the 19th-century High Level Bridge.

good weather, Osborne Road in Jesmond is a plum choice. There are numerous bars along the strip, with beer gardens from which to have a look at the passing lads and lasses. Newcastle isn’t all beer and football, but the two are close to the heart of most Geordies. Just beware of overdoing it or you could end up at the fabled Newcastle Brown Ale ward of the city’s General Hospital.

TRY THE LOCAL TIPPLE No trip to Newcastle is complete without downing a pint of the north east’s most famous export, Newcastle Brown Ale. Locals refer to the drink as ‘broon’ or ‘dog’, which stems from the euphemism “I’m going to walk the dog”, meaning “I’m going to the pub”.

BEST OF THE REST Notorious Bigg Market is one place to stop for a drink, while the more sophisticated Central Station area, pricier Quayside and gay Pink Triangle are also good for supping. In

OUT OF TOWN Newcastle’s a great hub from which to get to the desolate remains of Hadrian’s Wall, where you can walk or investigate the ruins. As impressive though, is the north east’s beautiful, sandy coastline. Dotted nearby are many castles, such as Alnwick, which featured in the Harry Potter films, and Bamburgh, which sticks out dramatically over the fairytale crags and white sands.

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he notion of spending two minutes in a box-sized room chilled to an inconceivable -121˚C, all in the name of a health kick, sounds like something from a sci-fi novel. And when I hear that this so-called ‘wonder treatment’ – used by athletes to boost performance – is known as ‘cryotherapy’, my mind fills with warped images of dead bodies put in the freezer. Fortunately, cryonics (freezing the dead) is very different to cryotherapy, which I’m about to try at AquaCity, a waterpark and spa centre at the foot of the Tatra Mountains in Slovakia.

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COOL KIT I expect to be kitted out in some astronaut-like attire to protect me from the man-made elements, so I’m shocked when the receptionist hands me a skimpy vest top and a small pair of shorts. I’m also given mittens, thick socks, a mask, a Rocky-style headband to protect my ears, and a pair of on-trend clogs.

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strong, healthy girl, yes?” the cheery doc asks. “Good,” he grins. Terrified by the prospect of being frozen like a lump of meat, my nerves are jangling. From the outside, the thick wooden doors look like a sauna, but as soon as Dr Jan opens the chamber we’re engulfed in a polar-esque fog. The experience begins in the antechamber, chilled to a mere -60˚C, where we have to stamp our feet to eliminate moisture from the surface of our bodies for 30 seconds. My skin tingles, but the sensation is not an unpleasant one. After about a minute, Dr Jan instructs us over the PA system to move to the cryochamber.

ICE, ICE, BABY Chillier than the Antarctic, where the lowest temperature ever recorded was a paltry -89˚C, the cryochamber is pretty damn cold. Enveloped in a thick white mist, I can barely see my two shivering comrades. We walk clockwise for one minute, stomping our clog-encased feet, Freeze frame: brave the biting temperature

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WHEN TO GO AquaCity is open year-round. GETTING THERE Ryanair flies to Bratislava from London, fly Bratislava to Poprad with Danube Wings. GETTING AROUND Poprad is well connected by train and bus to ski resorts, Bratislava and neighbouring Poland. Poprad VISAS South Africans SLOVAKIA require a Schengen visa. CURRENCY Euro. 1 GBP = BRATISLAVA 1.17 EUR. LANGUAGE Slovakian, but English is widely spoken. GOING OUT A beer is ¤1. ACCOMMODATION Double rooms cost about ¤60. SEE aquacityresort.com.

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All in the name: there are plenty of activities to occupy you at AquaCity

before changing direction for the final minute. We’ve been instructed not to breathe in too deeply, but I instinctively don’t want to suck the icy air into my lungs. My arms and legs prick with pain as the biting chill penetrates my pores. We have been told we can leave the chamber at any time if the cold becomes unbearable, but we all brave it out for the full two minutes.

GYM BUNNIES Once released, we race up to the gym for a lowimpact workout. Within minutes of exercising on the cross-trainer, my numbed arms and legs begin to spring back to life. I feel euphoric and exhilarated, like I’ve just jumped out of a plane. The treatment is said to help conditions such as arthritis, lower-back disorders and osteoporosis. The sense of euphoria it induces is also believed to aid people suffering from depression. And this cutting-edge treatment is a steal at just €10 per session. GREEN LIVING Bizarre treatments aside, the futuristic-style Aquacity resort has been lauded for its green credentials. It is self-powered by solar and geothermal energy drawn from lakes beneath the plains of northern Slovakia. The cavernous resort is home to outdoor and indoor thermal baths, an Olympic-sized pool, swim-up bar, snow cave, scented saunas, waterslides and two hotels. So even if you’re too chicken to give cryotherapy a shot, AquaCity is the perfect place to head for a stress-free weekend.

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Pedro, heading east without fear means you will see a different side to Europe. Ukraine is huge and undiscovered and has some superb spots. Although distances between these places are long, rail travel is cheap and if you’re not trying to live like an oligarch, this is one of Europe’s cheaper destinations. Book hostels ahead in Kiev and Lviv. Find a summary of travel options from Ukraine, including Kiev and Odessa, at marisha.net/crossroads.htm. Although the site has not been updated for some months, it will give you an idea of the choices, which are essentially train or bus. The part of your trip that confuses me is Slovakia. Bratislava is adjacent to Austria and a long way from the country’s Ukrainian border. Assuming you have a cheap flight or a fancy lady waiting for you, it’ll take a few days to make your way here from western Ukraine via train, but 17 days is plenty for this trip. See bahn.de for a database of train times and routes.

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I guess you mean Lagos in Portugal and not Lagos in Nigeria, which would be considerably more difficult to reach from San Sebastian in Spain. Nigeria’s largest city is chaotic and colourful, but not the sort of place you’d head to while ticking off Spain’s offbeat, backpacker-friendly festivals. I’m going to take a punt you’re after the Portuguese one. Renfe (renfe.es) and CP (cp.pt) are Spain and Portugal’s rail companies and their online timetables have the answers. Unless you go via Madrid you’re going to pass through Lisbon on your way south, the easiest way being on the night train, which leaves San Sebastian at 10pm and takes about 10 hours to reach the capital. From there it’s easy to take another train or bus south to Lagos. It’s under four hours from Lisbon to Faro and won’t cost more than £30. Night train costs vary, depending on the class, but bank on spending £70 each. As the crowds around Pamplona are immense, book this service ahead at raileurope.co.uk. Tickets go on sale 90 days before travel.

I’m planning to go east in May and I only have 17 days. My idea is to travel to Kiev and Odessa in the Ukraine, then cross the border into Moldova. I want to return to Ukraine to Lviv, before ending in Bratislava, Slovakia. What are the transport options between these countries? Pedro, via email

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India is to ban tiger tourism in a bid to save the endangered animals from extinction. Tourism is to be phased out in India’s 37 tiger reserves because vehicles destroy the cats’ natural hunting ground and scare away their prey. Experts estimate that there are only about 800 tigers in India.

GREECE SAFE TO TRAVEL It’s ‘business as usual’ for travellers visiting Greece, in spite of its economic crisis, say tour operators. Political demonstrations have taken place in the centre of major cities, such as Athens and Thessaloniki, but they have not affected the islands or seaside resorts. Some travellers have voiced concerns to travel operators about what will happen if the country ‘goes bust’. But tour companies say that the crisis is more likely to have a positive outcome for visitors, as the euro will be weakened so prices should be cheaper on the ground. “It’s business as usual as far as travel to Greece is concerned. It is one of our most popular products and it is still selling strongly

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Turkey has the top beach Ölüdeniz in Turkey has been hailed the best sun and beach destination in Europe. The idyllic beach is famed for its stunning blue lagoon and paragliding opportunities. Mykonos in Greece and Ayia Napa in Cyprus were also highly rated in a poll by online travel community TripAdvisor. Weymouth in Dorset was named ‘emerging hotspot’ thanks to its surge in popularity, and Bath was first for the best spa category. Edinburgh took first place as

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the favourite UK destination, with Brighton second, York third and London fourth. Scotland was particularly popular in this category, with the Isle of Skye, Loch Lomond and the island of Islay all in the top 10.

for us,” says Radical Travel’s marketing communications manager Roger Kerr. “In fact, the situation will probably make it a cheaper destination to visit.” Sunvil director and Greece specialist Dudley der Parthog says that Greece’s difficulties will affect the personal circumstances of the Greek people due to higher taxes and public sector cuts, but this will not impact on visitors. He adds: “Don’t forget what happened in Iceland in 2008 – it went bankrupt and tourism boomed. In fact, it had its best year ever for visitor numbers.” Flights and trains were halted in Greece for 24 hours last Wednesday due to strike action. Strikes could continue throughout May, which might affect air travel.

BEDOUIN LIFE Live like a Bedouin by spending the night in the newly-opened Camp Mars, situated in the heart of the Tunisian desert. Owned by adventure tour specialists SudXtreme, it’s 45km from the nearest water source and guests can spend the night under canvas like a traditional Bedouin tented community. See sud-extreme.com.

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headline acts at Melt! Festival in Ferropolis, Germany, which will take place from July 16-18. See meltfestival.de/tickets.

ICELAND FLIGHT Travellers wanting a city break in Iceland can opt for an alternative to Reykjavík from June 7, by flying from London to Akureyri with lowfare airline Iceland Express. Akureyri offers whalewatching, white-water rafting and bustling nightlife. Flights start from £89 oneway. See icelandexpress.com.

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La Rioja, Spain June 29 On St Pedro’s Day, thousands take to the streets of Haro in northern Spain’s Rioja region and drench each other in as much wine as they can in this battle of booze. Leave your suit at home.

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rituals of worshipping the sun god, Inti, the Peruvians dress up as snakes, pumas and condors, and walk from the sun temple through the streets, while singing, dancing, and throwing flowers. WHERE: The action centres on a prehistoric settlement called Sacsayhuaman, just outside Cuzco. WHEN: June 24. WHY: In the past, herds of llamas had to be sacrificed,

their hearts held up to the sun, to keep Inti happy. It’s much more bloodless these days, but the story is the same. DO IT BECAUSE: It’s an incredible setting and the Inca people are fascinating. HOW MUCH: Free to attend.

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RUNNING OF THE BULLS BOI BUMBA Parintins, Brazil June 26-27 Basically a folk festival, but one set on Tupinambarana, an island in the middle of the Amazon River, with dancers in wild headdresses the stars of the show. Sounds mad? You won’t want to leave.

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Munich. I was there recently for the Strong Beer Festival, and we had a great time thanks mostly to such friendly locals. What’s your wackiest travel story?

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We were in a rubber dinghy off an island of Western Australia, but didn’t moor it to the jetty properly, so we went floating out into the ocean and had to be towed back in.

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Janine Kelso SOLVES YOUR TRAVEL GEAR PROBLEMS WIND ME UP Tree huggers should get their mitts on the battery-free Silverpoint Ozone Wind-Up Torch. One minute of cranking gives up to 10 minutes of dazzling light. Keep in your bag or car and you’ll never be left in the dark. THE DAMAGE: £10 WHERE: cotswoldoutdoor.com

LOVELY LANTERN Illuminate your night-time activities (oo-er) with the warm glow of the Black Diamond Apollo Lantern. The size of a soup can, the lantern can hang, or stand on its handy foldable legs, which provide extra height. THE DAMAGE: £50 WHERE: cotswoldoutdoor.com

My favourite place in the world is … on a sailing boat crossing the Pacific Ocean, as I come from a family of seafarers. I did this trip back in the 1980s. My most memorable travel experience was … swimming with seals in the Galapagos Islands. The next destination on my travel wishlist is … to discover the UK as I only moved here less than a year

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When Bob Dylan crooned the words: “Shine your light, shine your light on me” in his song Precious Angel, was he referring to a torch? If he was, he isn’t the only one. In fact, many singers have bleated about how they lay down a torch for their loved ones or how they light a torch for the object of their affection. Who knew that the handheld light miracles were such a source of inspiration? Even Van Morrison has trilled about how he’s carrying a torch for someone. “You know how much it costs to keep carryin’ a torch,” he hollers. Actually Van, torches vary hugely in price. Expect to pay less than a fiver for a tiny pen-sized torch, which can fit snugly into a pocket or a handbag, while you will probably fork out about £60 for a giant torch used by mountain rescue teams. Traditionally, torches were simply portable sources of fire (think the Olympic flame). Nowadays, there’s literally a torch to suit us all. Sci-fi aficionados can buy a light sabre LED torch, which gives off the blue light of the Jedi, while gadget devotees can have a useful keyring torch. Check out our top picks: I’ve also chucked in a lantern to spice things up.

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LIGHT THE WAY If you’ve lost a friend in a dark place, use the powerful Lifesystems Intensity 500-VF Torch to light up search areas. There’s no place to hide with this bad boy, which is used by mountain rescue teams to find missing hikers. THE DAMAGE: £59.99 WHERE: lifeventure.co.uk

ago. I have just been to East Anglia and Scotland, so Cornwall is next. My top travel tip is ... live it up in Berlin and check out the surrounding countryside, such as the Spreewald in the south and the Müritz lakes in the north. I can recommend the Baltic Sea, with its unspoilt sandy beaches. This is where the Germans go on holiday. I always pack … sunglasses.

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ebecca, this is the best beach in the world,” implores Anthi. That’s a pretty rich claim to make to an Australian, but I dare not doubt her. This petite but fiery Greek is frighteningly proud. In search of this promised slice of heaven, we’ve meandered off the path from the pretty village of Ai Nikitas on the west coast of the island of Lefkada into thick scrub. Scratched and sweaty, we poke our heads through a clearing and the 1km-long, sandy and almost deserted beach of Kathisma appears like a mirage.

BEAUTIFUL BEACHES Lefkada’s geological features are typical of the seven islands in Greece’s Ionian Sea – rocky cliffs, luxuriant vegetation, beguiling seascapes and the country’s most splendid beaches nestled in the rugged foothills on the west coast. The mellow palette of this archipelago, known in Greece as the Heptanesia, contrasts with the stark dazzling brightness of the swarm of Aegean islands. Extensive olive tree plantations and exquisite architecture are the profound legacies of Venetian rule for more than 400 years.

The deserted “ beach appears like a mirage ” SECRET SPOT The fourth largest island, Lefkada, is the wildest and most unspoilt, with splendid vistas of forested mountains tumbling into startling blue seas. At the foothills, Ai Nikitas is just one of many pretty little resort villages. Clocking the tourists who amble along its main cobblestoned road, it seems only the Italians and Greeks are in on the secret. STRIPPING OFF Anthi and I may have found our beach, but it’s 5m below us. We’re as good as stranded goats on a cliff edge. After hurtling our belongings to the sand, we launch ourselves from the bush, our dignity slightly broken by the sight of three burly Italians with their arms outstretched below. Did I mention this was a nudist beach? RIDE LIKE THE WIND Not all of Lefkada’s beaches involve bush orienteering – or nudity. Kathisma is the best of a sublime bunch. Egremni, however, is not such a well-kept secret. Beach umbrellas dot

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NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO In June and early September there’s fine weather minus the tourists. GETTING THERE Many charter flights land in Corfu, the nearest Greek island to the UK. Otherwise, fly to Athens and take internal flights to the islands’ airports. There are loads of package holiday options. Booking with smaller agencies will be more expensive but you’ll get better accommodation in the best areas. GETTING AROUND Island hopping isn’t as easy in the Ionian as it is in the Aegean, but regular ferries do circulate Lefkada and Kefalonia. Buses trundle up and down the islands: buy tickets on board. VISAS New Zealanders and Australians don’t need a visa. South Africans need a Schengen visa. CURRENCY Euro. 1 GBP = 1.15 EUR. LANGUAGE Greek. GOING OUT A beer costs about €3-€5. ACCOMMODATION Privately let rooms, or dhomatia, cost €30-€40. A basic hotel room costs €26-€40 and camping costs €3.50-€5 per night. SEE visitgreece.gr.

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the sand and hawkers sell drinks and counterfeit DVDs, while music pipes out from the bar by the beach wall. Hazardous to swimmers, but the bomb for windsurfers, Vassiliki, the island’s southernmost resort, bustles with enthusiasts who revel in its northwesterly gales.

GREEK GODS If you can muster the energy to head further south, and you’re emotionally stable enough, visit the sun-stroked cape of Lefkada, where Aphrodite is said to have leapt into the deep blue to rid herself of the torment of unrequited love, encouraged by Apollo. The cape was also an ancient site of human sacrifice, where criminals had feathers and birds tied to them to help their descent into the ocean depths. If the victims survived the plunge, their lives were spared.

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LOVELY LOCALS While in modern times it’s considered impolite to drive the undesired, such as my fussy travelling companion, into the drink, I actually have her picky eating habits to thank for some priceless interaction with disarmingly friendly locals in Corfu Town. The greenest island, which Greek poet Homer called his ‘beautiful and rich land’, Corfu dangles at the southern tip of Albania. The locals haven’t been hardened by the swathes of tourists who spill out of coaches into their gracious streets. In fact, they are astonishingly friendly. Strolling along colonnaded main

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CRICKET AND BEER A beautiful city, Corfu Town was fortified in Byzantine times, developed by the Venetians, added to by the French, and then in the 18th century, the British unpacked civil engineering, cricket and ginger beer. The town is defined by arcades, boulevards and squares, plus jutting up above rooftops are two fortifications, one of them, the Paleo Frourio, dating from the 6th century, is considered a masterpiece of military engineering.

Corfu’s north “ coast scenery is enchanting

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SUNNY DAYS With guaranteed sunshine for more than 300 days of the year in Greece, it pays to spend time on Corfu’s north coast, particularly between Nissaki and Kassiopi, which has enchanting scenery including bays of clear water and towering cliffs. Corfu is also home to the 5km-long Korission lagoon, a playground of turtles, lizards and indigenous and migratory birds. Walk from the village of Linia via Issos beach, a largely deserted stretch of sand and dunes, to get there.

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GOOD FEED Along the west coast of Corfu, the picturesque village of Sinarades is a reminder of days gone by, and features a psistaries, or grill house, where you are likely to find lamb or goat spit-roasting on the pavement. Heading north up the winding road, you can lap up sweeping views of the sea from the Aerostato café. GOING UNDERGROUND Hosting seaside resorts based around villages and ports, one of Kefalonia’s main attraction is the 30,000-year-old Melissani Cave. It’s a subterranean sea water lake that turns a brilliant turquoise when the sun pierces through an opening in the roof. You can take a boat through to an electrically lit chamber inside, where it is said there was once a shrine to Pan, the mythological companion of the nymphs. ESCAPE THE CROWDS For the clearest blue coves in the archipelago, the inimitable paradise of Antipaxi has some of the best snorkelling in Greece. Two coves collectively known as Agrapidhai provide the finest rock formations, and even during high season, there’s barely a soul around. It might take a little extra effort, even for a seasoned bushbasher, to see the best of the Ionian Islands but I assure you, perseverance is richly rewarded.

EAT LIKE A GREEK FINE FEASTING Sweet and savoury snacks are one of the distinctive pleasures of Greek food. Cheese and spinach pies, crispy pretzels (koulouria) and syrupy biscuits (voutimata) keep locals going in the hot sun. For something substantial, gyros made with thick doughy pita bread and lashings of tzatziki, are usually a given. For something lighter, tuck into a Greek salad. There are two types of restaurant: the taverna and the estiatorio, the latter serves more hearty dishes, such as casseroles and stews. For your ouzo fix, locate a kafenio, or coffee shop. Mix it with water until it turns milky white.

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Ramblers will delight in a relatively new walking trail in Corfu, marking a 200km path traversing the entire island, starting from Cape Apsro Kavos in the south and ending at Agios Spyridon beach, next to Cape Agia Ekaterinis in the far north. The marked path avoids roads and takes walkers across a variety of terrain, from beaches to peaks, giving a good taste of all Corfu has to offer. Walkers are advised to wear sturdy footwear. Experienced hikers should cover the route in 10 days.

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crunchy base. Rome also offers a great line in pizza a taglio (takeaway pizza by the slice), and the incredible potato and rosemary is a Roman speciality. Grab a slice from Forno di Campo de’ Fiori (Campo de’ Fiori 22). Pasta fans should also take note that Thursday in the Eternal City is gnocchi day. Make sure you wash it all down with a local frascati. JUST DESSERTS Romans also love their gelato – Italian ice cream made with milk and sugar. Get your fill at La Fonte della Salute in the Trastevere neighbourhood (Via Cardinal

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in Brugge over the long weekend, pouring yourself beers behind the bar, hanging with ya “brother”, doing “The Walkie” dance, kissing Johnny Depp and friends with a girl called Ellen doing constipated impressions for a laugh, I can’t remember your name. Email whatsyournameagain@ hotmail.co.uk. Love all the Brugge Topdeckers. Geekyboi: Thank you for an amazing trip to China! I really did have a brilliant time. Was especially great sharing it all with you. Love you lots and lots. Love your Geekygirl. Glastobus: Hired a coach to Glasto for 26 people, £40 return from She Bu. Eight seats left! Anyone keen to join the Aussies and Kiwis on the “Erinsborough Express”? For more information, email glastobus2010@hotmail.co.uk. To Bec, our bad friend: We’re going to miss your face licking, motor boating, throat raping and groping ways. Who will hold our drinks inbetween their boobs now? What an impressive skill! Thanks for all the ridiculously drunken times at Belushi’s, Joe Cool’s, The Reddy, The Church and the Walkie. It’s not going to be the same without you here. It’s always

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interesting waking up after a big night out and finding you have tagged us in plenty of dirty pictures! We’re going to miss you Bec, good luck with your new adventure in Oz! See you in Oz where we’ll continue the party! Love Kirsty and Cat. Guy friends: Our friendship circle includes a bunch of happily single girls and one couple. We always feel weird inviting him out, so we need some guy friends (just friends, nothing else) in our circle so that he has something to talk about. If you’re up for meeting new people and checking out different pubs then email us at guyfriendsonly@ googlemail.com. Stolen Australian Rugby League jumper: To the low-life

who stole my Australian Rugby League jumper before I even got to play in it on Saturday, May 1 at the Anzac

Challenge – thank you. I hope you’re proud of your accomplishment and wear it with great pride and integrity. Just so you know, that jumper was tailor-made and is a oneoff. I’m not sure where you’ll wear it, but if you have any conscience you can drop it off at the She Bu Walkabout with no questions asked. My Dear Scientist: I’m sorry I rocked your faith. I ache for you to be in my forever. I love you without reserve. PS. You also sleep with your mouth open. Rabby. Brown Bear: It’s been awesome living and travelling with you for the last year. Now you have to go back home. I’ll miss your crazy antics and inappropriate questions. I’ll miss stumbling home with you, and your constant photo taking. It’s been a blast travelling with you, even though there are some

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I really like to party, but my girlfriend doesn’t. When I stay out late drinking, she goes to bed early in a sulk. Is this a dealbreaker in a relationship?

In my view, there are few traits more attractive in a woman than an ability to hold her liquor. Well, that’s not entirely true. I mean she needs to have powerful arms and

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a strong work ethic as well. Because if you ever end up in a labour camp she’ll be able to shovel more coal than the other women and that will get

you in good with the guards. Perhaps they’ll even put you in charge of the other prisoners. But back to your girlfriend, if she’s busting your balls

places we can never go back to. Hope you had the time of your life. Luv Jess. Happy birthday Dyl: Couldn’t let your last birthday in London town go by without a shout out in TNT. Down to the last few months and then on to the next adventure. Hope you have a wicked birthday for the 10th, we’ll all have a drink with ya to celebrate. Love from us all in Seed City. My Maori taonga: During a performance on Saturday, May 1 at the Wasps Anzac game, my mother of pearl Maori design necklace with brown cord and bone clasp dropped off and is now lost … and I wasn’t even drunk! It has great sentimental value. Please return and I promise to send good karma your way. See tntmagazine.com/seeking. Good luck Anna: We all know it won’t be nearly as fun in your new workplace without us, but we want to wish you good luck all the same. OK, we admit it, the TNT Towers won’t be the same without you and your box game. We love you, but not in a sexual way. Sexy eyes: Thanks for saving the last dance for me on Saturday. Sorry I spilt the jug of Snakebite all over you. But we had a fun time and I know we’re going to have an even better time on the road, just no purple liquid involved. Cat.

about drinking too much, something’s got to give. I guess you could moderate your partying, but you don’t want your mates to think you’re a soft cock. You have no option but to sit her down and say, “Don’t try to change me, baby. Take your poison back out into the desert.”

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