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CUT ABOVE THE REST SLOPING OFF IN MERIBEL First-time skiing in the French Alps

SCARILY GOOD FUN

Marina & The Diamonds talks

RANCHY BEHAVIOUR Herding cattle in Uruguay

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EDITOR’S LETTER Halloween offers the perfect excuse to dress up – so make sure you do it in style. Check out our top London events (P10), or, if you’re brave enough, book a night in a haunted inn (P62).

This week, as well as top celeb Jason Donovan (P23), TNT speaks to Marina And The Diamonds (P16) and the Axis Of Awesome (P30), who will appeal to all Jack Black fans.

Fancy hitting the slopes? Turn to P70 to read our guide to marvellous Meribel.

76 Riding high: passion and parrillas in Uruguay

CAROL DRIVER

8 LONDON 8 London Life 10 BRIGHT NIGHTS: London’s best Halloween and Guy Fawkes parties 12 Food & Drink 14 Spotted 16 DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND Marina Diamandis hits London 18 Silly Buggers

21 ENTERTAINMENT

70 Powder time: Meribel’s a prime winter destination

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Celebrity News TNT Life 36 NEWS & SPORT Look Who’s Talking: Jason Donovan 36 Australia News Cinema 38 New Zealand News Culture 40 South Africa News 43 The Week in Sport 44 Rugby 26 MUSIC & CLUBS 46 Rugby League 26 Music 47 Football 30 SIMPLY AWESOME: Get to know Aussie band The Axis Of Awesome 48 Cricket 49 General 32 Music Listings 50 ANY GIVEN SUNDAY: The 34 Clubbing 35 Clubbing Listings NFL arrives in London

61 Global Vision 62 MOST HAUNTED: Are you brave enough to try the spirits in Rye? 64 Late Deals 67 TNTT Weekender: Belgrade 68 Hotshots 70 SKY HIGH: Hit the slopes (and the bar) in Meribel, France 72 Travel Tips 73 Travel News 74 On The Road 75 Top Five 76 TASTING THE GOOD LIFE: Life as a gaucho in Uruguay 16 Sparkling: Marina And The Diamonds

53 CAREERS & MONEY 53 Careers 54 MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS: Entrepreneurship is a good idea 56 Money 59 Coming & Going

REGULARS 23 Jason Donovan reveals his X Factor winner

4 Letters 6 Wins 122 Desperately Seeking

10 Cracker parties: get amongst it on Guy Fawkes and Halloween

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WHAT’S ON Tom Sturrock PICKS THE BEST OF LONDON THIS WEEK

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THE BEER FESTIVAL FREE WHAT: It does what it says on the tin. With an emphasis on local brews, this festival takes place in and around a cluster of Venn St pubs and offers drinkers, whether connoisseurs or just curious, the chance to wet their whistles.

WHEN: October 30-31.

DO IT BECAUSE: Winter isn’t far off, so now’s the time to properly discover British ales. There are few things more satisfying on a cold London evening than a giant mug of stout at a pub with an open fire. It’s gold. Start practising.

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» Venn Street Market, Venn Street, SW4 0BA Clapham Common Something different: the Rio Cinema, Dalston

Capital idea: Rio Cinema When the light starts to fail on Kingsland High St, you can still see the Dalston Rio lit up like a Christmas tree. The building dates back from 1915 and its distinctive Art Deco facade has made it something of an East London institution.

If you’re sick of going to chain cinemas, then get along to the Rio, where you can drink cups of tea and eat homemade cake.

You can catch general release fare such as the Social Network but next month, they’ll show the complete version of

Fritz Lang’s epic Metropolis.

There’s also a late-night double bill on Halloween, with two cult gems, The Devil Rides Out and Cat People.

The Sunday matinees are an absolute boon for film buffs or for those seeking something a bit different. Get online and check their programme – it’s equal parts obscure and fascinating. TS

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WINTERWELL HALLOWEEN: VICTORIAN VILLAINS £5

The comedian behind Jerry Springer: The Muscial is famous for his deadpan delivery and caustic observational humour.

The East End embraces its macabre past at Halloween.

This event will be brimming with costumed villains, from Jack the Ripper to Jekyll and Hyde.

» Leicester Square Theatre,

» Village Underground, 54

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After retiring from the sport, Hunt carved out a reputation as an astute race caller before his death from a heart attack in 1993. He was only 45. TS

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It’s the biggest winter sport and music festival in the UK, with 500 tonnes of real snow turning the Battersea Power Station into a winter wonderland.

Still looking for something to do for Halloween? London’s canals are one of its most interesting, if overlooked, features. Don’t be the drunk muppet who falls in.

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It’s a three-night frightfest, showcasing classic horror films Quatermass and the Pit, The Amityville Horror and Psycho.

Get stuck into a glass of Jameson afterwards.

Carl Orff’s famous chorus has become cinematic shorthand for the presence of demonic powers – here’s your chance to hear it performed live by a 400-strong choir.

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f you ever needed a reason to go to town when it comes to fancy dress – Halloween is it. Its roots lie in an ancient Celtic event called Samhain, which marked the end of summer and the beginning of winter.

Today, it’s just a great excuse to cover yourself in fake blood and scare yourself silly at some top nights out.

Here’s our guide to London’s best:

HALLOWEEN ALICE COOPER Party with the Prince Of Darkness at the Alice Cooper Halloween Night of Fear.

» Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, NW1

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Free drinks, 2-for-1 deals on cocktails and main meals, as well as great DJs will make this a night to remember. » The Grand Union, Kentish Town, NW5 1TL Kentish Town. Sat 30 Oct from 6pm, Tickets £7 adv, £10 at the door.

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LONDON GHOST FESTIVAL Take a scary tour, hunt for ghosts or get spooked in the city. That’s the spirit!

» Various locations.

(londonparanormal.com). Until Oct 31.

CHILLS IN THE CHAPEL Terrify yourself at this fright-fest of classic horror films.

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» Union Chapel, N1 2XD Angel (jamesoncultfilmclub.com). Oct 29-31.

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Budget cuts mean no displays at Brockwell Park or Streatham, so Lambeth Council is putting all its energies into a humdinger of a show at Clapham Common. » Clapham Common, SW9 Clapham Common (lambeth.gov.uk) Fri Nov 5, from 7.30pm. Free

■ WIMBLEDON PARK Expect two bonfires, market stalls and even fair-ground attractions. » Wimbledon Park, SW19 Wimbledon Park (merton.gov.uk).

Fri Nov 5 from 6.30pm. £7

■ EALING If you like your fireworks with rousing music, head to Ealing Cricket Club, where the celebrations tie in with the 70th anniversary of the Battle Of Britain. » Ealing Cricket Club, W5 2HS Ealing Broadway (ealingcc.co.uk). Sat Nov 6, from 7.30pm. £5

Oooh! Ahhhh! Fireworks fun

VINOPOLIS A wine tour with a ghoulish difference. There’s a fire eater, tarot reader and the chance to meet a ghost hunter. Then, if you want to carry on the party, Vinopolis is partnering with the Ministry of Sound.

» Vinopolis, 1 Bank End, SE1 9BU

(vinopolis.co.uk). Oct 29. From £28.

LA BELLE EPOQUE The absinthe-fuelled hedonism of 19th Century Paris will be recreated in Shoreditch with live music, cabaret acts and trapeze artists. To ensure artistic bohemia, the dress code is choleric courtesan or tortured artist.

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» La Belle Epoque, EC2A 3EY (belle epoqueparty.com). Oct 30. £20.

EVIL CAKE SHOP Head to London’s first over-18s pop-up for some terrifying creations including pornthemed cupcakes.

» Evil Cake Shop, Maiden, 188 Shoreditch High Street, E1 (evilcakeshop. com) Oct 28-31.

LONDON DUNGEON Celebrate “Helloween” at the London Dungeon with Jack O’Lantern and the echoing “Sounds Of Hell” around the mirror labyrinth.

» London Dungeon, Tooley Street, SE1 2SZ (the-dungeons.co.uk). Oct 15-31.

From £13.

GUY FAWKES NIGHT You’ll hear lots of “ooohs” and “aaahs” on November 5, as colourful fireworks explode in the sky.

The night is celebrated all because of a failed terrorist plot back in 1605

by Catholic crusader Guy Fawkes.

He was charged with treason over a plan to blow up King James I and the Houses of Parliament.

Thanks to him, we get more than a few pretty fireworks displays each year.

We suggest the best events in London, right, or to host your own, check out london-fire. gov.uk

■ ROUNDWOOD PARK With the Ally Pally’s crackers cancelled, pyrotechnic junkies should head to Willesden Junction where there’ll be food stalls and a funfair too. » Roundwood Park, NW10 Willesden Junction (nmm.ac.uk). Fri Nov 5, from 7pm. Free

■ LORD MAYOR’S SHOW Dating back to 1215, this year’s threemile parade with 6000 participants ends in a half-tonne of fireworks being lit from a barge stationed between Waterloo and Blackfriars bridges. » Victoria Embankment, WC2 Waterloo or Blackfriars (lordmayorshow.org ). Sat Nov 13, from 5pm. Free Big bang: The Thames

Explosive personality: Guy Fawkes

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FOOD & DRINK

BAR REVIEW Cantaloupe Bar ★★★★★

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35-42 Charlotte Rd, EC2A 3PD, 020 7729 5566 Old Street

THE SCENE Long bench tables, worn sofas and concrete flooring gives this trendy Shoreditch bar a warehouse feel.

It’s far from cosy but it

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frozen margarita comes highly recommended.

BILL PLEASE Wine from £15 or cocktails from £6.50. Grab a bar snack for less than a tenner.

VERDICT Though full of the usual Shoreditch-types, Cantaloupe isn’t pretentious and the staff are super friendly.

Ideal for a relaxed drink or as a starting point for a boozey night out. LAURA ADCOCK

National Dining Rooms’ head chef

Aussie Simon Duff calls the shots in the kitchen at the award-winning National Dining Rooms. He’s also on a one-man mission to make use of the best of Britain’s regional seasonal produce, which is the idea behind his County of the Month menus.

You’ve worked with Marco Pierre White and Oliver Peyton, what’s it like to cook with some of the world’s best?

They have big personalities and you have to deal with that sometimes. But they’re inspirational, which is why I started cooking in the first place and why I came over to the UK: to work for Marco.

You mean you just turned up?

When I left Australia I sent Marco a letter saying, ‘I’m coming over on such-andsuch date and I’m coming to work in your restaurant whether you pay me or not, I don’t give a shit’. So off I went.

I turned up and worked for him.

feels welcoming and caters perfectly for large groups wanting a chat.

THE GRUB There’s bar food such as burgers and sharing plates, or head through to the restaurant for more substantial steak or fish dishes.

BEHIND THE BAR The usual array of beers and spirits, a good selection of wines and delicious cocktails – the

What about Oliver Peyton?

You see him every day wandering round, chatting and inspiring youth to greatness, so to speak. It’s very good to work for someone passionate about food and quality.

You’re a real champion of regional food. How do you research your County of the Month menus?

I take my bike and cycle around the (chosen) county for the weekend and try to find suppliers and farms and different people and basically get a feel for it.

What’s your approach to cooking and eating?

It’s got to be fun and enjoyable, but I don’t think a bit of extra effort ever hurt anyone.

Why are there so many Antipodeans working in kitchens in the UK? We’re hard-working people and people know what they’re going to get.

What’s your top London foodie tip for our readers?

Shane Osborn, another Anitpodean, is a fantastic chef in London and he’s now got his new restaurant (L’autre Pied in Marylebone). And, of course, there’s St Johns (in Farringdon) for a bit of nose-to-tail eating. » For more information see: thenationaldiningrooms.co.uk

NEW OPENINGS Drink, Shop and Do The options at this new King’s Cross cafe-cumshop are endless: have a cuppa, scoff sweets, browse vintage goods, crochet a scarf or sip a cocktail. Yes, yes, and yes!

See: drinkshopdo.com

Now Have your pick of Chinese street food, from rice porridge to dim sum at this fresh and funky new shop near Liverpool Street station.

See: nowstreetfood.com

The White Horse This homey Square Mile pub boasts classics with an upscale twist, perfect for City types.

See geronimo-inns.co.uk HEATHER VANDENENGEL

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DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND

She was unheard of three years ago, but Marina Diamandis tells how she’s sparkling her way to world domination WORDS CAROL DRIVER

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hen I speak to Marina Diamandis over the phone, she’s barricaded herself into her North London home as she tries to cure a throat infection.

The fact she’s gigging in just two days doesn’t seem to deter the songstress.

Despite her croaky voice, the 24-year-old shrugs it off – with the same fighting spirit that’s propelled Marina And The Diamonds from a wannabe, creating songs on her laptop, to a rising indie star.

She has topped the charts with tunes including I Am Not A Robot and Hollywood, and is now embarking on a UK tour

I write to get rid “ of the fear: fear of not being loved ” marked by the release of Shampain from critically acclaimed album The Family Jewels.

“In terms of success, I’m near the top of the indie mountain. In commercial terms, I’ve done very well for an alternative artist – and I don’t intend to turn pop any time soon,” she tells me.

For someone who’s part of generation X Factor, it’s a brave stance – and one that Marina says isn’t up for discussion.

“I’m very uncompromising. It’s something that is in my blood,” she

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explains. Although Marina, who was born in Wales to a Greek father and Welsh mother, admits she did originally toy with the idea of being a pop star. “I quickly realised it was not the right route for me and I didn’t fit into that role,” she says.

Then, aged 18, Marina started writing.

At 21, she bought a laptop and started producing songs. “That’s when it clicked and I became a DIY artist,” she says. Two years later, she was signed by Warner.

Since then, the artist has made the headlines for her quirky style – drawing comparisons to both Kate Bush and Lady Gaga.

“I prefer to be compared to Kate Bush. She didn’t rely on shock tactics or provocation.

With Lady Gaga, it’s about the whole package,” she says.

Marina may seem confident, but she admits it’s a fear of failing that drives her.

“I write to get rid of the fear: fear of failing, fear of not being loved, not being accepted,” she says.

And with a two-month stint planned in America next year, it’s obviously that in terms of being accepted, she already has been.

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QUICK FIRE Who are “The Diamonds”? They are the public; the people who have made this happen.

Who are your favourite artists?

PJ Harvey, Patty Smith … superstars are Madonna and Britney Spears.

What’s the most bizarre thing you’ve read about yourself?

That I got married last week.

What’s the best thing you’ve been invited to? The Brit Awads.

Name drop – who’s the most famous person in your mobile phone? I can’t do that! I don’t have all famous friends.

You write your own tracks. How do you make sure you connect? I just write honestly. I write for myself.

Are you single? Yes. How would you describe yourself in a lonely hearts ad? Firery, sensitive and very creative.

» Marina And The Diamonds, Nov 9, HMV Forum, Kentish Town, London, NW5 1JY Camden Town; (hmvtickets.com). £17.50

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Unwanted obsession has been one of the banes of my existence, along with AVOs and the four drink-perperson limit at the bars at the cricket.

I used to work as dancer at a small, boutique gentlemen’s club called The Legless Sailor – it was classy; my cage had velvet trim and everything.

But one customer became

TOOL OF THE WEEK Get back to your cave

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When I was a younger man, I spent days trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube. I’d have a whole side of red squares nearly done, but then I’d have to mess it up in order to pull the blue side together.

Love is like a Rubik’s Cube: you can be so close to having it sorted, only to realise that sometimes you have to start again from scratch.

Clearly, you wanted to sabotage your existing relationship; le Love puzz it’s like when

I drunk 23 beers through a funnel and wet myself – that was actually about my relationship with my mother. Some of life’s most edifying experiences can be drink-induced.

Maybe your boyfriend’s mate is the solution to your own erotic Rubik’s Cube. But be careful; once the muscles of the human heart are flexed, once those great pistons that drive the engines of human connection are fired, we are powerless to intervene.

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Australian X Factor contestant Altiyan Childs went missing from the talent show last week.

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“I just needed to go back to that place, an ancient friend of mine,” Childs said of the cave. “I needed to reconnect myself to something romantic, something ancient, and I needed the isolation.”

Worst of all, he kept Ronan Keating, one of the show’s judges, waiting.

One word. Wanker.

infatuated with me. I guess I was partly to blame – we had sex in the cloakroom a couple of times – but I wasn’t looking for a relationship. He kept turning up at the club, spouting lame excuses to see me, saying I owed him money and had given him the clap.

The club was forced to let me go.

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Jason Donovan INTERVIEW ALISON GRINTER On your new album, Soundtrack Of The 80s, you cover some of your favourite songs from that decade. Was it tough choosing the songs? I notice there’s no Boy George or Paul Young on there.

I would have loved to have had 20 or 30 songs on the album - I keep finding more than I wish I could have covered.

But, I’m not gonna lie, this is a commercial package. I would have loved to have done a cover version of New Order or The Cure’s Boys Don’t Cry. Where do you stop?

I’m only good “ for bloody loans or premieres

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You’ve said you’re going to draw a line under revisiting the 80s after this album – do you really mean that?

After this one, yeah. Unless, it’s massively successful – then you might see a Soundtrack Of The 80s 2. That’d be scary wouldn’t it? It’s a sentimental journey. It’s a period I know very well. It’s a little bit harder for me to do the soundtrack to the 90s, with Cigarettes And Alcohol [Oasis] or Nevermind by Nirvana.

What do your kids think of your whole 80s pop star persona?

They’re aware of it but I don’t think they’re old enough to appreciate how good it was [laughs]. That’s a joke! They’re nine and 10. I think once they get to 14-15 they might start analysing it a bit more, but for now it’s all Jason Derulo, Tinie Tempah, Katy Perry – it ain’t fuckin’ Jason Donovan, I can tell you that! I’m only good for bloody loans or taking them out to a

premiere. They’re not very interested in my back-catalogue.

The Irish lass with the belting voice?

Do you think they might worry how to market her as a pop star?

Neighbours was obviously a big part of the 80s too. Do you ever catch yourself watching it these days?

Well, if Susan Boyle can do it ...

I love the show, I’m a sucker for it.

Not really, no. It’s not because I don’t appreciate it – it’s a wonderful show.

You said suing The Face magazine [for libel over allegations he was gay] was the biggest mistake of your life ...

Do you still keep in touch with Kylie?

I never once said that. I don’t see it as a particularly proud moment – but not a mistake ... I think they [The Face] were wrong. They should have asked me first, my opinion, and they didn’t. And, to that extent, I did what I felt necessary at the time. Would I take that route again? I dunno. I wouldn’t want to go through that process again and would advise people you can settle out of court.

No. We’re friends but she’s not someone I’ve got on speed dial.

Nick Cave told me he and Kylie text each other and he’s never seen anyone use so many exclamation marks ...

Really? Well, I don’t have the same relationship … but I’m sure there’s a lot to be “exclamating” about.

Who’s your pick to win X Factor this year?

I reckon Mary.

You and your wife are expecting another baby – congratulations.

What’s your fatherhood style?

To be as involved as I possibly can. And that’s why I’m doing it again – I love it!

It keeps me young, keeps me listening to Jason Derulo and Katy Perry.

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Robert Downey Junior’s a good actor. And Sean Penn.

What’s you biggest phobia?

You mean fear? Fear itself! Hey, if I was just in a field myself and a rhinocerous I’d be pretty shitscared, but where do you stop?

What did you have for breakfast?

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The Kids Are All Right

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Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska

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★★★★★

When Lisa Cholodenko was penning the script for this movie, the writer/director – who’s dating musician Wendy Melvoin – fell pregnant via a sperm-donor.

It’s small wonder, then, The Kids Are All Right – about a lesbian couple whose children of artificial insemination track down their biological father – is such a beautifully observed film.

Packed with believable characters and spot-on dialogue, this comedy drama is a fascinating and hugely entertaining exploration into family dynamics.

Heading a great cast are Bening and Moore as life partners Nic and Jules, who have to deal with the fact that teenage kids Joni (Wasikowska) and Laser (Josh Hutcherson)

Annette Benning and Julianne Moore in The Kids Are Alright

have invited their dad Paul (Ruffalo) into their lives.

When Jules hits it off with Paul, it puts strain on her relationship with Nic. As one awkward conversation follows another, the film manages to be funny and poignant, especially when Moore and Bening share the screen. Ruffalo lends fine support while Wasikowska

underlines her reputation as Australia’s most promising young actress with a multilayered performance.

True, some story strands aren’t probably tied up but it’s a minor gripe in what is an otherwise well-conceived film.

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This rags-to-pitches documentary that chronicles the rise of the Afghanistan cricket team from refugee camps to the 20/20 World Cup is inspirational whether you know what a block hole is or not. As coach Taj Malik and his squad take on the Taliban and the cricketing world, you can’t help but cheer them on.

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The dire state of Iran under President Ahmadinejad comes into sharp focus in an uneven tale about a rifle-wielding man (director Rafi Pitts) who takes revenge against authorities after his wife and daughter are killed. Despite some stunning cinematography and effective pacing, The Hunter fails to hit the spot.

GOOD FOR: Those who like bleak visuals. PDV

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After 30 years of avoiding Movie star Rachael Taylor movie musicals, Olivia has made her first public Newton-John is making appearance in Australia a return to the big screen since splitting up with ex– as a hockey mum. fiance Matthew Newton.

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CULTURE BROKEN GLASS Being Jewish proves a torment for married middleaged Brooklynites Sylvia and Phillip in Arthur Miller’s blend of the personal, psychological and political, written in 1994 but set in 1938 as news of the Nazis’ Kristallnacht rampage hit the NY headlines.

Lucy Cohu’s understated Sylvia has mysteriously become paralysed – perhaps because of her deep fears about what might follow, perhaps because of her unfulfilling marriage.

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Giovanni Battista Cimaroli’s depiction of a bull fight in a busy square is the best of the 55 oils on display – the crowd scenes look almost too perfect. ADAM EDWARDS

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Bestselling author behind pageturners such as The Firm publishes his epic new legal thriller about an innocent man who is days away from execution. Only a guilty man can save him.

(Ebury Press) OCT 28

The much-loved meerkat character from the TV ads gives us the lowdown on his “life” as an entrepreneur and founder of comparethemeerkat.com.

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Alison Grinter PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST LIVE MUSIC

GIG OF THE WEEK TAME IMPALA One of the reasons Wolfmother got such a butt-kicking from the critics (and Mike Patton) was because their take on 70s heavy rock was so hopelessly derivative of Led Zep and Sabbath, without bringing anything new to the table. But fellow Oz classic-rock revivalists Tame Impala have sidestepped this problem by combining the most luscious 60s swirling psychedelica with some down-and-dirty ’70s stoner fuzzrock, as heard on their glorious debut LP InnerSpeaker. Soak up their hazy, sun-filled sounds in chilly London this week.

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SHAPESHIFTER

Bringing something fresh: Tame Impala

MANIC STREET PREACHERS

Shapeshifter’s trippy mix of drum ‘n’ bass dub, rock and soul have put them at the bleeding edge of dance music in their native New Zealand. The Christchurch crew return to unleash tracks from their most recent album The System Is A Vampire. Catch ‘em before they head back to Godzone for a summer tour (lucky buggers).

Euphoric and uplifting, The Manics’ latest album, Postcards From A Young Man, suggests that the Welsh leftyrockers have reached closure over the tragic disappearance of founding member Richey Edwards in 1995. But expect them to revisit old hurts (and old tunes) as they raid their impressive back-catalogue this week.

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Brixton (0844 477 2000; o2academybrixton.co.uk). Oct 28-29. £28.50

FESTIVAL WATCH Tickets now on sale Lounge On The Farm Line-up TBC. Merton Farm, Canterbury (loungeonthefarm.co.uk).

Jul 8-11. Weekend tickets £85

Stephen Barnes (synths) Carl Mann (guitar) Lewis Kirk (drums) and Paul Reeves (bass)

Union Jackals

Jess Speechley

THE BUZZ SO FAR This triumvirate of Carl Mann, Paul Reeves

and Stephen Barnes (plus temporary live drummer Lewis Kirk) ply psych-rock, post-punk and electronica all wrapped together in a big warm hug of shoegaze.

WHAT ELSE? The Londoners release their “quasi-conceptual” debut LP Universal Screenplay this week through Mapped Out Recordings and have started work on a full visualisation of the album. See it at universalscreenplay.com.

THE PLUG Playing at Club Spangle @ Bull & Gate, NW5 2TJ Kentish Town(bullandgate.co.uk). Mon, Oct 25. £6

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GIG OF THE WEEK TAME IMPALA One of the reasons Wolfmother got such a butt-kicking from the critics (and Mike Patton) was because their take on 70s heavy rock was so hopelessly derivative of Led Zep and Sabbath, without bringing anything new to the table. But fellow Oz classic-rock revivalists Tame Impala have sidestepped this problem by combining the most luscious 60s swirling psychedelica with some down-and-dirty ’70s stoner fuzzrock, as heard on their glorious debut LP InnerSpeaker. Soak up their hazy, sun-filled sounds in chilly London this week.

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MANIC STREET PREACHERS

Shapeshifter’s trippy mix of drum ‘n’ bass dub, rock and soul have put them at the bleeding edge of dance music in their native New Zealand. The Christchurch crew return to unleash tracks from their most recent album The System Is A Vampire. Catch ‘em before they Vampire head back to Godzone for a summer tour (lucky buggers).

Euphoric and uplifting, The Manics’ latest album, Postcards From A Young Man, suggests that the Welsh leftyrockers have reached closure over the tragic disappearance of founding member Richey Edwards in 1995. But expect them to revisit old hurts (and old tunes) as they raid their impressive back-catalogue this week.

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Union Jackals THE BUZZ SO FAR This triumvirate of Carl Mann, Paul Reeves

and Stephen Barnes (plus temporary live drummer Lewis Kirk) ply psych-rock, post-punk and electronica all wrapped together in a big warm hug of shoegaze.

WHAT ELSE? The Londoners release their “quasi-conceptual” debut LP Universal Screenplay this week through Mapped Out Recordings and have started work on a full visualisation of the album. See it at universalscreenplay.com.

THE PLUG Playing at Club Spangle @ Bull & Gate, NW5 2TJ Kentish Town(bullandgate.co.uk). Mon, Oct 25. £6

Benicassim Discounted tickets are now on sale. Line-up TBC. Benicassim, Spain (fiberfib.com). Jul 14-17.

Four-day tickets £125

One Love Festival Early Bird tickets are now on sale for the UK’s only reggae camping festival.

Hainault Forest Country Park (onelovefestival.co.uk). Aug 19-21. Weekend tickets £90 Bestival Tickets Line-up TBC. Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of Wight (bestival.net). Sep 8-11.

Weekend tickets £160

Secret Garden Party Deposit scheme available.

Line-up TBC. Mill Hill Field, Cambridgeshire (uk.secretgardenparty.com).

Jul 21-24. £155

RockNess Early bird tickets will go on sale at 9am on October 28.

Dores, near Inverness, (rockness.co.uk). Jun 10-12.

Three-day tickets £99

V Festival Tickets are on sale for 2010 prices. Line-up TBC. Chelmsford/Staffordshire (vfestival2011tickets.com). Aug 20-21. Weekend tickets £165

Roskilde Iron Maiden confirmed.

Tickets on sale on December 1.

Jun 30-Jul 3, (roskilde-festival.dk).

Weekend ticket £180

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YouTube sensations Axis Of Awesome bring their live show to London WORDS ALISON GRINTER

Music men: Lee Naimo, Jordan Raskopolous and Benny Davis

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I’ll ride on your “ coat-tails and form a band with you ” FOUR CHORDS GOOD...

The band’s big “hit”, the 4 Chord Song, has had 15 million hits on YouTube. A clever, funny song which shows how hundreds of songs, from Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing to U2’s With Or Without You all share the same four-chord progression.

“It was written by Benny, our keyboardist,” Naimo explains. “He used to perform covers songs and got sick of all these requests for songs he knew had all the same four chords and all have the same pattern, so he strung together into that medley and put it online himself – it got 100,000 hits.”

And after a BBC producer friend of Naimo’s managed to get the song played on Radio 1, everything kicked off.

“We woke up one morning to 70 new MySpace friends,” Naimo says. “And then we put it online and it went from there.

FAILED ROCK STARS? Not exactly. The Axis Of Awesome formed in 2006 after Naimo saw Davis performing the 4 Chord Song at a rehearsal for a comedy show.

“I thought, ‘that’s amazing, I should ride on your coat-tails and form a band with you’,” he says.

Both Naimo and his friend, Jordan Raskopolous, a regular on

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ake three Aussie blokes with varying degrees of musical and improv talent, one great song, the global reach of the internet and what do you get? A YouTube sensation in the shape of The Axis Of Awesome, that’s what.

The trio’s ingenious 4 Chord Song has gone viral, with millions of hits worldwide leading to sell-out shows at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival and even caught the ear of Hollywood heart-throb Ashton Kutcher who tweeted: “I’m watching Axis of Awesome and it’s Awesome with an A+”.

The trio of Lee Naimo (guitar), Benny Davis (keyboard) and Jordan Raskopoulos (vocals) bring their new show Songs In The Key Of Awesome to London this month. But just who are they and how did they become a web sensation?

31 Nice balance: the Axis on stage

Australian comedy show The Ronnie Johns Half Hour both started off in improv and theatre-sports.

But, while Naimo and Raskopolous have the comedy background, ex-music teacher Davis brings the musical nous. ”It’s a nice balance,” says Naimo.

Interestingly, Raskopoulos bears a striking resemblance to comedy rocker Jack Black.

“We actually have a song about it called Yes I know (I Look Like Jack Black),” Naimo says. “The song goes: ‘please don’t bring it up’, but people invariably ask about it.”

A QUESTION OF CONCEPTION The A Of A are most often compared to fellow Oz comedy music trio Tripod, but they tend to be more satirical with What

Would Jesus Do? typifying their style. “We don’t tend to be too political … we went after an almost a Tim Minchin-style of being a little bit political and acerbic, to poke fun at the establishment.”

The song also has one of the best nonrhyming couplets ever written: “Did you give up your life to save humans from bad luck?/Were you born of a virgin birth or did your parents … have sex?”

“Well, it’s funny cos normally that lyric says what you’d expect it to say, but we had to change it for TV,” says Naimo.

THE VIRAL SPREAD Since going viral, the band have played sell-out shows from Edinburgh to Singapore. “You couldn’t do that ten years ago,” muses Naimo. “You’d have to tour there and be heavily promoted.”

But this is just the beginning. To date the band have only released two selffunded albums but are hoping to secure a distribution deal in Europe soon.

They are also off to the US to do record their new boy band parody tune How To Write A Love Song. They secured a management deal there after appearing at Montreal’s illustrious Just For Laughs festival earlier this year.

Even so, having a fanbase driven almost entirely by an online presence is an unknown quantity, says Naimo.

“We go to Sweden and Norway in a few weeks’ time and we’re thinking, ‘Is that going to be an amazing time or is there going to be no one in our shows because they don’t know who we are?’.”

» The Axis Of Awesome perform

Harry Potter was well bored with Jack Black’s rock star shtick

Songs In The Key Of Awesome, Bush Hall, 310 Uxbridge Road, W12 7LJ (020 8222 6955; bushhallmusic.co.uk) Shepherd’s Bush. Thurs, Nov 4. £15

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UB40: Signing Off Tour

Post-punk from the veteran American combo. Koko, Camden

Reggae group with more than 50 hit singles to its name. Troxy, Commercial

High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £20.

Afrodisiac African and South American music ensemble devised by composer Charlie Barber, featuring Seckou Keita and Chartwell Dutiro.

Rd, E1 0HX (020 7748 2728). £35.

You Say Party, Grand Pocket Orchestra The

Robin Williamson The Scottish raconteur and folk troubadour, formerly of the Incredible String Band. The

Canadian five-piece plays new wave and post punk.

Green Note Cafe, Parkway, NW1 7AN (020 7485 9899). £14.

The Barfly, Camden, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AN (0844 847 2424). £8.

Trobar Nova Samba, bossa nova and pop from the Brazilian singer-songwriter.

FRIDAY 29

SATURDAY 30

Anti Nowhere League

Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, N1 2UN (020 7226 1686). £18.

The veteran punk quartet plays old and new material.

Avenged Sevenfold, Stone Sour The California-based

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX (0844 847 9910/ cc 0871 663 2500). £12, concs £6.

Adriana Calcanhotto:

Gotan Project Tango from the international collective promoting its album Lunatico.

Troxy, Commercial Rd, E1 0HX (020 7748 2728). £25.

The High Kings Irish folk from the winners of the Best Newcomer and Best Folk Act at the Ireland Music Awards.

The Luminaire, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (020 7372 7123). £18.

Rakim New York-based hip-hop veteran. Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £18.50.

Shining The Swedish band plays brutal black metal. The

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PNAU XOYO, 32-37 Cowper Street, EC2A 4AP Old Street (0207 490 1198). Mon, Dec 13. £12.50.

Before he joined forces with Luke Steele to form Empire Of The Sun, Stuart Littlemore had his own dance-pop duo called Pnau – in fact, he still has!

Catch ‘em at hip new venue XOYO this winter.

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THURSDAY 28

Jeff Beck The acclaimed veteran guitarist plays rock and blues. Royal Albert Hall,

Islington, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £14.

melds Nigerian Fuji music with urban funk grooves. The Albany, Douglas Way, SE8 4AG (020 8692 4446). £20, adv £15.50.

Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8EH (0844 482 8008). £27.50.

Blitzkrieg The Southport-based

Cancer Bats, Trash Talk, Vera Cruz The Torontonians

outfit plays punk-rock. The Underworld, Camden High St, NW1 0NE (020 7482 1932). £10.

play hardcore metal. The Electric Ballroom, Camden High St, NW1 8QP (020 7485 9006). £12.

Mary Chapin Carpenter, Tift Merritt Folk and country

The Doobie Brothers

from the American singersongwriter. Barbican Centre,

Shirley Collins, Alasdair Roberts The vocalist performs

singer-songwriter Damon Gough performs songs from his album Is There Nothing We Could Do?.

The Toronto-based outfit plays synth-rock. O2 Academy

rock luminary and Grammy Award-winner promotes his 10th solo album, Band Of Joy.

Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £39.50.

Train American rock-pop trio. O2 Shepherd’s Bush

TUESDAY 26

Adewale Ayuba The musician

bluesman performs standards.

Badly Drawn Boy Indie

The Birthday Massacre

BBC Radio 2 Electric Proms: Robert Plant The

Silk St, EC2Y 8DS (0845 120 7500/ cc 020 7638 8891). £22-£27.50.

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

The Bloomsbury Theatre, Gordon St, WC1H 0AH (020 7388 8822). £20.

HMV Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £29.50.

The US-based band plays pop and country-influenced rock and soul. HMV Apollo,

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

Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (0905 020 3999/ cc 0844 477 2000). £17.50.

band plays rhythmic metal.

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

traditional English folk. Cecil

BBC Radio 2 Electric Proms: Elton John And Leon Russell, Plan B, Rumer The pop trailblazer is joined by his mentor and American country-rock luminary to perform songs from their collaborative album, The Union. Roundhouse, Chalk Farm

The Eastpak Antidote Tour: Sum 41, The Black Pacific, The Riverboat Gamblers, Veara The Canadian combo plays rock and pop-punk.

Sharp House, Regents Park Rd, NW1 7AY (020 7485 2206). £14.

London Guitar Festival In The Fall: Javier Conde Flamenco from the

HMV Forum, Highgate Rd, NW5 1JY (020 7344 0044). £20.

Manitoba-based guitarist.

The Lunar Pilots Indie-

Kings Place, York Way, N1 9AG (020 7520 1440). £13.30-£29.50.

influenced pop-rock

Rd, NW1 8EH (0844 482 8008). £25.

five-piece. 100 Club, Oxford St, W1D 1LL (020 7636 0933). £10, adv £8.

The Mods Johnny Warman

Cecil Sharp House Community Choir The choir performs a capella harmony songs from the British Isles and the rest of the world. Cecil Sharp

Electric Wizard Doom metal from the Dorsetbased combo. The Electric

The Magic Of Motown

Half Moon, Putney, Lower Richmond Rd, SW15 1EU (020 8780 9383). £12.

House, Regents Park Rd, NW1 7AY (020 7485 2206). £72, concs £58.

Ballroom, Camden High St, NW1 8QP (020 7485 9006). £13.

Metal from the Finnish outfit.

The Duke And The King The New-York-based folk duo performs songs from its eponymous album.

Feeder The Platinum-selling trio plays uplifting rock from its album Renegades. O2

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

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

Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (0905 020 3999/ cc 0844 477 2000). £22.50.

Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP (020 7589 8212). £35-£50.

Flying Lotus Hip-hop from the Californian producer.

Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £19.50.

Kiuas, Metsatoll, Kalmah

Amy MacDonald The Scottish folk-pop singersongwriter performs her hits and songs from her second album, A Curious Thing.

London Guitar Festival In The Fall: Erik Mongrain The

HMV Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £23.50.

N1 9AG (020 7520 1440). £9.50-£29.50.

Canadian guitarist plays acoustic instrumentals from his album, Equilibrium. Kings Place, York Way,

Korpiklaani The band

Manic St Preachers, British

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX (0844 847 9910/ cc 0871 663 2500). £15-£55.

The Swell Season Indie-folk

Britpop pioneers play their rock hits. Bush Hall, Uxbridge

O2 Academy Brixton, Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL (0844 477 2000). £28.50.

Hill, SW12 9HD (07960 010209). £15.

Rd, W12 7LJ (020 8222 6955). £22.

Ozric Tentacles Psychedelic Tinie Tempah The musician from London performs grime. Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £14.

Norma Waterson And Eliza Carthy The mother and daughter duo plays folk. Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, N1 2UN (020 7226 1686). £12.50-£16.50.

rock from the Somerset-based five-piece. O2 Academy Islington, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £17.

The Psychedelic Furs Classic New Wave from the veteran London-based band. HMV Forum, Highgate Rd, NW5 1JY (020 7344 0044). £20.

The Wombats The Liverpudlian outfit plays indie-pop. Heaven, Charing Cross Arches, Villiers St, WC2N 6NG (020 7930 2020). £14.

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band plays groove-laden postpunk. HMV Forum, Highgate Rd, NW5 1JY (020 7344 0044). £22.

Bobby Wellins Scottish tenor saxophonist. 606 Club, Lots Rd, SW10 0QD (020 7352 5953). £12.

experimental noise musician.

Suede Brett Anderson’s

Alt pop from the singersongwriter. The Bedford, Bedford

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

Merzbow, Nadja Japanese

Lamb, Great Sutton St, EC1V 0DX (020 7253 1516). £12.50.

Release The Bats: Liquid Liquid, Polvo, Beak, The Field, Factory Floor, Tweak Bird, Walls The New York-based

based pop-rock band. Bull’s

Roop Kumar Rathod

Sea Power James Dean Bradfield’s veteran alt rockers perform their hits and promote their 10th studio album, Postcards From A Young Man.

Bailey Tzuke, Lucie Silvas

Never The Bride London-

plays energised folk-metal.

XOYO, Cowper St, EC2A 4AP (020 7729 5959). £12.50.

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX (0844 847 9910/ cc 0871 663 2500). £20-£27.50.

Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £26 & £28.50.

Relentless Garage, Highbury Corner, N5 1RD (0870 060 3777/ cc 0844 847 1678). £15.

Gurf Morlix Americana from the Texas-based singersongwriter. The Slaughtered

from the Academy Awardwinning duo of Irish musician Glen Hansard and Czech singer-pianist Marketa Irglova.

A celebration of the music of Motown stars, including the songs of The Temptations, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye and The Supremes. IndigO2,

and his band perform music from 1964 to 1971 by The Kinks, The Who and the Small Faces.

Bollywood tunes and other Indian music from the singer.

Shapeshifter Drum ‘n’ bass five-piece from New Zealand.

O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (0905 020 3999/cc 0844 477 2000). £7.50.

Strictly Big Band Swing and big band standards and classics from the ensemble. Cadogan Hall, Sloane Terrace, SW1X 9DQ (020 7730 4500). £32.50.

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SUNDAY 31 Alice Cooper: Halloween Night Of Fear The shock rock musician performs his hits, plus alternative circus performances from Jim Rose.

Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8EH (0844 482 8008). £34.50-£38.50.

Francis Dunnery The former It Bites frontman performs old and new rock material. Bush Hall, Uxbridge Rd, W12 7LJ (020 8222 6955). £18.

Kirac The Turkish singersongwriter performs rock. Marie Lloyd Bar, Hackney Empire, Mare St, E8 1EJ (020 8985 2424). £19-£49.

Javier Moreno Latin, pop and flamenco from the Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP (020 7589 8212). £28.50, under 12s £15.

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Natasha Vuckovic PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST CLUB NIGHTS

CLUB OF THE WEEK DJ MAG TOP 100 AWARDS It’s that time of year again when DJ Mag announces the number one DJ in the world, according to its annual poll. More than half a million people from 235 countries voted and you can be there when Boy George announces the winner, who’ll then play a celebratory set. Deadmau5, Fedde Le Grand, Laidback Luke and Eddie Halliwell will all play on what will be a dangerously late school night.

» Ministry of Sound, 103 Gaunt St,

SE1 6DP Elephant & Castle (0870 060 0010, ministryofsound.com). Wed, Oct 27, 8.30pm-4am. £10 Fedde le Grand beats/breaks

funk/soul

ABOVE & BEYOND You can’t beat uplifting, feel-good, just-can’t-stopdancing trance and that’s what Above & Beyond deliver every time. The trio have a knack for leaving their fans with a million goosebumps and thousand-watt smiles.

Catch ‘em for their last UK show of the year.

» Brixton Academy,

WIN

electro

hip-hop

NEON NOISE PROJECT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL Get your ghoul on cos Halloween and clubbing make a frighteningly good pair and let’s face it: we love any excuse for a bit of fancy dress. This fright night, German duo Digitalism take to the decks for a brilliant little knees-up in the heart of Shoreditch.

» Hearn Street Warehouse, 7-11 Hearn St, EC2A 3LS Old St Sat, Oct 30, 9pm-6am. £14 adv

We have a pair of VIP passes to the DJ Mag Top 100 party to give away - and we also have tickets to see Above & Beyond for a winner plus two friends up for grabs. To enter, email grabs@tntmagazine.com with ‘Top 100’ or ‘Above & Beyond’ by noon, Tues, 26 Oct.

hard house/trance

rock/metal

techno

ANSWER, TEXT, REJECT We ask Tony McGuinness from Above & Beyond who he’d answer, text back or reject if he had incoming calls from: Simon Cowell: I’d reject this one. Simon has been fantastically successful inventing TV karaoke and has done more to fill up the music market with short-term pop puppets than anyone else.

Your mother: I’d take the call.

She’s my mum.

Deadmau5: I’d text back: “Hope you’re feeling better.”

David Guetta: I’d normally take the call, but we see him around quite a bit so we’ll get a chance to chat soon. Plus Heidi Klum’s on the other line.

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Bono: I’d answer this one. We met years ago in Ireland at an REM party and he might have something interesting to offer.

Heidi Klum: I used to do Seal’s marketing back in the day, so this could be an interesting call. While I was chatting to Bono I’d text her back: “On the phone to the Pope, will call back later.”

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CLUB LISTINGS MONDAY 25

Bear St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

10pm-3am. gents £10, ladies £7, gents £7 before 10.30pm, ladies guestlist £5.

I Luv Live Ras Kwame and DJ Twin spin soul, reggae, blues, funk and hip-hop, plus Kners, Kadija Kamara, Wariko, Obenews, Byob and Trozen perform live. The Queen Of Hoxton, Curtain Rd, EC2A 3JX (020 7422 0958).

7pm-midnight. £10.

Jaded DC7 Afterhours Monica Kruse and Raymundo Rodriguez spin deep house and minimal tech. Cable, Bermondsey St, SE1 2EG (020 7403 7730).

5am-1pm. £12, guestlist £8.

Mambo Monday Latin

Cheapskates Old school hiphop, electro and disco courtesy of DJ Downfall. Moonlighting,

Everybody Dance Resident DJs David and Andrew spin dance, club classics and 1970s disco. Up The Creek, Creek Rd, SE10 9SW (020 8858 4581).

11pm-2am. £8, w/flyer £4.

Freaky DJs Seani B, Rudy Ranx and Peaky G play funk, soul and R‘n’B. The Blagclub, Kensal Town, Kensal Rd, W10 5BN (020 7243 0123).

10pm-3am. £10, £7 before 11.30pm.

Grand Halloween UK Resident DJs spin R‘n’B, hip-hop, pop, electro, techno, dub and indie.

Boom Boom Club Rock ‘n’ roll cabaret from host Dusty Limits, and burlesque from Miss Vicky Butterfly. The

Frolic DJ StevieF spins party, retro pop and cheese. Crazy Larry’s, King’s Rd, SW10 0TZ (020 7376 5555). 10pm-3am. £10, guestlist £5 before midnight, guestlist free before 11pm.

Greek St, W1D 4DR (020 7287 372).

9pm-3.30am. £6, NUS £5, w/flyer £4.

Fulham Rd, SW6 5NH (020 7381 5005). 7pm-2am. £8, £10 inc drink.

Cruel Intentions Resident

Bathhouse, Bishopsgate Churchyard, EC2M 3TJ (020 7920 9207). 7.30pmlate. £7, £28.50-£33 inc meal

DJs play R‘n’B and hiphop. Sound, Leicester Sq,

Fiesta Latino Latin and samba

Tcherniak spins house and electro.

WC2H 7NA (0870 863 1010).

9pm-3am. £10, £5 before 11pm, guestlist £3 before midnight.

from the resident DJs. Fiesta

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

Arches, Villiers St, WC2N 6NG (020 7930 2020). 11pm-6am. £8, £2 before midnight, w/wristband free before 1am, NUS/mems free.

Diffrent Strokes DJs Phat Cat, Zay London, Lonyo and MOBO Award winner and Kiss FM DJ Manny Norte play neo soul, 1980s pop, US house, funk and R‘n’B.

Gravity Funky house and electro from The Oli, Terry Bryan and Alan K. Fire, South Lambeth Rd, SW8 1UQ (020 7582 9890). midnight-8am. £12, w/flyer £10, w/flyer £5 before 2am.

Cross Rd, WC2H 0JG (020 7379 3277).

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

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Cherryjam, Porchester Rd, W2 6ET (020 7727 9950).

9pm-late. £10, £5 before 11pm.

Roller Disco Funk and disco for

Mode PR DJs VG, Shock, Bennie

a wheeled audience. Renaissance

G, Supa Mann and Xavier Miller play R‘n’B, hip-hop and funky house. Tamarai, Drury Ln, WC2B

house, pop and R‘n’B, plus a cinema and chill-out room. Heaven, Charing Cross

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

Four Dollars Club DJs play hip-hop, R‘n’B, disco, dubstep, charts and drum ‘n’ bass. The Rhythm Factory, Whitechapel Rd, E1 1EW (020 7375 3774). 9pm-3am. £5, NUS £2-£4, free before 10pm.

Lost In London Party on the

N*A*S*I*N SoniX, Brahim and Punk Gareth play punk, rock, metal and ska.

The Borderline, Orange Yard, Manette St, W1D 4JB (0870 060 3777/cc 0871 231 0842).

11pm-3am. £5, w/flyer £4, NUS £3, mems £2.

Perfect Fumble play indie, electro and post-punk. The

Marcus and Olly play indie, punk, techno and electro.

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

10.30pm-3am. £6, adv £5.

WEDNESDAY 27 Agita Brasil Latin and

FRIDAY 29

Brixton Rd, SW9 6LH (020 7274 5537).

8pm-6am. £23, adv £20.

Society Resident DJ Woody

Resident DJs play chart, party anthems and R‘n’B. Zoo Bar,

Way, N7 9AX (020 7609 8364).

10pm-6am. £13, adv £10.

Therapy Electro-pop and dance from Kris Di Angelis.

Collective Entertainment

The Shadow Lounge, Brewer St, W1F 0RF (020 7287 7988). 10pm3am. £10, free before 11pm.

THURSDAY 28

Group Resident DJs spin R‘n’B, soul and hip-hop.

W1S 3AP (020 7851 0956). 10pm-3am. £20, free ladies before 10.30pm.

Addiction Resident DJs

Embassy, Old Burlington St, W1S 3AP (020 7851 0956). 10pm-3am. £20, ladies free before 11pm.

Urban Chic Resident DJs play R‘n’B, hip-hop and funk. Sound, Leicester Sq,

play R‘n’B, reggae, funk, garage and hip-hop.

Dance Rocks House, R‘n’B,

WC2H 7NA (0870 863 1010).

10pm-3am. £10, £8 before 11pm.

Rumba, Shaftesbury Ave, W1D 7EP (020 7287 2715).

9pm-3am. £10, £5 before 11pm.

chart, indie and 1980s and 1990s hits. The Watershed, The Broadway, SW19 1SD (020 8540 0080).

8pm-late. £8, £5 before midnight.

Back To The Future Electro, dubstep, retro pop and indie from DJs and live bands. The Den & Centro, West Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083). 10pm-3am. £8, £6 before midnight, NUS £5.

Exclusivity Resident DJs Elliot Ness, S-Clique, Swift Jay and Running Man spin R‘n’B, 1980s classics, funky house and hiphop. The Hill, Muswell Hill, N10 3ST

SATURDAY 30 Above & Beyond The British DJ and producer outfit comprising Tony, Jono and Paavo supply uplifting and vocal trance. O2 Academy Brixton, Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL (0844 477 2000). 10pm-4am. £20.

Pukka Up Ibiza Reunion

Retro Chic Night Groovy Wonderland play disco floorfillers. The Loop, Dering St, W1S Saints & Sinners Daniel Scott plays club classics, while resident DJs play indie and pop in the bar. The Watershed, The Broadway, SW19 1SD (020 8540 0080).

11pm-3am. £8, £7 before midnight.

Victorian Villains DJs The Jinks Count, Sizzle Cleen, Jay & Lorry Konal and Lou Young play pop and house, plus Agent Lynch, BAD and Hollywoodstock perform live. Village Underground, Holywell Ln, EC2A 3PQ (020 7422 7505).

9pm-4am. £20, concs £15.

SUNDAY 31 Groove Sanctuary AfricanLatin, funk, disco and deep house from DJ Jimbo, Joey Vieira and guests. Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040).

9.30pm-3am. £5, free before 11pm.

Roller Motion The residents play R‘n’B, hip-hop, house, electro, soul and funk.

Renaissance Rooms, Arches, Miles St, SW8 1RZ (0844 736 5375).

7pm-midnight. £11.50.

DJs spin indie, Northern Soul, garage and rock ‘n’ roll. The

Sensational Sundays DJ Eddie J Santos spins commercial chart, party anthems, funky house and commercial R‘n’B.

Barfly, Camden, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AN (0844 847 2424).

10pm-late. £8, w/flyer £7, adv £5.

Zoo Bar, Bear St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188). 12noon-2am. £10, guestlist £5, free before 8pm.

(020 8365 3651). 10pm-4am. £10.

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

Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040). 10pm-3am. £8.

1AH (020 7493 1003). 10pm-3am. £8.

Wicked Wednezdayz

samba from the resident DJs, plus dance classes before 10pm. Fiesta Havana, Fulham Rd, SW6 5NH (020 7381 5005).

7pm-2am. £7, mems £5.

The Den & Centro, West Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083).

10pm-4am. £8, free before 11pm.

plays funky house, electro, commercial R‘n’B and club classics. Embassy, Old Burlington St,

Bear St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

9pm-3am. £7, NUS/guestlist £5.

Lost And Found Keb Darge and Andy Smith play blues, rock and Northern Soul.

indie, pop, R‘n’B and Motown

Blow Terry Francis, Kids Of Funk, Robajo, Daniel James, Twisted Twins, T On J & Kure, Jade Cox, Lostboiz and Mas & Praiz play house, electro and techno. Egg, York

Replay Diego CK, Anto and

White Heat DJs Matty,

St, EC2A 4AP (020 7729 5959).

10pm-3am. £8, £5 before 11pm.

St, EC4N 1TX (020 7618 9020).

10pm-3am. £15, VIP adv £20.

Place, SW1V 1JR (0845 371 4489).

7pm-5am. £35, adv £30.

DJs spin rock, Spanish rock, indie and pop, plus Rosendo plays live. Jamm,

Panic! Max, Gaz and That

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

11pm-7am. £10, ladies £5.

International play electro and indie. XOYO, Cowper

Kuch Kuch DJ Ritu plays Bollywood, bhangra, Arabic, R‘n’B and chart. Apt, Queen

Popstarz Three rooms of

Smash & Grab Bangers

Bear St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

10pm-3am. £10, £7 before 10pm, guestlist free before 10pm.

Of Sound, Gaunt St, SE1 6DP (0870 060 2666). 9pm-4am. £10.

The Shadow Lounge, Brewer St, W1F 0RF (020 7287 7988). 10pm3am. £10, free before 11pm.

5PG (020 7831 9399). 10pm-3am. £15, guestlist £10 before 11.30pm.

Bukem, Fabio, Chris Intaface and Tendai play drum ‘n’ bass. Cable, Bermondsey St,

spin 1950s and 1960s R‘n’B and Northern Soul. The Ministry

Inferno Andrew Elmore spins funk, house and dance.

2010 London Dermot C, Tim Fanucci and Sam Walker play house, electro and dance. Pacha, Terminus

Rock Sin Subtitulos

Bear St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

7.30pm-3am. £7, guestlist/NUS £5.

Steve Nocerino play deep house. The Den & Centro,

Rooms, Arches, Miles St, SW8 1RZ (0844 736 5375). 8pm-midnight. £10, w/skates £7.50, NUS £5.

Latin Fever Latin tracks from resident DJ Jorge. Salsa!, Charing

cheese with resident DJs. Zoo Bar,

Top 100 DJs Resident DJs

Roxy, Rathbone Place, W1T 1HJ (020 7255 1098). 10pm-3am. £5, NUS/w/flyer £3.

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

Temptation Pop, R‘n’B and

SE1 2EG (020 7403 7730). 10pm3am. £7, NUS £5 before 11pm.

The Comedy Pub, Oxendon St, SW1Y 4EE (020 7839 7261).

10pm-late. £20, adv £15.

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Speed To Swerve LTJ

ground floor, electro-house in the basement and commercial R‘n’B in the VIP room. Zoo Bar,

Diamond Noir Resident DJs spin R‘n’B, 1990s soul, hip-hop, funky house and club classics.

Tamarai, Drury Ln, WC2B 5PG (020 7831 9399). 10pm-3am. £20, guestlist £15 before midnight.

FEDDE LE GRAND LONDON TAKEOVER Ministry of Sound, SE1 6DP Elephant & Castle (ministryofsound. com). Nov 13. £20 Fedde is the man with the golden touch thanks to his endless string of dance floor corkers. He’s back in the capital for another one of his London Takeover nights.

and samba from the resident DJs, plus salsa dance classes before 10pm. Fiesta Havana,

Popcorn Commercial dance,

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

“Whilst the act depicted could be consensual, the overall impact and most likely impression is that the scene is suggestive of violence and rape.” A spokesman from the Advertising Standards Bureau on a risqué Calvin Klein ad.

AUSTRALIA No talking in class A teaching has been disciplined for taping shut the mouths of two pupils to stop them talking in class, Sydney secondary boys’ school Shore confirmed.

Deputy Ombudsman Steve Kinmond said the school had reported the incident.

He added that the complaint was not serious enough to require it to be reported to the Department of Community Services.

Packer moves on Ten Business magnate James Packer is

happy snaps: American celebrity photographer David LaChapelle, who is known for his extravagant portraits, takes photos of the public with a camera phone during his first ever public photo shoot at Sydney Harbour.

now a substantial shareholder in Network Ten after swooping on $270m worth of shares.

It has been alleged that Packer is looking to earn a place on the board.

He now has an 18 per cent stake in the network through his private firm Consolidated Press Holdings.

Mistress on the prowl

James Packer

A former lover of Richard Pratt has been ordered to provide details of how much she earned working as an escort and the names of clients she had while allegedly acting as ‘’permanent mistress’’ to the late

businessman. Madison Ashton, 36, is chasing a pay-out from Pratt’s estate, claiming she abandoned her job after the Visy Industries boss asked her to become his mistress in 2003, promising $500,000 a year for rent and travel expenses.

Clever Ipswich lauded Ipswich, in Queensland, has been named as one of the world’s smartest communities by an international think-tank. The city’s leaders have created a community able to adapt to the demands of a broadband economy, according to the Intelligent Community Forum.

*And finally … trim on the side Men can now get their hair cut and their jollies at the same time with the opening of Sydney’s first topless barber.

The Oxford Street barber for the hirsute and horny, aptly named Hot Cuts, boasts hairdressers who are not only hot, but topless, too.

“That’s right gentlemen!

Imagine, a place you can get a

cut, style, wash or colour whilst watching a beautiful hairdresser at work with her gorgeous assets out on show.

“Throw in a complimentary serving of your favourite ‘poison’, a flat-screen TV and a relaxing atmosphere you’ll walk out feeling a million bucks,” the website boasts.

What more could you want?

“It’s political correctness gone mad.” Liberal senator Guy Barnett on an edict from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship that if citizen candidates wanted to swear upon a holy Bible they would have to bring their own.

“This is just another one of their ... lunatic fringetype ideas.” Federal Liberal MP Don Randall lampoons an idea from the Australian Greens to give parliament more say about the way banks increase their interest rates.

“We need to focus on better cities, not necessarily bigger cities.” Sydney University professor John Stanley says Australia’s unchecked urbanisation must be curtailed.

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NORTHERN TERRITORY A drugs raid on the home of Darwin’s lord mayor, Graeme Sawyer, allegedly netted an imitation pistol, a silencer and drugs. He and his daughter Kylie, 21, are to be summonsed to court.

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QUEENSLAND Conflict: Australian troops will stay in Afghanistan for four years

never become a haven for terrorists. Foreign minister Kevin Rudd said the mission had prevented more terrorism attacks around the world than the public would ever know.

He cited 18,000 attempts since the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks in America in 2001.

“The problem is the success of effective counter-terrorism

strategy is much harder to recognise than its failure,” Rudd added.

Objecting to Australia’s involvement, Independent MP Andrew Wilkie, a former defence commander, broke down in tears while calling for Australian troops to come home from Afghanistan “within months”.

AAP Image, Getty Images

Store settles $37m sex case A woman who took the department store David Jones, nine of its directors and its former CEO David McInnes to court over a sexual harassment claim has been awarded $850,000 instead of the $37m she initially sought.

Kristy Fraser-Kirk, a former publicist, accepted the settlement to which Mr McInnes partly contributed despite denying most claims.

Fraser-Kirk claimed Mr McInnes, who resigned in light of the highly public accusations, made unwelcome sexual advances to her and that David Jones tolerated his alleged

continuing sexual misconduct.

“This has been a difficult journey but one that I felt was important,” she said.

Fraser-Kirk was criticised on social media sites, however, Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick praised her courage and believed the case would encourage more women to “come forward”.

She said: “This case has a strong educative value. I can guarantee that every CEO and every manager in the country would have stopped and thought: ‘Is sexual harassment a problem in my office?’”

Four Greenpeace activists have been charged with trespass after abseiling down the ANZ Bank HQ in Brisbane and unfurling an 8x8m banner reading: “ANZ: Polluting your world.” The protest was over ANZ spending $1.6 billion into coal infrastructure over the past five years.

TASMANIA The timber industry and key environment groups have signed an agreement to protect high conservation forests after lengthy negotiations. While a rapid withdrawal from native forest harvesting was unlikely, more suitable plantations will be built.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA Conservationists have called for a lower speed limit on the new 110km/h new Indian Ocean Drive after dozens of native wildlife was mowed down.

The terrain was too flat to build tunnel under the highway for wildlife to cross, like other major roads in the state.

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■ Austrailan troops to remain in Afghanistan for another four years and provide aid and security until 2020 ■ War against Taliban prevented more terrorist attacks around the world than public would ever know ■ Independent MP Andrew Wilkie cries for soldiers

Payout: Kristy Fraser-Kirk

COAST TO COAST What’s happening across the country

SUMMARY

ustralian troops will continue their combat role in Afghanistan for another four years, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said.

Speaking in the new parliament’s first debate on the conflict, Gillard confirmed plans to withdraw the current 1550 troops over the next twoto-four years, but continue to provide aid and security in the war-torn country until 2020.

She said the ultimate aim was “political reconciliation” and that Afghanistan would

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The week that was

MONDAY

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Quake recovery All but 16 of the 1200 properties with the most severe land damage in last month’s massive Canterbury earthquake can be fixed and the area fit for rebuilding, according to a report by the Earthquake Commission.

However, repair and rebuilding could take up to two years and cost more than insurance payouts.

The findings have led some homeowners to demand a payout to walk away from their homes altogether.

Ramsay in hot water Fiery celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has invited criticism by twice cancelling appearances at New Zealand charity dinners.

Ramsay was due to be the main feature of two sold-out private dinners in Auckland and Wellington, but cancelled both without an explanation or apology.

He pulled out the first time because his mother had suffered a heart attack, but the second time around, David Higgins,

Gordon Ramsay

Crash and churn: A crane is deployed to Main Beach, Mt Maunganui, where the Paradise 57 luxury launch washed up after crashing into rocks near the Port of Tauranga. The three men aboard the 53ft vessel sent out a mayday call and waited in an inflatable dinghy to be rescued. Reports say the boat crossed the path of an Australian container ship before crashing.

director of event organiser Duco, discussed seeking damages.

Plan not sound Flaws in the government’s National Standards education programme have been confirmed with 80 per cent of teachers believing it had been implemented too quickly.

The Council for Educational Research reported that staff felt under-supported and the mandatory 2012 reporting date was was too soon for them to make sound and consistent judgments about pupils’ learning.

National Standards was

introduced earlier this year to establish clear expectations of students in reading, writing and maths.

Remains unearthed More bones have been uncovered beneath the Gisborne District Court extension site after partial remains were discovered earlier this year. The bones, which were uncovered during an archaeological dig, were dated from between 1830-1850.

They were believed to be Maori remains but whether the area was a tribal burial site remained unclear.

*And finally … new kid on the choc A Bangkok-born schoolgirl from Wellington is threatening to break the bespectacled blondhair, blue-eye lad mould of the Milkybar Kid after making it to the finals of a competition to become the next face of the Nestle chocolate bar.

Natalie Olson, 8, is one of six girls to be named in the final 10 vying to be the cowboy-inspired

Milkybar Kid, who famously says: “The Milkybars are on me”.

Judge Suzanne McAleer said there was no reason why the new Milkybar Kid couldn’t buck the 51-year-old tradition.

“There’s no preconceived idea of what the next kid is going to look like. We’re just looking for a vibrant, engaging child star,” she told stuff.co.nz.

quote unquote “It was really freaky.

Something was going down but we could not see.” A Gisborne resident watched as heavily armed police hunted down and arrested accused bank robber Allan Taare Gray, who had been on the run since fleeing Gisborne District Court on June 21. He was hiding under a house.

“It’s a very grey area, and it’s one where we are looking to get clarity on.” Denise Wood, boss of executive of Medicines NZ, on the issue of compensation for chemists who are enraged over a seventh drug recall this year.

“Some of the stewardesses were up the back in tears and kept moving past passengers to look at the engine.” Passenger Amanda Tottle, describes the scenes on a Jetstar flight from Christchurch to Sydney when flames emerged from the engine after a loud bang. The Airbus A320 landed safely with one engine in Sydney.

“We don’t know when it’s going to rain next.

Not for the next 10 days it seems.” Kiwis are set to bask in glorious sunshine, says Bob McDavitt of Metservice.

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Hobbit move threat ■ 1000 film technicians march through Wellington to save filming of The Hobbit in New Zealand ■ Actors’ Equity Union members backdown from boycott after warnings filming will be moved ■ Prime Minister John Key plans to talk to filmmakers

UPPER NORTH ISLAND

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Dispute: Peter Jackson could move filming of The Hobbit to the UK

filming remain in NZ. About 1000 film technicians took part in a protest through Wellington, chanting, “Save The Hobbit”, and demanding the actors end their dispute.

However the union appeared to back down, insisting the row was being resolved.

The US Screen Actors Guild,

which had backed the boycott, said its members were now able to work on the films.

Prime Minister John Key stepped up in the wake of the controversy, offering to talk to film executives to ensure NZ did not lose the film, which is expected to generate 1000 jobs and stimulate $1bn worth of spending.

Alcohol ‘cheaper than water’ Alcohol is cheaper than bottled water in New Zealand as plummeting prices spark fears of a greater burden on public health.

Otago University researchers found wine costs as little as 62 cents per standard drink, compared to 67 cents for a 250ml bottle of water and 43 cents for the equivalent amount of milk.

The study, published in the New Zealand Medical Journal also found alcohol had become cheaper over the past decade, contributing to a rise in binge drinking.

“Our analysis suggests

COAST TO COAST What’s happening across the country

SUMMARY

ilming of The Hobbit could be moved from New Zealand to the UK over an actors’ strike.

Director Peter Jackson has threatened to change the location of the two-movie prequel to the Lord Of The Rings after a dispute with union Actors’ Equity over pay.

A source for Warner Bros, which is financially backing the production of the $669m 3D films, said a scout was in England looking for locations – citing fear of boycotts should

NEW ZEALAND

alcohol is now probably the cheapest recreational drug in New Zealand and has become increasingly affordable,” said associate professor Nick Wilson.

Dr Peter Foley, chairman of the NZ Medical Association, urged the government to raise excise tax on alcohol to curb binge drinking. He said: “It is a core part of the solution to the problem.”

The price was blamed on heavy discounting in supermarkets as well as a grape glut in NZ which had driven down the price of wine as makers offload excess stock.

A Ngaruawahia business owner faces a $60,000 bill after three boys aged between 11 and 13 took his 15-tonne forklift on a destructive joyride. They smashed it through a garage roller door and broke into a service station, stealing food and cigarettes before it became stuck.

They were caught but the forklift was written-off.

LOWER NORTH ISLAND Outgoing Wellington mayor, Kerry Prendergast has signed off from her nine-year tenure after being outsted by Celia WadeBrown of the Green Party.

Council staff broke down as she bade them farewell.

UPPER SOUTH ISLAND Christchurch real estate agent, Letu Tuaoi Quatermain, 48, has been sentenced to four months’ home detention after lying to a homeowner about the sale of his house and convincing him to act as a guarantor for a personal loan of $5000 she knew she couldn’t repay.

LOWER SOUTH ISLAND

‘Too cheap’: Water and milk are more expensive than wine

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa’s Dunedin concert was interrupted after a woman in the audience fainted. The opera star chatted with the crowd for a few minutes as medics attended to the woman.

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The week that was

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Service to be cut

1200

Standard bank staff face redundancy next year with the aim of increasing value and profits for shareholders.

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‘Inequality in Africa’

Dikgang Moseneke

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Rhinos in the Mafikeng Game Reserve whose horns have been fitted with tracking devices to ward off poachers.

Spending on schools, job training and healthcare is expected to take a hit in the Treasury’s upcoming mediumterm budget, thanks to a wage deal after August’s crippling public sector strikes.

A 7.5 per cent payrise and R800 monthly housing allowance to 1.3 civil servants has forced the government to change its spending priorities.

“We have to take painful decisions,” Public Services Minister Richard Baloyi said.

Traditional African culture has been suppressed by colonial and post-colonial regimes, according to deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke.

Speaking at the public endorsement of the South African Charter of Religious Rights and Freedoms, he said while the African renaissance had helped to restore traditional religions and cultures “inequality between African religions and cultures

WEEK IN NUMBERS

Showtime: Aritsts perform in Madame Zingara’s Theatre of Dreams at Melrose Arch, Johannesburg. The spectacular show boasts a full South African cast performing acrobatics, comedy, music and illusion in one of the last remaining mirror tents in the world.

and religions such as Christianity and Islam still persist”.

A gap in the market South Africa has produced its first all-black porn film, which its makers said was intended to promote safe sex and combat HIV and Aids.

Mapona, which means ‘naked’ in the SeSotho dialect, was made in response to demand from 30,000 members of amateur porn site Sondeza, who complained about the gap in the market.

Of the more than 50 people who auditioned for the hour-long movie, producer Tau Morena opted for three women and two men.

Coincidentally, Playboy Magazine recently announced it would return to South Africa after a 13-year absence.

Oprah gives again Oprah Winfrey has contributed R5.2m to the building of a 17-classroom school in the village of Gogogo near Mutale in Limpopo.

The school will form part of Winfrey’s Angels of Hope Network projects aimed at improving the lives of children in poor rural communities.

The money will go towards building science and computer laboratories and sports field.

COLOUR AND LIGHT: Indian women perform the Garba dance, which marks the Navratri Festival, at the Gujarati Hindu Sanskruti temple in Durban. Held over nine days, the festival combines religious and cultural activities, is in honour of the Hindu goddess Durga.

Fine, in rand, imposed on East London man Mervyn Beling for calling a barman a “kaffir” – an offensive term for a black person.

300k

Award, in rand, given to Big Brother runner-up, Zimbabwe’s Munyaradzi Chidzonga by his president Robert Mugabe. The money, collected through a campaign by businessman Phillip Chiyangwa who thought the voting was unfair, was more than the R200,000 prize for first place.

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Miners dead in separate incidents over two days.

One was killed by a skip which fell down a shaft, one by noxious gas and the third run over by a truck.

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Media woes continue ■ Launch of pro-government newspaper scuppered as editor and four senior staff walk out ■ SA media troubles exposed as publication fails a second time ■ Managing editor says the paper will eventually become a success story

T

MPUMALANGA

A protestor on National Media Freedom Day, the same day staff at a pro-goverment paper quit their jobs

other senior staff, the Guardian reported.

Gary Naidoo, managing editor of The New Age, told South Africa’s Talk Radio 702: “We were ready to go to print.

We withheld that publication with respect for those editorial staff that have stayed on.

“The management and staff remain fully committed and

are assured that this project will be a success.”

The journalists refused to disclose the reason for their walkout, but there were reports it was after a disagreement with the paper’s owner, the Gupta Group – which has close links with President Jacob Zuma – over its editorial stance.

Kwele under corruption cloud Peter Kwele, the man in charge of coverage of the World Cup for South Africa’s national broadcaster, SABC, will face charges for allegedly offering millions of rand worth of advertising to a friend in return for studio space.

The broadcaster confirmed Kwele had been suspended and accused him of offering Graham Cooke, the president of World Travel Awards, R26m worth of advertising on SABC over two years for the sublet of space in the Sandton Convention Centre where the World Cup broadcasting headquarters were set up.

COAST TO COAST What’s happening across the country

SUMMARY

he editor and four senior staff on a new pro-government newspaper walked out of their jobs only hours before it was due to go to press.

The launch of The New Age, which has promised “more positive” news and to highlight the achievements of the governing African National Congress, was stalled after a mutiny involving the editor, Vuyo Mvoko; the deputy editor, Karima Brown; and three

SOUTH AFRICA

Cooke is a friend of Kwele and his wife, Lindiwe Mahlangu-Kwele, is the chief executive of Joburg Tourism.

The deal, uncovered a month before the World Cup, was made despite Cook only being authorised to spend R1m.

Acting SABC chief executive Robin Nicholson confirmed that Kwele had been suspended for “unbudgeted, unauthorised and irregular expenditure”.

SABC board member Cedric Gina said corruption was “so sophisticated at the SABC” that a special investigations unit would probe its finances dating back to 2005.

Orlando Pirates player Benson Mhlongo has appeared in Nelspruit Magistrates’ Court with five others over the possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.

The weapon was loaded with 13 bullets and allegedly found hidden in the boot of the football star’s white BMW. He was bailed to return to court on November 3.

EASTERN CAPE The Eastern Cape health department’s chief financial officer Pumla Vazi has been suspended pending a probe into financial mismanagement.

The move came came after a damning report by the Auditor General on the department’s finances.

LIMPOPO A storm wreaked havoc on the village of GaMathabatha, outside Polokwane, lifting roofs off houses and cutting off electricity. The mysterious midnight wind came without warning and left a trail of destruction.

FREE STATE

Peter Kwele

The Steynsrus Combined School in Bloemfontein is temporarily closed due to a water shortage. More than 500 pupils have been forced to stay at home after a drought in the region – caused by a dry rain season – had crippled the school during the past fortnight.

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Sporting life

ON BOX

This week’s winners and losers

MONDAY

AFL Geelong announce former Brisbane hard-man Chris Scott will replace Mark Thompson as their new senior coach. Scott’s twin brother, Brad, is in charge at North Melbourne.

TUESDAY

TENNIS In a last-ditch bid to win the Australian Open, Lleyton Hewitt will alter his preparation for January’s Grand Slam, opting to play the Kooyong lead-up tournament for the first time.

WEDNESDAY

CRICKET Australia lose to India by five wickets in the second ODI – the first one was rained out – despite impressive knocks from batsmen Michael Clarke and Cameron White.

THURSDAY

RUGBY UNION Australian flanker David Pocock wins the John Eales Medal, the 22-year-old backrower’s teammates voting him the most valuable Wallaby over the past 12 months.

THE

FRIDAY

RUGBY UNION Veteran Springboks lock Victor Matfield is named as skipper for South Africa’s tour to the British Isles next month. Longserving captain John Smit is unavailable through injury.

SATURDAY

HORSE RACING The Bart Cummings-trained So You Think streets the field to win his second consecutive Cox Plate, the victory making him a hot favourite to win next week’s Melbourne Cup.

SUNDAY

MONDAY FOOTBALL Napoli v AC Milan Serie A rivals clash 7.45pm ESPN

ON THE

BOX

TUESDAY CRICKET South Africa v Pakistan First T20 5pm British Eurosport 2

ON THE

BOX

WEDNESDAY BASEBALL Texas v San Francisco Game one of the World Series 11.30pm ESPN America

BOX

ON THE

CRICKET The third ODI between Australia and India is rained out. The best players didn’t both showing up and then two of the three matches were cancelled. Great stuff.

I think about what “sauce I’m going to

put with my sirloin and whether I’m going to have shiraz or pinot noir

”

Discarded Aussie batsmen Brad Hodge doesn’t lose any sleep pondering his chances of an international recall

THURSDAY SNOOKER Premier League snooker Stack ‘em and crack ‘em 7.30pm Sky Sports 2 FRIDAY RUGBY UNION Canterbury v Wellington First semi of the ITM Cup 7.30am Sky Sports 2 SATURDAY RUGBY UNION Sharks v Western Province Final of the Currie Cup 4.30pm Sky Sports 4 SUNDAY CRICKET Australia v Sri Lanka First of three pointless ODIs 9.30am Sky Sports 2

PUB TALK: BRITISH SPORT EXPLAINED Ian Holloway Who’s this chap?

He’s the Blackpool manager, renowned for being a straightshooter with a quirky touch, as well as one of the top flight’s good blokes. He once said he and his club are a good fit because “we both look better in the dark.”

Why’s he in the news?

He got stuck right in when it looked like Wayne Rooney was going to walk out on Manchester United, saying the game had lost its way. At the end of a bizarre week, Rooney re-signed but, given the tawdriness of the entire affair, Holloway’s rant rang no less true.

rugby

Smith warns of complacency The All Blacks must be careful not to rest on their laurels ahead of their clash with Australia in Hong Kong this weekend, according to centre Conrad Smith.

Smith said the New Zealand squad was looking better than ever, but there was always a risk of teams becoming complacent when on a winning streak.

“If you sit back and try and play the same game it’s pretty easy to get caught up. I mean, you look at South Africa this time last year – they were riding high and I think they were the first to admit they rested on the same tactics and everyone else adjusted,” Smith said. “We’ve got to think of new ways to always improve our game.”

The All Blacks beat Australia convincingly at the start of the Tri-Nations, but the scores became closer in

sonny bill lauds thorn New All Black Sonny Bill Williams credits fellow code-convert Brad Thorn will inspiring him to try his hand at rugby: “I have been privileged to play alongside Tana Umaga and some great players at Toulon but Thorny is right up there.”

the last two games as the Wallabies grew more familiar with the Kiwis’ tactics.

“They’ve played pretty smart, they’ve improved on each game and they were aware of where they could improve and they made a lot of changes that have worked well,” Smith said.

“On the other side of it, we probably haven’t adjusted our game too much and, as can happen, you get a bit complacent with what you’re doing if it’s working well.”

All Black centre Conrad Smith

Wallabies determined to raise bar

Rocky Elsom

Australian captain Rocky Elsom and coach Robbie Deans both stressed results rather than player development and potential as the big objective of their end-of-year tour, which begins in Hong Kong this Saturday.

While the Wallabies squad includes seven uncapped players, Deans insisted the time for development had passed and that winning matches was now the focus.

“We selected the best group available,” Deans said. “Clearly there’s a player like Nick Phipps in there, who has been given an opportunity in a position where we are pretty much unresolved in terms of our third halfback, so he’s got a great opportunity.

“But it’s not development.

Really, when you look at the whole group and the fixtures we are going into, we’ve got

five Test matches, two midweek matches against international combinations.

“We are not approaching it as development.”

Elsom also indicated the side’s rebuilding phase had come to an end and that the Wallabies now need to string together some wins as they search for greater consistency.

“Potential – I think we’re a bit passed that, I think we’re probably more interested in results at the moment,” Elsom said. “You will know how well we are going, by how many times we get up.”

Deans has blooded 26 players in almost three years in charge and hopes that emphasis on bringing through new players will begin paying off before the World Cup.

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De Villiers looks at overseas stars Springboks coach Peter de Villiers has left the door open for South African players abroad to participate in the national team’s year-end tour to England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

“The one thing that I still want to bring across is please do not shut the door on ‘people who still want to play for this country’,” De Villiers said last Friday. “If the selectors feel that we do need people out there and they can convince me about it, we will do it.”

The final touring party of 32 will be announced after the Currie Cup final between the Sharks and Western Province in Durban on Saturday.

Although De Villiers would not elaborate on which players he had in mind, he may be considering Racing Metro’s Frans Steyn and Ulster’s Ruan Pienaar for call-ups.

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RUGBY LEAGUE Greg Eastwood on the burst

You just “ can’t afford to

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THE PLAYER

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New Zealand have one foot in the Four Nations final while England have one foot on a plane home after the Kiwis eased to a 24-10 win in the tournament opener in Wellington on Saturday.

A blow-out beckoned at 18-0 but England hinted at an unlikely comeback win with two tries in two minutes midway through the second half. It was not to be, however, as the Kiwis held their nerve and delivered a knock-out blow when captain Benji Marshall showed his acrobatic skills to dive over in the corner after he had sent Jason Nightingale

bolting away down the right wing.

The victory came at a cost, though, with giant wing Manu Vatuvei suffering a forearm fracture inside three minutes.

The Kiwis outclassed a youthful English side for most of the match. They played the game at pace and shifted the ball wide as much as possible, finding plenty of space.

An astute kicking game from halves Marshall and Nathan Fien, and hooker Thomas Leuluai, was a feature, as was their bonejarring defence and the ability to offload in the tackle, with Frank Pritchard and Frank-Paul Nuuausala particularly effective.

England must now beat Australia on Sunday to have any chance of making the final.

Shaun KennyDowall NEW ZEALAND Kenny-Dowall showed why he was regarded as the best centre in the National Rugby League this season with a brilliant show of strength to score early in the second half, beating four players from a standing start and crashing over in the tackle to make it 18-0.

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are gaining momentum Aussies thrash Papua New Guinea and they’re not far away v from being Australian skipper Darren Lockyer added yet in the Four another record to his long list of achievements as the Kangaroos dusted off the cobwebs Nations against Papua New Guinea to open their Australia 42

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Four Nations campaign with a 42-0 win at Parramatta Stadium on Sunday. Already the most-capped player and captain in the green and gold, Lockyer surpassed Ken Irvine with his 34th Test try.

Australia stormed out of the gates, Billy Slater scoring the opening try, and were never threatened thereafter. During a 30-minute period either side of the half-time break, the Kumuls held the Australian side scoreless, with

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their energetic display aided by some poor handling from the hosts.

The only problem for Papua New Guinea was that the game was already over by that stage, with the Kangaroos beating the clock as they raced to a 26-0 lead at the break.

Aussie skipper Darren Lockyer reckons Tonga and Samoa are improving rapidly. Optimistic

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PREMIER LEAGUE THE PLAYER

Youssuf Mulumbu

Everton’s Steven Pienaar corrals Luka Modric

WEST BROM The Congloese midfielder has been one of the stars for West Brom so far this season and he was at it again on the weekend, turning in a man-of-the-match performance against Fulham that included an exquisite equalisier. Promoted sides can often struggle with the tempo of the Premier League but Mulumbu’s mix of polish and graft has helped West Brom hit the ground running.

IN REVIEW THE CHAT

Rooney re-signs Conspiracy theories already abound that Rooney was persuaded to sign so United can command a higher transfer fee in January.

That, of course, also allows Rooney to keep playing in the interim. The whole saga has been one of cynicism, greed and double-talk and the average fan is entitled to feel utterly disillusioned with what it reveals about the forces that shape modern football.

Spurs and Toffees draw Tottenham missed the opportunity to drop anchor in the top four when they drew 1-1 with an Everton outfit that remains a week-to-week proposition. The Toffees took an early lead through Leighton Baines, but Spurs hit back just three minutes later, Dutch recruit Rafael van der Vaart underlining his usefulness with his fifth goal in as many matches.

Aston Villa’s season continued to sputter, Gerard Houllier’s team going down 1-0 to Sunderland after Villa’s Richard Dunne scored an awful own goal, poking the ball into his net after a communication breakdown with his goalkeeper. Dunne now has the unenviable record of scoring eight own goals in the

Premier League – more than any other player.

West Bromwich Albion have proved to be the surprise package of the season so far – after being promoted for this season, they are, remarkably, in touch with the top four, and are unbeaten in the past six games. On the weekend, they recovered from 1-0 down against Fulham to record a stirring 2-1 win.

After a week when money talked, it’s great to see a real underdog doing so well.

Chelsea cruised to a routine 2-0 win over Wolverhampton, Florent Malouda and Salomon Kalou scoring either side of half-time to ensure Chelsea’s spot atop the table won’t be threatened any time soon.

LOOKING AHEAD

Redknapp unmoved as United circle Bale

Gareth Bale

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp spent much of the past week desperately trying to douse interest in his midfielder Garth Bale, who caught the attention of the world’s biggest clubs with a hat-trick against Inter Milan in the Champions League.

Bale, 21, is sure to attract some big offers in the January transfer window but, for now, Redknapp insists his club won’t even be listening to offers.

“Gareth has not got a value; he’s not for sale. That’s the key,” Redknapp said of Bale.

“I spoke with the chairman the other night.”

Certainly, Redknapp’s resolve will be tested in January, with Inter Milan already expressing an interest in the Welshman and price tags of £40m being bandied about.

The knock-on effect of Wayne Rooney’s going-staying debacle is that Manchester United may again emerge as an aggressive bidder in the transfer market, with Sir Alex Ferguson reportedly given a budget of £50m to spend as the club finds itself in the utterly unfamiliar position of having to reassert itself as a major player.

At odds with Rooney’s assertion that United “lacked ambition”, the Manchester club reportedly made a £22m offer for Bale in the August transfer window, along with a £30 offer for Bayern Munich’s Franck Ribery. Come January, Ferguson seems set to have another crack at signing Bale, while he is also reportedly keen on Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder, who may be leaving Inter Milan.

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Chappell hints at changes Australia’s ageing Test batting line-up has been put on notice by national selector Greg Chappell, who has promised to “look beyond the obvious” and bring more lateral thinking to the selection panel ahead of the Ashes.

Chappell also argued that, although winning back the Ashes was an important focus, the team for the series, beginning November 25, needed to be picked with one eye on the future.

“It is no secret that we have an ageing batting order and that is something we need to address,” Chappell said. “And if you look at the batting, that’s an area we have fallen down a couple of times over the last few years.

“The Ashes is a big series, yes, but the strategic goal of Cricket Australia is to be No 1 in all three forms.”

The Australian side that lost

Mike Hussey is part of Australia’s ageing top six

young bats in the mix ■ Phil Hughes, 21, scored two centuries in seven Tests before being dropped during last year’s Ashes.

■ Usman Khawaja, 23, started the new Sheffield Shield season by peeling off a double-century for NSW. ■ Callum Ferguson, 25, starred in the ODI side before undergoing a knee reconstruction.

two Tests against India earlier this month included three batsmen – Ricky Ponting, Simon Katich and Mike Hussey – beyond the age of 35, while Marcus North, 31, Michael Clarke and Shane Watson, both 29, are hardly spring chickens.

Admittedly, stand-in wicket-keeper Tim Paine is only 25, but he seems certain to be replaced when 33-yearold Brad Haddin returns from injury for the first Test.

England not taking Ponting’s bait The Ashes are still nearly a month away but Australian captain Ricky Ponting last week fired an opening salvo in the traditional phoney war, only to be met by a wall of indifference from his English counterparts.

“There’s still a few question marks around their side,” Ponting said of the old enemy’s batting line-up. “Pietersen is still a big question mark at the moment, Alastair Cook is only just holding on to his spot by the skin of his teeth, Paul Collingwood’s probably not had the best Test summer of his life, either.”

England keeper-batsman

Ricky Ponting

Matt Prior said his side were determined not to get caught up in the pre-Ashes jousting.

“It’s become a tradition with people coming out with big statements and predictions,’’ Prior said. “He must have his reasons, but we have our reasons for not responding.”

Even Kevin Pietersen, when asked whether Ponting was under pressure to retain captaincy of the side after losing three Tests in a row, played a straight bat.

“Ponting is a great player and one of the greats of the game,” Pietersen said. “When he feels it’s his time, then he calls it time.”

Kiwi leadership feeling the pinch New Zealand’s cricketers will be expected to pull their socks up after their disastrous 4-0 ODI series loss against Bangladesh, with the board of New Zealand Cricket hinting at changes if an improved performance is not forthcoming against India.

“We believe that the team needs to be given the chance to demonstrate that they can perform: the players must take responsibility,” NZC chairman Chris Moller said.

New Zealand are scheduled to play three Tests against India, the first beginning on November 4, before five ODIs, the last on December 10.

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Aussies edge Ireland Adam Goodes starred for Australia

Captain Adam Goodes put Australia on course to regain the Cormac McAnallen trophy with a stand-out performance in Saturday night’s sevenpoint victory over Ireland in their International Rules series opener.

The Sydney Swans star scored four overs as the tourists held on against a fastfinishing Irish side, winning 0.14.5 (47) to 1.8.10 (40) at the Gaelic Grounds.

The Australians dominated the match in front of a crowd of more than 30,000 in Limerick and led by 18 points in the final term before Bernard Brogan sparked his side with a fine running goal.

The second and final match is on Saturday at Dublin’s Croke Park, with the series winner to be decided on points difference if it is tied up at 1-1.

Tireless Western Bulldogs

midfielder Daniel Cross played a key role in the win, picking up plenty of possessions and booting two overs.

Dane Swan was also good for Australia, picking up 33 touches just three weeks after celebrating Collingwood’s premiership. Todd Banfield and Leigh Montagna also

made telling contributions.

Australian coach Mick Malthouse called on his forwards to improve in the return bout.

“I think our forward line in general can play better,” he said. “The score was enough to win and I am not sure how it goes with other scorelines.”

Storm blocking Inglis move

Greg Inglis

Melbourne Storm are yet to release star centre Greg Inglis to the Brisbane Broncos for next season, claiming he owes them $113,000 in legal costs.

The money relates to defence costs from an assault charge laid against Inglis involving his fiancee Sally Robinson in August last year.

Inglis escaped a conviction over the incident with Robinson but was ordered to attend a men’s behavioural change program.

Inglis agreed a move to Brisbane at the end of last season – and appeared set to leave on good terms with Melbourne, even hinting at a return at the end of his twoyear deal with the Broncos.

Now, Melbourne CEO Ron Gauci is refusing to guarantee Inglis will be leaving at all.

“I don’t think anything is guaranteed,” Gauci said. “I

don’t know about the Broncos’ training situation, that’s for them … hopefully everything is resolved sooner, rather than later.”

Melbourne’s Herald-Sun reported that the Storm are hoping to block Inglis’s move north, in the hope of retaining Inglis on a reduced wage.

An unnamed source told the paper: “Essentially he’s being held to ransom on a release to the Broncos and he’s being told that unless you allow us to deduct that money for what you would otherwise get for this season, then we’re not going to give you a release.

“And they say they can get him under the salary cap [for next season].”

Inglis claims he was given little choice about how his defence was conducted and his management claims a cost agreement was signed.

THE QUOTES “I also need to sum up my body and my life as well, when it comes to choosing six weeks at home to have a break or spend that six weeks in the IPL.” Aussie batsman Michael Clarke is open to the prospect of playing in the IPL. Question is, would anyone have him?

“It goes on – footy players and jockeys. Well, probably about half of them might do it. When you take things like that it was good for your weight because instead of drinking piss, you drink water.” Stathi Katsidis, the Australian jockey who died of a drug overdose last week, on ecstasy use.

“One minute we were having a day-to-day conversation and the next moment, all of a sudden, everything changed – our lives changed. It was perfect.” Aussie golfer Greg Norman with another soppy update on his love life.

“He’s up there now in the top four or five but he hasn’t won a Melbourne Cup yet. That looks like where we’ll go now.”

Legendary trainer Bart Cummings (below) reckons Cox Plate winner So You Think is among his best ever horses.

ANY GIVEN SUNDAY The NFL roadshow is back in London, with the Denver Broncos and the San Francisco 49ers set to clash at Wembley Stadium WORDS TOM STURROCK

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HOW THEY STACK UP Although both the Broncos and the 49ers have endured patchy starts to the season, neither side is short on talent. Indeed, pre-season, there was some real hype surrounding the 49ers.

“Offensively, when the 49ers click, they’re impressive. They’ve got Frank Gore, who’s one of the most powerful running backs in the league – he can catch or run over defenders and he can block as wall,” Reynolds says. “They’ve also got Vernon Davis, who’s one of the most athletic tight ends in the league.

“But the heart and soul of their team is Patrick Willis, their inside linebacker and probably the best one in the competition – he fights off blocks and is a tackling machine.”

Reynolds is less bullish about Denver.

“They’re trying to rebuild under a young coach and get the right players in the locker room,” he says.

“Their quarterback, Kyle Orton, has really elevated himself to another level this year – he looks like one of the hottest quarterbacks around.”

EUROPEAN EXPANSION In the US, the NFL is the biggest ticket in town, casting a longer shadow than all the other pro sports combined. “The draft, which is just a guy on a stage reading out names, drew twice the audience of the NBA playoffs,” Reynolds says. “The NFL is massively powerful over there.”

Naturally, the NFL is looking to expand and, so far, the London experiment has proven so successful that there is

NEWS & SPORT

he two sides that will meet at Wembley this Sunday – the Denver Broncos and the San Francisco 49ers – have both enjoyed golden eras at different times. Such is the cyclical nature of the NFL, though, that both franchises now find themselves rebuilding.

According to Neil Reynolds, BBC Five Live’s resident NFL expert, the history of success at both sides has proved something of a millstone to the latest versions.

“They’re two franchises rich in history and that puts pressure on the current group. The 49ers have won five Super Bowls, they had Joe Montana and then Steve Young – it’s a rich legacy,” Reynolds says. “It’s the same with the Broncos – they won a couple and had John Elway.

“Does that success inspire or weigh heavy? Certainly, it’s something those players are struggling to live up to.”

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Main man: Patrick Willis of the 49ers

There may be “ a UK franchise in the next decade ” persistent talk of establishing a franchise in the UK. “There’s definite discussion – some people will say it’s mad from a logistics point-of-view,” Reynolds says. “But they’re exploring basing a franchise in the UK, maybe in the next decade. The top man is saying that. The NFL really tries to educate new fans and give them a reason to support a different team.”

THE NFL MODEL A key plank of the NFL’s popularity is the eveness of its competition. There have been great sides over the past decade, with the New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers both winning multiple titles but in the past three years six different sides have made the Super Bowl.

“They want every fan to go into the season hoping that, like the Arizona Cardinals a few seasons back, they can be the ones to go on a run to the Super Bowl.

“This season, no team managed to reach 4-0 – everyone lost a game in the first month. At the moment, you could name maybe eight teams that are a chance to win this year, and make a decent argument for each one.”

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HOW IT STANDS

Form player: Kyle Orton of the Broncos

The first month of the new season has seen teams jostling for position, but the BBC’s NFL guru Neil Reynolds says no clear favourite has yet emerged.

There is a consensus, though, that this year’s winner will come from the American Football Conference, rather than the National Football Conference.

In the AFC, the New York Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens, Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots are in the hunt. In the NFC, only the New Orleans Saints are real contenders.

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ON THE JOB SARAH LOCKEY Career Project manager Age 36 Lives Chiswick From Wellington, New Zealand How did you get into your line of work?

I worked on a helpdesk for an IT company back in Welly, then stuck my hand up for a Project Support role during Y2K. I progressed to managing projects. Over 15 years they have increased in size and complexity.

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What do you do day to day?

I make sure that a team of people know what they have to deliver, who to and by and I try to stop bad things from compromising the delivery. I keep the people paying for the project in check, making sure they understand what is going on, any problems they should be concerned about and the impacts if they change their mind.

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reparations for the 2012 Olympic Games in London have delivered a boon for the city’s construction indsutry, with more than 10,000 jobs created in east London.

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has released statistics which show 6243 people are now employed in construction on the Olympic Park in Stratford, with nearly half of those London residents.

Another 4090 construction jobs have been created by the development of the nearby athletes’ village.

ODA chairman John Armitt said: “In a tough time for the construction industry we are providing jobs for more than 10,000 workers and meeting our commitments to safety, training and employing local people and apprentices.”

The knock-on effect of the

Games is that construction recruitment has been markedly boosted by the associated transformation of east London, which is the largest regeneration project underway in Britain.

What’s the most challenging part of your job?

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Working with a whole range of people who have different expectations of what is important. For the sales team it’s about getting the deal; promises are made, expectations set. And then the project team has to deliver.

More than half of Kiwi professionals would change careers if they could, a new survey by Workchoice Trust reveals, with 82 per cent of respondents saying they didn’t understand their chosen career path after their education.

New Zealand’s wine bottling sector looks set to shed hundreds of jobs because of poor recovery rates of recycled glass. The way local councils collect household waste means as little as 30 per cent of collected glass is recycled.

Banking giant Lloyds will axe thousands more jobs, including positions in London, and move some work overseas.

The part-nationalised bank is to cut 4500 jobs, taking the total number of losses to 20,000 since the start of last year.

What’s the best thing about your job?

The variety; the universality of project management has enabled me to work on many different assignments.

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BUSINESS Escape the nine-to-five world by branching out on your own. It may be hard at first but the pay-offs can make it well worth it WORDS REBECCA KENT

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Big adventure: Hayley Melidonis launched a winter sports company

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ntrepreneurial Australians, Kiwis and South Africans are making waves in London with their own businesses involving everything from making furniture to makeovers.

These budding directors usually form their ventures on one of two basis – that they believe they can offer better than what’s currently on offer, or they’ve identified a gap in a market.

Stephanie Beitzel is the founder of Aussiepreneurs, an organisation that supports and celebrates Australian entrepreneurs the world over.

Beitzel says that once wannabe entrepreneurs have taken the first step in the UK, “then there’s that feeling of wanting to take over the world.”

She adds :“But there is a revolving door aspect. After they’ve overcome obstacles such as getting credit in the UK to get a business off the ground, they create jobs

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CAREERS & MONEY 55 Rachel Lynch reali sed that people needed to look good

David McClaggan’s Tosh has proved successful

for British people. Aussie entrepreneurship may not be massive just yet, but it’s bubbling under the radar and boy-oh-boy, is it big!”

We meet a few who are taking London by the horns.

HAYLEY MELIDONIS 32, from Sydney.

Company name: Total Heliski Founded: December 2009 What is it? A winter sports company providing access to remote adventure destinations and heliski, catski and ski touring operations across the world.

How it happened: After trying heliskiing in Alaska, I saw an opportunity to start a company offering reliable, informed advice.

Turnover: A 500 per cent increase in bookings since last year.

If I knew then what I know now: I’d Factor in the full complexity and cost of building a great website as it’s the face of your brand and costly if you get it wrong.

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DAVID MCLAGAN 30s, from Melbourne.

Company: Tosh Founded: 2006 What is it? We produce stylish, fun, yet still affordable, London souvenirs.

How it happen? We saw that souvenirs, particularly in London, were horrible, cheap tat so we created a collection of original and intelligent products.

Turnover: £500,000.

If I knew then what I knew now: I’d have started earlier in the UK. Trading in retail at the moment is very tough and a VAT increase isn’t going to help.

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RACHEL LYNCH From Palmerston North, NZ Company: Personal Best Colour and Image Consultancy Founded: 2007 What is it? I assess people’s professional and personal situation and help them create an appropriate image.

How it happened: I was dissatisfied in print production, so after consulting a career coach I transfered my awareness of colour and detail to helping people look and feel good.

If I knew then what I know now: I’d write a business and a marketing plan first.

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REG BAMFORD 43, from Cape Town.

Company: 1st Contact Founded: 1995 What is it?

Financial, immigration and professional services to SMEs, high net worth individuals and expats in the UK. How it happened: After three years in the City as a chartered accountant I wanted to run my own business and harness my knowledge to assist young South Africans arriving in London.

Turnover: £23m p/a.

If I knew then what I know now: I’d have hired an entrepreneur to advise me.

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You might recognise Tim Oberg from TV’s Dragon’s Den, where he pitched his celebrity tours enterprise, Celebrity Planet London, to four merciless judges.

The pitch fell flat on its face but Oberg, 32, who describes himself as a “finger in the pie kinda guy” had plenty more up his sleeve. in his first foray into entrepreneurship 10 years ago, he ran weekend tours to Europe and boat parties under the company name Tim The Tourman.

“My first-ever tour was to Berlin with 30 people – 10 were my mates. I never ran it thinking it could be a business, but I had people asking me when the next one was and I thought, ‘hang on I’m onto something’.”

Oberg also ran Monopoly pub crawls under the company name, Wicked Pub Crawls, once breaking a Guinness World Record for amassing 2000 punters for a single crawl. He’s now focusing on an active escapes business.

A word of advice from the serial entrepreneur: “You’ve got to get your books in order from the word go because playing catch-up is too hard.” » globalactivegroup.com

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Job Town Planner From Brisbane, Australia Lives Hammersmith Age 26 How do you budget in London?

I always make sure my timesheet is in on time; a week without pay is a killer.

Any tips for making your money go further when you first arrive?

Open a bank account as soon as you arrive and transfer money into it. It will save a lot in transaction fees.

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As many as 15 million workers in Britain have less than £249 in the bank, while 19 per cent admit to having no savings at all, a HSBC report found. The sum, about five days’ takehome pay, is well below the three months’ salary (£4,683) financial advisers recommend having for emergencies.

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates met with PM David Cameron as part of his latest campaign to boost help for developing nations. “Spreading the word about what’s working is one of the most important things we can do to motivate governments to invest in effective aid,” Gates said.

It is always travel-related – a trip to Egypt later this month.

What non-essential do you regularly spend money on?

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There is so much free stuff to see and do in London, so I usually head to a museum.

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT A lot of people are said to have more money than sense, but these guys made sure they had the last laugh … » American Samuel Bratt left Womanless Library. His

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his wife, who never let him smoke, US$330,000 – on the condition that she smoke five cigars a day. » T M Zink, a woman-hating attorney, left $35,000 in trust for 75 years, with the final sum to be used to build the Zink

daughter, who was left $5, challenged it successfully. » Poet Heinrich Heine left his estate to his wife in 1856 on the condition that she remarried, saying: “Then there will be at least one man who will regret my death.”

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There is no set rule about how much the deposit is, but it’s usually between one and two months’ rent.

By law, your deposit must be paid into a government scheme known as the Deposit Protection Service, which will adjudicate on claims to withhold some or all of it.

If you and your landlord disagree on a sum, contact the Citizens Advice Bureau for advice on what to do. “At the end of the tenancy, you are guaranteed to get your deposit back within 10 days, as long as you and your landlord have agreed on how much you should get back,” the CAB says.

Regardless of when you paid your deposit, landlords may take money from your bond if property or contents have been damaged, or if rent hasn’t been paid.

Safety Any gas or electrical items provided by the landlord must be safe. Your landlord must arrange an annual check-up for gas appliances, such as boilers, and they are also responsible for paying for any necessary work to be carried out on the appliance. Other safety matters include ensuring there is mandatory fire resistant furniture in place if the property comes furnished.

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I’m heading back to Australia in November when my Working Holiday visa expires. My current Australian passport expires in February 2011 but I think I will need to renew this prior to leaving the UK as I wish to travel through Russia, Mongolia and China en-route. If I renew my passport now, is my current Working Holiday visa valid if it is in my old passport? Do I simply travel with both documents (old and new passport)?

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Spend a creepy night in one of England’s most haunted pubs WORDS MATT RISLEY

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t goes without saying that everyone’s own personalised bucket list is bound to vary. But I can confidently state that I never expected ‘publicly soiling myself’ to rank above other similarly life-changing events. I should have known, however, that an overnight stay in a haunted inn is tantamount to torturing your mind and playing Russian roulette with your bowels.

An adolescent fascination with things that go bump in the night and chilling fireside ghost stories was all but annihilated by the noughties’ reality TV tendency to throw deluded hacks and melodramatic medium luvvies on screen under the guise of ‘ghost hunting’.

So I thought I’d offer full transparency in admitting that I was very much on the paranormal fence upon arriving at Rye’s Mermaid Inn.

Paranormal activities: Rye’s Mermaid Inn

SHORT BREAK Things that go bump in the night

SPOOKY TALES BRITAIN’S WEIRDEST HAUNTS

THE M6: The most haunted road in the country. Drivers regularly report tales of seeing ethereal trucks heading the wrong way, spectral hitchhikers and even a cohort of Roman soldiers marching their way up the motorway.

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DARKNESS FALLS As I step off the train in Rye late into the evening, the light is well and truly fading. Streetside electric lanterns begin to flicker awake and an eerie wind blows in from the nearby coast, swirling through the narrow cobbled streets.

A famous poet once described Rye as “a little bit of the Old World”. Nobody mentioned that it was Jack the Ripper’s.

A MURKY PAST The inn itself isn’t as terrifyingly imposing as I’d imagined, although its beautiful white and black oak-beamed Tudor exterior, with hanging green foliage and creaking pub sign, certainly leaves an impression.

While it originally dates back to the 12th century, the inn was rebuilt from local ships’ timbers after a French port attack in the 14th century. The builders incorporated more than a few hidey holes and secret chambers along the way to accommodate the flourishing pirate trade in the area, which inevitably saw its fair share of duels and murders within the inn’s walls.

Visitors have regularly seen people walking straight through their bedroom walls, gawped at ghostly figures engaging in rapier fights, and an American couple even reported throwing off their duvet in the middle of the heated summer night, only to find themselves tucked straight back in again after turning back to sleep.

I just about resisted the urge to tell them that’s the kind of six-star room service that people die for.

THE SOFA: There’s eccentric and then there’s just plain bonkers. In 2008, a Bristolian family reported that their brown leather sofa was haunted by a squeaking noise which even had their Yorkshire terrier spooked. ‘Experts’ (cough) have said they have been unable to explain the weird noise.

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NIGHT TERRORS I retire to my rustic bedroom (replete with unsettling oil paintings of goggle-eyed angels, sloping doorways and a four-poster bed), where there have been regular reports of a lady in grey who sits in the chair by the fireplace watching visitors sleep.

I wake up several times throughout the night. Firstly to the sound of someone stomping their way past my door at 2am (easily dismissable). At 3am, I sit bolt upright and stare at the chairs in the hopeful fear of seeing some OAP staring back.

Things take a Twin Peaks-ian turn at 4am. I wake up on my side, and – whether through semi-hazy sleepiness or fuggy imaginative half-awakeness – I feel the mattress push down, as though someone is perching on the edge of the bed.

With my heartbeat and brain barrelling around in triple time, I leave it a minute or so before finally rolling over. Whether fact, fiction or psychosomatic self-freakout, there is nothing actually there. Then again ‘playing peekaboo with a pirate poltergeist’ never inched its way on to my bucket list, so I’m more than happy to live with the indecision.

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While there are a few tube stops with their own haunted history, Farringdon station has the most disconcerting. A young trainee hat maker, Anne Naylor, was murdered in 1758 by her trainer, and people still hear her screams echoing throughout the station to this day.

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Trains from London St Pancras take just over an hour to reach Rye, then it’s a five-minute walk to the Mermaid Inn.

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ACCOMMODATION A stay at The Mermaid Inn costs from £80 per person per night.

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Thanks to the Milosevic years and heavy bombing in 1999, Belgrade isn’t the most beautiful city in the world, but, according to one local tour guide: “It has the soul of survival.” Head to one of the city’s many bars or clubs and you’ll see this in evidence.

After experiencing Belgrade’s legendary nightlife you’ll be relieved that, for now at least, while much of it is under construction, sightseeing duties are minimal.

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HEADLINE ATTRACTION During the oppressive regime of Slobodan Milosevic in the ‘90s, Belgrade’s young people set up ‘secret’ bars in their own houses where they could speak freely. One of the best is the Federal Association of World Travellers, which feels more like a lounge room than a vibrant bar.

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The Tube Club and Club Magacin 3); night owls are spoilt for choice. In winter, one of the most popular clubs is Andergraund, in the catacombs beneath Belgrade Fortress, while in summer, head to the clubs on floating platforms known as splavs.

BEST OF THE REST Wander the cobbled bohemian quarter of Skadarlija, join the promenade from Republic Square down to shopping street Knez Mihailova, or explore Belgrade Fortress and perch on the ‘lovers’ wall’ to admire the view of the Danube and Sava Rivers. Further afield you will find St Sava’s Temple, the largest Orthodox church in the world, palaces of the Royal compound (you’ll need to book ahead) and Tito’s tomb.

CHOW DOWN Apparently Serbia has a law that each main course has to have 250g of meat. That may or may not be true, but it gives you an idea of what to expect from a Serbian dinner.

A good place to try the meat is a kafana – an authentic restaurant – called ? (yes, that’s right: question mark). Built in 1823, it opened as a tavern three years later and serves a range of traditional dishes.

TRY THE LOCAL TIPPLE Serbian wine doesn’t have an international reputation for quality, but there are some good locally produced white wines that are worth trying.

Beer is cheap and pretty good.

OUT OF TOWN Novi Sad, Serbia’s second largest city, merits exploration and there’s far more to it than the famous Exit music festival, which takes place one summer weekend every year. Also, check out the Petrovaradin Citadel, which dominates the town’s skyline.

The view of the beautiful Danube River from here is truly stunning.

NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO The party continues in Belgrade whatever the weather.

GETTING THERE JAT Airways (jat.com) fly direct to Belgrade.

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

CURRENCY Serbian dinar.

1 GBP = 128.59 RSD. LANGUAGE Serbian.

GETTING AROUND You can explore the city centre on foot, but if you want to go further, taxis are cheap.

GOING OUT A beer costs about 200 RSD. ACCOMMODATION A dorm bed from 900 RSD and private rooms from 1500 RSD. SEE serbia.travel

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WINNER GORILLA, LONDON ZOO Kerry Lee, Durban, South Africa

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Kerry has done a great job of getting up close and personal with this gorilla. This image conforms to all the classic portrait rules by making the most of the animal’s humanlike characteristics. There is good eye contact - eyes on the rule of thirds, background well out of focus and the face fills the frame. The backlight has highlighted the texture of the fur and there is a nice

catchlight in the eyes, bringing the expression to life. It’s hard to get a black-coloured subject to look good in black and white but Kerry has got the tonal range and light perfect.

HOT TIP: When shooting through glass, focus on a central position, such as on the eyes and face of the gorilla, as Kerry has done here. This helps to avoid reflection and glare.

RUNNER-UP DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA Louise Lord, Dunedin, NZ Placing the horizon really high and shooting from a low viewpoint has made these mountains dominate this image. The road gives a nice lead into the frame and emphasises the distance.

The green sign adds a nice touch of colour and contrast to what is otherwise a fairly toneless scene. There is a nice juxtaposition of the flat areas

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in the foreground and the undulating curves that lead up to the mountains. A great image of an imposing scene.

HOT TIP: High horizons emphasise the background.

Low horizons emphasise height and space. Central horizons are static and calm. » Louise wins a photography course from Nigel Wilson Photography (020 7793 8664; photographycourses.org.uk) valued at £60.

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THEME: EDGE OF THE FRAME So Where to Now? Soweto by Stefan Bekker, Hong Kong Parts of objects intruding into the picture can be more interesting than including them completely.

This finger coming in from stage right is more poignant than if the whole person had been included.

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WHY THIS WORKS: 1 The child is looking up and out of the picture towards a faceless authority.

2 Objects coming in from the right push back (we read from left to right) so they feel invasive.

3 The child is clasping arms as protection.

4 A good use of flash with no harsh shadows, and the background is well-lit by flash and windowlight.

5 There is a well-captured natural expression on the face of the child.

HOT TIPS: 1 The edge of the frame can act as a window or a mask.

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2 An object that is touching or very close to the edge of the frame will lead the eye out. This is not desirable if the object is not the main message of the image.

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Airtime: hit the famous slopes of Méribel

HIGH Launch yourself down Méribel’s legendary slopes and then soak up its lively après-ski scene WORDS INGER SMITH

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ristine snow-capped peaks spread out on all sides as the ski lift takes us higher and higher up into the French Alps. The mountains are grand, stunning and peaceful all at once, but their impressive size is making me feel like a tiny ant beneath the Eiffel Tower.

After all, these are some of the highest in Europe with 80 per cent of the ski area above 1800m.

“Don’t worry, I’ll look after you – today I am your second mother,” says my ski instructor Veronique. She knows I’m apprehensive about launching myself down the sides of these giants, but my excitement soon takes over.

And it isn’t long before I understand why skiers and boarders from far and wide come here on their quest to find the ‘Holy Trail’ of Alpine sports.

SIMPLY THE BEST We’re in Méribel, at the very heart of the legendary Three Valleys, surrounded by the largest downhill area in the world with 600km of runs and about 200 lifts from which to choose.

There’s also a nice selection of snow parks with half-pipes and jumps to try out, plus endless off-piste opportunities for adrenaline junkies seeking their fix.

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Beginner or pro, there are runs to suit riders of all abilities, and Méribel’s long, wide slopes give its visitors plenty of room to manoeuver.

MEAL WITH A VIEW After a few hours on the slopes, my energy levels are low, so it’s time to refuel.

And what better place to do so than out on the piste, combining French cuisine with fantastic mountain views? Park your skis and boards and tuck in.

One of the most scenic spots is Restaurant Les Pierres Plates at a height of 2738m on top of Saulire. The lift will take you straight up to the summit, where you can enjoy a good selection of hearty meals before strapping your skis back on and heading down the mountain.

Another pearl is the Oyster Bar, which can be found at Cote 2000.

Here you can stop for delectable oysters and delightful wines in a cosy Alpine setting. Prices are reasonable with six oysters for €12 – a lavish-yetaffordable treat.

AFTER DARK A ski trip is not complete without the essential après-ski session after a long day on the slopes, so unbuckle your bindings and let your hair down.

Le Rond Point is the No. 1 venue – the party pumps from the early afternoon until 7.30pm, seven days a week. The venue is beautifully situated on the slope

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above the town centre and has an attractive terrace where you can soak up the atmosphere.

Continue the fun at Le Poste de Secours, a stylish club playing funky tunes and boasting a divine cocktail menu, slap bang in the centre of town.

Not far from here is Barometer, a laidback bar where you can quench your thirst with the notorious French brew Mutzig Old Lager (7.3 per cent).

For late-night dancing, Dick’s Tea Bar is the place to be. Step down into this underground cave where the DJs keep the party going ‘til the small hours.

And if you’re heading to Méribel in March, get into the festival spirit and check out the Altitude comedy and music event (see altitudefestival.com) and the Little World music festival (see littleworldfestival.com), which will bring international stars to the mountains.

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FRANCE WHEN TO GO The ski Méribel season runs from December 4 to April 25.

GETTING THERE Take the Eurostar ski train to Moûtiers (see eurostar.com/ ski), then it’s a 20-minute shuttle ride; or fly to Genèva for a 2.5-hour shuttle ride.

GETTING AROUND Bus, car or taxi.

VISAS Saffas need a Schengen visa.

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

GOING OUT A pint costs about ¤6-7.

ACCOMMODATION Hotel l’Orée des pistes costs ¤160 per person per night half-board.

SEE meribel.net.

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No matter what your level, Méribel has something for you

ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO GET AROUND Strap yourselves into a pair of snowshoes for an adventure beyond the slopes.

French Ski School ESF (esf-meribel.com) offers snowshoeing lessons for ¤28.30 for a half day.

Try a Segway. These futuristic-looking stand-on scooters are available for hire

in Méribel-Mottaret – €5 for 10 minutes or €25 for an hour-long guided tour.

For a more conventional ride, jump on to one of the local town buses (Meribus).

They’re free and run every day between 7am and midnight, in intervals of 15 or 30 minutes, depending on your destination.

» Inger Smith stayed at Hotel l’Orée du Bois pistes (meribel-oree.com), which costs ¤160 per person per night halfboard. Inger took ski lessons with ESF French Ski School (esf-meribel.com).

One-day ski passes cost ¤39.50. For more information, see meribel.net (+33 (0)479 0860 01; info@meribel.net).

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TIPS You’re sure to have a good Christmas in Norway

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You get shown around for two to three hours by local guides and learn about the history of the place. The guides work on a tips-only basis, so the tours are of a high standard. See neweuropetours.eu.

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If you’re planning a diving trip to Dahab, get in touch with the dive schools before going to see if they can offer you any deals. I found that most seemed willing to offer discounted packages after I sent them an email.

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My family and I will be spending Christmas in London. What can we do on Christmas Day itself?

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I would suggest Norway, home of the Christmas tree. It has guaranteed snow over Christmas and some very picturesque destinations. I would recommend you fly into Oslo and then travel a few hours to a nearby town or village.

You could try Rjukan (home of the heroes of Telemark, a group of skiing Norwegian resistance fighters from World War II). It’s a two-and-a-half hour drive from Oslo and there are regular buses from the airports.

Stay in a hytte (log cabin) for a festive feel.

Rjukan Hytteby’s multi-coloured cabins line the west of the town for £89 a night (rjukan-hytteby. no). Around Oslo, there are lots of opportunities to fit in some skiing too, both slalom and Norway’s national sport cross-country skiing.

Enjoying Norwegian Christmas traditions will add some festive spirit to your trip; Norwegians open their presents on Christmas Eve following a meal of pork or lamb ribs, when JuleNisse (Santa) comes to visit. The country takes Christmas (Jul) very seriously; you will find Christmas beer, Christmas juice and the traditional tipple gløgg, similar to mulled wine.

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While much of London will close, there are a few things you can do that are unique to Christmas Day. St Paul’s Cathedral has a special service, which is open to the public and is a great way to see one of London’s most iconic landmarks while enjoying popular carols. Alternatively head to Tooting Bec Lido or The Serpentine Lido to watch the brave swimming clubs compete in their annual races.

If you fancy trying something more energetic, London Walks (walks.com) offers two Christmas Day walks around London. One is themed around Samuel Pepys and the other walk takes in Dickens’ London (£8 per person).

In terms of eating out, there are several options - as long as you book in advance.

A number of chains offer less traditional fare (Cafe Rouge, for example) while, if you have a bit more cash, a Christmas Day lunch cruise (citycruises.com/xmas.htm) costs £105. Public transport won’t run and taxis will cost three times the standard fare, so stick to walking or use the new London bike hire scheme. Ensure that you book your Christmas lunch and register for the bike scheme before you get to London.

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TRAVEL NEWS Australia is a ‘dumb blonde’

Day trips to beaches such as Brighton, are a good weekend option

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Australia has been dubbed the ‘dumb blonde’ of the world by a British branding expert.

Simon Anholt, who advises countries on national identity and reputation, said Australia is attractive but unintelligent and one-dimensional, because it does not promote its culture, education or industry overseas.

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GET RID OF ME On The Go Tours has announced the winner of its Get Rid Of Me competition.

Canadian Katie Powell has scored a six-month roundthe-world trip. Katie will record a video diary as she travels the world with On The Go. See getridofme.com.

HITLER EXHIBITION An exhibition about Adolf Hitler has opened in Berlin at the German Historical Museum. Hitler And The Germans: Nation And Crime explores Hitler’s persona and how he managed to charm his country. Expect Nazi memorabilia and propaganda, including Swastika lampshades, beer mats and postcards. The exhibition runs until February 6, 2011. See dhm.de.

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VENICE TAX Visitors to Venice could be charged a tourist tax in a bid to raise much-needed cash for the city. Under new government plans, tourists could be forced to pay an entrance fee when they arrive in the city by train, plane or cruise ship. The tax will pay for the restoration of Venice’s churches, palaces and monuments.

DON’T WASTE DAYS OFF The nation is wasting their precious weekends, according to a survey by Lonely Planet.

Workers only go on an average of two days out on trips out of their eight weekend days a month, with 28 per cent not taking any at all, the research revealed.

A third of those quizzed said they have gone on fewer outings this year compared to 2009, and one in 10 said significantly reduced their amount of trips in the past 12 months.

It looks as though a lack of funds is to blame with 60 per cent citing this.

But despite wasting three weekends a month, a third of respondents said they do not have enough time to enjoy getting out and about.

An honest four out of 10 admitted that they

are unadventurous with their free time, and a fifth of those quizzed say they have no idea what to see and do.

“The reasons people give for not making more of their free time are interesting because they are not barriers at all,” Lonely Planet’s Tom Hall said.

“Not having the money to take a day trip is tied in with lack of inspiration on what there is to see and do in your area, because if you do a bit of research you will find plenty of cheap or free activities, such as visiting the seaside which was cited as the most popular day out.”

For ideas of free and inspiring things to do in the UK and Europe, see lonelyplanet.com/ seizethedays and tntmagazine.com.

Get ready for South America Oasis Overland is launching a new tour in South America for 2011.

The adventure travel specialist is introducing a 53-day journey by overland truck, which begins in Quito, Ecuador, passes through Peru and Bolivia, and finishes up in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The Argentina section of the tour is new for Oasis and includes desert mountain scenery, the small town of Cafayate, and Córdoba. The ‘Tangos, T-bones and Torrontés Wine’ tour costs £1195, plus US$1040 local payment, and

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“We constantly hear from our travellers that Buenos Aires wins over Santiago for its great steak, wine, tango dancing and football,” Oasis Overland’s Chris Wrede said.

The first trip leaves from Quito on July 6, 2011. See oasisoverland.co.uk.

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WORDS FRANKIE MULLIN

TORI-NO-ICHI (DAY OF THE ROOSTER)

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Shrines all over Tokyo, Japan Every 12 days in November Otori-sama, patron deity of good fortune, is worshipped and rakes decorated with bamboo charms to ‘rake in wealth and good fortune’ are sold. Yes please to that!

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LIVERPOOL MUSIC WEEK LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND OCT 29 - NOV 11, 2010 WHAT: And you thought the

UK’s music festivals were over for the year. They’re not (but don’t worry, this one’s indoors). Liverpool hosts two weeks of live music with 880 events and 400 bands.

WHERE: Spread over different venues, which means you get to check out what is one of the UK’s best party cities.

WHY: During its eight years, the festy has got bigger and better and won several awards.

DO IT BECAUSE: As well as big acts, such as Leftfield and Chase & Status, which you can buy tickets for, there are hundreds of about-to-be-massive bands like Chapel Club and Egyptian Hip Hop, performing for free.

HOW MUCH: Lots cost nada!

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LOCK IT IN WROCLAW INDUSTRIAL FESTIVAL Wroclaw, Poland Nov 10-14, 2010 industrialart.eu/festival

TARERER FESTIVAL Killarney, Australia Nov 13-14, 2010 www.tarerer.com.au

VERTICAL MARATHON PUSHKAR CAMEL FAIR Pushkar, Rajastan, India Nov 18-21, 2010 The camels will be there in their thousands, but this has become far more than a trading fair. Games, ferris wheels, snake-charmers and performers keep 20,000 visitors entertained all week.

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Singapore Nov 21, 2010 swissotelverticalmarathon. com

ELEPHANT ROUNDUP Surin, Thailand Nov 20-21, 2010 thaifestivalblogs.com

KITE FESTIVAL Santiago, Guatemala Nov 1, 2010 visitguatemala.com

THE TRAVELLER …

Igor Hranisavljevic, 21, Sydney, Australia What do you miss most from home?

People understanding my jokes. Not everyone gets the Aussie sense of humour!

What’s the best party you’ve been to?

I went to a huge foam party in an arena in Serbia. There were 20,000 people there and foam guns spraying everyone.

We had a VIP box.

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An impromptu trip to New York, as it’s so cheap to get there.

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FIVE SWEET CITIES Janine Kelso GIVES A HIGH FIVE TO STUFFING YOUR FACE ORESTIADA, GREECE WHAT: You may not of have heard of this small city, tucked away near the Bulgarian and Turkish borders, but what Orestiada lacks in fame it more than makes up for with sheer gluttonous indulgence.

From sponge with pavlova to chocolate with nuts and Turkish delight, the locals have every combo imaginable. It’s a giant cavity waiting to happen.

SEE: gnto.co.uk

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BRUGES, BELGIUM WHAT: Belgium is obviously synonymous with chocolate, so it comes as no surprise that Bruges hosts the International Chocolate Festival (Choco-Late) every May. Book your flights and aim to gorge as much as you possibly can.

SEE: visitbelgium.com

YORK, UK WHAT: While London has a Starbucks on every corner, towns in northern England are stuffed with bakeries. York is home to Bettys tearooms, renowned for its handmade cakes and world-famous Fat Rascals, fruit and peel buns.

SEE: yorkshire.com

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DEN BOSCH. HOLLAND WHAT: If you love chocolate eclairs then this lively city – famous for its melon-sized take on the classic calorie-packed pastry – is an absolute must.

One bakery in the city alone sells more than 2000 of the cream-infused Bossche Bols every day.

SEE: holland.com/uk

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FLORENCE, ITALY WHAT: Florence isn’t just the destination of choice for art buffs, thousands flock to the birthplace of ice-cream to sample the handmade recipes.

Visit in March when 300,000 people hit Florence for the four-day ice-cream festival (Firenze Gelato Festival).

SEE: italiantouristboard.co.uk

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THE INSIDER CÉLINE FAUVARQUE, ORIGIN CAMPERVANS The best part of my job is hearing about travel experiences from happy customers.

My most memorable travel experience was backpacking around Indonesia with my one-yearold daughter. Travelling with a baby made contact with

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The next trip on my travel wishlist is a van tour around Italy, especially Tuscany, because of the culture and food.

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Yee-ha! Herders round up about 150 cattle a day

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Herd cattle on a working ranch and then inhale over-sized steaks in Montevideo’s parrilla bars. It’s the Circle of Life WORDS TOM STURROCK

BIG TRIP Montevideo and Tacuarembo URUGUAY

AN INTRODUCTION The small town of Tacuarembo disappears from sight as the flat-bed truck rattles up the unpaved road, rolling fields of Uruguayan farmland stretching for miles on either side, the whole vista dimly lit by a blood-orange sunset scattering the clouds.

Our party arrives at Pangea Estancia – a working ranch where city slickers come for an authentic taste of the good

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life. The man of the house, Huan – in his 40s, but lean and bull-shouldered from a lifetime of real work – introduces himself and runs through some house rules.

“We have a rule with the alcohol – only one bottle of beer or wine per person, per night,” he deadpans. “But we have been unable to enforce this with Australians, Scots and Irish, so they are exempt.”

The hits keep coming. On bathroom etiquette: “In life, everything comes back to us, and that includes dirty toilet.”

The ranch, with its surrounding 80ha, runs on a generator that provides electricity from 6pm to 10pm only.

Thereafter, it’s all about candles, and Huan has a special directive on that point.

“Some ladies like to admire their beauty late into the night,” he says, with a doleful shake of his head. “They leave a candle next to the mirror and the mirror cracks.

So please, ladies, late at night, when no one else can see your beauty, you don’t need to worry in the mirror.”

And finally, before throwing his home

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he cobbled streets of the Ciudad Vieja, lined by peddlers, stalls and shoe-shiners and home to Montevideo’s finest parrillas are steeped in a strange dustiness, calling to mind a longneglected museum suddenly disturbed.

Toward the centre of the Old Town, a covered market with a flat green roof rises above the fray – the Mercado del Puerto.

Inside, a bric-a-brac of parrilla bars jutting out from every corner, the sizzle of beef and the clink of glasses, a ubiquitous soundtrack in this nerve centre of Uruguay’s red meat obsession.

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“Vamos!” This riding lark ain’t so hard

Gridlock: the cattle, sensing the journey ending, refuse to play the game

URUGUAY HISTORY

HOME ON THE RANGE Life on the ranch starts when the roosters begin to crow and it’s promptly into the saddling yard to prepare the horses for a day of herding cattle. Assigned a meanlooking black beast called Kaiser, I load him up with a couple of girdles and sheepskins and climb aboard. Huan keeps

There’s a new “ sheriff in town ” the instructions simple: kick the horse to go and pull the reins to stop.

“When you fall off a horse, I will come to check you are OK,” Huan warns, “but do not expect me to stand and listen to you cry about how your husband ran off with a Russian prostitute.

“We must ride like we have sex,” he instructs, wheeling on his own mount.

“We do it with passion, or not at all.”

The gates open and we’re away, out on to the range. I’ve never ridden a horse before, but am determined to make up for whatever I lack in experience with sheer, naked bravado. Shoulders relaxed but back straight, tall in the saddle, knees braced against the stirrups.

Huan sidles up alongside, his reins held lightly between tanned fingers thick with sinew. “When was the last time you were on a horse?” he asks.

“I’ve never ridden before, actually,” I admit – I secretly believe my horsemanship is innate and that

I have an uncanny ability to mind-meld any animal.

Huan is incredulous. “No,” he says, “you are being cheeky.”

“It’s true,” I insist, “I’ve just watched a lot of movies.”

I push the brim of my hat lower over my eyes, imagining that I must look at least a little bit like Clint Eastwood. There’s a new sheriff in town.

THE GAUCHO LIFE The sky is a fluorescent, flashbulb white; a light haze hangs above the horizon, like smoke from some unseen fire.

“Pare, pare.” I pull back on Kaiser’s reins and he stops. I’m well into my day’s work herding cattle. Four cows have wandered away from the main herd and they now stare moodily at me through dull eyes, chewing noisily.

Using Kaiser’s reins, I turn him to face the cattle. “Vamos,” I bark, digging my heels into Kaiser’s ribs. We advance on the cattle and they slowly turn, with more than a hint of insubordination, and begin meandering back to the herd. I move up on the right flank to direct them and then

Gauchos at work

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Sandwiched between Brazil and Argentina, and with a population of just 3.5m, Uruguay is often overlooked.

In the earliest days of its colonisation, the Spanish and the Portuguese fought over Uruguay.

Indeed, Uruguay was under Spain’s yolk until 1811-14, when Jose Gervasio Artigas (below) launched a successful revolution. In 1828, the Treaty of Montevideo, brokered by the United Kingdom, gave birth to Uruguay as a truly independent state.

The 20th century was not without its own upheavals but Uruguay has emerged as one of the most functional states in the region – it is ranked by Transparency International as the least corrupt country in Latin America and became the first country in the region to legalise samesex marriages and gay adoption.

open to a group of slightly baffled strangers: “My bedroom is the only no-go zone, because I am quite active.”

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back behind them to hurry them up. I’ve got this gaucho thing sussed.

We’ve brought about 150 cattle in from a paddock at the top of the ranch and the vaccination pen is now within sight. At the narrow gate, it’s gridlock; cattle jostling and bucking and butting heads.

Slowly, they squeeze through, one-by-one, into a narrow run, where they’re jabbed and then hurried on.

All that’s left is to take the horses back to the ranch and unsaddle them. Huan warns this is the most dangerous time, because the horses are excited to be heading home.

“You have been riding for a day – but you still know nothing about horses,” Huan booms. The bubble bursts. Maybe I shouldn’t ask for a job after all.

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WHAT’S YOUR BEEF? Agriculture is a cornerstone of the Uruguayan economy, constitiuting 10 per cent of its GDP and its largest export. A big part of that, of course, is the beef trade, which is absolutely booming. Per capita, Uruguayans consume the second most beef in the world, after Argentina, so any trip to this part of the world will be accompanied with a big fix of iron. Be warned – it’s not an easy place to be a vegetarian.

ALL GRILLER, NO FILLER In the background, an old bloke works a giant parrilla, with six different tiers, all stacked with meat and vegetables, flames like dragons’ tongues licking up through the grills.

I order and, before long, my plate arrives. My eyes widen as I prepare to dig deep. It’s like three steaks pinned together.

“Una cerveza, por favor, grande,” I say, gesturing to the beers in the fridge. I only have enough Spanish to drink and flirt clumsily – very clumsily. The guy behind the bar, white shirtsleeves rolled up, tinged black with parrilla smoke, points to the giant steak, back to the beer, rubs his tummy and laughs at me.

I laugh along amiably, but can’t help but wonder whether he’ll still be laughing when he has to carry me out.

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The blonde South African guy wearing a fake black moustache in Walkabout Clapham Junction on Friday, October 15: You were the guy

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with a beard and black shirt with a huge fake black moustache. You chatted to my Polish friend for a while (the one that told you that I can speak Afrikaans!) and she’s kicking herself for letting you go without getting your number. I am writing on her behalf as you can see :-) So listen, if you see this and would like to see her again for a drink without getting interrupted this time, get in touch! Goed Gaan. See tntmagazine.com/seeking.

Bye bye London Town: Nine years in London have come and gone/ Great memories I’ll take, but some friends will stay on/ From van tour, to ski trips, world travels and jols/ It wouldn’t change a minute of this extended hols/ To my Clapham massive, I’ll miss you guys loads/ But offer couch in Jo’burg at the end of your roads/Signing off London, over and out! Lauren x Lolo x WM! Calling all She Bu Walkie fans: If you have a Facebook

profile, and She Bu Walkabout is on your “Like” list, then I need your help!! Check out the album “Sunday, 26 September, 2010“ created by Walkabout Shepherd’s Bush, and refer to photo 138 of 187.

I’m seeking the hot guy standing in the middle in photo number 138. If he’s reading this message, or if anyone knows who he his, can you please ask him to get in touch. Oh, and only if he’s

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available! I’m well kept, petite, single Aussie female, desperately seeking to meet the hottie in pic 138! Email hottieatwalkie@hotmail.com.

Kate: How am I going to look at you with those judging eyes if you’re all the way Down Under?? The Grafton won’t be the same without you, I’ll miss you very much! All the fabulous, fun and extremely drunken memories, have been amazing ... and many more to come! Safe flight home ... no abusing anyone! Love you heaps, Alexus.

New friends: Hey my name is Hannah and I’ve just moved to London from Australia a few days ago and am really wanting to make some friends :-) I’m also keen to explore the city and I love to hang out and have fun and have a drink.

Hope to hear from you. Email hannahduncum@yahoo.com. au. Hannah.

Happy birthday darling: We partied for years in the Walkie and RB, and we had so many drunken nights together! I’m so happy for you that you like your new life in Pilarica city, but I really miss you. After 11 years and all the promises to

get you a message here, I just hope we keep in contact and don’t forget each other. Have a happy birthday on the 25th.

We celebrated in Varanasi a few years ago and hopefully we’ll celebrate this in December when you’re back here. Take care and thank you for being my friend. Elena.

The guy who’s leaving for Sydney this week: Last seen at

GJ’s (Wandsworth) on Saturday night, October 16. I didn’t get a chance to say thanks, and good luck for your move ... properly ... Please get in touch before you go. The stall girl. See tntmagazine. com/seeking.

Dann Danns: You’ll be missed for your awesome stories, fruit stealing antics and other wacky behaviours .... Thanks heaps for all your hard work (when you did show up on time) and bringing some life into our somewhat lazy afternoons. It’s favouritism if we put who this is from so we’ll end it with a big goodbye from the office that never stops eating ... xxx Seeking new friends: Hi guys, my name is Jenna. I’ve recently moved to London from Oz and

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

don’t know many people here and would like to meet new people and socialise a bit. I enjoy travelling, going out to pubs and clubs, catching a movie. If you’re eager to catch up one day let me know. See tntmagazine.com/seeking.

Razzi: The time has come for you to leave London. Thanks for looking out for me when I first got here. No longer will Londoners go to the Roadhouse with fear of being attacked by the Predator. And I guess the rumours about us will stop back home .... until you come back. Just make sure you don’t get pregnant and join the dole first thing when you get back to Mullumbimby!

Safe bruv innit, Jerome xo .

Lost red Olympus “Tough” camera at The Church on Sunday, October 17: Shitloads

of photos from Oktoberfest, Berlin, Limp Bizkit, The Church, She Bu, etc. We were dressed as The Wiggles, and there are a few pics of us in Wiggles outfits on there. Cash reward for safe return, massive sentimental value. If you have any clues, email aussie_aaa@ hotmail.com. Adam.

Hannah Montana: Farewell for now. I’ll never forget (that’s a lie cos I can’t actually remember them) our three Glastos, all the festivals and gigs, the devil cookies at Prydz and all the other munter times.

The last two-and-a-half-years have flown. Looks like I‘ll be high fiving myself and playing the pijanoo neck tie solo until we meet again.

I’ll always hate Staines, Richmond and, of course, NY but finally, for one last time, KISS IT! Love the Big Dog.

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