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EDITOR’S LETTER As cities go, London is as multi-cultural as they come. On P14, we celebrate the capital being a melting pot of fabulous cuisines with a guide to finding international dishes. If you’re looking for adventures further afield, turn to P74 to read how TNT travelled across Russia on a sleeper train, and then uncover the sinister side lurking in the shadows of Venice (P66). Finally, don’t forget to write in to TNT Letters (P4) to tell us about your own exploits.

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59 TRAVEL

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8 LONDON 8 London Life 10 SOMETHING FOR ALL OF US: The Goo Goo Dolls hit London 12 Food & Drink 14 INTERNATIONAL TASTE: Discover worldwide flavours in London 16 Spotted 18 Silly Buggers

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59 Global Vision 60 IN THE LOOP: Visit Stonehenge and nearby Avebury 62 Late Deals 63 TNTT Weekender: Nice 64 Hotshots 66 SIN CITY: Get off the tourist trail and discover Venice’s dark past 70 Travel Tips 71 Travel News 72 On The Road 73 Top Five 74 FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE: Surprises in St Petersburg and Moscow 14 Food for thought: taste London’s international cuisine

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LORD MAYOR’S SHOW FREE WHAT: This event has been taking place for more than 800 years – it’s ostensibly about the Mayor of London re-affirming his fealty to the Queen but, these days, it’s all about the floats and the fireworks. The afternoon has a procession of bands, acrobats and street performers, before the sky lights up later.

WHEN: November 13 DO IT BECAUSE: This time of year, central London can appear a bit bleak, so this all-day event is a great chance to see it at its most colourful before winter really sets in.

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Capital idea: Lincoln’s Inn Fields London’s largest public square remains a City landmark, serving to underline the capital’s much-vaunted reputation as one of the greenest global cities.

Time for picnics in the park is fast evaporating, so if spring throws up one or two more sunny days, don’t miss the opportunity.

Even if the elements aren’t behaving themselves, there are some good spots in and around Lincoln’s Inn Fields.

The Sir John Soane Museum is

in the middle of the square – it’s really more a rectangle – and is one of London’s many hotspots for design nuts.

The Soane Museum is all about architecture and boasts a collection of more than 30,000 drawings.

Once you’re done with your cultural pursuits, head to the Ship Tavern or the Red Rooms for a drink. TS

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It’s basically a three-day extravanganza celebrating food and cooking. Pick up some hot tips for the kitchen or just get stuck into the tapas.

There’s also a wine show going on at the same time.

Every week between now and Christmas, more and more ice skating rinks will be opening up around London. Nestled in next to the massive Westfield shopping centre, this one is sure to be popular.

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It was 50 years ago this week that Lady Chatterley’s Lover first went on sale after being banned in the UK for 32 years.

Such was the controversy surrounding the book’s publication that 200,000 copies were sold on the first day it became available.

The novel, written by DH Lawrence, tells the story of Lady Chatterley’s

passionate affair with a gamekeeper. Objections to its initial publication arose from the novel’s liberal use of the

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word “fuck” and the details of the characters’ sex lives.

A new obscenity law was passed in 1959, prompting Penguin to begin printing copies, which they sent to the Director of Public Prosectuors, challenging him to take them to court. They got their wish and the Old Bailey hosted a six-day trial where the publishers demonstrated the novel was of redeeming literary merit, paving the way for them to begin selling the book. TS

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The two-week cross-arts festival, with a skew toward gay, lesbian and transgender artists, returns to London. It will focus on short films, visual arts and performance art. It’s promises to be equal parts colourful and thought-provoking.

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a trademark. Since then, the Goo Goo Dolls haven’t looked back.

They’re now embarking on a UK tour, marking the release of their ninth album Something For The Rest Of Us.

WHAT CAN FANS EXPECT FROM YOUR LATEST TOUR? We’ve been working really hard on putting together the best of all the music that we’ve done over the past 16/17 years and we’ll also be playing half the new album Something For The Rest Of Us.

It’s important “ to be recognised as a writer ” WHAT’S YOUR SECRET TO BEING TOGETHER FOR SO LONG? We were part-timers until around 1995, but it’s still a long time. I don’t think there is a secret to it; some days we don’t get

along, some days we do. We have boundaries and we respect each other’s boundaries.

HOW HAS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY CHANGED FROM WHEN YOU BEGAN? It’s narrower. And it’s much harder for a young band to be heard by the masses.

The internet has pretty much destroyed any chance of anyone making money selling records.

You’ve now got to go out and tour – as a musician, you can’t buy into the hype and the dream of having a big mansion and a Rolls Royce; that’s just not the way it is. You’re lucky to make any money at all.

It’s different for bands who are already established; we make most of our money on tour.

We’re lucky as we can still get a couple of thousand people to come along, but it’s hard for young bands to attract a following.

WHO ARE YOU LISTENING TO? I really like Tegan And Sara and Death Cab For Cutie.

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ohn Rzeznik’s called 30 minutes ahead of schedule – something which is unprecedented when it comes to rock stars. But that’s the Goo Goo Dolls all over.

The American band - frontman John, bassist Robby Takac, and drummer Mike Malinin – do things differently.

For the past 24 years, they’ve kept their heads down and worked hard – they don’t trash hotel rooms, get caught with hookers or get arrested for drugs.

And it’s this ethic which has seen the New York group sell more than 10 million albums in the US alone.

John, 44, has been inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall Of Fame and was handed the Hal David Starlight award.

And the band have been nominated for a total of four Grammys – although they’re yet to take one home.

Their best known hit, Iris, was written for the 1998 movie City Of Angels, starring Meg Ryan and Nicolas Cage.

It propelled them into the spotlight for its heartfelt lyrics and distinctive sound – which has become something of

ALL OF US their laurels, the Goo Goo Dolls go on tour

HOW DID YOU GET YOUR BIG BREAK? Wrote a song called Name in 1995 and that became a big radio hit – then wrote Iris and that kind of blew us up in the air. That came down and we thought, ‘well we’ve got the ball, let’s keep running with it’. So we put our heads down and kept writing for the next 15 years.

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DOES BEING INDUCTED IN THE SONGWRITERS’ HALL OF FAME PUT YOU UNDER PRESSURE? No. it didn’t feel like pressure, it felt really good – we were also nominated for four Grammys but we lost all four times. I think it’s more important to be recognised as a writer than as a personality.

HOW DO YOU WRITE? I try not to listen to any music. I get up, play the guitar for a while and then record a few ideas; I’ll get frustrated for a while and walk away then come back to it.

I take a chunk of an idea and bring it into the band and we’ll record a demo.

WORDS CAROL DRIVER

HOW DOES YOUR NEW ALBUM DIFFER TO YOUR OTHERS? The album is a very emotional one, but not a very sentimental one. It’s me observing what’s going on in other people’s lives rather than writing about my own.

It’s a really bad economic time and a time of war; our [the US] political system is falling apart and in America we’ve been living on high alert for

Grafters: John Rzeznik, Robby Takac and Mike Malinin

over a decade. The anxiety and stress is beginning to show in people’s lives. The last hope anyone has is for a decent job, a family and a home – and now those have been taken away from us.

» Goo Goo Dolls at Brixton O2 Academy, Stockwell Rd, SW9, Saturday, November 13 Brixton and at Kentish Town HMV Forum, Highgate Rd, NW5, on Sunday, November 21 Kentish Town

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FOOD & DRINK

BAR REVIEW 64th & Social ★★★★★

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64 Clapham High Street, London, SW4 7UL 020 7627 2535 Clapham North

THE SCENE A slick and sexy venue squeezed cheek-by-jowl into the high street’s slew of bars, it’s got class sans the attitude. Steakhouse-style

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booths conceal two chic cubic drinking spaces at the rear.

THE GRUB Take your pick of just about any cut of mouthwatering steak you fancy, with your choice of potatoes, veg and sauce. Impressive skills from a small kitchen.

BEHIND THE BAR A selection of exquisitely concocted, lipsmacking cocktails, each with a tantalising title.

BILL PLEASE Cocktails start at about £7 and a steak dish at £13, with a glass of wine thrown in. Slurping your way through the cocktail menu could get expensive.

VERDICT This is a pearl along the strip. Staff are casual and kind, and the barmen know their stuff. Bring a date here, or your mates. It’ll be splendid either way. REBECCA KENT

Restaurant review Cadogan Arms ★★★★★

298 King’s Road, SW3, 020 7352 6500 South Kensington

THE SCENE The Cadogan Arms is a bit of a trek from the Tube – taking about 15 minutes, which means my friend Anna and I are freezing by the time we arrive.

The warm atmosphere inside soon thaws us out, and we’re shown to our table.

Looking around, it’s clear someone is a fan of taxidermy – there are ‘trophies’ of various animals over the dark mahogany walls, giving the place a masculine feel.

It has been revamped, mixing modern and old-man pub styles with a pool hall upstairs, producing a venue that seems slightly confused about what it is.

THE MENU It’s meaty – offering rabbit and partridge as well as haddock and rock oysters.

There’s only one veggie main course. We both go for the

AUTUMN TREATS A drink at Folly Bar

Gastro pub delights: The Cadogan Arms

Jerusalem artichoke soup, which is delicious – and we’re given a tip by our waitress to fish out the tasty watercress dumplings at the bottom.

For mains, I opt for Mrs Kirkham’s Lancashire and caramelised onion tart, which is more like a quiche and comes out luke warm, so I’m unsure as to whether it’s a hot or cold dish, with hand-cut chips and a side of curly kale.

Anna delves into her special

of Osso Buco – braised veal shin served with a creamy mustard mash – which she devours, giving it the thumbs-up.

We wash it all down with a bottle (or two) of delightful Chilean Merlot (£17).

BILL PLEASE Starters from £5, mains from £11 and desserts from £5.

VERDICT Upscale pub; ideal to meet in after work.

CAROL DRIVER

If autumn’s winds are too harsh, step into the newly opened and botanically inspired Folly Bar. It’s an oasis amid the City madness, with a kitchen, deli and flower shop.

See: thefollybar.co.uk

Godiva chocolates The Autumn Collection is an excellent exuse to try these nutty chocolates, especially with flavors such as Noix Praliné and Golden Glacé.

See: godiva.be

After a stroll along the Thames, pop into Yo Sushi at the Royal Festival Hall, featuring its first outdoor conveyor belt.

See: yosushi.com

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Yo Sushi

What’s your flavour? challenge your tastebuds with something different

INTERNATIONAL

TASTE

Curry may be the nation’s most popular dish, but it’s time to go global. WORDS LARA BRUNT

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ommunities from all corners of the globe have flocked to London, settling in neighbourhoods that are now synonymous with certain cuisines, such as Brick Lane (Indian) and Edgware Road (Middle Eastern fare), and changing the way Brits eat forever. Here’s a guide to adding some new flavours to your life.

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Taste that: spice up your life with a detour from your usual grub

OUT OF AFRICA Mosob (Eritrean) Enjoy traditional home-cooked Eritrean treats like richly spiced zigni (lamb stew) and hamli mis ajibo (spicy spinach with cured cottage cheese), all scooped up with injera – round, flat, crepe-like bread.

Must try: Spinach rolls – they’d make Popeye weep with joy.

The damage: A meal washed down with an African beer for under £15.

» 339 Harrow Road, W9 3RB

MIDDLE EASTERN MAGIC Gilak (Iranian) Interesting starters, like smoked aubergine with walnut, garlic and sour pomegranate juice, and tender, juicy chicken and lamb grills.

Must try: Bastani – Persian ice cream made with saffron and pistachio. Heaven.

The damage: A main and dessert for about £15 (BYO).

» 663 Holloway Road, N19 5SE

Archway (020 7272 1692; gilakrestaurant.com). Daily 12pm until 11pm.

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ASIAN FLAVOUR Mandalay (Burmese) A fusion of Chinese and Indian with a touch of Thai.

Burmese favourites like khauk-swe, egg noodles in a spicy coconut sauce with chicken or prawns, will keep you coming back.

Must try: Mokhingar (fish soup with rice noodles).

The damage: A meal and a beer for about £10.

» 444 Edgware Road, W2 1EG Edgware Road (020 7258 3696; mandalayway. com). Daily from noon until 2:30pm and 6pm-10.30pm.

SOUTH OF THE BORDER Rodizio Preto (Brazilian) It’s all about meat at this buffet house – tender grilled rump steak, chicken and

LONDON

Westbourne Park (020 7266 2012; mosob.co.uk). Monday to Friday from 6pm until midnight, weekends from 3pm until midnight.

Nice grill: chow down on sirloin skewers

15 pork from large skewers. There’s also a salad bar with Brazilian classics, like black bean feijão stew.

Must try: Bacon-wrapped sirloin skewers.

The damage: Meat, salad bar and a beer for less than £25.

THE DISH THAT STARTED IT ALL

Victoria (020 7233 8668; rodiziopreto.co.uk).

Monday to Thursday from midday until 3pm and 6pm until 11.30pm, Friday to Saturday from midday until midnight, Sunday midday until 11pm.

Curry has become more traditionally English than fi sh and chips.

The first curry recipe was published in Britain in 1747, and the first Indian curry house was opened in 1810. Its popularity grew among the upper classes who were fascinated by the exotic new spices sent over from the sub-continent.

England’s oldest surviving Indian restaurant, Veeraswamy, opened in 1926 in Regent Street and quickly became fashionable with the rich and famous.

The rest of Britain was smitten by the 1950s with the invention of ‘Coronation chicken’ – curry powder mixed with a creamy mayonnaise-based sauce, to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

But its popularity really exploded when migrants arrived from Bangladesh in the 70s, and since the late 1990s, chicken tikka masala has been named as the nation’s favourite dish. » Veeraswamy, 99 Regent Street, W1B 4RS Piccadilly Circus (020 7734 1401; veeraswamy.com).

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At the Word Up club in Greenock, near Glasgow, a 21-year-old man, who was dressed as a Rastafarian, needed stitches after being battered and bruised by a fellow party animal.

Detective Inspector John Dearie, of Strathclyde Police, said: “This is the first time in 30 years in the police force that I have been looking for a Smurf.”

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The bride explained that the star, who turned up at the The Raven pub in Chiswick, had asked if they were celebrating. “I said, ’We got married,’ Julie told The Sun. Lady G then sang Rolling Stones’ Gimme Shelter for the lovebirds. Nice one!

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Katy Perry was bitten by a spider while on honymoon in the Maldives.

Apparently, the medication was so strong that it left her too exhausted to get jiggy with hubby Russell.

RONAN’S AUSSIE LOVE It’s been a stormy year for good-boy-turned-cheatinghubby Ronan Keating. But things seems to be on the mend for the singer and his wife. And it could all be down to the good life in Oz.

The former BoyZone singer, currently a star judge on Australia’s X Factor, has had a ball Down Under and told the Daily Telegraph he was already considering a one-year emigration plan.

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“We have never talked about [living in another country] until we came down here and loved it so much,” Keating revealed. “I feel like an adopted son here, so I am very happy.”

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Fresh from his recent US success, the Oz stand-up renowned for his offensive, sweary brand of comedy returns with his latest expletive-ridden show …

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Jim Jeffries INTERVIEW ALISON GRINTER You look quite slim in your latest promo pics. Is living in body-fascist Los Angeles agreeing with you?

I don’t think I’ve slimmed down at all. The thing with photos is you choose the ones where you look the thinnest. With that photoshoot I think I was fat the month before and the month after.

Comedy should “ just be called ‘Love me!’ ” Women get a raw deal in your latest show Alcoholocaust. If blokes don’t buy them drinks, they’re ugly and if they accept drinks, they’re essentially freeloading bitches – a bit rough!

I never said ‘freeloading bitches’. I said, ‘If you know how much drinks cost in bars, you’re ugly’. It’s very rough, and isn’t true, either. It’s make-believe; it’s comedy. And to a certain extent, what it is, is one of those jokes which is more backlash against people who perceive themselves as really good looking – and people who really are good looking.

What’s your beef with good lookers?

They’re the worst. That girl in the bar who gives you that: ‘Oh, you’d be lucky’ kind of look. And half the time you’re just trying to find out where the bathroom is.

Barry J. Holmes

Didn’t you date a porn star – did she get the drinks in?

No, porn stars don’t get a round of drinks in. No, a person whose whole life revolves around how good they are at sex, that’s not a good foundation for a great personality [laughs].

Of course I’m being hypocritical. Anyone who feels the need to make people laugh, that’s a tragic human being right there.

Comedy should just be called, ‘Love Me!’ I liked in your show how you replaced the ten commandments with one: “Don’t be a cunt.”

Well it’s the same commandment as ‘what would Jesus do?’. You know, the theory was Jesus wasn’t a cunt. And it’s the same as Bill and Ted saying, ‘Be excellent to each other’. Life is a lot simpler than you think.

Just be nice to be people. I have to stop myself from being a cunt everyday. There’s a fine line between being a pushover and a cunt. It’s a struggle you have everyday.

You live in LA: how do the Americans cope with all your swearing?

There’s a little bit of, ‘bless him, he

doesn’t know any better’. I love watching the American MC going on after me at shows. They think: ‘Oh we can say that word, can we? Excellent!’ But then they slip it into one of their routines and the audience goes, ‘No, no, not from you!’

At the Edinburgh festival this year you said you were going to give up drinking. Have you?

The last drink I had was was on August 29.

Why did you give up?

For the health and a bit of growing up – I couldn’t do it forever. I was getting a free bar five nights a week! Audiences have turned on me a bit and given me some pantomime boos about it cos I used to always come on with a beer. Then I came on with water. In clubs in America, people buy you shots on stage. I had to say to the club owners: ‘Just say I like vodka and bring me shots of water – or I’ll pass out.’

» Alcoholocaust out now on DVD. Jeffries will appear at Leicester Square Theatre, WC2H 7BX (leicestersquaretheatre.com) Dec 16-23, 27-30. £15-20

YOU DON’T SAY? Who’d play you in the film of your life?

Well, if it’s someone playing me in the future, Haley Joel Osment.

What’s your karaoke tune?

I normally do something by Elvis or if i’m really drunk, something by John Denver like Country Road or Leaving On A Jetplane.

What’s your phobia I have a fear of bananas.

I just feel uncomfortable in a room with them and I break out in sweat if I see someone eating one.

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My Afternoons With Margueritte

SCREEN TEST: FRENCH STARS

Gerard Depardieu, Gisele Casadesus

STARRING:

CERT: 15 RT: 82 MINS

1 In which film did Gerard Depardieu appear opposite Andie McDowell?

2 Which film adaptation of a famous French comic book did he appear in?

3 He also starred as a bignosed French poet. What was his name in that role?

4 Which French actress starred opposite Johnny Depp in Chocolat?

5 Name Monica Belucci’s French husband.

★★★★★

Gerard Depardieu has always been the sort of actor who can singlehandedly prop up a movie. In the enchanting My Afternoons With Margueritte, the Frenchman again takes what could easily have been a dull comedydrama and, with an amazing performance, transforms it into something altogether more thought-provoking.

The increasingly rotund actor plays Germain, a handyman who lives with his abusive mother and is seen as bit of an idiot by the people in his village. His life is given new meaning when he runs into lonely pensioner Margueritte (Gisele Casadesus) in the village square. Under the tutelage of the 95-year-old, Germain develops an appreciation for literature

Gerard Depardieu with Gisele Casadesus

that helps him deal with a troubled past, subsequently building strong relationship with girlfriend Annette (Sophie Guillemin).

Those who have been spoonfed Hollywood blockbusters all year will probably find the slow pace of Jean Becker’s movie difficult to handle.

Give it a chance, though, and

you’ll discover a moving film about the power of friendship that features a very skillful central turn.

The way Depardieu deftly moves between comedy and drama shows that, unlike many of his peers, he is just getting better with age.

GOOD FOR: Those with patience. PIERRE DE VILLERS

THE REEL DEAL Hugh Jackman will not appear in the upcoming X-Men prequel X-Men: First Class, says the movie’s producer Bryan Singer.

Singer, who directed the first two X-Men movies, scotched rumours that Jackson would reprise the role of Wolverine for the new movie, due in cinemas next year. “He’s not in [this] movie, he’s in the Wolverine movies,” Singer confirmed.

He said the movie would be set in the 1960s and feature ‘new mutants’.

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WE ARE WHAT WE ARE

★★★★★ CERT: TBC RT: 90 MINS

‘Shall I kiss you, or eat you’

A cannibal (played by Francisco Barreiro) is forced to feed his bloodthirsty family by hunting people on the streets of Mexico City in Jorge Michel Grau’s disappointing horror offering.

A great premise and effective cinematography are largely wasted by unlikeable characters and a ham-fisted attempt at allegory.

GOOD FOR: Those with a strong stomach. PDV

INTO ETERNITY

★★★★★

CERT: TBC RT: 75 MINS

An environmental documentary that packs a punch Michael Madsen’s film focuses on a nuclear waste disposal facility under construction in Finland where dangerous material has to be stored for 100,000 years before it becomes harmless. Haunting visuals and soundtrack drive home a message that may cause some sleepless nights.

GOOD FOR: Eco-warriors. PDV

The polluters had met their match with Madsen

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Home & Away actor turned Hollywood star Ryan Kwanten will present an award at the Inside Film IF Awards at Sydney’s City Recital Hall on November 14.

The Aussie actor hit the big time in TV vampiredrama True Blood will be in town to promote his new movie thriller Red Hill.

The awards ceremony will be hosted by Underbelly actor Angus Sampson.

Films up for gongs include Animal Kingdom, Beneath Hill 60, Tomorrow When The War Began and Mao’s Ryan Kwanten Last Dancer.

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CULTURE FLASHDANCE

★★★★★ There’s nothing wrong with adapting an iconic movie.

However, the creative team behind this stage version of the 1983 film throws far too much into the story of wannabe ballet dancer Alex in a flawed attempt to make the transition work.

An apprentice welder in a Pittsburgh steel mill, Alex is desperate to win a place at a prestigious dance academy. On the way there’s romance, tragedy, pole-dancing and a batch of new, forgettable musical numbers which can’t live up to What A Feeling and

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SEE THIS: Theatre Maniac. Lead Victoria Hamilton-Barritt shows capable energy, if not charisma. Charlotte Harwood is vulnerable as Gloria who’s tempted into the wrong company.

And the talented ensemble execute Arlene Phillips’ edgy choreography with flair. LOUISE KINGSLEY

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The master of sci-fi and horror storytelling looks at the limits of greed, revenge and self-deception in this collection of four bleakly wrought novellas.

The former general who wrote the bestselling Shake Hands With The Devil about his time overseeing UN forces in Rwanda tackles the topic of child soldiers.

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As the Spanish Civil War rages, Lisbon newspaper editor Dr Peirera wants nothing to do with European politics. That is until he meets a charismatic young anti-Franco activist named Francesco.

Maria Angels Anglada (Corsair ) NOV 4

First published in 1994, the Catalan poet and novelist’s tale of violin-maker Daniel, who survives the horrors of Auschwitz by working as a carpenter, is republished.

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NT, is that a magazine for explosives?” asks Jeremy Sims down the phone from Australia.

It’s little wonder he should have gelignite on the brain. The director’s latest film Beneath Hill 60 brings to life the true tale of Australian miners sent to the Western Front during World War I to tunnel under and blow up German lines at Messines Ridge near Ypres in Belgium.

The subsequent attack of June 7, 1917 created the biggest explosion the world had seen, yet this is the first time this tale has ever been properly told. Why? “When everyone came back [from the war] it wasn’t a story that anyone wanted to hear or anyone wanted to tell,” Sims explains. “The idea that soldiers tunnelled under enemy lines was considered unsportsmanlike.”

The film is based on the unpublished diary of metallurgist and mine manager Oliver Woodward who recorded his experiences of leading 1st Australian Tunnelling Company. ”It’s a very unsentimental book, I hasten to add,” says Sims. “He was very meticulous, most of his notes were weights and measurements, then in passing he’d say, ‘lost two of our best men today – very difficult time.’”

Woodward is played with just the right amount of ambivalence by Aussie actor/ screenwriter Brendan Cowell (and onetime boyfriend to Rose Byrne).

“I really didn’t want to make a war movie with a square-jawed hero with superhuman abilities,” says Sims.

“I wanted an everyman to play that role … I think Brendan did that beautifully. He’s a wonderful, complicated intelligent actor.”

So confident was Sims in his choice of lead actor that he cast Cowell without an audition.

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I didn’t want “ a square-jawed war hero ” The film’s highly choreographed explosions came courtesy of special effects whiz Dan Oliver who’s also worked on Wolverine and The Pacific. ”We got very good at working out how much mud you needed to put on top of charges,” says Sims.

Interestingly, Sims wasn’t concerned about Beneath Hill 60 living up to Gallipoli, a film which for many Aussies defines their country’s experience of WWI. “It’s only the last 15 minutes of the film they arrive at Gallipoli and shows what a tragic schmozzle it was,” Sims counters. “So it isn’t a war movie, it’s social commentary and a human drama.

“Apart from some films in the ’30s and ’40s we don’t have any war films in this country, so to my mind Beneath Hill 60 stands alone.”

Indeed, the movie has just racked up 12 AFI nominations including best film, best director for Sims and best lead actor for Cowell.

With the memory of the Chilean mine rescue fresh in our minds, this tense story of subterranean warfare seems especially timely and poignant.

“To be buried alive is horrible, it’s definitely a primal fear of ours,” muses Sims. “When we started making the film I was very aware that if we got the sense of claustrophobia right it didn’t need screaming Germans or vicious fights.”

» Beneath Hill 60 is out now on Momentum. Remembrance Day is marked on Thursday, November 11.

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“And he didn’t have to choose me,” adds Cowell, who is currently garnering rave reviews Down Under for his debut novel How It Feels. “I wasn’t gonna get the film any money and he backed me to the end.”

Sims, who made the switch from actor to director with his claustrophobic psych-drama debut Last Train To Freo in 2006, recreated the labyrinthine trench system of the Western Front on a property near Townsville in 32˚C heat.

The end results are miraculously realistic. “We got lucky, the soil was pure clay, the same colour as that in Flanders,” he says.

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On home soil: Beneath Hill 60 was filmed in Australia

Mine camp: the Germans would soon get their just desserts

BRENDAN COWELL We speak to the Beneath Hill 60 star...

Was it a claustrophobic shoot?

Yeah, it was really intense. I got in there and it was like a tunnel and you’re in there for five or six hours. But you keep thinking: ‘We’ve got a French caterer and an apartment on the beach and can run at anytime – you know, I’m not really in the war!’

How do you feel about getting an AFI nomination for best actor?

I would have been upset if I hadn’t been nominated.

I worked really hard

– I researched it so deeply, and worked with Jeremy so hard, that’s the best performance I could have done in that role. I didn’t phone that one in, if you know what I mean.

You get compared to Russell Crowe a lot. How do you feel about that?

I’m sure he gets it all the time. He must be over it, like, ‘C’mon. I just want to be my own guy! Don’t you know me from Gladiator?’

I think it’s merely physical, we have the same shaped head. The guy’s a phenomenal actor so if people are comparing me in terms of acting ability then I’m very, very honoured.

All an act: Brendan Cowell

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It must have been hard being Cee Lo Green during the mid noughties, watching as fellow Dirty South pioneers OutKast cleaned up at the Grammys and dominated the charts while he struggled to stay signed to a label.

The onetime Goodie Mob member finally got some commercial recognition in 2006 for his boundary-pushing

The thrill is gone: Cee Lo Green

neo funk as the smoothvoiced half of Gnarls Barkley.

Now the big man is back with his third solo effort The Lady Killer, a 14-track album packed with the kind of off-kilter, upbeat soul which has always made him the critics’ darling.

The unsettling Bodies and the storming Forget You are the undoubted highlights.

But the album doesn’t hang together particulary well and just as he sings on I Want You, for this critic at least, “the thrill is gone”. ALISON GRINTER

I BLAME COCO

SUSAN BOYLE

JAMES BLUNT

The Constant (Island) Coco Sumner’s debut LP reveals the singer to have a rich, smoky voice just like her dad, Sting.

The Gift (Syco) The angel-voiced reality TV star is back with a new LP of covers including Lou Reed’s Perfect Day.

Some Kind Of Trouble (Atlantic) Ex-squaddie turned middle-ofthe-road singersongwriter returns with album number three.

ALSO OUT

MUSIC NEWS Rock legend Jimmy Barnes slammed the Aria Awards saying they had become too focused on TV ratings as the first pointy awards were handed out at pre-award ceremonies in Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens last week.

Winners included Crowded House, awarded Best Contemporary Adult Album for their number one LP Intriguer. Byron Bay rock band Parkway Drive won Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album for Deep Blue and Djan Djan won Best World Music Album for their eponymous debut.

Barnes said presenting “genre

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awards” at a special concert series in front of competition winners in the build-up to the ARIA Awards proper, on Sunday, November 8, was insulting to musicians.

Luke Steele has recorded under the guise of his old band, The Sleepy Jackson, for the first time since 2006.

The Empire Of The Sun frontman covered Crowded House’s classic Better Be Home Soon under the The Sleepy Jackson name for Tim and Neil Finn’s new tribute LP He Will Have His Way: The Songs Of Tim & Neil Finn.

Australian musician James Freud has been found dead at his Melbourne home after taking his own life. The 51year-old frontman and bass player for ‘80s new wave sensations Models had battled alcoholism for much of his life and failed to attend the ARIA Hall of Fame event last week. He is survived by his wife Sally, and two sons.

James Freud

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No 1 single Only Girl In The World, Rihanna No 1 album Come Around Sundown, Kings Of Leon

No 1 single Like A G6, Far East Movement No 1 album Speak Now, Taylor Swift

No 1 single For The First Time, The Script No 1 album Angel Of My Heart, Juanita du Plessis

No 1 single Promise This, Cheryl Cole No 1 album Come Around Sundown, Kings Of Leon

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Elbow The O2, Mar 28 (0844 856 0202). £31 Foals Forum, Dec 31 (0844 277 4321). £30 Paloma Faith & The Guy Barker Orchestra Barbican Centre, Dec 10 (020 7638 8891). £20-£30 Pnau XOYO, Dec 13 (020 7490 1198). £12.50.

Ke$ha Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Dec 14 (0844 477 2000). £24.50 Kylie The O2, Apr 7-9, 11 (0115 993 4166). £65-£85 Hugh Masekela and The Mahotella Queens Royal Festival Hall, Nov 12 (0871 663 2501). £10-£27.50 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Heaven, (0844 477 1000).

Dec 2. £17 Pendulum Wembley Arena, Dec 3 (0844 815 0815). £25 The Parlotones Shepherd’s Bush Empire (0844 477 2000). Nov 25. £14 Katy Perry Hammersmith Apollo, Mar 17-19 (0844 844 4748). £25 Robyn Roundhouse, Mar 3 (0870 264 3333). £18.50 MNDR XOYO, Nov 24 (0870 264 3333). £7.50 The Walkmen Shepherd’s Bush Empire Jan 25 (0844 477 2000). £tbc

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GIG GUIDE MUSIC & CLUBS

Alison Grinter PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST LIVE MUSIC

GIG OF THE WEEK REGURGITATOR, SCRIBE Pining for the sunny shores of Oz and Kiwiland as the UK freezes? Well, there ain’t much we can do about that, soz.

But we can at least alert you to the imminent arrival of two Antipodean acts guaranteed to brighten your week.

BrisVegas trio Regurgitator, whose dabblings in indie, hip hop and electro resulted in such edgy classics as Blubber Boy and I Sucked A Lot Of Cock To Get Where I Am will be in town, with support from New Zealand’s five-time platinum hip hop star Scribe. The best bit? The gig is free. Get in there!

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» Shepherd’s Bush Empire, W11 8QE Shepherd’s Bush, (O2yourcountrylive.co.uk). Wed, Nov 10. Free LINKIN PARK

Regurgitator’s Quan Yeomans and Ben Ely

GORILLAZ

Is there no stopping the rap-metal juggernaut that is Linkin Park?

Apparently not. Their most recent album, A Thousand Suns, shot to number one in just about every country on the planet and the Californian sextet are bringing their tour to every available mega-dome. In London’s case, that’ll be The O2, then.

With its guest spots and production quirks, Gorillaz’s Plastic Beach was always going to be a difficult album to recreate live. Which is probably one of the reasons it fell flat on Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage earlier this year. But we’re confident that Damon Albarn’s “concept band” will be on form for these two London shows.

» The O2, Peninsular Sq, SE10 0DX

» The O2, Peninsular Sq, SE10 0DX

North Greenwich (0844 856 0202, theo2.co.uk) Nov 10-11. £40.

NEW BAND ALERT

North Greenwich (0844 856 0202, theo2.co.uk) Nov 14 & 16. £45.

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

Four-day tickets £125

Them: Youth

Them: Youth THE BUZZ SO FAR Blowing in from West London are Them:Youth,

a quartet consisting of a barman, a bouncer, an electrician and an estate agent. Mercifully, they leave their dull day jobs behind when they make music. Their stock-in-trade is euphoric dance rock as heard on their XFM and Radio 1 bigged-up debut single Bows & Arrows and new track Toothache.

THE CRITICS SAY “Hazy, dreamy, anthemic pop, they are a festival definer in the making.” Sunday Times Culture.

THE PLUG Performing at Club NME at Koko, 1a Camden High St, NW1 7JE Mornington Crescent. Fri, Nov 19. £5

Bestival Tickets Line-up TBC. Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of Wight (bestival.net). Sep 8-11.

Weekend tickets £160 Bloodstock Morbid Angel, Immortal, Rhapsody on Fire confirmed.

Earlybird tickets on sale now.

Catton Hall, Derby (bloodstock.uk.com).

Aug 12-14. £95.

The Garden Festival Croatia Line-up TBC. Petrcane, Croatia (thegardenfestival.eu). July 613. Weekend tickets £90

Lounge On The Farm Line-up TBC. Merton Farm, Canterbury (loungeonthefarm.co.uk).

Jul 8-11. Weekend tickets £85 One Love Festival Earlybird tickets available.

Line up TBC. Hainault Forest Country Park (onelovefestival.co.uk). Aug 19-21. Weekend tickets £90 RockNess Earlybird tickets now on sale.

Dores, near Inverness, (rockness.co.uk). Jun 10-12. £99 Roskilde Iron Maiden confirmed.

Jun 30-Jul 3, (roskilde-festival. dk). Weekend ticket £180 Secret Garden Party Line-up TBC. Mill Hill Field, Cambridgeshire (uk.secretgardenparty.com).

Jul 21-24. £155.

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Akala The London-based artist performs hip-hop and rock. O2 Academy

Alan Price Soulful pop-rock from the former member of the Animals. Bull’s Head, Lonsdale Rd,

SATURDAY 13

Barnes, SW13 9PY (020 8876 5241). £12.

Ash The Irish trio plays grungy

The Varukers Classic punk by the London-based veterans.

Islington, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £10.

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

Carolina Chocolate Drops

Devildriver, 36 Crazyfists

Acoustic folk and bluegrass from the American threepiece. Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, N1 2UN (020 7226 1686). £17.

songwriter from London.

Steve Gadd Contemporary jazz by the New York-based drummer and colleagues.

six-piece plays ska-punk.

HMV Forum, Highgate Rd, NW5 1JY (020 7344 0044). £16.50.

Marina And The Diamonds The Welsh singer performs indie-pop with her group.

Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8EH (0844 482 8008). £17.50.

School Of Seven Bells Dream pop from the New York-based three-piece. Heaven,

TNT’S TOP BOOKING

FOO FIGHTERS Milton Keynes Bowl, MK5 8AA. Milton Keynes (0844 826 2826). Jul 2-3, from 2pm. £TBC. Currently recording their seventh album in LA, the mighty Foos should have something new to unveil at these stonking shows next year. Biffy Clyro, Death Cab For Cutie and Jimmy Eat World will support.

WEDNESDAY 10

Charing Cross Arches, Villiers St, WC2N 6NG (020 7930 2020). £12.50.

Fraser Anderson, Emily Barker The Edinburgh-born

Wire, Factory Floor The

singer-songwriter plays soulful acoustica. Ginglik,

veteran three-piece and post-punk pioneers play their hits. The Lexington, Pentonville

Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8PH (020 8749 2310). £12.

Rd, N1 9JB (020 7837 5371). £12.50.

Aly Bain, Ale Moller, Bruce Molsky Traditional Scottish

TUESDAY 9 Bucket And Co Swaggering rock from former Bad Company guitarist David “Bucket” Colwell and his band. The Purple Turtle, Crowndale Rd, NW1 1TN (020 7383 4976). £10.

Cowboy Junkies Alt country and folk from the Canadian four-piece. Union

folk from the fiddle-based trio.

Bush Hall, Uxbridge Rd, W12 7LJ (020 8222 6955). £15, concs £12.

The Divine Comedy Alt pop from singer-songwriter Neil Hannon as he promotes his album Bang Goes The Knighthood.

Relentless Garage, Highbury Corner, N5 1RD (0870 060 3777/ cc 0844 847 1678). £12.50.

Blues Club, Charlotte St, W1T 4QH (020 7580 0113). £15, adv £12.

Roses Kings Castles, The High Wire The London-based

The Mar Violets Chromeo, Midnight Juggernauts Electro-funk

The veteran outfit plays Goth rock. O2 Academy

duo from Montreal and New York. Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Rd,

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

NW1 8EH (0844 482 8008). £17.50.

Foals, Pulled Apart By Horses

Larry Miller Band Rock outfit. The Half Moon, Half

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

Moon Ln, Herne Hill, SE24 9HU (020 7274 2733). £10, adv £8.

O2 Academy Brixton, Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL (0844 477 2000). £16.50.

Paramore The American five-piece plays rock. O2

Freak Kitchen The trio from

Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £24.50.

Gothenburg, Sweden plays heavy metal and hard rock.

The Underworld, Camden High St, NW1 0NE (020 7482 1932). £12.

Reuben Richards & Soul Train Blues, funk and soul from the seven-piece. Dover

THURSDAY 11

folk singer-songwriter. Downstairs

Amorphis The Finnish six-

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

Johnny Rivera, Duvan The

Islington, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £17.50.

God Is An Astronaut

Puerto Rican vocalist sings smooth Latin pop and salsa.

Ambient electro-rock three-piece. O2 Academy

The Coronet, New Kent Rd, SE1 6TJ (020 7701 1500). £30, VIP £50.

Michael Burks The musician plays soulful blues. Charlotte St

Islington, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £12.50.

Dick Gaughan Leith-based

piece plays metal. O2 Academy

Blues Club, Charlotte St, W1T 4QH (020 7580 0113). £15, adv £12.

Klaus&Kinski, Los Ingenieros Alemanes The Spanish outfit

Stuart Moxham, Sean O’Hagan, Louis Philippe, Louise Le May Acoustic pop

Goldfrapp Majestic pop and

from the singer-songwriter.

operatic electronica from the duo. HMV Apollo, Queen Caroline

The Luminaire, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (020 7372 7123). £12, adv £10.

songwriter and guitarist from Baton Rouge, Louisiana plays folk-rock and country.

plays atmospheric electronic pop. Cargo, Rivington St, EC2A 3AY

Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill

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

Irish Centre, Camden Sq, NW1 9XB (020 7916 7272). £14, adv £12.50.

The Irish fiddle virtuoso and the American guitarist play traditional music. The London

The Selecter Ska and pop from the veteran re-formed London-based band. The Bloomsbury Ballroom, Victoria House, Bloomsbury Sq, WC1B 4DA (0870 060 0100). £25.

(020 7739 3440). £10, adv £8.

St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £25.

Richie Kotzen Stadium rock from the singer and virtuoso guitarist based in Los Angeles. O2 Academy

Randy Muller, Change, GQ The veteran funk vocalist and former member of Brass Construction performs his hits.

IndigO2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £25-£50.

SUNDAY 14 Die Antwoord The South African three-piece plays a skewed hybrid of rap and rave. The Scala, Pentonville Rd, N1 9NL (020 7833 2022/ cc 0870 060 0100). £12.50.

Gil Scott-Heron The soulful American poet and musician performs songs from his album I’m New Here. O2 Academy Brixton, Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL (0844 477 2000). £30.

Lola Rueda Latin pop by the Linkin Park Alt rock and rap

Chicago-based blues singer-songwriter. Charlotte St

Academy Brixton, Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL (0844 477 2000). £25.

St Restaurant And Bar, Dover St, W1S 4LQ (020 7629 9813). £15, free to diners before 10pm.

EC2A 4AP (020 7729 5959). £10.

Mud Morganfield

Goo Goo Dolls Rock from the American outfit. O2

Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, N1 2UN (020 7226 1686). £20.

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

Rd, W6 9DT (020 8563 8232). £12.

Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (0905 020 3999/ cc 0844 477 2000). £20.

Wavves The Californiabased musician leads the punk-driven lo-fi pop chaos.

Brian Finnegan The flute and tin-whistle player performs Irishfolk. Irish Cultural Centre, Blacks

Cheap Trick Pop-rock veterans from Rockford Illinois. O2

Angelita Jimenez The Brazilian

Hauschka With Ensemble The

Clare Maguire Alt pop from the powerful singersongwriter. XOYO, Cowper St,

HMV Forum, Highgate Rd, NW5 1JY (020 7344 0044). £17.50.

Mary Gauthier The singer-

guitarist-composer performs original material influenced by bossa nova and samba.

Rd, W12 7LJ (020 8222 6955). £12.

Elkie Brooks The Manchester-

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX (0844 847 9910/ cc 0871 663 2500). £25.

Chapel, Compton Terrace, N1 2UN (020 7226 1686). £25.

Dusseldorf-based pianist and composer performs a playful exploration in experimental acoustica. Bush Hall, Uxbridge

Gut-punching metal from the American five-piece.

Hall, Sloane Terrace, SW1X 9DQ (020 7730 4500). £25 & £28.50.

HMV Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £18.50.

Less Than Jake The American

FRIDAY 12 born pop and blues vocalist performs songs from her 50-year career. Cadogan

Paloma Faith Soul singer-

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

indie-rock. O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (0905 020 3999/ cc 0844 477 2000). £17.50 & £18.50.

metal from the Californian six-piece. O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £40.50.

MIA The British-born Sri Lankan rapper plays her third studio album, MAYA, alongside her hip-hop-electro crossover hits.

LCD Soundsystem And Hot Chip James Murphy’s American collective and London’s quirky synth maestros play innovative electro-pop and dirty disco as part of a co-headlining tour. The Coronet, New Kent Rd,

Venezuelan singer. Bolivar Hall at Venezuelan Embassy, Grafton Way, W1T 5DL (020 7584 4206). £12.

Spiderbaby, Avenge Vulture Attack, The Absolute Belters, Russell Joslin The four-piece

Sonu Nigam Indie-pop and Bollywood singer.

Wembley Arena, Arena Sq, HA9 0DH (0870 060 0870). £35-£70.

Public Enemy The hip-hop pioneers reunite to perform their hits. IndigO2, Peninsula Sq,

SE1 6TJ (020 7701 1500). £28.50.

from Brighton plays rock-driven power-pop. The Watershed,

O2 Academy Brixton, Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL (0844 477 2000). £23.50.

Mystery Jets Indie-rock from

The Broadway, SW19 1SD (020 8540 0080). £8, £6 before 11pm.

Suga Shikao Funky pop-rock

Swingin Utters The San

Rd, NW1 8EH (0844 482 8008). £14.

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from the Japanese singersongwriter. O2 Academy

The Stylistics Hit-making soul and R‘n’B group from the 1970s. IndigO2, Peninsula Sq,

Francisco-based five-piece plays punk-rock from its album Here, Under Protest. The

John Otway The cult

The hugely successful reggae group play their hits.

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

SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £20-£45.

Barfly, Camden, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AN (0844 847 2424). £8.50.

singer-songwriter appears with his band. The Castle, Finchley Rd,

HMV Forum, Highgate Rd, NW5 1JY (020 7344 0044). £35.

outfit plays indie-pop. Hoxton Square Bar And Kitchen, Hoxton Sq, N1 6NU (020 7613 0709). £7.

the Twickenham-based fivepiece. Roundhouse, Chalk Farm

NW11 8DG (020 8455 3501). £10.

Tokyo Police Club Indie-pop from the combo from Newmarket, Canada. Heaven, Charing Cross Arches, Villiers St, WC2N 6NG (020 7930 2020). £11.50.

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2008 X Factor finalist performs pop. Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £13.50.

SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £20-£40.

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Natasha Vuckovic PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST CLUB NIGHTS

CLUB OF THE WEEK THE GALLERY The rise and rise of John O’Callaghan has seen the Irish DJ mix his way up the ranks to become one of the world’s top trance DJs. JOC has a particular talent for wreaking havoc on dance floors, thanks to his impeccable sets and uplifting tunes like Big Sky and Find Yourself (always guaranteed to have the whole club singing along to in pure clubbing bliss). Expect big, bouncy, feel-good beats as he takes over The Gallery at Ministry of Sound this week.

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Ministry of Sound, SE1 6DP Elephant & Castle (ministryofsound.com). Fri, Nov 12, 10.30pm-6am. £13 adv

beats/breaks

funk/soul

drum ’n’ bass

electro

Feel-good beats: John O’Callaghan hip-hop

SCRATCH PERVERTS

HOUSE RULES 6TH B’DAY

The Scratch Perverts are no strangers to Fabric and this week they’re going to take over all three rooms by curating the line-up for the whole club. The Perverted trio will, of course, take to the decks as will Andy C, dubstep pro Rusko and Radio 1’s Benji B for a Beatdown extravaganza.

Like all good Mafiosos, AN21 keeps it in the family.

The little bro of Swedish House Mafia star Steve Angello has been busy doing what Angellos do best and making dancefloors very merry. Catch him alongside The Gallery regular Tall Paul as south London’s coolest party, House Rules, turns six.

» Fabric, EC1M 6HJ

» Plan B, SW9 7AY

Farringdon (020 7336 8898, fabriclondon.com). Fri, Nov 12, 10pm-6am. £15

Brixton (020 7733 0926, plan-brixton.co.uk). Sat, Nov 13, 10pm-6am. £10 adv, £15

We have two pairs of tickets to The Gallery and two pairs of tickets to House Rules 6th Birthday to give away. To enter, email grabs@tntmagazine.com with ‘JOC’ or ‘House Rules’ in the subject line by noon, Wed Nov 10.

house/garage

rock/metal

techno

CLUB NEWS The next round of live acts for Snowbombing have been announced. Pendulum, Tinie Tempah, Professor Green and Beardyman will be join headliners The Prodigy at Europe’s coolest music festival to take place on the slopes.

The six-day event runs from April 4 with prices starting from £279.

Armin van Buuren was crowned the world’s number one DJ for the fourth year in a row at the annual DJ Mag Top 100 Awards. “Honoured, blessed, thankful, humble.

I think you are looking at the happiest man on the planet.

To get so much recognition for doing something that

Tinie Tempah

you love is amazing,” he told TNT. David Guetta, Deadmau5, Tiësto and Above & Beyond filled out the top five places respectively. More than half a million people from 235 countries voted.

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CLUB LISTINGS MONDAY 8

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

9pm-3am. £5, w/flyer £3.

I Luv Live Resident DJs spin hip-hop, soul and funk, plus Nadine Charles, Baby Blue, Mumzy Stranger and Lady Lykes perform live. The Queen Of Hoxton, Curtain Rd, EC2A 3JX (020 7422 0958).

7pm-midnight. £10, £5 guestlist.

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

7pm-2am. £8, £10 inc drink.

Pendulum

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.

PENDULUM Wembley Arena, Arena Sq, HA9 0DH Wembley Park (020 8782 5000, whatsonwembley.com).

Dec 3. £28.25 Stuff your ears with a feast of d’n’b as Aussie boys-donegood Pendulum take on the Wembley Arena for a not-to-bemissed London show.

Fabric Craig Richards, Terry Francis, Steve Rachmad, James Priestley, Delano Smith and Brawther spin house, tech-house and techno. Fabric, Charterhouse St, EC1M 6HJ (020 7336 8898).

11pm-8am. £20 & £18, NUS £10, £8 after 4am, £5 after 5am.

Gorgesusx DJs Howie and Perry play dance and R‘n’B. Crazy Larry’s, King’s Rd, SW10 0TZ (020 7376 5555). 10pm3am. £10, £5 guestlist before 11pm.

Inferno Andrew Elmore spins funk, house and dance.

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Diff’rent Strokes DJs Phat

Idle Fret PJ Dirty Water Club,

Frolic DJ StevieF spins party, retro

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

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. Cherryjam, Porchester

Daphnie & Tallulah, Dan Demontre and residents play folk, indie and pop, plus Withered Hand, Stealing Sheep and Cineplexx perform live.

pop and cheese. Crazy Larry’s,

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

Rd, W2 6ET (020 7727 9950).

9pm-late. £10, £5 before 11pm.

The Silver Bullet, Station Place, N4 2DH (020 7619 3639). 7.30pm. £7, adv £6.

Salsa Cellar Resident

N*A*S*I*N SoniX, Brahim

trance. Club 414, Coldharbour

DJs play Latin funk, salsa and reggae. Downstairs At

and Punk Gareth play punk, rock, metal and ska. The

Ln, SW9 8LF (020 7924 9322).

11pm-6am. £5, £3 before midnight.

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

7pm-late. £7, concs £4.

Borderline, Orange Yard, Manette St, W1D 4JB (0870 060 3777/ cc 0871 231 0842). 11pm-3am. £5, w/flyer £4, NUS £3, mems £2.

house and chart courtesy of the residents. Tiger Tiger, Haymarket, SW1Y 4SP (020 7930 1885).

9pm-3am. £6, £5 before 10pm.

TUESDAY 9 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 ground floor, electro-house in the basement and commercial R‘n’B in the VIP room. Zoo Bar, Bear St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

7.30pm-3am. £7, guestlist/NUS £5.

house music from resident DJ Mourne. Jewel, Maiden

St, WC2A 2AD (020 7955 7136).

9pm-3am. £5, NUS £4, mems £3.

Ln, WC2E 7JS (020 7379 5900).

5pm-1am. after 9pm £10, guest list free before 10pm.

Roller Disco Funk and

Some Night Resident DJs and MCs provide electro, dubstep, house and bassline.

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

10pm-3.30am. £6, £4 before 11pm.

1JJ (020 7240 1083). 11pm-7am. men £10, ladies £5.

White Heat DJs Matty, 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.

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disco for a wheeled audience.

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

8pm-midnight. £10, NUS £5.

Unbelievable David D and Eko play indie and pop. The Borderline, Orange Yard, Manette St, W1D 4JB (0870 060 3777/cc 0871 231 0842).

11pm-3am. £6, w/flyer £4.

Your Mum’s House Scally Dandan and Jamie D Winter spin electro and fidget house. Punk,

McLaughlin, Bam Bam and Simon Patterson spin house and electro. Pacha, Terminus Place, SW1V 1JR (0845 371 4489).

10pm-5am. £15, adv £10.

Latin Fever Latin tracks from resident DJ Jorge. Salsa!, Charing Cross Rd, WC2H 0JG (020 7379 3277).

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

G, Supa Mann and Xavier Miller play R‘n’B, hip-hop and funky house. Tamarai, Drury Ln, WC2B 5PG (020 7831 9399). 10pm-3am. £15, guestlist £10 before 11.30pm.

Rudeboiz James Saint James and Devilish DJs spin underground house and electro. Fire, South Lambeth Rd,

Addiction Resident DJs play R‘n’B, reggae, funk, garage and hip-hop. Rumba, Shaftesbury

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Ave, W1D 7EP (020 7287 2715).

9pm-3am. £10, £5 before 11pm.

play a pop, electro and funk DJ set, with resident DJ A King Pin. All Star Lanes, Brick

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

Back To The Future Electro,

Ln, E1 6QL (020 7426 9200).

8pm-3am. £8, concs £6.

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dubstep, retro pop and indie from DJs and live bands. The Den

All Star Presents Noisettes

Lipstick Resident DJs play soul, funk and R‘n’B. Embassy, Old Burlington St, W1S 3AP (020 7851 0956).

10pm-3.30am, last adm 2am. £20, ladies free before 11pm.

Malia Reunion 2010 Resident DJs spin house, electro and R‘n’B. IndigO2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). 10pm-late. £22.25.

Popscene Resident DJs spin indie, pop and electro. The Quad, Houghton St, WC2A 2AD (020 7955 7136). 10.30pm-3am. £7, £4 before midnight/NUS.

Ride Razorlight and Filthy Few DJs play indie, pop, electro, soul and dub. Proud Camden, The Horse Hospital, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AH (020 7482 3867). 7.30pm-2.30am. £10.

School Disco Classic retro anthems from the residents.

229, Great Portland St, W1W 5PW (020 7323 7229). 10.30pm3am. £20 inc meal, £12.50.

V One Resident DJs play electro and techno. Club Colosseum, Nine Elms Ln, SW8 5NQ (020 7720 3609). 11.30pm-6am. £20.

Wig Out Tommy Turntables, Lady Lloyd and Prince Nelly play indie, rock, pop, R‘n’B and Motown. The Den & Centro, West Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083). 10pm-2.30am. £10.

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

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Therapy Electro-pop and

The Church The resident

dance from Kris Di Angelis.

DJs spin modern and classic rock, plus live risque entertainment. The Clapham

& Centro, West Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083). 10pm-3am. £8, £6 before midnight, NUS £5.

Blow Max Cooper, Jeet, Big Daddy, Kath Harding and Get People DJs play house, electro and techno. Egg, York Way, N7

Fiesta Latino Latin and samba

9AX (020 7609 8364). 10pm-8am. £13, adv £10, £10 before midnight.

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Cafe De Cuba Resident

play R‘n’B, hip-hop, house and funk. Renaissance Rooms, Arches,

soul. Salvador And Amanda,

DJs play Latin grooves and funky vocal house. Fiesta

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

7pm-midnight. £11.50.

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

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

Fiesta Havana, Fulham Rd, SW6 5NH (020 7381 5005).

7pm-2am. £7, mems £5.

Fire, South Lambeth Rd, SW8 1UQ (020 7582 9890). 11pm-8am. £12, w/flyer £10, w/flyer £5 before 2am.

The Shadow Lounge, Brewer St, W1F 0RF (020 7287 7988).

10pm-3am. £10, free before 11pm.

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

Havana, Fulham Rd, SW6 5NH (020 7381 5005). 8pm-2am. £6.

Dance Rocks House, R‘n’B,

Carpet Burn Jonny Woo, Ma

chart, indie and 1980s and 1990s hits. The Watershed, The Broadway,

Butcher, Princess Julia and John Sizzle play pop, dance, house and Italo disco. Eagle, Kennington

SW19 1SD (020 8540 0080).

8pm-late. £8, £5 before midnight.

Ln, SE11 5QY (020 7793 0903). 9pm4am. £6, NUS £4, £3 before 10.30pm.

Cruel Intentions Resident

Grand, St John’s Hill, SW11 1TT (020 7223 6523). 12noon-4pm. £7.

Roller Motion The residents

SLAGS/Chill-Out Dance anthems and commercial house from Simon Le Vans, Andy Almighty and Sean Sirrs. Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Kennington Ln, SE11 5HY (020 7820 1222). 2pmmidnight. £8, £5 after 7.30pm.

WetYourSelf Mowgli, Jamma, Diamond Noir Resident DJs

DJs play R‘n’B and hip-hop.

Sound, Leicester Sq, WC2H 7NA (0870 863 1010). 9pm3am. £10, £5 before 11pm, guestlist £3 before midnight.

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

Mode PR DJs VG, Shock, Bennie

SW8 1UQ (020 7582 9890). 11pm4.30am. guestlist £15, w/flyer £12, concs £10, w/flyer free before 1am.

Gravity Remixed House, R‘n’B and commercial pop across three rooms, from residents Terry Bryan, The Oli, Oliver M, Jamie Head, DJ DMS and Jason Prince.

Agita Brasil Latin and samba

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

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

9pm-3am. £5, £3 before 11pm.

Replay Diego CK, Anto and Steve Nocerino play deep house. The Den & Centro, WC1A

QueerlyOut DJs Nick

Paris A La Jewel Paris inspired

Ave, W1D 7EP (020 7287 2715).

9pm-3am. £5, free before 11.30pm.

Get Yourself Connected Nick

I Love Pacha Femi B, James Shepherdson, Dave Robson and Other Mother spin indie, pop, cheese, disco, house and rock. The Quad, Houghton

Shake Resident DJs play hip-hop, R‘n’B, funk and house. Rumba, Shaftesbury

King’s Rd, SW10 0TZ (020 7376 5555).

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

Tcherniak spins house and electro.

Psyrhythmix DJs spin psychedelic

Vodka Island Funky electro,

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Bite DJs Lydia, Ian, Marcus and Peta spin electro, indie, disco, dubstep, hip-hop and pop.

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spin R‘n’B, hip-hop, and club classics. Tamarai, Drury Ln, WC2B

Cormac, Jacob Husley and Peter Pixzel play techno, electro and house. Fabric, Charterhouse

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

St, EC1M 6HJ (020 7336 8898).

11pm-6am. £8, NUS £5.

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» TUESDAY » WEDNESDAY » THURSDAY » FRIDAY » SATURDAY » SUNDAY quote unquote “He is in the simulator every three-four months, doing things like engine explosions.” Coral – the wife of Richard Champion de Crespigny, the pilot of a Qantas jumbo that lost an engine mid-air.

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Hero saves shark victim A tour guide was saved from a shark attack by a stranger who distracted the animal by tugging its tail.

Elyse Frankcom, 19, was bitten on her hip and buttock by a 10ft Great White during a swimwith-the-dolphins tour for Rockingham Wild Encounters near Perth.

Hero Trevor Burns said, “Mum and dad taught me to look after people” after wrestling with the beast. Elyse needed 200 stiches.

McFeely goes solo Openly gay nightcub owner and

baby steps: Taronga Zoo’s first female elephant calf explores the paddock with her mother Pak Boon in Sydney. The 120kg elephant is Taronga’s first female calf and fifth born to the Australian Conservation Management Plan for endangered elephants.

The calf will be given a Thai name to reflect the herd’s origin.

Liberal Party donor Tom McFeely has defected from the party to stand as an independent in the November 27 Victorian election.

Standing in the inner-city seat of Richmond, McFeely cited disagreements over his image and campaign style.

In 2007, McFeely was granted an exemption to allow his Collingwood pub to refuse entry to women and heterosexual men.

Bali Nine addiction

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The mother of Bali Nine member, Michael Czugaj, said she went bankrupt after supporting her heroin-addict son. Vicki Czugaj said Michael, who was convicted

for attempting to traffick 8kg of heroin from Indonesia, developed the habit when he was jailed for life in 2005. She claims he is now clean but would ask her for sums of $2000 for drugs.

Gyno in court A NSW gyneaocologist known only as GSR is on trial on charges of genital mutilation after allegedly cutting off Carolyn DeWaegeneire’s clitoris.

She was admitted to hospital to have a cancerous lesion removed from her vulva, and says she has been left shattered by the procedure.

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“We’ll make our decision as we always do, before the election and people will know.”

Victorian Opposition leader Ted Baillieu refused to be drawn on whether the Liberal Party would strike a preference deal with the Greens.

“My job is not to be popular, it’s to run a bank and I have to deal with a commercial reality.” Commonwealth Bank boss Ralph Norris responds to the backlash against his bank’s interest rate hike.

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strike a pose: Models Jess Hart, Georgia May Jagger and Jerry Hall were among the fashionistas at Crown Oaks Day in Flemington during the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. Hall is dating Australian property tycoon Warwick Hemsley.

“I never got to say goodbye. I never got to say hello.” Emily Dietrich, of Wagga Wagga, traced her daughter on the internet only three days before the 10-year-old was reported missing, feared dead, in the US, where she lived since under the custody of her father.

Swan slams banks

TASMANIA Tasmania remains Australia’s most fertile state, with an average 2.18 children born per woman in 2009 compared to the average of 1.90, down from 2.96 the previous year. Tasmanians are also likely to start having families earlier.

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA On the front foot: Wayne Swan

“The reforms will put pressure on the major banks to behave in a better way and to ensure that their competitors can provide the fierce competition which existed prior to the global financial crisis,” Swan said.

Opposition Treasury spokesman Joe Hockey, who has put pressure on

the government by vowing to unveil his own nine-point plan to rein in the power of the big banks, accused Swan of “lying through his teeth”.

“The bottom line is the banks are treating the government with the same contempt as the Australian people are treating the government,” Hockey said.

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League star pleads for reprieve rest of my life,’’ the 28-year-old told The Sun-Herald. ‘’I accept total responsibility for what happened. It was a moment of madness and while it was totally out of character, I have to cop the consequences.

“I just want to take this opportunity to unreservedly again apologise to the club, the fans, the game and community.’ ‘’I have proudly represented my home town of Canberra, and then NSW and Australia. I understand the embarrassment this has caused the club and the game but I don’t want it to end like this.”

Residents near John Forrest National Park in the Perth Hills were forced to leave their homes as a bushfire – believed to be deliberately lit – loomed.

An emergency relocation centre was set up in Midvale as firetrucks and aerial water bombers battled the blaze.

VICTORIA Van Rudd, the activist nephew of former prime minister Kevin Rudd, has been kicked out of the Melbourne Museum after ‘installing’ a toddler mannequin with a fearful expression painted on its face. The stunt was to draw attention to the Indonesian fishing boat that sunk en route to Christmas Island in 2001 killing 353 people.

NEW SOUTH WALES

Joel Monaghan

An disabled man used his walking stick to pin a burglar to the wall in his Narrandera home until police arrived. The victim’s wife was roused from her sleep by the suspect ransacking their home.

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■ Treasurer Wayne Swan announces reforms to be imposed on Australia’s major banks ■ Commonwealth Bank hikes its interest rate to 7.8 per cent ■ Opposition Treasury spokesman Joe Hockey says government is lying

Rugby league player Joel Monaghan has begged his club and league officials not to terminate his career following the circulation of a photo of him in a compromising position with a dog.

In the photo, Monaghan, who plays for the Canberra Raiders, is shown holding the dog by the ears while the animal appears to be licking Monaghan’s genitals. The image was circulated widely online last week and attracted worldwide media attention.

“I don’t want to lose my livelihood over a stupid prank that will stay with me for the

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reasurer Wayne Swan has promised to impose reforms on Australia’s big banks in a bid to “keep them honest”.

Refusing to offer details until next month, Swan made his remarks after the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) increased its standard variable interest rate by 45 basis points to 7.8 per cent, almost double the Reserve Bank’s cash-rate increase to 4.75 per cent.

Swan labelled the CBA move as “arrogant to the extreme”.

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Offensive jingle The Broadcasting Standards Authority has fined a radio station over an “offensive” jingle that makes fun of TVNZ reporter Alison Mau’s reported lesbian relationship.

A listener made an official complaint to the BSA about the jingle broadcast on The Edge radio station, which, sung to the tune of Beyonce’s Single Ladies, included the lyrics she “wanted to go rug munching” and that she “got sick of dicks”.

The BSA imposed a $2000 fine on the station owner, Radioworks, after a second complaint about the inadequate punishment taken against the announcer, who was suspended for one day in February.

Expenses revealed MPs’ expenses will continue to be published after a U-turn from Parliamentary speaker Lockwood Smith.

After originally banning the public exposure of MPs’ travel expenses, Smith was forced to his tack after objections from

Welcome: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton receives a hongi from Rose White Tahuparae, Kaumatua of Parliament, during a Maori welcome in Wellington. Clinton was on a three-day visit to NZ as part of a tour of the Asia Pacific region.

the Labour Party, the Greens, and PM John Key. Smith had earlier stated that the public had no right to know the amounts because they were subsidies funded out of MPs’ salary packages.

Looter punished

Lockwood Smith

A looter has been jailed for two months by Christchurch District Court judge Michael Radford, who ruled on a string of earthquake-related burglary cases in one sitting.

Jason Mark Tui Adams was caught by police on the roof of a damaged pharmacy in Christchurch and given the

sentence despite not having actually stolen anything.

Gemma Graveson, 25, faced possible sentence after being charged for burglary for stealing $109 worth of alcohol from a cafe; and Liam Blair Farmer, 17, was bailed after stealing a car belonging to a relief worker.

Watch sale stress The children of Sir Edmund Hillary have taken legal action against the sale of several of his Rolex watches by his widow, Lady June, at a Swiss Auction.

Peter and Sarah Hillary claim they own the watches, worth more than $25,000.

*And finally … what’s in a name?

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‘We still don’t have a name’, and then a couple of weeks later it just popped into my head,” Quirk told Woman’s Day. But Lomu demanded a spelling variation. “I was fine with it … my only thought was that I wanted a ‘Y’ in it,” he said.

Either way, poor Dhyreille will be spelling out his name for the rest of his life.

“You need to know two things. One, I am a little chubby and I have a massive beard. Two, I have a voice.” The recorded entry of Ben Harper – unrelated to the American musician – who beat thousands of others to become the NZ voice for car navigation system manufacturer, TomTom. “We have a high regard for NZ and the troops that you deploy there.

Of course we would like them to stay as long as you have them stay.”

Hillary Clinton hopes NZ’s contingent of 70 elite special forces remain in Afghanistan beyond prime minister John Key’s mooted March 2012 pullout date.

“I understand teenage boys. They are stupid, they don’t realise the consequences.” Animal welfare worker Craig Crowle upon finding a dead starling with fireworks taped to its body in Nelson.

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Former All Blacks giant Jonah Lomu and his partner Nadene Quirk have revealed the tonguetwisting name of their sevenweek-old bub: Dhyreille Semisi Kiole Lomu.

The followed a path trodden by many a celebrity, making their second son’s name up.

“When I was about seven months pregnant, I said to Jonah,

quote unquote “I felt like I was watching the Road Runner cartoon,” Constable Jeff Woolf witnessed an escaped emu chase children for 7km from Ocean Bay, Port Underwood to Hakahaka Bay, Malborough.

Tamihere to walk

UPPER NORTH ISLAND The Maori king, King Tuheitia, was taken to the emergency department of Waikato hospital after a run-in with a ride-on mower injured his shoulder.

His spokesman refused to give details of his injuries, but was said to be “just a bit uncomfortable”.

David Tamihere will be released.

One of his victims Heidi Paakkonen (inset)

convicted of manslaughter over the death of an Auckland prostitute in 1972.

Hoglin’s body was found by pig hunters in Coromandel bush two years after he went missing but Paakkonen’s body has never been found.

Since his arrest and conviction, Tamihere has always denied killing

the Swedish travellers.

The Parole Board noted a “remarkable breakthrough” with Tamihere thanks to input from a psychologist who helped him to sign up for an Adult Sex Offenders’ Treatment Programme.

Tamihere would be electronically monitored as a condition of his release.

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Kiwis set course for Australia About 10 per cent of the New Zealand population is expected to move to Australia over the next 15 years in search of a better income.

Although NZ enjoys a 35 per cent income advantage over Australia today, by 2025, Australians will be earning 42 per cent more.

Making the prediction, the 2025 Taskforce – chaired by former National Party leader and Reserve Bank governor Don Brash – said the NZ government would need to introduce new economic policies to arrest the slide.

“412,000 New Zealanders

could leave over the next 15 years,” the taskforce reported.

“The skills and enterprise of these emigrants would be a huge loss to the economy, especially given that taxpayers would have spent $30bn educating and providing medical care for them.”

The taskforce suggested closing the gap by slashing government spending by $9bn through “ambitious” welfare reform and cutting universal subsidies for health and education.

It also recommended minimising barriers to foreign investment.

Kiwis are crossing the Tasman

LOWER NORTH ISLAND A man was slashed across the throat with a broken bottle in a fracas involving boy racers. A 21year-old man was charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, indecent assault and theft after the altercaton in Oriental Bay.

UPPER SOUTH ISLAND A group of Royal NZ Navy sailors were arrested after they allegedly tried to barge into the home of a Nelson family after drinking at a pub in Tahunanui. It is claimed the sailors smashed windows and kicked in a door. An investigation has been launched.

LOWER SOUTH ISLAND A film company which beat 250 entrants to secure funding from the NZ Film Commission will shoot a zombie film in Dunedin next year. The company, 38 Pictures, will shoot the film, I Survived A Zombie Holocaust, in Truby King Reserve, Seacliffe.

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■ David Tamihere set to be released from jail, despite receiving life sentence ■ In 1990, Tamihere was convicted for the murders of two Swedish backpackers ■ Tamihere is to be electronically monitored once released on parole on November 15

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avid Tamihere, who was jailed for life for murdering two Swedish backpackers, is to be released from jail.

Tamihere, 57, was convicted in 1990 for killing Heidi Paakkonen, 21, and Urban Hoglin, 23, but will walk free next week, after a 14th attempt to gain parole.

He was on the run at the time of the murders, having skipped bail in 1986 for raping a 47-year-old woman in Auckland. He was also

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Block arrested

Ritual: The annual military tattoo

John Block, the Northern Cape’s finance, economic development and tourism MEC, has been arrested for tender fraud relating to the purchase of water purifiers and oxygen generators for the Kimberley Hospital.

He was one of eight arrested as part of a Hawks investigation into a R200m corruption case.

Tender fraud is rife among high-ranking officials in SA.

Imposters targeted The ANC Youth League has vowed to hunt down Julius Malema imposters on Twitter.

“We are sure, when they get exposed, you will see it is white people. Reactionary, right-wing, white people,” said party spokesman Floyd Shivambu.

He would not reveal how they would track the 12 or so impersonators but vowed to hand them over to police.

After catching wind of the Shivambu’s comments, one imposter tweeted: “Julius Malema empowering tips#9 Agents are everywhere, use a

Julius Malema

coming home: Soldiers march in the annual military tattoo at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town. The ritual started centuries ago with evening patrols that used to be sent out in garrison towns to recall soldiers from the taverns for the last parade of the day. This year’s theme was ‘Come home to Africa’.

helmet to block brain scanners, no need for me, no brain to scan.”

Visser lawsuit filed Two orphan victims of convicted sex offender Cezanne Visser have filed a lawsuit claiming she abused them more than eight years ago when they were aged 11 and 15.

They are seeking damages of R600,000 each for the costs of counselling and the anguish and trauma suffered as a result of the sexual abuse. Visser, known in the South African media as ‘Advocate Barbie’, is currently serving a seven-year jail term for 11 sexual offences against

children and adults. Her former boyfriend, Dirk Prinsloo, is in jail in Belarus for a bank robbery.

Walmart protest The South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union has threatened to strike if American retail giant Walmart buys a 50 per cent stake in South African retailer Massmart.

The union, which represents more than 150,000 workers, has formed an Anti-Walmart Coalition to put pressure on the Public Investment Corporation, the biggest shareholder of Massmart, to reject any offer that would hurt workers’ rights.

*And finally … a cross to bear

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which afflicts 5.7m people in South Africa. “The best gift we can give to people who are HIVpositive is to help de-stigmatise AIDS and create an environment where they know God is not ashamed of them,” he said.

The comments angered fellow pastor Mike Bele who said Skosana had “dragged the name of Christ to the ground”.

“He did not want it to go through his account for personal reasons.”

Zongi Gumede says she was instructed by her politically connected millionaire ex-husband Robert Gumede to transfer R100,000 into the account of the wife of a senior Telkom executive after one of his companies was awarded a multimillion rand contract.

“As they were fooling around, the gun accidentally went off.

It was an accident.”

Police spokesman Captain Thozama Solani recalls when Eastern Cape officer Ashley Abdull was shot dead by his colleague in the King William’s Town police station.

“Yes, I was in prison for 16 years, six months and 16 days and it’s an experience I will never forget.” Former Miss South Africa finalist Vanessa Goosen has just been released from a jail in Thailand for drug trafficking.

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A pastor has attracted criticism after claiming Jesus Christ had HIV. Xola Skosana said there was no “scientific evidence” of his statement but “Jesus puts himself in the shoes of people who experience brokenness”.

Skosana made the claim to a congregation in Khayelitsha township, hoping to remove the stigma associated with the virus

quote unquote “We will soon start circumcising prisoners in our campaign to reduce infections.”

Kwa-Zulu Natal health minister Sibongiseni Dhlomo announces drastic action to curb infection among HIVpositive prisoners.

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professor at the University of South Africa.

By focusing on cutting unemployment and boosting access, Zuma hopes to assuage his union allies and hold on the presidency in 2012.

“Government has to work at a faster pace to change the lives of the poor,” Zuma said.

However, there is still uncertainty about his intentions.

Roy Padayachie, the former deputy minister of public service and administration, was assigned Nyanda’s post.

Hogan, who oversaw state power company Eskom Holdings Ltd. and ports and freight-rail operator Transnet Ltd, was replaced by Malusi Gigaba, previously the deputy minister of home affairs.

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Race issues invade SA Idols The final of South African Idols, which saw a singer fail in his bid to become the first black winner of the show, has disappointed those who saw the competition as a marker of race relations in the country.

Lloyd Cele, a pastor and graphic designer, was beaten in a public vote by Elvis Blue, a music teacher and now the fourth white winner of the show, the Guardian reported.

Critics had argued black contestants were disadvantaged because Idols was shown on a subscription channel and viewers had to pay to vote, meaning its audience was

drawn mainly from the white middle-class.

After his victory was declared, an emotional Blue, 30, who gave Cele, 28, half of his R500,000 prize money, told his rival: “You know it could have been either one of us. You’re my friend.”

South African Sunday Times correspondent Charl Blignaut argued the real issue was socio-economic. “Black folks comprise almost 80 per cent of our population, but in MNetland they comprise only 17 per cent of Idols viewers.

And audiences want to see themselves on TV.”

Premier Nomvula Mokonyane axed two cabinet ministers at the behest of the ANC to accommodate new leaders who had emerged within the ruling party.

Khabisi Mosunkutu was axed from the executive committee and Nelisiwe Moerane is no longer sports minister.

LIMPOPO Police have found the body of a nine-year-old girl who went missing during a raging storm. Rebotile Leutle was swept away by floods caused by heavy rains in the Sekhukhune area. Her grandmother and brother, 10, had also drowned.

WESTERN CAPE A sewage drain burst in the Samora Machel informal settlement, causing an unbearable stench that had kept customers away from businesses. Residents used bricks to step through the foul sludge which had flowed through the town.

KWAZULU NATAL A man was arrested after he set his girlfriend on fire in Imbali, Pietermaritzburg. The man was said to have dragged the woman into an open field and doused her with a flammable liquid before setting her alight. The victim was taken to hospital with severe burns.

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■ Jacob Zuma axes seven ministers in a mid-term cabinet re-shuffle ■ Sweeping changes made in fresh bid to boost employment and access and please unionists ■ Analysts sceptical about Zuma’s true intentions

Mates: Elvis Blue and Lloyd Cele

COAST TO COAST What’s happening across the country

SUMMARY

resident Jacob Zuma fired seven ministers and switched the portfolio of two others in the most sweeping mid-term changes to the cabinet since South Africa’s first all-race elections in 1994.

Among those to lose their jobs were Barbara Hogan, who ran public enterprises, and Siphiwe Nyanda, previously in charge of communications.

“These changes support the perception Zuma wants to create, that there is a new approach to government,” said Dirk Kotze, a politics

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SURFING Australia’s Stephanie Gilmore secures her fourth straight world title after winning her quarter-final in Puerto Rico.

Gilmore won in her rookie year and hasn’t looked back.

TUESDAY

HORSERACING French-trained Americain wins the 150th running of the Melbourne Cup. So You Think finished third, failing to justify being the hottest favourite for 39 years.

THURSDAY

CRICKET Mike Hussey appeals to the selectors to stick with the incumbent players for the Ashes. Given Hussey has averaged 33 over the past two years, maybe a change is due.

FRIDAY

RUGBY UNION Canterbury win New Zealand’s provincial competition for the third year in a row, romping to a 33-13 win over Waikato in the final. And they did it without any of their All Blacks.

SATURDAY

CRICKET Kiwi batsmen Jesse Ryder and Kane Williamson combine for a 194-run stand in the first Test against India, steering New Zealand past the follow-on into a competitive position.

SUNDAY

CRICKET Australia post a much-needed victory, cruising to an easy win in the third ODI against Sri Lanka after bowling the tourists out for 115. Clint McKay was the star, taking 5-33.

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MONDAY TENNIS Paris Masters The year’s nearly over 10am Sky Sports 4

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BOXING Paul Briggs, who went down just 30 seconds into his IBO cruiserweight world title against Danny Green in July, is fined $75,000 for his part in the “sham contest”.

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There’s a bit “ more sarcasm, lip and arrogance about them – and the first ball of the Ashes series hasn’t even been bowled yet

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Shane Warne reckons the Poms are more confident than they should be

FRIDAY CRICKET India v New Zealand Second Test kicks off 4am Sky Sports 4 SATURDAY RUGBY England v Australia Poms to get a hiding?

2pm Sky Sports 1 SUNDAY MOTORSPORT Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix Can Webber pinch the title?

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Martin Johnson What’s his story?

He’s the manager of the England rugby team and commands much respect in the country’s sporting firmament after captaining the side to victory in the 2003 World Cup. But who even remembers that?

Is he a good manager?

He’s found the job frustrating and has sometimes looked out of his depth. English rugby has been in a bit of a rut during his tenure and they seem to be in a constant state of rebuilding. He’s likely the best man for the job, but if the Poms lose to Australia and South Africa, pressure will mount.

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Tom Sturrock picks his winners and losers

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rugby UNION Alby Mathewson offloads

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Williams makes All Blacks debut

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All Blacks too strong England 16 D Hartley try T Flood con 3 pens

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26 New Zealand H Gear K Read tries D Carter 2 cons 4 pens

A ruthless New Zealand gave England a lesson in finishing on Saturday, clinically punishing their northern hemisphere rivals. In a match seen as the first serious test of Martin Johnson’s emerging England team, the All Blacks overcame a fierce second half fightback to extend their winning streak against the 2003 rugby world champions to nine matches.

England started brightly, running the ball back at New Zealand from the kick-off and flying into tackles. But after a promising England attack broke down after a knock-on

by Nick Easter, the All Blacks were soon into their stride and the English were to spend

much of the opening quarter struggling to keep their opponents at bay.

With New Zealand being able to punch holes in the opposition midfield seemingly at will, it was only a matter of time before the pressure told, and midway through the first half England’s defence finally cracked.

Two first-half tries from winger Hosea Gear and number eight Kieran Read proved decisive for New Zealand, with flyhalf Dan Carter contributing the rest of their points with the boot.

Trailing 17-3 at half-time, England clawed their way back into the match with a Dylan Hartley try but were undone by errors at key moments which denied them the opportunity to overhaul the All Blacks.

One sleight of hand, one silky offload, and the All Blacks’ acquisition of Sonny Bill Williams seemed vindicated, but New Zealand’s most talked about rugby talent was hardly the star of the show at Twickenham.

The time All Blacks management and his new teammates have so far invested in the new double international paid off in the 16th minute against England, when Williams scythed through the defensive line and conjured another one of those one-handed offloads – the catalyst for Hosea Gear’s try.

Jerome Kaino was alert enough to anticipate Williams’ intent to free the ball, the blindside flanker then surged clear before floating a pass to Gear, who did remarkably well to force the ball before being clattered into touch.

Asked for his assessment of Williams’ debut performance, All Blacks coach Graham Henry gave his star pupil a pass mark.

“They created a bit didn’t they? The first try was from a Sonny Bill break … but I think the jury’s still out,” Henry said.

“I don’t think he’ll be entirely happy with his game but he’ll be better for the experience.

“What else would you expect?

His first game, in front of 82,000 at Twickenham, is a pretty big ask.”

Springboks outlast fast-finishing Irish Ireland 21 T Bowe R Kearney tries R O’Gara con J Sexton 3 pens

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World champions South Africa spoilt Ireland’s return to Lansdowne Road, making a winning start to what they hope will be their first grand slam tour in 50 years.

An Irish error led to the game’s first try when, from a line-out, flanker Smith intercepted scrum-half Eoin Reddan’s blind pass and sprinted clear from 65 metres out before sliding over in the 17th minute. By midway through the second half, South Africa looked out of sight, leading 23-9 after tries from

Juan Smith and Gio Aplon, before Ireland crossed through Tommy Bowe and Rob Kearney, cutting South Africa’s lead to 23-21.

It left flyhalf Ronan O’Gara, who had come off the bench to win his 100th cap, with a tricky conversion to tie the scores. But, from wide on the right, O’Gara’s kick came back off the post and the Springboks, then a man down after Bryan Habana was yellow-carded, held on.

Playing far more controlled rugby, South Africa’s victory ended a run of three straight defeats by Ireland, all in Dublin. It also gave coach Peter de Villiers some relief after a disappointing Tri-Nations campaign.

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Stand-in Springboks skipper Victor Matfield was happy to finally win a close one

THE PLAYER

Kurtley Beale AUSTRALIA Australia’s young players are starting to string it together. Beale won the manof-the-match award for his blistering performance that included one opportunistic try and a couple of other nearmisses. Could be the big improver of this year’s tour.

You don’t “ want to stifle

the guys ability to use space .... but you have to temper it

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All Blacks captain Richie McCaw wants his side to balance flair with attrition

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The Wallabies lost two hookers and survived a fearsome assault on their scrum to prevail against an inspired Wales outfit in Cardiff.

The Welsh were merciless on the Wallabies’ scrum, earning penalty after penalty and storming back into the game with a try on the back of a pummelling from the tight five late in the first half.

Will Genia sent David Pocock over next to the right upright in just the seventh minute to make it 5-3, new goalkicker James O’Connor converting. The Wallabies had to wait until the 47th minute to extend their lead and it came with an element of luck after Kurtley Beale

recovered his own chased-down kick and charged over.

As it had all match, Australia’s scrum continued to be pummelled and Wales fiveeighth Stephen Jones booted another penalty to keep the home side in touch. But when Ben Alexander crossed in the 60th minute, the Wallabies’ class looked to have got them home.

Then came a relentless passage of attacking scrummaging from Wales, who eventually converted it to a try for replacement Richie Rees and it was game on at 22-16 and the crowd of 53,127 in full voice. A 75th minute penalty goal to O’Connor gave the Wallabies some breathing space and their aim of an unbeaten spring tour remains on track, although they face the tough England scrum this weekend.

Polota-Nau joins squad as injuries hit Tatafu Polota-Nau is being rushed to England bolster the Wallabies’ hooker stocks as the tourists brace from a scrum onslaught from England at Twickenham on Saturday.

The Australians kept their dream of an unbeaten spring tour alive with a hard-fought win over Wales at Millennium Stadium on Saturday night, but all the talk later was of how they would survive the English tight five at Twickenham.

The Welsh, assisted by English referee Wayne Barnes, punished the Wallabies forwards, a total of seven penalties meted

out against Australia at scrum-time.

Their cause wasn’t helped when hooker Stephen Moore was forced to pull out an hour before the Test with a back injury – his replacement Saia Fainga’a then limped off with a cork injury, leaving third-choice Huia Edmonds to take over.

Tough and hard-hitting, Polota-Nau hasn’t played a Test all year, having spent the time recuperating from an ankle injury. But he fielded a 7am call from Wallabies coach Robbie Deans telling him to get on a plane to London and flew out in the evening.

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They did “ everything

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New Zealand 20 S Kenny-Dowall J Nightingale F Pritchard tries B Marshall 4 goals

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The match at Eden Park was effectively a dead rubber, given that the two sides are due to meet again in Brisbane in seven days to decide the silverware. However, the slick performance of the Kangaroos will only serve to shorten the odds on their retaining the title.

It took the Kangaroos just seven minutes to hit the front, when half-back Cooper Cronk went through a hole for an easy try. Kiwi skipper Benji Marshall got the home side on the board with a penalty but Australia went further ahead through tries to Brett Morris and Brent Tate, with Cameron Smith converting to

give Australia an 18-2 lead before the Kiwis got their attack going.

Ben Matulino and Greg Eastwood made strong runs and, with Marshall’s kicking game starting to take effect, Frank Pritchard powered over following a repeat set as the Kiwis closed to within 10 points at half-time.

But the Kangaroos were the first to strike in the second half, full-back Darius Boyd finishing off a slick backline move to dot down before Chris Lawrence pounced on Robbie Farah’s in-goal grubber to set up a 34-10 lead.

New Zealand stemmed the flow and even managed a couple of late consolation tries, but they will need to do more than that if they are to win the re-match this weekend.

Inglis set to snub Broncos for Rabbitohs Superstar centre Greg Inglis appears set to join South Sydney for next season after the Brisbane Broncos withdrew a two-year deal worth $1.2m. Inglis, 23, left the Melbourne Storm in the wake of the club’s salary cap scandal and appeared set to join the Broncos before a lastminute change of heart.

“It is a shame, I don’t know the full details, but it sounds like Greg won’t be at the Broncos next year which is a shame, it really is and we will have to wait and see what happens,” Broncos skipper Darren Lockyer said. “I am not disappointed in him, there is obviously a few issues there that need to be sorted and in the end they couldn’t sort it out.”

A major factor in Inglis’s decision appears to be an ongoing dispute with his former club, who claim Inglis owes them $113,000 in legal

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costs, incurred defending him against assault charges last year. Melbourne refused to grant Inglis a release unless he settled the debt, frustrating his attempts to join Brisbane.

Reportedly, Australian boxer Anthony Mundine – a passionate Souths fan – has offered to settle Inglis’s debt if it allows the Rabbitohs to secure his signature.

THE PLAYER

Todd Carney AUSTRALIA The Roosters half-back was only filling in Darren Lockyer, but it still capped a remarkable resurgence for the Carney, whose career was reduced to tatters after a string of boozerelated incidents. Now, after a barnstorming season in which he won the Dally M, Carney has earned a Test cap. With Lockyer getting on, he can expect a few more to follow.

You can’t “ play the

Aussies out of your own half for so long and expect to win

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New Zealand skipper Benji Marshall tries to explain his side’s underwhelming performance

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PREMIER LEAGUE Bolton’s Matt Taylor tries to block a cross

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Tim Cahill

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EVERTON The Aussie star produced one of his trademark goals against Blackpool, ghosting into the box to head home a fine cross from Yakubu. Cahill has emerged as one of the Premier’s League’s foremost aerial threats in recent years and it was a goal Cahill seems to have scored dozens of times. It was also notable for the fact that it was Cahill’s 50th goal in the Premier League. It’s been a wonderful few years for a player who bloomed late on.

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Bolton upset Spurs Just days after scoring a rousing Champions League victory over Inter Milan, Tottenham were brought crashing back to Earth by Bolton.

Spurs fell behind 2-0 early in the second half and when Bolton’s Kevin Davies converted a penalty in the 76th minute, a rout loomed.

Remarkably, though, Tottenham hit back with two goals in less than 10 minutes, threatening to snatch a point before Martin Petrov scored Bolton’s fourth goal to settle the matter.

Manchester United continued their recent resurgence by pipping Wolverhampton 2-1.

With the scores level at 1-1 at the end of regular time, it fell to Korean midfielder Ji-Sung Park to

fire home the winner – it was his second goal, having put United ahead late in the first half.

Aston Villa allowed Fulham to wriggle off the hook as both sides try to fight their way back into the top half of the league. Villa youngster Marc Albrighton – who looks a future England representative – gave his side the lead on the stroke of half-time, only for Fulham defender Brede Hangeland to head home in the fourth minute of stoppage-time after some sloppy defence from Villa.

Blackpool’s gutsy campaign continued, the Premier League newcomers holding Everton to a draw, twice taking the lead, only for the Toffees to quickly equalise both times.

THE CHAT

How good is Gareth Bale?

The Tottenham utility produced two stand-out performances against Inter Milan in the Champions League and is suddenly being talked about as one of the League’s top players.

Indeed, some commentators rate him as, potentially at least, the world’s best left-sided player. That’s premature – there’s a bloke called Lionel Messi who is also pretty handy.

But, at 21, Bale can still improve and could be anything.

LOOKING AHEAD

Ferguson begins 25th year ahead of derby “You can’t ignore what’s going on at City.

It would be foolish to ignore what’s happening there,” United’s assistant manager Mike Phelan said. “Teams are investing hugely in trying to win the Premier League and you just have to cope with that.”

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SATURDAY 12.30pm Sky Sports 2 ASTON VILLA V MANCHESTER UNITED

SATURDAY 4.45pm ESPN STOKE CITY V LIVERPOOL

SUNDAY 1.30pm Sky Sports 1 EVERTON V ARSENAL

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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson would have been happy enough just to get the points against Wolverhampton on the weekend but the Scot may also have paused to reflect on a milestone – he has now entered his 25th year in charge at Old Trafford.

Certainly, Ferguson will have his chance to celebrate on Wednesday night, when his side face cross-town rivals Manchester City – who have had 17 managers since the Scot took over at United.

United have long been the senior partner in the Manchester rivalry, but City’s massive recent spending suggests the landscape could be shifting. But that growing threat will make it all the sweeter for Ferguson should his side prevail on Wednesday night.

GENERAL

Ponting denies rift With the Ashes looming, Ponting angrily refuted “completely made up” reports that a group of senior players resent Clarke’s elevation to captain-in-waiting and had made their objections known during the recent tour to India.

The Sydney Morning Herald also published the claim that Marcus North – a batsman struggling just to keep his spot – had been promoted by the so-called “anti-Clarke camp” as an alternative replacement for Ponting.

“There’s been a bit written, hasn’t there?” Ponting said.

“I had a really close read of one of the articles that

Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting

“I’m very happy where Greg Norman is. Every time you find a happy place you wonder if you’re going to find a happier place.”

Aussie golfer Greg Norman is really happy. Put a sock in it, mate. It’s nauseating.

was written about it and some of the instances that were referred to in there were, as far as I’m concerned, just completely made up.

“I’m not sure why they were written the way they were, but me being captain of the side, it’s one of my jobs to make sure little things like that are handled in the right way.

“If there’s any disharmony it’s up to me to make sure I’m getting on top of it.

“Some of those things reported were a long, long way from the mark.”

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Drysdale, world champion in 2005, 2006 and last year, fought his way through the field after a slow start but could not overhaul the flying Czech, Ondrej Synek.

Afterwards, Drysdale paid tribute to an impressive performance from the in-form Synek.

“He’s been the class man all year. I planned to try and get in front of him, and try to repel

“I would rather see someone playing here in the A-League than sitting on the bench in Europe, or not even that, just training and missing out on precious game time.”

Socceroos coach Holger Osieck reckons young Aussie players are better off developing in the A-League.

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Drysdale forced to settle for silver

Mahe Drysdale

“England, you think, can’t possibly be favourites – until you start looking at Australia.” Cricket writer Gideon Haigh on the unpredictability of the upcoming Ashes.

every move. But he was on to me, and he wouldn’t let me ever get in charge,” Drysdale said. “There was a couple of times when I thought I was getting on terms, then he’d just boost away again and unfortunately I never had that next gear to really hurt him.”

Defending champions Eric Murray and Hamish Bond had to fight off a punishing British challenge over the closing stages of the men’s pair but managed to secure their gold medal in front of a vociferous home crowd.

Earlier, Juliette Haigh and Rebecca Scown won New Zealand’s first gold medal of regatta, powering to victory in the women’s pairs.

“The old nostalgia will come back. But it’s too late for me… I made the All Blacks when I was 24 but the next thing you know you are 28 and at the end of this year I will be 30.” Former All Blacks flyhalf Nick Evans (below) concedes he will never again play in New Zealand.

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Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has poured scorn on claims made in the local media that his side is divided over Michael Clarke’s status as Australia’s next Test skipper.

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WORLD As the Wallabies look to take the next step, scrum-half Will Genia looms as a key player, both now and in the future WORDS TOM STURROCK

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Leading by example: Genia is touted as a future captain

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his time last year, Wallabies scrumhalf Will Genia was a young hopeful just finding his feet at international level. Now, a year on, he is one of the first players picked for Australia and it was his outstanding performances on last year’s November tour that catapulted him up the pecking order so spectacularly that he is now considered a future Wallabies captain.

“I’ve been very happy with how it’s all gone – the tour last year was probably the biggest part of me carving out a spot,” Genia says. ”I had been picked the last few matches of the Tri-Nations as well, but I came over and played well and I knew I belonged at Test level.”

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We have to “ keep it going for the whole game ” THE NEW GUARD Coach Robbie Deans will be hoping that, as with Genia last year, this northern sojourn produces another bolter, another player capable of slotting into his developing side. For Genia, Reds teammate Rod Davies looms as a likely candidate.

“I’m really looking forward to seeing him play,” Genia says of the 21-year-old utility back. “He had an outstanding Super 14 season – he’s looking, fit, fast and strong, so hopefully he can get a run.”

That Genia, only 22 himself, is in a position to talk up ‘young players’ is testament to how quickly he has become part of the fabric of the current side, as well as a cornerstone of future plans. Indeed, he and Quade Cooper, also 22, seem destined to fire the

Wallabies’ backs for most of the decade.

“That’s the plan – we’ve established a good combination, but we’ve both got to be playing well enough to be picked,” Genia says. “Quade’s certainly a player who can create something from nothing – he’s versatile and he can turn a match and that’s what you want, especially if the game isn’t going your way.”

THE EUROPEANS AWAIT Having seen off Wales on the weekend, Australia will play another five matches before the end of the month, beginning with Leicester midweek before taking on England at Twickenham this weekend.

That will be followed by Tests against France, with another midweek appointment with Munster.

“All those teams will be tough in their own backyards,” Genia says. “England beat us last time we played so they’ll come in with some confidence.”

For all the easy confidence of southern hemisphere rugby – New Zealand, Australia and South Africa are the world’s three top-ranked sides and Super rugby the code’s premier provincial competition – Genia insists

Mr Versatility: Quade Cooper

Coach Robbie Deans expects a killer instinct

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November 9, Welford Road

V ENGLAND November 13, Twickenham Stadium

V MUNSTER November 16, Thomond Park

V ITALY November 20, Stadio Artemio Franchi

V FRANCE November 27, Stade de France

European sides grow an extra leg on their own patch.

“The sides are all passionate about playing on their home grounds – England really take great pride in playing at Twickenham, at the home of rugby,” he says. “Look at Wales, where they get 75,000 in a stadium with a closed roof – just the atmosphere it creates around Test matches.”

THE HOUR OF RECKONING Inevitably, whatever the next month holds for the Wallabies, the implications will be silhouetted by the approaching World Cup, now less than 12 months off.

“The big thing is consistency – playing well for the full 80 minutes,” Genia says.

“There were a few games in the TriNations just gone where we started well and got out to a big lead in the first half, but then found ourselves behind again, or with the other team right on our heels.

“Looking back on it, that was the big thing to come out of it – we’ve can’t have those lapses.

“We’ve got to get tougher like that – it’s about attitude. You’ve got to want to work harder when the match is there to be won.”

Certainly, this weekend’s fixture will provide a real test of how far Genia and his young teammates have come.

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omen in the IT industry may be outnumbered by men by a ratio of 4:1, but being in the minority has done little to dent their ambition.

A recent survey for recruitment service womenintechnology.co.uk found more than a third of women in IT have explicitly targeted a senior or managerial role.

The IT industry remains

dominated by men but the willingness of female workers to chase the top jobs suggests any glass ceiling may be receding quicker than expected.

“The lack of women in management and board level positions within technology is a real issue that has to be resolved, so it’s great to see so many women eager to get there,” said Maggie Berry, managing director of

womenintechnology.co.uk.

“The technology sector now needs to help these women get to the top, by encouraging more females into the sector, offering work-life balance solutions and realising the potential of the female talent.”

Berry added that, in the past, lack of both experience and opportunities, bureaucracy and ‘jobs for the boys syndrome’ were barriers to progression.

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Graduate unemployment has hit its highest level in 17 years, with more than 21,000 former students who graduated in 2009 without work in January 2010, according to a study by Higher Education Careers Services Unit.

Growth in both permanent and temporary recruitment has slowed to its worst rate in 14 months. A survey of 400 recruiters by KPMG also revealed vacancies grew at their slowest rate for a year in October.

Organisers say more than 240,000 people have applied for the 70,000 volunteer positions available at the 2012 Olympics in London. Interviews begin in February, with the selection process expected to take 12 months.

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f you fancy yourself as the next Don Draper, the sharp-suited adman from the hit TV series Mad Men, you’ll be happy to hear that London’s marketing industry is bouncing back after a tough 12 months.

It may not be as glamorous as it was back in Don’s day – it’s more long hours than long lunches – but London is home to a slew of top global agencies, providing plenty of opportunities for creative types and ‘suits’ alike.

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CREATIVE JUICES According to Charlie Shrager from Major Players, the industry is in much better shape than it was this time last year.

“The economic climate meant the industry was hit badly last year. But now the market is pretty healthy and clients are starting to spend money again,” she says.

Many UK agencies are moving towards an integrated communications approach, but the traditional model of Above the Line (ATL) and Below the Line (BTL) is

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PAYE, UMBRELLA OR LIMITED COMPANY? SIMON DOLAN FROM SJD ACCOUNTANCY SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON PAY What is PAYE (Pay As You Earn)?

PAYE, either through the recruitment company or an umbrella company, means you become an employee of that company and they contract your services out and take care of all your tax needs. You’ll pay tax as an employee with a reduction in your tax liability due to business expenses. Take home pay is about 60-65 per cent.

How does starting a limited company differ? Take-home pay is between 7580 per cent. It does require a little more administration, however it’s the most tax efficient way of working. You’ll need to form a limited company, which will just take five minutes, open a company bank account, record all expenses and most likely appoint an accountant.

still popular so flexibility is key for ‘ideas people’ such as copywriters, art directors, designers and creative teams.

Employers are looking for multi-skilled candidates, so there is healthy demand for artworkers who can also cross over to design and retouching.

“And designers are especially in demand at the moment,” says Shrager.

Clients are “ starting to spend money again ”

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SUITS YOU Things are looking up for suits too, with ATL agencies increasing looking for solid account handlers with a wider range of skills and experience.

Employers are keen on digital, integrated and PR experience, as well as traditional account handling and project management skills. “Activation and promotional marketing and retail are very healthy, while financial services is also very buoyant,” says Shrager.

IT’S ALL ABOUT ATTITUDE Aussies, Kiwis and South Africans remain popular with employers. “Employers really like the attitude they come in with,” says Shrager. “They are snapped up because of their open-mindedness. They’re seen as adaptable, hands-on and competent.”

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FREELANCE OR PERMANENT? “Freelancing is an individual choice,” says Shrager. “It gives creatives exposure to brands, but their book suffers. They won’t get sexy jobs and they won’t get to see projects through to completion.

“The rewards are there financially but if the focus is on career growth, and people want to move into senior management positions, take a permanent role.”

MAKING IT WORK Shrager recommends finding a specialist recruitment consultant and having a persistent attitude. “Word of mouth is important when looking for a headhunter,” Shrager says. “Candidates also come in and then wait to be called. It’s up to you to stay front-of-mind so make sure you ring once a week.”

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ON THE JOB LIFE IN ADLAND Josie Brown, 30, from Christchurch, NZ, is currently freelancing at Saatchi & Saatchi in London.

What does your job entail?

I help head up a team of seven people working on the Asda account. We make sure the projects run smoothly through the agency.

How do London agencies differ to those back home in New Zealand?

It’s much bigger

budgets and there is a real sense of people doing their jobs.

People tend to muck in more in New Zealand but here, I do my job and I rely on others to do their job.

How long have you been freelancing in the UK? Since I arrived five-and-a-half years ago. For me, it’s worked out better and being flexible means that if that elusive dream job comes up, I can Josie Brown latch on to it.

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The gold-plated Buckley Poppy Brooch, inlaid with Swarovski crystal, has sold out on the RBL’s website.

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bid would be donated to the RBL. The RBL appealed to sellers to make a donation to the charity. A spokesman said: “We obviously cannot stop people doing it, but we hope everyone who does sell a poppy on an online auction site makes a donation to the Royal British Legion.”

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London this week lost its third major music venue in a year as the Flowerpot closed its doors due to the recession.

The Kentish Town establishment, renowned as the place to see bands tipped as “the next big thing”, said it was “gutted” about the closure – but vowed to relocate.

Demand for luxury homes across London is soaring – with buyers from countries including the UK and New Zealand seeking properties worth more than £10million.

According to Savills, the prices of these properties have soared 17.5 per cent since March 2009.

How do you budget in London? I saved enough

money over the summer, so I haven’t had to much yet.

Any tips for making your money go further when you first arrive? Don’t use

the Tube as much. The walk between stations is only 10 minutes. Cooking also saves a lot of money.

Last big blowout? My ticket home and my nights out.

I went to Prague a couple of weekends ago too.

What non-essential do you regularly spend money on?

Beer and going to see bands. I’m going to see three shows next week.

What do you do when you run out of money? I’ll get

a job. For chefs in London, it’s really not a problem to get work.

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to be raking in an astonishing £29.6m a year. » Daniel Radcliffe has managed to conjure a reported worth of £42m after the Harry Potter films. » Take That’s Gary Barlow

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One sold on the auction site on Tuesday night for £175, while the next one due to sell on Wednesday had attracted a £100 bid by mid-afternoon.

Some sellers had put an accompanying note claiming that 10 per cent of the winning

Job Chef From Tasmania, Australia Lives Earl’s Court Age 23

COMING & GOING So, your plane has just touched down in London. Chances are you’ve read the guidebooks and you’ve got a temporary place to stay.

But, long-term, which areas of London do you head to?

The city can seem a bit of a minefield – even to those who have lived here for some time.

Here, we give you the lowdown on four areas in London.

BALHAM Balham, in South London, has a relaxed vibe with lots of independent and family owned shops and pubs.

It’s close to the Aussie hub of Clapham, but the prices aren’t as inflated and the rents are lower.

The West End and the City are both easy to get to from here, despite being in zone 3.

Expected rent: one bedroom flat from about £175 a week; double room in a houseshare from £105. Tube zone: 3

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I live in the UK on an Ancestry Visa with my husband and daughter who are both dependents. Three weeks ago, I gave birth to a baby girl, who was born in the UK. I am wondering how/where we apply for her visa. The UK Border Agency website seems to automatically assume that applicants are living outside the UK – and it doesn’t give the option of applying from within the UK. Do I need to set up an appointment to apply in person?

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KILBURN Popular with working travellers, Kilburn in North London has excellent transportation links and loads of vibrant, multicultural restaurants and cafés.

The North end is a bit of a drinking haven while the Southern part has plenty of shops.

Expected rent: one bedroom flat from about £175 a week; double room in a houseshare from £150. Tube zone: 2

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EALING Ealing is another West London haven for Antipodeans, with several nice large parks that play host to Aussie and Kiwi sporting events during the summer months.

The area also has a busy shopping and entertainment centre and a respectable selection of pubs and restaurants.

Housing here is usually decently priced subdivided flats in Victorian townhouses.

Expected rent: one bedroom

Relaxed vibe: Balham

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BETHNAL GREEN Situated in East London near very hip Shoreditch, Bethnal Green is an affordably priced area where artists, musicians and young people have taken up residence.

It has the splendid green space of Victoria Park, canals to walk or cycle along and a short bus ride to Brick Lane or Mile End. Expected rent: one bedroom flat from about £230 a week; double room in a houseshare from £120. Tube zone: 2

You will need to pay a deposit – also known as a bond – to the landlord when you move in to a property.

The amount is usually between one and two months’ rent and, by law, the deposit must be paid into a government scheme known as the Deposit Protection Service.

This will adjudicate on your landlord’s claims to withhold some or all of it when you come to move out.

If you and your landlord disagree on a sum, contact the Citizens Advice Bureau for advice on what to do.

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.

EVICTION You must be served with a court order if your landlord wants to evict you before your tenancy agreement is up.

The tenant has the right to stay in the property until the tenancy agreement term ends unless the landlord can convince a court there are reasons for eviction, such as unpaid rent or damage to the property.

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Loop If you’re underwhelmed by Stonehenge, head for the bigger stone circle nearby WORDS DAMIAN HALL

Stonehenge & Avebury ENGLAND

eople often slag off Stonehenge. As a semi-local, perhaps I’m naturally inclined to defend it, but nonetheless to me the Neolithic site is simply extraordinary. Also – psst – if it really doesn’t tickle your fancy, there’s an even bigger site nearby.

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Heritage-listed site’s fault that expectations can be too large, and, in fact, some stones are 6m high. Okay, you can’t get close enough to touch the stones, but that’s an essential conservation measure. And, yes, there isn’t much of an info centre, but did you really come to see laminated diagrams?

SIZE DOESN’T MATTER Complaint number one is that Stonehenge is too small. But it’s hardly the World

STORY TIME Stonehenge is infectiously atmospheric and deeply mysterious. A lot has been

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written on the subject but there are many things that make Stonehenge special.

It’s at least 5000 years old, begun before the Pyramids were even a twinkle in a narcissistic pharaoh’s eye, and the fourtonne bluestones that make up the structure were transported from south Wales, 240km away – a long way to come without a big lorry.

No one knows why Stonehenge was built, what it was for, or why it was abandoned about 3500 years ago, but the surrounding countryside, which is in a natural depression, is also draped in significance. There are at least 340 Bronze Age burial mounds or barrows, as well as other earthworks and henges in the area.

PAGANS AND VIRGINS Historians argue that the monument was a pagan shrine at which to worship ancestors, gods, or perhaps a calendar or astrological device to mark the solstices.

Newer evidence suggests, however, that Stonehenge was a centre of healing, with people coming from as far away as modern Switzerland to seek treatment.

That said, though it’s the most sophisticated and most talked-about stone circle in the world, it isn’t the biggest.

That’s just 25km up the road at Avebury, and the hawk-eyed will spot Wiltshire’s White Horse on the way.

STONE ME Avebury has a joint World Heritage listing with its more famous neighbour.

The world’s largest stone circle is thought to have taken 500 years to build and there were once 99 stones (again, we’re not sure why) though only 27 stand now.

The circle includes similar astronomical and engineering marvels to Stonehenge. The curious Silbury Hill, at 37m the largest manmade mound in Europe (purpose unknown), is nearby, too.

The Avebury stone circle is so large it has a village plonked in it, but the oddity only adds to the charm. You don’t get the goal-style stone arrangements here, but the pay-off is worth it. You can wander freely among the huge stones and up along the 6m-high ditch (you’ve guessed it: purpose unknown), absorbing the pretty setting, the compelling atmosphere and myriad mysteries.

For me, the equal sense of mystery, plus the freedom to wander – and wonder – among the ancient stones, makes Avebury the more satisfying stone circle experience. There should be few complaints about getting well stoned here.

Druids mark the solstices at Stonehenge

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GOING OUT A beer costs English Heritage offers about £2.90. special access to ACCOMMODATION Stonehenge at Dorms in Salisbury cost ENGLAND Summer Solstice. from £20, private rooms LONDON GETTING THERE By car from £22.

Avebury Stonehenge or on a tour. Look at SEE nationaltrust.org.uk.

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Celebrate summer at Stonehenge

Stonehenge is understandably rich in meaning for Pagans, and the Winter Solstice brings large crowds to the site, including Pagans, druids and anyone who fancies watching the magical sunrise above the stones.

Solstice means ‘sun stands still’ in Latin and refers to the fact that the sun appears to rise and set in the same places for several days. In fact, the Pagan celebration of Winter Solstice is considered one of the oldest winter parties in the world, and is the most important date in Stonehenge’s calendar.

English Heritage is offering free Open Access to Stonehenge for the Winter Solstice from 7.30-9am on Wednesday December 22. Sunrise is expected to take place at 8.09am. Stonehenge’s café will be open from 8am, but there will be no on-site parking available.

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The appeal of France’s second tourist attraction (after Paris) isn’t hard to spot. Reclining on the Côte d’Azur, Nice has all the charm of neighbours Cannes and Monte Carlo, but without the snobbery.

HEADLINE ATTRACTION The Promenade des Anglais is a 5km beachside boulevard created so 19th century English tourists could take evening strolls along the Baie des Anges (Bay of Angels). Nowadays, you’re more likely to see rollerblades than parasols. The beach itself might be pebbly, but the colour of the water will make you realise why this section of the French coast is called the Cote d’Azur.

streets lined with shops, cafés and ice-cream stalls.

WINTER FUN For three weeks in December, the Place Massena, a massive square near the old town, is converted into an outdoor ice-skating rink, surrounded by a Christmas Village.

Party animals should make a beeline for the town from February 18 until March 8, 2011 for the Nice Carnaval, when the streets are abuzz with music, dancers and colourful parades.

SNOW WONDER Nice is within easy reach of the Southern French Alps, which include the resorts of Isola 2000, Valberg,

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CHOW DOWN There are plenty of eaing options in Vieux Nice including Chez Rene and Lou Pilha Leva, where you can pick and mix dishes. Specialities include salade niçoise and socca, a pancake made from chickpea flour and olive oil.

TRY THE LOCAL TIPPLE The rowdiest bars are those that sound most British. For something more French, try Le Bar des Oiseaux on Rue StVincent. The Grand Escurial is Nice’s largest club.

WHERE TO STAY You can’t go wrong at The Windsor hotel, which boasts a tropical garden. Each of its 29 rooms have been designed by contemporary artists. See nicehotelwindsor.com.

BEST OF THE REST A street back from the Promenade des Anglais you’ll find Cours Saleya, a lively marketplace filled with fruit, vegetable and flower stalls on every day but Monday, when the antiques take over. Vieux Nice, to the north, is the old town – a maze of narrow

junkies, as it offers a half-pipe, snow park and obstacles. See isola2000.com.

Auron, Greolieres and Limone in Italy.

Take the skibus from the centre of Nice to Isola 2000 for ¤30 for a day return, including your ski pass.

Isola is ideal for adrenaline

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NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO Summer for the buzzing crowds, and winter for the ice rink and Christmas market.

GETTING THERE There are several direct flights to Nice’s international airport, as well as direct trains from Paris. The trip takes about five hours.

VISAS Australians and New Zealanders don’t need a visa. South Africans need a Schengen visa.

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

GETTING AROUND Most sights are within walking distance.

Taxis aren’t common but buses are frequent.

GOING OUT Beer is about ¤5.

ACCOMMODATION Dorm beds from ¤14 and private rooms from ¤20.

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WINNER 90 MILE BEACH, NEW ZEALAND Sandra Maureder, Salzburg, Austria

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There’s a wonderful sense of perspective here, where birds dominate the sky and people look insignificant as they wander around the vast stretch of sands. This is helped by the sheer number of birds, and the fact that the sky takes up the larger part of the frame. Sandra has kept the horizon low so the beach zooms off into the distance.

There is a lovely sense of order

as the birds and people are travelling in the same direction, the sand dunes create a long thin triangle and they are also pointing across the frame.

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RUNNER-UP MOMENT IN TIME, TAKAPUNA BEACH, AUCKLAND Evan Stichter, Sydney, Australia Evan has emphasised the height of this tree even though most of it is out of the frame. The horizon is right at the bottom of a vertical format, giving room for the vast sky with its cotton wool clouds. The girl is on the bottom right corner and her gaze follows the ropes up to the huge branches, which hang down from the top of

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THEME: LANDSCAPES Deer statue by Anastassia Doubovskaya, Belarus

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The temptation with a landscape is to stick on a wide angle and try to include the whole scene. Good use of the foreground in a landscape is essential for bringing depth to an image and avoiding that far away feeling that haunts most inexperienced landscape photographers. Anastassia chose such a striking foreground element that it is a very stong part of the composition.

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WHY THIS WORKS: 1 The statue is facing into the landscape, pointing the way to distant mountains.

2 The statue breaks up the horizon linking the sky to the ground. Normally, landscapes look cut in half by the horizon.

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4 The series of hills zig-zag from the foreground to the background adding to the sense of distance.

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This makes a journey around the city in kayaks as close to a road trip as you can get in Venice. The Lido, across the water from the main Venice island itself, navigates a busy shipping lane to enter the city through the ‘fi sh’s tail’ (the city on a map resembles a fi sh).

The peaceful, narrow, often-empty canals wind through parts of Venice most tourist never see; sharing the waterways with cargo ships, gondolas and other local ‘road users’ provides a real slice of daily Venetian life.

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There’s eeriness around each corner

Grigio and Valpolicella Ripasso.

The best is saved for last – a full-bodied red Amarone.

It’s served in a 1.5 -litre glass, big enough to house a goldfish – a gimmick for tourists perhaps, but with practical benefits too.

“No matter how much you drink you can go home and say you only had one glass of wine,” Silvio laughs.

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nobleman who killed his young lover.

“People say they’ve seen him floating up river holding the head of the girl in his hands.” Then Christina clarifies: “Most people are drunk – they see ghosts everywhere. What they saw or heard was maybe a seagull.”

BACK FROM THE DEAD Walking back to the hotel, happily heady from the wine, it’s not only old buildings and alleyways that catch the eye, but statues and shrines warding off evil spirits; wells where murderous lovers disposed of their victims; and streets once filled with masked nobles, robbers and killers or haunted by headless corpses.

It’s strange how the dead can bring a city to life.

LOCAL TIPPLE The alcohol/ghost theory is tested the next day with a wine tasting at A La Valigia, a few minutes from Saint Mark’s Square. Silvio, the knowledgeable owner, introduces five of the Veneto region’s wines, each served with a small plate of Cicchetti (like tapas).

“In Italy, there are 100,000 winemakers, so there’s wine everywhere. The most important areas are Veneto, Piedmont, Trivoli and Tuscany,” Silvio says, as we work through a Behind its smooth facade, Prosecco, Soave, Pinot

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GETTING THERE EasyJet flies to Venice from Gatwick daily, from £29.99 oneway (easyjet.com). British Airways flies to Venice three times a day from Gatwick and once daily from Heathrow from £98 return (BA.com).

Trains from King’s Cross St Pancras leave daily and overnight with Eurostar (internationalrail.com).

GETTING AROUND Much of the city is easily walkable but you’ll need an ACTV pass (£14 daily, £41 weekly) for water buses (also usable on some mainland local buses).

VISAS South Africans need a Schengen visa.

CURRENCY Euro. 1 GBP = 1.14 EUR. LANGUAGE Italian.

GOING OUT A beer costs £3.20.

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READERS’ TIPS LUCKY LANTERNS

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My fiancée and I are off to Amsterdam with a group of mates at the end of October. Everyone else flies back to London on the Monday evening but we have an extra night and were wondering if you could suggest any places of interest that we could get to before flying out of Amsterdam the next evening?

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The good news is that these countries are home to some stunning islands. The bad news is that two weeks isn’t long enough to see them all, so you’ll need to be selective. Thailand’s East coast islands, Ko Samui, Ko Tao and Ko Pha-Ngan offer three different experiences.

Ko Pha-Ngan, is unmissable if you want to experience the type of partying that thousands flock to Thailand for.

Ko Tao has incredible diving, but you may not have time to make the most of this unless you already have a PADI qualification as, while it is an excellent place to learn, the average course takes three and a half days.

Ko Samui’s main resorts are lined with touristready hotels and restaurants. It’s great for lying on the beach but you won’t escape Starbucks or the Premier League while you’re there.

For a more relaxing option, try Malaysia’s Langkawi archipelago, which is less developed and more authentic. You’ll get the best bits and none of the worst bits of the more developed parts of Thailand.

Singapore’s Sentosa Island is only worth a visit if you love theme parks, as it’s home to Universal Studios and Underwater World.

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There are a number of choices just an hour’s train ride from Amsterdam that would be a great way to spend a day.

For culture you could spend the day in the arty city of Haarlem, which is less than 20 minutes away and is a 17th century delight.

From the second you arrive you will be greeted by gorgeous architecture as the station itself is one of The Netherlands’ most attractive.

Start at the Grote Market where you will find the impressive Cathedral of St Bavo which houses the Müller organ – a mighty instrument played by both Mozart and Handel.

Haarlem is a top place just to wander round with great cafes, antique stores and art collections. The city is also home to a fantastic collection of Dutch art (franshalsmuseum.nl).

Alternatively, Utrecht is half an hour from Amsterdam by train and is the Netherlands’ oldest city. Head here for the 13th century canal wharves which are nestled below street level and are lined with shops, restaurants and cafes.

I would like to complete an island hopping trip for two weeks around Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. What would you recommend seeing?

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BOOK A TRIP TO ALBANIA Albania has been hailed the number one country to visit in 2011 for its dreamy beaches, good food, sizzling nightlife and top heritage sights.

A list of the top 10 countries to visit next year has been drawn up in Lonely Planet’s new Best In Travel 2011 book.

Football- and samba-crazy Brazil has been named the second must-see destination. The South American country won the bids to host both the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The events will lead to improved infrastructure, with officials in talks about building a highspeed rail line between Rio and Sao Paulo.

Interest in the white-sand beaches of the Cape Verde islands has secured its third position as most recommended holiday spot for next year.

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Qantas A380s grounded Qantas is expecting its fleet of A380s to be back in service this week after they were grounded last Thursday following the explosion on one of their planes.

The jumbo’s engine exploded mid-flight from London to Sydney via Singapore, blasting debris over Indonesia.

It was forced to make an emergency landing at Changi Airport in Singapore. The plane landed safely and noone was injured.

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have been grounded while Qantas investigates the caus.

Last Friday, Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said he hoped that checks on all A380s would be finished this week.

“If we don’t find any adverse findings out of the checks, the aircraft will resume operations,” he said.

Offering glorious winter sun at bargain prices, Cape Verde is growing in popularity for good reason.

Other countries that made it into the top 10 include Panama, Bulgaria, Italy, Tanzania, Syria and Vanuatu, a string of 80 islands near Australia, known for its tropical rainforests and mountains.

In tenth place is Japan which Lonely Planet writers say has earned an ill-deserved reputation as an expensive destination where visitors suffer constant Lost In Translation moments. However, if you buy a Rail Pass before going, you can enjoy unlimited travel across the country. And Tokyo’s campaign for the 2016 Summer Olympics, albeit unsuccessful, meant that it increased the amount of English signage across the country.

NORTHERN LIGHTS Bradt has published the firstever Northern Lights travel guide, which answers those how, what, where and when questions posed by travellers in search of the dazzling atmospheric phenomenon.

The book costs £6.99. See bradtguides.com

to Winter Getaway packages and Stay More, Save More specials. The city will launch its first-ever Broadway week where theatre-goers can buy two-for-one tickets to more than 40 of the city’s hottest shows when tickets go on sale on January 3.

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CHRISTMAS MARKETS VIENNA, AUSTRIA VARIOUS DATES FROM NOV 13-DEC 25 WHAT: The already romantic

city of Vienna hosts a flurry of traditional markets for the festive season. Don’t miss Spittelberg, whose stalls are crammed into the narrow streets of this historic, cafefilled quarter. An enormous tree adds to the splendour of the Schönbrunn Castle market, where you can sip hot punch and eat gingerbread as you shop for presents.

WHERE: Various scenic locations across Vienna.

WHY: It’s Christmas, Scrooge!

DO IT BECAUSE: It’ll make even the most miserable bastard feel Christmassy.

HOW MUCH: How many presents are you buying?

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LOCK IT IN CREAMFIELDS Buenos Aires, Argentina Nov 13, 2010 creamfieldsba.com

PHA THAT LUANG Vientiane, Laos Nov 18-24, 2010 laostourism.net

MEXICO’S SILVER FAIR LILLE COMICS FESTIVAL Lille, France Nov 13-14, 2010 Comic geeks gather to pay homage to the British and American art. There will be loads of comics but also gaming and drawing lessons.

You should use the excuse to check out gorgeous Lille.

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Where in the world?

Taxco, Mexico Nov 27, 2010 visitmexico.com

SPHINX FESTIVAL Cairo, Egypt Dec 1-5, 2010 sphinxfestival.com

REGGAE MARATHON Negril, Jamiaca Dec 4, 2010 reggaemarathon.com

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FIVE OVERCROWDED CITIES JANINE KELSO GIVES A HIGH FIVE TO THESE SPRAWLING METROPOLISES SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA WHAT: Crawling with 25 million folk, South Korea’s energetic capital is a whirl of skyscrapers and dazzling neon. Dig a little deeper, though, and you’ll find underground karaoke rooms, off-beat cafes, and top eateries serving up octopus and barbecued beer, as well as peaceful Buddhist temples and colourful markets.

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MUMBAI, INDIA WHAT: Fifteen million people call Mumbai home, making it India’s largest city. Expect top fare, from vada pav (potato patties in a bun) courtesy of street vendors, to thalis at Thackers restaurant. It’s also home to Bollywood, which churns out 1000 films a year.

SEE: incredibleindia.org

SHANGHAI, CHINA WHAT: China’s largest city is crammed with 8.2 million inhabitants, making for a vibrant street life scene. Expect to see food vendors selling from carts and groups performing t’ai chi at dawn.

SEE: cnto.org.uk

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SAO PAOLO, BRAZIL WHAT: This bustling metropolis, with 9.8 million inhabitants, is a cultural melting pot with Japanese, Italian and Jewish neighbourhoods. It has a feisty arts scene and plays host to the Sao Paulo Biennial, the world’s second largest art festival.

SEE: braziltour.com

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MEXICO CITY, MEXICO WHAT: Look beyond peoplechoked Mexico City’s bad reputation for crime and pollution and discover archaeological wonders and architectural gems. Explore Roma where you’ll find art galleries, street vendors and a buzzing cafe scene.

SEE: visitmexico.com

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THE INSIDER MICK HAMILTON, DEPOT MANAGER, WICKED CAMPERS, BARCELONA The best part of my job is that I get to travel everywhere all the time.

My first ever big trip was hitchhiking around the United States for a year.

I visited 25 states.

My favourite place in the world is Thailand, because

it's really chilled-out and the people are friendly.

My most memorable travel experience was doing a season in Chamonix, I worked in an Aussie bar.

The next trip on my travel wishlist is Tanzania, because I'd like to get out of my comfort zone a bit.

I always pack clean underwear.

My guilty travel pleasure is drinking in Irish bars.

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The sun sets over St Basil’s Cathedral and the Kremilin in Moscow

I take aim at one of the rusty cans set up at the far end of the range. Bang. Too high.

Bang. Too low. Bang. The can clatters to the ground. I permit myself a shrug of selfcongratulation. Next to me, Viktor takes note and then takes aim. One shot. A can that had stood several feet further back from my target topples.

There’s a look exchanged. It’s easy enough to decipher: “You’re not as good a shot as you think. Count yourself lucky that we are no longer officially enemies.”

A MASSAGE PARLOUR IN PSKOV About 580km northwest of Moscow, a short drive from the Estonian border, sits Pskov, an ancient town on the Velikaya River. Our bus pulls into an old settlement out near one of the river’s many inlets.

Beyond a handful of lightly built wooden cottages and a disued playground, the wide body of water, visible between tall, thin trees, shimmers in the sun. The place appears utterly deserted, apart from the several dozen cats that sit impassively and watch us pass.

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A diminutive woman emerges from one of the houses. “Welcome to Russian banya,” she says. “This is where you will enjoy a relaxing massage.”

Minutes later, I’m hunkered down in a sauna, dressed only in a flimsy toga, sweating like a hooker in church.

Obviously, saunas are all pretty hot – but this one is overwhelming, like sticking your head in an oven, the heat rolling out in waves.

Once I’ve been suitably steamtenderised, it’s out of the sauna for

DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY St Petersburg, Russia’s second city and cultural capital, is home to some of the country’s most spectacular architecture, whether it’s the apartment buildings that line the waterways or the old churches that cast their dark shadows across the busy shopping thoroughfares. And no stay in St Petersburg would be complete without taking in a spot of Cossack dancing at one of the city’s ornately fittedout concert halls.

A line of dancers takes the stage, dressed in brightly coloured waistcoasts and tight britches. One giant Cossack man, an absolute bear, barrel-chested and sporting an impressive beard, motions for the audience to clap in time with the music.

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the banya – which consists of being beaten with several bushels of birch leaves and then doused with a bucket of ice-cold water. It’s bracing stuff.

Then, it’s back in the sauna for one more blast of head-shrinking heat. When the hairs on my legs start to singe, it’s time for the grand finale. Outside, the cold air cuts through my toga as I step briskly through the weird little village that looks like an abandoned move set. Into the lake, which is even colder. And there, with the reeds swaying gently in the air, the mud of Velikaya squishing up between my toes, there’s only one conclusion left to draw.

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BIG TRIP Then the dancing begins.

It’s somewhere between ballet and break-dancing, all high kicks and sweeping arm gestures, with something that looks suspiciously like a helicopter thrown in for good measure.

The dances tell a story – one that becomes familiar over the course of the evening.

Cossack dancing: somewhere A Cossack boy dances between ballet and breakdancing with a Cossack girl, who begins to lose interest, talking about? He’s corrupt. He ruined until the boy dances with another girl, at which point the first girl becomes insanely football with all his money.”

Sergei laughs and jabs his cigarette in jealous and demands the boy dance with my direction as he outlines the virtues of her again, before everything ends happily Mr Abramovich. As we stand there, the and they all exit the stage. Timeless stuff. journalist and the soldier, smoking and SERGEI THE SOLDIER swapping football stories, the train races The dining cart is non-smoking, so the ahead, speeding through the night, faster soldier – his name is Sergei – and I, by and faster into the icy wilds of this now slick with vodka, find ourselves peculiar country. lighting up in the cramped walkway » Tom Sturrock travelled to Russia on the between carriages. His English is better nine-day Russia Unplugged tour with On than my Russian.

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Siberian railway journey from Moscow to “Mustn’t have been very nice,” I say, my understatement hanging heavy in the year Beijing. Prices start at £389 and all group tours are led by fully qualified guides. between us. Sergei just shakes his head.

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WHEN TO GO Spring or autumn.

Summer is too busy and winter is too cold.

GETTING THERE Regular flights into Moscow or St Petersburg from London Heathrow.

GETTING AROUND The cities have their own public transport system which are cheap and easy to use, but travelling internally will require you to catch an overnight train or coach.

VISAS Russian visas are required and can be obtained through the Russian embassy.

CURRENCY Ruble. 1 GBP = 47 rubles.

LANGUAGE Russian.

GOING OUT You can buy a beer for 60-70 rubles.

ACCOMMODATION Hotels are expensive – maybe £60 a night.

Hostels are better value, but you’ll still be paying £20-£30 per night.

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Moscow boasts Red Square and the Kremlin and encapsulates the version of Russia that foreigners are probably most familiar with. Certainly, it’s worth seeing.

But there’s something grim about Moscow – it’s functional and remains the country’s administrative centre.

St Petersburg, on the other hand, with its canals and palaces, is not only beautiful but more cosmpolitan.

It has embraced tourism and consumerism with fewer teething pains than the capital.

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Pyjama girl from The Church:

I met you at The Church then we went to She Bu Walkie together … I told you that your pyjamas would look better on my floor and that’s where they ended up ;-) You left on Monday before I could get your number … Email me at pyjama-girl@hotmail.com.

Maverick xxx

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Dear Nic, Nicole, Snookie:

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After another stint in London, your time has come to head back to the sunny shores of Oz. We just wanted to thank you for all of your help and for being such an amazing friend/cousin. You’ll be sorely missed by all at the house and your many, many friends. Safe journey home! Scott, Loz and Huddlestone Rd family.

Meeting new people: Hey all, I’m Sid, I’ve been in London for a while but a lot of my mates have decided to go back to Oz … however I have more time here. I’m 31 and live in Shepherds Bush.

Always keen for a drink, a laugh and would love to meet new peeps. Email me at stc23red@hotmail.com.

B stands for … Bryce, it’s been months and all you wanna do is work, work, work. There is more to living in London than watching rugby on TV and playing with ya little fella in the shower. Get out on the pull and please … book a trip somewhere. We love you.

TBW. XxoO Looking for four guys:

Australian, Kiwi, Canadian, and Brazillian girls … what more would you want? Four gorgeous young ladies living the London life and seeking four guys between the age of

25-32 who are fun, easygoing, smart, fit, to get to know and see what happens … Please reply if genuine and awesome!

NO weirdos, creeps, alcoholics, etc. Reply to kiwichick86@ gmail.com.

Shari: London wouldn’t have been the same without you, thanks for all the fun, messy times! It all began in Amsterdam but since then we have partied it up together in London, Ireland and Spain.

Memories I’ll never forget!

Never change, never settle down and keep the good times happening! I’ll miss you and the 150 G crew. Love always, your only Tassie friend, Hayley :-) Newish to London: Hey there, I’ve recently moved to London from New Zealand and need to get out and see this place.

Flick me an email if you’re keen for a drink or something.

Cheers, Vanessa. See tntmagazine.com/seeking.

Teacher of math, Urban Coffee: I was there in Urban

Coffee, waiting many hours. I feel so lonely now :-( Perhaps, you’ve settled down already, where can I go? Has anyone seen him at the Coffee these

days? He’s a teacher of math, who likes to drink Americano and then fruit tea with cranberry, raspberry and elderflower (the pink one).

Just say hello to me at andre_ toscana@yahoo.es :-) Skippy and Big Nige: Can’t believe it’s finally farewell to my favourite ginger kangaroo!!

That Ping Pong sure was the beginning of some good times :-) 30-odd countries later and I’m surprised you have any room left in that passport …

I promise to remember the Aussie colours now, have BBQs in winter and googlemap Cookiebarraburrow. And keep an eye on Junior Brown! To the first annual Harg-fest in Gladstone! Miss you already x Pink Canon camera: I lost my camera at the Shepherd’s Bush Walkabout on October 31 (Halloween). It’s a Pink Canon camera in a black magnetic case. The photos on it are really important to me and I am desperately wanting it back!! Please, if anyone has it, has seen it, or knows anything about its whereabouts on that day, it would mean so much to me if you could get in contact with me! WILLING TO OFFER

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

A REWARD!! Thanks, Kass.

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Rebecca from Sydney: It was great meeting you on the N74 on Thursday night, October 21.

You had been meeting up with some friends at the Boathouse in Putney and I had been to a leaving do in Wandsworth. We talked about getting together some time but I got your number wrong – sorry, it was a bit of an obstacle course trying to get off the bus … Email me at benjibites9@hotmail.com. Ben. Reply to ‘looking for a friend’:

Hi Petra, my name is Natasha and I moved to London three weeks ago with my husband from Melbourne. I’m 28 and currently working in Canary Wharf and am eager to make some new girlfriends as well.

It seems like we have similar interests so I would love to meet up. Chat soon, Tash. See tntmagazine.com/seeking.

Looking for an Aussie/Kiwi guy: Hi, cool Irish chick here,

(42 years old), seeking a relationship with a caring, sensitive, Aussie/Kiwi, aged 38-44 years old. I‘m a caring, sensitive, generous soul, with a beautiful smile so if you would like to know more then please feel free to email me on siobhankav@hotmail.co.uk and I’m sure you won’t be disappointed. Love Siobhan.

Reply to ‘Great girl looking to meet some new people’: Hey

all, name is Brent … Def fit into those categories and would love to meet some new people in London!! Been here for a few months and have met a few people but not many!!

Would love to meet more!

Hope to hear from you! Email bilk_o_07@hotmail.com.

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