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BEAT THE VAT RISE!

Make the most of FREE London CHILL OUT IN CANADA

Fun times in Ontario and Quebec AUSTRALIA DAY Meet

2011’s most influential Aussies

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EDITOR’S LETTER The images of the devastating floods in Brisbane have made for grim viewing this week. No doubt there are many TNT readers who have family and friends affected. Turn to P36 for our coverage and details of TNT’s fundraiser to help raise funds for the clean-up operation. We’re also celebrating all things Down Under in celebration of Australia Day. On P40, read our top 10 most influential Aussies, and turn to P14 for London’s top parties. CAROL DRIVER

26 What’s eating Keira Knightley?

55 TRAVEL

8 LONDON 8 London Life 10 A TAXING ISSUE: How to beat the recent 2.5 per cent VAT rise 12 Food & Drink 14 AUSTRALIANS REJOICE: London’s best Australia Day parties 16 Spotted 18 Silly Buggers

21 ENTERTAINMENT 21 22 23 24 25 26

Celebrity News TNT Life Look Who’s Talking: Alun Cochrane Cinema Culture ALL TOO MUCH: Why is so Keira Knightley so grumpy?

28 MUSIC & CLUBS 28 32 34 35

Music Music Listings Clubbing Listings Clubbing

72 Embrace the cold in Canada

36 NEWS & SPORT 36 38 39 40 43 44 45 45 48

Brisbane flood disaster New Zealand News South Africa News HEAVY HITTERS: Meet the world’s most influential Australians The Week in Sport Cricket Football General OPEN SEASON: It’s time for the Australian Tennis Open

55 Global Vision 56 FIRE STARTERS: Get among the vikings at Up Helly Aa 60 Late Deals 61 TNTT Weekender: Canary Islands 62 Hotshots 64 ALP YOURSELF: Alpine luxury in Morzine, France 68 Travel Tips 69 Travel News 71 Top Five 70 On The Road 72 COOL CANADA: Chill out in Quebec and Ontario 36 We examine Brisbane’s catastrophic floods

50 CAREERS & MONEY 50 Job Of The Week 51 Careers 52 NEW CAREER, NEW YOU: Make a fresh start in 2011 54 Money

REGULARS 48 Will Lleyton Hewitt threaten at the Australian Open?

4 Letters 6 Wins 114 Desperately Seeking

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YOUR SAY EDITORIAL Editor Carol Driver Sub-editor Jahn Vannisselroy Travel editor Janine Kelso Sport editor Tom Sturrock Music editor Alison Grinter Web editor Frankie Mullin Staff writer Rebecca Kent Editorial assistant Inger Smith

Time to support Oz in need Brisbane is facing the worst floods in its history

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WEIGHTY RESOLUTION Thanks so much for the feature on how to eat out and be healthy (1428, Jan 10).

I love going for meals with friends and feared I may become a hermit in January as I’m determined to lose weight.

Now I can go and stuff my face and not feel guilty. That was the point … wasn’t it?

Natalie, via email

DON’T RELY ON SATNAVS IN LONDON! Michelle (letters 1428 Jan 10), I hate SatNavs of any variety and avoid them at all costs.

If anyone has used one while driving around London, you’ll know what I mean.

The voice which bars orders at you is usually very annoying, and they generally send you the wrong way in the city.

It must be because the satnav can’t connect to the satellites or something technical, but the ones

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change? Is this what we’ve been warned will happen? There have already been casualties and thousands of families are now displaced.

It’s time to rally round and support our Australian friends in need – I, for one, will be.

Jenny, via email

» See P36 for TNT’s disaster relief event

I have used, just shut down – which is helpful when you’re lost in the city centre!

I hate maps though, so I tend to wing it – stopping at petrol stations and asking for directions if I get lost.

Jodie, via email

A FISHY TALE...

What’s going on in the world?

Why are there hundreds of dead birds falling out of the sky and scores of fish being found dead in the US. It’s weird if you ask me.

The latest thing I heard, was that 40,000 devil crabs have been washed up in Kent.

And someone told me there were hundreds of dead fish also found in a pond in Manchester. Is this true?

I need answers to these weird happenings. I can’t sleep at night otherwise!

Someone please explain what’s happening!

Becs, via email

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TIME TO DEFEND YOURSELF, DAVID...

Come on David, where’s your reply to all these TNT readers who are outraged by your comments about vegans (1425, Dec 20).

You made such sweeping statements about how leading a vegan lifestyle is wrong – and it’s obviously touched a few nerves, as the debate in TNT is still going strong.

You’re not making any friends by not defending or explaining your points – so get writing!

John, SW2

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The floods happening in Brisbane are devastating – no doubt some TNT readers will have friends and family who have been affected.

We’ve been told that the worst is yet to come, but there’s no explanation as to why this has happened. Is it down to climate

LONDON LIFE

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PREVIEW: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Don’t pretend you haven’t missed them in action together. Well, now the wait is over.

Doctor Who stars David Tennant and Catherine Tate are to be reunited – this time on the West End stage.

The new production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing will be opening in June – but tickets are now on sale.

The timeless tale tells how two young lovers, Claudio and Hero, are to be married but the scheming of a resentful prince looks set

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to thwart the nuptials.

Meanwhile, marriage seems inconceivable for reluctant lovers Beatrice (Tate) and Benedick (Tennant) whose endless witty sparring threatens to keep them apart forever.

Tate and Tennant had great chemistry in the BBC series, so TNT is keen to see them together again. If it hadn’t of happened, we definitely would have been ‘bovvered’. CAROL DRIVER

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ANZAC DAY HAVE WE FORGOTTEN WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT? BEING AN AUSSIE I have always had a deep understanding, interest and respect for the ANZAC legend. Ever since I first attended a Dawn Service back in Australia while researching a university project I decided I must one day attend the Dawn Service at Gallipoli. Years later I now live in London and work in the travel industry which has allowed me the incredible good fortune of attending the Dawn Service at Gallipoli several times over the last few years.

It is one of those things that truly must be experienced firsthand to really get an understanding of how hard those Diggers had it and how no matter what sporting events or rivalry do crop up between ourselves and our Antipodean brothers, New Zealand, we have a bond that was forged through blood, mate ship and terrible circumstances allowing us to rise up and finally feel a sense of individuality or independence from the Motherland – Britain.

We do not commemorate ANZAC Day only due to the loss of life suffered by both New Zealand and Australia, as there were many other conflicts during World War I where the loss was far greater, we commemorate it due to it being that moment where we both truly found our National spirit. That is why we shiver in the cold on that early morning of the 25th of April. For those that gave so much then and helped create the country’s we now hold so dear, and for all the conflicts since where we have fought under the command and the flag of our own Nations, yet together still as ANZACs. If you are planning to travel to Turkey for the Dawn Service in Gallipoli, then you need to be fully prepared for the build up to the 5am service. The weather can get extremely cold in the early morning hours and the crowds will continue to arrive all throughout the night. If you are one of the lucky people to grab a spot on the grass you may be able to get a few winks but don’t count on it. This experience is more or less a pilgrimage, it is uncomfortable at times and emotional but absolutely well worth the effort. As long as you are well prepared with a sleeping bag, warm clothing and a good attitude you will be fine and one thing you will know for sure is that you are far better off than our Diggers were.

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LONDON LIFE

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

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LONDON ART FAIR FROM £9 WHAT: This event is into its 23rd year and continues to showcase work from more than 100 British galleries. You can buy pieces at the cheaper end of the spectrum if you’re looking to decorate but the breadth of the exhibit rewards browsing.

WHEN: Jan 19-23.

DO IT BECAUSE: It’s a rare opportunity to see work from so many varying collections under the one roof. If you’re into ceramics or photography, there are whole sections devoted to those as well. A one-stop shop for your culture fix.

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» Business Design Centre, 52 Upper St, N1 0QH Angel (londonartfair.co.uk). Jan 19-23

Capital idea: Electric Cinema reburbishments, was reopened as a boutique cinema where audiences can rent two-seat sofas for extra comfort.

The Electric generally offers an eclectic program, with a skew towards independent and arthouse films. This week, The King’s Speech is showing, so swing past for a cinema experience with a touch of class. TS

Sign up online and then get down to Clapham Common on the weekend for a game of 11-a-side football. Cheap, hassle-free way to play sport.

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URBAN FOXES aggressive and more abundant.

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stairs and attacked two sleeping infants.

One reason for their growing boldness, and the heightened concern about them, is that they appear to be getting bigger. A couple of weeks ago, a fox believed to be the largest seen in Britain was captured and killed near Kent. The animal measured a whopping four feet from his nose to the tip of his tail and had been savaging pet cats in the area. TS

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BRITAIN EXPLAINED As vermin go, foxes are among the most likeable.

They’ve got snazzy red coats, cheeky little faces and they’re bold as brass and get by on native cunning. They’re easy to root for, whether they’re being hunted in the countryside or culled in cities.

There is, however, renewed concern about urban foxes.

Recent studies estimate their population at 33,000 and, most significantly, they appear to be getting bigger, more

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Mutliplexes are all well and good for enormous tubs of over-priced popcorn and sticky carpet underfoot but if you’re after a more comfortable, less cookie-cutter experience, then be sure to swing past the Electric, which is about halfway up Portobello Road.

The Electric was built over 100 years ago and is one of the oldest buildings in the country designed specifically as a picturehouse. It closed down for a decade or so in the 1990s but, following some costly

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The VAT increase was a contentious move by the government, but it might not be as bad as its cracked up to be WORDS REBECCA KENT

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ritain’s rate of value added tax, or VAT, was increased by 2.5 per cent to 20 per cent on January 4. It’s that little bit extra the government hopes will raise £13bn a year to tackle Britain’s deficit.

The hike was imposed amid a media storm, but was it justified? We break it down so you can decide.

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RETAILERS TAKE ADVANTAGE The price of just about every high street commodity will increase and retail experts warn that shops are likely to take advantage of the situation by increasing prices even more. They predict that a majority of retailers will round up rather than round down and say price rises between 5 and 8 per cent are likely.

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This sort of marketing prompted panic-buying in the new year

WHAT IS TAXED? Before making any judgments, it’s worth knowing what VAT actually applies to.

You won’t be charged extra on your groceries. However, prices have been bumped up on alcoholic drinks and junk

and takeaway food. Gym memberships have also been hit, as have theatre and movie tickets and electrical items. There is no VAT on transport, but some bruising hikes have already made up for that.

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Billy Elliot: a VAT casualty

“We are being manipulated into actually spending more,” says retail psychologist Philip Graves.

A popular tactic is the .99p ‘charm price’ on the tag which draws people to an item.

However, the VAT increase would demand unattractive prices such as £32.20, so retailers may advertise that some of their prices have not changed, but increase other items far higher than the VAT rise – from £34.99 to £39.99, for example.

“Amazingly, people will buy something for £39.99 more readily than £32.20,” Graves says.

Sarah Dennis, retail expert from consumer magazine Which?, warns shoppers not to be caught unawares. “By law, retailers don’t have to change their price tags until February 1, so be careful as you may get hit at the till,” she says.

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WHAT’S GOING UP VAT has been called a tax on luxury – an accurate label given its a price hike on the things we enjoy. A seat at the Victoria Palace to watch Billy Elliot has increased by 4.2 per cent to £62.50. Not even the guilty pleasure of a McDonald’s Big Mac is sacred, with the price of the burger hiked up from £2.39 to £2.49 – that’s 4.2 per cent.

“Because of the January sales, it’s hard to tell which items have been subject to

We are being “ manipulated into spending more

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the increase. Some online cosmetic companies, for example, have increased the prices of new stock, but not the old stock they are trying to shift,” Dennis says.

Clothes retailer White Stuff has hiked up the prices of its items and Comet, supplier of electrical goods, has not hesitated either.

The British Beer and Pub Association, and dare we say TNT readers, are reeling over the impact of the increase on a pint.

The rise has put the cost squarely above the £3 mark, with drinkers now paying a sobering £3.06 for the average pint.

WHAT’S STAYING PUT? Patrons of the Walkabout pubs can breath a sigh of relief that the chain will absorb the hike for the “forseeable future”, and Majestic Wine will suspend the rise on its bottles until the end of January.

Marks & Spencer and John Lewis have pledged to introduce price rises on their items gradually.

Tickets for shows such as Mamma Mia and Les Miserables among others will only start to pass on the rise when new runs begin. The cheapest ticket for a nonmember at the Prince Charles cinema in Leicester Square will remain at £5.50.

Ping Ping Pong dim sum restaurant chain is also sparing its customers the increase.

» See hmrc.gov.uk for a definitive We have David Cameron and Nick Clegg to thank for the rise

list of VAT-affected items.

GO ON A VAT-FREE DIET Most food is free from VAT, but you do pay on some common groceries, specifically junk food. So you can certainly avoid VAT on a supermarket run. Weird discrepancies on which foods do and don’t qualify for VAT means you’ll be better off buying, for example, chocolate chip cookies or bourbons instead of chocolate-coated biscuits; unshelled salted nuts instead of shelled salted nuts; cakes, Jaffa Cakes and toffee apples instead of sweets, cereal bars and sweetened popcorn; tortilla or corn chips instead of potato crisps; and baked Alaska, mousse and cream gateaux instead of Arctic Roll, ice-cream or ice lollies. Or you could just go on a proper diet and quit the junk food altogether.

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Not even the Big Mac is untouched

FOOD & DRINK

BAR REVIEW Three Kings ★★★★★

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THE SCENE Cosy and boho, Three Kings is a little haven of happiness in a big bad world.

The cluttered decor, fairy lights, open fire, paper-mache rhino and friendly staff will give you that slippers feeling, even before you slam

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down a shot. There’s an oldschool juke-box and on Saturdays nights usually a DJ. The crowd is a mix, with suits and hipsters happily mingling.

THE GRUB A notch up from pub food with some nice salads as well as hot meals.

BEHIND THE BAR There’s a wide range of beers on tap.

BILL PLEASE A pint costs

from £3.30 to £3.70. Food ranges from £6.25 to £7.50.

VERDICT You’ll never come here and wish you’d gone somewhere else. On a week night, it’s perfect for chatting to mates by the fire and at the weekend you can dance, get slaughtered and, if you don’t manage to pull, you can always talk to the rhino.

FRANKIE MULLIN

Restaurant Review Fego Caffe ★★★★★

Putney Exchange Shopping Centre, Putney High Street, SW15 1TW 020 878 013 92 East Putney

THE SCENE: An elegant brasserie-style cafe in a high street shopping centre. There’s the tendency to stare joylessly at Waitrose across the way, but focus on the food and the drab surroundings don’t matter.

THE GRUB: The selection of sandwiches, salads, pastas and pizzas are assembled with verve. My ample sweet chilli and sesame seed chicken breast baguette is dressed with a creamy mayonnaise and sweet chilli sauce that squelches its way between chunky strips of avocado and tender chicken. My partner carefully inspects his sizeable penne montanara – pasta with a creamy napolitano sauce served with bacon,

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Fego: class in a shopping centre

mushrooms, chicken and parmesan cheese and dives in with approval.

BILL PLEASE: Salads and pastas cost about £10, and

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VERDICT: What this place lacks in location, it more than makes up for in its food.

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AUSTRALIANS REJOICE Dive into the Tim Tams and Twisties, it’s time to celebrate Australia Day WORDS REBECCA KENT

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ere it is again, the one day of the year when Australians, decked out in green and gold, descend on London’s watering holes to celebrate what it is to be from the land Down Under.

Marking the day the British landed at Sydney Cove, most the 600,000 Australians living in London will rock out to Cold Chisel, wage bets on the Triple J Hottest 100 and sink plenty of booze. Even nonAustralians are bound to be lured into the merrymaking with all the joie de vivre on display.

As usual, there is no shortage of things to do or places to go. Read on for our suggestions …

Line your gut with a few snags

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TNT MAGAZINE’S INFERNOS BASH We enjoy a shindig as much as the next

Londoner and following an enormously successful 2010 party at Infernos on Clapham High Street, this year’s Australia Day event on Sunday, January 23, will be bigger and better than ever. There’ll be DJs, bands, Aussie beers and pies. Dress up as a famous Australian and have a crack at winning a trip with On The Go Tours.

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BEST OF THE REST As well as the trusted Antipodean haunts, including Walkabout pubs (walkabout.eu), the Church (thechurch.co.uk) and Redback Tavern (redbacktavern.com), other venues in London will be vying for your pride and patriotism.

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(bisonandbird.com) will also put on £2 VBs and Bundy and Cokes and £5 Snakebite jugs.

oconnors.co.uk) is throwing parties on Sunday, January 23 and on Australia Day. A queue of people snaked out the door last year, so expect it to be packed to the rafters.

Australian beers are just £2 a pop at the Billabong bar in Wimbledon (barbillabong. com). They’ll have live music on both the Sunday and Wednesday, plus prizes for the best-dressed Australian. You can also play the Ashes game on the bar’s Wii, if only to prove you’re not as toothless as the Australian bowlers.

The Elk Bar in Fulham Broadway (elkbar.com) will line your gut with free sausages that you can wash down with £2.75 Mojitos and £2 VBs on the Wednesday.

Jetlag Sports Bar in Fitzrovia (jetlagbar.com) is laying on kangaroo steaks, Aussie snacks and James Boag’s beers on Australia Day. It will also screen classic Aussie flick The Castle, followed by a Heath Ledger double bill in its cinema lounge. The Bison and Bird on Clapham High Street

A TASTE OF HOME If mum forgot to send you a care package from home, you might like to turn to sanza.co.uk. The online shop is chock-full of Australia Day essentials in preparation for one of its busiest days of the year.

“In the week leading up to Australia Day we experience five-times the normal level of business,” says Erin Abrams.

“Twisties, Tim Tams and Shapes, plus lots and lots of Australia beer tends to fly off the shelves. Australian tattoos and flags also sell like hotcakes,” she added.

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FEELING ROUGH? With Australia Day celebrations falling midweek, realistically, you’ll wake up as dry as a dead dingo’s donger, with Buckley’s of making into work. We’re not condoning chucking a sickie but as a service to our loyal readers, we’ve come up with some plausible excuses. Try: “My eye got infected in a Vegemite fight”, “My mate did his best ‘this is a knife’ impression and accidentally stabbed me” or “My family’s pet koala died and I have to attend the funeral via Skype”.

And if you’re ringing in with a case of ‘poisoning from undercooked BBQ food’, don’t forget to dry retch and tip some water into the toilet as you’re speaking to your boss. It adds a certain authenticity.

A RADIO STAR Now in its 18th year, the Triple J Hottest 100 poll has become an Australia Day institution but it wasn’t always the slick operation it is now.

It kicked off with the vague idea to open up the playlist of Australia’s independent youth broadcaster, ABC’s Triple J, for one day to gauge the audience’s music tastes. Listeners were invited to jot down their 10 favourite songs and send them in.

The response was huge, but early listeners proved unimaginative and voted Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart into the top spot two years running.

Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit broke the pattern by winning in 1991. Fearing that the grungemeisters might dominate subsequent polls, Triple J changed the rules so people could vote only for songs released in the previous year.

Mumford & Sons’ Little Lion Man took pole position last year and this year, Cee-Lo’s Fuck You and Florence + The Machine and Dizee Rascal’s You Got The Dirtee Love are tipped to be front runners. However, they face stiff compeition from homegrown talent Angus & Julia Stone with Big Jet Plane and Tame Impala with Solitude Is Bliss. » See abc.net.au/triplej

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I’ve made the mistake of starting a relationship with a guy who is already attached. He’s got a longterm girlfriend but I think I’m in love with him. What should I do?

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You can prostrate yourself for this man and compete for his attention, or you can hang him out to dry and see what happens.

If you go with the first option, you need to be prepared to fight dirty, sabotage your rival and even throw down if it comes to that. It might work, but it

TOOL OF THE WEEK ‘I’m French, fuck you’ You would never expect a Frenchman to be snooty or entitled, so that’s why this story is so surprising. Franck Lebrun, a French passenger on a Delta Airways flight, was last week busted smoking in the aircraft’s loo. He refused to stop though, reportedly pushing cabin staff away and pronouncing, “I’m French – fuck you.”

The satisfaction of seeing well-worn stereotypes vindicated is like sliding into a warm bath. Wonder if he was wearing a beret and stripey shirt and had a bunch of onions hanging around his neck.

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It’s a jungle out there might not. Can a woman ever and there’s no shame truly know the heart of a man? in competing for a mate.

I favour the second option.

You should kick this guy to the It happens in the animal kingdom all the time and kerb and take your chances. we’re not so different.

When I was in a girl-gang Like female dunnocks and we caught one of our men – they’re tiny songbirds cheating on us, we’d hold him – who compete down and brand him on his with other right buttock females so other for male women attention, would know trill at everhim as an increasing adulterer volumes, by his mark. you’ll have It was too to raise good for your game. them in y?

A dunnock or a harp I suggest you my view.

tweak your appearance and show greater adventure in the bedroom to persuade him to mate with you solely.

That said, you should question whether you want to be part of this sordid triangle.

When a female dunnock’s mate leaves her to lie with another, she produces a song of unmatched complexity. A lament for lost love perhaps?

Certainly, as one who has too many times fallen prey to a woman’s cheating heart, I know all too well why the spurned dunnock sings.

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Is there anything not to like about George Clooney? We think not. The charming Hollywood star went to the Sudan last week to draw attention to the region’s independece referendum.

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VERONICAS’ FLOOD PLEA One half of The Veronicas, Jessica Origliasso, was among the thousands of Brisbane residents caught up in the flood devastation.

Speaking live to Austereo radio, she said: “We were actually told that our area wasn’t going to lose power so we prepared a little, but it suddenly went out, and we’re not sure if it will get turned back on – it probably won’t for a fair few days.”

Jess believed most of the band’s music equipment would

have been destroyed in the disaster, but said: “That’s ok, possessions can be replaced – it’s people that can’t.”

Jess also took to Twitter to let her boyfrend, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, know about her situation: “@Billy Honey, just lost power. And email on phone won’t work. Call me when your in reception area x” Only a few days earlier, Jess had raised funds in a celebrity telethon to support the victims of the floods.

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”We’re being gentle with each other.”

New Kids On The Block’s Joey McIntyre on touring with fellow boy band the Backstreet Boys.

Woman’s Day: Olivia NewtonJohn’s daughter Chloe Lattanzi is getting married, and Olivia can’t wait to become a granny; and singer Kate Cebrano is feeling happy within herself and her body.

New Idea: Magda Szubanski (Sharon from Kath & Kim) has lost 26 kg; and Hi-5 star Charli Delaney blames fame for the end of her marriage.

SOUTH AFRICA Heat: Singer Jacques Terre’Blanche popped the question and his model girlfriend Charné Slee gave him the thumbs up; plus are Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds more than friends?

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The Yorkshire-born stand-up comic on ignorant hecklers and where panel shows are going wrong INTERVIEW ALISON GRINTER Your last Edinburgh show, where you went on stage with a bucket full of jokes, was a response to a heckler at a previous show telling you to do more jokes. He really got to you, huh?

sink – who knew!?” And I love that about stand-up comedy. I love discovering that I’m not the only one who does this strange thing.

No, I actually just thought the next day maybe I should do jokes. I quite like to do jokes. I don’t worry about the guy shouting “tell us a joke” particularly because he’s basically trying to say “get off”. He’s not giving me a constructive evaluation on the next chapter of my career! Heckles are just part of it. I mean, obviously they do hurt and I really dislike the “tell us a joke” heckle. What that heckle is effectively saying is: “I can only enjoy humour in a package I recognise cos I’m thick as pigshit.”

So being a stand-up helps you realise you’re not the only freak around!

Mock The “ Week just looks unpleasant now

Yeah, I mean there’s a bit on my last tour about how frightening it is when your SatNav falls off the car window towards you, you know when the little suction things just go “fuck it” and jump off, and those little moments where you think “maybe it’s just me” and you get 400 people pissing themselves at the story and you think: “Oh, I’ve found something else that happens to us all that no one else has really spotted it before.”

Is having a strong Yorkshire accent an asset to a comedian?

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You’ve become known as “The Peach Man” after your observational piece about watching a man eat a peach on a train. It hit a chord with people ...

I remember when I was doing that material on the circuit, and it got loads better the moment I realised that I wasn’t the only person who eats a peach standing over their kitchen sink. That is one of those surprise moments for a stand-up comic where people go, “I do that as well” and you go, “Really – we all stand over the

I was told last night after a gig that a Northern accent really helps, but I’m not sure – being funny helps more. If you go to an open mic night I guarantee you’ll see ten acts with ten different accents and it won’t matter a bit because the funniest ones will be the funniest ones and it won’t matter if they’re Cockney or Brummie or Irish or American.

You’ve done a few TV panel shows in your time. Is there a lot of pressure to be funnier than the next guy?

Yeah, and I think it’s unhealthy and I think one of the reasons I’m not on those shows now is they don’t provide a good opportunity for me to do what I like doing, which is talking around a subject.

YOU DON’T SAY? What did you have for breakfast?

I slept in and missed the hotel breakfast so I ended up having a chicken sandwhich in a train station.

Tell us your karaoke tune I haven’t got a karaoke tune. What’s the point of me doing karaoke when it’s on the fucking telly every weekend?

Are you ever mistaken for someone famous, apart from yourself?

People think I look like the guy off the BT Internet adverts – Kris Marshall. I do occasionally get Clint Eastwood or Shaggy from Scooby Doo.

I mean, Mock The Week just looks unpleasant now. I’m surprised so many people watch it cos you can see how competititve it is. It’s a bit like a car crash and lots of people want to look.

Ever died on stage?

I don’t really think about the bad ones to be honest. But I once saw a performer get a tampon thrown in his face. A magician called a woman up to the stage who’d been heckling him and she put her hand in her knickers and pulled out a tampon and threw it in his face. Once you’ve seen that happen you realise just being heckled is no longer a problem.

» Alun Cochrane will be at the Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 2A South Kensington. (020 7589 8212) Thursday, January 27. £15.

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Natalie Portman needs to start clearing some space on her mantelpiece. Such is the quality of the star’s performance in Darren Aronofsky’s superb psychological drama Black Swan that you can’t imagine she won’t be fondling a little golden man come February.

Portman is utterly convincing as Nina Sayers, a tightly wound ballerina who is offered the lead role in a new production of Swan Lake. With the choreographer pushing the dancer to explore her dark side to deliver a better performance, Sayers starts to lose her mind, something that’s sped up by the arrival of sexy new ballerina Lily (Kunis).

The dancer’s descent into paranoid hell is brilliantly realised by Aronofsky, the director delivering a series

1 Jennifer Connelly and Jared Leto played lovers in which Aronofksy flick?

2 Which actress got an Oscar nod for the same film?

3 Mickey Rourke plays a _______in the film of the same name.

4 Aronofksy is currently working on which film starring Hugh Jackman?

5 Until recently, Aronosfky’s fiancee was which actress?

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of disturbing visuals and heart-stopping jolts that will leave even the most seasoned horror fan feeling rattled.

True, he occasionally overplays his hand (Nina’s transformation into a black swan goes a step too far) but the film’s tiny flaws are hardly noticeable thanks to Portman’s

career-best turn. Tackling a role that’s both physically and mentally demanding, she comes up with a committed, intense and intoxicating performance that deserves all the plaudits it’s getting.

GOOD FOR: Those who don’t mind some sleepless nights.

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In a bold cinematic move Nicole Kidman has finally typical of his style, Aussie confirmed what most of us director Baz Luhrmann is already knew: that she has reportedly toying with the used Botox. idea of shooting The Great The 43-year-old Hollywood Gatsby in 3D. star made the admission to The filmmaker, whose a German interviewer, after Shakespeare adaptation years of denials.

Romeo + Juliet was set Answering a question in gangland Los about how she keeps her Angeles, revealed his alabaster skin line-free, idea of using the 3D Kidman said: “I’ve tried format for his version of a lot of things but apart F. Scott Fitzgerald’s from working out and classic 1920s tale a good diet most last week. things don’t But his vision for help. I even the drama, which tried Botox will star Leonardo but I didn’t DiCaprio and like how my Carey Mulligan, is face looked already alienating afterwards.

Fitzgerald fans.

Now I don’t ‘’Leave our use it anymore Gatsby alone and I can and go back to move my Baz Luhrman Australia,’’ one forehead wrote online. again,” she said.

Rachel McAdams shows she’s capable of carrying a movie with a top performance as a producer who tries to save a breakfast show by pairing the current host (Diane Keaton) with a former war correspondent (Harrison Ford).

The comic chemistry between Keaton and Ford is sublime.

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John Carpenter makes a long-overdue return to form in this fine horror offering that sees an arsonist trying to escape a mental institution that’s haunted by a ghost.

Amber Heard is a fine scream queen and Carpenter shows he hasn’t lost the ability to make us jump out of our seats.

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CULTURE SEASON’S GREETINGS It’s Christmas Eve and the host is tinkering in the toolshed, his wife’s feeling neglected, his neurotic sister’s wrecking the food, and their ex-security guard uncle (a knife strapped to his calf) is glued to the same TV programme he watched last year – and the year before that.

Even without the addition of an incompetent brotherin-law rehearsing an interminable puppet show (and a miserable couple expecting yet another baby) it’s a recipe for disaster, stirred up by too much booze and the arrival of a novelist

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SEE THIS: Theatre with whom his spinster sister-in-law has fallen in unreciprocated love.

Alan Ayckbourn’s 1980 comedy is as bleak as it is funny, and a strong cast makes you glad the festive season is over for another year.

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WORTH A LOOK By Australian writer DBC Pierce, Vernon God Little is the hilarious tale of a young boy’s desperate escape to Mexico. » The Young Vic, SE1 8LZ

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Orozco’s unexpected twists makes his work interesting to both contemporary art lovers and anyone wanting an unusual art experience.

On display are sculptures, photography, drawings and paintings, all of which excitingly exploit the everyday objects which the resourceful Mexican found himself.

Look out for his chessboardpatterned skull. His striking sculpture of a triple-sliced and extended Citroen DS car is also brilliant. No other collection of inanimate objects will keep you quite as transfixed.

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A biography of little-known gambler, golfer, hustler and womaniser Alvin “Titanic” Thompson, who, like Howard Hughes, was one of America’s larger than life, twentieth-century figures.

In wintry Oslo two young women have been found murdered, both drowned in their own blood. Inspector Harry Hole is the only man for the job but he’s missing, still freaked by a previous case.

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NYC’s number one detective, Michael Bennett, has a problem – some psychopath is recreating the crimes of infamous killers from New York’s history. The city has never been more terrified.

A rollicking adventure novel set amid the clashes between the Roman and Carthaginian empires, battling for control of the Mediterranean, north Africa and Rome itself.

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She’s a beautiful, Oscar-nominated actress who commands some of Hollywood’s biggest pay cheques. So why is Keira Knightley so angry?

WORDS NISHA LILIA DIU

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ithin minutes of meeting, it becomes clear Keira Knightley and I are not going to click.

It’s like a nightmare party, where we’ve somehow got stuck talking to one another, both wishing the conversation would end but unable to find a suitable pretext for walking away.

Knightley is halfway through a day’s publicity for her latest film, an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Booker prizenominated novel, Never Let Me Go, and she is bored out of her mind.

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TAKING TIME OUT Knightley co-stars with Andrew Garfield, who appeared in The Social Network, and Carey Mulligan, the Oscar-nominated star of An Education.

Perhaps surprisingly, Knightley’s is the smallest role of the three.

“That was a choice,” she says. “I worked solidly from the age of 16 to 22 without a holiday. And then at 22 I took a year off – which was needed! And since then it’s been supporting roles.”

Knightley, now 25, approached the early days of her career as though gorging herself at a feast that might at any moment be snatched away.

Aged 18, she had appeared in Bend It Like Beckham and the first Pirates Of The Caribbean film. She then fitted in training for her role in Domino while filming Pride And Prejudice. “That was insane,” she says.

She drove herself to a point, she adds, where she “couldn’t see the point of any of it” anymore. The last film she worked on before her break was Atonement.

Knightley was, by her own admission:

“a precocious little brat” as a child. She famously requested her own agent at three, decided she ought to earn a living at six and, aged seven, began filling a jar with pennies with which to buy a house.

GUARDED Knightley has been spending more time in London since leaving the Pirates films behind (she won’t be appearing in the final instalment). And she describes finding a new passion – baking.

Her (now ex, as she split with him five days after the interview) boyfriend of five years, the actor Rupert Friend, apparently gave out batches of her brownies on the set of his latest film So I ask her about Friend. “I don’t talk about my boyfriend. Not answering anything about it.

“Definitely not answering that. No!” she exclaims with a big, angry laugh.

The atmosphere in the room is terrible.

I think back to the things I’ve read about Knightley before meeting her, how she likes to “keep some protection up”.

And, it’s easy to surmise from my short time with her, that this is a girl who does not let her guard down easily.

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‘TALKING CRAP’ Knightley is dressed in a short-sleeved broderie-anglaise blouse and a blue silk skirt. “Rodarte,” she informs me. “Apart from those.” She indicates a pair of tan leather Christian Louboutin heels strewn on the floor beside her.

“They’re not on because they’re more comfortable off.” She laughs briefly then lets out a sigh. “Well,” she continues, “if I’m going to sit in a room talking crap – sorry – I might as well dress up for it.”

OK then! Her newly bobbed hair is thick and bouncy, her smoky eyes are lustrous and her skin looks peachy. It is a shocking contrast to the dead-eyed

desperation of her character, Ruth, one of the three friends at the heart of Never Let Me Go.

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The Australian Pink Floyd Show Hammersmith Apollo, Mar 20 (0844 844 4748). £29.50

WHITE LIES Ritual (Polydor)

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“White lies are quite dark... that’s how we see ourselves,” the Ealing trio said about their name choice in 2009.

But White Lies aren’t dark – they’re about telling your mum her new dress looks nice when, in fact, it looks crap.

Like Editors and Interpol before them, they make a good play at gloom rock with lyrics obsessed with love, and

White Lies: not as gloomy as they look

love lost, delivered in Harry McVeigh’s stentorian vocals against dramatic walls of sound.

There’s lots of Depeche Mode-inspired industrial post-apocalyptic imagery

but Ritual, their second album, lacks that dark-nightof-the-soul quality which packs true emotional punch.

It’s more dark-lite, if you get my drift. ALISON GRINTER

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The King Is Dead (Beggars) Expect more leftfield indie folk as the Portland, Oregon sextet release their sixth album.

Tommorrow The Green Grass

Live On Ten Legs (Island) Live compilation celebrating Pearl Jam’s twentieth anniversary year.

Includes Jeremy and Alive.

(American/Columbia)

Gen X’s answer to Crosby, Stills and Nash re-release their 1995 album with extras.

MUSIC NEWS Wild man:Iggy Pop

Nick Cave has hinted that he and fellow rock wild man Iggy Pop may get up to all kinds of shenanigans when they are reunited on the Big Day Out tour this week.

The pair raised hell during the inaugural Big Day Out tour of Australia in 1993, and, 18 years on, Iggy & The Stooges will headline the festival

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alongside Cave, who will front rock act Grinderman.

Talking to the Sydney Morning Herald Cave said: “We’re not best friends or anything but I know him and if it’s anything like the last one we’ll be hanging out.

“The last Big Day Out was a time of personal and collective chaos which we hope to repeat this time.”

The Big Day Out tour kicks off in Auckland on January 21 and finishes in Perth on February 6.

string to his bow after cowriting short film My Mind’s Own Melody with actor and writer Josh Wakely.

The film, described as a “short musical drama”, secured $30,000 in funding from a government grant to support budding filmmakers.

Silverchair front-dude Daniel Johns has added another

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Alison Grinter PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST LIVE MUSIC

GIG OF THE WEEK THIN LIZZY Twenty-four years have passed since Dublin rockers Thin Lizzy blasted on to the scene with instant classics like Jailbreak.

But this week the boys are back in town (sorry, couldn’t resist) with three original members as well as Def Leppard’s Viv Campbell (guitar), Whitesnake’s Marco Mendoza (bass) and The Almighty’s Ricky Warwick on vocals and guitar, taking the place of the late lead singer Phil who, aged 36, died from a drink/drugs binge soon after the band split in 1984.

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» Hammersmith Apollo, W6 9QH

Hammersmith (0844 844 4748) Saturday, Jan 22. £26. IndigO2, SE10 0DX North Greenwich (0844 856 0202). Sunday, Jan 23. £20-£45 Thin Lizzy: the boys are back...

HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR Forget detoxes and new year’s rezzies.

New York party animals Hercules And Love Affair offer the best method yet for easing oneself into 2011. The dance outfit are in town to preview new album Blue Songs which promises a new twist on their jacking house/disco shtick.

» Heaven, Under The Arches, Villiers Street, WC2N 6NG Embankment (020 7930 2020) Wednesday, Jan 19. (£19.50 with album, £16.50 without album)

NEW ARTIST ALERT

JESSIE J Sick of Jessie J yet? Well, tough cos this Essex gal’s gonna be around for a little while yet. She’s already topped the BBC’s Sounds of 2011 list and will be collecting the Critics’ Choice award at next month’s Brit Awards. The Do It Like A Dude singer’s been touted as Britain’s answer to Lady Gaga. See what all the fuss is about this week.

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Scala, 275 Pentonville Road, N1 9NL (0870 534 4444) Monday, Jan 17. £20

FESTIVAL WATCH Tickets now on sale Bestival The Cure, Brian Wilson, Magnetic Man, Primal Scream Robyn DJ Shadow confirmed.

Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of Wight (bestival.net). Sep 8-11.

W/e tickets £160

There’s no pigeonholing Anna Calvi

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THE BUZZ SO FAR Brian Eno called her the “biggest thing since

Patti Smith”, she’s supported Nick Cave’s Grinderman, and she’s featured on every “ones to watch” list going. Her songs are gorgeous bricolages of disparate sounds, ethereal and grungey by turns. She’s a bit like Mazzy Star on overdrive but, that said, her unique sound defies pigeonholing. An exciting new talent.

WHAT ELSE? The songs comprising her self-titled debut LP were demoed on an eight-track recorder in her parents’ attic and then produced by Rob Ellis, long-term collaborator of PJ Harvey.

THE PLUG Self-titled album out January 17 through Domino.

King’s Cross

Download Festival System Of A Down, Linkin Park confirmed.

Donington Park, Leicestershire (downloadfestival.com). June 10-12. W/e tickets £180 Exit Festival Arcade Fire confirmed.

Novi Sad, Serbia. (exitfest.org).

Jul 7-10. Early bird four-day pass £89 Isle Of Wight Festival Kings of Leon, Kasabian, Pulp, Foo Fighters, Iggy and the Stooges, Seasick Steve, Hurts.

Seaclose Park, Newport, (isleofwightfestival.com).

Jun 10-12. W/e tickets £175 Oxegen Blink 182 join Arctic Monkeys & Foo Fighters confirmed.

Kildare, Ireland (oxegen.ie).

Jul 7-10. €199.50 with camping Rockness The Chemical Brothers and Kasabian confirmed.

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

W/e tickets £149 Wakestock Early bird tickets on sale now.

Abersoch, North Wales, Wiltshire, (wakestock.co.uk).

Jul 8-10. W/e tickets from £95 Wickerman Early bird tickets on sale.

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland (thewickermanfestival.co.uk).

Jul 22-23. Two day tickets £90

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MUSIC LISTINGS Peter, Bjorn and John

MONDAY 17

MUSIC & CLUBS

SATURDAY 22

house, dub and techno. Hoxton Square Bar And Kitchen, Hoxton Sq, N1 6NU (020 7613 0709). £8, adv £6.

AM Preacher The New York-based five-piece plays rockabilly. Hope And

Wakey Wakey New Yorkbased singer-songwriter and pianist Michael Grubbs leads his dramatic indie-pop outfit.

Anchor, Upper St, N1 1RL (020 7354 1312). £6, concs £4.50.

Gilad Atzmon Israeli world-bop reeds man. 606 Club, Lots Rd, SW10 0QD (020 7352 5953). £12.

Dopamine, Go-X, The Vendettas Indie-rock band from Yeovil. O2 Academy

Cabaret Futura Influential proto-punk Richard Strange re-launches his 1980s avantgarde entertainment revue with an eccentric array of musicians and performance artists. Paradise

Relentless Garage, Highbury Corner, N5 1RD (0870 060 3777/ cc 0844 847 1678). £9.

By Way Of Kensal Green, Kilburn Ln, W10 4AE (020 8969 0098). £10.

The Cult The veteran rock outfit plays new material and well-known hits such as She Sells Sanctuary. HMV

Miles Kane, Clock Opera, Dutch Uncles, The Brute Chorus, Sissy & The Blisters

Parisian swing inspired by Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt. Boisdale

Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £30.

Indie-rock from The Last Shadow Puppets singer-songwriter. The

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

Dirty Revolution, The Meow Meows, Colour Me Wednesday The Cardiff-based

Tyler Mae, Seething Akira Dub, beats and hip-hop from the London-based artist.

Dublin Castle, Parkway, NW1 7AN (020 8806 2668). £6, concs £4.50.

Raven, Jacquelyn Hynes The London-based outfit performs acoustic arrangements of traditional folk songs. The Green Note Cafe, Parkway, NW1 7AN (020 7485 9899). £9, adv £8.

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TNT’S TOP BOOKING

PETER, BJORN AND JOHN Dingwalls, NW1 8AB Camden Town (0870 264 3333). Wednesday, March 30. £12 Whimsical indie pop is the order of the day from the Stockholm trio behind the breezy ditty Young Folks. They’ll be back in March to play tracks from their new album Gimme Some.

Beelzebozo, Tinyfish, The Anydays, Amanda Ray

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

12 Bar Club, Denmark Place, WC2H 8NL (020 7240 2622). £6.

Alexander Wolfe Soulful electro-pop from the Londonbased singer-songwriter.

Gem And The Deadheads

TUESDAY 18 The Connectors Punk and garage-rock from the London-based duo. Hope And Anchor, Upper St, N1 1RL (020 7354 1312). £6, concs £4.50.

The Dead Poets, The Walkers, Cas Christensen The Egham-based three-piece plays blues-tinted folk-rock.

music from the singer and actress. The Pheasantry, Kings Rd, SW3 4UT (020 7351 5031). £17.50.

Barfly, Camden, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AN (0844 847 2424). £15.

Tim Laycock Folk from the

four-piece plays ska-punk. Bull

Dorchester-based musician.

And Gate, Kentish Town Rd, NW5 2TJ (020 8826 5000). £7, adv £6.

Cellar Upstairs Folk Club at The Exmouth Arms, Starcross St, NW1 1HR (020 7281 7700). £7, mems £6.

Dana Falconberry, Matt Bauer Americana and folk by the Austin-based singersongwriter. Downstairs At The King’s Head, Crouch End Hill, N8 8AA (020 8340 1028). £6.

Oz Classic metal from the Swedish band. O2 Academy Islington, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £23.

Eric Ranzoni Blues Band

WEDNESDAY 19

Salt The blues-rock band reunites. Featuring Mick Clarke and Stevie Smith.

The Social, Little Portland St, W1W 7JD (020 7636 4992). £5.

Islington, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £8.

Nicole Faraday Cabaret

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Teengirl Fantasy, Treefight For Sunlight The duo plays

Temper The Wolves, Sister Rose, Jukebox Invention

Innerpartysystem, Darkstar, Untold Electro-dance by the

Indie-rock frm the Londonbased band. XOYO, Cowper

Mohnton-based group. Corsica

St, EC2A 4AP (020 7729 5959). £6.

Studios, Farrell Court, SE17 1LB (020 7703 4760). £12.50, adv £10.

Saint Jude Rock from the London-based five-piece.

from the composer and entertainer. The Pheasantry, Kings

100 Club, Oxford St, W1D 1LL (020 7636 0933). £12, adv £10.

Crowbar Heavy metal from the New Orleans-based four-piece.

Rd, SW3 4UT (020 7351 5031). £17.50.

The band plays sultry rock.

Dublin Castle, Parkway, NW1 7AN (020 8806 2668). £6, concs £4.50.

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

John Kirkpatrick Established

Hercules & Love Affair Dance and electronica by the New York-based combo. Heaven,

Diaphragm Failure, Cross Wires, Chaos Baby

8BD (07985 357958). £12, adv £11.

Experimental rock from the London-based outfit. Hope

Manic Street Preachers, British Sea Power James

And Anchor, Upper St, N1 1RL (020 7354 1312). £6, concs £4.50.

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

Charing Cross Arches, Villiers St, WC2N 6NG (020 7930 2020). £16.50.

Jonny Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake and Euros Childs of Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci join forces to play melodic rock.

Monto Water Rats, Gray’s Inn Rd, WC1X 8BZ (020 7837 4412). £8.

Hectors Fanclub, Harry Harris, Andrew Butler The London-based six-piece plays acoustic roots and folk.

The Good Ship, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (07949 008253). £5.

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

Ty Jeffries Cabaret stylings

Alt metal combo from London.

THURSDAY 20

Piano-led blues outfit.

Sufi’s Night Traditional music English folk accordionist and singer. DHFC, Edgar Kail Way, SE22

O2 Academy Brixton, Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL (0844 477 2000). £29.11.

and dance, featuring Madjid Khaladj, Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam, Karine Herrou, Pouria Akhavas and Arman Sigarchi.

Cadogan Hall, Sloane Terrace, SW1X 9DQ (020 7730 4500). £20-£50.

Thin Lizzy Classic rock from the veteran Dublin outfit featuring new members Viv Campbell, Marco Mendoza and Ricky Warwick. HMV Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £26.

New Device Classic rock from the five-piece. Monto

SUNDAY 23

KXP, Not Squares, Eat Lights Become Lights Electronic

Imaginary Cities, Mlini, Effort

Water Rats, Gray’s Inn Rd, WC1X 8BZ (020 7837 4412). £6.

rock from the Finnish threepiece. The Lexington, Pentonville

Indie-rock from the Manitobabased combo. The Windmill,

Paprika Balkan and other

Paul Hawkins, Tim Ten Yen, Seerauber Jenny Alt pop

Rd, N1 9JB (020 7837 5371). £7.

Blenheim Gardens, SW2 5BZ (020 8671 0700). £5, adv £4.

Eastern European folk from the London-based combo.

from the singer-songwriter. Bull

Lost Brothers, Jack Cheshire, Jess Morgan Indie-pop from

The Long Notes Contemporary

The Green Note Cafe, Parkway, NW1 7AN (020 7485 9899). £12.

Le QuecumBar, Battersea High St, SW11 3HX (020 7787 2227). £20.

Reuben Richards & Soul Train Blues, funk and soul

Mitch Winehouse & Brian Dee Troi The vocalist and

from the seven-piece.

colleagues perform selections from the Great American Songbook. Ronnie Scott’s, Frith St,

The Good Ship, Kilburn High d, NW6 7JR (07949 008253). £5.

And Gate, Kentish Town Rd, NW5 2TJ (020 8826 5000). £6, w/flyer £5.

The Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel Folk Band Americana and folk from the New York-based singersongwriter and colleagues. The Windmill, Blenheim Gardens, SW2 5BZ (020 8671 0700). £10, adv £8.50.

Myra Maimoh, Fast Wire Pop and R‘n’B from the Frankfurt-based singer.

Dublin Castle, Parkway, NW1 7AN (020 8806 2668). £6, concs £4.50.

the two-piece. The Slaughtered Lamb, Great Sutton St, EC1V 0DX (020 7253 1516). £6, adv £5.

and traditional folk by the London-based combo. The Green Note Cafe, Parkway, NW1 7AN (020 7485 9899). £8.

Matron The outfit plays postpunk. The Good Ship, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (07949 008253). £5.

Metro Paradiso, Paradigm Shift Heavy rock from the

Le QuecumBar International Gypsy Swing Guitar Festival: Tcha Limberger’s Kalotaszeg Trio The violinist and singer leads his group in playing Romanian Gypsy music. Le

The Purple Turtle, Crowndale Rd, NW1 1TN (020 7383 4976). £5.

Oriana, Laura Jeanne, Kaya Burgess, Lu Pop from

Spy Catcher, The Social Club, Mallory Knox Indie-rock

Pete And The Pirates

songwriter plays folk-rock.

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX (0844 847 9910/ cc 0844 875 0073). £10-£35.

from the four-piece. Bull And Gate, Kentish Town Rd, NW5 2TJ (020 8826 5000). £6, concs £5.

Indie-pop by the London and Reading-based combo.

The Lexington, Pentonville Rd, N1 9JB (020 7837 5371). £8.

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Third Cortez, Black Wildes, Romeo Down The three-piece plays rock. The Troubadour,

The Ronnie Scotts Blues Experience The ensemble performs blues songs in a variety of styles. Ronnie Scott’s, Frith St,

Old Brompton Rd, SW5 9JA (020 7370 1434). £8, £7 before 10pm.

W1D 4HT (020 7439 0747). £15-£28.50.

The Veil, Solsikk Industrial

Supertouch, Lightbringer

metal from the London-based band. The Scala, Pentonville

Hard rock with a grungey edge from the New York-based band.

Rd, N1 9NL (020 7833 2022/ cc 0870 060 0100). £7.50.

The Purple Turtle, Crowndale Rd, NW1 1TN (020 7383 4976). £10.

Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band The veteran singer returns with his band to play blues and soul. The

Anita Wardell Australian scat and bebop vocalist.

W1D 4HT (020 7439 0747). £10-£13.

the Canadian singer-songwriter.

The Troubadour, Old Brompton Rd, SW5 9JA (020 7370 1434). £7.

Lower Ground Bar, West End Ln, NW6 1QS (020 7431 2211). £5.

Musicians play Gypsy swing.

London-based five-piece.

QuecumBar, Battersea High St, SW11 3HX (020 7787 2225 ). £15.

Richard Thompson Band The guitarist and

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

Django’s Birthday Gypsy Swing Celebration: Gary Potter, Aurelien Bouly

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

Borderline, Orange Yard, Manette St, W1D 4JB (0870 060 3777/ cc 0871 231 0842). £18.50.

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CLUB LISTINGS TNT’S TOP BOOKING

Paul van Dyk

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MUSIC & CLUBS

Anthem The residents play

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THE GALLERY WITH PAUL VAN DYK Ministry of Sound, SE1 6DP Elephant & Castle (ministryofsound. com). Feb 25. £20 Trance pioneer Paul van Dyk was behind some of the genre’s most memorable tracks, including 1994’s For An Angel. Catch him at his upcoming three-hour set.

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

8pm-late. £5, free before 11pm.

Bite DJs Lydia, Ian, Marcus and Wade spin electro, leftfield indie, disco, dubstep, post-punk and pop. The Den & Centro, West Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083).

10pm-3am. £5, w/flyer £3.

Hard Core Salsa DJ Mario plays mambo and salsa, plus dance lessons.

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

7pm-late. £4, free before 9pm.

Golden Birdcage Rich Pack, Alan Cherry Cola, Tom Bungalow and Stuee spin rock ‘n’ roll, Northern Soul, swing, blues, retro hits and classic rock. The Bathhouse, Bishopsgate Churchyard, EC2M 3TJ (020 7920 9207).

8pm-4am. £7, guestlist £5.

Loose Cannons The Kiss FM DJ duo of Kaiser Saucy and Lord Fader spin house, electro and remixes. The Hoxton Pony, Curtain Rd, EC2A 3AH (020 7613 2844). 8pm-2am. £10, guestlist £7, free before 9pm.

Night Owl Sebastien Drums, No Artificial Colors, Scott Hayhoe, Dave Lane, Jordan Brown, Adam Law and Adam Watson play house and dance. Pacha, Terminus Place, SW1V 1JR (0845 371 4489).

10pm-5am. £20, adv £15.

I Love Mondays DJ Victor spins commercial dance, disco, pop, R‘n’B and funky house.

Moonlighting, Greek St, W1D 4DR (020 7437 5782/cc 020 7287 3727).

10pm-3.30am. £5, NUS £1.

Mambo Monday Latin and

Ride Filthy Few, DJ Risco and Jay Diffrent Strokes DJs Phat Cat, Zay London, Lonyo and MOBO Award winner and Kiss FM DJ Manny Norte play neo soul, 1980s pop, funk and R‘n’B. Cherryjam, Porchester Rd, W2 6ET (020 7727 9950).

9pm-2am. £10, £5 before 11pm.

Latin Krazy DJs spin salsa,

The Gallery Gareth Emery,

merengue, bachata and reggaeton, plus salsa dances lessons. Salsa!, Charing Cross

Marco V, Gavyn Mytchel, Steve Lee and Peter James Khan play house, trance and techno. The

Rd, WC2H 0JG (020 7379 3277).

7.30pm-late. £4, free before 9pm.

Ministry Of Sound, Gaunt St, SE1 6DP (0870 060 2666). 10.30pm-6am. £13, NUS/mems £10, £6 after 3am.

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

The Latin Quarter DJ EC

1980s pop, indie and disco.

Magnetix Party Marc French,

Rd, SW6 5NH (020 7381 5005).

7pm-2am. £8, £10 inc drink.

spins Latin party tunes, plus salsa classes before 9.30pm.

The Roxy, Rathbone Place, W1T 1HJ (020 7255 1098).

10pm-3am. £5, NUS/w/flyer £3.

Popcorn Resident DJs

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

6.30pm-2am. £7, mems £5.

Rob.O.T.T, Mat Lock, Kestas, Dean Zone, Lorenzo Barrero and Neill Moore play trance and hard dance. Club 414, Coldharbour

The Tassel Clubs Dinner Party Resident DJs play

Ln, SW9 8LF (020 7924 9322).

11pm-7am. £12, £8 before midnight.

swing, soul, blues, pop and rock ‘n’ roll, plus live burlesque and cabaret. The Bathhouse,

Pump Up The Volume DJs

spin commercial dance, house, pop and R‘n’B, plus a special appearance from Zach Burns. Heaven, Charing Cross Arches, Villiers St, WC2N 6NG (020 7930 2020). 11pm5.30am. £8, £4 before midnight.

Radio The Radio DJs play

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

Rehab DJs Haley, Dan and

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

The Demonettes play indie, pop and electro. The Roxy,

Trannyshack Miss Dusty O,

Rathbone Place, W1T 1HJ (020 7255 1098). 10pm-3am. £5, NUS/w/flyer £3, £1 before 10.30pm.

TUESDAY 18 Bootcamp Rob C and Scewpulous play techno and house. Eagle, Kennington Ln, SE11 5QY (020 7793 0903).

9pm-late. £3, £2 before 10pm.

Count On Earl Count Skylarkin’ and Earl Gateshead play reggae, soul, funk and disco, plus The Long Insiders and The Erin Bardwell Collective perform live. Notting Hill Arts

Bishopsgate Churchyard, EC2M 3TJ (020 7920 9207).

6pm-late. £10, £45 inc meal.

Patchoulee and Eko spin hip-hop and dance hits from the 1970s to the 1990s. The Underworld, Camden High St, NW1 0NE (020 7482 1932).

11pm-3am. £6, w/flyer £4.

Karim play indie, pop, electro, soul and dub. Proud Camden, The Horse Hospital, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AH (020 7482 3867). 7.30pm2.30am. £10, £6 before 9pm.

Roller Disco Old school roller disco with Mr Shiver and DJ Bradley playing disco, funk, soulful house, electro and breakbeat. Renaissance Rooms, Arches, Miles St, SW8 1RZ (0844 736 5375). 8pm-2am. £15.

Shake Disco and pop from DJ John Osbourne and Paul C in the main room, while DJ Milo plays party anthems in room two. The Electric Ballroom, Camden High St, NW1 8QP (020 7485 9006).

10pm-3am. £10, NUS/mems £8.

Tasty Tim and Lady Lloyd spin commercial dance and pop. Madame Jo Jo’s,

Voix De Ville Resident DJs spin retro and underground vintage sounds, plus live swing and blues and burlesque and cabaret entertainment. Proud

Danman, Exel & Moodie and Ramon Judah play reggae and dub. The City Arts & Music Project,

Park Rd, SW4 7EH (020 7498 3388).

8pm-late. £5, free before 9pm.

Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040).

10pm-3am. £5, w/flyer £3.

Cabaret, Minster Court, EC3R 7AA (020 7482 3867). 8pm. £10.

City Rd, EC1Y 2BJ (020 7253 2443).

9pm-4am. £10, £5 before 11pm.

World Series Brazil DJs spin

Work! Old school funk,

Your Mum’s House Scally

Tales Of The Unexpected

Brazilian beats, plus circus performers and live music.

hip-hop and pop courtesy of Big John and Biggy C.

Dandan and Jamie D Winter spin electro and fidget house. Punk,

Hidden, Tinworth St, SE11 5EQ (020 7247 4121). 11pm-4am. £3-£6.

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

9pm-3am. £5, £3 before 11pm.

DJs Filthy Few and Dixon Brothers play house, pop, rock, disco, electro and indie. Proud Camden,

THURSDAY 20

FRIDAY 21

Back To The Future Resident

Blow Stassy, P Toil, Adam Port,

DJs spin dubstep, 1980s pop, electro and indie. The Borderline,

Daniel James and James Stephenson play house, electro, techno, dub, drum ‘n’ bass and disco across three rooms. Egg,

Club, Notting Hill Gate, W11 3JQ (020 7460 4459). 7pm-2am. £5.

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

10.30pm-3am. £6, NUS £4.

Forca Brasil DJ Fred spins

Clubbing London DJ Flex

salsa, samba and Latin tunes, plus live bands.

plays R‘n’B, funky house and party classics in room one, while DJ Fat Man spins house and electro in room two. The Den

York Way, N7 9AX (020 7609 8364).

10pm-late. £10, adv £8.

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

Verdict Ant Brooks, Nick Reggae Roast Evergreen, MC

The Horse Hospital, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AH (020 7482 3867). 7.30pm2.30am. £10, £8 before 9pm, adv £5.

SATURDAY 22 Bear Necessity DJ Rado, DJ Tim Jones, Micky Galliano, Brent Nicholls and DJ Savin play house and electro. Area, Albert Embankment, SE1 7HD (020 7091 0080). 11pm-7am. £10.

Wolanski and Tristan D play house. The Whitehouse, Clapham

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

SUNDAY 23 Booster DJ Ferno, Dan K and Miss Crazy D, Jason Prince and James St James spin deep house and pop. Area, Albert Embankment, SE1 7HD (020 7091 0080). 7pm-midnight. £5.

Groove Sanctuary AfricanLatin, funk, disco and deep house from DJ Jimbo, Joey Vieira and guests. Madame Jo Jo’s,

& Centro, West Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083). 10pm-3am. £10, ladies free before midnight.

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

Carpet Burn Jonny Woo, Ma Butcher, Princess Julia and John Sizzle play pop, dance, house and Italo disco. Eagle, Kennington

DiscoDaze Mark Wilkinson

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

Later Uplifting house and funky house from Paul Martin, The Oli and D’Johnny. Fire, South Lambeth

Easy DJ Sally Sexface and residents spin pop, R‘n’B, hiphop and dance from the 1990s to the present day. Moonlighting,

plays 1980s to 1990s soul, funk, disco and house classics.

Don’t You Want Me Baby

Rd, SW8 1UQ (020 7582 9890). noon-7pm. £6, w/flyer £5.

The Roxy, Rathbone Place, W1T 1HJ (020 7255 1098).

10pm-3am. £5, w/flyer/NUS £3.

Cherryjam, Porchester Rd, W2 6ET (020 7727 9950). 7pm-2am. £10, £7 before midnight, free before 10pm.

DJs David and Jim play pop, indie and rock from the 1960s to the present day. The Roxy,

Stupid Tuesday Funky and soulful house and pop. Thirst,

Greek St, W1D 4DR (020 7437 5782/ cc 020 7287 3727). 9pm-3.30am. £5, w/flyer £4, NUS £3 before 11pm.

FabricLive Erol Alkan, Filthy

Rathbone Place, W1T 1HJ (020 7255 1098). 9.30pm-3.30am. £9, £7 before 10.30pm, NUS £5.

Greek St, W1D 3DR (020 7437 1977).

9pm-3am. £3, free before 10pm.

Fiesta Latino Latin and samba

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

7.30pm-late. £4, free before 9pm.

Panic! Max, Gaz and That Perfect Fumble play indie, electro and post-punk.

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

Dukes, Stopmakingme and Hey Today play drum ‘n’ bass, dub, breakbeat, electronica and hiphop. Fabric, Charterhouse St, EC1M

Funky Sensation Joey Negro spins disco and house.

6HJ (020 7336 8898). 10pm-6am. £15, NUS/mems £10, £6 before 3am.

Ronnie Scott’s, Frith St, W1D 4HT (020 7439 0747). 11.15pm-3am. £15.

Greek St, W1D 4DR (020 7437 5782/ cc 020 7287 3727). 9pm-3.30am. £6, NUS £5, w/flyer £4.

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Glitz & Glamour DJ Mark Bambach plays house, R‘n’B and dance. The Shadow Lounge, Brewer St, W1F 0RF (020 7287 7988).

10pm-3am. £5, free before 11pm.

Orange The Oli, Paul Martin and The Sharp Boys spin house in room one, while Gonzola Rivas, David Jiminez and Hi Fi Sean provide minimal techno and tech-house in room two.

Fire, South Lambeth Rd, SW8 1UQ (020 7582 9890). 11pm-9am. £10£12, w/flyer £2 before midnight.

SLAGS/Chill-Out Dance anthems and commercial house from Simon Le Vans, Andy Almighty and Sean Sirrs. Royal

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

Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040).

9.30pm-3am. £5, free before 11pm.

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

Vauxhall Tavern, Kennington Ln, SE11 5HY (020 7820 1222). 2pmmidnight. £5, £7 before 7.30pm.

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CLUB GUIDE MUSIC & CLUBS

Natasha Vuckovic PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST CLUB NIGHTS

CLUB OF THE WEEK THE GALLERY So it’s been five weeks of a Gallery-free London, and while we respect everyone’s need for a little hiatus every now and then, we’re very happy to welcome the weekly party back to the capital as it kicks off 2011 with guaranteed dancefloor carnage. A three-hour set by UK trance star Gareth Emery, as he plays some of the finest tunes from his debut album Northen Lights, plus three hours of Dutch trance royalty Marco V makes for a brilliant welcome back.

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Elephant & Castle (0870 060 0010, ministryofsound.com). Fri, Jan 21, 10.30pm-6am. £15.

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It takes a special kind of DJ to get a huge following to come out on a Monday night. That’s just what Erol Alkan did for 10 years as his Trash nights became legendary amongst clubbers, thanks to his mashup of electronica indie. Trash may be no more, but you can catch Erol at Fabric this weekend.

After drums, bass, beats and breaks? Then feast your ears on some dark, thumping tunes as A Bunch of Cuts presents a tasty DnB line-up to get your body moving with the usual bunch of suspects including Claibre, D-Bridge and Doc Spot plus Manchester import Marcus Intalex.

» Fabric, 77a Charterhouse St, EC1M 6HJ Farringdon (020 7336 8898, fabriclondon.com).

Fri, Jan 21, 10pm-6am. £15

» Cable, Bermondsey St Tunnel, SE1 3JW London Bridge (020 7403 7730, cable-london.com). Sat, Jan 22, 10pm-6am. £10 adv, £13

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Q&A WITH FEDDE LE GRAND He’s the 21st best DJ in the world, according to the 2010 DJ Mag Top 100 poll. The Dutch turntablist spends five with TNT for a quick chat.

You have an unusual name.

Did your parents forget the R? That’s probably the case for English people. Actually, it is an unusual name in Holland.

You worked with Will.I.Am on your LP Output. What’s he like?

He’s very honest and open and really interested in learning new techniques.

Madonna asked you to remix a track. Did you meet her?

No. I wish. [Her management] asked if we could do a mashup of her track Music and Put Your Hands Up to open her

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show. That was already an honour, and after that she asked me to remix one of her tracks. It’s weird to grow up to someone’s music and then they ask you to do something with it. She quite likes her toy boys.

Would you be interested?

Haha. Even though she looks very good for her age, I think I would pass.

Need to send money between UK and home? r Cheapee than th banks*

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■ Death toll mounts after floods hit Brisbane and other Queensland towns ■ Heavy rain caused the Brisbane River to burst its banks, flooding the city ■ The army has been sent in to begin the clean-up

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ntense flooding has left a trail of devastation across Queensland – killing at least 16 people and leaving thousands homeless.

Brisbane, Australia’s thirdlargest city, was the hardest hit, when the Brisbane River burst its banks after weeks of heavy rain.

Overnight, the city became submerged; streets were transformed into inland lakes, the CBD was evacuated, along with thousands of homes, and the power was cut.

Scenes of devastation followed. Families witnessed loved ones swept away by the raging flood waters, and volunteers joined emergency workers in a full-scale rescue

Workers collect debris from outside ruined homes

operation. The flood has affected 67 suburbs across the city, with more than 30,000 homes and business at least partially flooded.

Prime minister Julia Gillard has doubled the Defence Force deployment helping with the clean-up to 1200.

It’s the biggest Australiabased soldier number involved in a natural disaster since Cyclone Tracy in 1974.

“We’ve been through some very difficult days and there’s

still a lot to go through in the weeks and months that lie ahead,” Gillard said, during her visit to the flood-ravaged Lockyer Valley.

Queensland premier Anna Bligh warned that recovery would be an slow, painful process. ‘’I hope and pray mother nature is leaving us alone to get on with the job of cleaning up and recovering from this event,’’ she said.

“Inevitably, we will see a lot of pain and grief.’

Parents ‘swept to their deaths’ From top: a local by the Brisbane River; homes have been destroyed; businesses have have een ruined;and communities have been cut off

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A woman watched as her parents were swept to their deaths from their family home when a wall of water roared down the Toowoomba Range.

Sarah Norman said her heart sank when she saw a car and shed washed away in the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane.

She added: “The water was so strong, in my heart I knew that they might not survive and that was so hard to just think about at the time because no one was expecting this.”

AUSTRALIA - FLOOD DISASTER I know I’m not the the one in the UK feeling helpless as we see those affected by the disastrous flooding.

Watching people’s homes go under is heartbreaking.

But we don’t have to be helpless. I’m appealing to shipping companies to

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Brisbane was left submerged by the flood; (inset) Suncorp Stadium was not spared

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Tributes for flood ‘hero’ A teenager who sacrificed his life so his little brother could be saved has been described as an “angel”. Jordan Rice and his mother, Donna, were swept away by raging floods after becoming trapped in their car in Toowoomba.

The 13-year-old urged rescuers to save his brother Blake and his mother first.

A truck driver pulled the 10-year-old to safety, but as they climbed on top of their car and waited to be saved, Jordan and Donna, 43, were swept away by the ‘inland instant tsunami’.

Jordan Rice gave his life to save his brother

I felt compelled to write following the devastation that is literally engulfing my beloved home state of Qld. My thoughts are with those who have lost their homes, and worse still those

that have lost loved ones to this unexpected freak of nature. This is not the image that is held of the land Down Under. Please help support Australians that have had their lives literally swept from under them. qld.gov.au/floods/donate James T, Brisbanite, NW10

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NEW ZEALAND

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The Pike River mine on the day of the explosion last year

WEEK IN NUMBERS

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Litres of ice cream Kiwis consume per head per year, making them one of the biggest per capita consumers

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New Zealand dollars paid out to victims of last September’s Canterbury earthquake

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Key has defended the decision by police to abandon their efforts to search the remains of the miners killed in a blast in November saying the recovery plan failed and there is no credible way to retrieve the bodies.

“There has been substantial damage inside the mine from

what we can tell, it’s an unsafe environment,” he said.

“The government was fully committed to doing everything we could to making sure the bodies were removed and that full closure could be achieved for those families but that’s just not possible and it’s not an issue of money or time or commitment.

“The police have my complete support in the decision they have made.”

Key said it was “obviously a very tragic end for the families”.

In a statement, Pike River Families Committee spokesman Bernie Monk said the families were not consulted about the police decision to stop the recovery operation.

“They (the families) do not understand why Mines Rescue Trust to have agreed this decision, and they believe the decision has been taken at this point without bringing into account considerable successes in the past few days in stabilising the mine atmosphere,” he said.

Percentage of voters in a NZ Herald poll who want to see controversial presenter Paul Henry reinstated to breakfast television

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*And finally … five’s better than four

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with a fifth leg protruding from its neck.

“I just hope that the top bidder actually pays for it this time,” King said, before suggesting the Hawke’s Bay Farmyard Zoo may be interested, as it already owns a five-legged sheep.

“That would be cool – imagine a five-legged calf and a fivelegged sheep together,” he said.

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A five-legged calf is back on the market for sale online after an unhappy husband vetoed his wife’s winning bid.

The calf’s original owner, Reporoa dairy farm manager Jonathan King, has added the message “wives, please ask for your husband’s permission before bidding” to the auction page for the friesian heifer calf

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union insisted some universities have adopted “draconian” admission criteria. He argued “unreasonable” stricter admission criteria is being used to exclude learners from poor and rural areas.

■ President Jacob Zuma appoints a deputy head of public prosecutions, Nomgcobo Jiba ■ Jiba previously faced charges of dishonesty arising from a political feud ■ The head of prosecutions, Menzi Simelane could still have his appointment blocked by the courts

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Jacob Zuma faces allegations of ulterior motives over recent appointments

apparent personal and political vendetta against advocate Gerrie Nel, a key figure in the inter-departmental feuds that characterises SA politics.

Zuma’s controversial appointment of Jiba came before the dust has settled on Simelane’s ascension. In fact, Simelane’s appointment has come under increasing scrutiny; Democratic Alliance

chairperson James Selfe describing his qualifications as “shoddy” and claiming Zuma orchestrated the appointment in the belief he could influence Simelane’s office.

In a bid to block Simelane’s appointment, the Democratic Alliance has filed court papers impugning his experience and alleging Zuma’s ulterior motive.

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Summer floods hit poor hardest At least 32 people have died after intense flooding hit KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, exacting exacted a particularly heavy toll The ministry in a statement said the National Disaster Management Centre was still gathering information on the full extent of the damage.

Ester Ramogale, head of disaster management in Tshwane, told the Mail And Guardian that the effects of the flooding had been exacerbated by informal settlements.

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resident Jacob Zuma is again the subject of allegations of cronyism and corruption after appointing a new deputy head of public prosecutions who has previously faced charges of dishonesty and unprofessional conduct.

Nomgcobo Jiba, last week announced as Menzi Simelane’s deputy, came under investigation by Simelane’s predecessor, Mokotedi Mpshe, in 2009 and faced charges arising from an

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“The Mamelodi area is growing rapidly,” Ramogale said. “[People] settle in areas where they have been advised not to build.”

Allauddin Sayed, a manager at Gift of the Givers charity, told the paper conditions in KwaZulu-Natal were particularly severe.

“Houses were literally washed away,” he said, while bridges had collapsed, cutting communities off from the outside world, and roofs were blown off homes.

A group of 15 policemen accused of murder will go on trial in April at the Hammarsdale Magistrates’ Court. The officers are accused of beating to death Nhlanhla Lala Luthuli, 40, in Hammarsdale on October 29 last year after searching his home for a firearm.

SUPPORT FOR TUTU Archbishop Desmond Tutu has received support from prominent rabbis after an online petition was circulated calling for his resignation as patron of the Holocaust Centre. The peition was started by the South African Zionist Federation, who decried Tutu’s criticism of Israel.

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Slums were devastated by the floods

The Premier Soccer League was forced to move Sunday’s KwaZulu-Natal derby between AmaZulu and Golden Arrows to the Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium after declaring Moses Mabhida Stadium unplayable after a concert was held there. The venue hosted the semi-final of last year’s World Cup.

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THE HEAVY HITTERS

As Australia Day nears, we consider the Aussies who cast their shadows around the world WORDS TOM STURROCK

Does Guantanamo Bay have Wi-Fi?

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ustralia may be a young country in a far-flung corner of the world, with a population of just 20m, but that doesn’t stop it producing individuals who make their mark on the world stage.

JULIAN ASSANGE The Aussie journalist-hacker at the heart of the WikiLeaks story is a Townsville lad who came from nowhere to become one of the most vilified or lionised men in the world. Unfortunately for our Jules (above), his adventure is just beginning. The Swedes want him on some dubioussounding sexual assault claims while the Yanks are also after their pound of flesh.

Wonder who will play him in the biopic.

Nick Cave: Warracknabeal’s favourite son

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NICK CAVE Nearly forty years in, Cave hasn’t lost his edge and has been branching out into writing novels and film scores. Did you know he contributed a song to the most recent Harry Potter soundtrack? It was called Low Lament Of The Hogwarts Express.

Not really. But it sounds plausible, no?

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And, let’s face it, anyone with the gall to suggest erecting a giant bronze statue of themselves riding a wild stallion – as Cave proposed for his home town of Warracknabeal – deserves serious props.

HUGO WEAVING There may be more famous Aussie actors than Hugo Weaving (above), but ask yourself how many have appeared in films as big as Lord Of The Rings, The Matrix and Transformers – he voiced the baddie – while retaining indie cred.

He also anchored two of the great Aussie films in Priscilla and The Interview as well as V For Vendetta, one of the most genuinely subversive movies of the last generation.

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GERMAINE GREER It’s more than 40 years since Germaine Greer (above right) released her archetypal feminist screed, The Female Eunuch.

She’s still a formidable old battleaxe who doesn’t miss the chance to sink the slipper into Australia and, although she sometimes comes across like one’s batty great-aunt, her observations in the postfeminist age retain a clarity and insight that newer, more novel commentators struggle to match.

RUPERT MURDOCH Murdoch has his detractors, mainly for flooding the Premier League with fast money and inflicting Fox News – and its attendant right-wing noise-harpies – on a ‘low-information’ American audience.

But, in coming years, the more significant Murdoch storyline may be his battle to save the newspaper. Murdoch loves and believes in newspapers; a common ground that’s made strange bedfellows of Uncle Rupert and the hordes of leftie journalists who despise him.

PETER SINGER Arguably the world’s most controversial philosopher, Singer specialises in bioethics; his book, Animal Liberation,

Not barefoot or pregnant, but definitely in the kitchen

published in 1975, is often described as ‘the Bible of the Animal Liberation movement’ and he has argued the legitimacy of killing disabled infants and, in some cases, bestiality.

Unsurprisingly, Singer has attracted some vehement criticism, often from those who claim he is essentially endorsing a form of eugenics as well as the cookiecutter ‘offended’ Bible bashers.

JOHN PILGER Bondi-born John Pilger looks every bit the ageing beach bum, but he’s also the pin-up for every crusading young journalist or film-maker who fancies themselves as bloodying the noses of the powers-that-be.

His biases are faultlessly left-wing – anti-war, anti-Israel, as well as a nice line in Kennedy shooting conspiracy theory – but his record of achievement and reportage is equally towering. If you’re intererested in independent, investigative journalism, Pilger is essential.

TIM FLANNERY Since climate change became one of the Big Issues, Flannery has become one of the go-to guys. His book, The Weather-Makers, came along at just the right time and probably remains one of the truly influential climate change texts, along with a little-known Al Gore film.

Flannery has two favourite drums: he wants to reduce carbon emissions by shutting down the coal industry and insists that Australia should pare its population back to 6m people.

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KATH AND KIM The ladies of Fountain Lakes project the world’s enduring image of Australian suburbia. If you’re ever down that way for a barbie, swing past and see Kel Knight, “purveyor of fine meats”.

THE MINOGUES They grow up so fast. Remember when Kylie was the frizzy-haired tomboy on Neighbours and Dannii was the star of Young Talent Time? Now they’re superfamous and everyone loves them.

SHANE WARNE Amazing TV show. Awesome Macca’s burger. Best undies in the world. And everyone knows that if he had deigned to come out retirement, the Ashes would have been totally different.

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Sporting life MONDAY

RUGBY LEAGUE Veteran halfback Matt Orford signs with Canberra Raiders after leaving Super League club Bradford. Orford previously played for NRL sides Melbourne and Manly.

TUESDAY

CRICKET Australian chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch insists he won’t be stepping down. Bottom line: someone has to cop it after getting belted in the Ashes.

WEDNESDAY

CRICKET England snatch a last-ball victory in the first Twenty20 against Australia, debutant Chris Woakes scoring the winning single of the final delivery of the match.

THURSDAY

TENNIS The seedings for the Australian Open are announced; unsurprisingly, Samantha Stosur is the only Aussie to feature, taking the fifth seeding in the women’s draw.

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CRICKET Australia bounce back in the second Twenty20 against England to secure a 1-1 draw in the series. Emerging batsman Aaron Finch is named man of the match.

SATURDAY

SNOOKER Neil Robertson’s Masters hopes get shot down when he loses at the quarter-final stage to Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen.

The Australian world champion goes down 6-4.

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RUGBY LEAGUE NRL clubs Parramatta, Penrith, Canterbury and Wests are planning to fly into floodravaged Brisbane to help with the clean-up and distribution of emergency supplies.

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Kieran Perkins spruiks Ian Thorpe’s mooted comeback. Pigs might fly.

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MONDAY TENNIS Australian Open The year’s first Grand Slam Midnight British Eurosport

THURSDAY HORSE RACING Dubai International Plenty of big punts 2.30pm Sky Sports 1

FRIDAY CRICKET Australia v England Second ODI 3am Sky Sports 1 SATURDAY CRICKET New Zealand v Pakistan First ODI 1am Sky Sports 1 SUNDAY CRICKET Australia v England Third ODI 3am Sky Sports 1

PUB TALK: BRITISH SPORT EXPLAINED Ryan Giggs What’s happened?

Giggs notched a remarkable 600th game for Manchester United on the weekend – he already holds the record for most appearances at United and it’s one of those marks that doesn’t look as though it will ever be surpassed.

How long has he been around?

He’s been at United for 20 years.

It’s a little-known fact, though, that he was actually part of Manchester City’s youth side before being poached

by Alex Ferguson. Giggs has won a staggering 11 Premier League titles and a coaching career seems inevitable.

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South African will be kicking themselves after losing to India from a seemingly impregnable position in the second of their scheduled five ODIs.

In the first match, South Africa romped to a 135-run win. After setting India a total of 289 – thanks to AB de Villiers and JP Duminy – the new-ball pairing of Dale Steyn and Lonwabo Tsotsobe ensured India never had a chance and the tourists were all out for 154.

Tsotsobe was again the destroyer in the second ODI; with India batting first, Tsotsobe took 4-22 as the tourists were dismissed for a paltry 190.

South Africa lost wickets at regular intervals but a levelheaded innings from captain Graeme Smith looked likely to see them home without too many worries. But when Smith was dismissed for 77,

it sparked an alarming collapse which saw them crumble disastrously from 4-152 to being all out for 189, one run short of India’s modest total.

Indian bowler Munaf Patel finished with figures of 4-29 and took the last two wickets in the same over as the South African tail tried to eke out the final runs required for what should have been a straightforward victory.

Instead, when Wayne Parnell cut a short ball to Yuvraj Singh at point, the Indians celebrated their unlikely victory, which levelled the series at 1-1.

With three matches still to play, South Africa will be itching to redeem themselves.

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Australia’s leadership options are thin on the ground, so it should come as no surprise that, when Camern White was appointed captain of the T20 side, it set tongues wagging about the chances of him leading in other formats.

Ricky Ponting isn’t going to be around forever – indeed, he could be replaced as skipper in the very near future – and Michael Clarke doesn’t excactly inspire confidence.

White’s ascension to the T20 captaincy then, even if only in th shortest format, is a tacit acknowledgement from the powers-that-be that he is the next man in line to the throne.

Perhaps predictably, White was at pains last week to douse speculation around his long-term captaincy prospects.

“I don’t think that I need to

Former England coach Duncan Fletcher reckons the World Cup, beginning next month, will be a three-way race between India, England and South Africa.

“I believe South Africa match everyone as far as oneday cricket is concerned,” he said, before suggesting the Proteas’ main threat would come from India and England.

“England has a good athletic side in the one-day game. The big difference, and you can see it, is the confidence, having gone out to beat Australia.”

Fletcher’s forecast bucks conventional wisdom, given Australia are still the world’s top-ranked 50-over side.

“Australia, although they have taken a huge dip, I don’t know where they are at the moment,” Fletcher said.

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worry about or think about being captain of those any other formats because it’s probably not something that is going to happen in the near future,” White said. “I hope I’m successful as a captain but I can’t control where that takes me as a captain.”

White, 27, has managed four Tests for Australia and although his batting in the ODI side has been exceptional in recent times, he has yet to score heavily enough in firstclass cricket to demand a regular Test spot. Should he be fast-tracked into the Test side despite this, Michael Clarke could find himself usurped.

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FOOTBALL THE PLAYER

Steven Pienaar

Carlos Tevez scored twice against Wolves

THE CHAT

Grant’s fall from grace Poor old Avram Grant; it’s been quite a turn for the worse.

When Grant was in charge at Chelsea, they won the League in 2007-08 and very nearly took out the Champions League in the same year. Since then, he’s been in charge as Portsmouth fell apart and has suffered another disaster at West Ham. On the weekend, West Ham had to deny that the manager would be sacked. Hmm… we all know how that story ends.

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NOT SURE The speedy South African winger has left Everton, but it’s as yet unclear where he’ll end up. It looked like he’d join Chelsea when Everton accepted a £3m transfer bid, but Pienaar then cheekily asked for £75,000 per week in wages, which Chelsea didn’t want to pay. The stalemate means Tottenham are favourites to sign him. It’ll be a good move for Pienaar and not a bad little earner either.

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City hold off Wolves At the end of last year, Carlos Tevez looked a spent force at Manchester City – he submitted a transfer request and did a particularly convincing impression of player who wanted out. On the weekend, though, he demonstrated why City bent over backwards to keep him, scoring twice to fire his side to an entertaining 4-3 win over Wolverhampton.

In a match of dramatic momentum shifts, Wolves drew first blood, taking a 1-0 lead in the 12th minute. City gradually worked their way on top, though, and snatched an equaliser just before half-time through Kolo Toure.

After the restart, the floodgates opened –

Tevez scored twice, either side of a blistering counter-attacking goal to Yaya Toure. With halfan-hour to play, City led 4-1 and looked home.

But Wolves surged back with two late goals and looked half a chance to steal a point in the dying minutes before the clock denied them.

Elsewhere, Chelsea notched a much-needed 2-0 win over Blackburn Rovers, Branislav Ivanovic and Nicolas Anelka breaking through Rovers’ defence in the second half.

Outside the top four, there is an intriguing race going on for sixth spot – the lowest finish that guarantees European action – and Stoke City closed on Bolton with a 2-0 win.

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Former Aston Villa stars Gareth Barry and James Milner will this weekend suit up for Manchester City to face their former club, and neither should expect a warm welcome.

The loss of Barry was particularly galling for Villa fans. He had spent 12 years at Villa Park, where he became the youngest player in Premier League history to reach 300 appearances. When he left in June, 2009, for a transfer fee of £12m – probably under the odds given his experience and quality – he was roundly criticised; he claimed he was leaving to play Champions League football but, at the time, City were nowhere near it.

He will return with a measure of vindication; City are now ensconced at the pointy end of the table and are seemingly set

for a top-four finish, whereas Villa are mired in a battle to avoid relegation. Setting the money aside, it looks like Barry made the right move.

Whether he sticks around or not remains to be seen – rumours emerged over the weekend linking Barry with a lucrative move to Inter Milan. It would be a major surprise if that transfer eventuated but City’s owners are unpredictable and if they fail to win any silverware this season, changes could be afoot.

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“They’ve warned us, the psychiatrists and stuff have told us that they’ll probably try to bully us a bit, being so young.”

Sam Day, one of the brightest prospects on the Gold Coast Suns’ list, is expecting a warm welcome when his young side joins the AFL this season.

“I think we have an excellent chance to win the World Cup. We have improved dramatically over the past 18 months with our attention to detail, and a couple of our guys are in decent nick.” Aussie batsman Michael Clarke, standing in for Ricky Ponting as ODI captain. Does he have to be so relentlessly bloody upbeat all the time?

“Yeah, I mean I still had to enjoy my Christmas pudding over the break but that was always in the back of my mind.”

Wallabies fullback Kurtley Beale (below) has been watching his waistline after blowing out in past off-seasons.

Hewitt wins Kooyong Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt may be in the twilight of his career, but that didn’t stop him taking out the Kooyong Classic, one of the main lead-up events for the Australian Open, which began this week.

Hewitt dispatched world No 12 Gael Monfils in the final, taking 89 minutes to post a 7-5 6-3 victory. Hewitt said the past week, in which he scored wins over highly-rated players Mikhail Youzhny, Nikolay Davydenko and Monfils, had given him an ideal preparation for the Open, where he was drawn to meet old foe David Nalbandian in the first round.

“It’s as good as I could have done,” Hewitt said.

“The last two weeks I’ve done everything possible for me.

“I feel like my game’s where I wanted it to be 10 weeks ago and physically I feel god which is a good thing.

“When I sat down with Rochey (coach Tony Roche) and (discussed) what we wanted to work on and get out of that training block, I think we’ve been able to do that so far.

“We feel like we’ve done the first preparation possible.”

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Odds of Rafael Nadal winning his fourth

straight Grand Slam title. Roger Federer is only slightly longer.

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Rebels make impressive debut The Rebels will open their inaugural Super rugby season against the NSW Waratahs at home on February 18.

Meanwhile, Macqueen hosed down speculation that Cipriani had been appointed vice-captain, with some commentators inferring a ploy to keep the Englishman’s focus on rugby. Macqueen acknowledged Cipriani had taken on the role in trial matches, but insisted it was for positional reasons alone.

“We won’t announce our captain or vice-captains for the next couple of weeks, he said.

“In trials we just use the No 8s and five-eighths as captains and vice-captains.”

Melbourne won’t name its captain until just prior to the opening match, with former Wallabies skipper Stirling Mortlock the favourite.

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The Melbourne Rebels beat Tonga 43-13 in their first ever match, in front of more than eight thousand fans at Olympic Park.

Former NRL star Cooper Vuna ran in a hat-trick of tries but star English flyhalf Danny Cipriani made little impression and was forced out of the action with a back injury.

Rod Macqueen said he was surprised the usually free-flowing Tongans elected to play a forward-orientated game but claimed his side’s performance was as expected.

“There was a lot of mistakes out there but the whole idea of this wasn’t about winning or losing it was about trying a lot of things and we did that,” he said.

“I was disappointed with some areas of it and very happy with others.

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SEASON The Australian Open is under way – can Rafa Nadal claim a fourth straight major? Can Samantha Stosur break through? WORDS TOM STURROCK

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waiting, hoping, praying that Andy Murray can win a major. And Lleyton Hewitt is still insisting he can beat anyone and get back into the top 10. The only difference this year is that Australia actually has a woman genuinely capable of winning a Grand Slam.

IT‘S ALL ABOUT RAFA… Spaniard Nadal arrives in Melbourne as the world’s number one player and the holder of the three other Grand Slam titles

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nother year of tennis begins Down Under and, comfortingly, much remains the same, really. The players have been running up and down sand dunes in the off-season to prepare for the sweltering conditions that will be marginally less unpleasant than the inane banter between the Australian ‘commentators’.

But, more importantly, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal remain the two best players in the world. The Poms are still

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after dominating 2010. Not since Don Budge in 1938 has one man held all four titles, so Rafa will have achieved something truly momentous if he wins a second Australian title to complete his set.

The nigglers will point out that Nadal won his last three Grand Slams without facing Roger Federer, beating relative lightweights Robin Soderling, Tomas Berdych and Novak Djokovic in the three finals. A fourth such ‘free pass’ seems unlikely.

Not since 1938 “ has one man held all four majors ”

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…BUT DON’T FORGET ROGER Six months ago, Federer looked spent, finished. But he has now won four of his past five tournaments, including the endof-season tour finals in London at the end of 2010, when he beat Nadal in the final.

How fitting it would be if, even in the twilight of his career, Federer finds a way to deny the man who has usurped him at the sport’s summit.

Like Muhammad Ali coming off the ropes to beat a younger, more powerful George Foreman in Zaire in 1974, if Federer can produce one last famous stand, it will add yet another layer to his already glittering legacy. And, really, the script demands it.

ANY CHANCE FOR ANDY? By now, a Grand Slam can’t come and go without the Poms whipping themselves into a lather over Andy Murray’s chances.

It’s not as futile as in Tim Henman’s day, when their man simply wasn’t in the hunt

Rafael Nadal: chasing history

– Murray is definitely good enough to win a Grand Slam.

But where Nadal and Federer have shown themselves to be more than equal to the biggest occasions. Indeed, the big stage brings out the best in them. Murray, on the other hand, has been guilty of going into his shell when it counts most, playing too defensively, too cautiously, in the hope his opponent will beat himself. When Federer or Nadal is on the other side of the net, that is a recipe for serial disappointment.

WHAT ABOUT SAMMY? Australia needs a win. And, for several decades, women’s tennis looked the last place they would get it from. Sure, Jelena Dokic showed promise before her Damir-induced meltdown and there were high hopes for Alicia Molik before injury intervened. But in Samantha Stosur, Australia has its best chance of a female Grand Slam winner since the days of Evonne Goolagong. The women’s game is in a lull, highlighted by the ongoing dominance of the Williams sisters and returning veteran Kim Clijsters.

This could well be Sammy Stosur’s year, and there would be no better place to get the ball rolling than in front of an adoring home crowd.

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HE’S STILL KICKING Lleyton Hewitt still insists he’s good enough to get back into the top 10, and while you’ve got to admire his determination, his ambition should be regarded with a touch of scepticism.

That said, although Hewitt has rarely excelled in his home Grand Slam – finishing runner-up in 2005 the notable exception – he looks fit and his lead-in form has been impressive.

He’ll be 30 next month and Hewitt is marking time on his career but he just might have one or two famous victories left in him. He’s still capable of knocking over players in the top 10 – realistically, some of the blokes in and around the top 10 aren’t exactly heavyweights – and Australian Open lore is littered with those late-night classics, matches where a popular underdog knocks over a morefancied opponent. For years, Hewitt has played in Melbourne under intense pressure. That pressure no longer exists but he needs some favours in the draw to capitalise.

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Career Insurance technician, Price Forbes and Partners Age 26 Lives Morden From Norwich, England How did you get into your line of work?

I never planned to work in insurance (it’s not really anyone’s dream job). I finished my education with no career plan and stumbled across it.

I have never looked back.

What do you do day-to-day?

There is a misconception that all insurance jobs are in a call centre trying to sell cheap car insurance. The ultimate aim of my day is to create insurance for US power plants – tailored to entice new customers, as well as maintaining existing ones.

What’s the best part of the job?

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I work in a vibrant and dynamic industry. Working long hours are easily offset by the financial reward, social interaction and ability to travel.

The occasional corporate hospitality day is an extremely welcome bonus!

What’s the most challenging?

Deadlines, and managing customer expectations.

It will be easier for lazy workers to be sacked under an overhaul of employment laws

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change in the law to make it easier for firms to sack underperforming workers will put unnecessary fear into employees, Labour leader Ed Milliband claims.

David Cameron is expected to unveil changes to British employment laws that free companies from red tape.

Pledging “the most probusiness, pro-growth, pro-jobs agenda ever unleashed by a

government”, the PM said the moves would boost job growth.

But Milliband said it would “increase the insecurity that people already feel at work”.

The proposed ‘employers’ charter’ would allow companies to sack workers during the first two years in a job without the threat of facing a tribunal for unfair dismissal – double the current one-year limit.

Small businesses may also

be excluded from more stringent employment laws, and statutory sick pay awarded for less than the current 28 weeks.

The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry has welcomed the proposal.

STAND UP, GET SLIIM

BOSSES SET TO GAIN

UK HIRING AGAIN

Research shows that workers who have regular ‘screen breaks’ are slimmer than their more sedentary colleagues.

Office staff are urged to stand up while making calls, and walk over to speak to their colleagues to stay healthy.

Public sector workers face a two-year pay freeze in 2011 and private sector workers an average rise of 3 per cent, which falls below the rising cost of living. Bosses will get an average pay rise of 55 per cent, says Incomes Data Services.

UK employers are hiring again in 2011 but at a guarded pace, says Career Builder. Four in 10 plan to hire more temporary workers while 20 per cent will hire permanent staff. At least 73 per cent said their financial performance was ‘steady’.

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NEW CAREER NEW YOU A new job or career might be the key to unlocking a happier, more invigorated and inspired you WORDS REBECCA KENT

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change of job will be at the top of the new year’s resolution list for some of us. For others, it might even be a more drastic change of career. It might sound like a daunting undertaking, but, if you heed the calculated steps we’ve outlined here, this could be one resolution that, for once, doesn’t fail.

The options can sometimes be a little overwhelming

A SIX-LETTER WORD Helpfully, modern working conditions and environments can be adapted to most people’s needs. There are full-time and part-time positions, opportunities to take on projects and sideline ventures, and it’s even a fertile environment for upstarts.

Career coach and author Grace Owen (grace-owen.com) says the secret is not to feel overwhelmed by the change and the options.

“Determine where you want to be in the short and long term, establish how you feel about your career and working

life and rate your level of satisfaction on a scale of one to 10,” she says.

If you find there is indeed room for improvement, then help comes in just a six-letter word – career.

IS FOR CLARITY Be clear about what the future might hold for your career by looking back over your entire working life and identifying the highlights and low points.

“What do they reveal about what is really important to you? Think about what kind of experiences, talents, skills or interests you want to take with you on your journey and the values that matter most,” says Owen.

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IS FOR ATTITUDE Is your glass half full or half empty?

“A positive attitude makes all the difference at interviews and pitches for business,” says Owen. “In a labour market

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where there is an abundance of talented people, employers and clients are spoilt for choice, so your disposition will go a long way to determining if you are hired or fired.”

Be aware of the attitude you convey on a typical working day, the things your think and say. It may be creating a negative attitude. If you are not sure, ask four people who are prepared to be honest.

IS FOR RELATONSHIPS Your personal and professional network is a valuable source of expertise and advice. But if it’s full of negative, energy-sapping people, then it’s time to separate the wheat from the chaff, says Owen.

“Harnessing your network to find out about job vacancies or create strategic business alliances are examples of the benefits it can bring. Some people will come in, others will be there just for a season of your working life, others you will seek out and some will be with you for life.”

Review your address book, mobile phone directory, email contacts, Facebook friends, LinkedIn connections. Identify an inner circle of 12 people you want to contact regularly and make time to see and support them.

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IS FOR EQUIPPED Your talents, knowledge, skills and experience are priceless, so, with that in mind, you should be investing in your own learning and development.

Create a self development plan for the next 12 months based on things that you want to improve. Remember to play to your strengths rather than trying to correct your weaknesses.

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IS FOR EXCELLENCE We all have the capacity to be more and do more. Our potential is unlimited, so don’t rest on your laurels.

The best part about setting a standard of excellence for yourself – and achieving it – is that other people see you as a role model and they want to hear about your successes and pitfalls.

Being visible and sharing your story to an individual or group inspires others to be courageous and confident to take calculated risks. In turn, being around these people can only make you want to better yourself.

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IS FOR REFLECTION Take time to check out your spiritual, mental, emotional, physical and financial wellbeing. If your work and life is out of balance identify something to redress this.

For example, if you’ve been working too hard, then organise a night out.

“The first step is often the hardest to take,” says Owen. “Consider carefully what you are and what you are not going to do. In this way you will start off well and keep the momentum going until December 31.“

A WISE DECISION STEVE STILL, 37, FROM WEST TWYFORD, LONDON, BECAME A PRINT JOURNALIST AFTER WORKING AS A DISPATCH MANAGER AT A SOHO MEDIA COMPANY “I became an electrician when I left school but got laid off and did a bunch of odd jobs, none of which was very exciting.

“I’d always had an idea I wanted to write, then I got to my late 20s and was in a bit of a panic wondering what I was going to do with my life.

“I looked at a bunch of courses but thought it was better to focus on one career rather than spread myself thin.

“Being as interested in news and current affairs as I was, I wanted a career that I would enjoy. Too many people moan about their jobs and I didn’t want to be one of them.

“I completed an NCTJ course on weeknights and weekends for a year and then got a job at a local newspaper.

“Changing careers was the best decision I’d ever made.”

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David Fowler Santander is urging customers to switch accounts and claim £100

Banks tout enticing deals igh street banks and building societies are offering cash incentives and higher interest rates in a bid to make customers switch their current accounts.

Santander has extended the criteria on its fee-free Zero current account, which does not charge for being

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How do you budget in London?

overdrawn or withdrawing cash or paying for goods anywhere in the world.

First Direct, the phone and online bank owned by HSBC, is offering £100 to customers who switch their accounts to it. Those unsatisfied can claim another £100 after 12 months, before moving to another bank.

At Halifax bank, Reward account holders get £5 every month if their accounts are not overdrawn.

Financial experts encourage customers to take advantage of the offers, but warn that it pays to do research on a bank’s customer service reputation before switching.

LONDON FRAUD SOARS

AUD BURNS AT ASHES

Last big blowout?

Big business fraud in London is at its highest for more than 20 years. The recession triggered a 33 per cent jump in the number of cases, according to KPMG, an accountancy group. The average value of cases is now worth more than £7.5m as fraudsters become increasingly sophisticated.

England cricket supporters were hit hard by the strength of the Australian economy.

Some spent as much as £12,000 to follow the Ashes. The Barmy Army’s Paul Burnham said: “It’s $1.5 to the pound and it used to be $3. Barbados used to be the most expensive place but it’s [Australia] now.”

Hogmanay, Edinburgh – it’s a small city so there isn’t much else to do other than get acquainted with the many pubs around the Grassmarket – every night.

I get paid monthly so I try to pay off all of my rent and bills as soon as possible.

Then I divide the remaining amount into weekly budgets.

Any money-saving tips?

Public transport in London is great. But walking is just as easy and you can discover a lot more. The Tube and bus passes can add up fast.

What non-essential items do you blow money on?

Beer – there is no such thing as a couple of quiet ones!

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If there was ever a good time to go to the theatre it’s this month, as tickets prices for some of the biggest shows have been heavily discounted.

The West End has launched a promotion which has slashed the cost of tickets to 50 shows.

The annual Get Into London Theatre promotion offers reduced-rate seats for plays, musicals and, for the first time, operas.

For only a few more weeks, theatre seats will be going for just £10, including the opera La Boheme at Soho Theatre and Billy Elliot at Victoria Palace Theatre.

Go on, treat yourself to an affordable dose of culture.

See getintolondontheatre. co.uk for more information.

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TRAVEL GLOBAL VISION Sri Lankan children imprint their hands on a giant white cricket ball on display at Colombo’s suburban Wattala area.

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Have a flaming good time at Up Helly Aa, the Shetland Island’s Viking festival of fire

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RING OF FIRE Shetland’s annual Up Helly Aa festival

isn’t your average festival, then. The highlight of the local calender, it’s been taking over the capital, Lerwick, every year on the last Tuesday of January (Old Yule) since the 1870s with traditions such as ‘guizing’ (dressing up), drinking, brawling and rolling burning tar barrels taking place across the town. Since the 1960s, it’s become more of a celebration of the island’s Norse history (Vikings settled here in the ninth century after invading the islands).

The parade is just one part of it. At 10am, the festival kicks off with the Viking leader (or ‘Jarl’) leading the 50 ‘guizer’ squads and pipe and brass bands through the town, unveiling a Viking galley which has been several months in the making.

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rom a distance, they look like a terrifying invading force about to raze the town, a noisy thousandstrong army of alcohol-fuelled men each carrying a flaming torch. The light of their flames makes the night sky glow over Lerwick as they shout and march through the town. Then they come closer and you see they’re not just Vikings, but a procession of tutu-wearing ballerinas, penguins, vampires, Canadian Mounties, apes and Pussycat Dolls with skimpy gold and pink lycra outfits stretched tight over their burly Shetlander bodies and beerguts – not quite so scary.

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There’s a Firey Sessions concert in the afternoon at the Garrison Theatre, where local musicians, including instrumentswapping musical families, and guest visitors show why Shetland and Scotland’s folk music has a worldwide reputation.

ON PARADE The evening parade, though, is when things start to really get going. The town gathers to watch the torch-lit procession of guizers as they arrive at the local park and encircle the specially made galley from earlier. They boisterously sing Johnny Cash’s Ring Of Fire and a traditional Up Helly Aa song, then throw their torches onto the boat. We watch it ‘burn, burn, burn’, children and teenagers in horned helmets running around the flaming centrepiece as the crowd disperses to drink and dance at parties around the town.

Tickets for these hall parties aren’t easy to pin down. Up Helly Aa is still highly valued as a community event for local friends and families to get together, rather than being a tourist attraction. Tickets for the Town Hall are the only official passes sold to visitors, though it’s sometimes possible to arrange entry to private parties.

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KNIGHTS AND PENGUINS I spend the night and early hours of the morning at the Town Hall. One by one,

Join in on a rendition of Ring Of Fire

the 50 guizer squads arrive (they make their way around all the halls over the course of the night) to perform a short routine – dance, comedy, magic, drama or a chaotic drunken mix of all four. Knights joust, penguins boogie, Vikings sing Ring Of Fire again at the top of their voices and a gang of giant monkeys dry-hump the monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey in a scene that would make Stanley Kubrick turn in his grave, as beers and whiskies are downed and the party carries on towards dawn.

Next morning, a little bleary-eyed, I look out of my window. Staggering down the street is a bearded ‘Pussycat Doll’ in a yellow PVC skirt and a giant penguin carrying his head under his arm, on the hunt for one last drink – not something I expect to see again in a hurry.

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WHEN: February 26-March 8 WHERE: Venice, Italy WHAT: Don a mask and an ostentatious costume and join revellers in a deluge of balls and pageants in an Italian-styled Mardi Gras, which takes place in the eight days before Lent every winter.

SEE: venice-carnival-italy.com

WHEN: March 15-19 WHERE: Valencia, Spain WHAT: Valencia marks the arrival of spring with this fabulous carnival, famed for its pyrotechnics, bonfires and parade of giant papier-mache figures that satirise movie stars and politicians.

SEE: fallasvalencia.es

WHEN: March 17.

WHERE: Dublin, Ireland.

WHAT: Paint a shamrock on your face and join in the celebrations of Ireland’s most famous patron saint in an epic bender that includes fireworks, a parade and plenty of Guinness to guzzle.

SEE: discoverireland.com

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Don’t be afraid. It means he likes you

WHEN TO GO The next Up Helly Aa is on Jan 25, 2011.

GETTING THERE Flybe (flybe.com) have direct daily routes from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness, with connecting flights available from Gatwick & Heathrow. There are daily ferries to Shetland from Aberdeen operated by Northlink Ferries (0845 6000 449; northlinkferries.co.uk) GETTING AROUND Lerwick’s a small town, easy to get around on SHETLAND foot. Buses go to other ISLANDS places of interest on Shetland – timetables available from the LERWICK Tourist Information Centre in Lerwick.

GOING OUT A pint of beer costs around £2.80. Many of the Up-Helly-Aa events are BYOB. For tickets for Town Hall or private parties, contact the Up Helly Aa committee on information@ uphellyaa.org. Tickets available from mid-December. Some accommodation providers offer hall tickets as part of festival packages.

ACCOMMODATION Hostels cost from £16.50 per person per night, B&B from £30 per person per night B&B and hotels from £50 per person per night B&B. For Up-Helly-Aa many accommodation providers require a minimum three-night stay.

SEE uphellyaa.org; visitshetland.com

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Temperatures in the Canary Islands rarely drop below 20˚C, even in winter, making them an ideal destination for sunseekers not wanting to stray too far. And with seven islands to choose from, there’s something for all – hiking in the mountains, exploring hamlets, surfing and snorkeling, or lounging on the beach.

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HEADLINE ATTRACTION The Canaries have gorgeous beaches aplenty.

For windsurfing, head to Fuerteventura’s Sotavento Beach, and for nude sunbathing, strip off at Papagayo in Lanzarote.

Las Canteras Beach in Gran Canaria is the perfect spot for swimming and snorkelling thanks to a reef which holds back the waves.

Meanwhile, Gran Canaria’s Maspalomas Beach comes top for sheer beauty thanks to its shifting sand dunes which provide a striking backdrop.

BEST OF THE REST While best-known for beaches, the steep, volcanic landscape on most of the islands makes for superlative hiking country.

Most challenging is the trek to the top of Teide in Tenerife, Spain’s highest mountain at 3718m. After a five-hour uphill slog, spend the night in a mountain hut before summiting at sunrise.

If climbing mountains doesn’t appeal, you could delve into Gran Canaria’s 200m-deep Bandama Crater, an extinct volcano. Verdant and until recently inhabited by a lone farmer, the crater is an easy hop from Las Palmas and a gentle two-hour walk.

Alternatively, avoid gradients altogether and ramble through Lanzarote’s Timanfaya National Park. Guides explain the unique surroundings as you scramble over – and occasionally under – blackened lava fields.

But if you only tackle one volcanic wander, make it La Palma’s uniquely beautiful Ruta de los Volcanes. Starting in the island’s centre, the seven-hour trek takes you past the Canaries’ most recent

volcano and many of its peers en route to the coast.

CHOW DOWN Canarian food is rustic, hearty and shaped by years of hardship, but that’s not to say it isn’t tasty. Cheese is a theme running through Canarian cuisine, be it the strong goats’ variety of Fuerteventura, the fabulously flavourful almogrote (a garlicky cheese dip) spread on farm-style bread in La Gomera or El Hierro’s take on quesadillas. These dense sponge cakes are altogether easier to swallow with a drink – luckily booze is savoured across the archipelago.

TRY THE LOCAL TIPPLE Lanzarote’s wine is considered some of the best in the Canary Islands, if only for their ingenuity in growing vines in volcanic gravel.

Gran Canaria and La Palma specialise in rum, while Gomerans swear by parra – moonshine – or

the slightly less lethal gomeròn – moonshine mixed with honey.

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GETTING THERE Fly direct from London to Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.

CURRENCY Euro. 1 GBP = 1.18 EUR. LANGUAGE Spanish.

GETTING AROUND Go island hopping by plane or ferry.

GOING OUT A beer costs around ¤2.

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THEME: REFLECTIONS The Lonely Shepherd by Sumant Barooah, India Reflections are a photographic favourite, possibly because they are great trick of light, the essence of any good image.

This line of spindly trees at the water’s edge caught Sumant’s eye in this outstanding image.

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WHY THIS WORKS: 1 The composition is simple but full of texture, from the rows of trees to the dry grass to the smooth water.

2 The strong diagonal lines in the distance give this image real depth.

3 The little figures of the sheep and shepherd provide scale and context.

4 The slightly ruffled reflection in the water adds a painted quality to this rustic scene.

5 Bridges in the distance add to the depth of the image.

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3 Reflections in rippled water can add texture and extra interest. Create your own

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4 Try only snapping the reflection and excluding the scene for a more abstract result.

5 If you have a perfect reflection, try turning the shot upside down for surprising results.

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Lap up some alpine luxury without breaking the bank in Morzine WORDS JANINE KELSO

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t’s a scene that’s fit for a James Bond movie; with a cup of the finest French vin blanc in hand, I’m wallowing in an outdoor hot tub in a mountain lair overlooking the snowy peaks and twinkling lights of the picture-pretty village of Morzine. There might be no 007style rooftop heli-pad or private cinema, but I’m feeling as spoilt as a Bond girl.

Unwind in the hot tub above scenic Morzine

FROM HOT TO COLD After a soak in the hot tub and a teethchattering roll in the snow (the other half’s ‘hilarious’ idea), I head for the sauna before feasting on an exquisite fourcourse meal (followed by cheese and port) beside a roaring log fire. It has all the ingredients of the swishest chalet but it’s not full of middle-aged folk, and I don’t need a secret agent’s limitless expense account to stay there. This is what’s known as ‘affordable luxury,’ A-list pampering at Z-list prices.

CHALET GIRL I’m spending the weekend at Chalet Amis, in Morzine, an unpretentious French alpine resort just over an hour’s drive from Geneva. You won’t find the snooty slaveto-fashion ski posers here; they’re up the road in Chamonix, darling.

Morzine itself is a characterful working town with narrow lanes lined with wooden chalets and cutesy cafes serving up richlyspiced vin chaud and hot chocolate.

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TRAVEL 67 Get a appreciation of the slopes after dark

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There are plenty of runs to choose from at Morzine

of 280 ski runs and 197 ski lifts; that’s 650km of slopes connecting 12 resorts.

Morzine-Les Gets itself covers a nottoo-shabby 49 lifts and 64 runs, many of which are prettily flanked by pine trees.

There are slopes to suit all levels, plus plenty of off-piste opportunities for thrill seekers.

Off the slopes, you’ll find a deluge of other activities including ice climbing, paragliding and speed riding, Nordic walking, ice-diving, snow-shoeing and hot-air balloon rides.

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AFTER DARK After a fun-filled day of skiing, we have a go at nocturnal sledging.

I fly down the slopes at breakneck speed, trying to stay on-piste as the icy air pricks my cheeks. It’s an eerie-yetexhilarating feeling, whizzing down the dark and desolate slopes. Keen to stay at

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the front of the group and struggling to operate my brakes, I dramatically fly off the slope into fresh powder, snow finding its way into every extremity.

Once we return to the chalet, chilled to the bone and cheeks flushed after a day of high-octane fun, I head straight to the hot tub to defrost and recount the day’s adventures. I’m sure 007 would approve.

» Janine Kelso stayed at Chalet Amis with TG Ski (01452 731000; tgski.co.uk), which costs from £499 a week, including fourcourse dinners and unlimited wine, a chauffeur to the slope and back, cooked breakfasts and hot wake-up drinks. Hire ski equipment with doorstepskis.com who deliver boots and skis direct to your chalet.

Morzine’s nightlife might not jump like party capital Chamonix, but it’s still got plenty to keep you entertained until the early hours. Enjoy strong beer Mutzig at Bar Robinson, otherwise known as Robbo’s, a popular laidback watering hole run by an elderly couple.

The town’s two clubs include Le Paradis, which has poles for swinging around, and L’Opera, which has a dancer’s cage.

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If you didn’t get enough on-piste fun during the day, Pleney ski-run opens at night every Thursday.

The indoor ice rink at Palais des Sports is open from 9-11pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Check out an ice hockey match on Saturday nights at 8.30pm and on Wednesdays at 9.30pm. See morzine.fr.

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NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO Mid-December to late April.

GETTING THERE Fly direct to Geneva from London with easyJet from £23.99.

GETTING AROUND TG Ski offers a free chauffeur service to the slopes. The town

itself is easily explored on foot.

CURRENCY Euro. 1 GBP = 1.19 EUR. LANGUAGE French.

GOING OUT A beer is ¤4.

PARIS SEE tgski.com and SWITZERLAND skimorzine.com. Book Geneva Morzine chalets or hotels in ski FRANCE resorts all over the world by visiting skiline.co.uk.

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If you’re visiting OF Bulgaria, skip Sofia THTIEPWEEK and stay in Veliko Tarnovo, the ancient capital.

It’s much safer, nicer and cleaner. It’s also rich in history, has all the amenities of a capital city, a cute old town and is surrounded by beautiful bush and swimming holes. We stayed in Phoenix Hostel which has friendly staff. It’s close to everything and they have beer and wine for 1 Lev (45p)!

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The things you should see and avoid entirely depends on your personal preferences – do you love surfing or hiking?

These areas have such a vast array of activities and sights that you are best to pick up a guidebook and work out what really appeals to you before you go before discounting anything.

I can offer some tips to get you started though!

In Java, while the cities aren’t particularly spectacular, the rural areas are stunning so escape the urban sprawl and check out the volcanic wonders of Bromo and Kawah Ijen.

Bali is known for its surfing and nightlife – so the iconic Kuta is either a must-visit or a must avoid depending on your penchant for the odd Bintang (Indonesian beer). There is more to Bali than Kuta however; head to Ubud for some culture. In Lombok, the Gili Islands are the real gem – crystal clear waters, sandy beaches and excellent snorkelling.

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While they are not adjacent countries, if you want to visit Guatemala and Costa Rica there is no reason why you shouldn’t – except for the fact that they are separated by two other countries! You have three choices really – to fly between the two, take a long bus journey or lengthen your stay. While it is possible to fly in 90 minutes between the two countries, it is relatively expensive. When I searched for a flight for January it was about £200 one way.

You would certainly want to consider arranging to fly into Guatemala and out of Costa Rica which would mean you would only need to do this journey once. There are buses that link the countries but be prepared for lengthy journeys with overnight stops in both Nicaragua and El Salvador. Subsequently, three days of your trip would be spent travelling. Tica Bus has a comprehensive website of schedules and prices (ticabus.com). The final option would be to allow more days to enable you to explore the countries en route. By taking the bus and exploring Nicaragua and El Salvador too, your long journey becomes part of the experience rather than an inconvenient waste of a few days.

I’m travelling to South East Asia in March and would appreciate some advice. After a few days in Singapore, I’ll have 13 days to spend between Bali, Lombok and the island of Java. Here’s the challenge: I’d like to see as much as possible in that very short time. So what should I see and how should I travel? How long should I stay in both islands and how long should I allow for the historical sites in Java and Jakarta?

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When staying at a hostel, pick up a copy of their flyer and remember to take it with you when heading out for a night on the town.

Then, if you sample too much of the local brew, having a map and address in your pocket will make finding your way home or getting a taxi a whole lot easier!

TRAVEL NEWS Find powder with new app

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A new iPhone app has been introduced to help skiers and snowboarders keep up to speed with the snow conditions on the mountains.

The Ski Club Snow Report app features live snow data from 252 resorts. Download the app for free from itunes.com/app/ skiclubsnowreports.

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Travellers are expected to flock to Tallinn, Estonia, and Turku, Finland, this year as they are both offering a chock-full schedule of cutting-edge cultural events.

The cities have been hailed European Capitals of Culture for 2011, taking over from Essen, Germany; Pecs, Hungary, and Istanbul, Turkey.

As part of the EU’s cultural initiative, now in its 26th year, both cities were awarded ¤1.5 million in funds to help pay for top-notch cultural events.

Festivities kicked off in both cities last week to mark the start of the year with acrobatics and pyrotechnics.

In Tallinn, from May to September, look out for a quirky network of ‘anti-depression apparatuses’ which include ATM-like machines that dish out poems, a telephone box transformed

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Castles popular with visitors Welsh castles have topped a poll of what overseas travellers want to see most when they come to Britain.

In a survey by VisitBritain, more than 10,000 foreign tourists in 20 nations around the world were given a list of 18 things that can only be done in the UK and they were asked to pick what they’d like to do the most.

The top three choices were: to tour a Welsh castle, visit Buckingham Palace and stay the night in a Scottish castle.

Wales’ Conwy Castle is a hit

The research showed that South Koreans are the biggest Harry Potter fans as they most wanted to visit locations connected to the movies, while Poles are the keenest on Welsh castles.

Egyptians showed the greatest desire to go to Harrods.

into a confessional booth, and an anti-speeding traffic light that speaks Zen truths.

Meanwhile, in Turku, visitors can relive 1827’s Great Fire of Turku from January 21 to February 5 with a heavy metal-style pyrotechnics show.

Other highlights of the year ahead in the Finnish city include an Alice In Wonderland contemporary photography exhibition and a display entitled 876 Shades Of Darkness.

Airlines have increased the number of direct flights from London to Tallinn this year, in anticipation of an influx of visitors to the city.

Ryanair started flying to Tallinn from Luton on January 10, while Estonian Air will double its flying schedule from two to four flights a week from Gatwick from March 27.

See tallinn2011.ee/eng and turku2011.fi for more information.

VENEZUELA GUIDE Bradt has published a fifth edition of its Venezuela guide book. Author Russell Maddicks explores the country’s human diversity, from the steamy salsa bars of Caracas to piranha fishing with the indiginous tribes of the Orinoco Delta. Jungle trekking and windsurfing are also covered in the guide, which costs £16.99.

See bradtguides.com.

CAMP AMERICA Ever fancied working in an American summer camp?

If you’re aged 18 to 25, check out Camp America’s Recruitment Fair on Saturday January 29 at Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, Kensington, W8 7NX. See campamerica.co.uk.

LOVE LIBYA Airline bmi is launching a new daily service to Tripoli, Libya, on February 21. Tripoli is home to the beautifullypreserved Roman cities of Leptis Magna and Sabratha.

Flights cost from £265 return and are on sale now.

See flybmi.com.

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WORDS FRANKIE MULLIN

ON THE ROAD

CHINESE NEW YEAR

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Any city with a Chinatown Feb 3 London hosts the biggest celebrations outside Asia.

Expect dance, music, acrobatics, firecrackers, Chinese dragons and food.

2011 is the Year of the Rabbit.

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WHAT: It’s all about the snow

so don’t expect to be indoors for Canada’s celebration of the cold months. There are dogsled races, parades, snow rafting and, for the truly masochistic, snow swimming.

The big event is a canoe race across the icy Lawrence River.

For those who like their festivals less sporty, there are also outdoor dance parties and an open-air cinema. Best bring a coat.

WHY: Apparently created for the utilitarian purpose of keeping warm in 1894, the festival gained its current flamboyance in the 50s.

DO IT BECAUSE: You’ll see lots of beach bods. In the snow.

HOW MUCH: Free to watch.

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LOCK IT IN SUNDANCE Utah, US Jan 20-30 sundance.org

KELANI PROCESSION

WINTER CARNIVAL QUÉBEC, CANADA JAN 28-FEB 13

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Colombo, Sri Lanka Jan 16-18 srilanka.travel

SNOW FESTIVAL WORLD BUSKERS FESTIVAL Christchurch, New Zealand Jan 20-30 The biggest gathering of jugglers, performance artists, clowns, dancers, singers and comedians and human statues you’ll ever see. It’s donation only – so pay what you want. Now in its 18th year.

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Where in the world?

Kiruna, Sweden Jan 28-30 kirunalapland.se

FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW Texas, US Jan 14-Feb 5 fwssr.com

TET NGUYEN DAN Vietnam Feb 3 vietnamtourism.com

THE TRAVELLER …

Mark Earnshaw, 25, Brisbane, Australia What do you miss about home?

Meat pies and the hot weather!

What’s been your best travel experience so far?

Christmas Eve in Manchester, went to some house party and drank a load of Absinth.

It got very messy!

Where would you re-visit?

Selena Chase and friends from Rotorua, New Zealand, in Time Square, New York.

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Where do you go out to party in London?

Fabric in Farringdon.

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JANINE KELSO GIVES A HIGH FIVE TO OTHERWORLDLY LIGHT DISPLAYS FINLAND WHAT: Kilpisjarvi in the country’s far north is the top spot to see the colourful light show, especially if you like getting off the tourist trail. If you’d prefer not to stray so far off the beaten track, check into a glass igloo at Kakslauttanen Holiday Village, 80km from the Russian border, and watch the northern lights from the comfort of your bed.

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ICELAND WHAT: From October until April, the northern lights can make an appearance. Spend the night at Hotel Ranga, which enjoys a backdrop of volcanoes, mountains and glaciers, and watch the northern lights from naturally heated outdoor hot tubs.

SEE: visiticeland.com

NORWAY WHAT: Search out the northern lights by taking a cruise along Norway’s spectacular coastline. Alternatively, head to Tromso, go snowmobiling or dog sledding at moonlight while keeping your eyes peeled for a light display.

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ALASKA WHAT: Alaska’s Fairbanks can be found within the ‘aurura oval’ where the red, green, blue and violet lights make the most regular appearance. The best time to make a trip here is from December until March when the sky is clear and dark.

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SWEDEN WHAT: Abisko Mountain Station is hailed the best place in Europe to spot the Northern Lights. Its sky station is open from December until March and is reachable via a chair-lift.

Visitors can spend the night here or at the nearby Ice Hotel.

SEE: visitsweden.com

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COOL CAPITAL After spending the first month of my first Canadian winter bundled up and voluntarily housebound, I decide that I don’t want to simply survive the -20˚C temperatures – I want to relish them, and there seems no better place to start than the country’s oft-overlooked capital, Ottawa. As one of the world’s coldest capitals, Ottawa really knows how to celebrate winter, with its annual Winterlude festival (Feb 4-21) showcasing ice sculptures, sleigh rides and even a walking tour between the region’s restaurants, braving the cold to eat one course at each venue.

NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO Chilly pursuits are best enjoyed between January and mid-March.

GETTING THERE Air canada and British Airaways fly from London to Toronto in six hours. Flights start from £250 return.

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ICY DOES IT But nothing says winter to Ottawans like the annual freezing of the Rideau Canal – the world’s largest skating rink at almost five miles long. Having never learnt to skate properly, I’m dubious about joining the precocious, pirouetting toddlers and people speed-skating to work but at least I have something to look at each time I haul myself up from the ice. Ottawa has a glorious, if largely unknown, skyline especially in winter when the Big Ben-like parliament buildings and fairytale facade of the Chateau Laurier Hotel are swathed in snow and backed by an unfeasibly blue sky.

After an hour of brief success and abundant falls, I’m ready for the warming

DOG-SLEDDING Both Quebec and Ontario offer countless chances to travel in a dogdrawn sleigh in the winter months. A childlike sense of wonder envelops you as you race by snow-sprinkled pine

refreshments that are as much of a draw as the ice itself. While the canal is frozen, temporary cabins shoot up offering muchneeded hot chocolate and Beavertails, a local pastry doused in cinnamon or Nutella and clearly designed to keep out sub-zero temperatures. If skating to your seat, scalding beverage in hand, seems nothing short of foolish, you can always head to the original Beavertail kiosk in town, as visited by Barack Obama in 2009.

I opt for an ‘Obama Tail’ at the latter outlet before exploring the Byward Market, Ottawa’s food and drink district.

Cosy pubs abound, and no trip to Ottawa would be complete without a pitcher of beer and a plate of chicken wings.

trees at a surprising pace and the pungent smells of a pack of dogs attending to business as they run only increases the juvenile giggling. Dog sledding encounters can last anything from an hour to a week and, if sitting back to enjoy the scenery seems a little tame, you can seek out the chance to try your hand at mushing a pack of dogs yourself. In Ontario, head to the Algonquin Provincial Park, midway between Toronto and Ottawa. In Quebec, combine a trip to the ice hotel with a dog-sledding stint or seek out an operator at one of the major ski resorts.

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CHILL FACTOR Suitably satisfied that I could learn to love the cold, I move from Canada’s capital to its biggest city. Toronto’s temperatures don’t dip quite so low, but it’s far from balmy and I’m grateful to slip into some of its excellent attractions.

The Royal Ontario Museum’s exhibits on natural history and world cultures could probably fill a day, but I’m keen to delve into something altogether more Canadian at the Hockey Hall of Fame.

After attempting to block a goal from a virtual Wayne Gretzky and stopping for a pint at the Steam Whistle Brewery, it’s time for the crowning jewel of Toronto’s sightseeing circuit – the CN Tower.

Clear winter days offer perfect viewing from the 447m-high viewing platform, and if you’re lucky you might even catch a glimpse of Niagara Falls, 45 miles across Lake Ontario.

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WINTER WANDER In fact Niagara is the last stop on my winter wander, first to view the falls themselves, partially frozen and unbelievably beautiful. Accommodation in the tourist town edging the falls (think Blackpool with a dose of natural beauty) is easier to find in the winter months and tends to be a little gentler on the wallet, so I find a room between the casinos, wax museums and chain restaurants and set off in search of wine.

PISTE YOURSELF As I view the inches of snow and witness temperatures cold enough to freeze a river it seems highly unlikely that this could be wine country, but the Niagara region produces some of Canada’s best vintages.

And rather than shying away from the harsh winter, local winemakers actually revel in it, producing Icewine, a sweet after-dinner drink. My final chilly challenge is to join with the annual harvest, which happens only when

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temperatures plummet below minus 10 for several consecutive days. Grapes are harvested when they’re totally frozen and I can’t resist sneaking one from the vine.

It’s like eating grape candy from a freezer – and too moreish to take only one.

For the month of January the whole Niagara region joins together to host the Icewine festival with gourmet evenings and vineyard tours giving you the chance to sample a frozen grape or three without the pain of the subzero harvest. But it was in the tasting room at the Inniskllin Winery that I discover my ideal winter pursuit – warming up with a glass of syrupy sweet Icewine and admiring the snowy landscape from indoors.

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WHERE? Gatineau Park, Quebec FOR WHO? Those looking for something gentler WHY? Well priced, super-close to Ottawa and boasting one of the largest networks of cross-country ski trails in the country.

See bonjourquebec.com WHERE? Blue Mountain, Ontario FOR WHO? Absolutely everyone WHY? Thirty-six runs, a skating rink, ice fi shing, snowshoeing, snowmobiles to rent, shopping and spas.

See bluemountain.ca WHERE? Le Massif, Quebec FOR WHO? Adrenaline junkies WHY? Half a dozen double diamonds, a triple diamond run and a good chunk of off-piste action.

See lemassif.com WHERE? Mont Tremblant, Quebec FOR WHO? Après-ski enthusiasts WHY? Ninety-five runs catering for skiers and snowboarders of every level.

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Chill out in the Ice Hotel, Quebec

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Staying over at Quebec’s ice hotel has long been on my list of travel must-dos and I’m determined to see the night through. I try in vain to sleep on my furlined slab of ice and begin to wonder if perhaps a day trip would have been a better option for someone so feeble in the cold.

Tours explore each frosty corner of the hotel, rebuilt every January for a mere three months. Cocktails are served on the rocks, and the temperature is always be a not-tooterrible -5˚C – often quite balmy compared with the nostril-numbing conditions outside.

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