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TWO-SIDED THAILAND Tough treks

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Expand your horizons in buzzy Tallinn CELEBRATE LIKE ROYALTY

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EDITOR’S LETTER If you ever needed an excuse to party, the royal wedding is a great one. Make the most of the extra days off by hosting a street party. Turn to P10, and we’ll show you how to do it in style. Or, if you’re looking to head out of London for the big day, we’ve got plenty of options for you. See P66 for our cultural guide to Tallinn, while on P72, read how you can have adventure and beach time in Thailand. If those don’t whet your appetite, nothing will!

72 Trekking makes Thai beaches look even better

55 TRAVEL

CAROL DRIVER

8 LONDON 8 London Life 10 A ROYAL KNEES-UP: Organise a street party on the big day 14 Food & Drink 16 Spotted 18 Silly Buggers

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Celebrity News TNT Life Look Who’s Talking: Teresa Palmer Cinema Culture MEGA WATT: The rise and rise of Hollywood star Naomi Watts

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66 Get to know the real Tallinn

34 NEWS & SPORT 34 World News 36 THE MAD DOG OF TRIPOLI: The life of Muammar Gaddafi 38 New Zealand: Christchurch devastated after earthquake 41 Our view: Freedom of speech 42 Sport view: Best of the Week 45 Sports Opinion: Boring World Cup 46 EVERYBODY’S GONE SURFING: The World Surfing Tour

55 Global Vision 56 BARS AND BIRDS: Celebrate St Patrick’s Day in Galway 58 Late Deals 61 TNTT Weekender: Valencia 64 Hotshots 66 CULTURE CLUB: Expand your horizons in cerebral Tallinn 68 Travel Tips 69 Travel News 70 On The Road 71 Top Five 72 BEST OF BOTH WORLDS: Trekking and sunbathing in Thailand 10 Organise a street party on the royal wedding day

48 CAREERS & MONEY 48 Job Of The Week 49 Careers 50 KITCHEN NIGHTMARES: The joys of owning a restaurant 52 Money 53 Coming & Going

REGULARS 26 Hard work pays off for Naomi Watts

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50 Fancy yourself as the next Gordon Ramsay?

YOUR SAY EDITORIAL Editor Carol Driver Content Editors: Travel Janine Kelso Entertainment Alison Grinter News & Sport Tom Sturrock Web Frankie Mullin Features/editorial assistant Rebecca Kent | Inger Smith Sub Jahn Vannisselroy

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A team of New Zealanders (and friends) in London are feeling helpless watching the unbearable events unfold in Christchurch and we want to do something to help.

We’ve decided to take on the challenge of climbing Mt Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, in August 2011 to raise NZ$5895 (the height of Kilimanjaro in metres) to help the city and people get back on their feet.

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If you would like to be part of the NZ Kilimanjaro expedition, email cjflack@gmail.com. Kia kaha.

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‘THE HOUSE SHOOK FOR 20 SECONDS’ I was lucky enough to be at home – in a town near Christchurch – at the time of the quake. My whole house shook violently for about 20 seconds.

It was hard to get through doorways because you were being shaken around. It felt like it went on forever.

A lot of my friends and family were in the midst of it all. It was an anxious day trying to frantically get in touch with everyone to make sure they were OK. My nerves are shot; I can’t stop shaking. I can’t sleep because of aftershocks. I feel useless because I can’t help and anxious because I don’t know what is going on.

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WHAT ABOUT OZ? In Issue 1434, Janine Kelso lists five dreamy beaches. What!

Soft sand and lapping waves and no mention of Mudjimba Beach, Sunshine Coast, Queensland?

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GREEN WARNING FOR SHAREHOUSES Like most Antipodeans coming to the UK, I’ve chosen to live in sharehouses during my stay in London.

However, being an environmentalist at heart, I’ve always been concerned at the amount of items disposed of thoughtlessly.

You come over here, have a great time, have your parties, do your travelling, then whittle down your possessions to a few boxes to go home.

You either get rid of what’s left, or just leave it where you were in the hope that someone else will take care of it. There

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Abuse April’s bank holidays

is no scheme (so far as I know) that will let you recycle pillows or duvet inners, and no charity wants them either.

However, for old towels, sheets, duvet covers and pillowcases, there is a solution.

Consider contacting your local animal shelter who are always on the lookout for these items for animals’ bedding.

So next time you clean out your sharehouses, consider recycling as much as you can before deciding to chuck it in the trash.

Lee, Willesden Green

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AN OPEN LETTER from James Nathan (Managing Director of Topdeck Travel) Growing up in Australia, I had always had a great desire to experience the Dawn Service at Gallipoli. The union of Australians and New Zealanders at ANZAC Cove to not only remember fallen soldiers, but also commemorate the founding of the ‘ANZAC Spirit’ is an incredibly moving experience, and I have been lucky enough to experience the Dawn Service in Turkey on several occasions.

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LONDON LIFE Plenty of entertainment at Leicester Square

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

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MASLENITSA RUSSIAN FESTIVAL FREE WHAT: A Russian version of Lent, but with more booze and sillier hats. The festival’s pagan roots are evidenced by the ubiquitous Russian dolls and the curious soundtrack of old folk songs fused with modern beats.

WHEN: March 6.

DO IT BECAUSE: It’s all about the food, really. The Russians love their borscht and their blinis, which are basically pancakes with twice as much butter, and you’re unlikely to have a better chance to load up on caviar.

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» Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DN

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Capital idea: Leicester Square Established as the heart of London’s cinemaland, the natural choice for big film premieres, Leicester Square is sandwiched between Piccadilly Circus and Covent Garden.

But the pedestrianised square is also a great spot for street theatre, sketch artists and buskers – head down on a mild Friday or Saturday night and there’s enough free entertainment to negate queuing for a show.

Since, the mid-19th century,

the area has been a hotspot for entertainment.

When ‘talkies’ took over the world in the 1930s, Turkish baths and oyster bars – weird combination, huh? – were replaced by bright lights and opulent theatres.

If you want to see a show in London, the Leicester Square box office is a great place to start. TS

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This week marks the 29th birthday of the Barbican Centre, which is the largest performing arts centre in Europe.

The Barbican Centre took 15 years and cost a whopping £161m to build, occupying five-and-a-half acres of Cripplegate which was laid to ruin by Nazi raids during the Second World War. The building itself is one of London’s most recognisable, a towering slab of concrete

visible from miles around. It is, of course, not to everyone’s tastes, though; in 2003, the Barbican was voted the capital’s ugliest building in a survey of Londoners.

The Barbican, despite some aversion to its appearance, carved out a niche as one of the city’s most important cultural centres, hosting the London Symphony Orchetsra and the Barbican Gallery, which is especially strong on installation art and design. TS

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The Queen’s got a lot of fans

p U s e e n K l a y o AR Come over all British and throw your own street party. Your neighbours will love you for it. WORDS REBECCA KENT

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t’s as British as the Queen and a jolly good reason to deck your street with bunting and balloons and hobnob over Hobb Nobbs.

Strike me red, white and blue, it’s a street party. The April 29 nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton, and the public holiday, are reason enough to take over your street for a right royal shindig, so get cracking.

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HISTORICALLY SPEAKING This tradition of neighbourly bonhomie stretches back to 1919 when parties were known as ‘peace teas’ to celebrate the signing of the Versailles Peace Treaty.

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GET CLEARANCE Your first port of call is your local authority, whose permission you need before you start dispatching invites. In line with David Cameron’s Big Society ideology, they’ll probably waive the usual fee, or charge a

modest amount for the privilege.

The prospect of harking back to the good old-fashioned days of community has them glowing all over, but while street parties have been held in the past to mark royal events, such as Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee and Charles and Diana’s wedding, these days things are a bit more complicated, with issues such as insurance and road closures.

However, with two million parties expected over the wedding weekend, you’ll have plenty of company.

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Nicki Hookings, who lives in Clarence Gate, in the borough of Westminster is going all guns ablazing for her do, where 400 people are expected.

Don’t argue “ over the colour of the bunting ”

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A keen follower of wedding developments, she’s planning an unforgettable event. “We’re looking at having a juggler and a band, plus bunting and British food like meats and salad. We’re hoping to achieve a real sense of togetherness,” she says.

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ALTERNATIVE EVENTS In Southall, local MP Virendra Sharma has a party on April 29 in Clarence Street, where Kate’s grandparents Westminster Abbey, where Prince once lived.

William and Kate Middleton will marry Alternatively, Guoman’s The Royal Horseguards hotel (guoman. com) is laying on a chi-chi afternoon tea It’s inevitable, isn’t it, that a walking tour throughout April with a royal twist, carving a trail across royal haunts in including a mini wedding cake.

London’s salubrious quarters should Langtry’s (langtrys crop up? From the glut of wedding restaurant.com) is serving the opportunists, Celebrity Planet emerges same four courses served at with this latest offering.

The Queen Mother’s Setting off from Bruton Street, where wedding in 1923, for an office block sits on the site of the £29.95. In the same vein, birthplace of Queen Elizabeth II, Park Plaza hotels we swing by Garrard’s Jewellers in (parkplaza.com) Albermale Street from where Lady have introduced Diana found the sapphire and cocktails Best Mandiamond ring now sported by Kate.

Hattan and “Kate is more Sloane than Slough,” Wedded Fizz.

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STREETS ALIVE So, exactly how do you our tour guide observes. “She and her THE ANTI-PARTY sister Pippa have been nicknamed The throw a party?

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Wisteria sisters: highly decorative, Resist the urge to get terribly fragrant, with a ferocious org.uk), a movement bladdered on cans and ability to climb.” calling for the abolition plonk, for a start.

We continue on to Clarence House, of the monarchy, is “The key is in the words, The Mall, where the wedding route is throwing a (anti‘tea party’, where everyone explained – from here, to Trafalgar wedding) party of its brings food and cakes and Square into Whitehall and south to own in Queen Liz’s is friendly,” says Chris Westminster Abbey for the nuptials.

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Gittin, founder of Streets If it’s the juicy wedding goss you Co-ordinator, Graham Alive (streetparty.org.uk).

David and Victoria Beckham were came for, buy Hello instead. But here, Smith says: “Our “It’s as much a part of among the first to be invited your mum might learn something. membership increases British culture to •thecelebrityplanet.com tours cost £15. during Royal events, give two fingers up to the which reflects that the Royals, so you’re bound to monarch survives have people with a Feed your need for because people don’t complex range of royal wedding trivia think about it.” views, but don’t argue over the colour of the bunting and just have a friendly time.”

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flutes, coffee tables and even condoms have followed. Oh, it’s a mug’s game, but mugs should note that all this tat is being made in such high numbers that they’re hardly worth collecting for their future value. Royal memorabilia has to stretch back to Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s 1947 wedding to hold much worth, experts say. Long may they collect dust, then.

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FOOD & DRINK

BAR REVIEW The Builders Arms ★★★★★

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THE SCENE Two blocks south of the high street, the Builders Arms is cosy without being stifling, traditional without being stuffy and hip without being wanky. In short, it’s a

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quality London gastro. The loft is a great spot for a big group, the comfy sofas perfect for couples.

THE GRUB Boasts exceptional calamari by pub standards and a delicious gourmet roast beef sandwich to help soak up the booze. Crucially, Sunday roasts are top-notch.

BEHIND THE BAR A vast range of tap beers, with 21

different brews on draught.

There are excellent Bloody Marys to help clear out the cobwebs after a rough night.

BILL PLEASE Pretty cheap given the location. Bar prices are standard and you can get a great feed for less than ÂŁ10.

VERDICT Like all the best pubs, as good an option on a Friday night as on a Sunday afternoon. TOM STURROCK

Restaurant Review Cafe & Tapas ★★★★★

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THE SCENE Roadside diner meets Mediterranean eatery.

Seriously, the ambience here is non-existent and the less said about the flimsy serviettes, the better.

THE GRUB What Cafe & Tapas lacks in decor and overall atmosphere it more than makes up for with its food.

I always thought of pintxos (snacks served on little slices of bread) as poor man’s tapas, but C&T converts me with such luscious offerings as the goats cheese with caramelised onion and orange marmalade, and the Cantabrico anchovies, served with pepper and olive oil. From the tapas menu I also enjoy the tender beef mini burgers, which live up to their

TAPAS BARS Tapas Brindisa This buzzy, authentic, Borough Market tapas joint is renowned for its award-winning cheeses, cured meats and preserves.

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Barrafina name, and the delectable Iberico ham croquettes.

BEHIND THE BAR Pretty much all the alcohol on offer here – spirits, wines and beers – hails from Spain.

BILL PLEASE Tapas start at ÂŁ2.30 per item. Good value.

VERDICT Don’t judge this tasty restaurant by its nondescript frontage.

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Tendido Cero Hip tapas eatery opened in 2000 as an offshoot of acclaimed sister restaurant Cambio de Tercio across the road. cambiodetercio.co.uk

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Whilst the menu’s ingredients will be, predominantly sourced directly from Scotland – one of the world’s most magnificent larders with an unrivalled reputation for the finest beef, lamb, game and seafood.

Boisdale of Canary Wharf will undoubtedly become one of Europe’s greatest jazz venues. For those of you, who are thinking that Canary Wharf is beyond the reach of the West End, remember that it is only 16 minutes from Green Park by London Underground!

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That said, the internet has one thing going for it – it makes surveillance far easier.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve used social media

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Different cultures of the world all have their own courtship rituals, and online dating is just an adaptation of an age-old part of life.

I spent some time living with Aztec tribes in Central America and twice a year, unattached young men and women in the area would meet for soyaanisqatsi, Hopi for “the great coming together”.

The men would try to impress the Find love online women with

various skills – cooking, painting, dancing, epic poetry – and the women would then choose their men, pair off and have sex in the bushes.

So really, dating websites are a soyaanisqatsi for the 21st century. Whereas the Aztec tribesmen wooed their women through song and dance, arts and crafts, you get to choose between three dozen cock pics.

But, if you’re lucky, the end result will be the same and you’ll end up getting laid in the undergrowth.

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A newly appointed headmaster of a primary school in Croydon made his mark by suspending seven kids in his first two days on the job, after which he was sacked.

Craig Tunstall was paid £137,881 to take over at Oval Primary, but his draconian standards suggest he had seen too many Clint Eastwood films.

One was sent home for not wearing a coat, another for not lining up quickly enough.

Pupils were also instructed to walk with their hands behind their backs, as though they were in prison.

to reinsert myself into the lives of ex-boyfriends who thought they’d moved on without me.

Equally, dating sites can be useful for screening out the losers with no money. And it’s great for your confidence – if you post a couple of saucy photos of yourself in a nurse’s outfit, you’ll have guys queuing up for a date.

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Beyonce, who is said to have lightened her hair and skin for photoshoots, was crticised for blacking up for French magazine L’Officiel.

THE EX FACTOR Brian McFadden makes this spot once again. This time it’s not for his love of a drink, but rather his love of girls who do.

The former Westlife singer’s latest single, Just The Way You Are (Drunk At The Bar), which was posted on YouTube, has been slated for its seeming promotion of date rape.

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dance number says he wants to “do some damage” to an intoxicated girl.

“WHAT THE F***!!!! It’s disgusting and wrong!!!” was the reaction of one listener.

However, the authenticity of the song has been questioned.

The Mirror suggested it could be “one of the biggest PR stunts ever pulled”.

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”This contaminated little maggot can’t handle my power.”

Charlie Sheen attacks Two-And-A-Half Men creator Chuck Lorre

Woman’s Day: Dannii Minogue reveals the 1000 steps in Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges was the key to keeping fit while preggers; Jennifer Aniston’s had some hypnotherapy and now she’s on a mission to find a man; and pop singer Sophie Monk announces she’s to wed millionaire Jimmy Esebag – but it’s possible that he knew nothing about it.

SOUTH AFRICA You: The Bold And The Beautiful’s Steffy Forrester and her co-stars are whisked off on a South African safari; and Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter, Zoleka Seakamela, falls pregnant after turning to her friend, Sekoati Tsubane for comfort after the tragic death of her daughter, Zenani, during the Fifa World Cup.

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The Adelaide-born actress, 24, is making serious waves in Hollywood despite Steven Spielberg failing to understand her accent …

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Teresa Palmer INTERVIEW STEPHEN JEWELL

23 Was it great playing such a kick-ass character like Number Six in Sci-Fi flick I Am Number Four?

It was exciting! It was a role that I never thought anyone would cast me in. I didn’t think that I’d fit playing a superhero or a warrior, but I liked it because it made me work so much harder.

You did as many of your own stunts as possible. How was that?

I didn’t want to do a disservice to Number Six and not know how to be a warrior.

She’s so strong and feisty that I knew if I slacked off and just let someone else do all the work, (director) DJ Caruso wouldn’t have the freedom to use my face in the action sequences. I thought it would be a great challenge for me to learn all her skills. If Number Six can do it, then I should be able to do it too.

I had to “ Americanise some words ” You ended up with a few injuries.

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I got smacked in the face by the stunt guy I was fighting opposite. I’d been learning the choreography for months. As an actor and a stuntwoman – which essentially is what I became on this film – you have to hit your beats so you’re always counting in your head. As soon as you miss one, the whole of the movement falls out of place and someone gets hurt … I wasn’t quick enough to get out of the way. He was counting his beats and hitting his marks, so he hit me.

after [producer] Steven Spielberg saw the movie, he said he liked my performance but couldn’t understand everything I was saying because my accent was so thick.

So I had to go in and do some additional dialogue recording and Americanise some words so that a wider audience could understand me.

Do you enjoy living in LA?

I had a bit of a hard time when I first moved there from Adelaide five years ago. I was 18 years old and I didn’t know anyone. I was alone and had to make friends, learn how to cook and look after myself. But now I’m really settled there.

Is there a lot of pressure to be beautiful?

Hollywood places such a heavy emphasis on physical beauty and the way you look, which can be a bit daunting. For this film, I had to be in peak physical condition otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to do all the stunts that I have to do to embody this character. So I had to look after myself and eat healthily, which I’ve kept up since finishing the movie.

You star in the comedy Take Me Out Tonight, which is out soon.

It’s set at a crazy Labor Day party in 1988 and takes place over one night.

DID YOU KNOW? Teresa briefly dated comic hellraiser Russell Brand in 2008.

Brand apparently admitted that she was “the one” but the pair split after four months. She is now rumoured to be dating Zac Efron.

You get to keep your Aussie twang in the film, unusual in Hollywood films …

She will be starring in the upcoming Mad Max: Fury Road with Nicholas Hoult.

I didn’t have to focus on accent work so I could spend more time on the physicality of the role, which was so demanding. But

She is a long time fan of the Port Adelaide Football Club.

It’s with Anna Farris and Topher Grace, who’s a comedic genius. We’ve got an amazing ‘80s soundtrack with all the iconic songs that you remember from that time. I’ve also just done Say Nothing, an Australian drama thriller directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith from Blue-Tongue Films, who also did Animal Kingdom and The Square. It’s good company to be in. .

» I Am Number Four out Feb 23.

CINEMA Unkown

Liam Neeson ponders the unknown...

Liam Neeson, January Jones, Diane Kruger

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CERT: 12A MINS RT: 113 MINS

★★★★★

Not since Jason Bourne woke up from his deep-sea nap has a man been as confused about his identity as Dr Martin Harris, the hero at the heart of Jaume Collet-Serra’s derivative thriller.

Things go horribly wrong for the scientist, played by Liam Neeson, from the moment he arrives in Berlin for a conference with his pretty wife (Jones).

One spectacular car crash later, Harris finds himself in hospital with a bump on his head and memory loss. For some reason his wife insists she doesn’t know him and she is with a man claiming to be the real Martin Harris.

Joined by the cab driver who saved his life (Kruger), Miller tries to get to the bottom of the mystery. With its rough-and-tumble fight scenes and car chases,

1 Which Spielberg film did Liam Neeson recently quit claiming he was “too old” for the role?

2 But Neeson wasn’t too old to play which character for Spielberg in 1993?

3 Name the book this film was based on and author.

4 How many Oscars has Neeson won?

5 Name Neeson’s late wife, who was tragically killed in a skiing accident.

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Unknown desperately wants to be the new Bourne, but a preposterous storyline means it’s difficult to take the film seriously.

With its glaring plot-holes and unintentionally funny dialogue, it’s only thanks to the efforts of Neeson that the

film isn’t a complete joke. The Irishman is as likeable and magnetic as always but he can’t rescue a film that, aptly enough, won’t linger long in the memory banks.

GOOD FOR: Liam Neeson movie aficionados.

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THE REEL DEAL Australian films made their mark at the Berlin Film festival in the category recognising movies for or about children.

Melbourne filmmaker Kasimir Burgess’ film Lily, about a girl and her father sharing their last holiday, won the Crystal Bear for best short film in the Generation Kplus section.

Minnie Loves Junior, written and directed by Melbourne brothers Andy and Matt Mullins, won the jury special mention in the same section.

Iranian drama Nader And Simin: A Separation won the Golden Bear for best picture.

Dame Helen shakes her spear

LAST WEEK1 Nicolas Coppola 2 Francis Ford and Sofia 3 Kathleen Turner 4 Peggy Sue Got Married 5 John Travolta WINNER Arlene Hughes

THE TEMPEST CERT: PG RT: 120 MINS

★★★★★

Shakespeare fans will be divided over the merits of this slick version of The Tempest, centered around magician Prospero (Helen Mirren) who is cast away on an island by her brother. Despite good performances Julie Taymor’s film is visually uninspiring while not making the Bard’s work accessible to the masses.

GOOD FOR: Anyone who likes Shakespeare with a twist PDV

IRONCLAD CERT: 15 MINS RT: 121 MINS

★★★★★

A ragtag group of warriors defend Rochester castle against duplicitous King John in Jonathan English’s tedious historical drama. Buckets of gore can’t save a film built around poorly constructed battle scenes and several casting missteps, including Paul Giamatti as King John.

GOOD FOR: Those who enjoy watching limbs being hacked off. PDV

‘Yes, I do realise my horse has better hair than I do’

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Actor-turned-director Damon Gameau (below) has taken out the big prize at this year’s Tropfest short film festival.

The Aussie, who starred in crime drama Underbelly and played a journalist murdered by the Indonesian army in true-life drama, Balibo, won the prize for his stop animation film Animal Beatbox.

The seven-minute film, made for £50, was chosen out of 16 shortlisted films, which were screened at the festival in Sydney.

Victorian filmmaker Simeon Bain, 15, won the Trop Junior prize for his film Imagine.

SCREEN TEST: LIAM NEESON

CULTURE GREENLAND With its barely integrated strands, this multi-authored climate change concoction has the hallmark of too many cooks and never really grips.

It’s moderately interesting some of the time, but it’s so bitty and lacking in dramatic depth that Lisa’s decision – as she floats overhead in a shopping trolley – to become an activist rather than a teacher, a pair of rowing lesbians with different viewpoints, plus a flirtation between an Ed Miliband aide and a climatemodelling scientist en route

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REVIEW: Theatre to the Copenhagen summit, are all almost instantly forgettable.

The highlight of Bijan Sheibani’s production is a life-size polar bear which lumbers up to a Arctic ornithologist, sniffs his boots, decides he’s not worth the effort, and ambles off. Wise bear. LOUISE KINGSLEY

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» Lyttelton at the National, South Bank, SE1 9PX Waterloo (nationaltheatre. org.uk). Until April 2. (£12 - £30)

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Honey doesn’t shy away from depicting working-class •Shelagh Delaney’s shocking 1959 drama A Taste OfGreenwich life, inter-racial love, alcoholism and homosexuality » Greenwich Theatre, SE10 8ES (greenwichtheatre.org.uk). Mar 1-5. £10-15

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BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK

PIONEERS OF THE DOWNTOWN SCENE, NEW YORK 1970S

STARMAN: DAVID BOWIE

DAUGHTERS IN LAW

Paul Trynka

(Doubleday) MAR 3

(Sphere) MAR 3

In Trollope’s latest soon-to-be-best seller, undisputed matriarch Rachel starts to feel her power slip away when her youngest son Luke, gets married. Cue the mother (ahem) of all power struggles.

On the verge of bankruptcy in the 1970s, New York wasn’t the yuppified, glossy Sex And The City destination it is now.

Rather, it was lawless, run down and just a little bit scary.

Artists Gordon Matta-Clark, Laurie Anderson and choreographer Trisha Brown

made the most of the city’s dereliction by using it as their backdrop, canvas, stage and inspiration. This multi-media exhibition looks at the daring approaches taken by these key artists both individually and collectively.

» Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS (barbican.org) Barbican. Mar 3 - May 22. £8 Trisha Brown Roof Piece

Former Mojo editor Paul Trynka has interviewed more than 200 friends, ex-lovers and fellow musicians in order to write the definitive biography of rock music’s greatest chameleon.

BEHIND THE BLACK DOOR

Joanna Trollope

Sarah Brown

FOR RICHER, FOR POORER: CONFESSIONS OF A PLAYER

(Ebury Press ) MAR 3

Victoria Coren

Gordon Brown’s better half, and Twitter sensation, Sarah lifts the lid on life at Downing Street as she looks back over her brief stint as Britain’s first lady in this ominously entitled book.

(Canongate) MAR 3

Journalist and card shark Victoria Coren, who won £620,000 at the European Poker Championships in 2006, describes her love affair with the game.

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Aldgate

•See archaeological finds at Afghanistan: Crossroads Of The Ancient World » East (whitechapelgallery.org). Thur, Mar 3. £7

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Bright star: Watts’ career keeps improving

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With two new films under her belt Naomi Watts explains why she’s Hollywood’s hardestworking leading lady WORDS JAMES MOTTRAM

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WORKAHOLIC Given this shot at Hollywood glory, you could understand if Watts never took a sabbatical ever again. But since her last major role, being terrorised to within an inch of her life in 2007’s Funny Games, she’s become a mother-of-two – to Alexander (3) and Samuel (2) – with her actor-partner Liev Schreiber, who she met on the set of period drama The Painted Veil.

“You do worry it’s ‘out of sight, out of mind’,” she admits. “But I guess I just got a lucky break. I’m so absorbed with my children, this is what I’m doing now.”

Yet her screen hiatus doesn’t seem to have lessened demand for the actress.

FROM CIA AGENT TO WOODY ALLEN MUSE Her latest films are “chalk and cheese” she says. First is CIA thriller Fair Game, in which she plays real-life operative Valerie Plame, whose cover was blown when White House officials deliberately set out to discredit her left-wing husband (played by Sean Penn).

Watts admits there was some comparison to her own life – given both she and Plame spend their days taking on different identities. “The difference is, if I mess up, I could get panned by the critics,” she says. “If she messes up, she could end up with a bullet in her head.”

Her second movie is Woody Allen’s new romantic comedy You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, in which she plays Sally, whose marriage to Josh Brolin’s failed novelist is hitting the rocks.

Allen’s fourth film to be shot in London brought Watts back to the country she was born and raised in – until her mother moved her to Sydney when she was 14. “It was great to be in London,” she reflects. “I stayed in a friend’s house and we had the kids, and we had a communal garden. It was the best time of year for weather, and my mum was around. I’ve got friends there. So I got to have a life as well.”

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With two new films due this month, the 42-year-old has also just wrapped Jim Sheridan’s psychological thriller Dream House, with Daniel Craig, and tsunami drama The Impossible, with Ewan McGregor.

If that wasn’t enough, she’s just signed on to Clint Eastwood’s biopic about FBI director J Edgar Hoover, alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, and is still in talks to play Marilyn Monroe for Chopper director Andrew Dominik in an adaptation of the Joyce Carol Oates novel Blonde.

Out of sight she may have been – but clearly not out of mind.

DOWN TO EARTH In truth, bringing her two young children to London was unusual for Watts, as she and Schreiber have made a pact to share out the child-minding.

“You have to go by this thing of taking turns a little bit, which we have just done,” she says, pointing out that she stayed at home last year while Schreiber

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itting in a beachside restaurant in Cannes, Naomi Watts is experiencing a wave of nostalgia.

After all, it was here a decade ago that she became a star, when she played a wide-eyed wannabe actress in David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive.

“It became a career after that moment,” she says. “Before, I was an actor for hire.” Ten years of toiling away unnoticed in flop films like Tank Girl had left its mark – but Lynch changed everything. “It felt good to be acknowledged,” she nods. And employed – with the likes of David Cronenberg (Eastern Promises) and Peter Jackson (King Kong) flocking to work with her.

Watts with the real life Valerie Plame

27 did a six-month Broadway stint in Arthur Miller’s A View From The Bridge.

“You have to be conscious of other people’s needs in a relationship.

Communication is key. We have kids, we have careers … there’s a lot to work out in our relationship. And we get through it.”

Admitting that her children give her stability, it also seems that becoming famous relatively late – she was 32 when Mulholland Drive was unveiled – has kept Watts’ feet on the ground.

“Success coming to somebody too early can be a negative thing,” she says.

“I worked hard and paid my dues in Australia. It’s good because you appreciate it more.”

Ironically, in Marilyn Monroe, she will take on the ultimate symbol of a doomed celebrity. “It’s a daunting one,” Watts acknowledges. “This is an iconic woman who everyone feels they know in some way – so the pressure is on.”

Some do like it hot alright.

» Fair Game opens on

March 4. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger opens on March 18.

Got chops:Watts with hubby Liev Schreiber

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MUSIC LISTINGS The Chapel Club, avoiding eye contact with each other

MUSIC & CLUBS

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Alex Vargas, King Robot, Bibelots Acoustic rock from the London-based singersongwriter. The Scala, Pentonville

Adler’s Appetite The former Guns N’ Roses drummer fronts his own band playing hard rock. The Underworld, Camden

Rd, N1 9NL (020 7833 2022/ cc 0844 477 1000). £12.50.

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

Tony Joe White, Steph Newton Swamp-rock and blues

James Blunt The chart-

singer-songwriter. The Jazz Cafe, Parkway, NW1 7PG (020 7485 6834/ cc 0870 060 3777). £22.50.

from the veteran Nashville-based topping singer-songwriter performs acoustic pop. HMV Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £29.50.

FRIDAY 4

P J Harvey Contemplative

Daniel Boys The Any Dream

Trio Tekke Traditional Greek and Balkan music with a contemporary touch by the London and Nicosiabased combo. The Green Note Cafe, Parkway, NW1 7AN (020 7485 9899). £8.

SATURDAY 5 The Danny Giles Band Attitude-driven blues-rock from the outfit. The Half Moon, Half Moon Ln, Herne Hill, SE24 9HU (020 7274 2733). £10, adv £8.

Rd, E1 0HX (020 7748 2728). £30.

Will Do contestant performs songs from his album So Close.

Dezerter Punk-rock band from Mazowieckie, Poland. The Underworld,

Sarah McClurg & Band

Trafalgar Studios, Whitehall, SW1A 2DY (0844 871 7627). £20, concs £18.

Camden High St, NW1 0NE (020 7482 1932). £20, adv £15.

Acoustica from the Canadian singer-songwriter. RS Hispaniola,

Cara Dillon Folk ballads

Victoria Embankment, WC2N 5DJ (020 7839 3011). £15.

from the County Derry singer-songwriter. Southbank

Barbara Dickson The Scottish soul and pop singer performs her hits. Southbank Centre, Belvedere

rock from the alternative singersongwriter. Troxy, Commercial

Moishe’s Bagel The Edinburgh-based five-piece plays Klezmer and Balkan rhythms. Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8EH (0844 482 8008). £10.

Heather Peace The vocalist performs soaring acoustic pop. The Pheasantry, Kings Rd, SW3 4UT (020 7351 5031). £15.

Roll Deep, Platnum, Mz Bratt, Angel, TJ Lyricz Grime and hip-hop from the London collective. XOYO, Cowper St,

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CHAPEL CLUB Shepherd’s Bush Empire, W11 8QE Shepherd’s Bush (08444 77 2000). Fri, Oct 18. £12.50 The East London quintet have been selling out venues left right and centre since they released their moody, shoegaze infused debut album Palace. So get in early for this October gig.

WEDNESDAY 2

Vessels, Stuart Warwick

Julie Atherton Easy listening

Borderline, Orange Yard, Manette St, W1D 4JB (0870 060 3777/ cc 0871 231 0842). £9.

EC2A 4AP (020 7729 5959). £12.

and showtunes from the Londonbased singer-actress. Trafalgar

Tatcho Drom Traditional folk

Studios, Whitehall, SW1A 2DY (0844 871 7627). £20, concs £18.

and Balkan Gypsy music from the London-based outfit. Le QuecumBar, Battersea High St, SW11 3HX (020 7787 2227). £13, adv £10.

TUESDAY 1 Olof Arnalds The Reykjavikbased singer-songwriter and guitarist performs acoustic folk. The Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston Culture House, Gillett St, N16 8JH (020 7254 4097). £12.

Death Vessel, Rozi Plain

Athlete, Foy Vance

Experimental and prog rock from the Leeds-based five-piece. The

THURSDAY 3

Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX (020 7960 4200/cc 0844 875 0073). £22.50, concs £11.25.

Peter Frampton Rock multiEddie & The Hot Rods

instrumentalist. O2 Shepherd’s

Rock five-piece from Essex. Half

Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (0905 020 3999/ cc 0844 477 2000). £27.50.

Moon, Putney, Lower Richmond Rd, SW15 1EU (020 8780 9383). £8.

Glamour Of The Kill The York-based four-piece plays anthemic metal. The Underworld, Camden High St, NW1 0NE (020 7482 1932). £9.50.

Gwyneth Herbert The singer-songwriter performs sophisticated jazz-pop with guitarist Al Cherry. Artsdepot,

Tom Hollister Trio, Matt Adey, The Late Lights Blues-

SW10 0QD (020 7352 5953). £12.

Giants Of Rare Groove 2: Leon Ware, Sheree Brown, Valentine Brothers Soul

St, E14 5NX (0207 418 2725). £20.

singer-songwriter and producer.

rock from the Cardiff-based three-piece. The Troubadour,

Christian Marclay, Phil Minton, Steve Beresford

IndigO2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £20-£45.

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

Glasvegas Indie-rock from the Glasgow-based band. Heaven,

Houston Eighties-inspired

Experimental improv for voice and turntables, featuring a musical interpretation of Marclay’s graphic score Manga Scroll. Cafe Oto, Ashwin St, E8

Charing Cross Arches, Villiers St, WC2N 6NG (020 7930 2020). £10.

The Borderline, Orange Yard, Manette St, W1D 4JB (0870 060 3777/ cc 0871 231 0842). £8.

Claudia Brucken Electropop artist from London and member of Onetwo.

The Scala, Pentonville Rd, N1 9NL (020 7833 2022/ cc 0844 477 1000). £20.

Martin Creed Band Alternative ensemble. Cafe Oto, Ashwin

rock from the Swedish outfit.

Malcolm Holcombe

The Green Note Cafe, Parkway, NW1 7AN (020 7485 9899). £10.

NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £17.50.

Litfiba Alt rock from

and pop from the charttopping American singer.

Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (0905 020 3999/ cc 0844 477 2000). £16.34.

HMV Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £26.55.

Chris Jagger Folk, Americana,

Max Gilkes, Joanne Louise Parker Acoustic blues-rock from the singersongwriter. 100 Club, Oxford

St, E8 3DL (020 7923 1231). £10.

Touchstone, Jujorin, Enochian Theory The Londonbased outfit plays metal. O2 Academy Islington, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (020 7288 4400/ cc 0844 477 2000). £11.

American five-piece. O2 Academy Islington, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (020 7288 4400/ cc 0844 477 2000). £18.

Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX (020 7960 4200/cc 0844 875 0073). £30-£50, concs £15-£25.

Robyn The Swedish singersongwriter performs electropop. Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Rd,

Reuben Richards & Soul Train Blues, funk and soul

NW5 1JY (020 7344 0044). £14.50.

from the seven-piece. Boisdale

NW1 8EH (0844 482 8008). £18.50.

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

Die So Fluid, Joy/Disaster, Killing For Company, Ination

from the London-based musician. XOYO, Cowper St,

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

EC2A 4AP (020 7729 5959). £10.

Rough Science, Sister Rose Indie-rock with a twist of ska by the London-based band. 100 Club, Oxford St, W1D 1LL (020 7636 0933). £6.

Stone Foundation, Georgia Strand, Grinch Mountain The outfit plays psychedelic rock and soul. The Lexington, Pentonville Rd, N1 9JB (020 7837 5371). £10.

Janelle Monae R‘n’B and

She Got Sick, Voodoo Trash Grime with elements

soul from the American singer.

of electro-pop from the duo.

Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8EH (0844 482 8008). £22.50.

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

Terrorvision The alt pop group from Bradford performs songs from its back catalogue.

Electric Ballroom, Camden High St, NW1 8QP (020 7485 9006). £17.50.

Or, The Whale Alt country from the San Franciscan outfit.

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Corner, N5 1RD (0870 060 3777/ cc 0844 847 1678). £13.

The Pheasantry, Kings Rd, SW3 4UT (020 7351 5031). £17.50.

Experimental pop from the Southampton-based five-piece.

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

SE22 8BD (07985 357958). £12, concs £8, adv £11, concs £7.

Black industrial from the Swedish outfit. Relentless Garage, Highbury

Elaine Paige Showtunes and easy listening classics from the award-winning singer. Southbank

Gold Panda Electronica

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

Jackie Oates The BBC Folk Award-winner performs folk. DHFC, Edgar Kail Way,

MZ 412, Sleep Research Facility, Iron Fist Of The Sun

Overkill, Destruction, Heathen Metal from the

Montage Populaire

Hard rock from the Yorkshire.

the Italian band. HMV Forum, Highgate Rd, NW5 1JY (020 7344 0044). £30, adv £25.

and hip-hop from the German outfit. Koko, Camden High St,

3DL (020 7923 1231). £10, adv £8.

country, Cajun and Western Swing by the singer-guitarist.

St, W1D 1LL (020 7636 0933). £10.

Late Night Fiction, The Black Fuzz, Valhalla

Ed Jones Quartet Blue Note

Electro-tinged indie-pop from the London-based band. East Wintergarden, Bank

Example Electronic hip-hop from the Londonbased rapper. O2 Shepherd’s

Jason Derulo, Shontelle, Mindless Behavior R‘n’B

Tyrell and fiddler Peoples. Irish Cultural Centre, Blacks Rd, W6 9DT (020 8563 8232). £15, concs £12.

style bop and improv with a touch of funk from the sax-led combo. 606 Club, Lots Rd,

Soehne Mannheims Pop-soul

Last, Great Eastern St, EC2A 3ES (020 7739 5793). £10, adv £8.

Irish Writers Festival: An Evening With Singer, Poet & Storyteller Sean Tyrell And Fiddle Player Tommy Peoples Folk from singer

Nether St, Tally Ho Corner, N12 0GA (020 8369 5454). £16, concs £14.

Folk-blues and Americana from the North Carolinabased singer-songwriter.

Alt pop from the Rhode Islandbased outfit. The Old Blue

Rd, SE1 8XX (020 7960 4200/ cc 0844 875 0073). £25 & £30.

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Siswa Sukra The Javanese gamelan group performs, accompanied by members of the Lila Bhawa dance group.

St Ethelburga’s, Bishopsgate, EC2N 4AG (020 7496 1610). £12.

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SUNDAY 6 Cut Copy New wave-inspired synth-pop from the Australian outfit. HMV Forum, Highgate Rd,

Heavy rock from the three-piece.

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

Keisho Ohno The Japanese musician fuses traditional Tsugaru Shamisen music with contemporary dance rhythms. The Underworld, Camden High St, NW1 0NE (020 7482 1932). £12.

Watain, Shining Black metal from the Swedish outfit.

Relentless Garage, Highbury Corner, N5 1RD (0870 060 3777). £15.

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GIG GUIDE MUSIC & CLUBS

Alison Grinter PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST LIVE MUSIC

GIG OF THE WEEK X-FACTOR: MATT CARDLE, REBECCA FERGUSON, ONE DIRECTION, CHER LLOYD AND MORE It colonised our TV screens in the run-up to Christmas. It dominated our tabloid newspapers with “stories” devoted to the tantrums of its contestants. And it inundated our airwaves with even-blander-than-normal pop. Now Simon Cowell’s creation is back to torment us some more with a live tour which arrives in London this weekend showcasing Matt Cardle’s girly falsetto, Cher Lloyd’s faux-urban attitude and One Direction’s creepy boyband earnestness.

» Wembley Arena, Engineers Way, HA9 0DH (0844 815 0815) Mar 5-6. £32.50.

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Winners are grinners: X Factor victor Matt Cardle

ROBYN

If luscious French electro is your ear candy of choice then get your little hiney down to the Forum this week to check out Cut Copy’s new tribal-infused offering Zonoscope, the Aussie quartet’s follow-up to their critically adored album In Ghost Colours. With winter dragging on, some summery dance pop is just what the doctor ordered.

Bolshy and vulnerable by turns, Sweden’s Robin Miriam Carlsson is one of the most compelling popstresses around at the moment. Last year she released three albums (Body Talk Part 1, 2 and 3) of old and new material over five months.

She’s a kick-ass live act so catch her as she belts out hits like With Every Heartbeat and Konichiwa Bitches.

» Forum, 9-17 Highgate Rd, NW5 1JY

» Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8EH

Kentish Town

(0844 844 0444). Sun, Mar 6 £16.50

NEW ARTIST ALERT

FESTIVAL WATCH Tickets now on sale Bilbao BBK Coldplay, Jack Johnson, Amy Winehouse and Chemical Brothers confirmed.

Bilbao, Spain (bilbaobbklive. com). Jul 7-9. Three-day earlybird tickets £75

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THE BUZZ SO FAR Darren Foreman AKA Beardyman began his

transformation from performing artist to recording artist with the announcement of his self-titled debut album, due out in March.

WHAT ELSE? A two-time UK Beatboxing Champion, the hirsute Londoner’s mesmerising and improvised live sets break the boundaries of the traditional live experience. Case in point was his set at last year’s Reading & Leeds festival, which turned the Alternative stage into the unofficial “Rave tent”.

THE PLUG Electric Ballroom, 184 Camden High St, NW1 8QP Camden Town (0871 2200 260). Wed, Mar 9. £16.50

Chalk Farm

(0870 264 3333). Thur, Mar 3. £18.50

(downloadfestival.com).

June 10-12. W/e tickets £180 Exit Festival Arcade Fire, Grinderman, Portishead, Fedde Le Grand, Tiga, Hadouken confirmed.

Novi Sad, Serbia. (exitfest.org).

Jul 7-10. Earlybird pass £89

Blissfields Frank Turner, Andy Burrows, Gold Panda, Man Like Me, Chris T-T, Dub Pistols.

Winchester (blissfields.co.uk), Jun 30-Jul 3. W/e tickets £65

Lounge On The Farm The Streets, Ellie Goulding, Echo & The Bunnymen.

Merton Farm, Canterbury (loungeonthefarm.co.uk).

Jul 8-11. W/e tickets £85

Cambridge Folk Festival Tickets on sale on Sunday February 27.

Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge (cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk), Jul 28-31. W/e tickets £114

Oxegen Blink 182 join Arctic Monkeys & Foo Fighters confirmed.

Kildare, Ireland (oxegen.ie).

Jul 7-10. £167 with camping

Download Festival System Of A Down, Linkin Park, Pendulum, Korn.

Donington Park, Leicestershire

T In The Park Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, Beady Eye, Pulp.

Kinross (tinthepark.com).

Jul 8-10. £185 with camping

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MUSIC “I thought you said the Blair Witch Project was a cool band.”

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK

Arcade Fire, Mumford And Sons, The Vaccines Hyde Park, June 30 (0870 264 3333). £48 The Australian Pink Floyd Show Hammersmith Apollo, Mar 20 (0844 844 4748). £29.50 Belle & Sebastian Roundhouse, May 29 (0844 482 8008) £25

RADIOHEAD King Of Limbs (XL)

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★★★★★

It’s not that Radiohead’s eighth album King Of Limbs is a complete disaster per se.

It’s just that there’s nothing on it that the Oxford quintet haven’t done before, and better, elsewhere in their groundbreaking career.

With it’s ghostly electronica, jittery rhythms, and Thom Yorke’s angsty whine, the album sounds like a diluted

version Amnesiac and/or Kid A, devoid of the glitchy leftfield-ism which made those two LPs seem so face-slappingly original.

So, for a band who’ve built their career on pushing musical boundaries and

reinventing themselves, King Of Limbs is an underwhelming listen indeed. And Yorke’s manic dancing in the video for tune Lotus Flower hardly helps matters, but the Beyonce parody is good for a laff.

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JESSIE J

BEADIE EYE

CLARE MAGUIRE

Who You Are (Island) Feisty hard-toavoid songstress dubbed Britain’s answer to Lady Gaga releases first album.

Different Gear, Still Speeding

Light After Dark (Polydor) Tipped-forstardom Brummie singer/songwriter showcases her brooding alt-dance sound.

ALSO OUT (Beadie Eye Recordings)

Liam Gallagher’s post-Oasis project bears fruit with this eagerly anticipated debut LP.

MUSIC NEWS

Rusty and Oprah just chillin’

Could movie superstar Russell Crowe be on the verge of a musical comeback?

The Hollywood A-lister and one-time lead singer for now defunct rock band 30 Odd Foot Of Grunt let slip that he joined Kanye West and Jay-Z at Studio 301 on their visit to Sydney in December.

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“I met up with Jay-Z backstage at Oprah and he said Kanye would appreciate it if I popped in, so I spent an hour with them late one night. Beyonce was there as well,” Crowe told Sydney’s Daily Telegraph.

It turns out he was invited to listen to the new tracks Jay-Z was producing for Kanye, not laying down his own tracks.

Still, with Crowe’s rugby league team, the Rabbitohs, backing this year’s Supafest music festival, featuring Snoop Dogg and Nelly, he still has a little toe dipped in the music industry.

Sounds like Kylie Minogue could be thinking about motherhood as she admitted considering adoption and surrogacy options to Grazia magazine last week.

On possibly pursuing those options, the 42-year-old pop princess said: “I do think about them and I would absolutely look into those options because children and family are very important to me. It’s something in my mind.”

Minogue also admitted that her battle with breast cancer meant she “may not actually be able to conceive.”

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No 1 single Born This Way, Lady Gaga No 1 album Crazy Love, Michael Buble

No 1 single Born This Way, Lady Gaga No 1 album Greatest Hits...So Far, Pink

No 1 single Tonight, Enrique Iglesias/Ludacris No 1 album Your Own Choice 65 Years, Various artists

No 1 single Someone Like You, Adele No 1 album 21 Adele

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AUSTRALIA

Bon Jovi Hard Rock Calling, Hyde Park, Jun 25 (hardrockcalling.co.uk). £66 Chase And Status Roundhouse Mar 11 (0844 482 8008). £16.50 Elbow The O2, Mar 28 (0844 856 0202). £31 Tommy Emmanuel The Forum, Apr 29 (0844 477 2000). £25 Fleet Foxes Hammersmith Apollo, May 31 (0844 844 4748). £23.50 Jamiroquai The O2, Apr 15 (theo2.co.uk). £53 Kylie The O2, Apr 7-9, 11-12 (0115 993 4166). £65-£85 The Mountain Goats Koko, May 25 (0844 477 1000). £16.50.

The Naked And Famous Shepherds Bush Empire, May 20 (0844 844 0444). £14.50.

Pulp Wireless Festival, Hyde Park, Jul 3 (0871 230 1094). £50 Peter, Bjorn and John Dingwalls, (0870 264 3333), Mar 30 (0870 264 3333). £12.

Katy Perry Hammersmith Apollo, Mar 17-19 (0844 844 4748). £25 Robyn Roundhouse, Mar 3 (0870 264 3333). £18.50 Suede Brixton Academy, May 1920 (0844 477 2000). £29.

Tame Impala Roundhouse, Jun 22 (0844 482 8008). £15

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John Digweed: his ancestors dug weed, apparently.

Bite DJs Lydia, Ian, Marcus and Wade spin electro, leftfield indie, disco, post-punk and pop. The Den & Centro, West

BEDROCK Arcadia, 51-53 Southwark St, SE1 1RU (arcadia-london.com) London Bridge.

Apr 21. £17.50 The earlybird tickets are already gone for this clubbing institution as John Digweed brings his annual Easter Thursday Bedrock knees-up to the capital.

Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083). 10pm-3am. £5, w/ flyer £3, free before 11pm.

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

Salsa!, Charing Cross Rd, WC2H 0JG (020 7379 3277). 7pm-2am, £4, free before 9pm.

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, w/ flyer £3, NUS £1.

Popcorn: Tranimals Resident DJs spin commercial dance, house and R‘n’B, plus drag performances from Felica Van Cartier, Pauline Foul-her, Lou Lou Ferrari and Adrianna. Heaven, Charing Cross Arches, Villiers St, WC2N 6NG (020 7930 2020). 11pm5.30am. £8, £4 before midnight.

Rehab DJs Haley, Dan and The Demonettes play indie and electro. The Roxy, Rathbone Place, W1T 1HJ (020 7255 1098). 10pm3am. £5, NUS/w/flyer £3, £

TUESDAY 1 Movimientos Live DJs Cal Jader and Arias play Latin and house, plus Fernando’s Kitchen and Malambo perform live. Notting Hill Arts Club, Notting Hill Gate, W11 3JQ (020 7460 4459). 7pm-2am. £5.

Dance Nights Princess Karina and DJ Gary Baldi spin dance hits. EC3 Live, Crosswall, EC3N 2JY (020 7488 1766). 11.30pm-3am. £10.

Diffrent Strokes DJs Phat Cat, Zay London and MOBO Award winner and Kiss FM DJ Manny Norte play neo soul and R‘n’B. Cherryjam, Porchester Rd, W2 6ET (020 7727 9950). 9pm-2am. £10, £5 before 11pm.

The Latin Quarter DJ EC spins Latin party tunes, plus salsa classes before 9.30pm. Fiesta Havana,

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

10pm-3am. £5, w/flyer/NUS £3.

No Time For Heroes DJs spin indie, rock and pop, plus live sets from Cloud Control and Thomas J Speight. Proud

Euphoria Angel Kiss, Oliver MARSH, Intro, Marc Phill, MEF and DJ AD play electro, techno, pop, dance and R‘n’B. Euphoriom, High

Camden, The Horse Hospital, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AH (020 7482 3867).

7.30pm-2.30am. £8, adv £5.

St, W3 6NG (0208 993 2915). 9pmlate. £10, ladies free before 11pm.

Roller Disco Funk and disco for a wheeled audience.

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

8pm-midnight. £10, NUS £5.

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

Pow Wow House and electro

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

Your Mum’s House

DJ sets from Jonathan Ulysses and Lee John. Cargo, Rivington St, EC2A 3AY (020 7739 3440).

10pm-5am. £10, free before 10pm.

Trannyshack Miss Dusty O, Tasty Tim and Lady Lloyd spin commercial dance and pop.

(020 7734 4004). 9pm-3am. £7, £5 before midnight, £3 before 11pm.

Raise Klute, Lynx, Kryptic Minds,

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

YoYo Seb Chew and Leo

Stray, Blu Mar Ten, Casual Parents and The Dirty Diamonds supply drum ‘n’ bass and techno.

Greenslade spin hip-hop, dubstep, garage and grime.

Corsica Studios, Elephant Rd, SE17 1LB (020 7703 4760). 10pm-6am. £5-£10.

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

7pm-2am. £7, £5 before 11pm.

Steppin’ Raiser DJs Daddy

Work! Old school funk, hip-hop and pop courtesy of Big John and Biggy C. Hidden, Tinworth St, SE11 5EQ (020 7820 6613). 11pm-4am. £6.

FRIDAY 4 1 DJ spins R‘n’B and hip-hop.

spins house and electro.

The Westbury, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 5UA (020 7625 7500).

8pm-3am. £6, free before 9pm.

Supperclub, Acklam Rd, W10 5QZ (020 8964 6600). 8pm-2am. £45 inc meal, £5 after 10pm.

WC2H 8LP (020 7836 1451). 9pm-2am. £5, £3 before 9.30pm, concs £3.

White Heat DJs Matty, Marcus and Olly spin indie and electro, plus Fiction and No Joy perform live. Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040).

8pm-3am. £5, NUS £4.

WEDNESDAY 2

Cuban Hideaway DJ Rich The Hideaway, Stanthorpe Rd, SW16 2ED (020 8835 7070). 9.40pm-late. £7.

Full Moon DJ Sole, Majestic MC, Rattus Rattus, DJ Phat and Ryan Selsdon play house and electro The Den & Centro, West Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083). 10pm3am. £7, £6 before midnight, £5 before 11pm, adv £5.

and George spin indie, electro, rock, retro and pop.

The Borderline, Orange Yard, Manette St, W1D 4JB (0870 060 3777/cc 0871 231 0842). 11pm-4am. £7, w/flyer £5 before midnight.

Calentito Pop, R‘n’B and soul. Salvador And Amanda, Great Newport St, WC2H 7JA (020 7240 1551). 9pm-3am. £10, guestlist £5, free before 9pm.

Gravity Gone Bad Underground house from DJs Jon Byrne, The Oli and Jamie Head.

Fire, South Lambeth Rd, SW8 1UQ (020 7582 9890). 11pm-8am. £7, £5 before 1am, £3 before midnight.

Cheapskates Old school hip-hop and disco courtesy of DJ Downfall.

Just Music Electro and down-

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

9pm-3am. £6, NUS £5, w/flyer £4.

Dan Arborise. The InSpiral Lounge, Camden High St, NW1 8QS (020 7428 5857). 8pm-midnight. £10.

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Bedrock DJs Little Chris plays Latin, house, funk and R‘n’B.

blues, jazz and New Orleans R‘n’B, plus TJ Johnson and his band. The Alley Cat, Denmark St,

Place, SW1V 1JR (0845 371 4489).

10pm-late. £15, adv £12.

Scally Dandan and Jamie D Winter spin electro and fidget house. Punk, Soho St, W1D 3DN

Atmosphere Danny Rampling

TJ’s Little Easy DJs play swing,

Just Beats Deep house from Petchy and Apex, plus a live set from Ossie. Pacha, Terminus

Punk Gareth play punk, metal and ska. The Borderline, Orange Yard,

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

9pm-3am. £3, free before 10pm.

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

9pm-3.30am. £5, NUS £4.

The Ministry Of Sound, Gaunt St, SE1 6DP (0870 060 0010). 10.30pm6am. £20, NUS £10, £6 after 4am.

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

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nu wave and nu disco music.

Lange, Mat Zo, Gavyn Mytchel, Steve Lee and Kieran Brindley play trance, house and electro.

Voix De Ville Resident DJs

Stupid Tuesday Funky and soulful house and pop. Thirst,

Sway Resident DJs spin indie,

Lucky 7 Club DJs El Nino and Scott Charles spin R‘n’B and soul from the 1950s to the 1960s.

Rhum Jungle, Exmouth Market, EC1R 4QP (020 7833 9706). 9.30pm2am. £7, £5 before 10.30pm.

Pump Up The Volume Dan Beaumont, Wang Chung, Sophie Lloyd and Naomiii play disco, 1990s, house, hip-hop and pop. Visions, Kingsland Rd, E8 4AH (020 7275 7520). 10pm4am. £8, £6 before 11pm, adv £5.

The Doctor’s Orders DJ Neil Armstrong, Spin Doctor, Mr Thing play hip-hop and house.

East Village, Great Eastern St, EC2A 3HX (020 7739 5173).

9pm-3.30am. £10.

Birthday Bash Yamwho?, Softrocks, Allez Allez, Leftside Wobble, Capita!, Jay Karim supply disco, house and soul The Queen Of Hoxton, Curtain Rd, EC2A 3JX (020 7422 0958).

8pm-4am. £7, £5 before 10pm.

Ride Filthy Few DJs spin electro, The Gallery Ferry Corsten,

spin retro and underground vintage sounds, plus live swing and blues and burlesque and cabaret entertainment. Proud Cabaret,

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

6.30pm-2am. £7, mems £5.

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

Place, SW1V 1JR (0845 371 4489).

10pm-5am. £20, adv £10.

The Queen Of Hoxton 2nd

Kut DJs and bands play indie music. Proud Camden, The Horse Hospital, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AH (020 7482 3867). 7.30pm-1.30am. £5, £3 before 11pm, guestlist free before 11pm, free before 9pm.

Liaison Jef K, Jesse James, No Artificial Colours, Michael Green, Shaun & Ellis, Smith Brothers, Liaison Allstars, Tom Webb and Dom Moule play house, dance, electro and pop. Pacha, Terminus

Leroy and Eitenne play jungle, drum ‘n’ bass and reggae, plus Natty, Aruba Red and Gideon Family perform live. Passing Clouds, Richmond Rd, E8 4AA (020 7168 7146). 10pm-3am. £10.

SATURDAY 5 Bangers & Mash Jimmy Napes, 7oel, Vibes, Vice and Get Mashup play hip-hop, indie, ska, funk and old skool. 93 Feet East, Brick Ln, E1 6RU (020 7770 6006).

7pm-1am. £7, guestlist £5.

Cohesion DJs CNS, Pan, Spunky Lobster, Sati, Prozak and Mr Mush play house and trance. Club 414, Coldharbour Ln, SW9 8LF (020 7924 9322). 11pm-7am. £12, £8 before midnight, adv £6.

Fabric Seth Troxler, Ryan Crosson, Shaun Reeves, Lee Curtiss and Space Dimension Controller play techno, house and electro. Fabric, Charterhouse St, EC1M 6HJ (020 7336 8898). 11pm-8am. £19, adv £18, mems/NUS £10, £9 after 4am, £6 after 5am.

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indie and hip-hop, plus burlesque performances. Proud Camden, The Horse Hospital, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AH (020 7482 3867).

7.30pm-2.30am. £10.

Simply House Funk Mob, Supa D, Majesty, Perempay, Kismet, Teaser, Ma1and Mjew-Ridz spin house, funky house and soulful house, plus live percussion from Dezy B. Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes, Basement Of Tavistock Hotel, Tavistock Sq, WC1H 9EU (020 7183 1979). 10pm-4am. £15.

StayinUp Live Tom Ruijg, Efde, Perrin & Michaels, Nick Pryce and Maime play live house and techno sets. Cargo, Rivington St, EC2A 3AY (020 7739 3440).

8pm-3am. £10, free before 10pm.

Trouble Vision Presents Simple Records Move D, Ewan Pearson, Cosmin TRG, Maya Jane Coles and residents supply deep house and electronica.

Corsica Studios, Elephant Rd, SE17 1LB (020 7703 4760).

10pm-6am. £15, adv £8-£12.50.

SUNDAY 6 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). 11pm9am. £12, £10 before midnight, w/flyer £6 before midnight.

Roller Motion The residents play R‘n’B, hip-hop, electro, soul and funk. Renaissance Rooms, Arches, Miles St, SW8 1RZ (0844 736 5375).

7pm-midnight. £11.50.

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

Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Kennington Ln, SE11 5HY (020 7820 1222).

2pm-midnight. £8, £5 after 7.30pm.

WetYourSelf Cormac, Jacob Husley and Peter Pixzel play techno and deep house at this weekly residency. Fabric, Charterhouse St, EC1M 6HJ (020 7336 8898). 11pm-6am. £10, adv £8, NUS/mems £5.

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CLUB OF THE WEEK BACCHUS LAUNCH PARTY After months of uncertainty, the occasional pop-up night and a £1million refurbishment, the space that was Matter finally reopens as Proud2 this week, having been taken over by the people behind the uber-cool Proud Galleries.

Saturday welcomes outlandish new residency Bacchus, where circus-style production mixes with live music and celeb DJs. The launch kicks off with Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt and her new project, Her Majesty And The Wolves, Aussie dance trio Sneaky Sound System and Radio 1’s Scott Mills. Make sure you fancy dress – if your outfit impresses, you may be kidnapped to party in a secret second room.

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» Proud2, The O2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 ODX North Greenwich (proud2.com) Sat, Mar 5, 10pm-7am. £10 Sneaky Sound System’s Connie Mitchell

POW WOW WITH JONATHAN ULYSSES His name conjures up memories of summertime clubbing bliss. Having been a resident at the world’s most famous club, Space Ibiza, for more than 10 years, Jonathan Ulysses makes dancefloors very merry. Transport yourself to the Space terrace as the DJ hits London this weekend.

» Cargo, 83 Rivington St,

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Fri, Mar 4, 10pm-3am. £10

THE GALLERY Always on to a winning lineup, The Gallery never disappoints with its DJ selection and this week is no different as Ferry Corsten leads the weekly party’s line up. The Once Upon A Night producer will be donning his finest trance as he takes to the decks for a three-hour set.

» Ministry of Sound, SE1 6DP Elephant & Castle (0870 060 0010, ministryofsound. comnistryofsound.com). Fri, Mar 4, 10.30pm-6am. £20 adv

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CLUB NEWS A new club is heading to London and it’s going to be big. In fact, it’s going to be the capital’s biggest, according to those creating it. Set under four arches in London Bridge, the onceupon-a-time wine vault will re-open as Pulse on March 18. Erick Morillo will headline the grand opening.

“This venue looks amazing,” the US DJ said. “What could be more London than launching a big industrial rave space by the Thames?”

Australian drum ’n’ bass act Pendulum will play London festival SW4 this August, and it’s their only London show for the year. “We have seen the

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support bill for the festival and it’s absolutely massive. Can’t wait to play this event,” lead singer Rob Swire said. They’ll headline the Sunday of this two-day bank holiday weekend event.

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YASI BLOW FOR ... BLOW Cyclone Yasi swept in some good news for police – but bad news for drug dealers, after wiping out crops of marijuana.

Far Northern officers said the wind destroyed vast areas of forest - exposing the green leafy plants.

Det senior sgt Kevin Goan said: “We would expect that a lot of the cannabis would have been destroyed.

“The surrounding foliage would no longer be providing cover and concealment to assist the cultivation of the plants.”

It’s also believed special hydroponic lights used to cultivate the crops were affected by power cuts during the storm.

“If anyone were to be engaged in that activity long-term, a loss of power would impact on the success of their enterprise,” Goan added.

TWEETS OF THE WEEK follow @tntmagazine @AngryBritain (Angry Britain) Dear BBC, please can we have a ‘Radio 1.5?’ All the good bits of #Radio2 without fucking Johnny Cash? Please? @wossy (Jonathan Ross) If one of the subjects in “I didn’t know I was pregnant” was male it might be worth watching. Otherwise, meh. @rustyrockets (Russell Brand) The Simpsons pierced my nipples, this was never discussed– is this a human rights issue? (I’m a human)

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on the video-streaming website. The Sony representative who eventually found Vicus in Heidedal claimed to have been searching for him for more than six months.

“We weren’t prepared for this,” a family spokesperson said.

“We haven’t even had time to sit down as a family and discuss this.

Everyone wants an interview. One can’t push him in here and there. The child is still at school!”

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THE WORLD’S LOUDEST CAT A cat in Northampton could be admitted to the Guinness Book

Of Recordsfor her incredibly loud purr. Measured up close, Smokey, emits 92 decibels, equivalent to the noise of a lawnmower or a hairdryer.

“She has always been very vocal and purrs at some level nearly all the time,” Smokey’s owner, Ruth Adams. “She even manages to purr while she eats. The only time she is quiet is when she is asleep.”

Adams said Smokey can have sudden bursts of purrs so loud her throat gets dry so she makes herself cough. “It’s not just the volume which is unusual, she makes quite a unique sound – as if she has a dove stuck in her throat.”

Sounds like Smokey is lucky to just to be let inside the house.

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Teenage South African musician Vicus Visser has been signed up by a mjaor record label after footage of him singing attracted thousands of hits on YouTube.

His signing, which followed a nationwide search, has prompted comparisons to Canadian popstar Justin Bieber, who also made his mark

It’s cold out: Racers descended Graunlage, Germany, for the second nude sledging race. It’s unclear what kind of preparation was required of participants, although a thick skin and a few loose screws might have been a good place to start.

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The teabaggers were hung out to dry

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Kilograms of crabs Russian customs officers found in a man’s luggage. The passenger was attempting to smuggle them out of the country, but their eyewatering smell gave him away.

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Height, in metres, of London’s Shard Building – remarkably, a fox was discovered living on the top floor, a full 72 storeys above the ground. uncommon for animals such as alligators and snakes to enter people’s houses in towns built near rivers and rainforests.

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A nine-year-old angler from Lake Tinaroo, near Cairns, may have been outsized and outweighed, but that did little to prevent him reeling in an enormous barramundi.

“I battled the fish for 20 minutes, it was a big struggle for me,” the Year 4 Yungaburra State School student told The Cairns Post.

Riley, who weighs in at 25kg and measures 131cm, managed to master the massive 27.6kg barramundi that measured 132cm.

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Value, in pounds, of the antique tank bought by a military enthusiast in a small village near Oxford. His neighbours weren’t happy when he insisted on parking the tank outside his house.

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Pounds offered by a London ice-cream parlour for 330ml of breast milk, which, after being combined with vanilla pods and lemon zest, is converted into their Baby Gaga brand of ice-cream.

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ALLIGATOR SURPRISE A Brazilian woman was shocked to find an alligator hiding behind her sofa after heavy rains flooded her house in the town of Parauapebas.

The victim said she was alerted to the reptile’s presence by her three-year-old son, who was patting its head.

The woman snatched the child away and called the fire brigade, who trapped the 1.5mlong alligator.

Firefighter captain Luiz Claudio Farias, apparently also a reptile expert, said it was not

The venom of the banana spider leaves men with prolonged, painful erections, according to scientists.

Researchers from the University of Georgia said the liquid can cause the unexpected side effect for several hours.

“The venom of the spider is a very rich mixture of several molecules,” physiologist Dr Kenia Nunes said of the reaction.

“Because of this, when a human is bitten by this spider, we can observe many different symptoms including priapism, a condition in which the penis is continually erect.”

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*And finally… IT TAKES ALL TYPES A Morris dancing fanatic jigged 120 miles from London to Norwich in eight days.

Tom Clare, who, amazingly, is single, skipped about 240,000

steps. Clare took a clown on a unicycle and a pal dressed as a jedi for “moral support” – but the jedi was injured and had to catch the bus.

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didn’t live “myI life in the right way for politics.

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A schoolboy was expelled and three others suspended after a photograph was taken of one of them with his genitals in a teacher’s mug.

The prank, which sounds like something out of The InBetweeners, happened in a corridor at Benfield School, Newcastle upon Tyne and left the unsuspecting female teacher distraught when she found out.

A photograph of the unpleasant, but ingenious, trick was posted on the internet, although it has since been removed.

The school’s investigation revealed the boy who took the cup had been asking friends to dare him to carry out risky or bad-taste pranks via Faceook.

One source said: “The photo was of the lad dangling his balls inside the cup belonging to the teacher. She later drank her tea from it.”

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Since seizing control of Libya in 1969, Muammar Gaddafi's flamboyant image has belied his brutal methods WORDS TOM STURROCK

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s Libya last week teetered on the brink of civil war, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi stood before the world and gave a rambling, at times incoherent, speech.

His address featured the various tropes that have led many observers to cast him as a buffoon, as a deluded old dictator addicted to the trappings of power but with a tenuous grasp on reality. Amid the self-aggrandising and paranoid conspiracy theories, though, came a stark, stabbing

CHE GUEVARA IN A SAFARI SUIT In 1969, Gaddafi was a 27-year-old junior military officer who staged a bloodless coup d’état while King Idris was out of the country. Even then, Gaddafi had a penchant for safari suits and over-sized sunglasses and fancied himself as the ‘Che Guevara of the age’, but in the intervening years, he became just as well-known for his erratic personality and sponsorship of international terrorism.

Gaddafi can “ surely not survive much longer ”

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Gaddafi threw open Libya's doors to anti-western radicals and also set about amassing a US$60bn personal fortune.

Humble to the last, though, Gaddafi eschewed any official title, settling instead for the honorific, Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya.

“Until very recently, his speeches were replete with references to ‘antiimperialism’ and the evils of Europe in general and Italy in particular,” Adib–Moghaddam says.

“In the 1970s he supported a range of movements that employed terrorist tactics in Europe and elsewhere.”

LOCKERBIE AND BEYOND In 1988, a bomb exploded on a passenger aircraft flying from London to New York, killing all 259 on board and 11 more when the wreckage plummeted into the Scottish

A popular uprising looks set to end Gaddafi's 42 years in power

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reminder of Gaddafi’s ruthlessness.

“I have not yet ordered the use of force, not yet ordered one bullet to be fired,” Gaddafi warned. “But when I do, everything will burn.”

According to Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, scholar of international politics at University of London, beneath Gaddafi’s gaudy exterior lurks blunt, brutal force.

“The nature of his regime is dictatorial,” he says, “and his flamboyancy translates into an eclectic mix of systematic repression of political dissent and brutal methods of torture.”

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town of Lockerbie. Two Libyan agents were indicted and eventually tried; last week, with Gaddafi’s regime seemingly entering its death throes, Mustapha Abdel Jalil, a former Libyan justice minister, claimed Gaddafi ordered the bombing.

By the mid-1980s, Gaddafi was regarded as the world’s premier financier of terrorism. Although, more recently, he effected a rapprochement by condemning the 9/11 attacks and accepting responsibility for Lockerbie, many viewed those easing hostilities with cynicism.

“Libyans and others in the region have found it indicative of the hypocrisy of the Blair-Bush axis who talked about democracy and freedom,” AdibMoghaddam says, “while aligning themselves even closer with the most repressive regimes.”

ANOTHER DOMINO FALLS? If Gaddafi’s willingness to declare war against his own people revealed his grim determination to retain power, his use of private security forces illustrated another aspect of his pathology.

“The military was involved in a previous assassination attempt and Gaddafi has been generally suspicious of them, which is why he created his own personal militia,” Adib-Moghaddam says.

So, where the military ultimately held sway in Egypt, eventually forcing Hosni Mubarak from power, the tipping point

DICTATOR CHIC n Gaddafi's personal security outfit, known as the Amazonian Guard, comprises between 30 and 40 women, highly trained in firearms and martial arts – and all allegedly virgins. n In 2009, Gaddafi insisted on speaking for one hour and 36 minutes at the United Nations, during which he defended the Taliban and accused Israel of assassinating JFK. n Because of different regional spelling and inflections across the Arab world, translating Gaddafi's name into English is a nightmare, resulting in 37 variations.

of the Libyan uprising may not be so decisively reached. However long Gaddafi clings to power, though – and he can surely not survive much longer – AdibMoghaddam insists Libya is yet another domino to fall as the drive toward selfdetermination reshapes the Arab world.

“Libya represents yet another nodal point in the new map of the region,” he says, “which is being re-drawn along the lines of democratic accountability, independence from foreign interference and social equality.”

» Arshin Adib-Moghaddam's book, A Metahistory Of The Clash Of Civilisations: Us And Them Beyond Orientalism out now.

From left: Lockerbie was devastated; officers inspect the wreckage; protestors demand Gaddafi stand down; Gaddafi revels in his strong-man image

NZ VIEW Christchurch earthquake DISASTER UPDATE TEXTS SENT FROM THE RUBBLE Louise Amantillo text her mother, Linda, in the Philippines pleading to get help as she was trapped when the building she was in collapsed.

The first text message said: “Mommy, I got buried.” About 40 minutes later: “Mommy, I can’t move my right hand.” Then, a brief call.

After another harrowing hour in a crumpled building, when she sent a halfdozen more texts about increasing pain, continued shaking and overwhelming smoke, came the final one: “Please make it quick.”

That was the last the Amantillo family heard from the 23-year-old student, who is among dozens of foreigners missing after their language school collapsed.

“Her voice was shaking, like she was really scared. I know she was in pain,” Mrs Amantillo, told The Associated Press.

The city is in ruins

City braced for a ■ REBUILD EXPECTED TO TOP £4.6BN Rebuilding disaster-struck Christchurch is expected to cost at least £4.6bn, according to minister Gerry Brownlee.

The 6.3-magnitude earthquake devastated parts of the city, with 113 people killed and some 228 people missing as of Friday.

And rescue workers are refusing to give up hope for victims trapped under the rubble, claiming they could still find people alive.

Teams of up to 600 urban search workers and 323 police officers from seven countries – including Australia – are continuing to sift though the wreckage following last Tuesday’s quake.

“In Haiti, when we responded to that earthquake, we were able to find victims five, six, seven days after,” captain Bryan Wells, of the LA fire department, said.

There were scenes of despair and bravery last week as victims were pulled from the rubble. Doctors were forced to use a Swiss Army Knife to amputate the legs of a man trapped by fallen masonry.

While a couple held their wedding on Friday, just days after Emma Howard was dug free by her fiance Chris Greenslade after she was stuck for six hours when her office block collapsed.

She said: “I’m so lucky I didn’t get under my desk. My desk was crushed by the corner of the concrete floor roof above me that came down.”

In terms of financial costs, state-owned

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insurer the Earthquake Commission received 181,000 claims after the initial quake on September 4, 2010, which struck further west of the city, and a further 130,000 claims are expected.

That would make the quakes among the biggest insurance events in the world, and Tuesday’s certainly the biggest for 2011, Mr Brownlee told reporters.

The state of emergency is likely to remain in place for some weeks as it becomes clear what is needed to make the city centre safe and what damage was sustained in the suburbs.

“We’re going through a difficult period as more and more families are finding out they have loved ones who are deceased, and our thoughts are very much with them,” he added.

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Clockwise from top left: the quake left the city centre in ruins; residents came to depend on each other; roads were split open; usually busy shopping strips were left deserted

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Christchurch Hospital is dealing with steady numbers of patients arriving at its doors, with help from staff from around the country.

Hundreds of inpatients have been admitted, and stable patients have been moved to other hospitals to free up beds. The emergency department said it was steady and coping, as were orthopaedics and cardiology services.

Maternity services and the neonatal intensive care unit were busy, and babies were still being transferred to other units around the country, Canterbury District Health Board chief executive David Meates said.

“Staff are doing a remarkable job considering everyone has been affected by the quake,” he added.

An Australian army field community medical centre had been set up at Cowles Stadium, with Australian clinicians staffing the 75-bed facility.

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Picking up the pieces: Emergency services crews scour ruined buildings on Manchester St in the hope of finding survivors of the earthquake, which has been identified as an aftershock of the 7.1-magnitude quake that hit Christchurch last September. It is expected to take several months and billions of dollars to rebuild Christchurch and its infrastructure.

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■ RAY OF HOPE AMID DESPAIR Australian rescue crews sifting through the debris in quake-ravaged Christchurch don’t look much like movie stars.

But one survivor, after being trapped for almost 30 hours, told one rescuer he looked nothing like Brad Pitt.

“She was disappointed, she said, that she got out and found he wasn’t Brad Pitt,” said firefighter Mark Wilson, admitting his crew shed tears after the arduous rescue.

The senior officer is one of the hundreds of Australian rescue personnel who flew in to New Zealand’s second-largest city to help.

He was on the first Hercules aircraft to touch down and, within hours, he was on the scene at the collapsed Pyne Gould Corporation (PGC) building.

The Sydneysider and his team were taking

over from a crew of Kiwis that had been working through the night to free hundreds of people trapped in Christchurch’s CBD. As the two teams changed shifts, an Australian television crew heard calls for help coming from inside the building.

It was a 53-year-old New Zealander, known only as “Anne”.

“After about three or four hours we worked at making access into what was essentially a pretty dangerous location in an almost unbelievable point where she was,” Wilson said.

They managed to squeeze a bottle of water through a small gap, and realised she was just three metres from the surface.

Workers spent almost seven hours cutting through reinforcing rods, an air conditioning unit and office equipment to free Anne.

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xxx xxx The Westboro Baptist church: a right to free speech

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he ability of computer hackers, especially the high-profile Anonymous group, is both exciting and frightening.

These code-busters have the capacity to wield an almost infinite power over the world via the internet, limited only by their knowledge. However, their ability to cause cyber damage based on arbitrary decisions about what they consider to be ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ is alarming.

Take Anonymous’ recent shutdown of the Westboro Baptist Church websites in America. The church, responsible for the websites godhatesfags. com, godhatestheworld. com and jewskilledjesus.com, initially claimed their sites were threatened by Anonymous. The hackers denied the threat and as punishment for “piggybacking to publicity on our name” shut down the sites anyway.

Anonymous’ defence does sound a little flimsy – after all, Westboro are a widely reviled group who picket soldier’s funerals and, as such, are not that hard-up for exposure.

As detestable as the church’s views are to most, they still have a right to voice their opinions.

It is in situations like this where

the commitment to free speech is most tested, and most important.

Let’s hope Anonymous, and their fellow hackers, have a firm grasp on what can and can’t be said and done, and choose their targets wisely. Who appointed them as the bastions of morality anyway? And what’s next? Shutting down infidelity websites because a girlfriend cheated on them?

Let’s also hope there’s levelheaded leaders at the top. In an age where cyber-terrorism looms, it’s important to have a sensible finger on the trigger of a powerful weapon.

Some hackers may hunger for an anarchist utopia but, humans being humans, ego, hunger for power and jealousy always seem to rear their ugly heads.

And too much power, with a lack of accountability, will threaten how the rest of us live our lives.

SWITCH OFF TO MORE ADVERTS So the amount of advertising shown on TV is to increase from seven to 12 minutes, as part of a year-long trial by broadcasting watchdog Ofcom. Thanks Ofcom.

No one wants to be hawked

Pick up a “ good book instead ”

more stuff they can’t afford after a day at a job which probably doesn’t pay them as well as it should.

Can we not just turn on the TV and escape the age of austerity by losing ourselves in our favourite shows just for a little bit?

If more ads isn’t bad enough, paid-for product placement begins today and is allowed in most films and shows broadcast on the commercial television stations. So even our escape is being infiltrated by the rampant consumerism that pushed us to the brink of financial ruin in the first place.

We’re also to be bombarded with David Cameron’s Big Society propaganda in the form of ads during primetime television hours. Can’t wait.

With the lack of quality programmes shown anyway, it may be time just to switch off the idiot box and pick up a good book. At least it won’t try and sell you anything.

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SPORT VIEW bite-sized action and analysis Rugby union

CUP PLANS DISRUPTED Christchurch’s AMI stadium will be out of use for five months in order to repair damage from last week’s earthquake, raising doubts about the city’s ability to host matches during this year’s World Cup. The stadium is fixtured to host seven group matches, including two quarter-finals, but contingency planning could see those matches shifted to Australia.

Prime minister John Key remained hopeful Christchurch could recover in time to fulfil its hosting duties.

“If we can host the Rugby World Cup as we intend to in Christchurch, I would like to do that,” he said. “It is some way into the future, but it is a very important city to New Zealand and it would be a demonstration that it was back on its feet.”

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NIXON COURTS SCANDAL High-profile manager Ricky Nixon’s career is hanging by a shred after the emergence of mobile phone footage of him, wearing only his underwear, in the hotel room of a 17-year-old girl. Thickening the plot, the schoolgirl is no stranger to controversy, having released compromising photographs of several St Kilda players during the off-season, claiming they were payback for her mistreatment at the hands of the club after she fell pregnant to one of their players.

Nixon, 47, spent last week denying any sexual relationship with the girl, although

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he admitted to “inappropriate dealings”.

The AFL Players’ Association failed to revoke Nixon’s accreditation that allows him to work as an agent, but league boss Andrew Demetriou indicated Nixon should stand down, pending a full investigation.

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BENNETT TO BRONCOS? Speculation over the future of Wayne Bennett, the NRL’s most succesful coach, took another twist last week, with the Brisbane Broncos increasingly tipped to secure Bennett’s signature for next season.

Bennett, currently coaching reigning premiers St George-Illawarra, made his name at Brisbane, winning six premierships between 1988 and 2008. With his contract at the Dragons set to expire at the end of this year, Bennett had been widely tipped to accept a lucrative offer to coach South Sydney, but a return to the club where he achieved greatness now appears on the cards.

a successful first year on a Honda, topping the pre-season testing in Malaysia. Since winning the MotoGP world championship in 2007, Stoner has struggled with injury and illness and, like the rest of the world, has been outpaced by Valentino Rossi and, last year, Jorge Lorenzo.

But the early indications are that, having switched from Ducati to Honda, the 25-yearold will again feature at the top of the drivers’ standings. “The test here has been very productive for us, we did a long run here – almost race distance – and gathered some key information,” Stoner said.

The MotoGP season begins on March 20 in Qatar.

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as England’s key player ahead of their clash with South Africa in the World Cup on Sunday. He really hasn’t done much in the 50-over format for the past two years but the Proteas tend to bring out the best in KP and England will be hoping that the promotion to opening gives him the freedom to return to his combative best.

It’s hot in the outer: School children soak up the atmosphere during a World Cup cricket match between Pakistan and Kenya in Hambantota, Sri Lanka.

Pity they’re not old enough to buy a beer to cool off.

Australia will have one eye on top spot in their group when they face Sri Lanka

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Geoff Murphy, the man in charge of the bid for a Central Queensland NRL side, bemoans a rival bid from Brisbane

Any NFL general “manager is going to Google the name Fevola and find out all he needs to

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Former NFL punter Darren Bennett scoffs at suggestions Brendan Fevola could make it in the United States

Preview … Group stage heating up CRICKET WORLD CUP Sri Lanka v Australia TV: Sat 8.30am, Sky Sports 1

England v South Africa TV: Sun 3.30am, Sky Sports 2 The jostling for spots in the pecking order steps up a gear this weekend; Sri Lanka, Australia and South Africa will all fancy themselves to make the final four of the World Cup and England, well, they’re also playing and upsets do happen.

The gloves won’t truly come off until the quarter-finals begin on March 23 – it really is a ridiculously protracted build-up – but these matches will offer a reliable guide to how the respective contenders are travelling.

Australia remain the world’s number one side over 50 overs and their record in World Cups speaks for itself but Sri Lanka, on home soil, will fancy themselves. Australia’s form has been uneven – they’ve won often enough but

individual players have been up and down – and their batsmen will be tested by the conditions.

Equally, Australia’s reliance on pace bowling will come under scrutiny – if spinner Jason Krejza doesn’t have an impact in Colombo, what’s the point of picking him?

In the small hours of Sunday morning, England will square-off against South Africa in Chennai. On paper, South Africa are a clearly superior side and the English attack will struggle to contain South Africa’s star-studded batting line-up, which strikes the balance between compiling runs and slogging as impressively as any top order in the world.

That said, South Africa’s history of selfsabotage in major tournaments is welldocumented. In the event of an English win, you can bet the hitherto downbeat British press will stir, hailing the ‘transformation’ from pretenders into contenders. As predictable as they are silly.

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Proteas skipper Graeme Smith (below) bristles when asked about his side’s record of choking in big tournaments

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The Chat … GUNNERS SERVING IT UP TO BARCA What’s the story?

It’s another week until the second leg of Arsenal and Barcelona’s Champions League tie, with the Gunners leading 2-1. For those who missed Arsenal’s first-leg victory, though, it was perhaps the best game of football. Ever.

That’s a big call, innit?

Yeah, well, Barcelona have become the best side in the world by playing beautiful football and looked unbeatable in the first half. For

Arsenal to beat them was a thrilling vindication of Arsene Wenger’s sometimes ponderous methods.

Will it persuade Cesc Fabregas to stay?

Unlikely. Arsenal fans regard their captain returning to Barca with grim resignation this summer.

Interestingly, though, Arsenal last week signed 16-yearold Barcelona prodigy Jon Toral, poaching him right from under Spanish noses, just as they did with Fabregas in 2003.

TV HIGHLIGHTS FOOTBALL Chelsea v Man United, Tues 7pm, Sky Sports 2 Can the Blues disrupt United’s title charge?

RUGBY UNION Brumbies v Reds, Sat 8.30am, Sky Sports 4 Another white-knuckle Australian derby

RUGBY UNION England v France, Sat 5pm, BBC1 A virtual Six Nations title match

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Virender Sehwag clobbers Bangladesh: mismatches indict a format under siege

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ith the prestige of cricket’s 50over format at an all-time low, the current World Cup on the subcontinent shapes as a referendum on the game’s ongoing viability.

There’s nothing innately wrong with the format; indeed, the 50over game offers more of a slow burn, more heroic solo efforts and more shifts in momentum than the crash and bash of Twenty20.

But ponderously lopsided fixturing seems set to undermine this tournament, which may be most remembered as an enduring monument to the muddle-headed management that benights the sport at international level.

Bizarrely, the group stage lasts an entire month; there will be 42 matches to whittle 14 sides down to the final eight. The possibility of Zimbabwe or Bangladesh causing an upset notwithstanding, it is an unnecessarily drawn-out way of separating the wheat from the chaff, the Test nations from the minnows.

And then, just as the cricket starts to count for something, the business end is over in a mad rush. After 42 matches of inconsequential preliminaries, just

seven will be played played in the knock-out phase that reduces the final eight to the sole winner.

After a month of tedium, the remaining eight sides will start level and whoever can win three matches in a row becomes world champions. It reduces the decisive stage to a crapshoot.

The World Cup should be about the major nations facing off; England versus South Africa or Australia versus India. It should not be about minnows, with their mixture of amateurs and imports, getting walloped by the heavyweights. By not grasping this, the ICC has hammered another nail into the coffin of 50-over cricket.

CLARITY ELUDES LUDDITES AT FIFA Ten different firms have had their blueprints for goalline technology rejected by Fifa, football’s worldwide governing body.

Fifa’s new “ lofty standards are fatuous ” None of the pitches met Fifa’s criteria, which stipulates results must 100 per cent accurate and delivered within one second. Certainly, any

new system must be up to scratch, but Fifa’s insistence on such immediacy seems like self-sabotage by an organisation traditionally opposed to the introduction of goal-line technology.

The current system is palpably fallible, as evidenced

by Frank Lampard’s surreal ‘non-goal’ at last year’s World Cup. So for Fifa to brandish its avowedly lofty standards of competence, by insisting on a choice between split-second, unimpeachable perfection or nothing at all, is fatuous.

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he first event on the world surfing tour kicked off on Australia’s Gold Coast last weekend and over the course of 11 events between now and December, the world’s best surfers will be vying for the world title.

Both men’s and women’s surfing feature dominant individuals – Kelly Slater and Stephanie Gilmore respectively – and much of the intrigue this year will surround these champions. Will they add yet another trophy to their bulging cabinets? Or will they be usurped by one of their less-accomplished challengers?

GILMORE UNSTOPPABLE Australian surfer Stephanie Gilmore has only been on the tour for four years and, remarkably, has claimed four world titles.

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WILL SLATER STICK AROUND? Few athletes cast as long a shadow across their sport as Kelly Slater – having won 10 world titles in a career spanning nearly 20 years, Slater has nothing left to prove in his sport but, as the reigning champion,

remains the man to beat. The question regarding Slater, though, is whether he is still sufficiently motivated. Having retired once before, only to make a glorious return, Slater seems to talk about quitting again at the start of every season.

“I’ve thought about doing a farewell aloha tour and saying ‘bye’ to the tour and I’ve thought about retiring after this event for real,” Slater said before the Gold Coast event.

“I can’t honestly answer that right now.”

At 39, Slater can be forgiven for pondering life outside surfing but for as long as he’s active on the circuit, even if he doesn’t compete at every event, he will be the favourite to clinch yet another title.

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When Layne Beachley won her seventh, and last, world title in 2006, it seemed a mark that would stand the test of time.

Instead, Gilmore has set about overhauling it in a hurry. At 23, she has more than enough time to surpass Beachley – in reality, Slater may be a more worthy benchmark, such has her dominance of the women’s tour been since her rookie year.

Gilmore’s rivals may have a narrow opening in the early season, with the reigning champ suffering an interrupted preparation after an assault in her Tweed Heads apartment left her with a fractured wrist. The chasing pack best make the most of it, because once Gilmore hits her stride, a fifth world title seems a formality.

THE AUSSIE CONTINGENT On the men’s tour, only the occasional Aussie winner has been able to break the strangehold of American surfers – Slater was preceded by Andy Irons, who was preceded by, well, Slater, but CJ Hobgood and Sunny Garcia also chimed in for one-off world titles.

Indeed, Mick Fanning has taken out two of the past four world championships and would be installed as the hot favourite if Slater decided to paddle off into the sunset.

But Fanning, 29, is flanked by fellow Aussies Joel Parkinson – who Fanning

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pipped for the 2009 title – and Taj Burrow.

Given the first two meets of the year are held on Australian soil, the trio has a golden opportunity to start well and build momentum. That said, it’s a long campaign and plenty of pretenders have shot out of the blocks in the past, only to fall away later in the year.

NEW BLOOD Although an established cadre of contenders sit atop the pecking order on both sides of the sport, surfing affords young bolters the opportunity to make an impact quickly. Indeed, South Africa’s Jordy Smith came from nowhere in 2010 to finish runner-up to Slater and should be thereabouts again in 2011.

Among the women, Australian Sally Fitzgibbons, in her second year as a professional, managed second place in Gilmore’s wake.

However, there should be stiff competition this year from Kiwi Paige Hareb and Hawaiian Carissa Moore.

Remarkably, at 23, Gilmore is already an elder stateswoman, who finds herself targeted by hungry, younger contenders.

Veteran Joel Parkinson

RECENT WINNERS MEN 2010: Kelly Slater (US) 2009: Mick Fanning (AUS) 2008: Kelly Slater (US) 2007: Mick Fanning (AUS) 2006: Kelly Slater (US) 2005: Kelly Slater (US) 2004: Andy Irons (US) 2003: Andy Irons (US) 2002: Andy Irons (US) 2001: CJ Hobgood (US)

WOMEN 2010: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 2009: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 2008: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 2007: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 2006: Layne Beachley (AUS) 2005: Chelsea Georgeson (AUS) 2004: Sofia Mulánovich (PER) 2003: Layne Beachley (AUS) 2002: Layne Beachley (AUS) 2001: Layne Beachley (AUS)

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ALISON ARMITAGE Career Sales and marketing director, Generator Hostels Age 31 Lives London From London How did you get into your line of work?

Commitment and dedication.

I’m passionate about my job and, luckily, I’ve been able to climb the career ladder.

What do you do day-to-day?

I manage staff across sales, marketing and revenue.

We’re currently launching hostels in Hamburg, Copenhagen and Dublin, so much of my time is taken up with co-ordinating ensuring it all goes smoothly.

What’s the best thing about your job?

Working with a friendly team who are passionate about what they do. I also get to travel the world as part of my job, which is a dream come true.

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What’s the most challenging part of your job?

Creating sales budgets for new properties is difficult, especially without historical knowledge within the industry and the market needs across Europe.

Right royal vacancy Still no invite in the post for the royal betrothal of Prince William and Kate Middleton?

Not to worry – you could always get a job making coffee for the guests as the dish pig.

Queen Elizabeth has placed two job vacancies on her website (royal.gov.uk), for one general assistant in the coffee room and another in the dish room.

Don’t expect to get royally

rich, as both pay a measly £14,000 a year.

Posts are based at Liz’s London pad, Buckingham Palace, so there’s a chance you’ll get a sneaky peek at the royal lovebirds, after all.

The dish-washer must maintain “the cleanliness of the staff restaurant and washup areas” while the coffee assistant will be responsible for arranging trays for tea and

coffee and breakfast with “the correct glass and porcelain”.

The Queen is also looking to pay £75,000 for a personal travel agent with a brief to ensure the royal family travels environmentally and cost-effectively.

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Three-quarters of women believe a “glass ceiling” exists, blocking them from senior roles, a study from Europe’s Institute of Leadership and Management revealed. Fortyseven per cent of the women surveyed supported a quota.

Public sector workers are a third more likely to take sick leave than their private sector counterparts, the Office of National Statistics found. It also said that, overall, sick leave had increased by 0.4 per cent since before the recession.

The planned £17bn rail link between Birmingham and London could create as many as 40,000 jobs. This includes 9000 in the construction phase and 1500 in operations, when building takes place from 2016-26.

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Running a restaurant is not as easy as you think WORDS REBECCA KENT

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here’s nothing romantic about running a restaurant.

If you think it’s about entertaining friends, fine nosh and becoming a celebrity quicker than you can say ‘pukka’, think again.

Have you got what it takes?

Look to the big boys for inspiration

STUMP UP THE CASH There are various ways of funding your restaurant before it starts to turn over a profit, depending on what kind of venture you enter into.

The most important thing to remember is to keep your start-up costs low and make money quickly, even if you need to enlist the help of your friends. A budget can easily slip through your fingers, as the

owners of the more than 30 per cent of new restaurants which fold within the first year, will attest.

If you are looking to enter a lease, haggle.

Landlords are falling over themselves to lease out their empty buildings.

When you’ve got the shell, look for good deals for restaurant equipment at online auction sites and newspaper ads. And for decor, approach a local design college whose students might be interested in decorating your restaurant as a project.

Meal planning is also crucial to financial success. A decent pizza can cost £1 to make and sell for £7. That’s a decent profit even considering staff costs and overheads.

CHOP-CHOP, WORKERS Service with a smile, but not that effusive, American in-your-face kind, will help to achieve the holy grail of restaurant success

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HOW GOOD? To be a successful owner you need to have been a very successful manager. Just having had a couple of years’ experience running someone

else’s eatery and spending their money is not good enough – without a good head for business, you’re not going to last.

Carol Godsmark is a restaurant critic and author of How To Start And Run Your Own Restaurant. “Your restaurant is not a club for your mates to hang out,” she says.

“You can’t dispense free meals and drinks all the time, not in the UK in 2011.

You’ll just go under.”

Focus on every last detail

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– repeat customers, according to Godsmark.

“The British just don’t have customer service in their culture,” she says. “You’ve got to know how to exude hospitality but still run the place like a bona fide business.

Too often you find yourself just ignored.”

According to Godsmark, the Polish have the art of customer service down to a tee. ”Jamie Oliver has said before he finds it difficult to work with young Brits. They just don’t want to get out of bed, and you get calls from their mums saying you’ve worked them too hard,” she adds.

ONLINE SPREAD Web presence is crucial. Develop a professional and attractive site which must include the restaurant’s address and phone number. It sounds obvious, but you’d be surprised at how many don’t.

There’s no excuse for bad spelling, either. “If you can’t spell, find someone who does,” Godsmark says.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT The glut of recently opened back-to-basics French restaurants in London should be indicative of what diners want.

Good, simple food and a short, stylish menu with meals that reflect the season tend to do very well.

“Look at the big boys and see what they’re doing right,” says Godsmark. “Raymond Blanc, Ramsay, Michel Roux – they’re at the top of their game for this reason.”

caused quite the upset, given that they could barely cook their way out of a Working under steam takes a whole paper bag. new meaning when you’re working The BBC defended the decision, in a kitchen with lauded chef and saying: “The judges liked their ability to restauranteur, Raymond Blanc. think on their feet, their work ethic and JJ Goodman and his business their concept.” And that, says Goodman, partner, James Hopkins, the surprise is exactly what it takes. winners of series three of BBC2’s The The 26-year-old award-winning cocktail Restaurant, can tell you. Having to mixologist, with no previous restaurant prove themselves capable of running a experience, has recently launched the restaurant in the series, they London Cocktail Club in Goodge Street, partly owned Blanc, Goodman, The Restau rant

by Roux. The venue is a judge David Moore and Hopkin s kitschy cocktail and tapas bar and has attracted favourable-enough reviews.

Naturally. Backed by a gastronomical genius, you would expect as much.

“I could only ever aspire to have the culinary talents of Raymond Blanc. He’s intense, he’s a whirlwind, he’s passionate and he doesn’t

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COME DINE WITH ME Location, location, location is the oftrepeated real estate mantra and it applies to restaurants, too. Find an area and take a good look at the competition. It’s a good sign if there’s plenty of it.

“If you come across an area with no restaurants, there’s a jolly good reason why not. It probably doesn’t get the footfall and people just scurry straight home from work,” says Godsmark.

Ever sat at your restaurant table only to have to wait an age for service? Danny Potter and Noel Hunwick once did, but never looked back. The 29-year-old former Oxford University chums are now fledgling restaurateurs with their unique Inamo restaurants in London.

The key to their success is in the innovative interactive tabletops, from where diners can order their food, choose their own ‘tablecloths’ and even watch the chefs in the kitchen cook their food. Need a cab? You can order that at your table, too. ”It’s an immediate talking point which makes breaking the ice on a first date easier than usual,” Hunwick told TNT. ”And our repeat customer rate is higher than the average restaurant because people enjoy sharing the experience with their friends.” » inamo-restaurant.com Danny Potter and Noel Hunwick

switch off when he’s not on camera.

He has taught us a lot,” says Goodman.

Among those lessons, is that you can never rest for a minute.

“Running a good restaurant is about always putting constant pressure on yourself to make sure you can deliver 100 per cent of the time and it includes training your staff to make sure they are all on board as well.”

Goodman believes the appeal of the London Cocktail Club is the lack of cocktail chin-stroking that can sometimes go with the territory.

“We run a venue that is cool, but unpretentious and that is our stamp and what we believe people come back for,” he adds.

“Raymond has taught us that you’ve got to be comfortable with your ability to deliver consistently good meals made with consistently good ingredients.” He adds: “And do you numbers. If they’re not watertight, you’re in trouble.” » londoncocktailclub.co.uk

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Time to cash in your ISA ash individual savings account (ISA)-holders are being reminded to use up their allowance by April 5, or lose it altogether.

Now is the best time for ISA customers to cash up and hunt for a better deal, as banks and building societies are releasing a host of tempting products.

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amid concerns customers were losing out. The consumer body said “clear and accurate information” was important if the tax relief was not to be lost.

A minimum investment on some accounts is £1 and the maximum is £5100. With 3 per cent interest on the top sum, the tax saving is £30 a year.

How do you budget in London?

I try to put a limit on the amount of money I spend on alcohol, eating out and going out – but regularly fail.

Any money-saving tips for when you first arrive?

Cook for yourself as much as possible, have pre-drinks before going out, buy your toiletries from poundland.

What non essential items do you spend money on?

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WEB SHOPPING RISES

Customers made more than 330,000 complaints to Lloyds Banking Group in the last six months of 2010 – a 14 per cent increase on the previous period for one of Britain’s most complained-about banks.

Lloyds put the grievances down to the mis-selling of payment protection insurance.

Consumers upped their online spending by almost a quarter last year, most of it on cheap furniture and summer holidays, a study has revealed. Shoppers in the UK spent £5.1bn online in January, a year-on-year rise of 21 per cent, according to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index.

Alcohol, training singlets and DVD’s that I only watch once.

Last big blowout?

Wines at the local pub Thursday night, a work party Friday night, followed by clubbing, a farewell party the next night and lunch and drinks with friends on Sunday. Phew!

A HECK OF A LOTTO MONEY £9.7m Lotto winner Michael Carroll escaped jail over a drink driving conviction after spending his cash on a fast life. Other winners have also gone all out ... » In just two years, Dean when she was just 16, Allen, a binman, spent £7 of his £13.8m on fast cars, including a limited edition silver Porsche GT3, a palatial home and luxury holidays.

He was just 19 when he won. » Shelf-stacker, Calli Rogers, who won more than £1.9m

splashed out on booze, two boob jobs, £500,000 of cocaine and boyfriends. » Former cop Tony WellsStubley spent a good chunk of his £2.2m on toys he loved as a child – 120 action figures and 750 accessories.

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Almost half of Britain’s shoppers have swapped shops in the past two months to save money and have discovered such great deals that four or five of them will boast about it.

So, hunt down the stores below, voted for by 14,000 people in a Which? high street survey: Lakeland, Richer Sounds, Apple, Lush and John Lewis. All were noted for their knowledgeable staff, great prices and customer service, which also extended to aftersale service.

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Ahead of St Patrick’s Day, here’s where to drink in Galway, Ireland’s coolest city WORDS FRANKIE MULLIN

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Would Tony’s dog “ have barked at the Virgin Mary? ” area, birthplace of the eponymous ring.

And now here I am, propping up a genu-ine Irish bar, nodding in agreement as Michael tells me: “In Ireland, we say you should never go for only one drink. A bird never flew with one wing.”

I start my research in Tig Cóilí, dimly lit and cluttered in a cosy kind of way.

Later that evening the place is heaving and there’s a traditional band playing.

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’ve staggered out of Irish bars from Ecuador to South Africa, but, until recently, had never actually set foot on the Emerald Isle.

Because of this, my initial reaction on being confronted with a row of brightly painted bars sporting Celtic lettering and shamrocks is to think I’d stumbled into some sort of tourist-trap nightmare. But as I dive in and order my first pint, it sinks in that these pubs aren’t fakes: the real thing does in fact look like, well, an Irish bar!

“If you divide the pace of life in Dublin by three you’ll get how chilled out the

people in Galway are,” says Michael, an ex-Guinness rep I’ve just met at the bar.

It’s true. The city centre has been pedestrianised and this, along with the generally laid-back vibe, makes pottering around the sights feel almost festival-esque.

I’ve got the ‘onerous’ task of previewing the pubs ahead of St Patrick’s Day – during which the whole strip apparently turns into a giant party – and I’m getting down to the task at hand.

I’ve managed to cram in some sightseeing before lunch: Lynch’s Castle, once home to Galway’s most powerful family; the Spanish Arch, originally part of a 16th-century wall to protect the city’s merchant ships; the Claddagh

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Then there’s Freeney’s. Don’t be put off by the Swiss army knives and live bait in the window; have you never seen a bar that houses a fishing tackle shop? This local’s pub ain’t glamorous but I hear my best banter from the mainly over-50s regulars which frequent it.

Allegedly, owner Tony Freeney once had a Jack Russell that would stand on the outside toilet roof and bark when anyone went in. On returning to the bar, locals would solemnly inform you that the dog “only barks at virgins”. Bless.

Next, I step into The Quays to be greeted spectacular mishmash of Gothic arches. The pub’s stained glass windows, imported from a French Medieval church, make me wonder whether Tony Freeney’s dog would have barked at the Virgin Mary, had she ever used the bog in his pub.

Into the evening, Galway’s bars steadily fill up and the wonky walls of Neachtain’s provide support to survey the crosssection of happily boozing humanity. As students, trendy couples, scruffy old guys and the odd out-of-towners keep up a friendly roar of chatter, I marvel at the novelty of being in an Irish bar in Ireland.

» Frankie Mullin flew directly from London to Galway with Aer Arann (aerarann.com), stayed at the Harbour Hotel (harbour.ie) and explored in a car from Sixt Car Hire (sixt.co.uk).

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NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO Anytime.

GETTING THERE Aer Arann and Etihad fly directly to Galway from £70.

GETTING AROUND Hire a car (from £17 per day) to get out of the city. See sixt.co.uk CURRENCY Euro. 1 GBP = 1.18 EUR.

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LANGUAGE English, although Irish is spoken in some places.

GOING OUT A beer costs £3.40 ACCOMMODATION A dorm bed costs from £8.50. Hotel rooms from £30.

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THE MORNING AFTER YOU’RE HANGING ON BY A THREAD. HERE’S WHAT TO DO TO CLEAR YOUR HEAD. ■ INTO THE WILD Oscar Wilde described the stark, dramatic peaks of Connemara as having “savage beauty”. Only a short drive from Galway City, the mountaintops and vast bogs feel wild and open and the coastline is stunning.

Drive across the peaks and stop for lunch in Clifden or Spiddal, where you’re more than likely to overhear someone speaking Irish.

If you’ve got the energy, Connemara is crying out to be biked, hiked and scaled. Go horse riding or mountain biking in the national park, surf, sail, kayak or windsurf in the Atlantic or try rock-climbing in the Maamturk Mountains. (discoverireland.com) Connemara is also the gateway to visit the remote Aran Islands and if you need some serious peace and quiet to silence your demons, then this is your spot. (irelandislands.com)

Picture perfect: Connemara

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■ HAWK-EYED Flying a hawk is one of the most incredible things you’ll ever do and there can’t be a more fitting setting than Ashford Castle in Cong, County Clare.

Walk in the ancient woods surrounding the castle with a glittering-eyed bird of prey on your arm. The hawk will fly from tree to tree, swooping back to land on your glove when called.

As you walk, you’ll learn about the 4000-year-old art of falconry from an experienced, passionate guide and marvel that humans can interact with these majestic birds.

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A quintessential Spanish city, Valencia has loads to offer the traveller, with idyllic yearround temperatures, a charming old town to explore, thumping nightlife, culture in spades, delicious local specialities and the sizzling beaches of the Mediterranean.

2011 is the perfect time to head to this beautiful city. It now only takes 90 minutes to reach Valencia from Madrid thanks to the new AVE highspeed train. And this year Valencia will host the Formula One European Grand Prix and the MTV Winter Festival.

FESTIVAL FEVER The city is poised to mark the arrival of spring with the fabulous Las Fallas carnival, which takes place from March 15-19. The festival is famed for its pyrotechnics, bonfires and

parade of giant papier-mache figures that satirise movie stars and politicians, are later burnt to cinders on March 19 in tribute to Saint Joseph.

HEADLINE ATTRACTION The City of Arts and Sciences is an architectural marvel and a centre for cultural entertainment in the Turia Gardens. Built on land reclaimed by the rerouting of the River Turia, the giant shellshaped buildings include the Oceangraphic Park, Europe’s largest aquarium.

BEST OF THE REST Valencia’s Mediterranean climate is perfect for enjoying the outdoors and a bike tour

The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia

around the city is a great way to enjoy the cultural highlights. The Turia Gardens, which run through the city centre, offer a picturesque green route through the town, past star attractions such as the

City of Arts and Sciences. The historic centre is also cyclistfriendly, offering a safe and relaxing way to explore the many plazas and architectural highlights on offer.

A TOUCH OF GLAMOUR Valencia is fast becoming a magnet for world-class

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WHEN TO GO Valencia has a pleasant year-round climate, but visit from March 15-19 for Las Fallas.

GETTING THERE Budget airlines Ryanair, easyJet and Iberia all fly to Valencia.

Alternatively go by rail or coach from Madrid or Barcelona.

VISAS South Africans need Barcelona a Schengen visa.

MADRID CURRENCY Euro. 1 GBP = 1.18 EUR. Valencia

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Prix, which attracts thousands of spectators each year for a weekend of glamorous parties and racing.

CHOW DOWN Paella, a declious Spanish rice dish, originated in Valencia.

The locals have certainly perfected it – especially

seafood paella, cooked in a large flat frying pan with vegetables, saffron, olive oil, squid, prawns, mussels and fish stock, with a crispy caramelised bottom.

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Either walk or use local buses to cover the many sights. Taxis in Valencia are cheaper than anywhere else in Europe.

GOING OUT A beer is £3.40.

ACCOMMODATION Dorm beds from £10, private rooms from £17.

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sporting events. As a result, Valencia’s luxury marina has developed into one of the city’s focal points. Visitors can take a boat tour around the America’s Cup harbour, which hosted the competition in 2007 and 2010 or explore the Monaco-style Formula One street circuit, home of the European Grand

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WHY THIS WORKS: 1 The donkey has been shot very much as a possession. It is in harmony with the gas canisters and the doorways, almost part of a still life.

2 The strong diagonal and flat light, together with the high contrast of the white walls and dark doorways, gives this image a graphic feel – again treating the donkey more as an object than a living thing.

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5 The framing of the shot has excluded any sky adding to the closed-off atmosphere of the image.

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colour and texture or as living things – focusing on character, environment and expression.

2 Like human portraits, lighting is crucial, but because animals come in a much wider variety of colours, shapes, textures and even have patterns you can be more inventive with your light.

Fur, feathers, scales and hide all look great in harsh or flat lighting. Side light will show off texture while flat lighting is great for graphic patterns.

3 Be careful about using flash.

It can frighten many animals and they may attack even if they are domesticated. caution is advised.

4 Have patience. The best animals shots take time. Get to know your subject and their habits and you’ll soon be getting amazing shots.

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As this year’s European Capital of Culture, Tallinn proves it is more than a ghetto for stag and hen parties

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T All Tallinn’s charms are within easy walking distance

he arrival of budget airline flights and its buzzing nightlife scene have given Tallinn a bit of a reputation as a stag and hen party zone in recent years, but look beyond the drinks specials and you’ll find more to this mini-Prague, which is this year starring as a ‘European Capital of Culture’.

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BLOC PARTY Until 1991 the capital of Estonia was clamped under the confines of Soviet rule, but since it broke free in the ‘Singing Revolution’, when the local people showed their defiance in outbursts of communal singing, it has made up for lost time, switching seamlessly from communism to capitalism. Anyone arriving with anachronistic images of what an old Soviet Bloc city looks like will be impressed by its new skyline and also by the chocolate box medieval old core that is graced with lofty church spires, orange-tiled rooftops and narrow cobbled streets.

STREET LIFE Tallinn’s compact size is all part of the charm as its main attractions are within easy walking distance.

Half the fun is just ambling around the streets drifting back through the layers of history that peel back at every turn with Russian Orthodox churches and Dominican monasteries sharing the streets with old merchant houses and medieval meeting halls.

The epicentre of Tallinn life is around the Old Town Square, the historic hub that

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unfurls in a swathe of cobbles laced with pavement bars and cafes. The square is home to the city’s tallest spire, which stretches into the heavens above the Old Town Hall, an especially spectacular sight when floodlit at night.

KING OF THE HILL Rising above the square is Toompea Hill, which offers respite from the busy bars below. This castle district towers above the largely flat city, offering views of the winding streets of the old town and out over the Baltic Sea. During the last few years a lot of money has gone into touching up Toompea’s graceful buildings and making it more visitor-friendly with signposts, scenic

without this year’s European Capital of Culture extravaganza.

Its cerebral attractions include the City Museum, which boasts myriad exhibits that delve into the city’s rich history. Then there is the Maritime Museum, the Old Town Hall’s exhibition space and more esoteric sights like the Doll Museum, Bank of Estonia Museum and even Pinocchio’s Grave, the latter not as it sounds – the last resting place of the fabled wooden boy – but in fact actually a poignant war memorial.

The world-class Estonian National Opera is based in the city centre and there are half a dozen concert halls and theatre venues, all part of a lively cultural scene that impressively managed to survive decades of Soviet suppression. Live music graces many small bars and while walking the cobbled streets, it is not uncommon to

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WHEN TO GO Visit in 2011 for a cultural extravaganza.

GETTING THERE easyJet (easyjet.com) offers direct flights to Tallinn from Stansted.

GETTING AROUND Tallinn is easily navigable on foot, with a network of trolleybus and buses on hand for longer journeys.

VISAS South Africans need a Schengen visa.

CURRENCY Estonia Krooni. 1 TALLINN GBP = 18.65 EEK. ESTONIA LANGUAGE Estonian.

GOING OUT A pint of beer costs £2. lookouts and shops selling the ACCOMMODATION work of local artists.

Hostel bed from around £15, a bed in a three-star hotel RICH CULTURE is around £50.

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hear the sounds of a violin wafting out of a window.

Tallinn’s nightlife, too, is about much more than nefarious stag and hen parties.

Traditional bar culture in these northern climes is an integral part of local life in a way that the Irish pubs and pumping clubs the stag parties enjoy are not. Drink Estonian beer with the locals at the no-nonsense Vaali Bar (Muurivahe 14) or savour authentic Estonian food and drink for next to nothing at Karja Kelder (Vaike-Karja 1), the city’s oldest beer hall, while the stag parties stumble by oblivious outside.

CULTURAL FESTIVITIES Tallinn is hosting about 7000 events as part of the European Capital of Culture festivities (tallinn2011.ee). Some of the highlights include: TALLINN MUSIC WEEK – A festival of new Estonian music at concert venues around Tallinn. March 24-26.

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SONG OF FREEDOM – Massive celebration of the power of song.

Tallinn Song Festival Grounds. August 20.

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Check out World Heritage sites like the Agra Fort, an impressive sandstone fortress which dates back to the 10th century. Just 40km from Agra is the abandoned city of Fatehpur Sikri, which used to be India’s capital. If you like shopping, head to Kinari Bazaar, within easy reach of Agra Fort. Here you can buy clothes, shoes, fabrics, spices and jewellery.

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The atmosphere over St Patrick’s Day will be great and as a relatively compact country you will be able to get a decent glimpse of Ireland in one week.

I would recommend heading out of the city and straight into the country. Galway and Cork are all popular alternatives to Dublin for a taste of the Irish ‘craic.’

Galway, on Ireland’s west coast, is arty, bohemian and full of energy; its student scene gives it a lively nightlife. Cork has ‘cultural city’ stamped all over it with a great arts, music and restaurants and all within easy reach of Ireland’s gorgeous west coast.

Between Galway and Cork, there is plenty of country to explore. County Tipperary has great scenery within be in easy reach. Be sure to visit the remarkable Rock of Cashel.

Dingle, a charming Irish town, is a good base from which to explore the Dingle Peninsula for great walks and scenery.

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The growth of volunteer tourism means that there are lots of options out there. So much so that I would need this whole page to list all of the options! The best thing I can do is offer some advice and places to start.

There are a number of programmes that may enable you to teach English abroad, they will just be more expensive as they involve getting you the qualifications before you go.

While not in the Balkans, i-to-i offer teaching English in Poland. For £410.90 you receive a 140-hour TEFL course and can teach in Poland for five months. i-to-i arrange your teaching internship, visa and accommodation and you receive a monthly spending allowance. There are numerous requirements that need to be met so check the website to see if you’re eligible (i-to-i.com).

For something different, responsibletravel.com offers a nature conservation programme in Estonia. You will have to pay £490 for nine days excluding flights.

I would recommend that you stick with reputable, organised programmes to ensure that your efforts won’t go to waste. Most should include accommodation but it is common to

be required to pay for your flights. There are so many options – you should be able to find something perfect for your abilities and needs.

When visiting Cuba, take a credit card and plenty of cash to exchange on arrival (Cuba’s currency can’t leave the country) because it can be difficult to find a cashpoint that accepts debit cards. I’d recommend taking all the cash you need for the whole trip.

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Meanwhile, Bradt has also published a guide to Eastern Turkey, which explores areas that were off limits before 2000.

See bradtguides.com.

The ban on travel to parts of Egypt has been lifted by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) following the overthrow of former president Hosni Mubarak.

The FCO is no longer advising against all but essential travel to Cairo, Alexandria and Suez.

However, there is a curfew in place from 12am to 6am local time, with the exception of Red Sea resorts and Luxor.

On The Go will run tours to Egypt as normal from February 26 and Oasis Overland has begun its regular tours again.

Elsewhere, Morocco is the latest country to have been hit by the wave of protests sweeping North Africa and the Middle East.

However, the FCO has confirmed that there

Get a taste of West Bank life Adventure travel specialist Oasis Overland is introducing the chance to spend the night with a Palestianian family in Bethlehem on their Egypt & Israel Explorer trips, providing the opportunity to experience the West Bank.

See oasisoverland.co.uk.

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The newly released version 2.0 enables travellers to access more than 150,000 unbiased reviews, revealing what a hostel is really like.

In addition, Hostel Hero has scrapped booking fees.

Users now pay a 10 per cent deposit to reserve their bed and pay the balance on arrival at the hostel.

Download Hostel Hero 2.0 for free at hostelhero.com/ download.

are no travel restrictions in place in the country.

Meanwhile, the FCO is advising against all but essential travel to Libya due to the violent protests there.

Insurance website Essential Travel has warned people to “keep abreast” of the situation across the Middle East and North Africa because they will not be covered by insurance if they are travelling to an area that has been deemed unsafe.

“If passengers travel prior to the Foreign Office warnings, they will be covered for medical expenses and repatriation, hospital benefit and personal accident as normal,” said Stuart Bensusan of EssentalTravel.co.uk.

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CRUCIFIXION RE-ENACTMENT SPRING EQUINOX Chichén Itzá, Mexico Mar 21 During the equinox, shadows and sunlight on the Ancient Mayan temple create the illusion of a snake descending the staircase. The eerie vision is supposedly Kukulkan, a feathered serpent deity.

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nightclub scene in Hvar, Croatia, is awesome!

Funniest experience?

Australia Day celebrations in London.

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WHAT: Beautiful, chaotic mess as an entire population takes to the streets throwing coloured powder (gulal) over each other. Do not wear your favourite white ball gown as you will be covered from head to toe by the contents of dye-filled balloons, buckets and waterpistols.

Adding to the anarchy, people get wasted on bhang; derived from the leaves and buds of cannabis.

WHERE: Throughout Northern India and Nepal.

WHY: To welcome the spring and ask for blessings from the Gods. Celebrated on full moon.

DO IT BECAUSE: It’s India at its most carefree and you can even get bhang pakoras. Yum!

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FIVE UNDERGROUND TOURS JANINE KELSO GIVES A HIGH FIVE TO SUBTERRANEAN TREASURES WIELICZKA, POLAND WHAT: Sited on the outskirts of Poland’s cultural capital Krakow, this 900-year-old salt mine is a treasure trove of palatial caverns, underground lakes and beautiful chapels carved into the salt rock. It takes about three hours to tour this subterranean museum, 135m underground. Don’t leave without licking the salty wall.

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JEITA GROTTO, LEBANON WHAT: A six-mile-long cave system beneath the forest-clad hills of Mount Lebanon, Jeita Grotto is set 20km from Beirut.

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long, green snake slithers through the shallow stream of water in front of my group. “It’s harmless,” yells Damrong.

We hesitate, waiting for it to pass, then carry on through the thick jungle – although our guide’s name doesn’t fill me with confidence.

It’s 11am and 34˚C – we’ve been hiking for two hours in jungle north of Chiang Rai. Already, you could take the T-shirt off my back and wring it.

We’re climbing 2000 feet over 10km on the first of a three-day trek, which, in black and white, doesn’t sound too gruelling.

But add the searing temperature, humidity at 90 per cent and the fact I’m carrying a heavy backpack, and it’s a different ball game.

There are 11 others doing it with me, so there’s good camaraderie, although some have opted to pay local guides to carry their bags – even the girl who’s packed enough for two

Chiaw Lan rafhouses

The scorching “ sun beats down relentlessly ” Breaks are welcome during the long trek

NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO When it’s mild – between Nov and Feb. June-Oct is the rainy season while it’s scorching March-May. GETTING THERE Eva Air, Qatar and Emirates all fly from the UK to Bangkok from £400 return.

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sight the Baan Huay San Lisaw village, home to the Lisu tribe and our beds for the night.

The 28,000 Lisu people are one of six tribes in Thailand. They make their homes out of bamboo and grass, and their main source of income is through producing rice, corn, livestock and opium – but this has been restricted by the government.

FEAST FOR KINGS Most of the village is basic, but the views are stunning – floors of dusty, red earth constrast against a bright blue sky.

There are a few 4X4s spotted outside A bumpy ride some of the nicer huts – perhaps bought with cash made from opening the village weeks, including a hairdryer. We left to tourists.

Bangkok a week ago, making our way That night, we’re treated to a feast fit for to Chiang Mai via Kanchanaburi, to see kings – spicy curries, succulent chicken, the bridge over the River Kwai, and slippery noodles, sticky rice. There’s Ayutthaya, the former capital of Thailand. enough to feed us twice over.

It’s then an 11-hour journey on a bumpy We make an early start the next day night train, where I wake to find a – thanks to the natural alarm system cockroach inches from my face. of cockerels squawking at 3am.

Days two and three of the trek are COOL CITY easier, but we’re now walking through As a city, Chiang Mai is beautiful and the coffee fields with no shade, so the polar opposite of Bangkok – it’s calm and scorching sun beats down relentlessly. cool, and time seems to pass Six hours, and a few sunburns, later slower here. We visit we reach our the Akha tribe village, a sanctuary to ride on where we’re treated to a traditional dance domesticated elephants before, worn out, we make our way to our – a slightly terrifying beds. It’s all downhill on experience as my beast our final day. There are wants to take the steepest cries of joy when we routes up and down spot our minibus everything. waiting on a tiny road Then we start our at the bottom of the trek, covering a total last hill. of 26km in three days, We gratefully across jungle and clamber inside, with fields. After spotting the blast of air-con two more snakes, I’m like an oxygen thankful when we mask snapped A hillside villager with her children over my face.

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We head for the disco carriage on our 13-hour overnight train journey to Surat Thani from Bangkok. The bright lights mix well with cheesy versions of Eighties classics, as we buy beers and whisky from a man selling bottles from a bucket.

After a few hours’ dancing in the narrow space, we sleep it off before our early arrival in and drive to Khao Sok National Park, which boasts some of the best remaining rainforest in Thailand.

FLOATING RAFTHOUSES A 50-minute longtail boat ride across the Chiaw Lan Lake takes us to our floating rafthouses. Surrounded by water and small islands, it’s an idyllic setting; the view of the mountains reflecting on the lake is stunning. Here you can swim, kayak or take a explore the other nearby islands. But there isn’t a beach.

In search of the perfect golden sands, we then head to Krabi, for a yacht tour.

Our vessel cruises the nearby islands, such as Phi Phi and Bamboo, stopping at points in the Andaman Sea so that we can dive in and swim with the colourful fish.

Phi Phi is supposed to have some of the best beaches in the world, but where we moor is crowded and dirty.

Our next stop, Bamboo Island, is the perfect contrast. We find a secluded spot on a pristine stretch after wading through waist-high water, lifting our bags above our heads. iPods on and books out, we soak up the rays before being kicked off a few hours later to take the yacht back to land. I’m still in need of more than a few

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hours’ chill-out time, so we head for four days on the beautiful Koh Sukorn in the Andaman Sea. There are very few tourists on the remote island, which is scattered with charming fishing villages.

HAIR-RAISING ADVENTURE We’re given a hair-raising tour of the island by motorcycle side-cage. We stop to watch the locals at work, buy snacks from a roadside shop and take photos of the stunning scenery from the viewpoint.

Back at the resort, where we’re staying in beach bungalows, it’s time to relax.

There’s a quiet stretch of beach, where you can laze in hammocks, as well as a cocktail bar nearby.

With only one computer with very slow internet connection and no newspapers on the island, we have no choice but to switch off before making the long journey on board an overnight train back to Bangkok – and back to reality.

When in Thailand, it’s pretty much guaranteed you’ll get a taste for the cuisine. So take some time to learn how to cook it yourself.

I had a lesson at the Chiang Mai Cookery school (thaicookeryschool. com), with surprising results.

I opted for spring rolls, hot and sour soup (note: don’t put three bird’s eye chillies in a single bowl) and pad Thai.

Each dish took about 15 minutes to prepare and make – less to demolish.

And all the ingredients are easily found in London.

Pad Thai is always a staple when in Thailand, so it was good to know it was so easy to put together: Fry garlic, dried shrimps (optional) and tofu in a wok with oil, add rice noodles and chicken stock and stir-fry until soft. Turn down the heat and add sugar, fish and soy sauce and tamarind juice. Add eggs and fry until they’re cooked. Add the peanuts and chives then stir-fry with bean sprouts.

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BEING AN AUSSIE I have always had a deep understanding, interest and respect

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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Why ON THE GO for ANZAC Day? • We’re Aussies and Kiwi’s – we care about ANZAC! With offices in London, you can drop in to see our friendly staff who have been to ANZAC day themselves.

• We are ABTA, ATOL & AITO bonded, meaning our quality is guaranteed and your money is 100% protected.

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PURE ANZAC - 4 days ANZAC DIGGER - 5 days

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ANZAC UNCOVERED - 6 days ANZAC COO-EE - 8 days ANZAC BONZER - 11 days ANZAC COBBER - 14 days

£249 £299

• We use quality 4 star western standard hotels.

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• We offer an excellent choice of tours from 4-14 days to suit all budgets. PLUS you can combine Egypt with ANZAC and see it all in one hit – great value!

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GALLIPOLI & GIZA - 12 days £599 ANZAC & ANCIENT EGYPT - 16 days £749

• We have the best guides – handpicked by us and contracted a year in advance.

• Many of our tours include our exclusive, waterside ANZAC BBQ – offering you a good feed and chilled beer to take you into the night prior to the ANZAC day service.

• With a variety of tour start dates you don’t need to pay top dollar for your flights. Our well-timed tours make the most of weekends and public holidays.

• Complimentary airport arrival transfers from any Istanbul airport on each and every tour.

• No mandatory single supplements or local payments on any of our ANZAC tours.

• We offer unbeatable ON THE GO quality throughout – we always deliver what we promise!

Secure your booking today with a £100 deposit As a testament to our quality of tours check out onthegotours.com, find us on facebook.com/onthegotours or follow us on twitter.com/On_The_Go_Tours and read what our previous ANZAC travellers have to say. Here’s one for starters...

In recognition of the effort the Commonwealth War Graves Commission undertakes at Gallipoli and other memorial sites ON THE GO are proud to make a donation to this organisation on your behalf for every ANZAC package booked – see www.cwgc.org

“YoBIG THANKS TO ALL ON THE GO

STAFF! u guys rock, I have never experienced such a well organised and fun tou just back from. I ha r as the Gallipoli tour I am ve but you guys are by been on quite a few tours far ever experienced. Ke the most organised I have ep recommending you up the good work. I will be to all my mates. Ch eers!

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SIMPLY ST. PETE’S - 4 days MOOD FOR MOSCOW - 4 days VODKA SHOT - 6 days

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Night at the Museum - May Visit the museums and art galleries until the early hours of the morning

Goodbye USSR - Aug & Dec Take a specialist tour learning about two major events of Russian history

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Route of the Romanovs - Mar-Dec Check out St Petes & Moscow then ride the Trans-Siberian to Yekaterinburg

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