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LONDON FILM FESTIVAL GUIDE

NOT-QUITE-SO PRIVATE EYE

The lowdown on the movies to watch and the ones to avoid

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EDITOR’S LETTER We were lucky enough to be given a final glimpse of sunshine before the chill of winter set in with last weekend’s mini-heatwave. If it whet your appetite for some rays to break up the dark nights a comin’, look no further than P76 – our guide to the best winter sun. And make sure you head along to our Sun & Snow Show on Saturday (see P81 for full programme) to pick up some exclusive travel bargains. See you there!

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COMPETITION

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Indulge yourself at the London Restaurant Festival and London Cocktail Week

THE EYE HAS IT We look back at Private Eye as the magazine celebrates 50 Years

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LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION

NEWS

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Here’s our picks of the best, and worst, movies at the London Film Festival

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SKI AND BELIEVE

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Find out how you can score a job on the slopes. Working has never been such fun

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Skip winter – follow the rays. We give you the lowdown on where’s best

TNT SUN & SNOW TRAVEL SHOW 81 Your guide to our bargain- and actionpacked travel show. Don’t miss it!

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Forget about the awkward ‘getting to know you’ small-talk and polite chit-chat that’s meant to impress. At this subversive dating event, everyone gets given a new name on entry and then settles in for a round of Blind Hate. There’s even a ‘misfortune teller’ on hand to helpfully scuttle any budding romance.

East London throngs with various off-beat photo exhibitions over the course of this two-month event so check out the expansive programme.

Making use of some great spaces, it’s a treasure trove of inspiration for aspiring photographers, whether you’re a chin-stroking auteur or an amateur happy-snapper.

In the 1967 film, Paul Newman played Lucas Jackson, a decorated WWII veteran who ends up doing two years in a Florida prison, where he subverts the natural pecking order and famously eats 50 eggs in an hour to win a bet. It’s a prison classic and you can now catch it on the stage, where British geezer Marc Warren is playing the lead.

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You never know what you’ll find at these uber-kitsch get-togethers, especially those in Shoreditch, the beating heart of east London hipsterville. There’s plenty on offer for those with an eye for a bargain, though, and whether you’re decorating your flat or overhauling your wardrobe, you may find yourself coming home from this festival with a swagful of purchases. £2

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CHEESE AND WINE FESTIVAL

LONDON SURF FILM FESTIVAL

Discover delicious new wines from all over the world while watching trained chefs’ cooking demonstrations as they prepare spectacular meals to go with them.

Anyone who enjoys their food and drink will find it hard to tear themselves away from a festival that is likely to inspire people to eat, drink and be merry.

British beaches may be a bit cold and pebbly but that won’t stop this collection of surf movies drawing a crowd. There’s a stack of films tracing the adventures of surfers in farflung corners of the globe, taking in some stunning scenery and, of course, some bumper waves. It’s enough to make you book your next beach holiday.

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TUBE STRIKE THREAT AFTER ‘WORST WEEK’ Despite just signing a deal for Tube drivers’ salaries to soar to £50,000, union bosses are threatening action over safety concerns.

The move came during what has been described by Labour’s London Assembly transport spokesman, Val Shawcross, as the “worst week” for Tube passengers after massive delays caused by signal failures, faulty trains and staffing problems.

RMT general secretary Bob Crowe told London 24: “It is our members who have to deal with the consequences of these ill-conceived policies.”

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CHEFS PUSH DOGGY BAGS TO CUT WASTE Diners are being urged to overcome embarrassment and ask for doggy bags to reduce waste when eating out.

Celebrity chefs, including Hugh FearnleyWhittingstall, are throwing their weight behind the Too Good To Waste campaign.

More than 80 eateries have already signed up to the initiative after figures showed the average restaurant throws away 21 tonnes of food every year.

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Image of the week: Rihanna proves she’s not yet a diva by travelling on the Tube to get to her gig at the O2 in London

Drinkers hit in pocket London beer ‘most expensive in England’ It’s something drinkers in London have long suspected, now figures confirm their greatest fears – the price of beer in the capital is more expensive than anywhere else in England.

A pint in the capital and the South East averages £3.15 compared with £2.88 in the West Midlands, according to the Good Pub Guide. In the South West, it’s £2.95 a pint; £2.99 in the East Midlands; £3.04 in the East of England; and £2.87 in the North West, North East and Yorkshire.

The annual guide also discovered the most popular pub food is steak and ale pie, closely followed by fish and chips, often beer-battered. While lasagne scored zero in a list of top food choices. Decent coffee is

said to be available in nearly all good pubs, although the publication said it was a “shame” almost half of pubs in the UK did not open until noon.

The guide, which quizzed 650 outlets, also questioned why so few town and city pubs had the character and charm found in country inns.

Editor Fiona Stapley said many pubs were diversifying, by offering breakfasts and coffee mornings, to get through tough economic conditions.

The findings come as the Magdala in Hampstead became the first pub to launch beer served in a schooner (two-thirds of a pint glass) after new legislation to encourage responsible drinking.

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NORTHERN: No service between

How to travel on a budget of £150, hot destinations for 2012 and how to make a living as a travel writer are just three of the topics being discussed at the TNT Sun & Snow Travel Show on Saturday.

Thousands of bargain-seekers are expected at the QEII Centre in Westminster for the event, which will also boast exclusive show discounts of up to 50 per cent on trips and tours. Ten travel seminars will be taking place, including a talk by TNT’s Carol Driver and Laura Chubb, who will explain how to get your work published in the magazine.

The event kicks off at 9am and is free to attend if visitors register online first at tnttravelshow.com.

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All aboard: take a tasty ride through London

Capital fare This week in London, it’s all about celebrating culinary delights and sipping yummy cocktails. What more could you ask for?

WORDS REBECCA KENT

The term ‘melting pot’ is often used to describe London’s cultural diversity.

But when you throw your eyes to its culinary landscape – a rich fabric of some 6000 restaurants – it’s then you realise this is also true of its food scene. With restaurants boasting delights from every corner of the globe, the capital is a world-renowned foodie destination. Until three years ago, there was no celebration of this.

Enter, the London Restaurant Festival, which, for the next week will be shouting about what the capital has to offer. And, in true city style, it coincides with London Cocktail Week. So set the next seven days aside to gorge. Just don’t count the calories.

First-class eateries are being opened up as part of the restaurant festival, so you can experience fine dining at a fraction of the usual price.

Among a smörgåsbord of events being dished up for food-lovers is the Gourmet Odyssey, where participants enjoy a starter in a top venue, a main course in another and dessert in a third.

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diners between venues. On board will be a food expert who can demystify the esoterica of haute cuisine.

Simon Davies, the festival director, says part of the event’s aim is to make posh venues more accessible. “We want people to enjoy eating out and help them realise going to a top restaurant is not necessarily about going to a quiet restaurant with a starchy tablecloth and a scary waiter,” he adds.

If the Routemaster bus sounds indulgent, there are also four walking tours following the same format, through Soho, Clerkenwell and Covent Garden. But you don’t have to be shepherded around to enjoy the festival. As well as a food debate and a suppliers’ market, hundreds of restaurants, including the Michelinstarred, will put on special menus costing between £10 to £25.

John Torode, of Masterchef fame, who owns Smiths of Smithfield, says London’s restaurant scene is worthy of celebration. “You can eat almost every single cuisine in the world here in London – from Szechuan and Japanese to Moroccan and Australian as well traditional Great British. You can get

it anywhere you like at any time and that’s extraordinary,” he says.

“The great thing about the tours is you have all these restaurants opening their doors to people and saying ‘look, come and try us’. This is not just going out for lunch or dinner, this is an opportunity to go on an odyssey, walk around town, see different restaurants and speak to different people.”

If you’re more of a discerning drinker, London Cocktail Week will be right up your alley – with loads of events lined up. In a glamorous twist on the humble pub crawl are the cocktail tours. More than 200 venues are taking part, with each serving a bespoke concoction. Again, the Routemaster buses come in to play, ferrying drinkers from bar to bar.

Or, if you always thought there was more to cocktails than drinking them, book on to a masterclass and learn how to mix absinthe, gin, whisky and tequila. Cheers. ›› MORE RESTAURANT/ COCKTAIL EVENTS The London Restaurant Festival. Until Oct 17 londonrestaurantfestival.com London Cocktail Week. Until Oct 15 diffordsguide.com/london-cocktail-week

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Glorious food: hundreds of restaurants are taking part

Hot hot: (l-r) Bruno Loubet and Raymond Blanc hug in the kitchen

A MUSEUM OF COCKTAILS STRAND

GORDON RAMSAY’S FOXTROT OSCAR CHELSEA

This bespoke pop-up museum within the Savoy Hotel will be celebrating the traditions of the American Bar with a brand new menu created especially for the occasion.

The swearing celebrity chef presents hearty British bistro-style classics in his classy establishment.

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Until Oct 17 79 Royal Hospital Rd, SW3 4HN gordonramsay.com Sloane Square

Oct 15-16; 3pm-11pm The Savoy, WC2R 0EU londoncocktailweek.com Charing Cross

THE BIG DEBATE: CHEWING THE FAT KING’S CROSS The motion ‘there’s not such thing as ethnic food’ will be subject to a flame-grilling, as journalist AA Gill, above, and cultural commentator Jonathan Meades defend food and wine with regional identity, while the formidable Clarissa Dixon-Wright and Hardeep Singh defend products from Roquefort to Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb. £22.50

Tues, Oct, 11; 6.30pm Hall One, Kings Place, 90 York Way, N1 9AG londonrestaurantfestival.com King’s Cross St Pancras

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COCKTAIL BUS TOURS ACROSS LONDON

Celeb chef Kuldeep Singh serves sumptuous dishes at Moet and Chandon’s Indian Restaurant of the Year. Enjoy its two-course festival lunch featuring delights such as whitebait with garlic and caraway seeds.

This gastro pub, owned by cookbook author and and BBC presenter, Roxy Beaujolais worships steak, so it would be rude not to pluck the sirloin from the three-course menu. Don’t worry, veggies are in for a treat, too, with a cardamon linguine.

The good people of London Cocktail Week have laid on vintage Routemaster buses to explore every corner of the capital for bars serving the very best alcoholic concoctions on offer. One area of London will be explored per day, allowing cocktail lovers to imbibe both north and south of the river. From Kettner’s Cocktail and Champagne Bar in the venerable west to the Worship Street Whistling Shop in the funky east, more than 200 bars have signed up, each serving a bespoke cocktail. The bus tours are available to those in possession of a LCW wristband and the cocktails are a reasonable £4 each.

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With rum fast becoming a tipple of choice for the discerning drinker, this festival is perfectly placed on the London Cocktail Week calendar. Over two days, visitors are invited to take their tastebuds on a whistlestop tour of the world’s most amazing and diverse rums, from Antigua to Barbados and Mauritius to Venezuela and beyond.

Also on offer will be a selection of some of the rarest rums on the planet.

Learn more about this historical drink by signing up to one of the many seminars or just chill out in the Bacardi Dominoes and Daiquiri Zone. Live bands will also be pumping out tropical rhythms. £25

Oct 15-16; midday-6pm Olympia 2, W14 8UX londoncocktailweek.com Olympia

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Until Oct 17 152-153 Shaftesbury Ave, WC2H 8HL melarestaurant.co.uk Covent Garden

THE RESTAURANT AT ST PAUL’S ST PAUL’S White onion and cider soup, plus a venison burger with orange relish, feature on the menu inside the striking crypt restaurant of the cathederal.

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Until Oct 17; Mon-Sat, 11am-11pm 51 Eagle Street, WC1R 4AP, thebountifulcow.co.uk Holborn

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Until Oct 17 St Paul’s Cathedral, St Paul’s Churchyard, EC4M 8AD restaurantatstpauls.co.uk St Paul’s

Spoil yourself with some bold British dishes within the environs of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. The festival menu is two courses. £15

Until Oct 17 New Globe Walk, SE1 9DR swanattheglobe.co.uk London Bridge

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Central London Tour, Mon, Oct 10; Camden Tour, Tue, Oct 11; Shoreditch Tour, Wed, Oct 12; Notting Hill Tour, Thu, Oct 13; Clapham Tour, Fri, Oct 14; Chelsea Tour, Sat Oct 15. londoncocktailweek.co.uk

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You’ll be away with the green fairy in no time with this one-off masterclass hosted by Alan Moss, author of The Real Absinthe Blog. He’ll be demonstrating six sublime absinthe-based cocktails including the delicious Absinthe Daiquiri and an Absinthe Butterfly. £18

£25 Try the two-course festival menu created by one of France’s most acclaimed chefs, who has two Michelin stars and three AA Rosettes.

Until Oct 17 The Connaught, W1K 2AL the-connaught.co.uk Bond Street

Tues, Oct 11. 6pm-8pm Brompton Bar & Grill, SW3 2EP londoncocktailweek.com South Kensington

TAPAS TOUR ACROSS LONDON Flit from one lively location to another for Spanish tapas and a glass of Rioja while wielding your special Tapas Passport. Get it stamped as you enter some of London’s most lauded restaurants and get your gnashers around their tasty morsels. Restaurants include Dehesa, Salt Yard, Opera Tavern, Fernandez & Wells, Brinisia Soho, Iberica, PIX and Copita. £50

Oct, 9, 15 & 16; noon-4pm; 4pm-8pm Various restaurants londonrestaurantfestival.com

THE BIG QUIZ: STARTER FOR 10 PICCADILLY Think you know a lot about food?

Then put your culinary know-how to the test at this annual festival quiz. While unleashing your competitive side, indulge in the wine and three-course meal which is included in the price. If you manage to win first prize, you’ll bag 10 tickets to a cheese and wine masterclass at Michelinstarred Seven Park Place up for grabs. Second prize is a copy of the recipe book, Hawksmoor At Home, for each player. While third place will win you a case of Rioja. What’s not to love?

Photos: Sue Foll, London Restaurant Festival, Getty

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Tues, Oct 4, 6.30pm Criterion restaurant, 224 Piccadilly, W1J 9HP londonrestaurantfestival Piccadilly Circus

KYRGYZ KAZAKH HOUSE AT PASHA CAMBERWELL

CHOCOLATE AND WHISKEY TRAFALGAR SQUARE

It’s not only delicious Kazakh and Mediterranean food that you’ll be feasting on.

There’s also live music and bellydancing in this boutique hotel restaurant.

A marriage made in heaven? Decide for yourself by sampling up to six different single malt whiskies paired with luxury chocolates crafted by chocolatier Paul A Young.

Until Oct 17 58 Camberwell Road, SE5 0EE hotelpasha.com Kennington

Wed, Oct 12. 4-5.30pm Albannach, WC2N 5DS londoncocktailweek.com Embankment

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Who doesn’t love bubbly? Well here’s your chance to get stuck in as The Wine Shop in Selfridges plays host to this free tasting session. Sip some delicious sparkling cocktails made using St Germain elderflower liqueur.

Win some brownie points and treat your other half to the value-for-money twocourse festival meal as you take in the stunning views of the Thames and London’s rooftops.

Watch one of three food-related films chosen by industry insiders, Bill Granger, Laura Santtini and Lucas Hollweg while ensconced in a five-star hotel, then sip champagne as they explain their choice and fields questions from the audience. With the hard work done, enjoy a three-course dinner devised by the experts. Granger (pictured) will introduce the film Eat Drink, Man Woman – Refuel at the Soho Hotel; Santtini will discuss Waitress – Brasserie Max at the Covent Garden Hotel; and, at the Charlotte Street Hotel, Hollweg talks Chocolat – Oscar.

Until Oct 17 Oxo Tower Wharf, Barge House Street, SE1 9PH harveynichols.com Waterloo

Soho Hotel, Oct 5; Covent Garden Hotel, Oct 6; Charlotte Street Hotel, Oct 13 Soho londonrestaurantfestival.com

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Sun, Oct 16, noon Selfridges, Oxford St, W1A 1AB londoncocktailweek.com Bond Street

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LAURA HAMILTON TV PRESENTER What baffles me about London is that there’s no air-conditioning on the Tube trains – it’s a nightmare in this hot weather. I try to avoid travelling on them at all costs.

London’s best-kept secret the Nomad cinema. It’s a pop-up, travelling cinema. It moves around to various locations in and outside of London.

When I want to chill out I’ll wander around Borough Market and sample the foodie delights on offer. Other than that, I’d probably treat myself to a spa day. I recently when to Hotel Verta in Battersea and had a lovely massage with my man. Although I don’t chill out easily.

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My favourite place for a drink is Bob Bob Ricard in Soho – I love it there, especially their signature cocktail, Rhubard Gin & Tonic. I also love The Crazy Bear in Goodge Street – it has opulent and interesting interior design that I’d never have the guts to do.

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What gets me up in the morning? My little dog Alfie – I have to let him out for a wee.

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For when you’re hungover in London spend the morning reading the Sunday papers and drinking coffee while watching the world go by.

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My perfect weekend would start at a restaurant I haven’t tried before or maybe going to see a West End show. Saturday I would invite friends round for dinner while on Sunday I’d take a stroll around Greenwich Market or the park with my dog.

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What was the last naughty thing you did? I’m never naughty!

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Overpriced cocktails with a view

BAR THE SCENE Sky Lounge has one thing going for it, and that is the spectacular view.

Up on the 32nd floor of Nido Spitalfields, huge floor-to-ceiling windows present London as if it were a miniature model city, taking in an impressive close-up of the Gherkin and an expanse of lit-up office towers that stretches for miles.

Unfortunately, by nature of being a ‘pop-up’ bar – it will disappear in April 2012 – everything feels oddly unfinished. There are just four (rather wobbly) tables in the main bar area, obliging all but a few patrons to stand. Nevertheless, the place is packed with City types chugging after-work drinks to overly loud club music, played by a DJ who settles for a low table and a laptop instead of a booth. Still, one can’t help but feel a little cheated at paying standard London cocktail bar prices when so little effort has gone into making Sky Lounge feel like a real bar.

THE GRUB A £6 sharing platter gets you three bar snacks. Drinkers can chosen from an underwhelming selection of olives, nuts, breadsticks, and teeny tiny cheesestuffed tomatoes.

BEHIND THE BAR The usual suspects, including Mojitos and fruit-flavoured Martinis.

The standout concoction is the Lady Gaga, which blends Russian Standard vodka, Chambord, Drambuie, strawberry puree and double cream.

BILL PLEASE At least £10 per cocktail. There’s an extensive champagne list, too.

VERDICT You’re paying for the view. Worth it if you make it a swift one. LAURA CHUBB

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3 OF THE BEST CHOCOLATE SHOPS

Purveyor of weird flavours (tomato and basil ganache, anyone?) Young will be creating a six-course chocolate dinner with fusion chef Peter Gordon for Chocolate Week (October 10-16) at Providores on October 10 and 14. paulayoung.co.uk

MAISON DU CHOCOLAT

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For Chocolate Week, they’re holding free mini-tastings every day from 4.30pm.

They’ve also created a mindblowing limited-edition bitter and fruity ganache duo, £22.50.

The Motcomb Street legends are holding a chocolate and wine tasting on October 11, £15. And if you’re feeling extra foodie, create a recipe using their chocolate for a chance to have your creation sold in their shop.

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CALLING CHOCOHOLICS If you’re a lover of all things cocoabased, it makes to take advantage of Chocolate Week. Watch out for tastings, demonstrations and workshops from October 10-16.

And make sure you get to the big choccy event of the week, Chocolate Unwrapped, from October 15-16 at Vinopolis, Southwark, where you can create your own chocolate art, find a three-foot-high dolls’ house made of the stuff and see how chocolate is made from the bean. For any keen bakers, there will also be a chocolate cake-off. chocolateweek.co.uk

TOP PARTY TIPS Get advice on throwing amazing parties by foodie festivity guru Polly Betton who has, in her time, hosted futuristic aerobanquets and a Hitchcock-themed dinners. Absorb her wisdom on November 22 at The Class Rooms Culinary Academy in the City for £15 (includes a glass of wine or a beer). Just in time for the party season. tcrcacademy.co.uk

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FOODIE ART Next time you order a katsu curry you could be gazing up at some art.

Wagamama’s is showcasing work from some of the UK’s most exciting emerging artists, like Holly Thoburn (work, pictured, on display in the Spitalfields branch). Hit Waga’s in Royal Festival Hall for Remi/Rough’s graffiti-inspired work or Soho for twists on folk art from Patricia Ellis this month. Who said chain restaurants were soulless? wagamama.com

IDA Italian THE SCENE In a relatively featureless stretch of north London, Ida is the kind of local Italian restaurant every neighbourhood should have. It’s light and airy during the day but dimly lit and intimate after dark. It’s spacious and convivial enough for big groups but also cosy enough for one-on-one diners. Ida can be found surprisingly full on weeknights, packed with locals who keep coming back for more. It’s that kind of place.

THE GRUB Ida rotates part of its menu to focus on a different region of Italy each month. Last month, for example, brought hand-rolled tagliatelle and fresh gurnard in potato shavings from Campania. The regional menu is always worth a look, but the regular menu is where it’s truly at. To nibble on, go for the veal in a mayonnaise and caper sauce or the garlic bruschetta made with broad beans and swiss chard. There’s a stack of delicious pasta options – try the cuttlefish parpadelle with prawns and vine tomatoes – but if you’re feeling a bit more adventurous, the highlights are the pork medallions in white wine and rosemary and an Argentinian entrecôte that may actually be the best steak you’ve ever had. Big call, but it’s seriously good.

There’s a limited selection of beers – it just depends what they’ve run out of – but your best bet is to go for a carafe of the house red. It’s authentic, good value and very tasty for a house selection.

BILL PLEASE Starters from £7.50; mains from £10; desserts from £4.50. A carafe of wine from £10.

VERDICT Ida has a lovely low-key atmosphere and, although the service can be a little chaotic when they’re busy, the food makes up for it. It’s a perfect spot for a long, lazy Sunday lunch, while equally inviting on a cold winter’s evening. Book in for your next birthday and Ida will quickly become a favourite. TOM STURROCK BEHIND THE BAR

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ALISON GRINTER ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Last week, I braved Jason DeRulo’s cheesy presenting to watch the MOBO Awards. It was quite fun, for an awards show, with rollerblading minions delivering envelopes containing the winners’ names to the stage. But it was precisely the moment Wretch 32 hit the stage for a thunderous performance of his recent top-five single, Traktor, that it struck me just how far British hip hop has come in its latest, post-Roots Manuva phase. Seven years ago the genre was bubbling under the surface in its nascent form of grime. It finally broke through, but for a while, Dizzee Rascal was its only true poster boy. Now the likes of N-Dubz, Tinchy Stryder, Chipmunk and Giggs all crowd the market, making regular sorties into the mainstream with an arsenal of great tracks. Even American hip hop stars are starting to take notice: last week Snoop Dogg claimed to be a Tinie Tempah fan.

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THE STRAITS Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH WED, OCT 12 | DOORS AT 7PM | £21.50-£45

If you ever wondered what happened to the rest of Dire Straits after Mark Knopfler went AWOL to pursue a solo career and hitch a ride on Bob Dylan’s wagon, well here’s the answer. The remaining members, Alan Clark, Phil Palmer and Chris White dropped the ‘Dire’ from their name and reconvened for a charity gig in support of Eric Clapton at Royal Albert Hall earlier this year.

To replace the legendary tennis headband-sporting frontman, The Straits plucked Terence Reis, singer/guitarist of Kent band Waterhorse from obscurity.

Born in Mozambique and brought up in South Africa, the 48-year-old was chosen for the job partly because his finger-picking style apes that of Knopfler’s.

If nothing else, the Royal Albert Hall gig showed that there is still a demand for The Strait’s Eighties style bombast rock. But as the group embark on a 11-date tour or the UK, arriving in London this week, it’s worth remembering there is so much more to the band than their world-conquering 1985 LP, Brothers In Arms. Beloved by the masses but often pilloried by critics, the album launched Dire Straits into the stratosphere. However, its legacy has eclipsed far superior Straits’ albums such as Making Movies and Love Over Gold ever since.

With no new material on the table this will be an unashamed run-through of The (Dire) Straits biggest hits – Sultans Of Swing and Money For Nothing to name a few. But let’s hope there’s also room on the set list for the epic brilliance of Telegraph Road and Romeo And Juliet. Sonic nostalgia will never sound so good. venues.meanfiddler.com

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KATY PERRY GIG OCT 14-15. 6.30PM £30

Her hubby Russell Brand has just been denied entry to Canada for his previous druggy ways but we doubt Katy Perry has had the same trouble getting into UK for her Californian Dreams tour.

For all her bad gal ‘tude, the former gospel singer, like her sugary, shiny pop music, comes across as rather anodyne. Catch her this week.

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As their LP, Basement Jaxx Vs Metropole Orkest, attests, the dance duo have been dabbling in classical music, but this week Brixton’s finest return to their old stomping ground – sort of – for a night of spinning alongside Todd Edwards, xxxy and Krysko in the Box.

Trinidad and Tobago’s national music genre (even the country’s football team, the Soca Warriors, are nicknamed after it) gets a proper workout this week. Old Skool DJs Bajie, Scooby and Mr Hardwine go head to head against New Skool DJs Qt 2 Hype, Bones and Ratty.

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FOREST FIRE THE BUZZ SO FAR Described as a punk band playing folk songs, Brooklyn quintet Forest Fire wowed all and sundry with their debut album, Survival. With its nods to The Velvet Underground and The National, the LP was an instant hit with critics. But it’s with their second album, Staring At The X, that the band are expected to make a sizeable splash. An electrifying leap forward from Survival songwriter/ vocalist Mark Thresher says the record “is our attempt to be more of an ambitious songwriter/rock band, rather than a weird folk band.”

THE CRITICS SAY “Latent rock classicism smoulders in this Forest Fire.” Mojo THE PLUG Single The News out Oct 10 and album Staring At The X out Oct 17, both on FatCat Records.

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It really doesn’t matter what Soul Asylum have been doing since the early Nineties. Most people will remember the US alternative rockers for their huge hit Runaway Train and for the fact that Courtney Love once had a thing for lead singer Dave Pirner. But with grunge nostalgia currently at its height, that’s no bad thing.

This new night promises a rum-fuelled fiesta of global beats and tropical bass for afro ravers, Latin funksters and Balkan b-boys. With DJ sets from Huskiii & Marsali, who play urban dance music from around the globe, and live brass and drums from Captain Trumpet & Paolo. Entry includes a free rum punch.

They started out their career by offending Fred Durst with their album cover art, so they must have been doing something right. Even so, by album number six, The Illusion Of Progress, the Massachusetts nu-metal outfit had well and truly lost their edge. Their latest, self-titled LP harks back to their earlier heavier sound, however.

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MONDAY 10 Bite DJs Lydia, Ian, Marcus and Wade spin electro, leftfield indie, disco, dubstep, post-punk and pop. The Den & Centro, West Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083).

10pm-3am. £3 & £5, free before 11pm.

Yoyo Seb Chew and Leo Greenslade spin hip-hop, dubstep, garage and grime.

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

7.30pm-2am. £7, £5 before 11pm.

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FRIDAY 14

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

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

10pm-3.30am. £5, NUS £1.50.

Iluvlive DJ Twin B spins hip-hop, grime, reggae and R‘n’B, plus Donaeo, Dele, Bex, Molly, Lioness and The Rascals perform live, with host Ras Kwame. XOYO, Cowper St, EC2A 4AP (020 7729 5959). 7pmmidnight. £10, guestlist £7, adv £5.

Mojo Mondays Resident DJs spin indie and electro, plus live bands.

Boisdale’s Of Canary Wharf, Cabot Hall, E14 4QT (020 7715 5818). 9pm-late. £10.

Popcorn Jonesey, Jamie Hammond, Harvey Adam, Terry T Rex and spin dance, electro, R‘n’B, pop and hip-hop. Heaven, Charing Cross Arches, Villiers St, WC2N 6NG (020 7930 2020). 11pm-5.30am. £8.

Rehab DJs Val, Satoko, Zoe Demonettes, Joe, Saral and Hale supply indie, electro and pop.

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

Salsa Cellar Resident DJs play Latin funk and reggae. Downstairs At The King’s Head, Crouch End Hill, N8 8AA (020 8340 1028).

9pm-late. £7, concs £4.

TUESDAY 11 Bootcamp Rob C and Scewpulous play techno and house. Eagle, Kennington Ln, SE11 5QY (020 7793 0903). 9pm2am. £3, mems £2 before 10pm.

Dirty Fuxx DJ Will Manning spins house, techno, electro, hip-hop, drum ‘n’ bass and R‘n’B. The Hoxton Pony, Curtain Rd, EC2A 3AH (020 7613 2844). 9pm-1am. £5, NUS £3, free before 9pm.

Latino Sound DJ Kirisis and CLI play R‘n’B, hip-hop and dance.

Sound, Leicester Sq, WC2H 7NA (0333 240 1010). 9pm-late. £5-£10.

OMFG! DJs Lady Lloyd, Joshyou Are and Niyi Maximus Crown play pop and electro, with host Queen B Munroe Bergdorf. The Shadow Lounge, Brewer St, W1F 0RF (020 7287 7988).

10pm-3am. £5, free before 11pm.

Once Is Never Enough Resident DJs spin dance anthems, R‘n’B, commercial hits and funky house. One, Leicester Sq, WC2H 7NA (020 7437 0453). 10pm-3am. £11, £5 before 11pm, ladies free before 11.30pm.

Bangface 008 Krome & Time, Drumcorps, Tango & Ratty, Remarc, Dylan, Mike Dred, The Teknoist & Schemeboy, Squire Of Gothos, Beatwife, Ruby My Dear and Stivs spin drum ‘n’ bass and dubstep.

Electrowerkz, Torrens St, EC1V 1NQ (020 7837 6419). 10pm-6am. £11.

SKREAM & BENGA Fabric, November 11. £16 Magnetic Man’s Skream (pictured) and the “Afro Warrior“ Benga will be taking over all three rooms at Fabric for a night of dubstep mayhem.

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WEDNESDAY 12 Cheapskates Old school hip-hop, electro and disco courtesy of DJ Downfall. Moonlighting, Greek St, W1D 4DR (020 7437 5782/ cc 020 7287 3727). 9pm-3.30am. £6.50, NUS £5.50, w/flyer £4.50.

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 Manny Norte, Phatcatz, Maintain, CJ I DJ, Lonyo and MOBO Award winner and Kiss FM DJ Manny Norte play neo soul, 1980s pop, US house and R‘n’B. Cherryjam, Porchester Rd, W2 6ET (020 7727 9950).

9pm-2am. £10, £5 before 11pm.

Earnest Endeavours Present DJs Lunice, Krampfhaft, Darkhouse Fam and Patchwork Pirates play electro, boogie, disco and house. The City Arts & Music Project, City Rd, EC1Y 2BJ (020 7253 2443). 8pm-late. £8 & £10.

Fat Poppa Daddys Resident DJs spin hip-hop, funk, electro, house, dubstep 1980s hits, indie and reggae. One, Leicester Sq, WC2H 7NA (020 7437 0453). 10pm-3am. £5.

Madd Raff Wednesdays The Heatwave supply bashment and dancehall, plus a dance session with dancehall instructor Safwaan Shoshoni of Pineapple Studios.

The Social, Little Portland St, W1W 7JD (020 7636 4992). 6pm-1am. £3 & £5.

N*A*S*I*N SoniX, Brahim and Punk Gareth play punk, rock, metal and ska. The Borderline, Orange Yard, Manette St, W1D 4JB (0870 060 3777/ cc 0871 231 0842). 11pm-3am. £5, w/flyer £4, NUS £3, mems £2.

Panic! Max, Gaz and That Perfect Fumble play indie, electro and post-punk. The Roxy, Rathbone Place, W1T 1HJ (020 7255 1098).

10pm-3am. £5, w/flyer/NUS £3.

Neighbourhood #5 Slimzee, Mosca, Pariah and Joe spin grime, jungle, and garage, with host LX One. Plastic People, Curtain Rd, EC2A 3QE (020 7739 6471).

9pm-1am. £7, £5 before 10pm.

White Heat DJs Matty, Marcus and Olly play indie, punk and electro. Madame Jojo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040).

8pm-3am. £6, adv £4 & £5.

Roda De Samba Ulisses Bezerra and Groupo So Kem Eh spin Latin and samba beats.

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

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Salvador And Amanda, Great Newport St, WC2H 7JA (020 7240 1551). 9pm3am. £10, guestlist £5, free before 9pm.

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

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

THURSDAY 13 C’est La Vie DJ Colin Francis plays house and commercial dance classics. Embassy, Old Burlington St, W1S 3AP (020 7851 0956). 10pm-3am. £20, ladies free before 11.30pm.

Deepo Ivaylo, Olanski, Patrick Turner and Fresh Tee supply house and deep bass. The LightBox, South Lambeth Place, SW8 1SP (020 7434 1113).

10pm-6am. £15, concs £10.

Everything Taboo DJ Andrew Elmore plays retro electro-pop and acid disco. The Shadow Lounge, Brewer St, W1F 0RF (020 7287 7988).

10pm-3am. £5, free before midnight.

Feed Your Head Pocket Lipps, Tenderloin and The Secret DJs supply an eclectic range of tunes.

Featuring live performances from ska-punk and rock combo The JB Conspiracy, dub and reggae outfit Strobe Circus and beats and beatboxing from Bass6 & YaSSon. Cargo, Rivington St, EC2A 3AY (020 7739 3440).

7.30pm-late. £10, £15-£50 inc donation.

The Mink Revue Resident DJs play blues, R‘n’B, funk, swing and soul, plus live burlesque and cabaret performances. RS Lounge, Woodford New Rd, E17 3PR (020 8509 6450). 8.30pm-late. £8.

Point Blank Resident DJs Marc, Masco and Lil Danny spin rock ‘n’ roll, garage, Northern Soul and ska. Charlie Wright’s International Bar, Pitfield St, N1 6EN (020 7490 8345).

9pm-4am. £5, £3 before midnight.

Radio The Radio DJs play 1980s pop, indie and disco. The Roxy, Rathbone Place, W1T 1HJ (020 7255 1098).

10pm-3am. £5, NUS/w/flyer £3.

Roller Disco Funk and disco for a wheeled audience. Renaissance Rooms, opposite Arch 8, Arches, Miles St, SW8 1RZ (0844 736 5375).

8pm-midnight. £10, £7.50 skate hire.

Double Trouble Vision 3rd Birthday: Part 1 Grandmaster Flash, Artwork, MC DRS, Dark Sky, Blawan, Krystal Klear, Redhino, Objekt, Josey Rebelle, Mr Solid Gold, Oli DAB & Robin, Hesseltime and Hylu & Jago provide hip-hop, dubstep, electro and house. Corsica Studios, Elephant Rd, SE17 1LB (020 7703 4760). 10pm-6am. £15.

Fabriclive Drum ‘n’ bass, electro and house supplied by Andy C, IC3, Sub Focus and Culture Shock in room one, MJ Cole, Wilkinson, DC Breaks, High Rankin and 16bit in room two and dBridge, Fierce, Survival and Ray Rampage in room three. Fabric, Charterhouse St, EC1M 6HJ (020 7336 8898).

10pm-6am. £16, adv £15, NUS £10, £7 after 3am, £20 inc CD. The Future Now Zombie Disco Squad, Idiotproof, Tim Hilton, Warboy, Ikonika, A1 Bassline, Alfie and Joe Robots spin vintage house, drum ‘n’ bass, bashment, dubstep and disco. Egg, York Way, N7 9AX (020 7871 7111). 10pm6am. £15, £10 before 12.30am, NUS £10, NUS £7 before 12.30am.

Latin Fever Latin tracks from resident DJ Jorge. Salsa!, Charing Cross Rd, WC2H 0JG (020 7379 3277). 6pm-2am, last adm 1am. £10, £8 before 11pm, £4 before 9pm, £2 before 8pm.

Messi Launch Party Resident DJs mash-up dubstep, dancehall, hip-hop, funk, house, reggae and drum ‘n’ bass. 333, Old St, EC1V 9LL (020 7739 5949). 10pm-5am. £8, £5 before midnight, free before 10pm.

One Kiss DJs Krisis and Melody Kane spin house, mash-ups, electro, dance anthems, R‘n’B and commercial dance. One, Leicester Sq, WC2H 7NA (020 7437 0453).

10pm-3am. £10, £5 before 11pm, ladies free before 11.30pm.

Reggae Roast Channel One Sound System, Exel & Moodie, Dub Hunter and Ramon Judah play reggae, roots, drum ‘n’ bass and dub. The City Arts & Music Project, City Rd, EC1Y 2BJ (020 7253 2443).

9pm-4am. £10, £5 before 11pm.

Soca Frenzy Old Skool Vs New Skool DJs Bajie, Scooby, Mr Hardwine, Qt 2 Hype, Bones, Matchiz Foyer Bar DJs and Mr Migz spin old skool, soul and Caribbean music. The Scala, Pentonville Rd, N1 9NL (020 7833 2022/ cc 0844 477 1000). 11pm-5am. £5-£15.

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by Boys Noize, Erol Alkan, Canblaster and Matt Walsh.

The Coronet, New Kent Rd, SE1 6TJ (020 7701 1500). 10pm-5am. £13.50.

Donny’s B Day Bash Donny, Ross Peckham and Mike Chadwick spin house. Gigalum, Cavendish Parade, Clapham Common South Side, SW4 9DW (020 8772 0303). 7pm-late. Free.

Electro Swing Club Josh Et Les Chat, Don Don Johnston and Chris Tofu play electro and swing, with live music from Kiwistar. The Book Club, Leonard St, EC2A 4RH (020 7684 8618).

8pm-2am. £10, £5 before 10pm.

Fabric John Digweed, Agoria, Clara Moto, Fred Everything and Ian Pooley spin house and techno, plus a live performance from John Tejada. Fabric, Charterhouse St, EC1M 6HJ (020 7336 8898).

11pm-8am. £19, adv £18, NUS £10, £9 after 4am, £23 inc CD. Megayoga Hip-hop and reggae supplied by Rahim, Grubson, DJ Bambus, Sota & Minix, Jotoskleja and DJ BRK. The Rhythm Factory, Whitechapel Rd, E1 1EW (020 7375 3774). 9pm-late. £15.

Soundcrash Nextmen, Dynamite MC, DJ Vadim with The Electric live band and Trojan Sound System supply hip-hop, reggae, dub and ska, plus a live performance from seven-piece musical collective Maylight. Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527).

9pm-late. £20, adv £15.50.

To The Lazer Cave... Warehouse Party Faze Action, The House Of Disco, On the Roof DJs and LZRDM DJs spin electronica, techno, disco house and new wave. Netil House, Westgate St, E8 3RL (020 3095 0900).

8pm-6am. £10 & £12.

We Are Phonetic Michael Gray, Rob Roar, Max Linen, Scott Cuba, Luke Sawyer, DJ Davey G & Dave Stewart, Sound Canvas Music and Alex Grover spin house, electro and soulful house. Pacha, Terminus Place, SW1V 1JR (0845 371 4489).

11pm-6am. £20, adv £15.

SUNDAY 16 Horse Meat Disco Residents Jim Stanton, Luke Howard, James Hillard and Severino spin disco and house. Eagle, Kennington Ln, SE11 5QY (020 7793 0903). 8pm-3am. £8.

In The Box DJs Enzo Gomes, Manjit, Clubholic, Kid K and Beppe Gallo play dance and electro.

Club 414, Coldharbour Ln, SW9 8LF (020 7924 9322). 7pm-1am. £10, £5 before 9pm, ladies free before 9pm.

Room 2 Move House courtesy of La Gosse, Sam Hunwicke and Anthony Yarranton.

Gigalum, Cavendish Parade, Clapham Common South Side, SW4 9DW (020 8772 0303). 7pm-late. Free.

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.

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Eric Roberson R‘n’B and soul by the New Jerseybased singer-songwriter.

IndigO2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £22.50.

Blood Ceremony Heavy-riffing prog-metal by the Toronto-based band. Monto Water Rats, Gray’s Inn Rd, WC1X 8BZ (020 7837 4412). £10.

Soul Fiesta Latin-influenced funk and soul from the sixpiece. Dover St Restaurant And Bar, Dover St, W1S 4LQ (020 7629 9813). £12, free before 10pm.

The Darkness Classic rock

by Lowestoft’s finest, now re-formed with their original line-up. 100 Club, Oxford St, W1D 1LL (020 7636 0933). £31.50.

Gabby Young And Other Animals The London-based collective plays pop-tinged indie-folk. Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £12.50.

John Wesley Harding Folk-rock from the American singer-songwriter. The Slaughtered Lamb, Great Sutton St, EC1V 0DX (020 7253 1516). £12.50.

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Iron And Wine, The Mules American singer-songwriter Sam Beam plays acoustic versions of his alt country, folk and rock material in support of his album Kiss Each Other Clean. O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (020 8354 3300/ cc 0844 477 2000). £18.

Dominic Alldis The vocalist performs the songs of Cole Porter. The Pheasantry, Kings Rd, SW3 4UT (020 7351 5031). £20.

Sarah Blasko Americanaflavoured indie-pop from the Sydney-based singer.

Bush Hall, Uxbridge Rd, W12 7LJ (020 8222 6955). £14.

Staind Platinum-selling alt rock from the American outfit, promoting its selftitled seventh studio album.

HMV Forum, Highgate Rd, NW5 1JY (020 7344 0044). £23.50.

The Three Degrees Soul, R‘n’B and disco from the American group, known for hits including When Will I See You Again. Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, N1 2UN (020 7226 1686). £40, adv £28.50.

Yob, Dark Castle, Kongh, Dead Existence The American outfit plays apocalyptic doom metal, sludge and stoner rock. The Purple Turtle, Crowndale Rd, NW1 1TN (020 7383 4976). £11.50.

TUESDAY 11 dEUS Alt and experimental rock by the Antwerp-based outfit. Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £16.

Josh Groban: Straight To You Tour The American singer-songwriter and pianist performs dramatic, classically-influenced pop ballads.

HMV Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0843 221 0100). £35-£40.

Keri Hilson R‘n’B by the American singer-songwriter.

IndigO2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £20-£35.

The Kooks Luke Pritchard leads the Brightonian indie-pop four-piece.

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

Joshua Radin, Joseph Arthur Alt folk by the Cleveland-born singer-songwriter. O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (020 8354 3300/ cc 0844 477 2000). £17.50.

Spiritualized Jason Pierce leads his outfit in creating epic, experimental soundscapes rooted in psychedelic pop and space rock. Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP (0845 401 5045). £22.50-£32.50.

Turisas, Finntroll, Alestorm, Arkona, Trollfest, Skalmold Folk-metal from the Finnish six-piece. HMV Forum, Highgate Rd, NW5 1JY (020 7344 0044). £17.50.

Y&T, Stampede Classic hard rock by the veteran Oakland-based band. Relentless Garage, Highbury Corner, N5 1RD (0870 060 3777/ cc 0844 847 1678). £17.50.

Chase & Status Drum‘n’bass, hip-hop and dance from the London-based duo. O2 Academy Brixton, Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL (0844 477 2000). £19.50.

WEDNESDAY 12 Brett Anderson The singersongwriter and Suede frontman performs rock in support of his solo album Black Rainbows.

Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £17.50.

The Duke Spirit, LA Salami Alt rock from the Londonbased five-piece. The Barfly, Camden, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AN (0844 847 2424). £12.50.

Electric Boys, Jettblack, Tainted Nation, Miss Behaviour, Dynazty, Sencelled, Simon Cruz Heavy rock by the band from Stockholm. O2 Academy Islington, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (020 7288 4400/cc 0844 477 2000). £12.

Herman Dune The Parisbased two-piece performs reflective alt folk-rock. Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, N1 2UN (020 7226 1686). £16.50.

The Horrors Faris Badwan leads his band in playing synth-infused gothic rock. Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8EH (0844 482 8008). £15.

The Straits Former members of Dire Straits play rock and blues.

HMV Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0843 221 0100). £21.50-£45.

Suicide Silence, Emmure, Deez Nuts, The Word Alive, Oceano, The Human Abstract, Vanna Hardcore metal by the Californian band.Electric Ballroom, Camden High St, NW1 8QP (020 7485 9006). £15.

Marry Waterson And Oliver Knight Folk from the brother and sister duo. The Slaughtered Lamb, Great Sutton St, EC1V 0DX (020 7253 1516). £12.50, adv £10.

THURSDAY 13 Forever The Sickest Kids, Glamour Of The Kill, These Kids Wear Crowns, Action Item The Dallasbased band plays pop-punk.

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

Iona Classic prog-rock band.

Half Moon, Putney, Lower Richmond Rd, SW15 1EU (020 8780 9383). £14.

Csik Zenekar The outfit performs Hungarian folk music. The Scala, Pentonville Rd, N1 9NL (020 7833 2022/ cc 0844 477 1000). £20.

The Feeling Classic modern guitar pop from the charttopping London-based band. O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (020 8354 3300/cc 0844 477 2000). £20.

Funkification Funk, soul and disco eight-piece. Dover St Restaurant And Bar, Dover St, W1S 4LQ (020 7629 9813). £15, diners free before 10pm.

Heaven 17 The 1980s electropop veterans perform their album The Luxury Gap. Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8EH (0844 482 8008). £23.50, £42.50 inc entry to British Electric Foundation. See Friday.

Katy Perry Risque pop from the Californian songstress, promoting her second album, Teenage Dream, which includes the singles Firework and California Gurls. O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0844 856 0202). £30.

Finley Quaye The London-based singer-songwriter performs roots-reggae and soul-pop.

Under The Bridge, Fulham Rd, SW6 1HS (0207 957 8261). £20.

Johnny Mathis The American singer performs a selection of his most popular hits.

O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0844 856 0202). £29.50-£50.

Helder Pack’s Diplomataz The London-based percussionist and his vibrant six-piece plays Latin jazz and African melodies.

The Spice Of Life, Moor St, W1D 5NA (020 7739 3025). £10, NUS £8.

Peter Murphy Post-punk from the veteran singer-songwriter and former Bauhaus frontman.

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

The Pierces The New Yorkbased duo plays rock with folk influences. O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (020 8354 3300/ cc 0844 477 2000). £16.

Finley Quaye And Louis Moholo Moholo Duo, John Tchicai, Tony Marsh The composer, trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist plays experimental jazz with the South African drummer. The Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston Culture House, Gillett St, N16 8JH (020 7254 4097). £15.

Gruff Rhys Experimental rock from the Super Furry Animals frontman. O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (020 8354 3300/ cc 0844 477 2000). £15.50.

Rihanna, Calvin Harris Chart-topping R‘n’B from the Barbados-born starlet, promoting her album Loud.

O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0844 856 0202). £40-£55.

Soil, Puddle Of Mudd, Dear Superstar, Verses The American outfit plays modern heavy rock and metal. Electric Ballroom, Camden High St, NW1 8QP (020 7485 9006). £17.50.

SATURDAY 15 Blunter Brothers Funk, soul and blues from the London-based ensemble.

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

British Electric Foundation Pioneering electro-pop outfit from the 1980s. Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8EH (0844 482 8008). £23.50, £42.50 inc entry to Heaven 17. See Thursday.

Dimitris Mitropanos, Yiannis Kotsiras, Dimitris Mpasis Greek folk music from the singer.

HMV Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0843 221 0100). £20-£75.

Bill Orcutt Alt rock by the guitarist from Miami-based trio Harry Pussy. Cafe Oto, Ashwin St, E8 3DL (020 7923 1231). £12, adv £10.

The Revival Tour Hot Water Music guitarist Chuck Ragan leads a collective of punk musicians interpreting the folk tradition, featuring Brian Fallon from The Gaslight Anthem, Dan Andriano from Alkaline Trio and Dave Hause from The Loved Ones. O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (020 8354 3300/ cc 0844 477 2000). £17.50.

Wadada Leo Smith And Louis Moholo Moholo Duo, John Tchicai, Tony Marsh The composer, trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist plays experimental jazz with the South African drummer.

The Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston Culture House, Gillett St, N16 8JH (020 7254 4097). £15.

SUNDAY 16 The Burning Crows Contemporary hard rock from the Norwichbased band. Cargo, Rivington St, EC2A 3AY (020 7739 3440). £20.

Cobweb The Nepalese outfit plays hard rock. The Underworld, Camden High St, NW1 0NE (020 7482 1932). £15, concs £10.

Mary Hampton, Serafina Steer, The Paper Cinema Reflective folk from the Brighton-based singer-songwriter and guitarist. Cecil Sharp House, Regents Park Rd, NW1 7AY (020 7485 2206). £10, adv £8.

Joe, Jagged Edge, Jon B The American vocalist sings R‘n’B. HMV Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0843 221 0100). £32.50-£50.

Paprika Balkan and other Eastern European folk by the London-based combo.

Le QuecumBar, Battersea High St, SW11 3HX (020 7787 2227). £12.

Roy Young Rock ‘n’ roll from the veteran entertainer. Half Moon, Putney, Lower Richmond Rd, SW15 1EU (020 8780 9383). £10.

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Captain of the ship: Ian Hislop

Eye cartoonist Michael Heath sketches another creation; clockwise from above, cartoons from the magazine

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Eye of the beholder Half a century of satire, spoof, comedy and wit have served Private Eye well. So well, in fact, it’s got its own exhibition WORDS CAROL DRIVER

Twisting Oscar Wilde’s quote, when it comes to Private Eye, there’s only one thing worse than being written about – and that’s not being written about. Renowned for its satirical onslaught against politicians, businesses, celebrities and the media, the magazine is this month celebrating its 50th year.

And, in a very uncharacteristically Eye way, it’s blowing its own trumpet with an exhibition at the V&A, Private Eye: The First 50 Years, and a new book of the same name by Adam McQueen. Or, as its editor Ian Hislop likes to put it: “At last, Private Eye makes an art of itself.”

And it has much to shout about. Having started out as a yellow-paged pamphlet selling about 300 copies in 1961, the Eye has grown into an institution, with sales of more than 200,000 each fortnight. As well as its cutting articles and spoof columns (HP Sauce; Streets Of Shame; Funny Old World; Rotten Boroughs; Glenda Slagg), the current affairs magazine is also famous for its illustrations – both on its cover and inside.

For the exhibition, Hislop, who is celebrating his 25th year at the helm and is also known as a panelist on BBC quizshow Have I Got News For You, has chosen 50 favourite covers, arranged in a timeline offering a graphic satirical history of the news. And it will also boast a display of cartoons – single illustrations with captions, long-running strips and caricatures – representing some of the 90 artists whose works the Eye has published.

Nick Newman, a cartoonist and scriptwriter, went to uni with Hislop and has worked at the Eye for about 30 years.

“What I tend to do are topical jokes, based on the week’s news,” he explains. “It can be very difficult. You’re always confronted by horrors in the news. [When Princess Diana died] we had to cover it in some way and you couldn’t make a joke about it, but you could make a point.

“I did a cartoon about the paps taking photographs over the pearly gates, so it was a bit of a comment about her hounding. You can get round difficult subjects sometimes – not all the time. I have done quite a few jokes which people have found in very poor taste which I blame entirely on the editor for publishing them,” he laughs.

Although Private Eye enjoys a dedicated readership, which it relies on to send in information for articles, because of the nature of the magazine – holding others to account – they’re a vocal bunch. When they believe the mag has fallen short,

they’re quick to write in to complain or cancel their subscriptions. So how does the staff cope with the criticism?

“There’s always a good intention behind the jokes,” Newman explains. “They are not just there to shock. They’re there to make a point. Sometimes people get the wrong end of the stick. They think because you’ve done a cartoon about the subject that you’re laughing at it, whereas, in fact, you may be making quite a valid point.

“I drew a cartoon when two competitors were killed in a winter Olympics, doing the bobsleigh. There was shock and outrage that these boys had been killed doing this sport, so I did a cartoon of a coffin going down a bobsleigh run.

“There were a lot of cancelled subscriptions as a result of that and people saying ‘this is just sick’. In fact, I’m not trying to laugh at the event, I was trying to make a point that this is an extremely dangerous thing and what do you expect?

“Last year I did a cartoon about army Land Rovers being inadequately protected and not armoured and they were being blown up all the time by landmines. I did a cartoon of an army Land Rover and a sticker on the back saying ‘my ››

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“Some weeks you have a very obvious cover photograph, like the week when Osama Bin Laden was killed and we got that iconic photograph with all the American high command and [Barak] Obama and Hilary Clinton all watching events unfold on the television.

“It was in the same week the Lib Dems were in crisis so we combined the two stories and had Obama and Hilary saying something like, ‘Oh my god, it’s absolutely horrible, poor Lib Dems’. And people absolutely loved it as a cover. It’s luck as well as skill.”

Private Eye takes no prisoners. When it comes to critiquing those deemed guilty of incompetence, inefficiency, corruption or self-importance, it doesn’t beat around the bush, and there’s no one who’s out of bounds – from local councils and governments to royalty and billionaires.

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We always have fun.

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But rather than be outraged about making the rag’s pages, Newman says the effect is quite the opposite.

“It’s extraordinary how people in the public eye just will do anything to stay in the public eye,” he says. “Lots of people take it on the chin.

“From my own experience, I’ve sold lots of cartoons to politicians and they quite like to be noticed.

“Edwina Currie was reviewing the new Private Eye book and she revealed she’s got Eye covers about her in her loo and they’re not kind to her, they’re generally quite rude.”

Fifty years after it launched, Private Eye is still going strong, while other magazines that have tried a similar format – such as Punch – have failed. What is the secret of its success?

“It’s a magazine which is really in tune with its readers, and there’s an appetite for pricking pomposity and exposing humbug and it isn’t really there isn’t an outlet for it anywhere else in the press,” Newman says.

“Plus the jokes are very, very good.” ❚ Private Eye: The First 50 Years from Oct 18 to Jan 8, 2012. Free. V&A Studio Gallery, Cromwell Rd, SW7 2RL vam.ac.uk South Ken

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other car’s a hearse’. And I got a letter from an officer saying, ’I’ve had my legs blown off and this has really upset me’.

“I wrote back to him and said my intention was not to do this, and I explained that I’m on your side, you shouldn’t be driving around in very dangerous equipment. And he then came back to me immediately and said ’sorry, I had sense of humour failure’ and he said ’I now see what you were trying to do’. So we’re not setting out to shock and appall. They’ve got to be justified.“ The same philosophy is applied to the magazine’s articles.

Although being a self-styled “thorn in the side“ of the British establishment doesn’t come without its pitfalls. Hislop, who is the third editor, after Christopher Booker and Richard Ingram, is no stranger to writs landing on his desk – he was once described as “the most sued man in Britain”.

Elizabeth James, V&A curator of the exhibition, says the exhibition will be paying homage to this phenomenon.

“There’s a display case featuring the theme of libel which has been such a feature of Private Eye’s history,” she says.

“It has always taken on powerful people who have often tried to sue it out of existence and it has survived all of this and some of the famous libel cases are going to be drawn attention to. In one or two cases, they have had to appeal to their readers and supporters to make donations to enable them to meet some of the costs which in some cases have been significant.”

Visitors will also be given an insight into the magazine’s unassuming Soho offices, with a recreation of the editor’s paper-strewn desk. Newman insists that despite the pressures of regular lawsuits, it is a fun place to work. “We always have a laugh – whatever we do, we usually come up with something that makes us laugh. It’s not work, really. You’re just going along to have a laugh with a mate,“ he says.

Newman, who worked with Hislop writing the political satire TV series Spitting Image, also reveals he’s involved in the covers meeting for the magazine. Like most publications, what’s on the front page can directly affect demand.

The Eye’s best-selling issue to date was in July and was about the phone-hacking scandal. Under the screaming headline ‘Gotcha!’ (used by The Sun in 1982), were the photos of media tycoons Rupert and James Murdoch and News International CEO Rebekah Brooks. It sold 254,000.

“It’s serendipity how well a cover works and they are very important to the sales of the magazine,” Newman says.

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Kierston Wareing Hotly tipped British actress and star of The Shadow Line plays another tough cookie in Four. But, the Essex girl assures us, in reality, she’s nothing like that INTERVIEW ALISON GRINTER

In your new film Four you play another hard-nosed character: are you that kickass in real life?

I know, I’m usually always murdering someone, usually a man! [Laughs] I think it’s just because I’ve played one of those roles well, so you tend to get cast in them again.

Could you look after yourself in a fight?

No – I’ve never had a fight in my life. There’s only one person I’ve hit back at and the person who I hit, was hitting me. She was my best friend, I was 15. I finally hit her back and I must say I was quite surprised by my punch.

You seem like the kind of person who wouldn’t put up with any shit, though.

No, I’ve put up with a hell of a lot of shit in my life from people, but as I’ve got older, I don’t want those people in my life. I let people walk over me for years. If you look into my life I’m quite the opposite to what I play on screen.

I’ve been bullied; I’ve been hit with a baseball bat; I’ve had my nose broken; I’ve been pushed under a car and I’ve never hit them back ... I’ve been the victim of domestic violence; there’ve been court cases and everything. Maybe I’m getting my revenge on TV. Your onscreen body count is quite high.

What do you draw on to summon up that sense of menace?

I don’t draw on anything, I just do it. I do watch a lot of factual TV, like shows about serial killers or women that murder, so maybe subconsciously I’m taking it all in.

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You’ve got quite a strong Essex accent Does that determine how you’re cast?

For The Holding I played a farmer and I had to get rid of the accent. I had to have a neutral accent which was quite hard. I’d love to do a Liverpudlian accent because I love it but I’d still want to use a dialect coach.

You played the mother in gritty drama Fish Tank opposite Michael Fassbender.

Was he a laugh to work with?

He was quite easy to work with. I remember he’d just gone for the Brad Pitt film [Inglourious Basterds] and got it. But as for working with

Kierston Wareing shows us her soft, fluffy side him, he’s a lovely guy, down to earth, no airs and graces about him. Behind the scenes, it was a different atmosphere to what comes across [onscreen]. It was just one big laugh. Going to work was party time, for me anyway.

Are you quite choosy about the parts you take? You always turn up in high quality productions.

That’s my agent. If it was up to me – I’m very much like: “It’s money, it’s money. Let’s just do it” and she stops me and says: “No, It’s better to not do anything at all and wait for the right thing.”

I’m surprised EastEnders haven’t got their mitts on you yet.

A few years back, I did go for the part of Phil Mitchell’s wife but didn’t get it and they haven’t approached me since. But everyone has always said to me, even before I got into acting: “God, I could imagine you on EastEnders.” But if I’d got it I wouldn’t have had Fish Tank or any of the others. There’s a part of me that would like to do EastEnders. Never say never, I always say.

In The Shadow Line you did this amazing stunt where during a fight you walked up a wall, blindfolded! How? I did that stunt myself. I wasn’t planning to do it,

I kind of got halfway up the wall and the stunt co-ordinator said: “I think you can do it.” I was just so proud of myself.

In 2008 you got a Bafta nomination alongside Judi Dench for your role in Ken Loach’s It’s A Free World. That must have been an amazing feeling.

Yeah, and Dame Eileen Atkins was nominated too. I was extremely flattered. Even five years later it still feels surreal. It changed my career.

The year before I was training to be a legal secretary because I couldn’t find acting work.

If someone had told me that a year later I was going to get nominated against Judi Dench and Dame Eileen Atkins, I would have laughed in their face!

You used to run a vajazzle salon before it became the big thing, is that true?

Yes, in Southend, to try to get some money to support the acting but, unfortunately, the location was cheap and the idea was ahead of its time so it didn’t work out. I used to dye the hair and do the hearts and that sort of stuff. I think I’d got the idea from America. That was many years ago! I could’ve made a fortune now.

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THREE MUSKETEERS 3D FILM review by Alison Grinter STARRING: Matthew McFadyen, Milla Jovovich, Orlando Bloom | 12A | 110mins

EVERYTHING MUST GO FILM STARRING: Will Ferrell, Rebecca Hall TBC | 96mins

Will Ferrell turns his back on comedy to play Nick Halsey, a man in the throes of a mid-life meltdown after he relapses into alcoholism. In an attempt to start over, he holds a junk sale in his front yard attracting the attention of pregnant neighbour (Rebecca Hall) who has problems of her own. The film is based on a Raymond Carver short story – always a promising sign.

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Of course – The Three Musketeers in 3D! Why didn’t another film marketing department think of it sooner? Sorry to sound sarcastic, but when it comes to 3D, I’m squarely in the Mark Kermode camp. Like the quiffed movie critic, I think it’s a gimmick, and one that can’t paper over a film’s deficiencies, of which, when it comes to The Three Musketeers, there are many.

Matthew Macfadyen, Luke Evans and Ray Stevenson are dashing enough as the down-and-out soldiers, suddenly united by a new mission to save the French throne from a deceitful double agent and her villainous Svengali. The big problem is the script. It’s just not particularly witty or clever, leaving Milla Jovovich, an actress better in small doses anyway, to over-egg her femme fatale feistiness to an irritating degree. Similarly underwhelming is Logan Lerman as the hotheaded “fourth” musketeer D’Artagnan. He ticks the eye candy box but doesn’t bring much spark to his part. This leaves James Corden to provide some much-needed comic relief as the hapless sidekick Planchet, while Freddie Fox is wonderful as the fey, camp King Louis who shows touching vulnerability in wanting to woo his new queen.

The film’s best scenes, and the ones that make the most of the 3D format, involve a spectacular “dogfight” between two enormous, creaking airships, but alas, it’s not enough to save the film. Troublingly, the final scenes leave the way open for a sequel. Oh dear god, please no!

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Demetri Martin came to British TV viewers’ attention as a keytar player named Demetri in Flight Of The Conchords and then with his own TV show called Important Things With Demetri Martin. But prior to that the US comic had honed his writing skills on such big-hitting comedy shows as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

See his fresh approach to stand-up this week.

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Pop Art main man Andy Warhol admired French screen goddess Brigitte Bardot’s ability to treat men “like love objects”. Following their meeting at Cannes Film Festival in 1967, Warhol made a series of portraits of the actress in his inimitable style. They’ve rarely seen the light of day since, but will be on show in town from this week.

Even with understudies in two of the lead roles and the merest apology of a story stringing the Eighties rock anthems together, the audience was having a whale of a time at this crowdpleasing jukebox musical which – no matter what the critical verdict – is probably destined for a lengthy run. LK

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JIMEOIN Tell us about the last time you died. Malcolm Hardee [comedy talent spotter] asked me to do ten minutes for his Up The Creek club in Greenwich for a laugh. I went on first. Because I was on first they just assumed I was shit. And before long I was. Malcolm died too

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Who would you go a bit gay for?

Every time I talk to a camp person I become a little bit camp. I don’t out camp them, but I do try to keep up.

There is a certain sense of humour that requires a certain campness.

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Robert Sheehan’s patricidal braggart grows in confidence as he pursues Ruth Negga’s purposeful barmaid in JM Synge’s comedy of misplaced hero-worship. But it’s Kevin Trainor (as her cowardly would-be husband) and Niamh Cusack’s scheming widow who seem most at ease with the flowery dialogue . LK

Has our need to plunder the Eighties really come to rebooting this? Kenny Wormald replaces Kevin Bacon as Ren McCormack, the teen who moves to a small town where rock ‘n’ roll and dancing are banned. If nothing else Dennis Quaid should make an excellent fire and brimstone Rev Shaw.

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What’s your best comeback to hecklers? “Security, throw that person out. Then beat them up a bit.” I did a gig in Darwin where the heckler got a slap around the back of the head by someone sitting behind him. But often I don’t even respond to them as they are so shit.

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Ryan Gosling stars alongside George Clooney in The Ides Of March

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Reel time The London Film Festival returns with a bumper crop of celluloid excellence from the world’s top actors and directors WORDS ALISON GRINTER

Achtung cinephiles: The 55th BFI London Film Festival is almost upon us, promising an eclectic cinematic showcase.

With 204 features and 110 shorts from around the globe, ranging from box office big hitters to more esoteric world cinema and experimental flicks, there’s far too many to choose from – so we’ve done all the hard work for you.

The Must Sees The Ides Of March George Clooney once said he’d “fucked too many chicks“ to be a politician. Still, he looks convincing in this film he co-wrote about a campaign staffer (new heart-throb on the block, Ryan Gosling) who gets a crash course in dirty politics while working for a newbie presidential candidate (Clooney).

Odeon Leicester Sq. Wed Oct 19; 7pm Vue Screen 5. Sat Oct 22; 12.15pm We Need To Talk About Kevin One of those rare movies which is actually better than the source novel. Director Lynne Ramsay dispenses with author Lionel Shriver’s droning narration for an uncomfortable, frenetic viewing experience. This is exactly what watching a film about the genesis of a serial killer should feel like. Tilda Swinton is gut-wrenchingly good as the guilt-ridden mother.

Curzon Mayfair. Mon Oct 17; 7.30pm Vue Screen 5. Tue Oct 18; 2.45pm

women determined to keep their men out of a religious war.

From Lebanese director Nadine Labaki, it has already beat stiff competition, including two George Clooney films (The Descendants and The Ides Of March), to win the People’s Choice award at Toronto International Film Festival. An Oscar contender for sure.

Vue Screen 7. Mon Oct 17; 6.15pm Vue Screen 7. Tue Oct 18; 3.15pm The Artist Who would be mad enough to put out a silent black-andwhite film in the age of 3D and CGI? French filmmaker Michel Haznavicius, best known for his OSS 117 spy-movie parodies, that’s who. Something of a paean to the silent-movie era, The Artist tells the tale of 1920s star George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) who fears the arrival of talkies will kill his career.

Dujardin won the Best Actor Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and the movie has been winning rave reviews.

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A Dangerous Method David Cronenburg, the director who once brought us a film about a group of adults who needed car accidents to get their rocks off (Crash), returns with yet another risque offering. An adaptation of Christopher Hampton’s play, it examines the relationship between Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) and Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortenson) and how their combined intellect gave birth to psychoanalysis. It all sounds very highbrow until you consider most people will just want to see Keira Knightley getting spanked.

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Lebanese film Where Do We Go Now is tipped for Oscar glory Coriolanus Shakespeare with shooters – that’s what Ralph Fiennes’ directorial debut promises. The Bard’s challenging play has been rejigged as a study of modern warfare, complete with rolling news and military hardware. Fiennes plays the titular war general with the same psychotic ease he displayed as Nazi SS officer Amon Göth in Schindler’s List.

Odeon West End 2. Sun Oct 16; 7.30pm Vue Screen 7. Mon Oct 17; 12.30pm

Into The Abyss: A Tale Of Death, A Tale Of Life You can always rely on Werner Herzog to deliver brilliant, intellectually challenging cinema. His latest documentary leads him to death row as he delves into a triple homicide committed in rural Texas in 2001. Anti-death-penalty himself, Herzgog speaks to friends and family of victims, as well as the two perpetrators, one of whom is about to be executed.

Vue Screen 7. Sun Oct 23; 6pm Vue Screen 7. Mon Oct 24; 12.30pm

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How To Re-establish A Vodka Empire A deeply personal film documenting director Daniel Edelstyn’s quest to unearth his roots in the Ukraine and relaunch his family’s vodka empire after discovering his grandmother’s journals in the attic of his family home.

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Sarah Palin – You Betcha!

Nick Broomfield always brings a sort of childlike curiosity to his documentaries, which is why they sometimes come off as comedies. Unsurprisingly, he’s had a field day with Republican nutcase, erm, we mean one-time vice-presidential hopeful, Sarah Palin, as he rummages around in her past.

Instructive on how the US dodged a bullet.

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Tea Party queen Sarah Palin is the subject of a new Nick Broomfield documentary

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W.E. Poor Madonna. When it comes to film, everything she touches turns to shit. As if the subject matter of Wallis Simpson’s love affair with King Edward VIII hasn’t already been done to death, consider some of the reviews so far, one of which called it “a primped and simpering folly, preening and fatally mishandled“. Oh dear.

Empire Leicester Sq. Sun Oct 23; 7.30pm Vue Screen 5. Mon Oct 24; 12.15pm

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Restless As the first feature film from director Gus Van Sant since his Academy Award-winning Milk in 2008, you would hope Restless might be up there with his best work. Sadly, it doesn’t sound promising. It’s the story of a terminally ill teenage girl (Mia Wasikowksa) who falls for a boy (Henry Hopper) who attends funerals for fun. Along the way they spend some quality time with Hiroshi, the ghost of a WWII Kamikaze fighter pilot. It sounds as drippy as hell.

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Rush Hockey is set to attract a new generation of player. Not only will it welcome all abilities but past and present, male and female hockey players will enjoy the thrill of the new format, in the way that thousands of recreational players have become hooked on 5-a-side football.

The London leagues will be held at: Kingsmeadow Fitness and Athletic, Kingston-upon-Thames; and Powerleague in Croydon and Barnet.

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Exercise is far more fun when you do it with other people. Studies show that working out as part of a group gets you fitter than if you went it alone alone by keeping you motivated. So hit up one of these exercise groups in London to get into optimum shape while having fun.

Victoria Park Harriers, Hackney

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The boot camp-style classes run on Clapham Common and incorporte floor and resistanceband work with running for cardio.

Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7.30pm and Saturday morning at 10.30am; £12 per session; funfituk.com

These guys make running a date to add to your social diary. Road and cross country sessions throughout the week end back in the Victoria Park clubhouse over a wellearned drink at the bar and a sandwich (members take turns to make them for the group each week). The group welcomes runners of all abilities.

Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7pm and Sundays at 9.30am; £7 per month; vphthac.org.uk

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A family-run group that specialises in circuit training – aerobic exercise using just your own body weight – and focuses on pushing people hard, but in a friendly way. Emphasis is on keeping people enthusiastic with fun, sociable classes. Surely that’s the best way to hone your squat-thrusts.

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Hitting the slopes You’ll get powder time in a ski season, but you have to earn it WORDS REBECCA KENT

From working as a chalet host to learning to become a ski instructor, there are plenty of jobs available that give you time on the slopes. Here’s our guide on how to track them down and what employers look for. The main thing to remember is that, although you’ll get plenty of playtime, this isn’t just a holiday – you’re going to have to put hard graft in as well. But, with lots of apres ski to boot, you will have the time of your life.

In terms of pay, you’re looking at wages between £80 and £200 per week for most positions, but, let’s face it, you’re here for the powder, not the cash. However, if you’re a qualified chef, you could bag up to £2250 a month, while nannies earn around £250 a week. And ski seasons aren’t just for 40

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gap-year students. Kirsty McDougall, operations manager at Ski Familie (skifamille.co.uk), which has family resorts in France, says: “We have people on our staff aged 18 to 47, it’s really varied; we get anything from ski-season junkies, to people taking a career break and even people having a mid-life crisis.

“And there’s enough press out there for all of them to know they have to work hard to justify their time on the mountain. If you can’t keep up with the work you go home.”

That sentiment is echoed across the industry. And shovelling snow at -20C will remind you of this. But, certainly, the prospect of skiing every day outweighs the less glamorous aspects of having to work.

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If you are unskilled, apply for chalet assistant, cleaner or chambermaid positions. With customer service experience under your belt, you can work behind a bar, as a chalet manager, or as a host. You’ll usually work morning and afternoon shifts and get more skiing time.

To make sure you stand out from the crowd, jump on a training course while in the UK. Natives.co.uk runs a five-day chalet worker course for £399, which teaches customer service, how to run (and clean) a chalet and cook

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I studied Oenology (winemaking) at the University of Adelaide, and completed 10 vintages at wineries across Australia, France and the UK before finally starting my role at Sainsbury’s last year.

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All bar none: work can be part of the fun suitable meals. The WHICH RESORTS? idea of our staff having Avenue Cookery School to spend their salary.”

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France, Arabba in Italy, or Saas Fee for applicants without Thousands of 18in Switzerland. To brush up on your cooking qualifications.

35-year-old Australians French, or experience local culture, While chef and and New Zealanders avoid the British hubs, Val d’Isère childcare positions also head to Canada’s or Verbier. In Canada, working ‘on are strictly filled by ski resorts every year, the hill’ such as in Whistler, means qualified people. which is best done at a ski resort, which gives you Moira Clarke, of by signing up to a close access to the snow and a Esprit Ski (espritski.com), programme such as social scene. Working elsewhere says: “We want people Overseas Working in the vicinity will pay better and carrying out these Holidays (owh.com.au). allow you days off to ski. positions as a career Anna Betcher, 33, move, not just for the who lives in London, sake of doing a season. It would be the worked as a lodge hostess at a Helisame as what they are doing in the UK, skiing resort in Revelstoke, Canada. just with a much better view.”

“The skiing was world-class and However, the perks of working a because the lodge was remote, I could ski season are unquestionable. With save quite a bit of money,” she says. some roles, you’ll be given free passes See bunac.org/uk for more details. to hit the slopes whenever you can in For working in Japan, visit between shifts. snowjapan.com and boobooski.com.

Nicola Ross, of Ski Verbier Begin jobhunting in May (skiverbier), which has resorts in Verbier for the ski season in Switzerland and Chamonix in France, from December NEXT WEEK explains: “We set all our staff up with to April. Try; accommodation, free lift passes for all natives.co.uk; Go sky high: work for an airline the valleys, return flights, insurance and seasonworkers. a food allowance. We don’t like the com; goski.ca.

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I enjoy buying ridiculous items of clothing such as fur coats and gold-leather pants which I would never have the guts to wear in Australia.

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At TNT Towers, we got bored with our cluttered office. Papers and magazines were strewn everywhere and the only plant was a dusty old palm tree. So we took charge and jazzed up our space with some new foliage, storage and some bold wall-hangings.

Where to start First, think about what you do and don’t like about your current office space. Does the mess stress you out? Are you always losing pens? Is your desk falling apart? If you’re on a budget, prioritise what you dislike the most and plan to change that first.

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For our travel theme, we got a Cote d’Azur print (£99.99; art.co.uk) and some Chinese paper birds and fish for the walls (airdynamics.co.uk; from £17.50).

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small spaces is that you can fix them up to be far more inviting. Ördög says: “The smaller the space, the greater the opportunity to create a cosy, homely feeling, so consider pieces of furniture that you would typically find in a house for a more relaxed environment.”

If your office is the corner of a bedroom, Cassie Tillett, founder of the Association of

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Professional Declutterers and Organisers, suggests using height. She says: “Get a unit with a drawer for your keyboard and get shelving up above for your printer and files.”

Storage Having clutter around can stress you out, so stock up on storage options.

“Ikea do mini chests of drawers that are designed for stationery like paper wallets and dividers. And you can get old-fashioned

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WHAT NOT TO DO There’s always the danger of going a bit over the top.

Here’s how not to glam up your office space ...

A beer fridge for Friday drinks is a good idea. A personal vodka bar isn’t.

Cat ladies generally become the butt of jokes. So refrain from adorning your desk with pictures of Foofy and Pickles.

Ballons and streamers are only acceptable on birthdays and leaving parties.

Shrines to celebrities are also frowned upon.

Post Office-style pigeon holes, which look lovely,” Tillett says.

For something humorous, we went for Lego men’s heads, from £11.95, and pen lid-shaped pen holders, £11, from aplaceforeverything.co.uk. A good place for storage is theholdingcompany.co.uk, which sells nifty boxes and files. The travel tin, £16, fits A4 items and has a world map on it.

You can also find patterned and paper- bag-look storage boxes, £18, at thecamouflagecompanyshop.com.

Techie stuff Having a good phone can easily make your office look more modern, so make like James Bond and get yourself a sleek one.

You can get the Magicbox Torque from John Lewis (pictured, johnlewis.com, £69.99).

And get onto motor-mouse.net for computer mice in the shape of sports cars, Minis and our personal favourite, a Marmite jar, £18.99. We ordered ours with a marmite toast mousemat, too for £7.99.

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Buds Office Plants and Flowers (flower. co.uk) specialise in indoor greenery and flowers. Get a vase, £80 and faux flowers, £2.75 per stem (pictured) from e-svaja.com.

John Lewis sells quirky desk accessories like Morris the Memo Holder – a red donkey that holds notepaper, pictured, £9.95. And for notepads, we went for heart and flower designs from carolinegardner.com, £13.50.

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AMISH GANG CONDUCT HAIR-RAISING RAIDS UNITED STATES A group of Amish men is being investigated for allegedly breaking into Ohio family homes and chopping their victims’ hair and beards off.

The Amish hair-cutting gang is being investigated by four different sheriff departments in Ohio. They face charges of burglary and felonious assault. The group refers to itself as part of the Bergholz clan, a nearby Amish community, which was the subject of a child custody raid in 2007.

One of the victims in Holmes County claimed the gang of between 20 to 30 men dragged him from his house by his beard.

TWEETS OF THE WEEK @AlecBaldwin 10 years ago we had Steve Jobs, Bob Hope and Johnny Cash – Now we have no Jobs, no Hope and no Cash @JimmyCarr Ed Milliband has shrugged off a poll that says he’s weird. ‘I’m pretty normal’ said the weird-looking weirdo in his weird voice. @ConanOBrien I look forward to having grandkids, so I can share my wisdom. Mostly wisdom about Angry Birds, Angry Birds Rio and Angry Birds Seasons.

DOCTOR SHOT PORN IN VATICAN EMBASSY CZECH REPUBLIC A Czech doctor bluffed his way into the Vatican embassy in Prague to shoot a scene for a hardcore porn film.

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And it’s not even summer: Australia’s Surfers Paradise hosted a unique world record attempt when 357 bikini-clad girls walked along the beach to set new benchmark for the world’s longest bikini parade. Sure, bikini parades are important but the real message here is that when people work together, they can accomplish great things.

about an illness spreading among staff. But instead of treating the sick, Bartak filmed an adult movie, featuring nuns, sinners and a cardinal.

“He gained access to the historic building under false pretences... to stage morally objectionable visual images, to which, as a representative of the faithful, the Apostolic Nunciature strongly protests,” a Vatican embassy spokesperson said.

MAN JAILED OVER ICED COFFEE ROW AUSTRALIA A man in the Northern Territory spent a week in

jail after being charged for throwing a carton of iced coffee at his housemate.

Paul Dawson Brown, 51, pleaded guilty in Darwin Magistrates Court this week to being armed with an offensive weapon after he threw the 600ml carton at housemate Michael Warner.

The court heard that Brown woke Warner and his wife to ask for some keys about 4.30am. Swindley said Warner had searched for the keys but couldn’t find them before Brown got angry and hurled the Pauls Iced Coffee at him.

Brown was later arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault and being armed with a weapon.

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Sausage has a nose for action

LIFE’S A REAL RIOT FOR GREEK SAUSAGE GREECE A stray dog in Athens has become an unofficial mascot for the country’s rioters, thanks to his habit of showing up at every clash.

The dog, known as Sausage, is a gingercoloured mongrel who is registered but owned by no one and is allowed to roam the city freely. He has been showing up at riots for several weeks, braving tear gas and fire-bombs to join in.

Sausage is known to officials, who have described him as loveable but “a little bit hot-blooded”. As Reuters reported, Sausage has now ”appeared on the front of just about every newspaper in Greece and wagged his tail on TV screens and websites around the world”.

BUMPY RIDE FIXES TOURIST’S EYESIGHT

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NEW ZEALAND Joan Gluer, a 77-year-old Australian tourist, claims a rough 4WD journey through New Zealand’s Tasman Valley repaired her failing vision.

After the bumpy ride, Gluer found she was able to see with her left eye, which she started having trouble with three years ago.

She had lost 75 per cent of vision, but that was reduced to 50 per cent after several procedures. It was when she returned to her hotel after the trip that she realised her vision had improved.

“It was a bit like looking through a dirty window, but I could see. We don’t know if it was the jolting about or not, but it’s just amazing for me. It didn’t fix my hearing, though,” she joked.

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A curry-eating competition at an Edinburgh restaurant got out of hand after competitors began writhing on the floor and one participant had to be taken to hospital twice.

Owner Abdul Ali admitted he would need to “tone down” the contest, but insisted the challenge had raised hundreds of pounds for charity.

One participant, Curie Kim, was so ill after sampling the dish she had to be taken by ambulance to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary twice in a matter of hours.

“I’ve always enjoyed spicy foods and thought this was for a good cause. But it came with a price, I had to be taken to the ERI twice,” she said. “I first went to hospital at around 4pm and the second time was at 9pm. It got really bad. I have never endured such pain in my life.”

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Matthew Wright: clearly a genius

Why hasn’t Matthew Wright been fired yet?

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The TV presenter’s ‘Foxy Knoxy’ gaffe is just one of many Seriously, how does Matthew Wright stay in a job? The Channel 5 presenter, who has been hosting daytime TV show The Wright Stuff since 2000, sank to jaw-dropping new depths in the aftermath of the Amanda Knox trial, when he introduced a phone-in on the topic: ‘Foxy Knoxy: Would Ya?’ In an astoundingly profound piece of broadcast journalism, Wright asked viewers if they’d shag the newly acquitted murder suspect. As the TV presenter turned a shiteating grin to his guests and asked them to kick off the discussion, ex-Atomic Kitten Liz McClarnon uttered a meek understatement in that she found the question “a bit awful”.

Of course, it’s not the first time The Wright Stuff has sparked controversy. Wright infamously outed John Leslie as the alleged celebrity rapist of weather-girl-turned-TVpresenter Ulrika Jonsson live on air. He was also sued for libel in 2001 after he reviewed a play, The Dead Monkey, in The Daily Mirror as “without doubt the worst West End show” – despite having never actually seen it.

While these incidents might paint Wright as a man of seemingly dubious morals, you have to wonder about those who continue to provide him with a public platform.

Indeed, Wright dragged his feet over an apology for his latest gaffe, eventually giving a half-hearted on-air statement about making “front page news for all the wrong reasons”.

It’s here that Wright hits on the most probable rationale for an employer’s reluctance to get rid of him. As long as the presenter keeps being an arsehole, he’ll keep hitting the headlines. For an employer such as Channel 5, for example, this is golden, as they can expect a rare boost in the ratings from approximately five viewers to perhaps six or seven.

Frankly, the cynicism behind celebrating the crass and downright offensive for profit makes my blood run cold. It’s possible that Wright is just cripplingly stupid, but, unfortunately, those who employ him are not. » Agree or disagree? Is Matthew Wright TV’s most odious presenter? letters@tntmagazine.com

SQUIRREL COCK CONTROVERSY I find the Daily Mail’s assertion that some viewers were “disturbed” by the image of a squirrel’s knob during the final of BBC2’s Great British Bake Off to be an exasperating example of Mary Whitehouse-ism gone mad.

After a shot of a well-hung squirrel made it somewhat inexplicably into the programme, there were apparently complaints about the eye-watering fullfrontal making for an “unwelcome and unnecessary distraction”.

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exposure on the part of a squirrel is just frightening. What, are they worried the nation’s children will be corrupted by the squirrel’s self-confident audacity?

There are plenty of reasons to worry about the children of today’s Britain, but, for me, a sneaky peek at a squirrel’s cock does not rate highly among them.

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Justice denied Amanda Knox’s acquittal, after four years in jail, is just the latest judicial stuff-up WORDS TOM STURROCK

What next for Amanda Knox? A series of lucrative TV interviews, surely, followed by an even more well-paid publishing deal to write her memoirs, which, almost inevitably, will been optioned as a big-screen parable of courage amid adversity and the importance of knowing yourself. Emma Stone as Foxy Knoxy, perhaps? Or maybe Rooney Mara? Meanwhile, the awkward post-mortem is just beginning for the Italian law enforcement officials – from the cops to the prosecutors – whose shambolic investigation has further sullied the reputation of the country’s dubiously regarded justice system. The temptation to lambast the Italians is powerful, but it’s worth noting that more heinous miscarriages of justice have occurred elsewhere.

David Bain, New Zealand In 1994, five members of the Bain family – the parents and their three teenage children – were shot dead in their Dunedin home. Surviving son David Bain, then 22, was charged with their murders and was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in May 1995. Bain maintained his innocence throughout but had several appeals dismissed before, finally, in 2007, New Zealand’s Privy Council quashed his convictions and recommended a retrial. At the retrial, the defence argued it was Bain’s father, Robin, who killed his wife and three of their children before turning the gun on himself, after learning that allegations of an incestuous relationship with one of his daughters were soon to become public.

The retrial lasted for three months before, in June 2009, Bain was found not guilty on all five murder charges.

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fell upon Stefan Kiszko, a 23-year-old tax clerk and local eccentric who lived with his mother and aunt and had no social life. Kiszko was convicted on the basis of a confession – later shown to be bullied out of him – and the testimony of four teenage girls who claimed Kiszko had exposed himself to them – they later admitted this was a lie. Kiszko was convicted of Molseed’s murder and spent 16 years in jail before his case was reopened and his name was cleared.

David Milgaard, Canada Milgaard was a teenager when, in 1970, he was convicted of the rape and murder of 20-year-old Gail Miller and jailed for life. Milgaard had been travelling in Saskatchewan with friends, who gave damning testimonies at Milgaard’s trial after police told them they were under suspicion. Milgaard served 23 years in prison before the Supreme Court reviewed his case and recommended his conviction be set aside, meaning he was released but not acquitted. Five years later, DNA evidence emerged to exonerate Milgaard, instead implicating Larry Fisher, a serial rapist subsequently convicted of Miller’s murder. Milgaard received $10m in compensation and an inquiry found he was the victim of a police cover-up.

Lindy Chamberlain, Australia The outback in Australia’s Northern Territory was the scene of the country’s most famous murder trial, in which Lindy Chamberlain was convicted of killing her two-monthold daughter, Azaria, and sentenced to life in prison. Her husband, Michael, was convicted of being an accessory after the fact. The Chamberlains insistence that Azaria had instead been taken from their campsite by a dingo was treated with scepticism, despite evidence the animals had been in the area and were more than capable of dragging a child away.

Four years after the Chamberlains were convicted, Azaria’s jacket was found half-buried in an area full of dingo lairs.

Clockwise: Meryl Streep portrays Lindy Chamberlain; the Memphis Three; David Bain

The Chamberlains were released immediately and their convictions overturned.

West Memphis Three, United States When the bodies of three eight-year-old boys were found in West Memphis, Arkansas, in 1993, suspicion fell upon three local teens. Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin were close friends but only acquaintances of Jessie Misskelley Jr. Police said the victims had been murdered as part of a satanic ritual and Miskelley, who had an IQ of about 70, was coerced into confessing to the murders and implicating Echols and Baldwin, who received life terms, while Miskelley was sentenced to 40 years. During the course of subsequent investigation and appeals, witnesses who had helped convict the West Memphis Three recanted and it was shown there was no physical evidence linking the defendants to the crime scene. In August this year, they were released.

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Guildford Four, United Kingdom The story of the Guildford Four was told in the film In The Name Of The Father – four young Irish squatters were jailed over an IRA bombing of a pub in Guildford that killed five people. Two of the men had an alibi, in the form of a homeless man named Charlie Burke, who the prosecution hid from defence counsel. There were also allegations of torture and coerced confessions, which the court ignored, leading to the four accused receiving life sentences in 1975. The families of the Guildford Four were dragged into the investigation – police raided a house in Kilburn and found nitroglycerine, which they charged was used to make bombs – and the socalled Maguire Seven received sentences of up to 14 years.

In 1989, though, typed notes from police interviews showed up, with hand-written amendments revealing officers had fabricated evidence. The Guildford Four and the Maguire Seven were released and their convictions quashed.

Life in the slammer

FIGHTING INJUSTICE IN THE NAME OF INNOCENCE Stories of innocent people wrongly convicted present powerful examples of how the justice system can reach horribly unfair conclusions. There are now various activist groups set up to scrutinise these potential miscarriages of justice.

In the UK, the best-known one is the Innocence Network, which was set up in the US but has expanded internationally. The network is dedicated to providing pro bono legal and investigative services to those trying to prove they have been wrongfully convicted of a crime.

A look at their website reveals that, at any one time, there are dozens of cases throughout the country, some under review or pending appeal, where the bare facts appear to make any conviction unstable – the bank robber who can prove he was in a different city at the time of his crime or the murderer whose DNA was never examined.

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Andrew Bogut

BOGUT NBL STINT BLOCKED BY RED TAPE BASKETBALL Australian NBA star Andrew Bogut seemed on track to sign with the Sydney Kings but an impasse with the Milwaukee Bucks’ insurers scuppered the deal.

Sydney Kings coach Ian Robilliard was convinced he would wake up on Friday to the news his team had landed Bogut.

“I thought it was a done deal and I was actually advised before I jumped on a plane to Melbourne (on Thursday) that it was only one or two words on the insurance policy that had to change,” Robilliard said.

“But I guess when you’re insuring $40m on a temporary and permanent disability policy there’s one or two words that can significantly change the focus of an insurance policy.”

O’NEILL LEADS REVOLT OF SOUTHERN NATIONS RUGBY UNION ARU boss John O’Neill has warned that Australia, New Zealand and South Africa are united in pursuing a financial compromise from the IRB as the Rugby World Cup sends them into the red.

O’Neill stopped short of repeating New Zealand counterpart Steve Tew’s threat to boycott the 2015 World Cup in England.

But he poured scorn on the comments of IRB chief executive Mike Miller, who this week claimed every team, including the All Blacks, was “replaceable”.

“A World Cup without the All Blacks, Wallabies or Springboks, I’m not sure you’d be calling a World Cup. But that’s not a path we want to go down,” he said.

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Back at home: Andrew Bogut may have been barred from playing in this year’s NBL but fellow NBA alumni Patty Mills was allowed to suit up for the Melbourne Tigers against the Sydney Kings – the side Bogut would have played for. And Mills was the star, scoring 28 points, including 13 in the last quarter as the Tigers beat the Kings 82-76.

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By consensus, Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has done a decent job since taking over from Roy Hodgson at the start of the year. He’s spent aggressively and built a side capable of securing a Champions League spot. They had a 4-0 hiccup against Tottenham but the real litmus test for Dalglish’s Anfield revival comes this weekend when they face Manchester United at Old Trafford.

New Zealand have lost stars Shaun Johnson, Manu Vatuvei and Steve Matai for this month’s rugby league Test with Australia.

The trio, who contested the NRL grand final two weekends ago, were all ruled out of the clash with the Kangaroos in Newcastle on Sunday, as well as the upcoming Four Nations tour, after failing team medical tests late last week.

Warriors duo Johnson (back) and Vatuvei (knee, wrist) have battled injuries throughout the season, while Manly premiership-winner Matai suffered a flare up of shoulder and neck complaints, which could require surgery.

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Kevin Pietersen needs runs in India

QUOTES OF THE WEEK I’ve never once been afraid to play football.

Even when things were going bad, I always find myself at home on the pitch Homecoming Socceroo Harry Kewell assures everyone that he is still awesome. Phew – that’s a relief

PREVIEW Strange little tours, but plenty of interest INDIA V ENGLAND, FIRST ODI

FRIDAY 9.30AM, SKY SPORTS 1

SOUTH AFRICA V AUSTRALIA, FIRST T20

SUNDAY 1.30PM, SKY SPORTS 2 Normally, an England tour to India and an Australian tour to South Africa would be big-ticket items on the cricket calendar. But, coming after an endless summer of cricket, it is hard to gauge their importance.

England have opted to rest about half their first-choice side and have recalled Kevin Pietersen, who desperately needs

runs to reclaim his standing as one of England’s premier limited-overs batsmen.

It’s three years since Pietersen’s last ODI century and, in his past 30 innings, he’s scored just two half-centuries. It has been a remarkably barren run for a man who still deserves to be regarded as England’s best ever 50-over batsman and who remains in good nick in Test cricket.

Australia, who remain the world number one ODI side, have taken a full-strength squad to South Africa, where they will play two T20s, three ODIs and then two Tests.

Given the history between these sides, it is a disappointingly short tour.

THE CHAT | Murray finishing with a rush

It’s not every year you fight for a title. It’s back to normal at the moment, but we will try and get it to abnormal in the future Australian Formula One driver Mark Webber insists he can challenge for the world championship in the future

We were never best mates, we worked on a professional basis Outgoing Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse reveals he and Nathan Buckley, his replacement, weren’t too chummy

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RUGBY UNION still to come on the tennis calendar?

Q What’s How is Andy Murray travelling?

Shanghai Masters is this week and the Paris Masters A The is next month, before the year culminates in the tour finals in London. Andy Murray has rediscovered some of his best form over the past month and is now poised to leapfrog Roger Federer in the world rankings before the end of the year. If that happens, we can expect Murray to mumble something to the effect of, “I’ve been working hard… giving 110 percent… feel like I’m hitting the ball well”. He’s like a pull-string doll who only has three phrases. And, of course, it will set the stage for a fresh round of British self-flagellation should Murray fail to win a breakthrough Grand Slam title in 2012.

World Cup semi-finals Who will make it through to the final?

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Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor endured ugly sledging from Arsenal fans

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Cricket’s rent-a-quote rabble of boffins and sticklers have got their knickers in a knot over the legality of switchhitting after Australian batsman David Warner used it to devastating effect.

Playing for NSW in the T20 Champions league in India, Warner last week hit a brutal 135 off just 69 balls. Throughout his innings, Warner belted four fours and a six by switch-hitting – after taking guard in a left-handed stance, Warner switched to a right-handed stance during the bowler’s delivery stride, enabling different shots and neutralising the bowler’s strategy.

It’s an audacious. high-risk strategy and

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requires lightning-quick reactions. But some in the cricketing establishment have wrung their hands over the tactic, suggesting it makes officiating on wides and lbw appeals problematic.

They should stop carping. Switch-hitting is innovative and exhilarating. If batsmen can execute it, the game must adapt.

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English football grounds are no longer hotbeds of hooliganism but virulent strains of homophobia, racism and toxic abuse are still incubated within. These supporters, young men, are a blight on the game, discouraging a more inclusive audience, taking in women and young families, from attending.

The issue of crowd behaviour – specifically, whether anything is off-limits when it comes to sledging – attracted renewed attention last week after it was revealed that, during the previous weekend’s north London derby, Arsenal fans singled out Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor, chanting: “It should have been you, it should have been you, killed in Angola, it should have been you.” The reference was to the attack on the Togo team, of which Adebayor was a member, at last year’s African Cup of Nations in Angola.

Adebayor survived the attack but three members of staff were killed.

For years, opposition fans at Manchester United matches sung: “Always look on the runway for ice,” extracting some unlikely comedic mileage from the 1958 Munich plane crash that killed 28 people, including eight United players. Not to be outdone, United fans have been known to hit back at Liverpool fans with a charming ditty about the 1989 Hillsborough crush that killed 96 people: “Who’s that standing at Hillsborough/Who’s that turning fucking blue/ It’s a Scouser and his mate, getting crushed on Hillsborough’s gates”.

If you made comments like these in your local pub, you would be shunned, ejected or punched. The same should apply at a football match but, instead, these toxic chants persist because of a view that normal rules of civil society don’t apply – apparently, it’s all part of the atmosphere, part of the thrill, part of the tribalism.

It’s nonsense – these chants are a disgrace and, in the same way the riots that convulsed London in August were symptomatic of something broken in some parts of society, the tolerance of these chants reinforces a rotten, irredeemable nihilism and stupidity that plagues football culture.

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A world away Harlequins flyhalf Nick Evans would have been the obvious replacement for Dan Carter WORDS TOM STURROCK

Amid the hype and dwarf-throwing of the World Cup, the early stages of the Guinness Premiership have perhaps been overlooked. While the gaze of rugby fans – bleary as it may be, given the early starts required to watch the matches – has been fixed firmly on the southern hemsiphere, London-based Harlequins have shot out of the blocks, taking advantage of the fact that other sides are missing their England internationals. And, equally, they’ve benefited from the fact that Nick Evans, the New Zealand flyhalf who would likely have replaced the injured Dan Carter, remains well and truly on English soil.

Evans joined Harlequins after the 2007 World Cup, his decision to play overseas making him ineligible for All Blacks duties, leaving him stalled on 15 caps. It is a jarringly low tally for a player who was, at one point, the second-best flyhalf in the world. Unfortunately for Evans, Carter, the top dog, was never going to be dislodged. Although Evans, like any self-respecting Kiwi, has had one eye on the 2011 World Cup, his primary focus has been on the rugby fields of England where he’s produced some outstanding performances for Quins.

“The World Cup doesn’t come around too often but our season doesn’t stop,” Evans says. “You notice it a little bit with the size of the crowds, although we’ve still been getting some amazing support. So we’ve not be affected by it – we’ve prepared really well and come through pre-season ready to play.”

Harlequins boast an overwhelmingly homegrown squad; Evans and a couple of other Kiwis, along with a pair of Samoans and a pair of Argentines make up the overseas contingent but the rest are English. Given the travails of the England side in New Zealand, Evans has enjoyed needling his teammates.

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of humour about it, as there should be – it’s all good fun. It’s a shame that the off-field stuff dominated the headlines.”

Of course, the headline story in New Zealand in recent weeks has been the tournament-ending injury sustained

by Carter and the attendant wave of grief and frustration felt by the country’s rugby fanatics. If Evans was eligible for national duties, the injury to Carter would have opened a long-awaited window. With Carter sidelined, it would have fallen to Evans to pull the strings, make the plays, kick the do-or-die conversions. It would have been his time to shine.

Some second-guessing of his decision to forego an All Blacks career, and a World Cup on home soil, would be natural, but Evans remains phlegmatic. Tellingly, he seems more concerned with the damage done to the All Blacks’ campaign

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– given he now sees himself as a fan, like any other – than with any recriminations about a missed opportunity.

“You can look at it that way, I suppose,” Evans says breezily.

“But I always knew it was always a possibility, that he could get injured. But I love it here and I’ve really enjoyed just being an All Blacks fan, getting up early and watching the games.

“The injury to Dan was obviously a setback for the All Blacks – Carter is a once-in-a-generation player and you lose his control, his coolness under pressure.”

Unlike many antipodeans who do a stint in London, Evans betrays barely a hint of homesickness. Since joining Harlequins, he has bedded down seamlessly in London, making his decision to stay far more straightforward.

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Clockwise: Nick Evans had a truncated All Blacks career; but has been a star for Harlequins; Dan Carter kept him out of the national side

“I’m pretty settled – I really enjoy London,” he says. “I miss the coast and the water of New Zealand but there’s always something going on over here. You can go anywhere – Europe’s only a hop, skip and a jump away and I like being just another face in the crowd.

“A big part of it is that I’m at a really good club and I’ve been enjoying my footy. If I was hating it, I’d probably be hating London and I wouldn’t have re-signed and I wouldn’t be here. But it’s a credit to Quins and their environment that I’ve really enjoyed playing here.”

And the season could hardly be going any better for Harlequins. Last season, they were patchy throughout and finished a mediocre seventh. This year, though, they have been more assured, more clinical, holding their nerve at decisive points in tight matches.

“We’ve had a good start and it’s a crucial time before all the internationals come back. We knew we could get a bit of a jump on a few teams and we’ve done pretty well,” Evans says. “I think, just our decision-making and our composure on the ball have improved. Last season, we made bad decisions, especially in the opposition’s 22. We’ve worked really hard on that. We’ve knuckled down and identified when to offload and when not to. It sounds like simple stuff but it can make all the difference.”

This weekend, Harlequins host London Irish at Twickenham Stoop in the first round of pool matches for the LV Cup. Quins hung to beat Irish in the first round of the Premiership, with Evans kicking seven from seven, but bragging rights will once again be up for grabs.

“We played them first up and got the better of them so they’ll be out for revenge,” Evans says. “But it’s a different competition and there might be some young players getting a run, which adds some spice to it. Any derby is a big game, you definitely want the bragging rights, you want to be the best side in London.”

A NEW HOOKER IN TOWN SMIT JOINING SARACENS Nick Evans may have been the star import in the Guinness Premiership for the past few seasons but he could have some competition once Springboks skipper John Smit joins Saracens.

The club, based in St Albans, have been slowly colonised by expat South Africans in recent years and it paid dividends last season, when Saracens became English champions for the first time. The squad already includes former Springboks Schalk Brits and Derick Hougaard but the signing of Smit (above), South Africa’s talismanic captain, is a coup on a whole new level.

Saracens will be hoping the 33-year-old’s body still has another season in it. Smit, after all, has taken more battering than most. Whether Brits will be overjoyed to have Smit joining the squad remains to be seen, as Brits was kept out of the Springboks line-up because Smit had the hooker’s spot sewn up.

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FAREWELL DRINK Revellers mark an alcohol ban on Hamburg’s HVV public transport system by boozing it up after a party was arranged on Facebook. About 1000 people turned up for the event dubbed the “HVV Abschiedstrinken” (HVV Farewell Drink).

Despite fire extinguishers being ripped off walls, windows being broken and a few fights, German police said it was a quiet affair.

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On a tight schedule? Here’s our guide to where to start in the Scottish capital. Trust us, you’ll definitely want to return.

If you’re all for sitting on Santa’s knee, you’ll love these Yuletide getaways. More of a Grinch? We’ve got you covered too.

It’s the time of year we go to and come home from work in the dark. Here’s how to lighten up your life with some great escapes.

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IN DEFENCE OF ‘TOURISTY’ I’ve just got back from an almost obscenely relaxing few days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, where crumbling castles, sweeping valleys and sunlit vineyards inspired a multitude of involuntary ‘aaaah’s.

BRIDGE DAY West Virginia, US This long-running extreme sports event (this year marks the 32nd annual Bridge Day) sees hundreds of base jumpers fling themselves 15 from the New River Gorge Bridge, America’s second-highest at 265m (around 865ft). Jumpers have eight seconds to freefall and open their parachutes, and risk a hectic landing in the rapids of the New River Gorge below.

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WHY: The official Bridge Day website says the festival is “all about living”. The New River Gorge is one of the world’s oldest – said to be about 345 million years old – and hundreds of people hurtling from the bridge into it is a dazzling addition to an already impressive view.

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Bacolod City, Philippines Hundreds of thousands of residents parade the streets 19 wearing masks sporting huge painted smiles. The festival is on until October 19 and includes float and streetdance competitions.

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AVALANCHE CUP Flims, Switzerland

More than 400 freeriders will descend into the 15 gorgeous mountain scenery of Flims for the last stage of the Avalanche Cup. Watch the bikers sweat it out as they tackle the torturous terrain, and breathe a sigh of relief that you’re only there to soak up the views.

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DO IT BECAUSE: It’s a must for any selfrespecting base jumper, but you will have to register in advance and prove your base jumping credentials. Otherwise, join tens of thousands of spectators for what is billed as “the state’s biggest party of the year”. officialbridgeday.com

LORD OF MIRACLES Lima, Peru

One of the largest Christian parades in the world, the 18-28 mural of the ‘Señor de los Milagros’ (The Lord of Miracles, or Christ) – a two-tonne artwork painted by a freed slave 350 years ago – is ceremonially passed throughout the city, from the Church of Las Nazarenas to the Church of La Merced. The assembled worshippers all wear purple, the colour donned by nuns who look after the holy image year-round.

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And just as refreshing as the Italian countryside was the absolute absence of English accents. While the beach resort that is the region’s big city, Rimini, is flooded with tourists, the medieval villages further out are relatively untouched, save for occasional patches of Italian and German visitors. Busloads of Brits there are not.

However, while I was happy to enjoy a holiday utterly devoid of my fellow countrymen, let it be said that I am not one of those “oh, it’s too touristy” snobs.

Indeed, a particular pet hate of mine is those who forgo fabulous experiences because they deem them too popular. It’s the traveller equivalent of those insufferable too-cool-for-school types who immediately start hating a band should they dare to enjoy an iota of commercial success, despite the fact the music is exactly the same as it was pre-stardom.

The point is that a place tends to be ‘touristy’ because it has something going for it. Now, obviously I’m not talking about 18-30s hellholes where the main cultural attraction is a foam party.

But for people to avoid the likes of the Temples of Angkor, Machu Picchu, Petra and the Coliseum because other folk might want to see it too is madness.

I’m not saying don’t discover your own adventures – there’s a lot to be said for digging deeper. But what I am saying is don’t miss out on something amazing because other people know of it. Learn to share!

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British Airways is planning to offer a new perk for frequent flyers – a course on how to survive a plane crash. (Or a ‘crash’ course, if you will.)

Starting next year, Executive Club members can trade air miles for lessons that teach techniques on how to survive in the aftermath of a crash.

The course will focus on locating life jackets and experiencing a simulated emergency evacuation.

Andy Clubb, the BA manager running the course, said: “It makes passengers safer when travelling ... it dispels all those internet theories about the ‘brace position’ and it just gives people so much more confidence in flying.” Just not for those of us travelling in economy though.

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The Pyramids in Egypt are the sight that most people want to see before they die, according to a new poll. In a survey of almost 1500 adults in the UK, 89 per cent named the Pyramids as a sight they would like to see in their lifetime. The Northern Lights came second with 77 per cent, and the Taj Mahal was a close third with 73 per cent. The Great Barrier Reef scored low with just over a third of people putting it on the bucket list. Strangely enough, Big Ben made the top 10, despite it being a relatively short journey away for the UK-based respondents.

On The Go Tours is launching a series of new itineraries for 2012 to coincide with the TNT Sun & Snow Travel Show (Oct 15). Expected to be most popular are the new Egypt and Anzac Day combo tour, and more than 10 new and different Anzac Day itineraries. On The Go’s Pru Goudie said: “All Aussies and Kiwis should do the Anzac Day pilgrimage once and we’ll be offering discounts at the show.” The new brochure, which also covers Croatia tours for next year, will be available for free on Stand 12 at the show. To register for the show visit tnttravelshow.com

Anyone sick of being charged extra to pack more than two T-shirts when flying off on holiday should check out Jaktogo – a new range of wearable luggage. Garments from dresses to ponchos are packed with pockets that can hold up to 10kg of clothes and personal items, outwitting over-zealous airline staff keen to charge for overweight checked- and handluggage. Irish inventor John Power said: “My philosophy has always been, ‘don’t get angry, get even’!” Prices start about £52. More information at jaktogo.com

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Iconic: Edinburgh Castle

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GETTING THERE Trains from London King’s Cross to Edinburgh start around £114.60 for a return ticket (eastcoast.co.uk). Direct return flights start around £54 with easyJet (easyjet.co.uk).

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Mum’s does a foolproof line in comfort staples such as sausage and mash and Scottish venison pie. Even better, it uses fresh local produce. Mains barely creep above a tenner. (monstermashcafe.co.uk) A unique pub made up of tiny, crooked rooms brimming with antique bric-a-brac, the Canny Man’s should be a tourist attraction in itself.

(237 Morningside Rd) The backpacker bar of choice, Last Drop is an enjoyably rowdy spot to get sociable. (74 Grassmarket)

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Just a 10-minute stroll from Leith’s waterfront in the northeast of town, The Sandaig is a cosy guesthouse in a Victorian terrace. Double rooms from £65pn. (sandaigguesthouse.co.uk)

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Bite-size ’Burgh On a tight schedule? Here’s where to start in the Scottish capital. Trust us, you’ll want to return WORDS LAURA CHUBB

Edinburgh is an almost unanimously loved city, one of Europe’s most beautiful and – luckily for us – easy to access.

The most visited tourist destination in the UK after London, it’s as historically and culturally rich as the Big Smoke we call home, and – dare we say it – perhaps more picturesque.

If you’ve only got a couple of days to explore, these are our top five must-dos. You’ll be back for more, guaranteed.

Arthur’s Seat What: Think of Edinburgh and what might not immediately spring to mind is a volcano. Presiding over Edinburgh’s skyline, this craggy peak was formed when a glacier eroded an extinct lava-spewer about 350 million years ago.

Why: At 823ft high, Arthur’s Seat doesn’t pose too tough a climb, but it does afford an incredible view of the city below.

Fact: Arthur’s Seat is also known by the less fortunate name of ‘Pratt’s Hill’. This is because in 1840, Mormon apostle Orson Pratt travelled to Edinburgh and found only eight members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

So he climbed the hill and asked the Lord to give him 200 souls to convert. Apparently it worked out.

See: edinburgh.org

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Mary King’s Close What: An underground warren in Edinburgh’s Old Town said to be haunted by plague victims who were walled up in the close in the 1600s and left to die.

Why: A tour of Mary King’s Close gives a fascinating insight into life in the city between the 16th and 19th centuries.

Walking the dark, spooky passages with a costumed guide is a nerve-jangling experience, and you’ll be told more than your fair share of ghost stories and urban legends, too. Tours end October 31 until August.

Fact: People have reported scratching noises coming from inside a chimney on Mary King’s Close, where a child chimney sweep is said to have died. The Close has even featured on TV’s Most Haunted.

See: realmarykingsclose.com Hogmanay What: The Scots like to do New Year properly – and that means a three-day party called Hogmanay, starting on New

Year’s Eve and soldiering on into January 2.

Why: Huge street parties, fireworks displays, an atmospheric ‘torchlight procession’ and live bands all feature. This year, Primal Scream are performing an open-air gig, during which they will play their 1991 album Screamadelica in its entirety to mark its 20th anniversary.

Fact: The Loony Dook is a tradition that sees more than 1000 ‘loonies’ jump into the freezing waters of the Forth Estuary in an attempt to numb their New Year’s Day hangovers.

See: edinburghshogmanay.org Edinburgh Castle What: OK, we had to mention it. Set atop the volcanic Castle Rock, Edinburgh Castle has been a royal residence since the 12th century. It’s the city’s most iconic edifice.

Why: Try to time your visit for around 1pm, when a field gun inside the castle walls blasts a round of shellfire to mark the hour (every day except Sunday). A memorial bench to commemorate Tam the Gun, a sergeant who fired the ‘One O’Clock Gun’ for 27 years before he died of cancer, is the best place to sit for an eardrum-splitting.

Fact: King James IV spied on subjects gathered in the castle’s Great Hall through a specially designed barred window above the fireplace. When Mikhail Gorbachev was set to visit the castle in 1984, the KGB asked that the window be bricked up for security purposes. Hmmm.

See: edinburghcastle.gov.uk The Scotch Whisky Experience What: Riding a whisky barrel through a replica distillery is just one of many highlights over the course of this tour. You’ll be taken on a sensory journey of discovery, appreciating the sights, sounds and smells of whisky production. It ends with a peek at the world’s largest collection of Scotch Malt Whisky and includes a free dram.

Why: Really? You need more convincing?

Fact: When whisky is distilled, it is completely colourless. The colour NEXT WEEK comes from the casks in which Ghost hunting in it matures.

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HOT TIPS: Sunsets Shooting when the sun is setting can produce creative results.

Avoid snapping directly into the sun as it may damage your eyes as well as your equipment, but this is possible when the sun has less intensity. It also pays to wait until just as the sun is disappearing over the horizon as this is the moment that the most

dramatic colours occur, making a stunning photo. An afterglow can happen when there are clouds in the sky as they act as a reflector. And they will add another dimension with the addition of even more colour, texture and tone. Water can double the amount of colour in an image as it also reflects the sky.

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WINNER LONE GIRAFFE, KENYA Jamie Wright, New Zealand

WHY IT WORKS The subtle blurring of the foreground in this image has given our eyes a line to follow towards the giraffe and the skyline of lush hills and mountains. It also provides movement, creating a blowing-in-thewind effect. The colours are not over-saturated and are calming.

RUNNER-UP DONSOL IN THE PHILIPPINES Natalie Broome, England

WHY IT WORKS Captured at sunset, the lavish colours make for a rewarding collaboration between the viewer and the light. The silhouetted fishermen have provided a point of interest against the colourful sky – a good tip to make this work is to choose a fast shutter speed so that the outlines remain sharp. According to urban legend, the exotic colours that occur when the sun is setting is created by pollution and this is why it looks so intense. So consider when shooting: is this really a scene of beauty?

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“Rum’s glory would not let a man waste himself in feverish regrets,” the British officer TE Lawrence once wrote.

Snuggle into a sleeping bag upon the crest of a sand dune and gaze up at an amazing panoply of stars, then you’ll get an idea of what the man better known as Lawrence of Arabia was banging on about.

The majesty of the protected Wadi Rum, which covers 720km of dramatic desert wilderness in the south of Jordan, is awesome.

Also referred to as The Valley of The Moon, it is a landscape comprising huge mountains of sandstone and granite which emerge from wide sandy valleys to reach heights of about 1700m, cut deep by narrow canyons and fissures.

If you’re short on time, it is possible to take a day trip to Wadi Rum from Aqaba or Petra by camel or upon the back of an Arabian horse. Otherwise, throw yourself on to the back of a pick-up truck operated by local Bedouin cooperatives. The vehicles are characterful and fun but only

have modest levels of comfort, so take some extra padding. And look out for cameras, too, for the desert is known to have hosted a film set or two – namely Lawrence Of Arabia and Red Planet.

Tours will take you: past sites with inscriptions and drawings left behind from the Nabataen civilisation; deep inside Khazali; to huge sand dunes and rock bridges; and Lawrence’s spring at Al Shallaleh above a 2000-year-old Nabatean temple.

But to make the most of the Wadi Rum, you really need to spend a night under the large goathair tents of one of the many Bedouin tribes who still live among the desert mountains.

A day and a night in the desert, including lunch, dinner, camping and breakfast, costs £112.

Because of its sheer rock formations, Wadi Rum is a playground for rockclimbers. Wadi Rum Tours will supply all equipment and take you where you need to go for £31 a day. If it’s a softer surface you prefer, take a pair of strong legs and tackle the sand dunes. wadirumtours.com

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Set off on a 200km journey from Abu Dhabi and you’ll come to the edge of Liwa, a paradise for dune-bashers.

It’s also known as the Empty Quarter and the most dramatic feature is its massive sand dunes, some measuring as much as 300 metres high.

Spend a weekend camped out here and you’re bound to catch camel trains trudging along the rolling mounds of soft, multi-coloured sand. Plus, the silence is like nothing else. abudhabiadventure.com

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With rock formations imbued with red, white and yellow, this colourful desert in the US’s south-west is probably one of the prettiest there is.

Stretching from the Grand Canyon to the Petrified Forest National Park, this psychedelic desertscape looks like it’s been attacked by a painter who’s been on one too many Red Bulls – hence the name. Take the wilderness trail that goes past glassy petrified tree stumps, set against a backdrop stained in red. And look out for fossils. nps.gov

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The famously parched landscape of the Sahara desert occupies a third of the African continent – about the same size as the US – and the conditions are undoubtedly harsh.

It is possible to take lengthy jeep or camel caravan tours into its great depths, past wind-sculpted dunes where Tuareg salt traders have trodden for centuries. Alternatively, you can take a shorter jaunt from Morocco. cameltrekking.com

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The Atacama desert in southern Peru is a study in how natural beauty can thrive in the most extreme of environments.

Despite having no recorded rainfall, the expanse hosts lagoons, volcanoes, salt flats, geysers, hot springs, rivers and ravines. Team this with remote indigenous villages, plus animals such as flamingoes and camels, and you have one very arresting environment. Don’t miss the eerily silent landscape of the Valley of the Moon, with its backdrop of snow-capped volcanoes.

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Start out in Valetta. Get your bearings by strolling around its ancient cobbled streets. It won’t take you long, as Valletta is tiny – only a kilometre long and 600 metres wide. Be sure to take a detour into the gorgeous interior of St. John’s Co-Cathedral, awash with gold brocade and colourful marble.

Next, check out the Grand Master’s Palace, which houses Malta’s parliament and is a great insight into the city’s history. In the evening, head to Valletta’s Waterfront where you‘ll find a great selection of restaurants and bars.

It is possible to visit Gozo – the small neighbouring island that is also part of Malta – as the ferry crossings are regular (approximately every hour during the day) and only take 25 minutes (gozochannel.com).

However, make sure you don’t spend so much time travelling that you miss out on a few relaxing days enjoying Malta’s glorious coastline.

In just the small stretch of coast between Sliema and St Julian’s you’ll find a range of accommodation options, and a lively nightlife in the Paceville area of St Julian’s too.

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My favourite place in the world is Sanibel Island in Florida.

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Europe’s best Xmas markets If you’re all for sitting on Santa’s knee, you’ll love these Yuletide getaways. More of a Grinch? We’ve got you covered too WORDS LAURA CHUBB

The Christmas market is a European tradition, an orgy of festive food, booze and cheer. We’ve found one to suit every reader, and even show determined humbuggers how to enjoy the holiday while everyone else jingles their bells.

BEST FOR… CHRISTMASSY CREDENTIALS Where: Tallinn, Estonia Why: Said to be the site of the world’s first Christmas tree, where better to get festive than in Estonia’s medieval capital? It’s widely believed that the first recorded public display of a festive fir was in 1441 in Tallinn’s town square.

Hopefully ye olde tradition of dancing around the tree and then burning it down hasn’t stuck.

Bah Humbug: Feeling a bit Scrooge? There’s still plenty to enjoy in Tallinn, a romantic fairytale-like spot dotted with ancient, cobbled lanes.

See: tourism.tallinn.ee/eng

BEST FOR… GOOD LOOKS Where: Nuremberg, Germany Why: The Germans know how to do Christmas. From an embarrassment of snow-laden fir trees to the ubiquitous gluhwein, Deutschland has got Yuletide down. So it’s no surprise Nuremberg’s 400-year-old Christkindlmarkt is one of Europe’s most popular. The Old Town’s main square lit up at night by fairy lights is nothing short of magical.

Bah Humbug: Feel as warm and fuzzy as the Christmas fans by checking out Nuremberg’s legendary nightlife and giving yourself a crash course in dark Bavarian beer.

See: christkindlesmarkt.de/English

BEST FOR… LOTS OF CHOICE Where: Vienna, Austria Why: Home to a series of spectacular Christmas markets, a must-do when in Vienna is to check out the Advent windows outside the City Hall – festive scenes painted by local artists.

Be sure to see a few markets around town – there are more classy wares at Schönbrunn Palace market, and handmade goods at Altwiener Christkindlmarkt.

Bah Humbug: Escape the Christmassy crowds and check out Vienna’s challenging contemporary art scene.

See: wien.info/en

BEST FOR… ACTION Where: Copenhagen, Denmark Why: Copenhagen’s Christmas market serves up roller coasters and hordes of Danish Christmas pixies. Set in the city’s amusement park, Tivoli Gardens, even Scrooges would be hard pushed not to ‘aaah’ at the vast Christmas grotto set before them, all twinkling lights and frosted trees. Danish mulled wine (the wonderfully monikered glögg) and hot ››

BEST FOR… FESTIVE FARE Where: Prague, Czech Republic Why: Check out the Czechs’ offbeat traditional Christmas food – fish soup (presumably the reason for the huge tubs of carp lining the streets at this time of year), Christmas cookies and honey liquor. Bonus points are added for locating the markets in Wenceslas Square – as in that King Wenceslas.

Bah Humbug: Famous beers, regular organised pub crawls, gorgeous old-world architecture and scenic river cruises should cheer you up.

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apple dumplings are not to be missed.

Bah Humbug: If even the promise of roller coasters can’t make you enjoy the market, hop on a free bike (or Bycykler) and see Copenhagen’s sights on two wheels.

See: tivoligardens.com

BEST FOR… CULTURE VULTURES Where: Budapest, Hungary Why: Budapest’s celebrations can claim a distinctly Hungarian identity. The nation’s traditional music and folk dancing abound, and there are puppet theatres at the market in Vörösmarty square.

Bah Humbug: Sail up and down the Danube for a view from the water of Budapest’s baroque, neoclassical and art nouveau architecture, and sweat out your Scroogey sentiments in a Turkish-era thermal bath.

See: gotohungary.co.uk

BEST FOR… HISTORY Where: Krakow, Poland Why: Set in the massive Rynek Glowny central square, amid the historic Old Town, centuries-old Polish carols ring out around wooden stalls selling hand-painted cut glass decorations. Open-air eateries provide hearty traditional fare such as pierogi (dumplings) and golonka (stewed pork knuckle) – washed down with mulled wine, it’s sure to keep out the cold.

Bah Humbug: There’s not a great deal of holiday cheer in facing Krakow’s tragic recent past, though the miracle of its surviving historic buildings and monuments in spite of the Second World War should raise a grateful smile. Make time to visit the former Jewish quarter of Kazimierz, just outside the Old Town. See: Krakow.pl/english

XXXMAS MARKET HAMBURG BEST FOR... PERVERTS Hamburg’s infamous Reeperbahn – the red light district credited with launching the Beatles following their gigs in its myriad sleazy bars – offers an alternative German Christmas market. And it’s not one for the kids. Located on Spielbudenplatz, the Santa Pauli Christmas Market features scantily clad ladies proffering mulled wine and some ‘alternative’ Christmas gifts. Open from late November.

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BEST FOR… AN UNSEASONAL SETTING Where: Barcelona, Spain Why: Sunny Spain might not seem an obvious choice for walking in a winter wonderland and chestnuts roasting on an open fire, but Barcelona’s Christmas market has been going strong since 1786. Parades, handcrafted Catalan decorations and a nativity scene contest are just a few attractions. The biggest and most traditional Christmas market in Barcelona is the ‘Fira de Santa Llúcia’ on the Avenida de la Catedral.

Bah Humbug: Where to start? Partaking of sangria, paella, Picasso and flamenco will be suitably unseasonal.

See: barcelona-tourist-guide.com/en

BEST FOR… PROXIMITY Where: Dublin, Ireland Why: The Dublin Docklands Christmas market is an immensely popular affair that brings the best of German traditions – bratwurst, gluwhein, etc – to your doorstep.

A mock snow-covered village, gallons of egg nog and German-themed bars all feature.

Bah Humbug: A visit to the Guinness Storehouse (Guinnessstorehouse.com) will make up for all those sleigh bells ringing. Stare up at the world’s biggest pint glass, learn how to pull the perfect pint, then sip down the black stuff in the Storehouse’s Gravity Bar, which affords a 360˚ view of Dublin.

See: visitdublin.com

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Where: Berlin, Germany Why: The capital city of the birthplace of today’s model for a Christmas market is guaranteed to put on a spectacular show. Big wheels, ice-skating, jugglers and fire-breathers create a carnival atmosphere, and Berlin’s edgy rep as an arts hub is reflected in the sale of jewellery, paintings and sculptures by the city’s cutting-edge designers and artists.

Bah Humbug: If you think elves and big white beards are to be sniffed at, luckily you’re in the European capital of cultural cool. Check out Berlin’s incomparable fashion, art, Tenerife: beyond design and music scenes suburnt Brits, lager – you’re in hipster heaven. and fish and chips See: visitberlin.de/en

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A Nordic weekend This is Helsinki in 48 hours WORDS CLARE VOOGHT

DAY 1: 09:00 Head straight to Market Square to catch a ferry to Suomenlinna (hsl.fi/suomenlinna.fi), once the world’s strongest sea fortress. Built on a cluster of rocky islands off Helsinki’s mainland (it’s one of Helsinki’s districts), most of the buildings date back to the late 18th century, but it has a permanent population of more than 800.

12.30 When your ferry pulls back into port, make sure you have a lunchtime pit stop at Market Square, where you’ll find salads, sandwiches and local soups and broths for around €8 (£7). There’s also jewellery, paintings and other knick knacks here too.

13:30 If it’s summer, get your cozzie and go straight to Serena Water Amusement Park (serena.fi), for an afternoon splashing around on slides, rapids and the slightly ominous-sounding “black hole” flume. There are indoor and outdoor parts of the park and once you’re tired out there’s also a terrace to sprawl out on. Tickets are €24 (£21) and are valid all day so if you’ve got more time, stay longer.

Or if you visit Helsinki during the dark winter, make sure you take a guided Nordic ice walking trip over the frozen Baltic Sea (helsinkicityride.com). Definitely a stroll for beautifully serene views and getting back to nature, it takes two and a half hours and you’ll be helped along by Nordic walking poles. The price is €45 (£39.50).

19:30 When you make it back into town, refuel at the classy diner-esque Bali-Hai (balihai.fi) in Punavuori – south west of the centre – with some cheap and hearty tapas of chili shrimp, herb marinated mushrooms and lamb sausage (at €4 /£3.50 a pop). Wash that down with 74

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21:00 You’re right in the heart of Helsinki’s nightlife district, so make the most of it and head to the tiny Cafe Moskova (andorra.fi), a recreation of a Soviet-era vodka bar. Then, once you’re all set for dancing, hit Playground (clubplayground.fi), at the centre of Helsinki’s clubland for the latest in house and techno tracks.

02:00 After a night on the sauce, retreat to the comfy Klaus K Hotel (klauskhotel.com) in the Kaartinkaupunki area in the southern part of the city. Double rooms cost from £109 per night. In the Riiko Sakkinen art suite, a Hong Kong curryflavour cup noodle robot is emblazoned on the wall, listing its food-based reasons for envying Finland. Obviously.

DAY 2: 09:00 Peel yourself out of bed for a chilled-out breakfast at the intimate Cafe Tin Tin Tango (tintintango. info). Chomp on a delicious Tintin breakfast (€5.50/£4.80), consisting of juice and a fresh marmalade croissant, before heading to the cafe’s good old Finnish sauna to sweat out some of last night’s toxins and wind down after yesterday’s multitude of activities. The sauna costs €22 (£19) for one to two people for an hour.

11:00 As you won’t have seen much of Helsinki’s centre yet, get out and explore the city. Once you’re feeling suitably presentable again, scope out the Tennis Palace, which was built when Helsinki hosted the 1940 Olympics. A lot has changed since then, and now the once-modern sporting venue is a curious peek seven decades back – now containing a cinema, some shops and the Museum of Cultures (kulttuurienmuseo.fi) that presents ethnographic

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collections from around the world as well as the Art Museum (taidemuseo.fi), which is filled with thoughtprovoking modern pieces.

13:00 Once you’ve saturated yourself with some highbrow art, treat yourself to a Michelin-approved dining experience at Chez Dominique (chezdominique.fi). With two stars, the super-sleek restaurant specialises in its own twist on French and Nordic dishes such as octopus, green olive and eggplant and pork entrecote with autumn apple and turnip. The three-course lunch menu is €39 (£34.25).

15:00 Nip to Helsinki’s political centre, Senate Square, as it has to be seen for its neo-classical architecture and remnants of Russian influence, with a stonking great statue of Tsar Alexander II. 16:00 Then head to Aleksanterinkatu for a peek at Helsinki’s shiny city side. Likened to New York’s Times Square, it’s the central spot for shopping, so search out some Scandinavian fashion and home buys. Especially don’t miss this spot if you’re visiting near Christmas, when colourful displays and lights come out.

19:30 Reminisce about your corker of a trip during dinner at Cafe Bar No. 9 (bar9.net), which serves up dishes like sauteed reindeer and elk and potato hash – alongside their well-stocked bar – in a setting not unlike your front room.

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Winter warmers It’s the time of year we go to and come home from work in the dark. Here’s how to lighten up your life with some great escapes WORDS LAURA CHUBB

Winter in England has always been infamously miserable – cold, dark and damp – but the bad news is, it’s getting worse. In 2009-2010, it was the coldest winter the UK had seen in 31 years, according to the Met Office, with the average temperature falling to a bitter 1.51°C. The lowest was in Scotland, with the mercury plummeting to a frostbite-inducing -22.3°C. Brrr.

Last year’s winter wasn’t much better. Wales recorded its lowest-ever November temperature, -17.3°C, and the earliest winter snowfall in the UK for 17 years arrived the same month. Heathrow airport ground to a halt just in time for Christmas as the snow kept a-comin’, and it wasn’t unusual to see the almost Antarctic likes of -9°C on the temperature gauge.

Depressed? Don’t be. Because, while we could well be in for a similarly chilly few months (London’s recent surprise Indian Summer notwithstanding), that doesn’t mean there’s no escape. Here, we give you the ultimate guide to winter sun getaways, and even include the flight time from London and average temperatures so you can tailor the perfect holiday to your tastes. Cos we’re nice like that. Enjoy.

2-3 HOURS AWAY ALGARVE FLIGHT TIME 2hrs 20mins HOW HOT A comfortable 22°C. DON’T MISS Take the time to explore various corners of Portugal’s premier tourist spot, much-visited for its beautiful beaches and craggy coastal scenery. The summer crowds will have died down from all-out mayhem to a more manageable dull roar – and this is a good thing – but Lagos remains a must-do for its thriving nightlife and surfer scene. For something a little quieter, Monchique is a quaint little place with views over wooded countryside, and perhaps the most laidback hang-out remains Tavira, set along a placid river and with a history dating back to the Romans. The Algarve’s capital, Faro, has a medieval quarter well worth exploring.

SPAIN FLIGHT TIME 2hrs 20mins HOW HOT A manageable 18°C-22°C.

DON’T MISS For equal parts beach time and cultural cravings, Barcelona cannot be beaten. From art to flamenco by way of fashion and food, the Catalonian capital will not disappoint.

A walk down La Rambla is compulsory – the mile-long boulevard is alive with artists, human statues, fortune-tellers, dancers, markets and cute cafes. Spain is also a good bet for late package deals, owing to its pretty-much-guaranteed sunny demeanour. Check out P64 and daily updates on the TNT website for all the latest dirt-cheap offers.

IBIZA FLIGHT TIME 2hrs 30mins HOW HOT Typically upwards of 25°C, though there can be some rainy and windy days in October, when the temperature can go all the way down to 17°C (shock, horror).

DON’T MISS The clubs may have closed down but the sun still shines strong over this infamous party isle. Check out the old walled city of Dalt Vila (in Ibiza Town) after dark, when the streets are lit up to atmospheric effect. October is also the perfect time to enjoy San Antonio’s quieter beaches and safe, shallow waters. You can dig out plenty of culture away from the likes of Space and Cafe del Mar too, owing to the island’s chequered history that takes in the Phoenicians, Greeks, Assyrians, Romans and Moors.

3-4 HOURS AWAY MOROCCO FLIGHT TIME 3hrs 30mins HOW HOT Expect an average temperature of 22°C. DON’T MISS Forget tourist-crammed Marrakech and traffic-jammed Casablanca – laidback coastal town Essaouira is where it’s at. Though the gale-force winds – sorry, bracing sea breeze – might put

Float away in Cappadocia a little chill in the air, this is a perfect spot for wind-surfing and kite-surfing. There’s also heaps of history, as old colonial fortresses and ancient city walls scatter the area. Do try to avoid the determined hash-pushers, though, and definitely politely decline the generous offer of a magic mushroom omelette (yes, this has happened).

TURKEY FLIGHT TIME 4hrs HOW HOT 22°C-25°C is the norm.

DON’T MISS Resist the urge to drink fishbowls of booze in resorts bursting with Brits, and soak up the culture in Istanbul instead. Smoke shisha under a bridge by the Bosphorus, marvel at the city’s elegant mosques, and don’t chicken out of steaming it up at the Turkish baths. (Getting slapped about by a large, naked Turkish woman is one of those once-in-a-lifetime deals. Well, depending on the preferences of your private life.) If you have time, a trip to see the fairy chimneys in Cappadocia won’t be regretted.

Ancient cave-dwellers built their homes into the area’s stone cliffs, leaving the unreal, other-world landscape that can be seen today. Tourists can even stay in cave hotels, and a hot air balloon ride over the area is a must if you’re feeling flush.

There are daily flights to Cappadocia from Istanbul, or you can even take an overnight bus. The ride takes approximately 12 hours.

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the Mediterranean Sea. Steeped in history, perhaps the most memorable sight is the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum, an underground network of chambers and passages hewn out of rock to create an ancient necropolis. It is thought to date all the way back to about 3000BC. There is also, of course, an impressive concentration of beautiful beaches. You wouldn’t want to spend all your winter sun time underground now, would you?

Catch some rays in Cyprus

4-5 HOURS AWAY TENERIFE FLIGHT TIME 4-5hrs HOW HOT The ‘Island of Eternal Spring’ has a warm climate year-round, with an average of 20°C-22°C in winter.

DON’T MISS Away from the south-western resorts where sunbathers glug bitter and scoff fish and chips, the most heavily touristed Canary Island is a dramatic ensemble of volcanic landscapes. Ramble its rugged scenery, descend deep underground into eerie lava tubes, and climb Spain’s tallest peak, the 3718m Pico del Teide. Grab a copy of next week’s TNT for a more in-depth look at ‘secret’ Tenerife.

GRAN CANARIA FLIGHT TIME 4hrs 25mins HOW HOT The average temperature in October is a very generous 24°C. DON’T MISS Another Canary Island best known for

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IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL: Winter sun further afar If you don’t mind sitting on a plane for longer than a few hours, these sunny spots make great escapes from England’s long, cruel winter

1 CANCUN FLIGHT TIME: 15hrs Mexico’s biggest party spot – once-upon-a-time an unassuming fishing town – is a balls-out extravaganza of beaches and booze. October is the month the weather starts cooling down – to a respectably sizzling 30°C. Though certainly not for everyone, if it’s big and loud you’re after, Cancun can bring it.

2 COSTA RICA FLIGHT TIME: 15hrs Costa Rica’s recent surge in popularity has made cheap treats hard to find. Still, there are bargains to be had if you stray away from the boutique scene, and it remains a pretty unbeatable something-for-everyone slice of exotica: whether it’s bumming around on beaches, trekking up volcanoes, surfing, snorkelling, or zip-lining through lush rainforest, Costa Rica has it all.

3 GOA FLIGHT TIME: 16hrs Though the disturbingly thonged remnants of the 1960s ‘Goa freaks’ scene can still be spotted wandering this once hippy haven, nowadays Goa is very much a young person’s

paradise. Head to Anjuna in the north for relaxed beach bars by day and raucous raves by night, or Palolem in the south to live a gloriously lazy life in beachfront huts. Whatever you do, don’t miss out on Goa’s unique Portugueseinfluenced cuisine – especially the addictive Goan sausage.

Also, nasty local homebrew hooch feni needs to be tasted to be believed.

4 FLORIDA FLIGHT TIME: 13hrs From picture-perfect Miami beaches right out of a cheesy rap video to the deadly creatures lurking in Florida’s subtropical Everglades, this schizophrenic holiday destination should be strapped into a strait-jacket and put on lockdown – well, if it weren’t so damned enjoyable.

Super-sized theme-parks, kayaking, biking, ’gators, pumping nightlife and beautiful people combine into one epic thrill-ride. Or you could just lie on the beach.

5 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FLIGHT TIME: 14hrs The all-inclusive boom is still, er, booming, so if you’re after a hassle-free holiday with sun, sea, sand and zero call for thought, let the package deals be your guide. Anyone looking for a bit more action than the traditional Caribbean holiday promises should head to the adventure sports capital of Cabarete, a great getaway on the north coast suited to kitesurfing and windsurfing.

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beachfront tourism, there’s plenty of opportunity here to soak up winter sun. But spare a day or two to escape the beach and head further inland, where the mountainscape is surprisingly stunning. We’d also recommend Arucas in the north for walking, and Teror is a cutesy postcard town with farmers’ markets and picturesque houses.

CYPRUS FLIGHT TIME 4-5hrs HOW HOT A scorching 25°C-30°C. DON’T MISS Do yourself a favour and give Agia Napa a wide berth. Paphos, however, does beaches and bass-booming bars alongside archaeological wonders. The Tombs of the Kings are the must-do here – a rocky complex where elite citizens of the ancient city were entombed. You can clamber into caves and crawl inside narrow passages to your Indiana Jones-loving heart’s content.

EGYPT FLIGHT TIME 5-6hrs HOW HOT Expect to sweat in temperatures that get up to around 27°C. DON’T MISS Egypt isn’t exactly known as an escape for getting mellow. But rather than being harangued by the hawkers of Cairo or Luxor, we reckon a chilled stay in beach-bum heaven Dahab on the Sinai Peninsula is the best way to enjoy Egypt’s winter sun. There’s also diving and trekking nearby if you get bored topping up the tan. We’d certainly recommend the former – once a Bedouin fishing village, Dahab is without doubt one of Sinai’s most spectacular diving destinations. The backpacker vibe ensures plenty of parties too. ❚

Dive into Dahab

THE HOTTEST PLACES ON EARTH While it’s perfectly understandable to crave some rays during London’s crisp winter months, there is such a thing as going too far. Here’s where we wouldn’t recommend a holiday – no matter how fed up you are of freezing your bum off …

1 DALLOL, ETHIOPIA An average year-round temperature of 35°C might not sound so bad, but the mercury regularly rises above 46°C during the day in Dallol. At 328ft below sea level, it’s one of the lowest points on earth not covered by water, and boasts a dramatic landscape that includes steaming yellow sulphur fields and sparkling white salt beds.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a place to play

3 DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA The cheery moniker is a direct result of this valley in the Mojave desert’s extreme weather conditions, and, indeed, about a dozen people have died here in the past 15 years, thanks to the searing heat. The hottest temperature in the western hemisphere was recorded at Death Valley’s aptly named Furnace Creek, when it hit 56.7°C in 1913 (just short of El Azizia’s world record). Strangely enough, you can also feast your eyes on snow-covered peaks in this hot spot.

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4 KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT Spare a thought for Kuwait’s city slickers, who are possibly the sweatiest 30,000 citizens on the planet when the Kuwaiti capital serves up temperatures in excess of 46°C over summer. Even a dip in the Persian Gulf by which it sits is unlikely to help matters – the water will be akin to a sweltering hot bath.

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2 EL AZIZIA, LIBYA In 1922, the hottest temperature ever recorded on earth – 57.8°C – was reported at this sizzling spot in the Sahara.

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10.00am IRELAND: BRILLIANT, BANKRUPT AND BEAUTIFUL – THE 10 ‘MUSTSEE’ DESTINATIONS Gabriel Finn & Joe Wynne, Paddywagon Join Wee Joe and Gabe Finn, two awardwinning Irish tour guides, on a journey round the Emerald Isle. Discover their top tips and insider secrets and hear why, despite being broke, Ireland is still one of Europe’s top travel destinations.

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TWITTER, BLOGGING AND THE BEST WAY FOR TRAVELLERS TO MAKE MONEY Grant Martin, Gadling With new media constantly growing, many are turning to the web to share their stories. Discover the merits and methods of blogging; what the life of a travel blogger is like; what publishers will pay for; and the pitfalls to avoid.

14.30pm LIVING IN EGYPT Andy Henderson, On the Go Tours During his time working with On The Go Tours, Andy spent nearly two years living in Egypt and helping to run operations in what is one of the most popular holiday destinations in the world. During this talk he will let you know exactly why now is the best time to travel to Egypt.

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Stand 46&58 From beginners through to freeride, skiing to snowboarding, Action Outdoors offers a whole range of allinclusive tours across the French Alps – perfect for those on a budget but wanting maximum return. From as little as £400, you can have seven-nights’ fullboard, ski hire, lift pass and instruction.

P: 020 3328 5443 W: action-outdoors.co.uk

AIG - ITALIAN HOSTELS

Stand 67 AIG Italian Hostels is the only official hostel network in Italy since 1945. With more than 100 hostels, the network is ideal for young adults travelling alone, as well as groups and families looking for affordable, safe and quality accommodation. AIG is a member of the global organisation Hostelling International.

P: 06 48907740 W: aighostels.com

ANGLO PACIFIC

Stand 59 Leaving the UK should be about farewell drinks, not hassles over packing up your room.

Anglo Pacific makes it easy with free delivery of boxes, collections any weekday (and Saturdays in London) and friendly, knowledgeable antipodean staff who know exactly where you’re coming from – and going to! There’s budget friendly seafreight or a faster air service – ask us what’s ideal for you. And best of all, we guarantee the arrival of your baggage at port in 12 weeks or you’ll get a full refund of your shipping costs.

P: 020 8965 1234 W: anglopacific.co.uk

ANZUK TEACHERS

Stand 62 ANZUK Teachers are a leading education recruitment specialist, sourcing experienced and high-quality teachers from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the UK. At ANZUK we pride ourselves on providing a service that is personal, efficient, reliable, honest and friendly. Our clients rely on us daily to provide top-quality teaching staff for long-term, short-term and daily supply vacancies.

Our expectations of our candidates are high because our clients’ expectations are high. All our teachers are fully vetted and compliant to work in the UK. As an agency, we have held the quality mark for more than four years, demonstrating our commitment to maintaining standards.

P: 0845 3705706 W: anzukteachers.co.uk

BALKAN ROAD TRIP

Stand 16 Go local in the Balkans.

Fascinating, fun, specialist mini-bus tours of Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Albania and Greece that focus on small groups, adventure and local guides.

Choose from these exciting tours: Bosnia Adventure: While you are in Croatia, jump over the border and have an adventure in Bosnia – one the most beautiful and fascinating countries in Europe. Greece-Croatia Pass: One-way tour from Corfu to Dubrovnik (or viceversa) through Albania and Montenegro. Croatia-Slovenia Pass: Covers the best National Parks in both countries – Krka Waterfalls, Plitvice and Bled.

P: 0845 257 8289 W: balkanroadtrip.com

BUSABOUT

Stand 27 Escape London for the festive season and celebrate it properly in Europe’s most amazing destinations. Do Christmas French-style in Paris or go Dutch with New Year in Amsterdam. Or have it all in Eastern Europe with our 11-day festive trek through Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic. Awesome parties and unique experiences with like-minded travellers.

P: 0845 026 7514 W: busabout.com

alliance, providing more benefits and value-added services for its passengers.

P: 020 8587 3688 W: china-airlines.com

CONTIKI HOLIDAYS

Stand 34 The Contiki philosophy is simple: create hassle-free holidays with an unbeatable mix of sightseeing, culture, free time and people of your own age. We are the leader in tours for 18-35s, operating in more than 40 countries around the world.

P: 020 8290 6422 W: contiki.com

DAY TOURS WORLD

Stand 11 DayToursWorld.com is the next big online travel site to come from the travel and tech-savvy gurus in Ireland, the same land of inspiration that unleashed Hostelworld.com and Ryanair.com to unsurpassed success. It will offer the best daytours and excursions to every destination on Earth, and eventually beyond. Unlike other travel sites that sell every tour, we feature only the best activities.

DayToursWorld.com is the brainchild of several of the travel industry’s key figures and some of the finest talent in global website booking-system technology.

This exciting and refreshing project is financed by high-profile and widely renowned investors from the world of travel.

So when you want to book a day-trip or an excursion from everywhere wonderful to anywhere wonderful in the world, for peace of mind and a guarantee of quality book with daytoursworld.com W: daytoursworld.com

DJH RHINELAND CHINA AIRLINES

Stand 29 China Airlines, the largest carrier in Taiwan and one of Asia’s leading airlines, serves 99 destinations in 29 countries. On March 28, 2010, China Airlines commenced the first ever non-stop service from London to Taipei, with excellent onward connections at Taipei Taoyuan to Australia and Indonesia.

On September 28, 2011, China Airlines proudly took its place as one of 15 members in the SkyTeam global airline

Stand 67 There are four DJH City-Hostels in Cologne and Düsseldorf offering accommodation close to the beautiful Christmas markets. Hostels are located in the city centres, directly on the Rhine with en-suite bedrooms and have inhouse bistros serving buffet-style meals.

DJH Rhineland is a part of the Hostelling International global network.

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EXHIBITOR SHOW LIST TRAVEL EXHIBITOR A-Z ENCOUNTERS TRAVEL

Stand 2 Encounters Travel specialises in imaginative, adventurous, small-group tours all around the world, using good- quality mid-range accommodation and transportation. Our brand strap-line is: ‘Your passport to adventure’, and this sentiment shows our desire to give our travellers the opportunity to enjoy fun holidays where they can see and learn about local cultures and historic sites while enjoying some more adventurous activities along the way.

P: 0800 088 6002 W: encounterstravel.com

EXCESS BAGGAGE COMPANY

Stand 33 Excess Baggage Company has been offering services to more than 300 countries and territories worldwide for nearly 30 years. We are one of the UK’s largest independent baggage forwarders in Europe. We have outlets at 31 locations across the UK including Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester airport terminals along with major rail stations. We have made Excess Baggage the most respected and must-use baggage shipping company. We now manage more than 50,000 shipments a year, so we feel we know a little about moving your personal effects safely overseas.

P: 0800 077 3927 W: excess-baggage.com

EXPAT EXPLORE

Stand 9B Our main focus is to offer travellers their once-in-alifetime travelling experience, by providing great value for money. All our travellers are diverse in age and culture, and we offer guided walking tours of cities, mingling with local people, tasting local cuisine and experiencing art, architecture and culture.

P: 020 7394 5232 W: expatexplore.com

FANATICS

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many more. Fanatics also operates a huge range of quality tours to the big events and festivals, such as the Fanatics Big Five – Anzac Day at Gallipoli, Skifest, Pamplona, La Tomatina and Oktoberfest – which you must do before you head home.

P: 020 7240 3223 W: thefanatics.com

FEZ TRAVEL

Stand 14 Strike out to explore the ancient sites and beautiful mosaics of Turkey or celebrate your nationhood at Anzac Cove. Uncover the secrets of Pharoahs and delve into Egypt’s fascinating history.

The possibilities are endless and Fez Travel offers many exotic destinations in Turkey, Egypt, Greece and Jordan. We are the largest tour operator for Anzac Day at Gallipoli and have a diverse range of travel products that cater for all travellers from budget to five-star, operating all year round.

P: 020 7099 2077 W: feztravel.com

YOUTH HOSTELS IN FRANCE -FUAJ

Stand 68 The French YHA (FUAJ) is the largest youth accommodation network in France with nearly 130 hostels. There are FUAJ hostels in the most popular resorts of the French Alps which provide comfortable accommodation, traditional meals and all kinds of activities – it’s the best way to enjoy winter sports on a budget. FUAJ is a member of the global network Hostelling International.

P: +33 01 4489 8727 W: fuaj.org

HAGGIS ADVENTURES

Stand 27 Wild and sexy award-winning adventures of Scotland. Have an unforgettable Christmas in the Scottish Highlands or celebrate Hogmanay properly in Edinburgh with the Scottish experts at one of the world’s biggest street parties.

Join one of our legendary trips to explore the Highlands throughout the winter.

P: 0131 557 9393 W: haggisadventures.com

HOSTELLING INTERNATIONAL NORWAY

Stand 69 Norske Vandrerhjem/HI Norway offers cheap accommodation at more than 80 hostels across the whole country – but particularly in some great ski locations. HI hostels encourages activities and interactions between guests so facilities may include common-rooms, guest kitchens, lounges and game rooms. HI Norway is a member of the global network Hostelling International.

P: +4723124510 W: hihostels.no

HOSTELLING INTERNATIONAL

Stand 61 Hostelling International is the umbrella organisation to more than 75 national associations operating in the global territories of Europe, Asia Pacific, The Americas and Africa and Middle East. All HI hostels meet assured standards guaranteeing safe accommodation and a friendly welcome at affordable prices.

The website, hihostels.com, allows travellers to book multi-stage trips, download hostel guides and read real hosteller reviews. Say ‘hi’ the world and discover the real hostel experience with Hostelling International.

P: 01707 324170 W: hihostels.com

HOSTELLING INTERNATIONAL NORTHERN IRELAND

Stand 70A Hostelling International Northern Ireland is Northern Ireland’s largest accommodation provider and offers high- standard accommodation at affordable prices.

HINI have six contemporary and comfortable youth hostels dotted across Northern Ireland which enables guests to travel with HINI; Armagh, Belfast, Bushmills, Whitepark Bay, Newcastle and Enniskillen. Located in town centres and near country parks known for their beauty and world famous attractions, they are set in areas perfect for touring and sightseeing. HINI hostels are versatile and provide a wide choice of room sizes, ranging from twin en-suite rooms to 22bed dorms, perfect for individual travellers, families and large groups.

P: 028 9032 4733 W: hini.org.uk

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Stand 26 HostelsClub.com helps you choose and book your budget accommodation, all over the world. We are a market leader for European accommodation, and our site contains photos, descriptions, customer ratings and reviews, all to help you make the best decision in booking your stay.

P: +39 0412 413870 W: hostelsclub.com

JUMBUCK’S THE AUSSIE PIE COMPANY

Stand 65&66 Jumbuck’s The Aussie Pie Co has a range of nine different pie flavours and sausage rolls.

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P: 020 8811 811 W: southerncrossdeli.co.uk

KUMUKA WORLDWIDE

Stand 17 Kumuka has been travelling the globe since 1983 and offers more than 600 exciting small group tours exploring Africa, Asia, Antarctica, Australasia, Pacific Islands, South America, Central America, North America, Europe and the Middle East.

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Switzerland and the UK. Supported by relationships with more than 70 operators worldwide, Lebara prides itself on the quality of service and the high standard of customer support – all of which is delivered in local language.

P: 020 3036 3000 W: lebara.co.uk

MACBACKPACKERS

Stand 3 MacBackpackers provides awesome tours of Scotland for young, independent travellers. We’re 100 per cent independent, 100 per cent Scottish and proud of it.

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MED SAILORS

Stand 38 Sail the Mediterranean on your own skippered yacht. MedSailors specialises in real sailing holidays for 20-35- year-olds around the islands of Croatia and Greece. Each of your seven days sailing with us sees a new island and cultural experience as you discover the biggest highlights the Mediterranean has to offer. You’ll have plenty of time to yourself to sunbathe, swim or snorkel in the crystal-clear waters or spend some time learning to sail with your qualified skipper. Once in port, historic towns and villages await, as well as time to enjoy the golden sunsets and local delicacies at the many waterfront bars and restaurants. We cater for individuals and group yacht bookings and breakfast and lunch are included during your trip.

P: 020 8133 0434 W: medsailors.com

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Stand 37 Nomadic is an independent tour operator offering tours that combine culture, activity and adventure to interesting destinations. Very much a family-run business, Nomadic prides itself on providing personal customer service and great experiences at reasonable

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P: 0118 9737 011 W: nomadic.co.uk

ON THE GO TOURS

Stand 12 On The Go Tours specialises in cultural and adventure holidays to far-flung destinations including Egypt, India, Russia, Turkey, China, Jordan, Morocco, South America, Sri Lanka, Africa and the Himalayas. We focus on flexible group tours that are sensibly priced, with no mandatory single supplement, so no penalty for single travellers. All our group tours are led by local people who know the best places to go, so you can just enjoy the ride. We also offer sailing in Croatia, over-landing in Africa, the Trans-Siberian, along with many tailor-made itineraries and city breaks too.

P: 020 7371 1113 W: onthegotours.com

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Stand 20 It’s official. Paddywagon Tours has been voted ‘world’s most fun tour’ by 900,000 Hostelworld travellers. At Paddywagon we guarantee you the most fun, flexible, informative and friendly Irish extravaganza. The only 100 per cent Irish-owned backpacker tour company, we guarantee the greatest true and authentic travel experience in our beloved motherland.

P: +353 1 823 0822 W: paddwagontours.com

PSS INTERNATIONAL REMOVALS

Stand 36 PSS International Removals is the UK’s first choice for shipping overseas. We have specialised in shipping cartons of baggage and export luggage to worldwide destinations for more than 30 years. We handle thousands of baggage consignments every year ranging from small shipments of one or two cartons to larger shipments of 10 or 20 cartons. We

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SAIL CROATIA

Stand 16 Experience seven-day cruises around the stunning coastline of Croatia. Swim every day in a new bay, visit another island and party somewhere different each night. Pioneers and market leaders, Sail Croatia is today regarded as one of the top experiences in Europe for travellers.

Choose from these routes: Split Return: Start and finish in Split, taking in the islands of Hvar, Mljet and Korcula, as well as Dubrovnik and Makarska.

One-Way South: See all of the above, plus the beautiful islands of Brac and Vis, from Split to Dubrovnik one-way.

One-Way North: The same as One-Way South but going from Dubrovnik to Split one-way.

W: sail-croatia.com P: 0845 257 8289

SCANBALT EXPERIENCE

Stand 13 Scanbalt Experience is the expert on tours in Scandinavia and the Baltic Region. We do Lapland winter tours including Christmas, a Baltic backpacker bus for the independent traveller and visa-free tours to Russia ... New for 2012 will be the Big Russia trip. Visit our stand for great deals.

P: +372 53019139 W: scanbaltexperience.com

SHAMROCKER ADVENTURES

Stand 27 Discover the Emerald Isle with our famous 100 per cent Irish guides on our award-winning three- and five-day trips.

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Stand 15 Eat, sleep, play.

Located in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town, Smart City Hostels, Edinburgh, redefines the hostel experience. The hostel can provide private rooms as well as larger dorm style living – all with en-suites. Bar 50, a fully licensed restaurant and bar, is located on the ground floor. We have a 24-hour reception, with no curfew, so you can party for as long as you want.

P: 0131 524 1989 W: smartcityhostels.com

TRAVEL TALK

Stand 10 Travel Talk is the leading Mediterranean and Anzac tour operator specialising in adventure and discovery tours to Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Turkey, Anzac Day Greece, Croatia, Portugal, Spain Russia, Oktoberfest and La Tomatina. Travel Talk tours are designed for adventure travellers who simply prefer a high level of comfort and more inclusions, maximum convenience and the lowest possible price.

P: 020 8099 8852 W: traveltalktours.com

VIBE TEACHING SNOW EXPRESS

Stand 46&58 Snow Express runs scheduled coaches from London to 40 ski resorts across the French Alps. Now with extended leg room, WiFi and electrical sockets, this is a fantastic way to travel for those on a budget. Seats start from £65.

P: 0845 890 0390 W: snowexpress.co.uk

SPACESHIPS CAMPERVAN HIRE

Stand 1 Spaceships Campervan Hire: for travellers’ adventures around the UK and into Europe.

From as little as £20 a day, hire our custom people movers, which drive like a car but have all the features of a normal campervan.

We also have eight-seater people carriers available from September for group road-trips.

P: 020 8573 2300 W: spaceshipsrentals.co.uk

TOPDECK TRAVEL

Stand 7, 8 & 9a At Topdeck, our passion is providing unforgettable travel experiences for 18to 30-somethings. Extended trips; festivals; ski and sailing in Europe; breathtaking holidays in Egypt, Morocco, Jordan and Israel; safaris in Africa; and now amazing adventures in Australia and New Zealand: your choice of great trips with like-minded travellers is huge.

P: 0845 257 5210 W: topdeck.travel

Stand 21 Vibe’ers: a bunch of skilled, knowledgeable, passionate and ridiculously good-looking people.

We understand the needs of schools and are able to meet these through recognising the qualities of excellent teachers. What sets us apart, though, is the fact that we continue to teach in our schools, therefore enabling us to build better relationships with both our schools and our teachers, and especially enabling us to place the most suitable teacher for each individual school. Come and find us and say ‘hello’.

W: vibeteaching.co.uk P: 020 3178 2000

WILD IN SCOTLAND

Stand 22 Small minibus tour company running fun filled two- to 10-day tours around the Scottish Highlands and Islands for independent travellers.

P: 01599 577 388 W: wild-in-scotland.com

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Recruitment Area Supply Cover UK’s aim is to become the number one choice for both Teachers and Schools across Nursery, Primary and Secondary Education.

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P: 01992 892222 W: supplycoveruk.com

R1 Wellers Contractors is a division of Wellers Accountants, an accounting firm with more than 50 years’ experience. Wellers Contractors specialises in advising freelancers, contractors and consultants. We can help you structure your affairs so that you minimise your tax with the minimum of hassle and effort for you. For example, we have developed a scheme that allows you to work as a contractor through your own company to save you money through reduced taxation and make things effortless, as we do all the difficult accounting work for you. Come and see us at the show or give us a call now.

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