the event - issue 236

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEFgtHANNAH LIVINGSTON| concreteeditorueaacuk

THE EVENT EDITORgtGRACE SIMPSON| concreteeventueaacuk

DEPUTY EVENT EDITORgtDUNCAN VICAT-BROWN

concretemusicueaacuk|MUSIC EDITORSgtPAUL COOK amp STEPH MCKENNA

MUSIC WRITERSgtMICHAEL BLUNT MICHAEL BOND PAUL COOK WILL DONOVAN GEMMA HENZLEY FIONA HOWARD ROS JUBBER STEPH MCKENNA ALEC PLOWMAN ALICE SAUNDERS

ANDREA STROMSTAG HELEN THOMAS ALEX THROSSELL DUNCAN VICAT-BROWN PETER WALKER BETH WYATT

concreteartsueaacuk|ARTS EDITORSgtFIONA HOWARD amp KIRSTEN PETER

ARTS WRITERSgtDAVID BIGGINS ANGHARAD BULLWARD FIONA HOWARD CARMINA MASILOVER ISOBEL PALMER ALEC PLOWMAN KIRON WARD

concretetvdigitalueaacuk|TELEVISION EDITORgtJOSH BUTLER

TELEVISION WRITERSgtJOS H BUTLER MICHA BUTLER PAUL COOK TOM DOLTON NICOLE FASSIHI LINDSAY HARRIS LAUREN OrsquoNEILL ALEC PLOWMAN CAROLINE PREECE GARETH REES-WHITE

NATALIE STEPHENSON CAROLINE WALKER

concretecompetitionsueaacuk|COMPETITIONS EDITORgtWILL DONOVAN

WITH MANY CHRISTMAS COMPETITIONS KISSES TO SANTArsquoS LITTLE HELPERS DAVINA KESBY HANNAH LIVINGSTON amp DUNCAN VICAT-BROWN

concretefi lmueaacuk|FILM EDITORSgtELIZABETH POOLE amp ADAM SCALES

FILM WRITERSgtJOSH BUTLER RACHEL COXON CHRIS BENTLEY-SMITH MICHAEL BLUNT EMMA FEATHERSTONE NAOMI FRASER JAMES GALLOWAY STACEY LARNDER ELIZABETH POOLE DUNCAN

VICAT-BROWN BERT WARDLOW

concretewiredueaacuk|WIRED EDITORgtWILLIAM MORAN

WIRED WRITERSgtVAUGHN HIGHFIELD RICHARD JOSLIN WILLIAM MORAN

concretecreativewritingueaacuk|CREATIVE WRITING EDITORgtSTEPHANIE CROSS

CREATIVE WRITERSgtMICHAEL ANDERSON MICHAEL KESHIGIAN FEARCHAR MACLEAN ROBERT VAN EGGHEN ASHRAF ZIDAN

concreteeventueaacuk|CANVAS EDITORgtADIZAH TEJANI

concretefashionueaacuk|FASHION EDITORgtKAT JONES

FASHION WRITERSgtHANNAH BRITT KAT JONES

concretelistingsueaacuk|VENUE EDITORgtHELEN THOMAS

VENUE WRITERgtJOZ NORRIS

THE ONE WITH

PUZZLES GALORE

music|top ten artists of the decade |4arts|the noughties unsung books|8

television|the boxset christmas list|10competitions|christmas puzzles galore|12

film|gerard butler special feature|16wired|video violence a history|19creative writing|the carnival|20

canvas|an african education in ghana|21fashion|the fashionistarsquos christmas list|22

venue|who the hell is tom moran|24

MERRY CHRISTMAS LOVE FROM THE EVENT

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weather chill him No wind that blew was bitterer than he no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose no pelting rain less open to entreatyrdquo

A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens

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Andrea Stromskag

ŌĞƌ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ŶĂŵĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ƐŽŵĞ ŐŝŐƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ gtŽŶĚŽŶ ĂŶĚŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ĨĞǁ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ůĂďĞůƐ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϯ Ă ďĂŶĚ ĐĂůůĞĚ ůŽĐWĂƌƚǇĞŵĞƌŐĞĚƚŽƌĞǀŝƚĂůŝƐĞƚŚĞŶŐůŝƐŚŝŶĚŝĞƐĐĞŶĞdŚĞǇƉůĂǇĞĚĐŽŵƉůĞǆ ŐƵŝƚĂƌͲĚƌŝǀĞŶ ŵƵƐŝĐ ďƵƚ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƟŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ǁŚĂƚ dŚĞgtŝďĞƌƟŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ ^ƚƌŽŬĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ ĞůƐĞǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞǇ ƵƐĞĚĞǆƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƚĂů ŵƵůƟͲůĂǇĞƌĞĚ ƐŽƵŶĚ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ďĂƐĞ ĨŽƌƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ ĚĞďƵƚ ^ŝůĞŶƚ ůĂƌŵǁĂƐ ŝŶƐƚĂŶƚůǇ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĞĚ ĂƐŽŶĞŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞŵŝŶĂůĂůďƵŵƐŽĨ ƚŚĞŵƵƐŝĐƐĐĞŶĞ ƚŚĞ ũĂŐŐĞĚďƵƚŚĂƌŵŽŶŝŽƵƐ ŝŶĚŝĞ ĂŶƚŚĞŵƐ ǁŽŶ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂƵĚŝƚƐ ŽĨ ůďƵŵŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ ĨƌŽŵED and WůƵŐ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϱϲ dŚĞŝƌ ŶĞǆƚ ĞīŽƌƚ tĞĞŬĞŶĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝƚǇ ŵĂƚƵƌĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ŽƉƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ ĂǁĂƐŚ ŽĨ ƐŽƵŶĚ ŽŶ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ƵƟůŝƐŝŶŐ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐ ƐǇŶƚŚƐĂŶĚĐŽŵƉůĞǆƐĂŵƉůĞƐdŚŝƐƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚĂůŝĞŶĂƚĞĚŚĂƌĚĐŽƌĞ ĨĂŶƐĂŶĚƚŚĞƌĞůĞĂƐĞŽĨampůƵǆ and DĞƌĐƵƌǇĐĞŵĞŶƚĞĚƚŚĞďĂŶĚƐŶĞǁĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶĂŶĚƉƌĞǀĞŶƚĞĚƚŚĞŵǁƌŝƟŶŐĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐůŝŬĞ^ŝůĞŶƚůĂƌŵ ĂŐĂŝŶŽǁĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĞŝƌŶĞǁĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶŝƐǁŚĂƚŵĂŬĞƐƚŚĞŵŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ďĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŶƟŵĂĐǇ they broadened ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚŽƌŝǌŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŐĂŝŶĞĚ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ŶĞǁ ĨĂŶďĂƐĞ dŚĞ ĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŽĐŚĂŶŐĞƚŚĞŝƌƐŽƵŶĚĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ĂŶĚƐƟůůƌĞŵĂŝŶĂƚƚŚĞŚĞŝŐŚƚŽĨƉŽƉƵůĂƌŝƚǇ ƐƵƌĞůǇƚŚĂƚĚĞƐĞƌǀĞƐƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ

Alex Throssell

tŚŝůĞŝƚŵŝŐŚƚŶŽƚŚĂǀĞďĞĞŶƵŶƟůϮϬϬϴƚŚĂƚƌĂĚŝŽŵĂŝŶƐƚĂǇ^ĞǆŽŶ ampŝƌĞ ŵĂĚĞ ltKgt Ă ŚŽƵƐĞŚŽůĚ ŶĂŵĞ ƚŚĞ ampŽůůŽǁŝůů ĐůĂŶ ŚĂǀĞŶŽŶĞƚŚĞůĞƐƐ ďĞĞŶ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞĚƵƌĂƟŽŶŽĨ ƚŚĞĚĞĐĂĚĞ ĨŽƌĞǀĞƌ ƚŽďĞŬŶŽǁŶĂƐ ƚŚĞŶŽƵŐŚƟĞƐZĞůĞĂƐŝŶŐƚŚĞŝƌĮƌƐƚƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶϮϬϬϯltŝŶŐƐŽĨgtĞŽŶĂƌĞĂŵŽŶŐƚŚĞĨĞǁ ĂĐƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƉŽůůǁŚŽƐĞ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ ŝƐ ĐŽŶĮŶĞĚ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇƚŽ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϬϬƐ dĞŵƉŽƌĂůŝƚǇ ĂƐŝĚĞ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ dĞŶŶĞƐƐĞĞ ƌŽĐŬŐƌŽƵƉ ƐŐĞŶĞƐŝƐŚĂƐďĞĞŶŽŶĞŽĨ ƚŚĞŵŽƐƚ ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌŵƵƐŝĐĂůĂŶĚ ĂĞƐƚŚĞƟĐ ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ǇĞĂƌƐ ampƌŽŵ ƐŚĂŐŐǇ ĚĞŶŝŵŵŽƵŶƚĂŝŶͲŵĞŶƚŽƐŚĂƌƉĂŶĚƐƚǇůŝǌĞĚĨĂƐŚŝŽŶŝƐƚĂƐltŝŶŐƐĚƌĂƐƟĐƌĞďƌĂŶĚŝŶŐŝŶϮϬϬϳŽƉĞŶĞĚƚŚĞĞǇĞƐŽĨƚŚŽƐĞǁŚŽŵŝŐŚƚŚĂǀĞĚŝƐŵŝƐƐĞĚƚŚĞŐƌŽƵƉ ƐŐƵŝƐĞĂƐĚĞƌŝǀĂƟǀĞĂŶĚŵĞĂŶŝŶŐůĞƐƐƐŽƵƚŚĞƌŶƌŽĐŬƌĞǀŝǀĂůŝƐŵdŚĞǇǀĞŚĞůƉĞĚƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƚŚĞƐŽƵŶĚƚƌĂĐŬƚŽƚŚĞůĂƩĞƌƉĂƌƚŽĨƚŚĞĚĞĐĂĚĞǁŝƚŚĐůƵďďĂŶŐĞƌŵĂƐŚƵƉƐĂŶĚǁĞĚĚŝŶŐ ƉůĂǇůŝƐƚƐ ŵĂĚĞ ĂŌĞƌ ϮϬϬϴ ƐĞůĚŽŵ ďĞŝŶŐ ƐƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŚĞƐŽƵŶĚƐŽĨKŶĂůůhƐĞ^ŽŵĞďŽĚǇŽƌƚŚĞĂĨŽƌĞŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚŵĞŐĂƐŝŶŐůĞ dƌƵĞ ƵŶƐĂǀŽƵƌǇ ĐƌŽǁĚ ďĂƐŚŝŶŐ Ăƚ Ă ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ƐƵŵŵĞƌĨĞƐƟǀĂůŵŝŐŚƚŚĂǀĞůĞŌĂƐŽƵƌƚĂƐƚĞŝŶƐŽŵĞŵŽƵƚŚƐďƵƚƚĂŶƚƌƵŵƐĂƐŝĚĞltŝŶŐƐŽĨgtĞŽŶĂƌĞƚƌƵůǇ ĂƐƚŚĞEDƉƵƚŝƚ ŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞŐƌĞĂƚŵĞƌŝĐĂŶďĂŶĚƐŽĨŽƵƌƟŵĞƐ

Alec Plowman

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Michael Bond

EŽďŽĚǇ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ƐƚŽƌǇ ƚŚĂƚ gtŽŶŐ ƐůĂŶĚ Ɛ ƌĂŶĚEĞǁ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ zŽƵƌ ampĂǀŽƌŝƚĞ tĞĂƉŽŶ ĚƌŽƉƉĞĚ ŝŶϮϬϬϭ Ă ǇĞĂƌ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ŚĂĚ ĨŽƌŵĞĚ ǀĞŶ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐƚŚĞĮƌƐƚĞǆĂŵƉůĞŽĨĨƌŽŶƚŵĂŶĞƐƐĞgtĂĐĞǇ ƐƐƵďůŝŵĞĂŶĚŽŌĞŶĐƵƫŶŐůǇƌŝĐƐƚŚĞĂůďƵŵǁĂƐƐƟůůŐĞŶĞƌŝĐƉŽƉͲƉƵŶŬĨŽƌƚŚĞŵŽƐƚƉĂƌƚ ƚ ǁĂƐŶƚ ƵŶƟů ϮϬϬϯ Ɛ ĞũĂ ŶƚĞŶĚƵ that they became ƚŚĞƵŶĚŝƐƉƵƚĞĚĂŶĚƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚƌĞůƵĐƚĂŶƚŬŝŶŐƐŽĨĞŵŽĂƐ ůĞĂĚƐŝŶŐůĞ^ŝĐdƌĂŶƐŝƚůŽƌŝĂůŽƌǇampĂĚĞƐďĞĐĂŵĞƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐŽĨĂŶĂŶƚŚĞŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞĚŝƐŝůůƵƐŝŽŶĞĚŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶŽǁĞǀĞƌ ƌĂŶĚEĞǁŶĞǀĞƌ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚĂďůĞǁŝƚŚ ďĞŝŶŐ ůƵŵƉĞĚǁŝƚŚŝŶ Ă ŐĞŶƌĞĂŶĚƚŚŝƐƐŚŽǁĞĚŽŶĂůďƵŵŶƵŵďĞƌƚŚƌĞĞdŚĞĞǀŝůĂŶĚŽĚƌĞZĂŐŝŶŐŶƐŝĚĞDĞdŚĞϵϬƐůƚZŽĐŬŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞƐŽĨƵŝůƚdŽ^ƉŝůůĂŶĚWĂǀĞŵĞŶƚďĞŐĂŶ ƚŽƉƵƐŚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƌĞƐƵůƟŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌŵŽƐƚƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐĂŶĚĂĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚĞīŽƌƚƚŽĚĂƚĞdŚĞĞŶĚŽĨƚŚĞĚĞĐĂĚĞŚĂƐƐĞĞŶĂǁĂǀĞŽĨďĂŶĚƐĨŽůůŽǁŝŶƚŚĞŝƌǁĂŬĞŚĞĂĚĞĚďǇƚŚĞƐŽŽŶƚŽďĞŚƵŐĞDĂŶĐŚĞƐƚĞƌKƌĐŚĞƐƚƌĂƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐůŝǀĞƐŚŽǁŚĂƐĂůǁĂǇƐďĞĞŶĂŬĞǇĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐƟĐŽĨgtĂĐĞǇ ƐĐƌĞǁĂŶĚϮϬϬϵƐĂǁƚŚĞƌĞůĞĂƐĞŽĨĨŽƵƌƚŚĂůďƵŵĂŝƐǇĂŶŽƚŚĞƌƐƚƌŽŶŐĞīŽƌƚǁŚŝĐŚƐƵŐŐĞƐƚƐĂďĂŶĚƚŚĂƚŝƐŽŶůǇŐĞƫŶŐďĞƩĞƌǁŝƚŚĂŐĞ

Michael Blunt

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ĂǀŝŶŐƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞĚĞĐĂĚĞ ƐĮƌƐƚĐůĂƐƐŝĐĂůďƵŵƐǁŝƚŚϮϬϬϬ Ɛ ZĂƚĞĚ Z ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ďƌŽŬĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚǁŽ ǇĞĂƌƐ ůĂƚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ^ŽŶŐƐampŽƌdŚĞĞĂĨǀĞŶŵŽƌĞĨƵůůŽĨĞĂƌͲďƵƐƟŶŐƌŝīƐƉŽƵŶĚŝŶŐĚƌƵŵƐ ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ ĂǀĞƌŽŚůͿ ĂŶĚǁŝůĚ ƐŽůŽƐ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽƚŚĞƌƌĞĐŽƌĚƐŝƚƐĞƚĂƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚĨŽƌƌŽĐŬǁŚŝĐŚďĂƌĞůǇĂŶǇŽƚŚĞƌƌĞĐŽƌĚŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƵŐŚƟĞƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ŐĞƚ ŶĞĂƌ ƚŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ƐŽǁŶƉĞĂŬƚŽŽďƵƚĨŽůůŽǁͲƵƉgtƵůůĂďŝĞƐƚŽWĂƌĂůǇǌĞƐŝĐƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ŚŝƚƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ŵŽƌĞ ƌĞůĂǆĞĚ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĂsƵůŐĂƌŝƐǁĂƐĨƵůůŽĨƐůĞĂǌǇ ĚŝƐũŽŝŶƚĞĚƌŝīƐ

tŚŝůĞƚŚĞďĂŶĚŚĂǀĞŶĞǀĞƌďĞĞŶƚŚĞŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞĂĐƚƚŚĂƚŵŽƌĞŵĂŝŶƐƚƌĞĂŵ ĂĐƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĐŽŵĞ YƵĞĞŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ Ă ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚǁĞůůͲůŽǀĞĚƐƚĂƉůĞŽĨƚŚĞďĞƐƚĨĞƐƟǀĂůďŝůůƐŽĨƚŚĞŶŽƵŐŚƟĞƐŶĂĚĞĐĂĚĞǁŚŝĐŚƐŽƌĞůǇŶĞĞĚĞĚŝƚƚŚĞǇƌŽĐŬĞĚŚĂƌĚĞƐƚůŽƵĚĞƐƚĂŶĚďĞƐƚ

Will Donovan

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TOP 10 ARTISTS OF 2000-2009

Arcade Fire in their original line-up formed in 2003 in Montreal fronted by the husband-and-wife duo of Win Butler and Reacutegine Chassagne The band quickly signed to the independent record label Merge Records ĂŶĚ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮƌƐƚ ĨƵůůͲůĞŶŐƚŚ ĂůďƵŵFuneral in 2004 This received widespread ĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂů ĂŶĚ ĐƌŝƟĐĂů ĂĐĐůĂŝŵ ƌĞƐƵůƟŶŐin sold-out live shows and packed venues By 2005 the album had gone gold in both Canada and the UK a major feat for an ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚůǇ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ĂůďƵŵ dŚĞ ƟƚůĞƌĞĨĞƌƌĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĂƚŚƐ ŽĨ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ƌĞůĂƟǀĞƐŽĨ ďĂŶĚŵĞŵďĞƌƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞƟŵĞŽĨ ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ƌĞŇĞĐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĞůĂŶĐŚŽůǇtone of many of the songs The album also features Chassagnersquos funeral tribute to her lost homeland with the track ĂŝƟ

The band now comprises seven members ǁŚŽ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞŵ ƉůĂǇ ĂŶ ĞĐůĞĐƟĐŵŝǆ ŽĨŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ Ă ǆǇůŽƉŚŽŶĞ ŚƵƌĚǇgurdy and mandolin which makes for

ĞŶĞƌŐĞƟĐ ĂŶĚ ĞŶũŽǇĂďůĞ ůŝǀĞ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐand a diverse range of tracks Arcade Fire have also performed with the likes of rock veterans U2 and David Bowie

In March 2007 Neon Bible was released following a year of recording in an abandoned church that the band bought and converted into a studio The album reached number 2 in the UK Top 40 Album Chart and prompted Q Magazine to name Arcade Fire lsquoThe Most ǆĐŝƟŶŐĐƚKŶdŚĞĂƌƚŚ Neon Bible also went on to win the Meteors 2008 lsquoBest ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ůďƵŵ ĂǁĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŽǁĂƌĚƐϮϬϬϴůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞůďƵŵŽĨƚŚĞzĞĂƌ The album is slightly more up-beat than Funeral and features a military choir and a full orchestra as well as a repackaged version of the favourite hit No Cars Go A third album is currently in the pipeline and promises to ĐĞŵĞŶƚƌĐĂĚĞampŝƌĞĂƐĂƚŽƉďĂŶĚŽĨƚŚĞŶĞǆƚdecade

Ros Jubber

ĂƐƚǇŽƵƌŵŝŶĚƐďĂĐŬƚŽϮϬϬϱƚŽĂƟŵĞǁŚĞŶƚŚĞƌŝƟƐŚŵƵƐŝĐƐĐĞŶĞ ǁĂƐ ŵŽƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ůŽƐƐ ŽĨ dŚĞ gtŝďĞƌƟŶĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚůǇ ƚŽǁŚĞŶŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞŵŽƐƚĞǆĐŝƟŶŐƐŝŶŐůĞƐŽĨƚŚĞƉĂƐƚdecade was released Instant classic I Bet That You Look Good on ƚŚĞ ĂŶĐĞŇŽŽƌ ĐĂƵŐŚƚ ƚŚĞ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŝŶĚŝĞ ŬŝĚƐ ĂŶĚ ĐƌŝƟĐƐĂůŝŬĞĂŶĚƐŽďĞŐĂŶƚŚĞƵŶƐƚŽƉƉĂďůĞĨŽƌĐĞƚŚĂƚŝƐƌĐƟĐDŽŶŬĞǇƐ

2006 Mercury Prize winning debut album Whatever People Say I Am Thatrsquos What Irsquom Not ŝƐ Ă ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƟĐŬƐ ƐŽ ŵĂŶǇďŽǆĞƐ ƚ ŝƐŵƵƐŝĐĂůůǇ ŝŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶƚƉŽƐƐĞƐƐĞƐĂƉƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶƚŚĂƚŵŽƐƚŝŶĚŝĞďĂŶĚƐĐĂŶŽŶůǇĚƌĞĂŵŽĨĂĐŚŝĞǀŝŶŐĂŶĚůǇƌŝĐĂůůǇ ǁĞůůůĞǆTurnerrsquos lyrics are observant and astute but most of all they are ƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚzŽƵƉŚǇƐŝĐĂůůǇĐĂŶŶŽƚůŝƐƚĞŶƚŽMardy Bum for instance ĂŶĚŶŽƚƐŵŝůĞĂƚƚŚĞƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĂďůĞƉĂƩĞƌŶŽĨďĞŝŶŐŽŶĞŚĂůĨŽĨĂƚƌŽƵďůĞĚƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ

Follow-up album 2007rsquos Favourite Worst Nightmare was ƉŝƉƉĞĚƚŽƚŚĞƉŽƐƚďǇltůĂǆŽŶƐĨŽƌĂƐĞĐŽŶĚDĞƌĐƵƌǇDƵƐŝĐƉƌŝǌĞďƵƚ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ůĞǀĞůŽĨ ŝŶƚĞŶƐĞĐƌŝƟĐĂůĂƉƉƌŽǀĂů ĂƐǁĞůůas containing fan favourites Fluorescent Adolescent and the delicate 505dŚŝƐǇĞĂƌ ƐŚŝŐŚůǇĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚHumbug however has ĚŝǀŝĚĞĚĐƌŝƟĐƐĂŶĚĨĂŶƐĂůŝŬĞdŚĞŽƐŚŽŵŵĞͲƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚĞƉŝĐ ŝƐĐĂƉƟǀĂƟŶŐůǇĐŽŵƉůĞǆǇĞƚdƵƌŶĞƌĂŶĚĐŽŚĂǀĞƵŶĚŽƵďƚĞĚůǇůŽƐƚƐŽŵĞŽĨƚŚĞŝƌŵŽƌĞůĂŐĞƌͲůŽƵƟƐŚŽĨĨĂŶƐ

ŽǁĞǀĞƌ ǁŝƚŚƚŚĞŐƵǇƐŶĞǁůǇŇŽǁŝŶŐŚĂŝƌ ƐŽƉŚŝƐƟĐĂƚĞĚŶĞǁalbum and celebrity girlfriends to boot you cannot help but be ĞǆĐŝƚĞĚĨŽƌǁŚĂƚĞǀĞƌƚŚĞŶĞǆƚĚĞĐĂĚĞŚĂƐƚŽŽīĞƌ

Gemma Henzley

ďĂŶĚĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇĚĞƐĞƌǀŝŶŐŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉĮǀĞŽĨƚŚŝƐůŝƐƚĂŶĚŝŶƚŚĞŚĞĂƌƚƐŽĨƚŚĞƌŝƟƐŚƉĞŽƉůĞŝƐDƵƐĞ^ŝŶĐĞƚŚĞŝƌĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶŝŶƚŚĞϭϵϵϬƐƚŚĞƚŚƌĞĞͲƉŝĞĐĞĨƌŽŵdĞŝŐŶŵŽƵƚŚĞǀŽŶ ŚĂǀĞ ƚĂŬĞŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ďǇ ƐƚŽƌŵ DĂƩ ĞůůĂŵǇ ŚƌŝƐtŽůƐƚĞŶŚŽůŵĞ ĂŶĚ ŽŵŝŶŝĐ ŽǁĂƌĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ĮǀĞ ŐƌĞĂƚƐƚƵĚŝŽĂůďƵŵƐƚŚĞĮƌƐƚŽĨǁŚŝĐŚǁĂƐShowbiz ŝŶϭϵϵϵĂŶĚŝŶĂĚĚŝƟŽŶƚŽƚŚĂƚůŝǀĞĂůďƵŵƐĂŶĚsƐƵƚƚŚĞŵŽƐƚƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚfact about the band is the hysteria their live shows produce ŝƚĞĚĂƐďĞŝŶŐŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞďĞƐƚƌŝƟƐŚůŝǀĞĂĐƚƐDƵƐĞŚĂǀĞƌĂĐŬĞĚƵƉ ĂŶ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĂǁĂƌĚƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚǁŽ ƌŝƚƐ ƐŝǆNMEǁĂƌĚƐĂŶĚĞǀĞŶĂƉƌĞƐƟŐŝŽƵƐDĞƌĐƵƌǇWƌŝǌĞŶŽŵŝŶĂƟŽŶfor 2006rsquos ůĂĐŬ ŽůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ZĞǀĞůĂƟŽŶƐ They have put on ŵĂŶǇĂƐƚŽƵŶĚŝŶŐƐŚŽǁƐƐƵĐŚĂƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚǁŽtĞŵďůĞǇ^ƚĂĚŝƵŵĐŽŶĐĞƌƚƐ ŝŶ ƵŶĞ ϮϬϬϳ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ ĞŶƚĞƌŝŶŐ ƵƉĨƌŽŵďĞŶĞĂƚŚĂŶĞǆƚĞŶƐŝŽŶŽĨƚŚĞƐƚĂŐĞǁŝƚŚůŝŐŚƚƐĂŶĚƐŵŽŬĞƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ƐĂƚĞůůŝƚĞĚŝƐŚĞƐĂŶĚŚƵŐĞŇŽĂƟŶŐďĂůůŽŽŶƐǁŝƚŚ ĂĐƌŽďĂƚƐ ĂƩĂĐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŵdŚĞ ƚƌŝŽŚĂǀĞĂůƐŽďƌĂŶĐŚĞĚŝŶƚŽƚŚĞĨĞƐƟǀĂůĐŝƌĐƵŝƚǁŝƚŚŵŽƌĞƌĞĐĞŶƚŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞƐďĞŝŶŐ ĂƚKǆĞŐĞŶ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϳ gtŽůůĂƉĂůŽŽǌĂ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϳ ĂŶĚs ampĞƐƟǀĂůŝŶϮϬϬϴŌĞƌĂůůƚŚŝƐƐƵĐĐĞƐƐǇŽƵĐŽƵůĚĂƐŬǁŚĞƌĞĚŽƚŚĞǇŐŽfrom here Their latest album The Resistance was released ŝŶ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌʹǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞĮƌƐƚ ƐŝŶŐůĞďĞŝŶŐUprising ʹĂŶĚ ƚŚĞnew single Undisclosed Desires ŝƐ ŽƵƚ ŶŽǁDƵƐĞǁŝůů ƐƟůů ďĞƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚĨŽƌƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƚŽĐŽŵĞ

ĞƚŚtǇĂƩ

The thing about Radiohead is that you could have compiled this ůŝƐƚ ƚĞŶ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐƟůů ŚĂǀĞ ĚŽŶĞ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ǁĞůůdŚĞǇĚĞĮŶĞĚϵϬƐƉĂƌĂŶŽŝĂĂŶĚĚĞƐƉĂŝƌǁŝƚŚϭϵϵϳ ƐOk Computer ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ďǇŵĂŶǇ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ĂůďƵŵ ŽĨ Ăůů ƟŵĞ ŶĚthen for an encore they set the scene for the 00s with ltŝĚA ĐŽůĚ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐ ŵŽŶƐƚĞƌ ŝƚ ƉŽůĂƌŝǌĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶƐ ŽĨďŽƚŚĨĂŶƐĂŶĚĐƌŝƟĐƐďƵƚŽǀĞƌƟŵĞŚĂƐĐŽŵĞƚŽďĞĂĐĐĞƉƚĞĚĂƐƚŚĞŵŽƐƚŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚĂůďƵŵŽĨƚŚĞĚĞĐĂĚĞKŶĞŽĨƚŚĞŵŽƐƚĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐƉŽƉƌĞĐŽƌĚƐĞǀĞƌŵĂĚĞŝƚĂďĂŶĚŽŶƐĐŽŶǀĞŶƟŽŶĂůƐŽŶŐƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞĂŶĚ ĨŽƌĞǀĞƌ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĮŶĞƐ ŽĨmainstream music

Follow-ups Amnesiac and Hail to the Thief are not held in such high esteem but especially for the former this is unfair both are ĞǆĐĞƉƟŽŶĂůĂůďƵŵƐƚŚĂƚƐĞĂŵůĞƐƐůǇĐŽŵďŝŶĞƌŽĐŬĂŶĚĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐĂǁŚŝůƐƚĐŽŶƟŶƵŝŶŐƚŚĞďĂŶĚ ƐƚƌĞŶĚŽĨƐŽŶŝĐŝŶŶŽǀĂƟŽŶĂŶĚŇĂǁůĞƐƐƐŽŶŐǁƌŝƟŶŐŶĚƚŚĞŶƚŚĞƌĞ ƐϮϬϬϳ Ɛ ŶZĂŝŶďŽǁƐ Whether you consider the lsquopay what you likersquo online download scheme to be a stroke of genius or the end of the record industry as we know it the music itself is infallible A return to form for a band that never lost it In Rainbows is simultaneously their most accessible ĂŶĚƚŚĞŝƌǁĂƌŵĞƐƚĂůďƵŵƚŚĞĐŽůĚĂůŝĞŶĂƟŽŶŽĨƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐĞīŽƌƚƐůĂƌŐĞůǇƌĞƉůĂĐĞĚďǇŝŶƟŵĂĐǇĂŶĚůŽŶŐŝŶŐ

tŝƚŚĂŶĞǁĂůďƵŵĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞĚĨŽƌϮϬϭϬǁŚĂƚĐĂŶǁĞ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ŶĞǆƚ ĨƌŽŵ ZĂĚŝŽŚĞĂĚ ƚƐ ŝŵƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ KŶĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŝƐ ĨŽƌ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŝůů ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ĚĞĮŶĞ ĂŶĚ ĚŽŵŝŶĂƚĞevery decade in which they release material

Duncan Vicat-Brown

lt4gt MUSE lt4gt lt3gt RADIOHEAD lt3gt lt2gt ARCTIC MONKEYS lt2gt

lt1gt ARCADE FIRE lt1gt

As raprsquos most powerful man Jay-Z proclaims ŽŶŚŝƐ ƐĞŵŝŶĂů gtWŽĨ ƚŚĞŶŽƵŐŚƟĞƐThe Black

Album ldquoTherersquos never been a nr this good for this long this hood or this pop this hot or this strongrdquo If Jay wasnrsquot aptly summing up his global impact on the music industry such a statement might seem arrogant However ^ŚĂǁŶŽƌĞǇĂƌƚĞƌ ďĞƩĞƌŬŶŽǁŶĂƐƌŽŽŬůǇŶƐƐĞůĨͲŵĂĚĞ ĂǇͲ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŶŐ ŚŝƐůǇƌŝĐĂůĮŶĞƐƐĞĂŶĚĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚĐƌĞĂƟǀŝƚǇĨŽƌŽǀĞƌ15 years now

Jay-Zrsquos phenomenal feat of 11 successive ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽŶĞ ĂůďƵŵƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h^ ŵĂƌŬƐ Śŝŵ

ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ůŝĨĞƟŵĞƐ ŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚ ŵƵƐŝĐĂůachievers It is not only his immense ability to ǁƌŝƚĞĂŶĚƌĂƉŝŶƚĞůůŝŐĞŶƚůǇƌŝĐƐďƵƚŚŝƐĞĐůĞĐƟĐƚĂƐƚĞƐĂƐĂƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌ ƚŚĂƚŵĂŬĞƐŚŝƐŵƵƐŝĐ ƐŽƵŶŝƋƵĞ īŽƌƚůĞƐƐ ďůĞŶĚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌǇďĞĂƚƐǁŝƚŚƟŵĞůĞƐƐDŽƚŽǁŶƐŽƵůƌĞŐŐĂĞĂŶĚŐŽƐƉĞůŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞƐŐŝǀĞƐĂǇͲƐŵƵƐŝĐĂĐƵůƚƵƌĂůƌĞƚƌŽƐƉĞĐƚ ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ ƉŽŝŐŶĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ŽŌĞŶƉŽůŝƟĐŝƐĞĚůǇƌŝĐƐ

ampƌŽŵƚŚĞĨƌĞƐŚƐůŝĐŬƐƚǇůĞƐŽĨƚŚĞBlueprint ƐĞƌŝĞƐƚŽƚŚĞŵŽƌĞĞǆƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƚĂůĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟǀĞĞīŽƌƚƐ ŽĨ Kingdom Come and The Black

Album Jay-Z has mastered the art of delicately balancing mainstream sounds and hardcore ƌĂƉ ůǇƌŝĐƐ ďŽůĚ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐͲminded approach to such an expressive and ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ďŽĚǇ ŽĨǁŽƌŬ ƉƵƚƐ ĂǇͲ ƌŝŐŚƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞƚŽƉŽĨƚŚĞůŝƐƚŽĨƌĂƉƐĂůůƟŵĞŐƌĞĂƚƐĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞƚŚĞůŝŬĞƐŽĨEŽƚŽƌŝŽƵƐĂŶĚƌ ƌĞ

ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ŶĂƌƌŽǁůǇ ŵŝƐƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ƚĞŶŚŝƐ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ĂŶĚ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŽĨƚŚĞ ŶŽƵŐŚƟĞƐ ŝƐ ƵŶĚĞŶŝĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ƚŽ ďĞƵŶĚĞƌĞƐƟŵĂƚĞĚ

Paul Cook



dŚĞǀĞŶƚ ƐDƵƐŝĐĚŝƚŽƌƐPaul Cook and Steph McKenna ĐŚŽŽƐĞƚǁŽĂƌƟƐƚƐĚĞƐĞƌǀŝŶŐŽĨĂŵĞŶƟŽŶƚŚĂƚŶĂƌƌŽǁůǇŵŝƐƐĞĚŽƵƚŽŶĂƉƌĞƐƟŐŝŽƵƐƉůĂĐĞŝŶŽƵƌƚŽƉϭϬŽĨƚŚĞĚĞĐĂĚĞ

BRIGHT EYESJAY-Z

11) JAY-Z12) YEAH YEAH YEAHS

13) THE STROKES

14) BRIGHT EYES

15) ELBOW

16) KANYE WEST

17) BIFFY CLYRO

18) ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

19) EMINEM

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ŝƐƚŽƌƚĞĚ ďĂƐƐ ĂŶĚ ĚƌƵŵƐ ŐƌĞĞƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚĂŌĞƌƚŚĞůŽŶŐƋƵĞƵĞŽƵƚƐŝĚĞŝŶƚŚĞĐŽůĚƐĞƫŶŐthe mood the excitement was almost tangible ampƌĂŶĐŽƚŚĞĮƌƐƚƐƵƉƉŽƌƚďĂŶĚŚĂĚĂƚŽƵŐŚũŽďwith the reluctant crowd of young teenagers ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞŵ ũƵŵƉŝŶŐ ĂůŽŶŐ dŚĞŝƌ ƐŽƵŶĚĐŽŵƉůŝŵĞŶƚĞĚ ůůŝŽƚ DŝŶŽƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞŶĞƌŐǇĮůƚĞƌĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ďŽƵŶĐĞĚĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ dŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ĞǆĐĞƉƟŽŶĂůůǇƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ůŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ůĞŌ ampƌĂŶĐŽǁĞƌĞŐƌĞĞƚĞĚďǇ Ă ƐǁĂƌŵŽĨ ŐŝƌůƐ ĂƐŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƉŚŽƚŽƐand autographs They appeared to be as loved ĂƐůůŝŽƚDŝŶŽƌƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ

dŚĞŶĞǆƚƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĂĐƚDĞsƐĞƌŽĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚthis energy and brought the crowd alive with a

ƐŽƵŶĚƐŝŵŝůĂƌƚŽĂŵŝǆŽĨampĂůůKƵƚŽǇĂŶĚgtĂŵďŽĨŽĚĚƵĞƚŽƚŚĞŚĞĂǀǇŵĞƚĂůƵŶĚĞƌƚŽŶĞdŚĞƐǁŝƚĐŚŽǀĞƌƚŽůůŝŽƚDŝŶŽƌƚŽŽŬĂŶĂŐĞůĞĂǀŝŶŐthe audience suitably unimpressed However ŽŶĞǁĂǇƚŽƐƚŽƉĂĐƌŽǁĚŽĨĐŚĂŶƟŶŐŬŝĚƐŝƐƚŽǁŚĂĐŬƵƉƚŚĞǀŽůƵŵĞŽŶTeenagersďǇDZ

ǀĞŶƚƵĂůůǇ ůůŝŽƚ DŝŶŽƌ ƚŽŽŬ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŐĞand the crowd went wild They started with a ƐŽŶŐ Žī ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶĞǁ ĂůďƵŵ ƚŽǁĂƌŵ ƵƉ ďĞĨŽƌĞgoing straight into Jessica an old favourite ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ůĞǆ ĂǀŝĞƐ ůĞĂĚ ƐŝŶŐĞƌ ǁĂƐloudly accompanied by the audience Elliot DŝŶŽƌ ĚŝĚŶƚ ƉĂƵƐĞ ĞǆĐĞƉƚ ĨŽƌǁŚĞŶůĞǆ ĂŶĚĚDŝŶƚŽŶ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŐƵŝƚĂƌƐ ĨŽƌ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚƐŽŶŐƐůĞǆŐŽƚƐŽĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐƟĐŝŶŚŝƐŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟŽŶwith the crowd that the tech guys had to come on stage to untangle his microphone from around two of the microphone stands The three bands were very well received and wonderfully complemented each other

dŚĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ůŽǀĞĚ ůůŝŽƚ DŝŶŽƌ ŝŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚĂŶĚƵŶĚŽƵďƚĞĚůǇƚŚŝƐǁĂƐŶŽƚƵŶůŝŬĞƚŚĞƌĞƐƚŽĨtheir tour dates

Alice Saunders

ELLIOT MINOR

NORWICH WATERFRONT gt TUESDAY 17TH NOVEMBER

LISA HANNIGAN

NORWICH WATERFRONT gt SUNDAY 22ND NOVEMBER ŶũŽǇŝŶŐĂďƌŝĞĨƐƟŶƚŽĨZΘZĂŌĞƌƚŚĞDĞƌĐƵƌǇǁĂƌĚƐ gtŝƐĂ ĂŶŶŝŐĂŶ ŝƐ ďĂĐŬ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞƚŽƵƌ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĨĞǁ ŵŝŶŽƌ ĂůƚĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐŶĞǁŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůŶĞǁĐŽǀĞƌƐĂŶĚŶĞǁĐŝƟĞƐampŽƌŚĞƌ ĮƌƐƚ ĞǀĞƌ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƚŽ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĂŶ ƵŶĚĞƌƐŽůĚWaterfront received her quaint Irish charm on ƚĞŶĚĞƌŚŽŽŬƐĞƐƉŝƚĞƚŚĞƐŵĂůůŶƵŵďĞƌŽĨĨĂŶƐwho made it out lsquoon this miserable nightrsquo (in her words) they waited for a performance of equal merit to the highly acclaimed and nothing ƐŚŽƌƚŽĨĐŽŵĨŽƌƟŶŐůǇďůŝƐƐĨƵůSea Sew Hannigan always exudes an amicable superiority to any audience

ampůŽƵƌŝƐŚŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ ŽŶ ƐƚĂŐĞ ƚŚĞband of drummer guitarist violinist double ďĂƐƐŝƐƚ ŬĞǇďŽĂƌĚŝƐƚ ĂŶĚ ĂŶŶŝŐĂŶ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞĚŶŝŶĞ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚĞŶ ƚƌĂĐŬƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚĞďƵƚ ĂůďƵŵĞǆĐůƵĚŝŶŐƚŚĞƌĂƚŚĞƌƉƌŝŵŝƟǀĞSplishy Splashy) ĂŶŶŝŐĂŶ ƚƌĂĚŝŶŐ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƌŝƐŚ ĨŽůŬŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚ ŵŝĐƌŽƉŚŽŶĞ ĨŽƌ ďĂŶũŽ ŵĂŶĚŽůŝŶĂŶĚŐƵŝƚĂƌ ĞĂĐŚĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞĚǁŝƚŚƚŚĞĞīŽƌƚůĞƐƐŶĞƐƐŽĨ ďƌĞĂƚŚŝŶŐ tŝƚŚ ƋƵŝƌŬǇ Ăƌŵ ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƐand not a misplaced lyric or note she opened the show with an oddly chosen and slightly subdued PistachioďĞĨŽƌĞŵŽǀŝŶŐŇƵĞŶƚůǇŝŶƚŽ

the more apt Ocean and a Rock EĞǁ ƐŽŶŐƐBlurry Braille and Couldnrsquot Love You More ŐĂǀĞĂŶ ŝŶũĞĐƟŽŶŽĨĞŶĞƌŐǇĂŶĚĞǆĐŝƚĞŵĞŶƚƚŽƚŚĞĐƌŽǁĚƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŶŐĂŶŝŵŵŝŶĞŶƚŶĞǁĂůďƵŵŝŶ ϮϬϭϬ ampŽƌŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĂďůĞ ƌŚǇŵĞƐKŚŝŽ ůŝŬĞĂďŝƌŽͿƚŚĞŶĞǁƐŽŶŐƐƐƵŐŐĞƐƚĞĚĂsimilar but more experienced vein to Sea Sew ƐŝŵƉůĞďƵƚďĞĂƵƟĨƵůŐƵŝƚĂƌŵĞůŽĚŝĞƐĂŶĚƟŐŚƚchemistry between band members

dŚĞ ĐůŽƐŝŶŐ ƚƌĂĐŬ ǁĂƐ Ă ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĐŽǀĞƌ ŽĨPersonal Jesus that more or less summed up gtŝƐĂ ĂŶŶŝŐĂŶ ĞŶƟƌĞůǇ ƌĞůĂŶĚ Ɛ ƵŶŵĂƚĐŚĞĚvictor

Helen Thomas

If ever there was a poster boy for the tortured soul of contemporary humanity itrsquos Conor KďĞƌƐƚĂǀŝŶŐƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚůǇƚĂŬĞŶƚŽƐŽŶŐͲǁƌŝƟŶŐthe instant he learnt two chords on guitar at the ĂŐĞŽĨƚĞŶĂŶĚŶŽǁůĂďĞůůĞĚ ƚŚĞŽďǇůĂŶŽĨŵŽĚĞƌŶŵƵƐŝĐ ƚŚĞƉĞĐƵůŝĂƌEĞďƌĂƐŬĂŶŚĂƐďĞĞŶƉĞƌĨŽƌŵŝŶŐŝŶǀĂƌŝŽƵƐďĂŶĚƐŚŝƐĞŶƟƌĞůŝĨĞƌŝŐŚƚEyes however remains his biggest success ďŽƚŚŝŶƚĞƌŵƐŽĨŚŝƫŶŐƚŚĞĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂůŵĂƌŬĞƚĂŶĚƐŚŽǁĐĂƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞďĞƐƚŽĨŚŝƐƵŶƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĂďůǇďĞĂƵƟĨƵůĂƌƟƐƟĐĂďŝůŝƚǇ

ampŽƌŵĞĚŝŶƚŚĞŵŝĚͲŶŝŶĞƟĞƐďǇKďĞƌƐƚDŝŬĞDŽŐŝƐ ĂŶĚ EĂƚĞ tĂůĐŽƩ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞŵĂŝŶĞĚthe bandrsquos permanent members to this day ĞǆƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĚŝǀĞƌƐŝĨǇŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐother guest musicians whilst on tour The release of gtĞƫŶŐKīdŚĞĂƉƉŝŶĞƐƐ (1998) sent ripples ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚŝĞͲĨŽůŬ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐŶƚ ƵŶƟůƚŚĞƌĞůĞĂƐĞŽĨ ƚŚĞĚĂƌŬĂŶĚĐƌƵƐŚŝŶŐůǇĞŵŽƟǀĞFevers amp Mirrors ϮϬϬϬͿƚŚĂƚƚŚŝƐĐĂƐĐĂĚĞĚŝŶƚŽwaves gtŝŌĞĚKƌdŚĞ^ƚŽƌǇƐŶdŚĞ^ŽŝůϮϬϬϰͿŵĂƌŬĞĚ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶĚ Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂů ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϱ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƟŶŐreleases of ŵtŝĚĞ ǁĂŬĞ ƚ Ɛ DŽƌŶŝŶŐ and ŝŐŝƚĂů ƐŚ Ŷ ŝŐŝƚĂů hƌŶ with singles Lua

and dĂŬĞƚĂƐǇgtŽǀĞEŽƚŚŝŶŐͿ stealing 1 and ηϮŝŶƚŚĞh^ŝůůďŽĂƌĚĐŚĂƌƚƐϮϬϬϳ ƐCassadaga ƐŚŽǁĐĂƐĞĚ ĂŵŽƌĞ ƉĂůƉĂďůĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞcoupling diverse orchestral sounds with Oberstrsquos ƚƌĂĚĞŵĂƌŬƚƌĞŵďůŝŶŐǀŽĐĂůƐ

ŵĂůŐĂŵĂƟŶŐ ƐƚǇůĞƐ ŽĨ ŝŶĚŝĞ ƌŽĐŬ ĨŽůŬĂŶĚ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐĂ ƌŝŐŚƚ ǇĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ ƚŽƐƉĂƌŬůĞŝŶƚŚĞĞǇĞƐŽĨĐƌŝƟĐƐĂŶĚĨĂŶƐĂůŝŬĞŶĨĂĐƚŽŶĞǁŽƵůĚďĞŚĂƌĚƉƵƐŚĞĚƚŽĮŶĚĂƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůďĂŶĚŽĨƚŚĞůĂƐƚϭϬǇĞĂƌƐŝŶĂŶǇŽĨƚŚĞƐĞŐĞŶƌĞƐǁŚŽĚŽĞƐŶŽƚ ůŝƐƚ ƚŚĞŵĂƐĂŶ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞƚ ƚŚĞheart of this acclaim is the disillusioned spirit of ŽŶŽƌKďĞƌƐƚŚŝŵƐĞůĨĂĐŚŝůĚͲůŝŬĞĨĂĐĞǀĞŝůŝŶŐƚŚĞworldly eyes of a true contemporary genius

Steph McKenna



RELEASESgtSINGLESMILEY CYRUS

PARTY IN THE USA 610

As a university student yoursquore not officially allowed to enjoy cheesy pop unless itrsquos in an entirely ironic way but Miley Cyrusrsquo new single Party in the USA thoroughly puts this to test

Miley has managed to capture the pure bubblegum pop of Britney Spears without all the craziness and

has matured from when she was rdquojust being Mileyrdquo The song demands a singalong with an infectious chorus and a catchy (albeit repetitive) guitar riff In the same way Katy Perry took the LCR by storm with I Kissed A Girl we can expect this song to be a similar lsquomust haversquo as long as we put our prejudices about her sickly sweet naivety aside and accept that sometimes there are songs that just have to be loved The only reason to really dislike this song is that Miley makes us lament how uncool we were at 16

Fiona Howard

THE AUTOMATIC

INTERSTATE 510LADY GAGA

BAD ROMANCE 710

Arguably the most talked-ĂďŽƵƚŶĞǁĂƌƟƐƚŽĨϮϬϬϵǁĂƐLady Gaga who burst onto the music scene with her smash single Just Dance and ƚƌĂĚĞŵĂƌŬ ĞĐĐĞŶƚƌŝĐ ŽƵƞŝƚƐFollowing hot on the heels of Lovegame is Bad Romance

dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĨĞǁ ƐĞĐŽŶĚƐsound promising but then Gaga launches into sounds

such as ldquoRah-rah-ah-ah ah-ahrdquo and ldquoRoma-roma-mamaardquo which come across as rather ďŝǌĂƌƌĞŽŶĮƌƐƚůŝƐƚĞŶ^ŝŵŝůĂƌůǇ ƚŚĞĮƌƐƚǀĞƌƐĞĨĂŝůƐƚŽŵĂŬĞĂŶimpact with Gaga strangely ƐƚĂƟŶŐ ǁĂŶƚǇŽƵƌƵŐůǇ ǁĂŶƚyour diseaserdquo and drawling ldquoI want your loverdquo in a low voice which fails to come across in ƚŚĞ ƐĞĚƵĐƟǀĞ ŵĂŶŶĞƌ ƐŚĞ ŝƐprobably aiming for However ĂŌĞƌĂƐŚŽƌƚďƌŝĚŐĞƚŚĞďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚchorus suddenly kicks in with an upbeat rhythm and Lady ĂŐĂ Ɛ ǀŽĐĂůƐ ĂƌĞ ŝŶĨĞĐƟŽƵƐShe may be able to ldquowrite a bad romancerdquo but is this lady ĐĂƉĂďůĞŽĨǁƌŝƟŶŐĂďĂĚƐŽŶŐTrue itrsquos no Poker Face but Gaga fans will lap it up

ĞƚŚtǇĂƩ

This introductory single to dŚĞ ƵƚŽŵĂƟĐƐ ƚŚŝƌĚ ƐƚƵĚŝŽalbum Tear The Signs Down took just two hours to write and this explains the result a classic example of a two-hour jam self-indulgent ŝŶƐƚƌƵŵĞŶƚƐ ĐŚĂŽƟĐ ǀŽĐĂůƐĂŶĚ ƌĞƉĞƟƟŽŶ dŚĞ ůǇƌŝĐƐƌĞŇĞĐƚ ƚŚŝƐŶŝĐĞůǇǁŝƚŚ ƚŚƌĞĞͲway vocals epitomised by

echoes of ldquoOh Yeah-Oh Yeahrdquo ldquoNa-Nardquo and a bit more of ldquoNa-Nardquo helping don a simple structure of approximately ũƵƐƚĨŽƵƌĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚŶŽƚĞƐ

However thatrsquos not to say this isnrsquot enjoyable The track (along with their brilliant second album This is a Fix) is fun synthy and far more professional than the older material we are more familiar with This is mainly the result ŽĨŵƵůƟͲƚĂůĞŶƚĞĚWĂƵůDƵůůĞŶ( Yo u r c o d e n a m e i s m i l o ) who has reshaped the band ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂďůǇ ĂŌĞƌ ƌĞƉůĂĐŝŶŐscreaming vocalist Alex Pennie

Peter Walker

8 01dec09issue236 arts

concreteartsueaacuk

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ŶĚƌĞǁĂǀŝĚƐŽŶ ƐĚĞďƵƚŶŽǀĞů ƌĞƐƚƐŽŶŵŽƐƚƐŚĞůǀĞƐ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐĚŝƐƟŶĐƚůǇŽƵƚŽĨƉůĂĐĞdŚĞƉĂŐĞĞĚŐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƚĂƌƌĞĚǁŝƚŚ ďůĂĐŬ ŝŶŬ ƚŚĞ ĐŽǀĞƌ ŝƐ ďůŽŽĚ ƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĂĚŽƌŶĞĚǁŝƚŚ ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚƐ ŽĨ ŐŽůĚĞŶĂƌƌŽǁƐŇĂŵŝŶŐŚĞĂƌƚĐŽǀĞƌĞĚŝŶŐŽƚŚŝĐƉƌŝŶƚĂŶĚŐƌŽƚĞƐƋƵĞƐďŽĂƐƚƐƚŚĞůŝŶĞgtŽǀĞŝƐĂƐƐƚƌŽŶŐĂƐĚĞĂƚŚĂƐŚĂƌĚĂƐŚĞůů ƵƐƚǁŚĂƚƐŽƌƚŽĨĂŶŽǀĞůŝƐƚŚŝƐƚ ƐŶŽƚĂŶĞĂƐǇƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƚŽĂŶƐǁĞƌ

dŚĞŶĂƌƌĂƚŽƌ ĂƉŽƌŶƐƚĂƌǁŝƚŚŽƵƚĂƉĞŶŝƐďĞŐŝŶƐƚŚĞƚĂůĞďǇĚĞƐĐƌŝďŝŶŐĂŚŽƌƌŝĮĐĐĂƌĂĐĐŝĚĞŶƚǁŚŝĐŚŚĂƐůĞŌŚŝŵďƵƌŶĞĚĂŶĚŵŽƌƉŚŝŶĞĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚtŚŝůĞǀŝƌƚƵĂůůǇƉĂƌĂůǇƐĞĚĂŶĚƌĞĐŽǀĞƌŝŶŐŝŶŚŽƐƉŝƚĂůƚŚĞŶĂƌƌĂƚŽƌǁŚŽƌĞŵĂŝŶƐŶĂŵĞůĞƐƐͿŝƐǀŝƐŝƚĞĚďǇDĂƌŝĂŶŶĞŶŐĞůĂŵĞŶƚĂůƉĂƟĞŶƚǁŚŽĐůĂŝŵƐƚŽŚĂǀĞŬŶŽǁŶŚŝŵŝŶĂƉĂƐƚůŝĨĞůƚŚŽƵŐŚƐĐĞƉƟĐĂůŚĞůŝƐƚĞŶƐƚŽŚĞƌƐƚŽƌǇŶŽŶĞƚŚĞůĞƐƐĂ

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Kiron Ward

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WƌĞƩǇKŶĞĂǇƚŚĞƉĞƌĨĞĐƚďƵƐũŽƵƌŶĞǇƌĞĂĚ

Fiona Howard

ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY BY DAVID SEDARIS

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ƌĞƚƌŽƐƉĞĐƚŝǀĞůǇŐŝǀĞƐƚŚĞŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶŽĨĂŶĂƵƚŚŽƌŐŝĨƚĞĚǁŝƚŚƌĞŵĂƌŬĂďůĞ ĨŽƌĞƐŝŐŚƚ ampŝƌƐƚ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϮ Twelve is the ƐƚŽƌǇŽĨĂĐůŝƋƵĞŽĨǁĞĂůƚŚǇDĂŶŚĂƚƚĂŶƚĞĞŶƐĞŶŐƌŽƐƐĞĚŝŶĂƐŚĂĚǇƵŶĚĞƌǁŽƌůĚŽĨĚƌƵŐĂĚĚŝĐƚŝŽŶƐĞǆĂŶĚǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ

KĨƚĞŶĚĞƚĂŝůĞĚƚŚƌŽƵŐŚƚŚĞƚŚŝƌĚƉĞƌƐŽŶĂĐĐŽƵŶƚŽĨtŚŝƚĞDŝŬĞĂƉŚŝůŽƐŽƉŚŝĐĂůĂŶĚŵŝƐƉůĂĐĞĚĚƌƵŐĚĞĂůĞƌ ƚŚĞƐĞĞŵŝŶŐůǇƉƌŝǀŝůĞŐĞĚǁŽƌůĚŽĨ ƚŚĞŚŝŐŚͲƐĐŚŽŽůĂŐĞĚƐŽĐŝĂůŝƚĞƐ ŝƐƋƵŝĐŬůǇĐĂƐƚĂƐĂǀŝĐŝŽƵƐĂŶĚǀŝŶĚŝĐƚŝǀĞƐƉŚĞƌĞƚĞĞƚĞƌŝŶŐŽŶƚŚĞǀĞƌŐĞŽĨĐŽůůĂƉƐĞƚŚƌŽƵŐŚƚŚĞĂĐƚŝŽŶƐŽĨƚŚĞŝŐŶŽƌĂŶƚĂŶĚƵŶĨĞĞůŝŶŐ

ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐƚŚĂƚŝŶŚĂďŝƚŝƚDĐŽŶĞůůƐƉƌŽƐĞŵĂŶĂŐĞƐŶŽƚŽŶůǇƚŽ ĞĨĨĞĐƚŝǀĞůǇ ƉŽƌƚƌĂǇ Ă ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵůůǇ ƐĂƌĚŽŶŝĐ ŵŝĐƌŽĐŽƐŵ ŽĨƚŚĞ ƚĞĞŶĂŐĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ ƵŶƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚǁĂƐƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚǁŚĞŶŚĞǁĂƐŽŶůǇϭϳͿďƵƚ ĂůůƵĚĞƐ ƚŽďŝǌĂƌƌĞĂŶĚ ŽĨƚĞŶ ĚŝƐƚƵƌďŝŶŐ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶĚůĞƐƐ ǁĞĂůƚŚǇǇŽƵƚŚ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ ƚŚĂƚŵĂŶŝĨĞƐƚĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶƐƚĂƉůĞƐƐƵĐŚĂƐThe Hills and My Super Sweet Sixteen later in ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ dŚƌŽǁ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŽŵŝŶŽƵƐ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƚŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞsŝƌŐŝŶŝĂdĞĐŚŵĂƐƐĂĐƌĞĂƐǁĞůůĂŶĚǇŽƵĨŝŶĚĂŶĂƵƚŚŽƌǁŝƚŚŚŝƐĨŝŶŐĞƌƐŽŚĂƌĚŽŶƚŚĞƉƵůƐĞƚŚĂƚŝƚƐƉƌĂĐƚŝĐĂůůǇƚŚƌŽďďŝŶŐ

Alec Plowman

ůůƵƐƚƌĂƚŽƌ ĂƵƚŚŽƌ ĂŶĚ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ƉŽĞƚ gtĂƵƌĂ ŽĐŬƌŝůů ĂŬĂŽĐŬĞƌƐ D ĨŽƵŶĚ ŚĞƌ ĨĂŵĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĂƌƚǁŽƌŬ ĨŽƌ ltĂƚĞ EĂƐŚĂŶĚ ^ĐƌŽŽďŝƵƐ WŝƉ tŝƚŚ ŽŶĞ ƉŽĞƚƌǇ ďŽŽŬ Mistakes in the

Background ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ďǇ ĂƌƉĞƌŽůůŝŶƐ ƐŚĞƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ Ă ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ŽĨ ϮϬϬϵ ĞŶƟƚůĞĚUgly Shy

GirldŽůĂƵŶĐŚƚŚĞďŽŽŬƐŚĞƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞĚĂƚ^ŽƵƚŚďĂŶŬ ƐYƵĞĞŶůŝǌĂďĞƚŚĂůůǁŝƚŚƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐƐĞƚƐĨƌŽŵltĂƚĞEĂƐŚWĞŐŐǇ^ƵĞĂŶĚ ƌŝŐŝƩĞ ƉŚƌŽĚŝƚĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĂĚĂǇ ŽĨ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ ŽĐŬƌŝůů ŚĞƌƐĞůĨ ŝŶĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞĚƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ƉŽĞƚƌǇ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĞǆƚƌĂĐƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĞƌ ƉƌŽƐĞďŽŽŬ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ ĂŶ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐĂƐƚ ŽĨ ŐŝƌůƐĐŚĂŶƟŶŐĂŶĚƐƚŽŵƉŝŶŐĂůŽŶŐǁŝƚŚŚĞƌ

dŚĞƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞĂƐƉĞĐƚŝƐ ŝŶƚĞŐƌĂůƚŽŽĐŬƌŝůů ƐǁŽƌŬĂƐŝƚďƌŝŶŐƐƚŚĞƚĞǆƚƚŽůŝĨĞŽǁĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĞƉŚǇƐŝĐĂůĐŽƉǇŽĨƚŚĞƐƚŽƌǇŽĨUgly Shy GirlŝƐƐƵĐŚĂŐĞŵƚŽĮŶĚƚŚĂƚǇŽƵůůǁĂŶƚƚŽďƵǇŝƚĨŽƌĨƌŝĞŶĚƐĂŶĚĨĂŵŝůǇůŽŶŐǁŝƚŚŝůůƵƐƚƌĂƟŽŶƐƚŽƌŝǀĂůYƵĞŶƟŶůĂŬĞ ƐǁŚŝĐŚŵĂŶǇǁŝůůƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌĨƌŽŵĐŚŝůĚŚŽŽĚĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶǇŝŶŐZŽĂůĚĂŚů ƐďŽŽŬƐŽŶĞĐĂŶƐĞĞĂĐůĞĂƌŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶƌĞŇĞĐƚĞĚŝŶƚŚĞŵĂŝŶƉƌŽƚĂŐŽŶŝƐƚ ƐŶĂŵĞDĂƟůĚĂdŚĞŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞŝƐŵƵĐŚůŝŬĞƚŚĂƚŽĨĂĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ƐďŽŽŬŚŽǁĞǀĞƌǁŝƚŚƐǁĞĂƌŝŶŐĂŶĚƐƵďũĞĐƚƐŽĨďƵůůǇŝŶŐĂŶĚǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞŝƚĂůůŽǁƐǇŽƵƚŽŝŶĚƵůŐĞŝŶƐŽŵĞŶŽƐƚĂůŐŝĂǁŝƚŚĂŶĂĚƵůƚƚǁŝƐƚ

Carmina Masilover

THE GARGOYLE BY ANDREW DAVIDSON CENSORING AN IRANIAN LOVE STORY BY SHAHRIAR MANDANIPOUR

UGLY SHY GIRL BY LAURA DOCKRILL

TWELVE BY NICK MCDONELL

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You might be wondering why the SU bar seems lovelier and quieter than usual or why there is ůĞƐƐƐĐƌĞĞĐŚŝŶŐĂŶĚƉƌĂŶĐŝŶŐŽŶƚŚĞĚĂŶĐĞŇŽŽƌof the LCR That is because us third-year drama ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐĂƌĞƚŽŽďƵƐǇƉƵƫŶŐƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌŽƵƌĮŶĂůǇĞĂƌƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƚŚĞĚŽƵďůĞͲďŝůůŽĨTales from the

Vienna Woods by Odon Von Horvath and Tales

from Hollywood by Christopher HamptonƵƐƚĂŶŽƚŚĞƌĚƌĂŵĂƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŚĞĂƌǇŽƵ

ĐƌǇƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƚŚĂƚƵŶůĞƐƐĂĨƌŝĞŶĚŽĨǇŽƵƌƐŝƐƐƚĂƌƌŝŶŐŝŶŝƚǇŽƵŵĂǇŶŽƚŐŽƚŽƐĞĞƵƚĂŵhere to persuade you otherwise

Typically a student night involves waking up the next day with a pounding headache an oddly-located bruise that you have no memory ŽĨ ĂĐƋƵŝƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ Ă ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚůǇ ĞŵƉƟĞƌǁĂůůĞƚŽŵŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŽƵƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ǁŝůů ďĞ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ďƌĞĂŬ ƵƉ ǇŽƵƌ ǁĞĞŬ ŽŶĞthat is incredibly cheap (pound350) and considering

the amount of work that the drama students put ŝŶƚŽ ŝƚ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŝŶĚĞĞĚFurthermore unless you decide to hit the wine ǁĞůů ďĞ ƐĞůůŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌǀĂů ƚŚĞĂŌĞƌͲĞīĞĐƚƐwill be much kinder and more memorable

So what about the plays you will be coming to see Awarded the Standard Best Comedy award Tales from Hollywood is a hilarious account of a group of German eacutemigreacute writers (including the ůŝŬĞƐ ŽĨ ƌĞĐŚƚ ĂŶĚ dŚŽŵĂƐ DĂŶŶͿ ǁŚŽ ĂŌĞƌŇĞĞŝŶŐEĂǌŝƐŵǁĞƌĞĞŵƉůŽǇĞĚĂƐƐĐƌĞĞŶǁƌŝƚĞƌƐĨŽƌ ŵĂũŽƌ Įůŵ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ ŝŶ ŽůůǇǁŽŽĚ dŽůĚthrough the eyes of playwright Odon Von Horvath sharp wit is paired alongside moving and tender insights into the lonely eastern European exiles Blending both fantasy and ĮĐƟŽŶ ŝƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ Ă ĐƌĂĐŬŝŶŐůǇ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟǀĞͿƐŚŽǁƚŵŝŐŚƚĞǀĞŶĐŽŵĞŝŶƵƐĞĨƵůfor the History and American Studies students

amongst youKƵƌKĚŽŶsŽŶŽƌǀĂƚŚĚŽƵďůĞͲďŝůůĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ

ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƉůĂǇ ǁƌŝƩĞŶby the man himself Tales from the Vienna Woods A classic piece of 20th-century drama set against the backdrop ŽĨƚŚĞsŝĞŶŶĂtŽŽĚƐŝƚ ƐĂŶĞŶĞƌŐĞƟĐĂŶĚŚƵŐĞůǇentertaining epic centred around a community ƐƚĞĞƉĞĚŝŶďŝŐŽƚƌǇ ƐĞǆůŽǀĞĂīĂŝƌƐĂŶĚƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůtragedy All the while society at large is reeling towards fascism

Enjoy the show Isobel Palmer

FINAL YEAR DRAMA DEGREE STUDENTS STAGE A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

ZĞĐĞŶƚůǇ hŶŝŽŶ ŽƵƐĞ Ɛ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ƌŽŽŵƐ ŚĂǀĞƉůĂǇĞĚ ŚŽƐƚ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐĂŶ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂůůǇͲĚĞůŝĐĂƚĞ ĨĂĚĞĚ ƐŽĐŝĂůŝƚĞ ĂŶegomaniac wife-beater and a love-blind sister ƚŽƌŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƚǁŽ ŽŶƚ ǁŽƌƌǇ hŶŝŽŶHouse has not been invaded by the guests ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞƌĞŵǇ ltǇůĞ ^ŚŽǁ ŝƚ Ɛ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĂŵĂ^ŽĐŝĞƚǇ Ɛ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƌĞŚĞĂƌƐĂůƐ dŚŝƐƐĞŵĞƐƚĞƌ Ɛ ĮŶĂů ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ĂƌƌŝǀĞĚ ƚŚĞƵƩĞƌůǇĞǆƚƌĂŽƌĚŝŶĂƌǇA Streetcar Named Desire ŵĂĚĞĨĂŵŽƵƐďǇDĂƌůŽŶƌĂŶĚŽ ƐƐƟŶƚ ŝŶƚŚĂƚwhite shirt

ŽǁĞǀĞƌ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĞǆƉĞĐƟŶŐ Ă ƉĂůĞŝŵŝƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ǇŽƵƌĞ ŐƌĞĂƚůǇŵŝƐƚĂŬĞŶWhat is happening above the LCR and Hive is a completely new and fresh take on the play Dealing with issues such as poverty family and ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂů ƐƚĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŚŝƐ ƉůĂǇ ďƌŝŶŐƐ ƚŽ ůŝĨĞ ƚŚĞŚĂƌƐŚƌĞĂůŝƐŵŽĨϭϵϰϬƐEĞǁKƌůĞĂŶƐŝŵŵĞƌƐŝŶŐƚŚĞĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞŝŶĂĐůŽƐĞĞǆĂŵŝŶĂƟŽŶŽĨůŝĨĞĂŶĚsexuality in post-war America

The director Louise Davidson has taken great pains working with the cast to build an in-depth understanding of the psychological

ĂŶĚ ĞŵŽƟŽŶĂů ĚŝŵĞŶƐŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂǇ ŝŶorder to create a piece that rises above the ƉƌĞĐŽŶĐĞŝǀĞĚ ŶŽƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƌĂŶĚŽ ĂŶĚ gtĞŝŐŚ ƐStreetcar The results of this are scenes between Stella and Blanche (played by Jasmine ůĂĐŬďŽƌŽǁ ĂŶĚ yĂŶƚŚĞ WĂƩĞƌƐŽŶͿ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞƚƌƵůǇŚĞĂƌƚďƌĞĂŬŝŶŐǁŚŝůĞǁŚĞŶ^ƚĂŶůĞǇDĂƩDŝůŶĞͿ ĞŶƚĞƌƐ ƚŚĞ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ ƉĞƌĐĞƉƟǀĞůǇchanges becoming fraught and crackling with tension

dŚĞ ĐŚŽƐĞŶ ǀĞŶƵĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƚŚĞEŽƌǁŝĐŚ WƵƉƉĞƚ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ ĂĚĚƐ ĂŶŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůelement that nowhere else in the city can give dŚĞ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƚĞĚ ĐŚƵƌĐŚ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŝŶƟŵĂƚĞ ƐƉĂĐĞwhere the audience will only be metres away ĨƌŽŵƚŚĞĂĐƟŽŶĂŶĚĂƚƚŽƵĐŚŝŶŐĚŝƐƚĂŶĐĞĚƵƌŝŶŐƚŚĞƉůĂǇ ƐĞǆƉůŽƐŝǀĞĐůŝŵĂǆ

Angharad Bullward

Donrsquot miss this opportunity to come and see

ƚŚŝƐ ĮŶĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚĂůĞŶƚĞĚ ĂĐƚŽƌƐ ŝŶtheir full glory at the Puppet Theatre on the

6th and 7th of December Tickets are available

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WHY YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT DRAMA SOCrsquoS STREETCAR

THEATREgtPREVIEWgtSTUDENT PRODUCTIONS

hƌĞĂƟǀĞtƌŝƟŶŐŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞƌŝĂŶgtĂŵŽŶƚŝƐŽīĞƌŝŶŐƐƚĂīĂŶĚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐthe chance to read his latest book Spirit of the Season for free The book ŽīĞƌƐ ƐŽŵĞƟĚŝŶŐƐŽĨ ũŽǇ ũƵƐƚďĞĨŽƌĞŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐǁŝƚŚĂ ƐŚŽƌƚƵƉůŝŌŝŶŐŶŽǀĞůŽŶƚŚĞŽƌŝŐŝŶƐŽĨƚŚŝƐĚĞůŝŐŚƞƵůƟŵĞŽĨǇĞĂƌ ĨǇŽƵǁŽƵůĚůŝŬĞƚŽreceive a copy of the e-book please email Brian on penburypress

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EXCLUSIVE OFFERgtFREE COPY OF SPIRIT OF THE SEASON

Tales of Hollywood is running in the Drama Studio

on 1st 3rd and 5th December at 730pm Tales

from the Vienna Woods is running on 2nd and

4th December at 730pm and Sat 5th at 200pm

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KĸĐĞĂƐǁĞůůĂƐ ƐŽŵĞƟĐŬĞƚƐďĞŝŶŐƐŽůĚĂƚ ƚŚĞdoor

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Tom Dolton

dŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ŽĨEntourageĮŶĚƐŝƚƐŚĞƌŽĞƐƐŝŶŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŶĞǁ ĚĞƉƚŚƐ ĂƐ ŵŽǀŝĞ ƐƚĂƌ sŝŶĐĞŶƚ ŚĂƐĞ ĚƌŝĂŶ ƌĞŶŝĞƌͿĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ ƚŽ ĐůĂǁ ŚŝƐ ǁĂǇ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ Ă ŵĂũŽƌ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ƌƵƚ WƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŝǀĞůǇƉŽŽƌ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶƐ ůĞĂĚ ƚŽ ĐƌŝŶŐĞͲǁŽƌƚŚǇ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶƐ ďƵƚ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƐŽŵĞĚĂƌŬ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ŵĂƩĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŝƐ ŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ĨŽƌ ůĂƵŐŚƐ

ƚ ŝƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ Ɛ ĐƌĞĚŝƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŌĞƌĮǀĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĞŵŝŶŐůǇƚǁŽͲĚŝŵĞŶƐŝŽŶĂů ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ƌĞŵĂŝŶĞĚ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐďƵƚ ŚĂǀĞ ďůŽƐƐŽŵĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ůŝŬĞĂďůĞ ĐĂƐƚƐ ŽŶƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ^ƉĞĐŝĂůŵĞŶƟŽŶ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŽ ĞƌƌǇ ampĞƌƌĂƌĂ ƐdƵƌƚůĞ ĮŶĂůůǇ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƐƉĂĐĞ ƚŽ ďƌĞĂƚŚĞ ĂŶĚ ĞƌĞŵǇ WŝǀĞŶ Ɛƌŝ ǁŚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ ŚŝůĂƌŝŽƵƐůǇ ŝŶǀĞŶƟǀĞ ŝŶƐƵůƚƐ

EntourageŵĂǇŶŽƚďĞďŝŐĂŶĚĂůŵŽƐƚĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇŝƐŶŽƚĐůĞǀĞƌ ďƵƚŝƚŝƐƐŽĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŝŶŐƚŚĂƚƚŚŝƐŚĂƌĚůǇŵĂƩĞƌƐĨůŝŬĞƚŚŝƐǁƌŝƚĞƌͿǇŽƵĂƌĞĂůƌĞĂĚǇĂĨĂŶƉƵƌĐŚĂƐŝŶŐƚŚŝƐƐĞƚŝƐĂŵƵƐƚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ŝĨǇŽƵŚĂǀĞŶĞǀĞƌŚĂĚƚŚĞƉůĞĂƐƵƌĞŽĨƐƚĞƉƉŝŶŐŝŶƚŽsŝŶĐĞ ƐǁŽƌůĚǇŽƵǁŝůů ĮŶĚ ĂŶ ĞŶůŝŐŚƚĞŶŝŶŐ ĨƵŶŶǇ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ ĂǁĞůůͲƌŽƵŶĚĞĚ ĐĂƐƚ ĂŶĚ Ă ƐĂƟƐĨǇŝŶŐůǇ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ƐŽƵŶĚƚƌĂĐŬ

Gareth Rees-White

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ŚƵŵŽƵƌŽĨƚŚĞĮƌƐƚƚŚƌĞĞƐĞĂƐŽŶƐŝƐďĂĐŬdŚŝƐŝƐĂůƐŽĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇĂƐĞĂƐŽŶĨŽƌƵĚĚǇĨĂŶƐŽƵƐĞĮŶĂůůǇŐŽĞƐďĞǇŽŶĚŚŝƐƌĞŐƵůĂƌ

ĐůĞĂǀĂŐĞ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ ĂŶĚ ďĞŐŝŶƐ ƚŽ ĚŝƐƉůĂǇ ĂĐƚƵĂů ŚƵŵĂŶ ĞŵŽƟŽŶƐ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƵĚĚǇ ŌĞƌŵĂŶǇŵŝƐƐĞĚŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐƚŚĞƌĞŝƐƚŚĞƉƌŽŵŝƐĞŽĨĮŶĂůůǇŐĞƫŶŐƚŚĞŚĂƉƉǇƵŶŝŽŶǁĞŚĂǀĞďĞĞŶǁĂŝƟŶŐĨŽƌ ƵƚŝŶƚƌƵĞHouseͲƐƚǇůĞŶŽƚŚŝŶŐŝƐĂƐŝƚƐĞĞŵƐ

dŚĞ ũŽǇ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŵĂŬĞƐ Ă ƌĞůĂƟǀĞůǇ ŐƵŝůƚͲĨƌĞĞ ƐƚŽĐŬŝŶŐͲĮůůĞƌ ĨŶŽƚŚŝŶŐĞůƐĞ ŝƚĂůůŽǁƐǇŽƵ ƚŽĐŽŶǀŝŶĐĞǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ƚŚĂƚďǇĂǀŽŝĚŝŶŐĐŽƵƌƐĞǁŽƌŬ ŝŶĨĂǀŽƵƌ ŽĨ ƌĞƉĞĂƚ ǀŝĞǁŝŶŐƐ ǇŽƵ ƚŽŽŵŝŐŚƚ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ ƚŚĞ ĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ƐŽůǀĞŵĞĚŝĐĂůŵǇƐƚĞƌŝĞƐdŚĞƐĂƌĐĂƐŵŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ƚĂŬĞƐƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ

Nicole Fassihi

HOUSE SEASON 5

ĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĞůůŽǁ ĐƌŝƟĐͲďĂŝƟŶŐ K ƐĞƌŝĞƐ The Wire The Sopranos was ƌĞŐĂƌĚĞĚĂƐŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚdsƐĞƌŝĞƐŽĨĂůůƟŵĞͲĂŶĚŝŶŵĂŶǇǁĂǇƐƐƟůůŝƐampĂƌďĞŝƚĨŽƌĂŶǇŽŶĞƚŽƐĂǇƚŚĂƚƚŚĞĨŽƌŵĞƌŝƐŶƚǁŽƌƚŚǇŽĨƐƵĐŚĂĐĐůĂŝŵďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ĂŶĚ ƐŽĐŝĂů ŝŵŵĞĚŝĂĐǇ ŽĨ The Sopranos ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ƚƌƵůǇŐƌŽƵŶĚďƌĞĂŬŝŶŐƚƐƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĐĂŶďĞĐƌĞĚŝƚĞĚƚŽĂĐŽŵďŝŶĂƟŽŶŽĨĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐƚŚĂƚŽŶƚŚĞŝƌ

ŽǁŶǁŽƵůĚďĞǁŽƌƚŚĂǁĂƚĐŚĂŵĞƐĂŶĚŽůĮŶŝĂƐdŽŶǇ^ŽƉƌĂŶŽŝƐŽŶĞŐŝǀŝŶŐ Ă ĐŽŵƉůĞǆ ǇĞƚ ŚŝůĂƌŝŽƵƐƉŽƌƚƌĂǇĂů ŽĨ ĂEĞǁ ĞƌƐĞǇŵŽďďŽƐƐƐƵīĞƌŝŶŐ ĂŶǆŝĞƚǇ ĂƩĂĐŬƐ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƐƚƌƵŐŐůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƌĞŵĂŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚĞĚĨĂŵŝůǇŵĂŶdŚĞƐŚŽǁŝƐĂůƐŽƌŝĐŚŝŶŚŽŵĂŐĞƐƚŽƚŚĞŐĂŶŐƐƚĞƌŐƌĞĂƚƐŽĨ^ĐŽƌƐĞƐĞĂŶĚŽƉƉŽůĂŐŝǀŝŶŐĂĐŚĞĞŬǇŶŽĚƚŽƚŚĞǀŝĞǁĞƌǁŚŽƐƉŽƚƐƚŚĞ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞƐ ďŽƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞĂƚŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂĮŽƐŽƐ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐƐĞĞŵƚŽĚƌĂǁƵƉŽŶ

The Sopranos ŚŽůĚƐ Ă ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇ ƌĂŝƐŝŶŐĂŶĂůůͲƚŽŽͲůŽǁďĂƌŽĨǁŚĂƚǀŝĞǁĞƌƐĐĂŶĞǆƉĞĐƚĨƌŽŵdsĂŶĚŽīĞƌŝŶŐĚĞƉƚŚĂŶĚĐƌĞĂƟǀŝƚǇŝŶďŽƚŚŝƚƐĐŽŵĞĚǇĂŶĚĚƌĂŵĂ

Paul Cook

THE SOPRANOS SEASONS 1-6

BAND OF BROTHERS

ldquoTherersquos something intriguing about youhellip I just donrsquot know if itrsquos in a good wayrdquo

Cheryl Colersquos dumbfounded response to the

ƐƉŝŬǇͲŚĂŝƌĞĚƵďůŝŶĞƌƐŶŽǁĐŽůůĞĐƟǀĞůǇŬŶŽǁŶĂƐJedward in the early stages of this yearrsquos X Factor ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐƐƉŽŬĞǀŽůƵŵĞƐŵŽƌĞƚŚĂŶǁĂƐŝŶƚĞŶĚĞĚampŽƌŝƚŝƐŝŶƚŚĞƉĞĐƵůŝĂƌƌĞĂůŵŽĨƌĞĂůŝƚǇƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůŝƟĞƐ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ŵĂŶŝĨĞƐƚƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ Ͳ ŐŝǀĞŶ ĞĚǁĂƌĚ Ɛ ŽŶůǇ ƌĞĐĞŶƚĚĞƉĂƌƚƵƌĞĨƌŽŵŽƵƌƐĐƌĞĞŶƐͲǁŚĞƌĞƚŚĞƐĞŽĚĚŝƟĞƐĮŶĚŝŶĞǆƉůŝĐĂďůĞĂĐĐůĂŝŵĨƌŽŵƚŚĞƌŝƟƐŚƉƵďůŝĐ

Ƶƚ ĞĚǁĂƌĚ ĂƌĞ ĨĂƌ ĨƌŽŵďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞĮƌƐƚ ŽĨ

ƚŚĞŝƌ ŬŝŶĚ ŽŚŶ ^ĞƌŐĞĂŶƚ Ɛ ƌĞŝŶƚĞƌƉƌĞƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨƚŚĞ ŐƌĂŶĚĚĂĚ ĨŽǆƚƌŽƚ ŽŶ Strictly or fatherson

ĚƵŽ ^ƚĂǀƌŽƐ ampůĂƚůĞǇ Ɛ ĐƌŝŶŐĞͲǁŽƌƚŚǇƉĂŶƚŽŵŝŵĞdance on Britainrsquos Got Talent ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚƐŝŵŝůĂƌ ĨĂǀŽƵƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƐƐĞƐ ŶĚĞĞĚfor many the lacklustre and embarrassing

ƐŝĚĞƐŚŽǁͲƌĞũĞĐƚƐ ĮŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁĂǇ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞƐĞprogrammes are much more appealing than

the world-class waltzers or new-millennium

ĐƌŽŽŶĞƌƐ ǁŚŽ ŵĂǇ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ Ɛit through championing these freaks of reality

ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶƚŚĂƚǁĞƉĞƌŚĂƉƐŵĂŶŝĨĞƐƚŽƵƌĨĂŵŽƵƐƌŝƟƐŚ ƐĞůĨͲĚĞƉƌĞĐĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ϮϭƐƚ ĐĞŶƚƵƌǇ

^ƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐůǇ ŝƚŝƐŝŶƚŚĞĐŽŵŵĞŶƚƐŽĨďĞĂƌĚǇƉƐĞƵĚŽͲƉŚŝůŽƐŽƉŚĞƌ ^ƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚǁĞŵŝŐŚƚĮŶĚĂƐĂƟƐĨĂĐƚŽƌǇĐŽŶĐůƵƐŝŽŶĂƐĂŌĞƌĂůůƚŚĞƌĞŵĂǇďĞ

ƐŽŵĞ ƚƌƵƚŚ ŝŶŚŝƐ ƌĞĐĞŶƚƟƌĂĚĞŽŶ ƚŚĞƵŶŝĨŽƌŵƵŶŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐWhile the spoils might belong to the Leonas

ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ǁŚŽƐĞ ŽǀĞƌƚ ƐŝŵŝůĂƌŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞWhitneys and Mariahs before them assures

us of their place in the crooner canon it is

ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚŝĐŽƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ^ĞƌŐĞĂŶƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĮŶĚƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞŶƚ ƐĞĞŶ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƌĞƚŚĞǇ ĐŽƌŶǇ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ tŝŶŶĞƌƐ EŽƚ ĞĚǁĂƌĚThey are nonetheless a welcome aside to

the slick airbrushed conformity of the reality

ds ĨŽƌŵĂƚ ƌŝƚŽŶƐ ƐĂŶƐ ƚĂůĞŶƚ Ͳ ǇĞƐ ďƵƚ ŶŽƚsans spunk and in showbiz terms that might

ďĞŵŽƌĞŽĨĂŶ y ĨĂĐƚŽƌƚŚĂŶĂǁĂƌďůŝŶŐǀŽŝĐĞ

Alec Plowman

PRIMETIME - MISFITS DOWNLOAD - MODERN FAMILY

JEDCASES

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This new E4 series has been likened to Skins

ŽŶůǇ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŝƐĐƌĞĂŶƚƐ ǁĞ Ăůů ŚĂƚĞ ƚŽůŽǀĞ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƵƉĞƌͲƉŽǁĞƌƐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŽĨ ĂŶĂƉŽĐĂůǇƉƟĐ ƐƚŽƌŵ dŚŽƵŐŚ ŶŽƚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŝƚƐŇĂǁƐDŝƐĮƚƐ is undoubtedly a step forward for

ƐĐŝͲĮŽŶƌŝƟƐŚdsĞƐĐĂƉŝŶŐƚŚĞDr WhoSarah JaneTorchwoodƌŽƵƚĞŽĨƟŵĞͲƚƌĂǀĞůĂůƚĞƌŶĂƚĞƵŶŝǀĞƌƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞůĞĐƚƌŽŶŝĐ ƐĐƌĞǁĚƌŝǀĞƌƐ ǁŚŝĐŚĐĂŶ ďĞ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶ ĂŶĚ ƐŽůǀĞ ĂŶǇ ŝƐƐƵĞǁŚĞƌĞƚŚĞƉůŽƚŚĂƐďĞĞŶǁƌŝƩĞŶŝŶƚŽĂĐŽƌŶĞƌ

dŚĞ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ ŝƐ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ĮǀĞ ^KƐ ŽŶĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ĂƌĞ Śŝƚ ďǇ ůŝŐŚƚŶŝŶŐĐĂƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ƉŽǁĞƌƐtŚŝůĞŶŽƚƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇŽƌŝŐŝŶĂů ƚŚĞĐŽŶĐĞƉƚ ŝƐŶĞǀĞƌƚŚĞůĞƐƐ ŝŶŐĞŶŝŽƵƐ ĂƐ ĞĂĐŚ ŽŶĞƐ ƉŽǁĞƌhighlights their character traits (in most cases

ƚŚĞŝƌŽŶůǇŽŶĞͿƚŚĞƐƚƌĂŶŐĞƋƵŝĞƚŬŝĚĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞŝŐŶŽƌĞƐĐĂŶƚƵƌŶŝŶǀŝƐŝďůĞƚŚĞŵŽƵƚŚǇĐŚĂǀǁŚŽŽǀĞƌƌĞĂĐƚƐƚŽĞǀĞƌǇůŝƩůĞƚŚŝŶŐĐĂŶŚĞĂƌƐŽƚŚĞƌƉĞŽƉůĞƐƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐƚŚĞƚĞĂƐĞŽĨƚŚĞŐƌŽƵƉŚĂƐ

ŵĞŶĨĂůůŝŶŐŽǀĞƌƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐĨŽƌŚĞƌĂƚĂƐŝŶŐůĞƚŽƵĐŚ ƚŚĞ ŽůǇŵƉŝĐ ƌƵŶŶĞƌ ĐĂŶ ŵĂŶŝƉƵůĂƚĞƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚĞƌĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƐŚ ŐƵǇ

dŚŝƐŝƐǁŚĞƌĞƚŚĞƐŚŽǁĨĂůůƐĚŽǁŶdŚĞĮƌƐƚĞƉŝƐŽĚĞǁĂƐĞǆĐŝƟŶŐĂŶĚƉƌŽŵŝƐŝŶŐͲǁĞůĞĂƌŶof four of their powers and see how they cope

ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŵ ĂŶĚ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞůǇ ďŽŶĚ ĂƐ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ͲďƵƚ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ ƚǁŽ ǁĂƐ Ă ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚ EŽƚŽŶůǇ ĚŽ ǁĞ ŶŽƚ ŝŶŝƟĂůůǇ ůĞĂƌŶ ǁŚĂƚ ǇŽƵŶŐDylan Moranrsquos power is but we follow him

ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚǁŽ ƐƵďͲƉůŽƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ŶŽŶĞ ƚŚĞǁŝƐĞƌ KŶůǇ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƐƚŽƌǇ ůŝŶĞƐ ŝƐ ƌĞŵŽƚĞůǇĞŶůŝŐŚƚĞŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŽƚŚĞƌ ŝƐ ƐŚĂůůŽǁĂŶĚŵĂŬĞƐŚŝŵůĞƐƐůŝŬĞĂďůĞĂƐĂĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ŶŽƚƚŽŵĞŶƟŽŶůĞĂǀŝŶŐ ŵĂũŽƌ ƉůŽƚ ŚŽůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĨĂůůŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽthe Skins stereotype that all teenagers care

ĂďŽƵƚ ŝƐ ƐĞǆ ĚƌƵŐƐ ĂŶĚŵŽƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂďŽǀĞƵƚĚĞƐƉŝƚĞƚŚŝƐĚŽǁŶĨĂůůŝƚƐƟůůůŽŽŬƐůŝŬĞ

ƉƌŽŵŝƐŝŶŐ ƐĐŝͲĮ ĂŶĚ ŐƌŽƵŶĚͲďƌĞĂŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌϱƌŝƟƐŚƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶKŶĞŽĨďĞƐƚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐŽĨ ƚŚĞƐŚŽǁ ŝƐ ŝŶĚĞĞĚ ŝƚƐ ƌŝƟƐŚŶĞƐƐ ŝƚ ŚĂƐŶƚ ƚƌŝĞĚƚŽ ƚĂŬĞŽŶŽůůǇǁŽŽĚďƵƚ ŝƚŚĂƐƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ŝƚƐŽǁŶ ƚĂŬĞ ŽŶ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂůůǇ ŽůůǇǁŽŽĚ ŝĚĞĂƐƐƵƉĞƌƉŽǁĞƌƐ ĂƉŽĐĂůǇƉƟĐǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ ŵĂƚĐŚŝŶŐĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐĂŵĞͲƌĂĐĞ ůŽǀĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞƚĐͿ ĞƌĞƐ ŚŽƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐĚĞůŝǀĞƌƐŽŶ ƚŚĞƉƌŽŵŝƐĞŽĨ ƚŚĂƚĮƌƐƚ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ

Micha Butler

Arrested Development The Simpsons

Outnumbered ŝƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ĂƐ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶĞǆĞĐƵƟǀĞƐ ŽŶ ďŽƚŚ ƐŝĚĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŶĚ ĂƌĞŽďƐĞƐƐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ďƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ƵƐ ŶĞǁ ĚĞƉŝĐƟŽŶƐŽĨ ĚǇƐĨƵŶĐƟŽŶĂů ĨĂŵŝůǇ ůŝĨĞ ŶĚ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ Ăůů ŽĨƚŚĞƐĞ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚƐ ŽĨ ŽƚŚĞƌƐƚŚĂƚ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌůǇ ƚƌǇ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůƵĐŬ ŽŶ dŚƌĞĞͿƐŽŵĞǁŽƵůĚ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵĂƚ ŝƐ ƟƌĞĚ Ͳ ĂŶĚƚŚĞƐĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂǀĞ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇŶŽƚĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚƚŚĞũŽǇƚŚĂƚ ŝƐModern Family

This mockumentary sitcom follows the

families of Jay and his two grown up children

DŝƚĐŚĞůůĂŶĚůĂŝƌĞ ĂǇ ŝƐŵĂƌƌŝĞĚƚŽƚŚĞŵƵĐŚǇŽƵŶŐĞƌ ůŽƌŝĂ Ă ŽůŽŵďŝĂŶ ĮƌĞĐƌĂĐŬĞƌ and is step-father to Gloriarsquos eight-year-

ŽůĚ ƐŽŶ DĂŶŶǇ dŚŽƵŐŚ ŽŶůǇ ĞŝŐŚƚ DĂŶŶǇhas the insight and wisdom of a man many

ƟŵĞƐ ŚŝƐ ĂŐĞ ĚƌŝŶŬƐ ďůĂĐŬ ĐŽīĞĞ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚŚĞ ǁŽƌĚƐ ŽĨ ůĂŝƌĞ ĚƌĞƐƐĞƐ ůŝŬĞ Ă ŽƵŶƚ

Then there is Claire and her husband the

ƐĞůĨͲƉƌŽĨĞƐƐĞĚ ĐŽŽů ĚĂĚ WŚŝů dŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚƌĞĞchildren but unlike Manny the kids are not

ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƐŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ĨĂŵŝůǇ Ͳ WŚŝů ŝƐ WŚŝů ŝƐ ƚŚĞĚĂĚǇŽƵĂƌĞƚŚĂŶŬĨƵůǇŽƵŶĞǀĞƌŚĂĚĂŶĚ ŝĨǇŽƵĚŽŽƵƌ ĐŽŶĚŽůĞŶĐĞƐͿ Ğ ŬŶŽǁƐ ƚŚĞ ĚĂŶĐĞŵŽǀĞƐto High School Musical as well as all the slang

gtKgt с gtĂƵŐŚ ŽƵƚ ůŽƵĚ KD с KŚDǇ ŽĚtdampсtŚǇƚŚĞĨĂĐĞͿtŚĞŶĂůĞǇ ƐďŽǇĨƌŝĞŶĚǇůĂŶ ĐĂůůƐ ƌŽƵŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƐ Ăƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝŶƟŵŝĚĂƟŶŐ ĨĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŚŝƐ ŽǁŶ ĨĂƚŚĞƌͲŝŶͲůĂǁĐůĞĂƌůǇǁĂƐĂƌĞďŽƚŚĐƌŝŶŐĞͲǁŽƌƚŚǇĂŶĚďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ

ampŝŶĂůůǇ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ DŝƚĐŚĞůů ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌĂŵĞƌŽŶ DŝƚĐŚĞůů ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƵƉƟŐŚƚ ŽŶĞ Ă ƐŶŽďprodigious ice-skater and proud gay man

ƌĞŇĞĐƚĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ŚŝůĂƌŝŽƵƐůǇ ŝůůͲĂĚǀŝƐĞĚ ƐƉĞĞĐŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞͿ ǁŚĞƌĞĂƐ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ŝƐƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ůĂŝĚ ďĂĐŬ ĂŶĚ ŇĂŵďŽǇĂŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞpair - as demonstrated when he presents

ƚŚĞŝƌ ŶĞǁůǇͲĂĚŽƉƚĞĚ ƐŝĂŶ ĚĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ gtŝůǇ

to the opening song from The Lion KingdƌƵĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ƌĞĂů ůŝĨĞ ĂŶĚ ŽŶůǇ ĞǀĞƌ ĐŽƌŶǇ

ĂŌĞƌŝƚŚĂƐĮƌƐƚĞĂƌŶĞĚƚŚĞƌŝŐŚƚƚŽďĞModern FamilyŝƐĂƌĂƌĞŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚŝŶ^ŬǇKŶĞ ƐƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞ

Lauren OrsquoNeill

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Good new series are like buses - they only turn

ƵƉ ĂŌĞƌ ǇŽƵǀĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĂďĂŶĚŽŶĞĚ Ăůů ŚŽƉĞ ^Žitrsquos just as wersquore releasing our last issue of the

ǇĞĂƌƚŚĂƚƚŚĞĂƩĞŵƉƚƐƚŽƐůŝƉƉĂƐƚŐĞŵƐůŝŬĞMouth to Mouth Ă ƐĂƟƌŝĐĂůůǇ ƐŚĂƌƉ ŝĨ Ă ůŝƩůĞstagey) talking-heads mockumentary about a

hopeful performer in an X-FactorƉƌŽǆǇĂŶĚŚĞƌǀĂĐƵŽƵƐ ǇĞƚ ƋƵŝĞƚůǇ ƚƌĂŐŝĐ ĚƌĞĂŵƐ ƚ Ɛ ƵŶĐůĞĂƌǁŚĂƚ ƐůĞŌƚŽƐĂǇĂŌĞƌƚŚĞƌĂƚŚĞƌƐĞůĨͲĐŽŶƚĂŝŶĞĚĮƌƐƚ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ ďƵƚ ŝƚ Ɛ ŝŶƚƌŝŐƵŝŶŐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂŶƚƚŽŬŶŽǁ

^ƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ ŽĨ ŝŶƚƌŝŐƵŝŶŐ ŵŽĐŬƵŵĞŶƚĂƌŝĞƐChannel 4rsquos ĂƐƚKīƐis an edgy new pilot of the

ƐŽƌƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂůůǇ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐĞĚ ĂƐ ĂŶ ĞĚŐǇŶĞǁƉŝůŽƚ ƚ Ɛ ĐƌĞĂƚŽƌƐ ĂƌĞŵŝŶŽƌǁƌŝƚĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ

series such as The Thick Of It Shameless and

SkinsĂŶĚŝƚĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐĂĐĂƐƚŽĨĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚůǇĂďůĞĚĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐůĞŌŽŶĂŶŝƐůĂŶĚǁŝƚŚĂĮůŵĐƌĞǁƚŽƐĞĞ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞǇ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĞ ƚ Ɛ ĚĂƌŝŶŐ ďƵƚǁŚĞƚŚĞƌthat daring is on behalf of the actors allowing

their bodies to be a spectacle for shocking

ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶŽƌƐŝŵƉůǇŚĂŶŶĞůϰĚĂƌŝŶŐƚŚĞǀŝĞǁĞƌƚŽĐŽŵƉůĂŝŶĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞŝƌǀŽǇĞƵƌŝƐƟĐ ĨƌĞĂŬͲƐŚŽǁƌĞŵĂŝŶƐƚŽďĞƐĞĞŶ

EŽƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŽƵƚĚŽŶĞ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ƐŚŽǁƐƌĞĂůŝƚǇ ds ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ƉĂƌŽĚǇ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ltĂƟĞWƌŝĐĞƐŝŶŐůĞŶĂŵĞƐǁĞƌĞƐŽϵϬƐŚŽŶĞƐƚůǇ^ĞĂůͿĚĞĐŝĚĞƐƚŽĞŶĂĐƚƚŚĞǁŚŽůĞŽĨWƌŽǀĞƌďƐƐƚĂƌƟŶŐwith returning to the jungle like a dog returning

ƚŽŝƚƐǀŽŵŝƚĂŶĚ ƐYoung Hairdresser of the Year ĮŶĚƐ Ă ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ĚƵůůĞƌƚŚĂŶzŽƵŶŐDŽƌƟĐŝĂŶŽĨƚŚĞzĞĂƌ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇƚŚĂƚǁŽƵůĚǁĂƚĐŚĂƐůŽŶŐĂƐƚŚĞǇǁĞƌĞƌĞĂůůǇǇŽƵŶŐ

and cried a lot - Doogie Howser FDDoctor Whorsquos back for those into that sort

of thing and so is Gavin and Stacey so if yoursquore

the kind of person who likes genuinely well-

ǁƌŝƩĞŶĂŶĚǁŝĚĞůǇͲƉŽƉƵůĂƌĐŽŵĞĚǇƐĞƌŝĞƐƚŚĞŶtherersquos that - just be horribly aware while you

ǁĂƚĐŚ ŝƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǇŽƵƌ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ ŝƐ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ĂƐ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ĞůƐĞ Ɛ KŚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ƐĞĂƵƟĨƵůWĞŽƉůĞ from a writer of Britannia High

and Gimme Gimme Gimmeŝƚ ƐĞǆĂĐƚůǇŚŽǁƚŚĂƚƐŽƵŶĚƐŽŶůǇŐĂǇĞƌ

X FactorŝƐďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƚŽĂŚŝĚĞŽƵƐĐůŝŵĂǆĂŶĚƐŝŶĐĞĞǀĞƌǇƉƵŶĚŝƚǁŽƌƚŚƚŚĞŝƌǁĞŝŐŚƚŝŶĐŽůƵŵŶŝŶĐŚĞƐŝƐŵĂŬŝŶŐƉƌĞĚŝĐƟŽŶƐŚĞƌĞ ƐŵŝŶĞǁŚĞŶthe big momentrsquos happened and we all feel the

ƐƵĚĚĞŶŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁĞƌ ĂŌĞƌǁĂƌĚƐǁĞůů ƐŽŽŶĮŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂůŝƐƚƐ ŶĂŵĞƐ ĂƐŵĞŵŽƌĂďůĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůŵĞŵďĞƌƐŽĨDŝƐƐampƌĂŶŬŐŽŽŶƚƌǇƚŽ

ŶĂŵĞ ƚŚĞŵ Ͳ ŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞĚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ǇŽƵ ŝŶǀĞŶƟŶŐƌĂĐŝĂůůǇŝŶƐĞŶƐŝƟǀĞŶĂŵĞƐͿŶĚǁĞĂůƐŽƉƌŽďĂďůǇǁŽŶƚĐĂůůƚŚĞŵŝŶƚŚĞŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ

^ŽƚŚĂƚ ƐŝƚĨŽƌƚŚŝƐǁŝŶƚĞƌĨĞƐƟǀĂůĞƐƵƌĞƚŽgo out and buy a big Radio Times and highlight

ƚŚĞĐƌĂƉŽƵƚŽĨŝƚzŽƵǁŽŶƚǁĂƚĐŚĂŶǇŽĨƚŚŽƐĞĐŽƐƚƵŵĞĚƌĂŵĂƐ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞŶŶŽŽŶĞ ƌĞĂůůǇ ĚŽĞƐdŚĞƌƵīĂůŽŝƐŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůǀŝĞǁŝŶŐĂƐŝƐThe Royle Family ampĞƌŶƌŝƩŽŶDĞĞƚƐƌĐŚďŝƐŚŽƉDesmond Tutu and Grow Your Own Drugs For Christmas Ă ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƌǇ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ƌĞĂůůǇŚĞůƉ ǇŽƵŐĞƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚĂůů ƚŚĂƚƟŵĞǁŝƚŚ ĨĂŵŝůǇ KƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶƚŚĂƚĂůů ƚŚĂƚ Ɛ ůĞŌ ŝƐ ĨŽƌŵĞƚŽǁŝƐŚyou a Merry Christmas a Happy Hannukah a

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^ĞĞǇŽƵŝŶϮϬϭϬJosh Butler

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1 Access points for St Nick (8)4 Yoursquoll be this if you overeat this Christmas (5)9 Brer _____rsquos Christmas Carol 1992 TV movie (6)13 Santarsquos red-nosed minion (7)15 Mischievous fairy in A Midsummer Nightrsquos Dream (4)17 Yoursquoll need one of these if you break a bone (4)18 Christmassy term for lsquoyoursquo (2)19 Something to hang ten down on (4)20 Opposite of lsquooutrsquo (2)ϮϭhƐĞĚŝŶŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƐϱͿ22 Wise men followed this (4)23 Adolescent mutant turtles (5)24 The abode of Satan (4)25 A bit strange (3)26 Simon ____ Hot Fuzz star (4)27 Not Dad (3)28 Santarsquos helper (3)30 Slang for someone who drinks too much (4)ϯϮůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞƚŽůŝŬĞŝŶƐŝŵŝůĞƐ(2) 33 Sent by post at Christmas (4)36 As ___ usual (3)37 Nights (4)39 Large weight (3)41 Use this to row (3)ϰϯĞĮŶŝƚĞĂƌƟĐůĞϯͿ44 Generic measurement (4)46 These could fall this Christmas (10)47 Not peace (3)ϰϵampŽƌĞŚĞĂĚĚĞĐŽƌĂƟŽŶǁŽƌŶŝŶSouth Asia (6)55 What you might need to call on New Yearsrsquo Eve (4)57 Celebrated on 25th December

(9)59 Word in a song (5)60 Small guitar with 4 strings (3)61 Comic theme or gimmick (5)64 A river in Hades according to Greek mythology (5)65 A large intake of something such as alcohol (5)ϲϲŵŝǆƚƵƌĞŽĨĂƌŽŵĂƟĐsubstances made into a ball (8)69 ______ Robinson American singer (5) ϳϮKŶĞŽĨƚŚĞŐŝŌƐĨƌŽŵƚŚĞtŝƐĞMen (5)73 To entertain to make someone laugh (5)75 20th century avant-garde art movement (6)77 When repeated makes a brand of clothing (3)79 Stone implement from about 9500 BC (7)81 Something that is in existence (5)ϴϮĂŵďŽͺͺͺͺŐƌĞĞƟŶŐŝŶltĞŶǇĂ(5)ϴϯgtŽŶŐƉĞƌŝŽĚŽĨƟŵĞϯͿϴϰ^ĞĐƟŽŶƐŽĨϮϬйϲͿ87 Song sung at Christmas (5)89 One who cuts with the teeth (5)92 Famous baby born in stable (5)94 __ up northern catchphrase (2)96 High-class beauty (7)97 Slang for child (5)100 Female chicken (3)101 Supermarket on campus (3)102 Set of morals or values (6)ϭϬϯWůĂŶĨŽƌĂŵĞĞƟŶŐϲͿ104 Common type of cheese (7)105 Room in top of house (4)

2 Intense dislike (6)3 Long-haired wild ox (3)ϱĂǇĂŌĞƌŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐĚĂǇϲͿϲgtŽŶŐůĂƐƟŶŐŵĂƌŬƐϲͿ7 __ Rave type of modern fashion and music (2)8 Colleague in school (9)9 Beat of music (6)ϭϬ^ƉĂƌŬůǇƐƉŚĞƌŝĐĂůĚĞĐŽƌĂƟŽŶƐhung on 19 across (7)11 Childrsquos play objects (4)12 Slang for sausage (6)ϭϰǆĐůĂŵĂƟŽŶŽĨĨƌƵƐƚƌĂƟŽŶϰͿ15 An ancient Roman unit of length that roughly corresponds to a foot (3)16 Pulled before dinner on Christmas day (7)ϮϭWůĂǇƌĞͲĞŶĂĐƟŶŐďŝƌƚŚŽĨϵϮĂĐƌŽƐƐ(8)ϮϵŝŌĨƌŽŵŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞǁŝƐĞŵĞŶϭϮͿϯϭŽŶŶǇtŝůŬŝŶƐŽŶŝƐƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇadept at these (8)32 Story used to cover a criminalrsquos tracks (5)ϯϰĞƌŵĂŶǁŽƌĚĨŽƌĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶϱͿ35 Writer of A Christmas Carol Charles ____ (7)ϯϲŝŌϳͿϯϴDĞĂůĐŽŽŬĞĚĨŽƌĂůŽŶŐƟŵĞϰͿ40 If you stay out in the cold for too ůŽŶŐǇŽƵƌĮŶŐĞƌƐŵŝŐŚƚďĞƚŚŝƐϰͿ42 Join (5)48 Type of nuts (7)50 Scandinavian country that produces many Christmas trees (6)52 Reward (5)53 Remains of a burnt item (5)54 Hollowed out at Halloween (7)56 To receive as a legacy (7)58 Replacement (3)59 Simple board game (4)

62 Ni ___ Chinese for hello (3)63 Slanted font (6)ϲϳdŚĞƐǇƐƚĞŵĂƟĐƌĞůĞĂƐĞŽĨpersonnel and resources from an incident (5)68 Person who celebrates Christmas on 7th January (11)70 Trough in which 92 across was laid (6)71 Australian bear (5)72 Noise a cow makes (3)74 Remove someone from their house (5)ϳϲtĂƐƚĞƉƌŽĚƵĐƚĮůƚĞƌĞĚŽƵƚďǇƚŚĞkidneys (4)78 What you do to appreciate food (6)ϴϬ^ĐŚŽŽůƚŚĂƚŝƐũŽŝŶĞĚǁŝƚŚƌĞĂƟǀĞtƌŝƟŶŐϯͿ81 Derogatory term for women (5)ϴϰzŽƵůůƉƌŽďĂďůǇƐƉĞŶĚƟŵĞǁŝƚŚthem at Christmas (6)85 Formal term for head of 84 down (6)86 Third person pronoun for a woman (3)88 Type of gemstone with a marbled appearance (4)90 Sense of self-importance (3)91 Place where there are many 19 across (5)ϵϯŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐƟĐŬĞĞŶϱͿ95 Another word for the period surrounding 57 across (4)ϵϲampŝŶĂůŐŝŌĨƌŽŵŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞǁŝƐĞmen (4)98 ___ Kiley American indie rock band (4)ϵϵampĂƌŵǇĂƌĚĂŶŝŵĂůĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞůǇcalled a Julbukk when used as a ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐĚĞĐŽƌĂƟŽŶŝŶ^ǁĞĚĞŶϰͿ

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A Coen brothersrsquo movie is always going to be highly ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ĂŌĞƌƚŚĞƉĂŝƌŚĂǀĞŵĂŶĂŐĞĚƚŽŵĂŬĞƚǁŽŐƌĞĂƚĮůŵƐŝŶƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚƚǁŽyears A Serious Man ƐƵĐĐĞĞĚƐŝŶ ĐŽŵƉůĞƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƚ ƚƌŝĐŬWŽƐƐŝďůǇ ĂƵƚŽďŝŽŐƌĂƉŚŝĐĂůĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ĚĂƌŬ ĂŶĚ ůĂƵŐŚͲŽƵƚͲůŽƵĚ ĨƵŶŶǇ ƚŚĞKƐĐĂƌǁŝŶŶŝŶŐĚƵŽ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ƐĞĞŵ ŝŶĐĂƉĂďůĞŽĨƚƵƌŶŝŶŐŽƵƚĂďĂĚƉŝĐƚƵƌĞ

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Michael Blunt

ǁŽƌĚ ŽĨ ǁĂƌŶŝŶŐ ĚŽŶŽƚ ŐŽ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ Įůŵ ǁŝƚŚĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞƐĐĂƌŝĞƐƚ Įůŵ ĞǀĞƌ ŵĂĚĞ ŝƚŝƐ ŶŽƚ Ă ƌĞůĞŶƚůĞƐƐ ƚŚƌŝůů ƌŝĚĞ^ĞĞŝŶŐĂƐŝƚŚĂƐďĞĞŶƐƵďũĞĐƚĞĚƚŽĂŵĞĚŝĂƐƚŽƌŵĐŽŵƉĂƌĂďůĞƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚĞĚThe Blair Witch Projectrsquos ƌĞůĞĂƐĞ ŝƚ Ɛ ƵŶƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚŝƚŚĂƐƉŽůĂƌŝƐĞĚŽƉŝŶŝŽŶƐŝŶƚŚĞsame way

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Duncan Vicat- Brown

The Informant ƐĞĞƐ DĂƌŬtŚŝƚĂĐƌĞ DĂƩ ĂŵŽŶͿĂƐ ĂŶ ĞǆĞĐƵƟǀĞ ŽĨ DĂ ĐŽŶŐůŽŵĞƌĂƚĞ ǁŚŝĐŚƉƌŽĐĞƐƐĞƐ ŐƌĂŝŶ ĂŶĚ ŽŝůƐĞĞĚƐƚŽŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌĞƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐƵƐĞĚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨŽŽĚ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂůŵĂƌŬĞƚƐ ŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ŝƐ ƌĂƌĞůǇ ŽīͲƐĐƌĞĞŶĂ ĐŽŵƉĞůůŝŶŐ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞĨƌŽŵ ĂŵŽŶ ŝƐ ŶĞĞĚĞĚĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ ŚĞ ŝƐ ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ Ă ŵŽƵƐƚĂĐŚĞ ĂŶĚƉƵƫŶŐŽŶǁĞŝŐŚƚ ƚŽƉůĂǇ ƚŚĞƌŽůĞ tŚŝƚĂĐƌĞ Ɛ ĐŽŵƉĂŶǇ ĂƌĞŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚŝŶĂŐůŽďĂůƉƌŝĐĞĮǆŝŶŐĐŽŶƐƉŝƌĂĐǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĂƐĞƌŝĞƐŽĨĞǀĞŶƚƐŚĞƉĞƌƐƵĂĚĞƐŚŝŵƐĞůĨƚŽƌĞǀĞĂůĂůůƚŽƚŚĞamp

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Chris Bentley-Smith

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ĨƌŝĞŶĚ ĂĐŽď dĂǇůŽƌ gtĂƵƚŶĞƌͿĨŽƌĐŽŵĨŽƌƚ

ŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƟŶŐƌĞĐĞƉƟŽŶ ŚŝƐ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ǁŽƌŬon The Golden Compass ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĞƌĞ ŵŝǆĞĚĨĞĞůŝŶŐƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ŽĨŚƌŝƐtĞŝƚǌĂƐĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌĨŽƌNew Moon DĂŶǇ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞǁŽƵůĚŶŽƚďĞĂďůĞƚŽůŝǀĞƵƉƚŽ

ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ĂŌĞƌĂƚŚĞƌŝŶĞ ĂƌĚǁŝĐŬĞ Ɛ ǀĞƌƐŝŽŶŽĨ Twilight ĨĞůů ƐŚŽƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵĂƌŬ ĨŽƌŵĂŶǇ ĨĂŶƐŽǁĞǀĞƌ ŝƚŝƐĐůĞĂƌƚŚĂƚŚĞŚĂƐŵĂĚĞŚŝƐŽǁŶ ŵĂƌŬ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŚĞ Twilight ĨƌĂŶĐŚŝƐĞ

dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ĚŝƐƟŶĐƟǀĞĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ĂƌŐƵĂďůǇ ĂŶŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶƚŚĞ ƐƚǇůĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĂŶĚƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĮůŵƐ tĞŝƚǌ ƌĞĮŶĞƐĂƌĚǁŝĐŬĞ Ɛ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ ĂŶŐůĞƐĂŶĚ ůŝŐŚƟŶŐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĞŶŚĂŶĐĞƐƚŚĞ ƐƵƉĞƌŶĂƚƵƌĂů ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨƚŚĞ ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ďƌŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĞǁ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮůŵŶĂĚĚŝƟŽŶƚŽƚŚŝƐtĞŝƚǌƚĂŬĞƐƐƚĞƉƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŝŶŐůŽǀĞ ƚƌŝĂŶŐůĞ ƚŚĞ ĨŽĐƵƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞĮůŵ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ŬĞĞƉŝŶŐ ŚŝƐƉƌŽŵŝƐĞ ƚŽ ƐƚĂǇ ƚƌƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞďŽŽŬ ĂŶĚ ĞŶƐƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ

ĞīĞĐƚƐ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŽǀĞƌǁŚĞůŵ ƚŚĞĂĐƚŽƌ ƐƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞƐ

Ɛ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďŽŽŬ ĚǁĂƌĚ ŝƐĂďƐĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇŽĨ ƚŚĞƐƚŽƌǇ Ă ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůůǇ ĚĂŵĂŐŝŶŐƚƵƌŶ ŽĨ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ĨŽƌ Ă Įůŵ

ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŶ ďĂƐĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞƐůĂƌŐĞůǇ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂůĞ ůĞĂĚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ĂĐŽď ĮůůŝŶŐ ĂůĂƌŐĞ ŐĂƉ ŝŶ ĞůůĂ Ɛ ůŝĨĞ ĂŶĚĚǁĂƌĚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌŝŶŐ ŝŶ ǁŝƐƉǇǀŝƐŝŽŶƐ ǁŚĞŶĞǀĞƌ ƐŚĞ ƉůĂĐĞƐŚĞƌƐĞůĨ ŝŶ ĚĂŶŐĞƌ ǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ ĂƌĞŶŽƚ ůĞŌ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐĂďƐĞŶĐĞ

ƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůǇ ĂĐŽď ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌĞŐƌŽƵŶĚ ŝŶƚŚŝƐ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů

ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞĚĞůŝǀĞƌǇŽĨĂŶĂŵƵƐŝŶŐ ůŝŶĞďǇĂ ƉĞƌŝƉŚĞƌĂů ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌ ŵĂŬĞƐƚŚĞ ƐĐĞŶĞ ǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐ ĂƌĞŵŽƌĞ ĂŶŝŵĂƚĞĚĂŶĚ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ ƚŽĨĞĞůĞŵŽƟŽŶĂůůǇŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚŝŶƚŚĞƐƚŽƌǇ tŚŝůƐƚ ^ƚĞǁĂƌƚ Ɛ ĂĐƟŶŐĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐƚŽůĞĂǀĞŵƵĐŚƚŽďĞĚĞƐŝƌĞĚŚĞƌƉŽƌƚƌĂǇĂůŽĨĞůůĂ ƐĞŵŽƟŽŶĂů ĚŝƐƚƌĞƐƐ ĂŝĚĞĚďǇ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƌƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĞůůĂ ƐƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐŝŶƚŚĞĨŽƌŵŽĨĞŵĂŝůƐƚŽ ůŝĐĞͿ ĂĚĚƐ Ă ĚĞƉƚŚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞĮůŵƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůůǇůŽƐƚŝŶďŽŽŬͲƚŽͲŵŽǀŝĞƚƌĂŶƐůĂƟŽŶ

ŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďƵĚŐĞƚĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ĂŶ ĞƐƟŵĂƚĞĚΨϱϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŽΨϯϳ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ TwilightͿĨĂŶƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ƌĞĂƐŽŶĂďůǇĞǆƉĞĐƚ Ă ŚŝŐŚ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ ŽĨĂŶŝŵĂƟŽŶ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ

involving werewolves Whilst ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŶƐĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞǁŽůǀĞƐ ĂŶŝŵĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĐĂƌƚŽŽŶͲůŝŬĞ Ăƚ ďĞƐƚ dŚŝƐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƐ ĂƐƚƌŝŬŝŶŐĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚǁŝƚŚƚŚĞǁĞůůͲĐŚŽƌĞŽŐƌĂƉŚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĞŶũŽǇĂďůĞǀĂŵƉŝƌĞĮŐŚƚƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞƐ

ampĂƐƚĞƌͲƉĂĐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƉĂĐŬĞĚǁŝƚŚŵŽƌĞĂĐƟŽŶƚŚĂŶTwilightit is easy to see why New Moon ŚĂƐďĞĞŶƐƵĐŚĂƐƵĐĐĞƐƐtŝƚŚĂŚŝŐŚůǇĞŶũŽǇĂďůĞƉůŽƚůŝŶĞĂŶĚĂŶ ƵŶĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ ĞŶĚŝŶŐ ĨŽƌƚŚĞ ŶŽŶͲďŽŽŬ ĨŽůůŽǁĞƌƐͿ New Moon ǁŝůů ƉůĞĂƐĞ ĨĂŶƐ ǁŚŝůƐƚĂƉƉĞĂůŝŶŐƚŽĂǁŝĚĞƌĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ

Stacey Larnder

810

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810OTHER SCREENS

regUgravelaquoUgraveregYacutetregatildethornZfrac12YacuteatildeϮϬϭϭϬϵ

MAIN FEATURE

ldquoNew Moon will please fansrdquo

film 1501dec09issue236

concretefilmueaacuk

There is a limited choice in ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ƚŚĞŵĞĚ ĮůŵƐ ƚŚŝƐǇĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ŝŵƉƌŽǀŝƐĞĚ ƌŝƟƐŚcomedy EĂƟǀŝƚǇ is one of the few It takes place in St ĞƌŶĂĚĞƩĞ Ɛ WƌŝŵĂƌǇ ^ĐŚŽŽůin Coventry a school with a ŚŝƐƚŽƌǇŽĨŶĂƟǀŝƚǇƉůĂǇĨĂŝůƵƌĞƐdŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ĂĐƚŽƌͲƚƵƌŶĞĚͲƚĞĂĐŚĞƌWĂƵů DĂĚĚĞŶƐ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ďǇDĂƌƟŶ ampƌĞĞŵĂŶ ŝƐ ůĞŌ ƚŽĚŝƌĞĐƚ ŌĞƌ ŚŝƐ ůĂƐƚ ĂƩĞŵƉƚƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ Ă ƐĐĂƚŚŝŶŐ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ďǇƚŚĞůŽĐĂůŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌĐƌŝƟĐůĂŶĂƌƌͿ ŚĞ Ɛ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚ ^ŽǁŚĞŶŚĞ ďƵŵƉƐinto a former drama school friend who works at a posh ƐĐŚŽŽů ǁŚŽƐĞ ŶĂƟǀŝƚǇ ƉůĂǇ ŝƐĂůǁĂǇƐ Ă ƌŽĂƌŝŶŐ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ ŚĞ ƐĨĞĞůŝŶŐƉƌĞƩǇĚĞĨĞŶĐĞůĞƐƐ

ƚ Ɛ ŶŽƚ ůŽŶŐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞǁŚŽůĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŚŝŶŬƚŚĂƚ ŽůůǇǁŽŽĚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌƐare coming to watch St

ĞƌŶĂĚĞƩĞ Ɛ ŶĂƟǀŝƚǇ ǁŝƚŚ ĂǀŝĞǁƚŽŵĂŬĞĂĮůŵWĂƵů ƐŽŶĞĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƚŽƚŚĞĮůŵŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ ĞǆͲŐŝƌůĨƌŝĞŶĚ ĞŶŶŝĨĞƌ ƐŚůĞǇJensen) who now lives LA is his ŽŶůǇŚŽƉĞŝƐŽŶůǇŽďƐƚĂĐůĞ ŝƐƚŽǁŝŶďĂĐŬƚŚĞůŽǀĞŽĨŚŝƐůŝĨĞ

dĂŬŝŶŐ ƵƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞĮůŵ Ɛ ũŽƵƌŶĞǇ ŝƐ Ă ĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵĨƵůů ŽĨ ĐŚĂƌŵŝŶŐůǇ ĂǁŬǁĂƌĚkids determined to prove ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐĐŚŽŽů Ɛ ŶŽͲŚŽƉĞƌƌĞƉƵƚĂƟŽŶ ǁƌŽŶŐ ampƌĞĞŵĂŶŵĞĂŶǁŚŝůĞ ƉƵůůƐ Žī Ă ŵŝǆ ŽĨScrooge-like tendencies and kindheartedness very well ^ůĂƉƐƟĐŬ ŚƵŵŽƵƌ ŝƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚďǇ Dƌ WŽƉƉǇ Ă ĐŚŝůĚŝƐŚĂŶĚ ĞŶĚůĞƐƐůǇ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐƟĐĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵ ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ďǇDĂƌĐtŽŽƩŽŶ

DĂŶǇ ĮůŵƐ ŵĂƐƋƵĞƌĂĚĞĂƐ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ Ɛ ĐŽŵĞĚŝĞƐ ǁŚŝůĞŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ŐƌŽǁŶͲƵƉũŽŬĞƐďƵƚƚŚŝƐŽŶĞŝƐĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ

ĨŽƌ Ă ǇŽƵŶŐĞƌ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ĐŚĂŽƟĐ ƚĂůĞ ŽĨ ƐƚĞĂůŝŶŐ ĨĂƌŵanimals singing rap songs ĂŶĚ Ă ƚƌŝƉ ƚŽ gt ŝƚ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇanswers the wildest childhood ĨĂŶƚĂƐŝĞƐŽĨƚŚĞƐĐŚŽŽůŶĂƟǀŝƚǇƉůĂǇ KĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůůƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ƌĞŵŝŶĚĞƌƐ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ Ɛimportant at Christmas friends and family providing some shameless holiday cheesiness

ůƚŚŽƵŐŚŝƚ ƐŶŽƚĂŶŝŶƐƚĂŶƚChristmas classic EĂƟǀŝƚǇdoes try something refreshingly ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƚ ŽīĞƌƐ ĨĂŵŝůǇfriendly viewing while avoiding ŵĂŶǇ ĨĞƐƟǀĞ ĐůŝĐŚĠƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽƚĂ ampĂƚŚĞƌ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ƐƵŝƚ Žƌ ĂďƵŶĐŚŽĨŵŝƐƚůĞƚŽĞŝŶƐŝŐŚƚ

Emma Featherstone

In gtĂǁďŝĚŝŶŐ ŝƟǌĞŶ Clyde ĞƌĂƌĚ ƵƚůĞƌͿ ĐŚŽŽƐĞƐto take revenge on the WŚŝůĂĚĞůƉŚŝĂũƵĚŝĐŝĂƌǇƐǇƐƚĞŵĂŌĞƌ Ă ƉůĞĂ ďĂƌŐĂŝŶ ĞŶĂďůĞƐŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ĨĂŵŝůǇƐ ŬŝůůĞƌƐ ƚŽǁĂůŬ ĨƌĞĞĂŌĞƌƐĞƌǀŝŶŐĂ ƚĞŶͲǇĞĂƌ ƐĞŶƚĞŶĐĞ ŌĞƌ ƚŚŝƐten-year lapse everyone ǁŚŽ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ŽŶ ůǇĚĞƐ ĐĂƐĞŝƐ ŵƵƌĚĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ŶŽǀĞů ďƵƚŶŽƚ ŽŌĞŶ ŐƌƵĞƐŽŵĞͿ ǁĂǇƐƐƚƌŝŬŝŶŐƉĂŶŝĐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞcity

^ŽƵŶĚƐ ůŝŬĞ ĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌƌĞǀĞŶŐĞƚŚƌŝůůĞƌ ƌŝŐŚƚtƌŽŶŐClyde performs all these ĚĞĞĚƐ ŝŶ ĐƵƐƚŽĚǇ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐƚŚĂƚ ĞĂĐŚ ĚĞĂƚŚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶƚŚĞ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚĞŶ ǇĞĂƌƐŚĞƐ ŵĂƐƚĞƌĞĚ ƚŽǆŝĐŽůŽŐǇweaponry and even law ƚŽ ĮŐŚƚ ƚŚĞ ũƵĚŐĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞĐŽƵƌƚƌŽŽŵĂůůĨƌŽŵƚŚĞƐĂĨĞƚǇof his prison cell This sets the

ƐƚĂŐĞ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞdoes not know where and ǁŚĞŶůǇĚĞƐƚƌĂƉƐǁŝůůďĞƐĞƚŽī ŶĞǆƚ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ Śŝŵ Ă ǀĞƌǇfrightening and a very clever stage master

dŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ Ăůů ĂďŽƵƚfancy explosions and ĞǆƉůŽĚŝŶŐ ŵŽďŝůĞ ƉŚŽŶĞƐƚŚŽƵŐŚ dŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ŝƐforced to ask themselves ǁŚŽŝƐƚŚĞŐŽŽĚŐƵǇƐZŝĐĞĂŵŝĞ ampŽǆǆͿ ůǇĚĞƐ ůĂǁǇĞƌ ƌŝŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ ĂĐĐĞƉƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉůĞĂďĂƌŐĂŝŶŽƌůǇĚĞǁŚŽǁĂŶƚƐĂĨĂŝƌũƵƐƟĐĞtŝƚŚĂSawͲĞƐƋƵĞŬŝůůŝŶŐƐƵĚĚĞŶĞǆƉůŽƐŝŽŶƐĂŶĚƵƚůĞƌƐ ƉŽƌƚƌĂǇĂů ŽĨ ůǇĚĞǁŚŽ Ăƚ ƟŵĞƐ ĮŶĚƐ ŝƚ ŚĂƌĚƚŽ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞĂ ŬŝůůĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ũƵŵƉƐƐĐƌĞĂŵƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŶŝŋĞƐ Ăůů ƚŚĞǁĂǇƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ

That said it is not a perfect ƚŚƌŝůůĞƌ tŝƚŚƚŚŝƐďĞŝŶŐĞƌĂƌĚ

ƵƚůĞƌƐ ƚŚŝƌĚ Įůŵ ŽĨ ϮϬϬϵ ŝƚǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŵƵĐŚto ask for him to perfect his ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶĂĐĐĞŶƚĂŵŝĞampŽǆǆƐEŝĐŬ ZŝĐĞ ŝƐ ƵŶůŝŬĞĂďůĞŵŽƌĞinterested in maintaining his ĂůŵŽƐƚƉĞƌĨĞĐƚĐŽŶǀŝĐƟŽŶƌĂƚĞthan the welfare of his family gtĂǁ ďŝĚŝŶŐ ŝƟǌĞŶ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŝƚƐ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐŽŽĚǀĞƌƐƵƐďĂĚŐƵǇƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶƉƵƚƐĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞƐƚĂƚĞŽĨƚŚĞ ũƵƐƟĐĞƐǇƐƚĞŵŬĞĞƉŝŶŐƚŚĞĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚƌŝƉƉŝŶŐ ƚĞŶƐĞ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƐǇ ƚŽĨŽůůŽǁ ŝƚƐ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĞƐĐĂƉŝƐŵfrom every-day stress

James Galloway

ZĞŝŶǀĞŶƟŶŐ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞĞǆĐůƵƐŝǀĞĚŽŵĂŝŶŽĨDĂĚŽŶŶĂand ŽĐƚŽƌ tŚŽ ďƵƚ ǁŝƚŚĂƚŵĂŶ and ĂŵĞƐ ŽŶĚƉŽƉƵůĂƌŝƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞƉƌĞƋƵĞů^ƚĂƌdƌĞŬ is in good company The ĞĂƌůǇƵƐĞŽĨĂďůĂĐŬͲŚŽůĞƚŽĂŶĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞƵŶŝǀĞƌƐĞŵĂǇ ůƵƌĞͲŝŶ ĨĂŶƐ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ƐĞƌǀĞƐ ƚŽ ĨƌĞĞƚŚĞ Įůŵ ĨƌŽŵ ĂŶǇ ĮĚĞůŝƚǇ ƚŽthe Trekkie franchise Thanks to this ^ƚĂƌ dƌĞŬ is allowed ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ƌŽŵƉŝŶŐ ƐƉĂĐĞĂĐƟŽŶͲĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ

ĚŝĸĐƵůƚƚŽĨĂƵůƚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ďƌĂŵƐ ĂůƐŽ

ďĞŶĞĮƚƐ ĨƌŽŵĞƐĐĂƉŝŶŐŚŝƐ dsroots as he trades in the gtŽƐƚ-ůŝŬĞĞīĞĐƚƐĨŽƌĨĂƐƚĂŶĚĨƵƌŝŽƵƐƐƉĂĐĞ ďĂƩůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂŶĞƚŚŽƉƉŝŶŐ dŚĞƌĞ Ɛ ŶŽ ƟŵĞ ƚŽpine for tĞƐƚtŝŶŐƉŽůŝƟĐƐ ŝŶǁŚĂƚŝƐŽƐƚĞŶƐŝďůǇƚŚĞŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚƐƉĂĐĞ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞ ƐŝŶĐĞ gtƵĐĂƐƌĂŶŽƵƚŽĨ ŝĚĞĂƐĂŶĚƚƌŝĞĚƚŚĞƉƌĞƋƵĞůŝĚĞĂ

tŝƚŚ ŝĐĞƉůĂŶĞƚƐĂŶĚĨƵƌƌǇside-kicks ^ƚĂƌ dƌĞŬ invites

comparisons to ^ƚĂƌtĂƌƐ and yet stands on its own merits Ĩ ďƌĂŵ Ɛ ŽďũĞĐƟǀĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŽŝŶũĞĐƚ Ă ĚŽƐĞ ŽĨ ĂĚƌĞŶĂůŝŶĞinto this aged franchise he ŚĂƐ ƐƵĐĐĞĞĚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞƐĞƋƵĞů ŶŽƚ ĚƵĞ ƵŶƟů ϮϬϭϮƚŚĞƌĞ Ɛ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚfamiliar with ^ƚĂƌdƌĞŬƐďƌĂǀĞnew world

Josh Butler

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tŚŝůƐƚdŚĞϰϬzĞĂƌKůĚsŝƌŐŝŶ and ltŶŽĐŬĞĚ hƉ were very ĨƵŶŶǇ ŶĞŝƚŚĞƌ ŽŶĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĂƐĨƵŶŶǇ ĂƐ dŽĚĚ WŚŝůŝƉƐ dŚĞĂŶŐŽǀĞƌ

The premise is a fairly typical one three friends ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐŽŽŶ ƚŽ ďĞďƌŽƚŚĞƌͲŝŶͲůĂǁ ƐĞƚ Žī ŽŶthat all-American rite of ƉĂƐƐĂŐĞ ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŚĞůŽƌ ƉĂƌƚǇ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝůĂƌŝŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ĞƋƵĂůůǇĚŝƐĂƐƚƌŽƵƐ ĐŽŶƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞƐůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ƐĞƌǀĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ

ƐŽŵĞ ƚǇƉŝĐĂů ŐƌŽƐƐͲŽƵƚ ĐŽŵŝĐƐŬĞƚĐŚĞƐ ǁŝƩǇ ŵŽŵĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůŐĂŐƐĂƌĞŝŶĂďƵŶĚĂŶĐĞgtĂƐsĞŐĂƐŝƐƚŚĞƉĞƌĨĞĐƚƐĞƫŶŐfor their x-rated escapades a world where anything can happen

dŚĞ Įůŵ ŝƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚĨŽƌ ŝƚƐ ŐŝŐŐůĞͲĂͲŵŝŶƵƚĞ ƐĐƌŝƉƚďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ƚŚĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞŵĞŶƚ ĨĞůƚǁŚĞŶ ǁĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ŝƚ ŽŝŶŐ ŽŶĂ ũŽƵƌŶĞǇ ƉŝĞĐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌƌĞƚƌŽƐƉĞĐƟǀĞůǇ ĂůŽŶŐǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŚǇƐƚĞƌŝĐĂů ŇĂǁĞĚ

protagonists means the gripping fast pace never lets ƵƉ WĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ŵĞŵŽƌĂďůĞĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌƐůĂŶĨĂƚĞƐƵƐĂŶĚƚŚĞŚŝŶĞƐĞŐĂŶŐƐƚĞƌDƌŚŽǁǁŝůůŚĂǀĞĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐŝŶƐƟƚĐŚĞƐǁŚŝůƐƚĞĂƚŚĞƌƌĂŚĂŵŝƐĂůƐŽŽŶŐƌĞĂƚĨŽƌŵdŚĞĮůŵĐĂŶďĞĞŶũŽǇĞĚŽǀĞƌĂŶĚŽǀĞƌĂŐĂŝŶ

Naomi Fraser

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concretefilmueaacuk

CHRISTMAS CLASSICSgtITrsquoS A WONDERFUL LIFE 1946

Roman Polanski is to leave

Switzerland He has been in

jail there since September and

will now be moved to a luxury

Swiss Ski resort Polanski was

ĚĞƚĂŝŶĞĚ ďǇ ^ǁŝƐƐ ŽĸĐŝĂůƐ ŝŶSeptember this year as he

ĂƌƌŝǀĞĚ ŝŶ ƵƌŝĐŚ ƚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚŝƚ Ɛ ampŝůŵ ampĞƐƟǀĂů ǁŚĞƌĞ ŚĞǁĂƐ ƚŽ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ Ă gtŝĨĞƟŵĞAchievement Award

Ύ gtĞŐĂů ŽĸĐŝĂůƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞUnited States had arranged

Polanskirsquos arrest with the

^ǁŝƐƐĂƵƚŚŽƌŝƟĞƐƐŽƚŚĞǇĐŽƵůĚďĞŐŝŶ ĞǆƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ ƉƌŽĐĞĞĚŝŶŐƐƌĞůĂƟŶŐ ƚŽ ĐŚĂƌŐĞƐ ŽĨ ƐĞǆƵĂůabuse that have been pending

since 1978

The next Twilight instalment

Eclipse has already wrapped

ĮůŵŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ŽƉĞŶ ŝŶthe United Kingdom in July

ϮϬϭϬ ampĂŶ ĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ

Eclipse has already begun

with new fan-made trailers for

ƚŚĞĮůŵĂƉƉĞĂƌŝŶŐŽŶǁĞďƐŝƚĞƐsuch as Google and Youtube

With the huge business that

the Twilight franchise has

ĂƩƌĂĐƚĞĚ ƐŽ ĨĂƌ ŵĂŶǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ ĂƌĞ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů Įůŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐBreaking Dawn will be split

into two parts in a similar

ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨthe ĂƌƌǇ WŽƩĞƌ series The

Deathly Hallows

Elsewhere things are not

looking good for men in capes

The Superman franchise is

currently in the ninth level of

development hell as Warner

Brothers are stuck trying

to resolve legal issues with

Superman co-creator Jerry

Siegelrsquos family The Siegel

family managed to win back

the rights to the characters

ĐƌĞĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ĐŽƵƌƚ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ƚŚŝƐyear

Warner Brothers are

reportedly unhappy with

the results of Brian Singersrsquo

Superman Returns and intend

to reboot the franchise once

they have managed to resolve

the outstanding legal issues

Mathew Vaughn and Mark

Millar are rumoured to be

developing the reboot if it gets

the green light Meanwhile in

Gotham Chris Nolan is yet to

ƐŝŐŶƵƉ ĨŽƌ Ă ƚŚŝƌĚĮůŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞBatman franchise leaving its

future uncertain

Nolan has stated in

interviews that he would

only return to the franchise

if he felt there was a story

worth telling meaning that

rumours of Johnny Depp

playing the Riddler or Philip

^ĞǇŵŽƵƌ ŽīŵĂŶ ƐƚĂƌƌŝŶŐ ĂƐthe Penguin are completely

unfounded

In other comic book news

Sherlock Holmes director Guy

ZŝƚĐŚŝĞ ŝƐ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƟŶŐĂŶ ƵƉĐŽŵŝŶŐ ĂĚĂƉƚĂƟŽŶof Lobo Highway to Hell

Ritchie is set to direct the

Įůŵ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ƐĐƌŝƉƚĞĚby Anthrax ŐƵŝƚĂƌŝƐƚ ^ĐŽƩ ĂŶand produced by Joel Silver

However it is unknown when

ƚŚĞĮůŵǁŝůůŐŽŝŶƚŽƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ Despite the fact that the

ĮůŵŚĂƐǇĞƚƚŽŽƉĞŶŝŶƚŚĞhltAvatar star Sam Worthington

has revealed that he has signed

ƵƉ ƚŽ Įůŵ ƚǁŽŵŽƌĞ ƉĂƌƚƐ ŽĨthe trilogy Worthington fears

he may be an old man by the

ƟŵĞ ƚŚĞ ƚƌŝůŽŐǇ Ɛ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞdue to the fact it has taken

James Cameron fourteen

ǇĞĂƌƐƚŽĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞƚŚĞĮƌƐƚƉĂƌƚof the trilogy

Bert Wardlow

TRIVIA TIME

PRESS RELEASEgtAN INTERVIEW WITH GERARD BUTLER ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ampŝůŵ ŚĂĚ ĂŶ ĞǆĐŝƟŶŐŽīĞƌ ůĂƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ ƚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚthe press conference of Law

ďŝĚŝŶŐŝƟǌĞŶ in London with

Gerard Butler Here are the

ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐŽĨƚŚĞƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐĂŶĚthe answers hellip

As a Law student I can imagine the script would have had a ŚƵŐĞ ĂƩƌĂĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ ǇŽƵ ĨƌŽŵthe beginningYes it did that was one of the

ŝŶŝƟĂů ĂƩƌĂĐƟŽŶƐ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇbut also having been involved

with the law I realised that I no

longer wanted any involvement

with it

dŚŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƐĞĞƐ ǇŽƵ ĂƐ ĂƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌĨŽƌƚŚĞĮƌƐƚƟŵĞƚǁĂƐĂŶŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞbecause Irsquod never done it

ďĞĨŽƌĞ dŚĞƌĞ ĐĂŵĞ Ă ƟŵĞwhen I felt that when you get

a lot more to say in movies

and whatrsquos going to be made

then you want to be more

involved and take the credit for

it For me it was three years of

ƌĞĂůůǇ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŚŝŶŐ ŐŽŝŶŐand developing We went to

another directorhellip it was a long

ũŽƵƌŶĞǇƚŽĮŶĂůůǇŐĞƚŝƚŵĂĚĞ

Iƚ Ɛ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ĚĂƌŬ ďůĂĐŬ ĮůŵǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ĮŶŝƐŚĞĚ ĮůŵŝŶŐ ĂƚƚŚĞĞŶĚŽĨƚŚĞĚĂǇĚŝĚǇŽƵƚĂŬĞ

ƐŽŵĞŽĨƚŚĂƚŚŽŵĞǁŝƚŚǇŽƵYes absolutely I donrsquot think

I was always in a good space

ǁŚĞŶ ĮůŵŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽǀŝĞThis was partly because of

the character and what he

was going through but also

because I was trying to produce

ĂŶĚĂĐƚĂƚƚŚĞƐĂŵĞƟŵĞ

ŚĞĂƌĚ ǇŽƵ ĚŝĚ ƐŽŵĞ ŚĞůůƌĂŝƐŝŶŐŽīͲƐĞƚĂŶĚĂƉƉĂƌĞŶƚůǇǇŽƵŚĂǀĞƐŽŵĞƐƚŽƌŝĞƐƚŽƚĞůů

Raising hellhellip I donrsquot drink At

the weekends we were out a

ĐŽƵƉůĞŽĨƟŵĞƐďƵƚǁŽƵůĚŶƚsay we ldquoraised hellrdquo We didnrsquot

have any orgies (laughs)

zŽƵŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůůǇƐŝŐŶĞĚŽŶƚŽƉůĂǇJamie Foxxrsquos character what were the reasons behind the ƐǁŝƚĐŚĂŶĚǁĞƌĞǇŽƵƐĂƟƐĮĞĚǁŝƚŚƚŚĞǁĂǇŝƚǁĞŶƚ

ǁĂƐdŚĞŵŽƌĞƟŵĞǁĞŶƚŽŶthe more I was seduced by the

other role and thinking that

it was something I had never

ƉůĂǇĞĚďĞĨŽƌĞ ŽŌĞŶƉůĂǇƚŚĞmore heroic character with a

more straight forward subtle

journey - I wanted something

I could get my teeth into We

ĮŐƵƌĞĚ ĂŵŝĞ ǁĂƐ ŵŽƐƚ ůŝŬĞůǇto want to play the prosecutor

ƐŽ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚĞĚ ŽīĞƌ ƚŽ ƉůĂǇthe other role The second I

said it I thought ldquoAh I shouldnrsquot

have said that because they

might say yesrdquo They did and

I was kind of screwed But in

hindsight I have no regrets

tŚĂƚĚŽǇŽƵ ƚŚŝŶŬĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐǁŝůůƚĂŬĞĂǁĂǇĨƌŽŵƚŚŝƐĮůŵI always like movies to have

some kind of message going

on and with this therersquos

ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐanalysis of the legal system and

the consequences of abusing

it Therersquos also a huge popcorn

ĞůĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐŵŽǀŝĞ ŝƚŐĞƚƐto the point where itrsquos just

pure entertainment

ůŝǌĂďĞƚŚWŽŽůĞΘ^ƚĂĐĞǇLarnder

Itrsquos a Wonderful Life is

frequently played on various

ĐŚĂŶŶĞůƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀĞseason The heart-warming

ƐƚŽƌǇ ĂŶĚ ĐƌŽƐƐͲŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶĂůĂƉƉĞĂů ŚĂǀĞ ŵĂĚĞ ƚŚŝƐ ĮůŵŝŶƚŽĂƟŵĞůĞƐƐĐůĂƐƐŝĐ

ŽǁĞǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ǁĂƐnot always a success When

it was released on the 20th

December 1946 it was

ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚĂďŽǆŽĸĐĞĨĂŝůƵƌĞbecause of its high budget

its struggle to compete with

ŽƚŚĞƌĮůŵƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐĞƉƟŽŶfrom audiences who were

saying that the story was too

ŵƵƐŚǇĂŶĚŝŵƉƌŽďĂďůĞƌŝƟĐƐĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ƉƌĞŵŝĞƌĞ ǁĞƌĞŶŽƚ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐĞĚ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ Ă New

York Times journalist Bosley

ƌŽǁƚŚĞƌ ƐƚĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĮůŵĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ĚĞƉŝĐƚ Ă ƌĞĂů ƐŽůƵƟŽŶto real problems and that the

people were too happy and

ŽƉƟŵŝƐƟĐdŚĞ Įůŵ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ

ĮĐƟŽŶĂůĞĚĨŽƌĚampĂůůƐĂƐŵĂůůtown where everybody knows

everybody Through a series of

ŇĂƐŚďĂĐŬƐǁĞůĞĂƌŶƚŚĞƐƚŽƌǇŽĨĞŽƌŐĞĂŝůĞǇĂŵĞƐ ƚĞǁĂƌƚͿa generous and caring man

who has to give up his dream

of seeing the world in order

to help others The structure

ŽĨ ƚŚĞŇĂƐŚďĂĐŬƐŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚClarence Georgersquos guardian

angel can learn along with

the audience about Georgersquos

plight It is Christmas Eve and

ŚĞ ŝƐ ĐŽŶƚĞŵƉůĂƟŶŐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐhis life Clarence manages to

stop him by showing him what

ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŝĨ ŚĞ ŚĂĚnever been born

Through this experience

George realises that although

he has not seen his dreams

ĐŽŵĞ ƚƌƵĞ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ƐƟůů

accomplished a lot during

ŚŝƐ ůŝĨĞƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚǁŝƚŚŽƵƚhim the town of Bedford Falls

ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞplace

It is easy to see how

ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ ĂůŝŬĞĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ƚŽ ďĞŝŵƉƌŽďĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ƵŶƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐbut it can be argued that the

implausibility is the very thing

ǁŚŝĐŚĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞƐƚŽĚĂǇĮŶĚƐŽappealing The fact that the

Įůŵ ƐƚĂƌƐ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ůĞŐĞŶĚJames Stewart playing one

of his most memorable roles

canrsquot hurt Itrsquos a Wonderful

Life was given a second chance

ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚĚĞƐĞƌǀĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϳϯǁŚĞŶ ĂŌĞƌϮϳ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ Ɛ ĐŽƉǇƌŝŐŚƚ

ůĂƉƐĞĚ Ͳ ƚŚĞEĂƟŽŶĂů dĞůĞĮůŵAssociates who owned the

ƌŝŐŚƚƐ ƚŽƚŚĞĮůŵĨĂŝůĞĚƚŽĮůĞfor a renewal of the copyright

This oversight led to the

Įůŵ ďĞŝŶŐ ƉůĂǇĞĚ ĐŽƵŶƚůĞƐƐƟŵĞƐ ŽŶ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ǁŚĞƌĞŝƚ ŝŶĮůƚƌĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŚŽŵĞƐ ŽĨAmerica and was seen by new

ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƐǀĞŶƚŚŽƵŐŚƚŚĞǇǁĞƌĞ ŽĨ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĞƌĂ ƚŚĞǇĐŽƵůĚ ƐƟůů ƌĞůĂƚĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ Ɛmessages

The lapse of copyright was

the best thing that could have

happened to Itrsquos a Wonderful

Life It gave a new lease of life

ƚŽ Ă Įůŵ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ĂůŵŽƐƚŚĂǀĞďĞĞŶĨŽƌŐŽƩĞŶůƚŚŽƵŐŚŶŽŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĮǀĞ ĐĂĚĞŵǇAwards it didnrsquot win a single

one But this does not lessen

ƚŚĞ Įůŵ Ɛ ƉůĂĐĞ ŝŶ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌChristmas culture Fondness

ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ Įůŵ ŚĂƐ ĐĂƵƐĞĚŵĂŶǇa homage and spoof of the

story or the characters for

example the characters Bert

and Ernie in Sesame Street

ĂƌĞ ĂīĞĐƟŽŶĂƚĞůǇ ŶĂŵĞĚĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝĐĞŵĂŶ ĂŶĚ ƚĂǆŝdriver in Bedford Falls Itrsquos a

Wonderful Life is so embedded

into our popular culture that it

is hard to believe that a story

about seasonal cheer and the

importance of friendship not

money could have been such

ĂŶ ŝŶŝƟĂů ŇŽƉ ĂŶĚƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůůǇĐŽƵůĚŚĂǀĞďĞĞŶĨŽƌŐŽƩĞŶ

Rachel Coxon


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ĂĐŬƐŽŶ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶĞĚ ŚŽǁ ŝƚƐ ĂĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚƐĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĐĂƐĞǇŽƵŐĞƚƚŚĞĨĞĞůŝŶŐƚŚĂƚŝƚŝƐƚŚĞƌĞĂůƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ƐŽ ĂůŝĞŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞĞƉŽŶǇŵŽƵƐ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĂƚ ƚƌŝůŽŐǇƌĂŵĂƟĐ ƌĞĂůŝƐŵ ŝƐŶƚ ĂĐŬƐŽŶƐĨŽƌƚĞ ĂŶĚ ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƉĞŶĐŚĂŶƚĨŽƌ ŽǀĞƌͲƚŚĞͲƚŽƉŚŽƌƌŽƌǁŝůů ƐƟĐŬŽƵƚƉĂŝŶĨƵůůǇ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ ǁĂƚĐŚĞƌ ʹĞǆƉĞĐƚŇĂƐŚĞƐŽĨ ũĞƌŬǇĂŶĚĂŵĂƚĞƵƌͲůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ŚĂŶĚŚĞůĚ ĐĂŵĞƌĂ ǁŽƌŬĐƌĞĞƉǇŚĂůůǁĂǇƐĂŶĚĞǆƚƌĞŵĞǁŝƚŚĂĐĂƉŝƚĂůĞͿĐůŽƐĞͲƵƉƐ

Ŷ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŝƌƌŽƌ dĞƌƌǇŝůůŝĂŵƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚͲƚŚĞͲůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ŐůĂƐƐƐƚǇůĞ ŝŶ dŚĞ ŵĂŐŝŶĂƌŝƵŵ ŽĨ ŽĐƚŽƌWĂƌŶĂƐƐƵƐ ^ƵƐŝĞ ǁĂƚĐŚĞƐ ŽǀĞƌŚĞƌ ĨĂŵŝůǇ ŝŶ Ă ŵĞƚĂƉŚŽƌŝĐĂů ŐůĂƐƐďŽƩůĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŵŝĚĚůĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ʹ ĂƉůĂĐĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ŚĞĂǀĞŶ ĂŶĚ ĞĂƌƚŚdŚĞ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŝĚĚůĞǁŽƌůĚƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƚŚĞǀŝĞǁĞƌǁŝƚŚƐŽŵĞƐƵŵƉƚƵŽƵƐ ĐŝŶĞŵĂƚŽŐƌĂƉŚǇ ĂŶĚŚĞƌĞŝŶ ůŝĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůŝƚǇ ŽĨƚŚĞƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƚĞĂŵ

ĂĐŬƐŽŶ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƚƌŝĞĚ ƚŽƉƌĞƐĞƌǀĞǁŚĂƚǁĂƐƐŽƉŽǁĞƌĨƵůĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞďŽŽŬďƵƚŚĞŚĂƐŶŽƚƐƵĐĐĞĞĚĞĚ

dŽ ƚĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌĚƐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ůŝĐĞ^ĞďŽůĚƐŵŽƵƚŚƚŚĞŶŽǀĞůǁĂƐŵĞĂŶƚƚŽŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚŚŽǁǁĞƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞƉĞŽƉůĞǁŚŽǀĞ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ ǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ ĨƌŽŵƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞŶƚ dŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚƚŚĞ ďŽŽŬ ƐŚĞ ƚƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚ ŚŽǁǀŝŽůĞŶĐĞ ŝƐ ĞǀĞƌǇǁŚĞƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞĂŶƐǁĞƌƚŽƚŚŝƐŝƐŶŽƚǁŝƚŚƌĞƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƚŚŝƐ ǀŝƚĂů ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ ƚŚĞĞƐƐĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶŽǀĞů ŚĂƐ ŶŽƚ ďĞĞŶĐĂƉƚƵƌĞĚŝŶƚŚĞĮůŵ

ŌĞƌĞŶũŽǇŝŶŐǁŝĚĞƐƉƌĞĂĚĂĐĐůĂŝŵĂŶĚ ƌŝŶŐŝŶŐ ĐĂƐŚ ƌĞŐŝƐƚĞƌƐͿ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞďŽŽŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟƚůĞ dŚĞ gtŽǀĞůǇŽŶĞƐŝƐĂŝŵŝŶŐĨŽƌƐŝŵŝůĂƌƐƵĐĐĞƐƐŽŶĐĞůůƵůŽŝĚŝŶĂŶƵĂƌǇϮϬϭϬ

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For those who can unglue their eyes from Modern Warfare 2 ĨŽƌ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ǁŚŝůĞAssassinrsquos Creed 2 is the other big game of November and

one of the biggest and most hyped games of

ϮϬϬϵŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƐĞƋƵĞů ǁĞ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ďĞ ŐĞƫŶŐĂ ůŽƚŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇͿ ƚŽĂĐƌŝƟĐĂůůǇĂĐĐůĂŝŵĞĚĂŶĚƉŽƉƵůĂƌŐĂŵĞAC2 is one of the uncommon

cases where the sequel is superior to the original

in every single aspect imaginable

hďŝƐŽŌ ŚĂǀĞ ƚĂŬĞŶ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƐŝŶŐůĞ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐŵĂŝŵĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ Assassinrsquos Creed into their

ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚƉƌŽĐĞƐƐĂŶĚƚŽƉƵƚŝƚƐŝŵƉůǇ ĮǆĞĚŝƚdŚĞƐĞƌŝĞƐŚĂƐŐŽŶĞĨƌŽŵĂŶŝůůͲĚĞĮŶĞĚĂĐƟŽŶŐĂŵĞŝŶƚŽĂĨƵůůǇŝŵŵĞƌƐŝǀĞŽƉĞŶǁŽƌůĚĂůŵŽƐƚƐĂŶĚďŽǆ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŽŶĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƟƌĞƐŽŵĞƉŝĐŬƉŽĐŬĞƚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĞĂǀĞƐĚƌŽƉ ŽŶ ƚǁŽƉĞŽƉůĞƌŽƵƟŶĞǇŽƵŽŶĐĞŚĂĚƚŽĚŽƚŽĂĐƚƵĂůůǇassassinate someone The guy just tells you

where to go and you are free to approach the

ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ŝŶǁŚĂƚĞǀĞƌǁĂǇǇŽƵǁŝƐŚŽŶĞŝƐƚŚĞƐƚĂůĞĂŶĚƌĞƉĞƟƟǀĞĐŽŵďĂƚŽĨƚŚĞĮƌƐƚŐĂŵĞŝŶAC2 ĮŐŚƟŶŐ ǁŝůů ŶĞǀĞƌ ŐĞƚ ďŽƌŝŶŐ ƵŶůĞƐƐ ǇŽƵĨĂůů ďĂĐŬ ŽŶ ŚŝƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĨĂƵůƚ ĂƩĂĐŬ ďƵƩŽŶƌĞƉĞĂƚĞĚůǇ ŶƐƚĞĂĚŽĨŽŶůǇŚĂǀŝŶŐĨŽƵƌǁĞĂƉŽŶƐǇŽƵŶŽǁ ƚĂƉĂďƵƩŽŶ ƚŽďƌŝŶŐƵƉ ƚŚĞǁĞĂƉŽŶselect menu (a welcome change to the gamersquos

ŝŶƚĞƌĨĂĐĞͿ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĐŚŽŽƐĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ůŝŬĞƐŵŽŬĞ ďŽŵďƐ ƉŽŝƐŽŶĞĚ ĂƐƐĂƐƐŝŶ Ɛ ďůĂĚĞƐ ǇŽƵŚĂǀĞ ƚǁŽ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŵ ŶŽǁ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞͿƚŚƌŽǁŝŶŐ ŬŶŝǀĞƐ ĞƚĐ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ŶŽǁ ƐŝĚĞƐƚĞƉĚŝƐĂƌŵ ŚĞĂĚďƵƩ ŬŝĐŬ ŝŶ ŐƌŽŝŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƌŽǁŐƵĂƌĚƐ Žī ƚŽǁĞƌŝŶŐ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ

ĂŵƵƐŝŶŐ ŝĨ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĨƵƐĞĚ ƌĞĂĐƟŽŶƐof the people on the ground Leonardo da Vinci

ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐƚŚĞǁĞĂƉŽŶƐƚĂŬŝŶŐƚŚĞƌŽůĞŽĨYĨƌŽŵJames Bond in the game This brings up the topic

ŽĨĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝƐĂƟŽŶĂŶĚƐƚŽƌǇůŝŶĞzŽƵƉůĂǇĂƐǌŝŽƵĚŝƚƵĞƌƌĞĚĞampŝƌĞŶǌĞĂĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌǇŽƵďĞĐŽŵĞclose to as you are introduced to him literally

from his birth (which also serves as a clever

ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ ƚƵƚŽƌŝĂůͿ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŚŝƐ ǁŽŵĂŶŝǌŝŶŐǇŽƵŶŐƐƚĞƌ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĂůůǇ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐevents that turn him into a badass assassin

AC2 ŝƐ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ďĞƩĞƌ Ăƚ ŝŵŵĞƌƐŝŶŐ ǇŽƵŝŶƚŽƚŚĞĞǀĞŶƚƐŽĨƚŚĞƉĂƐƚƚŚĂŶƚŚĞĮƌƐƚŐĂŵĞĂŶĚŚĂƐĮǆĞĚƚŚĞĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚũĂƌƌŝŶŐŶĂƚƵƌĞŽĨAC1 whereby you were made to constantly switch

between the past and the present AC2ƚĂŬĞƐŽīĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĞǆĂĐƚ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŐĂŵĞ ĂďƌƵƉƚůǇĞŶĚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƌƚƐ ďǇ ũĂŝůďƌĞĂŬŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŵŽĚĞƌŶĚĂǇƚĞŵƉůĂƌƐƚƌŽŶŐŚŽůĚĂŶĚƚĂŬŝŶŐǇŽƵto the assassinrsquos hideout where itrsquos revealed

ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŬĞǇ ƚŽ ƚŚĞǁĂƌďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƐƐĂƐƐŝŶƐ

ĂŶĚ ƚĞŵƉůĂƌƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƌĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ŝƚƐ ŵŝůůĞŶŶŝĂͲůŽŶŐ ĂƉĞǆ ŝƐ ŝŶ ĞƐŵŽŶĚ Ɛ ƚŚĞ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ĚĂǇƉƌŽƚĂŐĂŶŝƐƚͿ E ŵĞŵŽƌǇ tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌŽĨ ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ŐŽ ďĂĐŬ ŝŶ ƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĞůŝǀĞancestorsrsquo memories Once yoursquove done the

ďƌŝĞĨ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚyoursquore in the past for good and you wonrsquot have to

ĚĞĂůǁŝƚŚƚŚĞƌĞŐƵůĂƌĂŶŶŽǇŝŶŐŝŶƚĞƌǀĂůƐƚŚĞĮƌƐƚgame made you endure

AC2 ŚĂƐ ƵƉƉĞĚ ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ ƐƉĞĞĚ ĂŶĚtraversing the city roofs and climbing on anything

ŝƐƵůƚƌĂͲŇƵŝĚƚŽƚŚĞĞǆƚĞŶƚƚŚĂƚǇŽƵůůĨĞĞůůŝŬĞƚŚĞƌĞŶĂŝƐƐĂŶĐĞ ĞƋƵŝǀĂůĞŶƚ ŽĨ ^ƉŝĚĞƌŵĂŶ ĂůďĞŝƚa murderous Italian version The game has

ĂĚŽƉƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŝŶĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞĚ ZW ĞůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ƐƵĐŚas a monetary system and all sorts of shops that

ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ĂƌŵŽƵƌ ƐƵƉƉůŝĞƐ ǁĞĂƉŽŶƐ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƚĞŽƵƞŝƚƐŚĞĂůŝŶŐŝƚĞŵƐĞƚĐ

Ŷ ƚĞƌŵƐŽĨ ƚŚĞƐƚĞĂůƚŚĂƐƉĞĐƚŽĨ ƚŚĞŐĂŵĞonce again there has been a great improvement

ĨƌŽŵƚŚĞĮƌƐƚŐĂŵĞdŚĞƌĞ ŝƐŶŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞ ŚŽůĚďƵƩŽŶ ƚŽ ǁĂůŬ ǁŚŝůĞ ƉƌĂǇŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ƚƵƌŶinvisiblersquo nonsense for starters The game

ĨŽĐƵƐĞƐ Ă ůŽƚ ŵŽƌĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďůĞŶĚŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞĐƌŽǁĚ ĂƐƉĞĐƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƌŝŶŐƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŽ ĚŝƐƚƌĂĐƚ ŐƵĂƌĚƐ ampŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞlast game yoursquod run around a corner and go into

ƉƌĂǇŝŶŐƉŽƐŝƟŽŶĂŶĚƚŚĞŐƵĂƌĚƐǁŽƵůĚƚƌĞĂƚǇŽƵůŝŬĞ ǇŽƵǁĞƌĞ ŝŶǀŝƐŝďůĞ ŶAC2 ƚŚĞ ŽƉƟŽŶƐ ǇŽƵŚĂǀĞĨŽƌĞƐĐĂƉŝŶŐĂƌĞŵƵĐŚŵŽƌĞŇƵŝĚĂŶĚĨƵŶdŚƌŽǁŝŶŐƐŵŽŬĞďŽŵďƐŝƐǀĞƌǇĨƵŶĂŶĚƵƐĞĨƵůŝĨyoursquore massively outnumbered

ƌĂƉŚŝĐĂůůǇ ƚŚĞŐĂŵĞŝƐƐƵƉĞƌďĂŶĚampŝƌĞŶǌĞampůŽƌĞŶĐĞͿůŽŽŬƐĂŵĂǌŝŶŐĂƐĚŽƚŚĞŽƚŚĞƌĐŝƟĞƐůůƚŚĞĂŶŝŵĂƟŽŶƐĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇƚŚĞĐůŝŵďŝŶŐŽŶĞƐĂƌĞ ƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ ĂŶĚ ƐŵŽŽƚŚ dŚĞ ƐŝĚĞ ƋƵĞƐƚƐ ĂƌĞŐƌĞĂƚůǇŝŵƉƌŽǀĞĚĨƌŽŵƚŚĞĮƌƐƚŐĂŵĞŝŶƌĞƐƉĞĐƚŽĨĚŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĨƵŶĂŶĚ ŝŶŐĞŶƵŝƚǇ zŽƵůůŶĞǀĞƌ ĨĞĞůůŽƐƚ ƚŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĞǁŽƌŬĞĚ ŵĂƉ Assassinrsquos Creed 2 builds and improves on its predecessor

ƐŽŵƵĐŚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶ ƌĞƚƌŽƐƉĞĐƚ ƚŚĞĮƌƐƚ Assassinrsquos CreedůŽŽŬƐƉƌŝŵŝƟǀĞŝŶĐŽŵƉĂƌŝƐŽŶzŽƵůůŐĞƚĂƚleast 18 hours of fun out of AC2ĞǀĞŶŝĨǇŽƵŽŶůǇĚŽƚŚĞŵĂŝŶƐƚŽƌǇůŝŶĞƚŝƐĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇǁŽƌƚŚǇŽƵƌƟŵĞĂŶĚŵŽŶĞǇ

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ͲƌĂƉŚŝĐĂůůǇŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞͲƌĞĂƚůǇŝŵƉƌŽǀĞĚƌĂŶŐĞŽĨǁĞĂƉŽŶƐ

ͲĂŵĞƌĂĐĂŶŵĂŬĞĐůŝŵďŝŶŐƚƌŝĐŬǇƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐͲŶĞŵŝĞƐĂƌĞƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐƵŶĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐ

ampƵƚƵƌĞŵĂƌŬ Ă ĐŽŵƉĂŶǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϭϵϵϳďĞĞŶƉƌŝŵĂƌŝůǇĐŽŶĐĞƌŶĞĚǁŝƚŚƚŚĞƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶŽĨďĞŶĐŚŵĂƌŬŝŶŐƐŽŌǁĂƌĞĨŽƌĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌŚĂƌĚǁĂƌĞƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĐƵƫŶŐ ĞĚŐĞ ŐƌĂƉŚŝĐĂůƚĞƐƚƐ ŚĂƐ ĨŽƌŵĞĚ ampƵƚƵƌĞŵĂƌŬ ĂŵĞƐ ^ƚƵĚŝŽamp^Ϳ ĂŶĚ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ^ŚĂƩĞƌĞĚ ŽƌŝǌŽŶ Ă ĮƌƐƚperson shooter (FPS) set in space It is unique

ĂŵŽŶŐampW^ŐĂŵĞƐŝŶƚŚĂƚƚŚĞĂĐƟŽŶƚĂŬĞƐƉůĂĐĞŝŶĂǌĞƌŽŐƌĂǀŝƚǇĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ

Facing the prospect that your enemies may

no longer be solely on the ground in front of

ǇŽƵ ďƵƚ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂůůƐ ĐĞŝůŝŶŐŽƌďŝƟŶŐĚĞďƌŝƐĂŶĚŇŽĂƟŶŐƚŚƌŽƵŐŚƚŚĞŐĂŵĞ ƐĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚƐďƌŝŶŐƐŶĞǁŵĞĂŶŝŶŐƚŽƚŚĞƚĞƌŵƐƉĂƟĂůĂǁĂƌĞŶĞƐƐ dŚĞƌĞŝƐĂůŝŵŝƚĞĚƌĂĚĂƌƚŚĂƚŝŶĚŝĐĂƚĞƐĞŶĞŵǇƉŽƐŝƟŽŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚƌĞĞĚŝŵĞŶƐŝŽŶƐbut this is only useful at short range and survival

relies largely on the playerrsquos ability to be aware

ŽĨ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ƌĂŶŐĞ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ŵŽƐƚŐĂŵĞŵŽĚĞƐďĞƉĂƌƚŽĨĂƚĞĂŵdŚŝƐŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞgameplay is fast paced and has something of a

ƐƚĞĞƉůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐĐƵƌǀĞǀĞŶƐĞĂƐŽŶĞĚampW^ƉůĂǇĞƌƐǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚǇ ĂĚũƵƐƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ ŽĨĐŽŵďĂƚŝŶƐƉĂĐĞtĞĂƉŽŶƐĂƌĞŶŽƚĂƐĂĐĐƵƌĂƚĞĂƐŝŶŵĂŶǇŽƚŚĞƌŐĂŵĞƐƚŽĂĐĐŽƵŶƚĨŽƌƚŚĞĚŝĸĐƵůƚǇŽĨŵĂŶŝƉƵůĂƟŶŐĂƌŝŇĞǁŚŝůƐƚŝŶĂƐƉĂĐĞƐƵŝƚĂŶĚŽƌďŝƟŶŐƚŚĞĂƌƚŚĂƚϭϳϬϬϬŵŝůĞƐƉĞƌŚŽƵƌ dŚĞƌĞĂƌĞƚŚƌĞĞƚǇƉĞƐŽĨŐƌĞŶĂĚĞƐďƵƚĂŌĞƌƚŚĞƌĞĐĞŶƚrelease of Call of Duty Grenade Grenadefare 2

gamers will be pleased to hear none of these are

ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ Ŭŝůů ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ďǇ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ZĂƚŚĞƌ they assist players against other players For

ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ƚŚĞDWŐƌĞŶĂĚĞƚĞŵƉŽƌĂƌŝůǇƉŽǁĞƌƐĚŽǁŶ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂƐƚƌŽŶĂƵƚƐ ƐƵŝƚƐ ĐĂƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽŵŽǀĞ ƐůƵŐŐŝƐŚůǇ ĨŽƌ Ă ĨĞǁ ƐĞĐŽŶĚƐ dŚŝƐ ůĂĐŬŽĨ ůĞƚŚĂů ŐƌĞŶĂĚĞ ƐƉĂŵŵŝŶŐ ŝŶĚŝĐĂƚĞƐ amp^has learnt from previous FPS games and have

been careful to remove rage-inducing features

ŶŽƚŚĞƌĞǆĂŵƉůĞŽĨŚŽǁƚŚĞǇŚĂǀĞĚŽŶĞƚŚŝƐŝƐthe full use of dedicated servers ndash something the

gaming community clearly wants

ĞƐƉŝƚĞƚŚĞůŽǁƉƌŝĐĞƚĂŐ^ŚĂƩĞƌĞĚŽƌŝǌŽŶĐĂŶďĞĐƌŝƟĐŝƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞƐŵĂůůŶƵŵďĞƌŽĨŵĂƉƐĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŽŶůǇ ĨŽƵƌ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ŝŶ ƉůĂǇ ŽǁĞǀĞƌ ĞĂĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŝƐ ƐƵďƐƚĂŶƟĂů ŝŶ ƐŝǌĞĞǆƉĞƌƚůǇ ĐƌĂŌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƵƐĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇŽĨ ŐĂŵĞ ŵŽĚĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚĞĂŵ ĚĞĂƚŚ ŵĂƚĐŚ ƚŽ

ŽďũĞĐƟǀĞͲďĂƐĞĚ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐ ampƵƌƚŚĞƌŵŽƌĞ amp^recently announced forthcoming downloadable

ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ƚŽŵĂŬĞƵƉ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂĐŬŽĨŵĂƉƐǁŝƚŚfour more on the way

KŶĞ ŝƐƐƵĞ amp^ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ĞƐĐĂƉĞ ĨƌŽŵ ŝƐ ƚŚĞůĂĐŬŽĨĂƐŝŶŐůĞƉůĂǇĞƌŵŽĚĞƐŽŐĂŵĞƌƐůŽŽŬŝŶŐfor a developed storyline and campaign will be

ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚĞĚ ĂǀŝŶŐ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĐĞŶĂƌŝŽin which the game is set is fairly intricate It is

ĐŝƌĐĂϮϬϱϬŵĂŶŬŝŶĚ ŝƐďĂĐŬŽŶ ƚŚĞDŽŽŶĂŶĚŝƐĞǆƉůŽŝƟŶŐ ŝƚ ĨŽƌ ƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐdŚĞDŽŽŶDŝŶŝŶŐŽŽƉĞƌĂƟǀĞ ŝƐ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŚƵŐĞ ƉƌŽĮƚƐ ƵŶƟů ĂĚŝƐĂƐƚƌŽƵƐĞǆƉůŽƐŝŽŶĐĂƵƐĞƐ ůĂƌŐĞĐŚƵŶŬƐŽĨƚŚĞŶĂƚƵƌĂůƐĂƚĞůůŝƚĞ ƚŽďƌĞĂŬĂǁĂǇ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐďŝůůŝŽŶƐŽĨƚŽŶƐŽĨƐƉĂĐĞĚĞďƌŝƐ^ŽŵĞƐĞƩůĞƐŝŶƚŽĂƌƚŚ ƐŽƌďŝƚ ĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ Ă ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐ ƐŚĂƉĞ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ĂƌƚŚ ƐŶŝŐŚƚ ƐŬǇ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĂƐ dŚĞ ƌĐ tŝƚŚ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐƐƚƌĂŶĚĞĚ ŝŶ ƐƉĂĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ^ƉĂĐĞŐĞŶĐǇŝƐƚĂƐŬĞĚǁŝƚŚĂƉƉƌĞŚĞŶĚŝŶŐƚŚĞŵŝŶĞƌƐresponsible for the catastrophe They and the

miners engage in a struggle to control The Arc to

ƐƵƌǀŝǀĞtŚŝůĞĞĂĐŚŵĂƉŚĂƐĂƐŵĂůůƐƚŽƌǇďĞŚŝŶĚŝƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐĞƐƐĞŶƟĂůůǇ ƚŚĞĞŶƟƌĞŶĂƌƌĂƟǀĞŽĨ ƚŚĞgame

The game is somewhat graphically

ĚĞŵĂŶĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ Ă ĚƵĂů ĐŽƌĞprocessor and decent graphics processing unit

ǁŝůůĮŶĚŝƚŚĂƌĚƚŽƌƵŶƚŚĞŐĂŵĞĞŶũŽǇĂďůǇ amp^ ŚĂǀĞ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ĞǆĐĞůůĞŶƚ Ăƚ

ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ WůĂǇĞƌƐ ĐŽŵƉůĂŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐŶŽǁĂǇŽĨ ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐƚŽƵƐĞǌĞƌŽŐƌĂǀŝƚǇƉƌŽƉĞƌůǇǁŝƚŚŽƵƚƉůĂǇŝŶŐĂŐĂŝŶƐƚŵŽƌĞĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚƵƐĞƌƐƐŽamp^ƐĞƚƵƉĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐƐĞƌǀĞƌƐƚŽĂůůŽǁthis Their forums are full of threads started by

ƚŚĞĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞƌƐ ŝŶĨŽƌŵŝŶŐƚŚĞĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇǁŚĂƚŝƐŚĂƉƉĞŶŝŶŐǁŝƚŚƚŚĞŐĂŵĞĂŶĚĂƐŬŝŶŐŝĨƚŚĞƌĞĂƌĞĂƐƉĞĐƚƐƚŚĞǇƚŚŝŶŬƐŚŽƵůĚďĞĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ

dŚŝƐ ŐĂŵĞ ŝƐ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ ŝƚ Ɛ ĐŚĞĂƉ ŝƚ ŚĂƐƚŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƌĞƉůĂǇ ǀĂůƵĞ ůŽŽŬƐ ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞƌƐĐĂƌĞǁŚĂƚƚŚĞŝƌƉůĂǇĞƌƐƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĂƐĂůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐĐƵƌǀĞďƵƚǁŚĂƚŐĂŵĞĚŽĞƐŶƚĨǇŽƵĞŶũŽǇampW^ŐĂŵĞƐĂŶĚĂƌĞůŽŽŬŝŶŐĨŽƌƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚǇŽƵƐŚŽƵůĚŐŝǀĞ^ŚĂƩĞƌĞĚŽƌŝǌŽŶ a try

as soon as possible

William MoranAvailable on PCPrice pound15 (PC)

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ͲŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞŐĂŵĞƉůĂǇ- Learning curve

- No single player

ͲZĞůĂƟǀĞůǇƐŵĂůůŶƵŵďĞƌŽĨŵĂƉƐ

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WHY YOU SHOULDNrsquoT PUT A TELLY IN YOUR KITCHEN

The incessant metric meterStays

ŶƚŚĞĐŽƌŶĞƌŽĨŵǇŬŝƚĐŚĞŶdĂƉƉŝŶŐĂƚĞŶĚůĞƐƐĞŶĞƌŐǇŽƵŶƟŶŐƵƉŵǇĮŌǇƉĞĞƐ

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HER EXACT WORDS

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ĚŝĚŶƚƚŚŝŶŬĂŶǇŽŶĞǁŽƵůĚǁĂŶƚŵĞĂŐĂŝŶ

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EŽŝƚĚŝĚŶΖƚƚĂŬĞŵĞůŽŶŐƚŽƐĞĞͲǁĂƐŶŽƚǁĞůĐŽŵĞŚĞƌĞ

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ǁĂůŬĞĚĨĂƐƚĞƌ ǇĞƚƐŽĚŝĚƚŚĞǇtŚĂƚƚŚŝƐŚŽƌĚĞǁĂŶƚĞĚĚŝĚŶŽƚŬŶŽǁZƵŶŶŝŶŐƚŽƚŚĞŶĞĂƌĞƐƚĚŽŽƌŽŶŵǇǁĂǇĨŽƵŶĚŵǇƐĞůĨĂƚΗdŚĞampƌĞĂŬ^ŚŽǁΗ

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ŐĂŝŶƐƚŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ĞĂĐŚŚĞĂĚƚĂŬŝŶŐĂƐŝĚĞŶĚŶĞŝƚŚĞƌƐŝĚĞǁĂƐƌŝŐŚƚ

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^ŵŝůŝŶŐĂƐŝĨƐŽŵĞŚŽǁŵǇƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐƚŚĞǇƌĞĂĚdŚĞǇŬŶĞǁǁŚĂƚǁĂƐŚĞƌĞĨŽƌ

tĂůŬŝŶŐŝŶƐŝĚĞǁŝƚŚǁŚĂƚƐĂǁͲdŚŽƵŐŚƚĚĞĨƵŶĐƚŵǇŚƵŵĂŶĞǇĞƐdŚŽƵŐŚŝŶƐŝĚĞǁĂƐƐƚƌƵĐŬǁŝƚŚĂǁĞ

ƚƌŝĞĚŶŽƚƚŽƐŚŽǁƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ

ĨŽƵƌůĞŐŐĞĚǁŽŵĂŶǁĂůŬŝŶŐͲtŝƚŚĂŵĂŶǁŚŽŚĂĚŶŽůĞŐƐĂƚĂůůgtŝǀŝŶŐůŽǀŝŶŐůĂƵŐŚŝŶŐĂŶĚƚĂůŬŝŶŐͲ

As if he stood ten feet tall

ďĞĂƌĚĞĚůĂĚǇƐŝŶŐŝŶŐƐŽŌŝŶƚŽŶĞͲdŽĂŵĂŶǁŝƚŚƚǁŽŶŽƐĞƐ

ŵĂŶƐŽƐŬŝŶŶǇŚĞůŽŽŬĞĚƚŽůĂĐŬďŽŶĞͲŶƚŚĞŵŝƌƌŽƌ ƉƌĂĐƟĐŝŶŐƉŽƐĞƐ

ƐƚŽŽĚĂŵĂǌĞĚĂƚƚŚĞƐŚĂƉĞƐŚĞƚŽŽŬƐŵǇŵŝƐĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐƌĂŶ

ƚƐĞĞŵĞĚŚĞĐŽƵůĚŵĂŬĞŚŝŵƐĞůĨƚŽůŽŽŬͲgtŝŬĞĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐďƵƚĂΗŶŽƌŵĂůΗŵĂŶ

ƵƚƉŝŶĐŚĞƌƐůŝŬĞĂůŽďƐƚĞƌ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚĞƐĂŝĚΗdŚĞƌĞΖƐƚŚŝŶŐƐƚŚĞǁŽƌůĚǁŽŶΖƚƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚ

Michael Anderson

CARNIVAL

ampĞƌƌŝƐǁŚĞĞůƌĞǀŽůǀĞƐǀĞůŽĐŝƚǇĂŶĚŐůŽǁ

ĂŬĂůĞŝĚŽƐĐŽƉŝĐĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞĂŶĚƐĐƌĞĂŵƐŽĨŐůĞĞ

ŚĞĂƌĚΖƌŽƵŶĚƚŚĞŐƌŽƵŶĚƐĚƵĞƚƐǁŝƚŚƚŚĞƐŝŶŐŝŶŐĐĂƌŽƵƐĞů

ǁŚŝĐŚƐƉŝŶƐƚŽŚŽƌƐĞΖƐŐĂůůŽƉƚŽǁĂƌĚƚŚĞŚŽƵƐĞŽĨŵŝƌƌŽƌƐ

ƌĞŇĞĐƟŶŐƐŚĂĚŽǁǇƐŝůŚŽƵĞƩĞƐŽĨŽƵƌĐůĂŶĚĞƐƟŶĞĞŵďƌĂĐĞŽǌĞŶƐŽĨǇŽƵƚŽƵĐŚŝŶŐŵĞ

ŚƵŶĚƌĞĚƐŽĨƟŵĞƐ

Michael Keshigian

Carnival

WůĂƞŽƌŵ Ϯ ŝƐ Ă ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚͲƐƉŽŶƐŽƌĞĚǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌ ƐĐŚĞŵĞ ƚ ĂůůŽǁƐ ǇŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞĨƌŽŵƚŚĞĂŐĞƐŽĨϭϴͲϮϱƚŽƐƉĞŶĚƚĞŶǁĞĞŬƐŝŶĂ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŝŶŐ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ dŚĞ ĚĞƐƟŶĂƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞŚĂŶĂ ltĞŶǇĂ ^ŽƵƚŚ ĨƌŝĐĂ WĞƌƵ EĞƉĂů ĂŶĚŶĚŝĂ ampůŝŐŚƚƐŵĞĚŝĐĂů ďŝůůƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƐƵƌĂŶĐĞ ĂƌĞĂůůĐŽǀĞƌĞĚƐŽƚŚĞŵĂŝŶƚŚŝŶŐŚĂĚƚŽĚŽǁĂƐĂƉƉůǇƉĂĐŬĂŶĚŐŽ

ũŽŝŶĞĚ WůĂƞŽƌŵ Ϯ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ŐĂŝŶ ĂĚĞĞƉĞƌ ƉĞƌƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ŽĨ ŚĂŶĂŝĂŶ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚƚŽǀŝĞǁƚŚĞǁĂǇŽĨůŝĨĞŽĨƐŽŵĞŚĂŶĂŝĂŶƐdŚĞƉƌŽũĞĐƚǁĂƐďĂƐĞĚ ŝŶltĂƐĂƉŝŶǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŽŶĂĨŽ ZĞŐŝŽŶ ŝŶ ŚĂŶĂtĞƐƚ ĨƌŝĐĂƚ ŝƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ϭϱϬŬŵ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ltƵŵĂƐŝ ǁŚŝĐŚŝƐ ŚĂŶĂƐ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ĐŝƚǇ dŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ ŝƐdǁŝĂŶĚŶŐůŝƐŚŝƐǁŝĚĞůǇƐƉŽŬĞŶǁŽƌŬĞĚĂƐĂǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌŝŶltĂƐĂƉŝŶĨŽƌƚĞŶǁĞĞŬƐŚĞůƉŝŶŐƚŽďƵŝůĚĂĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇĐĞŶƚƌĞĂŶĚĂůƐŽǁŽƌŬŝŶŐŝŶƚŚĞƐĐŚŽŽůƐĂƐǁĞůůĂƐƚŚĞŚĞĂůƚŚĐĂƌĞĐůŝŶŝĐƐ

ĚƵůƚĚƵĐĂƟŽŶŝŶŚĂŶĂŝƐĂĐŽŶĐĞƉƚŚĞůĚŝŶŚŝŐŚƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶƚŚĞůĂƌŐĞĐŝƟĞƐƐƵĐŚĂƐĐĐƌĂĂŶĚ ltƵŵĂƐŝ ƵƌŝŶŐ ŵǇ ƟŵĞ ĂƐ Ă WůĂƞŽƌŵ ϮǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌ ĐŚŽƐĞ ƚŽďĞŐŝŶ Ă ĐůĂƐƐ ŽĨŵǇŽǁŶĚƵƌŝŶŐŵǇĨƌĞĞƟŵĞĐŚŽƐĞƚŽĨƵŶĚƚŚĞĐůĂƐƐŵǇƐĞůĨƐŽƚŚĂƚƚŚĞƌĞǁŽƵůĚďĞŶŽĐŽƐƚĨŽƌƚŚĞƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ

^ƚĂƌƟŶŐƚŚĞĐůĂƐƐǁĂƐĂĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞĂƐŝƐƐƵĞƐĂƌŽƐĞŽǀĞƌǁŚŽƐŚŽƵůĚďĞŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚĚĂƚĞƐĂŶĚƟŵĞƐ dŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐ ĮŶĂůůǇ ďĞŐĂŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϮϱƚŚŽĨ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ƚǁŽ ǁĞĞŬƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŽƵƌĚĞƉĂƌƚƵƌĞ ĚĂƚĞ dŚĞ ƚĂƌŐĞƚ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ďĞŶĂƌƌŽǁĞĚĚŽǁŶƚŽǁŽŵĞŶĂƐ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇŬŶĞǁǁŽŵĞŶĨƌŽŵƚŚĞůŽĐĂůŵŽƐƋƵĞĂŶĚƚŚĞǇǁĞƌĞŝĚĞĂůƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƐ

ŌĞƌ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐǁĂŶƚĞĚŵĞ ƚŽƚĞĂĐŚĞǀĞƌǇĚĂǇƵŶƟůůĞŌŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚƚŽ ĚŽ ĞŝŐŚƚ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ ŝŶ ϭϰ ĚĂǇƐ ĐŽŶĚƵĐƚĞĚ

ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ Ăƚ ϳƉŵ ĂŶĚǁĂƐ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ďǇ ĂŵŝĞgtĞĞ tĂůŬŝĞ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ŝĚĞĂů ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ ĂƐŽƵƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞĚ WůĂƞŽƌŵ Ϯ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐǁĞƌĞ ŽǀĞƌĂŶĚƚŚŝƐĂůƐŽĂůůŽǁĞĚƚŚĞǁŽŵĞŶƚŽĮŶŝƐŚĂŶǇďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐƚŚĞǇŚĂĚ

ƚĂƵŐŚƚ ďĂƐŝĐ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ĂŶĚ ĨŽĐƵƐĞĚ ŽŶĐŽŶǀĞƌƐĂƟŽŶĂů ƐŬŝůůƐ dŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƉŚƌĂƐĞƐƐĞĞŵ ƐŝŵƉůĞ ƚŽ ŶĂƟǀĞ ƐƉĞĂŬĞƌƐ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ŐƌĂƐƉ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞǁŽŵĞŶ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞǇǁĞƌĞĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞĚƚŽůĞĂƌŶŚĂĚĂƚƌĂŶƐůĂƚŽƌŶĂŵĞĚZĂďŝĂϮϬͲǇĞĂƌͲŽůĚůŽĐĂůƚƌĂĚĞƌ ĞƌŶŐůŝƐŚǁĂƐ

ŐŽŽĚĂŶĚƐŚĞĂůƐŽƐƉŽŬĞƚŚĞĐŽŵŵŽŶŚĂŶĂŝĂŶůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞdǁŝǁŚŝĐŚĂůůŽǁĞĚŚĞƌ ƚŽ ƚƌĂŶƐůĂƚĞZĞƉĞƟƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƌŽůĞƉůĂǇ ǁĞƌĞ ƵƐĞĚ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ dŚĞƌĞ ǁĞƌĞĂďŽƵƚƐŝǆĞŶƌŽůůĞĚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐďƵƚ ƚŚƌĞĞƌĞŐƵůĂƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ^ĂŚŽƌĂϰϱĂǁĂŬŝƌŝĐĞͿƐĞůůĞƌ ĂũũƌĂďĚƵůůĂŚ ϯϬ Ă ĐŽĐŽĂ ƐĞůůĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĨĂƌŵĞƌ ĂŶĚĂũũĂƌ KƐŵĂŶ Ă ďĞĂŶ ƐĞůůĞƌ ^ĂŚŽƌĂ ǁĂƐ ŵǇďĞƐƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ Ğƌ ĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞĚ ŵŝŶĚƐĞƚ ŵĂĚĞŚĞƌĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞƚŚĞŽƚŚĞƌƐƚŽĐŽŵĞƚŽƚŚĞĐůĂƐƐĂǀŝŶŐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŐŽŶĞ ƚŽ ƐĐŚŽŽů ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƐŚĞ ŚĂƐ

ƐƟůůďĞĞŶĂďůĞƚŽďĞĐŽŵĞĂƚƌĂĚĞƌ ĞƌƚƌĂǀĞůƐƚŽ dŽŐŽ ĨŽƌ ƚƌĂĚĞ ŚĞůƉĞĚ ŚĞƌ ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶĐĞŽĨ ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞĂŶĚƐŚĞďĞůŝĞǀĞƐƚŚĂƚůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ǁŝůů ŚĞůƉ ŚĞƌ ƚƌĂĚĞ ŝŶ ŽƚŚĞƌƚŽǁŶƐŽƵƚƐŝĚĞŽĨltĂƐĂƉŝŶ

ƵƌŝŶŐƚŚĞůĞƐƐŽŶƐĂƚĞĂĐŚĞƌŶĂŵĞĚampƌĂŶŬĨƌŽŵ ĂŶĂŬ ^ĐŚŽŽů ŽīĞƌĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŚĞĐůĂƐƐ ĂŌĞƌ ůĞŌ dŚŝƐŵĞĂŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǁŽŵĞŶĐŽƵůĚĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƚŽůĞĂƌŶŶŐůŝƐŚĂƌƌĂŶŐĞĚǁŝƚŚŵǇWůĂƞŽƌŵϮƐƵƉĞƌǀŝƐŽƌ ltŶŽǆƚŽŵĞĞƚampƌĂŶŬŝŶŽƌĚĞƌƚŽĂůůŽǁƚŚĞŶĞǆƚŐƌŽƵƉŽĨǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌƐ

ƚŽĂůƐŽŐĞƚŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚŝĨƚŚĞǇǁŝƐŚĞĚĂŶĚĨŽƌŚŝŵƚŽŚĞůƉŵĞĨŽůůŽǁƚŚĞƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŽĨƚŚĞĐůĂƐƐ

ƵƌŝŶŐƚŚĞǁĞĞŬĞŶĚƐǁĞǁĞƌĞĂďůĞƚŽƚƌĂǀĞůĂƌŽƵŶĚŚĂŶĂƚŽƐĞĞƐŽŵĞŽĨƚŚĞŐƌĞĂƚƐŝŐŚƚƐdŚĞƐŚĂŶƟWĂůĂĐĞŝŶltƵŵĂƐŝƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐƚŚĞltŝŶŐĚŽŵŽĨ ŽůĚ ltŝŶƚĂŵƉŽtĂƚĞƌĨĂůůƐ Ă ƐŝƚĞŽĨ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ďĞĂƵƚǇ ĂŶĚ gtĂŬĞ ŽƐƵŵƚǁŝ ǁŚĞƌĞǁĞǁĞƌĞůƵĐŬǇĞŶŽƵŐŚƚŽŐŽŽŶĂƐƉĞĞĚďŽĂƚŚĂŶĂŝƐĂďĞĂƵƟĨƵůĂŶĚŐƌŽǁŝŶŐĐŽƵŶƚƌǇĂŶĚƌŝĐŚǁŝƚŚĐƵůƚƵƌĞŚƵŵŽƵƌĂŶĚƉĞŽƉůĞǁŚŽǁĂŶƚƚŽďĞƉĂƌƚŽĨŵŽǀŝŶŐƚŚĞŝƌĐŽƵŶƚƌǇĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ

ĂǀŝŶŐ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ǁŚŝůĞƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ Ăƚ ĂŶĂŬ ^ĐŚŽŽů ĂŶĚ gt ^ĐŚŽŽů ƵŶĚĞƌƐƚŽŽĚ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶŚĂƐ ĨŽƌ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ƚ ĂůůŽǁƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƚŽŚĞůƉ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ^ŝŶĐĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ďĂĐŬ ĨƌŽŵ ŵǇWůĂƞŽƌŵ Ϯ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŚĂǀĞ ĚŽŶĞ ƚĂůŬƐ ĨŽƌƚŚĞ sŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ƚĞĂŵŽĨEŽƌĨŽůŬ Ăƚ Ă ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌĞǀĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ Ăƚ ŝƚǇ ŽůůĞŐĞ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ dŚĞƐĞŵĂŬĞ ǇŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂǁĂƌĞ ŽĨ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐƐƵĐŚĂƐWůĂƞŽƌŵϮŽŝŶŐŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚĞŵĞŚĂƐĂůƐŽĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞĚŵĞƚŽƐƵƉƉŽƌƚzĂĂƌĂŚ^ĐŚŽŽůƐĂŶŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐĞƚƵƉŝŶŽƌĚĞƌƚŽŚĞůƉĨƵƌƚŚĞƌƚŚĞƉƌŽƐƉĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐŚĂŶĂ zĂĂƌĂŚ ^ĐŚŽŽůƐ Ăŝŵ ƚŽ ƌĂŝƐĞ ĨƵŶĚƐ ĨŽƌďŽŽŬƐĐŚĂŝƌƐƚĂďůĞƐĂŶĚĂůƐŽĂďƵŝůĚŝŶŐĨŽƌƚŚĞĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶƚŽůĞĂƌŶŝŶƚŚŝŶŐƐǁĞƚĂŬĞĨŽƌŐƌĂŶƚĞĚ

KǀĞƌĂůů ŵǇ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ltĂƐĂƉŝŶ ǁĂƐŵĞŵŽƌĂďůĞƚŚĞůƉĞĚŵĞŐĂŝŶĂĚĞĞƉĞƌŝŶƐŝŐŚƚŝŶƚŽƚŚĞůŝǀĞƐŽĨŽƚŚĞƌƐĂŶĚĂůƐŽƐŚŽǁĞĚŵĞŚŽǁĞĂƐǇ ŝƚǁĂƐ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ŚĞůƉ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ǁŽƵůĚůŝŬĞƚŽƌĞƚƵƌŶƚŽltĂƐĂƉŝŶŝŶŽƌĚĞƌƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƚŚĞƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŚĂƉƉĞŶŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƐƵĐŚĂǀŝďƌĂŶƚĂŶĚůŽǀŝŶŐĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ

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ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS

FILL HIS STOCKING WITH

For this festive issue we highlight the essentials needed in a Fashionistarsquos stocking Fashion Editor Kat Jones shares her Christmas Wish List and the editors of Concrete dazzle us with Christmas trends

1 A Tom Ford Suit dŚĞƐĞďĞƐƉŽŬĞƐƵŝƚƐƌĞĂůůǇĂƌĞƚŚĞĞƉŝƚŽŵĞŽĨƉƌĞƐƟŐĞhŶŝƋƵĞĂŶĚŵĞƟĐƵůŽƵƐůǇŚĂŶĚĐƌĂŌĞĚƚŚĞǇƐŝůĞŶƚůǇƐĐƌĞĂŵƉĞƌĨĞĐƟŽŶǀĞƌǇŵĂŶŶĞĞĚƐĂŐŽŽĚƐƵŝƚĂŵĞĚŝŽĐƌĞdltDĂǆǆĂƩĞŵƉƚũƵƐƚǁŽŶƚĐƵƚŝƚƚƚŚĞĐŽƐƚŽĨĂƐŵĂůůĐĂƌ ƚŚŝƐŝƐĂƐĞƌŝŽƵƐŝŶǀĞƐƚŵĞŶƚďƵƚǁĞůůǁŽƌƚŚŝƚ

2 The Polo Shirt ^ůŝŵŵŝŶŐƐŝŵƉůĞĂŶĚŇĂƩĞƌŝŶŐƚŚŝƐŝƚĞŵŝƐĂŵĂŶ ƐďĞƐƚĨƌŝĞŶĚWŽůŽƐŚŝƌƚƐĂƌĞƚŚĞĞŽƌŐĞgtĂŵďŽĨƚŽƉƐŵƵĐŚƐŚĂƌƉĞƌƚŚĂŶĂƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƚͲƐŚŝƌƚĞƫŶŐƐĞǀĞƌĂůĨŽƌŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐŝƐĂŶĞĂƐǇǁĂǇƚŽĂĚĚĂůŝƩůĞǀĂƌŝĂƟŽŶŝŶƚŽǇŽƵƌǁĂƌĚƌŽďĞWŝĐŬƚŚĞŵƵƉĂƚZĂůƉŚgtĂƵƌĞŶWĂƵů^ŵŝƚŚĂŶĚgtĂĐŽƐƚĞŽƌĨŽƌŚŝŐŚƐƚƌĞĞƚĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞƐƚƌǇdŽƉŵĂŶ

3 Obligatory Socks and PantsEŽŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐǁŽƵůĚďĞƚŚĞƐĂŵĞǁŝƚŚŽƵƚƚŚĞŵDĂƌŬƐĂŶĚ^ƉĞŶĐĞƌƐĚŽŐƌĞĂƚǁŝƩǇƐŽĐŬƐďƵƚĨŽƌƚŚĞƉĂŶƚƐƐƉĞŶĚĂůŝƩůĞŵŽƌĞŽŶǇŽƵƌŵĂŶǁŝƚŚĂůǀŝŶltůĞŝŶďŽǆĞƌƐĨŽƌƚŚĂƚŝŶĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌĮǆ

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FILL HER STOCKING WITH1 The Little Black DressEŽŐŝƌů ƐǁĂƌĚƌŽďĞŝƐĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞǁŝƚŚŽƵƚŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞƐĞďĞĂƵƟĞƐƵƐƚůŝŬĞƚŚĞƉŽǁĞƌƐƵŝƚŽĨƚŚĞŵĂŶƚŚĞgtŝƐĂŬĞǇŝŶǀĞƐƚŵĞŶƚzĞƐƚŚĞƌĞĂƌĞŐŽŽĚĞǆĂŵƉůĞƐĂƚĂƌĂĂŶĚZŝǀĞƌƐůĂŶĚďƵƚŝĨǇŽƵŚĂǀĞďĞĞŶĂŐŽŽĚŐŝƌůƚŚŝƐǇĞĂƌƚŚĞŶĂƐŬ^ĂŶƚĂĨŽƌƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐƚŚĂƚ ƐĞǆƚƌĂƐƉĞĐŝĂů

2 Statement JewellerytĞĂůů ůŽǀĞũĞǁĞůůĞƌǇĂŶĚŚŝƌƐƚŵĂƐŝƐĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇĂƟŵĞĨŽƌĂďŝƚŽĨďůŝŶŐdŚĞƌĞĂƌĞŐƌĞĂƚƉŝĞĐĞƐĂƌŽƵŶĚƐƵĐŚĂƐŽǀĞƌƐŝǌĞĚĐŽĐŬƚĂŝů ƌŝŶŐƐ ĨƌŽŵĐĐĞƐƐŽƌŝǌĞ ŝŶ ďŽůĚ ĐŽůŽƵƌƐ Žƌ ĨŽƌ ƋƵŝƌŬǇĮŶĚƐ ĐŚĞĐŬ ŽƵƚǁǁǁƚĂƩǇĚĞǀŝŶĞĐŽŵ Ĩ ǇŽƵ ƌĞĂůůǇǁĂŶƚ ƚŽƚƌĞĂƚŚĞƌ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐŝŶĂƐŵĂůůƉĂůĞďůƵĞdŝīĂŶǇďŽǆǁŝůůŵĂŬĞŚĞƌƐŵŝůĞ

3 The New Anya Hindmarch Must-HavetĞůů ǁĞ Ăůů ǁĞŶƚ ĐƌĂǌǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵ ŶŽƚ Ă ƉůĂƐƟĐ ďĂŐ ďĂŐƐŽ ƚŚŝƐ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ďƌŽǁƐĞ ƚŚĞ ůŽǀĞůǇ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ Ɛ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ ŽƌďŽƵƟƋƵĞĂƐŚĞƌĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶŽĨĐƵƚĞĐŽƐŵĞƟĐĐĂƐĞƐƐŚŽƵůĚŶŽƚďĞŵŝƐƐĞĚ

Kat Jones

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tŝŶƚĞƌĂůůŽǁƐƵƐƚŽǁƌĂƉƵƉǁĂƌŵǁŝƚŚƐƚǇůĞĂŶĚǇĞƚǁĞĐĂŶĞŵďƌĂĐĞƚŚĞƉĂƌƚǇƐĞĂƐŽŶĂƐEĞǁzĞĂƌŝƐĂƌŽƵŶĚƚŚĞĐŽƌŶĞƌ DǇĮƌƐƚǁŝƐŚŝƐĨŽƌĂtŚŝƚĞŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐĂŶĚĂŌĞƌƚŚĂƚŝƚŝƐƚŚĞƐĞĨĂƐŚŝŽŶŵƵƐƚͲŚĂǀĞƐ

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The Office Christmas Partywith Burton and Knotty Green

Santarsquos Happy HelpersConcretersquos News Editor Nicolas Church and Sports Editor

Danny Collins wear suits ties and belts from Burton

Christmas Belles Clothes and jewellery from Knotty Green kindly modelled by Editor of Concrete Hannah Livingston and The Eventrsquos Music Editor Steph McKenna

The editors of Concrete dress up to the nines to showcase the glitz and glamour of Christmas party trends

Burton have moved location and are now found on the first floor of Miss Selfridges on St Stephens Street There are new collections this season including the Core Collection consisting of casual wear and the Black collection focusing on suits and

ties Pop in to find their latest offers and new stock

ĞĂĚůŝŶŝŶŐŚŝƐǀĞƌǇĮƌƐƚŚĞĂĚůŝŶŝŶŐƐŚŽǁĂƚƚŚĞampŽƌƵŵŽŶϭϮƚŚĞĐĞŵďĞƌϮϬϬϵhŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞdŽŵDŽƌĂŶĨŽƵŶĚĞƌŽĨĐŽŵĞĚǇĐůƵďgtĂƵŐŚKƵƚgtŽƵĚ ŝƐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ Ɛ ĐĞŶƚƌĂů ĐŽŵĞĚǇƐƚĂŐĞĨŽƌĂŶĞǀĞŶŝŶŐŽĨũŽŬĞƐŵƵƐŝĐĂŶĚĂŽŶĞͲŵĂŶĞǆƚĞŶƐŝŽŶŽĨŽƵƌĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞĐŽŵĞĚǇĐůƵďĂƚh

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EVENT SPOTLIGHTgtWHO THE HELL IS TOM MORAN

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEFgtHANNAH LIVINGSTON| concreteeditorueaacuk

THE EVENT EDITORgtGRACE SIMPSON| concreteeventueaacuk

DEPUTY EVENT EDITORgtDUNCAN VICAT-BROWN

concretemusicueaacuk|MUSIC EDITORSgtPAUL COOK amp STEPH MCKENNA

MUSIC WRITERSgtMICHAEL BLUNT MICHAEL BOND PAUL COOK WILL DONOVAN GEMMA HENZLEY FIONA HOWARD ROS JUBBER STEPH MCKENNA ALEC PLOWMAN ALICE SAUNDERS

ANDREA STROMSTAG HELEN THOMAS ALEX THROSSELL DUNCAN VICAT-BROWN PETER WALKER BETH WYATT

concreteartsueaacuk|ARTS EDITORSgtFIONA HOWARD amp KIRSTEN PETER

ARTS WRITERSgtDAVID BIGGINS ANGHARAD BULLWARD FIONA HOWARD CARMINA MASILOVER ISOBEL PALMER ALEC PLOWMAN KIRON WARD

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TELEVISION WRITERSgtJOS H BUTLER MICHA BUTLER PAUL COOK TOM DOLTON NICOLE FASSIHI LINDSAY HARRIS LAUREN OrsquoNEILL ALEC PLOWMAN CAROLINE PREECE GARETH REES-WHITE

NATALIE STEPHENSON CAROLINE WALKER

concretecompetitionsueaacuk|COMPETITIONS EDITORgtWILL DONOVAN

WITH MANY CHRISTMAS COMPETITIONS KISSES TO SANTArsquoS LITTLE HELPERS DAVINA KESBY HANNAH LIVINGSTON amp DUNCAN VICAT-BROWN

concretefi lmueaacuk|FILM EDITORSgtELIZABETH POOLE amp ADAM SCALES

FILM WRITERSgtJOSH BUTLER RACHEL COXON CHRIS BENTLEY-SMITH MICHAEL BLUNT EMMA FEATHERSTONE NAOMI FRASER JAMES GALLOWAY STACEY LARNDER ELIZABETH POOLE DUNCAN

VICAT-BROWN BERT WARDLOW

concretewiredueaacuk|WIRED EDITORgtWILLIAM MORAN

WIRED WRITERSgtVAUGHN HIGHFIELD RICHARD JOSLIN WILLIAM MORAN

concretecreativewritingueaacuk|CREATIVE WRITING EDITORgtSTEPHANIE CROSS

CREATIVE WRITERSgtMICHAEL ANDERSON MICHAEL KESHIGIAN FEARCHAR MACLEAN ROBERT VAN EGGHEN ASHRAF ZIDAN

concreteeventueaacuk|CANVAS EDITORgtADIZAH TEJANI

concretefashionueaacuk|FASHION EDITORgtKAT JONES

FASHION WRITERSgtHANNAH BRITT KAT JONES

concretelistingsueaacuk|VENUE EDITORgtHELEN THOMAS

VENUE WRITERgtJOZ NORRIS

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Resident Tutors

















Hannah Livingston



issue236



SHATTERED HORIZON

































































as soon as possible


- Replay value


- No single player


GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

9510

810





















concretefilmueaacuk




by the 6th January

NOT AT THE CARNIVAL



Robert Van Egghen

GREAT BRITAIN


Ashraf Zidan










Fearchar Maclean

HER EXACT WORDS





Fearchar Maclean

CARNIVAL OF GUILT





















Michael Anderson

CARNIVAL







Michael Keshigian

Carnival




















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ϰ

ϱ

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zǀĞƐ^ƚgt


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Joz Norris
























Andrea Stromskag


Alex Throssell


Alec Plowman


Michael Bond


Michael Blunt






Will Donovan








Ros Jubber





Gemma Henzley


ĞƚŚtǇĂƩ




Duncan Vicat-Brown










Paul Cook




BRIGHT EYESJAY-Z


13) THE STROKES

14) BRIGHT EYES

15) ELBOW

16) KANYE WEST

17) BIFFY CLYRO


19) EMINEM


EXT

10LIVE REVIEWS






Alice Saunders

ELLIOT MINOR


LISA HANNIGAN





Helen Thomas





Steph McKenna








Fiona Howard

THE AUTOMATIC


BAD ROMANCE 710




ĞƚŚtǇĂƩ




Peter Walker


concreteartsueaacuk







David Biggins




Kiron Ward




Fiona Howard






Alec Plowman





Carmina Masilover





concreteartsueaacuk

9

















Angharad Bullward




















Tom Dolton




Gareth Rees-White








Natalie Stephenson






Lindsay Harris


LIE TO ME SEASON 1

ENTOURAGE SEASON 5

SMALLVILLE SEASON 5





Nicole Fassihi

HOUSE SEASON 5




Paul Cook


BAND OF BROTHERS



















Alec Plowman


JEDCASES














Micha Butler

















Lauren OrsquoNeill



























GRAPEVINE

12 01dec09issue236




MO I T

F A S C QM T H

Y U E KH G

LB E L L S



A R I Y






M L LT R E E I





MIFMGR














EĂŵĞ

ͲŵĂŝů



ACROSS DOWN


concretefilmueaacuk





Michael Blunt





Duncan Vicat- Brown





Chris Bentley-Smith





710 810
















Stacey Larnder

810


810OTHER SCREENS


MAIN FEATURE



concretefilmueaacuk








Emma Featherstone







James Galloway






Josh Butler



810


910910




610







Naomi Fraser

DVD RELEASES


concretefilmueaacuk












since 1978













Deathly Hallows













Warner Brothers are













future uncertain

Nolan has stated in








unfounded















Bert Wardlow

TRIVIA TIME









with it














































pure entertainment







































































Rachel Coxon


concretefilmueaacuk

Resident Tutors

















Hannah Livingston



issue236



SHATTERED HORIZON

































































as soon as possible


- Replay value


- No single player


GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

9510

810





















concretefilmueaacuk




by the 6th January

NOT AT THE CARNIVAL



Robert Van Egghen

GREAT BRITAIN


Ashraf Zidan










Fearchar Maclean

HER EXACT WORDS





Fearchar Maclean

CARNIVAL OF GUILT





















Michael Anderson

CARNIVAL







Michael Keshigian

Carnival




















ϭ Ϯ ϯ

ϰ

ϱ

ϲ ϳ

ϴ

ϵ

ϭϬ

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PHOTO KEY









Hannah Britt


ŶŽ

ůůĞĐƟ

ŽŶϮϬϬ

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Kat Jones


























zǀĞƐ^ƚgt


ƵƚƵŵ

ŶŽ

ůůĞĐƟ

ŽŶϮϬϬ

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Joz Norris




























Ros Jubber





Gemma Henzley


ĞƚŚtǇĂƩ




Duncan Vicat-Brown










Paul Cook




BRIGHT EYESJAY-Z


13) THE STROKES

14) BRIGHT EYES

15) ELBOW

16) KANYE WEST

17) BIFFY CLYRO


19) EMINEM


EXT

10LIVE REVIEWS






Alice Saunders

ELLIOT MINOR


LISA HANNIGAN





Helen Thomas





Steph McKenna








Fiona Howard

THE AUTOMATIC


BAD ROMANCE 710




ĞƚŚtǇĂƩ




Peter Walker


concreteartsueaacuk







David Biggins




Kiron Ward




Fiona Howard






Alec Plowman





Carmina Masilover





concreteartsueaacuk

9

















Angharad Bullward




















Tom Dolton




Gareth Rees-White








Natalie Stephenson






Lindsay Harris


LIE TO ME SEASON 1

ENTOURAGE SEASON 5

SMALLVILLE SEASON 5





Nicole Fassihi

HOUSE SEASON 5




Paul Cook


BAND OF BROTHERS



















Alec Plowman


JEDCASES














Micha Butler

















Lauren OrsquoNeill



























GRAPEVINE

12 01dec09issue236




MO I T

F A S C QM T H

Y U E KH G

LB E L L S



A R I Y






M L LT R E E I





MIFMGR














EĂŵĞ

ͲŵĂŝů



ACROSS DOWN


concretefilmueaacuk





Michael Blunt





Duncan Vicat- Brown





Chris Bentley-Smith





710 810
















Stacey Larnder

810


810OTHER SCREENS


MAIN FEATURE



concretefilmueaacuk








Emma Featherstone







James Galloway






Josh Butler



810


910910




610







Naomi Fraser

DVD RELEASES


concretefilmueaacuk












since 1978













Deathly Hallows













Warner Brothers are













future uncertain

Nolan has stated in








unfounded















Bert Wardlow

TRIVIA TIME









with it














































pure entertainment







































































Rachel Coxon


concretefilmueaacuk

Resident Tutors

















Hannah Livingston



issue236



SHATTERED HORIZON

































































as soon as possible


- Replay value


- No single player


GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

9510

810





















concretefilmueaacuk




by the 6th January

NOT AT THE CARNIVAL



Robert Van Egghen

GREAT BRITAIN


Ashraf Zidan










Fearchar Maclean

HER EXACT WORDS





Fearchar Maclean

CARNIVAL OF GUILT





















Michael Anderson

CARNIVAL







Michael Keshigian

Carnival




















ϭ Ϯ ϯ

ϰ

ϱ

ϲ ϳ

ϴ

ϵ

ϭϬ

ϭϭ



PHOTO KEY









Hannah Britt


ŶŽ

ůůĞĐƟ

ŽŶϮϬϬ

ϵ





Kat Jones


























zǀĞƐ^ƚgt


ƵƚƵŵ

ŶŽ

ůůĞĐƟ

ŽŶϮϬϬ

ϵ



















Joz Norris




























Paul Cook




BRIGHT EYESJAY-Z


13) THE STROKES

14) BRIGHT EYES

15) ELBOW

16) KANYE WEST

17) BIFFY CLYRO


19) EMINEM


EXT

10LIVE REVIEWS






Alice Saunders

ELLIOT MINOR


LISA HANNIGAN





Helen Thomas





Steph McKenna








Fiona Howard

THE AUTOMATIC


BAD ROMANCE 710




ĞƚŚtǇĂƩ




Peter Walker


concreteartsueaacuk







David Biggins




Kiron Ward




Fiona Howard






Alec Plowman





Carmina Masilover





concreteartsueaacuk

9

















Angharad Bullward




















Tom Dolton




Gareth Rees-White








Natalie Stephenson






Lindsay Harris


LIE TO ME SEASON 1

ENTOURAGE SEASON 5

SMALLVILLE SEASON 5





Nicole Fassihi

HOUSE SEASON 5




Paul Cook


BAND OF BROTHERS



















Alec Plowman


JEDCASES














Micha Butler

















Lauren OrsquoNeill



























GRAPEVINE

12 01dec09issue236




MO I T

F A S C QM T H

Y U E KH G

LB E L L S



A R I Y






M L LT R E E I





MIFMGR














EĂŵĞ

ͲŵĂŝů



ACROSS DOWN


concretefilmueaacuk





Michael Blunt





Duncan Vicat- Brown





Chris Bentley-Smith





710 810
















Stacey Larnder

810


810OTHER SCREENS


MAIN FEATURE



concretefilmueaacuk








Emma Featherstone







James Galloway






Josh Butler



810


910910




610







Naomi Fraser

DVD RELEASES


concretefilmueaacuk












since 1978













Deathly Hallows













Warner Brothers are













future uncertain

Nolan has stated in








unfounded















Bert Wardlow

TRIVIA TIME









with it














































pure entertainment







































































Rachel Coxon


concretefilmueaacuk

Resident Tutors

















Hannah Livingston



issue236



SHATTERED HORIZON

































































as soon as possible


- Replay value


- No single player


GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

9510

810





















concretefilmueaacuk




by the 6th January

NOT AT THE CARNIVAL



Robert Van Egghen

GREAT BRITAIN


Ashraf Zidan










Fearchar Maclean

HER EXACT WORDS





Fearchar Maclean

CARNIVAL OF GUILT





















Michael Anderson

CARNIVAL







Michael Keshigian

Carnival




















ϭ Ϯ ϯ

ϰ

ϱ

ϲ ϳ

ϴ

ϵ

ϭϬ

ϭϭ



PHOTO KEY









Hannah Britt


ŶŽ

ůůĞĐƟ

ŽŶϮϬϬ

ϵ





Kat Jones


























zǀĞƐ^ƚgt


ƵƚƵŵ

ŶŽ

ůůĞĐƟ

ŽŶϮϬϬ

ϵ



















Joz Norris




























Fiona Howard

THE AUTOMATIC


BAD ROMANCE 710




ĞƚŚtǇĂƩ




Peter Walker


concreteartsueaacuk







David Biggins




Kiron Ward




Fiona Howard






Alec Plowman





Carmina Masilover





concreteartsueaacuk

9

















Angharad Bullward




















Tom Dolton




Gareth Rees-White








Natalie Stephenson






Lindsay Harris


LIE TO ME SEASON 1

ENTOURAGE SEASON 5

SMALLVILLE SEASON 5





Nicole Fassihi

HOUSE SEASON 5




Paul Cook


BAND OF BROTHERS



















Alec Plowman


JEDCASES














Micha Butler

















Lauren OrsquoNeill



























GRAPEVINE

12 01dec09issue236




MO I T

F A S C QM T H

Y U E KH G

LB E L L S



A R I Y






M L LT R E E I





MIFMGR














EĂŵĞ

ͲŵĂŝů



ACROSS DOWN


concretefilmueaacuk





Michael Blunt





Duncan Vicat- Brown





Chris Bentley-Smith





710 810
















Stacey Larnder

810


810OTHER SCREENS


MAIN FEATURE



concretefilmueaacuk








Emma Featherstone







James Galloway






Josh Butler



810


910910




610







Naomi Fraser

DVD RELEASES


concretefilmueaacuk












since 1978













Deathly Hallows













Warner Brothers are













future uncertain

Nolan has stated in








unfounded















Bert Wardlow

TRIVIA TIME









with it














































pure entertainment







































































Rachel Coxon


concretefilmueaacuk

Resident Tutors

















Hannah Livingston



issue236



SHATTERED HORIZON

































































as soon as possible


- Replay value


- No single player


GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

9510

810





















concretefilmueaacuk




by the 6th January

NOT AT THE CARNIVAL



Robert Van Egghen

GREAT BRITAIN


Ashraf Zidan










Fearchar Maclean

HER EXACT WORDS





Fearchar Maclean

CARNIVAL OF GUILT





















Michael Anderson

CARNIVAL







Michael Keshigian

Carnival




















ϭ Ϯ ϯ

ϰ

ϱ

ϲ ϳ

ϴ

ϵ

ϭϬ

ϭϭ



PHOTO KEY









Hannah Britt


ŶŽ

ůůĞĐƟ

ŽŶϮϬϬ

ϵ





Kat Jones


























zǀĞƐ^ƚgt


ƵƚƵŵ

ŶŽ

ůůĞĐƟ

ŽŶϮϬϬ

ϵ



















Joz Norris






















concreteartsueaacuk







David Biggins




Kiron Ward




Fiona Howard






Alec Plowman





Carmina Masilover





concreteartsueaacuk

9

















Angharad Bullward




















Tom Dolton




Gareth Rees-White








Natalie Stephenson






Lindsay Harris


LIE TO ME SEASON 1

ENTOURAGE SEASON 5

SMALLVILLE SEASON 5





Nicole Fassihi

HOUSE SEASON 5




Paul Cook


BAND OF BROTHERS



















Alec Plowman


JEDCASES














Micha Butler

















Lauren OrsquoNeill



























GRAPEVINE

12 01dec09issue236




MO I T

F A S C QM T H

Y U E KH G

LB E L L S



A R I Y






M L LT R E E I





MIFMGR














EĂŵĞ

ͲŵĂŝů



ACROSS DOWN


concretefilmueaacuk





Michael Blunt





Duncan Vicat- Brown





Chris Bentley-Smith





710 810
















Stacey Larnder

810


810OTHER SCREENS


MAIN FEATURE



concretefilmueaacuk








Emma Featherstone







James Galloway






Josh Butler



810


910910




610







Naomi Fraser

DVD RELEASES


concretefilmueaacuk












since 1978













Deathly Hallows













Warner Brothers are













future uncertain

Nolan has stated in








unfounded















Bert Wardlow

TRIVIA TIME









with it














































pure entertainment







































































Rachel Coxon


concretefilmueaacuk

Resident Tutors

















Hannah Livingston



issue236



SHATTERED HORIZON

































































as soon as possible


- Replay value


- No single player


GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

9510

810





















concretefilmueaacuk




by the 6th January

NOT AT THE CARNIVAL



Robert Van Egghen

GREAT BRITAIN


Ashraf Zidan










Fearchar Maclean

HER EXACT WORDS





Fearchar Maclean

CARNIVAL OF GUILT





















Michael Anderson

CARNIVAL







Michael Keshigian

Carnival




















ϭ Ϯ ϯ

ϰ

ϱ

ϲ ϳ

ϴ

ϵ

ϭϬ

ϭϭ



PHOTO KEY









Hannah Britt


ŶŽ

ůůĞĐƟ

ŽŶϮϬϬ

ϵ





Kat Jones


























zǀĞƐ^ƚgt


ƵƚƵŵ

ŶŽ

ůůĞĐƟ

ŽŶϮϬϬ

ϵ



















Joz Norris






















concreteartsueaacuk

9

















Angharad Bullward




















Tom Dolton




Gareth Rees-White








Natalie Stephenson






Lindsay Harris


LIE TO ME SEASON 1

ENTOURAGE SEASON 5

SMALLVILLE SEASON 5





Nicole Fassihi

HOUSE SEASON 5




Paul Cook


BAND OF BROTHERS



















Alec Plowman


JEDCASES














Micha Butler

















Lauren OrsquoNeill



























GRAPEVINE

12 01dec09issue236




MO I T

F A S C QM T H

Y U E KH G

LB E L L S



A R I Y






M L LT R E E I





MIFMGR














EĂŵĞ

ͲŵĂŝů



ACROSS DOWN


concretefilmueaacuk





Michael Blunt





Duncan Vicat- Brown





Chris Bentley-Smith





710 810
















Stacey Larnder

810


810OTHER SCREENS


MAIN FEATURE



concretefilmueaacuk








Emma Featherstone







James Galloway






Josh Butler



810


910910




610







Naomi Fraser

DVD RELEASES


concretefilmueaacuk












since 1978













Deathly Hallows













Warner Brothers are













future uncertain

Nolan has stated in








unfounded















Bert Wardlow

TRIVIA TIME









with it














































pure entertainment







































































Rachel Coxon


concretefilmueaacuk

Resident Tutors

















Hannah Livingston



issue236



SHATTERED HORIZON

































































as soon as possible


- Replay value


- No single player


GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

9510

810





















concretefilmueaacuk




by the 6th January

NOT AT THE CARNIVAL



Robert Van Egghen

GREAT BRITAIN


Ashraf Zidan










Fearchar Maclean

HER EXACT WORDS





Fearchar Maclean

CARNIVAL OF GUILT





















Michael Anderson

CARNIVAL







Michael Keshigian

Carnival




















ϭ Ϯ ϯ

ϰ

ϱ

ϲ ϳ

ϴ

ϵ

ϭϬ

ϭϭ



PHOTO KEY









Hannah Britt


ŶŽ

ůůĞĐƟ

ŽŶϮϬϬ

ϵ





Kat Jones


























zǀĞƐ^ƚgt


ƵƚƵŵ

ŶŽ

ůůĞĐƟ

ŽŶϮϬϬ

ϵ



















Joz Norris

























Tom Dolton




Gareth Rees-White








Natalie Stephenson






Lindsay Harris


LIE TO ME SEASON 1

ENTOURAGE SEASON 5

SMALLVILLE SEASON 5





Nicole Fassihi

HOUSE SEASON 5




Paul Cook


BAND OF BROTHERS



















Alec Plowman


JEDCASES














Micha Butler

















Lauren OrsquoNeill



























GRAPEVINE

12 01dec09issue236




MO I T

F A S C QM T H

Y U E KH G

LB E L L S



A R I Y






M L LT R E E I





MIFMGR














EĂŵĞ

ͲŵĂŝů



ACROSS DOWN


concretefilmueaacuk





Michael Blunt





Duncan Vicat- Brown





Chris Bentley-Smith





710 810
















Stacey Larnder

810


810OTHER SCREENS


MAIN FEATURE



concretefilmueaacuk








Emma Featherstone







James Galloway






Josh Butler



810


910910




610







Naomi Fraser

DVD RELEASES


concretefilmueaacuk












since 1978













Deathly Hallows













Warner Brothers are













future uncertain

Nolan has stated in








unfounded















Bert Wardlow

TRIVIA TIME









with it














































pure entertainment







































































Rachel Coxon


concretefilmueaacuk

Resident Tutors

















Hannah Livingston



issue236



SHATTERED HORIZON

































































as soon as possible


- Replay value


- No single player


GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

9510

810





















concretefilmueaacuk




by the 6th January

NOT AT THE CARNIVAL



Robert Van Egghen

GREAT BRITAIN


Ashraf Zidan










Fearchar Maclean

HER EXACT WORDS





Fearchar Maclean

CARNIVAL OF GUILT





















Michael Anderson

CARNIVAL







Michael Keshigian

Carnival




















ϭ Ϯ ϯ

ϰ

ϱ

ϲ ϳ

ϴ

ϵ

ϭϬ

ϭϭ



PHOTO KEY









Hannah Britt


ŶŽ

ůůĞĐƟ

ŽŶϮϬϬ

ϵ





Kat Jones


























zǀĞƐ^ƚgt


ƵƚƵŵ

ŶŽ

ůůĞĐƟ

ŽŶϮϬϬ

ϵ



















Joz Norris







































Alec Plowman


JEDCASES














Micha Butler

















Lauren OrsquoNeill



























GRAPEVINE

12 01dec09issue236




MO I T

F A S C QM T H

Y U E KH G

LB E L L S



A R I Y






M L LT R E E I





MIFMGR














EĂŵĞ

ͲŵĂŝů



ACROSS DOWN


concretefilmueaacuk





Michael Blunt





Duncan Vicat- Brown





Chris Bentley-Smith





710 810
















Stacey Larnder

810


810OTHER SCREENS


MAIN FEATURE



concretefilmueaacuk








Emma Featherstone







James Galloway






Josh Butler



810


910910




610







Naomi Fraser

DVD RELEASES


concretefilmueaacuk












since 1978













Deathly Hallows













Warner Brothers are













future uncertain

Nolan has stated in








unfounded















Bert Wardlow

TRIVIA TIME









with it














































pure entertainment







































































Rachel Coxon


concretefilmueaacuk

Resident Tutors

















Hannah Livingston



issue236



SHATTERED HORIZON

































































as soon as possible


- Replay value


- No single player


GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

9510

810





















concretefilmueaacuk




by the 6th January

NOT AT THE CARNIVAL



Robert Van Egghen

GREAT BRITAIN


Ashraf Zidan










Fearchar Maclean

HER EXACT WORDS





Fearchar Maclean

CARNIVAL OF GUILT





















Michael Anderson

CARNIVAL







Michael Keshigian

Carnival




















ϭ Ϯ ϯ

ϰ

ϱ

ϲ ϳ

ϴ

ϵ

ϭϬ

ϭϭ



PHOTO KEY









Hannah Britt


ŶŽ

ůůĞĐƟ

ŽŶϮϬϬ

ϵ





Kat Jones


























zǀĞƐ^ƚgt


ƵƚƵŵ

ŶŽ

ůůĞĐƟ

ŽŶϮϬϬ

ϵ



















Joz Norris





















12 01dec09issue236




MO I T

F A S C QM T H

Y U E KH G

LB E L L S



A R I Y






M L LT R E E I





MIFMGR














EĂŵĞ

ͲŵĂŝů



ACROSS DOWN


concretefilmueaacuk





Michael Blunt





Duncan Vicat- Brown





Chris Bentley-Smith





710 810
















Stacey Larnder

810


810OTHER SCREENS


MAIN FEATURE



concretefilmueaacuk








Emma Featherstone







James Galloway






Josh Butler



810


910910




610







Naomi Fraser

DVD RELEASES


concretefilmueaacuk












since 1978













Deathly Hallows













Warner Brothers are













future uncertain

Nolan has stated in








unfounded















Bert Wardlow

TRIVIA TIME









with it














































pure entertainment







































































Rachel Coxon


concretefilmueaacuk

Resident Tutors

















Hannah Livingston



issue236



SHATTERED HORIZON

































































as soon as possible


- Replay value


- No single player


GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

9510

810





















concretefilmueaacuk




by the 6th January

NOT AT THE CARNIVAL



Robert Van Egghen

GREAT BRITAIN


Ashraf Zidan










Fearchar Maclean

HER EXACT WORDS





Fearchar Maclean

CARNIVAL OF GUILT





















Michael Anderson

CARNIVAL







Michael Keshigian

Carnival




















ϭ Ϯ ϯ

ϰ

ϱ

ϲ ϳ

ϴ

ϵ

ϭϬ

ϭϭ



PHOTO KEY









Hannah Britt


ŶŽ

ůůĞĐƟ

ŽŶϮϬϬ

ϵ





Kat Jones


























zǀĞƐ^ƚgt


ƵƚƵŵ

ŶŽ

ůůĞĐƟ

ŽŶϮϬϬ

ϵ



















Joz Norris






















concretefilmueaacuk





Michael Blunt





Duncan Vicat- Brown





Chris Bentley-Smith





710 810
















Stacey Larnder

810


810OTHER SCREENS


MAIN FEATURE



concretefilmueaacuk








Emma Featherstone







James Galloway






Josh Butler



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unfounded















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TRIVIA TIME









with it














































pure entertainment







































































Rachel Coxon


concretefilmueaacuk

Resident Tutors

















Hannah Livingston



issue236



SHATTERED HORIZON

































































as soon as possible


- Replay value


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GOOD STUFF

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future uncertain

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unfounded















Bert Wardlow

TRIVIA TIME









with it














































pure entertainment







































































Rachel Coxon


concretefilmueaacuk

Resident Tutors

















Hannah Livingston



issue236



SHATTERED HORIZON

































































as soon as possible


- Replay value


- No single player


GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

9510

810





















concretefilmueaacuk




by the 6th January

NOT AT THE CARNIVAL



Robert Van Egghen

GREAT BRITAIN


Ashraf Zidan










Fearchar Maclean

HER EXACT WORDS





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CARNIVAL OF GUILT





















Michael Anderson

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Resident Tutors

















Hannah Livingston



issue236



SHATTERED HORIZON

































































as soon as possible


- Replay value


- No single player


GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

9510

810





















concretefilmueaacuk




by the 6th January

NOT AT THE CARNIVAL



Robert Van Egghen

GREAT BRITAIN


Ashraf Zidan










Fearchar Maclean

HER EXACT WORDS





Fearchar Maclean

CARNIVAL OF GUILT





















Michael Anderson

CARNIVAL







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issue236



SHATTERED HORIZON

































































as soon as possible


- Replay value


- No single player


GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

GOOD STUFF

BAD STUFF

9510

810





















concretefilmueaacuk




by the 6th January

NOT AT THE CARNIVAL



Robert Van Egghen

GREAT BRITAIN


Ashraf Zidan










Fearchar Maclean

HER EXACT WORDS





Fearchar Maclean

CARNIVAL OF GUILT





















Michael Anderson

CARNIVAL







Michael Keshigian

Carnival




















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concretefilmueaacuk




by the 6th January

NOT AT THE CARNIVAL



Robert Van Egghen

GREAT BRITAIN


Ashraf Zidan










Fearchar Maclean

HER EXACT WORDS





Fearchar Maclean

CARNIVAL OF GUILT





















Michael Anderson

CARNIVAL







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