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Make some furry new friends

HOW often do you get to see lemurs, meerkats and wallabies roaming around in Essex? Tropical Wings World of Wildlife, South Woodham Ferrers, has these and many more, and we are giving away three family tickets, so you can get up close and personal with pa... » MORE

Playing with Dolls at O2 Wireless

NOW in its fourth year, the O2 Wireless Festival is the perfect festival for people who don t like to get their feet dirty. Now boasting five stages in Hyde Park, from July 3-6, features four big name headliners in Jay Z (Thursday), Morrissey (Friday), Fa... » MORE

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (12A)

HIS exploits are the stuff of legend and his name has become the very definition of adventure. And now the whip-toting, punch-packing, snake-hating, globe-trotting archaeologist with a fedora is back on screen in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Cryst... » MORE

Confused by Leigh latest

MIKE Leigh s new play, Two Thousand Years, is a curious piece of theatre. Its unusual structure – long, complex scenes interspersed with very brief ones – is distinctly unsettling, or perhaps that s the point). And, although it is billed as a look at how... » MORE

Plump up the volume

BREAKBEAT heavyweights Plump DJs have been announced as the headliners of an extra tent at this year s Get Loaded In The Park at Clapham Common. Put on by the people behind now defunct nightclub Turnmills, Get Loaded on Sunday, August 24 is in its fifth y... » MORE

Stay gold for summer

Santogold – Santogold (Lizard King) Destined to be one of the bands of the summer, this self-titled debut is an upbeat mix of the freshness of pop, the power of punk and the rhythms of electronic dub. Led by singer Santi White, heard recently on Mark Rons... » MORE

One Man and His Dig - Valentine Low

A FEW years ago, allotments were peopled almost exclusively by elderly men in flat caps, who grumbled about the weather and the pigeons, and grew cabbages, potatoes and runner beans. But that is changing. As young families become more concerned about whe... » MORE

Michaelmas Tribute - Cora Harrison

THE Burren is a unique landscape, a vast flat, stony land, with grass and flowers growing in the small ditches between the stones. It is the largest karstic limestone area in western Europe, lies south of Galway in County Clare, Ireland and has been there...
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White Riot - Martyn Waites

AT first glance, Martyn Waites creation of a troubled investigator, who has lost his son and drunk his marriage away in an atmospheric and picturesque far northern city, is bound to conjure up comparisons with Ian Rankin s brilliant Rebus series. And the...
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Kiddiwalks in Essex - Laurie Page

WITH temperatures rising and summer edging ever closer, thoughts turn to outdoor activities – nothing too strenuous, perhaps, just a country walk with some attractive scenery and a nice pub for a pint. It might sound great for adults, but less than exciti...
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Gallows Lane - Brian McGilloway

WE VE done London (thanks to Sherlock Holmes and everyone who has followed thereafter) and Scotland (take a bow, Mr Rebus) and now it s Ireland s turn, thanks to Inspector Ben Devlin, of the Irish Borderlands. Gallows Lane (£14.99, Macmillan) is Brian McG...
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