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Book review: Harmattan by Gavin Weston
There’s an ill-wind blowing through the troubled Republic of Niger... and it’s not just the dry, dusty, damaging Harmattan breeze that sweeps in from the Sahara across West Africa.
Jamming into the summer
Preston College music students get to show off their talents and celebrate the fact that summer will soon be here today.
Gypsy jazz band at Platform lunchtime concert
Enjoy a little gypsy jazz on Morecambe seafront this lunchtime - and all for free!
Book review: The Fast Diet Recipe Book by Mimi Spencer and Sarah Schenker
It has been described as the biggest diet revolution since the Atkins, and the Fast Diet is fast becoming THE way to lose weight and keep healthy.
Midas Fall play Ferret show
Manchester band Midas Fall make the trip over to Preston on Thursday this week to headline a show at the city’s Mad Ferret.
Music
Bohemia’s new pub shows
Organisers of local music showcase, the Bohemia Music Nights, are branching out.
Some Carnaby Street style
Several familiar faces front a new musical coming to Manchester Opera House next week.
Local talent for showcase gig
In addition to her stint at the New Continental’s Snug Music Showcase tonight, Karima Francis is back in our city on Sunday.
All aboard the Zion Train
DUB pioneer Neil Perch, the man behind Zion Train, was on his way to a PhD in biochemistry and a career in the pharmaceutical industry, when he saw the legendary Jah Shaka Sound System play.
Better Fingers bounce back
Punk originals Stiff Little Fingers return to Preston’s 53 Degrees tomorrow to keep their promise to replay a show, scrapped at the 11th hour when bassist Ali McMordie fell ill.
Theatre/Comedy
Chris and Pui bring Roadshow
CBeebies stars Chris and Pui are to bring their Roadshow to our city’s Charter Theatre next year.
Some Carnaby Street style
Several familiar faces front a new musical coming to Manchester Opera House next week.
Mirren beams live to the Dukes
There’s a distinct political feel to the next two National Theatre Live screenings to arrive at Lancaster’s Dukes cinema in coming weeks.
Dirty Dancing is back in town
Dirty Dancing is back to the Palace Theatre in Manchester two years after it first wowed the city.
Savage Children in two dramas
The stories of two remarkable young people come Lancaster’s Dukes next week.
TV & films
Less fun than Sun, Sea and Suspicious Parents
I used to think I wasn’t the best of drivers. There, I’ve said it. Lost lad points all round.
Chefs perfect their new starters
All chefs need to prove their salt and that can be tough when you’re starting out. That’s why so many of the world’s top chefs credit a mentor for guiding them through the early days.
Film review: Dead man down
Like so many European film-makers, Niels Arden Oplev has answered Hollywood’s siren song.
Food & drink
Capturing spirit of the market video
Ten years ago Nick Hunter quit Preston market believing its death knell had sounded.
The Yew Tree pub has its own ale
Over the past few weeks the Yew Tree in Walton-le-Dale has been being refurbished.
The smell of fish and chips at lunch too hard to resist
Mr Eater’s
Longridge Road, Ribbleton
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Taking the full by the Horns
The Horns Country Inn, The Avenue, Churchtown, Garstang, PR3 0HR. Web: www.hornsinnchurchtown.co.uk e-mail: hello@hornsinnchurchtown.co.uk. Phone: 01995 603351 or 0782 5140159. Plentiful free parking
Books
Book review: The Holiday Home by Fern Britton
Here’s an invitation difficult to turn down... a trip to the beautiful Cornish coast, courtesy of one of Britain’s best-loved TV presenters.
Book review: Follow Me Down by Tanya Byrne
When Tanya Byrne’s debut novel Heart-Shaped Bruise was published last year, it didn’t so much break onto the scene as explode in a myriad of starry-eyed reviews.
Book review: The Second Duchess by Elizabeth Loupas
Elizabeth Loupas isn’t the first writer to be inspired by the marital mysteries surrounding the shadowy 16th century Duke of Ferrara... English poet Robert Browning got there first.
Book review: The Hope Factory by Lavanya Sankaran
Bangalore... southern India’s entrepreneurial boom city where tradition and technology, ancient cultures and industrial conglomerates, urban grime and suburban grace rub along together amidst a teeming mass of humanity.
Book review: The Weeping Girl by Håkan Nesser
The renowned Chief Inspector Van Veeteren might now be retired and ensconced in an antiquarian bookshop but his voice still speaks loud to his young protégé Ewa Moreno as she is drawn into a disturbing case...
Showbiz
Aretha Franklin taking June off
Aretha Franklin has announced she is rescheduling her tour so she can take off the month of June.
BB star backs Vegetarian Week
Big Brother star Chantelle Houghton looks a picture as she is turned into a Renaissance beauty for National Vegetarian Week.
X Factor musical - I Can't Sing!
The name of the new X Factor musical has been announced - I Can't Sing!
Cotillard stalker gets probation
A New York City woman has been sentenced to probation for stalking actress Marion Cotillard on the Internet.
Redford swept away in All Is Lost
Robert Redford makes actions speak louder than words in the new shipwreck drama All Is Lost.
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Weather for Leyland
Thursday 23 May 2013
Today
Light showers
Temperature: 7 C to 11 C
Wind Speed: 35 mph
Wind direction: North west
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 6 C to 13 C
Wind Speed: 28 mph
Wind direction: North
