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Pubspy: Acorn 20

Acorn 20

11:20am Thursday 2nd September 2010

Usually Pubspy has no problem crossing the threshold of a boozer. It’s what I’m paid to do, after all, and I am, of course, one of the lucky people who can truly say they love their job.

Award-winning Edinburgh show coming to Warehouse Theatre

Blazing a trail: Ovid's Metamorphoses

12:40pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

One of the success stories of this year's Edinburgh Festival, Pants of Fire's Ovid's Metamorphoses, leaves Scotland and heads straight for Croydon's Warehouse Theatre next week.

Heap and Pebble back to take on the world

Skating on this wood: Valentina Ceschi and Thomas Eccleshare

11:04am Wednesday 1st September 2010

Previous visitors to Battersea Arts Centre's Scratch festival might remember Dancing Brick and their show, 6.0: How Heap and Pebble Took on the World and Won.

Getting you back In The Mood

Perfect partners: Chris and Simone Smith

11:11am Wednesday 1st September 2010

Given the weather last week and the apparent end of summer and decent into gloomy winter, I think we all need a pick me up and I have just the thing.

Pubspy: The Crown in Shirley

Crowning glory: The Crown

11:00am Wednesday 1st September 2010

The Crown in Shirley has never been high on my list of local pubs, but, having returned from University after three years away from Croydon, I decided I needed a new watering hole.

Reviewed: The Girl Who Played With Fire (15)

Go in with your eyes open: Noomi Rapace's Lisbeth still enthralls but the film is lacking in substance

3:41pm Tuesday 31st August 2010

The Girl Who Played With Fire is a huge disappointment for fans of the Millennium Trilogy.

Game review: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light - Xbox 360

Game news: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

12:28pm Tuesday 31st August 2010

Last time we saw Lara Croft was in 2008’s Tomb Raider: Underworld. A lot has changed since then.

Kurran and the Wolfnotes - Band Profile

Kurran and the Wolfnotes

2:50pm Friday 27th August 2010

Kingston’s very own Kurran and the Wolfnotes release their new single, Your Four Limbs, in September. Frontman Kurran Karbal told Will Gore what it’s like to be an indie band from the Royal Borough.

Winter warmers at the Landmark

Fascinating Aida is part of the Landmark Festival of Song

2:40pm Friday 27th August 2010

The Landmark Arts Centre, in Teddington, has announced a season of song and laughter, with its autumn and winter programme. Music lovers are well catered for as the Festival of Song returns in October and the popular Comedy Works nights are back. There will also be art exhibitions, a quiz night, workshops and a food fair. Here are some of the highlights for the colder months.

Winter's art in the abstract

William Winter at The Gallery @ Handmade Frames

2:30pm Friday 27th August 2010

William Winter is a remarkable artist. At the age of 83 he is continuing to produce countless works of art and his still flourishing career is now being celebrated with a retrospective exhibition at The Gallery @ Handmade Frames, in Teddington.










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