THIS year of 2009 is a landmark one for the local branch of the CIU (Club and Institute Union)! Primarily, this is because the branch is one hundred years old (having been formed on June 21st, 1909), and the hope is that it will be able to celebrate this milestone with some kind of...
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Follow the basic principles to ensure safety!!!!   IN 2009, the leisure- and vacation-orientated practice of caravanning is (whatever its vociferous critics may have us believe) more than popular than ever! Yes, the pleasures of this activity are pursued by an increasing proportion of the population! At the bottom-end of the scale, readers may...
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THE grandeur of Rome’s Colosseum is brought to Hanley’s Regent Theatre in early-June, thanks to a brace of spectacular operatic performances, presented by Ellen Kent and Amphitheatre Productions! On Tuesday, June 9th, opera-loving readers can enjoy that perennial favourite, ‘Aida’ by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), in a magnificent, fully-staged, traditional production, directed by Ellen Kent...
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“MURDER, greed, corruption, exploitation, adultery and treachery…all those things we hold near and dear to our hearts”! So begins the international, award-winning musical, Chicago’, which breezes into Hanley’s Regent Theatre in early-May! Lauded by The Times as “the most exciting musical of its generation”, the hit show is based on real-life events, back in...
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TO misquote the English authoress, Jane Austen (1775-1817), it is a universal truth that a man in search of genuine peace and quietitude need only take a trip along this country’s canal-system (and that goes for women, too!). Yes, in an uncertain world, there IS this certitude: England is fortunate in having a superb...
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