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Stravinski triple bill is full of delights

8:40am Monday 7th July 2008

WHEN you discover that choreographer Michael Corder is sitting in the seat behind then the realisation sets in – this is the ballet equivalent of dining at the table of the gods.

Jools told us all to boogie in the rain – and we did

8:10am Monday 7th July 2008

“LET’S boogie woogie in the rain!” Jools Holland’s words had an invigorating effect on the soggy but enthusiastic sea of people standing before him in a field of Eastnor Castle’s Deer Park.

Jools offers big band boogie woogie

9:45am Sunday 6th July 2008

“LET’S boogie woogie in the rain!” Jools Holland’s words had an invigorating effect on the soggy but enthusiastic sea of people standing before him in a field of Eastnor Castle’s Deer Park.

Red hot relish

Red-hot relish goes wonderfully well with cheese and  a little salad. It will taste even better with homemade bread.

10:40am Friday 4th July 2008

IF you want to join the ranks of trendy foodies it’s time to sign up to the DIY club.

Baked vanilla and ameretto peaches

10:06am Friday 4th July 2008

10 yellow peaches vanilla pod seeds 4 shots Ameretto 100g sugar 250g butter Method

Birlingham asparagus, fried egg and hollandaise sauce

10:01am Friday 4th July 2008

50 asparagus spears 10 duck egs Pan of water boiling with a little salt big enough to take all the asparagus Hollandaise

The Guildhall, High Street, Worcester

The Guildhall, High Street, Worcester.

10:50am Friday 4th July 2008

THERE can’t be many cafes in Worcester to have been caught up in such a heated debate as this one. With cash-strapped Worcester City Council pondering how it can best wring every last penny out of a building which remains one of its finest assets, the future of the city’s 15th-century Guildhall remains somewhat unclear.

Irony’s gig at festival

10:30am Friday 4th July 2008

EVESHAM band the Irony have been asked to play alongside Utah Saints and Hayseed Dixie at Nozstock Festival in Bromyard from Friday, July 18, to Sunday, July 20.

Acoustic evening for Jamie

10:20am Friday 4th July 2008

POPULAR Worcester-based singer Jamie Knight is heading up his own acoustic night in the city. Open Acoustic at O’Neill’s starts on Monday night, with local performers Claire Boswell and Dan Greenaway joining Knight on stage.

Fink joins Ledbury Big Chill line-up

10:10am Friday 4th July 2008

THE countdown to the Big Chill in Ledbury has begun.

Life is looking up for pop underdog

Keyboards player Luke Leighfield is working hard to make his music dreams come true.

10:00am Friday 4th July 2008

HAPPY Luke Leighfield could well be Worcestershire’s hardest working musician. A purveyor of buoyant piano-pop the 20-year-old from Upton-upon-Severn refuses to let sweat and tears get in the way. Instead he keeps going, with unshakeable optimism and charming determination.

Farce with a fearsome mum-in-law

9:40am Friday 4th July 2008

FARCE comes first for Evesham’s Phoenix Theatre Group.

Shakespeare sci-fi and rock ‘n’ roll at Norbury

9:30am Friday 4th July 2008

ROCK and roll is joining forces with Shakespeare in Droitwich.

Open-air Charley’s Aunt is certain to provide a chuckle

Charley’s Aunt is being staged by Heartbreak Productions.

9:20am Friday 4th July 2008

HEARTBREAK Productions return to Hanbury Hall this month to perform frothy farce Charley’s Aunt.

Patricia takes on regal role in gripping play

Patricia Routledge as Queen Mary and Rufus Wright as King Edward VIII (David) in Crown Matrimonial, which is being staged at the Malvern Theatres. Picture by Tristram Kenton.

9:10am Friday 4th July 2008

THE woman best known as Hyacinth Bucket will keep her upper lip stiff and her demeanour distinctly British when she comes to Worcestershire.


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Blues to reject Inter bid for Lampard

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Updated 10:02pm Tuesday 8th July 2008

Chelsea will reject Inter Milan's £7.95million bid for Frank Lampard.


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