BOSS magazine present The Tea Street Band, The Captive Hearts live at The …
Purple Revolver
In complete contrast indie band The Captive Hearts who have recently supported The Moons on tour deal in classic Liverpool pop akin to The La's. Cold Shoulder and The Complete Unknown? are also on the bill, with sounds between sets courtesy of the BOSS …

Three of Liverpool's most stylist men bid for Esquire mag Best Dress title
Liverpool Echo
Favouring a tailored look, the 22-year-old is a savvy bargain hunter when it comes to spotting classic pieces. “Being a student, with limited funds, if I'm in town passing a charity shop I'll often pop in and I've managed to get some pretty good stuff. …

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Vivienne Westwood slams Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton's heavy black eyeliner
Daily Mail
She told the Sunday Times Magazine: 'I think she's got a problem with eye make-up. The sharp line around her eyes make her look hard. Either she should be smudgy or wear none.' On style, she continued: 'It seems to me, that her image is "ordinary …

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How polio has returned to haunt its victims in old age
Daily Mail
She had the classic symptoms of the disease — nausea, muscle stiffness and high fever. But a year later her school doctor told her she'd made a good recovery. So when she developed muscle weakness at the age of 61 and had to walk with a stick, …

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Glorious Twelfth: Knickerbocker glory days are back
Telegraph.co.uk
Soon the classic outdoor vista of man, dog, gun and purply moor was being romanticised by the leading Victorian painters, particularly Sir Edwin Landseer, and long before Nancy Mitford sent the whole scene up in her first novel Highland Fling (1931), …

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A life in books: Janice Galloway
The Guardian
Galloway is the award-winning writer of The Trick Is To Keep Breathing (1989) – a contemporary Scottish classic charting a young teacher's breakdown – and Clara, where she resurrects and reconsiders the life of Clara Schumann, which won the Saltire …

Rolling out the green carpet for budget family days out in Ipswich
East Anglian Daily Times
“With this in mind, we have created an affordable, yet enjoyable, day that provides a safe environment for families to come along and delight in some classic children's entertainment together.” Kicking things off this year is From Films to Fun, …

Electric Eden, By Rob Young
The Independent
The Incredible String Band and Fairport Convention's 1969 classic Liege and Lief lie at the heart of Rob Young's epic exploration of a potent strand of British culture. Stemming from figures as diverse as Blake, Lewis Carroll, William Morris, Housman, …

British Library launches 19th Century iPad app
The Bookseller
Subscription costs £1.99 per month and users can explore books from the likes of classic novels to science, travel writing and memoir from the era. Among the titles that can be read are an account of the exhumation of Napoleon's body, the memoir of a …

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French Laundry pops up in London
decanter.com
Keller was named America's Best Chef by Time magazine and was made Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur this year, by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. As well as the French Laundry, Keller has various restaurants in Yountville, Las Vegas, …

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