Sunday, 31 August 2014

Chas's Rock 'n' Roll Allotment: Tackling weeds and readying your onions for the spring





I’VE GOT a weed on my allotment I have never encountered on any plot I have had before.


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Good as gold: Stand out from the drab crowd in gem and metal shades





IN DAZZLING metallics, you’ll shine whatever the weather


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Face the future: Make-up and beauty trends for the next season





WONDERING what’s in store? Our Beauty Editor unveils the hottest trends for autumn/winter


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White coats and green fingers: The boffins behind the science of gardening





MOTHER NATURE knows best, says Alan – but behind the scenes some of Britain’s brightest brains are giving her a helping hand


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Get this: Colourful and cool bits and bobs you can buy this week





THERE'S something for everyone in this week's must-have selection


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Victoria gray's best... in kitchen colour





ADD zest to your recipes with these vibrant designs


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In the closet with actress Katherine Parkinson





THE In the Club star is a style magpie, collecting vintage gems, costume jewels and tips from Kristin Scott Thomas


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Life as I know it: Ex-Coronation Street actress Sally Lindsay





FORMER Coronation Street actress Sally, 41, lives in Manchester and London with her drummer husband Steve White, three-year-old twins Victor and Louie, and stepchildren Curtis, 20, and Kristabel, 17


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Take your pick: Delicious recipes using blackberries





BEEN blackberrying? Here's how to make the most out of a bumper harvest


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Teens growing up and prostitute on wedding night: Our agony aunt answers your questions





OUR agony aunt Jane O'Gorman gets to the heart of your sex and relationship problems


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Don't Go In The Water! review: Well produced documentary with crucial key facts





DON'T Go In The Water! began with an extract from Peter Benchley’s novel Jaws: “The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail...


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Big School review: It's a no comedy situation





AS the children go back to school, the new season starts on the telly and one comedy last week mixed all three; Big School was back for a second series.


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'It is interesting to have a blank slate': Rod Gilfry on working for new productions





UNLIKE many opera singers who stay with a tried and tested repertoire, Californian-born baritone Rod Gilfry enjoys the challenge of the unknown.


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Theatre reviews: Guys and Dolls and Dogfight





NEW York in the 1950s and San Francisco in the 1960s are the settings for two musicals this week that differ in every way except for their expertise.


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Kate Bush review: Musical theatre on a dizzyingly ambitious scale





IMAGINE being one of the most respected artistes in history, emerging from seclusion for your first performances in 35 years.


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Album reviews: The Pierces, Peggy Seeger, The Kooks, Beverley Craven and Randy Bachman





OUR album of the week is...


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Our Zoo: Daughter of Chester Zoo founder said her dad did not want animals kept in cages





JUNE WILLIAMS'S father, George Mottershead, bought the land that would become Chester Zoo in 1930.


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The lady in White: Actress Liz spills the beans on new BBC drama Our Zoo





LIZ WHITE'S career went into orbit with Life on Mars but she doesn’t do starry – until now. Simon Gage meets an actress who is learning to love her glamorous side


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Crohn's disease won't stop me singing the blues, says Laurence Jones





OUNG blues sensation Laurence Jones won't let Crohn’s disease get in the way of his career


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'You’re constantly knocked back': John Thomson talks 20 years in TV





AST Show comedian John Thomson reflects on two decades in telly as he and friend Simon Day play South American cowboys in Two Amigos: A Gaucho Adventure


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