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Nancy the Londoner, spends a lot of her time on tumblr and flailing over a certain Mr. Tom Hiddleston, but

when shes not blogging she loves to write and aspires to being paid for it one day. Some of her favourite

things include; Shelock, Andrew Gower, theatre, cats and tea. God does she love tea. Bit of Nancy trivia, she

was on Newsround as judge for the childrens book award; needless to say the world of the BBC hasnt left

her heart since. She is a veracious reader, with an ever expanding mammoth book collection. She buys

different versions of the same ones sometimes, as they have pretty covers. Thats dedication for you.

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Merlin

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Daisy may live in Geneva, the quietest city everbuilt, but shes still a Brit at heart, demandingtea and tutting loudly at unsuspecting Swisspersons wherever she goes. She is addicted to

tumblr, Blondie, Being Human and TomHiddlestons face, and is often found face downon her carpet crying over British TV shows andhandsome actors. She wants to write plays for aliving, own lots of cats and be friends with peoplewho like tea as much as she does.

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3/9

A festival stage purple and blue

ights flooded the space, a little blonde woman

appeared in sequins beside a bald man in

shades. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour had landed.

The Danish band got their big break

when their song Around the Bend was used

n an IPod advert but their debut album Fruit

wrongly slid under the radar. Fruit introduces

you to their space age electro-funk sound,

coupled with the martian warbling of Mette their

ead singer. Its pop, but its funk.

When I first heard Golden Age a

homage to the heyday of glamour, I couldnt

believe that AGT werent better known as theywere the perfect balance of commercial pop

and galactic funk. Everything was nebulas,

brass and glitter. It was perfect.

From fruit to frequency, I waited for

The Asteroids Galaxy Tours second album

Out of Frequency wit baited breath; would it

be more of the same? Would it be more

poppy?

How could they top their smash of a first

album? The first single to be released was

Heart Attack and when I first gave it a listen a

little bit of me died and I thought I had lost my

AGT down the drain, and only some sequins

and quality left behind. It sounded like any

other pop song sung by a blonde female,

perhaps with a handful of glitter lamely

sprinkled on top.

Put out by the commercial sound of

Heart Attack I bought their album when it

came out in January expecting that they had

sold out to commercialism.

But thank the Glitter God that thereare some real AGT songs on Out of

Frequency. They kept their brass, sequins and

nebulas but added some extra galaxy and

bass, the batter came out as a perfect elctro-

funk meringue. And I really like meringues.

Patrick Wolf other-worldly, forever nineteen and utterly unique was born with

the rather unglamorous name of Patrick Dennis Apps. Not exactly fitting for the glittery

fairy tale character he was to become. So Apps had to go, replaced by Wolf, a tribute to

the werewolf stories in Angela Carters The Bloody Chamber which helped wolf through

the dark times and you can tell just by looking at him that hes had some dark times. He

was a 64, zine-writing, violin-playing, effeminate young man who wanted to be Debbie

Harry, at a conservative all boys school its not exactly a winning combination. And so

Patrick Wolf was born, as a remedy to his frustration at the world and an expression of thecreativity he couldnt vent through his education.

This year Patrick celebrates the

tenth anniversary of his first EP, and, at 29,

its hard to imagine him as the sixteen-

year-old boy who ran away from home to

live in a run down house and make music.

Hes moved from his original experimental,

organic noise to huge, ambitious orchestral

pop via some dark, synth fuelled folk

describing his music is very difficult, and

painting a picture of the man himself

almost impossible. Patrick is terrifyingly

fierce and passionate on stage, losinghimself in his performance and the

theatrical costumes hes so fond of, but off

stage and between songs is very humble

and polite, creating a bizarre but endearing

contrast. He also never fails to put on a hell

of a show.

There is no way for me to tell

you if youd like his music or not

because its not like anything else Ive

ever heard even iTunes Genius is

baffled so the best thing I can

suggest is simply to sit down and try

it, and with a 2 disc retrospectivealbum due out very soon, theres

never been a better time to make the

leap. But be warned you will lose

your heart to the sparkly bastard, and

you wont get it back.

Recommendedsongsfrom

Lycanthropy:

PigeonSong

ToThe

Lighthouse

WindintheWires:

TheLibertine

Tristan

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TheMagicPosition:

Overture

Bluebells

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TheBachelor:

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Blackdown

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Timeofmylife

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Fruit:

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GhostinMy

head

FantasyFriend

Forever

NN

DM


4/9

This autumn one of my favourite shows from last year, The

Hour, will be returning for a second series. Set a year after the

events of series 1, it will feature the wonderful main cast as well as

new cast members Peter Capaldi as the show's new boss, and Tom

Burke (a bit of a favourite of mine) as the head of a rival show.

There are so many reasons to watch this show - the

clever, if a tad over dramatic, story lines, the brilliant dialogue,

the very, very well written and acted female characters - that I

can't really recommend it enough. Then of course there's the

small matter of it featuring one of my favourite fictional

characters, the very confident, very determined journalist

Freddie Lyon, played by Ben Whishaw. It's bizarre to see

timid little Ben playing such a volatile character, but he pulls it

off fantastically - to be honest, if series 2 ended up being

about Freddie making tea, I'd still watch it. He's that good.

AND

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Manchurian actor Andrew Gower has done rather well for

himself. He graduated from The Oxford School of Drama two years

ago aged 21, and he's already taken part in the largest live television

drama ever made (the bizarre and frankly awful Frankenstein's

Wedding), become a series regular in the entertaining ITV medical

drama Monroe (New Series out this autumn, guys) and stolen hearts

(well, my heart, anyway) as the fantastically f lawed and charismatic

Nick Cutler in Series 4 of Being Human. Add onto that the fact that hewon the much coveted Spotlight prize in 2010 and gave a very

affecting performance in the surrealist play The Conquest of the

South Pole earlier this year and things are looking rather exciting for

Now, to soothe the pains caused by his unceremonious -

and very literal - roasting in Being Human, he'll be popping up in

Misfits. All we know so far is that his character will be called Jake,

and he's not one of the new main characters, which gives us a lot of

scope for speculation - But if he doesn't have an odd power, I'll be

rather disappointed. Also, a heart-felt plea to writer Howard

Overman: don't kill his character off, or We'll be having words.

And it doesn't stop there - after that, he's lined up for the new series of The Borgias and an appearance in Canadian

Crime drama The Murdoch Mysteries, which has just started filming - it's safe to say that, as a massive fan of his, I'm very,

very happy. The first time he appeared on screen in Frankenstein's Wedding my interest was caught - enough to distract me

from the terrible script, which is quite a feat - and so far he hasn't disappointed. He's very unassuming, small and skinny and

rather awkward, but he's an excellent actor, very emotive and funny, and absolutely deserving of everything good that comes

his way. I'm personally lobbying for him to be the 12th Doctor (I'm imagining nerviness and v-necks) or at least a companion,

but we'll take it a step at a time - I'm just glad he's on my television.

Misfits series 4 starts in autumn and

Im worried about it. As per usual with British

programmes all the characters have died,

leaving Curtis as the only character from the

original five and Rudy who Im not sure aboutyet. Theyre introducing three new young

offenders so Im looking forward to some

more weirdy powers (after Lactokenesis I am

secretly hoping for Telecatnesis) and seeing

the new actors they netted in from their

casting call oh and tangerine jumpsuits

worn in a number of slightly different ways.

So far though, Misfits has managed

to stick to the original premise and feel but

still keep us interested. I hope that as they

are into their fourth series they dont think

they need to do some really over the top epic

shit because that sort of thing always ends

badly and Misfits really doesnt need it. Thatmeans no stupidly complicated story arcs, no

spaceships or aliens, and definitely no

explosions (unless completely necessary).

On a more positive note we can look

forward to Seth The Power Guy being a

series regular, and thats good because hes

pretty.

Comingbackin

November

(apparently)

NN

NN

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5/9

I've got to admit that I'm a little worried about the newseries of Doctor Who - I'm worried by all the talk of

each episode being like a mini-movie, and I'm worried

about the complex and sometimes unnecessary twists

that Moffat insists on. I'm worried about weak story

lines and bad jokes and that the Pond's exit from the

show will be too big or too sad or too ridiculous. In

short, I'm terrified that the magic of Series 5,

somewhat misplaced at points in series 6, will be

completely lost this year, and that Doctor Who will

cease to inspire love and passion in my poor whovian

heart. Moffat seems to be getting a little carried away

with his own mythology, last year giving us a series

finale that left me, and many others muttering Really?

at our TV screens whilst longing for those moving twopart finales of series past.But I know I'm being si lly really - no matter what

happens with series 7, we have daleks and dinosaurs

on a spaceship to look forward too; Rupert Graves and

Mark Williams; the departure of two wonderful

characters and the arrival of a new one; We have new

adventures and jokes and, I'm sure, a lot of tears; We

have space and time and monsters and villains; And

most of all, we have a mad man in a box who just

wants to help - and somehow, no matter how worried I

am, that will always mean the world to me.

Merlin comes back onto our screens for its fifth series

on 29th of September. The first episode takes place three years

after the end of series four, Arthur and Gwen presumably

settled into their new roles as King and Queen of Camelot. As

with series four, it is starting with a two-parter. This worked

really well last time, throwing us straight into the action and

showing the darker tone which the show has taken.

Its not only the show that has grown-up. Mordred

returns this series as an adult (now played by Alexander

Vlahos) and it looks like he has an important role to play this

series. The Slash Dragon- sorry, I mean Kilgharrah -

prophesised Mordred was to kill Arthur and in the legend

(although this show is by no means faithful to it) he is notorious

traitor. This really ramps up the stakes for this series (which

could well be the last the original plan was to have five series,

although the producers have been in talks about having more

even having a Merlin movie trilogy). The trailer warns of

Arthurs Bane you would do well to fear it (sadly I dont think

it will turn out to be Tom Hardy in a mask), and with Morgana in

the trailer looking more badass than ever, its safe to say that

our heroes will have a lot on their plate this series.

Other characters turning up include the returning

Queen Annis (the brilliant Lindsay Duncan), Ruadan, played by

Liam Cunningham (Ser Davos The Onion Knight to those of us

who watch Game of Thrones) and Arthurs once-betrothedPrincess Mithian (Janet Montgomery). There arent as many

guest roles this series, which I think is a good step it enables

the main characters to be explored in more depth, and means

less of the silly comedy episodes that never quite work (I do

actually find them hilarious. But not in a good way). I think they

realised this when they made series four, which I really enjoyed,

so I have high hopes for this one!

NN

MarionCromb


6/9

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adaptation of Perks of Being a Wallflowercoming

out soon, featuring our much beloved Emma

Watson, what better time to read the book. The

book is an easy read, set out as a collection of

etters that you can just zip though, and the story

moves quite quickly too. Perks is in the same vein

as The Catcher in the Rye fitting into the coming of

age bracket. But Perks is different to Catcher,most

noticeably as being more up-to-date, having a more

relatable and sympathetic narrator and feeling much

more close and intimate. Not only that, but Perks

has a happy ending in contrast to Catcherthat

fizzles out with Holden just accepting the world for

what it is.

I like Perks because I like Charlie. The way Chbosky writes

him makes it so easy to like and mentally befriend him, so as the plot

unfolds (unlike Catcherthere is actually a plot in Perks) you cant help

but root for little Charlie.

The message the novel broadcasts is that at some point we

all have to get up, get over our fears and start living our own lives; we

have to start participating, and when I read the book I realised it was

my time to do just that. That feeling wasnt as profound as the

emptying one I had from Catcherbut at that point in time it just made

sense. So you could see Perks as a less depressing, more straight

talking reincarnation of Catherbut that would be lumping the two

together and that wouldnt be right as they both have different thingsto offer a reader.

So to sum up, I liked this book a great deal (no so much as a

delicious piece of literature more as a good story) and I suggest that

everyone should give it a try. At least if you dont enjoy it, which I

highly doubt that you will, you will come away having learnt a bit and

with that damned quote We were infinite scaled into your brain.

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7/9

What attracts people to festivals, is it the musicor the booze? Personally, I go to festivals to see my favourite

artists perform and soak up the atmosphere. But witnessing

the amount of drunken men and women blundering about

the park, I began to rethink what festivals mean to people.

Many people would suggest that the drink is what makes a

festival, but surely a festival is about the mass enjoyment of

this music. Seeing the amount of people so wasted that they

could barely walk made me think,

how can they enjoy the music in this condition; will they even

remember anything when they make the long journey home

along with the crippling hangover they will most probably be

nursing? In all honesty, I felt slightly sorry for them, thinking

about the amount of money wasted, and the fact that

they missed so many fantastic performances.However even though the countless groups of drunk people

did bother

me slightly, I was there for the music, and it was fantastic. I

shall stick to the two artists I was dying to see. Childish

Gambino and Tim Minchin. Childish Gambino, the rapper

who is known to many as Donald Glover put on a

spectacular show. I managed to sneak into the front row and

get some brilliant shots of him. He was pretty amazing and is

a great showman, able to hold the crowd. What I love about

Childish Gambino is that, he has a live band who are

ncredible, it added to the rawness of his music.

And now for something completely different, Tim Minchin. Another incredible

performer, able to capture an audience with his charm, witty lyrics and ridiculously mind-

blowing piano skills. Like with Childish Gambino, I managed to weave my way into thefront row and I was so glad I did because his performance was magical, and after he

finished I nearly cried tears of pure happiness because I had seen these two fantastic

artists up close and personal.

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blesinside,retu

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ce-hemayben

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urishes.Itisas

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hatwillhappen

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eavethistenta

nd

continueonwi

thyourlife.

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ritten,theman

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cardfromme,

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ughterand

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ramoment,the

reisnothingto

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nslaughtofnois

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andrainandpeople,andthe

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game,thehoa

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immick.Theen

trancetothe

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eonmyway

throughthecirc

us,declaremy

selfthoroughly

duped,andreg

ardthemanin

greenthewisestmanIhav

eevermet.

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continued

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