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buyit IF YOU are looking for a stylish phone, try this Blackberry 8520. Free on contract at the Carphone Warehouse, it is superb for watching films and has a great camera too. Also available in traditional black! watch it BEST friends Randy Dupree and Carl Peterson have been inseparable since childhood. However, when Carl marries the lovely Molly, things begin to change - until Dupree loses his job, apartment and car. Carl invites him to stay, but his friend's charm begins to lose its appeal ...

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TRUE BLOOD. If you missed this great vampire series on FX, you have another chance, it airs on Channel 4 on Wednesday. ASOS.COM. The online retailer just reported a 47% rise in year-on-year sales. CHAMPAGNE. A study shows the bubbles release chemicals that make every glass an uplifting sensory experience. AUSTEN. Another Emma adaptation hits BBC1 this weekend. We can't get enough. Model Agyness Dean's moptop AGYNESS Dean's new haircut. Doesn't she know Beatles Day was ages ago? PEOPLE Wh...

Pumpkins Can Be Smashing Right Now ; Sheila &Sean

A T THE Side Door we always endeavour to use local produce in season and as we enter pumpkin and squash season, the culinary possibilities are almost endless. This recipe for Roast Pumpkin Soup with Cinnamon is a great start to an autumnal meal. To serve four you need 600g peeled and seeded pumpkin or squash, cut into 3cm cubes; 6 tbsp olive oil; 1 medium onion, thinly sliced; 2 thinly garlic cloves; tsp fresh ground cinnamon; 1 tiny crushed dried chilli; 200g peeled potato cut into 2cm cubes...

Let's Get Messy ; Adding a Little Italian Romance to a Schoolboy Favourite

IHAVE recently changed our menu at the Olive Press and being conscious of value - we have lowered the prices, conscious of healthy eating - there is a new section, and conscious of keeping some calories and cream on - we have included an Italian twist on a British classic - Eton Mess. The mini desserts which form part of a sharing plate have this exact recipe. Eton Mess was a public schoolboy dish of broken meringues and cream.

Tiny Bites with Stephen Benn

T HIS yummy chocolate fudge cake does not need baking in the oven. It is a one-pot mix and easy to make. Cut into squares, it is also ideal for packing into school lunch boxes.

The Rise of the Machines ; a 19-Year Fixation with Another Artist's Work Caused Michael Landy to Destroy All His Possessions, He Admits to Laura Davis

THE 7,226 worldly goods that Michael Landy smashed, burned and melted in the name of art included several odd socks, David Bowie singles and his Saab 900 car. Afterwards, he was left with nothing at all, save the clothes he stood up in and a cat named Rats.

Folk Music Is a Family Affair ; Folk W

F OUR generations of Britain's first family of folk have been playing together for years, but on their current tour there's a new member sharing the dressing room. Nine-month-old Florence Daisy is getting her first taste of life on the road as one of The Waterson Family, alongside her mother Eliza Carthy, grandfather Martin Carthy, grandmother Norma Waterson and assorted other relations.

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SHAKIRA is the latest star to be snapped up by producers of Ugly Betty for a cameo role. The 32-year-old chanteuse will appear as herself in an upcoming episode of the hit US show.

Other Side of the Coin ; Rob Fennah, Writer of Smash Hit Musical Twopence to Cross the Mersey, Charts the Show's Success with Laura Davis

GIVEN the honoured place the musical has been granted in people's hearts, it's interesting to hear Twopence To Cross the Mersey's writer describe its inception as a series of coincidences. If he hadn't been waiting to go into a meeting at a particular time on a particular day, and if the receptionist in the office where that particular meeting was being held hadn't been reading a particular book, then the show wouldn't have just topped pounds 2m at the box office.

Enjoy the Magic of the Maldives ; Sam Wylie-Harris Discovers You Can Be As Active or As Chilled Out As You Want in This Paradise

ONG-HAUL is for lovers. LNot only do you have the comfort of sitting next to your partner, but it takes you to your dream destination - in our case, the Maldives.

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A S YOU tidy up your beds and borders this autumn, take a look at what has overgrown its allocated spot and also what didn't work in a particular place this year. Late autumn is a good time to move large shrubs and other plants, while they are dormant, to more suitable places or even into pots until you can decide where you want them to go.

Nia's Big Fat Greek Tragedy

O RIGINALLY titled My Life In Ruins, Donald Petrie's bumbling romantic comedy marks the long-awaited return of Nia Vardalos to the big screen, seven years after her self-penned, Oscar-nominated smash My Big Fat Greek Wedding. In the interim, she wrote and starred in the ill-fated, spin-off television series My Big Fat Greek Life and the hit-and-miss drag queen comedy Connie And Carla, co-starring Toni Collette.

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THE INVENTION OF LYING (12A) Rating: ... THE truth about Ricky Gervais' new comedy, co-written and codirected by Matthew Robinson, is that it is mean-spirited, misconceived and starved of big laughs.

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Everlasting Moments (15) WHAT a wonderful film this is. Billed as a triumphant return for Swedish director Jan Troell - Oscar- nominated in 1972 for his best-known film The Emigrants - it is a beautiful piece which feels genuinely lifeenhancing. Maria Heiskanen is superb in the lead role as Maria Larsson, a working-class mother in Sweden at the turn of the 20th century. As she struggles to feed her children amid the violent, drunken rages of would-be communist husband Sigge, Maria finds a won...

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FAME (PG) THE update of the 1980 smash hit, remade by young choreographer-turned-director Kevin Tancharoen, begins with Debbie Allen's classic line: "Fame costs. And right here is where you start paying... in sweat." Allen is back in a new role as principal at the NYC High School of Performing Arts, where 10 young students seek to fulfil their dreams. It's like a gritty version of High School Musical, without the basketball. Naturi Naughton is the standout performer - remember her name!

Leo Sayer ; Coming Soon

Who is he? A curly-haired English-born singer-songwriter whose singing career has spanned four decades. His first seven hit singles in the UK all reached the Top 10 - a feat first registered by his one-time manager, Adam Faith. From his first hit with The Show Must Go On in 1973 to the present day, Sayer has never been missing from the charts for longer than five successive years. In 1976, Sayer recorded three Beatles songs, I Am the Walrus, Let It Be and The Long and Winding Road for the fil...

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THIS month audiences at the Philharmonic Hall will witness one of the marvels of the present day. That's the way in which Bryn Terfel can sing in a large concert hall, and yet make the listener feel as if he was singing just for you. I saw it happen a few years ago at Bridgewater Hall and on Thursday 22nd, the big man brings his magic to the Philharmonic Hall in a Song Recital with pianist Jeffrey Howard of English, German and Celtic songs.

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Air - Love 2 THE fifth album to come from Air duo, Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel, bears all their familiar downbeat hallmarks. But while Air still sound like no other ambient duo, listeners might also notice another nagging theme - that their musical concept is wearing a bit thin. It's hard not to feel comfortable listening to their distinctive percussive instrumentation, 1970s-style simplicity and sweepingly confident style. But does it have the same impact as Moon Safari did, almost...

Love Happens for Aniston ; the Former Friends Star, Jennifer Aniston, Chats to Kate Whiting About Love, Life and Her New Film

EVER since her very public split from Brad Pitt in 2005, there's been a special place in the gossip columns reserved for speculation about Jennifer Aniston's love life. The magazine industry's favourite single girl only has to stand next to a member of the opposite sex and the gossip mills are whirring into action with reports of Jen's "mystery man".