Games Addict
11:21 - 03 October 2008
EA Sports Price: £49.99 Format: Xbox 360 (also on PS3, PC, PS2, PSP, DS and Wii) Age rating: 3+ BUFFED to shiny perfection, FIFA 09 is an extraordinary game. Its TV-style presentation is on a par with anything you ll see on Match of the Day while all th... Full Story »
11:21 - 03 October 2008
BANJO the bear and his wise-cracking companion Kazooie return in a brand new adventure in November. Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts is an Xbox 360 exclusive and pits Banjo and friends against evil witch Gruntilda as they battle for control of Spiral Mountain.... Read More »
11:20 - 03 October 2008
FANS of Swedish supergroup ABBA will no doubt be warbling into their microphones this Christmas when a karaoke game featuring the band s greatest hits is released. SingStar ABBA lets players sing along to some of the band s best-known songs – including Da... Read More »
CD Reviews
10:46 - 02 October 2008
Katy Perry is on the verge of superstardom. Debut single Kissed A Girl – two million sales worldwide and counting – is almost illegally catchy, playfully mixing a boisterous pop-rock melody with Perry s trademark feisty vocals and sexual awakening subje... Full Story »
10:45 - 02 October 2008
Shooting to fame last year on the back of second album Dog House Music, it s reassuring to find Seasick sticking to his hobo roots for this major label return. What made him so enthralling then – a refreshing stripped-to-nothing sound letting raw melody s... Read More »
08:56 - 01 October 2008
SINCE coming third in ITV s Britain s Got Talent, head chorister at Carlisle Cathedral Andrew Johnston has been taking the UK music scene by storm. The reality show catapulted the 13-year-old to success and since, and this, his debut album, promises to d... Read More »
DVD Reviews
10:43 - 02 October 2008
A New York womaniser (Patrick - swoon - Dempsey) realises a little too late that his best friend (Michelle Monaghan) is the girl for him when she returns from a business trip to Scotland engaged to a duke. Asked to be the maid of honour at their Highland... Full Story »
10:42 - 02 October 2008
Academy award nominated for best foreign film, this is the epic tale of the life and times of the medieval warrior who conquered the known world. Based on the only historical account at the time, this is the first of a planned trilogy from director Sergei... Read More »
08:59 - 01 October 2008
AMANDA Price (Jemima Rooper) is a devoted Jane Austen fan; often immersing herself into a world of dashing gents, elegant corsets and picturesque manor houses. Unsatisfied with her life and relationship in modern day London, Amanda s ordinary existence is... Read More »
Book Reviews
10:41 - 02 October 2008
The golden-goateed wonder reveals all about the company he started as a school drop-out in the seventies which grew into one of the most successful and diverse companies on the planet. He explains how Virgin grew from a small mail order record company in... Full Story »
08:53 - 01 October 2008
ADAM is a Cambridge student who is sent to Tuscany by his college tutor. The purpose of his visit is to study and research the beautiful renaissance garden of the Docci family. The garden is a place of mystery, with grottoes, pagan statues and classical... Read More »
11:24 - 16 July 2008
EVERYONE it seems has a story to tell about the famous Waverley women! For generation s they have lived in the same house with a mysterious walled garden that blooms all year round. Every Waverley woman is somehow touched by magic. Claire is the latest ke... Read More »