- Travellers 'hit by rip-off charges'
- Action urged on hip fracture costs
- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
- 'Sharp drop' in degree courses
- GPs 'overpaid for ghost patients'
- Probe into sex-selection abortions
- Tributes to 'jolly jester' Carson
- Mild weather hits Centrica profits
- UK urged to support tar sands ban
- Fast-track asylum delays criticised
- Korean firm wins MoD tankers deal
- Mother and daughter given Asbos
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- Man quizzed over women's murders
- Cherie Blair makes phone hack claim
- Man accused of murdering vicar
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- Sex attacker was under surveillance
- RBS set to unveil £400m bonus pot
Manx Entertainment News
Book review: A Walk in the Park by Jill Mansell
If any film-makers out there have never curled up with a Jill Mansell book, then perhaps now is a good time to start.
Book review: Jezebel by Eleanor de Jong
Jezebel – most recognise her as the notorious Biblical figure synonymous with power but forever tainted by her reputation as a treacherous ‘painted lady.’ Is her Old Testament story the truth, partly the truth or just a pack of lies?
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Book review: Top choice from Random House Children’s Books
Whether your children are tots or teens, there’s plenty of exciting titles available from Random House Children’s Books this month.
Book review: The Piccadilly Plot by Susanna Gregory
Restoration London is a dangerous place for a former Parliamentarian spy, but who better to brazen it out than the wily Thomas Chaloner?
Book review: The Winter Palace by Eva Stachniak
Powerful women are always irresistible ... think Elizabeth I, Cleopatra, Boudicca, Eleanor of Aquitaine and the ‘queen’ of them all, Catherine the Great of Russia.
Book review: The Virgin Queen’s Daughter by Ella March Chase
In the Machiavellian world of the Tudor court, there is always room to take liberties.
As good as the West End
DOUGLAS Choral Union’s take on Miss Saigon, currently running at the Gaiety Theatre, is an absolute must-see.
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Book review: Tempest by Julie Cross
It’s September 9th 2007 and student Jackson Meyer knows for sure that October 30th 2009 is going to be the worst day of his life.
Celebrate 15 years
THE Isle of Man Wind Orchestra (IoMWO) has exciting plans to celebrate its 15th season, including a wind and brass weekend, the world premiere of a specially written composition and a series of concerts around the island.
The Manx Sound Exchange: Not just a label
FOLLOWING on from last week’s brief nosey into commercially available studio recording spaces in the island (and I’m sure more exist than those mentioned) this week we look at the much more thinly populated area of Manx record labels.
Sore subject
It may not be life-threatening, but a sore throat can really get you down. Here, Laura Williamson of Castletown Health Store offers advice on herbal remedies and nutrition to get your immune system fighting again
Your inner journey
AN opportunity to enjoy some quality, relaxing time to re-discover the real you is yours for the taking.
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Beat student stress
For many Manx students at universities in the UK it’s the term for exams and handing in very important coursework.
Nose business like show business
‘NOW remember, don’t tell lies as I’ll always know, because your nose will grow and grow and grow!’ said the fairy to young Pinnochio.
Gaelic music, song and dance weekend
THE Manx Heritage Foundation’s annual traditional music, song and dance workshop weekend is back in 2012, and while the timetable is yet to be finalised, the dates, venue and guests of honour have been revealed.
Images of mind to raise cash
THE colourful artworks of Rob Smith will be up for grabs in a charity auction at Ramsey’s new Northern Lights Community Centre next month.
Book review: You Deserve Nothing by Alexander Maksik
Will Silver is the archetypal inspirational teacher, a classic combination of Mr Chips, Muriel Sparks’ Jean Brodie and John Keating of the Dead Poets’ Society.
One act – three days
MANX theatre fans should have this week boldly highlighted on their calendars, as it is the week of the Manx Amateur Drama Federation’s annual festival of one-act plays.
Magic of raw food
EVERYONE is invited to learn about the benefits of raw superfoods with two Raw Magic workshops in Douglas this month.
Book review: The Other Life by Susanne Winnacker
The tenderness of a teenage girl’s sexual awakening played out against a city stalked by savage mutants ... it’s a love affair to die for!
Book review: Felling the Ancient Oaks by John Martin Robinson
For some of England’s most historic estates, the current imperative to preserve our past has come far too late.
Shoppers turn brass into cash
A TALENTED brass quintet is tuning up to take part in a headteacher’s charity fundraising appeal by playing in Douglas’s shopping centre.
Book review: Rival Passions by Zoë Miller
In the teeming market of romantic fiction, a clever, classy page-turner always acts like a breath of fresh air.
Cash for cash night
THE Johnny Cash story is to be told in word and song at the Centenary Centre by an all-island cast this month.
Sam Barks’ joy at Hollywood role
THIS is the moment a stunned Samantha Barks learned she would be starring in the massive film production of Les Miserables.
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Dorothy faces evil witch to get to Wiz
CASTLE Rushen High School is getting set to stage a spectacular musical production.
2 commentsLiterary Society meeting
THE next meeting of the Isle of Man Literary Society will tackle problems facing the biographer with a talk called Writing Lies, to be delivered by Dr Jennifer Kewley Draskau.
Do not miss the first-ever amateur cast Miss Saigon production
MONDAY will witness the first ever amateur production of Miss Saigon.
Green-fingered star for Baptist Church demo
RESPECTED master florist Gregor Lersch will give a demonstration and workshop at the Broadway Baptist Church in Douglas next month.
Choral Society Coronation concert
THE Isle of Man Choral Society is well underway with rehearsals for its forthcoming concert in the Villa Marina on Sunday, March 18.
The Manx Sound Exchange: Recording - the home front
IN recent weeks the Manx Sound Exchange has looked at how Manx bands and musicians can get away from the island and the logistics of touring the UK and further afield in order to perform to new faces and further your cause.
Book review: The Secret Children by Alison McQueen
James MacDonald is a son of the British Empire, a rich tea planter in India with a distinguished family history ... the lives of his two beautiful daughters should be mapped out for comfort and wealth.
Book review: Selection of OUP children’s books
February sees an exciting new selection of books from the classy stable at Oxford University Press Children’s Books.
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Chico (& Rita) time
Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita is in the running to pick up Best Animated Film at the 84th Academy Awards on February 26.
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Book review: The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Draw the curtains, throw a log on the fire and cosy up with one of the most bewitching books likely to come your way this year.
Book review: Educating Jack by Jack Sheffield
Shoulder pads, pixie boots, Curly Wurly bars, ET, Dallas, Cagney and Lacey, Boy George and the Falklands War ... who could forget the 1980s?
Search for a Star 2012 all set to go
A SINGING competition based on ITV show X Factor is back for its fourth year.
Vietnam War is backdrop for Miss Saigon
TICKETS are selling like hotcakes as Douglas Choral Union prepares to draw back the curtain in just over a week for the amateur premiere of Miss Saigon.
Manx artist ‘Polar’ is signed up
BEFORE now, the parish of Lonan’s dance music credentials were debatable.
Life after Planes Over Paris
EVERY cloud has a silver lining, so says the optimist. One particular cloud meant the end of Manx post-rock heavyweights Planes Over Paris – when singer and synth player Steph Gomaa gave in to wanderlust to leave the island to travel in 2011.
Young artists are put in the picture
THE Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is preparing to unveil to secondary school children their art work in situ at the service’s base at Noble’s Hospital.
Book review: Matron on Call by Joan Woodcock
One minute you can be saving someone’s life, the next stemming a simple nosebleed or getting to grips with an aggressive drunk ... there’s never a dull moment in a busy hospital casualty department.
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Be sure to eat well
THE Department of Health has given its support to a week-long campaign to promote nutrition and hydration.
Book review: The Map by T.S. Learner
Mystery, history, war and mysticism are always a potent mix but place them in the capable hands of thriller writer T.S.Learner and they become a work of pure alchemy.
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Weather for Isle of Man
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Cloudy
Temperature: 9 C to 12 C
Wind Speed: 22 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 5 C to 10 C
Wind Speed: 17 mph
Wind direction: West
