http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/leisure/thisweek/ Herald Series /leisure/thisweek/ en-gb Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:23:58 +0000 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:23:58 +0000 http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/leisure/thisweek/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/resources/images/649328/?type=rsslogo http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/leisure/thisweek/ http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/leisure/thisweek/4007209.Beethoven_weekend_to_be_highlight/ BEETHOVEN and Haydn will feature in that marvellous series of chamber music recitals in Wallingford, Music At St Peter’s, in the coming year. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:00:00 +0000 c901ed25d6e45a9b1f80d7c825aa1858 http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/leisure/thisweek/4007224.Pantomime_fun_will_be_at_double/ AT the Corn Exchange, Wallingford, there will be not one, but two Puss in Boots, next month. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:00:00 +0000 742ce3448cab51c242c2757cfbe19f50 http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/leisure/thisweek/3998914.Bicycle_Thieves/ Among a film critic’s duties, as another year draws to a close, is to assess the trends that have shaped our viewing habits over the past 12 months. Among the notable aspects of 2008 has been the number of classic pictures that have been revived for theatrical release. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:19:04 +0000 2826eb03e036991d2ade5d06713983e3 http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/leisure/thisweek/3998902.Australia_and_Bedtime_Stories/ Since his eye-catching 1992 debut, the ugly duckling fairy-tale Strictly Ballroom, Australian writer/director Baz Luhrmann has left us in a swoon with beautifully crafted stories of romance across the social and cultural divide. His daring reinterpretation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes married dazzling spectacle with devastating emotion, qualities echoed in the Oscar nominated musical Moulin Rouge!. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:17:55 +0000 2f3bdeeaea23ca4009352f2f34b925de http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/leisure/thisweek/3995223.Festival_hopes_to_repeat_success_of_2007_event/ GOOD new for lovers of music of all kinds is that there will be another Dorchester Festival staged in 2009. Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:34:47 +0000 cc9c2caca2bcf1d88505c94918a5f9d5 http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/leisure/thisweek/3981588.Donated_costumes_to_provide_nostalgic_show/ THE wonderful costumes given by the people of Wallingford and surrounding villages to the Sinodun Players are having a special outing. Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:00:00 +0000 850b57ee9856dbc5e67af2482c7028c1 http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/leisure/thisweek/3981610.Cable_drums_prove_an_inspiration/ PROVING that science and art can mix has been Oxford artist Sharon Wyper who has an exhibition at John Mason School in Abingdon. Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:00:00 +0000 a6183edfef3c112dadd87563e6643586 http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/leisure/thisweek/3984953.White_Christmas__la_Boheme_and_Mum___Dad/ ith the exception of It’s a Wonderful Life, there probably isn’t a firmer festive favourite than Michael Curtiz’s White Christmas (1954). It’s essentially a sentimental rehash of Holiday Inn (1942), in which Bing Crosby first introduced Irving Berlin’s hokey yuletide anthem, which remains the best-selling song of all time. How you view it very much depends on your tolerance threshold for Danny Kaye, as his shameless mugging overbalances a slight conceit that was largely contrived to exploit the patriotic nostalgia attending the passage of the first decade after the Second World War. Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:58:50 +0000 0b23745521d5476ebd46e2b7628f2736 http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/leisure/thisweek/3984957.Gonzo__The_Life_and_Work_of_Dr_Hunter_S__Thompson/ aving explored the corrupt nature of US corporatism in Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) and exposed abuses at Guantanamo Bay in the Oscar-winning Taxi to the Dark Side (2007), Alex Gibney has scaled down with his latest outing, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. That’s not to say that his documentary lacks ambition, however, as this is a warts ‘n’ all insight into the thoughts and deeds of the maverick who revolutionised journalism in the 1960s. Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:00:03 +0000 db4129a0ffcc607704313ff38dcacd98 http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/leisure/thisweek/3962954.Choirs_are_tuning_up_for_the_festival_week/ SINGERS in choirs around Wallingford and in the town itself are getting their voices and repertoire in tip-top condition for the Wallingford Choir Festival in the first week of March. Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:00:00 +0000 079563c6c788a9277a10818e76fd7c7a