News & Reviews

TAMBOURINE MEN: The Marrkaesh Express comes to Forum 28

All aboard for the Marakesh express
THE Marrakesh Express stops off at Barrow’s Forum 28 later this month – a show celebrating the music of some of the most influential artists of the 60s and 70s.

Alley back as good as ever
TIN Pan Alley take a trip around Morecambe Bay to play the King’s tomorrow night for the Barrow R ’n’ B Club.

BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS: Crystal Castles head to the Canteen this ummer

Clear as crystal
TOMORROW night at the Canteen, Liverpool-based Irish power pop/folk act return with support form the Mooncats and 43p Short.

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Cinema

POPCORN MOVIE: Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher get cosy in <i>What Happens in Vegas</i>

Predictably feelgood
ALL’S fair in love and war, especially when there is a three million dollar divorce settlement at stake.

Play it again, Sam
FURNESS film fans will soon have the opportunity to see one of the classics of cinema, the romantic drama Casablanca, first released in 1942.

Scents of a woman
SARAH Jessica Parker is to launch another new perfume after the success of her fragrances, Lovely and Covet.

No chinks in the Iron Man armour
WITH great power comes great responsibility... and an equally great temptation to abuse that power for significant personal and financial gain.

Eating Out

Meals needs to be special
A FEW months ago I received an email asking me to return to The Old Farmhouse in Ulverston – this was later followed by a phone call.

Lamb is always on Gavin's menu
LAMB loin is an extremely tender cut which is an essential feature of the meat when you are planning to serve it pink.

Italian can mix it's dishes with style
SATURDAY morning saw me paying my first ever visit to an auction house.

Sutherlands restaurant, Bowness
ELIZABETH David is still one of Britain’s most credible food writers and a person that many well-known chefs still refer to when they need inspiration.

Pub Guide

Hope and Anchor, Flookburgh
A CHESHIRE couple are determined to bring the good times back to the Hope and Anchor.

King's Arms, Cartmel
VERONIKA Majtanova thinks the countryside around Cartmel is a little bit like her home in Slovakia.

The Engine inn, Cark
THE Engine does well all year round, but mine hosts Karen and Chris Adshead are especially busy every time Cartmel Races takes place a couple of miles up the road.

Bar Capitola, Ulverston
WHEN Vicky Evans answered her mobile, I thought I detected a bit of a hubbub in the background.

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