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WHO Up To?

Win Tickets for

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First Time Lucky DAVID ROBERTS

Dave H e l l a r d , A d a m Cherr ington,

D a v e W h a r t o n a n d Ed S e x t o n

e m e r g e d t r iumphant as the elec­

t ions for next year's U n i o n

s a b b a t i c a l o f f i c e r s r e a c h e d

the i r c o n c l u s i o n o n

W e d n e s d a y . The result w a s

gree ted w i t h a m i x e d react ion

- cheers f r o m the a s s e m b l e d

c r o w d interspersed w i t h cries

of " O h m y G o d , the U n i o n ' s

be ing run by t w o b a r m e n a n d

a s t e w a r d " f r o m o n e senior

un ion figure.

Unusual ly , the St M a r y ' s •

b l o c k v o t e , o r d i n a r i l y the r j L

dec is ive factor in sabbatical

e lec t ions , fai led to p ick the

w i n n e r s , w i t h b o t h D a v e

W h a r t o n (Deputy Pres ident

F&S elect) a n d Dave Hel lard

( i n c o m i n g Pres ident ) o v e r ­

c o m i n g pressure for a N e w

Elect ion f r o m M a r y ' s , to w i n

o n the first re-a l locat ion of

v o t e s . B o t h v i c t o r s car r ied

their first r o u n d leads to suc­

cess , a l though Dave Hel lard w a s

a i d e d by 146 s e c o n d preferences

f r o m St M a r y ' s , install ing h i m as

Pres ident for 1 9 9 8 - 9 9 , by 6 5 0

votes to 4 0 0 .

M e a n w h i l e , E d S e x t o n a n d

A d a m Cherr ington both s e c u r e d

relatively easy victor ies (as Felix

Editor a n d D e p u t y President C & S

respectively) , wi th totals represent­

ing over 6 5 . M e s s e r s Sexton a n d

Cherr ington w e r e a lso notable for

ga in ing v ic tor ies o n every o n e of

the twelve p o l l i n g s tat ions .

Al l four of the v ic tors p r o v e d

nigh o n i n c o m p r e h e n s i b l e by the

t i m e t h e resul t w a s

a n n o u n c e d , a l though they

all m a n a g e d to c o n f i r m

that they w e r e "Very, very

happy" . H a v i n g a c c e p t e d

that " I 'm t o o d r u n k to

m a k e a c o m m e n t " , Dave

H e l l a r d then w e n t o n to

a t t e m p t to sack all the bar

M staff, before be ing w h i s k e d

Jp a w a y for celebratory drinks

by his future D P s .

C o m m e n t i n g o n the

winners R o b Clark, i n c u m ­

bent D P F&S o b s e r v e d "all

the c a n d i d a tes are inexpe­

r i e n c e d , but a m o n t h is a

l o n g t i m e for a handover" .

H o w e v e r , A n d y H e e p s ,

I C U P r e s i d e n t a n d

R e t u r n i n g O f f i c e r , c o u n ­

tered that "a lot of people

m i g h t be w o r r i e d about

n e x p e r i e n c e , but there 's

no di f ference b e t w e e n the s i tuat ion

n o w a n d that w h e n 1 was e lec ted in

N o v e m b e r " .

Mary's RAG d the Way ���� YIP

St Mary's Hospital Rag Appeal

has raised an enormous £ 4 0 , 2 0 0

in aid of the Leukaemia Research

Fund in this year's rag week.

£ 2 4 , 1 0 4 w a s c o l l e c t e d d u r i n g

Thursday 's Circ le Line Pub C r a w l

a lone , breaking last year ' s record of

£ 1 9 , 0 0 0 . B o t h candidates running

for I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e U n i o n

President w e r e seen a m o n g the

exuberant c r o w d .

Rag activit ies were not conf ined

w i t h i n the m e d i c a l s c h o o l -

A m s t e r d a m w a s c h o s e n as the des ­

t inat ion for this year ' s Rag Dash,

the tradit ional c a n n o n fodder event

w h i c h t o o k place three w e e k s ago.

The exot ic nature of the D u t c h c a p ­

ital w a s s o p o p u l a r a m o n g the

m e d i c s that all o n e h u n d r e d places

available o n the tour were taken.

The sheer n u m b e r of Rag Dashers ,

not to m e n t i o n the a m o u n t of drink

c o n s u m e d o n the way, m a d e it one

of the m o s t successful dashes in

living m e m o r y .

Rag W e e k got off to a g o o d

start w i t h the Breakfast Party ��������� M e d i c s d r e s s e d in their

green surgical g o w n s a n d whi te

coat , the unoff ic ial un i form for the

week, t r o o p e d d o w n to W a t e r l o o ,

P a d d i n g t o n , a n d Kings C r o s s

Railway Stations to ' r a i d ' the early

m o r n i n g rush h o u r c o m m u t e r s ,

y i e l d i n g £ 3 , 6 7 2 .

For the braver m e d i c s , abse i l ing

d o w n the wal l o f the m e d i c a l

s c h o o l w a s next o n the a g e n d a .

Bes ides p r o v i d i n g enter ta inment to

an o n - l o o k i n g c r o w d , w h i c h c o n ­

s is ted of pat ients f r o m the hospi ta l ,

m o n e y was also raised for the g o o d

cause . The popular i ty of the event

w a s evident ; not only w e r e the bo ld

ones s p o n s o r e d five p o u n d s for

each a t tempt , but the wait at o n e

point w a s a lmost an hour long .

Later o n in the week , whi te

c o a t s a n d surgica l greens w e r e

e x c h a n g e d for A r m a n i Suits and

r o w i n g gear - the former for m i n ­

g l ing w i t h the city slickers and the

latter for the s p o n s o r e d twelve

h o u r r o w at Trafalgar S q u a r e .

G e n e r o u s d o n a t i o n s f r o m the pub­

lic, as wel l as s p o n s o r s h i p , brought

in £ 1 , 0 0 0 .

Light enter ta inment w a s organ­

ised in the evenings , inc luding a

R o m a n Night o n Tuesday, where

slaves w e r e a u c t i o n e d . The highest

b id c a m e f r o m M a r c u s W o o d , a

final year c l inical s tudent , w h o pa id

£ 1 1 0 for the ' M a r t i n i Gi r l s ' . A l s o

he ld o n the s a m e night w a s the

d r i n k i n g c o m p e t i t i o n C e n t u r i o n

C l u b - part ic ipants had to d o w n

100 d o u b l e shots of beer within

100 m i n u t e s . B a n d s N i g h t o n

W e d n e s d a y s a w an at tendance of

2 0 0 . H a v i n g surv ived the carnage

of pos t Circ le Line B o p , G l a d y s

w a s t r a n s f o r m e d into a jazz club on

Friday evening ; £ 2 , 0 0 0 w a s raised

through ticket sales.

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n Colleges Red Card for l

Snu NUS Strike ANDREW OFORI

The University of London will be

conspicuous by its absence dur­

ing the NUS 'shut-down' on 4

March. The event c o m e s as the

N U S c a m p a i g n against tu i t ion fees

is reaching its c u l m i n a t i o n , w i t h

current efforts be ing c o n c e n t r a t e d

o n o p p o s i t i o n to the T e a c h i n g a n d

Higher Educat ion Bi l l , w h i c h wi l l

pave the w a y for the i n t r o d u c t i o n

of fees.

The N U S ' s h u t - d o w n ' event has

rece ived n a t i o n - w i d e b a c k i n g w i t h

130 Further and Higher Educat ion

institutes c l o s i n g d o w n for the day .

Students are be ing e n c o u r a g e d to

g o to their s tudent unions rather

than a t t e n d a c a d e m i c s e s s i o n s .

H a v i n g g a i n e d s u p p o r t f r o m the

A s s o c i a t i o n of Univers i ty Teachers

and a signif icant n u m b e r of lectur­

ers, the N U S have s t ressed that no

students s h o u l d be a c a d e m i c a l l y

d isadvantaged as a result of the

strike a c t i o n .

L o n d o n s t u d e n t s h a v e

expressed the d e p t h of their fee l ing

against tui t ion fees in the past w i t h

e v e n t s s u c h as the H y d e Park

d e m o n s t r a t i o n s last N o v e m b e r

(Felix 1097 a n d 1100), but o n 4

M a r c h G o l d s m i t h s Col lege wil l be

the sole Universi ty of L o n d o n par­

t ic ipant , a n d wi l l only be g iv ing par­

tial s u p p o r t . The N U S are d i s a p ­

p o i n t e d w i t h L o n d o n ' s response ;

o n e u n i o n representat ive w a r n e d

"not s u p p o r t i n g s o m e t h i n g like this

is a b ig mistake" . A former L o n d o n

s tudent w h o is currently a m e m b e r

of the par l iamentary d iv is ion of the

N U S e m p h a s i s e d the "onus is on

the c h o i c e of the s tudent" a n d

w e n t o n to explain "this isn't a n e w

p h e n o m e n o n for this campaign" , as

L o n d o n col leges regularly s h o w a

lack of s u p p o r t at these type of

events . H e at tr ibuted this to a s ig­

n i f i cant n u m b e r of c o m m u t e r s

m a k i n g u p the s tudent p o p u l a t i o n ,

c ons equent ly reduc ing the i m p o r ­

tance of the unions in s tudent life.

H o w e v e r , I C U p r e s i d e n t A n d y

H e e p s w a s m o r e forthright in his

r e a s o n i n g for n o t t a k i n g part ,

assert ing "It's a case of shut t ing the

s table d o o r w h e n the horse is

halfway d o w n the f ield".

Fourths JULIA HARRIES

The Imperial College Union

Football Club are to face a Union

Disciplinary Committee next

week, after the Fourth team

caused trouble in Bath Union last

Wednesday.

H a v i n g lost their B U S A g a m e ,

the t e a m went to the bar to d r o w n

their s o r r o w s . A c c o r d i n g t o Jo

H u m p h r e y , Assis tant Bar M a n a g e r

at Bath U n i o n , they b e h a v e d in a

"drunken, r o w d y manner" , j u m p i n g

o n tables, s ho ut i ng a n d swear ing .

W h e n asked to c a l m d o w n by the

Bar Supervisor they re fused, a n d s o

w e r e c a u t i o n e d by Sean Bentley,

the Assis tant Bar M a n a g e r o n duty

at the t i m e , w h o i n f o r m e d t h e m

that they w o u l d not be served fur­

ther at the bar. The t e a m a p p e a r e d

to c a l m d o w n , but w h e n M r

Bentley 's back w a s t u r n e d , they

s h o u t e d and s w o r e at h i m . M r

Bentley th e n o b t a i n e d the help of

the Bath Sports President , Sarah

M i l n e , in o r d e r t o m a k e t h e m

leave. At this point the s tudents

b e c a m e even m o r e abusive; o n e IC

s tudent o n leaving w a s heard to

protest "What k ind of fucking union

is this?" Bath U n i o n has c o n t a c t e d

Imperial Co l lege U n i o n to inform

t h e m of t h e t r o u b l e , a n d has

a d v i s e d ICU not to let the t e a m

into its bars. M r Bent ley c o m m e n t ­

e d t h a t " N o respect w a s s h o w n for

the bar, the staff or the University."

This inc ident is the latest in a

line of s imilar o c c urrenc es . A n d y

H e e p s , 1CU President , d e c i d e d to

br ing the Fourth t e a m before a

U n i o n Disc ipl inary C o m m i t t e e , as

he has b e e n very lenient on previ­

o u s o c c a s i o n s , a fact a c k n o w l ­

e d g e d by D o n a l Keene, the Football

C l u b C a p t a i n . M r H e e p s observed

"It's g e t t i n g a l i t t le t e d i o u s .

H o w e v e r , I 'm sure the Discipl inary

C o m m i t t e e wi l l m a k e a dec i s ion . " It

s e e m s u n l i k e l y that the Fourth

t e a m wi l l be invi ted back to Bath,

w i t h M s H u m p h r e y remarking "they

w o n ' t be very w e l c o m e here."

Waterstone's Fire 'Warning Shot' DAVID ROBERTS

Fears are growing that

Waterstone's, who last year took

over f rom the Union as sole

bookshop on campus, may have

greater visions for their retail

empire. S p e a k i n g at the first meet ­

i n g of t h e B o o k s t o r e U s e r s

C o m m i t t e e last w e e k , R a c h e l

D i c k i n s o n , t h e m a n a g e r o f t h e

c a m p u s branch, out l ined her desire

to s tock cards a n d stat ionery in

a d d i t i o n to sc ience texts a n d a

w i d e range of f i c t ion .

Desp i te the fact that the c o n ­

tract for the site explici t ly states

"The sa le of o t h e r m a g a z i n e s ,

n e w s p a p e r s , stat ionery, f o o d . . . . w i l l

not be permi t ted" , M s D i c k i n s o n

expla ined that "This is s o m e t h i n g I,

personally, w o u l d really like to see

happen" . A s k e d if e x p a n s i o n plans

were c o n n e c t e d to r u m o u r s that

the c a m p u s branch w a s at present

30% under budget , she a d m i t t e d

"Yes, w e are h a v i n g p r o b l e m s ,

al though that 's not s o m e t h i n g I'd

really like to see appear in Felix".

A n d y H e e p s , IC U n i o n

President a n d sole s tudent repre­

sentative o n the Users C o m m i t t e e ,

ob jec ted very strongly to any p r o ­

posa ls to e x p a n d sales to cover

t i o n e r y a n d s o for th w h i l e the

U n i o n S h o p ' s still there".

C i t ing p r o b l e m s w i t h o p e n i n g

h o u r s a n d s u b - b r a n c h e s of

W a t e r s t o n e ' s o n the C h a r i n g C r o s s

a n d H a m m e r s m i t h c a m p u s e s , M r

s t a t i o n e r y " W a t e r s t o n e ' s k n o w

that 's w h e r e w e get our m o n e y

f r o m and they can s o d off". M s

D i c k i n s o n d i d accept that at pre­

sent e x p a n s i o n plans w e r e unlikely

as "We can' t g o sel l ing cards , s ta-

H e e p s o b s e r v e d "We d o n ' t believe

that they are de l iver ing o n certain

promises" . For e x a m p l e , the c o n ­

tract states that the hours of o p e n ­

ing at South Ken s h o u l d be " 9 a m to

6 p m , M o n d a y to Friday. . . these are

m i n i m u m t i m e s of opening" , w h i c h

the present s h o p fails to d o . W o r s e

stil l , the H a m m e r s m i t h s h o p has

been c l o s e d o n every o c c a s i o n on

w h i c h U n i o n staff have vis i ted the

site. W h i l s t sales of paper a n d sta­

t ionery are p r o h i b i t e d at South Ken,

they are a l l o w e d at H a m m e r s m i t h .

H o w e v e r , a rapid s p o t check on

d e m o n s t r a t e d pr ices to be between

2 0 a n d 3 0 % higher than at the ICU

S h o p .

S p e a k i n g o n behal f of the

U n i o n , M r H e e p s a d d e d "The prob­

lems w h i c h w e ra ised w h e n tender­

ing for the b o o k s h o p are n o w start­

ing to rear their heads". H o w e v e r ,

the President w a s conf ident that

C o l l e g e w o u l d turn d o w n

W a t e r s t o n e ' s request , v i e w i n g the

issue m o r e as "a w a r n i n g shot", to

w h i c h the U n i o n s h o u l d respond

"very f irmly no".

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8 NEWS

WHO Covers Up Drugs? JON TROUT

World Health Organisation offi­

cials in Geneva who produced a

report last December entitled

"Cannabis: A Health Perspective

and Research Agenda" have been

called into disrepute, following

allegations in New Scientist mag­

azine.

The N e w Scientist article c o n ­

cerned the s u p p r e s s i o n of a draft

conta in ing a c o m p a r i s o n b e t w e e n

cannabis a n d the legal drugs a l c o ­

hol and t o b a c c o . The leaked d o c u ­

ment c o n c l u d e d that the a m o u n t of

cannabis s m o k e d w o r l d - w i d e not

only harms publ ic health less than

a lcohol a n d t o b a c c o , but w o u l d be

likely to cont inue to d o s o if c o n ­

s u m e d o n the s a m e scale as these

legal s u b s t a n c e s . N e w S c i e n t i s t

c l a i m e d that the W H O h a d " b o w e d

to pol i t ical pressure" in r e m o v i n g

the c o m p a r a t i v e analysis "at the

last minute" f o l l o w i n g intense d i s ­

pute b e t w e e n W H O o f f i c i a l s ,

c a n n a b i s e x p e r t s a n d "externa l

advisors" . The off icial line o n the

wi thdrawal w a s that "the reliability

and publ ic health s igni f icance of

such c o m p a r i s o n s are d o u b t f u l " .

This w a s e c h o e d by the r u s h e d

W H O press s ta tement , re leased 19

February, in d e f e n c e of their p o s i ­

t ion , w h i c h s ta ted that there w a s

"no a t tempt to h ide i n f o r m a t i o n "

a n d that the d e c i s i o n not to include

s u c h a c o m p a r i s o n w a s "based o n

scienti f ic j u d g e m e n t a n d noth ing to

d o w i t h po l i t i ca l pressure" . The

s ta tement w e n t o n to admit that

t h e b a c k g r o u n d ar t ic le "A

C o m p a r a t i v e

A p p r a i s a l of the

H e a l t h a n d

P s y c h o l o g i c a l

C o n s e q u e n c e s

of A l c o h o l ,

C a n n a b i s ,

N i c o t i n e a n d

O p i a t e U s e " ,

w h o s e c o n c l u ­

s i o n s w e r e

d r o p p e d , c o n ­

t a i n e d s e v e r a l

c o n t r a d i c t i o n s

a n d c o n c l u s i o n s

w h i c h "were not

s c i e n t i f i c a l l y

s o u n d " , s u g ­

g e s t i n g that

N e w S c i e n t i s t

had been l o o k i n g at an erroneous ,

early report .

S p e a k i n g t o Felix, D a v i d

C o n c a r , author of the article and

d e p u t y edi tor at N e w Scientist ,

p r e s e n t e d a d i f fe rent s i d e of

events : "I a m very familiar w i t h their

p r e s s s t a t e m e n t " he r e m a r k e d

dryly; "we k n e w exactly what w e

w e r e l o o k i n g at. W e were not look­

i n g at the w r o n g ar t i c le . " H e

a c k n o w l e d g e d that it w a s the back­

g r o u n d p a p e r in q u e s t i o n , but

c l a i m e d that the w h o l e r e p o r t

(Cannabis : A Hea l th Perspect ive , a

Research Agenda) w a s to be based

o n the conc lus ions of several back-

g r o u n d

papers , wri t ­

t e n by

e x p e r t s in

1 9 9 5 , a n d

that the c o m ­

p a r i s o n w a s

r e m o v e d fo l ­

l o w i n g the

pol i t ica l inf lu­

e n c e of

g r o u p s s u c h

as the U n i t e d

S t a t e s

N a t i o n a l

Inst i tute o n

D r u g A b u s e

a n d t h e

U n i t e d

N a t i o n s

D r u g C o n t r o l

B o t h g r o u p s are

the l e g a l i s a t i o n of

cannabis and w o u l d see this c o m ­

par ison as ideal a m m u n i t i o n for

pressure g r o u p s . "They c l a i m that

they pul led it because it w a s not

scientif ically s o u n d , but w e at N e w

Scientist w e n t through the d o c u ­

ment very thoroughly a n d w e c o u l d

see no such p r o b l e m " . M r C o n c a r

Internat ional

P r o g r a m m e ,

o p p o s e d to

w e n t o n to say that it w a s an o n g o ­

ing issue a n d that the W H O have

not s e e n the last of N e w Scientist .

W h e n asked if the d a m a g e d rela­

t ions w o u l d prove problemat ic , he

re tor ted : "That's journal i sm. W e are

here to report the facts, a n d what

w e say is in clear confl ict w i t h the

W H O . W e k n o w w h a t that d o c u ­

m e n t represents . "

Felix th e n c o n t a c t e d Phi l l ippe

Stroot , the C o - o r d i n a t o r of M e d i a

Relat ions at W H O headquarters in

G e n e v a , w h o f o r w a r d e d all ques ­

t ions to Dr M o n t e i r o , o n e of the

authors of the cannabis report . A s

Felix w a s g o i n g to p r e s s , Dr

M o n t e i r o h a d not c o m m e n t e d . M r

C o n c a r d i d w a r n Felix, however , "to

expect n o t h i n g but the official line

f r o m G e n e v a . "

A c o p y of the b a c k g r o u n d arti­

cle has been unear thed , a n d the

authors f inish the paper by stat ing :

"There are g o o d reasons for saying

that [cannabis] w o u l d be unlikely to

seriously rival the publ ic health risks

of a l c o h o l a n d t o b a c c o even if as

m a n y p e o p l e u s e d cannabis as n o w

drink a l c o h o l or s m o k e tobacco" .

This certainly gives c r e d e n c e to

N e w Scient is t ' s c la ims , but it is

unlikely that the apparent ly poli t ical

reason for its o m i s s i o n wil l be off i ­

cially a d m i t t e d in the near future.

No Butts for JCR Caterers TONY OFORI

S m o k i n g in the JCR a n d the adjacent area

between the JCR a n d the Senior C o m m o n R o o m

is facing a poss ib le tota l ban f o l l o w i n g a recent

m e e t i n g of the H e a l t h a n d Safety C o m m i t t e e .

At the meet ing , he ld o n 12 February, the c o m ­

mittee expres s ed their c o n c e r n s over the prac­

ticality of c o n t i n u i n g w i t h the exis t ing arrange­

ment

Currently, there is a lack of a c c o m m o d a t i o n

for those w h o w i s h to s m o k e in the JCR so this

m o v e wil l anger m a n y that feel they are a lready

in an i l l -catered for minor i ty . A poss ib le so lut ion

lies in the p r o p o s e d refurbishment of the JCR

where a proper ly vent i la ted s m o k i n g area is

p r o v i d e d . H o w e v e r this s c h e m e w h i c h w a s or ig­

inally s u p p o s e d to be c o m p l e t e d in 1997, imay

be p o s t p o n e d again this year . A n o t h e r p o s s i b i l ­

ity under c o n s i d e r a t i on is the insta lment of an

air-recycl ing m a c h i n e in the corr idor outs ide the

JCR.

IC's smokers forced to resort to desperate

The m a i n thrust for this change s e e m s to be

att i tude of the ca ter ing staff. They disl ike the

intense smel l that e m e n a t e s f r o m the corr idor

a n d the r u b b i s h that a c c u m u l a t e s . The

C h a i r m a n of the H e a l t h a n d Safety C o m m i t t e e ,

John Foster, reiterated this say ing that the cater­

ers f ind the e n v i r o n m e n t "very unpleasant" and

"feel u n c o m f o r t a b l e about enter ing the area to

carry out c leaning" . A n o t h e r reason for the

change is that the corr idor is s e e n as a poss ib le

seat ing area for the o v e r f l o w f r o m the JCR.

The C o m m i t t e e feels strongly about of the

w i t h d r a w a l of this unoff ic ia l s m o k i n g area, a n d

there are r u m o u r s of ca ter ing staff strikes if

things cont inue the w a y they are. The col lege

secretary has been c o n t a c t e d over the affair and

if the H e a l t h a n d Safety C o m m i t t e e get their

w a y the n e w ban c o u l d take effect f r o m the e n d

of this t e r m .

LETTERS 27 ��� !" y #$$

8

Letters to Felix... LET'S HAVE A

G O O D M O A N

Dear Felix,

The other w e e k I w a s feel ing a

bit d o w n o n the w o r l d s o 1 d e c i d e d

to get away for a w e e k w i t h a m a t e

of mine at Sheff ie ld U n i a n d w e

had a little tour r o u n d the country

to visit a few mates . W e vis i ted

quite a n u m b e r of U n i o n s in the

w e e k and m o s t w e r e very g o o d -

Sheffield w a s absolute ly fantast ic .

This Friday I c a m e back to the

g o o d o l d I C U . I couldn ' t bel ieve

h o w shabby it s e e m e d c o m p a r e d

to all the other unions in the c o u n ­

try I'd been to . A n d to a d d insult to

injury they charge y o u to get into

the d a m n place . W h a t really t o o k

the biscuit w a s having sat d o w n in

the Chil l O u t r o o m w i t h a l o a d of

mates (where w e had a table a n d

all had seats) 1 n e e d e d to n ip

downsta irs to the toi let . G o i n g out

I not iced a q u e u e so I s a i d o n the

guy o n the d o o r that I w a s just

g o i n g downsta i r s quickly c o u l d he

let m e back in - 'Yeah n o p r o b l e m " ,

was the r e p o n s e . C o m i n g back

upstairs I t r ied to return to m y

beer, seat a n d mates only to f ind

the s a m e lad te l l ing m e I w a s g o i n g

to have to q u e u e . W h a t sort of

idiocy is this? I c a n u n d e r s t a n d fire

regulations m e a n i n g there has to

be l imi ted numbers in the r o o m but

surely if you've g o t a chair a n d y o u

have a w o r d w i t h the staff o n the

d o o r before leaving they c o u l d let

y o u back in . There s e e m s to be no

c o m m o n sense here.

Al l this has really r i led m e -

especial ly w h e n I'm regrett ing m y

dec i s ion to c o m e to Imperial in the

first place (I t o o k a year out before

c o m i n g here a n d c o u l d easily have

kept on w o r k i n g instead of tak ing

my degree - I w i s h I had) . The

ques t ion at the m o m e n t I'm ask ing

myself is even if I pass m y e x a m s in

the s u m m e r d o I really w a n t to

return to this m o n e y - g r a b b i n g inst i ­

tut ion w h i c h s e e m s to r e m o v e all

a c a d e m i c a m b i t i o n a n d b r e e d

sheer apathy.

Sorry about all that - rant over .

Cheers ,

A n d y Hal las ( M e c h Eng I)

WORDS OF

WISDOM

Dear Jeremy,

It's not of ten that I wri te a let­

ter to Felix, mainly because I s p e n d

m o s t of m y life in the off ice as

Editor W i t h o u t Port fol io anyway,

but I 'm afraid that I can ' t let S i m o n

Baker (and others) cr i t ic isms of ICU

g o u n a n s w e r e d .

Firstly, to answer the argument

that there are t o o m a n y c o m m i t ­

tees in I C U . This m u s t be the first

t i m e I have ever seen anyone c o m ­

plain that t o o m a n y p e o p l e w e r e

tak ing an interest in running the

U n i o n ; the truth is that there is

a lways r o o m for m o r e help, a n d as

Chair of Publ icat ions Board I k n o w

that 1 w o u l d n ' t m i n d a h a n d s o m e ­

t i m e s . I agree that at first sight

there w o u l d s e e m to be a large

n u m b e r , but bear in m i n d that

w h e n trying to deal w i t h over 2 5 0

clubs a n d societ ies and serve the

needs of a r o u n d 10 ,000 s tudents

o n e necessari ly has s o m e c o m ­

plexity. O f course the C C U struc­

ture d o e s c o n f u s e the m a t t e r

s o m e w h a t , but I'll c o m e back to

t h e m later.

Shin Yi Jeng a n d his A n g l o -

G e r m a n society , I sympath ise that

he w a s needless ly a n d irritatingly

juggled b e t w e e n t w o c o m m i t t e e s

for m o n t h s . In the future I w o u l d

suggest that w h e n it is not obvious

w h i c h C l u b s a n d S o c i e t y

C o m m i t t e e s h o u l d take respons i ­

bility for a n e w club, that the mat­

ter be re fer red t o the D e p u t y

President (Clubs &. Societies) or

e v e n t a k e n the I C U Execut ive

C o m m i t t e e . It is a s h a m e that nei­

ther S C C nor O S C s a w fit to take

this a c t i o n .

G e t t i n g o n t o the i ssue of

C C U s , I u s e d to be of the o p i n i o n

that they w e r e a se l f -serving w o r t h ­

less historical a n o m a l y . H o w e v e r ,

having seen what a r e f o r m e d , for­

w a r d l o o k i n g a w e l l - r u n C C U can

d o (taking I C S M S U a n d to a lesser

extent, R S M U , as shining e x a m ­

ples) I n o w feel that C C U s are vital

to the w e l l - b e i n g of ICU as a w h o l e ,

for the f o l l o w i n g reasons ;

- They preserve the heritage and

tradition of the disparate parts of

Deadline for letters is 6pm Tuesday. Letters may be edited for

length, but will not be altered or corrected in any other way.

Letters may be signed or anonymous, but please show your swipe

card when submitting them.

college. This provides a m u c h - n e e d ­

e d sense of identity to students w h o

w o u l d otherwise struggle to identify

wi th ICU (which is, let's face it, a lit­

tle bland, tradit ion-wise) .

- They provide an extra layer

w h e r e s t u d e n t s c a n b e c o m e

involved in clubs and soc ie t ies , a n d

also exper ience pol i t ics (yes, even

c o m m i t t e e s ) . In a col lege w h e r e

the level of apathy is constant ly

b e m o a n e d , it is surely a g o o d i d e a

to give s tudents an o p p o r t u n i t y to

get involved wherever poss ib le .

Finally, what d o y o u p r o p o s e to

replace t h e m with? I agree w i t h

S i m o n that s o m e of t h e m s h o u l d

concentrate o n their essential roles

of A c a d e m i c Affairs a n d Wel fare ,

a n d waste less effort o n in- f ight ing

a n d bi tching about Felix, but the

C C U s are an integral part of IC.

R e m o v e t h e m , and y o u might as

wel l change the n a m e to ' M e t r i c

C o l l e g e ' .

Cheers ,

M a r k Baker

Publ icat ions B o a r d Chair &. Felix

Editor W i t h o u t Port fo l io .

SLEEPING DOGS...

This letter should have appeared

last week, but we mislayed it.

Apologies.

Dear Editor,

Thank G o d s o m e o n e has been

brave enough to draw attention to

the rudest w o m a n at the University

in the a c c o m m o d a t i o n office. M y

misfortune was to want to live at

c l a y p o n d s , a n d the p a t r o n i s i n g

treatment that I received f r o m her

was unbelievable ! N o t only d i d I get

shouted at, but as m y English w a s

then not t o o g o o d she spoke in a

very s low sarcastic voice to m e , like

I was a ch i ld ! W h y d o e s the college

have such a person deal ing wi th vul ­

nerable students? There must have

been other c o m p l a i n t s over the

years and I have spoken to at least

ten others w h o have suffered in a

similar w a y H o w can y o u c o m p l a i n

w h e n if y o u d o y o u w o n ' t get any

a c c o m m o d a t i o n ? W e are intimidat­

e d by her, it is totally unfair. W h e r e

are y o u Rector? Sack the bul ldog,

and please get a spaniel !

I daren't give m y name as I

expect they won't d o anything and I

may need to stay in c layponds again

unfortunately. Wel l done , anyway!

Y.L

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27 February cdd8 NOTICES A ND EDITORIAL

TYPINH ERRIRS

1 have certainly learnt m y lesson of

a l legiance to the m i g h t y w o r d

processor, and learnt it w e l l . I m u s t

assume that m y c r u m m y a n d out­

dated handwrit ing is to b lame for a

not insignificant error in y o u r inter­

pretation of m y letter, publ i shed

Febtuary 2 0 . To m y k n o w l e d g e ,

'Plots ' is not responsible for a great

dea l of c lass ica l p h i l o s o p h i c a l

thought, though I may be p r o v e d

w r o n g . The chap I was in fact after

was Plato. I shall say no m o r e than

that.

Alun Hart

C h e m 1

looks like 'Plots' to me. Who's

this Plato guy, anyway? Ed

MOANING MINNIE

Referring to the e n d of Mi len 's "Tha

B o m b " in last week's Felix: I think his

friend w h o was in IC Radio may

have misheard . It is the general

o p i n i o n of the entire college that his

regular i tem in Felix is m o r e of a

source of hilarity at his unfortunate

breadth of vocabulary, rather than

any ser ious look at the current

m u s ic a r o u n d . If he w o u l d like to

take s o m e advice - read a dictionary

and d o not write in Felix. If y o u

(referring to all readers) enjoy REAL

music then listen to IC Radio s o m e ­

t ime . Y o u will d iscover that it is

rather g o o d .

M u c h apprec iated,

> F r o m the people w h o C A N

read and write .

Dave Edwards

What on earth are you trying to

achieve with this ill-thought out

letter, Dave? It seems especially

churlish to slag off the Felix music

pages when we have just gone to

the effort of organising a whole

page for IC Radio (Page 15).

Besides, most IC students C A N ' T

listen to IC Radio, but they C A N all

read Felix. Ed

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Organisa t ion b o w e d to direct g o v ­

ernment pressure w h e n it s u p ­

p r e s s e d parts of its report s h o w i n g

cannabis to be a largely

benign substance , there

is no doubt that the

g o v e r n m e n t w a n t e d

t h e m to keep s c h t u m .

H o w e v e r , this is not

because they are evil

conspirators but s o m e ­

thing m u c h m o r e p r o ­

sa ic - fear of t h e

u n k n o w n . Legal is ing or

d e c r i m i n a l i s i n g

cannabis is felt to be

the pol i t ical equivalent of j u m p i n g

off a cliff o n the o f f - chance of hit­

t ing a t r a m p o l i n e . W h a t e v e r the

arguments and debates are f lying

a r o u n d , the truth is that n o - o n e

really k n o w s w h a t the c o n s e ­

quences of such a m o v e w o u l d be.

The p r o b l e m is that those c a m ­

paigning for the status q u o , a n d

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the p o w e r to m a k e changes , are

totally ignorant of w h a t cannabis

use is actual ly like. This m e a n s that

they are f o r c e d to rely o n the t radi ­

t ional a rguments - ' cannabis is bad

for y o u ' a n d 'cannabis leads to

hard d r u g s ' . Full marks to the fghScientist for b l o w i n g both of these

m y t h s right out of the

water w i t h their report

last w e e k

( m a r i j u a n a , n e w s c i e n -

t i s t . c o m ) .

I th ink that this

a r g u m e n t is b e i n g

a p p r o a c h e d back to

front. The q u e s t i o n isn't

s o m u c h ' S h o u l d

cannabis be legal ised? '

as ' W h y is it banned in

the first p lace? ' The fact

is that the d r u g w a s initially prohib­

i ted for total ly s p u r i o us reasons,

a n d the ban has e n d u r e d o n the

strength of a rguments that have

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C O L U M N S 27 February ±²²8

A s I have b e e n a bit s l o w

off the mark this w e e k ,

a n d a m w r i t i n g this o n

W e d n e s d a y m o r n i n g , I c a n c o m ­

m e n t o n the Elect ion results . In the

w o r d s of veteran pol i t i ca l c o m ­

mentator , Bruce Forsyth, ' d i d n ' t

they d o w e l l . ' It s e e m s that w e

have a c h i e v e d a very favourable

o u t c o m e - no N e w Elect ion v i c t o ­

ries, no hacks a n d a M a r y ' s b lock

vote that p r o v e d to be as effect ive

as a choco la te t eapot . O f c ours e , I

attribute the ant i -hack v o t e to m y

last c o l u m n , s o 1 shall be e x p e c t i n g

a pint off each of the Daves in the

fullness of t i m e . S o m e n e w b l o o d

is exactly what is n e e d e d to shake

things u p . This s h o u l d not be s e e n

as an attack o n the i n c u m b e n t s ,

but n o w the m e r g e r has h a p ­

p e n e d , the n e w th ink ing r e q u i r e d

is unlikely to be p r o v i d e d by p e o ­

ple nurtured in the w a y s of o l d .

This s o u n d s l ike a ca l l for a

Thatcherite r e f o r m i n g z e a l - w h a t a

g o o d i d e a , as s h e o n c e s a i d .

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n a l s o t o A d a m

Cherr ington , a lso f r o m o u t s i d e the

U n i o n f o l d , t h o u g h w i t h s o m e use­

ful abilities in d e a l i n g w i t h sports

c lubs . His ability to mainta in a ver­

t ical s tance whi le c o n s u m i n g a lco­

hol has been ca l led into q u e s t i o n ,

but is b e i n g w o r k e d o n . . .

O b v i o u s l y , as a h u m b l e scribe, the

pos t of Felix Editor is of the great­

est interest to m e , so it w a s g o o d

to see Ed Sexton t r i u m p h . T h o u g h

both c a n d i d a tes w e r e s o u n d , A l o k

Jha's w i s h t o turn

Felix into a m a g a ­

z i n e sent a shiver

d o w n m y s p i n e .

O l d lags w h o

h a v e b e e n here

l o n ge r t h a n is

hea l thy w i l l

r e m e m b e r the

last t i m e this w a s

d o w n in 1 9 9 4

under the s t e w ­

ardship of Beccy

L a n d . That m u s t

never be a l l o w e d

to h a p p e n again . Felix is, a n d m u s t

r e m a i n , a n e w s p a p e r , w h i c h is

what Ed has p l a n n e d for next year .

A n y c h a n c e of a job, guv, in what

wi l l be m y final year?

M y fr iends at Schal w e r e get­

t i n g w o r r i e d , as w a s lan C a l d w e l l ,

CD

no DQ

C o

on

that I hadn ' t p a i d t h e m a visit for a

whi le , s o last M o n d a y I d o n n e d

the hard hat a n d ventured o n t o the

B M S site (thanks again to Phil

H i l t o n a n d Ol l ie Clarke) . S ince the

place is d u e to be h a n d e d over to

Col lege o n 13th A p r i l , n o w s e e m s

a g o o d t i m e to see what the state

of play is. M i r a c u l o u s l y , it is only

t w o w e e k s

b e h i n d s c h e d u l e

a n d still o n b u d ­

get , a first for

Imperial Co l lege .

M y biggest c o n ­

c e r n r e m a i n s

that it wi l l be lost

o n the m e d i c s ,

w h o wil l fail to

apprec ia te s u c h

a fine b u i l d i n g .

SUf That sa id , s o m e

^ of t h e r o o m s

have b e e n

d e s i g n e d to take s t raw o n the

f l o o r s (only j o k i n g , f o l k s ! ) .

Surprisingly, there are t w o huge

o f f i c e s for " S t u d e n t s ' U n i o n s " .

D o e s this m e a n o n e for M a r y ' s a n d

o n e for the R C S U ? D o e i ther

deserve one? The f inished a t r ium

wil l look fantast ic , cons i s t ing of

m a p l e pane l l ing a n d p o l i s h e d c o n ­

crete , w h i c h surprisingly wi l l w o r k

w e l l . The m o s t interest ing des ign

feature, h o w e v e r , is not the roof or

the a t r ium itself, but the g r o u n d

f loor t o i l e t s . For r e a s o n s best

k n o w n t o Sir N o r m a n Foster, he

has taken his inspirat ion for these

fac i l i t ies f r o m S o u t h s i d e , u s i n g

very, very s imilar black granite .

This has the potent ia l t o confuse

inebriated m e d i c s a n d biologists

mighti ly in lectures after a heavy

sess ion , t h o u g h s o m e w o u l d argue

this wi l l h a p p e n irrespect ive of the

sani taryware . A l l in al l , it 's look ing

very g o o d , a n d I await m y invita­

t ion to the off ic ial o p e n i n g .

For a C o l l e g e so s t e e p e d in

apathy, it is fantastic to see that

the S u m m e r Ball has got off the

g r o u n d . This is prec ise ly the sort of

event that IC n e e d s to s h o w to the

country that w e are a class act,

bo th a c a d e m i c a l l y a n d social ly . For

m y smal l part , I shall be s h a m e ­

lessly p lugging it here f o r m n o w to

the event , s o buy those t ickets , be

y o u staff, s tudent or idle layabout.

This S u n d a y , 1 M a r c h , t h e

Countrys ide M a r c h wil l take p lace in

H y d e Park. Press coverage of this

event has been d i v i d e d , o n left-

wing/right-wing lines, w i t h le f t -wing

papers suggest ing that it is be ing

organised by landowners a n d f a r m ­

ers w h o are d o i n g quite nicely a n d

are in no pos i t ion to ask for m o r e .

Other papers suggest that the p r o b ­

lems of rural areas are m o r e ser ious

than the t o w n i e s w o u l d realise a n d

maybe it is t i m e to take ac t ion .

A p p r o x i m a t e l y 8 0 % of the p o p ­

ulation live in bui l t -up areas, g iv ing a

similar m a k e - u p in the H o u s e of

C o m m o n s , w i t h the n a t i o n a l

press/TV cons is t ing a l m o s t entirely

of L o n d o n - b a s e d journalists (papers

often have N o r t h of England corre­

s p o n d e n t s in the s a m e w a y that

they have a G e r m a n or U S corre­

spondent . ) So perhaps it is under­

standable that country folk are d is ­

enchanted w i t h the w a y things are

running. The m a r c h , w h i c h m a y look

similar to the rally he ld recently in

support of fox-hunt ing, c o m e s at a

t ime of change in the countrys ide .

EU m e m b e r s are p lanning to d is ­

m a n t l e s o m e of the C o m m o n

Agricultural Pol icy so that taxes a n d

f o o d p r i c e s c a n be l o w e r e d .

R e m e m b e r the C A P w a s d e s i g n e d

wi th the express intent ion of not

having market forces invade agricul­

tural p r o d u c t i o n , w i t h the fairly rea­

sonable de fence be ing that there

have been plenty of riots a n d wars

in the past a n d the EU's main pur­

p o s e is to rid Europe of these p r o b ­

lems in perpetuity. The Governm ent

is pointedly not apply ing to the

C o m m i s s i o n for c o m p e n s a t i o n

Br i t i sh fa rmers are e n t i t l e d t o

(under E U law) d u e to the apprec ia ­

t ion of the p o u n d .

Other p r o b l e m s s e e m to await

o u r c o u n t r y f r i ends : the last

Conservat ive G o v e r n m e n t carefully

d e l a y e d a nasty dec i s ion o n the

and renovat ion costs before bui ld­

ing on brownf ie ld sites at al l . But

the C o u n c i l for the Protect ion of

Rural England are up in arms any­

way, saying that Prescott wil l not

keep his w o r d o n the issue. They

have s o m e justification - o n e of his

first a c t i o n s as E n v i r o n m e n t

M i n i s t e r w a s to authorise the bui ld­

ing of 10 ,000 n e w h o m e s near

Stevenage, and then tel l ing W e s t

Sussex to increase to 5 0 , 7 0 0 the

Hamish Common

Westminster

Eye p o t e n t i a l e x p l o s i o n in h o u s i n g

requirements a n d the lack of space

to build t h e m , leaving their succes­

sors the cho ice of o v e r c r o w d i n g

a n d imposs ib ly high house prices or

bui lding o n greenfie ld sites. John

Prescott , the D e p u t y Pr ime Minis ter

a n d E n v i r o n m e n t M i n i s t e r , has

d e c i d e d that 6 0 % of all n e w h o m e s

must be built o n 'b rownf ie ld ' sites -

renovated urban land. This is not

pleasant for the bui lding industry

w h o are aware that hous ing estates

wi th a nice v iew of the countrys ide

sell rather better than those wi th a

nice v i e w of other buildings, a n d

also have to pay any contaminat ion

n u m b e r of n e w h o m e s it m u s t

a c c o m m o d a t e (West Sussex is n o w

seeking a judicial review).

The other issue that affects the

countrys ide also divides it - the

issue of the 'right to r o a m ' , unfet­

tered access to vast tracts of land,

irrespective of w h o it is o w n e d by.

This is o n e of the oldest issues for

Labour, wi th m e m o r i e s of struggles

against the landowners w h o also

o w n e d the factories and mines they

w o r k e d at. Labour m a d e a p r o m i s e

in its e lec t ion mani fes to that it

w o u l d introduce the right to r o a m ,

c o m p l e t e d u n f i n i s h e d b u s i n e s s

f r o m the 1949 Nat ional Parks and

A c c e s s t o the C o u n t r y s i d e A c t ,

w h i c h a Labour G o v e r n m e n t intro­

d u c e d , m a k i n g the Peak District the

first Nat iona l Park and reinforcing

the laws o n footpaths . It d e c i d e d

then against the right to r o a m , leav­

ing it instead to landowners t h e m ­

selves, w i t h the local authorities

w a t c h i n g over t h e m a n d if neces­

sary enforc ing the law. M a n y peo­

ple feel this has not w o r k e d , with

vast tracts of land still inaccessible

to the publ ic . H o w e v e r , it appears

that that the Country Landowners '

A s s o c i a t i o n has c o n v i n c e d D o w n i n g

Street to backtrack o n the right to

r o a m pol icy , a n d instead maintain

the voluntary access agreements ,

i m p l e m e n t e d (or not, as the case

m a y be) today . This wil l be an inter­

est ing c h o i c e for D o w n i n g Street to

m a k e .

It is w o r r y i n g the Government

s e e m bent o n d i s c r e d i t i n g the

C o u n t r y s i d e Rally by arguing that it

is run by landowners and farmers,

a n d that its v i e w are not represen­

tative of the countrys ide c o m m u n i ­

ty. That is the s tandard polit ical pre­

amble to c o m p l e t e l y ignore their

d e m a n d s . Despi te the stories that

s o m e b o s s e s have f o r c e d their

e m p l o y e e s to at tend the rally (other

bosses have b a n n e d their staff f rom

attending), if they get as many peo­

ple out as they p r o m i s e to, then it

will be a d e m o n s t r a t i o n of solidarity

that the G o v e r n m e n t w o u l d be wise

not to ignore.

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W h o o p s ! A s I 'm sure y o u ' l l all have n o t i c e d

there w a s a bit of an error in last w e e k ' s spec ia l

- w e ' v e already d o n e carrot cake . It s h o u l d

instead have b e e n that o l d favourite Turnip

Surprise. N o bother , just replace the w o r d car­

rot w i t h turnip everywhere a n d Baldr ick 's y o u r

uncle .

This w e e k I 'm d o i n g a ser ious m e a l for ser i ­

ously hungry p e o p l e . B o t h the d i shes are t y p i ­

cally French and g o d o w n very w e l l w i t h a few

bottles of r e d .

Carbonade de Boeuf

* " I kg beef, shin is best, cut into squares

—5x5x2 c m

2 0 0 g s m o k e d pork belly, d i c e d

"~ 5 0 0 g c h o p p e d o n i o n

* " 1 litre c h e a p o lager

»• 2 tbl f lour

3 c loves of garl ic , c r u s h e d

Heat up a fair a m o u n t of oi l in a (big) pan

and fry the meat until we l l b r o w n as usual .

W h e n it 's nearly d o n e a d d the p o r k belly a n d fry

gently for a r o u n d 10 m i n u t e s s o that it renders

its fat (i.e. the fat m e l t s a n d s e e p s out ) . D o n ' t

forget to a d d a large p i n c h of p e p p e r to s eas on

everything.

Take the meat out , dra in w e l l k e e p i n g as

m u c h fat in the pan as poss ib le a n d put into a

l o w o ven to keep it w a r m .

N o w del icate ly spr inkle the flour into the

pan and fry gent ly until it starts to turn b r o w n .

Pour in 3 A I of the beer, stir w e l l a n d have a g o o d

sniff whi le y o u bring the l iquid up to the boi l .

Put this roux to one s ide .

Finally, fry the o n i o n gent ly until it turns

translucent and slightly brownish o n the edges .

Right, that 's all the heavy stuff out of the w a y

a n d n o w it's t i m e to put everything together .

In a large so l id p a n , place first a layer of beef

We had a picture of a potato, but this

picture of some Colorado beetles ate it.

a n d pork then a layer of o n i o n a n d repeat until

there is none left. A d d a b o u q u e t garni . (This

consis ts of a stick of celery, s o m e sprigs of

t h y m e a n d a few stray ends of parsley all

w r a p p e d up in the green bit of a leek a n d t ied

up nicely w i t h a p i e c e of string, b o w - t i e d if

wanted . ) A l s o a d d the garl ic , a c o u p l e of tbis of

sugar a n d a p i n c h of n u t m e g . Pour the beer roux

in . If there isn't e n o u g h l i q u i d to cover every­

th ing a d d the r e m a i n i n g 'A I beer until there is.

C o v e r the pan a n d put o n a l o w heat for at

least 2 hours . The longer it c o o k s the better.

Cratin Dauphinois

1 kg pota toes

®- 1 '/i pt mi lk

"~ 2-3 c loves of garl ic , c r u s h e d

Peel the p o t a t o e s a n d slice t h e m u p as fine­

ly as y o u poss ib ly c a n . The ideal s i tuat ion is for

t h e m to be trahslucent . This wi l l take a lot of

t i m e a n d effort a n d y o u wi l l get b o r e d but hey,

this is ser ious c o o k i n g w e ' r e ta lking about.

O n c e that is d o n e , give t h e m a rinse in c o l d

water a n d drain w e l l . This gets r id of s o m e of

the s tarch a n d s t o p s this d i s h get t ing too

s todgy .

S lowly heat u p the milk, s eas on it wi th a

large p i n c h of salt, s o m e p e p p e r a n d a bit of

n u t m e g . Get y o u r favourite o v e n d ish (a thick

ceramic o n e is a b o n u s but not necessary) , oil it

lightly a n d s m e ar the c r u s h e d garlic c loves all

over the s ides a n d b o t t o m .

Place the s l i ced p o t a t o e s in the dish and pat

t h e m a r o u n d until it l o o k s flat a n d even . Pour

the milk over , put a f e w knobs of butter o n the

t o p a n d s l ide into the o v e n , gas mark 4/5, 180-

190°C. The grat in needs to roast for at least an

hour, preferably t w o .

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Cannabis: to smoke or not to smoke...

Cannabis is a subs tance that is

definitely in the publ ic eye at

the m o m e n t , w i t h the a l leged

c o v e r - u p of the W o r l d H e a l t h

Organisa t ion report c o n c e r n i n g its

effects o n health in c o m p a r i s o n to

a lcohol a n d t o b a c c o , a n d a recent

suggest ion f r o m the Brit ish M e d i c a l

Authori ty that the law s h o u l d be

relaxed in cases w h e r e mari juana is

used medic ina l ly . There is n o place

where these issues are c o n t e s t e d

m o r e strongly than ins ide Col lege

itself, a n d w i t h the large v o l u m e of

busts a n d tr ibunals w h i c h m a k e

A n d y H e e p s ' job that little bit hard­

er, it s e e m s a very ripe t i m e to

address the issue.

M o s t of the effects of cannabis

s e e m to involve " s a y i n g hel lo to

M r . Gravi ty" , fal l ing over , " fee l ing

wel l m e l l o w , m a n " , giggl ing, ea t ing

quantit ies o f f o o d that w o u l d give

Weight W a t c h e r s a hyster ical fit,

a n d forgett ing what it w a s that. . .

e r m . . . o h . The b a d e f fec t s of

cannabis are such a c l iche that I a m

sure everyone a g e d fifteen a n d up

k n o w s t h e m by heart: shor t - term

m e m o r y loss, des t ruct ion of c o n ­

c e n t r a t i o n , a n t i m o t i v a t i o n a l s y n ­

d r o m e , cancer . . . H o w e v e r , the o l d

w a c k y baccy 's popular i ty is def i ­

n i te ly h i g h at the m o m e n t .

R e m e m b e r all that fuss about p e o ­

ple rol l ing joints in B B C 2 ' s "This

Life"? To portray s m o k i n g in such

an o f f - h a n d a n d social ly acceptable

w a y resul ted in m a n y c o m p l a i n t s ,

but s e l d o m has a d r a m a c a p t u r e d

the reality of the 9 0 ' s t o k i n g p h e ­

n o m e n o n so w e l l .

I never c a m e into contact w i t h

drugs of any f o r m until I was thor­

oughly c o r r u p t e d by c o m i n g to IC.

W h e n a certain y o u n g individual

s trol led into m y r o o m in hall in the

m i d d l e of m y first t e r m last year

w i t h the p r o m i s e of " a m e g a -

b o s t i n ' ree fer " , I i m m e d i a t e l y

sprang out of m y s e l f - c o n t e m p l a ­

tive apathy to g o to see what all the

fuss w a s about . I w a s presented

w i t h an ev i l - smel l ing hunk of b r o w n

m u d d y m u l c h , and I f o u n d mysel f

th inking straight away h o w m a n y

p e o p l e had had it up their rectal

tract for it to get w h e r e it w a s n o w .

1 w a s i n t e r e s t e d , but not

e n o u g h to try it; four p e o p l e d i s a p ­

peared up to s o m e o n e ' s r o o m ,

b e c o m i n g d e n i z e n s of a d e p r a v e d

druggy d e n , a n d I sat a n d w a t c h e d

t h e m .

W e l l , statistically, I imagine a

fair p r o p o r t i o n of y o u lot k n o w

w h a t t r a n s p i r e d ; O r b i t a l , Ket t le

C h i p s , i m p r o v i s e d s m o k i n g e q u i p ­

ment , l o n g a n d e loquent t i rades

about m e t h o d s of " sk inn ing u p " ,

d e t a i l i n g the p r o c e s s w i t h c o n ­

structional accuracy that w o u l d put

any contrac tor to s h a m e .

It is not m y place to pass judge­

m e n t o n d o p e , even if I felt c o m ­

pel led t o . W h a t 1 s a w w a s a lot of

p e o p l e e n j o y i n g t h e m s e l v e s .

Perhaps it w a s the thick brown

haze f loat ing menac ing ly several

feet b e l o w the cei l ing, or alterna­

tively the spec tac le of users sitting

c r o s s - l e g g e d o n the f loor , unable to

get u p , but I h a d a very pleasant

evening as w e l l . There can be no

d o u b t that M a r y Jane has a s trong

al lure, a n d w i l l u n d o u b t e d l y be

u s e d or m i s u s e d for m a n y genera­

t ions hence , but I believe that the

issue of d a m a g e to those w h o

indulge wi l l probably always be in

c o n t e n t i o n , a n d , I reckon , rightly

so .

All Campbell

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27 February 1 ××8 MUSIC

MUSIC - 11 W i l l ' s got a Shifty Disco Thing,

whi le Dennis is Beekeeping. N e v e r

m i n d , there ' a lways rhc Singles!

a n d Tha Bomb!

CLUBBING - 13 Jo Publ ic ' s g i v i n g away Dope

Plastic, r ev iewing Mark Farina a n d

g iv ing y o u the Singles the Hardway

FILM - 16 Amistad, The Edge a n d La Maman

et la Putain s h o u l d k e e p y o u g o i n g

this w e e k , espec ia l ly as y o u c a n

<, win tickets.

17 - BOOKS Find out about the n e w t o m e s M

for Mother a n d Sophie's Scandal

! w n n o u i even having to read t h e m

18 - ARTS Lots a n d lots this week, inc luding

# , 0 0 0 Mirrors, the

||| Barber Seville . i d a blatant

p l u | p M § a l a d Days

2 0 - FICTION The lastest t w i s t e d tale f r o m our

short story s u p r e m o Caspar v o n

W r e d e ; No Man J

Reviews are g iven a mark out of

five as f o l l o w s . . .

W a t e r B o n g

• • • • W a t e r Pis tol Ø if * W a t e r B e d

W a t e r W o r l d

* W a t e r Torture

No Stars W a t e r s t o n e ' s

S

VARIOUS

It's A Shifty Disco Thing (Voll Ù THE BEEKEEPERS

Third Party Fear And Theft • • • •

Shif ty D i s c o is a n O x f o r d

based i n d e p e n d e n t label w h o

have just re leased this c o m ­

pilat ion of s o m e of their best tunes

of last year .

The tracks o n this C D range

f r o m thrash rock to trash lo- f i e lec-

tronica w i t h s o m e t r i p p e d - o u t ba l ­

lads t h r o w n in here a n d there for

g o o d measure . A lot of the tunes

have a ' r e c o r d e d - o n - a - f o u r - t r a c k -

i n - m y- m a te s - ga r a ge ' feel to t h e m ,

but this only serves t o m a k e the

c o m p i l a t i o n s o m e t h i n g y o u w o n ' t

ge t s i ck of l i s t e n i n g t o .

Unfortunately, as a lot of the songs

are s o m e of the b a n d s ' first mater ­

ial, it is a little dul l s o it 's never

g o i n g to be at the t o p of m y stack.

O n e track that s tands out mi les

above the rest, is Building by The

Unbel ievable Truth - a b a n d to

w a t c h out for. It's a sort of R E M

style b a l l a d w i t h rea l ly s t r o n g

vocals c o m i n g f r o m A n d y Yorke ,

brother of R a d i o h e a d ' s T h o r n

Y o r k e . The R a d i o h e a d influence is

evident , but the style is sufficiently

original to set t h e m apart so h o p e ­

fully the inevitable c o m p a r i s o n s in

the press w o n ' t d r a g t h e m d o w n .

The o ther songs are m o s t l y

credible , w i t h stuff like Blah Na Na

by Imposs ib le M u s i c Force a n d

Magdalen Sky by M a r k Gardener

m a k i n g the w h o l e t h i n g a very

pleasant l is ten. M i n d y o u , I really

can ' t w o r k out w h a t ' s g o i n g o n

w i t h the DJ R e m o u l d a n d Spunkle

t u n e s . T h e y ' r e a sort of c r o s s

b e t w e e n a very early Erasure d e m o

a n d an e p i s o d e of Teletubbies .

The material be ing p r o m o t e d

here is all very w o r t h y and it's the

k ind of a l b u m I'd be really h a p p y

about o w n i n g if it c a m e free o n the

front cover of the N M E . I'd say that

it 's def ini te ly w o r t h k e e p i n g track

of future Shifty D i s c o releases for

the sort o f g e m s that are h i d d e n o n

this C D . d

William Smith

An o p e n i n g raucous a n t h e m i c

rant de l ivered at break-neck

s p e e d is usually e m p l o y e d to

try to j u m p s t a r t s o m e ar t i s t s '

a lbums into ac t ion , d i sguis ing the

inevitable dive into the m u c h s l o w ­

er a n d less exhilarat ing numbers .

The Beekeepers d o not e m p l o y this

tact ic . The a lbum c o m m e n c e s w i t h

the comparat ive ly quiet a n d per­

sonal Eyeballed, w h i c h h a p p e n s to

be the only track wri t ten by lead

s inger Jamie East . F r o m t h e r e ,

w e ' r e t h r o w n into the aggress ion-

fuel led and indie - f ied punk w o r l d

that is h o m e to these guardians of

ho ney-m a kers .

W i t h th is shor t a m o u n t of

mater ia l , it 's surpris ing to report

that bombshe l l s feel like they're

be ing d r o p p e d left, right a n d c e n ­

tre. ÚÛÜÜÝÞ Cure cha insaws its w a y

into y o u r m i n d w i t h its mix of spiky

guitats a n d layered v o c a l s . The

infect ious Do You Behave Like That

at ßàáâã cuts itself into y o u r sonic

s t o m a c h a n d churns itself over and

over . There ' s a lso Beau äââåæçàèéSecond Skin a n d Catgut to c h e w on

for dessert if y o u ' r e still hungry for

m o r e . H o w e v e r , if y o u feel like

y o u ' r e g o i n g to get chronic punk

i n d i ge s t i o n , relief c a n be f o u n d

slightly in / Only Want To See You;

Suffer a n d êëæâèçâìâ to ease the

r a z o r b l a d e riffs a n d r a m p a g i n g

rants. There ' s a lso a c o m i c bonus

track at the e n d , w h i c h is outra­

g e o u s l y r id icu lous ; I'll just say that

it tells the s tory of m i c e s inging at

the Albert H a l l !

Third Party, Fear and Theft is a

fantastically fiery a l b u m but the

B e e k e e p e r s ' t u r b u l e n t s o u n d is

best e x p e r i e n c e d live. It w o u l d be

w i s e to try a n d ca tch t h e m s o o n

before they e x p l o d e a l o n g wi th

a c c o m p a n y i n g t i cke t p r i c e s .

H o w e v e r , y o u c o u l d always get

yourse l f a c o p y of the a lbum n o w :

for insurance p u r p o s e s , n a t u r a l l y E l

Dennis

S

Dust Junkys - What Time Is It?

The Dust Junkys s o u n d like a c ross b e t w e e n

Black G r a p e a n d Fun L o v i n g C r i m i n a l s o n h a p p y

pills. A funky, catchy, little s u m m e r tune .

E

Mandalay - Flowers Bloom

For s o m e strange reason the radio edit is

remixed by A lex Reece . Reece des t roys the bri l ­

liant lyrical c o m p o s i t i o n of the or iginal , featured

as a B-s ide , but a d d s not s u c h a bad dark

s o u n d i n g tune . The original h o w e v e r is excel lent

d r u m ' n ' bass w i t h floaty female voca l s .

Senser - Breed

Senser got rid of three out of their original line

up of five a n d n o w it 's Kerst in s inging w i t h the

tune , c runching guitars, h ip h o p beats a n d

effects s o u n d i n g the s a m e as ever. The rock rap

cross over w a s fairly fresh four years ago w h e n

Senser w e r e m a k i n g all the right noises a n d

headl ines . Unfortunately this will d o neither for

t h e m . íîïðñKaren Ramirez - Distant Dreams CD Sampler

O n e th ing - the girl can s ing! Different styles

over different p r o d u c t i o n styles s h o w she is

adaptable but titles like Troubled Gir l , L o o k i n g

for Love , If W e Try, a n d Lies s e e m to indicate

the usual tr ied and tes ted subject matter but for

m o s t p e o p l e that isn't a p r o b l e m . Apart f r o m

that, this is a p r o m i s i n g start for her.

Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock

T h r o w this o n the d e c k s , lay back a n d just relax

... scarcely any voca ls here ... just m u s i c , and it

is all g o o d for that. Just rock w i t d e m ! O n the

fl ip, Best Foot Forward wil l satiate the hunger of

the d a n c e c r e w a n d Push But ton Cockta i l is

another c o m p e l l i n g track. Definitely w o r t h get­

t ing .

E 2

Bim Sherman - Earth People

A refreshingly original s o n g infused w i t h the

tabla s o u n d s of Talvin S ingh. The m a n ' s v o i c e is

just t o o g o o d , a n d w i t h his lyrics, m a k e a bri l ­

liant track. The remix by Ronnie &. C l y d e take it

into d r u m bass l a n d , w h i c h turns out to be

surprisingly g o o d !

Roni

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MUSIC 27 February òóó8

Tick,

and

W h a t u p ! ! ! C h e c k this shit out, a w h o l e page,

y e a h that 's right a w h o l e page . Is this hot or

what? I w a s check ing thru ' Felix a n d I s p o t t e d

that the dance t e c h n o guys have a w h o l e page

for their c o l u m n , Electric Cafe , a n d then 1 s a w

that IC Radio had a w h o l e page , wel l at this point

I d e c i d e d 1 want a page a n d look at this I have a

whole page (big p r o p s to j a son and Alok , the

music editors) . A w h o l e page m e a n s a w h o l e

host of n e w stuff, check this out . Y o u got the

normal ranting a n d raving f r o m m e , as wel l as

a lbum reviews for the real dea l phat stuff, c lassic

trax all about the classics f r o m back on the day

and whatever other shit I

can think of, this is Tha

B o m b .

D i d y 'a l l all see the

Brit A w a r d s ? I caught

most of it, soul w a s in

the h o u s e a n d s o m e

awards even c a m e this

way, the biggest be ing

Best Female a n d Best

M a l e g o i n g to Shola and

Finlay. But what the fuck

was g o i n g o n w i t h the

duet be tween Texas a n d

M e t h o d M a n ? That w a s

f u c k e d , there w a s n o

point, s o m e o n e sa id to

m e that t h e r a p just

r u i n e d a pre t ty g o o d

s o n g a n d I'd have t o

agree. R u m o u r s of the

N W A get- together have

been c o n f i r m e d ; Dre, Ice

Cube and Yella wil l all be

gett ing together for a track o n the soundtrack of

the n e w C u b e m o v i e . Eazy-E w o n ' t be there for

obvious reasons a n d I ain' t sure 'bout M C Ren.

The hot news in h i p - h o p is the S n o o p D o g g s i tu­

ation, basically S n o o p wants to leave Death R o w .

Recently he t o l d the press that his life w a s in

danger and wi th m o s t of the p e o p l e at Death

Row either in pr ison or d e a d he's probably got a

point . Another factor is the quality of his music ,

his last a l b u m Tha Doggfather w a s the worst

thing to c o m e out of Death R o w , the boy seri­

ously needs to h o o k u p w i t h Dr Dre a n d start

bringin' their skillz together to create the quality

that w e s a w o n The Chronic and the classic

Doggstyle. Saying all that, rumour has it that

S n o o p has already s igned a n e w deal wi th anoth­

er record label a n d has already started w o r k i n g

w i t h Dre . The fact that he's s igned to a six a lbum

deal at Death R o w doesn ' t s e e m to matter , keep

an eye o n this s i tuation it c o u l d all get quite

nasty.

This w e e k sees the release of s o m e w i c k e d

little tunes and they're even on U K release, so w e

d o n ' t need to s p e n d a fortune buying impor ts .

First up is Holler by Ginuwine this has been

a r o u n d for a whi le and m o s t consider it the best

track off the a lbum, phat bass line w i t h the G

M a n ' s so i ld vocals and

a pretty g o o d rap m a k e

this a w i c k e d t u n e .

Q u e e n Pen delivers her

a lbum this w e e k and to

c o n i n c i d e c o m e s the

first single Man Behind

the Music, this first hit

as an i m p o r t in

September and blew up

back then, this is still a

t rack t h o u g h . The

T e d d y p r o d u c t i o n is

s l ick w i t h the s w i n g

beats in full effect and

the other m e m b e r s of

Blackstreet e v e n turn

up for the hook, there

are no real remixes to

talk of and y a better off

get t ing the a l b u m . The

soul m a n Lynden D a v i d

Hal l is back wi th the sec­

o n d cut f r o m his

a c c l a i m e d debut set, the track's cal led Do I

Quality this is a serious bit of sou l , returning to

the basics of s imple tune a n d inspired vocals . If

y o u m i s s e d ôõö÷ Cinderalla the first b o m b f r o m

his LP that 's o n the b-s ide , the remixes aren't

bad , for the connoisseur this is a must . The R&B

track b l o w i n g up o n import is The Weekend f rom

the Ride soundtrack, strangely the record c o m ­

pany has d e c i d e d to give it an early release date

rather than wai t ing the normal year or so, and for

that w e should be thankful , this is a T U N E . I ain't

g o n n a say h o w g o o d it is cause y o u should

already k n o w , this . . .wel l just buy it, y o u w o n ' t be

d i s a p p o i n t e d .

Snoop and Deathrow fighting to part

ways, but who will get their way? We'll

just have to wait and see.

The Phat Selection

You Make Me Wanna - Usher

Usher still there d o i n ' the business w i t h this

phat tune, e v e n if its b e e n out for a l o n g t ime

this still rocks .

The Weekend - Dave Hollister

T U N E , øùú at its best w i t h R e d m a n a n d Erick

S e r m o n w i t h the rap .

Wishing O n A Star - Jay-Z

Remake of the o l d c lass ic w i t h Jay-Z d o i n ' a

little rap, s i m p l e but a tune .

My Melody (LP) - Queen Pen

C h e c k the review o n this . . . W i c k e d .

Holler - Ginuwine

Best cut f r o m the a l b u m , gets a release o n

British this week, T imbalands p r o d u c t i o n is

phat .

So Good - Davina

So G o o d , nuff s a i d !

Dangerous • Busta Rhymes

S e c o n d cut f r o m ' W h e n Disaster Strikes ' , this

d o e s n ' t live up to the hype of 'Put Your

H a n d s . . . ' but still quality.

No, No, No - Destiny's Child

W i c k e d , head n o d del ight .

O n an a lbum front, there really ain't nothing

w o r t h chat t ing about . The Q u e e n Pen has been

the best so far a n d that 's rev iewed here. Besides

that '98 has been l o w o n real quality, s o m e stuff

has c o m e thru ' o n i m p o r t but nothing really blew

up. The m u c h h y p e d Jagged Edge a lbum is said

to not have l ived up to the hype, the tune The

Way That You Talk m a d e expecta t ions real high,

but the a l b u m just c o u l d n ' t live up to it. The Ride

soundtrack is the only th ing to have caused any

d a m a g e o n the scene , but even that wasn ' t out­

s tanding, the lack of any real c o m p e t i t i o n proba­

bly gave it such hype . L o o k i n g to the future there

is s o m e smart stuff to c o m e , the pick is probably

the Faith Evans joint f r o m the Bad Boy family,

w h i c h has already got hype , the n e w Aretha

Franklin a l b u m (first single already out and

w i c k e d , m o r e next week) a n d the o n e I 'm look­

ing forward to m o s t the Tony Rich a l b u m . If the

n e w Rich a l b u m is anything like the last then

we ' re in for a treat. Gangstarr, 'nuff sa id .

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s o i t ' s o n . N e x t Friday y 'a l l for a w i c k e d night

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Class!

The Chronic - Dr Dre

The a l b u m that really s tarted the w h o l e W e s t

C o a s t t h a n g g o i n g . N W A h a d just broken up,

w i t h Ice C u b e the only real m a n o n the west

coast , but f r o m n o w h e r e Dr Dre a n d Death Row

w e r e u n l e a s h e d . Dr Dre t o o k us on a journey

into the G- Fu n k Era. 'The C h r o n i c ' w a s an intro­

d u c t i o n to brand n e w style a n d s o m e n e w faces

- The Death R o w Inmates - D O C , Kurupt , That

N i g g a D a z , Lady of Rage a n d of course the big

d o g S n o o p . The a m a z i n g p r o d u c t i o n f r o m Dre

m a y never be s u r p a s s e d by the m a n again, the

killer cut f r o m the a l b u m w a s the s tunning

Nuthin' But a C Thang, w h i c h featured m o r e laid

back gangsta vocals f r o m S n o o p . Wit Dre Day

w a s a straight dis to Eazy-E a n d everyone w h o

ever c u s s e d the W e s t C o a s t . Next u p was the

c lassy Let Me Ride a w i c k e d p iece of head n o d ,

s a m p l i n g the P - f u n k k i n g G e o r g e C l i n t o n ' s

Mothership Connection, w i t h Jewel o n back­

g r o u n d voca ls a n d RBX &. S n o o p helping Dre

wi th the rap this w a s a lways d es t ined to be a

s tandout track. A s w e l l as those the a lbum was

p a c k e d w i t h other g e m s , Lil Chetta Boy, Rat-

Tat-Tat-Tat a n d m a n y others . Dre del ivered an

all t i m e classic , if y o u ani ' t got it, get it.

27 February ûüü8

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MARK FARINA

Friko Disko. • • • •

(United DJs of AmericaýW W n i ted D)s of A m e r i c a have

I been highlighting the c r e a m

of A m e r i c a ' s D| talent a n d

MUSIC 1þDOPE UP FOR GRABS !

DOPE O N PLASTIC VOL.5

Yl

l o s t ta lented ,

o n fire, o n

;e DJs in the

i d e e d but is it

er a r ich b l e n d

still in the

i di f ferent

<ing if y o u

res w e have another c o m p e t i ­

t ion for y o u lucky p e o p l e w i t h

m o r e C D s to give away T H R E E

in fact, so y o u can judge for y o u r ­

selves if this latest release f r o m the

l o n g running a n d highly success ful

D o p e O n Plastic series (sold over

150 ,000 copies) lives up to the

s t a n d a r d they have already set.

John S t a p l e t o n ' s m i x i n g is first

c lass , neat a n d t idy as y o u w o u l d

expec t f r o m s u c h a veteran . M i x i n g

a n d b lend ing the tunes to near per­

fec t ion .

This c o m p i l a t i o n is p a c k e d w i t h

19 fat cuts, a fusion of d o w n beats

' n ' breaks w i t h p h a t h i p - h o p

flavours. S o m e of the highlights are

Steady G , DJ For ÿ���� W a y O u t

W e s t wi th����

Of Funk, a n d the

m a s s i v e B-Boy Stance by t h e

Freestylers.

There is n o t h i n g i n h e r e n t l y

w r o n g w i t h this C D , but there d o e s

s e e m to be s o m e t h i n g miss ing ; it

never really grabs y o u r at tent ion

a n d locks y o u into it. I c o u l d not

put m y finger o n w h y this is just

alright a n d not a must have, as it

has s u c h a s t r o n g s e l e c t i o n of

tracks a n d the m i x i n g is spot on but

it all just d o e s n ' t c l ick.

N o w here 's y o u r chance to find

out for yourse lves , by answer ing

the f o l l o w i n g q u e s t i o n .

Where does D) Jam/ John

Stapleton live and host his

monthly Blow Pop club ?

A. Exeter

B. Cleethorpes

C . Bristol

Entrys into the Felix off ice or e-

mai l t . j .morgan@ic .ac .uk . ITTcl

|o Public

JAMES HARDWAY THE NEON LOUNGE (Recordings Of Substance

� • • •

T h i s is a c o c k t a i l o f i n t e l l i ­

g e n t d r u m & b a s s w i t h

c o o l j a z z , w h i c h h a s a d i f ­

f e r e n t s o u n d a n d f e e l t o o t h e r

j a z z a n d d r u m &. b a s s f u s i o n s

t h a t 1 h a v e h e a r d b e f o r e . T h i s

w o r k s v e r y w e l l , b e c a u s e 1 a m

n o t a b i g j a z z l o v e r , a n d I q u i t e

l i k e t h i s a l b u m .

T h e r e are s o m e v e r y s t r o n g

t r a c k s o n h e r e t h a t w o r k w e l l in

t h e c l u b s , as w e l l as b e i n g a n

a l b u m y o u c a n s i t b a c k a n d l i s ­

t e n t o as a w h o l e . It h a s a l a r g e

m u s i c a l c o n t e n t (a v a s t a r r a y o f

m u s i c a l i n s t r u m e n t s a r e i n c o r ­

p o r a t e d i n t o t h e s o u n d s c a p e )

a n d is c l e v e r l y c o n s t r u c t e d

t h r o u g h - o u t w i t h t h e t r a c k s

b l e n d e d t o g e t h e r , w h i c h is a

p l e a s a n t c h a n g e f r o m m o s t

a l b u m s t h a t h a v e t h o s e a n n o y ­

i n g g a p s b e t w e e n e a c h t u n e

a n d t r a c k s t h a t d o n o t f o l l o w

f r o m t h e o n e b e f o r e .

I c o u l d not make m y m i n d u p

wether this is d r u m &. bass w i t h a

t o u c h of jazz, or jazz w i t h a heavy

t o u c h of D & B as it is very evenly

b a l a n c e d . A n d the rol l ing jazz licks

never really o v e r p o w e r or s o u n d

out of p lace here, they merely

c o m p l e m e n t e a c h other . It's nice

to hear s u c h original w o r k . It has

a lready g o t i t 's o w n sub-genre ,

be ing d e s c r i b e d as loungecore by

s o m e a n d this is a very fitt ing

d e s c r i p t i o n as it s i ts neat ly

b e t w e e n b e i n g c h i l l i n g lounge

m u s i c a n d full o n d r u m &. bass.

A n o t h e r d i m e n s i o n of what is

k n o w as d r u m &l>ass but y o u d o , at

least, have to apprec ia te jazz music

to enjoy this a l b u m . t T l c l Jo Public

D R U M ' N ' B A S S H O U S E

Chocolate weasel. Music for Body Rockers.

(Ninja)16th Feb.

This latest of fer ing f r o m T - P o w e r a n d a c c o m ­

plish is a s l o w t e m p o b i g beat sort of t ing, w i t h

heavy electro inf luences . O n e of the mixes

starts off s o u n d i n g like Billy Jean, then w h e n the

bass c o m e s in it s o u n d s like Another One Bites

The Dust; then the s t r o n g a t m o s p h e r e i c a l s

c o m e in and y o u ' r e a w a y . This is m y favourite

mix. There 's also Jah Rasta d u b ragga mix as

well that w o r k s a n d is a little dif ferent . '

Bowser. Street Beat EP.

(Freshkanova) 2nd March

A firing se lec t ion of beats, m y favourite track is

Let Ya Body Rock. Clever p r o g r a m m i n g , nice lit­

tle touches of scratching, lovely c h o p p e d - u p

beats and plenty else g o i n g o n to keep y o u

interested. This all c o m b i n e s to m a k e for a

totally original and s u p e r b track.

Blame. Visions Of Mars.

(Goodlooking Rec.) 2nd March.

Blame the m a n w h o brought us Music Takes

You (moving shadow) back in '92 , (I w o n d e r

w h o r e m e m b e r s that?). A n d he's still got the

t o u c h , another truly breath-taking track. Those

of y o u w h o ' v e h e a r d B l a m e ' s Logical

Progression ÿ� C D (a great m o m e n t in m u s i ­

cal history), this is the first track f r o m that C D .

Drift a l o n g o n the futuristic breaks, s o o t h i n g b-

line, robot ic vo ices &. d e e p lush break d o w n s .

Enjoy the vis ions of M a r s .

Scarlet Lake. Into The Sun.

(Temple Rec) mid March.

This s o u n d s like Roni S ize (b-line) meets B u k e m

(clean cr isp beats) w h i c h works wel l w i t h a nice

cheesy A m e r i c a n f i lm s a m p l e , but they have

over d o n e it a bit wi th the general jazz backing

at t imes . Future Engineer 's remix strips away

the Roni b-l ine a n d jazz p iano , makes it m o r e of

an out ' n ' out intelligent style w h i c h I d o like; it

c o u l d a lmost be B u k e m .

Fifty Fifty. Tonight I'm dreaming

(Jackpot) 1 st March

I preferred the A m e t h y s t ' s d u b mix to the or ig­

inal w h i c h isn't a b a d track in itself. A m e t h y s t

cut d o w n o n the v o c a l , darken the a t m o s . and

sneak s o m e D&J5 style drum/brake patterns into

the p r o g r a m m e r . W h i c h all w o r k s rather wel l ,

c reat ing a hypnot i c d e e p house feel ing. The

original mix is m o r e v o c a l &. up-beat , w i t h a

s t o m p i n g b- l ine .

The Talisman & Hudson.

Horizontal Recreation. (C.S.M.F)

This is a h y p n o t i c b lend of d e e p house and

e lectro styles reminiscent of Orbi ta l , but under

the s m o o t h c o m p u t e r p r o g r a m m i n g and b o u n ­

cy bass- l ine there is qui te a hard track h id ing

away . This is different to w h a t I have been hear­

ing recently, it has an early hardcore ('90-'92)

feel to it but w i t h n e w t e c h n o l o g y m a k i n g for a

pleasant break f r o m the n o r m . This track has

strength in d e p t h , a n d wi l l m a k e a w e l c o m e

a d d i t i o n to m y box. 171 c l jo Public

1� MUSIC 27 February ��8

CLUBSCENE • THE U N D E R G R O U N D MUSIC GUIDE

ie

A n y o n e c o n n e c t e d w i t h the L o n d o n d a n c e

scene wil l tell y o u that t e c h n o is currently g o i n g

through a b a d p a t c h . S o m e might e v e n say that

it is dying , s lowly a n d painful ly . S o m e s o - c a l l e d

" u n d e r g r o u n d " DJs w h o have b e c o m e h o u s e ­

ho ld n a m e s a p p e a r to have lost t o u c h w i t h the

scene that nurtured a n d ra ised t h e m . The w h o l e

th ing has b e c o m e t o o c o m m e r c i a l , m a n y argue.

W i t h p r o m o t o r s charg ing m o r e a n d m o r e to fill

their nights w i t h DJs w h o charge extort ionate

b o o k i n g fees, a n d c o m p e t i t i o n f r o m o t h e r

hybrids of m u s i c s u c h as d r u m ' n ' b a s s , 9 7 w a s a

terrible year for t e c h n o .

There is a g r o w i n g v o i c e h o w e v e r , that is

p r o c l a i m i n g that t e c h n o d o e s n ' t have to d i e .

A l t h o u g h the i n n o c e n c e of the s u m m e r of love

n o w belongs to an o lder g e n e r a t i o n a n d the

' t echno-pur is t ' c a n n o longer be ca tered for,

these p e o p l e c l a i m to have s o m e va l id reasons

for the survival of u n d e r g r o u n d d a n c e m u s i c .

O n e of the strongest reasons is C r a i g T h o m a s

and his c lub Analog City.

Despi te be ing involved in e lec t ronic m u s i c

for m a n y years , C r a i g is o n e of a n e w breed of

DJs. H e not only spins internat ional ly o n a regu­

lar basis, but he has learnt the ins a n d outs of

the music industry. H i s a c h i e v e m e n t s inc lude

m us ic p r o d u c t i o n a n d the very succes fu l Analog

City nights. D u r i n g the m i d 1990s this w a s a

club that i n t r o d u c e d the s o u n d s of t e c h n o to a

large a u d i e n c e . The best A m e r i c a n a n d

European DJs c o u l d be f o u n d playing o n the

s a m e l ine-up as s o m e excel lent h o m e - g r o w n

talent.

The best DJs meant the best m u s i c of the

genre, a n d a lso an a m a z i n g array of turntable

techniques , t r a n s f o r m i ng a pair of d e c k s into a

musica l ins trument . This all t i e d in w i t h Craig 's

p h i l o s o p h y that t e c h n o m u s i c is m o r e than just

c o m p u t e r i s e d grunts a n d farts, that the w o r d s

electronic a n d funky c a n be u s e d as adject ives in

the s a m e breath!

Starting off as a m u s i c nut, C r a i g d i s c o v e r e d

p r o m o t i o n as a vehic le t o further his o w n DJing

career, rather than as a m e a n s in itself. After a

few years involvement in the h o u s e scene ,

Analog City w a s s tarted in 1994. L o n d o n ' s c lub­

land is a notor ious ly fickle a n d c o m p e t i t i v e ter­

ritory, so it is quite an a c h i e v e m e n t for a c lub t o

be running for so long . It is a lso a tes tament to

Craig 's m us ic a l b a c k g r o u n d . C lubs m a y wel l rely

o n business sense , but if y o u c a n f ind the bal­

ance b e t w e e n profit a n d p u t t i n g o n a g o o d

s h o w (ie c h o o s i n g the right DJs, u n d e r s t a n d i n g

y o u r c r o w d , m u s i c select ion) for y o u r c u s t o m e r s

then y o u ' r e o n t o a w i n n e r ! Bes ides its L o n d o n

res idency, Analog City has t o u r e d the U K exten­

sively a n d even o p e n e d its d o o r s a b r o a d . C r a i g

cites a recent tour of C r o a t i a as a particularly ful ­

filling exper ience . "It's a m a z i n g h o w a w a r - t o r n

country c a n party. It d o e s n ' t matter what the

fuck's g o i n g o n a r o u n d y o u . I p l a y e d in a b l o w n -

out c i n e m a . It w a s the best exper ience I've ever

h a d . "

Next Saturday sees Analog City in L o n d o n

once again . The night p r o v e s to be unique a n d

special in m a n y respects , but I'll leave it to C r a i g

to explain y o u his c o n c e p t s in his o w n w o r d s .

" W e ' r e g o i n g for a c o m p l e t e l y different

a p p r o a c h w i t h this . Basically the nights w e put

o n in the past w e r e o n quite a large scale and

the prices to get in w e r e also high (ten to f ifteen

p o u n d s ) . W e ' r e us ing the Analog City n a m e and

still g o i n g for a large c r o w d a n d stuff, but w e ' r e

t ry ing to keep the prices d o w n .

" W i t h this event w e ' r e of fer ing a quali ty

night where everybody can pay five p o u n d s . I

think that if w e can d o that a n d still put o n big

u n d e r g r o u n d L o n d o n DJs , w i t h about fifteen

p lay ing at each night (in three rooms) then it wi l l

be a n e w w a y of a p p r o a c h i n g things. A l s o the

c u s t o m e r s w o n ' t feel r i p p e d off that they 're

p a y i n g so m u c h m o n e y , as they are d o i n g in so

m a n y L o n d o n clubs at the m o m e n t .

"1 d o n ' t think y o u s h o u l d be charging fifteen

p o u n d s to get into these b l o o d y places . If the

m u s i c is meant to be u n d e r g r o u n d , then w h y are

y o u pay ing c o m p l e t e l y as t ronomica l prices? I 'm

g o i n g for an a p p r o a c h where y o u d o n ' t have to

charge that m u c h o n the d o o r but y o u are get­

t ing quali ty DJs w h o are up- there in the t e c h n o

s c e n e . "

That 's right! This is a Saturday night club in

L o n d o n w i t h fifteen of the best t e c h n o Djs that

our city has to offer in three r o o m s a n d a crack­

ing s o u n d s y s t e m for just five p o u n d s . C l i c h e d

as it m a y s o u n d , C r a i g feels that the w e l l - b e i n g

a n d sat is fact ion of the c u s t o m e r s h o u l d c o m e

before m e g a six-f igure prof i ts . H e is also s h o w ­

i n g us that s p e n d i n g t h o u s a n d s o n c o m m e r c i a l ­

ly k n o w n DJs c a n be a w a s t e of m o n e y . O n e

th ing w e d o n ' t s e e m to realise is that t echno

conta ins strength in d e p t h . There are m a n y s p i n ­

ners out there w h o c a n h o l d a c r o w d , fill a f loor

a n d keep a night g o i n g as w e l l as any " n a m e " .

They s h o u l d a l so be g iven a c h a n c e , a n d the

respect w i t h i n the d a n c e c o m m u n i t y that Analog

City c o m m a n d s is the perfect advert i sment for

p e o p l e to not ice t h e m .

The a p p r o a c h to the structure and running

of the night is a lso be ing e x p e r i m e n t e d w i t h by

C r a i g . Rather than having o n e DJ t o play a l o n g

set, the w a r m - u p wi l l be t w o hours a n d each guy

af terwards wil l be o n for an hour . H e c la ims that

this wil l pressurise all the DJs to " p r o d u c e the

g o o d s " quickly a n d w i t h i n a set t ime l imit . W i t h

m a n y different DJs p lay ing s o c lose ly together,

the w h o l e night looks like k e e p i n g a var ied and

fresh s o u n d to it. This wi l l be anything but bor­

i n g b o o m b o o m t e c h n o ! "

S o w h o are these DJs w h o wil l be strutt ing

their stuff at Analog City! O n e of the highlights

wil l be James Ruskin , founder of the popular

Blueprint label , a n d c o - r e s i d e n t at Circula t ion in

B r i x t o n w i t h A n d y W e a t h e r a l l . H i s s tyle is

d e s c r i b e d as Jeff M i l l s - e s q u e but w i t h his o w n

persona l twist a d d e d . Charl ie Hal l has been

i n s t r u m e n t a l in the s c e n e for y e a r s n o w .

Formerly of the Drum Club Collective (a musica l

g r o u p a n d a legendary club) , Charl ie plays a var­

ied se lec t ion but is k n o w n to be into his hard

C h i c a g o house . Terry M i t c h e l l is d e s c r i b e d by

C r a i g as "one of the best DJs I k n o w " . H i s style

is raw a n d in yer face, w i t h scra tch ing a n d cut­

t ing u s e d a longs ide the t e c h n o player 's trusty

m i x i n g sk i l l s . Final ly w e c o m e t o R i c h a r d

S u m m e r h a y e s . H e w o r k s in C o v e n t G a r d e n ' s

Eukatech Rec ords a n d is o n e of the best but

underrs ted spinners currently in the scene .

Incidently, I've only c o v e r e d o n e r o o m !

O t h e r p e o p l e a p p e a r i n g w i l l be D a v e

M u t h e r s o l e (of Musikmagazine), M a r k Dale (the

brother of M r Abstrakt D a n c e C o l i n Dale , a n d a

superb DJ in his o w n right) a n d Keith A n d e r s o n .

There wi l l a lso be s o m e s tudent DJs appear ing

w h o are threatening to break the scene and

m a k e a n a m e for t h e m s e l v e s .

L o o k out for Analog City o n Saturday 7

M a r c h 1998 at C a m d e n Island M a r k e t (106-110

Kent i sh T o w n R o a d ; nearest tube C a m d e n

Town) f r o m 1 0 p m till six in the m o r n i n g . A n d

that w a s n ' t a t y p i n g error, t ickets are just five

p o u n d s .

The electric cafe, in assoc ia t ion w i t h Analog

City is g iv ing a w a y ten pairs of V. I .P . t ickets to

this event . Just answer this s i m p l e q u e s t i o n .

One of Craig Thomas' favourite techno

producers is " M a d " Mike Banks, who started

Underground Resistance Records in Detroit.

In which US state is the city of Detroit?

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27 February ���8

Y O U ' R E READING IC RADIO (!!)

THE IC RADIO PAGE 1�Hello Felix p e o p l e , a n d w e l c o m e

back to the w o n d e r f u l w o r l d of IC

Radio . A s I e x p l a i n e d in m y little

introductory p i e c e last w e e k , I'll be

giving y o u a run d o w n of w h a t the

station is u p to , w i t h features o n

bands w e ' v e got in s e s s i o n a n d

profiles of s o m e of our t o p DJs.

This w e e k I ' m f e a t u r i n g James

Ratcliff, o n e of the stars of our

Friday dance night, a n d "one of the

most up for it p e o p l e a b o u t " .

The m u s ic he plays is not easily

categor ised. "The roots def ini te ly

lie in A m e r i c a n house but a lso w i t h

easy, fun, upfront tracks a l o n g the

lines of P u s h c a . I d o n ' t p lay t o o

hard, just access ib le b i g party

beats." A n d his favouri te t u n e at

the m o m e n t ? " T h e r e ' s o n e by

'Voices of Life ' by Steve Silk Hur ley ,

there 's the original a n t h e m m i x

that's got a w i c k e d v o c a l a n d really

w i d e bassline- everyone loves it.

There 's a lso loads of g o o d stuff

be ing r e l e a s e d by S u b l i m i n a l ,

M o u s s e T a n d M a s t e r s at W o r k

that 's w o r t h c h e c k i n g o u t . "

James Ratcliff s tarted out w h e n

he w a s 14, p lay ing at his o w n par­

t ies . H e sees DJing as a logical p r o ­

gress ion f r o m his love of m u s i c .

Inspired by p e o p l e s u c h as C.J

M a c i n t o s h , he has s i n c e p r o ­

g r e s s e d to p lay ing in clubs ike the

M i n i s t r y of S o u n d , H a n o v e r G r a n d ,

A q u a r i u m a n d C a f e d e Par is .

W o r k i n g a l o n g s i d e DJs s u c h as

Judge Jules a n d the M i n i s t r y resi­

dent M a r k W i l k i n s o n , he 's built up

quite a fo l lowing . But d o e s n ' t he

get nervous p lay ing a longside such

big n a m e s ?

"I d o n ' t get nervous , " he c o n f i ­

dent ly assures , 'a l though I d o n ' t

w a n t to m a k e a m e s s . " It's an att i ­

t u d e y o u n e e d if y o u want to suc­

c e e d , especia l ly w h e n y o u ' r e play­

ing in front of a knowledgeable fo l ­

l o w i n g . " Y e a h , the L i m e h a u s

[Bedford] is really g o o d because

it's s u c h a genuine c r o w d . " The

best g i g s o far? " W e d i d a g i g in

N o r t h L o n d o n , at a huge S&JV1

party. W e w e r e us ing a 12k rig

that 's as p o w e r f u l as the o n e at the

M i n i s t r y , in a r o o m half the s ize .

E v e r y o n e w a s to ta l ly i n t o t h e

m u s i c : w e overran by s o m e t h i n g

like four h o u r s . "

H e d o e s n ' t just st ick to DJing

either. W o r k i n g under the n a m e of

'The Dirty S t o p - o u t s ' w i t h partner

and manager Lee Peterson , he 's

d o n e quite a bit of s t u d i o w o r k .

The m o s t note w o r t h y involvement

to date be ing a mix of ' D e e p D a y '

by Katr ina V a u g h n o n W o r X

Records . H e descr ibes the process

as be ing "surpris ingly routine at

t imes , " w i t h the real sat isfact ion

c o m i n g w h e n they ca tch their w o r k

being p layed by other DJs.. .

James Ratcliff is o n e of the

m a n y DJs p lay ing it in the m i x o n

our Friday dance night. H i s w a r m

up s h o w g o e s out b e t w e e n 7 a n d

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C h e c k out the Electric Cafe o n

Sundays m i d n i g h t - 2 a m a n d o n

Tuesdays f r o m 9 - 1 1 p m for an

exclusive live m i x set f r o m M r . C

( formerly of The Shamen) f r o m

Subterrain at The E n d . There will

a lso be an e x t e n d e d interview w i t h

bo th h i m a n d Layo f r o m the Usual

S u s p e c t s , as wel l as a c o m p e t i t i o n

to w i n o n e of three c o p i e s of the

Dope on !" # m i x C D .

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C o a l C h a m b e r w i l l be g o i n g out o n

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1 0 p m o n M o n d a y , a n d M o n t r o s e

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Gare th f r o m 1 2 - l p m o n Tuesday .

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des ign the radio s tat ion a n e w logo.

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Pulp This is Hardcore

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Deejay Punk-Roc Dead Husband

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f inley Quaye Love Gets Sweeter

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Mover Tricolor

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Addict Red Bird

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James Destiny Calling

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Stereophonies Local Boy...

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Therapy! Church of Noise

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Bernard Butler Not Alone

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David Holmes My Mate Paul

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Space Feat Ballard of Tom Jones

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Texas Feet/Wu Tang Insane

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Candyskins You Better Stop

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The Beta Band Inner Meet Me

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DJ Kool Here We Go Again $%&%%(Kahuna Cuts)

Ballroom Blonic

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I pie lberg 's latest f i lm is

I set in 1839 a n d c e n -

tres o n 5 3 A f r i c a n s

w h o take over the slave s h i p La

A m i s t a d f r o m the ir c a p t o r s .

Unfortunately events d o n ' t g o to

plan a n d they e n d u p in A m e r i c a

fighting for their f r e e d o m at a t i m e

w h e n the majority o f blacks in the

country w e r e slaves.

The Afr icans are s u p p o r t e d by

a b o l i t i o n i s t s i n c l u d i n g T h e o d o r e

Joadson (Freeman) a n d a y o u n g

real estate at torney Roger B a l d w i n

(McConaughey) w h o initially l ikens

his clients to l ivestock. H o w e v e r ,

the obstac le to justice is not the

judge or jury, w h o s e e m to

sympathise w i t h the Afr i cans , but

the pro-s lavery Pres ident M a r t i n

V a n B u r e n ( H a w t h o r n e ) w h o s e

main interest lies in s e c u r i n g a

s e c o n d t e r m in off ice a n d a v o i d i n g

civil war . H i s chal lenge is m e t by

the former pres ident John Q u i n c y

A d a m s (Hopkins) w h o eventual ly

agrees to s u p p o r t the Afr i cans in

their bid for f r e e d o m .

Previous S p i e l b e r g f i lms have

been m o r e c o n c e r n e d w i t h the

de l ivery o f the i r s e n s a t i o n a l

aspects rather than a t t e m p t i n g to

induce e m p a t h e t i c u n d e r s t a n d i n g

f r o m the a u d i e n c e . W i t h Amistad,

this is not the case as p o w e r f u l

e m o t i o n s are o n v i e w throughout ,

mainly e m a n a t i n g f r o m the suffer­

i n g A f r i c a n s . W e are g i v e n the

FILM

D Starring: M o r g a n Freeman, D i j m o n H o n s o u , Anthony Ho pki n s

D i r e c t o n S t e v e n Spie lberg

o p p o r t u n i t y to analyse the pol i t ics

a n d ideologies of the t i m e a n d its

effect o n a smal l defenceless g r o u p

of outs iders . A t its heart, it 's a

c o u r t r o o m d r a m a f o c u s i n g o n

c o r r u p t i o n in the judicial s y s t e m

H o p k i n s ' portrayal of the o l d

a n d a b s e n t - m i n d e d f o r m e r

pres ident is effective but the star of

this f i lm is H o u n s o u as the slave 's

leader, w h o s e capabil i ty of reflect­

i n g a l m o s t every e m o t i o n w i t h

s u p r e m e a u t h e n t i c i t y is s i m p l y

i n s p i r a t i o n a l . T h e d i r e c t i o n is

r e l a x e d a n d w e l l p a c e d w i t h

Sp ie lberg o p t i n g to leave m o r e to

the i m a g i n a t i o n he d i d in

Schindler's List. C o u p l e d w i t h

fantastic c inematography , Amistad

is an excellent p iece of f i l m - m a k i n g

and the m o s t artistic f i lm Spie lberg

has ever d i r e c t e d . From a director

r e n o w n e d for his c r o w d - p l e a s e r s ,

this must rank as o n e of his least

c o m m e r c i a l . Y o u probably w o n ' t

cry ; y o u w i l l just enter d e e p

thought . H o w e v e r , I d o n ' t m e a n for

p e o p l e to w a t c h it in an a t t e m p t to

better themselves . N o . W a t c h it

because y o u ' l l love it. E l

Tesfaye N Asfaw

L A M A M A N ET L A PUTAIN Starring: Jean Eustache

Director : jean-Pierre L e a u d , Francoise Lebrun

The greatest French f i lm of the 70 's , c la ims the

press release of La Maman et la Putain. I 'm not

sure what that says about the c o m p e t i t i o n , but

the f i lm w a s also richly r e w a r d e d at C a n n e s at the

t i m e . This r e - i s s u e b o a s t s " c o r r e c t e d " subt i t l es ,

a l though this reviewer f o u n d t h e m rather A m e r i c a n -

biased.

But this is a trif l ing c o m p l a i n t : the m a i n p r o b l e m

wi th the f i lm is its length of over 3 hrs. In that length

of t ime o n e c o u l d quite easily g o to Paris a n d visit a

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fair p r o p o r t i o n of the streets w h e r e the f i lm is set.

Initially at least, the f i lm is entertaining e n o u g h ;

Parisian cafe society a n d a bunch of hippies are fertile

territory a n d the script is wi t ty a n d l ight-hearted.

Unfortunately, the pretent ious att i tude that starts off

be ing r idiculed b e c o m e s the f o u n d a t i o n for the rest of

the story. The s i tuat ion b e c o m e s increasingly incredi ­

ble until it reaches a lmost farcical p r o p o r t i o n s .

It is tastefully shot in black and whi te a l though the

deafen ing background noises a n d frankly m e d i o c r e

delivery give the overall i m p r e s s i o n of a lack of p r o ­

f e s s i o n a l l y . Its ult imate d o w n f a l l , however , is that

g iven as l o n g as 4 hours , it still cannot dea l w i t h all of

the issues it a t tempts to cover . D Tom lllingworth

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whose character strives to help

suspecting that the younger man

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released t o d a y . A s y o u ' l l no d o u b t

have read above , it is a super ior

thriller set in the Alaskan wi lderness

and boasts excellent ac t ing by the

l e a d s . Thanks to the O d e o n

Kensington one of five pairs o f

tickets and q u a d posters c a n be

yours by e m a i l i n g fe l ix@ic .ac .uk

w i t h the answer to :

For which film did Anthony

Hopkins win a Best Actor Oscar?

L o o k out next w e e k for a chance to

w i n t i c k e t s to see Good Will

Hunting, M a t t D a m o n ' s heart­

w a r m i n g tale of a maths genius

w h i c h has been n o m i n a t e d for nine

O s c a r s .

Last w e e k ' s winners knew that

Kevin Cos tner starred w i t h Sean

C o n n e r y in The Untouchables. They

are:

Erik Parker

Cather ine M a c l e o d

K a i - W i n g Shiu

M a r k Jelinek

Chris Greener

27 February =>>8 B O O K S 17

FICTION

SOPHIE'S SCANDAL

Virginia Blackburn

So p h i e Brackenbury, w e l c o m ­

i n g agent a n d t e l e p h o n e

i n t e r m e d i a r y for v a n

Trocken a n d C o . , s p e n d s m o s t of

her t ime d r e a m i n g of b e i n g a s h i n - j

ing light in whatever w o r l d her i

i m a g i n a t i o n takes her . S u d d e n j

jolts back to reality are frequent

a n d are s u p p o s e d t o p r o v i d e

s o m e gentle h u m o u r . H o w e v e r ,

after a whi le , the style b e c o m e s

obvious a n d the resul t ing d o o r ­

bel l/telephone/knock c o m e s as

too m u c h of a predic table e n d to

Sophie's latest reverie.

The real h u m o u r c o m e s f r o m

the manic web- l ike p lo t . S o p h i e

finds herself a m i d c h a o s a n d c o n ­

fusion. Her tyrannical boss , M r .

van Trocken, is m o r e irrit

able than usual . H i s d o w n t r o d ­

den wife is unnervingly at ease,

which is m o r e than c a n be s a i d

about her husband's mis t resses .

Sophie's s h a d y b u s i n e s s m a n of a

boyfr iend, M a r t i n , is turn ing u p at

her office whi le everyone else is

looking for h i m . H e r best fr iend a n d

work col league of M a r t i n , Penny,

has just turned lesbian in what is a

l o n g line of a t tempts to s h o c k her

p a r e n t s . Penny 's g i r l f r i e n d ,

C h a r l o t t e , has a secre t a b o u t

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M a r t i n a n d Penny 's b r o t h e r ,

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H o w e v e r , Sophie is sure that the

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nerd . O n t o p of this there's a

string of alliterative ex -boyfr iends :

Desparate D a n , W e i r d o W i l l a n d

T o m m y (Tiffany) the Trannie.

Sophie 's Scandal is built o n a

diet of frenzied sensa t iona l i sm. Its

locat ion is familiar, as she lives

just off H i g h Street Kens ington

a n d the off ices are s i tuated o n

Gloucester R o a d . Its p a c e is quick

but it is definitely a girly nove l ,

w r i t t e n in a g o s s i p - l i k e s t y l e .

Essentially it is a tale of tense

encouters , takeovers and tangled

re lat ionships . It's probably best

read by w o m e n o n l o n g journeys

to whi le away the hours . I'd prefer

Sophie 's W o r l d .

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m mm.. . MOTHER

M a r j o n e R i d d e l

"Children's Book" category or not.

It is written in large type and

contains illustrations, however,

" Or,

The narrator of this novel is a

girl in her twenties who has

recently moved to London. The

story centres around the corre­

spondence between this girl and

her mother in a small insular vil­

lage. We are told of the mother­

ly warnings to eat properly, wrap

u p warm and get enough sleep. IIJKLMNO £<5W'Ms; -d.»m

than the health of her daughter

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Bowling club think. In a nutshell

the story is a parody of the

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that a typically British humour Is

brought out. The comedy Is

mainly ironic with misunder-

up most of the |okes. This

used to good effect and although

I wa:

floor with laughter the book

brought a smile to my face on

numerous occasions. This was

could relate to the daughter's

response to this type of parental

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enjoyable book: it is not a

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DUET FOR ONE

THEATRE 27 February PQQ8

New End Theatre

At first y o u feel a little bit

e m b a r r a s s e d . The s c e n e is

set in Dr F e l d m a n ' s of f ice ,

and w i t h i n the conf ines of this t iny

audi tor ium it is a l m o s t as if y o u are

sat in o n what s h o u l d be a private

consul ta t ion .

A n i t a Parry really excels in her

role as S t e p h a n i e A b r a h a m s , a

y o u n g w o m a n in her 30s that has

been c o n f i n e d to a whee lcha i r by

M u l t i p l e Sc lerosis . She is p u s h e d by

her husband to seek he lp t h r o u g h

the w e l l - k n o w n Dr F e l d m a n (Peter

Ellis).

S tephanie starts the sess ions

wi th a casual at t i tude; she o b v i o u s ­

ly d o e s n ' t believe that the treat­

ment is necessary as she has a

s t r o n g character a n d a p o s i t i v e

spiri t . She has d i s c u s s e d the conse ­

q u e n c e s of M u l t i p l e Sclerosis w i t h

family a n d friends a n d has c o m e up

w i t h several plans of ac t ion for the

c o m i n g years . Dr F e l d m a n only

serves to irritate her, a n d his d e m ­

a n d i n g ques t ions merely spark off

an angry response . S tephanie was

an e x t r e m e l y t a l e n t e d v io l in i s t

before this d isease d e s t r o y e d her

ability a n d , seemingly , her p u r p o s e .

Dr F e l d m a n ' s o w n love of the viol in

is ev ident a n d he appears to the

a u d i e n c e to share s o m e of

S tephanie ' s pa in . H o w e v e r , she is

bl ind to this a n d sees his ques t ions

as a s ign of jealousy or i n c o m p e ­

tence . She feels that Dr Fe ldman

d o e s not a p p r e c i a t e her intel l i ­

g e n c e and she plays spi teful g a m e s

to try to a v o i d a confronta t ion wi th

her fee l ings . A s t h e s e s s i o n s

progress , she appears even m o r e

ch i ld- l ike . Dr F e l d m a n , however ,

cont inues to probe into her rela­

t ionships w i t h her parents a n d w o r ­

ried h u s b a n d . The hard shell that

S tephanie has built a r o u n d herself

begins to w e a k e n a n d she finally

unleashes the e m o t i o n that she

w o u l d have previously c o m m u n i ­

ca ted through her v i o l i n .

This d r a m a is p r o f o u n d l y

i n t e n s e . There are n o s c e n e r y

changes , no fancy c o s t u m e s a n d

certainly no s inging or d a n c i n g .

The subject has obvious ly been

w e l l - s t u d i e d by both the director ,

J aneena S i m s a n d t h e a c t o r s .

A l t h o u g h Peter Ellis plays his role a

little hard d u r i n g the first act, the

play still reviews the s tereotypes

a s s o c i a t e d w i t h Freudian psychiatry

a n d leaves y o u w i t h a m u c h m o r e

h u m a n e i m p r e s s i o n of the profes­

s i o n .

Extra merit has to g o to A n i t a

w h o ta lks a l m o s t n o n - s t o p

throughout the t w o hour l o n g play.

O n c e y o u have entered the story

y o u really d o get i n v o l v e d . W h e n

she falls out of her wheelchair , in

o n e of the m o r e dramat ic scenes ,

y o u inst inctively j u m p up to help

her before real is ing that y o u ' r e in a

theatre. Y o u are left w i t h a s t rong

feel ing of re f lec t ion . . . not bad for a

h u s b a n d a n d wife d u o w h o are best

k n o w n for p lay ing in "The B i l l " .

Jenny and RSTSUVWSALAD DAYS PREVIEW

Union Concert Hall

Later this w e e k , I m p e r i a l

C o l l e g e U n i o n O p e r a t i c

Soc ie ty o n c e again takes to

the f loorboards to br ing us 'Salad

D a y s ' , a l ight care f ree m u s i c a l

about r o m a n c e , y o u t h a n d . . . we l l

. . . a p iano . After m a n y w e e k s of

rehearsals, a n d w o r r y i n g , they have

put together a s h o w that m u s t

surely conta in s o m e t h i n g to a p p e a l

to m o s t tastes - m e m o r a b l e tunes ,

lively p e r f o r m a n c e , raunchy D o n s ,

U F O ' s , cab ine t min i s te rs , a n d . . .

w e l l . . . a p i a n o .

The story starts in a s c e n e I a m

sure will be w i t n e s s e d by m a n y in

the next few years - a graduat ion

day . W e meet t w o friends f r o m wel l

to d o famil ies , T i m a n d Jane, as

they both graduate a n d have to say

farewell . They insist on k e e p i n g in

t o u c h a n d arrange to m e e t the fo l ­

l o w i n g week , by w h i c h t i m e they

d i scover that both of their famil ies

have d i f fe rent i d e a s a b o u t the

paths through life they s h o u l d take:

T i m to get a job w i t h o n e of his

uncles , Jane to marry. It is here that

they m e e t a t r a m p w h o pays t h e m

to look after his p iano for a m o n t h

- a p iano that forces everyone w h o

hears it to relax, dance a n d enjoy

themselves . N e e d l e s s to say this

leads t h e m o n a vast adventure of

s e c r e c y , p o l i t i c a l s c a n d a l s a n d

quests for m i s s i n g m us i c a l instru­

ments . . . wel l . . . a p i a n o .

The large cast e q u i p themse lves

extremely wel l through the large

c h o r u s p i e c e s w i t h e n t e r t a i n i n g

choreography, a n d there are s o m e

w o n d e r f u l s o l o s by the l e a d s .

W o r k i n g w i t h a particularly quirky

script they manage to adapt the

h u m o u r in such a w a y as to prov ide

m o m e n t s of bizarre a m u s e m e n t

and craf ted wit .

Unfortunately I w a s not able to

see the s h o w in its full g lory of d a z ­

z l i n g c o s t u m e s a n d bright lights,

but this certainly d i d not prevent

the cast f r o m visibly enjoying t h e m ­

selves in a sp i r i ted p e r f o r m a n c e . So

in these last f e w days as they are

busy pa int ing set, r igging lights and

trying to keep c a l m , maybe y o u

s h o u l d be t h i n k i n g about g iv ing

y o u r s u p p o r t to these enthusiast ic

per formers .

Matt Williams

10,000 BROKEN MIRRORS

The Oval Theatre

We read the press release

for this play after w e had

been p e r s u a d e d by Julia

to see it. O u r hearts sank. " T w o

teenage boys , t h r o w n together by

their parents marriage, d e v e l o p a

gay r e l a t i o n s h i p . " O h n o , three

hours of d o o m .

Fortunately this wasn't t rue . In

the o p e n i n g scene the a u d i e n c e is

in t roduced to the four family m e m ­

bers, D i a n a , L a w r e n c e , A l e i s t e r ,

and Eddie , a n d the Sun a n d M o o n ,

w h o look d o w n o n the p r o c e e d i n g s

f r o m a ra ised m o b i l e p l a t f o r m o n

the s tage . A s t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p

between the t w o boys , Ale is ter a n d

Eddie unfolds a n d d e e p e n s , s o that

be tween h u s b a n d a n d wife is s e e n

to d i m i n i s h , w i t h m o r e than a little

he lp f r o m the m o o n , w h o appears

intent o n " h e l p i n g " the proceedings

o n ear th . Tens ions b e t w e e n the

family m e m b e r s , in particular the

t w o boys are, in the beginning,

m a d e strikingly clear, but as the

play progresses these feelings are

r e p l a c e d by n e w a n i m o s i t y

b e t w e e n the gay lovers a n d Diana ,

w h o makes no secret of her d i sap­

proval of the s i tuat ion.

The Sun a n d M o o n are a lways

present , w a t c h i n g the family as

they live their l ives. The Sun , repre­

s e n t i n g ' G o o d ' is content to just

w a t c h a n d let t h o s e o n ear th

resolve their o w n p r o b l e m s , but the

M o o n , portraying the 'Bad' has a

m i s c h e v i o u s nature and b o r e d w i t h

just orbi t ing the earth, d e c i d e s to

g o d o w n a n d 'help' the family, w i t h

disastrous c o n s e q u e n c e s .

The set w a s extremely s i m p l e

and unusual , cons i s t ing of five plat­

forms of di f ferent heights , o n

w h e e l s . These d o u b l e d as beds ,

tables a n d the orbits of the Sun a n d

M o o n , be ing m o v e d a r o u n d the

stage as their uses c h a n g e d . This

w a s a little p u z z l i n g at first , but

actually w o r k e d very w e l l . The light­

ing also a d d e d a subtle t o u c h , w i t h

the Sun's y e l l o w light g u a r d i n g the

marr ied c o u p l e whi le the M o o n ' s

c o l d blue hue s h a d o w e d the illicit

lovers.

O u r p r e c o n c e p t i o n s of this play

w e r e not g o o d . After reading the

press release a n d arriving at the

theatre, w h i c h l o o k e d like a grotty

p r i m a r y s c h o o l , w e e x p e c t e d

s o m e t h i n g m u c h w o r s e , a n d were

surpr ised to f ind w e really enjoyed

it.

O h , a n d by the way, look out

for Tenebris Light o n y o u r tube

journey in the m o r n i n g , as he w o r k s

for L o n d o n U n d e r g r o u n d !

Hayley and Marina

27 February XYY8 ARTS 1ZCULTURE

HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON

Photographs at the Hayward Gallery

This exhibi t ion is pr imari ly a

ce lebrat ion of o n e of this

century 's greatest p h o t o g r a ­

phers in his 9 0 t h year . Evidently

Cart ier -Bresson has an ex t raordi ­

nary ability to f ind the character in

the c r o w d or the back street of any

provincial t o w n . H e d i s p e l s any

not ion that p h o t o g r a p h i c art is

solely for the a p p r e c i a t i o n of the

initiated w i t h a style that is bo th

direct, h u m a n a n d displays a truly

magic eye . The p h o t o g r a p h s are

s implis t ical ly d i s p l a y e d , s p a n n i n g

nearly s e v e n t y y e a r s o f t r a v e l

throughout Europe , f r o m Istanbul

to Isl ington. They refrain, however ,

f r o m be ing journalistic or d o c u -

m e n t a t i v e in style d u e to their

objectivity a n d their attentiveness

t o aesthet ic effect . H a r d l y any of

the p h o t o s r e c o r d a speci f ic his­

t o r i c event , the vast ma jor i ty

f o c u s s i n g o n the d e s c r i p t i on of the

lives of ordinary Europeans .

It is easy to forget in this era of

readily available c o n s u m e r durables

the privat ions a n d struggles w h i c h

only fifty years ago w e r e c o m m o n ­

p l a c e . C a r t i e r - B r e s s o n takes us

t h r o u g h the y e a r s of p r e - w a r

d e p r e s s i o n a n d p o s t - w a r r e c o n ­

struct ion w i t h m a r k e d o p t i m i s m ,

c o m p a s s i o n a n d wit . H i g h - s p i r i t e d

street chi ldren are por t rayed play­

i n g in civil war torn Seville through

a b o m b - d a m a g e d w a l l . M u s c o v i t e s

c r o w d Red Square for the 1954

agricultural s h o w w i t h not a p r o d ­

uct of col lect ive farming in sight.

The as tonishing spontane i ty of

the photographs of ten result in a

natural surreal ism; o n e shot p o r ­

trays a d o u b l e bass seemingly r i d ­

ing a bike d o w n a rocky Serbian dirt

track to n o w h e r e . O n e of the m o s t

t o u c h i n g p h o t o s c a p t u r e s t w o

s l e e p i n g lovers o n a R o m a n i a n

night train, an a c k n o w l e d g e m e n t of

an ins tantaneous beauty that w o u l d

pass m o s t of us by. O n e d isap­

p o i n t m e n t is the d i sp lay ' s British

p h o t o s , w h i c h inevitably s h o w less

e m p a t h y w i t h their primari ly aristo­

cratic subject matter .

C a r t i e r - B r e s s o n d e s c r i b e d his

w o r k as "put t ing o n e ' s h e a d , one ' s

eye a n d o n e ' s heart o n the same

axis". W e w o u l d strongly r e c o m ­

m e n d this vast exhibi t ion to any­

one ; it wi l l not fail to inspire both

Europeans a n d n o n - E u r o p e a n s .

Helen Johns and Matt Williams

PER KIRKEBY

Sculpture at the Tate Gallery

Fo l l o w i n g t h e s u c c e s s o f m y

l a s t v i s i t t o t h e T a t e , 1

d e c i d e d t o r e t u r n a n d c o n ­

f r o n t t h e l a t e s t s p e c i a l e x h i b i ­

t i o n o n o f f e r b y t h a t w e l l -

k n o w n D a n i s h a r t i s t , P e r

K i r k e b y . B o r n in C o p e n h a g e n

in 1 9 3 8 , h i s w o r k s i n c l u d e

s c u l p t u r e , p a i n t i n g s , d r a w i n g s ,

p r i n t s , f i l m s a n d p e r f o r m i n g

a r t s . H e a l s o w r i t e s p o e t r y a n d

p r o s e .

T h e e x h i b i t i o n is d i s p l a y e d

in t h e c e n t r a l p a r t o f t h e T a t e

G a l l e r y a n d c o n s i s t s m o s t l y o f a

s e r i e s o f l a r g e b r o n z e s , s u p ­

p o s e d l y r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f d i f ­

f e r e n t b o d y p a r t s . I s h o u l d a d d

at t h i s s t a g e t h a t if y o u h a v e

a n y b o d y p a r t s t h a t r e s e m b l e

t h e s e t h e n y o u s h o u l d s e e k

m e d i c a l a d v i c e i m m e d i a t e l y .

W i t h a l i t t l e i n s i g h t a n d a l o t o f

i m a g i n a t i o n it m a y be p o s s i b l e

t o s e e t h e a n a t o m i c a l f o r m s

e n v i s a g e d by t h e a r t i s t ; u n f o r ­

t u n a t e l y t h e s e a r e s k i l l s w h i c h I

s a d l y l a c k .

The largest exhibit o n d isplay

w a s special ly created a n d c a n h a r d ­

ly fail to be n o t i c e d . Entit led "Br ick

W a l l " , it is not just o n e large brick

w a l l , but several arranged s o that

they are parallel a n d interl inking,

d i s p lay ing superb bricklaying skills .

1 w a l k e d a r o u n d t h e m several t i m e s

w o n d e r i n g h o w to apprec ia te the

true artistic potent ia l of this p iece .

The chi ldren unwill ingly dragged to

t h e Tate by the i r arty parents

thought it w a s great fun, as it pro­

v i d e d the perfect b a c k d r o p for a

g a m e of h ide a n d seek.

The exhibi t ion runs until M a y

but I w o u l d n ' t r e c o m m e n d m a k i n g

a spec ia l tr ip, unless y o u are inter­

e s t e d in b r i c k l a y i n g ; y o u r t i m e

w o u l d be better spent look ing at

the spec ia l B o n n a r d exhibi t ion or

w a n d e r i n g a r o u n d the other ga l ­

leries.

Claire Ashwin

SHOSTAKOVICH Barbican Centre

CA M PAN AS FLAMENCAS PEACOC[ THEATRE

The cyc le of Shostakovich ' s

m u s i c is b e i n g g i v e n rave

press reviews. S o m e h o w ,

these concer ts are inspir ing the

L S O to play as if they are i n d e e d

one of the greatest orchestras in

the w o r l d ; credit for this remark­

able ach ievement m u s t be g i v e n t o

R o s t r o p o v i c h , w h o w a s a great

friend of the c o m p o s e r for over 3 0

years . I f o u n d R o s t r o - p o v i c h ' s

a p p r o a c h a little t o o ser ious for the

more fr ivolous p ieces but this p a i d

off for t h e m o r e i n t e n s e a n d

a t m o s p h e r i c s y m p h o n i c w o r k s .

The next ones inc lude the p o p ­

ular 5th s y m p h o n y in the s a m e

concert as the 6 t h s y m p h o n y , a

chamber concer t by an all star cast

led by R o s t r o p o v i c h - this t i m e

s h o w i n g off his v i r tuoso 'cello play­

ing - and t w o concer t s of the 7th

s y m p h o n y . For those of y o u w h o

are not s o familiar w i t h this s y m ­

phony or even of Shostakovich 's

m u s i c , the concer t o n M a r c h 5th

wil l in t roduce this great m us i c a l

a n d p o l i t i c a l w o r k , w r i t t e n in

Leningrad w h i l e under siege by the

N a z i s . Tickets are extremely rea­

sonable , w i t h s tandby available o n

the night to anyone brandishing a

s tudent c a r d .

Stephen

L S O w i t h M s t i s l a v R o s t r o p o v i c h

(conductor) Further concer ts on 1,

4 , 5, 8 M a r c h .

In the s a m e area, the Gui ldhal l

S c h o o l of M u s i c are put t ing o n a

p e r f o r m a n c e of the Barber of

Seville, the f a m o u s Rossini o p e r a .

A n y o n e interested in g o i n g to see

o p e r a cheaply s h o u l d definitely g o

a l o n g to see this reputedly exce l ­

lent p r o d u c t i o n .

Arts Ed

See diary pages for more details

on anything in the Arts pages

For all lovers of Spain a n d its

tradit ions, as m u c h as for the

u n i n i t i a t e d ,

" C a m p a n a s Flamencas"

is a d a z z l i n g s h o w of

shor t d a n c e

sequences , p e r f o r m e d

wi th breathtaking ener­

gy a n d burning pas­

s i o n .

It is v ibrant a n d

takes us back to the

int imate a n d s p o n t a ­

n e o u s r o o t s of

F l a m e n c o , in

A n d a l u c i a , d r a w i n g its

i n s p i r a t i o n f r o m the

intense feel ing of joy

a n d s o r r o w , p a s s i o n

a n d pa in , exhal tat ion

a n d agony.

A 'd isc ipl ined ' and quiet L o n d o n

a u d i e n c e was quickly set o n fire by

the per formers - a m o n g s t w h o m

are such es tabl ished stars as La

Tat i , M i l a g r o s M e n g i b a r a n d

Joaquin Gr i lo - w h o reached the

s o u l of the H i s p a n i c

spec ta tors a n d led the

rest in to a cer ta in

w o n d e r a n d the expe­

rience of an unprece­

d e n t e d s e n s a t i o n in

front of such i n c o m ­

parable fire a n d ener­

gy-

T h e o n l y t h i n g

w h i c h m a y cause a

certain 'di lut ion' of the

a t m o s p h e r e , a 'disin-

t e n s i f i c a t i o n ' of the

p e r f o r m a n c e is the

s i z e of the theatre ,

cer ta in ly t o o b i g to

re ta i n a n d carry

t h r o u g h , as it w o u l d in

a typica l S p a n i s h 'tablao', all the

extraordinary p o w e r of the d a n c i n g

a n d the s inging.

Danuta Pieter

FICTION 27 February \]]8

From the author of Raising Demons, Caspar von Wrede, comes another dark tale from the edge.,

H e can see the sky a n d it is the m o s t beautiful

thing he has ever seen, a vast d o m e of infinite

blue. H e can see the sun . It has gradually, imper­

ceptibly, crept across the heaven. In the begin­

ning he h a d to strain his eyes to the left as far as

they w o u l d g o to see it a n d n o w he w a s begin­

ning to have to strain t h e m to the right. They

ache f r o m the constant light but that d o e s n ' t

bother h i m . The sun is still w a r m o n his face,

even though it must be ge t t ing late. H e can' t

remember w h e n it last shone but he imagines it

was a very long t ime ago ; m a y b e he never

not iced it.

S o m e c louds f o r m e d earlier o n in the direc­

tion of where his feet must be. L o n g , thin tenu­

ous c louds that a p p e a r e d out of the air to drift

peacefully away b e y o n d w h e r e he c o u l d see

t h e m . S o m e t i m e s a b i l low of s m o k e wil l pass

over h i m a n d his w o r l d wil l briefly be c o l d w i t h

s h a d o w . The smel l of cordi te wil l s t ing his nose

and s o m e t i m e s c lods of m u d wil l patter a round

h i m . thrown up by the e x p l o s i o n . But then the

s m o k e passes and again the del ic ious sunlight

caresses h i m .

H e c a n hear every shell as it shrieks earth­

wards and each t ime he w o n d e r s again whether

one of t h e m wil l e n d its brief, violent flight

through the air o n h i m . But none of t h e m d o .

S o m e fall so far away that he c a n barely feel the

m u d around h i m shiver as they detonate . O t h e r s

hit the g r o u n d only tens of feet away, tearing

d e e p w o u n d s into the soi l a n d s h o w e r i n g h i m

with the fragments . Endlessly they fall f r o m the

blue sky, bear ing their loads of des t ruc t ion . But

never o n h i m , not yet. H e ' s g l a d that they d o n ' t .

H e is in n o pain . H e c a n w a t c h the sky a n d the

sun in its t imeless orbit ; m a y b e he wi l l even see

it set.

H e must be los ing b l o o d . H e cannot m o v e

anything apart f r o m his eyes . H e cannot feel his

legs. A n d his m e m o r y is g o n e . H i s m i n d is blank,

w i p e d ; he d o e s not k n o w his n a m e or what has

h a p p e n e d to h i m . H e just k n o w s that he is lying

here in the m u d , b e t w e e n bodies a n d craters,

and long coi ls of barbed w i r e . W a i t i n g .

H e is l iving in the present . His past is g o n e ,

as is his future. There is just the t imeless present,

and he can feel that it is infinite.

S o m e o n e w a s c lose to h i m , very c lose . H e

could hear their breathing, long a n d s l o w , as if

they were as leep. H e w o u l d have been able to

touch t h e m if he c o u l d have m o v e d his a r m . The

breathing w a s wi th h i m for a l o n g t i m e , very reg­

ular, s o m e h o w int imate . H e l is tened to it and

breathed w i t h t h e m . But then the breathing had

s t o p p e d , wi thout warn ing , f r o m one breath to

the next a n d he w a s a lone. Further away s o m e ­

one had been saying a n a m e . Franceses, over

and over a n d over again. A n o r m a l vo ice . A s if

they were m e n t i o n i n g the n a m e in conversat ion ,

again a n d again, no change in the tone or the

s p e e d , like a r e c o r d needle s tuck in its groove .

But they t o o had s t o p p e d suddenly . A shell

probably got t h e m . If he c o u l d speak w o u l d he

be saying s o m e o n e ' s n a m e? H e might have a

wife , chi ldren even, but he can't r e m e m be r . H e

doesn ' t m i n d , it w o u l d n ' t change anything n o w .

H e feels like he is part of the m u d already.

Gradually it has been o o z i n g into his tunic , c o l d

and alien o n his skin . But n o w he cannot feel it

a n y m o r e , m a y b e his b o d y t e m p e r a t u r e has

w a r m e d it, or maybe he is t o o n u m b to feel it.

This m u d will swal low h i m and maybe he will

never be recovered. There are so m a n y others

out here, each once a person, wi th a face that

had s m i l e d a n d cursed and cr ied, w h o had

breathed and felt pa in . Each had been l o v e d .

Each w i t h a story to tell , but not a nym o re . H e is

a lmost like t h e m ; he has forgotten his story.

Strangely he d o e s have o n e last m e m o r y

t h o u g h , o n e lone reco l lec t ion a m o n g s t the

empt iness in his m i n d . It is the m e m o r y of a

r o o m .

The r o o m is smal l , rectangular, and contains

only a sink, a bed , and a c u p b o a r d . The walls are

m a d e of s m o o t h w o o d , pa inted light ye l low, and

there is a d o o r o p p o s i t e the b e d . Another wal l

has the sink, of whi te porcela in , a t tached to it.

There is a l a m p hanging f rom the cei l ing, wi th an

o p a q u e whi te shade. It has a wick that glistens

wi th oil a n d a long fluted c h i m n e y of glass. But

better than this the r o o m has a w i n d o w . A n d

through this w i n d o w he can see a field of long

grass, a n d b e y o n d it a flat body of water that

stretches a lmost to the hor izon . O n the hor izon

are dark rolling hills and above t h e m , the sky,

dark blue and filled with tower ing stacks of whi te

c l o u d . H e d o e s not k n o w what is b e y o n d the

d o o r . W h e n he tries to o p e n it there is only that

empt iness that has s w a l l o w e d the rest of his

m e m o r i e s .

This r o o m must have meant s o m e t h i n g to

h i m , for its m e m o r y to survive whatever it was

that left h i m here b leeding into the m u d . O r

maybe it was just luck that he has one meaning­

less last recol lect ion whilst everything else was

purged . W h a t h a p p e n e d in this r o o m ? H e wil l

never k n o w , but he can savour its m e m o r y .

Suddenly he can hear shout ing . The gunfire

s e e m s to have increased. H e can hear the whine

of bullets as they cut the air overhead , briefly

intruding into his w o r l d . A machine g u n is firing

s o m e w h e r e in quick bursts a n d its explosive

chatter is m a k i n g u n r e m e m b e r e d fears stir in his

m i n d . There is a machine g u n nest c lose to h i m .

W a s that what they were trying to take out?

There are screams and m o r e shout ing. A n d s u d ­

denly s o m e t h i n g flies through the air, t h r o w n by

an u n s e e n h a n d , a n d lands b e s i d e h i m .

Adrenal ine erupts into his b l o o d . Even though he

saw it for only a fraction of a s e c o n d , he knows

it is a h a n d grenade.

Damn, Damn, Damn, why does the end

have to be like this? H e tries futilely to m o v e , to

crawl away. But his muscles are not responding,

they are betraying h i m . H e doesn ' t want to die

so s o o n . It is far t o o early. H e s h o u l d have been

a l l o w e d m o r e t ime than this. H e s tops trying to

m o v e , a n d c loses his eyes. Tears are s t reaming

out f r o m under his eyel ids .

H e forces himself to breathe s lowly, to try to

order the thoughts in his m i n d before it is per­

manent ly ext inguished. T ime s lows d o w n so that

its pass ing is barely percept ible . M a y b e his m i n d

knows it is about to be v a p o r i s e d , he thinks,

maybe it is s l o w i n g d o w n his percept ion of t ime

so that he can have a few m o r e m o m e n t s . Any

second now...any second. H i s w h o l e body is

shaking. This anticipation is killing me, is the only

thought in his m i n d . H e w o u l d have laughed

insanely had he been able to d o so .

The m o m e n t s pass , a n d he is still alive. It's

a dud, it's a bloody dud. For m a n y minutes he

lies wi th his eyes c l o s e d , maybe even for as long

as half an hour. H e cannot think but cont inues to

cry silently.

Then there is a n e w sensat ion, w a r m t h

around his breast, for the first t ime an ache. I'm

bleeding, I must have opened a wound. H e

realises that this t ime it really is the e n d . H e

feverishly tries to think of his past, s o m e o n e he

knew, anything, but it is useless. There is noth­

ing. S o u n d s are b e c o m i n g m o r e distant, the sky

darker, but he realises that the darkness is only

in his m i n d . H e is dy ing .

H e re-enters the r o o m , searching for a

m e m o r y that he might have m i s s e d but there is

nothing n e w . H e looks through the w i n d o w

scanning the glor ious vista , but he 's seen it all

before. H e turns r o u n d a n d s u d d e n ly there is a

cot in the m i d d l e of the r o o m , a s imple w o o d e n

cot , painted whi te . It is o c c u p i e d . Ever so s lowly

he bends over a n d delicately m o v e s a blanket so

that he can see into the ch i ld ' s face. W i t h an

o v e r w h e l m i n g certainty he s u d d e n ly remembers

that he is a father, a n d that this is the chi ld

w h o m he never saw, w h o w a s born after he

began his service at the front. H e is transfixed by

its beauty, its innocence , its peacefulness , but he

dares not t o u c h it in case he wakes it. Very s low­

ly he leans forward until his face is a lmost t o u c h ­

ing the ch i ld ' s curls. H e can smel l it 's freshly

w a s h e d skin . Remember me, he whispers softly

into its ear. Then he straightens u p , o p e n s the

d o o r and wi thout l o o k i n g back s teps into the

y a w n i n g v o i d .

H i s corpse is smi l ing .

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Sagittarius (23/11 - 23/12)

I m m e r s e d in\a car ingtaaataJr tur ing

environment, ' the expans ive W o r l d

signals the sucapRncgKlusion of

a p r o j e c t j p ^ S n w a sense o f ul t i ­

m a te fiMment » d sat is fact ion.

Personal d e v e l o p m e n t is therefore

e n c o u r a g e d by a p r o f o u n d feel ing

of c o s m i c c o n s c i o u s n e s s .

Capricorn (24/12 - 20/1)

After a per iod of dramat ic turbu­

lence and unsusjj ^kl t u r m o i l , the

w e l c o m e preseljfce JpF the g u i d i n g

Star a t e a^ ig force of relief

a n d molferMio^Peieful content ­

m e n t arW§ gentiWF e x p e r i e n c e s

ensure e m o t i o n a l stability or the

return to physica l health.

Gemini (22/5 - 21/6)

The d e c e ^ 3 t i ^ ^ t o D l t « f * p M S e n t i n g

t h e e l e m e n t a f c o f c d a f u s i o n a n d

frustrat ion, c fbuds j lpur del icate

aura of stabil i ty, H o w i e r , progress

t o w a r d s e n l i g j j i e n m e j i is assured

as y o u face the gui l t of faijijre and

o v e r c o m F W e ^ e W W v i c ^ f i i s a t i o n .

Cancer (22/6 - 22/7)

Opportunit ies for artistic expression

and imaginatpsMM8 are high­

lighted |pPwee1|||3y tnejjjiensitive

covery c w l u b t l e t l t e n t s . T h p c o m p l e -

mentary ^ ^ ^ i ^ M ^ ^ R i c reflec­

t ion are also realised, enhancing

exceptional skills.

^Horoscopes with

Nana

Aquarius (21/1 - 18/2)

The acute awareness of solitude,

indicated by the insecure Five of

Pentacles is alleviated I h i o u g h the

c o n q l l f " t l l i ^ T l W r f f V s e

friend,,Indeed, soothing compan-

i o n s n r a ^ W ^ ^ ^ e l sit-

uation, allowing you to regain your

failing confidence.

Pisces (19/2 - 20/3)

W o r k always expands to occupy

the time allotted to thjy-gmpletion

of a tasHfcghe enjpPnc Seven of

W a n d s prepfctes j B u r spirit for a

f responsi-

bility, your j|brts1j|re engaged in

the derapgPration^i^Ppnal abil­

ity and determination.

Aries (21/3 - 20/4)

G u i d a n c e , originatingfrom uncon­

scious s u r f ^ s ^ i t e a m s and

fantasps, is rlftjeted b y ' t h e spiri­

tual presence cff the intuitive H i g h

Pr ies tess . RelJ|al however t o

acknowledge t W balance between

feminine m y s t i f y and masculine

reason accentuates the suppres­

sion of ideals.

Taurus (21/4 - 21/5)

A painful preoccupation with past

experiences|jSuggeste<j by the vul­

nerable N i i m of S v # d s , reveals

extreme a n x r a ^ M 0 p l e d with an

inability to r̂ iax. Ignore the repres­

sive opiniorlfof your er&ourage and

release yoiir cumulative tension

through intim^li^mplation.

Leo (23/7 - 23/8)

The ability to exjjjgjt y o u r present

s i tuat ion w i t h p R t r l l t t r o u b l e s o m e

b u r d e n of futsre worrfc is s ignif ied

by the Fool J jEmphas is ing

y o u r en^e^rt^jqualiJPs o f childl ike

spontarclljrTjourljIpirit craves

a d v e n t u % ^ | § w s t i m ^ ^ m ^ ^ m p t a -

t i o n .

Virgo (24/8 - 22/9)

The d i rec t ion of resources t o w a r d s

the s toi f ica^rfchie\gWltot of a

conc lus ive Jfcsult. is'tiecogrMed by

professioM partBsBheMosper-

ous Six o f ^ A / a n d J b r e l ^ ^ R l e l i g h t -

ful ce lebrat ions al ycgJjf|njoy the

deserved fruit of yotlffaD^|rs and

reap the f inancial rewards of enter­

prise.

Libra (23/9 - 23/10)

A general feel ing of o p t i m i s m , init i ­

a ted by a pract icakat t i tude t o w a r d s

quotldJ|n m a r e r s , 1|fchar3j|terised

by t l t t o r t r i d n b i v a l e l t a M M V o of

Pentacles . Every c o i n bears c o n -

e r a t i n g ^ u ^ ^ ^ ^ i n K ^ ^ a ^ l i i o i c e .

Scorpio (24/10 - 22/11)

The pensive a p p r a i s a l of

Judgement reveals a s i tuat ion of

profourrakdisao|ointment .dbe to

unrealistic i ^pectarions a n d aspira­

t ions . In rJpfspSp reJIgpncI self-

conderrjpftion B e d a m a g i n g to

y o u r s t B e of m i f f , so a d o p t a pro­

ductive a t t i tude of a c c e p t a n c e

ACCESS FUNDS SPRING TERM 1998

Application forms for assistance from the Access Fund

are now available from the College's Student Finance

Office, Room 334 of the Sherfield Building.

Any full-time, home student of the College experiencing

serious financial hardship is invited to collect an

application which has to be returned to the above office

by 27 March. Applications will be considered from

those who received funds earlier this session, but

priority will be given to those seeking help for the first

time.

Undergraduate students should note that applications can

only be accepted from those who have taken out a

student loan for the current session.

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2 4 SPORT 2 7 February 1998

Football Cup News Rugby: Invincible! ICUAFC IV v BATH IV ICUAFC I v UMDS ICURFC II v S

Being the biggest g a m e any of us

had p layed in it is a s h a m e to say

that all our hard w o r k w a s s p o i l e d

by o n e of the w o r s t a n d m o s t

biased referees ever to have o f f i c i ­

a t e d a g a m e . T h r o u g h o u t t h e

g a m e , he gave everything to 'his'

t e a m , turn ing d o w n t w o blatant

penalty appea ls a n d b o o k i n g half

of the ICU t e a m . H o w e v e r his

worst c r ime w a s in the last minute

w h e n Bath s c o r e d their winner . A

long ball d o w n I C s right w i n g drif t ­

ed a y a r d out of play. Everyone

s t o p p e d , e v e n the B a t h str iker

went to ca tch the ball , but the ref

w a v e d play o n . The striker dr i f ted

inside an u n l e a s h e d a shot past the

she l l - shocked IC goa lkeeper . O u r

protests w e r e w a v e d a w a y a n d

there w a s n o t h i n g w e c o u l d d o . N o

t ime to score an equal iser . It w a s

all over . W h e n w e lose to a better

t e a m so be it, but to lose in s u c h a

manner rips the heart out of any

team, a n d m a k e y o u think just is it

w o r t h it? Even their equal iser w a s

streaky. A c lose range shot w h i c h

the g o a l k e e p e r t i p p e d o n t o his

post , r e b o u n d e d o n t o his h e a d

and tr ickled in . It s h o u l d have b e e n

funny, but n o o n e w a s in the m o o d

for laughter.

ICUAFC IV 1 - 2 Bath IV

Skiing Last Saturday night s a w the th i rd

round of the King's parallel s l a l o m

racing league. In the first r o u n d of

racing both t e a m s m a n a g e d to w i n

t w o out of three races. In the sec­

o n d r o u n d , Imperial 1 began to

s h o w their c lass a n d beat s o m e

highly ranked t e a m s , o n l y l o s i ng

one race d u e to a d u b i o u s off icial

dec i s ion result ing in d isqual i f i ca ­

t ion for " a third j u m p start" .

In the h e a d to head s l a l o m races

for the final pos i t ions , Imperial 1

n a r r o w l y beat C a m b r i d g e , a n d

Imperial 2 t r i u m p h e d against royal

H o l l o w a y 1. Imperial 1 f in ished in

5th p lace . Imperial 2 f in ished in

11th p l a c e , the highest k n o w n

plac ing ever a c h i e v e d by the sec­

o n d s .

S k i i n g p r a c t i s e t a k e s p l a c e o n

W e d n e s d a y a f t e r n o o n , for a n y

in format ion : s k i @ i c . a c . u k

Gia l iardo w a s o n international duty

a n d S h a n i d z e w a s s u s p e n d e d , so

T i p p a y a w o n g a n d Knutsen were

reca l led . Imperial hit the bar early

o n a n d Foulstone w e n t c lose after

a corner-k ick , but Imperial general ­

ly l o o k e d unse t t l ed a n d U M D S

w e r e a w a r d e d a penalty w h e n a

U M D S str iker w a s f o u l e d by

P s y c h o . The striker t o o k the penal ­

ty h i m s e l f w h i c h w a s s u p e r b l y

s a v e d by Keane, w h o l o o k e d conf i ­

dent throughout the g a m e . Psycho

w a s th e n b o o k e d for be ing k icked

in the eye . A strange d e s c i s i o n

i n d e e d f r o m an otherwise excellent

re feree . Imper ia l w e n t in front

w h e n Fouls tone got his ninth of the

s eas on w i t h a screamer f r o m 4 0

y a r d s . S u p e r b .

In the 2 n d half IC d o m i n a t e d

w i t h A m o a n d Stewart d o m i n a t i n g

the m i d d l e of the park. M a r c o s ,

A m o a n d Knutsen all had excellent

oppor tuni t i e s to score before t o p

scorer W a r r e n Brayn c o o l y put IC

2 -0 u p at the g r o u n d w h e r e he

m a d e his debut .

In the final IC wi l l play the LSE.

ICUAFC 2 - 0 U M D S

Results Football

Saturday

I C U A F C 1 3 - 2 G o l d s m i t h s

I C U A F C II 1 - 2 St G e o r g e ' s

1CUAFC IV 2 - 3 Royal H o l l o w a y IV

I C U A F C V 0 - 0 St Barts

W e d n e s d a y

U L U C u p

I C U A F C 1 2 - 0 U M D S

I C U A F C V I - 3 LSE VI extra t i m e

League.

I C U A F C VI 5 - I Kings I

Rugby

1CURFC II 15 - 13 Kings

Skiing

IC I - fifth p lace IC II - e leventh place Boat racing I C U W H C 1 - 0 I C U H C !

IC 2nds g o s t o r m i n g o n to the

B U S A final w i t h a miraculous w i n

over the tossers f r o m t e m p l e .

IC set the scene by c o n c e d i n g first

points to Kings but then retal iated

wi th a s t o r m i n g breakthrough try by

Dave ' N i p p l y ' Pearce .

W i t h s t o r m i n g s u p p o r t f r o m the

s idel ines IC d o m i n a t e d the m i d d l e

per iods of the m a t c h . Superb kick­

ing f r o m Keith 'El C a p i t a n ' Beattie

a n d H u w ' S p e w ' Tanner w a s a i d e d

by superb d e f e n c e f r o m the IC s ide

a n d p e r i o d s of c o m p l e t e i n c o m p e ­

tence by Kings.

The IC pressure had to tell a n d

e v e n t u a l l y T o m Slater broke

through f r o m inside centre to score

the s e c o n d try. Duly conver ted by

James ' K e v i n ' Trude it left IC 12-5

a h e a d at half t i m e .

A s the referee 's w a t c h had a

flat battery, the s e c o n d half went

o n forever. W i t h injurytime nev-

erending , the last 2 0 minutes were

an absolute n ightmare for all those

i n v o l v e d . A l t h o u g h c o n c e d i n g a fur­

ther u n c o n v e r t e d try, a penal ty

f r o m Trudy kept us a h e a d a n d

d e s p i t e l o s i ng M a n i w i t h a knack­

ered ankle , w e m a i n t a i n e d our c o o l

to r e c o r d an o u t s t a n d i n g vic tory .

ICURFC II 15 - 13 Kings

ICU Snooker Club in

Massive Pot Shock Last w e e k e n d saw the annual B U S A

s n o o k e r t o u r n a m e n t kick off in

Southampton and Imperial college

were there in force. The 'B ' t e a m

event p r o d u c e d Imperial's best ever

result, c o m i n g h o m e wi th six bronze

medals : one in the individual and

five in the t e a m compet i t ion . The

t e a m s o a r e d through the g r o u p

stages c o m i n g t o p of both and m o v ­

ing comfortably into the semi-f inal ,

meet ing up against Warwick . The ini­

tial stages looked promis ing thanks

to s o m e stunning snooker, especial ­

ly by Ketal w h o gave Imperial an

early advantage m o v i n g to 5-3 with

t w o to play. Warwick bucked the

earlier trend and c a m e back to five

all to force a tiebreak. Ketal was

nominated to play a single frame.

Despite a Stirling effort w e went

d o w n fighting. In the singles knock­

out tournament, Ketal met Greg in

the first round and Russell in the

quarters to get through to the semi

final.

Imperial ' A ' t e a m (defending cup

champs) p layed excellently to reach

quarter finals against U E A but lost six

of the first eight frames. Al l attention

focused on the blue ribbon event,

the ' A ' t e a m individuals. The play on

Friday and Saturday resulted in only

Robi and John left in the quarter

finals. Sadly Robi was knocked out in

the last 16. John c a m e through s o m e

nail bitingly c lose frames to meet

Exeter's star player in the final to be

contested over 5 frames. At fifty-one

ahead y o u w o u l d expect to win a

frame but the might of his opponent

t r i u m p h e d .

Top row, left to right; A team: Simon Baugh, Richard Turton,

Jonathon Fulcher Alan Lewis, Robi Uzzaman

Bottom row, left to right; B team: Ketal Patel, James Mitchell, Greg

Inaman, Jonathon Shan, Russell Towers