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• The Phantom of the Opera, cert 12A

  EVERYONE arrives at a point in his or her life when hammed up dramatics become just too nauseating. read more

• It's only words

  NEIGHBOURS - WITH the Christmas break looming on Ramsay Street, the action seems to be hotting up. read more

• Rock on Tommy!

  EASTENDERS - AS if having Dirty Den for a husband isn't bad enough, Chrissie managed to attract the attentions of another loser, in the form of slimy Scot Tommy. read more

• A weekend enhanced by Marshmallow.

  It wasn't quite what I had expected, to be honest. read more

• Generally speaking, I am not a box set person.

  This piece of information might not seem particularly important, given the state of the world at this precise moment and, frankly, given the fact that you don't know me or care about my peculiar purchasing habits. read more

• IT was Sid Vicious who, in 1977, took his friend, John Walton, to a party in Kilburn.

  Mr Vicious, remaining true to his legacy of continual and overt inebriation, struggled to pronounce his friend's name and introduced him in a slurred speech that slipped out of his mouth to form the words, 'Jah Wobble'. read more

• When Paul Weller named The Jam's ferocious debut single In The City, little did he know that he woul

  Initially the brainchild of Tony Wilson's partner Yvette Livesey - though the format was swiped from the identical New Music Seminar in New York, which always enjoyed the oft-inebriated patronage of various people from the loose collective of Factory Records - In The City is either an essential grounding point for the British music industry or four days of shameless junketing; a vital first rung for dozens of hopeful bands or an unholy maelstrom where ageing bigwigs dressed like 15-year-olds bang on and on about that publishing deal they secured for Peter Frampton's Camel in 1973 while peppering their talk with 'street-speak' they have picked up from listening to the new Dizzee Rascal album. read more

• Pensioner's death was accidental inquest hears

  "I JUST hope he didn't suffer," a tearful daughter told an inquest. read more

• I AM sure that there are many Warrington Wolves fans out there that would love my job.

  With Dave Lawrenson read more

• PS2 - Mortal Kombat: Deception (Certificate 18)

  There's something nostalgic about Mortal Kombat. Maybe it's the typography of the title or perhaps it's just the incorrect spelling but just reading those two words takes me back to the innocent days of the Sega Megadrive. read more

• A sight for sore eyes

  TEACHERS put down their books and saw science fiction become science fact on a visit to a Halton chemical plant. read more

• Desperate Dev's fatal attraction

  CORONATION STREET - "YOU pursued me! You told you me you loved me! And then Sunita gets a headache and I'm history!" read more

• Scriptwriters hang on my every word!

  EASTENDERS - IT'S nice to know that the good people in the EastEnders script writing department enjoy the Midweek soap column. read more

• Call for more organ donors

  PEOPLE in Warrington are being urged to do their bit to help boost the number of organ donors in the UK. read more

• Popular jazz quintet return

  A POPULAR jazz four piece make a welcome return to Northwich tomorrow night, Thursday, with a performance in Davenham. read more

• Blue Wild Angel, Jimi Hendrix Live at the Isle of Wight

  The tumultuous career of Jimi Hendrix lasted a mere four years. Incredibly, a large chunk of that career was spent on this side of the pond where, armed with his legendary England-based band, he tirelessly trekked through the country. (He even played Stockport ... twice!). read more

• Pupils are top of the class

  AUDIENCES stormed the barricades at Knutsford High School last week and were rewarded with a performance of Les Miserables that would have been worthy of the West End. read more

• This is Music, The Singles 92-98, The Verve

  MUSIC doesn't get much better than this. If you're somewhat of a morose character who likes to wallow in a bit of self pity while sitting on your own in a darkened room with a shotgun (ok, maybe not the shotgun) then I'm sure you're already a huge fan of Wigan based trio The Verve. read more

• XS All Areas - The Greatest Hits, Status Quo

  There is a dull throb at the back of my head: Status Quo.It is easy to forget that Quo's feet were firmly implanted in purist mid sixties RnB until, of course, they stumbled into the charts via hooky diversions such as Down the Dustpipe and Picture of Matchstick Men. read more

• Rip It Up, Razorlight

  IT may have been the year of Keane, but Razorlight have not been too far behind. read more

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