Elmbridge Guardian Leisure: Interviews, reviews and leisure features in Surrey, London and the UK

Carnival time

11:09am Wednesday 1st September 2010

Get those moth-balls off that dress ladies and dust off those dancing shoes gentleman, it's carnival time.

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A man on an anti-whaling mission

3:40pm Friday 27th August 2010

As a teenager Isleworth resident John Burton, 77, worked as a whaler but in recent times he has become a leading anti-whaling campaigner. He has now written a book, Ta-ra Johnny Boy: Boy Whaler to Rainbow Warrior, about his experiences which he hopes will alert more people to the cause.

South London's Leftfield back on stage after 10 years

11:23am Friday 27th August 2010

South London dance music pioneers Leftfield will perform in the capital for the first time in over 10 years this weekend.

The art of tarot

10:47am Wednesday 18th August 2010

I've always had an interest in all things psychic- from a young age I've been fascinated by the spiritual world and convinced I'd seen ghosts. So when the opportunity came up to a visit tarot card reader and psychic medium I was keen to go along to satisfy my curiosity, writes Alexis Thompson.

CultureLine opens its doors this weekend

12:28pm Wednesday 4th August 2010

Let's face it, people not lucky enough to live in Croydon do not tend to associate our wonderful borough with culture (neither do most of us that live here I suppose) - but thanks to the East London line that might be about to change.

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Purley sci-fi author talks Quantum Chronicles

1:04pm Wednesday 4th August 2010

Next Thursday, Purley resident and science-fiction author Anthony Fucilla will be signing copies of his first book, Quantum Chronicles in the Eleventh Dimension, at Waterstone's.

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Clapham's Venn Street Market bringing culinery craftship to Field Day

11:12am Friday 30th July 2010

A street market based in Clapham will move its operation east this weekend to wow punters at the Field Day music festival with its culinary treats.

Dulwich woman has novel published - in German

6:30am Tuesday 27th July 2010

Alice Castle had her first novel published this year but, rather unusually, it came out in Germany having been translated into German.

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Croydon's best to star at Summer Festival

6:06pm Monday 19th July 2010

Next weekend, thousands of people will again descend on Lloyd Park as the two-day long Croydon Summer Festival returns for a 10th year.

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Celluloid success in just 90 seconds

2:05pm Thursday 8th July 2010

Filmmaker Octavia Hartland, from Twickenham, will have the chance to impress members of the film industry at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) later this month, after being named winner of the borough’s Film in 90 seconds competition.