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• Uncovering Uzès | A hidden jewel in the South of France

  

  CHARLIE INGLEFIED avoids the crowds in the South of France by uncovering the secret delights of Uzès, nestled in the sparse valleys of the Gard region between Languedoc and Provence.

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• ALP Abroad to host election planning meeting at The Blue Posts

  

  AUSTRALIANS in London and the UK will play a key role as overseas electors in Australia’s federal election when they cast their votes on 14 September. ALP Abroad will be hosting their first election planning meeting next Thursday 30 May at The Blue Posts, and encourages potential volunteers to attend.

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• Filmmaker Jane Campion receives prestigious Cannes award

  

  New Zealand-born, Australian-based filmmaker Jane Campion has been acknowledged by her peers receiving the prestigious Carrosse d’Or in Cannes last week. Her latest work, a six-hour critically acclaimed crime miniseries ‘Top of the Lake’ was filmed in New Zealand and is set to be aired on UK’s BBC2.

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• How do you maintain links with Oz? New survey seeks answers

  

  PARTICIPATE | A new research project seeks to understand the views of Australians who have moved to Britain, their experiences in settling in the UK, and how they maintain links with ‘home’. If you are interested in discussing your experiences and contributing to the project, find out more below.

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• With GoodWil | Wil Anderson on life, legs and the Logies

  

  INTERVIEW | Ahead of a two week run at London’s Soho Theatre, Wil Anderson takes a breather to speak with BONNIE GARDINER about his life, his legs and his comedy.

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• Tubular Bells ‘for two’: Unique Aussie twist on Oldfield masterpiece

  

  Two men, an orchestra of instruments. Australian musicians Daniel Holdsworth and Aidan Roberts recreate Mike Oldfield’s iconic album Tubular Bells, live, onstage, in real time. With two special anniversary shows at London’s Union Chapel and Southbank, as well as 43 other dates around the UK, this is one musical experience not to miss.

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• Festival Season 2013 | Line-ups, free tickets, how-to guides and more!

  

  FACE THE FESTIVAL 2013 | Have you got festival fever? We’ve got the ultimate guide to the music festival season for 2013. All the best music festivals from London, the UK and Europe, all in one handy location. Plus, win tickets to festivals in Spain, Portugal and London. Find out who you’re likely to meet, with our Top 5 festival goers, and our handy tips and tricks with a ‘Surviving Summer’ guide.

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• Burlesque for Branson: Sapphira’s Showgirls touch down in London

  

  Burlesque is back, as some of Australia’s finest exports touch down in London ready to dazzle the UK. Sapphira’s Showgirls bring their burlesque extravaganza Burlesque or Bust to the stage this Sunday 26 May at Soho’s Madame Jojos. Plus WIN TWO TICKETS below.

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• Travels With My Aunt; A trip worth taking

  

  REVIEW | Travels With My Aunt at the Menier Chocolate Factory is a theatrical trifecta; clever writing, brilliant directing and acting that will blow you a world away.

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• AFL Rubdown | Round 8 – Echoes of Eurovision

  

  THE AFL RUBDOWN | It was the round where the AFL dished up the very best, worst, sublime and ridiculous it could possibly muster. Surely it was no coincidence it fell on the same weekend as Eurovision – as the parallels were a bit spooky.

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• Should Dave Warner shut the tweet up?

  

  OPINION | David Warner has fallen foul of the dreaded foot-in-tweet disease that has infected sport. Social media, we all have access to it; the majority of us use it on a daily basis. So what should happen when someone misuses it for a personal attack?

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• Mover and shaker | Sarah Fahie on life as a opera director

  

  WILL FITZGIBBON chats with opera choreographer and director Sarah Fahie. Her work can be seen in the revival of Verdi’s Falstaff, now on at Glyndebourne.

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• LONDON BOUND | Hungry Kids of Hungary, out of the shadows

  

  INTERVIEW | On the back of a successful second album, You’re A Shadow, Hungry Kids of Hungary are once again sharing their sound with London and the UK. GEORGE KATRALIS chats to vocalist Kane Mazlin.

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• Explorer Simon Reeve challenges UK stereotypes of Oz in new series

  

  INTERVIEW | Australia with Simon Reeve, a three-part series scheduled to premiere on BBC2 on Sunday night, follows the author and television presenter as he attempts to challenge the pre-conceptions that British audiences have about Australia, including bikies, dangerous wildlife and the Outback.

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• Bearded beauties: The Beards UK Tour

  

  INTERVIEW | Aussie comedy folk rock band The Beards are bringing their message of bearded revolution to London as part of a UK/Europe tour. ALEX IVETT discusses facial hair maintenance with guitarist, Facey McStubblington, ahead of their Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen gig.

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• Ashes mission not impossible

  

  OPINION | An Aussie victory in the Ashes this summer is about as likely as finding a Pom who actually believes it will happen, right? Well, in ANDY COLLET we’ve just defied the odds on one, so start believing.

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• Coffee Cult visits: Flat White in Soho

  

  For any Australian in London, Flat White in Soho is an ageing icon still worth visiting – even if its trendy Aussie offspring dotted elsewhere in the city may just have outgrown this Antipodean matriarch.

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• Swapping the London Underground for Australia’s Uluru

  

  HEADING HOME | Australian Matthew Wood is set to swap the grey skies of London, for the stark setting of Australia’s Red Centre – with a new post as Artistic Director of the Darwin Symphony Orchestra and a symphonic concert at iconic Uluru.

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• Enter our competition to win a £250 Topdeck voucher

  

  Get your travel story published with Australian Times and win a £250 travel voucher from our friends at Topdeck.

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• North London Tough Mudder: The muddiest mudder of all

  

  AUSSIE TIMES TOUGH MUDDER ATTEMPT | In a sheer moment of insanity five months ago I signed up for the North London Tough Mudder race. On the weekend of 4-5 May at Boughton House in Kettering, the day of reckoning finally arrived.

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