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Astro Guide with William Smith
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Books
edited by Tanya Jonker-Bryce Brigitte strikes again VENOMOUS: Never a stranger to controversy, Brigitte Bardot is at it again, this time with a new book denounced as inciting racial hatred. (AP) ANIMAL rights activist and former sex symbol Bri...

Gallery guide
Coach House Coffee Shop, 9 St Mark's Road, Southernwood, 722 4044 -- The East London Fine Art Society's Anything but Painting exhibition will be up from Thursday, May 22. Until then the public can view and buy artworks by local artists. In mid...

Appealing apricots
THERE is something very appealing about the idea of being able to pluck and eat the juicy jewels of fruit trees in one's own garden. As enticing as this concept may sound though, the reality is that there are just some things that are more diff...

A week in the life of Trevor Gee
TREVOR GEE: One of Border's finest athletes and administrators. WHAT some people used to do for the love of sport: pure sport, that is. Strictly amateur, pay your own way, make your own arrangements, and hope it all works out. This was a week ...

Healing Herbs OATS Avena sativa Description OATS belongs to the family of grasses. The plants are upright annuals that grow to about 1m tall. They have reasonably broad blade-like leaves and loose, drooping flower heads which form the charact...

music scene
SKETCHY: Britney Spears and the Sketchers footwear company have settled pending lawsuits over a deal for the pop star to market a line of roller skates and accessories. (AP) Swept into court MADONNA and husband Guy Ritchie are embroiled in a b...

Councils will have to tread carefully with property tax
LOCAL authorities will have to be very careful how they use the powers given to them when the Property Rates Bill becomes law later this year. So says John Herbst, chief executive of Aida National Franchises, who notes that although the new law w...

Recycling should be a way of life
EVERY week 77-year-old Darrell Smith leaves a small plastic bag outside his Gonubie home. The packet itself is rather ordinary but what's inside is quite remarkable: the little, nondescript supermarket bag contains an entire week's household rubb...

Rubbish can be good for you
Justine Gerardy asked five East Londoners to live green for a week. This is what they had to say. Francois Hugo, 11, learner, lives in a house. How green were you before? We recycled tins, plastic bottles and bags. What did you do? We kep...