http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/ The Northern Echo /leisure/ en-gb Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:11:21 +0100 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:11:21 +0100 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/resources/images/850268/?type=rsslogo http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/ http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/4475316.Life___s_a_beach/?ref=rss Rolling Stone Keith Richards is a fan and so is supermodel Kate Moss. Steve Pratt discovers what makes West Wittering beach so special Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:03:10 +0100 ed300371f55f086e73e177178342393a http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/4473127.Pools_Paradise__Darlington_Civic_Theatre/?ref=rss THE fourth and final play in Ian Dickens’ summer repertory season at the Civic Theatre, in Darlington, is Philip King’s Fifties farce Pools Paradise. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:56:07 +0100 54ec508731b8192643ed721089071dae http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/4473124.Going_green/?ref=rss Friday Night With Jonathan Ross (BBC 1, 10.35pm) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:55:11 +0100 aea2a57585bd034f39659b7e344b7b6e http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/4472704.Ice_Age_3__Dawn_Of_The_Dinosaurs__U_/?ref=rss THE third animated Ice Age blockbuster features all the familiar characters and puts them in an unfamiliar setting. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:39:22 +0100 8d404e94d90e24fd1650c47abee37368 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/4472708.Public_Enemies__15_/?ref=rss A LOT is expected from director Michael Mann after such stylish movies as Heat, The Last Of The Mohicans, Collateral and Miami Vice. And, for me, Public Enemies doesn’t meet those expectations. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:42:56 +0100 915b4c5d92c6461fd71874680af5ba4b http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/4472684.Neon_Kicks_off_with_four_track_EP/?ref=rss FOUR-PIECE Neon Kicks, based at Durham and Leeds, have won a national competition for student bands and will now have a fourtrack EP released on next month's cover of music magazine Artrocker. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:11:03 +0100 18be227dba66729c987e7fa860bb2f3b http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/4472677.Home_victory/?ref=rss Sophie Stratford talks to Richard Melville Hall, better known as Moby, about his ninth studio album, Wait For Me. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:08:18 +0100 6786e28d0dea3f2deb7530cf33d05438 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/4470873.Beware_of_pirates/?ref=rss Magnus Scheving has turned children’s TV superhero Sportacus into a stage show. He talks to Viv Hardwick about the massive success of LazyTown. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:16:46 +0100 a0583d1a670e672b26c0adee09601a31 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/4470910.Portraying_boyhood_hero/?ref=rss Steve Pratt discovers that ‘Robin Hood’ bank robber John Dillinger was the boyhood hero of Johnny Depp. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:20:44 +0100 19b4200165bf7b2156e8cafdb697542f http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/4470730.What_a_Platt_/?ref=rss IT must be said that David Platt hasn’t really got a lot going for him. As Coronation Street’s (ITV) latest resident nutter, young David hasn’t been blessed in either the looks or personality department – at least he’s scaled back on the fake tan, so he’s now just tangerine-coloured instead of full on mahogany – and is sly, devious, and downright unlikeable to boot. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:58:10 +0100 db91717cfa637326ef48c218b1f3809f