Sunday Life (Belfast, Northern Ireland) back issues from May 2009:
I ditched six stone and my diabetes.
May 03, 2009 ... HEALTH FOCUS ADDING YEARS TO YOUR LIFE BY SUBTRACTING UNWANTED INCHES FROM YOUR WAISTLINE LISBURN taxi controller Rosie Cummings (38) is now a shadow of her former self. And she(tm)s thrilled. She has lost six and a half stone at her local Rosemary Conley slimming ...
Calvin fine.
May 03, 2009 ... HE(tm)S the uber-cool electro dance chart topper who sexy pop babes have been queuing up to collaborate with. For the Flying Scotsman of the dance pop scene Calvin Harris is Number One " in the eyes of Kylie Minogue, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Katy Perry! The ...
CATCH THE LATEST GIGS.
May 03, 2009 ... TONIGHT Clubbers can get into the groove at the Yellophonic electronic music festival(tm)s warehouse party in St George(tm)s Market, Belfast. Groove Armada headline the event with a DJ set at Mynt nightclub, with ample support from world acclaimed decks man Tom Middleton and ...
SOUND BITES.
May 03, 2009 ... *YOU can(tm)t always get what you want .....four classic Rolling Stones(tm) (tm)70s(tm) albums get the re-release treatment Sticky Fingers; Goat(tm)s Head Soup; It(tm)s Only Rock(tm)n(tm)Roll and Black And Blue have all undergone the remastered treatment, as part of the band(tm)s ...
Brutal assault.
May 03, 2009 ... PREVIEW BRUTAL LEGEND Xbox 360, PS3 (EA) Gaming giants EA are preparing a massive playing field for the year ahead. At their recent showcase, held last week in London, a host of interactive treats were on display, including the world's first ...
Prequel still on Trek.
May 03, 2009 ... Ulster(tm)s Star Trek priest, Father Ian Fee of Lisnaskea in Fermanagh, went to London for the premiere of the latest movie in the sci-fi series, a prequel. He shares his views with Sunday Life readers here: MODERN moviegoers have become used to prequels and reboots. ...
TEEN SEX ROAD ROMPER.
May 03, 2009 ... SEX DRIVE (15) Starring: Josh Zuckerman, Clark Duke, Amanda Crew, James Marsden, Seth Green, Katrina Bowden, Caley Hayes, Alice Greczyn. Frustrated that his 14-year-old younger brother has more success with girls, Ian Lafferty (Zuckerman) joins forces with buddy Lance ...
NOW SHOWING NEW RELEASES.
May 03, 2009 ... HANNAH MONTANA " THE MOVIE (U) Perky pop princess Miley Cyrus searches for love in this sentimental rites of passage drama, interspersed with thigh-slapping musical sequences. Drizzled with sentiment and wholesome Disney values, Hannah Montana " The Movie promotes ...
BEHIND THE SCENES BOLDLY GOING IN RIGHT DIRECTION.
May 03, 2009 ... The greatest adventure of all time begins with Star Trek, the incredible story of a young crew(tm)s maiden voyage onboard the most advanced starship ever created: the U.S.S. Enterprise. Exactly 30 years on since the crew of the Enterprise made their first appearance on the ...
PAGETURNER TOP READS.
May 03, 2009 ... FICTION COMFORT TO THE ENEMY Elmore Leonard, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, [pounds sterling]18.99 The latest offering from themaster of American crime writing follows the development of Carl Webster from a naive buttrepidatious teen to the (tm)hot kid of the ...
SOULMAN ISAAC A TRUE MASTER.
May 03, 2009 ... There isn(tm)t much that Isaac Hayes didn(tm)t do in his remarkable career. As a young songwriter at Stax records in his native Tennessee he co-wrote such southern soul classics as Hold On I(tm)m Comin(tm), When Something Is Wrong With My Baby and the immortal Soul Man. ...
CD RELEASES/WE GIVE YOU THE LOW-DOWN ON THIS WEEK(tm)S HOTTEST NEW SOUNDS.
May 03, 2009 ... YUSUF ISLAM Roadsinger Roadsinger sidesteps the pop-savvy orientations of 2006(tm)s comeback, An Other Cup, to pick up, says Yusuf, where the Cat Stevens the public knows left off(tm). The coffee-caramel voice survives. 7/10 JERSEY BUDD ...
AFTER much speculation electro-star Deadmau5 has been announced.
May 03, 2009 ... AFTER much speculation electro-star Deadmau5 has been announced as the special guest for Live in the Park. Arguably the hottest music act of the moment, the Canadian DJ will be performing his only Northern Ireland date as main support for The Prodigy at the Newcastle festival in ...
Red Devils join meningitis fight.
May 03, 2009 ... A NORTHERN Ireland charity fundraising country song has proved to be a real winner " at the home of Manchester United. For the big country sound of Irish stars resounded around the biggest club soccer ground in the UK " the legendary Old Trafford stadium. The Ties ...
SHANNON(tm)S STILL SPARLKLING.
May 03, 2009 ... Shannon(tm)s Jewellers in Lisburn is a business with a difference. Decades of experience, unique products and superior customer service, packaged together in the right building, have made this prestigious homegrown business a major success. Jewellery has been a ...
This is a Cut above.
May 03, 2009 ... GRUB SPY CUTTER'S RIVER GRILL AND BAR, LOCKVIEW ROAD, BELFAST THE BILL Potato wedges and dips [pounds sterling]4.95 Butternut squash soup [pounds sterling]3.95 Roast ribeye withvegetables [pounds sterling]9.95 Poached salmon with ...
IT(tm)S TIME TO GET FRUITY.
May 03, 2009 ... At this time of year, there(tm)s a welcome return to summer fruits " the berries, start of summer rhubarb and lovely rosey blushed apricots. They're at their most fragrant and juicy in midsummer but now they're ideal if lightly poached. It's also the perfect time to ...
PUB LIFE RED-HOT RYAN(tm)S HAS RIGHT STUFF.
May 03, 2009 ... Ryan(tm)s Bar and Grill, 116-118 Lisburn Road, Belfast UP until relatively recently, Ryan(tm)s used to be this writer(tm)s local. Since moving away from the area, I(tm)ve found myself feeling nostalgic for the establishment and this week returned for a ...
He is using me for sex but I want love.
May 03, 2009 ... Dear Fiona, I've been seeing a man on and off for about four months and he's the only person I've been in a relationship with for a while. Right from the start, he told me that he didn't want anything serious and that it was a sex-based relationship. ...
Finding Nemo.
May 03, 2009 ... WHETHER it(tm)s the 60+ mpg or sub [pounds sterling]10,000 price tag, its 119g/km CO2 emissions or its 2,500 litre load space, the new Nemo Multispace is a sure-footed response by Citron to recent market demands. The compact vehicle is set to complement its bigger brother, the ...
NEED FOR SPEED BEAUTIFUL BEEMER BEATS THEM ALL.
May 03, 2009 ... BMW(tm)S new flagship model " the 670Li " is due to go on sale in September, with prices announced this summer. It will be powered by an all new 5,972cc twin-turbocharged V12 engine and will be the first BMW production car to feature the marque(tm)s new eight-speed automatic ...
MY SON(tm)S BEHAVIOUR JUST SNOT ON.
May 03, 2009 ... Dear Fiona, I feel like a bad mother as I(tm)m disgusted at my son who eats his bogies and even though I chastise him he continues. I(tm)m especially ashamed when he does it in public as people are obviously repulsed. Why do children do this? Does it show some mental ...
Sad after being told I(tm)m feared.
May 03, 2009 ... Dear Fiona, I(tm)VE always thought that I was well respected by my friends as they always do as I want but recently during an argument a girlfriend said that everyone is afraid of me and they all agreed. I can(tm)t believe it. What have I done wrong? LF, ...
Gay boss is dropping lewd hints.
May 03, 2009 ... Dear Fiona, I(tm)ve started working in a new job and am relieved to have one so soon after being made redundant. However, my manager is a woman who has been making life unbearable. She(tm)s a lesbian and has been coming onto me. She(tm)s always suggestive, joking ...
Tyrone power.
May 03, 2009 ... HANDS gripping the wheel of a Land Rover, eyes peering over the bonnet, eight-year-old Ella was in her element.[bar]actually driving a motor vehicle and on an off-road track to boot! Minutes earlier, big sister Annie (10) had also manoeuvred the lumbering 4x4 down the rutted and ...
COUNTRY LIFE.
May 03, 2009 ... AS I drove up to the sticks(tm) one evening last week " the sun was just setting across the sprawling countryside. I glanced to my left and I could see horses in a faraway field dipping their heads to graze. Their silhouette against the sun was stunning and I wished ...
LATE DEALS ALL THE BEST BREAKS FOR ENTIRE FAMILY.
May 03, 2009 ... THOMAS COOK 14 nights in Turkey from [pounds sterling]249 pp, with 4 sharing, at the 3-star Cosmopolitan Apartments in Marmaris, departing Belfast May 22. 7 nights in Alicante from [pounds sterling]395 pp all-inclusive, with 4 sharing, at the 3-star Albir Garden ...
Laura(tm)s Dolly good show.
May 03, 2009 ... TREADING THE BOARDS HOW THIS FANTASTIC LADY TRANSFORMED FROM HOLY WOMAN TO A FULLY-FLEDGED STAR CHURCH pastor Laura Kerr will swap her bible for a feather boa and her Salvation Army uniform for a sequinned dress this week when she treads the boards at Belfast(tm)s Grand Opera ...
RENAULT(tm)S EXTREME SOLUTION.
May 03, 2009 ... RENAULT has boosted the appeal of its five-door New Megane Hatch range with an all-new Extreme trim level, priced from [pounds sterling]13,250. With value-for-money key to every major purchase in the current economic climate, the two new Extreme models " 1.6 100 and 1.5 dCi 86 ...
TV PICK.
May 03, 2009 ... PICK OF THE WEEK CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LIVE (Champions League Live (ITV1, Tues 7.30pm) With a final place in Rome at stake, holders Man Utd go to Arsenal 1-0 up while on Wednesday, Sky Sports 2 will screen part two of Chelsea and Barcelona(tm)s epic battle ...
BEST CELLARS / THE PICK OF THE FINEST WINE FROM THE VINE.
May 03, 2009 ... DID you ever see so much fuss made over a plate of asparagus? If you watched Hell(tm)s Kitchen, you(tm)ll know what I(tm)m on about and understand the importance of getting it just right, (and not complaining if it isn(tm)t to your liking " stupid punter got chucked out) lest ...
APARTMENTS ARE A TOTAL BLESSING(tm).
May 03, 2009 ... If oereal comfort is one key to a great break, then that comfort will undoubtedly be found at Blessingbourne Apartments, part of the wonderful Blessingbourne country house estate at Fivemiletown. The estate " a 550-acre farm " has a superb 20-acre fishing lake plus a unique ...
California dreaming.
May 03, 2009 ... New Series CALIFORNICATION (Five, Thursday 10pm YOU may have noticed that the dreary George Best drama which angered members of the Best family was oesupported by the BBC Mental Health initiative, Headroom. Isn't that reassuring? Don't you feel ...
STREET SMART.
May 03, 2009 ... KAREN GRAHAM (45) is a specialist sports coach from Coleraine. She says: oeMy blazer was [pounds sterling]30 and my scarf was [pounds sterling]12, both from Zara. My jumper came from H&M for [pounds sterling]12 and my t-shirt was only a fiver from Primark. My boots are actually ...
BEAUTY BUZZ PR BOSS CATHY MARTIN ON STAYING BEAUTIFUL.
May 03, 2009 ... PR guru Cathy Martin is director of Belfast(tm)s annual Fashionweek Oh, lots of exciting things and all the basics, same as most women I imagine. But one thing that(tm)s different from most is my French toothpaste; it(tm)s called Email Diamant (which means diamond enamel) and I ...
Rainbow bright.
May 03, 2009 ... LIKE most girls I love my jeans but I do get a bit bored with just blue or black. So after I spotted model Agyness Deyn and Posh Spice wearing coloured denim recently, I knew I had to have a pair. Whether they are lavender, pink, yellow or electric blue, ...
WIN AN UNBELIEVABLE WORKWEAR MAKEOVER.
May 03, 2009 ... STRAIGHT from the USA, on to the high street and now into the workplace, the new Carhartt workwear range is for those who work hard and play harder. Now the Sunday Life has teamed up with the Belfast branch of Arco, the UK(tm)s leading supplier of workwear and workplace safety ...
[pounds sterling]20 KILLER IS BACK ON STREETS.
May 03, 2009 ... A KILLER who battered a defenceless pensioner to death for [pounds sterling]20 is now out of prison. Christopher Joker(tm) Doherty was one of Ulster(tm)s longest-serving prisoners, after spending more than 25 years behind bars. He had failed in a series of previous ...
GOVERNMENT GETS YOUR MESSAGE.
May 03, 2009 ... SUNDAY Life has delivered a clear message to the Government by delivering hundreds of coupons backing the Your Right to Know campaign to the Northern Ireland Prison Service. Almost 1,000 readers rallied against a High Court ban which prevents us from printing unpixelated images ...
SEX BEAST GOES EAST.
May 03, 2009 ... A SERIAL rapist dubbed Ulster(tm)s Most Wanted(tm) is believed to have fled to eastern Europe. Depraved sex offender Ernest George Finlay fled from under the noses of agencies charged with enforcing public protection arrangements when he disappeared from his Co Tyrone home last ...
HOOKED HOW OUR LITTLE BOY BECAME ADDICTED TO GAMBLING MACHINES.
May 03, 2009 ... A DAD at his wits(tm) end has told how his son has been hooked on money jackpot machines since he was just 10 . The devastated Dundonald father, who wishes to remain anonymous, is now set to bring his addicted young son to Gambler(tm)s Anonymous. The worried dad ...
SILENCE FROM ROBINSON OVER CONTROVERSY.
May 03, 2009 ... SENIOR Castlereagh Borough councillor Iris Robinson (left) could not be reached for comment about these machines at the Dundonald International Ice Bowl. Sunday Life contacted the constituency office of the former Castlereagh mayor on a number of occasions " as she sits on the ...
Why I can(tm)t wait to get married to the man my parents chose.
May 03, 2009 ... A BELFAST-based bride-to-be will tie the knot next month " to a man her parents have chosen for her. Queen(tm)s University student Gowri Ramanathan (25), who was born in Malaysia, said she can(tm)t wait to marry chef Karthik Subramanian " even though she(tm)s only spent a few ...
SON MURDERS MOTHER THEN KILLS HIMSELF.
May 03, 2009 ... Dunadry " a small village three miles from Antrim and 18 miles from Belfast " was the scene of a terrible tragedy in September 1900. A local man named Thomas Cinnamond, who had been acting rather strangely of late, lived with his elderly mother at Clady House near the village ...
IT AIN(tm)TYOUR TYPICAL PORT INN A STORM.
May 03, 2009 ... PUNTERS at the Port Inn in Kilkeel were queuing up to sing the praises of their local when Sunday Life called in last week. Our Back Your Local campaign is getting behind great local boozers which are battling the pressures of recession and cut-price alcohol in supermarkets. ...
WIPED OFF THE MAP.
May 03, 2009 ... SUNDAY Life visited the Co Down fishing town of Kilkeel last week to gauge reaction to the news that the town doesn(tm)t appear on a map which is featured in a tourism brochure. The discovery was made by South Down MLA John McAllister who blamed the mistake on Newry and Mourne ...
Dor on the O(tm)Casey.
May 03, 2009 ... STRANGE but true. Playwright Sean O(tm)Casey(tm)s daughter-in-law was on the Grosvenor Road in Belfast this week searching for her old home. I met the charming Doreen O(tm)Casey at the opening of an art exhibition on Wednesday night. Her artist husband Breon, who was one of ...
Walters to tackle Mowlam.
May 03, 2009 ... OSCAR-nominated actress Julie Walters has spoken of her fears about tackling what she says is one of the most difficult movie roles of her life[bar]as former Ulster Secretary of State Mo Mowlam. Walters is due in Belfast soon to start work on the film and she busy researching ...
GAIL BRUSHES UP TO PAINT THE TOWN RED.
May 03, 2009 ... KILKEEL has lots of activities on offer for tourists. As well as golf, archery, light aircraft flights and boat trips there(tm)s also horse riding, sea angling and cycling. Plans are also in place to open a seafood cookery school in the Nautilus Centre at the Harbour ....
BRANAGH FILM KEN GET GOING.
May 03, 2009 ... BELFAST-born director Kenneth Branagh(tm)s new film is finally under way. Thor will finally start shooting next January, after months of setbacks. The Marvel comic adaptation was pushed back to 2011 to allow Branagh and the creative team more pre-production time but ...
CIARAN GIVEN ACTING GONG.
May 03, 2009 ... BELFAST actor Ciaran Hinds has won the Best Actor award at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. The star scooped the prestigious award for his performance in the new Irish film The Eclipse, which also stars Aidan Quinn. Directed by Conor McPherson and co-written by ...
MAGIC MINE IS THINKING OUTSIDE BOX.
May 03, 2009 ... WE hosted a table last week in the new VIP lounge MINE of The Box nightclub in Belfast. Club manager Gemma Harvey made sure all the celebs had a great night by putting all drinks on the house, including champagne and cocktails. Beauty queens were the order of the day ...
I(tm)m no Alfa male.
May 03, 2009 ... IT'S amazing what you can learn from the Gerry Anderson show. Even about yourself. Last week, I was stunned to hear that I had been a dandy and a fop(tm) in the eighties and the owner of a black Alfa Romeo car which kept breaking down. Several people stopped me in ...
Yobs must jacket in.
May 03, 2009 ... WELL done Alex Thompson! The Channel 4 newsman struck a blow for everyone in the TV reporting business recently after a lout shoved him to the ground as he did a piece to camera in London. Alex, who I know well from his regular visits to Northern Ireland, didn(tm)t take it lying ...
PLATE IS PHILLED.
May 03, 2009 ... JUST the other day, I got hit with one of the oddest questions ever to come my way. In a shop, a bloke, without a word of introduction, asked me: oeWhy was Phil Mitchell repairing a Northern Ireland car the other night on EastEnders?oe Without a second(tm)s ...
Is Kris Fishing for Gem?
May 03, 2009 ... HOLLYOAKS star Gerard McCarthy is keeping tight-lipped about his rumoured romance with our very own Gemma. Last week Gerard, who plays bisexual Kris Fisher in the hit Channel 4 soap, was pictured getting up close and personal with Gemma outside Madison's Hotel in the city. ...
BOOM TO BUST.
May 03, 2009 ... COSMETIC SURGERY SCALPEL IS BEATING THE DOWNTURN NIPS and tucks are beating the credit crunch. While the economic downturn has meant that people are food-shopping in discount stores and forsaking luxury buys for practical items on a needs base only, plastic and ...
MAN STUCK IN BODY OF A TODDLER.
May 03, 2009 ... SURGEONS have been baffled by the medical mystery of a 26-year-old man trapped in the body of atwo-year-old toddler. Jerly Lyngdoh " who lives with his farmer parents in Meghalaya, northern India " looks like any other tot with his tiny head and delicate 2ft 9ins long body. ...
VATICAN VERY BROWNED OFF.
May 03, 2009 ... THE Vatican is furious at the makers of a prequel to blockbuster movie The Da Vinci Code, describing the work as oean offence against God. Due for release on May 14, Angels and Demons, from Da Vinci director Ron Howard, again stars Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon, the world's most ...
Girl breaks into jail for sex romp.
May 03, 2009 ... A SEX-starved teenager broke INTO a prison to have some nookie with a jailbird boyfriend " but he fled and left her behind NAKED in his cell. Shocked warders arrested 19-year-old Victoria Thorn at 3am in the morning INSIDE Santa Fe prison in Florida after they heard a commotion ...
OUR WALK ON THE WILDSIDE.
May 03, 2009 ... ANOTHER week and another completely insane challenge for yours truly. This time I was summoned to Belfast Zoo where I was to become zookeeper for the day, along with that delightful young lady, May McFettridge. Joy Bond of Belfast Zoo set the task: oeRodney and May, ...
WORDSMITH(tm)S UNHOLY WAGES.
May 03, 2009 ... * THE Da Vinci Code movie has grossed around [pounds sterling]524,000,000 worldwide since its release in May 2006. * The book has sold more than 40 million copies and topped bestseller lists around the world. It was rumoured to have bagged him a fortune of around ...
It(tm)s Duff luck if you miss super circus.
May 03, 2009 ... TOM Duffy(tm)s Circus is back at Loughshore Park for May Day followed by a visit to Hillview Retail Park in Belfast for the very first time. Following on the success of The Journey(tm) last year, Seasons(tm) takes the audience on a tour by performance through Spring, Summer, ...
WIN TICKETS TO MAY(tm)S PLAY.
May 03, 2009 ... MAY McFettridge kicks off her new play A Happy Medium in the Grand Opera House on Monday May 11. Joining May on stage will be two of her panto co-stars, Paddy Jenkins and Olivia Nash as well as Antoinette Moreilli and Sarah Lyle. A Happy Medium tells the story of the ...
HAVE YOU GOT THE XFACTOR?
May 03, 2009 ... X Factor star Eoghan Quigg has launched Northern Ireland(tm)s biggest ever singing talent search for young people. Now into its third year, The Citybeat Young Star Search with easyJet, Northern Ireland(tm)s most loved airline, has once again begun the quest to find our best ...