11. Hanging around this half-term?

Deep in the Bracknell forest, you can banish those winter blues by going for a swing through the trees.

12. ‘It sounds like a Guy Ritchie film mixed with Shakespeare’

Rehearsals haven’t yet begun, but soon South Hill Park will receive the premiere of an intense and dramatic Steven Berkoff play based on a classic Greek tragedy. Will it be all right on the night?

13. Please don’t take away our music

In the words of Oasis, it felt like standing in the shadow of giants. But I felt that the words of Bjorge Lillelien, a Norwegian football commentator, would provide a better monologue for last week’s Fez farewell.

14. Jones brings war closer to home

HOT on the heels of No Country for Old Men, Tommy Lee Jones once again shines in this offering from director and screenwriter Paul Haggis.

15. 24Seven this week

South Hill Park will present the world premiere of a previously unperformed Steven Berkoff play Oedipus next month.

16. From the Square to zany genius of Spike

FORMER EastEnders actress Jill Halfpenny has been finding out about zany comic genius Spike Milligan.

17. Twice the fun for fans of Russian ballet

IT’S double delight for local lovers of Russian ballet tonight and tomorrow.

18. Cinnamon Tree

OUR surroundings were the quintessence of leafy England. It was lashing down, so after splashing through puddles on the dark country lanes between Maidenhead and Ascot, it was lovely to relax at our corner table, the downpour relegated to a cosy percussion on the conservatory-style roof.

19. Hoosiers on Brits shortlist

BERKSHIRE band The Hoosiers, who featured prominently on these pages in 2007 – and equally prominently on EA Sports’ Fifa 08 soundtrack – have been nominated for a Brit.

20. 'Cinema isn't as good as it used to be'

As a film critic for more than 30 years, Barry Norman knows a thing or two about the movies.

He explains why he thinks cinema isn’t as good as it used to be.