2961. Reading's Gervais gets Globe for Extras

FORMER Whitley schoolboy Ricky Gervais’s Extras has won best TV comedy at the US Golden Globes today.

2962. We’re off to Oz

MUNCHKINS and flying monkeys will provide a magical post-Christmas outing at The Hexagon next week.

2963. What is your favourite?

DO YOU remember your first time? Mine was Superman II – followed by ET (eventually, no mulitplexes in those days and it sold out several times). 

2964. Delicious flavours to savour

I AM struggling to think of the best way to describe my feelings as I walked in to Xenuk without referring to comfy slippers.

2965. Perfect place for a lunch date

WHILE Bar Risa is most famous as a bar and nightclub, it seems many people do not realise that during daylight hours the venue becomes a restaurant that provides some truly fantastic food at great prices.

2966. 24Seven this week

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

2967. Pyrex of the Caribbean

New year may traditionally be the time to cut back on food for a healthier new you – but how about trying something new instead?

2968. Also in February's Food Monthly

2969. You Review (DVD): Interview (15)

A political journalist (Steve Buscemi) is sent on an assignment to meet an attractive B-list soap star celebrity (Sienna Miller). He makes a mess of the interview, but winds up at her Manhattan loft apartment following a car accident.

2970. Keeping it in the family

Veteran actor Gary Raymond and his actress daughter Emily are working together for the first time in The Mill at Sonning’s next production The Heiress.