41. OLD JOKES STILL SPARKLE IN A ROLLICKING FARCE

42. SHARP SECRETS By Sally Bryant

43. Review: The Charlatans at the Hexagon

This latest tour by one of the UK's best mainstays has been greeted with good and bad reviews alike. Gladly I can report that this date was a great show, even though it had not totally sold out.

44. A night which felty like a week

BLOCKBUSTER had been going through a run of form recently, what with the superb Casino Royale, Pan’s Labyrinth and Clerks 2 released within quick succession.

45. Order from chaos

ONE imagines that most members of the Reading public are not particularly interested in the inner workings of newspapers.

46. Refreshing sound of Hadouken!

Hadouken!, the new darlings of the music scene, are about to embark on their first headline tour of the UK, including a visit to the Fez Club on Thursday, June 7.

47. You’ll be ska-red

The faces at the Face Bar may well be familiar on Saturday as Skaville UK play live at the venue.

48. A perfect summer stroll

IT MIGHT have been a long time coming but now summer’s here (to stay?) there’s really no excuse for not getting out there and enjoying it.

49. Movie’s sentenced to failure

With Kevin Bacon in the lead role and the director’s chair filled by James Wan, the man behind the original Saw film, Death Sentence promises much. Sadly, however, it fails to deliver.

50. Katherine’s the star at festival

Henley Festival celebrated its 25th anniversary last week with probably its best-ever line-up of music, comedy, dance and nightly firework spectaculars.