http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/ Burnley and Pendle Citizen /leisure/ en-gb Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:59:46 +0000 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:59:46 +0000 http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/resources/images/447985/?type=rsslogo http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/ http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/5072185.TV_review__The_Good_Wife__Channel_4/?ref=rss SO that’s where that nice Nurse Hathaway got to. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:24:23 +0000 318d5d3df2877cea730596c5d316258c http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/5069481.TV_review__Blur_____No_Distance_Left_To_Run__BBC2/?ref=rss MUSIC on television is a drab affair these days. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:58:31 +0000 35fc8c9a0c41de42323ebfe1640c7028 http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/5065898.Blackburn_entrepreneur_found_faith_in_career_success/?ref=rss AN industry where “sex sells” might not seem an obvious career choice for a young Muslim woman. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:32:04 +0000 485275b67aa7763c25674263328db42a http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/5065712.Gig_review__Editors___Apollo__Manchester/?ref=rss There’s something a little bit uncool about Editors. Frontman Tom Smith has a likeable awkwardness on stage, he looks like a rock star but he doesn’t quite act like one. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:52:10 +0000 f5407c120d243990c9cae9d025e85424 http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/5061947.Fulmar_follows_new_flight_path/?ref=rss Ron Freethy's nature column: Some years ago I was asked by the publishers Collins to plan a history of new naturalist series of books along with the photographer Eric Hosking. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:09:42 +0000 cd3677d8ee59f9c2d367c236451d97f8 http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/5059395.TV_review__House__Sky_One/?ref=rss THE greatest double act on the small screen at the moment has returned triumphantly to Sky One. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:24:01 +0000 c65ab5242b0e2fd2be1243d126ade927 http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/5047585.Snipe_spring_into_action_to_beat_ice/?ref=rss Ron Freethy's nature column: During the cold spell in January I risked the frost and visited an area of Pendle which is always damp but which was seemingly frozen solid. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:04:06 +0000 f28972b760f874702691f6303bf8081f http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/5042962.TV_review__Michael_Winner___s_Dining_Stars__ITV1/?ref=rss I QUITE like Michael Winner. He made rubbish films, his insurance adverts are terrible, but somehow he managed a long-term relationship with Jenny Seagrove and he once ordered his chauffeur to stop while I crossed a road in London, enthusiastically waving me on in the process. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:43:48 +0000 11b2cce4fc2c54fc3ff4d89ca0f41e71 http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/5042963.TV_review__One_Born_Every_Minute__Channel_4/?ref=rss A LETTER fell out of a birthday card sent to my partner by her friend Dominique. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:45:06 +0000 a750cac5117200f1ad31ced93b36a033 http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/5034427.A_worry_about_bungle_bees_/?ref=rss Ron Freethy's nature column: Don't worry this is not a printing error – I meant to use the words bungle. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:32:28 +0000 b1aa6dee30909bf6df9d1f42548af1df http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/5029743.TV_review__Masterchef__BBC1/?ref=rss “WHOEVER wins this it could change their laaaf,” hollers grocer Gregg as he shouts in another series of Masterchef. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:51:37 +0000 70aef84c1709c14a62e082e7aac9f300 http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/5029740.TV_review__EastEnders__BBC1/?ref=rss IN 1985, as we settled down in our gaff with a nice cup of cha, I says to my old mum, I says, “Mum, the only soaps that will still be going in 2010 will be Albion Market and El Dorado, you mark my words." Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:50:28 +0000 fe016b40ff1b2b73ee22888dd9bc813f http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/5021474.Is_doom_and_gloom_preferable_/?ref=rss Ron Freethy column: During the past few weeks we have all felt the icy grip of winter even though we are being told to prepare for catastrophic global warming – and we will have to pay more environmental taxes to stop it! Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:31:01 +0000 ca3e97e8c024ba28d5f24162f360878a http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/5018648.TV_review__Relocation__Phil_Down_Under__Channel4/?ref=rss TELEVISION seems designed to provoke jealousy. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:26:15 +0000 db8195665231acb3fa4571c8a5e4d619 http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/5008547.Why_night_time_is_the_right_time/?ref=rss Ron Freethy nature column: Too many naturalists switch off once daylight begins to fade. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:50:18 +0000 2667cd1455d60258e0fb7b830395a319 http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/4999062.Peter_set_for_Brits_debut/?ref=rss PETER Kay fans will be able to see the Bolton comedian host this year’s BRIT awards when they are broadcast live on ITV on Tuesday. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:07:40 +0000 feafb15e3d6d904cd34ae7940d5567ff http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/4994921.Hidden_depths_of_water_snails/?ref=rss Ron Freethy nature column: It is not often realised that snails not only live on land but also in water and indeed scientists believe that snails evolved first on water and then moved on to the land. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:46:14 +0000 4d22f933a567cf3a8718b3d27f07e7a2 http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/4890761.TV_review__Delia_Through_The_Years__BBC2/?ref=rss IF nothing else, this programme serves up (ho ho ho) a lesson as to why viewing figures have dipped over the years. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:54:59 +0000 121eb8960c69ec6acdd2ae12fda8261b http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/4883894.___Luxury____history_of_humble_rabbit/?ref=rss Ron Freethy's nature column: When the Normans introduced the rabbit to Britain in the 12th century the animal was very much a luxury item and valued both for its fur and its flesh. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:56:27 +0000 9362fcb0c31db17d313410e9aaf8ff26 http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/4878093.TV_review__Bellamy___s_People__BBC2/?ref=rss THIS programme arrived much-hyped, with a strong on-screen team and a decent concept. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:30:00 +0000 ba2f967b0aaccefc8edd8cafbac1d813 http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/4881451.TV_review__How_It___s_Made__Discovery_Science/?ref=rss WATCHING roughly eight Sky+ed episodes of this taught me two things: why the world is hurtling towards full unemployment and just how my teachers managed to make science so boring. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:16:37 +0000 a1f391d03811fef05f4a3f59c00bf036 http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/4881246.TV_review__Celebrity_Big_Brother__Channel_4/?ref=rss SO tonight’s the big night — it’s the Big Brother final. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:22:24 +0000 9f520a92f4c99dd8c5d197c355c3ec54 http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/4869584.Dunlins_in_flight_like_smoke_in_wind/?ref=rss Ron Freethy's nature column: The next time East Lancashire feels a bit cool you could head off to the coast be it to the Fylde at Lytham St Annes or into Morecambe Bay, not literally of course. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:53:35 +0000 e30e72023cbe9bcdb80b74eda8fc38af http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/4867408.TV_review__Nurse_Jackie__BBC2/?ref=rss TV fans still mourning The Sopranos are in for a treat with the latest US-imported drama, Nurse Jackie. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:01:43 +0000 57a04f83544e5e2c6edccef936cdd6f2 http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/4864701.TV_review__The_Hairy_Bikers__Mums_Know_Best__BBC2/?ref=rss ARE Dave Myers and Si King the luckiest people on television? Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:57:49 +0000 fe0f356b85ab7590702153b1f7b7c7a2 http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/4856801.Nature___s_cupboard_can_be_a_winter_lifesaver/?ref=rss Ron Freethy's nature column: Despite the long range weather forecasters promising us a mild winter this one so far has been one of the worst for many years, perhaps this is the start of what may be called global cooling? Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:10:02 +0000 057c9604c69d0185af89f098345092ef http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/4852205.TV_review__The_F_Word__Channel_4/?ref=rss Just as I thought Gordon Ramsay had completely lost the plot, he pulled it back from the brink. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:05:18 +0000 0383fa73ae54f89704406f207bcab049 http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/4844877.Cruel_poachers_must_be_stopped_in_their_tracks/?ref=rss Ron Freethy's nature column: With the bleak economic climate still with us there has been an increasing tendency for people to poach deer, killing them in the most cruel way and then selling them for their meat. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:47:01 +0000 ddb4a1fa75ff03dafe1565152eecef53 http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/4841190.TV_review__Gavin_and_Stacey__BBC2/?ref=rss SO, the last Gavin and Stacey ever? Or was it? Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:56:16 +0000 cb92e58bdfcced769131e795661af10f http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/leisure/4814423.Barn_owls_are_made_to_hunt/?ref=rss Ron Freethy's nature column: Here are some little known facts about a most fascinating bird – the barn owl. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:46:31 +0000 208d70f9b021a422eb0e05557073398a