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GATE EXPECTATIONS: Superclub
Gatecrasher marks its 20th
anniversary bash with 10 hours
of non-stop dance tunes
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first memory: My dad bringing me
fish and chips. It was a glorious sunny
afternoon and I was sat on the grass in
a park with my mum. It was so bright I
had to squint to see, which made
everything blurry. There was a busy
street in the distance where the chip
shop must have been. I remember
feeling an overwhelming sense of
comfort and happiness as I saw my
dad walk back towards us.
I’m told it was most likely my first
birthday, which seems about right as I
have no recollection of my sister in the
memory. Ramanique was born when I
was two.
The big interview
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Fred Leicester
P8
My weekend
P9
This much I know
P10-11
Me and my other half
P12-13
Counter culture
P14-15
Style counsel
P16
Road test
P17
Dish of the day
P18-19
Real life
P20-21
Picture this
P23
DVD and
book reviews
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Travel
P28-29
Film extra
P30
TV listings
P31-37
And another thing
P38-39
Cover: Alex Hannam
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First up: Jassa Ahluwalia, 23, actor
first album: I think it was The
Eminem Show when I was in Year 7. I
loved Eminem. Mainly because I’d
heard rumours he used a chainsaw on
stage. There aren’t many situations that
aren’t made more awesome by having
a chainsaw. I made the mistake of
setting the album as my stereo alarm.
Early starts for school soon put an end
to that love affair.
48 hours
let there be lights. Thousands of ’em.
Enough to give an eco-warrior a small
seizure.
Leicester’s Hindu heartland has been
festooned with more than 6,000 bulbs
and garlands for Belgrave’s dazzling
Diwali celebrations.
And this weekend at least, Leicester
will be the most switched-on city in the
Western world as the Golden Mile gets
its glow on.
An anticipated crowd of tens of
thousands of people will cram
into Belgrave Road for the
ceremony on Sunday
from 6pm.
For more details, visit:
www.visitleicester.info/diwali
grammy award-winning DJ Paul
Van Dyk joins a stellar line up of top
trance turntablists at superclub
Gatecrasher’s 20th anniversary bash in
Donington this weekend.
Ten hours of non-stop dance
tunes kick off at 8pm, with sets from
Mauro Picotto, Ferry Corsten, John
O’Callaghan, Marco V and Judge
Jules.
The prosaic-sounding Donington
Park Exhibition Centre will be
transformed by all manner of light
show whizz-bangery plus a full fun fair
including thrill rides. Tickets cost
£39.99. Get them from:
www.gatecrasher.com
shouty-shirted, Something-AboutMary-haired, gag Gatling gun Milton
Jones, pictured, plays De Montfort Hall
tonight. Which is all the excuse we
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TV ROLE: Jassa as Rocky in the hit
BBC Three sitcom Some Girls
need to put our feet up and let him
write the next three paragraphs.
My grandfather is always saying that
in the old days people could leave their
back doors open. Which is probably
why his submarine sank.
I can’t even count to 10 in French:
un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept…
Aarrgghh! Sorry, I’ve got a huit allergy.
If your name is Andre, don’t sign
your name with a kiss.
one wristband. Twelve venues. More
than 200 acts. Untold numbers of
beneficiaries. That’s the deal with
Leicester’s annual Oxjam fund-raiser,
which is staged in the city’s Cultural
Quarter today. Short version: it’s ace.
Longer version:
oxjamleicester.co.uk
curve’s new black comedy
The Beauty Queen Of Leenane
was nominated for an Olivier
Award in the West End and six
Tony Awards on Broadway.
Add in the fact this Leicester
production is directed by Paul
Kerryson, and you’ve got a nearguarantee of value for money.
It’s the story of a 40-year-old virgin,
her relationship with her manipulative
mother and her brush with romance in
the mountains of County Galway,
Ireland.
It’s written by Martin McDonagh,
who also penned previous Curve hits
The Pillowman and The Lieutenant of
Inishmore.
The Beauty Queen Of Leenane runs
at Curve until November 9. ●
M:
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first gig: June 16, 2007 – Muse, at
Wembley Stadium. It was the first
concert at the new stadium. I leapt into
the air as the first note of Knights of
Cydonia sent all 90,000 of us into a
frenzy. My feet didn’t touch the ground
until some time during the second
song. I remember being so close to the
stage that I felt the heat from the finale
pyros burn my face.
first job: Chopping carrots for my
dad when I was four. He gave me a
small knife which became my special
“chaku” (Punjabi for knife). I was
recently horrified to discover that my
mum has been using my beloved blade
to remove weeds from between her
patio slabs. My mother’s gardening
habits aside, learning to cook from
such a young age proved invaluable
when I moved to London.
first car: Ford Fiesta. 1.2 litre. Dark
Blue. Not purple! Ramanique wrote it
off. Not that it bothers me.
first place of your own: My den.
My sister and I grew up reading
Swallows and Amazons, The Famous
Five and The Secret Seven, so as soon
as we discovered there was a hollow
space in the leylandii hedge in our
garden, we set to work. My greatest
achievement was the trellis and clear
tarp skylight that I built. It even had a
security system – an intricate system of
logs and garden twine trip wires –
which my sister kindly agreed to test.
She wore a bike helmet, obviously.
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first school: Launde Primary
School. I wasn’t in the catchment area,
but my granddad taught there, known
to many as Mr Walia, the turbanned
teaching legend.
The headmistress, Mrs Hudson, gave
me and my family huge amounts of
encouragement with both my
academic and creative interests.
Nothing was impossible.
first love: Unrequited and a
continued source of inspiration.
first holiday abroad: Ibiza. With
my aunty and grandparents. I was four.
Yeah... I’m not sure why anyone
thought that was a good idea. It was
my first time on a plane, though. I
shouted “Peter Pan!” as we took off. I
also spent most of the trip desperately
wanting to eat a tyre – I’d never seen a
donut before. My only other memory
of that holiday is getting lost, proceeding to fall off a beach wall and then
swallowing sea water. Not too different
from most people’s memories of Ibiza I
imagine. I’ve not been back.
first acting role: I recall playing a
polar bear at Launde one Christmas.
There’s photographic evidence somewhere... I also played a cave wall in a
schools’ Kaleidoscope production at
the now old Haymarket Theatre.
I originally had a more significant role
but misbehaviour at morris dancing
club led to me being demoted to
stalagmite. I maintain the punishment
was completely disproportionate. After
all, give a group of young boys sticks
and then encourage those boys to
whack those sticks together... sword
fights are the natural progression. ●
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jassa can be seen playing Rocky in
BBC Three comedy Some Girls, on
Mondays, at 10pm. He will also
appear in Ripper Street, which
returns to BBC One on Monday,
October 28, at 9pm
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