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Capricorn (22 December-20 January): Your Bath Half time was
unbelievable: you finished two weeks before the race. Next time, be a little subtler with your cheating.

Aquarius (21 January-19 February): In the wise words of Dwight Eisenhower, “The world is more like it is now than it ever has been before”

Pisces (20 February-20 March): It’s easier to seek forgiveness than to
ask permission, but easier still to deny it ever happened: just ask Radovan Karadžić.

Aries (21 March-20 April): If you can’t see the appeal of autoerotic

Fly on the Friday night from London Stansted with Ryanair – keep an eye out for their frequent sales, with flights as low as £5 each way. Take the train from Bath Spa to Stansted (advance fares from £8.60), and grab an early morning flight which will have you at Berlin’s Schönefeld airport just after 9am.

TThe doldrums of the economic downturn have become common knowledge for everyone from the postman to the Prime Minister, but you wouldn’t expect that there would be people working on Canary Wharf who actually applaud the recession. Josie Cox went to track them down. Wanderson has lived a ten-minute walk away from Canary Wharf ever since moving to London in 2006. When asked how the financial crisis has affected him personally, a grin spreads across the Brazilian’s face: “not at all.”

After a fabulously loved up pit stop in England between the two halves of my year abroad, I have set sail (or flight) for the lovely city of Rome. The second half of my year will be spent here in the Italian capital, where I am embarking on an Erasmus exchange at the unbelievably disorganised Roman University, La Sapienza. Despite a wonderful first week, discovering the delights of the city (mainly pizza) and enjoying the highlights of the Erasmus experience (mainly strong drinks and long lie-ins) I am also dealing with getting back into the routine of a long distance relationship.

You know how it is: if you can’t beat them, join them. And that’s exactly what I’ve done after around a decade browbeating vegetarianism. That the turning point should come one Sunday evening, in a Masonic Hall, is as much a surprise to you as it was to me.

The connotations that I have regarding the word ‘hearty’ often involve a slightly large portion of piping hot food, a burning fire in the hearth and an even larger tipple.

Eat, drink, smile: that is how Banglo, on the Lower Bristol Road, advertises itself. When seven of us arrived for a birthday meal, the venue was surprisingly empty. Although this resulted in a slightly muted atmosphere, we felt in no way inhibited - particularly as we were allowed free control of the sound system! The birthday girl was greeted with a personalised, complimentary and utterly delicious cocktail, which set the scene for a thoroughly enjoyable evening.

Splish, splash, splosh!

Slowly ease your fingers into the trifle. Feel the softly whipped cream caress your skin and the tantalising change of the solid jelly and the moist sponge. Your body is trembling with excitement and desire as you lift the bowl brimmed with pleasure and thrust it against your body. Welcome to the wonderfully naughty world of Sploshing.

THE ITALIAN ISSUE
CHARLOTTE’S RESTAURANT REVIEW

Martini Restaurant
8/9 George Street
Bath
BA1 2EH

Whenever I have walked past this restaurant (located on George street, opposite Moles) I have been sorely tempted to cancel all my plans and pop in, due to the delicious smells that are wafted out onto the street. Needless to say, I was looking forward to my visit and thanks to Adam’s time keeping skills, was suitably ravenous. Conversely, my review is actually rather mixed.

These days it’s hard to determine what changes faster: trends or technology. I suppose it’s a bit of an egg and chicken question, but either way I’m sure that by the time most of us have figured out how to turn on our new iPhones, the superfluous gadget is all but a remnant of the past for small minority of the population that are “technology geeks”.