CONTENTS Agenda

4 - 18 November 2 LETTERS

415 DAYS TO LIVE 7 NEWS

8 RADAR

1O RACE

12 THE LEECH

What'sOn

29 AROUND TOWN 33 BOOKS

36 CLUBS

44 COMEDY

46 FILM 51 DVD

70 GAY 71 KIDS

73 MUSIC 77 RECORDS

96 THEATRE 105TV 106 VISUAL ART

Life&Style Cover story: Nick Cave 113 EAT THERE THIS

The tortured soul who brought the world the Bad Seeds and the Birthday FORTN'GHT Party gave up drugs over a decade ago, yet Nick Cave’s dark image has "5 PLAY

pursued him through brilliantly murderous albums and famously torrid "7 SHOP love affairs. But now Cave’s image is beginning to change. When we 118 HEALTH & ADVICE visited him in his home town of Brighton, we discovered a man who is 119 CLASSIFIED

happier than ever, and making some of the finest music of his career.

Rear View

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couldn't be more different from Mr Cave. except that her career is moving in an increasingly hip direction. We ask her about Birth and resurrection.

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21 Winter sports special If your life feels like it's going downhill. then maybe it's time to get up on the slopes. We head for some ski locations where the snow's virtually guaranteed. but the tourists are deCIdedIy thin on the ground.

96 Mamma Mia! The creator of this franchised musical sensation is reportedly one of the BOO richest women in the world. Try getting your average theatre director to believe that.

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