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The music videos they didnt want you to see!
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I was pleased to learn recently that DHI now offers free yoga classes on Wednesday evenings. As I am a participant in the weekly Monday morning Mindfulness Meditation group, I thought yoga might be a useful complement to this activity. According to Denise, our yoga coordinator, I was right, as she considers yoga and meditation to be inextricably interlinked, putting my description that they go together, innit? in more educated English. Anyone is welcome to join the group, which takes place every Wednesday from 5.30pm to 6.30pm. You dont have to have an interest or participate in meditation, as I do, and you need have no previous experience in yoga. I find the hour well spent, as the benefits are physical, mental and emotional and I leave feeling these benefits in every way. If you are interested in learning more, have a word with your key worker, if you have one, or simply turn up at 5.30pm on any Wednesday. You will be pleasantly surprised.

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I was introduced to Peter and his enthusiasm for all things green was very encouraging. I started coming on a regular basis and there was always a lot to do, from planting veggies to hard landscaping to just chilling out and relaxing by the pond, feeding the goldfish. I can highly recommend getting involved if you are in need of some meaningful occupation, and getting back on track. Im hoping to get into a gardening career and set up a little business selling veggies to people on low incomes.

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This pic: The Kinks - see The British are Coming!, page 12. Bottom: The impact of welfare reforms might include an increase in the use of food banks, see page 4.

Hi there!
Welcome to our 27th issue! This time around were all hot and bothered about censorship ... who censors what and why? We go into some detail about who and what the BBC deemed unsuitable for our sensitive eyes and ears. And dont miss Andrews exhaustive document of the British pop invasion on page 12.

Phil

Contents
Impact of Welfare Reforms 4 Banned by the BBC 6 The British are coming 12 Pop brainteaser! 14 Puzzle Corner 15 Partners Pets 16 Why I love... Jesus 17 Andrews Jokes 18 Poetry Corner 19 Whats On at DHI: B&NES 20 Whats On at DHI: South Glos. 22 Useful numbers 23 The Back Page 24
Patron Midge Ure Off The Wall Editorial Team Feature writers: Jim Timoney, Alan Cupit, Andrew Campbell, Colette Lyons, Kangy, Rachel Garvin, Lisa; Jessica Lovelace; Tanya Galic. Books & Poetry editor: Jim Contributors Nik Browne, Louis Hawkins, Phil Johnston-Smith, Ken, Mark Check us out online: www.dhi-online.org.uk/clients/category/Off-The-Wall Get in touch! Off The Wall Magazine The Beehive, Beehive Yard, Bath, BA1 5BD. Tel 01225 329411 Email info@dhibath.org.uk. Copyright 2010 DHI. All rights reserved. The Group of Seven assist with production.

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Impact of Welfare li C I H D n o s m r o f e R
DHI clients will be affected in a number of ways by the welfare reforms and this may vary from area to area as some elements of the reforms allow local authorities to allocate resources in different ways.
Bedroom Tax In B&NES there are approximately 1100 Curo tenants who are affected by this. Impact: Likelihood of increased rent arrears, increased debt and increased risk of homelessness. The possibility of clients having to move from settled secure social housing into the not so secure private rented sector is all too real. Council Tax Support (Abolition of Council Tax Benefit) This varies from area to area as local authorities are able to apply this in different ways and some authorities (eg Bristol and South Glos) have decided to pay the 20% not funded by Central Government themselves. B&NES and Wiltshire are passing this cost onto residents who previously were eligible for full Council Tax Benefit. The different districts of Somerset are passing this cost on to residents in differing amounts. Impact: Increased levels of debt for clients with the threat of legal proceedings and ultimately prison for non payment. Benet Cap In B&NES only 20 families are expected to be affected by this but nationally the DWP estimates that about 67,000 households will be affected in 2013-14. Impact: Likelihood of increased rent arrears and increased debt, risk of homelessness, increase in poverty, increased use of foodbanks and other local charities. Universal Credit Not an immediate concern as it is currently being piloted in pathfinder areas and will be commencing nationally in October 2013 for new claims and will be phased in for clients currently in receipt of benefits. Impact: Likelihood of increase in rent arrears and debt as the credit will be paid monthly and will include all benefits including rent that was previously paid direct to the Registered Providers for clients living in social housing. Increased risk of homelessness. Abolishment of Social Fund Another part of welfare reforms that will vary from area to area. From April 2013 Community Care Grants and Crisis Loans no longer exist. In B&NES this has been replaced by a Welfare Support Fund but to be eligible for support people must either have children under 5 and in receipt of certain benefits or in receipt of certain levels of Employment Support Allowance or Disability Living Allowance in other words, a very strict criteria. B&NES also seem to be very limiting on what they will provide for people and there is no mention of support available for resettled clients. Wiltshires provision appears to be more inclusive and does offer support specifically for resettlement, as per the CCG that it is replacing. Somerset is offering support only for people in crisis. People who are resettling and would

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Indirect impact of the changes might include an increase in the use of food banks by DHI clients and homelessness.

previously have been eligible for a Community Care Grant do not qualify and have to apply to local charities instead. People requesting support in a crisis can only do this through the CAB and this slows the process down. Any support available will be in the form of vouchers and not cash. Impact: Difficulty for clients who have had an unsettled housing history in furnishing accommodation could lead to increased levels of repeat homelessness and clients in crisis will be eligible for varying amounts of support depending on where they live.

Social Security Uprating This is now limited to 1% Impact: Inflation is well above this figure so there will be a negative effect on clients standard of living. Local Housing Allowance Uprating Also limited to 1% but private rents are increasing well above this according to Crisis, CIH and Shelter. Impact: This will affect the already limited availability of housing to homeless clients or those affected by the bedroom tax that need to move but are claiming benefits.

Indirect impact of all welfare reforms may include  Increased risk of relationship and family breakdown  Increase in the use of food banks by DHI clients  Increased reliance by DHI clients on local charities for assistance Increase in criminal activity  Increased levels of substance misuse  Increased levels of mental illhealth  Children are disproportionately affected by the benefit cap this could lead to a rise in the number of troubled families.

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Censorship In Music
By Andrew Campbell

ention to anyone about the BBC banning songs, and the first instance many will come up with is the 1984 Frankie Goes to Hollywood song Relax. This was certainly the most famous (or infamous) occasion of a BBC Radio DJ banning of a song resulting in a blanket ban, but it was by no means the first. The British Broadcasting Corporation has always prided itself in knowing what their listeners and viewers will find acceptable, but sometimes that confidence in itself has been misplaced.

The dance music poLice

In the 1930s the BBC set up the Dance Music Policy Committee to police the music allowed to be played on the radio. About ten years later, during the Second World War, the BBCs

Director of Music Sir Arthur Bliss sent a directive to the committee to ban songs that were slushy in sentiment or pop versions of classical music. As a result, songs such as Im Always Chasing Rainbows from the 1918 musical Oh, Look! (based on Chopins Fantaisie- Impromptu), Saturday Nite at the Duckpond by The Cougars (based on Tchaikovskys Swan Lake) and Baubles, Bangles and Beads from the 1953 musical Kismet (based on Borodins String Quartet in D) were all banned, as were Nero and the Gladiators 1961 recording of Griegs In the Hall of the Mountain King. The Four Aces song Stranger in Paradise, also from the musical Kismet,

suffered the same fate. Another reason the BBC used for banning songs was their insistence on the usage of British English instead of American English, and because of this the Kingston Trios 1959 song A Worried Man was banned due to its use of the word closet instead of cupboard. In 1965, Barry McGuires protest song Eve of Destruction was placed on a restricted list of songs that were not to be played in what was termed

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general entertainment programmes. In 1972, the song Give Ireland Back to the Irish by Wings, written by Paul and Linda McCartney as a response to the Bloody Sunday events in Northern Ireland on 19th February 1972 received a ban. The Chairman of EMI

Records, Wings record label, phoned Paul McCartney to tell him they couldnt release it as it was inflammatory, but McCartney insisted. The record was released, and was immediately banned by the BBC. As a result of the songs release, the brother of Wings band member Henry McCullough was beaten up in

his town in Northern Ireland. Despite the ban though, the song still managed to reach No. 16 in the UK charts. The bands next single was seen by many critics as a sarcastic response to the ban, being a rendition of the traditional nursery rhyme Mary Had a Little Lamb. The subject of the Troubles in Northern Ireland also resulted in The Polices 1981 song Invisible Sun being banned by the BBC, due to its

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reference to the ArmaLite rifle used by the IRA and also the video which showed various video clips of the conflict in Northern Ireland.
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In 1977, the year of the Queens Silver Jubilee, controversial punk group The Sex Pistols released the provocative God Save the Queen, an attack on the British monarchy, and publicised it with a cruise down the Thames during which they played a concert. The song was of course banned by the BBC, and accusations of chart rigging were subsequently levelled at the Corporation when, in the week of the Jubilee, the less controversial Rod Stewart Double A-Side single I Dont Want to Talk About It/ First Cut is the Deepest was announced as that weeks No. 1. In 1978, the Tom Robinson Band song Sing if Youre Glad to Be Gay (from the E.P. Rising Free) was refused airplay, due to its promotion of homosexuality. BBC Radio 1 instead played Track 1 from the E.P., Dont Take No For an Answer, in their Top 40 Chart Show. In 1981, Heaven 17s first single, (We Dont Need This) Fascist Groove Thang, was released. Because of its references to the thencurrent British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and US President Ronald Reagan, the song was banned by the BBC, because of concerns by BBC Radio 1s legal department that the song libelled President Reagan. Then in 1984 came the much-publicised banning of the Frankie Goes to Hollywood single Relax. Due to its

sexually suggestive cover picture and equally sexually suggestive lyrics plus the promotional video set in an S&M themed gay nightclub Radio 1 DJ Mike Read announced on 11th January 1984 that he would no longer play the song, and almost at the same time the BBC also made the decision to ban the song. This ban extended to the BBCs music show Top of the Pops, where, even though the song reached No. 1 for five weeks despite the ban, there was only the announcement that

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the song was No. 1 and then a performance by a non-No. 1 artist was shown instead. When it became obvious that the ban was counter-productive (since other commercial radio and TV stations were still playing the song), the ban was lifted later in 1984 and Frankie Goes to Hollywood appeared on the Christmas Day Top of the Pops to perform Relax. So in conclusion, the 1984 banning of Frankie Goes to Hollywoods Relax wasnt the first time the BBC had done this, and the Corporation Im sure will continue to display their Auntie Knows Best attitude in the coming years as well. Some will see it as interference with artists freedom of expression, but in many cases the ban will be for good reasons.

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Banned by the BBC contd.

There have also been a number of specic reasons for the BBC banning songs, which are detailed below:
Banned during the First Gulf War of 1990-1991 The following songs were banned due to their references to shooting or being airborne.
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) by Cher (1966) Light My Fire by Jose Feliciano (1968) Boom Bang-a-Bang by Lulu (1969) Sailing by Rod Stewart (1975) Imagine by John Lennon (1975/1980) Killing an Arab by The Cure (1979) Walk Like an Egyptian by The Bangles (1986) In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins (1981/1988).

group agreed to change the lyric to cherry cola, the ban was lifted. Kodachrome by Paul Simon (1973) The song is named after the Kodak 35mm film Kodachrome. The company required Paul Simon to include the registered trademark symbol after the name. Due to the BBCs banning of the song, it was not released as a single in the UK. Banned because of death/violence references In the early to mid-1960s there was a vogue for teen songs about lovers dying in motorbike or car accidents, known as teen tragedy songs. These songs were considered too morbid for airplay by the BBC, and they banned them. The last two songs on this list were not teen tragedy songs, but were banned for the same reason.
Tribute to Buddy Holly by Mike Berry & The Outlaws A song about the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper in a plane crash in 1959. Tell Laura I Love Her by Ricky Valance (1960) Racing car crash. Ebony Eyes by The Everly Brothers (1961) Plane crash. Johnny Remember Me by John Leyton (1961) - A haunting of a young man by his dead lover. Terry by Twinkle (1964) Motorbike crash. Leader of the Pack by The Shangri-Las (1965) Motorbike crash. Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin A song about multiple murders of women by a knife-wielding man, originally from the music drama The Threepenny Opera.

Banned because of advertising The following songs were banned due to their referencing of brand names. This ban had obviously been lifted by 2003, when the novelty group Fast Food Rockers released their single The Fast Food Song, the chorus of which consisted entirely of the repetition of fast food companies McDonalds, Burger King and Pizza Hut. Additionally, the 1976 David Dundas song Jeans On, originally written by Dundas for a Brutus Jeans advert with the line I pull my Brutus jeans on escaped the ban when Dundas changed the line to I pull my old blue jeans on.
High Class Baby by Cliff Richard & The Drifters (1958) References Cadillac cars. Lola by The Kinks (1970) Referenced Coca-Cola. When the

Banned because of sexual references The following songs were banned on grounds of taste.
Lets Spend the Night Together by The Rolling Stones (1967) Banned because it appeared to promote casual sex. Je Taime... Moi Non Plus by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg (1969) Banned because of its overtly sexual overtones. Hi Hi Hi by Wings (1972) Another Wings song banned by the BBC, this time because of sexually suggestive lyrics. Paul McCartney defended the song, but did admit I was in a sensuous mood in Spain when I wrote it. Love to Love You Baby by Donna Summer (1976) Banned

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time), the BBC decided to ban the song, despite John Lennons protestations of the songs innocence. A Day in the Life by The Beatles (1967) The second song from the Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album to be banned by the BBC, and for the same reason. It was banned because of its line Id love to turn you on. Jackie by Scott Walker (1967) Banned due to drug references, and also because of lyrics like authentic queers and phony virgins. We Call it Acieed by D Mob (1988) Banned due to its apparent reference to the drug Acid. Banned for unknown reasons
The Millennium Prayer by Cliff Richard (1999) This song was the Lords

because of its overtly sexual overtones. Smack My Bitch Up by The Prodigy (1997) Banned because the title appeared to promote violence against women. BBC Radio 1 only played a lyric-free version. In relation to perceived sexual references, when The Proclaimers song (Im Gonna Be) 500 Miles was first released in the U.S. charts in 1993, American censors were going to ban the song because they didnt understand the Scottish word haver. Making the assumption that it was a slang word for sex, they made the decision to ban it, but the Proclaimers manager contacted them to inform them that haver just meant to talk nonsense, and the ban was cancelled. Banned because of alleged drug references The following songs were banned due to perceived drug references.
Minnie the Moocher by Cab Calloway (1931) Banned because the song is loaded with drugs references. Theme from The Man With the Golden Arm by Eddie Calvert (1956) Despite being an instrumental, it was banned by the BBC because it was the theme tune for a film about drugs. A version of the same theme tune by Billy May & His Orchestra escaped the ban by the simple means of changing the title to Main Theme. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds by The Beatles (1967) When speculation began that the initial letters of each of the titles nouns spelt LSD (an hallucinatory drug popular in the hippie culture at the

Prayer sung to the tune of the traditional Scottish song Auld Lang Syne. Cliff Richards record company refused to release it, and so Richard instead released it on independent label Papillon. Many stations including BBC Radio 1 refused to play it, but despite that the song still reached No. 1 for 3 weeks. Fun Fun Fun by Status Quo with The Beach Boys (1996) When BBC Radio 1 refused to play the song, Status Quo acrimoniously and ultimately unsuccessfully attempted to sue the radio station on the grounds of ageism.

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Off The Walls Andrew Campbell documents the British pop invasion of America in the 50s and 60s ... part 2 next issue.
performed it live on stage. Frankie Vaughan was another singer whose success was largely due to his recordings of American songs, although he started his career as a variety song and dance act. His recording of the Jim Lowe song The Green Door gave him a No. 2 hit in 1956, while his first No. 1 came in 1957 with his recording of Garden of Eden, which was No. 1 for 4 weeks. The original was a US hit for Joe Valino in 1956. Vaughan reached the No. 1 spot one more time in 1961 (for 3 weeks) with the Burt Bacharach and Hal David song Tower of Strength, which had been a US hit for Gene McDaniels in the same year.
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ack in the 1950s, the normal practice in British pop music at the time was for British artists to record cover versions of American songs, and then perform them live on the popular music shows of the day, namely Six-Five Special and Ready Steady Go! Three singers from Liverpool were part of that scene. Lita Roza became in 1953 not just the first British female artist but also the first Liverpool singer to top the UK charts, when she hit the top for one week with her recording of (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window, originally recorded by Patti Page. Pages original version fared slightly less well, reaching No. 9. Roza hated her biggest chart success so much that she never

Another Liverpudlian singer to have success with a version of an

American hit song was Michael Holliday. His recording of the Bacharach and David song The Story of My Life was No. 1 for 2 weeks in 1958, while the original recording by American country singer Marty Robbins was a US hit the previous year. In 1961 a new style of music began, called Merseybeat (after a Liverpool music magazine of that name), which combined various British and American music styles. An early proponent of this music was a group calling themselves The Pacifics, whose name was changed by Bob Wooler (MC of the Cavern Club) to the Mersey Beats, and then The Merseybeats. Then in 1962 a group called The Beatles arrived and everything changed. After an inauspicious start, with their debut single Love Me Do only reaching No. 17, their next single, Please Please Me, reached No. 1 in every national music chart except Record Retailer, where it only reached No. 2. (When the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles series of chart stats books were released, the compilers used the Record Retailer charts for that period, and so Please Please Me was only given a No. 2 placing) In 1963 The Beatles struck gold with From Me to You, which was No. 1 for a whopping 7 weeks. The Beatles releases in the US charts were held back for over a year because their American label, Capitol Records, and their first

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three UK hits were released instead on the independent labels Vee-Jay and Swan. Legal issues with royalties and publishing rights held things up until December 1963, when Capitol finally released some Beatles albums, but with tracks of the record companys own choosing and with single releases of the record companys own choosing, which resulted in the US albums of those first few years being radically different from the UK releases. But then after the Beatles manager Brian Epstein arranged for a $40,000 marketing campaign and the support of US DJ Carrol James, who started playing the bands records on her radio show. This resulted in a spread of the Beatles music across the USA, which in turn resulted in a huge increase of demand for the groups songs. Capitol rush-released I Want to Hold Your Hand three weeks ahead of schedule on 26th December 1963, and the song had shot up to No. 1 and sold a million copies by mid-January 1964. When the Beatles arrived at New York Citys John F. Kennedy Airport in February 1964, they were greeted by by an enthusiastic crowd of about 3,000, and their first live US TV appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show was watched by about 73 million viewers across the country.
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The huge success of the Beatles in the US on 4th April 1964 the Beatles held the top 5 positions in the US Billboard chart, the only artists ever to have achieved that feat paved the way for other Liverpool acts and other British

artists to have success in the country. Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas had US hits with Little Children (US No. 7 in 1964) and Bad to Me (US No. 9 in 1964), while between 1964 and 1966 Gerry and the Pacemakers had 7 US Top 20 hits, including their first US hit, Dont Let the Sun Catch You Crying (No. 4 in 1964), How Do You Do It? (No. 9 in 1964), I Like It (No. 17 in 1964) and Ferry Cross the Mersey (No. 6 in 1965). Their most well-known song in the UK, Youll Never Walk Alone, failed to chart in the US. Other non-Liverpool acts were also part of this British Invasion, including Dusty Springfield, the Animals, Manfred Mann, Petula Clark (her signature song Downtown reached No. 1 in the US in 1964), Tom Jones (whose first UK No. 1, Its Not Unusual, was also a No. 10 hit in the US, and he had a number of other US Top 40 hits in the 1960s) and the Dave Clark Five, who had 17 hit records in the US charts between 1964 and 1967. A love for all things British led to two novelty songs becoming US No. 1s in 1965. Manchester band Hermans Hermits, who the

previous year had a UK No. 1 and US No. 13 with Im Into Something Good, released the songs Mrs Brown, Youve Got a Lovely Daughter and Im Henry the VIII I Am purely for the American market. The first song, originally sung by Tom Courtenay in the 1963 British TV play The Lads, was released in May 1965. The American record-buying public lapped it up and bought the record by the thousand, taking the song to the top of the charts much to the groups surprise. Hermans Hermits lead singer Peter Noone added impetus to the song by exaggerating his natural accent. Later the same year, the group released the Harry Champion 1910 music hall song Im Henry the Eighth I Am, which was met with equal enthusiasm by young Americans, and it too went to No. 1. Theres no accounting for the taste of the 1960s American recordbuying public. In the late 1960s a new rockier sound appeared in British music, spearheaded by groups such as the Rolling Stones, a group who simultaneously continued British success in the US charts and also signalled the end of the original British Invasion of the beat groups.

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Pop brainteaser!
Test your knowledge of supergroup U2. How many U2 songs can you nd in the following passage. Andrew Campbell has hidden a few ... (weve helped you out with the rst one)

FUN!

If you wanted records by an Irish rock group, now U2 can have what you desire most! But, you say, I still havent found what Im looking for. Ive looked in Gods Country, Ive been where the streets have no name. Ive asked the DJ at the discotheque, consulted the hands that built America and Ive even talked to the Angel of Harlem, but still no luck. Its so depressing I feel like staring at the Sun. Please help. Well, sometimes you cant make it on your own. Have you gone down the mysterious ways? Going off the beaten track can be even better than the real thing. So get on your boots! One day, perhaps on New Years Day, youll find these records. Perhaps youll find it in the City of Blinding Lights. And what a beautiful day it will be! That record will seem like the sweetest thing youve ever bought. And itll be all because of you, because you searched it out! You can have pride in yourself! And itll be time for a celebration. Itll be unforgettable. Fireworks can be shot into the sky! You have your U2 album!

Monochrome swap shop!

Off The Wall needs our readers support. Wed like the Beehive to start a freecycle service for staff and service users, and we need a few of you to get behind this in order to make it happen.
We will advertise unwanted electrical items (such dvd players, phones, and video recorders - all in working order) that we want to ofoad. Like the sound of that? Then let a member of staff at the Beehive know youre interested, and hopefully we can get started before next issue.

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Puzzle corner
Good luck with our cryptic summer quiz... answers at the bottom of the page TV at the cinema
1. Which star of horror films played the main role of Doctor Who in the two Doctor Who films of the 1960s, Doctor Who and the Daleks and Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.? 2. In the ill-received 1998 film version of The Avengers, who played John Steed? 3. In the equally ill-received 1998 film version of Lost in Space, which former Friends star played Major Don West? 4. In the 1994 film version of The Flintstones, who played Barney Rubble? 5. In the 2005 film version of The Dukes of Hazzard, which country music star played Uncle Jesse Duke and also performed the theme song, Good Ole Boys? 6. In which year was the first of the Muppets films, The Muppet Movie, released? 7. In the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, John Cleese played Sir Lancelot and how many other roles? 8. What was James Kirks rank in the first four Star Trek films?

more FUN!

TV in the pop charts

9. Eye Level was the first TV theme to reach No. 1 in the UK pop charts, in 1973. For which Holland-set detective series was it the theme tune? 10. I Could Be So Good For You by Dennis Waterman with the Dennis Waterman Band was a No. 3 hit in 1980, and was the theme song for which comedy series? 11. Suicide is Painless was No. 1 in 1980, and was the vocal theme for which US medical comedy series? 12. The 1988 No. 1 Doctorin the TARDIS by The Timelords sampled which science fiction TV theme? 13. Mark Snow composed the music and had a No. 2 hit in 1996 with the theme from which US science fiction TV series? 14. Ray Anthony and Ted Heath both had hits in 1953 with the theme to which US police series? 15. Vonda Shepard reached No. 10 in 1998 with the theme song for which US legal comedy series?
See question 11

See question 2

TV AT THE CINEMA 1. Peter Cushing; 2. Ralph Fiennes; 3. Matt Le Blanc; 4. Rick Moranis; 5. Willie Nelson; 6. 1979; 7. 6 (Second Soldier in first scene, Man with Body in plague scene, Black Knight, Third Villager, French Taunter and Tim the Enchanter); 8. Admiral. TV IN THE POP CHARTS 9. Van Der Valk; 10. Minder; 11. M*A*S*H; 12. Doctor Who; 13. The X Files; 14. Dragnet; 15. Ally McBeal

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Partners Pets
With Al Cupit

thought you might like to hear a short tale about my new partners pets. Two dogs. Crystal (a king Charles cavalier spaniel) and Bobby (a Yorkshire terrier) I first met them several months ago and instantly fell in love with the pair of them. Im a sucker for animals anyway. Bobby (the eldest) is around 12 years old and the scruffiest old Yorkshire terrier you could ever wish to meet. He is constantly poking out his tongue and has beautiful protruding bottom teeth - the result of an accident when he was just a puppy that has left him with a permanent smile after bumping his baby face on a hard step many years ago. Crystal, on the other hand, is 3 years old and is the most adorable young lady. Cute as a button but with the most miserable facial expression you could ever imagine. She loves Bobby as much as he loves her, but youd never know that with the look on her face. They share a dog bed and each knows their individual little place to be in it. She has always been the wiser of the pair. On one occasion not so long ago they both decided to raid the biscuit cupboard in the kitchen. Crystal, being a clever little madam, heard the lady of the house

come in and promptly went to her bed and proceeded to sit there as if she hadnt left it with a pretentious look on her sad little innocent face. Bobby on the other hand just carried on eating the spoils with the obvious attitude of. Well, Im about to get caught so sod it! Im not missing out on these biscuits! A true villain of the peace! While sad faced Crystal just sat quietly as if to say, Bobby did it all! Hes the older one. I must say they are absolute darlings and of course, were unconditionally forgiven. Talk about different characters. They both take the biscuit so to speak.

Have you got a pet story youd like to share with us? Get in contact, send us a story and pop in some pics ...

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Why I love... Jesus

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over the next thirty days to prove he was alive he ascended to heaven to be with his Father, God. Some people have cast doubt on the existence of Jesus, but he is mentioned in the writings of at least two non-Biblical scholars the Roman-Jewish historian Josephus (37-c.100 AD) in Antiquities of the Jews (c. 93-94 A.D.) and the Roman historian Tacitus (56-117 AD) in Annals (c. 116 A.D.) and most modern scholars agree that Jesus existed.
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Andrew Campbell explains why he loves the religious gure known as Jesus.
man walking in a desert discovers a pool of water on the surface, which has seeped up from below the ground. Curious, he fetches tools and digs down. A well is dug, and when he finds a reservoir of water and drinks from it his life is transformed. Every day he drinks from the well he is refreshed. Overjoyed with his discovery, he tells others and shares the water with them, and their lives too are transformed.
NICE story

longer separated Man from God. As I result, I believe that Jesus is the only way to God, and the only route to eternal life in Heaven. No other faith will do.
my saViour and Friend

This may seem like just a nice story, but it is also a parable for what it means to become a Christian. The man in the desert is the person curious about the Christian faith, who wants to find out more. When they find Jesus (the reservoir) and accept Him into their life, their life is transformed and they want to tell others about the faith they have, and how that faith can change the lives of others. The originator of that faith is a man named Jesus Christ, born to Jewish parents in the small town of Bethlehem near Jerusalem in about 4 B.C. At the age of 30 he began his ministry of preaching, teaching and healing, and then in 33 AD he was tried and executed by the Romans. Three days later, however, God raised him from death and after appearing physically to a number of people

Why do I love a man who lived 2,000 years ago? It is because as a Christian I believe that Jesus is the Son of God, who came down to Earth from heaven and was born in a frail human body. I believe that he lived a perfect life (the only person on Earth ever to do so), and that when he died he not only took on himself my sins, everything that I have done wrong, but also the sins of the world. That is why, just before his death on the cross, Jesus called out, My God, my God, why did you abandon me? At the moment of his death, the curtain separating the outer section of the Temple with the Holy of Holies containing the Ark of the Covenant was torn in two from top to bottom, signifying that the route to God was now open, that sin no

At around the age of 13, I asked Jesus into my life as my Saviour and friend, and that wonderful friendship has remained ever since, and will remain till the end of my life, and I want to tell others about the faith I have. When I lost my mum to motor neurone disease in June 2012, Jesus was there to teach me and comfort me, with His words from the Bible and with the words of family and friends. In the eight years since I last had a full-time job, I have trusted Jesus that he will provide the right job for me when it comes along, but I also know that having Jesus in my life is far more important in the long term than any job. I love Jesus not just because he was a good man who performed miracles, but because he is the Son of God who died for my sins and is my Saviour and friend.

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The Russian police arrested punk band Pussy Riot because the group were Putin the boot in.

ANDREW S CEnSORSHIP JOKES!

There was a pop star who was obsessed with what the press thought of him. He was censortive.

A Russian Orthodox priest was censored by the courts. He was incensed by it, and the High Court eventually demyrrhed on a decision.

Why are censors like bandits? Because theyre banned it kind of people.

Darth Vader decided to put a ban on anyone seeing Princess Leia. He did it because he could sense her.

Frankie Goes to Hollywood is one of those groups who were a banned band.

The Royal Family placed a ban on reporters setting foot in their Balmoral estate. It was a Royal Dee-Notice.

An advertising censor injured his finger, but because of censorship rules he couldnt put a banned aid on it.

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OTW reguLar

Poetry corner
Poems by Jessica Lovelace

Morning
By Jessica Lovelace

Now the blue sky morning mist becomes lighter still, paler by the unseeing second, ghostly trapping every nerve, shredding every fibre to obtain a resonance of youth again. And as I sit in my morning calm sipping tea with increasing balm it is as Id have it if I were watching me; as it is I am alone with no company. Sounds blocked out no noise permit I as with ear-plugs in I continue the quiet with which I shared the night. Is it permitted to share this peace with no-one but myself? And as the day dawns, light increasing still, it is as Id have it be.

By Jessica Lovelace

Skin

And now the music floats, Crashing, burning on my hand. Its not planned to feel this way But hey. Something gives, I cannot begin To relive the time you meant Something to me. I miss and tension eases. It pleases me to mark it red. It pleases me to feel the heat. And yet as I greet you something Gives and I. Miss. All told the sorrow will end tomorrow. All told the redness will fade And Ill evade the endless questionsWhy? Why hurt yourself, cause untold Pain? Oh suicide you are but a name. To me.

The Next Door Neighbour

By Jessica Lovelace

So, Commission me a life. Commission me a lover. As I listen to your heavy tread ascend the stairs I wonder at the presence of the Ever clamped mobile phone to your ear. Bang. The front door to your flat slams shut And I frown. How many times have I asked you to close it gently?

Tea Like Now

By Jessica Lovelace

I sit and drink Rooibosh and lemon tea Filtered through so easily I sit and drink my tea you see, All day long, and pee and pee.

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Whats on at DHI

Bath & NE Somerset Services

DHI Bath The Beehive, Beehive Yard, Bath, BA1 5BD

DHI Bath The Beehive, Beehive Yard, Bath. Telephone: 01225 329411, Fax: 01225 334734, info@dhibath.org.uk DHI Information Takeaway 31 Monmouth St, Bath BA1 2AN. Tel: 01225 334185 (Reach oating support services at the information take away on 01225 422156), fax: 01225 465774, info@dhibath.org.uk For information on the Genesis Trust contact Carey or Denise on 01225 463549 Monday 10.30-12.00 Mindfulness Group 1.00-2.30 Abstinence Group 6.45-8.15 Football (At Percy Community Centre) Tuesday 10.30-12.00 1.00-2.30 2.30 2.30 6.00 Wednesday 11.30-1.00 12.00-2.00 1.00-2.30 2.00-3.00 5.30-6.30 Preparation fro Rehab Group Gardening Group Lifestyle Workshops Off The Wall magazine Yoga Womens Group Preparation Group Positive Change Group B.A.T Group Cannabis Group Thursday 11.00-12.30 Alcohol Education and Change Programme (4 Weekly Cycle) 2.30-4.00 Positive Change 3.00-4.00 Acupuncture 6.00-7.00 Family Group 6.00-7.00 Relapse Prevention (Abstinence Support Group) Friday 11.00-12.30 1.00-2.30 3.00-4.00 Saturday 10.00-2.00 10.30-11.30 Gardening Group Acupuncture Cooking Group Abstinence Group Acupuncture

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Positive Change Group: What pleasures does my drug use bring? ... What difculties does it take away? ... What problems does it add to my life? ... What good things does it take away? ... How can I develop my condence and coping skills? ... How will I keep this going? Structured 6 week course for clients who are working towards either controlled use or a drug free lifestyle. Intake dates for this group are available from reception. Alcohol Education and Change Groups (4 weekly programme starting on the rst Thursday of each month) Week 1 - Alcohol Education Group A group offering information on alcohol, exploring the impact on health, social and personal functioning. Weeks 2, 3 and 4 - Alcohol SelfDirected Change Group: 3 session structured group, to elicit motivation and discuss strategies for making changes in drinking. Drop In support group for abstinent clients: Womens Group Women only support group. Battle Against Tranquillizers (B.A.T) A support group for people wishing to make changes to their use of tranquillizers. Family Group A support group for family members affected by anothers substance use. Gardening Group Award winning service user led allotment project. Off the Wall Magazine Service User led magazine group. NB Anyone wishing to attend groups needs to ensure that if they are still using drugs that they have not used since midnight the night before.

Groups & Services

Acupuncture: Acupuncture sessions are open to anybody experiencing problems with drugs or alcohol, no need to book just turn up a little before the session start time and come as and when youd like. Sessions are also open to family members and carers. DHI Beehive Drop in and internet caf: 9 - 5pm Monday - Friday, Saturday 10 - 1pm Abstinence Group: What is the next step? ... How can I increase importance without adding stress? ... How can I build a lifestyle to support my recovery? ... What are my triggers and how can I manage these? ... How can I prevent lapses becoming relapses? This group aims to support people who are drug and alcohol free and who are committed to remaining abstinent. It is an open group that clients can join at any time Lifestyle Workshops: Series of single issue support groups focusing on recovery. Topics include: Becoming Assertive Improving Self-Esteem Better Relationships Managing Stress and Anxiety Mindfulness Group: A meditation group to help with managing emotions and cravings.

DHIs award-winning allotment

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Whats on at DHI

South Glos. Services

Tower Road North Warmley
DHI South Gloucestershire South Gloucestershire Drug & Alcohol Service, 130 Tower Road North, Warmley BS30 8XN. Freephone: 0800 0733011, Tel: 01454 868750, Fax: 01454 868755, Info@dhisouthglos.org.uk Monday
1:00-2:30pm 6:30-7:30pm

The Bungalow Yate

Yate Treatment Centre The Bungalow, 24a North Road, Yate BS37 7PA. Tel: 01454 273643, info@dhisouthglos.org.uk Monday
11:00-12:00pm 12:00-1:00pm 1:30-3:00pm 3:00-5:00pm

Open Group Peer Support Group

1:00-5:00pm

Acupuncture Meditation Engagement Group Cannabis Awareness & Information Session Through Care DROP IN

Tuesday Tuesday
1:00-3:00pm 3:00-5:00pm

5:00-6:00pm 6:00-7:30pm

Alcohol Course Cannabis Awareness & Information Session Acupuncture Relapse Prevention

11:30-12:30pm 1:00-2:00pm 2:00-4:00pm 7:00-9:00pm

Acupuncture Open Group ACE Group Family Group

Wednesday
1:00-2:30pm 1:00-4:00pm

Wednesday Into Action Computer Access

11:00-1:00pm

2:00-3:00pm 3:00-4:30pm 4:30-5:30pm 5:30-6:30pm

Thursday
10:00-12:00pm 1:00-3:00pm 7:00-9:00pm

BAT DROP IN ACE Group Family Group

Grandparents Group 1st Wednesday of every month BAT DROP IN Induction Course Acupuncture Open Group

Thursday
1:30-2:30pm 3.00-4:30pm 6:00-7:00pm 7:00-8:00pm

Friday
10:00-11.30am 10:30-12.00pm 11:30-12:30pm 1:00-2:00pm 2:00pm 2:30-4:00pm

Induction Course Womens Group Acupuncture Meditation Healthy Lunch Club Engagement Group

Healthy Lunch Club Into Action Relapse Prevention Peer Support Group

Friday
10:00-12:00pm

10:00-11:30pm 12:00-1:30pm

Housing Clinic By appointment only Alcohol Course Alcohol Course

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useful numbers
National contacts
Alcohol concern 0207 9287377 Alliance, the (methadone) 02083 744395 Cannabis Hemp Information Club 0145 8835769 Cocaine www.cocaine.org Date Rape Drugs www.roole.com Drugscope www.drugscope.org.uk Drug Education Training 0117 99415810 Ecstasy.Org www.ecstasy.org Erowid www.erwid.org Good Drugs Guide www.thegooddrugsguide.com Green Party Drugs Group 0171 7370100 Hemp UK 0186 5311151 Hit www.Hit.org.uk Howard League For Penal Reform 0171 2817722 Justice For Woman 0181 3403699 Lifeline www.lifeline.org.uk Mainliners 0201 5825434 Medical Marijuana Foundation 0157 9346592 National Alcohol Helpline 0345 320202 National Drugs Helpline 0800 776600 National Sexual Health/HIV 0800 5671123 Oxfordshire User Team 0800 0320829 Project LSD 0171 2881500 Release www.release.org.uk/bust.html Re-Solv www.re-solv.org Traffasi 02085 339563 Transform Box 59, 82 Colston Street, Bristol. BS1

Local contacts
DHI Head Ofce and Bath Area Ofce The Beehive Beehive Yard, Bath, BA1 5BD tel: 01225 329411 fax: 01225 334734 email: info@dhibath.org.uk DHI Information Takeaway 31 Monmouth St Bath BA1 2AN tel: 01225 334185 (Reach oating support services at the information take away on 01225 422156) fax: 01225 465774 email: info@dhibath.org.uk DHI South Gloucestershire South Glos. Drug & Alcohol Service 130 Tower Road North Warmley BS30 8XN Freephone: 0800 0733011 tel: 01454 868750 fax: 01454 868755 email: info@dhisouthglos.org.uk DHI Kingswood Ofce 10 Kingswood Foundation Bristol, BS15 8BD Yate Treatment Centre The Bungalow 24a North Road Yate BS37 7PA tel: 01454 273643 email: info@dhisouthglos.org.uk

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