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Film Guide Where to see About Schmidt, Cypherand a host of Oscar winners, p7 What’s On Jazz, classics, country, blues, English

theatre, a charity walk and more, p8 My Riviera How Margaret Gregorini stretchedthree months into thirty years, p6

VIALATTE ... contracts bossParty PlanJuan les Pins calls

for later nights, p3

Crime BustersMougins tackles

burglaries, p4

Bye Bye Mr BushExpat changes name in

anti-war protest, p4

Blind DateCIV pupils raise money for

guide dogs, p5

JailbreakSecond Monaco prison

escapee caught in Italy, p5

Film Guide23 English-language

films in eleven cinemasthis week, p7

CENTRE OF SCANDAL . . . an artist’s impression of the new Stade du Ray,due to be completed in 2006.The award of the main building contract to A3com sparked the arrests

Start of Summer TimeRemember that clocks ‘springforward’one hour at 2am onSunday 30th

THE five men arrested last weekin the Nice City Hall corruptionscandal have been named.

And the Director General ofCity Services for Nice and for theCanca regional authority, one ofthe city council’s most senior exec-utives, is amongst the five.

Michel Vialatte, 43, a close andtrusted colleague of mayor JacquesPeyrat, has been accused of ‘corrup-tion, favouritism and peddling influ-ence’ after suspicious payments of€45,000 and €76,000 linked to theStade du Ray construction contractsparked a swoop on the five last week.

FraudTogether with businessman PierreBesrest, 61, he is alleged to havecooked up an organised system offraud in the public works departmentwith kickbacks in exchange forfavours dished out to bent businesses

in on the scam.The arrests specifical-ly concern the contract for the Stadedu Ray but contracts for graffiti clean-ing, the tramway and the new CityHall building are all also now underinvestigation.

EmbezzlementBesrest has already served one prisonsentence for embezzlement in con-nection with a public works contractplaced by the Conseil General ofEssonne.He was arrested in Paris andtransferred to Nice for questioninglast week, under suspicion of activecorruption, peddling influence andfavouritism.

Besrest is believed to have beenresponsible for making the introduc-tions between Vialatte and Marseille-based construction firm A3com

whose director has also been namedas one of the five arrested. PhilippePariset, 50, is accused of corruptionand peddling influence after A3comwon the main Stade du Ray construc-tion contract. It is believed the com-pany was also preparing a bid for the€305 million Nice tramway project atthe time of the arrests.

The councillor responsible forsports, former police chief BernardOrengo, 55, is suspected of the lessercrime of passive corruption.A sourceclose to the investigation told NiceMatin this week he believes Orengoand fellow accused René Daolio,headof the council’s cleaning services,were both approached by one of thethree key figures in the scandal ratherthan having been driving forcesbehind it.

The investigation that led to thearrests was started in October 2002.“Since the opening of the enquiry in

October, we’ve been waiting for thefirst fruit of this fraudulent pact tomanifest itself,” Eric de Montgolfier,the leading prosecutor of the Alpes-Maritimes explained.

Taped phone conversations areexpected to form the cornerstone ofthe case against the five, along withnumerous documents seized at thecity hall,at the offices of Canca and atthe homes of the accused.Documentsseized relate to ten or so public workscontracts handed out or about to beawarded out by the City of Nice.

ScandalGiven Jacques Peyrat’s close associ-

ation with Vialatte, the scandal hasforced the Nice mayor to take a verydefensive stance.

Nice councillors will meet on Fridayfor the first time since the scandalbroke. The opposition is promising aheated debate.

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Black bags,black flagsTHIRTY volunteers marshalled by theSurfrider Foundation picked up near-ly 3,000 litres of litter from La Bergeriebeach at Hyeres this week.

Rubbish collected included a tele-vision aerial and a beach table.

Beach cleans took place in manyother Var resorts including Frejusand Saint-Mandrier. The Surfriderfoundation will use the volunteers’feedback to award black flags to thedirtiest beaches.

Three years for drinkdrive death A MARRIED father was sentenced tothree years in prison this week forkilling a 19-year-old and seriouslyinjuring five others on Nice’s Voierapide last October.

The driver already had a one monthsuspended sentence for a previousdrink drive offence,and was speedingand weaving across the road before hewas in a collision with two other cars.

French CNNA FRENCH-LANGUAGE equivalentof CNN is to launch in 2004.

The government-funded newschannel will offer viewers “the choiceof a different take on the news,markedwith the unique point of view of ourcountry on world affairs,” a govern-ment spokesman explained.

St Tropez seasonlooking goodHOPES are high for the 2003 touristseason in the Var,with reservations inStTropez for the months of July andAugust at a ‘normal’ level, despiteinternational tension.

The Var’s major tourist asset is that80% of its clientele is French.

TGV stop, goTHE Ministry of Transport has giventhe go-ahead for a public debate andconsultation process on a new super-fast TGV train line to link Paris andthe Côte d’Azur, just ten days afterlocals were told government cutbacksmeant there was no chance of the pro-ject being considered before 2020.

Resorts share workersCOASTAL town Ste Maxime hastwinned with ski resort Courchevel toshare seasonal workers, since theemployment needs of the two townsare complementary. Both resorts arenow considering how to accommo-date the workers.

Hallyday introuble againAGING rocker Johnny Hallyday wasin trouble again this week after alter-ing his home in Marnes-la-Coquettewithout planning permission.

The Belgian crooner has untilSeptember 29 to change it back or hefaces trouble with the authorities.

Snorty boyTWENTY SIX kilos of cocaine wereseized on the A8 at La Turbie lastweek. The €1.3M haul was found inthe bumper of a Spanish-registeredcar which was headed for Italy.

The Spanish driver has been arrest-ed and is now awaiting trial in Nice.

E-asy way to jailTHREE youths were each sentencedto three years in prison this week aftersniffer dogs caught them with over2,300 ecstasy pills on the A8 at Frejus.

They were on their way home froma rave party in l’Herault in May lastyear when the haul was discovered.

JUAN LES PINS PLANSLATE NIGHT OPENING

24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE . . . Juan les Pins’ bars and restaurants want to stay open for as long as customers want to party

Nice Matin/Maurice Bernaudon

AS THE summer season begins tokick off along the Coast, bar andrestaurant owners in Juan-les-Pinsare calling for later opening hours.

Currently they are licensed to openuntil 2:30am in July and August, butare supposed to close at 12:30 the restof the year.

“In both cases, it’s too early,” localbar owner Rudy Mamam told NiceMatin.“We used to have extensions to

open later at night, but since 1997 wehaven’t been able to get them.

“The police used to turn a blind eye,allowing everyone to stay open until4am or 5am. But last summer, thepolice kept coming by and telling us toclose up.”

“We want to open until 2:30 at theweekends throughout the season,”Martine Parent of the Union ofRestaurateurs and Hoteliers told The

Riviera Gazette.“English-speakers who work on

the yachts actually came and asked usdirectly if we could extend our open-ing hours, so it is at the request of ourclientele that we have made thedemand for an extension,” she con-tinued.

The union has applied to the coun-cil for a 2:30am closing time all yearround, and hopes for a verdict soon.

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MOUGINS town councilmoved a step closer to intro-ducing a tough anti-crimescheme this week.

The town, a popular choicefor expats, is suffering from agrowing reputation as a mag-net for burglars. So the towncoucil now plans to bring in a‘Contrat Local de Sécurité’.

This will enable it “to organ-ise everyone involved in tack-ling crime to be as effective aspossible,” Mme Bloch,Mougins’assistant director gen-eral told The Riviera Gazette.

“It is a contract with thestate, with the prefect and theprocureur,which gives us extrainstruments to fight crime,”she explained.

“Mougins’ crime level isaverage for towns of this popu-lation in the Alpes-Maritimes.But the commune of Mouginsis very large, the same size asAntibes, and only 50% of it isbuilt on. This makes it difficultto police. And most of our

crime comes from outside thecommune, from the neigh-bouring towns of Vallauris,Cannes and Le Cannet.”

The results of a studydesigned to identify whereproblems lie and how theycould be fixed were presentedat a special meeting in Mouginson Monday.

The research identified threeareas for Mougins’crime fight-ers to focus on.The first coversburglaries, car thefts and pettytheft, the second covers graffi-ti, fly tipping and other antiso-cial behaviour whilst the thirdtackles ways in which Mougins’population could be made tofeel safe.

“A survey is being sent out toall Mougins residents and wereally want to hear people’ssuggestions and points ofview,”Mme Bloch concluded.

“Mougins is by no means

worse than anywhere else,”long-term resident KeithMeredith of estate agents Coast& Country told The Gazette.“Iremember an old story about aparanoid Canadian family whosold up everything in the 1970sand moved to a desert island toget away from it all – but chosethe Falkland Islands.

“Wherever there’s moneythere’s crime,and Mougins is apretty rich area. But I’ve livedhere for thirty years and I’venever been burgled. So long asyou take precautions and don’tflaunt your wealth,you’re fine.”

But not everyone’s experi-ences are the same. OneMougins family decided to sellup and move back to the UKafter their third break-in in justa few months.“We went to theUK last month to get organisedfor the move back – and whenwe got back to Mougins, thehouse had been broken into yetagain,” the anonymous expattold The Gazette.

Mougins tackles crime

THE husband of busty pornstar Lolo Ferrari was releasedfrom prison in Grasse lastweek after spending morethan a year on remand undersuspicion of murdering hisformer wife.

Lolo, whose enormous 54G(137cm) chest was recognisedby the Guinness Book of Recordsas the biggest in the world,wasfound dead at the couple’shome in Peymeinade in March2000, aged 37.

A post-mortem found thecause of death to be an over-dose of prescribed medication.

But then her husband andmanager Eric Vigne was arrest-ed in February 2001 andcharged with failing to help aperson in danger. And when anew autopsy last Novemberrevealed she may have beensuffocated in her sleep, thecourt in Grasse decided therewas enough evidence to tryVigne, 53, for her murder.

Vigne has always protestedhis innocence,but prosecutorssaid he had two possible

motives: they claimed he wasgrooming two young women,‘The Silicone Girls’, to replacehis alcoholic wife on thecabaret circuit, and that Lolohad taken a lover.

Now, however, a request toextend Vigne’s detention by afurther six months has beenturned down. “They have notyet dropped the charges,but wesuccessfully argued that theycould not justify holding himin prison any longer,” Vigne’slawyer Eliane Kamara told TheRiviera Gazette. “We are verypleased with this result.”

Lolo hubby set free

A BRITISH pensioner liv-ing in the Hérault haschanged his name fromBush to Buisson – Frenchfor bush – in protest at theUS President’s decision togo to war with Iraq.

“I’m proud of my name,but I now live in France andhave decided to becomeFrench. I do not want myname to be associated withthat horrible man inAmerica,”Eric Bush told TheRiviera Gazette.

“I have changed my namein protest at the war. I amcompletely in agreementwith Chirac and think this isan illegal war. I’m not proSaddam Hussein, but I can-not accept that innocent peo-ple have to die,”the septuage-narian explained.

“I changed my name overthe internet on www.deed-pollsonline.co.uk and it cost£38. The certificate will behere this week.”

THE President of the UMPpolitical party has becomethe latest in a long line of highprofile victims of France’sphantom flan flingers.

Former prime minister AlainJuppé was leaving the Institutd’études politique in Aix-en-Provence last week when a cus-tard pie hit him in the face.Theculprit got away, despite body-guards’ efforts to catch him.

An organisation calledAARRG,which describes itselfas a ‘resource for global resis-tance’,has claimed responsibil-ity. It says its aim was todenounce “the activities of thisindividual and the party hebelongs to.”

Authorities say the flanflinger is guilty of premeditatedviolence and are actively

searching for the culprit.Last October, Noël Godin,

57, was ordered to pay €1 indamages to Jean-PierreChevènement for assaultinghim with a custard pie duringlast year’s election campaign.

FREE ... Eric Vigne with Lolo in 1998

TART TARGET ... Custard casualtyAlain Juppé last Wednesday night

Flan flingers strike again

Bye bye Bush

Brits warnedto ‘be vigilant’SECURITY has been stepped upin the Alpes-Maritimes follow-ing the outbreak of war in Iraq.

At Nice airport, security checkson luggage have been increasedand customs officers are usingsniffer dogs extensively.

Security checks have also beenreinforced at the region’s ports,train and bus stations and, whilstpolice are still continuing with‘normal’ duties, they have beenoffered overtime to ensure fullmanpower is in place at all times.

The British foreign office says“although we are not aware of anyspecific threat to western or toBritish interests from terrorism inFrance, we believe there is anincreased general threat to visiblyBritish institutions and organisa-tions from global terrorism inFrance,as there is in all other coun-tries in Europe. Against this back-ground, UK nationals should bevigilant in public places and areasfrequented by tourists.”

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No buttsPRESIDENT Jacques Chirac haslaunched a nationwide anti-smokinginitiative, expected to cost half a bil-lion euros over the next five years.Oneperson dies from smoking related ill-ness every three minutes in France.

Directors flock to VarLAST year 88 films, ranging frommusic videos to television movies,were shot in the Var. 73% of the pro-ductions were in French.

The gulf of St Tropez was the mostpopular location, but film-makersalso took their cameras to the Maures,the Gorges du Verdon and the Esterel.

Ginola’s wineFORMER footballer and shampoomodel David Ginola, presenting‘Soleil’ awards for wines produced inthe Var last week, announced hisintention to buy a local vineyard withthe aim of introducing the wines ofthe area to his “English friends.”

Heartthrob Ginola was born in thearea and now lives in Ste Maxime.

Heavyweight crimeTHIEVES managed to steal a safeweighing 500kg from a petrol stationin Nice last Sunday. After forcing therear door of the building, the menloaded the safe, containing €7,000,onto a lorry and escaped.

Good news, bad newsA MAN admitted to Nice’s St Rochhospital after a serious accident turnedout to be a wanted criminal, and wasarrested as he came out of a coma.

The man was part of a three-mangang that held up drivers and stoletheir cars around Antibes and Grasse.

All three have now been caught.

AN ITALIAN man who escapedfrom Monaco prison with formernurse Ted Maher in January hasbeen recaptured in Pisa.

Luigi Ciardelli,46,dubbed ‘Cyrano’because of his distinctive nose andeloquent speech, was serving sevenyears for robbery and drug traffickingwhen he and Maher escaped from thePrincipality’s tiny prison on the nightof 21 January.

The pair sawed through bars ontheir cell window and made off downa rope made from plastic bags.

Despite his recapture, Ciardelli’sescape looks as though it will havesucceeded in its aims. In a phone callto Nice Matin in early February thefugitive said he would give himself upif he got a guarantee that he would notbe returned to Monaco.

Now, as an Italian citizen detainedin Italy, any bid to extradite him toMonaco would be unlikely to succeed.The Monegasque authorities havealready indicated they will not seek todo so.

Ted Maher, 43, was serving a tenyear sentence for starting the pent-house fire in which billionaire bankerEdmond Safra died in 1999. The for-mer commando was recaptured at ahotel in Nice the day after his escape.

Maher is currently being held inAix-en-Provence prison. He is due incourt on April 3 to hear Monaco’s bidto have him returned to thePrincipality.

Since Maher is an American servinga sentence for a crime committed inMonaco, the Principality’s case isexpected, this time, to be ratherstronger.

BLIND DATE . . . CIV students get the chance to see life through another pair of eyes

BAND AID ...Student group Savage Reservation played at the school’s International Day

Second Monacoescapee caught

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CIV PUPILS GO WALKIESFOR BIOT’S GUIDE DOGS

THE CIV International School inSophia Antipolis was visited by twoguide dogs last Friday, as studentslearned how the specially trainedanimals work with humans.

“It’s something we do every year,”Vicki Cozens Walker, a teacher at theschool, told The Riviera Gazette.“It’sbecause on Saturday we’re holding ourannual charity ‘walkathon’ to raisemoney for the guide dog trainingschool in Biot.

“This will be our thirteenth yearand we’ve so far ‘bought’sixteen dogs.It’s fun too – last year one pupil actu-ally ran all the way around the 15kmcourse and now there’s a bit of a com-petition to beat that record.”

The event starts at 8am on Saturdayat the school – anybody wanting totake part should go to the ‘Agora’ andhave pre-arranged sponsorship.

● It’s been a busy week at the CIV –pupils also held a fundraising‘International Day’last Saturday.“Thenumber of people that turned out wasamazing,” organiser Lori Mazziota-Gardet told The Gazette.

“We normally have this event on aWednesday, but wanted to make itmore accessible this time. Over 2,000people turned up and we made over€3,000 by selling food from thirteencountries, including Scandinavia andJapan,and laying on entertainment asdiverse as bag-pipes, French choirsand a student rock band. The pro-ceeds will go to Greenpeace,SCAMP,Amnesty International and Nomads.”

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ClassifiedsMy Riviera

Children’s author Margaret Gregorini tells Sarah Clark howa three month break turned into a thirty year adventure...

I CAME here in July1974,for three months.

I’d been working as a hotelreceptionist in Aviemore,Scotland and I’d asked for leaveto go travelling.

I had a train ticket toBarcelona but, when I got toLondon,I changed my ticket toNice. I already knew someonein Nice, a ski instructor I’dworked with in Scotland, so Isent him a telegram fromLondon asking him to meet meat Nice station.

I got a job as an au pair but itwas like slave labour so I leftafter a month and got a sum-mer job selling milkshakes.

I met a chap and, when thesummer season ended,we bothwent up to Isola 2000. Theresort was very new then,and itwas an English chap who’dbuilt it.He used to go to Auronbut there wasn’t always enoughsnow so he scouted around forsomewhere with plenty,pickedIsola 2000 as a good site andbuilt the resort.

It was smaller then, ofcourse,just that main complex.Celebrities came because theyknew the owner. It was greatfun, Wilfrid Brambell, the oldman in Steptoe & Son, used tobuy a bottle of gin every day.

Then I worked with a com-modities brokerage in Nice,moved to IBM in La Gaudeand, when my son was two, Iwas offered a job as an Englishteacher at a pre-school in

Cagnes-sur-Mer.I stayed thereseventeen years!

The school changed hands in2001 and I left. I’ve always fan-cied writing children’s booksand now I had the time to do it.

I translate French stories intoEnglish for ‘Bi-books’, a newrange of books with text in twolanguages, and my own firststory will be published in thenext couple of months. I’ve

written three so far.Bi-books are a wonderful

new concept in bilingual booksfor young children, launchedby a local publisher, EditionsCatherine Cousin inVilleneuve-Loubet.

The idea is that each book isin two languages, French andone other, with the French andsecond language on facingpages so children who know or

who are learning a second lan-guage can read and under-stand the story in both.

They’re already available infifteen different languages andthere’ll be Bi-books in Niçois,Provençal and Corsican soon.

So far there are two French-English books, Blue andPoutchi the Beaver, and mythree stories will be joining therange over the next fewmonths.

My husband was French andmy children Paul, 19, andVictoria,10,have grown up in aFrench atmosphere. We goback to the UK for two weeksevery Christmas and six weeksin the summer, but I think I’mprobably very integrated withFrench society.I live in Fabron,Nice which has a mostly Frenchpopulation, and I don’t knowmany Brits.

My nephew, DamienGregorini, is the goalkeeperfor Nice football club.We go toall the matches, the atmos-phere there is incredible.Thereare so many people at thematches now they’re inDivision 1. It feels like every-one’s behind Nice FC.

I’m really excited aboutthings now.With the Bi-books,it’s a whole new part of my lifestarting at 57!

Thirty years after I arrived forthree months,I’m still here.I dowonder, though, what wouldhave happened if I’dgone to Barcelona...

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ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY? . . . A seventeen year stint as a pre-school teacher has taught Margaret a thing or two about children’s stories

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Local roads● Antibes The road around the ram-parts in the old town is closed for exten-sive works until Apr 30● Antibes 30km/h limit on RD4 untilMarch 28● Biot 50km/h limit and traffic lights onRD4 until April 11● Biot 30Km/h limit along the RN7 untilMar 28● Cannes Numerous roadworks in citycentre;expect delays until April 30● Menton Long-term delays on BlvdCarnot during road widening works● Mouans-Sartoux RD209 closed untilJune 6.Diversions via RD9 and RD 409.● St Jeannet 50km/h limit and trafficlights on RD2210 until April 30● Vence Traffic lights and 50km/h limiton RD36 until April 30● Vence Traffic lights and 50km/h limiton RD2 until March 28● Villeneuve-Loubet Long-term50Km/h limit on the RN98 coast road

● SCANDINAVIANS LOOK HERE! We arelooking for people aged 18–25 to selladvertisements on internet. No Frenchor previous experience required. Formore info contact Johan,06 14 46 75 51● WANTED mother’s help for August2003. On beach in Maine, USA. Refs pre-ferred.04 93 42 17 40● AUPAIR required immediately forFranco–USA family. 3 children, schoolage. Refs preferred. Valbonne 04 93 4217 40● HAVE you dreamed of working athome? Make it come true! Real jobs forreal money at home! Home typists,home mailers and home assemblersneeded.Ag2907@sendfree.com

Jobs wanted● ENGLISH babysitter/nanny, speaksFrench, experienced & reliable, owntransport.Claire, 06 09 06 88 38● AU–PAIR, female, speaks English &German, age 19, avail. from July 2003.Much experience with children.Position wanted in south of France.E–mail elloe@bellsouth.net● EXP secretary/PA/house manageravailable full/part time. Also composi-tion/editing of text.Lucy,06 17 62 65 86● MATURE English girl will manageseasonal rental apartments/villas. Niceto Cannes, surrounding areas. Tel 06 1028 67 45● MATURE couple English/Frenchspeaking seek work looking after villa,gardening, chauffeur.elizabeth.white10@btopenworld.com● GERMAN mum, speaks Eng & Fr,seeks P/T job. Sales, gen office, mktg,cust srvcs considered. Call 06 60 88 4378 (Cagnes)● MATURE female looking for house-work, pets/child minding. Honest andexperienced.04 93 80 04 56● EXPERIENCED Canadian couple seeklong term, live–in villa caretaker posi-tion.Refs avail.06 73 26 89 68● YOUNG Fr man seeking public rela-tions position in business tourism . Exc.presentation + customer relation skills.Nicholas 06 18 08 60 61● 20 YO Irish student available tobabysit in Nice area. Previous exp. Availeves, w/e.rachel_bow@hotmail.com● LOOKING for a good,motivated chef?Contact me at mrdccb@hotmail.com

LEARNING● FRENCH immersion courses foradults at family–run centre, 04 90 94 4387 or www.parlons–en–provence.com● LEARNING French... don’t give up –Phone Fabienne 06 15 91 33 68, yourdynamic private tutor who will give allthe support and tips needed for you tomake it happen (Antibes area)

BECOME A WINECONNOISSEUR

Know your wines and be able to talkknowledgably about them – duringthis eight week course a professional

sommelier will guide you throughthe history, making, tasting, mainvineyards & wines, serving...and

appreciation.Each course, held in Opio, is limited to

just eight students, and can be inEnglish or French as required.Youdon’t have to be an expert to startthis course – but you will be when

you’re finished.For more details or to enrol contact

Jean–François, tel/fax: 04 93 73 02 59• Mobile:06 15 33 54 21

• Email: rivieralanguages@aol.com

● TOTAL immersion in French lan-guage and culture –residential stay inunique setting of monastery inMoustiers – small groups. Tel: 04 92 7774 58 or see www.crealangues.com

MOVIES● The Riviera Gazette’s guide to thisweek’s ‘Version Originale’ films withEnglish–language soundtracks...

Le CasinoAv.du 24 aout, AntibesMY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDINGTue 20:30

Les Arcades77 Rue Felix Faure, CannesCHICAGODaily 18:00, 22:00FAR FROM HEAVENDaily 14:00, 20:00THE HOURSDaily 14:00, 16:00, 20:00

CYPHERDaily 16:00, 18:00, 22:00

MJC Cannes RanguinAve Dr Raymond Picaud, CannesTHE MAGDALENE SISTERSThu,Tue 20:30, Sat 18:00

Le Cannet ToilesRue Victorien Sardou, Le CannetTHE MAGDALENE SISTERSThu18:00, Fri 20:30, Sat 16:00,Sun 20:30, Mon

18:00,Tue 16:00

Eden11 rue de la République, MentonPUNCH-DRUNK LOVESat, Sun 18:15, Mon 14:00,Tue 20:00

Cinema SportingPlace du Casino, Monte-Carlo8 MILESat 19:30, Mon 17:30, 21:15CHICAGOThu 17:30, 21:15,Tue 17:30DAREDEVILFri,Tue 17:00 17:30FAR FROM HEAVENSat 17:00, Sun 17:30, 21:15

Cinematheque3 Esplanade Kennedy, Nice1941Thu 20:00, Fri 18:00BEAUTIFUL PEOPLEFri 16:00, Sat 22:00COTTON MARYFri 22:00, Sun 15:00STAR WARS II:THE ATTACK OF THE CLONESSat 14:00THE LORD OF THE RINGS:THE TWO TOWERSSat 16:30

Mercury16 Place Garibaldi, NiceBOWLING FOR COLUMBINESat 17:00, Mon 20:10,Tue 21:40CATCH ME IF YOU CANFri 21:40, Sun 16:45,Tue 14:30HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF

SECRETSSat 21:30MINORITY REPORTSun 21:30MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDINGFri 14:30, Sun 19:25PUNCH-DRUNK LOVESat 14:40SOLARISFri 19:50, Sun,Tue 19:25, Mon 18:00THE 25TH HOURThu 20:10, Fri 19:00, Sat 21:40, Mon 15:30THE LORD OF THE RINGS:THE TWO TOWERSTue 21:30THE MAGDALENE SISTERSThu 20:10, Sat 14:40, Mon 16:00THE PIANISTThu 15:30,Tue 19:00TWO WEEKS NOTICEThu, Mon 18:00, Fri 14:30, Sat 17:00, Sun 21:40

Pathe-Massena31 av Jean-Medecin, NiceTHE 25TH HOURDaily 11:00, 14:00, 16:45, 19:20, 22:10

UGC Rialto4 rue de Rivoli, NiceABOUT SCHMIDTDaily 16:30ADAPTATIONDaily 14:00, 19:20, 22:00CYPHERDaily 13:45, 15:50, 20:05, 22:10 plus Sat, Sun

11.25THE HOURSDaily 14:00, 16:40, 19:20, 21:55 plus Sat, Sun

11:10

UGC Varietes5-7 Blvd Victor Hugo, NiceCHICAGODaily 13:45, 16:25, 19:15, 22:00 plus Sat, Sun

11:00FAR FROM HEAVENThu 13:45, 15:55, 18:00, 22:10, Fri, Mon,Tue

13:45, 15:55, 18:00, 20:05, 22:10, Sat, Sun15:55, 18:00, 20:05, 22:10

PERSONAL● HAPPY BIRTHDAY Granny Glo - lovefrom S, M and C!● HAPPY BIRTHDAY Granny Jennifer –love from S, M and C!

PETS● NEW HOMES urgently sought for twodogs: 9yo white fem Pomeranian, veryaffectionate and lively, used to living inflat. Elderly owners now moved to rethome. Also 4mo male Newfoundland/Lab cross. Free to good homes. CallAmelia on 06 07 70 46 55.

PROPERTYProperty for sale

VALBONNE villa 3+1 bedroom,aircon, pool, tennis –

www.vm360.com/vtvilla – €520,000(private sale) Tel 04 92 94 04 37

Property to let● TWO charming 1 bed flats to let inscenic old Nice nr sea, flower marketand transport.€600 and €800 per weekfrom July–Sept.Call 00 44 7791 798117

● NICE: Luxury furn apt in beautifulbelle epoque villa.Quiet res area.2 bedsensuite,double recep, fitted kitchen,pri-vate garden.€915 pcm.06 71 82 67 72● THEOULE, 2 beds, gdn, prkng, oppsea, short lets, reasonable tarifs. 04 9375 27 01/ 06 78 76 47 49● BIOT, old village, 3 bed, newly renov18C house of charming character.130sqm, deluxe kitch, patio + wonder-fully furn.€2550 p/m.06 24 63 94 02● BIOT, old village, 1 bed, charming60sqm, newly renov, beautifully deco-rated.€1250p/m.06 24 63 94 02● CANNES studio avail in April duringFilm Festival. Wkly rentals with airportpick up. Pics by email.mjans06@aol.com● NICE, studio with seaview, garden &pool. www.rjhemingway.plus.com orcall 0044 131 667 5002

● LA GAUDE, Domaine de l’Etoile, newsemi–detatched villas, 3–4 bed, eqptkitchen, calm, pool, gard, carpark.1,330–1,400€p/m. Sci le Village Regain04 92 27 74 61(Fr spk)

Property wanted● 360º Real estate tours – webpageand email tour from €250 –www.vm360.com/realestate or tel 0493 74 79 32● DO you have a luxury holiday villa?Would you like a responsible andrenowned villa holidays company tomanage your holiday rental? ContactPalmer and Parker on 0044 1494 815411 or visit www.palmerparker.com● VILLA, unfurnished, L/T rental,15mins max from Place Bermond,Valbonne/Sophia, quiet area pref. 4beds,pool,garden.€3000/m max.06 6475 11 30

Property servicesHOME Management & Care.

Property managementspecialists on the Côte d’Azur;

property visits, reports &photos, maintenance, guest

services & assistance withFrench admin.Tel 04 93 09 44

77, Fax 04 93 09 44 22 orhmc.services@wanadoo.fr for

brochure & details

● SELLING your house? Make those 1stimpressions count. Call “Belle–to–sell”House Doctors, 06 22 94 59 08

SERVICES● GENERAL services, home renovation,curtains,upholstery & domestic helpers(Filipinos single or couples).Tel:04 97 0650 85● VEGETARIAN CENTER – We sell veg-gie products! Variety of veggie meats.Tel/fax: 04 97 06 50 85, Mobile: 06 98 2247 98

“CURRY TONIGHT!”Entertain at homeor yacht! Traditional Indian curry and

finger food! For your next houseparty try our cocktail finger food

buffets and dinners.Choice of menusand prices.Call 06 14 66 12 24 or

email curryandspice@hotmail.com

TRAVELMOUNTS Bay Cornwall, six

cottages available in prettyvillage 400m from sandy cove,open all year. Prices from £140to £600 per week. For brochure

ring 0044 1344 621 220

ST.LUCIA, BARBADOS, JAMAICA,MARBELLA, ALGARVE, COTE D’AZUR.

PALMER and PARKER, luxury villaholidays in luxury destinations.Pricesfrom £730 per week.Tel: 00 44 1494815 411 to order your brochure or

visit www.palmerparker.com

● CORSICA – Calvi, 4 bedroom town-house for holiday lets. Tel: 04 95 60 3256 or nickyandpaultaylor@yahoo.fr● LONDON: Luxury Kensington apart-ment! Newly renovated and furnished,sleeps 6 (2 dbl, 1 twin), available1–4wks at €1050/wk. 2mins from tube,nr museums.Tel 04 93 09 69 07

TV & SATELLITE● TV/VCR Integrated 14”grey Samsungw. remote, 100% ok. €150. wilmi@hot-pop.com

YACHTS & YACHTINGMARINE engineer available forrepairs and servicing: Detroitdiesels, CAT and most makes.

Difficult repairs to annoying oilleaks sorted promtly.Tel 04 92

97 14 19 (Mandelieu)

“You can’t say civilisation don’t advance...for in every war they kill you a new way”

Will Rogers

● Ref 7961 FOR SALE TOURRETTESSUR LOUP - Provençal house, 135m2with 1300m2 garden. 4 beds, 3 bathsand large open plan living-dining-kitchen area. Only a few minutes walkto the picturesque village.€463,000● Ref 8306 FOR SALE NICE - A charm-ing 2 bed apt, ideally located close tothe port of Nice.Town views.€110,000● RENTAL BEAULIEU - 120 m2 apt, 4rooms. Perfectly located in the charm-ing village of Beaulieu. Empty.€1850/month, charges inc.● Ref 8125 RENTAL NICE - Beautifulfurn 1st floor apt, 30m2 with 8m2 terr.1 bed, fabulous sea views.€800/pcm.

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What’s On and Where To Go...

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● The 12th Festival Musical du Grand Hoteldu Cap-Ferrat continues tonight with Hey!Crooner, a concert by Guy Marchand and theFrederic Manoukian orchestra at 20:00.Tickets are €30 – email banquet@grand-hotel-cap-ferrat.com for information.

● Continuing today are Milia/MIPTV, theMonaco homes and gardens show, the Salondu Patrimoine Maritime Méditerranéen andthe ISN’s school production.

Saturday 29● The CIV School’s 13th annual charityWalkathon starts at 08:00 this morning at theCIV in Haut Sartoux, Sophia Antipolis, until13:30.All proceeds go to Biot’s guide dogschool, and the walkers this year aim to raiseenough to train a new guide dog. Tel: 04 92 9652 24.

● The Ensemble Resonnance de Nice isperforming the music of Mozart and Bach atthe Centre Culturel la Providence, Nice, from20:00. Entry is €12. Tel: 04 93 80 34 12.

● The local branch of the InternationalVegetarian Union will hold its monthly get-together at 19:00 at The Speakeasy, 7 rueLamartine in Nice. The meal afterwards is €12,non-vegans are welcome. Tel: 04 93 85 59 50.

● The Bar-en-Biais jazz club in Antibes ishosting a Country Rock’n Roll evening withEddy Ray Cooper at 21:00 tonight. Tel: 04 9374 10 98.

● The 6th Salon de la femme – an exhibitionfor women – is today and tomorrow at thePalais de l’Europe, Menton. From 10:00 to18:00 each day there will be wine and breadtasting, forums, fashion parades and a ‘GreatBritain’ show at 15:45. Entry to events rangesfrom being free to €12. Tel: 04 92 41 76 76.

● A model exhibition runs from 09:00 to18:00 in the Place de Gaulle, Cagnes-sur-Mer –entry is free. Expect hobbyists showing modeltrains, boats and more. Tel: 04 93 20 61 64.

● Handel, Paganini and Ravel will be featuredin a violin and violincello concert at thePalais Carnolès, Menton, at 15:30.Admissionis €16. Tel: 04 92 41 76 76.

● Continuing today are the Monaco homesand gardens show, the Salon du PatrimoineMaritime Méditerranéen, Red Pear’s Shakin’up Shakespeare, the Sophia garden show andthe ISN’s school production.

Sunday 30● Daylight Saving Time starts all over Europetoday – remember that clocks ‘springforward’one hour at 02:00.

● Today is Mother’s Day in Britain; St John’schurch in Menton will be holding a specialfamily-friendly Mother’s Day service at 10:30.All are welcome. Tel: 04 92 10 28 11.

● The Festin des Cougourdons is on today in

Thursday 27● The International School of Nice presentsThe Return to the Forbidden Planet, amusical comedy loosely based onShakespeare’s The Tempest, tonight, Friday andSaturday at 19:30. Tickets are €13 for adultsand €8 for students. Call 04 93 21 04 00 forreservations.

● The British Association of Monaco isholding a happy hour at 18:30 at LeBistroquet, Galerie Charles III (near theMetropole Hotel) in Monaco – a great chanceto meet new people over drinks. Tel: +377 9350 19 52.

● Milia and MIP TV, respectivelyinternational markets for digital interactiveentertainment and TV programming,continue until tomorrow from 09:00 to 19:00each day at the Palais des Festivals, Cannes.Tel: 04 93 39 24 53.

● The Bill Frisell Quartet performs live jazztonight from 21:00 at the CEDAC in Cimiez,Nice. Tickets are €15. Tel: 04 93 53 89 66.

● The 14th Décoration & Jardin exhibition, ahomes and gardens exhibition, starts todayat 21:00 at the Espace Fontvieille, Monaco. Seeeverything for the home and garden underone roof until Monday. Entry is €5. Tel: +37797 98 50 00

● The Georgian National Ballet companyperforms at the Palais Nikaia in Nice, at 15:00and 20:30. Tickets from €40. Tel: 08 92 69 7073 to book.

● The Salon du Patrimoine MaritimeMéditerranéen, an event celebrating theMed’s maritime heritage, starts today at theCitadelle and port in Villefranche-sur-Merand continues until Sunday, from 09:00 to18:00 each day. See stalls, workshops andconcerts from countries around theMediterranean. Entry is free. Tel: +33 4 93 0173 68.

Friday 28● The Red Pear Theatre goes wacky tonightand tomorrow at 20:00 with Shakin’UpShakespeare at the Theatre Antibea in OldAntibes. David Bateson, Barry McKenna andVivienne McKee - as well as a fewunsuspecting members of the audience - starin this crazy cocktail of a show, in whichShakespeare is thoroughly ‘shaken up’! Ticketsare €23 from 04 93 61 01 71.

● The Chris Davis Quartet is performingswing and blues, from Cab Calloway toLouis Armstrong, at the Bar-en-Biais jazz clubin Antibes from 21:00. Tel: 04 93 74 10 98.

● A garden show, the 14th Fête des Jardinsde Sophia, starts today Place Sophie Laffitte,Sophia Antipolis at 12:00, until 19:00. Itcontinues tomorrow and Sunday from 10:00to 19:00. Entry is free. Tel: 04 93 65 84 47.

Cimiez – at the gardens and the Place duMonastère - in Nice. Experience traditionalNiçoise atmosphere with food, music andperformances from 10:30. Tel: 04 97 13 21 21.

● Monte Carlo’s Philharmonic Orchestra isgiving a classical concert featuring the musicof Rossini, Ravel, d´Indy and Respighi at 18:00at the Auditorium Rainier III in Monaco.Tickets start at €15. Tel +377 93 10 85 17.

● The Cannes PACA Regional Orchestra isalso performing today at the Théâtre NogaCroisette, Cannes at 16:30. Tickets are €20. Tel:04 92 98 62 77.

● Cagnes-sur-Mer’s Festival de MusiqueSacrée continues with a concert at the Eglisede la Sainte Famille by the Nice PhilharmonicChoir and the San Remo Symphony Orchestraat 20:30. Entry is €12. Tel: 04 93 22 19 25.

● Continuing today are the Monaco homesand gardens show, the Salon du PatrimoineMaritime Méditerranéen, the Sophia gardensshow and the Salon de la Femme.

Monday 31● Roquebilliere’s annual fair starts at 09:00at Place Corniglion Molinier. Everything fromclothes to food and agricultural equipmentwill be on show. Tel: 04 93 03 51 60.

● Continuing today is the Monaco homes andgardens show.

Tuesday 1● Stars ‘n’ Bars on Quai Albert 1er in Monacohosts the second annual Monaco-USA bi-lingual quiz night tonight – the evening kicksoff with drinks at 19:30, followed by dinnerand the quiz at 20:30. Entry is €10, with amaximum of six per team. Book a table on+377 97 97 95 95.

Wednesday 2● The France-Grande Bretagne Association inNice will be hosting a talk, in English, thisafternoon at 15:30. Sandhya Mohan, fromIndia, will speak on ‘Karma and Curry’ at theEspace Associations, 45 Promenade du Paillonin Nice (just above the Gare Routiere). Tel: 0493 81 22 88 for more information.

● Monte Carlo Ice Stars – From today untilFriday stars from the international figureskating circuit will perform in a ‘brand new,dazzling extravaganza’ on a specially built icerink at the Salle des Princes, Monaco. Showsare at 15:00 and 20:30 today, and 20:30tomorrow and Friday. Tickets start at €30. Tel:+ 377 99 99 3000

Now booking...● Peter Gabriel is in concert at the SalleNikaia, Nice, on May 28. Tickets are €40 and€50.A few seats are also still available for MarkKnopfler on April 28 at €38.75. Book atwww.ticketnet.fr or call 08 92 69 70 73.

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Days are getting warmer, butmornings and evenings remain cool.Rainfall less than average – so far!

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