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Jools Holland is a pianist, a composer and presenter who is selling millions of records, bringing the Jools Holland and His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra all over the world playing to excess of 300,000 fans every year. His achievements did not go unnoticed and in June 2003, he was awarded the OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.

IT’S STRANGE but many people actually think of and refer to Africa as if it were one country, not a continent of many and diverse nations.

Galwegian Tim Fleming is one of Ireland’s leading cinematographers and two of his previous films have both won Oscars, so could he make it three in a row with short film The Door up for an Academy Award this year?

As if she is not busy enough preparing for her role in the new Danny DeVito film The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle alongside Pierce Brosnan and Morgan Freeman, Carlow star Saoirse Ronan is house-hunting, and soon she could be your neighbour!

THE SECOND annual Galway African Film Festival will be launched on Monday from 5.30pm to 7pm at the Town Hall Theatre.

GALWAY’S SECOND annual African Film Festival takes place this Sunday, starting at 11am in the Town Hall Theatre, showing films from South Africa, Kenya, and Senegal, and all events are free.

Bryan Adams brings his highly successful solo-acoustic concert tour to Ireland in January for The Bare Bones tour. This intimate concert will come to The Royal Theatre Castlebar on Monday January 18. Tickets are on sale from The Royal Theatre Castlebar on 0818 300 000 or www.theroyal.ie Tickets are priced from €65.70 inclusive of booking fee and limited to six per person/transaction.