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The Ginger Biscuits are among the fresh young bands coming out of Athlone recently.

The new fragrance by the house of Gucci, Flora by Gucci, was inspired by a floral motif. Classic, elegant, and sensual, Flora is the second fragrance under the creative leadership of the house of Giannini from Florence. The first one, Gucci by Gucci, is perfect for a powerful Gucci woman, while the sensual Flora aims at younger customers.

The many friends of artist John ffrench, in Ireland, the United States, and around the world, will have heard the news of his death on Friday (January 22) at the age of 81, with a deep sense of loss.

Summer just wouldn’t be the same without strawberries. There’s nothing quite like this sweet, succulent fruit, whether you eat it with cream, with ice cream, out of a punnet in front of Wimbledon on the telly, or—best of all—just as they’re picked, with the warmth of a sunny afternoon suffusing the flesh. And quite apart from the flavour, the sweet, almost honeyed fragrance of freshly picked strawberries is unbeatable: a bowl of fruit on a kitchen table will scent the whole room.

World-travelling street minstrel and poet, Felix Sonnyboy Wilson, comes to Skelly’s, Ballymahon for a free gig this Sunday November 29.

THE MUSIC of such great Russian composers as Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, and Mussorgsky will be celebrated and performed in the Town Hall Theatre from January 23 to 25 at 8pm during Music For Galway’s Russian Romantics chamber music festival.

THE MUSIC of Russian romantic composers will feature in Music for Galway’s annual January Festival which gets under way on Friday January 23.

The Lisbon Treaty bill has been published and the Lisbon II referendum is set for Friday October 2. To start the debate in Athlone, the chamber has organised an information evening on Wednesday August 26 at 6pm in the Radisson Hotel in Athlone, with expert speakers to talk from their differing perspectives on the Lisbon agenda.

In what promises to be a brilliant night of music for the town of Castlebar next Saturday, October 17, three of Ireland’s finest groups come to Bar Ritz with Finbar Hoban Proudly Presents… in association with the GMIT student union, (Mulroy’s Bar) in Castlebar. The Brilliant Things from Dublin are a new offering of intelligent synth-pop. They consist of Marie and Greg French and the title of their first EP is Stronger Than Romeo. Both in their twenties, they independently experienced various aspects of the music industry before getting together earlier this year. If you enjoy upbeat alternative synth pop then this will be right up your street.

REBECCA STORM, one of the great names of musical theatre, is celebrating 25 years in the business this year, and as part of her current tour, she will play Galway next week.