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  Dancing Your Way to Fitness How to stop freaking out about exercise and start losing yourself to the music. Dancing is seen as either something you’re good at, or something at which you fail miserably. And yet nearly everyone does it, whether drunk dance in a club or actually joining a dance club. But is dancing the future replacement of the much-feared gym session and the best way to tackle health issues in the U.K? Many people fear going to the gym and there are many reasons for this. What if you’re using the equipment in the wrong way? You don’t want people to see you struggling and sweating in-between pull-ups. What if it’s busy and people are using all the weight machines? Will I look good in my outfit? Wil I even go after spending all that money on a membership? All these concerns about taking a trip to the gym are irrelevant when you can dance way to your favourite music in the kitchen or buy a Zumba DVD and do it from home. With the increase in dance inspir...

Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart is a heart-wrenching important play, dealing with themes of loneliness, mortality and hopelessness alongside issues of: gay rights, Jewish rights and the AIDS epidemic. Currently running its latest re-staging at Warwick Arts Centre this review is of the performance on the 3 rd May, the third show in the four-night run. Co-directed by Aaron Chote and Theotima Ioannou in conjunction with WUDS, the performance was both honest and powerful, handling the importance of the subject matter with sensitivity and care. The Normal Heart takes on the AIDS crisis sweeping New York in the 1980’s. Following the story of Ned Weeks (Adam Wilmshurst), the founder of a prominent HIV advocacy group, working to instigate change in an ignorant and ostracising society. Whilst struggling to hold his position not only within society but also within the group that he founded, he goes on an emotional journey with his closeted lover Felix Turner which progresses into a bea...