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Andrew Kay finds yet one more reason not to eat meat at Aloka Quality Of Life Centre

There are peas

I was strangely drawn to Aloka from the minute they turned on the lights and those sexy bottles of coloured liquid started to glow. I had not a clue what it was all about, though, and it was a while before a good friend dragged me in and, over lunch, started to explain.
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Lucky Voice may be the hottest karaoke bar this side of Tokyo, but did you know it’s also a sizzling cocktail bar?

Everyone needs to have a karaoke song: a number that, no matter what your singing voice is like, you can belt out with ease and amaze your friends. Karaoke is certainly not about having a good voice, it’s about having a good time, and the guys at Lucky Voice know a lot about having good fun.
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Shaken, muddled or stirred – Brighton has become the cocktail capital of the UK

Brighton has a long history of louche living and luxury lifestyles. And what fits that better than cocktail culture? The city has always had its cocktail bars, some in hotels, and some tucked away in upstairs rooms. But it was back in 2000 that things took a stellar turn. Blanch House opened and Chris Edwardes, international cocktail guru, raised the bar. From then on Brighton’s bars have aspired to make our city the place to drink cocktails – and they have succeeded.
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In an LA exclusive, Glen Ferris talks to The Princess And The Frog star Anika Noni Rose about being Disney’s first African-American princess

Wishing upon a star really has made Anika Noni Rose’s dreams come true. Best known as one third of the Dreamgirls, alongside Beyonce Knowles and Jennifer Hudson, and as the narky receptionist Grace Makutsi in The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, the 37-year-old actor is now winning hearts as the voice of Tiana in Disney’s newest feature, The Princess And The Frog. A return to the studio’s hand-drawn animation roots, it’s a 1920s New Orleans-based tale about a young woman with big dreams who is mistaken for a princess, coerced into kissing a prince-turned-frog and then forced to deal with a big problem when she’s transformed into a green-skinned amphibian herself. We travelled to Disney’s Animation Studios in LA to talk to Anika about froggy love, the challenges of voiceover work and the honour of playing the House of Mouse’s first African-American princess.
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