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Comic Enfield's visit to canalside pub
4:02pm Thursday 2nd October 2008
A PICTURESQUE pub nestled on the banks of the Kennet and Avon Canal near Bradford on Avon is proving to be a popular celebrity hang out.
In addition to Kevin Spacey, Ruby Wax and Rowan Atkinson, The Cross Guns at Avoncliff can now add comic actor Harry Enfield to the list of well-known clientele.
Enfield popped into the pub at the weekend while enjoying a weekend away with his family.
He enjoyed a pint of real ale, brewed at the owner's Box Steam Brewery, and even signed a poster for the bar manager.
Enfield sampled a range of Box Steam Brewery beers before proclaiming Tunnel Vision as his favourite.
Bar manager Emily Parker asked him to sign a poster advertising Winter Pimm's, which he features in, and he drew some cartoons and a short message on it.
Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey recently nominated the view of the Avoncliff aqueduct and Kennet and Avon Canal from the Cross Guns as his favourite British countryside view in England.
Spacey visited the pub a couple of times last summer when he hired a canal boat and stopped off at every pub along a stretch of the canal.
Theatre, Art & Cinema
This Week at The Arc, with theatre director Tracy Sullivan
Stand-up comedy returns to The Arc tonight with headline act Geoff Norcott.
Calendar Girls
Monday, November 17, Saturday, November 22, Theatre Royal Bath. Calendar Girls tours to the Theatre Royal Bath from Monday as part of a major national tour.
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (18)
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The Baader Meinhof Complex (18)
FREEDOM of expression and the freedom of peaceful assembly are cornerstones of western civilisation, set down in The European Convention On Human Rights.
Max Payne (15)
“I DON’T believe in heaven. I believe in pain, I believe in fear, I believe in death,” growls the titular, gun-toting hero in voiceover at the beginning of John Moore's tiresome video game-to-movie adaptation.
Where are all the hippies?
WESTBURY-based musician Leander Morales, one half of musical duo Morales Watts, has spoken to the Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News about their success as a support act for Cara Dillon and the rich historical heritage that shaped and influenced his artistic life.
Jazzing up world folk music
EXCITING new jazz-based music created by local composer Matthew Finch is on the menu at the Wiltshire Music Centre on November 30 at 7.30pm.
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