Visit it

You can treat your mum to a right royal day out in honour of Mother's Day this weekend at the Royal Armouries in Leeds where the first jousts of the season are being held on Saturday and Sunday.

Highlights include a rose for every mum, 'make and take' arts and crafts activities, a falconry display and action-packed combat displays.

Prices: £2.50 Adults, £1.50 Concessions (3 – 15 years and over 60 years), Free entry for children under 3 years.


Read it

Mr Unbelievable

Chris Kamara

HarperSport £15.99

High jinx and japes from Soccer Saturday's roving reporter extraordinaire, Chris 'Kammy' Kamara, whose boyish enthusiasm and often baffling, at-the-ground football reportage has given him cult status and an army of fans. As a player, Kammy trawled football's outposts with the likes of Bradford City, Stoke City and Portsmouth where he suffered the slings, arrows and hurled bananas of racial abuse. Later, during the autumn of his career, he played in Howard Wilkinson's swashbuckling Leeds team where he rubbed shoulders with the likes of Eric Cantona and Lee Chapman. On hanging up his boots, he moved into the dugouts at Bradford and Sunderland as manager before joining the Sky football revolution as roving reporter on Soccer Saturday and Goal On Sunday's eagle-eyed analyst, amassing a raft of catchphrases along the way. Mr Unbelievable is a hugely entertaining, moving, shocking and laugh-out-loud funny story of a genuine cult hero.


Listen to it

The Face – the very best of Visage

Visage (Universal)

Every home should have one copy of Fade To Grey, Visage's enduring synth pop anthem. Thanks to this new compilation, you can now have four – in various mixes, including the original 7in radio edit and 12in dance version.

The band was founded by Blitz nightclub hosts Steve Strange (born Steven Harrington) and Peter 'Rusty' Egan in 1978 and initially featured Midge Ure and Billy Currie (of Ultravox) and John McGeogh, Dave Formula and Barry Adamson (of Magazine).

Together they recorded two albums and a string of top 40 hits – including Mind of a Toy, Damned Don't Cry and Night Train – before all bar Strange and Egan jumped ship. The band tottered on for one more album, Beat Boy, in 1984 before Strange went off to form Strange Cruise with Wendy Wu.

Twenty years later Strange revived Visage and they still tour today.

Of particular interest to long-term fans will be two new mixes of Fade to Grey by club DJs Michael Gray and Lee Mortimer.


Get fit

Dieting does not work long term and will only lead to an increase in fat storage every time you drastically change your eating habits to reduce intake.

We encourage all our members to eat what they want within reason. We will never say don't eat a particular food as that only encourages people to make poor meal choices.

Instead will coach and guide our customers to achieve a healthier way of life through sensible meal preparation and the occasional treat. Life is not about taking things away but eating well and rewarding ourselves with the things we love occasionally to create a healthier, yet fun way of eating.

Recommended by Richard Hill, Club Manager of Iveridge Health Club.

Visit www.iveridgehealthclub.co.uk for details.


Nest building

We all need a little glamour in our lives and one brand springs to mind every time – Duresta.

In case you're not familiar with the brand, Duresta has been making sofas for 70 years and is renowned for their quality and individuality. They are not afraid to use bright colours and sumptuous fabrics to achieve an individual look.

If you want something that stands out and makes a statement then this is the brand for you. Of the current collection , one of the best is the Trafalgar which comes in a choice of fabrics, including a brilliant green and purple stripy number that is sure to grab attention.

Check out the range at www.barkerandstonehouse.co.uk.



Eat it

Spaghetti with Italian sauce

Ingredients

300g spaghetti pasta

2 tbsp rapeseed oil

1 small onion, finely chopped

2 cloves garlic, crushed

1 celery stalk, finely chopped

1 small courgette, finely chopped

1 x 300g can green beans, drained and halved

125g asparagus tips, cut in half

125g fresh spinach

1 x 200g can peas, drained

1 x 415g can tomato and butterbean soup

25g halved walnuts, toasted, or pumpkin seeds

50g vegetarian cheese, grated

Ground black pepper

Method

1. Cook the pasta in large pot of boiling water as per manufacturers' directions.

2. Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Add the onion and cook, until just soft. Add the garlic, celery and courgette. Cook for 7 minutes and add the green beans, asparagus and peas.

3. Stir in the soup and add the spinach, simmer gently for 5 - 7 minutes until the soup is heated and all the vegetables are cooked. Season with black pepper.

4. Drain the pasta and add to the hot vegetable sauce and toss gently.

To finish

Serve topped with the walnuts or pumpkins seeds and grated cheese.