Walking: Britains more
November 12, 2009
77% of UK adults, or about 38 million people, say they walk for pleasure at least once a month. (more…)
Walking: Minister to rock Ramblers world
Huw Irranca-Davies, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, will celebrate bringing the nation one step closer to a round-England coastal path that will reach places currently out of bounds to the public. This follows the smooth passage of Coastal Access clauses of the Marine and Coastal Access Bill through the House of Commons last night. The bill will finish its remaining Commons stages later today. (more…)
Walking: Ramblers help bridge A-road safety gap, Canterbury
A new bridleway bridge allowing a safe way of crossing the A2 near Canterbury is to be built from November and ready for use by next February 2010. (more…)
Wine: Nyetimber Wins IWSC Trophy For Best Worldwide Sparkling Wine
2009 is shaping up to be an unrivalled year for Nyetimber, Britain’s leading sparkling wine producer. In the midst of the largest and possibly highest quality harvest yet seen in its 21 year history, Nyetimber’s 1992 Blanc de Blancs has won this year’s International Wine & Spirit Competition Denbies Trophy for the Best Worldwide Sparkling Wine. This 1992 Blanc de Blancs was only disgorged earlier in 2009. In the words of the IWSC judges it is “an aristocratic, multifaceted and splendid fizz…simply sublime”. (more…)
Wine: The Pleasure Of Bordeaux
The Bordeaux Wine Council (CIVB) presents “The Pleasure of Bordeaux”; a solo magazine that reveals the famous wine region as a welcoming, enticing and enchanting place to visit. (more…)
Wine: Leiths Wine And Champagne Lecturer Named European Champagne Ambassador 2009
Leiths School of Food and Wine are delighted to announce that Richard Bampfield MW, has been awarded the title of European Champagne Ambassador 2009. Richard, who lectures on wine and Champagne to Leiths diploma students and runs Champagne tasting evenings at Leiths, comments “Drinking Champagne is one of life’s great pleasures and helping others appreciate Champagne has always felt more like a labour of love than real work. I am really proud and excited to have won this award against 8 strong candidates from the rest of Europe.” (more…)
Finance: UK Trade Deficit Jumps To £3.5 Billion In September
The latest data released from the Office for National Statistics the UK’s deficit on trade in goods and services rose to £3.5 billion in September, compared with the deficit of £2.2 billion in August. (more…)
Finance: Lloyd’s Community Programme Ends 20th Anniversary Year With Awards And Over 1000 Volunteers
Lloyd’s Community Programme approaches the end its 20th anniversary year with awards and success stories as it hosted the City Business Traineeship Awards in the famous Lloyd’s building last night. (more…)
Finance: Worst Of The Financial Crisis Yet To Come Say British Public
Following the news that the UK economy remained in recession between July and September 2009, new independent research commissioned by Foresters Friendly Society reveals today that less than a third of UK adults (28%) believe the worst of the financial crisis has now passed. (more…)
Cooking: 2009 British Curry Awards Winners Announced…With A Little Help From David Cameron
Tory party leader David Cameron has praised Britain’s £3.5 billion curry restaurant industry for showing what can be achieved when communities come together. (more…)
Cooking:Master Expert Techniques Direct From London’s Hottest Culinary Talent
MasterChef Live is giving visitors the chance to develop their culinary expertise with an exceptionally wide variety of workshops, masterclasses, tasting sessions and demos: (more…)
Cooking: Celebrity Chef Michael Moore to host new cooking show on 2GB
“Moore Than Food”, a new radio cooking show, is set to hit the airwaves on 2GB 873, from 7pm Tuesday 10th November 2009. Presented by Celebrity Chef Michael Moore, chef/owner of the Summit Restaurant and radio and television personality Glenn Wheeler, “Moore Than Food” promises to tantalise the taste buds, stir the senses, educate and entertain you. (more…)
Theatre: Top West End Musical Drives Prostate Cancer Awareness Campaign Avenue Q’s Rod To Judge UK’s Sexiest Moustache
This November the residents of Avenue Q will be climbing into bed with moustache growers across the UK. The puppets and humans of London’s funniest adult musical will be pushing Movember, the annual month-long celebration of the moustache that highlights men’s health issues, particularly the dangers of prostate cancer. (more…)
Theatre: Sadler’s Wells Appoints Dance Champion Arlene Phillips To Its Board Of Directors
Sadler’s Wells has announced the appointment of acclaimed choreographer Arlene Phillips to its Board of Directors. (more…)
Theatre: Get into London Theatre
London’s Theatreland makes a song and dance as it unveils exclusive workshops, backstage tours and amazing ticket offers (more…)
Music: New Daytime Show For Lauren Laverne On BBC 6 Music
Digital radio station BBC 6 Music today announces that Lauren Laverne is to present a new weekday show on the network. (more…)
Travel: Catch the Ski Bug
Tired of listening to family and friends bleat on about how fantastic skiing and snowboarding is? Why not make 2009-10 the season to give it a go and see for yourself what you are missing out on. (more…)
Travel: Disney chief takes over at Hogwarts
The medieval castle famously known as Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films has appointed a former Disney vice president to take over as Chief Executive. The unusual move sees Frenchman Christian Perdrier become the first Disney-trained CEO ever to run a major historic UK attraction.
Music: Stella Natalis: A Christmas gift from Karl Jenkins
We have teamed up with EMI Classics to offer you the chance to win a copy of Stella Natalis: A Christmas gift from Karl Jenkins, which is released on 2nd November 2009. It is a gift to music lovers of all stylistic and spiritual backgrounds for the 2009 holiday season. Its coupling, Joy to the world, features arrangements by Jenkins of carols from around the globe in keeping with the composer’s inclusive and universal approach to the message of music. (more…)
Travel: Have your most relaxing holiday courtesy of APH and Lion Books
What are two of the most important things when you go on holiday? (more…)
Health: “WEIGH UP YOUR RISKS & GET TESTED FOR HEPATITIS C” URGES BEACH BOYS’ GUITARIST DAVID MARKS
What do the following famous five, ’Beach Boys’ guitarist David Marks, Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler, Clash drummer Topper Headon, The Body Shop founder Dame Anita Roddick, and society It girl Jazzy de Lisser, all have in common? (more…)
Health: THE SORE THROAT ADVICE THAT’S HARD TO SWALLOW
Professor Janet Wilson demystifies old wives tales and helps separate the
fact from the fiction (more…)
Gardening: GARDENING INSPIRATION FROM WARTIME GARDEN GUIDE
Twigs Way has compiled a full 12 months’ editions of ‘Allotment and Garden Guide’ - the flagship title in the wartime government’s ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign - and adds commentary and insight, not only into gardening but into the war years, with the urgent threat that food might simply run out counterbalanced by the timelessness of seasonal routines. (more…)
Gardening: Changing bird population
Changes in birds and people recorded by Big Garden Birdwatch 1979-2009
The table shows the average number of the top 15 species of birds recorded per garden across the UK in the 1979 Big Garden Birdwatch, and compares this with the results from the 2008 survey. (more…)
Gardening: The RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch
The RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch - the world’s largest wildlife survey - takes place Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 January 2010 and we really need your help. Now in it’s 31st year, we have half a million people participating annually but we can always do with a couple more! (more…)
Extra: The Normandy Landings
The Normandy Landings were the most successful landings into occupied territory of World War Two seeing 6900 vessels, 12,000 aircraft and 10,000 tonnes of bombs dropped against German defences. (more…)
Extra: Have a Canine Partners Christmas
Canine Partners, a charity specialising in providing highly trained assistance dogs to people with disabilities, is pleased to introduce it’s range of festive Christmas cards. What’s more, if you are stuck for that special Christmas present why not Adopt a Puppy for the one you love? (more…)
Extra: Don’t Risk Drowning in Toxic Smoke
Drowning in the toxic smoke of a house fire is the risk you take if you do not have a working smoke alarm. That is the stark message being delivered in the new ‘Fire Kills’ advertising campaign launched this month from the Department of Communities and Local Government. (more…)
Books: Completely Conkers!
What Drives You NUTS About Modern Britain
Who would live in a country where no child is allowed to win a race on school sports day?
About 60 million Britons – that’s who! (more…)
Books: The Beatles - Across The Universe
JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE & RINGO ON TOUR AND ON STAGE
40 years on from their final impromptu gig on the rooftop of the Apple offices in London The Beatles are still a global phenomenon (more…)
Books: All Pets Go To Heaven
ALL PETS GO TO HEAVEN
The Spiritual Lives of the Pets We Love
Do animals have souls?
Losing a much-loved pet is a heart-wrenching experience for anyone – very much like losing a member of the family. People always question what happens to an animal when they die; in All Pets Go to Heaven, Sylvia Browne uses her special psychic gift to show you how pets ‘live’ in the afterlife. (more…)
Books: Have I Got News For You: Guide to Modern Britain
In Have I Got News For You: Guide to Modern Britain, (BBC
Books, £9.99), the team behind the hit BBC One news quiz offer
their views on everything from the Global Recession, MPs
expenses and the Royal Family to the NHS, Education and the
Media. (more…)
Health: BUPA’S SPECIALIST HEALTH MOTs FOR THE OVER 40s
November 10, 2009
Over the age of 40? You can now have a more accurate picture of your health with Bupa’s health checks. (more…)