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We are a 5 Star Luxury Lifestyle Hotel in the City of London near Shoreditch featuring 267 newly refurbished rooms and 7 exciting bars & restaurants.

Located in the heart of vibrant East London, the Andaz London Liverpool Street hotel lends itself as the perfect location for leisure and business guests alike. Opened as the Great Eastern Hotel in 1884 and one of London’s original railway hotels, the Andaz is housed in a beautiful redbrick Victorian building.

As a Demi Chef de Partie in our Eastway Brasserie at the Andaz London Liverpool Street, I am encouraged to express my creativity and I have the opportunity to develop my skills on a daily basis. Driven by the passion for delivering the best dishes to the customers, I am playing my part as a dynamic member of a motivated team by supporting the Chef de Parties and Sous Chefs in the successful running of the service.

Eastway is an East End brasserie in the heart of London’s business district, it is the answer for those looking for a relaxed London dining experience.Open for all day refreshments and dining, serving a chef’s selection of classic favourites, it is the Meats From The Grill menu that showcases Eastway’s signature style. This relaxed yet vibrant restaurant is also available for private hire accommodating up to 120 seated guests for dining or 150 for a standing reception.

As all our outlets have different concepts and kitchens ranging from Brasserie, gastropub to Japanese cuisine, the Andaz London Liverpool Street is able to provide me with the diversity in cuisines to help expand my culinary skills.

Being part of Andaz also means, joining the Hyatt family which has over 679 hotels in over 54 different countries, also recognised as a UK Great Place to Work Company!

What is in it for you?

Continuous learning and development is paramount to us. As such, we pride ourselves on developing and supporting all our colleagues. You will have access to various learning opportunities both online and in our dedicated training room.

• 12 free nights per year of service across Hyatt Hotels worldwide

• Employee and Friends & Family rates across Hyatt Hotels worldwide

• 1 Complimentary night stay for 2 in the Andaz (incl. dinner and breakfast) after 6 months of employment

• Team member & performance rewards system redeemable in the form of complimentary stays, massages and many more

Please be sure to be eligible to work and live in the UK before applying.

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Requirements

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Full-time

Location

London, United Kingdom

Department

F&B kitchen

Languages

English

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As soon as possible

Andaz London Liverpool Street

Welcome to the Andaz, where our name translates from Hindi as “personal style”…

Our hotel is not conventional, this is reflected in our people and woven into the fabric of our culture of creating memorable experiences.

Uncover an environment free of barriers, where ideas are exchanged and encouraged. We are a 5 Star Lifestyle Hotel located in the heart of vibrant East London. Featuring 267 newly refurbished rooms, 7 exciting bars & restaurants and 15 diverse event spaces. We embrace people challenging the norm and who aren’t afraid of standing out, that’s what makes us different – your personal style whether that be tattoos, piercings or pink hair.


LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s Mo Farah, who will be running in the London Marathon on Sunday, is in dispute with fellow distance-running great Haile Gebrselassie for failing to help him after he was robbed at a hotel in Addis Ababa owned by the Ethiopian.

Athletics - London Marathon Preview Press Conference - The Tower Hotel, London, Britain - April 24, 2019 Great Britain's Mo Farah during the press conference Action Images via Reuters/Matthew Childs

Farah, third last year and facing a monumental challenge to overcome Kenya’s world record holder and defending champion Eliud Kipchoge in Sunday’s race, said around 2500 pounds ($3,230) - in four currencies - two mobile phones and a valuable watch presented to him by his wife were stolen from a locked suitcase in his room while he was out on a training run on his 36 birthday on March 23.

Farah said he got little help from hotel staff in dealing with the issue and even less from Gebrselassie, a national icon in Ethiopia after a stunning track career that earned him two Olympic golds and four world titles over 10,000m and several world records.

“He didn’t respond even though that’s his hotel,” four-times Olympic champion Farah told reporters at the London Marathon launch on Wednesday.

Farah was so furious that Gebrselassie ignored his repeated texts and calls that he shared the last he sent, that threatened to publicly shame the Ethiopian.

“I want to inform you that I’m disappointed you have not made any effort to find my stolen money, and especially my watch,” he wrote.

“I have tried to contact you by telephone several times. Know that I am not responsible for what I say during the press conference in London and what influence it will have on your personality and your business.” He signed off: “Sir Mo.”

Later on Wednesday Gebrselassie fired back at Farah in a press release, calling his claim of robbery “unproven”.

Gebrselassie said Farah declined to use a safe box offered to him or give the money to a hotel official for safekeeping.

Gebrselassie, a former world record holder and current president of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation, said the matter was immediately reported to police, who interviewed five hotel employees but decided not to bring charges against any of them.

He added that despite a 50 percent discount on the room rate, Farah failed to pay a service bill of 2,313 pounds ($3,000).

"I found today's accusations made by Mo with unproven premises, as an act of defamation on my hard earned reputation and business," he said in a release posted on LetsRun.com. here

“Following this my lawyers will deal with the matter accordingly,” Gebrselassie said.

A spokesperson for Farah told the BBC late on Wednesday that he was disappointed with Gebrselassie’s statement.

“Mo disputes all of these claims, which are an effort to distract from the situation, where members of his hotel staff used a room key and stole money and items from Mo Farah’s room (there was no safe as it was faulty, and Mo requested a new one).

“Police reports confirm the incident and the hotel admitted responsibility and were in contact with Mo’s legal advisor.

“The hotel even offered to pay Mo the amount stolen, only to withdraw the offer when he prematurely left the hotel and moved to other accommodation due to security concerns.

“Despite many attempts to discuss this issue privately with Mr Gebrselassie, he did not respond but now that he has, we would welcome him or his legal team getting in touch so that this matter can be resolved.”

TASK AT HAND

Farah will need all his focus to be back on the task in hand on Sunday as although the race is widely seen as something of a head-to-head between him and the peerless Kipchoge, the Briton is only the eighth-fastest man in the field and his best of 2:05.11 is almost four minutes adrift of Kipchoge’s astonishing world record of 2:01.39, set in Berlin.

The Kenyan, who has won 10 of his 11 marathons, including the 2016 Olympic Games, is seeking an unprecedented fourth London win and would need to have something of an off-day to open the door for any of his rivals, but Farah said he was not turning up “expecting to finish third or fourth.”

“You look up to these guys, you have to learn from the best and I have learned from each race I’ve done,” he said.

“I think I could have gone 2.04-something in Chicago (where he set a European record of 2:05:11 while winning last year) but it was about winning the race.

“Last year in London when Eliud increased the pace at around 20 miles I went with it a bit but just felt tired and in my mind I felt ‘I cant keep that going’ and you end up taking it back a notch. But I am here to race and will give 100 percent as I always do.”

EXTRA ENDURANCE

Farah said he had underestimated the volume of training required to convert his track speed into the extra endurance needed for 26.2 miles on the road, but that he was enjoying the challenge.

“The most important thing is that I’m happy and enjoying it,” he said. “I’m still hungry, I feel like I’ve got my mojo back.”

While Farah and Kipchoge fight it out at the sharp end, around 40,000 others will be pounding the streets of London behind them in what organisers say is the world’s most popular race.

“We had 415,000 applications in five days,” said race director Hugh Brasher. “This weekend we will reach one billion pounds raised for charity by runners, with more than half of that coming in the last nine years.”

In the first race in 1981, co-founded by his father and former Olympic gold medallist Chris Brasher, five percent of finishers were female, while this year that figure is expected to be around 45 percent.


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Nobu Is On A Roll

The very first Nobu Hotel—a 182-room tower within Caesars Palace Las Vegas—recently commemorated its fifth anniversary with a sushi, Champagne and caviar celebration on the private terrace of the 10,300-sq.-ft., $35,000-per-night Nobu Villa, the crown jewel of Caesars’ hotel-within-a-hotel. While corporate executives, city dignitaries and VIP guests took in the bird’s-eye view of the glittering Strip, the Nobu’s three notable partners—innovative sushi chef Nobuyuki "Nobu" Matsuhisa, actor Robert De Niro and film producer Meir Teper—made it clear that they had their sights set on global expansion. The trio recently announced a 10-year contract with Caesars Entertainment and plans to quickly double their hotel portfolio throughout five continents in the next two years. Instead of following hospitality trends, Nobu’s partners have cooked up just the right ingredients to reinvent the boutique hotel concept, even if much of it was a happy accident. Connect chatted with Nobu’s three partners to discover the secrets to their success.

Prior to Nobu, all three of you extensively traveled the world, picking up luxury hospitality lessons along the way. What hotels do you admire and enjoy most?

Nobuyuki Matsuhisa: I like The Peninsula and Four Seasons hotels. They are all very different. But my favorite is Le Royal Monceau, Raffles Paris, maybe because I also have a restaurant there. Robert De Niro: I like classic hotels like Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, in the south of France. And I used to love The Savoy in London. In my earlier days, I’d go there all the time for the great, classic elegance of it. I liked the whole feeling of staying there, looking at the Thames. Meir Teper: I have to also say Hotel Du Cap, and the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Melbourne, Australia, possibly the best hotel in the world. The Crowne has beautiful facilities, and service is excellent—like on luxury yachts, you never see when they make up your room. Timing is very important. And at Hotel Du Cap, the grounds are spectacular. You feel you are staying at Palace of Versailles.

Now that you’ve been in the hotel business for five years, what are the biggest lessons you’ve learned?

Teper: Surprisingly, there have not been many surprises because we gave a lot of thought to create something we believed for years that hotels should have. Great service is the most important thing we can provide.

How have you seen the needs and expectations of customers at Nobu change in the past five years?

[inlinead align="left"][/inlinead] De Niro: I always believe in tradition. If you can maintain tradition, people look for that. I know I do. When I go to a restaurant that’s been there for 20, 30 years, I expect it to be just as good and still serve the things I liked for all those years. It annoys me when I go to a place with a great dish or pastry that all of a sudden is not there anymore because the new chef wanted to change things. It must be ego. But if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. That’s my feeling. We don’t have to grab for new things. Leave it alone.

There are so many iconic Nobu dishes—rock shrimp tempura, yellowtail with jalapeno, black cod miso—but they’re now imitated in hundreds of restaurants. How does it feel to have your innovative dishes enter the mainstream?

Matsuhisa: I love that people copy my food. It makes me proud. I say, “People can copy my food, but nobody can copy my heart.” It’s more than technique. Everybody can add jalapenos, but not everybody has my passion, and customers understand that.

What ambitions do you have for new Nobu hotel locations?

De Niro: I want to do a resort in the Caribbean. We’re working on that about 30-something miles northwest of Antigua in the commonwealth of Antigua and Barbuda. It will be the first Nobu Beach Club. I’ve been working on it a long time and investing a lot of money, so at this point it’s a big dream for me. I’ll be very, very happy when that gets going.

With one foot in a global restaurant business and the other in hospitality, how do you manage to bring the two together while maintaining quality and retaining staff?

De Niro: Nobu is great. Not only is he a great chef, but he also has a great sense of community and organization and stick-to-itiveness. It’s up to him to keep the ship afloat. We’re all the support system. For example, I can get people in the door once, maybe twice, but if they aren’t impressed, they’re not coming back a third time. Nobu has a great sense of loyalty to people who work for us. For example, when we have a restaurant that only works seasonally, then what do we do with the people who work there the rest of the year? Where do we put them? We’re concerned about them, so we place them somewhere else that also works seasonally, and everyone benefits.

How do you approach the hospitality business with millennials entering the marketplace with a new mindset?

Teper: You can think about everything, but sometimes things happen on their own. Millennials are certainly attracted to the Nobu style and locations, but what we are experiencing at the hotels and restaurants is that children love Nobu. Parents tell us all the time that they ask their children where they want to go, and they say “Nobu! Nobu!” I don’t want to mention names, but at Nobu Malibu I recently saw a well-known businessman with his two young children. He said, “Ask my son about his biggest goal in life.” So, I did, and his son said, “To visit every Nobu in the world!” That’s a good goal. Matsuhisa: I see many second-generation people come whose parents used to come to Nobu New York or Matsuhisa Beverly Hills when they were dating. As kids they were introduced to Japanese food at my restaurants and grew up loving the tempura or the yellowtail jalapeno (without the jalapeno when they were small). I always talk to families and I say to the children, “Study hard; graduate college; find the best job; make lots of money; and bring it here.”

Chef, you built a restaurant in Anchorage, Alaska, only to see it burn to the ground and leave you and your family penniless. How did you survive that Thanksgiving Day disaster?

Matsuhisa: It is my worst experience because it was my last chance. I was born in Japan, lived in Japan and studied to cook in Japan, and then I went to Peru, then Chile and then Alaska and built a restaurant there with my own hands. Fifty days after we opened, my first day off was also my first national holiday in the United States. That was the day the fire came. Suddenly everything was gone—except my knife that I found in the rubble. I was so distraught. My dream was gone. I tried to kill myself. I am here today because a lot of people—my families at home and in the kitchen—supported me. That’s why I always work hard and appreciate the people around me. I don’t look at the next 10 years ahead. I always look at the right-here-and-now in this moment.


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London budget hotel City View Hotel in Bethnal Green, East Central London, is ideally located for exploring the nightlife of Old Street and Brick Lane. It's also on the doorstep of Bethnal Green Tube Station which offers you fast access to The City and Central London attractions. It's no wonder that the low-cost rooms here sell fast

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I'm a graduate of the Lincoln School of Art and Design, UK, class of 2009, and now work as a freelance designer in Malta.

I've been working in the advertising industry since 2006, and only stopped for a year to undertake my undergraduate course in Lincoln. I ended that year on a high, winning the 'Lincoln Graphic… Read More

I'm a graduate of the Lincoln School of Art and Design, UK, class of 2009, and now work as a freelance designer in Malta.

I've been working in the advertising industry since 2006, and only stopped for a year to undertake my undergraduate course in Lincoln. I ended that year on a high, winning the 'Lincoln Graphic Design Student's Student of the Year Award 2009', as well as a 'Commendation' and the highly coveted 'Vincent Steer Award' at the ISTD (International Society of Typographic Designers) Student Awards 2009 for my project 'Till We Meet Again'.

Throughout my professional career I've worked for three Maltese advertising agencies on a wide variety of projects. Most of my work is print-based, and over the years I've refined my skills in typography, publishing design, branding and advertising for marketing campaigns.

I also possess excellent skills in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.

Highlights so far:
• Development of EuroSport rebranding and creation of EuroSport website (together with Mike Azzopardi and Brendon Gauci at Switch Ltd)
• Creation of main graphic identity for the 2012 and 2013 editions of MCCA’s Malta Jazz Festival (Switch Ltd)
• Implementation of London-based brand guidelines across Corinthia Group's hotels in Europe and Africa (Switch Ltd)
• Head Designer for Malta International Airport (MPS Ltd)
• Head Corporate Identity Developer for MaltaPost (MPS Ltd)

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If you think I may be useful for your commercial or personal projects, feel free to contact me on chris@chrismahoney.eu . Do visit my website www.chrismahoney.eu to get a good idea as to what I have to offer.


Dusty Limits

Dusty Limits is an Australian-born cabaret singer and comedian based in the United Kingdom, and one of the leading figures on the "new cabaret" scene.

Biography
Dusty Limits is from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, where he first appeared in cabaret. He made his European debut in 1999. He has a three octave vocal range and is noted for his interpretations of the songs of Kurt Weill, Cole Porter, Noël Coward, Tom Waits, Stephen Sondheim, Jacques Brel, Portishead, Tom Lehrer, David Bowie, Philip Jeays and Nick Cave. He writes songs, usually with a macabre or satirical twist, including such songs as "I Am A Jolly Self-Harmer", "Cocaine Socialist", "Beaucoup de Lifting", "Is It Too Late?", "Imagine (Think of the Kids)" and "Poor".

Since 1992, he has also performed as an actor on stage and film, sometimes also performing under the name of Dorian Black. He performs regularly throughout the UK as a singer, comic and compere, both in solo shows and as part of variety bills. He is the director and compere of the Black Cat Cabaret which appeared at the Café de Paris every Friday in 2013, along with frequent appearances at the Café de Paris and which now takes place at various London venues. He also produced and co-hosted the monthly Savoy Cabaret at the Savoy Hotel.

He was the director and host of Cabaret at Scarfes Bar, which took place monthly at the Rosewood London from 2014 to 2017.

He won the London Cabaret Award for Best Host/Compere in 2012, 2013 and 2015.

He is the Patron of Cabaret vs Cancer, a charity which raises money for cancer relief and research in the UK.

Work
Limits performs throughout the UK and abroad as a cabaret singer, comic and compere.

From 2003 to 2005, he had his own monthly show in London under the titles Dusty Limits and Friends and Dusty Limits Etc. Since 2003, he has performed every year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, either in his own one-man cabarets and/or as host and programmer of variety nights including the Vaudeville at the Bongo Club. He hosted the Bongo Club Cabaret in 2012. For a number of years he was a judge and occasionally compere for the Tap Water Awards.

He has appeared on the bill with many of the leading performers in the worlds of neo-Weimar cabaret and burlesque, including Amanda Palmer, Camille O'Sullivan, Justin Bond, Meow Meow, Miss Behave, Empress Stah, Jonny Woo, The Luminescent Orchestrii, Fancy Chance, Paul L Martin, Immodesty Blaize, Kittie Klaw, Roxy Velvet, Gill Manly, Taylor Mac, Amy G, Baby Dee, Daniel Isengart, Ali McGregor, Nathan Evans and Holly Penfield.

In 2004, he performed at the Brisbane International Cabaret Festival. In 2006, he performed at Don't Tell Mama and Joe's Pub in New York City. He also appeared on the bill of Weimar New York at the Spiegeltent in 2007.

In 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Limits hosted a nightly revue at the Bongo Club Cabaret. In 2007, he was winner in the Ministry of Burlesque Awards for both Best Male Singer and Best Male Performer. Ministry of Burlesque performance at Glasgow's High Tease

In October 2007, he premiered a new show, The Picture of Dusty Limits, dedicated to the themes of decadence and disillusion. It included a number of original songs by himself and his musical collaborator and accompanist, Michael Roulston. It has been reprised several times, being largely rewritten and updated each time. He performed a completely revised version of the show at the Famous Spiegeltent as part of the Edinburgh Fringe 2010, earning 5-star reviews.

In 2008, Limits appeared as a guest performer in the sell-out season of Miss Behave's Variety Nighty at The Roundhouse in Camden, North London. He has also been engaged in writing for Mr Donne's Particular Cabinet, a full-length 'narrative cabaret' show.

From 2007 to 2009, he programmed and hosted a monthly new-cabaret showcase at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern called first Kabarett and then KUNST, which means "art" in German. The night featured both established and up-and-coming performers and has included a number of noteworthy artists on the European cabaret circuit, such as Fancy Chance, Frisky and Mannish, Bourgeois and Maurice, Chrisalys, Desmond O'Connor and Lucifire.

In 2009, he was one of four major neo-cabaret artists to perform as part of Space Oddities, an evening of cabaret dedicated to retro-futurism. The others were Ruby Blues, Jonny Woo and Empress Stah.

He has appeared every year from 2002 in the Battersea Barge pantomime, which he has written and directed several times. He performed as Hildegaard Von Boss in Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling (2010) and Monsieur Wolf in "Red Riding Hoodie" (2011).

In 2008, he co-produced a mock wedding at the Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, in which the elements of the normal wedding service – e.g. the First Reading – became cabaret acts, and which included performances by many of London's top cabaret and burlesque artistes.

In May 2010 and again in 2011, he was one of a handful of top London cabaret artists to perform at the Time Out Alternative Eurovision competition. He performed an original song entitled "Je Suis Eurostar", a parody of Eurovision, under the name 'Dana Euronational'.

He performed in 2010 as part of the Grimeborn Festival in a short experimental opera piece entitled CROW, with music by Michael Roulston. In 2010, he appeared at the Famous Spiegeltent as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in his one-man show The Picture of Dusty Limits, to outstanding reviews.,

At the Fringe in 2011, he performed a new show, Darkling, which dealt with the themes of melancholy and mortality, and which he described as "stand-up misery". It also gained excellent reviews.

Limits was interviewed for the BBC Radio 2 program Come to the Cabaret, which included interviews with Lisa Appignanesi, Paloma Faith, Julian Clary, Amy Saunders, Immodesty Blaize and Barry Cryer and was hosted by Paul O'Grady.

Along with Tricity Vogue, he wrote and performed a season of satirical sketches and songs in the Private Eye Dining Room, upstairs at Norman's Coach and Horses in Soho.

In January 2011, Limits was one of ten cabaret artists, including David Hoyle and Eastend cabaret, who had their own Time Out London cover in a special edition celebrating the resurgence of cabaret.

In 2012, he produced and hosted The Winter of Our Discontent, a satirical/political cabaret at the Arcola Tent that included some of London's top cabaret artists.

His 2012 solo Edinburgh Fringe show, Post-Mortem, was shortlisted for TO&ST (Time Out & Soho Theatre) Award and was performed at the Soho Theatre in July 2013.

In 2013, he took a new show, Psycho, to the Fringe, which included a dozen original songs written with his writing partner Michael Roulston and received excellent reviews.

As well as performing, Limits works as a voice coach, writer and director. He has directed at the Central School of Speech and Drama where he has also delivered lectures on the subject of Kleinkunst. His special area is "narrative cabaret", theatrical work using a cabaret or 'Kleinkunst' format.

In 2015 he released an album of original songs written with composer Michael Roulston, entitled 'Grin'. The funds required to finance recording were raised via a Kickstarter campaign.

Media

2008
Limits was one of three cabaret performers profiled by a Newsweek article examining the resurgence of cabaret, the others being Michael Feinstein and Ute Lemper.

He was featured on the cover of TIme Out issue 1958, the Sex and Books issue, as part of a group of five leading burlesque artistes, and solo on page 20 where he was posed reading a book in a standing pose.

Time Out review of 2008 (edition of 18 December) named him as one of the four main neo-cabaret guards, (along with Jonny Woo, Justin Bond and Empress Stah) who had done "exceptional work". In the same issue, he was also one of the 10 "scene leaders" invited to share their personal highlights of the year in the Social Club section feature.

2010
Limits interviewed for BBC Radio 2 program, Come to the Cabaret, hosted by Paul O'Grady. Limits spoke mainly on the history of Berlin cabaret and the role of the Emcee. He was also the Marriage Man in 'Trapped: Ever After!' on BBC Television.

2011
Limits appears as one of ten 'cover-stars' of a special Time Out edition dedicated to cabaret. Time Out describes him as 'The Trailblazer'.

References

External links
Dusty Limits' home page
Dusty Limits sings "Jolly Self Harmer" (video)
Old showreel
Interview on Bonobo Presents

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Thursday, 13 December 2012

With our amazing photoshoot, our brand new website and new samples all magically appearing you can see that Aruna Seth is heading in a new direction. Fear not butterfly lovers as our signature styles, the farfalla, bettina and cerise will always be around. We just have a bigger collection. Look our for Venus, GML, Charlie and Liv all coming very soon!

Tuesday, 11 December 2012

I went wearing my trusty Seth Winter boots on Friday as it was a little chilly!

Winter Wonderland is even BETTER this year, bigger, more exciting, filled with even more sweet stands, Winter hats and chestnut selling stands, more Christmassy lights and rides! It is great walking through Hyde Park towards Winter Wonderland and seeing a big snow-flake Ferris wheel lighting up Winter dark sky. Your greeted at the entrance to Winter Wonderland by a talking tree. We booked in for ice-skating, tired ourselves out on the Helter Skelter ride and finished off treating ourselves to a lovely Mulled wine with a shot of Amaretto at the Bavarian Village where a large crowd of people happily danced to a DJ keeping warm in Winter hats, gloves accessories...
I was very snug wearing my Aruna Seth rabbit boots!

Monday, 10 December 2012

We attended Eva Longoria's Noble Gift Gala on Saturday at the new ME Hotel on the Strand.

It was such an exciting event and celebrities like James Caan, Nicky Clarke and Mel B were all in attendance to support the event. Eva Longoria supports this lovely Gala which helps raise money for various charities like Make-A-Wish, Fight for Life and the Caudwell Children.

We listened to speeches on the foundation made by Will.i.am, Eva Longoria and Mel B and listened to Stooshe sing loud on stage. A delicious four course meal of soup, tuna, beef-fillet and cheese-cake was served on our table and the wine flowed! The night was finished off upstairs on the AMAZING roof terrace of the hotel seeing the gorgeous views of London!

Aruna treated herself to a new pair of Seth's and wore a pair of all over crystal Swarovski wedges, the best-sellers in Harrods. Teamed up with a beautiful Victoria Beckham dress!

Friday, 7 December 2012

What a treat spotting the Saturdays at our event at the No.11 Hotel last night..... Also in attendance was the gorgeous Henry Conway, amazing singer Rene Byrd and Keith Allen! Guests enjoyed champagne and brownies by Have Cake...they took goody bags home containing 3in1 facial cleanser by Philosophy, brownie bites by Have Cake, gluten free sweets by Jealous Sweets and oyster card holders and vouchers for Joy the Store..... They were able to have a sneak peak at our new collection and be among the few special people to pre-order the much anticipated Liv Shoe. As well as this guests enjoyed viewing the collections of Cashmere by Tania and From Russia with Love.... Watch out for our next luxury event early Spring.


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There’s a distinct foodie theme to this month’s hotel news with tasty Easter treats and new activities to make wine- and cake-lovers salivate. Away from the table, there are new luxury suites to enjoy and a special project to ensure a good night’s sleep.

Last-minute Easter egg-citement

There are plenty of Easter offerings at London hotels this weekend. Among them, The Royal Horseguards has introduced a special afternoon tea menu as well as children’s treats such as Easter bunny macaroons, egg nest cupcakes and egg decorating. While over at Hilton London Metropole, you can try tempting cocoa-based creations at the EG Chocolate Corner in the lobby.

Foodie delights

The Royal Garden Hotel has seen the re-opening of its Park Terrace Restaurant this month after a £1.5 million refurbishment, and it’s celebrating by offering guests a free glass of wine with any two- or three-course meal during April or May.

Continuing the foodie theme, Waldorf Hilton will be running patisserie masterclasses from 24 May. Aimed at helping enthusiastic beginners, the hotel’s pastry chef David Conlon will share his top tips for making the perfect cakes.

Jumeirah Carlton Tower has introduced a ‘gentlemen’s club’ experience featuring a golf simulator and private dining in the on-site Rib Room Bar & Restaurant. The hotel has also announced it will be running a Fitness Retreat in July with weekend sessions providing inspiration and guidance on getting fit and staying healthy.

Suite treats

Next month sees the opening of refurbished suites and apartments from Flemings Mayfair, including a stunning penthouse and a roof terrace. This follows hot on the heels of the launch of a new suite at The Kensington Hotel last month; the Kensington Suite comes complete with its own private decanter bar, a daybed and plunge baths.

There will be a sleep coach on hand to give advice, special spa treatments to indulge in and sleep packages to enjoy. The on-site restaurant, The Northall, has also introduced a new snooze-friendly Sleep Menu featuring essential ingredients for a good night under the duvet.

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A highlight of Opera Holland Park in 2013, the specially commissioned family opera based on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, with music by Will Todd, is revived this year. After the huge success of The Fantastic Mr Fox - staged as part of the opera festival for three consecutive years - this summer sees the return of the hour-long family opera, a site-specific production directed by Martin Duncan, designed by Leslie Travers and conducted by Stuart Stratford. Let's hope last year's strong cast, led by Fflur Wyn as Alice, returns. Tickets are only £3 for children and £8 for adults.

Situated in the middle of Holland Park, every summer the temporary structure of the Holland Park Theatre is erected. The home of Holland Park Opera is one of London's more remarkable outdoor theatres. A tensed steel canopy, supported by soaring v-shaped poles but open at the sides to let in the summer air. More about Holland Park Theatre

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Hilton London Olympia HotelLondon > Hotels > Mid-Range Chain Hotel† from £68† 39% off380 Kensington High Street, W14 |
7 minutes from Alice's Adventures in WonderlandThough it is designed for visitors to the nearby Olympia Exhibition Centre, there are plenty of other reasons to stay at the Hilton Olympia, not least ...More

The CoronetLondon > Entertainment > Cinemas103 Notting Hill Gate, Kensington, London W11 |
11 minutes from Alice's Adventures in WonderlandOriginally built in 1898 as a theatre, Notting Hill's Coronet is now the place to go for a good, old-fashioned cinema experience. The dcor harks back ...More

Gate TheatreLondon > Entertainment > Theatres11 Pembridge Road, Notting Hill, London W11 |
12 minutes from Alice's Adventures in WonderlandWith an average audience capacity of 70, the Gate has been presenting first class fringe theatre for over 30 years and continues to do so, making ...More

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Holland ParkLondon > Attractions > Parks and GardensHolland Park Avenue / Kensington High Street, Holland Park, London W8 |
Same location as Alice's Adventures in WonderlandSmall, pretty park in west London.
Pretty, petit Holland Park is the ideal location for those wanting to escape the clamour of the city but who don’t ...More

Children's Book CentreLondon > Shopping > Books237 Kensington High Street, Kensington, London W8 |
5 minutes from Alice's Adventures in WonderlandThis is a bookshop and a whole lot more, with everything on offer from padded books for tots, through wonderful picture books and on to first ...More

BelvedereLondon > Restaurants > French restaurantsOff Abbotsbury Road, Holland Park, Holland Park, London W8 |
Same location as Alice's Adventures in WonderlandThe Belvedere is the most sophisticated of West London's celebrity hangouts. Set inside a beautiful building in the heart of Holland Park, it is the perfect ...More

King Street CollegeLondon > Education > English Language Courses47 Shepherd's Bush Green, W12 |
17 minutes from Alice's Adventures in WonderlandThis school teaches about 800 students from 40 different countries, offering general and exam focused English language courses for adults.
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The Roof GardensLondon > Leisure > Parks and Gardens99 Kensington High Street, Kensington, London W8 |
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The ScarsdaleLondon > Nightlife > Pubs23A Edwards Square, Kensington, London W8 |
5 minutes from Alice's Adventures in WonderlandIf pubs were judged by their location and setting, The Scardale Tavern in Kensington would top many lists for this really is quaint London at its ...More

The Windsor CastleLondon > Nightlife > Pubs114 Campden Hill Road, Kensington, London W8 |
8 minutes from Alice's Adventures in WonderlandElevated on an incline in the appropriately named Notting Hill, the rustic old Windsor Castle pub was so-called because in its early days the pub’s upper ...More

PianoLondon > Nightlife > Bars106 Kensington High Street, Kensington, London W8 |
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9 minutes from Alice's Adventures in WonderlandRichard Branson's rooftop restaurant-come-nightclub at Kensington Roof Gardens is a favourite with the glam girls of Kensington, who can be seen at all hours sipping cocktails ...More

Olympia LondonLondon > Business > Venue HireHammersmith Road, Kensington, London W14 |
9 minutes from Alice's Adventures in WonderlandTimes have changed since the Olympia first flung open its doors to the public on Boxing Day 1886 for the Hippodrome Circus, with the promise of ...More

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Ever since I was young I’ve tried hard to be as involved in the conflicts of Africa as I could. In high school my Literature of the Holocaust class raised over $5,000 to help provide the refugee camps of Darfur with clean drinking water. Entering college and being preoccupied with being in college definitely distracted me from something that used to be very important to me, and having very little money for the last decade has made it more difficult to donate.

This video made me remember that while I was busy sleeping in and drinking, children were dying at the hands of monsters. The world is a scary place when we take the time to step outside of our bubble, but we can help!

This grassroots movement aims to arrest Joseph Kony by the end of 2012 and help put an end to child soldiers in Uganda. It’s driven entirely by us, the people with a voice, and by social media.

Check out the video, and most importantly share it! You may be as broke as I am, but we can let those that influence our media hear this message and help do something to stop it. So let’s use the sites that we are already glued to all day, every day to save lives!

As we all know, March is National Craft Month. Oh… you didn’t know that? Yeah I guess no one does but whatever.

To celebrate I would like to totally jam my blog up with fun, funky, affordable crafts and creations. Obviously I’ll post some myself, but I’m a working woman! And unfortunately that means I don’t have as much time to craft as I would like to… meaning all day, every day, every single second.

If you have a craft, painting, recipe or creative tip to share please submit your ideas to the masses. Click the “submit” tab in the upper right corner for details on how to do your thang. Submissions will of course get complete and total credit for everything they do. Besides that, stay tuned for this month of crafting glory!

So apparently people enjoy reading me rant about weird stuff, because this blog is starting to pick up speed!

My ultimate goal when starting this blog was to create an atmosphere for guys and ladies like me to enjoy. I want to share things that I am into and things that are picking up speed in the world around us. Recently I have realized that there

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are a lot of things going on around me that I really don’t have the right to talk about, which is why I’m looking for extra writers!

I am surrounded by insanely interesting people in my life, and through this blog I have met even more, and I want all my readers to meet them to! I’ve already heard from some people that are interested, and while I’m in the beginning phases of this idea, I hope it can develop into something great. Mind you this would be a free-freelance job, as I make no money off of this, but who knows where things could lead if it picks up speed as hoped!

If you’re a grad looking for a job, student about to graduate, a mom/dad, newlywed or newly-engaged fiance, sports lover, art advocate, interesting person, boring person with a weird hobby, I would love to include you in this blog! I have added a new tab at the top of this blog called “Submit!” with details on how to join in the takeover!

Right now I’m in the process of thinking up a new name, buying a domain and perhaps redesigning the page (if any of my graphic design friends would be so inclined to help) to make it less me-centered and more my-world-centered, because my world is pretty crazy.

So this mark’s Erica Takes Over the World’s 100th blog post! I know what you’re thinking, did I really just waste a year of my life have the honor of reading 100 articles on this blog!? To celebrate, I’ve decided to list my 100 favorite things, which are probably also the 100 greatest things in the world so you’re welcome. Enjoy! (FYI: these are NOT in any particular order, and the bolded ones are the photos on the right!)

17. Being a twin
18. Puppy paws
19. Writing
20. Leslie Knope
21. Minesweeper
22. Pinterest, and the subsequent crafts that come from it
23. Dogfish Head Brewery‘s Punkin Ale
24. English Bulldogs25. Rainbow Chip Frosting
26. “Parks and Recreation”
27. London
28. The way Home Depot smells
29. Hellogiggles
30. My gray UGGs
31. Really heavy rain in the summer right before the sun sets
32. Christmas Eve
33. Anything with lamb in it.
34. The Philadelphia Phillies
35. Finding money in old bags/clothes in my closet.36. Big Ben
37. Making up weird conversations for people to overhear when they pass me on the street.
38. My “Life is Good” duffle-bag
39. Alec Baldwin’s face
40. Strongbow cider
41. Breaking out flip flops for the first time every year
42. Craft beers
43. Crazy Philadelphians
44. Bread… just any bread.45. When Will Arnett and Amy Poehler act together
46. Baked brie
47. Great White Sharks
48. Traveling
49. McGillin’s Old Ale House in Philadelphia

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50. Wayne Simmonds
51. Chelsea Football Club
52. Leggings
53. Crying during “Father of the Bride”
54. “Elf,” or pretty much any Will Ferrell movie.
55. A hot ham and mozzarella baguette from Upper Crust at Waterloo Station in London.
56. Backgammon
57. Indoor pools at hotels58. Arianna and Craig from “SNL”
59. The Philadelphia Union
60. The first piece of paper in a notebook
61. Street Art

After the blackouts from websites all over the Internet, the bad guys that thought up this dumb plan have decided to back down. They said all this mumbo jumbo about bringing it back up once the pressure has come back down (AKA the fight from all of us who weren’t going to take it), but let’s be serious. If we all hate it this much now, we’re certainly not going to love it tomorrow!

That’s right, we stopped them!

I can’t help but be super proud here. Through all of this, I wanted so badly to still be able to trust my government. I mean, if you can’t ultimately trust the people running your country then why live there? I’m so proud that they heard our voice, and shut down what was wrong.


On Wednesday, developer Richard L. Friedman will formally kick off construction of the tallest skyscraper to be built in Boston in 40 years — a 700-foot tower at 1 Dalton St. that will include the city’s second Four Seasons Hotel and some of its most expensive condominiums.

Boston is in the midst of an unprecedented construction boom, but many of the new buildings are unremarkable midrises or boxy office towers — common on so many skylines across the United States.

“This will be the highest quality ever built in the city,” said Friedman, chief executive of Cambridge-based Carpenter & Co.

“It has 11-foot ceilings, a fireplace in every condominium, the best kitchens, the best everything. It’s going to be the top of the market.”

The $750 million project will rise on a triangular plot at the edge of the Christian Science Plaza. Construction is expected to be completed in 2017.

The building’s scale and grandeur symbolize a broader change sweeping through Boston, which has become a premier market for real estate investment worldwide. Friedman’s building is being financed by investors from 26 countries, including a chunk of equity from Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates.

“I think people have got to realize that we’re not good old Boston anymore,” said Gregory Vasil, chief executive of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board. “We are a different place, and that’s reflected in the amount of foreign investment. We’ve got people flocking here from all over the world.”

Friedman said he expects about 30 percent of the condominiums in the skyscraper to be purchased by international buyers.

His company was selected to redevelop the property by the First Church of Christ, Scientist, whose mother church is situated on the adjacent property, along with the church’s signature plaza and reflecting pool.

The Boston Redevelopment Authority approved the project in September 2013.

The 61-story tower will include a 211-room Four Seasons Hotel and 180 luxury condos on the upper floors. On an adjacent site, Pritzker Realty Group, of Chicago, is constructing a 26-story apartment building.

As part of the city’s inclusionary development policy, Friedman has committed to building 29 affordable units off site, though he has not disclosed the location. Pritzker is building 14 affordable units on site, and 14 more at another location.

Friedman’s skyscraper will be a major new peak on the high spine of buildings that runs through the Back Bay to the waterfront.

“This is a signature project in many ways for Boston,” said Mayor Martin J. Walsh. He said the development would put Boston “in an elite group with only a few other cities around the world.”

Boston will be one of seven cities with two Four Seasons hotels. The others are London, Shanghai, Singapore, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Istanbul.

The skyscraper at One Dalton is being designed by Hancock Tower architect Harry N. Cobb, of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, in collaboration with Gary Johnson of Cambridge Seven Associates Inc.

Johnson said the design is meant to add a powerful new form that will stand apart on the city’s skyline.

“This building is going to have the quality the Hancock has where you will always know where you are in the city by looking back to that building,” he said.

The building will feature a curved glass facade and a base of New England granite. A 5,000-square foot park designed by the renowned landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh will sit between the skyscraper and Pritzker’s apartment building.

Each condo in what will be called Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences One Dalton Street will include a bay window, and units on the upper floors will have open-air balconies. The tower will house two public restaurants and two lounges, plus an owners-only restaurant club on the 50th floor.

Related coverage:

• Residential tower to join offices on Boston’s skyline

• Opinion | Paul McMorrow: Adjusting Boston’s High Spine

• 58-story Back Bay tower approved

• Graphic: Existing, proposed skyscrapers in Boston

• Boston embraces the age of the skyscraper

• Before and after: Planned Goverment Center towers

• From 1978: After Scollay Square: Ghosts from the past still linger about new Boston

Casey Ross can be reached at cross@globe.com.


Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed that rumours she was dating Chris Martin brought the happy couple together. The actress has said that when she was first romantically linked to the Coldplay frontman, they hadn't even met — but that those inaccurate reports eventually led to one of Hollywood's happiest marriages.

"It's funny because people had started writing that we were going out and we had never even met," said the star, who wed Chris in 2003.

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"And then he was in Los Angeles doing a concert and an actress that he had a crush on was supposed to come to the concert. When she didn't show up, he was so annoyed that he said, 'Oh, this is for my girlfriend Gwyneth Paltrow.'"

The Oscar-winner said friends then began asking her what was going on, and she had to explain that she didn't even know the singer. Happily though, those reports meant the couple did get together when Gwyneth attended a Coldplay concert later in London.

"Because they had written so much in the press, his assistant came to my seat at the concert," she told the Sun. "They said, 'This is so crazy, but will you come back and say hello afterwards?' And that was it."

Gwyneth, 40, and Chris, 36, tied the knot on 5 December, 2003, in a hotel in southern California. Their daughter Apple was born in London in May 2004, and their son Moses in April 2006 in New York.

On Monday, the Iron Man 3 actress was spotted arriving back in London with her children after attending the Paris premiere of the film on Sunday night with her co-star Robert Downey Jr on Sunday night.

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Aftermath (R.E.M. song)

"Aftermath" is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was released as the second single from their thirteenth studio album Around the Sun on November 29, 2004.

Upon release, "Aftermath" peaked at number forty-one on the UK Singles Chart. The single also charted in the Netherlands and Sweden, peaking at numbers 44 and 59 respectively. Its music video, directed by Blue Leach and Peter Care, was filmed in several different locations, including the Hyatt Regency Hotel in San Francisco and the London Eye.

Track listing
 CD1 single
 "Aftermath"
 "High Speed Train" (live in Athens, GA – rehearsals, 2004)

 CD2 single
 "Aftermath"
 "So Fast, So Numb" (live in Athens, GA – rehearsals, 2004)
 "All the Right Friends" (live in Athens, GA – rehearsals, 2004)

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You're My Star

"You're My Star" is a pop rock song by Welsh rock band Stereophonics from their greatest hits album, Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics. It was released as the lead-single on 27 October 2008 with "Forever" as the B-side. It was produced by lead-singer and guitarist Kelly Jones along with Jim Lowe while written by the singer. The song was written in a day and is a personal one to Jones, though he would not say what the song is really about, instead leaving it to listeners to make up their own theory. One critic stated that the song is written about his daughters, but this has not been confirmed to be true. The single went on to become the band's first to miss the top 100 of the UK Singles Chart and received a negative critic review.

Writing
Jones wrote the song at a hotel room in Chelsea, London in a day along the other new song for the best of album, "My Own Worst Enemy". He has described it as a personal song about "spending time with people that are very precious to you. And when that time disappears how much you miss that time and you want it back again." He concluded that he'll leave the song for listeners to interpret their own way rather than directly say what the song is about. During the recording sessions, "You're My Star" started out as a country song then into an electronic one before becoming a pop rock song.

Music video
The music video was directed by Luc Janin, his original idea was to shoot the video in India but due to the monsoon season it was instead shot in Egham, Surrey. Jones described Janin's approach as taking the "literal lyric content and [throwing] it away." The video shows the band playing the song at an Indian Holi Festival, including clips of the crowd wearing white clothes and throwing paint at the band and each other. The first half of the video is shown in black and white, when the second chorus starts paint is thrown and the video is then shown in colour. This was Adam Zindani's first music video with Stereophonics.

Critical response
Reviewing the single, Alex Lai from Contactmusic.com had a generally negative response towards it. Stating it's "rare that songs recorded especially for this type of compilation prove to be a worthy addition to the band's catalogue and this is no exception to the rule," he went on to call it a mediocre song, though he did call Jones' lyrics "sweet" and his vocals during the chorus "passionate".

Track listing

Personnel

Stereophonics
 Kelly Jones – lead vocals, guitar, piano
 Richard Jones – bass guitar
 Javier Weyler – drums
 Adam Zindani – guitar

Additional
 Jim Lowe – keyboards, programming

Technical
 Production – Kelly Jones, Jim Lowe
 Mixing – Bob Clearmountain
 Engineering – Lowe
 Mastering – Bob Ludwig

References
Notes

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Bibliography

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Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal hails from the royal family of Saudi Arabia (he is the nephew of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia). Most of his fortune has been made from investments in real estate and the stock market. The Forbes World Top Billionaire ranks him in the 19th position with an estimated net worth of $19.4 billion.

Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal is nicknamed the Arabian Warren Buffett by the Time magazine.

The Career of Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal

Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal graduated from the Menlo College and started his business career right then. His investing skills came into light prominently after he bought substantial shares in Citicorp in the 1990s when the firm was in rough waters.

He also invested $550 million by buying $2.98 a share in Citibank to bail out Citibank when it was in the verge of collapsing due to underperforming American real estate loans and Latin American businesses. This also made him famous by the name of the Arabian Warren Buffett. He now has about $1 billion worth of shares in Citigroup.

Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal‚ the 19th world top billionaire has also made significant investments in AOL‚ Apple Inc.‚ MCI Inc.‚ Motorola‚ News Corporation Ltd and lots of other companies of technology and media.

He has 95% stake in Saudi-listed investment vehicle‚ Kingdom Holding Company. This accounts for two-thirds of his fortune.

The Real Estate Holdings of Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal

A glimpse at his real estate holdings‚ and he has large stakes in the Four Seasons hotel chain and in New York in the Plaza Hotel. He also invested in London’s Savoy Hotel‚ which he later purchased in 2005 for an estimated GBP £250 million and Monaco’s Monte Carlo Grand Hotel. He has bought the Fairmont Hotels in Toronto for an estimated $3.9 billion. He is also 10% stake-holder in Euro Disney SCA.

He invested a major sum of $70 million towards Al-Waleed’s Rotana Group‚ the Arab World’s largest entertainment company.

From the last year‚ Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal has seen a rise of $6.1 billion in his wealth. The net worth of his palaces and real estate sum to almost $3 billion. He also has an impressive jewelry collection of $730 million. This prince‚ who is prince in the literal terms‚ owns 4 airplanes privately. One of them is an Airbus A380.
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Shoggy Tosh

Shoggy Olusoga Olugbenga Tosh (born 9 January 1974) is a British/Nigerian rapper, publisher, author, sports broadcasting analyst and television presenter mentored by Tim Omotoso. He is the founder of The Official Stars Homepage Magazine, TV & PR.

Personal life
Tosh was born in Birmingham, England.  He worked as a manager at Tesco from 2004 to 2007 before resigning to establish his own magazine (TOSH Mag) and publish his debut book, Divine Favour. He left England for Nigeria at the age of 5 and returned when he was 22 to further his studies at London South Bank University.

He is married to Lanre and they have two children, Happiness and David.

Career
Shoggy Tosh worked as a sales attendant at Upper Crust, London Bridge, a communication officer at Tower Hotel, then as a sales officer at Dial-a-Phone and an assistant manager at Marks & Spencer, Waterloo, before he was appointed as a manager at Tesco, Elmers End. In 2007, he resigned from his post and decided to focus on his major interests - media, journalism and writing. In 2006, he wrote the book Divine Favour

Shoggy is the publisher of TOSH Mag, TV & PR - a top web based entertainment magazine, online TV and public relations company based in London, United Kingdom.

Television

Tosh's TV show, tagged TOSH Mag TV Show first aired on BEN Television in 2009 and was broadcast for 18 months to viewers across Europe via BSkyB and Sky Television and Africa via MyTV. It was scripted and produced by Shoggy and Femi Best Touch, and won over eight international awards including double BEFFTAs and National Gospel Awards. Tosh also won the TV presenter of the year award for 2012  at the Africa Gospel Music Awards in London. His new TV show to be released in 2015 is tagged Superstars with Shoggy Tosh, with guests like Brazilian superstar, Roberto Carlos and Nigerian football international, John Utaka.

Shoggy Tosh currently contributes as a TV Sports analyst every Friday night (22:30 GMT) at Arise News in London, seldomly at Vox Africa - both platforms on BSkyB and Sky Television, on Channels TV, TVC and Galaxy TV - both on DSTV platforms in Lagos, Nigeria.

Music career

On 9 January 2014, he released his debut rap single, "eMUJOW" featuring Shady Blue and Jamaican gospel dancehall star, Dunamis Reignz. The song was written and arranged by Tosh (with the exception of a verse and the hook) and produced by Pastorchild at the 709 Studios in London. It won an award  and the music video by Femi Best Touch was shot in September 2014 and released on 9 January 2015 exclusively on Ancient of Days TV, South Africa and Vevo on 31 January 2015.
All profit made from the song goes to charity. "eMUJOW" means, 'dance'  in Yoruba.

Discography
"eMUJOW" (9 January 2014) - Debut single

Awards and nominations
Shoggy received several awards, including two BEFFTA awards, edging out Alesha Dixon, Makosi Musambasi and former England and Arsenal F.C. football star turned TV presenter, Ian Wright.

Awards
2006 - Heart of Gold, TESCO Elmers End, Kent, United Kingdom
2010 - Best Magazine - TOSH Mag, at Euro & Afro Awards, Alicante, Spain
2010 - Best TV Show - TOSH Mag TV in collaboration with Femi Best Touch, at Euro & Afro Awards, Alicante, Spain
2010 - Best TV Presenter - at BEFFTA Awards, London
2010 - Best TV Show - TOSH Mag TV in collaboration with Femi Best Touch, at BEFFTA Awards, London
2011 - Best Magazine - TOSH Mag, National Gospel Awards, Nigeria
2011 - Best TV - TOSH Mag TV in collaboration with Femi Best Touch, at National Gospel Awards, Nigeria
2011 - Best TV Presenter / Host (Special Category)- at Gospel Music, Awards, Ireland
2012 - TV Presenter of the Year - at Africa Gospel Music Awards, London
2014 - Best African Praise/Contemporary song at PGMA awards, London.

Nominations
 2011 - Best TV Personality - BEFFTA Awards, London
 2011 - Best Presenter - BEFFTA Awards, London
 2012 - Journalist of the Year - BEFFTA Awards, London
2014 - Humanitarian Award - Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Award
2014 - TV Programme of the Year (Youthful to be Useful with Shoggy Tosh & Vicky Omotoso) - Africa Gospel Music Awards

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Dentist in Ukraine:

Dentist Ukrainecooperates with the best dental clinics in the country, therefore our patients can be sure of the high quality of dental treatment abroad offered by Dentist Ukraine. Our dentists were elected from among many professionals and have a long experience in the field of dentistry in Ukraine as well as high qualifications and skills. They participate in many courses and conferences to provide our patients with both proven methods of dental treatment, as well as the latest innovations.

Dentist Ukraine clinics are equipped with high quality modern equipment, so that we can provide our patients with painless, quick and comprehensive treatment abroad and also plastic surgery in Poland. We are doing everything in our power to help patients feel comfortable and safe, and to provide stress-free dental treatment in Ukraine. Both our dentists and other staff are characterized by an individual approach to the patient, thanks to which we were able to gain trust of dozens of satisfied patients.

Recommended Accommodation:

Hyatt Regency Kiev- five-star hotel located in the centre of Kiev, with the view over the Old Town of Kiev. The hotel offers 234 rooms and suites with all the luxuries as well as SPA zone, restaurant and bar. There are many tourist attractions within walking distance from the hotel.

London Hotel in Odessa- located in a guiet center part and provides all the necessary facilities for its guests. Comfortable rooms and suites are not the only services offered by the hotel. At your disposal there are also postal services, car park, personal driver, laundry and dry cleaning, bike rental, restaurant and many more. Each room is equipped with air conditioning and heating, TV, Internet access, telephone, mini-bar.

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Lviv

The city wascreated in the valley of an ancient river Peltew, and owes its name to the Halicki Prince - Lviv Daniłowicz. Lviv can be enjoyed at any time of year, but it is most beautiful in here between May and September. One thing is certain: when you taste the atmosphere of this place even once, you will surely want to come back.

City Walls- In medieval times, Lviv had impressive fortifications. To this day, fragments of the walls are preserved. The so-called Low Castle was also included in the city walls (it posedone corner of the fortifications). In the eighteenth century the building was eventually demolished and the material from its walls was used as building blocks of the surrounding tenements.

The Lviv High Castle- this interesting place consists of about 400 m high hill with the ruins of the castle located throughout. In XIV century Polish king Casimir the Great initiated building here a castle, whose plan consists of: two courtyards, residential building, two gates and three towers and a prison.

The Old Town- while visiting Lviv there is no way to bypass the local Old Town, the medieval town's main square. This four-sided square is 142 m long and 129 m wide. On all sides it is surrounded by picturesque houses, on the facades of which you can see architectural elements characteristic of different periods and styles. In the center of the Old Town there is traditionally the City Hall, which was built at the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth century

The Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary- the building was erected in the Gothic style. Inside the cathedral one can distinguish: the sanctuary, eight chapels, two altars in the aisles. It is one of the oldest churches in Lviv and has the length of 67 meters and the width of 23 meters.

Kiev

In the 5th century, at the intersection of major trade routes of Eastern Europe, a settlement was founded, which today is a bustling metropolis and the capital of one of the largest European countries - Ukraine. Kiev is located on the banks of the Dnieper river, in the shadows of numerous monumental Orthodox churches. Today Kiev is a modern city and a thriving industrial center as well as scientific and cultural life of Ukraine, where you can still feel the spirit of old times.

God's Wisdom Council - XI century Kiev Sofia, part of the UNESCO world heritage list, a symbol of "new Constantinople" - one of the Ukraine's capital names. This building is considered to be one of the most beautiful in Eastern Europe.

Tourists who like active forms of leisure, will be certainly interested in the picturesque Dnieper embankment parks (among others.: St Vladimir Hill, Chreszczatyj park, city park, Mariinsky park) or they can go on a crazy cruise on the waters of the Dnieper river.

Odessa

Odessa is a picturesque town in the Black Sea coast, which will enchant you with its unique atmosphere, beautiful buildings, interesting range of resorts and spas and the wealth of well-managed beaches. The name of the city derives from the ancient Greek colony - Odessos. It is said that Odessa is the most beautiful by the seaside and that it is more suitable for long walks, than sightseeing. The city is relatively young (counts only 200 years) and can not boast a wealth of impressive sights, but there are places that simply can not be omitted.

Potemkin Stairs- The most famous object of Odessa is an impressive 192-step staircase, which connects a seaside boulevard with the harbor. The stairs were built in 1837-1832, in 1905, the steps witnessed bloody battle between Tsarist troops and Russian battleship crew. This episode was immortalized in the film "The Battleship Potemkin".

The Odessa National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet- The impressive building was built between 1884-1887 by architects from Vienna, and represents the neo-renaissance and neo-baroque style. Its facade is decorated with pilasters and Ionic columns and two-storey portal. In the side niches there are busts of the great playwrights: Pushkin, Gogol, Gribojedow and Glinka. The richly decorated interior in the Rococo style consists of five storeys.

The Vorontsov's Palace- a beautiful building built in the years 1826-1834. To the interior of the building leads a columnar portico, and its facade is decorated with architectural details such as cornices, friezes and bas-reliefs. The impressive palace interiors are richly decorated with paintings, stucco and crystal mirrors.


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We use the holiday Inn London west as a training venue, the rooms are comfortable and the facilities are good, but what makes the difference is the person looking after you DAN is the man he is very helpful, everything you ask him for he is their straight away,, Thanks Dan you are a great asset to the Hotel keep...

I'm staying here tonight, I wish I wasn't, I was greeted by a rather rude young chap who promptly told me the room we had booked wasn't available and gave me a room which a teenager looked like he had lived in for a year. Food ok but the chap next to me has been waiting for over an hour....

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I stayed at this hotel for 1 night. The bathroom was a wet room and would have preferred a normal shower. The bed was comfy and the tv works which is good. I went to buy a can of pop from the hotel bar and they tried to charge me £2.50. This is ridiculous for a can of pop. Also...

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A wonderful place to stay for an extended period. The staff was so delightful and friendly. They were very accommodating and willing to help on multiple occasions. The breakfast was an extra 10 pounds but completely worth every penny. A wide selection to include most 'traditional' English breakfast items. Hot and cold foods were available. The hotel was clean and...

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I stay in a lot of holiday inn's and this had the best device on reception as the staff went out of their way to help and make the stay easier. Sam on reception was very helpful! The hotel is really close to North Acton tube station making it really easy to get into the centre.

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I will absolutely say that the hotel rated an 8 including the room & kichen breakfast meal. To me most of all the two (2) people that made this trip most helpfull in accommodation & receiving concrete information how to get to my business affairs in travelling about the UK are Karri & Carlos at the front desk. Want to...

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I had booked a meeting room for today- in Westminster room. The staff are lovely and very helpful- especially Dan! The meeting rooms are very spacious and clean. Lunch is always very nice and served on time.

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I have stayed in the hotel now for 2 weeks with work. The restaurant staff are great they'll talk to you with out being intrusive and chat with you if you engage them, Ivaylo is very professional and has a great knowledge of the menu. I have a food allergy and he was always willing to help. Really great professional...

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Having now stayed here 2 weeks on business I find this hotel to be fantastic... nothing is too much for staff .. they go above and beyond to accommodate my requests... zygi and ivo on the bar customer service skills are fantastic ... would recommend this hotel to all

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Missing Manic Street Preacher Richey Edwards was offered the chance to study at a prestigious boarding school as a child - but turned down the offer so he could go to a local comp with friends instead.

Edwards, who mysteriously disappeared 20 years ago, is often heralded as one of rock’s greatest lyricists and was famed for his intellect as well as ability to self-destruct.

His sister Rachel Elias, who has long campaigned for more help for the families of missing people, said she believed her older brother was always destined for greatness even from a young age.

Mrs Elias said her sibling’s brainpower was soon noticed at primary school and resulted in him being offered a scholarship for Monmouthshire School for Boys.

The 400-year-old institution founded by London harberdasher William Jones is often heralded as one of Britain’s best boarding schools and its famous past pupils include the 4th Baron Moynihan and acclaimed film and stage actor Victor Spinetti.

Richey's sister Rachel has kept his memory alive for two decades

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However, despite sailing through the entry exams and being offered for his fees to be paid to attend the private school, coal miner’s son Edwards decided to stay closer to his working-class roots in Blackwood.

Mrs Elias, 45, said: “He always excelled at whatever he did at school, college and university as well as the band.

“When he was younger he was asked to go Monmouth boarding school to sit a private exam for a scholarship.

“He took the exams and passed them but he decided he wanted to stay in ordinary school. I have no idea why he decided to do that, possibly to stay closer to his friends in school.

“However, the decision didn’t end up affecting him academically in the slightest.

“He later got three As at A-level and 2:1 in his degree - which he was really devastated by because he wanted a first so much.

“We always said he could have gone into career he wanted. When he set his mind on something, he went and did it.”

Gallery: Richey Edwards in pictures

Related: A timeline of the key events since Richey Edwards went missing

His dedication was such that when he graduated from Swansea University with a degree in politics, his parents Graham and Sherry supported their son in his dream of becoming a rock star - even though he was a terrible guitar player.

“When Richard joined Manic Street Preachers I really admired his drive,” Mrs Elias said.

“They weren’t content with just being ‘rocking rodgers’ on the local music scene.

“His attitude was ‘we are going to make a success of this and this is how we are going to do it’.

“He was incredibly focused. He was the force behind the band as he was the one writing reams and reams of letters to record companies, management companies and music magazines.

“Even the rejection letters that he got didn’t deter him. It’s quite funny because he kept them all....

“His mindset was systematic in that ‘this is how we are going to do this’.

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“My parents were always supportive of him - even after he finished university and told them he was going to be in a rock band.

“The irony of this was he couldn’t play guitar very well, if at all. He was unplugged most of the time.

“His attitude towards musicianship flew in the face of all prog-musos at the time. He was more interested in writing reams and reams of poems with (bassist) Nicky Wire.”

After signing a multi-million pound record deal, Manic Street Preachers went on to score several top 40 hits and gain a cult following across the globe for their mix of Sylvia Plath poetry and Guns N Roses-style guitar licks.

However, the rock’n’roll lifestyle began to take its toll on a sensitive Edwards - who was later admitted into a psychiatric hospital in 1994 after his alcoholism and self-harming spiralled out of control.

Then, on February 1 the following year, and hours before he was due to fly out to the US to promote his band’s “masterpiece” The Holy Bible, the 27-year-old walked out of a London hotel in the early hours of the morning never to seen again.

His Vauxhall Cavalier was eventually found near the old Severn Bridge more than two weeks later - prompting fears he had committed suicide.

Despite several claimed sightings, no trace of Edwards either dead or alive has been found.

Following his disappearance, Manic Street Preachers would go on to become one of Britain’s biggest bands and have since scored two number one singles and seven top-five albums.

Edwards was eventually declared presumed dead by a court order in 2008 - although Mrs Elias said she has never given up hope on finding out what happened to her brother.

'I hope people will remember the man, not the myth'

However, the star’s sister said while the uncertainty remained she had plenty of fond memories she would treasure forever - and hoped in time people would remember the “man and not the myth”.

Mrs Elias added: “We were really close growing up and it was nice how there were never any conflicts or arguments between us.

“When we were in junior school we used just to go to the local record shop and buy albums together like the Police and The Boomtown Rats before he got into Echo and The Bunnymen and The Smiths.

“It’s these things that kind of get swept by the wayside.

“The fact that he was really intelligent and sensitive and that he was the force behind the band their lyrics just seems to get forgotten.

'He wasn't someone who self harmed'

“On one occasion the band were playing in Thailand and a fan threw some knives on stage with a note saying ‘cut yourself for me’. He was genuinely appalled by it and told me ‘what a shit thing to be remembered for’. He wasn’t someone who just self-harmed.

“It’s like now when people academically theorise over The Holy Bible - which was released before he disappeared - about what his state of mind was or what each song means.... but we don’t really know.

“Some people said to me there should be a statue should be erected of him or maybe I should write a book debunking a lot of the myths and theories about him and his reappearance.

“It’s still at the planning stages but I would definitely like to do something in the future to preserve Richard’s legacy.”

In the meantime, mental health support worker Mrs Elias said she plans to continue her campaigning work with charity Missing People, whose Rock Choir have released a fundraising single called I Miss You.

She added: “Meeting other family members via the charity who have been through similar situations has helped a great deal.

“Even though every missing person disappears for a different reason, the experiences are the same for those left behind.

“It’s learning to cope with it every day.”

The Missing People Rock Choir track I Miss You can be downloaded for a donation of £1 via the website www.missingpeople.org.uk/imissyou


28 September 2015

A rather exciting gold envelope arrived the other day, with the new limited edition Jean Paul Gaultier Glam Classique Instense Eau de Parfum inside. The collector's edition is dressed in gold glitter and has a warm, oriental floral scent which lingers on the skin for hours. Top notes include orange blossom, pear and mandarin, middle notes include iris, orchid and tuberose and the warmth comes from the base notes of amber, musk and vanilla. It hits stores on 5 October, in time for Christmas as the perfect sparkling gift for Classique lovers.

23 September 2015

I recently attended a #Zomatomeetup dinner, a series of evenings organised by Zomato with a handful of foodie bloggers to discover some of their new and favourite restaurants. The event was held at Bunnychow in Soho, a little corner place serving South African "bunnies" which are essentially different curries served in hollowed out bread. They might not sound like much, but they're delicious.

19 September 2015

Ong-Oaj Pairam launched his own label in 2012 after working at Roland Mouret and Proenza Schouler - fast forward three years and he's been named one to watch for his feminine designs, ornate hand embroidery and soft tailoring. I went to his show at the glittering, grand Pompadour Room in the Café Royal Hotel on the first day of London Fashion Week to check out his new Spring/ Summer 2016 collection.

18 September 2015

17 September 2015

On Sunday I got up at silly o'clock, woke myself up with some coffee and got the tube up to Wembley for the Sure Run to the Beat. In its eighth year, the race starts and finishes in Wembley Park and is London's only music 10km race, with live DJs and big speakers dotted along the course and at the finish line, including Marvin Hume, Jameela Jamil and BBC Radio 1's Danny Howard.

16 September 2015

British make up artist Charlotte Tilbury is one of the greats within the industry, with over two decades of experience working with supermodels like Kate Moss and Gisele, the best photographers and magazines and creating catwalk looks for the biggest fashion brands. She put her expertise to good use with a much-hyped new beauty line which launched in 2013 featuring her tried and tested favourite products. The product range is split into skincare, complexion, eyes, lips and tools.

15 September 2015

I was lucky enough to spend last Saturday evening in the Royal Albert Hall at the joyous Last Night of the Proms, the final of the eight week summer season of classical concerts. I've attended lots of Proms over the years and have watched the Last Night on television for as long as I can remember - I've always wanted to go so I was thrilled to tick it off my bucket list. With hundreds of waving flags from all over the world and lots of the crowd in fancy dress, tuxedos or face paint with balloons, bouncing beach balls, rattles, klaxons, whistles and party poppers, the atmosphere is as fantastic as it looks.

9 September 2015

As New York Fashion Week kicks off today and the fashion month madness is about to descend on London once again next Friday, I thought I'd share my favourite looks from the PPQ LFW show I attended back in February. The collection is dark and gothic, mixing Victoriana with 80s romanticism. Inspired by mythical Greek goddess Persephone, each look was all black or black and white: frilly lace, glamorous satin, opulent velvet, sheer fabrics, romantic ruffles, fur-lined coats, long conservative hemlines, high-necked pieces and long button fastenings. Interesting to see PPQ's darker side as well as their more playful usual style.

8 September 2015

During our wonderful stay at Paresa in Phuket, we spent a few hours in the hotel's very own Thai cooking school, Recipe. Thai cuisine has evolved a lot over the centuries, influenced by India, Portugal and China and at Recipe, Master Chef Noon has developed a Southern Thai menu, which is influenced by Malaysian and Indian cuisines. There's a huge amount of seafood in the south and the food is traditionally rather spicy.

7 September 2015

Vichy is one of those pharmacy brands loved by French women of all ages for decades, creating hypoallergenic skincare, body products, haircare and make-up since 1931. Known for its anti-aging products, Dermablend foundations and ranges for sensitive skin, the brand uses thermal spa water from the town of Vichy in its formulations and focuses on natural, active ingredients. One of the latest launches is the Idealia Skin Sleep Night Balm - a rich, intense night cream clinically-proven to stimulate the skin's deep sleep recovery mechanisms.

1 September 2015

Drizzly grey days call for spectacular shoes. These Miu Miu glitter python Mary Jane pumps, crafted in Italy, caught my eye on Net-A-Porter. Even though they're obviously statement shoes, they're also made in wear-with-anything neutrals: colourblock antique rose, cream and brown python, finished with sparkling silver glitter-coated leather, black piping, a buckle fastening and a chunky heel. They were worn on the Paris catwalk with eclectic 50s and 60s minis, high-shine leather skirts and bouclé tweed for a texture clash. No one does Mary Janes quite like Miu Miu and whilst they're out of my price range and I don't need them, a girl can dream.