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rt maybe a small word yet it represents a big subject. Before we, as a human race, could even talk we could draw. Before we could write we were painting pictures on the walls of our caves. The wish and need to express our thoughts and ideas visually is at the very heart of the human condition. Art is like a mirror – it looks deep into our soul and tells us something about who we are and what we believe in. But for some art is seen as an ‘extra’, the icing on the cake and not really needed. This attitude is particularly prevalent in difficult economic times. It’s often the first area to get cut. But this is short-term thinking. Art is not a product that can be bought when times are good and then shoved to the back of the of shelf when the going gets tough. Art is the very fabric of our society. It is a visual language and like with any language needs to be studied, to be understood. The more you look at art the better informed you become. Well that is the theory. The trouble is, that trying to understand art is a bit like trying to nail jelly to the wall – but this for me, is the beauty of the subject – it operates on so many levels and has such infinite depth it becomes all consuming. Looking at the artwork that is being produced in all the schools and colleges at the moment, there is a plethora of talent in the island. It’s also important to note the amazing work that the Guernsey Arts Commission is doing in raising our awareness and understanding of where the arts sit in our society. Nearly 10,000 people attended the GAC’s Arts Sunday last month – these are serious numbers for the size of the island and for me this indicates the pivotal role that the arts have in raising the profile and economic base of a community. Malta, for example, in 2011 identified the need to support culture as a national priority. This investment has paid off, as Valletta has been named the 2018 European Capital of Culture. Maybe one day, and hopefully not too far into the distance future, Guernsey could be recognised globally as the Island -‘where commerce and culture co-exists’.

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CONTENTS PICKS

The Art of Circus

42 The Art of Role Play

26 The Nine-Stop Euro Art Trip

48 Articulation

62 Coffee Shop Taste Test

The Biggest Art Installations

THE REST Edito ........................................................... 01 Highlights ................................................. 02 Contributors ........................................... 03 Event Listings......................................... 04 News in Numbers ................................. 06 The Art of Circus .................................. 06 News in Numbers ................................. 08 What’s on in Market Square ............ 09 POTM.......................................................... 10 GIVE.... ............................................ 11 Art & Islands Foundation.................. 12 Our Community .................................... 13 GSPCA ....................................................... 16 EVENTS... ....................................... 17 10th Annual Scarecrow Festival .... 18 Town Carnival ......................................... 20 Riding & Hunt Club Anniversary ... 22 TRAVEL .......................................... 23 Around the World in 800 Days ..... 24 The Nine-Stop Euro Art Trip ........... 26 Dream Destinations............................. 28

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CULTURE ..................................... 29

Film Review ............................................. 30 An Artsy Read ....................................... 30 Book Corner ........................................... 31 An Eye for the Stars............................ 32 Green Stuff Ruler.................................. 35 The Biggest Art Installations .......... 36 The Desire to Create ........................... 38 Guernsey Arts Commission............. 40 The Art of Role Play............................ 42 Three Local Artists .............................. 44 My Name is .............................................. 46

FASHION .....................................47

Articulation.............................................. 48 Art Fashion Trends .............................. 54 Style Stalker.. .......................................... 56

HEALTH&BEAUTY ......................57

Beauty News .......................................... 58 Nail Trends ............................................... 59

APPETITE .................................... 61

Arty Coffee Shop Taste Test ........... 62

HOME........................................... 65 25 Square Miles Properties .............. 70 Marcel Laine Furniture ....................... 68 Interior News .......................................... 70

BUSINESS ...................................71

Movers & Shakers ................................. 74 Business News ....................................... 76 Odey Wealth........................................... 77

SPORT ............................................... Pre-Season Catch up.......................... 78

HARDWARE ................................81

Art for Arts Sake .................................. 82 Brushes are so Last Century........... 84 Phone Home ........................................... 85 Test Drive ................................................. 86

MUSIC ..........................................87

Watsky ....................................................... 88 Imperials Scooter Run 2013 ............ 90 Chaos Fest 2013 .................................... 94 Old Time New Time Sounds ........... 95 Boardom ................................................... 96

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EVENTS AUGUST 2013 FOR MORE GREAT LOCAL EVENTS AND BUSINESSES VISIT WWW.THEBESTOFGUERNSEY.CO.UK

09.08.13 - 10.08.13 SOUTH SHOW

ST MARTIN’S PARISH HALL £ENTRY FEE // 13.00 (FRIDAY 9TH) 10.00 (SATURDAY 10TH) TEL: 236517 // WWW.THESOUTHSHOW. COM

The South Show offers low cost entertainment for the whole family, whatever the weather! Take a leisurely wander around the many fruit, vegetable, flower, baking and craft entries or take part in the fancy dress competition. There’s face painting for the kids and you can bag some bargains at the bric-a-brac stalls.

09.08.13 – 18.08.13

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS BY ODDSOCKS PRODUCTIONS VALE CASTLE

£16.00 ADULTS / £8.50 CHILDREN U14 // 18.00 FOR 18.30 - 21:00 TEL: 726518 // WWW.GUERNSEYTICKETS.GG

Bring a picnic and a warm jumper to Vale Castle and enjoy the relaxed atmosphere whilst watching this summer Turkish delight. Oddsocks Productions has been touring family-friendly adaptations of Shakespeare every summer for the last twenty three years and 2013 will see this mad-cap, tongue in cheek company perform Shakespeare’s shortest and most farcical of comedies, ‘The Comedy of Errors’.

EVENT OF THE MONTH

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WEST SHOW - CELEBRATING ITS CENTENARY L’EREE OLD AERODROME

£ENTRY / PARKING FEE // VARIOUS THEWESTSHOW@CWGSY.NET // WWW.THEWESTSHOW.COM

WEST IS BEST! Enjoy the agricultural and horticultural traditions on show and an array of local costume at Guernsey’s West Show. As well as entertainment within the arena, there will be fairground rides, competition entries, music, refreshments and much more. The show kicks off with horse events on Tuesday and gets into full swing on Wednesday and Thursday with the tented and animal competitions together with arena entertainment and side displays. The West Show centenary souvenir programme 1913 - 2013 priced at £2.00 can be purchased from several shops throughout the island.

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THE DOGHOUSE

CASTLE CORNET

VEGAS NIGHTS 19.00 - 23.45 TEL: 721302 // WWW.DOGHOUSE.GG

Welcome to Vegas – Doghouse style! Every second Wednesday of the month The Doghouse is holding a ‘Vegas Night’ - a bar concept based on the roulette table. Each spin of the wheel will determine your fate at the bar. The roulette wheel will be set to spin every X minutes. Each number on the virtual table will represent a food or drink item. When the ball drops onto one of these numbers, the item on offer will flash up on the TV screens and will drop dramatically in price! So, do you take the risk and wait for the next number to come up or do you cash in whilst the price is low?

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FETE D’ETAI

£ENTRY FEE / £FREE CHILDREN U7 // 10.00 – 17.00 TEL: 726518 // WWW.MUSEUM. GUERNSEY.NET

A medieval-themed day for all the family in the beautiful surroundings of Castle Cornet. Activities include medieval music, dancing, storytelling and archery plus adult and children’s costume competitions with prizes.

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MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE

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SPORT & FITNESS

BUSINESS

PLACES

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FASHION

BEAUTY

TRAVEL

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21.08.13 – 22.08.13

GADOC - DELIVER US FROM EVIL

NORTH SHOW & BATTLE OF FLOWERS

BEAU SEJOUR THEATRE

£12.00 ADULTS / £10.00 OAPS & UNDER 18S // 19.30 - 22.30 TEL: 747280 // WWW.GUERNSEYTICKETS.GG

SAUMAREZ PARK

A thriller written by J D Robin and directed by Bob Thompson. The new Rector of Wychcombe Manor, and his wife have recently moved in hoping to find a warm welcome from the local community. However, strange happenings occur and things come to a head with an attack and murder at the rectory, PLUS various skeletons from the recent past begin to surface. It appears that not everyone in the village is exactly who they say they are....

£5.00 ADULTS / £3.50 CHILDREN (21ST), £8.00 ADULTS / £5.00 CHILDREN (22ND), £2.00 PARKING FEE // VARIOUS TEL: 242783 // WWW. GUERNSEYNORTHSHOW.ORG.GG

Lots of family entertainment, including traditional agricultural, horticultural and craft categories. The climax is the ‘Battle of Flowers’, a classic island event, where locals compete to win the prestigious ‘Prix D’Honneur’ for best floral float.

26.08.13

COBO BALCONY GIG – US4// U2 WITH SUPPORT FROM PETE FRAMPTON & FRIENDS COBO BAY HOTEL

£FREE / DONATIONS WELCOME // 15.00 - 19.30 TEL: 257102 // WWW.COBOBAYHOTEL.COM

On bank holiday Monday 26th US4//U2, one of the most sought after tribute bands in Europe, supported by Pete Frampton & Friends, will take you on an energetic journey through U2’s career at the ever-popular Cobo Balcony. Music usually starts from around 3pm and finishes no later than 7.30pm and the event aims to raise much needed funds for local charities such as the Guernsey Cheshire Home. Enjoy an afternoon of fun and fantastic musical entertainment whilst enjoying the beautiful west coast scenery.

25.08.13

VALE EARTH FAIR VALE CASTLE

£16 ADVANCE / £20 ON DAY / £FREE CHILDREN U12 IF WITH AN ADULT // 12.00 – 24.00 INFO@VALEEARTHFAIR.ORG // WWW.VALEEARTHFAIR.ORG

Raising funds for humanitarian causes, the Vale Earth Fair has 6 stages featuring over 70 bands including headlining act, The Buzzcocks and a host of DJs, national and local bands - a local event with a global conscience.

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THE FARMHOUSE FESTIVAL OF JAZZ 2013 - DUKE ELLINGTON

THE FARMHOUSE HOTEL & RESTAURANT £29.95 // 19.00 - 23.45 TEL: 264181 // WWW.THEFARMHOUSE.GG

The Farmhouse Festival of Jazz 2013 presents The Great American Songbook Series with Duke Ellington. Be taken on a musical journey from an iconic era whilst enjoying a 3 course meal, coffee and petit fours.

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ENGLISH BORN GILLIAN, ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR THE CIRCUS, VISITING MANY CIRCUSES AROUND HER HOMETOWN AS A CHILD. AFTER MOVING TO GUERNSEY AT AGED 14 SHE REALISED IT WAS WHAT SHE WANTED AND WENT AWAY TO WORK WITH THE AUSTIN BROTHERS CIRCUS FROM 1983 TO 1987. IN 1989 SHE MOVED BACK TO GUERNSEY IN MIND OF SETTING UP A SHOW, HAVING ACCUMULATED A LARGE ARRAY OF PROPS, SHE BROUGHT THE TENT AND CIRCUS STARLIGHT WAS BORN. GALLERY SPOKE TO SOME OF HER PERFORMERS WHO GAVE SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCE AS PERFORMANCE ARTISTS.

which I learnt in London. I went to university but I really couldn’t be bothered with the written work, I wanted to do something more physical. So I applied for a degree in circus space but I didn’t get in because I’d never done circus before. So, I started learning with a guy in London and two years later I did Cabaret and festivals as I travelled the world.

RAMA JAM THE CLOWN From England. As a clown I have to make people laugh. I help balance trays for the Tumblers and I finish the show with my glow ball act, which gives the audience a five minute juggling experience with strobe lights and patterns. I was born into the circus, so it was naturally already there for me. I am many things, I’m not only a clown, I am an artist. I do straight comedy acts and I also do Cabaret. I’ve even preformed at the Glastonbury festival four times. I realised that the more you preform the more you develop and this is a vital part of the job. Everyone has been to the circus and they will say, ‘I’ve already seen this.’ You’ve always got to be bringing something new to the act. If you go online at look at clowns, not one of them is the same, of course they may have similarities, but there is always something a little bit different to each individual clown. I’m getting older now and I’m getting wiser. Clowns never really retire, they’re still out there making people laugh in one way or another. EMILY From Guernsey. I do acrobatics and magic and I tell the story of George and the Dragon. My sister, Bethany started this year and does the story with me, and dog training with mum she also does the round about with the pony. We help out with the circus after the school term finished. I started acrobatics when I was seven and it’s my favourite activity. BETHANY Also from Guernsey added: My favourite part is George and the Dragon. To us the circus means having fun. Our dad isn’t in the circus, but he thinks it’s really awesome! ROSS From England. I do a bit of martial arts, but aerial straps is when I mainly do

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One day, Gill asked my tutor to take part in Circus Starlight but he was busy and passed it onto me. It was the first traditional circus I had ever done. We are like one big family. After this I will go back to London and have nothing else until September then I’m going to Dubai to preform at a hotel. The money is good, but it is hard to get work. The first year is really difficult as you’re getting your name out. However, the circus world is really small, so once everyone knows your name, there’s much less pressure.

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NONG From Thailand. I do Thai dancing which I learn from my family in Thailand. I also help Gillian with the Chickens. They go on the swing and seesaw and they walk on the wire, too. It is hard to train them, but it’s not impossible. You have to be very patient with animals.

Being a clown is one of the things that everyone thinks of these days as someone who says: ‘I’ll run away and join the circus as a clown.’ But in fact, being a clown is a highly skilled profession. The clown could, and had to, turn his hand to everything. Clowns often became clowns when they were very old men and were often trained as acrobats as youngsters. Everyone born into the circus must learn to tumble at a very young age. They had to ride horses and look after animals. Although they did have some academic schooling they were learning the life skills for the job they were going to do for the rest of their life. They trained as they went along, and as they got older they specialised in a certain field. They learnt an instrument or magic, for example. They were also learning to drive a vehicle, or to ride horses in the old days. They also learnt painting and welding to help make the props. And depending on the circus they’d have to learn several languages. English circuses probably only spoke English and a little bit of another European language. But, Coco the Clown, who was Russian toured all over Europe, he learnt French, German, Polish and many other languages of the old European Empire. This was before World War One. And on top of all that, clowns may divert into trapeze, or the wire, or maybe going into another area of the circus entirely. This was extremely important and often necessary for circus performers because the circus is very dangerous. You could get injured and render yourself redundant from doing what you did before. Pepe the clown used to be an aerialist until he fell rather spectacularly from the top of a tent onto the heavy duty staging below and had to have his ankle reconstructed. So then he became a clown and carved out a very successful niche in the clown profession.

We have a Nelly the elephant segment, which I do. It’s not a real elephant but it goes around the ring doing fun tricks for the children. JENNY From Guernsey. I myself, present the escapology act, some clowning and assisting with the ponies but mostly my job is background stuff. I make the props – like the elephant. The thing is, you see, all these props have to be made; you can’t buy them in shops. You have to invent the idea and figure out how to put it into practice.

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Anyway, everybody has to put up the tent and is expected to be available to be called in at night. The setting up is done by Gillian, Nong, and myself. I saw Circus Starlight as a child when The Jollies were here. They were a few years older than me and it meant that I was able to see that it was possible to do. If you see adult performers, often they seem somewhat distant but if you see young people in the ring at a very high level it's more realistic. It stuck with me and when I was in my first year of university Gillian asked if I wanted a job. I’ll try anything, me. And I am still here! I just picked it up as I went along. Generally if you want to learn, someone will be willing to show you if you have the initiative. You have to keep going, you learn an awful lot. My father was very practical, I learn a lot from him at a young age so I’ve just put it all into practice.

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NEWS IN NUMBERS £20m Saving the bus service to cost up to £20m.

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50 years ago the Beatles played the concert halls in Candie Gardens . A plaque and a one off concert was put together for the day.

A 21 gun salute was fired to mark the birth of the Prince of Cambridge.

3.5% Gas prices rise by 3.5%

£15m Upgrading the pumping stations would cost 15m says Guernsey Water.

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WHAT'S ON IN THE MARKET BUILDINGS AUGUST 2013

To view a full schedule of whats happening in the market buildings VISIT: WWW.MARKETPLACEGUERNSEY.CO.UK

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EVERY FRIDAY

24.08.13

MARKET SQUARE

FRESH FRIDAY 08:30 - 14:30

Fresh Friday is a wonderful addition to St Peter Port. Taking place every Friday from 8:30am until 2:30pm. A range of local producers and traders sell fresh local Guernsey produce including Fresh fish, meat, vegetables, Chutney, pate, deli, cakes and much, much more. Its a great way to get involved and connect with local consumers over a range of produce! For more information check out the Facebook page www.facebook.com/ MarketBuildings.

DANCE WORKSHOPS £FREE // 11AM - 1PM - 2PM

Pop up performances around town and a few surprises! Find out more about Dance Month on the Guernsey Arts Commission website: www.arts.gg

EVERY SATURDAY

LUNCHTIME LIVE MUSIC MARKET SQUARE

LUNCHTIME Local artists playing live music in Market Square.

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FERGUS Breed: Bearded Collie

LAURA Breed: Human

Age: 7 years

Age: 18 years

Likes: Sausages, cuddles, being groomed, cuddling his teddy bears and lemons.

Likes: Horse riding, running with Fergus, baking and walks.

Hates: Champagne bottles, thunder and lightning, heavy rain, shooting and fireworks. If human I would be: Clumsy and ditsy. What do you most enjoy doing?: Fergus loves singing along to the ambulance sirens. Interesting fact: He loves to do the conga, and he has a kink in his tail from where his siblings used to suck on it as puppies.

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POTM

PET OF THE MONTH

Hates: Cruelty to animals, needles and spiders. If animal I would be: An elephantâ&#x20AC;Ś Because it is my favourite animal. What do you most enjoy doing: I love languages and want to learn more (I currently speak 3) and I want to open a sanctuary for dogs. Interesting fact: I have been horse riding in 9 foreign countries.

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ART&ISLANDS FOUNDATION the Channel Islands as an art destination by inviting leading artists from around the world to work on and respond to the islands of Herm, Sark, Alderney, Guernsey and Jersey. Antony Gormley was the first official participating artist who completed installations at Castle Cornet and on Herm in 2008. Gormley was then followed by Andy Goldsworthy in 2010 who made a total of ten `stones` in various locations around Alderney. The 2014 artist and project will soon be announced.

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COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN GUERNSEY

ESTABLISHED BY ARTIST ERIC SNELL IN 2008, THE FOUNDATION SPENT A BRIEF PERIOD UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE INTERNATIONAL ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAMME (IAIRP) TO SUPPORT AND CONTINUE THE IDEA AND ETHOS THAT SAW ERIC AND JOANNE LITTLEJOHNS BRING INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS TO THE ISLAND ON A PROGRAMME OF RESIDENCES THAT SPANNED OVER TEN YEARS. During this period Eric started to see his home island, an island that as student he wanted to escape from, with new eyes. He started to examine the idea of taking the residency programme out of the confines of an art school environment and place it firmly in the public domain. The remit of IAIRP was therefore expanded under the new Art and Islands Foundation initiative where the emphasis was that art didn`t necessarily have to exist in a white cube gallery but was more exciting as a public art that also engaged people in the surroundings within which it is placed. This idea is not new. Yorkshire Sculpture Park (ysp.co.uk) for example, utilises the parkland of Bretton Hall in West Yorkshire as `gallery space` attracting over 300,000 visitors per year whose enjoyment of the art is enhanced by the natural scenery of the Yorkshire countryside and vice-versa. Further east, Naoshima (benesse-artsite.jp) and the other islands in the Seto Island Sea in Japan have seen a transformation in their economy and quality of living by the initiatives of the Benesse Foundation to turn the islands into an art site, attracting over 900,000 tourists per year. Although geographically far, both YSP and Naoshima share similar levels of international success that can be attributed to the `outward facing` innovative programming that is tuned-in to the new mode of cultural relations. Traditional cultural relations depended on the model of displaying one nation`s culture to another, often in host institutions, where stereotypes are hard

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Why? The Art and Islands Foundation founder, Eric Snell, has been working since the Foundations inception to bring art out of the gallery. The Foundation believes that such an initiatives will do three things:

to shake and sometimes the `display` is so dense and foreign that the whole experience can turn into something exhausting. However a new level of cultural exchange has replaced this older model, institutions are being turned away from as the only means of access to difference and ideas and technology is transforming our ability to create and consume our own `personalised` culture and display as we wish at the touch of a button. In this new global environment people-to-people cultural contact sets the tone and increasingly the agenda for traditional state-to-state diplomacy. China is propelling its cultural renaissance through investing vast funds into culture building arts centres across the country and internationally investing in Confucian Centers (to promote the study of Chinese language and Culture) across 93 countries and regions. So too is it supporting its own cultural producers, funding for example, the touring programme of the China National Ballet to venues worldwide. We will see how this proactive effort to promote cultural understanding will play itself out in years to come with China`s positioning in the world. The latest publication from the collaboration between Demos (demos.co.uk) and the British Council, Influence and Attraction (2013) offers some explanation why these kinds of cultural initiatives have such influence globally. `Soft power` defines the world where culture and international politics are in an interdependent relationship. Cultural relations now therefore impact on a wider than expected range of activities. Not only can culture highlight the location of islands in the English Channel but can actually encourage an international audience to visit and perhaps do business here too. Of course to facilitate this requires a globally literate and culturally confident local skill base, which can also be fostered by an engagement in cultural initiatives. What does the Foundation do? The Art and Islands Foundation aims to promote

Enrich the texture and quality of island life The considerable benefits to health and general sense of wellbeing that the arts can bring to a community can be profound. Creating a connection between people and the local environment through art not only protects the beauty of the islands for generations to come but enables a fresh perspective and thinking that can inform all aspects of island life. To look at something and ask questions about its meaning can prompt questions about your own culture and values. In this way it is through engagement with the arts, increasing the breadth and knowledge of other ideas and cultures, can act to retain the identity in the form of local lifestyle and vibrancy of local culture. Stimulate the economy Cultural relations can build trust between people and that in turn impacts positively upon a wide range of activities, particularly tourism and trade. Placing creativity at the heart of a community is key to influence and inspire the younger generation into the arts related professions. Creative industries generate £70,000 every minute for the UK economy ( gov.uk) and will continue to play a key role in the success of all economies and industries in the 21st century that will depend on the adoption and retention of innovation for their success. The most successful economies will in future be those that are flexible and open to other cultures, responding quickly to changing dynamics and global trends. Great efforts have been focused on establishing the Channel Islands as an international finance centre however in new and emerging markets, the islands are often losing out to more competitively priced jurisdictions. There is also a need to state our position away from the false image of the tax haven. Developing cultural initiatives can be the catalyst to create a positive branding for the islands and International artists engagement with and exploration of the islands and local communities can strengthen association with other islands, institutions, events and art projects worldwide. For more information about the Art and Islands Foundation, or to register your interest as a volunteer for our programme of events, please see the website www.artandislands.org, like us on facebook or follow us on twitter.

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CLIC QUIZ FOR MARATHON RUNNER THE COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR AT SAFFERY CHAMPNESS WILL BE TAKING PART IN THE BERLIN MARATHON THIS SEPTEMBER AND THE LONDON MARATHON NEXT APRIL. THE QUIZ WILL HELP RAISE MONEY TOWARDS BOTH MARATHONS WHICH SHE WILL BE RUNNING IN AID OF CLIC SARGENT. The compliance director at Saffery Champness will be taking part in the Berlin Marathon this September and the London Marathon next April. The quiz will help raise money towards both marathons which she will be running in aid of CLIC Sargent. Staff at Saffery Champness will be brushing up on their hosting and waitressing skills to help out at the event at the Grammar School on Friday 6 September at 7.30pm. The evening will provide an opportunity for locals to show off their general knowledge skills, hosted by prolific quiz master Cherry McMillen. The organisers are looking for

teams of six to eight and there will be a raffle during the evening. Mrs O’Donnell is excited to be taking part in the Berlin marathon this year as it is the 40th Anniversary of the event: “After taking up running a few years ago I ran both the London and Chicago marathons last year for CLIC Sargent raising a total of £4,000 which was then doubled by Saffery enabling me to give CLIC Sargent a cheque for £8,000,” she said. “Raising funds for the charity provides a huge amount of motivation when training, and the race itself, becomes tough. I have been to Cherry’s quiz nights before and they are brilliant fun, so I am sure the event will help me reach my targets.” Tickets are £8.50 per head and include a light supper. There will be a licensed bar accepting cash only. For more information and tickets please contact Rachel Bridle on 705325 or rachel.bridle@saffery.gg. ‘Having raised more than £12,000 at the Investec James Bond Concert we are extremely grateful to the bank for supporting this year’s annual fundraiser and the previous two, which have helped the Teenage Cancer Trust Guernsey Appeal raise much-needed funds to go towards the build of the new facility in Southampton, which youngsters from the Channel Islands will have much-needed access to,’ said Anne Ruddy of Teenage Cancer Trust Guernsey.

NEW BRIGHT TIGHTS CHARITY IS LAUNCHED A NEW CHARITY HAS BEEN FORMED TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT ALL GYNAECOLOGICAL CANCERS - IN PARTICULAR CERVICAL, OVARIAN AND WOMB CANCERS - AND ALSO TO RAISE FUNDS TO FURTHER RESEARCH INTO THEIR CAUSES AND TREATMENT. THE CHARITY – BRIGHT TIGHTS – HAS BEEN SET UP BY A SMALL GROUP OF WOMEN DETERMINED TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT THESE LITTLE KNOWN DISEASES. Chairperson of the Charity, Pat Child said “We have held a fundraising Bright Tights lunch for the last two years but this time we wanted to get as many people as involved as possible and so we have formed the charity. Our main event will be Bright Tights Day on 1st November. We are asking everyone women and men! - to wear bright tights on the day and give a donation for the privilege . We hope that by doing so we will raise funds for the Eve Appeal and Guernsey Cancer support and also raise awareness about the signs and symptoms of gynaecological cancers”

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OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SEEKS BUSINESS BRAINS THE GUERNSEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’S VOLUNTEER MATCHING PROGRAMME IS EVOLVING. Following its launch last year, the programme has successfully placed a number of high calibre volunteers from the business community into local charities. Placements have ranged from professionals with marketing, communication and accountancy skills, to people with business development expertise. ‘All volunteers are invaluable and their contributions are hugely beneficial to our voluntary sector. It has become clear to us over the last year that it is strategic input at committee level that is needed for the successful development and growth of local charities and voluntary organisations,’ said Laurel Le Tocq, Guernsey Community Foundation.

MOBILE WARNING SIGNS AIM TO REDUCE SPEEDING

can improve road safety and reduce the risk of accidents involving other road users,’ said Guernsey Police Traffic Sergeant John Tostevin who had liaised with the Environment Department on the purchase.

TWO MOBILE WARNING SIGNS HAVE BEEN DONATED TO THE ISLAND BY LAGAN CONSTRUCTION GROUP.

Sergeant Tostevin said that the priority areas would be around schools as this was a concern for many parents.

The company, which is the main contractor on the airport, has covered the cost of the signs which calculates a motorists speed as it approaches and warns them to slow down if they are exceeding the speed limit. ‘An important part of Lagan Construction Group’s ethos is to integrate itself into the communities in which we are working and support it in different ways. As work at Guernsey Airport nears completion, we wanted to find a way of giving a lasting legacy as a way of thanking islanders for the warm welcome they have given us,’ said Steve Turner from Lagan Construction Group.

‘Without Lagan’s generosity, we would have been unable to purchase these signs which are an essential part of improving road safety. They know how important road safety is, none more so in an island with narrow roads and these signs will be a huge asset.’ The signs are the latest in a long list of donations and support from Lagan Construction Group to local charities and organisations.

The two signs, which cost more than £7,000, are solar powered and will be moved around the island to speeding hot spots and to areas where motorists might need to take extra care. Guernsey Police’s traffic department will be responsible for the logistics.

During their time in the island, they have contributed to a new outside learning and play area at St Martin’s School, sponsored the anti-drink drive campaign, made a significant financial donation to the Rotary Club of Guernsey to cover some of the costs of providing 170 individuals and families, who had been identified as in need, with a food hamper at Christmas and then teamed up with the Family Partnership Team from Health and Social Services Department to give 38 youngsters, aged between 11 and 16, who may not have received a Christmas present, a £25 voucher to spend.

‘The advantage of having mobile signs is that we can easily move them to areas where we are concerned about motorists speeding. The aim of the signs isn’t to catch anyone, we want to make motorists aware of their speed so that we

‘We have thoroughly enjoyed our time on the island, despite the rather unpredictable weather, and I know many of our staff will leave with fond memories and plans to return with their families,’ said Mr Turner.

‘Road safety is obviously something that we are very passionate about and we have been extremely grateful to Guernsey Police for their support while we have been here and so these signs seemed like the perfect choice.’

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‘We are now focusing our work on building the capacity of the sector to enable it to thrive into the future – for this, we are seeking strategic thinkers and volunteers with business development skills, or people interested in committee level roles such as Chairperson and treasurer,’ she said. Peter Bruges, Chief Financial Officer of the Channel Islands Cooperative volunteered his skills through the Foundation’s Volunteer Matching Programme earlier this year. He is now Treasurer of the Bailiwick of Guernsey Scouts Association and sits on the Bailiwick Executive Committee. ‘The Channel Islands Cooperative Society has community support at the heart of its ethos and principles,’ he said. ‘The Guernsey Scouts Association is central to the development of the next generation of leaders on the island so we are very proud to be able to provide help where we can to such an important organisation.’ Julie Bulpitt, Bailiwick Commissioner said: ‘When someone like Peter offers his services we are obviously extremely grateful. His professional skills are exactly what we needed. He can help us to ensure that our finances are sound, set budgets for the coming years etc, which is all vitally important. His day job is incredibly demanding so if Peter can find time to help as a volunteer, I am sure that many people who have equally demanding jobs can volunteer and help worthy charities in the Bailiwick.’ The Guernsey Community Foundation is working closely with Guernsey’s online volunteering portal www.volunteer.gg in support of wider olunteering opportunities.

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ENDURANCE RUNNER SECURES MAJOR SPONSORSHIP RISING ENDURANCE RUNNING STAR NATALIE WHITTY HAS SECURED A MAJOR SPONSORSHIP DEAL TO SUPPORT HER PARTICIPATION IN A NUMBER OF CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITIONS AND TRAINING CAMPS IN THE UK. Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management and Oi, a Channel Island marketing communications agency, have stepped forward with a sponsorship deal over the next two years to back the record-breaking athlete. In just two years, 27-year-old Miss Whitty has achieved a meteoric rise to stardom, having progressed from a fit sportswoman to arguably the best middle distance female athlete the Channel Islands has ever produced. ‘The rate at which Natalie has progressed indicates to me that it is only a matter of time before she is able to be competitive with the best middle distance runners in the UK,’ said her coach, Geoff King.

ANIMALS, VILLAINS AND ALIENS ALL TO STAR IN THIS YEAR’S SURE BIG SCREEN ANIMALS, VILLAINS AND ALIENS ALL TO STAR IN THIS YEAR’S SURE BIG SCREEN ‘As the largest telecoms provider in the island, Sure wants to be at the heart of the community. Sure Big Screen is a much-loved and popular summer event which attracts thousands of people each year and we are delighted that we can provide this free of charge as part of our continuing support of the island,’ said Sure’s marketing and PR manager Jess Bisson. Seven days of big screen action, comedy and romance has been chosen to entertain islanders and tourists at Cobo Bay. From Tuesday 20th to Monday 26th August, there will be three films shown each day. ‘The aim is to be able to show films that younger children can enjoy in the afternoon, then family favourites at the teatime showing and finally films suitable for teenagers and adults in the evening. This is what the event is all about; everyone coming together and enjoying themselves,’ said Miss Bisson. Younger audiences can have a family picnic and follow the adventures of the much-loved characters in Ice Age 4 and Madagascar 3 and watch video BECAUSE QUALITY MATTERS

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game villain Ralph as he tries to become a hero in Wreck It Ralph. Hotel Tansylvania, Brave, The Lorax and Oz The Great and the Powerful will also be shown. The teatime family showing includes romantic comedy When in Rome, superhero-based film Avengers Assemble and Men in Black III with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. Life of Pi, Furry Vengeance and the classic Jaws have all been included. The evening showings include the 2012 hits Skyfall with Daniel Craig, Hitchcock with Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren and the film adaptation of Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables, which won a handful of BAFTAS and Academy Awards. The Tom Cruise classic Cocktail, Anchorman with funnyman Will Ferrell and romantic comedy I Give It A Year have also been chosen. On Bank Holiday Monday, there will be a change to the start times to allow people to enjoy the films and watch the live bands on the balcony at Cobo Bay Hotel in between. ‘We hope that we have been able to put together a schedule that has something for everyone. It doesn’t matter whether people come every day or just once to see their favourite film, we just want people to get together and enjoy the only opportunity they have to experience outdoor cinema,’ she said. ‘Cobo is a spectacular backdrop but the only thing we can’t control is the weather so we’re hoping for sunshine so that as many people as possible come down.’

‘With the right support and preparation, she has a very good chance of performing to a very high level in the Guernsey team for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.’ The sponsorship will enable Miss Whitty to take part in important races and training camps in the UK to improve her endurance and strength - both of which are essential if she is to achieve peak condition ahead of the Commonwealth Games next year. ‘Athletics is an amateur sport and whilst Natalie has some limited support from the Guernsey Athletics Club, the pursuit of her goals comes at a considerable financial cost to her,’ said Peter Grange, Oi Managing Director. ‘To compete at the level she has now reached incurs costs running into the thousands and she needed financial help to realise her full potential. As a valued member of staff at Oi I wanted to help Natalie achieve her goals and I’m confident she will do us, and Guernsey, proud.’ Endurance running is a hugely demanding sport and requires a high degree of dedication from the athlete. It requires running 40 miles or more per week and extreme care on health and diet. A normal training week will consist of at least eight sessions. ‘Having watched Natalie progress in the last two years, it has been nothing short of astonishing,’ said GM Olympic Marathon representative Lee Merrien. ‘Her progression has taken her to the brink of a very high level but she has a further step to make to achieve this.’ Chris Colclough, head of portfolio management at Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management in Guernsey, said: “I competed in the same running event where Natalie was spotted only a few years ago, her talent was clearly evident then but it is down to her commitment and focus that has produced such a rapid progression. We are therefore extremely pleased to be able to support her in her pursuit of representing Guernsey at the Commonwealth Games in 2014, where she will have an opportunity to compete on the international stage.”

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LOOKING FOR THE ‘PAWFECT’ HOME GSPCA AND GALLERY MAGAZINE HAVE TEAMED UP TO SHOWCASE SOME OF THE ADORABLE ANIMALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR HOMES HERE IN GUERNSEY. EVERY MONTH WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU 8 PROFILES OF ANIMALS THAT TOUCHED OUR HEARTS WHEN GALLERY WENT ON OUR MONTHLY VISIT. If you are interested in any of the featured animals and think you could offer them a safe and loving environment within your home please get in contact with the GSPCA on 01481 257261 to arrange a visitation. The team at Gallery Towers would love to know how successful our collaboration with the GSPCA is and which animals we have helped to re-home so please, please quote “Gallery” when phoning the shelter. If you are successful in your animal adoption please email us at info@gallery.gg with a pic and we will run a feature.

Name: Tamba Animal: Tortie and white female cat Bio: A very pretty lady who needs a home as an only pet, would suit a home with a more mature household as can get stressed with a busy home.

Name: Martha Animal: Degu Bio: Martha who is one of 16 degus that are at the Shelter looking for a home.

Tamba

Name: Hilary Animal: Rabbit Bio: one of 5 baby bunnies that were born at the Shelter in need of a forever home that were born at the GSPCA. This one is Hilary and she is 2 months old.

Martha

Name: Finlay Animal: Ferret Bio: Finlay is only about 5 months old.

Hilary

Name: Mr Chips Animal: Cat Bio: Mr Chips who is an older cat with diabetes and is still under vet care to get his dosage right but will soon need a forever home with an owner that is prepared to give him a stable prescription diet and injections twice a day.

Finlay

Name: Lamar Animal: Cat Bio: Lamar pictured with his cat grass which was donated from our Wish List to keep him happy is our longest stay cat.

Lamar

Mr Chips

Name: Winnie Animal: Rabbit Bio: is a lovey lop eared female rabbit who would love a new home.

Name: Alan, Allan, Alen, Allen Animal: 12 year old Rottie Bio: a group of ducklings that were rescued after their mum was run over.

Alan, All Alen, Allan, en

Winnie

If you are interested in adopting any of the animals featured here please call 01481 257261... to view further pets available please visit gspca.org.gg

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10TH ANNUAL SCARECROW FESTIVAL - TORTEVAL

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ARM 10TH ANNIVERSARY - CROWN CLUB, OGH

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Alternative Risk Management Limited (ARM) Invited some of those who played a part in helping them over the past 10 years celebrate their 10th Anniversary. Staff and guests celebrated in style at the new Crown Club at the OGH.

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TOWN CARNIVAL - ST. PETER PORT

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RIDING AND HUNT CLUB 80TH ANNIVERSARY BALL THE FARMHOUSE HOTEL

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Various Reference Material Digital photomontage, 2013

We Are Pleased To Present the Ever Expanding Universe of Freshness Handcut collage, 2013 38 x 26.5cm

Travelling has allowed me to gather a whole new array of diverse source material. Over the last 12 months I have been bombarded with visual stimuli, new culture and witnessed amazing human ingenuity that in time will influence the work I produce. I have never been under the impression that inspiration comes from sitting around and waiting for that big idea to appear with a light bulb ‘ping’. If I find myself in a rare creative slump I have the tools and knowledge to develop new ideas. The process of just making ‘things’ is often enough to help form new ideas and move forward. It’s important not to dismiss ideas but to explore all avenues and experiment.

“The real voyage of discovery is not in discovering new lands but in seeing with new eyes” Marcel Proust Travelling can broaden the mind; to step outside your comfort zone and immerse yourself in a foreign culture can lead to an introspective journey equally as rewarding as the physical journey. I have always been a collector and had a magpie attitude to the things that inspire me. Ultimately, at its most basic, the materials I accumulate produce a huge sample bank from which my artwork and working process are shaped. These ‘ingredients’ can vary from magazine and newspaper cuttings to sound recordings and rubbings. The world around me is documented through thousands of photographs that will eventually inform my artwork. The essence of my work has continually been about bringing together all these elements to tell a story. When compiled and collaged together all these components create intricate layered compositions that deal with comparably complex subjects.

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I seek inspiration wherever I can, consciously and subconsciously; visual inspiration to emotional inspiration, from the mundane minutiae of everyday existence to the life changing events that shape your future. What is important is to constantly observe all this stimuli with a critical eye. Having said this I couldn’t agree more with the artist Polly Morgan who once said “Your brain needs periods of inactivity. I think of it as a field lying fallow; keep harvesting and the crops won’t mature.” Taking all these factors into consideration, I decided that driving around the world would be beneficial to my working practice as an artist. The constraints of travelling in ‘Bee-bee’ (our adventure vehicle) and working outside of a studio present practical challenges. The response to a different working environment, coupled with new experiences, observations and materials has already started to shape the aesthetic and content of my current artwork. Consequently, the work is in a transitional period with new ideas forming through play and experimentation. These ideas are by no means resolved. Sometimes the seed of an idea can lie dormant for years before germinating, growing and ultimately flourishing. For me it is

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I’ll Squash You Like A Plastic Cup

important to cultivate these ideas; it is not enough to merely provide a ‘second presentation’ of the imagery around me, I have to create a new narrative.

Travel is enlightening, but for me this experience doesn’t have to manifest itself in something as obvious as wearing Thai Fishing Pants, eating rice with your hands and claiming Buddhism has changed your life after two weeks in Bangkok.

Handcut collage, 2013 38 x 26.5cm

Often I will lift imagery from popular culture but unlike Warhol I’m not interested in the triteness of an image. Within my work these same ‘icons’ are re-contextualised, I’m not concerned about the banality of Pop Art but more the ability to illustrate an intended message by using easily recognisable reference points. This practice is comparable to the sampling process that music producers use; they collect records from the past, find a suitable loop, re-appropriate it and create something new. For me the approach is the same, only visual.

Handcut collage, 2013 38 x 26.5cm

The influences on my life are much more subtle and will eventually come through in the work I produce. For creative people it’s important to look beyond your peers for inspiration, often just a change of scenery and going beyond one’s backyard can be a liberating experience. The destination is irrelevant, what is important is the approach. Andy Smith (AKA Rost)

It takes time to absorb, analyse and process source material; slowly it will evolve into new ideas. Initially the meaning is unsure, but in time it will fall into place. It’s about being in the right state of mind to take ideas and turn them into something that works; to instil some sense of meaning on to them and create work that is personal and revealing.

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Experiencing new cultures with an inquisitive travel partner can also offer unique insights. Discussing what you encounter with someone from a completely different background can open doors to new ways of looking and thinking. This can lead you to observe the world through fresh eyes and recognise the extraordinary beauty that surrounds you with a new perspective.

If you’d like to learn more about our adventures you can visit our website at www.aroundtheworldin800days.com or follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aroundtheworldin800days and Twitter: @mrs800days

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The dialogue between two different minds can lead to two distinct ways of expressing a single idea; often this cross-pollination makes for an interesting outcome. There is no doubt that the absorption of new cultures, my chosen method of travel and my travel partner has brought new reference points, influences and a new perspective to my work.

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VIV PALLOT interviewed TIM GRIFFITHS, managing director of OPTIMUM INTERACTION LTD

iF yOU COUlD gO anyWHere in tHe WOrlD, WHere WOUlD it Be? Kashmir. I’ve been there about eight or nine times. The first time was about 20 years ago and I fell in love with the place. WHat maKes it sO sPeCial? The sheer beauty and the tranquillity! The locals are wonderful too; they’re so friendly. WHen’s tHe Best time tO gO? Well, I’ve been to Kashmir in every season, but I’d really recommend going in the spring time - especially if you’ve never been there before. In spring the lakes are covered in masses of pink water lilies and it’s absolutely beautiful. HOW DO yOU get tO KasHmir? If you don’t have time to see India beforehand, you can fly from Delhi to Srinagar direct for about $150. It’s about an hour’s flight. The first time I went to Kashmir was overland from Nepal via the strange “moonscape” of Leh - which is near Ladakh. anD FrOm laDaKH? I met the son of a houseboat owner there. He’d just sold the last of his possessions to raise funds to go to Ladakh and get tourists for his family’s houseboat! He’s my age and we became really great friends. He’s really looked after us since the beginning and it’s been wonderful seeing his family growing up over the last 20 years or so. His father is convinced we were brothers in a past life! OCCasiOnally yOU Hear OF PrOBlems in KasHmir, DiD yOU eXPerienCe any yOUrselF? A few years ago, yes. I got held up at gunpoint trekking near the Pakistani border! It was right after some Israelis were taken hostage but because of their military training the hostages ended up killing the kidnappers … and I was mistaken for an Israeli! Another trekker had to run off and get my passport to prove my identity. I never go anywhere without my passport these days! traVel emBargOs tO tHe regiOn HaVe reCently Been liFteD … Yes, tourism to Kashmir has been decimated. As with any insurgency situation, the people just want to get on.

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When I first went to Kashmir it was actually during the troubles, but now the embargos have been lifted, I think it’s a really great time to go there … before it gets too touristy. WHat DO yOU reCOmmenD DOing WHile yOU’re tHere? There’s something for everyone in Kashmir! If you want the hustle and bustle, there’s always the city of Srinagar. In the winter time you can even go skiing. But I always enjoy trekking, fishing or water trekking. Water treKKing? Well, there are three main lakes interconnected by cold rivers from the mountains so you can take a Shikara around a lake. A Shikara’s a boat that looks like a gondola with a four-poster bed on top. You can fish from the boat, cook your catch on-board over an oil burner and eat it along with the local herbs and spices. Delicious! In winter - when it’s really cold - the locals sit with huge smocks covering them, with a bowl of burning embers in their laps to keep them warm! staying On tHe laKe itselF mUst Be really sPeCial… Yes, it’s always been an amazing place – in fact, it was a retreat for the British Raj when the heat of the plains became too much for them to bear. All sorts of famous people come to stay on the houseboats. My friends, the Thulla family, started off with just one houseboat and now they’ve got several. I helped them set up a website a couple of Christmases ago and they’ve had some great reviews from their guests. They’ve had lots of famous people staying with them including Indira Gandhi! It’s my favourite place in the world … and I really look forward to going back there.

SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT KASHMIR FaCt: The lush Kashmir Valley forms part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in the far north of India and is surrounded by some of the highest mountains in the world. There are two alternate capitals: Srinagar in the summer and Jammu in the winter. It is bordered by areas controlled by Pakistan and China, including some disputed zones. FaCt: Weddings in Kashmir usually go on for several days. The bride’s side of the family can steal the groom’s shoes and hold them for ransom! Jersey’s STYLE style MAGAZINE magazine GUERNSEY’S

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Pan's Labyrinth

A twisted and visually pleasing journey into the disturbing, Mr. Del Toro shows a world not unlike the more famous Alice in Wonderland but with much more horror elements that are certainly not for kids. A fantastic and wonderful journey into the darkness of social satire and fables of old, covering itself as a child's tale, "Pan's Labyrinth" is truly one of the finest artistic films of the modern day. A very simple premise of a girl trying to block out the horrors of civil war, this film is not one to miss.

Drive

2011's Drive is a fantastic blend of an art film and an action film. It is as dark and brutal as it is fascinating. Ryan Gosling is perfect casting as the unnamed "driver" who has one rule for his profession: In and out in five minutes, or he's gone. With an action packed start, the middle of the film may drag for some, but if you envelop yourself in this corrupted world of hideously brutal violence (and fantastic music) you won't be disappointed.

Memento

Though Christopher Nolan is known more for creating a brilliant and more throaty Batman, his earlier, more artistic work, is still fantastic. The premise of Memento is really it's selling point and is what makes it unique. I daren't ruin it, but would suggest that any fan of crime thrillers with an artistic and unique style look into it. While personally, this begins to grate on me as somewhat gimmicky, it's hard to ignore this film and it's place in the genre.

Metropolis

Going all the way back to the year of 1927, Fritz Lang's cult film "Metropolis" seems way ahead of it's time. Quite possibly the first sci fi film ever made, the star of the show and "C-3PO's grandmother" Maria is still a striking image, embodying all things sci fi, artistic and most importantly, satirical of the way people think and act. Relevant to both the time and perhaps more so to the world today, this is truly a wonder to look and, erm, listen to. Yes, it's silent, but it's still a fascinating piece of theatre that is a must see for any up and coming director.

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AN ARTSY READ If you’re looking for something a little different to read this summer, or if ‘light’ reading just isn’t your thing I have compiled a list of books that may take your fancy. David Levithan’s The Lover’s Dictionary tells the story of an unnamed couple through entries in a dictionary. He uses events and experiences of the couple to define words. Each entry is arranged alphabetically so the story is not in chronological order reflecting the complicated and sporadic reality of love and relationships. This is a really original idea and a delightfully refreshing read. LESS THAN ZERO by Brett Easton Ellis is my favourite from the list. This shockingly dark novel follows wealthy college student, Clay and the hedonistic generation that fell victim to a nihilistic world of sex and drugs in nineteeneighties California. Brett Easton Ellis, much like his other novels juxtaposes a slow and passive storyline with gruesome imagery to rouse his readers’ emotions. Peppered with black humour Less Than Zero is a interesting read and explores an idea that many of our aspirations are fuelled by the desire for what we don’t have, but if you’re the kid who has everything you could spend a lifetime searching for something to give your life meaning. Prague Spring Czechoslovak creates a unique setting for surgeon Tomáš, his wife Tereza, and mistress, Sabina to begin questioning their existence in Milan Kundera’s modern classic, THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING. If you’re not a bookworm yourself, you’re getting thrown into the deep end with this one. The author challenges Friedrich Nietzches’s philosophy that the universe and all its events have already happened, and will happen again. However, Kundera suggests that we have one life, occurring only once – thus a ‘lightness’ and it is the decision that we make and they way that we behave that gives our lives ‘weight’ – or ‘heaviness.’ The premise of love, sex and infidelity against a political backdrop makes for a gripping read, but it is the philosophical subtext that really gives this book meat. 4.48 PSYCHOSIS was playwright Sarah Kane’s last work before her suicide. The title of the script derives from the time 4.48 AM, the time that Kane would often wake up during a stage of psychosis. The narrator switches between the voice of the protagonist and the voice of Kane throughout the play. It doesn’t really follow a plot and is rather sporadic but what makes 4.48 Psychosis so fantastic is how Kane managed to effortlessly turn the complicated mind patterns of someone suffering from chronic depression and her personal life into a piece of theatrical work.

GUERNSEY BASED ENTREPRENEUR STUMBLES ACROSS SPIRITUALITY FOLLOWING AN EPIPHANY THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE EIGHTEEN years ago David Green was a driven, 31-year-old businessman whose finance house in London had a multimillion pound turnover. The Invisible Hand: Business, Success & Spirituality is the unusual account of how a serious entrepreneur has an out-of-the-blue healing experience which sets off a series of profound lifechanging events, including mystical experiences in the Great Pyramid and meeting a 91-year-old guru from India who changes his life and teaches him how to meditate which accelerates his Book Release 12th September 2013 For more information www.the-invisiblehand.com. GUERNSEY’S STYLE MAGAZINE

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NEW BLOOD: THE ALHAMBRA GALLERY Based at Havre des Pas in the Alhambra Hotel, a large Victorian building, will be a Gallery exhibiting local artists work. Ranging from Hand Painted Graffiti to Hand Made Jewellery.

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There are currently seven local artists exhibiting, and all their work will be for sale as originals or limited edition prints. The Gallery will be forever changing and evolving, wordsnew | Caroline Mauger adding artists and works over time The Alhambra Gallery Shop and Cafe will sell a range art based products from greetingfor cards to tea towels produced by the exhibiting Artofholds an enduring attraction writers and there are countless artists. There will be teas, coffees and beer for sale, which canand be enjoyed in the gallery, examples of cross-pollination between the visual performing arts and conservatory, bar or terrace fiction. From the stereotype of the ‘tortured artist’ to books which simply teach you a thing or two about art and culture, here are a few of our picks.

Katie and the British Artists by James Mayhew Katie and the British Artists is part of a series of books about a girl called Katie OLI whoNIGHTINGALE goes to the gallery and has great After completing Animation adventures in themy paintings whiledegree her ingran 2009isI asleep. collaborated with Cameron In this particular story McPhail on the production of the now Katie encounters a young shepherd well known ‘Beginners maps (from the painting TheGuide’ Cornfield by of John Jersey and Scotland, from there Constable) who does not like Ihis have anKatie in-house job.become So he and go to illustrator find a job. at They Kartoon I wasofrunner-up walkFaktory. into all sorts paintings in 2012‘s ‘Britain’s Young Cartoonist of fun. the around the gallery and have loads of Year’ competition. I will be exhibiting However, in the end he realises that themy ‘Gorilla DJ’ illustrations best job forrange him isofthe one he has. This book is a great way to get young children interested in art. Overall it is a brilliant book and a lovely way to imagine what happens in a gallery when no one is around. (Maisie Bisson, aged 10, Blog Team)

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The Girl Just Joya Jewellery is created by with hand the in Earring by Jersey, using a knottingPearl technique called Macramé. Vibrant colourful is used Tracythread Chevalier together with a mixture of stunning beads, creating individual andThe unique pieces 17th of renowned jewellery. The jewellery century is madeBaroque by Nienke Bouic who was taught the technique whilst artist Johannes living in South America,Vermeer which also inspired painted her to call her jewellery Girl range Just Joya, as with a Pearl ‘joya’ means jewel in Spanish Earring, which has been called the Dutch Mona Lisa. This novel tells the story behind the painting whilst bringing the small city of Delft to life. When 16-year-old Griet becomes a maid in Vermeer’s household she thinks her role is to look after the house and his six children, but she becomes increasingly intimate with her master. With the painter’s jealous, eternally pregnant wife and aloof mother-in-law involved, turmoil GF ensues. There’s a lovely twist and this is My work is always a learning process, every an engaging story of an artist’s desire painting I produce is never planned, I like for beauty and the ultimate corruption of to be quite oblivious to what I am going to innocence. (Rebecca Booth, Sponsorship) paint whilst painting, this is because I think it makes it more enjoyable and its always good improvising on every stroke. I make BECAUSE QUALITY MATTERS

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them so you can look at them for hours even when they are finished, this is why they are quite hectic. Faces are a regular appearance Ten Storey Love in the paintings, its because I see them Song by everyday and I enjoy caricature typeRichard work as well so they are alwaysMilward a bit distorted In a Middlesborough tower block, loveable waster Bobby the Artist and his friends spend their days splattered in paint, sweets, sweat, sex, violence, naivety and bad drugs as applied with psychaedelic abandon by young author Richard Milward, FRESH PRINTS whose writing is all a bit stream of I am currently working on a range of screenconsciousness with no chapters or printed t-shirts and art prints. My work is paragraphs justfine scenes hand drawn using linewhich pens, Ibleed scan into the one another, and if you don’t fling the drawings into the computer and edit them book across the room inand frustration early using a mix of Photoshop Illustrator. I on you’ll probably persevere to the end add found materials such as old newspaper discover a relentless painted andand magazine clippings, alsotale scanned in, to primary colours, aThis tale creates whose moral thein final line drawings. a depth might seem bust for its notcompass just in the aesthetics of thebut illustration, and conviction butinfectious also in theinnocence meaning of it, agiving the that more everything alright in the end. viewer to lookwill at. be I will be exhibiting (Ric Carter, Blog Team)illustrations, plus a selection of my current my t-shirts will be for sale in the shop

Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gayle The story begins with the death of artist Rachel Kelly, who has heart attack in her Cornish loft-studio. RelatedSPRIGGS via notes from a posthumous JODIE retrospective of Rachel's work, thea I am a mixed disciplined artist with narrative specialising offers an unusual waymaking. into six background in Glass changing viewpoints that jump around However whilst recently travelling I have in time place. Rachel is bipolar, focused onand digital photography as my creating both wonderful moments and medium to capture scenes and inspirational dreadful times for eventually her gentle use Quaker imagery which I will to husband and her children, influence myAntony future glass andfour silver who have all been chaotic jewellery designs. Onaffected show in by theher Gallery This to book insightfully willmothering. be my ‘Insight India’ photographs, explores bipolarity theofupside recording the everydayand lives local of her condition: the creative inspiration which people and fascinating colours patterns when shearchitecture. is free of medication. andsoars shapes of the I will also Do we applaud her or blame her when be exhibiting my glass jewellery collection ‘Flotsam Footsteps’, highly by my she refuses to take it, andinspired produces macro items collected when her photography greatest work?of(Caroline Mauger, beachcombing in Jersey. Secretary/Writer)

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FIONA ADAMS

‘A STAR IN HER OWN RIGHT’ GUERNSEY GIRL FIONA ADAMS LEFT THE ISLAND TO STUDY PHOTOGRAPHY AT THE EALING OF SCHOOL OF ART AND GRADUATED WITH THE STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD.

fter working on architectural photography with the LCC she disappeared on a scooter for two years travelling around Australia for work. Back in London during the early 60s Adams worked on ‘Boyfriend,’ a weekly magazine in which she photographed some of the biggest pop stars of the eta. This success landed her an invitation to work with Fleet Street Magazine, ‘Fabulous.’ Adams then turned her hand to travel photography, and having lived abroad for many years raising a family. She returned to her beloved home of Guernsey and returned to her passion of photography. You have photographed some of the biggest Icons of the 1960’s, who was your favourite to work with and did anyone ever make you feel star struck? It depends how much you saw somebody, I think. Some of the groups I was photographing a lot, like The Hollies and The Who so I got to know them better someone I was just doing a quick session with, then they’ve gone and you never see them again. But I think when you’re photographing somebody you have to work up a rapport with

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somebody if you’ve got time and I always think it’s a big privilege for someone to let you photograph them. Some of course, are unwilling but you’ve got to get around that and once you’ve got passed that exchange it’s fine, but it’s breaking down that. So it’s those I got to know. Groups like The Hollies were such fun and there were others who were funny that made up the group and we used to have a terrific time, those were the lovely sessions. I suppose I had the privilege of knowing The Beatles reasonably well because they were there right at the beginning when I started doing this sort of photography, and of course, because it was for a magazine they wanted the ‘people of the moment,’ so I did get to know them quite well. I thought they were great. The Rolling Stones were more difficult; it was very difficult to get all five together at the same time, as well. I had the privilege of getting to know Jimmy Hendrix a little bit better than most by sheer luck and it was just as I was the pop industry business that this journalist and I had the privilege of riding on a coach with him for two hours, you don’t normally get that. But as he was just starting to get known in England, amongst those who did know he was on the coach with his backing group. It was really good, which is why I think I got that last picture of him that has now become quite well known from that particular time. To answer your question, I knew I was going to photograph some GUERNSEY’S STYLE MAGAZINE

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pretty big names, but no, I knew I had a job to do so that overrode everything, plus the fact that generally speaking, I don’t think they realised it, but I was a little bit older than them, I was twenty-six when I started in that business and of course, some of them were still in their teens, so it wasn’t that way at all, and I wasn’t really ever a fan of popular of music but of course, this was a totally different era so I did love it, but I wasn’t a fan, let’s put it that way. I’d been in Australia for three years and I came back not knowing who most of these people were. I knew the names, but I always had to confess and my excuse was that I had been in Australia. When was the highlight of your career and at what point did you realise the significance of the images you were taking?

But when I was a student, I think it was Philip Houseman who took photos of people in a studio jumping against a white background, he said because it makes people look less inhibited. Of course The Beatles weren’t inhibited but this stuck in my mind so I had actually planned to do that sometime in the shoot before I got to the location, it’s just one of those things. It wasn’t until I got back to Guernsey that Saint Peter’s Post office called me up and told me to get there because there was a photograph of mine on a card so I went up there and said it wasn’t mine and that it was Dezo Hoffmann’s. Mixing in the sort of circles you must have did you meet any other big name photographers and if you did were they pleasant or was competition fierce?

No not at all. The jumping Beatles shot, I worked that one out No, we never came across each other. I knew some of the press boys before I did it, but I had no idea that it was going to be used for vaguely if we had to do a press shoot. Like, right before The Stones the record cover. I had never had anything published before; I only went to America. The whole lot of us were there. got in magazine work after Australia, which was by accident. I was absolutely thrilled when I heard John Lennon and their manager With images as famous as yours have you chose it. The owner of the magazine, I ever had any trouble with people stealing believe, bought himself a big yacht that them for things they don’t have permission year. How much many he made – I don’t IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET to use them for? know – but he did very well. ALL FIVE OF THE ROLLING STONES TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME, Yes, since the expedition in London. See, I I have read on your Bio that you studied at I ALSO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF had no idea of the power of the internet and the Ealing School Of Art and that you won GETTING TO KNOW JIMMY HENDRIX unfortunately the Portrait Gallery put out the Student Of The Year Award, were you A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN MOST some images, like the Hendrix one up which up against other photographers or was it BY SHEER LUCK wasn’t protected. artists of all mediums? No, it was only photographers. It was a two-year course, but it really could have been done in six months. In those days you had to make work for yourself because it wasn’t very structured, there was a lot of freedom. We hardly every went out anywhere also it was all a bit of a laugh. We had huge wooden cameras with brass knobs and you’d have to put a cloth on your head, you know. Arguably The Beatles are probably the most famous people you have photographed, what were they like, did you get to form a relationship with them or was it something that had to be shot quickly? I was very lucky because this was the first magazine called ‘Boyfriend’ we actually were sent on assignment to photograph them. We went down to Bournemouth, stayed in a hotel and took shots of them there. Then we went to Manchester where they were preforming. The first session I had with them was that big session which is a lot, to my shame, I didn’t realise they were going to put as much in as they did. I started in the studio but it was a tiny, tiny studio and I’d already planned a location. I liked to change angles. I like to get lots of high shots and low shots of people and I used to go around on the top on London buses to find locations. What I realised when I came back from Australia was that I’d only really seen these record covers and they were brightly coloured people, very much made up and it was so artificial, and I thought, ‘no these are young people, the music is really vibrant and so we need a different approach. And anyway, this is not America, this is London.’ We had these wonderful, tatty backgrounds, which was right, because I thought the music was…well, they were all teaching themselves to play really, so it was quite a raw sound, so I thought rough backgrounds were best. I didn’t know about this jumping thing, but apparently I was told not so long ago that Dezo Hoffmann who became the Apple Corps Ltd photographer had actually taken a jumping shot of The Beatles in a park the week before I did mine. And, of course I didn’t know this, and if they had said the week before, I wouldn’t have taken the picture. BECAUSE QUALITY MATTERS

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But people are wonderful once the expedition had started, people would send me emails all over the world. I actually got an email from a Hendrix fan asking if I knew how easy it was to take it off the internet and he sent me the print and it was very good. It wasn’t protected in any way and I was furious. The Portrait Gallery rescinded it straight away and put something on it – I don’t know what it was – so it couldn’t happen again. And then, another photographer who also had photos in the expedition emailed me one day and asking if I knew that photos of ours had been used by a gallery in San Francisco, they were promoting a sixties expedition and we were part of the publicity for it but of course, they hadn’t put our photographs with it. So I got on to the Portrait Gallery about it because that was where the source must has came from, so they clamped down immediately. As far as I know, that is all, which is why I’ve put my images up for publication with Getty Images so they can deal with all of that because I can’t cope with it. Are you still photographing now and did you move into digital photography or stay with analogue? I have to admit, I don’t think your photos would have had as much iconic value if they had been taken today on a digital camera there is something very special about film. Yeah, I agree. I hope film doesn’t ever really disappear. I hope for the art form of photography the manual printing and the whole process will stay for the really high-end stuff. For ordinary, I think digital is fantastic. It’s been a great dilemma, the digital coming in, for someone who was brought up on plate cameras but thank goodness for the bulk of my life it was fine just using film. I have what I like to call my ‘play’ camera and I love it when I go on holiday. I think it’s only three years ago I decided to go without a film camera, it was a horrible leap, but I realise now that has it’s purpose, it has it’s uses.

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You can do some wonderful creative work with digital cameras. It has opened a whole new world of photography and it has let out our secrets on how we achieved our special techniques. But we can do even more now.

Until I came back to Guernsey, I hadn’t really realised how photography worked. There’s this exchange of energy between people and in fact, an object. It’s how you light it, how you photograph it.

It’s not a bad thing at all. The only worry I have is obviously, standards drop. We have a lot of people out there who do not have the experience doing professional work. But we are a reasonably early stage with this so it will keep evolving. It’s not a bad thing, I just haven’t full embraced it yet.

The basic process of it, the physical way you do things, I don’t think has changed at all.

How was your experience in Australia and how did you document your journey? I had two cameras with me. I was working in photography all around Australia. The plan was to go out there on a ten pound ticket for two years, which you could back then and work for six months, travel for three, work for six months and travel for three. I was with a friend from here, who was a nurse. We thought it’d be really easy for her to get jobs, but not for me. But I did get a job with a very good photographer out there. He was Austrian. He was actually an architect but he turned to photography, it was very high-end, he did a lot of catalogue illustration. After the six months we ended up in Alice Springs because we missed the weekly train. Although, Anne couldn’t get a job at the hospital because she didn’t have midwifery, which was a blow, so she went to the chemist and he said she had to stay for three months so I went to this photographer who said he could do with some help. It was a great experience, it was like Guernsey, it’s a tiny place, and so you have to do everything. I even did movie work, I hadn’t done any before, it was terrifying and this guy wasn’t really a photographer, he just had the business, he wasn’t really interested in photography so he used to leave me to it. It was wonderful. We’d never been taught to use flash on camera at Ealing, so he had to show me. It was all very experimental but it was such fun. I did such a range of things while I was there. I did commercial work for some of the big trucking companies out there. In the end I stayed for eighteen months. You know, I don’t think I could have done this job if I didn’t have the diverse experience I had in Australia because in London I stayed in one job for four years. It was far too long and I wasn’t learning anything new, or able to improve. How do you think photography has evolved from when you were photographing pop stars in the 60s to today? I don’t think it’s changed all that much really, to be frank – not from a personal point of view because you put your own personal slant on your work, don’t you?

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Did you ever have any disaster moments with film? Yes, my first job with Douglas Glass. He’d photographed Pandit Nehru when he was in London and Glass used to shoot a lot of film. The portrait photographer who was teaching when I was at Ealing would say it would take him half an hour to set up a shot and he’d take one shot. Well Douglas Glass would talk to the sitter and he’d photograph them as they were talking. He used to say he was a photographer of people and their personalities rather than just the image. That’s what he’d try to bring out. My prime job was to help him set up and he’d throw me the films when he’d finished. Anyway, this particular day, he had so many five by four images in the slide cases and there were several roll films. He had a lot of American equipment because he said they were used to dealing with bulk. I was unloading the flat film and putting them on the clips, and then suddenly my elbow must have knocked some of these films on to the floor, I was in the dark, so I was scrambling around on my knees in the dark room trying to find all the bits of film. I thought I had them all so I blew the dust off, put them in their frames and put them in the tank. I put the light on and some of them were under the workbench. I think probably about four, and probably the best shots there. I thought, ‘should I tell him?’ He was a very volatile person, he’d be so mad. So I put them in my pocket and when home in fear. He had a lot of film, she never noticed, he never knew. That was awful. Do you have any advice for young photographers starting out? My advice would be, where you get the most experience and what did me good, was if you can get involved with a magazine because they will get you the assignments, they will have ideas and you will have to carry them out. You’re not freelancing, scratching around, wondering what you are going to do. It’s no good just going around taking a load of random photos and expecting to sell them. It’s so nice having a direction. You might get that from an agent, but it’s nice to have a brief to work from because it’s two minds thinking about what you need.

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RICHARD SWEET, MINIATURE MODEL MAKER AND GREEN STUFF RULER SO, TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOURSELF! I started sculpt in miniature when I was at uni (about 23 years old I think,) I saw a brilliant piece of artwork and thought a miniature version of it would be amazing (ironically at this stage I had no idea that the piece would be un-castable due to the fine detail and a menagerie of air spaces.) I brought my first packet of green stuff and sculpting tool, made a horrible mess and swore I'd never do something so stupid again. Fortunately I am not the fastest of learners and so began to sculpt additions to existing pieces, correcting anatomy, changing faces and then before long I ended up forming complete sculpts. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ARTWORK? Accidental; nothing ever goes exactly as you plan it, some times you'll have an amazing day where everything in the world seems to align perfectly and nothing requires more than one attempt to get right (sadly these days tend to be hit and miss.) The more I get into sculpture the more I strive for accuracy, both in terms of anatomy and proportioning, although there's a bit of leeway for the later, there's nothing worse than a dynamic piece being ruined by a case of gigantism, because of an oversized set of hands or a huge head. WHAT MEDIUMS DO YOU USE AND WHY? I use green stuff, it's also called duro or kneadatite, it's VERY sticky. If you can imagine trying to sculpt with well chewed, very sticky chewing gum, you've pretty much got a good idea what the consistency is like. However it's very good for building up pieces in layers, or any sculpt where you need the previous stages to harden so you don't risk ruining detail if you're having an exceptionally clumsy day. I have recently been trying and experimenting with fimo too, much better for finer detail and softer too, it doesn't have a 3 hour drying period like green stuff, but does need to be oven baked to set. ARE THERE ANY PARTICULAR ISSUES OR DIFFICULTIES WITH YOUR CHOSEN MEDIUMS? Plenty, all have their ups and downs, having to bake anything (like fimo, du-kit, super sculpey firm) is a big draw back, although you have freedom for really taking your time, it's far too easy to knock a piece over or smudge it with your finger by accident. Green stuff is very viscus, which puts a huge number of first time sculptors off, but it's a benefit when you get used to it, the big draw backs are the drying time, three hours really isn't much time at all, especially on things like female faces, which require a huge amount of work and concentration as the features are so slight, I'm having a good day if three out of every ten heads I sculpt are usable.

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WHICH ARTISTS HAVE INSPIRED YOU? Oh er...there's tons, I get a lot of good feedback from a few mates in the industry and there are some very talented people out there, who always come up trumps with the most useful feedback. Felix has to be up there, he helped me out when I was first learning and gave me some very good, blunt crits (which was just what I needed,) he now provides me with virtually all my work and runs a miniature company called Avatars of war which is based in Spain. There's plenty of others who are always there to give me a reassuring poke with a sharp stick if I get too lazy. AS AN ARTIST, WHAT DO YOU FIND INSPIRES YOU TO START CREATING? The great thing about inspiration is that it comes from everywhere and anywhere, whether it's a brilliant piece of artwork or my third black coffee of the morning. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN APPROACHED ABOUT A COMMISSION? Yes, plenty of times, I virtually always say no however, too many people either have very warped expectations about pricing (ÂŁ25 for a mini that could take you 40-80 hours based on complexity is not a reasonable offer) or haven't prepared themselves very well and have no concept artwork to show you. It might sound silly but imagine trying to describe what a cat looks like to someone who has never seen a cat, it doesn't matter how coherent or detailed you are with your description the image in that person's mind will never match up 100% accurately with what a cat actually looks like. Ultimately it comes down to a case of "don't mix business with pleasure" taking on projects that stress you out can kill your enthusiasm for sculpting altogether. HOW DOES YOUR WORK DIFFERENTIATE FROM OTHER ARTISTS? I think I go over the top more than anything, if something is worth doing, then why stop short of the mark you set yourself? I like dynamic poses and sculpting pieces with a lot of movement and expression, trouble is it means that pieces I sculpt tend not to rank up and you have too many spaces and gaps which would mean casting the piece in question suddenly becomes very difficult. WHAT PROJECTS DO YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR YOUR ART IN THE FUTURE? At the moment I have a huge amount planned for Avatars Of War (over twenty different pieces, only two of which I've sculpted,) but beyond that not a huge amount until after I've finished that project. I tend to spend much of my sculpting time that isn't devoted to professional pieces, to helping out others who want to learn at a local gaming club, where I do my best to help others create the desired look that they want for their own pieces.

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FORGET ONE DIMENSIONAL ART, HERE YOU’LL FIND AN INSIGHT INTO SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC THREE DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES KNOWN TO MAN, MANY OF WHICH STAND TALLER THAN 80 FEET! ARTISTS ARE NO LONGER CONFINED TO THE BOUNDARIES OF A CANVAS, CHOOSING TO TRANSFORM THE PERCEPTION OF SPACE INSTEAD. FROM DISPARATE ITEMS THAT EVOKE COMPLEX MOODS, LONGINGS AND THOUGHTS TO A BEWILDERING VARIETY OF MATERIALS, INTERACTIVE ART IS CONTINUING TO BLUR THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE SURREAL AND THE REAL.

LONDON THE RAIN ROOM AT THE BARBICAN

Ever wondered how it might feel to control the rain? Created by the contemporary art group Random International, the Rain Room, which ran until March 2013, was an installation like no other. The best part? The cleverly installed sensors that allowed spectators to sidestep hundreds upon thousands of falling droplets.

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The Foundation Cartier pour l’art contemporain is currently showcasing Ron Mueck’s first major exhibition in seven years. Said to feature a number of seminal works as well as various new pieces, his most striking sculpture takes pride of place in the maple glass foyer of the Jean Nouvel-designed building. Its sheer scale is astounding in itself, whilst the detail applied to his work is fascinating and unbelievably realistic. Even close up, each figure boasts a series of painstaking details including body hair, facial blemishes and handmade clothes. Displaying until September 29th.

Jeff Koons, an artist you either love or hate. To the horror, delight and uproar of the surrounding community, he instated a larger than life, reflective porcelain dog in Chateau de Versailles. Decidedly avoiding the ‘cool’ status, Koon still boasts some of the most influential installations to date. You may be wondering why two larger-than-life ‘balloon dog’ sculptures feature on the list? Over his three-decade career, Koons has been sued for copyright violation a total of four times. The tables have now turned and the pop-culture phenomenon is threatening all who dare to use his work as inspiration – we wonder if he’ll be going after the party clowns too!

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CHURCH OF SAN STAE FALLING GARDEN BY GERDA STEINER & JORG LENZLINGER Imagine staring up at a beautiful church ceiling that also happens to have a scenic garden hanging from its realms? Well now you can – this astounding installation created by Swiss artists Gerda Steiner and Jorg Lenzlinger drapes from the ceiling of the Church of San Stae, and was originally created for the 50th Venice Biennial.

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Three long years and three-tonnes of netting later – Argentine artist Tomas Saraceno has finally completed the much-anticipated Hanging Gardens of Dusseldorf. Aptly named ‘in orbit’ this 2500-square metre installation boasts various gigantic air-filled PVC balls that can hold up to ten people at one time.

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Fashion can be adventurous at the best of times, with many designers choosing to create statement clobber in hot hues, outrageous materials and OTT styles. One week we’ll spot models cartwheeling down the catwalk and the next, donning outlandish masks. Louis Vuitton, a brand to watch – when other designers are walking, they’re running! In response to a store opening at the Wuhan International Plaza in Central China’s Hubei province, an entire animal zoo was erected, with many of the sculptures comprising of almost 100 Louis Vuitton handbags each!

Standing at 333 centimetres high, this epic bronze sculpture is one of Marc Quinn’s greatest and most significant pieces to date. Notorious for his controversial work, including the famous gold statue of supermodel Kate Moss and a replica of his head created from his very own blood, this bronze shell may seem a little on the tame side. However, it marks the return of Quinn to Venice and highlights his ever-growing passion for contemporary art.

This non-profit art space comprises of hundreds of 4-metre-high, pin-thin filaments, which interact with spectators by bending towards them. These aluminium strands take centre stage on a raised highway terrace in the Wong Chuk Hang district of Hong Kong. Created as a resonance of the yellow bamboo that once thrived in the area, this interactive forest is set to evolve even more so in the future, comprising of sound components, herbal gardens, sensors and artificial grass.

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This glistening abstract installation was laborious to install, yet well worth the wait. The end result – a total of 37 individual units created out of a luminous chain linking. This sculptural masterpiece by the artist Soo Sunny Park focuses predominantly on light. As you walk from one end to the other, the iridescent Plexiglas releases a rainbow of colours.

Singapore regularly ranks as one of Asia’s more habitable cities, yet individual, high-rise and isolated towers progressively dominate it. Such constructions tend to favour exclusion over societal connectivity. This was the case until the Singapore Tower Complex was erected. Consisting of half hanging garden, half glass block, it currently stands as an exemplary model for urban architecture in the 21st century.

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BALLOON DOG FRIEZE NEW YORK SCULPTURE PARK Every dog has its day and this is certainly the case for Paul McCarthy’s 80-foot Balloon sculpture. McCarthy, who appears to have jumped on the anti-koons bandwagon, is renowned for blurring the lines between desire and reality, and anyone to stumble upon this whimsical sculpture would see why. The whacky installation has reportedly sold for an amount not far from one million pounds.

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THE DESIRE TO CREATE words | Erin Verard

MARK COOK WAS BORN IN NOTTINGHAM, HE TRAINED IN ART AND DESIGN AT LINCOLN COLLEGE OF ART BEFORE GAINING A BA(HONS) IN FINE ART PAINTING AT LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN. AFTER GRADUATING HE WORKED AS A MODEL MAKER BEFORE SETTING UP HIS OWN 3D DESIGN AND MODEL MAKING COMPANY. TEN YEARS LATER HE MOVED TO GUERNSEY WHERE HE NOW WORKS AS A FIGURATIVE PAINTER AND LECTURER IN ART AND DESIGN AT THE COLLEGE OF FE. WHEN DID YOU DISCOVER YOUR TALENT? My talent is something I was born with, even as a child I always needed to be making something. It is something inside me. As an artist you just do not feel right if you’re not creating something. WHAT INSPIRES YOU? My artistic inspiration comes from watching people, the way they interact with each other. It is also important to study the work of other artists. I like to sit with my sketchbook and make sketches of people around me. WHY DO PEOPLE INSPIRE YOU? People are complicated and change one day to the next. I love interacting with people, their body language can tell you all sorts of things about a person. I have always been interested in portraiture, I remember as a child seeing Leonardo’s Burlington House Cartoon and being stunned by its sheer beauty. I enjoy doing commissions because it’s about getting to know the subject. I always work from life trying to capture their personality and the only way to do that is to spend time with them to get underneath the surface to the character beneath. I try to do a mixture of commissions and personal projects. I’m currently working on a self portrait. DO YOU COME FROM AN ARTISTIC FAMILY? Not really, but one of my grandparents was a mapmakers and another was a model maker. Can you teach people to paint? I’m a lecturer of Art and Design at the Guernsey College of FE and while you can teach the students techniques, and you can teach them how to paint, they have to put in the time. To be an artist you have to be committed. Just like learning an instrument you have to practice, you have to use you ability or you’re not going to progress, but you also need to do what comes from inside. What do you think about people starting their own art movements? Well, every artist has their own individual style, but every now and then a group of them get together who have a similar ethos, but personally I am more of a ‘loner.’ Art is a very personal thing for me, what I do is very self-sufficient. An artist needs to create, when people like your work then it is great, but it’s not about the fame. DO YOU HAVE ANY CLAIMS TO FAME? I’ve exhibited work in the National Portrait Gallery in London and I have work in County collections. As an art teacher how do you move forward with a student if you don’t like their work? Teaching is not about forcing your style on a student, but helping them reach their full potential. I like a wide range of art whether or not it is my style, I can still appreciate it. It is important as an artist to keep up to date what is going on in the world, not just online but going to galleries and seeing the physical thing. I also visit many local exhibitions. It’s vital that you support the local artistic community.

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Bringing you creative news from around the bailiwick

This month, the Guernsey Arts Commission presened itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first ever Dance Month! International dance artist Darren Pritchard and local performer David Hyett have been working together to bring dance to the people of Guernsey - promoting dance and making it accessible to all. Have you had a chance to experience Dance Month? No? Check out www.arts.gg to find out how!

DARREN At the age of 12 Darren was involved with Contact Youth theatre in Manchester then went onto the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds, where he was head hunted by multi ward winning choreographer Wayne McGregor for Random Dance. Wanting to concentrate on his own vision he went to New York to the Alvin Ailey School and began creating his own work. In 2001 Darren founded Company Fierce Academy, in Manchester. A strong educational programme grew alongside the development of professional work with CFA running numerous afterschool and educational dance workshops, including Yield, a large scale dance piece involving different community youth dance groups.

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Born in Guernsey, David is known for his extensive martial arts training, break dancing and numerous Guernsey Theatre prodcutuctions. Dave attended East15 Acting school in London and has a degree in Physical Theatre. He has performed in everything from Theatre, TV and music videos to panto, film and the circus. He is fast becoming recognised as a highly skilled performer and practitioner on the island. Working closely with Darren over August will give David the extra skills and confidance required to run more extraordinary programmes off the back of Dance Month!

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LARP OR LRP STANDS FOR LIVE ACTION ROLE PLAY, IT'S ROOTS STEM FROM THE TABLETOP ROLEPLAYING GAMES THAT BECAME POPULAR IN THE 1970'S AND FROM RE-ENACTMENT AND/OR LIVING HISTORY WITH A LITTLE BIT OF AMATEUR DRAMATICS THROWN IN FOR GOOD MEASURE. MOST LARP SPRANG FROM THE FANTASY SCI-FI GENRE BUT THERE ARE NOW SYSTEMS FOR PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE.

THE ART OF ACTION ROLE PLAY Games can range from the small scale local groups like ours, which run a for a couple of hours at a time once or twice a month for 20 people to massive festival style games for thousands of people over a week or a long weekend, there are lots of systems in the UK running every weekend for 50-200 people with some very high level production values and standards of kit and costume that would not look out of place in shows like Game of Thrones or films like Lord of The Rings.

you play the character you will develop, obviously this means if you have more than one character you are going to have less time playing them and thus less time fleshing them out, some people spend a lot of time creating fine details for their characters from the start, such as how they speak, how they will act in certain circumstance, other people prefer to just create a character with a certain image in mind and let their personality develop through play.

Because the local system is heroic rather than realistic there also WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS THAT ATTRACTS PEOPLE TO has to be a mechanism to allow the characters to perform heroic ROLE PLAYING GAMES? actions, this is also accomplished through play, so each time you Why do people watch or play football or go to the movies? It's a play your character you are given the opportunity to develop form of escape and entertainment. The plus for me is that it's an new skills, say the ability to withstand more blows of a sword, or escape where you can get involved in the narrative of the story, wear stronger armour. In a "realistic" system if you get hit once you can be the hero or the villain of the piece or just a bit player as with a sword then you will probably be on the floor bleeding, if suits you. Larp is a great way to step out of your everyday life and you wear certain armour then it will absorb a certain number do something that you don't normally of hits. get to do, whether that is the "fantasy" of killing a skeleton or a dragon or the WHERE DOES LARP FIT INTO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IT IS idea that you can persuade a group of SOCIETY, ITS NOT REALLY A A HOBBY THAT NOT EVERYONE people to follow your lead and raise an SPORT SO WHAT IS IT? army of men to stand against tyranny As I mentioned earlier it is a hobby that UNDERSTANDS or whatever. It helps people to develop not everyone understands, particularly social and problem solving skills and when you get into genre's like fantasy maybe even work through issues that they have like being shy and and horror, but it shares common ground with dramatics, historical awkward or not being comfortable with confrontation, skills that we re-enactment, Airsoft and the like. all need to function in our everyday lives too. A lot of members of the group make their own kit, so you start learning skills like wood, leather and metalwork, sewing and various WHAT IS LARP'S HISTORY LOCALLY AND WHERE DO other crafts. YOU SEE IT IN THE FUTURE? I believe that the current system has its roots in one of the earliest Being involved with larp has encouraged me to learn to brew my incarnations of club larp that was running in the UK (and is one of own beer and cider, make my own chain-mail and leather armour, the few groups still running this "heroic" style. wood carving and turning, story telling as performance art and I believe that a group of fantasy fans got together in the late 80's learning to read and cast Viking rune stones. Some of the skills you over here and formed a group called the Tolkien society, who learn have no real use day to day like rune casting but brewing your practiced fighting with metal weapons and armour much like our reown beer or having the confidence to stand up in front of a crowded enactment group does today, they formed the core of the early local room and do some stand-up can come in handy. group along with ex-pats who had larped in the UK. IF SOMEONE WERE INTERESTED Jahangir As for the future of the group, well it keeps re-inventing itself and IN BECOMING INVOLVED HOW also has a strong presence in Jersey, most people who role play WOULD THEY GO ABOUT IT? locally also go to the UK and further afield to find interesting The local group is very inclusive and we games to play, which means that new ideas are always being are always keen for people to come along introduced. As you saw on Sunday a lot of members are in their and have a go if they want to or even just late teens or early twenties which means that the group should come and watch if they are interested have a bright and continuing future, even if it remains a fairly to figure out exactly what it is we "fringe" hobby. are doing. Lots of people simply cannot get over the "what if I get seen" factor, which is harder to avoid in Guernsey as there are few dedicated sites, but there is generally more public acceptance for what we do now with the rise of science fiction and fantasy conventions and cosplay (costume play), where dressing up a lead character in a film is becoming an art form in itself! How does one develop their character and how many characters can they have? Within the local game there is no limit to the number of characters that you can have within the confines of the game, and each time

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We would also be keen to encourage people who aren't interested in the live role play aspect but do fancy the historical re-enactment and martial art side of things to get in touch as we are actively developing that side of the group, in fact we will be performing at Castle Cornet in August we encourage people to come along!

REAL NAME : PHIL SKILL: SWORD FIGHTING WEAPON: SWORD FACT: ANGRY MOST OF THE TIME

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REAL NAME : STUART SKILL: SKIRMISH FIGHTER AND VERSATILE WEAPON: LONG SWORD FACT: DIED AND WAS BROUGHT BACK BY THE WINTER QUEEN MAB

REAL NAME : PETE SKILL: ALL AUTHENTIC COSTUME WEAPON: SWORD AND SHIELD FACT: MEDIEVAL WARRIORS WORE THEIR ARMOR CONSTANTLY TO GET USED TO THE WEIGHT

REAL NAME : alasdair SKILL: FIGHTING, KILLING AND HOARDING WEAPON: SWORD FACT: SWORD BURNS IN SUMMER AND TURNS TO ICE IN WINTER

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REAL NAME : ANTHONY SKILL: WARRIOR MAGE, FIRE & ICE MAGIC WEAPON: SWORD AND SHIELD FACT: LONGEST PLAYED AND HIGHEST POINTS CHARACTER, PLAYED FOR 25 YEARS

REAL NAME : NICHOLAS SKILL: FIGHTER AND PROTECTOR WEAPON: SWORD AND SHIELD FACT: MARRIED TO A FEY AND HAS MAGICAL NECKLACE

REAL NAME : MARK SKILL: HEAVILY ARMORED FIGHTER WEAPON: LARGE HAMMER FACT: CAN HEAL HIMSELF

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REAL NAME : ANDY SKILL: SCOUT WEAPON: BOW AND ARROW FACT: TOOK TWO OF THE MOST HIGH DEMANDING SPELLS AND SURVIVED

REAL NAME : LUCY SKILL: SPELL CASTER WEAPON: MAGIC FACT: DIED AND CAME BACK FROM THE DEAD

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IT HAS LONG BEEN MY LOT IN LIFE TO BE SURROUNDED BY ARTISTS AND ART. AND I’M NOT COMPLAINING – I MAY NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT ART, BUT I CERTAINLY ENJOY IT. SOME OF MY FONDEST MEMORIES FROM UNIVERSITY ARE SIPPING GREY GOOSE VODKA AT 4 IN THE MORNING WITH HOBART THE VIKING, AND LOOKING IN WONDERMENT AT A KANDINSKY PRINT THAT WE REFERRED TO, IN IGNORANCE OF IT’S ACTUAL NAME, AS THE CONTEMPLATIVE GOAT. To this day, I wonder what the hell that goat was thinking. Or where Kandinsky found a multi-coloured goat. And what on earth prompted Hobart to hang it upon his wall – Vikings are not, generally, known for their love of high culture. But I digress. ..Being an interested but ignorant connoisseur, my ruminations on Contemplative Goats are no more valid than anyone else’s. However, one doesn’t have to be an expert to know what they like, or (for that matter) to differentiate between Gilbert and George, and Gilbert and Sullivan. So, in this month’s edition of Gallery, I decided to take the opportunity to share with you some work by three local artists whose talents I very much admire: my dad, my wife, and one of my oldest school-friends.

DENISE LEWORTHY Denise’s work is inspired by the sea. A childhood of trawling through rock pools and wondering beaches led to a fascination with the natural world, particularly in miniature. Many of Denise’s paintings pick up the theme of nature repeating itself through shape and colour. She likes to begin her work big, bold and colourful, creating a beautiful mess, and working from there. She most often uses acrylic paints, occasionally in conjunction with oils, and applies them with a variety of tools – brushes of various sizes, knives and sticks. The safe-haven from which she creates these tumultuous vistas is a studio-shed in our back garden. Den is disarmingly hands on – the above mentioned shed appeared out of the blue one morning. I woke up at 11, and she was standing, sweaty and sun-blushed, in a pair of overalls admiring the construct she and her dad had built. She even painted the inside white to distinguish it as her studio.

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She takes this natural propensity for physical work into her painting, building and stretching her own canvases to establish an initial bond with the materials she plans to use. Den likes to keep herself busy; she’s just finished a commission for Julia and Rick

Martin (pictured above), is working on an entry for this years JJ Fox, and has another commission in the pipeline for the end of the year.

To see more of Denise’s paintings or get in contact go to: dennis78.carbonmade.com

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JEDD GAMBLE As well as being the only artist in this piece who is regularly mistaken for Bruce Willis, Jedd is the only artist in this piece who regularly works in mediums other than paint. A graduate of Bristol University, Jedd lived in the city for 5 years and holds a B.A (hons) in drawing and applied arts. The primary inspiration behind Jedd’s work comes from graphic illustration and graffiti, but he also draws on music, and life surrounding him for ideas.

Jedd sketches everything by hand before transferring it to canvas or scanning it into Photoshop. Both pieces here are computer manipulations, but prior to their existence in this format, they moved from the embryonic origins in Jedd’s brain through a more traditional life in his sketchbook. A running theme in Jedd’s work is his use of humour – sometimes for its own sake, and sometimes as a tool to communicate his particular view of life and society.

He’s uploaded a substantial back-catalogue of work to the website Deviant Art, so if you like what you see here, it’s well worth checking out his page. It can be accessed at: jedd-fury. deviantart.com

To get in contact with Jedd, drop him a line on: jeddfury@hotmail.com

GRAHAM LEWORTHY My dad met my mum at Reading University, from whence he graduated in 1969 with a BA (hons) in fine art. Living in London in the 60s was a great time, not least because of the people dad got to work with; Claude Rogers, Terry Frost, Ewan Uglow and Richard Hamilton all taught at Reading university’s art department. Dad’s painting has been a constant in his life. Occasionally it took the form of a day job (he has taught at both the Berkshire College of Art and the College of F.E in Guernsey,) and occasionally it has garnered him praise (he won the Reading University prize in 1969 and was a prize winner in the JJ Fox in 1976,) but I think it fair to say that, for him, these are tangential benefits at most. The reason he paints is that it’s a vocation. Graham sees himself as an artisan or a builder – and the blocks with which he builds are colour, shape, tone and texture. BECAUSE QUALITY MATTERS

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Living in the Channel Islands, many of these fundamentals have been supplied by the sea, and maritime elements feature strongly in his work.

To see more of Graham’s paintings or find out more about him, just visit: www.gleworthy.com

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Large and small check patterns taken from optical illusion artworks by the likes of Bridget Riley inspired designers, both this season and into the next. Black, white, and red tartan are the popular choices on the high street, with some hints of yellow too.

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This optic, checkboard trend is a must, whether it be a full skirt and top set, or an old plaid shirt to work it minimalist style.

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Pop art was the other movement of choice for designers this summer, with bright, comic strip style prints strongly influenced by artist Andy Warhol.

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Donned with everything from burgers to batman motifs this is not everyones go-to look but for the more trepid fashionistas out there, you’ll definitely stand out. If this is not the look for you then don’t shy away from bright colours. The louder the better before the cooler months come. 1. Burton - £12, 2. River Island - £10, 3. Lazy Oaf - £115, 4. River Island - £20, 5. River Island - 3. Joy - £49, 4. Burton - £12, 5. River Island - £8, 6. Joy - £49, 7. Chunk @ Joy - £30, 8. Lazy Oaf - £75, 9. New Look - £8.99, 10. Burton - £10, 11. Burton - £14, 12. River Island £8, 13. Joy - £7

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The lovely people at Joy went out on the streets of St Peter Port camera in hand, to find some fashionable folk who are ahead of the trends and working their own style.

Jordan Irven 21, Hair stylist

Taya Mcmeechan 16, Student

Adam Milton 18, Labourer

'Jordan's eccentric style is obvious in this funky topman shirt, dip dye is a top trend this summer and he's matching his with black skinny jeans and a classic pair of Dr. Martens"

"We love Taya's jazzy black and white print tank top, she keeps it cool and casual while shopping and her super cute bowler hat is the perfect accessory"

Adam may be in his work clothes but he easily makes this look like an effortless everyday look, his scruffy boots and faded jeans are essential for any man about town"

Jamie Ellington 24, Photography Graduate

Grace, Amy & Saskia 12, 13, 13, Students

Charlotte Murkin 16, Student

"We love Jamie's stylish black ensemble paired with chunky boots, his outfit gives off a funky old school vibe and is a perfect for a laid back lunch"

"These three are rocking big trends like neons, florals and satchels, they all look peachy keen and ready for an afternoon of shopping"

"Charlotte's simple black midi dress and vans is the perfect look for a cool summers day, This is an easy going outfit which can easily be changed from a day to night look with the help of some heels and chunky accerssories"

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COLOUR CRUSH

I really like the Colour Crush range, they’re really vibrant and brighten up your summer look. My particular favourites are the eyeshadows.

£10 LIP £8 CHEEK £7 EYE THE BODY SHOP

YVES SAINT LAURENT

The Forever Light Corrector serum helps to correct the appearance of an uneven skin tone and blemishes. I think this is a great product for the summer for people who are self conscious of their skin but don’t want to cake on heavy make up in the heat. This new serum gives you a naturally fresh look.

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9 Piece Starter Kit This is a really good investment for someone who doesn’t wear make often, or wants to start wearing make up. For someone who does wear a lot of cosmetics, however, I think this is a good product to buy and use as a travel kit to take with you while you’re on a summer weekend away.

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ST TROPEZ AND ST MORIZ

These two self-tanning products are two of the most popular brands. They give you a natural and streak free tan.

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These are a new range of highly sort after products introduced to Active Hair this month.

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THE MAJORITY OF GIRLS LOVE TO APPLY NAIL ART, BUT IT OFTEN TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND HARD-WORK TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW AND UNIQUE. GONE ARE THE DAYS OF A SIMPLE FRENCH MANICURE - WHAT YOU WEAR ON YOUR NAILS IS ALMOST AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT YOU WEAR. WITH KATY PERRY, ALEXA CHUNG AND ZOOEY DESCHANEL ALL PARADING AROUND WITH VIBRANT NAIL ART ITS TIME YOU GOT ARTY. ANGELE HICKS FROM, GLOSS BEAUTY IS AN EXPERT IN NAIL ART - AND TAKES US THROUGH THE HOTTEST TRENDS FOR 2013 AND GIVES SOME HINTS AND TIPS ON HOW TO CREATE THE SAME RESULTS ON YOUR OWN FINGERTIPS.

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CREATE THE LOOK: Use bold, bright colours separated with thick black lines in a geometric pattern.

CREATE THE LOOK: Choose two complimentary or contrasting colours and paint your nails with the lighter shade. Paint the two colours onto a make up sponge before pressing the sponge onto the nail.

With summer here we’re 100% sure that our wardrobe is going to contain nothing but Aztec prints. Known for daring color combinations and sharp black outlines, strong shapes like triangles and circles have been a dominant theme in fashion runways all around the world. The designs take inspiration from the Aztec era - it’s amazing to think that it has survived hundreds of years and still looks current.

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Cath Kidston designs are certainly popular with nail art fans, with a simple pastel colour pallet with a subtle but instantly recognisable pink rose pattern. Quintessentially British, the design has a very nostalgic feel about it goes well with a vintage outfit. CREATE THE LOOK: Start with a pastel base coat and create a pattern with small white dots. Add the signature pale pink roses, using a darker pink to add definition and shape.

Whether you call it dip dye, ombre or gradient, this nail art technique is gorgeous and in style. Blending and fading colours on your nails is something you can do yourself easily - the best results often come from experimentation. We’re loving this orange to yellow mix - perfect for summer, it reminds us of a tasty cocktail.

GALAXY

The idea of galaxy manicures is very spiritual, you literally have the universe at your fingertips. This simple nail art technique creates striking results quickly that’ll have you reaching for the stars in no time. CREATE THE LOOK: Start with a pink base coat before applying different shades of purples, pinks, blacks and blues using different brushes and sponges to mimic a galaxy. Add small white dots for stars and you’re done.

If you’d like creative and stunning nails applied in the comfort of your own home, get in touch with Angele Hicks at Gloss Beauty. Call 07781 407437 or check out www.gloss-beauty.com

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TASTE TEST AS I ALREADY HAD THE SHAKES AND WAS BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS I DIDN’T MANAGE TO VISIT EVERY COFFEE SHOP IN TOWN.

WITH MORE AND MORE COFFEE SHOPS POPPING UP ALL OVER SAINT PETER PORT WE WANTED TO FIND OUT WHICH SHOP OFFERS THE BEST COFFEE EXPERIENCE. WE SENT ERIN OUR NEW INTERN ONTO THE STREETS TO TASTE TEST AND REPORT BACK.

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White coffee (Woodies own brand)

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Costa is definitely a go to place for a drink with friends and a slice of cake, the service is friendly and there are some tasty desserts, however I do find it very costly. Personally I do not like Costa coffee, it is very bitter and for £2.40 a cup, albeit a fairly large sized mug for a ‘regular,’ it has more foam than coffee.

I was surprised at how nice this coffee was as they import their own brand coffee, it’s bold and has a real kick to it, however, I did find this made the foam slightly bitter, which I don’t like.

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Cured is a lovely local deli with equally lovely staff. Illy coffee has a bold taste that wakes you up. Cured is a nice place to go, the manageress always has a smile on her face and doesn’t pass up on a bit of chatter if you find yourself on your own. The large open windows allow you to watch the world go by as you enjoy a drink or a bit of lunch. It’s very pleasant.

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Christie’s has a fantastic ambience; I always find it very relaxing and the staff members are helpful and welcoming.

I really liked this coffee. Some may find it too milky, but unlike most coffees – which I find to be sickly – I found it to be rather refreshing.

I’m always impressed with their coffee, as they seem to get the foam at just the right consistency – unlike most coffee shops, which I find myself spooning the froth out on the saucer – Christie’s foam compliments the drink. The flake is a nice touch too.

The Boulangerie has a delicious selection of coffee and French pastries, but unfortunately I found the service to be particularly unfriendly and didn’t want to stay there for very long.

Christie’s is, in my opinion, one of the best bistros in Guernsey it’s my personal go to place when people come to visit the island because it’s a priced very reasonably, especially for the quality of the food that the that they offer. And their menu is always changing, so it’s always a new experience every time you go.

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It’s worth mentioning that I was given this coffee ‘to go’ and it stayed hot for near to an hour. I’d recommend going to The Boulangerie if you’re in a rush or want a mild energy boost on the way to work.

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Of all the coffee shops I reviewed, Café Emilia had the cheapest drinks. I have always had a soft spot for this place, I love the atmosphere and the members of staff are always extremely friendly and welcoming. This coffee almost has a sweet taste with a really nice kick, but it’s not too bitter. The Café often have special deals on so it’s definitely the right place to go if you’re on a budget. They have a varied selection of light bites and mouth-watering cakes (I recommend the Chocolate Tornado cake.)

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Brand new summer menus The Farmhouse is back under the direct supervision of the Nussbaumer family, who hope to re-establish the restaurant’s original concept as ‘Guernsey’s natural place to meet and eat’. – A range of new menus for the summer – – A focus on organic and fairtrade products – – Food served throughout the day – – Al fresco dining by the pool and gardens – – Intimate gazebo dining – – Private rooms for meetings and dinner parties –

Reader Offer: Afternoon Tea for only £9.50pp, 2–5pm Monday to Thursday. Please quote booking ref: GM08. Only valid on presentation of this voucher on arrival at The Farmhouse. Expires on 19/12/13. Subject to availability, T&Cs apply.

Wedding Fayre

11am – 6pm on 28th and 29th September Come along to The Farmhouse and see the Courtyard set-up with magical wedding possibilities. We will also have the Hornet’s Nest and Beehive private rooms set-up with function layouts great for Christenings or dinner parties. Our experienced staff will be on hand to advise you on any ideas you may have for your special day. If you would like to discuss your plans in more detail please book in advance.

Upcoming Events 30th August – Summer of Jazz, A night of Duke Ellington 20th September – Summer of Jazz, Bennett to Bublé

27th September – Trinity Hill Wine Tasting Evening 1st November – Perrier-Jouët Champagne Tasting Evening

Festive Fun at The Farmhouse The Farmhouse is a brilliant place for a party at any time of year, but Christmas is that extra bit special. Festive décor blends in seamlessly with contemporary design to provide the perfect surroundings for you to enjoy one of our superb festive menus in the expansive Courtyard, intimate restaurant or one of our private rooms.

Festive Lunch: 2 courses £18.50, 3 courses £22.50 Festive Dinner: 3 courses £29.95 (additional courses available) Special overnight rates are also available.

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MARCEL LAINE FURNITURE WITH PURSE STRINGS GROWING TIGHTER THERE IS AN INCREASING DEMAND FOR VALUE FOR MONEY AND WITH SMALL BUSINESSES OPENING THEIR DOORS OFFERING A TAILOR-MADE, PERSONAL AND HIGH QUALITY SERVICE THERE IS NO WONDER PEOPLE ARE OPTING AWAY FROM THEIR USUAL LARGER STORES AND CHAINS. With small businesses becoming the lifeblood of the island it is time for their efforts to be celebrated. We had the pleasure of speaking to self-employed carpenter and joiner Marcel Lainé about his small business. Like many Guernsey tradesmen Marcel began his career as an apprentice, his apprenticeship was with J W Le Page for a total of 5 years where he learnt a broad spectrum of carpentry including making coffins and Guernsey Wheelbarrows. 14 years ago Marcel took the plunge to become self-employed and formed ‘Creative Pine’ alongside his father and in 2007 ‘Marcel Lainé Furniture’ was born specialising in made-to-measure bespoke furniture. We asked Marcel what makes clients come to him rather than choosing shop-bought furniture and his reply was simply he offers clients what they cannot find elsewhere. His clients are often looking for a piece of furniture that needs to fit somewhere particular or have an additional function you won’t find commonly. Marcels clientele is increasingly homeowners who have heard of him through the Guernsey grapevine. Over the years Marcel has made many pieces to be proud of but some of his favourites included; renovating a cider press, creating an oak staircase last year and a curved handrail for a tourelle, a mahogany kidney shaped desk and an oak A-framed roof on a St Saviour farmhouse. Over his career he hopes to complete a handcart and has so far only made one of the wheels.

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With an interior that would excite Gatsby, Chateau Algarve is a stunning palatial villa in Cap D’Antibes, Cote D’Azur. If you are planning a special occasion then this incredible property could provide the perfect backdrop. Approached via a long driveway, through tall gates, this stunning property is truly breathtaking and transports you into the private and exclusive world of Cap d’Antibes. Once home to His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaievich, the 1st cousin of the Russian Tsar and Commander of the Russian Army.

The accommodation is set over two floors with high ceilings and beautiful interior architecture. The splendid reception rooms spill out to lush gardens with its mature trees and beautiful planting. The pergola is a perfect setting for entertaining. Ideal for both large or small affairs catered for either indoors or out. It is available for corporate or private hire, or just being intimate with family and friends. Whether booking for that special birthday or anniversary, the experience is truly unforgettable. €11,000 per week or €15,000 for corporate bookings. The property sleeps up to 8 people. Contact Choice Properties for more information on 620620

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This season’s catwalks have been full of muted palettes contrasted with a pop of colour and it’s a big trend that has worked its way into the world of interiors. When you are investing in the major rooms of your home, such as the kitchen, most people tend to play it safe as it is such a big expense, you want to know you can live with it for a long time. This can leave you with a fairly bland space that doesn’t reflect your individual tastes. A great way to combat this is to have an accent wall, or have just one unit in a bright colour that you like. So if you are having a love affair with lime green at the moment then go for it, and paint a whole wall, then in two years if you change your mind, you can simply paint over it! Another great idea is using glass panels such as this pillar box red one which really changes the look of this kitchen, again it is easy to remove if you change your mind anytime down the line.

Pictured: Paprika Matt Lacquer bulthaup Kitchen Unit, Red Glass Wall with bulthaup b3 kitchen, Lime Green feature wall part of bulthaup b1 kitchen.

So don’t settle for the ordinary, make your mark on your home, give the team at bulthaup Winchester a call on 01962 849000 for more great ideas like these.

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AIRTEL-VODAFONE LAUNCHES SERVICE FOR HOLIDAYMAKERS Airtel-Vodafone is warning Islanders to review the settings on all their family mobile devices before travelling abroad this summer, and has launched a service for anyone wanting to check. Many people are unaware that they could run up mobile bills which are significantly higher than normal when they are away, and we want to ensure that Islanders know what to do.

SUECO CELEBRATES 30 YEARS WITH A BRAND NEW LOOK. Sueco, Guernsey’s leading catering company, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year in some style. One of its birthday presents is a rebrand, courtesy of design agency, Betley Whitehorne. Hugh Tabel, Director of Sueco, explained, “We were delighted to win Betley Whitehorne’s 20th anniversary competition at the end of last year. They had invited local companies to enter and explain why we should be the recipients of the 20k brand makeover. For us the timing seemed perfect. With our own anniversary approaching, we were keen to give the company an update. The team at Betley Whitehorne obviously saw a challenge in us, and we were obviously delighted to win!” As part of the rebrand, there was a total review of the business and its marketing material. A new identity was created and this was reflected across the company to include print items, advertising, website, social media and vehicle livery. In addition, consideration was given towards celebrating the 30th birthday itself and a special project has been agreed which would help mark the occasion in an appropriate way. Hugh’s wife and fellow Sueco Director, Merrilee Tabel, continued, “We are incredibly proud to reach this anniversary and have our own exciting gift which we plan to share with the island and hope to release news about this in the near future.” At Betley Whitehorne, who have undertaken many rebrand and identity projects, the feeling was echoed . “We’re delighted to have helped Sueco. We were impressed by Merrilee and Hugh’s enthusiasm and plans for taking the company forward, hence our decision to contribute towards their future by providing them with a brand overhaul. It has been a pleasure going through the process with them and we look forward to helping them contine to evolve in the future,” admitted Chris Betley, MD at Betley Whitehorne. Creative Director, Piet Whitehorne, agreed. “The new identity and brand language presents a modern new look for a well known and established local name. The creative approach to the identity and marketing is led by a simplicity in style and a focus on natural ingredients and good food.” For further information, please contact Hugh Tabel, Sueco, on 720969 or Chris Betley, Betley Whitehorne, on 725115. Sueco Outside Catering was established in 1983 by Sue Wilson and Peter Yates. Their daughter, Merrilee, and her husband, Hugh Tabel, are the next generation to join the management team and develop the company’s range of services.

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We have launched a service for all Islanders, regardless of who their mobile phone provider is. Anyone going into our High Street store will get free help and advice about roaming charges, and can be shown how to check their settings. Ian Campbell, Airtel-Vodafone’s CEO, said that there were two general causes of people coming home from holiday to unexpected bills. If their phone was set to regularly check for updates, the cost could mount up while abroad. To stop this, customers just need to check their phone settings. The other issue was children using Facebook or email on their mobile to stay in touch with friends while away. Mr Campbell said: ‘Parents might assume that, just because their son or daughter isn’t phoning anyone they aren’t running up bills, but using the internet costs money. Parents should discuss this with their children before going away. ‘We have the most competitive roaming charges in the Channel Islands, and we have measures to warn our customers that they are incurring costs; we text them to make them aware of charges. Customers want to use their mobiles devises abroad, and we provide them with an excellent service, we just want to make sure they are aware of the charges. ‘Anyone who wants to use their mobile devise can always get a data roaming bolt-on which will enable them to manage their costs and stay in touch,’ Mr Campbell said. ‘We are also very happy to give advice to all Islanders – whether they are Airtel-Vodafone customers or not – because we want to provide a great service wherever you are in the world, but we don’t want you to come home to a shock.’

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“Professional development is absolutely vital in order to maintain our high standard of service. It is a great achievement to study for a degree whilst also working full time and Laura’s qualification is testament to her hard work and dedication.”

ROSSBOROUGH GUERNSEY APPOINTS SENIOR COMMERCIAL ACCOUNT HANDLER AN EXPERIENCED underwriter has joined Rossborough Guernsey as a senior commercial account handler.

MASTER’S DEGREE SUCCESS AT SAFFERY CHAMPNESS A trust administrator at Saffery Champness has completed a master’s degree with graduate status from the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA). Laura Quayle completed the course in December 2012, gaining her master’s degree in corporate governance from the University of Bournemouth, together with ICSA graduate status, passing with a merit (2:1). The degree aims to give greater understanding of the finance sector, particularly with regard to trust and company administration, the role and responsibilities of trustees and directors and the role of the regulatory authority. Ms Quayle previously completed her ICSA Certificate and Diploma through BPP professional education before starting the MSC degree in September 2010. She also has a BA Honours degree in English and History from Goldsmith’s College, University of London. Saffery Champness managing director Kelvin Hudson said he was extremely impressed with Ms Quayle’s success.

Abi Johnson, who began her insurance career after leaving Blanchelande College, has experience in general and commercial underwriting and said she was looking forward to the challenges and rewards she faces at Rossborough. ‘I have heard a lot of good reports about Rossborough as an employer and had already built relationships with a lot of the commercial team, so I knew I would fit in,’ she said. ‘Rossborough has a reputation for delivering excellent customer service and I am looking forward to growing my own portfolio of clients with a range of different insurance needs and ensuring that they receive the same high standard of service that the company is associated with.’ Miss Johnson, who is a keen climber, started her career at Generali, where she moved from a back office role to a client facing position. She then moved to Insurance Corporation where she gained significant experience in general and commercial underwriting. Rossborough director Steve Moullin welcomed Miss Johnson to the team. He said that her experience and enthusiasm would be beneficial to the company. ‘Abi is a quick learner and has established good professional relationships during the time she has worked in insurance. We are looking forward to helping her build strong client relationships, which is something we place great importance on at Rossborough,’ he said.

BUTTERFIELD HOSTS VIP ISLAND GAMES RECEPTION IN BERMUDA The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited hosted over 100 international representatives and officials at their 2013 Island Games’ VIP welcoming reception last week. Team leaders and committee officials from the Guernsey squad attended the event in the presence of the Governor of Bermuda and other dignitaries, which took place at Butterfield’s Head Office in Hamilton on Friday 12 July. The 2013 NatWest Island Games was held from 13 to 19 July 2013 and Butterfield in Guernsey has helped support six local athletes, through a bursary scheme, to compete. The Butterfield Guernsey Island Games Bursary recipients, who also attended the reception, were Luke Winberg for triathlon, Courtney Butcher for swimming, Sam Wallbridge for 400m hurdles, Johanna Asplund and Andy Bridgman for sailing and Zoe Fitch for javelin. Johanna Asplund, who was competing as part of the sailing team, said: “The Island Games are unlike any other event as we travel with such a big team of athletes from lots of different sports. I am mostly looking forward to the actual racing as the racing area is supposedly an amazing venue for sailing.” BECAUSE QUALITY MATTERS

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FORESHORE AND DESKTONE PARTNERSHIP OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED IN THE CHANNEL ISLANDS Foreshore, Jersey’s leading Internet datacentre and cloud services provider and Desktone Inc., the pioneer of Desktop as a Service (DaaS), officially launched their Channel Island partnership today. Mark Adams, GM of Desktone EMEA spoke about global IT trends and the extraordinary growth of Desktop as a Service (DaaS), its place in business and IT strategy and its relevance to the Channel Islands today. Giving examples of practical solutions for utilising DaaS to increase business functionality, Mark Adams made some key observations to members of the local business community, including: 1. Security is the main reason people give for not using the cloud, but in fact the most regulated industries with the highest security requirement are the largest users of cloud services, as it allows them to keep their data where they need to for regulatory requirements and off end point devices where loss is prevalent. Cloud also enables disaster recovery by delivering data in multiple locations. 2. The PC isn’t dead - its role is just changing and evolving. Bring your own device (BYOD) is simply part of this picture and DaaS enables this.

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3. Use of the cloud simplifies complex IT requirements and allows businesses to focus on their ‘above the line’ use of IT instead of delivery. Andrew Jarrett, Chief Commercial Officer at Foreshore commented: “Mark’s strong background in Windows desktops and applications as a Cloud service ensured that today’s presentation was an insightful education on the unique provision of virtualised solutions and how they be tailored to meet any requirements. We are delighted to have partnered with such a reputable organisation that means we can offer our customers an evolved service that is sustainable and tailored to their short and longer term business

CAREY OLSEN AND HERITAGE ADVISE ON NEW RENEWABLES FUND LAUNCHED ON LSE Carey Olsen and Heritage International Fund Managers Limited (Heritage) advised on the launch of a new Guernsey closed-ended fund which raised £130 million on listing on the premium segment of the London Stock Exchange on 12 July 2013. A first of its kind in the UK, Bluefield Solar Income Fund (the “Fund”) will focus on investing in large scale agricultural and industrial PV (Photovoltaic) solar assets.

Carey Olsen advised on the establishment of the Fund as a Guernsey structure and all relevant regulatory approvals with the Guernsey Financial Services Commission. Corporate partner Ben Morgan and senior associate Annette Alexander led the team and partnered with Norton Rose as lead counsel. Heritage acts as the administrator to the Fund. The firms worked closely with Numis Securities, the sponsors of the transaction, and KPMG, the reporting accountants. Advocate Morgan said: “The Bluefield Solar Income Fund is notable for a number of reasons not least it is part of an emerging trend we are seeing in terms of investor interest in renewable energy funds. This is due, in part, to the UK government’s focus on fostering alternative energy projects. “This is certainly a growth area, as these funds tend to have consistently strong values, as indicated by Bluefield Solar Income Fund’s IPO success.” Laurence McNairn, director of Heritage and non-executive director of the Fund board, led the team at Heritage, supported by Associate Director Kevin Smith. Mr McNairn commented: “The efforts put into this transaction by all parties involved have been highly commendable. The Bluefield team have put together a product that not only appeals to investors’ current appetite to support renewable energy sources but also meets investor demand for a predictable long term, stable yield. We are delighted to Bluefield and its advisors in establishing the Fund in what are extremely challenging fund-raising conditions.”

Looking for an Internship next summer? Deutsche Bank is now accepting applications from undergraduates for its 2014 Summer Internship Our highly successful ten week programme offers a structured and comprehensive introduction to working for a global institution. Come and talk to us about our programme in the Channel Islands and meet our 2013 interns who will share their experiences with you. Date: Monday 9th September, 12.30-2.00pm at The Founders Room, St James Concert & Assembly Hall Sign up: To register for this event please submit your cv to: jennifer-jer.jones@db.com by 2nd September 2013 For more information please visit www.db-ci.com

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ince last month there has been sufficient time for the news to sink in that tapering by the US Federal Reserve is likely to commence in the Autumn, and for us to fully assess the implications. Our view is that the Fed underestimated the impact the announcement would have on the bond market, expecting it to ‘self-correct’ in an orderly manner. The sharp move up in US 10 year bond yields from 1.62% in late May to the current levels of 2.57% has taken the Fed by surprise and various officials have felt it necessary to reaffirm the US central bank’s commitment to maintaining ultra low interest rates well into 2015. This has led us to conclude that if the Fed has made an error of judgement, it was more an error of ‘communication’ rather than of ‘policy’. Consequently, last month some stability returned to the bond market and there has been a strong recovery in the US stock market, which has seen it recapture the May highs. It would appear that for now our more benign view is shared by the market. Turning to Japan, the Upper House elections took place in July and yielded further electoral success for Prime Minister Abe and his ruling coalition. This is important as it removes one further obstacle to the rapid onset of structural reforms, which will form part of the third ‘arrow’ of policy since Abe was elected last year. These will aim to improve Japan’s productivity and competitiveness and to build on the positive economic momentum achieved so far. Japanese corporate earnings are rising and remain on relatively attractive multiples, so we would expect further progress to be made by the stock market between now and the end of the year. Looking closer to home, economic statistics from the UK continue to reaffirm our positive view. UK services PMI posted its second strongest reading in June for the entire post crisis period. This suggests that UK real GDP growth is accelerating into the 2-2.5% annualised range. It is now entirely possible that the UK economy could grow faster than the US in the second half of 2013 and this trend could last well into 2014. It is no secret that the European economies as a whole remain some way behind the cycle in the US, but we have been encouraged by recent evidence that the recession in Europe is now finally coming to an end. The big positive surprises of late have been coming from Spain, where forward looking indicators are predicting an improvement in both GDP and employment. This should present us with opportunities in both fixed-income and equity markets as sentiment remains depressed and valuations look very attractive in relative terms. Overall, we maintain a positive view of global growth, with exposure to equities in Japan, the UK, Spain and the US. We have retained a position in Spanish and Italian government bonds, believing that the yield premium is excessive relative to the fiscal improvement in these economies and the likely exit from recession by the key European economies in the second half. We continue to use put options as the chief tool to protect the downside risk of the portfolio.

GEOFF MARSON Managing Director Odey Wealth Management (C.I.) Ltd, PO Box 533, Level 3 (North), St Julian’s Court, St Julian’s Avenue, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 6EY. +44 (0) 1481 743601 ci.odeywealth.com

Geoff Marson is the Managing Director at Odey Wealth Management (C.I.) Limited and the fund manager for the Odey Opportunity Fund. Odey Wealth Management (C.I.) Limited is licensed by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission. Registered in Guernsey 48037. Registered Office: Level 3, St Julian’s Court, St Julian’s Avenue, St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 6EY. Telephone calls may be recorded.

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PRE-SEASON CATCH UP words | Nick Mollet GUERNSEY FC EMBARK ON THEIR LATEST JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN AFTER BACK-TO-BACK PROMOTIONS. In a Gallery exclusive GFC captain Sam Cochrane is urging fans to be patient and realistic in their first season playing in the Ryman Isthmian League Division One South and first involvement in the historic FA Cup and FA Trophy knock-out competitions.

The squad hope to welcome back one of their stars Ryan-Zico Black into the fold in the coming months after his horrific double leg break in an FA Vase match in the UK last season and his wealth of experience at a higher level should be a timely boost.

Floodlit games at their Footes Lane home will be a feature in their 46-game league programme, which began with an away match against Herne Bay on 10 August, followed by a home game against Horsham on Wednesday 14 August.

‘Promotion is certainly our main objective for the season. We have an amazing opportunity to play in the world’s most historic cup competition - the FA Cup. Everyone associated with Guernsey I’m sure will want Guernsey FC to enjoy a few early rounds of this amazing competition. With luck on our side we may get the opportunity to play a professional football club. This is a dream of ours and will take a huge effort and luck to make it reality.

An away trip beckons to play Crawley Down Gatwick in the preliminary round of the FA Cup on Saturday 31 August. It will be a tough opening schedule to the league campaign, with GFC being forced to play six fixtures between 10 and 26 August alone. But skipper Cochrane insists Guernsey FC will be well prepared for the major challenges ahead, under the tutelage of coach Tony Vance and assistant Colin Fallaize.

‘As we are out of Step 5 football we are no longer available to play in the FA Vase [where they lost in the semi-final to eventual winners Spennymoor last season]. We now begin another journey in a cup competition called the FA Trophy. Football Conference teams down to Step 4 compete in this competition. Again, we hope to experience a few rounds of this competition as we continue to challenge ourselves,’ said Cochrane.

THIS SEASON FANS MUST

Many local companies and individuals ‘Pre-season training has progressed BE PATIENT AND REALISTIC have pledged to help the team financially very well. With no pre-season fixtures through the #60 Saviours Campaign after the key focus has been ball-related AFTER AMAZING SUCCESS IN the club asked for anyone to pledge £100 sessions, incorporating tough, physical OUR FIRST TWO SEASONS. per game in each competition of the FA conditioning work. All sessions are Cup and FA Trophy to underwrite any fine-tuning of football-related skills to losses the club could face due to FA financial terms imposed on it in progress into game scenarios. Some extremely talented young the competitions. footballers have joined our pre-season training. I hope this season will see them experience what Guernsey FC is all about,’ he said. ‘My message to fans is extra important this season. The response from fans and supporters to the #60 Saviours Campaign was Up to 25 lads have been attending training sessions and there are overwhelming. Guernsey FC needed financial support after the high hopes this season that youngsters like Tom de la Mare, Kyle FA’s strict rules were released at very short notice to compete in Smith and Paris Pereira will be the latest crop of talent to be able to the FA Cup and FA Trophy. It showed me really how passionate and demonstrate their abilities as the coaching team continually looks supportive the Guernsey public are towards having a football team to give youth its chance along with experience. competing in off-island competitions. The fans have now given us the opportunity. It’s very hard to put into words how grateful I am for So what does Cochrane see as the main goals for the journey ahead? their continued support. ‘Our aim has to be to push for a play-off position and fight for promotion as we approach the latter part of the season. Although ‘This season fans must be patient and realistic after amazing success we will be new to the standard of football I’m sure we can set this in our first two seasons. We will have good times and hard times but as our main objective for the season. Although we set our sights together I’m sure we will experience some fantastic memories this high, my hopes are for Guernsey FC to become stable within Ryman season. We will always give 100% when playing for Guernsey FC and league football. This is a fantastic standard of football for Guernsey representing our island. Enjoy the next chapter of the GFC ‘journey’,’ to have a representative team playing in on a weekly basis and to said Cochrane. stay at this level by the end of the season is success for Guernsey FC in my eyes.’

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Forest Road Garage Ltd. Forest Road, St Martins, GY8 0AB Tel: 236320. www.forestroadgarageltd.co.uk If you’re the impatient type, this is the car you’ve been waiting for. So, let’s get to the point. The new pro_cee’d GT matches breathtaking design with breath holding performance. 0 to 60 in 7.4 seconds, 201bhp, 1.6 litre turbo petrol engine with 6-speed manual gearbox. And for those of you that have skipped to the end of this paragraph, the new pro_cee’d GT will be available from £17,133. The new Kia pro_cee’d GT is coming soon. Can’t wait? Visit kia.co.uk for more details. Fuel consumption figures in mpg (l/100 km) for the new Kia pro_cee’d range are: Urban: 29.1 (9.7) – 67.3 (4.2), Extra Urban: 46.3 (6.1) – 78.5 (3.6), Combined: 38.2 (7.4) – 74.3. (3.8). CO2 emissions are 171 – 100 g/km. MPG figures are official EU test figures for comparative purposes and may not reflect real driving results. 7 year / 100,000 mile manufacturer’s warranty. For terms and exclusions visit www.kia.co.uk or see your local dealer.

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Faced with the sea of Ford Fiesta hire cars that’ll soon flood our streets now that summer* appears to have arrived, I’ve decided to take a tour of colourful cult creations via a handful of iconic racing liveries and how a certain issue of social acceptance once threatened to change the face of them forever. The brainchild of French racing driver Hervé Poulain in 1975, Poulain wanted something a little different for the livery of his BMW 3.0 CSL for that year’s 24 Heures du Mans race and invited artist and friend Alexander Calder to visit him along with a few litres of paint. The resulting red, yellow and blue BMW has since spawned sixteen further art car projects from BMW alone, as well as more than a few unofficial ones bearing the same badge. Swiss designer Walter Maurer’s E36 compact is directly left of this line and looks good enough to be officially sanctioned. I can think of three that have lived in Jersey alone. The creation of art cars has a cult following worldwide, but what I find most interesting are those that are recognised on an international scale, often exhibited across continents and followed by millions, often with a bird’s eye view; the racing cars. Although the BMW Art Car project’s purpose has changed somewhat during its 33 year lifespan so far, evolving from the cars being used solely as competition vehicles and after a departure in 2009 that saw the car being used as a tool to create the art rather than becoming the art itself when Robin Rhode used a Z4 with painted tyres to create a giant canvas, they later returned to their roots in 2010 when Jeff Koons designed the livery for their M3 GT2 that ran at Le Mans. It didn’t finish, but it did look as if it were travelling at lightspeed even whilst standing still. Many of the ensuing artists involved need no introduction; Lichtenstein’s dot and colour adorned imposing wide-bodied E21 turbo; Warhol’s colourful pop-scrawl with a hint of fingerpainting; Rauschenberg’s dark offering on a 635CSi and Brit David Hockney making more than just a splash with his animals and nature inspired 850 CSi (I particularly like the dog reaching for the door handle). Personally, of the vehicles in the collection covered in wild brushstrokes it is Sandro Chia’s E36 that stands out, whilst Frank Stella, of minimalist fame ,who created the second ever BMW Art Car painstakingly hand painted a fine grid over the entirety of his vehicle, the precision bordering upon the incredible as with much of his other work. All of the vehicles are on display at the BMW museum in Munich, if you’re ever passing by.

These works all began life as an artistic expression to be exhibited on racecourses worldwide, but are some sponsor liveries not works of art too, designed to catch the eye and etch themselves into your memory? I remember the Dodge Viper GT cars of French racing team ORECA in eyewateringly bright fluorescent colours burning my retinas whilst simultaneously inviting me to ‘rent a car’ as a child (not that they specialised in renting vehicles to underage drivers, it was more that I was of that age at the time) but more powerfully will always relate anything black and gold to the myriad John Player Special Lotus racing cars of old even to this day. Fortunately for JPS and Lotus at the time, the social acceptance of smoking swung in their favour. Take the red bodywork sporting a white triangle on the bonnet of four-time WRC champion Tommi Makkinen that proudly advertised Marlboro cigarettes though, which must have had ad-execs and rally bosses scratching heads in a fit of panic when cigarette advertising was banned in motorsport. Fortunately, the brand was so iconic that they managed to convince the powers that so strangled them that removing the text would be sufficient to run, even though the advertising message was practically as strong. Can it be argued that removing the sponsor names from vehicles in this way will slow the uptake of smoking amongst the youth? I doubt it, because if I’m honest I had no idea that John Player made cigarettes, only that the cars and bikes they sponsored looked sharp and moved fast, and that you could get a Capri in black and gold to match the stars on your Sunday screen. Similarly, 555’s sponsorship of Subaru in the World Rally arena met its demise alongside that of the Mitsubishi and Marlboro partnership, the luminous yellow fives slowly making way for three vertical bars next to the familiar crescent of the 555 logo giving them the aesthetic of a telco rather than a cigarette manufacturer, eventually conceding absolute defeat and evolving into the yellow swooshes of Subaru itself’s branding. State Express cigarettes? Never heard of them. They’re allegedly perceived as the best known foreign brand in China though, so maybe motorsport advertising does work after all. For an entertaining look at the changing face of cigarette advertising look to Formula 1, where BAR replaced the ‘Lucky Strike’ text to read ‘Lookies’, ‘Look Alike’ and ‘Don’t Look’ amongst others over time. Anyway, I’m off to guzzle a few cans of Red Bull whilst watching the Formula 1 on my Vodafone handset, I’m just not sure which cigarettes to smoke yet. I’d have to disguise my looks, obviously, one wouldn’t want to be seen smoking these days.

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THOMAS BANGALTER’S GIANT ROBOTIC HEAD TOURS LONDON

Not really, it’s Volkswagen’s XL1, a city car that’s being put into limited production (how limited? just 250 units, which definitely qualifies as limited in my eyes) that not only looks crazy, has scissor doors so that you can pretend you’re in a Lamborghini (despite packing a mere 2-cylinder 800cc diesel engine) and a generous 120 litre bootspace but can also achieve 313 miles per gallon thanks partly to the omission of wing mirrors in favour of cameras. Needless to say it’s pretty Aerodynamic. You know, like the Daft Punk song.

NEW CATERHAM TRUMPS OUTGOING R500 MODEL

If a Caterham R500 weighs half a tonne and produces 250 horsepower, what would a Caterham producing 310 horsepower be called? My guess would have been R620, but they’ve gone for 620R. I’ve been trying to think of things that only take 2.8 seconds to draw comparisons to the 0-60 time of the new model, but I couldn’t do it quick enough. At the other end of the spectrum there’s a super-efficient, minimalistic version of the classic Seven available too.

RANGE ROVER RACES SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE

Likely inspired by Top Gear style entertainment lunacy but with a high-end and historic twist, a man in a Range Rover Sport dueled with a Vickers Spitfire in what is, was, and always will be an utterly pointless race. Much like pitting a tonne of elephant tusks against a tonne of amoeba in an effort to find out which one is best at weighing a tonne. What, you mean a Range Rover is good at driving quickly on grass and a Spitfire with nearly four times the power can fly? Well I never.

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Art galleries, before the invention of Google, a daunting place for anyone without a History of Art degree, crowded with people walking annoyingly slowly, seemingly taking in and pondering pictures and drawings that it seems an infant wouldn’t struggle to replicate. From time to time you can hear words such as “fragmented”, “asymmetrical” and “domestic” being thrown around near what appears to be a pile of sand, and it looks like the unnecessarily large security guard is overly keen to keep you from touching anything in fear of the “destructive oils” on your hands. In short, it seems pretentious, confusing and quite up itself. Welcome to the world of modern art. Yet look below the surface and you can find a world of interesting cultural representations, model art, digital creations and iPhone accessories. That’s right, not everything has to be judged by

mustachioed gentlemen that tut at the use of vibrant colours, anyone can be an artist nowadays! These are just a few of the gadgets that can help you become one, or to become someone that mocks them.

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MAKERBOT REPLICATOR 2 2D images? How retro! Gone are the days when a simple black and white, filtered photo of a house was considered enough. With Makerbot’s Replicator 2, you can now print models of up to 410 cubic inches of almost anything imaginable. Now, some may be thinking “it needs to be at least…three times bigger than this”, but in fact, the Replicator 2 is one of the finest, largest, and fairly priced 3D desktop printers on the market, at $2,200. Despite the fact it takes a PhD in Engineering to understand how these things work, no one can say that they wouldn’t want to be able to have perfect scale models of anything from cars to shoes, and with the way modern art is going, it’s more than likely that anybody with enough money to get their hands on one of these printers is instantly in contention for a Turner prize.

“ART CRITIC” IPHONE APP Modern art raises many questions today, one of which being “what has happened to the world?” In a time when a blank white canvas or a messy bedroom can be considered worthy of a prize, the mind boggles as to whether the judges or the artists themselves have gone insane. However, the new app Art Critic, developed by Mike Seaby for the iPhone, can now come to the rescue when you are asked whether an unmade bed is a representation of the chaos or hatred in our country. Of course, any logical thinking person can see that even a diamond-encrusted skull is no Sistine Chapel, but with Art Critic providing you with phrases such as “the organic tactilliousness of the piece renders it magnificently”, you can wander any gallery confident that you can fit in with even the most tweed-clad, moustache-curling “art” lovers.

OLLOCLIP IPHONE 3-IN-1 CAMERA LENS As if an 8 megapixel camera wasn’t enough on a phone, Olloclip have developed a 3-in-1 lens for your iPhone, giving a fisheye, widepictures of your breakfast that little bit more interesting. The lens, specifically created for the iPhone 4, 4S and 5, simply slips on, covering both the front and back camera, and allows them to focus just as quickly as normal, meaning you can still catch those silhouette shots of your friends on the beach or of the “#amazing #sunset” over St Ouen. This may well be the ultimate hipster accessory for the iPhone, although priced at $70.00, it seems to me that a small, portable camera may be a simpler, easier option.

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HTC WINDOWS PHONE 8X Whoever you are, the HTC Windows Phone 8X is ideal for you. Why? Because it’s designed to complement you and your lifestyle.

WACOM CINTIQ 13HD Hand-drawn art, like everything else today, has the made the move to a digital medium. It seems nothing, even one of mankind’s oldest forms of expression, can escape the tidal wave that is the electronic age, and graphic tablets are one of the best examples of this change. Wacom’s Cintiq 13HD is designed to give the impression you are drawing on a canvas, and with features such as a 1920x1080 display and 2048 levels of pressure sensitivity, they have come incredibly close to creating an actual drawing experience. It is also undeniable that some of the drawings that you can find on the internet are extraordinary, making it difficult to believe that the ‘artists’ didn’t use some kind of technological help, especially considering the Cintiq does need to be connected to a computer or laptop to work. Despite the undeniably impressive advances in digital art and design, I can’t help feeling that it’s a sad time we live in when The Mona Lisa’s pixel count has become more important than its cultural impact.

OPTOMA PICO PROJECTOR What’s the point in having a camera on your phone, or on any portable device, if you can’t show off your inexplicably large collection of “selfies”, landscape shots and SnapChat screenshots to your friends. Well now, with this portable, pocket-sized projector, there is no longer the need to see your phone passed around large crowds just so that everyone can see one inappropriate photo. With the ability to connect to almost any device, and projecting images of up to 150 inches, the Optoma Pico Projector allows you to display a full range of pictures and videos to everyone at once. You can now embarrass your friends in extremely precise detail as well, as the Pico Projector has an 854 x 480 resolution.

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As well as having a unique range of colour options to choose from, this HTC lets you personalise your screen with those things which suit your lifestyle best, giving you the option to resize, rearrange or recolour any Live Tiles on your screen. Whether using the HTC socially, for business, or for a bit of everything, this powerful phone is designed to keep you connected with the things you love. The 880 ultra-wide-angle 8 megapixel camera fits almost three times more into your shots than standard phone cameras. What’sZmore, the BSC sensor helps Sony Xperia Tablet you take crystal clear photos even in low-light conditions. With a 10.1” display reproducing beautiful, vivid colour 1080pinto along withyou wide viewing angles and awith set of Ifin you’re music, won’t be disappointed the powerful speakers, you reallyfor have no Audio™, excuse tomeaning miss a that exclusively built in amplifier Beats thing on the Xperia Z sound Tablet.whatever you can appreciate high-definition you’re doing. Even its ridiculously thin 6.9mm profile, sleek matte black and glass exterior and integrated IR blaster (perfect Business users enjoy all the benefits of the Windows MS for controlling your television whilst paired up to your Office Suite, at their fingertips, making it a phone that suits favourite viewing related app as - aitgaggle of television the business meeting as much does the office party. remotes is so last century) almost pale into insignificance when youhave realise significant feature: water HTC really gotits it most mastered with the Windows phone resistance. 8X. However you live your life, this phone will has the

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WE GET BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE NEW, 100% ELECTRIC NISSAN LEAF SMOOTH, EXCITING, COMFORTABLE, ECONOMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY DRIVING Dynamic acceleration, improved torque and motorway speeds that deliver comparable driving experience and comfort to petrol and diesel vehicles, only quieter, cheaper and with significantly less impact on the environment. All the fun - none of the fumes. A lighter powertrain and improved dynamics - like sat nav, rear view camera and climate control. The Nissan LEAF, with it’s clever packaging means the car is as spacious as any other traditional family car. Up to 90mph speed, 124 miles on one charge and charge in just 4 hours with the 6.6kW charge option. EASY PARKING AND MORE SAFETY We liked the Around View Monitor (AVM) that helps you to park precisely. A network of cameras helps that you see the vehicle’s 360° surroundings as from above. The result: perfect parking every time. Ideal for pier parking... LIFE IS EASY WITH AN ELECTRIC CAR Wake up to a fully charged lithium ion battery thanks to overnight charging (when electricity is cheaper). There’s no need for unplanned (and expensive) petrol station stops, and no noxious fumes in the garage when your Nissan LEAF starts. Using your Smartphone or PC, you can remotely start or stop the car’s climate control or start charging, so everything’s ready to go when you are. On the road, the Carwings telematic SatNav system tells you the exact amount of energy required to reach your destination. OUR VERDICT Drive with a big smile on your face knowing you are leaving no trail of CO2 behind you. Perfect for our lovely little island. If you venture further and find yourself in central London you wont pay any congestion charge.

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“AND THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS…” AN INTERVIEW WITH POET AND RAPPER GEORGE WATSKY A mixture of pathos and humour in his lyrics make this San Francisco born weaver of words, George Watsky one of the most refreshing artists of recent years. As he embarks on worldwide stardom Gallery wanted to find out what art is to him. What makes good lyrical art in your opinion? Nothing is bad art. But music that connects with you on a personal level is art. If it has impressive style and content is good. If the words, metaphors images are provocative than that’s what makes it. It has to make you think. Every rapper has different strengths and weaknesses, but when the lyrics make you take a step back then it has succeeded. The advantage of rap over other music is you can cram more information into a three-minute song. Unlike other genres of music, it’s not just about the melody. The lyrics have to carry the song as well. Rap is poetry set to music essentially, so why is rap often snubbed and not recognised as an art form in the same way? Well, music itself is a commodity. Rap attracts a negative stigma because it was about money, partying and violence in the past, but even that, I think it is art, it’s still a reflection of art… it’s just a different understanding and I think that stigma is largely going away.

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You’re known for rapping exceptionally fast. How did you discover your talent? People developing poems with fast runs is a style, but the reality at competitions there is a time limit you have to keep up, and you have to get through it quickly – that is not a style. You have four minutes to say everything you want to say and in the beginning your edit just isn’t strong enough so you just have to get through it. I pride myself on being dexterous with words and like a painter wants to be good at all different styles of painting, artists want to develop a toolbox of skills. Once I realised I could do it [speak at speed] that’s what I wanted to develop my toolbox… the melody, the metaphors are all different tools. Because you made the transition from poet to rapper, you’ve been able to expose a wider audience to the spoken word. Would you say you have you made poetry ‘cool’? I don’t know what effect I’ve had on music on a personal level and I wouldn’t say I’ve made poetry ‘cool,’ but I think a lot of musicians are pretentious and think they’re ‘holier than thou.’ What I try to do is speak in an unpretentious way, I’m vernacular, I want to put my point across simply and plainly so people can understand and relate to it. Your lyrics are full metaphors, play on words, and social commentaries, how are you received in non-English speaking countries?

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It went down really well actually. More and more countries speak English nowadays and this has allowed Americans and Brits to become lazy when it comes to learning languages. But the good news is my lyrics and the jokes translate well, particularly in places like Germany and the Netherlands where they receive a lot of their entertainment from American in English. In France and Italy, though there still is a bit of a language barrier. I think there are still some things ‘lost in translation’ between Americans and Brits. There are a lot of social differences between us. My jokes go down well in Britain; my humour is very dry – like the British. Indeed. I was fortunate enough to see you preform in Manchester this May. You have an explosive stage presence and a fantastic rapport with your fans. It’s really charming. Now you’re becoming famous worldwide on a mainstream level how do you stay grounded? Thank you. I think what keeps people grounded is their experiences. You know I have experiences that make me feel good, but there are good days and there are bad days. Sometimes we’ll have a really awesome performance where everyone is singing along and jumping up and down, but there are also some very humbling ones. I think what grounds you is knowing that you will always get knocked down a peg. Something has always crept along reminding me that I’m just a regular person like everyone else. What inspired you to go into slam poetry and rap? Was it hard starting out? I saw Def Jam before it became a HBO show, when it was a stage play in San Francisco, where I grew up, at 15 years old. I was very moved and inspired by the experience as it combined all my favourite things: poetry, comedy and performance art. I listened to a lot of the early poets, Steve Coleman, Russell Williams and rappers like Eminem or Andre 3000 from OutKast. I had a good direction from my parents, too. You know, I never had a challenge fitting in, I was very privileged growing up. My parents encouraged me to do whatever I wanted to. They were very supportive about following my dreams. When you started on Def Jam, was it difficult as a white person on a predominantly ‘black’ show? Actually Def Jam had a million different shades of people; it was actually, very diverse. There were poets representing all different walks of life and experiences. Watsky lands in the UK on his ‘Hug A Hater’ tour this November. Buy tickets from www.georgewatsky.com/ tour or follow Watsky on Twitter @gwatsky

THE CHANGING FACE OF ROCK MUSIC words | Will Garnett

IT’S A TURBULENT TIME FOR ROCK MUSIC AT THE MOMENT. WITH THE GENRE NOT PROVING SO POPULAR WITHIN THE MAINSTREAM CHARTS MANY BANDS ARE TRYING NEW IDEAS TO REGENERATE THEMSELVES. The biggest and boldest move thus far came only a few months ago with Fall Out Boy making their much anticipated return, after an hiatus in 2009, with the album ‘Save Rock and Roll.’ The band hailing from Chicago, Illinois combine numerous sounds from across all genres in comprising their latest album. The likes of Big Sean features from the rap world and Elton John also makes an appearance. The album title is a tongue and cheek take on the rise of watered down pop music with bassist Pete Wentz envisioning critical responses to it. In terms of a rock album it is nothing like that and would be considered more multi-genre than anything, but most importantly did the album put rock and roll back in the spotlight? When looking at the sales figures you would have to say yes. The album sold more than 154,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number one in the Billboard charts. But when looking at the style however you would say no. They focus more on catchy choruses and synths rather than a traditional hard rock sound, and the features, despite working on a pop level, do not work within a rock context. Take a look at the current charts and you will be hard-pressed to find a Nirvana, Foo Fighters esq band, so is this the future for rock music? I know a lot of people will be hoping that is not the case. Bands such as Everything Everything and Foals have had recent success by combining rock elements with high pitched vocals and electronics, with that looking more certain As musical tastes change genres need to adapt and rock is no exception. Up and coming albums from Kings of Leon and Thirty Seconds to Mars will be a test of the genre’s longevity in the charts, but with both bands already falling into the trap of creating pop rock it looks like traditional rock could be a dying breed. There will always be kids willing to go out and dig up the corpse but with the rise of electronic music such as house and garage the big question on my lips is, will we ever be graced by the a Kurt Cobain, or a Dave Grohl again? Time can only tell.

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