Issue 167 - April 2019
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We’re backing.. Autism Awareness
Going for Gold
WHAT’S INSIDE Featured Articles 30
A visit to Stoke-on-Trent
County Durham builder wins two
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Why the North East Autism Society is ‘Going for Gold’
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On page 32, meanwhile, we’ve quizzed one of our own for our usual ‘A Conversation with...’ feature – IN&AROUND designer Tony Yip! He shares his thoughts on his favourite parts of the magazine, as well as his hopes and expectations for the future.
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In January I had a meeting in Stoke-on-Trent, in north Staffordshire. I was coming from London, and stayed overnight in the North Stafford hotel, run by Britannia. This chain of hotels has a pretty bad reputation on social media and in the travel trade, but one of their hallmarks is inconsistency, so it was a pleasant surprise to find the Jacobean style hotel directly opposite the railway station was clean and tidy and good value for money. I would even recommend it. The hotel is in the same red brick style as the railway station. The first class lounge in the station (formerly operated by Virgin Trains West Coast) is now closed, but replaced with a Titanic bar serving excellent real ales from the local Titanic brewery. Stoke is one of the six towns which joined together in 1910, the others being Hanley (the main commercial centre), Burslem, Tunstall, Longton and Fenton. The total population today of the City, so designated by King George V in 1925, is 260,000. I only explored Stoke itself, but had I the time I would have taken the bus up to Hanley to see the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, admission free. This not only has many displays of ceramics, but also a full size Spitfire, as Stoke was the birthplace of Reginald Mitchell (1895-1937), designer of the iconic Spitfire fighter aircraft. There is, unsurprisingly, a Wetherspoons pub in Hanley named after him. The Museum is on Bethesda Street, and also has a rotating display of items from the Staffordshire Hoard, the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found. The Stoke motto is Vis Unita Fortior - United Strength is Stronger, and it has a diverse population. I had a walk around the far side of the station, a big car park, trying to find somewhere to eat, as the hotel restaurant was closed. I espied a red, black and white logo which from a distance looked like a KFC. Heading towards it, the sign was one for Staffordshire University, and I ended up in Lahori Kebabish restaurant for an excellent Chicken Biryani.
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I started my exploration with Portmeirion Pottery which was founded by Susan Williams-Ellis and her husband Euan CooperWillis in 1960. Susan had already been designing work for sale in the gift shop at Portmeirion, the Italianate village in North Wales, which had been created by her father the architect Sir Clough Williams-Ellis. In 1960 they acquired a small pottery in Stoke called A. E. Gray Ltd. Adding a second established pottery, Kirkham’s Ltd. the following year. This enabled Susan to design shapes as well as surface decoration.
The simplicity of her designs made them immediately popular, including the best selling Botanic Garden pattern. In the year 2000 the parent company’s name was changed to Portmeirion Group PLC to reflect the company’s leadership in the design and manufacture of objects of beauty for the home, not only in ceramics, but also in a wide range of other materials. The Group now comprises Portmeirion, Spode, Royal Worcester and Pimpernel. Later I ended up at the Spode Heritage Centre, which had closed, but the lady in the café took pity on me on a cold afternoon with a warming mug of coffee as she was closing up, and I had an interesting hour in the public library learning about the local history of Stoke before heading to the station for my late train home. I returned via Manchester Piccadilly, enjoying a Japanese meal at YO! Sushi on the mezzanine above Piccadilly station, then joined a Hull-bound TransPennine train to Huddersfield, dropping back a few minutes later on a direct train to the northeast.
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A Conversation with...
Tony Yip
Tony is our newest member of the design team for our In&Around publication. Here we asked Tony about his thoughts on the magazine and his role! In a few sentences, how would you describe your role at In&Around? I’ve only recently joined the team, so consider myself fairly new. However, my role as magazine designer consists of designing adverts to help clients and local businesses build brand awareness. I amend advertising artwork, design editorial pages for stories we cover in the community, a nd support the design team with other ongoing projects. What do you enjoy designing In&Around?
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I love working for In&Around! I graduated in graphic design at college, so getting to do what I enjoy for a living is a dream for me, and a far cry from other positions I previously held. It’s certainly a great reason to get out of bed every day! What have been your favourite moments so far as the designer of In&Around? Receiving the magazines fresh from the printers is incredible. It’s so rewarding, seeing all your hard work, physically printed – creating something people can see and touch. Oh, and don’t forget that irresistible scent of fresh ink, like you get when opening your favourite monthly subscription. What are your favourite parts of the In&Around magazine? I enjoy the editorial side of the magazine. As I used to read a lot of car and lifestyle magazines, I’m fascinated with how the designers would integrate stunning photography with the text in a creative, visually enticing way that draws the reader right in from the beginning. That’s something I’d like to integrate more into the magazine. What do you believe are the essential qualities of good visual communication? I’m no expert, but I believe you need to understand the product, and the clients’ needs, in order to deliver the right message. Crucially, it always needs to be clear and concise.
Can you share the best advice you’ve ever been given? I’m a fairly organised person anyway, but here at In&Around you really need to be on top of your game. You can easily be working on multiple projects simultaneously, whilst catching up on your emails and amending previous artwork, and trying to get them signed off by clients. It can be quite stressful at times, so having a hobby or some sort of outlet is healthy. Are there any aspects of your role that you think people would be surprised to hear about? We also run our sister magazine, Darlington Monthly. This covers the Darlington area - operating under the Jak HQ creative agency, so I don’t just work on the magazines. There’s plenty of creative work involved, whether it’s logos for clients’, business cards, websites, or posters - they keep me busy! What are your hopes for the magazine in the coming year? I hope to see the magazine grow and engage more people around the region - hopefully beyond County Durham and Darlington. From a design point of view, I’d like to work on a larger magazine so I can be more creative; generating appealing, eye-catching work that attracts people to read our magazine. What hobbies and interests do you most like to pursue away from the office? I consider myself a very active person. I like to cycle and work out, but the things I’m most passionate about are photography and basketball. I’ve been playing in organised games, every week, for years. I’m quite competitive so I do try and sneak in extra training sessions whenever I get the chance to stay in good form. And whether I’m travelling, or at a social event, you’ll always catch me with my camera in my hand (yes - I’m that guy!). I love capturing incredible moments; whether from an artistic point, or semimetal point of view. I love looking back on memories, recalling moments, thoughts, and capturing them, forever.
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the UK construction industry. The Heavenly Builder category is one which the winner really epitomises what the awards are all about as it looks for evidence of professionalism, courtesy and exceptional customer service. Radford Construction Services Ltd was crowned winner in the best Commercial project for designing a purpose-built, 200-guest wedding venue to extend the popular South Causey Inn. This unique new venue has a reception bar area, brides’ dressing room, chapel/ ceremony room, own kitchens, hot buffet serving room, large bar and barn hall for reception and evening. The reception space features a dramatic bespoke bar counter designed and built from reclaimed cast fireplaces and railway sleepers, while the fireplace in the entrance bar area uses reclaimed stone, brick and sleepers. All door frames were hand-built, while vast handmade windows overlook a fantastic view.
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Tel: 0191 3700943 Mob: 07989 973 345 Email: radfordconstruction@yahoo.co.uk What impressed judges most was that all of this highquality build was achieved in just six months. Company owner, Andrew Radford was crowned Heavenly Builder for the Northern Counties region for his ability to take bare-bones ideas and nurture them into innovative designs, executing projects with craftsmanship that never fails to surpass expectations. When asked about working with Andrew, the client Philip Moiser, said: “I feel like Andy has become a much-valued and honest friend and in business these days, that’s a rarity. He is a fantastic ambassador for the FMB and sets a high standard that other builders can only aspire to. I’m already looking at new projects to work on with him.” Andrew and Radford Construction Services Ltd was selected by the region’s judges to win the Northern Counties awards, which were presented at a gala dinner hosted at The Midland Hotel, Manchester on 8th March. The firm will now go through to compete in the national finals for the chance to win the UK category title. The national ceremony will be held at the Intercontinental Hotel, Park Lane London on 20th September.
Caroline Meehan, Director of FMB North, said: “The Master Builder Awards give the FMB the opportunity to celebrate a job well done and for clients to say thank you to their builders. For the construction industry, it is an opportunity to celebrate all that is good about small local building firms and their contribution to the UK economy. “Time and time again, we have been impressed with just how far these builders will go to ensure their client is happy. It is this dedication that we want to celebrate. Andrew and his team at Radford Construction Services should feel justly proud of their achievement in winning and we wish them every success in the national competition.” If Radford Construction Services Ltd wins the overall national Master Builder Awards title, selected from all national category winners, the firm will drive away in a new Isuzu D-Max Utah Pick Up truck worth more than £30,000. Their client will also receive a cheque for £1,000 for their efforts.
The FMB Master builder awards are a bi annual event. We are honoured to have been nominated and then won awards in 2015, 2017 and now again in 2019
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FILM REVIEW:
WHAT MEN WANT I’ve waited many, many years for a gender-swapped take on Mel Gibson’s loveable classic, What Women Want (2000), but I have to admit that this 2019 remake, starring Taraji P. Henson, fell somewhat short of its predecessor.
Screenwriters Tina Gordon, Alex Gregory, and Peter Huyck have flipped the original premise in writing What Men Want. Fiery, determined Ali Davis (Henson) is a sports agent working in a male dominated firm, and the plot is built on how she loses out on a huge promotion (to a man, of course). After causing a scene, fuelled by her frustration, her boss tells her that she simply ‘doesn’t understand men’. Fast forward several scenes and an exasperated Ali sits before an eccentric, drug-dealing psychic at a hen party, who convinces her to drink a mysterious ‘herbal’ tea and – boom! The male-dominating fun begins.
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Alongside this plot, the film is packed with a variety of threads committed to Ali’s personal life; her budding romance with extremely lovable Will (Aldis Hodge), and her strained relationship with long-suffering assistant Brandon (Josh Brener).
There’s a significant, yet expected shift in power dynamics when we compare this film, directed by Adam Shankman, to Nancy Meyer’s 2000 classic. In the original, Gibson’s character, Nick, is a chauvinistic, arrogant man who loses out to a woman for the first time, and for reasonable logic too. Ali, on the other hand, is a black, career-driven woman who has been overlooked by white men throughout her working life.
The title ‘What Men Want’ doesn’t work quite as well when the inner thoughts switch genders.The men that surrounded Ali don’t ‘want’, in the same mysterious sense that Gibson’s women did. Ali’s co-workers think exactly how we assume they would, which softens the punch that this film was trying to deliver. Moreover, to better understand men, Ali doesn’t attempt to get in touch with her masculine side in the same way that Gibson refreshingly explored his feminine side.
Following on from the hen party, Ali wakes to discover that she can hear the thoughts of every male she comes into contact with. Initially frightfully disturbed, she returns to the psychic and is convinced to use this new-found power to her advantage. She recognises that her career now depends on signing would-be client, Jamal Barry (Shaun Paul McGhie), so uses her new ability to tune in to his thoughts and understand his desires.
Henson brings energy to every scene and is highly commendable throughout, and the film itself has a well-structured plot and enjoys some funny moments. It was a delight to watch Ali’s personal growth, however, I can’t help but feel as though the premise would have been much more hard-hitting had it followed more closely to its predecessor, or embraced its new angle more comprehensively.
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THE SHIFT
It’s almost 25 years since the UK’s first disability discrimination act was passed in parliament. Designed to protect children, young people and adults against being unfairly treated and to shape the nation into a more equal place to live and work, it was the catalyst for a whole raft of measures during the years that followed. Yet a quarter of a century on we’re still uncovering evidence that those living with a disability – both seen and unseen – are also living with the disparity of not being able to access the same opportunities open to others. Couple this with changing attitudes and acceptance around neurodiversity and autism and we have a group of people who want – and deserve – a rich, full life with access to the same experiences and relationships as anyone else, yet find themselves trapped between a label of disability and or pressure to conform to social norms. Could it be that instead of asking those who see and process the world differently to change, it’s us who need to make a shift? The North East Autism Society’s, Lindsay Bruce, reports on the charity’s Going for Gold campaign. December 2018. Amidst the busyness of Christmas events, fundraising events and training we take time out to celebrate the success of the Metro Centre’s first accessible Santa experience. Trained by Family Development Manager, Kerrie Highcock and her team, the region’s premier shopping destination was able to offer the magic of Christmas to families of autistic children and there was such demand that the allotted appointment times sold out immediately. The only complaint was that demand outweighed availability. For the first time autistic children could enjoy the same magical experience open to their siblings. For the first time we didn’t ask neurodiverse people to simply fit in, we found a way to adjust, to make the world more inclusive. The relationship with organisations such as Intu Metrocentre is because alongside the work done delivering services and support to families, children, young people and adults in our region, the North East Autism Society has also spearheaded the country’s first Autism and Neurodiversity Academy (ANDA for short). Through this department they are able to help train and educate businesses, public sector organisations, charities and industry in how to make their services and spaces autism and neurodiversity friendly. While training provision is, of course, an extra revenue stream for the Society, helping to bolster the shortfall faced due to public sector spending cuts, there’s also a missional element to the drive to train the UK around neurodiversity.
CEO John Phillipson said: “If there is something we can do to make leisure, work and living itself better for just one person, we want to do it. And if in doing so we start a movement making the UK a better place to live for autistic people or those with other examples of neurodiversity, then all the more reason to make sure all that can be done, will be done.” Fast forward to Spring 2019 and the Society’s preparation for World Autism Awareness Month is well under way. In the past the small marketing team based at the charity’s Chesterle-Street head office has concentrated on a theme or tackling some misconceptions around autism. But this year they were very much on a mission. They’re Going for Gold. Kerrie Highcock said: “A big part of the work I do both in training and with families is developing that understanding that a person, any person, should be able to experience and enjoy their life, without being made to feel like they either have to bend to the way it’s always been done, or be made to feel on the fringes, only accessing the things wider society allows them access to.
“If it was you, or your child, would you not want instead for them to be understood? To be asked, how can we help you? Would you not want small changes to be put in place so both them and their wider family can enjoy experiences together? “We have come a long way but we are not there yet. Going for Gold helps us take steps towards autism acceptance.” The Going for Gold campaign took its lead from autistic campaigners who wanted to adopt gold – the colour associated with neurodiversity – to be the recognised emblem of autism. For NEAS it’s the colour associated with success and achievement. It’s the hallmark of great things but more than that, Going for Gold is a new take on how autism is viewed and celebrated within our region, and in our nation. Rather than the language of deficits or disability, they led the charge to see autism and neurodiversity celebrated and accepted; to be seen and understood in a positive light. Everything from landmarks being illuminated in gold to the creation of a new infinity loop awareness ribbon featured in the team’s drive to change attitudes to autism. Marketing manager Lisa Taylor said: “I’ve been involved in the charity sector, specific to autism for more than a decade and I can honestly say this has been the most rewarding time in my career. Helping people find acceptance and cultivating language to remove prejudice is much more than a marketing tool for Autism Awareness. We’ve had thank-yous from across the world, one lady was even in tears just reading that we’ve stepped away from old imagery associated with autism that implied she was ‘broken’.
“When we say it’s time to shift, it’s because we believe that. Together we can make a world of difference for people who see and understand the world differently.” For more information about North East Autism Society, please contact 0191 410 9974 or email info@ne-as.org.uk. Visit their website at www.ne-as.org.uk
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