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Editor’s lEttEr Did England’s ignominious exit from the World Cup make you feel: A: angry? B: apoplectic? C: indifferent? D: smug? Me? I’ll take all four. And all in the space of 45 minutes. Angry at half a billion pounds worth of directionless huffing-and-puffing. Briefly furious at a short-sighted linesman. Resigned, and actually quite enjoying it by the final whistle, and quietly smug that I was the only person in the room not to be tearing up a betting slip (oh, I’ve learned from hard experience). I wish England had won the World Cup - but the summer was just too bright and colourful to let ruefulness rule. The next day, I joined our photographer and writer for our Walks page outing (page 52) in the Yorkshire Dales. None of us mentioned the football - and it occurred that it really doesn’t matter if Frank Lampard finds it difficult to kick a football where he wants to unless he’s wearing a Chelsea shirt. Perspective is everything. Elle Macpherson (page 12) knows it. She’s 46 and still (still!) known as The Body. When she says that her beauty regime involves mainly drinking water, it’s probably good advice - and perhaps time to put that £120 face cream back on the shelf. Scarlett Johansson (page 82) knows it. She says glamour is just being confident and comfortable. And if anybody should know, she should. And, to bring things full circle, Simon Grayson (page 72) knows it. When he tells us Leeds United are not going into the Championship to make the numbers up - well, I start to get all excited about football again. It’s a funny old game, isn’t it?

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Jono Baker Jono has worked in financial services for 20 years. At weekends he can be found coaching football for the ‘Burton Bullets’ and rugby in Ripon. Midweek, you may just find him working as a stockbroker.

Barney Bardsley Barney started out as an arts journalist. Then she re-trained in dance and T’ai Chi, which she taught for many years. Now she writes books and articles for the Guardian and Yorkshire Post - and she gardens, in a haphazard kind of a way.

Paul Bedford Paul is a health and fitness expert who moonlights as the in-house personal trainer at the brand new Village Health club, Tingley.

Katherine Busby Katherine started critiquing her mum’s “school run” look aged four and has never looked back. Never knowingly under-dressed she has found her cultural home in the world’s leading luxury retailer, looking after the store’s marketing, press and enviably exclusive events calendar.

Rob Eaton Rob is part of a multi award winning style team at the new Russell Eaton salon in Leeds and is the current North Eastern Hairdresser of the Year. He'll be providing tricks and tips for the fashion conscious, as well as keeping the not-so fashion conscious up to date with the latest hot trends and styles.

Paul Howard Paul is the founder of the famous on-line wine bible winealchemy.com. He is also, we kid you not, one of the original King's Road punks. Whatever happened to them?’

Ben Huckerby The mastermind behind the interior scheme of Britains Best Home, Ben has a flair for mixing the traditional with the modern to create truly luxurious and sumptuous interiors. He has written regular columns for several publications and frequently offers expert comment on varying interiors topics.

Julie Kerner Shortly after an inspiring trip to the Danish base of furniture design experts BoConcept, Julie was working for the company. Hooked on interiors, she’ll be providing ideas, solutions and inspiration for the house and home.

Bethanie Lunn Bethanie is a Style Insider, Journalist and Entrepreneur with four fashion, beauty and lifestyle businesses under her belt alongside teaching, styling and presenting. Phew! If it’s worth knowing about, Bethanie knows first and she is quickly gaining a reputation as the Girl-About-Town of the North. If she didn’t exist, it would be necessary to invent her.

Samantha Marshall Samantha has been a TV Make-Up Artist for over 15 years, working on weekly soaps and award winning dramas. She will be keeping you updated on all new cosmetic products, offering tips, tricks and expertise in the process!

Matthew Peacock Matt’s mind is crammed with anything and everything to do with bikes. He has been in the bike trade since leaving school and is General Manager of the famous Chevin Cycles, Otley - who he also races for.

Rich Williams Rich Williams presents the Homerun on 96.3 Radio Aire (weekdays 3-7pm). He is Leeds born and bred and has access to all the stars that walk through the doors of the biggest radio station in Leeds. Rich studied at the University of Leeds, then spent 2 years co-presenting the Breakfast show before being offered his own show in 2009. His main passions are Leeds United, music and politics.

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Fashion Hair Weddings Beauty

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What’s New Health Wine Food Music & Films

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Robin Ince

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fashion reviews

stars

local living 50 52 54 56

home & family 60 64 66

Interiors Gardens Recipe

active 70 72 76 78

Travel Sport Gadgets Cars

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“‘The Body’ - I feel like saying give it a rest.”

MODEL BEHAVIOUR

She’s known as ‘The Body’ but there’s plenty more to Elle Macpherson than just her looks.

One of the original supermodels, at 46 she’s a successful businesswoman, running ventures including Elle Macpherson Intimates, a lingerie line, and ‘The Body’, a line of skin care products. The Australian, who has acted in many movies and had a stint on ‘Friends’, is also currently hosting and producing the new series of ‘Britain’s Next Top Model’, showing on Living TV. With Elle in the driving seat, the show has a new look and format this year and will feature a live final where viewers will be asked to vote for their favourite supermodel wannabe.

Elle lives in London and has two sons from her relationship with former long-term boyfriend, French financier Arpad Busson. Here she talks about juggling her busy career and motherhood, her secret to looking so fabulous in her forties and how she feels about her sons going into modelling. Elle also reveals what she loves so much about Victoria Beckham, her memories of appearing in ‘Friends’ and her thoughts on botox and plastic surgery. SO, YOU’RE THE NEW HOST OF ‘BRITAINS NEXT TOP MODEL’ AND THERE’S A NEW LOOK TO THE SHOW TOO? Yeah, I think this show is going to be really exciting. I’ve seen all the episodes actually and it’s a great product and people love the show, they love watching the girls’ stories and I think that’s the most important thing, so I’ve really focussed on the girls’ stories - it’s not so much about me, it’s about the girls. I’ve got a wonderful panel of judges with Julien MacDonald, Grace Woodward and Charley Speed, who are funny, very professional and really respected in the industry. So, there’s a good dose of industry clout, there’s the wow factor of ‘X Factor’ and then there’s the story of the girls so it’s a really fun project. THE TAG LINE IS ‘TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE’ SO YOU ARE ELLE ‘THE BODY’ MACPHERSON SUPERMODEL AND NOW YOU’RE DOING THIS. HOW DO YOU SPOT MODEL POTENTIAL? That’s a really great question. It’s been an interesting journey for me to watch these girls that come to me with a whole lot of hope and no or very little experience and for us, as a panel of judges, to decide who should be down to the top three, four, five girls has been really difficult and as we’ve gone along we realise we look for different things. Obviously their exterior appearance is very important, you know the

way they photograph and the way they walk, but their personal presentation, their spiritual presentation and their personalities are just as important and I’ve found that some girls have been really beautiful but they just haven’t been able to give of themselves to their photo shoots or to the other girls and they’ve drifted out of the competition. So I think we’ll be looking for a wellrounded individual. DO WE GET THE NEXT SUPERMODEL, DO YOU THINK, IN THIS NEXT SERIES? I’d like to think that they all have potential to be stars. YOU’RE USED TO BEING IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA BUT HOW HARD IS THIS, HAVING TO BE THE PRESENTER AND PULL IT ALL TOGETHER? THAT MUST BE A CHALLENGE? I found it really challenging because I’m so used to being the centre of attention and it all being about me [laughs] and really it was about the girls. So within myself I had to be aware, you know, checking on the lighting and the camera position, lines - am I presenting the right way? Am I giving the dialogue that needed to be done? But then there’s the personal interaction with the girls which the cameras are just really observing so, you know, it was interesting for me to switch from one to the other. Sometimes it’s very professional and sometimes it’s very emotional. You’ll see sometimes I’m more comfortable with that than other times. I’m sure people will be thinking ‘What is she doing?’ but I’m just in the moment with the girls. IS IT HARD THEN? THAT’S REALLY PUTTING YOURSELF OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE. HOW NERVOUS WERE YOU? I didn’t have time to be nervous because I had so much on my mind. It’s quite a tight show, the budget is tight and time is tight and there’s a lot to get through in a small period of time but I have such an amazing team of people, production team thumbs up, my other executive producers, the hair and make-up team,

Lee and Eamon and all the people I was working with, my panel of judges, the girls, you know this really is an ensemble piece, it’s not just that I walk in and do my thing. We all work together to produce a product that is different, new and exciting and, hopefully, really interesting for the viewers love at home. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE’VE NOT SEEN BEFORE IS THERE’S A LIVE FINAL THIS YEAR. We have a live final this year where the viewers at home will be able to call in and vote and I think that’s so wonderful because it gives the people at home an opportunity to really contribute to the show and also for the girls to see how their personalities and looks are being responded to by the public, it gives them a greater insight into their own popularity. It’s wonderful, it’s exciting, it’s vibrant, it’s a huge, gutsy move from Living to do something like this. It’s exciting. THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME YOU’VE WORKED IN TV? It’s the first time I’ve hosted a 13, 14 part series... YES, BUT YOU HAVE ACTED - THINKING BACK TO THE ‘FRIENDS’ YEARS, PLAYING JOEY’S GIRLFRIEND. I did seven episodes of ‘Friends’ and you know the writing was so wonderful and that team of kids were brilliant and supportive and patient. It was challenging for me because it was live TV and it’s like a play, you get there and play the whole scene out and if you fluff your lines the whole audience sees and so it was quite nerve-wracking. But it was so well written and so much fun that it just was really playful for me. I really enjoyed it. DO YOU KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ANY OF THEM? Yeah, if we see each other we say hi. I think for the first couple of years I stayed really close to them but we’ve all moved on. I’m living in London and they’re all still in L.A, so we really don’t see each other all that much. But I think if we crossed paths we’d definitely say hi.

DO YOU YOU MISS IT? ‘FRIENDS’ ‘FRIENDS’ WAS WAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT WA IMPORTA ANT SHOW AND NOW EEVERYONE VERYONE IS C ALLING FOR THEM T TO DO A MOVIE. MOVIE. IItt seems like a lon ng time CALLING TO long was ago ffor or me and in fact fact it w ass 10 years years ago and a lot has transpired transpired in n 10 years. years. myy lingerie business UK,, I’ve II’ve ’ve built m lingerie busines ss in the UK I’ve had two two children, children, I’m I’m hosting ho osting and producing pr oducing ‘Britain’s ‘Britain’s Next Next TTop op p Model’ Model’, you you know know there’s there’s been so much h growth growth over myy career o ver m career in that that time but b if I look back over over my my 30 years years of work work that that was was definitely Also hosting definit ely a highlight. highlight. 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YOU NOTT HA HAVE DO Y OU NO AVE VEE TTO O GO TTO O BATHROOM THE BA ATHR THROOM A ALL THE TIME MUCH WATER? DRINKING SO MUC CH W ATER? week. When Onlyy in the first w eek. W hen second yyou ou get up tto o thee sec ond third week and thir dw eek yyour o body our absorb adjusts and yyou ou aabsor b the water better w ater a lot bett err and yyou’ll ou’ll startt needing thee ttoilet less.. star oilet less Don’t night D on’t do it aatt nigh ht because that’s uncomfortable tha t’ss a little unc o ortable omf startt in the da day. but star y. TTry ry tto o drink three litres byy dr ink ttwo wo or thr eee litr es b three afternoon thr ee in the af terno oon and well. yyou’ll ou’ll be doing w elll. YOU HOW DO Y OU DO THA TTHAT? AT? I get water. You six bottles of 500mll w aterr. 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I think it ’ss important mentoring girls ‘Britain’s Next Model’ impor tant and when II’ve ’ve been men toring the g irls ffor or ‘Br itain’s Ne xt TTop op M odel’ trying bring thatt w wee see who II’ve ’ve rreally eally been tr ying tto o tteach each them tto o br ing the inside out so o tha are become interesting byy being are. they ar e and they bec o ome unique and in teresting just b ng who they ar e. YOU’VE GOTT TTWO BOYS. THEY? have Y OU’ VE GO WO BO YS. HOW ARE THE Y? I ha ve ttwo wo beautiful sons and one of He’s handsome. them is almost a tteenager, eenaagerr, 12 almost 13. He ’ss so tall and handsome some. YOU’VE GOTT TTWO GREAT BOTH IMAGINE YOU’VE GOTT MODEL Y OU’ VE GO WO GRE EA ATT GENES ON BO TH SIDES I IM AGINE Y O ’ VE GO OU MATERIAL BOTH don’t thatt but the they’re interesting M ATERIAL T IN BO TH OFF THEM? I don ’t kknow now about tha y’re in teresting boys, are charismatic, sensitive intelligent every parent bo ys, they ar e char ism matic, sensitiv e and in telligent and of ccourse ou urse ev ery par ent children are amazing.. But I think they they’re interesting boys thinks their childr en ar re amazing ’re in teresting bo ys and they’re enjoying lives, that’s important isn’t hopefully they ’re enjo ying their liv es, tha t’ss the impor tant thing ng isn ’t it? THEY GETT SPO SPOTTED THEY MALE IF THE Y DID GE T TED AND THE Y WERE OFFERED TTO O DO SOME S M ALE YOU ENCOURAGE often MODELLING WOULD Y OU ENC OURAGE THEM? TThey’ve hey’ve of ten been asked tto o do haven’t encouraged things and I ha ven’t en ncouraged them because I think being eexclusive xclusive in school smartt thing thing.. TThey don’t want is not a smar h go tto hey o a local school and I don ’t w ant them tto o be special different, life already quite different is,, yyou and diff ffer erent, their lif e is alr eady quit e special and diff erent as it is ou kknow, now, having quite well parents travel lot.. SSo ha ving ttwo wo quit ew ell kknown nown par ents and they tr avel a lot o I think singling physicality isn’t smartest way but were them out ffor or their ph ysicality isn ’t the smar test w ay fforward orward b ut if they w ere passionate about would supportt them aatt a la later date rreally eally passiona te abou ut it I w ould suppor ter da te as something they wanted after school pointt I just tr tryy tto w anted tto o do af ter sch hool but aatt this poin o keep them em as behind the scenes possible.. sc enes as possible YOUR APPARENTLY DOG’S BODY’ YOUR Y OUR DOG IS APP AREN NTLLY KNOW AS ‘‘THE THE DOG ’S BOD Y’ IS IT TRUE T Y OUR LABRADOODLE DOGSIDE.COM? 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BEING A MUM IS OBVIOUSLY OBVIOUSLLY IMPORTANT IMPORTANT A TO TO YOU. DO YOU YOU MIND THE ARTICLES ARTICLES AND PICTURES PICTURES YOU. ABOUT YOU YOU OR SAY SA AY Y CLAUDIA CLAUDIA SCHIFFER DOING THE SCHOOL RUN? Neither Cla Claudia audia nor I dress dress for for the school run. There There just happens happens to to be about 20 photographers photographers outside thee school each day day and yeah, yeah, it’s it’ss irritating irritating because because as far as the other parents parents are are concerned concerned I’m I’m often often e embarrassed embarrassed - they block the road, road, they gett in the way, way, they beep their horns horns and it’s it’s embarrassing. embaarrassing. The The kids kids get really, reallyy, really really embarrassed. embarrassed. It It is part part and parcel parcel of this job and I try try to to make the th he most of it but yeah yeah sometimes I’m I’m pretty pretty scruffy though. though. [Laughs] I just have have to to go about the day day and do what what I need to to do. do.

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Handpicked by Harvey Nics This September, Harvey Nichols chefs celebrate their local suppliers with a series of unique events taking place across the country. 'Handpicked by Harvey Nichols' will see the chefs taking their customers back to farms and fisheries for a special, back-to-basics lunch with a Harvey Nichols twist, to meet the producers and learn about where some of the food on restaurants' menus comes from. Richard Walton-Allen at the Fourth Floor Restaurant in Leeds and his diners will be visiting the Swillington Organic Farm in West Yorkshire for dinner on Monday 20 September. Richard sources much of his pork along with the seasonal fruit and vegetables from this award-winning farm and is very happy to have the opportunity to show it to his diners. Tickets for the Handpicked by Harvey Nichols lunches are strictly limited. Priced at £75 per person, the tickets include site visit, meal and all drinks. To book a place, please visit www.harveynichols.com or contact the restaurants directly.

FORWARD LADIES AT BIBIS A glitteringly glamorous women's networking event hosted by Bibis Italian Restaurant and Forward Ladies, raised £225 for a local children's charity. The Sex and the City themed evening brought together fifty businesswomen with some of Leeds' finest and most glamorous retailers and services including Dawn Stretton, Russo, Firenza, The Hemingway Club and Juvel Jewellery - to do business in one of Leeds' most iconic restaurants, Bibis Italianissimo. Radio Aire and Magic 828's Cash for Kids provides a helping hand for local children raising money to benefit sick, disabled and underprivileged local kids.

JURYS INN OPENS IN BRADFORD The highly anticipated Jurys Inn Bradford hotel opened in July. Just a five minute walk from the train station, the £20 million hotel in the heart of the city has 198 bedrooms, three dedicated meeting rooms and a refreshment breakout lounge, a separate bar and restaurant, and cardio gym. Free WiFi is available in all areas of the hotel including bedrooms.

LOCAL GIRL CROWNED NEW FACE OF WHITE ROSE SHOPPING CENTRE A Leeds resident has been crowned the new face of the White Rose shopping centre following a regional modelling competition. Christelle Falter, 21, who grew up in Harrogate before moving to Leeds in 2008, beat off hundreds of other local entrants and was voted winner of the competition by the city's people. Christelle will now go on to star in the shopping centre's Autumn/Winter advertising campaign, as well as receiving £500 to spend in the centre.

Grassington Inn Makes the List John and Sue Rudden, owners of Grassington House Hotel are celebrating becoming members of the prestigious Great Inns of Britain. Grassington House offers Georgian elegance in the heart of Grassington in the North Yorkshire Dales, and their membership brings The Great Inns of Britain total membership to 24.

www.grassingtonhousehotel.co.uk

GREAT YORKSHIRE SHOW ENDS ON A HIGH Glorious sunshine brought the 152nd Great Yorkshire Show to a close in July. Attendance figures were amongst the highest in the event's history - 131,382 over the three days which is a rise for the fourth year in succession. Harvey Nichols was part of the Welcome to Yorkshire stand, where they hosted wine and food tastings as well as supporting the Welcome to Yorkshire Ladies lunch.

SEEKING TALENTED START-UPS IN YORKSHIRE New businesses in Yorkshire are urged to enter The Startups Awards 2010, organised by startups.co.uk, the UK's most popular website for small businesses. These prestigious awards reward the most exciting new companies across the country. To be eligible to enter, the business must have been trading for less than three years and be privately owned. The closing date for entries is 03 September 2010 and finalists will be announced early November. For details of how to enter and a full list of categories visit: www.startupsawards.co.uk.

EPERNAY EXPAND THEIR OFFERING Epernay in The Electric Press, Leeds, have launched Champagne Tasting Sessions with three packages - the Intimate, Complete and Prestige Collections. Tasting sessions are fun and informative and a fantastic activity for entertaining clients, friends & family and perfect for a work event or party. For more info visit: www.epernaychampagne.co.uk

ACTRESSES NEEDED! Tamasha Theatre Company & Harrogate Theatre are looking for at least four actresses to act as extras in the upcoming World Premiere production of The House of Bilquis Bibi which the two organisations are co-producing. The extras will be needed for the Harrogate Theatre performances in September. This will be a unique opportunity to be part of this exciting show which features renowned Bollywood actress and singer Ila Arun and Indira Joshi who is best known as the mother from The Kumars at No 42. If you are interested, send a brief email with your name, age, a photo of yourself and contact details to admin@tamasha.org.uk

HALIFAX FESTIVAL RETURNS

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VOGUE AND PALOMA TAKE A FANCIE

Fancie. is a sumptuous Sheffield cake boutique dedicated to all things scrummy, sticky and indulgent. Pastry Chef, Amanda Perry founded Fancie. in 2008 and since then, has enjoyed rapid growth with boutiques now on the fashionable Sharrowvale Road and Winter Gardens with the promise of two more new openings this year alone. Vogue magazine has dubbed it 'the hidden gem of the North' and a host of celebrity and high profile fans, including Paloma Faith, have indulged their tastebuds. www.fancie.co.uk

There's a varied and entertaining programme of very special events at this year's Halifax Festival, including films, music, workshops, children's shows - even a death-defying stuntman. Things get underway on149th August and run until the 22nd. For further details, ticket prices, times etc visit www.victoriatheatre.co.uk or for full Festival information visit www.halifaxfestival.co.uk

LEEDS LOVES SHOPPING! Leeds Loves Shopping, a fashion lover's festival, is the city's annual shopping extravaganza and will be back for its fifth year this October (14th-24th), having grown to become one of the most important dates in the city's calendar. The festival will be a fabulous ten days of fashion shows, makeovers, shopping themed events and special offers and promotions, to showcase Leeds' contemporary and cosmopolitan retail offer and highlight all that Leeds loves about retail therapy. For more information visit www.leedslovesshopping.com

Charmed BY DANCE Two well-known Leeds-based companies have joined forces, capturing the ethereal beauty of dance in a unique range of stunning jewellery. Azendi jewellers have created a series of 9 charms inspired by the work of Northern Ballet Theatre, and will donate 20% of the profits from sales of these charms to support the development of NBT's new home in the centre of Leeds. The charms are on sale now online and in all Azendi's stores nationwide, including Leeds, Headingley, Harrogate and York.

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Fashion should be fun, frivolous and exciting but if, like me, it’s impossible to spend your whole day parading about looking pretty - you have to go to work, travel on public transport and sometimes even (although I shouldn’t really admit it) prefer to be comfortable - then Hallelujah! This season is for us!! This season’s catwalks were awash with wearable, beautiful pieces for every occasion. However, it’s not all back to basics! There are plenty of lust-after must-have pieces that just happen to be practical (and flattering) … impossible to resist.

Caped Crusader Minimum detail, maximum effect. The day cloak is a chic cover up, adding an elegant flourish to the most basic of looks. Cape 3.1, Philip Lim, £725 from Harvey Nichols, Leeds www.harveynichols.com

Red Alert Wear this season’s hottest colour top to toe for a modern chic alternative to the lbd. Stella McCartney, £1,250 from Harvey Nichols, Leeds www.harveynichols.com

Trousers They look great, they feel great and they seem to have magical leglengthening, hip-narrowing qualities… we’re sold! This season’s trousers are proper trousers, not jeggings, leggings, 7/8th or harems - actual trousers! Just about everyone showed a version from the very sexy fitted, to the totally 70’s boot-cut. Your go to piece for this season - team with a silk blouse a la Chloe for day or something embellished for a stylish alternative to a cocktail dress. J by Jasper Conran - Camel Crombie Coat £190, Grainy Trousers £45, 3/4 ruched gloves £22, Jagger Tote £85 from Debenhams www.debenhams.com

Beautiful Malene Birger A/W collection now in-store at Attic, Ilkley, 96 Leeds Road, LS29 8DH 01943 607607

Project D - bringing accessible glamour and style to real women. Danni Minogue is a self-styled, award-winning, style icon. She has learned to effortlessly mix high street and designer pieces to suite her shape and her lifestyle and it is this philosophy she has used in her partnership with London based designer Tabitha Somerset – to create Project D. Their first capsule collection is a well edited selection of silk day looks, cocktail chic and red-carpet–ready dresses. With oversized patent belts, flowing silk and georgette fabrics, draping and extra sparkle, creating a feminine silhouette for an everyday sense of elegance and instant glamour.

Don’t tell anyone but... Celebrities and civilians alike have been going crazy for the latest combat pant from J Brand – The Houilihan. And with waiting lists around the country they have been impossible to get hold of, however, Harvey Nichols, Leeds has just received a new selection of them in khaki and navy, but get there quick as they are a sure-fire sell out. £285 from Harvey Nichols, Leeds www.harveynichols.com

Make a Statement – Go Understated Skirt lengths are getting longer, heels are getting lower, and a subtle sexiness is superseding overt sexuality. Blame Mad Men, or one too many starlets flashing their pants but this new reserved look is refreshing and set to be a big hit. Alice by Temperley Mini Aimey Dress £294 from Morgan Clare, HG1 2TF, Harrogate, 01423 565709 www.morganclare.co.uk

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Long hair can become unruly if you don’t offer up some crucial follicle T.L.C. The north east’s Hairdresser of the Year, Rob Eaton, reveals the secrets to growing long hair fast - and keeping it in tip-top condition …

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The secret to having long hair is a simple one - strong hair. And that means getting rid of all those damaged ends. So your first step is to head to the salon for a good snip. How much is enough? Unless your hair is very thick or very curly, have the stylist trim your hair until it is more of a one-length shape. One-length hair stays healthier, and that means from hereon you can grow it without having as many cuts.

By energising your hair follicles and therefore your hair growth you need to increase circulation to your scalp. There are three easy ways to do this: 1) Do more exercise so your heart is pumping. 2) Flip your head upside-down once a day, brushing your hair from roots to ends (use a natural boar bristle brush to prevent breakage). 3) Massage your scalp daily using your fingertips - you can do this while you are shampooing.

Studies show that hair actually grows slower when you are stressed. Your hair also needs a good night's sleep as rest recharges your body

You are what you eat. Hair can only stay long and healthy if you eat well-balanced meals. Foods rich in vitamin A (dairy products, fish, spinach, apricots), vitamin B (meat, fish, bananas, leafy green vegatables), vitamin C (citrus, melon, tomatoes and potatoes) and vitamin E (nuts, broccoli, whole grains) are essential for truly healthy hair. Red meat is rich in iron and zinc, two nutrients proven to help your hair grow fast.

Oily roots and product build-up can clog follicles and prevent your hair from growing as quickly as possible. Hair grows on average about a half-inch per month, so be sure to shampoo daily (or even more often if you work out) and give your hairbrush a weekly cleansing so you don't re-brush in old dirt and oil.

The longer your hair is, the older it is. So treat it well! Use shampoos for your hair type and treat your hair once a week to a hair mask. If you go into your salon for an insulin treatment once a month your hair will feel amazing and your stylist will be able to give you inspiration on ways different ways to style your hair and prevent you from becoming bored with it. Avoid using heated appliances as much as possible. Be careful when tying your hair up not to pull too tight - you're running the risk of damaging the hair.

Studies show that hair actually grows slower when you are stressed. Your hair also needs a good night's sleep as rest recharges your body

hair products Get hair that screams “look at me” with got2b’s innovative NEW unisex range of extreme styling products. From voluptuous volume, fierce protection and scandalous spikes, to fashionable freezes, hot holds and touchable textures, got2b is a super styling range, which provides ultimate attitude for hair. £3.95 RRP from Boots, Superdrug, Tesco

This delicate oil-based formula from Davines can be used as a make-up remover, a deep conditioner for hair and a body moisturiser. It is formulated with 98% natural ingredients and contains jojoba oil, a strong antioxidant with protective and emollient properties, carthame oil, sun flower oil, sesame oil and shea butter. £16.80 – stockists: 0203 301 5449

Tresemme’s new Colour Revitalise shampoo and conditioner has been upgraded and reformulated, specifically designed to tackle the issue of colour fade, helping keep that just-coloured look for longer. Enriched with extracts of green tea, rosemary and sunflower, it gently cleanses without stripping or drying the hair while helping to add shine and manageability, and preparing hair for optimal colour retention. £4.29 from Boot, Superdug, Asda

Try Aveda's amazing in salon treatments starting from £15, they can restore tired, lifeless hair into glossy locks within 30 mins! combined with a deep head and shoulder massage its the ultimate way to relax and leave looking amazing. Russell Eaton, Leeds are finalists in two national awards - best salon design in the country and ultimate hairdressing salon experience - again we are the only northern finalists! Watch this space for more details of how we get on.

Big hair is back and Blowdry Potion not only adds volume it also protects and adds hold for sophisticated styling. £7.75 from www.osmoessence.co.uk

A NEW DAWN FOR ROLLERS TheO from Cloud Nine is here. It is the next generation of style. It has advanced rollers beyond belief. It will change your world. Discover more at www.cloudninehair.com

For your nearest stockist, please contact Cloud Nine directly on 0845 026 7121

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Every new bride-to-be must visit wildbride.co.uk – it is the definitive list of unique wedding suppliers for our region. There’s a comprehensive directory online and they even supply extra ideas, hints, tips and exclusive offers for the special day. Catering, florists, honeymoon – even the stag and hen nights – they’re all there. Why not join them for their Wedding Fayre at Leeds Marriott Hotel, 26th September. For more info: www.wildbride.co.uk

How to Start, Where to Go, Who to See … Take these 9 nuptual Steps Towards the Perfect Wedding …

THE DRESS There’s a breathtaking collection at Harrogate’s Hayley Dennison – one of the finest in Yorkshire – and they’re wonderful with every budget and every size. Expect close, very friendly service and, crucially, the dress of your dreams! 30 Montpellier Place, Harrogate, HG1 2TG. 01423 202029 www.thebridalcollectionharrogate.co.uk

MOTHER OF THE BRIDE We’ve two essential places for the Mother of the Bride to visit - Pudsey’s Rag Doll offers a comprehensive range of elegant, chic and sophisticated wear from some of Europe’s top fashion houses. Service has been refined over 30 years and their one-to-one attention is second to none. Oh, and they sell some beautiful hats too! 76 Galloway Lane, Pudsey, LS28 8LE, 01274 660880 www.ragdollofpudsey.co.uk Harrogate’s Snooty Frox is a beautiful boutique perfect for special occasion wear. There are over 50 exclusive designer collections in-store, all with co-ordinating accessories from size 8 – 24. The perfect place for that gorgeous new look from head-to-toe. 34-36 Hookstone Rd, Harrogate, HG2 8BW. 01423 815320 www.snootyfrox.co.uk

WEDDING LISTS

Most guests love a wedding list – it takes the pressure out of finding that much-needed gift. Debenhams make a huge effort on wedding lists these days. Online you can set up a list, manage it and then send it out to guests. It couldn’t be simpler… www.debenhams.com

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Pink Butterfly, Farsley: Beautiful independent boutique with a fabulous collection of affordable rings that can be made to order (right down to half sizes) – they also offer a bespoke service on tiaras and fascinators. 46 Town Street, Farsley, Leeds, LS28 5LD, 0113 2577447 www.pinkbutterflyjewellery.net

For the fizzy stuff, it simply has to be Harvey Nics, dahling. Verve Clicquot, Bollinger, Armand de Brignac – there’s a huge choice with discounts for bulk orders. Harvey Nichols Foodmarket, Victoria Quarter, Leeds

THE RING Kath Libbert is where jewellery becomes art. Here’s one of Yorkshire’s most distinctive collections of contemporary wedding jewellery. All the items are individually designed and handcrafted and thecollections continually change throughout the year. 2nd floor, Salts Mill, Saltaire, BD18 3LA 01274 599790 www.kathlibbertjewellery.co.uk

CEREMONY & RECEPTION: Where better than Oulton Hall? The luxurious Yorkshire hotel offers the complete package – from room hire for the civil ceremony to preferential rates for your guests staying overnight. They’ll even roll out the red carpet for your arrival if you wish … plus, there’s plenty of pre-wedding pampering available in their luxury spa. What else do you need?! Rothwell Lane, Leeds, LS26 8HN, 0113 2821000 www.devere.com

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Professional make-up artist Samantha Marshall offers some bitesize beauty advice … APPLYING FOUNDATION

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Choose the correct foundation for your skin type. If your skin is dry, try using a cream foundation as this will put moisture back into the skin - liquid foundations are better for oilier skins. If you don’t need much coverage, maybe try a tinted moisturiser.

Before you prepare to polish your nails, wipe them with nail varnish remover as this will remove any grease from your nails and help the polish to last longer.

To find the correct colour, do not test on the hands or inside the wrist as the colour of your face differs from these areas. The best way is to apply a small amount to the jawline and blend in. Apply the foundation with a cosmetic sponge (I use a natural sponge), blend into the hairlines and down onto the neck. Make sure the sponge is always kept clean and use antibacterial handwash to clean it. I apply foundation all over the face, including under the eyes and on the eyelids. If you need more coverage under the eyes then you can apply under-eye highlighter on top. Eyeshadow will stay on longer if applied on a base of foundation.

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Try using some loose face powder to set the foundation once applied - this will make the foundation stay for much longer.

Always apply a clear base coat before using a coloured polish, even if it is a pale shade. This will prevent any colours from staining your nails, and also gives you an even base on which to apply your colour. The best way to apply colour is in three strokes: one down the middle and one down each side. If you make a mistake and get nail varnish on the skin, just use your nail polish remover and some cotton buds - easily sorted! Try and make sure the nail polish is completely dry before applying another layer. If your favourite nail varnish has gone a bit thick in the bottle then try mixing a little nail varnish remover in with it. This will thin out the varnish and make it usable for longer!

Equazen eye q Omega-3 supplements are being recommended as a great way to moisturise skin, hair and nails from the inside out and even help boost general wellbeing.

New to the UK men’s grooming market, Rehab London has launched a gorgeous range that is “rock n roll” on the outside, but gentle on the in. The entire range is free from skin-unfriendly parabens, petrochemicals and sodium laureth sulphates but packed full of the hero anti-oxidant ingredient, Hawaiian Water Algae. We love the Revive Survive energiser – zingy but leaves no residue on the skin.

Rich in naturally sourced essential fatty acids - nutrients normally found in oily fish like sardines and mackerel – it’s claimed they boost nail growth and strength and give a gloss and added volume to hair.

£14.95 from rehablondon.co.uk

£7.99 for 60 capsules from equazen.co.uk

Japanese beauty brand DHC has introduced Velvet Skin Coat, a brilliant multi-tasking make-up primer that creates the perfect canvas for make-up application. It glides on seamlessly to make skin look and feel smoother and it hides visible pores, fills in fine lines and absorbs excess oil to reduce shine and create a matte velvet base which ensures make-up lasts all day. £12.50 from dhcuk.co.uk

This refreshing deepcleansing device helps remove makeup and daily grime more efficiently than manual cleaning as well as unclogging pores. It's gentle enough to use twice a day to renew and rejuvenate your skin's appearance. NutraSonic uses a patented frequency of more than 300 movements per second to clean, soften and smooth skin. £120 from nutrasonic.co.uk

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We love Clinique’s limited edition deep black shade mascara – it creates the necessary contrast against the whites of the eyes for a youthful, vibrant look. £14.50 from Harvey Nichols, Leeds

Keep summer lingering with these cute Ciaté Festival Fever nail pots, featuring a vivid colour palette. £9 each from ciate.co.uk

Don’t neglect your hands; they’re the unsung heroes of your body. Typing to texting, gardening to grating you couldn’t do it without them. And how do you repay them? With the odd splash of polish and a quick file now and then. Moisturise them regularly and you’ll reap the benefits - gorgeous hands that don’t betray your age or your profession. Julia Paddon has been trying, testing and assessing - here are her best buys for perfect hands…

Yes to Carrots: Without even a hint of orange! This cream is rich, non-greasy and smells like parma violets. Lovely and absorbs in a flash. £8.99 / 200ml Boots/Debenhams/ASOS

Organic Surge: Excellent organic credentials. This one is a great overnight skin conditioner. Be warned - a little goes a long way. £3.99 / 75ml Boots/Waitrose/Ocado/organicsurge.com

OP Therapy: Emu Oil? Really? Yes and it works wonders, honestly! Fabulous for dry skin, so good in fact we ended up using this one on our elbows and feet too! PS: Smells like toffee, yum. £17.95 / 150g optherapy.co.uk

Arran Aromatics: We all agreed this one smelled absolutely gorgeous and looked beautiful. A show off hand cream for the guest bathroom if ever there was one. Just don’t tell Hyacinth that it was such a bargain! £8 / 300ml arranaromatics.com

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Elemis: These superb anti ageing specialists do it again with a truly lux overnight cream. Our testers agreed it visibly reduced age spots. £29 / 100ml Debenhams/John Lewis

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HissyFit: We all know Australia do sunscreen best and this, although it may be a little hard to get hold of at the minute, is worth the wait. Smells exactly like chocolate orange and at SPF 30 really protects your hands. Contrary to most sunscreen this absorbs super fast. £19 / 50g hissyfit.com

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Simple & E45: We couldn’t pick a winner between these two. They both deliver great non-greasy moisture for problem skin for about the same price. Especially good for winter.

Cocoon U: A heavenly fragrance that transported us straight back to the SPA relaxation room. Indulgent hand luxury and organic too… mmm.

Simple -£3.79/50ml E45 - £3.80 / 50ml All good chemists.

£22 / 100g The CocoonU Boutique, Harrogate

Dove Pro-Age: Excellent value for money, smells great and skin feels rejuvenated. We liked the handy 75ml size too. £1.99 / 75ml Most Chemists/Supermarkets

Natio Wellness: Medium consistency, this is a great all-rounder with added bonus of 15SPF sun protection, although you’d never have thought it because it smells like love hearts and is totally non-greasy. Hooray! £9 / 100ml Debenhams

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BEST HANDBAG A’Kin: Hands, nails and cuticles. In one handy little tube.

Lush Handy Gurugu: Ethical, highstreet, handmade, great thick cream that we all agreed would be good for hard working man hands!

What’s not to like?

£6.50 / 100g Lush stores and online

£7.99 / 75ml www.mypure.co.uk

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Writer and Presenter, Bethanie Lunn reports on all that's new and fabulous in the region - from new bar and restaurant openings to the latest treatments. What she doesn't know isn't worth knowing…

Meadowhall is coming over all cool. Not only did they host a series of pop-up boutiques this summer featuring live bands from local record label 'We Are Dead Young', vintage fashion and high-end designers, but they now give us an entire month dedicated to fashion! October Fashion Month present four weeks of fashion and beauty events, discounts and pampering and crescendos with two fashion shows compered by the inimitable Wayne Hemingway. There is something new happening every day. Expect style and career advice, pamper and style lounges for busy mums and beauty junkies, mini catwalks, make-up lessons, guest vintage stores, celebrity visits and fashion auctions! I'll also be there launching my book and giving style and beauty classes - so get thee to the mall! Email: fashion10@meadowhall.co.uk to register for more information and check out www.meadowhall.co.uk for the time table.

New Concept for York as Competition Winners help to Welcome Continental Accommodation to the Centre The Fort, a boutique hotel offers a brand new concept for York, offering luxurious accommodation for a total of 16 people, but at the cost of a hostel. Guests are treated to en-suite wet rooms, flat screen TVs and Wi-Fi connectivity. Each room has been designed by competition winners; taking their inspiration from the interior of a log cabin to the rawness of graffiti art. The Fort offers accommodation you would expect in a four star hotel for only £20 a night - definitely worth an overnight stay - if only just to peek at the design. Visit www.thefortyork.co.uk for more information.

Nail Polish That Lasts Two Weeks! The latest craze set to revolutionise the nail world, Shellac combines the properties of polish and gel to create a new system that goes on just like a polish yet lasts like a gel, giving a mirror-like finish that lasts for at least two weeks with no smudges or chips!

One of the few places in the region to offer this fantastic treatment is Yummi Mummi, Leeds. This is a great little salon focused on giving busy women quality treatments in a flash. You don't have to me a 'mummi' to go, but if you are this treatment is fast and effective and you can drop the kids off at their partner crèches on Harrogate Road or Stonegate Road, Leeds. Call 0113 266 8221 for more information. Yummi Mummi, 4 Corner House, Moortown Corner, Leeds LS17

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• La Bottega Milanese on Call Lane, Leeds now has al fresco seating and a new summer menu to indulge in. ................................. • Upstaged selling vintage maternity wear. The only place in the UK to do so! 5 Grand Arcade, LS1 6PG, 0113 243 5855, www.upstagedleeds.co.uk

Wildbride Wedding Fayre 2010 Sunday 26th September 11-4pm The Wildbride Wedding Fayre 2010 plays host to numerous unique exhibitors, all of whom are top in their field of expertise. Their venue this year is The Leeds Marriott Hotel; an upscale elegant hotel in the heart of the city centre well known for hosting a whole range of events. Brides visiting the Fayre will receive a complimentary Show Guide and one of the exquisite Show Bags. They will also receive special discounts on all refreshments and on dining at The Marriott Leeds on the day. On the day of the Fayre, Brides will also receive free use of The Marriott Leisure Club facilities for 2 people, discounted parking at Boar Lane car park - and Tarot Card readings are available by appointment! For your exclusive FREE ticket visit wildbride.co.uk.

My Book Tipped for the Top! ‘The Modern Girl’s Guide to Fabulousness’ Do you wish you had your own personal guru to help you become a goddess in the kitchen … and in the bedroom? How about some trade secrets to help you look and feel your best? What about an in-the-know fast-track toward the good things in life? 'The Modern Girl's Guide to Fabulousness' is the ultimate lifestyle bible, giving you vital insider knowledge and info on the coolest places, services and products around. You'll also discover cocktail ideas from Dita Von Teese, foodie heaven from Mark Hix, Olivia St Claire's top ten ways to unleash your inner sex goddess and beauty advice from celebrity make-up artists, Lee Pycroft and Ariane Poole, among many other treats. I have written this as an A-Z guide on fun things to do, exciting places to go, what to wear, where to dine, shop and beautify - saving you time and money in the process. I have personally tested everything first - and only the best are recorded in this heavenly Little Black Book! Elle Macpherson has already tipped it for the top saying, “Her 'little black book' uncovers places and services in addition to featuring experts who offer their pearls of wisdom. Let's hope she takes her gentle wit and her quest for fabulousness global.” Order yours now at www.amazon.co.uk 'The Modern Girl's Guide to Fabulousness' is published by Book Guild, October 2010.

Where I'm Dining

Delicioso! Salsa Mexicana is a hot favourite in Leeds Have you been to Chapel Allerton lately? The place is buzzing with independent restaurants and boutiques and everyone is talking about Salsa Mexicana. At first glance it doesn't look anything special, with its unassuming exterior and raw yet authentic décor, but it is always brimming with smiling customers and is so lively and vibrant, once inside you could be in Mexico City itself. My partner and I started the night off with the infamous Margaritas - do not leave here without having tried one. They are blended to perfection and pack a real punch! There's a great array of dishes combining your classics with more exploratory creations. The portions are huge and the Latin rhythms and friendly service all add up to a great night out. 116a Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, Leeds LS7 4NY T: 0113 268 1110

New Salon for Leeds

Rebel Pinup is a new independent boutique salon in the heart of Leeds, providing bespoke hairdressing at its best. Owner and top stylist, Craig Christon, has created something truly unique for the folk of the city! Craig has joined forces with long-term friend Steven Banks and the salon is designed to provide a unique hairdressing experience. Forget generic high street salons, Rebel Pinup is an eclectic fusion of styles: think Hollywood tattoo parlour meets the intimacy of pinup girl Betty Page's boudoir and you get the idea. Rebel Pinup, 38 New York Street

Underground Restaurant Scene Comes to Leeds

You may have heard of the underground restaurant scene - it's huge in London but one ambitious lady, named 'BakeLady' to maintain secrecy, has brought it to Leeds. Underground restaurants are found in unconventional venues, often residential homes, and diners don't often know the venue, menu offering or the fellow diners until a few days before and pay either a set price or a 'donation' to dine. BakeLady holds tea parties in her own home, offering savoury and sweet treats, and diners can expect a traditional afternoon tea with delicious home-made cakes and buns, fresh sandwiches and perfectly brewed tea. Check out her blog which is full of recipes and lists the upcoming events throughout the year. Be quick though, they are fully booked into September already! www.bakelady.wordpress.com

what's hot in the Shops Tweed was all over the autumn winter catwalks with injections of glittering thread and bright colours. This Check Jacket, £300, is an in trend winner! Viyella, Beatties-Kingsgate Centre, King Street, Huddersfield

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This Louche @ JOY Rope Neck Detail Stripe Dress, £39.00 captures the playful and chic Riviera trend perfectly and will still look cool as the sun fades into autumn, teamed with long socks and a slouchy cardigan. JOY at Clarence Dock, Leeds has closed down - boo hoo! You can still delight in their effervescent style at The Light Shopping Centre, Leeds - so all is not lost.

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Many people ask me what to wear to the office during the summer months in order to look professional but keep cool. This bright and floaty canary yellow pleated skirt, £55, is ideal and versatile. Team it with a cool cotton white shirt or tee and wedges. There are stores in Harrogate and Meadowhall, Sheffield. Visit www.give.co.uk for more details.

Go Organic from the Inside-Out

Millie's Fresh & Organic is looks like an organic grocery store from the outside but there is far more than meets the eye to this one-stop organic shop! You'll discover an award-winning deli counter, an impressive selection of groceries, vitamins and beauty products and now upstairs, they introduce their expanding beauty and fitness studios. Head Beautician, Emma Wilkinson has passed the Sienna X Tanning Masterclass with flying colours so I simply had to try it. You stand inside a tanning booth wearing a hair net and briefs to cover your modesty as Emma sprays the tanning solution over your face and body using a powerful hand-held airbrush system. It's very efficient only taking 10 minutes, though 30 minutes is allowed for the full process as you will need to let the solution dry before dressing. I was left looking instantly golden with no streaks or pong, like other false tans can leave, so I felt confident leaving the salon.

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weird and wonderful hair art They may look like deliciously edible biscuits but they're actually hair accessories designed by local burlesque performer, Morning Star. Food Hair Clips, £2.50 by Morning Star @Daisy Cutter Bespoke Buy online at www.myspace.com/daisycutterbespoke or pop along and meet them in person at the Monthly Angels Share Vintage Fair, Chapel Allerton, Leeds: www.angelsshare.co.uk/events

T: 0113 242 9217 www.milliesfreshandorganic.co.uk

Best Dot Com Buy A great piece for any man as the seasons transcend Cardigan, £35 from the 90s Preppy collection www.asos.com

Fuller Hair with Added Bling

Leading hair and beauty salon, The Avenue, has teamed up with a new hair accessories and extensions company that banishes clips forever. Instead, decorative jewellery and hair pieces are added to hair applied by adapting the techniques of needle-threading; a simple solution yet ultra smart in its originality. The Avenue give you free lessons on how to re-do the look yourself at home since the products are also re-usable. All Jwel U and Hair Fillers hair additions range can be bought exclusively through www.jwelu.co.uk or 0800 917 9992. Alternatively at The Avenue on 0114 272 0582 www.attheavenue.com Prices start from £6

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£4995 Have you ever dreamt you could get married at a luxurious Yorkshire hotel on a budget? If you have, this is the package for you! • • • • • • • • • • •

Room hire for civil ceremony and the full day Arrival Drink Three Course Wedding Breakfast Two glasses of wine served during the meal One glass of Sparkling wine for Toast Use of our cake stand and knife Dedicated Events Manager who will act as Toastmaster Red carpet on arrival Wedding Buffet menu 1 Yorkshire double room for the Bride and Groom Preferential Wedding rates for all guests

To book call 0113 2821000 or email weddings.oulton@devere-hotels.com

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Just the Two of Us Enjoy the ultimate in private suite for two, with its own hydrotherapy pool & steam room. Within this package we include a full body candle massage with seductive lavender, mandarin and salt butters & palm oil which when warmed is transformed into an aromatic massage oil with relaxing and hydrating properties. Complete with an Advanced Facial Therapy and Glass of Bubbly! (150 mins treatment time plus 60 mins relaxation - £400 per couple)

Brides pre-wedding beauty package This luxury package includes a Full Body Exfoliation and Aromaherapy Facial to leave your skin silky smooth. This deep cleansing facial, purifies, refines and hydrates. Specific active aromaherapy products are combined with acupressure massage, oriental head message and lymph drainage to leave the mind clear and the skin radiant and moisturized. Your pamper day will conclude with a luxury manicure or pedicure. (150 mins - £130)

Brides Wedding day package A personalized make-up application to prepare you for your Big Day using Bare Minerals make-up

range followed by a Luxury Manicure or Pedicure for those finishing touches. (90 mins - £80 per person - Room treatments also offered ay an extra £20 per person).

Hen Package This includes a 1 hour facial of your choice and full use of the Spa facilities. (60 mins - £70 per person)

What little Girls are Made of... (Perfect for the hen party!) A full body exfoliation with SUGAR scrub to soften the skin, followed by a full body massage with warm Oriental SPICE massage oil. Finish the treatment with an envelopment with our silk body wrap to leave your skin soft, smooth and fabulous! Complete the experience with of coarse: ALL THINGS NICE... Pink Bubbly! (90 mins - £100)

Groom/best man package Full Body Massage for total relaxation and full use of Leisure Facilities. (60 mins - £70) Light lunches are available upon request at an extra charge. All packages include full use of the Spa Facilities.

Based on 40 guests during the day and 80 in the evening. Additional day guests will be charged at £80 per person. Additional evening guests will be charged at £18.95 per person. Valid for new bookings only, available Sunday through to Friday. January-Appril inclusive and October-November inclusive. Subject to availability – excluding Bank Holidays. Oulton Hall & Spa, Rothwell Lane, Leeds, Yorkshire, LS26 8HN

Personal trainer at The Village, Tingley, Paul Bedford offers advice on taking your exercise that extra mile and offers up some professional tips and tricks on stamina and endurance…

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Fuel the Body It's simple, really - you need fuel in order to last and endure. When you're endurance training it is massively important that you eat and drink the correct way in order to maximize your performance. Always carb load 2-3 hours before the session - this means you should take in foods such as wholemeal rice, pasta and bread or potatoes - they will be your main source of energy for your exercise. Sports (electrolyte) drinks or gels can also be consumed in the last hour prior to exercise to give you an extra push.

Break Down the Brick Wall I am sure you have heard the statement, “I've hit a brick wall”- but what does it mean? It happens a lot with long distance endurance training - it's a period during the run, swim or cycle where you feel you simply can't go on. A tip to help you get through the wall is to use positive imagery of you actually achieving your goal and to train your mind to think positively, rather than just throwing in the towel. Training partners or personal trainers are also useful for encouragement through the tough times.

Rest and Recovery This is key to any training, but is essential to endurance training. If you don't get this right the body will get over-trained and over-tired and you'll run the risk of niggling tears to muscles and ligaments. So rest that body - if you have been hitting the streets running for 1-2 hours the last thing you want to do is run for the same time the next day. Try a light swim or a weights session but make sure you try and rest the body for at least two days of the week. You can also use more modern ways to speed up recovery such as massage and ice baths - chilly, but a real treat for those tired muscles.

Step to the Beat Yes, load up that ipod with your favorite tunes. Music can be a real motivator and help you wring more enjoyment from your workouts. So blast out those favourites - even if they do include 'Eye of the Tiger'.

Spend a Little More Tough financial times, I know, but a decent pair of running trainers are essential if you're going to be pounding those miles. Not having correct footwear can lead to injuries such as blisters, shin splints or even hair line fractures of the leg. So spend a bit, look for cushion and bounce in the sole and make sure you get that size spot on

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: When I've been running recently I keep getting a pain on the inside of my leg near the groin - what could this be?

It could be a few things - you may have over-trained and torn the muscle slightly. You may not have warmed up properly with stretches and tweaked a muscle or you may have an imbalance in your running stride - best to get an expert to check you out using gait analysis. I am doing a lot of weight training but I'm becoming worried about a niggle in my back - what should I do?

Do you train your core or lower back? If you don't - you should. By getting your core strong your strength should increase too. So don't cheat and keep that back flat to the bench when pressing. But as always, if the problem persists, see a specialist I want to start doing exercise classes but I'm 45, out of shape and will probably be intimidated. Am I right to be worried?

A lot of people are nervous about their first visit to the gym. Don't be afraid - at The Village we adapt our exercises and give different levels to suit individual needs. And there's certainly no need to be intimidated - we all need to start somewhere - and who knows, you might just enjoy it!

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Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean and is known as the as cradle of Italian wine. Wine growing w was established when the ancient Greeks ating arrived and formed colonial towns, dating back to the 8th century B.C. at least. Lying in the middle of the Mediterranean and dominating g some crucial seafaring routes, this historic island has been conquered uered many times by great civilisations, be they Greek, Roman, Norman, Arab, Spanish, English or Italian. The dramatic and nd re fr om fiercely beautiful landscape is dotted with fine architecture from oman throughout these ages, from ancient Greek temples to Roman villas to Norman cathedrals and Baroque palaces. Every town own has a bustling piazza piled high with produce, while narrow winding streets are bathed in violent sunlight. Churches on every ccorner orner hed offer redemption and a cool refuge. Many towns are perched y, g iving defensively on hilltops – they act as the balconies of Sicily, giving stupendous views over the surrounding countryside populated ulated with lemon groves, fruit-trees, olives and vines. All this hass created a unique and vibrant cultural mosaic in which food od and wine occupy centre stage. This triangular-shaped island is almost all mountainous, meaning that many vineyards are established at higher altitudes, so o enjoying cool evenings with welcome relief from the blistering ering summer heat. There are plenty of hillsides that combine per perfect fect ariety of aspects to obtain maximum exposure to sunlight with a vvariety on and poor soils that vines love. Add in a long dry growing season cooling sea breezes and hey presto! - plant a stick here and d it will grow. Sicily’s vinous reputation was founded on Marsala, a fortified fied wine d and that’s been famous for 200 years but today much traduced often best left for cookery. With the exception of a few glorious orious sweet wines, everything else made contributed to a vast oc ocean ean of basic high-alcohol plonk. Much of that still goes for distillation till tion tilla ti or ends up as grape concentrate to enrich weedier wines fr from om cooler climates. The volume of wine produced is enormous; us; it arr, aatt peaked in the 1990’s at around 220 million gallons per year, that time exceeding the entire output of Australia and preserving eserving Sicily’s number one status as the biggest Italian regional wine producer. So far, so very ordinary. Yet Sicily has always had the natural ingredients to make vvery ery fine wine. Aided and abetted by modern technology and investment, stment, this potential is now becoming realised. Today Sicily is Italy’s y’s “new “new world” where seemingly anything goes and experimentation tion is becoming the norm in the flight to quality.

The upturn in fortunes began in the eighties, accelerated thr through ough the nineties and continues to this day. A new generation of winemakers looked to quality instead of quantity to sell their heir wines at better prices. In doing so they achieved startling rresults. esults. Employing better vineyard sites, training systems and yield d reduction techniques produces fewer but better quality grapes. rapes. Investment has poured in, consultants and flying winemakers kers arrived and modern wineries have been built with the latest est equipment and the inevitable introduction of French oak

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“Sicily’s vinous reputation was founded on Marsala, a fortified wine that’s been famous for 200 years” The international international wines have have garnered garnered considerable considerrable acclaim acclaim and The have hogged hogg ged the limelight limelight when compared compared with with their native native have brethren. On O the positive positive side, side, they have have also done do one much to to raise raise brethren. profilee of Sicilian wine. wine. Since Since Sicily now now has the expertise expertise the profile investtment as well well as the land and the grapes, grap pes, it has and investment yore. But But are are Sicily’s Sicily’s long shrugged off the cheap rustic image of yore. traditions, heritage heritage and identity identity at at risk risk of being sacrificed sacrificed on the traditions, Internationalism? Is this another example examplle of inexorable inexorable altar of Internationalism? globalisation that that leads to to everything everything tasting the th he same? For For the globalisation moment at at least, least, I think not. not. As As Sicily has become becom me better better known known moment for quality quality wine there there is a growing growing readiness readiness by by wine-lovers wine-lovers to to try try for th he indigenous grapes grapes and take them to to their hearts. hearts. some of the Of course course there ther t e is still plenty plenty of undiscerning undiscerning plonk, plo onk, but the Of greatest Sicilian icilian estates estates are are making making wines that that in n quality quality terms terms greatest rival their global g counterparts from from regions regions such h as the Napa rival counterparts valley in California California or the Barossa Barossa valley valley in Australia. Austrralia. Many Many quality quality valley wineries offer offer wide ranges ranges covering covering most price price points, points, so the wineries prod ducer can offer offer expensive expensive fine wines and nd far cheaper same producer delicio ous entry-level entry-level wines. wines. There There are are plenty plenty to to choose from from but delicious you won’t won o ’t go far wrong wrong with selections selections from from m wineries wineries such but you Planeta,, Palari, Palari, Baglio Hopps, Hopps, Tasca Tasca d’Almerita, d’Almeritaa, Donnafugata, Donnafugata, as Planeta, Benanti, Cusumano Cusumano and Regaleali. Regaleali. More More recently, recentlyy, smaller cult Benanti, wineries have have emerged, emerged, such as C.O.S., C.O.S., Palari Palari and and Tenuta Tenuta di wineries Trinoro. These These h are making making boutique fine wines that that are are simply Trinoro. are world-beaters. world-beaters.

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Who better to ask for an insider’s guide to the New York food scene than an ex-pat? On’s guest contributor Jo Keohane presents the Big Apple’s must-visit culinary creatives (tourist traps expertly avoided…) It’s hard to think of a better food destination than New York. And while burgers, pizza and cheesecake might have put Gotham on the culinary map, so much more than those keep it there. Like the city itself, the dining scene is in a state of constant flux, so you can relax in the knowledge that you’ll never manage to sample everything in one trip. But be warned – there’s so much on offer it’s best to plan your attack. So if you want to get off the burger-and-cupcake tourist trail, here’s an insider’s guide to some of New York’s favourite foods to get you started.

The Lobster Roll

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It’s easy to see how this Maine staple made it down the coast to the Big City as the lobster roll is nothing short of food genius. Massive hunks (we’re talking a 1lb lobster) of the freshest claw and tail meat, mixed with light homemade lemony mayo, sandwiched in a warm buttery brioche bun. I know it feels wrong to put lobster in a sandwich - but this is New England lobster without the need to faﬀ around looking silly with a pair of miniature nut crackers. What’s not to like? Plus, if you make it to New York this summer you can treat yourself for less, due to a reported lobster glut in Maine.

Forget cupcakes – sooo ‘Sex and the City’ (which toocool Manhattanites disowned back in the early noughties). The newest bakery on the block is the Maison de Macaron. Like Lady Liberty herself these meringue-based biscuits are a French invention New Yorkers have taken to their hearts. Not to be confused with the denser macaroon - for the uninitiated, they’re two small light round cookies, held together with creamy ganache that comes in all kinds of ﬂavours and colours. You can even get gold leaf (Donald Trump’s favourite?). Connoisseurs look for crunch and a slightly chewy centre.

Manhattanites swear by the Pearl Oyster Bar, Cornelia Street, NY, 212 691 8211 and Mary’s Fish Camp, 64 Charles St, NY 646 486 2185

Best places to sample these beauties include La Maison du Macaron, 132 W.23rd St, NY, 212 243 2757 www.lamaisondumacaron.com and the Bouchon Bakery, 10 Columbus Circle, NY, 212 823 9364 www.bouchonbakery.com

Pork in New York

The Pig is so BIG in this city it deserves a whole section to itself. The first craze to mention is the Bahn Mi Vietnamese pork sandwich – pate smeared on a French style baguette piled with ground roast pork, pickles and coriander. Spicy, fragrant and, let’s face it, a bit more exciting than a pork chop. The best in town is said to be Nickys, 150 E2nd St, NY, 212 388 1088 www.nickyssandwiches.com Originally from the south, pulled pork is also huge in Yankee land. It’s usually shoulder of pork cooked so long and so slow it’s able to be literally pulled apart (for texture think a meatier version of the shredded duck that goes in Peking pancakes). Served with smoky barbeque sauce and coleslaw it’s melt in the mouth. Try the Great Jones Cafe, 54 Great Jones St, NY, www.greatjones.com The last honourable mention goes to BBQ itself. With Gotham’s residents banned from lighting up grills because of the fire risk, they have to get their fix somewhere! For the best ribs in town try Blue Smoke, owned by Danny Meyer (of Union Square Cafe and Gramercy Tavern fame).

Macaroni & (Lots of) Cheese

Stay with me here because the humble mac and cheese has been elevated to an art form by the city that likes the very best of everything. Whether it was the recent ﬁnancial crash or the Baltic winter, comfort foods have made a massive comeback and none is more comforting than creamy, cheesy pasta. The Kitchenette Uptown does a famed four cheese version with smoked mozzarella, cheddar, swiss and parmesan. Kitchenette Uptown, 1272 Amsterdam Ave, NY, 212 531 7600, www.kitchenetterestaurant.com Alternatively try the salty bacon spiked Mac n’ Cheese at Dumont in Brooklyn. Rumoured to be the best in New York it’s well worth the short hop over the bridge even (or especially) if it’s freezing out. Dumont, 432 Union Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 718 486 7717 www.dumontrestaurant.com

Ice Cream Sundaes and Floats

Manhattanites swear by the Pearl Oyster Bar, Cornelia Street, NY, 212 691 8211 and Mary’s Fish Camp, 64 Charles St, NY 646 486 2185

21st Century Chicken Wings To round oﬀ - a sweet hit of nostalgia. Whilst the Sundae and its close relative the ice-cream ﬂoat seem to be in terminal decline in the UK, they’re doing a roaring trade in the Big Apple. If you’re man enough to stand in line (sometimes for up to an hour) the Shake Shack in Madison Square Gardens is the place to go. Aside from near perfect burgers, this modern take on a 1950’s concession stand does perfect custard ice cream sundaes, topped with whipped cream and a cherry. Traditionally Brits just don’t get the American fascination with chicken wings (too much bone, too little meat, the need to gnaw in public etc.) If that sounds familiar try the unabashed boneless variety at Tailor. Recently named best in class by New York Magazine, the meat from the wing is sliced, then put back together with ‘transglutaminase’ (that’s edible meat glue, for those not up on their molecular gastronomy!) Banish all thoughts of turkey twizzlers. Cooked in a screaming hot glaze and served with blue cheese, if these can’t turn you into a wing lover, what can? Tailor Bar, 525 Broome St, NY, 212 334 5182 www.tailornyc.com

Shake Shack, South East Corner of Madison Sq Park, 212 889 6600. www.shakeshacknyc.com If queuing puts you off try the Lexington Candy Shop. Founded in 1925, this diner is a perfectly preserved throwback serving all kinds of old-school ice-cream Sundaes. Regulars claim this is the best root beer float in the city. If your teeth can take it try the cherry coke float with extra cherry syrup. Well, this is America. The Lexington Candy Shop, 1226 Lexington Avenue, NY, 212 288 0057, www.lexingtoncandyshop.net

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ARCADE FIRE - THE SUBURBS Third album – touchstone or tombstone? Having had greatness thrust upon them with justly-celebrated debut Funeral, only to follow it up with airless, overblown sequel Neon Bible, Arcade Fire’s status as the new decade’s foremost great white rock hope hangs in the balance. The Suburbs at least reclaims the ground lost after Neon Bible’s charmless Gothic anachronisms, sounding more like the bold stride forward that the second album should have been, rather than an overreaching attempt at a 3rd album magnum opus. Here, there’s a lovely melodic simplicity, a hitherto unrealised sense of humour and at least four arms-wide stargazers that ﬁnally transfer the band’s legendary live euphoria onto record. Subtlety, too, - highlighted by Regine Chassagne’s all-too-brief forays to centre-stage – her extraordinarily joyful voice sweet relief next to her husband’s more downbeat instincts. Fire re-lighted.

ISOBEL CAMPBELL & MARK LANEGAN - HAWK I never bought into the Nancy and Lee for the noughties thing. Belle and Sebastian member hooks up with grizzled grunge relic and instinctive, trans-Atlantic magic happens. Erm, no. Debut Ballad of the Broken Seas was forced, tentative, uncomfortable - neither here nor there – middle of the Atlantic, perhaps. Follow up Sunday At Devil Dirt tried to head on down the open road, but ended up parched – its dry dust arrangements just too contrived. But Hawk is a defiantly different beast, perhaps because it sounds like Lanegan has become Campbell’s muse, rather than vice versa. These songs are full to the brim – big arrangements, authentic Nashville strings, occasional blasts of blues-noise, quiet minor chord Deep South-soul – it is, remarkably, utterly convincing. An unlikely partnership at last finding its own groove.

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cinema&dvd for the weeks ahead SALT Director: Phillip Noyce Stars: Angelina Jolie, Liev Shreiber Deﬁantly Old School, right down to Angelina Jolie pouting her way through 100 rollickingly thrillsome minutes as, gasp, a Russian spy, Salt adheres to stunts over CGI, tight, gritty action sequences over vast set pieces and good old-fashioned double (triple!) crosses over intricate plot nuances.

a series of increasingly tricky predicaments – without ever resorting to cartoonish ultra-violence. Breathlessly paced, with some decent back story woven in, Salt is a neat step back in time – to when you could tell a Russian was up to no good by his eye patch and cheek scar. It’s like The Bourne Trilogy never happened.

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Director: James Mangold Stars: Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sargaard

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DID YOU MISS THIS? 5 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH Director: GUS VAN SANT Stars: Michael Pitt, Kim Gordon

Diaz and Cruise hardly fizzed with filmic fireworks in Vanilla Sky all of eight years ago, so it’s odd to see them pitched together again in this formulaic action thriller, but clearly someone somewhere thinks they’re a box office bothering couple.

Part superhero movie, part comedy, part revenge thriller, part spoof, part homage – Kick-Ass is a perfectly pitched, raucous crowd-pleaser.

Gus Van Sant’s ﬁctionalised take on Kurt Cobain’s ﬁnal days before his 1994 suicide, might just be the most sombre movie ever made.

The story of a powerless teenage wannabe superhero, who achieves a kind of fame through MySpace and YouTube and eventually becomes embroiled in the high-tech machinations of a real supercouple – and their quest for revenge.

The camera hangs around Cobain’s vast, lonely mansion, accompanying the lost singer through a kind of foggy, narcotic hinterland until you almost feel like one of the pitiful entourage of stoners and hangers-on that the singer occasionally meets dotted around his residence.

So why then does TC, who’s been dismantling, even parodying, his on-screen image of late, decide to give Knight and Day his most insufferably smug performance for years? And why does CD – no spring chicken anymore – play her role with all the dumb naivety of a prom queen? And where Salt (Cruise was offered the role before Jolie) flirts with incredulity but gets away with it, in Knight and Day you end up banging the seat in front of you with sheer frustration. Why don’t the hundreds of bullets ever hit Cruise? How come he takes down killers with every shot? How do they travel the world without a passport or a change of clothes? And can someone please tell me who Day is? Cruise is called Knight but Diaz’s surname is Havens! Dumb and utterly infruriating.

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The collision of fantasy and reality is at the heart of the film, with big questions asked about the role of a father, the generation gap and the Warhol-ian thirst for fame – but Kick-Ass is never anything less than big, big fun. And, when the magnificent potty-mouthed Hit Girl, brilliantly played by 12-year old Chloë Grace Moretz, enters the fray for the first time, you’re treated to one of cinema’s greatest ever introductions… Fun and seriousness, perfectly balanced.

It’s a somewhat ghoulish experience, watching the singer go through the minutiae of his existence – he eats some Coco Pops, half-heartedly strums his guitar, views a Boyz II Men video on MTV and, memorably, has a crossed-wires chat with a Yellow Pages salesman. During one excruciating scene he singularly fails to get together some macaroni and cheese. The inevitable end is handled delicately, even spiritually, by Van Sant and what ultimately emerges is a sad and gentle portrait of vulnerability and isolation.

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25th AUGUST who spends more than a few minutes in his company. SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD: Scott Pilgrim must (STEVE CARELL) defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil ex-boyfriends in THE LAST EXORCISM: A troubled evangelical minister order to win her heart. (MICHAEL CERA) agrees to let his last exorcism be ﬁlmed by a 27th AUGUST documentary crew. GOING THE DISTANCE: A look at the trials and 10th SEPTEMBER tribulations of a long-distance relationship. THE RUNAWAYS: Based on lead-singer Cherie Currie's (DREW BARRYMORE) book 'Neon Angel' - a reﬂection of her experiences as 3rd SEPTEMBER a rock star. (JOAN JETT) DINNER FOR SCHMUKS: An extraordinarily stupid man possesses the ability to ruin the life of anyone

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by Matt Callard

I blame Robin Ince. Second-hand bookshops were always solitary refuge for some serious artistic discovery; a lost gem, three classics for a fiver, that tattered out-of-print novella you once heard your favourite writer namedrop. But now, because of Robin Ince, I find my eyes are drawn elsewhere. Into the dustier recesses, toward the bargain bins, down onto my knees into the long-forgotten corners, in amongst the books-behind-other-books.

Looking for – what? Eccentricity. Strangeness. Danger. Robin Ince started the ‘Bad Book Club’ in London in 2005 and it’s grown stealthily ever since. He’s been touring it on and off, in-between his myriad of other projects, and he’s dragging his vast array of bad books across the country again this winter, although he’s keen to point out that ‘bad books’ is, in fact, something of a misnomer. “I didn’t want to call it ‘Bad Book Club’ – I wanted it just to be Book Club. I don’t think most of them are necessarily ‘bad’ books – I see them as different books. Some of them are pulp-y books, some are in a non-specific market and some are just plain weird; so in many ways I would’ve liked a more celebratory name. What I love is a lot of the books are quite eccentric – it’s too long a word for the title but really this is ‘Eccentric Book Club’. At the start of my own book I state that I don’t consider these bad books, otherwise I’d be walking into a minefield!” Yes, the ‘Bad Book Club’ now has its own book. Which kind of begs the question, is ‘Robin Ince’s Bad Book Club’ book a good book? “Well that’s the tricky thing,” he says. “In the book I talk about some terrible writing that I’ve done in the past. I didn’t want to appear to be looking down from a lofty height saying look at all this rubbish. I think it’d be a boring book if I wrote a book saying ‘aren’t all these books rubbish’. It really is a celebration of pulpy literature.” It’s been so much of a celebration over the years, in fact, that Robin’s favourite, re-discovered pulp author, one Guy Smith, is enjoying something of a cult renaissance.

“I think one thing that I’ve definitely done is encourage people to go and buy more giant killer crab books. I’ve actually heard from the author of ‘Crabs on the Rampage’, thanking me for publicising his work. He wrote things called ‘The Sucking Pit’ and ‘Cannibals’ – one book called ‘Locust’ is about some locusts being secreted in a tin of peaches. When the tin is opened all hell breaks loose. Near the Welsh border. About 1976 they became enormously popular – at about the same time James Herbert did ‘The Rats’. Guy Smith wrote six novels about crabs. On the back of one of them it says ‘A seafood cocktail for the strongest stomachs.’” There’s more than just B-movie horror in the ‘Bad Book Club’ however. All manner of strange and out-of-time musings are rediscovered, including a certain purveyor of blushingly romantic fiction. “In Mills & Boon you’re got outback sheep farmers called Seth and McAllister – how can you not be drawn to that? Or for Yorkshire in particularly, you’ve got ‘Diamond Stud’ where Diamond is the owner of a Yorkshire stud farm who descends into ‘darkest Yorkshire’ – what a frightening place this must be for the Mills and Boon reader. All those readers in America – what a mysterious place ‘darkest Yorkshire’ must seem.” There is a lost art element to the ‘Bad Book Club’, too. Today’s array of skilful, production line ghost writers ensure almost any book that gets a general release nowadays is, at least, ‘correctly’ written, ensuring the really exciting, odd narratives and bizarre plot ideas don’t get out there so much. How much more interesting would Katie Price’s 8th autobiography be if she really did write it herself? It’s remarkable, really, that Robin has the time to plough through all these bookcase botherers. His thrillingly entertaining Radio 4 comedy/science crossover show ‘Infinite Monkey Cage’ shows up just about every TV panel show for wit, invention and intelligence (he’s got an interesting theory about the links between scientists and comedians and the natural inquisitiveness needed for both professions - although he’s keen to add “comedians are much lazier and much more stupid”), he writes, acts and performs and has even transformed his favourite Guy Smith novel into a musical. Of sorts.

“I recently did the Latitude Festival and this year we put on an improvised musical based on ‘Crabs on the Rampage’ with the music of Robyn Hitchcock. We had a 25-piece orchestra thrown together with saw players, swannee whistles, violinists, someone doing the mime of a death by giant crab.” All this without mentioning that Robin was the support on ‘The Fastest Selling Comedy Tour of All Time’ no less, with his long-time friend and collaborator Ricky Gervais. Was it the comedy equivalent of Mötley Crüe’s ‘Root of all Evil’ tour? “The best thing is, if you saw exactly what it was like,” says Robin, “you’d imagine there’d be huge trucks and massive catering but we’d turn up at some of the biggest venues in the country and there’d be a couple of bags of sandwiches there and six cans of lager. At the time there was a celebrity-based TV show on that Ricky enjoyed watching and at 25 past 7 I’d go, oh bloody hell I’m on in a minute. And he is so easily bored - any way that he can torture people or create some kind of prank, which would lead to someone being embarrassed or ashamed, that would tend to occupy his mind – working out different ways of hiding grapes, or something like that.” Indeed Gervais asked Robin to support him on his recent ‘Science’ tour but he declined, stating a curious case of on-stage boredom with the rigidities of arena stand-up. He prefers the random nature of ‘The Bad Book Club’ where he will drift randomly between various books dotted around the stage and, in some cases, pick up random ones planted there by audience members. “That’s the lovely thing – I genuinely love that,” he admits. “I say to audiences bring the weirdest book that you have – I’ll give it back at the end of the show – but I love just opening a book and finding the weirdest thing in there.”

It’s a strange sort of addiction, bad book hunting – and it’s not without its pitfalls – especially when purchasing some of the more outré publications. “Somehow when you start on something like this it’s very hard to stop. I’ve spent a lot of time in book shops anyway and, you know, for a while I thought I’ll just buy books that are classics or, you know, the great books of science or philosophy but I always get drawn elsewhere – you know, when a 41-year old man buys a book on ‘How To Marry The Man of Your Choice’ eyebrows are raised.”

‘Robin Ince's Bad Book Club: One Man's Quest to Uncover the Books That Taste Forgot’ is out now, published by Sphere, £11.99. His tour plays Leeds Carriageworks (8th Sept), York City Screen (19th Sept), Halifax Victoria (20th Sept), Harrogate Theatre (20th Oct), Sheffield Lescar (30th Oct).

www.robinince.com

So the next time you’re eyes are drawn from the Dostoyevsky to the dusty, slightly garish paperback fluttering outside in the bargain bin, do as I do. Buy it. And blame Robin Ince.

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I love a well-honed menu. It shows confidence, it's a demonstration of refinement and it says we understand our produce - it also negates that awkward fifteen minutes spent with your nose inside a phone book, fretful that you'll order the stinker among the stunners. Maybe the owners of The Old Fold, a new suburban Leeds Bar and Grill, have paid a visit to Le Relaise De Venise, the famous Gallic steak house and French national institution that has taken menu refinement to its logically extreme conclusion - they have no menu at all. At Le Relaise, it's prime steak and skinny French fries with a topsecret herb sauce, or it's the exit door. And guess what - it's wonderful (so wonderful, there are now sister restaurants in London and New York). Not that The Old Fold is without choice - there are five starters, a handful of well-picked mains and a choice of burgers - but here (at long last, some might say) is an English eaterie that does exactly what it should say on the tin: good, flavoursome dishes, hunger-slaying portions, informal atmosphere, super service and good prices. It's not rocket science - but it's such a relief in these cash-conscious times to find an unpretentious new restaurant that understands its menu and understands its customers so well (it must be a blessed relief to the locals to be spared the opening of yet another identikit Indian restaurant). So, a Homemade Chicken Liver Pate (£4.25) starter was nicely peppery, leaning on a sweet red onion chutney and served importantly - with warm buttery toast, and a crisp, honey-glazed Belly Pork (£4.00) was exactly the mouthful of flavour you'd hope for. But the real test of any steak house is, naturally, the big meaty mains. And these are not just any big meaty mains - all the meat comes freshly supplied from one of Yorkshire's finest and most established butchers - who has, incidentally, a stake (no pun intended!) in the business. And how you can tell. My Pork Belly Ribs (£8.50) were tender, falling away from the bone, nuzzling a tasty, sticky, smoky sauce and - yes numerous! Wherever Yorkshiremen are concerned, one should never underestimate the power of quantity! A Classic Half Pound Burger (£8.00) was expertly dressed and, vitally, perfectly balanced - there were no crumbling baps or extraneous fillings spilling from the sides. Just a good, spongy handful - what more can you ask? And the Fillet Steak (£15.50) itself? Medium rare as requested, juicy, absolutely packed with flavour - a veritable homage to beef. Forget Wagyu farms, Britain produces the best steak in the world - and here was the proof. I'd have preferred slim French fries (£2.00) over the chunky, fish and chip shop style chips I was served - but maybe this was a deliberate nod to the restaurant's northern roots. Whatever, The Old Fold is a welcome addition to suburban Leeds' food scene - and a lesson in how doing the simple things well can still be a recipe for success. Le Relaise De Venise, watch out!

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in the spotlight... a guide to what’s on in the theatres

big shows

WEST YORKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE, Leeds

LYCEUM, Sheffield 6 – 11 September

SPAMALOT

4 September – 2 October

Audiences all around the world have been roaring with laughter since Monty Python’s Spamalot, by Eric Idle and John DuPrez, won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2005. Spamalot tells the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and features a bevy (or possibly a brace) of beautiful show girls, witch burnings* (*cancelled, too expensive) not to mention cows, killer rabbits and French people.

BILLY LIAR A Guy. Three Girls. One Ring. The ‘50s for Billy Fisher are far from hip. He’s still living at home and doing a dull job at the local undertakers. But Billy has his dreams, and they’re not just of becoming a movie star or winning the pools – he’s invented a whole country. The 50th Anniversary production of Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall’s play about adolescence, rebellion and – just possibly – growing up.

£22 - £34

£16 - £26

kids

ALHAMBRA, Bradford

The irresistible story of the wooden boy who longs to be real is brought bursting to life in this musical tale for all the THE GRAND, family. Spellbinding music, memorable songs and a Leeds 16 September – magical set shape this 31 December fantastical production, which captures all the inventiveness PINOCCHIO and charm of the original 1880’s creation.

24 – 28 August

ANNIE

From its Broadway beginnings to the classic film musical, this heart-warming rags-to-riches story of Annie's adventures, from the New York orphanage to the luxurious home of Oliver Warbucks, is a tale that has been told all over the world for decades and will continue for many years to come. Su Pollard stars.

culture

THE GRAND, Leeds

2, 9, 15, 19, 21 October

THE TURN OF THE SCREW Britten’s edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller is based on a chilling Henry James ghost story. A governess fights to protect two children from malicious spirits, but are the spirits real or is the governess unstable? And what evil occurred before her arrival? Britten's hauntingly atmospheric music winds up the tension to breaking point, and this 1920s-set production will grip from first note to last. From £13.50

£10.50 - £26.50

ALHAMBRA, Bradford 20 – 25 September

THRILLER LIVE!

Flying Music in association with Adrian Grant present this spectacular, high octane show celebrating the career of the world's greatest ever entertainer The King of Pop, Michael Jackson, and the Jackson 5. £12 - £34.50

WEST YORKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE 7 – 11 September

DANGEROUS LIAISONS The Devil finds work for idle hands. Letters fly between the mansions of France as two bored aristocrats plot a game of heartbreak and ruin. As their plans unfold innocence is preyed upon, relationships shattered and love lost in this account of decadence and cruelty. Vivaldi’s spinetingling Four Seasons, played live by the Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra wraps itself around seductive dance in this sexually-charged production. £18 - £28

CARRIAGEWORKS, Leeds 13 – 15 September

THE DINOSAUR SHOW

WEST YORKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE, Leeds

CARRIAGEWORKS, Leeds 17 – 18 September

ROMEO AND JULIET

17 September – 16 October

One of Shakespeare’s most thrilling and popular plays, Romeo and Juliet confronts each new generation with its passion and force. Two young people fall in love and marry. But in a divided city their union is threatened by a bloody family feud. Tiny House presents an abridged version of the text, accessible to all.

AS YOU LIKE IT

£8.50 - £10 The Dinosaur Show is about all we want to leave behind. Inspired by an argument in Bath and a museum about a prehistoric age, this is a performance about epitaph and memory, faith and uncertainty. Together the company articulate their desires, hopes and ambitions for the moment when the meteor strikes, the fatigue sets in and all that’s left of them is a distant memory.

LYCEUM, Sheffield 14 – 18 September

CARRIE’S WAR

Carrie’s War is the unforgettable story of one ordinary girl and her brother, packed off to the Welsh mining valleys at the start of war and living through extraordinary events. Nina Bawden’s awardwinning book has been consistently voted one of the nation’s best-loved novels. Direct from the West End, this hugely successful stage adaptation brings to life Bawden’s heart-warming, funny and evocative tale in a beautifully staged production.

£9 / £7

£12 - £24

ALHAMBRA, Bradford

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SWAN LAKE

Northern Ballet present their haunting and romantic adaptation of Swan Lake, danced to Tchaikovsky's timeless score. "Northern Ballet's Swan Lake is a triumph of originality. Wholly surprising, achingly moving, beautifully crafted and tearfully romantic - it's simply stunning." Yorkshire Evening Post

£9.50 - £29.50

WEST YORKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE 0113 2137700 THE GRAND 0844 848 2706 CARRIAGEWORKS 0113 2243801 BRADFORD THEATRES 01274 432000 HARROGATE THEATRE 01423 502116 SHEFFIELD THEATRES 0114 2496000

£9-£15/£7-£13

CARRIAGEWORKS, Leeds 23 – 25 September

HITCH

When Joseph is hired by Alfred Hitchcock to write his next great movie, the young writer can’t believe his luck. But a new beginning soon turns into a dead end from which there is no return. Moving and funny, Hitch is based on a true story.

£9 / £7 ST. GEORGE’S HALL, Bradford

THE GRAND, Leeds 5 September

RHODD GILBERT – THE CAT THAT LOOKED LIKE NICHOLAS LYNDHURST Following sell-out performances earlier in the year, the Welsh wonder is back by popular demand. With sensational performances on ‘The Royal Variety Performance’, ‘Live At The Apollo’, and ‘Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow’ under his belt, don’t miss the hottest name in comedy performing his critically acclaimed hit show.

HARROGATE THEATRE HYENA COMEDY CLUB

25 September

Harrogate’s only monthly comedy club. £10/£8

Expect all your favourite Armstrong and Miller characters and sketches in a brand spanking new live show. £20

COURTYARD COMEDY CLUB

THE ARMSTRONG AND MILLER SHOW

29 September – 2 October

THE NUMBERS YOU NEED:

Exiled from Court, Duke Senior and his followers find freedom in the Forest of Arden, whilst his irrepressible daughter Rosalind, finds freedom of a different kind as she pursues love in disguise. With everything from crossdressing to wrestling, philosophy to slapstick, As You Like It is one of Shakespeare’s most popular, funny, sunny, song filled plays; crammed full of beautiful poetry and heartfelt passions.

19 September Leeds’ best comedy night returns to West Yorkshire Playhouse by popular demand. The Courtyard Comedy Club offers the best in comedic hilarity, from well-known faces to the best in home-grown local talent, all running smoothly under the watchful eye of resident compere Silky. £10/£8

THE CARRIAGEWORKS, Leeds 8 September

ROBIN INCE’S BAD BOOK CLUB Robin Ince is back with a brand new show. Combining his twin passion, science and bad literature, the Bad Book Club dashes Cliff Richard biographies with evolutionary biology, Dutch astrology with books on how to pick up sexy girls, and Spiders From Mars are explained away as a scientific impossibility.

£12 £21 STUDIO THEATRE, 15 September – 2 October, MY ROMANTIC HISTORY

Office romances are tricky. One moment you’re colleagues, then a quick grope after Friday night drinks and suddenly you’re in a relationship. When Tom and Amy get together after an office social, they find themselves living in each other’s pockets. But it’s not their lack of chemistry that’s the problem…. A brand new comedy about love, loss and laminating machines.

£12/£10

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As always, Radio Aire’s Party In The Park did not disappoint. 70,000 people, one main stage, some of the best acts in the world and, Hey Presto; you’ve got yourself the biggest free music event in the UK. This year’s stars included Dizzee Rascall, Pixie Lott, Scouting For Girls, The Saturdays, The Hoosiers, The Script and Basshunter. My role on the day was to interview the stars backstage before and after their performances as I was hosting the Party In The Park ‘After Party’ for people getting in their cars and wanting to relive the day.

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As for the event itself, people backstage tend to fall into one of two categories. Stressed or not stressed. The worst culprits of the ‘stressed’ camp tend to be people working in ‘artist liaison’. Whereas the stage managers are stressed but calm, artist managers tend to take things a little bit too seriously.

Rich Williams

The build up to Party In The Park always makes me laugh. Suddenly, from nowhere, people I haven’t spoken to for years get in touch with me solely with the aim of being able to secure themselves tickets for the big day. The gig is free and naturally the tickets run out very quickly. My favourite ticket requests this year include a guy I went to school with and haven’t heard from in ten years, someone I worked with six years ago, the woman who manicures my mum’s nails every so often, the lady who runs my nephew’s nursery and a girl I went out with for two weeks when I was 16. Let’s just say I think for the first time since 1998 she is regretting dumping me … and I finally have closure!

Turns out their travel arrangements had already been booked so that night was out but Frankie has a friend at Leeds University so the girls are planning a trip up for a night out in Leeds and a day of shopping very soon. I won’t hold my breath until my invitation arrives. My biggest error on the day was not to break the law. Now, I know that sounds odd, but let me explain.

“I don’t know if we’ll have time to do any interviews”; “We can’t possibly get her to pose for a photo”; “Under no circumstances must you ask him about his former band mates”; “She’ll only eat sushi before a performance” and the list of ridiculous demands goes on.

When we were backstage I spotted a pair of sunglasses on the floor in the artist area. Nobody was around so I picked them up and took them to our studio thinking that I could ask the stars as they came in if they had lost sunglasses.

The irony is that most of these demands aren’t really those of the artist. They simply end up being suffocated by the people who are there to help them!

At the back of my mind I’d already priced the Armani’s up on eBay! By the end of the day the sunglasses hadn’t been claimed but I was in such a rush to get back to the main studio in Leeds that I forgot all about them.

Me with Pixie Lott & Alexandra Burke

You never know what you are going to get when you meet performers backstage. Some are calm and relaxed before a gig; others are slightly more highly strung and some won’t even come out of their dressing room. We had a whole backstage studio set up with plush leather couches ready for the stars, but I ended up having to interview Dizzee Rascall in his dressing room! I guess everyone prepares in different ways and in fairness to His Royal Dizziness, he stole the show! I was surprised by how nice Craig David was. I know that sounds a bit mean but Craig is renowned for taking himself quite seriously. The complete opposite was true. We got talking about his life over in Miami where I had recently seen his house covered on MTV Cribs and it is quite a place. My grandma always says, “If you don’t ask, you don’t get” so I asked him if he’d fancy a house swap sometime soon with me going to his luxurious 6 bedroom pad and him taking my 600 square foot flat in Roundhay. And he agreed!

Playing games with Scouting for girls

Like all events of this kind it came and went in a flash and before I knew it I was sat in a Leeds hotel sipping a Corona with Basshunter. A truly random end to a thoroughly enjoyable day. If you want to see all the photos for the event and also have a look at my backstage video diary then go to facebook.com/radioaire.rich

 from On: Yorkshire to Rich – he was recently awarded the Arqiva Commercial Radio Presenter of the Year Award!

Who knows, next summer whilst I lap up the Florida sunshine, you might spot Craig David strolling through Tropical World! It was touch and go for a while whether The Saturdays would have time to do any press interviews but fortunately I was able to catch them after their performance. They were being filmed by a TV crew for a documentary about them, which increased the pressure on my interviewing skills! I asked them if they were staying in Leeds and coming to our after-show party and they said they’d love to but no-one had invited them. Who had been responsible for this catastrophic error?! The Saturdays. In Leeds. For a night out. And no-one had thought to invite them?!?!

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First, let’s be romantic. There is nothing more English, soothing and nostalgic to me, than a little railway station somewhere in the back of beyond, its rusted sidings peppered with gravel and wild flowers. Hedgerows thick with rosebay willow-herb, the white bells of convolvulus, and the spiky arms of blackberry brambles, smothered in late summer flowers - its sweet dark fruit a promise soon to follow. Dreamy. Yet everything I describe here is a weed. Put in a different setting, in your garden, for example, then each pretty player is pernicious and invasive.

So now let’s be realistic. When I got my first small garden – and went about everything with the fanatical zeal of the new convert, two things haunted me. Slugs. And weeds. The weeds would jump in with opportunistic greed to cover every patch of ground I cleared. Instantly. The slugs, meanwhile, lay in wait at every damp, dark corner of the garden, like hooded, pasty youths with nothing but trouble in mind. Each new plug plant I put out, each carefully nurtured, tender sapling – got gobbled up in one enormous mouthful. With a selfsatisfied, almost audible SLU-URP!

“...two things haunted me. Slugs. And weeds” Pests and predators in the plant and animal world brought out the killer in me. I strimmed, hacked and gouged at any unwanted greenery, trod on snails with the heel of my fascist boot; drowned, poured salt on - and hurled all manner of sluggery into oblivion. I will not go to heaven. I was simply obsessed – dreamed about slugs night after night, and devised ever more cunning plots to annihilate them. I never succeeded.

Fifteen years on, I am – I’m pleased to report – a much nicer individual: in this regard, at least. Or maybe I just got tired. The garden I tend now is unruly – my allotment wonderfully wild. Apart from the occasional blitz with strimmer or lawnmower – it’s live and let live. The trick, it seems to me, to cultivating your outdoor space with the calmest of karmas, is – to steal gardener Monty Don’s glorious phrase, “inspired acceptance” of the thugs that inevitably arrive, to snuggle down next to your

beautiful flowers and juiciest veg. Crowd your garden borders with shrubs, small trees and sturdy specimens built to thrive in this climate: leave no space for the weeds and they will stay away. More or less. And if you don’t mind a bit of bindweed in among your allotment strawberries, you’ll still get fruit – and you’ll still get pleasure. As for slugs, well...I have learned never to grow hostas; and I wait until the stems on my vegetable plants are so thick and strong before putting them in the ground, that only the most determined assailant would take them on. And if they do – good luck to them. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? And if you are a laid-back kind of a gardener like me, then it is. But some kind of order has to be kept, it’s true. Simple strategies exist, to keep some of the chaos at bay. Sadly, most of them involve spadework. First, let’s know the nature of the beast. The worst kind of weed is perennial. It knows how to survive in the toughest of terrains – cracks in the city pavement, on rubbish

tips and railway tracks. So it is bound to romp away, given the chance, in the lovely soft soil of your garden. Get in there quick, if you can, and dig, dig, dig out the roots. Dock, dandelion, nettle and couchgrass. All of them go down deep and hold on fast. As for bindweed, which will cheerfully choke your precious produce to death, by wrapping itself tighter and tighter around any available stem, it has roots which can go as deep as sixteen feet! You will never win this battle. Just keep rooting it out, little by little. And never say die. The less saintly among gardeners might resort to Glyphosate, a weedkiller which is sprayed onto leaves, and is then absorbed into the root system, shutting off the plant’s access to nourishment. The trouble with Glyphosate (apart from its disgusting smell) is the risk of cross-contamination – killing off the good, along with the bad. So you need to be very specific in your spraying – and never do it when it’s windy or rainy.

Weed: 1. Wild plant that grows where it is not wanted 2. Weak or unattractively thin person 3a. Tobacco 3b. Cannabis (Penguin Concise English Dictionary) N.B. It is not advisable to grow any of the above at home.

Inspiration: “And willows, willow-herb, and grass, And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry, No whit less still and lonely fair Than the high cloudlets in the sky.” “Adlestrop” by Edward Thomas, 1914

Annual weeds – like groundsel, chickweed and the wonderfully-named fat hen – are less of a problem. Hoick them out with hoe or handtrowel, and get to them before they set seed – or you’ll have hundreds more popping up the following year. Isn’t nature wonderful? As for my three least favourite pests – slugs, greenfly and caterpillars – natural predation is

obviously best, but is no quick fix. Encourage song thrushes and hedgehogs, with logs underfoot and perching places above, and they should eat the slugs. Ladybirds, wasps and hoverflies will munch the greenfly. Pick off the caterpillars by hand: throw them to the birds. Otherwise, here is the cheat’s way out ... spray the greenfly with diluted washing up liquid (preferably Ecover because it is less toxic to the plant.) Dust your cabbages and broccoli with Derris Powder (it’s organic) to see off the caterpillars. And use the newer brands of user-friendly slug pellets, which are based on Ferric Phosphate, and are less toxic to birds and pets.

of existence. In the meantime, don’t be too purist. Daisies, buttercups and four leaf clover - enjoy the wild flowers that sneak their way onto the lawns and into the borders and under the concrete. Unintentional, casual beauty is surely the very best sort?

Finally – feed your soil. Healthy ground. Healthy plants. Less chance for the weeds to sneak in and take over. Make lots of garden compost to enrich the earth – and put a good thick mulch, between two and four inches deep, on the top. Your flowers will flourish and the pests will be smothered out

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“A Handful of Earth” by Barney Bardsley is published by John Murray at £7.99 For all manner of helpful information about pests and weeds and plant diseases, have a look at the Royal Horticultural Society website

And there is a fascinating (!) section on weeds in a great Irish website on allotments www.paulstownallotments.com

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There has to be a reason Marrakech has since the arrival of trader-drawn caravans in the 11th century - provided an enigmatic and captivating draw for artists, musicians, writers and the “in crowd” of their day. From Yves Saint Lauren to The Beatles, Led Zeppelin to William S Burroughs, the Moroccan city – nestling in the shadow of the High Atlas Mountains – has attracted the rich, the bohemian, the creative and the curious to its mix of tradition, history and culture meshed with rose-coloured city walls, lush green gardens and olive groves. At little over a three-hour ﬂight and with a climate that, at worst, requires the packing of a sweater for after dinner strolls, Marrakech discards its easy-access-from-the UK tag to oﬀer a world that is exotic, strange and fascinating.

So, for anyone eyeing the British autumn or winter with a sense of impending doom, then Marrakech – and the country generally - has much to oﬀer. You are drawn to the medina – the ancient part of the city – as a visitor to Africa would be tempted by safari and one to New York hypnotically attracted to all that soars skywards.

Modern Marrakech preens and struts its stuﬀ as a deﬁant symbol of a Morocco that once was. But it is within the walls of the medina - declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985 - that the country seems truly locked in time. It is here pungent spices permeate the air, snake charmers enthral assembled crowds, and a culinary playground will tempt the taste buds of even the most discerning foodie.

Another delight of Marrakech – and Morocco generally – is accommodation offering a perfect antidote to anyone tired of anodyne, soulless hotel chains. From humble yet comfortable to truly opulent, riads (the Arabian term for “garden”) occupy courtyard settings and offer the traveller a base that is almost always touched by history, often rich in tradition and – refreshingly – mainly owner- or family-run. Once synonymous with hassle, visitors to Marrakech today find it much less of an “in your face” experience. Certainly, the bustle and frenetic pace of the medina remains, but as tourism has expanded – and delights away from the city provide a contrasting allure – Marrakech combines an atmosphere little changed since medieval times. In fact, the city’s appeal is such that it can prove hard to drag yourself away. But that would be at the expense of a number of day trips out of Marrakech that offer access to stunning scenery and an introduction to a part of the world once an important crossroads for Arabic, Berber and black African civilisations.

The Asni Valley – explored in four-wheel drive vehicles – sits at the foot of some of the highest points of the Atlas Mountains. It is a haven of unspoilt natural beauty; a place where you are immediately taken down a gear or two; where mule tracks and shanty towns pepper the landscape, and where the experience of lunch in a Berber village defies the fact you are little over an hour from the “red town”. Essaouira should also figure on your list. Once dominated by Jewish traders, the fortified harbour town on Morocco’s Atlantic coast is worthy of any visitor’s time. With its purple ramparts and whitewashed medina walls, this is the place where Orson Wells filmed large chunks of his Othello and where, today, artisans work in marquetry and sculpted local wood. The architecture is a confection of Portuguese, French and Berber influences and it’s a charming spot in which to wander cobbled streets, shop in jewellery souks and enjoy a lunch of locally caught barbecued fish. “Deeply traditional but excitingly young” is a term that’s been used to describe Essaouira. In fact, it can be applied to much of Morocco today, confirming its burgeoning place as a short-haul destination with long-haul appeal.

Silk Steps (01278 722460; www.silksteps.co.uk) has an eight-day trip to Morocco with departures from East Midlands. It costs from £899 per person based on two people travelling and includes flights, transfers, seven nights accommodation in a riad on a bed and breakfast basis, full- and halfday tours of Marrakech with optional excursions available to the Asni Valley and Essaouria. The company also has three or four night short breaks in Marrakech from £260 per person. The price includes Ryanair flights from East Midlands and accommodation at the Dar Zaman Riad within the medina. This deal, which includes breakfast, is only valid for departures until October 31, 2010, is subject to availability and does not include any Ryanair surcharges.

Following last season’s emotional promotion back into football’s second tier, Matt Callard talks to Leeds United manager Simon Grayson, about a rollercoaster season, that incredible ﬁnale and “not going into The Championship to make up the numbers”… If the football season can be seen as a marathon, then Leeds United started last year’s campaign with a full-on sprint. It began with eight straight wins and a thirteen match unbeaten run. By Christmas, the club were nine points clear with games in hand. The old Elland Road mantra of ‘never doing things the easy way’ seemed oddly unbeﬁtting of a team that seemed to be breezing their way to promotion.

THE NEXT And when 2010 started with a dazzling FA Cup win against old rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford, it really seemed anything was possible. But then, like any marathon runner who starts at a tilt, they hit the wall. Form disappeared, nervousness ruled and anxiety spread like a rash through the stands. By April they were on their worst losing run since Simon Grayson became manager and, almost unbelievably, when Swindon won at Elland Road with only a handful of games to go, United were out of the promotion places. Four wins and three defeats in their next seven games followed, and with their promotion rivals’ form thankfully as inconsistent as their own, the season came down to the final game, where a win against Bristol Rovers at Elland Road would secure promotion back into English football’s second tier. That final nerve-shredding game has already gone down in the club’s history. When Leeds had Max Gradel sent off before half time, then conceded early in the second half, hopes were hanging by the slenderest thread.

But when Leeds-born Johnny Howson equalised with half an hour to play, Elland Road witnessed one of its most spine-tingling moments.

The roar just before Bristol re-started the match seemed to carry with it an almost palpable sense of destiny. Jermaine Beckford’s goal minutes later (making him only the second Leeds player to score over thirty goals in a season twice, lest we forget) eventually ensured promotion, rounding oﬀ an extraordinary, rollercoaster season in an extraordinary, rollercoaster of a match. So, rather than breezing over the ﬁnish line arms aloft, Leeds limped, battered and exhausted, back to the Championship, but this somehow made the achievement even more heroic. Simon Grayson’s naturally phlegmatic disposition means he can

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“We set out what we achieved to do which was win promotion. We didn’t make it easy for ourselves after such a great start to the season, but the main thing was that we did it. Right from day one last July, our sole aim was to get back to the Championship.” And how football’s fickle finger of fate must have hung above Max Gradel’s head for the entirety of that second half. There’s little doubt his ‘moment of madness’ would have meant he would have had to carry the can had his teammates not turned the game around. “Max was relieved after the game, of course,” Grayson tells us, “but so were we all! It had been a long, hard season, and it all came down to that game. In the end we were all elated, but there was a sense of relief as well because we had done what we set out to do.” It has been suggested that Leeds could have been the victim of their own success last season, with the cups providing a lot of excitement but no less than 14 extra games for the players. How does the manager explain that frightening, almost calamitous, New Year dip? “It is hard to explain. The win at Old Trafford was a very, very special day for everyone and it was a real high. We did play a lot of games in the cups, but I wasn’t looking for excuses then and I’m not looking for them now. We went through a phase where we didn’t do what we had been doing during the early months, but in the end we showed our character and achieved our aim.”

As always with Leeds United, the new season brings a huge sense of expectation. Leeds will be the biggest club in the league and some quarters are already tipping them for the play-oﬀs when, perhaps, consolidation would suﬃce - for one season at least. It’s a situation that Grayson is familiar with:

It is a big club with a proud history

“I don’t think the expectation is unfair because this is Leeds United. It is a big club with a proud history, and thousands of loyal fans who want to see the club where we all believe it belongs. As manager of the club, and the same goes for the players of the club, you must be able to both understand and handle the expectations of the fans.” New faces have arrived to bolster the squad and, with Jermaine Beckford finally being given a chance to shine in the Premiership, there are some fairly large scoring boots to fill. “Hopefully Jermaine will go on and do well at Everton. In my time here, and before I came, he proved himself to be a prolific goalscorer. Now, he’s got a Premier League opportunity and we wish him every success. We’re always looking for good players regardless of where they come from or what division they play in. We’re not going into the Championship to make up the numbers. Promoted sides have done very well in the past, and our first aim is to make a positive start to the season and see where we go from there. Hopefully we will have something to build on.”

CHAPTER There certainly hasn’t been a group of modern day players at the club that the supporters can so easily identify with. Grayson himself was a childhood Leeds fan and Jonny Howson, Leigh Bromby, Ben Parker, Aidan White and club Captain Richard Naylor are all boyhood Leeds fans. Grayson, however, denies it was ever a conscious decision to deliberately outline the squad with local talent: “No, not at all. Jonny and Adie obviously came through the Academy at the club, but in terms of signing players I don’t specifically look for Leeds fans!” Indeed, all Yorkshire footballing fans will be looking forward to the White Rose triple-header that the fixture computer has, in one of its more creative moments, thrown up for September. Leeds will play Doncaster, Barnsley and Sheffield United in consecutive matches in an eleven day period. It shouldn’t be for the faint hearted. “Last season was almost a southern-based league with a lot of travelling for us and our fans, so this season the travelling is a massive improvement for us all. Those eleven days in September did stand out when the fixtures were released because they are all good games for us and the fans. There is added spice and there’ll be some good crowds as well.” Whatever the new season holds for Leeds, Simon Grayson has already achieved a great deal for the club – not least in arresting that muchdocumented and wholly traumatic decline that began in 2002. So much so that Leeds fans can now at last look forward to a brave new chapter for the club, and the names Ridsdale, Venables, Blackwell and Wise can at last be consigned to the history books.

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Who are your footballing heroes? My footballing heroes, as a youngster growing up, would have to be Kenny Dalglish and Glenn Hoddle. Who do you admire most in the game today? In the game today I have a lot of admiration for Paul Scholes. He has enjoyed a great career at the highest level, he’s an important part of what Sir Alex has achieved at Manchester United, and he’s still playing in the top-ﬂight. You’ve got 100 million pound to buy one player – who do you go for? Lionel Messi!

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Team Chevin Cycles Two of our Team Chevin Cycles – Bang & Olufsen are looking to cap their recent successes in the gruelling sport of 24-hour solo endurance racing by representing the UK at the World Championships in Canberra, Australia this October. Riddlesden’s Jon Hobson and Otley’s Jane Chadwick took medals in the first ever ‘Rock UK’ National 24-hour Championships in May and followed up with more medals in June’s 24hour Mountain Mayhem event. Jane took 3rd place in the Women’s Open category at both events, while Jon was crowned National Singlespeed Champion. We have just had it confirmed that Jon has also retained (for the 3rd year!) his Medium gear National Time Trial Championships - with 5 wins out 5 events! The figures from the Rock UK National Championships make impressive reading. Jane rode 14 laps of the hilly 12-mile course, for a total of 168 miles, whilst Jonathan managed 16 laps, 192 miles, on a bike with one gear! Each lap had a total height gain of over 1,400 ft so

both climbed the equivalent of roughly the height of Mt. Everest, despite some of the hottest weather of the year. As mentioned Jon rode the whole event on a singlespeed Gary Fisher Rig, while Jane rode one of the most advanced and lightest mountain bikes ever made; a carbon fibre, 27 geared, full suspension Gary Fisher Superfly 100. Both Bikes are Gary Fisher 29ers (see below) which have bigger wheels than “traditional” mountain bikes. A big part of a rider’s success at 24hour racing is how good a support crew you have. Jon and Jane both claim that their success was in large part due to the sterling support of their pit crew who stayed awake for the whole 24-hour marathon, keeping them fed, watered and motivated so that they could concentrate on riding. Now they are appealing for donors or sponsors to come forward and support the cost of getting them, and their bikes and crew, to the World Championships in Canberra, Australia.

“Now they are appealing for donors or sponsors to come forward and support the cost of getting them, and their bikes and crew, to the World Championships in Canberra, Australia”

SECRETS OF THE 29ers EXPLAINED: Easy Obstacles 29ers roll over obstacles easier - 29” wheels have a decreased angle of attack that turns a big obstacle into a small bump in the trail Maintain Momentum 29” wheels maintain their momentum. Once they’re rolling they stay rolling. Longer Contact Patch 29” wheels have a longer tyre contact patch improving their ability to float over soft terrain like sand, snow or mud. 29er Geometry Gary Fisher’s 29ers have exclusive “Genesis Geometry” this makes them handle with the nimbleness of a 26” wheel MTB. Try them and see for yourself! We have a full range of Demo 29ers in the shop.

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SHARPER HANDLING, SWEETER SOUNDS FOR 2010 LEXUS IS F Sharper handling, new high-tech features and a cool new all-white interior lead the list of improvements and changes for Lexus’s ultra-high-performance IS F for 2010. As announced at the 2009 Frankfurt motor show, the full-blooded sports saloon gains the benefit of a new limited slip differential. Fitted as standard, it gives the IS F significantly better traction and stability in highspeed cornering: Lexus test engineers were able to improve the car’s lap time around the Fuji International Speedway by a full two seconds.

The Torsen unit is robust enough to handle the 505Nm delivered by the IS F’s 5.0-litre V8 engine, automatically directing drive torque to the rear wheel with the most grip. Out-and-out performance is unchanged, with the IS F capable of nought to 62mph acceleration in 4.8 seconds and a top speed (electronically limited) of 168mph. In keeping with Lexus’s reputation for effective use of advanced technologies, the IS F is fitted with a new satellite navigation system, powered by a 40GB hard disc drive (HDD). It is one of the fastest-responding and most accurate guidance systems on the market, giving full-map coverage across Europe, with automatic links to local traffic information data to ensure efficient route planning. The HDD also provides an on-board ”sound library” function, with 10GB of disc space available for owners to store tracks from CD – space enough for around 2,000 songs.

The tuner in the IS F’s 14-speaker Mark Levinson 5.1 surround sound system has been upgraded to receive DAB digital broadcasts and a USB port has been added (in addition to the Aux-in jack), to allow for fully integrated connection of portable digital music players.

IS F can be ordered with a new white leather interior in place of the standard black finish and with new meshdesign 19-inch alloy wheels instead of the standard 10-spoke design. Both are no-cost options.

The 2010 Lexus IS F is on sale now, priced £56,540 on-the-road. For more information call Lexus Leeds on 01132 511 411 or visit www.lexus.co.uk/leeds

CELEBRATING 20 YEARS IN THE UK. THE LEXUS IS F-SPORT 20 YEAR CELEBRATION EDITION. Lexus is celebrating 20 years in the UK with some exclusive o≠ers. Like the IS F-Sport 20 Years Celebration edition, o≠ering dynamic styling and handling, with 18" alloys, distinctive grille and spoiler, and F-Sport interior. We’re also celebrating our award winning customer service by o≠ering three years complimentary servicing across the whole IS Series.* Celebrate with us and visit Lexus Leeds, Domestic Road, Holbeck, Leeds LS12 6HG or call 01132 511 411. www.lexus.co.uk/leeds

IS Series prices start from £24,350 OTR. Price correct at time of going to press and includes VAT, delivery, number plates, full tank of fuel, one year’s road fund licence and £55 first registration fee. When purchasing an IS SE-I saloon a complimentary upgrade to the IS-F Sport 20 Years Celebration edition is available. 3 years complimentary servicing is available across the IS Series. *O≠er applies to the vehicle’s first three services which are to be carried out every 12 months or 10,000 miles (whichever arises first). Vehicles must be ordered and registered between 01 July and 30 September 2010. The IS F-Sport 20 Years Celebration edition upgrade o≠er is not available in conjunction with any finance o≠ers that may be available.

IS Series fuel consumption ﬁgures: urban 16.8 – 39.8 mpg (16.8 – 7.1 L/100km), extra-urban 34.0– 58.9 mpg (8.3 – 4.8 L/100km), combined 24.8 – 50.4 mpg (11.4 – 5.6 L/100km). CO2 emissions combined 270 – 148 g/km.

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LEXUS CELEBRATES A DECADE AT THE TOP Highest ranked in J.D. Power and Associates/WhatCar? Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study for 10th consecutive year It is good to know that in life there are some things that don’t change. And that’s certainly true of the way Lexus cars impress their owners more than any other brand. The results of the 2010 J.D. Power and Associates/What Car? Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study (VOSS) show that for an unprecedented 10th year running Lexus has achieved the overall top ranking.

This means that the luxury brand has outperformed all others in every year since it became eligible for consideration. This independent recognition is all the more appreciated this year, as it coincides with Lexus’s 20th anniversary in the UK

Lexus also achieved the top ranking in three out of the study’s four categories: Quality and Reliability, Appeal and Service Satisfaction. Its total index score of 846 was up 12 on last year’s results, placing it 57 points ahead of the industry average. Lexus is a pioneer of hybrid power and the VOSS results demonstrate how Lexus Hybrid Drive technology is delivering the quality, reliability,

sophistication and ownership cost benefits premium market customers desire. And Lexus’s model range continues to develop in exciting directions, at one of the end of the spectrum with the ultra-exclusive LFA supercar, and at the heart of the premium C-segment with the full hybrid CT 200h, which will be launched at the end of this year.

“We are confident that with the expansion of our model range, the further development of Lexus Hybrid Drive and the exceptional commitment of everyone at our Lexus Centres that we can continue to raise the benchmark for others to aspire to.”

The study’s findings show the IS Sports Saloon was topranked among all compact executive cars, while the RX claimed both the SUV category and the distinction of being the top-ranked model overall for a second time.

The J.D. Power and Associates/What Car? VOSS was based on more than 17,000 on-line interviews with UK owners of cars that were on average two years old.

Belinda Poole, Lexus Director, said:

“While everyone within Lexus is delighted with the study results, our focus remains on delivering the service, quality and ownership appeal that our customers expect.

The Lexus RX 450h is on sale now, priced from £43,175 on-the-road. For more information call Lexus Leeds on 01132 511 411 or visit www.lexus.co.uk/leeds

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! ! ! ! ! Obviously the availability of drugs or alcohol or partying or whatever, is dangerous for people who are prone to addiction or that kind of lifestyle. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just fortunate enough to never have had that inclination. I attribute that to my parents and friends and the way I was raised. ! ! I see movies. I rent movies. I watch pay-per-view movies. I go to them all the time. Usually during the day because it is less crowded and you get a better seat - and they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cut me any deals. (laughs) And I love to shop for jewellery. I haunt the jewellery district. My father, who is an architect, once bought me Victorian bangles and I became fascinated with old jewellery.

! ! I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a ďŹ xed idea of what glamour is. I have friends who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but look really chic in jeans, completely eďŹ&#x20AC;ortless. I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mainly about being conďŹ dent and comfortable. I wear a lot of vintage because I love the hunt. You can discover your own look in a vintage store.

! ! I store all my gowns. After an event, they get zipped into a garment bag and sent away. I have very few clothes in my apartment because I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stand clutter. When I stay in a hotel, I clean the room before the maid comes - you will never ďŹ nd laundry on my ďŹ&#x201A;oor. I love to get ready for the red carpet, but being on it is very uncomfortable. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so freakish and weird. I get dry mouth, heart palpitations, all-over panic! I did this movie with John Travolta, and every time I looked over at John on the red carpet, he looked so fabulous. So I said to him, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What do you do?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; And he said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I go to Hawaii in my mind.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

! ! ! I just knew. It was a way of expressing our love, a very romantic thing to do. It just kind of happened. It seemed natural. For some people that happens many times. You hope not, but my motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s re-married. Both times, it seemed right then.

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s private, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice not to have everybody know your business. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learnt that all I say on this subject can be changed. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve read so many stories about my romantic life where I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recognise myself. So I have to protect my private life. And I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel like facts about my personal life will get people to see a ďŹ lm that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done. Also, I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stand those articles where people spill their life story. After a while I feel like I know more about them than their best friend does, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weird and unnecessary.

Someday I hope to have a family. But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not rushing it. The future is scary but inevitable. You accept it for what it is and take it gracefully.

! ! ! ! Everybody enjoys his sense of humour. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such a good comedic actor. " I think it is difficult for actors to have any kind of relationshipÂ because we are so moody. It also doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help that your professionÂ keeps you away from you partner so much.Â You have to put a greatÂ deal of effort into a relationship in order for it to have a chanceÂ at succeeding. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a challenge but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth it.

Images courtesy of Mango â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all clothing available from Mango, www.mango.com ,0207 434 3694

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Introducing the people behind the region's best businessesâ&#x20AC;Ś THE BASICS:

RESPECT:

Name: Martin Allard Company: Morgan Clare Position: Partner

Which other companies or business people do you admire and why?

LOWDOWN: Tell us about Morgan Clare - what do you do, who do you do it for and how long have you been doing it?

Short and Sweet - a house of designer labels for women, handpicked from the most relevant design houses, with a focus on introducing new designers every season at all price levels. Started as a small boutique in 1997 and, over 10 years, progressed to a spacious modern store four times its original size and an ecommerce website.

PAY-OFF: What aspect of running Morgan Clare do you enjoy the most?

The compliments!

CHALLENGE: â&#x20AC;Śand what's the trickiest part?

Working with 15 women!!

TAGLINE:

FREETIME:

Does Morgan Clare have a motto or mission statement?

Tell us what you do when you're not running Morgan Clare?

Bringing you the designers you love!

STANDOUT: What makes Morgan Clare standout from your competitors?

An eye for style and creativity, a passion for excellence, exceptional personal service and a relaxed and friendly shopping environment.

INSPIRATION: Who or what inspired you to form Morgan Clare?

Shopping in Matches in London, and wanting to bring the same shopping experience to the North.

Carl Brewins who set up the phenomenally successful Republic chain of stores. From selling jeans on a market stall to a multimillion pound business is very impressive.

I have 3 sons who keep me very busy in my spare time.

FUTURE: Where do you see Morgan Clare in 2020?

As successful as Republic!

Morgan Clare, Montpellier Gardens, Harrogate, HG1 2TF Tel: 01423 730720 www.morganclaare.co.uk

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Jono Baker

As I write, England have just crashed out of the World Cup (again). Actually, ‘crashed’ is probably the wrong word to use as they hardly had any impact at all. I’m sure that by the time you read this we will all have argued about what really went wrong… Many you cracked open a couple of beers or a decent bottle of wine to drown your sorrows or indeed to “cheer up” until the start of the Premiership - when we’ll have all forgotten about the World Cup. But, before you do, have you actually thought that you could be drinking away a potential gold mine…? At a recent Bonham’s wine auction a case of Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1959 made £23,500! This was against the pre-sale estimate of £12,000£16,000. When you look at the Bonham’s site it gives you a step-by-step guide on how to buy wine through their auctions; like anything in investing, remember ‘caveat emptor’, let the buyer beware. You really need to know what you are doing in this market as it is un-regulated. Paul Howard, On’s expert in wine, is the sort of person that would be a useful point of contact. A good friend of mine, the journalist Conal Gregory, is a “Master of Wine” (one of only 300 in the world) and he says that wine investment is a huge area to cover. However, he does agree that it is also a fantastic alternative asset. He currently recommends red Bordeaux which is by far the leading region, but you should also consider top white Bordeaux (Chateau d'Yquem), vintage Port, top Champagne (Roederer Cristal, single vineyard Bollinger Clos de Mesnil) and top Burgundy (Domaine de la Romanee-Conti). So, how does investing in wine compare to other markets? The London International Vintners Exchange, Liv-ex, has reported that a case of 1982 Chateau

Lafite Rothschild increased in price by 857% over the last 10 years, from £2,613 to £25,000!! The Liv-ex is currently trading near its all time high since inception. Now compare this to the last issue when we talked about gold and diamonds: wine has out performed gold since reliable wine records began with a tenfold increase!! Maybe I should convince my wife that instead of diamonds, wine is the way forward… A study undertaken by Liv-ex in July 2009 compared popular investments, namely equities, gold and property, with wine over the last twenty years. When they look at the average compound annual growth rate wine returned 12.6%, property 6.4%, FTSE 4.3% and gold 4.1%. The market for wine is a billion pound industry with an estimated £1.2bn worth of wine sat in bonded warehouses of private collectors alone; what’s more interesting is that the Asian market is growing at a phenomenal rate, with Hong Kong abolishing its duty on wine in 2008! So other than investing in wine direct (and you must remember that Paul and Conal are experts and know their stuff), what options do you have? Well, you really are quite limited in this area. If you Google “Wine Funds” the first hit brings up “The Wine Investment Fund”; when you click on the screen a big warning comes up that this is an “Unregulated collective investment scheme” and amongst other rules this is only available to sophisticated investors, so do be aware, and beware! The performance figures are impressive, and they have some impressive testimonials; however, this

does come with the usual “the value of your investment can fall” etc. etc. This is not the only available fund and again you have to do your research.This neatly brings me onto the next point: it’s all right making all these profits but what about tax? The simple answer is that the HMRC view wine as a “wasting asset”, fantastic! A wasting asset is something that is deemed perishable and whose lifespan is not likely to exceed fifty years. You do have to hold the wine yourself and not be a dealer, but if you do then fine wine is exempt from capital gains tax and income tax, but you do have to prove that the wine was bought to drink rather than hold to make a profit. One point I must make though is that as a friend said, can you imagine being sat at home having had a couple of bottles of wine already with friends and then cracking open your Mouton Rothschild… would each taste be better than the average one from Oddbins? Clearly we need to speak to Paul Howard again. Can you also imagine if you opened it and you corked it!! Something else you may want to note: every time someone breaks or drinks a Rothschild 1959, that makes one less bottle in the world and therefore yours will increase in value even further!! Personally, I prefer a nice Rioja, whilst sat thinking that the country has forgotten that we do actually have a national team which has appeared at the last two World Cups, won one and lost one! England Rugby. What’s more Steve Thompson, who was in the winning squad, will be playing for Leeds Carnegie for the next two seasons. Brilliant.

Pete's Porsche Fund We asked a newcomer to the world of stocks and shares to tell us about their first foray into the financial world… If you work in a building with stock brokers for long enough you soon get the idea that their job seems quite simple. How difficult can it be - you buy low, sell high and pocket the difference. So, I decided to invest my own money to see just what's involved. Setting up an account was the first step. A simple process that took less than an hour, Charles Stanley were my broker of choice. I also decided to take the Execution Only route, where the broker will trade the shares on your behalf but you decide what to buy and sell. Deciding what shares to buy was next and this is where the fun starts. There is so much research available: internet, newspapers, knowledgeable friends... Where to start? I started with the internet, subscribing to email newsletters and checking out various finance sites. I also downloaded an app for my Smartphone to track my shares and see just how rich I was becoming. Then, with literally one night of intensive research under my belt I was ready to trade. The obvious choice was BP, down more than 40% and at its lowest value for 14 years. However, from reading a number of research notes, I'd picked up on what seemed the hottest share on the market so my first purchase was a little known Italian technology company. By the end of the week I had also purchased three other stocks and spent the majority of my initial investment. Is Execution Only trading the route to go? Well, I've got the bug and the fun is in trying to find those hidden gems that are about to make it big. But, there are simpler ways to invest by paying someone else to do the research and investing on your behalf. But for now, my own research continues. The question you are all asking is how much richer am I? I'm up so far but I haven't been looking at the options list for the Porsche yet - read in to that what you will.

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