“My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us, the world is full of it and you simply take as much as you require.” [...]
Archive for July, 2011
Fringe Wines And A Bit Of Geo-Political History
I recently got to know through Twitter a US blogger whose site, Fringe Wine, is dedicated to “unusual grape varietals and/or grown in unfamiliar regions all over the world”. I love this idea and went through my own Fringe Wine phase a while ago in search of something local when my business travels regularly took [...]
2nd August – New Members Night – Cambridge
City Connect supports Cambridge events from numerous organisations. We are proud to promote these Cambridge events to our City Connect readers making them accessible to all. If you are interested in this Cambridge event, either leave a comment below or go to the CitySocialising website. If you have any suggestions for other Cambridge events for [...]
From Boot Camp to Bootylicious!
Get ready this October for the launch of the Bootylicious Weekend Boot Camp by elite boot camps. The Bootylicious Weekend Boot Camp is a unique ladies only weekend boot camp run by a specialist team of personal training instructors who understand your limits and will provide you with the ultimate fitness experience. These highly skilled [...]
Salus Wellness Clinics – One Year of Successes
Building a business from scratch can be challenging and, at the same time, very rewarding when results are outstanding. Salus Wellness Clinics celebrated this week its first anniversary; the complementary health centre is now a well established business that fits well in the local community, offering a rich variety of top quality complementary health services [...]
Hundreds Sign Up for Family Fun Day at Grafham Water Centre
Over 450 people will be making a splash at Grafham Water Centre, on Saturday 6 August, for a special family day for local disabled children and their families. The family fun day, which runs from 10:30am to 4:30pm, will give disabled children the chance to make use of new facilities at Grafham Water Centre which [...]
July – Pay Day Drinks – Cambridge
City Connect supports Cambridge events from numerous organisations. We are proud to promote these Cambridge events to our City Connect readers making them accessible to all. If you are interested in this Cambridge event, either leave a comment below or go to the CitySocialising website. If you have any suggestions for other Cambridge events for [...]
Goodbye Pain… Hello Pain Pod!
The Pain Pod is providing a new wave of relief for sufferers across the UK. Just arrived here direct from the USA via Australia, the Hidow Pain Pod is the very latest super technological advance in effective electronic massaging. This super powerful pod is hand sized – about the size of a small MP3 player [...]
Steve’s Grenache – and The Grape Escape
Many men of a certain age approaching their mid-life crisis often start thinking of ridiculously powerful sports cars and pretty young girls. But for Steve Hovington – briefly a synth pop star in the 80s with B-Movie and now manager of the Cherry Hinton Road branch of Cambridge Wine Merchants – things were a little [...]
East End Celebrity Goes Fishing for Funds
The second annual Big Fish event looks set to be a big catch in raising money for local charity, The Sick Children’s Trust, with special guest actor Scott Maslen bringing star quality to the day. Held at Great Linford Lakes in Buckinghamshire on September 3, the event is being organised by Dominic Morgan as a [...]
Breaking Down Technology Transfer Barriers
Breaking down the technical and legal barriers are essential if technology transfer from academia to industry is to be done efficiently and effectively, according to researchers in Spain. Antonio Hidalgo, Professor of Technology Strategy at the Technical University of Madrid and José Albors, Professor of Business Administration at the Technical University of Valencia explain that [...]
August – Monthly Bowling Night – London Event
City Connect supports London events from numerous organisations. We are proud to promote these London events to our City Connect readers making them accessible to all. If you are interested in this London event, either leave a comment below or go to the CitySocialising website. If you have any suggestions for other London events for [...]
Book Review: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
This week, Sebastian Müller talks about the famous book “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” exclusively on City Connect. “We’re in such a hurry most of the time we never get much chance to talk. The result is a kind of endless day-to-day shallowness, a monotony that leaves a person wondering years later where [...]
Olympic Gold Geraint Goes Tandem for Charity Challenge
There’ll be no rest for Olympic gold medallist Geraint Thomas MBE when he returns home to Wales from the Tour de France. A gruelling 170 mile charity cycle ride awaits him on Saturday 30 July to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, and The Stroke Association. Geraint, 25, plans [...]
A Prosecco for the Garden
I used about half of this bottle from Cambridge Wine Merchants for a recipe that I was test-driving a few weekends ago for MasterChef finalist Alex Rushmer who, amongst other things, is about to open a new restaurant somewhere in Cambridge – recently revealed as The Hole in The Wall in Little Wilbraham. It seemed a shame [...]
Nurse HawthoRNe Sizzles on TNT
Direct from America, Clara Freeman – freelance columnist, and self-confessed celebrity gossip mogul – discusses the twists and turns of one of TNT’s hottest shows: Nurse HawthoRNe (sic). Nurse HawthoRNe has proved very popular in America and stars the talented Jada Pinkett Smith and the handsome Michael Vartan. Okay, I admit it again. I love [...]
Is It OK to Recycle Your Wardrobe?
Thank you for your question. When I first read your question it was slightly misleading as I thought you were referring to donating your clothes to charity. Although this was not what you were getting at I stress to your and other readers that if you are worried about wearing the same item of clothing [...]
Happy Birthday Sir Edmund Hillary
City Connect celebrates the 91st anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s birth. New Zealand’s best known explorer has been truly inspirational to others since his record breaking achievements of being the first to climb Mount Everest and the first to drive overland to the South Pole. Biography Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE (20 July [...]
Take That Returns
City Connect author Sebastian Müller has witnessed a concert of the new tour of the most successful of all British Bands, Take That. He reports exclusively on City Connect. Take That, reunited in their original line-up of for the first time since 1995 (with Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Howard Donald, Jason Orange and Robbie Williams) , are currently [...]
Treasures at the Fitzwilliam Museum
The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has a fascinating exhibition on at the moment called “Treasure Under Your Feet” which runs until 4th September 2011 in the Octagon Gallery. The exhibition consists of displays of various discovered treasure from the East Anglia region which have helped archeologists understand the life and times of our ancestors. These [...]
A Cup of Coffee in Vienna
For me, Vienna is synonymous with many things – the seat of the Habsburgs, the Holy Roman Empire, historic palaces and grand cathedrals, the waltzes of Strauss and clandestine assignations between cold-war spies and their spymasters. So, it’s hard to pick one thing that sums up the city – and that diversity and wealth of [...]
X-Factor Style Wars
It’s no surprise to UK viewers that for the last few seasons of X-Factor Cheryl and Danni have been playing a quiet game of battle of the dresses which luckily for us kept raising the fashion stakes. During the audition process I was sometimes mesmerised by the outfits rather than the atrocious off key wannabe [...]
Do You Support the Re-Opening of the Playboy Club?
Thank your for your question, I can tell by the tone of your missive that you are anti the opening of the Playboy Club and can understand that it is your view that it degrades women and objectifies them. Having not been old enough to have frequented the Playboy Club the first time round, I’ve [...]
Aspartame Toxicity. Not.
Aspartame is an artificial, non-saccharide, sweetener used as a sugar substitute in some foods and beverages usually so that they can be labelled as “lite” or “diet” products. In the European Union, it is coded as E951. Aspartame is a methyl ester of aspartic acid and phenylalanine, two natural components of proteins found in a wide [...]
India’s Unique Holiday Destinations
Do you fancy an idyllic but different break in India? Did you know that there are a host of unique holiday destinations in India that are just a few hours away by flight or road from the tourist traps in major cities? Here is our take on five unique holiday destinations in India where you [...]
Norwich Family’s Daughter’s Plight Eased by Local Charity Support
This week, City Connect reports on a family from Norwich who was supported by the Sick Children’s Trust. One afternoon last summer, our 15 year old daughter Jade complained of feeling unwell. Over the following days her face began to swell up and she developed a pain in her leg so I took her to [...]
Relax and Rejuvenate
The Telegraph and Ultratravel have done a survey on the top ten best spas. We have reviewed their article and choices and agree that five of our favourite spas in the world are included in their list. In no particular order we have listed them below. The most important thing about spa life is to [...]
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How Can I Raise My Energy Levels?
Thank you for your question on how to raise your energy levels and whether it could be supplemented by diet. As a Life Coach I am not a nutritionist but [...]
Style
Fashion at the Races
Katie Bowen – fashion writer and Cambridge-based personal stylist – offers fashion advice for the racing season and gives style guidelines on perfect Ladies Day outfits.
Going to the races is [...]
Relationships
Made in Chelsea – Ollie & Gabriella: Part 2
Continuing on from Ollie & Gabriella – Part 1, we again look at the touching storyline in Made in Chelsea that is the highly emotional intelligent communication between Ollie and Gabriella. Our Creative Editor, Alan [...]
