I liked the show but it wasn’t as good as the film. An enjoyable event but soon forgotten afterwards.
Cynthia Eviro did a good job as Dolores Van Cartier, who if [...]
Archive for September, 2011
73 Idea Portals to Think About
Since the 1990s companies and other organizations have created so-called “idea portals” for their customers and employees. These websites are aimed at gleaning new ideas and feedback for new products and services, new features and ways to improve processes. They are to all intents and purposes the online equivalent of the “suggestion box”. In recent [...]
Crispy Potato Bhajia (Maru’s Bhajia)
These crispy bhajias are also called Maru’s bhajia. Maru is the name of a restaurant in Nairobi and Wembley and they make these crispy potato bhajias which once you eat them - you never stop talking about them. These bhajias taste much nicer than the huge doughy bhajias you see in the supermarket as you [...]
Freemasons Donate over £180k to Alzheimer’s Research UK
The Masonic Samaritan Fund has donated over £180,000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity. The money will help support the first two years of pioneering research to develop a simple blood test to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists at King’s College London, one of Alzheimer’s Research UK’s 15 network research centres, are [...]
Big Brother 2011 Third Eviction: Who Will Go? Bailey Decides
City Connect interviewed typologist & relationship expert Bailey Bradmore about the goings on during week three of Channel 5′s Big Brother UK 2011. This week everyone’s talking about Kissgate – the hot gossip about Aaron and Maisy “getting it on” spread like wildfire through the Big Brother house. Bailey tells us which Big Brother housemates [...]
Made in Chelsea – Series 2 Episode 2
City Connect caught up with typologist & relationship expert Bailey Bradmore at home to find out her comments on the second episode of E4′s Made in Chelsea Series 2. Bailey answers viewers questions on Millie & Hugo’s break-up, Hugo’s confrontation with Cheska, Spencer’s “friends with benefits” relationship with Louise and the awkward moment Gabriella saw [...]
30th September – Firefly Bar – London
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Latest Technology News and Views
Science expert David Bradley reports on the latest technology news and views. Facebook changes privacy options – At last, Facebook has finally announced a revamp of its privacy settings that might actually be useful and understandable to everyday users of the site. Among the changes, items posted online will each have their own sharing settings determining who can [...]
A Milestone to Curing Alzheimer’s
Among the diseases most people are afraid of, Alzheimer’s is on the top of the list. This debilitating disease affects many people at old age and can pose difficult situations for the people concerned and their family. Last month scientist at the University of Rostock/ Germany made a spectacular discovery. A scientific group of 20 scientist [...]
Viva Vintage This Autumn!
The trends on the catwalk this season are drawing inspiration yet again from the past; from 40s glamour to 60s mod, so the high street is awash with reproduction vintage pieces. But why buy copies when you can have the real thing?! Shop ‘vintage’ and you can keep bang on trend, snapping up unique and [...]
Free Therapy Mailing List
Free therapy is for you if:- You feel stressed, tired, anxious or exhausted You need to relax but don’t know how You need rejuvenation but nothing seems to be working You feel at a crossroads and are not certain about which path to follow Your life feels as if you or someone else has caged [...]
Free Therapy
Free therapy is for you if:- You feel stressed, tired, anxious or exhausted You need to relax but don’t know how You need rejuvenation but nothing seems to be working You feel at a crossroads and are not certain about which path to follow Your life feels as if you or someone else has caged [...]
Made in Chelsea – Series 2 – Episode 1
With the return of E4′s Made in Chelsea for a second series, relationship expert Bailey Bradmore invited City Connect to her country home for an exclusive interview about the young socialites from SW1. Bailey was born and bred in Chelsea so she is a perfect commentator on the champagne lifestyle of Spencer Matthews and his [...]
Nurse HawthoRNe Season Finale
If you didn’t catch the season finale of Nurse Hawthorne, I’m back to give you the 411! It’s a no brainer really that in the 3rd season of Nurse HawthoRNe, viewers would be left with a cliffhanger. Don’t all good television ends this way? Okay, so we get to the segment where Christina reluctantly signs [...]
Epigenetics in Cambridge – DNA May Not Be Your Destiny
Epigenetics is a newly emerging field in Biology and has invaded many news reports around the world over the past few years. But what exactly is epigenetics? The term genetics describes the study of heritable changes involving DNA, which is the molecule carrying genetic information in our cells. When we reproduce, our genetic code recombines [...]
Big Brother 2011 Second Eviction: Who Will Go? Bailey Decides
Channel 5′s new series of Big Brother 2011 is now almost at the end of its second week and we have watched the Big Brother housemates get up to all sorts of tasks. At this early stage in the game, we’ve seen some unruly behaviour in the Big Brother house and there’s still plenty of [...]
24th September – Pub Mini Mingle – London
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Travelling to Great Zimbabwe
The bus slows gently as the driver changes down through the gears; annoyingly the moment before it stops he breaks sharply and sends every passenger lurching forward from their seats. After settling back into my original position I look out the window and notice another person waiting to board. This can only happen in Africa; [...]
23rd September – Mayfair Bar – London
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Made in Chelsea – Series 2 Teaser
We at City Connect while filming the Big Brother 2011 Housemates interview caught up with our resident relationship expert and guru on all things Chelsea – Bailey Bradmore for a quick insight to what she thought would be going on at our favourite SW3 postcode reality TV show, Made in Chelsea Series 2. We are delighted [...]
d’Arry’s Cookhouse and Wine Shop
I have written previously about the gentrification of the Cambridge dining scene that took place during the mid-noughties. Looking back, the one that started it all was perhaps the transformation of the rather scruffy King St Run town pub into the smart, sophisticated and quirky yet unpretentious urban gastropub d’Arry’s, serving the kind of [...]
Big Brother 2011 First Eviction: Who Will Go? Bailey Decides
With the first nominations on Big Brother 2011, we have unsurprisingly seen the claws come out and the bitchiness begin. On Wednesday’s episode of Big Brother, viewers witnessed the housemates nominate for the first eviction of the 2011 series and there were tears and two-faced comments aplenty in the Diary Room. We caught up with expert typologist [...]
20th September – New Members Night – London
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10 Things You Maybe Didn’t Know About Rainbows
Science correspondent David Bradley describes some interesting facts about rainbows that you may not have known: I am currently reading the most excellent “The Sun’s Heartbeat” by astronomy writer Bob Berman. It’s the kind of book I’d love to be able to write, informative, entertaining, engaging and witty. In it, Berman explains the solar things [...]
Eco-Friendly Holidays in India
Are you a travel aficionado who’s wondering what the latest buzz in the travel spectrum is? Do you think you’d like to go “green” the next time you travel? Or perhaps you’re a “green” traveller who is looking for a long vacation in beautiful countryside? Or a city stressed soul who could do with a rejuvenating [...]
Cash Still Needed for Charity Campaign
ITV’s This Morning celebrity doctor, Dr Chris Steele, has backed a local charity’s fundraising campaign to build a new ‘Home from Home’ within the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. The Sick Children’s Trust, which provides free, high-quality ‘Home from Home’ accommodation for families whose children are seriously ill in hospital, launched a cash fundraising appeal back [...]
Charity Evening with Dame Evelyn Glennie
Hosted jointly by The Business Club Cambridge and The Inspired Group, on September 29th world-renowned percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie will give an inspirational talk on Entrepreneurial Spirit in aid of East Anglia Childrens Hospice, Scotsdales Charitable Trust and Able Child Africa. Renowned as one of the most innovative and eclectic musicians in the international arena, [...]
Ask City Connect
Who is Bailey Bradmore?
Bailey Bradmore is currently known for her work as a writer but originally known in her capacity as an experienced therapist and life coach. She is also a skilled Typologist, [...]
Style
Suits – What if You Only Have £200?
Earlier this year, I wrote “If you can’t afford bespoke”, which covers the main hierarchies of tailoring: “ready to wear”, “made to measure”, “bespoke” etc.
After receiving a lot of e-mails from English [...]
Relationships
What Makes Some Women Marry So Quickly?
With yet another marriage under her belt, Katie Price proves to us that she is a woman with little or no morals when it comes to getting married. Marrying former stripper Kieran Hayler after only [...]
