City Connect celebrates the birthday of actor and writer Stephen Fry. Fry is known for his erudite personality which is evident in his writing and TV appearances on such programmes [...]
Archive for October, 2011
On the Way to a Healthier Heart
Adam Shaw talks presents the Healthy Heart Academy. Get in touch directly if you have any heart-related issues or need some advice for your friends. Welcome to The Healthy Heart Academy – Your Healthier Heart Resource According to the World Health Organisation heart disease kills at least one person every 4.5 seconds. Heart Disease is [...]
First Class Cuppa
The Stamp Collection is the chic creation of Gift Republic, a multi award-winning gift company who produce mugs bearing designs using iconic Royal Mail stamps. This is the ideal gift if you’re looking for something quirky and unusual for a friend or loved one. They look so beautiful that it’ll be hard to resist treating yourself to [...]
Garra Rufa Fish Pedicures
The pedicure has got fishy with the introduction of Garra Rufa fish pedicures across the UK over the last 12 months. I have been familiar with this intriguing aquatic foot treatment for many years thanks to my travels in Asia where this treatment has proved very popular and I am pleasantly surprised to see tanks [...]
Happy Birthday Winona Ryder
City Connect celebrates the birthday of American actress Winona Ryder who was born on this day in 1971. Biography Winona Ryder made her film debut in the 1986 film Lucas. Ryder’s first significant role came in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice (1988) as a goth teenager, which won her critical and commercial recognition. After making various appearances [...]
Hidden India – Top 5 Tranquil Holiday Destinations
Restful vacations, lazy holidays, quick getaways amidst snow capped peaks dotted with orchards, dense forests and green meadows. Are you looking for all or many of these? Then join Mariam Noronha as she unravels holiday destinations hidden in the Indian landscape. Here is a look at her top five tranquil holiday destinations in India… Pauri, Himachal [...]
Will It Be a Boy or a Girl?
One of the true wonders of nature and life is birth, and many a times couples have been contemplating the question that has been occupying human beings possibly since the beginning of humankind: will it be a boy or a girl? There are tests available these days, such as ultrasound, which is completely safe, and [...]
Are You “Skinny Fat”?
We all know someone at work or socially, who spends hours each week doing cardio, be it running, cycling or on the cross trainer at the gym, who stays very thin, with long skinny arms and legs and appears to have low body fat. But look closely and you may see a little fat around [...]
Brewing Up Synthetic Yeast
Brewing up synthetic yeast – My latest news story for Chemistry World discusses artificial life. US scientists have taken the first tentative steps towards a synthetic yeast genome. They’re not planning to bake bread or brew beer with their new artificial life form but the work could expand the toolbox with which researchers can manipulate DNA. [...]
Lila: an Inquiry into Morals
What is quality and what are values? This is the integral question Robert Pirsig asks in his book “Lila”, which is a sequel to his famous novel “Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance”. City Connect reported on the latter book previously, and now we will continue the philosophical debate. Just like the prequel, the [...]
Securely Nutritious
Food security. We commonly think of the term as referring to whether someone has access to food and that enough food is available. However, there’s food and then there’s safe and nutritious food. Karyn Havas and Mo Salman of Colorado State University argue that we should also think of food security in terms of nutritional [...]
Belgo – Belgian for Beer, Mussels and More Beer
Belgium – famous for beer, Belgian chocolate, Hercule Poirot, and earlier this year it achieved the record for the country with the longest time without a government in modern history. But before the political deadlock, Belgium was also famous for its national dish of moules et frites – otherwise known as mussels and chips. Which [...]
Happy Birthday Catherine Deneuve
City Connect celebrates the birthday of the actress Catherine Deneuve who was born on this day in 1943. She is considered one of France’s most successful actresses and has starred in seven English-language films, most notably the 1983 cult classic The Hunger. Biography Catherine Deneuve has gained recognition for her portrayal of aloof and mysterious [...]
Kumar’s Curry & Bumbu Sauces
New to the UK is the most amazing range of curry sauces that are like nothing you will have ever tasted before. Kumar’s curry sauces and bumbu’s will give you the true taste of South Asian cuisine in convenient ready-to-use pots that are now available in the UK for home delivery. “Bumbu” is the Indonesian word for [...]
What Has Happened to Sports Stars?
There was a time when sports stars were respected; revered throughout our nation. The likes of Sir Bobby Charlton or JPR Williams gave out a professional, gentlemanly conduct that was seen and loved throughout the country. Now, however, there is little to suggest that our sporting personalities do anything to be respected. The conduct shown [...]
Wine of the Month – October
October has been something of a mixed month so far with a late Indian summer to kick things off, some distinctly wintry temperatures a few days later, and a bit of mist and mellow fruitfulness in between. However, one thing remains constant and that is the need for bigger, warming wines to go with some [...]
How Dangerous is a Brazilian Blow?
I did a double take when I saw the most recent offer to land in my inbox: “a $20 Brazilian Blow Dry”. I quickly realised it was a hair treatment wholly unrelated to waxing or any kind of sexual activity, but my being less than cranially hirsute, I’ve not taken much interest in such matters [...]
CitySocialising Cambridge Events: 17-24 October 2011
City Connect supports the Cambridge events held by CitySocialising Cambridge where you can meet new people, enjoy socialising at events in Cambridge and increase your social circle. We are proud to promote these Cambridge events to our City Connect readers making them accessible to all. If you are interested in the following Cambridge events, either [...]
The Healthy Heart Academy
City Connect introduces Adam Shaw and the Healthy Heart Academy. Thank you for taking your time in getting to know me. Your time is precious and can never be replaced. I truly appreciate yours used to connect with me here. A different start in life. I grew up within the grounds of a Psychiatric Institution. [...]
An A-Z of New Season Style
There are many people out there who feel that a new season means a completely new wardrobe. Indeed, this is one of the main criticisms of the fashion industry, in that it promotes mindless consumerism. However, I don’t believe that this is the case. It is for the designers to come up with brand new [...]
Moscow State Circus on Midsummer Common
The Moscow State Circus performance is an adaptation of the Russian novel, ‘Twelve Chairs’, first published in 1928 and written by IIf and Petrov. This satirical novel tells the tale of a family caught in a new soviet regime, which stripped the ruling classes of property and possessions. Like many who remained in Russia, they had to [...]
Jodie Marsh – Beauty or Beast?
Standing by Jodie Marsh in matching black bikinis waiting to go on stage is rather intimidating to say the least, with her heavily bronzed tan and lights, Jodie’s body was a far cry from the Page 3 look we are accustomed to seeing in the pages of glossy magazines, but is it a step too [...]
The Internet of Things
In the early days of the web, pages and sites were fairly static, although they were hyperlinked, of course. You visited a page, absorbed or ignored its content, and clicked on to the next site or back to the search engine results page to find another target for your eyeballs. Then came Web 2.0, the [...]
World Mental Health Day 2011
City Connect proudly supports World Mental Health Day on 10 October 2011 which raises public awareness about mental health issues. The day promotes open discussion of mental disorders, and investments in prevention, promotion and treatment services. The World Health Organisation created World Mental Health Day in 1992 – it has been a yearly event since then [...]
CitySocialising Cambridge Events: 10-16 October 2011
City Connect supports the Cambridge events held by CitySocialising Cambridge where you can meet new people, enjoy socialising at events in Cambridge and increase your social circle. We are proud to promote these Cambridge events to our City Connect readers making them accessible to all. If you are interested in the following Cambridge events, either leave a comment [...]
Billions Upon Billions
Back in the day, we Brits had big billions. A billion was a million millions. Obviously, the “bi” doubling up the “illion” from million. What else would it be? Well…of course…the Americans wanted to talk bigger still and so made their billion a mere 1000 million. Back then, it was hard to be a millionaire [...]
Happy Birthday John Lennon
City Connect celebrates the anniversary of the birth of John Lennon who was born on this day in 1940. Lennon rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Along with fellow Beatle Paul McCartney, [...]
Ask City Connect
How to Avoid Blind Date Disasters
Adrian Fernand – Australia’s seriously stylish agony uncle and creator of idobelieveicamewithahat.com – answers your questions on life, the universe and everything. This week, Adrian has advice on how to [...]
Style
Happy Birthday Colourworks!
It’s time to celebrate the first birthday of the Colourworks collection – a comprehensive range of cookware that combines functional materials with stylish design and bright colours perfect for this [...]
Relationships
Is Poetry the Real Food of Love?
Isn’t it funny how different buttons pressed at the right time can trigger the most imaginative and erotic experiences?
Recently I was introduced to the Iranian poet, Rumi, and up until that point my encounters of [...]
