On 19 May, City Connect celebrates the birthday of Victoria Wood CBE, the English comedienne, actress, singer-songwriter, screenwriter and director. Wood has written and starred in sketches, plays, films and [...]
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Speidi vs. Relationship Norms
What is it about this celebrity couple which has got everyone talking? Are they playing a game with Big Brother? Are they playing a character for the show? Or is this how they really are with each other? Whatever it is that they are doing it at has got the nation talking. Both Heidi and [...]
Who Wants to Live Forever? – Part 2: The Evolution of Celebrity
“Where has God gone?… We have killed him – you and I. We are his murderers…God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him.’ (Nietzsche, The Gay Science) How did we get from Oscar Wilde to Jordan? This may sound like the opening line of a cheesy joke, but in actual fact the [...]
Aaron Allard Wins Big Brother 2011
After nine weeks of watching the antics unfold in the Big Brother 2011 house, Friday saw the Big Brother finale with the four remaining housemates up for the title of Big Brother winner of 2011. Alex Rose Lee, Louise Cliffe, Jay McKray and Aaron Allard had all made it to Day 64 and now it was [...]
Big Brother 2011 Fourth Eviction – Faye or Maisy?
As Bailey Bradmore is away this week, City Connect’s Creative Editor Alan Philippe discusses Mark’s departure from the Big Brother house and who was the fourth Big Brother housemate to be evicted on Day 29 of Big Brother 2011. There were tears earlier in the week as Mark Henderson walked out of the Big Brother [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Big Brother 2011 – Bailey Decides!
Big Brother 2011 – Day 1 – The Housemates Enter… On Channel 5, ex-Housemate Nikki Graeme is said to be analysing the new contestants for 2011, so Bailey Bradmore has agreed to dissect the personality types of the housemates this year for City Connect in a special Big Brother 2011 series to give a psychological evaluation [...]
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Etiquette for Hire: Part 2 – Interviews & Resignations
Adrian Fernand – Australia’s most stylish Agony Uncle – takes a look at the world of hiring and firing in Etiquette for Hire. Part 2 answers those all-important questions on interviews, [...]
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Gardening on a Budget
Gardening has become a low priority in the current tough economic climate. Recent research shows that a staggering 47% of us spent nothing at all on our outdoor areas in [...]
Relationships
Made in Chelsea – Ollie & Gabriella: Part 1
One of the most touching storylines in Made in Chelsea is the dynamic between Ollie and Gabriella. The way both of them are dealing with difficult situations from their break-up to Ollie’s current dilemma demonstrates [...]
