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Christmas Gift Ideas For The Fashionista In Your Life
Christmas is coming, and whilst there are people who had already got all their presents and had wrapped them by the beginning of September, for most of us this is where the rush begins. Black Friday is not just a day to get a bargain, it is also a klaxon warning that Christmas is just a month away and we really need to get a move on and get those presents sorted and quickly. This gift guide is dedicated to the fashionista, the person who lives and breathes for fashion and wouldn’t be seen dead wearing anything from last season. This is the person who is always on trend and…
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Find Out About Coolsculpting
It is one of those age old problems, you gain weight so you decide to embark on a diet of healthy eating and to start some exercise, maybe you even go as far as to join a gym. And it works! You lose the weight and feel so much better. But, hold on, that is only half the story. You lose the weight but not always in the areas you want to, and so are still stuck with back fat, or bra fat, or that double chin that you really hoped would disappear. Some Fat Cells just don’t seem to want to budge, no matter how successful our diet or…
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Countdown to Cruella – Behind The Scenes at 101 Dalmatians Pt 1
Every year at Christmas time, the Birmingham Rep offers something a little bit different to the traditional panto fare. This year it is bringing an eagerly awaited production of 101 Dalmatians to Birmingham and last week, on World Theatre Day, I was lucky enough to get behind the scenes at the Rep, to watch a rehearsal, chat to the cast and director Tessa Walker, designer Jamie Vartan and puppet director Jimmy Grimes. It was a fascinating look at what goes into the production of a Christmas classic. In this first post I am going to bring you the chat with director Tessa and puppet director Jimmy, who talked about why…
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Awful Auntie Live On Stage In Birmingham
Awful Auntie stormed into the Birmingham New Alexandra Theatre tonight delighting both children and adults alike. The latest David Walliams novel to be adapted for the stage has all the hallmarks that make Walliams’s books so brilliant, a monstrous villain, a plucky, determined child, a story of loss and friendship. But, unlike the other Walliam’s stories, this is a story set in the past, in the 1920s, and there’s no sign of Raj. That said,it is still a brilliantly told tale, and in Alberta Saxby, it has one of the most memorable baddies in recent times. Stella Saxby is 12, almost 13, when she wakes up in her bed swathed…
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Christmas Gift Idea: A Photo Gift Idea From Lifecake
Lifecake is a fantastic App that gives you a way to preserve your photographs and videos that accumulate over time. It is a visual storytelling platform that can store all the photographs you take of your children and can organise them into albums, sorted by special occasions, birthdays and memorable dates. In addition, you can also share the details with your loved ones, who may not live close, so that they too can keep up to date with all the memorable milestones our children experience every single day. Currently you can download the Lifecake app from Google Play and the Apple Store and receive 10GB of free space for storing…
