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Ice & Fire eMagazine Edition #12 – October / November 2009 Page 1
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TOPICS in this issue*
Theatre – Valerie Leon’s ‘Carry On’ at the Jermyn Street Theatre, SW1
Opera - Ensemble Serse performs Artaserse, St Giles Church, WC2
Comedy – Rhona Cameron + friends entertain at a comedy dinner –
Boisdale of Belgravia, SW1
Joke Corner – Gems of Wit!!!
Politics – The Bruges Group Annual Conference, ‘The Future of the EU –
Can it Survive?’ King’s College, WC2
Art – Book Launch / Art Event, Queen’s Elm Gallery, SW3 – 16.10.09.
More Art - ‘Celebrities and Muses’, Opening Night - Gallery 27,
27 Cork Street, W1
Diary Notes – Quickies –
- Michael Ward’s show ‘Ebb and Flow’ at Gallery 286,
London SW5
For Private View contact - Tel: 020 7370 2239 http://www.gallery286.com/
– A reminder – not to forget –
A Cabaret evening at MU Venue, Knightsbridge SW1
in support of the ‘Help for Heroes’ charity
For details contact Sandra Hammond on –
tel: 020 7376 8345 / mob: 07885 620472
*Please note events are by topic not date order unless otherwise given
_________________________________________________________
Valerie Leon’s - Carry On !
Sunday – 01 November 2009
Valerie Leon
An intimate, illuminating and illustrated evening
The ever glamorous icon of the ‘70s Valerie Leon –
Hammer horror star, twice Bond girl and six times Carry On girl
Talks about her life and career during this golden age of British film and television.
The talk will be illustrated with vintage material from her association with some of the 70’s classics.
http://www.valerieleon.com/
Sunday, 01 November 2009 @ 8.00pm
Tickets - £12.00
Venue – The Jermyn Street Theatre
16b Jermyn Street
London SW1
Tel: 020 7287 2875
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On to Opera with a twist –
Ensemble Serse
Ensemble Serse
Ensemble Serse is a period band of young international musicians founded by male soprano Calvin Wells. Their aim is to provide a platform to showcase young talent as well as to present neglected dramatic works from the 18th century in historically informed productions. All of the performances are on period instruments.
The inspiration behind the ensemble is the stunning operatic virtuosity of the early eighteenth century, a virtuosity that envelops a wealth of unjustly neglected works; musical gems that have for too long been left to gather dust on library shelves.
The next production is -
Artaserse (Venice 1730)
By Johann Adolf Hasse (1699 - 1783)
Saturday 7 November, 2009 at 17:00 - 22:00
Tickets - £20.00
Venue
St Giles Church, 60 St Giles High Street, London WC2H 8LG
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Rhona Cameron Headlining Comedy Dinner at Boisdale
Sunday 1 November 2009*
Boisdale of Belgravia
Tickets: £65 including champagne reception and a three-course dinner with wine RHONA CAMERON ‘Britain’s best young female comic by any yardstick’ The Guardian JANEY GODLEY ‘A born raconteur. The type of act you ant to catch again and again, year after year.’ Daily Mirror MIKE WOZNIAK ‘A real star in the making’ Time Out * 'Cleverly off beat as well as occasionally off-beam' The Independent
MENU Ceviche of organic Hebridean salmon, spring onion & red chilli Bimbadgen Estate Pinot Grigio 2007, Australia · Chargrilled 28 day aged 7 oz rib eye, caramelised shallots, steamed spinach and creamed mash potato Sticks Pinot Noir 2005, Australia · Burnt lemon and vanilla tart with clotted cream TV personality, actress, critically acclaimed author and "one of the best" (The Scotsman) stand up comedians in the UK Rhona Cameron, will be joined on stage at Boisdale of Belgravia by multi-award-winning playwright, best-selling author, former Scotsman newspaper columnist Janey Godley and Mike Wozniak - "a real star in the making", Time Out New Act of the Year 2008, Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee 2009 who was described by The Independent as "cleverly off beat as well as occasionally off-beam". The evening will begin with a Champagne reception which will be followed by a sumptuous three-course dinner, the comic performance and an exclusive auction in support of Action Against Hunger* featuring a selection of unique luxury lots. If you would like to attend the Boisdale Comedy Dinner please RSVP Zoe on 020 7730 6922 or email: zoe@boisdale.co.uk. Availability is very limited. 6.30pm start
For further information go to –
http://www.boisdale.co.uk/members/Events2/event_detail.aspx?id=150
Boisdale of Belgravia
15 Eccleston Street, BelgraviaLondon SW1W 9LXTel: 020 7730 6922 Fax: 020 7730 0548www.boisdale.co.uk/belgraviamailto:info@boisdale.co.uk
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Joke Corner – some fabulous ‘gems’ here
Steven Wright
If you're not familiar with the work of Steven Wright he's the famously erudite comic who once said: "I woke up one morning and all of my stuff had been stolen and replaced by exact duplicates."His mind sees things differently than most of us do, to our amazement and amusement. Here are some of his gems:
1 - I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.
2 - Borrow money from pessimists -- They don't expect it back.
3 - Half the people you know are below average.
4 - 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
5 - 82.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
6 - A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.
7 - A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
8 - If you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain.
9 - All those who believe in psycho-kinesis raise my hand.
10 - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
11 - I almost had a psychic girlfriend...but she left me before we met.
12 - OK, so what's the speed of dark?
13 - How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?
14 - If everything seems to be going well you have obviously overlooked something.
15 - Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
16 - When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
17 - Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.
18 - Hard work pays off in the future, laziness pays off now.
19 - I intend to live forever...so far, so good.
20 - If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
21 - Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
22 - What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
23 - My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."
24 - Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?
25 - If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
26 - A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.
27 - Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
28 - The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread.
29 - To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
30 - The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.
31 - The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.
32 - The colder the X-ray table, the more of your body is required to be on it.
33 - Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film.
34 - If your car could travel at the speed of light, would your headlights work?
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With the Irish having given the ‘Yes’ vote to the Lisbon Treaty we are creeping ever nearer to a ‘superstate’ with the possibility of
Tony Blair as President
This provokes many questions – join the
BRUGES GROUP for their
Annual Conference and learn more ….
Saturday, 21st November 2009, 10.30am - 6.15pm
The Future of the EU... Can it Survive?
BRUGES GROUP ANNUAL CONFERENCE
ADMISSION: £20 payable on the door or in advance
Including lunch, coffee, wine, orange juice, mineral water, tea and cheese and biscuits
LOCATION The Great Hall, King's College
The Strand, London WC2
AGENDA Registration and Coffee:
10.30am Morning Session:
11am – 1pm
Lunch: 1pm – 2pm
Afternoon Session: 2pm – 4pm
Refreshments: 4pm - 4.15pm
Evening Session: 4.15pm – 6.15pm
Speakers
Peter Davies, the Mayor of Doncaster, is dedicated to slashing costs and ditching political correctness. He is the first English Democrat to be elected to a key council position. His youngest son, Philip, is the Conservative MP for Shipley. Peter Davies is a member of the Campaign for an Independent Britain and will talk on; The European Union and British politics.
Christopher Booker is a columnist for The Sunday Telegraph. He is the author of the Bruges Group paper Britain and Europe: The Culture of Deceit. And also co-wrote Scared To Death: From BSE To Global Warming, Why Scares Are Costing Us The Earth.
Richard Conquest is an economist, hedge fund consultant and author whose research focuses on economic history, market developments and crises. Richard has also authored a number of publications on Eastern Europe and Russia. He has also served as the Chief Economist for a number of City institutions.
Professor Kenneth Minogue is a frequent commentator for radio and television on European issues, he was Chairman of the Bruges Group 1991-1993; he remains a member of the Group’s Academic Advisory Council. Professor Minogue will discuss, The implications of the vote on the Lisbon Treaty and what this means for Britain and Europe.
Bruno Waterfield has been Brussels correspondent for The Daily Telegraph since December 2006. He has been reporting on the EU and European affairs since 2000, first from Westminster and then from January 2003 he has been based in Brussels. He is also a regular contributor to www.spiked-online.com
John Mills is the Secretary of the Labour Euro-Safeguards Campaign and the Labour Economic Policy Group. He is also the Chairman of one of the fastest growing companies in the UK, JML, which has extensive trading relations with much of the world. John Mills is the author of Europe’s Economic Dilemma.
Ian Milne is the author of an analysis of the net economic costs and benefits for the UK of EU membership, titled; A Cost Too Far?. Ian Milne has had a forty-year career in industry and merchant banking in the UK, France and Belgium. He is the author of the Bruges Group publication; Lost Illusions: British Foreign Policy. Ian Milne will discuss, Who Needs the Single Market?
Gerard Batten MEP is an expert on the costs of EU membership. He is a member of the European Parliament’s Security & Defence Committee, and is the UKIP spokesman on defence. Gerard Batten will be discussing the issue of immigration.
For further information contact:Robert Oulds, Director, The Bruges Group, 227 Linen Hall, 162-168 Regent StreetLondon W1B 5TBTel: 020 7287 4414, E-mail: info@brugesgroup.com
To book go to: http://www.brugesgroup.com/events/?article=14054
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QUEEN’S ELM GALLERY GOES WILD AGAIN . . .
FOR CHRISTIAN THE LION
15-18 OCTOBER 2009
QUEEN’S ELM – OPEN EVENING
241 FULHAM ROAD CHELSEA SW3
16 OCTOBER 2009
6.00 pm
Celebrity supporters will be joining John Rendall and the Art of Giving for the launch of the new Christian the Lion book. John will be sharing his wonderful experiences with Christian combined with an art gallery event, being supported by a wealth of amazing artists generously donating a percentage of sales of their work to George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust and the Born Free Foundation
Art of Giving was created by Ben and Tracey Bambrough who wanted to channel their passion for art and a desire to really make a difference, into a worthwhile and sustainable project. The company will be launched at the V&A in June 2010. However, a chance meeting with Simon Tarrant of the wonderful Queen’s Elm gallery, a conversation with Born Free and consequent meeting with John Rendall, created a pre-launch opportunity which was too good to miss . . . to bring ‘Christian the Lion’ back to London and celebrate his life - just a stone’s throw away from where he lived in the Kings Road.
The book shares the heart-warming and true story of Christian. The lion cub bought from Harrods by John Rendall and Anthony (Ace) Bourke, raised in their Chelsea flat and finally returned to live wild and free on the African plains with the help of Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers and George Adamson. Christian’s story is told in scrapbook style, using original photographs* of him as a cub. These images are both funny, moving and heart warming. The simple and accessible text, told in Christian’s voice, deals with themes familiar to little ones - love friendship, play and exploration.
The story and film of Christian the Lion has been shown around the world and has captured everyone’s hearts. John and Ace’s meeting with him in the wild was the most watched clip in 2008 with over 44 million hits on You Tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjWtRYaxmWM
Christian, in this celebration of his life, is being an ambassador for those wonderful animals now so critically reduced in numbers due to human population growth, habitat loss, trophy hunting and depletion. GAWPT and the Born Free Foundation are doing everything in their power to raise awareness, to educate the world on how to save the lives of wild animals, stop suffering rescue individuals and protect rare species, but the cost of doing this relies heavily on support and donations to enable this to be achieved.
For more information on this event, please contact info@artofgiving.co.uk
Christian the Lion books can be purchased at the event or via the GAWPT website http://www.georgeadamson.org/ and the Christian the Lion DVD can be purchased via the Born Free Foundation website http://www.bornfree.org.uk/
EDITOR’S NOTES
JOHN RENDALL [07958 927889]
Trustee of George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust (GAWPT), journalist, author.
www.georgeadamson.org/christian
Photographs of Christian the Lion can be obtained from photographer Derek Cattani
http://www.derekcattani.com/
BORN FREE FOUNDATION
http://www.bornfree.org.uk/
ANIMAL CONSERVATION FACTS
40 years ago, there were 200K lions in the world today there are only 30K – in Kenya 40 years ago, there were 30K lions, there are now only 2K. At this rate, lions could be extinct in just years.
ART OF GIVING
Ben Bambrough [07980 310468] runs his own successful Central London based interior design business. Tracey Bambrough [07834 282524]created the idea and they are both key in driving this initiative. Art of Giving will be website based – with various gallery events throughout the year. For more information: info@artofgiving.co.uk
QUEEN’S ELM GALLERY
Simon Tarrant [07711 335350] runs the Queen’s Elm Gallery with Toin Adams and Nicholas Ellis – see links below for more information.
Queen’s Elm used to be a hip swinging 60s/70s bar – where Laurie Lee used to play his tin whistle there and Francis Bacon propped up the bar. The upstairs bar used to be an art gallery, where artists such as Norman Stevens, Liz Frink, to name only two and numerous graduates from the Royal College of Art held exhibitions. So with a long overdue resurrection, Queen’s Elm in Chelsea hasn’t buzzed like it has recently, since its hayday - not as a 1960s drinking hole, but as a white-washed art gallery .
http://www.queenselmartists.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/arts/design/01stores.html
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GALLERY 27
‘Celebrities and Muses’
Opening Night – 19 October 2009
6 – 9 pm
27 Cork Street, W1
You are cordially invited to attend "Celebrities and Muses", a major exhibition of art works by Liz London at Gallery 27, 27 Cork Street, London W1S 3NG. The opening night is on Monday 19th October, from 6pm to 9pm. The exhibition runs daily from 11am to 5.30pm until Saturday 24th October.
Private viewings, with free drinks, run every day from 6pm to 9pm. Liz London and Lady Sandra Bates will provide you with a special tour of all the wonderful works.
"Celebrities and Muses" is a subject close to London's world of models, designers and photographers. She has always been intrigued by people's fascination with the media and stars. Drawing inspiration from Andy Warhol's revolutionary Pop Art London's eclectic works use highly vibrant neon making the canvasses explode with excitement.
The exhibition features more than 18 paintings and images of celebrities such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, Vivienne Westwood, Victoria Beckham, Jerry Hall, Carl Lagerfeld and Sarah Jessica Parker.
Also on display are her irresistible signature pieces, original jewelled palettes of wonderful ladies bedecked in Swarovski diamonds and beautiful pearls.
If you have any queries regarding art sales please contact Liz London on 07717 748 068 or email http://uk.mc283.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lizlondon18@hotmail.com
Alternatively, you can email Lady Sandra Bates on http://uk.mc283.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ldybates@yahoo.co.uk or ring on 020 7586 2195 or 07918 702 955 and I will be more than happy to give you more information.
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TOPICS in this issue*
Theatre – Valerie Leon’s ‘Carry On’ at the Jermyn Street Theatre, SW1
Opera - Ensemble Serse performs Artaserse, St Giles Church, WC2
Comedy – Rhona Cameron + friends entertain at a comedy dinner –
Boisdale of Belgravia, SW1
Joke Corner – Gems of Wit!!!
Politics – The Bruges Group Annual Conference, ‘The Future of the EU –
Can it Survive?’ King’s College, WC2
Art – Book Launch / Art Event, Queen’s Elm Gallery, SW3 – 16.10.09.
More Art - ‘Celebrities and Muses’, Opening Night - Gallery 27,
27 Cork Street, W1
Diary Notes – Quickies –
- Michael Ward’s show ‘Ebb and Flow’ at Gallery 286,
London SW5
For Private View contact - Tel: 020 7370 2239 http://www.gallery286.com/
– A reminder – not to forget –
A Cabaret evening at MU Venue, Knightsbridge SW1
in support of the ‘Help for Heroes’ charity
For details contact Sandra Hammond on –
tel: 020 7376 8345 / mob: 07885 620472
*Please note events are by topic not date order unless otherwise given
_________________________________________________________
Valerie Leon’s - Carry On !
Sunday – 01 November 2009
Valerie Leon
An intimate, illuminating and illustrated evening
The ever glamorous icon of the ‘70s Valerie Leon –
Hammer horror star, twice Bond girl and six times Carry On girl
Talks about her life and career during this golden age of British film and television.
The talk will be illustrated with vintage material from her association with some of the 70’s classics.
http://www.valerieleon.com/
Sunday, 01 November 2009 @ 8.00pm
Tickets - £12.00
Venue – The Jermyn Street Theatre
16b Jermyn Street
London SW1
Tel: 020 7287 2875
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On to Opera with a twist –
Ensemble Serse
Ensemble Serse
Ensemble Serse is a period band of young international musicians founded by male soprano Calvin Wells. Their aim is to provide a platform to showcase young talent as well as to present neglected dramatic works from the 18th century in historically informed productions. All of the performances are on period instruments.
The inspiration behind the ensemble is the stunning operatic virtuosity of the early eighteenth century, a virtuosity that envelops a wealth of unjustly neglected works; musical gems that have for too long been left to gather dust on library shelves.
The next production is -
Artaserse (Venice 1730)
By Johann Adolf Hasse (1699 - 1783)
Saturday 7 November, 2009 at 17:00 - 22:00
Tickets - £20.00
Venue
St Giles Church, 60 St Giles High Street, London WC2H 8LG
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Rhona Cameron Headlining Comedy Dinner at Boisdale
Sunday 1 November 2009*
Boisdale of Belgravia
Tickets: £65 including champagne reception and a three-course dinner with wine RHONA CAMERON ‘Britain’s best young female comic by any yardstick’ The Guardian JANEY GODLEY ‘A born raconteur. The type of act you ant to catch again and again, year after year.’ Daily Mirror MIKE WOZNIAK ‘A real star in the making’ Time Out * 'Cleverly off beat as well as occasionally off-beam' The Independent
MENU Ceviche of organic Hebridean salmon, spring onion & red chilli Bimbadgen Estate Pinot Grigio 2007, Australia · Chargrilled 28 day aged 7 oz rib eye, caramelised shallots, steamed spinach and creamed mash potato Sticks Pinot Noir 2005, Australia · Burnt lemon and vanilla tart with clotted cream TV personality, actress, critically acclaimed author and "one of the best" (The Scotsman) stand up comedians in the UK Rhona Cameron, will be joined on stage at Boisdale of Belgravia by multi-award-winning playwright, best-selling author, former Scotsman newspaper columnist Janey Godley and Mike Wozniak - "a real star in the making", Time Out New Act of the Year 2008, Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee 2009 who was described by The Independent as "cleverly off beat as well as occasionally off-beam". The evening will begin with a Champagne reception which will be followed by a sumptuous three-course dinner, the comic performance and an exclusive auction in support of Action Against Hunger* featuring a selection of unique luxury lots. If you would like to attend the Boisdale Comedy Dinner please RSVP Zoe on 020 7730 6922 or email: zoe@boisdale.co.uk. Availability is very limited. 6.30pm start
For further information go to –
http://www.boisdale.co.uk/members/Events2/event_detail.aspx?id=150
Boisdale of Belgravia
15 Eccleston Street, BelgraviaLondon SW1W 9LXTel: 020 7730 6922 Fax: 020 7730 0548www.boisdale.co.uk/belgraviamailto:info@boisdale.co.uk
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Joke Corner – some fabulous ‘gems’ here
Steven Wright
If you're not familiar with the work of Steven Wright he's the famously erudite comic who once said: "I woke up one morning and all of my stuff had been stolen and replaced by exact duplicates."His mind sees things differently than most of us do, to our amazement and amusement. Here are some of his gems:
1 - I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.
2 - Borrow money from pessimists -- They don't expect it back.
3 - Half the people you know are below average.
4 - 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
5 - 82.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
6 - A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.
7 - A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
8 - If you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain.
9 - All those who believe in psycho-kinesis raise my hand.
10 - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
11 - I almost had a psychic girlfriend...but she left me before we met.
12 - OK, so what's the speed of dark?
13 - How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?
14 - If everything seems to be going well you have obviously overlooked something.
15 - Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
16 - When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
17 - Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.
18 - Hard work pays off in the future, laziness pays off now.
19 - I intend to live forever...so far, so good.
20 - If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
21 - Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
22 - What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
23 - My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."
24 - Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?
25 - If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
26 - A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.
27 - Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
28 - The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread.
29 - To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
30 - The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.
31 - The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.
32 - The colder the X-ray table, the more of your body is required to be on it.
33 - Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film.
34 - If your car could travel at the speed of light, would your headlights work?
*****************************
With the Irish having given the ‘Yes’ vote to the Lisbon Treaty we are creeping ever nearer to a ‘superstate’ with the possibility of
Tony Blair as President
This provokes many questions – join the
BRUGES GROUP for their
Annual Conference and learn more ….
Saturday, 21st November 2009, 10.30am - 6.15pm
The Future of the EU... Can it Survive?
BRUGES GROUP ANNUAL CONFERENCE
ADMISSION: £20 payable on the door or in advance
Including lunch, coffee, wine, orange juice, mineral water, tea and cheese and biscuits
LOCATION The Great Hall, King's College
The Strand, London WC2
AGENDA Registration and Coffee:
10.30am Morning Session:
11am – 1pm
Lunch: 1pm – 2pm
Afternoon Session: 2pm – 4pm
Refreshments: 4pm - 4.15pm
Evening Session: 4.15pm – 6.15pm
Speakers
Peter Davies, the Mayor of Doncaster, is dedicated to slashing costs and ditching political correctness. He is the first English Democrat to be elected to a key council position. His youngest son, Philip, is the Conservative MP for Shipley. Peter Davies is a member of the Campaign for an Independent Britain and will talk on; The European Union and British politics.
Christopher Booker is a columnist for The Sunday Telegraph. He is the author of the Bruges Group paper Britain and Europe: The Culture of Deceit. And also co-wrote Scared To Death: From BSE To Global Warming, Why Scares Are Costing Us The Earth.
Richard Conquest is an economist, hedge fund consultant and author whose research focuses on economic history, market developments and crises. Richard has also authored a number of publications on Eastern Europe and Russia. He has also served as the Chief Economist for a number of City institutions.
Professor Kenneth Minogue is a frequent commentator for radio and television on European issues, he was Chairman of the Bruges Group 1991-1993; he remains a member of the Group’s Academic Advisory Council. Professor Minogue will discuss, The implications of the vote on the Lisbon Treaty and what this means for Britain and Europe.
Bruno Waterfield has been Brussels correspondent for The Daily Telegraph since December 2006. He has been reporting on the EU and European affairs since 2000, first from Westminster and then from January 2003 he has been based in Brussels. He is also a regular contributor to www.spiked-online.com
John Mills is the Secretary of the Labour Euro-Safeguards Campaign and the Labour Economic Policy Group. He is also the Chairman of one of the fastest growing companies in the UK, JML, which has extensive trading relations with much of the world. John Mills is the author of Europe’s Economic Dilemma.
Ian Milne is the author of an analysis of the net economic costs and benefits for the UK of EU membership, titled; A Cost Too Far?. Ian Milne has had a forty-year career in industry and merchant banking in the UK, France and Belgium. He is the author of the Bruges Group publication; Lost Illusions: British Foreign Policy. Ian Milne will discuss, Who Needs the Single Market?
Gerard Batten MEP is an expert on the costs of EU membership. He is a member of the European Parliament’s Security & Defence Committee, and is the UKIP spokesman on defence. Gerard Batten will be discussing the issue of immigration.
For further information contact:Robert Oulds, Director, The Bruges Group, 227 Linen Hall, 162-168 Regent StreetLondon W1B 5TBTel: 020 7287 4414, E-mail: info@brugesgroup.com
To book go to: http://www.brugesgroup.com/events/?article=14054
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QUEEN’S ELM GALLERY GOES WILD AGAIN . . .
FOR CHRISTIAN THE LION
15-18 OCTOBER 2009
QUEEN’S ELM – OPEN EVENING
241 FULHAM ROAD CHELSEA SW3
16 OCTOBER 2009
6.00 pm
Celebrity supporters will be joining John Rendall and the Art of Giving for the launch of the new Christian the Lion book. John will be sharing his wonderful experiences with Christian combined with an art gallery event, being supported by a wealth of amazing artists generously donating a percentage of sales of their work to George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust and the Born Free Foundation
Art of Giving was created by Ben and Tracey Bambrough who wanted to channel their passion for art and a desire to really make a difference, into a worthwhile and sustainable project. The company will be launched at the V&A in June 2010. However, a chance meeting with Simon Tarrant of the wonderful Queen’s Elm gallery, a conversation with Born Free and consequent meeting with John Rendall, created a pre-launch opportunity which was too good to miss . . . to bring ‘Christian the Lion’ back to London and celebrate his life - just a stone’s throw away from where he lived in the Kings Road.
The book shares the heart-warming and true story of Christian. The lion cub bought from Harrods by John Rendall and Anthony (Ace) Bourke, raised in their Chelsea flat and finally returned to live wild and free on the African plains with the help of Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers and George Adamson. Christian’s story is told in scrapbook style, using original photographs* of him as a cub. These images are both funny, moving and heart warming. The simple and accessible text, told in Christian’s voice, deals with themes familiar to little ones - love friendship, play and exploration.
The story and film of Christian the Lion has been shown around the world and has captured everyone’s hearts. John and Ace’s meeting with him in the wild was the most watched clip in 2008 with over 44 million hits on You Tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjWtRYaxmWM
Christian, in this celebration of his life, is being an ambassador for those wonderful animals now so critically reduced in numbers due to human population growth, habitat loss, trophy hunting and depletion. GAWPT and the Born Free Foundation are doing everything in their power to raise awareness, to educate the world on how to save the lives of wild animals, stop suffering rescue individuals and protect rare species, but the cost of doing this relies heavily on support and donations to enable this to be achieved.
For more information on this event, please contact info@artofgiving.co.uk
Christian the Lion books can be purchased at the event or via the GAWPT website http://www.georgeadamson.org/ and the Christian the Lion DVD can be purchased via the Born Free Foundation website http://www.bornfree.org.uk/
EDITOR’S NOTES
JOHN RENDALL [07958 927889]
Trustee of George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust (GAWPT), journalist, author.
www.georgeadamson.org/christian
Photographs of Christian the Lion can be obtained from photographer Derek Cattani
http://www.derekcattani.com/
BORN FREE FOUNDATION
http://www.bornfree.org.uk/
ANIMAL CONSERVATION FACTS
40 years ago, there were 200K lions in the world today there are only 30K – in Kenya 40 years ago, there were 30K lions, there are now only 2K. At this rate, lions could be extinct in just years.
ART OF GIVING
Ben Bambrough [07980 310468] runs his own successful Central London based interior design business. Tracey Bambrough [07834 282524]created the idea and they are both key in driving this initiative. Art of Giving will be website based – with various gallery events throughout the year. For more information: info@artofgiving.co.uk
QUEEN’S ELM GALLERY
Simon Tarrant [07711 335350] runs the Queen’s Elm Gallery with Toin Adams and Nicholas Ellis – see links below for more information.
Queen’s Elm used to be a hip swinging 60s/70s bar – where Laurie Lee used to play his tin whistle there and Francis Bacon propped up the bar. The upstairs bar used to be an art gallery, where artists such as Norman Stevens, Liz Frink, to name only two and numerous graduates from the Royal College of Art held exhibitions. So with a long overdue resurrection, Queen’s Elm in Chelsea hasn’t buzzed like it has recently, since its hayday - not as a 1960s drinking hole, but as a white-washed art gallery .
http://www.queenselmartists.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/arts/design/01stores.html
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GALLERY 27
‘Celebrities and Muses’
Opening Night – 19 October 2009
6 – 9 pm
27 Cork Street, W1
You are cordially invited to attend "Celebrities and Muses", a major exhibition of art works by Liz London at Gallery 27, 27 Cork Street, London W1S 3NG. The opening night is on Monday 19th October, from 6pm to 9pm. The exhibition runs daily from 11am to 5.30pm until Saturday 24th October.
Private viewings, with free drinks, run every day from 6pm to 9pm. Liz London and Lady Sandra Bates will provide you with a special tour of all the wonderful works.
"Celebrities and Muses" is a subject close to London's world of models, designers and photographers. She has always been intrigued by people's fascination with the media and stars. Drawing inspiration from Andy Warhol's revolutionary Pop Art London's eclectic works use highly vibrant neon making the canvasses explode with excitement.
The exhibition features more than 18 paintings and images of celebrities such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, Vivienne Westwood, Victoria Beckham, Jerry Hall, Carl Lagerfeld and Sarah Jessica Parker.
Also on display are her irresistible signature pieces, original jewelled palettes of wonderful ladies bedecked in Swarovski diamonds and beautiful pearls.
If you have any queries regarding art sales please contact Liz London on 07717 748 068 or email http://uk.mc283.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lizlondon18@hotmail.com
Alternatively, you can email Lady Sandra Bates on http://uk.mc283.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ldybates@yahoo.co.uk or ring on 020 7586 2195 or 07918 702 955 and I will be more than happy to give you more information.
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