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<strong>Bristol</strong> <strong>April</strong> <strong>2015</strong> Edition<br />

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Brad Camp<br />

Fashion & Culture Show<br />

May <strong>2015</strong><br />

<strong>Unique</strong> Financial<br />

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Magazine <strong>April</strong> <strong>2015</strong><br />

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4 Hollie Gazzard Trust News & Events<br />

6 Creative Generation - Branding<br />

8 <strong>Unique</strong> Fashion<br />

10 <strong>Unique</strong> Testimonials<br />

12 Brad Camp<br />

16 Rachael Chiverton<br />

18 Introtweet<br />

20 Fashion & Culture Show May <strong>2015</strong><br />

22 <strong>Unique</strong> Travel<br />

24 Jon Stanley Photography<br />

25 Let There Bee Cake<br />

26 Winstons Wish<br />

28 <strong>Unique</strong> Networking<br />

29 <strong>Unique</strong> Media Rate Card<br />

30 <strong>Unique</strong> Financial<br />

32 LNH Management Solutions<br />

33 Decca Design Flooring<br />

34 <strong>Unique</strong> Classifieds<br />

36 What’s On In <strong>April</strong><br />

38 <strong>Unique</strong> Football The Robins<br />

<strong>Unique</strong> <strong>Bristol</strong> <strong>April</strong><br />

Hello and welcome to the <strong>April</strong> edition of <strong>Unique</strong> Magazine,<br />

this is our third digital community magazine :) Thank you all for<br />

sharing March’s magazine on Twitter @<strong>Unique</strong>MediaCo and for<br />

interacting with the magazine. <strong>Unique</strong> Classifieds is now live<br />

and you can save money by advertising: Motors, Home Rentals<br />

and Houses to buy.<br />

There are some amazing events happening throughout <strong>April</strong> &<br />

May in <strong>Bristol</strong> and <strong>Unique</strong> will be reporting on them.<br />

We are really looking forward to our second Fashion and<br />

Culture Show on Tuesday 19th May in aid of Hollie Gazzard<br />

Trust, at Lily Gins, 2A Regents Street in Cheltenham. It will be a<br />

great evening with 100 tickets available with a summer fashion<br />

theme, including dance and a hair styling extravaganza that we<br />

hope will raise over £2,000 with your help.<br />

All money raised will be going to Hollie Gazzard Trust to help<br />

them achieve their aim of Sponsoring 12 hairdressing students<br />

at Gloscol, increasing domestic abuse awareness and reducing<br />

knife crime.<br />

We have loads of great features this month including <strong>Unique</strong><br />

Financial, <strong>Unique</strong> Fashion by Cecelia Pusey @Dusky210, <strong>Bristol</strong><br />

City FC and What’s On In <strong>Bristol</strong>.<br />

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Hollie Gazzard Trust News & Events<br />

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Hope, passion & a life<br />

fulfilled<br />

Due to the success of last year’s walk, we are holding the <strong>2015</strong> walk 4 Hollie on<br />

Sunday <strong>April</strong> 26 in aid of the Hollie Gazzard Trust. Our aim is for 1000 walkers<br />

this year and those of you who attended last year will know how enjoyable it<br />

was. So please come along and encourage your family and friends to join you.<br />

It will be covered by ITV and BBC so a chance to get your face on TV. It is a fun<br />

walk with a marching band and a lot of walkers in fancy dress so please feel<br />

free to drees up. Alternatively, we have a special T shirt for the walk at £7 as<br />

per attached, If you would like one please go to the shop on our website. We<br />

will be walking from Cheltenham so ending up in the pub! Everyone welcome<br />

including pets!<br />

Start: Lansdowne Park Cheltenham (where it finished last year)<br />

Hollie’s Walk <strong>2015</strong><br />

Hollie’s Walk <strong>2015</strong><br />

26/04/<strong>2015</strong> 12:00pm - 03:00pm King Edward VII<br />

Hollies Walk will take place on <strong>April</strong> 26 at 12:00 noon from the<br />

King Teddy.<br />

Start Time: 12.00 noon although there will be entertainment, stalls, fun and<br />

games from 10:00am at the Park<br />

Finish: King Teddy Longlevens<br />

(Gloucester)<br />

Distance: Around 7 miles<br />

Parking: Available at the pub and local<br />

schools car parks will be opened up<br />

Transport: Available from King Teddy<br />

from 10:00am (Pub open for Bacon<br />

butties and drinks)<br />

After Walk: Entertainment and Quiz at<br />

the King Teddy in the afternoon and<br />

evening<br />

The walk is to raise funds for the Trust<br />

so please download a sponsor form<br />

from the website. However you can<br />

also donate via TotalGiving by clicking on the attached link.<br />

http://www.totalgiving.co.uk/mypage/hollieswalk


Creative Generation - Branding<br />

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<strong>Unique</strong> Fashion<br />

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I’ve always loved jewellery and there are some great<br />

statement pieces on the high street. I was in Marks and<br />

Spencer’s last weekend and they have a really good selection<br />

for all ages. You can dress up a really plain outfit with a bit of<br />

bling and the dowdy outfit in your wardrobe can look brand<br />

new all over again. Remember less is more otherwise you<br />

could end up looking like Mr T!<br />

Quiz Black Jewel Drop<br />

Earrings - £7.99<br />

Filgree Cascading Leaf<br />

Earrings - Oasis £8.00<br />

Diamonte Sparkle Necklace from<br />

the Indigo collection<br />

Marks and Spencer £19.50<br />

Gold Lace Bracelet - Wallis<br />

£8.00<br />

Angled Stone Bracelet<br />

Topshop - £18.50<br />

Light Blue Stone Colour Necklace -<br />

New Look £19.00<br />

Article by Cecelia Pusey Fashion & Features Editor @Dusky210


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<strong>Unique</strong> Testimonials<br />

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Lee Harris from LNH Management Solutions -<br />

Accountancy<br />

www.lnh-management-solutions.co.uk<br />

T: 07411 962418<br />

I was referred to LNH Management Solutions when<br />

looking to setup a new business venture. I’ve been very<br />

pleased with the time Lee initially spent with me advising<br />

on the business structure and helping with all of the<br />

necessary set-up and registration requirements. Since<br />

this, Lee regularly keeps contact to ensure the business is<br />

running smoothly and has always been available to offer<br />

his support in a personal and approachable manner. I’ve<br />

been highly impressed with his services and would have<br />

no hesitation in recommending him to other small businesses.<br />

Clare Lewis, Tel-Smart Limited<br />

Katy Newman-Miller GGM Surfaces -<br />

Luxury Worktops<br />

www.gloucestershire-granite.co.uk<br />

T: 01242 460323<br />

“I regularly receive feedback that Katy and<br />

her team have transformed<br />

people’s kitchens and bathrooms. Bathroom<br />

and kitchen companies that use her<br />

company have told me they do so as the<br />

project management is excellent, her<br />

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They know their customers are in<br />

very safe hands and hence she is their preferred<br />

supplier. I would not hesitate<br />

to recommend Gloucestershire Granite”<br />

Heather McLennan Owner, TaxAssist Accountants,<br />

Cheltenham (business partner)<br />

Cleevely Memorials on Prestbury Road<br />

www.cleevelymemorials.co.uk<br />

T: 01242 236236<br />

Dear Chris and Caroline, Thank you again for the<br />

outstanding service. As you know, I had a specific<br />

idea in mind which had some unusual features.<br />

I did not feel confident that the first company I<br />

approached could achieve the design I wanted<br />

after their repeated failure to provide a drawing<br />

to my specifications. In contrast you provided the<br />

drawing I needed quickly and efficiently which,<br />

together with your professional and caring<br />

approach, left me in no doubt about placing an<br />

order with you. My mother and I are delighted<br />

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liked it. It’s funny but it seems so appropriate for<br />

him, with its height, slim width and stylish<br />

features. I hope I can equal your high standards<br />

in the small planting area in front of the stone<br />

with my flowers.<br />

You both do such an important job and you do it<br />

extremely well.<br />

Best wishes Julia Wynn<br />

Deca Design Flooring - Quality Carpets<br />

& Flooring<br />

www.decadesignflooring.co.uk<br />

T: 01242 257857<br />

We will definitely use you again and recommend<br />

you to our friends in Slimbridge<br />

(as I have been doing already).<br />

The service and fitting from you was excellent,<br />

you have been the best fitter we<br />

have ever had. We will be back !<br />

Dave & Jenni Carhart


Brad Camp<br />

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10 companies, 1 day what happened?<br />

the room. We chatted about our businesses, how we knew Brad and<br />

what we wanted to get out of the next day.<br />

It seemed I wasn’t alone in being nervous/excited/scared/confused/<br />

having no idea as what the day would bring.<br />

<strong>2015</strong> 15th January<br />

A Mancunian who runs his business<br />

wearing Tshirts & Jeans, called Brad<br />

Burton (http://www.4networking.<br />

biz/Members/Details/12966) who I<br />

know, like & trust announced tickets<br />

for his 1 day workshop named<br />

“BradCamp” would be released<br />

at 9am on January 16th. I really<br />

wanted to go on this, why? Well he<br />

had been trading over 9 years, I’d<br />

not yet completed 1, he shares his<br />

knowledge freely and helps masses<br />

of businesses in just a 10minute<br />

phone call. He’s written 3 books (just google him) all of which I’ve read<br />

and all of them helped me. I wanted to pick his brains.<br />

PROBLEM – I was on a course 2 hours away from 9am until 4pm<br />

so I thought I’d miss out on tickets. I sent him a message and upon<br />

receiving it he opened the tickets up early, just so I could get one.<br />

What a star.<br />

THE DAY – <strong>2015</strong> 12th March<br />

WOW POWERFUL STUFF. The day started as<br />

you expect any workshop to start with Tea/<br />

Coffee and chatting but then it all changed.<br />

We got given these books and, like when you<br />

were back at school, told not to open them<br />

until told to. Then Brad told us to open at<br />

any page. The reaction around the room was<br />

stunned amazement, laughter and shock.<br />

Ladies and Gents, this book is so powerful<br />

it changed the lives and thinking of all 10<br />

people on the course that day.<br />

What Bradcamp did for me, personally, is it<br />

made me realise that first & foremost I am<br />

important, what is most important is health,<br />

happiness and to me family. It empowered me to realise that negative<br />

<strong>2015</strong> 11th March<br />

I made the 4.5 hour drive form Poynton, where I am based to Taunton<br />

after running a breakfast meeting in Macclesfield and then giving a 15<br />

minute presentation at a lunch in Chester. Waiting for me in the bar<br />

were 3 other who were also going on BradCamp. We had arranged<br />

to meet for evening meal so we would at least know some others in


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support is always going to come, but I can turn down the volume<br />

on it, so it’s still there but if I hear it, which I am not doing as much<br />

now, then I know it is because they are jealous or insecure or want<br />

me to fail, it isn’t a reflection on me. On a business level as I write<br />

this a week on from Bradcamp I have come away with new found<br />

fire, motivation, belief in myself and therefore my firm and with the<br />

everlasting support and friendship of all 10 businesses that were in<br />

the room.<br />

them. We support each other through<br />

them. We ask each other questions,<br />

we share when we have reached a<br />

milestone we set down, in other words<br />

I have another 10 businesses (including<br />

Brad) who are as invested helping my<br />

grow and achieve my goals as I am.<br />

What more could you ask for out of<br />

having 10 companies in a room for 1<br />

day? Thank you to all the businesses I<br />

met that day, waiting with baited breath<br />

for our allotment reunion.<br />

With almost 20years in the credit control industry Rachael worked<br />

her way up from making 50 calls a day to training large credit control<br />

departments to become more proactive to collecting debt and<br />

changing their mindset on the calls. In 2013 she took the decision<br />

to start her own consultancy firm, helping other businesses to<br />

collect cash quicker whilst making credit control about customer<br />

relationships and brand awareness. Now in her second year of<br />

trading she not only does consultancy role but also runs workshops to<br />

help small businesses achieve the same results. For more information<br />

visit her website www.rachaelchiverton.co.uk, or email rachael@<br />

rachaelchiverton.co,uk or call 07756772950<br />

Written by Rachael Chiverton<br />

I would recommend that ANYONE and I mean ANYONE whether in<br />

business, pondering their future, or just wanting to learn more about<br />

themselves get yourselves booked on a BradCamp today. They truly<br />

are inspirational, motivating, realise your true value, stop you wasting<br />

time and certainly you will as I and the other 9 attendees did will come<br />

away with so much information and plans to change for the better.<br />

Unlike other workshops though, this support doesn’t stop. NO IT<br />

continues, the business I met there we talk on a daily basis if not more<br />

frequently, we still have bad days, non-productive days, but we share<br />

Ps The next http://BradCamp.Biz WILL sell out. Stop dicking about!<br />

BOOK Somerset - <strong>April</strong> 30 & Manchester - May 21


Rachael Chiverton<br />

Credit Control Tips<br />

So you’ve raised an invoice, What’s next?<br />

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With almost 20years in the credit control industry Rachael worked<br />

her way up from making 50 calls a day to training large credit control<br />

departments to become more proactive to collecting debt and<br />

changing their mindset on the calls.<br />

All companies know that to get paid you need to raise an invoice. So<br />

you’ve done that, but how do you get it paid? Below are 4 easy steps<br />

for you to follow<br />

1. Send the invoice out.<br />

This may sound obvious, but there are many companies who delay<br />

raising invoices and then once they have raised them delay sending<br />

them out. If you delay raising or sending out your invoices, you give<br />

your customer a reason to delay payment. They think “They couldn’t<br />

be bothered invoicing me on time, why should I pay them on time?”<br />

In 2013 she took the decision to start her own consultancy firm,<br />

helping other businesses to collect cash quicker whilst making credit<br />

control about customer relationships and brand awareness.<br />

Now in her second year of trading she not only does consultancy role<br />

but also runs workshops to help small businesses achieve the same<br />

results. For more information visit her website www.rachaelchiverton.<br />

co.uk, or email rachael@rachaelchiverton.co.uk or call 07756772950<br />

2. Follow up once sent.<br />

Again this is really important, if you have sent an invoice out, but<br />

don’t follow up on it, how do you know they have received it? A quick<br />

5 minute phone call a couple of days after you have sent it about<br />

the product or service they bought during which you ask if they have<br />

received your invoice number XX yet and this question is resolved.<br />

3. Are there any problems with the invoice?<br />

You know they have received the invoice, but you don’t know if<br />

they agree it, or have any questions relating to it. Make it easy for<br />

them, call them for a chat, talk about the weekend, their family their<br />

interests and during the conversation ask them if there are any<br />

problems with invoice number XX. If there are, deal with them, if<br />

there isn’t say brilliant so how are you paying on date XX/XX/XX?<br />

4. Check you bank<br />

On day XX/XX/XX check your bank after 3pm and see if you have<br />

received the payment. If it hasn’t arrived, give your customer a quick<br />

courtesy call to see if it is his bank or yours with the problem.<br />

By Rachael Chiverton


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Introtweet<br />

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3 Things you didn’t know you didn’t know<br />

about social media.<br />

1. Twitter Lists.<br />

Twitter lists are highly underused but they are a fabulous & extremely<br />

effective tool. Using Twitter lists you can segregate your followers into<br />

groups to ensure your time spent on Twitter is maximised to its full<br />

potential. Rather than trawling through the home feed, instead you<br />

can go to your “Industry News” or “Potential Clients” list to engage,<br />

retweet & tweet with purpose!<br />

2. Facebook call-to-action button.<br />

Have you seen the call-to-action button on your Facebook page? Use<br />

it! This makes it incredibly easy for your audience to shop now, sign<br />

up to your newsletter or contact you! You can also follow the success<br />

of this button by exploring your insights.<br />

Introtweet is a Social Media management & training business<br />

based in Somerset. Her notable clients include 4Networking, PWG<br />

Chocolates & the Great Gift Company.<br />

To learn more about Introtweet & for more hints & tips please visit<br />

www.introtweet.com.<br />

3.You can promote yourself.<br />

In my opinion, the 80:20 rule (80% of the time you promote others,<br />

20% of the time you promote yourself) is one to be ignored! There is<br />

nothing worse than exploring a businesses Social Media accounts to<br />

then struggle to see what they actually provide or sell.<br />

You are allowed to promote your business on Social Media; instead of<br />

using words such as “Buy” & “Shop” use a catchy statement, key fact<br />

or rhetorical question to encourage your audience to buy or click your<br />

website link!


Fashion & Culture Show May <strong>2015</strong><br />

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Hollie Gazzard Trust Fashion and<br />

Culture Show returns on the 19th<br />

May <strong>2015</strong>, so put the date in your<br />

diary<br />

Location : 2a Regents Street, Ormond<br />

Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,<br />

GL50 1HR<br />

Only 80 tickets available<br />

£12.95 including free glass of Prosecco<br />

More details to coming soon


<strong>Unique</strong> Travel<br />

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Hello and welcome to your independent<br />

travel expert here in Portishead<br />

(you may want to re word this as I’m<br />

not too local for those in<br />

Cheltenham and Bath, and I’d have to<br />

be careful I don’t upset any of my<br />

colleagues in those areas…maybe we<br />

could word it as “UNIQUE’S<br />

INDEPENDENT TRAVEL EXPERT?”<br />

With over 25 years of travel experience<br />

I’m looking forward to sharing<br />

my expertise when planning your next trip.<br />

With the Christmas and New Year period being a popular time to<br />

pop the question, this month I’m going to be talking all about honeymoons.<br />

For many couples the choice of honeymoon destination is almost as<br />

important as the wedding itself. So what’s the best way to make sure<br />

your trip is truly memorable<br />

My first advice to Honeymoon couples is to make sure you plan the<br />

time of year you want to go away. Although the summer months<br />

maybe popular for your wedding, this is often a less desirable time<br />

to visit certain destinations, with the Caribbean facing the hurricane<br />

season or the Southern Hemisphere in winter. Similarly an Easter<br />

wedding may rule out the Indian Ocean due to monsoon rains. Don’t<br />

forget, you don’t have to go on honeymoon straight after the special<br />

day but it may be worth planning your wedding date around the<br />

honeymoon you want!<br />

This leads nicely into my next tip which is to plan well in advance.<br />

Typically the earlier you book, the cheaper the price will<br />

be with published air fares. You will also have your pick of the<br />

room types and honeymoon upgrades that may be available<br />

for early booking. This also allows you to save up over a longer<br />

period. At Travel Counsellors I give my honeymoon couples the<br />

option of a Bridal Registry Service which provides the option of<br />

encouraging wedding guests to contribute to the honeymoon<br />

rather than receive the standard wedding presents you may<br />

already own.<br />

If you and your partner differ in the type of holiday you enjoy,<br />

why not think about a twin centre honeymoon. Combining a<br />

week of activity with a week of relaxing is becoming ever more<br />

popular for my honeymoon couples. With options like California<br />

with Hawaii, Sri Lanka with the Maldives or Africa Safari followed<br />

by a beach stay there really is so much choice.<br />

Booking with me allows you to turn your holiday dream into a<br />

perfect reality, giving you the benefit of my advice and knowledge<br />

to help you plan that dream experience. Working from<br />

home I’m available when you want me and the Travel Counsellors<br />

financial trust guarantees that the money you spend is<br />

100% safe<br />

I look forward to helping you plan your next trip<br />

Vikki<br />

VIKKI COE<br />

TRAVEL COUNSELLOR<br />

T 01275 774310<br />

M 07884144172<br />

E vikki.coe@travelcounsellors.com<br />

W http://www.travelcounsellors.co.uk/vikki.coe


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deals on our utility bills, but how often do we sit down and work<br />

out whether we could save money on a mortgage? Considering how<br />

frequently buyers – new ones especially – run themselves ragged<br />

with the question ‘How much can I afford to borrow?’ the answer is<br />

often ‘not enough!’<br />

New mortgage deals are coming onto the market all the time, and<br />

while institutions are getting choosier about who they’ll lend to,<br />

interest rates are becoming increasingly competitive, so whether<br />

you’re locked into a fixed rate deal or not, there could be significant<br />

financial savings on offer.<br />

For example, on a £150,000 mortgage, where a 1% saving can be<br />

achieved, your monthly mortgage payment could be reduced by as<br />

much as £125.<br />

Product Fees<br />

Most lenders charge an upfront, one-off product fee when you apply<br />

for a mortgage.<br />

Legal Fees<br />

If you move to a new lender you’ll incur legal costs as you’ll have to<br />

appoint a solicitor to handle things such as valuation surveys and<br />

fund transfers.<br />

Valuation Fees<br />

If you switch, you’ll probably have to pay for a valuation of your<br />

property to be carried out before your potential new provider will<br />

approve your application.<br />

You should review your mortgage when interest rates change, your<br />

current deal is coming to an end and at least once a year to see how<br />

your current deal compares to new ones on the market – ones which<br />

could potentially save you thousands.<br />

www.mycontinuum.co.uk<br />

nathan@mycontinuum.co.uk<br />

By Nathan Stacey DipFA CeMAP CeFA<br />

Of course, you’re likely to incur a number of charges if you decide to<br />

switch your mortgage, so it’s not quite as straightforward as simply<br />

picking a new one with lower rates. That said, some of the deals<br />

available offer such good value that you could pay any penalties and<br />

still save money on your mortgage.<br />

Nonetheless, take into account the following fees:<br />

Early Repayment Charge<br />

Your lender may apply a penalty for paying your mortgage off early,<br />

usually a percentage of your outstanding balance or a fixed fee.


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What’s On In <strong>April</strong><br />

Exhibition: Emma Smith presents 5Hz at Arnolfini<br />

Date - 20/03/<strong>2015</strong> to 06/04/<strong>2015</strong><br />

Artist Emma Smith presents 5Hz – an interactive exhibition that invites audiences to experience a<br />

new human language. The concept of Emma Smith’s work is to imagine an alternative evolution of<br />

voice and create a language that strengthens human connection. 5Hz is the result of a collaborative<br />

research process with psychologist Laurence White (Plymouth University), cognitive neuroscientist<br />

Nina Kazanina, and musicologist Emma Hornby (both University of <strong>Bristol</strong>). Building on this research,<br />

Emma Smith worked with Laurence White to create a language for the role of social bonding.<br />

Discover what has recently hatched at <strong>Bristol</strong> Aquarium! Go on an egg hunt and find out about<br />

creatures that lay thousands of eggs and help out creating an egg-cellent wall collage.<br />

Also this Easter, the <strong>Bristol</strong> Aquarium has a special schedule to offer you a great visit:<br />

Wednesday 1 <strong>April</strong>:<br />

A very special guest will be making an appearance at the<br />

aquarium today ahead of the Octonauts live Deep Sea<br />

Volcanic Adventure show at <strong>Bristol</strong> Hippodrome. Don’t miss<br />

out!<br />

The exhibition will introduce audiences to this new vocal<br />

practice through interactive events and installations including<br />

a sound chamber installation where visitors can try the<br />

language themselves, the presentation of the language’s visual<br />

transcription, an interactive sound library and research space, fun<br />

online experiments, and live choral performances. There will also<br />

be a programme of workshops, activities, talks and discussions<br />

that will explore aspects of human voice. The exhibition has been<br />

developed from a series of electroencephalography experiments,<br />

language evolution workshops and public research labs that took<br />

place at Arnolfini in 2014.<br />

Time: 11am - 6pm Tuesday to friday<br />

Free Entrance<br />

Exhibition: Christine Sun Kim at the Arnolfini<br />

Date: 20th March 15 - 5th May 15<br />

Artist Christine Sun Kim has been awarded a residency at Arnolfini as part of a joint commission in<br />

partnership with DASH as part of the IN (Disability Arts IN the Mainstream) project.<br />

Christine Sun Kim is a visual artist who works with concepts around sound and visual language. Deaf<br />

from birth, Kim deals with sound as a medium that can be physically expressive, communicative, and<br />

experienced viscerally. Working across conventions of American Sign Language (ASL), Kim investigates<br />

the identity of her own voice and her associations of sound as a deaf person. She asks audiences to<br />

consider the role that sound and listening have in building an<br />

experience of both inner and outer worlds and the way that<br />

touch can inform listening and language.<br />

A new collection of her drawings, created for the exhibition at<br />

Arnolfini, will be on show in Gallery 5.<br />

During her residency in <strong>Bristol</strong>, Kim will create a new film<br />

installation work in Arnolfini’s intimate Dark Studio that<br />

explores the themes of language, sound and silence. This will<br />

be the first time that the artist has created a film work of this<br />

size and in a residency setting. The residency and exhibition<br />

will be complimented by a performance lecture with the<br />

artist and a specialist panel discussion, focused on the relationships between language, sound and<br />

listening, followed by an evening showcase of performative works that have been inspired by the<br />

themes discussed.<br />

Thursday 2 <strong>April</strong>:<br />

Join the team for an Octonauts themed hands-on, action<br />

packed workshop, led by Official Octonauts Officers! Places<br />

are limited and must be booked (free) in advance. They will<br />

be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.<br />

Time: 10am - 5pm<br />

Tickets: Adult (13yrs+) £14 / Child (3yrs to 12yrs) £9.50 / Concession<br />

(Student, disabled, 60+) £12.50<br />

Discounted tickets are available on <strong>Bristol</strong> Aquarium’s website.<br />

Churchill <strong>2015</strong> - University of <strong>Bristol</strong> Churchill Lecture Series<br />

<strong>2015</strong> marks the fiftieth anniversary of Winston Churchill’s death. The University of <strong>Bristol</strong><br />

will commemorate Churchill’s life, work and achievements through a series of lectures and<br />

exhibitions exploring his life and legacy and will present new research and unique insights<br />

into his time as Chancellor of the University of <strong>Bristol</strong> from 1929 – 1965 and spanning the<br />

Second World War.<br />

Wed 29 <strong>April</strong> <strong>2015</strong>, 6pm – 7.30pm<br />

Churchill: The history man<br />

Speaker Professor Sir David Cannadine, Dodge<br />

Professor of History, Princeton University<br />

Tues 21 <strong>April</strong> <strong>2015</strong>, 6pm – 7.30pm<br />

Churchill: Memories of my grandfather<br />

Speaker Celia Sandys, granddaughter of Sir Winston<br />

Churchill<br />

Speaker Professor David Reynolds, Chair of the Faculty of History & Professor of<br />

International History, Christ’s College, University of Cambridge<br />

“Let us go forward together” in the spirit of Sir Winston<br />

Times: Tuesday to Sunday 11am to 6pm<br />

Ticket: Free


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<strong>Unique</strong> Football The Robins<br />

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Happy, happy days for The Robins as they have now added the Johnstone’s Paint<br />

Trophy to the trophy cabinet which also looks like Division 1title is also destined to<br />

join.<br />

<strong>Bristol</strong> City beat League One rivals Walsall to lift the Football League Trophy for a<br />

record third time.<br />

City top their division by 10 points - 37 ahead of the Saddlers - and their quality<br />

told in front of 72,315 fans. Aden Flint opened the scoring with a downward header<br />

in the first half and fellow defender Mark Little poked in a second after the break.<br />

It meant Walsall went home empty handed from their first trip to Wembley, while<br />

City ended a 12-year wait for a trophy. Their last silverware came in the same competition<br />

in 2003 and the Ashton Gate club went some way to banishing the painful<br />

memories of 2008, when they lost to Hull City in the Championship play-off final.<br />

For Walsall, it was their first appearance at the national stadium in their 127-year<br />

history and, although they showed moments of promise, they failed to make it<br />

count.<br />

With only eight games left now for The Robins it is starting to look like by how<br />

many points they will Division 1 rather than if they can hold onto the top position.<br />

With Steve Cotterill motivating the players I think it could well be looking like 100<br />

point total isn’t out of reach.<br />

Here are the remaining games of the Season:<br />

Home <strong>Bristol</strong> City V Barnsley Sat 28 Mar 15:00<br />

Away Oldham V <strong>Bristol</strong> City Fri 3 Apr 15:00<br />

Home <strong>Bristol</strong> City V Swindon Tue 7 Apr 19:45<br />

Away Preston V <strong>Bristol</strong> City Sat 11 Apr 15:00<br />

Away Bradford V <strong>Bristol</strong> City Tue 14 Apr 19:45<br />

Home <strong>Bristol</strong> City V Coventry Sat 18 Apr 15:00<br />

Away Chesterfield V <strong>Bristol</strong> City Sat 25 Apr 15:00<br />

Home <strong>Bristol</strong> City V Walsall Sun 3 May 12:15<br />

Come on you Robins...here’s to a brilliant season to Steve Cotterill and the lads :)


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