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Fashion & Culture Show<br />
May <strong>2015</strong><br />
<strong>Unique</strong> Financial<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 />
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interacting with the magazine. <strong>Unique</strong> Classifieds is now live<br />
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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 />
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T: 07411 962418<br />
I was referred to LNH Management Solutions when<br />
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pleased with the time Lee initially spent with me advising<br />
on the business structure and helping with all of the<br />
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running smoothly and has always been available to offer<br />
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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 />
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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 />
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I did not feel confident that the first company I<br />
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Best wishes Julia Wynn<br />
Deca Design Flooring - Quality Carpets<br />
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T: 01242 257857<br />
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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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Regular Mortgage Reviews Can Save You<br />
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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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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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