Summer Edition 2018
Packed with interviews! This edition features Pixie Lott, Andrew Ridgeley and Sir Tim Rice on all things music.
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PIXIE<br />
LOTT<br />
HER GLITTERING CAREER &<br />
PLANS FOR THE SUMMER<br />
Wham!<br />
FIVE MINUTES WITH POP’S<br />
ANDREW RIDGELEY<br />
LYRICAL KING<br />
Sir Tim<br />
Rice<br />
WIN!<br />
A £200<br />
shopping spree<br />
at Sunuva<br />
CAPITOL RECORDS<br />
JO CHARRINGTON<br />
ON RISING TO THE TOP OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
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<strong>Summer</strong> issue <strong>2018</strong><br />
Holiday Hot List<br />
Top buys to see you<br />
through the summer<br />
<strong>Summer</strong> Reads<br />
We list our favourites<br />
Reaching the High Notes<br />
Jo Charrington on climbing<br />
the ladder of success<br />
Screen Teens<br />
Nick Potter talks SM and<br />
School Headache<br />
Sir Tim Rice<br />
What it takes to be the<br />
lyrical king<br />
Sunuva Compeition<br />
Win a £200 shopping<br />
spree at Sunuva<br />
Pixie Lott<br />
She really can do it all…<br />
The talented Mr Ridgeley<br />
How Wham! took over the<br />
world during the 80’s<br />
Mary Berry’s Winners<br />
Meet the School Notices<br />
Star Chefs<br />
Just kidding!<br />
What is Beethoven’s favourite fruit?<br />
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PIXIE<br />
LOTT<br />
HER GLITTERING CAREER &<br />
Wham!<br />
FIVE MINUTES WITH POP’S<br />
LYRICAL KING<br />
Sir Tim<br />
Rice<br />
WIN!<br />
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Planning in<br />
HARMONY:<br />
Why communication is key to<br />
wealth preservation<br />
Family conversations about finances can feel<br />
awkward and are often avoided. But transparent,<br />
timely communication between generations is<br />
vital for preserving wealth and family businesses.<br />
1. The cost of silence<br />
When you don’t communicate about your vision for<br />
your family’s future wealth, it’s possible that your<br />
children will build their own expectations. A lack of<br />
communication around wealth succession plans can<br />
lead to your children or grandchildren perceiving<br />
that the family has not fulfilled their obligations to<br />
them – whether that’s true or not.<br />
This kind of emotional tension can severely<br />
impact wealth preservation, as plans for your<br />
family’s finances can become fractured. Because of<br />
this, it’s important to talk to your family about your<br />
wealth and how you’d like to have it handled in the<br />
future. Starting the conversation now means your<br />
children will be prepared to manage your family’s<br />
wealth in the future.<br />
2. Overcoming fears<br />
Planning for the future is a tough topic – not only<br />
because it causes us to reflect on our own mortality<br />
and our own wealth journey, but because it can also<br />
require technical, legal and fiscal knowledge. Add<br />
to that a cocktail of emotions, including a natural<br />
concern for the well-being of future generations,<br />
“Sometimes, the<br />
grown-up conversations<br />
can’t wait until<br />
they’re grown up”
PROMOTION<br />
and suddenly transparent wealth planning can seem<br />
extremely daunting.<br />
It’s also challenging to find a time to have this<br />
conversation. Often, it’s put off or avoided<br />
altogether. Sometimes, the grown-up conversations<br />
can’t wait until they’re grown up. One way to<br />
approach this is by using a significant life event, like<br />
major birthdays or a child leaving for university, as a<br />
marker for having the discussion.<br />
Before you begin such difficult conversations, it’s<br />
important to have a game plan. Do you know the<br />
purpose of your wealth? Does your vision align with<br />
the visions of your family? Make sure you know<br />
your own wealth plan before speaking with your<br />
potential successors.<br />
3. Sharing plans for preservation<br />
It’s also important to consider your family’s opinions<br />
towards wealth and it’s preservation. A good<br />
starting point is to think on whether they have a<br />
shared interest in continuing the management of<br />
their wealth together.<br />
Before having a more formal “sit down” about<br />
succession planning, instead find the time to speak<br />
to your family to determine how they would<br />
consider managing wealth in the future. Often,<br />
insights into your family’s thoughts on wealth<br />
preservation can be gleaned through informal<br />
conversations with your loved ones.<br />
Consider their thoughts on the future and think<br />
about incorporating aspects of their approach into<br />
your own vision for your future wealth.<br />
4. Vision into action<br />
Once your family’s attitudes towards wealth<br />
preservation are known, put a plan in place to<br />
actively work towards that future vision. Consider<br />
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same page. This plan should not only outline future<br />
wealth preservation goals, but also ways to maintain<br />
the family’s current wealth until it is passed on.<br />
If you’re interested in learning more about<br />
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BOOKS<br />
SUMMER<br />
READS<br />
Everyone needs a good book to get stuck into<br />
on holiday, so here are some of our favourites!<br />
Adults<br />
WHEN LIFE GIVES<br />
YOU LULULEMONS<br />
by Lauren Weisberger<br />
From the author who brought us “The Devil Wears Prada” comes an unmissable<br />
look into a glamorous, over the top world. Emily Charlton, ex-assistant to legendary<br />
fashion editor Miranda Priestly and now Hollywood image consultant to the stars,<br />
does the suburbs like she does flats - in desperate times only. But when she meets<br />
Karolina Hartwell, supermodel wife to the country’s most handsome senator just as<br />
Karolina’s marriage suddenly–and publicly–falls apart, Emily knows she’s landed the<br />
client of a lifetime. Along with best friend and recent Manhattan transplant, Miriam,<br />
these three women band together to hold the men in their lives accountable, and<br />
take down the ones doing them wrong. £13.73 (Hardback) Wordery<br />
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Seniors<br />
THE FAMILY<br />
TREE<br />
by Mal Peet<br />
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and the impact on his own<br />
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INTERVIEW<br />
Reaching the<br />
HIGH NOTES<br />
Jo Charrington, Alumni of Godolphin School<br />
and Co-President of Capitol Records tells us<br />
how her love of music was the bedrock for her<br />
stellar rise within the industry<br />
Speaking to Jo in<br />
the boardroom of<br />
Capitol Records,<br />
surrounded by<br />
Grammys, BRITs,<br />
Ivor Novellos and<br />
MOBO awards, you can’t help<br />
but be in awe of this inspirational<br />
woman. Jo has conquered a<br />
largely male-dominated industry<br />
and is responsible for the huge<br />
successes of many of today’s most<br />
recognisable stars. From the likes<br />
of Sam Smith, Paloma Faith,<br />
Olly Murs, JLS, Liam Payne -<br />
the list goes on.<br />
“Growing up I was surrounded<br />
by music. My mother was a<br />
session singer in the 60’s and<br />
toured with people like Roy<br />
Orbison and Lulu. Music was a<br />
big thing at home and we were<br />
always singing and harmonising<br />
and doing things in the local<br />
church. I loved pop music and<br />
had an interest in not just the<br />
artists but I also had a detailed<br />
knowledge of who produced<br />
them as well.”<br />
After university, Jo started to<br />
temp as a secretary knowing she<br />
wanted to work in the industry.<br />
“I bought Music Week, looked<br />
in the classifieds and found a<br />
recruitment company specialising<br />
in music. I went to meet them<br />
and started temping at Music<br />
Box then owned by Virgin.”<br />
Unlike her father whose love<br />
for film was thwarted at an early<br />
age in lieu of a ‘proper career’,<br />
Jo’s parents were determined for<br />
her to follow her dreams, telling<br />
her “if that’s what you want to do<br />
then that’s what you must do and<br />
we will support you.”<br />
From Music Box, Jo moved<br />
to London Records where she<br />
got a permanent job. It was an<br />
inspiring place to work with huge<br />
hits launching from, amongst<br />
others, East 17, Shakespeares<br />
Sister and the Communards. “I<br />
was quite lucky being in the right<br />
place at the right time.” she says.<br />
“It was a formative year for me,<br />
whatever needed doing I did it<br />
and by the end of the year I was<br />
commissioning videos. Drive and<br />
passion had landed me in the<br />
right place.”<br />
In terms of her next career<br />
move, Jo points out, “I wasn’t<br />
thinking what will I do next - I<br />
was just in it and determined<br />
to do the best job I could and<br />
see where it led. From London<br />
Records I then went to Virgin<br />
Records working for Graham <br />
Above: At the Brit Awards <strong>2018</strong> with<br />
Paloma Faith, one of Jo’s former artists.<br />
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Ball who headed up the<br />
International division and<br />
during the time when Virgin<br />
had Shaggy, Meatloaf and the<br />
Spice Girls – it was an incredibly<br />
exciting year for me.”<br />
Jo then went on to work as<br />
the Exec PA for the President<br />
of BMG, Jeremy Marsh. It was<br />
here that her career really took<br />
off, “Jeremy was affable, positive<br />
and a great person to work for.<br />
I learnt that you could be good<br />
and kind in business and still get<br />
to the top,” she smiles. Whilst<br />
at BMG, Jo recommended her<br />
friends Tattersfield and Raphael<br />
(her current Co-President) to<br />
Jeremy who on her advice, gave<br />
them their own label to produce.<br />
This prompted Jo to make the<br />
life changing decision to put her<br />
hand up and say, “what about<br />
my career – what will you do<br />
for me?” After this Jo went onto<br />
manage her own artists – and the<br />
rest as they say is history!<br />
With regard to internships,<br />
Above: Jo and team with Liam Payne at The<br />
Global Awards <strong>2018</strong> where he won The<br />
Global Special Award. Right: Speaking out as<br />
a panelist at the Umusic Spring conference.<br />
Jo does take on a few students<br />
but warns, “you’ve got to kiss<br />
a lot of frogs to find the good<br />
ones.” Her advice is “turn up on<br />
time, smile and make cups of tea.<br />
Do that and you’ll do really well.<br />
If you can do the basics, are nice<br />
and can get stuff done then you’ll<br />
be fine.<br />
JO’S ARTISTS<br />
JLS<br />
Signed in 2009<br />
OLLY MURS<br />
Signed in 2010<br />
LIAM PAYNE<br />
Signed in 2016
INTERVIEW<br />
I think it’s that simple. It’s like<br />
signing artists – our percentage<br />
is one in three and the average is<br />
one in 40 that actually go on to<br />
be successful.”<br />
So with the odds seemingly<br />
stacked against them, just how<br />
does Jo find the next up-andcoming<br />
super star? “There is a<br />
point where we meet them and<br />
we just know that we want to<br />
sign them; it’s very instinctive.<br />
It’s based on lots of failures,<br />
just as much as successes, and<br />
it’s the chemistry. Yes, you’ve<br />
got to have talent but you need<br />
the connection with them. Olly<br />
(Murs) is an example - the<br />
minute I met him I knew I had<br />
to sign him.”<br />
We then ask Jo if there is a<br />
career path for budding artists<br />
to follow before approaching a<br />
record label, “there is a process<br />
which is important for the artists<br />
to go through; almost like a<br />
filtration. If someone sends me<br />
an email saying ‘Can I send<br />
“I LEARNT THAT YOU COULD BE<br />
GOOD AND KIND IN BUSINESS<br />
AND STILL GET TO THE TOP”<br />
you my songs?’ the answer is no<br />
you can’t! They need to have a<br />
manager, a lawyer, done some<br />
gigs and written some songs. ”<br />
However, in today’s digital<br />
age, it seems that almost anyone<br />
can reach huge global audiences<br />
instantly by posting on social<br />
media. This is something Jo, as<br />
an industry professional, has<br />
mixed views on, “there are more<br />
opportunities to post your own<br />
music now which is great. It is<br />
more of a meritocracy as there<br />
are less gate keepers than there<br />
used to be, which means there’s<br />
more music out there. It makes it<br />
harder to find the real gems.”<br />
“The digital age is fascinating<br />
and we are still figuring it out.<br />
We had a way of breaking records<br />
5 SECONDS OF<br />
SUMMER<br />
Signed in 2013<br />
SAM SMITH<br />
Signed in 2012<br />
which we’ve been doing for a<br />
long time now so learning the<br />
new world is quite a big process.<br />
Our kids are going to have a<br />
different outlook, will be more<br />
savvy than our generation and<br />
not as naive as we think. It’s great<br />
that the kids are into something<br />
and they have so much choice as<br />
there are no genre boundaries.”<br />
So what advice can she give to<br />
the next generation aspiring to<br />
work within the music industry?<br />
“Don’t rush in too young. The<br />
opportunities will still be there<br />
if you are the right person for<br />
them. Keep moving forward with<br />
everything you do. Be optimistic.<br />
If you get knocked back try<br />
again. Always ask for pointers,<br />
learn from your mistakes and<br />
don’t be defensive. Take things<br />
on the chin, say sorry and when<br />
you deserve credit make sure<br />
you get it and enjoy it - don’t<br />
be embarrassed about it. This is<br />
especially true for women who<br />
are far worse at accepting credit.<br />
Work with people you can learn<br />
from and the minute you are not<br />
learning, move on.”<br />
Finally, we ask Jo what other<br />
career mountains are left for her<br />
to climb: “America! I need to get<br />
my kids through A Levels and<br />
really establish Sam (Smith) as a<br />
global artist. I like to think that<br />
I’m always moving forward so<br />
long term it has to be the USA!”<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY: SHUTTERSTOCK<br />
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PROMOTION<br />
DRESSED<br />
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SPOTLIGHT ON:<br />
Lucy Mackenzie<br />
from Lucy’s Dressings<br />
So how did you get started?<br />
Starting Lucy’s Dressings from<br />
my kitchen meant burning the<br />
midnight candle! After I’d put the<br />
children to bed, I would sterilise<br />
my kitchen, put my hairnet on<br />
and lug barrels of oil up from<br />
my basement. There was nothing<br />
glamorous about it.<br />
Where did the idea come from?<br />
Ever since I was a child I’ve<br />
loved making dressings and been<br />
fascinated by the challenge of<br />
getting the balance of flavours<br />
just right. So, I set about creating<br />
a dressings company.<br />
Your biggest challenge?<br />
Growing a brand that no one’s<br />
heard of and resisting the<br />
temptation to reduce the quality<br />
of the produce, in order to put<br />
yourself in the mainstream. If<br />
the products don’t hold true to<br />
original values, you have nothing.<br />
How do you juggle family life<br />
with work?<br />
Badly! I find it really hard juggling<br />
home and family life, I frequently<br />
feel I’m not doing enough<br />
especially when I<br />
“HAVING A BUSINESS<br />
MEANS RESPONSIBILITY<br />
– NONE OF IT IS EASY<br />
BUT THE CHALLENGE<br />
IS INCREDIBLY<br />
STIMULATING AND I<br />
WOULDN’T HAVE IT ANY<br />
OTHER WAY.”<br />
miss one of the children playing<br />
in a match, or I haven’t got<br />
enough achieved in my working<br />
day. The truth is I need to be<br />
doing more of both. Most of<br />
my friends that work either<br />
part time or full time feel the<br />
same way. But you can only do<br />
what you can do in a day and it’s<br />
important to try and keep some<br />
perspective on life and have<br />
some fun on the way.<br />
How has the company changed<br />
over time?<br />
The business started as a hobby,<br />
which then became serious when<br />
we got ourselves into Selfridges.<br />
In the last 18 months things have<br />
been cranked up as we’re now<br />
stocked in Waitrose nationally.<br />
We’re also working with some<br />
fantastic restaurant groups,<br />
which is very exciting.<br />
What’s your top dressing pick<br />
for the summer?<br />
My top dressing for summer is<br />
the Zesty Mayo, it’s just delicious<br />
on so much more than salad - we<br />
love it with asparagus, salmon,<br />
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INTERVIEW<br />
Screen<br />
TEENS<br />
#timetotakeaction!<br />
“Children will have spent one year sitting in front of a screen<br />
by the time they are seven” says Osteopath Nick Potter.<br />
A worrying statistic he explains how to change…<br />
W<br />
e are guardians of our children’s<br />
futures and we all want the best<br />
for them. They have a thirst<br />
for knowledge and we strive to<br />
give them all the advantages we can to compete<br />
in a constantly changing and competitive world.<br />
However, as the environment in which they have to<br />
perform gets ever more demanding, we have to help<br />
them to look after their physical wellbeing. All too<br />
often children see their bodies as a means of getting<br />
their brains to lessons and chill-out time involves<br />
very little activity.<br />
Physical therapists are reporting an ever<br />
increasing rise in the number of children presenting<br />
to clinics with neck and back pain as well as<br />
headaches and tooth-clenching. ‘School headache’<br />
is usually of postural origin. Sadly, we are even<br />
seeing teenagers with disc problems. We are all<br />
living longer and this poses a real problem for<br />
future health.<br />
Long school days, pressure to succeed, carrying<br />
heavy books on one shoulder, sitting in poor<br />
postures and being glued to smart phones and<br />
laptops is taking its toll. <br />
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“ ‘School headache’<br />
is usually of<br />
postural origin”<br />
NICK POTTER<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY: © DARREN WILLIAMS BBC
INTERVIEW<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY: SHUTTERSTOCK<br />
They are ‘netizens’ like never before. TV time<br />
has been replaced by Netflix on laptops and<br />
iPads, lying on sofas and beds. The influx of<br />
technology into their work and play has reduced<br />
outdoor activity tenfold. Instagram and Snapchat<br />
deliver thousands of random messages which are<br />
sometimes bewildering, often distorted and mostly<br />
plain wrong about life and the world. Research has<br />
shown that a ‘like’ on Facebook or Instagram is the<br />
equivalent release of addictive brain chemicals to<br />
two cigarettes.<br />
Although some of the neck and back pain they<br />
suffer with is from sport and poor posture, most of<br />
the muscle tension which develops in their bodies is<br />
from pent up stress which accumulates.<br />
The muscles tighten as a ‘fright-flight’ response<br />
and ultimately cause pain. Back pain, headaches<br />
and their prevention needs a holistic approach. One<br />
of the best ways to get them to release their muscles<br />
is to check their breathing.<br />
Breath-holding, sighing and yawning are all signs<br />
of hyperventilation. This is erratic breathing which<br />
How to avoid ‘School headache’<br />
• No TV in bedrooms.<br />
• Switch off phone<br />
notifications.<br />
• No laptops or tablets<br />
in bedrooms. Have a<br />
workroom where the desk<br />
top or laptop (on a stand<br />
and separate keyboard)<br />
are setup properly.<br />
• Give them a proper<br />
supportive chair to work<br />
from, not the kitchen table<br />
or propped on laps.<br />
• Encourage regular breaks<br />
every 20-40 minutes.<br />
Remember: ‘The best<br />
posture is the next<br />
posture’.<br />
• Try to avoid<br />
Netbooks, use<br />
bigger laptops or<br />
better desktops.<br />
• Monitor gaming-positions<br />
of screens and make sure<br />
to hold up handhelds in<br />
front of the face.<br />
• Encourage them to try<br />
breathing techniques at<br />
night before bed.<br />
• No sleeping on their<br />
tummy.<br />
• Try to sell the importance<br />
of stretching at the end of<br />
the day or after exercise.<br />
Above: Nick examines a<br />
young patient in clinic.<br />
Right: The Bakpro<br />
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is too quick and too shallow, done by<br />
heaving the neck and chest muscles instead of<br />
from the diaphragm. The rest of the time they just<br />
hold their breath. Interestingly, breathing poorly<br />
reduces your ability to think and learn by 25-30%.<br />
Muscle tension develops throughout the body and<br />
quickly causes potential for pain.<br />
Generally, schools have very good coaching<br />
but usually poor conditioning support. Simple<br />
equipment like foam rollers to release and stretch<br />
leg muscles, as well as mandatory stretching after<br />
training or matches, would prevent a lot of injury.<br />
The Bakpro programme I’ve designed does just<br />
that; specifically providing you with all of the<br />
knowledge and tools you need to learn to breathe<br />
properly as well as thoroughly stretch and mobilise<br />
your spine and muscles.<br />
Children who are talented are very often put<br />
into several different teams with varying skill<br />
requirements. This places a lot of load through<br />
young and developing muscles and growth plates.<br />
Children will rarely take the initiative to stretch<br />
alone, so parents and schools need to create time<br />
for it at home or in team or student groups.<br />
Doing it as a family is best of all.<br />
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PROMOTION<br />
The cost of downloading<br />
MUSIC ONLINE<br />
From in-app purchases to risky sites; how the price of<br />
downloading is costing parents a small fortune<br />
USE TRUSTED PAID SITES<br />
So, how safe is it to download music and<br />
video files from the web? The general rule<br />
of thumb is that you are at less risk of<br />
downloading more than just your music<br />
and video files if you use a paid site such<br />
as Apple Music, iTunes or Amazon Music.<br />
They provide secure payment gateways<br />
ensuring your bank details are kept safe.<br />
TRY BEFORE YOU BUY<br />
On iTunes, you can listen to a snippet of<br />
a track before you purchase, so you know<br />
exactly what you’re buying before you buy<br />
it. A pop-up appears to ask you to confirm<br />
that you’re still happy to purchase. As a<br />
paid site, it is one of the best.<br />
FREE SITES: BE SURE TO<br />
DO YOUR RESEARCH<br />
Free music sites come with their<br />
own risks. The more obscure<br />
the site, the higher the risk.<br />
However, there are some free<br />
download sites you can use that<br />
are safe and above board. For<br />
more information on the safest<br />
sites on the net, go to a trusted site like<br />
www.digitaltrends.com<br />
ACTIVATE SECURITY<br />
SOFTWARE ON YOUR DEVICE<br />
Protecting your own device will ensure<br />
that you don’t fall victim to unwanted<br />
spyware and malicious or illegal content<br />
whilst using a trusted site. Always ensure<br />
that your antivirus software stays active<br />
on your device and up-to-date.<br />
AVOID PEER TO PEER<br />
DOWNLOADING SITES<br />
You’re at high risk from downloading<br />
unwanted pop ups (adware) when<br />
using peer to peer downloading sites<br />
(P2P) where you are receiving a file<br />
from someone else’s computer.<br />
Unwanted ads will appear on your<br />
screen the moment that you’ve<br />
finished downloading the file and<br />
they are very difficult to get rid<br />
of. Reputable retail sites such as<br />
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SIR TIM<br />
AN INTERVIEW WITH<br />
RICE:<br />
on his Technicolour career<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY: SHUTTERSTOCK
INTERVIEW<br />
“Every child should<br />
learn to read music at the<br />
same time that they learn<br />
to read words.”<br />
Sir Tim Rice alumni of Aldwickbury School, St Albans School and<br />
Lancing College, tells us about his school days and the influence they<br />
had on his extraordinary career.<br />
Where to start with the legend that is Sir Tim<br />
Rice? He is part of our cultural and musical<br />
heritage and puts the Great into Britain. His<br />
awards are almost too long to list, from Academy,<br />
Tony, and Grammy Awards to Golden Globes.<br />
Knighted by the Queen in 1994, a star on the<br />
Hollywood Walk of Fame, an inductee into the<br />
Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, a Disney Legend<br />
recipient, Fellow of the British Academy of<br />
Songwriters, Composers and Authors – is there<br />
nothing this man can’t do?! He even plays cricket…<br />
Were you writing lyrics and composing from an<br />
early age?<br />
Never composed music until I was 19 and then only<br />
some simple pop song tunes. I was always keen to<br />
write funny (allegedly) verse and prose from quite<br />
an early age – maybe eight or so.<br />
When were you first drawn to music and did<br />
school play a role in this?<br />
I always liked singing at prep school (Aldwickbury)<br />
and loved many hymns and traditional songs we<br />
learned there from the age of five onwards. <br />
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INTERVIEW<br />
From left: The Lion King currently in it’s<br />
20th year on Broadway, a snap taken at<br />
a restaurant in 1981, with Andrew Lloyd<br />
Webber winning Oscars for Best Original<br />
Song You Must Love Me from Evita 1997.<br />
Below: Buddy Holly, one of Tim’s<br />
childhood inspirations.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY: SHUTTERSTOCK, WIKIMEDIA COMMONS<br />
Pop and rock music hit me when I was<br />
11 (Elvis, Tommy Steele, Buddy Holly, The Everly<br />
Brothers) and from there, it was no looking back.<br />
What were you like at school?<br />
Academically good, pretty average at sport (but<br />
quite keen) with a pathetic desire to be popular.<br />
Was there a teacher who particularly inspired you?<br />
Not really. Quite a variety. Brian Chidell was a<br />
great maths teacher at prep school. Harry Guest<br />
and Roger Lockyer at Lancing were influential –<br />
modern languages and history respectively.<br />
If you could change anything in schools about<br />
how music is taught, what would it be?<br />
Every child should learn to read music at the same<br />
time that they learn to read words.<br />
What advice would you give to aspiring young<br />
musicians or lyricists?<br />
Keep at it despite setbacks. Don’t panic if you’re not<br />
talented in that department. Do something just as<br />
important backstage. Make your first musical funny<br />
rather than serious. Plenty of time for angst later.<br />
Make it short and get it on live anywhere – school<br />
productions fine; don’t rely on demo recordings.<br />
Which musical are you most proud of and why?<br />
Not sure. Joseph will last the longest (good news for<br />
my grandchildren).<br />
Which musical do you wish you had written?<br />
West Side Story or My Fair Lady (words only of<br />
course). Anything by W.S. Gilbert<br />
Which of your awards means the most to you?<br />
None really. Maybe my recent Pointless trophy.<br />
What was your first big career break?<br />
Meeting Andrew (Lloyd Webber) in<br />
April 1965.<br />
From the great collaborations in your<br />
life – is there<br />
one moment<br />
that really<br />
stands out?<br />
See answer to last question!<br />
Which piece of musical theatre are you most<br />
proud of and why?<br />
I think as a theatrical presentation the original Evita<br />
on stage in the West End was hard to top. Nothing<br />
wrong with the production but of course not much<br />
of it was to do with me – just the words.<br />
Outside of music what are your passions?<br />
Cricket, history, travel…<br />
Who is your cricketing hero?<br />
As a schoolboy two guys called Bill Edrich and<br />
Denis Compton. I admire quite a few current<br />
players but no one rave fave.<br />
What is your personal motto for life?<br />
Make new friends but stick to old. One is silver, the<br />
other gold.<br />
Is there any one individual who has inspired you<br />
the most?<br />
Maybe my dad. Elvis? (Not the same chap)<br />
Any more dreams still to realise?<br />
I’ve got to the stage where earlier dreams like<br />
swimming the channel or going to the moon won’t<br />
happen. I’d like to write a play. Not sure I could.<br />
The three tracks you’d take to a Desert Island?<br />
I’d take something classical but three of my all<br />
time favourite popular songs are Runaway by Del<br />
Shannon, All I Have To Do Is Dream by the Everly<br />
Brothers and The Boxer by Simon and Garfunkel.<br />
But ask me again tomorrow and I’d name three<br />
different ones.<br />
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PIXIE LOTT<br />
PIXIE IN PICTURES<br />
Musical<br />
influence<br />
Quincy Jones<br />
who Pixie<br />
met in his<br />
Beverley Hills<br />
home<br />
Her own<br />
School!<br />
Pixie Lott’s<br />
Italia Conti<br />
Associates,<br />
Chelmsford<br />
Biggest<br />
inspiration<br />
Her mum<br />
Beverley<br />
First number<br />
one single<br />
Mama Do at<br />
the young<br />
age of 18
INTERVIEW<br />
What a LOTT<br />
to shout about!<br />
Singer, songwriter and actress, Pixie Lott has done it all. We ask the<br />
talented Pixie, alumni from Italia Conti, how she’s achieved so much<br />
At only 27, Pixie is already a household name<br />
with a plethora of awards and achievements. Three<br />
UK number-ones, over four million tracks sold,<br />
numerous worldwide tours, 1.6 million albums sold<br />
and she’s written songs for some of today’s biggest<br />
stars including Selena Gomez. She’s collaborated<br />
with acclaimed artists including Stevie Wonder<br />
and John Legend, her songs have been used within<br />
soundtracks to countless films and she has in excess<br />
of 210 million YouTube views. A four-time BRIT<br />
Award nominee and winner of two MTV European<br />
Music Awards; is there nothing she can’t do?<br />
How did you get your nickname Pixie?<br />
When I was born I was premature - my mum said<br />
that I looked like a little Pixie!<br />
At what age did you realise music was for you?<br />
Probably around the age of two when I wanted to<br />
sing at a family party “Don’t Be A Stranger” by Dina<br />
Carroll. My parents also had music playing around<br />
the house which I’m sure was a big influence in why<br />
I loved music so young.<br />
Tell us about your time at Italia Conti Academy<br />
and the influence it had on your career?<br />
I started at an Associate School of Italia Conti<br />
in Chislehurst, Kent at five and loved it so<br />
much that my parents applied for me to go<br />
for a scholarship audition at the main Academy,<br />
London. I was delighted that I got it as that enabled<br />
me to go! Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts was<br />
where it all began for me and gave me an amazing<br />
foundation for the entertainment industry. I’ve<br />
since set up my own Italia Conti Associate school<br />
with my sister and mum; Pixie Lott’s Italia Conti<br />
Associate School Chelmsford.<br />
I’ll be running a <strong>Summer</strong> School this year<br />
working towards a show from 28th Aug - 1st Sept.<br />
I would love to see you all and watch you perform.<br />
See my flyer on the next page for full details and<br />
email admin@pixielottitaliaconti.co.uk for an<br />
application form.<br />
Did anyone inspire you above all others?<br />
My mum! She is amazing and brings happiness to so<br />
many people.<br />
At what age did you start writing songs?<br />
I started on the piano writing songs at age eight.<br />
Who were your musical influences?<br />
Stevie Wonder, Otis Reading, Donny<br />
Hathaway, Quincy Jones, Mariah<br />
Carey and Whitney Houston.<br />
Despite being on tour and in<br />
concerts, you still achieved straight<br />
A’s – how did you manage this?<br />
Working hard in all areas - <br />
Proudest song<br />
Broken Arrow<br />
co-written<br />
with Toby<br />
Gad and<br />
Ruth-Anne<br />
Cunningham<br />
Musical<br />
hero<br />
Steve<br />
Wonder<br />
Favourite<br />
acting role<br />
Holly<br />
Golightly<br />
from<br />
Breakfast<br />
at Tiffanys<br />
Strictly Come<br />
Dancing<br />
Pixie with<br />
professional<br />
partner Trent<br />
in rehearsals<br />
2014<br />
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INTERVIEW<br />
something my dad always said to me! I still go by his<br />
motto... “Fail to prepare, then prepare to fail”!<br />
Did you have one momentous career break?<br />
When my first single ‘Mama Do’ went to number<br />
one when I was 18.<br />
Of the many songs you have written, which are you<br />
most proud of ?<br />
I do love them all but probably my co-writes ‘Cry<br />
Me Out’ written with Phil Thornalley, Mads Hauge<br />
and Colin Campsie and ‘Broken Arrow’ written<br />
with Toby Gad and Ruth-Anne Cunningham.<br />
Which acting role did you enjoy the most and why?<br />
Holly Golightly from ‘Breakfast At Tiffanys’; the<br />
book version written by Truman Capote, which is<br />
much darker than the movie with Audrey Hepburn.<br />
What advice would you give to all aspiring singers,<br />
songwriters and actresses?<br />
To go for every opportunity possible. Auditions,<br />
meetings, open mic nights etc - even the small ones<br />
because you never know what it could lead to! Every<br />
little stepping stone helps. Also to never give up<br />
on your dreams and to just keep showing up. If you<br />
make sure you are ticking every box then you give<br />
yourself the best opportunity.<br />
You can dance as well! How much fun was Strictly?<br />
I enjoyed learning completely new styles of dance.<br />
Latin and Ballroom are so different to what I<br />
have learnt in Ballet, Tap, Modern and Jazz. Trent<br />
Whiddon, my professional partner is an amazing<br />
choreographer and teacher - we had so much fun<br />
and will be friends for life.<br />
What did you enjoy most about being a judge on<br />
The Voice Kids 2017?<br />
Working with the kids! They were so inspiring and<br />
it was beautiful to see them doing what they love.<br />
It reminded me of performing as a kid and to never<br />
lose that joy and why I did music in the first place.<br />
I’m presently filming The Voice Kids <strong>2018</strong> with<br />
Will.i.am and Danny Jones and can’t wait for<br />
“GO FOR EVERY<br />
OPPORTUNITY<br />
POSSIBLE… EVEN THE<br />
SMALL ONES BECAUSE<br />
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT<br />
IT COULD LEAD TO!”<br />
everyone to see this years amazing talent. Make<br />
sure you tune in! #teampixie<br />
When does The Voice Kids <strong>2018</strong> start?<br />
The new series will be on for a week in July every<br />
night with the live final on the 21st July on ITV.<br />
Do you have any hobbies and how do you find the<br />
time to fit these in?<br />
I love eating out, takeaways and watching a movie<br />
on the sofa. I also love skiing, yoga, meditation and<br />
dancing. I do find it difficult fitting these in and<br />
often go long periods without finding any time!<br />
When is new music coming out?<br />
I am writing in LA at the moment and have a new<br />
single due out around The Voice Kids this summer.<br />
Please follow me on my social media sites and<br />
stayed tuned! I will be performing new and old<br />
music this summer at quite a few festivals and I<br />
hope to see some of you there!<br />
What dreams for the future?<br />
I cannot wait to release my new music - it’s my<br />
favourite stuff I’ve ever done! My dream is to get<br />
it out to as many people as possible and to release<br />
songs in the USA. I want to release more music<br />
that helps people and relates to them. I also want to<br />
do bigger tours, gain more experience in tv and film<br />
and to carry on working with young performers!<br />
@pixielott @PixieLott /Pixie Lott<br />
The Voice<br />
Kids<br />
Filming this<br />
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Hobbies<br />
Eating out: a<br />
particularly<br />
good banana<br />
split!<br />
Charity work<br />
Pixie supports<br />
many charities and<br />
plays in a celebrity<br />
football team for<br />
Alzheimers Reseach<br />
UK each summer<br />
Festival<br />
dates<br />
<strong>Summer</strong> Tour<br />
<strong>2018</strong><br />
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INTERVIEW<br />
The talented<br />
MR RIDGELEY<br />
Andrew Ridgeley was one half of Wham! – the biggest UK pop duo<br />
during the eighties and George Michael’s closest friend. We ask the artist,<br />
whose talented song writing sold six million copies of Careless Whisper<br />
alone, how it all began…<br />
Think back to the 80’s and I’ll defy anyone not to<br />
burst into a spontaneous rendition of a Wham!<br />
track. Both Andrew and George were icons of their<br />
age, defining the spirit and pop culture of that<br />
creative generation.<br />
Andrew grew up in Hertfordshire, and attended<br />
Bushey Meads School. His mother was a teacher at<br />
the primary school and when George enrolled, they<br />
became great friends. Sharing a love of music and a<br />
desire to perform, they formed a band and made a<br />
demo tape (in just 10 minutes!) in Andrew’s living<br />
room to send on to record companies with the hope<br />
of getting a record deal.<br />
They were picked up by Innervision Records and<br />
Wham! went on to enjoy worldwide success from<br />
1982 to 1986 selling more than 30 million records<br />
and being the first band to play in China placing<br />
Wham! firmly centre stage on a global scale.<br />
Turn over for our exclusive interview with the<br />
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When did you realise that music was your thing?<br />
When I was nine or 10 years old, I recall that music<br />
was something I found absorbing and fascinating.<br />
Did you learn an instrument at school?<br />
I was steered towards learning the recorder, with<br />
little success!<br />
Was there one particular teacher or person who<br />
inspired you the most?<br />
It wasn’t so much people, rather the manifestations<br />
of their creativity that I found inspiring.<br />
When did you and George decide to form a band?<br />
At around 14 years old, but it was put off until we’d<br />
sat our O-levels because George was under pressure<br />
from his family to concentrate on his academic<br />
prospects. So it was with no little persuasion and<br />
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him to form our first band in 1979!<br />
Why did you call yourselves Wham!?<br />
We lifted the name, from the song Wham Rap!<br />
What was your big career break?<br />
Saturday Superstore October 1982.<br />
Which of your songs means the most to you?<br />
Careless Whisper.<br />
As a co-writer of Careless Whisper what was the<br />
inspiration behind this song?<br />
The chord sequence and signature saxophone<br />
melody, lent itself to a plaintive kind of lament.<br />
What do you miss most about George?<br />
The bond that only childhood friends ever make.<br />
What would you say is George’s legacy and what<br />
would be yours?<br />
George’s legacy is and will always be his music.<br />
Mine is a work in progress!<br />
What advice would you give to aspiring artists?<br />
Open your mind!<br />
How much is talent and how much is luck?<br />
I’d say it’s 50/50!<br />
Current favourite artist?<br />
Justin Hurwitz who wrote the oscar-winning score<br />
for<br />
LaLa Land.<br />
What are your passions outside of music?<br />
I enjoy writing verse.<br />
Any mountains still to climb?<br />
Still climbing the first one!<br />
Andrew’s favourite<br />
artist Justin Hurwitz<br />
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SASHA’S EASTER CAKE<br />
COOK TIME: 30–35 minutes, plus cooling<br />
Ingredients<br />
For the cake:<br />
• 200g (8oz) caster sugar<br />
• 200g (8oz) butter<br />
• 4 eggs<br />
• 200g (8oz) self-raising flour<br />
• 2tbs cocoa powder<br />
• Crushed Easter eggs<br />
• ½ tsp vanilla extract<br />
• 2 tbs milk<br />
For the icing and decoration:<br />
• Icing sugar<br />
• Butter<br />
• Melted chocolate<br />
Instructions<br />
1. Mix together all the cake<br />
ingredients.<br />
2. Divide the mixture between<br />
2 buttered cake tins and bake at<br />
180°c. Allow to cool<br />
3. Sandwich the cakes together<br />
with some of the icing and cover<br />
the cake with the rest.<br />
4. Decorate with Easter eggs. You<br />
can use cornflakes covered in<br />
green food colouring for grass.<br />
MARY SAID:<br />
“A lovely cake which shows<br />
a high level of skill and<br />
creative decoration.”<br />
HUGO’S CINNAMON SNAPS<br />
MAKES 10 snaps / COOK TIME: 12 minutes, plus cooling<br />
Ingredients<br />
For the cinnamon snaps:<br />
• 50g plain flour<br />
• 50g golden syrup<br />
• 50g butter<br />
• 50g demerara<br />
• ½ tsp cinnamon<br />
For the cream:<br />
• 250ml double cream<br />
• 1 tbs maple syrup<br />
• 1 tsp cinnamon<br />
Instructions<br />
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C<br />
2. Melt the butter, sugar and<br />
syrup on a low heat until the<br />
sugar has dissolved. Let the<br />
mixture cool.<br />
3. Mix the cinnamon and flour<br />
together, stir it into the mixture.<br />
4. Roll small balls of mixture in<br />
your hands and place on a lined<br />
baking tray giving them enough<br />
space to spread.<br />
5. Bake for 12 minutes. Meanwhile<br />
grease a wooden spoon handle.<br />
6. When they are ready you need<br />
to act fast. Roll the snaps round<br />
the handle and then slide off to<br />
cool on a wire rack.<br />
7. Pour the cream, syrup and<br />
cinnamon into bowl and whisk<br />
until thick.<br />
8. Now spoon the mixture into<br />
the brandy snaps giving generous<br />
cream portions on the side.<br />
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PROMOTION<br />
Is your child able to<br />
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You read the brochures,<br />
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We pack our children off to<br />
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Sarah Warley says, “Many children have<br />
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Its superb teachers, all<br />
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The staff nurture their<br />
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Famous Alumni including from<br />
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THE MAJORITY AGED 12 TO 18”<br />
in 1976. The charity launched<br />
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The word<br />
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couldn’t play guitar<br />
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Your heartbeat<br />
mimics the beat of<br />
the music you’re<br />
listening to<br />
The world’s smallest<br />
guitar, the<br />
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is 10 micrometers<br />
long; the size of a<br />
human blood cell<br />
A 2015 study<br />
revealed that babies<br />
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long when listening<br />
to a song than when<br />
listening to talking<br />
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Who or what inspired<br />
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At University I joined<br />
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were struggling at their<br />
schools in Cowley:<br />
this was a formative<br />
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What sort of<br />
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French ballades<br />
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Trenet, Serge Gainsbourg<br />
and Barbara.<br />
Favourite play or<br />
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Know yourself so that<br />
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Amadeus Mozart, and a photo<br />
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Greatest all time movie?<br />
Robert Hamer’s Kind<br />
Hearts and Coronets<br />
HEAD space<br />
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One thing you always<br />
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As a keen calligrapher<br />
I always make sure my<br />
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arm’s reach.<br />
Your favourite school<br />
moment this year?<br />
It has to be the<br />
achievements of two<br />
pupils (one former,<br />
and one present).<br />
Former pupil Millie<br />
Knight (OKS)<br />
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Pyeongchang at the<br />
Winter Paralympic<br />
Games and returning<br />
with three medals.<br />
Watching Francis<br />
Bushell (6A) perform in<br />
the Woodwind Final of<br />
the BBC Young Musician<br />
of the Year. Both are<br />
wonderful examples<br />
of the diverse talents<br />
of King’s pupils.<br />
Favourite food?<br />
I make a rather<br />
tasty tarte tatin<br />
Why, in your<br />
opinion, is your<br />
school best?<br />
The King’s School,<br />
Canterbury has the best<br />
formal and informal<br />
sense of community and<br />
pursuit of excellence in<br />
a renaissance way of any<br />
of the schools I have had<br />
the pleasure of serving.<br />
What three things do you need<br />
to be a successful headmaster?<br />
1. Try to be<br />
omnipresent<br />
2. Accept that you<br />
are not omniscient<br />
3. Be sure to listen<br />
In one sentence,<br />
what is The<br />
King’s School<br />
ethos?<br />
Our aim is to<br />
anchor a 21st<br />
century education within the<br />
illustrious history of the oldest<br />
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