‘Carl Larsson meets Suffolk’ crossed with your ‘Mad Maiden Aunt’s House’ is how former interior designer Anne Marie Jacob describes her latest venture, Elly Botilda, the Vintage and Antiques shop that she has recently opened in Uggleshall, Suffolk with her mother Mille.

For all those who love rummaging around in such places, this is a real Aladdin’s Cave of collectables with more and more pieces being brought in daily as Anne Marie and her mother scour the county for new finds.

Anne Marie says, “What we have done is consolidated several years worth of  finds and weekly visits to auctions to create a shop within a barn. I change everything once a week, recreating a different ‘theatre set.’ We have all  our old jazz LPs playing in one room, and a mini cinema on the TV of all the old classic movies playing from Gone with the Wind…through to The Glass Bottom Boat.

From charming patterned tea sets to Victorian day beds, lacey linen, magic wardrobes, school clocks, charming chandeliers, turn of the century postcards and prints, old school trunks the shop houses everything one would need to complete the charming country cottage look.

You will be warmly welcomed  and offered  tea and cakes whilst you browse. What could be better any day of the week?

Opening days tuesday to saturday 10.30 to 4.30

Elly Botilda
Manor Farm Barns
Manor Farm
Uggeshall
Suffolk NR34 8BD
01502 578077

Until early new year also

12 Abbeygate street
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk IP33 1UN

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By Pete Silverton

Packed full of facts on all the filthiest words in the world, Filthy English considers how it can be that we have become more openly emotional, yet more wary about insulting others. And howit might be alright to say **** and **** but not ****** or ****.  Silverton considers why it is we have moved through the religious and sexual stages of swearing to the racial stage; why mother insults cut so deep in the Mediterranean; and how the law has evolved to police new forms of obscenity.

When the Sex Pistols swore live on tea-time telly in 1976 there was outrage across Britain. Headlines screamed. Christians marched. TVs were kicked in. Thirty years on, the same words are now almost media-mainstream – bandied about with impunity on TV and in the papers. Filthy English is the story of bad language over the last 30 years, charting its journey from the fringes of decency to the working centre of a more linguistically liberal nation. Silverton gives a clear, comprehensive and witty overview of swearing during this time, traversing the globe to pinpoint the watershed moments that have changed the public’s attitude towards rude words, including the FCUK ad campaign, and bringing us bang up to date with Ross and Brand’s on-air offences.

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Peter Silverton has been a journalist for 30 years, starting as features editor at Sounds in 1976, covering punk, going on tour with the Sex Pistols and Clash and later writing Glen Matlock’s autobiography (I Was A Teenage Sex Pistol). He has worked as an editor at Time Out, the Mail on Sunday, the Sunday Express and the Guardian, and written with asterisks for practically every music magazine and newspaper in the land. Silverton started swearing at the age of four and can now swear in many different languages, and does, on a regular basis. He lives in North London with his wife and children.

Published 22nd October 2009
Hardback, £14.99

Peter Silverton is available for interview and to write articles, please contact Lindsay Paterson for more information:
lpaterson@portobellobooks.com / 020 7605 1374

Creator of Rocket, Melanie Hurley from Rocket Enterprises commissioned earlier in the year a team to bring this loveable Reindeer and his friends to the screen. Now you can see this 3D animated adventure at Westfield, London and Meadowhall, Sheffield where the film is playing throughout the day, 7 days a week.

Hurley is extremely excited about creating her first fully animated short film in 3D, and believes that Rocket is going to be a very exciting brand and certainly will have worldwide appeal to a wide audience. Licensing opportunities are available. For free tickets to view this exciting new property, please contact suzanne@stunningpr.com, 07957 371840.

THE STORY

The story is based in Rocketland and is all about Rocket who has lost one of his Antlers so is unable to fly with Santa on Christmas Eve. Usually the fastest and always at the front poor Rocket is only able to go around in circles until his antler grows back.

Not one to give up easily Rocket asks his best friend The Cheeky Snowman for help and together they go in search to find the Wishfairy who they know has all the magical powers to make his antler grow back.

On their journey The Cheeky snowman, who is always up to mischief, hides from Rocket and starts throwing snowballs when no one is looking.

A bit further down the path the playful Elves ‘Pip and Pop’ are in Santa’s workshop and are very busy decorating trees and wrapping up all the toys.

Finally reaching The Wishfairy’s magical castle Rocket may finally be able to get his antler back in time to fly with Santa that night with the help of the Fairy and her magical bag of sparkly dust, but watch out for that very cheeky snowman as he has other ideas about what do with that bag of magical sprinkles!!

A fantastic seasonal short film, packed full of colourful 3D moments, and something to go and enjoy getting you in the mood to kick of the Christmas spirit.

The film has been created to suit families of all ages.

Time: 15 minutes with narration

The story has been written by acclaimed writer Oliver Caporn, and co-produced by Hurley and Tony Nottage.

Hurley is also delighted to have Richard Bazley on board who heads up the animation for the film. For the past decade Bazley has worked as a Supervising Animator at three of the Major Animation Studios, Sullivan Bluth Studios, Walt Disney Feature Animation andWarner Bros. Projects worked on include Roger Rabbit and Hercules.

Branding opportunities follow in 2010 with plans already in the wing to create a sequel, a costume character, publish the story, make a short film for TV and print pyjamas and pencil cases for Christmas 2010!

For more information please contact Rocket Enterprises on 0845 234 8002 or visit www.rocketthereindeer.com

Media Enquiries and tickets: suzanne@stunningpr.com, 07957 371840

It will be 20 years since the collapse of the Berlin Wall on 9^th November 1989. Lisa Selvidge moved to West Berlin in 1984 and fell into the avant-garde, anarchic lifestyle of eighties Berlin. Now an author and creative writing tutor she has written a new novel, The Last Dance over the Berlin Wall, inspired by her time spent living in the walled-in city.

SYNOPSIS:

In 1984, Johnny East, a dancer, is invited to Berlin by mad Alice, an English girl living a bohemian life in the city at the heart of the Cold War. Alice is besotted with Johnny, but on a trip to the East one day, Johnny meets and falls in love with a Russian aerialist in East Berlin. They begin an affair that leaves a trail of East-West transits, both legal and illegal, including one of the most daring crossings of the Berlin Wall.

Twenty years on Johnny is the director of an aerial company and with an exciting new performance returns to Berlin, a new vibrant city, to face the ghosts of the past.

The Last Dance over the Berlin Wall is a story of young love, decadence and tragedy in the walled-in city of West Berlin.

‘An utterly compelling story which draws the reader into the fractured world of eighties Berlin, where life is fast paced, subversive, at times beautiful, but also tragic. Lisa Selvidge’s writing is as eloquent and supple as the aerialiste at the heart of the book. This novel is a spellbinding tale of individual consequences spinning out from a striking political divide.’ Sarah Law, Poet, Lecturer, London Metropolitan University

‘The avant garde, all night culture of West Berlin in the 1980s exists now only in the precarious memories of its punk rock survivors. Lisa Selvidge’s novel allows those who were not there a glimpse of this extraordinary historic and cultural moment. Her characters are richly drawn, wholly convincing, and emblematic of that time and place.’ Cid Pearlman, Choreographer, West Berlin resident 1984-1986

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lisa Selvidge has an MA in creative writing from the University of East Angliaand taught creative writing for 9 years at both the UEA and the Norwich School of Art & Design. She is the author of The Trials of Tricia Blake, A Divine War and a Writing Fiction Workbook. She has also edited a collection of writings about the Algarve called Summer Times.

The book is published by Montanha Books and is available from online bookshops and www.lisaselvidge.comfor £10.95. It is also available as a download for £3.50 from http://stores.lulu.com/lisa9

www.lisaselvidge.com

For interviews with Lisa, review copies, please contact:

Suzanne@Stunning PR or suzanne@stunningpr.com, 07957 371840

Bankside may be best known for the Tate Modern and The Globe Theatre but for those working in property, the area is arguably better known for the number of exciting developments and locally based architects that number over a hundred including Conran Partners, Malcolm Pawley, MCM and many others. Now John Cowell (brother of Simon) of cowell consulting international together with SE1 based Cost Consultant and Project Management company, FOM and international law firm, Norton Rose, has decided to organize a breakfast networking event for them and other related property specialists working in SE1.

One of the most vibrant, creative and commercially active areas of London John and the team has planned an exciting series of breakfasts and other events around the Borough, all designed to help property professionals working in SE1 to gain more, profitable business.

Called fuSE1, the next event is at 8am on 2nd October at Brew Wharf and will feature a presentation by Gareth Lewis, Mace Group Director for Construction Service and Dave Elder, the Planning Manager who will be speaking about the illustrious Shard Project, soon to be the UK’s tallest building.

fuSE1 is currently sourcing a range of speakers for further events with interests in property development, restoration, and council planning or are interesting end-users of local property.

Any SE1 property-related businesses interested in attending should contact Clare Evitts, cowellconsulting on clare.evitts@cowellco.co.uk. There are also limited opportunities for industry sponsors to join the team. You can view Sir Paul Smith’s opening address at the first networking event held last month at http://www.fuseone.co.uk/

For interviews with John Cowell please contact Suzanne Noble @ Stunning PR, Tel: 07957 371840

Yoga isn’t just for adults, now little people can enjoy its benefits too at YogiRascals (www.yogirascals.com), the only yoga & activity centre for kids, opening 16th September at Basement flat 87 Abingdon Road, W8 6AW.

Founded by Ladan Sattaripour, who has been teaching yoga to children since 2006 after being a Montessori nursery teacher for many years working both here and in Madrid, she holds teaching certificates through ‘June’s Yoga,’ which is registered with the Wheel of Yoga, Karma Kids Yoga and Little Flower Yoga.

Yogi Rascals fits in well with the Montessori ethos; whereby one should ‘follow each child’s individual needs.’ According to Maria Montessori, children should not be rewarded or punished. At Yogi Rascals success is not measured on a grading system but on achievement resulting in happy, healthy children!

Participation in Yoga has been linked to the improvement in conditions of asthma, diabetes, ADD, ADHD, insomnia, anxiety and many other health problems. Yoga promotes strength, flexibility, co-ordination and body awareness. Breathing techniques teach children how to focus, relax and develop self control.
Ladan’s yoga training is influenced by both American and European methods, resulting in a unique form of different exercises specially adapted for young bodies. Her enthusiasm and energy is evident in her teaching, bringing a new twist to a classic discipline.

In addition to Yoga, the school offers classes in ballet, streetdance, theatre/music, kickboxing and baby classes.

Contact
Ladan Sattaripour 07958516023
Address: Basement flat 87 Abingdon Road, W8 6AW

Fees:
10 week term: £180 plus £20 joining fee.
Weekends: £200 plus £20 joining fee
Private classes also available
Gift Certificates available

Media Enquiries:
Suzanne Noble 07957 371840 or suzanne@stunningpr.com

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FitKid launch the NEW LazyTown Sports Club in Bournemouth

Bournemouth Town Centre will come alive with activity on Tuesday 28th July 2009 with the launch of the LazyTown Sports Clubs and a special guest appearance from Sportacus from the Live Show.

FitKid are a fun franchise activity provider who are committed to encouraging children to be more active. LazyTown and FitKid have partnered to launch the NEW LazyTown Sports Club franchise opportunity powered by FitKid and to encourage more children to MOVE and be active just like Sportacus !

Throughout the launch event on Tuesday, there will be the opportunity to interact and move along with Sportacus from the live show, view footage from LazyTown Live ! The Pirate Adventure and the FitKid team will deliver a snap shot of a LazyTown Sports Club Classes.

LazyTown is a phenomenally successful children’s entertainment and lifestyle brand with an internationally acclaimed TV show of the same name. The LazyTown concept is to market a brand that has a direct and measurable impact on the health of its target audience – Children.

“We’re excited about working with FitKid (UK)” said LazyTown’s Magnus Scheving, the TV show’s Sportacus. “They’re a terrific company who really understand the LazyTown philosophy of making activities fun and active for kids.”

With an exceptional level of demand already apparent in the UK, FitKid is looking to further expand it’s franchise network to offer more children the opportunity to experience these classes. Franchisees can choose to grow their business by employing a network of staff to run classes, making this franchise an ideal management style opportunity.

This new opportunity will enable franchisees to deliver official LazyTown classes and workshops within FitKid’s proven franchise business network.

Nicky Kay, director of FitKid, said: “It is fantastic to be launching our new partnership with LazyTown. The classes are energetic and encourage the children to have fun in an exciting and motivating session. Children love LazyTown characters, Sportacus and Stephanie, and now they can come along and have fun at the LazyTown Sports Club classes”

To find out more about the launch event and the LazyTown Sports Club Franchise Opportunity on www.fitkid.co.uk , email karen@fitkid.co.uk or call 08700 85 1000

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FitKid –
The FitKid Director Nicky Kay is available for interview. She has appeared frequently on local/national media and is an excellent speaker. If you would like to arrange an interview or require any further information, please call FitKid on 08700 85 1000 or email enquiries@fitkid.co.uk

For further information about the FitKid Franchise, obesity statistics, quotes or photo opportunities, please contact FitKid.

Stunning PR has launched Stunning Stories, a new division aimed at providing good quality real life stories to the national media.

Do you have a real life story you would like to share? Whether a good story or a tragic one, newspapers and magazines are willing to pay for your story. Each week Stunning receive enquiries from the media looking for case studies.

Participants are paid anything from a few hundred to thousands of Pounds for their story. The more outrageous, the better!

Stunning deal with all the major national newspapers, weekly and monthly magazines. We promise to get you the best money for your story.

To get started please email suzanne@stunning pr.com with the following information:

A brief description of your story
Your name & contact details
Your age & nationality
Pictures to accompany your story or let me know if pictures are available
Whether your story has appeared elsewhere

Email us now at suzanne@stunningpr.com and make your life make money for you!

LazyTown, V-me, Tycoon Entertainment to Bring LazyTown Live! to U.S.

International hit is first-ever live family show to tour U.S. nationally in Spanish

NEW YORK, June 22, 2009 - LazyTown Entertainment, the brand that has created a worldwide sensation with its top-rated TV series motivating kids to be healthy and active, has teamed with V-me – America’s 4th-largest Hispanic TV network – along with Tycoon Entertainment Group, and Global Entertainment Group to bring the smash hit live show LazyTown ™ Live! to families across the USA.

LazyTown Live!, the first-ever live family entertainment show to tour the US exclusively in Spanish, is scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2010 and will visit markets across the country, supported by the V-me national broadcast network and local affiliates.

In its first season in Mexico in 2008, LazyTown Live! set box office records, with 46 sold-out performances at the nation’s 2nd largest theater venue (Teatro Metropolitan, Mexico City).  With similar success in Argentina, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Panama, LazyTown Live! is the most successful family theater production ever in Spanish-speaking Latin America, with over 500 shows seen by more than 600,000 engaged fans, who dance and sing along with the high-energy LazyTown music. The show, based on the hit LazyTown TV series seen in over 120 countries, has also played to sold-out audiences in the UK and Australia.

“LazyTown’s mission is to inspire kids and families to make healthier lifestyle choices. To bring this incredibly successful and important live show to families in the US, LazyTown needed a strong national Hispanic media partner and world-class integrated theatrical tour producers,” said Magnus Scheving, founder LazyTown Entertainment. “That’s what we have with V-me, Tycoon Entertainment and Global Entertainment Group , who all share the mission and values of LazyTown.”

LazyTown Live! captivates audiences with special effects, colorful wardrobe and set changes, music and dance, and opportunities to interact with characters — all designed to motivate healthy, active lifestyle choices for the whole family.  And after each performance, families have a chance to meet Sportacus, Stephanie and the entire LazyTown team.

V-me broadcasts LazyTown M-F at 7:30A and 11:30A, Saturdays at 9:30A and 11:30A, and Sundays at 4P. (All times Eastern.) For local channel information, visit VmeTV.com.

About LazyTown Entertainment
LazyTown is the world’s only global entertainment brand dedicated to children’s health. Created in 1995 by international athlete, entrepreneur, producer and director Magnus Scheving, LazyTown has been nurtured into a household name worldwide, with businesses including publishing, home entertainment, music, live theatrical shows and even a dedicated radio station. LazyTown, the Emmy-nominated and BAFTA-winning TV series, launched in 2004, and is now available in 79 HD episodes and over 120 territories worldwide. The LazyTown Movement appeals to kids and parents alike and encourages healthy lifestyle choices for kids of all ages. The team is dedicated to finding exactly the right partners worldwide to sustain the brand and uphold the credibility and vision of LazyTown and its creator.

About V-me
V-me, one of America’s largest Spanish networks, entertains and informs Latino families in Spanish with primetime drama, music, sports, current affairs and Latin cinema, along with world class kids, food, lifestyle and nature. The 24-hour digital network, partnered with public television stations, is currently available in 70% of all US Hispanic homes – rising  to 80% by year end. V-me is the first venture of the media production and distribution company, V-me Media Inc., which is also developing a soon-to-be-announced 24-hour children’s channel. To find out more visit VmeTV.com.

About Tycoon Entertainment Group and Alejandro Gou Productions
Tycoon Group is a one-of-a-kind consortium of entertainment companies with presence in Mexico and Latin America, that together with Alejandro Gou Productions, have successfully presented musical productions which include Latin America tours of Barney, Bob the Builder, Hi-5, Dora the Explorer, The Backyardigans, and Lazy Town.

About Global Entertainment Group
Based in the “Entertainment Capital of the World” -Las Vegas – Global Entertainment Group provides a wide variety of services for the live entertainment industry, including international and domestic tour bookings and promotion of live events.  Global Entertainment also invests in various touring productions, theatrical shows and touring educational exhibitions.  The company’s core business is in international touring and promotion, having successfully orchestrated record breaking tours in Europe, Australia, South America and Asia including Japan and China.  By masterfully creating a worldwide network of promoting partners, Global Entertainment has taken artists like, Michael Flatley’s Lord of The Dance, Blue Man Group Megastar World Tour, Master Illusionist David Copperfield and Bob the Builder Live! to international destinations in established and emerging markets alike.

CONTACT INFO:
About LazyTown:  Jordan Jedeikin – 602.319.3776 or Jordan@lazytown.com
About V-me – Natalie Judd (for V-me) 203-389-5223 or njudd@dex-p.com

GI Jane Bootcamp is a residential women only week long course of high intensity physically training. You will be asking your body to do things that you’d never thought possible, and you will be pushing yourself to reach personal goals that you thought were impossible to achieve. You will probably find this to be the most challenging thing you have ever done and likely to do again!

Your Physical Training
Not for the faint hearted! During your week at GI Jane Bootcamp you will do things that you never thought you could. There will be some activities that will not only push you physically, but also mentally.

Rest assured though, this is not a prison ladies and no one will force you to do anything that you are truly uncomfortable doing. However, you will be completely amazed at what you actually can personally achieve.

The intensive training schedule has been carefully designed by military physical trainers and along with our healthy balanced diet, this course cannot fail to kick start you into a totally healthy new way of life and give you a solid foundation of changing your life for good!!

Your training schedule will be action packed in hour long blocks to ensure that you never get bored. Activities may include:

• boxing
• running
• power walking
• skipping
• bike riding
• volley ball
• net ball
• obstacle courses
• war games
• core training
• water activities and many many more…!

GI Jane Bootcamp is designed to change you both mentally and physically, but also you will have fun, and you will find along with the other women who are on the course, you will bond and friendships will be formed. So you will return home with less weight and minus more inches than you would have thought possible. Your eating habits will change due to the carefully designed diet we have devised for you and the nutritional advice that you will have received during your week stay.

MEDIA PLACES ARE AVAILABLE. CONTACT SUZANNE FOR DETAILS.

Price & Course Dates

Limited to 12 places a week so you get the most from your trainers.
Book today and change your life for ever!

GI Jane Bootcamp

All courses are held at a secret location please contact us for further details.
The price for the week is £1150
This price includes accommodation with shared occupancy, activities, dietary advice, food and drink.

Sat 13th June to Sat 20th June

Sat 27th June to Sat July 4th

CONTACT: suzanne@stunningpr.com, 07957 371840