September 2011
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Race for Your Wife
Today we’d like to highlight an impressive side project of one our own. Colin O’Brien, a Yell Customer Services Executive in Manchester, has created an all male 10k sponsored run in Heaton Park to raise money for breast cancer.
Colin came up with the idea for ‘Race for Your Wife’ after he discovered the official ‘Race for Life’ was a women-only event.
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Behind the best: Made.com in Notting Hill, London
This week we speak to Ning Li CEO of Made.com, about their furniture site which is just a little bit special - and not just for the prices! Francesca Krajewski, Founding Partner of Naked Wines, recommended them in her interview with us back in February, saying:
I really like what made.com are doing. They’re doing for furniture what we’re doing for wine.
For any of our readers who aren’t...
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Behind the best: Young & Lost Club, London
In this week’s edition of our ongoing hat tip to some of the best independent businesses from around the UK, we tracked down Nadia Dahlawi, CEO of Young & Lost Club.
A local favourite previously commended by one of our favourite music bloggers, Tim from The Blue Walrus:
There are so many great people living and working in music in London, but I have to say the people I revere most at...
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Behind the blog: The London Perspective
This week we picked the brain of Adanma Wokoh from The London Perspective Blog on some of the best, and worst, things about living in London Town.
For any of our readers who aren’t aware of you, can you give us an intro to the blog and what you write about there? My name is Adanma otherwise known to my readers as “Lanky Girl”. The London Perspective blog is my take on life living in London as...
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Behind the best: Free Space Gallery, London
Getting creative with this week’s ‘Behind the best’ interview, we talk to Melissa Hardwick, Arts Manager & Curator for the Free Space Gallery in Kentish Town.
For any of our readers who aren’t aware of you, can you give us an intro to the business?
The Free Space Gallery is a gallery based within the Kentish Town Health Centre, We seek to provide free exhibition space for up and...
