Saturday Night

This is a fantastic version of

Saturday Night's All Right

for Fighting. Elton John.

Guess we don't need to point

out the connection right kids!

Do Kate and Prince William watch this?

 

 

 

Have you seen the John Lewis electronics advert on televsion?

It goes through, we think, the sixties, seventies, eighties, nineties

to the present. They are good at running pretty poignant adverts.

 

This music

 

Plays right at the very end, and is so well blended in, that you can

see that there are many people who have found it on YouTube,

specifically because of John Lewis on TV!

Don't know if Kate and Prince William have watched it, but you

never know, but part of British Culture captured in a short video

clip. Interesting that they know how to touch that wiring inside

one that knows that time is marching on, that youth, the positive

energy of the past, is somehow the best days of one's life.

Innocent, positive, the pre 9/11 world. It seems a lot changed

with that event, the world has become darker, we have to find

our way back to Shine On!

Double up Prince William!

Prince William completed a busy twenty four hour shift working
as a Helicopter pilot at ten in the morning, then caught
another  helicopter to  ride over and play his formal
role as a member of the Royal Family, and play a completely
different part in officially opening a new children's hospital unit.

Just the previous evening, he was part of the team that rescued a woman
in the Snowdonia range with injuries to her head after a fall, an
emergency pick up to transport a seaman to a sick relative's bedside.
Got back to base around nine thirty, and he was able to offer the
sailor a lift to Sandhurst, and then over to Anglesey for the next part
of his journey. Changed into a suit, and off to meet with
 Kate to open the Special Unit, a Cancer unit for sick children,
a project that was cherished by Princess Diana, his mother.
There was only one other really official engagement that included
the Duchess, which was the Canadian trip in the last year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

BBC News - Arthur Conan Doyle's first novel hits shops

via bbc.co.uk

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15054089

Strange how things can get lost in the post.
The Narrative of John Smith, was written by Sir Authur Conan Doyle, however, the post office somehow "lost" it, and the great author had no option but to dig into his memory banks and rewrite the whole thing.
Must have been quite a task. The British Library, incidently and really worthwhile place to visit, is about to publish the novel and also read by the Actor Robert Lindsay, and audiobook.
There are actually a number of notebooks, four in all that comprise the novel, and these will form part of a display at the Lirbrary that will be on exhibit until the beginnin gof January 2012.

"My shock at its disappearance would be as nothing to my horror if it were suddenly to appear again - in print," he once joked.

The book about a man who was afflicted with gout was written in the 1880's.
Quite a find.

Want a photo Your Majesty?

 

 

There is a large new portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Windsor,

oops, perhaps we should say, Her Majesty the Queen,

and Prince Phillip. The large image is one and a half

by two meters, and was especially commisioned in

the first one of a kind picture of one of the other

Royal Couples.

The image was made in April in the famous green

room at Windsor, one of their favourite castles.

“I wanted to leave them both in their royal environment,

and of course not try to disguise who they are,

but also show them as an elderly

couple who are together"

Thomas Struth the artist.

According to the National Portrait Gallery website:

“To mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012,

the National Portrait Gallery is staging an innovative

touring exhibition bringing together sixty of the most

remarkable and resonant images of Elizabeth II".

picture.

Prince William is trying very hard not to think about being the King of England.

Prince William has recently said that he is trying to avoid thinking
about becoming the UK's Soverign as much as possible, and would be very content
to keep on with his job as a search and rescue pilot for as long as possible.
Or, at least, three or four years yet.

His grandmother Her Majesty the Queen, in regard to the Royal Wedding invitation list
advised him to send invitations to his friends and not worry about the rest.
She is very positive and supportive towards Prince William and Kate's marriage and sees
them very much as the future of the British Monarchy.
Although she is showing no sign of slowing down and fully intends to continue in her role
well beyond her Jubilee celebrations next year, which if you are Prince Charles, and have
been kind of waiting for quite a while for a chance to play the role, assuming that he would
like to become King, means, he will have to wait a bit longer.
That being said, there has been talk of the accession skipping Charles and going straight
to William and Kate. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Queen is old school and
will perform her duties until she has done everything she can to fulfill her role for the country.

 

Airmiles Andy strikes again!

New item, "Airmiles Andy", the Duke of York,

despite having stepped down from his position as

business ambassador for the UK, just spent several

days in Saudi Arabia meeting with members of the

construction company owned by the Bin Laden family

(They had apparently disowned Osama) and other

government and business representatives.

Knowledgeable sources informed reporters that the

flight in a private jet likely would have cost anywhere

up to one hundred and fifty thousand pounds.

People don't like to cause trouble for him do they?

Private travel would have cost about four thousand

pounds, but Palace spokesmen offered the information

that the trip was arranged well before Prince Andrew

had stepped down from his position. It seems that the

private flight was necessary due to scheduling concerns.

We remember when they called him "Randy Andy" !

Duchess of Cambridge in training for the role of a lifetime

Kate, is currently receiving special instruction now

as to how the world functions when you are a Royal.

She will be given a full briefing on how all the different

institutions work, what they are, what they do,

actually the fast track information on how to play the role.

This process will continue for a number of months until

she is fully comfortable with all the workings and is able

to comfortably and knowledgeably play her part.

In other news, apparently Mike and Zara will have their

first meeting after the "cleavage affiar" in the very near

future, just a lad's night out if you ask us!

Oooops! Paddy!

How long have Princess Zara and England Rugby National player Mike Tindall been married?

Six weeks? Apparently footage is on the internet of Mike, the England's captain spending,

shall we say, some time with a blond, investigating the shall we say, well built proportionality

of the said young lady by burying his face in her cleavage, there! we've said it!

It was at a bar, where a dwarf tossing contest was occuring.

Apparently a group of lovely ladies were attracted to the England team on a surely well-deserved

night out, unfortunately, Mike did not quite recollect that he was married and was seen groping

and kissing the young lady, Rather than politely give her a royal brush off, Mike apparently responded in kind.

ooooooo, explain that to the Queen Mike!

Good thing it is Elizabeth II, because Elizabeth I might be less, forgiving? We hope it gets

played off with a sense of understanding, or no Balmoral for you young man! =0

 

As such, Ireland's Paddy Power betting group has altered its Royal Family divorce betting line by slashing the odds of Princess Zara splitting from the English side's captain from 12/1 to 4/1 after he was seeing cosying up to a buxom blonde in a Queensland bar.

Arty Charlie

Prince Charles is on the look out for young artists.

Each child between the ages of four and sixteen will

be invited to create portrait of themselves to be projected

on the front of the Queen's London home Buckingham

Palace, in celebration of her jubilee next year in June.

 

It will be called "Face Britain", and as the largest attempt

ever by a number of collaborating artists in the UK, may

actually be eligible for a place in the record books.

There will be a national bank holiday in celebration next

year in June, and a letter will be sent to all schools inviting

the young artists to participate.

Fonzie gets an OBE!

Remember the television show "Happy Days"?,

Henry Winkler, the star of the show, which depicted an idealized version of 1950's America,

has just been awarded an OBE by Her Majesty the Queen.

The ceremony took place in the Washington British Embassy and

British ambassador Nigel Sheinwald presented the OBE to Winkler for his work

with Dyslexic children in the United Kingdom.

 

The star has been speaking at UK schools over the last few years, having been

diagnosed with Dyslexia as an adult.

 

The show ran for eleven seasons from January 1974 until September 1984 and was the

second longest running television series for the USA's ABC network.

The Fonzie started out as a secondary character, but became so popular he evolved into

becoming the star of the show.

 

Ron Howard who played "Richie" on the show has become an accomplished director in

his own right, with movies such as "Apollo 13","Cocoon"  and "A Beautiful Mind" with Russell Crowe.

The Foreign Office advises Her Majesty in regard to making honorary awards to non-British citizens.

It is not known how huge a fan she is of "The Fonz"!

Ronnie Wood and Harry? !!!

With our ongoing celebrity charity traders,

Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones, and previously

with Rod Stewart, has joined the ranks of the multi-million

pound traders, at yesterdays's fundraiser.

 

Ronnie traded a couple of million shares of Shell bonds,

naturally like Prince Harry's trade mentioned in our last post,

he was carefully monitored and guided by an experienced broker.

 

Ronnie's Brazilian girlfriend Ana Araujo stood by her man, wearing

a hollywood star of the fifties style elegant headpiece in dark velvet

type material, very elegant.

 

Cherie Blair, you know, Tony's wife, processed a one hundred million

rates interest swap, and in attendance also were the Mayor of London,

Boris Johnson, HRH Prince Harry, RIchard Keys and Andy Gray, Dolly Parton,

Hary Redknapp, and his son Jamie. Dolly was beamed in via video link by the way.

 

Sally Bercow, was there, and Paddy Doherty form Big Brother.

There were also moments of rememberance of the employees of Cantor Fitzgerald

who were killed in the 9/11 attacks on New York.

Shaun Lynn the Global President of the company was hopeful that as we mark the

ten years anniversary of the attacks, it could well be the point at which we could

start to move on.

Prince Harry makes quite a deal!

It's great that Prince Harry is getting so much good

press these days, just today working as a guest broker

in a charity fundraiser for his project the charity Sentebale,

he clinched a fifteen and a half billion pound foreign exchange deal.

This was between Barclays and another European financial institution.

Boris Johnson, Ray Winstone and other celebrities took part in the

event, which was held in memory of the 9/11 attacks and particlularly

of the members of financial institutions that were lost.

Prince Harry also achieved a higher sale than the previous highest

deal raised in a similiar fund drive which was Prince Williams fifteen billion

deal last year working for ICAP a city firm.

 

 

Designing your Crouch End garden to attract Bees.

 

The UK bee population, and in fact the population of bees around the world,

appear to be in decline. The majority of gardeners are aware of this, some of

the factors that have affected this include loss of their natural environment,

herbicides and pesticides destroying their natural foods, and the bees themselves.

 

Thankfully, many gardens are becoming a place where bees can find a degree of

refuge, particularly bumblebees, many are able to find a place to nest and the right

kind of nourishment.

 

However, the dissappearing chalky grasslands, meadows that they are reliant upon,

are not replaced by our gardens.

 

Part of the issue for bees is that their preferred plants are often what we would call weeds.

"Pest" plants like dead nettle, clover, thistles, lavender and comfrey.

 

Some of the best sources for nectar and pollen for bees are wild flowers, however some

ornamentals are equally beneficial.

 

In the winter of 2008, one out of three hives in the UK was lost, and beekeepers are not sure why.

Lack of wildflowers, and the varroa mite which arrived in the UK in 1992 have been causes of

the decline, but it is hoped that the native black honeybee will be a hardy enough species

to halt the population decrease.

 

Some plants that bees favour are: Clover, Borage, Chives, Catmint, rosemary, lavender,

poppy, birds-foot trefoil, foxglove and thistles and cornflour.

 

You might try some annual plants rich in pollen in your N6 or N8 North London garden.

 

Photo credit: http://freestockphotos.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adele, another member of British Royalty

 

 

Another form of British royalty, both links from Youtube

What a fantastic singer, earthy, bluesy, lots of depth and tone,

her voice is classified as contralto.

 

AllMusic wrote that "Adele is simply too magical to compare her to anyone."

 

 Awards ceremony, fabuluous, with just a piano from the O2.

 

 

Check out: Adele - I Just Wanna Make Love To You - Jools' Hootenanny 2008 - HIGH DEFINITION on Youtube.

 

Silver Trays

The Queen really believes that her grandson Prince William and his wife Kate,

will represent and be the future of the British Monarchy.

Whe has placed so much trust in them both that for the first time, she has given

a gift, pretty much unprecedented, of two trays that had belonged to King George the sixth,

her much loved father. They are two silver salvers, and probably the most valued items that

she has had enough trust to share with someone marrying into the "The Firm", as the

Royal Family is known.

Her father was the King helped by a speech therapist portrayed in "The King's Speech",

by Colin Firth.

She has also spent quite a bit of time with the couple in private dinners at Balmoral,

One generation, preparing to pass over to the next.

The new Royal Turbines, The Queen goes green!

The Queen going green!

Two huge turbines costing seven hundred thousand pounds and built by a Dutch company in the Netherlands,

were installed this last Wednesday using a crane at Romney Weir by the River Thames, just a bit down

the road from Windsor.

Estimated to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide by seven hundred and ninety thousand kilogrammes a year,

they will likely require about a further million pounds to be invested for the installation.

The turbines are based on Archimedes principles, he was the inventor of a screw system to bring water

from one level to a higher level, such "pumps", if you will, may often be seen in Egypt ant the Middle East

where water is scarce, the land is flat and needs to be moved from one field to another.

Plans a few years back were put on hold, but now are being introduced in to the Royal scheme of things again.

A palace advisor stated:

"We have been looking at this for a number of years. It is one of a number of green initiatives
introduced at royal residences by the Queen and the Duke Edinburgh."

The Turbines should be ready to go in November.

Florence Brudenell-Bruce.

Florence Brudenell-Bruce is apparently now being very quiet,

and disreet in regard to her recent romanctic connection to

Prince Harry. At a recent charity auction for Unicef, she

declared that she would be saying absolutely nothing at all

about her relationship to the prince.

Prince Harry's Girl

 

Florence Brudenell-Bruce rumoured to be

Prince Harry's girlfriend appeared in a recent

Paddy Power advert. Previously linked to

Formula One racing driver Jenson Button.

David Icke Lectures

September 6, 2011

David Icke

http://tiny.cc/nsukd

 

This is a link to part three, easy to find the rest from there,

suggest start with part one, and it will auto load the whole lecture

on YouTube.

 

 

Fancy serving tea to the family?

Queen Elizabeth has placed an advert for a trainer butler to serve
herself and other members of the Royal Family.
Based at the Palace, the successfull applicant will be also part of the yearly
round of Royal Family seasonal visits to Sandringam and most famously
their retreat at Balmoral.
The pay is not great at fifteen thousand a year, but includes accomodation
and a level of training that will bring their career to the highest level.
After putting in time at the Palace, there are often a wealth of opportunitiesfor Royally trained butlers, with high paying jobs in the USA especially prized.The advertisement obviously stressed the need for discretion and confidentiality.
But, wow, what an opportunity! Serve Harry and Wills, Kate and Phillip.
Then maybe on to Hollywood serving the stars.

Just added to Gardendesigncrouchend.com

Just added to Gardendesigncrouchend.com

• Cuckoos September 2, 2011
• Southern oak bush-cricket August 31, 2011
• Growing alliums: best varieties August 29, 2011
• Compost heaps and wildlife August 25, 2011
• Autumn-fruiting raspberries August 24, 2011
• Gardening holidays August 22, 2011
• Mouse in the compost bin August 19, 2011
• Grasshoppers, butterflies and wolf spiders August 17, 2011
• Garden birds and poppies August 15, 2011
• Plants that evoke memories August 12, 2011

The Prince of Wales, is given a cd

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/8706897/England-riots-Prince-Charles-receives-rap-CD-during-Tottenham-visit.html

 

Visiting the riot affected areas of London, Prince Charles was given a CD by a local musician.

He was assured that the music was acceptable, Charles was visiting with people who had lost their homes and had been affected by the riots.

August was quite a month in the UK, strangely, it feels peaceful, almost as though a lot of built up tension was released. The Notting Hill Carnival was relatively quiet due to the large police presence, and also, there is a segment of the population on vacation.

 

 

Oooppsss!! Pippa gets a ticket!

The news you just can not live without!

Yesterday Pippa Middleton picked up a parking ticket for her BMW in Mayfair.

She happened to park at Scott's restaurant which is a big hit for Paparazzi looking for

celebrities.

Unfortunately, she was photographed picking up the ticket, pictures of which you can see here.

Prince Harry's very good friend Guy Pelly is the owner, keep it all in the family!

Pippa is 27, bit embarrassing really, hope the photo journalists are not too much in her face.

Harry's Balancing Act

We saw the last part of Prince Harry's trek in the Arctic on BBC this week, he is doing a great job of balancing being a bit of a scoundrel, having been recently enjoying an East European jump in the water, and dancing with some of the local beauties to spending time this week with the UK's bravest children.

Harry paid tribute to the children in a speech, delivered on the 14th anniversary of the untimely passing of his mother Diana.

"I feel in awe of individuals with such determination, resolve and strength to take on the challenges they face from such a young age," he said.

"It is equally heart-warming to meet those who dedicate themselves to caring for these remarkable children and young people, and hear all that they do to make their lives the very best they can be.

"Your example is an inspiration to everybody."

The interesting thing to follow is how his profile is being intentionally manufactured to be a good fit and counterfoil to the other dutiful brother William.

We will continue to be interested in the persona that is publicly developed.