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A Night Full Of Song

A Celebration Of Musical TheatreThe AC Group bring their acclaimed concert A NIGHT FULL OF SONG to the world-famous Actor’s Church (St Paul’s) in the heart of theatre-land, Covent Garden ~ Sunday 16 November 7.30PM. With a live orchestra and featured soloists from London’s most prestigious Drama Schools, let them take you on an exciting journey through musical…

A Byron Hamburger … Well Done!

A few months ago, I wrote a blog about my experience with my dear friend Sara at Byron Hamburgers. Shortly after the post, the Founder of the company Tom Byng made contact with me. It was obvious from the start, that he cares deeply about the restaurants and the brand. So much so, that he went out…

Sex, Lies & Twitter … trapping Brooks Newmark

Today, a UK tabloid newspaper is running with the story that the Conservative MP Brooks Newmark has been “caught” sending naughty pictures of himself to another. So what? He won’t be the first, and most definitely won’t be the last. None of us apart from his wife and him know what’s happening in their marriage…

Black protestors seize Exhibit B

Prior to joining the police service, I used to perform a little. One of my last performances before becoming a police officer was at the Contact Theatre in Manchester, in a production for NITRO (the Black Theatre Co-operative). The show then toured. Having left the police, earlier this year I received an email from Nitro about…

#Warsi … the Lady’s NOT for turning!

I dislike all politicians equally, except for my Member of Parliament. But when I heard today that Baroness Warsi the senior Foreign Office minister had resigned over the conflict in Gaza, a bit of political hope crept into my cold heart. She too, is a former Chair of the Conservative Party. The current situation in Palestine has been…

Glasgow 2014 XX Commonwealth Games

Today (a Wednesday, I know), is the start of the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. As the athletes from throughout the former British Empire compete in Scotland, don’t forget that unlike the United Kingdom it is still illegal to be gay in 42 of the commonwealth countries … Food for Thought!

Blogging around the World …

I get these blog stats every so often, which tell me all sorts of ‘really’ useless information. One though, tells me which countries people are reading my blog Max News from. Naturally, the United Kingdom followed by the United States are my biggest audiences, but I was surprised about some countries in Africa and Asia I…