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Ex-Servicemen and Women Needed for Pro-Forces TV series

North One Television are an independent production company creating original programming across all broadcasters (www.northonetv.com). For a new, hugely positive, pro-forces TV series, we are looking for ex-servicemen and women to help us design and build community-based projects. We are looking for a team of ex-military veterans capable of...

#AlivetoDrive project created by @Overdrive_UK for @KartForce

Alive to Drive project created by Overdrive-UK Overdrive Productions have set up a WeFund project to produce a 1 hour documentary film following Kart Force, a team of wounded soldiers as they set out on a new world record attempt for longest distance driven in a kart with hand controls in...

Boris Dancing – Britishness at it’s Best

Boris dancing is Morris dancing in the style of Boris Johnson, Mayor of London. This video clip shows Boris dancing performed in public for the very first time by members of the Henley Round Table. This performance was given during the annual Henley-On-Thames May Fair event. I think that...

Field to Plate at The Pot Kiln – WARNING graphic images

Field to Plate at The Pot Kiln A while ago I was lucky enough to be invited on a press trip to Mike Robinson’s  The Pot Kiln and The Game and Wild Food Cookery School in Frilsham nr Yattendon. I am huge advocate of the education of ‘field to plate’ to help...

Injured Troops to Set New Karting World Record

Alive to Drive – “You don’t need all your limbs to race, just British bulldog balls” is the motto of a very unique karting team. KartForce, a karting team of injured troops will be setting a new karting world record for the furthest driven in 24hrs with hand controls on...

Two Greedy Italians…One Hungry English Girl

So, with Carluccio’s landing in Reigate, we decided to leave it a few weeks before we tried it out. Let the staff and the restaurant itself bed in for a while. Bookings for Carluccio’s had been full from day one, so we were surprised that we could book a...

Ex-Soldier to Scale Scafell Pike for Charity to Help Get Dream Job

After twenty three years service in one job, most people would be thinking it’s their last job and to start thinking about the enjoyment of retirement. Not so for a huge number service personnel. Many ex-forces in their thirties and forties now have to think about a change in...

Turin Brakes: Chim Chim Cher-ee

I heard this the first time on Dermot O’Leary’s radio show back in November 2011. It is beautiful and haunting. Such a treat to have a song you love from childhood to be so wonderfully interpreted some 47 years later, plus all proceeds go to homeless charities including Shelter...

Patriotic Reigate | St. George’s Day

Pride Alive & Well in Reigate It’s great to see Reigate town centre festooned with the flag of St. George to celebrate St. George’s Day and quite rightly so. I am very proud to be English and we should not be afraid to display it through fear of upsetting...