Life Tips
Bluston's
Life Tips: Michael Albert, Owner, Blustons
'My children are doing other things so all I can do is try to sell it as a going concern - and at least no-one ...
3rd July 2012
Eco Homes
Life Tips Special: Green Your Gaff with Jon Cowdrill
So let’s get started. How can we reduce our energy use in the home and lower our carbon footprints? Usually people want practical advice about ...
19th June 2012
chelsea flower show
Life Tips #19: Rowland Byass, 35, Landscape Architect
'Relationships are like plants. You need the element of time, the shared history'
19th June 2012
Life Tips
Life Tips #18: Vincent, Metalworker & Sculptor
Don’t Look Back. My Mum and Dad came over from Jamaica in the 60s with the dream of a better life. It was a bit ...
29th May 2012
Community
Life Tips special: Green Your Gaff with Jon Cowdrill
I’m Jon, The Kentishtowner’s new Green Home Guru. Over the next few months I hope to save you some cash – and make your home ...
22nd May 2012
Belsize Park history
Life Tips #17: Eileen, 92, Retired Nurse Matron
'Take every chance you get to go anywhere and everywhere'
15th May 2012
Coming out stories
Life Tips #16: Wayne Dhesi, 30, founder of rucomingout
1. Complement each other. A really great thing about gay relationships is that the basic differences between men and women are simply not there. My ...
8th May 2012
A Brooks Art
Life Tips #15: Julia Riddiough, Artist
1. You’ve got to Speculate to Accumulate in this life. So declared our belated and much admired friend P.G. Wodehouse and I think that I’m ...
1st May 2012
Life Tips
Life Tips #14: Melody Gardot, 25, Recording Artist
We grabbed Grammy-nominated songstress Melody Gardot for a chat after the debut London live performance of her forthcoming album at Freemasons Hall. 1. The body ...
24th April 2012
Fisherman
Life Tips #13: John, Fisherman
1. If I feel lousy, I stand by the sea. That smell gives me life back. 2. Kids should learn a realistic attitude to death. ...
17th April 2012
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