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06NeWSHip happeningsand hot openings

10 DeSIReBalenciaga's kinkyheels, Longchamp's strictlylimited bag and Zaha HadidsVortexx chandelier

14 INVeSt A real scoop

15 StYLe Super hot bikinis

16 DeVeLOPMeNtSFrom the oorboards up:building Broadgate

24 PROPeRtYKings Crosshidden gem

34 NaVIGate Jersey shellsout to attract cool Londoners

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18FaCeSRebel che, In PngllyTrend predictor, Jli ClncyManga messiah,Ron JonzoSnap happy,Pl bncQueen o the decks,DJ Nikki

26WORKReply to all: Dyln Jons advises howto avoid those email pitalls

30HeaLtHLove handles lost minus the labour

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Overall crime in London is on the decrease. Street crime has

reduced by nine per cent, which is very good news and could

very well be due to the presence o community police in

London. However, the presence o knives and guns in our

communities is on the increase. The ability o police ocers

to stop and search became known as the Sus law which came

rom a part o the Vagrancy Act o 1824 that permitted police to

stop and search and even arrest anyone purely on the basis o

suspicion as a crime preventive initiative.

The law was unpopular with certain sections o the

community who elt they were being targeted. Following the

race riots o the early eighties the Sus law was dropped.

The eect, however, was that the carrying o weapons

increased. The police orce knew this was happening but could

do nothing about it. As a result, serious crime has increased

year on year.

Gun crime has already increased by nineteen per cent over

the past year. We must nd a way to empower the police orces

to resolve this problem.

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possession o weapons that can kill.

In the past 25 years, the police orce have developed a much

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Planning permission has been granted or a new development o Tate Modern.

With 5 million visitors per year,

the venue has been orced to expand.

A new building will be constructed on

the south side o the existing gallery to

accommodate more contemporary art,

new areas o visual culture and acilities

or young people. Part o the South Bank's

regeneration, completion is scheduled

or 2012. tate.org.uk

NEWS

MArJETICA pOTrAcclaimed Slovenian architect andartist, Marjetica Potr exhibits or therst time in the UK until September.Her installations point to the dangerso globalisation and climate changeand include the Dry Toilet(2003, Timothy Barkley),right, which provides asolution to the problem

o wastewater.barbican.org.uk

YOur gALLErYThe Saatchi Gallerys onlinemarketplace provides a ree globalplatorm or artists to sell their work.Without being under the watchul eyeo a gallery owner, you can dither over

pieces like Pink byMarian Skow,2006 (let)or hours.

saatchigallery.com

AOrDAbLE ArT AIrThe no brow event takes place in

Battersea Park rom 18th 21stOctober. Pieces range rom 5 3,000.

aordableartair.com

Jersey has recently injected his to attract a new

Groovy and grand Hertordshire hotel,

The Grove, has created a beach within

easy reach o London. It includes

17,000 square oot o golden sand,

an international standard beach

volleyball court, a buzzing beach bar

and six individual, interior designed

beach huts kitted out with plasma TVs

and iPods. thegrove.co.uk

kINgS x bEACH 22 MILES

Those with their nger on the ashionpulse eagerly await the return oLondon Fashion Week to the NaturalHistory Museum this autumn.From 15th 20th September,the capital will live and breatheashion as buyers, press and celebritiesconverge to view the 2008 spring/summer collections rom the world's

most illustrious ashion housesand blossoming labels. The mostsought-ater seats will be or MatthewWilliamson's rst show at LFW since2001. The British designer has onlyshowcased in New York in recent yearsbut returns to Britain to mark his 10thyear in the business. Another hot ticketwill be Stella MacCartney's rst showor Adidas. londonashionweek.co.uk

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This season the V&A celebrates thework o 20 o New Yorks hottest

independent ashion labels launchedbetween 1999 and 2004. NY hasn'talways been the easiest place or newtalent to ourish, due to the 'garmentdistrict' being dominated by ahandul o major brands. But in recentyears, with the help o manuacturers,retailers and press, new talent hassprung up and managed to take root.Establishing themselves away romFith Avenue, new designers havereinvented not only the city's ashionscene, but also the city itsel.New York Fashion Now bringstogether 60 outts ranging romsporty day gear to glamorousevening wear, rom designers

such as Duckie Brown, Cloak,Derek Lam and Mary Ping.

vam.ac.uk

First there was Boujis, the inamous South

Ken hotspot requented by wayward

young royals. Then there was Mahiki in

Mayair and Amika in Kensington High

Street. A new breed o exotically named

superclub has emerged to cater or a new

party hardcore posh totty with a wild

side. The latest is Chloe. Named ater

Chloe Delevigne, the 'society beauty'

engaged to the clubs ounder, Louis

Buckworth, it's a slick aair (designed

by Nina Campbell) which even has its

own butler to greet incoming guests.

Above the club is the amous Firehouse

restaurant, run by renowned che

Alexander Baillieu. Since opening in June

it's been attracting a Bouijs-esque mix so

expect to bump into anyone rom Prince

Harry to Paris Hilton on the dancefoor.

Chloe, 3 Cromwell Road, SW7 2HR

chloelondon.com

NEWS

HIpHAppENINgSArOuND LONDON

Cheetahtrimmedtrousers.

CourtesyofLostArt

SHOrEDITCH HOuSENick Jones' Soho House Group,amed or its supercool mediacrowd, has moved into the hippestneighbourhood in London with anew venture. Built on the site o theiconic Tea Building, the club boasts aCowshed spa and a rootop pool with

awesome city views. Membershipis strictly by reerral those who'vemade the cut so ar include Jake andDinos Chapman, Roland Mouret andRachel Whiteread. shoreditchhouse.com

vANILLAWith its crystal chandeliers, colour-changing LED lighting and retro chicurniture, Fitzrovia's newly launchedVanilla is quite the prettiest place todrink cocktails this season. XeniosVoniatis, the mixologist rom NY'soriginal Milk & Honey, heads up the barwhile Matthieu Destandau, ormerlyo Firevault, oversees the ModernEuropean menu. vanillalondon.com

bEACH bLANkET bAbYLONWest London institution Beach BlanketBabylon goes east with the launcho a sister venue in Shoreditch thisautumn. Occupying the site o aormer warehouse, the new BBB willreect the baroque opulence o itsNotting Hill namesake but with a morecontemporary edge to t in with itsnew neighbourhood. Its crowningglory will be a roo garden dominatedby outlandish palm trees, ountainsand tropical birds. beachblanket.co.uk

NApkETSet in the prime boutique territory

o Kings Road, Napket is the hot newpitstop or the pashmina posse.Its motto Snob oodis meant, in atongue-in-cheek way, to describe theelegant display o treats on ofer butthere seems to be little irony in theashiony ambience, which includespictures o sexily dressed models onthe walls and a state-o-the art Bang &Olusen system pumping out the latestsounds rom the catwalk. napket.com

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Money no object?

Fashion can be a cruel, cruel mistress.

Just when our eet were getting used to

the bliss o ballet pumps, suddenly its all

about seven inch heels and ankle straps

that wouldnt look out o place in the

Torture Garden. High ashion they may

be, but one things or sure these shoes

werent made or walking.

Tall orderprICE CrEATOr STOCkIST

855 Nicolas Ghesuire Selridges

or Balenciaga

Made rom the skin o the Australian

saltwater crocodile Crocodylus porosus,

which is renowned or being the nest

crocodile leather in the world, this is

one o only three special editions o

Longchamps Maxi Rival bag made

worldwide. Two have already been

sold so snap yours up now.

prICE CrEATOr STOCkIST10,000 Thomas Heatherwick 20ltd.com

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1. prOTOTYpINgA virtual 3D model o the

sculpture is presented to the client.Upon approval, it is ormed using3D printing, a rapid prototypingtechnology.

Museum until November. Collectors

unable to attend can commission a

signed, bespoke version rom Italian

manuacturers Sawaya & Moroni. The cost,

however, is likely to deter domestic buyers

recently, the Austrian auction house

Dorotheum sold Vortexx 2 or a record

EUR 139,000. designmuseum.org

Two years ago, architect Zaha Hadid

and Patrik Schumacher unveiled the

Vortexx, a 1.8m wide lighting sculpture

which went on to win the European

design prize, Light o the Future and

eature in the Guggenheim Museum

in New York. O the three in existence,

two are being exhibited at the Design

2. OrMINg THE MOuLDThe prototype is used to create

60 individual breglass mouldingsexcavated by CNC (ComputerNumerical Control) milling. These arethen seamlessly connected to orm a12m long cord.

3. LIgHT SOurCEA translucent acrylic difuser is

tted within the breglass outer shellin order to provide uniorm lightdistribution. RGB PowerLEDmodulesare inserted providing indirect light invarious hues.

prICE CrEATOrS MANuACTurErP.O.A. Hadid/Schumacher Sawaya & Moroni

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Feel silly queuing up or a Mr Whippy

alongside a gaggle o rugrats? Meet

Scoop, the ice cream van or grown-ups.

Serving up glossy, black tubs o rozen

delights in adult-riendly favours such

as Organic Champagne and Vintage

Marmalade, Scoop can be hired complete

with a team o sassy Scoop girls or

Ice cream van or grown-ups ofers cool investment opportunity

The big scoop

estivals, parties or corporate events.

Brainchild o Adam Ellis, Design Director

at London agency Coley Porter Bell,

Scoop was created to 'bring back the ice

cream van glory days.' There's only one

at present but Adam is looking or Scoop

investors. Interested? Email

[email protected]

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1. Lisa CanYellow polka dot bikini available in larger cupsizes or not so itsy bitsy girls.

gleaves.com 50 (top) 45 (bottoms)

2. Jg4bGraphic artist Jasper Goodall launches hisrange o bold, sexy prints.

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5. Aent poocateRevered lingerie brand launches a newswimwear collection, inspired by a range olooks rom 40s glamour to Bond girl.

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BroadeninghorizonsYou may have noticed a new addition to

Londons skyline emerging over the last six

months. The latest phase o the Broadgate Estate

(EC2) is under construction and, when complete,

will oer the largest speculative oce space in

the city. At 165m (540t) high, Broadgate Tower

will be the third tallest building in the City o

London, ater Tower 42 and 30 St Mary Axe.

Adjacent to the tower will be a 13-storey block

called 201 Bishopsgate.

Between the buildings there are plans or

a public space with shops, bars and caes.

Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill,

and costing just under 300 million,

the development is constructed over the

Liverpool Street Station railway line.

Onsite, the superstructure is nished

as is 50% o the glass and stainless

steel cladding. Pencil in your moving

date or summer 2008.

LIT SHATSThe tower eatures ten high speed double decker

lits manuactured by Kone. These are the rst o their

kind in the UK.

CrANESThe cranes growtaller as each new foor is built.

Hydraulic liting rams below the arm push the craneupwards and a new mast section is lited in. Later, the

cranes are repositioned on the highest existing levels.

CrOSS brACINgTriangular bracing is used as part o the towers

aesthetics and also prevents structural twisting.

prESTON pLATOrMSThese yellow piers are used as receiving platorms

or exterior wall panels delivered by crane.

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There can be some glamorous parts.

DJing on top o the Citibank building or

a TV ad, Fashion Rocks in Monaco where

I had Jay Z dancing next to me and trying

to scratch with my records he did it

twice and then I had to slap his hand

o the deck DJing in Omar Sharis

old residence in Lanzarote, which was

built into natural caves, playing a beachparty in Marbella when a riend sprayed

3,000 bottles o Cristal everywhere. Then

theres the ree rocks or high prole

gigs and trips to places like Ibiza. But

the reality most o the time is me in jeans

and trainers liting record boxes round

London on my own at 4am.

beatniktv.com

I hate rubbish pub art like when

someone paints a block o MDF in red

and has the cheek to mark it up at ve

hundred. Even worse, when you see a

photo o somebody elses art scanned,

manipulated, and computer printed

hundreds o times onto canvas. I really

hate that! People should value the

concept o quality more. I only sell hand

pulled limited edition screen prints.

Each one comes out slightly dierent and

is thereore an original piece o art.

My current series eatures hybrid

creatures like hal hamster, hal washing

machine. I also do commission work

my day rate is 300 so in a couple o

days you could have a one-o illustration

or painting. Im fexible with styles

and like trying new things, but its

dicult because people oten want my

Transormers or Manga (I worked in

Japan). But whatever, it has to be better

than buying an unauthorised

Banksy ink-jet reprint!

ronjonzo.com

In a city ragmented and largerthan ever, these characters standout rom the crowd...

NIkkI bEATNIk - DJPLACE TO EAT & DRINK The Premises

Cae near the studios in Hackney Rd

TRANqUIL SPACE My mind

BEST BRAND Balenciaga

JOURNEY Driving over Waterloo

Bridge at dawn

RON JONZO - GRaPHIC aRtISt

PLACE TO EAT & DRINK

Aghan Kitchen in Islington Green

TRANqUIL SPACE Loungelover

BEST BRAND Penguin BooksJOURNEY The Outer Circle o

Regents Park on my Vespa

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It can be lonelywalking the streets

or hours at a time. But then theres

that moment when the location and the

person in the rame connect and make

something emotionally and artistically

greater than the sum o the parts.

Ive been taking pictures o people on the

streets o London or two years and I nd

it utterly compelling. Im intrigued by

people, capturing them when they dont

notice me, and when they do. I see so

much exuberance and hope in the people

I photograph but conversely theres no

doubt that at some primal level, London

drives people into themselves. It is this

that I hope to capture: people being part

o the vibrancy o the metropolis while

still waging a battle to preserve the sel.

paulbencephotography.co.uk

pAuL bENCE - pHOTOgrApHErPLACE TO EAT & DRINK

Jamon Jamon in CamdenTRANqUIL SPACE Richmond Park

BEST BRAND quiksilver

JOURNEY Walking along the

South Bank

JuLIA CLANCEY - DESIgNErPLACE TO EAT & DRINK

Nobu or S&M cae in Portobello

TRANqUIL SPACE My back garden

BEST BRAND Stephen Webster

JOURNEY Buckingham Palace up to

Hyde Park Corner at night

I always liked dressing up and used

to predict ashion or the next season

when I was about six. Normally Id get

it right even though my idea o ashion

at that age was the Freemans catalogue.

By the time I went to secondary school

I knew I wanted to be a designer but we

were advised not to do anything creative

and to work in a bank. Id be lying i Isaid I dont design or me because I do!

This gold sequined slashed dress is my

avourite... it makes me eel mischievous

and I cant ail to have un in it. Im very

much a dress person. I dont own a pair

o trousers let alone jeans so Im a very

glamorous gardener.

juliaclancey.com

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W iping the sweat rom his brow as he

puts the nishing touches to a portion

o his amous Chilli Salt Squid, head

che Ian Pengelley oozes disarming

condence. Since taking over the kitchen

o Pan-Asian ber-restaurant, Gilgamesh,

hes won a Tatler Restaurant award and

wowed critics with his culinary prowess.

But his journey to the top hasnt been

plain sailing. In 2005, Pengelley was let

downtrodden, depressed and broke

when Gordon Ramsay pulled the plug on

his eponymous restaurant ater just

ten months. Gordon nally shut

Pengelleys three days beore Christmas.

Nice timing,Ian grins. I had no cash,

I was depressed, my head was all over

the place. Ater a ew months sulking,

I hit rock bottom. Then I got the call about

Gilgamesh and I knew that i I took it

on, this time Id be doing things my way.

Pengelley rst made his name at E&O, the

supercool Notting Hill restaurant where

he pioneered signature dishes includingDuck and Watermelon Salad, which he

copied rom a village in Thailand while

touring South East Asia in search o

culinary inspiration. When Ramsay

approached him to open a restaurant,

he jumped at the chance to have his

name over the door but Pengelleys was

doomed to ailure. Its atal faw seemed

to be a undamental dierence o opinion

between Ian and Gordon about how

things should be run. I didnt t in with

Gordons way o doing things. Id turn up

or work in jeans and fip-fops thats

not what he expected. He wanted a headche whod toe the line. Thats not me.

I wanted that laid back Eastern vibe but

Pengelleys had the look and eel o a

cold, sti ne dining room... my vision

was o something less serious and more

seductive and exciting.In Gilgamesh

he certainly seems to have ound it. My

cooking is better than ever and with ve

hundred covers a night, I have to be on

the ball. But Gilgamesh is more than good

ood. Its un, buzzy, Londons answer

to the Buddha Bar.Most importantly,

Pengelley says hes got his mojo back.

Ego is very important in my line o work

and mine had taken a battering. I elt I

had something to prove with Gilgamesh

and although Ive exceeded all my own

expectations, I know I was lucky to have

a second chance. I wont screw it up.

GORDON WaNteD aHeaD CHeF WHOD tOe

tHe LINe. tHatS NOt Me

50% of at gilameshSee page 37Above the bedlam o Camden Stables Market resides

the behemoth that is Gilgamesh, an all-encompassing

entertainment experience eaturing a restaurant, bar, club

and teahouse rolled into one. Inspired by ancient Babylonia,

the dcor is nothing short o epic and eatures a Lapis stonebar carved by a 10,000-strong team o Indian cratsmen,

pillars studded with semi-precious stones, a 40t ceiling

and a retractable glass roo. Ian Pengelleys Pan-Asian super

menu is complemented by a 30-strong Sake list a Sake

sommelier is on hand to oer advice while the oriental

teahouse has a Mandarin speaking tea expert. Gilgamesh is

named ater an ancient Bablyonian king who was reputed

to be one-third human, two-thirds god. Most will agree

that this temple o supreme decadence is indeed out o this

world. Chalk Farm Road, NW1 gilgameshbar.com

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In the heart o the Kings Cross

regeneration area, Lost House occupies

the site o a ormer delivery yard.

Its unobtrusive street presence gives

little clue as to the awe-inspiring interior

within. Designed by internationally

renowned architect David Adjaye

who has created homes or the likes o

Chris Oli and Ewan McGregor, this two

bedroom urban retreat centres around a

60 oot open plan living space, eaturing

dining area, kitchen and sunken cinema.

An exploration o the balance between

darkness and light, Lost House has no

external windows instead, daylight

foods in via three vast light wells, two

in the orm o courtyards and one,

Grand design


OErS LOCATION AgENT2,850,000 Crinan St, N1 The Modern House

This ae The dramaticenclosed swimming pool

Oosite ae The 60 ootopen-plan living area, which is

encircled by two courtyards and

a water garden. bottom ihtThe sunken cinema with in-built

plasma screen

a spectacular mirrored water garden.

Luxurious black resin foor refects

light throughout the living space while

exposed fuorescent lighting set against

striking colour accents gives intenseillumination. The master bedroom

eatures a dressing room, luxury wet

room and steam room. Perhaps the

most dramatic eature is the impressive

enclosed swimming pool. The house

also has a large private garage.

themodernhouse.net

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Weve all done it, havent we? And

i you havent, you will shortly,

believe me.

There you are, having a perectly

normal threeway email correspondence

with, say, a colleague in the oce, and

a business associate rom another

company. Things are going well until

the business associate (who shall now

be reerred to only as Moronic Idiot

Woman) sends your colleague an email

o such proound stupidity that theypass it on to you, just to make you gag.

And you, immediately enraged (how

dumb is she?!), instantly reply, applying

to Moronic Idiot Woman a variety o

impressive insults and using an even

more impressive litany o proanities.

Though o course you havent just sent

it to your colleague. You (and I think you

should now start reerring to yoursel

simply as Moronic Idiot Man) have

accidentally, and irrevocably, sent

it straight to Moronic Idiot Woman.

Who, understandably, now wants nothing

to do with you. Or the company you workor. In act she and her company want

to start having nothing to do with

you immediately.

Happened to you? Happened to

me. Bizarrely, email hasnt quite yet

assumed the importance and gravitas it

ought to have done. Even though it has

outstripped the competition to become

the most common orm o business

communication, we still tend to treat

it in a fippant, occasionally dismissive

manner. Weird, isnt it how we can be

so casual about a orm o communication

that will soon replace all others?

There are some people who, rather

endearingly, still treat email like regular

mail, composing letters containing the

ull address and title o the recipientas well as the sender, using the same

convoluted grammar you nd in any

nineteenth-century correspondence.

I rather like these people, even though

their numbers dwindle by the month.

And then there are Americans, some o

whom treat email with barely disguised

contempt. I remember a ew years ago

when I worked on a Sunday supplement,

a member o our eatures team sending

an especially long email to an inamously

taciturn Hollywood agent, requesting an

interview and a photo session with one o

his more amous charges. I I rememberrightly, and I think I do, the request ran

to several pages, outlining just what a

superb idea it would be i **** ****** were

to appear on our cover. Not only did it

take the agent over a week to reply, but

the response was also inspiringly curt.

Id worked with Hollywood agents or

years, and knew how dismissive they

could be, but even I was shocked by this

new reply. Just our words: I dont think

so. O course it would have taken her

a little less time to just write No,

but somehow I dont think so possessed

slightly more malice while also implyingthe perect amount o sarcastic disdain

(I could almost hear her say it).

Most people, however, lie somewhere

between the two on the one hand

treating email like a slightly less ormal

letter, and on the other using it as they

would a phone. Me, I try to condense

everything into a perect paragraph,

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ONE BADLY WRITTENEMAIL CAN GET YOU SACKED,COST MILLIONS, OR LANDYOU IN COURT FACING SEXUALHARASSMENT CHARGES.CULTURAL COMMENTATORDYLAN JONES GUIDESUS THROUGH THE ARTOF NETIQUETTE...

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more succinct, but also, who in their right

mind actually keeps emails?

Well, I do or one, and or the last eight

years have been keeping printed copies

o some o the rudest as well as some

o the most important or amusing ones.

One or two have been rom politicians,

a ew are rom rock stars, several o the

least amusing ones are rom comedians,

while most, naturally, are rom riends.The best are rom journalists, but then

Id expect them to be.

The thing is, almost every email Ive

kept (and Ive kept about two or three

hundred o them) contains at least one

spelling mistake, even the ones rom

members o the so-called establishment.

Adjectives turn into bracelets o vowels,

multisyllabled questions morph into

extravagant, i nonsensical insults,

and aectionate sign-os all at the

nal hurdle. Yes, Ive had my air share

o pip pips, over and outs, and tally hos.

Ive even had a One day youre the cock othe walk, the next youre a eather duster.

But Ive only ever had one Pasta la

vista, baby.

an all-purpose mini-letter that imparts

as much inormation as possible, while

being quick and easy to read. I gure i

I cant get everything I need to say into a

our-sentence, then I have no right to be

a journalist in the rst place.

I just wish other people would do the

same, as most o the stu I get is dashed-

o, convoluted and unwieldy, or simply

unwanted. O course everyone hates

junk email, or spam, and my least

avourite unwanted emails right now arethose change o address group emails

rom people youve never heard o.

Really? Youre moving? Changing your

email address? Fascinating. And who

exactly are you? When I get one o these

and theyre always accompanied by that

annoying little red exclamation mark, just

in case I was intending giving it anything

but urgent attention I always eel like

pinging back a reply containing the

words written on my avourite ever New

York T-shirt: You must have mistaken me

or someone who gives a shit.

When email started to becomeubiquitous, there was a rash o pieces

in the press about how our generation

would have no record o important

correspondence, how electronic

communication would eventually kill o

the art o ormal letter writing. In several

ways this is right, because not only does

the orm encourage most people to be

add Li hs 10 signd copis of Mr JonsRls For th Modrn Mn o giv wy.

Its not easy being a modern man. There are the big issues like how to bea air boss or how to cope with ailure. There are the everyday problems

how do you beat jet lag? How can you stop your trousers rom alling o

the hangers? How should you behave in a lap-dancing club? Dylan guides

you through the mineeld o modern manhood telling you the answers to

these uestions plus many more in this stylish, witty, indispensible guide.

How o nr:send your contact details on an email to [email protected]

subject Jones.Closing d:30/09/07

Win this!

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EMAIL DOS AND DONTSBeware o irting. Because withemail its soooo easy.

Answer promptly, because iyou dont, the person who sent youthe email in the rst place will haveorgotten all about it.

Dont write in CAPITALS.Dont leave out the messagethread (i.e. include allprevious correspondence).Make it personal.Do not attach unnecessary les.

In act i you can help it, dontinclude any attachments at all(some are still dicult to open,even on powerul, sophisticatedmachines, and are prone to viruses).

Dont overuse the highpriority symbol.ALWAYS, ALWAYS read your

email through beore you send it.Youll rarely get it exactly right therst time around, and theres boundto be a spelling mistake or two.

Do not overuse reply to all.In act, use this sparingly (no oneneeds to get any more emails thanthey

do already).

Use the bcc (blind carbon copy)acility sparingly too (you need toremember who has been copiedon things, and you need to knowwho knows . . .).

Say please.Dont amesomeone

i.e. dont be aggressive. I youreaggressive in an email youre onlybeing passive-aggressive. Wouldyou say the same thing to theirace?

Never ask to recall a message asit gives it too much importance.Never orward chain letters.FYI dont use abbreviations.Never reer to someone unlessyoud be OK with that person

reading the email.Avoid long sentences.Never reply to spam (it justproves you exist).Dont be a novelist.Be careul about your tone.Some people will get yourhumour, but others wont.Dont anny around withthe ormatting.Dont use smileys :-) etc.Theyre dumb.Email is not private. Know that.

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Hormones:the key

to weightloss?WHERE YOU STORE FAT IS AN INDICATOR OFYOUR HORMONAL PROFILE, SO SAYS RENOWNEDSTRENGTH COACH, CHARLES POLIQUIN. NEW TO THEUK, HIS SCIENTIFIC BIOSIGNATURE SYSTEM PROMISESTO BALANCE HORMONES, BURN FAT AND E VENTARGET SPECIFIC PROBLEM AREAS.

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Forget everything youve ever been

told about weight loss, sayspersonal trainer, Denis Murphy.

Methods like calorie counting and

cardio might work in the short term but

to keep weight o you need to control

your hormones. Do this, and not only will

you lose weight, you can even target at

in specic areas.Spot reduction

is the holy grail o weight loss, something

generally considered to be unachievable

(despite the many miracle creams

claiming otherwise). Although most

trainers will vow to help you lower your

BMI or drop a dress size, none worth

their salt would dare to suggest that theymight be able to shit cellulite or get rid

o a pot belly without overall reduction.

Until now.

Earlier this year Denis Murphy

travelled to Arizona to meet the worlds

oremost strength coach and Olympic

medalist trainer, Charles Poliquin,

to learn about his Biosignature system,

ATTY pECS & TrICEpS

INDICATESan androgen imbalancein menTrYGinseng or Stinging NettleRoot to raise testosterone levels

AT ArOuND rIbSINDICATES thyroid problemTrYBladderwrack, a natural source

o Iodine, Zinc and Selenium, needed orthyroid hormone production

SubSCApuLAr & ILIAC CrEST(TOp O bACk AND TOp O HIp)

INDICATES carbohydrate intolterance you need to control your insulin levels

TrY Fenugreek to balance blood sugar

uMbILICAL OLD STOMACH

INDICATES an issue with cortisol,the stress hormone released by your

adrenal glandsTrY Holy Basil to regulatecortisol production

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can cause unwanted at pockets, which

resist both diet and exercise. He reers

to post-menopausal women as urther

testament. Women nd it notoriously

hard to lose weight ater menopause and

its hormones that are to blame.

Poliquin says that a trained

Biosignature coach should only need

to measure twelve specic skinolds to

ascertain an individuals hormonal proleand make the necessary diet, exercise

and supplement recommendations. Some

people have just one problem area, while

others have several, so recommendations

may overlap.

I you have excess at around your

belly you almost certainly have an issue

with cortisol, the stress hormone

released by your adrenal gland.

You need to balance your blood sugar by

reducing rened carbohydrates and may

be advised to take Holy Basil to regulate

cortisol production. I you have at on

the back or iliac crest (love handles)you cannot metabolise carbohydrates

and may have a problem circulating

insulin so a lower carb diet made up o

requent, smaller meals is recommended

along with supplements such as Grape

Seed and Fenugreek to control insulin

levels. Fat around the ribs indicates a

thyroid imbalance; you may benet rom

Bladderwrack, which contains Iodine,

Zinc and Selenenium to balance the

thyroid. Excess at on the thighs is a sign

o estrogen dominance in women so DIM,

a supplement derived rom crucierous

vegetables (which have estrogen-detoxingbiochemicals), is suggested. I you have

at around your knees or calves you may

not be secreting enough growth hormone,

which could be aecting your sleep

quality, so Glutamine, an amino acid,

might help. Everyone is recommended a

quality multivitamin/mineral supplement

as well as highly puried sh oils.


SurpLuS AT ON THIgHS &gLuTES

INDICATES excess estrogen and toolittle progesterone in women TrY eatingcrucierous vegetables such as broccoli,which has estrogen-detoxing properties

AT CALvES & kNEESINDICATES You may not be sleepingwell enough to secrete sucient growthhormone TrY 2-10g o glutamine in themorning on an empty stomach to bolstergrowth hormone output

According to Charles, prehistoric man

consumed large amounts o omega-3s

by eeding on the brains o dead animals

and these are essential or weight loss

and wellbeing. Fat, he says, is not the

enemy. In act, good ats should be eaten

abundantly. Although dierent people

need to eat dierent things, its usually a

lack o essential nutrients combined with

too many processed oods and carbs thatcauses weight issues,says Denis.

Excercise wise, Poliquin vehemently

believes that sweating it out on the

treadmill is a mistake. Although it

does strengthen the heart, the body

isnt built or extended periods o

cardio,says Denis. Interval training

i.e. interspersing slow and ast cycling is

good, but prolonged cardio stimulates the

adrenal glands to food the system with

cortisol. This causes body-wide stress

response, which, over time can eat away

at muscles, nerves and brain cells.

Weight training is recommended oreveryone. The more muscle you have,

the more eectively you burn at,says

Denis. The program recommends that

exercise is used in conjunction with the

diet and supplement recommendations

but according to Denis, in some cases

the diet plan and supplements alone can

yield remarkable results. One o my

clients lost seven pounds in two weeks.

According to Poliquin balancing your

hormones is much more than a weight

issue. He believes 90% o all disease can

be controlled by regulating your adrenal

glands and pancreas. Skeptics may balkbut Charles is set to teach Biosignature to

a group o 5,000 doctors this year.

The medical establishment is notoriously

suspicious o advice rom the tness

industry,says Denis, so Id say that

speaks volumes.For a consultation or

more on Biosignature call FitnessID on

0796 6783 968 and ask for Denis or Dan.

a scientic approach to at loss and

spot reduction, which recommends diet,

exercise and unctional medicine (herbsand vitamins) to suit a clients hormonal

prole. This prole is diagnosed by the

measurement o at at twelve specic

body sites.

Charles spent nearly thirty years

doing blood, urine and saliva tests while

working with proessional athletes

and Olympic medalists,says Denis,

who trains celebrities including Derren

Brown and Ruus Wainwright. During

his extensive research into improving

perormance among the athletic elite,

Charles discovered a link between

stubborn areas o at and imbalancesin body biochemistry, especially those

related to hormones. Although genetics

must be taken into account there is

no doubt that site-specic at storage

areas we call love handles, mun tops

or bingo wings, are hormone-related,

says Denis. Just as steroid hormones can

build muscle, he says other hormones

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Jersey has recently injected 100

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then there's the dining. The island boasts

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Corbire Radio Tower, perched onpink granite, overlooking Corbirelighthouse has been divided into sixoors including three shower roomswith WCs, a kitchen and three adultbunk beds. However, the structure'snest asset is its observation lounge a hexagonal glass top with a360 panorama.

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principles in its treatment programme.Ayurveda is a 5,000 year old liescience aimed at preventing ill healthby balancing the constitution andstill orms the basis o much medicalpractice on the Indian subcontinent.Spa clients are assessed andprescribed treatment programmes.These range rom customised herbalmassages to dripping inused heatedoils onto the orehead. The range isimpressive. Treatments are available aspackages or a la carte and in betweenyou can make use o the sauna, steamroom, massage pool, gymnasiumor sanctuary room.

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