6/09/2022
Fifteen of us had a wonderful visit to Highgrove at the beginning of August; a personal tour of the royal garden followed by a private lunch. Great fun was had by all!
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31/08/2022
Rupert tells us about how Oxford Ski has evolved over the last 24 years, how resorts have improved the whole skiing experience and the advantages of opting for a luxury chalet experience and being looked after by him and his experienced team.
15/08/2022
Hear from the legendary former cricket commentator Henry Blofeld. We discuss his career, delivering us with those wonderful dulcet tones and how the late Shane Warne introduced him to Jaegerbombs!
3/08/2022
I interviewed three-times Oscar winning costume designer, Jenny Beavan recently about her fantastic career as a costume designer. Jenny has been the designer for many top films including Room with a view, Mad Max Fury Road and most recently, the brilliant film Cruella.
Irene Molodtsov has started a great initiative called UKUA Together, helping hosts sponsor and welcome Ukrainian refugees to safety in the UK and away from the war zones.
18/07/2022
Grapevine member, Tessa, is the wife of the great Impressionist, Rory Bremner. We discuss her sculpting and art career including the sculpture she did for The Queen, of Ascot Gold Cup winner Estimate in 2016.
5/07/2022
Simon Beccle is a Partner at Payne Hicks Beach in London. Both he and his firm are at the cutting edge of many of the recent developments in family law. He is in the unique position of having had two family law cases heard in the House of Lords/Supreme Court, which have been reported both nationally and internationally.
25/06/2022
I had an interesting chat with former British number one, Tim Henman recently, ahead of upcoming Wimbledon.
19/06/2022
I chat to Probyn Miers who's a trustee of the upcoming Guiting Music Festival, being held from 22nd-31st July in Guiting Power in Gloucestershire
16/06/2022
‘Slipped’ disc is the common name given to a ‘prolapsed’ or ‘herniated’ disc, so in fact all three terms mean the same. But what is a slipped disc and how can MBST help?
9/06/2022
Alzheimer's Research UK is one of the four charities Grapevine supports. This film illustrates how far we've come in understanding the disease and how breakthroughs will change millions of lives for the better.
A wonderful evening was had by all at The Hurlingham Club in London a couple of weeks ago. They raised over £150,000 for this wonderful charity that's been set up by the Voorspuy family to cherish the memory of Tristan in order to continue his philanthropic legacy towards protecting Kenya’s wildlife, both flora and fauna, for the future.
8/06/2022
Sir Bill Wiggin is MP for North Herefordshire. He has written a very helpful piece that hopefully members will find interesting and useful.
In honour of the Platinum Jubilee, Grapevine member, Caroline Wallace, created a lifesize bronze statue of The Queen aboard the RCMP's gift horse, Burmese, which was unveiled recently by the Earl of Wessex at RMA Sandhurst.
18/05/2022
Rosie Abel-Smith gives us a tour around her beautiful Gloucestershire garden, while chatting to us about all the wonderful species of trees and plants she has grown over the years. We also meet her Robin called Rebina who sits by her and the whole time while she's gardening!
15/05/2022
I visited Laura Collett at her yard in Gloucestershire the weekend after her fantastic win at Badminton Horse Trials. She told me about her thrilling week where she lead from start to finish, to post Badminton's lowest ever finishing score of just 21.4!
14/05/2022
I would really love to get as many members as possible to plant a tree or trees this Autumn to mark this Platinum Jubilee year. Please do take part in this great initiative that will be doing our environment a huge favour as well as marking this special year.
10/05/2022
We had a lovely evening at the Cheltenham Hunter Chase meeting at the end of April. It was lovely to get some of the Ambassadors, Partners and Specialists together after such a long time of not being able to do events like this. We were very lucky to have the use of a fantastic box above the finish line and brilliant catering thanks to the generosity of our partner Sporting Agenda. The sun shone, lots of chatting, the drinks flowed and many bets won and lost (more were lost I think!) An altogether very jolly evening for all.
6/05/2022
Jojo Hancock, founder of Yoga Creative, talks to me about her new Menopause Yoga workshops and the powerful ways that we can support the main symptoms of all stages of menopause.
I wanted to share these interesting facts with you as laughter is an important part of keeping us both mentally and physically healthy.
