Thank God It's Toby: Highlights

New research from Motorway and the CEBR points to the value of the pre-loved economy growing year-on-year, with the sector seeing a considerable growth of 48.3% from 2020 to 2022. The ability to earn extra income and the capability to shop around for a bargain are all traits that savvy UK shoppers are welcoming – with 7 in 10 people (71%) having purchased a pre-loved product in the past 12 months...

Bill "Fatback" Curtis has been in the music business for more than 35 years, working with and for some of the most renowned artists of this century such as Sil Austin, Red Prysock & Big Maybell, Bill Doggett, Paul Williams, and Clyde McPhatter. From 1951-54 he lent his talent to both the 33rd Army Band and 7th Army Special services. The crowning achievement in his career has come as the foundi...

Preston Corbell is an American stuntman and actor. Notable stunt roles include doubling both Lucas Scott on One Tree Hill and Kenny Powers on Eastbound and Down and being cast as the bunnyman in Cabin Fever. An article in Naluda Magazine talks about the difficulties of performing stunts stating “You’re ok to get back up and run it again.” Obviously, sometimes you are not ok, and you need to admit...

Vanessa Maryanne Cheatham, also known as Veve C, was born on July 31, 1996. Although born in Englewood, New Jersey, Cheatham spent most of the earliest years of her life in Teaneck, New Jersey, where her paternal grandparents lived. She also lived in Hackensack, New Jersey, for about 3 years before moving to New Windsor, New York (where she spent most of her life.) Cheatham has always had music as...

A promising name in the music world, Buzz T aka The Magnet hails from Ohio. The artist started making music in 2002, after a stunning album titled, ‘NWA’ caught his attention and motivated him to compose his own lyrics. Drawing much inspiration from the timeless, compelling works of Nas, Nipsey, Drake, Jay Z, Eminem and others, Buzz T began to sculpt his own identity in music. Buzz T has done seve...

Neil Kinnock, Baron Kinnock PC is a British former politician. As a member of the Labour Party, he served as a Member of Parliament from 1970 until 1995, first for Bedwellty and then for Islwyn. He was the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1983 until 1992, and Vice-President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. Kinnock was considered as being on the soft left of...

The Houghton Weavers have been entertaining folk for 47 years with their unique blend of popular folk music, humour and audience participation and they announce their annual forthcoming Autumn / Winter 2022 UK Tour.  The North West's leading comedy/folk group will visit towns and cities such as Colwyn Bay, Morecambe, Darwen, Preston, Lytham St Anne's, Blackpool and Buxton.  To coincide with their...

An enigmatic artist who has been taking over the world with his bold EDM sound, Or Golan has made his mark in perfect form. With over 206,000 copies of his latest single sold, along with radio plays, articles, radio and television interviews, and spots around New York City’s famous Times Square, he’s become a sensation in more than seventy countries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

A staggering 98% of people in the UK are concerned about food waste and as we all count the cost on both our pockets and the climate, it’s estimated that the average adult in the UK throws away up to 400kg of food a week. Items such as bread, salad leaves, bananas and milk top the list of food items that we waste the most of, according to new research. Alongside the environmental impact of increas...

Victory brings with it many burdens, who to trust, who not to trust, who will betray, who will refrain from betraying... and why? Nua strives to win the hearts of those whose bodies she possesses, the fear of those in her way, and the faith of those closest to her, but challenges from beyond from the ever-watchful orchestrators of the careful balance of Mict'aratz are not an idle bunch. Enemies lu...

JJ Singleton is a college-educated former athlete who was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2015 at age of 27 due to a genetic Cancer called Lynch syndrome. The cancer came back in 2016 and metastasized through his bregimensr multiple failed chemo regiments he was approved for a clinicacan'ticureshich saved his life butan cant cure him. JJ patientidered an incurable terminal paitent, that will b...

Romeo Challenger is a musician who has been the drummer for the rock band Showaddywaddy since 1973. Challenger was born 19 May 1950 in St. John's, Antigua, British Leeward Islands. In 1955, he moved with his family to England. He began playing the drums as a teenager in the mid-1960s. He played in several groups, including the progressive rock/hard rock band Black Widow in the early 1970s. In 1973...

Roger Holstein was born in Paris, France on the 4th of September 1936. He has nearly seen it all. He entered a concentration camp at the tender age of 5, because neighbours accused him and his family of being Jewish, on account of their name. Roger was saved by his older brother Adam who produced a Catholic baptismal certificate of his father. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

As a child, Margaret, then called Peggie, walked alone through the hills of Western Pennsylvania imagining tales of wild adventures in mysterious lands. There, amidst the fields of corn, waves of wheat, and thickets of the woods, the seeds of her life as a writer were sown. Following a lifetime of service to others as a mother and wife and as a church musician and piano teacher to hundreds of stud...

Craig Shemin is a former Jim Henson Company staff writer and currently serves as the President of The Jim Henson Legacy. Shemin began his career with Henson as a college intern during the summer of 1987. After he graduated, he was hired in the Public Relations Department, during which time he also worked with the Jim Henson Archives. By 1996, however, he had transitioned to writing, contributing t...

Alpha Circle is a band, made up of 2 Englishmen and 2 Spaniards, that hangs the "sold-out" sign at each concert it performs, based on fresh and diverse music with influences from various genres, including pop, rock, country, funk, jazz and classic. One presenter described their sound as “surf pop-rock”. Its base is the luminous brit-pop of the best Lightning Seeds or Blur without forgetting rock....

Ken Hom OBE is the man who showed the British how to cook Asian food. A leading authority on Chinese cuisine, he is one of the most respected and celebrated TV chefs of all time. His phenomenal success is easily measured. He is the author of almost 40 books, which have inspired millions of home cooks around the world. And in Britain alone, the Ken Hom wok is found in one in seven kitchens. Ken Hom...

An internationally bestselling thriller writer, British author Peter James is the creator of the DS Roy Grace series as well as standalone thrillers – many of which have been adapted for film and television. The latest intensely gripping instalment in James' award-winning series finds Detective Superintendent Roy Grace plunged into the mystifying and exclusive world of fine art when a priceless pa...

In the new Amazon Prime Series 'Keepy Calm And Carry On', three different but connected families deal with the ups and downs of family life as they try to push through the gruelling year of 2020. A documentary crew followed the three households through the ups and downs of the year. High school sweethearts, and now parents, Harry and Hannah Keegan, try their best to deal not only with their three...

Joey R Marino's new short film 'Ticking' is a drama that follows the dark journey of a young man Micheal (DAVID MORWICK, Little Erin Merryweather), in order to keep his mother’s (LIZ BURDICK, Operation EOS) rapidly fading affection, because he found a new love (EMMA MASSALONE, Yellowstone) he becomes unstable. A film journey that brings to light the repercussions of parental neglect and internal s...

Eleanor Tomlinson is an award-winning artist and illustrator based near South Cave, East Yorkshire.​Eleanor has always been inspired by her home in the Yorkshire countryside, due to there forever being the odd field mouse dashing around the kitchen or a family of squirrels living in the attic. So, this is what she started to draw and paint, day in, and day out, always being fascinated by the wildl...

Exploring the boundaries and dissolution of these boundaries between time & culture, digital & analogue, real & virtual, electronic duo Bootleg Contraband unveils their debut album. Growing from the roots of house music, 'I/O' branches out into techno, electro, Latin, and minimal. The duo took inspiration from their collective pasts, delving into their heritage, life experiences and fe...

Slink is a platform that allows for the association of a keyword with a URL to which users will be directed when they enter that keyword, preceded by “slink.com/“ into a browser. Slink’s founders have been involved in countless projects that had great ideas and offered excellent services, but all faced the same problem. How to convey an effective call to action to their potential user base. While...

A device to help detect breast cancer has won the prestigious UK James Dyson Award. The Dotplot aims to help women self-check at home and track any changes they may find on an app. Breast cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in the UK but many women do not carry out regular self-examinations. Medical professionals have welcomed the invention but warn it is no substitute for going...

Richard Stone has painted portraits of the Royal Family for more than four decades. At the age of 22, he became Britain’s youngest royal portrait artist since Sir Thomas Lawrence painted Queen Charlotte in 1790 at the age of 21. Although he has had little formal art training, Richard Stone’s success is a direct result of a natural talent and a strong determination to succeed in the career he has p...