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Oli and Jack are back to cover all things #pnefc.Including:- Bristol City Preview
Buckle up, because this week the Tucker sisters go full solo—well, in conversation only, because God forbid Olive actually sits in a room by herself without spiraling. It's a wild ride through childhood memories, solo travels, wedding drama, horse mishaps, and the occasional stolen ice skate (allegedly).Olive kicks things off with the concept of "solo living"—you know, those mysterious people who choose to do things alone. Sandra owns it. Catherine claims Sandra was always a loner, which Sandra disputes until we learn she basically photobombed Catherine's RTE debut as a child, uninvited but clearly thriving.Cue flashback: Catherine the child star (advertising carpets, no less), Sandra the accidental TV extra, and Olive—ever the suspicious one—trying to figure out if solo travellers are inspirational or international smugglers.Sandra's independent streak is the episode's true MVP. From sneaky cinema marathons in Fairview to solo ice skating at Silver Ski, she was basically Dublin's youngest free spirit—long before it was trendy. She even went rogue at age 12 in Pontins, swimming solo for six hours while Catherine was stuck in the chalet with their mam, bored and bitter.Of course, Olive can't imagine soloing anything other than a spa day, and even then, she'd need a massage, wine, and probably a hot towel hug. Catherine? She'll do things alone—as long as someone's with her.Things take a turn into wedding territory: who gets invited, who doesn't, and what happens when randomers accidentally crash your big day. Sandra drops a bombshell: someone once turned up at the wrong wedding and still made it into the family photos. That's commitment to free cake.They also cover the horror of bringing kids to weddings (spoiler: they're against it), the shady business of blow-dry dodgers, and the high-stakes drama of suitcase mix-ups—Olive once ended up with someone else's robe, slippers, and false teeth. Talk about a plot twist.The episode wraps up with a group consensus: if you want to go solo, knock yourself out—but don't expect Olive to talk to you if she sees you alone at the bar. She'll assume you've either been dumped or you're trying to join her table and start a cult.Another classic Tucker tale full of laughs, love, and low-key judgement. Follow for more chaos!Follow:https://www.instagram.com/tuckinsisters/https://twitter.com/Tuckinsistershttps://www.tiktok.com/@tuckinsistersProduced by Graco Studioshttps://www.gracostudios.comhttps://twitter.com/gracostudioshttps://instagram.com/gracostudioshttps://tiktok.com/@gracostudios Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Vets tell BBC they are under consistent pressure to make money Zo Bread TikTok parking fine videos force Manchester sign review Pontins owner charged with corporate manslaughter after grandmother death Ukraine war Trump says Zelensky shares blame for war dead British Steel to get supplies to keep furnaces burning New Gladiators king Joe Fishburn hails best moment of my life Biggest choice of low deposit mortgages for 17 years UK jobs market weakens as employment costs grow Murder arrest over fatal house explosion in Worksop Minister Lucy Powells X account hacked to promote crypto scam
Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Zo Bread TikTok parking fine videos force Manchester sign review Pontins owner charged with corporate manslaughter after grandmother death New Gladiators king Joe Fishburn hails best moment of my life Minister Lucy Powells X account hacked to promote crypto scam British Steel to get supplies to keep furnaces burning Biggest choice of low deposit mortgages for 17 years Murder arrest over fatal house explosion in Worksop UK jobs market weakens as employment costs grow Ukraine war Trump says Zelensky shares blame for war dead Vets tell BBC they are under consistent pressure to make money
Morse code transcription: vvv vvv British Steel to get supplies to keep furnaces burning Zo Bread TikTok parking fine videos force Manchester sign review Ukraine war Trump says Zelensky shares blame for war dead Biggest choice of low deposit mortgages for 17 years Vets tell BBC they are under consistent pressure to make money Minister Lucy Powells X account hacked to promote crypto scam Murder arrest over fatal house explosion in Worksop UK jobs market weakens as employment costs grow Pontins owner charged with corporate manslaughter after grandmother death New Gladiators king Joe Fishburn hails best moment of my life
Alan returns as another big week at the World Open in Yushan is underway. Some tales from Pontins way back when, and some up to the minute standings in the various ranking races. Also, a tricky trivia question for you to ponder! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
in the 90s you had to book a holiday on the TV, then call then likely go down to Going Places and book to go somewhere. And in the 90s it was a holiday camp Like Butlins, Pontins and other such holiday camps. We have snack of the week, and song of the week to see us out, so take a deep breath and chill and listen to the best 90s podcast out there. If you like what we do please give the show a review, or hit us up on twitter.https://x.com/wts90sglory
In this week's fun-filled episode of The Tuck In Podcast, join the Tucker sisters as they dive headfirst into their favourite topic—holidays! Catherine, Olive, and Sandra share their unique and often hilarious perspectives on everything travel-related.Olive's infectious enthusiasm for holidays contrasts with Catherine's meticulous packing rituals, which include unexpected items like tea bags and washing powder, much to the amusement of her sisters. The trio shares hilarious anecdotes about past travel mishaps and debates their in-flight drink preferences, all while reminiscing on the importance of bringing bits of home on vacation. The banter is lively, showcasing each sister's unique personality and making for a delightful discussion on holiday traditions.As the conversation shifts, I regale a tale of my annual trip to Dubai, sharing my preference for the soothing lull of airplane engines over paid upgrades. We touch on the etiquette of upgrading to first-class, leaving kids in economy, and humorous airline incidents like a TV malfunction sparking a quirky encounter with a flight attendant. Through light-hearted stories and interactions with fellow passengers, we delve into the peculiarities of air travel and packing habits, stressing the need for assertiveness with a touch of grace when navigating flight inconveniences.Olive takes the reins as she shares a bold narrative of demanding a first-class upgrade on a plane, depicting a hilarious clash with a flight attendant. The conversation meanders through holiday etiquette, recounting a cringe-worthy tale of a woman filing her toenails at the pool. Sun protection tips, family dynamics on holidays, and comical childhood memories of a memorable trip to Shirekin Island add depth to the discussion, with Olive's vivid storytelling and the group's candid banter weaving nostalgia and humour for listeners.Nostalgia takes center stage as we reminisce about childhood escapades on Shirkin Island, with Catherine, Sandra, and Olive recalling escapades involving dairy cows munching on underwear and unexpected meat acquisitions. The trip down memory lane extends to family holidays at Pontins, filled with dance-offs and karate tournaments that resulted in both trophies and broken noses. The conversation wraps up with jovial holiday recommendations and a quirky sign-off, leaving listeners with warm wishes for the festive season. Happy Holidays!Follow:https://www.instagram.com/tuckinsisters/https://twitter.com/Tuckinsistershttps://www.tiktok.com/@tuckinsistersProduced by Graco Studioshttps://www.gracostudios.comhttps://twitter.com/gracostudios Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
For the many familiar with the H.O.G Chapter (UK & Ireland) calendar, the Cider Rally always sounds the horn for the rally season to commence. From it's humble beginnings as a small get together of Harley-Davidson owners with tents, through to what they now bill as the greatest show on earth held in Pontins, Sands Bay in Weston-super-Mare. For this episode of HOG-POD, we are joined by Gill Mogg, better known as 'Moggy', the Director of the Bridgwater Chapter, and fellow Chapter member Robert Twycross, probably better known to you all as Portland Bill. In this episode, find out why you should not be missing this rally, share the great news that you can still get involved for the 2024 rally coming up in early May. We also take a trip down memory lane as we talk the early days of Bridgwater Chapter, Harley-Davidson ownership from pan heads to the Revolution Max, three of the old paper magazines and plans for Bridgwater in 2024.Visit the Bridgwater Chapter Website -https://www.bridgwaterhog.co.uk/Book tickets for the Cider Rally 2024 -https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/46186
Kishwer Falkner, Chairwoman of the Equality & Human Rights Commission
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Episode 129In the nostalgic maze of holiday comparisons, the generation gap is a Grand Canyon. My holidays, back in the day, started with the delightful symphony of Mum peeing in a plastic bucket. It was my version of a morning alarm, a less-than-soothing wake-up call to the fragrant reality of life. Now, fast-forward to the offspring's adventures—they're globe-trotting, sampling exotic cuisines that has envy-inducing Instagram influencers going crazy.Yet, amidst the cultural odysseys, one common thread binds us: boredom. We share this yawn-inducing, universal sentiment, separated by four decades but united by a collective eye-roll at holiday monotony. The scenery has changed from the plastic bucket to passport stamps, but the essence remains. So, whether it's deciphering the nuances of ancient civilizations or decoding Mum's morning bucket ballet, the boredom transcends time, creating a peculiar bond across the generations. Welcome to the holiday continuum, where the only thing that doesn't age is the relentless pursuit of excitement to fend off the drowsy embrace of boredom.Keep on downloading people.Happy 2024.Darren.Music : The Sonics - Have Love Will TravelCredence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain?Support the showwww.justpassingthroughpodcast.comInsta:justpassingthroughpodcastContact:justpassingthroughpodcast@gmail.com
It has emerged a mum from Dover who has been jailed for child cruelty is a convicted killer.Nicole Tobin was just 15 when she was locked up for stabbing a man at a Pontins holiday camp in 2002.Also in today's episode, the government has been accused of being "misleading" after announcing they have cleared a backlog of asylum claims.The Home Office say they have met their target early, after processing more than 112,000 applications last year – but Labour say 17,000 people have simply “disappeared”.A young woman from Ashford who was given just 12 weeks to live three years ago says she is grateful for the time she has had.Charmaine Jannone was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour in 2020 after falling ill at work.A homeless charity in Canterbury is hoping to help more people this year after being given funding by the government.Catching Lives are getting £57,000 to help meet a growing demand for critical services.A Kent boy who needed his legs amputated after being abused by his birth parents has been awarded a British Empire Medal.Tony Hudgell was the youngest person to feature in the King's New Year Honours list.In football, hear from Gillingham's assistant coach Robbie Stockdale after their 2-0 victory over Colchester United.Defender Scott Malone also says he is delighted to have scored another goal.They are now just one point off the League 2 play-off places.
Holiday makers have been left in shock as Pontins announced their Camber Sands site will be closing with immediate effect. Customers have been told some bookings will have to be cancelled and refunded. Also in today's podcast, snow has been falling across parts of Kent as the Met Office issues a yellow weather warning for the county. There are warnings for snow and ice as we head into the weekend. People in some parts of the county say they're going weeks without any deliveries from Royal Rail. It's prompted calls from one Kent MP for urgent action ahead of the busy Christmas period. A Strood man says he many be left with no choice but to park illegally after the local authority took away his parking permit because of a "human error". Despite paying £35 a year since 2002 for a space, Council say it's no longer an option. And in football, the Gillingham boss knows his team will have to step up if they're to cause an upset in the FA Cup this weekend. They're in the second round against Charlton Athletic on Saturday afternoon.
Pendant une grande partie du XXe siècle, le Sénégal a abrité la fabrique à élites de l'AOF, l'Afrique occidentale française. Un projet colonial français pour former ses cadres localement, mais qui a ensuite permis l'émergence d'une génération de leaders africains. Aujourd'hui, le site qui a abrité l'école le plus longtemps tombe en ruines, et les anciens rêvent de le réhabiliter. De notre correspondante à Dakar,Face au grand amphithéâtre en ruines, Mamadou Kandji, ancien doyen de la faculté de lettres de l'université Cheikh-Anta-Diop, a des étoiles plein les yeux. Il se souvient de ses années d'étudiant, au milieu des années 1960. « Ce bâtiment date de 1938. Il y avait une salle de conférences en haut, un laboratoire de recherche et d'expérimentation avec des microscopes en bas », décrit Mamadou Kandji.L'école William-Ponty est créée en 1903 par la France. C'est alors un instrument pour former ses cadres dans les colonies de l'AOF, l'Afrique occidentale française. « L'école était faite pour former des cadres moyens de l'administration coloniale, parce que la conception qui était faite au nom de la supériorité raciale, les Européens occupent tout ce qui est commandement et aux Africains, on laisse donc ce qu'on appelle les postes subalternes », indique Gana Fall, historien et spécialiste de l'administration.À écouter aussi«Les hussards noirs de la colonie»: les instituteurs avant les indépendancesUn « esprit de Ponty »L'école a vu passer beaucoup de futurs dirigeants africains à partir des années 1930, tels que Modibo Keïta pour le Mali, Abdoulaye Wade, ou encore Hamani Diori au Niger, puis les cadres et professeurs qui feront émerger les pays nouvellement indépendants.On parle d'un « esprit de Ponty » qui liait ces jeunes hommes, qui entraient à l'école vers 18 ans. « Le bâtiment détruit justement, ça a toute une histoire pour moi parce que j'ai logé dans ce dortoir-là, c'était la camaraderie et la bonne camaraderie. Mais sur fond de travail et de saine rivalité », souligne Mamadou Kandji.Aujourd'hui, difficile d'imaginer qu'une fabrique à élites était installée ici à Sébikotane, à une quarantaine de kilomètres de Dakar. L'amphithéâtre et les dortoirs sont détruits. Certains bâtiments ont disparu ou ont été transformés en prisons.Des promesses pour réhabiliter l'ancienne écoleL'amicale des anciens, créée en 1991, se bat pour la réhabilitation du site. Un projet qui avait failli se réaliser sous Abdoulaye Wade, l'un des illustres anciens élèves. « Je me souviens que, quand on a soumis le projet au président Wade, il s'en était émerveillé et il avait proposé qu'on en fasse une université du futur africain », se rappelle Modou Ndiaye, le président de l'Amicale.Financé par Taïwan, le projet d'université tombe à l'eau à la rupture diplomatique avec le pays. Désormais, les anciens Pontins rêvent d'un nouveau complexe ambitieux bâti sur le site de l'ancienne école. « Il y aura un musée qui va amener des indices sur l'histoire. On n'écarte pas des implantations de locaux fonctionnels d'éducation et de formation, d'animation culturelle et intellectuelle », imagine Issakha Gueye, trésorier de l'amicale.L'amicale a rencontré l'actuel ministre de la Culture qui leur a promis de plancher sur le sujet. Les anciens organisent aussi des conférences pour réfléchir sur les politiques éducatives au Sénégal.
Who faked his age to get out of the small town he grew up in? Gareth from Hunsnet that's who. He joins The Phonebox Podcast this week to tell us all about how he talked to THE Kylie about Greggs sausage rolls and the rudest story about his time working in Pontins.Be sure to follow the brilliant Hunsnet account here.Grab your tickets to The Phonebox Podcast Christmas quiz here! https://10yearsofbrum.eventbrite.co.uk For more of me follow @brummymummyof2 on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and TikTok and follow the all new @phoneboxpodcast account on InstagramIf you have any guest suggestions, topics you would like me to cover or send in a Christmas story voice note to be featured, email admin@brummymummyof2.co.uk and be sure to tag so I can see where you are listening!Editing by Soundtruism.#kylieminogue #90smusic #90s Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's only a HUNSNET SPESHY! Our Halloween treat to you all is the FABULOUS Gareth Howells, the genius behind our favey and iconic Insta page 'Hunsnet'. If yew ain't seen it - what you waiting for? Gareth joins us for tales of crusted knickers, weird UFOs at Pontins, Britpop TV ghosts, William Shatnerpants celeb segments and so much more. We also go back in time with some old newspaper clippings about bum-pinching ghosts in Warrington. School trip anyone? To round off our extra spesh ep, Hannah concocts her very own love potion (Snape, eat your heart out!) - will it work? Will the huns find love? So get tucked in with a Clearsprings, get your rat out and ENJOY EPPY 48 huns!!!!! xoxo JOIN OUR PATREON! EXTRA bonus episodes AND a monthly ghost hunt for just £4.50! Sign up here: www.patreon.com/GhostHuns
This week, the boys are live from Fête 3 in the UK! The boys talk about Miles being followed by sheep at 2am, the mysterious resort of Pontins, and how Antonio's pizza is the best food around...
We're talking… early morning starts, minty fresh breath, burping actors, a trip to Disney World, Marvel Rom vs Star Wars Rom, being born as a 43-year-old, Pontins talent contests, quitting Twitter and coming up with character voices. Plus, a couple of email questions answered about being on celebrity shows and our best (or worst) spontaneous decisions. For questions or comments please email us at wolfowlpod@gmail.com - we'd love to hear from you. Instagram - @wolfowlpod YouTube - www.youtube.com/WolfandOwlPodcast Merch & Mailing List- https://wolfandowlpod.com/ A Shiny Ranga Production For sales and sponsorship enquiries: HELLO@KEEPITLIGHTMEDIA.COM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dusted down, and fresh from the archives, today we re-welcome the wry cynicism of the nation's favourite chubby svelte vegan Romesh Ranganathan.Fearless on stage, yet his own biggest critic off it, we discuss his stratospheric – and largely unplanned – comic success. We place parenthood under the microscope, revise his former vocations as teacher and rapper, before discovering that stolen jokes fuelled his first ever gig... a 1987 Pontins talent show.Stu's new comedy special "I Need You Alive" has a worldwide digital premiere on Feb 23rd, see the trailer and find the ticket link at www.stuartgoldsmith.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Today on The Day After, (39:16) Headlines: Rishi Sunak pledges in Piers Morgan interview to release tax returns, James Cleverly rebuffs Australian minister over UK colonialism remarks, Putin claims history is repeating itself as the Russians prepare to face German tanks (47:01) What you Saying? Sperm donor, Adoption or “just not in God's plan for my life”? (01:23:06) Headlines: US tracking suspected Chinese surveillance balloon, Afghan refugees settled in London told to uproot families and move 200 miles, Pontins asylum accommodation plans scrapped (01:28:58) Word on Road: Jackie Chan to leave his $400M estate to charity and $0 to his son, Alan “woke” Cummings returns his OBE due to toxic British empire, Smoky Robinson's sexy tracklist, Tom Brady retracts retirement and his ex says all the best hun!, BEYONCÉ!!! (01:55:36) The People's Journal: Today's strikes, Apple sales in biggest fall since 2019, Energy firms asked to suspend prepayment meter installations, Black Pound Day (02:02:33) What You Saying? CHRISTIAN WOMAN SUING SCHOOL FOR MAKING HER CHILD TAKE PART IN LGBT PARADE (02:15:52) Headlines: Republicans oust Ilhan Omar over past antisemitic remarks, Family of missing Nicola Bulley make emotional appeal, Bill Gates speaks on being the face of Covid conspiracy theory (02:21:26) The Reaction: Mason Greenwood found not guilty of rape charges, Gary Neville apologises for liking tweet calling Greenwood an 'innocent man', Nigerian BIllionaire soon to close deal for Sheffield Utd, NBA RoundUp (03:04:02) Done Out 'Ere: (03:14:22) Outro --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedayaftertnb/message
This week is a deep dive into the world of marketing & it's safe to say Stephen is in his element as he's joined by Seamus Leahy of Invite Resorts, who has an extensive career in marketing & the hospitality industry. Seamus's colourful career saw him working for an array big companies throughout.We get an insight to the operations & marketing strategies he's executed for companies like Dairygold, golf retailer Cutter & Buck Europe as well as Scottish & Newcastle where he was responsible for chains such as Trabolgan, Pontins & Centre Parcs all the while lecturing at UCC. On a more local level Seamus was one of the masterminds behind Christmas at Fota Island Resort, leading a successful marketing campaign & providing the highly anticipated event in Cork. Here he spent 14 years as Director of Marketing at a role that seen him do a rebrand & host an Irish Open amongst other exciting events.Today he is a cofounder of Invite Resorts with hotels in Killaloe & another in Sligo where he hopes to reignite his love of events. Suffice to say these two could've spoken about marketing for hours. There's huge learning for anyone looking to improve their knowledge on the ins & outs of marketing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. Your host is Kelly Molson, MD of Rubber Cheese.Download our free ebook The Ultimate Guide to Doubling Your Visitor NumbersIf you like what you hear, you can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue or visit our website rubbercheese.com/podcast.If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review, it really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned in this podcastCompetition ends January 31st 2023. The winner will be contacted via Twitter. Show references: https://www.katapult.co.uk/https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrrobbiejones/https://www.katapult.co.uk/creating-unique-visitor-destinations-in-a-crowded-market/ Robbie is Insights Analyst Lead at Katapult. He works on providing data-driven audience and market trends, as well as operational insights, to assist the design team in creating immersive, commercially-successful experiences. Robbie has over 10 years' experience in the leisure and tourism industry and has worked with iconic brands, theme parks, family entertainment centres, museums and visitor attractions around the world. He is a dedicated Board Member of his local art and cinema centre, Derby QUAD. Katapult designs themed attractions and experiences that amaze and engage visitors globally. Our work is enjoyed by 50 million visitors, at 81 attractions, in 18 different countries, every year. As well as increasing guest experience, we thrive on helping you generate more income, more fans and bring the vision for your attraction to life. Legoland, Sea Life, Twycross Zoo, Alton Towers. Transcriptions: Kelly Molson: Welcome to Skip the Queue, a podcast for people working in or working with visitor attractions. I'm your host, Kelly Molson. Each episode I speak with industry experts from the attractions world.In today's episode, I speak with Robbie Jones, Insights Analyst Lead at Katapult. We discuss how to create a unique visitor attraction, what you need to know before you start, and what the leisure and attractions market is looking like post-COVID.If you like what you hear, subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue.We're back, I hope you've all had really busy summers full of lovely visitors. I'd really like to know how it's been for you. So feel free to get in touch. You can always email me at kelly@rubbercheese.com. Can you believe this is season four of Skip the Queue Podcast? I cannot believe that we've been running for so long now. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for sticking around and for supporting us. We have a whole season full of really brilliant guests booked in, and I know that you're going to absolutely love them. We'll be covering topics on innovation, pricing, filming, and even aromas. Yeah, you heard me right, all the smelly stuff. But we are kicking off in style with the team at Katapult. Kelly Molson: Robbie.Robbie Jones: Hello. Hello.Kelly Molson: Welcome to Skip the Queue. I'm really excited to have you on today. Thank you for joining me for the first episode of season four.Robbie Jones: I know. What an honour, what an honour. I can't believe that I've been chosen first.Kelly Molson: You're the chosen one. Well, you say it's an honour now, but you might not appreciate it after I've got you with these icebreaker questions.Robbie Jones: All good.Kelly Molson: I've actually got some new ones this season. So I've been asking our lovely former guests and our Twitter followers to send me in some new ones because I felt like the old ones were getting a bit tired. So I'm going to whack you with some of the new ones and see how we get on.Robbie Jones: Okay. Here goes.Kelly Molson: I have to say, this is one of my favourite ones.Robbie Jones: Okay.Kelly Molson: It might date us slightly as well. You can only save one of the Muppets, which one do you choose and why?Robbie Jones: I think Kermit.Kelly Molson: Okay.Robbie Jones: He's just iconic, isn't he? My first memory of Kermit is when they did their version of A Christmas Carol. The thought of Kermit doing that was amazing. So it's got to be Kermit, it's got to be Kermit.Kelly Molson: Yeah, he's a classic. He's a classic, isn't he? He's quite legendary. All right. Good. Okay, good answer. Next one. If you could enter the Olympics for anything, what would you be Olympic level at? And we are not just talking sports here. This could be baking, moaning. What are you saying?Robbie Jones: I think I see myself as a bit of a jack of all, a master of none. Maybe I'm a decathlete, something like that, where I'm good at a few things but I'm not amazing at one big thing.Kelly Molson: When we go back to sports day at school, what was the thing that you would do at sports day?Robbie Jones: It was probably the long distance running. I seem to do a lot of cross country, we used to call it in our school, which went from tarmac to a muddy path in about five minutes. So I don't know how cross country that was. But yeah, long distance running. I can't stand it now. I can't stand the noise of breathing, heavy breathing as I struggle up a hill. That's just not a sound anybody wants to listen to.Kelly Molson: Oh, you really make me laugh. So the only thing I can think about when I'm running is breathing and now all I'm going to hear is myself breathing and think about Robbie and not wanting to do it. Okay, final one.Robbie Jones: Yeah.Kelly Molson: What movie can you rewatch over and over and over again? And how many times have you watched this movie that you're about to tell me?Robbie Jones: So I think for an absolute nostalgia, it'd have to be Dumb and Dumber because the amount of bonding that me and my younger brother have done over that film is just immense. I think we reference it every time we speak to one another, it's just become part of our psyche, part of our relationship. So we've probably watched it dozens of times between us, but it gets referenced at least three times a week.Kelly Molson: Oh, it's a great film.Robbie Jones: Jim Carrey, brilliant.Kelly Molson: He's great, isn't he? Are you going to do... So if we do the song, Mock-Robbie Jones: Yeah.Kelly Molson: ... ing-Robbie Jones: Yeah.Kelly Molson: ... bird.Robbie Jones: I can't believe I'm doing this. I can't believe I'm doing it.Kelly Molson: This is the level that the show has gotten to, folks. This is what we got up to on our summer break. And I love that film and my friends were really obsessed with Ace Ventura films as well, Jim Carrey.Robbie Jones: Yes.Kelly Molson: Cannot beat.Robbie Jones: Yeah, comedy icon. Amazing. I love him to pieces.Kelly Molson: Robbie, I can't believe I just made you do that. I'm so sorry. I've lost it now. Right. Unpopular opinion. What've you got for us?Robbie Jones: Right. I don't think eating chocolate and fruit should go together. It's not right. I'll draw a line, fruit and nut in terms of a chocolate bar, dried fruits, I'm okay with. But when it's fresh, juicy things like grapes and strawberries going with chocolate, I just can't stand it at all.Kelly Molson: Oh, what? Not a little fondue at a wedding? A little chocolate fondue? No?Robbie Jones: No, just no. You wouldn't mix milk with water and drink it. And that's kind of what I feel like when I'm eating chocolate and fruit together. So yeah, whoever has got the largest fondue rental company, please stop because I don't like it.Kelly Molson: Wow. Okay. I feel like that's quite controversial. The milk and water thing actually turned my stomach. When you said that, I was like, "Oh, no, you wouldn't, would you?"Robbie Jones: There you go. Again, the next time you eat a fondue, just think of me and start gagging probably as I would.Kelly Molson: Wow. What a note to start the podcast on. We've really taken this to a whole new level today, haven't we? Excellent. Right, Robbie, you are the lead insights analyst at Katapult. And I want to come back in a minute to talk about what your job entails, but first Katapult itself. So a little story for you. So years ago, you know when you were at school and you'd have to pick work experience? My granddad had a business and his next door neighbour's business made props for films.Robbie Jones: Nice.Kelly Molson: So I bagged myself work experience at this place and I got to make loads, I just got to make some weird stuff that then ended up in films. And I remember going to the cinema, watching the film going, "I made that Hessian box there. I sewed that. Whoa, that was really good." If I could go back now and go, "No, this is where I want to go and do work experience," I would choose Katapult without a doubt because you do incredible things. Tell the listeners what Katapult does, it's so cool.Robbie Jones: Yeah, sure. So we design themed attractions and experiences. We do it the world over and it could be as something as small as a little popup street food courtyard that we did a couple of years ago right to a large scale, full theme park design and everything in between. And it is, it's great, it's really, really fun. We get to work with some amazing clients, some amazing brands and IPs where the design team are just in their element. They're able to work with brands like LEGO that they've grown up playing with since they was small boys and girls. So it's fantastic for us all to carry on being a kid really, in essence, being creative, being surrounded by colour and fun and entertainment. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of hard work that goes into it. A lot of extended hours, red-eye flights across the world. But it's amazing. It's amazing to be a part of and design some pretty amazing things that are either coming soon or already open. So yeah, we do a lot and we're very thankful.Kelly Molson: It's so exciting. I feel like you played it down a little bit there as well. You were like, "Yeah, we design attractions and experiences." I was like, "Yeah, you do. It's really exciting." What do you do specifically there? Lead insights and analyst is your job title.Robbie Jones: Yeah.Kelly Molson: So you are kind of the data that sits behind that, the research that sits behind it.Robbie Jones: Yeah, absolutely. So I think something that we've been in the industry for over 20 years now and gradually that we've seen that actually it's really good to make sure you've got some sort of insights, believe it or not, to make a very good decision. And it was something that was kind of lacking within the industry. There was lots of big thinking, feasibility reports, people telling you what the commercial outcomes would be to improve a visitor attraction or even to open a new attraction. But no one was really saying, "Well, hold on a minute, who is it that you're trying to get through the doors and what is it that they actually want? And have they actually got the money to spend that you are charging for?"Robbie Jones: And that's the bit of the insights gap that I, and we at Katapult, fill. We understand the sheer importance of having that insights. We can't just design something from scratch, full stop, regardless of whether we are working with an IP or not. You've got to have an idea of who are the people coming through the door. So that sheer responsibility lays flat on my shoulders to make sure that whatever the design team designs next, it is fully in lined, not just commercially, but from a guest point of view as well that they are going to love it from the moment they walk in. So yeah, pretty big responsibility. But it's fantastic to set the design team up to let them creative minds go wild.Kelly Molson: It is fascinating what you do. And I think that it's really similar to probably the bit that I do in our business, because my role is to understand what the client's challenges is. And so you are asking all of the questions around, "Well, who's your consumer? What do they spend? Where do they do? Where do they go? What do they read?" Et cetera, et cetera. And then you translate. The designers, they get to do the fun bit. But I think that the research bit is the fun bit, to be honest. They would probably argue with me. So how do you start that process? What are the kind of things that you're asking?Robbie Jones: Well, I guess it depends on the client, depends on the project. But the way we typically start for existing visitor attractions is we kind of do a mystery shop, or we call it a guest experience audit. But we don't just go around and have fun, that's the second part of the day. The first part of the day is thinking about if you've got signs telling interpretation and you're a museum, are they at the right height for kids to read it? If it is, is it the right level of language required for a five, six, seven year old to be able to read it? And everything in between. It's is the staff levels good? Are there plenty of vegetarian options within the cafe facilities? All of these things where we want to make sure every touchpoint that every guest that comes through is satisfied and our audit goes in, it pulls out the good stuff, but more importantly for the operators, it pulls out the stuff where they could probably do a little bit better. It's the things that are probably mentioned more than often on TripAdvisor.Robbie Jones: And so it gives us the chance to go, "Right, yes, we did find these issues. These need solving as soon as possible so let's get to work. Let's get to work in figuring out what we can do." And sort of 75% of the time, those things that we highlight, they can pretty much be done by the attraction themselves. It's only the other 25% where we go, "Right, your guests aren't staying for four hours and you want them to stay for four hours. They're only staying for two. What can we do to make the experience last twice as long? What can we do to keep them there and engaged and immersed for double the amount of time that they are before?" And that's obviously when we get the design team's creative juices flowing and start to think about what can we do to improve the attraction. So yeah, in a roundabout way, the guest experience audit helps to unlock the insights, helps to give us the ammunition we need to improve the attraction, and also look to work on some bigger projects for the clients as well. So yeah, that's a roundabout way in terms of how we do it with the audit.Kelly Molson: I love that. So from your perspective, it's not just about creating new, it's not just about adding on. It's about looking at it from a holistic perspective. Where are you already? How are you performing? Okay, well, look, this is doing really well. That's great. These things need to improve. And then, okay, so now let's look at the new stuff. Because I guess there's always that excitement about, "New, new, new, new," isn't there? Oh, a new attraction, a new, I don't know, show that you're going to put on within it. And that's what gets everyone excited. Sometimes they forget to take that step back and go, "But what needs to improve with what we already have?"Robbie Jones: Yeah, absolutely. And the greatest assets that visitor attractions have probably got are sat there already, they just need discovering. And what we tend to find is if it's not something tangible, like a ride needs improving or an experiential walking trail needs improving, it falls down to the narrative or the storytelling of the attraction. That seems to be the thing that we are coming across at the moment, which probably leaves a little bit left to be desired. People don't explain their stories enough. Why are they unique? Why are they telling us this story when you go into a museum? Or why has this art centre got this curation of art? People aren't very good at telling stories that guests want to listen to. So you're right. It's not always about the new, it's about the existing, but extrapolating what's good about that experience in the first place.Kelly Molson: You wrote a really good article that I read a couple of weeks ago called Creating Unique Visitor Destinations in a Crowded Market. So I'm going to put a link to this in the show notes, but it's on Katapult's website as well.Kelly Molson: You said that attractions need to capitalise on what is unique about them. And that's not just from the perspective of, "Hey, we've got this mascot," or, "this is how we're going to put it around the site." Is the location unique? Is the food offering that you have based on that location? What is it about you that really stands out that guests can't get anywhere else and they're not going to get the same story anywhere else? I thought that was such a great way of looking at the uniqueness of each attraction.Robbie Jones: Yeah, and I think there's always going to be a place for attractions that have got the fastest thing, the tallest thing, the biggest thing. That does a lot to pull a crowd. But when it comes to trying to fight your corner, if you're medium or smaller size visitor attraction, you've got to pull on your unique. There's a finite source of money and time so you're going have to try and get your visitors and your guests a slightly different way. The article came from an issue that was within two strands of the industry. The first being museums and art galleries that were struggling from a values perspective to say, "We can't take this donation because it doesn't fit in with our values." Or museums having to give away certain artefacts back to countries because of the connotations of it being stolen in what is in today's society. So they're under huge pressure to say, "Well, what is our story? What is our narrative?" And for places like that, it is very much rooted in the locality. What is your city about? What is your region about? And curating around that.Robbie Jones: The second strand is around experiences that have got a blueprint and are looking to create dozens of the same attraction all around the world. Again, there is absolutely a place for that in this world. We've got countless clients who do the same thing. But where there needs to be a differentiation is how the local market impacts what that attraction is. You can't just say, "We're going to have an indoor attraction that's going to have a soft play and a cafe and that's kind of it. And then we're going to put it throughout 40 different countries around the world." It's not going to wash. You can't just put a badge on the front of that indoor attraction and say, "Welcome to Tokyo. Welcome to Orlando." It's just not going to work. It's not going to wash. It is not unique enough.Robbie Jones: So for those attractions, it's about, "Yes, you've got a blue blueprint, but what can you do differently based on the people, the profile, the guests that are going to come through that door to make it slightly tweaked in terms of things that they might not have from a local competitor point of view?" Or just making sure that you replicate their stories within the attraction. I've seen some really good stuff that Crayola have done in the US where they're starting to onboard local artists for their entertainment centres. That's amazing. You could be in the US, go to the two different Crayolas and have a different experience. So being able to create that unique experience is twofold, but it's one that everyone's got to look at quite a bit now.Kelly Molson: So one of the things I thought was quite interesting is the scale of the projects that you work on at Katapult. So for example, I think you mentioned earlier, the Derby Market Place project, which is a popup marketplace, and then you've worked with organisations like the SEA LIFE London Aquarium. They're really different experiences. Do you look at the same approach when you are working with that kind of scale of client?Robbie Jones: Yeah, absolutely. I think with those two examples, there was a very clear commercial goal for both of them. For SEA LFIE it was about adding an experience that makes the ticket price value for money, but it's also there to increase photographic and merchandise sales as well. So there was a very clear understanding of what the commercial goal was. For Derby Market Place, that was actually a popup courtyard that was set up in 2020 just after the first lockdown of the pandemic in the UK. Derby is our home city and we was approached by the city council to do something that will support the local businesses because there was obviously restaurants, cafes going bust because they simply couldn't do a takeaway service or they didn't have the outdoor catering. So for that, we created a courtyard.Robbie Jones: So as a result, they both had commercial goals and we both started them pretty much the same way, which is, "Right. Well, who is it that's going to come through the door?" Who is it? What do they want? Is it a family of four? Is it a couple? How much money have they got? What sort of experience are they used to? How long are they going to stay? What information are they going to want? All of this information that I guess sometimes we take for granted in the attractions industry, feed it into the design and ultimately come up with exactly what we did for the marketplace and SEA LIFE. So yeah, I think by and large, we kind of stick along the same path, very much insights driven design. We do the insights, we design it based on that, and then we hope it reaches the commercial goal.Kelly Molson: So you mentioned Crayola a minute ago. That is a brilliant example of really using the locality to make that attraction individual. What other great examples of really truly unique attractions can you think of?Robbie Jones: Well, I think I mentioned it in the article you've already mentioned. But Meow Wolf, particularly the first one in Santa Fe, that is an absolute benchmark that I use in terms of how you use local talents, local immersion to help make Santa Fe a destination in it's own right. It's amazing how much one attraction can pivot the way that a region is seen, a city is seen, and turns it into a place that people are staying overnight for two or three nights to just to go to Meow Wolf. So definitely that, in terms of creating a destination.Robbie Jones: But I do want to pull out another example as well, and it's not necessarily unique as such, but it's the feeling is unique, and that is Paultons Park. So for those that have been to Paultons, Peppa Pig World is there, which is a massive pull. They've got some great rides, they've got some really good food and beverage outlets, a good smattering of live performances. But what makes the park stand out is how immaculate it is when it comes to public realm. The gardens are fantastic, the landscaping's amazing. You'd be hard troubled to find a piece of litter on the floor. And the staff are so incredibly attentive with attention to detail that actually, when I've gone a few times now, it's the one thing that always stands out to me. And it's the benchmark for just cleanliness. You could be forgiven for being in a communist China, it's very clean and orderly and focused. But actually when we think about visiting a theme park, we want it to be glossy and clean and not a bother in the world. And it's little things like that, for me, that have made Paultons an absolute benchmark as well for us.Kelly Molson: Because I always think back to Disney about that and no litter, beautiful gardens and that, for me, is the level. I haven't had the pleasure of Paultons Park yet. I think I've got a couple more years and then it'll be on the list.Robbie Jones: Yeah, absolutely. You'll find out just much you can spend in that store with Peppa Pig.Kelly Molson: Oh God. Yeah, I can imagine. Let's talk about summer and let's talk about what the attractions market looks like at the moment. So I know that you've had an incredibly busy summer and as we are recording this, we're still at the tail end of it. So I can imagine that you are looking forward to a little bit of a rest-Robbie Jones: Yes, definitely.Kelly Molson: ... come September-October time. How is the attractions market looking at the moment to you post-COVID? Because we've moved on, so to speak, from COVID or the majority of people have moved on from it, but I think it's really difficult with attractions because we are still seeing a slight decline in visitor numbers, but there's obviously other factors going on at the moment in terms of the energy crisis and things like that. So what's your view of the leisure and attractions market at the moment?Robbie Jones: I think post-COVID, if we think about the start of the year, I think it was incredibly buoyant. I think attractions have seen the opportunity to invest now. The staycation market has absolutely boomed during the times when international travel around the world was banned. So it means that there's been a strong staycation market, which is really, really good. I think for the UK in particular, it's making sure, and this isn't just the attractions industry, I think this goes across the whole staycation market of the UK, don't get so greedy. There's a lot of... I understand that demand is high and you want to capitalise on it. But if we want to keep the UK as a staycation destination, you can't be charging silly prices compared to what they could probably do as an all inclusive for 10 days in Mallorca, as an average in terms of what the family's going to do. You've got to offer some sort of value for money.Robbie Jones: And the cost of living is the big thing now. I think that's what we are seeing. COVID is there in the background and it's obviously affected things, but the cost of living is the one that's really starting to bite a little bit more now. And I think it's because although we saw a lot of drop in wealth during the COVID pandemic, actually the cost of living now is probably a harder time for a lot of people because the savings have already been taken up by making sure they've got income coming in or topping up furlough or whatever it was. So yeah, the cost of living is the big thing. People aren't going to go out and spend, I don't know, 200, 300 quids on a day at a theme park. I can't see it happening. If they do, they'll have to forgo something else and I think that's something that's going to be in the minds-eye of visitor attractions.Robbie Jones: And I think we're starting to see a homogenised view of what we mean by leisure and attractions. Shopping centres now want to get in on the act and have lots of entertainment. You've got places like Butlins and Pontins in the UK, so typical caravan hotel resorts that have built live entertainment and experiences around them. They are in direct competition with theme parks and visitor attractions because they're offering entertainment. So the more experiences are spread throughout our sphere of what we can and can't do, the less money there is to go around. So even more of a need for people to be a little bit more unique and think about it's not just what's going to get me to this theme park, it's why would they choose the theme park over X, Y, and Z. And as they always say, option Z could be sitting at home and watching Netflix. You've you've got to do something to get people off the sofa.Kelly Molson: I'd not considered the option Z could be Butlins or Pontins though. That has just blown my mind because the whole way through the pandemic, we've been saying, "Your competition is Netflix, it's Disney+." But I hadn't even considered that now people are looking at how they spend that excess cash and how they spend their holiday time. Butlins is a competitor for Alton Towers.Robbie Jones: Yeah, in that comparison, absolutely. It's just that they've gone about things in opposite directions. Butlins went from accommodation to experiences and Alton Towers, vice versa, but they are very, very much competitors these days. And if you had £500 as a family to spend for a weekend, where would you go? And actually you look at the offers of both of those examples and depends on what sort of family you are and what sort of things you like to do. It might be a hard decision to make, but ultimately it'll be the one, it won't be the both.Kelly Molson: Yeah, absolutely. Okay. So you said that you have seen attractions investing in new rides and experiences to capitalise on that staycation. What do you think attractions should be doing right now based on what we've just discussed, this competitive state that you are in?Robbie Jones: It sounds really cliche, but I think just have a long term view on things. I can say this from doing insights here at Katapult, but when we are looking at data and trends and audiences, we are not just looking over the last 12 months. We're looking five or 10 years in the past and five and 10 years in the future to get a really good outlook in terms of, "Well, what do we think people are going to do?" Obviously you can't always guess what's going to happen. I think the last few years have taught us that. But you can have some sort of a vision in terms of where you want to go. Where do visitor attractions want to be in 10 years time? I'd love to know how many attractions know that answer.Robbie Jones: If they know it, then that's fantastic because they'll be gradually building towards that. But what we've seen from our side at Katapult is that we've gone to a lot of visitor attractions around the world that are doing a fantastic job at iterating, whether they've got a theme park or museum or whatever it is, but it's all bundled together in a big mound of plasticine with lots of different colours attached and different shapes. And it does a job, but it doesn't feel like the same place. And if we're treating that as the elixir of the visitor attraction, then that you need to get to the point of, "Well, what is your 10 year goal?" If you know that, you know what you're going towards. And I'd certainly focus on that, if you've got a little bit of spare time.Kelly Molson: Yeah, they're not busy at the minute. It's just been through summer. They should be resting now, the summer's done. That's really hard though, isn't it? So an example of that locally, to me, so I live near a vineyard, there's a lovely vineyard, about 15 minute walk from my house called Saffron Grange. Just give them a little plug because it is phenomenal. They've been selling their wines since 2019. However, the vineyards were planted like 11 years before that. And so they have had to have the vision of whatever they were planting and however they were designing that plot of land that they have. It's phenomenal the things they had to think about. What trees they would plant, because that's how high they would grow that would shield those vineyards from the wind and those vineyards from the frost. And just the granular level of planting that's had to go into that place to make the wine and the grapes now to be at the best they possibly can, it blows my mind.Kelly Molson: But it's the same thing at a visitor attraction. You've got to have that vision to go, "Well, this is my idea and this is how we're going to develop it over that time." But you've got the factor of not really knowing what your customers are going to want at that point. With the vineyard, at least they know relatively, other than wind and rain influences and weather that you can't predict, they kind of know how those vines are going to grow and what they're going to get at the end of it. With an attraction, you've got multiple different audiences with multiple different opinions on what they want and what their needs are, throw in a global pandemic. Just how do you even do that? I can't comprehend how you do that.Robbie Jones: I think we get caught up sometimes in thinking that a 10 year vision or a goal, or whatever you want to call it, has to be numerical or it has to be very definitive in terms we want to be the number one theme park in the world. Those sorts of things, you are almost hamstrung by. But what about if you said that you wanted your visitor attraction to be the most inspiring creative place for kids under 10? That is a vision. That is a vision that you can build towards. And if things change, whether it's your audience or your local competitors or whatever it is, you can still build towards that vision because that's what you believe in.Robbie Jones: It's about having a sense of what your values are as a business or as an attraction, standing by them, making that vision a reality by saying, "All right, we're going to do this because we believe in it." And that, again, ties really nicely back into what creates a unique attraction. It's your values. And I think it's the same for every business. We're seeing it a lot more now in the wider business community where people are making a choice over values instead of cost. Although the cost of living is obviously exacerbating that slightly. But people are making choices on green energy instead of fossil fuels, for example. So visitor attractions are only going to go the same way. So it's a big one. Yeah, you're right. 10 years. If you don't know your 10 year vision, then you don't know how to get there over the next 10 years.Kelly Molson: I love that.Robbie Jones: So, it is sorted.Kelly Molson: Yeah, so just put that to the top of the list, attractions. Yeah. Now I guess that's a really good place to be now, isn't it? You've just gone through that really, really hectic summer period. Now, the run up to Christmas, bar a few events and things that'll happen, it's a time for planning for next year. So now is a really good time to be able to take that step back and go, "Okay, well, what is our vision? Do we need to revisit our values and vision?" And then that will make the planning for 2023 a hell of a lot clearer. Okay. One last question on this, because what if attractions are already doing really well at the moment? Because we've got attractions, outdoor attractions that have been smashing it.Robbie Jones: Yeah.Kelly Molson: So what if your attractions are at capacity, what then do you do? So you are looking at things like planning, the expansions, things like that. What can they do?Robbie Jones: I think there's one of two route that are seeming quite popular at the minute. I think one is to, if you look at places like Gravity and Puttshack and a few others that have escaped my mind, by almost franchising, if you think you've got a concept that is completely unique and can be spread throughout the UK, Europe, worldwide, then now's the opportunity to look at it. It needs some careful consideration. As we said before, you can't just copy and paste. But if you think you've got something pretty amazing, then go for it. Well, why not open a second or a third or a fourth? You've proven it can work, so try it. It's worth a go.Robbie Jones: And the second thing, and this is something where I think the bigger museums during the pandemic have really led the chase on this, so I think it was one of the museums in London, I can't remember what, but they introduced lates, Museum Lates where they did silent discos around the exhibits. This is a perfect time to try completely different things. If you've got an out of season or you've got low throughput days or weeks or weekends, then what can you do to bring in another audience? Let's try and fill up your throughput and your dwell time of your attraction 100% of the year round. If you can do that, then you're making more from the asset that's already making your money. So try it out. Find new guest profiles, find new groups of audiences that might want to visit, and consider doing something very special for them. And you never know. If it works out, then you've got an extra revenue stream that you didn't think you had. So they'd be my preference, if I was in that fortunate position, to go down one of those two routes.Kelly Molson: Great advice. Thank you. We're going to put all of Robbie's contact details, et cetera, all in the show notes. So if you fancy a chat with him, you want to find out a little bit more about what Katapult do, you want to book yourselves one of those... Oh God, I've forgotten the words. One of the-Robbie Jones: Audit.Kelly Molson: Audit, audit, audit is the word. If you'd like to book one of those audits. So you can do that. I would love to know about a book though, Robbie. So we always offer up a guest's book choice as a prize and it's can be something that you love, it can be something that's helped shape your career in some way. What do you have for us today?Robbie Jones: Gosh, can I pick two?Kelly Molson: It's double my marketing spend, but why not? What's the first one?Robbie Jones: Oh, good, fantastic. So I think one that's a personal one is by Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises. It's a lovely in depth read about the twenties and thirties where cafe culture was rife and artists and poets were making adventurous trips to France and Spain to soak up the culture. And it's a wonderful, wonderful story that really makes me want to live 90 years from now and really enjoy it. I think that's the first part. The second part is that Ernest Hemingway used to be a journalist so his descriptions of the characters are very matter of fact and I think that's seeped into my audience profiling that I do as part of my job. I like the matter of fact, I like the facts that make the people real, and then start to tell the story of what we think they're going to do in an attraction. So I think Ernest Hemingway has certainly had an influence on me.Robbie Jones: And then the second book is called Superforecasting, which is by Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner. Now this, it came to prominence a little bit when Dominic Cummins was advisor to Boris Johnson in his ill-fated stay at 10 Downing Street, and it speaks about the art and science of prediction and getting things right. And I read it from end to end. I completely soaked this book up. It's a little bit courty in places so you've got to take a bit of pinch of salt. But it's good at kind of teaching you to say, "Right, can you be a super forecaster?" And funny enough, I think it was February or March this year, they put out a bold statement that Vladimir Putin was not going to enter Ukraine under any circumstances, at least for the next six to nine months and then I think it was about two weeks later and he invaded. So I think that example of the book, it kind of comes with a moral, I think, which is you can super forecast or try and super forecast as much as you want, but you've got absolute no way of deciding what's going to work. There's a difference between a good and a bad decision and a good and a bad outcome. And I think that's what that book's taught me.Kelly Molson: Yeah, that example did not sell that book for me at all. However, that sounds great. That sounds like a really good book. You've absolutely blown my marketing budget again, which everybody always does.Robbie Jones: So sorry.Kelly Molson: No, I love the example of Ernest Hemingway and I love how it's infiltrated the way that you do your work as well. I haven't read either of those books so they're going to go on my list. And actually, listeners, we do compile a list of all of the books that all of our guests suggest and you can find that over on the Rubber Cheese website, rubbercheese.com, go to the insights, it's in there. Robbie, thank you. As ever, if you want to win Robbie's books, if you go over to our Twitter account and you retweet this show announcement with the words, "I want Robbie's books," then you will be in with a chance of winning both of them. I've loved our little chat. Thank you. Thank you for indulging in my little song.Robbie Jones: Oh gosh. I'm just glad that you didn't get me to do the scene where he's peeing into a bottle in Dumb and Dumber. Very well.Kelly Molson: I don't think that would've worked very well on the podcast. Do you?Robbie Jones: No, no. I'm sure you can add some trickle sounds in.Kelly Molson: Yeah.Robbie Jones: If you wanted to.Kelly Molson: Let's end there, shall we? It's been a pleasure. Thank you, Robbie.Robbie Jones: Thank you so much.Kelly Molson: Thanks for listening to Skip the Queue. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review, it really helps others find us. 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Phil MelbournePhil is a fantastic stand up comedian, voiceover artist and a very original writer. His style is laid back and relaxed but with punchlines that would flaw Tyson. Phil started out as a lifeguard then a bluecoat in the holiday chain Pontins… it was inevitable that he would find the funny. I've seen him on stage and been in his company socially and he is a natural. The last time I saw him was on a video message he was paying tribute to a mutual friend in Paul Eastwood and he had me in hysterics. Paul would have loved & laughed at his words.Phil has enjoyed summer seasons, pantomimes, Cruise Ships, corporate bookings and continues to deliver his own style of humour to the masses.Welcome to E&T Phil Melbourne
Mixed emotions as the Pauls visit Britain at its worst in The Nan Movie (2022)! Hooray! Featuring: the bit that came true, naturalists, bag4death, the Pontins of movies, an affront to democracy, Team Nan and the Island Life song. https://facebook.com/ogtpod https://twitter.com/ogtpod Goodman's EP 'Future Music' is out now! Find out where you can stream and purchase here: Future Music by Run//Phase (songwhip.com) We have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ogtpod – sign up for exclusive content for as little as $1 a month. Our Fiasco one-shot is being edited and will hit your faces soon, and welcome to Bec Watson as our newest patron! Listen to Salt's show Jen and the Film Critic with OGT guest and deep friend Jen Blundell here! Like d&d? Want more Pauls? Into nerd shit AND jokes about bums? Why not check out our brand-new d&d actual play podcast, Quest Fantastic? https://shows.acast.com/quest-fantastic link.chtbl.com/questfantastic RSS: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/61d8e6b335501c0012b6c367
As well as just bagging a National Comedy Award for Best Comedy Podcast and completing a record-breaking arena tour, Rosie Ramsey is about to host a TV show on BBC One with husband Chris, and talks with Steph about her background as an entertainer via Pontins in Somerset, holiday repping in Faliraki and as a radio presenter. Rosie describes the phase they're in as ‘The Drowning Stage', explaining how she feels the overwhelm and mum guilt doing all of the above while juggling two young boys. Rosie has brilliantly funny bones, which you can hear from the way Steph sniggers throughout, as they discuss marriage, sex, smut, men's obsession with spunk, and Rosie's Beefs with Chris. Shagged. Married. Annoyed. Podcast with Chris and Rosie Ramsey Rosie's Instagram When I Became a Mum by Rosie Ramsey, written for Don't Buy Her Flowers Steph's Instagram For thoughtful gifts, including for Mother's Day, take a look at Don't Buy Her Flowers See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Sunday Loathe, by me Paul Cree.Greetings, bonjour, what's happening.Something a little different this week. It's a short story, that I wrote around 2014. This will most likely be a bit longer than my usual offerings on here, bare with me, I'm trying something.I have this character, called Reece, who I've written a number of stories about, over the last ten or so years, which I've never done anything with (apart from entering this one into a short story competition; I'm assuming I didn't win.) He first appeared as character, in a spoken word piece, called My Town, which I wrote around 2010 and used to perform it a lot, it was like my flagship piece. I stopped performing it, because I felt didn't really fit with everything else that I did, which was largely autobiographical. So I decided I was better off keeping him in short story form and every now and again, I'd dig him out, along with his mates, and start writing. Saying that, I wrote a draft of a two-hander play, in which one of the charters was Reece. Also, never went anywhere.I always enjoy writing as this character, just never really know what to do with it, which I spoke about in the first blog on this here Substack. Most of the stories are just ideas, really, some a bit more developed than others. This was one of the better ones. Hopefully, I'll have a crack at writing some more at some point. Hope you enjoy it.SUNDAY LOATHESunday RoastI'm at an age in my life where I don't actually mind living with my parents but they probably do. Well, my dad definitely does. I don't blame him, though. My parents are old school. As a man, you leave home at eighteen - nineteen, get a job, make your way in the world, get married, set up a new home, have a couple of nippers and all that, then once-in-a-while you feed them on the odd Sunday lunchtime, Christmas or Easter, like they did you. That's it. I'm approaching thirty and I haven't yet flown the nest. I pay rent and bills, like most other people (just not as much with the rent bit) but I make up for that tax-break with massive debt re-payments from historical credit binges and general financial mismanagement, that sees me permanently squatting in my overdraft, with nothing to show for it, other than several pairs of once-banging trainers, several hundred booze ups and a few holidays abroad with mates, where we got boozed up, just like we normally do, except under the sun; sporting t-shirts with un-imaginative names written on the back.Being at home, I sometimes get the benefit of Mums cooking. The meals can be a bit samey but I'm not that fussy when it comes to eating and I don't like cooking, so I'm grateful, most of the time. Really. I am. I just hate sitting around the table to eat as a family. This day was another one of those days, Sunday lunch, the important one, with me, hungover, again, having got cunted the night before, again, which never really helps, does it.'This looks lovely Pam'Normally Dad rubs his hands together at this point, like an excitable child, upon being presented a plate full of Mum's finest Sunday roast. There was no cheery hand-rubbing on this day though. I figured he'd not had his customary pre-match clear-out, which had probably put him out of sorts. This is all part of the build-up for Dad. I normally hear it in my room, unfortunately positioned next to the carzi. It's awful, though not as bad as the main event, that comes after dinners done.'Sorry but I think the potatoes are a bit overdone.' Mum, modest as ever.As I work varying shifts at the call centre, I'm often able to get out of sitting round the dinner table to eat during the week. Sitting together brings it all home for me and stamps it on my face. I'm all too aware that I'm encroaching into my parent's final swansong, as they approach retirement, like a London Marathon runner, looking like a prick, in some stupid costume they probably regretted as soon as the cameras started rolling; staggering down the Mall towards the finish line, glad that the whole ordeal will shortly be over.There's not a day that goes by, when I wish I wasn't an inconvenience on their part. I'm grateful for the roof and the food but I find this tired ritual of eating around the table a mild form of torture, and so does my sister, and it's likely that so do my parents, yet they insist on persisting with it. It's as if were at a conference and I'm the resident fuck-wit, speaking on how to be a complete waste of valuable oxygen and maximise parental disappointment, with a sticker across my chest that says BELL-END, it wasn't supposed to be like this, was it.'Can you pass me the pepper please Dad?''Speak up Reece, I can't hear you, you're mumbling.''Can you pass me the pepper please Dad?'Dad was in one of those moods where he doesn't really want to talk. Tip-toeing around him can be like walking across a minefield, blindfolded, not that I've ever walked across a minefield, blindfolded, but I imagine it to be pretty stressful. Closest I ever got, was picking the football out of the stinging nettles in the garden. I was hungover and in no mood for walking, let alone tip-toeing, that required delicate movements and intense concentration. My sister Kerry, was kicking me under the table. I looked at her and she nodded at my hand, which was underneath my chin, elbow resting on the table, supporting my head like a really shit pillar, as if some can't-be-arsed student had made a crap attempt at a Greek Amphitheatre using cardboard and Sellotape, for a GCSE tech project. The one free hand, my left, was forking up little bits of food then tipping it back over onto the plate.Over the last few years of being at home, me and Kerry have developed this physical dialogue and perfected it; this wordless and slightly painful form of communication is used specifically for meal times, mostly on Sundays. There were several phrases, most of which roughly translated too;'REECE YOU MELON, IF YOU'RE HUNGOVER AT LEAST TRY TO LOOK LIKE YOU'RE NOT HUNGOVER, YOU KNOW IT WINDS THEM UP.'Dad shovels his first forkful into his cement mixer of a mouth, lips smacking like a racehorse with the munchies. I find the sound of people eating repulsive. It's one of the most basic of human functions yet, I can't stand it, even when I eat. We piss, shit and fuck separately, why do we all have to do this one together? Sat around tables like a bunch of mugs, pretending to enjoy each other's company. Most of my mates' families didn't bother with this tired ritual. They thought I was posh because my family did it, was always really awkward when they came round for tea. What's the point in having a fucking sky-dish if we're not gonna spend dinner time gorping at the Fresh Prince, like a stoned Goldfish? I must have automatically winced when Dad made a particularly loud lip-smack, because Kerry spoke me again, KICK;'REECE, FOR FUCKS SAKE GET IT TOGETHOR!''How's work at the moment Reece?'As ever, Mum attempts to break the ice, whilst desperately trying in vain to hold this pangea together, instead of letting evolution explode us in to our independent land masses; for the record, I'd probably be some crap island cut adrift in the North Atlantic, fuck-all minerals to mine and too weak to defend itself from imperialists, who'd want to use it as an military base to attack somewhere much bigger, wealthier and generally more useful to humanity.'It's aright...thanks.' I say, forking up and twisting another bit of mash.'Nothing new then?''Na... not really,' staring at the mash, thinking that it looks like a fluffy cloud.'Your mum is asking you a question Reece.'Dad interjects with a mouth full of food, speaking words as if there was a sock stuffed in his mouth. A lone pea and a couple of bits of swede escape out and fly onto the table cloth, like debris from a restaurant bomb-blast shattering into the street, I follow the peas trajactory. The pea lands just in front of the water jug, right in my eye line;'Sorry Mum, just don't have much to say about it at the moment, nothing positive anyway...The mash potato is really nice.''Dunno why we bother Pam.' Dad ploughs back into his food.My response was C/D borderline at best, could do better, just like most of my school reports, reminding me of that time I made that half-arsed Greek-Amphitheatre out of Sellotape and paper for my GCSE tech project.I looked at the pea for a moment and wondered if he was hoping, that another one of his mates might come flying out of Dad's mouth to join him on the table, whilst Dad was barking at me. Alas, he was still on his own, isolated. must have been hard for that pea, despair was something I could empathise with. Dad finally swallowed then spoke, the pea must have winced;'You spend full working days there, five days a week and you have nothing to say!?''Not really...What do you want me to say, Dad?''I want you to give your mother a proper answer, not some crap attempt like the poxy one you just gave.' Think Dad must have been constipated again.'Leave it Tony, he doesn't want to talk about it.' Mum speaks, her eyes closed and her chin to her chest. KICK'YOU FUCKLING IDIOT REECE, MUM'S UPSET NOW, WHY DO YOU ALWAYS DO THIS?!'Mum looks as if she could cry, she stares at her plate, composes her-self, then asks Kerry about how her A-levels are going. Kerry answers, Kerry to the rescue, she speaks well, talking about her uni-choices, giving Mum and Dad reason for optimism. A daughter that could genuinely go on to make some actual achievements in life. Kerry knows how to play this game. She finishes her modest Oscar speech ,then gives me a double KICK;‘I'VE GOT YOU OUT OF THIS ONE AGAIN, SEE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ENGAGE THEM, IT'S NOT THAT HARD REECE, IS IT? STOP FEELING SORRY FOR YOUR-SELF, YOU'RE LIKE A FUCKING CHILD SOMETIMES!'Mum and Dad start talking about the Seventies Weekender they'd just been on down at Pontins, after Kerry had tactically asked how it went. They seemed to perk up at this, even Dad raised a smile, sounds like they really enjoyed it. I'm glad they enjoyed.I looked at the pea again, the lone, green pea, the maverick escapee, seeking asylum from the death camps of my Dad's guts, where the stodge of low quality white bread, streaky bacon, digestive biscuits and shitty larger, permanently undulate in one mass gloop of shite. Sitting quietly on the kitchen table cloth, lonely and isolated, far removed from his earthy beginnings. It wasn't meant to be like this, was it Pea? I reckoned he was waiting round to see if anyone else made it out. The swede were straight goners to the floor, no chance anyone will ever find them other than the hoover. This pea was probably well educated, expecting great things from the promised land of the table cloth, but he was on his own, no help from anyone and probably seen as a piece of shit to be disposed of, but he's free, free, if only he knew it!Somewhere in-between fantasising about the pea, the conversation had moved from the seventies weekender in Pontins, to Mum and Dad's history together, a regular feature at the meal time and one that always left me feeling worse than I already did, upon hearing their achievements and inevitably comparing them to mine. More appeasement from the school of Kerry's-Diplomacy.'1984 I think it was, me and your Father managed to buy our first place, a small flat in Norwood, I think we were 22?' Mum looks at Dad, Dad shovels another load of food in his mouth then replies;'No, 21. We were both the first in our families to ever get a mortgage'Every time, years younger than what I am now, married and on the property ladder. I'm pretty sure they don't do it on purpose, but stories of Mum and Dad's achievements are like someone laying the boot in, a real wind-stealer right in the ribs, whilst you're already lying on the floor, having had the shit beaten out of you by the school bully, in front of everyone, after making the mistake of trying to stick up for your-self.tell myself it's pointless making comparisons, they didn't have Pimp My Ride back then to microwave any ambitions they might've had, but still, I couldn't help making those comparisons and inevitably feeling like a massive piece of shit that had taken up permanent residence in their bought-and-paid-for home; me and the pea were one now..'Norwood was a lovely little place. That area was a bit different back then, really nice little community it was, you knew who your neighbours were, not like it is now, no, couldn't go back to London now'I looked at my parents and watched their mouths moving as they spoke. I began to imagine that I'd conducted a full-blown MRI scan on their brains as they were sat there at the table, whilst talking to Kerry, and I was now analysing the results, via the medium of Mirocoft Powerpoint, the lone pea, wearing a little lab coat, glasses and holding a clipboad, as my assistant;'if you see the red patches here these are momentary flashes of xenophobia, normally triggered during moments of nostalgia, quite common amongst people of this age.''That's right. Wouldn't go back to Norwood now, no chance. Ted from work still drinks there from time to time, when he goes up to watch the Palace. There was a shooting on our old street Pam! It's all gangs fighting over drugs now.'If you pay particular attention to the male, these yellow patches here are nerve endings, sending messages to the bowels to release a highly toxic gas, known to stink-up the whole top floor of a house, often requiring fumigation afterwards. There is a severe build up of this gas in the gut, due to years of bad diet and stubborn refusal to adhere to any type of dietary advice. This blue light here just above it, is directly linked, it's a revulsion for anyone who dares to suggest implementing a dietary change, and anyone that does is either an obnoxious middle-class twat or just plain homosexual. This green light here is an internal query, queering whether-or-not 'plain homosexual' makes sense as a phrase, and this purple light is an insecurity, due to the word 'query' being used internally in reference to homosexuals, sounding a bit too much like 'queer' triggering this red light here at the back of the brain, which is an anxiety about whether or not there is a subconscious link.''That was lovely Pam, really hit the spot that did.'Dad gets up from the table and goes into the kitchen, returning with two slices of white bread to mop up the gravy still on his plate. I look at the pea and I'm sure I could sense a small feeling of humour, emitting from the little green being, like a snigger or something, at the look of Dad with the white bread.'Would you like any more love?''No thanks Mum, I'm stuffed.''What about pudding? It's apple crumble, your favourite.'Apple crumble has never been my favourite, I might have said I liked it once, when I was about twelve. I stopped eating puddings a few years ago, yet Mum still insists on offering it. I read somewhere it was bad for your digestion, to eat a load of sugar-blasted food straight after a heavy meal. This was probably instantly dismissed by my parents as 'codswollop.' Even though Dad would've most likely gone upsatirs after the meal to obliterate the toilet, yet fail to make the connection, whilst condemning the upstairs part of the house, again. KICK;‘STOP THINKING ABOUT DAD'S EATING HABBITS!''I'm ok for pudding thanks Mum, I'll go and start the washing up.'I got up and left, washing up was my exit card. A chance for me to stick my headphones on, listen to some beats and block out the dull and painful thud of my own failings. As I got up from the table and walked into the kitchen, I suddenly thought about the pea, stranded, no longer under my protection. BANG;'That bloody boy, doesn't clean up after himself!'I suddenly noticed that my leg was hurting from all the kicks. 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Wassup Weenies! In this episode we find out about Bruce Lees Vegetarian Brother, we discuss how much Gnocchi we can up up our butt, hurting our penis jumping off cliffs, forgetting about playing a gig (again) and Halo Injecting people! Count Factula brings us some amazing facts about Misheard Lyrics that involved the FBI, the mummified toe drink, Lady Bathory and her blood bath and the origin of the sandwich! We play a game where we work out the famous quote and where it was from. Shit News brings me you the greatest news from around the world where we find out about the worlds best dad joke, a robot getting fired, flintstones house and fighting in Pontins. We use the Blank-O-Mattic to send a letter to Mum from camp!
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WTOQ?! Ep 40 - Ooh Hello Duckie! Recorded Friday 12th March 2021 As we launch into our 40's Tommy & Bernie discuss ageism, a royal scandal and a neighbor's taste in ice cream. Joining them in the Throne Room is extra special guest the wonderful Simon Casson co-founder and producer of Duckie, the iconic Queer cabaret club night which is celebrating 25 years this year. They talk about inspiration for the club nights origins, Pontins and The Posh Club which are Duckie events for the over 60's. https://www.duckie.co.uk/ Plus the Queer Quandaries in the Queens of Agony section are fist dates, can't date, sex sheets and self love in the extreme. So pop open the bubbly as we celebrate our 40th episode with the Old Queens. We currently offer our time for free and our running costs are at least £50 per episode if you can support us to help keep our podcast running please do by making a donation via paypal, buying some WTOQ?! Merchandise or by becoming a Patreon. Follow the links below: https://www.paypal.com/donate/hosted_button_id=ZUP5YXG874H4Qhttps://www.paypal.com/ https://www.patreon.com/Wtoq https://teespring.com/stores/what-that-old-queen
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This week is our ‘News Roundtable' episode, where host Chris Wright discusses the week's biggest stories with journalists and decision-makers. In this episode Chris is joined by Penny Richards, managing director of The Aspen Institute UK; Cliff Fluet, digital lawyer at Lewis Silkin and managing director of Eleven Advisory; and Michael Wilson, journalist, broadcaster and British TV's longest-serving business and economics editorThe discussion kicks off with reactions to the 2021 Budget, the media's ‘smoke signals' and chancellor Rishi Sunak's meteoric political ascent. Together they address the outrage surrounding Pontins' secret blacklist on Irish surnames and debate who should be paying for Carrie Symonds' makeover of the prime-ministerial abode.Created and produced by Podcast Partners: www.podcastpartners.comSign up to receive updates by email when a new episode drops at: www.wrightonthenail.fm
Oh hello, didn't see you there! This week we're talking potato heads, dog walking dangers and the racist institution that is...Pontins
Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith discuss someone impersonatin Iain on Instagram, Rishi Sunak’s coke addiction, the budget, the latest Salmond/Sturgeon shenanigans, Pontins’ anti-Irish discrimination, cutting famine aid to Yemen, the jailing of Nicolas Sarkozy, Trump at CPAC, the success of Zoom and why they won’t be doing a charity sky dive. Smut quota: Lowish
There's an irony in the condemnation of the UK Pontins holiday group after revelations of their 'undesirable guest list' of Irish surnames, in a bid to exclude members of the travelling community. That's according to Sligo Traveller representative, Bernard Sweeney, who points out that such discrimination is still in existence in Ireland
Budget 2021: Business support including furlough and the VAT cut for hospitality firms will continue "while lockdown persists", the business secretary has said. What do you want to see from Rishi Sunak tomorrow? | Discrimination: Pontins has agreed to change its working practices after disclosure it had a blacklist of Irish surnames used to screen out bookings for its holiday parks from Gypsies and Travellers. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) investigated after being contacted by a whistleblower. Have you ever been discriminated against due to your name, race or ethnicity?
This week: we take our Hatters off to Luton, try to work out what Bristol City are, big up Swansea, and worry with Worrall about Forest. In League One there's praise for Shrewsbury and Steve Cotterill, concern for Mrs Gary Johnson at Christmas, and talk about toothless, but only literally, Wigan. And in League Two it's all about the double sackings at Bradford and Barrow. Plus there's the time Sam went to Pontins, the time Sam lost his teeth, and tales of Sam's birthday parties. RUNNING ORDER PART 1a - Performance of the Weekend (02.00) PART 2a - Cardiff 0-2 Swansea (06.00) PART 2b - Blackburn 1-2 Norwich (11.30) PART 2c - Rotherham 2-0 Bristol City (18.00) PART 2d - Forest 1-3 Brentford (24.00) PART 2e - Sam’s Pontins story (28.30) PART 2f - Paddy Power acca (29.00) PART 3a - Hull 0-1 Shrewsbury (32.00) PART 3b - What it’s like when a new manager comes in (35.00) PART 3c - Lincoln 0-4 Sunderland and Lee Johnson’s quotes (36.00) PART 3d - Wigan 4-3 Accrington and the night Sam lost his teeth (41.00 PART 3e - Paddy Power acca (45.00) PART 4a - Bradford sack McCall and David’s Dunn at Barrow (49.00) PART 4b - Leyton Orient 2-1 Newport (54 .00) PART 4c - Southend 1-0 Scunthorpe (57.00) PART 4d - Paddy Power acca (58.30) PART 5 - Moments of mirth (60.30) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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June chats to Sophie J about Pontins, Butlins, the Habita queue and more. Sitting with a cuppa and having a chat is a big part of our lives. Usually we chat because we have a need to share something. What would happen if we just talked without knowing what we would talk about? This Podcast is the answer to that question. 2 people, 2 cuppas and 1 chat. For more information please contact pullupacuppa@gmail.com
What we coverHow a teacher recognising Dani's talent for singing led her to audition to sing for holiday companies abroad When Dani's Gran fell ill she retuned to the UK and resumed her career as a singer at Pontins Dani fell in love with a guy at Pontins, they returned home where they quickly got engaged, bought a house and had a baby When planning her wedding Dani's partner left her and their new born baby How a new relationship quickly developed into a life of Domestic Violence all whilst she was raising 2 children and holding down a successful career After getting out of the relationship Dani found herself homeless and trying to sustain a high level career How a pivitol moment after tucking in her children made Dani realise that she had to make a choice and subsequently build herself back up More about DaniDani Wallace is an international celebrity public speaking coach and motivational speaker by day and singer by night. Author of Closed Mouths Don't Get Fed, Dani helps women all over the world speak their business and mission messages out of their mouths and into the ears of their ideal clients so that they can grab life by the big ol' lady balls and step up into their birth right of success! A survivor of domestic violence and homelessness and advocate of women's empowerment, Dani's energy and straight talking is infectious in all the right ways! Contact details: https://www.iamthequeenbee.co.uk/ (https://www.iamthequeenbee.co.uk) @thequeenbeedani Mpower resources Discover Mpower's free Bounce Back resources here - https://my.captivate.fm/www.mpower.academy/freeresources (www.mpower.academy/freeresources) For more information on Mpower and your host Nicola Huelin Mpower founder, business coach & mentor, TEDx speaker and author of http://www.mpower.academy/the-invisible-revolution (The Invisible Revolution) visit https://my.captivate.fm/www.mpower.academy/about (www.mpower.academy/about) If you're interested in being a guest on the show visit: https://my.captivate.fm/www.mpower.academy/podcastguest (www.mpower.academy/podcastguest ) In collaboration with... Bounce - Living today, protecting tomorrow When I met Ashley, the CEO of the insurance company https://bouncelife.co.uk/ (Bounce), and Rachel Brookes, the Network Development Manager, it was clear from the start that Bounce and Mpower share similar values around empowering others (particularly mothers) and creating opportunities to flexibly combine earning a great living with motherhood. Bounce not only proivdes people with the right insurance products to potect their families, health and business they are also hugely passionate about providing flexible opportunities for mums to earn additional income. With zero risk and zero investment, Bounce empowers mums in business to make a difference to the lives of others with their insurance services and enables them to transform their own lives through becoming part of a supportive and vibrant Bounce network and community and building a primary or additional source of income by becoming a Bounce referal partner. So, I'm really excited to be bringing you this podcast series in collaboration with Bounce. I know how difficult it can be to earn a great living while your building your startup, particularly in those first few years. So the Bounce referral opportunity for a product which is all about essential peace of mind and protection could be a perfect business opportunity or compliment to your existing business. - you can find out more about creating an additional Bounce income by visiting the https://join.bouncenetwork.co.uk/ (Bounce Nework website)
Body image in the spotlight, challenges of vegan life, and shame over his first stand-up appearance at Pontins. Romesh Ranganathan joins Jay for a lively meal in New York City, for this episode of Out to Lunch recorded before lockdown. Jay and Romesh enjoy lunch at Crown Shy: https://www.crownshy.nyc/ A Somethin' Else / Jay Rayner production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Body image in the spotlight, challenges of vegan life, and shame over his first stand-up appearance at Pontins. Romesh Ranganathan joins Jay for a lively meal in New York City, for this episode of Out to Lunch recorded before lockdown. Jay and Romesh enjoy lunch at Crown Shy: https://www.crownshy.nyc/A Somethin' Else / Jay Rayner production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Stories this week include: Complaining couple offered complimentary downgrade. Spar tour of the West Midlands proves surprisingly popular. Shopper invents new lockdown pizza. Soothsayer predictably revealed to be despicable human. Would you consider the hazelnut a high-end nut? Website: http://www.lapodcast.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LAPodcast/ Twitter: @LAPodcast
Why is Jo forcing her boyfriend to watch Love Island, what makes men jealous of other men and how do they get romance wrong? Plus find out what he thinks of the latest podcast on the Secret Recordings Network.
We’re ready for Corrie to get to wherever it’s building towards, but this was not the week where that happened. Instead, Kirk sings a song about Beth’s puppies and then GoLucky’s his backside over the horizon to Pontins for six weeks, Toyah and Imran concoct a cunning plan to catch Nick which also involves Toyah and Leanne being able to break into Rick the Chin’s office, and Steve follows his disastrous week last week with another belter, somehow managing to get himself and the cab firm into more hot water. It’s just lucky that the women in his life have a better idea of how to run things. Elsewhere, Roy continues to behave in a most unRoy fashion, much to the displeasure of Wayne, while Sally jumps on the horsey bandwagon set by Paula and Sophie and ropes Yasmeen, Jenny, and Sinead into a seemingly speculative investment while unashamedly wearing a sleeveless bodywarmer. Meanwhile, Bethany’s latest charity case sees Gary getting a job of some description as a fully-fledged member of the Knicker People, Natalie stops being fun and trots out the same threat over and over again while flirting with David and annoying Shona, the Platt's holiday plans are almost at fruition, and Craig gets a superfluous shave.
In this episode, we look at the headline "Grandmother catapulted against wall when Pontins bed collapsed." Follow us on Twitter - @bigpigeonpod Follow us on Instagram - BigPigeonPodcast Like us on Facebook - BigPigeonPodcast
Comedian and fun-time cop Lou Sanders dropped by to help get to the bottom of the case of Fredericka Mandelbaum - a maternal criminal mastermind who opened her very own school for criminals! In this episode there are life lessons galore ... horses CAN wear trousers, DON'T buy weed in Paris and NEVER leave your Bermuda shorts unattended at a Pontins.As always pop your true crime stories in an iTunes review and the half-cut-heroes will get them solved. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Travelling the breadth of the UK in her enviable job as the presenter of BBC1’s Escape to the Country is more calming than Sonali Shah’s previous travels which included making a ‘kidnap plan’ when filming in Afghanistan, needing armed guards at her wedding in Kenya and being stuck in a military coup in Bangkok. With family from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and India she’s a true child of the Commonwealth and also a Londoner through and through. On this episode we cover: Feeling like a true Londoner Coming from an East African Asia family Being a true child of the commonwealth Her family in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda The Indian work ethic Lisa and Sonali’s shared Indian background Her dad studying Pharmacy at Bradford University in Yorkshire Her mother training to become a midwife The British Asian Community in England Growing up in Harrow, London Growing up speaking Gujarati Beating playground bullies Dealing with racism Having a foot in both camps Loving her Indian wardrobe and Indian dance Huge Indian weddings Great curry! Being a vegetarian Visiting Africa as a child How London is the best city in the world Being in love with London Spending every summer in Kenya and Tanzania Visiting India for the first time Lisa’s experience in India The weird feeling of looking Indian but not actually being Indian Worrying about Malaria now she has kids How we are now a bit more risk conscious Filming a documentary in Afghanistan. Seeing the beauty in Afghanistan through the destruction Visiting Haiti after the earthquake Visiting China after the earthquake Reporting on the Beijing Olympics Supporting arsenal since childhood The departure of Arsene Wenger Reporting for BBC Sport on triathlon in New Zealand., Canada, San Diego, Stockholm and more Having to go on ‘hostile a environment course’ Preparing for being potentially kidnapped in Kabul Feeling vulnerable in Kabul Wearing a Hijab Hoping American helicopters wouldn’t think the camera was a weapon Kids avoiding mines cluster bombs in Afghanistan The Garden Route in South Africa Loving Safaris Brazil Being mistaken for a local in Japan The beauty of weddings abroad Weddings in Spain, Africa, India, Greece… The most fabulous wedding she attended The beauty of Rajasthan in India Greek Orthodox weddings in Greece Getting married in Kenya White water rafting in Seattle and Australia Gorilla watching in Uganda How travel has changed since having kids Not wanting to spoil the kids Taking the kids to Dubai Kids and sleep or rather the lack of it How glamping beats camping Safari in the Ngorongoro Crater How Italy is great for vegetarians Rediscovering Europe with children in tow The peril of being tied into school holidays Childhood trips to Butlins, Pontins and Blackpool Why camping is an alien concept to Asians Her job on BBC1’s Escape to the Country Showing people properties around the country Travelling the UK for three nights a week Climate change and its effect on the seasons and weather patterns Climate change’s effect on the Maldives Devon, Cornwall, Norfolk, the Peak District, dry stone walls, Chatsworth House. Why the ‘mystery house’ is always the favourite A celebrity version of Escape to the Country Moving to Brighton or Sussex Being stuck in a military coup in Bangkok The 2006 Tsunami A terrifying tsunami warning when in Malaysia Her strange holiday in South Africa shortly after the murder of British honeymooner Anni Dewani Providing armed guards at her own wedding in Kenya The girl from Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro
Gordon chats with Daddy Warbucks himself about Pontins, Trevor Nunn and the Seven Seas of Rye. Alex on Twitter Annie at the Piccadilly Theatre Taking Turns To Talk on Twitter Email Us!
Season 2.5, Episode 4. We're still running up to Safe As Milk Festival at Pontins in Prestatyn (why, is it coming out?), and in this edition, Mike & John are burying their heads in Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force, GAIKA, and, as you may have gleaned from the episode title, Grouper. Prepare for more musical commentary, Mike losing his bottle, John's big manly thumbs, plus a really unseemly Star Wars joke. Want more? Hit up our Listening Notes Tumblr: http://ayppodcast.tumblr.com and follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/ayppodcast #Music #Review #Podcast #MarkErnestusNdaggaRhythmForce #GAIKA #Grouper #ForceKin
The Road To Safe As Milk, Season 2.5! We're taking a significant enough divergence from our regular format to warrant calling this a between-season season, and this is a season of pure research in the run-up to our Anniversary Episode, which will be recorded at the Safe As Milk Festival! Held in the same place, at Pontins in Prestatyn, we'll be reconvening to talk about the acts we've been enjoying at the festival, just like we did last April. However, before that, we've taken it upon ourselves to listen to all the acts on the bill - IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. Listen on, as we listen to Actress, Ata Kak, and Brainbombs, and don't answer the door - it's Celine Dion. Don't forget, if you like us, subscribe, follow us on Twitter at @ayppodcast, and check out the Listening Notes at http://ayppodcast.tumblr.com #Music #Podcast #SafeAsMilk #Actress #AtaKak #Brainbombs
Recorded on 17th April 2016, on the Sunday morning of the Stewart Lee-curated ATP weekend at Pontins, in Prestayn, Wales. We discuss the best & worst of experimental jazz, whether or not podcasts still happen, and Charlotte Church's Pop Dungeon. Featuring Alice, Gordon, John, Matt, and Mike. #ATP #Music #Podcast #StewartLee
The conclusion to our reportage of the Stewart Lee-curated ATP weekend in Pontins, Prestatyn. Recorded on Monday 2nd May, we discuss Stage 3 (and the difficulty of entering therein), Ex Easter Island Head playing outdoors, Boredoms, Sing-Along-A-Wicker Man, and Mike and Alice's brief foray into chalet parties. Featuring Alice, John, Matt, Mike, and a text from Gordon. #ATP #ThanksBarry #Music #Festival #SingAlongAWickerMan
The United Nations Of Dub Weekender is back! Now in it’s second year, the worlds only family friendly multi day indoor dub, roots and reggae festival, the United Nations Of Dub Weekender (U.N.O.D Weekender) is back at Pontins ‘Prestatyn Sands’ self catering holiday park in North Wales from 28th – 30th March 2014 for another instalment of bass fuelled fun and games featuring over one hundred of the biggest artists and sound systems out there. You can catch the Reggae Roast crew there on Saturday in the Mungo's Hi-Fi arena! Prior to the session we met up with one of the event organisers and all round nice bloke I-Mitri to chat about his time in the music industry & what this year's UNOD session has to offer.... Check the interview here: http://www.reggaeroast.co.uk/2014/03/exclusive-unod-2014-mix-interview-i-mitri-counteraction/ TRACKLIST: 1. AMP Outernational (Feat. I-mitri)- Get Along (AMP Outernational) 2. AMP Outernational - Version (AMP Outernational) 3. I-mitri - Imperial Blessing (from "Dubplate Collection Vol1") (Imperial Sound Army) 4. ISA - Old School Dub (from "Dubplate Collection Vol1") (Imperial Sound Army) 5. Gra 8755 (Feat. I-mitri)- Fresh Water (Dubplate) 6. Gra 8755 - Version (Dubplate) 7. I-mitri 'Meets' Samity - Love Life [CounterAction Mix] (from album Samity - Stereochemistry) (Majestic Samity Sound) 8. I-mitri 'Meets' Samity - Love Dub 1 [CounterAction Mix] (Dubplate) 9. Shiloh Ites 'Meets' Counteraction (Feat. I-mitri) - Give Thanks For Life (Dubplate) 10. Shiloh Ites 'Meets' CounterAction - Give Thanks For Dub 3 (Dubplate)
It's that time of year again. Although the trip is slightly different this year the out come will be the same.... Total and utter Nonsense!
Simon and Wayne are back with another Spiffing Review this time they are joined by Chris Burdett, a fellow podcast enthusiast from Squadron Leader Jack Steel and the Starblade, to review their recent trip to SFX Magazine's SFX weekender. The SFX Weekender was a sci-fi convention held at the Pontins in Camber Sands over over the weekend of 5-6 February 2010, plus there's another look into the trailer park. To contact the show you can: email simonandwayne@spiffingreview.com twitter @spiffingreview web http://spiffingreview.com
Its a Pontastic Podcast to get the boys up the A41 and along the A55 to the cultural mecca that is Prestatyn Sands! With special celebrity guest Kevin Bloody Wilson so expect some bad language and even worse jokes from Willie!
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