Here it is, the new long-awaited Fifty Shades of Grey Trailer, and doesn’t Jamie Dornan look handsome?
In Theaters Valentine’s Day 2015. What do you think?
Scottish Music Awards Take Centre Stage In Glasgow
After an incredible year of major international events in Glasgow, including the MTV EMA, the Scottish Music Awards will round off 2014’s year long celebration of sport and culture in the city on Saturday November 29th at the Old Fruitmarket.
Held annually by the charity Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland, the exciting ceremony is their main source of funding, and promises its usual mix of inspirational and moving recognition for the vitally important work the charity delivers across the country, presented alongside performances and the coveted Tartan Clef awards for some of Scotland’s top musicians.
Previous years have seen Scottish favourites Twin Atlantic, Camera Obscura, Mogwai, Biffy Clyro, Deacon Blue, Barbara Dickson, songwriter John Reid, Emeli Sandé and Paolo Nutini honoured for their work among others; and stand out live performances from Edinburgh born pop star Nina Nesbitt, and a rare performance from Shirley Manson and Martin Metcalfe who were reunited on stage for the first time in 20 years at 2013’s event.
Since its debut in 2011, the PEOPLE MAKE GLASGOW Special Recognition Award has also shone a sparkling spotlight on the charity’s heroes from Howford school head teacher Karen Mathieson to violinist Nicola Benedetti. Councillor Gordon Matheson, Leader of Glasgow City Council and Chair of Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, will present the award on the night.
Nordoff Robbins Scotland uses the power of music to improve the lives of over 400 children and adults isolated by disability, trauma or illness every week.
The charity needs £600,000 each year to operate, with every note raised in Scotland, staying in Scotland. The charity is grounded in the belief that everyone can respond to music, no matter how ill or disabled. The unique qualities of music as therapy can enhance communication, support change, and enable people to live more resourcefully and creatively.
Music therapy represents a relatively new force in contemporary music which has established roots all over the globe over the past few decades. The Nordoff Robbins approach has played a pivotal role in this development.
It is named after its co-creators, Clive Robbins and Paul Nordoff who teamed up in 1959. Clive was a British special needs teacher 
and Paul was an American composer. Through musical improvisation, they pioneered an extraordinary new way of reaching and engaging children who had additional support needs.
In the 1960s and 70s they toured many parts of the world demonstrating their work, leaving groups of followers wherever they went. After Nordoff’s death in 1977, Robbins continued to champion the cause of music therapy, maintaining an active practice, teaching and lecturing until he was well into his 80s. He died in 2011, having inspired and captivated audiences worldwide with his life-transforming work in music.
Celebrating 18 years of Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland, November 29th 2014 will see some of Scotland’s top musicians; media and music industry join forces to raise awareness of and money for the charity with raffle and auctions donated from businesses across the country – for a full list of donations please click here.
Glasgow has a worldwide reputation for producing and launching some of the world’s greatest musicians from Oasis’ now legendary performance at King Tut’s to previous award winners Edwyn Collins of Orange Juice, Wet Wet Wet and Sharleen Spiteri of Texas to name but a few. The Award’s home city is regarded by Time Magazine as “Europe’s Secret Capital of Music”, with the city hosting on average 130 music events every week (more than any other Scottish city), which generate millions for the city’s economy each year.
The Scottish Music Awards is a celebration of the massive strength, and huge diversity, of Scotland’s internationally successful and renowned music industry.
For more information on Scotland’s only music therapy charity please visit
www.nordoffrobbinsscotland.
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Lechuza Delta 20 Self-Watering Planters Review | Christmas Gift Guide
We love Lechuza self-watering planters because they are the perfect gift for stylish, busy people. They can be used indoors and outdoors and are easy to use. They can be used for herbs or flowers and if, like us, you tend to kill anything that is green, then they are the perfect present for any plant-killing friends or family.
We reviewed the Lechuza Delta 20. An outdoor self-watering planter with rain overflow function. This complete kit is gorgeous and handy. It makes a perfect present and is so easy to use that even we managed it. It looks perfect on windowsills.
The Lechuza Delta 20 is available here.
For Those Aaaah Soles In Your Life
Frost can think of a few people we would like to buy this t-shirt for. Might be better to send it anonymously though….
The ‘Aaaah Sole’ t-shirt features Cedric The Sole in a flattering pose.
£17.99 from www.gonecrabbing.co.uk
Sciku: The Wonder of Science – In Haiku! Book review
Sciku: The Wonder of Science – In Haiku! By Students of The Camden School For Girls.
Published 20 November 2014, this book was an instant hit at Frost because it is a science book written by girls. Women, and girls, are underrepresented in science and many a sexist thinks that us girls just aren’t smart enough to handle big subjects like maths and science. So, read this book and shove your thoughts!
Humourous and fun: the book fuses poetry with scientific knowledge. As entertaining as it is fun, I really loved this book. It is a great idea that is well-executed.
Gravity:
An attractive force
Between all objects with mass
Just like you and me
Physics, Chemistry and Biology are things of magic and wonder. They reveal complex patterns – and often thrilling chaos – at the heart of nature; the strange alchemy of reactions between invisible atoms; the bewildering origins of our universe in the furthest reaches of time and the connections in our brains that create love, fear, joy – and poetry.
Sciku brings together more than 400 revealing, poignant, witty haiku on scientific subjects. Written by students at Camden School for Girls – with all royalties from the sale of this book donated to the campaign to modernize their school science laboratory – these poems show that science may have given us the atom bomb, the laptop and the artificial heart but that it remains elegiac, enigmatic and often mind-bogglingly beautiful.
Photosynthesis:
Carbon dioxide
And water combine to form
Glucose thanks to light
Camden School for Girls is a comprehensive secondary school for girls, with a co-educational sixth form, in the London Borough of Camden in North London. The girls who contributed to this book range from the ages of 11 to 18.
Sciku is edited by Karen Scott, a teacher of English at the school and Simon Flynn, a teacher of Science at the school. Simon is the author of the Science Magpie (‘a cornucopia of curious facts, anecdotes and quotations … sure to entertain and surprise’ New Scientist) and is a teacher of science at Camden School for Girls.
Sciku: The Wonder of Science – In Haiku! is available here.
Christmas Gift List For The Wine Connoisseur
These bottles of wine are perfect as presents, or just for serving to guests.
Villa Maria Private Bin Pinot Noir 2013 £12.99
Has ripe red fruits of red plum and cherry notes with a lingering spice.
Villa Maria Private Bin Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 £12.99
Aged for 9 months in lightly toasted French oak barrels. Has tastes of dark red fruits, spice and a touch of fresh mint. Has smooth raspberry and cherry flavours.
Brancott Estate Terroir Series Sauvignon Blanc 2013 £12.49
This is a special wine. Has tropical fruits complemented by hints of freshly cut herbs. This is elegant, delicious and refined. From majestic.com and tesco.com
Brancott Estate Marlborough Sauvignon Gris 2013 £10.49
Goes well with salmon, has a slight sweetness. Has ripe notes of nectarine and pineapple with underlying hints of fennel. Available from tesco.com, ocado.com and asda.com
Jacob’s Creek Twin Pickings Pinot Grigio 2013 £7.49
This is the perfect aperitif. Has a wonderful hidden sweetness and a dash of Moscato Bianco. Vibrant and fresh with flavours of pear, crisp apple, honeysuckle and hints of lemon. From tesco.com
Hans Sloane Drinking Chocolate Review
We got quite excited when a box of Hans Sloane Drinking Chocolate come to Frost HQ. It looks amazing first of all. It is very unique as the drinking chocolate is in the form of beads and, just in time for Christmas, a bauble filled with chocolate beads. You just put the beads into hot water or milk and stir. They come in award-winning 70% Ecuador, 67% Madagascan and Honey flavour, as well as Smooth Milk and Rich Dark. It is hard to pick a favourite. They all taste so delicious. I hope to get some of these in my Christmas stocking as this lot will definitely be finished by then. Amazing drinking chocolate.
Hans Sloane Drinking Chocolate is the only hot chocolate product to be made from pure chocolate beads. Their company mission is to bring the taste of chocolate back to drinking chocolate and their beads melt perfectly in hot milk or water to create a richer chocolate drink. Named after the man who pioneered drinking chocolate in Europe in the seventeenth century, Hans Sloane continue to innovate the hot chocolate market.
Sir Hans Sloane was a chocolate pioneer. In the late 17th century, after tasting drinking chocolate in Jamaica he came up with the idea of combining it with milk to make it more palatable. He brought his recipe back to England, initially as a medicine, but it soon became the way people consumed hot chocolate in Europe.
Four centuries later, the name Hans Sloane continues to be synonymous with innovation. Hans Sloane Drinking Chocolate is the only hot chocolate product to be made from pure chocolate beads. Their company mission is to bring the taste of chocolate back to drinking chocolate and their beads melt perfectly in hot milk or water to create a richer chocolate drink.
Available in 270g packs, Hans Sloane Drinking Chocolate comes in five varieties, including the Great Taste Award-winning Smooth Milk, Rich Dark, Madagascar 67% and Ecuador 70%, as well as their unique Natural Honey. 1 kg catering packs for baristas and cafes are also available in Smooth Milk and Rich Dark.
This autumn sees the launch of the perfect stocking filler for Christmas – Hans Sloane’s handmade single-serve Christmas Bauble and Cocoa Pod, each filled with chocolate beads. Simply shake to hear the chocolate beads inside before popping the bauble/pod into a cup and adding hot milk or water.
Wine Reviews By Matt Pain: Joseph Mellow Sancerre & Villa Maria
Joseph Mellow Sancerre
Joseph Mellow Sancerre is a wine that is typically Loire with the chalkiness of the soil keeping it relatively light. It is a Pinot Noir, which is more typical of Burgundy but it does give a sophisticated wine rather than the more indigenous Chinon.
Red Sancerre is a relatively rare beast; only produced when the yield and harvest are good enough. This is well balanced, with damson or dark cherries on the palate.
Good for those who like a dry red wine but with a mellow finish.
Good with pheasant (that hasn’t been hung too long) or fowl. Or, of course, on its own with some jazz playing quietly in the background.
Villa Maria
Villa Maria have been making Sauvignon Blanc seemingly forever in cool Marlborough vineyards with unnervingly high quality results.
This is new though; a light sparkling wine, similar to the experience of a Portuguese Vinho Verde.
This is though, a lot better. It feels lighter than the still version though with the same citrus freshness.
Drink as a superior aperitif or with shellfish.
Available from tesco.com and ocado.com