Anyone thinking that the cast members of ITV2’s the Only Way is Essex are nothing more than narcissistic, vacuous cash splashers couldn’t be more wrong. In the press area of Pozition nightclub in Hull, I was lucky enough to meet up with four of the stars from the BAFTA winning TV show – Mark, Lauren, Arg and Lydia – who were in East Yorkshire for an event organised by Beverley…
As spring inspires new optimism and re-discovered vigour in the people of England, so it energises the men who keep Beverley Minster in shipshape condition. Steve Rial is the ecclesiastical plumber/ glazer at the Minster. Or, rather more prosaically, he’s the man who, along with his mate Paul Hawkins, keeps the water out, the heat in and the Minster safe. For 21 years Steve, 54 and employed by the Minster…
How much did you know about military life before you did the series? My dad did National Service but he worked for the Royal Family for 40 years for the Queen Mother, so I guess the whole military thing was always something I sort of knew about. I’ve always been massively supportive of the armed forces, so when the chance came to do the series I jumped at it. There…
Returning Beverley Cricket Club all-rounder Peter Groves expects his side to put in a major challenge for honours this season. Groves was put through his paces in the first outdoor nets of the season this week by skipper Alan Acklam at the Norwood Recreation Ground, along with fellow paceman Alex Morell. Omens look good for the season as the first two balls he delivered at a single stump knocked it…
Recently I had the privilege of watching a craftsman at work. There are not all that many craftsmen about these days and the particular craft that I refer to is the manufacturing of jewellery. Shaun Atkinson is the Master of this ancient art, his father and grandfather were both Jewellers in Beverley and he has worked in the trade all his
The Mary Portas TV programme highlighted how bad customer service is in the UK and how we accept it as the norm. So when it’s exceptional it makes you stand back in amazement and from experience, a visit to Perfect 32 Dental Practice is the latter – they demonstrate a level customer of service beyond expectation. When I visited with my young family, one the many things that impressed us…
HU17.net enjoyed a morning’s shooting at Beverley Minster and St Mary’s Graveyard with computer-game and movie icon Lara Croft. Lara, the star of EIDOS’ classis Tomb Raider series of console games and made famous to non-gamers through Angelina Jolie in the film series, is the alter-ego of Beverley model Heidi Taylor. Heidi is on the books at new Beverley model agency Beautiful Freaks, run by Kirsty Mills, and it was…
Times change, but standards do not. So say one of Beverley’s best-known and most iconic shops, and who are we to argue? Guest and Philips are as synonymous with Beverley as the Westwood and the Beverley Minster. While stores come and go, the local jewellers rightly enjoy a reputation for providing high-quality goods with high-quality service. The Saturday Market store’s owners Michael Guest and wife Anne this year bring up…
Artist Neil Helyard believes in pushing his students to the limits of their creativity. The Beverley painter has established himself as a popular and respected name on the British art scene for his diverse and mood-inspired portraits. It’s his very lack of a set style that he hopes to pass on to his students, whom he teaches in the sun-dappled front room of Hodgsons Pub on Flemingate. His manner and…
Former Minster and Beverley High School pupil Selina Marshall developed a talent for playing the violin whilst at school. A talent which has seen her achieve incredible success with her band Zenith & DJ Nadir in Mexico City where they have recently launched a new album. A passion for music inspired Selina and her band members to develop their own record label IDM Records (Impacto Diffusion Music). The label launched…
Ben Shires spent his youth reading books, cataloguing stamps and treading the boards in various school productions. The development of the Longcroft Performing Arts centre presented lanky-beanpole Ben with many exciting opportunities and after starring roles in Wind in The Willows, Sweeney Todd and My Fair Lady he developed a taste for the spotlight. After leaving school, Ben joined bands, recorded an E.P and made some hilariously clever YouTube videos…
Holistic healer, Kate Hare, was diagnosed with a chronic spinal problem and was told by doctors that she would be confined to a wheelchair by the age of 40. Kate decided to literally take matters into her own hands and began to learn Reiki as a means of healing herself. It wasn’t long before Kate started to benefit from this healing technique, it gave her a new lease of life…
If you are short on inspiration for gift ideas or are looking for luxury items at incredibly reasonable prices then take a trip down Well Lane and discover Tabatha’s, you won’t be disappointed. Owner Samantha Waud has achieved a personal ambition by bringing high quality products to the people of Beverley without breaking the bank. Samantha says: – “Opening a shop selling the type of goods we stock in Tabatha’s…
Wendy Wright of Butterfly Meadows, Beverley has transformed a hobby into a business. Wendy has combined a number of her skills to create a ‘Vintage Tea Party’. Wendy explains the reasoning behind her ideas; “I had the idea for ‘Wendy’s Vintage Tea Parties’ last year after my daughter’s wedding at a local hotel. I had made the favours, baked and iced the wedding cakes, arranged flowers for the tables and…
Have you been ‘snoozing’ your alarm clock for an extra half-hour in a morning or, do feel like you could just turn it off and stay in bed all day? Are you lethargic and irritable, suffering from bloating, wind and/or, constipation? If this sounds like you, you are not alone and to help, HU17.net would like to introduce Karina Clappison whose holistic nutritional advice has helped many people to eat…
Jolene Setterfield, 28 of Lincoln Way, describes herself as an internationally successful medium, visionary, Intuitive Divine Channel and entrepreneur. Over the last four years Jolene has developed a strong network of likeminded associates all over the world and is soon jetting off to Los Angeles where she is developing a new show for broadcast. On top of this Jolene’s first book ‘A Reminder’ is being published later in the year…
Beverley hair salon Urban Qtr are bucking the economic trend and making a major impact in a time of fiscal uncertainty. The Butcher Row salon have recently celebrated their first anniversary as a business and are evidence that if the business model is correct, it can survive and thrive. The architect of this success story is Dominic Ackah-Amihere. A time and served hairdresser, he spotted a gap in the market…
Jimmy “Needles” from Beverley Ink has been tattooing for 15 years, and has set up shop within the barber shop ‘Just Gentlemen’ at 1 Eastgate, Beverley. He started his tattooing career at a studio in Cheshire which became very successful and resulted in people travelling from a wide area just to get a genuine Jimmy Needles tattoo. He moved to Mallorca in 2004 and opened a studio with a Spanish…