#first stage performance: 03/01/2008

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The Prodigy are the perfect example of the band that ignored all the stereotypes, rules and patters, chose its own way and rose to universal fame from the depths of underground. Their story began 1990 with the surfacing of the first single What Evil Lurks, a rarest thing today. It was followed by the immediate release of the legendary single Charly, one of the most popular dance hits of that time. Until that time, it was difficult to find the information on The Prodigy lineup and the background of the members. It appeared that although the band consisted of four people, the music was written and performed by only one of them, Liam Howlett, the founder of the project. He needed the other three, Maxim Reality, Keith Flint and Leeroy Thornhill to dance and sing during the live performances.

Find The Prodigy discography, albums and singles on AllMusic.

Debut album from The Prodigy released 21 Sep 1992 genres Breakbeat, Rave, Drum n Bass, Hardcore & Jungle. Find on Wikipedia at:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wik.

This is one of the most complete The Prodigy discographies in the net. Here you can find all the information about The Prodigy's releases. Each album has been a new step for the band, with their styles dramatically changing, but the hardness, and technical skill of the music never fluctuates! The Prodigy - No Tourists (2018) torrent Torrent content (File list) 01. Need Some1.mp3 5.2 MB: 02. Light Up the Sky.mp3 6.4 MB: 03. We Live Forever.mp3 7.1 MB: 04. No Tourists.mp3 7.8 MB. No Tourists is the seventh studio album by English electronic music band The Prodigy, released on 2 November 2018 on Take Me to the Hospital, their independent label managed by BMG.It is their final studio album featuring Keith Flint prior to his death in March 2019. The group began supporting the album with a world tour from November 2018. The album debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart.

The first album by The Prodigy was called Experience and saw light in 1992. It held the first place in the British charts for twenty five weeks and took a shortest time to get golden. The Prodigy established a new model of hard dance music and never let any performer do it better than them. In 1994, they released Music for the Jilted Generator selling more than a million copies worldwide. Most meticulous critics and influential magazines named it the main event of the year in the dance music world and flooded the band with prizes, titles and awards. It was the perfect moment to get ready for tours. 1994 and 1995 were spent in endless concerts all around the world to bring madness and delight to each stage the musicians stepped on.

Poison (1995) became already the band’s ninth single to top the charts while The Prodigy’s performance in the major Glastonbury festival was proclaimed the best one in the history of the event. The underground extreme music group reached the mainstream level still playing non-pop music. The 1996 single Firestarter signaled the approaching of The Prodigy’s strongest and most successful album Fat of the Land released in 1997. It headed the charts of twenty two countries and sold 2,500,000 CDs in the first three weeks. The Prodigy produced the music that dethroned the concepts of traditional songwriting and neglected the moral codes. The video for Smack My Bitch Up was prohibited by many channels and aired by MTV only late at night due to extreme graphical drug and alcohol use and sex. The Prodigy used the moment of glory to sink into silence for a while. They made everybody wait eagerly for their next move and guess what it would be like. They also needed the time to find the new direction to develop not to become a sellout and pop-oriented band.

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In 2000, Leeroy left The Prodigy to make the total number of the members just three. After an incredibly long seven-year break, they returned to their fans with the 2004 most anticipated album Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned. The music was strongly different from what they had done before mainly due to the unprecedented focus on the vocals and significant contribution of the guest performers headed by Liam Gallagher from Oasis. Howlett tried to apply as much live instruments as possible, which also distinguished this work from the others. As a result, the record was nominated for Grammy as one of the best dance albums. In 2005, The Prodigy released the collection of the best songs, Their Law: The Singles 1990-2005. The band’s first two albums were re-issued in 2008 with additional material composed mostly by rare songs and remixes.

The Prodigy’s fifth album Invaders Must Die was released half a decade on since their last one. Liam Howlett suggested that Invaders Must Die would see The Prodigy return to their earlier sound and this becomes apparent within the first few songs of this record (such as in the title track and energetic lead single Omen). The blatant, stirring calls for rebellion and anti-authority rants were still there. The album featured Keith Flint's most effective vocal contribution and Maxim's appearance on the apocalyptic World 's On Fire.

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The Conqueroo - From The Vulcan Gas Company (Bluesrock US 1968) 

If any Austin group of the late '60s could be called the Vulcan Gas Company's de facto house band, it would have to be the Conqueroo. That, despite the fact that the Vulcan was self-billed as a psychedelic concert hall and the Conqueroo was hardly psychedelic although certainly a hippie favorite. If any musical genre could have been attached to the eclectic Conqueroo, it would have been not one but a fusion of many: folk, rock, jazz, and blues. Nonetheless, the Conqueroo was a regular at the Vulcan -- featured prominently on many Vulcan handbills and posters -- from the hall's opening in October 1967 until its closing in mid 1970. Sonobeat owners Bill Josey Sr. and Rim Kelley (Bill Jr.) first heard the Conqueroo perform with the 13th Floor Elevators at Austin's Doris Miller Auditorium in January 1967. But ultimately it was the Conqueroo's regular performances at the Vulcan that convinced the Joseys they had to record the group.

Recording sessions at the Vulcan Gas Company -- initially in December 1967 and again in March '68 -- yielded Sonobeat's fifth release and third rock single, a pairing of Conqueroo Ed Guinn's I've Got Time (featuring an enigmatically dramatic, yet strangely reserved, duet) and 1 to 3 (featuring an equally dramatic but uninhibited vocal by its composer, Bob Brown). No fancy recording techniques were used; the single is nothing short of two great songs performed passionately by great musicians, captured just a little raw at one of Sonobeat's favorite venues. It remains the only commercial single release by the original incarnation of the Conqueroo, who often shared the Vulcan stage with the Elevators, Johnny Winter, or Shiva's Headband.

Sonobeat issued the Conqueroo's single with a two-sided black and white picture sleeve designed by legendary Austin illustrator Gilbert Shelton (who lived with the Conqueroo and half a dozen other assorted characters in a large house just off the University of Texas campus).

A stunning image by celebrated Austin photographer Belmer Wright (not to be confused with another great Austin photographer, Burton Wilson) completed the sleeve, which has a bit of the look and feel of one of those famous Vulcan Gas Company handbills of the '60s. Both sides of the sleeve are identical, except for the song titles, hand lettered by Shelton. A banner flowing through the OOs in "Conqueroo" proclaims "Recorded Live at the Vulcan Gas Co.", but the single was not actually recorded before a live audience. Shelton's sleeve art refers to "The Conqueroo", but the group was later known as just "Conqueroo".

Originally scheduled as Rs-104 (which collectors will note is etched in the single's dead wax), the Conqueroo release moved up a notch on Sonobeat's schedule after Shiva's Headband had second thoughts about the release of their single, also recorded at the Vulcan and originally scheduled for release ahead of the Conqueroo's. Bill Josey Sr.'s handwritten notes on the Conqueroo master tape box indicate both songs were recorded using two 2-track Ampex recorders. The second recorder was used for vocal overdubs that were recorded immediately after the band laid down the instrumental tracks. There is an ethereal "other worldness" to these recordings, imparted by the band itself but enhanced by the vast acoustics of the Vulcan Gas Company.

While cataloging the Sonobeat master tapes in 2008, we discovered two instrumental tracks that the Conqueroo recorded during the March '68 session. Both are instrumental tracks that probably were supposed to have vocals but were never completed. One song may be titled None of Your Business, Waitress. Unfortunately, there's no additional information about these tracks in the Sonobeat archives, so we're uncertain why they were never completed and released.

One of Austin's best-loved bands of this era they opened their own club, The Vulcan Gas Company in 1967 and among its attractions were the 13th Floor Elevators and many of the best black blues singers of the era. The club lasted until 1970. Their 45 appeared in a picture sleeve and featured some fine 'acid' guitar work. Indeed the band have been referred to as Austin's Grateful Dead. They moved to San Francisco for a while and whilst there Brown and Guinn also worked as The Angel Band. Disillusioned The Conqueroo split and returned to Texas. They reformed briefly in the mid-seventies.

Their retrospective album is a live recording from 1968. It features fine guitar work on Passenger and Banana And The Cat but is patchy overall so primarily for archivists. Ed Guinn and Bob Brown also cut a long demo tape about early 1967 of entirely fresh material, but this hasn't resurfaced to date. They also helped back comic artist, and Austin resident Gilbert Shelton on his sole 45.

Powell St. John went from Laredo to Austin, Texas in 1959, a harmonica playing, beret wearing beatnik kid who had a hunch that something was going on somewhere. Powell began his musical career in Austin in the early 1960's, playing at parties and clubs around the University of Texas campus. Eventually he came to work with Kenneth Threadgill of Austin's Threadgill's Bar, performing with Janis Joplin and Lannie Wiggins in a small trio called The Waller Creek Boys. Later, in answer to a request for material from Tommy Hall of the 13th Floor Elevators, St. John wrote six songs for their two first albums. In the late 60's, Powell formed a blues and rock band with Tracy Nelson named Mother Earth. Some of the most famous musicians in the world have recorded Powell's songs, such as Janis Joplin (Bye, Bye Baby), Boz Skaggs (I'll Forever Sing), Tracy Nelson (Livin' with the Animals), Roky Erickson (Right Track Now) & Doug Sahm (You Don't Know).

01. Passenger  05:14 02. Banana and the Cat  04:09 03. Words Are not as Strange  06:12 04. 1 to 3  06:55 05. Walking Blues  02:48 06. Midnight Hour  03:01 07. I've Got Time  08:21 08. Get Out of My Life Woman  04:26 09. I Think About It  03:16

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A reflection of my coaching journey and progress to date

My final blog is about reflecting on my coaching journey and providing an action plan that clearly identifies areas for future development and how I am going to achieve this. With this in mind, self-review is highly positive and can bring numerous benefits for all that utilize it (Chelladurai, 1990). 

As a method which helps coaches gain understanding and successfully associates theory and traditional procedures, Reflective Practice is advocated as an essential part of coach education (Borrie et al, 1999; Knowles et al, 2001). It is also considered to connect the application of professional knowledge and coaching sessions, promoting consciousness craft knowledge (Kemmis, 1985; Irwin, Hanton & Kerwin, 2010). 

When I first started coaching, I naively thought that my level of coaching ability would increase, in a direct and linear relationship, over the time I spent coaching in comparison with Drive theory (Hull, 1964; Cherry, 2019).

However, I soon learned this was not to be the case (Cope & Watts, 2000; Gilbert & Trudel, 2001) and initially, in the first few sessions, it was more like the Catastrophe Theory (Fazer & Hardy, 1988; Vickers & Williams, (2010). Choking under pressure, is described as a critical deterioration in the execution of habitual processes as a result of an elevation in anxiety levels under perceived pressure (Mesagno, Marchant and Morris, 2008). Using a reflective model like Gibbs (1988) or Schon (1983) enables me to evaluate and analyse my sessions and then make adjustments where necessary, as critical reflection is vital for improved coaching practice (Vlachopoulos, Karageorghis & Terry, 2000;  Sports Coach UK, 2020).

The ability to perform successfully under pressure is a crucial aspect in sport (Mesagno & Mullane-Grant, 2010). Coaches need to maintain an optimum level of arousal as it is required to achieve optimum performance (Gould, Greenleaf & Krane, (2002). In order to alleviate my anxiety, I introduced a pre-performance routine to ensure I was as ready prior to my coaching sessions (Griffiths, 2005). Therefore, in order to perform to the best of my ability, I need to remain in my Individual Zone of Anxiety, just as Hanin’s model (IZOF, 1980) suggests.

Planning and Goal Setting My main objective was to improve my self-confidence. Motivation is thought to be a combination of the drive within us to achieve our aims and the outside factors which affect it (Walden, 2019). This can be achieved by thorough preparation and goal setting. Miles (2004) and Mind Tools (2020) confirm it is essential that a coach remembers the importance of in-depth planning and good organisation to ensure that coaching sessions are effective.

Locke’s (1968) goal setting theory of motivation states that goal setting is linked to task performance (Young, 2017). It states that specific and challenging goals along with appropriate feedback contribute to higher and better task performance. There are negative effects of working to achieve goals. People that are unable to relinquish goals that are unattainable are likely to feel like a failure and become depressed (Gallucci, 2008). Coaches are more likely to achieve their goals if they are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound (Smith, 1994; Gallucci, 2008).

Rocky Road Coaches have to overcome multiple transitional challenges to reach optimal performance development (Wylleman & Rosier, 2016). Having self-efficacy confirms you have belief in yourself to perform to the best of your ability (Bandura, 1977). Being able to manage these ‘Rocky Roads’ and the way I overcome them, demonstrates great resilience (Collins& MacNamara, 2012; Collins, MacNamara & McCarthy, 2016).

Coaching Effectiveness By evaluating my own coaching techniques and style, I can reflect on how my leadership affects not only the participants but my performance as a coach too. Leadership maybe considered as a behavioural process that influences individuals and groups towards set goals. As such, a leader has the dual function of ensuring player satisfaction while steering the individual or group to success (Sampla, 2019). Experiential learning is repeatedly linked to the foundations and success of the coaching process (Griffiths, 2005).

I have not been able to coach any sport since 14th March 2020, because of the Coronavirus. This is due to the rampant speed of COVID-19 resulting in unprecedented restrictions on social movement (Total Health, 2020). I have not seen my football team for nearly 8 weeks and could have conducted a team gathering via a zoom meeting (Taylor, 2016) but I do not have the IT skills to facilitate this. With this in mind, I have set up coaching challenges via social media (Hanrahan & Carlson, 2000; Moore, 2016). Please view the video clips below and have a go yourself!!

Toe Tap Challenge (Davids, 1998; Singh, 2018) https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-CcsNxn6NmS3dUYVsueOyh0yjSWz3GbE

Tik Tok Dance Off (Gabbett, Jenkins & Abernethy, 2009; Hodges & Williams, 2012)

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Bbx1UjbIARMWq8b7Lx-Vnyj1Bomb4Hti

Coaches who design relevant yet progressive practice sessions, are an important ingredient to success (Baker et al, 2012), therefore, coaches have a responsibility to make training fun, interesting and challenging (Gibbons, 2007).  Domain specific knowledge, meticulous planning and maximising practice time in sessions are major hallmarks of coaching excellence (Starkes, 2000; Deakin & Cobley, 2003 & Baker et al, 2003).

Conclusion I have learned so much regarding meeting new players to arrival activities and recording statistical information and the importance of risk assessments. Learning is the process by which experience produces a consistent or enduring change in behaviour potential (Boyd & Fales, 1983; Zimbardo & Weber, 1994).

In order to be successful and achieve further stages of development, I need to ensure that I set new, higher targets at the end of each stage, as shown by the step method of Taxonomy and Professional Development (Bloom, 1956). This is due to there being a lack of progression in the use of either Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle Model (1988) or Kolb’s Experiential Learning Style Theory (1984).

By reflecting on my coaching journey, it has impacted on my future goals and career options. Adaptation occurs from the experience and can produce a consistent positive change in behaviour (Turesky & Gallagher, 2011). Although I would like to continue my role as a coach, I am considering a role as a P.E Teacher. I now feel more confident, determined and motivated. Education and training has moved beyond just having experience and is about incorporating significant elements of practical based experience and learning. In order to accomplish this I have set out an Action Plan (Nash, 2015).

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Kagami no Naka no Jeanne d’Arc (“The Joan of Arc Inside the Mirror”)

“As long as you have a dream, you can set forth, even on dainty feet. What is reflected inside your innocent, doe-like eyes is the road to hope—the road to tomorrow, overflowing with light.”

OR: A reminder to girls everywhere that they’re not helpless maidens in distress, they’re warriors.

dareka ga namae wo yonda sekai no doko ka kasuka na koe de watashi no koto ima zutto shinjite matteita unmei no toki kagami no mae de umarekawaritai

Somewhere in this world, Someone has called my name Calling for me in a frail voice right now All along I believed and waited for The moment of destiny I want to be reborn before my mirror

nigebasho no nai sora ai ga umoreta machi kodoku ni narasareteta

The sky that offered no place to run The town that buried its love Got me used to loneliness

shoujotachi yo imakoso tachiagaru hi ga yattekita yume ga areba kyasha na ashi demo fumidaseru kegare no nai tsubura na hitomi no naka ni utsuru hazu kibou ni michi hikari ga afureru ashita no michi

Girls, Now’s the time to stand up Our day has come If you have a dream, then You can move forward, even on dainty feet What should be reflected inside Those innocent, doe-like eyes is The road to hope The road to tomorrow, overflowing with light

nan no tame ni ikiru no ka wakaranakatta watashi rashisa wo shibarareteta kako itsuka tasuke ni kite kureru hakuba no kishi wa kokoro no kusari hikichikitta jibun

What am I living for? I didn’t know Not back then, when I let myself be bound by what “suited” me But one day a knight on a white horse Came to my rescue: That knight was myself, as I tore apart the chains on my heart

motomeru koto yori mo ataerareru yuuki jiyuu ga chikara ni naru

What I want more than anything is A courage I can pass on, Freedom will become my strength

shoujotachi yo dare mo ga JANNUDARUKU ni narerun da wasureteita hiroi aozora omoidase! hito no se ni wa mienai tsubasa ga aru to kidzuku hazu mae wo muite sotto negaeba sora wo toberu

Girls, Every one of you can Become a Joan of Arc, so Hurry up and remember the broad, blue sky that you’ve forgotten! The invisible wings people have on their backs Are there if you just notice them If you pray softly, facing forward, You’ll be able to soar through the skies

shoujotachi yo imakoso tachiagaru hi ga yattekita yume ga areba kyasha na ashi demo fumidaseru kegare no nai tsubura na hitomi no naka ni utsuru hazu kibou ni michi hikari ga afureru ashita no michi

Girls, Now’s the time to stand up Our day has come If you have a dream, then You can move forward, even on dainty feet What should be reflected inside Those innocent, doe-like eyes is The road to hope The road to tomorrow, overflowing with light

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Strictly speaking, it’s historically inaccurate to portray Joan as a wisp of a girl, but given the message is “It doesn’t matter if people look down on you for being soft and sheltered as a girl, if you have a dream, then step forward”, I think people can let it slide.

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Top 20 Most Popular UK Cities for International Visitors

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London and Edinburgh Lead the Top 20

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The Office of National Statistics, which keeps track of such things, has named the UK cities most visited by international visitors. You'd expect London to be number one and Edinburgh, coming in at number two isn't much of a shock either. But some of the other destinations in the UK Top 20 list, may surprise you. Check out their profiles to find out what makes each of them so popular.

London

Home of the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, The Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, The British Museum and more British Icons, London is a world center of theatre, art, music, literature and culture. It's also a city of colorful markets, great shopping, green open spaces and a cosmopolitan culture.

London is home to 7.5 million people, or 12.5 per cent of the UK's population. Not counting visitors, more than 1.5 million Londoners come from abroad. They speak 300 different languages. On top of its cosmopolitan locals, London welcomes more than 25 million visitors a year through its five airports, national rail stations and Eurostar terminal, the gateway to the continent.

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Edinburgh

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Scotland's capital and the seat of its Parliament, Edinburgh combines the young and modern sensibilities of a great university city and national capital with a historic and dramatic setting. Here you'll find the world's biggest performing arts festival, a 1,000 year old castle and a mountain – Arthur's Seat – right in the middle of town. And, Edinburgh's annual New Year's celebration – Hogmanay – is four-day street party to end all street parties.

Edinburgh has about half a million people people, including more than 62,000 university students. At least 13 million people visit every year. During the main festival month of August, the population of Edinburgh swells by more than one million, making it, temporarily, the UK's second largest city.

Festival Edinburgh – From the end of June through to early September, Edinburgh reels through one festival after another. Film, books, art, music, television and jazz, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo and the Edinburgh International Festival are just some of the summer festivals. But the big event is the world famous Edinburgh Fringe, a free-for-all of drama, music, comedy and street theater that veers wildly from brilliant to dire and that takes over the whole city for most of August.

Come winter and Edinburgh folks are ready to party again, staging the world's biggest New Year's celebration, Hogmanay. The torchlight parades, fire festival events, concerts, fun fairs and winter swims go on for four days. What a hangover.

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Manchester

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Manchester is often called the first modern city. In the 18th century this Northwestern city, 30 miles from Liverpool, was the cotton making capital of the world and one of the breeding grounds of the industrial revolution. Its entrepreneurs and industrial tycoons endowed it with museums, galleries, theatres and libraries as well as outstanding civic architecture. A devastating IRA bomb in 1996 created the need for city center regeneration resulting in a new, dramatic 21st century cityscape.

Today, some of the most exciting architecture in Britain can be found in Manchester and the nearby Salford Quays area. Among the highlights are Bridgewater Hall, home of Manchester's Hallé Orchestra; Urbis, a glass curtain-walled exhibition center, and the Imperial War Museum, designed by Daniel Libeskind.

Music City

Manchester has long been a hot bed of the indie and pop music scenes. Among the bands and artists who got their start, Manchester can claim Elkie Brooks, Take That, Freddie and the Dreamers, Hermans Hermits, The Hollies, Oasis, Simply Red, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Morrissey and dozens more.

Today a large student population keeps Manchester's club scene as lively as ever. And, as one of the gateways to England's Lake District, Manchester makes a good anchor for a two base vacation, combining outdoor activities with urban nightlife.

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Birmingham

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A combination of entrepreneurial daring and engineering know-how made Birmingham the manufacturing engine of Britain through the 19th century and most of the 20th. James Watt first commercially manufactured his steam engine here; the transatlantic cable and the Orient Express were Birmingham built, and this was the heartland of the British motor industry.

Birmingham also has several tasty claims to fame. George Cadbury made his choccies here and his his Bourneville Estate was an early planned community. In more recent times, Birmingham has become the heartland of that Anglo-Punjabi speciality, Balti cuisine.

With a population of more than a million, Birmingham is the UK's second largest city.It's a vibrant, multi-ethnic destination with a lively arts and music scene and some of England's best shopping. Its Selfridges – the company's first store outside of London, is an ultra-modern building that looks like it just landed from outer space.

Music With a Brummie Accent

Heavy Metal is a Birmingham sound. Both Judas Priest and Black Sabbath were local bands. And Ozzie Osborne is a native son. Other styles of music thrive in Birmingham too. The city kick started the careers of Duran Duran, ELO and UB40.

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With it's great shopping and the huge NEC conference center as draws, Birmingham has loads of visitors. Sadly it doesn't have nearly enough hotels to meet the demand. So if you are planning on heading there for a special event, plan on booking early.

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Glasgow

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Scotland's largest city and the third largest city in the UK, Glasgow's had long taken a back seat to Edinburgh with tourists and visitors. Its reputation as a rough, crime-ridden, dirty and hard drinking city put people off. But, since the mid 1980s, Glaswegians have worked hard to turn that image around.

And they've succeeded.

In 1995, Glasgow was European Capital of Culture. The award wasn't for the heritage culture that enlivens Edinburgh but for an entirely more contemporary vibe. And it keeps getting better. In 2008, Lonely Planet named Glasgow one of the top 10 cities for tourists. In the same year, the Mercer report, a quality of life survey, put Glasgow among the top 50 safest cities of the world. Nervous tourists note: that was more than 30 places higher than London.

Today, Billy Connolly's home town is a hip destination for contemporary art, jazz, clubs, comedy, design and fashion (of both the chic and the gutsy street kind). It's also the gateway to the Western Highlands. Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park is about half an hour away.

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Liverpool

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When visitors think of Liverpool, the Beatles come immediately to mind. And, of course, there's plenty to do that's Beatles related – not least of which is is visit to the famous Cavern Club.

In 2008, the mantle of European Capital of Culture landed on Liverpool, revitalizing this city in England's northwest, as the award often does. Liverpool's Albert Docks area became a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its role in the maritime history of Britain's. Visitors to the area can explore Liverpool's part in the history of the slave trade, commemorated in the world's only International Slavery Museum, in emigration to the New World and in the spread of trade and culture across the British Empire. The spotlight on the dock's history has also brought trendy clubs, hotels, shopping, dining and a Liverpool branch of the famous Tate Gallery to the immediate surrounding area.

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Over the years, Liverpool has had its ups and downs, so there are good bits and not so good bits. But the recent revival of interest in this historic city means there are quite a few new and trendy hotels.

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Bristol

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Bristol, on the borders of Somerset and Gloucestershire, is a small, attractive city with a history of creativity and innovation. It makes a great base for touring with Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick Castle, Bath, Stonehenge, Cheddar Gorge and Longleat all within easy reach.

Once one of England's most important ports, like Liverpool, it was a center for the triangular trade in the 17th and 18th centuries, shipping manufactured goods to Africa in exchange for slaves who were then transported to the Americas. Abolitionist Thomas Clarkson lived undercover at The Seven Stars Pub on Thomas Lane in the 18th century. He gathered the information about the slave trade that his friend William Wilberforce used to support the Act for the Abolition of Slavery. You can still raise a pint of real ale in the pub, open every day since 1760 and with a history that goes back to the 1600s.

Born in Bristol

From the pioneering Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, to the leaders of today's cutting edge animations, Bristol has been a hot bed of talented innovators. Brunel, who designed Britain's first long distance railway, the Great Western between London and Bristol, also designed the first ocean-going, propeller-driven transatlantic steamship, the SS Great Britain and the Clifton Suspension Bridge (completed after Brunel's death). The bridge, over the Avon Gorge, is the symbol of Bristol.

The Bristol Old Vic, an offshoot of London's Old Vic Theatre, and its associated drama school, has populated international stages and screens with graduates. Cary Grant was born in Bristol; Patrick Stewart, Jeremy Irons, Greta Scacchi, Miranda Richardson, Helen Baxendale, Daniel Day-Lewis and Gene Wilder all learned their craft there.

Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep are also Bristol natives, having been created at the city's Aardman Animation. And the mysterious graffitti artist, Banksy, another Bristol native, has left his mark there.

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Oxford

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Oxford University is England's oldest university, dating back to the 11th century. It's the reason that many people make their way to this small city, 60 miles northwest of London, on the edge of the Cotswolds.

The city has England's oldest public museum, The Ashmolean, recently refurbished with its exhibition space doubled. Visitors can also enjoy shopping in a lively covered market, find an almost hidden pub that was popular when Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were still hiding their affair from their respective spouses, explore a haunted castle and stay in a unique hotel that was once a jail.

And then, of course, there are the colleges. Visitors are welcome to stroll the fascinating, historic grounds and chapels of most – but not all – of the colleges. Others are only open during fixed times of day or as part of official guided tours. Official Guided Walking Tours, run by the Oxford Tourist Information Centre, take in the colleges, other Oxford landmarks and Oxford movie locations – including some used in the Harry Potter films.

Oxford makes a great London Day Trip, with or without a car. It's also a useful base for exploring the Cotswolds; visiting Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, a ten minute bus trip away, or shopping till you drop at Bicester Village, one of the UK's best designer discount centers.

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Malmaison Oxford Castle- Going to jail has never been so good. And don't just take my word for it. 

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Cambridge

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Cambridge, like Oxford its traditional rival, grew out of an association of scholars who settled in one place and founded the colleges. According to tradition, Cambridge – Britain's second oldest University – was founded in 1209 when a group of scholars fled Oxford after a disagreement with local townspeople.

Smaller and less urban than Oxford, Cambridge is, nevertheless, a lively place full of fascinating museums and galleries, theatres, an improving restaurant scene and pubs.

The colleges themselves, which together have produced more Nobel Prize winners than any university in the world, are masterpieces of Medieval, Tudor and Jacobean architecture. Among the standouts open to visitors, Kings College Chapel, with its soaring thistle vaulted ceiling, is a must.

From April to September, Cambridge can be packed with tourists who arrive on buses, stay a few hours and skedaddle. But train services from London are frequent and journey times relatively short so it's a shame not to linger a bit longer to explore some of the lovely gardens along the Backs (where Cambridge colleges back up onto the River Cam). Because of the crowds, many of the colleges now charge an entry fee to visit their grounds and limit opening hours.

Taking a Punt at a Punt

Punts are the traditional, flat boats propelled along the Cam and Granchester rivers with poles. The punter stands and pushes the pole into the mud. It's not as easy as it looks and more than one beginner has either lost a pole or been left clinging to one as the punt floats on. Nowadays, visitors can hire a chauffeured punt (the chauffeur will probably be a student) for a guided cruise along the Backs. It's lazy but can be fun.

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One of Cambridge's shortcomings is a dearth of really nice hotels near the center. One of the most interesting, however, is The Moller Centre, part of Churchill College. It's a conference center at heart but anyone can stay in business class luxury at budget prices in this architecturally unusual place. 

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Cardiff

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Cardiff, the capital of Wales and its largest city, has experienced a virtual renaissance. In a little over a decade its visitor numbers have increased by more than 50 percent. When the Millenniium Stadium, home of the Welsh national rugby union team and the Welsh national football team, opened in 1999, the city welcomed about 9 million foreign visitors. In 2009, that figure had risen to more than 14.6 million foreign visitors, with French and Irish rugby fans leading the way.

The rebirth of Cardiff includes redevelopment of the waterfront along Cardiff Bay. The Senedd, home of the Welsh National Assembly and designed by British architect Richard Rogers, opened there in 2006.

Nearby, the Wales Millennium Centre, opened in 2004, is a performance venue for theatre, musicals, opera, ballet, contemporary dance, hip hop, comedy, art and art workshops. It has two theaters and seven resident companies including the Welsh National Opera. Free performances take place in the center's foyer every day and visitors to the bars and restaurants can enjoy views of Cardiff Bay. The building is a striking landmark on its own, clad in Welsh slate, bronze colored steel, wood and glass, it is a reflection of the Welsh landscape.

The most famous features of the building, designed by Jonathan Adam, are the lines of poetry, made up of windows, that cross its facade. Written for the center by Welsh writer Gwyneth Lewis, the Welsh and English words are not translations of each other but are, in fact, two different short poems that complement each other. The words of the Welsh poem, “Creu Gwir Fel Gwydr O Ffwrnais Awen” (Creating truth like glass from the furnace of inspiration), are arranged beside the words of the English poem, “In these stones, horizons sing.” At night, light from inside the center shines through the windows.

Not everything about Cardiff is brand new. Cardiff Castle began its life as a Roman garrison, about 2000 years ago. It has been a Norman castle keep and home to a variety of noble families. In the 19th centuries, the Marquess of Bute had the living quarters transformed into a Victorian fantasy castle with fabulous and opulent interiors. Today it belongs to the city of Cardiff and the castle, along with its surrounding parkland, is the scene of festivals and events throughout the year.

Cardiff's post millennial revival and its position as the seat of the newly devolved Welsh government means the hotel and accommodation selection is very good.

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Brighton

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Brighton is hip, colorful and – unusually for a seaside resort – urban. “London's beach”, 60 miles from the capital, is a year-round day trip or short break destination with lots more to offer than its seafront.

Shopping, dining, a hoot of a fantasy palace, a brilliant aquarium, great nightlife and theater, block after block of Regency houses – not to mention the most scenic pier in Britain – combine with a tolerant and breezy ambience to make Brighton a very cool place to visit and an even cooler place to stay awhile.

If you like cities (warts and all) and you share Brighton's tolerant, open attitude, you will love it. Millions of people do. At least 8 million people visit Brighton annually – about 6.5 million for day trips. Brighton Pier alone gets 4.5 million visitors a year. The city regularly ranks among the top 20 for overseas visitors and is among Britain's top 10 visitor destinations overall. It is also one of Britain's most popular gay destinations with a large resident gay population.

It may be London's beach, but don't expect to pop into the sea. The water is usually pretty cold and the shingle beach is not to everyone's taste. But all kinds of watersports fans, surfers, paddle and wind surfers do love it. And strolling along the seaside or lazing on the beach is just part of Brighton's appeal.

Come for amazing shopping in the Lanes and the North Laine, goggle at the Royal Pavilion, eat lots of great fish and chips and enjoy the festival and club scene. It's a quick day trip by train from London and one you don't want to miss.

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Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead

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Newcastle-upon-Tyne began its history as a major Roman fort defending the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall. The evidence is still there at the Arbeia Roman Fort & Museum a reconstruction of the fort that guarded the mouth of the Tyne, with a museum full of archeological finds from the site.

In the early Middle Ages, after the departure of the Romans, the Venerable Bede, an Anglo Saxon monk, lived and wrote his histories of early Britain at Jarrow, just down river from Newcastle on the south bank of the Tyne. Bedes World, in Jarrow is a new museum and World Heritage Site candidate near the ruins of Bede's Anglo Saxon monastery.

Fast Forward

Newcastle is a good base for exploring of the northeast of England, but don't be surprised if the locals could care less about all that impressive history. They have their eyes firmly fixed on today and tomorrow.

Newcastle nightlife is legendary, spawning bands, performance artists and good times in quantity. Back in the 1960s, Jimi Hendrix lived and busked in Newcastle. He was discovered and managed by Chas Chandler, a musician with Newcastle band, The Animals. Dire Straits was a Newcastle band and Sting is a Geordie boy. (“Geordies” are natives of Newcastle). One of England's big university cities, students keep the Newcastle music scene alive and kicking.

Since the Millennium, the Newcastle/Gateshead Quays have been transformed into a futuristic and arty landscape. The Newcastle/Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a unique pedestrian “drawbridge”. Instead of splitting and opening to allow tall boat traffic through, the bottom, pedestrian deck of the bridge tips up to meet the support arch, like an eyelid, opening and closing.

The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art  on the quayside, is a huge contemporary art space – the biggest exhibition space of its kind in the world. Before its transformation into a cutting edge visual arts exhibition center, it was an enormous and abandoned flour and animal feed mill. Not far away, The Sage Gateshead, is an ultra modern music performance and learning center. Rock, pop, classical, acoustic, indie, couontry, folk, electronic, dance and world music are all welcome in Sage's gleaming bubbles of stainless steel and glass. The Northern Sinfonia has its home at the Sage.

Geordies The native dialect of Newcastle, Geordie, is distinctive and one of the oldest in England. If you've ever seen actor Jimmy Nail or Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole, you've heard this inimitable accent.

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Leeds

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People sometimes dub Leeds The Knightsbridge of the North because this city, built on a tradition of wool, textile and clothing manufacture, is one of the UK's major retail and fashion hubs. Glamorous shops are housed in some of the most splendid Victorian arcades in Europe. Famous Harvey Nichols established its first store outside of London here. And one of Britain's most famous businesses, Marks & Spencer, began its life as a humble market stall in Leeds Kirkgate Market.

21st Century Leeds

Leeds is a thoroughly wired up place. Leeds IT companies host more than a third of all UK Internet traffic and there are more ISDN lines per head of population than any other major city in the world. A new Internet Quarter, full of call centers and server farms, is in the works.

Currently the UK's third largest city, Leeds is also the fastest growing city in Britain. Its population of three quarters of a million includes more than 100,000 university and college students who support a lively music scene. There are about 1,500 bands currently active in Leeds. Among the city's recent success stories, the Kaiser Chiefs and Corinne Bailey Rae hail from this Yorkshire city.

And speaking of Yorkshire

Leeds is well placed for some nightlife and retail therapy as part of a tour of the beautiful Yorkshire countryside. It's also less than half an hour, by train or car, from the Medieval, walled city of York.

Leeds Victorian and Edwardian Shopping Arcades

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42 The Calls is one of Leeds most interesting little hotels – with a great breakfast.

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York

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The small northern English city of York has been an important population center for at least 2,000 years. As a Roman, Viking and Medieval Anglo Saxon city, its relics, monuments and architectural treasures are woven into the fabric of everyday modern life.

It's a lovely city for walking, with something interesting – and hundreds of half-timbered buildings – to look at and explore at every turn. Markets – in the same squares and stalls they have occupied for hundreds of years – sell everything from fruit and vegetables to snazzy hats, designer kitchen utensils and music DVDs. Boutique shops that line York's winding lanes provide plenty of prey for the avid fashion hunter. Some of the best shopping streets are mentioned in the Domesday Book and have been commercial centers for more than 900 years.

York Minster, one of Europe's greatest gothic cathedrals, dominates the city, visible from any vantage point within the walls. It has a stained glass window bigger than a tennis court and a crypt where you can explore the Minster's Roman foundations.

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Inverness

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On it's own, it might be hard to understand why Inverness, on the River Ness near the head of the Moray Firth, is among Britain's top 20 cities for visitors. But Inverness is more than a quiet provincial city. It is the unofficial capital of the Highlands and the gateway to all that – for visitors at any rate – is Scottish about Scotland.

Culloden

Just outside of Inverness, the Culloden battlefield bears witness to one of the great lost causes in Scottish history. In 1746, the clans who supported a restoration of the Stuarts to the throne rallied behind Prince Charles Edward Stuart – known as Bonnie Prince Charlie – in what was known as the Jacobite cause. The climax, at Culloden was an hour-long battle in which at least 1,000 died. It led to the brutal “pacification” of the Highlands, the banning of clan chiefs and tartans and the attempted destruction of Highland culture. The story is explained at an outstanding visitors center, run by the National Trust of Scotland, on the iconic Culloden Battlefield site. Read a description of eve of battle and the battle itself, in Sir Walter Scott's novel, “Waverley”.

Loch Ness

A few miles southwest of Inverness, Loch Ness marks the last great body of water at northern end of the Great Glen, the deep channel of interconnected lochs and waterways that cuts across southwest to northeast across Scotland, from the North Atlantic to the North Sea. Coach and Caledonian Canal tours can be arranged to visit the loch to have a look out the legendary Loch Ness monster. Even if you don't spot Nessie, Loch Ness is a beautiful place to visit and home to Rock Ness – a rock festival with its own sea monster. Urquhart Castle is known to be a particularly good place for Nessie watching.

The Whiskey Trail and Beyond

East of Inverness, the area surrounding the River Spey, is prime territory for Scotch whisky tourism. Speyside distilleries make some of the most famous and most treasured whiskies in the world. Many are open to the public. The area is also popular for salmon fishing and shooting holidays.

Inverness also within easy striking distance of the Cairngorms and Cairngorm National Park – a popular skiing destination and home to Balmoral, the Queen's Scottish vacation home. And, if you are heading for Orkney, flying from Inverness is the fastest way to get there.

But one word of advice. Inverness on weekend nights can be an incredibly noisy place. If you are planning an early start for a cruise or a tour, find yourself a quiet hotel, away from the center.

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Bath

From its 2,000 year old Roman Baths to its Georgian terraces and Pump Room, the entire city of Bath is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Jane Austen enjoyed the health giving waters of Bath and its accompanying social scene, as did many of her characters. Besides offering visitors a feast of historic architecture, this small pleasant city has more than enough diversions for demanding modern weekenders – including great restaurants, top shopping, quirky museums, a lively cultural scene and, of course, a post millennial, multi-million pound, thermal spa.

Bath is a bit too far from London for a day trip that does justice to its many pleasures, but it makes a fine overnight getaway with lots of charming places to stay and dine. Among the sights, Bath Abbey, occupying a site that has been a place of Christian worship for 1,200 years; The Jane Austen Center; The Roman Baths and Pump Room, where 18th and 19th century high society socialized and where you can still taste the waters of the ancient spring – or stop for tea.

Bath is also a showcase of England's finest 18th century architecture, with stunning terraces of pristine, white houses that have formed the backdrops of countless films. No. 1 Royal Crescent. the first house built on Bath's iconic, 18th century Royal Crescent is now open as a museum. Restored and authentically furnished, it offers a glimpse into fashionable 18th century life.

And shop hounds will also enjoy Bath. It's shopping areas are crammed with independent boutiques – fashion, antiques, jewelry and more.

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Bath Christmas Market

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Nottingham

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Visitors to Nottingham will search in vain for the origins of the Robin Hood stories in Nottingham Castle, once base for wicked usurper King John and his henchman, the Sheriff of legend. It's now a 17th century ducal mansion. But Castle Rock and the cave system beneath it – a scheduled ancient monument, hint at a medieval (and earlier past).

North of the city, the remains of Sherwood Forest, 450 acres of Britain's most ancient oak trees, can still be visited.

Perhaps it was stories of the legendary Robin of Sherwood that turned Nottingham into the nursery for so many literary lights. Lord Byron's title came from the Nottinghamshire estate he inherited when he was ten years old and he is buried in a Nottinghamshire churchyard. D.H. Lawrence, son of a Nottinghamshire miner, grew up in ther area. And both J.M. Barrie, creator of “Peter Pan” and novelist Graham Greene cut their creative teeth on the Nottingham Daily Journal.

The Mayflower Trail

Visitors looking for the history of the Pilgrim Fathers, will find much of interest in the Nottingham area, the heart of Pilgrim Country. William Brewster, postmaster of Scrooby in Nottinghamshire, was instrumental in leading a group of Separatists to Holland in 1607. The group eventually fetched up on the shores of Massachusetts, founding the Plymouth Colony in 1620. The Mayflower Trail is a circular tour through the quiet villages of Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire that gave rise to the Separatist movement.

Student Travelers

It's not all about history and literature though. With two universities and 370 schools, Nottingham has the third largest student population in the UK and has the lively nightlight that goes with it. There are at least 300 bars, clubs and restaurants in Nottingham and several large music and dance venues to keep nightowls entertained.

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Reading

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I have to confess I found it hard, at first, to understand why Reading made it to the top 20 list of popular UK cities. Though an important town in the Middle Ages, today Reading is largely a commercial center, important in the IT and insurance industries.

True, it is within a very short distance of some of England's iconic sites – Windsor Castle, Eton, as well as a raft of stately homes, scattered across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire worth visiting. It's not far from the scene of the Henley Regatta and it does have a large university population.

But, what probably drives Reading into a top UK destination are two hugely popular festivals.

The Reading Comedy Festival, in the autumn, is three-weeks of stand-up attracting British and Irish comedians and their fans along with dozens of brave hopefuls to open mic events.

The Reading Festival, is one of the UK's biggest music festivals. It takes place on the August Bank Holiday weekend and has an unusual twist. The festival is paired with the Leeds Festival, that takes place on the same weekend with the same lineup. Artists appear at one of the festivals then rush across the country to the other to appear again.

When it comes to staying in Reading, I have to say that vacation hotels there are a non-starter for me. If you are going to one of the many festivals, you are more likely to camp, and if you are looking for real charm, the countryside all around has bags more. But Reading is also an important business center and the business traveler is well served.

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Aberdeen

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Aberdeen, 130 miles northeast of Edinburgh on the North Sea coast, is something of a boom town. Before the discovery North Sea oil in the 1970s, Scotland's third largest city was a fishing port – it's still one of Britain's largest fishing harbors with a huge annual haul from its North Sea trawlers – and a university town. Aberdeen University's charter dates from the late 15th century.

The oil industry has brought oil tycoon prices. Shops, hotels and restaurants in Aberdeen have prices comparable to London. And for a city of less than 300,000, Aberdeen has remarkably good designer and boutique shopping.

The city is almost entirely built of local granite. In good weather, mica in the stone sparkles in the sun. But, to be honest, blue skies in this part of Scotland are pretty rare and in overcast weather, the characteristic greyness can be pretty grim.

Still, if industrial powerhouses are what you are after, Aberdeen may be a good stopover on your way to salmon fishing on the Dee. Aberdeen, which has Europe's biggest and busiest heliport, is sometimes known as the energy capital of Europe.

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Chester

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The first time I saw Chester, I thought its street after street of beautifully kept half-timbered buildings could not be real. Surely I had stepped into a modern theme park.

As it happens, I was partly right. Chester's famous “Rows” are partly Victorian reproductions of earlier buildings. But some of the best are really Medieval. The rows are continuous rows of galleries, reached by steps from street level and forming a second level of shops. No one is quite sure why they were built in this way but some of them, including the Three Arches on Bridge Street, have been galleried shops since the 1200s, having survived the Black Death of the 13th century and the English Civil War of the 17th.

Roman Chester

Chester, and the four ancient street that make up it's High Cross district – Eastgate, Northgate, Watergate and Bridge – are more than a thousand year's older that its Medieval Rows. The walled city was actually founded as a Roman fort in 79 A.D., during the reign of Emperor Vespasian. It's one of the best preserved walled cities in England with some sections of the ramparts dating back 2000 years to the Roman originals. The city was a major center in the Roman province of Britannia. Recent excavations, the biggest archaeological dig in Britain, have uncovered a Roman amphitheater where fighting techniques were demonstrated.

  Even if you're not a keen fan of history, Chester, in the heart of affluent Cheshire, is fun to visit. It's full of independent boutiques, has several good museums and art galleries, and is known for top restaurants, luxury hotels and spas.

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Anthony Green Announces 10-Year Anniversary Tour For Debut Solo Album ‘Avalon’

To help celebrate a decade of his first ever solo album Avalon, Circa Survive/Saosin vocalist Anthony Green has just announced the Avalon 10 Year Anniversary Tour.  

Kicking off June 29th in Washington DC, Green will be joined out on the road by Found Wild as well as his former backup band Good Old War who will also be celebrating a 10-year anniversary and performing their 2008 record Only Way To Be Alone in full.  

VIP tickets for the highly anticipated 26-date tour are on sale now and can be found here. For tour dates and locations, see below.

Lastly, in addition to the exciting tour news, Green has also shared a recent acoustic cover of Deftones’ “Diamond Eyes” from his upcoming Studio 4 Acoustic Session LP. To check out the stunning rendition, make sure to see below. Afterward, make sure to pre-order the 11-track LP before it hits stores May 18th. 

Tour Dates:

06/29 – Union Stage @ Washington, DC 06/30 – Theatre of Living Arts @ Philadelphia, PA 07/01 – Le Poisson Rouge @ New York City, NY 07/03 – Paradise Rock Club @ Boston, MA 07/06  – Mod Club @ Toronto, ON 07/07 – St. Andrew’s Hall @ Detroit, MI 07/08 – Bottom Lounge @ Chicago, IL 07/10 – Fox Theatre @ Boulder, CO 07/11 – Kilby Court @ Salt Lake City, UT 07/13 – The Crocodile @ Seattle, WA 07/14 – Hawthorne Theatre @ Portland, OR 07/15 – Great American Music Hall @ San Francisco, CA 07/17 – Garden Amphitheater @ Garden Grove, CA 07/18 – House of Blues @ San Diego, CA 07/19 – Vinyl @ Las Vegas, NV 07/21 – Trees Dallas @ Dallas, TX 07/22 – White Oak Music Hall @ Houston, TX 07/24 – The Beacham Theater @ Orlando, FL 07/25 – Culture Room @ Ft Lauderdale, FL 07/27 – The Orpheum @ Tampa, FL 07/28 – Variety Playhouse @ Atlanta, GA 07/29 – Arizona Pete’s @ Greensboro, NC 07/31 – Canal Club @ Richmond, VA 08/03 – Mr. Smalls Theatre @ Pittsburgh, PA 08/04 – Chameleon Club @ Lancaster, PA 08/05 – House of Independents @ Asbury Park, NJ

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Events to Look Out for Next Week

Geopolitics are back in the picture giving the markets pause and adding another layer of uncertainty to a shaky global outlook. However other than US-China tension, next week the global data dockets are heavy and results are likely to underscore the cratering in global economies this quarter. The calendar includes the US Jobs Report and Monetary policy meeting from RBA, BOC and ECB.

Monday – 01 June 2020

Caixin Manufacturing PMI (CNY, GMT 01:45) – The Caixin manufacturing PMI is expected to slightly improve to 49.6 from 49.4 in May.

ISM Manufacturing PMI (USD, GMT 14:00) – The ISM index is expected to slip to 40.0 in May from 41.5 in April, compared to a recession-low of 34.5 in December of 2008.

Tuesday – 02 June 2020

Interest Rate Decision & Statement (RBA, GMT 04:30)  – The RBA meet and are unlikely to move rates below historic lows at 0.25%, as RBA Gov. Lowe is his recent statement repeated that negative interest rates extraordinarily unlikely. RBA will maintain its expansionary monetary policies until progress is made towards full employment and we are confident on inflation .

Wednesday – 03 June 2020

Gross Domestic Product (AUD, GMT 01:30) – GDP is the economy’s most important figure. Q1’s GDP is expected to slow down at 0.3% q/q and 1.9% y/y.

Unemployment data (EUR, GMT 07:55-09:00) – The German unemployment rate in May is expected to have increased to 6.2% from 5.8%, while unemployment change is expected to have declined to 194K from April’s 373K. Meanwhile, Eurozone’s April unemployment rate should rise to 7.7% from 7.4% last month.

ADP Employment Change (USD, GMT 12:15) – Lasts month, ADP report revealed a -20,236k April drop that undershot the -19,520k private payroll decline by -716k. For May a -9,000k drop is seen, since nearly all measures of activity rose in May from a trough.

ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI (USD, GMT 14:00) – The ISM-NMI index is expected to rise to 46.0 from 41.8 in April. Most producer sentiment reports should show May rebounds after huge April declines due to mandatory closures, on top of the demand hit initially associated with the pandemic, and the oil price plunge with the OPEC price war, as re-openings are underway in most states. The April drop in the ISM survey was much smaller than the declines seen in other measures, however, and this is why we expect a further drop in May for that measure.

Interest Rate Decision and Monetary Policy Statement (CAD, GMT 14:00) – On April 15, the Bank held rates steady at 0.25%, matching widespread expectations. In the next policy statement, the BoC is expected to leave rates unchanged, the Bank of Canada Governor Poloz said is his last interview that negative rates are needed only in extreme conditions.

Thursday – 04 June 2020

Interest Rate Decision, Monetary Policy Statement and Press Conference (EUR, GMT 11:45 & 12:30) – Given that Lagarde buried any hope of a “mild” recession, the stage seems set for an extension of the PEPP program in size and duration at next week’s council meeting with an end date next year giving the economy more time to recover and EU aid programs to come into effect. Given that the ECB is no longer putting much hope in a quick recovery it is already clear that with the current time frame until the end of December that would risk a sharp widening of spreads in the second half of the year, when there is also the risk of a second wave of Covid-19 infections.

Jobless Claims (USD, GMT 12:30)– US initial jobless claims contracted last week by -323k to 2,123k in the week ended May 23 after tumbling -241k to 2,446k previously. Claims have been declining since surging to 6,867k in the March 27 week.

Friday – 05 June 2020

Event of the Week – Non-Farm Payrolls (USD, GMT 12:30) – A -2,200k May nonfarm payroll drop is anticipated, following a -20,527 April collapse, and a -701k drop in March. The jobless rate should rise to 17.5% from 14.7% from April, versus 4.4% in March. Nearly all measures of activity rose in May from a trough just after the April BLS survey week, but the initial and continuing claims data suggest a weaker labor market in mid-May than mid-April. Average hourly earnings are assumed to fall -1.0% with a partial unwind of the April distortion from layoffs being concentrated in low-wage categories. This would translate to a drop in the y/y gain to 6.6% from 7.9%.

Labour Market Data (CAD, GMT 12:30) – Canada employment plunged -1993.8k in April, nearly doubling the -1010.7k tumble in March to leave a massive and rapid reversal in the labour market as firms cut jobs as most of the economy ceased to function amid the stay at home orders the began around the middle of March. For May employment should revealed a 4,000k drop in jobs, doubling again last months number.

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11 weeks after opening the season in West Lothian, both sides will do it all again as established title contenders.

Livi is the surprise package of the Championship. A third tier champion has not performed as well as this after nine games since Rangers in 2014. To put it in perspective, Dunfermline (the previous champions) were flirting with the bottom two spots at the same stage of that season in which they find themselves at today.

A win for either team will keep them near the summit of the table; nonetheless, neither team will fall out of the top four with defeat.

Kickoff time, ticket prices and where to watch

Ticket prices:

SRJ Windows South Stand: Adults £20, Concessions £14 All other stands: Adults £18, Concessions £12 Away Stands: Adults £18, Concessions £12, U12s £5

Match information:

Saturday 21st, 15:00 at East End Park.

Team news

Dunfermline Athletic:

David Hopkirk, Joe Cardle and Michael Paton (injured). Dean Shiels (suspended).

Livingston:

Declan Gallagher (suspended).

Referee

Andrew Dallas (11 games, 34 yellows, two yellow/reds, six penalties).

What Dunfermline Athletic are saying

“It is going to be a really hard game. We knew from the start of the season when we first played them that they have a lot of good players, they have a style that suits them. They mix their game up sometimes they pass, sometimes they go long. They have a lot of height and we will have to put in a really good performance because obviously they are ahead of us in the table and it would be a great one to go and win and stay in touch with St Mirren at the top.” (Allan Johnston, manager)

What Dundee United are saying

“We are second in the league, only three points behind the leader St Mirren, and the mood in the team is not good. We do not forget, however, that we are coming from a lower division and that we are facing very heavy matches. But in every one we go out for victory. We work hard, we support and strive, despite good results, to stand firmly on the ground. We do not have goals set, but the desire of everyone is to get as many points as possible and to be as good as possible.” (Nikolay Todorov, centre back/centre forward)

Line ups last time out

Table

Complete fixture list

Former Dunfermline Athletic players Scott Robinson (2016) Shaun Byrne (2008-16)

Former Livingston players

Jason Talbot (2008-15)

Last five meetings

Championship:

05/08/17: Livingston 1-1 Dunfermline Athletic

First Division:

30/03/13: Livingston 1-1 Dunfermline Athletic 26/01/13: Dunfermline Athletic 0-1 Livingston 08/12.12: Livingston 2-1 Dunfermline Athletic 22/09/12: Dunfermline Athletic 4-0 Livingston

Keys to the game

Dunfermline has the best defence and offence in the league, Livingston is not far behind with the third best offence and fourth best defence. That does not mean this will be a drab 0-0. The average goals per match in this division is 2.76, both sides exceed that stat.

Errors in their own half are the biggest proponent of why the Pars are conceded at a rate of a goal a game. Seven of the nine goals have come directly from a mistake, free kick or second phase set play. Rarely do they allow space for attackers to get off a clear goalscoring opportunity. The last time these teams played, Livi found the net from a short corner and missed from the spot. They have since gone on to score in every game since (the only team to do so).

The Lions can prey on Athletic’s weaknesses just by playing their natural game. Hopkin likes a direct approach from his squad, and that can mean launching long balls into the channels that force the centre backs out to deal with them, scavenging on the loose ball and pepper the goal from there. 

Prediction

Dunfermline Athletic 2-1 Livingston

Odds

Dunfermline Athletic: 1.18 Draw: 2.60 Livingston: 2.48

Best bet

Dunfermline to win and both teams to score: 2.94

You can follow @MichaelWood_SJ on Twitter.

Match Preview: Dunfermline Athletic versus Livingston 11 weeks after opening the season in West Lothian, both sides will do it all again as established title contenders.

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Mr. John Harrobin is the former Chief MarketingOfficer of Verizon

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John also launched several new products and business units with the company, including mobile advertising (partnering withMicrosoft to monetize), FiOS TV advertising (striking deals with Comcast and Time Warner to guarantee over $100mm of incremental margin per year), mobile content, mobile payments, and disruptive and profitable pricing models such as $9.99 Family Share Plans, Share Everything for wireless data and “Skinny Bundles” for FiOS TV.  In addition, he led the effort to secure an agreement with Google to sell Android devices and, by launching Droid, helped take Android from less than 2% share to +20% within 45 days. Mr. Harrobin has a robust understanding of content distribution and usage rights having been on both the buy and sell side of media.  He led negotiations and partnerships with several teams, OEMs, celebrities, media outlets, and sports leagues including the NFL, NHL, and IndyCar.  John has received numerous awards for integrated marketing campaigns including Effies, Telly, Webby, Pencil, Event Marketer and Mobile Marketing Association (MMA).  He has been recognized with several honors including Communicator of the Year, 40 under 40, Marketing 50, and Hottest Brands (Droid).John has a diverse career of executive leadership at Fortune 20 public companies while also interacting with start-up and private equity backed companies.  He has led teams of over 600 members across four continents and has an exceptional track record for developing talent.  He has keynoted several presentations at conferences including:  AdAge Digital, Billboard Entertainment Live, CTIA, CES, and Mobile World Congress.  John is currently a General Partner and Operating Advisor with a venture fund specializing in the Princeton University ecosystem and serves as both an investor and advisor to a handful of early stage media and mobile technology companies.  In addition to his professional endeavors, John serves as a mentor to young entrepreneurs at TechStars and has served on a local school advisory board.  He is a Certified Management Accountant and holds a Bachelors degree from Villanova University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.John HarrobinAdditional Details •        Mr. Harrobin’s energy and relentless focus on growth are equally applied in the B2B arena, where at Verizon he launched the Verizon Partner Program to penetrate the mid-market SME segment, growing indirect channel mix from 2% to over 40% in less than three years.  He also formed the Commercial Committee to make informed capital spending decisions, aligned sales compensation to margin delivery through the Quota Review Board, and established an Executive Briefing Program to ensure top-to-top collaboration with 50 strategic accounts.  He continued the tradition of growing revenue at NBC Universal where he served as EVP and Chief Marketing Officer of the Content Innovation Agency, launching the Content Studio to package creative and media together and drive sales outside of NBCU’s intellectual property. •        John was the 1st person in the United States, outside of Apple or its Agency, to produce an Apple TV commercial for the Verizon iPhone launch and worked extensively with Apple on all device launches.  He benchmarked Apple’s brand voice, retail design, corporate communications, and merchandising tactics and subsequently revamped all of Verizon’s communications at every customer touchpoint, including over 5,000 direct and indirect agent stores. •        In addition, John was among the first advertisers on both Facebook and Twitter.  He was 1st (in any category) to initiate a Digital Upfront and 1st (in the TMT category) to pay digital Ad Networks based on Performance (orders vs. clicks) leading to a 5X increase in online sales and reduced CPO.  John also issued the 1st RFP for a Data Management Platform (DMP) and provided seed funding through Verizon Ventures so that the selected partner (BlueKai, subsequently purchased by Oracle) could complete development. •        John introduced Speedmatch, launched the FiOS gateway router, and developed new Triple Play bundles and service rep training to shift package mix to higher-margin packages and set recording-breaking growth while simultaneously increasing Online channel mix to over 20% of sales. •        He identified and led Verizon Venture’s investment in Invidi to develop targeted and advanced advertising for FiOS TV and in Skyfire to provide mobile browser acceleration.  John also struck an exclusive deal with Siri (before Apple's purchase) to enable functionality on Verizon Android and Blackberry devices. •        Mr. Harrobin represented Verizon on the Board of Directors of the Joint Innovation Lab (JIL), a global consortium consisting of Vodafone, Softbank, and China Mobile with a mission to promote standards that streamline and accelerate mobile application development. 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