#Driving Lessons Brixton

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Taking Manual Driving Lessons in Stockwell can be both rewarding and demanding. If you’re looking to dive into a more advanced and Intensive Driving Course in Stockwell, consider these straightforward steps to refine your newly acquired manual transmission skills. This is a very brief guide one how to move, how to change up gears and how to stop.

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WORKSHOP SHOUT OUT | MIKE UPTON | VANS US OPEN

We’re checking out some of the various street market booths and workshops at the Vans US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach. Upton Home creator, Mike Upton not only offered his prints on both canvas and paper at his street market booth, but also hosted a linoleum printmaking workshop at Van Doren Village. We chatted with Mike about his printmaking, his Upton booth, and the workshop he recently hosted.

Photographs by Celina Kenyon

Who are you and what do you do? I’m an artist, designer, and business owner. I try to create artwork and products for the home that will inspire people and bring them joy.

How would you describe yourself and your art? I usually describe myself as a designer. I like to think of art as the way I approach all things in life and my designs as the product of that mindset. It’s all intuitive and connected.

Tell us about Upton Home and the kind of unique art items you offer folks? I started Upton as a way to make high-quality artwork more accessible for people – I believe everyone should live with beauty every day. I currently make prints on both canvas and paper, as well as metal sculptures. I’m also starting to prototype some furniture and ceramic items for the future.

Can you tell us a little about your art background? What was your first experience with art and how did you get into printmaking? I’ve been making art for as long as I can remember. One of my earliest memories is sitting at my kitchen table as a kid drawing an epic pirate cave full of treasure and skeletons.

I was also lucky enough to have had a screenprinting class at my high school. The first time did it, I became enamored with print making and have never looked back.

After high school I studied apparel design/manufacturing, and then was the first designer hired at a clothing company called Brixton and worked there for 10 years.

What’s your creative process like? What kind of things inspire you? When I’m creating it’s very intuitive. I’ll make dozens of loose drawings without much thought, and then come back to them later to edit and refine them.

I’m constantly inspired by the world around me. I collect ideas and photos I see in books, at museums, and on the internet. I also get inspired by cooking, architecture, music, and anything with a driving creative force behind it.

Describe the Upton booth in three words? Mexico surf shack.

Besides your booth at the Van Doren Village, you also led a linoleum bock printing workshop .  Take us through the workshop and what folks were doing? I’m super excited to be hosting a linoleum block printing workshop. People were able to come and learn how to design and carve their own linoleum blocks, and then make paper prints with them on the press.

What do you love in general about the printmaking process? I love the evolution of design that occurs during the printing process. As the design goes from the first drawing, to the printing medium, to the paper, the original image develops and take on its own character.

What do you like about the linoleum process versus other methods of printmaking? It’s fast! You can go from a concept to a finished print quickly, which gives you more freedom to experiment.

What are your essential art tools to work with when making art? There are no essentials but I’ve been liking a brush and India ink.

Do you have a favorite Vans silhouette? The Authentic and the Chukka boot.

What’s the best advice you’d give someone who wants to follow in your footsteps? Start now! There’s never going to be a perfect time to do the things you desire. I quit my steady job to start Upton when my wife was pregnant and we were building a house. And it doesn’t matter if you feel like you don’t have the resources or the time or you’re not “legit.” Find a way to do what you love now with what you have available. Then keep doing it. You might experience failures along the way, but take it as a lesson learned and keep going.

Besides art, what are some of your other hobbies? I speak 8 languages and am a double black belt in karate. Just kidding. I’m boring and like to work on art, make food and travel whenever possible.

Do you have some favorite artists at the moment? Ernst Kirchner prints and David Milne paintings.

Finally what do you have coming up for the rest of summer? Dinner at the beach.

[sheepsandcattle]

Chapter 1

The sound of loose change follows him as he descends the empty driveway then takes a left.

Curly tucks both hands into the pockets of his hoodie, fingers of the right closing around the coins to silence them; more of the money from Jenny and dad’s driving lesson fund; more of the money that’s being utilised for nothing more than days like today when he’s low on cigarettes and Pepsi Max.

His dad always did say he lacked agility, and it shows in the way his closed fist thumps against his stomach through the fabric as he takes sullen steps down his street.

It’s October and it’s freezing; sharp wind biting the back of his neck and the edges of his ears. He’s only been up for a bit, but the gusts are doing wonders in waking him up. He slips a hand free for a moment to pull his hood over his head, forcing his hair to curl around the edges and stick out in awkward places. It’s not like he’ll run into anyone he knows.

There are a few notes in his pocket too, and he pulls one out, watches his fingers as he rolls it absently, maybe tricks his brain into thinking he’s rolling a fag just to keep him going until he gets to the shop.

He’d probably still be in bed now if not for the empty fag packet on his bedside table. He might not be old enough to drink here, but he thanks Abe Lincoln or Bush or whoever it was that reckoned eighteen was a decent age for lung cancer in the United States of America. God-fucking-bless.

Looking right, Curly takes a step out onto the road just as a massive white blur speeds by from behind, horn cursing him as a gush of air throws his hood back and whips dark curls over his eyes, sending him stumbling back onto the pavement.

“Fucking hell,” he mumbles, his reaction a little delayed as he gathers himself. He watches as the van continues down the road, horn still sounding just to make a point. Wasn’t his fault. Bloody backward roads and all that.

Curly shrugs it off though, pushing his hair from his face as he reassesses the road and makes a move to cross again - successfully this time.

If his dad thought he was lethal enough driving on English roads, he should see him crossing the American ones.

He makes it to the other side by the skin of his teeth and goes back to rolling up the note in his hands. A back-alley route allows him to avoid walking down the main road looking like an absolute chav in the hoodie he’s been sleeping in since Tuesday. Today’s the first time in days that he’s chosen jeans over trackie bottoms though, so he gives himself credit for that.

“Shouldn’t you be in school, kid?”

He raises his head, half-way into the alley now, and joins gazes with a pair of hollow eyes a few paces ahead. The bloke doesn’t look as intimidating as his introduction might suggest; all gaunt features with a regal nose and red hair, but he stands with his arms crossed and his head cocked.

The two guys behind him, on the other hand… Curly doesn’t spend a lot of time analysing their faces, (noting only a beard on one and clean stubble on the other) the more pressing matter being the thick layers of muscle they both carry - one under tattoo sleeves and the other under a leather jacket. They give him a quick glance, then go back to a hushed conversation that Curly hopes isn’t about kicking his ass.

“Well?” Another voice chirps, and it’s another scrawny lad, only with smoother features and brassy hair, stood beside the first. Prettier (if he had to say) but, at this moment, wearing a face like a slapped arse. He looks over to the redhead to exchange a pleased look, but Red rolls his eyes like he can handle this by himself.

Not having said a word all day leaves his voice sounding gritty when he opts for, “depends who’s asking,” and the redhead looks no harder than a smack-head in any given Brixton back-alley, so his first instinct is to glance over at Fred and Bernie at the back instead, for any sign that he might get his head kicked in for being a gobshite. They’re still oblivious, though.

His eye dart back to Red who looks pleased about something, and Curly’s confused by the way his brows bow upward - until he says, “you’re not from around here.”

“No.” What is this, Bugsy Malone?

“Well,” He seems dissatisfied with the lack of information but goes on as he places a hand on his chest. “Jules is asking.”

“Jules wants to keep his nose out,” Curly shrugs and, in the foreground, he catches some movement - Bert and Ernie finally interested - but refuses to look. He just adds, “but no. I’m not sure where I’m meant to be, but it in’t school.”

Definitely isn’t here.

The blond tries to chime in again then. “Watch your—“

“Maybe you’re meant to be with us,” Jules suggests as if his sidekick had never opened his mouth.

He humours him and, at some point, the smallest smile had crept up on him - amused by it all. “What makes you think that?”

“You look like you could use a drink.” Jules shrugs and the blond scoffs beside him but is ignored by all parties. The redhead, after only a short exchange, reaches into his inside pocket and pull out a small bottle. “I guess you’ve intrigued me.”

Curly allows himself to look around again now, observing the disapproving look on the sidekick’s face and the curiosity on the faces of… He’s run out of nicknames - the two massive beggars at the back.

He says, “it’s two in the afternoon,” and then, a moment later, “yeah, go on then.”

***

“I was worried,” his mum huffs, stood in the doorway of his room as she tightens her dressing gown. “You have a phone, Elliot. You could have said—“

“I never thought,” he mumbles from where he’s sat on the edge of the bed, breathing through another drunken dizzy spell. “Least I got the milk.”

“It’s warm.”

“Well, I bought it six hours before I got home.”

She huffs again. “I’m glad you met some new people, El. I am.” Re-tightens the mauve belt around her waist. “But, love, you need to pull yourself together now. Stop moping, find a job if you’re not going to look into college. Once you’ve got a few things lined up -things to do and places to be- it’ll all fall into place and it’ll start feeling like home.”

Curls leans over to rub his eyes with his palms. The room spins even more when he can’t see it. “Mum if I was at home I’d still ‘av a job.”

“Is that what you want to do forever? Make coffees part-time?”

He groans, has a lot of good points to make but is too drunk to do them justice. He’s not sure how to properly articulate the fact that making coffee for sixteen hours a week and getting shitfaced every Friday, Saturday and Monday (Thursday too if he was lucky) like clockwork was the simple fucking life and, even if he wasn’t particularly aiming high, he was happy with where his life was for the time being and was in no rush to up and leave it all behind.

Except that he’s only here because of his mum - because that bellend Rob was shagging that bird and left his mum in a state he’d never seen before. He had the choice, didn’t have to leave his life behind, but when she said she felt alone -wanted to go back to her family in Massachusetts- he just couldn’t stomach the thought of letting her go by herself and, well… No use making her feel guilty about it all, is there?

“I’m looking for jobs, aight? I’m trying.”

His mother’s expression softens, her shoulders slumping as she steps into the room, crosses the floor and occupies herself with Curly’s bookshelf. She picks up the photo album that the girls from the Mill (terrible club in theory - incredible in reality) had put together. 

“Don’t go back to the way it was at home, El.” At home. He caught that. “It was awful seeing you like that.”

“I was ‘appy.”

“You were drunk, and stupid,” she says, but she smiles and pretends to be half-joking.

“I’m drunk now,” he points, shrugs. “I’ve always been stupid.”

“Oh, don’t be st—“ She stops. They both can’t help but laugh at that one. She shakes her head and places the book back where she found it. “I’m going to bed. I’m off on Friday. Maybe we can look for jobs together?”

***

He forgets about the job thing.

“I’m actually gobsmacked,” he scoffs, frowning down at the ground as he grinds the end of his fag into the concrete that holds up the ugly green metal gazebo the five of them are sat under. “Can’t be arsed with her getting shirty over sod-all. Slice fucking short, she is.”

His mum had every right to be fed up really, because they had planned to spend the evening job hunting and she had been worried and he had made a massive fuss about being on top of it all. But still.

Jeff chuckles to his right, scratching his beard as he shakes his head fondly. Curly doesn’t take it to heart - knows by now that both Jeff and Dean are the last ones to take the piss, but also the last to take anything seriously - ever, which probably explains why he didn’t get his head kicked in on that first night. He can’t believe that just five days ago he’d watch these two in his peripheral incase he did or said something to piss them off.

He has a hard time telling them apart sometimes (not because they look alike, because Dean’s neatly styled mousy hair and intricately groomed stubble isn’t even close to Jeff’s wiry beard and dark features) but because they feel almost like a package deal. Their personalities don’t exactly align, despite having been friends since high school, but still, he mixes up their names in a similar way to how his grandmother mixes his mum up with her sisters.

“You know what, Curly? If English and American were two separate languages, I’d still understand you no less than I did just now.”

“Funny that.” He gives Jules a sarky smile, but he’s not really bothered, just wants more reason to pull his face.

He’s seen Jules and co. every night since Monday, always meeting in this same spot in the park ever since they ended up here that first night. They always have something to drink on them, and always have pre-rolled joints tucked away in their pockets. Curly has offered to pay a few times, but Jules usually says something like, “my treat,” or “consider it a favour.”

He assumed at first that the bloke was on some decent money, until last night when he and Oscar had to disappear for an hour or so and Dean had explained that they were dealing in Abington - wherever the fuck that is. “A shithole,” according to Jeff.

“Can’t be any worse than here,” Curly had suggested, but then remembered that this was their territory, and slagging it off to Brandon over the phone was one thing, but doing it to their faces was another. “No offence.”

“None taken,” Jeff had shrugged. “Brockton is a dump. You just have to find the right people.

“Why not just move?” Oscar asks now, scowling behind blond strands out of pure habit. Whenever he speaks, it always sounds like an accusation or a test. Curly feels like he has to think about every single thing he says to this guy, just in case he dissects it and finds something he wasn’t meant to. “If you hate it so much, just move out.”

It doesn’t help that he catches the guy watching sometimes; catches him looking his way with green squinted eyes or drawn brows or both; curiosity mixed with frustration, he thinks. It puts him on edge, gives him this urge to blurt out every secret he’s ever had before Oscar gets to them first.

Curls shakes his head. “Not that easy, is it? No money, not mates - to be honest, I barely even left the house ’til I met you lot.”

Jules asks, “why,” as he offers him another cigarette, which Curly declines, chooses to roll his own as Jeff and Dean take one each.

He’s not about to tell them that he spent his first week here sulking and moping about in his room, his only company being Pornhub and his brief conversations with friends and family back home. The timezones are his excuse, but it might also have a lot to do with the little-to-no effort he’s been putting into keeping in touch.

“Just d’know where to start.”

“I’ll have to take you under my wing then,” Jules says (which is funny because Curly was under the impression that that’s what was happening already) and points towards Jeff and Dean. “What’s one more charity case?”

“Fuck off,” Jeff laughs, reaching around Curly to shove Jules to the side. “God knows how we got stuck with you.”

“I do-“ Dean jumps in, smiling fondly like he always does. “Jules reeled us in with free coke and we’ve been trapped ever since.”

“Shouldn’t have let a stranger into that party, man. It was at your own risk,” Jules argues, and Curly scoffs ‘cause, yeah, bringing drugs to a party you weren’t invited to is the oldest trick in the book - a guaranteed invite. He remembers countless times he’d catch wind of a party back home and show up uninvited with booze or weed. On some occasions, it’d get him chucked out almost as fast as it got him in, but some of his fondest memories were in a stranger’s gaff talking and dancing with people he’d never met.

The conversation continues from there, and Curly tries to keep up with all the stories that he wasn’t around to see for himself. They call it a night a short while later, but call into a store on the walk back home. Curly’s more than a little tipsy by then, and he might feel like a bit of a lightweight in comparison to the others, but he can’t help but appreciate the fact that being sober for a month before meeting these new people has made for the cheapest knees-up he’s had in ages.

“You want a drink?” Jeff holds up his ID in the soda aisle but Curly shakes his head as he passes him, tripping over himself or the floor or something.

“No ta mate, m’skint,” he mumbles as he nears the counter, slouching slightly against the surface and squinting at his options. He can just about afford the cheapest tobacco and reads out the name in a slur.

“Anything else?” The woman asks as she scans the pack and places it between them.

“A job’d be nice, love.”

Oscar howls behind him. “You’re not exactly in your most employable state right now,” he mocks, nudging Curly and sending him stumbling to prove his point. “You’d be lucky.”

“Oi, never ‘urt to ask.” He looks at the cashier for support. “Did it, darlin’?” She doesn’t help him, even as he squints to read the woman’s name badge. “Emily. I’m a mint salesman, y’know.”

Dean says, “well you’re hardly selling yourself here, buddy.”

“Yeah, and giving out cigarettes to kids for a dollar each doesn’t count as experience,” Jeff adds, and Curly shakes his head, waving his arms as if erasing his statement somehow.

“Oi, wind your neck in. It was 50p a fag, mate, actually, and—“ He holds up a finger, ignoring the sniggers behind him and, remarkably, the cashier is still giving them the time of day, even smiling now— just the tiniest bit. “—they were all of the legal age, miss. I can promise you that.”

“Take your shit and go, Curls.” Jules smacks the back of his head.

“What hours are you available?”

All five blokes fall silent, not quite sure if the woman’s being serious or just mocking him, until Jeff’s laughing as he says, “you’re kidding.”

Fuck knows how he ended up going home with a pack of baccy and a job application.

Requested translations for Ranger & Ghost (lol)

Ta - thanks

Skint - having little or no money to spare

Can’t be arsed -  can’t be bothered

Shirty - to be moody

Sod-all - nothing

Slice short (of a loaf) - to be lacking intelligence/logic

Gobsmacked - utterly astonished; astounded

[niall-is-my-dream]

Light of my Life - Part Seven

2500 words

"Are you ready?" Harry asked you nervously.

 "Ready as I'll ever be!" You reply smiling.

 "Are you sure you're ok with this?"

 "Yeah, are you?" You asked, you knew could see how nervous he was.

 "I think so, it's the easiest way of getting the news out there. Hopefully we will get a positive response from the fans."

 "Agreed! Come on lets go."

You'd been standing at the end of the drive by the gates for a few minutes, both of you nervous with what you were about to do. Jeff had called John a self employed photographer from Brixton and told him to be by a certain bridge in Hampstead Heath just after 10am on that warm Thursday morning.

John was a nice guy, he never hassled celebrities, instead getting his pictures without being intrusive. It also meant that he was very often called up by management teams and told to be somewhere. He got given exclusives because of the manner in which he worked and he was about to get a massive exclusive.

Harry was pushing Jacob in his pram, the sun parasol covering the sun from his face. It was end of August and quite a warm day. Jacob was dressed in one of his new outfits from Anne, a pair of white cotton dungarees with dark blue anchors on them. A light blue blanket covering him loosely.

Walking through the park, you headed towards the direction you knew John would be. Harry hated these types of staged pictures but had done it a couple of times over the years for various reasons.

You linked your arm with Harry, leaning in to kiss him. His trademark dimples appeared and he nudged your shoulder with his. You decided to pretend that John wasn't even lurking in the bushes, and started a conversation about what time Louis and Liam were coming over this afternoon. Harry chatted casually, as you did a small loop of the area and exited towards the high street.

You'd not seen John but knew he was there, you'd felt like you were being watched. Walking around the local food shop, Harry's phone buzzed in his pocket. A message from Jeff was displayed.

"John got some great photo's, he offered his congratulations and said you looked very much in love with each other. He wishes you both all the best."

You smiled up at Harry.

"Come on, let's get back and get this stuff sorted for lunch." You said smiling.

"Just so you know, I am very much in love with you. " He whispered, as you stood in the queue to pay.

"Good, because I am very much in love with you to." You replied.

Louis engulfed you with the biggest cuddle when he and Liam arrived that afternoon at 2pm. Arms full of gifts and a huge bouquet of flowers for you.

 "So good to see you Fliss." 

 "You to Louis."

Liam was the first to walk into the living room, desperate for a cuddle with Jacob.

 "Can I have a hold?" He asked, as he hovered over the moses basket.

 "Of course." Harry replied, reaching in and picking up Jacob.

With the summer weather still glorious, you'd set up the covered patio outside with snacks and drinks. You all took a seat, Liam still cuddling Jacob.

"So......." Louis started saying, eyeing you both up. "What the hell happened with you two?"

Harry looked across at you, it had been a while since he'd caught up with the boys face to face. He briefly saw Liam when they were both in Brazil but Harry obviously hadn't spoken to him about what had happened with you both.

"Well......I very stupidly ended things with Fliss at the end of November last year. I um.......hadn't been dealing with my grief very well and...... I basically pushed her away."

Liam and Louis both sat looking at him, the worry on their faces was evident. Harry had hidden his issues from them as well.

"Then 12 days ago I saw Fliss coming out of the supermarket and I called out to her and practically chased her down the street. She um.........had Jacob with her. We've been building things back up with each other........we've both made mistakes but we want a future together."

You hung your head in shame, you couldn't bring yourself to look at either of them.

"And you didn't know about Jacob's existence until the other day?" Liam asked, his voice calm.

"No."

You weren't sure what Harry had told them in the email he'd sent to them and Niall but apparently he hadn't really explained the situation.

"Fliss, why did you keep it a secret? We all would've supported you?" Liam asked, his face covered with the look of confusion.

You went to answer but Louis cut you off.

"Did you know you were pregnant when I saw you in January?" 

"You saw Louis?" Harry asked you.

"Yeah, we bumped into each other near my work. Louis had a meeting in a nearby office. And yes I did know."

"Why didn't you tell me love?" He said sighing.

"I didn't want anyone to know." You mumbled.  "I haven't told any of our mutual friends, even my Dad doesn't know I kept it from Harry or that we even broke up. Just thought it was the best thing after Harry ended things.  I thought it would cause trouble for him,  especially since things didn't end well."

"Fliss knows about the.......um girl I kissed behind her back. We've not got any secrets from each other now and that's how it's going to stay." Harry said, he reached his hand across to yours and brought it up to his lips.

You could feel the tears threatening to fall. Liam and Louis just continued staring at you, trying to process what you'd both just said.

"I don't know what to say." Liam said. "I'm upset you didn't think we'd help you or support you. And I'm angry that you kept this from Harry." He paused for a second. 

Liam had always taken on the role of older brother to the boys, especially with Harry since he was the youngest. Harry had told you about a few months previously when he'd been bombarded in his hotel in Brazil and Liam organised it for him to stay at his hotel with him. He was there doing some promo for his single and had heard about Harry's troubles. The band very much still looking out for each other even though they were all pursuing solo careers now.

You felt the tears slip down your cheeks and you hastily rubbed them away with the back of your hand.

"I didn't mean to upset you." Liam said, he handed Jacob to Louis and crouched down by your chair. "Just shocked that's all."

"It's fine, I was worried everyone would think I'd fallen pregnant to trap him." You replied. 

Liam pulled you into a hug, stroking your hair.

 "We would never think that Fliss, ever."

"So I have a question." Louis suddenly said. "So do you think if Niall has a son in the future, that baby, Freddie, Bear and Jacob will form a boyband?"

You all burst out laughing. 

"Maybe Louis, maybe!"  You replied, smiling.

The afternoon spent with Liam and Louis had been amazing. You'd really missed them all and you felt it had done Harry some good to. 

Sitting in the doctors surgery the next day, Harry was doing his nervous foot tapping thing again. You looked at him and glared, but he just smirked.

You didn't have to wait long before your names were called and you went through to the examination room. The doctor didn't even bat an eyelid when she saw Harry, you weren't sure if she knew who he was. You wondered if Harry liked it when people didn't recognise him.

Stripping Jacob down to just his nappy, the doctor checked him over, listening to his heart best and checking his joints moved correctly. Jacob was an absolute dream and was pretty much asleep for the whole thing.

Handing Jacob to Harry, the doctor had you lay down on the bench so she could examine you. She asked you how you were feeling, pressing on your tummy to make sure everything has gone back to normal in there. 

"Everything looks great with you both, Fliss you're obviously taking care of yourself and have recovered well. So have you thought about your contraception options?" She asked.

Oh god. It was now you wish you'd made Harry stay in the car.

 "Um, well I was thinking of just going back on the pill I was on before."

"Are you sure? There are other options of you want me to go through them with you both."

"No I think I'll go back on it, but be careful in the future if I take antibiotics with it."

You could see Harry out of the corner of your eye, looking between you and the doctor, you knew you were blushing. The conversation was making you nervous, the doctor obviously didn't know your history, so thought she was just chatting to a young couple with a new baby. Since you had reconnected with Harry, you'd kissed quite a few times and were acting like a couple. You had spent quite a few nights cuddled up on the sofa, however apart from Harry occasionally grabbing your bum during a kiss you had both kept your hands from wandering.

Sitting back in the car and fastening your seatbelt, the prescription for your pill in your hand, you could feel Harry staring at you.

"Felt like I was back at school when she started the sex chat!" He said, trying to lighten the mood.

You couldn't help but laugh, it had reminded you of Health and Social lessons at school where you leaned about safe sex.

"Um, is it ok that I chose to go back on the same pill I was on before?" You asked him hesitantly, still not looking at him. "I mean, I know it failed before."

It felt awkward having this chat, you both had agreed to take your time with reconnecting. However in the last two weeks, you'd moved in with him and started acting like a couple again. You weren't going to lie, you'd only that morning been staring at him standing in the kitchen in just his boxers. His back to you as he made the coffee, his broad shoulders flexing as he lifted the kettle. You'd managed to hide the pathetic squeal that escaped your lips with a cough and had been glad that the radio was on.

The last time you had both been together sexually, had been around the time you'd fallen pregnant well over ten months ago. Harry had admitted that he hadn't slept with anyone else since you or even kissed anyone. When that God awful model had tried to kiss him, he had reacted quickly so she'd barely even grazed his lips, before he told her to back off.

"Well um, it's your body and I know it helped with your monthly cycle and stuff." He mumbled, looking down at his hands. " I don't mind wearing condoms, you know when we are ready to take that step if it will put your mind at rest."

"Yeah, um.......... We can think about it. I mean it worked for us for almost three years it was just my antibiotics that stopped it working."

You sat in silence for a minute before Harry looked over at you.

"I'm happy to take as long as we need to um.....you know do anything more than we are. I don't want you to feel like you have to do anything else. I mean a lot has happened between us and you've had Jacob since."

"I know we said we'd take one step at a time but I feel like things are moving really quickly between us. It's only been two weeks but it feels like we've never been apart."

"That's probably my fault, I'm just so happy to have you back.....I just can't help myself."

"Harry, it's not a case of it being someones fault, I can't help myself either. I'm sat here thinking about how much I want to kiss you right now."

He didn't waste anytime, leaning over to cup your face and kissing you, your hands instantly gripped his t-shirt. His fingers were threaded through your hair at the back of your head, not wanting you to pull away. The kiss ended up being fast, mouths clashing together, both of you wanting as much of the other one as possible.

"Maybe we should change it to going with the flow?" You whispered against his lips.

You felt him smirk against your lips.

"I think that's better."

After cleaning the kitchen and loading the dishwasher you left Harry and Jacob chilling in the living room, heading up the stairs to take a shower. Harry was sitting on the sofa, his knees bent up with Jacob lying along them singing to him, completely ignoring the programme currently being showed on the tv.

You smiled to yourself as you climbed the stairs, you always knew Harry would be a great father. Many times over the years when you had been together had you imagined having a family with him.

Stepping into the shower, the water was hot, the shower cubicle soon filled up with steam. Lathering up your hair with shampoo, humming away at the music you had playing earlier that was stuck in your head. Getting up in the night with Jacob had never been easy, luckily he was now only waking once and going longer between feeds. Taking a bath or shower in the evening always relaxed you and helped you sleep better.

You were just rinsing away the last of the bubbles from your body when you heard Harry's voice. He was shouting something to you and you started to panic. You quickly shut off the shower and opened the screen, just as you were about to grab your towel Harry came bounding into the bathroom with Jacob in his arms, his eyes wide.

"Fliss, Fliss, watch this!" He paused, looking down at Jacob. "Jacob....Jacob......Daddy loooooooves yoooooouuuu."

You looked down at them both, wondering what the hell was going on and that's when Jacob gave you both a beautiful beaming smile. You quickly  covered yourself with your towel, realising that Harry had noticed your nakedness.

"Oh my god!" You said. "Do it again!"

"Jacob....Jacob......Daddy loooooooooves yoooooouuuu."

And once again Jacob gave you both a smile.

Harry's face was filled with absolute devotion to Jacob. His eyes then fell to you. "Isn't that just amazing?! I did that! I made him smile!" He leaned down and placed kisses on Jacobs forehead, a massive smile on his face.

"Um, sorry about barging in, I was um .......... was just so excited." He said, and you could see he was suddenly embarrassed.

A blush rushed up across your face. "Don't worry, it's not like it's nothing you've not seen before." 

You looked across at Harry, and then down at Jacob and you knew then in your heart that you were doing the right thing.

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Coors Banquet

Coors Banquet, a MolsonCoors product, has seen a recent increase in sales within the last couple years after ending a 11-year sales decline in 2018. You may ask yourself why the brand is doing so well recently? The success comes from the Banquet's marketing strategy. A marketing strategy that includes market expansion, organic growth, market penetration, rebranding, and marketing mix through promotions.

DSM food specialties had written an article about how the beer industry is changing in the way of the millennials. Two good points the article brought up are that purpose matters and the younger crowd is more adventurous. According to the article, from the ages 18-30, more than 45% strongly agreed that the beer they drink says something about them. Brands are trying to tell a story through their marketing strategy and even through the label. Also, younger drinkers are always looking for the next trend as they are eager to try something different. Coors Banquet is succeeding at using these trends to their advantage.

Over the summer Coors continued to implement their marketing campaigns and released two types of strategies as the rebranded their packaging and cans/bottles for a bigger purpose. The first line is called the Legacy Collection as they rebranded their can to tell the story of “The Coveted Lager”. The cans include a brief story containing the brands history of the 149-year-old beer. The can exhibits inspiration as it has factors that inspire us. The marketing manager for Banquet, Steph Canfield said that “each can has its own story” (MolsonCoors, 2022). Along with the small history lesson on the side of the can is a QR code that leads to a complete timeline of the Banquets history, starting with the exploration of the American West.

The other package and marketing campaign that was released is the “Protect Our Protectors”. This is a partnership with the Wildland Firefighter Foundation as the company has donated more than $2 million dollars (MarketingDive, 2022). Along with the release of new branding, Banquet has collaborated with Huckberry for their Legacy Collection and Brixton for their Protect Our Protectors collection. Both brands help Banquet provide consumers with limited merchandise as it generates them revenue while being another form of advertising. Both collections included commercials that promoted their goals of sustainability and environmental protection.

Coors Banquet's new campaigns give a reason for consumers to buy as it supports social issues as well tells a story behind the beer, all while being environmentally friendly. The first step in the marketing strategy is to understand the consumer. Banquet used the industry trends of having a beer that tells a story and appeals to new drinker. Banquet appeals to the new adventurous consumers as they’ve promoted the product tremendously. Along with the Huckberry and Brixton collaborations is the use of product placement in TV the shows Yellowstone and Cobra Kai. MolsonCoors says that the audience of Yellowstone encompasses what Banquet resembles as viewers are people of the lager’s target market. With over 220 million viewers, Banquet will be catching eyes of potential consumers. Not to mention they sell Coors Banquet merchandise at trendy stores like Urban Outfitters and PacSun. Banquet is moving with millennial trends and culture as it makes a comeback as a domestic beer. These appearances have boosted sales for Banquet. As of October 30th sales are up 12% over the last 13 weeks (MolsonCoors, 2022).

Banquet fills two out of four boxes in the product market growth model; market penetration and market growth. They’ve been able to drive home their product to current consumers. They’ve expanded the market to attract more millennials through the use of product placement in high viewed TV shows. More importantly Coors Banquet has increased revenue through organic growth’s investing and preforming strategies. They invested their time and money into Banquet to set it back on a path of sales incline. They also performed in their marketing department to give banquet new branding, promotions, merchandise, as well as advertisements.  

Since May of 2022 I’ve had the opportunity to work with Origlio Beverage as it’s the Philadelphia’s area wholesaler for Coors Banquet. In company meetings for On and Off premise accounts, they’ve seen Banquets numbers increase on a year-to-date basis. I had the pleasure of promoting Coors Banquet during a sampling that included Yellowstone branding as Banquet is now the official beer of the show’s 5th season. I was able to speak to customers directly on AATMF sensory information and the Banquet’s Rocky Mountain water history.  We continued to push banquet as it is very trendy in the market today.

MolsonCoors has done a tremendous job in implementing their marketing strategy to give “The Coveted Lager” new life. But will MolsonCoors continue to purse promotions that aid to the millennial crowd? Will they implement merchandise, industry trends, and product placement for future marketing strategies? In my opinion I think it’s very efficient to do so for their smaller products. You’re always going to have a market and customers for MolsonCoors products like Miller Lite and Coors light. But what will happen for products like Blue Moon, Banquet, High Life, and Leinenkugel. For example, Palast Blue Ribbon just had a promotion in the film The Greatest Beer Run Ever. The movie tells a true story and the movie appeals to the younger crowd. Potentially, this could affect sales the way Cobra Kai and Yellowstone affected Banquet. How will they continue to appeal to a fresh market is the question to be asked?

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As Students Graduate Into The Pandemic, Is University Becoming Useless?

University is a socially accepted time of hedonism, exploration and growth. But in a pandemic, the things we take for granted as part of the uni experience – freshers, parties, adventure, sexual experimentation – have all been under jeopardy (research even shows that Covid has forced students into celibacy).  

A lot has been written about the duff deal pandemic students have received, but less has been said about the plight facing those who graduated into this strange new world. 

The prospects are not booming for the graduates of 2019, 2020 and 2021. Despite employment levels being at an all-time high, salaries and pay rises have failed to keep up with the cost of living. Any job that does promise much-needed perks such as remote and flexible working, a decent pay and healthy work culture is met with fierce competition. 

And such gigs are often difficult to obtain for those seeking entry-level jobs.

In fact, the pandemic has affected this cohort in a unique way. Research shows that employment impacts of the pandemic have been concentrated among young people, with 70% of job losses between March 2020 and May 2021 taking place among workers under the age of 25. 

So what are graduates, with little to no experience, meant to be doing? Many are finding themselves on Universal Credit (UC), doing poorly paid or unpaid internships, or searching for zero-hours contract work.

And it’s leaving them with one fundamental question: what was the point of university?

Many grads are now coupled with thousands of pounds of debt, a degree which has been unhelpful in the jobs market, and competing against the 2020 cohort, for whom graduate schemes were paused.

Caitlin Yeung is one such person who struggled after graduation. The 24-year-old from Liverpool, who graduated from Roehampton University, was unable to afford the cost of living in London and moved back to Liverpool to live with her mum while looking for work.

Due to the rising cost of living and the congested jobs market, Caitlin was unable to find a graduate role and found herself on Universal Credit, worrying about her future.

“I went into the ‘adult world’ naively thinking that I would be able to instantly find my first job and in the process be able to afford the extortionate prices of London,” she says.

“Being Gen Z certainly isn’t easy and the rising cost of living combined with the pandemic has not only made it harder for me to save for my first home, driving lessons and luxuries such as holidays, but this can also have a detrimental effect on mental and physical wellbeing, especially when I see the struggles that 90% of the country are having when it comes to saving and paying bills and it makes me think, will things ever get easier?

“Losing all faith and hope, I visited my local job centre, signed on to Universal Credit.”

While Caitlin found it challenging being on UC, she quickly got onto the government’s Kickstarter scheme, which pairs 16-24-year-olds on UC with employers for six-month contracts.

She laments how difficult the years have been since university, but doesn’t begrudge the experience.

“The whole process of graduating, signing onto Universal Credit and then becoming a Kickstarter hasn’t necessarily made me have any regrets over my studies in London, as the transferable skills, friends and experiences that I picked up from those three years will stay with me for a lifetime,” she says.

“I actually believe going through what I did before, during and after University has made me a lot more out-going, thick skinned and confident.”

After her six months as a marketing assistant as part of the government scheme, Caitlin is now in a full-time paid position.

Meanwhile Georgia, a 24-year-old journalist from Brixton, London, questions how useful university has been for her. She also found herself on UC. 

“After uni, I managed to secure an internship but it was unpaid, of course, and then I went on to earn 18k to be an editorial assistant at a wellness magazine,” explains Georgia, who chose not to share her last name. 

“Then, once the pandemic hit, the publication went into liquidation, and I ended up on Universal Credit. I was being advertised jobs such as ‘manager at Five Guys’ and being told I needed to go for them if I wanted to stay on UC.”

Georgia says the pandemic caused a step backwards for graduates like her, who were only just settling into their first roles.  

“I just got my foot in the journalism door, but as soon as the pandemic happened, me and many of my peers were first to go. And then I had to start all over again,” she says. 

“The pandemic basically put anyone aged 18-24 in the same group regardless of degree or interests – which just isn’t a good way to support either group.”

Likewise for 23-year-old Matt from Manchester, Covid got in the way of his aspirations. “I’ve gone from graduate hope to depressing reality,” he tells us. 

When he graduated in 2020, job prospects were looking bleak and Matt opted to go back into education, in hopes the situation would improve by the time he completed his masters.

“I did the masters degree because it was just really difficult and insecure in summer 2020. I was lucky enough to qualify for a bursary and a fee reduction from the University of Manchester, otherwise I’d have been screwed. Then in October 2021, I finished university and found myself in a similar situation once again.”

It took Matt a month-and-a-half after finishing to find an agency level job. “It’s fine, but I’m very overqualified for it,” he says. “I’m glad to be working rather than on UC, because the £585 I was getting left me £30 a week after rent and bills.”

Matt laments that his high-price degree couldn’t offer him more job stability. “I’m just annoyed that I’m in £75,000 debt and have worked incredibly hard only to face an economy that is incredibly hostile to new graduates looking to enter careers.”

Young people like Caitlin, Matt and Georgia were thrown into these unprecedented times, just as everyone else was, but they  have the increased pressures of a competitive market, a high cost of living and tuition fees to be paid back, alongside the mental stresses common at times of turbulence. They also don’t have the once available option of a gap-year abroad, due to ever-changing travel rules and restrictions. 

And it’s making them feel left behind, doubting their qualifications, skills and career paths.

“The last two years have just been incredibly tough,” Matt adds, “I feel like young people have been sold a complete lie about our prospects by a government that at best ignores us and at worst treats us with contempt.”

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Underground Uprising “Artist of the Week”: AllWhiteBrix

The Underground Uprising "Artist of the Week" is back and this time we are bringing an up and comer from Arizona that goes by the name AllWhiteBrix.  Read the full interview below to get to know him and a little bit about what drives him as well as some advice for other artists and some personal stories thrown in as well.  

Where are you from?  What was it like growing up there?

“Born and mostly raised in Utah, I moved around a lot as a kid. Majority of the people there though are unfortunately very closed minded, Besides that though it wasn't too bad. The outside activities there are endless!“

How did you come up with your name?  What does AllWhiteBrix mean to you?

“So I was very sheltered as a kid/teen but the one artist I always found myself listening to was Lil Wayne. I was listening to music one day and came across the song "Steady Mobbin" by young money and in there he has a line where he says something like "All, all white bricks I'm straight like it's jumping back to thirty six". Well If you didn't know my name is Brixton and I guess when I heard that line it was just like that's it "AllWhiteBrix". It was not until a couple months to maybe a year later when I had brought the idea to a couple friends they then informed me the actual meaning behind it. I was shocked to say the least considering the fact that I didn't even know what it met at the time I come up with it, besides I don't really mess with that stuff.“

When did start making music?

“I actually started writing poetry freshman year of high school as a way to express myself, It wasn't until around my junior year until I actually started making music. I went to a trade school called EVIT where I learned radio broadcasting and audio production and that is when I fell in love with the whole music making process.“

5 Favorite artists of all time?

“That's so hard to choose there are so many great artist out there but If I had to choose It would be (in no particular order) Lil Wayne, Mac Miller, Tribe Called Quest, Eminem, Snoop Dogg“

What do you both think of the current state of AZ Hip Hop?

“Arizona is active! We got so many great artist out here plus the azhiphop festival! I feel like there is a lot more opportunities out here then in some other states. As I always say AZ got the heat!“

Advice for up and coming creators and artists?

“Be yourself and invest in yourself. Give more than you receive. Lastly, embrace change.“

Biggest lesson you’ve learned so far?

“The biggest lesson I learned was probably to love the struggle/process and to take risk. The journey for building a career in music is a long road but it is important to love the process that is gonna take you to your destination.“

Who influenced/influences your music the most?

“I think Mac is my biggest influence. His songs were always so different and creative. He had a good work ethic and always kept the day one homies around.“

Who would you like to collab with in the future?

“There is so many artist I would love to collab with but I think Futuristic, Chika, Travis Thompson, and Childish Gambino would be dope to collab with just to name a few.“

What’s the next move for AllWhiteBrix?

“Well of course a lot of things are on pause because of covid such as live shows and things like that, but I have been talking with my booking agent to try and setup a virtual show online but for now that's still in the works. However I will actually be dropping a new single once a month every month on monday with the hashtag #monthlymusicmondays. So stay tuned into my IG for new releases and be sure to follow me on soundcloud and all social media sites @AllWhiteBrix“

by: Steven Sandage

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Tuga Driving School: Why should you take up fast track driving lessons in Vauxhall?

Fast track driving school in Vauxhall is a series of driving lessons taken over about a week. You start learning on Monday and by next week you have got a license. What’s the catch, well let’s go over the pros and cons so you can decide if a fast track driving lessons in Vauxhall or joining a Driving School in Vauxhall is right for you.  

Fast Track Driving Lesson in Vauxhall

If for whatever reason you need to learn quickly and pass your driving test sooner rather than later fast track driving lessons in Vauxhall maybe for you instead of having a lesson or two each week and spreading it over several weeks or months.

Things to consider

It is possible to cram the whole learning process into around eight hours a day or a week. Sounds exactly like the name imply but don’t book one right away. There are some things while fast track driving lessons in Vauxhall allow you to get everything out of the way quickly. Experience counts a lot when you are learning to drive and there is only so much experience you can gain in a week. For instance for taking up a fast track driving lesson in Vauxhall won’t fetch you an experience driving in different weather condition or driving  late at night. So you may pass quicker but you will be sacrificing road experience.

Cost

A fast track driving course or an Automatic Driving Lessons in Brixton would cost around 1500 pounds with your test fee included. You are likely had to pay upfront and if you fall sick on the week of your course or you don’t get along with the instructor you probably won’t get a refund. So definitely make sure you research any company or instructor before booking and there is no guarantee or pass.

Wait Time

After your driving sessions of your intensive course, if the instructor thinks you are not ready, it won’t book a test for you and there could be crazy long wait times for tests up to 20 weeks. Which means you may be able to learn in a week, there is no guarantee you will be able to take the driving test within a week’s time.

Assessment Lessons Some course will do an assessment lesson first to see what level you are at and to gauge whether the course is right for you. It all comes down to your learning style and whether you can take instructions well from an intensive or Manual Driving Lessons Brixton your coordination is good and you can learn whilst under pressure. If the pressure is going to make you nervous and affect your driving probably intensive will do more harm than good. But if the pressure will focus you will make your work harder then go ahead and book a fast track driving lessons in Vauxhall. It is best suited for people who have some basic car knowledge and want to get tests ready quickly.

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How to Enroll in the Best Driving Classes Near Me?

Learning to drive is one of the skills every adult should decide on. Having this expertise not only makes one an independent traveller, it saves time and makes one confident about themselves. However, learning to drive efficiently depends completely upon the institution one chooses to receive their training from. So, one must make sure to find out the best driving school in town and receive the best value for their money. If you are wondering how to get access to the best driving classes near me in Brixton, here are some tips for you to help you out:

Research on the Internet:

The best way to find out the most efficient driving school you are in need would be to conduct an efficient research work on the internet. All you need to do is to enter the phrase “the best driving lessons near me” on the search engine and you will come across plenty of options. Now it is your job to find out the one which would actually be efficient for you. You can visit the websites of few services providers and go through the feedbacks of their previous clients. This will give you a dependable notion of the quality of services they can provide.

Getting Referrals from Friends and Relatives:

Another efficient way to come across the best provider of driving lessons in your city is to depend upon your reliable friends and relatives. They should be able to guide you towards some prospective driving institutes, which could be just the one you have been searching for. So, ask them for referrals without delay and get yourself ready to be behind the wheels.

Visiting the Driving School on Your Own:

You can make a list of few potential providers of quality driving lessons and visit them once to figure out the quality of their services. Meeting the driving instructors once and having a conversation with them will surely help you know whether one can be the right instructor for you or not.  Find out whether the institute is licensed and insured along with the conditions of the vehicles used in training. If you are convinced everything is in perfect order and you are impressed by the instructor, you can opt for the driving classes provided by this company.

Bami Driving School is one of the best providers of quality driving carless in Brixton.  If you are still searching for the “best driving classes near me” your search ends here. Their expert trainers make one receive the best driving lessons under their guidance. Contact them today to avail their reliable services.

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BMX bandwith

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The BMX phenomenon began in the early 1970s, when kids started racing their bikes on the grimy dirt tracks of southern California, in homage to their motorcycle racing heroes.

Fifty years later and 5,300 miles east of where the craze took off, Michael Pusey – aka CK Flash – has won worldwide plaudits as the mastermind behind the Peckham BMX Club.

Industry experts pinpoint the club – which Mi­chael has overseen since its inception in 2004 – as the finest conveyor belt of bicycle motocross talent in the country, with 2020 Olympic hopefuls Tre and Kye Whyte and Quillan Isidore among the names he has nurtured and mentored.

“I used to race BMXs back in the late 80s and early 90s, from about the age of 12,” Kennington and Norwood-raised Michael explains. “I stopped because BMX wasn’t in the Olympics and instead I became a DJ. I worked for Choice FM as a drive-time DJ. I helped spearhead the UK grime music scene by supporting artists such as Dizzee Rascal, Lethal Bizzle and so on.”

Due to his own BMX prowess and expertise, Mi­chael was approached to train riders at a club in Brixton, and his success in nurturing and guiding the youngsters soon gained attention.

“One day in 2004 Southwark Council rang me and said the owners of Edwardes bike shop [on Camberwell Road] wanted to do a BMX demo on a little patch of land the council had where there was an old BMX track [on Naylor Road, Peckham].

“So I took the Whyte brothers and other kids I was working with in Brixton down there for a demo. All these local kids showed up. We cleared up the track and had so much fun with the kids.

“The council said, ‘Wow! That was great, do you think you could come back every week and do some training with the kids?’ I said, ‘Yeah, but if we’re going to do it we need to spend some money on improving the track and do it properly.’

“They asked how much so I got someone to get a quote. I think it came to £13,800 or something like that. And the council said, ‘Yeah we’ll do it’. So we re-did the track and that’s how Peckham BMX began.”

Michael’s BMX operation was soon based full-time in Peckham, and its growth was spectacular. “Within about four years we had a host of top rid­ers and had built up our reputation. We were win­ning everything locally, we were winning national titles and in 2012 one of our boys – Quillan Isidore – won the under-16 world championship. Now we’ve got 70% of the British Olympic [BMX] team.”

Michael admits his fame as a DJ meant that his foray into BMX coaching was initially met with some bemusement. “When I came into BMX, peo­ple weren’t sure. They were saying, ‘What’s a top-line DJ doing this BMX thing for?’ But I thought I’d run with it. It was great for the kids. I had a lot of friends from England who now lived in America who had done well with BMX so I knew the path­way these kids could take if they did it properly.”

Michael has also been able to use his numer­ous contacts in the music industry to publicise the club and its activities and initiatives.

“Me being a DJ has definitely helped highlight the club more – over the years a lot of the DJs on Radio 1, Capital Xtra and so on have called me up and said they wanted to talk to me about the story of Peckham BMX.”

Asked to describe the ethos that underpins his work, Michael stresses that simplicity is key, as he seeks to instil good habits in his charges, both on and off the track.

“I give them nutrition lessons,” he says. “I talk to them about what they should be eating, what they shouldn’t be eating. I talk to them about go­ing to bed on time and waking up early.

“I stick to the same simple routine: turn up on time for training, train hard for a couple of hours, food before the kids leave. It’s a simple process: plan exercise, study your craft and eat well. It sounds simple but most people don’t do it!

“It’s worked out really well. I’ve seen these kids grow into great young men and women.”

Peckham BMX Club soon outgrew Naylor Road, as the ever-ambitious Michael set his sights on building the “best BMX track in the country”.

“The Naylor Road track was only small, a quar­ter of the size of what the kids were racing on. We were winning all these titles and didn’t even have a full-size track. People were saying, ‘Hang on, there’s these urban kids from London, mostly black kids, they haven’t got a proper track and they’re winning the biggest races in England and some in Europe as well.’

“So we kept hounding the council; I’d bring kids down to council meetings in their helmets and race gear with their bikes and I’d say, ‘Look, these are the kids you’re stopping progressing!’

“Residents supported us too – they were saying, ‘Look, the club’s doing a great job, they’ve taken something that was not used and overgrown and now there’s something going on there.’”

Michael’s big opportunity arrived when Bur­gess Park received a £2 million redevelopment grant from the mayor of London after a public vote. The council bought into Michael’s vision to incorporate a BMX track in to the development.

“We were able to pinpoint exactly the right spot and then I got the guys who built the London 2012 Olympic track to come over,” Michael recalls. “They worked with the council and myself. I told them we wanted the best track in England.

“I was able to point out little defects at other tracks they’d done. I think I raised about £600,000 and the council put in another £600,000. Then we built the track and opened in August 2013.”

The track is a stunning monument to Michael’s determination, drive and ever-present desire for excellence. At 350 metres long, with three three-metre high berms (a curved, banked turn) and a 70-metre pro straight, it is considered one of the best and most challenging BMX tracks in Britain.

In 2017, Michael’s incredible devotion to the club and developing young talent was recognised when he was awarded an MBE. “I was out of my comfort zone in a suit and top hat and what have you!” he laughs, recalling the day he received the award from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.

“But it was a great day. To be honest what I do isn’t for fame or money – I just do what I can to help people. The award was more for the kids and for my family and my mum really. My mum was there and she was so proud and over the moon.”

Above all else, Michael emphasises that his work in Peckham contains a valuable lesson for young people. “Really it’s about the message for young people: look what has been created in Peckham through sheer determination. The determination I had to show when I got up after DJing until 4am to be at the track at 9am.

“The determination to work weekends, deter­mination to use my own money to take kids to competitions. Determination to not give up on the kids and to be on the phone looking for spon­sors for some extra money here or there to help the club. It’s just what I do.”

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PETER OBORNE: My moneys on Jeremy Hunt to save the Tories

Some time ago, I put money at long odds on Jeremy Hunt becoming leader. He is now a favourite, but by no means a certainty

Several years ago, I was surprised to receive an invitation from an aide of Sir John Major to meet the former prime minister.

When I arrived at his South London office, not far from Brixton where he was brought up, he poured out his heart.

He said he believed the Conservative Party that he loved and of which he’d been a member for almost 60 years was being hijacked by ‘bigots’.

Decent people, he added, should come together to save the Tories.

I listened politely but dismissed his interpretation, as it was coming from a man who had been very badly scarred by the revolt of anti-EU Tories — whom he’d memorably described as ‘b*****ds’ — which did so much to wreck his premiership.

Since then I have changed my mind.

I now recognise that Major had wisely identified something which has gone on to fester in the Tory Party ever since he lost power in 1997. The boil burst this week, with Theresa May forced to fall on her sword because today’s equivalents of Major’s ‘bigots’ have refused to approve her EU exit deal as a result of their bovine hatred of the Brussels-based superstate.

All this means we are facing the sixth Tory leadership election since Major stepped down. Will the ebullient Boris Johnson win? Or the cautiously pragmatic Jeremy Hunt? Perhaps the young thruster Tom Tugendhat? Or the unashamedly ambitious Sajid Javid?

But whoever succeeds Mrs May, they will not be the solution to the Party’s woes. Much more important is for Tory MPs and Party workers to ask themselves a rather bigger question.What kind of political organisation do they want to be?

Do they want to uphold the broad-based Conservatism which can be traced back to Disraeli and was championed by Stanley Baldwin and Harold Macmillan? (John Major is part of that One Nation tradition.)

Do they want to follow the rightwards path pursued to no avail by William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith?

 All this means we are facing the sixth Tory leadership election since Major stepped down. Will the ebullient Boris Johnson win? Or the cautiously pragmatic Jeremy Hunt? Perhaps the young thruster Tom Tugendhat? Or the unashamedly ambitious Sajid Javid?

Or do they want to be an ideologically rigid pressure group with a fanatical supporter base, but which doesn’t have roots in wider society?

The latter course is the one blithely taken by Jeremy Corbyn. His Labour Party may have record numbers of passionate members — especially among the young — yet it finds it very hard to achieve poll ratings higher than 40 per cent from the wider public.

The Tories must learn the lesson from watching Corbyn’s far-Left Momentum outriders hijack a party which was once led by visionaries and moderates such as Clement Attlee, Labour’s greatest prime minister.

Lords must prove their value 

Hats off to Lord Ravensdale for winning the hereditary peers’ by-election.

The 36-year-old engineer and great-grandson of fascist leader Oswald Mosley will now sit in the Upper House as a crossbench peer. Six rival candidates got no votes at all.

During Lord Ravensdale’s previous three attempts, one of those who beat him was the 19th Earl of Devon (a barrister who’s married to an American actress and owns 600-year-old Powderham Castle in Devon).

Since his election last July, the Earl of Devon has not spoken in the House, hasn’t asked a single question and has only voted once.

Last week, the Lords shamefully stymied a bill to abolish these antiquated by-elections which are a hangover from Tony Blair’s botched reform of the Second Chamber.

Until such processes are brought up to date, at least Lord Ravensdale has the opportunity to prove his value, unlike so many drab drudges appointed though the patronage of party leaders. 

For the alternative is very dangerous. Recent events suggest that we could be witnessing a process which reminds me of the nightmare scenario set out to me by John Major.

The Conservative Party is increasingly being dominated, certainly at a grassroots level, by a highly organised and motivated group of doctrinaire hardliners.

Like Militant Tendency 30 years ago, personified by Derek Hatton and which tried to launch a coup against Neil Kinnock’s Labour, these Right-wing ideologues are intent on driving out Tory members whose views they don’t like.

One example of this is the attempt to deselect Nick Boles, MP for Margaret Thatcher’s home town of Grantham. His sin? The former Remainer is considered too soft on Brexit as he has been seeking a ‘Norway-style’ exit from the EU.

Another parallel between the Tories and Labour is the way both parties are riddled in some sections with bigotry towards religious minorities. For Corbyn, it is the virus of anti-Semitism. For the Tories, it pains me to report, it is the virus of Islamophobia.

It goes without saying that there should be no room for this kind of hatred in any modern political party. So in which direction should the Tories go now? I hope the Party will take the path of decency and moderation.

That said, who is best suited to be the next leader?

In no particular order, I’ll start with Amber Rudd. She’s a capable politician who has been a decent Cabinet minister. But her pro-EU views would make her too much of a divisive figure and scare off pro-Brexit voters. The opposite is the case with hardline Leavers Boris Johnson, Dominic Raab and Jacob Rees-Mogg. But I think their hopes of the top job are fatally tainted because they are too fanatical.

Unforgiveably, Johnson compared Mrs May’s deal to a ‘suicide vest around the British constitution’.

Raab stupidly claimed that the Withdrawal Agreement was ‘even worse’ than staying in the EU.

Rees-Mogg said the deal meant that Britain would become an impotent vassal state of the EU.

The trio finally backed Mrs May yesterday, but their disloyalty up to that point has made them politicians who do not deserve to be taken seriously.

Just as important, any one of them as Tory leader could not command the support of the population at large and would, I’m sure, deliver the keys to No. 10 to Corbyn in an election landslide.

In my view, the next Tory leader must come from the Centre of the party.

It is a shame that Chancellor Philip Hammond is so bland. Otherwise he would be a steady-the-ship candidate.

The TWO ministers with the best chance are Home Secretary Sajid Javid and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

Some time ago, I put money at long odds on Mr Hunt becoming leader. He is now a favourite, but by no means a certainty.

Such is the current chaos that the field is open for someone talented from the younger generation of politicians to come through the ranks and show that they can end the rancid sectarianism which has done such damage to the Party.

Mrs May’s resignation offers the chance for the Tory Party to reinvent itself as the wholesome organisation it once was and which is capable of being trusted by families across all four countries of the United Kingdom.

The Party is fast running out of time to do this. Otherwise the Tories will see Jeremy Corbyn as prime minister within weeks. 

Theresa May has been brought down by treachery and intrigue but prime minister Harold Wilson suffered worse.

In his newly published autobiography, Kick ’Em Back, his press secretary Joe Haines tells how the No. 10 doctor offered to ‘dispose’ of the PM’s troublesome aide, Marcia Falkender. He said he could do it ‘in such a way that her death would seem like natural causes’. The physician would then sign the death certificate and ‘that would not be a problem’.

Haines, 91, says he turned down the offer, of course. 

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Saffron Walden County High School: An exemplary school. The Learning Rainforest made real.

Last week I spent a day visiting Saffron Walden County High School in the North-West corner of Essex.  This was the result of a conversation with Head and CEO, Caroline Derbyshire who suggested that I should consider writing a ‘Learning Rainforest in Action’ follow-up book.  Having read the original book, Caroline felt that SWCHS embodied many of the ideas in it – so I went along to see for myself.

It wasn’t the first time I had been to SWCHS – I’ve had the pleasure of visiting several times in the last 10 years, including the visit that resulted in writing one of my all-time most-read blogs ‘Making Feedback Count: “Close the Gap”   which features the feedback system the school was developing at the time.  A key element of that visit was a superb CPD session with a carousel of departmental workshops coordinated by Polly Lankester who is now Associate Headteacher.

On my latest visit I had the privilege of observing 21 different lessons on a day-long tour supported by various members of the leadership team.  It was wonderful.  I can safely say that SWCHS is one of the best schools I’ve ever seen, in any sector.

It would be tempting to attribute this to the advantages the school enjoys:  it’s an extremely nice part of the country to live in; teachers want to live in the area, they stay and invest in the community; it’s near Cambridge so there’s a pool of fresh talent from the PGCE courses there; the school has had a benefactor who funded building an exceptional concert hall facility, Saffron Hall, run as a professional arts venue on site.  The school’s size and locality enables it to recruit a very large Sixth Form of 600 students (impressively, the school has only recently started taking about moving from  GCSE 4s to 5s as the entry requirements: strive for 5 is the mantra! ; It’s a very comprehensive Sixth From compared to many schools and their ALPS 2 suggests they’re doing a great job!).

But these advantages don’t come close to explaining the quality of the experience students are getting there.  Dare I say, the reasons align with the elements of my Learning Rainforest analogy:

Establishing the conditions:  I’d say that the school provides optimum working conditions for staff.  It feels like a wonderful place to work. The physical environment is fabulous but there’s a palpable spirit of professional trust, extensive investment in CPD and the best in-school coffee shop you’ll ever see! Certainly in a state school.  Stability in staffing is very high – but this has been crafted, worked at – it doesn’t just happen.  Recruiting and retaining great teachers isn’t taken for granted and a lot of effort goes into supporting the teaching school and other alliances.  They also offer a superb curriculum with a clever blend of breadth and depth, using Year 9 as a bridging year leading into a wide range of options.

Building Knowledge:  The quality of teaching is brilliant.  It’s rare to see such sustained quality over a day visiting lessons; each teacher brimming with subject expertise; each presenting a sense of drive and purpose, matching very high expectations of students with expert lesson structures engaging all students in a rigorous, inspiring learning process.

The school’s emphasis on research-engagement has yielded superb practice linked to retrieval practice, modelling and feedback.  At a lunchtime meeting with curriculum leaders, I was struck by the thoughtful evaluation of their practice and the way they’re seeking to continually develop their curriculum and pedagogy to embrace the learning from research, reading and their own enquiry work.

Exploring the possibilities:  The school provides exceptional extra-curricular opportunities through trips and visits, visiting artists and so on – but the possibilities are largely evidenced in lessons.  I saw some of the best drama lessons I’ve ever seen, probably the best KS3 technology work I’ve ever seen and multiple examples of A level teaching where students were firmly in the driving seat.  The sixth form is big because its quality attracts students to join – there’s a virtuous spiral of success fuelling success.

All of this emerges from a deliberate blend of systems and culture. There’s a rigour to everything with intelligent systems – including the assessment regime I described in an earlier post: The Ideal Assessment Tracking Regime? The school has high expectations of staff, for sure. But the culture allows the systems to deliver. It’s the kind of school you want to be in to teach, to lead, to express yourself.   Of course, it’s not perfect. They have some achievement issues to address; some further gaps to close.  Not everything lines up perfectly at once and, despite their successes, they’re fully aware of where further improvements lie.  That’s the sign of a great school: always ambitious for further success.

To bring all this alive, here are some nuggets from the lessons I observed:

English Y7:   Students were engaging with a range of new words such as indolently, impertinently .. used in sentences. The task was to infer their meaning from the context. There was a superb follow-up Q&A where the teacher explored their answers and consolidated the correct meanings.

Physics Y12:  A classic demo lesson and whole-class experiment:  measuring bullet velocity with an air-rifle and air track, applying conservation of momentum. I used to do this one myself over 30 years ago – I love how stable the physics curriculum is!

Computing. Y9:  In a bookwork lesson,  away from computers, students were working on code for a PIN number verification routine, explaining and checking each other’s solutions. The peer supported problem-solving going on around the class was impressive.

Drama Y9: An exceptional lesson featuring a devised piece rehearsal:  three groups formed circles rotating to bring each student to the front in turn, with everyone else mimicking the central speaker –  a range of accents, characters, personal stories. This was followed by a machine/rap ‘families’ choral piece and other elements with students working towards an imminent performance.  I was so impressed by the discipline, expectations, trust, rigour… and the time given to repetition and practice.  Notably, the drama teacher was about to head off to a 2-day residential theatre trip with her A level students to see three shows in London.

Maths Y9:  Applying area in problem solving using algebra.  A well-pitched balance of stretch and practice; modelled and checked in the detail.  Great maths teaching.

History GCSE:  Planning for source question on suffragettes:  There was a big focus on securing the relevant knowledge and on retrieval practice: knowing the facts.  A3 sheets of annotated pie charts were used cleverly as a device to identity the relative effects of different factors.  I also loved the macro timeline reinforcement….students had impressive recall across the Power and People theme: 1170 to present; Magna Carta to Brixton Riots.

  Art Y11:  Students were making superb clay heads or teapots… extended pieces using a range of new 3D skills, working towards their mock exam.  Supporting portfolios were excellent and the ambition, high expectations, support for creative exploration and the intensity in the process/work rate were hugely impressive.  The ‘close the gap’ feedback system was still going strong.

Graphics Y11:  Interestingly, a recent switch to the Art and Design spec moving from old-style DT design portfolios to art portfolios was making it more much more creative. Students were exploring shapes with a link to natural forms to inform a design brief for an outdoor structure.  I remarked on the quality of an exemplar project displayed on the wall.  It belonged to the student next to me who was beaming.. it was stunning.

PE: Y7 basketball : An expert blend of group practice, whole class instruction with student modelling, then more practice –with all students involved! One student’s enthusiastic demo of a dribble technique was lovely – in answer to the question ‘why do we need to use that method?’, he showed how it could go wrong if you didn’t use it. Metacognition in PE – brilliant.

Drama Y7…This lesson showed how a curriculum platform is built enabling the Y9 lesson seen earlier to be so good.   Here, one group was in the centre with everyone acting as audience offering critique. Again the lesson was characterised by challenge, structure, expectation with tons of feedback; a blend of disciplined creative thinking.

Psychology Y13 : An essay planning  lesson; highly synoptic, with the teacher guiding discussion, bringing together different points, modelling how to make links.  The was excellent probing questioning (my favourite thing in teaching)  linking knowledge to essay technique i.e. linking specific studies to the particular question.  It was notable how students had the option to use laptops for notes in a high-trust grown-up manner.

History Y13: Russia: A  small group activity to prepare a set of annotated images of Soviet art to share as a revision tool – the question being the extent to which the images represented reality.  There was  impressive harnessing of student agency, discussing ideas, making notes, sharing.. collaborating with links to the bigger question about the success of establishing a socialist society 1917-41. Again, I was impressed with what students knew and how the task supported them in probing deeper.

Percussion Workshop:  Part of the day included observing the visiting So Percussion ensemble who were there to run a workshop with a  group of 20+ Year 9s  for three days. In the workshop students were involved in a rule-based composition activity taking turns for a practical hands-on marimba lesson, the plan being for them to contribute to a public concert on the Friday.

Geology Y13:  So great to see Geology A level going strong! Here the class were going somewhat off-piste, using desks to model a geological event– making a fissure and linking this to the pressure/forces and the flow of magma.  Great stuff!

English Y13:  A fascinating discussion of gender, with students forming a schema around polarities, organising ideas on standard gender characteristics as students volunteered them.  This fed into a process contrasting and applying these identities to central characters in The Duchess of Malfi: a superb blend of teacher instruction and group discussion.

Business Y13: The topic was critical path analysis.  Students were using the idea of making tea to explore how far you can go to specify step by step processes. As elsewhere, the teacher-student rapport was wonderful.

English Y11:  Lord of the Flies. Revisiting the text for the first time after studying it in Year 10, students were looking at how to deploy quotations, reviewing prior knowledge and undertaking a keyword check:  eg microcosm, allegory… – a great example of allowing all students to think, explore their own recall and understanding and then check.

Textiles Y8:  A double lesson forming part of a week on/week off rotation with food tech and wider rotation with resistant materials.  For a relatively short dose of textiles, the expectations and outcomes were fabulous.  Very well structured booklets drive the curriculum with ‘close the gap’ improvements shown.  In the lesson all students were at sewing machines making batik cushions and the mini-portfolios made for homework were superb.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen KS3 DT homework this good.

Spanish Y10. This lesson exemplified so many aspects of what I regard as great MFL teaching.  The activities got everyone speaking; the key structures were being repeated, reinforced, practised. All class instructions were given in Spanish, with lots of teacher talk in Spanish. The focus was on revision of the language to develop opinion and included the retrieval practice game: Quiz, Quiz, Trade… cleverly allowing all students to be involved simultaneously in practising and checking each other’s understanding.  Magnífico!

French Y10:  Another great MFL lesson featuring a tic-tac-toe game to rehearse pronunciation.  Again instructions were predominantly in French for a task that supported the rehearsal of vocabulary; the teacher intervened to reinforce key pronunciation. Attention to detail!  Students had an impressive knowledge organiser booklet with all the key phrases organised lesson by lesson; they explained how they learn phrases by a combination of practice and testing themselves.

Y9 Physics:  Great teacher demo of Newton’s laws involving with trolleys for people to stand on moving in opposite direction;  good emphasis on making sure students distinguish weight vs mass.  This was followed-up with remote control car on a surface moving in opposite directions. Here we had a term one NQT doing a great job balancing developing skills of behaviour management with developing the teaching of the subject. And it says a lot about SWCHS that they have such confidence in their NQTs and the support they get to allow visitors in to see their lessons.

Y8 Geography:  Students were looking at GDP/capita  vs life expectancy.  The graph plotting is challenging providing an important reminder of the attainment range in the school; students operate within a palpable ‘teach to the top’ ethos that permeates the school. In classic Rosenshine style, there was lots of supervised guided practice as the teacher circulated.

I hope the details shared here go someway to illustrate the Learning Rainforest: superb conditions, deep knowledge, exciting possibilities.  Culture and systems. Rigour. Teaching to the top.  Teaching for memory and recall.  And Joy, Awe and Wonder in plentiful supply.  SWCHS is a truly wonderful school that many could learn from.  I hope they’re prepared for the visit requests! Thanks to Caroline, Polly, Cathy, Matt, Angela and Graham for your hospitality.  I know how proud you and your colleagues are of the school and everything you’ve achieved.  And thanks especially to all the SWCHS teachers who welcomed me into your classrooms so openly.  Excellence like this doesn’t happen by magic. You’ve all created something very special.

Rainforest Image:  Taken from SWCHS corridor art display. 

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What is Parallel Parking? How to Do it like a Pro?

Many car enthusiasts love their car as much as they love their family. Not only while driving but also when parking a car, they give meticulous attention to their cars. The reason is they know a car is not safe even in the parking lot if it is not parked properly. Why? Because there are chances that someone can hit the car and damage it from the sides. You might not believe but the fact is in Southern London thousands of cars get damaged in the parking area every month. Driving experts hold driving negligence as one of the biggest reasons for an unexpected collision of cars in the parking area. The second reason, according to them, is the inability to do parallel car parking which should be an indispensable part of learning in an intensive driving course in Stockwell.That’s why it is highly recommended to first check with your driving school if they teach you not only how to drive a car but also how to park a car in parallel to another car. In case, you are wondering what parallel car parking is and how to do it then this article is for you.

What is Parallel Parking?

As the name indicates, parallel car parking simply means parking a car to parallel another car or between two cars or a curb. The method of parallel car parking includes shifting gear between first and reverse gear to move back and forth the vehicle while maintaining a close distance with another vehicle. Parallel car parking is easier said than done. It requires a lot of practice.

Many beginners who have recently completed driving intensive course in Stockwell are most often scared of doing parallel parking due to lack of practice. However, you don’t need to worry if you don’t know the tips and tricks of parallel car parking. In the next section, we are going to discuss the steps of parallel car parking.

How to Park a Car in Parallel to another Car or Wall?

If you don’t drive a car much, you may feel that the skill to park a car in parallel to another car or wall is not necessary for you. In such a case, you might call your father or any other family member to park a car for you, thinking that it is their job to do the parallel car parking. However, the truth is, that parallel parking is not as difficult as it has been perceived. Nor does it require super mental power. This is just a skill and could be acquired by anyone. These are the steps you need to keep in mind while doing parallel parking.

First, find a suitable spot where parallel car parking is possible.

Make sure the space is more than one and a half times the length of your car.

Now before you turn your car, give an indicator to show that you are parking your car.

In the next step, you need to pull up your car alongside the first car behind you want to park your car,

Make sure there is a gap of up to 2 feet between your and another car. The gap might be more or less depending on the length and breadth of the car.

After looking at all sides to ensure the way is clear, put the car on back gear and start reversing the car carefully in the direction of the wall or between the two parked using side and back side mirrors.

Once most of the part of your car is fitted into the space then straighten the steering and slowly reverse or forward the car as per the requirement while carefully looking at the side and back mirror.

Now check if the car fits into the space properly. If it is not, move the car back and forth to make the adjustment. 

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Intensive Driving Course in Stockwell What is an intensive driving course

An Intensive Driving Course in Stockwell is a fast-paced program designed to help individuals learn to drive and pass their driving test in a shorter time frame than traditional lessons. These courses typically condense the learning process into a few days or weeks, allowing students to focus solely on driving skills and theory. With a combination of practical driving experience and classroom instruction, participants can quickly gain the confidence and knowledge needed to become safe, competent drivers.

An intensive driving course is ideal for individuals who want to quickly gain their driving license, such as those who are preparing for a driving test in a short timeframe or those who may have had previous driving experience but need to refresh their skills. It's also beneficial for busy people who prefer to learn in a condensed format rather than over several weeks or months.

How many types of Intensive Driving Courses are available in a driving school?

There are several types of intensive driving courses available, each designed to cater to different needs and preferences.

Crash Course

One common type is the crash course, which typically spans a few days and focuses on getting learners ready for their driving test as quickly as possible. Each type offers a unique approach to help individuals gain confidence and proficiency behind the wheel in a short amount of time.

Residential Course

Another option is the residential course, where students stay at a designated location and receive concentrated driving instruction over a week or more.

Tailored Course

Additionally, there are tailored courses that can be customized based on the learner's experience level, whether they are complete beginners or looking to refine specific skills.

Advantages of driving intensive course in Stockwell

Driving Intensive Course in Stockwell offer several benefits. They provide a fast-track approach to learning how to drive, allowing students to gain their licenses in a shorter time frame. This concentrated format helps reinforce skills quickly, making it easier to retain information. Additionally, the immersive experience can boost confidence behind the wheel, as learners spend more time practicing in a condensed period. Furthermore, these courses often have flexible scheduling options, accommodating various lifestyles and commitments. Overall, intensive driving courses can be an efficient and effective way to become a competent driver.

Automatic Driving Course in Stockwell

Automatic Driving Course in Stockwell are designed to teach individuals how to operate vehicles equipped with automatic transmissions. Tuga driving School based in UK offers several courses that focus on essential driving skills, including understanding vehicle controls, mastering safe driving techniques, and navigating various road conditions. Participants along with an Automatic Driving Instructors in Stockwelllearn to handle the car with ease allowing them to focus more on the road and less on gear shifting. The curriculum often includes both classroom instruction and practical driving sessions, ensuring that learners gain confidence and competence behind the wheel.

For additional information on Automatic Driving Lesson Prices in Stockwell, feel free to reach out to Tuga Driving School by visiting their website or calling their customer service number.