Take time to relax and celebrate Featured
Monday, 06 June 2011 17:03
Suddenly feeling like you could go for a full-body massage? A luxury manicure? Some simple peace and quiet? Go hang up you’re working cap, wrap yourself in a complimentary robe and get relaxing! Everyone’s got something to celebrate. The Lifehouse Spa, fresh in its infancy and resolute in aspiring to make an impression early on, shows promise to deliver the best of contemporary, tailor-made services without losing the essence of good old-fashioned luxury. On top of that, the spa is placed in many an acre of beautiful and historic grounds, a rather charming comparison to the £30 million investment of…
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A Model Patient?
Saturday, 20 November 2010 11:18
When the Mwaah team discovered Tim Howlett - one of our male makeover models - suffered (in silence – surprising for a bloke!) from some deep routed back, neck and shoulder problems, we decided to send him to local body healer, Dawn Homer. Here’s what she recommended.
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How A-pealing
Tuesday, 24 August 2010 12:20
After seeing a tiny three-line advertisement for a bell ringer in Sawbridgeworth’s Church and Town magazine, Natalie Chalcraft, 64, jumped at the chance. Now she has been ringing the bells at St Mary’s Church for three years. It didn’t take long before she was hooked. “The first thing I learned was how to handle the rope,” she recalls. “We had one-on-one tuition to make sure we didn’t go flying up the bell tower! That lasted for about six weeks and then I was prepared enough to start practising with the rest of the group once a week.” One year later,…
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Behind the Scenes
Tuesday, 24 August 2010 12:17
Graphic Designer by day and am-dram darling by night, Caroline Petherbridge, 39, has always adored the theatre. So much so, she runs a children’s acting group called Class Act Theatre School and is also on the committee that runs the charming Victoria Hall, Old Harlow, a quaint old town theatre that is perfect for staging community events. Amazingly, after packing all that in, Caroline still has some time left over when she becomes a rehearsal stand-in for some of the biggest game shows on TV! I started out three years ago, after my best friend died in a car accident.…
Most Musical Mistress
Tuesday, 24 August 2010 12:13
At just 25, Josie Cowley is now not only Head of Music at Herts and Essex High School, Bishop’s Stortford but also the musical director of the newly formed 100+ strong local community choir, Herts and Soul. Originally from Manchester, Josie was 14 when her school recommended she attend the Royal Northern College of Music’s Saturday programme. There, she spent four years studying singing, piano and double bass. I come from a musical family, Josie shrugs, it was pretty intensive. When I was 16 I belonged to the Manchester Girls Choir who toured to San Francisco and then I joined…
Biker Chic
Monday, 23 August 2010 17:30
Gaynor Armitage, 44, has lived in the Newport area for 22 years, and now works as a Partner at an Old Harlow accountancy firm. A diminutive five feet tall, Gaynor is not what you’d expect in a hardcore biker, but this is a hobby she has had since childhood. “I was always a bit of a tomboy as a child, so bikes and cars had much more appeal than dolls,” Gaynor admits.
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