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	mso-style-parent:""; 	mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; 	mso-para-margin:0cm; 	mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; 	mso-pagination:widow-orphan; 	font-size:10.0pt; 	font-family:"Times New Roman"; 	mso-ansi-language:#0400; 	mso-fareast-language:#0400; 	mso-bidi-language:#0400;} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Dear Friends, Colleagues and Esteemed Clients, &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Christmas is now only a few weeks away and indeed &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;London&lt;/st1:city&gt;, &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Brussels&lt;/st1:city&gt; and &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Paris&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; are as busy as ever.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;I have great pleasure to invite you&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;personally to the “Salon d’Or”©™, a distinguished membership Club with a monthly gathering in the most exclusive surrounding. &lt;a href="http://salondor.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://salondor.eventbrite.com/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I am also announcing the creation of the “Collection d’Or”©™ in the new year, A high standing collection of venues, restaurants,  hotels and services for the discerning clientele&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Please enquire if you are such.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;"I am easily satisfied with the very best" Sir Winston Churchill&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;The Anglo-Belgian Community will be present on the &lt;b style=""&gt;6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; November&lt;/b&gt; at Westminster Abbey at 6pm for the reenactment of the Torch Kindling Ceremony that has been carried ever since after the second World War to link our two countries in a symbolic and moving gesture.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;a href="http://torch.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://torch.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt; this is a free event.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;On the &lt;b style=""&gt;same evening&lt;/b&gt; Circa is moving to the &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;Institute&lt;/st1:placetype&gt; of &lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Director&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; and will be a very well attended event &lt;a href="http://www.circa-club.com/events/gay_mens_events_london_glpnovember09.php"&gt;http://www.circa-club.com/events/gay_mens_events_london_glpnovember09.php&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Saturday &lt;b style=""&gt;7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; November, &lt;/b&gt;The Commonwealth Countries League organise the First Caribbean Evening, Cuisine, Steel Orchestra, Dancers etc… see details here &lt;a href="http://carribbean.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://carribbean.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;On the &lt;b style=""&gt;9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; November is &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Flanders&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="EN-GB"&gt; remember, by invitation from the      Flanders Representative. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;My good friend Nicholas Ellis and      his Camarilla Ensemble are having their debut at the Wigmore Hall &lt;a href="http://www.mondayplatform.org.uk/"&gt;www.mondayplatform.org.uk&lt;/a&gt; The      Arts Club Charitable Trust, which I have the honour to be the Chairman, (&lt;a href="http://www.acct.blogspot.com/"&gt;www.acct.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;) supported      the Ensemble since its inception in 1998 at the Royal Academy of Music. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="color: gray;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen; color: windowtext;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;the &lt;b style=""&gt;20&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Anniversary of the      fall of the Berlin Wall&lt;/b&gt;, the Festival of Freedom is a free event and      my partners in Berlin are offering various other events, please ask      Stephan Ullerup at Quality Travel and mention my name for best attention,      they are also offering packages for the Christmas market in Vienna and      other town both in Germany and Austria. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Kreuzbergstr. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="DE"&gt;30,      D-10965 Berlin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="DE"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style="color: gray;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="DE"&gt;Tel      +49 30 788 9086 0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="DE"&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Verdana;" lang="DE"&gt;Dir  +49 30 788 9086      21&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Fax +49 30 788 9086 19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="DE"&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:info@qualitytravel-berlin.de" title="blocked::mailto:info@qualitytravel-berlin.de mailto:info@qualitytravel-berlin.de blocked::mailto:info@qualitytravel-berlin.de"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Verdana; color: gray;"&gt;&lt;span title="blocked::mailto:info@qualitytravel-berlin.de mailto:info@qualitytravel-berlin.de"&gt;&lt;span title="blocked::mailto:info@qualitytravel-berlin.de"&gt;ullerup@qualitytravel-berlin.de&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 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&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="FR"&gt;On the &lt;b style=""&gt;10th November &lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;" lang="FR"&gt;Le Cercle      Francais, hosted by David King est le &lt;b style=""&gt;10      novembre&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;mais je n’y serai pas car j’organise un      evenement dans le cadre du WTM (World Travel Market) voir detail de la      conference. &lt;a href="http://cercle.eventbrite.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;http://cercle.eventbrite.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt; sur l’Ecole de Nancy.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;Sale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt; of some of the Arts      Club pictures at Bonhams in Knighstbridge &lt;a href="http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&amp;amp;screen=Catalogue&amp;amp;iSaleNo=17723"&gt;http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&amp;amp;screen=Catalogue&amp;amp;iSaleNo=17723&lt;/a&gt;      &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;On Friday &lt;b style=""&gt;13&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; November&lt;/b&gt;, The Eponymous Eccentric Club will host its annual dinner of the date. &lt;a href="http://eccentricdinner.eventbrite.com/"&gt;Http://eccentricdinner.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;and on the day of King’s Day. The &lt;b style=""&gt;15&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, my God-Daughter, Noemie,&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;is 20! &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;On the &lt;b style=""&gt;18&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; November&lt;/b&gt; France vs Ireland Play-off for the World Cup 2010 with packages starting at € 300 with hospitality at 100 meter of the Stade de France to official VIP within the Stadium prestige or box seats, ask me for information&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;On the &lt;b style=""&gt;19&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; November, &lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce organises the Golden Bridge Awards, please let me know should you wish to have details.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;On the &lt;b style=""&gt;26&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/b&gt; will see the convivial eccentric club drink &lt;a href="http://eccentricdrink.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://eccentricdrink.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;and on the 29&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; the Eccentric Club will see the Snooker Tournament that will take place at the Savile Club with other Clubs representatives (members only).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;In December&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;, the first &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;is&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;World Aids Day and      please do take some time to think about it and those who have left us and      those suffering throughout the World. &lt;a href="http://www.worldaidsday.org/"&gt;http://www.worldaidsday.org/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;St Nicholas is coming      to the Royal Anglo-Belgian Club (&lt;a href="http://www.ra-bc.com/"&gt;www.ra-bc.com&lt;/a&gt;).      &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;A Charity rugby dinner      for South African Captain John Smit in the Honourable Artillery Company: &lt;a href="http://johnsmit.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://johnsmit.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;On the 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;the EIBTM kicks on in &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Barcelona&lt;/st1:city&gt;, the &lt;b style=""&gt;3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/b&gt; The Camarilla Ensemble will be at the &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Chelsea&lt;/st1:city&gt; and &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Westminster&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;Hospital&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; in the frame of Hospital Arts at 1pm, the &lt;b style=""&gt;4&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is Eddie Izzard in Wembley &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;On the 5&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;Circa is back again      this time in Chelsea, &lt;st1:street st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:address st="on"&gt;Fulham        Road&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt; at the Queen’s Elm Gallery in &lt;st1:street st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:address st="on"&gt;Fulham Road&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt;      with many surprises. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;The wonderful Bal de      Paris in the Palais du Plessis-Belliere in the Place de la Concorde &lt;a href="http://baldeparis.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://baldeparis.eventbrite.com/&lt;/a&gt;      &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;On the 7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt; A champagne visit of Spencer House at Lunch time &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://spencerhouse.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://spencerhouse.eventbrite.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;On the 11th &lt;/span&gt;is the Eccentric Club Dinner  &lt;a href="http://eccentricdinner.eventbrite.com"&gt;http://eccentricdinner.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;On the 15th &lt;/span&gt;The Cercle Francais will show the Film: Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot avec Jacques Tati&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;On the 16&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;Rio Ferdinand live the Dream Foundation launches at Old Billingsgate&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;with an opening by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and guests include: Robbie Williams, David Furnish, James Corden (Gavin &amp;amp; Stacey) Top Premiership Players from Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and England colleagues, Frank Lampart and a who’s who of stars from TV/Soap Stars, Fashion, Film, Music, … your chance to rub shoulders with a galaxy of stars at the sames time as supporting the foundation. Book here: &lt;a href="http://rioferdinand.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://rioferdinand.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;To follow &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;an EEC concert on the 13&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; January 2010, A Soyer dinner on the 3th February, Rotary International Day on the 22&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; February, a Belgian Flavoured Tour of London on Saturday 13&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; March. A private visit of the Garrick Club on the 5&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; and 6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; of May &lt;a href="http://garrick.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://garrick.eventbrite.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;Never forget to have fun, life is too short to be bored. Live your fantasies and love and achieve your dreams.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I very much look forward to seeing  you again soon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Best wishes,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Jean-François.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;events, fab, travel, flight, hotels, parties, charity,&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24256041-6066131646916822760?l=jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/feeds/6066131646916822760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24256041&amp;postID=6066131646916822760&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/6066131646916822760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/6066131646916822760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/2009/11/november-and-december-newsletter.html' title='November and December Newsletter'/><author><name>Jean-François Dor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00332163894350654866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09351028542700384670'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256041.post-7531413654972867158</id><published>2009-09-25T18:13:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-10-08T13:38:32.173Z</updated><title type='text'>September and October events</title><content type='html'>September is nearly finished and since my last posting much has happened.&lt;br /&gt;I started work again at the beginning of June this year and after a trip to Paris for which I am still  working towards an achievement, I had Circa, met friends at the Ritz, heard Lord Janner of Brandstone, replaced the bathroom, went to Ascot, sponsored the Gay Business Association, went to Bournemouth, the Guards Chapel, London Pride, Socialite evenings, Doggett’s Coat and Badge Race, Cenotaph, Cercle Francophone, Café de Paris, Hartwell House, Oxfordshire, Society’s events, Eccentric Club’s Events, the Mansion House, Wales, Belgium, Chelsea Physic Gardens, Decayenne’s Events, The Roof Garden, Kenwood House for the Last night of the Proms, was interviewed by “Ici Londres”, met Ambassadors, Ministers, Tycoons, Aristocrats, fashion designers, models started the ‘Salon d’Or’ and went to a few more networking parties and enjoyed life in general: just the run of the mill. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This month I have to still point out   that on Monday afternoon, we have an exceptional visit with Professor Frank James of the Royal Institution on the 28th at 2:30 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ri.eventbrite.com%20/"&gt;http://ri.eventbrite.com &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday 29th a fortitude of artists come together to exhibit and raise money to help launch WWW.HIV-VIPCLUB.COM  6-10pm  at the Queen’s Elm Gallery, 241 Fulham Road, SW£ 6HY. Contact Jason Bradbury jb@rubicongalleries.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, 30th at 7:00 pm a talk by Jasper Becker to the Britain China Trade Association &lt;a href="http://bcta0909.eventbrite.com%20/"&gt;http://bcta0909.eventbrite.com &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thursday 1st October, Thursday the Rotary Club of London organises a Golf Day for its Children Charities, as the teams are already made, please let me know asap if you really want to join them at Hadley Wood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturday 3rd October : A Concert of Opera Aria  in the lovely Grosvenor Chapel in Mayfair &lt;a href="http://artandculture.eventbrite.com%20%20/"&gt;http://artandculture.eventbrite.com  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sunday 4th October is the Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe in Longchamps. Transfer by Jet to Le Bourget or Stay at the Chateau de Bagnols and transfer into Paris by helicopter (1h45’)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Monday 5th October is the Club Circa for Gay London Professionals and we shall be at the Met Bar in Park Lane&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.circa-club.com/events/gay_mens_events_london_glpoctober09.php"&gt;http://www.circa-club.com/events/gay_mens_events_london_glpoctober09.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friday 9th October: The Eccentric Club dinner &lt;a href="http://eccentricdinner.eventbrite.com%20/"&gt;http://eccentricdinner.eventbrite.com &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday 14th October: Le Cercle Francophone &lt;a href="http://lecercle.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://lecercle.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt; with a projection of La Bete Humaine with Jean Gabin,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thursday 15th October: Peter Golding’s Jazz ensemble is at the Arts Club; contact me to join our table in the evening (with fellow eccentrics) &lt;a href="http://cafedjango.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://cafedjango.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturday 17th October is the Commonwealth Fair at Kensington Town hall from 11:30 to 6:00pm see &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.ccl-int.org.uk%20"&gt;www.ccl-int.org.uk &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday 20th Lord McLennon speaks to the Whitefriar’s Club, contact me for details.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday 21st The Gay Business Association organise a seminar at Andaz see &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.gba.org.uk"&gt;www.gba.org.uk&lt;/a&gt; for details&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday 27th, Lord Williamson of Horton in the County of Somerset speaks at the Annual Dinner of the Anglo-Belgian Society, please let me know if you would like to join me. http://absdinner.eventbrite.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thursday 29th, The Eccentric Club convivial drink party returns: &lt;a href="http://eccentricdrink.eventbrite.com%20/"&gt;http://eccentricdrink.eventbrite.com &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friday 30th October is a Dinner for  the International Cultural Exchange in the Peers Dining Room.  7 pm for 7:45pm  &lt;a href="http://peers.eventbrite.com%20/"&gt;http://peers.eventbrite.com &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Monday 2nd November is the James Bowman concert at the Banqueting Hall 1-2pm &lt;a href="http://jbowman.eventbrite.com%20/"&gt;http://jbowman.eventbrite.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rest of November will be so busy that you might not see me emerge before December but more soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In preview:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallace.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://wallace.eventbrite.com/&lt;/a&gt; a visit  of the Wallace Collection on the 12th November&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://spencerhouse.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://spencerhouse.eventbrite.com/&lt;/a&gt; a visit of Spencer House on the 7th December&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://garrick.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://garrick.eventbrite.com/&lt;/a&gt; the  Garrick Club visit will be on the 5th February 2010&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I look forward to seeing you again soon,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best regards,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jean-Francois.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://jeanfrancoisdor.com&lt;br /&gt;http://jeanfrancoisdor.ning.com&lt;br /&gt;http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;events, fab, travel, flight, hotels, parties, charity,&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24256041-7531413654972867158?l=jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/feeds/7531413654972867158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24256041&amp;postID=7531413654972867158&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/7531413654972867158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/7531413654972867158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/2009/09/september-and-october-events.html' title='September and October events'/><author><name>Jean-François Dor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00332163894350654866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09351028542700384670'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256041.post-3995744164229099389</id><published>2009-07-16T14:14:00.012Z</published><updated>2009-07-17T12:06:41.606Z</updated><title type='text'>July onwards</title><content type='html'>&lt;meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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The House of Lords Dinner on the T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;errace was well attended and thank you to those who made the effort of going, this was the same night as Circa so could not stay long and went rather fast.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;On the 6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; July, I joine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;d the events committee of the Worshipful Company of the Marketors (link below). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;On the 9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, I attended a workshop organised by Melia Hotels in London and met again friends from the industry who mingled and booked rooms across Spain, Germany&lt;span style=""&gt; 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 &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Monday 13&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, Sir Ian Mills came to talk of his charity to the Rotary Club of London and the 14&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; after a fitting good bye to &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Marion&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; at the IOD, I went to celebrate the Bastille Day with the most aristocrats that I could find at the CPFE ;-).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/Sl83JssfzaI/AAAAAAAAAYM/Vo2Rs4Xzhos/s1600-h/Camarilla.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/Sl83JssfzaI/AAAAAAAAAYM/Vo2Rs4Xzhos/s200/Camarilla.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359062721350323618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_i1032" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:65.25pt;height:99.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///F:\DOCUME~1\JEAN-F~2\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image009.jpg" title="Camarilla"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;As I am writing this I will go and listen to Nicholas Ellis and its quintet at the Royal Overseas League for the launch of their new CD.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Tomorrow showcase of the shadow lounge and Friday Champagne Dinner at Hartwell House before two garden parties over the weekend in the Country. I am passing by several parties that I have to go to, one at the Chelsea Arts Club and a breakfast at the HAC &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Sylfaen;font-size:18;"   lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Sylfaen;font-size:18;"   lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Sylfaen;font-size:18;"   lang="EN-GB"&gt;but:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Sylfaen;font-size:18;"   lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;The next events that you must attend are:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;The Eccentric Club drinks (&lt;a href="http://www.eccentricdrink.eventbrite.com/"&gt;www.eccentricdrink.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt;) on &lt;b style=""&gt;Thursday 23&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b style=""&gt;July&lt;/b&gt; from 7:13pm. Do look at the Club on &lt;a href="http://www.eccentricclub.co.uk/"&gt;www.eccentricclub.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;On the 28&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; I will attending a banquet at the Mansion House and if some are interested to join me, please let me know, however be warned that this is not cheap. Similarly there might still be one or two tickets left for the Red Cross Ball in &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Monte Carlo&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; on the 31&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;On Friday 7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;b style=""&gt;August&lt;/b&gt;, Circa, the Club for Gay London Professionals and their friends will be in the garden (&lt;a href="http://www.circa-club.com/"&gt;www.circa-club.com&lt;/a&gt;) of the Arts Club. As every first Friday of the month, weather permitting.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Tuesday 11&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; august, I think that this is time to: “parler francais dès 19 heures”. &lt;a href="http://www.lecercle.eventbrite.com/"&gt;www.lecercle.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;On the 20&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; I will attend the 30&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; anniversary party of Gay Times Magazine at the Roof Garden and on the 22&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; the last night of the Proms at Kenwood.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;I am also announcing the creation of the &lt;b style=""&gt;Salon d’Or&lt;/b&gt; that will see some musical, poetic, and political events. We always avoid in polite society to talk about politic, religion and sex, yet we never seem to stop thinking about it. We will debate, talk and enjoy conversation around drinks and nibbles and perhaps dinner. This is a membership Club and for £ 15 per month, you will get invitations to the most exciting events you can get, its first event is on &lt;b style=""&gt;Tuesday 25&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; August &lt;/b&gt;to get to know each other’s.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Thursday 27&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; and it is eccentric time again as every fourth Thursday of the month. (see above)&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;From the 11&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; September, (we will have our anniversary dinner, who would have thought that this is already 2 years since the phoenix or should I say owl came back again) The Eccentric Club will have a monthly dinner party.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Friday 4th &lt;b style=""&gt;September&lt;/b&gt;, Circa Club &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.circa-club.com/"&gt;www.circa-club.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Tuesday 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; September Cercle Francophone &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;see &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;a href="http://lecercle.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://lecercle.eventbrite.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Friday 11&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; September, Second anniversary of the Eccentric Club’s revival. &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;a href="http://eccentricanniversary.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://eccentricanniversary.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Saturday 12&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; September Monza Race Course (please ask me for corporate entertainment)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Thursday 24&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; September, Eccentric Club Drink &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eccentricdrink.eventbrite.com/"&gt;www.eccentricdrink.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Monday 28&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; September, Talk by Baroness Sue Grenfell at the Rotary Club of London (please apply to me) followed by a visit of the Royal Institution of Great Britain lead by Professor Frank James &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;a href="http://ri.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://ri.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;For the golfer amongst you, the Rotary Club of London organises a ‘tournament’ at Hadley Woods on the 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;b style=""&gt;October &lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Friday 9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; October, Eccentric Dinner &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://eccentricdinner.eventbrite.com/" target="blank"&gt;http://eccentricdinner.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Tuesday 13&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Cercle Francophone &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;a href="http://lecercle.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://lecercle.eventbrite.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Thursday 15&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; October The eccentric Club Snooker competition &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Tuesday 27&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; October, &lt;/span&gt;Lord Williamson of Horton &lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;will be the guest speaker at the Anglo-Belgian Society annual dinner &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Thursday 29&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; October, Eccentric Club Drink &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eccentricdrink.eventbrite.com/"&gt;www.eccentricdrink.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Friday 6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;b style=""&gt;November&lt;/b&gt;, Kindling of the Torch at &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Westminster&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; Abbey and Circa &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.circa-club.com/"&gt;www.circa-club.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Saturday 7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, The Lord Mayor’s Show&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Sunday 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, Remembrance Sunday&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Tuesday 10&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; November, Private Party&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Wednesday 11&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; the Cercle Francophone will exceptionally be held on the second Wednesday &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;a href="http://lecercle.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://lecercle.eventbrite.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Thursday 12&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; November, Visit of the Damien Hirst New Paintings at the Wallace &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Collection &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;a href="http://wallace.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://wallace.eventbrite.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Friday 13&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; November, Eccentric Club Dinner &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://eccentricdinner.eventbrite.com/" target="blank"&gt;http://eccentricdinner.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Thursday 26&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; November, Eccentric Club Drink &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eccentricdrink.eventbrite.com/"&gt;www.eccentricdrink.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Wednesday 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; and Thursday 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt; December EIBTM in &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Barcelona&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Tuesday 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, Cercle Francophone &lt;a href="http://lecercle.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://lecercle.eventbrite.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Friday 11&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; December, Circa &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.circa-club.com/"&gt;www.circa-club.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;and Eccentric Dinner &lt;a href="http://eccentricdinner.eventbrite.com/" target="blank"&gt;http://eccentricdinner.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Monday 14&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; December, Arts Club Christmas Ball&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Friday 22nd January, to be confirmed, fundraising dinner for Crusaid with Circa Club&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;If you would like to become a member of the &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;Institute&lt;/st1:placetype&gt; of &lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Director&lt;/st1:placename&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.iod.com/"&gt;www.iod.com&lt;/a&gt;) with its prestigious locations and premises in &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;UK&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;France&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; and &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Belgium&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;, do let me know.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Similarly for the Arts Club (&lt;a href="http://www.theartsclub.co.uk/"&gt;www.theartsclub.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;With regards to games for the big boys and girls, come and play at the City Golf, where not only golf is played and games are top of the leagues.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;For next year, I will organise, one morning, an exclusive visit to the famed Garrick Club looking at the various pictures and follow this by Tea and Biscuits.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; 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Portrait drawings are from £ 350. Please let him know that you seen this in my newsletter.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Do you want to create your illusion? &lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_i1030" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:121.5pt;height:75pt'"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///F:\DOCUME~1\JEAN-F~2\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image012.jpg" title="musion"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/Sl83k1xAntI/AAAAAAAAAYc/88asXAEPCpY/s1600-h/musion.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 100px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/Sl83k1xAntI/AAAAAAAAAYc/88asXAEPCpY/s200/musion.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359063187641638610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;Eye Candy in 3D Holographic projection with clients inclusing Madonna, HRH Prince Charles, Cisco, Microsoft, BT and more. To create these display costs from £ 250 per day plus VAT, please let me know if you would like a demonstration.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/Sl830p9pbnI/AAAAAAAAAYk/GNmaJywxAIo/s1600-h/heli_in_front_of_hangar_295px.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 127px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/Sl830p9pbnI/AAAAAAAAAYk/GNmaJywxAIo/s200/heli_in_front_of_hangar_295px.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359063459351326322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Want to travel by helicopter to the major sporting events, hurry before they are being requisitioned by the army see &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.premiair-aviation.com/"&gt;www.premiair-aviation.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/Sl85iG8Dr4I/AAAAAAAAAYs/BuGT32yE0KI/s200/Picture+009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359065339735027586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/Sl85iQ8T9pI/AAAAAAAAAY0/VC61E_ezGrI/s1600-h/_BF00025.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/Sl85iQ8T9pI/AAAAAAAAAY0/VC61E_ezGrI/s200/_BF00025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359065342420448914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, I always enjoy Waddesdon Manor at any time of the year&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/Sl8650pggYI/AAAAAAAAAZE/wVC2j7q7irY/s1600-h/Waddesdon+Manor.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 38px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/Sl8650pggYI/AAAAAAAAAZE/wVC2j7q7irY/s200/Waddesdon+Manor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359066846653874562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/Sl88EIvezSI/AAAAAAAAAZM/y06zxKoKTnI/s1600-h/Cliveden.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 113px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/Sl88EIvezSI/AAAAAAAAAZM/y06zxKoKTnI/s200/Cliveden.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359068123357957410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and so Cliveden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt; &lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_i1031" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:221.25pt;height:141pt'"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///F:\DOCUME~1\JEAN-F~2\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image013.jpg" title="heli_in_front_of_hangar_295px"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;events, fab, travel, flight, hotels, parties, charity,&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24256041-3995744164229099389?l=jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/feeds/3995744164229099389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24256041&amp;postID=3995744164229099389&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/3995744164229099389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/3995744164229099389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/2009/07/july-onwards.html' title='July onwards'/><author><name>Jean-François Dor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00332163894350654866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09351028542700384670'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/Sl82iSriYtI/AAAAAAAAAXs/2hMbL1PdxiA/s72-c/The+Winner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256041.post-7843343825146988204</id><published>2009-05-19T14:25:00.007Z</published><updated>2009-06-26T09:05:36.113Z</updated><title type='text'>June and July 2009 Newsletter</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o /&gt;&lt;o:smarttagtype name="Street" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"&gt;&lt;/o:smarttagtype&gt;&lt;o:smarttagtype name="address" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"&gt;&lt;/o:smarttagtype&gt;&lt;o:smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"&gt;&lt;/o:smarttagtype&gt;&lt;o:smarttagtype name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"&gt;&lt;/o:smarttagtype&gt;&lt;o:smarttagtype name="country-region" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"&gt;&lt;/o:smarttagtype&gt;&lt;o:smarttagtype name="PlaceName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"&gt;&lt;/o:smarttagtype&gt;&lt;o:smarttagtype name="PlaceType" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"&gt;&lt;/o:smarttagtype&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;object id="ieooui" classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;style&gt; 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June&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;, Dr Vince Cable will speak at the Rotary Club of London about the Economy today. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Tuesday 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; June&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Maatjes arrive at the R. Anglo-Belgian Club (please email &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a title="mailto:events@blcc.co.uk" href="mailto:events@blcc.co.uk"&gt;events@blcc.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; for an invitation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;China Ethos is launched at Shanghai Blues &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;City Golf Corporate Showcase&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;London Launch has a showcase at &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /&gt;&lt;st1:street st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:address st="on"&gt;One Bishop Square&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Calvin Well with his unique voice will delight us in a concert at the Savile Club. Call the Club on 020 7629 5462 price of £40 per person includes meal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Thursday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;4&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;day of the European Parliament Election&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Emmanuel Ray has one of his ‘Socialite Evening’ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"    style="font-family:Garamond;font-size:100%;color:black;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://socialite-evenings.webs.com/eventsactivities.htm"&gt;http://socialite-evenings.webs.com/eventsactivities.htm&lt;/a&gt; at the Millennium Mayfair&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;I am setting off to &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Paris&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; for a meeting that according to Tarot Cards will change my life, finger crossed everybody ;-) &lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Friday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;5&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/b&gt; I will host Circa and Velvet in the garden of the Arts Club, please apply for your free invitation: &lt;a href="http://www.circa-club.com/events/gay_mens_events_london_glpjune09.php"&gt;http://www.circa-club.com/events/gay_mens_events_london_glpjune09.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Come for a free drink and get the chance of free entry to Shadow Lounge later and get into the silent auction with fabulous prizes to be won such as a 26 inches flat screen television!. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Register also on &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=7211412827&amp;amp;ref=ts"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=7211412827&amp;amp;ref=ts&lt;/a&gt; for the Gay Professional Network, if you are so likeminded&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Saturday the 6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt; is the Oxford Pride organised for the second year by Mazz Images &lt;a href="http://www.oxfordpride.org.uk/"&gt;http://www.oxfordpride.org.uk/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt; the 7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Belgium&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; votes. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Monday 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Rotary Club for Lunch and the Aegon tennis Championship starts &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Tuesday 9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt; , I &lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;intend to visit the Art and Antique Fair on before saying thank you to Jacques Delacave for his outstanding service on the board of the RABC. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Thursday 11&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt; , I will attend the Wine Society’s AGM but seems that at the same time Movenpick is opening its Defina flagship so will have to share myself again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Saturday 13th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt; I will attend a concert celebrating Mendelssohn Bicentenary given by Santiago Mantas at the Rosslyn Hill Chapel in Hampstead. Tickets at the door start at 7:30 pm &lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;call 02077310010 for details&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Tuesday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;16&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Ascot&lt;/st1:place&gt; starts again and no doubt all the little parties in the car parks before the racing begin. (In fact that really is where the real races are held against the clock!) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Wednesday 17&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt; GBA meets at Andaz in &lt;st1:street st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:address st="on"&gt;Liverpool Street&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt; see &lt;a href="http://www.gba.org.uk/"&gt;http://www.gba.org.uk/&lt;/a&gt; for details&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Thursday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;18&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; I will turn 45&lt;/b&gt; and will go for a week in &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Bournemouth&lt;/st1:place&gt; where my parents will join me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Perhaps time to take a break.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th&lt;/span&gt; is the Forum of Human Impact on Climate Change in Geneva. Chair: Kofi Annan, President, Global Humanitarian Forum; UN Secretary-General (1997-2006); Nobel Price Laureate&lt;br /&gt;Event Dates &lt;a href="http://www.ghf-ge.org/"&gt;http://www.ghf-ge.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Of note, between the &lt;b&gt;23&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt; June and the 19&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; July&lt;/b&gt; at &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Cowdray&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;Park&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; is the Veuve Cliquot Polo Gold Cup. Fly in by helicopter in 10 minutes from Cliveden. For something different fly into Cliveden between &lt;b&gt;1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; and 5&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; July&lt;/b&gt; and transfer to a vintage launch to attend the Henley Regatta ask me for details if you would like to attend and organise these transfers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;In July&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Friday 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;ICE will host a dinner on the Terrace of the House of Lords &lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;please look at http://houseoflords.eventbrite.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Saturday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;11&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Belgium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt; celebrates the 75&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; anniversary of the Cenotaphe Ceremony in &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Whitehall&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; and Belgian people will receive notification nearer the time of the very important visit we may have.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;London&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;Bridge&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt; celebrates its 800&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; anniversary and the Marketors will enjoy a day of festivities in the City dressed in Medieval costume. On the &lt;b&gt;17&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/b&gt; will be a joint fundraising for HIV and the Arts at the Arts Club, likely price will be £ 15.00 minimum donations for drinks and canapés.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Friday 17&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;will&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;be a fundraising for HIV people and their friends who would like to socialise in an informal manner, please apply to me £ 20.00 per person to include wine and canapés. There will be a silent auction with fantastic prizes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Tuesday 28&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;The Worshipful Company of Marketors will host a banquet at the Mansion House.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Thursday 30&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Rhian Powell marries&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;Alan Doyle so will be in &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Wales&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; for some days.&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Of Note&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;I have been asked to deputised Imants von Wenden in his charge of Chairman of the Eccentric Club. &lt;a href="http://www.eccentricclub.co.uk/"&gt;http://www.eccentricclub.co.uk/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;The Arts Club Charitable Trust raised £ 12, 950 shared with the Artists donating and thank you on behalf of the Trust to all who attended purchased and donated these fantastic paintings and prints for the Artist’ Soirée.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;I have been reappointed on the Committee of the Gay Business Association&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Enjoy the summer!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Yours ever, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Jean-Fra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Sylfaen;font-size:100%;"&gt;n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Sylfaen;font-size:100%;"&gt;çois.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Sylfaen;font-size:100%;"&gt;+ 44 7831 782 200&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://jeanfrancoisdor.com/"&gt;http://jeanfrancoisdor.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 151px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SfG78d4YmUI/AAAAAAAAAW4/PvC0MwIi5eo/s200/Marco+and+Rodriguo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328246481643673922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Newsletter May 2009 – Jean-Francois&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt; Dor &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;On &lt;b style=""&gt;Friday 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; May&lt;/b&gt;, Circa and Velvet celebrates the second year of our staying at the Arts Club, please apply for your free invitation: &lt;a href="http://www.circa-club.com/events/gay_mens_events_london_glpmay09.php"&gt;http://www.circa-club.com/events/gay_mens_events_london_glpmay09.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Come for a free drink and get the chance of free entry to Shadow Lounge later and get into the silent auction with fabulous prizes to be won. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Register also on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=7211412827&amp;amp;ref=ts"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=7211412827&amp;amp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=7211412827&amp;amp;ref=ts"&gt;ref=ts&lt;/a&gt;   for the Gay Professional Network, if you are so likeminded&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SfG3gbj7x2I/AAAAAAAAAWY/VDBprcaaj18/s1600-h/Mad+Hatter%27s+Ball+032.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SfG3gbj7x2I/AAAAAAAAAWY/VDBprcaaj18/s200/Mad+Hatter%27s+Ball+032.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328241601938179938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Saturday 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; May,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt; Andrew &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Logan has another exhibition at the Round House. See his website &lt;/span&gt;&lt;cite&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.andrewlogan.com/"&gt;www.&lt;b&gt;andrewlogan&lt;/b&gt;.com&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/cite&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SfG6o5wBFSI/AAAAAAAAAWw/o_3O6a87748/s1600-h/Mad+Hatter%27s+Ball+052.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SfG6o5wBFSI/AAAAAAAAAWw/o_3O6a87748/s200/Mad+Hatter%27s+Ball+052.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328245046015759650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Tuesday 5&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; May &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;is the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt; 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; Tuesday drink at the R. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Anglo-Belgian Club in Knightsbridge see &lt;a href="http://ra-bc.com/"&gt;www.ra-bc.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Wednesday 6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; May&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;, &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Emmanuel Ray, flamboyant as ever &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;is hosting an evening at Kumo in Beauchamp Place, Knightsbridge, £ 5 entry to cover his drinks ;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;) from 7 pm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0);font-family:Garamond;"  lang="EN-GB"&gt;Socialite &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0);font-family:Garamond;"  lang="EN-GB"&gt;Evenings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Garamond;color:black;"   lang="EN-GB"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:85%;color:black;"    lang="EN-GB"&gt;is a monthly netwo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:85%;color:black;"    lang="EN-GB"&gt;rking event recently launched and hosted by London-based Presenter &amp;amp; Socialite Emmanuel Ray.     The event takes place at Kumo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:85%;color:black;"    lang="EN-GB"&gt;Knigh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:85%;color:black;"    lang="EN-GB"&gt;tsbridge on the first Wednesday of every month. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0);font-family:Garamond;"  lang="EN-GB"&gt;The Socialites &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:85%;color:black;"    lang="EN-GB"&gt;are a mixed group of people including fabulous fashionistas, successful profes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:85%;color:black;"    lang="EN-GB"&gt;sionals, distinguished l&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:85%;color:black;"    lang="EN-GB"&gt;adies and gentlemen, eccentric artists, entrepreneurs, influential writers, designers, models, media people, beauty &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:85%;color:black;"    lang="EN-GB"&gt;therapists, make up ar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:85%;color:black;"    lang="EN-GB"&gt;tists, tr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:85%;color:black;"    lang="EN-GB"&gt;endy youngsters and  many other interesting characters! The event includes networking, raffle draw with fabulous prizes, 60 seco&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:85%;color:black;"    lang="EN-GB"&gt;nd pitches&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:85%;color:black;"    lang="EN-GB"&gt;, networking, socialising and flirting! &lt;b&gt;Temporary website&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://socialite-evenings.webs.com/"&gt;&lt;style&gt; .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } &lt;/style&gt;http://socialite-evenings.webs.com/eventsactivities.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:85%;"   lang="EN-GB"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:85%;color:black;"    lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Photo galler&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Garamond;font-size:85%;color:black;"    lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;b&gt;y:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:black;"    lang="EN-GB"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(15, 36, 62);font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"   lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/socialite.evenings"&gt;http://&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(15, 36, 62);font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"   lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/socialite.evenings"&gt;picasaweb.google&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(15, 36, 62);font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"   lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/socialite.evenings"&gt;.com/socialite.evenings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Saturday 9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; May&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt; is the Ionian Society&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt; Cruise and Dinner Dance ‘Sail with Flowers’ in aid of its phila&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;nthropic causes. £95 pp, Black &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Tie.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Live music, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;barbecue and Greek dancing send m&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;e your cheques made up to the Ionian Society as soon as you can and no later than the 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; May.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt;"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SfG2u8t-GXI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/VM8UVaahpi4/s1600-h/marblefloor.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 149px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SfG2u8t-GXI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/VM8UVaahpi4/s200/marblefloor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328240751845185906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SfG2PU2uWoI/AAAAAAAAAWI/PWptZKG7HBg/s1600-h/ExcellenceinDrawingJudgingPanel2008+web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SfG2PU2uWoI/AAAAAAAAAWI/PWptZKG7HBg/s200/ExcellenceinDrawingJudgingPanel2008+web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328240208568539778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Monday 18&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Ma&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;y&lt;/b&gt; is the Artists Soiree/Auction/Excellence in Drawing Awards&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;This annual gathering of artists, art dealers, critics and members goes fr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;om strength to strength. The evening opens with a &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Champagne&lt;/st1:place&gt; reception followed by dinner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt; during which a presentation of prizes  t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SfG6oVsPbWI/AAAAAAAAAWg/uVK_LJ_aJEI/s1600-h/Mad+Hatter%27s+Ball+004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SfG6oVsPbWI/AAAAAAAAAWg/uVK_LJ_aJEI/s200/Mad+Hatter%27s+Ball+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328245036336246114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;o the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;‘Excellence in Drawing’ prize-winners followed by an auct&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;ion in aid of The Arts Club Chari&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;table Trust of which I am the chairman. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;The evening is presided over by The Arts Club’s President, Sir Peter Blake&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt; and Inge Borg-Scott is organising an excel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;lent collection of works &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SfG6oiD-mGI/AAAAAAAAAWo/UhtCiv8bwkM/s1600-h/Mad+Hatter%27s+Ball+005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SfG6oiD-mGI/AAAAAAAAAWo/UhtCiv8bwkM/s200/Mad+Hatter%27s+Ball+005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328245039657031778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;for sal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;e. This is an excellent opportunity for people to acquire original and valuable works of art and to meet their creators at the same time.&lt;br /&gt;£ 50pp: &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Champagne&lt;/st1:place&gt; reception, &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;3 courses meal, wine and coffee. Lounge suit.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;Please note the reduced price, so there is no excuse not to invite more guests. :-) Please book directly with Anna mentioning my name as places are limited to &lt;a href="mailto:anna@theartsclub.co.uk"&gt;anna&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Sylfaen;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:anna@theartsclub.co.uk"&gt;@theartsclub.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; or call 0207 499 85 81&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Wednesday 20&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; May&lt;/b&gt;, the Gay Business Association has its AGM followed by an interesting discussion on &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;WOR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;KING IN THE SEX INDUSTRY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:7;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Sylfaen;font-size:85%;"  &gt;What are the legal issues, business issues, advertising, safety, health, internet, and more. April saw about 60 people attending how to develop your business in a recession. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Cash bar. Free admission. Bring your business cards. The meeting is open to everyone - colleagues, clients, friends - especially prospective new GBA members!&lt;a href="mailto://hello@gba.org.uk"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RSVP: hello@gba.org.uk &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;do mention my name when booking.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SfGzfxlqwgI/AAAAAAAAAWA/n-nAhLSKl78/s1600-h/Jens+Jensen.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 110px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SfGzfxlqwgI/AAAAAAAAAWA/n-nAhLSKl78/s200/Jens+Jensen.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328237192624652802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Can I point further&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SfGyPPUjvQI/AAAAAAAAAV4/QvBm4lBwHW0/s1600-h/LES+OISEAUX+DU+PARADIS+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SfGyPPUjvQI/AAAAAAAAAV4/QvBm4lBwHW0/s200/LES+OISEAUX+DU+PARADIS+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328235809036549378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to these wonderful acrobatic artistes?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="FR"&gt;Les Oiseaux du Paradis &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="75" preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"&gt;  &lt;v:stroke joinstyle="miter"&gt;  &lt;v:formulas&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"&gt;   &lt;v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"&gt;  &lt;/v:formulas&gt;  &lt;v:path extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect"&gt;  &lt;o:lock ext="edit" aspectratio="t"&gt; &lt;/v:shapetype&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_i1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:74.25pt;"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///F:\DOCUME~1\JEAN-F~2\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image001.jpg" title="LES OISEAUX DU PARADIS 7"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="FR"&gt;And &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Jens Jenssens&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:198pt;"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///F:\DOCUME~1\JEAN-F~2\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image003.png" title="Jens Jensen"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="FR"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Please ask me for their details they only do very exclusive events and are ‘by appointment’&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Sylfaen;font-size:85%;color:black;"    lang="EN-GB"&gt;If you would like something different be it an ice breaker or a total eye opener for your seminar, I recommend Barrie Westwell from Westwell Associates, The Communications Company   "The greatest problem in communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Sylfaen;color:black;"   lang="EN-GB"&gt;George Bernard Shaw&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Sylfaen;font-size:85%;color:black;"    lang="EN-GB"&gt;.        &lt;a href="http://www.westwellassociates.com/"&gt;www.westwellassociates.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;color:black;"    lang="EN-GB"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Sylfaen;color:black;"   lang="EN-GB"&gt;Also for those of you with very deep pockets, my friend Marquis Francois de Louville de Toucy has just sent me a list of these very exclusive gatherings in London, some as good value as £150 going right into the thousands, if you would like to find out more, please let me know. If you want to mingle with the &lt;u&gt;very&lt;/u&gt; rich and famous this might be your chance to either see or reacquaint yourself with them. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Sylfaen;color:black;"   lang="EN-GB"&gt; I am also on several networks internationally of like minded people. 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I am pleased to say that I am now at 95% better and starting to collate meetings and events for the future.   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Here is a picture of me (above) with Joanna De Keyser from the Belgium Embassy - Brussels Trade -&lt;a href="http://www.brusselstrade.co.uk/"&gt;www.brusselstrade.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;-  at ‘ A Taste of Belgium’ earlier this month. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.robertsphotostudio.co.uk/belgium/medium/0005.jpg"&gt;http://www.robertsphotostudio.co.uk/belgium/medium/0005.jpg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Courtesy of Robert Koltowski. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Isn’t she pretty? People were asking if we were married :-) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt; !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Please find below some events of interest:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although not in April, if you feel a bit eccentric, do come to the 'Battle of Verses' on Thursday &lt;b&gt;26th March&lt;/b&gt;  Please see &lt;a href="http://eccentricclub.co.uk/"&gt;http://eccentricclub.co.uk/&lt;/a&gt;   for details, this promises to be an intellectually challenging evening.  Do not miss either the election of the Greatest British Eccentric on the &lt;b style=""&gt;1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; April&lt;/b&gt; (no, this is no April’s Fool).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;My friend Thelma Wade is the Chairman of the International Cultural Exchange and they are helping various project throughout the world, they have a dinner at the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;House of Lords&lt;/span&gt; hosted by the Earl of Listowel, in the Peers Dining Room, on &lt;b&gt;Friday 3rd April&lt;/b&gt;, the price of £ 90 per person includes all drinks, please email &lt;a href="mailto:barbara@winbourne.co.uk"&gt;barbara@winbourne.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;for an application form.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Friday 3rd April&lt;/span&gt; is also the same date as Circa, the first Friday of every month and we will be again at the Arts Club from 7 pm. Register for this event on &lt;a href="http://www.circa-club.com/events/gay_mens_events_london_glpapril09.php"&gt;http://www.circa-club.com/events/gay_mens_events_london_glpapril09.php &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;For those of you, who like me, need to get back in form, Andy at &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Anco Fitness &lt;/span&gt;can either come to you or train you in your gym, subject to permission. See &lt;a href="http://www.ancofitness.com/"&gt;www.ancofitness.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Kaspars Kazemaks does physiotherapy and massage and although not tried it myself yet, he is a very nice person and he is fully qualified. His website seems down at the moment so redirect you to his facebook: &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=1201191973&amp;amp;v=photos&amp;amp;viewas=583693553"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=1201191973&amp;amp;v=photos&amp;amp;viewas=583693553&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Kyle at Julien Whittington does Visual merchandising and is also good looking himself! See what he does on &lt;a href="http://www.julienwhittington.com/"&gt;www.julienwhittington.com&lt;/a&gt;. I had a very good conversation with him at the IoD yesterday and I trust he will go far.Trust him to add to your decorum.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;For the Belgians amongst us and the Friends of Belgium, please remember the first T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;uesday is on &lt;b style=""&gt;7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; April&lt;/b&gt;, if you would like to attend, please email &lt;a href="mailto:membership@ra-bc.com"&gt;membership@ra-bc.com&lt;/a&gt; and see &lt;a href="http://www.ra-bc.com/"&gt;www.ra-bc.com&lt;/a&gt; to see what this is like. As it happens this is the same date of the Cercle Francais and David King will surely entertain us again, he will screen Rififi a 1955 French Crime film adaptation of Auguste Le Breton Novel. &lt;a href="http://www.theartsclub.co.uk/"&gt;www.theartsclub.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Easter is on the &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;12&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;and remember to buy some Belgian chocolate eggs. I am hoping to have the all clear on the &lt;b style=""&gt;14&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;when&lt;b style=""&gt; &lt;/b&gt;I see my surgeon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;The Gay Business Association shares ways of beating the recession  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Wednesday &lt;b&gt;15 April&lt;/b&gt; 2009, 6.30pm at ANDAZ Hotel (Formerly the Great Eastern Hotel) &lt;st1:address st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:street st="on"&gt;40 Liverpool Street&lt;/st1:street&gt;, &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;London&lt;/st1:city&gt;,  &lt;st1:postalcode st="on"&gt;EC2M 7QN&lt;/st1:postalcode&gt;&lt;/st1:address&gt; Further details on &lt;a href="http://www.gba.org.uk/events.htm"&gt;http://www.gba.org.uk/events.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;On the &lt;b style=""&gt;16&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; The Danish Club &lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;celebrate Queen Margrethe II birthday with a Lobster dinner very good value at £ 50 pp with a champagne reception, 3 course meal and wine Black Tie in the presence of H.E. Birger Riis-Jorgensen, please ask me if you are interested to join us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Andrew Logan has a sale of his jewellery on the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;18&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; and 19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; April&lt;/span&gt; at the Round House, see his website for further info: &lt;a href="http://andrewlogan.com/"&gt;http://andrewlogan.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Another eccentric is Emmanuel Ray: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:100%;color:navy;"    lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.emmanuelray.co.uk/"&gt;http://www.emmanuelray.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="color:navy;"&gt;he is starting this evening with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_jVATn0QvHt0/SX0MFSrzrpI/AAAAAAAAAL4/JW8iJR4MQrg/s912/Fabulous-Emmanuel.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 134px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_jVATn0QvHt0/SX0MFSrzrpI/AAAAAAAAAL4/JW8iJR4MQrg/s912/Fabulous-Emmanuel.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="color:navy;"&gt;the launch of the ‘Socialite evenings’ and wish him well. Hire him for your events, I did and he is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-GB" style="color:navy;"&gt;‘phantasmagoric’ in a dali-esque way. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;On Friday 17&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; April at Woburn Abbey in the Sculpture gallery will be the Daffodil Ball see &lt;a href="http://www.woburn.co.uk/"&gt;www.woburn.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; for details. Fantastic setting!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;For those of you, who would like to visit the newly refurbished Royal Institution with the curator and follow this with a glass of wine and a few nibbles, please let me know. We will take small group of 15 around from mid April onwards. Also Spencer House will be opened soon on Sundays and other evenings by appointment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;On the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;21st &lt;/span&gt;Sally Farmiloe-Neville organises Teen Boundaries UK &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;(registered charity No 5001762) &lt;/span&gt;a charity to stop sexual bullying in schools, see &lt;a href="http://www.teenboundaries.co.uk/"&gt;www.teenboundaries.co.uk and &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.teenboundariesuk.eventbrite.com/"&gt;www.teenboundariesuk.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;for tickets very reasonably prices at £ 25 for an evening  of high glamour, champagne reception, canapes, 5ft chocolate fountain and catwalk fashion show all at the Studio Valbonne.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;On the &lt;b style=""&gt;29&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/b&gt; a young Belgian photographer, Eric Ceccarini will exhibit his work at the RAC, please ask me for an invitation, this is organised by the Belgian Embassy. Amnios Photog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/Sd4eYHjjFuI/AAAAAAAAAVY/6SJHCXT70-U/s1600-h/ToB-10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/Sd4eYHjjFuI/AAAAAAAAAVY/6SJHCXT70-U/s200/ToB-10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322725209292347106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;raphy see &lt;a href="http://www.ericceccarini.com/"&gt;www.ericceccarini.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Another Belgian to mention is &lt;a href="http://www.robertsphotostudio.co.uk/belgium/medium/0010.jpg"&gt;http://www.robertsphotostudio.co.uk/belgium/medium/0010.jpg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Konrad Inghelram&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt; currently head chef at the Georgian Rooms of Harrods and also co-ow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;ner of the Passage Café near Farringdon &lt;a href="http://www.thepassagecafe.com/"&gt;http://www.thepassagecafe.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Please put in your diary already the &lt;b style=""&gt;Monday 18&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; May&lt;/b&gt;, the Artists’ Soiree, excellence in drawing award and auction in aid of the Arts Club Charitable Trust of which I have the honour to be the Chairman. Sir Peter Blake and other luminaries of the Art World will be present and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;indeed Peter will preside over the evening. £ 60 per person for 3 courses, wine and coffee, Lounge Suit. At the Arts Club. Ask Anna at the Club 020 7408 50 92 or email &lt;a href="mailto:anna@theartsclub.co.uk"&gt;anna@theartsclub.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; mentioning my name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Also for your information, Sue Baxter is the distributor of yet another Belgian product &lt;a href="http://www.berghoffuk.com/"&gt;www.berghoffuk.com&lt;/a&gt; if you need any cookware, this is the website to visit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Please remember that I am the agent for various enterprises to include rail europe, hotel.com etc... do have a browse on my website and please let me know what you think.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;I very much look forward to hearing from you and to seeing you again very soon, perhaps one&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;or the other events and please do not hesitate to ask me if you need any advise for your events, catering, marketing or public relations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Yours ever, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Jean-François.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;a href="http://jeanfrancoisdor.com/"&gt;http://jeanfrancoisdor.com  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;  &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="section1" style="margin: 5pt 2.4pt 0.0001pt 0cm; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:78%;"   lang="EN-GB"&gt;Privacy: If you do not want to receive any more emails from companies affiliated to Jean-Francois Dor keeping you informed of future developments, special offers and events please reply to &lt;a href="mailto:events@jeanfrancoisdor.com" target="_blank" title="blocked::mailto:events@jeanfrancoisdor.com blocked::mailto:events@jeanfrancoisdor.commailto:events@jeanfrancoisdor.comblocked::mailto:events@jeanfrancoisdor.commailto:events@jeanfrancoisdor.com"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;events@jeanfrancoisdor.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; with remove in the Subject line followed by your name and surname and the reference shown at the bottom of this email.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;u1:p&gt;&lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="section1" style="margin: 5pt 2.4pt 0.0001pt 0cm; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:78%;"   lang="EN-GB"&gt;Apologies if you have received more than one copy of this email, if you could let me know, I will very much appreciate. This email has been sent to people known personally by Jean-François Dor, notwithstanding whether they belong to one or other organisation already represented by or affiliated by Jean-François Dor and his enterprises, it is sent as a blind copy to respect the privacy of all individuals. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;u1:p&gt;&lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="section1"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:78%;"   lang="FR"&gt;&lt;u1:p&gt;&lt;/u1:p&gt;REF: London &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;u1:p&gt;&lt;/u1:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="section1"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:78%;"  &gt;This email has been sent to selected people either in or regularly in &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;London&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;, if you would like to promote your goods or services, please let me know, my personal global database is in excess of 14,000 all regularly updated and growing. (figures as at23-03-09). If you would like to advertise in various websites such as Circa and Velvet (Gay London Professionals) targeting 10,000 in and around &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;London&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;, please let me know. 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Here is a picture of me taken at the Arts CLub, not so long ago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I am starting to go and see people, I have been nearly chastised for not sending news of what is happening around. (even though I am not organising the events myself!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, Wendy Harman is the Chair of the Originals prints and they have a very special private view with Sir Peter, Lady and Rosy Blake next Monday 16th February, tickets are very reasonable at £ 35 pp to include Champagne and Buffet. Please call Chris Drake for ticket purchase on 020 8699 5574. Do mention my name as this is an exclusive evening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow on the 10th February, Mary another Belgian Chocolate Maker opens officially at the Westfield Shopping Centre and the Ambassador and people from the Anglo-Belgian Community will attend at the same time Danusha Fine Arts in Shepherd's Market opens its new exbition and the Business Travel Show starts at Earl's Court.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;on the 12th I see my surgeon and there are some African dances in the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital lobby. In the evening I will attend a private screening of Milk and if I can will go the Salon Prive at the Hurlingham Club.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the 18th Ken Howard is showing at Richard Green (147 Bond Street)  and will be present during the day, I look forward to seeing him again and hopefully Vera too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;on the 19th at noon Griff Rhys Jones opens the 20/21 International Art Fair at the RCA and I think that I am due at the Westbury in the evening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The London Fashion Week starts on the 20th till the 24th and various events will happen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the 23rd Michael Winner speaks to the Rotary Club of London and good God, I am reading my diary here! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;24th is Shrove Tuesday and there is the usual Pancake Races across the City and wold recommend the one at Guildhall,starts at noon. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are various show that will not interest you but one event that I will attract your attention is another &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;exclusive event for Children with Autism&lt;/span&gt; on the 26th February in Central London. Various work of Arts will be auctioned by Christie's Chairman, do let me know if you would like to join me on this one as this is by invitation only and it is hoped that you will invest in one or more work of Art. All proceed to Charity.`&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I look forward to seeing you again soon,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best regards, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jean-Francois.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;events, fab, travel, flight, hotels, parties, charity,&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24256041-1775037434940519471?l=jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/feeds/1775037434940519471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24256041&amp;postID=1775037434940519471&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/1775037434940519471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256041.post-7047976875093175435</id><published>2009-01-30T19:09:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-01-30T19:11:44.696Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='फिशेस'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='पार्टी'/><title type='text'>पार्टी विथ थे Fishes</title><content type='html'>Party with the fishes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhkE97v5HcY"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhkE97v5HcY &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;events, fab, travel, flight, hotels, parties, charity,&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24256041-7047976875093175435?l=jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256041.post-906214062764696908</id><published>2009-01-21T15:43:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-01-21T15:46:46.331Z</updated><title type='text'>H</title><content type='html'>Happy New Year to all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peace, Health, Happiness and Prosperity!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you are all well and look forward to seeing you again this year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best regards, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jean-Francois.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;events, fab, travel, flight, hotels, parties, charity,&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24256041-906214062764696908?l=jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/feeds/906214062764696908/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24256041&amp;postID=906214062764696908&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/906214062764696908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/906214062764696908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/2009/01/h.html' title='H'/><author><name>Jean-François Dor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00332163894350654866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09351028542700384670'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256041.post-3510454006479104936</id><published>2008-11-29T22:39:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-11-29T23:22:25.511Z</updated><title type='text'>Season's Greetings</title><content type='html'>Dear Friends, Colleagues and Esteemed Clients,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Season's Greeting and best wishes for a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am still gathering my strength and will return at the beginning of February fit and ready with more to do and go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 2009, this will be 30 years that I have been involved in the Hospitality, Events and Charity Sector in the field of general management, public relations and marketing.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have organised and created events, campaigns and fundraisings with and for Crowned Heads of Europe, Ministers, Tycoons, CEO's, Blue Chip Compagnies  and Celebrities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Always discrete, persistent, consistent and with the attention to detail that makes you ask for me time again, you know that I make it happen and that I get people together. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Locations have been varied in countries and places and included Royal Palaces to Dairies passing through hotels, theatres, museums,music-halls,planes, yachts and some unusual and even unheard of.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you to all who have helped me along the route.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here to another 30 years!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jean-Francois.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;events, fab, travel, flight, hotels, parties, charity,&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24256041-3510454006479104936?l=jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/feeds/3510454006479104936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24256041&amp;postID=3510454006479104936&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/3510454006479104936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/3510454006479104936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/2008/11/seasons-greetings.html' title='Season&apos;s Greetings'/><author><name>Jean-François Dor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00332163894350654866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09351028542700384670'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256041.post-6247594678661067956</id><published>2008-11-23T15:14:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-01-21T15:43:45.586Z</updated><title type='text'>Getter better</title><content type='html'>I am glad to say that I am getting much better now and that I have gained some weight this week. So much so that I will now start to look at my calories intake! Not quite but to be considered. All well ,I will be fit again by the end of January/beginning of February.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I look forward to hearing from you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With best wishes,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yours ever,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jean-Francois.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;events, fab, travel, flight, hotels, parties, charity,&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24256041-6247594678661067956?l=jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/feeds/6247594678661067956/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24256041&amp;postID=6247594678661067956&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/6247594678661067956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/6247594678661067956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/2008/11/getter-better.html' title='Getter better'/><author><name>Jean-François Dor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00332163894350654866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09351028542700384670'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256041.post-3499123364953058420</id><published>2008-11-09T18:55:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-11-09T19:13:26.255Z</updated><title type='text'>Looking forward to 2009</title><content type='html'>After mon operation at the beginning of October, I suffered some complications resulting in my being resuscitated once and being told that I would not make it if I needed a drastic further operation. Anyway, after my hospital spell I am now at home recuperating and getting better by the day.It will take some time and I very much hope to be up and again by January and organise your events and similarly if you hear of a part or full time senior position in hospitality, events, PR, marketing or Charity,please let me know. I am prepared to commit to one or more companies in 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With best wishes,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jean-Francois.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;events, fab, travel, flight, hotels, parties, charity,&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24256041-3499123364953058420?l=jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/feeds/3499123364953058420/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24256041&amp;postID=3499123364953058420&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/3499123364953058420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/3499123364953058420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/2008/11/looking-forward-to-2009.html' title='Looking forward to 2009'/><author><name>Jean-François Dor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00332163894350654866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09351028542700384670'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256041.post-2708680120052680718</id><published>2008-09-26T15:39:00.005Z</published><updated>2008-10-06T14:34:07.006Z</updated><title type='text'>Slowing down but wait!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=59463&amp;amp;id=583693553&amp;amp;ref=share"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SN0DigvAHvI/AAAAAAAAALg/fIEH0RwWnxw/s200/Mad+Hatter%27s+Ball+061.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250356632021376754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=59461&amp;amp;id=583693553&amp;amp;ref=share&lt;br /&gt;and http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=59463&amp;amp;id=583693553&amp;amp;ref=share&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also on www.robertsphotostudio.co.uk/madhattersball&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and &lt;b&gt;&lt;a title="blocked::http://gallery.me.com/pablogaravato#100162" href="http://gallery.me.com/pablogaravato#100162"&gt;http://gallery.me.com/pablogaravato#100162&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Friends,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;True I have to slow down due to an abscess operation on the 8th October, so bear with me till  the end of November. I will always answer my phone if I can and will call you back if you ask for it and leave me your details, don't be surprised there might be a larger delay as I get very tired very quickly at present. However I expect double speed six to eight weeks after the operation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What fun we had with the Mad Hatter's Ball though, please have a look at those pictures above.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those good wishers, I will be at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please note that I have taken off the 0800 number, not that many people used it and still prefer to call me on my mobile, 07831 782 200.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I look forward to seeing you again soon,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best wishes,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jean-Francois.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;events, fab, travel, flight, hotels, parties, charity,&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24256041-2708680120052680718?l=jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/feeds/2708680120052680718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24256041&amp;postID=2708680120052680718&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/2708680120052680718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/2708680120052680718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/2008/09/slowing-down.html' title='Slowing down but wait!'/><author><name>Jean-François Dor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00332163894350654866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09351028542700384670'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SN0DigvAHvI/AAAAAAAAALg/fIEH0RwWnxw/s72-c/Mad+Hatter%27s+Ball+061.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256041.post-2543019140516543422</id><published>2008-08-14T12:33:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-08-14T12:36:20.085Z</updated><title type='text'>Eccentric Club restoration group on the 29th of August, Friday</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="Section1"&gt;Dear Friends,&lt;br /&gt;Here is what I received recently in my mail, I did reply and joined and will organise some whacky things for them, who has never heard of the Eccentrics? Am I one? Answers on a postcard please!&lt;br /&gt;x&lt;br /&gt;JF.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Dear Sir,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;We have reasons to believe that our information may be of  interest to you, if we are mistaken, we do apologise, we will not contact you  again.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;The pleasure of your company will be highly appreciated if  you would find it possible to attend the first meeting of the Eccentric Club  restoration group on the 29&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; of August, Friday.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;We aim to bring back to its rightfully deserved place in the  British society this once influential and important in every aspect  establishment a history of which is inseparable with that of Britain  itself.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;More information is available at: &lt;a title="blocked::http://www.eccentricclub.co.uk/club-news.php" href="http://www.eccentricclub.co.uk/club-news.php"&gt;http://www.eccentricclub.co.uk/club-news.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;Yours sincerely,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;The Organising Committee of the New Eccentric  Club&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;events, fab, travel, flight, hotels, parties, charity,&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24256041-2543019140516543422?l=jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/feeds/2543019140516543422/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24256041&amp;postID=2543019140516543422&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/2543019140516543422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/2543019140516543422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/2008/08/eccentric-club-restoration-group-on.html' title='Eccentric Club restoration group on the 29th of August, Friday'/><author><name>Jean-François Dor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00332163894350654866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09351028542700384670'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256041.post-7556175405814597870</id><published>2008-08-07T19:33:00.003Z</published><updated>2008-08-07T19:35:22.998Z</updated><title type='text'>September Newsletter</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SJtOOaChYdI/AAAAAAAAALY/cy9mfXCKgT0/s1600-h/2012.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SJtOOaChYdI/AAAAAAAAALY/cy9mfXCKgT0/s200/2012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231861401535996370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;Dear  Friends,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="Section1"&gt; &lt;p class="section1" style="margin-right: 3.6pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;Hope you are enjoying our typical  British Summer. I have been busy finding new venues, places, destinati0ns and  other interests for you. Whilst in &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Provence&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;, I visited my friend Pascal Budor who  is director of a most fantastic hotel and restaurant &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;a title="blocked::http://www.abbaye-celle.com/" href="http://www.abbaye-celle.com/"&gt;&lt;span title="blocked::http://www.abbaye-celle.com/" lang="EN-GB"&gt;http://www.abbaye-celle.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt; &lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;. This is an Alain Ducasse’s  establishment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="section1" style="margin-right: 3.6pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="section1" style="margin-right: 3.6pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;On the 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; August many  of us will be looking at the opening ceremony of the now controversial Beijing  Olympics. May the best win and that the Olympic spirit prevails over politics.  Our friends from Mossiman’s are there already, looking after the Committee  (lucky them)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="section1" style="margin-right: 3.6pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="section1" style="margin-right: 3.6pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt; Some of you might know of Anthony  Christian (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;a title="blocked::http://www.anthonychristian.co.uk/" href="http://www.anthonychristian.co.uk/"&gt;&lt;span title="blocked::http://www.anthonychristian.co.uk/" lang="EN-GB"&gt;http://www.anthonychristian.co.uk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)  If you would like to catch him and find his amazing warehouse filled with over a  million pounds worth of his pictures, let me know and I will introduce you to  him. Hurry though as he is going to LA on Saturday morning (9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;  August) for filming.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;  &lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="section1" style="margin-right: 3.6pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;September is  coming and with this so many parties and events, I am only listing a few here  and some offers of other services below.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="section1" style="margin-right: 3.6pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt;  September, 1st&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt; Tuesday of the month at the Royal  Anglo-Belgian Club is at 6:30 pm and if you would like to attend and have an  interest in &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Belgium&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, please contact the  membership secretary on &lt;a title="blocked::mailto:membership@ra-bc.com" href="mailto:membership@ra-bc.com"&gt;&lt;span title="blocked::mailto:membership@ra-bc.com"  style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span title="blocked::mailto:membership@ra-bc.com"&gt;&lt;span title="blocked::mailto:membership@ra-bc.com"  style="color:#000000;"&gt;membership@ra-bc.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a title="blocked::http://www.ra-bc.com/" href="http://www.ra-bc.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span title="blocked::http://www.ra-bc.com/"  style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span title="blocked::http://www.ra-bc.com/"&gt;&lt;span title="blocked::http://www.ra-bc.com/"  lang="EN-GB" style="color:#000000;"&gt;www.ra-bc.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;).  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="section1" style="margin-right: 3.6pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;5&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;  September, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;Guided tour of the  JST Tenacious  in Canary Wharf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;a title="blocked::http://urgoing.to/tenacious" href="http://urgoing.to/tenacious"&gt;http://urgoing.to/tenacious&lt;/a&gt;.  Also on the  Saturday 6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, for the Jubilee Sailing Trust with the Rotary Club of  &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;London&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="section1" style="margin-right: 3.6pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;And the  first Friday of the month, Circa is for all the London Gay Professionals and  their friends &lt;a title="blocked::http://www.circa-club.com/events/glpseptember08.php" href="http://www.circa-club.com/events/glpseptember08.php"&gt;http://www.circa-club.com/events/glpseptember08.php&lt;/a&gt;   (&lt;a title="blocked::http://www.circa-club.com/" href="http://www.circa-club.com/"&gt;&lt;span title="blocked::http://www.circa-club.com/"  style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;span title="blocked::http://www.circa-club.com/"&gt;&lt;span title="blocked::http://www.circa-club.com/"  style="color:#000000;"&gt;www.circa-club.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;). Register  here:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;a title="blocked::http://urgoing.to/circa" href="http://urgoing.to/circa"&gt;http://urgoing.to/circa&lt;/a&gt;  or on previous link  or email &lt;a title="blocked::mailto:jf.dor@circa-club.com" href="mailto:jf.dor@circa-club.com"&gt;jf.dor@circa-club.com&lt;/a&gt; directly as an  alternative. This is a totally FREE event for gay men and women and their  friends including a free drink from 7pm till its run out. (And don’t forget to  buy the hosts a drink) If anyone is interested to sponsor the websites, the  monthly figures are: 3,000,000 hits, 60,000 visitors and 45,000 members and  growing; for as little as £15-20 a week, you have a great overture into the  ‘Pink Pound’.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="section1" style="margin-right: 3.6pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  lang="FR" &gt;9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;  Septembre, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  lang="FR" &gt;Mardi,&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Le Cercle se réunit pour une conversation  française voyez &lt;a title="blocked::http://lecercle.eventbrite.com/" href="http://lecercle.eventbrite.com/"&gt;http://lecercle.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt; pour  de plus amples informations et réservations.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="section1" style="margin-right: 3.6pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  lang="FR" &gt;15th Septembre,  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  lang="FR" &gt;Lundi, Le Cercle des  Professionnels Francophone de L’événementiel se réunit au Collège Imperial ou  Elodie nous recevra, strictement par invitation et pour membre  seulement.&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 3.6pt;"&gt; &lt;p class="section1" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;I am very  pleased to be able to organise private views of the newly renovated Royal  Institution before it reopens to the public in October starting on the  15&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; September, please look at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;a title="blocked::http://urgoing.to/ri" href="http://urgoing.to/ri"&gt;http://urgoing.to/ri&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt; &lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt; for full details and  dates.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p class="section1" style="margin-right: 3.6pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 1pt 4pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 3.6pt;"&gt; &lt;p class="section1" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0cm; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12;"  &gt;16th  September&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;, Tuesday, an extravaganza! Mad Hatters Party (not  Lewis Carroll) in the midst of the London Fashion Week for &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Arts C&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;"  lang="EN-GB"&gt;lub Charitable Trust, please see  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;a title="blocked::http://acctrust.blog.com/" href="http://acctrust.blog.com/"&gt;http://acctrust.blog.com/&lt;/a&gt; for detail and  reservation, please hurry as tables are going fast, many celebrities and  fantastic auction prizes. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p class="section1" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;26&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;  September,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt; the concert for the Arts Club  Charitable Trust  has been cancelled due to a clash of events in the same  venue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="normal1" style="margin-right: 3.6pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;29&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;  September, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;A culinary  journey around the world in 80 meals&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt; takes its  start at the Gaylord Restaurant in &lt;st1:street st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:address st="on"&gt;Mortimer Street&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt; in aid of the Rotary Club  of London, this is organised by the International Committee. See details here:   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;a title="blocked::http://gaylord.eventbrite.com/" href="http://gaylord.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank"&gt;http://gaylord.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="normal1" style="margin-right: 3.6pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;Please  see  &lt;a title="blocked::http://otheroffers.blog.com/" href="http://otheroffers.blog.com/"&gt;http://otheroffers.blog.com/&lt;/a&gt;  for  further offer on the  Eccentric Club, Credit Crunch, Britain-China Trade  Association, Executive Coaching, Caribbean resorts, Ritz-Escoffier, The Arts  Club, ...&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="normal1" style="margin-right: 3.6pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;I wish you all a  fantastic summer, the next newsletter will be October (we will have a visit to  the Foreign Press Association), do remember that you can join me at anytime;  please let me know  what you think about my newest card with the painting at the  back, I have many more paintings… Give me feedback at any time;  I very much  look forward to hearing from you, to seeing you again, to organise many parties  for you, to make your networking and to seeing you again  soon.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="section1" style="margin-right: 3.6pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  lang="FR" &gt;Yours ever,  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="section1" style="margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-left: -36pt; margin-right: -32.4pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  lang="FR" &gt;Jean-François.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="section1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  lang="FR" &gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;0800  084 21 73&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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(figures as at  07-08-08)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="section1" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="section1" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;events, fab, travel, flight, hotels, parties, charity,&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24256041-7556175405814597870?l=jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/feeds/7556175405814597870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24256041&amp;postID=7556175405814597870&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/7556175405814597870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/7556175405814597870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/2008/08/september-newsletter.html' title='September Newsletter'/><author><name>Jean-François Dor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00332163894350654866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09351028542700384670'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SJtOOaChYdI/AAAAAAAAALY/cy9mfXCKgT0/s72-c/2012.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256041.post-2231460426747541883</id><published>2008-08-04T10:27:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-08-04T10:29:13.145Z</updated><title type='text'>website down</title><content type='html'>Dear Friends,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seems that my website and emails are down today due to a possible upgrading from our hosting company, please bear with us and do call me on 07831 782 200 or email me on &lt;a href="mailto:jeanfrancoisdor@aol.com"&gt;jeanfrancoisdor@aol.com&lt;/a&gt; if you would like to join me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best regards,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jean-Francois.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;events, fab, travel, flight, hotels, parties, charity,&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24256041-2231460426747541883?l=jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/feeds/2231460426747541883/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24256041&amp;postID=2231460426747541883&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/2231460426747541883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/2231460426747541883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/2008/08/website-down.html' title='website down'/><author><name>Jean-François Dor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00332163894350654866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09351028542700384670'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256041.post-9198896091867109953</id><published>2008-07-18T07:56:00.006Z</published><updated>2008-07-18T08:11:21.946Z</updated><title type='text'>July</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SIBNFhs3YLI/AAAAAAAAALI/VdqZ-whOsXA/s1600-h/14072008329.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SIBNFhs3YLI/AAAAAAAAALI/VdqZ-whOsXA/s200/14072008329.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224260325091008690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just back from Holidays to find a giant bag, no kidding see for yourself of bills, invoices etc... but no cheques! Should not have happened but wondered how much impact these two French interns have had over the last two months.  If you happened to be one of the persons owing me, please send your cheque or pay by credit card soon. If you would like to donate to me or one of my charities, please do so in the similar manner.&lt;br /&gt;Anyway I have has a fantastically relaxing time in Provence, nothing much more than swimming, eating and drinking for two weeks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SIBOHuZKhlI/AAAAAAAAALQ/PAc9E3iCvA4/s1600-h/14072008336.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SIBOHuZKhlI/AAAAAAAAALQ/PAc9E3iCvA4/s200/14072008336.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224261462369404498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I guess I look relaxed there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would like to point to your attention, even though this was sent in the newsletter, (you are not getting it, please let me know) next Friday, this one is full at Woburn Abbey, http://25july.blog.com when Josuah Ellicot a tremendous tenor will be coming to sing for us - &lt;a href="http://artsclubcharitabletrust.blogspot.com"&gt;The Arts Club Charitable Trust&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jason Bradbury has a gallery opening on the 24th, the day before, on Pall Mall, so ask me and I will  let you know where this is.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;events, fab, travel, flight, hotels, parties, charity,&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24256041-9198896091867109953?l=jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/feeds/9198896091867109953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24256041&amp;postID=9198896091867109953&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/9198896091867109953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/9198896091867109953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/2008/07/july.html' title='July'/><author><name>Jean-François Dor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00332163894350654866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09351028542700384670'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SIBNFhs3YLI/AAAAAAAAALI/VdqZ-whOsXA/s72-c/14072008329.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256041.post-9124278318095264341</id><published>2008-04-18T13:00:00.011Z</published><updated>2008-04-23T16:04:01.926Z</updated><title type='text'>China, Circa  and Francophonie</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SAicew4TpGI/AAAAAAAAAHk/XskmK2bOFJs/s1600-h/xiaoleu8.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SAicew4TpGI/AAAAAAAAAHk/XskmK2bOFJs/s200/xiaoleu8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190570622875575394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Wednesday 30th April : for all the China enthusiast:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chinabusinessclub.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://chinabusinessclub.blogpost.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Art as a commodity and investment&lt;br /&gt;Cultural exchange between the two countries&lt;br /&gt;Book on 0800 084 21 73&lt;br /&gt;or &lt;span id="event_url"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lecerclefrancophone.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank"&gt;http://bcta.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SAidhw4TpHI/AAAAAAAAAHs/x8_748WBLAM/s1600-h/Me.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SAidhw4TpHI/AAAAAAAAAHs/x8_748WBLAM/s200/Me.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190571773926810738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friday 2nd May : Circa Club&lt;br /&gt;The Gay London Professional Club with their friends&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="http://www.circa-club.com/events/glpmay08.php" href="http://www.circa-club.com/events/glpmay08.php"&gt;Circa-Club May Drinks  Party&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Free but if you want to stay for dinner, please book through me on 0800 084 21 73&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SAibpA4TpFI/AAAAAAAAAHc/Esg55HN7nHM/s1600-h/L%27Art+Nouveau+%C3%A0+Bruxelles.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SAibpA4TpFI/AAAAAAAAAHc/Esg55HN7nHM/s200/L%27Art+Nouveau+%C3%A0+Bruxelles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190569699457606738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13 may 2008:for all the french speaking people:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cercle-francophone.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://cercle-francophone.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Book on 0800 084 21 73    or&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="event_url"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lecerclefrancophone.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank"&gt;http://lecerclefrancophone.eventbrite.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also would like to announce in exclusivity the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Segoe UI;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:12;"  &gt;The Arts Club Summer &amp;amp;  Autumn Concert Series in aid of the Arts Club Charitable  Trust (&lt;a href="http://artsclubcharitabletrust.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://artsclubcharitabletrust.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Segoe UI;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:12;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;Join us for an evening of fine  music, food and wine with Arts Club member and leading young Australian pianist,  &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;David Barnard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; who will be bringing  some of the most sought after singers to entertain you with a wide range of  popular music from opera &amp;amp; song to Gershwin &amp;amp; Cole Porter.  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Segoe UI;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:12;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Segoe UI;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:12;"  &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Friday 13th June – &lt;i style=""&gt;“Doom &amp;amp; Gloom” &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Soprano &lt;b style=""&gt;Deborah Norman&lt;/b&gt; made her professional debut as &lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;M&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;aria&lt;/i&gt; in &lt;i style=""&gt;West Side Story&lt;/i&gt; at&lt;br /&gt;La &lt;i style=""&gt;Scala, &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;M&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;ilan&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;/i&gt; and at &lt;i style=""&gt;The Royal Opera House, &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Covent Garden&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/i&gt; singing &lt;i style=""&gt;Chloe&lt;/i&gt; in &lt;i style=""&gt;The Queen of Spades&lt;/i&gt;. She has also performed major principal roles with &lt;i style=""&gt;Welsh National Opera and Opera North &lt;/i&gt;as well as in demand internationally for gala performances. Notable engagements include &lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Naiad in Ariadne auf Naxos &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;with the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt; London Symphony Orchestra&lt;/i&gt; under &lt;i style=""&gt;Sir Simon Rattle, Carmina Burana&lt;/i&gt; at the &lt;i style=""&gt;Royal Albert Hall&lt;/i&gt;, Opera Galas at the &lt;i style=""&gt;Royal Concert Hall, &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Glasgow&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; &amp;amp; Bridgewater Hall and &lt;/i&gt;CD&lt;i style=""&gt; &lt;/i&gt;recordings with E&lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;M&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;I Classics and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Friday 25th July – “Swan Upping”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Studying at the &lt;i style=""&gt;Guildhall School of &lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;M&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;usic &amp;amp; Drama&lt;/i&gt; under the support of the &lt;i style=""&gt;Countess of &lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;M&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;unster &lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;M&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;usical Trust&lt;/i&gt;, tenor &lt;b style=""&gt;Joshua Ellicott&lt;/b&gt; took four of the top prizes at the 2006 &lt;i style=""&gt;International Vocal Competition in s-Hertogenbosch&lt;/i&gt; including the overall first prize. He has performed at &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;London&lt;/st1:City&gt;'s Wigmore &lt;i style=""&gt;Hall, Purcell Room, Royal Albert Hall and Barbican Hall&lt;/i&gt;, operatic performances with most of the major British opera houses and recently the role of &lt;i style=""&gt;Narr &lt;/i&gt;in &lt;i style=""&gt;Wozzeck &lt;/i&gt;for La &lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;M&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;onnaie in &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Brussels&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Friday 15&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; August – “All Things British”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Baritone &lt;b style=""&gt;Roland Wood &lt;/b&gt;studied at the Royal Northern College of &lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;M&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;usic and at the National Opera Studio under the support of the Peter &lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;M&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;oores Foundation. He has understudied and performed operatic roles for &lt;i style=""&gt;European Union Opera, Aix en &lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;M&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;usique Festival,&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i style=""&gt;Glyndebourne&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i style=""&gt;English National Opera&lt;/i&gt;, as well as opera galas with the &lt;i style=""&gt;Bayerische Rundfunkorchester&lt;/i&gt; and the &lt;i style=""&gt;European Union Youth Orchestra&lt;/i&gt; in &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Baden-Baden&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;. He has represented &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;England&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; in the &lt;i style=""&gt;Cardiff Singer of the World&lt;/i&gt; (semi-final winner) and in 2008 will be appearing as &lt;i style=""&gt;Renato&lt;/i&gt; in &lt;i style=""&gt;Un ballo in maschera&lt;/i&gt; for the &lt;i style=""&gt;Nationale Reisopera&lt;/i&gt; in the &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Netherlands&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;, &lt;i style=""&gt;Alfio &lt;/i&gt;in Cavelleria Rusticana at English National Opera. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Friday 26&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; September – “Surf &amp;amp; Turf”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Australian born mezzo-soprano &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Katrina Waters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-GB"&gt; graduated &lt;i style=""&gt;Royal College of &lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;M&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;usic’s Benjamin Britten International Opera School&lt;/i&gt; in &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;London&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; with distinction. She is strongly established as a international artist in demand for roles here in the &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;UK&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, Europe and &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Australia&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;. She has broadcast on BBC Radio 3 as part of a masterclass series with &lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;M&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;alcolm &lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;M&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;artineau&lt;/i&gt;. Her opera roles include &lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;M&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;eg Page in &lt;span style=""&gt;Falstaff&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; with &lt;i style=""&gt;Lyrique-en-&lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;M&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;e Festival &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;de Belle-Ile&lt;/st1:City&gt;, &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Brittany&lt;/st1:State&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;, Florence Pike (Albert Herring) &lt;/i&gt;for the&lt;i style=""&gt; Aldeburgh International Festival &lt;/i&gt;and&lt;i style=""&gt; Bianca &lt;/i&gt;in the&lt;i style=""&gt; Rape Of Lucretia (Britten). &lt;/i&gt;Concert highlights include &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;M&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;ahler’s &lt;span style=""&gt;Kindertötenlieder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-GB"&gt; in &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;Canberra&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; and performances in &lt;i style=""&gt;Sydney Opera House with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Friday 24&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; October – “&lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;M&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;ademoiselle Renard”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;One of the world’s most sought after sopranos, &lt;b style=""&gt;Sarah Fox &lt;/b&gt;won the 1997 Kathleen Ferrier award at 24 and began her professional career singing &lt;i style=""&gt;Karolka &lt;/i&gt;in Jenufa&lt;i style=""&gt; &lt;/i&gt;for Glyndebourne Festival Opera and has recently performed&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;sup&gt; &lt;/sup&gt;first Rhinemaiden &lt;/i&gt;in Wagner’s Ring Cycle, &lt;i style=""&gt;Zerlina &lt;/i&gt;(Don Giovanni) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and &lt;i style=""&gt;Asteria &lt;/i&gt;(Tamerlano) for the Bayerishe Staatsoper &lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;M&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;ünchen. Sarah has appeared regularly at the BBC Proms and Edinburgh Festival with Sir Charles &lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;M&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;ackerras. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Segoe UI&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Australian pianist &lt;b style=""&gt;David Barnard &lt;/b&gt;graduated from his Bachelor of &lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;M&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;usic studies at the age of 18 and received national recognition for his outstanding achievements during his study. He has worked as an accompanist extensively around the &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;UK&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, Europe and &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Australia&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; accompanying some of the finest singers and instrumentalists in the profession. He is a Yehudi &lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;M&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;enuhin &amp;amp; Britten-Pears Young Artist. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Segoe UI;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Segoe UI';"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;events, fab, travel, flight, hotels, parties, charity,&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24256041-9124278318095264341?l=jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/feeds/9124278318095264341/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24256041&amp;postID=9124278318095264341&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/9124278318095264341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/9124278318095264341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/2008/04/china-circa-and-francophonie.html' title='China, Circa  and Francophonie'/><author><name>Jean-François Dor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00332163894350654866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09351028542700384670'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/SAicew4TpGI/AAAAAAAAAHk/XskmK2bOFJs/s72-c/xiaoleu8.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256041.post-6635892112606688741</id><published>2008-04-15T14:34:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-04-15T14:38:49.635Z</updated><title type='text'>Naymz, sketch and China</title><content type='html'>Dear All,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apologies for those who received this invitation from the Naymz, the reputation network, i have deleted my profile, having already a bit too many around!  Thank you to those of you who gave me these wonderful references, I appreciate, I invite you to do the same on linkedin that is to my eyes the more reputable business network.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apologies again for the Sketch club that is now sold out, please register your interest for the next one that will be held sometimes next month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please book for China &lt;a href="http://chinabusinessclub.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://chinabusinessclub.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; talk on the 30th followed by dinner, this will really be good!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See you again soon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yours ever,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jean-Francois.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;events, fab, travel, flight, hotels, parties, charity,&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24256041-6635892112606688741?l=jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/feeds/6635892112606688741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24256041&amp;postID=6635892112606688741&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/6635892112606688741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/6635892112606688741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/2008/04/naymz-sketch-and-china.html' title='Naymz, sketch and China'/><author><name>Jean-François Dor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00332163894350654866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09351028542700384670'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256041.post-1941188280197183100</id><published>2008-04-09T20:57:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-04-09T20:57:45.152Z</updated><title type='text'>Sketch Club 17  April</title><content type='html'>Beginners and all grade welcome! Circa is very mixed and you will feel immediately at ease and relaxed. Under the experienced eye of Agafia Hamilton and Jason Bradbury , our Art Tutors and fellow Circa-Club members, you will be drawing our male nude model, Mark, and be given the opportunity to experience a wide range of techniques and ways of seeing. Skills taught will include expressive line drawing and a variety of tonal approaches. So come and join us for: art tuition, charcoals and paper and supper afterwards to carry on discussion with wine following the class when we will be able to meet and exchange ideas. £ 65 per person all inclusive of half a bottle of wine, supper (2 course meal), service and vat in a most prestigious Club in the heart of Mayfair. Miss out on the supper and conversation and pay £ 28.00 per person for the class only. (Due to Sponsorship) Booking is essential and must be made in advance, numbers are limited. &lt;a href="http://circalifeclass.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://circalifeclass.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank"&gt;http://circalifeclass.eventbrite.com/&lt;/a&gt; for booking and payment&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;events, fab, travel, flight, hotels, parties, charity,&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24256041-1941188280197183100?l=jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/feeds/1941188280197183100/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24256041&amp;postID=1941188280197183100&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/1941188280197183100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/1941188280197183100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/2008/04/sketch-club-17-april.html' title='Sketch Club 17  April'/><author><name>Jean-François Dor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00332163894350654866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09351028542700384670'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256041.post-144754531854815876</id><published>2008-04-09T20:41:00.003Z</published><updated>2008-04-09T20:58:33.409Z</updated><title type='text'>Sketch Club 17 March 2008 - pictures</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/R_0rEAwgsuI/AAAAAAAAAGA/vFScJpf_rBU/s1600-h/DSCF0920.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187349693723620066" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/R_0rEAwgsuI/AAAAAAAAAGA/vFScJpf_rBU/s200/DSCF0920.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Some of the works&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/R_0rEwwgsvI/AAAAAAAAAGI/W3hj2uxiquw/s1600-h/DSCF0928.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187349706608521970" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/R_0rEwwgsvI/AAAAAAAAAGI/W3hj2uxiquw/s200/DSCF0928.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; participant judging each other's efforts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/R_0rFwwgswI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/8DZfvlLTsps/s1600-h/DSCF0933.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187349723788391170" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/R_0rFwwgswI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/8DZfvlLTsps/s200/DSCF0933.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Jason and Jean-Francois.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/R_0rGgwgsxI/AAAAAAAAAGY/261jcoKoC2E/s1600-h/DSCF0958.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187349736673293074" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/R_0rGgwgsxI/AAAAAAAAAGY/261jcoKoC2E/s200/DSCF0958.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The model with a studious audience&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/R_0rHAwgsyI/AAAAAAAAAGg/jiNxzS58hog/s1600-h/DSCF0974.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187349745263227682" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/R_0rHAwgsyI/AAAAAAAAAGg/jiNxzS58hog/s200/DSCF0974.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; some petals&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jean Francois Dor hosted our first “Circa Sketch Club” Evening at the Arts Club in the “Garden Room” on Monday 17 March (7-9.00pm).. People attending very much enjoyed the experience and so will you on Thursday 17th April.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;events, fab, travel, flight, hotels, parties, charity,&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24256041-144754531854815876?l=jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/feeds/144754531854815876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24256041&amp;postID=144754531854815876&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/144754531854815876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/144754531854815876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/2008/04/sketch-club-17-april-2008.html' title='Sketch Club 17 March 2008 - pictures'/><author><name>Jean-François Dor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00332163894350654866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09351028542700384670'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/R_0rEAwgsuI/AAAAAAAAAGA/vFScJpf_rBU/s72-c/DSCF0920.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256041.post-2411401674386783651</id><published>2008-04-09T20:40:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-04-09T20:59:06.529Z</updated><title type='text'>Sketch Club on the 17th April</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;events, fab, travel, flight, hotels, parties, charity,&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24256041-2411401674386783651?l=jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/feeds/2411401674386783651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24256041&amp;postID=2411401674386783651&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/2411401674386783651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/2411401674386783651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/2008/04/sketch-club-on-17th-april.html' title='Sketch Club on the 17th April'/><author><name>Jean-François Dor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00332163894350654866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09351028542700384670'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24256041.post-2586636546609041148</id><published>2008-04-09T15:20:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-04-09T15:46:19.370Z</updated><title type='text'>Rubicon Galleries at the Galleria</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/R_ze_D38q7I/AAAAAAAAAFU/ObtWhFMlPP8/s1600-h/PallMallApril08front.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187266045777062834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 219px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="201" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/R_ze_D38q7I/AAAAAAAAAFU/ObtWhFMlPP8/s200/PallMallApril08front.jpg" width="338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/R_ze_T38q8I/AAAAAAAAAFc/rdUEt6JeS2Y/s1600-h/PallMallAprilinviteback.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187266050072030146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/R_ze_T38q8I/AAAAAAAAAFc/rdUEt6JeS2Y/s200/PallMallAprilinviteback.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;events, fab, travel, flight, hotels, parties, charity,&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24256041-2586636546609041148?l=jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/feeds/2586636546609041148/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=24256041&amp;postID=2586636546609041148&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/2586636546609041148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/24256041/posts/default/2586636546609041148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jeanfrancoisdor.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post.html' title='Rubicon Galleries at the Galleria'/><author><name>Jean-François Dor</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00332163894350654866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09351028542700384670'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_3QVbnb9Y1wk/R_ze_D38q7I/AAAAAAAAAFU/ObtWhFMlPP8/s72-c/PallMallApril08front.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>