What’s on in Guildford this month?

Welcome to our monthly round-up of events and live performances taking place in and around our beautiful town in August, as ever, there is plenty on offer for all ages, and most tastes. We will begin with our great friends at the wonderful Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, who...

Organising a Wake

This is clearly a very distressing time for any family, or group, and in writing on the subject we are very aware of the sensitivity of the subject, but we believe that a great deal of the organisational burden of organising a wake, or celebration of life can be...

Fabulous Farnborough – The Greatest Show in the Air.

For a week every other year, our wonderful neighbouring town of Farnborough finds itself at the very centre of global attention as it hosts the Farnborough International Airshow. Visitors from 44 countries gather to network with more than 1,000 exhibiting companies...

The Mandolay Hotel – my happy place.

This was the heading written for a recent review on Tripadvisor, a review that went on to say: ‘The service we received from all the staff, starting with Joyce on reception when we arrived and finishing on our last day’s with breakfast with Ella, (who ran a very...

Meeting Must-Haves

We all know the important ingredients of a successful meeting, and depending upon which article we last read on the subject, there are usually a whole list of ‘Ps’ to consider…Purpose, Planning, Preparation, Participants (we loved the one that included Pizza!)...