Socialite & TV Star Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, dies from a brain tumour

Socialite & TV Star Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, dies from a brain tumour

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Socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, who had been diagnosed with a brain tumour, has been found dead at her London home, sources say.

Prince Charles has led tributes on behalf of the Royal family (Tara was Prince Charles' god daughter)

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Police were called by the ambulance service around 1.40pm this lunchtime to an address in Kensington.

They said: "A woman, aged in her 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene. Next of kin have been informed."

Officers said her death is being treated as unexplained and police are not treating the death as suspicious.

Enquiries into the circumstances are ongoing. The Coroner has been informed.

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson was also a regular on reality TV shows and a friend of the royal family. She attended Prince Williams’ wedding to Kate Middleton. See photos

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Alfonso Ribeiro aka Carlton Banks wins Dancing with the Stars Season 19

Watch Alfonso do his amazing Freestyle dance and life the Mirror Ball Trophy!


Alfonso Freestyle Dance

http://youtu.be/m0Uiqeq8oJE

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Finale and Mirror Ball
http://youtu.be/GhSvmIz8K6M

 

BOBBY WOMACK DELIVERS AN ELECTRIC SOUL EXPLOSION AT THE BLUESFEST 2013

Bobby Womack at the Blues Fest, Royal Albert Hall

 

Bobby Womack featuring Altrinna Grayson at the Royal Albert Hall, London

We had the privilege of being invited to what was the most extraordinary set at the BluesFest at the Royal Albert Hall. The legendary Bobby Womack performed a storming set to an electric crowd that was lapping up every note and crowd pleasing stage antic. Bobby Womack is not only one of the best soul singers he gives every inch of his himself to every performance he gives. Flanked by electrifying back up singers who could easily be a headline act at any world class concert.

69-year-old US soul father Bobby Womack, is a relentless entertainer with as much zeal for life as he has for good music. His music speaks to each and everyone in the audience – it’s about the ups and downs of life, overcoming adversity, finding love, losing life and God. Womack tells a story and we feel like we know him and what he has gone through in his journey as a singer, partner and family man.

It’s 11pm and his daughter opens the show with 2 intimate stripped down songs from her upcoming EP album. Beautiful, curvaceous, bubbly and with a sweet and powerful voice the  young Womack songstress proved that talent runs in the family and that the Womack and Womack legacy lives on.

The soul father was led on to stage sporting black leather trousers and coat and his trademark tinted shades. His band and backing singers entrance equally exuding a cool demeanor reminiscent of the legends during the golden age of soul and rhythm and blues. He gets the crowd into a frenzy opening with his hit “Across 110th Street”. We then experienced a full blown soul explosion from his catalogue from the 1960s to his 2012 album TheBravest Man In The Universe and 1 new song from his upcoming album. There is no doubt Womack’s headline appearance at the BluesFest was as memorable as his sets at Glastonbury and Latitude.

Having played guitar and opened for Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers, he took us back to the time when Sam Cooke wrote “A Change is Going to Come”. Womack then performed a sizzling stripped back version of the song to the sheer delight of the adoring crowd. A highlight of this performance was the man next to me rolling on his seat crying when Womack hit the big notes on this hit. This is how a soul legend affects those who experience his music. The set continued to deliver gem after gem and the biggest treat was AltrinnaGrayson singing backup and the glass shattering vocals on the Patti Labelle parts on “Love has Finally Come” - totally astonishing.

Sadly like most good things, the great man’s set had to end. Womack’s blistering vocals stirred emotions in the audience in a way I had never seen with a 10 minute standing ovation begging for an encore. Introduced back on stage by Altrinna Grayson, Womack delivered his memorable gospel hit “Jesus be a Fence around me” for his encore ending in resounding applause and another ovation.

My team left knowing that we would never forget the incredible effect on us knowing what we had experienced seeing Womack work his magic on stage

DICKENS DAY FOR GOSH...A RESOUNDING SUCCESS!

DICKENS DAY FOR GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL 25TH NOVEMBER AT THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR MEDICINE WAS A FUN PACKED FAMILY DAY

There were performances, talks and information to thrill any Charles Dickens or Victorian period fan.

Please see the programme on Chris West's website to see what exciting items were on the programme. A detailed programme is also pasted at the end of this blog entry.

http://www.charlesdickenslondon.net/DICKENS-DAY-PROGRAMME.html

Below are the photos from the day

 

 

 

PROGRAMME

MAIN THEATRE:

10:30 Putney Park SchoolPresenting their own version of 'A Christmas Carol'.

11:00 Our Lady of The Visitation RC School - Greenford

Extracts from Oliver (acting, singing and dancing).

Dominic Gerrard

Extract from 'A Christmas Carol', adapted and performed by Dominic Gerrard, uses music, puppetry and original notes written by Dickens for his own stage performances.

12:00 Trevor-Roberts School(Senior Choir and Chamber Choir)

seasonal carols and carol-anthems:Ding dong merrily on high, Hark the herald,

In the bleak mid-winter, O come all ye faithful, Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (Gardner), Walking in a winter wonderland.The Trevor-Roberts Chamber choir will sing:What sweeter music (Rutter). We will also have some pupils performing extracts from Dylan Thomas' 'A Child's Christmas'

1:00 Amrit Hare

'My Dickens Reading Experience'

In 2012, to mark the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens, Amrit Hare, aged 10, decided to read the entire 36 volumes of Charles Dickens' Complete Works.Here he talks about his Dickens reading experience.

2:00 Kings College Chorus

A poem by Matthew Thompson, a young outpatient at GOSH, set to music by Christopher Schlechte-Bond. "I'm So Happy To Have You There". Followed by a selection of carols. Choristers are all university students.

Orchard House School, Chiswick

'Who will buy' by Lionel Bart (from Oliver Twist) Little Jack Horner - TraditionalWassail song - Traditional Monologue by Scrooge
Scene from Scrooge's Counting House

3:00 Portland Place School

Oliver Twist Adapted by Neil Bartlett.Scenes from Oliver Twist.

Chiswick School Theatre Company

Hard Times This is an adaptation of the opening pages of Dickens Hard Times, featuring a scene set in Coketown school. It shows Dickens’ satirical attitude to schooling in the 1800s.

4:00 Matthews Family 30-45 min

Talk and songs about Dickens fascination with Arctic exploration, tracking down lost explorers searching

for the North West Passage, and the fate of HM Discovery Ship Resolute.

5:00 Christopher West presenting Charles Dickens London

Dominic Gerrard

Extract from 'A Christmas Carol', adapted and performed by Dominic Gerrard, uses music, puppetry and original notes written by Dickens for his own stage performances.

6:15 Grand Finale and Carols

TALKS THEATRE:

Talks:

10.15: Christopher West

11:00: Professor Leonee Ormond

11.45: Joanna Fryer

12.30: Lucinda Dickens Hawksley

1.15: Lucinda Dickens Hawksley

2.00: Matthews family

2.45: Chantelle Msumbuga

3.30: Clare Smallman

4.15: Clare Smallman

5.00: Christopher West

5.45: Dominic Gerrard and Scrooge