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JOHN LEGEND “IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY DRIVE ME”

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56 BLIPPAR Blippar Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 CELEBRITY John Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Charlie Bewley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Jason Derulo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Kerr Logan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 FEATURES Uniforms... Do We Ever Really Grow Out of Them? . 4 Life’s a Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Givey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Kate Temple Gets Angry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Work Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

EDITOR'S LETTER

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ell, the summer holidays are over and, thankfully, the kids are back at school. Subsequently (and rather fittingly), September is our Education issue. We look at whether a uniform is for life and perhaps not just for our school days, and whether popularity in the playground really shapes you in later life. We also have a nice chat with John Legend, our cover star this month, and speak with Jason Derulo about what talent means without hard work. Elsewhere, we catch up with a host of up-and-coming stars including Twilight actor Charlie Bewley and Scottish songstress, Nina Nesbitt. As usual, there is incredible fashion for every budget and a great selection of bars, restaurants and weekend ideas for you to try. And check out our Deputy Editor Kyle’s Work Experience feature on the last page, this month he’s been spray tanning (yes, it’s as ridiculous as it sounds)! Oh, and don’t forget to enter our competition to win a six month supply of JuiceBurst and free night out with Team Drafted.

Until October... Have a great month.

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FASHION Women’s Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Men’s Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Man Bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Pony Skin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Women’s Fashion Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Men’s Fashion Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 MUSIC Nina Nesbitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 New Bands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Gigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Goldierocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 BEAUTY Beauty Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Male Grooming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Must-Have Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Tried And Tested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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LIFESTYLE Restaurants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Retreat to the Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Things To Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Running Vs. Cycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 THE TEAM

Editor Rivkie Baum rivkie@draftedmagazine.com • Deputy Editor Kyle Goodwin kyle@draftedmagazine.com Lifestyle Editor Josie Jones josie@draftedmagazine.com • Fashion Editor Krishan Parmar fashion@draftedmagazine.com • Beauty Editor Kate Temple kate@draftedmagazine.com Features Editor Elisheva Sokolic elisheva@draftedmagazine.com • Staff Writer Matt Russell matt@draftedmagazine.com • Online Editor Michael Bartlett michael@draftedmagazine.com Picture Editor Jay McLaughlin jay@draftedmagazine.com • Designers Kelsey Adams & Duygu Korkut design@draftedmagazine.com Business Development Manager Anastasia Meldrum anastasia@draftedmagazine.com • Commercial Manager Luke Warren luke@draftedmagazine.com Advertising Anastasia Meldrum anastasia@draftedmagazine.com • Feature Contributors Henry Fry, Stuart Gower • Music Contributors Liam McCreesh, Jono White Illustrations Rory Taylor, Tristan Reed, Klone Yourself • Photographic Contributor Nick Shand • Videographers Laurence Dobie, Jules Guaitamacchi, Jay McLaughlin Published By Drafted Media Limited • General Enquiries info@draftedmagazine.com

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UNIFORMS

DO WE EVER TRULY ABANDON THEM? Words : ELISHEVA SOKOLIC, Images : JAY MCLAUGHLIN

he word uniform stirs memories in all of us, mostly unflattering, un-shapely and uncomfortable ones. Pleated skirts and polo shirts, as well as for some the added embarrassment of blazers, ties and hats; I think most of us agree that school uniform is best forgotten. But for many, this less exciting teenage version of Fifty Shades Of Grey is just the beginning.

Leaving aside the obvious career choices of emergency services and hospitality, uniforms which usually command respect at least, (if not exactly emphasising your waistline), how many more of us are walking around in uniform?

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Designer labels at a cocktail party, business suits and briefcases on a line of commuters, mohawks and tattoos on a skater, false nails and gym-wear at the school drop off, even ripped jeans and thick eyeliner at a shopping centre on the weekend, we all adhere to some kind of uniform. But what's the purpose? After over a decade of being forced to conform, to line up in identical rows, why would we choose to don the same clothes and accessories as our peers all over again?

In school, uniform keeps us safe and perceptible to those looking after our wellbeing; it evens the playing field in terms of wealth, helps you look smart, and by making

everyone at least appear the same on the outside, supposedly stops bullying. In short, it helps you fit in.

Post-graduation, just like the popular kids who beat the uniform system at its own game, hitching up their pleated skirts or turning up their shirt collars, the emphasis hasn't changed. It's still about helping you fit in, with the added bonus of keeping others out. Who hasn't given someone the once over, a quick look at clothes and style before deciding whether to engage them in conversation. Similarly, who hasn't nudged a colleague at the office and asked, "Who's that?!" at spotting a visitor dressed out of the norm. It's our safety net, our way of ensuring that this stranger is 'our kind of person', in other words, meets our uniform specifications.

And this isn't just for the successful and wealthy to show off their excess. 'Bustin' a sag', or to the rest of us, wearing your trousers below the waistband of your boxers, has become an unlikely fashion statement in the last decade. This trend is more than likely to have originated in prison, where belts are not allowed and clothes are loose-fitting. With this in mind, the message is likely to be that the wearer is 'dangerous' and doesn’t care about authority. This gang may appear more intimidating than others, but is actually no less of an exclusive group than the yummy mummies in designer shoes and tight jeans. Both want to attract the same types as themselves, and both want to keep undesirables out.

But are we sabotaging ourselves with our voluntary uniforms? If you look at your

friends from your school days, they are often vastly different from any of the friends you will make as adults. In fact, you often hear people introducing a friend from childhood with, "You would never guess we were friends to look at us!" Perhaps as school kids the mandatory identical uniform and the sheer amount of time we are forced to spend together means that we bypass our normal 'uniform check' and instead turn to conversation to see if we have common interests.

The results can be unexpected. What could we be missing out on as adults by not looking past the outer layer?

In a similar vein to the 'non school uniform days' of our childhood, always met with such excitement at the thought of showing our true colours, perhaps enforced 'school uniform days' would do us adults the world of good.

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SOUL SINGER JOHN LEGEND HAS ACHIEVED PRETTY MUCH ALL THERE IS TO ACHIEVE IN MUSIC. WHILE OTHER SONGWRITERS MIGHT GET COMPLACENT — LEGEND IS NO WHERE NEAR THE END OF HIS MUSICAL JOURNEY, WITH NEW ALBUM ‘LOVE IN THE FUTURE' RELEASED LAST WEEK TO CRITICAL ACCLAIM. DRAFTED CATCH UP WITH THE AMERICAN HIT-MAKER TO FIND OUT WHAT KEEPS HIM INSPIRED AFTER ALL THE YEARS OF SUCCESS...

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hat do you do once you’ve achieved everything you set out to accomplish in your career? Where do you go once you’ve reached the very top of the ladder?

Personally, I can’t answer that question but I do know there’s a distinct drive that comes with being hungry for success (as well as being just generally hungry).

On the whole, that type of drive is fuelled by ambition and the desire to climb as high as you possibly can. But what happens once those ambitions have been met? Can you simply create motivation idly, out of thin air? Or do you have to start relying on different sources to create that same hunger? For Ohio-born John Legend, winner of nine Grammy Awards, those early ambitions of musical success have most certainly been achieved.

After being introduced to Lauryn Hill whilst studying at the University of Pennsylvania, who hired him to play piano on ‘Everything Is Everything’, Legend began carving a name for himself in the Philadelphia area by playing countless shows and building up a fan-base that swiftly spread across to New York, Boston, Atlanta and Washington D.C. It didn’t take long for a record deal to come into fruition, with the then relatively unknown Kanye West signing Legend up to his label G.O.O.D. Music Imprint, as well as hiring Legend to sing vocal hooks on a number of his

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early tracks. A series of similar collaborations followed as Legend featured on chart-topping hits including Jay-Z’s ‘Encore’, Alicia Keys’ ‘You Don’t Know My Name’, along with Kanye West’s club-thumper ‘All Of The Lights’. The rest, as people occasionally say, is history. His debut album ‘Get Lifted’ was released through Columbia Records in 2004 and he’s since gone on to evolve into the multi-platinum selling, multi-award winning artist that he is today, selling over 7million records worldwide.

But while he’s seen it all, done it all and got the awards to prove it, John Legend is still as hungry as ever, with his new record ‘Love In The Future’ hitting shops nationwide last week – and there are no signs of the spinetingling soul singer starting to slow down just yet. So what keeps Legend in the game after ten years of consistent accolade? “It’s the people that really drive me these days,” he begins, after a brief pause for reflection. “I’ve got all these amazing fans that have been waiting for new music from me and are excited to hear what comes next. I want to do something that’s better than what I’ve done before. That’s what inspires me. I feel like I can always get better and always strive to be a better artist.

I really enjoy meeting the people and performing for the people and it’s great to do that with new music.”

This fourth studio offering from Legend has been highly anticipated in the music world since it was first announced, and like most artists who’ve achieved similar levels of success, there is an expectation to meet the high standards already set in his previous works. After all, success will always create anticipation. But while a lot of songwriters can find that added pressure a hindrance on

their creative process, and can often struggle to live up to the same level of commercial triumph, Legend doesn’t let the external demand for success affect him as he pieces together new material. “The pressure to succeed mainly comes from me,” he explains. “I want to get better every day. I want to be great at what I do and I have to keep working hard in order to do that. There are always new things pushing you to create new music. My inspirations are never the same from song to song.

There is always new music to keep me inspired and new situations – life in general is always a big inspiration. Your life experiences change over the years so that’s always going to have an affect on the music you write.”

As Legend goes on to tell us, inspiration can never be forced. When it comes, it comes, and there’s not much anybody can do about it. What inspires someone as they’re on their way up, however, can change dramatically from the inspiration that finds them once they’ve reached the top. And, according to Legend, it’s not just the source of inspiration that can alter over the years – tone, subject matter and influence can change significantly with it. Naturally, the songs you write as a starving, up-and-coming musician sitting in a dingy one bedroom flat with damp walls and a flickering light bulb can differ immensely from a song written in a rooftop Jacuzzi, sipping from a £500 bottle of brandy being passed around a group of Russian supermodels (that’s how I imagine big stars write, anyway). The two worlds are, err... worlds apart. But, as has been proved countless times throughout history, the songs that become timeless are rarely written with anything or anyone in mind – they are just written – and everything else is taken into

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"I’M TOTALLY NEW-SCHOOL WITH MY WRITING” consideration afterwards. “With each record, I just go into the studio and try and make something beautiful,” Legend divulges. “It’s easy to over think things. But if you set out to just make something great everything tends to work out. I try not to put too much thought into the expectations of each album because you almost lose the point of it. I usually write and record around the same time so there’s not usually too much room to think about it. If I write a song I usually cut a demo of it that day and see if it’s something that’s worth working on. I usually record any initial ideas into my phone and go from there — I’m totally new-school with my writing.”

Throughout his glittering career Legend has worked with some of the biggest names in the business. As we scan through his extensive list of collaborations it really is a who’s who of modern music. With all the starstudded names on his CV, though, there’s one artist in particular who had more of an influ-

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ence on Legend’s career than all the others (no offence, Jay-Z). “Working with Kanye [West] is always great,” Legend says. “We met through his cousin years ago — back in 2001. We were both struggling new artists waiting to be heard back then and we just started working on a record together. He’s one of the most important artists of our generation so he’s always a pleasure to work with."

‘Love In The Future’, released through G.O.O.D. Music Imprint and Columbia Records, was produced by Legend himself along with collaborators Dave Tozer and Kanye West. Between them, they are responsible for some of the biggest albums of this generation. But, while keeping things fresh and interesting is widely considered the key to longevity in the music world, changing up your sound too drastically can alienate fans that were expecting one thing, only to get some thing else entirely. Trying to appease both viewpoints is the real challenge. By the sound of it, though, Legend has once again found

that middle ground effortlessly. “I suppose people can expect what they’ve always expected from me,” Legend tells us. “Very soulful music, a lot of great love songs. I think the overall sound is a good mix of what I’ve always done and a few things you might not necessarily expect from me. The first two singles are a good indication of what you’re going to get from the new album.”

It’s clear that selling millions of albums and winning numerous awards isn’t ever going to be enough for John Legend. His motivation to continue writing music stems from somewhere far deeper than a quest for album sales. It is genuine music being created by a genuine guy. Without music, this world would be a much colder place, and people like Legend make this planet that little bit warmer for his fans around the world. And really, why would you only want nine Grammies when you could have ten? www.johnlegend.com

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life's a pitch Words : HENRY FRY Illustration: RORY TAYLOR

xpletives fly past chunks of hurtling mud. Boots tossing turf, bloodied knees and bruised shins making legends of several of the boys I knew more about the Tudor period than.

Centre forward. Striker. Year 6 nobility. The class would bow to Joe Long and his perfectly parted curtains for months after he scored that sudden, epic goal in the last thirty seconds of a tense, drizzly game. King Long. Long King. Long may he rule over his nerdy, less athletically astute subjects.

This was the glory of the school playing field. At least, it was for some people. Not for me. The whole thing kind of passed me by in a scabby blur. Me and my lanky mate Thomas, then me and my chubby mate Simon, would stand in the corner of the pitch not keeping our eye on the ball. This seemed to work for the best part of six years. Once I was given a chance in defense. But after joyfully scoring an own goal I was relegated back to my standard position with one of my pallid, terminally disinterested companions. We are all typecast in school: the perpetual midfielders.

Years later, I stand in a crowd of 16,000 people, weirdly sweaty even though the only large movement I’ve done this morning is, erm... actually, let's not go there. I'm waiting for the gun to go off. It goes distantly. I can barely hear it over ‘The Edge of Glory’, which

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I have just turned up to 10 to drown out my frantically beating heart. The crowd surges forward and I realise, Jesus, I’m just about to run 13.1 miles, a terrifying 22 kilometres.

No one at school would have believed this. Least of all my rotund sports teacher of ambiguous gender who used to refer to me as ‘Flower’ (bit abusive?). But getting into running was one way of shaking off the person I was at school and establishing myself as an adult who could have independent thoughts about stuff and achieve things.

If you’re still in education and feel like you haven’t quite reached your prime, don’t worry. It’s common knowledge that if you’re one of the 'Plastics' at school you’re likely to become one of the bottom-feeders of life after graduation. Your final 6th Form disco was the greatest moment of your life. As you stumbled back to your boyfriend’s crappy first car that looked as if it had already been reconstituted for scrap metal, tugging your sequined bandage of a dress down over an arse now seared on the brains and camera phones of the remaining lower sixth, a smile of satisfaction crossed your face – almost distracting from the hickey on your neck. That. Was. It. That was your moment. That was your time. When you and Ashley and Dani actually did a rendition of the Jingle Bell Rock on the

rostrum left over from the recent production of Little Shop of Horrors, despite it being the middle of July, you were literally never happier. Plus that goth girl with the wonky eye smelt considerably more like soup tonight than ever, which you spotted, like, months before anybody else. All this only cemented your dominance in the collective memory of the student body as the super sickest sixth form babe-o-naut with a congratulatory smudge of white crust on your lower lip and the most bangingly exposed of student bodies.

You were an early developer. You were Team Captain, maybe even one of the important prefects (everyone knows Library Prefect was just a way of giving the dorky kid a chance to feign responsibility in a safe, quiet environment). Head Girl maybe. In essence, you were Regina George. It was just a shame your dominion was UK-based so no one could flatter you with army pants and flip-flops.

But most of us weren’t like this. We stood on the sidelines or tried valiantly to tackle a more aggressive kid, get the ball, make the bigger jump, run the faster lap. The

fact that you ended up in prison is little consolation that our memory of school is dominated by the ego-crushing shadow cast by the flip of your perfectly straight, peroxide hair. Depending on your age, dear reader, feel free to add or subtract lip liner from this recollection.

School: best days of your life, innit. Or is it?

For most people, the fraught concerns of childhood and teenage-hood become arbitrary in early adulthood. For some, they don’t. These are the people who bitch around the water cooler or in the staff kitchen, or clog the office hallways having quiet, sharp conversations. You look at them as you walk past, trying not to catch their (evil) eye.

They were probably pretty once, or probably stacked. The Football hero. The Bathroom bitch. The Eternal kid.

These are the Post Plastics. They still swarm in cliques to make fun of the outsiders.

They never learnt what wasn’t important at school, but is essential in order to function as a human being. The Golden Rule of Life: don’t be a dick. On the playing field they pecked you into order with a series of looks, taunts, tackles and cusses. But not any more.

One day, Regina, Joe, probably in your mid twenties, probably while clicking through old team photos on Facebook, the soup-smelling art freaks and library prefects will rise up against you, crushing you with our gradually increasing confidence, sense of self, and maybe with our careers. You may have been the Queen of the Girl’s Locker Room and King of the Pitch, but we nerds will have the last swing of the hockey stick. Unless you turn it around and join our book club, obviously.

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MEET DA VE ERASMUS, FOUNDER OF GIVEY SO, DAVE... WHAT EXACTLY IS GIVEY? Givey is a social giving platform designed to make charity giving fun and easy. It’s a social network that sits between all the other social network sites that we use and love, showing our friends what we care about most and allowing us to connect with each other over those issues. We make it really easy for people to make micro donations as low as £1, with gift aid, through text or Twitter or even one click donations on the web.

AND WHAT IS YOUR VISION FOR THE PROJECT? The real vision of Givey is to make giving a small part of our everyday lives, as normal as brushing our teeth in the morning. The idea is to change the way people think about giving, from something we do every now and again, when someone does a marathon, to being part of our everyday habit, so it feels weird if it’s something we haven’t done.

HOW DID THE IDEA FOR GIVEY FIRST COME ABOUT? A friend came to me four years ago and said, “We want to organise a day where we try to get everyone in the country to give a pound.” He wanted to try to raise 60million quid and use it for solving world problems. I thought about it and realised we didn’t really have the technology in place to facilitate such an event to happen and I thought that was an issue. So I started to look into it and no one was really building that kind of infrastructure in the vein of Ebay, Amazon and iTunes, who were all pushing into the mobile micro-payment space with one click payments and that sort of thing.

BEFORE WE LET DAVE GO, WE COULDN’T HELP PICKING HIS BRAIN FOR A COUPLE BUSINESS TIPS. IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO GET INTO THE BUSINESS WORLD THIS IS FOR YOU, AND IF YOU’RE NOT, IT’S STILL PRETTY INTERESTING SO LISTEN UP...

DO INVESTORS LOOK MORE AT EXPERIENCE, GOOD IDEAS, OR A DEGREE? When I sold my first company I started investing in other projects, and I know from both sides of the fence that investors are looking for signs that their investment is at less risk with you than it would be with someone else, but still with the same opportunity. A degree is not the biggest trust aggregator. People really value you taking risks and doing stuff off your own back, it says a lot, even if it didn’t work out. One of the biggest preconceptions is that people think failure to succeed in a project will make them look worse. The reality is that if you can explain what you did, why you did what you did, why it went wrong and what you learnt, people are impressed.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS MORE USEFUL THAN A HAVING DEGREE IN THE BUSINESS WORLD? What I see around me in modern business start-up culture today is that it’s a very collaboration-friendly culture. But people don’t want to listen to what you say. They don’t want to listen to your CV or your Linked In profile. Instead of telling me you’re really good at something, show me.

If I was going for a job right now there’s no way I would try to describe to my potential employer why I’m so valuable for the team — I’d look to add value rather than just describe how I’d add value if they paid me. Add value first and then try to get paid second.

You can find out more about the great work Dave is doing with Givey at: · www.givey.com

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Whether it was Jay Z x Marina Abramovic that caught your eye, or David Beckham x HM there is no doubt that collaborations are big BIG news. Each season there are a plethora of such collaborations for fashion enthusiasts to explore; New brands collaborate with heritage labels, the high street collaborates with emerging designers and British favourites collaborate with charities - each a merging of minds and aesthetics. Here are some of the best collaborations this Autumn.

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LEFT BOXFRESH X DASHING TWEEDS • JUMPER, GABICCI X NORMAN JAY • JEANS, DEBENHAMS X HAMMOND AND CO • SHOES, RIVER ISLAND X TLIPOP RIGHT SHIRT, BEN SHERMAN X JAKE AND DINO • TRACKSUIT, FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL X RUSH

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LEFT BEN SHERMAN X ROGER DALTRY • TROUSERS, RIVERISLAND X TLIPOP RIGHT SCHOTT NYC X AMERICAN COLLEGE • JUMPER, HAMMOND AND CO X DEBENHAMS • JEANS, DEBENHAMS X HAMMOND AND CO • SHOES, CHRISTIPHER SHANNON X KICKERS

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Words : KYLE GOODWIN

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FROM VAMPIRES TO VIKINGS, FARMS TO HOLLYWOOD, TWILIGHT STAR CHARLIE BEWLEY DISCUSSES LIFE IN THE SPOTLIGHT... harlie Bewley is not your average Hollywood star. Furthermore, he’s not really your average person. Speaking to Drafted from Vancouver, Canada (temporarily having escaped the smog and hustle of LA where he resides), we begin our somewhat unconventional interview by discussing the city he’s currently sitting in – which boasts some of the freshest sea air and possibly the cheeriest homeless people on the planet - and then, of course, there’s Granville Street, the hub of Vancouver’s animated nightlife and party culture. “Granville Street?” says Bewley, halfjokingly unimpressed. “I have no idea why anyone would go there.” Having grown up on what was essentially a farm just outside of Leicester; it becomes apparent very quickly that Bewley isn’t one for living the typical celebrity lifestyle. We might glamorise it, sure – pool parties with the cast of 90210, coffee dates with Scarlett Johansson, limos with endless amounts of champagne - but is being a movie star in Hollywood as much fun as we all imagine it to be? “Umm... no,” laughs Bewley, barely pausing to reflect. “I’m not really a city boy, to be honest. If I had it my way I’d wake up every morning and go snowboarding or go feed cows. That’s what would make me happy.”

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Whether he likes it or not, Charlie Bewley is a Hollywood figure. He may still be relatively new on the scene, with his first major role coming in 2009’s vampire drama The Twilight Saga: New Moon alongside Robert Pattinson, but the jobs have been coming in thick and fast ever since, and Bewley has established himself as one of the most versatile and intelligent actors in the business.

In a strange kind of way, it’s Bewley’s personable nature and comfort in conversation that makes him so different to the stereotypical Hollywood star. He is more than happy to have a chat, not just about himself and his career, but seemingly anything that springs to mind (we veer off topic frequently). This isn’t a man who takes himself, nor his surroundings seriously – and that can only ever be a good thing. Of course, when it comes to his work it’s a different matter entirely. No one is going to score a succession of major Hollywood roles without having an unrelenting work ethic. But not too much seems to have changed from the day he strolled into The City Of Angels as a fresh-faced English country lad - a day he still remembers clearly. “I had long blonde hair down to my shoulders at the time,” Bewley reminisces. “I looked like this burly rugby player. Basically, I was a

ridiculous person. The plan was just to go to LA, hang out on Muscle Beach and see what happens. And that’s kind of just what I did. I made friends with this Australian guy who was an arm wrestling champion. He would just cruise down the beach all day picking arm wrestling matches with people – and he happened to be Heath Ledger’s uncle. I spent one whole summer arm wrestling and hanging out with Heath Ledger. It was great.”

While his four years in Hollywood have been an extraordinary success, the years preceding it weren’t quite as fruitful for the Twilight star. After trying his hand at numerous jobs (including being “a taxi driver and a pole dancing pole salesman”), Bewley decided to set his sights much higher and, however ludicrous it seemed to his friends and family at the time, become a Hollywood actor. “Moving to LA was the next thing in a long succession of ridiculous things I did,” Bewley tells us. “I don’t think it surprised anyone back home. I think I was the clown for a while, because I was going to Hollywood trying to be an actor and everyone was having a good giggle about it - and then suddenly you nail something like Twilight and everyone just shuts up and goes, ‘Oh, he actually did it’.”

Even after all these years, it’s no surprise that Hollywood is still the place to be for any aspiring actor. It is the heartbeat of the movie business, the place where dreams are made and ambitions are realised. You get the sense that anything is possible, and for someone

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attempting to break into a notoriously difficult and oversaturated industry, it’s that endless possibility that keeps the dream alive, no matter how daunting it may feel in the most testing hours. Like most creative fields, though, there have been vast changes over the last 30-odd-years – and it’s not always to everyone’s liking.

“Here’s the thing,” Bewley explains. “I wish I lived in LA back in the ‘70s, during the golden era. I can imagine back then it was the real hustle of movie making, people putting cameras and lights across roads, movie sharks on every corner. It’s not like that right now.

These days everything’s online and digital.

Filming goes on in all corners of America and it doesn’t feel to me like there’s that mystique of film making they had back then. You walk through a studio like Warner Brothers, where they do all the filming, and there are all these derelict roads and plastic buildings and fake parks. And there’s just no one there, it’s like a ghost town.”

Recently, Bewley was handed his biggest role to date, playing Steinar in the Viking action flick ‘Hammer Of The Gods’ which hit UK cinemas last month. And whilst reviews were largely positive towards Bewley and his fellow cast members, it was this role that single-handedly justified every “ridiculous” life choice the 32-year-old actor has made leading up to this moment. “Hammer Of The Gods was the first point of my career where I thought, ‘I’ve actually done exactly what I said I was going to do’," he concludes. “It’s a big lead role - the perfect role for me, very physical, very action-based, lots of fight choreography and a good chance to stretch my acting muscles. It was the first point where I stopped and went, ‘You know what, I did alright out here’.”

For a man who moved out to LA on what was basically a whim, he certainly has done alright. Besides the lack of regular cow feeding, life seems to be pretty sweet for Charlie Bewley right now.

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THE NEXT BIG THING WIT H NE W S INGLE ‘DON’T STOP’ RELE ASE D T H IS M ON T H , DR AF T E D CAU G H T UP W IT H S CO T T ISH SENSATI ON NINA NE S B I TT T O T ALK CH AN C E E N C OU N T E R S, I N SP I R A T IO N A ND CAREER CH OI CES LON G F OR GOT T E N ...

Words : MATT RUSSELL

ortune favours the brave, as the old saying goes. In certain cases, though, it favours the talented. Having learnt to play guitar, piano and flute from a young age, Scottish songstress Nina Nesbitt built up a loyal following by uploading her performances on Facebook and YouTube. However, it wasn’t until a serendipitous encounter with Ed Sheeran — who, after passing her a guitar to play a song invited the singer on his European tour — that her career really started heading skyward. Another twist of fate then led to a support slot with Example on his Arena tour after he heard her cover of his track ‘Stay Awake’.

Her second EP ‘The Apple Tree’ received airplay on BBC Radio One and soon reached Number Six on the iTunes download charts and Number One on the iTunes singer/ songwriter charts.

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Nesbitt’s next single — a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Don’t Stop’ — is set for release on the 30th of September. With it almost instantly being picked up by John Lewis for their hugely successful TV campaigns (in which previous stars to feature include Rita Ora, Bastille, Labrinth, Conor Maynard and Iggy Azalea), one could be forgiven for thinking that fate is slightly enamoured with the young Edinburgian. But it hasn’t always been this plain sailing. “Before [I met Ed Sheeran] I was very unsure about how it was all going to go,” Nina remarks humbly. “I had a bit of a following online — probably about 50,000 views on YouTube — it was an alright amount, and Facebook was still growing but doing that was definitely the start of getting into the industry rather than just floating about online. It was kind of one thing after another from then on.”

Even with the elements of good fortune,

Nesbitt’s reputation has grown rapidly. The success of her early EPs along with tour stints supporting some of the biggest names in British pop has seen the half-Scottish, halfSwedish singer rack up an astonishing 10million hits on VEVO and YouTube. Yet, things could have been very different for the young musician. “Well, initially I wanted to be an author,” Nina admits. “But then I discovered that it was really difficult to get into and I hate reading. I thought, ‘Why would I want to be an author if I don’t even like reading books’.

I always felt like they were too long so I started writing music. I got this keyboard when I was ten and started putting my words to songs. It was really the writing that came before the music but now it’s the other way round, the music comes before the writing for me.”

Making the decision to concentrate on a career in music is never an easy one. In an industry saturated with talent show hopefuls and ‘almost made its’, the chance for real

talent to shine is slim. The trappings of success are indeed tempting — especially at a young age — nevertheless, the overwhelming majority that sacrifice a more traditional path never make it to the heady heights of chart success. “When I was at school it was very much like, ‘If you don’t go to University you’re a failure’,” Nina explains. “That’s what it felt like, and that was quite difficult for me coming from Edinburgh — where it’s not like London with loads of opportunities for up-and-coming musicians. It was very much, ‘I’m completely on my own here’. All I had was the internet and it started going really well so I thought I’d just keep going and put my all into it. If you don’t ever risk anything you’re never going to get major success.”

Songwriting, like any art form, is a subjective process. Some believe that the best art comes from those who think outside the box. However, the necessity to create structure

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within the process, and to use your influences rather than let them overwhelm you is what separates the pros from the rest. The nature versus nurture aspect of songcraft has been a perennial debate amongst musicians for many years and Nesbitt’s mind is firmly made up. “It’s definitely something that’s in you,” Nina tells us. “I once did a music course for two months and one of the sections was a songwriting class. The teacher was there going, ‘This is how you write a song’. But that’s not how it works. You either can write a song or you can’t. It just comes out somehow. With any art there are no rules. People can say, ‘You’ve got to do it like this because this is the technique’, but it’s not going to be different and new and exciting if it’s done in the way everyone else has done it already. You’ve got to find your own way and do it yourself.”

As previously mentioned Nesbitt’s breathy cover of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Don’t stop’ will soon be emanating not only from radio but from televisions across the country. The next step is, of course, the widely anticipated debut album which she’s currently putting the finishing touches to; albeit a little slower than she predicted. “It’s all written,” Nina smiles. “The recording is taking a lot longer than I thought but we’re hoping to have it out in January. It’s got a lot of elements to it. There are some upbeat songs, a few ballads, a duet and a few experimental ones as well. I didn’t really know what it was going to sound like until I got into the studio. I was kind of experimenting a lot but I’m really happy with how it’s sounding.”

‘Don’t Stop’ is out September 30th through Island Records · www.ninanesbittmusic.com

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THE FUTURE’ HISTORY HAS ARRIVED WITH HIS NEW ALBUM 'TATTOOS' RELEASED LATER THIS MONTH — JASON DERULO DISCUSSES WHAT IT MEANS TO WORK HARD FOR WHAT YOU LOVE...

Words : KYLE GOODWIN

ome people have music running through their veins. It’s not conscious and it’s not considered — it’s just the way it is. They’re just born that way. Without the outlet of music in their lives they would be an empty shell of a soul, and multi-platinum selling mega star Jason Derulo is, without a doubt, one of those people. “I started at five years old,” Derulo tells us, casting his mind back about nineteen years. “I was that kid in front of the television singing, dancing and mimicking everything that I saw. And then I started writing songs at eight years old. I had melodies in my head and I started trying to get them down on paper at a very young age. Even at five years old I thought I was going to be

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famous one day.”

Anyone who debated the five-year-old Jason Derulo’s predications of future fame is, most likely, feeling very sheepish right now.

With over 20million tracks sold worldwide (2.3million in the UK alone), including two UK Number Ones with 'In My Head' and 'Don’t Wanna Go Home Alone', a further three UK Top 5 singles and over 700million views on his YouTube channel, the word 'fame' seems somewhat of an understatement. More recently, his latest single 'The Other Side', released in June earlier this year and produced

by Ammo (Katy Perry) and Martin Johnson (Taylor Swift, Hannah Montana), sold over 92,000 copies in the first week and peaked at Number Two in the UK Singles Chart. Not a bad effort, really.

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It’s fair to say the five-year-old Jason Derulo knew exactly what he was talking about, even back then. But being a talented kid with big ambitions isn’t going to sell 20 million records. It takes a dedicated and disciplined work-ethic to achieve even a fraction of that success, and when it comes to putting in a shift, few work harder than the Miami-born singer. “It’s always been this way since I was a kid,” Derulo explains. “I’ve been working towards this since I was really young.

I guess when you love what you do it makes it easier to dedicate your time to it because it doesn’t seem like work. I believe people are born with natural talent but most of the time it needs to be built up.

When you’re five years old you may sing better than the rest of the class but what does that really mean if you aren’t prepared to work for that talent and try to take it as far as you can? At that age you may have an edge but it still needs to be built up. Whether that’s just singing every second of the day or getting the training it needs to be nurtured.”

Prior to his solo career taking off (but slightly older than five-years-old) Derulo began writing songs for some of the biggest names in music. His glittering songwriting CV includes tracks written for the likes of P Diddy, Sean Kingston, Cassie, Danity Kane and Lil’ Mama. But while most songs throughout history have been written with a pad and a pen, Derulo prefers cutting out the middle man and expressing his ideas directly in the vocal booth. “It’s easier when I can just record what’s in my thoughts rather than write it down,” he divulges. “I don’t really write songs outside of the studio. I come up with concepts sometimes but I’m more of a studio head when it comes to writing. I like to be in that focused energy you get from the studio — focused energy is the best energy. Getting ideas down on paper might sound good in my head but if it doesn’t sound good on wax then it’s no good at all.”

'Tattoos', the long awaited third album from Jason Derulo hits shops on the 23rd of September, with new single 'Talk Dirty' released the week before. After a troubled

2012, which saw the singer spend five months undergoing arduous physical therapy to recover from a neck fracture, Derulo has been raring to get back to what he loves most. According to Derulo, this new album is his best work yet — and contains a little something for everyone, whoever you are, wherever you’re from and whatever you’re going through. “I want to make music for everyone,” he says, “whatever you’ve got going on in your life. If people are going through a hard break up there’s a song for them on there. If someone is falling in love I want to have songs to celebrate that. If you like to party there’s stuff for those people too and songs to get you ready for going out or getting ready for the work day that you’re not looking forward to. I like to have all kinds of inspirations. I love being able to make people feel a certain way. Every song is a different journey. I find it amazing how songs can travel the world and end up in places I never imagined.”

2013 has been a fresh start for Derulo, and he has no plans to take his foot off the gas pedal any time soon.

New album 'Tattoos' looks set to pick up exactly where he left off and the future's history can continue to be written. For Jason Derulo, it’s time to get back to what he does best... working extremely hard for what he loves. · www.jasonderulo.com

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G ET S A NG RY EACH M ONTH WE FIND OUT WHA T ’S M A K I N G K A T E T E M P LE A N G R Y .

Words : KATE TEMPLE, Photography : JAY MCLAUGHLIN

Back-to-school season irritations • You realise how long it actually was since you were at school and fall into the depths of self-loathing.

• The burning desire you feel to restock all stationary items — no matter how new they are. If they don’t match the new theme, they’re out.

• The unpredictable weather means you’ll never choose the correct footwear, no matter what you decide on.

• Those cunning sods who post pictures of their late summer holiday deal on every social networking site that exists fill you with a warming bitterness. Don’t fight it — it’s made me who I am today.

hristmas: the one day a year you can drink from 10am, over-eat by four million calories, and fall asleep at 3pm without your mother being angry with you. Retailers, please take note of the beginning of that sentence. I said, and I quote: “…one day a year”.

So why, in September, are we already seeing advertising for this one day of celebrations over three months away? Do we really need to prepare for one day of overeating and present-giving several months in advance? And are the people who say, “I began my Christmas shopping in April” really human, or extra-terrestrials sent to earth to make every last minute shopper both look and feel bad?

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You’re probably reading this and presuming I’m a bitter, twisted scrooge with a vendetta against festive fun — but you couldn’t be more wrong. I did my fair share of festive activities last year: I decked the house with boughs of (over-priced) mistletoe and even wrapped my presents before Christmas eve (a great feat in my family, who are notorious midnight wrappers). But I am happy to admit I try to contain my festive frenzy to the month of December.

Surely beginning the Christmas chaos as early as July — I kid you not — is an obscene way to ruin the fun for everyone? When it’s sweltering hot outside and the sun is beating down on me there is nothing I want to do less than think about figgy pudding and spending my month’s wage on other people.

Talking of pudding, I would like to see a show of hands for people who buy mince pies in September. Anyone? Nope, didn’t think so. So why do stores insist on force-feeding us festive frivolity in a month-by-month build up? I don’t even venture into the decoration Choo box (it’s a stylish house; the box is from Jimmy but the decorations from Primark. Well shoes are for life, not just for Christmas) until the sky begins to darken at 5pm and the first flake of snow has hit the ground.

As for those people who openly admit, nay, brag about having evenly spread their shopping out across the year I say, get a grip.

It irritates me when I see people organised enough to have made a list — where is the spontaneity in that — so hearing someone’s ruined the fun of a last-minute shopping dash is like putting orange juice in Krug Brut vintage 1988. Why dilute the fun? And if there are any radio DJs out there reading this rant (and they’ve stuck with it this far) please, please listen to my pleas when I cry: leave Christmas songs for c-h-r-i-s-t-m-a-s. The first yelp of ‘It’s Christmas’ shouldn’t slip from Noddy Holder’s lips until 00.01 on December 1st. Then you can assault us with his husky tones for almost a whole month.

Dear Santa, All I Want For Christmas, said in a Mariah-esque squeal, is for Christmas to be contained to its appropriate day. Or a pony. I’ll settle for either and I’ve been a very good girl. Honestly.

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Beautifying Essentials If there are a handful of products you simply need to enjoy the end of the summer, it’s these. Draw yourselves a bath, slap on the Hungary mud, light a candle and let your thoughts slip away with you…

EYELASH CURLER, BOOTS £4.50

STRAWBERRIES & CREAM LUXURY CANDLE, URBAN APOTHECARY LONDON £30

Make your peepers look wider and brighter than a glorious summer’s day with these bargain eyelash curlers • www.boots.co.uk

Keep that gorgeous face of yours in perfect, supple condition with this simple but effective, once-a-day moisturizer • www.manza.co.uk

HUNGARYMUD PACK

£20 plus p&p Indulge in the very essence of British tradition with a scent that captivates the senses with familiarity and longing.

• www.urbanapothecarylondon.com

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CITRUS REFRESHING BODY OIL, WELEDA £13.95 Pure almond oil leaves the skin smooth and supple, while citrus essential oils impart a fresh scent that enlivens the body and spirit.

• www.weleda.co.uk

FRANGIPANI MONOI BODY OIL, ELEMIS £31.50 Drift away to Polynesia with this indulgent 3-in-1 body, hair and nail nourishing oil.

• www.johnlewis.com

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THE SUMMER MIGHT be drawing in, but that doesn’t mean you have to withdraw into your winter knits just yet. There’s a whole month of joyous end-of-summer beauty left to enjoy. Keep your skin supple with our recommended body oils (they’re not as creepy as they might sound) and prime your sun-smooth face with the best primers in town.

Moisturising Oils I might be the only one, but the words body and oil brought together conjures up crude images of slippery male strippers – alas, no more! These gorgeous body oils are essentials to any modern woman’s routine.

LAVENDER BODY OIL, OLE HENRIKSEN £31.00 Lavender’s anti-inflammatory and regenerating properties are amazing in this gentle, softening oil.

• www.feelunique.com

RESTORE MASSAGE AND BATH OIL, CARIBBEAN ESSENTIALS £14.50 A totally stimulating, powerfully alluring, earthy, sensual synergy oil.

Not to be missed.

• www.caribbeanessentials.com

Primers That sun-kissed visage of yours will benefit from one of these highly recommended primers.

THAT GAL PRIMER, BENEFIT £22.50

CORRECTING PRIMER, PUR MINERALS £20.00

This silky pink primer takes your complexion from dull to darling! Simply blend it on for the look of brighter, smoother skin • www.benefitcosmetics.co.uk

This light-weight primer instantly reduces the appearance of pores and create a flawless finish.

• www.marksandspencer.co.uk

HD STUDIO PRIMER, NYX £12.00 This silky makeup primer fills in pores, minimises the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and mattifies the complexion.

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HYDRATION PRIMER, NIVEA EXPRESS £4.99 A light gel cream which absorbs instantly so you can apply make-up right away.

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NOIR GABARDINE, LM PARFUMS £125.00 Noir Gabardine (if not the whole range of gorgeous LM Parfums) will captivate your senses with its incredible sensual husk and indescribable confidence.

• www.harveynichols.com

AYA, SHIFFA £140 100ml As the royal rose fragrance lingers, base notes of patchouli and musk intensify its depth. Super exotic.

• www.shiffa.com

Fragrance Moving your fragrance from summer to autumn can be difficult. So we’ve done the hard work for you. Check out the top of the fragrances for that awkward change over.

ORLA KIELY , EAU DE PERFUM £55.00 100ml A charming fragrance of light floral notes, with natural extracts of rose, geranium and bergamot.

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MAle GrOOming IT ’S NOT QUITE SUMMER, BUT IT ’S NOT QUITE WINTER — SO WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR SKIN? IT GOES BERSERK. Words : KATE TEMPLE

EVOLUTION MAN SET

£95 Cleanse & Shave, Wash & Buff, Moisture Protect SPF 20 Bronze, Revitalize Eye Gel, Lip Balm SPF 15 – all together in an exclusive EVMAN Recycled tire bag!

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£57/100ml An intriguingly aromatic, masculine scent, that takes inspiration from the Mediterranean • www.johnlewis.com

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ORGANIC FACE CREAM,

£5.99 — £8.99

MUHLE £16.95

Tigi’s specially formulated hair range for men – a light, fresh smelling collection with added pazaz for that perfect ‘do.

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Tried& tested GLO FULHAM — NAIL BAR

ail polish, in my humble, roughand-ready opinion, can make or break a whole outfit. Therefore having good nails is imperative when you’re trying to enjoy those final summer evenings with a beverage in one hand and a novel in the other.

So when I heard of a brand called Artistic Colour Gloss, a gel-like polish that lasts for up to two weeks, I jumped on the band wagon and booked myself into the finest establishment in Fulham; Glo. A stone’s throw

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Cradling a glass of ice-cool water, I was handed an intimidating number of fauxnails on a colour chart. The spectrum of colours was impressive, but I would advise you spend a moment before your appointment thinking about the colour you’d prefer, to save any snap

Words : KATE TEMPLE

FOOTOPIA ISN’T JUST A BEAUTY SALON – IT’S AN INNOVATION IN FOOT CARE THAT YOU’D BE FOOLISH TO IGNORE. WITH STYLE, CLASS AND INTELLIGENCE, IT’S THE NEXT BIG THING TO HAPPEN IN LONDON – AND DRAFTED MAGAZINE GOT THE CHANCE TO TEST IT BEFORE ANYONE ELSE.

decisions for that hot pink or, God forbid, black.

(Don’t get me started on black nail polish.)

Rosey, Glo’s resident nail expert, sat me down with my chosen polish, and gently took off the manky residues of last week’s chipped Chanel. The bright youngster carried around her portfolio on her own nails. With 10 exquisite examples of her artistry, I was tempted to go for a jazzy design –alas I plumped for a simple but gorgeous, square-cut manicure.

The gel process is slightly different to that of a standard mani. Rosey first shaped my nails with a huge buffer-file, then applied a base coat. After each coat I had to put my hand under a 30-second dryer. And after four coats I was glad not to have to again!

After four coats of polish (I went for a pale colour, demanding more layers for intensity), the top coat is then buffered off with a cotton pad.

So, one shape, four coats and one buffer later my gel nails were not only beautiful but perfectly dry. Dry to touch, dry to drive, dry

to run my hands through my knotted, bristly hair!

It was pleasant not having to do the mani-panic when you have to delve into your handbag just moments after the final layer of polish – inevitably scuffing all five fingers’ polish.

I would highly recommend both Glo and Artistic Colour Gloss – but more than that, I would chastise anyone for visiting Glo and not demanding Rosey’s fabulous expertise.

It’s been a week now and I am perfectly chip-free. Time will tell how long that lasts (and how easy it is to get this stuff off!) Oh well, positive mental attitude…

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Words : LIAM MCCREESH

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ICKY BLOSSOMS

There are two things about Florida’s xPRIESTx that strike us as being just incredibly ‘of the moment’. The first is the playful use of upper and lower case letters (capitalisation is real hot right now — as we’re sure you all know).

The second is that, along with countless others ploughing a similar retro furrow, vocalist Madeline Priest and production duo Chandler Strang and David Kazyk owe a sizable debt to the stylistically en vogue production values of ‘80s drivetime pop music (also real hot at the moment).

Lead single ‘Samurai’ is ludicrously catchy, a master class in effortlessly cool synth-pop: all wistful vocals, vintage 808 hand claps and pulsating synthesizers.

Here’s hoping for much more of the same.

Icky Blossoms is the altogether more lascivious new project of Derek Pressnall — formerly of twee indie-poppers Tilly and the Wall — and it’s difficult to imagine a more stark contrast between the former and the over-sexed, electro fare they’re peddling here. For proof of just how much of a departure we’re talking about, the entirely NSFW video for their excellent single ‘Cycle’ is a good place to start.

Having come together through their participation in Omaha’s lively art scene, Icky Blossoms formed in 2011 and have just released their debut LP. Produced

by TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek, it’s an eminently cool collection of sleazy dance floor electro numbers and forays into wall-of-sound, reverb drenched indie.

Golden Suits

GAPS

You might be forgiven for thinking that an album inspired by a year of personal tribulations including (but not limited to) bankruptcy, large-scale rat infestation and relationship melt-down might be a bit of a downer. You might also be forgiven for thinking that an attempt to draw parallels between these experiences and the writings of an obscure American author called John Cheever might make for an album that’s a bit lofty and inaccessible.

Thankfully, Golden Suits, the solo project of Department of Eagles’ Fred Nicolaus is nothing of the sort, and the 10 songs that comprise his self-titled debut album confirm what some people will know already: namely that Nicolaus is a songwriter with an unrivalled gift for penning life-affirming, redemptive and brilliantly off-kilter pop music.

‘Cascades’, the debut single from Brighton’s GAPS opens with the faint background squawk of seagulls. It lends the track an endearingly lo-fi quality that suits the intimacy of their music. It’s probably best to work with it anyway, as anyone who knows Brighton will testify, that all-pervading sound would have made it on to the track had they recorded it in a nuclear bunker.

The music that Ed and Rachel make together as GAPS is best described as Folktronica, a term coined to describe the likes of Four Tet and Tunng. GAPS’ music has a dream-like quality and Rachel’s haunting vocals lend themselves quite beautifully to Ed’s atmospheric production. Early days still, but this two piece are beginning to garner some well deserved attention.

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DAN CROLL There aren’t many indie kids that can count ‘ex-nightclub bouncer’ amongst their previous occupations, but Liverpool’s Dan Croll is something of an anomaly in that respect, having also narrowly missed out on a career as a top-flight rugby player.

Luckily for us, though, writing hugely infectious, relentlessly upbeat indie-pop is what keeps him busy these days.

Previous single ‘From Nowhere’ comes off a bit like Grizzly Bear at their most melodic and psychedelically tempered. As a meditation on a break-up, the deliriously up-beat ‘IN/OUT’ would be unnerving were it not for its overwhelming charm. “I know you told me not to call… but I know that you still secretly care”, sings Croll, demonstrating what can only be described as the utmost imperviousness to social cues.

gigs

Our pick of September’s top shows...

Words : JONO WHITE

Paramore

Smith Westerns

In the world of Paramore, the weather over the past five years has been turbulent. An abrupt exit from the Farro brothers in a hail of back and fourth schoolyard-esque insults lead everyone to believe that this was it for the Franklin threesome. Earlier this year sun’s first light crept its way through the storm in the form of their new self titled anthem.

Leave expectations for the same poppunk jams as Riot! at the door, you’re in for an all out pop treat. With the introduction of synth and various experimentations with layering, it seems Hayley Williams’ evolution (rather than contrived revamp) has introduced a depth and getup-and-bop attitude that hooks on first listen. This show’s going to be a whole lot of fun.

Smith Westerns have refined their scuzzy low-fi sensibilities of yesteryear in aid of creating a brighter and more lustrous feel this time round. Imagine The Beach Boys took a bunch of Nytol; that’s the kind of fatigued Summer vibes that percolates from within the Illinois three piece. As mid September beckons and the dusk begins to triumph in its annual battle against the day, this’ll be the quintessential show to soundtrack those post summer blues. Be sure to prepare your own mental highlight reel of those never ending, carefree summers in advance.

W EM B L E Y A RE N A • 2 7 TH SE P TE MBE R

100 CLU B • 17TH SEPTEMBER

Bjork

ALE XANDRA PALACE • 3RD SEPTEMBER

Bjork remains unparalleled in terms of sustained pop innovation; an idiosyncratic icon that’s all too rare in 21st Century popular music. Icelandic born, Bjork’s Biophilia show has been chronicled as “sonically exploring the science of the natural world”, a feat in itself that implores not only to be heard, but seen. Gaga’s claim for sovereignty of the surreal is all but complete, but as Bjork returns to Alexandra Palace, her inherent eccentricity and incomparable oddities will act as a showcase for the avantgarde. It is at no risk we say, this show will be like no other.

Keaton Henson

EM A NUE L C E N T E R • 1 2 T H SE P TE MBE R

Keaton Henson’s reclusive orientation and reluctancy to perform makes his live shows few and far between. This, therefore, is a gem of a date. The native Londoner’s sophomore record ‘Birthdays’ (follow up to bedroom-recorded debut ‘Dear’) received critical acclaim earlier this year, exhibiting heart felt and introverted folk that delivers a dagger to the heart — enough to rival Bon Iver’s ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’. Henson’s solitary nature evokes a naked emotion that’s all too willing to unravel itself around onlookers. Turning amps up to 11 doesn’t come close to this brand of uninhibited energy.

Pixies

ROU N DHOU SE • 25TH SEPTEM B E R

Armed with Bagboy, the band’s first new song in almost a decade, Boston alt-rock group Pixies return to English shores as part of their global 2013 tour.

The untimely announcement of bassist and back-up vocalist Kim Deal’s departure hasn’t thwarted hype around a show that’s promised an array of tracks. “Along with everyone’s favourites, we’ll be playing songs that we haven’t played in ages or never played live before,” front-man Black Francis has said. From what we’ve heard so far, they’ve returned to remind everyone that their brand of sporadically infectious rock is in no way outdated.

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GOLDIEROCKS PRODUCER. BROADCAST E R . M ODE L. T V P R E SE N T E R . DJ . J OU R N ALIST . C H A R I TY WORKER. TH ERE’S NOT M U C H T H AT SAM H ALL — AKA G O L D I E RO CK S — C A N ’ T D O .

DRAFTED CATCH ES UP WIT H T H E M U LT I-T ALE N T E D WOR KAH OLIC TO TA L K SH OP...

Words : MATT RUSSELL

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am Hall — probably best known under her pseudonym Goldierocks — has come a long way since being bitten by the music bug at the age of 16. She’s an international DJ and broadcaster who counts Madonna, Giorgio Armani, Richard Branson and Jade Jagger amongst her many fans; a music journalist who has written articles for countless publications including Music week and NME; a presenter who’s fronted numerous TV shows and has been lauded for the transformation of The Selector (the British Council sponsored Radio show), of which she took the helm in 2009. With the legendary programme showcasing the best in British music to a staggering 39 countries around the world, it’s no surprise The Evening Standard said of her: ‘She could be the most influential woman in pop’. With all this clogging up her diary, though, we wonder what she does in her downtime or, realistically, if she even gets any these days? “Not really,” laughs Hall. “I’ll take a week off occasionally. I work nonstop for however many months and then I’ll have a solid week off in the middle of nowhere – where no one can get hold of me and just detox from technology and life. The key to happiness in life is balance. You do need those moments of nature and calm to have time to reflect.”

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With a seemingly never ending work load, you’d think Hall would be trying to cut back on her duties as much as possible. But no, as well as fulfilling her numerous day jobs she somehow finds time to fit in some modelling and hosting, whilst making sure she keeps up with her admirable charity work (acting as an official Ambassador of British Culture). For someone who covers so much professional ground, deciding which to class as her full-time career is another job in itself. “I think about it a lot,” Hall says.

“I mean, what do you write on that visa form where it says ‘occupation’? I find myself generally writing, ‘DJ / broadcaster’. As far as hours in my day, what I spend most of my time doing, that’s where it’s split — either DJing or broadcasting. I think the two go handin-hand really well, one’s kind of a natural evolution from the other. There’s nothing like discovering amazing new music and then going out and actually playing it in a field somewhere to thousands of people.”

Having entertained thousands of revellers all over the world and presided over countless festivals, including Creamfields, Latitude, Leeds, Secret Garden Party and Glastonbury, performing in front of big crowds is now second nature to Hall. However, it’s not just festivals where you’ll find her. She’s also played some rather unconventional gigs: from spinning disks in a Soviet Bunker, igloo discos in the Alps and warehouse parties in Shanghai, Hall can say she’s done it all. But, like most DJs, when it comes to a preferred setting for a show she has a clear preference.

“I definitely prefer festivals,” Hall grins.

“I like going raving in hot, sweaty clubs and warehouses but as a DJ, what I thrive on is the biggest stage possible. I like to make it animated and big — lights and visuals and dancers and glitter cannons make it an explosion and really theatrical. The next natural step for me would be doing warm up slots on arena tours, I’d love to do something like the Vans Warped Tour or something like that, just be on the road for a long time but playing big, big stadiums every night.”

Last year Hall was given the prestigious duty of performing during the opening ceremony of the Paralympics games (in front of 85,000 people and millions watching on televisions around the world). Although her vast experience of gigantic stadiums and festivals certainly helped to ease the nerves, nothing can truly prepare you for a show of that magnitude. “I went through manic stages of being incredibly nervous and just really, really excited,” Hall explains. “I normally go through the same emotional process as if I was prepping a mix tape for a house party when I was a teenager, even now when I’m playing huge events.

I just want to make people move. DJing is ultimately about making sure people have a good time. That’s why people go clubbing

and dancing, it’s to have a good time and escape their lives and feel something more intensely.”

Hall took over BBC radio’s The Selector in 2009 and has been accredited with having revitalised the programme. The show has been running for 11 years and has since become a mainstay of British Radio, showcasing the best of new music from the United Kingdom to a worldwide audience in excess of 4million listeners. Its aim is to reflect the diversity of the UK’s music scene and tends to avoid many mainstream acts. The nature of the show and its broad spectrum of listeners led The Sunday Times to describe it as: ‘the most cutting-edge music show out there’. “When I took over the show had become a bit stale,” Hall tells us. “People had kind of forgotten the vision for it. We wanted to make it modern and fresh and shake

it up, just make it young and relevant. I took that role quite seriously. We really dragged the show kicking and screaming into modern day times. We still have the same core things as when I started but we’ve introduced a lot of new things as well.”

With her eclectic love of music driving the show and the new updated format making waves across the world, it would appear that the influence and success of The Selector, and that of Hall herself will not be diminishing anytime soon.

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dine out

D rafted ’s favourite London restaurants...

Words : ANDY RITCHIE

CLOCKJACK OVEN

ROYAL CHINA

OBLIX @ THE SHARD

W I T H C H I C K E N B E I N G the main dish on the menu, Clockjack Oven on Denmark Street might be putting all their eggs into one basket (sorry, we had to), but when you do chicken this well it’s worth the gamble. Specialising in rotisserie chicken (cooked right in front of you in their bespoke rotisserie bar), it’s a simple and effective gimmick, but one that comes with all the homely charm of your mother’s cooking (and a mouth-watering list of side dishes). But they couldn’t get away with just chicken, could they? You can cover your plate in ranch, BBQ, chili or gravy sauce (our tip’s the gravy — it’s special) and load up with coleslaw, tomato and red onion salad, while their new herb bites make the perfect appetiser.

I N FA M OU S F O R I T S exquisite dim sum, Royal China is still the go-to place for all kinds of oriental food in Central London. Set just off Baker Street, the restaurant is welcoming and the staff seem to be consistently chirpy. The large round tables are something to behold, turning what could have been a simple dining experience into something of a banquet. Having introduced themselves before you sit down, the staff are always happy to advise you on any tricky decisions (food-based decisions that is, they’re not therapists). The food is a perfect balance of flavours, spices and textures and if you despise the gloopy Chinese gruel they serve at your local takeaway, then Royal China’s your place.

P U T S I M PLY, O B L I X is the room with a view in London. Planted 32 floors up The Shard, the Rainer Becker restaurant and bar has a money-can’t-buy view of the entire city, and it’s not until you notice how small the trains below you are that you realise just how high it really is. The food is a to-the-point offering of steaks and fish, with a variety of classic sides with new twists (their wood-fired roasted beets and smoked orange and ginger carrots are especially tingling), and while it doesn’t come cheap, the quality does justify its price tag. There’s live jazz here almost every night, and with a view that only improves as the daylight fades away, Oblix is less of a restaurant and more of an experience in itself.

14 Denmark Street, W1D 7HJ Clapham South tubes • 020 7287 5111 www.clockjackoven.com

24-26 Baker Street, W1U 7AB Baker Street • 020 7487 4688 bakerst@royalchinagroup.co.uk www2.royalchinagroup.biz

21 St Thomas Street, SE1 9RY Clapham South • 0207 268 6700 info@oblixrestaurant.com www.the-shard.com/restaurants

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bars

Oh, it’s a drink you’re after? Try these out!

Words : ANDY RITCHIE

COPA DE CAVA

PARAMOUNT

THE BUTCHER BAR

A S YOU H E A D down Copa de Cava’s steps, any city stress immediately disappears. Dimly lit, with a glass strip panel running along the floor (so you can peak down into the Cava cellar), Copa de Cava has a relaxing atmosphere thanks to its Spanish décor — making it perfect for a cosy date or a night out with friends. The extensive Cava list and the knowledgeable waiting staff ensure that even for a novice, this can be an exceptional drinking (and dining) experience.

Our favourite was the Raventos i Blanc de Nit Reserva 2010, which after a long day at the office, went down a treat.

For those worried about the fizz going straight to their head, there’s an array of seafood, meat, cheese and vegetarian options on the menu to accompany your tipple, too.

AT A F LO O R S H Y of the height of Oblix, Paramount offers a sky-high, exclusive cocktail venue very much focusing on their Champagne-based offerings.

Our favourite is the Champagne Charlie — Courvoisier Exclusif shaken with apricot brandy, a dash of honey and lemon juice topped up with Canard-Duchene’s good stuff — but if you want it straight, there’s a by-the-bottle list to suit almost every price bracket. Paramount’s talking point is its Tom Dixon-designed custom copper bar, which when the sun hits it, gleams and sparkles as much as the drinks that sit on top of it. If you’ve got a big party to book for, they’ll park you in the viewing gallery, which offers you a genuine 360degree view of the city. And there aren’t many of those around anymore!

T H I S RE C EN T LY O PEN ED popup is set to turn heads and tastebuds in London this September when it comes to authentic game dishes but, to be honest, we’re more interested in their meatinfused cocktails (we know... very intriguing). Bar manager Ben Newton-Syms has created five cocktails for the meat lovers out there; the Buffalo Butcher is made with bacon-infused Buffalo Trace and garnished with a pig’s ear, while the Mary Had A Little Martini mixes gin, lamb stock and port. Or perhaps you’d prefer the Deer Me — grilled venison-infused Johnnie Walker with sweet Vermouth and rosemary. Set against an authentic butcher’s backdrop, The Butcher Bar is set on bringing a countryside experience to the city. Vegetarians should perhaps give this one a miss, eh?

33 Black Friars Lane, EC4V 6EP Blackfriars • 020 7125 0930 www.cava.co.uk

101-103 New Oxford Street, WC1A 1DD Tottenham Court Road • 0207 420 2900 • info@paramount.uk.net www.paramount.uk.net

9 Devonshire Square, EC2M 4YL Aldgate • 020 7626 5000 www.cinnamon-kitchen.com

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Retreat to the Country Words : ANDY RITCHIE

WITH ALL OF OUR FINGERS CROSSED FOR AN INDIAN SUMMER, DRAFTED’S ANDY RITCHIE DASHED OFF TO EXPERIENCE TWO VERY DIFFERENT TAKES ON COUNTRY LIFE WITHIN EASY REACH OF THE BIG CAPITAL.

The Dundas Arms Kintbury traddling two canals in the heart of the Berkshire countryside, The Dundas Arms sits on the edge of Kintbury, a quaint little village just an hour’s drive down the M4. It’s been providing sustenance, warmth and a place for travellers to rest their heads since the construction of the adjacent Kennett & Avon Canal in the 18th Century, and today it provides a comfortable and cosy stop-over between London and the West. With the canal literally next door, its garden is some-thing of an ‘English Country’ postcard scene, as ducks and geese roam freely, perhaps also using it as a travel stop on their journeys along the waterways.

Having taken over The Dundas Arms earlier this year, Tom Moran and his team are keen on making every step of your visit as homely as possible — from the delicious food served in the restaurant to the attention-to-detail that adorns each of their eight individually-designed guest rooms. The six ‘river’ rooms open right out onto a tributary of the Kennett & Avon Canal, and each comes with its own patio and river beach — perfect when the sun is out for indulging in the delights of The Dundas’ own picnic hampers.

Blessed with sunshine, we did just that.

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Waterways naturally attract all sorts of novel pursuits, and The Dundas Arms has local hook ups for fly-fishing and horse-drawn river boating. We went with the former and Simon Cooper at Fishing Breaks met us on our arrival, armed with a smile, his pick up truck and some fly-fishing rods. From there, we drove to a private fishing beat on the River Kennett, buried deep in a network of water meadows. The idea behind fly-fishing is you don’t use live bait — instead you stick a prosthetic ‘fly’ on the end of your line — and tease the fish up to the surface of the water.

The fishing itself is anything but easy work — in half a day’s fishing we caught just three fish — but it’s far more entertaining that you might expect.

Though not all fish bite, you’ll see a lot of them jostling for your line before they realise you’re pulling a fast one.

Dinner back at The Dundas Arms offers a lengthy choice of locally-sourced dishes — fish is predictably high on the list, but don’t pass up on their Wood pigeon and cherry starter.

There’s a real sense of community and family here, and Tom himself is a big part of that. We were lucky enough to have a guided tour of the gardens between courses, where he led us to his recently-completed pride and joy — a hidden awayoak dining table big enough to seat a dozen, teeter-ing on the edge of the canal.

The Dundas Arms, Kintbury 53 Station Road, Kintbury, Berkshire, RG17 9UT 01488 658 263 www.dundasarms.co.uk  Room rates:

Sunday — Thursday: £75 for one / £95 for two. Friday - Saturday: £110 for one / £120 for two (Full English breakfast is included in the room rate) Dinner from £30/32 per head (3 courses) Simon Cooper at Fishing Breaks 01264 781988 info@fishingbreaks.co.uk www.fishingbreaks.co.uk  For a full day on the River Kennet — £175 per person, plus £285 guide. (Equipment all included). Fishing breaks also offer a beginners session on their lake in Hampshire (£385 for two — full day) and a half day taster session (£95/per person)

Tom made this himself, and on our visit he was just putting the finishing touches to the barbeque pit a few feet away. With ducks nesting around your feet, it’s perhaps the Dundas’ most unique feature. As we waved goodbye the next morning, I made a promise to Tom that I’d come back and see it in full swing before the summer was out.

The White Horse Chilgrove little bit further away and just outside the seaside town of Chichester, sits The White Horse In Chilgrove. With the South Downs as its back-drop, The White Horse might lack water ways, but it makes up for that in luxurious country comforts. With 12 bespoke guesthouses that are draped in yak skin rugs, have 50-inch plasmas in clear view of your four-post bed, and feature standalone bronze bath tubs that could bathe a small family, The White Horse is staggeringly well-equipped for its price range. A tip: book Room 1 or 12 (the ‘stag’ rooms), for your own private outdoor hot tub.

With Goodwood racing circuit a short drive away, The White Horse is decorated with all sorts of racing paraphernalia — from the wallpaper in our Partridge guest room to the art in the bar lounge. On our visit, we were lucky enough to see a couple of classic car drivers pull up to the pub in their carefully-tuned machines. Racing runs through the water in these parts, and The White Horse have embraced it at every turn.

With an equally impressive choice of activities to get stuck in with, we opted to spend a day Clay Pigeon Shooting on our arrival with Darron Carver in the Cowdray Park estate. The estate is so big that the shooting site doesn’t have a post code, so old fashioned map-reading skills are necessary to find it. While Clay Pigeon

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Shooting might be a point of contention for some, let me just say this: I’m not particularly fond of the idea of guns as a whole but shooting at a flying lump of clay is enormous amounts of fun. Expect a full safety briefing on your arrival, and then one of Darron’s team will lead you off to the shooting cabins. If you’ve never fired a gun before prepare for a bruised shoulder the next morning, but once the pain subsides you could well find yourself looking for local shooting clubs on your return to the city.

When we arrived back at The White Horse it was dinner time, and with a selection of ‘themed’ eating areas in the restaurant, you’ve got a setting for every mood. We opted for the saloon-style booths adorned in yak skin, and tucked in to some of the biggest steaks and freshest Sea Bream we’ve tasted this side of the South Downs. Head Chef Austin Gosling offers a decadent menu, although surprisingly it’s his lightest dish — the pistachio soufflé with white chocolate ice cream to finish — that we settled on as his calling card.

Before you depart the next morning be sure to pop into the adjacent wine shop – a quick glance at the bottles with legitmate ‘Priceless’ tags on them will remind you for months to come just how decadent a stay you had at The White Horse.

The White Horse, Chilgrove 1 High Street, Chilgrove, Chichester, West Sussex PO18 9HX 01243 519 444 info@thewhitehorse.co.uk  Room rates:

£110 (or £140 for the stag room with a hot tub) (Breakfast of choice included in the room rate) Dinner from £35 per head (3 courses) Darron Carver Shooting at Cowdray Park 184 Church Path, Cocking, Midhurst, West Sussex GU29 0HL 01730 776453 www.darroncarver.co.uk  £70 per hour (for two) £35 per person, per hour

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If it’s an education in cocktails, cupcakes, wildlife or transport Edited by : ANDY RITCHIE you’re after, we’ve got you covered this month!

LILLYPUT BAKERY

F I R ST SATURDAY OF E VE RY MONTH

Admit it - we all love cake, so why not head a bit further than your local supermarket this month on your search for fresh and innovative baked treats? Brixton Bakers Market on Station Road runs the first Saturday of every month, where you’ll find some great cake concoctions, many of them thanks to our favourite stand — Lillyput Bakery. Set up just over a year ago, Elisabeth Shrimpton now regularly supplies local cafes in South London with her gorgeous handmade cake pops and cupcakes, as well as providing bespoke goodies for parties, weddings and events (including the cupcakes that you saw Jessica Lowndes admiring in our June issue). This one is definitely worth getting up on a Saturday morning for! www.lillyputbakery.co.uk • info@lillyputbakery.co.uk

CHEEKY COCKTAIL MASTERCLaSSES FRIDAY & SATU RDAY

All regular readers of Drafted should know by now that we’re fond of the occasional cocktail, and while it’s all well and good searching London’s streets for the bestkept cocktail secrets, there’s nothing like being able to make some of your own. Luckily, The K West Hotel & Spa is currently running their Cheeky Cocktail Masterclass, where you can learn the ropes and take home a few insider tricks. For an hour-and-a-half you’ll learn how to construct staples like the Cosmopolitan and Mojito, and with a guaranteed maximum class size of eight, you’re certainly going to get the attention you need should you fall behind the more skilled of your classmates. At just £25 per person per class, it’s basically an educational night out with drinks included, at a fraction of the price you’d expect. www.k-west.co.uk

WWT LONDON LOST & FOUND: A SECRET WETLAND CENTRE UNDERGROUND JOURNEY OPEN DAILY

T O U RS F ROM SE P TE MBE R TO OCTOBER

As a city, we have a tendency to take the mammoth operation that is London’s Underground for granted. Thousands of us pass through the city’s main hubs every day, but did you know: there is a hidden network of out-of-service stations down there just waiting to be explored, with Aldwych being one of the most famous. This month, it’s opening its doors to the public once more for this informative journey through the Underground’s history.

You’ll be led through the ticket hall and down to the platforms, with video, audio and interactive installations colouring the way. Tickets are £25 at off-peak times or £30 at peak; more than a daily Travelcard, yes — but, without a doubt, very worth it.

Tickets also include entry to the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden (can be used within one month of ticket date). www.ltmuseum.co.uk

Nestled away in Barnes and just a short hop from Waterloo, London Wetland Centre is a haven of wildlife and adventure that many would be surprised to find this close to the capital. Originally created from four redundant reservoirs, the Wildlife & Wetlands Trust-run site is home to over 200 species of birds, 300,000 plants and 27,000 trees, along with otters, snakes, bats, newts and butterflies all flourishing in this unique conservation zone. With guided walks, bird watches, and feeding sessions happening daily, there’s something for everyone. But it’s the good work of conservation that goes on here that keeps people, including us, coming back. Oh, and if you’re lucky enough to witness the otter feedings, get ready for your heart to melt.

Open 7 days a week until 6pm. Check their website for full listings of tours, bird walks and special events. www.wwt.org.uk

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ruunningg vs cycclingg Who Comes Out On Top?

Words : STUART GOWER, Illustration : KLONE YOURSELF

s more people litter the streets and parks of London — running and cycling in a bid to get fit — we take a look at which way is best for you. Unless your targets are strongman competitions or body building, aerobic exercise like running and cycling is (would you believe it?) good for you. In fact, it's extremely good for you.

Both are proven to not simply burn calories and improve fitness but also release stress from your mind. But when it comes to running, that stress can be moved to another area in your body.

I've lost count of the amount of times I've heard runners complaining of sore knees, ankles and bad backs because of the impact that road running can have on your joints.

You don’t get that from cycling but you can suffer from more severe injuries when you’re on a bike, especially if you decide against wear-

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ing a helmet because "it takes ages to get your hair just right". Anyway, that’s the safety precautions out of the way.

If weight loss is what you're looking for then running is your best option. You burn around double the amount of calories hammering the pavement because the rest of your body is helping to support your weight.

But if you are carrying around a significant amount of weight the low impact exercise of the bike is more for you. Why? Because cycling improves heart health and burns calories without putting undue stress on the hips, knees and ankles. Cycling does, however, give something that running never can — speed. You can fly down hills at 50 mph and, I'm sure we can all agree, it’s just a bit more fun.

When you’re used to that speed, jogging seems painfully slow. With running there is no break, no let up and it’s hard to coast

down a hill. With cycling, you can tuck in behind people who are much better than you and save 25% of your energy. Even when you’re tired you can still enjoy free-wheeling down hills.

In many ways cycling is the perfect commute to work, the only issue is sharing the journey with hundreds of ruthless double decker buses and black cabs. But if you consider calorie and fat burn alone, running seems to be a superior weight loss activity.

However, if your body prevents you from running, cycling makes a good alternative.

Recognise that if you despise running and make every excuse to skip your workout, it is not going to help you lose weight.

Ultimately, choose the exercise that you enjoy. At the end of the day, the less of a chore it feels, the more you're going to do it.

the last laugh

As the cast of London Irish prepare for the show’s release at the end of this month, Drafted ’s Matt Russell chats to actor Kerr Logan to find out what all the fuss is about...

Words : MATT RUSSELL

his autumn the airwaves are about to turn, not only blue, but also a hint of green. London Irish is the new comedy series debuting on Channel Four, written by Derry girl Lisa McGee. The show follows the shenanigans of Connor and Bronagh (Kerr Logan and Sinead Keenan) and their two friends Packy (Peter Campion) and Niamh (Kat Reagan) as the four Northern Irish Ex-pats navigate their way through London talking love, life, cultural differences and, of course, the craic. Having starred as Matthos Seaworth in Game Of Thrones, and with numerous theatre credits to his name, Kerr Logan has leafed his way through many a script; but there was something in particular about London Irish that stood out instantly.

“It was the first comedy script I’d ever read where I actually laughed out loud when I was going through it,” Logan begins. “I was actually offered two theatre roles while they were auditioning [for London Irish] and was so keen to audition that I turned down both theatre jobs just to get the chance to be considered for it. Even if I didn’t get picked for the role I just had to have a go. The comedy really spoke to me. It’s very well written.”

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Penned by Lisa McGee, whose credits include Totally Frank for Channel Four and episodes of BBC Three drama Being Human, the Irish writer tries to capture the oddness of London and the English in general - from her point of view - and bring it to the small screen with that idiosyncratic humour the Irish are famous for. “It’s very, very fast paced,” Logan explains. “From the people I know and grew up with back in Ireland, you get a lot of street cred for how fast your wit is, and that’s kind of how the show is written. The speed of delivery has to be so fast. It’s very sharp and cutting edge, very out there. It will definitely get people thinking.”

Having been described as “near-theknuckle” by the independent, the series also features Irish comedy royalty in the form of Father Ted star Ardal O’Hanlon, as the patriarch of the London Irish siblings. The show is ultimately about young people drinking too much, swearing too much and valuing fun over everything else. With subject matter like that it’s no surprise that the erstwhile Dougal described it as a “no-limit’s comedy… with no taboo that goes unexplored.” It’s an opinion with which Logan wholeheartedly agrees.

“The show doesn’t really hold back,” Logan says. “It asks some questions and really does push some boundaries. Essentially, though, it’s about four people having a laugh.

All the comedy is completely character driven.

Of course, they’re slightly heightened because it’s a comedy and they can get themselves in some very odd situations. But I think the risqué situations come from the naivety of these characters. It’s one of those things where we just have to wait and see what the reaction is. As a Northern Irishman, one of the things I’m most proud of is that it’s something that’s come from Northern Ireland that isn’t about the troubles.”

From Black Books to Father Ted modern comedy has always had a special place for the calming Irish lilt that so effectively beclouds the darker undertones that keep comedy, not only edgy, but most importantly, very, very, funny.

In the great traditions of these comedies, London Irish not only carries the torch - it swaggers drunkenly with the flame held high.

London Irish launches at 10pm on Tuesday September 24th, C4

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work experience

IN C A SE T HE WHOL E WRI T ING T HING DOESN ’ T WORK OU T, OUR DEPU T Y EDI TOR K YL E IS GOING TO SPEND E ACH MON T H T RYING TO FIND A B ACK- UP C A REER . T HIS MON T H HE T RIES HIS H A ND AT BEING A TANNING E XPERT XPERT...

Words : KYLE GOODWIN

here are a few things in life I never thought I’d do, and working in a celebrity tanning salon for a day is most definitely one of them. To be honest, I don’t pay too much attention to my personal appearance. Sure, I shower regularly and occasionally visit a barber shop, but getting a professional spray tan has never crossed my mind. So you can probably imagine what was going through my head when I was asked to spend the day working at St.Tropez, carrying out daily jobs and eventually spray tanning a complete stranger. Indeed.

My boss for the day was Jules Hept onstall, one of London’s most respected celebrity tanning and skin finishing experts. In his time Jules has tanned the likes of Sienna Miller, Nick Grimshaw, Lily Allen and Blake Lively, and has a reputation for being one of the finest (and friendliest) tanning experts around.

I clocked in for my shift at 10am.

Like most of these Work Experience features, I had absolutely no idea what the day held.

Having run through the training procedures, which gave me a rough insight into the world of tanning, we were ready to get started.

We ticked off a few small cleaning jobs from our ‘To Do’ list and then we sat down to answer some Tweets from people needing professional tanning advice from Jules. The first question read: "I’m a self tan virgin!

Which @StTropezTan products are the easiest to use?" To which I replied: "Hey Sammy! Start

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with a Gradual Tan — use in place of a moisturiser and build colour through the week!"

Pretty convincing, I felt.

Before long my first ‘client’ showed up. We had a bit of a chat and got to know each other (making first time tanners feel relaxed is a hugely important aspect to the job), and then he was asked to strip down to his pants and step into the tanning booth (which is very much what I imagine a time machine would look like — when they finally exist). Now, because our hands, feet, knees and elbows are the driest part of our bodies, they have to be moisturised before the tanning process begins, otherwise the skin won’t absorb the tanning product properly and, basically, you’ll end up with very suspicious orange patches.

I’d never moisturised another man’s elbows before — but it was certainly an experience. The spray gun was loaded, moisturiser had been applied, the latex gloves were on and I was ready to rock my first tanning session. So, with Jules watching over me, I started spraying this slightly terrified man, starting with his arms and working my way across the chest.

Colour consistency in a tan comes almost entirely from rhythm and distance from the skin.

Thankfully, I had practiced on a wall earlier in the day and was actually feeling quietly confident that, at the very least, it wasn’t going to be a total catastrophe.

It went as well as I could have hoped.

As my client dried off, I cleaned the tanning booth and started preparing for my second and final client. This time it was a lady called Amber, who had kindly agreed to let me test my new tanning skills out on her. Being comfortable with naked strangers is another big part of this job, but luckily for Amber, she only needed her legs and face tanned and was fine to wear a robe throughout the session.

Again, there were no calamities — and Amber stepped out of the booth with a lovely bronze glaze across her face and legs.

This is a cool job. You get to chat to people all day and make a lot of new friends (something Jules is clearly very good at). Out of all the different jobs I’ve done for this section of Drafted, being a tanning expert has probably been the most enjoyable so far.

After all, there aren’t many jobs where you get to hang out with naked strangers all day.

Jules’ Verdict

“With time, I think Kyle could give a client a great spray tan. He was enthusiastic but needs to remember to talk more whilst tanning — multi tasking! Fingers crossed his eyes don’t wonder, though.”

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