26/03/2020
Grapevine member, Denise Little, is an Anxiety Management & Confidence Consultant and a Solution-Focused Hypnotherapist. She has kindly written us a blog on how to keep our minds healthy whilst in self-isolation.
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20/03/2020
A Capuchin Franciscan priest living in Ireland has written a powerful poem about the impending nationwide lockdown. I thought I would share with you all.
8/03/2020
We interviewed Jon Wright, the co-founder of fantastic drinks brand Innocent Drinks. He tells us about the story of their success and the ups and downs of their great journey.
5/03/2020
I visited Alastair this week and heard how he first fell in love with the racing game and what actually makes The Festival just so very special to so many people
Grapevine member Simon Sherwood tells us about the day he won the Cheltenham Gold Cup on the wonderful Desert Orchid.
We talked to Hughie about the appeal of National Hunt racing, his past Festival winners and his Cheltenham hopes for this year's Festival.
2/03/2020
Ed Granville from Red Savannah gives us a great example of how your day could take shape when holidaying on a gulet. Once you have read this account, I think you might be as tempted as I am to try this one day, sooner rather than later hopefully!
29/02/2020
Ahead of this year's Cheltenham Festival, I ask Mick about his past great Cheltenham Festivals, as a jockey - and his thoughts now.
26/02/2020
Sara Davenport has been at the centre of the wellbeing sector for 3 decades. She is the Founder of the Breast Cancer Haven charity and through her work with doctors, nutritionists and therapists she has an unrivalled overview of both traditional and complementary medicine.
24/02/2020
Rupert de Mauley took us on a fascinating tour around the Houses of Parliament. This had been a long-awaited trip due to two previous postponements in the latter part of 2019. It was certainly well worth the wait though.
9/02/2020
I met fellow members and brilliant comedy duo, Adam Drew and Guy Hayward (Bounder & Cad) for lunch and a chat. This is an amusing interview I hope you will enjoy.
7/02/2020
Grapevine member Juliet Norman, has kindly put a short piece together for us about the importance of seasonal eating. She is brilliant so if you need any nutritional advice, please get in touch with her.
We enjoyed lots of visitors to the stand we shared with Oxford Ski at Cocklebarrow Races a couple of weeks ago. Here are some fun images of the day.
28/01/2020
We arranged for 12 members to pay a visit to top National Hunt trainer and Grapevine Ambassador, Kim Bailey. We had a guided tour of the yard and his stable stars, watching them work on the gallops, followed by a delicious cooked breakfast afterwards.
19/01/2020
I found this great list of rules in a paper last week and having read it, I thought they were really meaningful. If young girls can stick to these, it's a great list to get through life. I am certainly going to show this to my girls.
14/01/2020
I wanted to write a few words about an old friend of mine, Nell Gifford, who tragically died recently. Nell founded and was the heart of The Gifford Circus, which I'm sure many of you have loved.
13/01/2020
I went to visit racing legend AP McCoy at his lovely house in Berkshire, we chatted about his amazing achievements and how life is now.
9/12/2019
I travelled with Davina Longsdon to Romania a few weeks ago to see the amazing work Hope and Homes for Children are doing and also see the harsh reality of what still needs to be done out there.
26/11/2019
Grapevine member Sara Davenport gives us some great tips and advice for the nightmare occasions when we get food poisoning!
27/10/2019
Ben Miller gives us an insite into his various acting roles, his books and life in general.
