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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Disney’s The Jungle Book
Almost 50 year’s after Disney’s original Jungle Book animation was released, it has been re-imagined and re-invented into an animated feature film produced by Jon Favreau. The film is released today and stars Scarlett Johansson as the voice of Kaa, Idris Elba as Shere Khan, Christopher Walken as King Louie and Bill Murray as Baloo. Take a look at the stars of the film posing with their animal characters here. We’ve had a look at the classic Disney film and Rudyard Kipling’s original book and have come up with the bear necessities you need to know about the film!
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Cricket Coaching with Darren Gough
Cricket fans – don’t miss this exclusive opportunity for some cricket coaching. It’s arguably the best game in the world and you could have former captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England’s second highest wicket-taker (in one-day internationals), the one and only Darren Gough helping you improve your game. For one day, on Thursday 21 April 2016, Darren will be at Marylebone Cricket Club, the Home of Cricket to coach an avid group of cricket loving individuals. Our colleague Martin who attended a previous event is still grinning ear to ear (we apologise for the poor quality picture, but if you read Martin’s post, you’ll know it’s worth publishing again to make his day!)
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Pet Treats and Pet Poisons
It’s National Pet Month from 1st April to 2nd May and we’ve got some advice for all pet owners about what you can and can’t feed your pets to ensure you are giving them the pet treats they deserve (and can safely have)! We spoke to our friends at Paw Post to find out what they do and don’t recommend.
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Four More Tremendous Time Travelling Films
Last Sunday the clocks went forward once again, which means longer brighter evenings and mild spring weather, hurrah! To celebrate such a chirpy time of year, we thought we’d compile another top list of tremendous time travelling films for your viewing pleasure… Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure This time travelling film is such a cinematic icon, that we don’t even know why we didn’t include it in last year’s list. Anyhow, this comedy adventure starring a young Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter is a guitar-shredding, phonebox hopping epic that is still as entertaining to watch today as it was back in 1989. Groundhog Day Do you ever feel like you’re…
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#MakingMemories – The Best Shared Moments with Parents
At Red Letter Days, our business is all about providing memorable experiences for friends and family to share. The team here on the blog often invite their loved ones on experiences, like when Brooke took her mum for gourmet dining at The Benefit and the York and Albany. That spirit of giving back to our parents is what makes Mother’s Day or Father’s Day so special. But why keep the spirit down to two days? Seems far too insignificant for the remaining 363 days of the year. AND it doesn’t always have to be material. Precious moments spent with parents live on past the cards we send on Mother’s Day, blog posts about family…
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Six Degrees of Separation: The Gift Experience Edition
First proposed in 1929 by Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy, six degrees of separation is the notion that anyone in the world can be connected through a chain of no more than six acquaintances. Since the introduction of this theory, many people have put it to the test, including Microsoft. After checking an astounding 30 billion electronic messages they confirmed that six degrees actually works – well almost. By studying these messages, they discovered that any two strangers are distanced on average by 6.6 degrees, which basically means you are connected to Mick Jagger or The Queen by a string of seven or fewer introductions! There is even a game called The Six…
