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Erica Wilson dies at 83

I happened to catch this note from Mary over at Needle N'things. You can click here and visit her blog. Right now she is running the 12 days of Christmas giveaway...which of course is very sweet...but I was taken aback when I read that Erica Wilson, the wonderful sweet lovely lady herself, died 13 December 2011....from the New York Times obit... more

40 top marketing tips - Tidworth Chamber breakfast

Everything you wanted to know about Marketing... ... but were afraid to ask! The Obvious Well, you'd think it would be obvious! Always carry business cards Check emails every day Keep all logos/branding the same Contra Deals Barter, barter, barter! Double or triple your marketing budget without getting your chequebook out Advertising - radio,... more

Royal Anglian Soldiers get new homes for Christmas

An Estate and Environment news article Soldiers from the Royal Anglian Regiment raised the flag at their new barracks in Wiltshire for the first time earlier this month, just in time for Christmas. From left: Warrant Officer Class 1 Newton, Corporal Rosson and Lieutenant Colonel Michael Aston who salutes the Regimental flag raised in front of... more

Help Win Your Favourite Charity £50,000

Help for Heroes (H4H) is about Derek, a rugby player who has lost both his legs. It's about Carl, whose jaw is wired up so he's been drinking through a straw. H4H is about all of the people currently serving or who have served in the Armed Forces. These ordinary people are doing extraordinary things for us, and some of them are living with the... more

Call for crackdown on metal thefts

The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for councils to be given tough new powers to stop the "soaring" trade. It wants a ban on cash payments so sellers can be traced, as well as the installation of CCTV with automatic number plate recognition in scrapyards. Bosses should also be forced to keep a detailed log of people from whom they... more

Will Greenwood: Tedworth House war heroes inspired my return to action at Twickenham

There is an amazing building in Wiltshire that costs a pound a year to rent and is doing priceless work to rebuild the shattered lives of the UK's injured service men and women. Known to all as Tedworth House, it sits within the grounds of the Tidworth Bulford Garrison and looks as grand as Downton Abbey. more

Erica Wilson obituary

Leading light in the world of needlework and embroidery who was determined to repopularise handicrafts in America through her shops, books and television shows Erica Wilson, who has died after suffering a stroke aged 83, was an unlikely public presence in the US, a posh-voiced Briton with needle in hand, on a mission to repopularise handicrafts in... more

Erica Wilson Dies at 83; Led a Rebirth of Needleworking

Reprints Erica Wilson, the Julia Child of needlework, who brought the gentle art of crewel - as well as cross-stitch, needlepoint and other traditional embroidery techniques - to an international audience through her books, television shows, correspondence courses, syndicated column and retail shops, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. She was 83. more

Nick Mallett and Wayne Smith offer hope for England revival

Help for Heroes match coaches show additional charity by declaring that England's future is not a hopeless case Had the Rugby Football Union's policy-makers popped along to the Shakespeare Suite behind Twickenham's South Stand they could have saved themselves weeks of agonising. At the top table sat four men, all highly respected coaches, all... more

Cthulhu by Gaslight now available! (as a pdf) from Squamous Studios

Sometimes the wheels of publishing *do* turn quickly. As of a few days ago, Chaosium released Cthulhu by Gaslight 3rd edition as a pdf! Charlie tells me that the print edition will be available some time in March (printer gods willing, natch). I'll definitely post here when that happens. Also: 104. Dang. more