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To say Patrick Grant is a busy man is very much an understatement, his life must be one of spinning plates and juggling responsibilities, with his E.Tautz and Norton & Sons sartorial brands, not to mention his high Street difusion range for retailer Debenhams. Then there?s his media undertakings,  as a judge on the Great British Sewing bee. In amongst all of this packed diary of commitments, the Edinburgh born gentleman has managed to find the time to collaborate on a limited edition ?blas? with anCnoc Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky.

Blas, translated as ?taste? in Gaelic, is presented in a specially designed bottle. Grant was able to draw on his Scottish hertitage when he spent over a year designing the bespoke print, which is inspired by the brand, flavour notes of the limited edition liquid, and the time-honoured production methods used at the Knockdhu distillery.

anCnoc Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky is part of the Inver House Distillers portfolio, and is produced at Knockdhu Distillery ? established in 1894 and one of the smallest and most enchanting in the Scottish Highlands. It is renowned the world over by malt enthusiasts for bringing a contemporary twist to the traditions of fine malt whisky, producing a single malt that is accessible and versatile for all occasions.

Blas is golden and honeyed n appearance. To the nose it?s densely sweet and fruity with notes of citrus fruit, including lemon and candied orange peel. But tones of bitter chocolate and vanilla add complexity and weight. To taste, Blas is full bodied and oily, leaving a lasting impression. This limited edition has been matured in American oak barrels and Spanish oak butts.

Patrick said of his experience on working with this unique distillery: ?I spent a lot of time at Knockdhu not only taking in the landscape and surrounding areas, but getting to know the people that work there and the methods that they use. Everything in the print is from the hill, the village of Knock or within the distillery itself and tells the story of the making of Blas. I?ve tried to interpret anCnoc?s history and tradition in a modern way, and hope this is translated through the aesthetic of the bottle.?

The subject of today?s textual conversation, Oliver Cheshire, is proving his smart, savvy, street style to be a big hit with not only the young men but women alike and has given him a social media following of over 100k; resulting in international designers clambering over each other to dress him in their latest collections.

Having started his career in the fashion industry aged just 17 when he was scouted by Select Models. Cheshire?s first campaign was with, a small little brand you may have heard of called, Calvin Klein fronting their iconic advertising. Since then he has gone on to the face of some of the biggest names in the fashion world, including Dolce and Gabbana, Versace, Missoni, Vivienne Westwood and Marks & Spencer.

His versatility and appeal have led him to work with some of the world?s most coveted and renowned photographers, including Mario Testino, Mert and Marcus, Bruce Weber and Steven Klein. Proving he?s not JUST a pretty face, Oliver?s style and in depth knowledge of men?s fashion made him the natural choice to become contributor for the Telegraph Men back in 2013.

This season his status continues to grow from strength to strength; confirming his place among the elite of the front row at London Fashion Week and London Collections Men.

Oliver is regularly heralded in GQ.com?s Best-Dressed poll from the US to the UK, aswell as winning places in similar features in publications such as Grazia, The Daily Telegraph and Tatler. He has also been labelled in the press as the ?Model with the Midas Touch?; as brands like Orlebar Brown, Superdry and M&S have seen a direct increase in sales when Chiselled cheekbones has been featured as ?Their Face?.

If you had one day to live what would be your biggest regret?

I think my biggest regret would definitely be not eating that piece of chocolate cake! Never turn down cake!

What?s your favourite piece of clothing?

Right now, I think it has to be my M&S pebble dash Derby shoes. They?re so easy to wear and go with everything.

Who is your style icon? Why?

I grew up as a 90?s kid seeing David Beckham everywhere. He took risks with his fashion, and set trends at the same time. He wasn?t scared to try new things. Now he?s a man who knows what looks great and sticks to it.

What piece of style advice do you live by?

Make sure you?re always properly dressed for the occasion and always follow the dress code on the invite.

Can you tie a bow tie? If yes, who taught you?

Embarrassingly, no! I had to look it up on YouTube.

Have you ever bought a piece of clothing and regretted it?

I?m usually quite good and really think about what I want before I buy it. I guess there are trends I wish I hadn?t tried; I?ve worn some pretty OTT printed shirts over the years.

What do you have to do after this conversation?

I?m going to a lovely dinner at the Rosewood hotel, their food is the best.

What would you like to be doing after this conversation?

Having a beer at the Rosewood with dinner and then eating lots of Percy Pigs!

What track would always get you on the dance floor?

?Town Called Malice? by The Jam, definitely my favourite song of all time.

How did you get into the industry, what was your big break?

I was scouted by Select Model Management at 16, they sent my Polaroid?s over to New York and I ended up being booked by Calvin Klein. I was really lucky and my career really took off from there, and I ended up walking (on a catwalk) for some really huge names.

If you could live anywhere where would it be & Why?

Probably New York. The atmosphere is just so cool out there and always buzzing. I have loads of friends out there too so I know I wouldn?t ever get lonely. Other than that I think I?d choose London.

Favourite hotel in the world?

It?s between the W in Barcelona (above) or the Maritime in Manhattan, they are two of the most amazing hotels I?ve ever stayed in.

What music are you listening to at the moment?

Stormzy, he won two MOBO awards, I would seriously suggest checking him out.

Best present you?ve ever received?

Pixie (Lott) took me on holiday to Florence once for a Christmas present; that was pretty awesome.

Best piece of advice you?ve ever been given and by whom?

Nothing is ever as bad as it seems.

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Today is Valentine?s Day and if you?ve only just realised this you may already be in trouble.

Fortunately F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship prize supplier Memento Exclusives can suggest ten gifts which are sure to win over your F1-mad loved one ? as long as money is no object.

Michael Schumacher race-damaged 1995 Benetton B195 end plate ? £1,999

Michael Schumacher race-damaged Benetton B195 endplate

Michael Schumacher produced some of his finest drives en route to his second world championship title in 1995: winning from 16th on the grid at Spa-Francorchamps, battling through the field at a slippery Nurburgring and elbowing Damon Hill aside at Estoril.

It didn?t always go to plan though: this race-damaged rear wing end plate is the legacy of a visit to the scenery, possibly when he skidded off at a damp Imola during the San Marino Grand Prix.

But if two thousand pounds seems a bit steep to you, consider fast-forwarding to the bottom to find a few more affordable present ideas.

Red Bull salt and pepper set ? £2,154

Red Bull salt and pepper mill

Presented on a carbon brake pad and fashioned from gearbox parts, this has to be one of the most striking ways to season your food. Salt and pepper not included.

Force India engine cover chair ? £3,950

Force India engine cover chair

If you often find yourself standing around wondering what to drink, this chair made from a Force India?s engine cover featuring their many alcoholic beverage sponsors can solve both problems.

Formula One ?Raced? Chess Set ? £9,950

F1 ?raced? chess set

?F1 is like a game of chess? said former FIA president Max Mosley, who never grasped that the object of this game isn?t to get your pieces around the board as quickly as possible. Fork over the best part of ten grand for this beautiful set made from race-used parts, and stun your opponents by following up a Sokolsky Opening with an Albin Countergambit.

Signed 1994 Michael Schumacher Bell replica helmet ? £11,418

Michael Schumacher 1994 replica helmet

This classic Schumacher helmet design from the year of his first world championship victory is signed by the man himself.

Red Bull exhaust pipe lamp ? £14,400

Red Bull exhaust pipe lamp

Made from part of the exhaust system from a 2008 Red Bull RB8 the Inconel alloy can withstand temperatures of up to 1,000C, illuminating the room as it glows white-hot. But it?s probably safer to pop a few halogen bulbs in.

F1 OPUS world champions? edition ? £20,000

F1 OPUS Champions Edition

A book for the price of a library? The five-figure price tag attached to this vast tome is partly due to the fact that it has been signed by every living world champion.

Asiatech AT02 V10 engine ? £38,400

Asiatech AT02

Celebrate one of F1?s great moments of underdog heroics: this engine powered Mark Webber?s Minardi to fifth place in the 2002 Australian Grand Prix.

Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T engine cover ? £48,000

Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T engine cover

Misplaced the engine cover for your 1987 Lotus-Honda 99T? Good news: Memento Exclusives have a spare one in stock. Ayrton Senna won twice and took six more podiums in the canary yellow racer before joining McLaren.

Jordan EJ13 ? £420,000

Jordan EJ10

For the ultimate money-no-object F1 gift, how about a race-winning grand prix car? One of Jordan?s EJ13s won the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix, although it took the FIA until several days after the race to work it out.

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Covetable though they are, these fantastic products and objects are only realistic purchases for a lucky few. But Memento Exclusives has a great range of more affordable products for F1 fans. Find them here:

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Some of you may noticed that I have been *but a little busy* over on YouTube lately?. YouTube is a GREAT platform to share Origami How Tos. I find that step by step origami for kids photos are so much harder to follow, than simple origami for kids video tutorials. So I have started to create a whole set of origami videos for beginners. They focus on the easiest and most ?classic? paper crafts for kids ? and the majority of them should be ?doable? for kids on their own. Of course, I have also got some ?intermediate? origami projects on my YouTube channel (some shared at the very end for you to browse!), but this post today, focuses on the absolute easiest. A  great way to get kids into paper crafting and excited about origami!

There is also a difference between origami (which is uses a square piece of paper and folding techniques) and kirigami (which can use any shaped paper and requires a little cutting to0). But I find when it comes to kids, doing a mix of the two is best. We also like to embellish our paper crafts with pens or sticking on details such as LARGE eyes. Let?s have a peak at these easy Origami for Kids projects!!

Step by Step Origami for Kids

This little easy Origami bunny is probably one of the best Origami Projects for kids that you can start out on (well these and the tulips, but I find that the bunnies have more appeal to both boys and girls ? say what you like.. but I do find boys and girls have slightly different preferences).

These ADORABLE Bunny Bookmarks are actually part of a SERIES of corner bookmarks on both my blog and YouTube channel. My YouTube viewers are forever asking for new Corner Bookmark designs.. and so I oblige! if there is a book corner design you would like to see, leave me a comment on YouTube and I will see what I can do!

Not wanting to bore you to death with all our corner bookmarks?? but here is another example of our most popular bookmarks today: easy monster bookmarks. Perfect. Do check out the rest of them too!

As cat owners and cat lovers, we needed to have a go at these super simple Origami Cats! My kids adore them and they are as easy as the ever popular Origami Bunnies shared above.

These little Paper Butterflies are still classes as ?easy? in my books, however, they are better for the a child that feels a LITTLE confident in making origami crafts already. They are easy, but just need a little more skills! DO try them, as I think these Origami Butterflies make a great decoration.

This Origami Swan, very much has that ?classic? Origami look about it and introduces some basic folds (i.e. the head) that you will find in many origami projects for kids. So do take a look at this easy paper swan. It is cute and teaches you great skills!

I ADORE these oh so easy Paper House. This is a craft from childhood memories and is super duper easy to make.. you can then decorate and play. We LOVED making it as part of a ?3 Little Pigs Play Set? we created.

A nice take on the very simple paper cups origami. These Origami Paper Cups can be used in SO MANY different ways ? from this simple ball toss game, to actually drinking water from them, to hanging 24 in a row and making your own Origami Advent calendar.. so many possibilities and one easy paper cup Origami craft!

These are some  very special CHRISTMAS COOTIE CATCHERS. You can either print out our free Christmas printables? or watch the video and make your own ?plain? Origami fortune teller that you can decorate and write in yourself! Yes.. this is most DEFINITELY a childhood class and every child should learn to make one!

Another childhood classic origami pattern are these adorable little Origami Boats or Paper Boats. This is one of the first origami patterns I taught my children (eventhough many of the above origami for kids ideas are easier), because I have a personal strong association with these from my childhood? you can make them, any time, anywhere and have lots of playful fun! Love.

These little heart bookcorners ?technically? are more Kirigami can Origami.. but they are so cute and again, so easy, that I think they need including in an round up of easy origami for kids!!! You don?t HAVE to use them as bookmarks, again, these would look really nice on a DIY Valentine?s Day Card or similar!

We adore these origami tulips. The head of the tulip is SUPER easy for kids to make. You can make just the head and then stick it on a card and draw the rest, creating a wonderful tulip collage ? perfect for mother?s day. The stems are still easy, but I would say a  ?next step? for a child, who is a little bit  more confident in the basics of origami!

I love this Paper Star Wreath ? my 10yrs old neighbour taught me how to make this Origami Star, which doubles up nicely as a wreath too. Make it in any colour combination and it looks simply wonderful!

Love these super duper cute Origami Foxes from over at Easy Peasy and Fun! Aren?t they lovely!?

And Frogs like these have been on our to do list like ?forever?.. again, I would say these Origami Frogs are probably good for a more confident child doing origami. Visit Easy Peasy and Fun for instructions!

From sites we love?. we adore these origami faces from Pink Stripey Socks. Aren?t they simply fun!?

Fantastic little Origami Mushrooms. Aren?t they adorable? The little worms are just the best little detail. Check out the wonderful Krokotak for full step by step origami for kids instructions!

For the NEXT LEVEL , ie Intermediate Origami for Kids, take a look at these:

Origami Budgie

Origami Mice

Origami Lucky Stars

Origami Paper Bows

 

So.. are you tempted to give these beginner origami for kids projects a go?! I do hope so. Have lots and lots of fun exploring these paper crafts!

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In the round-up: Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne says it would be a ?tragedy? if it took Ferrari ten years to win another F1 championship.

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Travel is definitely an upside to this transient life, and something I will admit to taking for granted at times.  Coming from a relatively small island, it?s easy to forget that at home we can?t just get in a car and drive to Italy in a couple of hours from the UK, or drive a few hours more and be in Croatia and beyond?  One day, when we move back I am going to get a very big shock, I know.

Dutch Expat Travellous World pays a visit to somewhere that is relatively easy to get to from the UK ? Antwerp? 

Busy touring her new homeland Australia, Canadian Krista of Rambling Tart takes us on a trip to Dangama Mungar ? or Talking Mountain.  Her photography of her adopted homeland is stunning.  

Long term expats FunFlyingFour don?t have to go far to find adventure and tell us about their Yurt Stay in Beach Rock Village in their temporary home of Okinawa Japan.  

The BabyGlobeTrotters never stay still for long, and this month they are celebrating an important milestone ? Happy Birthday! 

Adriana?s blog ? Changing Plate not only has stacks of amazing photography, but this post gives a really uplifting insight into a new life for a lot of brand new expatriates who had little choice about moving abroad.   International Cafe talks about a group of refugees being welcomed to her tiny Bavarian village.  

I love Caroline?s blog ? it?s great to see what life is like as an Expat in the UK.  She?s very much looking forward to the Easter hols in her post The Mundanity of February, and also ponders life?s other great questions such as ?why does my refrigerator have a plastic tray for 7 eggs??   

Lou Messugo is already thinking ahead to Christmas with her post 24 Reasons to Love Christmas in France. 

Not really travel related (unless you are visiting Berlin soon and fancy a gander at the pics) but because it?s a good read, I have included A Few More Steps? post ?All About Berlin ? Confusion and Food?  explores the good, the bad and the ugly side of life in a relatively new city? 

And finally, for those of you who may well embark on a life back home this year and might be dreading it. Here are a couple of posts that might make you feel better about the prospect firstly from One Tiny Leap who has just returned home after an amazing adventure, and also from Third Culture Mama.  

Do please leave your posts on all matters ?Expat? for inclusion in March?s round-up below.

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With Red Bull set to launch the new livery for their car next week, today?s Caption Competition turns the clock back to their first F1 appearance back in 2005.

Drivers Vitantonio Liuzzi and Christian Klien presented the team?s first F1 car along with pop star Pink.

Post your funniest caption suggestion in the comments below. A selection of the best will feature in a future edition of the F1 Fanatic Round-up.

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In the round-up: The future of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza remains in doubt after another setback.

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