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For all the outdoor enthusiasts in London, January 2012 is set to be a treat with the arrival of this year’s much anticipated Outdoors Show. The Outdoors Show 2012 will once again be hosted at Excel Exhibition Centre, Earls Court, from the 12th to the 15th January. Besides providing retailers with the incredible opportunity of showcasing the latest in outdoor gear and equipment such as Scruffs work trousers to the public, whilst buyers can access great prices for their outdoor merchandise.

The Outdoors Show will also boast exciting attractions to amaze the whole family. For the first time the Outdoors Show 2012 will offer the Climbing Village, which features a comprehensive range of climbing walls for everyone, from the complete beginner to the experienced climber. The Photography Village will feature an inspirational showcase of some of the best outdoor images from. Bring your best outdoor photographs to the Outdoors Show for critique and advice sessions from leading UK photographers.

As April the 25^th draws closer, World Malaria Day heralds a change of view in regards to the global perspective of this frightful disease. This is the fourth World Malaria Day and the ultimate goal is to achieve a rate of no malaria related deaths by the year 2015. This lofty achievement is said to be possible to reach, according the UN secretary General Secretary, Ban Ki-Moon. On this day, we are all challenged to address the very real issue of malaria in some of the poorest countries in the world. It does not matter what your position is: President of a country, a minister, an office worker or a street sweeper; we must all contribute our time as we destroy this disease which still claims millions of lives on a yearly basis.

On Saturday 9th April 2011 at the Phoenix Theatre, one of West Ends longest running musical theatre shows will be taking to the stage once more – the Blood Brothers are back in action and enjoying over two decades of success! This long running show can share the limelight with Annie, Phantom of the Opera, Rent, Cats and a few others as a show which is ingrained into the very culture of West End Musicals.

Anyone from an estate agent London to first-time buyers of Chelsea property for sale will know that planning a successful garden party takes a lot of hard work and careful consideration. The 12-day eco festival orchestrated by the Prince of Wales is this year’s ultimate garden party – where British celebs and royals join forces to promote environmental awareness.

Since the 8th September, the grounds of Clarence House, Prince Charles’ London home, have been abuzz with the events of the “Garden Party to Make a Difference”. Some of the UK’s best-known musicians, comedians and leading environmental experts have been a part of this very green garden party. Londoners have been flocking to the royal residence to enjoy live music, browse the farmers market and listen to environmental debates.

Do you love London? Are you proud Londoner who enjoys the thrills of this beautiful city? Then joining other Londoners at the Thames Festival is a great way to enjoy a festival that is jam packed with arts, music, food and friendly people. This is not a festival that you should attend alone though, so we suggest that you take the remote away from your husband, drag your kids away from their activity play table or their beloved childrens workbench and visit the Thames Festival from the 11th to the 12th September.

Also known as the Mayor Thames Festival, the River Thames Festival is the largest outdoor festival in London that is free for all who are interested in attending. The festival highlights arts and entertainment as well as the cultural life of the city. For two days, the River Thames is transformed into a festival spectacular as areas around the river and the streets come alive with street performers, installations, food stalls, musicians performing and more.

Faithless have been wowing crowds worldwide for years now, selling multi-platinum albums and performing to packed stadia on every continent of the world. This autumn however sees the mighty Faithless music coming to the Oxjam festival at the Coronet theatre, Elephant and Castle, on the 1^st of October. A local Kennington estate agent who deals with rentals and flats for sale Battersea, tells us that this is a smallish venue and the opportunity to see Faithless up so close and personal is a once in a lifetime opportunity not to be missed.

Fashion can be far out. We have seen models slinking down the runway looking like gothic zombies and fashion shoots that are made out to look like they were shot in a dump site. But it seems that the Italian Vogue magazine and their new August shoot is making waves for all of the wrong reasons and by thinking that they were pushing their boundaries in their new controversial fashion shoot, they may have just stepped over the line.

Have you ever heard of the pop band The xx? If you are shaking your head and feel slightly confused, the fact is that you probably have heard of this indie band, but don’t even know it. This three piece London based indie band are making it big in the UK as well as the USA, but their unassuming presence and down to earth nature makes this indie band unlike other famed starved music wannabe bands fighting for the spotlight.

Since the departure of Roy Hodgson from Craven Cottage to Liverpool’s Anfield, speculation has been ripe about who is going to take over the reins at Fulham. Jurgen Klinsmann, the ex Tottenham Hotspur striker turned Germany coach, is the latest big name to be added into the pool of possible managers. Insiders say that Jurgen Klinsmann is club owner Mohammad Al Fayed’s favourite to take over at the club.

Other coaches said to be in the running alongside Jurgen Klinsmann include Sven Goran-Eriksson, David Jones and Mark Hughes. The initial target of the Fulham team, before considering the likes of Jurgen Klinsmann, was actually Martin Jol; however the former Spurs coach is currently tied up in his contract at Ajax Amsterdam and was not allowed to return to the Premier League.

A world class inland freight logistics port is set to be developed just outside of Johannesburg later this year. The port is being built to accommodate the ever increasing demand for freight and logistics services in the Gauteng area. Check it out…

Inframax Holdings is a property development company based in Cape Town. They are the driving force behind the enormous project of building a freight logistics port just outside of Johannesburg in Gauteng.