• Magic Whiteboard allows you to create a whiteboard from a roll anywhere, in seconds.
• It combines the best bits of a flipchart and a traditional whiteboard
• It sticks, using static, to most hard flat surfaces, including walls, glass and wood.
• You do not need to use tac or tape
• It leaves no marks on walls
• 25 Sheet Roll – each sheet measures 60cm wide by 80cm deep
• Plain White

Here’s what it said on Deborah Meaden’s website:

Neil & Laura Westwood, Deborah Meaden & Thoe Paphitis

Although this isn’t the type of investment that normally grabs me the product looked great and I felt that Theos retail expertise and my sales and marketing experience could be a really good combination for Magic Whiteboard… Since appearing in the Den, Neil and Laura have been granted sole and exclusive rights to distribute and sell Magic Whiteboard for an unlimited period. The business has expanded rapidly from a small part time concern to a national and international brand.

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Bob Geldof wrote this song after reading a report about 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, who fired at children playing in a school playground across the street from her home in San Diego, California. She killed two adults and injured eight children and one police officer. Spencer’s explanation for her actions was “I don’t like Mondays, this livens up the day.” The song was performed less than a month later and became a major hit in the UK.

You, too, can plays like this – all you need is the sheet music. We found the sheet music on Musicroom. Just click on the images below.

House playing the Piano

I Don't Like Mondays by Bob Geldof £2.25

Lyrics to “I don’t like Mondays”

The silicon chip inside her head
Gets switched to overload,
And nobody’s gonna go to school today,
She’s going to make them stay at home,
And daddy doesn’t understand it,
He always said she was as good as gold,
And he can see no reason
Cos there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be shown

Tell me why
I Don’t like Mondays
I want to shoot
The whole day down

The Telex machine is kept so clean
As it types to a waiting world,
And Mother feels so shocked,
Father’s world is rocked,
And their thoughts turn to
Their own little girl
Sweet 16 ain’t that peachy keen,
No, it ain’t so neat to admit defeat,
They can see no reasons
Cos there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be shown

Tell me why …

All the playing’s stopped in the playground now
She wants to play with her toys a while
And school’s out early and soon we’ll be learning
And the lesson today is how to die,
And then the bullhorn crackles,
And the captain tackles,
With the problems and the how’s and why’s
And he can see no reasons
Cos there are no reasons
What reason do you need to die

The silicon chip …

Tell me why …

St Patrick’s Day is the national celebration day of Ireland or Eire. It falls on 17th March every year and this year it falls on a Tuesday. There is even more to celebrate this year with the triumph of the Irish rugby team over Scotland this weekend. Irish rugby shirts are selling from £18 – just click on the image below to visit the Guinness shop. The saint’s day inevitably involves drinking down the pub. If you can’t find an Irish pub, and there’s usually one near every railway station, you have just enough time to order your Guinnes online (by clicking here) and practice making shamrocks in the head of beers if you do work in a bar (see video) . However, we’ve also found some less drunken ways to celebrate around the world – including dancing, marching and music.

Irish Rugby Shirts

St. Patrick’s Day Events

There are often parades around towns in Ireland, Scotland and the USA to celebrate gaelic culture, language and music. Participants invariably dress in as much green as possible to celebrate the “green isle”.

*Saturday 14th March 2009, 11am: Parade down the Royal Mile in Edinburgh to St Patrick’s Parish Church led by Stockbridge Pipe Band. Irish music and dancing followed by a buffet in aid of the church resotration fund.

*Saturday 14th March 2009, 12:30 p.m. St. Patrick’s Day Parade, on Fourth Avenue from Jefferson Street northward to Westlake Park (between Pike and Pine streets), Seattle.

*Tuesday 17th March, 11am: The Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Cork takes place after the 11am Mass. Starts at the Super Valu and goes to the viewing stand at the East End. Led by the Cullen Pipe Band. Participants and the general public are invited to the Pearse Memorial Hall when refreshments will be provided and a host of talent on stage for what promises to be an exciting show.

*Tuesday 17th March 2009, 12 noon: Dublin. GAA legend Micheal O Muircheartaigh will commentate on the parade, which kicks off at 12 noon from Parnell Square North before weaving through the city centre, taking in O’Connell St, Westmoreland St, College Green, Dame St, Lord Edward St, Nicholas St and finishing at Patrick St. Over half a million people will flood the Irish capital for the celebrations.

*Tuesday 17th February, 1 pm: Kierans Pub 330 2nd Av. S., Minneapolis – St Paul, Minnesota. $5. 612-339-4499. For dancing an Irish jig: With three stages of music, there will be plenty of dancing going on at Kieran’s Irish Pub. The Belfast Cowboys headline the tent outside. It’s a special St. Paddy’s Day with this year marking the 15th anniversary of Kieran’s.

*Tuesday 17th February, 3 pm (doors lock at 4 p.m. for the challenge): The Nomad Pub 501 Cedar Av. S., Minneapolis – St Paul, Minnesota. Free. 612-338-6424. For real Irish drinkers: The Nomad Pub offers its annual “Break the Seal” challenge, where beer is free until someone pees. Last year, free beer flowed for two hours. Afterward: dirty limericks by the fire, cover bands and more shenanigans.

*Tuesday 17th February: Brit’s Pub, 1110 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis – St Paul, Minnesota. Free. 612-332-3908. Not quite Irish, but close enough: The folks behind Brit’s Pub welcome their Irish friends with a party in the third floor Clubhouse Bar. It has a great view of the Minneapolis St. Patrick’s Day parade (which starts at 6:30 p.m.). The Como Avenue Jug Band plays at 7 p.m. Bagpipers, too.

St Patrick's Day celebrations

Jessica

When she tore the ACL in both knees as a teenager while on stage, Jessica Sutta’s dream of being a prima ballerina ended. But her dreams of being a dancer were just beginning.

Red Hair Dye from £5.99

You need the wild cut with a gigantic fringe to carry this off – not to mention some serious attitude. But who doesn’t love a hot-headed red locks?

Dark nail varnish from £10

Dark nails are seriously in this season – as is brown lipstick. The popularity of Dita Von Teese has brought the sensual and dark “gothic romance” into fashion.

Short Corset Dress

Underwear as outerwear. You couldn’t wear it to the office, but look like a popstar in the club with these rip-roaring little numbers.

Stilletto platforms

Stilettos with a raised platform toe have been a big show on the catwalks this year. The studded leather detail adds a rock chick edge to the vampy heel.

Smirnoff appeared in the 1962 Dr. No – the first Bond film. Bond also drank Finlandia vodka – a famous rival to Smirnoff. Here’s a recipe for the famous James Bond vodka martini – just click on the images to buy items:

The Vesper

This martini appeared in the very first novel, Casino Royale. After just meeting his CIA contact Felix Leiter for the first time, Bond orders the drink from a barman while at the casino.

‘A dry martini,’ he said. ‘One. In a deep champagne goblet.’

‘Oui, monsieur.’

‘Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon’s, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it’s ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon peel. Got it?’

‘Certainly monsieur.’ The barman seemed pleased with the idea.

‘Gosh, that’s certainly a drink,’ said Leiter.

Bond laughed. ‘When I’m…er…concentrating,’ he explained, ‘I never have more than one drink before dinner. But I do like that one to be large and very strong and very cold, and very well-made. I hate small portions of anything, particularly when they taste bad. This drink’s my own invention. I’m going to patent it when I think of a good name.’

The recipe once more:

3 measures of Gordon’s Gin

1 measure of vodka

1/2 measure Kina Lillet vermouth

Shake it very well until it’s ice cold, pour into a deep champagne glass. Garnish with a slice of lemon peel.

Gin & Vodka from £45.50

Save money and get the Smirnoff and Gordon’s gin in one triple pack delivered to your door. Purchasers and recipients must be over 18.

Gordon’s Gin from £14.69

Smirnoff Vodka from £12.99

Vermouth Lillet Selection from £13.69

Champagne Glasses from £12.99

Vodka Martini

Standard vodka martini.

4 measures vodka

1/2 measure vermouth

“Shaken, not stirred” until it’s ice cold. Pour into a martini glass and garnish with lemon peel.

Finlandia Vodka from £16.29

Vermouth Selection from £7.59

Martini Glasses from £17.95

Heineken have also signed a deal with the makers of the latest Bond blockbuster, but somehow Smirnoff have the edge on class. Both are available from The Wine Blokes UK online shop. Purchasers and recipients must be over 18.

Heineken 24×330ml £24

The three streakers have so far evaded capture by authorities, and were even featured on the Cartier International big screen.

This year’s 2008 polo event, an annual recurrence of the polo international between England and Australia, otherwise went without a hitch, and the crowd of over 25,000 enjoyed some of the hottest weather England has to offer. They enjoyed some great sport too, as England just won the match by 10-9.

The England captain, Luke Tomlinson, said the players hardly noticed the streaker-induced break and that it was a bit of welcome relief for the crowd, telling the BBC: “it brings a bit of humour in and the crowd seem to enjoy it”.

A spokeswoman for the Cartier International Polo event blamed “the hot weather and Pimms”.

All good sport!

Check out the video for an interview on the day and click on the images below to find similar clothing for yourself from the UK highstreet.

Suit Jacket with complimentary waistcoat, £220

All Saints Blazer & Waistcoat £220

Charcoal matching trousers, £40

Francois Pant in Charcoal £75

Slim Collar Design White Shirt, £63.75

White shirts from All Saints

Black slim tie, £25

Slim black ties from All Saints

White handkechiefs Pack of Seven, £9.75

White Handkerchieves from John Lewis

Cream Dress £42

European Culture Yellow FItted Dress £42

Structured Tailoring Dress from Karen Millen £140

Structured Tailroing Dress £140 from Karen Millen

Celebrity Sunglasses from £42

SunglassesUK bring you the best celebrity sunglasses

White gold diamond cluster ring, £1450

WHite gold bridal rings from Ernest Jones

Nail treatment pack, £20

Nail treatments from Beauty Expert

Shiny sexy legs, £20

Self-tanning and body oils from Beauty Expert

In the States, the new iPhone retailed at just $199 (approximately £100) – which represents a huge saving on its predecessor – for a phone which works on the faster 3G network.

What the 3G iPhone represents is a much quicker download time for those users who wish to download content. The new iPhone also comes equipped with GPS technology to enable more services based on the locale of the user.

Buy Apple iPhone 3G Early, or be Prepared to Wait

With O2, who have the iPhone contract in the UK, set to offer this new Apple 3G iPhone for free on some contracts (suggested to be those over £45 per month), it looks likely that this phone will sell out completely. Indeed, O2 iPhone stocks have currently run dry, and an announcement is expected on 10 July as to stock levels of both the original iPhone and this new 3G model.

Click here to see available O2 Apple iPhone 3G tariffs.

A replacement for the iPod?

Several commentators have been disenchanted with the iPhone’s seeming lack of capacity, however, and suggest that its lower capacity does not make it a good replacement for the iPod as a music playing and entertainment device. What is clear, though, is that the iPhone does go a good way to providing all the services you might need on the move in one handy size.

With a boatload of features, and an army of willing Apple followers, this lower-priced next generation of iPhones could well be the phenomenon of this year…

Only time will tell.

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You might remember these incredible Dyson Ball vacuum cleaners from the recent adverts on TV.

Everyone’s talking about the Dyson Ball vacuum right now – but where to buy them? Well, we’ve tracked down what we believe to be the very cheapest Dyson Ball vacuum cleaners available anywhere on the internet! Why? Because that’s what we do – connect people with the best products they can buy online, and try to track down the best deals, in a simple, easy to read format.

Here are our available best priced options:

• Dyson DC25 Animal / Ball – from Dyson – £293.61
• Dyson DC25 Animal / Ball – from Comet – £293.59

• Dyson DC25 All Floors / Ball – from Dyson – £274.03
• Dyson DC25 All Floors / Ball – from Comet- £273.99
• Dyson DC25 All Floors / Ball – from Iceland – £271.86
• Dyson DC25 All Floors / Ball – from John Lewis – £237

Still Undecided?

Feel free to leave a comment before, during and after you make your purchase – let us know:

• Whether you like the Dyson Ball;
• Whether you felt you got the best deal;
• If you found a cheaper one elsewhere (we’ll try to get that one linked up too!)
• Anything else about the Dyson Ball vacuum that you would like to share with the world! For example, you might have a great tip for cleaning the vacuum or how to get the best performance out of it. The more info the better.