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This Month's Magazines: Pippa Middleton and Gwyneth Paltrow Cover Girls/ Updated

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Here is the second in my monthly round-up, for July 2011.

Tatler has joined Pippa Middleton’s fan club and put her on the cover, the article on her inside weighs up her possible future husbands, and has a very good article on her and lots of pictures. It also let’s you know that Pippa does pilates at Pilates on the Go in Parson’s Green, and has a testimonial on their website.

Tatler also give the low-down on the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s inner circle, who’s in and who’s out. Athina Onassis also has an article on her and multibillion-pound colossus Glencore has a four page article on them. Nathaniel Rothschild is one of their investors.

Tory Burch talks about what inspires her, Claudia Winklemann writes about her hatred of summer, Orlando had advice for your gap yah, Annabel Rivkin slams Made In Chelsea for making posh people look bad, and for not being posh at all.

One of the best article is their annual 100 most invited; The Middleton’s top the list, Natalie Massenet, Colin Firth, Nat Rothschild, Michael McIntyre, Dasha Zhukova and Liz Murdoch all make the list.

Tatler also has their first ever Hunting, Shooting & Fishing guide. Here at Frost we don’t hunt, but we love clay pigeon shooting.

Vanity Fair: Emma Stone is on the cover and talks about wanting to be a ‘covered up’ actress, but is on the cover in a bikini. Stone comes across well in the interview and states that she doesn’t want to make a career out of mere sex appeal. Ted Danson goes out to lunch, James Wolcott on Dominique Strauss-Kahn, There is a long form article on Groupon, one of the biggest growing business in history which will soon be worth $20 Billion.

There is an article to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11, there is also a very good article on Prince Andrew and his many troubles, but does let you know that he is The Queen’s favorite child, Elephants – which are sadly being hunted in their tens of thousands per year, and Catch 22 writer Joseph Heller. Jerry Lewis does the Proust Questionnaire.

Vanity Fair Jewellery has a supplement with a naked Gwyneth Paltrow on the cover. It has lots of good articles on the history of Gold, The Windsor’s crown jewels, Daphne Guinness and a calender with Paltrow, Thandie Newton, Natalia Vodianova, Olivia Inge, Olivia Palermo, Uma Thurman and Poppy Delevigne.

Marie Claire has Audrey Tautou on the cover, the shy actress manages to give nothing away in the subsequent interview. George Clooney talks about his activism in South Sudan, there are wedding night confessions, a good article on women who earn money from blogging, a piece on the rise of Posh as Toff mania grips Britain.

There are QR codes abound in Marie Claire, exciting if you have a smart phone,

There is lots of fashion of course, it lets you nail your festival look, there is an article on couples who fight over wardrobe space, an article on love addiction and JK Rowling’s life story. Harry Potter star Bonnie Wright also gives an insight into her world and Megan Fox gives her beauty secrets.

There is a free gift of lip gloss, but not if you are a subscriber. Bad form.

Vogue has Kate Moss AKA Mrs Jamie Hince on the cover and in a forties fashion spread inside, though nothing on her wedding (American Vogue have been given the rights) Emma Stone, Jessica Chastain and Lily Collins.

Jemima Khan writes about conquering her fear of flying to save a long distance relationship. Jemima is a very good writer. Miss V is as brilliant as ever, with lots of parties and pictures,

Of course there is lots of fashion and the forties look is in. Christopher Bailey talks about 10 years at Burberry and Mustique is the holiday destination of the year.

The girls of Downtown Abbey are in vogue and in couture, complete with interviews. There is also a tan special and Christa D’Souza on the quest of a perfect ponytail. Gemma Atterton gives her Style File and talks about how hard it is to find cloths to fit her curvy frame.

There is also a free supplement of the Runaway round-up for Autumn/Winter 2011.

Glamour has Jessie J is on the cover and there is a free Personal Horoscope book.

There is a very good article inside where Jessie talks about her sexuality, her stroke and drugs and alcohol which you can read more about on Frost.

There is articles on cutting calories, getting in shape and being body confident, lessons from online dating, Karl Lagerfield on Lily Allen’s wedding dress, article on sex dreams, how to nail a wedding gift, Katy Perry’s body secrets.

This issue also had Glamour’s Women Of the Year Awards, their prestigious annual event, with news and gossip from the night. A running gag about sleeping with Davina McCall’s husband is funnier than it sounds. There is also 30,000 sex secrets and how to become red carpet glamorous, as well as an interview with the Inbetweener’s boys. Celia Walden interviews Rupert Grint and the stars spill their festival secrets.

A very good, fun edition with lots of fashion, stories, advice and fun.

 

 

 

The Bear Atrocities – Hugged to Hunted

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If asked to name a favourite childhood toy, the chances are that most people would come up with the teddy bear.

Generations of children have found comfort with a fuzzy companion to make the night hours just that little less scary, or by listening wide-eyed to a tale where bears are warm, furry and have adventures of their own.

The world famous Steiff company have been making teddy bears since 1902, while a search on Amazon for ‘bear’ in children’s books brings up a little less than 35,000 entries.

‘My Friend Bear’, ‘Can’t You Sleep Little Bear’, ‘Bear Snores On’ are just some of the titles, along with ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury.

The synopsis reads: “Follow the family’s excitement as they wade through the grass, splash through the river and squelch through the mud in search of the bear. What a surprise awaits in the cave on the other side of the dark forest.”

The best-selling, award-winning book has a somewhat ironic title considering that roughly 500,000 black bear hunting licenses are issued each year in the US with almost 82,000 registered hunters in Canada.

Meanwhile, the larger grizzly bear is listed as ‘threatened’ in the US and ‘endangered’ in parts of Canada.

According to experts at BestHuntingAdvice, the reasons behind hunting are frequently given as a way of keeping the bear population down, or to remove a predatory bear, but the truth is simple. Many North Americans hunt bears for sheer enjoyment, and the numerous websites and magazines devoted to weaponry and the best hunting spots cater for a voracious appetite.

While it’s true to say that a bear can carry a considerable threat to a hunter, bears rarely launch an unprovoked attack on people. Just 31 people have been killed in North America by bears since 2000, and 23 in the 1990s.

Critics would also argue just how much ‘sport’ can be obtained from shooting an unaware animal, going about its daily business, from a safe distance through a telescopic lens.

No figures seem to be available for the number of bears killed in North America during 2010, but as a snapshot, a six-day bear hunt in New Jersey last month resulted in 589 kills, 17.3% of the estimated bear population.

But as well as being ingrained in some sections of the American psyche, hunting big game is big business.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service’s most recent National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation from 2006 showed that 12.5 million people hunted within the United States on 220 million days, spending $22.9 billion. An estimated 10.7 million hunters pursued big game, such as bears, deer and elk, on 164 million days.

Eastern Europe has also found that bears offer the opportunity to make big money.

Rich foreigners are willing to pay $9000 for the privilege of shooting bears in Romania and Russia, drastically reducing the number of animals.

Some estimates put the brown bear population in Romania as a little more than 4000, a 50% reduction since the fall of Communism. Slovakia may have as little as 400 bears left.

And outside of hunting, bear-baiting is still rife in Pakistan, while in Japan, bears are kept in concrete ‘parks’ and forced to beg for food in the name of public entertainment. Meanwhile, bear bile and bear body parts are much sought after in traditional Chinese medicine, with the bears farmed under deplorable conditions in South Korea and China itself.

Bears were hunted to extinction in the UK around 1000AD. One thousand years later, much of the adult world seems hell-bent on continuing to persecute a much-loved childhood friend.