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myHotelVideo.com presents Copthorne Millennium in Glasgow / Scotland / United Kingdom

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Location:
This attractive city hotel is situated directly in the centre. Guests will find a variety of restaurants, bars, pubs and nightclubs within the immediate vicinity. Convenient public transport links may be found a mere 50 m from the hotel.

Facilities:
Built in 1872 and renovated in 2002, the hotel consists of a 4 storey main building with a total of 116 rooms of which 4 are singles and 14 are suites. The hotel offers a lobby with a 24-hour reception, a safe, a lift and a café. Guests are also offered a bar and an air-conditioned à la carte restaurant with a separate non-smoking area. In addition, the hotel offers use of a public Internet terminal. Guests may park their cars in the nearby car park. Room and laundry services are also available.

Rooms:
The elegant rooms come with an en suite bathroom, a hairdryer, direct dial telephone, satellite/ cable TV, radio, Internet access, double bed, tiling, carpeting, central heating and a safe.

Sports/Entertainment:
The hotel features a recently built beauty salon, where guests are offered a range of treatments.

Meals:
A breakfast buffet is available every morning. At lunchtime and in the evenings dishes may be ordered from a set menu or from the à la carte selection. In addition, the hotel also caters for guests with special dietary requirements.

Payment:
American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard and VISA are all accepted.

Misc.:
There is an NCP car park close to the hotel (where a car rental service is available). Ask at reception for special offers to hotel guests.

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I’m moving to glasgow with wife and 2 yr old kid who will need daycare. what areas of glasgow should i rent in?

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I am looking to rent short term so wouldnt want to pay a high rent at the same time would need somewhere decent. I amy possibly buy my own house/flat after a year, again what would be good places for this, close to scholls and citycentre with good tansport links

The West End is a lovely area but house prices and rent are more expensive there too. Dennistoun and Shawlands are also nice areas with good transport links etc.

John Atkinson Grimshaw

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John Atkinson Grimshaw (6 September 1836 13 October 1893) was a Victorian-era artist, a “remarkable and imaginative painter” known for his city scenes and landscapes

His early paintings were signed “JAG,” “J. A. Grimshaw,” or “John Atkinson Grimshaw,” though he finally settled on “Atkinson Grimshaw.”

He was born 6 September 1836 in Leeds. In 1856 he married his cousin Frances Hubbard (1835-1917). In 1861, at the age of 24, to the dismay of his parents, he departed from his first job as a clerk for the Great Northern Railway to pursue a career in art. He began exhibiting in 1862, under the patronage of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, with paintings mainly of birds, fruit, and blossoms. He became particularly successful in the 1870s and was able to afford to rent a second home in Scarborough, which also became a favourite subject.

Grimshaw’s primary influence was the Pre-Raphaelites. True to the Pre-Raphaelite style, he put forth landscapes of accurate color and lighting, and vivid detail. He often painted landscapes that typified seasons or a type of weather; city and suburban street scenes and moonlit views of the docks in London, Leeds, Liverpool, and Glasgow also figured largely in his art. By applying his skill in lighting effects, and unusually careful attention to detail, he was often capable of intricately describing a scene, while strongly conveying its mood. His “paintings of dampened gas-lit streets and misty waterfronts conveyed an eerie warmth as well as alienation in the urban scene.”

Dulce Domum (1855), on whose reverse Grimshaw wrote, “mostly painted under great difficulties,” captures the music portrayed in the piano player, entices the eye to meander through the richly decorated room, and to consider the still and silent young lady who is meanwhile listening. Grimshaw painted more interior scenes, especially in the 1870s, when he worked until the influence of James Tissot and the Aesthetic Movement.

On Hampstead Hill is considered one of Grimshaw’s finest, exemplifying his skill with a variety of light sources, in capturing the mood of the passing of twilight into the onset of night. In his later career this use of twilight, and urban scenes under yellow light were highly popular, especially with his middle-class patrons.

His later work included imagined scenes from the Greek and Roman empires, and he also painted literary subjects from Longfellow and Tennyson — pictures including Elaine and The Lady of Shalott. (Grimshaw named all of his children after characters in Tennyson’s poems.)

In the 1880s, Grimshaw maintained a London studio in Chelsea, not far from the comparable facility of James Abbott McNeill Whistler. After visiting Grimshaw, Whistler remarked that “I considered myself the inventor of Nocturnes until I saw Grimmy’s moonlit pictures.” Unlike Whistler’s Impressionistic night scenes, however, Grimshaw worked in a realistic vein: “sharply focused, almost photographic,” his pictures innovated in applying the tradition of rural moonlight images to the Victorian city, recording “the rain and mist, the puddles and smoky fog of late Victorian industrial England with great poetry.”

Shipping on the Clyde, 1881Grimshaw´s paintings depicted the modern world but managed to escape the depressing, dirty reality of industrial towns. Shipping on the Clyde for instance, a depiction of Glasgow’s Victorian docks, is a lyrically beautiful evocation of the industrial era. Grimshaw transcribed the fog and mist so accurately as to capture the chill in the damp air, and the moisture penetrating the heavy clothes of the few figures awake in the misty early morning.

Some artists of Grimshaw’s period, both famous and obscure, generated rich documentary records; Vincent Van Gogh and James Smetham are good examples. Others, like Edward Pritchett, left nothing. Grimshaw left behind him no letters, journals, or papers; scholars and critics have little material on which to base their understanding of his life and career.

Grimshaw died 13 October 1893, and is buried in Woodhouse cemetery, Leeds. His reputation rested, and his legacy is probably based on, his townscapes. The second half of the twentieth century saw a major revival of interest in Grimshaw’s work, with several important exhibits of his canon.

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John Atkinson Grimshaw

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John Atkinson Grimshaw (6 September 1836 13 October 1893) was a Victorian-era artist, a “remarkable and imaginative painter” known for his city scenes and landscapes

His early paintings were signed “JAG,” “J. A. Grimshaw,” or “John Atkinson Grimshaw,” though he finally settled on “Atkinson Grimshaw.”

He was born 6 September 1836 in Leeds. In 1856 he married his cousin Frances Hubbard (1835-1917). In 1861, at the age of 24, to the dismay of his parents, he departed from his first job as a clerk for the Great Northern Railway to pursue a career in art. He began exhibiting in 1862, under the patronage of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, with paintings mainly of birds, fruit, and blossoms. He became particularly successful in the 1870s and was able to afford to rent a second home in Scarborough, which also became a favourite subject.

Grimshaw’s primary influence was the Pre-Raphaelites. True to the Pre-Raphaelite style, he put forth landscapes of accurate color and lighting, and vivid detail. He often painted landscapes that typified seasons or a type of weather; city and suburban street scenes and moonlit views of the docks in London, Leeds, Liverpool, and Glasgow also figured largely in his art. By applying his skill in lighting effects, and unusually careful attention to detail, he was often capable of intricately describing a scene, while strongly conveying its mood. His “paintings of dampened gas-lit streets and misty waterfronts conveyed an eerie warmth as well as alienation in the urban scene.”

Dulce Domum (1855), on whose reverse Grimshaw wrote, “mostly painted under great difficulties,” captures the music portrayed in the piano player, entices the eye to meander through the richly decorated room, and to consider the still and silent young lady who is meanwhile listening. Grimshaw painted more interior scenes, especially in the 1870s, when he worked until the influence of James Tissot and the Aesthetic Movement.

On Hampstead Hill is considered one of Grimshaw’s finest, exemplifying his skill with a variety of light sources, in capturing the mood of the passing of twilight into the onset of night. In his later career this use of twilight, and urban scenes under yellow light were highly popular, especially with his middle-class patrons.

His later work included imagined scenes from the Greek and Roman empires, and he also painted literary subjects from Longfellow and Tennyson — pictures including Elaine and The Lady of Shalott. (Grimshaw named all of his children after characters in Tennyson’s poems.)

In the 1880s, Grimshaw maintained a London studio in Chelsea, not far from the comparable facility of James Abbott McNeill Whistler. After visiting Grimshaw, Whistler remarked that “I considered myself the inventor of Nocturnes until I saw Grimmy’s moonlit pictures.” Unlike Whistler’s Impressionistic night scenes, however, Grimshaw worked in a realistic vein: “sharply focused, almost photographic,” his pictures innovated in applying the tradition of rural moonlight images to the Victorian city, recording “the rain and mist, the puddles and smoky fog of late Victorian industrial England with great poetry.”

Shipping on the Clyde, 1881Grimshaw´s paintings depicted the modern world but managed to escape the depressing, dirty reality of industrial towns. Shipping on the Clyde for instance, a depiction of Glasgow’s Victorian docks, is a lyrically beautiful evocation of the industrial era. Grimshaw transcribed the fog and mist so accurately as to capture the chill in the damp air, and the moisture penetrating the heavy clothes of the few figures awake in the misty early morning.

Some artists of Grimshaw’s period, both famous and obscure, generated rich documentary records; Vincent Van Gogh and James Smetham are good examples. Others, like Edward Pritchett, left nothing. Grimshaw left behind him no letters, journals, or papers; scholars and critics have little material on which to base their understanding of his life and career.

Grimshaw died 13 October 1893, and is buried in Woodhouse cemetery, Leeds. His reputation rested, and his legacy is probably based on, his townscapes. The second half of the twentieth century saw a major revival of interest in Grimshaw’s work, with several important exhibits of his canon.

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I want to move to Glasgow?

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I am currently unemployed and living in Dundee. I have applied for alot of jobs in Glasgow. I know that my chances would be greatly improved if i actually resided there but i can’t afford a months rent and a deposit in advance on a flat share. Short of selling all my stuff does anyone have any advice or suggestions that could help me get to Glasgow.
My plan is to get a bar job or two to keep me going until i can tie down more secure work. I have lots of bar experience and Glasgow has hundreds if not thousands of bars, pubs, hotels and cafes so i am pretty confident i can find work. I even plan to go to night school and learn web coding. :)

It is difficult enough for people who actually live in Glasgow to get accommodation, so unless you have someone who will put you up until you get enough money to rent somewhere your chances of getting a flat are pretty slim – sorry! You could still apply for housing just to get on the waiting list. Check out this link for more info – http://www.gha.org.uk/content/default.asp?page=s14
Or, as the person above me said, look for a live in job. Check out this link for more info – http://glasgow.gumtree.com/jobs/live_in
Good luck!

A view from The Samling in the Lake District – Hot Tub View

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This is a movie taken from the Manmire room (the highest point at The Samling). We stayed here as part of our Wedding on 30/05/08. There is a great view of Lake Windermere and it is a great location for a Wedding with 11 themed rooms for a close and intimate occasion. We had close friends and family numbering 26 in all. The location is very competitively priced compared to surrounding hotels and in my opinion, superior for it’s character and views and gardens. Take a look…

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Manmire Room
Located close to the hot tub, Manmire is on two floors with a mezzanine. Decorated with a nautical theme in navy and white, it is one of the largest suites. The bed in this room can be either a large double or two singles.

The Samling
Ambleside Road
Windermere
Cumbria
LA23 1LR
England.

Telephone: +44 (0)15394 31922
Facsimile: +44 (0)15394 30400
E-mail: info@thesamling.com
Website: www.thesamling.com

A few hundred feet above one of the most beautiful lakes in Britain beckons a small gem of a hotel. It’s called The Samling.

Set in its own sixty-seven acre estate, it’s like no other place you’ve stayed. This is a hotel in the country and, emphatically, not a country house hotel. There’s none of that snooty nostalgic stuff. Instead, you’ll discover deep comfort, the fruits of a thoughtful kitchen and service so good you hardly notice it. Food here is light, full of good ideas and loved unreservedly by our guests.
Our cellar gains new admirers with every visit too, fans of the grape have a treat in store.

As do those with an eye for a view, Wordsworth paid his rent here, probably on time too, for this is one of Lakeland’s most unforgettable viewing points. Wandering the estate’s woodlands, fields and landscaped gardens may not turn you into a poet but it will make you feel very, very good.
You can book The Samling like any other hotel, or you can have it all to yourself. These, then are the facts of The Samling. Everything else is strictly magical.

The Samling, which is licensed for civil marriage ceremonies, is an ideal place to get married. With ten suites, you can take over the whole place (accommodation for extra guests is available locally). And with sixty-seven acres of grounds, it has a privacy and seclusion that you, your family and guests can really relax in. No interruptions, no distractions, just your special day.

Just as importantly, our staff are committed to making your day a success. They pay minute attention to detail and have the singular advantage of being nice people.

You can have a marquee in the grounds if you wish, and although we can suggest menus, we can cater for virtually anything you want.

We are three and a half hours from London and one and a half to two hours from Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle and Glasgow. There is a helipad in the grounds and we can collect you personally from airports and train stations. The nearest airports are Carlisle, Glasgow, Teesside and Newcastle, the nearest train station is Oxenholme.

To get to The Samling by road: Leave the M6 at Junction 36 (South Lakes/Kendal). At the large roundabout, take the exit onto the 1591 and continue past Windermere towards Ambleside. Approximately two miles after Windermere, you’ll see the lake and The Low Wood Water Sports Centre on your left. You’ll also see a sign for The Low Wood Hotel on your right. About three hundred yards further on is a sharp bend, indicate right when you see the road sign showing this bend. The entrance to The Samling is a very steep driveway on your right: continue up it and bear right to park at the front of the house. We look forward to seeing you.

The French Revolution was about to begin
The American War of Independence was about to end.
But it was then, in the early 1780s, that Mr Edward Thorneycroft built a house overlooking the north eastern shore of Lake Windermere

By the 1800′s, The Samling, as the house is known, was in the hands of a John Benson, landlord to the poet William Wordsworth.
Walking from Dove cottage in nearby Grasmere, it was to The Samling that Wordsworth came to pay rent.

Take the same route and it’s easy to understand how the countryside came to inspire some of the greatest poetry ever written in the English language. Born in Cumberland, Wordsworth was a huge influence, both on poetry and wider world.
His belief that a man close to nature was the purest and best of beings was the moving spirit behind his writings.

He and Lord Byron (who was married at Seaham Hall, a sister establishment of The Samling) were the regular subject of university debates as to who was the country’s best poet.

Needless to say, they didn’t get on.

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‘Jointly and severally liable’ – normal for student flat in the UK?

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My daughter has found a flat to share with four of her friends next year at university (Glasgow/Scotland). As parents we are being asked to sign a legal document to act as gurantor for her (OK, that bit’s fine), but also stating that we are ‘Jointly and severally liable’ for all rents/damages. In other words, if a flamate fails to pay the rent or leaves the flat within the year’s tenancy, we have to stump up!

This seems a bit harsh. Is it normal? Is it even legal? Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated.

Please note: this is UK only

Yes this happened to me when our flatmate stopped paying rent we were asked to pay their share, it is quite normal. However we requested our landlord pursue their individual guarantor first before asking us to stump up and it paid off in the end! There are always going to be risks when young people move in together for what is usually the first time but it normally works out and in the end you just have to trust that everyone is going to do their bit.

is glasgow a good place to live?

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I might want to live there how much could i rent a city centre flat for?

Glasgow is a great place to live. We have fantastic shops, pubs, clubs and very friendly people too! There is so much to see and do here that you won’t be bored. A flat in the centre of the city would be very expensive. The West End is popular with students and quite expensive too. Have a good look around and you will find something within your budget. There are very frequent bus, train and underground services to get you wherever you want anyway. Hope you love Glasgow as much as I do if you choose to live here!

Expenses: The Pigs of Westminster Wallow in Your Cash

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The shocking revelations of how Tory, Labour and Lib-Dem members of parliament have grossly abused their positions of trust to make the taxpayers pay up for food, housing and other expenses just gets worse and worse.

The latest revelations include:

- Prime Minister Gordon Brown has claimed more than £100,000 in second-home allowances despite having two grace-and-favour properties. House of Commons figures show that Mr Brown has claimed a total of £116,234 in the Additional Cost Allowance for running a second home since 2001. The cash was for a flat in Westminster, even though Mr Brown has lived in accommodation in Downing Street since 1997.

- Chancellor Alistair Darling claimed money for his Edinburgh home and renting out his London flat while living in 11 Downing Street rent-free.

- Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, already exposed for claiming films on the taxpayer, is now under scrutiny for claiming £116,000 for her constituency house in Worcestershire.

- Tory MP for Hertsmere, Herts, James Clappison claimed almost £100,000 of taxpayers cash for a second home while building up a property empire. Mr Clappison owns 22 houses which he rents out yet has pocketed £97,892 in Commons allowances intended to pay for a second home.

- Labour Housing Minister Margaret Beckett claimed a second home allowance while living in a grace-and-favour apartment and collecting rent from another property.

- The Speaker of the House of Commons, Labour MP for Glasgow North East, Michael Martin, has been exposed as claiming more than £150,000 for holidays courtesy of the taxpayer. Mr Martin and his wife have holidayed in Hawaii, the Bahamas, New York and Rome – all courtesy of the state. On every trip except one Mr Martin travelled first class or business class.

Mr Martin also claimed £4,000 in taxi bills run up by his wife.

To add insult to injury, when the thousands of free air miles accumulated as a result of his travels was credited to him, Mr Martin then handed these free air tickets out to members of his family.

- All members of parliament voted for a five percent limit on price rises in the taxpayer-subsidised bars, restaurants and cafeterias of Westminster. This means that they will avoid the price hikes of up to eighteen percent faced by the public in supermarkets and other stores across the country. Taxpayers will be forced to pay an extra £5 million a year to bankroll the exclusive food and drink for the MPs.

MPs already enjoy heavily subsidised food and drink prices — a cup of tea costs 30p, a breakfast about £2.10 and a pint of lager is about £1 cheaper than in nearby pubs. They are also able to claim up to £400 a month for groceries.

- Backbench MPs from all parties spent more than £1.4 million on fact-finding visits to exotic destinations. Locations for these inquiries by House of Commons select committees included Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Shanghai, New York, Sydney and Barcelona.

Accommodation in five-star hotels, first-class flights and a daily cash allowance for extras are all provided from Treasury funds.

And despite the recession, MPs have already booked overseas jaunts costing more than £1 million in total for the year ahead. Trips already pencilled in include the Work and Pensions Committee going to Canada to look at pensioner poverty at a cost of up to £55,083.

The Justice Committee will head to South Africa — at a cost of £48,051 — to study the role of a prison officer.

- The Westminster expenses bill is already nearly £100 million a year, and at least 130 MPs have second homes which they rent out while claiming housing allowances.

- The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, John Lyon, confirmed he was investigating another Labour MP over an allowance claimed for a second home in London after a complaint was lodged by BNP spokesman on police matters, Mr Michael Barnbrook.

Mr Lyon has started an enquiry into Leyton and Wanstead MP Harry Cohen who claims costs for his east London home because he lists a house 70 miles away in Colchester, Essex as his main residence.

Mr Lyon is also investigating a complaint about Labour minister Tony McNulty, who claimed thousands of pounds in allowances for the house in which his parents live in his Harrow East constituency.

British taxpayers who are sick and tired of these parasites sucking the very life blood out of this nation while simultaneously destroying it through mass immigration, Islamification, subservience to the EU and gross economic incompetence, can vote BNP on June 4.

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