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THE
FINISHING ACADEMY,
A WOW WITH THE MEDIA...
The Finishing Academy has been the focus of a great
deal of media attention.
Our first trial in March
2005 took place before the screening of the 'Ladette
to Lady' television series, and despite the coincidence
we were not associated with that project.
Our trial academy was broadcast on BBC News
and The Finishing Academy was featured on the
BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour program that also mentioned
the forthcoming 'Ladette' television series.
If you would like to listen to that program again
please click here.
Below are some of the articles that have appeared
in newspapers and magazines.
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NATIONAL
PRESS OCTOBER 2005:
The
first Gentlemen's course to be held in the UK
captures the imagination of the Nations Press
and is featured in The
Daily Telegraph (front
page), The Sunday Telegraph, The Scotsman, The
Daily Express, The Daily Mail, The Times, The
Herald and The Guardian, newspapers. |
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The
Finishing Academy also featured on the BBC's
'Culture Show', first broadcast on 13th October
2005, and GMTV as they follow the progress of
one of the delegates as he hopes to acquire the
confidence to meet that special lady.
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Elle
Magazine Sept 2005 - "Old fashioned manners & grace
are back".
The Finishing Academy featured in Elle's 'Hot 100'
things you must know about... at Number 30!!!
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Exclusive
Magazine May/June 2005 - "Life skills maketh
the lady, as our trip to a new Cheshire Finishing
Academy reveals"
Fi Midwood, mother of two of the young students,
said she felt the concept would be a boon for
young women whose teenage years can be blighted
by worries. "When
I was young I was sent off to Lucy Clayton's for
help and advice and it worked for me. So I hoped
the Finishing Academy would be equally useful for
Erica and Florence. They both enjoyed it. In the
age of the ladette anything that can give comfort
and a bit of refinement to a young girl must be
a good thing".
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Evening News July 2005 - "...Cheshire's
new Finishing Academy has opened its doors
to give modern women pointers on old-fashioned
etiquette and decorum"
Louise Charlesworth,
a feelance personal assistant from Nantwich,
says: "It's important for
me to come across in the right way when I'm meeting
clients all the time and going to networking
meetings. This course gives you the confidence
to walk into a room in any situation. I have
a 10 year old daughter and I wouldn't hesitate
in sending her to finishing school now, it's
an excellent basis for life".
"Cheshire society grand-dame Trisha Wilkins
wowed the academy with her tales of dining with
royals and taught us all a thing or two about
how to be respectable - and respected in polite
circles".
Link to MEN Website |
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Cheshire Life
July 2005 - "How
to produce the perfect Cheshire girls. At Willington
they have revived the arts of the finishing school". |
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Liverpool
Post July 2005 - "More
and more women are shunning the ladette lifestyle
to become ladies. There are no Eliza Dolittles
on the three-day course, nor are the attending
women the bored wives of society-conscious, rich
husbands. Most of them run their own businesses
- some as far a field as London - and hope the
programme will give them the edge on their competitors.
They are all attractive, funny, polite and intelligent.
A lot of the lessons girls used to learn at finishing
school, which taught them how to behave in society,
really apply in the business world today"
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The
Sentinel July 2005 - "There has been a rise
in the number of ladettes in recent years and
women seem to have adopted laddish behaviour
as their own. But some girls are kicking back
and finding out how to polish their manners and
be a 'lady' again. Here Sentinelle challenged
a finishing school to transform a self-confessed
ladette. Vicky Slater was chosen as the perfect
person. She plays ladies rugby, runs a hotel
and pub and can drink copious pints of lager".
When shown how to walk and stand confidently
Vicky says, "This was useful. It is amazing how
standing differently can make you feel. With my
job I go to meetings where I am the youngest person,
so I will apply some of these tips. It makes you
feel more confident - and slimmer".
Vicky concluded "It was interesting to
see what you can do with yourself with a little
bit of effort".
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As the
nation watches transfixed by ITV's latest Thursday
night reality offering, Ladette to Lady, which
charts the refinement of a bunch of hard-drinking,
hard-living lasses, Carl Nagaitis reveals that
the charm school is alive and spiffing in the heart
of the luxuriant Cheshire countryside. |
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Daily
Express
Does your rough diamond require
a little polish? Bill Coles braves Britain's first
finishing academy for gentlemen to find out if
manners do maketh a man. |
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Daily
Mirror
Daily Mirrorman Kevin goes to Finishing
School... |
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Marie
Claire - April 2006
Deportment, etiquette, networking
country sports... can a mens finishing school
turn a rough diamond into a little gem? Harvey
Marcus enrols to find out. Photographs by Gemma
Day |
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Finishing
School courses offer a leg up for social climbers
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