[ January 25, 2010; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] On 25th Jan Ronnie Scotts celebrate Burns Night with a Burning Jazz Special. This has been a tradition at the club for many years now, and Ronnie himself used to present Burns nights in the 1970’s.This evening house pianist James Pearson will host the evening, which will have special guest vocalist Tina May. Head Chef [...]

Just like long forgotten pop and TV stars still attract people to visit pantomimes although they haven’t appeared in anything since the days of Margaret Thatcher so tourism destinations plug their links with nearly forgotten films and TV series. Cumbria has the links with the film of Beatrix Potter, Mama Mia is doing wonders for tourism on the Greek isle of Skopelos. Even Balamory, the children’s TV programme attracts people to Tobermory. Now there comes a different form of product placement.
According to a fascinating story in The Sunday Times yesterday, a new novel by Lionel Shriver has been funded by a resort and a tour operator.