The British Deaf Association is running a campaign to encourage more people to learn British Sign Language (BSL). Next week is Learn to Sign week and Signing courses are being promoted across the UK. Knowing how to sign is a rare and useful skill to have. It’s a real plus on your CV – work places are always looking for ways to create a more disability friendly environments and knowing how to sign is an unusual skill that would put you a step above your workmates in whatever career you choose. There are also many careers that require full time sign language experts – you could even end up on television! So if you fancy a change, learning to sign could be a step towards a lucrative and socially rewarding new career.

Other’s learn British Sign language just for fun. Just like a foreign language sign language has its own grammar and syntax and is a challenging and enjoyable thing to teach yourself or learn by attending a BSL course. Learn with a friend and you can infuriate those around by talking about them in a language that most will not be able to understand. Or use your new skill to chat to each other clearly in a noisy club –you are bound to get all the guys on the dance floor flocking to you to get you to teach them how sign chat up lines and declarations of love!

There are many opportunities to take part in a level one basic course or a GNVQ in BSL, just visit the Royal Association for Deaf People for more info on courses near you. If you can’t spare the time to learn to sign but want to encourage the activity you can donate to the BSL charity, or buy a BSL umbrella and show you support in style from the official website.

Glamour Magazine and Mango have teamed up to offer a wonderful evening at the Mango flagship store in London, on Oxford Street. This reader event will begin at 6pm and be an evening of pure shopper’s heaven! There will be complimentary drinks along with several pamper sections that include Benefit makeovers, nails done by OPI Nails and hair perfected by a Nicky Clarke stylist.

Glamour’s retail editor will be on hand to offer advice of new trends and there will be a raffle and goody bag available for every guest. Not content with all this, you will also get an exclusive 20% discount off your shopping (excluding the Penelope and Monica collection).

For tickets get Glamour’s October 2007 issue but hurry as only limited tickets are available.

Selfridges on Oxford Street in London is hosting and invites the public along to an Italian Wine tasting evening on the 19th September starting at 6.30pm until 8.30pm. The evening will consist of tasting eight different Italian wines, white and red complemented by a delicious selection of Italian canapés.

Tickets are on sale now for £40 and are available to purchase from Selfridges on Oxford Street in the wine and spirits department or via telephone on 0207 318 2375. Spaces are limited so get calling ASAP.

While your there why not dine in Selfridges too? Frankies inside Selfridges is an Italian restaurant and grill serving a variety of Italian food including pizza and pasta. Click here to register for a 20% discount voucher valid throughout September 2007.

Selfridges in Birmingham is hosting an exclusive shopping event in association with Tatler Magazine and Kurt Geiger shoes. It’s the beginning of September which means the high end designer’s autumn and winter collections are being previewed in fashion week ready for release and high street clothes will be hitting the stores nationwide.

With new clothing collections come new shoe collections so to celebrate there will be an evening of canapés, champagne, a chocolate fountain of Godiva chocolate and 10 minute makeovers applied by Laura Mercier. Along with these fabulous treats you can enjoy at 10% discount on a selection of designer brands and have the chance of winning a pair of Kurt Geiger, KG or Carvela shoes every 30 minutes and even a years supply of Kurt Geiger shoes.

Sound good to you? For more information about tickets and the date invest in Tatlers October 2007 issue.

The last night of the proms is one of the biggest events in the musical calendar. Classical music lovers and proud Brits gather from across the country to attend the last concert of the 2 month long Proms festival because this is one prom where listening on BBC radio three just won’t do. The last night is held at the Royal Albert hall but spills out onto live video screens in Hyde Park, London, Manchester, and Leeds – to name a few venues – for Proms in the Park, where providing the weather is good a fantastic evening can be had experiencing the proms near you. The concert always features classic pieces by famous British composers such as Elgar, Parry and Harry Wood, but the concert has an international flavour as well with some of the most famous performers from across the world including this years conductor Ji?í B?lohlávek and soprano Anna Netrebko as well as pieces by Rachmaninoff and Bellini. Tickets to the indoor event at the Royal Albert Hall are between 20-85 pound and tickets for Hyde park are £23 pounds. Visit the official BBC Proms site for more information

The fashion event of the year is coming this September. After London Fashion week takes place between the 15th and 20th of September, the London Fashion Weekend in association with Grazia magazine begins on the 26th of September, it continues each day until the 30th September and is held at the Natural History Museum in London .

Enjoy a fabulous day out with discounted designer buys from some of the biggest names in fashion but also the most exclusive and unique. Gain advice from experts in fashion, beauty and style, watch catwalk shows, treat yourself and pamper yourself. If all that begins to wear you out, enjoy a bite to eat and drink from either the Skinny Cow bar, the Topshop Café or the Restaurant.

To book tickets call 0870 890 0097 or go to www.seetickets.com.
For more information on the event visit www.londonfashionweekend.co.uk.

The Fashion Week is held in each fashion capital of the world; New York, London, Paris and Milan, London Fashion Week takes place every September where all the top fashion designers or houses preview their brand new collections before they hit the shops. Usually packed with celebrities and fashion insiders, it’s one of the ‘be seen’ events of the year.

Fashion designers such as Matthew Williamson, John Rocha, Jasper Conran, Julian McDonald and Nicole Farhi will be at this years Fashion Week held between the 15th and 20th of September 2007.

The ready to wear and haute couture collections are photographed and published by fashion and weekly magazines such as Vogue and Hello! So look out for the new trends for the season that will be unveiled at the Natural History Musuem. See the London Fashion Week Website for further information.

Selfridges in Manchester is hosting a Beauty School Event on the 13th September 2007 from 6-11pm. Learn some valuable beauty hints and tips, tricks of the trade and latest trends from professional make up artists and beauty insiders.

Unfortunately there will not be a qualification on offer at the end of the evening however, there will be a complimentary bar and an exciting goody bag as you leave for you to help continue and practice what you have learnt.

Who knew school could be this fun?

To receive tickets call 0161 6291135 or visit the beauty hall which is on the lower level, Selfridges, Manchester Trafford Centre, priced at £10 each.

Topshop have commissioned an ice cream van to travel to five different locations around the UK to offer complimentary ice creams to Topshop customers.

Although the weather is ever so unpredictable a hard days shopping can always work up a sweat so why not take advantage of this cooling offer in either:

Edinburgh, Princes Street, during the 22nd-26th August between 12-6pm;
York, Coppergate, during the 29th August-2nd September between 12-6pm;
Leeds, Brigggate, during the 5th-9th September between 12-6pm;
Liverpool, during the 12th-16th September between 12-6pm;
Brighton, during the 19th-23rd September between 12-6pm

All customers that make a spend in one of these shops that coincide with the ice cream vans visit are entitle to a voucher for an ice cream.

The time of year has come when Glamour Magazine release their September issue with a selection of discounts. Glamour have teamed up with high street stores; Wallis, Oasis, Dorothy Perkins, Warehouse, H&M, Principles, Office and The Body Shop to offer customers 20% off on specific days throughout Nation Glamour Week. Not content with that? Glamour are also offering readers 20% off a hair cut at Essensuals, 20% off at Nails Inc. and a free cocktail from any Living Room bar or coffee from Coffee Republic.

So invest in Glamour’s September issue and splurge on a well earned outfit or treat yourself to some beauty therapy, a manicure sounds perfect! The Glamour Week runs from 3rd-8th September.