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Church of England: Robert Stanier – St George Christ Church and St Paul.
Robert Stanier was ordained into the Church of England in 2006, the same year he got married. Since then, he’s officiated at around a dozen weddings each year, as well as leading marriage preparation courses for over fifty couples. Working as a priest in various parishes in South London, he is now a minister in Lambeth. He is one of the Church of England’s marriage advocates. Here’s all of Rev. Robert’s readers advice.
Comedy: Dave Spikey – www.davespikey.co.uk
Dave Spikey – Double British Comedy Award Winner, Royal Television Society winner and BAFTA nominee – is ready for his toughest challenge yet, helping Staggered readers make their wedding speeches funny. British Military Fitness
James joined the TA as an infantry soldier in April 2005, serving as a Kingsman in the Kings and Cheshire Regiment. After completing training, he mobilised as a full time reservist in the Duke of Lancasters Regiment for 14 months, completing the gruelling British Combat Infantryman’s course in Catterick. James is now a full-time fitness instructor and personal trainer, who brings passion, youth, and energy to the parks he trains. Read all of James (and his predecessor Barney)’s shape building reader advice here.
Flowers: Ashley Munro Scott
Affectionately known as The Plump Gardener, Ashley is the creator of Sweet Peas and Bumble Bees. After studying floristry at Writtle Agricultural College, Ashley spent a year training with florists Saggers before starting her own business. Fourteen months later, this flamboyant florist has all of the best advice for flora loving Staggered readers (and flora newbies.)
Relationships: Brenda Della Casa – Cinderella Was A Liar
Brenda Della Casa is an internationally-published author and a freelance writer and columnist who specializes in romance, lifestyle and wellness features. In addition to her collection of advice for Staggered, You can follow Brenda on Twitter (BrendaDellaCasa) and become Facebook Friends (CinderellaWasaLiar)
Sex: Dr Lisa Turner – The O Coach
Dr. Lisa Turner PhD a.k.a The O Coach is a certified trainer of NLP, NLP Coaching, Hypnosis, Time Line Therapy: also highly trained in spiritual philosophies including Tantra, Shamanism, Huna, Reiki, Sacred Feminine and Sex Magic. Here’s Lisa’s fascinating sex advice for Staggered so far.
Speeches: Burn The Toast
Burn The Toast are a nationwide company specialising in bespoke wedding speeches and instant speech solutions. If you haven’t got the faintest idea where to start on your wedding speech, or you’ve written a draft but you’re petrified that it’s rubbish, then Burn The Toast are the wedding speech specialists to contact.
Stag Do Pranks: Anon Bestman
As the perpetrator of the all-time greatest stag do prank, we thought Anon Bestman would be the ideal person to give us a regular column on all things prankish. If you’ve got a wind-up or prank that needs the touch of a genius then get in touch with the mystery best man here.
Suits and Tailoring: Toby Luper - Hemingway Tailors
Toby Luper is the tailor behind Hemingway tailors. With 35 years experience in the fashion and tailoring industry he has dressed sports stars, celebrities and royalty, and of course, written plenty of advice for Staggered readers.
Videographer: Rob Milligan – ElmanAdam Films
ElmanAdam Films is the creative brainchild of Rob and Zach. Collectively, we have over a decade of experience both shooting and editing film. Their work experience spans a variety of media outlets including ESPN, MTV, Montecito Picture Company, and Santa Barbara Films. Here’s their hints and tips for Staggered so far.
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