{"id":201,"date":"2013-02-17T02:45:28","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T02:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=201"},"modified":"2017-10-25T15:12:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T14:12:45","slug":"contributors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/about-retiremove\/contributors\/","title":{"rendered":"Contributors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.76&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#e6007e&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;top&#8221; animation_duration=&#8221;1400ms&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;19%&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Contributors<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.76&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Louise Midgley Gardening Editor<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-louise.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11281\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-louise.jpg\" alt=\"rm-contributors-louise\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"11281\" \/><\/a>Louise Midgley writes a regular gardening column for the Sunday Express and combines this with a career as a professional gardener. She is a strong advocate of growing your own fruit and vegetables and gardening without chemicals or pesticides. She is a regular judge on the New Homes Garden Awards, partnered with Express Newspapers.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.76&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Ginetta\u00a0Vedrickas<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-ginettav-150x150.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11282 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-ginettav-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"rm-contributors-ginettav-150x150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"11282\" \/><\/a>Ginetta Vedrickas specialises in property and regularly writes on retirement housing for specialist magazines. Over the last 18 years Ginetta has worked for <em>the Times, the Independent, the Sunday Telegraph, the Observer, the Mail and Mail on Sunday, the Daily Express and Sunday Express<\/em>. Ginetta presented the successful BBC1 property series Staying Put and has been\u00a0shortlisted as National Freelance of the year at the LSL Property Press Awards.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.76&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Peter Swain<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Peter1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2114 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Peter1-150x150.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Peter1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Peter1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Peter1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"Peter1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"2114\" \/><\/a>As a property correspondent for\u00a0Golf International, Peter Swain has an unrivalled perspective on greenside life abroad. Over the last 15\u00a0years he has travelled the world from Mauritius to Monterey and Thailand to Tuscany in search of the perfect golfing pad.\u00a0Swain has\u00a0written for <em>the Mail on Sunday, Sunday Express, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, A Place in the Sun<\/em>, and has been a judge for\u00a0the What House Awards.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.76&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Mary Wilson<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-wilson-150x150.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11284 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-wilson-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"rm-contributors-wilson-150x150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"11284\" \/><\/a>Mary Wilson has been writing about residential property for nearly 25\u00a0years. She has contributed to most UK national newspapers and currently writes for <em>the Financial Times, A Place in the Sun<\/em> and <em>Focus<\/em>magazine. She also edits <em>Portugal Life<\/em>; Travel.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.76&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Laura Henderson<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-205\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-henderson-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"rm-contributors-henderson\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Laura Henderson is a magazine editor, property journalist, columnist and author. A former contributor\u00a0to the <em>Telegraph Expat, the Sunday Express and the Scotsman<\/em>, she is now\u00a0the editor of Abode 2, a hefty glossy featuring fine luxury resort property. She is also author of\u00a0Tricks and Mortar: The Little Book of Property Wisdom.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.76&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Fred Redwood<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-redwood-150x150.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11288 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-redwood-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"rm-contributors-redwood-150x150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"11288\" \/><\/a>Formerly in advertising Fred Redwood has been a property writer for nearly 20\u00a0years, contributing regularly to all the quality nationals, most notably <em>the Sunday Times, the Financial Times and the Sunday Telegraph<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.76&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Adam Helliker<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-adam-150x150.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11289 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-adam-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"rm-contributors-adam-150x150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"11289\" \/><\/a>Adam Helliker has been a staff writer and columnist for <em>the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, the Sunday Telegraph<\/em>, and currently <em>the Sunday Express<\/em>, where he compiles the award-winning Adam Helliker column. He is also the author of The Debrett Season, a light-hearted guide to the Social Season, and former\u00a0contributor to NBC and Channel Four, commenting on royal events. He has a 13 year old daughter and\u00a0expects to grow old one day, but not for a very long time.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.76&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Ian Jones<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Ian-Jones2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-691 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Ian-Jones2.jpg\" alt=\"Ian-Jones2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"691\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Ian Jones is a London based freelance photographer whose images are familiar to millions of people all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>It is as a royal photographer that Ian is probably best-known. Since 1992 he has recorded at all the great state occasions. He toured the world with the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and was\u00a0invited to join her private entourage as she led her campaign against landmines in the developing world. He was also invited by the Royal Family to take Prince William\u2019s 18th birthday photograph while he was at Eton. In 1998 he was awarded Royal Photographer of the Decade.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.76&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Georgia Coleridge<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Georgia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1878 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Georgia-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Georgia\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"1878\" \/><\/a>Georgia Coleridge is a healer based in Chelsea SW3. She specialises in healing; a gentle, relaxing therapy that can be extremely effective at treating physical, emotional and spiritual ailments. Her website is<a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiacoleridgehealing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.76&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Cherry Caplen<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/cherry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7689\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/cherry-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"cherry\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"7689\" \/><\/a>Cherry Caplen was a Blue Badge London guide from 1975-2002. Before that she lived in France and Spain working\u00a0for travel companies taking American tourists around Europe. She speaks fluent French and Spanish and is passionate about literature and history. \u00a0She did a diploma in Decorative Arts at the V&amp;A in London and is also knowledgeable about antiques and antique jewellery. She lives in Sussex.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> Contributors <div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> Louise Midgley Gardening Editor Louise Midgley writes a regular gardening column for the Sunday Express and combines this with a career as a professional gardener. She is a strong advocate of growing your own fruit and vegetables and gardening without chemicals or pesticides. She is a regular judge on the New Homes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>[one_half]<\/p><h4>Louise Midgley Gardening Editor<\/h4><p><a href=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-louise.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-11281\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-louise.jpg\" alt=\"rm-contributors-louise\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"11281\" \/><\/a>Louise Midgley writes a regular gardening column for the Sunday Express and combines this with a career as a professional gardener. She is a strong advocate of growing your own fruit and vegetables and gardening without chemicals or pesticides. She is a regular judge on the New Homes Garden Awards, partnered with Express Newspapers.[\/one_half]<\/p><p>[one_half_last]<\/p><h4>Ginetta\u00a0Vedrickas<\/h4><p><a href=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-ginettav-150x150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-11282 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-ginettav-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"rm-contributors-ginettav-150x150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"11282\" \/><\/a>Ginetta Vedrickas specialises in property and regularly writes on retirement housing for specialist magazines. Over the last 18 years Ginetta has worked for <em>the Times, the Independent, the Sunday Telegraph, the Observer, the Mail and Mail on Sunday, the Daily Express and Sunday Express<\/em>. Ginetta presented the successful BBC1 property series Staying Put and has been\u00a0shortlisted as National Freelance of the year at the LSL Property Press Awards.<br \/> [\/one_half_last]<\/p><p>[su_divider top=\"no\" divider_color=\"#e0d9d9\" size=\"1\" margin=\"30\"]<\/p><p>[one_half]<\/p><h4>Peter Swain<\/h4><p><a href=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Peter1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2114 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Peter1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Peter1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"2114\" \/><\/a>As a property correspondent for\u00a0Golf International, Peter Swain has an unrivalled perspective on greenside life abroad. Over the last 15\u00a0years he has travelled the world from Mauritius to Monterey and Thailand to Tuscany in search of the perfect golfing pad.\u00a0Swain has\u00a0written for <em>the Mail on Sunday, Sunday Express, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, A Place in the Sun<\/em>, and has been a judge for\u00a0the What House Awards.[\/one_half]<\/p><p>[one_half_last]<\/p><h4>Mary Wilson<\/h4><p><a href=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-wilson-150x150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-11284 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-wilson-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"rm-contributors-wilson-150x150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"11284\" \/><\/a>Mary Wilson has been writing about residential property for nearly 25\u00a0years. She has contributed to most UK national newspapers and currently writes for <em>the Financial Times, A Place in the Sun<\/em> and <em>Focus<\/em> magazine. She also edits <em>Portugal Life<\/em>; Travel.[\/one_half_last]<\/p><p>[su_divider top=\"no\" divider_color=\"#e0d9d9\" size=\"1\" margin=\"30\"]<\/p><p>[one_half]<\/p><h4>Laura Henderson<\/h4><p><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-205\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-henderson-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"rm-contributors-henderson\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Laura Henderson is a magazine editor, property journalist, columnist and author. A former contributor\u00a0to the <em>Telegraph Expat, the Sunday Express and the Scotsman<\/em>, she is now\u00a0the editor of Abode 2, a hefty glossy featuring fine luxury resort property. She is also author of\u00a0Tricks and Mortar: The Little Book of Property Wisdom.[\/one_half]<\/p><p>[one_half_last]<\/p><h4>Fred Redwood<\/h4><p><a href=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-redwood-150x150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-11288 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-redwood-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"rm-contributors-redwood-150x150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"11288\" \/><\/a>Formerly in advertising Fred Redwood has been a property writer for nearly 20\u00a0years, contributing regularly to all the quality nationals, most notably <em>the Sunday Times, the Financial Times and the Sunday Telegraph<\/em>.<br \/> [\/one_half_last][su_divider top=\"no\" divider_color=\"#e0d9d9\" size=\"1\" margin=\"30\"]<\/p><p>[one_half]<\/p><h4>Adam Helliker<\/h4><p><a href=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-adam-150x150.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-11289 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rm-contributors-adam-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"rm-contributors-adam-150x150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"11289\" \/><\/a>Adam Helliker has been a staff writer and columnist for <em>the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, the Sunday Telegraph<\/em>, and currently <em>the Sunday Express<\/em>, where he compiles the award-winning Adam Helliker column. He is also the author of The Debrett Season, a light-hearted guide to the Social Season, and former\u00a0contributor to NBC and Channel Four, commenting on royal events. He has a 10 year old daughter and\u00a0expects to grow old one day, but not for a very long time.[\/one_half]<\/p><p>[one_half_last]<\/p><h4>Ian Jones<\/h4><h4><a href=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Ian-Jones2.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-691 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Ian-Jones2.jpg\" alt=\"Ian-Jones2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"691\" \/><\/a><\/h4><p>Ian Jones is a London based freelance photographer whose images are familiar to millions of people all over the world.<\/p><p>It is as a royal photographer that Ian is probably best-known. Since 1992 he has recorded at all the great state occasions. He toured the world with the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and was\u00a0invited to join her private entourage as she led her campaign against landmines in the developing world. He was also invited by the Royal Family to take Prince William's 18th birthday photograph while he was at Eton. In 1998 he was awarded Royal Photographer of the Decade.<br \/> [\/one_half_last][su_divider top=\"no\" divider_color=\"#e0d9d9\" size=\"1\" margin=\"30\"]<\/p><p>[one_half]<\/p><h4>Georgia Coleridge<\/h4><p><a href=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Georgia.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1878 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Georgia-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Georgia\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"1878\" \/><\/a>Georgia Coleridge is a healer based in Chelsea SW3. She specialises in healing; a gentle, relaxing therapy that can be extremely effective at treating physical, emotional and spiritual ailments. Her website is<a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiacoleridgehealing.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> here\u00a0<\/a>[\/one_half]<\/p><p>[one_half_last]<\/p><h4>Cherry Caplen<\/h4><p><a href=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/cherry.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7689\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/cherry-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"cherry\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"7689\" \/><\/a>Cherry Caplen was a Blue Badge London guide from 1975-2002. Before that she lived in France and Spain working\u00a0for travel companies taking American tourists around Europe. 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