Stretton

Certainly there was once no shortage of inns in Cheshire with strong feline associations: The Red Cat at Brimstage, two called The Cheshire Cat, one at Nantwich and one at Brinnington, The Cat and the Lion at Stretton (which is not far from Daresbury, where Lewis Carroll was born) and The Cat and Fiddle at Buxton.

Archive 2009-05-01 2009

Steve Stretton, creative partner at ad agency Archibald Ingall Stretton, says openness can have unexpected results.

Open for business 2012

The finger of blame for this debacle was pointed at the then board of governors who, it was felt, had not only failed to conduct proper reference checks – Stretton's shortcomings were no secret in the wider dance world – but had shown little understanding of the qualities necessary to a Royal Ballet director.

The Royal Ballet: a new era awaits 2011

Certainly there was once no shortage of inns in Cheshire with strong feline associations: The Red Cat at Brimstage, two called The Cheshire Cat, one at Nantwich and one at Brinnington, The Cat and the Lion at Stretton (which is not far from Daresbury, where Lewis Carroll was born) and The Cat and Fiddle at Buxton.

The Cheshire cat 2009

It was bang on brief, answered all the creative questions and it had a lovely narrative, but when it went to research it did well in all areas except the ending, Stretton explains.

Open for business 2012

Archibald Ingall Stretton capitalises on this with a regular "One Room" in which clients, account managers and customers sit and brainstorm ideas.

Open for business 2012

She became director in 2002, following the resignation of the late Ross Stretton, an Australian whose tenure had been marked by poor artistic decisions and allegations of inappropriate relationships with dancers.

The Royal Ballet: a new era awaits 2011

"It's important not to lose touch with what we are, what's made us, and what's got us here," she said, when asked to replace Stretton.

The Royal Ballet: a new era awaits 2011

Richard Hickman, Church Stretton, ShropshireI asked at my local recycling centre and was directed to the "Articles that cannot be recycled" bin.

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It bypasses the Strettons (on the 'street') - Little Stretton, the largest of the two, of course, and Great Stretton, of which virtually all that remains is this little church out in the fields.

Road to Perdition Peter Ashley 2008