Welcome

STJ Magazine is back this winter and is packed full of this festive season’s best buys.

St John’s Shopping Centre is filled to the brim with goodies for all the family. Whether you’re on a budget or looking for a luxury Christmas we’ve got it covered.

This issue is packed with great ideas for gifts, fashion tips for party goers and more.

So have yourselves a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

The STJ Management Team
St John’s Shopping Centre
info@stjshopping.co.uk

Right at the Heart of Christmas

Guaranteed to get you in the festive mood, a visit to Santa’s Grotto will see you transported onto Santa’s very own sleigh, complete with reindeer and more than a sprinkling of fairy dust!

Opening on Sunday 21st November at 11am as part of the Christmas Light Switch On, visits to Santa on that first Sunday will be completely FREE and include a small gift.

Thereafter, the grotto will open every Friday, Saturday & Sunday from 12noon—5pm, and daily in the final week before Christmas to ensure all the boys and girls get a good chance to see him, receive a gift and even get their picture taken with him. Why not beat the queues and book your visit to Santa online at www.stjshopping.co.uk

Just Fur You

Soft to touch and cosy as can be, this season’s faux fur will have you heading for the snowy hills in no time.

Mulled wine anyone?

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Snowflake Tunic £15
Trapper Hat £6
Mittens £4
Belt £2
Primark

New Model Army

You can’t miss this season’s key military looks. Whether it’s shiny buttons or sharp cuts, you’ll be sure to make the grade by adding just a touch of uniformity to your look this winter.

If you fancy a softer approach, the Aviator jacket is big news (and cosy), teamed up with fleece lined boots—you’ll be sure to look the part and beat those winter blues.

Hup, two, three, four!

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Peron Coat £79.99
Hemmingway Satchel £64.99
River Island

Christmas Party Girls

Bold colours, sparkly sequins, and swirly shapes. You’d be forgiven for thinking it’s some sort of Strictly Come Dancing fantasy. But it’s not. It’s Christmas Party Time.

Here come the girls.

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Aubrey Dress £170
Finlay Tunic £180
Kaleena Dress £180
Monsoon

Winter Cuties

Christmas is the perfect time for kids. Filled to the brim with toys, films, games and chocolate, St John’s Shopping Centre really has something for everyone.

We’ve rushed around the shops to find this season’s must haves—and it needn’t break the bank either: pop into Poundland to rifle through their amazing range of toys for just £1.

Both HMV and GAME have all the latest consoles and games. If you prefer a more traditional present, look no further than Waterstones for some fantastic children’s books.

For great stocking fillers, you will not go wrong with a visit to Candy Express for sweeties galore, the Jelly Belly range and all sorts of yummy treats.

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Large Satin Bow Hairband £5
Amber Rose Embroidered Blouse £20
Jackie Spot Cardigan £24
Souk Skirt £18
Monsoon

Read Up!

Winter is the perfect time to curl up at home with a book and a cup of tea (and maybe even a biscuit!). Waterstones in St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth, have picked four books which they expect to be this winter’s top reads for book lovers young and old.

Kitchen by Nigella Lawson
£26
In Kitchen, Nigella offers the reader a mouth watering array of new recipes, both comforting and exciting - from clams with chorizo to Guinness gingerbread.

Reminding the reader how much pleasure there is to be had in real food, and how to reclaim the traditional rhythms of the kitchen, this book is about simple recipes that make life less complicated.

From ham hocks to pea soup and pasties, from chicken to Chinatown salad, Nigella gives us the wherewithal to tackle any situation and satisfy all our foodie cravings.

Aliens Love Panta Claus
by C Freedman & B Cort £5.99

Everyone's favourite aliens are full of the festive spirit! Join them as they help out Santa and put neon pants on Rudolph. But remember to hold on to your pants - this is for one day only. Ho-ho-ho!

The Fry Chronicles: A Memoir
by Stephen Fry £20

This dazzling memoir is a courageously frank, honest and poignant read. His writing will excite you, make you laugh uproariously, move you, inform you and, above all, surprise you.

Peppa’s Super Noisy Sound Book
by Peppa Pig £12.99

Oink! Oink! Grunt! Grunt! Find out what happens when Peppa and George's quiet day turns very noisy and press the sounds as you read along! A wonderful Christmas present for little ones! Snort! Snort!

Night In

We love snuggling up with a winter blockbuster, with our Christmas selection boxes and chilling out. This is the season for movies and music, so stock up your CD and DVD racks with the latest entertainment to take you through the cold winter nights. Whatever it may be, no-one gets you closer to the stuff you love this winter than HMV in St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth.

A Christmas Carol
Disney's A Christmas Carol is a multi-sensory thrill ride which captures the fantastical essence of the classic Dickens tale. Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) begins Christmas with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (Gary Oldman) and his cheery nephew (Colin Firth).

But when the ghosts of Christmas past, present and yet to come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.

Michael Buble Crazy Love (Hollywood Edit)
In store NOW
The Hollywood Edition of 'Crazy Love' includes the original smash hit album with a new additional bonus disc that features brand new material alongside some rare live recordings.

FIFA 11
PS3/XBOX360
In store NOW
FIFA 11 reinvents player authenticity at every position on the pitch with an all-new feature that sees individual abilities reflected, enabling clear differentiation for every player.

Kings of Leon: Come Around Sundown
In Store NOW
A highly anticipated fifth album recorded in New York. Another bold and expansive statement by the Nashville, Tennessee-based quartet who have become one of the biggest bands in the world.

Christmas Smellies

Nothing better than a stocking full of luxury smellies at Christmas.

The Perfume Shop in St John’s Shopping Centre has some of the season’s most fantastic scents available and at great prices. So stock up and enter 2011 smelling fabulous!

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Flora by Gucci, Eau de Parfum 75ml £64.50
The Perfume Shop

Late Night Shopping

We know that time is precious at Christmas, and finding the opportunity to shop can be a challenge. This year we have extended our opening hours to match up with the major retailers within Perth City Centre.

The key late night shopping dates on Thursdays, Saturdays and that all important week before Christmas are listed below. However there are many more evenings where we will be staying open late so it’s best to check our Opening Times at the entrance to the shopping centre or for full details on all late night shopping hours and special evenings, visit our website http://www.stjshopping.co.uk/.

Thursdays: Late Night Shopping Until 8pm, Starts 25 November
Saturdays: Late Night Shopping Until 7pm, Starts 4 December
The Week Before Christmas: Late Night Shopping Until 8pm, Open Until 5pm Christmas Eve

Welcome

STJ Magazine is back this summer and packed full of this year’s best buys, competitions and events.

We’ve been practising our singing with the impending arrival of our X Factor booth, and we’ll need our voices to be in top form if we’re to be in with a chance of winning big!

The fashion pages are packed full of ideas so you can look your best for your performance. So what are you waiting for? Have you got the X Factor?

Siobhan Mc Connell
St John’s Shopping Centre Manager
info@stjshopping.co.uk

And the Winner Is...

If you’ve ever sat glued to the box on a Saturday night watching the latest group of hopefuls compete for the top spot in ITV’s X Factor, then this one is for you!

Kids, young and old, will be flocking to St John’s Shopping Centre this summer to record their own talents in our very own X Factor kiosk. If you’re especially keen, you can even pop onto our website www.stjshopping.co.uk/xfactor and upload your recording to the national competition where you will be in with a chance of winning some big X Factor prizes from Photo-Me.

If, like us, you save your best performances for singing in the bath, there is a second opportunity to win BIG in our “And the Winner Is...” competition which will run from 1st July—15th August. We’ve got £500 worth of vouchers to give away for some of St John’s Shopping Centre’s stores including HMV, Poundland, Claire’s Accessories, Game and River Island.

Entry forms will be available in all St John’s Shopping Centre retailers when you spend £10 or more in store.

Better get started on the singing practice. Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry, Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry....... Fah, lah, lah!

Summer Love

You’d be forgiven for thinking you’d stepped into a time machine this summer and have been whisked back into the 1960s.

The catwalks are awash with peace, love and understanding so braid your hair, dig out your pink sunglasses and pay homage to the decade that brought us the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Mary Quant and Woodstock.

We loved some of the kitsch T-shirts and pieces of jewellery currently available in store so we’re featured them here for you. Always fun to spread a little love. Peace man.

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Feathered Waistcoat £100, Nude Camisole £8.99, Alexa High Waisted Pants £34.99, Moscow Buckle Boots £84.99, River Island

Summer Blues

We’re loving the vibrant blues that are dominating the cat walks this summer. You can’t beat some of the bright blue maxi dresses and cool blue denim shorts that are on offer at many of the fashion retailers in St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth. There is something for everyone.

If you’re looking to dress it up, you’ll love Monsoon’s selection of dresses. If you’re looking to keep it cool and casual then get those denim shorts out and show off your tanned legs. Finish off your look with a spritz of Marc Jacobs “Daisy” from The Perfume Shop.

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“Hawaii” maxi dress at Monsoon £180

Summer Gold

At the risk of sounding like a classic Spandau Ballet song, Gold has undoubtedly been the success story of the credit crunch.

With prices soaring, it has become a highly sought after commodity and its wealth defining properties have been mirrored in this summer’s catwalk fashions.

Jackets and dresses are embellished with gold sequins and tailoring, jewellery is unabashedly statement based and even your shoes are getting in on the act.

It all adds up to a bit of everyday glitz and glam. Who can resist that?

Main Image (Left): Klee Dress £200, Monsoon

Summer Fun

Do you need an excuse to pull out the picnic hamper and plan a trip to the seaside ? Or the back garden?

Of course not!

We’ve sought out some of the best items available in St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth, to ensure you make it a day to remember for all the family.

So pop on your trilby, and get out into the great outdoors!

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Dahlia Embroidered Blouse £18, Strawberry Straw Bag £12, Monsoon

Summer Reads

Now is the perfect time to load up on your holiday reading. Waterstones in St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth, have picked four books which they expect to be this summer’s top reads.

So pop on down and pick up a great read for those hot summer nights.

Tabloid Girl by Sharon Marshall, £6.99
Sharon Marshall was a tabloid reporter for ten years. Along the way she saw and did some Very Bad Things. She also had a spectacularly lousy love life. It took the entire decade to realise the two may be connected.

In her hilariously honest memoirs she reveals what really goes on behind the scenes at a major tabloid newspaper. What celebrities (secretly) do to get into the headlines. And whether a job which involves fighting with popstars, pretending to be a swinger and provoking a fuming Jeremy Paxman EVER make you marriage material?

The Passage By Justin Cronin, £20
An ambitious epic about a virus that nearly destroys the world, and a six-year-old girl who holds the key to bringing it back from the brink.

I Think I Love You By Allison Pearson. £12.99
Wildly witty, clever and touching, with a gorgeous and compelling twist, I Think I Love You asks what happens when the man you thought you loved turns out to be somebody else entirely…

An A-Z of Hellraisers By Robert Sellers, £20
This is the last word on drunken misbehaviour. This hilarious volume salutes a miscreant mob from Winston Churchill to Ozzy Osbourne.

Summer Play

Love it or loathe it, World Cup fever has arrived and will be this summer’s focus. If you’re female, it’s probably the best time to hit the shops, if you’re male you will undoubtedly be glued to your (new) flat screen, HD telly keeping your eye firmly on the ball.

For those times in between games, you can’t beat a summer blockbuster and chilling to the soundtrack of summer’s music festivals. So stock up on CDs and fire up the BBQ. Summer is here.

Xbox360 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa

Experience all the emotion and passion of the world’s fiercest national rivalries as you live the dream of competing against fans from around the world for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Take on the challenge of leading your home nation from qualification right through to a virtual re-creation of the FIFA World Cup Final and feel what it is like to score the goal that lifts a nation.

Oasis: Time Flies.... 1994-2009
The complete singles collection spanning fifteen glorious years of Oasis. These could be the best days of our lives. And they were. And they still are. Oasis entertain on every level.

Mad Men (Season 3)
This outstanding biopic recreates the life and times of the gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk. It’s a shocking reminder of how far we’ve come and how dangerous it is to take freedom for granted.

Gorillaz: Plastic Beach
Blur’s Damon Albarn's ability to diversify musically shows no signs of slowing down. Collaborations with Snoop Dogg, Gruff Rhys, De La Soul, Little Dragon and more make this a truly special album.

Summer Memories

Since March we’ve been running our People’s Perth campaign, in conjunction with The Courier, to celebrate Perth 800. Many of you have brought in fabulous pictures of major events in Perth over the years, and you have equally interesting stories to tell us!

Pictured here are some of the images brought in over the last three months (clockwise from top): Princess Elizabeth inspects the Black Watch in Perth with the Queen in 1946, Staff at Alexander Buses at Perth Station in 1954, The Black Watch receive the Freedom of the City in late 1940s, and a Perth Baptist Church Outing in the 1950s.

It’s not too late the get involved! Bring your pictures in on the first Saturday of every month between 11am and 3pm and tell us the story behind the images.