Anastasia Tilston

Born in Moscow, Russia, Anastasia is currently living in a gorgeous county of Cheshire with her husband and three cats. Holding a master’s degree in Languages and Teaching, she spent over 10 years working privately with multiple high-net-worth clients across Russia and then became a Co-Founder of an English language centre for children in Slovenia. Moving on, Anastasia eventually found herself in private education recruitment and used her extensive professional knowledge to build an international educational agency specialising in providing the best English speaking childcare professionals and tutors to VIP clients around the globe. Anastasia is now a Co-Founder and Director of Estate & Manor Magazine; she uses her experience in recruitment to develop the only online magazine dedicated to people working in UHNW households and VIP services. Aside from business, Anastasia enjoys travelling, arts, literature and wildlife.

Job Applications: Taking The Perfect Headshot

You are just about to start applying for all those high paying jobs and visualising the phone constantly ringing with interview invitations…but then you ask yourself “is my application up to scratch?”. Presentation is of the utmost importance in the world of HNW employment and before submitting your application you …

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How to Curate a Private Art Show

Organising an impressive art event and curating an art exhibition is no easy task. Throwing a great party alone is not as simple as many people may think, however, when you have to take expensive and fragile artwork into consideration (which you or your client is likely to be interested …

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Adapting to Change

…Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Turn and face the strange Ch-ch-changes… ©David Bowie Going through changes can be extremely difficult for many of us and can cause a lot of stress and sleepless nights. An unexpected serious change in your career or business is often considered as something ‘to get over’ or ‘ to …

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No Time For Procrastination

Procrastination comes from the Latin pro, meaning “forward, forth, or in favor of, ” and crastinus, meaning “of tomorrow”. As we all know, to procrastinate means “to keep delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring” (Cambridge International Dictionary of English). It’s funny how I …

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Taking Care of Antique Silver Jewellery

People have been admiring silver since the ancient times and used it to create jewellery and other items of wealth. Although no one can say for sure exactly when silver was first discovered, archaeologists have found the remains of silver smelting operations dating earlier that 4000 BC. In fact, until …

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Attention: Concentration

Ah well, this is going to be one of my usual articles based on personal experience and years of hard work (oh yes, I used to work hard once, now I don’t work at all as I love my job!). However, hard work or life full of enjoyment in a …

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ELIXIUM – A Truly Luxurious Beverage

ELIXIUM – an unforgettable rejuvenating experience, a special blend of one of the purest waters in England and two forms of… gold! You may be surprised, but drinking the freshest water from the Malvern Hills, (which was once enjoyed exclusively by the Royals) with the real 24 carat gold in …

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Collaboration – The Basics

how to collaborate successfully in business

The definition goes: “Collaboration is a working practice whereby individuals work together to a common purpose to achieve business benefit”, blah-blah-blah. In a nutshell, yes, that’s precisely what collaboration is all about. However, it is much more than that, really. Collaboration is also an eye-opener, a brain-developer, an idea-creator, a …

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The Manny AKA Mr. Nanny!

When talking about a perfect childcare specialist, most people automatically think of a Mary Poppins, who is extremely professional, educated, well—mannered, experienced, creative and fun. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that! However, not that many people can imagine an extremely professional, educated, well-mannered, experienced, creative and fun Nanny…who …

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