{"id":772,"date":"2022-02-23T21:07:14","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T21:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startersites.io\/stagingfour\/?page_id=772"},"modified":"2025-12-14T12:48:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T12:48:33","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.edwardrussell.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns alignfull stk-block-columns stk-block stk-3c28047 stk-block-background stk--has-background-overlay\" data-block-id=\"3c28047\"><style>.stk-3c28047 {background-color:var(u002du002dtheme-palette-color-8, #1f1f1f) !important;background-image:url(http:\/\/www.edwardrussell.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/10_wide_crop-scaled.webp) !important;background-repeat:no-repeat !important;padding-top:300px !important;padding-right:35px !important;padding-bottom:215px !important;padding-left:35px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;}.stk-3c28047:before{background-color:var(u002du002dtheme-palette-color-8, #1f1f1f) !important;opacity:0 !important;}@media screen and (max-width:999px){.stk-3c28047 {padding-top:220px !important;padding-bottom:170px !important;}}@media screen and (max-width:689px){.stk-3c28047 {padding-top:200px !important;padding-bottom:100px !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-3c28047-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-67cd161\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"67cd161\"><style>.stk-67cd161-container{margin-top:0px !important;margin-right:0px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;margin-left:0px !important;}@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-67cd161 {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(54.99999999999999% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important;}}@media screen and (min-width:690px) and (max-width:999px){.stk-67cd161 {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(40% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 0 \/ 1 ) !important;}}@media screen and (max-width:689px){.stk-67cd161 {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(100% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 0 \/ 1 ) !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-67cd161-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-67cd161-inner-blocks\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-31de384\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"31de384\"><style>.stk-31de384-container{margin-top:0px !important;margin-right:0px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;margin-left:0px !important;}@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-31de384 {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(45% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important;}}@media screen and (min-width:690px) and (max-width:999px){.stk-31de384 {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(90% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 0 \/ 1 ) !important;}}@media screen and (max-width:689px){.stk-31de384 {padding-top:0px !important;padding-right:0px !important;padding-bottom:0px !important;padding-left:0px !important;flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(100% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 0 \/ 1 ) !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-31de384-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-31de384-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-dd61805\" data-block-id=\"dd61805\"><style>.stk-dd61805 {margin-bottom:40px !important;}.stk-dd61805 .stk-block-text__text{color:var(u002du002dtheme-palette-color-1, #e65616) !important;font-weight:700 !important;text-transform:uppercase !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text has-text-color has-palette-color-1-color has-text-align-center-mobile\"> <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-922ac88\" id=\"edward-russell\" data-block-id=\"922ac88\"><style>.stk-922ac88 {margin-bottom:0px !important;}.stk-922ac88 .stk-block-heading__text{text-shadow:none !important;font-size:100px !important;line-height:1em !important;font-weight:800 !important;}@media screen and (max-width:999px){.stk-922ac88 .stk-block-heading__text{font-size:70px !important;}}@media screen and (max-width:689px){.stk-922ac88 .stk-block-heading__text{font-size:60px !important;}}<\/style><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text has-text-align-center-mobile stk-block-heading--use-theme-margins\">Edward Russell<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-8703991\" data-block-id=\"8703991\"><style>.stk-8703991 {margin-bottom:35px !important;}.stk-8703991 .stk-block-text__text{color:#f07400 !important;font-weight:bold !important;text-transform:uppercase !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text has-text-color has-palette-color-4-color has-text-align-center-mobile\">TV &amp; 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