Surrey Homes | SH45 | July 2018 | Interiors supplement inside

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Contents 

July 2018 

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HEAVENLY HAVENS 

Maggie Alderson selects this 

month’s dream properties 

NOTEBOOK 

Our top events to put in 

your diary this month 

GOD’S ACRE 

A vibrant revamp of a 

rambling old rectory 

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MIDSUMMER FLAIR 

Kate Watts styles summery 

frocks at our Midsummer Fair 

SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL 

Josephine Fairley finds petite 

beauty buys to travel with 

A YEAR OF WELLNESS 

Eminé Rushton keeps your skin 

safe for summer 

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SWIM TIME 

Pools that are built to suit the 

Great British climate (even 

when it’s not so great) 

BIG IS BEAUTIFUL 

Sue Whigham shares her 

love of large leaves 

SCHOOL’S OUT! 

Hilary Wilce on summer holidays 

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GET THE LOOK 

Products to help you steal 

the rectory’s style 

HOUSE OF SCARVES 

See inside the home of textile 

designer Melanie Laslett 

GET THE LOOK 

A guide to imitating the lovely 

Melanie’s unique aesthetic 

WEALDEN TIMES 

MIDSUMMER FAIR 2018 

A look back at our biggest 

ever Midsummer Fair 

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123 

TOOTH WISDOM 

Dentist’s tips to keep you 

smiling through the years 

CHEF’S HOME COOKING 

Find out what chef Toby 

Welfare cooks for his family 

when he’s off duty 

PORTRAIT OF A GARDEN 

Jo Arnell muses on a year in 

the life of Great Dixter 

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WHAT’S ON 

Events to look forward to this July 

COMPETITION 

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FABLES FROM THE FARM 

Jane Howard is as busy as a bee 

INTERIORS 

SUPPLEMENT 

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furniture, and 

figurines. 

After page 64. 

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Bramblings is a collection of 8 four and 

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Lyme Regis Road, 

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Situated a short distance 

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Brighton Road this one 

bedroom first floor flat is 

considered ideal for owner 

occupation or investment. 

Now in need of 

modernisation and 

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staircase leading to a 

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Guide: £220-225,000* 

+ fees 

Hailsham Road, Heathfield 

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High Street, Pevensey 

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Guide: £450,000 Plus* + fees 

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occupying the whole of the 

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property situated on the 

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and spacious living and 

may be suitable for possible 

reconfiguration to provide 

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Guide: £200-225,000* 

+ fees 

Guides are provided as an indication of each Seller’s minimum expectation. They are not necessarily figures which a property will sell for 

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A winning combination of style and 

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by the contemporary Townhouse 

Collection at Prime Place Godalming 

by developer Be. The four-bedroom 

homes enjoy an exceptional town 

centre location: moments from 

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minutes to Waterloo) and a short 

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The homes are arranged around 

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Spacious interiors are arranged over 

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The excellent specification includes 

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House 

Month 

of the 

£14,500,000 

Heavenly havens 

Maggie Alderson picks three stunning homes now on the market 

Pinewood 

The dream: A sentence from the 

brochure will give you the flavour of 

this extraordinary house: “There is a 

unique hand-painted ceiling with 24k 

gold leaf, crafted by the famous Austrian 

decorator, Peter Stoff, who also restored 

the interiors of Buckingham Palace and 

the Palace of Sultan Brunei.” The Grade 

II listed Jacobean revival mansion was 

built in 1880 and comprehensively 

renovated in 2012, adding modern 

facilities without compromising period 

detail. There’s an extension housing a 

spectacular pool and gym, with a viewobserving 

party platform roof. 

Where: Oxshott, described in the 

brochure as “the most expensive village 

in England and the premier address 

for top footballers and other sporting 

celebrities”. 

Setting: Wooded landscape for miles. 

Beds: 9 Baths: 9 

Special features: A lift from the 

underground parking to all four floors. 

A Wendy house in the same style as the 

mansion, that’s big enough to live in. 

Pleasing details: Original Pre-Raphaelite 

bas-reliefs and plastered ceiling. 

Outside: A stunning outdoor pool 

in formal landscaping, 360 degrees 

panoramic views. A lot of car parking. 

Time to town: “40 minutes from 

Piccadilly.” 

Price: £14,500,000 

Agent: Sotheby’s International Realty 

01932 860537 sothebysrealty.co.uk 


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Gore’s Farm 

£2,500,000 

The dream: Timber clad, with a traditional 

red-tiled roof, this is the full rambling 

beamy dream, but with none of the closedin 

feeling that can come with historic 

houses of the genre. This timber-framed 

house was built in 2007 and combines 

modern features with the warmth of wood. 

There’s a glass-sided open staircase and the 

galleried dining room has a vaulted ceiling. 

Where: Four-and-a-half miles from 

Guildford, on the outskirts of the village of 

Puttenham. 

Setting: Tranquil countryside, with farreaching 

views. 


Special features: Stabling for ten horses. 

Pleasing details: Cinema room, music 

room, boot room, library, larder… 

Outside: Eight acres of beautifully 

landscaped gardens. 

Time to town: A crisp 35 minutes from 

Guildford to Waterloo on the fast train. 

Price: £2,500,000 

Agent: Savills Guildford 01483 796820 

savills.com 

Plot 2, Highfield 

£1,795,000 

The dream: Farmhouse-style architecture in a 

new build, so you get all the ideals of modern 

family life – two-car integral garage, a media 

room and a very large kitchen/family area 

opening onto a breakfast area with French 

windows to the garden, plus a master suite with 

a dressing room – without having to do the 

renovation from hell. In a gated development. 

Where: Just outside the village of Lingfield. 

Setting: Rolling countryside, between two areas 

of outstanding natural beauty. 


Special features: A very large master suite with 

its own balcony. 

Pleasing details: Jolly handy for Lingfield Park 

racecourse if you like the gee-gees. 

Outside: Laid to lawn with some planting at 

the front, more lawn at the back. 

Time to town: Trains from Lingfield to 

Victoria in under an hour. 

Price: £1,795,000 

Agent: Hamptons 01342 393034 

hamptons.co.uk 

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Previous page: The dining room is painted in Thai Sapphire 

by Little Greene. The cast iron dining chairs are from Oka. The 

botanical photograph is by Isabel Bannerman Top: Jane’s love of 

peacock feathers is in strong evidence in the kitchen. The wallpaper 

is by Matthew Williamson. The chandelier is by Lee Broom Above: 

Looking through to the back kitchen 

Every house has a story – but it’s very rare to find one 

that feels like a story in itself. With this dwelling, in 

the south east corner of Kent, even before you turn 

into the gravel drive that slopes gently up to the elegant 

porticoed entrance, there is a sense of a scene being set. 

The perfect English meadow, with sheep safely grazing, 

trees dotted through it, as though placed by Capability 

himself, an ancient parish church set behind, all enclosed 

by the kind of metal fences you see around major country 

estates. It feels like it’s still the 18th century, when the 

house was built, and if Mr Darcy were to swing into view, 

wet shirt and breeches clinging to his hunksome frame, 

you wouldn’t be at all surprised. 

It fits perfectly with the most recent part of this house’s 

history. The trail which brought the current owners to this 

perfect Georgian rectory – only the fourth set of residents 

not to be rectors of the parish – started with one of them 

dreaming of a house with its own lake. 

“We were still based in London,” says John, “but we had 

a cottage near Canterbury. One day I said, ‘Wouldn’t it be 

nice to have a lake at the end of the garden so you could 

have a swim in the morning?’…” 

A treasure hunt of houses began with the first one, 

while being in entirely the wrong spot, too close to the 


Left and below: The first glimpse of Jane’s extensive collection 

of Murano glass in the main hall. The ebony console table is by 

Gareth Neal 

motorway, opening up the idea of the perfect proportions of a 

Georgian house being what they were looking for. 

“I had always said I couldn’t retire to the country,” says 

Jane, “because the houses aren’t big enough, they’re all 

barns and farmhouses, but when we saw the first house it 

got us thinking maybe there are other Georgian ones.” 

The next key plot point: separate Googling led them 

both to the same house – the one where they now live. 

“It said it was under offer,” says John, “but on an irrational 

impulse I took the day off to come and look at it anyway – 

and found the owners weren’t happy with the offer. I thought 

Jane will say it’s too big…but when she came to look, to 

my amazement she said ‘It’s going to be a lot of work’… 

with the clear implication ‘and when can we start?’ ” 

“We knew it was a ten-year project,” says Jane. “We’ve 

done a room a year for six years and it’s not finished yet. We 

couldn’t have done any of it without Kevin McNulty, our 

wonderful builder. He’s my hero and genius problem solver.” 

As they tell the tale, we are sitting around a large table 

under a chandelier made from old-style decanters by Lee 

Broom, in the huge kitchen, which is more of a series 

of rooms, with a wonderfully theatrical feel – enhanced 

further by the sound of the church bells ringing outside. 

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opening through to what was the earlier wing of the 


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Above: Behind a sofa in the sitting room, a collection of 

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decorative screen. The late 19th century bronze figure is from 

Christopher Buck Antiques 

building, with parts dating back to the 13th century, with 

a warren of service rooms including a butler’s pantry, a 

flower room, laundry and a food pantry. Viewed from 

the main kitchen, framed by lit cupboards with Tiffany 

blue-painted interiors, it has the air of a proscenium 

arch, enclosing the scene set behind, with a central 

storage island, painted the same blue, stage centre. 

All around the main kitchen/dining area are those 

blue-painted cupboards, lit from within to showcase 

part (a small part…) of Jane’s extraordinary collection 

of glass, which is a theme throughout the house. 

“The kitchen nearly brought us to our knees,” 

says Jane. “It was 6” deep in water and we were 

scooping it out with saucepans. It was also very 

dark, so we put back the south-west-facing window 

which a previous owner had taken out.” 

Jane doesn’t know which owner, but it’s quite a narrow 

field. Built by the Church of England in 1770, until 1928 

it was an active rectory – and a grand one as befits such 

a ‘good living’ with three parishes in its care. The church 

sold it in 1928 and it stayed with that family until 1966. 

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designer. The red velvet curtain fabric is by Timorous Beasties. The collections of glass on the trolley and objects on the mantelpiece 

are arranged by Jane. 

 


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This page: The wonderful pea green paint in John’s study also by 

Little Greene. The curtain fabric is by Lacroix. John’s computer 

is cleverly hidden behind doors in the bookshelves. The Chinese 

porcelain Foo Dogs – or ‘guardian lions’ – on the mantelpiece are 

another of Jane’s favourite things to collect 

features, the shutters and the windows.” 

Sitting with us at the table is another important 

character in the story of the rectory, Mark Howorth 

of the London-based interior and architectural design 

company, Callender Howorth, who worked with Jane 

and John previously on their London house and Kent 

cottage, and played a big part in the décor of the rectory. 

“Kitchens are normally very utilitarian,” he says. “But 

this is more of a gallery of Jane’s lifetime collection of glass. 

That’s why it is so much fun working with her. It’s all 

about colour, texture, pattern. Jane will have an idea that 

sparks something in our team, it’s very collaborative.’ 

This made it the perfect point for us to go and explore 

what that collaboration has created, which turned out to 

be more of an expedition than a house tour, as I filled 30 

pages of my large notebook, with frantic scribbling. 

It is truly rambling, with a back staircase up to the 

mansard-roofed old wing of the house as well as the grand 

one opposite the front door, and six to 12 bedrooms… 

“depending how you look at it,” says John. I also lost count 

of the number of bathrooms and can only remember that 

they were all big and they were all fabulous and I wanted 

to have a long leisurely bath in every one of them. 

 


Left: The walls in the ‘blackboard loo’ have 

been enthusiastically graffitied by the whole 

family Above: The loo window is filled with 

coloured Duralex tumblers, reflected in the 

mirror on the window sill 

But while it is a very large and varied house, it is unified in 

character, all brought together by the owners’ personalities, 

interests and collections, with various themes linking it all 

together, cleverly merged into context by Mark’s input. 

One of the themes is peacock feathers, which I first notice 

on the decorative screen in the grand drawing room, in fabric 

sourced by Mark. Later on I spot them again on the other 

side of the house in the snug – a cosy TV room – where they 

appear in a beautiful mosaic table by glass artist Nikki Ella 

Whitlock, one of many craft makers Jane follows and collects. 

And when, at the end of the house tour (several hours 

later…) we returned to the kitchen, I spotted the peacock 

wallpaper in there. 

“There is something peacock in every room…” said Jane, 

smiling. “I’ve always loved them, which made me want to 

set off to the top of the house again to find them all, and I 

would have been quite happy to have done so, being by that 

point as much in love with a house as it’s possible to be.” 

The magic starts in the hallway, where the glass collection 

– as seen in the kitchen - comes into glorious focus in a 

brightly coloured group of stunning hand-blown pieces of 

Murano glass, collected over many years of visiting Venice. 

(Clearly a special place to Jane and John, who have decorated 

one of the guest bedrooms in tribute to it, with Venetian 

scene curtains and some splendid Venetian glass mirrors.) 

But back to the hall – although it is hard to 

maintain your focus in a house where there are just 

so many amazing things in every room, from groups 

of interesting objects masterfully arranged, to the 

wonderfully bold colours on the walls and curtains. 

The first collection of glass you see on entering the house 

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As she says: “We’ve got room for it…” 

 


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them first editions 

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Tanya Gomez, brilliantly grouped, as are all the objects of 

interest throughout the house, by Jane; an art form in itself. 

Indeed, I found it hard to tear myself away from some of 

the groups of collated treasures, which are found in every 

room. They are just so interesting to look at. In the dining 

room, across the hall from the sitting room, were four I found 

particularly captivating, each very different in character. 

Against the far wall, is a row of a dozen green figures 

depicting the 12 signs of Chinese astrology, their scale 

making them a striking focal point – and the first hint 

of another theme of the house, which features many 

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On the other side of the room, on top of a matching console 

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The third arrangement is on top of the mantelpiece, the fourth 

a splendid group of cut glass decanters on a drinks trolley. 

But while I had to drag myself from what legendary 

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room – with walls in Thai Sapphire by Little Greene - is 

splendid wherever your eye falls and a perfect illustration 

of the creative partnership between Jane and Mark. 

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Above and left: The mantelpiece in Jane’s library 

with more chinoiserie and a detail of her very 

personal collection of books Above right: a 

collection of crystals 

“I told Mark I wanted colour and he came up with this 

wonderful purple,” says Jane. 

“It’s all about colour, texture and vibrancy,” says Mark. 

“Nothing was done in the way it’s ‘supposed’ to be. It’s 

quirky. A house has to reflect the personality of the owners.” 

“You made me brave,” adds Jane. 

“We did push you a bit…” laughs Mark. 

Perfectly illustrating the colour-texture-vibrancy here is his 

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and black velvet by Timorous Beasties, called Bird Branch. 

Another of Mark’s touches, showing the (literal…) 

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are the antiqued mirror panels on the back wall. 

“The premise of designing this house,’”says Mark, “was 

giving back some love and character which had been lost 

over the years, while working within the listed status. 

“Because of the scale of the dining room – it really is 

a huge room – it needed another element and I came up 

with the idea of the antiqued mirror. But we had to be very 

careful to get the balance right, not to be garish. It had 

to be the right level of patina and the right scale. Because 

the walls of an old house aren’t straight, it’s a bit skewiff 

and that’s perfect, it looks like it’s been there 250 years.” 

Alongside the contemporary energy boost from such 

considered additions, the furnishings in the dining room 

reflect its perfect Georgian symmetry, with four doors, two 

windows and two facing console tables. Then there is the 

brilliant touch of unmatching dining chairs. Mixed in with 

eight antique chairs are four modern iron ones, from Oka. 

The colour and drama continues when you step through 

the door into John’s study – its wonderful bright pea 

green paint standing out thrillingly next to the purple of 

the dining room. This one is also by Little Greene, called 

Phthalo Green. “It has the exact brightness, intensity and 

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“It started as one shelf,” she says. “People give me presents...” 

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Above: The terraced garden at the front of the house. The previous owner had created the garden from scratch and Melanie has 

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So close to the hustle and bustle of the Old Town, with its 

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“I love the fact that when we are in the cottage, 

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a coffee or snapping up a vintage bargain.” 

Melanie, I hope she won’t mind me saying, is a magpie. But 

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As a textile designer, she has a well-trained eye for colour, 

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This page: The main bedroom. The ladder, above, is from Eras 

of Style and displays some of Melanie’s fabric designs for Laslett 

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This page: The spare bedroom has views over the Old Town. 

The grey curtains are from Marks & Spencer 

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“I had help with the nuts and bolts of the building 

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Above: Melanie left the lovely worn paint on the wooden stairs. The bathroom to the right was created in what was 

the third bedroom 

adaption was to create a dream bathroom. 

“That was the first room to be completed – and it’s 

still my favourite,” she says. “I always wanted a bathtub 

that had a fabulous view… In the evening, I can look 

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Hill while I soak in my tub. It really is perfect.” 

The original bathroom was downstairs, so it made sense 

to repurpose one of the three bedrooms. She installed a 

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bath, which she found at The Bath Store. The tub sits on a 

slighted raised plinth of grey and white patterned Moroccanstyle 

ceramic tiles, while the rest of the room has original 

Victorian floorboards, which have been sanded and varnished. 

“I love introducing a focal point with pattern, rather 

than using it everywhere,” she says, her textile design 

and pattern-making background coming to the fore. 

The master bedroom window also benefits from views, 

looking out over the garden and up to the country park. 

“We can sit in bed with our morning cups of tea and gaze 

out – and whatever time of year it is, the view is never bleak.” 

This room has plenty of Melanie’s signature pops of 

pattern. A plump, floral print eiderdown, another of her 

vintage buys, resides at the foot of an M&S iron bed and 

a black and white optical print woven rug from John 

Lewis sits comfortably on stripped pine floorboards. 

Propped up against the side of the wardrobe is a vintage 

wooden ladder from Eras of Style in Bexhill, used to display 

samples of Melanie’s own textiles and scarves and some of 

her favourite finds. Bedlinen is neatly stored in a 1940s 

tallboy, another bargain from a secondhand shop in Bexhill, 

a favourite hunting ground for retro furniture and fabric. 

Like the bathroom, the guest bedroom has a vantage 

point over the Old Town and is one of the few rooms that 

has curtains – the rest have shutters. The room oozes calm 

and although it’s undoubtedly minimalist, it still has a 

cosy feel, with a perfect ‘mismatch’ of pattern and print. 

Under the window, there’s a secondhand ottoman 

which was transformed from a dusky ‘old-lady’ pink 

to a cool khaki with spray paint, then re-upholstered 

in classic Marimekko floral fabric. A chest of drawers 

from Browsers, one of Hastings’ best-loved secondhand 

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Downstairs, the living room/office and kitchen/dining 

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“When I first arrived, the main room was already knocked 

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Slate grey kitchen units from Jewsons were cleverly 

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“I laid them out like a patchwork quilt and I love the 

fact that they introduce a riot of colour to the kitchen.” 

A vintage painted cupboard houses her collection of 

glass and crockery and a Georgian folding leaf dining 

table purchased in Somerset is positioned by the window 

that overlooks the front garden. Next door, although the 

living room and combined office is long and narrow, 


This page: The living space had already been knocked through. 

The denim-covered sofa is by Danish designer Peter Jeppesen 

and the coffee table is from Heals. The shelving unit, left, is 

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Melanie’s choice of furniture has maximised the space. 

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that are linear and not space hungry.” 

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doesn’t dominate space. A lozenge-shaped Heal’s coffee 

table and trio of 90s Habitat nest tables make this part of 

the room the perfect place for parties and socialising. 

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from which she runs Laslett England, her printed 

textile and scarf-making business. Her silk pocket 

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Solutions such as a glass desk and generous shelves to 

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But for Melanie, the cottage extends beyond the walls. 

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am overlooked by eight other homes, there is a feeling 

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two glorious hours, supplying the perfect 

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Josephine Fairley – a chronic over packer – rejoices in the beauty of travel mini kits 

While I have every admiration for light 

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anywhere with less luggage than someone 

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bearers, but instead I personally heave my (oversized, and 

often overweight) luggage on and off various forms of 

moving vehicle, with my husband muttering unhelpfully, 

our family mantra: ‘You pack it, you carry it.’ 

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kits. And even better, they serve two purposes, eliminating 

the need to carry weighty full-sizes of products – and 

offering a great opportunity to trial products, to see if you 

might like to spring for the full size. 

Although, if you’d rather not experiment 

with products you aren’t familiar with on 

vacation, get yourself to a Muji store – where 

you’ll find a brilliant selection of travelfriendly 

empty bottles and jars for decanting 

your own skincare and haircare into. 

This summer, I will be packing the below 

– all airline security-friendly, suitable for 

stashing in hand luggage. But alas, in my (literally...) case 

they won’t be slipping into a dinky wheelie that fits into an 

overhead locker. 

Instead they will be stowed in a vast suitcase in the 

hold, probably alongside half a dozen pairs of shoes, a 

selection of scented candles (you just never know how 

your hotel might smell, even when you’ve zoomed in 

on the pictures on booking.com), a generous stack of 

hardback books, a full-size feather pillow and – on one 

You just never 

know how your 

hotel room is 

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trip to Dubai of all places – EIGHT JACKETS. 

One caution: the following, mostly come with their 

own pouches, so if you are going hand-luggage-only, you’ll 

need to ditch those in favour of a see-through bag. 

VOYA Organic Voyager Travel Set, £38. With its 

roots in the seaweed-swathed west of Ireland, VOYA’s 

products are all 100% organic, infused with marine 

elements and are deliciously (not-seaweedy-at-all) 

scented. In this kit, find generous 75ml sizes of body 

wash and moisturiser, shampoo and conditioner; the 

last is just brilliant for detangling beach hair. 

Liz Earle Essentials Try-Me Kit, £25. Liz Earle’s skincare 

business was built on offering samples, small 

sizes and kits as a great intro to products, 

which has helped make them a go-to brand for 

travelistas. Showcasing multi-award-winning 

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of the muslin cloths – in a choice for different 

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In Transit Skin Defence is my favourite-ever daily SPF, 

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Charlotte Tilbury Mini Celebrity Lipstick Charms, 

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holiday lipstick wardrobe, in drinky tubes: a great 

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A Year of Wellness 

These days it can feel as though you need a PhD in biochemistry to 

navigate the suncream shelves. Wellbeing editor, Eminé Rushton, breaks 

down what the labels mean, and how to keep skin safe, naturally 

July: natural protection 

My 

M 

skin has always been 

sensitive to synthetics. As 

a child, whenever I came 

into contact with perfumed lotion or 

bubble bath, I would immediately flare 

up – red skin, sore patches, eczema. 

Because of this sensitivity I’ve had to 

figure out what my skin can tolerate 

and have ended up with a vanity bag 

of simple natural oils, soothing balms 

and mineral make-up. Suncream was 

always trickiest, though. Hives, heat 

rash, prickly heat, eczema – I couldn’t 

go near the stuff. I later learned that 

this was because so many 

of the biggest names in 

sun protection use 

chemical UV filters, 

which absorb the sun’s 

rays into the skin, and 

then release that 

energy as heat. 

Manufacturers 

argue that UV 

energy from the sun is released 

as harmless photons from the 

skin, before it can be absorbed by 

any of our reactive cells, or DNA. 

Yet, lab studies have shown the 

absorption rate of the most commonly 

used chemical sun filter, oxybenzone 

can be anywhere from 1 to 9%. 

An important 2010 study carried 

out by the University of Zurich also 

detected oxybenzone and four other 

sunscreen filters in Swiss women’s breast 

milk, indicating that the developing 

foetus and newborns may be exposed 

to these substances too. Oxybenzone 

and octinoxate have now also been 

shown to act like oestrogen in 

the human body, with robust 

and compelling research 

also linking it to a higher 

Covering up 

when in direct 

sunshine is 

the wisest 

move of all 

incidence of endometriosis in women. 

As if that were not enough, Hawaii 

has just passed a bill to ban both 

of these chemical sunscreens from 

being sold on their territory – to 

preserve their magnificent coral 

reefs, following damning reports 

on the impact that these nondegradable 

chemicals are having on 

our delicate marine ecosystem. 

Complicating matters even 

further is that almost every chemical 

sunscreen is, to some degree or other, 

shown to be pretty unstable when 

exposed to sunlight. 

When exposed to UV 

light, they essentially 

degrade on the skin, 

releasing free radicals 

that can cause premature 

ageing. Of the two 

chemical sunscreens 

that pass the EWG.org 

test (a great resource for 

anyone looking to remove harmful 

chemicals from their home), avobenzone 

and mexoryl SX, are by far the safest, 

with very limited skin penetration and 

no evidence of endocrine disruption. 

The former, however, does have a 

relatively high propensity to cause 

skin irritation as it breaks down. 

So which brands do I entrust with 

my skin? Even 100% mineral filters zinc 

oxide and titanium dioxide have their 

potential problems. There are those 

who believe that using nanoparticles of 

heavy metals, such as zinc and titanium, 

could also pose inhalation risks. 

The International Agency for Research 

on Carcinogens has classified titanium 

dioxide as a possible carcinogen when 

inhaled in large doses, because the lungs 

have difficulty clearing nanoparticles, 

which may pass from the lungs into 

the bloodstream (source: EWG.org). 

It’s a minefield, but common sense 

can prevail. A big hat, sunglasses and 

covering up when in direct sunshine 

(and certainly on the beach) is the wisest 

move of all. And if you want to soak up 

some of the sun’s healing light - lest we 

forget that it remains our best provider 

of vitamin D - you can healthily do so 

in the early morning, and late afternoon. 

You can also boost your skin’s own 

resilience to the sun by upping your 

antioxidant intake: resveratrol, a 

polyphenol found in red grapes (yes, 

that includes good red wine) and dark 

chocolate (hurrah), is one of the best for 

protecting skin from sun damage too. 

And, for those times when you 

need something serious to protect 

your skin, I would opt for mineral 

over chemical, and trust the nonnano 

cream from Josh Rosebrook 

Nutrient SPF Day Cream, £85 

(abeautifulworld.co.uk) and de Mamiel 

Exhale Hydrating Nectar SPF30, £75 

(demamiel.com) with my face (their 

tinted sunscreens are highly effective, 

100% natural, and a joy to use). 

I have also found Weleda and Lavera’s 

SPF offerings to be wonderfully effective 

at protecting my children’s skin. 

Most important of all is that we 

remember that an SPF is not a licence 

to sunbathe. It is simply an insurance 

measure against skin cancer and 

irreparable damage. If you seek out 

shade, cover up and wear a hat you 

are in with your best shot of having 

a safe summer. And, given that it can 

take up to 20 years for this summer’s 

damage to show up on your 

face, your future self will be 

eternally grateful too. 

Eminé Rushton is Wellbeing Director-at-Large at Psychologies magazine, and co-founder of the 

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Tooth 

wisdom 

Teeth always matter, but as 

we get older the key issues in 

looking after them can change 

– we asked two dentists to give 

us their expert tips on how to 

keep smiling down the years 

Russell Blanchard BDS 

StoneRock Dental Care, Hawkhurst 

What are the most important things to do 

to safeguard your teeth over the age of 50? 

A good day-to-day cleaning regime and a diet low in sugar 

and acidity is as important over 50 as it is under, for the health 

of our teeth. As we grow older there may be an increased 

reduction in saliva production, which is very important 

to protect the teeth, so with specific advice and products 

such as Xylitiol or sugar-free gum we can help encourage 

saliva production and reduce the risks of active decay. 

Natural bone loss over time may cause the more vulnerable 

roots of the teeth to be exposed, giving rise to increased 

sensitivity and decay of the root surfaces. Regular dental 

visits for advice on how to manage these areas and input 

from a dental hygienist will benefit with cleaning and 

protecting the surfaces with bespoke fluoride treatment 

if indicated. And as we get older any untreated gum 

disease will potentially risk the affected teeth being lost. 

Over time all teeth will wear to some degree. Previous 

dentistry may need replacing and it’s important to 

keep track with regular checks and digital images. 

Then you can make informed choices on how further 

wear and tear can be reduced and whether dental 

treatment – functional, or aesthetic – is needed. 

Can everyone have tooth whitening? Or 

is it less advisable with older teeth? 

Anyone over 18 can consider tooth whitening, but we 

would always check the health of the teeth and gums first 

and the procedure should always be provided by a dentist. 

For older patients we would assess the potential success of 

the procedure before starting, because enamel will whiten 

and dentine won’t, so the more yellow root surfaces we 

sometimes see in older teeth will not be whitened. 

What are the most common cosmetic 

dentistry issues for older patients? 

People consider cosmetic dentistry because they would 

like to improve their smile or dental appearance. This 

motivation is specific to each client and even the smallest 

concerns are relevant if they can be realistically improved. 

The success of any cosmetic procedure depends on the 

end result meeting the expectations of the patient. An 

“However small your worry, if 

it matters to you, it’s important 

to ask and find out how 

it might be changed” 

 


Health 

open communication with the clinician where concerns 

and possible outcomes can be discussed is vital. 

Examples of previous work and bespoke digital predictions 

of the client’s end results, as well as trial smiles, can be 

created to provide patients with a good understanding of 

what to expect before going ahead with any changes. 

The most common complaints are “I don’t like the way 

my teeth look” and “I just don’t like smiling anymore 

in photos” which may be as a result of mismatched 

fillings or old crowns in front teeth, crowded, worn, or 

missing teeth or old ‘silver’ fillings in the back teeth. 

Most troubling is loose or missing teeth which not only 

can be debilitating aesthetically but functionally too. 

We can resolve these concerns with a variety of procedures: 

hand-built tooth coloured fillings and veneers, ceramic 

restorations, implant crowns and bridges, dentures - and 

sometimes just with improved cleaning and whitening. 

However small your worry, if it is important to 

you then it is important to ask and find out how it 

might be changed. Discussing your concerns will 

allow you to find out specifically what your options 

are and how they can be achieved before you start. 

StoneRock Dental Care, Stonerock House, 

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Elmsleigh House Dental Clinic 

What are the most common dental 

health issues for people as they age? 

As we age the risk of tooth decay increases. It increases 

when teeth are not cleaned thoroughly, possibly 

because of dexterity problems such as arthritis, and 

when prescribed medications cause dry mouth. 

Older people often have a legacy of dated dental 

treatments, which need replacing with modern alternatives. 

Tooth wear can be a problem, but modern materials and 

techniques mean that lasting repairs can be made. 

Teeth can also move with age, but there are many 

orthodontic solutions available to all ages, from bespoke 

fixed braces such as Insignia and Incognito, Invisalign clear, 

removable aligners to faster systems for adults such as Cfast, 

which can straighten most adults’ teeth in 6-9 months. 

Gum disease, diabetes, heart disease, auto-immune 

conditions and dementia are all associated with a deterioration 

in oral health, which should be closely monitored. 

It is important to maintain regular check-ups 

with your dentist, so that as you age your dentist 

can take preventive measures and plan treatment 

for the future to minimise problems. 

Are people keeping their own teeth 

longer than they used to? 

With better oral health education and products available 

to keep your teeth healthy, people can look after their 

teeth for life, with regular dental check-ups, preventive 

measures and hygiene appointments. However, people 

can lose teeth at any age as a result of gum disease, 

tooth decay, dental infections and trauma. 

As people are now living a lot longer, we have to look after 

our teeth to ensure they last, with healthy eating and visiting 

your dentist for regular check-ups and preventive treatment. 

If teeth are too badly damaged to save, what are 

the options for replacements? 

Dentures have been the option for replacing teeth for 

many years, and a clinical dental technician can now make 

dentures that fit securely and look like natural teeth. 

However, no matter if you have lost one, several or 

all your teeth, expertly placed dental implants offer the 

best fixed long-term solution. They provide a stable 

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Prices vary widely for implants, but always look 

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The dental implant team at Elmsleigh House have 

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One of the first implant patients at Elmsleigh House is still 

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To ensure the best dental care at any age, it is 

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• Brush your teeth last thing at night and at least one 

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• Cut down on sugary food and drink 

• Visit your dentist for regular check-ups, as often 

as they recommend, and your hygienist for 

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Food 

Chef ’s home 

cooking 

Beverly, Woody and Toby eat dinner, in their home over the restaurant 

Good enough to eat in the restaurant, but quick and easy to 

prepare at home - what a chef cooks for his own family 

Since opening The Cloudberry restaurant in 

Cranbrook in January this year, life has been 

very busy for chef Toby Welfare and his wife 

Beverley - and catering for family meals between 

restaurant busy shifts has not always been easy. 

“It can be easy to start grabbing instant food,” 

Toby admits. “But the trouble is you don’t feel 

great afterwards. The trick is to find food that is 

uncomplicated and quick to prepare.” 

This is something that son Woody, 9, already 

appreciates. He loves dad’s homemade pizza and 

pasta, with sliced courgettes sautéed in butter. 

“Remember things that you ate as a kid,” says 

Toby. “Adapt them, add in extras: a drizzle of 

pesto, a blob of mozzarella, or some salsa verde. Try 

different combinations, as long as the ingredients 

are good it will work.” 

Another great chef’s tip is to have a semi-prepared 

risotto base ready in the fridge (see opposite). A 

composed salad can be treated the same way. With 

a couple of additional ingredients, a mix of leaves 

and raw vegetables can become a complete meal. 

“You just need to have something rich to add in,” 

says Toby. “Chicken or cheese, something to lift it. 

Change the dressing, add mayo, herbs, whatever 

you have in the fridge – asparagus, peas, beans.” 

Chicken thighs are another stalwart. “Thighs 

have a lot of flavour and are quick to cook. It’s 

such a versatile meat. Tarragon goes really well with 

chicken, lemon is great, or mushrooms…” 

Slotting home cooking into a hectic schedule can 

seem a challenge, but as Toby shows with some 

good standby staples and a few chef’s shortcuts, 

delicious family meals can be rustled up in no time. 


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Food 

Cod with summer vegetable risotto 

Serves 4 

• 4 cod steaks, skin slashed 

• Risotto base: 

• 200g risotto rice 

• 1 medium onion finely 

chopped 

• 2 celery stalks peeled and 

finely chopped 

• 2 cloves garlic finely 

chopped 

• ¾ pint vegetable stock (a 

good stock cube will do) 

• Splash of white wine 

• 1 courgette finely diced 

• 250g spinach finely 

chopped 

• 150g podded peas 

To finish 

• Knob of butter 

• 2 tbsp grated parmesan 

1Fry the onion and celery 

in some light olive oil until 

soft, add the garlic and cook 

for one more minute, don’t 

allow the garlic to colour. Add 

the risotto rice and stir fry for 

a minute until the grains are 

slightly translucent. Add the 

spinach, courgettes and peas 

and cook for about 3 more 

minutes. Add a good splash 

of wine (125ml glass will do) 

and cook, stirring all the time 

until it evaporates.* see Chef’s 

Home Tip 

2Once the white wine is 

absorbed into the rice, 

keep adding a ladle of hot 

stock one at a time until the 

rice is almost cooked – it 

should still have a bite to it. 

3Take off the stove, add 

a good knob of butter 

and a handful of parmesan 

cheese, stick a lid on and rest 

for 5 mins. Meanwhile salt 

the cod steaks and place skin 

side down into a hot oiled 

frying pan. Crisp up the skin 

and turn over and place in a 

pre-heated oven (gas mk 6) for 

6-8 mins depending on the 

thickness of the fish. 

4When the cod is ready, 

stir the risotto and place 

a mound in each bowl. Place 

the cooked cod on top. You 

can finish this with a dollop 

of pesto, or simply a good 

squeeze of lemon. 

*Chef’s home tip 

You can make risotto days 

in advance and quickly 

finish it off to use when 

you need it. Prepare it 

to the stage marked * 

opposite, then spread it 

out on a baking tray. Leave 

to cool, then transfer to a 

bowl or storage box and 

it will keep in the fridge 

for up to five days. All you 

need to do when you want 

to use it, is add roughly 

two ladles of hot stock, 

stirring all the time until 

the stock is absorbed and 

the rice is cooked. 


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Parma ham, goat curd, 

pea & broad bean 

salad 

Chicken thigh, olives 

& green beans with a 

basil & lemon dressing 

Serves 4 

• 8 slices parma ham 

• 150g soft goat’s cheese 

• 4 tbsp crème fraîche 

• 100g fresh podded peas 

• 100g broad beans 

Pesto 

• Bunch of basil 

• Clove of garlic 

• 2 tbsp of grated parmesan 

• Olive oil to loosen 

• Pinch of salt 

Dressing 

• Half a lemon 

• Tsp Dijon mustard 

• 5 tbsp extra virgin 

olive oil 

• Salt and pepper 

• Chopped chives and mint 

1Blanch the peas and 

broad beans for a minute 

in boiling water then refresh 

under cold running water. 

Mash the goat’s cheese and 

crème fraîche until you have 

a smooth paste – this is 

your ‘goat curd’. Heap two 

tablespoons of curd onto each 

plate. 

2Bash the pesto ingredients 

in a pestle and mortar 

slowly incorporating the olive 

oil until you have a thick 

pourable consistency (this 

tastes even better if you do it 

the day before). Pour a little 

over the ‘goat curd’. 

two slices of parma 

3Fold ham around the goat 

curd, fat side up so they look 

a little like tulip petals. Dress 

the broad beans and peas and 

scatter around the parma ham 

and goat curd, scatter the 

chopped chives and mint over 

the top. 

Serves 4 

• 8 chicken thighs, boned 

• 3 tbsp green olives 

• 1 packet green beans 

trimmed 

• Salad leaves (rocket, 

watercress, lamb lettuce) 

• 1 red onion cut in half, 

then sliced 

• 6 basil leaves 

Dressing 

• Extra virgin olive oil 

• Lemon 

• 1 clove of garlic, crushed 

• salt 

1Salt the skin on the 

chicken thighs and place 

skin side down in a cold 

frying pan with a splash of 

olive oil. Put on the heat, the 

rising temperature will release 

the fat from the skin and crisp 

it up, this takes about 6-8 

mins. Turn the chicken thighs 

and put in a pre-heated oven 

gas mark 6 for 5 mins until 

cooked. 

2Meanwhile cook the green 

beans in boiling water. I 

like to cook them for 5 mins 

until slightly limp, I don’t like 

green beans when they still 

have their ‘squeak’ but if you 

want it more al dente I’d give 

it mins. 

3Crush the garlic and salt 

with the flat of a knife 

until you achieve a paste. Put 

in a bowl and whisk in the oil 

and lemon, and add any juice 

from the pan you’ve cooked 

the chicken in, add the warm 

green beans, olives and basil 

and toss. 

each thigh in half and 

4Cut stack the dressed beans, 

salad leaves and red onion on 

the plates. Rip up the basil 

and scatter over. Serve with 

chunks of crusty bread. 

 


Peach Melba with crushed amaretti biscuits 

Serves 4 

• 3 ripe peaches 

• 100g caster sugar 

• 300ml water 

• 1 vanilla pod, split 

• Good vanilla ice cream 

• Amaretti biscuits 

Chantilly cream: 

• ½ pint double cream 

• 50g icing sugar 

• 1 tsp vanilla essence 

1You can peel the peaches 

but I find it always 

reminds me of tinned peaches 

when you do, so I leave the 

skins on. Heat up the water, 

sugar and split vanilla pod, 

bring it to the boil, stirring to 

release the vanilla seeds. Take 

off the heat. 

2Meanwhile cut the peaches 

into thin wedges and put 

into the hot sugar syrup. Leave 

to cool. 

3Whip the double cream 

with the icing sugar and 

vanilla essence until soft peaks. 

4Now construct the 

pudding. Get individual 

bowls with a bit of height - the 

old fashioned coupes that ice 

cream parlours use are ideal. 

Place the peach slices, napping 

over the sugar syrup in the 

bottom of the bowl. Scoop a 

nice ball of ice cream on top of 

this, spoon over the Chantilly 

cream, then roughly crush the 

amaretti biscuits with your 

hands over it. 

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A great World Gin Day experience 

Silent Pool Distillers, home of the 

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year, ‘World Gin Day’. The distillery 

welcomed all members of the public 

for a family-friendly day out next 

to the spring-fed Silent Pool. 

Surrounded by elements from their 

award winning Chelsea Flower Show 

garden, guests enjoyed live music 

from local artist Pixie and sensational 

gourmet food from Surrey Spice. 

The talented team of distillers served 

drinks from their enticing bar menu, 

showcasing the distillery’s handcrafted 

range of 6 other gins, fruit based 

liqueurs and their super smooth 

WRY vodka with each of the Silent 

Pool Gin drinks served in one of their 

beautifully branded Copa glasses. 

Free distillery tours ran throughout 

the day where attendees had an 

exclusive first peak at the new 1800L 

bespoke copper still, 5 times the size 

of the original still, Juliet. Not only 

this, but they even witnessed the new 

bottling line in action – a real first! A 

sea of teal bottles glided through this 

mechanical marvel, each bottle filled 

with delectable Silent Pool Gin and 

capped with beautiful glass stoppers. 

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Garden 

Portrait of 

a Garden 

Jo Arnell shares her impressions of a year at Great Dixter, 

one of the great gardens of England, inspired by a new 

tribute by esteemed photographer Julian Anderson 

Everchanging, always interesting, often breathtaking, 

Great Dixter is a fascinating place to visit. Famous 

for the giant Alice in Wonderland topiary, installed 

by the father of its creator, the late Christopher Lloyd, it is 

a place of floaty meadows and singing plant combinations, 

all set off by Lutyens’ architecture and design. 

For the last ten years in the care of world-renowned 

head gardener Fergus Garrett – who joined Lloyd there 

in 1992 and whose idea it was to put cactus and other 

exotic plants into the once Edwardian garden – it’s 

one of my own very favourite gardens to visit. I return 

to it again and again and I’m always enthralled. 

Eminent photographer Julian Anderson (who has 27 

pictures in the permanent collection of the National Portrait 

Gallery) was equally inspired and has spent a year taking 

photographs as the weather and the light change through 

the seasons. The results, some of which can be seen here, 

are being gathered into a sumptuous, crowd-funded book. 

“I’ve visited Dixter on a weekly basis, at different 

times of day and in differing weather conditions, for 

one calendar year,” he says. “The result is a series of 

pictures chronicling Dixter’s evolving life, as seen 

through the eye of a portrait photographer.” 

As well as contextual shots of areas of the garden, Julian’s 

pictures capture moments: small unfurlings, intimate 

snapshots and minute effects. Many of these result from 

changes in the weather. Touches of frost, mist, and slanting 

rays of sunshine are beautifully recorded as the garden 

drifts, shifts, bolts and blooms through the months. 

Great Dixter is a garden that is magnificently in tune with 

the seasons and no visit there is ever the same. There are 

always new combinations of plants, exciting experiments 

in border design, all held together by the constant - and 

very characterful presence of the house and yew topiary. 

Here are my own, very personal, impressions of a 

year there. 

 



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Summer 

Spring 

Spring spectacular 

My impressions of Dixter in late spring (the gardens open 

to the public in April) are of tulips and topiary. Mad, darkly 

looming yew shapes: peacocks on pyramids, castellations 

and huge chunky archways. They are too impressive to be 

whimsical, but you wouldn’t bat an eyelid if you came across 

a talking caterpillar on a giant mushroom somewhere here. 

The yew is a dark green backdrop, acting as both 

anchor and stage set, showcasing the luminous dancing 

troops of tulips among the fresh new growth of perennial 

foliage. The first wisps of monstrous fennels are already 

prominent, yet to rear up to their eventual dizzying 

heights, you can almost hear the squeak of them as they 

expand among their companions in the stock beds. 

It is joyful and uplifting to come to Dixter in May, 

when the spring bulbs are sounding their fanfare and the 

wave of surging green is making its summer promises. 

Summer meadows and exotica 

Early summer starts with drifts of opium poppies – which give 

the relaxed impression of being self-seeded, but are actually 

grown from seed and planted out as seedlings – among clouds 

of airy purple Thalictrum, abundantly buzzing meadows 

and the beginnings of the bedding. But not bedding in the 

municipal style, instead, wild and outrageous experimental 

bursts of colour, combined in often unexpected ways. 

Flower borders at Great Dixter, Christopher Lloyd 

showed us in his book, The Adventurous Gardener are 

exuberant, dynamic and often groundbreaking. 

Lloyd famously caused a horticultural intake of breath 

when he and Garrett ripped out the rose garden – created 

by Lloyd’s mother – and replanted it with exotics. A few 

roses still manage to eke it out there, swamped by a glorious 

outrage of bananas, palms, canna lilies and ginger. 

By late summer the yew hedges and topiary have become 

floating green islands on a riotous sea. Only those in the 

meadows are calm, as the wildflowers and grasses fade gently 

into dusty gold, setting seed and dying back for the winter. 

Self-seeding and the use of accidentally and deliberately 

planted annuals and biennials are a big feature of the 

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style here at Dixter. Some are magnificent and become 

focal points. Verbascum bombyciferum - a huge yellow 

spire with felty grey leaves - tall teasels, tame thistles 

and evening primroses make arresting focal points. 

Some are gentler; swathes of Verbena bonariensis and 

Tagetes ‘Cinnabar’ wash through the borders, filling out into 

tapestries and impressionistic panoramas. Late summer here 

is an endless lesson of colour effects and artful serendipity. 

Autumn glories 

The start of autumn at Great Dixter is as spectacular as high 

summer, the exuberance not dimmed until temperatures 

dip and the sun hangs lower in the sky. The borders 

are still in full swing, when those in other gardens have 

fizzled out and become drab echoes of themselves. 

Here at Dixter, dahlias gleam like jewels, tall daisies reach 

for the skies and whacky, candy pink blooms of Persicaria 

orientalis dangle wildly among the ornamental grasses. 

There is a slow softening as the days shorten; 

the light slants among the grasses, and the narrow 

paths, now festooned with foliage, can wet your 

legs with dew or recent rain as you brush past. 

By the time the garden closes to the public, the 

colours are mellowing into biscuity golds, rusts and 

dusty purple. The herbaceous plants and flowers start 

to die back and now the art is in dying gracefully, 

leaving photogenic stems, seed-heads and berries. 

At the top of the garden, pumpkins festoon the 

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compost heaps, ripened on the warm and cosy piles of 

meadow plants and grass from previous seasons. They 

will be gathered in before the frosts arrive and are then 

clustered in groups in the house and the porch, posed, as 

if waiting for a still life painter. They are ornamental, but, 

like all the vegetables grown here, are completely edible too 

and used as meal ingredients for the staff and visitors. 

Winter architecture 

The garden is shut to the public in winter, but I can 

imagine that this is when the architectural shapes of shrubs, 

trees and evergreens come to the fore. The grasses will 

stand unbowed until spring, perennial seed-heads and 

teasels silhouetted against them in the low winter light. 

Cotoneaster horizontalis, so often overlooked or 

used in dull corners in other gardens, is shown off 

here as a focal point, with its zig-zag of herringbone 

stems overlapping into a sculptural mound. 

Julian’s book affords us the pleasure of some out of season 

glimpses of the garden while it is sleeping, frost enhancing its 

curves, mist settling like a soft blanket across the meadows 

and the odd poignant leftover from the summer hanging 

poetically, as if it has been waiting for Julian’s camera all year. 

For the full ‘Dixter effect’ you really do need to visit more 

than once, you will find something different and interesting 

every month of the year, so I recommend a season ticket. 

If you are unable to get there, or would simply like a linen 

bound companion, Julian’s sensitively honed portrait is an 

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Big is beautiful 

Sue Whigham rejoices in the splendour of plants with outrageously large leaves 

It was serendipitous that we discovered that Blenheim 

was to be closed for two days recently, as we had to 

put our visit off and decide on a ‘day out’ somewhere 

else. And so we went to Chartwell near Edenbridge, so 

much nearer and such a fascinating place to visit. 

The house, being Sir Winston Churchill and Lady 

Churchill’s former home, was very interesting, but the 

bonus was that as we wandered through the rose garden, 

we came upon a volunteer guide waiting to take a garden 

tour and we had her to ourselves. 

The views from the terrace across the lake 

to the woods are even more fabulous when 

you realise that virtually all the mature trees 

you can see have grown up since the 1987 

storm when the area lost thousands of trees. 

From our vantage point they looked as if they 

had been there for centuries. Then there is the 

Weald of Kent stretched out before you with hardly a building 

to be seen. No wonder Sir Winston loved the place so much. 

To get to the house you walk up past the rock 

garden and several ponds, one of which is stocked 

with golden orfe and was a favourite spot for Sir 

Winston, particularly in his later years. 

In 1948 Lady Churchill had visited the Chelsea Flower 

Show and had been taken by a rock display designed by Gavin 

Jones. Subsequently he and the Churchills became friends and 

his Chelsea garden was installed at Chartwell without charge. 

“This is the 

largest hardy 

herbaceous plant 

grown in Britain” 

There are dramatic plantings of Gunnera manicata in this 

part of the garden, which the guide described as a ‘marmite’ 

plant. You either love it or you really don’t. It is certainly 

a giant with its sturdy, prickly stems and absolutely huge 

leaves, their undersides covered with lethal looking prickles. 

Native to Brazil, this plant is the largest hardy 

herbaceous plant grown in Britain. Grow it by 

water or any boggy part of your garden but not 

so deep that their crowns are kept too wet. 

So, after seeing the gunnera in all its 

glory, we were on the lookout for other 

large-leaved plants. We were in luck with 

a planting on the far side of the golden 

orfe pond of the Yellow Skunk Cabbage or 

Lysichiton americanus with its spectacular 

paddle-shaped leaves and bright yellow arum 

spathe flowers. We’d missed the flowers by 

a month. And then there were huge plantings of Osmunda 

regalis, the Royal Fern, completely happy in their damp 

conditions and a particularly lively green at this time of year. 

In Lady Churchill’s rose garden another large-leaved 

plant caught our eye. Hydrangea aspera subsp. sargentiana. 

This is one for a shadier site as the enormous, velvety 

leaves scorch under a hot sun. This plant can have a 

dramatic growth spurt of up to ten feet if it is happy 

with you. The flat florets are an electric bluish white. 

Another species of hydrangea that is worth 

 

Above left: Trachystemon orientalis Above right: The Gunnera manicata at Chartwell 


Garden 

Top: Hydrangea aspera subspecies. sargentiana Middle: Hosta 

sieboldiana Bottom: Royal Fern 

mentioning for its rather beautiful and large foliage is 

Hydrangea quercifolia, the oak-leaved hydrangea. We 

have one here but I’m not sure that it is in the right spot 

as it is happiest kept moist and this one here is rather 

too close to an old ash tree which sends its progeny all 

over the garden and results in a pretty dry flower bed. 

If you reduce the height of this hydrangea by a third in 

early spring, the fresh leaves will be much bigger. This has 

wonderful autumn colour, the leaves turning a ‘garnet red’. 

And then there are the rodgersias. Grow them for 

their spectacular foliage and for their flowers. We 

have Rodgersia pinnata ‘Maurice Mason’ which was 

originally given to Christopher Lloyd by Maurice 

Mason, a Norfolk farmer and horticulturalist, and which 

was thought so choice that it was given a name. 

It’s more vigorous than some, although ours is taking a while 

to come back up. There have been some anxious moments 

when we thought that the plant hadn’t made it through such 

a harsh winter, but three bronzy stems have now appeared 

and a leaf is unfurling and is making its way upwards. This 

cultivar has deeply serrated palmate leaves and lovely rich 

pink panicles of flower which darken as the season goes on. 

I also like the look of Rodgersia ‘Braunlaub’. Its huge 

pinnate leaves darken to a rich chocolate brown combining 

with panicles of creamy flowers and followed by strong 

autumnal colours. How delicious that all sounds. 

Grow rodgersias in shady, north‐facing borders where 

they work well with hostas such as Hosta sieboldiana. Try 

H. sieboldiana ‘Big Daddy’ which, as its name implies, is 

a cultivar with large, very large, textured bluish leaves. 

Someone recently told me that they always found it 

difficult finding plants which will thrive in dry shade, 

which seems to be everybody’s problem planting area. One 

particular plant comes to mind which is perfect for these 

conditions. Trachystemon orientalis comes from Eastern Europe 

originally and its English name is ‘Abraham-Isaac-Jacob’. 

It is a member of the Boraginaceae family and its borageblue, 

rather enchanting flowers appear before the leaves 

get into their stride. You can see sheets of it at Nymans. 

We have it under three old holly trees. We’ve lifted their 

canopies and the trachystemon has completely covered 

the area underneath with its huge leaves. They are perhaps 

a bit coarse, in fact not at all elegant, but they not only 

serve a purpose but provide dramatic ground cover – 

oh, and if you get bored with them, they’re edible... 

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School’s out! 

Education 

It’s the start of the long summer holiday, but do our 

kids really need this long break? asks Hilary Wilce 

It’s July. School’s out. And pupils and teachers 

- but especially teachers are ecstatic! 

By this time of year most of them are wrung out, 

overwrought, and maybe too exhausted even to say a proper 

thank you for the many presents that parents give them. 

Because this end-of-year gifting ritual has grown over 

the years until it is now practically written in stone 

that parents must shower their children’s teachers with 

chocolates, bath oil and theatre vouchers. In fact, like so 

many things in modern life, it has become a positive rat 

race of one-upmanship, with some parents in wealthy 

areas bestowing designer handbags and wads of cash. 

But teachers often say they appreciate the 

kind notes and cards far more than the presents 

themselves (well, perhaps not the cash…). 

This is because today’s teaching is so often a thankless 

task. While many teachers love their hours in the classroom 

and say it’s a privilege to be shaping young minds, 

almost all now work in less-than-ideal circumstances. 

Most have to deal with a trying combination of wayward 

pupils, constantly changing exams and syllabuses, underfunded 

schools, poor management and complaining parents. In 

addition they have to read damning headlines about teachers 

in the press and are often blamed for social ills like obesity and 

child mental health problems, whose roots lie far beyond school. 

So a few kind words from an appreciative parent 

at the end of term can feel like gold dust. 

But you, as a parent – even as you hand over your carefully 

wrapped bottle of body lotion - might actually not be feeling 

all that appreciative of a profession which goes AWOL for 

six to eight weeks of the summer, leaving you to devise 

numerous cunning and expensive ways to keep your child 

supervised and entertained. Surely, you think, any job that 

gives people that sort of summer break is a bit of a doddle? 

The long summer holiday was historically there so 

children could help with the harvest. But now, when 

all that most children harvest is ‘likes’ for their social 

media posts, there are plenty of people in and around the 

educational world who say it’s time for schools to chop 

the school year into more manageable bite-sized pieces. 

A few have already done so, and say the advantages are 

overwhelming. Pupils don’t forget so much of what they’ve 

learned in their shorter summer holiday. Neither do they get 

so bored. Pupils and teachers alike no longer have to crawl 

exhausted to the end of three long terms. Family holidays can 

be spread throughout the year. And working parents - which 

these days means most parents - find it easier to plug the kind 

of childcare gaps created by regular short school breaks. 

But, as the headmaster of one of this country’s leading 

independent schools recently explained to me, it ain’t 

never going to happen on any widespread scale. The 

universities and exam boards, he said, are far too invested 

in how things run now to consider tearing up their 

timetables. Also his “poor teachers” would be horrified 

at the thought of losing their long summer break. 

Perhaps surprisingly, the only group he thought would 

welcome it would be the pupils. At the end of last summer 

he had bumped into one of his girl students in the local 

town and asked her how she was. She looked glum and she 

was, she told him, “schoolsick”, and absolutely longing for 

the routines and activities of school to start up again. 

However no-one – not pupils, teachers or even parents 

- feels like this in July, when the long, lazy promise 

of summer lies ahead. Happy holidays everyone. 


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Art 

Mon – Sat Wed 4 – Thu 19 July 

10am-5pm 

Mill Studio, Yvonne Arnaud 

Theatre, Millbrook, Guildford, 

GU1 3UX 

Yvonne Arnaud Art 

Guildford Arts’ summer exhibition 

“Yvonne Arnaud Art” at the 

historic Mill Studio, is an exciting 

display of contemporary paintings, 

prints, photography, sculpture, 

ceramics and glasswork from 

local and nationally renowned 

artists. All work is for sale, and on 

Saturdays there is an opportunity 

to meet the artist. There is also an 

art quiz for younger visitors. 

Entry: Free 

Info: yvonne-arnaud.co.uk 

9 Jun – 21 Jul 

New Ashgate Gallery, Waggon 

Yard, Farnham GU9 7PS 

Martin Greenland 

Highly acclaimed and awardwinning 

artist Martin Greenland’s 

beautifully detailed and highly 

realistic yet surreal paintings will 

be exhibited at New Ashgate as 

a celebration of the landscape 

painting, not as backdrop but as 

centre stage. 

Info: newashgate.org.uk 

Children & Families 

Sat 14 Jul 3.30pm – Sun 15 

Jul 10am 

Hascombe Road, Godalming, 

GU8 4AD 

Big Camp 

Join wildlife expert Jonnie for an 

overnight camping experience 

which allows you to sleep under 

the stars in the unique landscape 

of Winkworth Arboretum. 

Entry: Adults £35, Children £16 

Info: nationaltrust.org.uk/ 

winkworth-arboretum 

Sat 14 Jul – Mon 27 Aug 

Hever Castle, Hever Road, 

Hever, Edenbridge TN8 7NG 

Summer Jousting 

For those who couldn’t make it to 

the World Cup, try this medieval 

alternative - a jousting tournament 

right out of a costume drama 

starring Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn 

and a host of valiant knights, and 

set in an authentic Jousting Arena 

complete with royal box. 

Info: hevercastle.co.uk 

21 Jul to 2 Sep 

Bocketts Farm 

Young Street, Fetcham, 

Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 9BS 

Summer Fun on the 

Farm 

The ‘Magic of Summer’ trail 

will have children searching for 

dragons, unicorns, fairies and 

mermaids. Other daily activities 

include pony rides, tractor rides, 

gold panning, animal handling, 

goat milking and the famous pig 

racing. There are large indoor 

play barns, trampolines, a young 

drivers’ area, sandpits, pedal 

go-karts, treehouse towers and two 

giant jumping pillows. 

Info: 01372 363764 / 

bockettsfarm.co.uk 

Mon 23 Jul – Sun 2 Sep 

Godstone Farm, Tilburstow Hill 

Road, Godstone RH9 8LX 

Festival on the Farm 

Godstone Farm is bringing you 

festival vibes this month with extra 

activities and entertainment for 

the family, including messy play, 

storytellers, garden games, and a 

farm disco with the mascots, as 

well as lots of food and drink to 

fuel all the excitement. 

Info: 01883 742546 / 

godstonefarm.co.uk 

Fairs & Festivals 

Mon 2 – Sun 8 Jul 

Venues all over Epsom & Ewell 

Epsom & Ewell Arts 

Festival 

The theme of the 2018 Epsom 

& Ewell Arts Festival is discovery, 

and so it offers visitors the chance 

to discover new things with 

attractions including the Journey 

of Discovery Contemporary Art 

Exhibition, the first-ever street 

performance of the seventeenthcentury 

play Epsom Wells, and the 

quirky, award-winning dance show 

for young children, Grass. 

Info: mgso4festival.org 

Sat 14 - Sun 15 Jul 

RHS Garden Wisley, Wisley 

Lane, Woking GU23 6QB 

Wisley Arts Fest 

This year’s art fest offers a 

weekend full of circus themed 

activities, with shows in the Circus 

Marquee, have-a-go areas, magic 

and trapeze workshops, music 

magic and art. 

Entry: Members free, Non-members 

normal garden admission applies. 

Info: rhs.org.uk 

Sat 21 Jul 12 noon 

Recreation Ground, Leigh, Near 

Reigate Surrey RH2 8NP 

Flower Show & 

Country Fayre 

A tradition village show with 

craft and produce stalls, 

demonstrations, a vintage vehicle 

parade, animal corner, and 

children’s entertainment. 

Entry: Adults £3, under 17s free 

Info: ldcgs.co.uk 

Sat 21 – Sun 22 Jul 

Shalford Park, 10 Shalford 

Road, Guildford GU4 8BL 

Cheese & Chilli Festival 

A foodie paradise complete with 

food challenges, demonstrations, 

stalls and competitions. 

Info: cheeseandchillifestival.com 

Garden 

What’s On in July 

Fri 1 Jun – Sun 16 Sep 

Mayfield Lavender, 1 

Carshalton Road, Banstead 

SM7 3JA 

Mayfield Lavender 

A sea of organic lavender grown 

in what was one of the original 

Victorian Lavender fields, awaits 

visitors at Mayfield Lavender. 

While you’re ther, try some very 

unique lavender cider, take a tour 

in a tractor, eat at the al fresco café 

and buy a lavender plant to bring 

home to your own garden. 

Info: mayfieldlavender.com 

Fri 27 Jul 

Great Fosters, Stroude 

Road, Egham TW20 9UR 

Meet the Bees & Estate 

Tour Lunch 

Take a tour of Great Fosters’ 

glorious gardens with estate 

Manager, Russell Dixon, visit the 

bee hives with the resident Bee 

Keeper and then enjoy a three 

course lunch in the Estate Grill or 

on the terrace. 

Entry: £75 

Info: greatfosters.co.uk 

Leisure & Sport 

Sun 15 Jul 7am 

Thorpe Park, Staines Road, 

Chertsey KT16 8PN 

Thorpe Park Triathlon 

This triathlon includes a swim 

around Fleet Lake, a bike lap 

on the park’s surrounding roads, 

and a 10km run, consisting of 

three laps around the lake on a 

flat fully tarmac path which takes 

competitors straight through the 

middle of the park. Rallying is an 

option, and there will be prizes, 

finishers medals, and (best of all) 

free entry to Thorpe Park during 

and after the triathlon for all 

volunteers, athletes and spectators 

who arrive before 7.30am. 

Info: triproject.co.uk 

Music 

Tue 10 – Sun 15 Jul 

Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, 

Richmond TW9 3AB 

Kew the Music 

Get your hampers at the 

ready! This one is the most 

quintessentially British summer 

picnic in the most stunning 

setting with an all star line up to 

boot. This year Kew the Music 

is hosting STEPS, Gipsy Kings, 

2Cellos, The Human League, 

Boyzone and Jools Holland. 

Info: kewthemusic.org 

Sat 28 Jul 7.30pm 

Pavilion Theatre Marine Parade, 

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take you through a history of all 

the swing music greats including 

Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, 

Ella Fitzgerald and Michael Buble. 

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Kayaking 

Canoeing 

Bungee trampolining 

Rock climbing 

Archery 

Crate challenge 

Zip wire 

Abseiling 

Aeroball... 

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Come and join us for 

fun-filled activity days. 

Why not have your 

birthday party here too? 

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What’s On in July 

Triffitt, the world’s number one 

Frank Sinatra tribute (as seen in 

Frankly Sinatra) 

Info: ryanmacmusic.com 

Sat 28 Jul 7.30pm-10.30pm 

Painshill, Portsmouth Road, 

Cobham KT11 1JE 

WWI Centenary Jazz, 

Jive & Swing Night 

Painshill’s beautiful conservatory 

and walled garden will be filled 

with the music of Five Star Swing 

Band performing the best of 

feel good jazz, jive and swing, so 

polish off your dancing shoes and 

party like it’s 1918! 

Entry: Adults £22, Members £18 

Info: painshill.co.uk 

Theatre 

Wed 11 – Sat 14 Wed 25 – Sat 

28 Jul 

Waverley Abbey House, 

Waverley Lane, Farnham 

GU9 8EP & Merrist Wood, 

Worplesdon, Guildford 

GU3 3PE 

Anne Boleyn 

Howard Brenton’s unique take 

on the complex and notorious 

life of Anne Boleyn is performed 

by Guildbury’s Theatre 

Company as the perfect open 

air accompaniment to a summer 

evening picnic. 

Info: guildburys.com 

Fri 13 – Sat 21 Jul 

Guildford Castle Keep, Castle 

Street, Guildford GU1 3SX 

The Taming of the 

Shrew 

Shakespeare’s fast-paced comic 

tale of two sisters – the lovely 

Bianca who is desired by all and 

the shrewish Katherine who is 

desired only by one devilish suitor. 

The Pranksters Theatre Company 

brings this controversial classic to 

the perfect setting of Guildford 

Castle keep for four performances. 

Info: pranksterstheatre.org.uk 

Wednesday 25 July 7pm 

Haslemere Museum 78 High 

Street, Haslemere GU27 2LA 

Chapterhouse Theatre 

Company – Sense and 

Sensibility 

Grab a picnic and head to the 

beautiful lawns of Haslemere 

Museum to see Chapterhouse 

Theatre Company perform 

magical theatre under the stars. 

The exquisite and lively tale of 

Sense and Sensibility follows the 

love mistakes and heartbreaks 

of sisters Elinor and Marianne 

Dashwood as they make their 

first forays into the exciting world 

of Regency society and try to 

find a balance between sense and 

sensibility. Adapted by awardwinning 

writer Laura Turner. 

Info: chapterhouse.org 

Workshops 

Sat 7 and Sun 8 Jul 10am-4pm 

Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent 

TN15 0RP 

Call the shots at the 

Panasonic Roadshow 

Knole’s intricate architecture and 

wild deer herd make fantastic 

subjects for photographers. Brush 

up your skills at the familyfriendly 

Panasonic Roadshow, 

where experts will lend you a 

camera and show you how to take 

the best shots on a guided photo 

walk in Knole Park. 

Entry: Free 

Info: 01732462100 / 

nationaltrust.org.uk/knole 

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“London’s hottest 

picnic concerts” 

Metro 

10 July 

with very special guests 

Saara Aalto 



the 

GIPSY KINGS 

ft. NICOLAS REYES & TONNINO BALIARDO 


with support 

NERINA PALLOT 

10 – 15 July 2018 

kewthemusic.org 

Raymond Gubbay 

Royal 

Botanic 

Gardens 


BOYZONE 

THANK YOU AND GOODNIGHT 

THE FAREWELL TOUR 

NADINE 

Luna 


Jools Holland 

& His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra 

featuring Gilson Lavis with 

special guest Marc Almond 

and guest vocalists Ruby Turner, 

Louise Marshall and Rosie Mae. 

JAZZ MORLEY 

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Trains throughout the Summer - Picnic Areas - 

Buffet Facilities at all Stations. 

WHY NOT VISIT 

THE ‘ELEPHANT PLAY VAN’ AT 

HORSTED KEYNES STATION? OR HOP 

OFF AT KINGSCOTE STATION FOR A 

REFRESHING CUPPA AND LET THE CHILDREN 

ENJOY SOME TIME IN THE PLAY AREA? 

01825 720800 info@bluebell-railway.co.uk 

The Bluebell Railway | Sheffield Park Station | East Sussex TN22 3QL 

www.bluebell-railway.com 


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don’t miss 

FUN and NOISE filled 

Kids Tours on 

Concorde! 

30 TH JULY - 24 TH AUGUST 

A bumper season of family fun awaits visitors this summer holiday... 

our legendary car rides 

run every Monday-Thursday* until the August Bank Holiday. 

Every weekday (including Fridays) we will be running 

free workshops for youngsters 

napier-railton race experience 

in the 4d theatre 

pedal planes and cars for the 

under 5s and our mascot bertie bear , who 

will be taking strolls through the site to meet his fans. 

PLUS every weekday throughout the summer holidays join one 

mins 

kids tour of the flight shed! 

of our expert guides for an exciting 30mins 

who 

! 

Here’s your Summer 

Holiday checklist 

from 30 th July – 24 th August 

Every day 

Concorde Experience ü 

4D Theatre ü 

Every weekday 

Meet Bertie Bear ü 

FREE Family Workshops ü 

Kids Tours on Concorde ü 

Kids Tours of the Flight Shed ü 

www.BROOKLANDSMUSEUM.com 

brooklands museum, brooklands road, weybridge, surrey, kt13 0Qn 

free parking, sat nav postcode: kt13 0sl 

info@brooklandsmuseum.com 01932 857381 

Pedal Planes ü 

Monday – Thursday 

Car Rides ü 

22 nd & 23 rd August 

Wood Turning 

Demonstrations 

The Surrey Association of Woodturners will be here 

delivering free wood turning demonstration. 

*Car rides are subject to a minimum donation of 

£1 per passenger and will only proceed if weather 

and track conditions are suitable.

A MAGICAL SUMMER HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE 

TICKETS 

ON SALE 

NOW! 

14TH JULY – 2ND SEPTEMBER 

TO BOOK YOUR TICKETS VISIT WWW.RUXLEY-MANOR.CO.UK 

Ruxley Manor Maidstone Road Sidcup Kent DA14 5BQ T: 020 8300 0084 

14TH JULY - 2ND SEPTEMBER 2018 

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New Food & Wine Pairing Dinners and 

a new Fizz on Foot Wine Club 

These are exclusive evenings where you can explore wines that have been 

carefully selected with the hotel’s chef to match a delicious dinner. Plus 

wine tasting evenings with matching canapés. 

Friday 27 July – Spanish wine tasting with six wines and matching 

canapés, 7pm, £18 per head at Da Vinci Hotel, Eastbourne. 

Friday 24 August – French wine tasting with six wines and matching 

canapés, 7pm, £18 per head at Da Vinci Hotel, Eastbourne. 

Date to be confirmed, September – German wine tasting with six wines 

and matching canapés, £18 per head at Da Vinci Hotel, Eastbourne. 

Thursday 25 October – Wine Pairing Dinner with Spanish wines. 

Thursday 13 December – Wine Pairing Dinner 

with champagnes (black tie). 

All wine pairing dinners are £45.00 per head and 

held at the Hydro Hotel, Eastbourne. 

Wine tasting club 

Tel: 01323 737271 to make a reservation. 

Fizz on Foot offers escorted walking tours in 

the beautiful Sussex Downs area, with a focus 

on visiting great award winning vineyards 

and enjoying tasting fine English wines. 

These one day bespoke tours can be made as 

much fun as you want and include transport, 

gourmet lunch and the wine tastings. 

Why not try our one day mid-week taster 

Tour including lunch and wine tasting 

for £89.00. 

Tel: 01323 737271 Mobile: 07971 851777 

fizz on foot @fizzonfoot @fizzonfoot 

www.fizzonfoot.com info@fizzonfoot.com 


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Win A £400 Voucher 

From Layered Lounge 

Layered Lounge began when owners Suzy and Lou met at the school gates 

and realised that they both shared a passion for interiors and a dream 

of building something of their own to be proud of. They launched 

Layered Lounge last year and now that dream is becoming a reality. 

At Layered Lounge, products are designed to pay attention to trends without being 

dictated by them. Their beautiful online store is a destination for those looking 

for affordable products sourced from specialist producers. It’s full of timeless, 

quality buys which help customers to easily incorporate Suzy and Lou’s relaxed 

but elegant sense of style into their own homes. As well as a stunning range of 

textiles, lighting, and other accents, Layered Lounge also sell own brand fragrances 

with a donation of the profits going to local charity Action4Archie, which raises 

money and awareness for research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. 

Although Layered Lounge is still young Suzy and Lou see it growing into something of a 

lifestyle brand, encompassing your home, health and wellbeing into one. 

So watch this space! 

layeredlounge.com 

How to enter: For your 

chance to win a £400 voucher 

from Layered Lounge, just 

answer the following question: 

What are the names of Layered 

Lounge’s two founders? Enter 

your answer with your contact 

details* in the online form at 

Surrey-homes.co.uk/competition 

by 31 July 2018. The prize 

comprises a gift voucher 

worth £400 to be redeemed 

at Layered Lounge. There is 

no cash alternative and the 

prize must be taken before 31 

October 2018. *You must be 

over the age of 18 to enter. 

Congratulations to Mo Sansara who wins our May competition for £499 of Le Creuset Cookware 


Jane Howard’s 

Fables from 

the Farm 

This month Jane finds she’s as busy as a bee 

It has been very busy in the apiary in recent weeks – for 

me and the bees – and I’m looking forward to things 

settling down as spring meanders into summer. 

I have always been quite a low-key bee keeper with two, or 

three colonies producing enough jars to supply us throughout 

the year with honey for our tea and presents for foodie 

friends. But this year I got carried away and started doing 

lots of what I considered rather advanced manipulations (the 

official bee-keeping term for knowledgeable rummaging) and 

bloomin heck I now have five colonies on the go! 

Most insects overwinter when a mated queen hibernates. 

Honey bees do it differently. At the height of the summer, 

usually July, there will be some 50,000 bees in a colony 

rushing about to collect pollen, propolis, water or nectar. 

Pollen, which is collected in little sacs on the bees’ hind 

legs, is very high in protein and is used to feed the young 

larvae. Propolis, (if you’re interested the name is derived from 

the Greek: pro – in front of and polis – city which refers 

to its use to seal up and protect their empire) is collected 

from the buds and bark of certain trees 

and rather like Polyfilla is used to seal up 

cracks and strengthen creaking joints. 

Among other things, water is used for 

cooling the hive on a hot day, but it’s 

nectar, which is turned into honey, that 

they eat over the winter – and it’s also the 

bit we beekeepers get excited about. 

On a sunny summer day each bee will make about 10 trips, 

each one lasting up to an hour and covering 5 or 6 km. On 

every journey she (the workers are all female!) will visit about 

1000 flowers collecting about 70mg of honey – the equivalent 

of her own weight. Imagine trying to haul that lot home from 

“Each bee collects 

about a teaspoon of 

honey in her frantic 

six-week life” 

Waitrose. And next time you spread some on your toast 

ponder this: to make one pound of honey the bees have 

flown over 55,000 miles and visited over 2 million flowers, 

with each bee collecting about a teaspoon of honey in her 

frantic six-week life. Beat that, Marmite. 

In a good year a strong colony of bees should produce 

at least 40lb of honey which is collected in August and 

will last forever – the oldest ever found, in a noblewoman’s 

grave in Georgia, was 5,500 years old and 

Tutankhamun was also discovered with 

a few jars for the journey. But as well as 

collecting nectar the bees are also busy 

with another agenda – making more 

colonies and this is the tricky part for the 

beekeeper. 

As explained, in the summer there 

will be up to 50,000 in the hive but by the autumn the 

numbers drop to around 10,000 bees who will spend the 

winter eating the stored honey and keeping the queen (who 

is full of fertile eggs) warm and fed. She starts laying again 

in the spring to create peak population in July. 

However, as the numbers build they often decide to 

swarm, whereby the queen and all the flying bees – the 

workforce – leave home for fresh pastures leaving behind 

all the brood (eggs, larvae and baby bees). One of the best 

ways to prevent this is to split them manually which is why 

my three colonies have become five. 

I’ve heard mead is delicious, time to research a recipe… 

If you’ve ever thought about owning a few chickens, sheep, pigs 

or even cows, Jane will be running a full-day course as part of 

the summer programme at Curious House Courses in Stonegate 

on September 7th. The morning will romp through the joys of 

smallholding and the afternoon will include a walk round Coopers 

Farm. Find out more at curioushouse.net 

Follow Jane Howard – and the farm – on Instagram @coopersfarm 


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