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Contents 

August 2018 

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GRACIOUS LIVING 

Maggie Alderson’s personal 

pick of properties 

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S4 

HAMMER TIME 

Let’s get excited about 

auction houses again 

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LATE BLOOMERS 

Jo Arnell tells how to keep up 

appearances in your August garden 

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NOTEBOOK 

Our seven top events for August 

THE HOUSE OF 

MANY WORDS 

The house which also serves as 

inspiration and performance 

space of Explore the Arch 

GET THE LOOK 

Add a little theatrical splendour 

to your own home 

A PASSAGE FROM INDIA 

Inside the home of 

British interior design 

legend Sasha Waddell 

GET THE LOOK 

Products that will give your 

home that signature Sasha style 

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HERE COMES THE 

BEAUTIFUL BRIDE 

Josephine Fairley’s tips to 

enhance your bridal beauty 

A YEAR OF WELLNESS 

Eminé Rushton takes a look 

at holistic skin health 

NATURAL WISDOM 

Seasonal advice from Ella 

Carey and products to save the 

planet and scent your home 

LIGHT AND BRIGHT 

Light bites that are perfect 

for the summer season 

LET THE GRASSES GROW 

Sue Whigham thinks we should 

all watch the grass grow 

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SURVIVING RESULTS 

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Hilary Wilce on why failure 

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All the best things to do this August 

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FABLES FROM THE FARM 

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Ray DunfoRD… the last to leave 

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When Ray DunfoRD vacateD his business pRemises 

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that within 10 years he’d be returning to live on 

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Ray Dunford, along with his late wife, margaret, and their two 

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“We started the garage from nothing and it became 

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everything from food and music cassettes to children’s 

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machine and microwave to heat food for customers.” 

“there was a workshop at the back of the filling station which 

became home to Key Drive, our motor servicing and car/van 

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ashtead service station was bought by tesco in 2008 and the 

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michael’s court,’ comprises an m & s food hall and just 9 one 

and two-bedroom apartments with private, gated parking and 

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the sales success isn’t surprising. all the apartments are light 

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the location in the heart of ashtead is perfect for retirees 

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“i feel as if i’m returning home,” adds mr Dunford. “the 

new apartments are very nice indeed – i was impressed. in 

fact, i fell in love with them straight away. i have chosen 

to move now because i’m getting older and have health 

issues – and st michael’s court is ideal because it’s above 

my favourite food shop – marks & spencer. there’s a lift so 

i don’t have to worry about walking upstairs and there’s 

no maintenance or gardening to do. in a two-bedroom 

apartment, there will be much less cleaning. now i just 

have to declutter which makes you realise that a lot of 

the stuff you have, you don’t use and you don’t need.” 

“moving home at my age is my last challenge – and 

i’ve had many in my life. i will still be close to my sons. 

i wanted to make the move before someone else had 

to make it for me. i am having the apartment furnished 

nicely. it’s a nice modern flat and needs to be furnished 

appropriately. i am really looking forward to it.” 

the one and two-bedroom apartments at st michael’s court, 

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Previous page: The East Room is in a constant state of flux. The deck chair frames on the wall are from a past 

production This page: An arch of suspended books wittily frames the entrance to Archer Lodge 

Some of the most celebrated houses in the 

world have become such, not just because 

of the vibrancy of their walls, the luminosity 

of their windows or the verdancy of their gardens, 

but because of the lives lived there. The inhabitants 

of a building have as much, if not more impact 

on the atmosphere that is left behind. 

What would the Georgian terrace house in Doughty 

Street, Holborn be without the legacy of Charles 

Dickens’ residence there (and his actual writing 

desk…)? The grey stone Yorkshire parsonage that 

was home to the Brontë sisters would be a pretty 

country residence, but the lingering energies of those 

extraordinary siblings raises it to another level entirely. 

Archer Lodge in St Leonards is just one of those 

houses. Whilst not (yet) world famous, its charm and 

spirit are entirely down to the creative dreams and 

ambitions of a group of actors, musicians, engineers 


Above: The water clock in the hall was made 

by sculptor Frank Roper Right: Javanese 

Wayang Golek puppets in the West Room 

and composers who have come together to 

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and a love of words at its very heart. 

Built in the 1890s by local Sussex architect 

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Arts & Crafts inspired architectural language, 

the house’s ambitions in both scale and 

drama seem to have been tailor-made for the 

group of current co-owners that comprise the 

theatrical company Explore the Arch. The 

name is a witty play on both the name of the 

house and the traditional proscenium arch, 

which is so notably absent from theatrical 

productions produced here. Add in exploring 

and the name encapsulated what they do. 

They take ideas and words, fashioning 

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Left: A deconstructed piano, used in a recent composition. The collective are always looking for unwanted instruments to repurpose 

Right: Seddlescombe-based artist Mark Fisher painted this portrait of Jane Eyre for the ATownExploresABook17 festival. On the wall 

are young musician Ali Alana’s grid paintings, inspired by Rimsky-Korsakov’s synesthesia scale 

which they live, and create something within their home 

and present it to the world outside. Throwing open their 

doors and blurring the normally defined edges of what we 

consider private and public space, family and community, 

the real and the imagined, the theatrical and the every day. 

Walking into the house on a glorious sunny 

seaside summer morning, the first thing you hear is 

music. Not the usual banging bass that has become 

the backdrop to our everyday urban lives, at Archer 

Lodge it’s the sound of a violin, a recorder, a flute. 

The elegant notes seem to tumble from an open upstairs 

window, setting the tone for a journey through a house 

that is individual, inspirational and completely organic. 

Later I stumble across the source of this angelic sound 

and find a room crammed with five teenagers, practising 

for a forthcoming performance at Cecil Sharp House in 

London, not an iPhone or game of Fortnite between them. 

Folk-inspired music fit to stir the soul and, no 

doubt, the audiences that attend Archer Lodge 

for the series of multi-disciplinary performances 

that Explore the Arch produce each year. 

Archer Lodge is situated on a wide leafy avenue in St 

Leonards, near the very aptly named Bohemia Road. 

Like walking into the pages of an Esther Freud novel, 

it is words and books that are the backbone of this 

home-come-creative-space – indeed you enter it under 

an arch of books, apparently suspended in mid-air. 

Taking me on a tour of the house is Gail Borrow, one 

of the founders of the company, along with engineer 

Paul Beadle and composer Vladimir Miller. A further 

cast of writers, artists, performers and, of course, musical 

teenagers appear and disappear as the house welcomes 

like-minded individuals from around the world. 

However, any sense of hierarchy or traditional domestic 

structures are firmly left at the large front door, under that 

book arch which feels like the house is beckoning you 

 


Left: The garden is dominated by a 

weeping ash grafted onto a standard 

ash tree, probably planted when the 

house was built – and which feels like 

a character in its own right Below: 

Chairs which have been rebuilt using 

found materials, as they have weathered 

over the years Below: Chairs which 

have been rebuilt using found materials, 

as they have weathered over the years 

Bottom : An arch echoes the entry to 

the house 

The terrace overlooks the garden in which the company 

have created a series of outdoor rooms used for rehearsals 

into a world that has been re-imagined by this inspiring 

group of creative explorers and literary adventurers. 

Gail explains to me that the dramatic space Pigott created 

in Archer Lodge was the first thing that attracted them all 

to it. The sense of over-scale and of the building’s elegant 

grandeur perfectly lends itself to welcoming the public into its 

rooms. A generous hallway, decorated with a period Sanderson 

bird motif wallpaper and slate grey floor leads to two huge 

reception rooms and a large garden, all of which have been 

employed as stages in this very stage-less theatre experience. 

It was, explains Gail, also the feeling of light and 

shade, the juxtapositions so loved by the theatre, which 

also lured them in. The darker hallway and West Room, 

which doubles up as the foyer and meeting room, are 

the antithesis of the sun-drenched East Room, terrace 

and garden all of which are saturated with light. 

The sense of the darkness in the hall is further 

exaggerated by two large hand-painted canvases featuring 

the words of nineteenth century Welsh travel writer 

Richard Fenton. A water clock made by Frank Roper in 

the 1980s, the former vice principal of Cardiff College 

of Art, adding another intruiging distraction. 

Another element that pulled the company all the 

way from Waterloo, where they had been based, living 

in separate flats, was the grid patterns in the original 

Victorian cornicing of the major ground-floor reception 

rooms. The company, who perform around four or five 

experiential productions a year in the house and its grounds, 

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Walcott and a model boat collection 

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are part of the recent production about 

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Brocante and Grand Designs, all in 

St Leonards. You don’t get the sense 

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to soon give way to a new disabled 

bathroom for audience members. 

“Where will the kitchen go?” I ask. 

Gail smiles and shrugs, “No idea!” 

It’s like that at Archer Lodge, there 

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manner which seems entirely fitting. 

Beginning to take shape in an upstairs 

bedroom known at the library, is the 

company’s Christmas performance. The 

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Above: Bath-based artist Emma Joy’s painting hangs over a print 

recreated from Soviet artist Sergey Burylin’s work, Tractor Left: 

On the landing, a clutter of puppets and books 

descendent and visual artist Greg Smart great-grandson of 

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line the walls. 

In another bedroom are the initial words and ideas for 

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inspired by the book Lovers & Strangers: An Immigrant 

History of Post-war Britain by Clair Willis and Stories 

from Blue Latitudes: Caribbean Women Writers at Home 

and Abroad by Elizabeth Nunez and Jennifer Sparrow. 

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Windrush generation whose story was one of the first about 

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Previous pages: The kitchen has shelves rather than cupboards, 

displaying Sasha’s collection of bright antique pottery. The 

floors throughout are old skirting boards treated with a Swedish 

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expert tip: chicken wire in the cupboard doors. Curated objects 

on the mantelpiece 

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bright open-plan white living room it’s hard not 

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A sofa, bench and period chair well-stocked with 

plump cushions you want to sink straight into. 

A simple white-painted wooden table flanked by 

matching painted chairs on one side and a mahogany 

antique bench on the other, covered with thick white 

cushions. Fresh, white walls – and everywhere, gorgeous 

throws and curtains in simple blues and whites. 

It is elegant, modern, timeless, cosy, relaxed and simple 

all at the same time with that oh-so-casually thrown 

together vibe that is so perfectly, cleverly and carefully 

done you suspect this home must be the work of someone 

with great skill when it comes to designing interiors. 

No surprises then to learn that Sasha Waddell is indeed 

one of the UK’s leading interior designers. The term 

‘legend’ is often overused but in design terms she truly 

is that. One of 12 interior designers listed in The Best 

of British Women, in the top 100 Interior Designers 

 


This page: White and blue is the theme throughout the house, with the different 

prints of Sasha’s fabrics for Room 100 adding visual variety 

by House & Garden magazine – where she is also credited 

as one of the most influential designers of the decade. 

More simply put, Sasha is the woman credited with bringing 

pared-back Scandi chic style to the UK through her legendary 

eponymous shop in West London, a global best-selling book 

New Swedish Style and numerous TV and radio appearances. 

Then there are all the design commissions, including the 

furnishing fabrics for the Venice-Simplon Orient Express 

train ad, revamping The Organ Room at Glyndebourne, 

as well as many private homes belonging to high-profile 

clients (although she’s much too discreet to say who…). 

Sasha’s inspiration was the essence of 18th and 19th 

century Swedish ‘Gustavian’ style – a cool and simplified 

interpretation of ornate French classical decoration created by 

the Swedish king Gustav III after a visit to Versailles in the late 

1780s – to bring fresh interiors, full of light, to this country. 

Inspired by the ‘informal domestic elegance’ of Swedish 

manor houses, Sasha’s signature is all about pared-back 

clean lines, lashings of white, painted wood and tactile 

textiles. Sasha calls it ‘bringing the outside in’. And her 

St Leonards home is a masterclass in how to achieve it. 

As you take in this extremely sophisticated simplicity, 

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at you: throws, curtains and cushions in different 

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This page: Looking from the main room through to the kitchen, with Sasha’s oversized paisley for Room 100 featured on the table 


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by Sasha as a range called Room 100, 

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own (and of which, more, further on). 

Despite her extraordinary design pedigree 

Sasha is wonderfully unpretentious 

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“Skirting boards. They make great floors 

because the boards are nice and wide. 

The effect comes from washing 

 

This page: The top of the dining/work table is a sheet of MDF painted with white 

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“I love simple effects. I work at the table in here 

every day. The top is just white-painted MDF and 

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The bespoke country style bookshelves in the 

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in love with her. The Scandi look she has championed since 

the 1980s is now so firmly entrenched in the UK as equalling 

comfort and relaxation, it’s hard to imagine a time without it. 

But before Sasha dragged us into our Scandi-inspired futures 

she reminds me UK homes “were full of festoon blinds, with 

yards of chintz you could strangle yourself in, everything was 

squishy and cluttered. It was so formal, with reproduction 

period furniture, and separate dining rooms and kitchens.” 

She was a trailblazer. “It was very unusual to be a 

woman in the interior design world, working on site. I 

had to be handy to convince people I could do it. One 

of the first jobs I ever did I created a big moulding above 

a door. The builder working with me said it wouldn’t 

work so I lost my nerve and made it smaller. It looked 

horrid, so I insisted we take it off and do it my way. 

And of course, the builder said it looked beautiful.” 

A former actress, Sasha brought her theatrical flair to 

design in this way, dressing homes “like a set for people to 

live their lives in, to be more relaxed with how they lived.” 

Above the fireplace is a huge ornate French mirror bought as 

a gift by her foster son, which she loves precisely because it was 

a present. It was gold, she explains “ but I painted it white...” 

Of course, she did. I ask if she ever feels guilty for 

taking the paintbrush over furniture. “Not at all. It’s 


This page: A change of colour scheme 

in the work room, with green painted 

furniture from Sasha’s Utility collection 

about making something as I want it. But if something 

is of superior quality the way it is, I will leave it as is.” 

She points, laughing, to a second ornate mirror – this one 

antique brass – as proof. 

The living room is packed full of books and intriguing 

ornaments including a 1930s Viennese sculpture, Swedish 

miniature furniture, little display boxes (made by Sasha), 

antique Dutch Maastricht dishes (which Sasha found 

in Sri Lanka) and some exquisite blue and white china 

bowls which she explains are Spanish monk’s bowls. 

“I found hundreds of them in a shop in the US, and I 

bought them all. I sold some in my shop and kept the rest.” 

What’s interesting is that although the look is simple, it isn’t 

minimalist. Sasha isn’t afraid to show the decorative or the 

personal, for example a framed birthday card and hats made 

by her milliner friend Brian Harris (who used to design hats 

for fashion designer Zandra Rhodes), displayed on the wall. 

The same juxtaposition of clean white and interesting 

objects is visible in the kitchen where three rows of 

chunky shelving set against plain white brick tiles are 

used to display more brightly coloured collections of 

antique pottery gleaned from her global travels. 

Sasha’s designer’s eye is clear again in how the different 

collections are artfully grouped together in little mini displays. 

A cluster of fruit bowls sits on a small table, covered with a 

gorgeous blue and white paisley tablecloth by Room 100. 

Doors open onto a little suntrap courtyard garden, with 

a painted chair and table covered with another paisley 

tablecloth, this one a zesty lime green, perfectly set against the 

greenery of lavender in vintage pots. Even the storage shed 


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is ‘dressed’ with vintage embroidered linen curtains creating 

the impact of another room, rather than a utility area. 

Retiring to St Leonards nine years ago, to be closer to her 

family, was life changing for Sasha and one she has no regrets 

about – but the quiet retirement didn’t quite go as planned. 

Sasha also has a home in Goa, India and one of her Indian 

neighbours there is the son of the original founder of the 

formerly mentioned charity Swami Sivananda Memorial 

Institute (SSMI), which supports women by teaching them 

creative skills, feeds 20,000 people a day from kitchens set up 

in the slums and educates 1,000 children in its own school. 

Sasha went to visit their work and was blown away. 

“They found a whole family of traditional block 

printers living in the slums and brought them to the 

workshop to train others. I could see these products 

had such potential and I was so impressed by the ethics 

of the charity. They were selling their products to the 

Indian market but not globally. So here I come in.” 

Sasha has worked with them to set up Room 100, as a 

range of textiles including homewares, curtains, cushions, 

table linen, clothing and accessories. “I designed it so as 

many women as possible would be employed and be able 

to utilise their skills in embroidery, sewing, printing.” 

She’s overseen a new Room 100 website, designed a Delhi 

showroom (white of course) and has worked directly with 

the women printers to design new textiles with a more global 

appeal using soft-as-butter cottons, linens, silks and voile. 

“They already did a paisley design, but it was small 

and busy. I made it bigger, added more space. It’s 

the Swedish thing. This way the pattern is calmer, 

it recedes instead of jumping out at you.” 

Heading upstairs the Indian textiles come into their 

own in a new context. Sasha’s bedroom is a glorious 

cornucopia of soft blue and white cotton throws, 

curtains and cushions in stripes, checks and florals. 

“It’s a bit over the top in here, a bit Doris Day in 

Calamity Jane,” she laughs. 

Above the bed is a group of framed miniatures which 

look antique, but it turns out some are old postcards 

Sasha framed herself as a child and two were hand 

painted by Sasha’s mum. “She taught me about history 

through paintings. It was such a good way to learn.” 

Two pretty blue-and-white painted mirrors, which 

go so well with the Indian fabric I assume they must 


This page: With white-painted furniture and floorboards, and 

blue and white Room 100 fabrics, the bedroom is a perfect 

example of the sense of nurturing calm created by Sasha’s 

sophisticated simplicity, set off by a few feature artworks 

have come from there, were in fact hand-painted by 

her daughter Atlanta Bartlett (also a notable interior 

designer, whose work has been featured several times 

in this magazine) when she was at university. 

The small, but delightful, bathroom is another showcase 

for a more unusual use of the Room 100 textiles. The 

shower is hidden behind a blue striped curtain, with a 

delicate floral blind made from the same fabric covering 

the window. Continuing the colour theme onto the floor 

is a checked blue-and-white patterned Swedish runner. 

Sasha’s office next door marks a change with green painted 

furniture from her Utility furniture collection. It is inspired 

by 1930s interiors but still looks up to date and modern. 

“That’s the essence of it. It’s simple so it doesn’t date. 

Everything the Swedes did had been taken from the 

French style and simplified. So I did the same. I took 

French furniture and simplified it. I couldn’t design one 

piece and sell it; I had to design the whole look, lights, 

furniture ranges, textiles, so that people could achieve it.” 

And that’s precisely what she’s now doing with 

Room 100 and Swami Sivananda. A chance meeting 

that has resulted in a perfect marriage of Sasha’s 

design skills and Indian artisan craftsmanship. 

To help the range to grow – and with it the benefits 

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rear and end. Mains water, electricity, phone line. Tarmacked 

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centre. Surrounded by countryside, farmland and forest. In the 

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Hammer time 

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it’s time to get excited about them again 

Star item 

“I fished a table writing box 

out of a car boot fair once. I 

saw it in the owner’s boot and 

asked what he was doing with 

it, he said it was going up the 

tip. I told him he should try 

auctioning it, thinking it was 

19th century Anglo-Indian or 

Portuguese. He did put it up 

for auction and a couple of 

bidders both reckoned it was 

18th century – they ended 

up driving it up to £5,000 – 

£6,000, all for a box which 

was headed up the tip!” 

Nick Crabb 

Crow’s Auction Gallery 

The real benefit of buying with 

auction houses is that you only 

pay market value, which could be a 

third or quarter of what you would 

pay in a retail setting. You may have 

to do some extra work but you get a 

much better price. 

The Lingo 

Provenance 

This is evidence of an item’s history 

and/or origin which indicates 

authenticity or quality. 

If you have a piece of paper (a photo 

or will for example) you have proof 

of an item’s story. People always want 

provenance and if you have it the item 

will sell better. 

Post-sale online auction 

At Crow’s, every lot is sold live in the 

auction room and on three auction 

platforms live online. 

If an item is not sold it gets uploaded 

onto a post-sale online auction, which is 

set up a bit like eBay. 

In a normal auction we sell up to 200 

lots an hour, but with this you have five 

days to bid online which is a lot less 

pressure. We sell 25% of unsold stock 

that way. 

Caveat emptor (buyer beware) 

The law assumes that the buyer 

has more knowledge than the 

auction house. 

Top tip 

“If possible view items in 

person. If you can’t and it’s 

something you’ve seen on the 

internet, make the most of 

the auction house, request a 

report or give them a call, they 

may send you more images 

or describe the item over the 

phone and you can get a better 

understanding of it” 

You can bring items back if there’s 

an inconsistency with the description 

in the catalogue, but otherwise it’s 

the buyer’s responsibility to check the 

quality of any item you buy. 

If you want to know more about an 

item or check on something you can 

always call the auction house. 

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Auction Gallery, Dorking 

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Leslie Gillham Gorringe’s 

My first experience of an auction 

house was going to work at one 

– here at Gorringe’s – around 1968, as 

a bookkeeper and porter. Since then 

I’ve been a director at Bonhams in 

Knightsbridge and vice president of 

Phillips in New York, but after all that 

I ended up coming full circle back here 

to Gorringe’s. 

Auctions work on cycles like that 

too, but generational ones. The same 

thing that’s happening now happened 

Star item 

in the 20s. An entire generation looked 

at the antiques world and said ‘Why 

do we want all this old stuff?’ and the 

classic 20s art deco style was born 

This continued until the 60s, when 

interest in antiques started to grow 

again and from then to the 2000s prices 

went up and up. Now it’s going down 

again. The only exception is the very 

best stuff which will always do well. If, 

for example, you had a very ordinary 

George III mahogany table it could sell 

“This Indian sword sold for £7,000 last September and has a great story. 

It is a late 19th century fine Indian tulwar [a type of sabre], with an 

iron hilt, elephant’s head pommel and tiger knucklebow, all inlaid with 

gold and fitted with gems. The finely watered single-edge blade is inlaid 

in gold with the owner’s monogram TMS and it retains its silk-covered 

scabbard with engraved silver mounts. It was formerly the property of 

Leonard Harry Baybut (1900-1960) and thence by descent. Having 

served in the RAF in World War I, he went to India and by 

1935 was running his own furniture factory in Srinagar. He 

was awarded the contract to refurnish gulab Bhavan, the 

summer palace of the Maharajas of Jammu and Kashmir, 

and as a result he struck up an enduring friendship 

with the last Maharaja, Hari Singh (1895-1961) in the 

mid-1940s. The relationship developed further when 

Leonard accepted the post of private secretary to the 

Maharaja in 1948-9, a position he held until ill-health 

forced him to retire and return to england in 1959.” 

Top tip 

“Some people think of the 

bidding process as scary and 

that they will accidentally 

wind up bidding thousands 

of pounds because they 

happened to sneeze or blink 

at the wrong moment. That 

never happens! The auctioneer 

can see everyone and any 

experienced one will know 

who is interested and never 

mistake say a wave or a sneeze 

for a bid. So just come, relax 

and enjoy it. And if you are 

worried, you don’t even have 

to go in person. You can now 

sit and watch live on your 

computer screen and bid with 

a simple click.” 

for around £150 at auction, but we have 

seen a pair sell for £2,600. Why? Well, 

obviously being a pair adds value but they 

were also the very best quality and had a 

good history. 

The internet is changing things too. 

Online bidding is increasingly popular. 

Now up to 40% of things we sell – 

especially smaller items like pottery or 

ceramics – go to online bidders. It really 

has been a revolution. 

If, for example, you put a specialist 

Scandinavian picture up for auction 

here in Tunbridge Wells you would get 

Scandinavian bidders online. 

Thirty years ago people would have to 

leave bids with the auctioneer, or phone 

in, if they couldn’t go to the auction. This 

all still happens sometimes, but it has been 

completely superseded by the internet. 

The one thing I would say about 

online bidding is that you can get delays. 

Experienced bidders see the difference 

because they can’t type as quickly as they 

can bid in person, but it doesn’t usually 

cause a problem. 

And of course you always have the 

backstop of a telephone bid which lets you 

talk to a real person who makes a real bid 

for you then and there. 

Leslie gillham, Partner, gorringe’s, 

Tunbridge Wells 01892 556860 

gorringes.co.uk 


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cake off 

Forget those rock hard white 

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(and it’s not always a cake...) 

What does a wedding 

cake look like in 2018? 

Increasingly not shiny white 

tiers of rock-hard icing over the yellow 

marzipan layer so many people loathe 

and solid fruity cake that isn’t much 

more popular. 

Today’s bride – the Duchess of Sussex 

included – wants a cake as relaxed and 

fun as the rest of her wedding. 

Loulou Hamilton of the wonderful 

Cocolicious café in Cranbrook has been 

creating this much more laid back and 

modern take on the great celebration 

cake, since she opened four years ago. 

“We like making wedding cakes 

which are as natural as possible,” she 

says. “Definitely no fondanted ones! We 

do ‘naked’ cakes, with no icing at all 

on the sides, so you can see the layers 

of sponge, which are very popular, and 

‘rough’ buttercream icing – as above –in 

pretty colours, applied in a deliberately 

loose way, with fresh flowers. It’s all 

much more relaxed. 

“Another detail people love is having 

different flavours in every layer. The 

taller cake in the picture here has layers 

of elderflower and lemon, salted caramel 

and raspberry rose.” 

Taking the idea of a choice of flavours 

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table’ of different sweet treats. 

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says Loulou. “People have seen it on 

Pinterest and Instagram – which are 

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created a boom in beautiful, visual ideas 

for wedding cakes – and have started to 

ask for it here. 

“I think it’s a lovely idea, because 

instead of having a formal pudding 

delivered to each guest by waiters, 

guests get up and mingle at the desserts 

table. It’s a great conversation starter.” 

And, really, compared to the oldstyle 

cakes, so dessicated and rigid that 

slices of them could be sent through the 

post to invitees who couldn’t make the 

wedding, how joyous to choose between 

glazed doughnuts, cupcakes, layers of 

delicious sponge – and the lamingtons 

which Loulou has made Cocolicious’s 

signature treat. (Indeed they are now 

sold, beautifully boxed, in Selfridges.) 

Cutting the cake has never been 

more fun. 

Contact Loulou Hamilton via 

askloulou@cocolicious.co.uk 

You can see more of their cakes on 

Instagram @cocoliciouscranbrook and 

online at cocolicious.co.uk 

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My Tipi Event 

Darren Smith 

“My children and my family are in love 

with all things festival – we camp a lot, 

we love the great outdoors. Three years 

ago we discovered Nordic tipis purely by 

accident on line and I decided to start 

this company, although I had no previous 

experience with any events industry, or 

weddings. 

It was only meant to be a part-time gig, 

six months in summer – I already had a 

retail business – but it’s blown us away. 

We’ve done 50 weddings in 6 months and 

it’s still increasing, but we are not going to 

let it grow too much, because we want to 

keep the personal touch. I’m at every set 

up and every take down. 

The people who book our tipis have a 

sense of adventure and don’t want to be 

pocketed into a formal wedding, they want 

something quirky and versatile, that can be 

pitched anywhere. 

We offer our ‘Giant Hats’ which are 

the really big tipis and smaller chill-out 

tents, plus catering tents. To help our 

clients plan what they want, we just need 

to know how many seated guests you are 

going to have and how many in total, but 

a rough guide is that for every 100 people 

you will need two Giant Hats. 

The smaller chill-out tents have low 

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The Dreys 

Dave Keulemans 

“Our venue appeals to people who 

want a festival-inspired, free-spirited, 

organic, bohemian alternative in a 

wonderful woodland environment. This 

is our fifth year and demand is growing 

drastically. 

The Dreys is family-owned and 

run and we are very aware of our 

surroundings, of the symbiosis of nature 

and humans working together. There 

are 80 acres of natural environment, we 

don’t use concrete anywhere, or plant 

anything, it’s all here. The couples who 

choose us are looking for this type of 

venue, because we are different. 

We have a fully licensed in-house 

bar and we sell all local Kent products, 

like Chapel Down wines and cider 

from The Kent Cider Company. Our 

alcohol supplier is Page & Sons, which 

has been operating in Ramsgate since 

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things in from outside the county. 

A special feature is the ceremony area, 

a lovely spot in the woods with oaks 

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Guests pull up in the car park, in 

front of a mass of woodland, then they 

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secret pathway meandering through the 

woodland to the ceremony area. 

We are licensed for civil partnerships 

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another 50 metres through the woods to 

the venue. 

There is a 15 x18m marquee with 

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food suppliers that have been used on 

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And if it rains, that’s fine. Everything 

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and brollies to walk to the venue.” 

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High Rocks 

Giuseppe 

“Our venue is very special, because 

it’s on a site that contains an offic ial 

National Monument – a Stone Age 

camp – and the amazing sandstone rock 

formations, that can be accessed by a 

system of eleven bridges. 

There is also a station for the Spa 

Valley Railway in our garden, so the 

bridal party – or the whole wedding 

– can arrive by steam train. You 

can hire one carriage, or the whole 

train, boarding at Tunbridge Wells, 

Groombridge or Eridge. You can even 

start at London Bridge, change at 

Eridge and arrive at High Rocks. 

When we came here there was just 

a tiny restaurant. We moved the Great 

Hall Barn here from Herefordshire. We 

also have the Halt and the President’s 

Suite, depending on the guest numbers. 

We are a venue at the affordable end 

of the market, where we do everything 

for the bride and groom, you can get 

married here and all our food is homecooked 

by our dedicated team. We have 

chefs who have been here for 30 years. 

We don’t charge for the venue, you 

choose a package which is multiplied by 

the number of guests, so it’s very simple. 

The Rocks has been used many times 

as a film and video location – Merlin 

was filmed here and Enya made a video 

here - and offers the opportunity for 

the most amazing dramatic wedding 

photographs, including flood-lit nighttime 

photos which are something very 

special to have long after the wedding 

day is over.” 

The High Rocks, High Rock Lane, Tunbridge Wells TN3 9JJ highrocks.co.uk 01892 515532 

Yoghurt Rooms 

Aafke Bauer 

“We have been running weddings on 

our organic beef family farm in the 

heart of Sussex for over nine years now 

and since we built our beautiful oakframed 

barn in 2014 we have been fully 

booked year after year. 

As well as the huge barn they have 

full access to the farm, our three 

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stylish apartments accommodating up 

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marquee, sound systems, an after-hours 

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Our couples book because they 

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traditional hotel weddings. 

Most of our couples want a festival 

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what we do best. 

It’s a DIY type venue where our 

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One of our beautiful brides wanted 

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It is lovely to see how amazing, cool 

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we help them create it.” 

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3 magnificent oak beamed function rooms, 

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Choosing flowers for a wedding can be overwhelming – they’re all so beautiful! – 

so we asked two highly experienced wedding florists for advice 

Sue Davies, Sue Davies Flowers 

“My role is to guide them, which I 

do with a no obligation consultation. 

I show them images of weddings I’ve 

done and I have a pictorial library of 

different flowers, colours, types, so I can 

show them what I’m talking about. 

Usually they will have a colour idea, 

they’ve quite often sourced the dresses. 

After that conversation I will have 

an idea of what they want and I give 

people a mood board to look at. 

Instagram and Pinterest have changed 

everything and it’s great, giving people 

wonderful ideas. I did a great one 

this summer [see above] where the 

bridesmaids chose their own dreses, 

in different colours and that was my 

colour palette. The bride had all those 

colours in her bouquet and crown. 

Wild and informal tied bouquets are 

really in. They want to look as though 

they’ve gathered it on the pathway up 

to the ceremony area – and it takes 

professional skill to achieve that. I’ve 

always mixed hedgerow bits and pieces 

in with flowers. I grow flowers myself to 

use and work very seasonally. 

I also do complete artificial flower 

weddings, I once boxed one up and sent 

it to Greece. Artificial crowns are very 

practical and brides can keep them and 

hang them up, a lovely memento. 

The quality of artificial flowers is so 

fantastic now.” 

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Image above Mark Gray 

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Sam Reynolds 

Creative director Emily & Me 

“The first thing is to plan a budget for 

their flowers – and to make it realistic. 

Brides often undervalue the amount 

needed for flowers, but they are a major 

part of the day, they are the decoration 

of the venue and what the guests see. 

On our website we provide a guide 

to flower prices and we always route 

people there from first emails. That’s 

the place to start. 

Once they have a budget, they need 

to find a specialist wedding florist – 

not a retail florist – who fits with their 

ideal. The internet has made this so 

much easier, because they can look at 

websites and see what they like. They 

should also check out their reputation 

through reviews and whether they’ve 

won any awards. 

Then they can book a free 

consultation to talk through their ideas 

and bring with them Pinterest ideas, 

pictures from magazines, anything to do 

with their wedding. I love to see all of 

it. The more someone can tell me, the 

more I can get a feel for it. The flowers 

reflect the couple. We do some really 

wacky weddings and it all starts with 

these conversations. 

A lovely trend at the moment is 

arches covered with flowers, which are 

great if they are getting married outside, 

then they can bring them in and have 

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We’re all online travel experts now, but for a trip as special as your honeymoon it pays 

to have the experts sort it (and who needs the stress with a wedding to plan?) 

Baldwins 

Steph Witchell, Bespoke Travel Manager, Tunbridge Wells 

“A honeymoon should be the most memorable holiday 

you ever take – so don’t try to cut corners. Look at what is 

available online, but then come and speak to an expert on 

how to put it all together. 

Booking on the internet is fraught with pitfalls. If you 

book the flight and the accommodation separately and one 

falls through you’ve lost the other. An experienced travel 

agent will take away the stress from the bride and groom, 

with a personal touch. 

The style of honeymoons is changing. Couples are 

looking for experiences rather than fly and flop. They’ve 

done that before and want to have experiences – or go 

somewhere you can combine experiences and activities, and 

then flop for four or five days. People say: ‘We want to do 

all these things while we can, because the next step in our 

journey will be children and we won’t be able to afford it.’ 

We are doing a lot of safaris for honeymoons and I’ve 

even done road trips in America, Route 66. A wonderful 

option is Gaia Island resort off the coast of Borneo, which 

has rooms on stilts on a beautiful beach with rainforest 

behind. You can kayak through mangrove forest, go 

ziplining, snorkelling with the experts in conservation and 

see orangutans. 

But on the other hand, while honeymooners’ initial 

thoughts are the further away the more exotic it’s going to 

be, do you really want to spend 20 hours on a plane to the 

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We work with so many different operators and have such 

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anything anyone wants to do. We might suggest that they 

twin centre it, rather than just going to one place. Luxury 

train trips are huge this year. Not just the Orient Express 

to Venice, they also do trips in Peru and Malaysia, with 

stunning suites on the trains. 

A lot of newlyweds now are doing a luxury ‘mini moon’ 

short break right after the wedding and then saving up to 

do a proper honeymoon a year later. 

After a big swing to the internet, people are coming back 

to travel agents. There are so many dodgy companies online 

and we offer price parity with what you find there, but we’ll 

do everything for you and because of the contacts we have 

we can get room upgrades and added extras. 

Many of our clients have got their home already, so they 

start a Honeymoon Fund with us and ask for contributions 

to a honeymoon as a wedding present. They have cards they 

give to wedding guests with our contact details and guests 

ring in to us to make a contribution. 

When couples come in to pick up their tickets they get a 

bottle of prosecco and a wedding card – and we ask them 

to pop in and have a coffee with us when they come back 

and they show us their holiday pics. It helps us learn if 

it’s somewhere we haven’t been ourselves and it’s great to 

get feedback on hotels and trips, then we know what to 

recommend to other people.” 

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Here comes the 

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Meghan Markle – the Duchess of Sussex – set the bar 

very high, but Josephine Fairley has tips for all brides to 

achieve their big day beauty best 

Was there ever a more radiant vision than Meghan Markle 

(as she still was then) walking up that aisle on her own? But 

while we’re not all TV star perfect, there’s a lot that any bride 

can learn from her, starting with her complexion perfection. 

What we know for sure is that she has regular facials – from 

Nichola Joss, whose brilliant protégée Charlotte Connoley 

works at The Old Rectory Treatment Rooms in Hastings. 

Savvy brides book in for a six-month series of facials – and/ 

or facial acupuncture, which can be fantastic for glow and ‘lift’ 

– on a monthly basis leading up to the wedding, with the final 

facial perhaps a week before the Big Day. You don’t want any 

post-cleanse pimples breaking out that morning... 

Consulting with a facialist – ideally someone without a 

particular brand allegiance – is probably the best way to 

fine-tune a skin regime that works best for you. Through 

that magnifying glass, they’re able to see exactly what your 

complexion needs. 

Make-up is then the icing on the wedding cake – and 

Meghan’s was picture-perfect: natural, neutral and even with a 

few freckles shining through. (As a result, Google searches for 

‘freckle-friendly make-up’ are up 117%, FYI.) 

Of course you may have booked your hair and make-up 

artist the minute the ring was on your finger, but if you’re 

going to be doing your own maquillage, you can still tap into 

good advice from the pros: head for a department store, and 

have a makeover from a consultant whose look you like. Keep 

doing it until you’ve tried three or four ranges. Clinique, Bobbi 

Brown and Estée Lauder all give great on-counter makeovers. 

If you’re happy with the results, you can even enquire about 

the make-up artist’s availability for weddings. Although, if 

you’ve the budget, many top editorial and catwalk make-up 

artists will do wedding make-up at a price; check out the 

on-line portfolios at joygoodman.com and mandycoakley.co.uk 

Before settling on your look, heed the wise words of Daniel 

Martin, the A-list make-up artist who 

Meghan enlisted to do her wedding 

make-up: “In years to come you 

want to be able to look back at 

your photos and think about 

how great you felt in your dress 

on your wedding day, and not 

be distracted by how 

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Which certainly means avoiding the 

contouring/strobing/Kardashian-esque 

look that’s alas so currently prevalent. 

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He acknowledges Meghan does have incredible 

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skin, so for the day itself, he recalls: “I started by Burt’s Bees 

prepping her skin with a clarifying toner, water-based £5.99 

moisturiser and a Korean sunscreen that also acts as a 

foundation gripper to lock down foundation.” 

That sunscreen’s important; although brides aren’t normally 

driven by carriage through the streets of Windsor, there will 

almost certainly be photo opportunities outdoors and you don’t 

want to end up sunburned. 

Daniel doesn’t actually talk specifics about product used on 

the royal bride – because the now Duchess of Sussex (our very 

own Wealden duchess…) can’t be seen to be endorsing specific 

lines, but my hunch is that it could well have been the cult 

favourite Etude House Surprise Mild Airy Finish SPF50, which 

you can find in the UK on Amazon. 

Then, Daniel Martin says: “I just balanced and neutralised 

any discolourations with concealer and foundation. I like to use 

water-based foundation, because it absorbs well into the skin 

without becoming oily over time.” 

You could try MAC Studio Waterweight SPF30, 

£27.50, Bobbi Brown Intensive Skin Serum Foundation 

SPF40B, £42, and Clinique Even Better Makeup, £28 

– but just as important as finding a formulation you 

like is ensuring a great colour match. 

It bears repeating – because I still see women in 

department stores experimenting with shades by 

applying them to the back of their hands – that 

foundation should always be tried on the jawline, 

to make certain it blends seamlessly with 

the skintone of both face and neck. No bride 

will regret carving out some time in her frenzied 

schedule to find her perfect foundation. 

A luminiser (also known as highlighter) 

was then ‘stippled’ over Meghan’s foundation, 

apparently – flattering and pretty in pictures, 

but only if it’s applied with the deftest touch. 

It’s wise to have a friend (or your make-up 

pro, if you’re using one) take snaps at your 

wedding make-up rehearsal – with flash, in daylight 

and in natural light indoors, so you can see how the 

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For that teensy touch of gleam, I’d recommend Charlotte 

Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter Hollywood Glow, £30. It 

goes on subtly, and is a buildable liquid. (There’s also a terrific 

on-line tutorial on how to use it, on charlottetilbury.com.) 

For blush, Daniel went for a coral shade of cream blush; if 

you’re cool-complexioned, go for a rosy tone, instead. I’m a fan 

of the new Revlon Photoready Insta-Blush, £9.99, which offers 

a Rose Gold and Berry Kiss option. Cream blusher is brilliantly 

blendable, but be aware: cream blusher doesn’t last all day. A 

whisper of your favourite translucent powder whisked over the 

top will help it stay put. 

As for eyeshadow, Daniel couldn’t have gone for a more 

natural-looking palette of browns, taupes and ivory, with a little 

touch of copper. For this natural-looking smoky eye, Daniel 

explains: “The trick is to lay down a base of cream colour all 

over your lid and layer it with shadow. I used shades of warm 

chestnut, cocoa and a smudge of rust into her lash line.” 

My go-to palette for this sort of soft, smudged look would be 

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it’s one of the few palettes in which you’ll use every single shade. 

And no, those weren’t Meghan’s natural lashes. 

Daniel customised some lashes and applied to the 

outer corner, for that fetchingly doe-eyed look. But 

don’t try this at home; falsies are best left to the 

pros, for a wedding. Another option very popular 

with brides (and Mary Berry…) is to have some 

semi-permanent lashes glued on in advance at your 

preferred beauty salon. It’s worth having a couple 

of trial runs before the event to find the length and 

number of false lashes that feels right for you. 

Lips, are the finishing touch, but all Meghan 

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lip pencil, as balm can disappear superfast. I’m a 

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Savvily, Martin revealed that Meghan 

had blotting papers to hand – a far better 

way for a bride to reduce shine than caking 

on powder, as they simply press onto skin 

leaving make-up intact, lifting off the oil. 

Shiseido Oil-Control Blotting Papers, £19, are my fave – 

almost slim enough to slip inside a Givenchy couture wedding 

gown, without spoiling the silhouette. 

Last, but not least, whether you’re getting hitched in front of 

a dozen good friends or several billion TV viewers, remember to 

have someone close to you carry a few make-up must-haves to 

the church and on to the reception, for touch-ups before those 

all-important snaps. 

And whenever your Big Day is, I hope the sun shines as 

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Wellbeing 

A Year of Wellness 

There is a lot more to our complexions than meets the eye. 

Our wellbeing editor, Eminé Rushton, tackles holistic skin 

health, from the inside-out 

Month: August 

Skin has always fascinated me. I 

think that’s why I circuitously 

made my way from beauty editor 

to holistic facialist, then back again to 

wellbeing writer… there are so many 

secrets and signposts revealed by our 

faces and bodies and the more I learn, 

the more I want to know. 

Our skin is the body’s largest organ 

and it’s incredibly receptive and 

intuitive. We blush when embarrassed, 

blanch when shocked – and we can very 

easily develop skin conditions overnight, 

when things within are just not right. 

So, to become allied with 

our skin, to learn to read its 

language and understand its 

signals, offers us not only 

the ability to keep it healthy, 

glowing and vital, but also 

to comprehend better what 

is going on for us beneath 

the surface. From our guts 

and nervous system, to our endocrine 

and psychological state. 

Following on from our discovery 

of the complexity of the gut and its 

multifarious and multi-functioning 

microbiome, we are also now learning 

of our other organs’ own microbiomes 

i.e. the complex community of viruses, 

bacteria and mites that make up the 

‘environment’ of the surface of our skin. 

There is a very delicate, synergistic 

equilibrium at play here – and meddling 

with it too much can upset the balance. 

As a holistic facialist, I learned very 

quickly that less is more. 

If you over-cleanse, 

strip, exfoliate, peel, or 

even over-moisturise, 

you are preventing 

your skin from 

carrying out its own 

“We can develop 

skin conditions 

overnight, when 

things within are 

just not right” 

vital and natural functions. 

If you have naturally oily skin and 

use oil-stripping cleansers and oil-free 

moisturisers, your skin will receive 

signals from its surface that tell it that it 

is low in sebum. So the sebaceous glands 

begin producing more. And more... 

If, however, you apply a lightweight 

oil to the skin (I like jojoba for its 

natural skin affinity, its chemical 

structure being most similar to sebum), 

the skin receives the message that it is 

amply ‘oiled’ and so, slows down its 

own production. Eventually, skin finds 

its own balance, and 

the cycle of stripping/ 

overproducing, is broken. 

Using purest plant oil to 

treat oily skin has been a 

failsafe part of my holistic 

approach for over a 

decade now – it works. 

Our skin has its own 

unique pH too; it is acidic and various 

medical studies have shown that skin 

with a pH of less than 5 is healthiest 

and less likely to develop eczema, 

psoriasis and acne (one of the cited 

reasons for this is that several of the 

acne-causing bacteria are inhibited by 

acidic conditions). 

This natural pH is called the acid 

mantle, and it can be difficult to 

maintain it. The average pH of tap 

water in the UK is between 6.5 and 9.5. 

The harder the water, the more alkaline 

it is likely to be, which can upset the 

skin’s balance quite significantly. 

If I have time, I use a cream or oil 

cleanser and then spritz with a floral 

water to remove, or if using a hot cloth 

to remove my cleanser, I wring the 

flannel out as much as I can, so that I 

am at least, not dousing my skin with 

our hard tap water. It 

might sound precious, 

but my skin is far less 

prone to redness and 

dryness as a result. 

I also like products that rebalance 

and correct the pH of the skin, in 

particular Marie Reynolds Dermabiome 

Mask, £68 (mariereynoldslondon.com). 

It contains live bacteria, probiotics and 

is naturally rejuvenating. And I steer 

clear of acids. I know there are many 

who use an ‘acid toner’ daily and vouch 

for the benefits. For me, though, I have 

found that prolonged daily use of acids 

can cause sensitisation (particularly to 

UV) further down the line, and I feel it 

unwise to continually ‘add’ something to 

the skin, which then disempowers skin’s 

own natural balancing acts. 

Support, rather than interference, 

is best. Using a layer of natural live 

yoghurt as an exfoliating face 

mask, once a week, will do the job 

brilliantly, without the abrasive 

friction of a scrub, or aggressive 

action of a chemical peel. Raw 

honey is also a fantastic face mask; 

deeply moisturising, anti-bacterial 

and brightening. 

I also support from within 

with lots of liver- and kidneycleansing 

teas: nettle, dandelion, fennel, 

chamomile; a wonderful gut-balancing 

probiotic, because yes, gut health 

directly reflects in one’s skin. (I swear 

by Symprove symprove.com). I also take 

highest quality food-grown supplements 

and find Wild Nutrition Skin, Hair 

& Nails, £30 (wildnutrition.com) is 

wonderfully complete. 

Ultimately, when it comes to our 

precious skin, what goes within appears 

without… so, gently does it. 

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

conscious living blog, The Balance Plan, balanceplan.co.uk

Wellbeing 

Natural wisdom 

Ella Carey is a qualified Natural Nutritionist, a 

certified GAPS Practitioner and qualified Kinesiologist, 

who runs Full Spectrum Health. 

What one piece of seasonal wisdom 

helps you in August? This time of 

year is a favourite for foraging, so many 

delights can be found in the hedgerows. 

More than a fun activity to do with the 

children, I see it as a key element of 

keeping my family healthy, as well as a 

lovely way to connect them to nature 

and eating seasonally. 

We make immune-boosting syrups 

from rose hips and elderberries, which 

are packed with vitamin C. We eat 

blackberries straight from the brambles 

for their vitamin content and their wild 

bacteria – the strains of which are so vast 

we haven’t identified all of them yet, but 

which are absolutely fundamental to our 

health and wellbeing. 

Bacteria play a key role in boosting 

our immune systems, and so along with 

foraging wild foods, we ferment a lot 

of food at home – beetroot, carrots, 

sauerkraut etc - to increase our beneficial 

bacteria intake. 

What’s cooking in your kitchen this 

month? Beetroot in all ways! Saltroasted 

beetroot with burrata and herbs 

from the garden is a delicious light 

dinner, and the kids’ favourite way to 

eat beetroot is the Indian dish halwa 

(not to be confused with halva) . It’s an 

unusual, but really tasty, alternative to 

your morning breakfast cereal, which 

is often low in nutrients and high in 

sugar. Beetroot’s great for anyone with a 

tendency toward anaemia or fatigue too. 

Share one book that taught you 

something amazing about life 

I was very inspired by Patch Adams’ 

book Gesundheit. The story follows his 

life after he graduates as a doctor and is 

wonderful at explaining the frustration 

he felt at the expensive and restrictive 

US medical system. He dedicated his 

life to creating a medical centre and 

a community organic farm run by 

health professionals and volunteers. 

Patients and their families could 

come and receive treatment, support 

and community – and organic food. 

What always brings a smile to your 

face? No matter how many people I 

work with, it makes me so happy to 

hear that people are overcoming their 

health issues through nutrition and 

natural healing practices. 

I especially love it when the nonverbal, 

autistic children I work with 

start forming words and making eye 

contact only weeks into the nutrition 

programme. It is a true testimony to 

the body’s innate ability to heal, and 

the most valuable and fulfilling part 

of what I do. 

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Yet, we can all make very small changes that add up to an enormous 

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pop them into your own brought-from-home 

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greengrocer, who uses paper bags 

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(beeswaxwraps.co.uk), in bamboo or wooden lunch 

boxes, or at a push, aluminium foil, which is fully recyclable 

• don’t buy plastic straws, or toothbrushes. A combo of bamboo 

handles with fully biodegradable Nylon 4 bristles are the best. Try 

Save Some Green (savesomegreen.co.uk) bottles or containers. 

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Discover a wealth of wellbeing advice 

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Eminé says: 

Try this in August 

I’ve developed a ‘thing’ for room spray. The 

former asthmatic in me doesn’t get on well with 

commercial ‘air fresheners’, so it’s taken me a 

long time to find all-natural aromatherapeutic 

scents that I can spritz freely, to aid me in 

my work, focus and mood. I now rotate two 

beautiful favourites: Ilapothecary Beat the 

Blues Room Spray, £28 (ilapothecary. 

com) – I defy anyone to continue 

an argument after this delightful 

rose geranium and petitgrain mist 

hits the air – and Root & Flower 

Yoga and Meditation Mist, £20 

(rootandflower.co.uk) which is just 

the happiest hit of rosy goodness, 

and never fails to knit up those 

frayed nerves.


Hope is not lost, even if teeth may have been 

Thanks to the miracles of modern dentistry a long lost smile is restored. Dr Anmol Chander 

of The Staines Centre of Dental Excellence describes the case of David Pearce 

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missing teeth, however, 

they are not always an ideal 

solution and can make 

eating uncomfortable or 

people self-conscious of 

their smile. nowadays, 

dental implants have 

become a much more 

favoured option because 

this advanced treatment 

effectively replaces the root 

of a tooth, giving a more 

natural outcome in terms of 

functionality and aesthetics. 

Dental implants have been 

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patients. implant treatment 

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Bone loss is a problem for 

people who have dentures as 

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Food 

Light and bright 

In our climate we need stodgy food to get us through the dark damp months, so make the 

most of high summer when these lighter bites are the perfect choice 

Breakfasts worth 

getting out of bed for 

Citrus Salad 

Makes 2 portions 

A ‘wake up’ fruit salad made with slices of zingy citrus fruits. 

• 1 large orange 

• 1 grapefruit 

• seeds from half a 

pomegranate 

• juice and zest of 1 lime 

• ½ teaspoon (or to taste) 

cardamom seeds 

• 1 handful of toasted, 

flaked almonds 

1If using cardamom pods, 

crush to extract the 

seeds, then peel and slice 

the fruit, arrange in a dish, 

drizzle lime juice, then honey 

and cardamom (mix this in 

advance if preferred). Lightly 

toast the almonds and scatter 

over fruit. 

• 2 pieces un-dyed smoked 

haddock 

• 200ml milk (or water) 

• 100g brown basmati 

rice, rinsed (you can use 

other varieties of rice, but 

brown basmati is healthy 

and more delicate than 

the class wholegrain kind) 

• 2 hard boiled eggs 

• 100g peas (optional) 

• 1 handful parsley, 

chopped 

• 1 heaped tsp freshly 

grated (or level tsp dry 

powdered) turmeric 

• 50g butter 

1Cook the rice according 

to packet instructions and 

hard boil the eggs. 

Kedgeree 

Makes 4 small portions 

Save this breakfast classic (very Downton Abbey…) for a 

weekend brunch, or make the night before if your weekdays 

are hurried, as it’s not the quickest breakfast to prepare. 

Adding sunshine coloured turmeric brings extra health 

benefits. This meal of a dish makes a lovely light lunch or 

supper too – increase all the ingredients by a half again (three 

pieces of fish, 300ml of milk, 150g of rice, 150g of peas, 1.5 

teaspoons of turmeric, 75g butter) to make larger servings. 

2Poach the haddock in 

milk for 10mins (put in a 

saucepan, cover with the liquid 

and put a lid on, bring to the 

boil, then simmer gently). I 

add peas to the fish towards 

the end of this time, but these 

can be cooked separately (or 

not used at all). 

3Strain the fish, reserving 

some cooking liquid. 

Combine the cooked 

ingredients, add turmeric, 

butter and, if you like a moist 

texture, some of the fish 

cooking liquid (exact quantity 

is up to you, I often don’t add 

any, so see how you go). Stir in 

the parsley, season to taste and 

arrange the eggs on top. 

Recipes & styling: Jo Arnell Photographs: David Merewether 


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Light lunches & simple suppers 

Tangy chicken tacos 

Makes 4 small portions 

• 2-3 chicken breast fillets 

• 8 tacos or 4 tortillas 

• 1 red chili, thinly sliced 

• 1 bunch spring onions, 

chopped 

• 1 red pepper, thinly sliced 

• 1 little gem lettuce, 

shredded 

• 1 mango, skinned and cut 

into slivers 

• 1 crushed clove garlic 

• handful of coriander, 

roughly chopped 

Taco dressing 

• Juices from the cooked 

chicken 

• ½ tsp paprika 

• ½ tsp cumin powder 

• Juice and zest of a lime 

• 1 tbsp honey 

1If you are using tortillas, 

make the taco ‘containers’ 

by pushing them gently into 

a muffin tin - this will make 

a bowl shape, then oven bake 

them for 3 minutes or so - just 

until they hold their shape 

(i.e. don’t overbake them). 

Alternatively you can use premade 

taco shells, or simply 

roll the ingredients in the soft 

tortillas. 

2Gently fry (or poach) 

the chicken breasts for 

approximately 20 minutes, 

until cooked right through 

and evenly browned on both 

sides. Leave to cool slightly 

and keep the cooking juices. 

Shred or slice the chicken when 

cool. Make the dressing by 

combining paprika, cumin, 

lime juice and honey, then 

mix into the chicken and 

vegetables, pile into taco shells 

and serve. Shown here served 

with tomato salsa, made by 

chopping an onion, 3 tomatoes 

(skin removed), juice of half a 

lemon, a handful of chopped 

coriander. 

 


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Za’atar Salmon with 

Cauliflower couscous 

Serves 4 

Omega-3 rich salmon is given a Middle Eastern spice up with 

a za’atar crust. Using clean tasting cauliflower makes a lighter, 

gluten free, alternative to a traditional wheat-based couscous. 

• 4 salmon fillets 

• Juice and zest from 1 

lime 

• Approx 3 tablespoons 

za’atar (Middle Eastern 

spice mix) 

• 1 tbsp pomegranate 

molasses 

• 1 tbsp olive oil 

Cauliflower ‘couscous’ 

• 1 bunch spring onions, 

chopped 

• a head of cauliflower, 

florets only, grated, or 

processed to course 

couscous-style granules 

• seeds from half a 

pomegranate 

• handful of mint, chopped 

• 1 tbsp olive oil 

Couscous dressing: 

• 1 dsp honey 

• 1 dsp white wine vinegar 

• 1 dsp olive oil 

• ½ tsp salt (to taste) 

• small bunch watercress 

and natural yoghurt to 

serve 

1Pre-heat the oven to 

150c/gas 4. Marinade the 

salmon fillets in the lime juice 

and zest for 30 mins. 

2Make the couscous by 

lightly steaming the 

cauliflower crumbs for 2-3 

minutes. Transfer to a pan, 

add the olive oil and spring 

onions, sauté gently for 

4-5 minutes, turn off the 

heat and add the mint and 

pomegranate seeds. Set to one 

side until you’re ready to serve. 

3Drizzle half the oil onto a 

non-stick or foiled baking 

sheet, lie the salmon pieces on 

the baking sheet and brush 

the rest of the oil on top of 

the salmon. Smear on a little 

pomegranate molasses, then 

sprinkle a layer of za’atar on 

top. Place in a pre-heated 

oven (150c/gas 4) and bake 

lightly. Cooking time will be 

dependent on the thickness 

of the salmon, but should be 

approx 10-15mins. Be careful 

not to over cook). 

4Mix together dressing 

ingredients and stir 

through couccous. Serve 

salmon on a bed of couscous, 

with a dollop of yoghurt, a 

swirl of pomegranate molasses 

and garnish with watercress. 

Avocado, matcha and 

pistachio ice cream 

Serves 4 

Generally ice cream isn’t on my list of healthy foods, but if you use 

avocado for part of the ‘cream’ texture, it suddenly is. The avocado 

fruit is mild-tasting, silky in texture and goes really well (and not 

just colour-wise) with pistachios. The addition of matcha green tea 

blends in even more anti oxidants. This ice cream is really easy to 

make and looks impressive (green, but impressive). 

• 2 ripe avocados 

• 75g finely chopped or 

ground pistachios, plus a 

handful more - roughly 

chopped to decorate and 

give the ice cream some 

crunch 

• 1 can condensed milk 

(or for a vegan version 

substitute 150ml almond, 

or coconut milk*) 

• 1 tbsp matcha (powdered 

green tea) 

• 1 tsp almond essence 

• 1 tsp vanilla essence 

1For a more intense, nutty 

flavour, lightly toast the 

pistachios prior to chopping/ 

grinding. Mash down the 

avocados, or puree with a 

stick blender to a smooth 

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consistency, then add to a 

mixing bowl, with all the other 

ingredients and whisk together 

for approx 5 minutes, until 

well blended. 

2Pour into a container and 

place in the freezer for 3 

hours or so, until frozen. The 

magical thing about using 

condensed milk in this recipe 

is that it makes such a creamy 

consistency that you won’t have 

to stir/use an ice cream maker 

while it is freezing. Take out 

of the freezer 10 mins prior to 

serving. 

*If you are opting for the vegan 

version, take it out of the freezer 

and stir twice during the freezing 

process (or use an ice cream 

maker). This is done to stop ice 

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Let the 

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grow 

Hakonechloa macra 

Not just something dull that needs 

endless mowing Sue Whigham 

exhalts the subtle effects of feature 

grasses in borders and for striking 

autumn colour 

In 1871 William Morris travelled down from London 

to see a house near Lechlade and fell instantly in 

love with the place. It was the house he had seen in 

a dream. We recently visited and could understand how 

he must have felt when he first saw Kelmscott Manor. 

After lunch we walked along the Thames Path for a while 

and took in the sedges and the reeds along the river. And 

earlier in the day, during an idyllic amble up the side of a 

barley field to the accompaniment of skylarks overhead and 

blackcaps singing in the wayfaring trees, I was thinking that 

perhaps we could grow a few clumps of barley (Hordeum 

vulgare) in our gardens. It’s beautiful with its golden colours 

and rippling movement as the wind blows through it. 

Grasses mingling with herbaceous plants provide a 

transition between mixed borders and areas of the garden 

which are left uncut until the autumn - ‘garden meadows’ 

Fountain grass 

if you like - and there is an enormous choice of ornamental 

grasses to choose from; the majority of which are pretty 

easy to grow and which thrive in most soil conditions. 

Some are perfectly happy in dry conditions, always a bit 

of a difficult one for gardeners. These include those with 

a ‘blue’ foliage such as Elymus magellanicus. Meanwhile, 

the sedges and rushes thrive in damp conditions like 

those spotted on the riverside at Kelmscott. The pH of 

the soil isn’t usually a factor in planting grasses and as 

long as those of us who grow on chalk can make sure that 

there is some soil to plant them in they should do fine. 

Most grasses are happiest in sun but some, like the carexes 

and the hakonechloas are more than able to grow well in semi 

shade. There are both deciduous and evergreen grasses and 

the rule of thumb is to cut the deciduous varieties down in 

the spring. The evergreens don’t appreciate being cut hard 

back particularly, although it can be done, if you feel the 

need, during their growing season (between late spring and 

August) and you can thin and tidy them up in the spring too. 

So many grasses have the most gorgeous tints in the 

autumn and fine structure throughout the winter that 

they add hugely to the beauty of a winter garden. Grow 

them too in pots remembering to water regularly during 

the growing season, plus adding dollops of good compost 

and a long-term fertiliser thrown in for good measure. 

A few firm favourites would include: 

Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Hameln’ or Fountain Grass is 

a deciduous grass and has lovely dark green foliage and 

catkin like flowers which turn gold in the autumn, adding 

to a long period of interest. I saw it recently combined 

with bright white penstemons and a very deep blue 

lavender which was a really pretty combination. There 

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Barley ripening in a quintessentially English landscape 

alopecuroides ‘Viridescens’ which is worth having. 

Miscanthus nepalensis This heavenly plant, native to 

the Himalayas as its name suggests, is a late flowering 

grass which has the most beautiful, silky golden flower 

heads which look completely wonderful in the evening 

light. You’ll need a sheltered, sunny position for it to 

thrive but do grow it if you can. You’ll love it. 

Miscanthus sinensis ‘Malepartus’ I think that one of 

the best things - and there are many – about this grass 

are its autumn tints. The leaves turn in later summer to a 

colour combination of russets and orange and before that 

transformation you have silvery brown flowers that fade 

as the season progresses. It grows to at least two metres 

and definitely needs to be left until the spring before 

being cut down as it is so striking in the winter garden. 

Molinia caerulea arundinacea ‘Transparent’ is a tall form 

of the moor grass which grows so profusely on the Scottish 

hillsides. It starts to flower in mid-June and grows tall, delicate 

and feathery. I really do love seeing this plant which, despite 

reaching heights of up to two metres, is so good in the front 

of borders. You can then see the planting behind it in a sort of 

soft haze. It’s a lovely thing. ‘Windspiel’ is a rather stiffer, more 

upright cultivar which has honey-coloured tones in autumn. 

Grasses can provide a simple backdrop for flowers 

Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’ arrives on the scene in 

early April when its bright yellow leaves appear above the 

ground, and then progresses on through into autumn. 

It looks good grown in a pot or interesting container 

in either a sunny or partly shaded spot. Its leaves are 

brightly variegated in yellow and green and all face 

the same way. The colour tends to change depending 

on position with sun producing a brighter yellow. 

I have it in a clay pot in partial shade and am going 

to experiment by giving it more light. Hakonechloa 

macra is a rather underused plant in comparison to 

the variegated forms (of which ‘Aureola’ is only one) 

of this grass. Its bright green leaves clump up nicely 

and tiny flowers appear in the late summer. 

Grow too our native hair grass, Deschampsia cespitosa, which 

produces mounds of dark green foliage topped with delicate 

long stems and billowing masses of cloud like flowers. ‘Bronze 

Veil’ and ‘Golden Veil’ grown through borders have soft, 

subtle colours which give the appearance of floating through 

and around plants with a more definite outline. These are 

really easy to grow from seed. Chiltern Seeds sell them. 

Finally, grasses can make rather inviting homes to all 

manner of wildlife; to field mice and a huge diversity 

of insects and also provide nesting material for birds so 

all the more reason to add them to your borders, your 

gravel garden and to the wilder areas of your garden. 

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plenty of plants to bring colour to the borders yet 

It’s easy to think that the garden is on the way out this 

 

month. The early summer colour has faded and the 

borders could be looking careworn and frazzled. But take 

heart, for it need not be so. There are ways of turning the 

August garden from crestfallen to crescendo, with plenty of 

plants to carry us through the late summer and on into the 

golden autumn days. 

 

An annual blast 

You can’t beat annuals for long-term reward. This is down 

to their short, but action-packed and free-flowering lives. 

They only have one season in which to grow, flower and 

set their seed, so if you thwart them by continually dead 

heading, they will keep on trucking along, flowering until 

Cleome 

the frosts. Floriferous and reliable annuals include Cosmos, 

Antirrhinums and Zinnias for sun, and for the shadier parts of 

the garden Nicotiana, Impatiens and violas. 

Perennial colour 

We tend to get carried away at the start of the season and 

rush out to fill our trolleys with cottage garden perennials 

and plants that are in bloom at the start of the summer. The 

trouble is that June blooms don’t always last for long. Many 

will have finished flowering by July and can also have quite 

straggly foliage by that time too. 

There is a way to perk up the early flowerers, plants like 

delphiniums, lupins, catmint and geraniums. It’s a bit ruthless, 

but will pay off in the end. You just cut them all back down 

to the ground as soon as they’ve finished flowering at the 

beginning of July - and then by the end of August they will be 

back, with a repeat show of flowers and tidy new leaves. 

So if you have cut back the early arrivals after flowering they 

should reappear for their encore at the same time as the later 

flowering perennials start. So borders in late summer can be 

even more flower-packed than in the earlier months. 

Many of the late bloomers are in the daisy family: 

Rudbeckias, Echinaceas, Asters and Heleniums are at their 

best this month. The range of colours are suitably sultry, 

verging on autumnal; shades of dusky pink, mellow oranges, 

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Echinops 

Heleniums and grass 

Melianthus 

Buddleia 

from the asters. Some have long-lasting seed heads too, so 

once the flowers have finished they persist as silhouettes, 

looking sculptural when backlit against grasses in the 

autumn light. 

The flowers of Sedum spectabile are a magnet for 

butterflies and bees at this time of the year. They are a great 

addition to the front of the border and will provide longlasting 

colour right through the autumn, as the nectarpacked 

flowers fade into attractive seed heads in shades of 

russet and bronze. Sedums are easy to care for and will put 

up with many situations, but given a choice they’d prefer 

sunshine and free-draining conditions. 

Dahlias are in full swing now, and with any luck will 

provide a sumptuous late summer spectacle until the frosts. 

They are greedy plants and need rich, well drained compost 

and plenty of moisture. Dead head them regularly to keep 

the flowers coming and then, once the frost has cut them 

back, either lift and store the tender tubers somewhere frostfree 

for the winter, or heap up with mulch and leave them to 

take their chances… 

Fabulous Foliage 

Don’t fixate on flowers – foliage can often have as much 

colour as a flower and is a good deal longer lasting, once the 

flowers are gone. Large leaves and architectural foliage will 

also bring structure and unity to the border and help set off 

flowers to good effect. 

Try the exotic looking Melianthus major, with its 

glaucous, serrated leaves (it will be cut down by the 

frosts as it is slightly tender, but perks up again in 

the spring). Euphorbia ‘Wulfenii’ also has glaucous 

leaves, but these are evergreen and it has the added 

advantage of handsome lime green bracts in spring. 

A useful, if diminutive, group of plants that seem 

to grow in any situation, including tricky dry shade 

are the Heucheras. There is a striking, almost black 

variety called ‘Obsidian’, several cultivars come in 

opulent maroon shades, but there are lighter colours 

too, and for a splash of orange, try H. ‘Marmalade.’ 

Graceful grasses 

Many of the ornamental grasses will be flowering 

around now, sending up shimmering golden, silver or 

russety flower spikes. Some are demure and ‘grassy’, 

others have dramatic plumes or ‘feathers’ of flowers. 

There are tall grasses that will do the job of a shrub in 

the border, bringing instant height and presence, but in 

a more graceful and airy way than a shrub. Miscanthus 

zebrinus, or M. ‘Silberfeder’ are good ‘shrub substitute’ 

grasses. Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’ makes a tall golden 

pillar and will bring rhythm and punctuation to a scheme, 

while the low growing evergreen Stipa tenuissima is an airy 

and irresistibly tactile little grass for the front of the border. 

Structure from shrubs 

Shrubs provide height, presence and act as the backbone 

of the border and there are some great late summer 

flowering shrubs that have their starring moment right now. 

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Hibiscus will provide an exotic boost in shades of pink, blue 

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Smaller shrubs like Caryopteris, with its sky blue 

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Container ideas 

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Less than brilliant grades aren’t always a disaster, says Hilary Wilce, with the right support, 

there’s as much to learn from failure as there is from success 

It’s August, exam results season, and for many young people 

a time of celebration and optimism. They are setting out on 

the next step of life with their heads held high. But for others, 

things might not be looking so rosy. Their results may have been a 

terrible disappointment. They may have failed to get into the sixth 

form or college of their choice, or into their chosen university. 

When this happens, it can feel very bitter, but in fact there is 

an awful lot to be said for failure. Indeed, the 

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The schoolchild who ‘fails’ to get into their 

first choice primary school, or doesn’t pass the 

eleven-plus, may well find themselves happier 

and doing better at their alternative school. And 

a clearing-place university might turn out to 

be exactly the right one for a student to shine. 

Failure also teaches lots of useful lessons. As 

human beings we fail all the time – at work 

and at home – but if we are smart we can learn from that failure. 

We can figure out how to do things a different way, discover 

that we’re capable of working harder, get to know ourselves 

better and change the behaviours that are getting in our way. 

That’s why good teachers positively welcome failure into 

their classrooms and tell pupils that mistakes are essential to 

good learning. They set high standards, but give students 

the support, encouragement and non-judgmental feedback 

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want to protect our children from failure because we know 

how much the shame and pain of it can sting. But if we try 

too hard to protect our children from all failure, they will 

subliminally soak up our anxieties and become too scared to try 

new things, or to come home with less than perfect results. 

They will absorb the message that they must do everything 

right, the first time they try it, and grow either timid and 

perfectionist, or else rebel and act up because they know 

they’ll never reach the high standards expected. 

Parents who constantly push and bribe their children 

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their children aren’t doing better… are people 

who are, deep down, terrified of failure. 

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SURREY HILLS WOOD FAIR 2018 

A great family day out with lots to see and do 

in beautiful woodland and meadows 

Saturday 6 th & Sunday 7 th 

October 10am - 5pm 

Book ahead 

£7.50 in advance / £10 on the day 

Children under 12 go FREE 

FREE Parking 

Fish Pond Copse, Bookhurst Road, 

Cranleigh, Surrey GU6 7DW 

Celebrate all that’s Good about Wood 

in the beautiful setting of woodland 

and meadows in the Surrey Hills Area 

of Outstanding Natural Beauty. 

Join us for the 9th Surrey Hills Wood 

Fair that promises to be bigger and 

better than ever! Come and experience 

an exciting day out with your friends 

and family. Full of traditional rural charm 

there is something for everyone with lots 

for children to do from zip wires, tree 

climbing, crafts and animal attractions. 

Woodland walks, demonstrations, 

beautiful crafted woodland products 

and delicious local food and drink. 

Friendly dogs welcome on leads. 

Discover the best of the Surrey Hills 

and the local produce, events, wine 

tasting, crafts, courses and activities: 

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Tickets also available from 

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01483 444334, 155 High Street, 

Guildford GU1 3AJ 

www.tickets.visitguildford.com 

Surrey Hills Wood Fair is run by Surrey Hills 

Enterprises, a community interest company, 

as part of a range of activities and events 

promoting and supporting the Surrey Hills 

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What’s On in August 

ART 

Sat 28 Jul – Sat 8 Sep 

New Ashgate Gallery, Waggon 

Yard, Farnham GU9 7PS 

Edge of the Ocean 

New Ashgate Gallery salutes 

holidays by the coast and 

memories of carefree days, away 

from our ever-connected world 

with nine artists and makers 

which evoke feelings of nostalgia 

and relaxation. 

01252 713208 / 

newashgate.org.uk 

Children & Families 

Sat 14 Jul – Mon 27 Aug 

Hever Castle, Hever Road, 

Hever, Edenbridge TN8 7NG 

Summer Jousting 

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. 

hevercastle.co.uk 

Fri 17 – Sun 19 Aug 

Sandown Racecourse 

The Great Brick 

Adventure 

Fantastic professional LEGO 

displays including life-size 

and animated models, selfie 

opportunities, a brick pit and epic 

battles between remote controlled 

LEGO brick Warriorbots. 

sandown.thejockeyclub.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, enjoying pony and 

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. 

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. 

01883 742546 / 

godstonefarm.co.uk 

Mon 30 Jul - Fri 24 Aug 

Brooklands Museum, 

Brooklands Road, Weybridge 

KT13 0SL 

Brooklands’ Summer 

Holiday Activities 

Kids will love visiting Brooklands 

Museum over the summer 

holidays with its 4D theatre, F1 

simulator, pedal-driven planes 

and cars, and various trails. 

Children can also enter the young 

photographer competition to 

win annual family membership, 

and there will be additional 

events on weekends including the 

contemporary craft and design 

fair, and Brooklands reunion. 

01932 857381 / 

brooklandsmuseum.com 

Sun 19 Aug 12noon - 5pm 

Mane Chance Sanctuary, 

Monkshatch Garden Farm, 

Down Lane, Compton 

GU3 1DL 

Mane Chance’s Family 

Fun Day 

Mane Chance rescues and 

rehabilitate abused, abandoned 

and old ponies and proves that 

they are still capable of creating 

a positive influence in their 

community. Meet their horses 

and learn about their work while 

enjoying a barbecue, nature trail, 

tractor rides, live music and the 

Purple Poppy Appeal’s pre-launch. 

01483 351526 / 

manechancesanctuary.org 

Cinema 

Sat 11, Fri 17, and Sat 25 Aug 

Gatton Park, Reigate, Redhill 

RH2 0TW and Holbrook Club, 

N Heath Lane, Horsham 

RH12 5PJ 

Open-Air Cinema 

’Tis the season for open-air cinema 

with Cinestock. This month you 

can visit the Holbrook Club for 

Dirty Dancing or Gatton Park – a 

country estate set in parkland 

landscaped by Capability Brown 

– for park themed classics E.T. 

and Forrest Gump, among other 

fantastic venues, each with its own 

carefully selected films. 

cinestock.co.uk 

Fri 17, Sat 18 and Sun 19 Aug 

Guildford Lido, Lido Road 

Stoke Park, Guildford 

GU1 1HB 

LIdo Open-air Cinema 

Classics including Pitch Perfect, 

The Fast and The Furious and 

Finding Nemo will all be screened 

at Guildford Lido this month. You 

can swim and use the slides from 

7-8pm before your film begins at 

8.30pm, leaving just enough time 

to get your cocktails and snacks in 

from the Burrito Loco shack. 

01483 449108 / 

freedom-leisure.co.uk 

Festivals & Shows 

Sat 4, Sun 5, Sat 11 and Sun12 

Aug 10am-6pm 

Meadow Loxwood, Billingshurst 

RH14 0AL, UK 

Loxwood Joust 

A spectacular medieval festival 

which really brings history to life. 

Expect full-contact jousting twice 

a day, a living history village, a 

marketplace, workshops and a 

chance to learn from characters 

including the apothecary, the 

executioner and Queen Georgiana 

of Loxwood (who you can also 

join for a banquet). 

legendpresents.co.uk 

Fri 17 - Sun 19 Aug 

The Rural Life Centre, The 

Reeds Road, Tilford, Farnham 

GU10 2DL 

Weyfest 

A stress-free mud-free boutiquestyle 

festival which boasts about 

the cleanliness of the toilets, 

beauty of the campsite and 

wonderful hot showers. Its four 

stages will see performances 

from 10cc, Aswad, and The SAS 

Band and there will be drama, 

workshops and train rides to keep 

kids amused. 

weyfest.co.uk 

Fri 24 - Mon 27 Aug 

Stonor Park, Stonor, Henley-on- 

Thames RG9 6HF 

Henley Craft Show 

This craft show includes 

demonstrations, child-friendly 

workshops, live music, artisan 

food and drink and over 150 

stands showcasing the best 

of handmade craft, all in the 

beautiful grounds of Stonor Park. 

01425 277988 / 

ichfevents.co.uk 

Food & Drink 

Throughout August 

Ham House, Ham Street, Ham, 

Richmond TW10 7RS 

Eat your Flowers! 

A living exhibition which will take 

you to Ham House and Garden’s 

kitchen garden to taste some 

edible flowers and learn about 

their nutritional value. Plus you 

can visit the Orangery café to try 

them in a meal. 

Entry: Normal admission applies 

nationaltrust.org.uk 

Sat 25 - Mon 27 Aug 

Hampton Court Palace, Molesey, 

East Molesey KT8 9AU 

Hampton Court Palace 

Food Festival 

Spend the bank holiday weekend 

surrounded by delicious 

food. Book signings, live 

demonstrations, masterclasses 

and talks are all on the menu for 

all the bakers, cooks and chefs 

out there, or if you’d rather let 

someone else do all the hard work 

there will be 100 producers and 

companies, street food vans and 

stalls, pop-up bars and BBQ style 

lunches at the Lexus lunch club. 

hrpfoodfestivals.com 

Sat 25 - Sun 26 Aug 11am-11pm 

Pierrepont Farm, The Reeds 


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No prior experience necessary. 

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of whom have shot for either their country or county. 

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CHERTSEY 

Agricultural Association 

• FORMED 1833 • 


175 TH 

ANNUAL Show 

TO BE HELD AT 

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(By kind permission of Runnymede Borough Council) 

on 

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Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th August 2018 

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What’s On in August 

Road, Farnham GU10 2DL 

The Big Meat 

A barbecue and music festival 

which promises live barbecue 

demonstrations, a sanctioned 

barbecue competition (think 

overnight smoked brisket!), UK 

chilli cook off, and live music 

throughout. There will be bouncy 

castles and a fire engine to keep 

the young (and young at heart) as 

excited as the adults are and the 

bar will have cocktails and local 

ales and craft beers. 

thebigmeat.co.uk 

Fri 31 Aug - Sun 2 Sep 

Woking Town Centre 

Woking Food & Drink 

Festival 

Over 80 stalls will spread 

themselves across Woking town 

centre for this celebration of 

food and drink. There will be 

live demonstrations and talks 

from local and celebrity chefs, 

workshops, masterclasses, book 

signings and live music. 

Entry: Free 

wokingfoodanddrinkfestival.co.uk 

Garden & Nature 

From Fri 3 Aug 

WWF Living Planet Centre 

Rufford House, Brewery Road, 

Woking GU21 4LL 

Family Discovery 

Sessions and summer 

holiday workshops 

This summer celebrate the 

glory of the oceans with WWF’s 

workshops. Learn about the 

creatures of the deep, what we can 

do to save them, and create your 

own artwork inspired by them. 

Plus, guest experts from RHS 

garden Wisley will be working 

to inspire visitors to transform 

their own gardens for the benefit 

of people, wildlife and the 

environment. 

wwf.org.uk 

Tue 7, Thu 9, Tue 14 and 

Thu 16 Aug 

Claremont Landscape Garden, 

Portsmouth Road, Esher 

KT10 9JG 

Claremont Boating 

Head to Claremont’s docks this 

month to hop on one of their 

traditional boats and row around 

the lake for a different view of the 

Eighteenth Century gardens. 

Entry: £5 (20 minutes) 

01372 467806 / 

nationaltrust.org.uk 

Fri 10 Aug 

RSPB Farnham Heath, The 

Reeds Road, Farnham 

GU10 2DL 

Big Wild Sleepout 

Camp out in a secret meadow 

which is usually kept closed to the 

public. Try a jacket potato straight 

from the bonfire, building shelters, 

a twilight wander and toasted 

marshmallows with hot chocolate 

before falling asleep under the 

stars. Booking essential. 

ww2.rspb.org.uk 

Sat 18 - Sun 19 Aug 

RHS Garden Wisley, Wisley 

Lane, Woking GU23 6QB 

Carnivorous plant 

Show 

Discover carnivorous plants from 

around the world, and learn more 

about how to plant and care for 

them yourself with lots of talks 

and experts on hand and plenty of 

unusual plants and books for sale. 

Entry: Normal garden admission 

01483 224234 / wisley@rhs.org.uk 

rhs.org.uk 

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Craft Fair held within the Museum • One admission gives 

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Jane Howard’s 

Fables from 

the Farm 

Why cows win the farm animal popularity 

contest – and sheep most definitely do not 

Among those of us old enough to remember, Coopers 

Farm has often been likened to an i-spy Book of The 

Farm. These tiny pocket books were the pre-digital 

way of keeping children entertained. Each one was dedicated 

to a different topic like The Seaside, Birds, Cars or even 

Motorways (a novelty way back then), each page illustrated 

with objects you had to look out for and then tick off. 

Once completed, and I never knew anyone who ever did, 

you could send them back to the publisher – Big Chief I 

Spy - and look forward to receiving a magnificent prize such 

as a pencil or a badge. Those were the days! 

Fact is over the past 20 years we have managed to collect, 

or at some point tried our hand at, most of the farm animals 

that would have featured in one of these books – cows, pigs, 

sheep, goats, chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl – and many of 

them are still here. Though some are most definitely not. 

The goats were the worst, escaping, eating the roses, 

making a racket and generally getting in the way. They only 

lasted a few weeks but sheep come a close second in my 

“more effort than their worth” opinion, but 

it’s OK because they’re Adrian’s sheep and my 

cows, so it’s not my problem. 

When we first came to Coopers we had 

almost no farm knowledge, Adrian decided to 

sign up for an NVQ in agriculture at Hadlow 

College. While there he was taken under the 

wing of a very experienced shepherd who 

turned up at the farm one day with five ewes 

and a ram having rightly decided that being taught in a 

classroom is only half the job, getting stuck in is far more 

important. The die was cast, the flock was installed so, as 

you do, I went and bought six cows. 

“Sheep shearing 

can be a very 

competitive 

business” 

But here’s the thing. Once the cows are turned out in the 

fields in the spring, apart from checking on them every day 

it’s a pretty carefree summer. The shepherd’s work however 

is never quite done. 

As someone famously said there are two things sheep like 

doing, one is escaping and one is dying and if they can die 

escaping then that is true happiness. 

All summer they have to be regularly wormed, have jabs 

to stop diseases, their feet trimmed and be 

sprayed with noxious chemicals to prevent fly 

strike, a ghastly Hammer House of Horror 

condition where bluebottle flies lay their eggs 

in the wool and if undetected the maggots 

burrow into the sheep’s skin and literally 

devour the poor animal. 

This is less of a problem once they’ve been 

shorn but that too is a major undertaking – 

and, rather like a hot dog eating competition, can be a very 

competitive business. 

Matt Smith, a farmer from Cornwall can shear a sheep in 

44 seconds and recently broke a world record by shearing 

731 ewes in nine hours! 

In his heyday, Adrian could manage about 15 sheep a 

week, not quite a match for Matt who by my calculations 

would whizz through our 80 in under an hour, but these 

days we employ the services of the much younger James. 

But it still takes the two of them all day to get them in, 

shear them, swap the combs and cutters, make endless cups 

of tea and ‘wind’ the fleeces into big wool sacks. 

Over in the cattle department I will spend my summer 

wandering gently through the meadows watching my brown 

cows just grow sleeker and glossier. 

I rest my case. 

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


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