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HAPPY NEW HOUSE<br />
Maggie Alderson’s favourite<br />
homes on the market<br />
NOTEBOOK<br />
Six super events with<br />
which to start <strong>2019</strong><br />
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN<br />
A 1930s chapel converted<br />
into modern brilliance<br />
GET THE LOOK<br />
Products to help you get that<br />
Stairway to heaven look<br />
HOUSE AND GARDEN<br />
Interior designer Lisa Evans’<br />
glorious High Weald cottage<br />
GET THE LOOK<br />
How to steal Lisa Evans’<br />
classic cottage style<br />
WHATEVER THE WEATHER<br />
Kate Watts styles fashion<br />
to combat the cold<br />
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SCRUB A DUB DUB<br />
Josephine Fairley freshens up<br />
your skin for the new year<br />
A YEAR OF WELLNESS<br />
Eminé Rushton says relax<br />
and de-stress this year<br />
NATURAL WISDOM<br />
We talk to environmental<br />
conservationist, Sophie Parker<br />
WINTER WARMERS<br />
One-pot recipes to cosy<br />
up with on cold days<br />
THE GREAT ESCAPE<br />
We explore some exotic and<br />
enviable holiday destinations<br />
SEEDS OF HOPE<br />
Jo Arnell confesses her<br />
addiction to seed catalogues<br />
SPORT OUTSIDE THE BOX<br />
Sports that push the boundaries<br />
to give school kids more options<br />
and oportunities to love exercise<br />
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NEW YEAR - NEW ATTITUDE<br />
Hilary Wilce advises that parents<br />
encourage kids to consider<br />
their aspirations in life<br />
INHERITANCE TAX PLANNING<br />
FOR NICE PEOPLE<br />
How to negotiate taxes while<br />
maintaining a clear conscience<br />
WHAT’S ON<br />
Events to get you excited<br />
about the year ahead<br />
COMPETITION<br />
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FABLES FROM THE FARM<br />
It’s calving time at the farm<br />
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Swanton Hall<br />
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Pembury Hall<br />
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Beds: 4 Baths: 2<br />
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Time to town: 80 minutes from<br />
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Price: £1,395,000<br />
Agent: Jackson Stops, Cranbrook<br />
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As a result of childbirth, and the natural<br />
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Lauren M, 42, Kent - I have suffered<br />
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Lauren P, 36, Kent - A friendly but<br />
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I am amazed at the results of my recent<br />
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Sandrine, 48, Kent – As a mother of five and<br />
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Wedding Open Day<br />
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Exhibitions<br />
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Little Star<br />
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The start of the New Year inevitably sees people questioning whether it is time for a change and,<br />
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Previous page: The main living area. Above: Looking down into the double-level living area from the glass mezzanine<br />
Back in 2011, when Ian and Lisa decided to make the<br />
move from Tunbridge Wells to Hastings, they had<br />
an offer accepted on an old pub which they hoped<br />
to convert into a house. But a bad survey put paid to that.<br />
“I was standing in the street on a rainy day with the<br />
survey in my hands feeling miserable, when I looked<br />
up and saw a ‘for sale’ sign outside Bourne Hall, a<br />
1930s Wesleyan Chapel. I thought oooh...”<br />
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He’d worked with Tunbridge Wells architect Michael<br />
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man for this job. Ian’s next task was to persuade the<br />
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townhouses of roughly 2,000 square feet each.<br />
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Above: Three levels were created in the huge space, linked by a bespoke staircase. The light is by Christian Cubina.<br />
It took 12 men to lift the glass floor of the mezzanine into place<br />
“Other developers had wanted to turn the hall into multiple<br />
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stone façade and putting in metal windows throughout.”<br />
Fast forward a year and in a relatively uncomplicated build<br />
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Standing on the mezzanine it’s genuinely hard to<br />
know where to look first. The three internal storeys<br />
are linked by an incredible helical staircase especially<br />
designed for the space, which dominates the centre<br />
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Ian confides how a “similar staircase in a Chelsea<br />
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MDF with a central steel supporting core. I got both this<br />
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For a bargain piece of joinery (£15,000 per staircase<br />
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The glass mezzanine wraps around into a bank of huge<br />
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brand Ligne Roset, from Wells <strong>Interiors</strong>, hugs a corner.<br />
By the glass balcony is a pair of vintage ‘slice’ chairs, with<br />
a Ligne Roset table in black and lime green Perspex, topped<br />
with a chinoiserie vase that matches nearby cushions.<br />
The vase and cushions give the air of being terribly<br />
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a couple of years ago. “Cheap but effective,” says Ian.<br />
On the floor is a wonderful silver and white rug with<br />
a metal thread skull and crossbones woven in.<br />
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Above: The kitchen, by Alpine Joinery, is at one end of the ground floor living area<br />
The clean white walls are a showcase for some of Ian and<br />
Lisa’s diverse art collection. Behind the sofa is a Boyd &<br />
Evans photograph of Pueblo Laguna church in Mexico. On<br />
the other side is an original British railway poster of Hastings<br />
that Ian bought at auction just as he decided to move here.<br />
As the staircase winds down to the split-level ground<br />
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of actresses Liz Taylor and Catherine Deneuve to an<br />
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“One of the best things about this house is that it’s<br />
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Above On the mezzanine balcony, the Perspex table is by Ligne Roset and Ian bought the model boat from The Conran Shop<br />
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Ian picks up some doll-sized plates and a bust of Mussolini.<br />
“Where did these even come from? I can’t remember.<br />
I’m blaming Lisa, she’s the hoarder”, he laughs.<br />
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Above: A sitting area on the first floor. The sofa is by Ligne Roset and the photograph of Pueblo Laguna in Mexico is by Boyd &<br />
Evans. The skull and crossbones rug is from Sunniva in Tunbridge Wells<br />
But on closer inspection Ian must admit to a bit of<br />
hoarding too. There’s a collection of Star Wars toys and<br />
jigsaws, Lego pieces and a large amount of Harley Davidson<br />
memorabilia, from boxed Harley Davidson Barbie dolls<br />
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There’s also a picture of Ian meeting the actual Queen,<br />
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“She was really chatty. I thought she’d just shake my hand<br />
and move on, but she talked and talked. She was wonderful.”<br />
The cavernous shelves are also home to Lisa’s collection of<br />
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“She’s been collecting them for years. I think she’s probably<br />
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The bedroom is styled with cheery cushions and<br />
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home into this place because we had an empty nest and the<br />
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Above: A specially designed helical staircase, built from MDF by a local company, dominates the centre of the house<br />
very annoyed they don’t have their own bedrooms anymore.”<br />
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Previous page: Looking from the kitchen out into the garden<br />
Above: The sofa in the sitting room was made by the workshop<br />
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Using nature as an inspiration for interior design<br />
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Left: The convex mirror is from a Slovakian railway<br />
station Below: Candles from Ensor <strong>Interiors</strong><br />
The garden was designed by Bonnie Lamont and the<br />
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“I wanted a low maintenance and pretty space,”<br />
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Above left: The deconstructed chair in the drawing room is made by Ensor Right: The pumpkin lamp base is from Porta Romana,<br />
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Previous page: The metal chest of drawers, lamps and finials are all from Ensor. The flour bin and elephants are antique finds Above:<br />
The master bedroom is the only room in the house where Lisa used a different paint colour – Squid Ink by Paint and Paper Library<br />
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A good builder is invaluable, but an experienced<br />
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As you would expect from her profession, Lisa has a strong<br />
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the spaces, providing a backdrop and soothing the senses.<br />
“I wanted it to be dark with elements of green,” she<br />
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Similar colours have been used for the curtains and the soft<br />
furnishings, so the whole cottage is luxuriously enveloped<br />
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Above: This chair, in the master bedroom is covered with a loose cover made from old grain sacks. The portrait of a boy and the<br />
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the strength and the strong lines. No fuss, I’m quite direct.”<br />
If you’re looking for patterns and prints here, you will<br />
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Previous page: The garden was designed by Bonnie Lamont<br />
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Full English<br />
Perhaps it’s the rigour of its vertical plan, but the classic townhouse seems to<br />
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Ros Byam Shaw’s beautiful book,<br />
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tribute to one of our loveliest of<br />
vernacular home styles – the multi-storeyed,<br />
terraced or semi-detached, uniquely<br />
urban dwelling that is the townhouse.<br />
The thirteen houses featured in the<br />
book date from 1670 to 1965, but<br />
while they span historic eras from the<br />
Stuarts, through Georgian, Regency<br />
and Victorian, right up to the reign<br />
of our own dear Queen, they share a<br />
special appeal: a familiarity of layout and<br />
proportion that just feels right to the eye.<br />
On top of all that is common among<br />
them, each of the houses in the book<br />
is wonderfully quirky and original,<br />
packed full of ideas to aspire to –<br />
repaying repeated visits to the pages.<br />
One theme that particularly jumped<br />
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is the way all the houses balance very<br />
strong colour and vivid prints, with lots<br />
of art, features and collections – yet<br />
never look cluttered, messy, or hectic.<br />
We’ve come to the conclusion that the<br />
secret is having a certain proportion of<br />
balancing neutral tones in natural materials,<br />
be it in original wood floorboards, linen<br />
upholstery, sisal flooring, bamboo, rattan<br />
and wood furniture, or wicker details.<br />
Here are some of our favourite examples<br />
– followed by suggestions of how to achieve<br />
such exquisite colour balance at home. <br />
▲ This 18th century house in a South London square was restored after being<br />
previously divided into flats. Frank Hollmeyer uses this first floor room as a study.<br />
The panelling, which he put back in, is painted in Farrow & Ball’s Brassica<br />
The first floor drawing room of the<br />
same house is painted in Farrow & Ball’s<br />
Cale Green, a flattering background for<br />
the 17th century Dutch flower paintings.<br />
The cushions are made of antique Middle<br />
Eastern fabric from Susan Deliss, who also<br />
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▲ A bedroom in a London terrace designed by Peter Moiret in 1967 as a 20th century take on the townhouse. Textile designer<br />
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▲ Gavin Waddell created this kitchen in a first floor reception<br />
room of his Cheltenham townhouse. The wallpaper is by Cole<br />
& Son and inspired the colours of the cupboards and table. He<br />
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▲ This London house was built in the 1670s. A flokati rug<br />
marks out the seating area of the reception room which opens<br />
onto the dining room and kitchen. The 1960s vintage fabric on<br />
the blind is Pheasant Moon by Hans Tisdall<br />
Perfect English Townhouse by Ros Byam Shaw, photographs by Jan Baldwin,<br />
published by Ryland, Peters & Small<br />
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Josephine Fairley is welcoming the new year, with fresh new, exfoliated skin<br />
Each New Year I like to think of myself as ‘shedding a<br />
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and generally, loving that clean-sheet-of-paper feeling.<br />
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Year, via exfoliating products.<br />
By now, the central heating’s been on for months. And<br />
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is that it starts to look flat. It doesn’t refract light in the way<br />
healthy, dewy, plumped-up skin does and it can get flaky.<br />
Simply piling on moisturiser, though,<br />
doesn’t cut it. Dusty, dry surface cells just<br />
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the way that new cells do. So the answer<br />
(to paraphrase the Daleks) is simple:<br />
‘Exfoliate! Exfoliate!’<br />
I have a positive arsenal of scrubs and<br />
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among my favourite products because they really are the<br />
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“Dry skin doesn’t<br />
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Other longstanding favourites include ESPA Detoxifying<br />
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Lately, I’ve also discovered the Natural Spa Factory which<br />
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of scrubs to buff skin beautifully<br />
clean while leaving it lightly veiled in<br />
nourishing oils, perfect for that ‘at-home<br />
spa’ experience.<br />
Tickled Pink Yuzu, Pink Beets &<br />
Watermelon Scrub, £20 for 250g, is<br />
probably my favourite – a silky-textured<br />
scrub based on chunky salt granules, along with antioxidant<br />
beetroot pieces and powder, which gives a lovely pinkflecked<br />
look. These are suspended in a base of skin-nurturing<br />
grapeseed oil and peach kernel oil, leaving skin veiled in<br />
moisture and nourishment.<br />
Happily, plastic ‘microbeads’ have been outlawed now, for<br />
ecological reasons – and there was really no need for them<br />
anyway, when there are so many natural ways to deliver<br />
equally good results. But you might notice that none of my<br />
hot tip scrubs contain crushed particles like pumice or nut<br />
shells. There are two reasons for this: a) these can scratch<br />
skin, if used over-zealously, and b) I personally find<br />
nothing alluring about having a gritty bottom from<br />
sitting on a layer of particles that don’t dissolve in<br />
water.<br />
Salt and – preferably – sugar scrubs do dissolve. And<br />
the reason I prefer sugar is simply that I’m a gardener,<br />
and salty scrubs sting wounds acquired when, for<br />
instance, pruning roses. As long as I haven’t been in the<br />
wars with my secateurs in hand, though, salt’s fine.<br />
Personally, I also like my scrubs to come in an oil<br />
base, which not only makes for easy application – small,<br />
gentle circles is enough – but also leaves skin<br />
with a veil of oil. I then like to smooth on<br />
body butter, for a skin-quenching doublewhammy.<br />
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If scrubs aren’t your thing, you<br />
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I also love Origins Never A Dull Moment, £28 for 125ml.<br />
Here, the polishing agent is actually crushed papaya, which<br />
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and this zesty exfoliator, featuring naturally skin tone-evening<br />
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week, ideally.<br />
So don’t leave it till the bikini season’s looming to get in the<br />
habit of blitzing your skin. Face or body, regularly removing<br />
those cells – and the watchword, always, is ‘gently’ – is one<br />
of the best favours you can do to your skin. I promise you’ll<br />
almost hear your ‘new skin’ slurping up whatever you choose<br />
to smooth into it, afterwards.<br />
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Wellbeing<br />
A Year of Wellness<br />
Eminé Rushton gets real about the serious health dangers of sustained stress<br />
– and suggests how to bring essential balance back into our busy lives<br />
<strong>January</strong>: The Truth About Stress<br />
In 2016 the World Health<br />
Organisation (WHO) Global<br />
Burden of Disease Survey estimated<br />
that by the year 2020, stress-related<br />
mental health conditions will be the<br />
second most common cause of disease<br />
(after ischemic heart disorders). Oh my.<br />
New Year, with its optimistic tradition<br />
of good resolutions may not feel like the<br />
best time for a spot of sobering reading,<br />
but let’s be honest – how many of us<br />
find ourselves feeling exhausted and<br />
overwhelmed at this time of year?<br />
With Christmas over, the reality of<br />
over eating, over drinking<br />
and over spending sink<br />
in and while it can be<br />
lovely to catch up with<br />
family, that can also bring<br />
its own unique stresses<br />
– and sustained stress is<br />
something we all need to<br />
start taking very seriously.<br />
If we take a look at the physiological<br />
impact this might have upon our bodies,<br />
we’ll see that periods of sustained<br />
heightened stress keep us in a holding<br />
pattern of increased cortisol and<br />
adrenaline. The former is our stress<br />
response hormone, the latter, our ‘fight<br />
or flight’ hormone and while they are<br />
both essential for human survival in<br />
extreme situations (or they were when<br />
our ancestors were at risk of sabertoothed<br />
tiger encounters), if they are<br />
permanently ‘on’ they can cause serious<br />
damage. So if we don’t give ourselves<br />
ample opportunity to catch our breath,<br />
properly rest and wholly unwind, our<br />
stress levels can tip us over into chronic<br />
health conditions.<br />
“Stress is something<br />
we can take<br />
active steps to<br />
alleviate – almost<br />
immediately”<br />
“Rather than helping us push<br />
through, this pressure can make us feel<br />
overwhelmed or unable to cope,” says<br />
the Mental Health Foundation.<br />
When the BBC’s Dr Rangan<br />
Chatterjee announced earlier this year<br />
that he no longer believed poor diet to<br />
be the biggest contributing factor to ill<br />
health, naming stress instead as the main<br />
culprit, a lot of people sat up and started<br />
to take notice.<br />
But, as bleak as this may sound, there<br />
is some good news. Unlike a chronic<br />
untreatable disease, stress is something<br />
we can take active steps<br />
to alleviate – almost<br />
immediately.<br />
Lifestyle factors make<br />
up the main causes<br />
of excess stress in our<br />
modern lives: lack of<br />
sleep, too much time<br />
online, overly busy<br />
lives, insufficient restorative time, but<br />
hearteningly these are the easiest to<br />
rebalance. Here are some tips.<br />
1. Draw clear lines between work and<br />
rest. Get into the habit of putting your<br />
Out of Office on your email when you<br />
are off work, and don’t feel compelled<br />
to respond. You are paid to work certain<br />
hours, not to be eternally ‘on’.<br />
2. Mute your WhatsApp if it’s<br />
overwhelming and turn off all apps via<br />
the notification centres. Get used to a<br />
life that is not dominated by bleeping<br />
symbols. Realise that life does not begin<br />
or end with your device.<br />
3. Almost all devices now have inbuilt<br />
timers and switch off modes – so<br />
when you have had your 30 mins on<br />
Instagram, it will turn itself off. Instal<br />
Night Mode onto your devices too,<br />
to ensure that if you must be online<br />
late, you are at least cancelling out<br />
that cortisol-raising blue light. Better<br />
still, switch off entirely at least an hour<br />
before bedtime, every single night. Light<br />
a candle, read, bathe – learn to leave<br />
‘life’ behind, and choose rest instead.<br />
4. Build a daily meditation habit.<br />
“Mindfulness and guided meditation<br />
apps can be really valuable for<br />
improving wellbeing and aiding<br />
relaxation,” says Eve Critchley, from<br />
mental health charity Mind. If you’re<br />
a tech addict, put it to better use:<br />
download Headspace, Calm, Aura or<br />
Stop, Breathe and Think.<br />
5. Go to a regular yoga class. All<br />
yoga classes have a guided yoga<br />
‘nidra’ meditation at the end. Even<br />
better is a dedicated yoga nidra<br />
class, which is all meditation.<br />
6. If there are things about your<br />
life – from work to home – that<br />
are continually overwhelming<br />
you, make a bold and honest list<br />
of what you can realistically do<br />
to lessen their impact. Can you<br />
say ‘no’ more often, and<br />
give yourself a break?<br />
Can you retrain or<br />
study on the side,<br />
to move into a role<br />
that is better-suited to<br />
your strengths and passions?<br />
7. Visualise, don’t dream – focus<br />
on what is really possible, and<br />
how you can begin <strong>2019</strong> with a<br />
resolution that will ease your<br />
stress levels, for good.<br />
Eminé Rushton is Wellbeing Director-at-Large at Psychologies magazine, and co-founder of<br />
the conscious living blog, The Balance Plan, balanceplan.co.uk
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Natural wisdom<br />
Sophie Parker is the founder of Betony and Sage, creating organic<br />
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What one piece of seasonal wisdom<br />
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this transition is a meditative walk in<br />
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the glut of rowan berries, the rich and<br />
dark earthy smell that has been absent<br />
all summer. In these moments, I feel<br />
the energy change on the wind and take<br />
heed of the guidance all around me.<br />
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Winter warmers<br />
Keep the home fires burning from the <strong>inside</strong> with these perfect one-pot suppers<br />
Words: Anna Stanford Photographs: David Merewether<br />
Anna’s Family Kitchen<br />
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I’m not a chef, I’m a home<br />
cook and hugely passionate<br />
about the food I prepare,<br />
serve and eat.<br />
As mum to nine-year<br />
old fussy Finn, 12 year-old<br />
Thomas (who eats like a<br />
grown man) and 14 year-old<br />
vegetarian Mia, I am used<br />
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of delivering balanced meals<br />
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their friends, my husband<br />
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I like to use fresh,<br />
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Vegan Black Bean Chilli with<br />
Avocado, Lime and Tomato Salsa<br />
Serves 4 Prep time: 5 minutes. Cooking time: 25 minutes.<br />
This is my vegetarian daughter’s favourite meal. It’s ready in 30 minutes is packed with<br />
flavour, plus the black beans are a great antioxidant and source of protein. Serve with rice<br />
and you have a perfectly balanced vegan meal. The salsa freshens the dish.<br />
• 1 tbsp olive oil<br />
• 3 peppers sliced<br />
• 1 red onion chopped<br />
• 3 garlic cloves crushed<br />
• 800g (2 cans) black beans, drained<br />
• 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar<br />
• ½ tsp smoked paprika<br />
• 3 tsp chipotle paste<br />
• 400g passata (or tinned tomatoes<br />
mashed with a spoon in the pot)<br />
• Salt and pepper<br />
For the salsa<br />
• 1 avocado chopped<br />
• 100g cherry tomatoes roughly<br />
chopped<br />
• Juice of 2 limes<br />
Wine+<br />
This is a fresh, spicy dish that<br />
needs a succulent red to go with it.<br />
Portugal and Spain both do excellent<br />
value-for-money reds and we’ve chosen a<br />
great vegan wine from Portugal. Almeida<br />
Garrett Entre Serras, Beira Interior 2015<br />
(£6.25, The Wine Society) is a superb<br />
value wine made from local Portuguese<br />
grapes. Full of bramble fruit notes<br />
with gentle spice and a lovely,<br />
warming body.<br />
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil<br />
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander<br />
1Sauté the onion for 5 minutes before<br />
adding the garlic and peppers.<br />
2Colour for 2-3 minutes before adding<br />
the balsamic vinegar. Let it bubble for<br />
a few seconds then add the black beans,<br />
paprika, chipotle paste and passata.<br />
3Add ½ tsp Maldon salt and a few<br />
grinds of black pepper. Simmer for 15<br />
minutes.<br />
4While it’s cooking, prepare your salsa<br />
by combining all the ingredients in a<br />
bowl with a pinch of salt. Serve with rice<br />
and your salsa.<br />
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Wine+<br />
This recipe is deliciously sweet and<br />
spicy and an equally spicy red wine would<br />
go really well. We’ve gone for a rich, full<br />
bodied Zinfandel known for its black-fruit<br />
flavour and warm, sweet spice notes. Black<br />
Ridge Zinfandel is a Californian red (The<br />
Secret Cellar, Wadhurst £12.50) with rich<br />
berry flavours matched with a full<br />
body and great length, the perfect<br />
foil for a warming curry.<br />
Slow Cooked Beef and Beetroot Curry<br />
Serves 6 Prep time: 20 minutes. Cooking time: 4-6 hours in a slow<br />
cooker, low oven or Aga simmering oven.<br />
Aside from giving this curry an amazing colour, the beetroot adds<br />
a sweetness and richness. Serve with rice, a dollop of yogurt and<br />
fresh coriander.<br />
• 700g cooked beetroot -<br />
either cook your own or<br />
buy pre-cooked beetroot<br />
(but not in a jar, it has to<br />
be fresh not pickled)<br />
• 10cm ginger, peeled and<br />
chopped<br />
• 4 garlic cloves crushed<br />
• 2 red chillies deseeded<br />
• 30g bunch fresh coriander,<br />
stalks chopped, leaves<br />
reserved<br />
• 6 cardamom pods, seeds<br />
removed<br />
• 2 tbsp tomato puree<br />
• 2 tbsp brown sugar<br />
• 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar<br />
• 2 tbsp ground cumin<br />
• 1 tbsp ground coriander<br />
• 2 tsp fennel seeds<br />
• ¼ tsp ground cloves<br />
• 1½ kg stewing beef steak -<br />
feather blade works well<br />
• 3 tbsp olive oil<br />
• 2 onions chopped<br />
• 200ml beef stock<br />
• 1 tbsp garam masala<br />
1Chop the beetroot into<br />
large chunks and in a food<br />
processor or blender whizz<br />
one third of it with the ginger,<br />
garlic, chilli, coriander stalks,<br />
cardamom, tomato puree,<br />
brown sugar, cumin, ground<br />
coriander, fennel seeds, cloves<br />
and 2 tsp ground black pepper.<br />
2In a large pan, heat 2<br />
tbsp oil and colour the<br />
beef chunks in batches until<br />
browned all over. Set aside.<br />
3Add another tablespoon<br />
of oil to the pan and sauté<br />
your onions for 5 minutes<br />
before returning the beef to<br />
the pan with the spice paste<br />
and the balsamic vinegar.<br />
the stock, then bring<br />
4Add the curry to a simmer and<br />
cook in a low oven (130°C)<br />
or slow cooker for 4-8 hours.<br />
You could alternatively<br />
cook it at 160°C for 2-3<br />
hours but I think it works<br />
better cooked slow and low.<br />
Uncover the curry, add the<br />
reserved beetroot and garam<br />
masala and return to the oven<br />
uncovered for 30 minutes. <br />
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Wine+<br />
Lamb has lovely soft flavours and is not<br />
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herbs in the dish. Côtes-du-Rhône 2016<br />
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Food<br />
Lancashire Hotpot<br />
Serves 4-6 Prep time: 20 minutes. Cooking time: 6-8 hours in a<br />
slow cooker, low oven or Aga simmering oven.<br />
An old English classic. When I made this for my family and some<br />
friends of my boys, aged 9 and 12, it was devoured.<br />
• 1.5kg lamb neck fillet,<br />
cubed<br />
• 1 tbsp olive oil<br />
• 2 onions chopped<br />
• 2 carrots peeled and<br />
chopped<br />
• 3 bay leaves<br />
• 2 tbsp Worcestershire<br />
Sauce<br />
• 100ml red wine (optional)<br />
• 500ml lamb or veg stock<br />
(1½ tbsp plain flour<br />
• 800g potatoes peeled and<br />
sliced as thinly as you can<br />
• 2 tbsp butter melted<br />
1Soften the onions in a tbsp<br />
of oil for 5 minutes before<br />
adding the lamb, salt and<br />
pepper.<br />
2Colour on a high heat<br />
for 5-10 minutes before<br />
stirring in the flour.<br />
3Add the wine followed by<br />
the Worcestershire Sauce.<br />
Let it bubble for 2 minutes<br />
before adding the stock, carrots<br />
and bay.<br />
4Put in the oven at 130°C,<br />
a slow cooker, or Aga<br />
simmering oven for 6-8 hours.<br />
5Forty-five minutes before<br />
you want to eat turn the<br />
oven up to 180°C and arrange<br />
your sliced potatoes on the<br />
top so that they overlap. Brush<br />
on the butter and bake for 45<br />
minutes or until the potatoes<br />
are crisp on top.<br />
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Wine+<br />
Wow! This dessert is so sumptuous<br />
that most wines won’t hold their own<br />
against it. You need something fortified<br />
and luscious. Head to France for a sweet,<br />
red wine, Domaine Pouderoux Maury<br />
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Maury wines are known for their super<br />
sweetness, coupled with notes of dried<br />
fruits, caramel and nut plus good acidity<br />
which will cut through<br />
the richness. Serve<br />
well chilled.<br />
Gooey Chocolate Cups with Salted Caramel<br />
Sauce and Cream<br />
Serves 4 Prep time: 10 minutes. Cooking time: 30 minutes.<br />
Gluten free, these easy peasy chocolate pots are made with no<br />
flour. The caramel sauce is worth making yourself if you have the<br />
time. If you don’t there are lots of salted caramel sauces available<br />
in supermarkets.<br />
• 4 eggs separated<br />
• 120g unsalted butter<br />
• 4 tbsp caster sugar<br />
• 250g 70% cocoa dark<br />
chocolate<br />
• 1 tsp vanilla extract<br />
• ½ tsp salt<br />
For the salted caramel sauce<br />
• 140g light brown sugar<br />
• 2 tbsp golden syrup<br />
• 50g butter<br />
• 300ml double cream<br />
• ½ tsp salt<br />
• Whipped cream or ice<br />
cream to serve<br />
For the salted caramel<br />
1In a heavy-bottomed pan<br />
heat the butter, brown sugar<br />
and golden syrup. Stir until<br />
everything has melted.<br />
2Once the mixture starts<br />
to bubble, add the double<br />
cream and simmer for 2<br />
minutes.<br />
3Stir in the salt and allow<br />
to cool slightly.<br />
For the chocolate cups<br />
4Grease 4 large ramekins<br />
or oven proof cups.<br />
5Whisk your egg whites<br />
until they form stiff<br />
peaks. Add 2 tbsp of caster<br />
sugar half a tablespoon at<br />
a time - counting to 20 in<br />
between until you have a<br />
glossy meringue mix. Set<br />
aside.<br />
6Melt the chocolate and<br />
butter in a bowl above<br />
a pan of simmering water<br />
(bain-marie). Once the<br />
butter and chocolate are<br />
melted stir in the remaining<br />
2 tbsp caster sugar.<br />
Now stir in the egg yolks,<br />
vanilla extract and salt.<br />
7Gently fold in the<br />
meringue mixture. Spoon<br />
the chocolate mixture into<br />
the cups or ramekins and<br />
bake for 25-30 minutes<br />
in an oven at 180°C .The<br />
pots should be gooey in the<br />
middle and like cake on the<br />
outside.<br />
8Add a dollop of whipped<br />
cream or ice cream and<br />
drizzle over some salted<br />
caramel.<br />
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Seeds of hope<br />
Cosmos ‘Double Click<br />
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The days are short, damp and dark, but Jo Arnell doesn’t care –<br />
she’s got her head deep in the seed catalogues<br />
As soon as the last Christmas card is in the recycling, or even<br />
before, I am flicking through the seed catalogues. Every year I<br />
promise myself that I won’t buy so many, sow too many, won’t<br />
go too mad. After all, I have a good stash of home-collected seeds<br />
already - and not much time or space even for these. But I’m going to<br />
have to admit to you, right here on the page (imagine I’m standing at<br />
the back of a room somewhere) that I am totally addicted to seeds.<br />
I just love the magically simple act of sowing a few tiny grains and<br />
watching a plant (an actual plant!) burst from something minuscule and<br />
inert looking. It is so exciting. It isn’t always as easy as this though, and<br />
things can go wrong.<br />
If you have ever tried to grow something from seed and failed, take<br />
heart, because it probably wasn’t your fault. Seeds need to be triggered<br />
into germination. Most of the time annual seeds just need a bit of<br />
warmth and moisture (and sometimes light) to get going. Annual<br />
plants have but a short time to do their stuff, so are in a bit of a hurry.<br />
Perennials may take longer and some need to go through a period of<br />
winter before they will even think about germinating.<br />
What a seed needs<br />
Warmth - Plants have evolved over millennia to recognise when spring<br />
has arrived. Seeds are primed to germinate in the warmth, as this<br />
means that conditions for growth and the chances that they will make<br />
it to maturity, have improved. Some plants need more warmth than<br />
others, depending on where they have originated in the wild. Notice<br />
how a great rash of weeds pops up as soon as the weather outside starts<br />
to improve and take your cue that the conditions for sowing directly<br />
outside into the soil are just right.<br />
Moisture - Again this is a spring thing and to do with plants being in<br />
harmony with the seasons. Whether it’s a thaw in an alpine meadow, a<br />
rainy season, some April showers, or a dribble from your watering can,<br />
exposure to water will nudge plants into growth.<br />
Light - This is not always needed; seeds normally germinate under<br />
the ground and until they have grown a leaf containing chlorophyll,<br />
they cannot photosynthesise. Instead, they respire and therefore need<br />
oxygen more than light at the point of germination. Very quickly after<br />
this though, they do need light; bright and indirect, in order that their<br />
delicate new leaves don’t scorch. Seedlings quickly become etiolated and<br />
leggy when it isn’t bright enough, so if you are growing them <strong>inside</strong>, a<br />
warm and bright north facing windowsill should be perfect.<br />
Soil - Because seeds need oxygen for germination, it is important that<br />
the compost is free-draining with lots of tiny air pockets. Seeds bring<br />
their own food with them (which is why we eat them), so ordinary<br />
‘grown up’ compost may be too rich. Seed compost (available at most<br />
garden centres) has been specially formulated to be finer, and grittier and<br />
more suited to the needs of seeds and cuttings. As soon as the seedling<br />
grows its first pair of true leaves, it needs to be potted into a richer mix.<br />
Vernalisation (winter dormancy) - This is plants’ way of making<br />
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House Caption: Copy in here<br />
A ‘meadow’ in my garden, all<br />
annuals from spring-sown seed<br />
It normally happens with perennials and woody plants.<br />
You may need to sow the seeds in the autumn and leave<br />
them outside in a sheltered place to go through winter,<br />
or cunningly put them through a fake winter in a bag of<br />
damp sand in the fridge for a bit in order to break their<br />
dormancy. Seed sowing instructions should be provided<br />
by the producer, so do not use this method unless it is<br />
indicated – or if all else has failed. Do warn your family<br />
too; it’s annoying if they discover and disturb (and possibly<br />
tip away) the contents of the mystery package…<br />
Direct sowing versus sowing under cover<br />
It’s easy - and very tempting - to empty the packets into your<br />
hand or pocket and go scattering seed around the place. After<br />
all, this is what the plants themselves do and if you like the<br />
self-sown, slightly random and natural look, then this could<br />
be the method for you.<br />
The problem comes when the seeds start germinating,<br />
because they usually do this at the same time as all those<br />
other random self-seeders – the weeds. But if<br />
you are sowing vegetables it pays to grow them<br />
in neat rows, as you can then hoe in between<br />
the rows and keep the weeds to a minimum.<br />
There is also a neat trick, which involves<br />
preparing the soil, waiting for a couple<br />
of weeks until the weeds pop up, then<br />
hoeing them off – without disturbing<br />
the surface too much. You can then sow your seed into<br />
the clean soil. The same method can be used in the<br />
borders with annual flower seeds, but here you can vary<br />
the shapes; rigid rows of flowers are great for a cutting<br />
garden, but less natural looking in a mixed border.<br />
Sowing under cover and then pricking out and potting<br />
on seedlings is a time-consuming task, it’s true, but it<br />
will give you ultimate control over where exactly your<br />
plants are to grow. The other big advantage – and this<br />
is the reason I tend to favour it – is that you can protect<br />
your tiny plants from the ravages of the unpredictable<br />
spring weather and worse: attack from pests.<br />
“To extend the<br />
flowering season, I<br />
often sow two lots<br />
of annual flowers”<br />
Tender plants<br />
If started off early these must be sown indoors and will<br />
need bottom heat for good results. You can buy an<br />
electric propagator with a clear plastic lid to keep the<br />
plants in their own mini greenhouse environment. A<br />
warm window sill might just do the job, but watch out<br />
that your babies don’t scorch in the early spring sunshine.<br />
The advantage of sowing early is that you’ll be able to<br />
get a head start on the season and have a display of<br />
flowers or a crop of vegetables earlier in the season.<br />
Tomatoes, for instance, need a long growing<br />
period in which to grow and ripen their fruit.<br />
Our summers aren’t always as long as the one we<br />
experienced last year, so the earlier they are sown,<br />
the earlier you will be picking ripe tomatoes.<br />
To extend the flowering season, I often sow two lots<br />
of annual flowers like Cosmos and Nicotiana; one under<br />
cover in late winter and then another, directly into the<br />
borders once the soil has warmed up in<br />
April. There can still be frosts until May<br />
though, so watch the weather forecast<br />
before putting tender plants outside.<br />
Hardening off<br />
This is a process that entails gradually<br />
accustoming your sensitive seedlings to<br />
life outside in the garden. Start by putting<br />
them out for a few hours each day, bringing them in as<br />
the temperatures drop in the evening. Cold frames and<br />
cloches are a useful half-way house, being sheltered, but<br />
unheated. After a week or so the plants can be left out<br />
and then planted in their permanent positions. If they are<br />
shoved outside unceremoniously, they may, like some of<br />
us, get a hard shock and then fail to thrive, or worse…<br />
Vegetables<br />
We are not necessarily growing vegetables to save money.<br />
As my father-in-law points out, a cabbage at the shops<br />
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scratch, perhaps an otherwise expensive crop that is hard<br />
to find in the shops, a weird and wonderful blue potato,<br />
or deliciously unusual variety of kale. Who wouldn’t want<br />
to grow a tomato called ‘Black Krim’, or a leek named<br />
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One of the other great things about growing<br />
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On the other hand, heritage or heirloom varieties are<br />
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You can also collect the seeds of heirloom veg to sow<br />
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What Dulwich recognised was that team sports are not for everyone. All<br />
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The Dulwich Get Active team began work developing their own HIIT (high<br />
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Roy Headey, Director of Sport at Hampton Court House, believes in the<br />
importance of young people building strength – through weightlifting<br />
Children are taller and heavier than they used to be –<br />
but they are also weaker and less fit than they were 16<br />
years ago, according to a British study, published in<br />
the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport.<br />
The researchers found they scored worse in tests including<br />
sit-ups and grip strength and the decline has been speeding up.<br />
There had been a 20% decrease in absolute muscle strength<br />
and a 30% decrease in muscle endurance over the 16-year<br />
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“Inactive lifestyles are a health risk, but physical fitness is the<br />
single best measure of health in childhood, adolescence and<br />
on into adulthood,” said Dr Sandercock, who led the research.<br />
“Poor fitness and inactivity lead to multiple health problems in<br />
their adult life.”<br />
Dr Sandercock said the current concept of a ‘healthy weight’<br />
was misleading and that using Body Mass Index (BMI) in<br />
isolation was not an effective way to monitor health. Of the<br />
children studied, 80% had a normal BMI, but one in three of<br />
those was found to be unfit.<br />
At Hampton Court House, we are embarking on a<br />
programme specifically designed to increase strength in our<br />
pupils – introducing safe-lifting technique as part of the<br />
curriculum, progressing to teaching Olympic Weightlifting.<br />
Strength is a key foundation for an active life and we will<br />
provide that foundation.<br />
Hampton Court House’s sporting philosophy centres upon<br />
our pupils’ finding sports or activities they can be passionate<br />
about for life, because a physically active lifestyle will only<br />
happen as a result of each child’s discovery of joy in their sport<br />
of choice. This is our overall goal, but strength is our first<br />
priority in terms of physical development.<br />
The idea of young children lifting weights is still<br />
controversial, with claims that lifting weights at an early<br />
age will lead to stunted growth, fractured growth plates and<br />
inflexibility as a result of becoming ‘musclebound’.<br />
But none of these fears are borne out by the evidence: with<br />
good coaching and qualified supervision there is actually a<br />
very low risk of injury to children who participate in weight<br />
training – in fact it is considerably lower than those of many<br />
of the traditional team sports that are commonplace in our<br />
schools.<br />
Injuries that were sustained by children while weight training<br />
generally come down to one factor: poor<br />
supervision. When unsupervised the<br />
chances of a young athlete attempting<br />
to lift with poor technique or with too<br />
much weight dramatically rises. It also<br />
increases the chances of ‘horseplay’<br />
in the weight room; not surprisingly,<br />
the most common injuries to<br />
children in the weight room are<br />
a result of dropping weights on their own hands and feet.<br />
Many parents still fear that lifting weights at an early age<br />
will stunt a child’s growth; there has never been any scientific<br />
evidence that youth weight training is harmful to the normal<br />
growth and development process, but in fact youth weightlifters<br />
commonly display higher than average bone density.<br />
Weight training also helps young athletes develop strength.<br />
After a two-year study, researchers compared the strength<br />
of children who had lifted weights to those of the same<br />
age who had participated only in games. Those in the<br />
weightlifting group had gained significant strength compared<br />
to the others, without any reports of significant injury.<br />
Youth athletes who lift weights are also less likely to<br />
sustain injuries in other sports in which they participate<br />
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There’s much more to gain from school sports<br />
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“We want them to have the experience of feeling so<br />
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“The times they come home from school too tired to<br />
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“To learn to take care of their bodies and to look<br />
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“To experience collaborating with others, to understand<br />
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“For life-long friendships and memories - for the sheer<br />
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But while Bede’s boys won the U18 English Schools Football<br />
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“Girls’ football at Bede’s has been on a real journey,”<br />
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New Year –<br />
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It’s the start of the New Year – but not in schools.<br />
There the new start comes in September, when hopes<br />
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But that doesn’t mean teachers and parents can’t have New<br />
Year resolutions and if I could wind the clock back to when<br />
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In fact I know two women who have done exactly that.<br />
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and unlimited small gifts of up to £250.<br />
Gifts to charity<br />
Gifts to charity are exempt from inheritance tax and there is a<br />
further benefit. If 10% or more of an estate is left to charity,<br />
then all non-exempt gifts are taxed at 36% instead of the<br />
standard 40%. The idea is to encourage individuals to leave<br />
money to charity. However, it does not apply to all charities<br />
globally and so specific advice should be sought.<br />
Spouse exemption<br />
If a couple is married or in a civil partnership, often the ‘bite’<br />
of inheritance tax is only felt on the death of the second<br />
party. This is because married or civil partnership couples<br />
qualify for a ‘spousal exemption’, meaning that anything can<br />
pass between couples without<br />
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death – unless one of them is not domiciled in the UK for<br />
inheritance tax purposes.<br />
Redirecting Will legacies<br />
If a Will is formally changed by deed within two years<br />
of death, the amendments are ‘read back’ and treated as<br />
though made by the Will for inheritance tax purposes. This<br />
provides flexibility to take into account the circumstances<br />
at the date of death.<br />
For example, parents can redirect a legacy to their<br />
children, or into a trust to benefit their children and such<br />
a change will be treated, for inheritance tax purposes, as<br />
though the Will had been amended by the deceased.<br />
The alternative would be for the parent to pass the<br />
legacy on themselves but then the gift would be treated<br />
as a ‘potentially exempt transfer’ so if the parent does not<br />
survive the gift by seven years, it will be taxed as part of<br />
their estate on death.<br />
The magic million<br />
The government has talked about the ‘magic million’ –<br />
£1million free of inheritance tax by 2021. The ‘million’ is<br />
available where a married or civil partnership couple are<br />
considered together. Each individual has an allowance of<br />
£325,000 which can pass free of inheritance tax (the ‘nil<br />
rate band’).<br />
In addition, by 2021 each individual will be able to leave<br />
£175,000 to a direct descendent if it relates to residential<br />
property (the ‘residence nil rate band’), subject to various<br />
limitations. These combined give each individual £500,000<br />
to pass on free of inheritance tax.<br />
Nil rate bands can be transferred between civil partners<br />
or married couples, so if they are not used on first death,<br />
up to £1million will be available on second death in 2021.<br />
Entrepreneurs relief<br />
From a capital gains perspective, to encourage<br />
entrepreneurs, each individual has a potential £10 million<br />
of gains which can be taxed at 10% rather than the<br />
standard 18% or 28%.<br />
To qualify for this, certain criteria must be met; the<br />
applicant must be, and have been, a director, officer or<br />
employee of the company for at least one year (two years<br />
from April <strong>2019</strong>), they must hold at least 5% of ordinary<br />
shares in the company and the company must be a trading<br />
company.<br />
Finally, timing. Many wait until retirement to consider<br />
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By seeking professional advice, you can clarify how to<br />
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Please contact Stephen Horscroft on stephen.<br />
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opportunities that may be available to you.<br />
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Surviving the Holidays<br />
Specialist divorce and family lawyer Juliette Peters of Peters May answers your<br />
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A. This can be a particularly stressful time if you are divorced or separated<br />
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What’s On in <strong>January</strong><br />
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Sat 12 Jan – Fri 31 Jan<br />
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Outdoor<br />
Contemporary Art:<br />
Who was Winston<br />
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Learn about the private man<br />
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01732 868381 /<br />
nationaltrust.org.uk<br />
Burns Night<br />
Fri 25 – Sat 26 Jan<br />
Hever Castle Luxury Bed<br />
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Castle, Hever TN8 7NG<br />
Burns Night<br />
Celebration<br />
An overnight stay in five star<br />
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tribute to the life, works and spirit<br />
of the great Scottish poet, Robert<br />
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welcome guests to supper which<br />
will include an arrival drink, shot<br />
of whisky and a four course meal<br />
and the package also includes a<br />
private guided tour of the castle<br />
after check out on Saturday.<br />
Entry: From £205<br />
01732 865224 /<br />
hevercastle.co.uk<br />
Fri 25 Jan 7pm<br />
Ashdown Park Hotel & Country<br />
Club, Wych Cross, Forest Row,<br />
East Grinstead RH18 5JR<br />
Burns Night Dinner<br />
A fantastic traditional Burns<br />
night dinner. Enjoy a warming<br />
whisky cocktail on arrival before<br />
sitting down to a delicious<br />
four course dinner and half a<br />
bottle of wine per person. One<br />
course will of course include<br />
the infamous Scottish delicacy<br />
Haggis, which will be piped in<br />
by a traditional Scottish piper.<br />
Entry: £75<br />
01342 824988 /<br />
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Children & Families<br />
Weekends in Dec &<br />
Jan 11.30am-3pm<br />
Bodiam Castle, Bodiam,<br />
Robertsbridge TN32 5UA<br />
Lantern light<br />
storytelling<br />
Enjoy an evening of magical<br />
lantern lit storytelling in<br />
one of the castle towers.<br />
Entry: Free (admission applies)<br />
nationaltrust.org.uk<br />
Until Wed 6 Jan<br />
Ruxley Manor Garden<br />
Centre, Maidstone Road,<br />
Sidcup, Kent DA14 5BQ<br />
Ruxley’s Real Ice Rink<br />
It’s not too late to get your skates<br />
on and pirouette around our all<br />
weather, Ruxley Manor’s covered<br />
ice rink. This year skate with Mr<br />
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penguin or banana, or just enjoy<br />
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ruxley-manor.co.uk<br />
History<br />
Sat 27 Oct – Sun 6 Jan<br />
Sissinghurst Castle, Biddenden<br />
Road, Cranbrook TN17 2AB<br />
Beatrix Potter’s<br />
Garden<br />
Learn about the story behind<br />
the author. Accomplished<br />
gardener, naturalist, farmer and<br />
environmentalist, Beatrix Potter<br />
found inspiration in plants,<br />
animals and landscapes, all of<br />
which will be explored in this<br />
new exhibition featuring original<br />
artefacts including letters, books<br />
and a pair of Beatrix’ clogs,<br />
complete with mud.<br />
Music<br />
Wed 23 Jan 7-9pm<br />
Whitehill Primary School, Sun<br />
Lane, Gravesend DA12 5HN<br />
Open Rehearsal<br />
Singers in all voices are warmly<br />
incited to join Gravesham<br />
Choral Society for an open<br />
rehearsal. Gravesham Choral<br />
Society is working towards a<br />
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01474 816684 /<br />
jill.beety@btinternet.com<br />
Sun 27 Jan 2.30pm<br />
Music Room, Sutton Valence<br />
School, North Street, Sutton<br />
Valence, Maidstone ME17 3HL<br />
Sutton Valence Music<br />
Society concert<br />
Accomplished violinist Amalia<br />
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International Competition winner.<br />
Her performance will include<br />
works by Fauré, Beethoven, Clara<br />
Schumann and Prokofiev. She<br />
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Entry: £12.50 at the door<br />
(includes afternoon tea)<br />
01622 843325<br />
Shopping<br />
Fri 11 – Sat 12 Jan 9am-5pm<br />
The Hop Farm, Maidstone<br />
Road, Paddock Wood,<br />
Tonbridge TN12 6PY<br />
The Big Brocante<br />
Join the Hop Farm for a brilliant<br />
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hand picked selection of brilliant<br />
quality traders, decorative homewares,<br />
vintage and antiques,<br />
artisan food, and swing jazz.<br />
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Theatre<br />
Mon 14 – Sat 26 Jan<br />
Marlowe Theatre, The Friars,<br />
Canterbury CT1 2AS<br />
Kinky Boots<br />
This fabulous feel-good musical<br />
embarks on its first UK tour.<br />
It is a sensational and joyous<br />
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hit, taking audiences from a<br />
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with songs by pop icon Cyndi<br />
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01227 787787 /<br />
marlowetheatre.com<br />
Fri 25 Jan 10.30am & 1pm<br />
Hazlitt Theatre, 36 Earl Street,<br />
Maidstone ME14 1PP<br />
Little Star<br />
This starlit, baby-centric show<br />
follows Little Star as she explores<br />
space, swinging from shooting<br />
stars, sliding down crescent<br />
moons and bouncing on fluffy<br />
clouds. With puppetry, music<br />
including ‘Twinkle Twinkle<br />
Little Star’ and an intimate,<br />
relaxed setting it’s the perfect<br />
first theatre experience for babies<br />
from six to eighteen months.<br />
Entry: Adult and baby £13.50,<br />
Additional ticket £7.50<br />
01622 758611 /<br />
parkwoodtheatres.co.uk<br />
Tours & Trails<br />
Thu 6 Dec – Wed 16<br />
Jan 11.30am<br />
Leeds Castle, Maidstone<br />
ME17 1PL<br />
The Upstairs Tour<br />
Learn about the State and<br />
Battlement bedrooms at Leeds<br />
Castle, which are not open<br />
to the public. See the rooms<br />
preferred by King Edward VIII<br />
and Mrs Simpson during their<br />
stays, and more recently by<br />
Pavarotti and Cliff Richard.<br />
These truly magnificent rooms<br />
are not to be missed. Must<br />
be pre-booked online.<br />
Entry: £5 (in addition<br />
to castle entry fee)<br />
01622 765400 /<br />
leeds-castle.com<br />
Sun 20 & Sun 27 Jan 11am-2pm<br />
Ightham Mote, Mote Road, Ivy<br />
Hatch, Sevenoaks TN15 0NT<br />
Roast and Ramble<br />
Take a ramble around the<br />
outstanding 14th-century moated<br />
manor house’s estate, taking in<br />
the sights and sounds of winter<br />
wildlife in this area of outstanding<br />
natural beauty. Then, once you’ve<br />
worked up an appetite, head<br />
back to the Mote Café to warm<br />
up with a home cooked Sunday<br />
roast and delicious pudding.<br />
Entry: £22.50<br />
01732 810378 /<br />
nationaltrust.org.uk<br />
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What’s On in <strong>January</strong><br />
Thu 31 Jan 6-8pm<br />
Maidstone Museum, St Faith’s<br />
St, Maidstone ME14 1LH<br />
Museum Lates: Follow<br />
the Rainbow<br />
A chance to explore Maidstone<br />
Museum in a whole new light as<br />
the LGBTQ trail is launched.<br />
Entry: Free (including<br />
welcome drink on arrival)<br />
01622 602838 /<br />
museum.maidstone.gov.uk<br />
Weddings<br />
Maidstone ME14 3JF<br />
The Wedding Experience<br />
The largest regional wedding show in<br />
the South of England with over 1,200<br />
couples planning their wedding day<br />
with the help of over 200 exhibitors<br />
and an exquisite fashion show<br />
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Entry: Free, VIP £20<br />
wedding-experience.co.uk /<br />
wedding-experience.co.uk<br />
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Sun 13 Jan 10am-3pm<br />
Penshurst Place and Gardens,<br />
Penshurst Place, Penshurst,<br />
Tonbridge TN11 8DG<br />
Wedding Open Day<br />
Located just outside of Tunbridge<br />
Wells, the 14th century country<br />
house and grounds of Penshurst<br />
Place & Gardens will be<br />
welcoming couples to reserve their<br />
place at its Wedding Open Day<br />
this <strong>January</strong>; providing a unique<br />
opportunity to see the beautiful<br />
banqueting rooms dressed for the<br />
occasion, as you enjoy a glass of<br />
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to banqueting@penshurstplace.<br />
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01892 870307 /<br />
penshurstplace.com<br />
Sun 20 Jan 12noon-4pm<br />
Port Lympne, Aldington Road,<br />
Lympne, Hythe CT21 4PD<br />
Wedding Open Day<br />
Port Lympne Hotel’s fourth<br />
wedding open day of the year<br />
will give registered guests free<br />
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Entry: Register online for free entry<br />
01303 264647 /<br />
aspinallfoundation.org<br />
Sun 27 Jan<br />
Kent Event Centre,<br />
Kent Showground,<br />
Workshops<br />
Tue 8 Jan<br />
The ATTIC room, Queens Road<br />
Baptist Church, Queens Road,<br />
Broadstairs CT10 1NU<br />
Bird Identification<br />
Part of a series of illustrated talks by<br />
Pete Findley on bird identification<br />
for beginners to improvers.<br />
Entry: £4pp<br />
ww2.rspb.org.uk<br />
Wed 16 Jan 10am-3pm<br />
Hall Place & Gardens, Bourne<br />
Rd, Dartford, Bexley DA5 1PQ<br />
Drawing Tudor Life<br />
A still life session led by artist<br />
Anthony Nield, who will first<br />
perform a demonstration before<br />
you create your own drawing,<br />
and learn still life techniques.<br />
Entry: £26<br />
01322 526574 /<br />
hallplace.org.uk<br />
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On top of this already fabulous prize, we are adding<br />
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Congratulations to Carol Sawatzky who wins our November competition for spa treatments and products from Rye Retreat<br />
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Jane Howard’s<br />
Fables from<br />
the Farm<br />
It’s calving time and Jane is wondering if she<br />
will get any sleep<br />
So that was Christmas. I love it, especially the<br />
anticipation, but come Boxing Day I’m done and<br />
looking forward to the New Year and whatever joys and<br />
challenges that might bring.<br />
One thing for definite will be the patter of tiny hooves<br />
in the cowshed. Gorgeous George, our Sussex bull, spent<br />
most of last winter in splendid bachelor isolation, but in<br />
early April we let him in with his girls and nine months later<br />
we’re looking forward to the consequences. It’s a very special<br />
time and after twenty years still every bit as awesome and<br />
incredible to witness.<br />
However leading up to the birth there’s always a lot of<br />
uneventful watching and waiting – maximum observation,<br />
minimum intervention is the mantra - and the prospect of<br />
leaving a warm cosy bed to pad down to the cowshed to<br />
confirm that nothing is happening is not such an exciting<br />
prospect. But it seems that technology might have ridden to<br />
my rescue with the MooCall.<br />
In the days leading up to calving there are<br />
quite a few clues from the cow that she’s going<br />
to calve soon. Her udder starts ‘bagging up’,<br />
filling with milk and becoming firm rather<br />
than floppy. Her shape also changes. As the<br />
pelvic bones relax it has the effect of making<br />
it look like her tail head is rising up above her<br />
backbone to become far more prominent.<br />
As it gets closer still she will likely move away from the herd<br />
and find her own quiet corner. But when her labour actually<br />
starts, it goes without saying there is much discomfort and<br />
subsequent swishing of her tail. This is where the MooCall, a<br />
fag-packet-sized monitor, comes in. You strap it to the cow’s<br />
Gorgeous George,<br />
the bull<br />
tail and it monitors this increase in tail swishing and phones<br />
you up! How bloomin’ brilliant is that?<br />
So in this imagined tech-savvy world I shall now sleep<br />
soundly ariving just in time to safely<br />
“In the days deliver the calf and watch her licking it, to<br />
encourage it to get up and start drinking.<br />
leading up to<br />
And that’s very important because the calf<br />
calving there are needs to drink about 2½ litres of colostrum,<br />
the thick ‘starter, milk produced by the<br />
quite a lot of clues” cow at birth, in the first six hours of life.<br />
This special milk is full of the mother’s<br />
antibodies, which the calf can only absorb for a short time<br />
and they play a vital role in boosting the calf’s pretty limited<br />
immunity.<br />
But sometimes it doesn’t go according to plan. Especially<br />
for first-time mothers, after pushing out a 30kg calf they are<br />
sometimes startled, cross and not the least bit enthusiastic<br />
about the prospect of motherhood. So then you have to tether<br />
mum, give her a bucket of food (of far more interest than the<br />
calf) and encourage the small, slippery calf to stand, find the<br />
udder, latch on and suck. And not get kicked in the process.<br />
A good trick is to squirt some warm milk over the calf’s<br />
nose and ideally into its mouth – along the lines of a wake up<br />
and smell the coffee message. However it’s easy to mis-direct<br />
the squirt and end up with a faceful of warm colostrum which<br />
is incredibly sticky and hard to wash off. Never mind, helping<br />
an animal give birth is a wonderful experience and somehow I<br />
think I will still be getting up every night to enjoy it even if I<br />
do buy a MooCall.<br />
Follow Jane Howard – and the farm – on Instagram @coopersfarm<br />
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