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Contents
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HAPPY NEW HOUSE
Maggie Alderson’s favourite
homes on the market
NOTEBOOK
Six super events with
which to start 2019
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
A 1930s chapel converted
into modern brilliance
GET THE LOOK
Products to help you get that
Stairway to heaven look
HOUSE AND GARDEN
Interior designer Lisa Evans’
glorious High Weald cottage
GET THE LOOK
How to steal Lisa Evans’
classic cottage style
WHATEVER THE WEATHER
Kate Watts styles fashion
to combat the cold
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SCRUB A DUB DUB
Josephine Fairley freshens up
your skin for the new year
A YEAR OF WELLNESS
Eminé Rushton says relax
and de-stress this year
NATURAL WISDOM
We talk to environmental
conservationist, Sophie Parker
WINTER WARMERS
One-pot recipes to cosy
up with on cold days
THE GREAT ESCAPE
We explore some exotic and
enviable holiday destinations
SEEDS OF HOPE
Jo Arnell confesses her
addiction to seed catalogues
SPORT OUTSIDE THE BOX
Sports that push the boundaries
to give school kids more options
and oportunities to love exercise
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NEW YEAR - NEW ATTITUDE
Hilary Wilce advises that parents
encourage kids to consider
their aspirations in life
INHERITANCE TAX PLANNING
FOR NICE PEOPLE
How to negotiate taxes while
maintaining a clear conscience
WHAT’S ON
Events to get you excited
about the year ahead
COMPETITION
Win a dog-friendly break
and a Furbo dog camera
FABLES FROM THE FARM
It’s calving time at the farm
with Jane Howard
INTERIORS
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Patrick Gardner & Co triumphs at Surrey Property Awards 2018
Patrick Gardner & Co, Mole Valley’s foremost independent
estate agency, triumphed at the prestigious Surrey Property
Awards 2018, scooping up the award for ‘Best Sales/Lettings
Agent with 4+ Branches.’
The team from Patrick Gardner attended the black-tie
awards ceremony and gala dinner held at Guildford’s G-Live,
collecting a trophy presented by former international rugby
player, Martin Bayfield.
The Surrey Property Awards recognise and acknowledge
best practice, exceptional service and excellent design
across the property industry. The event also raises funds
for the Guildford-based charity, Challengers, which provides
leisure activities for disabled and young children in the
South East.
Martin Bayfield with the Patrick Gardner team – Michelle Manester, Bruce Shaw, Vari Bowling
and Tom Mason with The Worshipful the Mayor of Guildford, Councillor Mike Parsons.
Speaking of the company’s achievement, Bruce Shaw, Senior
Partner at Patrick Gardner & Co, said: “We are delighted
to have won this award which recognises the dedication
of our team, based in Ashtead, Bookham, Dorking and
Leatherhead – and our company’s commitment to providing
a first-class service to all our customers, including the
general public, land and property owners and industry
professionals. We have been working in this area since
1992 and in addition to sales and lettings, we specialise in
property and block management, land and new homes.”
“This award is particularly important to us because, rather
than being selected by a judging panel, we were nominated
and voted by for those who have used our services.”
For further information on Patrick Gardner & Co, please visit
the website on www.patrickgardner.com
surrey-homes.co.uk
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Month
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£4,250,000
Happy new house
Maggie Alderson picks her favourite homes on the market
West End House
The dream: This is it, this is the one.
After a couple of years of writing this
each month, this is the house that
had made me sigh with longing the
most. Grade II listed with origins in
the 1500s and additions ever since,
including a very grand portico in
the 1930s. More recently, a heavenly
orangery next to the kitchen. It has
the perfect combination of grandness,
beamy cosiness and a modern layout.
As well as the rambling formal rooms,
there is a cold larder, a preparation
kitchen as well as the social one, and
a boot room with outside access.
Where: The western edge of
Frensham, ten miles from Haslemere.
Setting: An AONB, with miles of
pathways for walking and riding.
Access into Alice Holt Forest is
just off the lawn of the house.
Beds: 7 Baths: 4
Special features: Glorious white
shutters on the outside.
Pleasing details: French
windows for miles. A four-oven
turquoise Aga. A party barn.
Outside: A glorious south facing
terrace looking on to lawns and
gardens, then paddocks and
woodland across 14.5 acres.
Time to town: Waterloo is 53 minutes
from Farnham, ten minutes drive away.
Agent: Knight Frank, Guildford
01483 565171 knightfrank.com
surrey-homes.co.uk
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£3,250,000
Matham Manor
The dream: A substantial early Victorian
detached family home, with lovely
spacious accommodation, including a new
extension bathed in light from skylights,
French doors and large windows.
Where: East Molesey, on the south side
of the River Thames from Hampton
Court and Bushy Park – so all the
advantages of suburban life with a very
quick connection to central London.
Setting: In its own large walled garden.
Postcode: KT8
Beds: 6 Baths: 3
Special features: A very swish
hand built kitchen.
Pleasing details: It’s a very large
garden, so close to town.
Outside: Lawn and recently landscaped
gardens, including a box topiary mini maze.
Time to town: Fast trains from
Hampton Court, Surbiton and Esher
mainline stations – eg 36 minutes
from Hampton Court to Waterloo.
Agent: Knight Frank, Esher
01372 464496 knightfrank.com
£1,595,000
Flat 4, The Mansion
The dream: A very swishy luxury apartment
in the splendid main house of what was the
grand country estate of Kingswood Warren
Park, now developed into apartments
and prestigious detached houses.
Where: Close to the village of Kingswood,
equidistant from Epsom, Leatherhead
and Reigate, all about 15 minutes away.
Postcode: KT20 6AD
Beds: 2 Baths: 2
Special features: A south-facing
double-level private terrace, looking
over the battlements to the garden.
Pleasing details: The whole apartment
is beautifully finished with stone floors,
a sleek kitchen and marble bathrooms.
Outside: The grounds with
beautiful mature trees.
Time to town: Kingswood
station to London Bridge, or
Victoria in under an hour.
Agent: Fine & Country, Kingswood
01737 361014 fineandcountry.com
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Previous page: The main living area. Above: Looking down into the double-level living area from the glass mezzanine
Back in 2011, when Ian and Lisa decided to make the
move from Tunbridge Wells to Hastings, they had
an offer accepted on an old pub which they hoped
to convert into a house. But a bad survey put paid to that.
“I was standing in the street on a rainy day with the
survey in my hands feeling miserable, when I looked
up and saw a ‘for sale’ sign outside Bourne Hall, a
1930s Wesleyan Chapel. I thought oooh...”
Ian, who worked as a chartered surveyor for 25 years,
explains why he fell in love with this landmark building in the
heart of Hastings Old Town. ‘I love big spaces. As a surveyor I
specialised in shopping centres, I could walk into an old shop
and immediately work out how to cut and carve the space up.’
He’d worked with Tunbridge Wells architect Michael
Winter on a previous project and knew he was the
man for this job. Ian’s next task was to persuade the
planners that the hall could be turned into three luxury
town houses of roughly 2,000 square feet each.
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Above: Three levels were created in the huge space, linked by a bespoke staircase. The light is by Christian Cubina.
It took 12 men to lift the glass floor of the mezzanine into place
“Other developers had wanted to turn the hall into multiple
flats which the council conservation officer didn’t want to see
happen. The only way I could get planning permission for
three dwellings was to promise to restore the building to its
former glory. That meant completely replacing the Portland
stone façade and putting in metal windows throughout.”
Fast forward a year and in a relatively uncomplicated build
the three spaces were completed to the high standard Ian
envisaged and the conservation officer was happy. Ian and
Lisa chose one to live in and sold the other two to finance
the build. The only real sticky moment was the discovery of
a buried basement which meant they had to dig a six foot
structural supporting wall. As they dug down, they discovered
an amazing slice of history with a message in a bottle.
“It was a handwritten note from the original builders
dated 1939. They wrote how bombs were raining
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In turn my builders left their own message.”
The wow factor Ian and Lisa brought to their house
is evident the moment you step through the front door
onto a glass mezzanine floor. “It took 12 men to lift
it into place,” admits Ian. “But it was worth it.”
The entrance space is dominated by a neon light picture of
the Queen designed by Hastings-based lighting artist Philip
Oakley. (The original drawing it was based on is by another
local artist Danny Mooney.) It couldn’t look more perfect
– or regal - than warmly lighting this uber modern space.
Standing on the mezzanine it’s genuinely hard to
know where to look first. The three internal storeys
are linked by an incredible helical staircase especially
designed for the space, which dominates the centre
of the house, winding up all three storeys.
Ian confides how a “similar staircase in a Chelsea town
house might set you back £100,000. Instead I found
a firm of joiners in Gathurst who built it from MDF
with a central steel supporting core. I got both this one
and one for the space next door, made for 30k.”
For a bargain piece of joinery (£15,000 per staircase
being a bargain considering the scale and size), it’s an
outstanding and clever piece of statement design.
The glass mezzanine wraps around into a bank of huge
white walls with a solid-floored living area. A grey and
lime green corner sofa from contemporary Italian furniture
brand Ligne Roset, from Wells Interiors, hugs a corner.
By the glass balcony is a pair of vintage ‘slice’ chairs, with
a Ligne Roset table in black and lime green Perspex, topped
with a chinoiserie vase that matches nearby cushions.
The vase and cushions give the air of being terribly
expensive but were bought from the same Habitat collection
a couple of years ago. “Cheap but effective,” says Ian.
On the floor is a wonderful silver and white rug with
a metal thread skull and crossbones woven in.
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Above: The kitchen, by Alpine Joinery, is at one end of the ground floor living area
The clean white walls are a showcase for some of Ian and
Lisa’s diverse art collection. Behind the sofa is a Boyd &
Evans photograph of Pueblo Laguna church in Mexico. On
the other side is an original British railway poster of Hastings
that Ian bought at auction just as he decided to move here.
As the staircase winds down to the split-level ground
floor – the area Ian calls the “heart of the house” – more
art lines the walls, from original 1960s photographs
of actresses Liz Taylor and Catherine Deneuve to an
iconic 1980s print of actress Brigitte Nielsen by fashion
photographer Herb Ritts and a lovely soft-toned acrylic
on glass painting by Nicholas Fudge (a contemporary of
Damien Hirst) and a 1960s mugshot of a young Al Pacino.
“One of the best things about this house is that it’s
possible to display really big bits of art. In our previous
house we couldn’t do that. Large spaces can be hard to
use. People often have the instinct to break them up
with partition walls but there’s no need to if you can
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This page: Chairs by Arketipo and white
urns from The Conran Shop complement the
geometric shapes of the staircase. The mug shot
of Al Pacino is from the Pig Portrait series by
Russell Young
break up a space with art and colour.”
That said, Ian did resist his instinct
to paint the walls a darker shade.
“I’m normally a dark paint, wallpaper
type of person. I always said I never wanted
to live in a white house because it would
be too boring. I’ve surprised myself by
keeping this all white, but I’m pleased I
have. And I’ve learned that once you get
into white you start to get boring about all
the difference shades of white out there.”
And there is certainly colour aside
from the art. The ground floor living
area showcases plenty of warm textiles
and furniture in soft greys and blues.
At one end sits a huge 70-inch TV.
“Lisa went crazy when I ordered it”, Ian
laughs. “She said there’s no way you are having
that thing in the house. But it’s funny because
I look at it now and think it’s not quite big
enough.”
A step down is the dining and kitchen area
dominated by a white extendable dining table
and blue upholstered chairs (more Ligne
Roset) leading into a grey kitchen area, a space
Ian wanted to look as minimal as possible.
Despite its size the whole area is both
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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
cosy and warm with nice personal touches, such as some lovely
tactile Victorian Easter egg chocolate moulds on the wall,
(aside from being a Shakespearean scholar Lisa is a trained
pastry chef who makes her own brand of artisanal chocolates)
and a lovely set of vintage brass scales which came from a junk
shop in Bexhill.
The kitchen area is flooded with light from the glass
mezzanine directly above. But it’s from this bottom level
that the other main ‘wow’ element of this house really shines
- the incredible floor-to-ceiling open library shelves which
rise up and up and up uniting all levels of living space.
The oak shelves were made by German firm Hulsta, via
Wells Interiors. The size did create some challenges though,
requiring internal scaffolding in order to put it together.
The loveliest thing about them is that the contents
are most certainly not minimal, they hide a multitude
of knick-knacks and family junk such as Lisa’s collection
of decorative chicken ornaments, family photos, jigsaw
boxes, Pokémon toys, fossils and holiday mementoes.
Ian picks up some doll-sized plates and a bust of Mussolini.
“Where did these even come from? I can’t remember.
I’m blaming Lisa, she’s the hoarder”, he laughs.
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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 &
Evans. The skull and crossbones rug is from Sunniva in Tunbridge Wells
But on closer inspection Ian must admit to a bit of
hoarding too. There’s a collection of Star Wars toys and
jigsaws, Lego pieces and a large amount of Harley Davidson
memorabilia, from boxed Harley Davidson Barbie dolls
to mini metal-display bikes – all indisputably his.
There’s also a picture of Ian meeting the actual Queen,
not just the neon version hanging in the hallway.
“She was really chatty. I thought she’d just shake my hand
and move on, but she talked and talked. She was wonderful.”
The cavernous shelves are also home to Lisa’s collection of
Penguin classics. Ian does a quick count and stops at 500.
“She’s been collecting them for years. I think she’s probably
singlehandedly driven up the price on eBay,” he jokes.
Developing the building themselves meant a few perks. The
only outside spaces – a 400 square foot roof terrace at the top
and two smaller terraces - Ian and Lisa added to their own
house. The tiled terrace, planted with pots of pretty seaside
grasses by local garden designer Tony Howard of Harborough
Nurseries, is littered with scores of crab and mussel shells.
“It’s the seagulls,’ explains Ian. “They drop crab
and mussels from the sky onto hard surfaces, so they
can break the shells open and eat them. It was a bit
odd at first, but we’re completely used to it now.”
The gulls clearly aren’t scared off by a fabulously
fun fibreglass Jaws head which Ian picked up
in a junk shop in Tunbridge Wells.
Also on this floor are three good-sized bedrooms
and two bathrooms, which only exist as they do
because Ian was able to get planning permission to
rebuild and raise the original roof by a metre.
The master bedroom suite is a masterclass in discreetly
minimal storage designed by Ian and built by local tradesman
Wayne Kent. A sleek wall of oak-panelled built-in cupboard
boxes line one wall, the warm walnut mirrored on the
internal doors and bookshelves elsewhere in the house.
The bedroom is styled with cheery cushions and
throws in clashing yellow patterns, a green cocktail chair
and a little kidney shaped table with brass topped legs
that looks like a mid-century find, but Ian confides
is from Ikea, and some fun 1950s style prints.
The two guest bedrooms are equally cosy and inviting, one
housing more of Lisa’s collection of decorative chickens.
Less impressed though are Ian’s grown-up children. He
jokes, “We were only able to move from our old family
home into this place because we had an empty nest and the
children had left home. But when they visit, they are all
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Above: A specially designed helical staircase, built from MDF by a local company, dominates the centre of the house
very annoyed they don’t have their own bedrooms anymore.”
The main bathroom is effortlessly simple. The use of
a floating basin and w.c. which sit above the floor, tricks
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It’s clear this home has been developed with love,
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Previous page: Looking from the kitchen out into the garden
Above: The sofa in the sitting room was made by the workshop
at Ensor Interior Design Left: The log box made out of an old
shell casing is from Ensor
Using nature as an inspiration for interior design
is appealing; many of us are drawn to prints
that use flowers, birds and other natural motifs.
We make patterns with them, colour schemes and
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the natural world in a textured, raw and earthier way.
A visit to her house in the exquisitely pretty village of
Frant, near Tunbridge Wells, becomes an immersion into
a sensual world of texture, scent and elemental forms.
Happily for me, this all starts in the garden. We are sitting
in Lisa’s idyllic home office space, built at the bottom of her
garden and looking back along a central brick and stone patch
to the house. The garden building helps to enclose the outside
space, the idea being to make it feel like another room.
“All you would need is a sliding glass
roof over the top,” laughs Lisa.
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The garden was designed by Bonnie Lamont and the
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of the paving, punctuated by stately foxgloves, bay lollipops
and low yew mounds. The colour scheme is elegant - blues,
whites and cream, all set off by soothing deep green foliage.
“I wanted a low maintenance and pretty space,”
explains Lisa. “I put together a mood board and
Bonnie and I came up with an initial plan - and
then my builder and I put it all together.”
The view from the garden room takes in the whole
garden and continues through the house right to the
front door. “It was very important for there to be a
one line of sight all the way through,” says Lisa.
The house is as open plan as possible and the bi-fold kitchen
doors open right out and bring the garden in. “This space is
a major part of the house and yes, it is another room, really. I
sit at the kitchen table and look out onto it all year round.”
This is where the structural evergreens and garden
features really come into play. There are some
ingenious touches too, not least the clever use of
storage - for bins and garden equipment that disappear
under a living roof of catmint and Euphorbia.
An old rustic verdigris copper kettle acts as a central planter
in the middle of the garden, contrasting beautifully with a
more modern rusted steel fire bowl, which sits on a plinth near
the garden room. This was a bargain of a find from Homebase.
“I love the texture of rust, and the dark greens of foliage
- the earthy colours,” says Lisa. “And the juxtapositions -
the old copper kettle planter next to a raw modern fire
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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,
the wicker wreath is from Ensor. The seed pod is a holiday memento
bowl, old and new should mix together. You don’t have
to have all new, or all old - that can be too contrived.”
Lisa owns and runs Ensor Interior Design with
showrooms in both Frant and Cuckfield. She bought
her cottage, just down the road from the showroom,
when she acquired the business in 2016.
“I wanted to be near. I did consider living above the
showroom, but I just love looking out onto the garden.
Frant is a fabulous place to live. Our showroom overlooks
the church and this house is very near, so it was ideal.”
Lisa is very involved in the day-to-day running of
the showrooms and strives to make them enticing to
her clients. “We create areas within the showroom
in order to present our work. People can come in to
buy gifts, fabrics, anything that we can supply.
“We have an appointment system for the pattern room,
as we need to be able to give the clients our undivided
and individual attention. We do not charge a design
fee, any charge is covered by what we sell. Everything is
made by hand in the workroom, so it’s all bespoke. For
instance, the sofa bed in the chalet is a one off. All sofa
beds are made to order, to whatever size you want.”
Once the house was bought, Lisa lived with the
original layout for a year, getting the feel of it,
planning the work and instructing an architect.
“When I moved in, there was a little galley kitchen and
a separate living area, it was cramped to say the least. So
I completely refurbished, putting in new plumbing and
electrics. There is underfloor heating. There’s no space in the
house for radiators. We used a massive amount of concrete in
the living area, put in underfloor heating, then insulated all
the walls and added a new front door. Now it’s really cosy.”
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Once the house was bought, Lisa lived with the original layout
for a year, getting the feel of it and planning the work
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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:
The master bedroom is the only room in the house where Lisa used a different paint colour – Squid Ink by Paint and Paper Library
because the speed of this refurbishment was fast.
“My builder Neil Griffin did the house in three
months,” Lisa smiles. “He also made the chalet and
did all the hard landscaping in the garden. He’s
even been in today to wash the windows. It’s been
fantastic. He and his team have done everything.”
A good builder is invaluable, but an experienced
and knowledgeable client is just as vital. “I’m decisive.”
Lisa says. “I know what I like. Neil suggested I had
a different floor, but I said I’d rather wait,”
The floor is from Bailey Wighton in Tunbridge
Wells. “It has grey and some hints of yellow. The
colour and texture was perfect.” The company also
supplied and fitted all the carpets in the house.
As you would expect from her profession, Lisa has a strong
sense of colour and texture and both are of paramount
importance in a scheme. A case in point is her choice of
colour for the interior walls – the same one has been used
throughout. This has the effect of unifying and enlarging
the spaces, providing a backdrop and soothing the senses.
“I wanted it to be dark with elements of green,” she
explains. “l chose Tarlatan from the Paint and Paper Library.
I’ve used it before so knew how it would look. It’s important
to have warmer colours when using the greys; blue-grey is
cold and needs mixing with ochre elements to warm it.”
Similar colours have been used for the curtains and the soft
furnishings, so the whole cottage is luxuriously enveloped
in warm grey. “I like really thick fabric,” she says. “I like
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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
double height chest of drawers were antique finds
the strength and the strong lines. No fuss, I’m quite direct.”
If you’re looking for patterns and prints here, you will
have to look very hard. “It’s a masculine look,” she says.
“A statement look. You can create detail with contrasting
bands of colour - it doesn’t have to be pattern.”
Remarkably, the only bits of pattern in the entire house are
the timorous beasties featured on the cushions in the sitting
room and the chalet - and upstairs in the back bedroom there
are some cushions covered with a delicate Mark Alexander
fabric. “These are the prettiest things in the house,” she laughs.
The success of a scheme ultimately lies in the detail
and this is evident in Lisa’s business life at Ensor Interior
Design too, where curtain making is a speciality.
“Attention to detail and experience is key. You can be
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Left: The basin rests on an old Indian
cupboard from Ensor. The oil-rubbed
bronze taps and shower fittings are from
The Watermark Collection Below: An
antique painted cupboard from Ensor acts
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Contrasts of old
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the best designer in the world and something will happen that you’re not
prepared for.” Knowledge and experience keep things on track, so to speak.
“Before I bought the business from Mary Ensor I worked very
closely with her for eight years. She’s passed on so many tricks with
fabric that the girls have worked out over all their years here - how not
to show the seam, balancing the curtains, joining up the pattern.
“We prefer to do lined and interlined curtains to get an elegant look.
All the blinds have blackout linings, otherwise light shows through the
fabric when it’s against the window - and then you can’t see the pattern.”
The curtains in the garden room are a case in point. They have
been lined with a complementary fabric, rather than curtain lining.
“This is important,” explains Lisa. “It means that I’m not looking
at the lining from the outside when the curtains are drawn.”
Throughout the house there’s evidence of Lisa’s skill as a designer
and also of her keen eye for a find. There’s a fabulous pumpkin lamp
base from Porta Romana and a beautiful contemporary painting by the
artist Liesha Yaz that epitomises Lisa’s love of nature and its colours.
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Previous page: The garden was designed by Bonnie Lamont
Right: The rusted steel fire bowl was an antique find Below
right: The bug house encourages insect life into the garden
Interior design is an art that takes time, knowledge,
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Full English
Perhaps it’s the rigour of its vertical plan, but the classic townhouse seems to
inspire owners to be wonderfully bold with paint and decoration
Ros Byam Shaw’s beautiful book,
Perfect English Townhouse is a
tribute to one of our loveliest of
vernacular home styles – the multi-storeyed,
terraced or semi-detached, uniquely
urban dwelling that is the townhouse.
The thirteen houses featured in the
book date from 1670 to 1965, but
while they span historic eras from the
Stuarts, through Georgian, Regency
and Victorian, right up to the reign
of our own dear Queen, they share a
special appeal: a familiarity of layout and
proportion that just feels right to the eye.
On top of all that is common among
them, each of the houses in the book
is wonderfully quirky and original,
packed full of ideas to aspire to –
repaying repeated visits to the pages.
One theme that particularly jumped
out at us as worthy of further study
is the way all the houses balance very
strong colour and vivid prints, with lots
of art, features and collections – yet
never look cluttered, messy, or hectic.
We’ve come to the conclusion that the
secret is having a certain proportion of
balancing neutral tones in natural materials,
be it in original wood floorboards, linen
upholstery, sisal flooring, bamboo, rattan
and wood furniture, or wicker details.
Here are some of our favourite examples
– followed by suggestions of how to achieve
such exquisite colour balance at home.
▲ This 18th century house in a South London square was restored after being
previously divided into flats. Frank Hollmeyer uses this first floor room as a study.
The panelling, which he put back in, is painted in Farrow & Ball’s Brassica
The first floor drawing room of the
same house is painted in Farrow & Ball’s
Cale Green, a flattering background for
the 17th century Dutch flower paintings.
The cushions are made of antique Middle
Eastern fabric from Susan Deliss, who also
made the ikat lampshades
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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
owner Charlene Mullen designed the hand-embroidered cushions and the rug. The mid-century bed is by Hans Wegner
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▲ Gavin Waddell created this kitchen in a first floor reception
room of his Cheltenham townhouse. The wallpaper is by Cole
& Son and inspired the colours of the cupboards and table. He
designed the bamboo shelving himself
▲ This London house was built in the 1670s. A flokati rug
marks out the seating area of the reception room which opens
onto the dining room and kitchen. The 1960s vintage fabric on
the blind is Pheasant Moon by Hans Tisdall
Perfect English Townhouse by Ros Byam Shaw, photographs by Jan Baldwin,
published by Ryland, Peters & Small
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Whatever
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Here’s how to do colder days in style
Photographs: David Merewether Styling: Kate Watts
Hair: Amie Coombes of Tic Toc Hair
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Helen Moore; velvet blazer
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Josephine Fairley is welcoming the new year, with fresh new, exfoliated skin
Each New Year I like to think of myself as ‘shedding a
skin’. Leaving bad habits behind, embracing new ones
and generally, loving that clean-sheet-of-paper feeling.
But I also literally like to shed a skin, at the start of each New
Year, via exfoliating products.
By now, the central heating’s been on for months. And
did you know that your clothes are actually acting as a wick,
extracting moisture from your body? Christmas and the
festivities take their toll, too and the problem with dry skin
is that it starts to look flat. It doesn’t refract light in the way
healthy, dewy, plumped-up skin does and it can get flaky.
Simply piling on moisturiser, though,
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I have a positive arsenal of scrubs and
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products for the Beauty Bible Awards, which
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A repeat winner is REN Moroccan Rose
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which I also truly love myself. With its almost
photo-real scent of roses, this sugar-based
scrub also features olive extract, cane
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ESPA
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Tickled Pink
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sugar crystals and Paraguayan tea, along with a kola nutderived
caffeine extract to boost skin microcirculation. As the
product dissolves in the bath, it’ll whisk you to a rose bower.
Other longstanding favourites include ESPA Detoxifying
Salt Scrub, £38 for a hefty 700g – I positively swoon for
its grapefruit, cypress and eucalyptus scent – and Voya
Effervescence Nourishing Sugar Scrub, which is 75% certified
organic ingredients and works to transform tired, dull-looking
skin with a natural and aromatherapeutically fragrant blend of
seaweed, almond and sunflower oils.
Lately, I’ve also discovered the Natural Spa Factory which
offers an astonishingly wide portfolio
of scrubs to buff skin beautifully
clean while leaving it lightly veiled in
nourishing oils, perfect for that ‘at-home
spa’ experience.
Tickled Pink Yuzu, Pink Beets &
Watermelon Scrub, £20 for 250g, is
probably my favourite – a silky-textured
scrub based on chunky salt granules, along with antioxidant
beetroot pieces and powder, which gives a lovely pinkflecked
look. These are suspended in a base of skin-nurturing
grapeseed oil and peach kernel oil, leaving skin veiled in
moisture and nourishment.
Happily, plastic ‘microbeads’ have been outlawed now, for
ecological reasons – and there was really no need for them
anyway, when there are so many natural ways to deliver
equally good results. But you might notice that none of my
hot tip scrubs contain crushed particles like pumice or nut
shells. There are two reasons for this: a) these can scratch
skin, if used over-zealously, and b) I personally find
nothing alluring about having a gritty bottom from
sitting on a layer of particles that don’t dissolve in
water.
Salt and – preferably – sugar scrubs do dissolve. And
the reason I prefer sugar is simply that I’m a gardener,
and salty scrubs sting wounds acquired when, for
instance, pruning roses. As long as I haven’t been in the
wars with my secateurs in hand, though, salt’s fine.
Personally, I also like my scrubs to come in an oil
base, which not only makes for easy application – small,
gentle circles is enough – but also leaves skin
with a veil of oil. I then like to smooth on
body butter, for a skin-quenching doublewhammy.
Gaia
Naturally Face
Exfoliator, £35
for 60g
If scrubs aren’t your thing, you
can buff skin with a loofah or
a mitt – which is the principle
behind the new Liz Earle
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Cleanse & Polish Body Gentle Mitt Cleanser, £17.10 for
200ml. One side is like a flannel, the other ‘looped’ and a
little rougher – but still gentle, as the name promises. You use
it on damp skin, paying particular attention to anywhere that
needs a little extra smoothing and exfoliating, such as knees
and heels.
Best of all, it has that amazing, signature Cleanse & Polish
fragrance – a head-clearing rush of eucalyptus oil which so
many of us associate with getting our faces clean, at night.
And faces need exfoliation just as badly as what’s below
the vest-line. Again, I have a wide range of weapons at my
disposal. (My bathroom shelf resembles the arcade game made
famous by Tipping Point…) A new favourite, though, is Gaia
Naturally Face Exfoliator, £35 for 60g, gaiaskincare.co.uk, from
a Devon-based award-winning spa whose all-natural products
I adore. This combines sugars and calendula oil, and has the
finest texture, infused with a glorious citrus scent of petitgrain,
mandarin and clary sage which delivers a huge pleasure factor
as you gently work it into facial crevices.
Liz Earle Gentle Skin Exfoliator, from £12 for 50ml, is
another of my go-to facial scrubs: deliciously creamy, kind-toskin
and infused with that familiar eucalyptus.
I also love Origins Never A Dull Moment, £28 for 125ml.
Here, the polishing agent is actually crushed papaya, which
works to deliver radiance via enzymes which dissolve the
dead cells rather than physically scrub them away. And at
the incredibly affordable end of the spectrum, there’s Yes to
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I’m a massive fan of the ‘Yes’ products (as are Beauty Bible
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and this zesty exfoliator, featuring naturally skin tone-evening
grapefruit, is suitable even for daily use. Although, I think
scrubs should be used on the face just two or three times a
week, ideally.
So don’t leave it till the bikini season’s looming to get in the
habit of blitzing your skin. Face or body, regularly removing
those cells – and the watchword, always, is ‘gently’ – is one
of the best favours you can do to your skin. I promise you’ll
almost hear your ‘new skin’ slurping up whatever you choose
to smooth into it, afterwards.
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Wellbeing
A Year of Wellness
Eminé Rushton gets real about the serious health dangers of sustained stress
– and suggests how to bring essential balance back into our busy lives
January: The Truth About Stress
In 2016 the World Health
Organisation (WHO) Global
Burden of Disease Survey estimated
that by the year 2020, stress-related
mental health conditions will be the
second most common cause of disease
(after ischemic heart disorders). Oh my.
New Year, with its optimistic tradition
of good resolutions may not feel like the
best time for a spot of sobering reading,
but let’s be honest – how many of us
find ourselves feeling exhausted and
overwhelmed at this time of year?
With Christmas over, the reality of
over eating, over drinking
and over spending sink
in and while it can be
lovely to catch up with
family, that can also bring
its own unique stresses
– and sustained stress is
something we all need to
start taking very seriously.
If we take a look at the physiological
impact this might have upon our bodies,
we’ll see that periods of sustained
heightened stress keep us in a holding
pattern of increased cortisol and
adrenaline. The former is our stress
response hormone, the latter, our ‘fight
or flight’ hormone and while they are
both essential for human survival in
extreme situations (or they were when
our ancestors were at risk of sabertoothed
tiger encounters), if they are
permanently ‘on’ they can cause serious
damage. So if we don’t give ourselves
ample opportunity to catch our breath,
properly rest and wholly unwind, our
stress levels can tip us over into chronic
health conditions.
“Stress is something
we can take
active steps to
alleviate – almost
immediately”
“Rather than helping us push
through, this pressure can make us feel
overwhelmed or unable to cope,” says
the Mental Health Foundation.
When the BBC’s Dr Rangan
Chatterjee announced earlier this year
that he no longer believed poor diet to
be the biggest contributing factor to ill
health, naming stress instead as the main
culprit, a lot of people sat up and started
to take notice.
But, as bleak as this may sound, there
is some good news. Unlike a chronic
untreatable disease, stress is something
we can take active steps
to alleviate – almost
immediately.
Lifestyle factors make
up the main causes
of excess stress in our
modern lives: lack of
sleep, too much time
online, overly busy
lives, insufficient restorative time, but
hearteningly these are the easiest to
rebalance. Here are some tips.
1. Draw clear lines between work and
rest. Get into the habit of putting your
Out of Office on your email when you
are off work, and don’t feel compelled
to respond. You are paid to work certain
hours, not to be eternally ‘on’.
2. Mute your WhatsApp if it’s
overwhelming and turn off all apps via
the notification centres. Get used to a
life that is not dominated by bleeping
symbols. Realise that life does not begin
or end with your device.
3. Almost all devices now have inbuilt
timers and switch off modes – so
when you have had your 30 mins on
Instagram, it will turn itself off. Instal
Night Mode onto your devices too,
to ensure that if you must be online
late, you are at least cancelling out
that cortisol-raising blue light. Better
still, switch off entirely at least an hour
before bedtime, every single night. Light
a candle, read, bathe – learn to leave
‘life’ behind, and choose rest instead.
4. Build a daily meditation habit.
“Mindfulness and guided meditation
apps can be really valuable for
improving wellbeing and aiding
relaxation,” says Eve Critchley, from
mental health charity Mind. If you’re
a tech addict, put it to better use:
download Headspace, Calm, Aura or
Stop, Breathe and Think.
5. Go to a regular yoga class. All
yoga classes have a guided yoga
‘nidra’ meditation at the end. Even
better is a dedicated yoga nidra
class, which is all meditation.
6. If there are things about your
life – from work to home – that
are continually overwhelming
you, make a bold and honest list
of what you can realistically do
to lessen their impact. Can you
say ‘no’ more often, and
give yourself a break?
Can you retrain or
study on the side,
to move into a role
that is better-suited to
your strengths and passions?
7. Visualise, don’t dream – focus
on what is really possible, and
how you can begin 2019 with a
resolution that will ease your
stress levels, for good.
Eminé Rushton is Wellbeing Director-at-Large at Psychologies magazine, and co-founder of
the conscious living blog, The Balance Plan, balanceplan.co.uk
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Wellbeing
Natural wisdom
Sophie Parker is the founder of Betony and Sage, creating organic
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your spaces (rooms and head...) naturally clear and fresh
Sophie is a keen environmental
conservationist, passionate about the
natural world and a true believer in the
healing power of nature. Her organic
products are made with the addition
of foraged ingredients sustainably
harvested from around her home.
What one piece of seasonal wisdom
helps you as we move from autumn to
winter? For me, winter is time to take
stock and follow nature’s lead by slowing
down. I find the best way to absorb
this transition is a meditative walk in
the woods, to notice the changes in the
natural world; the leaves as they turn
amber and golden, the birds relishing
the glut of rowan berries, the rich and
dark earthy smell that has been absent
all summer. In these moments, I feel
the energy change on the wind and take
heed of the guidance all around me.
What one self-care ritual do you never
skimp on? Every day I spend time
with nature, without this I start to feel
disconnected. For me the healing power
of time in nature is indescribable. It’s
my wild medicine, my way to root and
ground, to connect to life’s simple and
most important pleasures.
What’s cooking in your kitchen this
month? I have been busy creating
elderberry syrup. This vitamin-rich
syrup is a winter essential for our
household and is a real joy to create – I
adore the deep purple hues that stain
the wooden spoon and tint my fingers.
As the evenings are b eginning to carry
a chill on the air, we are cooking more
homegrown veg in our stew pot.
Share one book that taught you
something amazing about life. Wild
by Cheryl Strayed, a memoir of a 1,100
mile solo hike along the Pacific Crest
Trail in the US. I read this book at a
real low point and it gave me hope.
What always brings a smile to your
face? My gorgeous dogs! We rehomed
a Romanian stray in December 2017
and have a Labrador retriever who
is now four. They are such huge
characters and have so much love to
give, they are a delight and always
bring me such joy.
What is the best treatment you’ve
had locally? I really enjoy practising
yoga and regularly attend classes with
Ashlyn of Fisical Mind and Body,
along with the beautiful classes at
Kingdom Penshurst. Yoga helps to
free my body and relax my mind.
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In Ayurveda, we massage warm sesame oil
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to the entire body and improve circulation
and this is particularly lovely before heading
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restful sleep too. Socks made from natural fibres, such as
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will keep tootsies toasty at home. And if out and about, battling
the elements, nothing beats a pair of trusty M&S fleece-lined
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Winter warmers
Keep the home fires burning from the inside with these perfect one-pot suppers
Words: Anna Stanford Photographs: David Merewether Wine: Jeremy Blood of Surrey Wine School
Anna’s Family Kitchen
was inspired by my
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meals that are beautifully
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don’t require hours of prep
in the kitchen.
I’m not a chef, I’m a home
cook and hugely passionate
about the food I prepare,
serve and eat.
As mum to nine-year
old fussy Finn, 12 year-old
Thomas (who eats like a
grown man) and 14 year-old
vegetarian Mia, I am used
to rising to the challenges
of delivering balanced meals
that appeal to my children,
their friends, my husband
and our friends.
I like to use fresh,
additive-free ingredients
– local whenever possible –
and I don’t advocate faddy
quick-fix diets or omitting
food groups.
Through Anna’s Family
Kitchen I share my recipes
and food tips and hope that
it makes food planning and
preparation an easier and
enjoyable task for others.
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Vegan Black Bean Chilli with
Avocado, Lime and Tomato Salsa
Serves 4 Prep time: 5 minutes. Cooking time: 25 minutes.
This is my vegetarian daughter’s favourite meal. It’s ready in 30 minutes is packed with
flavour, plus the black beans are a great antioxidant and source of protein. Serve with rice
and you have a perfectly balanced vegan meal. The salsa freshens the dish.
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 3 peppers sliced
• 1 red onion chopped
• 3 garlic cloves crushed
• 800g (2 cans) black beans, drained
• 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• ½ tsp smoked paprika
• 3 tsp chipotle paste
• 400g passata (or tinned tomatoes
mashed with a spoon in the pot)
• Salt and pepper
For the salsa
• 1 avocado chopped
• 100g cherry tomatoes roughly
chopped
• Juice of 2 limes
Wine+
This vegetable-based dish needs
freshness to match the lime and
the tomato salsa. I love the flavours of
a Sauvignon Blanc from the wine ‘New
World’ (not Europe!) that stand up to the
grapes higher acid content. So go for the De
Grendel Sauvignon Blanc 2017 from South
Africa Waitrose £11.99. Lots of lovely
vibrant fruit and not as herbaceous
as some New Zealand versions.
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
1Sauté the onion for 5 minutes before
adding the garlic and peppers.
2Colour for 2-3 minutes before adding
the balsamic vinegar. Let it bubble for
a few seconds then add the black beans,
paprika, chipotle paste and passata.
3Add ½ tsp Maldon salt and a few
grinds of black pepper. Simmer for 15
minutes.
4While it’s cooking, prepare your salsa
by combining all the ingredients in a
bowl with a pinch of salt. Serve with rice
and your salsa.
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Wine+
Such a lovely spicy winter
warming dish would require a wine
without high tannin content and with
some freshness. A lovely fuller-bodied
dry or off-dry rosé would work well. These
wines work just as well in the winter as they
do in summer paired with the right food.
I would go with the dry version and try
the superb Sainsbury’s Santa Julia
Malbec Rose from
Argentina £11.
Slow Cooked Beef and Beetroot Curry
Serves 6 Prep time: 20 minutes. Cooking time: 4-6 hours in a slow
cooker, low oven or Aga simmering oven.
Aside from giving this curry an amazing colour, the beetroot adds
a sweetness and richness. Serve with rice, a dollop of yogurt and
fresh coriander.
• 700g cooked beetroot -
either cook your own or
buy pre-cooked beetroot
(but not in a jar, it has to
be fresh not pickled)
• 10cm ginger, peeled and
chopped
• 4 garlic cloves crushed
• 2 red chillies deseeded
• 30g bunch fresh coriander,
stalks chopped, leaves
reserved
• 6 cardamom pods, seeds
removed
• 2 tbsp tomato puree
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 2 tbsp ground cumin
• 1 tbsp ground coriander
• 2 tsp fennel seeds
• ¼ tsp ground cloves
• 1½ kg stewing beef steak -
feather blade works well
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 2 onions chopped
• 200ml beef stock
• 1 tbsp garam masala
1Chop the beetroot into
large chunks and in a food
processor or blender, whizz
one third of it with the ginger,
garlic, chilli, coriander stalks,
cardamom, tomato puree,
brown sugar, cumin, ground
coriander, fennel seeds, cloves
and 2 tsp ground black pepper.
2In a large pan, heat 2
tbsp oil and colour the
beef chunks in batches until
browned all over. Set aside.
3Add another tablespoon
of oil to the pan and sauté
your onions for 5 minutes
before returning the beef to
the pan with the spice paste
and the balsamic vinegar.
the stock, then bring
4Add the curry to a simmer and
cook in a low oven (130°C)
or slow cooker for 4-8 hours.
You could alternatively
cook it at 160°C for 2-3
hours but I think it works
better cooked slow and low.
Uncover the curry, add the
reserved beetroot and garam
masala and return to the oven
uncovered for 30 minutes.
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A classic dish for a fuller
bodied wine such as Rioja or
other Tempranillo from Spain.
Lots of flavour from the meat and the
ingredients will require a wine to match
so go with another classic match with
lamb and try the Merlot dominant
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Food
Lancashire Hotpot
Serves 4-6 Prep time: 20 minutes. Cooking time: 6-8 hours in a
slow cooker, low oven or Aga simmering oven.
An old English classic. When I made this for my family and some
friends of my boys, aged 9 and 12, it was devoured.
• 1.5kg lamb neck fillet,
cubed
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 onions chopped
• 2 carrots peeled and
chopped
• 3 bay leaves
• 2 tbsp Worcestershire
For the sauce
• 100ml red wine (optional)
• 500ml lamb or veg stock
• 1½ tbsp plain flour
• 800g potatoes peeled and
sliced as thinly as you can
• 2 tbsp butter melted
1Soften the onions in a tbsp
of oil for 5 minutes before
adding the lamb, salt and
pepper.
2Colour on a high heat
for 5-10 minutes before
stirring in the flour.
3Add the wine followed by
the Worcestershire Sauce.
Let it bubble for 2 minutes
before adding the stock, carrots
and bay.
4Put in the oven at 130°C,
a slow cooker, or Aga
simmering oven for 6-8 hours.
5Turn the oven up to 180°C
and arrange your sliced
potatoes on the top so that
they overlap. Brush on the
butter and bake for 45 minutes
or until the potatoes are crisp
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Gooey Chocolate Cups with Salted Caramel
Sauce and Cream
Serves 4 Prep time: 10 minutes. Cooking time: 30 minutes.
Gluten free, these easy peasy chocolate pots are made with no
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• 4 eggs separated
• 120g unsalted butter
• 4 tbsp caster sugar
• 250g 70% cocoa dark
chocolate
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ½ tsp salt
For the salted caramel sauce
• 140g light brown sugar
• 2 tbsp golden syrup
• 50g butter
• 300ml double cream
• ½ tsp salt
• Whipped cream or ice
cream to serve
For the salted caramel
1In a heavy-bottomed pan
heat the butter, brown sugar
and golden syrup. Stir until
everything has melted.
2Once the mixture starts
to bubble, add the double
cream and simmer for 2
minutes.
3Stir in the salt and allow
to cool slightly.
For the chocolate cups
4Grease 4 large ramekins
or oven proof cups.
5Whisk your egg whites
until they form stiff
peaks. Add 2 tbsp of caster
sugar half a tablespoon at
a time - counting to 20 in
between until you have a
glossy meringue mix. Set
aside.
6Melt the chocolate and
butter in a bowl above
a pan of simmering water
(bain-marie). Once the
butter and chocolate are
melted stir in the remaining
2 tbsp caster sugar.
Now stir in the egg yolks,
vanilla extract and salt.
7Gently fold in the
meringue mixture. Spoon
the chocolate mixture into
the cups or ramekins and
bake for 25-30 minutes
in an oven at 180°C .The
pots should be gooey in the
middle and like cake on the
outside.
8Add a dollop of whipped
cream or ice cream and
drizzle over some salted
caramel.
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hope
The days are short, damp and dark, but Jo Arnell doesn’t
care – she’s got her head deep in the seed catalogues
Seedpod of Nigella
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As soon as the last Christmas card is in the recycling,
or even before, I am flicking through the seed
catalogues. Every year I promise myself that I won’t
buy so many, sow too many, won’t go too mad. After all, I
have a good stash of home-collected seeds already - and not
much time or space even for these. But I’m going to have to
admit to you, right here on the page (imagine I’m standing at
the back of a room somewhere) that I am totally addicted to
seeds.
I just love the magically simple act of sowing a few tiny
grains and watching a plant (an actual plant!) burst from
something minuscule and inert looking. It is so exciting. It
isn’t always as easy as this though, and things can go wrong.
If you have ever tried to grow something from seed and
failed, take heart, because it probably wasn’t your fault. Seeds
need to be triggered into germination. Most
of the time annual seeds just need a bit of
warmth and moisture (and sometimes light)
to get going. Annual plants have but a short
time to do their stuff, so are in a bit of a hurry.
Perennials may take longer and some need to
go through a period of winter before they will
even think about germinating.
What a seed needs
Warmth - Plants have evolved over millennia to recognise
when spring has arrived. Seeds are primed to germinate in
the warmth, as this means that conditions for growth and the
chances that they will make it to maturity, have improved.
Some plants need more warmth than others, depending on
where they have originated in the wild. Notice how a great
rash of weeds pops up as soon as the weather outside starts
to improve and take your cue that the conditions for sowing
directly outside into the soil are just right.
Moisture - Again this is a spring thing and to do with plants
being in harmony with the seasons. Whether it’s a thaw in
an alpine meadow, a rainy season, some April showers, or a
dribble from your watering can, exposure to water will nudge
plants into growth.
Light - This is not always needed; seeds normally germinate
under the ground and until they have grown a leaf containing
chlorophyll, they cannot photosynthesise. Instead, they respire
and therefore need oxygen more than light at the point of
germination. Very quickly after this though, they do need
light; bright and indirect, in order that their delicate new
“To extend the
flowering season, I
often sow two lots
of annual flowers”
leaves don’t scorch. Seedlings quickly become etiolated and
leggy when it isn’t bright enough, so if you are growing them
inside, a warm and bright north facing windowsill should be
perfect.
Soil - Because seeds need oxygen for germination, it is
important that the compost is free-draining with lots of tiny
air pockets. Seeds bring their own food with them (which
is why we eat them), so ordinary ‘grown up’ compost may
be too rich. Seed compost (available at most garden centres)
has been specially formulated to be finer, and grittier and
more suited to the needs of seeds and cuttings. As soon as the
seedling grows its first pair of true leaves, it needs to be potted
into a richer mix.
Vernalisation (winter dormancy) - This is plants’ way of
making sure that tender seedlings don’t start growing at
the wrong time. It normally happens with
perennials and woody plants. You may
need to sow the seeds in the autumn and
leave them outside in a sheltered place to
go through winter, or cunningly put them
through a fake winter in a bag of damp sand
in the fridge for a bit in order to break their
dormancy. Seed sowing instructions should
be provided by the producer, so do not use this method
unless it is indicated – or if all else has failed. Do warn your
family too; it’s annoying if they discover and disturb (and
possibly tip away) the contents of the mystery package…
Direct sowing versus sowing under cover
It’s easy - and very tempting - to empty the packets into your
hand or pocket and go scattering seed around the place. After
all, this is what the plants themselves do and if you like the
self-sown, slightly random and natural look, then this could
be the method for you.
The problem comes when the seeds start germinating,
because they usually do this at the same time as all those
other random self-seeders – the weeds. But if you are sowing
vegetables it pays to grow them in neat rows, as you can then
hoe in between the rows and keep the weeds to a minimum.
There is also a neat trick, which involves preparing
the soil, waiting for a couple of weeks until the weeds
pop up, then hoeing them off – without disturbing the
surface too much. You can then sow your seed into the
clean soil. The same method can be used in the borders
with annual flower seeds, but here you can vary
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the shapes; rigid rows of flowers are great for a cutting
garden, but less natural looking in a mixed border.
Sowing under cover and then pricking out and potting
on seedlings is a time-consuming task, it’s true, but it
will give you ultimate control over where exactly your
plants are to grow. The other big advantage – and this
is the reason I tend to favour it – is that you can protect
your tiny plants from the ravages of the unpredictable
spring weather and worse: attack from pests.
Tender plants
If started off early these must be sown indoors and will
need bottom heat for good results. You can buy an
electric propagator with a clear plastic lid to keep the
plants in their own mini greenhouse environment. A
warm window sill might just do the job, but watch out
that your babies don’t scorch in the early spring sunshine.
The advantage of sowing early is that you’ll be able to
get a head start on the season and have a display of
flowers or a crop of vegetables earlier in the season.
Tomatoes, for instance, need a long growing
period in which to grow and ripen their fruit.
Our summers aren’t always as long as the one we
experienced last year, so the earlier they are sown,
the earlier you will be picking ripe tomatoes.
To extend the flowering season, I often sow two
lots of annual flowers like Cosmos and Nicotiana; one
under cover in late winter and then another, directly
into the borders once the soil has warmed up in April.
There can still be frosts until May though, so watch the
weather forecast before putting tender plants outside.
Hardening off
This is a process that entails gradually accustoming your
sensitive seedlings to life outside in the garden. Start by
putting them out for a few hours each day, bringing them
in as the temperatures drop in the evening. Cold frames
and cloches are a useful half-way house, being sheltered,
but unheated. After a week or so the plants can be left out
and then planted in their permanent positions. If they are
shoved outside unceremoniously, they may, like some of
us, get a hard shock and then fail to thrive, or worse…
Vegetables
We are not necessarily growing vegetables to save money.
As my father-in-law points out, a cabbage at the shops
is only 50p (and has less caterpillars in it), but there
is immense satisfaction in growing something from
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scratch, perhaps an otherwise expensive crop that is hard
to find in the shops, a weird and wonderful blue potato,
or deliciously unusual variety of kale. Who wouldn’t want
to grow a tomato called ‘Black Krim’, or a leek named
‘Gladiator’? Last year I grew a fantastic variety of Swiss
chard called ‘Pink Flamingo’ which had shocking pink
stems. Nobody wanted to eat any, but I was extraordinarily
proud of the plants and they looked gorgeous.
One of the other great things about growing
vegetables from seed is that most of them are annuals,
so are raring to grow and will germinate almost as
soon as you open the packet. If you buy F1 hybrids,
they have been bred to be reliable and uniform - to do
exactly what it says they’ll do on back of the pack.
On the other hand, heritage or heirloom varieties are
those that have been bred down through the generations
for their unique characteristics. These are more likely
to have been cultivated for their flavour and may look
less tidy and regular, but will probably taste amazing.
You can also collect the seeds of heirloom veg to sow
again next year. Do not bother to collect the offspring
of F1 types though, because the next generation will
revert back to another previous, less desirable strain.
It’s still too early and too cold to start sowing much
this month, but we can be making plans (it’s what
keeps me going in these cold, dark days). Let’s stay in
the warm, peruse the sumptuous seed catalogues and
dream of the spring. It will be here before we know it.
Pick of the catalogues:
Chiltern Seeds chilternseeds.co.uk - great for both flowers
and vegetables.
Sarah Raven sarahraven.com - wonderful, inspirational
pictures and colour schemes.
Special Plants specialplants.net - some unusual varieties and
lots of good information from an expert.
Kings Seeds kingsseeds.com - a good selection of vegetable
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Seeds of Italy seedsofitaly.com - very generous quantities and
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Education
Sport outside the box
Not all kids love the classic team and gender-assigned games, so forward-thinking schools are
introducing different activities to inspire a lifelong love of exercise
Football is a big deal at Bede’s – and their
most successful team is the Ladies’ First XI
Bede’s has a national reputation for footballing
excellence, with regular county, regional and national
titles for the school’s teams and many pupils work
as part of premiership academy sides, from Chelsea and
Charlton Athletic to local side Brighton & Hove Albion, with
whom Bede’s has a development partnership.
But while Bede’s boys won the U18 English Schools
Football Association Cup competition in 2009, the school’s
current highest achieving side is its Ladies 1st XI, who last
summer became U18 English School Champions.
“Girls’ football at Bede’s has been on a real journey,”
explained Bede’s Director of Sport, David Byrne.
“Traditionally, independent schools are so-called ‘rugby
schools’ and Bede’s is already an outlier for putting football to
front and centre.
“While for years we supported having girls playing within
our boys’ sides where possible, we didn’t have a dedicated
girls’ football programme. But the demand was there and
Bede’s is a school where pupil voice really carries. The girls
said they wanted a football programme, so we built one.”
Starting in earnest under the leadership of Bede’s Director
of Football David Caryer and in tandem with outreach
coaching
assistance from
Brighton & Hove Albion, Bede’s Ladies enjoyed
early successes, with girls earning county, regional and
national caps, and in some cases signing to professional clubs
including Chelsea, but silverware was somewhat evasive.
That was, of course, until last summer, when the Bede’s
Ladies won the ISFA U18 National Cup. “I think that one
of the best things about the side that won the competition
is that not every girl in that team considers themselves to be
seriously sporty,” Mr Byrne continues. “For some of them, a
career in professional sport is undeniably likely, but for many
more they only really started to play for the team because I or
another member of staff encouraged them to give it a go.
“Even now, some of them don’t seem to understand the
gravity of having won a national championship. They just
want to play, and I’m honestly prouder of that than
anything else.”
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Roy Headey, Director of Sport
at Hampton Court House,
believes in the importance of
young people building strength –
through weightlifting
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Children are taller and heavier than they used to be –
but they are also weaker and less fit than they were 16
years ago, according to a British study, published in the
Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport.
The researchers found they scored worse in tests including
sit-ups and grip strength and the decline has been speeding up.
There had been a 20% decrease in absolute muscle strength and
a 30% decrease in muscle endurance over the 16-year period
studied.
“Inactive lifestyles are a health risk, but physical fitness is the
single best measure of health in childhood, adolescence and
on into adulthood,” said Dr Sandercock, who led the research.
“Poor fitness and inactivity lead to multiple health problems in
their adult life.”
Dr Sandercock said the current concept of a ‘healthy weight’
was misleading and that using Body Mass Index (BMI) in
isolation was not an effective way to monitor health. Of the
children studied, 80% had a normal BMI, but one in three of
those was found to be unfit.
At Hampton Court House, we are embarking on a
programme specifically designed to increase strength in our
pupils – introducing safe-lifting technique as part of the
curriculum, progressing to teaching Olympic Weightlifting.
Strength is a key foundation for an active life and we will
provide that foundation.
Hampton Court House’s sporting philosophy centres upon
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Injuries that were sustained by children while weight
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to one factor: poor supervision.
When unsupervised the chances
of a young athlete attempting
to lift with poor technique
or with too much weight
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increases the chances of ‘horseplay’ in
the weight room; not surprisingly, the
most common injuries to children in
the weight room are a result of dropping
weights on their own hands and feet.
Many parents still fear that lifting weights
at an early age will stunt a child’s growth;
there has never been any scientific evidence
that youth weight training is harmful to the
normal growth and development process,
but in fact youth weightlifters commonly
display higher than average bone density.
Weight training also helps young athletes
develop strength. After a two-year study,
researchers compared the strength of children
who had lifted weights to those of the same
age who had participated only in games.
Those in the weightlifting group had gained
significant strength compared to the others,
without any reports of significant injury.
Youth athletes who lift weights are also
less likely to sustain injuries in other sports
in which they participate and they also
recover from injuries faster when compared
to teammates who don’t lift weights.
There’s much more to gain from school sports than winning
– here are some of the benefits parents have told Roy Headey
their children gain from sports and physical activity
“We want them to have the experience of feeling so tired when they are
playing that they want to quit, but don’t – because they can’t let their teammates
down.”
“The times they come home from school too tired to go to their training, but
they go anyway.”
“To learn to take care of their bodies and to look after equipment.”
“To experience collaborating with others, to understand that teams are
bigger than individuals, to care about others and to share.”
“To learn to be gracious – whether they win or lose.”
“To understand and respect rules – and the people who are responsible for
making sure they are upheld.”
“To learn there are no magical shortcuts to success and that expertise takes
years of practice. Also that failure is an essential part of learning and not to
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session, designed to cleanse,
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that, take a mindfulness walk
through the Rhododendron
Wood, pause for lunch and
return to yoga to finish off with a
afternoon session.
Entry: £55
01306 711685 /
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Sat 19 Jan 2-2.45pm
Winkworth Arboretum,
Hascombe Road, Godalming
GU8 4AD
Nordic Walking
Have a go at something new with
this woodsy workout. Qualified
Nordic instructor, Vicky will lead
in this taster session designed to
introduce people from a wide
range of fitness levels to Nordic
walking, a walking technique
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Entry: £7.65 (includes pole hire)
01483 208477 /
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Theatre
Tue 29 – Sat 2 Feb
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre,
Millbrook, Guildford GU1 3UX
The Mousetrap
Agatha Christie’s brilliantly
intricate murder mystery, The
Mousetrap, the longest running
show in the history of theatre,
comes to Guildford. The play
begins with a group of people
trapped in a country house, cut
off from the world by a snow
storm, they are left in shuddering
suspense as it is discovered that
one of them is a murderer.
Entry: From £23
01483 440000 /
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Workshops
Sat 19 Jan 10am-4pm
Farnham Maltings, Bridge
Square, Farnham GU9 7QR
suede body pouch
A whole day workshop designed
to teach you to create your very
own soft suede shoulder bag.
Entry: £95
farnhammaltings.com
Tue 22 – Thu 24 Jan
10.30am-4pm
Kew Gardens, Richmond
TW9 3AB
Watercolour
workshop: Spring bulbs
Beginning with pencil work and
moving on to watercolour painting,
this course explores how to look at
the structure of spring plants and
recreate them in watercolour.
Entry: £210
kew.org
Thu 31 Jan 10am-4.30pm
Polesden Lacey, Great Bookham,
Dorking, RH5 6BB
Photography
Learn to understand all the
controls of your camera, and how
they relate to one another, before
covering many interesting and
artistic aspects of photography
including portraiture, landscape,
action, flash and low light.
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Jane Howard’s
Fables from
the Farm
It’s calving time and Jane is wondering if
she will get any sleep
So that was Christmas. I love it, especially the
anticipation, but come Boxing Day I’m done and
looking forward to the New Year and whatever joys and
challenges that might bring.
One thing for definite will be the patter of tiny hooves
in the cowshed. Gorgeous George, our Sussex bull, spent
most of last winter in splendid bachelor isolation, but in
early April we let him in with his girls and nine months later
we’re looking forward to the consequences. It’s a very special
time and after twenty years still every bit as awesome and
incredible to witness.
However leading up to the birth there’s always a lot of
uneventful watching and waiting – maximum observation,
minimum intervention is the mantra - and the prospect of
leaving a warm cosy bed to pad down to the cowshed to
confirm that nothing is happening is not such an exciting
prospect. But it seems that technology might have ridden to
my rescue with the MooCall.
In the days leading up to calving there are
quite a few clues from the cow that she’s going
to calve soon. Her udder starts ‘bagging up’,
filling with milk and becoming firm rather
than floppy. Her shape also changes. As the
pelvic bones relax it has the effect of making
it look like her tail head is rising up above her
backbone to become far more prominent.
As it gets closer still she will likely move away from the herd
and find her own quiet corner. But when her labour actually
starts, it goes without saying there is much discomfort and
subsequent swishing of her tail. This is where the MooCall, a
fag-packet-sized monitor, comes in. You strap it to the cow’s
Gorgeous George,
the bull
tail and it monitors this increase in tail swishing and phones
you up! How bloomin’ brilliant is that?
So in this imagined tech-savvy world I shall now sleep
soundly ariving just in time to safely
“In the days deliver the calf and watch her licking it, to
encourage it to get up and start drinking.
leading up to
And that’s very important because the calf
calving there are needs to drink about 2½ litres of colostrum,
the thick ‘starter, milk produced by the
quite a lot of clues” cow at birth, in the first six hours of life.
This special milk is full of the mother’s
antibodies, which the calf can only absorb for a short time
and they play a vital role in boosting the calf’s pretty limited
immunity.
But sometimes it doesn’t go according to plan. Especially
for first-time mothers, after pushing out a 30kg calf they are
sometimes startled, cross and not the least bit enthusiastic
about the prospect of motherhood. So then you have to tether
mum, give her a bucket of food (of far more interest than the
calf) and encourage the small, slippery calf to stand, find the
udder, latch on and suck. And not get kicked in the process.
A good trick is to squirt some warm milk over the calf’s
nose and ideally into its mouth – along the lines of a wake up
and smell the coffee message. However it’s easy to mis-direct
the squirt and end up with a faceful of warm colostrum which
is incredibly sticky and hard to wash off. Never mind, helping
an animal give birth is a wonderful experience and somehow I
think I will still be getting up every night to enjoy it even if I
do buy a MooCall.
Follow Jane Howard – and the farm – on Instagram @coopersfarm
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