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PRICELESS<br />

JuLy <strong>2019</strong><br />

<strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />

The lifestyle magazine for Kent & Sussex<br />

SUMMER Supplement <strong>inside</strong><br />

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Contents<br />

<strong>July</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />

24<br />

96<br />

SPLASH OUT<br />

Maggie Alderson finds<br />

homes for water lovers<br />

105<br />

112<br />

SCENTS OF SUMMER<br />

The latest perfumes to love<br />

from Josephine Fairley<br />

130<br />

70<br />

TIME FOR A CHANGE<br />

Considering downsizing? Here’s<br />

what you need to think about...<br />

31<br />

40<br />

63<br />

70<br />

93<br />

96<br />

NOTEBOOK<br />

A collection of the best<br />

events coming up soon<br />

FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION<br />

The St. Leonards Bath House<br />

transformed with neon, a bowling<br />

alley and industrial style<br />

GET THE LOOK<br />

Pieces to help imitate the<br />

Bath House’s look<br />

A FINE VINTAGE<br />

A tour of Squerryes, a magnificent<br />

17th Century estate<br />

GET THE LOOK<br />

Our guide to adding some<br />

Squerryes style to your home<br />

FAIR STYLE<br />

Kate Watts’ street style finds from<br />

<strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Midsummer Fair<br />

109<br />

110<br />

112<br />

119<br />

124<br />

WILD AT HEART<br />

Wild Nutrition’s Henrietta<br />

Norton shares summer health<br />

and beauty tips<br />

SUMMER FITNESS<br />

FUN WITH OR<br />

WITHOUT KIDS!<br />

Sarah Maxwell’s tips to make<br />

exercise fun and manageable<br />

BAKED TO PERFECTION<br />

Mouthwatering<br />

sourdough recipes<br />

WATER RETENTION<br />

IN POTS<br />

Tips for potted plants<br />

from Sue Whigham<br />

MAD ABOUT THE BEES<br />

Jo Arnel tells us why she thinks<br />

bees are the bees knees!<br />

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134<br />

139<br />

140<br />

SCHOOL’S OUT FOR SUMMER<br />

Hilary Wilce spells out the<br />

advantages if the lengthy summer<br />

holiday ceased to exist<br />

WHAT’S ON<br />

All the best events this <strong>July</strong><br />

COMPETITION<br />

Win a two-night stay, with breakfast,<br />

at Molly Dishwasher in Sussex<br />

FABLES FROM THE FARM<br />

Jane Howard explains the breeding<br />

cycle of the Coopers Farm herd<br />

SUMMER<br />

SUPPLEMENT<br />

28 pages of pools,<br />

events, cocktails,<br />

staycations and<br />

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‘Our Focus Determines Your Reality’<br />

HARPERS AND HURLINGHAM<br />

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QUINTESSENTIAL KENTISH COUNTRY<br />

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PLOT OR NOT?<br />

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A charming & characterful 3 bedroom end terrace cottage<br />

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Beds: 6 Baths: 5<br />

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JAM on the Marsh<br />

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Girls’ Choir joined by the<br />

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in orchestral music by<br />

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and Paul Mealor with the<br />

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Bach on Synths. JAM on the<br />

Marsh returns from Thursday<br />

4 to Sunday 14 <strong>July</strong>.<br />

Children are welcome<br />

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full of storytelling,<br />

clowning, nature<br />

sculptures and<br />

steam trains.<br />

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with Westerham Brewery to<br />

create the first whisky ever to be<br />

produced in Kent. This limitededition<br />

Kentish single malt was<br />

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2015 and stays true to its roots<br />

in the Garden of England, as<br />

it uses local water and English<br />

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Money<br />

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Classic cars<br />

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return to Bearsted Green.<br />

Admission is only 50p or<br />

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programme and this raises<br />

funds for Kent, Surrey &<br />

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For further information,<br />

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Antiques<br />

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since the Driver family first<br />

started running Hartley Dyke<br />

Farm Shop, and to celebrate,<br />

they are changing their name<br />

to ‘Cranbrook Farm Shop<br />

and Nursery’. Stocking all the<br />

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the Farm Shop also keeps a<br />

keen eye on the environment,<br />

using paper, biodegradable<br />

or jute bags and coffee cups.<br />

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The Kent County Show<br />

The Kent County Show’s 90th show celebrates<br />

the best of the county’s farming, countryside,<br />

and rural communities from Friday 5 to Sunday 7<br />

<strong>July</strong>. The show is set to amaze with showjumping,<br />

livestock competitions, vintage vehicles, floral<br />

displays and food and shopping areas. You can<br />

also catch performances from the Salvation Army<br />

Band, a flypast from the ‘Spirit of Kent’ Spitfire<br />

and the main ring attraction, the International<br />

Dzhigitovka Show. kentshowground.co.uk<br />

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Grandparents - do you know your rights?<br />

Lora Grogan is part of the Family Team at Buss Murton Law LLP. Here she<br />

talks about the rights grandparents have to protect their relationship with their<br />

grandchildren following the parents’ separation.<br />

Most grandparents have a<br />

special relationship with their<br />

grandchildren and increasingly,<br />

often play a crucial role in<br />

childcare. It’s hardly surprising<br />

then that when parents separate,<br />

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disrupting for all concerned, if<br />

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battle line. One set may even<br />

find themselves completely<br />

excluded from the children’s<br />

lives by the parent with care.<br />

Whilst it is widely known that<br />

children have a right to a<br />

relationship with both parents,<br />

often members of the extended<br />

family, such as grandparents, can<br />

be overlooked, even though they<br />

have a crucial and valuable role<br />

to play in the children’s lives.<br />

So, what happens when<br />

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one of the parents from seeing<br />

their grandchildren? In my<br />

experience, many grandparents<br />

are completely unaware that<br />

it is open to them to seek the<br />

Court’s assistance to ensure<br />

that they can continue to<br />

have a relationship with their<br />

grandchildren. Courts often<br />

really value the role which<br />

grandparents can play, not<br />

least because they can provide<br />

children with sanctuary<br />

from battling parents.<br />

However, before resorting to<br />

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“The bowling alley used to be in Soho House,” says Laurie. “Sol heard they were getting<br />

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Above & previous page: Laurie and Sol added the new upper floor to give them a master<br />

bedroom with its own bathroom<br />

to shuffle over to the vintage shuffleboard table and have a few games of that.<br />

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Above Laurie sourced the copper bath in the Turkish-bath inspired guest bathroom directly from the makers in Morocco<br />

one. Like many of the one-off items in The Bath House, both<br />

of these came from eBay. “Sol is eBay’s best friend,” says Laurie.<br />

But while eBay may be Sol’s go-to site, Laurie is the queen<br />

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there had me giving her (entirely unsolicited) career advice<br />

that she should start a business as The Resourceress. She<br />

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light fittings from 20th Century Filth in St Leonards.<br />

The fish-scale style copper splashback behind the kitchen<br />

sink was the result of a search for local panel beaters. The<br />

poured concrete worktops were brought into being after she<br />

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builders. “I convinced them they could do it,” she says.<br />

All over the house is the fabulous result of another of<br />

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“The space needed industrial light switches. The<br />

repro ones are rubbish and vintage are very expensive,<br />

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copper boat bath in the wonderful Turkish bath-inspired<br />

en-suite bathroom off the guest bedroom. Laurie had<br />

decided she wanted this style to be a feature in the room<br />

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one eye-catching item and letting the rest of the room<br />

treatment follow – but they’re eye wateringly expensive.<br />

But not one to take that as a cue to settle for something<br />

less thrilling, Laurie tracked down the company that<br />

makes them in Morocco and ordered one direct…<br />

£6,000 cheaper. Actually, she ordered two; there’s<br />

another one upstairs in the master bedroom. “We had<br />

to be resourceful,” she says with impressive modesty.<br />

The combined impact of one feature piece and Laurie’s<br />

inventiveness carries on in the boys’ bedroom, across the<br />

hall, in the original bath house part of the building. This<br />

is set up as a triple-decker bunk room, in the American<br />

style, with enough space for seven excited children. Laurie<br />

sketched it and the builders, Grant and Tom, made it.<br />

The fourth door in the hall – there is also a chic black<br />

and white bathroom, featuring an Art Deco basin, which<br />

Sol bought from builders renovating a flat in Mayfair,<br />

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up and down. This features a wonderful circus light<br />

bought from their friend Samantha Bruce of the brilliant<br />

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form of a rotating ‘now showing’ cinema light, in front<br />

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THE BEAUTIFUL EVERYDAY


Above: A backlit crucifix provides a stunning focal point in the guest<br />

bedroom and alludes to The Bath House’s former use as a church<br />

something out of Das Boot, painted battleship grey to<br />

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Though perfect for a tribe of boys the house may<br />

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After all the work they’ve done, it must be a tough choice.<br />

Head back up from the basement to the top of the stairs<br />

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decorative wallpaper she commissioned specially.<br />

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garden Below: The second entrance hall<br />

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railing fences) the glorious countryside just outside<br />

Westerham has Jerusalem playing loudly in your head.<br />

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opens up to reveal a perfect Mr Darcey lake, <br />

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This page: Contemporary built-in<br />

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books in the library<br />

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Turn your head left towards the house and you see a glorious<br />

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narrow red bricks, with a pillared and porticoed front door, it has<br />

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hall with a black and white marble chequerboard floor – and<br />

large portraits of Henry’s rels, male and female, all around and<br />

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It’s just the kind of space where you want to be holding<br />

a flute of cold sparkling white, while chatting to interesting<br />

people – which is exactly what you get to do if you join<br />

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Membership brings invitations to all kinds of jolly<br />

events at the house – which is not open to the public<br />

– including a summer garden party with 299 fellow<br />

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But with a house to study and photograph, we stuck to<br />

coffee, in the lovely light, high-ceilinged kitchen, looking<br />

over the formal garden at the back of the house. A kitchen<br />

which looks and feels like it has always been there, but was<br />

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like this for future generations – one of the bedrooms has<br />

listed wallpaper – Claire and Henry decided to make some<br />

thoughtful changes to adapt its old bones to<br />

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This page: The formal dining room’s chairs feature the wolf head that is in<br />

the family crest Top right: A portrait of Charlotte Warde, mother of The<br />

Admiral – 4th generation at Squerryes Court – by John Opie<br />

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in one of them, so they created a small kitchen and dining room in this<br />

space. We knocked it through and converted it into a family kitchen with<br />

a table in it, but we wanted it to look as though it had always been there.”<br />

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and dining room to create a family kitchen. The lights above the<br />

dining table were found throughout the house by Claire<br />

be rather precious – were languishing in obscurity in<br />

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least they’ve been seen. We are going to live here.”<br />

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Above: Clipped box parterres in the formal back garden Left:<br />

Woodland forms an extensive part of the 2,500 acre Squerryes Estate<br />

Image courtesy of Squerryes Winery<br />

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19<br />

5 Take a break<br />

Fabulous staycation<br />

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7 Creature<br />

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Make your garden<br />

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home plant-filled<br />

9 Garden Games<br />

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11 Once you pop...<br />

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13 On the rocks<br />

Luscious cocktail<br />

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summer<br />

15 MAKE A SPLASH<br />

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28<br />

19 Pool house<br />

rock<br />

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23 Poolside<br />

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furniture<br />

25 The Sweet life<br />

Foody favourite events<br />

27 Best of the fest<br />

Ten festival essentials<br />

28 <strong>Summer</strong> fun<br />

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Family friendly<br />

outdoor events<br />

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Paradise House is a beautiful<br />

period property designed with a<br />

contemporary twist and finished<br />

with stylish furnishings and artwork.<br />

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Sandwich, one of the most perfectly<br />

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St George’s Golf Club where The<br />

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Book: classic.co.uk<br />

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MORE THAN JUST A GARDEN CENTRE<br />

What’s on at COOLINGS...<br />

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Theatre in the Garden<br />

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August & September<br />

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Creature<br />

Comforts<br />

RHS Young Designer of the<br />

Year finalist Caitlin McLaughlin<br />

explains what to include to make<br />

your garden pollinator-friendly<br />

WT Supplement<br />

Create habitats within<br />

the garden design – don’t<br />

leave thinking about<br />

pollinators until after the<br />

garden is finished, build<br />

in spaces for them to nest<br />

as part of the layout. This<br />

way wildlife becomes a key<br />

aspect of the garden rather<br />

than an afterthought.<br />

Create sculptures as habitats<br />

– a habitat wall or solitary<br />

bee nest need not be a rustic,<br />

messy space at the back of the<br />

garden. Incorporate Green<br />

& Blue Bee Bricks or Bee<br />

Posts for sleek grey habitats<br />

in your garden, or build<br />

your own to suit your style.<br />

Our show garden features<br />

a freestanding hexagon<br />

sculpture that also acts as<br />

a habitat for solitary bees,<br />

mixing together art, design,<br />

and nature in one space.<br />

Think about your material<br />

choices – if you are creating<br />

a contemporary garden<br />

using grey sandstone tiles,<br />

why not use these to create<br />

bumblebee homes as well.<br />

The nest underground<br />

needs to be straw lined, but<br />

the top of the nest can be<br />

contemporary stone, or in the<br />

case of my RHS Hampton<br />

Court garden, custom made<br />

tiles with copper inlaid bee<br />

silhouettes, making sure<br />

nature features are functional<br />

and also high design.<br />

Water<br />

– help keep the<br />

pollinators in your garden<br />

hydrated by providing a<br />

shallow pond or water bowl<br />

for them. Using metal tanks<br />

or powder-coated water<br />

bowls create contemporary<br />

features in your garden<br />

that also help the bees.<br />

Plan your planting with<br />

pollinators in mind – there<br />

are so many perennials,<br />

shrubs and trees that help<br />

bees so, regardless of your<br />

garden style, you will be<br />

able to find options that<br />

suit you and nature.<br />

See Caitlin’s garden, The<br />

Urban Pollinator Garden,<br />

at RHS Hampton Court<br />

Palace Garden Festival, from<br />

1-7 <strong>July</strong>. The project fuses<br />

design, function and wildlifefriendly<br />

value to focus on<br />

pollination with planting<br />

that encourages pollinators<br />

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Festival start at £20 rhs.org.<br />

uk/shows-events/rhs-hamptoncourt-palace-garden-festival<br />

Tropical Vibes<br />

Rhipsalis<br />

cassutha<br />

(common<br />

name:<br />

Mistletoe<br />

Cactus)<br />

This is an<br />

unusual jungle<br />

cactus which is a<br />

gorgeous bright<br />

green colour and<br />

has delicate stems<br />

with a cascading shape. The name Rhipsalis<br />

comes from the Greek word for wicker work. It<br />

is an epiphyte and in the wild it grows attached<br />

to the trunks of trees. It is easy to care for as<br />

it requires minimal watering over the autumn<br />

and winter and just a weekly water during<br />

the spring and summer when it is actively<br />

growing. It’s ideal for a kitchen or bathroom<br />

as it will enjoy the humidity, but will be happy<br />

in any room with bright indirect sunlight.<br />

Care tip: allow the topsoil to dry out between<br />

waterings, but keep the subsoil evenly moist.<br />

Add a liquid cactus feed to the water once a<br />

month when the plant is actively growing.<br />

Christine Bartlett, Shop Manager at that little plant shop...<br />

picks three of her favourite exotic houseplants<br />

Stromanthe<br />

Triostar<br />

(common<br />

name: prayer<br />

plant)<br />

This is a really<br />

stunning exotic<br />

houseplant<br />

which has<br />

variegated leaves<br />

in cream, green<br />

and pink colours<br />

with bright pink/purple on the underside.<br />

It is related to the calathea group of plants,<br />

know as prayer plants, which react to the<br />

level of daylight and raise their leaves when<br />

there is less light. This plant is truly beautiful<br />

and really popular as a gift. It prefers a<br />

warm place with lower light and requires<br />

minimal watering in the autumn and winter.<br />

In the spring and summer when the plant<br />

is growing keep it evenly moist and add a<br />

half-strength liquid feed once a month.<br />

Care tip: mist the leaves in the morning to<br />

provide humidity, or keep in a bathroom/<br />

kitchen where the natural humidity is higher.<br />

Ficus lyrata<br />

(common<br />

name: Fiddleleaf<br />

Fig)<br />

This exotic<br />

plant is really<br />

fashionable at<br />

the moment<br />

and is a real<br />

statement<br />

specimen. It<br />

grows up a<br />

long straight stem with large glossy, unusual<br />

shaped leaves. It will continue to grow<br />

upwards and in time could reach the ceiling if<br />

well cared for! In the wild it grows in tropical<br />

rainforests and so it loves plenty of warmth<br />

and bright light making it ideal to stand<br />

near a sunny patio window. In the winter<br />

it rarely needs watering and in the spring<br />

and summer a weekly watering will suffice.<br />

Care tip: if you don’t have a bright<br />

location then simply reduce the watering<br />

and the plant will adapt. In the growing<br />

season add liquid feed to the water once<br />

a month to promote excellent growth.<br />

Find that little plant shop... at 100 High Street, Hythe; 01303 770610<br />

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Watercress, Roasted Beetroot<br />

and Goats’ Cheese Roulade<br />

by Nicci Gurr from Home Gurr’own<br />

Prep time: 1 hour 30 mins<br />

Cooking time: 32 mins Serves: 6<br />

• 225g fresh watercress<br />

• 4 medium eggs (separated)<br />

• salt and freshly ground pepper<br />

• 250g red beetroot<br />

• 100g crème fraîche<br />

• Olive oil for roasting<br />

• 100g crème fraîche<br />

• 200g soft rindless goats’ cheese<br />

1Preheat the oven to 190°C, gas 5. Grease<br />

and line a 20 x 30cm (8 x 12 inch) Swiss<br />

roll tin with non-stick baking parchment.<br />

2Finely chop the watercress in a<br />

food processor, then tip this into<br />

a large bowl. Beat in the egg yolks<br />

and season with salt and pepper.<br />

3In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites<br />

with a pinch of salt until stiff but not<br />

dry, then fold them into the watercress<br />

mixture using a large metal spoon.<br />

4Pour into the prepared tin and quickly<br />

level the mixture, spreading it out<br />

into the corners. Bake for 10-12 mins<br />

until set and light golden brown.<br />

5Meanwhile, peel the beetroot, roughly<br />

dice and roast with olive oil and salt<br />

and pepper. Cook for about 20 mins<br />

until a knife will go through the beetroot<br />

easily. Cool, grate and set to one side.<br />

6Beat the crème fraîche into the goats’<br />

cheese and spread evenly over the cooled<br />

roulade, then spread the cooled beetroot mix.<br />

7Roll up from the long side, using the<br />

greaseproof paper, then carefully wrap<br />

in clingfilm and refrigerate overnight.<br />

8Serve, slice into rounds and pushed on<br />

to a cocktail stick. homegurrown.co.uk<br />

Minted Pea and Feta<br />

Cheese Tartlets<br />

by Jo Arnell<br />

Prep time: 15 mins<br />

Cooking time: 25 mins<br />

Makes: 24 tiny tartlets<br />

• 75g fresh or frozen peas<br />

• 1 small handful of<br />

finely chopped mint<br />

• 1 chopped onion<br />

• 1 whole egg<br />

• 1 egg yolk<br />

• 3 tbsp double cream<br />

• salt and freshly<br />

ground pepper<br />

• 1 pack of ready-rolled<br />

shortcrust pastry<br />

• 200g feta cheese, cut<br />

into cubes<br />

Preheat the oven to 180°C,<br />

1 gas 4. Toss the peas and<br />

mint together in a small<br />

bowl and leave to one side.<br />

Gently fry the onions and<br />

2 then leave to cool slightly.<br />

Beat the eggs and cream<br />

together. Season if you wish<br />

at this point, but remember<br />

feta is a salty cheese.<br />

Cut out small squares of<br />

3 pastry and place into a<br />

greased muffin tin. Place 1<br />

tsp of onion into the bottom<br />

of each tart, add another<br />

tsp of egg mixture, then top<br />

with minted peas and finally<br />

some cubes of feta (I used 5<br />

or 6 tiny cubes per tartlet).<br />

Bake in the oven for 25<br />

4 mins, or until golden.<br />

Serve warm or cold.<br />

Mini Margarita Cheesecakes<br />

by Jo Arnell<br />

Prep time: 15 mins<br />

Cooking time: 30 mins Serves: 12<br />

• 100g digestive biscuits<br />

• 50g melted butter<br />

• 300g cream cheese<br />

• 1 egg<br />

• ½ tsp vanilla extract<br />

• 120g caster sugar<br />

• 100ml soured cream<br />

• 100g strawberries<br />

• 50ml tequila (2 shots)<br />

• 2 tsp lime juice<br />

• 1 tbsp granulated sugar<br />

•<br />

1Preheat the oven to 180°C, gas 4. Prepare<br />

biscuit base by crushing biscuits (in a<br />

food processor, or use a pestle and mortar).<br />

Combine with the melted butter and then<br />

press 1 heaped tsp of the biscuit mix into<br />

each section of the mini cheesecake pan/<br />

muffin tin and set to one side (or refrigerate).<br />

Beat cream cheese, egg, ¼ tsp vanilla<br />

2 essence and 100g of the sugar together<br />

until smooth. Add 2-3 tsps to the top of each<br />

biscuit base and bake in the oven for 20 mins.<br />

3Mix soured cream with remaining 20g<br />

sugar and ¼ tsp of vanilla essence.<br />

Remove cheesecakes from the oven and<br />

4 add 1 tsp of the soured cream mixture to<br />

the top of each one. Turn the oven down to<br />

160°C, gas 3 and return cheesecakes to the<br />

oven for 10 mins. Cool and refrigerate.<br />

Chop strawberries and combine with<br />

5 other topping ingredients, mashing<br />

some slightly to release the juice.<br />

Remove cheesecakes from tin and carefully<br />

spoon a little topping onto each one.<br />

6<br />

For a non-alcoholic version, add 30ml water and<br />

20ml lemon juice instead of tequila and lime.<br />

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Lottie Muir, the creator of the Midnight Apothecary pop-up<br />

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for a sweetly satisfying seasonal cocktail<br />

Wild Strawberry and Rose Daiquri<br />

Strawberries and roses are from the same family (Rosaceae) that gives us so<br />

much pleasure, from apples and pears to these two beauties. Wild strawberries<br />

(Fragraria vesca or F. virginiana) are those tiny, jewel-like treasures that you<br />

sometimes find in woodland clearings and meadows, on forest edges and along<br />

trails, and even in some quiet urban areas. Here they are combined with white<br />

rum and Rose Petal Syrup to conjure up summer meadows on a hot day.<br />

• 1½ oz (45ml) white rum<br />

• ¾ oz (20ml) Rose Petal Syrup<br />

(see right)<br />

• 2 tsp (10ml) freshly squeezed<br />

lime juice<br />

• 10 wild strawberries or 3<br />

large strawberries,<br />

hulled and halved<br />

• ⅔ cup (100g) crushed ice<br />

• 3 wild strawberries, toothpick or<br />

cocktail stick, to garnish<br />

1Combine all the ingredients in a<br />

blender and pulse/blend at a high<br />

speed for 30 secs or until smooth.<br />

2Pour into a rocks glass. Garnish<br />

with 3 wild strawberries threaded<br />

on a toothpick or cocktail stick.<br />

WT Supplement<br />

Rose Petal Syrup<br />

(Makes approx. 1½ pints (750ml)<br />

This recipe involves massage, roses, and<br />

perfume… don’t blame me if things get<br />

out of hand! Use the most perfumed<br />

roses you can find and make sure they<br />

are unsprayed.<br />

It also helps if their petals are quite<br />

thin. Two good choices that grow wild<br />

and adorn many a private and public<br />

space are Rosa rugosa and the wild dog<br />

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Whenever I use wild dog rose, which<br />

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• 6 handfuls of pink and/or red rose<br />

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• 6 cups (1.2 kg) superfine caster sugar<br />

• 3 cups (750ml) water<br />

• Zest of ½ unwaxed, organic orange<br />

• 1 tbsp lemon juice<br />

• Pinch of salt<br />

• Sealable presentation bottle(s),<br />

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1Snip off the bitter white tip at the base<br />

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to do, but worth it. Alternatively, when<br />

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the petals in a clump with one hand and<br />

snip the base off in one go with the other.<br />

2Loosely pack the petals in a non-reactive<br />

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the sugar. Gently massage the sugar into<br />

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3You should return to a gooey mess,<br />

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Leave to simmer for 5 mins or until you<br />

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Floral Cocktails by Lottie<br />

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Photography by Kim<br />

Lightbody © Ryland<br />

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• Malvern Garden Buildings<br />

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4 Wall light £87 dar lighting group darlighting.co.uk 5 Colwell sofa set £2,000 Garden Trading gardentrading.co.uk<br />

6 Gandia Blasco DNA teak lounge chair £3,595 corner sofa £14,295, coffee table £1,680 and chaise longue table<br />

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chaplins.co.uk 7 Roshults outdoor towel rack £813 Chaplins Furniture chaplins.co.uk 8 Cane<br />

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Traditional values and a warm welcome from<br />

experienced operators, Andrew and Diane Ward<br />

and their team at the beautiful old country pub,<br />

Chequers on the Green at High Halden.<br />

Enjoy fresh produce from the gardens and<br />

locally sourced meats, fish, ales and wines<br />

from fine producers around Kent.<br />

Check out our website and Facebook page for <strong>Summer</strong><br />

BBQ’s , Paella & Carvery Days and Special events.<br />

Weekly Seasonal Specials<br />

Vegetarian & Vegan Options<br />

Children’s Menu<br />

Large sunny terrace<br />

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Bookings on 01233 850503<br />

Email: info@chequersonthegreen.com<br />

Chequers on the Green, Ashford Road, High Halden, TN26 3LP, Kent


The sweet life<br />

Take a moment to enjoy the summer with these foodie attractions<br />

<strong>Summer</strong><br />

sparkle<br />

Eastwell Manor estate was one of the first to serve afternoon tea to<br />

aristocratic guests – Queen Victoria is said to have feasted upon small<br />

fancies and sipped tea from china cups in the Manor House.<br />

Today, Afternoon Tea at Eastwell Manor includes a selection of<br />

freshly-cut finger sandwiches and savouries, hand-crafted cakes,<br />

scones with clotted cream and locally produced fruit jam, and Exotic<br />

Routes speciality loose teas (certified by the Rainforest Alliance). Or<br />

you can opt for a delightful Bottomless Bubbles Afternoon Tea with<br />

Gusbourne English Sparkling Wine or Prosecco. eastwellmanor.co.uk<br />

Hotel du Vin in Tunbridge Wells is inviting<br />

guests to their lovely terrace to enjoy live music,<br />

Chapel Down Gin Cocktails and special prices on<br />

Chapel Down Sparkling Wines on June 28, <strong>July</strong><br />

26 and August 23 between 5pm and 7pm at their<br />

Sundowner Sessions. hotelduvin.com<br />

Afternoon<br />

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a number of reasons but, importantly, local and<br />

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Established in 2010, we provide one to one<br />

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Call us on 01892 518400<br />

to discuss your requirements.<br />

www.bespokecarecompany.co.uk<br />

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REDISCOVER<br />

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Find your favourite spot in the newly restored gardens<br />

surrounding this historic royal castle.<br />

Moments to<br />

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© National Trust <strong>2019</strong> . Registered charity, No. 205846. © National Trust Images \John Millar.<br />

Registered charity no. 1140351 (England).<br />

Deal, Kent CT14 7LJ<br />

Wander through blossoming<br />

gardens, discover new exhibitions<br />

and kids craft activities. Or<br />

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in the historic Barn and in the<br />

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summer, and explore.<br />

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Opening <strong>Times</strong>:<br />

2nd April to 3rd November - 10am to 4pm<br />

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Adults: £8.00<br />

OAPs: £7.50<br />

Children: £4.00<br />

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On the grounds of both security<br />

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cameras, video recorders, mobile<br />

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allowed in the museum.<br />

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)01303 893140<br />

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The small festival with the BIG names! Three days of Classic<br />

Rock, Prog, Blues & Roots music, in the beautiful ornamental<br />

garden setting of Mt Ephraim Gardens, Faversham, Kent.<br />

August 2-4 Gates open midday Friday<br />

Jethro Tull’s Martin Barre Band + Tull<br />

legends Clive Bunker & Dee Palmer<br />

celebrate 50 Years of<br />

FIERCE & THE DEAD * KINGDOM OF MADNESS – CLASSIC MAGNUM * THUNDERSTICK<br />

BAND OF FRIENDS – celebrating RORY GALLAGHER * JACKIE LYNTON * KYLVER<br />

MARTIN TURNER x WISHBONE ASH * LAPIS LAZULI * KANGAROO MOON * SOLSTICE<br />

SACRED GEOMETRY BAND * KANDA BONGO MAN * ZAL CLEMINSON’s SIN DOGS<br />

LEATHERAT * JACKIE McAULEY * JAWBONE * BAD TOUCH * + more<br />

Camping & Glamping available. Free Parking. Good food to cater for all tastes and dietary requirements,<br />

great beers at sensible prices, wines, spirits & cocktail bar, craft & music stalls & more<br />

Details & tickets (online or Mail Order) at<br />

www.anewdayfestival.com<br />

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Theatre in the Garden<br />

On Sunday 18 August Coolings is hosting a brand-new<br />

musical production of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley featuring<br />

a fully orchestrated musical score, professional actor/singers,<br />

spectacular stage effects, puppetry and flashes of wickedly dark<br />

humour. There will be homemade picnic boxes available to<br />

snack on during the show or you are welcome to bring your<br />

own. The show contains mature themes, but is suitable for all<br />

ages over five. Adults £17.99, Children 15 & under £5.99,<br />

Family ticket £39.99 coolings.co.uk/events<br />

Treasure Island<br />

Belmont House has big plans for a summer of open-air theatre<br />

this year. It all starts with Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale on 5<br />

<strong>July</strong>, then Changeling Theatre will visit on 21 <strong>July</strong> to perform<br />

Nell Gwynn, and finally everyone’s favourite swashbuckling<br />

pirate adventure: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island with<br />

Chapterhouse Theatre Company will be on 18 August. The<br />

Winter’s Tale / Nell Gwynn: £22 (ages 10-18 £12) Treasure<br />

Island: £16 (children £11 families £46) belmont-house.org<br />

<strong>Summer</strong> fun for everyone<br />

It’s the great British summertime, so get the whole family outside with these handpicked events<br />

Castle Concert<br />

With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Band of Her<br />

Majesty’s Royal Marines, and a selection of sensational soloists<br />

plus a special fly-over with a Spitfire from the Aero Legends<br />

stable, the Leeds Castle Classical Concert is how to do an openair<br />

concert with real class. Visit the castle on Saturday 13 <strong>July</strong> to<br />

sip on prosecco, feast on a Carluccio’s picnic hamper filled with<br />

delicious Italian dishes and enjoy the show, which just so happens<br />

to be set in the grounds of ‘the loveliest castle in the world’.<br />

Ticket prices from £47 leeds-castle.com / leedscastleconcert.co.uk<br />

Neverworld<br />

The ultimate family-friendly festival comes to John Darlings<br />

Farm in Edenbridge from 1-4 August. It’s divided into<br />

three realms: the pirate-filled Skull Ridge, the tropical<br />

and glittering Mermaids Lagoon, and the great adventure<br />

playground of the Neverwoods. Artists performing include<br />

Craig David, The Vaccines and Professor Green, and there<br />

is lots of additional silliness to enjoy, including a real beach,<br />

pirate playground, and circus stage. Weekend tickets:<br />

Adults £158.40, teens (13-17) £58.08, children (3-12)<br />

£26.40, infants (under 3) free neverworld.co.uk<br />

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A <strong>Summer</strong> of Outdoor Theatre at Belmont<br />

The Winter’s Tale - Friday 5 th <strong>July</strong>, 7.30pm<br />

Leontes has everything a man could want, wealth, power, a<br />

family that loves him and friends, but he is not at peace. Inside<br />

he harbours a bitter jealousy that drives him to destroy all he<br />

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Adults £22, Ages 10-18: £12.00.<br />

Nell Gwynn - Sunday 21 st <strong>July</strong>, 3.00pm<br />

London, 1660, King Charles II has exploded onto the scene with<br />

the love of all things loud and extravagant. And at Drury Lane<br />

a young Nell Gwynn is causing stirrings amongst the theatre<br />

goers. Enjoy an evening of theatre in our beautiful Walled<br />

Garden. Adults £22, Ages 10-18: £12.00.<br />

Treasure Island - Sunday 18 th August, 2.00pm<br />

Pack a picnic and enjoy an afternoon of entertainment in<br />

the gardens of Belmont House. Join Chapterhouse Theatre<br />

Company for this brand-new adaptation of everyone’s favourite<br />

swashbuckling pirate adventure. Adult £16.00 / Child £11.00 /<br />

Family (2 Adults & 2 Children) £46.00.<br />

belmont-house.org • 01795 890202 • events@belmont-house.org<br />

Belmont House & Gardens, Throwley, Faversham, Kent ME13 0HH<br />

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“I’d describe my<br />

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cool, chic, but<br />

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me comfort is key.”<br />

Catherine De Crèvecoeur<br />

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What are you wearing today?<br />

I’m in a really lovely jumpsuit from<br />

Reiss that I’ve had for years. I’ve layered<br />

it with a navy blue jumper from Cos<br />

and a camel jacket and scarf from<br />

the high street with my Catherine<br />

De Crèvecoeur earrings to match.<br />

How would you describe<br />

your personal style?<br />

I would say laid back, cool, chic, but<br />

comfortable. For me comfort is key.<br />

Whose style do you admire,<br />

and/or where do you get your<br />

style inspiration from?<br />

Actually, a couple of my friends have<br />

always been style inspirations to me.<br />

I was bought up in France and these are<br />

friends who still live there. But then I<br />

also love Alexa Chung – she has a great<br />

laid-back style with a bit of an edge.<br />

What are your ‘go to’ pieces to<br />

wear during the summer months?<br />

I do have a couple of long dresses<br />

that I love to wear and I love floral<br />

prints. My favourites are the dresses<br />

I have from Preen, and also dresses<br />

from Gap that I accessorise. I really<br />

like to mix high street with designer.<br />

Do you have a favourite place to shop?<br />

That’s a really tough one! I like to<br />

look around everywhere, I don’t have a<br />

favourite shop – when I see something<br />

I like, I buy it. It could be vintage,<br />

secondhand, online, on the high street<br />

or a designer piece from a boutique.<br />

What fashion favourite could you<br />

not live without in your wardrobe?<br />

I have to say my earrings, as I really<br />

do wear them nearly every day and<br />

as I make them myself, I can build<br />

my outfit around them. Other than<br />

that, I’m a big fan of jackets, my<br />

Amanda Wakeley blazer is a favourite<br />

that I can wear with everything!<br />

wealdentimes.co.uk<br />

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Sophia Fish & Family<br />

@opulentboho<br />

What are you wearing today?<br />

I’m dressed quite casually, but nice and<br />

colourful. I’m in leggings, because I’m<br />

very pregnant, and a H&M silk top.<br />

My ASOS tassel earrings and neon<br />

Hunter wellies are both favourites.<br />

How would you describe<br />

your personal style?<br />

Opulent bohemian. I like to mix stuff<br />

up and if I love it, I put it all together.<br />

I go for tassels, sequins, colour, but<br />

also in summer I love clean classic<br />

linen pieces, so it’s a total mix really.<br />

“I always have colour in<br />

my wardrobe and I always<br />

have leopard print!”<br />

What are your ‘go-to’ pieces to<br />

wear during the summer months?<br />

A loose linen tunic dress with<br />

leopard print sandals. It’s usually<br />

always a dress in the summer.<br />

Do you have a favourite place to shop?<br />

Usually ASOS and Zara and I love<br />

Mango when we travel around Europe.<br />

What fashion favourite could you<br />

not live without in your wardrobe?<br />

That’s a hard question! I always<br />

have colour in my wardrobe and<br />

I always have leopard print!<br />

Fair Style<br />

Kate Watts goes in search of the Weald’s most stylish<br />

shoppers at <strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Midsummer Fair to<br />

find out what influences their fashion choices<br />

Photographs: David Merewether<br />

Charlie Allaway<br />

What are you wearing today?<br />

I’ve gone classic, I really<br />

like to wear classic clothes.<br />

I bought my hat here at the<br />

fair from Rose & Bows.<br />

Whose style do you admire,<br />

and/or where do you get your<br />

style inspiration from?<br />

I’d have to say my Mum.<br />

What are your ‘go-to’ pieces to<br />

wear during the summer months?<br />

Dresses, always dresses!<br />

<br />

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“I like to look back to the past.<br />

Especially the 1930s, as I think it’s<br />

forever being re-interpreted.”<br />

What are you wearing today?<br />

I have one of my new Tilly scarves – it’s a great new<br />

piece that you can wear like jewellery – and one of my<br />

pocket squares, as I like to mix the prints together. I<br />

always have a little bit of leopard thrown in as well, and<br />

my khaki Uniqlo blazer that neutralises it all a bit.<br />

How would you describe your personal style?<br />

I would say, I like to mix pieces together – maybe a little bit<br />

designer, a little bit high street and always a little bit of vintage.<br />

Whose style do you admire, and/or where do<br />

you get your style inspiration from?<br />

I like to look back to the past. Especially the<br />

1930s, as I think it’s forever being re-interpreted.<br />

I love looking back to past decades but bringing<br />

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Do you have a favourite place to shop?<br />

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“I’m really happy that cycling shorts<br />

are back. I love a big baggy T-shirt,<br />

cycling shorts and classic clogs.”<br />

Oooh, probably all the lovely ethical<br />

and sustainable brands I follow on<br />

Instagram like @sideline_ww and<br />

@bugclothing and @henri_london.<br />

What are your ‘go-to’ pieces to<br />

wear during the summer months?<br />

I’m really happy that cycling shorts<br />

are back, I love a big baggy T-shirt,<br />

cycling shorts and classic clogs. Or<br />

a midi-dress, always with clogs!<br />

Do you have a favourite place to shop?<br />

I love shopping in independents<br />

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can always find new designers.<br />

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My relaxed black jeans with this<br />

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Whose style do you admire, and/or where<br />

do you get your style inspiration from?<br />

What fashion favourite could you<br />

not live without in your wardrobe?<br />

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What are you wearing today?<br />

My linen pinny with leather straps,<br />

yellow Converse, grey trousers that feel<br />

like I’m wearing thin air and my 1940s<br />

metal necklace, which I absolutely<br />

love – it’s like a Battenberg cake!<br />

What are your ‘go-to’ pieces to wear<br />

during the summer months?<br />

A Victorian nightie with stripy leggings.<br />

What fashion favourite could you<br />

not live without in your wardrobe?<br />

My African oversized embroidered<br />

top that’s yellow and green. At the<br />

moment yellow’s the colour for me!<br />

How would you describe<br />

your personal style?<br />

A mix between industrial and<br />

quirky. I feel like there’s about four<br />

different people in my wardrobe,<br />

so it depends on the mood – it’s<br />

definitely a mood, not a look.<br />

“I would suggest that a lot of my<br />

inspiration comes from going to<br />

fairs like this. I see pieces here that<br />

I would never see anywhere else.”<br />

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I’m wearing a Nehru collar jacket from<br />

SirPlus and a waistcoat from Hippy<br />

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How would you describe your<br />

personal style? In one word: eclectic<br />

Whose style do you admire,<br />

and/or where do you get your<br />

100<br />

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I would suggest that a lot of my<br />

inspiration comes from going to fairs<br />

like this. I see pieces here that I would<br />

never see anywhere else. In general, you<br />

see such eclectic style at these events.<br />

What are your ‘go-to’ pieces to wear<br />

during the summer months?<br />

Oh yes, a pair of Henry Maxwell boots<br />

I bought 30 years ago and they’re still<br />

going. And at the moment this waistcoat!<br />

Do you have a favourite place to shop?<br />

I do get my clothes from all over<br />

the place, but Toast make glorious<br />

men’s clothes. If I could find more<br />

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What fashion favourite could you<br />

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Scents of<br />

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Beauty<br />

Josephine Fairley takes a look at this season’s new releases<br />

I<br />

love the quote from Aerin<br />

Lauder (the legendary Estée<br />

Lauder’s granddaughter)<br />

that ‘You wouldn’t wear the<br />

same perfume with a tennis<br />

dress as an evening dress.<br />

Now, this is rather more the<br />

season of tennis dresses than<br />

evening dresses (if you don’t<br />

count Glyndebourne), and it’s<br />

certainly a philosophy I embrace.<br />

For me, there are fragrances that come<br />

out when I put my opaque tights away<br />

and vice versa. Scent is very much part of<br />

my wardrobe – and a glance at my dressing<br />

table will tell you: that wardrobe’s expanding.<br />

It will certainly be somewhat more crowded<br />

after summer <strong>2019</strong>, meanwhile – because there are just<br />

so many beautiful scents being launched around now.<br />

Before I share the fragrances I’d long to add to my summer<br />

fragrance line-up, though, a few caveats. It’s wise never to<br />

spray directly onto skin, when you’re going to be spending<br />

any time at all outside, because of possible interactions<br />

between scent ingredients (particular citrus notes) and UV<br />

light. There’s a risk of irritation, but also more longer-term<br />

of pigmentation problems. Instead, I like to mist my hair (a<br />

great carrier of perfume), and also my clothes. Just do the<br />

Kleenex test, first: spritz a tissue, and once you’ve established<br />

that the liquid dries completely clear, it’s safe to spray on<br />

fabric. My clothes have an incredible mélange of fragrances<br />

sprayed onto them – and somehow, because I like all the scents<br />

I do that with, it creates something even more wonderful.<br />

And now, my summer perfume lust-haves…<br />

Chanel Les Eaux de Chanel Paris-Riviera (£99 for 125ml eau<br />

de toilette). Chanel perfumer Olivier Polge is creating an<br />

olfactory map of Gabrielle Chanel’s life through his Les Eaux<br />

de Chanel collection. After Paris-Biarritz, Paris-Deauville and<br />

Paris-Venice, he now plants a flag in the sands of the Côte<br />

d’Azur, evoking the sun-drenched paradise Chanel helped<br />

to popularise via a bouquet of sheer summer petals, woven<br />

together with fresh citrus notes, jasmine and neroli and<br />

warmed by resinous benzoin and sandalwood. Wear it with…<br />

jaunty palazzo pants and a striped Breton shirt, à la Coco.<br />

Burberry Her Blossom (from £44 for 30ml eau de toilette).<br />

Longstanding Burberry perfumer Francis Kurkdjian explains<br />

that this fresh, airy interpretation of Burberry Her was<br />

‘inspired by London’s parks in spring.’ (It’s equally gorgeous<br />

for high summer, though, with the combination of plum<br />

blossoms, citrus notes and delicate peony petals creating an<br />

unexpected floral breeze, and the addition before creamy<br />

sandalwood and hints of musk emerge. The so-prettyin-pink<br />

flacon is inspired by an archival Burberry design,<br />

meanwhile – definitely my kind of hip flask. Wear with…<br />

the prettiest, floatiest of summer dresses. Ideally chiffon.<br />

Floris Neroli Voyage (£120 for 100ml eau de parfum).<br />

Inspired by an expedition Floris Perfumery Director Edward<br />

Bodenham took to retrace the footsteps of his ancestor,<br />

Robert Floris, this transports us from Antibes across the<br />

Ligurian Sea to the aromatic isle of Corsica and onwards<br />

to the Italian coastal town of Positano, our sails filled by a<br />

breeze fragrant with neroli, lemon, marine notes, jasmine,<br />

ginger and fennel seed. It weighs anchor via musk, amber<br />

and oak wood, indigenous to Corsica’s famous maquis.<br />

Wear with... white linen as crisp as the scent itself.<br />

Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Flora Cherrysia (£59 for 75ml eau<br />

de toilette). I’m often wary of cherries, in a fragrance. (They<br />

can be a bit ‘juicy fruits’ synthetic-smelling.) But rather<br />

than the fruit itself, this showcases cherry blossom, that<br />

most ephemeral of blooms, famous for lighting up Japan<br />

in spring. The liquid refreshment begins with a dash of<br />

bergamot, overtaken by diaphanous notes of nashi par and<br />

watermelon, with a too-too-pretty, powdery, softly woody<br />

end-game. Wear with… pretty-as-a-picture pastels.<br />

L’Occitane Herbae Par L’Occitane (£59 for 50ml eau de parfum).<br />

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around wild grasses, all tangled up in bramble, nettle and wild<br />

roses. Bergamot and pink pepper open, and as the sun warms<br />

Herbae on your skin, you’ll begin to make out a honeyed<br />

sweetness, touches of musk and woody, spicy Cashmeran. <br />

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Beauty<br />

The striking<br />

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with… your<br />

favourite scruffy<br />

gardening gear, or any<br />

summer frock. It’s equally<br />

at home in a herbaceous<br />

border as on a terrace<br />

enjoying lunch outside.<br />

(Put a visit to their Covent Garden<br />

boutique on your perfume pilgrimage<br />

‘map’, after reading this!) Effervescent<br />

bubbliness abounds here in in a sunfilled<br />

creation from rising star perfumer<br />

Jérome Epinette (who has created all<br />

Floral Street’s collection), with sparkling<br />

rhubarb popping the cork on a frothy<br />

gush of gardenia, exotic frangipani and<br />

radiant jasmine Sambac. Wear with…<br />

a sleeveless summer party frock. It’ll<br />

have you wanting to kick off your shoes<br />

and dance barefoot on the lawn.<br />

Floral<br />

Street Electric<br />

Rhubarb £58<br />

for 50ml eau de<br />

parfum<br />

Coach Floral Blush<br />

(£49 for<br />

50ml eau de parfum). Don’t we<br />

all need cheerfulness and optimism,<br />

right now…? That’s precisely what<br />

Coach Floral Blush sets out to deliver,<br />

in a spirit-lifting blend powered by<br />

goji berries. What do they smell like,<br />

in a scent? Juicily tart, sitting alongside<br />

grapefruit, mellowing to an armful<br />

of tea roses in the heart, before a<br />

white woods finale. A playful floral<br />

that celebrates ‘the carefree energy of<br />

summer.’ Wear with… that vintage crêpe<br />

de chine tea dress you most treasure.<br />

BYREDO Sundazed (£110 for 50ml<br />

eau de parfum). This is probably my<br />

favourite yet from cult perfumers<br />

BYREDO. Paying tribute to the era<br />

of free love, Sundazed comes wrapped<br />

in all things sunshine; bright, dazzling<br />

mandarin and Californian lemon. Neroli<br />

shimmers like the twinkle of light on<br />

water while Arabian jasmine cloaks your<br />

skin with its soft, yet opulent, touch.<br />

A dry-down of cotton candy and skin<br />

musks evokes distant memories of<br />

summers spent at beachside funfairs.<br />

Definitely a scent in which to bask<br />

in a state of summer-induced bliss.<br />

Wear with… a sarong, beside a pool or<br />

lounging around on the back terrace.<br />

Perfumer H Petit Grain (£220 for 100ml<br />

eau de parfum). Right at the other end<br />

of the price spectrum from Floral Street<br />

are the fragrances created by perfumer<br />

Lyn Harris, best known as founder<br />

and for many years creator at Miller<br />

Harris, who has a new scent boutique<br />

on Marylebone’s Crawford Street where<br />

she releases seasonal collections. I’ve been<br />

saving pennies to build a mini-wardrobe<br />

of these stunning scents, and for spring/<br />

summer <strong>2019</strong> have my eye (or maybe<br />

nose?) on this gust of citrusy greenness,<br />

zestily powered by Italian bergamot,<br />

Florida orange, and Paraguayan<br />

petitgrain. Aromatic herbs, woods and<br />

musks endow this with a much longer<br />

skin life than most Colognes. If you can<br />

afford to, splash with abandon. (And if<br />

money’s really no object, splash out on<br />

the hand-blown Michael Ruh bottle of<br />

this, which is priced at a cool £450).<br />

But whatever you spend – and<br />

whether you’re matching your<br />

fragrance to a tennis frock, a<br />

Glyndebourne gown, a linen kaftan<br />

or a snuggly pashmina – may you<br />

enjoy a beautifully fragrant summer.<br />

See perfumesociety.org for more of<br />

Jo Fairley’s fragrance reviews<br />

Chanel Les<br />

Eaux de Chanel<br />

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for 125ml eau<br />

de toilette<br />

Floris<br />

Neroli<br />

Voyage £120 for<br />

100ml eau de<br />

parfum<br />

Floral Street Electric Rhubarb (£58 for<br />

50ml eau de parfum). Floral Street is a<br />

disruptive new fragrance house making<br />

a splash for all sorts of reasons. First off,<br />

they scooped ‘Retailer of the Year’ in the<br />

prestigious Fragrance Foundation Awards<br />

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fragrances at very<br />

mainstream prices.<br />

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for 50ml eau<br />

de parfum<br />

Perfumer H<br />

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for 100ml eau<br />

de parfum<br />

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The <strong>Summer</strong> Solstice on 21st June<br />

this year marked the transition<br />

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The word solstice is derived from the<br />

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This time is celebrated by the druids<br />

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Eating summertime foods<br />

The summertime produces some of<br />

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runner beans, fennel, cucumber,<br />

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Eating in season also ensures<br />

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Health & Wellbeing<br />

Wild at Heart<br />

Henrietta Norton from Wild Nutrition explains how<br />

she’ll be harnessing summer goodness to keep her<br />

body and mind healthy throughout <strong>July</strong><br />

Here are just some of the changes I will<br />

be making in this Season of Abundance<br />

Exercising outside<br />

What better way to enhance the benefits<br />

of exercising than with an outdoor<br />

routine in summer. Immersing ourselves<br />

in nature supports our mental health<br />

and physical wellbeing and is immensely<br />

stress relieving. We don’t need a scientific<br />

study to know that a walk through the<br />

woods or cycling through the park is<br />

uplifting and healing for the soul.<br />

Adjusting my skincare<br />

You can extend your summer changes<br />

to your skincare routine, make-up and<br />

sunscreen, too. There are some wonderful<br />

naturally-derived, ethical products<br />

available (my <strong>supplement</strong> regime shifts<br />

during this season too) to help protect<br />

your skin from oxidative damage and<br />

contribute to collagen production.<br />

SUPER BERRY SMOOTHIE<br />

This smoothie will give you a nourishing kickstart<br />

to the day, providing fats and protein to keep<br />

hunger at bay and deliver a wonderfully creamy<br />

texture. The seasonal berries offer a generous boost<br />

of phytonutrients, such as anthocyanidins.<br />

Serves 2<br />

Ingredients<br />

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(or a nut or seed butter of your preference)<br />

½ an avocado<br />

1 tsp coconut butter/oil<br />

2 tbsp raspberries<br />

(or blueberries/blackberries – fresh or frozen)<br />

1 dssp Manuka honey<br />

Fresh ground cinnamon or vanilla powder to taste<br />

Almond milk to cover<br />

Instructions<br />

Put all ingredients into a blender and blend!


Health & Wellbeing<br />

<strong>Summer</strong> fitness fun<br />

with or without kids!<br />

Sarah Maxwell breaks down the sometimes daunting<br />

prospect of exercise into easily manageable activities<br />

that can be slotted into a busy lifestyle<br />

Whether you have children or<br />

not, summer is the time when<br />

your regular exercise class can<br />

go out of the window, or even stop for the<br />

summer altogether! Holidays, days out<br />

and family time give us endless excuses for<br />

‘getting back on it tomorrow’. However,<br />

summer can be a great time to shake up<br />

your fitness routine or get started on a<br />

new one – with or without the kids! Nicer<br />

weather (hopefully) and longer evenings all<br />

give perfect opportunities to get out there<br />

and get moving, so this summer I have been<br />

trying out something a little different to get<br />

all ages moving. Here are my favourites…<br />

Playground memories<br />

I recently went to a ‘Rabble’ class in<br />

Tunbridge Wells (at the cricket ground) and<br />

it took me straight back to my schooldays,<br />

running around playing British Bulldog,<br />

Dodgeball and throwing frisbees! I had<br />

such a great time at the class and can’t wait<br />

to go back. An hour passes in the blink<br />

of an eye and you get a great workout<br />

without even realising it – maybe next<br />

time I won’t fall over trying to “Dodge<br />

that ball”! The beauty of it is that all ages<br />

are welcome so you can go along with the<br />

kids or on your own. joinrabble.com<br />

Bouncing into fitness and fun<br />

If you do have children to entertain over<br />

the holidays, open jump sessions are<br />

perfect. Many of my clients with children/<br />

grandchildren find that the summer holidays<br />

can be rather stressful and often tell me<br />

they feel guilty when they use ‘family time’<br />

to do their fitness programmes. It needn’t<br />

be that way. Open jump sessions are for<br />

all ages and are a brilliant way to burn off<br />

those calories and have some fun with the<br />

kids at the same time. I went to Urban<br />

Jump in Heathfield, East Sussex, to try it<br />

out and can definitely recommend it.<br />

Entertaining teenagers can be tricky but<br />

Urban Jump’s Urban Fit is something a<br />

little different for those aged over 16 – a<br />

45-minute class involving 30 minutes of<br />

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Love being in water? Prefer<br />

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With Bewl Water on our doorstep there<br />

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These are just a few of the things I have<br />

tried, but there are lots of activities and<br />

courses over the summer that will take<br />

you outside and get you moving – with or<br />

without the kids! Try searching the local<br />

area online or checking our your local<br />

Facebook groups to see what’s on offer<br />

Now for something that can be done<br />

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home, this month’s exercise of the month!<br />

With my hectic lifestyle I have to fit in<br />

exercise as and when I can. Contrary to<br />

popular belief, many of us in the health and<br />

fitness industry stand around a lot telling<br />

other people what to do without actually<br />

doing the whole classes we are teaching!<br />

This simple exercise (see right) can be<br />

done anywhere – I often do it while I’m<br />

brushing my teeth! A triple achievement<br />

– clean teeth, improved balance and<br />

stronger core in just two minutes!<br />

Now that really is multi-tasking!<br />

Sarah Maxwell is a<br />

multiple award-winning<br />

Fitness and Lifestyle<br />

coach and mum of two<br />

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Aim to maintain this<br />

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than 60 seconds, try it<br />

with your eyes closed!<br />

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Baked to<br />

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Recipes: Ilgin Beaton from Just Sourdough by Ilgin<br />

Photographs: David Merewether<br />

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Tangy, flavourful and satisfyingly chewy, sourdough’s<br />

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Sevenoaks-based sourdough expert Ilgin Beaton – who, as<br />

her company name Just Sourdough by Ilgin suggests, solely<br />

focuses on crafting unadulterated sourdough loaves – shares<br />

three recipes for you to try at home<br />

You’ll need:<br />

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There are a wide range of sourdough starter recipes<br />

online if you wish to make your own from scratch. This<br />

usually takes around 10-12 days. On Ilgin’s website,<br />

justsourdough.com you can buy ready-made Organic<br />

White Sourdough Starter and Organic Wholemeal Rye<br />

Starter. Alternatively, book onto one of Just Sourdough<br />

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and you’ll go home with a jar of Ilgin’s own starter to<br />

jumpstart the process and get baking straight away. <br />

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Recipe One<br />

Makes 1 loaf Prep time: Up to 24 hours<br />

Cooking time: Around 50 mins<br />

You will need: A Dutch Oven or<br />

baking stone, a bread scoring knife/<br />

blade, a round banneton or colander<br />

• 100g active starter (you can<br />

make your own or buy online<br />

at justsourdough.com)<br />

• 330-350g water (filtered or<br />

mineral water), lukewarm<br />

• 400g organic unbleached<br />

strong white flour<br />

• 100g of stoneground organic<br />

wholemeal flour (or 50g<br />

wholemeal, 50g spelt)<br />

• 9g fine sea salt, dissolved in 9g water<br />

• rice flour, for dusting the banneton<br />

1In a large bowl mix the<br />

starter and water and stir<br />

until the starter is dissolved.<br />

2Add all the flour and mix until the<br />

ingredients come together into a<br />

large ball. (At this stage we are only<br />

mixing the water, starter and flour.)<br />

3Cover and let the dough rest<br />

on the side in the kitchen for<br />

between 30 mins and 2 hours ‒ this<br />

is what bakers call ‘autolyse’.<br />

4Add the dissolved salt mixture to the<br />

dough. Make sure the salt is distributed<br />

evenly throughout the dough using a ‘Slap<br />

& Fold’ technique (you repeatedly slap<br />

the dough down onto the work surface<br />

and fold it over on itself). This traps<br />

some air whilst developing the gluten.<br />

Continue for around 6-8 minutes, then<br />

set aside in a bowl for 10-15 mins.<br />

5The next stage is to ‘Stretch &<br />

Fold’. Lift and fold your dough in<br />

half over on itself, do a quarter turn<br />

of your dough and repeat three more<br />

times. Place back in the bowl ‘seam’<br />

side down. Repeat this process three<br />

times at 30-60 minute intervals with a<br />

final 15-30 minute rest at the end.<br />

6Shape the dough lightly into a ball then<br />

place into a round banneton dusted<br />

with rice flour (with a handful of mixed<br />

seeds at the bottom, if desired). If you don’t<br />

have a banneton, use a clean tea-towel<br />

dusted with rice flour <strong>inside</strong> a colander.<br />

Dust the top with rice flour, then cover.<br />

7Prove. Leave your dough to<br />

one side until it is 50% bigger,<br />

then transfer to the fridge and leave<br />

to prove there for 8-12 hours.<br />

8The next morning, preheat your oven<br />

to 250°C, pop in your Dutch Oven<br />

or baking stone with a large pan of ice or<br />

boiling water underneath, and heat for at<br />

least 30 mins before you are ready to bake.<br />

The hydration helps form a beautiful crust.<br />

9Once the oven is up to full heat,<br />

carefully remove the Dutch Oven,<br />

then tip your dough <strong>inside</strong> carefully and<br />

score the top with your scoring knife/<br />

blade. This determines where the bread<br />

will tear as it rises. Spray with water and<br />

bake for 30-35 mins with the lid on.<br />

Towards the end turn the heat down to<br />

180-200°C, remove the lid and bake for<br />

another 15 mins, or until you achieve<br />

the colour of crust that you prefer. Take<br />

it out of the Dutch Oven and leave to<br />

cool down for up to 2 hours. Enjoy! <br />

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The following are more complex recipes with a mixture of flours, but the<br />

taste is divine and the loaves are even more wholesome as they contain<br />

ancient, unmodified grains. They use the same method as previously.<br />

Recipe Two<br />

• 350g water<br />

• 100g active starter<br />

• 250g unbleached strong white flour<br />

• 100g einkorn (an ancient grain)<br />

• 50g khorasan (also known as<br />

kamut – an ancient grain)<br />

• 100g Organic Light Malthouse<br />

Flour from Shipton Mill<br />

• 9g fine sea salt, dissolved<br />

in 9g water<br />

Recipe Three<br />

• 330-335g water<br />

• 180g active white starter<br />

• 300g unbleached strong<br />

white flour<br />

• 100g wholemeal spelt flour<br />

• 50g wholemeal flour<br />

• 50g khorasan (also known as<br />

kamut – an ancient grain)<br />

• 9g fine sea salt, dissolved<br />

in 9g water<br />

Find out more about Ilgin’s sourdough workshops at justsourdough.com<br />

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Water retention<br />

Get water-saving savvy<br />

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tips for keeping your<br />

pots’ occupants happy,<br />

healthy and hydrated<br />

this summer<br />

in Pots<br />

The weather is like a yo-yo. Temperatures soar, then<br />

the following day it is overcast and drab – now, as<br />

we speak, it is tipping it down. My rain gauge tells<br />

me that we have had 30mm since yesterday<br />

but yes, farmers need it for their crops and<br />

we all need it for our gardens. Last year’s heat<br />

and lack of rain was a disaster here when the<br />

low oxygen levels in the pond meant that the<br />

ghost carp, grown from tiddlers over the past<br />

15 years or so, just didn’t make it. And that was<br />

despite all our valiant efforts to re-oxygenate<br />

the pond using a hose. I was glad to hear<br />

that my bed and breakfast guest was a keen<br />

fisherman and so was seen in a tangle of willows<br />

at the side of the pond stretched out on his<br />

stomach retrieving a very large and beautiful<br />

fish. It was all very traumatic, like losing an<br />

old friend, but thank goodness he was here to help.<br />

Whether we do have a dry summer again or not, it is worth<br />

thinking about water retention, bearing in mind that water is<br />

“Try to avoid<br />

watering in<br />

the evening as<br />

moisture can<br />

get trapped in<br />

the pot as the<br />

temperature drops<br />

leading to mildew<br />

and fungus”<br />

such a valuable resource and, if you have a pot garden rather<br />

than flower beds – maybe due to lack of space or just by<br />

preference – it is worth thinking of ways to retain moisture<br />

in them so that you don’t have to spend hours<br />

watering, especially if you are on a meter.<br />

I was reading about ollas, clay pots used<br />

for thousands of years to irrigate plants.<br />

These are pots with a round base and a<br />

bottleneck opening that you bury into your<br />

pots or borders having filled them with<br />

water. As they are porous, water seeps into<br />

the adjoining plants’ roots via a suction effect<br />

and the roots grow round the olla and take<br />

water in when its needed. But maybe a few<br />

ideas work just as well but less interestingly.<br />

One major thing to think of is mulch and<br />

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Garden<br />

the same way as small containers do. Add the mulch,<br />

whatever it is that you use, in the spring and you could<br />

also use moisture retentive Perlite in the soil. Avoid peat<br />

based multi-purpose composts, which dry out quickly,<br />

and instead go for the loam based John Innes mixes.<br />

Try to avoid watering in the evening as moisture<br />

can get trapped in the pot as the temperature drops<br />

leading to mildew and fungus. Shame really as<br />

the evening ritual of watering and having a glass<br />

of wine is usually not too much of a chore!<br />

Other mulches that help retain moisture would include<br />

bark and leaf mould. Actually, the latter is ideal for<br />

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If you have a seaside garden, a mulch of shells and<br />

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Straw, grass cuttings, mushroom compost. They can<br />

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Wind is a cause of pots drying out and their contents<br />

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We have a proliferation of recently planted leylandii<br />

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Some other tips to try…<br />

• Avoid planting in dark-coloured pots. They<br />

retain heat and accelerate moisture evaporation.<br />

• Recycle plastic bottles. Pierce small<br />

holes in them, put the top back on and<br />

put in one of your pots upside down.<br />

• Worth a try is drip irrigation using strips of<br />

old fabric, with one end in your chosen pot and<br />

the other in a reservoir of water. Good for a<br />

group of pots if you are going away for a while.<br />

• Try any number of the plant gels that are<br />

on the market. Garden centres and dare I say<br />

it, Amazon, have any number to buy. I was<br />

reading about Plant Gel, a polymer, which has<br />

been used by the US Forestry Service for years,<br />

especially when they are trying to establish<br />

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• Another cheap idea is to use old<br />

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Bear in mind where they come from and what conditions<br />

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to retaining their water reserves during the hot season.<br />

Their leaves are often silvery, small, leathery or hairy –<br />

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These plants are often easy to grow in pots as long as you<br />

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Mad about<br />

the BEES<br />

Jo Arnell explains why, in a world full of pesticides,<br />

making your garden a destination for bees provides them<br />

with the ecological haven they’re crying out for<br />

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Insects are in crisis at the moment, their numbers<br />

declining at a frightening rate, so anything we can do<br />

to attract them into our gardens will be of benefit. In<br />

fact, our gardens are proving to be bastions of hope and<br />

protection in an inhospitable environment. The attention<br />

is on bees, because they are such vital pollinators for crops<br />

and without them our own existence would be under<br />

threat too. Our gardens are fast becoming a vital resource<br />

for them, providing food and shelter and hopefully safety<br />

from pesticides. The sight and sound of bees buzzing brings<br />

a garden truly to life and reminds us that a flower’s job<br />

is to attract pollinators, that their beauty has a profound<br />

purpose, intricately linked to the existence of the insects.<br />

Honey bees, bumble bees and stingless bees are in the<br />

Apidae family. There is just one honey bee, but there are 24<br />

different species of bumble bee; some are social and live in<br />

colonies, some are solitary, some are tiny, some huge and<br />

furry – and easy to spot as they noisily bumble around the<br />

flower borders. Added to these are the leaf cutters, mason,<br />

mining and carder bees – and more besides. All bees do a vital<br />

job transferring pollen from one flower to another as they go<br />

about collecting nectar and pollen for their own purposes.<br />

With a little thought, and a little less tidiness, your garden<br />

can easily be made more insect friendly. They just need<br />

places to build nests, shelter for overwintering and a reliable<br />

source of food and water. Food comes in the form of nectar<br />

and pollen and a plentiful supply all year round is really<br />

beneficial. Most flowers die back in the winter, but there are<br />

quite a few trees and shrubs that will produce winter flowers.<br />

Water<br />

Bees and other beneficial insects need to be able to<br />

access water, preferably fairly shallow, so that they<br />

won’t drown. Bees use water to drink, but also to cool<br />

the hive when the weather gets really hot. If you don’t<br />

have a pond, then a shallow dish of water, containing<br />

pebbles or stones for climbing onto, will provide them<br />

with a place to drink and collect water for the hive.<br />

Shelter<br />

Bees live in different kinds of habitats, depending on the<br />

species, but all pollinating insects need overwintering<br />

places where they can hibernate as adults or pupae. You<br />

can easily help them by leaving log piles, leaves and<br />

hollow perennial stems and seed heads for them to hide<br />

in. You could also build a bee hotel; make your guests<br />

feel at home using cut off sections of bamboo cane,<br />

pinecones and bundles of sticks inserted into a frame and<br />

positioned out of the prevailing wind and weather.<br />

Providing nectar all year round<br />

Most pollinating insects and bees will disappear when<br />

the weather starts to get cold, but on warmer winter days<br />

they occasionally wake up, or wake from hibernation<br />

much earlier. This is happening increasingly as a result<br />

of climate change, especially in the warmer south of<br />

England where some species have stopped hibernating<br />

altogether. It is vital to provide the winter insects<br />

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Opposite: Cirsium rivulare – bees love thistles This page top:<br />

Foxgloves have spotted ‘landing strips’ designed to guide the bees<br />

into the flowers Middle: A honey bee and a tiny pollen beetle<br />

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and early emergers with food to help them get through<br />

this period when resources may be scarce elsewhere.<br />

Nectar from flowers may be in short supply in the<br />

winter, but there are other sources: ivy flowers late in the<br />

year, the winter cherry tree Prunus subhirtella autumnalis<br />

flowers sporadically throughout the autumn and winter,<br />

Clematis balearica is in flower from mid-winter and once<br />

the worst of the January weather is over, there’s a host<br />

of late winter flowering shrubs to choose from, with the<br />

added bonus that many of them are scented. Early spring<br />

brings the first of the bulbs, together with woodland<br />

natives like primroses, aconites and wood anemones.<br />

Flowers<br />

Flowering plants have co-evolved with insects. Without<br />

insect pollinators there would be no real flowers – the<br />

plants would all have to rely on wind pollination, which<br />

is a fairly haphazard and wasteful process. Much better to<br />

pay someone to do the job properly. Nectar is the reward<br />

for pollinators and it is only produced in the nectaries of<br />

flowers as a lure – the plant has no need for it at all.<br />

Some flowers hide the nectar in order to make doubly<br />

sure that enough pollen is collected, the bees have to go<br />

down deep into the flower to get to it, covering themselves<br />

in pollen in the process. These blooms tend to be tubeshaped<br />

and some even have landing strips to guide the bee<br />

to the right part; look closely at a foxglove and you will see<br />

the speckles <strong>inside</strong> are arranged in a specific way to help the<br />

bee. Snapdragons have a hinged lip that opens only when a<br />

heavy enough bee lands on the right spot, thereby ensuring<br />

that the pollen will brush off when the bee squeezes <strong>inside</strong>.<br />

Other flowers are more open about the process and go<br />

to lengths to make things easy for their pollinators. Plants<br />

in the daisy (Compositae) family make a wide and secure<br />

platform for insects to land on; the centre is packed with<br />

lots of individual tiny, nectar-filled flowers surrounded by<br />

a fringe of sepals. This also means that once the bee has<br />

<br />

Top: Echinops is a ‘bee magnet’ in late summer Middle left:<br />

Flowers in the daisy family make great ‘landing pads’ for insects<br />

Middle right: Chives and other alliums are nectar rich<br />

Bottom: A honey bee collecting nectar from lavender<br />

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landed, it can spend more time collecting food from one<br />

place, rather than wasting time flitting from bloom to bloom.<br />

Colour sends a message<br />

Plants use colour to send a signal, advertising to the insects<br />

that the nectar bar is open for business. Brightly coloured<br />

flowers are naturally found in sunny situations, but in the<br />

shade the flowers tend to be pale, often white or cream, as this<br />

shows up better in dim light. They lure in the insects with<br />

scent rather than colour, pumping out their fragrance more<br />

vigorously in the evening to attract in moths and beetles.<br />

Although bees will collect nectar from different flowers,<br />

they are very drawn to flowers at the blue end of the spectrum,<br />

with herbs such as lavender, thyme and borage most favourite.<br />

Plants to grow for the bees<br />

Native species, but not necessarily our natives, are the most<br />

valuable plants to pollinating insects, rather than highly bred<br />

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Hellebore – both the early Helleborus niger<br />

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Time for a Change<br />

Considering downsizing? Here’s what you need to think about...<br />

You might consider downsizing<br />

as you enter retirement for a<br />

variety of reasons. Perhaps you<br />

are looking to save money and time on<br />

property upkeep, find somewhere more<br />

suitable for your needs, move nearer<br />

to family or friends, want to release<br />

capital for yourself, or to help family<br />

members. Whatever the reason, when<br />

deciding to leave the family home<br />

you must consider many emotive and<br />

practical issues. While you are likely to<br />

have considered the potential impact<br />

on your lifestyle and bank balance,<br />

you may not have thought about the<br />

impact downsizing may have on your<br />

wider affairs. Francesca Sassoli, of law<br />

firm Cripps, incorporating Pemberton<br />

Greenish, outlines some legal<br />

considerations you should be aware of.<br />

Your will<br />

When contemplating downsizing,<br />

you should review your will. It may<br />

need updating to reflect the change of<br />

property to avoid an unwanted outcome.<br />

For example, you may give the<br />

property to your partner and the rest<br />

of your estate to your children. If you<br />

do not amend your will to refer to<br />

your new property, the gift to your<br />

partner may fail, so your new property<br />

unintentionally passes to your children.<br />

property ownership<br />

If you are buying with another person,<br />

you should take advice as to whether to<br />

hold it as “joint tenants” or “tenants in<br />

common”. Various factors, including<br />

your will, may impact your decision.<br />

Properties owned as joint tenants pass<br />

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to give your share of the property to<br />

another person, or to a trust, in your<br />

will, the new property should be<br />

purchased as tenants in common so<br />

that your share passes under your will<br />

and not to the co-owner automatically.<br />

When preparing to sell your existing<br />

property, you should check your<br />

records and at the Land Registry to<br />

see if any other parties have an interest<br />

in your property. It is not uncommon<br />

for couples to give a share of the<br />

family home to a trust or to their<br />

children during lifetime or on the<br />

first death, which will have an impact<br />

when downsizing. This is sometimes<br />

recorded by a charge or restriction<br />

registered against the property. Legal<br />

advice should be taken regarding these<br />

arrangements before downsizing.<br />

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This is a tax-free allowance (£125,000 at<br />

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married couples or civil partners if<br />

it is not used on the first death.<br />

When downsizing, you should<br />

consider whether your share of your<br />

new property is worth enough to fully<br />

utilise the allowance available, to avoid<br />

wasting some of it. If your share of the<br />

new property is less than the available<br />

allowance (£250,000 for a couple at<br />

the time of writing but set to increase<br />

to £300,000 from 5 April <strong>2019</strong>), a<br />

special “downsizing relief” may be<br />

available so your estate can still benefit<br />

from a percentage of the allowance.<br />

You should keep the completion<br />

statement from your sale and purchase,<br />

and take legal advice to check how the<br />

provisions apply in your circumstances.<br />

Lasting Powers<br />

of Attorney<br />

Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) are<br />

documents nominating attorneys to<br />

manage your affairs on your behalf if<br />

Downsizing –<br />

key things to consider<br />

• Are you ready for the<br />

emotional impact of leaving<br />

your current home?<br />

• Is your home listed in your<br />

will? It’s highly likely this will<br />

need updating as a result of<br />

a property sale.<br />

• Have you considered the<br />

different ownership options<br />

available and their implications<br />

to your inheritors?<br />

• Will downsizing affect the<br />

tax-free allowance in your<br />

inheritance tax planning?<br />

• Are you prepared for the risk<br />

you may not be well enough to<br />

complete the sale and purchase?<br />

• Have you considered the<br />

alternatives?<br />

• What will you be doing with<br />

any surplus cash as a result<br />

of downsizing?<br />

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If you lose capacity without an LPA, an application to the<br />

Court of Protection is necessary, but this is a costly process<br />

which can take months. If you do decide to downsize, you<br />

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Other options<br />

You may wish to consider alternatives to downsizing.<br />

Despite some bad press in the early 2000s, equity<br />

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Equity release should not be entered into lightly. Even<br />

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more than the value of the property), high interest rates<br />

and early repayment charges can reduce the value of your<br />

estate. If you are considering equity release you should seek<br />

advice from an independent financial advisor and meet<br />

with a solicitor before entering into any arrangement.<br />

Tax planning<br />

Downsizing can provide the opportunity for inheritance<br />

tax (IHT) planning, although you should be careful not to<br />

allow the potential to save tax to be your sole motivation.<br />

You must be comfortable with the lifestyle changes<br />

too, otherwise you may live to regret your decision.<br />

If you do not need the cash you release by downsizing<br />

and your estate is over the IHT threshold, you could give<br />

away funds to reduce your estate for IHT purposes. You<br />

can make outright gifts to anyone over 18. However, if<br />

you would prefer to delay the age at which they receive<br />

the funds, provide for minor beneficiaries or protect the<br />

funds for any other reason (such as from a divorcing<br />

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School’s out for summer<br />

But what if the lengthy summer holiday ceased to exist? Hilary Wilce spells out the advantages<br />

Quite soon schools will be closing down for<br />

the holidays. Some boarding schools will<br />

be quickly opening up again to reap useful<br />

income from hosting residential music schools<br />

or tennis camps or foreign language courses. Others will<br />

be hosting day holiday clubs and activity camps, but far<br />

too many school buildings up and down the country<br />

will stay shuttered and locked until September.<br />

Meanwhile, social splits will widen. Some lucky children<br />

will enjoy a busy summer of friends, activities and holidays,<br />

but many more will spend weeks in their bedrooms<br />

staring at a screen, or will roam the streets with friends<br />

trying to fill up the days. In the summer, a surprising<br />

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At the same time, parents will spend their summers<br />

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that they can often ill afford, or turning to longsuffering<br />

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None of this adds up, so it would make excellent sense<br />

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Of course it would cost money. Quite a lot of money.<br />

Organisers and helpers would have to be employed, there’d<br />

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What this would take, though, would be<br />

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My own family had a personal crash course in this when we<br />

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to the hut.<br />

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Jane Howard’s<br />

Fables from<br />

the Farm<br />

Jane explains the breeding cycle<br />

of the Coopers Farm herd<br />

If anyone ever asks us when we calve, I confidently<br />

say we have a spring calving herd, which means<br />

our 25 cows should all deliver their calves between<br />

February and April. Three months is generally deemed<br />

an acceptable period of time to be getting up every<br />

night to check for new arrivals and for dealing with<br />

all the management tasks that calving involves.<br />

Truth is, however, we had two cows calve in June this<br />

year and two of the old girls have still to deliver their<br />

bundles of joy. Old being the key to this conundrum.<br />

The natural life span of a cow is about 15 to 20 years,<br />

although these are not all reproductive years and typically<br />

a British beef cow will be kept in the herd for about 10<br />

to 12 years. Typically, she will ‘see’ the bull for the first<br />

time in the summer when she is two (I just love this coy<br />

cow parlance) and nine months later will produce her first<br />

spring calf. She then gets three months off before going<br />

back to the bull for the whole process to start again.<br />

All being well, this cycle of events should<br />

produce a calf a year, every year. After 10, her<br />

teeth may get a bit wobbly (or fall out) which<br />

means her cudding (chewing) is less efficient<br />

and she will find it harder to maximise the<br />

goodness in the dry winter forage, usually<br />

hay, so she won’t be in good condition to<br />

see that bull again the following spring.<br />

And of course, just like humans, her fertility<br />

will also decline as she gets on in years.<br />

If one had a crystal ball it would be easy<br />

to decide when the middle-aged girls should come to the<br />

end of their mothering careers and not be put back with<br />

Typically, a<br />

British beef cow<br />

will be kept in<br />

the herd for<br />

about 10 to<br />

12 years<br />

the bull to spend a lazy summer of bovine canoodling. Ever<br />

the optimist, all too often I give them the benefit of the<br />

doubt, one more turn round the block I hear myself say and<br />

then I’m surprised when things don’t go exactly to plan.<br />

And we can’t blame it on the bull. Rather<br />

like the cows he is at his best when he is<br />

young and keen and Captain, our new three<br />

year old bull, is just that. He will spend the<br />

summer months vigilantly patrolling the<br />

field passing from cow to cow just checking<br />

whether any of them might be coming into<br />

season and in need of his amorous advances. A<br />

young chap will happily attend to two or three<br />

cows in a day. For the more mature gentleman<br />

it is an altogether more relaxed affair.<br />

For starters there won’t be any patrolling, he will simply<br />

wait for the cows to alert him to oestrus. When a cow<br />

is coming into season, known as bulling, she will jump<br />

on the back of the other cows until she ovulates, when<br />

for a few hours she will stand still for the other cows to<br />

jump on her. Seeing all this bouncing around the older<br />

bull will obviously want a slice of the action but one at<br />

a time is generally the order of the day and so some may<br />

get missed and that calving pattern gets stretchy again!<br />

So I’ve been very firm with myself this year and have<br />

brought lots of new young heifers into the herd who – bing<br />

– will (should) all conceive first time around, and next year<br />

I shall be done and dusted with the calving business in the<br />

tightest of tight patterns. By May I’ll be filing my nails and<br />

wondering what to do with myself. Well that’s the plan.<br />

Follow Jane Howard – and the farm – on Instagram @coopersfarm<br />

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