Surrey Homes | SH59 | September 2019 | Education supplement inside

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Contents 

September 2019 

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29 

36 

59 

75 

82 

SMOOTH MOVES 

Maggie Alderson’s property picks 

NOTEBOOK 

The latest news and events 

OFF THE SCALE 

We take a look inside the 

impressive Bayham Hall 

GET THE LOOK 

Style it like Bayham 

PAINT EFFECTS 

Some of the brightest artwork 

on display in a gallery near you 

112 

119 

123 

127 

130 

OFF DUTY 

Kate Watts styles menswear 

with a utilitarian edge 

ON THE HUNT 

Rebecca Cuffe edits 

men’s accessories 

POST SUMMER HAIR SOS 

Josephine Fairley comes 

to the rescue 

HEAL HEADACHES 

Henrietta Norton gives 

her holistic tips to stop 

head pain in its tracks 

143 

151 

155 

156 

112 

A CHANGING CLIMATE 

Jennifer Stuart-Smith finds out 

how gardeners are adapting to 

extreme weather conditions 

WHAT’S ON 

Your guide for what to 

do in September 

COMPETITION 

Win a stay at Leeds Castle, plus entry 

to their popular Christmas Market 

FABLES FROM THE FARM 

Jane Howard’s latest instalment 

from Coopers Farm 

82 

A PEBBLE’S THROW 

A stunning renovation 

in Sandgate 

129 

SPOTTING THE SIGNS 

Sarah Maxwell discusses 

peri-menopause 

105 

107 

GET THE LOOK 

Pebble Shore’s interior inspiration 

MOODBOARD: BURN 

BABY BURN 

Everything you need to create 

your perfect feature fire 

130 

137 

EATING GREEN 

Jo Arnell’s take on flavourful 

vegan recipes 

THE FOREVER PLANTS 

Jo Arnell takes a look at 

successful succulents 

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EDUCATION 

SUPPLEMENT 

28 pages of news 

and advice straight 

from the schools 

themselves. 

After page 110. 

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Celebrating creativity 

● Preparing for adult life ● Neurodiversity 

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House 

Month 

of the 

£1,995,000 

Smooth Moves 

Maggie Alderson picks her favourite homes on the market 

Culmer Farmhouse 

The dream: A former open hall 

house, Grade II listed, dating 

from the early 15th Century, with 

additions in the 16th, 19th and 

20th Centuries, it’s brimming with 

fine period features. Deep eaves, 

tile-hung walls, leaded windows, 

tall chimneys, it’s a romantic 

dream. The main reception rooms 

face south and are centred around 

the large York stone terrace, 

sheltered by the U-shaped plan. 

Where: On the outskirts of 

the village of Witley, four 

miles south of Godalming and 

nine miles from Guildford. 

Setting: Wooded countryside. 

Beds: 6 Baths: 5 

Special features: A tripleaspect 

Smallbone kitchen/ 

breakfast/family room with 

a herringbone brick floor. 

Pleasing details: A panelled 

window seat in the snug and 

the gorgeous oak staircase. 

Outside: Wonderful gardens 

thought to have been designed 

by Gertrude Jekyll, with an 

outdoor pool and tennis court. 

Time to town: Under an 

hour from Witley station, 

a ten minute walk away. 

Agent: Savills, Guildford 

01483 796800 

savills.com 

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Hatchford Manor 

£1,225,000 

The dream: The full downsizing 

dream, a very high spec light-filled, 

ground floor apartment in a mansion 

conversion, with all the associated grand 

scale and high ceilings. The mansion sits 

in a very discreet historic gated estate. 

Where: Close to the hamlet 

of Hatchford Park, eight 

miles from Cobham. 

Setting: Wooded farmland, with 

other grand houses nearby. 


Special features: The tripleaspect 

reception room with 

doors out to the terrace. 

Pleasing details: Allocated parking and 

an integrated sound system throughout. 

Outside: The apartment has a private 

terrace, which leads on to 12 acres of 

manicured gardens, with a tennis court. 

Time to town: Cobham & 

Stoke D’Abernon station is two 

miles away, with its 35 minute 

connections to Waterloo. 

Agent: John D Wood, Cobham 

01932 645021 johndwood.co.uk 

The Goring 

£975,000 

The dream: Part of a boutique 

development of homes, The Goring is 

designed around the ideal of modern 

family life with a spacious kitchen/ 

living/dining area with bifold doors 

onto the garden. Making this sale 

particularly special, the house is offered 

complete with all the furniture selected 

by a professional interior designer. 

Where: The picturesque village of 

Ewhurst in the Surrey Hills AONB, close 

to Cranleigh. Guildford is 11 miles. 

Setting: Within the village, 

surrounded by wooded farmland. 


Special features: The double-aspect 

sitting room has a large fireplace. 

Pleasing details: The luxury barbecue 

built in to the entertaining area. 

Outside: Gardens landscaped by a Chelsea 

Flower Show Gold Medal-winner. 

Time to town: From Ockley station – ten 

minutes’ drive – to Victoria in just over an hour. 

Agent: Strutt & Parker, Guildford 

01483 405152 struttandparker.com 

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S E L L I N G 

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What to do and see near you this month 

Tower of London 

FOOD 

FESTIVAL 

The last few weeks of summer are upon 

us. It’s time to get outside, get some good 

food and get happy. The Tower of London’s 

Food festival fits the bill perfectly – a 

bandstand, kids entertainment, shopping, 

workshops, demos, and all the delicious 

food you could possibly ask for. The end 

of summer means you have no reason to 

still be summer-body-obssessing, and a lot 

of reasons to tuck into Indian, mac and 

cheese, cookies, breads, wraps, churros, 

prosecco, ice cream, in short, whatever 

your tastebuds desire. Plus what makes 

this food festival truly unique is that it also 

includes the added perk of the Tower of 

London. Entry is included in your ticket, 

so when you need to walk off your food 

you have the perfect opportunity to explore 

the infamous prison and royal palace. 

Essentially it is one large helping of 

summer joy, so mark Thursday 12 

to Sunday 15 September on your 

calendar now! hrpfoodfestivals.com 

NEW AGE 

It’s a big month for Green people. 

The pioneering organic brand can 

now be found in Holland & Barrett, 

with 24 organic skin care lines now 

available in forty of H&B’s top 

beauty stores across the country. 

H&B also have exclusivity for the 

re-brand launch of award-winning 

Age Defy+ range by Cha Vøhtz on 

Monday 9 September with all new 

packaging and two exciting new 

products; Hydra-Glow Sleep Mask 

and Pure Luxe Body Oil 

hollandandbarrett.com / agedefyplus.com 

Secret keeping 

We are proud to 

announce that our very 

own Maggie Alderson has 

published her latest novel, 

Secret Keeping for Beginners. With 

settings in London, Cranbrook 

and Tunbridge Wells, the story 

follows the lives of three sisters 

and their mum, as their family 

is nearly torn apart by secrets. 

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CINDERELLA STORY 

Live every moment of Cinderella’s story from 

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Let us transport you back to clear blue skies and glorious 

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shoreline (A Pebble’s Throw, p. 82). In fact, both of our houses 

this month have been cleverly redesigned for modern living, 

with careful attention paid to preserving original features. 

We were very excited at the prospect of photographing the 

stunning Bayham Hall (Off the Scale, p. 36), and it didn’t 

disappoint. Read all about each house’s transformation and pick 

up some style tips with corresponding Get the Look pages. 

If you’re a lover of summer, it may seem like the nights are 

drawing in prematurely, but in cup-half-full mode, I’m definitely 

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mind, Rebecca Cuffe has compiled an edit of sleek woodburners 

and fires to prepare for cosy evenings at home in good time. 

Plus, for something else to look forward to, turn to page 60 for a 

preview of what’ll be on offer at this October’s Open House. From 

irresistible shopping treats to inspirational talks, Surrey Homes’ 

brand new, must-visit lifestyle event at Sandown Park has it all. 

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With soaring ceilings, contemporary 

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restoration has allowed the building’s 

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Previous pages: In the sitting room, Jaime has kept the colour palette to neutral greys and browns with white detailing. The 

double aspect windows take centre stage, with beautiful views out over the Bayham gardens Above: When Jaime and Justin moved 

their family down from London they also brought much of their art collection with them: ‘Pony Pin Up’ photographs by Julian 

Wolkenstein hang on the back wall behind a spacious – and specially designed – dining table 

It’s pretty difficult to turn a stately home into a 

space fit for a modern family. It’s something that 

has eluded most of the country’s landowners, 

whose houses have been, in the large, converted to 

flats or wedding venues. However, one family in Kent 

might have just managed to achieve what, for many, 

seemed impossible. They have transformed a very large 

and very Victorian edifice into a cool, contemporary 

(and very warm) home that is entirely fit for purpose 

– it just happens to come with its own ballroom! 

Justin and Jaime Cooke live in Bayham Hall with their 

three children Alberta, Gibson and Monty, as well as several 

pets, including a growing collection of chickens, who have 

just moved into their new home underneath the kids’ 

tree house. I am standing with Jaime in her huge family 

kitchen. Dressed in cutting edge sportswear and baseball 

cap, Jaime has just rushed back home from teaching a 

spin class at her new fitness boutique, SPN in Tunbridge 

Wells. I am not sure if the original owner of Bayham Hall, 

the Marquess of Camden, could have envisaged what 

his pile would have looked like over 150 years later, but 

Jaime and Justin have definitely shepherded the hall firmly 

into the 21st century – and things are looking good. 

Although the house now seems to be the most wonderful 

home for a growing family, it wasn’t a destination that 

Jaime ever thought she was going to undertake. The 

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This page: The kitchen had once been the library. Jaime stripped back 

the tooled leather wallpaper and pulled down 1970s partitions and stud 

walls to bring back the sense of scale from the original floor plan. The 

room’s original features include a wonderful ornate plaster ceiling, huge 

windows and original shutters and an impressive veined marble fireplace 

was running her fashion brand MUKS. They had no 

children and were living a carefree and urban life, 

happy in their minimal white flat in the centre of 

London. The idea of becoming chatelaine to a large 

country estate in Kent was not on Jaime’s agenda. 

So it came as a bit of surprise when nine years and 

two children later, the couple decided to pick up 

the project they had begun at Bayham and move in. 

Having originally bought the West Wing, a new life 

and two years of extensive renovations beckoned. 

“I never thought I would leave London. I had 

moved to the UK from Canada to be in London, 

and so it was a bit of a shock to be honest. 

But now it all seems so perfect and I couldn’t 

wish for a better place to raise my family.” 

The link to London was something the original 

owner of Bayham Hall, Lord Camden, was also 

rather obsessed with. So much so that he famously 

built a road from the house all the way to London. 

If you have ever been to Bayham Street in Camden 

then that is where you might have found him. 

We begin our tour of Bayham in Jaime’s 


This page: Jaime’s colour palette of neutral whites and greys has allowed Bayham Hall’s original features to shine through 

Above left: Kent artist Sandy Dooley’s vibrant paintings hang on the walls of the sitting room 

kitchen. Like every home, it’s the heart of the house 

yet like everything in this particular home, it’s on 

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complete with tooled leather wallpaper. Jaime 

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This page: One of the most impressive spaces 

in the house is the double height inner hallway 

around which a carved wooden staircase floats 

a wonderful ornate plaster ceiling, huge windows and 

original shutters and an impressive veined marble 

fireplace with gilded overmantle, do the talking. 

Jaime and Justin commissioned a series of handmade 

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the shutters that provide the majority of the room’s 

storage, whilst a free-standing kitchen sits elegantly 

in the middle of the room. The stone of the fireplace 

has been subtly mirrored with a grey granite across 

the worktops. Kitchen cabinets have been painted in 

a soft dove grey to complement the tops and a darker 

grey picks up the detailing on the room’s painted 

cornice. Combining style with practicality, the huge 

dining table was designed especially for the space. 

“One of the issues with owning a place this size is that we 

can’t buy much off the peg,” laughs Jaime. “So we got the 

designers to come down and see the space for themselves 

and they made the table to fit perfectly. Luckily we’re a big 

family and are always having people over, so even though 

it’s massive, it actually works well for us.” 

Around the table are a series of Kartell Masters chairs by 

Philippe Starck and above it is an antler chandelier. But as 

we will see, this is just the baby version. 

One of the most impressive spaces in the house is 

 


This page: An enormous antler chandelier hangs down from the 

ceiling, whilst vibrant artworks and soft furnishing contrast with 

the white walls that bounce light from the hall’s huge windows 

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dapples the hallway with softly coloured light 

the double height inner hallway around which a carved 

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“One of the first things we did, when we moved in,” 

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daddy antler chandelier that hangs from the ceiling, 

“was to have a heat engineer come round. You can paint 

walls and rip up old carpets, but the one thing that was 

a major issue in the house was the cost of the heating. 

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heating and put in solar panels for the hot water. We had 

to put in chimney balloons to all the fireplaces and get 

permission for secondary glazing, including the stained 

glass window. It was losing so much heat it was like a 

money sponge.” And they were right to do so. It’s the 

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This page: The upper landing acts like a minstrels’ gallery 

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This page: The couple’s luxurious bedroom suites feature chic 

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approach to the home in which they live. The distinctive 

acid florals can be seen on standard lamps and cushions 

throughout the house. “We love it!” says Jaime, “Justin 

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One of the other themes that also peppers many of the 

rooms and hallways is taxidermy. As a Canadian, Jaime 

is very un-squeamish about it. “I grew up with moose 

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of what makes a home to me.” It is also one of the few 

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This page: Like the rest of the house, the neutral tones used to 

decorate the bedrooms are the perfect backdrop for Jaime and 

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bedrooms, where Jaime has taken a love of travel and 

high-end hotels to create a master bedroom and guest 

room suites that you would happily move into and never 

leave. Luxurious curtains and sofas, chic four-poster beds 

and a carpet so thick it licks your feet as you walk, are 

just some of the touches of luxury within. The master 

bathroom is so spacious that the walk-in shower and roll 

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of green trees that surround you. A better place to escape 

and luxuriate in warm soapy water, I have yet to see. 

Jaime and Justin have managed to pull a house, designed 

for a different age entirely, into the modern world and 

make it work. It is testament to their vision that they have 

created a home that both they and their kids can thrive in – 

and the chickens look pretty happy too! 


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Surrey Homes 

magazine 

2019 

LUCY FLEMING 

Editor 

It’s finally on the horizon! After months of preparation, 

the amazing Sandown Park will open its gates to Open 

House visitors next month – 9am on Thursday 10th 

October – for the first of three days of shopping paradise in 

the grounds of this renowned racecourse. Interiors, fashion, 

food and drink, Open House has it all, alongside inspiring 

lifestyle talks on our Live Stage from the likes of wellbeing 

guru Melissa Hemsley and interiors expert Jane Cowdry. 

Plus, if you book your tickets during September, you will 

receive an Open House jute shopping bag free-of-charge. 

You can still get hold of discounted tickets until Wednesday 

9th October if you book online at surrey-homes.co.uk/events. 

We’re looking forward to seeing you there! 

3 day shopping & 

lifestyle event 

Meet the Makers 

We asked our exhibitors what can we look 

forward to at Surrey Homes Open House 

BLADES HEATING LTD 

▲ FEUDO SAN LORENZO 

Feudo San Lorenzo are a small 

family-run business, headed 

by husband and wife team, 

Mario and Barbara, who are 

based in London, but with 

roots firmly tied to Sicily. 

They are keen to promote 

the delicious natural products 

from their home province of 

Agrigento, such as extra virgin 

olive oil, and encouraging 

their customers to visit Sicily 

as a tourist destination. 

feudosanlorenzo.com 

“We believe in eco-sustainability 

and have taken great care to 

farm organically and harvest 

using traditional methods, 

employing local people with their 

handed-down knowledge.” 

Established in 1898, Blades is 

one of the five original AGA 

distributors, as well being 

a premier Everhot dealer in 

the South East. It’s a family 

run business that focuses on 

great customer service and 

pride themselves on making 

sure the customer is 100% 

happy, by offering free home 

surveys and one-to-one 

demonstrations to find the 

right cooker for every person. 

blades-aga.co.uk 

BROWNSTONE LONDON 

Brownstone is a contemporary new 

brand founded by Farnham-based 

product-developer Anne Twist. Their 

range includes natural wax candles, 

reed diffusers, cotton coated cosmetics 

bags and fine bone china. Brownstone 

are excited to be bringing their eight 

unique fragrances, monochrome 

print designs and contemporary 

packaging to Open House. 

brownstonelondon.com

RT FACT FLOWERS 

“The biggest compliment is customers 

coming into our store thinking we are a 

fresh florist and saying how beautiful the 

shop is… makes everything worthwhile!” 

RT Fact Flowers bring a fresh 

approach to the world of artificial 

flowers; challenging the norm 

and bringing designs tailored 

specifically for each client. As 

well as their bespoke service, they 

offer a wide selection of ready to 

go pieces available online or at 

their store in Claygate, Surrey. 

rtfactflowers.co.uk 

FROM BELO 

From Belo is a company inspired 

by the founders’ experiences of 

working with poverty-stricken 

communities in South America. 

They use decommissioned seatbelts 

and other materials once destined for 

landfill to create luxury accessories. 

For every product sold, 2 to 6 meals 

are provided to the homeless in Belo 

Horizonte, Brazil. Their mission is to 

create sophisticated fashion accessories 

which are kind to the planet and the 

people that make them. 

frombelo.com 

“In June this year we won the Pinatex Best 

Green bag of 2019 at the Independent 

Handbag Awards. This was such a pinnacle 

moment for our team as it showed that all 

of the hard work from charity volunteer to 

artisan to manufacturer to designer had 

their work recognised.” 

AITI LONDON 

A contemporary collection of knitwear 

and accessories with a modern Nordic 

mood and elegance. AITI London 

pride themselves on their sustainable 

and fair-trade production processes. 

Highlights of their range include Argyle 

Intarsia sweaters in a wool/cashmere 

mix, cashmere sweaters and Merino wool 

tunics with co-ordinating snake print 

scarves and shawls. 

aitilondon.com 

THE BOOT ROOM 

The Boot Room is a family 

owned business creating 

shoes that are handcrafted by 

Artisans in Andalucía using 

the finest quality leathers. 

There are lots of stunning 

ready-to-wear boots in an 

array of colours to choose 

from, but if the standard sizes 

aren’t right, a bespoke service 

is also available. 

thebootroom.me 

▲ RHODES SKINCARE 

Rhodes Skincare creates their products with some of 

the world’s rarest botanic ingredients, using minimal 

resources, controlled humidity and absolutely no soil, 

helping to preserve the planet’s delicate ecosystem. 

Rhodes Skincare use ethically sourced sugar cane 

packaging that is carbon negative, harnessing solar power 

where possible and is 100% sustainable and renewable. 

rhodestoheaven.com 

Book your tickets at 

surrey-homes.co.uk/open-house

The best of British and 

Danish fashion designers, not 

found on every high street. 

sw19london.com 

A collection of 

contemporary, wearable 

and affordable jewellery. 

lulub.co.uk 

Beautiful and stylish 

brand-designed accessories, 

exclusively made in the UK. 

hopefullondon.com 

Wardrobe Refresh 

Harness the most desirable trends for the whole family. From 

childrenswear to womenswear to personalised accessories to jewels, 

Open House exhibitors have everything you need to create the latest looks 

A British designed luxury 

leisurewear brand, creating a 

connection between comfort 

and chic sophistication. 

phoebe-grace.co.uk 

A contemporary 

footwear label for 

women who own 

their difference. 

santewade.com 


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Luxury merino wool 

activewear for men 

and women. 

birdie.london

UK designed cashmere 

jumpers and cardigans 

coordinated with 

beautiful shirts. 

silverpinkcompany.co.uk 

Adorable collection of 

children’s nightwear, 

bedroom, bathroom 

and baby accessories. 

emandlu.co.uk 

Award winning, British 

jewellery brand with 

a focus on combining 

handpicked, precious 

gemstones and metals. 

amulette.co.uk 

Up-and-coming 

French fashion 

brands for women. 

marieandlola.com 

Neoprene and velvet 

pouches, tote bags & 

overnight travel bags. 

hermosalondon.com 

Monogrammed 

accessories, linens 

and gifts. 

initiallylondon.com 

Unique, lightweight, 

handmade statement jewellery 

that brightens up any outfit. 

catherinedc.com 




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WE LOVED THIS 

FROM LAST ISSUE: 

This beautiful sitting room was 

created by Juliet Maingay-Cooper 

in part of a mansion built by 

Eminent Victorian travel writer, 

Augustus Hare. See more at 

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Harness the moodiness of deep, dark hues and luxe 

velvets with the help of Open House exhibitors 

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1 Fuchsia Jaal Chenille Woven Rug, £245, 

farohome.com 2 Admiral Jaal Cotton Woven 

Rug, £280, farohome.com 3 Belgian Ormolu Chandeliers, £375, kireihome.co.uk 4 Maru 

Lamp Shade, £95, sansho.com 5 Butterflies Brass Mirror, £349, choiceofscandinavia.co.uk 

6 Grey Elephant paper cut design, £28, anniegraydesigns.co.uk 7 Mid Century Cocktail Chair 

in Soft Grey Velvet, £495, alpinelifestyleboutique.com 8 Stonewash Cotton Ochre Cushion, 

£14.95, foreverengland.com 9 Throphy Glass Candle Holder, £29, choiceofscandinavia.co.uk 

10 Moon Gazer Hare, £240, imagepluscountry.com 11 Artificial Hydrangea Arrangement, 

prices start from £58.95, rtfactflowers.co.uk 12 Manufacture De Digoin Oil Pourer, £27, 

alpinelifestyleboutique.com 13 Nyuhaku Vase, £110, sansho.com 14 & 15 Leolux ‘Aditi’ 

Table and ‘Amulet’ Footstool, from a selection, available through hülsta stores, hulsta.co.uk 

16 Shansi Pillow in Grey, £55, choiceofscandinavia.co.uk 17 Kashish 

Embroidered Long Cushion, £120, farohome.com 

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The Live Stage is at the 

heart of Open House 

The Open House Live Stage will be packed with a programme of free 

talks by influential speakers to inspire visitors interested in creating 

their dream home, running a successful business, looking after health 

and wellbeing, beauty tricks and more. The lineup includes presenter, 

West End star and radio host Gaby Roslin, bestselling cookbook 

author Melissa Hemsley and interior design expert Jane Cowdry 

Gaby Roslin 

Presenter, West End actress and 

radio hostess with the mostest 

Gaby Roslin is an authority of live 

television and is one of the country’s 

most popular TV and radio presenters. 

Gaby made her TV debut presenting the 

children’s programme Motormouth live on 

ITV. In Sept ’92 Gaby was invited to join 

Chris Evans as the co-presenter of C4’s 

ground breaking new daily programme 

The Big Breakfast, and she went on to host 

the show for three and a half years. During 

that time she presented BBC Holiday 

and travelled to Africa to film Predators 

with the award-winning Survival team. 

From 1998 until 2002 Gaby worked 

exclusively for the BBC fronting 

both entertainment and factual 

programmes including Whatever You 

Want, City Hospital, A Question of 

Television and to bring in the New 

Year she presented 28 hours of live 

non-stop television for BBC1’s 

Millennium celebration 2000 Today. 

In 2002 she made her West End acting 

debut playing the role of Mama Morton in 

Chicago. She then co-presented The Terry 

and Gaby Show produced by Chris Evans 

and returned to the stage again for the 

National Theatre’s production on Dinner. 

Gaby has filmed numerous series 

including Celebrity Fantasy Homes, Sport 

Relief’s Top Dog and Food Inspectors and 

has hosted many shows including The 

National Lottery Draws for BBC1, The 

Saturday Show on Channel Five and 

currently hosts The Gaby Roslin Show 

on Sundays for BBC Radio London. 


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Four talks each day covering: 

Homes and interiors, health, fitness 

and wellbeing, fashion and beauty, 

food and nutrition, work-life balance 

2019

Melissa Hemsley 

Cook, writer and champion of 

sustainable, nourishing food. 

Growing-up on an army base, with an 

energetic Filipino mother, Melissa was 

taught about cooking from scratch; about 

not going to the shops until every ingredient 

in the fridge had been used up; and about 

the importance of cooking and sharing food 

within a community. Melissa’s professional food 

career began as a private chef with her sister, 

Jasmine. After several successful years cooking 

wholesome, nourishing meals for international 

actors and musicians like Take That, Hemsley 

+ Hemsley published two bestselling cookery 

books and opened a café in Selfridges. A 

primetime cookery show followed (subsequently 

sold in 20 countries worldwide), as well as 

countless appearances on Sunday Brunch, 

Saturday Kitchen and This Morning, and at food 

festivals all over the UK – and internationally. 

In January 2018, Melissa’s first solo book, Eat 

Happy: 30-minute Feelgood Food was published 

to great critical acclaim – a celebration of fussfree, 

feel-good food and packed with simple yet 

nutritious recipes, all made in under half an hour. 

Melissa’s focus is now, more than ever, on 

sustainability. She is passionate about the 

importance of creating extraordinary food 

that is sourced from suppliers that care – both 

about the environment and the community; 

about the ground from which their food is 

derived, and the people to which it is served. 

Turn to the next spread for Melissa’s 

Quinoa Power Porridge 

JANE COWDRY 

Jane set up LilyMatthews in 

2009, gaining a reputation for 

beautiful hand-sewn curtains 

and blinds. The brand now 

includes an online range of 

soft furnishings and outdoor 

all weather items. 

Director of LilyMatthews Interiors, 

Jane Cowdry, has over a decade of 

experience creating and installing the highest 

quality hand made curtains for interior 

designers and private clients. The business 

has rapidly expanded and now has 3 large 

workrooms, 11 working tables and 10 fully 

trained, experienced staff. They are approved 

suppliers to the BIID (British Institute 

of Interior Design). Projects successfully 

completed include Browns Hotel London, ski 

chalets, villas in Portugal, France and Italy, 

mansions in Kent, Surrey and Hampshire, 

penthouse apartments, even glamping 

sites. Jane also runs courses in curtain and 

blind making and introduction to design. 



TIP: 

If you need to toast any 

nuts or seeds, dry-toast 

them in the pan first, on a 

medium heat for a minute 

or so, then set aside before 

you add the quinoa. This 

avoids using more than 

one pan. 


magazine 

2019

Quinoa Power 

Porridge 

Melissa Hemsley is on a mission to prove that it’s possible for 

everyone to eat well on busy nights, using store-cupboard 

staples and speedy, fuss-free recipes that really deliver on taste. 

Before seeing Melissa on the Open House Live Stage, try 

out her flexible take on a breakfast classic which can easily 

convert to larger quantities to serve family and friends 

Serves 2 

Choose from three different quinoa 

options and play around with 

flavours. There are seven here, one 

for every day of the week! I’m a fan 

of porridge in a flask for an easy 

warming breakfast on the go. If I have 

people over, I make a huge pan of 

porridge and put small bowls out with 

a selection of flavours and toppings 

to let everyone help themselves. 

• 400-500ml any milk 

• 500ml hot water 

• 2 tsp coconut oil or butter 

• 1 tsp vanilla extract 

• 2 tsp maple syrup or raw 

honey (optional) 

Quinoa options 

• 200g quinoa flakes 

• 250g cooked quinoa 

• 100g uncooked quinoa, rinsed 

well (ideally soaked first) 

Topping Suggestion: 

• 1 sliced large ripe fig 

• 1 tbsp of pistachios 

• 1 tbsp of pomegranate seeds 

• drizzle of raw honey 

Quinoa flakes: Toast the quinoa flakes 

in a dry pan on a medium heat 

for 1 minute, stirring frequently to 

prevent them from burning. This 

reduces any bitterness and gives a 

nice nutty flavour. Add 400ml of 

milk and all the other ingredients, 

give everything a stir and bring to a 

medium simmer. Cook for 4 minutes, 

then add your choice of flavourings. 

Cooked quinoa: Place the cooked 

quinoa in a saucepan, add 400ml of 

milk and all the other ingredients. 

Bring to a medium simmer and 

cook for 4 minutes, then add 

your choice of flavourings. 

Uncooked quinoa: Place the uncooked 

quinoa in a saucepan, add 500ml of 

milk and all the other ingredients. 

Bring to a medium simmer and cook, 

covered, until the liquid has been 

absorbed and the quinoa is tender, 

about 15 minutes (or 12 minutes if 

the quinoa has been soaked), then 

add your choice of flavourings. 

Extracted from Eat Happy: 30-minute 

Feelgood Food by Melissa Hemsley 

is published by Ebury Press, £20. 

Photography by Issy Crocker 



Shake It Up 

Pick ’n’ mix from Open House’s selection of irresistible artisan food 

and drink producers, and add a luxe twist to your entertaining 

with two memorably delicious takes on a gin cocktail 

Longtooth Gimlet 

goupiechocolate.com 

A supremely smooth classic 

flavour profile - perfect for a 

Raymond Chandler style Gimlet. 

1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice 

and pour in the Longtooth Gin, 

lime juice and simple syrup. 

Stir vigorously with a long 

cocktail spoon until very cold. 

2. Strain into a chilled coupe or 

martini glass, or strain over 

a rocks glass filled with ice, 

depending on preference. 

oatopia.co.uk 

Crafted by experts with spice builds 

of cassia, cinnamon and chicory and a 

finish of mustard seeds, Longtooth is a 

superior, signature gin. longtoothgin.com 

French Twist 

Pimp up your Prosecco 

with Pinkster Gin 

spadeandspoon.co.uk 

1. Add a measure of Pinkster 

Royale to a chilled flute of 

Prosecco or Champagne. 

Pinkster Gin is deliciously dry 

with a hint of fruit and an 

exceptionally smooth finish. 

pinkstergin.com 

alsopandwalker.co.uk


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Dates & opening 

9am - 4.30pm 

Thursday 10th, Friday 11th & Saturday 

12th October 

Venue 

Sandown Park, Esher KT10 9AJ 

15% OFF 

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Discover lovely things for you and your home in 

our beautiful shop. An inspiring selection of home 

furnishings, fashion and accessories sourced from 

around the world, offers something for everyone in your 

life. Park outside the door, shop, then relax and 

enjoy a drink or snack in our own café. 

LAVENDERGoose 

GOMSHALL 

Plentiful free parking 

55 Station Road, Gomshall GU5 9NP 

www.lavendergoose.co.uk 

Telephone 01483 202433 

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Park Shop Eat Enjoy

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FREE HOME SURVEY TO GUARANTEE 

FINDING THE PERFECT AGA COOKER 

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19&20 OCT 2019 10pm - 5pm 

AUTUMN 

art fair 

Image: Ronan Walsh 

Admission £4, Concessions £3, U16s & LAC Members FREE 

www.landmarkartscentre.org 

Ferry Road, Teddington, TW11 9NN 

020 8977 7558 landmarkarts landmarkartfairs 

Registered Charity No: 1047080 

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Exhibiting an eclectic mix of up and coming talent through to 

the most established names in British Art 

Visit us on stand B1 at the FRESH Art Fair Ascot racecourse from the 20th-22nd September 

Call or email the gallery for your Free ticket– only a limited number available 

44 Bridge Street, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1HL Tel: 01483 418013 

info@theweygallery.com www.theweygallery.com 


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Our pick of stunning artworks from galleries across the UK 

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3 

4 

1. Detail of ‘Last of my kind’ original oil painting by Chris Rivers chrisriversart.com 2. ‘Dunes Camber’ 

oil on board by Karl Terry £1,250 karlterry.co.uk 3. ‘Late afternoon, St Tropez’ oil on canvas by Peter 

Graham ROI (Royal Institute of Oil Painters), £4,500, exhibiting at Fresh: Art Fair, Ascot (20-22 

September) freshartfair.net 4. Ceramic by Joanna Terry, £140, instagram@joannaterryceramics 


Bourneside 

Gallery 

01306 889988 

www.bournesidegallery.com 

No1 North St, Dorking, Surrey RH4 1DN 

An Art Fair like no other 

Artist Brian Dunford 

Exhibition of Acrylic paintings 

3rd September - 28th September 2019 

contemporary 

ART FAIR 

contemporary 

ART FAIR 

Plus work by leading printmakers 

Ceramic & Glass Artists 

Exhibits from Surrey Artists 

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Fresh: Art Fair 

in partnership with: 

53 leading Galleries representing 

600 artists from exciting new talent 

to Hockney, Banksy, Hirst and Blake 

6000 original prints, paintings and 

sculptures from £100 to £30,000 

Visit: freshartfair.net 


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5. ‘Buttercup and Swallows’ original limited edition linocut (40/45) by Rob Barnes, £165, Bourneside Gallery 

bournesidegallery.com 6. ‘Dolphin Bay’ mixed media by Nick O’Neill, £3,500, showing at Grierson Gallery in 

the Hive, Cranbrook griersongalleries.com 7. ‘On A Summer’s Day, Studland’ oil on board by David Atkins, 

£3,650, McAllister Thomas Fine Art mcallisterthomasfineart.co.uk 8. ‘Roses’ oil and mixed media on board by 

Anna Perlin, £850, McAllister Thomas Fine Art mcallisterthomasfineart.co.uk 9. ‘Sunset Over the Airfield – East’ 

glass by Beverley Bun at Grierson Gallery in the Hive, Cranbrook griersongalleries.com 10. ‘Little Nell’ oil on 

canvas by Sir John Lavery RA, RSA, RHA, estimated at £7,000-£10,000, to be sold by Woolley and Wallis on 

Wednesday 4 September in the Old Masters, British & European Paintings auction woolleyandwallis.co.uk 

This summer MAKE Festival returns with 

its new theme, ‘The Arts & Crafts Home’ 

The weekend is packed with 

talented individuals and 

companies to inspire and 

entertain all. Makers, designers 

and architects will show how 

the Arts & Crafts movement 

continues to inspire creativity 

today. 

Contemporary artists and 

makers including metalworker 

Rod Hughes (as seen in Victorian 

House of Arts & Crafts) have 

planned demonstrations across 

the site. Entertainers including 

English Folk Dance and Song 

Society will be doing popup 

performances. Plus there 

will be a talks programme on 

everything from the use of 

heritage paint in modern homes 

to the history and foundation 

of the Art Worker’s Guild, 

Explore, make, play at Watts Gallery - Artists’ Village 


with organisations including 

The Lettering Arts Trust, The 

Girl who Gardens, and Past 

Pleasures. 

On top of all this, and in the 

spirit of ‘The Arts & Crafts 

Home’, the gallery, the former 

home and estate of founders 

G F and Mary Watts, will be open 

for you to explore, including the 

Watts Chapel and a Victorian 

room of arts and crafts featuring 

furniture and objects from BBC 

Two’s Victorian House of Arts 

and Crafts. And you can even try 

your hand at creating beautiful 

pieces for your own home (see 

opposite). 

Rod Hughes - Victorian House 

of Arts & Crafts. “I am excited 

and honoured to contribute to 

the Watts Gallery ‘Make’ event. 

The purpose of BBC2’s Victorian 

House of Arts and Crafts was 

to show the beauty of the 

movement’s makers work and to 

inspire people to make things for 

themselves and that’s what the 

‘Make’ event is all about.” 

Book wattsgallery.org.uk online 

Explore, 

| wattsgallery.org.uk | Guildford, GU3 1DQ 

make, play at Watts 

| Guildford, 

Gallery - Artists’ 

GU3 1DQ 

Village 

Book online | wattsgallery.org.uk | Guildford, GU3 1DQ 


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Chris Rivers Art 

www.chrisriversart.com 

@chrisriversart

See 

North Downs 

Printmakers at 

Wealden Times 

Midwinter Fair 

this November 

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14 

See 

Tipperleyhill 

at Surrey Homes 

Open House this 

October and Wealden 

Times Midwinter 

Fair this 

November 

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17 

18 

See 

Tal R’s 

work on display 

at Hastings 

Contemporary 

11. ‘Wild blackberries’ original drypoint by Polly Hosp, £60, North Downs Printmakers 07943 949360 

(see them at this November’s Wealden Times Midwinter Fair). 12. ‘At Low Tide’ framed oil on board by 

Libbi Gooch, £1,300, West End House Gallery west-end-house-gallery.co.uk 13. ‘Pomegranate’ framed oil on 

canvas by Dani Humberstone, £550, West End House Gallery west-end-house-gallery.co.uk 

14. ‘Lands End Dream’ oil on canvas by Will Swayne, £2,250, Wey Gallery theweygallery.com 

15. ‘Peonies song’ mixed media on hardboard by Tipperleyhill, £450, Tipperleyhill tipperleyhill.com 

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Steven Winter, Deputy Head of Bethany School, explains the steps you can 

take to help your child transition from primary to secondary school 

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don’t remember my first day at senior school, but for 

my children it was a very big deal indeed,” says Francie 

Healy, Headmaster of Bethany School in Kent. He has 

wide experience of supporting pupils – including his own 

three children – through the transition to senior school. 

Through the autumn term, parents will no doubt be 

considering the next step for children in Year 6. Those 

relocating may be moving their child(ren) to a new school 

at other points within the year. Aside from obvious anxieties 

about new teachers and a new group of friends – and for 

some pupils a move to a new country – pupils moving from 

primary school often find it difficult to adapt to needing 

to navigate around the school during the day, instead of 

staying in one classroom, or to the longer school day. 

At Bethany School, the numbers of new Year 7 pupils 

joining us this year are particularly buoyant. With new 

pupils coming from a wide variety of schools, a great 

deal of thought is given to making the settling in process 

as easy as possible. However, pupils do join in other 

year groups – and occasionally at other points during 

the school year – and all are given personalised support 

to ensure that they settle in as quickly as possible. 

The following tips come from our experience in helping 

to support young people with one of the most significant 

transitions that they will face in their young lives: 

1Involve your child in the process of choosing their new 

school – take time to speak to them about what they 

want from a new school. Do they want to remain with 

friends or have a new challenge; or is it important for them 

to have particular needs met? Give them the opportunity 

to accompany you to Open Mornings and on individual 

tours so that they too can make an informed choice. 

2Grasp the opportunity for your child to take part in 

taster sessions or days to help with the orientation 

process. At Bethany School, pupils in Year 5 are offered 

the chance to join us for a Creative Education Day and 

then, in Year 6, we offer them a series of five Masterclasses 

in a range of subjects and activities, including High 

Ropes, Music and DT to support with the transition. 

3Take part in all induction opportunities for pupils and 

parents. At Bethany, we offer places for Year 7 entry 

in December and the first such induction opportunity is 

a team building morning for all those who have accepted 

a place in March, this is quickly followed by ‘Getting to 

know Bethany Day’ in June for parents and pupils and a 

final induction for new pupils in August, which includes an 

introduction to boarding for those who will be boarders. 

4Create a network of new parents to support the 

development of future friendships – one of the keys 

to success with this transition is to minimise the anxiety 

around making friends. Many parents who attend ‘Getting 

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support your child by managing their rest, especially at 

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“At Bethany, we put the child at the heart of every 

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to welcoming new pupils. Our approach ensures that 

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Word Play 

Which languages are students choosing to study? And how are 

they being applied to life after school? SH finds out 

Gilly Johnson, Deputy Principal (Academic) at 

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Our most popular languages are Mandarin, 

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Studying a language gives pupils the confidence to 

take their first step into another culture. Being able to 

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It may give someone a lifelong love of the country and 

the language they’ve studied. They might choose to study 

in this country too. I fell in love with French at school 

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career. France always feels like home to me, even now. 

Being able to communicate in other languages opens 

many doors; journalism, business and commerce, 

international relations, international law, politics, 

translation, interpreting, etc. One of our (British) ex-pupils 

studied French, Spanish and Serbo-Croat at Buckswood 

and went on to study interpreting at the University of 

Poitiers, in France. In his ‘year-out’ work placement at 

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impressed with him that he recommended him for several 

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degree. It was here that our ex-pupil demonstrated his 

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Mrs Paola Sagastuy, Head of Languages at Ashford 

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language opens up a world of opportunities for students 

At Ashford School we strongly believe in 

the value of learning languages, and so we 

encourage all of our pupils to learn one or two 

languages during their stay with us. We offer Spanish, 

French and German from Year 7 to A-Level. 

Because we care that our pupils love the languages that 

they are learning, and we believe in personal responsibility, 

pupils are offered a choice of languages from Year 7. 

We help them make an informed decision by offering 

them a rotation of each language in the first half of the 

year, and then ask them to choose two languages to go 

forward with. Pupils will learn these two languages until 

the end of Year 9, and when they make their language 

choices for GCSEs, they can continue with both languages 

or they can choose to focus on just one of them. 

Until recently, French was the more popular language 

choice, however this seems to have shifted in the last few 

years, with Spanish having the greatest uptake. Pupils often 

perceive German as the more ‘difficult’ language, and as such 

its popularity had dwindled somewhat. We have worked hard 

to change this perception, as there really isn’t any language 

that is easier or more difficult to learn in and of itself. In 

fact, German can often be easier for English speakers as 

it shares many word roots. This has now led to German 

coming in second in popularity with our upcoming cohorts. 

There is no denying that English has become the lingua 

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and work abroad if one can speak English. That being said, 

the experience of studying abroad is richer if the student 

has knowledge of the local language. As author Rita Mae 

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We explore the vast range of after-school activities 

on offer across schools in the South East 

Dulwich Prep Cranbrook 

At Dulwich Prep Cranbrook we look to ignite each child’s curiosity, 

reveal hidden talents and make sure all our children fulfil their 

extraordinary potential so our extra-curricular programme is 

designed to do just that! It is broad and deep, and designed to widen 

horizons, inspire and offer stretch. Dulwich Prep Cranbrook has a vast 

array of clubs, both during and after the school day (all included in fees). 

We are continually reviewing what we offer and embracing children’s 

suggestions. All children are actively encouraged to set up their own clubs 

if we don’t already offer something they want to do. Clubs run every 

day after school until 5.30pm. As well as clubs in all the major sports, 

Art, Drama and Music all feature strongly with clubs ranging from Rock 

School to Advanced Artists. Some of our more quirky offerings include: 

Little Stream (Years 1-4): New this year, Confidence Club, Mindfulness 

Colouring, Friendship Bracelet Club, Tug of War, Water Polo, Remote 

Control Cars, Lego, Glowfit – a Zumba-style class undertaken in the 

dark with glowsticks! Recent pop-up clubs have included – (child-led) 

Enid Blyton’s Enchanted Forest and the Harry Potter Play Club. 

Popular clubs in Upper School (Years 5-8) are: Coding Club, Girls’ 

Cricket, Media Club, Yoga, Chess, Dulwich Entrepreneurs, Triathlon, 

Coding and Dulwich Outdoors. 

Club of the moment for children of all ages is Eco Club: Our Eco Club 

was set up by the children in Upper School. We are currently working 

towards the Eco Schools Green Flag Award and are hoping to become a 

single use plastic-free school. (Achieved in Nash House, our Early Years). 

During the holidays we run Dulwich Prep Chef School which culminates 

in a Bake Off, where families are invited for tea. 

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Box hill School 

What kind of after school clubs are on offer? A wide 

range of sport, including rugby, football, mountain biking, 

fencing, swimming, hockey and netball. Performing 

arts clubs include dance, choir, orchestra and musical 

theatre. We also run art clubs, language clubs – such 

as Spanish and Mandarin – and plenty more! 

What time do they run to? Our clubs run 

from 4.45pm to 5.45pm (seniors). 

Do any activities take place at the weekend or during school 

holidays? We run holiday camps during the school holidays, 

which include a range of different activities from cooking 

and arts and crafts to sport and woodland based challenges. 

Is there an extra cost? For externally run, specialist 

clubs there is an additional cost, however, for those 

run by our own staff, there is no additional cost. 

What are the benefits of taking part in extra-curricular 

activities? Increased personal confidence, social skills 

and self-esteem. The opportunity to develop new skills 

and interests alongside different children of different 

ages. Develop the capacity to challenge themselves in 

new areas. Physical and mental health benefits from 

physical activity and creativity. Encourages breadth of 

character and interests and above all, they are fun! 

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marlborough house school 

What are the kind of clubs on offer? There is a wide 

range of extra curricular clubs at Marlborough House 

School. We offer clubs that are built in to the main part of 

the school day, including ballet, music and instrumental 

clubs, as well as shooting. Other clubs at the end of the 

school day are: cricket, football, tennis, badminton, table 

tennis, hockey, volleyball, design & technology, arts 

& crafts, drama, music, wellbeing and gardening. 

What time do they run? Start times for clubs vary 

depending on what year the child is in. Pre-Prep clubs 

operate throughout the afternoon at various times during 

the day. Year 3 and 4 clubs start at 4pm and run for 30 

minutes and the senior School children, years 5-8, start 

their clubs at 4.30pm and they run for 60 minutes. 

Do any activities take place at the weekend or during 

the school holidays? The school does not run any 

clubs during the weekends or holidays, although we 

have a number of members of staff that run various 

courses throughout the holidays at an extra cost. 

Is there an extra cost? Some of our clubs cost extra, 

but the majority of them are run by our amazing 

teachers at the school. Our teachers often have a 

passion for something outside of the subject they 

usually teach and so they enjoy spending time 

sharing their interest with the children in a club. 

What are the benefits of taking part in extra-curricular 

activities? The benefits of taking part in extra-curricular 

activities are enormous. From spending time with friends 

and doing something you really enjoy, to trying something 

new and pushing yourself out of your comfort zone. 

Whatever the reason is for joining a club at Marlborough 

House School, pupils are sure to find something they enjoy. 

We want to offer a wide and varied clubs programme 

throughout the year and to give plenty of choice and 

opportunity for our children. The children’s wellbeing is 

at the centre of what we offer and we think it is important 

that the children do at least one of the clubs per week. 

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Manor House School, Bookham, shows how pupils and staff are 

living their School Value of ‘Creative and Collaborative’ 

Founded in 1920, and soon to be celebrating its 

Centenary Year, Manor House School in Bookham 

provides girls with a happy and nurturing smaller 

school environment, encouraging excellent academic results 

through an individual approach to teaching and learning. 

Increasingly enjoying high levels of success in sport, pupils 

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expressive arts, with additional music, singing and drama 

lessons a popular choice. One of the school’s seven core 

values is ‘Creative and Collaborative’ and so it is no surprise 

that Manor House was shortlisted for an Independent 

Schools Award in the Creative and Expressive Arts in 2018. 

There is an extensive co-curricular enrichment programme 

every term with up to 50 extra-curricular clubs and 

activities operating at any one time. Girls are encouraged 

to seek out new experiences and try something different. 

Creative clubs are varied and include a Textiles Craft Club, 

Gifted and Talented Writing Club – which challenges 

girls to compose high quality writing on a competitive 

basis – and Bridge Club, as well as more traditional clubs, 

such as Drama Clubs, Prep and Senior Bands, Music 

Theory Club and Junior and Senior Orchestral Clubs. 

There is even a Creative iMedia Club where girls can 

learn computing and coding in a relaxed atmosphere. 

Art is a hugely popular creative subject that is taught 

across the School from Reception age. Girls are encouraged 

to work in a variety of materials, including paint, pencil, 

textiles, collage, clay, print-making, plaster and wire. 

Many of them choose to work big and the department 

prides itself on encouraging the girls to pursue their own 

strengths and enthusiasms, resulting in stimulating and 

diverse work at GCSE level. There are four art clubs – two 

for Preps, one for Seniors and one for GCSE students. 

Performing Arts is taught from Nursery up to GCSE, 

utilising the skills of specialist choreographer, Adrian 

Edmeades, who works in the West End and for CBBC. 

LAMDA lessons (London Academy of Music and Dramatic 

Art) lessons are taught as a co-curricular option and are 

now offered from Year 1 all the way up to Year 11. Almost 

a third of pupils at Manor House now take LAMDA. 

Examinations take place every year in the spring term, but 

LAMDA isn’t just about results, it’s also about the girls 

gaining confidence in themselves to perform in front of 

others, work with their peers, improve their speaking and 

listening skills and learn about poetry and a variety of 

playwrights. Not forgetting about having fun along the way! 

Sometimes the quietest and shyest of girls take 

LAMDA and really blossom over the year. For one 

pupil it can be finding the confidence to read aloud 

in class and be heard, and for another it can help 

to improve public speaking or interview skills. 

Additional music lessons are delivered throughout the 

school day in the facility of Meadow Cottage. Tuition is 

offered in over 18 instruments encouraging participation in 

school productions and the annual ‘Rock & Pop Concert’. 

A popular senior scholarships programme awards 

scholarships in Art, Drama and Music (in addition 

to Sport) effective at Year 7 and, most recently, new 

Year 3 scholarships for Academic and Music have 

been announced. These are effective from September 

2020 (apply by mid-November 2019). To enquire, 

contact admissions@manorhouseschool.org or visit 

manorhouseschool.org. The School’s next Open Morning 

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Making Sense of the World 

Hilary Wilce looks at how politics is approached in the classroom 

As I write this, we have no idea where the country 

will be heading this autumn, and whatever your 

political views, you’ll probably agree that this is a 

time of greater uncertainty than most of us have seen before. 

Discussing national events over the summer, I’ve heard 

several young professionals bemoan the fact that they feel 

completely illiterate about how our democracy is set up 

and how national economies work. It’s not just that they 

don’t understand obscure things like quantitative easing 

or the prorogation of Parliament, but that they don’t even 

know what select committees do, or who sets the national 

interest rate. Their schooling didn’t encompass politics and 

economics, so they are scrabbling to get their heads round 

the things they now need to know in 

order to take informed decisions. 

Over many years as an education 

correspondent, I visited primary schools 

teaching basic money matters to five 

year olds, and secondary-level schools 

engaging teenagers in Parliamentarystyle 

debates, and was always struck 

by how enthusiastically children 

engaged with ‘real life’ learning. They 

could see the point. They knew it mattered to them. 

But I also visited less successful projects where teachers 

struggled to teach dry facts about local government 

and international trade agreements while students 

yawned and watched flies buzzing at the windows. 

Citizenship lessons are compulsory in state secondary 

schools (although not in academies), and can be offered by 

primary schools. The subject has been set up to teach pupils 

about how our government works, the rule of law, and the 

role of institutions and voluntary groups in running society, 

as well as about citizens’ rights and about international 

bodies such as the United Nations. This all sounds quite 

good, except that things on the ground are so patchy and 

“It’s absolutely vital 

that everyone has 

enough knowledge and 

understanding to make 

up their own mind about 

decisions of the day” 

poor that a House of Lords education committee last year 

described citizenship education as being in a “parlous state”. 

All sorts of things get in the way of it, including a 

shortage of trained teachers and the way in which the 

subject has recently got tangled up with the government’s 

drive to counter extremism among young people. 

Meanwhile, schools are being urgently asked to increase 

their personal and social education, to help counter the 

huge rise in mental health problems among children, and 

there isn’t enough time and money – or enough good 

teachers – for them to do everything that is being asked. 

And although some independent schools do a 

terrific job in this area, the overall picture in private 

schools is also patchy. 

Yet history teaches us that 

democracies can crumble, and 

that the rule of law can be broken. 

So in a time of economic and 

political upheaval, when it is also 

becoming harder to figure out what 

is true and what is not, it’s absolutely 

vital that everyone has enough 

knowledge and understanding to 

make up their own mind about decisions of the day. 

You may be lucky and have your children in a school that 

offers good citizenship education, but if not, it’s important 

to try to fill the gap. Talk about the issues of the day with 

them. Discuss the news when it comes on the TV or radio. 

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very young children can have a surprisingly sophisticated 

grasp of how hard it is for groups of people to get along 

together, and how there always have to be rules and customs 

and compromises to keep things running smoothly. 


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When it comes to successful exam revision, it’s 

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For some students, the new school year means 

retake exams looming ahead. For many others, 

there will be new tests and exams coming down 

the line. How do you revise successfully for these, 

without succumbing to distraction or despair? 

Classic revision tips usually suggest mechanical aides, such 

as index cards and mind maps. They suggest eating and 

drinking well, and getting good exercise and sleep. They may 

touch on the importance of rewards, treats and leisure breaks. 

All good advice, but successful revision actually starts – and 

can end – with motivation. Because with good motivation in 

place you can do anything. And without it, nothing works. 

Central to good motivation is the belief 

system you bring to revision. If you’re a student 

who thinks it’s the worst chore in the world, 

and that nothing can change that, then you 

might as well give up now because every minute 

you spend doing it will be a debilitating battle 

with yourself. Instead, look to find a way in 

which you can feel excited or determined 

about doing what it takes to get good results. 

According to Tony Higgins, director of 

Columbia Business School Motivation Science Centre, in 

New York, all of us do things because we like feeling effective. 

That’s why people willingly put themselves through the torture 

of marathons and Tough Mudder events. But people vary in 

what makes them feel effective. For some, doing well in exams 

is an aspirational thing. They think, ‘If I do well in this maths 

exam, it means I can move on and up, and nearer my goal 

of getting into the sixth form, or becoming a vet, or an IT 

specialist, or doing something else which I haven’t yet decided 

on, but which is going to be great!’ Their willingness to buckle 

down and revise is all based on future goals and intentions. 

For others, their main driving force is the terror of what will 

happen if they don’t do well. They badly want the safety and 

“With good 

motivation in 

place you can 

do anything. 

And without it, 

nothing works” 

security of not slipping up, making a mistake and failing. 

So here are six quick tips to get good 

revision motivation into place: 

• Work out whether you’re someone more pulled 

by ambition or pushed by fear of failure. 

• Think briefly but honestly about how you’ll feel if you 

open your exam results and see that you haven’t done well. 

• Now imagine how it will feel to have done well. Shut 

your eyes and see it in technicolour. What are people saying 

to you, how are you feeling? How does your whole world 

look, now that you’ve done what you set out to do? 

• Write down a clear affirmation of what you are doing 

and why. “I am revising as hard as I can 

to do well in my exams because…” Read 

this before every revision session. 

• Write down some positive affirmations 

about yourself and how you can do 

this, turning negatives into positives if 

necessary. “I know I can do this because, 

although I procrastinate and find it hard 

to focus, I also know I can always dig 

down and find willpower when I really 

need it.” Read this before every revision session. 

• Be aware of pitfalls along the road and plan how to deal 

with them. If you know you get bored and want to give 

up before your allotted time, tell yourself that when that 

happens you will just do 10 more minutes. If you know 

you are always distracted by fetching snacks and drinks, tell 

yourself you are a healthy person who only drinks water 

during revision time. Then feel proud of your self-control. 

When wavering, bring to mind the classic Henry Ford 

quote: “Whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re 

right.” And once you’ve got a good mindset in place, 

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University, college or straight into a career? Reigate Grammar School 

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comes to making choices for life after secondary education 

Matthew Buzzacott, Head of Careers at Reigate 

Grammar School, explains what advice and help is 

given to prepare students for life after school. 

All teachers at Reigate Grammar School 

have a role to play in the crucial task of 

preparing our students for life outside the 

classroom, and career aspirations underpin students’ 

progress throughout their time at the school. 

Considerable assistance is given to our students making 

their GCSE choices, and students in Years 8 and 9 receive 

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All students from Year 8 upwards are invited to our 

lunchtime Careers Talks every three weeks, which feature 

external speakers presenting a wide range of career areas. 

Every Reigate Grammar School (RGS) student, as 

well as those from local state schools, is also invited to 

our three career-specific evenings per year, in which 

we hear from a range of experts in their field. Last 

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this year Accounting and Finance, Alternatives to 

University, and Art and Design Careers. We also 

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To assist students with post-18 choices, we have Careers/ 

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Three ACS International Schools offer tips on 

preparing for university life, as students move 

on to begin their undergraduate studies 

Jeremy Lewis, Head of School, ACS Egham: 

Every year around this time, thousands of students are 

preparing themselves for university life – and there is 

plenty they can do in advance of Freshers’ Week that will 

help them thrive during their first year. Although there 

can be lots of social events to focus on when making 

friends and learning how to live independently, my advice 

is to first consider how you might have a good working 

relationship with your academic tutor. By making this the 

focus of your first weeks and months at university, students 

won’t just get off to a more confident start, they will also 

be setting themselves up to really enjoy their course. 

Don’t forget that the more academic discussion first 

year students are part of, the more their theoretical 

knowledge and critical thinking in a subject will 

develop. Students should aim to go to every seminar 

with at least one strong opinion and one question about 

something from the reading list – which, in case you 

haven’t guessed, means completing the recommended 

reading in advance and making meaningful notes! 

Planning your time is essential in the first term; 

make sure you put a lot of time and thought into 

your personal, independent organisation and it will 

certainly pay off with lower stress levels and more 

time leftover for extra-curricular activities. 

Ryan Hinchey, College Counsellor and 

Careers Advisor, ACS Cobham: 

One of the most important parts of my role at ACS is guiding 

students towards suitable university choices and careers for the 

individual. Most often my advice to students and their parents 

is to find the right fit. Here at ACS, we want to prepare our 

graduates for university life by asking them to consider the 

parts of their personality that will impact their success rates 

in higher education. For example, what is your learning style? 

Do you prefer small groups, large lectures or independent 

study? Look for courses that are delivered in a way that 

suits your academic preferences. Are you an extrovert or an 

introvert – with this in mind, consider the choice between 

a large university and a smaller campus or college setting. 

When choosing where to study, think about if you really 

know what you want to study in depth, or whether you 

want a wider range of studies which narrow later. American 

universities, for example, are famous for their liberal arts 

approach, where you study a broad curriculum in the first 

year – a great opportunity to experience new things before 

finding your focus subject. In contrast, UK universities are 

famous for their superb career focus and specialisation, so 

knowing that difference can help make some first choices. 

If you don’t have a very specific career choice in mind, 

students can think about broader subjects, such as 

Geography or English, where there are many pathways 

to choose from. It’s not unusual to struggle with exactly 

what you want to do, so keep an open mind while looking 

for the right general fit in teaching style and location. 

Marcea Eckhardt, University Counsellor, ACS Hillingdon: 

The number of university students in the UK seeking 

counselling over academic stress and mental health issues 

has grown dramatically in recent years. The increasing 

pressure on young people to succeed academically, alongside 

the stresses of living independently in a world dominated 

by social media and smartphones, suggests that now, more 

than ever, students need mindfulness training to help 

maintain wellbeing as they leave their school environment. 

Mindfulness training gives students tools to remain 

calm, sustain their attention and focus through simple 

breathing and meditation practices – it is the training of the 

attention to keep focused on what’s actually happening in 

the present moment, and how to relate to this thoughtfully 

and rationally. According to a Mindful Schools study, 83 

per cent of teachers saw improved levels of focus amongst 

students who had undertaken mindfulness training, 

whilst 89 per cent also saw better emotional regulation. 

Mindful practices help students feel confident as they start 

a new stage of life in university or work and the methods 

we teach beyond the classroom at ACS Hillingdon ensure 

that they reach their full potential while maintaining 

their personal wellbeing. I would recommend new 

undergraduates find a meditation app or podcast series that 

works well for them over the summer break, so they start 

the new term prepared. Headspace and Calm are popular 

choices, but there are plenty of options available online. 

In addition, students should remember that various 

talking therapies, mindfulness and CBT courses 

are available free via the NHS, so get to know your 

campus GP and the services available early on in the 

academic year, for quick access if needed later. 

Long term, practising mindfulness cultivates a greater 

sense of perspective. Teaching mindfulness gives crucial 

tools to deal with the pressures of life – starting university, 

but beyond that too. It’s empowering and once you know 

how to do it, you can draw on it whenever you need to. 

acs-schools.com 



Neurodiversity 

Assistant Head Welfare and Head of Special Educational Needs at Dulwich Prep 

Cranbrook, Alison Eckersley, was recently shortlisted as an Adult Champion in 

the Place2Be Wellbeing in Schools Awards. Here, she explains how her school 

is recognising and supporting children with neurological differences 

In recent years especially, there has been a rightful push 

in schools to better understand the nature of each child’s 

individual needs. Part of that is recognising the effect 

of neurological disorders and finding a way to help each 

child adjust to society without pathologising their condition. 

The acceptance of this idea and these people is known as 

neurodiversity. There has been some pushback from this 

term as in its basic form it seems to include any person with 

a mental illness, but the important part of its use is that it 

is inclusive, thereby allowing broad categorisation without 

furthering untrue or harmful policies. The furthering of 

understanding and accepting mental health issues is a 

challenge that we are continually working on to effectively 

support our pupils. To this end we will be introducing a 

school wide initiative from September to give the children 

the language and skills to develop ways to deal with their 

emotions. iSpace Wellbeing is an exciting, child-friendly 

approach to starting the conversation about mental health and 

wellbeing and has been designed to enable children, parents 

and teachers to integrate wellbeing into their everyday lives. 

In school, as elsewhere, neurological differences must 

be both recognised and respected as any other human 

condition. These differences can include disorders such as 

dyspraxia, dyslexia, ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity 

Disorder), dyscalculia, autistic spectrum and others. 

Pupils are identified through various means including 

standardised screening assessments, but most importantly 

through a close and trusting working relationship with 

parents. Inviting parents to meet with teaching staff to 

discuss the diverse needs of the pupils in our care is a 

fundamental part of the work that we do to respond to 

and support the ever changing needs of the pupils. 

At Dulwich Prep Cranbrook we have actively promoted 

support systems that allow an autistic pupil to manage 

and live with increased ease within the school and wider 

community. The pupil has recently acquired an assistance 

dog which will enable them to take part in a wider range of 

activities, both inside and outside the school environment. 

The other children in the school have also had an 

opportunity to meet the dog and its trainers in order to gain 

an understanding of the specific needs of the child and to 

appreciate how they can offer peer support. In recent years 

we have also successfully supported pupils with profound 

deafness and others with severe visual impairments. 

Emotional wellbeing is embedded within the school’s 

culture and we have an established and highly effective 

partnership with Place2Be within the school. This enables 

us to offer children , and parents, support and appropriate 

intervention at an early stage before a crisis emerges. Pupils 

with neurological differences have sought support from this 

network and we have seen children respond very positively 

to having an opportunity to access staff and professionals 

specifically trained to offer additional support to young people 

with additional needs. This has complemented the support 

already offered by the teaching staff and SEN department 

and the wider safe space offered by the school community. 

dulwichprepcranbrook.org


Healing Help 

Alexa Craven set up her company, the Caboose, 

to offer her expertise in Therapeutic Play 

and share her calm and positive approach to 

parenting in the Weald of Kent. Here she 

explains to SH how she can help children 

who are struggling with their emotions 

Why did you set up the company? I set up the 

Caboose to offer opportunitie s for parents to 

enhance their relationships with their children. 

Parents can feel that they need some direction to help prepare 

themselves and their child for the challenges ahead. The 

Caboose is a fun and informative programme for parents 

who want to check-in on their parent-child journey. 

What is Play Therapy? Adults express their feelings in words 

and if they need help will speak to friends, family or even a 

counsellor. Children on the other hand often do not have the 

vocabulary required to effectively communicate their troubles. 

Children use play to communicate at their own level and at 

their own pace, without feeling interrogated or threatened. 

Who can it benefit? Play Therapy can help children 

with all of their troubles, big and small. It is used to help 

children who have been through difficult times at school, 

have suffered trauma or bereavement, and have behavioural 

issues or struggle with self-expression/self-esteem. Play 

Therapy can solve issues that have been hindering a 

child reaching happiness or achieving their goals. 

Can you tell us a little bit about what you offer? The Caboose 

has two main strands. The first involves working with parents and 

children in their home/chosen environment to teach the skills 

necessary to help a child manage their emotions. This is a calm 

and positive approach to managing stress in an appropriate way. 

The second uses Play Therapy in school to support children 

so that they get the best out of the learning environment. 

In both of these, the aim is for the child to take ownership 

of his or her behaviour and reach self-mastery for themselves 

to help promote resilience and academic success. 

How can I tell if my child needs extra help and support? Trust 

your instinct. If you feel that your child is struggling or may 

need help managing some of the stresses or strains of modern life 

then do not be afraid to ask for help. We can offer effective and 

practical solutions to unlock potential and facilitate happiness. 

For more information, visit candocaboose.co.uk, call Alexa on 

07712 598388, or see Instagram @candocaboose 

Piano Tuition 

Fiona Barker 

• ABRSM & Trinity College London Exams (Piano & Theory) 

• Preparation for scholarships to independent schools 

• Music for fun (Modern/Blues/Ragtime/Classical) 

BA (Hons), Dip ABRSM, CT ABRSM, MISM 

• SEN (Special Education Needs) Experience 

Tel: 07748 113394 

• Peripatetic (at your home or mine) 

Email: fionabarkerpiano@gmail.com 

• Adults, children, all levels 

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Course Work 

Our pick of the best adult education courses across the South East 

Kent Adult Education 

With almost 4,000 wide 

ranging and diverse courses 

to choose from, Kent Adult 

Education offers adults the 

opportunity to reach their full 

potential by trying something 

they’ve always wanted to. 

Creative Writing (multiple 

courses available) 

Where: Locations across Kent 

When: Varies 

Duration: Varies 

Cost: From £40 

Ever wanted to pen a novel, 

create poetry, blog or write for 

the big screen, but not known 

where to start? Learn how, as 

you write your way through 

the genres of literature with 

a Creative Writing course. 

Interior Design 

Where: Sevenoaks, Maidstone, 

Canterbury, Broadstairs 

When: Varies 



Design the rooms of your 

dream house with an Interior 

Design course. With a focus 

on creativity, courses will teach 

you about costing, as well as 

how to draw elevation plans, 

lighting, furnishing, painting 

and decorating your home. 

Photography 


When: Varies 



A photography course will 

teach you the compositional 

skill and technical expertise 

needed to take remarkable 

shots. Whatever level you are 

at; beginner, intermediate 

or advanced, there’s 

something for everyone. 

Sign Language 


When: Varies 



Learn how to communicate 

using hand and body 

movement, lip patterns and 

facial expressions. Find out 

how to meet and greet others, 

exchange information and 

demonstrate signs for several 

topics, including the weather, 

colours, food and drink. 

Tai Chi 


When: Varies 



Improve your postural 

alignment, learn various 

breathing techniques and pick 

up tips for better breathing 

on a long-term basis. Deeper 

breathing promotes harmony 

and health, balancing the 

mind, body and spirit, whilst 

helping to reduce stress levels. 

Find out more at 

kentadulteducation.co.uk, 

call 03000 412222 or 

pop in to your local Kent 

Adult Education Centre. 

Surrey Adult Learning 

Surrey Adult Learning’s 

Autumn 2019 courses are 

available for enrolment 

now. There are thousands 

of courses to choose from 

that run from seven adult 

learning centres across Surrey. 

Meditation – Introduction 

to Mindfulness 

Where: Esher Adult 

Learning Centre 

When: 17/09/19 – 22/10/19 

Duration: 6 Weeks 

Cost: £96 

This course aims to help you 

experience improved health 

and wellbeing and reduce 

stress through the regular 

practice of mindfulness 

techniques. It will introduce 

you to the foundations of 

mindfulness. It will give 

you the tools to continue 

practising mindfulness 

yourself, in your own time 

at home, work and play. 

Watercolour Painting 

– All Abilities 

Where: Camberley Adult 


When: 16/09/19 – 25/11/19 


Cost: £142 

You will learn to distinguish 

the use of tone, colour, 

composition and perspective. 

You will practise the use of 

washes, wet in wet, brush work 

and other textural effects. Gain 

confidence in using materials 

and be encouraged to take 

part in group discussions. 

This course will include a 

model for one week and you 

will have access to one-to-one 

support. The overall aim is 

to help you develop personal 

expression through a mixture 

of practise, discussion and 

demonstration techniques. 

Business Management – Run 

Your Own Business – Stage 1 

Where: Woking Adult 


When: 23/09/19 – 21/01/19 


Cost: £68 

This course is ideal if you 

wish to set up on your own or 

improve your existing business 

format. The course will cover 

business planning, take the 

mystery out of selling and 

will help you to develop your 

customer strategy. 

GCSE English 

Where: Farnham Adult 


When: 11/09/19 – 20 /05/20 


Cost: Free 

To enrol on the GCSE 

English course you will first 

need to attend one of our 

Free Information, Advice & 

Guidance (IAG) sessions. 

Cookery: Planning 

Ahead For Christmas 

Where: Guildford Adult 


When: 30/11/19 10:00-15:30 

Duration: 1 Day 

Cost: £52 

When Christmas is looming 

it’s a great idea to plan ahead. 

This course will help you to 

work out what you can make 

in advance and store, and how 

to make the best use of your 

time in the kitchen so you 

still get to enjoy the party/ 

family time. Even if you aren’t 

planning a big event, this 

course will show you how 

to take advantage of cheap 

seasonal ingredients, and 

supermarket special offers, 

how to make dishes in bulk, 

to save money and always have 

something interesting in your 

freezer to enjoy at a later date. 

Find out more at surreycc. 

gov.uk/schools-and-learning/ 

adult-learning/course-directory 

Call the customer service 

team to enrol on 0300 200 

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Photographs: David Merewether Styling: Kate Liz Watts 

Model: Kelly Osasere, Fresh Agents Location: The Printworks, Hastings 


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Beauty 

Post summer hair 

S.O.S. 

Reverse the damaging and drying effects of sun, heat and holidays 

with Josephine Fairley’s tips for beautifying your barnet 

So, you disobeyed every single bit of 

beauty wisdom that people like me 

dish out at the beginning of summer. 

Sun. Sea. Surf. Sand. Styling gunk. Salt spray, 

even! (What were you thinking? Well, beach-y 

tousled waves, probably.) And as a result, 

chances are that by now, you’re only too well 

aware that summer is very hard on your hair. 

This is most definitely the time to answer 

your hair’s S.O.S. call, then. Because 

summer may be tough on your tresses – but 

if you compound that with the ultra-dry 

environment we’re about to move into as soon 

as the central heating goes on, the damage just 

accelerates, and you’ll find yourself heading 

inexorably haystack-wards. So this is the time 

to put back what summer 2019 took out – and 

get back on track with a hair rehab regime… 

First things first: book a trim. Styles 

drop out of shape over the summer, fringes 

droop into eyes – and the ends (which are 

the oldest part of your hair, of course) are 

more vulnerable to damage from summer’s 

offenders than the rest of your hair. Ideally, 

have at least half an inch off to get rid of any 

split ends – but since autumn’s a time of fresh 

starts and new additions to your wardrobe, is 

it time to consider a whole new look? (Hair 

grows at roughly half an inch a month, so 

you’re not going to lose much of the length. 

And if you don’t stop those split ends in their 

tracks, they just move up the hair shaft.) 

Schedule colour, too. If you have highlights 

(as we do), you almost certainly have very 

visible regrowth by now, as the sun ‘lifts’ hair 

that’s already been chemically bleached more 

than it lightens the newer hair at the parting. 

If you home-colour, do it right now. If you 

need a salon appointment to refresh your 

colour, book it PDQ – because everyone who’s 

been anywhere near a beach or pool will be 

trying to do the same. If you’ve highlighted 

hair, and those streaks have gone superblonde, 

meanwhile, discuss the notion of some 

lowlights to help tone down the contrast. 

Upgrade your haircare. At all costs avoid 

cheap, massively lathering shampoos right 

now – that detergent will strip the last of the 

precious moisture out of your hair. Many 

women are happy to lavish money on their 

anti-ageing cream, serum, facial oil – yet 

get really stingy about paying extra for hair 

products. There’s a new school of thought 

along the lines that you should really lavish the 

same amount of love and attention on your 

hair as your best silk lingerie or your snuggliest 

cashmere. Start to think of hair like that, and 

you’re absolutely going to see a difference. 

A new range that has impressed me is 

Chāmpo (champohaircare.com), which taps 

into Ayurvedic beauty wisdom. Great-smelling, 

super-softening stuff (and the online quiz 

Chāmpo 

Pitta Volumising 

Shampoo, £18 

for 260ml 

champohaircare.com 

davines 

OI Hair Butter, 

£24 for 250ml 

cultbeauty.co.uk

Lush H’Suan 

Wen Hua, 

£15 for 225g 

uk.lush.com 

L’Huile de 

Leonor Greyl Pre- 

Shampoo Treatment, 

£31 for 95ml 

cultbeauty.co.uk 

Redken All 

Soft Argan-6 Oil, 

£27.60 for 90ml 

feelunique.com 

to identify your dosha, or Ayurvedic type, 

is really fun). Another is botanically-based 

Innersense, which offers a specific collection 

for ‘dry and thirsty’ hair (as it so often is at 

the end of summer). Their Hydrating Cream 

Hairbath and Conditioner, from £9 (they do 

great intro sizes), are lightweight, yet deeply 

hydrating and end-of-summer perfect, while 

Innersense’s excellent styling products are also 

packed with hair nourishment. Leonor Greyl – 

the Parisienne woman’s shiny-hair secret – has 

a vast range of luxurious hair-repairing options 

(find them at Cult Beauty, among other online 

destinations); the Shampooing Reviviscence 

Repairing Shampoo for Ultra Dry Hair, £47 

for 200ml, is definitely at the pricy end of the 

spectrum for something which you apparently 

wash down the sink, but it’s brilliantly reglossing. 

If you’re on a budget, the Organix 

Renewing Moroccan Argan Oil range is a 

total steal, great for restoring softness and 

rebuilding strength – and at high street prices. 

Cut down your use of heated styling tools, 

for now. Heat damages hair and leads to 

breaking, making it brittle and limp. For 

the next month or so, while hair’s in rehab, 

allow it to dry naturally whenever you 

can – and if you are using a straightening 

iron, it’s more important than ever to 

smooth on a protective product, first. 

Consider a pre-shampoo oil treatment. Hair 

needs moisture – but it also needs ‘feeding’, 

with oils. (Your body needs both food and 

water – and although it’s not strictly living, 

hair’s no different.) Coconut oil works for this 

– warm it till liquid and massage into hair and 

scalp; you’ll need to shampoo a couple of times 

to remove it, then condition as normal. Monoi 

oil (with its wonderful tropical frangipani 

scent) is another option. Or use a targeted 

product: Neal’s Yard Remedies Rosemary & 

Cedarwood Hair Treatment, £8 for 50g, is 

one of their bestsellers (with a wonderfully 

aromatic scent) and Redken All Soft Argan-6 

Oil, £27.60 for 90ml, are both brilliant – 

but I’d draw your attention again to Leonor 

Hydrating 

Cream Hairbath 

and Conditioner, 

from £9 

cultbeauty.co.uk 124 

Greyl, here, who pretty much pioneered 

this kind of treatment; her L’Huile de Leonor 

Greyl Pre-Shampoo Treatment has earned 

its classic status for very good reason. With 

pre-shampoo oils, leave in place for as long as 

possible, wrapping hair in one of your notso-precious 

towels. Ideally, leave on overnight 

and shampoo in the morning – but you will 

need to wrap your pillow in a towel to do this. 

Slap on a mask. And remember: more is 

more. The great news is that hair responds 

very swiftly to deep treatments. Hairdressers 

ritually prescribe hair masks once a week, but 

if you’re suffering post-summer straw-like 

locks, even a single deep treatment mask will 

make a tremendous difference. Remember: 

less is never more, when it comes to hair 

masks. Slather your chosen mask generously. 

Better still, wrap hair in clingfilm and put 

a warmed towel over the top to encourage 

the product to penetrate. Best of all? Wrap a 

towel over your pillow and let your chosen 

hair mask work its repairing magic overnight. 

Go-to hair masks for me include davines OI 

Hair Butter, £24 for 250ml, heaven-scented 

Aesōp Rose Hair & Scalp Moisturising Masque, 

£25 for 120ml, and Lush H’Suan Wen Hua, 

£15 for 225g, a five-star restorative herbal 

hair and scalp-boosting bargain. Another new 

discovery of mine is The Body Shop Shea Butter 

Richly Replenishing Hair Mask, £12 for 240ml, 

enriched with Community Trade shea and 

cocoa butters for that extra feel-good factor. 

Trust me: if you put your hair into rehab 

according to this six-point plan, it’ll 

shine, shine, shine again in no time. 

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We caught up with our Matron, Justine Hillier, to find more about her role 

and the benefits it has on our patients. 

1. Describe your role as Matron at the 

Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital. 

As Matron, I am responsible for the clinical care 

of all patients across all departments. I lead on 

quality and safety, ensuring we always deliver the 

very best evidence based care. 

2. How long have you worked at our 

Hospital and what do you enjoy most about 

being Matron? 

I have worked at the Nuffield Health Guildford 

Hospital for 4 years now. I manage all of our clinical 

departments and am proud to work with staff who 

are so dedicated and committed to doing the best 

for our patients. Putting the patient at the heart of 

what we do is fundamental to my role, this means 

that my door is always open and I really enjoy 

meeting and listening to our patients. 

3. What are the key benefits of matron-led 

nursing care? 

Matron-led care means that I can share the benefit 

of my own clinical experience, role modelling best 

practice to our staff and always encouraging and 

supporting their professional development. As I 

lead our nursing care, clinical care at our hospital is 

always prioritised, therefore our patients experience 

high quality, personalised and effective care. 

4. What makes our nursing care so brilliant? 

Our staff are always encouraged to learn and 

develop their skills, meaning we have a capable, 

equipped and passionate workforce. We listen to 

our patients, respond to feedback and share this 

with our staff and seek to enhance the patient 

experience wherever possible. Our staff will 

always go the extra mile to make a difference. 

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every one of our patients. We are proud to work 

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Health & Wellbeing 

Heal Headaches 

Henrietta Norton explains how a holistic approach to your health 

and wellbeing can help to ease problem headaches 

A 

headache is one way your body can tell 

you that something is out of balance 

– whether this is a psychological 

pressure or a hormonal imbalance. Using it 

as an opportunity to delve into the cause, 

especially if they are re-occurring, can be a 

really productive approach to wellness. 

There are many causes of headaches, such as 

high blood pressure, low or high blood sugar, 

dehydration, tension, hormones, medications 

and infections, to name but a few. Here are some 

actions you can take to support your body to 

reduce the chance of suffering from headaches. 

Support your liver 

The liver is responsible for many functions, 

including cleansing your blood, digesting 

food, producing energy and metabolising 

hormones. If any of these functions are 

under performing due to poor diet and 

lifestyle, a headache could develop. 

You can support your liver with food and 

herbs, such as garlic, onions, leafy greens, 

cruciferous vegetables (brussels sprouts, cabbage, 

kale, broccoli, watercress), dandelion root, 

artichoke leaf, burdock root, milk thistle and 

extra B vitamins. Extra protein will also help 

to support the liver. If you have a headache, 

try eating a protein-rich meal or snack and 

you may find this will alleviate the pain. A 

well-used naturopathic remedy is to undergo 

a gentle liver and gut cleansing programme. 

Blood sugar 

When you eat high sugar foods, or go too long 

without eating, your body can swing into high 

or low blood sugar which can cause headaches. 

Poor blood sugar control will also impact other 

hormones, such as adrenaline and cortisol, which 

will increase your susceptibility to head pain. 

The solution is to eat protein-rich meals 

with plenty of vegetables and healthy fats. 

Avoid or minimise all refined, processed foods 

and ingredients you do not recognise. Better 

still, stick to foods that don’t need a lengthy 

ingredients label at all. Some foods will impact 

your blood sugar more than you realise, the worst 

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offenders are bread, cereal, white rice, high sugar 

fruits, such as grapes, bananas and mangoes, 

low-fat yogurt and sauces such as ketchup. 

Specific nutrients 

Headaches can also result from a deficiency in 

certain nutrients, most commonly magnesium, 

vitamin B6 and folate (also known as vitamin 

B9). Magnesium and vitamin B6 support 

the production of the neurotransmitter 

serotonin, blood sugar regulation and the 

efficient metabolism of oestrogen (an excess 

or deficiency of which can lead to headaches). 

Similarly folate and magnesium influence blood 

circulation by contributing to vasoconstriction 

which can generate pressure headaches. 

You can boost your dietary intake of these 

nutrients by eating more green leafy vegetables, 

legumes, nuts, seeds and whole grains. 

Rehydrate 

It’s surprising how many people forget to drink 

enough water throughout their day or only drink 

coffee and tea. If you don’t like water try adding 

some fresh lemon or lime to improve the taste. 

The quality of water is also important as you 

don’t want to burden your body with more 

chemicals, such as chlorine, from unfiltered 

water. An excellent investment is the British 

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You could also start the day with a fresh 

vegetable juice to provide condensed nourishment 

from the vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients. 

Lifestyle 

Most people will have experienced a tension 

headache at some point from staring at a 

computer screen for too long. We are constantly 

surrounded by mobile phones, Wi-Fi and 

portable house phones, so it’s impossible to 

avoid the electromagnetic radiation they emit. 

However, we can switch them off at night, have 

regular breaks from electronic devices and get 

out into nature. It is also important to note that 

children absorb more radiation than adults as 

they have thinner skin and bones and a higher 

water content so it’s wise to limit their exposure. 

Brown Rice Kedgeree 

Rich in omega 3, B12, 

B3, B1, B2, B6, folic acid, 

iron, magnesium, calcium, 

fibre and protein. 

Serves 2 Prep time: 5 mins, 

Cooking time: 45 mins 

• 350g undyed smoked 

haddock 

• 1 tbsp coconut oil 

• 1 small onion, finely chopped 

• 1 tsp curry powder 

• ½ tsp turmeric 

• 90g brown rice, rinsed 

• 1 tbsp tomato purée 

• 125g spinach leaves 

• 2 tbsp goats’ yogurt (optional) 

• Salt and black pepper 

• 2 hard-boiled eggs, quartered 

Bring 600ml water to the boil 

in a large frying pan. Reduce the 

heat, add the smoked haddock 

and simmer for 3-4 mins, 

until just cooked. Remove the 

fish, strain the cooking liquid 

into a bowl and set aside. 

Heat the oil in a pan, add the 

onion and cook over a medium 

heat for 2-3 mins. Add the curry 

powder and turmeric and cook 

for 2 mins. Add the rice and 

tomato purée and stir to mix. 

Add the reserved cooking 

liquid and bring to the boil. 

Cover and simmer for 40-50 

mins until the rice is tender, 

stirring in the spinach just 

before the rice is cooked. 

Remove and discard the skin 

and any bones from the haddock 

and separate into flakes. Stir 

the yogurt into the rice, add 

seasoning to taste, then gently 

mix in the flaked haddock. 

Spoon onto a warm 

serving dish, arrange the eggs 

on the rice and serve with 

steamed spinach and kale. 

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Spotting the signs 

Speaking from her own personal experience, 

Sarah Maxwell looks into the stigma and concerns 

surrounding the menopause and perimenopause 

Consultant Gynaecologist 

Anne Henderson explains 

what’s available for us during 

perimenopause and menopause 

If I see a specialist privately for 

menopause am I still in the NHS 

system? Most GPs will provide NHS 

prescriptions for body-identical HRT 

if requested by a specialist like myself, 

and they are usually happy to carry 

out certain hormone tests as well. 

Perimenopause generally 

occurs in a woman’s 40s but 

can happen in her 30s or 

even earlier. With this in mind we 

need to be talking about it more! 

The acceptance of the menopause 

was the most important thing for 

me. I remember my mum and her 

friends talking about it in hushed, 

almost ashamed tones – thankfully 

it’s now not a taboo subject and I’m 

wearing mine loud and proud! 

It’s taken some time though – denial, 

confusion and frustration have reigned 

for a number of years. It didn’t cross 

my mind what was happening. I 

struggled with night sweats, anxiety, 

disturbed sleep and my mood to name 

but a few symptoms. Some people sail 

through it and some people don’t, so 

while we will all go through it, our 

experiences may well be miles apart. 

As with so much in life, it’s important 

to remember not to compare yourself to 

others – we are all different and we need 

to stop beating ourselves up because of 

it! Easier said than done I know, but 

you will thank yourself for it later. 

It’s more important than ever to look 

after yourself – with falling oestrogen 

levels our muscle mass and bone density 

starts to decrease and we are more likely 

to gain weight around our middles. 

To help counteract this, I recommend 

introducing some weight training into 

your fitness regime as the more muscle 

mass you can build the more fat you 

will burn, even when resting. Body 

resistance training – squats, lunges 

and press-ups (yes, I did say pressups!) 

along with some cardiovascular 

exercise, such as walking or running, 

are also a good way to work on 

building that muscle. To help bone 

density try weight bearing exercises 

such as HIT (High Intensity Training) 

sessions and Ballet Barre classes. 

Many women rely on swimming 

for their fitness, but whilst it is a great 

all-rounder and can improve both 

your cardiovascular fitness and muscle 

strength, you will benefit hugely from 

adding in both weight training and 

weight bearing exercises to your routine. 

Eating well, exercising and 

making sure you are getting the 

right support, whatever treatment 

route you choose, are vital. 

As for me, Self-love, Care, ‘Me’ 

Time, Relaxation and Fun are my new 

mantras – I fully intend to stop and 

smell the roses and live life to the full. 

Sarah Maxwell is a multiple awardwinning 

Fitness and Lifestyle coach 

and mum of two who juggles a lot 

of balls. Find out more about Sarah 

and her work at sarahmaxwell.com 

Sarah shares her Fitness and 

Lifestyle tips on Instagram 

@sarahmaxwelllifestyle 

If I start taking oestrogen do I 

need progesterone? Oestrogenprogesterone 

balance is essential in 

menopausal women who still have 

a uterus. Additional progesterone is 

not required in women who have 

had a hysterectomy. 

What are your thoughts on the 

homeopathic approach? Herbal 

options are something I would 

strongly recommend, both as a 

primary and secondary treatment, 

and can be taken effectively in 

conjunction with conventional HRT. 

I would always recommend that 

patients seek specialist advice from 

a fully qualified English Medical 

Herbalist, such as Anita Ralph 

(MNIMH) medicinetreeherbs.co.uk 

If I ask to see a gynaecologist will they 

be able to help me with menopause? 

It’s important to note that you need to 

see a menopause specialist. A general 

gynaecologist will not have any training 

or expertise in the menopause and HRT 

as this is not currently a mandatory 

part of GP or gynaecological training. 

Find out more: 

• You can search menopause clinics both 

private and NHS throughout the UK at 

https://thebms.org.uk/finda-menopause-specialist/ 

• My current favourite book on 

everything menopause is The good 

Menopause Guide by Liz Earle 

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Eating Green 

Courgettes, beetroot and onions are in plentiful supply right now. These are easy crops 

to grow for a prolific harvest and make for versatile additions to a multitude of recipes. 

This is especially true with courgettes – the vegetable that keeps on giving – and giving. 

Here, Jo Arnell creates three purely plant-based dishes that are spiced to perfection

Stuffed Courgettes 

Serves 4 Preparation time: 

20 mins Cooking time; 30-40 mins 

Life may be too short for stuffing mushrooms, but not for 

courgettes! This recipe can be adapted in many ways, depending 

on what you have in store. I have used quinoa and pine nuts 

as the protein ingredient, but you could substitute with rice 

and use other nuts, such as chopped hazelnuts or walnuts. 

• 120g quinoa 

• 4 medium courgettes, sliced lengthways 

• 1 bunch spring onions (around 6), finely chopped 

• 1 red pepper, finely diced 

• 1-2 cloves garlic 

• 20g (1 handful) chopped parsley 

• Juice of ½ lemon 

• 1 tbsp olive oil 

• 75g pine nuts 

• 50g dry breadcrumbs 

• Salt and pepper to taste 

Preheat oven to 180°C, gas 4. Cook the quinoa 

1 in boiling water for 20 mins (or according 

to pack instructions).Drain and set aside. 

Scoop out the middle of the courgette halves 

2 to make ‘canoes’ – I used a paring knife, 

but a melon baller could be the perfect tool. 

Finely chop the courgette middles and 

3 combine with the other ingredients, leaving 

out the breadcrumbs and half of the pine nuts. 

Heat the oil in a pan. Tip in the mixture and 

4 gently sauté for 5 mins. Spoon into the courgette 

halves and lay them on a non-stick baking tray. Top 

with breadcrumbs and the rest of the pine nuts. 

Cover with foil and bake for 20 mins, then 

5 uncover and return to the oven for a further 

10-15 mins until the breadcrumb topping is 

golden brown. Serve with a mixed salad. 

 

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Beetroot and Butternut Tart 

Serves 4 Preparation time: 15 mins Cooking time: 1 hour 

This can be made as a tart tatin, or layered into a pastry 

case. It is a loose mix, so will fall apart slightly when cut. 

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil 

• 3 medium beetroot, sliced into segments 

• 150g butternut squash (approx ½ 

a large squash), peeled and diced 

• 1 tbsp oregano 

• 1 sheet ready-rolled shortcrust pastry 

(or your own recipe) 

• 3 red onions, thinly sliced 

• 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar 

• 1 dstsp dark brown sugar (or to taste) 

• Seasoning, to taste 

1Preheat oven to 180°C, gas 4. Mix 1 tbsp of the 

oil, beetroot, butternut squash and half the oregano 

in a roasting tin and roast for 20-25 mins. 

2While these are cooking, put the remaining oil in a pan 

and add the onions. Sauté gently on a low heat for 20 mins 

until they are really soft. Add balsamic vinegar and sugar and 

cook for a further 15-20 mins until the onions are caramelised. 

I blind baked a shortcrust pastry base for this recipe – line 

3 a tart/quiche tin with pastry, fill with heat resistant baking 

beans and bake for 15 mins until the pastry is lightly cooked. 

Now add the cooked ingredients in layers and return to the 

oven for a further 10 mins. You could also choose to make 

a tart tatin – mix all the vegetables together, place in a tin 

and layer the sheet of pastry on top. Return to the oven 

for 20 mins, then invert the baking tin onto a plate (make 

sure you choose a tin to match the size of the plate). 

4Sprinkle with the rest of the oregano 

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Serves 4 Preparation time: 10 mins Cooking time: 15 mins 

This is like a dhal; split peas or other pulses can be 

used (if using dried pulses, check pack instructions). I 

like the texture of puy lentils and because this is made 

quickly, all the ingredients stay firm and discernible. 

Cook for longer if you prefer a softer texture. 

• 1 tbsp cumin seeds 

• 1 tbsp mustard seeds 

• 1 tbsp medium curry powder (or make your own using 

1 tsp ground coriander, ½ tsp fenugreek, 1 tsp chilli 

flakes, 1 tsp ground cumin, 1 tsp ground ginger) 

• 1 tbsp vegetable oil 

• 4 medium red onions, halved and sliced 

• 250g Puy lentils (vacuum packed, tinned 

or dry – soaked, cooked and drained) 

• 3 large beefsteak tomatoes, sliced (or 

1 tin chopped tomatoes) 

• 120g baby spinach leaves 

• Juice of ½ lemon 

• Salt and ground black pepper, to taste 

Place all the spices in a heavy, non-stick 

1 pan and heat gently for 2-3 mins. 

Add the vegetable oil and onions and cook for 2 mins. 

2 Stir in the lentils and tomatoes and stir-fry for 10 mins. 

Mix in the spinach leaves and lemon juice towards the 

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The Forever Plants 

succulents, sedums and sempervivums 

Jo Arnell explains what makes succulents such strong survivors 

Technically, a succulent is any plant with thick, 

fleshy (succulent) water storage organs. Succulents 

store water in their leaves, stems, or roots, so 

they can go for long periods without needing to be 

watered, which means that these intrepid plants manage 

to grow where few other plants dare. They have adapted 

to arid conditions throughout the world, from Africa to 

the deserts of North America, eking it out in cracks and 

crevices, scorching sun and desiccating winds, sometimes 

surviving with virtually no water or soil. Now they are 

colonising the windowsills of student accommodation 

across the land, thriving in the arid air of benign neglect. 

Growing Succulents outside 

Succulents do grow outside in our climate and will cope 

with quite low temperatures – think how cold the desert 

gets at night, so if your garden turns into a desert over 

the summer, succulents may be the way to go. The reason 

so many are thought not to be hardy is down to our wet 

winters, rather than the cold. Some will grow really well 

outside in our climate. Apart from giant spiky yuccas, 

probably the most recognisable group are sedums. There 

will be a sedum to suit most of the dry areas in your garden 

– good old Sedum spectabile (often called ice plants) will 

even manage in dry shade. I have seen sedums in mixed 

borders, gravel gardens and rockeries, dry stone walls, 

cracks in paving and a multitude of containers – usually 

very shallow inhospitable looking troughs and trays. 

Three years ago, I planted a species of sedum on my 

workshop roof – all grown from cuttings (they are so 

 


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get up on the roof to weed it regularly, but astonishingly 

no weeds have survived for long enough to be a problem. 

Conditions up there are dry and exposed and the planting 

medium is about only 10cm deep. The sedum is thriving. 

The other group of succulent plants that are familiar are 

sempervivums. The name comes from the Latin ‘semper’ – 

meaning always, and ‘vivum’ – giving us a clue to their resilient 

nature. In fact, they are so tough that they were once used to 

plug holes in roofs – hence their other name – houseleek. 

Cultivation and soil 

Succulents and sedums seem to thrive on neglect, but don’t be 

fooled into thinking that they are completely indestructible. 

Kindness – in the form of water, shade and rich compost – 

will kill them as quickly as hot sun, poor soil and dry wind 

kills plants from more temperate regions. Specific potting 

mixes for succulents are available, but it’s easy to make your 

own. For my sedum roof I mixed Perlite – a granulated and 

very lightweight volcanic rock, with a peat-free multipurpose 

compost and some John Innes No:2 (a mix using soil). I tried 

to keep the growing medium as light as possible, but not 

light enough to blow away! For containers, the recommended 

mix is John Innes No 2 with at least 30 per cent extra grit 

and/or fine gravel. The important issue is drainage, so do 

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Five easy succulents to grow 

Sedum spurium ‘Dragons Blood’ (Stonecrop) – this 

is the sedum I used on my roof. It is reddish in colour 

(new foliage starts green), with pink/red flowers in 

summer, turning a deeper red in autumn. The stems 

are lax and it quickly spreads to make a carpet 

Aloe vera – probably best as a houseplant, as it will only 

thrive in the warmest of summers outside. It likes to be in 

full sun, watered deeply occasionally. Aloes are quick to make 

‘pups’ and may need repotting each spring. They can be used 

medicinally and apparently are great for treating minor burns 

– just break off a bit and gently rub it on the area as a salve. 

Sempervivum arachnoideum – the ‘cobweb’ houseleek 

is an evergreen, rosette forming plant with a fine mesh 

of webbing over it – looking a bit like a spider’s web. 

Mature plants have pale pink flowers on long stems. 

Sometimes also called ‘Hen and chicks’, as the main plant 

is quickly surrounded by lots of little offsets, or ‘chicks.’ 

Seasonal care 

Outdoor succulents will grow rapidly in the spring and early 

summer, often doubling in size, producing many little offsets 

and flowering (the flowers are quite peculiar – more suited to 

the set of Star Trek than the garden). Once they have flowered, 

they will die, making room for the offsets to take their place. 

It is in the winter that succulents may need the most care 

and attention, as they won’t sit happily outside in damp 

winter conditions. Containers can be brought under cover 

– most will be fine somewhere sheltered outside, as long 

as they are kept on the dry side. If you can’t move them, 

perhaps try covering them with horticultural fleece, or 

something lightweight, over the worst of any winter weather. 

Bring them out again in the spring, freshen up the 

compost, repot or feed (although just changing or topping 

up the growing medium will probably be enough), give 

them a water and they will burst back into life. Spring 

is when, in their natural environment, they would get 

the most water; they are primed to respond to fleeting 

spring rains and warming weather, to making the most 

of those moments before it gets too hot and dry. 

Echeveria secunda var. glauca – the ‘pinwheel’ 

succulent is another rosette forming plant, with pale 

green, glaucous leaves tinged with pinky-red at the 

edges. It is slightly less hardy than the sempervivums and 

benefits from being brought under cover in winter. 

Aeonium ‘Cyclops’ – a tall and very striking succulent 

with rosettes of reddish-bronze leaves on long stems. It 

may get to be about a metre tall with rosettes spanning 

up to 40cm across. They are quite happy outdoors 

for the summer, but will need to be protected in 

colder weather and brought inside for the winter. 

Visit hornbrookmanor.co.uk to find out more about the 

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Propagation 

Although succulents can be grown from seed, the most 

popular way to make more is by taking cuttings. Often this 

is as easy as pulling off a leaf, leaving it for a day to callous 

over and then poking it back into the soil. Many of them 

will even do the job for you, producing lots of offsets, or in 

the case of Aloe vera – ’pups’, which are miniature versions 

of the adult plant. In just a few weeks over the summer I was 

able to make enough new sedums to cover the whole of my 

workshop roof and saved a lot of money (it did take up time 

and space, but it was not a huge chore and the baby plants 

looked after themselves really well). Making plants for free is 

a rewarding process, but be warned, it is easy to get carried 

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‘climate-change gardening’ is now top of the agenda. It 

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Lillian’s family has owned the site for 

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an ancient aquaduct, toward Castello Rosso, whose 

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or climate-change gardening; tussocks of wild lavender, 

phlomis and verbascum brush our ankles as we take in 

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The new garden is vast and impressive, with 

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so when you water, the water sits around the stem and 

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in the early months, to encourage better root growth 

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Choosing the right plants is also essential, both 

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varieties, with deep and established root systems, but 

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says Claire. Look for ‘Mediterranean origin’ on the label too. 

The next day, we set to work in the established garden 

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we learnt next door. Working with Claire is like having an 

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called a queen excluder whose slots are fine for 

the worker bees to pass through but just too 

small for the queen. So she stays down below in 

her nest and they go upstairs to store the honey. 

In order to harvest that honey the first 

job is to get rid of the worker bees from 

the ‘pantry’. I’ll go to the hive the evening before, take 

out the queen excluder and put a board fitted with two 

ingenious little plastic trap doors – a Porter escape – in 

its place that let the bees go from the honey frames 

down into the nest but not back up again. Bingo, 24 

hours later the frames are all bee-free and ready for 

“In a good year 

a strong beehive 

will produce 

about 40lb of 

spare honey” 

taking home and spinning to produce the honey. 

In a good year – and this has been one – a strong beehive 

will produce about 40lb of spare honey. We have five 

colonies, do the maths, so those pantry shelves are already 

beginning to groan and I haven’t even started on the jam. 

My favourite is bramble jelly. Now you might think that 

blackberrying just involves standing in a hedge, getting 

snared in the brambles and stung by the nettles as you 

happily seek all the ripe ones, but you’d 

be wrong. According to Dorothy Hartley’s 

bible Food in England (first published in 

1954, a fount of useful information and 

a perfect Christmas present for foodies) 

there is an art to this seasonal occupation. 

She explains that in September the lowest 

berry of each cluster swells and ripens 

alone. These are the top choice, sweeter 

and juicier than the others and best eaten 

raw. Then later in the month the secondary berries ripen, 

less juicy but good for pies and jam making (so that’s me 

sorted) and then by the end of the month they are all 

smaller with more seed in proportion to pulp so must be 

mixed with apples for puddings. And woe betide anyone 

who picks them after Michaelmas (September 29) as the 

devil himself will have spat on them and untold misfortune 

will be heaped on the poorly informed blackberry eater. 

While jam supplies exceed demand the same can’t be 

said for my sloe gin. No winter walk or bike ride would 

be the same without a hip flask of the stuff – and, unlike 

the jam, it also makes a welcome Christmas present. 

But Dorothy is rather sniffy about its virtues. While she 

mentions its recent adoption into modern cocktails – 

don’t forget we’re talking 1954 – she’s equally keen to 

point out that it was previously used by country wives in 

connubial emergencies! The mind boggles. Chin-chin. 

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