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Contents
September/October 2020
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HOUSE OF THE MONTH
Maggie Alderson peruses the
best of the housing market
NOTEBOOK
Home portraits, creative workshops
and a whole host of exhibitions
COVER GIRL
Take a guided tour of Sadie
Dorchester’s Victorian terrace
GET THE LOOK
Our guide to Sadie’s signature style
LOVE WHERE WE LIVE
Prime staycation spots
INTERIOR VOCATION
A sensitive renovation
of a period cottage
GET THE LOOK
Imitate Rebecca’s dreamy pinks
MASK UP
We pick some of our
favourite designs
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LOCKDOWN LOVES
Josephine Fairley’s
beauty discoveries
TECHNO FIT
Sarah Maxwell sings the
praises of online exercising
AUTUMNAL WARMTH
Jo Arnell’s recipe for a
spicy seasonal supper
STRANGE NEW WORLD
Sue Whigham analyses her
garden experience of lockdown
FOREVER AUTUMN
Jo Arnell keeps the colour
coming as the garden
winds down for winter
EDUCATION NEWS
The latest info from
around the Weald
HELP IS AT HAND
How Frewen identifies and
supports dyslexic students
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MEET THE FORMER HEAD GIRL
What Gabriella from Ashford School learnt
A PARENTS’ GUIDE
TO TEENAGERS
Hilary Wilce’s valuable advice
AHEAD OF THE GAME
Planning for private school fees
ART FOR ALL AGES
Creative school talent
WHAT’S ON
Find out ...
COMPETITION
Win a beautiful casserole from Le Creuset
FABLES FROM THE FARM
Jane goes pond dipping
KITCHEN &
BATHROOM
SUPPLEMENT
24 pages of
contemporary ideas
and inspiration.
After page 88
Supplement
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Wow! Where do I start? The last few months have
certainly been a rollercoaster – and that’s a bit of
an understatement. After a long stint at home with
our families, the Wealden Times and Surrey Homes teams
have regrouped to put together the first of two double month
issues that we’ll be producing to complete 2020, before moving
back to our usual monthly magazine from February 2021.
We’ve so missed touring the South East taking in its wealth of
sights, events and stunning properties, but we’re now back with a
bang and eager as ever to catch up with where we left off. We were so
bitterly disappointed not only to have to cancel our 2020 Midsummer
Fair, but our Midwinter Fair too, and have spent the last few months
working hard to come up with an alternative to a ‘physical’ event.
It is with great excitement that we can now announce our Wealden
Times Midwinter Fair Online – a brand new online event which will
run from 12–15 November, where you can shop from the comfort
of your sofa, browsing gorgeous offerings from a host of hand-picked
exhibitors whilst taking advantage of special offers and discounts that
are unique to the Midwinter Fair Online. You can find out more
on the new website: midwinterfair-online.com where you can also
watch exclusive video interviews for inspiration and festive gift ideas.
In the meantime, browse this issue’s interiors shoots and our
special Kitchen & Bathroom Supplement, as I’m sure many months
spent at home have certainly highlighted more than a few potential
projects! Get your inspiration from our carefully curated pages.
Elsewhere, our regular contributors have resumed their columns,
with Josephine Fairley spilling the beans on her lockdown beauty
finds, Sue Whigham reflecting on how the last few months have
impacted on the environment, Sarah Maxwell’s analysis of an
exercise revolution and Jane Howard’s grounding reflection of
farming life. And Jo Arnell has been busy in both the kitchen
and garden, giving us her horticultural tips alongside cooking
up an autumn feast to brighten the shortening days.
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House
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Maggie Alderson picks her favourite homes on the market
Hales Place
The dream: This is a house of
such rare character – and Grade
II* listed to prove it – it includes
a listed cottage (attached by a
striking archway), a listed barn
and listed 16 th century turrets
and well house in the garden.
Where: Quite astonishingly, this
country house with 27 acres of
formal gardens, orchards, fields and
grounds, is at the end of a long
drive in the middle of Tenterden.
Setting: In its own green paradise,
within this picturesque small town.
Beds: 8 (three more in the
adjoining cottage) Baths: 3
Special features: Glorious beams,
panelling, carved wood and stone
fireplaces and a splendid oak staircase.
Pleasing details: There are two
staircases up to the first floor.
Outside: Stunning walled gardens,
further grounds with specimen
trees, swimming pool, tennis court,
pond and a lovely orchard.
Time to town: About an hour
from Headcorn (fifteen minutes’
drive), to Charing Cross, London
Bridge or Cannon Street.
Agent: Savills, Cranbrook
01580 720161 savills.com
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Darling Buds Farm
£800,000
The dream: A striking barn conversion
so-named because it sits on the farm
where the popular TV series was
filmed. It has an exceptional doubleheight
vaulted oak-beamed reception
room, with the kitchen and dining area
running off it. There is also a brickbuilt
shepherd’s hut in the garden.
Where: Just outside Bethersden.
Setting: On a quiet farmstead.
Beds: 3 Baths: 3
Special features: The beautiful beams are
a particularly lovely honey shade of oak.
Pleasing details: There is a groundfloor
en suite bedroom with an
external door, which can be let
as holiday accommodation.
Outside: A cottage garden, plus
expansive lawns with mature
trees and pastures, and a deck
overlooking the pond.
Time to town: It’s only seven miles
to Ashford, from where it’s 36
high-speed minutes to St Pancras.
Agent: Jackson-Stops, Cranbrook
01580 720000 jackson-stops.co.uk
Thornsdale Farm
£1,400,000
The dream: Three uses of the word ‘location’
wouldn’t be enough for this gem, on three acres
in an AONB with beautiful views over the
tranquil River Rother and 100 yards of private
river frontage with a mooring and fishing
rights. The house is special too – a Grade
II listed Sussex Farmhouse, with generous
accommodation perfect for family life.
Where: At the end of a long private lane
outside Iden, ten minutes from Rye.
Setting: A peaceful idyll.
Beds: 4 on the first floor, with three more
rooms at the upper level Baths: 2
Special features: The triple aspect family
room is really lovely with doors out to
patios on both sides of the house.
Pleasing details: Beams,
inglenook, red brick floors…
Outside: As well as the river, there’s
a swimming pool and a large
pond, in mature gardens.
Time to town: Just over an hour
to St Pancras from Rye.
Agent: Warner Grey, Tenterden
01580 766044 warnergrey.co.uk
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Cranbrook School Catchment Area
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A delightful detached barn conversion with three bedrooms offering
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A charming Grade II listed three bedroom cottage with a wealth of 1930’s detached family home which retains many of its original features, two
period features, together with the benefi t of off-road parking space, reception rooms and is ideally situated close to the local schools and within
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Notebook
What to do and see near you this month
House Calls
Renowned Sussex-based artist Eli Ofir is offering
free house visits for South East residents until the end of
November, in line with Wealden Times Midwinter Fair Online.
If you’re interested in commissioning a portrait of your house in
Kent, Sussex or Surrey, you couldn’t ask for better. Eli is a full-time
professional House Portrait Artist, specialising in detailed English
period and current architecture. Last year he was commissioned
by Hever Castle to create a series of ‘Then & Now’ portraits that
will soon be made available as prints and stationery. With over
1,700 commissions for portraits of private homes over the past
decade in the South East alone, Eli is considered one of the
most sought-after and busiest artists in his field (and one of our
favorite Wealden Times Midsummer Fair exhibitors). These
days, in line with social-distancing restrictions, Eli is offering
to take photos of your house from the outside, and then
conduct a Zoom consultation a few days later to present his
thoughts and ideas. If you’d like to see if Eli can work his
magic on your property, the first step is to send him a few
initial photos to see if the house will benefit and be suitable
for his technique and artistic style. For more information and
consultation, please visit Eli’s website at homeportraits4u.co.uk
AUTUMN
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stylists and beauty therapists who
are great at pampering and listening
to exactly what you want, all while
using enviromentally kind Aveda
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Previous pages & this page: The cabinet work and cupboards
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we first arrived. So when we bought this place, and were
gutting it from top to bottom, I was able to easily visualise
each room and what to do with it, as I was living in the
blueprint of the same space just a few doors down!”
Sadie decided the easiest thing to do, due to the size
and scope of the renovation, was to strip and re-plaster the
walls and strip the floors across the entire house and
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A stunning etched glass light fitting, comprising five glass baubles hangs over
the dining table. “I wanted a light like this for ages. Then one day I popped
into a local shop and there it was!” says Sadie. “I had to get the wiring re-done
to make the drops longer, but it was exactly what I had imagined.”
then paint all the walls and the stairs white. She could then
move her young family in and begin to add colour and
personality without any pressure. Pregnant with her third
child, moving into the new house was a priority for the
family, but a new baby meant that Sadie’s interior design
ideas had to be put on hold for a few years whilst she
focused on being a mum. “I had been very sick in South
Africa, and had to stop work having contracted bacterial
meningitis when my second child was very young. I wanted
to focus on family life after moving back from South Africa.”
Slowly taking her time, Sadie eventually began to add her
unique style and eye for design to the house. “The kitchen
and garden renovation was finished three years ago,” says
Sadie. “At the back of the house was a loo, a utility room
and the kitchen. It all felt very removed from the rest of
the house as well as from the garden. It was that very old
fashioned sort of layout where everything was hidden away.
Also the house is on a hill so we had to have the garden
terraced, to push it back from the house and give us more
light and space at the back and a better working garden. We
then opened up the whole area around the old kitchen,
knocking it all through and added the large window
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In the dining room, the colour palette is also in tonal greens, like the
kitchen, and a dark slate grey. An accent wall in House of Hackney
palm print wallpaper gives the room a fashionable edge
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This page: Houseplants and flowers are found in almost every room, from the bathroom to the bedrooms, the kitchen to the living rooms
at the back to flood the new room with sunlight. I really
wanted a kitchen that could be the heart of the home,
where we could all eat and live as a family. It’s always tricky
trying to make a Victorian house work in a modern way
to suit our lifestyle, but I think we have achieved it now.”
The cabinet work and cupboards have all been painted
in a bright grass green, Sadie’s favourite colour, with black
accent walls around the range cooker and the picture
window. “I wanted an island but I knew that in the
space we had available, any off-the-shelf kitchen wouldn’t
work. There are also very few right-angles in this house,
everything runs off, so we had to have the kitchen handmade.”
The expense was however entirely worth it, as all
the cupboards seem to disappear, with the bright green
echoing the garden outside, allowing the room to be more
like the family entertaining and living space that Sadie
had desired, than a functional and utilitarian kitchen.
“I love sourcing things,” says Sadie. “So much of the
furniture and accessories in the house I found on Ebay or
in local antique shops. The Hastings Antique Centre on
Norman Road is one of my go-to places. I also love mixing
the old with the new.” In the kitchen – where the vintage
pine table and kitchen chairs and armchair sit next to slick
contemporary Philippe Starck dining chairs, Carrera marble
worktops and three large industrial BTC lights – and next
door in the dining room, the same mix and match style
continues. The colour palette is also in tonal greens, like the
kitchen, this time with accents of Farrow & Ball Nearly
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Black. A wall papered in House of Hackney Palmeral gives
the room a fashionable edge. Sadie has picked up an apricot
colour in a piece of artwork by local artist John Lipsham and
dotted it around the room in the Love Frankie lampshade
on the standard lamp, the leather upholstered armchair
that is also mimicked in the piano and stool. A stunning
etched glass light fitting, comprising five glass baubles
hangs over the dining table. “I wanted a light like this for
ages. Then one day I popped into a local shop and there it
was!” says Sadie. “I had to get the wiring re-done to make
the drops longer, but it was exactly what I had imagined.”
Just like all the other rooms in the house, light floods
in to every room. A set of glazed double doors lead
into the garden to the rear of the house. Indeed the
inside-outside conversation is apparent throughout the
entire house that is blessed with views to the rear of the
terraced private garden and to the front of the house over
the leafy Alexandra Park. Sadie also keeps this theme
flowing with the use of houseplants and flowers that
are found in almost every room, from the bathroom
to the bedrooms, the kitchen to the living rooms.
The dining room leads directly into the large family
sitting room. Sadie explains that she uses the designer
Abigail Ahern’s 60/30/10 colour ratio in each room.
Inspired by the William Morris fabric on an armchair, the
room follows the perfect ratio of Farrow & Ball Drawing
Room Blue on the walls, blue accessories and upholstery,
Farrow & Ball Old White on the oppositional walls,
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This page A cluster of mismatched floral lampshades that Sadie found on notonthehighstreet.com hangs from the soaring ceiling in this
peaceful bedroom
and a soft pink as the accent. Also applying her love of
mixing old and new, Sadie re-upholstered an antique
chaise in soft pink velvet which she trimmed herself. A
contemporary sofa that the family brought back from South
Africa sits under a Cameron Design sculptural lampshade.
“I bought that lampshade when the designers had just
launched at London Design Week. They are huge now,
but back then they drove all the way down from Camden
and installed it themselves!” Artwork on the walls were
gathered during the family’s travels in South Africa as well
as from Zimbabwe and other pieces from closer to home.
Although Sadie had been a high-flying Fashion Director
back in South Africa, on her return to the UK she decided
she wanted to follow a less pressurised career path. With
three young children and a new home, she didn’t want
to return to commuting up to the city. She explains how
her new career blossomed. “My former neighbour was a
surface print designer and so we decided to collaborate
on repurposing some old chairs with her fabrics. The only
trouble was the cost of upholstery was taking up all our
profit margin. I had always loved sewing, knitting and
crochet, so I thought, why not try it myself, and so I decided
to re-train as an upholsterer. I spent a year on a course
in Shoreditch and then found myself in a basement in
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This page: The family bathroom’s bespoke vanity unit was created from an eBay find sink, a metal trolley from Rusty’s Reclamation,
some scaffolding boards and a chunk of slate
Tunbridge Wells working as an apprentice. I used to laugh
when I looked at myself, working away for nothing after
my life in fashion. How things had changed since South
Africa!” However Sadie’s hard work paid off and over the
past two years she has set up her own upholstery business,
Sadie Dorchester, creating contemporary upholstered
storage pieces and cushions inspired by artists like Georgia
O’Keeffe and the Russian artist Kasimir Malevich.
“It’s been great, having set down roots in Hastings I now
feel my family are settled and I can begin to focus again
on my career. The new business has taken over 18 months
of experimentation, creating and developing designs,
building a website (sadiedorchester.com) and attending
retail fairs, but now I am really excited by the future. I
want to develop the storage range and my designs and also
look at possible collaborations and consultancy. I have
started doing cushions as well, and I think the designs are
strong and unique and really reflect my overall aesthetic.
I would love to work on a hotel project for instance.”
Throughout the house Sadie’s own designs are dotted
around the rooms. Beautifully upholstered inside and out
with her signature wool fabric in abstract patterns, strong
colour combinations and bespoke feet, Sadie’s storage pieces
provide the perfect combination of style and practicality.
In the hallway and in each of the bedrooms, her boxes sit
elegantly, working effortlessly with the different styles
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Sadie decided the
easiest thing to do, due
to the size and scope
of the renovation, was
to strip and re-plaster
the walls and strip the
floors across the entire
house and then paint
all the walls and the
stairs white. She could
then move her young
family in and begin
to add colour and
personality without
any pressure.
she has created within each space. From the hallway, where
brass feet sit under a chic pink, cream and black design
to her son’s top floor bedroom where the box of blues
and greys sits under an explosion of abstracted shards of
red and blue (inspired by a pet pygmy hedgehog and a
splash of futurist graffiti). Within the other bedrooms,
the boxes again add a contemporary touch. In Sadie’s own
bedroom, with its palette of dark and light greys, golds
and leather, there are two upholstered boxes in a range
of contrasting colours, adding the perfect counter to the
colours and textures she has curated within each room.
Sadie Dorchester took a blank white canvas and roomby-room,
floor by floor, has transformed a vast Victorian
house into a family home bubbling with character and
life. From the bright green hand-made kitchen to the vast
family bathroom, with her bespoke vanity unit (created
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Sadie’s storage pieces provide the
perfect combination of style and
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signature wool fabric in abstract
patterns, strong colour combinations
and bespoke feet
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Sadie’s unique eye for colour, shape, design and texture
is apparent throughout. The blending of the old and the
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also fully reflected in her own storage and cushion designs.
Hastings has provided a home and a sanctuary to the
family and has in turn allowed Sadie the space and time
not only to raise her young family, but also to develop her
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The last few months have seen such
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Local adviser, Sarah Ferrell, has been speaking
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means of helping their children financially as
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How might Equity Release be a solution?
There are two “new” reasons why people
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In order to be eligible for Equity Release you need
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Equity Release may be an option to consider.
Not only are people finding they need financial
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equity in their own homes to help their children.
Whatever the reason for considering Equity
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Sarah says, “I have seen Equity Release do
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With an eye for design that she has honed working
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“I wanted a statement
floor with a pop of colour.
I have collected things
over a long period of time
and pink just seems to run
through most of the rooms”
Previous pages & above: A huge pink lampshade by Anthropologie hovers over the dining table. The tiles on the walls in the
kitchen, from Bert & May, miraculously match the floor tiles
Give me a child who constantly changes their
room around and organises ‘photoshoots’ of
the results and I’ll show you a future interior
designer. Except that life is never quite that simple. All too
often in our lives other influences take precedence over
formative ideas and we find ourselves far from our early
dreams. It takes courage and determination to listen to
those inner thoughts and allow our dreams to flourish.
We are at the home of Rebecca Middleton and it has
now been a year since Rebecca gave up her career in
events management and officially came out as the interior
designer she always knew she was. As we step over the
threshold of her period cottage she makes it clear that
this is not the interior of a show house, but her own
lovingly curated and characterful home – dear to her heart
and very different in style to the interiors she designs
for her business, Rebecca Middleton Refined Luxe.
“The style of this house is not at all the style of my clients
or even my partner’s house – there it is more neutral, with
greys, navy and marble tiles.” Rebecca stresses that this is not
a prescriptive look; she is flexible in her approach and tries to
reflect her clients’ tastes within her designs. “I’m not like
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Above: A cosy macrame-style swinging chair is adorned with blankets and suspended from the ceiling in the dining room
Kelly Hoppen or Abigail Ahern, where you either like their
style or not and you know what you are getting before you
approach them. Homes are personal. People have to go through
a process and have to bring their own personality into it.”
Rebecca has lived in her house for 10 years, auspiciously,
she says with a smile, moving in on Friday 13 August 2010.
Since that fateful day, she has lovingly modified and updated
the whole house, building a kitchen extension, relocating
the bathroom and reinstating some of the period features to
the cottage. “The bathroom was downstairs,” she explains.
“There was an outhouse for the washer-drier and the people
who lived here were using gas heaters.” The ground floor
needed some serious updating and a priority was to move
the bathroom upstairs. “I didn’t want to traipse up and down
the stairs,” she says, “the bathroom should be near to the
bedrooms.” Rebecca also felt that the ground floor needed
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to be expanded to balance the house. “The downstairs was
too small and didn’t reflect the three bedroom home, so we
opened it up and extended the kitchen to make it all more
suitable for a family.” As a result there is now a spacious
kitchen diner and separate sitting room on the ground floor.
The property is part of a terrace that was built to house
mill workers and their families. The original mill looms
quietly at the end of the street, transformed from a place of
industry and toil into luxury apartments, overlooking the
now tranquil mill pond. The line of terraced houses was built
all at once – for economy and ease of construction, and the
original floorboards run right through all the houses. “You
can see them continue upstairs, through the wall into next
door,” Rebecca explains. Each front door opens straight into
what would have been the parlour and the stairs are tucked
into the middle of the building. At first glance, it’s as if there
are no stairs, just a small cupboard in the wall. “People always
think the door to the stairs is just a cupboard,” she laughs,
There is a subtle Alice in Wonderland theme in here, highlighted by a
neon ‘Follow the White Rabbit’ sign next to the imposing fireplace
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Above: Dusky pinks and vibrant yellows are an eye-pleasing contrast in the sitting room
opening the narrow louvred door to reveal an unusually steep,
but space efficient staircase that teeters (unnervingly for those
with vertigo) up two flights to the very top of the house.
Rebecca’s instinctive and long held love of interiors came
to the fore as she began to renovate the cottage. “I did most
of it on my own – with help from my dad,” an electrician –
and all round handy person it turns out. “There was carpet
in the bathroom and the kitchen,” she grimaces, “the decor
was very dated – there was even horsehair in the plasterwork
on the walls.” They stripped out the interior, installed central
heating and replaced the original fireplaces, finding the
surrounds from various places, often in the north of England,
as this is where Rebecca’s family are from. “One came from
a skip,” she remembers. “My dad retrieved it – he asked the
owners first, then other items came from places like Hornsea
Pottery up north – it’s a real treasure-trove.” The hearth
in the sitting room is from Wright Stone and she sourced
the reclaimed radiators from Bygones in Canterbury.
Rebecca decorated the whole house herself, even
painting the reclaimed radiators and incorporating them
into her colour scheme. “I try to use good paint,” she
says. “The furniture is painted with Annie Sloan and
I use Little Greene, as their range has less toxins.”
The colours on the ground floor are dusky pastels, mainly
pink and pale blue and underpinned by the amazing pink
tiled floor by Bert and May. “I wanted a statement floor
with a pop of colour,” she explains. A pink theme was
becoming apparent through the house; “I have collected
things over a long period of time and pink just seems
to run through most of the rooms.” There’s a huge pink
lampshade hovering over the dining table by Anthropologie
and a whimsical swing chair dangling from the ceiling.
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This page: In the restful master bedroom an inky-blue wall and
period fireplace have replaced built-in wardrobes
The tiles on the walls in the kitchen, also from Bert & May,
miraculously match with the floor tiles, although Rebecca
had to paint the tops of them with Valspar masonry paint
from B&Q. There is a similar attention to detail in here –
even down to the pastel kitchenware from Bloomingville.
“The clear splash back was the thing that made me
choose Wren kitchens, as they were the only people
who seem to do a clear perspex splash back I didn’t
want to hide the exposed brick wall behind.”
Rebecca has been savvy in her choice of oven too.
“The Rangemaster cooker came from a friend of my
father’s. It was green, but I just changed the panels on the
doors – they have a service that enables you to do that,
so I chose cream. I try to up-cycle whenever I can.”
The back door was custom made by Sanderson Brothers
in Preston. Rebecca has big plans for the garden – which
seems to stretch an impossibly long way for a modest
cottage. Midway into the space a huge and joyous cherry
tree fills the view from the kitchen window, its pale pink
blossom drifting prettily into the kitchen’s colour scheme.
A pair of enormous insulating yellow curtains have
been designed to pull right across the front of the house,
engulfing the windows and the front door, creating a swathe
of comfort on a winter’s night – like wrapping the house
in a warm yellow blanket. “I settled on the yellow curtains
because they were cheap – the place I got them from
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This page: The bathroom, previously a bedroom, is now a sleek and luxurious space with pale, olive green tiles
and gleaming sanitaryware
was closing down,” smiles Rebecca. The yellow colour now
cascades from the curtains as an accent throughout the
room. There is a subtle Alice in Wonderland theme in here,
highlighted by a neon ‘Follow the White Rabbit’ sign next
to the imposing fireplace. A pink occasional table has been
hand-painted to match the theme by Cathy McClymont. She
also painted the table and the picture in the kitchen diner.
“I like to source locally and support local businesses,”
Rebecca says. “I love the Wealden Times Fairs. Not
only is it a great day out, but I’m able to meet up with
entrepreneurs and local suppliers, make contacts and
source accessories and furniture for clients. My mum
comes down for them – and we always go on the
Thursday, have a glass of bubbly and go shopping.”
Sustainability is another key theme in Rebecca’s approach.
Up-cycling wherever she can, painting her grandmother’s
hall table, designing her own lights, made and installed
by her father. The set of three hanging lamps in the front
room were ingeniously turned into a single piece by
simply wiring them into a ceiling rose. Elsewhere there are
lamps made from a teapot and a bowler hat. It’s all a bit
Alice in Wonderland – which is a part of the theme.
“I wanted the decor to look eclectic, but still in keeping
with the stye of the house – this is not a modern house,
so I can install an authentic look, but with a twist. It’s
all about utilising the space,” Rebecca explains, adding
that clever storage can be a key to success. That and the
dreaded word de-cluttering. “There is not much storage
in this house, so I’ve had to streamline a lot. That can
be hard, especially with clients – I have a friend who
does wardrobe de-cluttering, which is very useful.”
There’s streamlining from an ease of living point of view
too; “flow-through ergonomics” says Rebecca, demonstrating
the concept in the kitchen with a handy water tap that’s been
plumbed in away from the sink. “Everything needs to be
nearby, so that there’s no stretch. I can fill a saucepan near to
the cooker while standing in one place,” she says. “I keep the
glasses next to the drinks fridge, with a chopping board above
it ready on the surface for slicing lemons. I like to make it so
that living in the space is as simple as hanging your keys by the
front door when you come in; having a place for everything
so that you’re not scrabbling around searching for things.”
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This page: Up on the top floor, the space has been divided in two to
provide a guest bedroom and home office – handily combined with a
walk-in wardrobe and dressing room
As we go up those precipitously steep stairs to the first
floor bathroom, the cosy up-cycled look becomes one
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transformed into a spacious bathroom seven years ago, but
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The master bedroom continues the understated theme. One
wall – originally a wardrobe, but now re-instated as a wall complete
with a handsome period fireplace, makes a statement. “I chose a
feature wall, installed the master suite fireplace and wanted it to
be an inky blue colour – it came out purple when we first put it
on – and my dad said, ‘are you sure?’” Rebecca laughs. “The thing
is, if it doesn’t work you can always paint over it and cover it up
– don’t be scared. I do use tester pots with my clients, however at
home I have more conviction and trust in my instincts. I haven’t
had to paint a wall again yet.” The large framed photographs on
the walls are scenes and views from Rebecca’s childhood, taken
by photographer Christine Middleton (Rebecca’s mum).
Up on the top floor, the space has been radically altered. “It was
all one big room with a giant closet in the corner,” she explains.
“You had to walk through one room to get to the other, so I
opened out the staircase and made two rooms on either side.”
One of these has become a guest bedroom, painted a serene and
restful blue, eyelash lights winking sleepily under the roof of
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the office end is papered with a Laura Ashley design, where
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Rebecca is really enjoying being able to be working from
home. “Working for myself is much better. It suits my
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moment.” It also means that she can hone her practical
skills too. “I change things all the time. I enjoy re-styling the
interior on a daily basis; pottering around. I love being here,
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Josephine Fairley gives us a run down of the gems she’s discovered
Oh, it’s so nice to be back. What a lot
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I wouldn’t say I’ve been lazy, over the past few
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Dyson Airwrap Styler Volume+Shape, £399.
This is an arm and three legs – but amortised over
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walking is comfy as anything – so I can lace up my
trainers and hit the Hastings promenade once more.
L’Oréal Paris Rouge Signature Lipstick, £9.99.
So many Zoom calls… So many hours spent
staring at my face on screen (not something I love
at the best of times). What I found I needed was
a really long-lasting lipcolour, so that by the end
of the Zoom hour I didn’t look completely palelipped
and washed out (even though after these
endless Zooms of Doom, I felt it). This absolutely
bargain lip product is super-comfortable on the
lips; you honestly can’t feel it’s there, and there’s
none of the dryness so often associated with longlasting
lipsticks. I fell for a brick-y red called
Parisian Sunset – and that’s when I made my great
discovery, which is that it also does double-duty as
a brilliant, budge-proof cheek stain. I keep it on
my desk and do a quick touch-up, before calls.
Another great lip product has come into its own
lately: Chanel Allure Rouge Lip Ink, £31. This is
another long-lasting lip treat that I apply before I
need a bit of Chanel ‘armour’ to head outdoors into
the world of face masks and hand sanitisers, patting it
into lips to leave a stain. It sinks in, so that it doesn’t
stain my (gorgeous silk Edina Ronay) masks – check
out edinaronay.com for swoon-worthy styles – but
the tint’s still there when I un-mask later. Lip glosses
and lipsticks are pretty useless, at the moment,
because they stick to fabric – but this is perfect. (NB
I don’t apply it thickly, but pat the stain into lips.)
It’s A 10 Minute Miracle Hair Mask, £29 for
240ml (victoriahealth.com). I’m not sure of the
physiology behind the fact that everyone’s hair seemed
suddenly so dry in lockdown – perhaps linked to
being unable to get it trimmed. Thank heavens then,
for this pot of hair wonder, which worked minor
miracles. I slathered it onto seriously highlighted
hair that had lost its lustre and bounce, big-time;
it can be used as a 2-3 minute treatment, but I
actually left it on for 15 minutes, post-shampooing,
underneath a warm towel. The natural ingredients
which help to power this mask include apricot
kernel and sweet almond oils, linseed and oat kernel
extracts; there are silicones in there, too, and this
isn’t what I’d call a ‘natural’ product, but I honestly
couldn’t have cared less at that point. ‘Miracle’?
Always an ambitious claim, but not in this case.
Calm.com (iTunes). I’ve been tuning into this
app every morning for a couple of years but have
never needed it more than over the past few months.
Whenever things felt a tad overwhelming – as they
often did – I tapped the Breathe Bubble, following
instructions to breathe in and out while looking at a
kind of balloon inflating and deflating, to slow the
breath right down. There are all sorts of meditations
on breaking bad habits, focus, anxiety – you name
it. And you’ve got to love any website or app which
offers a Winnie the Pooh series, with episodes on
worry (that’ll be Piglet), pessimism (Eeyore), busyness.
Body Guard Fragranced Hand Sanitiser, £5
(bodyguardprotect.co.uk). We all need sanitisers in
our bags right now, and having trialled what felt
like a gazillion since they became de rigueur, Body
Guard’s are my faves. They’ve been created at a
perfumery in Provence, so you can tell that the focus
really is on fragrance. These exceed the required
alcohol level of 60% alcohol – but what I love is the
choice of four fab scents; my choices are Moringa
Blossom, a mix of divine white flowers that smell
very exotic, and Citrus – like a fresh, classic eau de
Cologne scent: uplifting, fresh, zesty and instantly
clean-feeling. Best of all? Super-affordable too.
For more of Jo’s beauty writing, visit beautybible.com
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Techno-fit
Sarah Maxwell explains how lockdown
has forced a fitness revolution
Prior to lockdown, just thinking
about exercise brought many
out into a cold sweat! Staying
fit and healthy meant you went
along to the gym, worked through
a stack of celebrity fitness dvds or
fitted a Pilates or Zumba class into
your already packed out schedule.
Between free online fitness sessions
on social media, to attending your
favourite instructor’s online Zoom
workouts (which we loved, after the
initial stresses of learning how to
use Zoom!), regular walks, cycling
and running started being a normal
part of many people’s daily lives.
It certainly made a huge
difference to overall health and
wellbeing for those who viewed it
as an essential part of their day.
One of my clients was training, as
we went into lockdown, for a 70 mile
running event which was to take place
over 24 hours in June. Like everything
else it was cancelled and as she was
using it as the basis to raise money
for four charities to celebrate her 60th
birthday she decided to take the event
virtual by running the distance locally,
so we took her training online early on.
Normally preparing for such an
event would involve a lot of running
in addition to the training I provided,
but this would have been difficult
with the various rules about exercise
outside of the home put in place by
the Government. We therefore had
to adapt the one-to-one training to
take this into account. She did already
have some exercise equipment at home
and bought a few weights, so it was
fairly easy to train her as if she was
in my studio. Having said that, it’s
easy to adapt what you already have
and before the arrival of the weights
tins and wine bottles were used!
In the end she completed the
virtual event successfully and, as she
said, “Online training can actually
be more intense and even more
effective as it really concentrates the
mind. It is still fun and we still had
a laugh as we would have done in
the studio but it is testament to that
training that I went into the virtual
event fit, strong and ready and I
completed it without a problem!”
This approach, of course, isn’t
for everyone – many people prefer
in-person training. Going forward,
as gyms and studios reopen, I
think there will be a real mix and
combination of in-person and online
training. Online has opened up a
whole new world of possibilities and
I, for one, am embracing it fully.
Sarah’s Lockdown Saviours
In my quest to explore the range of
online opportunities and branch out
of my comfort zone this is what I did
during lockdown to keep my spirits up.
Online experience 1
An online beginner’s flamenco class
in Seville with one of Spain’s top
instructors. I am only grateful that
this wasn’t videoed and hasn’t been
made public!
Online experience 2
A group taco making experience in
Mexico with my family and many
other families around the word. This
was hilarious because we failed to get
the correct ingredients and had to keep
muting ourselves as we shouted at each
other for not being organised.
Online experience 3
I decided that I needed to cheer my
daughter up, so booked us into a
Booty Shake class in Chile. I was
the oldest by about 30 years and
by far the most uncoordinated!
Lockdown pushed me way out of
my comfort zone and I needed it.
I now know that at the tip of my
fingers I can access opportunities
to train with whoever I like and try
so many things that I didn’t have
the opportunity to do before.
This is a whole new world for
us all. (You are so lucky that this is
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on video regularly – so badly!)
Online/offline and everything
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Autumnal
warmth
The change in season means we’re seeking
comfort and warmth. Curries are flavoursome
and invigorating, helping to keep us bright
through the darkening days. International
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Curry Week later in the month; welcome them
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Recipes: Jo Arnell
Photographs: David Merewether
Styling: Lucy Fleming
Onion and courgette bhajis
The hardest bit in this recipe is the eye-watering process of
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Serves 4 Prep time: 10 mins Cooking time: 15 mins
• 2 free-range eggs
• 4 medium onions, thinly sliced
• 1 courgette, roughly grated
• 120g plain flour
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 3 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 level tsp sea salt
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil, plus extra if required*
For the mint raita:
• 1 tbsp chopped mint leaves
• 2 tbsp finely sliced cucumber
• 150g natural yoghurt
1 Mix all the ingredients together in a large mixing bowl.
2 Heat the oil in a heavy-based frying pan, then spoon out
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3 As the bhajis crisp, transfer to a baking tray and keep warm.
4 Serve with lemon wedges, and cucumber and mint
raita (mix 1 tbsp chopped mint leaves, 2 tbsp finely
sliced cucumber and 150g natural yoghurt).
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Easy Monkfish curry
This curry can be made with any firm white fish and if you make the
sauce in advance and refrigerate overnight (or freeze until needed)
it can be made very quickly.
Serves 4 Prep time: 20mins
Cooking time: approx 30mins
• 1 tsp
coriander
seeds
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp dried red chilli
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 2 sq cm piece root ginger,
peeled and grated
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 tbsp tomato puree
• ½ tin chopped tomatoes
• 1 x 400ml tin coconut milk
• 1 tbsp soft brown sugar
• 800g firm white fish fillets,
cut into chunks
• 2 tbsp groundnut or vegetable oil
• handful chopped coriander (1-2 tbsp)
1 Add all the spices and oil
to a heavy-based pan and fry
lightly for 2-3 minutes.
2 Add onion and cook for
5 mins until soft.
3 Add in the tomato puree, tomatoes,
coconut milk and sugar and simmer
for 15 minutes until the mixture
thickens and reduces a little. At this
stage you can refrigerate or freeze
the sauce until ready to use.
4 Gently add the fish (try not to stir
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fall apart) and cook for a further 10
minutes, until the fish is just cooked
through, but not overcooked.
5 Garnish with fresh coriander
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Coffee and cardamon
(no-churn) ice-cream
This is adapted from Diana Henry’s
recipe and is the simplest ice cream I’ve
ever made. Actually, I don’t make much
ice-cream, as the thought of having
another kitchen-clogging machine puts
me off, but the addition of a single
ingredient means that you don’t need
an ice-cream maker: condensed milk
sweetens the ice-cream, but also keeps
it smooth and creamy – as if you’ve
gone to the trouble of churning.
1 Simply whisk 300ml of double cream
until it thickens to ‘soft peak’ stage.
2 Gradually add the condensed
milk and other ingredients,
whisking gently all the while.
3 Pour into a container and
freeze for at least 4 hours.
4 Leave out for a few minutes
to soften, then serve.
Serves 4
Prep time: 10 mins plus freezing time
• 4tsp instant coffee dissolved
in 2tbsp water
• 15 cardamom pods – remove
seeds and lightly grind
• 400ml double cream
• 200ml condensed milk
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Strange
New
World
Sue Whigham reflects on
her garden experiences
during lockdown
Peach Blossom Moth Thyatira batis
This year has been a roller
coaster in more ways than
one. And that really is an
understatement. March, of course,
brought the lockdown during
which all our lives changed.
Incessant rain earlier in the year
was closely followed by weeks of
glorious sunshine and latterly,
soaring temperatures, high humidity
levels and ‘tropical nights’.
And the sunshine brought bumper
crops of the less usual fruit and
vegetables. I swapped a bag of plums
for a beautiful bowl of mulberries.
Unfortunately for me the mulberries’
arrival in the house coincided with a
weekend visit from the grandchildren
who buried them deep into their
cereal and then wanted more.
Very early this morning when I was
out visiting friends whilst they opened
their moth trap, they showed me a
tweet they’d had from a neighbour
which went like this: ‘OK, rustic types
of Twitter, suggestions for what to do
with around 1,000 peaches all ripe at
the same time please’. He has only had
his peach tree for five years. This must
be some sort of record in Kent surely.
The moths, meanwhile, were being
taken out of the trap, identified
and then put carefully into a Wine
Society cardboard box to rest
until the evening when they fly
off. One of the two prettiest this
morning were ‘Peach Blossom’ and
my favourite, ‘Mother of Pearl’.
Moths are so interesting;
wonderfully marked and fancifully
named. It’s fascinating to learn about
them and get to see them so close up.
One thing I didn’t know until this
morning was that wasps absolutely
love them, too, but as prey and so it
was a bit disconcerting to see these
gorgeous creatures being dive bombed
and decapitated in one fairly quick
movement. But I suppose that they
are all part of nature’s food chain.
In early July when the hairdressers
reopened, the talk in there was all
about what people were growing.
Two of the young hairdressers said
how much fun they were having
with their first horticultural efforts.
One of them now owns her first
ever plant – a sunflower in a pot.
And despite it not having produced
a flower yet, she is enjoying its
company. Then someone else chipped
in and said that she had raided her
store cupboard at the beginning of
lockdown when the garden centres
were closed; the online seed suppliers
were inundated and it was difficult
to even buy a bag of compost. She
decided to grow quinoa. I hope she
has a lot of space as these plants
definitely need to be socially distanced
as, planted out in May, they should
reach heights of six foot by August!
It’s interesting to read about quinoa
as although it is very much recognised
as a source of pure protein now, it was
known as ‘the gold of the Incas’ and
it was obviously grown for its health
giving qualities centuries ago. It is
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Bees enjoying an artichoke flower
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
in the Chenopodium family which
includes spinach, beet and chard. The
Real Seeds Catalogue (realseeds.co.uk)
lists Rainbow Quinoa which has
seed heads tinged with traffic light
shades of red, amber and green.
Their catalogue looks interesting
and with an eye to next year, I
thought it would be fun to try one
of their ‘very, very big sunflowers’
with heads measuring between 18”
and 24” in diameter. Wow. You
might need a bit of space. They get
to 10 feet in height too. The other
thing I spotted in the catalogue was
Yacon, another rather spectacular
edible South American plant. There
is a large specimen up in the High
Garden at Great Dixter. Visitor
numbers there and at other charities
such as the National Trust and the
RHS and the National Garden
Scheme have of course plummeted
this year. It doesn’t matter how big
or small the charity, everyone has
been affected in the same way.
Many of our local nurseries took
to taking orders online and many
delivered plants or organised times
and dates for plant collection once
they were allowed to reopen. I know
one locally where the couple running
the nursery were working a twelve
hour day in order to fulfil orders
and keep their heads above water.
So during these past few months
between working from home, coping
with home schooling and trying
to get on to the online system of
supermarket shopping, it’s been an
ideal opportunity for us to be outside,
to reconnect with nature and see how
wildlife thrives when there are fewer
cars and fewer people around. It was
liberating to be able to wander down
the road without the fear of being
mown down by cars in a hurry and
then get to the woods where, in the
spring, the birds were singing their
hearts out. We recorded bird song
in the early mornings and pinged
it up to London where we thought
people were deprived of the sounds of
spring only to find that they had just
as much going on up there without
any traffic or much movement in
their area. And we have seen owls
close up (pretending to be asleep in
the hope that we’d pass by quickly),
young fox cubs ambling through the
long grass, all manner of chirruping
grasshoppers in the meadows as
well as, for the first time, the sight
of Marbled White butterflies, grass
snakes and Privet Hawk Moths.
Requests for allotments have
soared with many mentioning their
mental wellbeing as a reason for their
application. One of the national
newspapers recently held a Lockdown
Gardening competition which had
eight hundred entrants, with different
categories such as Family, Sanctuary
and Vegetable Growing. The overall
winner, a novice gardener, turned her
‘muddy patch’ in Peckham into a space
growing over sixty edible plants. This
led to a community garden accessible
to locals who can come and ‘pick your
own’ and contribute to an honesty
box. It seems that the most popular
produce were ‘wonky’ cucumbers.
A succulent soaking up the sunshine
Supermarkets take heed! She is now
doing plant swaps, and exchanging
excess produce for local artwork.
The ‘Sanctuary’ category was
particularly popular with gardeners
finding peace and seclusion. Even a
little patch of nature seems to help
make things better. I particularly
like this quote by one May Sarton.
“Everything that slows us down
and forces patience, everything that
sets us back into the slow circles
of nature, is a help. Gardening
is an instrument of grace.”
Sue Whigham can be contacted
on 07810 457948 for gardening
advice and help in the sourcing and
supply of interesting garden plants.
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Forever
Autumn
Jo Arnell’s tips to keep your garden
blooming all year round
I’m humming along with a wistful (and if I’m honest,
slightly depressing) tune as I type this. I do know that the
summer sun is fading as the year grows old, and darker
days are drawing near. But hey, Mr Haywood, cheer up –
autumn is a beautiful and golden season. It’s my favourite.
And the sun isn’t really fading, it’s just that as the earth tilts
on its axis the sun appears lower in the sky – and that makes
for gorgeous backlit effects through the grasses and lateflowering
perennials. Darker days are drawing near, true,
but that should spur us to seize the moment and squeeze
the most out of the shortening days. Autumn is such a busy
time for gardeners; a time to take stock, to look back at
the year, to see what worked – and what didn’t. A time to
make, prepare for and implement plans and the very best
time to be planting all but the most tender, easily frosted
plants. The one thing that we don’t do so much any more is
put the garden ‘to bed’. These days autumns are milder; the
cold weather often doesn’t arrive until the end of December;
plants stay looking good for longer and some will even
keep flowering until then, if we don’t get an early frost.
Wildlife
Planting shrubs and trees that produce fruit, nuts or
berries will attract insects, birds and small mammals into
the garden at this time of the year. A tree is an ecosystem
in its own right and there are plenty of small trees that
are both pretty and useful to wildlife. A mountain
ash or rowan will have blossom, berries and autumn
colour, as will crabapple, cherry and Amelanchier.
Bug hotels, log piles, hollow stems, fallen leaves and
compost heaps make snug homes for creatures to burrow into
and eke out the winter months. We garden more for wildlife
now and the creatures don’t appreciate it when we sweep away
their overwintering places. Untidy gardens have now been
renamed wildlife havens – a big relief to this untidy gardener.
Annuals and biennials
Many annuals will go on flowering into winter if the weather’s
mild, so do keep deadheading if you want to extend the
display. I’m usually happy for the seed to set by this time, as
this ensures some new plants for next year. If the weather’s
dry it can be very satisfying collecting the seeds of annuals to
sow again. Hardy annuals can be sown now, either straight
into the garden where they are going to flower, or into small
pots and kept in a sheltered place until they’re ready to
be planted out next spring. Many seeds will store
until spring, but remember to keep them in a
cool dry place. Any biennials sown earlier
in the year can be planted out now
into their flowering positions.
Perennials and grasses
The late summer flowers will extend right into November
providing there aren’t any early frosts and the weather
stays calm. You may be tidier than me – I like to let
everything gently subside before clearing up – it’s like
the end of a glorious party when everyone starts drifting
home. Seed heads can look as lovely as the flowers,
are great in arrangements and rather poetic when
left to be dusted with frost or snow in the winter.
Grasses are at their very best now and will persist
through the winter, bringing an airy, ethereal presence
in the borders until the spring. They mix well with late
summer flowers and I often use the bigger varieties,
like Miscanthus, Molinia and Calamagrostis in place of
shrubs to lighten up a space. Grasses are fairly easy to
maintain – cut back the growth on deciduous varieties in
early spring. Evergreens will shed old foliage, so should
just need a comb through before growth starts again.
Dahlias will keep going if deadheaded, but they are
tender and once the temperatures begin to fall, they’ll
show the effects. The slightest frost will kill the top
growth, as if a bad fairy has visited them in the night.
Then comes the dilemma of whether to lift the tubers.
I don’t lift as my soil is light and free-draining, but it
might be a different matter if your soil is heavy clay – this
tends to be wet over the winter and not appreciated by
a tender bulb or dahlia tuber. If you are leaving them in
the ground, cut the foliage back once we’ve had the first
frost and then put a good layer of mulch over the space
(and maybe a stick or label incase you don’t remember
where they are buried). Most of my Dahlias come back
the following year, but I have to keep a vigilant eye out for
slugs and snails in the spring as the new foliage appears.
Bulbs
Planting bulbs is an act of faith; spring will return –
and with it a spectacular reward for your hard work
and patience. Start with the early flowering bulbs like
crocus, narcissus and anemones, then plant alliums and
leave the tulips until last. You can leave tulips as late
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as January before you need to plant them, but by then
the ground could be frozen, or too wet. Tulips need to be
planted once the soil has cooled down, as this suppresses
some of the many viruses that they’re prone to. Woodland
bulbs such as snowdrops and anemones will appreciate
moist, humus-rich soils and a semi-shaded position, but
most other bulbs – and especially tulips, which may rot
in the wet, prefer the ground to be free-draining.
Vegetables to sow and grow in autumn
It is too late to sow many vegetables now, but quick crops
such as pak choi, spinach, chard and oriental vegetables
will be ready to pick in just a few weeks. These leafy
vegetables prefer to grow during the cooler months and
are hardy enough to harvest through the winter. You
could also sow micro-greens – basically just veg plants
sown close together and harvested at seedling stage.
Broad beans and the hardier pea varieties can also be
sown now. They will spend the winter as small plants
and start growing again in the spring. The advantage of
autumn sowing is that the plants have time to develop a
good root system, tend to be sturdier, stronger and will
be ready to harvest earlier than those sown in spring.
Onion sets (basically baby onions) and garlic can
be planted now. Again, these will spend the winter
developing roots and start growing top growth
ready to swell their bulbs the following year.
Some plants at their best in autumn:
Trees and shrubs for autumn
colour, berries and fruits:
• Malus – in variety
(Crabapples)
• Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan)
– varieties with red, pink,
orange or cream berries
• Euonymous alatus
(Wayfairing tree)
• Callicarpa bodenieri – with
weird metallic purple berries
• Pyracantha, Cotoneaster
horizontalis – scarlet
berries and foliage
• Prunus subhirtella –
autumnalis, a cherry tree
that flowers in November
and December
• Hydrangeas; paniculata – for
early autumn, followed by
mophead Hydrangeas and
the oak leaved H. quercifoia
which also has reddish leaves
• Cotinus coggyra – has
attractively coloured
leaves all year, turning
fiery scarlet in autumn
Perennials and grasses with
attractive seed heads:
• Pennisetum – fluffy,
tactile seed heads on
a medium-sized grass,
some are not hardy
• Physalis (Chinese lanterns)
– keep their lovely orange
colour well and look good
in seasonal arrangements
• Phlomis – whorls of seeds
heads on stiff stems persist
well right through the winter
• Lunaria annua (Honesty),
poppies and Nigella (Lovein-a-mist)
– very decorative
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September sees a new Head
for Spring Grove School in
Wye as Therésa Jaggard takes
over from Bill Jones, who
is retiring after 12 years at
the school. Mrs Jaggard is
already well-known to the
Spring Grove community,
having spent a ‘handover’
term at the school since
Easter, teaching online as part
of the team that delivered
the SG Home Learning
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Mrs Jaggard has experience
in both state and independent
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recently Deputy Head Teacher
We were at Leybourne right Ss Peter and
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Claremont Senior School is celebrating the success of its 2020 graduating class
following the publication of this year’s A Level results. Despite the uncertainties
surrounding the awarding system this year, the school managed to see significant
rises in its A Level performance, with close to two thirds (66%) of results graded
between A* and B. Ed Dickie, the Head of the Senior School commented: “It
has been a very difficult six months for these students since their schooling came
to an end so abruptly on March 21st. I am thrilled that so many of them have
seen their efforts in the Sixth Form rewarded.” claremontschool.co.uk
Action Packed
Pupils at Cranleigh enjoyed a full
distance learning programme last
term, with everything on offer to
accompany academic lessons – from
sports to chapel. Lessons were
mostly live in class groups, taught via
Google Classroom and assessed with
submitted prep as usual. However, as
a boarding community Cranleigh also
prioritised keeping pupils engaged
socially as well as in a co-curricular and
cultural programme. The school held
online sport and fitness sessions and
challenges, alongside art, music and
drama – all the co-curricular elements
that are so important as part of day-today
education – and pastoral leaders
kept going with contact, challenges
and support through the lockdown
journey. The school is looking forward
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in September, but fully prepared in
the event that further remote learning
programmes are needed. cranleigh.org
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Help is at Hand
Mr Nick Goodman, Principal at Frewen College in Northiam, East Sussex, explains how
to identify and support pupils who are experiencing difficulties with dyslexia
It is widely accepted that defining dyslexia is complex and
that there is not one universally recognised definition.
Every student who has dyslexia will have a unique
range of abilities related to their literacy learning. In 2009,
Sir Jim Rose gave the following definition, which was
subsequently adopted by the British Dyslexia Association:
‘Dyslexia is a learning difficulty that primarily affects the skills
involved in accurate and fluent word reading and spelling.’
Although commonly regarded as a difficulty with reading
or writing, there are many other symptoms which can
help parents to spot dyslexia much earlier – being slow to
start talking, or reversing sounds in multi-syllable words.
Then, later, displaying difficulty identifying ‘directional’
opposites such as over/under, right/left, before/after, enjoying
stories but showing no interest in trying to read the words;
difficulty learning the names of letters or sounds; or learning
the alphabet, or telling the time by a clock with hands.
As well as problems with literacy, and the organisational
problems outlined above, many dyslexics have co-occurring
conditions such as dyscalculia, DCD or ADD and this can
affect the severity of their learning difficulties (e.g. in terms
of concentration, arithmetic and motor coordination).
Parents will want to support their children as much as
possible, and this will need patience and understanding.
Before making progress, a dyslexic child needs to believe
that they can succeed. Never compare their work with
that of their brother or sister; don’t get angry when they
lose or forget things, and be prepared to go over things
several times before it becomes embedded. If you have
reason to suspect your child is dyslexic, you should get
them assessed, in order to understand the nature of the
dyslexia and to inform the school, who should be able
to support them through 1:1 sessions with a dyslexia
specialist, and by ensuring teachers are aware.
Teachers need to use a range of specialist approaches. For
example, at Frewen College these include multi-sensory
teaching (sitting still, listening to the teacher and taking notes
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Meet the
Former
Head Girl
Gabriella reflects on her experiences
at Ashford School and what being
Head Girl has taught her
Being the Head Girl of Ashford School was without
doubt the best way I could challenge myself to
develop invaluable skills and inspire my peers.
I feel a strong will to give back to school, and the best
way I can do this is by being a role model to the student
body and by motivating not only
them but my teachers as well.
I have led an amazing team and had
the chance to be proactive in assigning
tasks that match each individual, coping
with challenges that arise unexpectedly
as well as improving our strategic
thinking and time-management skills
as a group. What I enjoyed the most is
that the position allowed me to always develop new ways
of operating, to take time to communicate with the others
to ensure that everybody is moving forward and to drive
people to reach success. I know people tend to look up to
someone who is honest and full of life and this is what I am
always willing to do, be who I am, be genuine and positive.
“I was given the courage to
step outside my comfort zone
and this is a skill which will
come in very useful as I go
on to study at University”
At the same time, I have achieved so many transferable
skills at my school by trying something I’ve never tried
before such as netball and hockey. I was given the courage
to step outside my comfort zone and this is a skill which
will come in very useful as I go on to study Liberal Arts
and Science at Maastricht University,
and also will hopefully stand me in
good stead in future employment.
Lastly, I was ready to expect the
unexpected and I did experience
mixed feelings as I faced different
challenges, but I could see myself
growing and discovering how to
thrive. From holding a speech in
front of an entire school for the first time to growing
into a responsible individual, the position of Head
Girl at Ashford School has offered me opportunities
at every turn to be the best version of myself.
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A Parents’ Guide to Teenagers
by Hilary Wilce
Why are teenagers so, you know, teenager-y? Why
are they so messy, angry and impulsive? And
so funny, irreverent and interesting? Mainly, of
course, because this is a time of massive social, physical and
mental growth as children get ready to fly the nest and launch
out into life on their own. To do this, they need to acquire all
sorts of things, from physical strength to the ability to make
logical decisions, and they need to do it
fast because the bulk of these changes
are squashed into just a handful of hectic
years. Change and development carries
on – the adult brain isn’t fully cooked
until we hit our mid-twenties – but if
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a developed, bolshy sixteen-year-old,
you can see how much happens fast.
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The teenage body is morphing rapidly from a child’s body
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while sudden growth spurts mean that many young teens
simply don’t know where they are in the world. They take
up more space than they used to, trip over their own feet,
and maybe even talk more loudly than before. They’re
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same time, they and their friends are coming to these
changes at different rates, so a teen may feel awkwardly
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“Teens are painfully aware
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We now know much more about the teenage
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explains much about teenage behavior.
The teenage brain is programmed to start exploring
and pushing limits and as it does so it prunes synapses
and builds more efficient neural networks.
Scientists believe this is nature’s
way of helping young adults learn to
confront the world on their own – and
if laboratory mice are anything to go
by, healthy teenage exploration seems
to lead to a longer life later on.
The teenage brain is also busy releasing
dopamine, the ‘feel-good’ hormone,
which is why teens are more likely than
adults to give into impulsive desires.
But this ‘reward’ centre in the brain is in a constant tussle
with the more sensible ‘planning and organising’ part. The
reward centre says ‘Yay! Let’s do it! It’ll be brilliant!’ The
logic centre says, ‘But if we do, we could get drunk/hurt/
pregnant/picked up by the police.’ Unfortunately, the logic
centre lags behind in development, so the early teenage years
can be short on things like empathy, risk analysis and insight
– although thankfully they start to kick in after about 17.
The teenage brain is also fabulously plastic. It
is ready to learn, adapt and change according to
anything thrown at it, which means this can be a
peak time for academic engagement, as well as for
creative development and sporting challenges.
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THE TEENAGE EMOTIONS
All this rapid change makes teenagers more susceptible
to stress and mental illness than adults. Conditions
like anxiety and depression can emerge in these years,
as can problems with eating or self-harming.
Teens are also painfully aware of their peers.
Uncertain about their adult selves, they suffer
and burn as they try and fit in with others, or
attempt to stand firm against peer judgments.
And they can find it hard to understand themselves
– their mood swings and intense
emotions – which in turn can
make them angry and confused.
Teenagers also see the world they are
growing up into with the fresh eyes
of youth. This is one reason so many
young people are passionate and angry
about issues like climate change and
homelessness. They are waking up to
problems that we’ve lived with for a
long time, and tend to see through a weary adult gaze.
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As in all stages of parenting, our teenagers need us to be
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boundaries that help them feel safe and loved. They need
us to be there for them, even if they don’t want us there,
they need us to pick them up if they stumble, and above
all else they need us NOT TO BE EMBARRASSING!
On a practical level, they very much need us to help them
get enough sleep. Teenagers need between eight and ten
hours a night, to process all their brain changes, but since
they tend to be wakeful at night and slow to wake up in the
morning, few teenagers get the sleep they need. Our job is to
do everything possible to help them – maybe by encouraging
a slow wind-down to bed and banning devices from the
bedroom at night – while at the same time acknowledging
that their natural body rhythms make this hard for them.
They also need us to try and steer them away from drugs
or alcohol, and to talk to them about why it’s good to be
cautious in these areas. Both are far more damaging and
addictive to the sensitive teenage brain than to an adult’s. For
example, studies show that regular weed smoking in the teen
years can damage both IQ and memory.
“The teenage brain is Teenagers also need us to watch
programmed to start out for problems and take action if
it’s needed. All teenagers are naturally
exploring and pushing limits
prone to obsession, for instance.
and as it does so it prunes This goes back, again, to the way
the brain develops. But the boy who
synapses and builds more
shuts himself off to play video games
efficient neural networks” all the time, or the girl whose crush
on a rock star edges into fanaticism,
needs your help to stay connected with family,
friends and the real world around them.
They also need you to move fast and decisively if
they develop an eating disorder, or other evident mental
distress. There are services to help but they are badly
over-stretched, so if this is the case, you may have to
roll your sleeves up for a long, stubborn battle.
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serious problems is to encourage your teenager to feel
secure, confident and well-grounded. But the honest
truth is that this is something that has its roots way back
in childhood. So if your children haven’t yet hit the teen
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Ahead of the Game
If you’re thinking of budgeting for private school fees, then the sooner the
better, as Chartered Financial Planner Simon Wong explains
The information provided in this article is of a general nature. It is not a substitute for specific advice with regard to your own circumstances. You
are recommended to obtain professional advice from a professional accountant or solicitor before you take any action or refrain from action.
Any aspiring parent wishing to send their children
to private school will be fully aware of the huge
cost to do so, with the average annual fees of a
private day school at around £14,000 rising to £34,000 for
boarding according to the Independent Schools Council.
And these figures are set to rise further as schools grapple
with the need to enhance their teachers’ pension pots as
part of the Treasury’s shake-up of public sector pensions.
Are there any ways to cut the cost of a private school
education? There are limited ways to reduce the cost but
it is always worth exploring with the school if there are any
relevant bursaries or scholarships available, which can range
from 5-50% discounts depending on the school; it can be
worth nurturing that musical or sporting talent. Secondly,
many schools offer a discount for paying all the fees up
front. This only works if you have the capital available but
sometimes the discount is not attractive enough to make
it worthwhile and you may be better off investing the
money elsewhere. Alternatively, retrain as a teacher and
seek employment at a private school. The only real way
to reduce the cost of educating your children is to plan
for it and to ensure you are as tax efficient as possible.
How far in advance should you be planning financially
for your child’s educational needs? As ever, the sooner you
start planning the better. I would always recommend a young
couple to start saving for school fees if they are planning to
have children, as the sooner you start saving the more benefit
you achieve from compounding your returns. I also regularly
have conversations with grandparents regarding their estate
planning and more often than not, there is a desire to help
with private school fee funding. This can be an extremely
tax efficient way to cover the costs either by making a gift or
setting up a trust, most likely a Bare Trust. These options can,
if correctly structured, reduce the inheritance tax burden, but
all require forward planning and above all, expert advice.
Are there any risks of school fee planning? Depending
on the route chosen, whether it’s to invest your capital in
a growth strategy or to focus on reducing a tax burden to
increase a future inheritance, there are always risks. Investing
puts your assets at the risk of stock market movements and
it must always be remembered that past performance is
no guide to future performance and as such it is possible
you could end up with less than you started. Tax efficient
strategies are at the mercy of HMRC as tax rules can
and do change often without notice and in the current
political environment prudence in this regard is essential.
Another risk is that school fee payments are interrupted
due to the death of the primary provider. This can be
mitigated by insuring the appropriate person(s). The key is
ensuring you take appropriate advice from a wealth planner
or tax expert who can help put your school fee funding
plans into the context of your wider financial situation.
What are the pros/cons of parents/grandparents paying
the school fees? Setting up a bare trust is the most tax
efficient method for grandparents to pay the fees. The
pros for this are that it is potentially inheritance tax free,
can be relatively straightforward to set up and makes use
of the child’s tax allowances with any growth held outside
of the grandparent’s estate. The cons are the exposure to
investment risk and the fact that the child has access to the
trust aged 18 which means the assets cannot be preserved
in trust for future generations. Gifting is advantageous as
it contributes to fees immediately and can be tax efficient
by using annual gift exemptions. However, these gifts are
limited to £3,000 a year per grandparent and any gifts
above this level may be taxable upon death, unless the
gift is using gifts out of normal income exemption.
Simon Wong is a Senior Wealth Planner at JM Finn. To
contact one of JM Finn’s Chartered Financial Planners to
discuss tax, estate or wealth planning, see jmfinn.com.
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Joyce, Y13, Ashford School
Roman mosaic print, Rupert, Y4, Junior King’s Canterbury
Jack, U6, Sutton Valence
Y7, Dulwich Prep Cranbrook. Papier mâché birds.
Lilirose, Y8, Claremont
Nuri, Y11, Frewen College. Photographs of cells under a microscope
manipulated in Photoshop, and combined with photographs of light trails.
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What’s On in Sept & Oct
ART
Various dates
Up the Garden Studio, Green
Lane, Boughton Monchelsea,
Maidstone, Kent, ME17 4LF
Up the Garden Studio
Graham Clarke’s Studio Gallery
in Boughton Monchelsea is well
worth a visit. Just like his prints,
there’s something fascinating
or funny wherever you look.
Bookings are being taken for
one party at a time to aid social
distancing. To book your
visit please call Wendy on
01622 743938 or email
wendy@grahamclarke.co.uk. Every
measure will be taken to protect
the health of visitors and staff.
grahamclarke.co.uk
Children & Families
Sat 26 – Sun 27 Sep &
Sat 17 – Sun 18 Oct
Brogdale Collections,
Brogdale Road, Faversham,
Kent, ME13 8XZ
HERITAGE ORCHARD DAYS
For three weekends in August,
September and October, Brogdale
Collections is holding Heritage
Orchard Days to help save the
Charity’s heritage orchards. Each
day visitors will be able to enjoy
orchard walks, fruit displays, juice
tastings, a family apple trail, cider
sales and more. Included in the
ticket price, for the first time,
visitors will also be able to harvest
their own apples and enjoy the use
of Brogdale’s lovely picnic field.
Entry: Children £4.50 Concessions
£9, Adults £10, Families £25
(including fruit to take home)
brogdalecollections.org
Wed 28 Oct 10am-3pm
The Salt Box, Red Oak Barn,
Priory Farm Estate, South
Nutfield, Surrey RH1 4EJ
Family Fire Cooker
A family day of wild cookery,
beneath the trees, using
ingredients you’ll forage yourself
in a walk to the woodland glen.
Suitable for children aged 9+.
Entry: Children £30, Adults £50
wearethesaltbox.co.uk
Food & Drink
Saturdays 5 Sep – 10 Oct
Spa Valley Railway
Gin & Steam
On these rather special Saturdays,
catch the 14:30 train from
Tunbridge Wells West for a return
trip to Groombridge, and you’ll
be swept off in a heritage carriage
and treated to three different Gins
from Marden’s fabulous Anno
Distillery along the way. Waiting
staff will all wear appropriate PPE,
including masks to serve your gins
and you will be seated 1m+ from
other bookings with protective
screens between bays of seats.
Entry: £30
spavalleyrailway.co.uk
Sat 19 – Sun 20 Sep
Eridge Park, Eridge Green
Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 9JT
Pub in the Park’s Drive
in Garden Party
Keane, Gabrielle, Squeeze, plus
gorgeous food from a whole host
of cracking pubs and restaurants
serving up tasty dishes for you
to enjoy in your enclosed private
garden! You can book a parking
spot or, if you live nearby, you
can walk in, either way you get a
private garden for you and your
bubble to sit in the park and enjoy
some good food and great tunes.
driveingardenparty.com
Garden
Sun 4 Oct 5-6.30pm
Online
Virtual tour of the
World Garden with
Tom Hart Dyke
A Zoom chat with Tom Hart
Dyke as he gives an exclusive
virtual tour of his glorious World
Garden at Lullingstone Castle in
Kent. He will be talking about
growing up at Lullingstone
Castle, his time in captivity in
Colombia and fulfilling his dream
of creating the World Garden
followed by a live Q and A session.
Entry: Free, but donations happily
welcomed to support hospice
work in south east Europe.
hospicesofhope.co.uk
Marden Cricket & Hockey Club
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PUBLIC NOTICE ● LICENSING ACT 2003
A Variation application has been made by: Marden Cricket and Hockey
Club for the premises Marden Cricket and Hockey Club, Maidstone
Road, Marden, Kent, TN12 9AG on the date of the 14 th September 2020.
Summary of proposed licensable activities & proposed hours of opening:
Type of Activity Day(s) of the Week Start Time End Time
Opening Hours Mon-Thurs 08:00 23:59
Fri 08:00 01:00
Sat 08:00 02:00
Sun 08:00 23:00
New Year’s Eve 08:00 03:00
Exhibition of films Mon-Thurs 08:00 23:59
Fri 08:00 01:00
Sat 08:00 02:00
Sun 08:00 23:00
Performance of Live Music Mon to Fri 18:00 23:00
Sat to Sun 11:00 23:00
New Year’s Eve 18:00 02:00
Playing of Recorded Music Mon to Sun 09:00 23:00
New Year’s Eve 09:00 02:00
Supply of Alcohol Mon to Fri & Sun 11:00 23:00
Sat 10:00 23:00
New Year’s Eve 11:00 03:00
Any person wishing to view details of an application may contact the
Licensing Partnership on 01732 227004. Any person wishing to make
representation about the application should make them in writing on or before
the 12 th October 2020 Licensing Partnership, PO BOX 182, Sevenoaks, Kent
TN13 1GP. licensing@sevenoaks.gov.uk. http://pa.sevenoaks.gov.uk/onlinelicensing.
It is an offence knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in
connection with an application. The maximum fine for which a person is liable
on summary of conviction for the offence is £5000.
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What’s On in Sept & Oct
Halloween
Sat 17 Oct – Sun 1 Nov
Borde Hill Garden, Borde
Hill Lane, Haywards Heath,
West Sussex RH16 1XP
A Spellbinding
Halloween
Explore the Garden on a
bewitching trail full of spells,
potions and mystery.
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Shopping
31 Aug – Oct 11
Royal Victoria Place,
Tunbridge Wells TN1 2SS
Support Local’s
First Pop-up Shop
Support Local, the brand behind
the hugely popular Support Local
Pop Up events has launched its
first pop up shop in Royal Victoria
Place. It will operate on a ‘rent a
shelf’ system and aims to support
small independent businesses as
they weather the effects of the
ongoing coronavirus pandemic,
and is sure to be filled with all
sorts of wonderful goodies.
supportlocalpopup.co.uk
Sports & Leisure
19 Aug - 23 Oct
Leeds Castle, Broomfield,
Maidstone ME17 1PL
The Leeds Castle
Trail App
Explore the grounds of Leeds
Castle with the help of their app.
It has a selection of brand new
fun activity trails, and, as you go,
you simply scan codes to complete
them and collect keys. If you
manage to find all the keys within
the app then you will be entered
into a prize draw to win a family
half-day Bird of Prey Experience!
leeds-castle.com
September
Various locations across
Kent and Sussex
HIGH WEALD
WALKING FESTIVAL
High Weald Walking Festival
has curated fifty self-guided
walks which will be available to
download free from their website
during September. They are a
fantastic opportunity to get off the
beaten track, discover hidden gems
and explore safely, responsibly
and at your own pace. From the
beginning of September you
can download the walking route
pdfs including clear printable
directions and a map. They’ll
only be available for one month
and will disappear on Thursday
1 October, so don’t miss out!
Entry: Free
highwealdwalks.org
From Wed 23 Sep
Blenheim School Sports Hall,
Longmead Road, Epsom,
Surrey KT18 7SR
Olympic Fencing
The ideal Covid-friendly sport
– you have to wear a mask and
gloves, and if your opponent gets
within two meters you can poke
them with a stick! Epsom Fencing
Club’s new ten week beginners
class will start on Wednesday 23
September.
epsomfencingclub.org
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Jane Howard’s
Fables from
the Farm
Jane and the family go pond dipping
Back in March, when the UK went into lockdown we
were just about to start lambing which means twelve
hours on and twelve hours off seven days a week for
about six weeks. And after a busy session in the lambing shed
there is very little desire for gadding about anyway. And since
the farm and all the animals have carried on with their utterly
reliable seasonal rhythms blissfully ignorant of the global chaos
unfolding all around them, life at Coopers Farm in the past
few months has been little changed. We are incredibly lucky.
But while it has been business as usual in work terms,
like many others this new order has given us much
more time to stop and stare and enjoy the natural
world, one that is so fantastic in the Weald.
I have especially enjoyed the ponds – I still collect frog spawn
every year and am ridiculously thrilled when the baby frogs,
“my baby frogs”, eventually pack their bags and set off into
the big wide world. So with plenty of spare time I decided
to learn more about these watery worlds, officially called
Limnology, and I could easily – it might have happened already
– become an obsessive but please read on!
The first thing I didn’t know is that defining
what is and what is not a pond is a hotly debated
topic. But having read widely I’m going to stick
my neck out on this and say it’s an area of water at
least a metre square, less than that and it’s a lowly
puddle, more than 2 hectares and it’s a lake – and
it must hold water for at least four months a year.
There are lots of ponds in The Weald –
13,408 mapped ones to be precise – and most
of them have been made by humans. And
there are lots of different types such as Dew
ponds which were dug out of the Wealden clay to provide year
Pond numbers
were at their
peak in 1840
but around 75%
have been lost in
the last 100 years
round drinking water for livestock while Hammer ponds were
made by the Tudors who damned streams to power the forge
hammers that pounded the iron into shape. Pond numbers were
at their peak in 1840 but around 75% have been lost in the
last 100 years and of those that remain many are in trouble
So I decided to look in more detail at all the ponds on this
farm and try and find out more about what
was living in them and how they might be
improved. I particularly wanted to know if we
had newts and especially Great Crested ones.
Amazingly the idea of a newt finding
expedition was more popular with my “stuck at
home” daughters than I imagined, or could it
be there wasn’t much, indeed any competition
in lockdown Stonegate? Whatever, one evening
armed with an Observer Pocket Guide to Pond
Life (me) and downloaded Apps (them) we set
off after dark to see what we could find. We
all had a torch and wandered around various ponds sending
beams into the margins to investigate what might be lurking.
And yes, there were plenty of them. Using our printed and
digital guides we all agreed they were Smooth newts rather
than the much rarer Great Crested and many of them were
Efts, i.e. juveniles, and then we got the giggles as we tried to
pronounce Smooth Newt Efts (try it and you’ll see what I
mean) and decided it was time to go home for a glass of wine.
In the meantime, the hay is made and in the barn,
the hedges are laden with blackberries and sloes, the
cows and calves are looking fat and sleek after a long
hot summer and the pigs are tucking into the acorns.
Thank goodness some things never change.
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