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CHRISTMAS SUPPLEMENT inside 

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Contents 

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HOUSE OF THE MONTH 

Maggie Alderson peruses the 

best of the housing market 

NOTEBOOK 

Theatre at home, creative 

courses and galleries online 

WELCOME TO REAL 

TUNBRIDGE WELLS 

Explore a characterful 

Victorian townhouse 

GET THE LOOK 

Style it out like Cathe and John 

THE HAVEN 

A beautiful renovation 

of the ancillary buildings 

to a Victorian manor 

GET THE LOOK 

Be inspired by Capel Manor 

Courtyard’s classic style 

TWINKLE TWINKLE 

Shine like a festive star with 

our pick of Christmas jewels 

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BEAUTY ALL 

WRAPPED UP 

Josephine Fairley gets her 

Christmas gift list in order 

PERFECT BALANCE 

Julie Simpson harnesses the 

power of breathing techniques 

6 DAYS OF FITNESS 

& WELLBEING 

Sarah Maxwell’s tips for a 

healthy and happy Christmas 

SPARKLE & SPICE 

Chef Nicci Gurr’s bold flavours 

and new festive favourites 

SEASONAL SCENTEDNESS 

Jo Arnell’s fragrant 

winter garden picks 

CANOPIES OF WONDER 

Sue Whigham takes a stroll 

to Wayland’s Smithy 

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MEET THE HEAD 

We get to know Beechwood Sacred 

Heart School’s Mr Nick Waite 

HELPING YOUR INVESTMENTS 

WORK FOR YOU 

Investment Manager Jon Curtis 

talks money matters 

FAMILY FAVOURITES 

Get the children involved in 

the kitchen with Jo Arnell’s 

recipe for reindeer cupcakes 

FABLES FROM THE FARM 

In the last of her much-loved articles 

from Coopers Farm, Jane Howard 

preps her herd for winter 2020 

CHRISTMAS 

SUPPLEMENT 

36 pages of all the 

gifts you could 

hope for, plus some 

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Editor’s 

Letter 

This, our Christmas issue, is always a highlight for 

everyone in the office. And this year, more than ever, 

I think everyone deserves something to truly look 

forward to. With restrictions and guidance changing on a 

weekly basis, and a new lockdown in place, I know that plans 

for a ‘traditional’ Christmas will be very challenging for lots of 

families across the South East, but I hope we can all muster as 

much positivity as possible to think outside the box and ensure 

that this year’s festive season is as special as it should be. 

As you know, this is the second issue we’ve published since 

we came back to the office from furlough at the beginning 

of August, and we’d love to hear what you think about the 

magazines and what has kept you occupied over the last few 

months – be it gardening, starting a new hobby or getting 

creative at home. Please feel free to get in touch with me at 

lucy.fleming@priceless-group.com to let us know what you’ve 

been up to and don’t forget to follow us on social media too. 

This month’s Christmas Supplement has all the inspiration you 

need to treat your family, near and far, to thoughtful gifts that 

they’re sure to cherish, and our jewellery shoot is spot-on in the 

sparkle stakes with statement necklaces, earrings and bracelets. 

If cooking’s your bag, take your Christmas 2020 

inspiration from Nicci Gurr’s creative take on a festive 

feast with a spiral tart, a Cuban approach to flavourful 

turkey stew, plus the tastiest sweet and sour baked ham. 

Whilst we’ll all be spending a lot more time indoors over 

the next few weeks, make the most of your home comforts 

by taking a tour of the two beautiful interiors featured in this 

issue – the stunning Capel Courtyard and Cathe and John’s 

effortlessly stylish Victorian town house. If you like what you 

see, check out our Get The Look pages at the end of each article 

for tips on how to create a similar look in your own home. 

Our next issue will be February 2021, which you can pick 

up from 25 January. We truly hope you have a wonderful 

Christmas and, as ever, enjoy your Wealden Times! 

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Editor ............................................................................................ Lucy Fleming 

News & Features Editor ...............................................................Rebecca Cuffe 

Design Director ..........................................................................Anthony Boxall 

Executive Chairman ...................................................................... Julie Simpson 

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The dream: The perfect country 

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landscape. There is a particularly 

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Where: On a quiet country lane, 

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Beds: 5 Baths: 4 

Special features: A thick flint 

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Hamsell Farm 

£1,750,000 

The dream: A Grade II listed farmhouse 

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brick and tile-hung facades, beams 

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floor, with a more formal library. 

Where: On the edge of Eridge 

village, between Crowborough and 

Tunbridge Wells (four miles). 

Setting: Wooded farmland. 

Beds: 4/5 Baths: 3 

Special features: The breakfast room 

has a wonderful vaulted beam ceiling. 

Pleasing details: The kitchen is 

ripe for a glorious revamp. 

Outside: Lovely formal gardens, 

with specimen trees and woodland, 

with a large pond and a plethora of 

interesting outbuildings, one already 

converted into an apartment. 

Time to town: Five minutes’ 

walk to Eridge station and then 

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Agent: Batcheller Monkhouse, 

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Old Allens 

£2,995,000 

The dream: This Grade II listed house 

is a rambling collection of buildings, 

with origins in the 15 th century and 

a 1920s Arts and Crafts extension – 

and a Mark Wilkinson kitchen. 

Where: The edge of the village of Plaxtol. 

Setting: On high ground overlooking the 

village, surrounded by woodland and fields. 

Beds: 5 Baths: 3 

Special features: It has three 

staircases, the main one Jacobean 

up to a vaulted landing. 

Pleasing details: A two-storey guest wing. 

Outside: Nearly five acres of gardens, 

grounds and paddocks, with a Grade 

II listed barn, stables, two ponds and 

a decked area for entertaining. 

Time to town: Under an hour 

from Borough Green (six minutes 

away) to Victoria, and 45 minutes 

on the Charing Cross line from 

Hildenborough, or Sevenoaks. 

Agent: Strutt Parker, Sevenoaks 

01732 459900 struttandparker.com 

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ATTRACTIVE EDWARDIAN 5,800SQ.FT. FAMILY 

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ensuite) • Family bath/shower room • Garden • Glass 

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EAST SUTTON £1,325,000 

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• Three reception rooms • Garden room • Kitchen/ 

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Wells. A large mercury mirror leans against the wall, next to the opening to the kitchen Above: A clutterfree 

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When Cathe and John Wheatman moved into 

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That must be a pretty rare record – but it doesn’t seem 

so surprising in the very special little enclave where the 

house is situated. It’s in the esteemed borough of Royal 

Tunbridge Wells, but has an atmosphere all of its own, 

tucked away on a ‘dead end’ street – meaning dead end in 

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another road, so it’s a destination in itself, not somewhere 

to blindly pass through en route to somewhere else. 

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year. When we left our last property in Bromley we 

realised there was no one to say goodbye to there and we 

wanted to change that in moving to Tunbridge Wells.” 

“We call this ‘real’ Tunbridge Wells,” adds John. 

The community spirit really came into its own 

 


This page: Although the couple shop in high street stores, they 

source most of their furniture and decor from local charity shops 

“We like to source things from charity 

shops,” says Cathe. “Particularly the Ellenor 

Hospice one, which is very close. I think every 

lampshade we have came from there…” 

during lockdown, when Cathe was shielding, so 

couldn’t leave the house to shop for food. “Gerald and 

Jo from Camden Butchers and the fruit and veg shop 

Locality, which are all just down on Camden Road,” 

– which is the road their street runs off – “delivered 

food to us, for no extra charge. It was fantastic.” 

The special character of the locality has definitely 

influenced the décor of the house – not least because so 

many of the interesting things in it were sourced in the 

unusually good charity shops in this part of Tunbridge Wells. 

“We like to source things from charity shops and combine 

them with vintage textiles or ceramics or prints which we 

find when travelling, to create a more global look,” says 

Cathe. “We support Ellenor Hospice shop, I think almost 

every lampshade we have was bought from there…” 

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Above right: The kitchen is still in its original place in an extension at the back of the house. Cathe and John decided to keep the old plasterwork, 

where the bread oven used to be, and commissioned a new sky blue and wood contemporary kitchen with a herringbone parquet floor 

“We held an open day at the house, with £1 entrance 

in aid of the Hospice, with tea and homemade cake, to 

help people understand that everything doesn’t have to 

be new, when furnishing a home, upcyling is a fantastic 

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And it’s not just the local charity shops that provide local 

sources. They bought a John Sankey chaise longue and two 

armchairs as well as the dining room chairs from Hoopers, in 

addition to mixing in brands from the local high street such 

as Oliver Bonas, Anthropologie and Dassie Artisan to add a 

contemporary flavour into their mix of homewares. 

Even the piece of furniture that first struck me when 

I entered the house, a very stylish set of shelves, made 

from industrial piping and old scaffolding boards, is 

of ultra local provenance. “It came from The Bicycle 

Bakery just down on Camden Road,” says John. “Jamie 

used to sell his bread off them. He was changing things 

round and he sold them to us and they show how 

you can build a whole room round one piece.” 

Another thing to note about those shelves, is their position 

in the room. In use as a TV stand, they are on the wall 

opposite the fireplace. So rather than facing the chimney 


This page: A colourful guest 

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collected on the couple’s travels 

breast, you watch telly from the comfy 

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hallway outside the sitting room, 

where a downstairs loo has been 

very cleverly sneaked in under the 

stairs, so you would never know it 

was there. To the right as you come 

out of it, opposite the front door, is 

another hidden space, where they 

hide away coats, hats and boots. 

John’s lateral-thinking engineer brain 

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making the absolute most of every bit 

of space in the house, without ever 

compromising the overall aesthetics. 

This is very clear with their approach 

to bathrooms. They didn’t want a shared 

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the guest bedrooms on the top floor, 

they have shaved off a narrow strip 

of space to create very contemporary 

shower rooms, opposite the beds – not 

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This page: In the bedroom on the east side of the top floor, 

the far wall has been left unplastered, with the wooden 

lathes showing. The floorboards switch from white to dark 

grey out on the landing – which Cathe uses as an office 

the room, the effect is softened and looks ‘meant to be’. 

Especially, as in the downstairs loo and coat cupboard, 

the outsides of the bathrooms are panelled with broad slats 

hung horizontally, concealing the push open doors, so they 

look like feature walls, rather than dividers. “I like things 

hidden,” says John and he’s certainly good at achieving it. 

In the bedroom on the east side of the top floor, the far wall 

has been left unplastered, with the wooden lathes showing, 

all painted white, as are the floorboards, which switch to 

dark grey out on the landing – which Cathe uses as an office 

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like bohemian modern as an interior style, a blend of 

many textures and layers which works well with any 

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You then arrive at a door, to the right, which opens 

onto a very chic luxury shower room, with double 

basins atop grey wood cupboards, Moroccan-inspired 

tile splash backs and mirrored cupboards above. 

As here, storage has been so well thought out in this 

house, there is no extraneous clutter anywhere. No 

visible scruffy toothbrushes, combs and body lotion, no 

scattered wellies, shoes and scarves, there is a place for 

everything – and everything is in its place. Japanese clutter 

banisher Marie Kondo would very much approve. 

This all helps make it the perfect showcase for the 

intriguing collection of objets and artworks Cathe and 

John have collected, many of them on their travels to 

Vietnam, Mexico, Morocco and Egypt. Not forgetting 

the wonderful brocantes of France, where they have 

recently bought a second home, which it is clear 

they are relishing the prospect of making over. 

“We are recent interiors people,” says Cathe, “it’s 

a new hobby.” And one they perhaps approach with 

all the more originality, for coming to it later. 

Some of the artworks, though, like the lovely bright 

painting in the hallway are from closer to home – 

produced by their artist neighbour, Beth Barker. 

Back there on the ground floor, it’s a right turn from 

the bottom of the stairs into the dining room, where 

a large square table – from a school and found at the 

YMCA furniture store, just down the road – is set at 

a diagonal angle, which makes it easier to get past en 

route to the kitchen and adds dynamism to the space. 

A large mercury mirror with appealing foxing (it came 

with the house) leans against the wall next to the opening 

to the kitchen. It’s in its original place in an extension at 

the back of the house, as per the Victorian vernacular. 

Here they have left the old plasterwork, where the 

 


Above: The garden was in a sad state when John and Cathe moved in. It is now a plant-filled haven for the couple 

and their dog, Mr. Mont, with rosemary hedges inspired by a visit to Le Jardin Secret in Marrakech 

bread oven used to be, lovely with the messed-up patina 

of time, set off by a new sky blue and wood contemporary 

kitchen and a new floor of herringbone parquet. 

From here you step out onto a deck, which is like a 

second kitchen, with a Belfast sink set into raw brick 

‘units’, with old fruit crates below and a mirror above. 

Perfect for summer meals in the magical garden they 

have created where once there was a barren wilderness. 

Just as the house was “in a bit of a state” when they bought 

it with, as Cathe explains, “all the renovations that had 

been done in the 70s with a lot of sauna wood and lowered 

ceilings, the fireplaces all taken out and a loo opening off the 

kitchen…” the garden was in a sad mess. However with the 

help of local architects, designers and a landscape gardener it 

has been turned into a contemporary space with a hint of a 

Marrakech garden, and feels more in keeping with the house. 

Now it has brick-paved paths – a nice link back to the 

exposed walls in the house – and a circular area defined 

by rosemary hedges, which Cathe says was inspired by 

their visit to Le Jardin Secret in Marrakech, planted round 

with verbena, tall with purple pom poms, hibiscus, bottle 

brush and other plants from Cathe’s native New Zealand. 

Sitting at a table on a west-facing second deck outside a 

contemporary studio building that is John’s office, Cathe 

relates their inspirations for planting. “We filled it with 

wildflowers, to make it appeal to bees and during lock 

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green wildflower meadow roof on the office to replace 

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include lots of bee friendly plants and fragrant lavenders.” 

Looking out over it with contentment, she tells me 

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this old house. “We always wanted to move here, we 

often visited and loved it, but we were going to wait for 

our retirement. Then we came down one weekend and 

we were having tea in Juliet’s and I turned to John and 

said, “What are we waiting for? Let’s do it now…”” 

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about its owners – and this very special little community, 

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Following the success 

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of the country’s most 

exciting new artist, 

Chris Rivers on what’s 

to come next.. 

Words: Marianne Skarstedt 

First of all, tell us about 

your recent solo show, ‘The 

Mortal in the Material’ 

The show went amazing, considering 

everything that’s going on this year 

I was intrigued to see how it would 

go. Luckily, it seems like the appetite 

for art is as strong as ever. I started 

preparations for the show in mid 

2019, it’s a body of work which 

I’m super proud of, and my debut 

show at Pontone Gallery was quite 

a significant moment for me. 

You’ve started to gain some notable 

collectors over the past year or so 

including Jose Mourinho, January 

Jones, Jessica Alba and more, how 

does this feel considering you only 

began painting professionally a few 

years ago? 

It’s fantastic of course, but I’m super 

grateful for anyone who collects my 

work. It’s always special when someone 

gives a piece of work a home, regardless 

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Tell us about the work in the 

show which featured still life 

paintings aswell as your large 

abstract works with the tiny falling 

cherubs and skeleton insects? 

I wanted to show a good variety of my 

work, the large abstracts with the tiny 

figure all represent the idea that not 

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first seems, from a distance you see this 

big colourful abstract painting, it’s only 

when you get closer that you see the details 

that infest the paintings, I find people 

either love it or hate it which is fine with 

me. The still paintings were originally 

done as an experiment after I started 

collecting a few vintage vases. I really 

enjoyed doing them, trying to fuse realism 

in the painting of the vase, with the 

abstraction and movement of the flowers. 

How do you describe your style ? 

Always searching and trying to 

stay on the edge of my comfort 

zone. I don’t know, I paint 

what I enjoy and for myself. 

What’s next ? 

Working on plans for a US show 

with Pontone Gallery in spring 

2021, also another London 

solo show later next year. 

For more information on Chris’s work visit www.chrisriversart. 

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wanted to live in a house built round a central courtyard.” Above: The sitting room is a lovely lofty 

space, with a stone mantelpiece flanked by three generous sofas piled with kilim cushions 

It’s hard to pinpoint what determines the atmosphere 

of a house. Happy people are important and being in 

beautiful countryside is conducive to a general sense 

of wellbeing, but it takes much more than that to create a 

home that seems to welcome you into its sheltering arms. 

Capel Manor Courtyard gives you that feeling. From 

the moment you drive into the gravelled forecourt 

through gates at the end of a private road, off a 

country lane, and take in the long low buildings with 

arches and a lovely terrace to one side, you breathe 

out and think: I’m here, just where I need to be. 

Perhaps it is the glorious golden Wealden sandstone 

it’s built from, the windows framed in that most 

treasured British limestone we all know from Bath. 

Or maybe it’s the residual pleasure of the people 

who enjoyed the luxury of the 26-bedroom Victorian 

manor house – demolished in the 1970s, like so many 

others – for which these were once the stables, hayloft, 

carriages and coachman’s quarters. Or even the ones 

from the early 19 th century house, a Kent family rich 

from textiles and wool, who were the wealthy relatives 

of the poorer Austen family of Jane Austen fame. 

In the ten acres of woodland gardens behind the buildings 

you can still see the levelled lawns where residents and 

guests of the Victorian manor played croquet and tennis 

and it’s so easy to imagine the swish of long white skirts, the 

thwack of wooden ball on mallet and a tinkle of laughter. 

But back here in the present day, the full nurturing 

impact of Capel Manor Courtyard is focused exactly in 

the beautiful brick-paved, gravel and flag-stoned area 


Above: Floor-to-ceiling bookcases offer the perfect opportunity for guests to select a book to curl up with in front of the fire 

in the room next door 

of its name, nestled at the centre of this compound house, 

with the repurposed buildings enclosing it on four sides. 

With a lovely old stone fountain playing in the 

middle, surrounded by neat topiaried box hedging 

and sweeping upstrokes of Russian sage – like a 

supermodel form of lavender – it has the feeling of 

a Moroccan riad. A garden within a house, creating 

a very particular nurturing sense of protection. 

Book one of the four rooms available for overnight 

stays here and on a sunny morning you could 

be eating your breakfast in that very spot. 

It was exactly this central area which made the 

current owners fall in love with the house, twenty 

plus years ago, which they already knew from 

visiting friends who are now their neighbours. 

“We love Ightham Mote,” they say, referring to the 

medieval manor house near Sevenoaks, run by the National 

Trust, “and we’ve always wanted to live in a house built 

round a central courtyard. We knew the people who 

lived next door to this and one day they told us ‘they’re 

selling’. We looked round, fell in love with it, waited 

nine months and then secured it in August 2000.” 

But this was not so much a happy ending as a happy 

beginning, leading to two years of heavy work, connecting 

the buildings – which were then in four separate 

parts – round the courtyard. The cart shed section was 

open and now serves as the large kitchen diner. 

“We started with the annexe,” they say, referring 

to the building opposite the kitchen of the main 

house, “and we moved in there. Then we gutted 

the whole place. It was a labour of love.” 

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Tunbridge Wells and north Norfolk, the couple 

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“Before we started here, we sat and thought about the 

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adjacent to a contemporary log burner 

we buy particular paintings just because we love 

them. The majority of the artworks are by Scottish 

colourist artists, bought primarily from galleries in 

Scotland and from Lyon & Turnbull auctioneers.” 

Straight across from the door into the library is a larger 

stone-mullioned Gothic arch, through to the bookshelf 

area, with blue/green-painted shelves from floor to 

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a volume from, to curl up with in front of the fire. 

This area has a very high ceiling – it was once 

the hay loft – and French windows at either side, 

looking out to the courtyard one way and the garden 

the other. The perfect spot for guest breakfasts 

when it’s not warm enough to be outside. 

But whatever the weather, there is no risk of shivering 

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that blank slate they started with, all the windows are 

double glazed, all walls and floors fully insulated. 

From the library area a wide door leads to an equally 

wide corridor – characteristic of the breathing-out sense 

of generosity in the whole place – which has sage green 

tongue-and-groove panelling up to dado rail height and 

sisal on the floor, where there are two guest suites. 

The Lilac Room is a double, with floral paintings and 

 


This page: The Clockhouse’s Primula Room, with its luxurious en 

suite, is decorated in soft shades of ochre with antique linen cushions 

and French doors which open onto the secluded private garden 

lovely crewel work curtains, while the Rose Room (which 

was formerly a garage, but you would never know) is a twin, 

with pictures on a rose theme, cosy plaid blankets on the 

beds and views onto the planted garden, with lavish flower 

beds. Both guest rooms have splendid shower rooms. 

Heading back to the breakfast library, we then step 

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which has its own entrance and very much feels like a 

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dwelling by the central courtyard. It has to be booked 

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to enjoy their own space and private garden. 

With wide-planked floors, a dining table and chairs 

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mcallisterthomasfineart.co.uk 3 Standing Bear Cub sculpture £1,470 Andrew Kay Sculpture andrewkaysculpture.co.uk 4 Plant Based Sausage screenprint by Charlotte 

Gerrard £275 (unframed) The Wey Gallery theweygallery.com 5 Warm Up Tunes £295 Graham Clarke grahamclarke.co.uk 6 Memories by Doug Hyde £450 

Trew Art trewart.com 7 Midori no Doresu (Green Dress) by Margaret Ashman £450 (unframed) Watts Gallery Artists’ Village wattsgallery.org.uk 8 Get Together 

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Blooming 

Marvellous 

Award-winning florist, Clare Staplehurst of See Rose 

Floral Design explains how she’ll be getting creative 

with freshly cut flowers and foliage this Christmas 

How would you describe your style? 

My style is somewhat eclectic; 

my design led style is inspired 

by various looks from fine art 

to botanical, contemporary to 

vintage and boho to classic – but 

I particularly enjoy choosing an 

unusual element as a starting point 

for my designs to be developed into 

something textural and unique. 

How will you be decorating your 

home this Christmas? 

I am not sure I will have much say 

over how the Christmas Tree will be 

decorated (my 6 year old will be the 

director of that) however I think I will 

focus on a door wreath and dressing 

the dining table for the all-important 

Christmas Dinner – with a beautiful 

and seasonal centre piece including 

locally sourced Spruce from Hole Park 

and some deep rich red tones with a 

contrast of some nude and earthy tones. 

What will you be choosing to make 

your wreaths from? 

I love to use the traditional 

method of mossing the 

wreath rings, then basing 

with some classic foliage 

of Nordmann, blue and 

Norway spruce and Thuja. 

I love using cinnamon 

sticks, dried oranges and 

limes for a very festive scent 

however I do like to make 

something a little different to 

the norm too, so I may include 

some of my favourites – succulents. 

Where do you source your flowers? 

I like to buy local when and where I 

can, I often use Blue Hen Flowers in 

Iden Green and Woodshill Cutting 

Garden in Sussex. For bigger events 

I buy from larger wholesalers, 

they can often source the more 

unusual materials I love to use. 

Will you be running any 

wreath workshops in the 

next couple of months? 

I am planning some socially 

distanced wreath workshops 

(restrictions permitting), they 

certainly do get you in the 

mood for the festive season. 

(Please see my website 

seerosefloraldesign.com 

or email me at 

hello@seerosefloraldesign.com 

for an update on dates and details). 

What’s your most 

cherished Christmas 

memory? 

This is a tough one to choose, but it’ll 

have to be my first Christmas with 

our daughter, Ellie. She was born 3 

days after Christmas, she was just 

coming up to her first birthday – so it 

was a very special time to celebrate. 

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Fri 20th Nov - Sat 28th Nov. 10am - 4pm 

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The process has opened Karl’s eyes to the beauty that can be found 

everywhere, even in the mundane. 

The studio will be open by private appointment, please call Joanna 

07534 216116 to book your personal viewing. 

Works are mainly unframed with a selection of greetings cards and 

ceramic pieces by Karl’s wife Joanna. 

We look forward to welcoming you at 

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Josephine Fairley shares the highlights of her Christmas gift list 

Fact: planning Christmas – planning anything 

right now – is simply impossible. No idea how 

big a turkey to order. Or how many crackers 

we’ll need. Or whether to buy a plug-in radiator for 

the spare room. But one thing is certain: we all need an 

absolutely GINORMOUS treat this Christmas – and 

that’s what beauty, fragrance and wellbeing gifts do best. 

But there’s another difference, for Christmas 2020: budget. 

Because much as we long to splurge, many of us are playing 

it safe. And does it really matter? This year, we’ve all adjusted 

our priorities somewhat. It’s not about flashing cash on superexpensive 

beauty products (or super-expensive anything) 

– and this year, everything I’m suggesting is with that in 

mind. And honestly, they’re proof that you don’t need to 

break the bank to give something truly, excitingly gorgeous. 

For many, though, Christmas 2020 is also about treading a 

little more thoughtfully on the planet, trying to avoid waste. 

And who wants to give a gift that will only gather dust? So 

I promise all of the following are pretty much guaranteed to 

thrill, whether opened as you’re gathered under the tree, or 

dispatched via the postie. (Just be aware: fragrance and nail 

polishes need a hazardous label on the envelope, if you send 

them out yourselves; you can get these at the Post Office.) 

And now, my top 10 gift recommendations for 

the weirdest Christmas in living memory. 

Rock Rose Limited Edition Handcrafted Massage Candle, 

£45. From a local Sussex skincare ‘rising star’, a sublimelyscented 

candle based on chamomile, lavender and rock 

rose in a vessel hand-crafted by Hastings potter Chantelle 

Duncan. It not only scents the room, but you can pour the 

warm liquid onto skin for a fragrant, skin-nourishing treat 

(and maybe even persuade someone in your ‘bubble’ to 

massage it into your tense muscles). After it’s flickered its last, 

the clay pouring pot would be great on the dinner table. 

Benefit Beauty Thrills, £19.50 (value £36). I’ve always 

found Benefit’s wittily packaged gifts to be a hit with 

everyone’s ‘inner girlie’, whether they’re 17 or 70, frankly. 

This trio of their bestsellers features minis of brilliant 

Gimme Brow brow mascara, The Porefessional Primer 

and They’re Real Mascara, in a pink tin that begs to 

be upcycled for storing – well, whatever you fancy. 

Neal’s Yard Bee Lovely Nourishing Collection, £25. 

The Bee Lovely products help support bees in Ghana – a 

(yes) lovely gift for someone who’s been welcoming the 

wildlife into their garden this year. Leaving that aside, 

the Bee Lovely products are fab in their own right, 

infused with the scent or oranges and enriched in some 

cases with moisturising (but not-sticky-at-all) honey, 

 

Benefit 

Beauty 

Thrills kit, 

£19.50 

Rock 

Rose 

Limited Edition 

Handcrafted 

Christmas 2020 

Massage Candle, 

£45 

Neal’s 

Yard 

Bee Lovely 

Nourishing 

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£25 


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Aromatherapy 

Associates 

Moments of 

Discovery, £40 

Diptyque 

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Heathcote 

& Ivory x 

Nathalie Lété 

Forest Folk Hand 

Cream in a 

Tin, £8 

in generous intro sizes of Bath & Shower Gel, Body 

Lotion, Hand Cream and 

All Over Balm. Good for men, 

women and gentle enough for children, this range. 

Heathcote & Ivory x Nathalie Lété Forest Folk, £6-13. 

Well, I’d honestly be over the moon to have anything 

from this collaboration between the French artist and 

Heathcote & Ivory, whose hand and body products are 

incredible value but tip-top quality. Tins, packaging and 

velvet make-up bags are emblazoned with enchanting 

Nathalie Lété designs; last year, I gave all my girlfriends 

a H&I Compact Mirror Lip Balm – this year’s edition 

features a nut-nibbling squirrel – and had rave reviews for 

its usefulness and effectiveness. I’m torn between gifting 

that for 2020, and the Forest Folk Hand Cream Tin, also 

£8, with its bird drawings. Just too, too, too adorable. 

This Works Great in Bed, £25. Wouldn’t we all like 

to sleep till spring…? Whatever, I am a big fan of 

giving this Works sleep-beckoning treats to friends and 

family – because they really DO work. You’ll find many 

different options on thisworks.com priced from just 

£8, but I especially like this little line-up of generous 

sizes of their body lotion, shower gel and Deep Sleep 

Pillow Spray – honestly, like knock-out drops. 

Diptyque Holiday Pocket, £38. Scented candle-wise, I 

know nobody who doesn’t thrill to a Diptyque candle – 

but the full-size single candles nudge £50. I think this is 

a great and slightly more affordable Diptyque ‘taster’: a 

mini Baies candle (their all-time classic scent), L’Ombre 

dans L’Eau Soap and Shower Oil. (Diptyque’s skincare and 

bodycare is less well-known but really worth exploring.) 

Benamôr Hand Cream Gift Set, £22 for 3 x 30ml 

(fenwick.co.uk). If you’re a fan of Portuguese brand Claus 

Porto’s highly decorative, wonderfully fragrant soaps, you also 

need to know about this Lisbon-based treasure of a brand, 

with its equally eye-catching packaging. The hand creams are 

super-silkifying, the perfect antidote to paws that have been 

endlessly sanitised, here in a trio of handbag-friendly sizes. 

The Perfume Society Discovery Boxes, from £23 (perfumesociety. 

org). OK, so declaring a MAJOR interest here: I am co-founder 

of The Perfume Society. Our idea was to enable people to try 

fragrances at home, at their leisure – never quite imagining there’d 

be a global pandemic and it would become almost impossible 

to try fragrances in stores, as is the current scenario. The boxes 

are curations of scents from many different perfume houses – so 

if you were feeling generous, you could add a promise to buy a 

large bottle, if your giftee falls in love with a particular scent. 

Aromatherapy Associates Moments of Discovery, £40 for 

10 x 3ml. What can I say? These are quite simply the best 

bath oils I’ve ever used, something I return to time and time 

again for myself, for friends, for anyone who’s having a tough 

time. This features single-bath-sized bottles of all their heroes, 

including Deep Sleep, Revive Morning and more. Just bliss. 

Liz Earle The Nature of Giving Shower & Shave Collection, 

£40, and Brilliantly Bespoke Collections, £50 (lizearle.com). 

Again, an unfailingly successful brand to give as pressies, in 

my experience. Converts will adore you – but there are still 

plenty of people out there waiting to discover this highly 

effective, no-nonsense, blissfully-fragrant skincare line, which 

this year has a cool blue winter forest vibe to its Christmas 

line-up. The Brilliantly Bespoke Collections, for women, can 

be customised with Skin Repair moisturiser in Light, Rich or 

Gel Cream, but again, it’s a bit of a well-kept secret that Liz 

Earle also does excellent skincare for men; this navy tin features 

all the basics to leave skin groomed, fresh and glowing. 

And one last tip: because we more than ever want our gifts 

to hit the mark this Christmas, you might copy something I 

do – which is simply to ask someone for a list of three things 

they’d love for Christmas (beauty, fragrance or otherwise). 

You choose one of the three, and there’s still the element of 

surprise – but they’re bound to get something that delights. 

I hope yours is wonderful. And that the turkey 

leftovers don’t stretch too far beyond Boxing Day. 

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Breathing is a hugely significant 

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Unlike walking and talking which 

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affects our respiratory, cardiovascular, 

neurological, gastrointestinal and 

muscular systems. It even affects our 

sleep, memory and concentration levels. 

Every part of us is influenced by the 

quality of our breath. When we breathe 

well we create the best conditions for 

health and wellbeing, when we don’t 

we lay the foundations for illness. 

Diaphragmatic, calm, regular 

breathing is the best way to breathe. 

Like the deep abdominal breathing of 

infancy, it allows us to receive generous 

amounts of oxygen to regenerate our 

body’s cells, nourish the brain, replenish 

the organs and refuel the muscles. 

Long, slow breaths at a rate of about 

13 breaths per minute are the goal. 

Our first response to stress is to 

breathe in a more restricted, distorted 

and tighter way and modern life is 

stressful, it bombards us constantly with 

digital information, endless noise and 

keeps us on a frantic treadmill, trying 

to balance work and home lives. Even 

relaxation involves the stimulation of 

TV screens and digital devices. Soon 

the ‘flight or fight’ response designed to 

be activated by our caveman ancestors 

relatively rarely, is permanently turned 

on. Quite quickly, a stress-impacted 

way of breathing can become a habit. 

The good news is that just as our 

stress levels influence how we breathe, 

how we breathe can influence our 

stress levels. As the breath naturally 

deepens and softens, the nervous system 

rebalances, the heart rate and blood 

pressure drop and the body and mind 

calm down, stimulating the ‘rest and 

digest’ and closing down our ‘flight or 

fight’ response. To reset your breath 

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and shoulders to relax and, breathing 

through your nose, focus on extending 

the exhalation, keeping the breath slow 

and low into the abdomen. Repetitive 

domestic tasks can also help to reset 

your breathing: try chopping veg, 

digging the garden or sweeping the floor 

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to the slowed timing of your breath. 

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Julie Simpson explains how to alleviate stress and optimise wellbeing 

by harnessing the power of ‘good’ breathing techniques 

Chest breathing 

Don’t hold your tummy in, it makes 

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impossible and leads to breathing 

high up in the chest. This causes 

tension in the upper back, shoulders 

and neck as it uses the upper body 

muscles instead of the lower primary 

respiratory muscles. To make matters 

worse, chest breathing causes the 

lower abdominal muscles to become 

chronically tightened, restricting 

digestion and elimination. If you’re 

not inhaling and exhaling fully, your 

Meditation 

Observing the breath with a deep, 

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technique to focus attention 

inwards and generate a powerful 

relaxation response. Meditation 

has also been shown to clear the 

mind, making it more productive. 

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on the floor. Breathe in for 

the count of 4, hold the breath for 

body responds by breathing faster 

to make up for the lack of oxygen, 

causing hyperventilation. To reverse 

the effects of chest breathing and 

hyper-ventilation, focus on breathing 

deeply into the abdomen, extending 

the exhalation and keeping breath slow 

while allowing chest and shoulders 

to relax. Do give away clothes that 

are too restrictive or too tight to 

allow your diaphragm to expand fully 

and avoid high heels which throw 

you off balance causing your back 

and breathing muscles to tighten. 

2 and then exhale for the count of 

6. As your breathing settles you can 

increase the length of your breaths. 

Try reciting this poem by peace 

campaigner and Buddhist monk 

Thich Nhat Hanh as you breathe… 

“Breathing in I calm 

body and mind. 

Breathing out, I smile. 

Dwelling in the present moment 

I know this is the only moment.” 


Wellbeing 

6 Days of 

Fitness & 

Wellbeing 

Sarah Maxwell shares her plans for a truly 

happy and relaxed Christmas 

This Christmas season is going to 

be very different for many of us 

so I want to give you the gift of 

good health, energy and a lot less stress. 

The last few months have given us 

a lot of time to reflect on our future 

health and wellbeing. When we think 

of the word ‘fitness’, visions of burpees, 

running and HIIT workouts often 

spring to mind. However, many of you 

will be delighted to know that these 

particular activities are only a very small 

element of fitness health and wellbeing. 

Fitness is whatever you want it 

to be, it should be something you 

enjoy and makes you feel good. 

This Christmas I am going to 

give you something that you can use 

throughout the season to support 

you physically and mentally... Your 

six days of Christmas health, fitness 

and wellbeing will get you through 

the festive season with a smile on 

your face and more energy than 

you know what to do with. 

I will be completely honest with 

you; I have spent years trying to 

please everyone and create the 

perfect Christmas. All I have ever 

got out of the weeks of planning is 

approximately 15 minutes of pleasure 

and satisfaction at a job well done. 

After the last few months, I have 

realised that this is not how I want it 

to be. My family want me to relax and 

have fun with them. They couldn’t 

care if the table decorations match or 

if the table cloth hasn’t been ironed. 

So I wish you a very Merry 

Christmas and here’s to a happier 

and healthier New Year. 

Day 1: 

Go for a 20-60 minute brisk walk 

today. Take in your surroundings, 

the sounds, the atmosphere. Take 

deep breaths through your nose 

and let your shoulders relax. 

Breathing through your nose allows 

you to take much deeper breaths, it 

engages the lower lungs and this enables 

the lungs to pump out more oxygen, 

which supports your cells and maintains 

healthy tissue and organ function. 

Day 2: 

Put on your favourite music – 

something that makes you smile 

and want to dance. (Christmas 

songs are optional). Close your 

eyes, move and enjoy. 

Day 3: 

Get yourself comfortable – either lie 

down or sit, whatever you prefer. I 

want you to close your mouth and 

breathe through your nose. Visualise 

the air going up through your nostrils. 

Breathe in for a count of four, then 

hold your breath for a count of 

three, and finally breathe out deeply 

through your nose for a count of 

eight. As you breathe out let your 

body relax. Repeat this 10 times. 

Please don’t worry if your mind 

wanders away. As soon as you are 

aware that your attention has gone 

elsewhere, just bring it back by 

concentrating on your breath. 

Day 4: 

Many of you will have seen the yoga 

tree pose. It’s supposed to take a lot 

of practice to stay in that position 

for a long time. If you are into yoga 

then do your tree pose on each leg for 

as long as you can, breathing deeply 

in and out through your nose. 

For those who haven’t tried yoga, 

stand on one leg, with the other foot 

brought up against your inner thigh, 

knee brought out to the side. Bring 

your palms together at the front of 

your chest, elbows out, and steadily 

breathe in and out of your nose. 

Do this for a minute on each leg. 

Day 5: 

Lock the door, draw the curtains, 

choose something that you’ve always 

wanted to watch on TV and snuggle 

down. No guilt. If you feel a sense 

of guilt creeping in, throw it out 

of your mind quickly and relax. 

Day 6: 

Water is mind and body magic. 

Schedule in a good half hour to 

have a soak in the bath or enjoy 

a long relaxing shower. Put some 

soothing music on and enjoy. 

Drinking a few glasses of water a day 

will keep you hydrated, especially 

when those corks start popping. 

Sarah Maxwell is a multiple awardwinning 

Fitness and Lifestyle coach 

and mum of two who juggles a lot 

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and her work at sarahmaxwell.com 

Sarah shares her Fitness and Lifestyle tips 

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Recipes: Nicci Gurr from Home Gurr’own 


Styling: Lucy Fleming 


Wonderchup 

is a new Ketchup 

made in Kent. Created by 

mum Elise Daly, it contains no 

added salt, sugars or fake sugars. It also 

has vitamins B6, B9, B12, D3 and E. 

Elise developed Wonderchup when she 

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and tasted delicious so her kids would actually 

eat it. Experimenting at home, Elise used 

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Sweet & sour baked ham 

Serves 6-8 Prep time: 15 mins, plus cooling 

time Cooking time: 2 hours 10 mins 

• 2½kg gammon joint, rolled and tied 

• 1 litre cider 

• 12 black peppercorns 

• 1 onion, halved 

• 2 bay leaves 

• 2 celery sticks, halved (or peelings 

from the spiralised tart) 

• 2 carrots, halved (or peelings 

from the spiralised tart) 

• 5g of parsley stalk 

• thyme and rosemary 

For the glaze: 

• 150g Wonderchup 

• 50ml sesame oil 

• 2 tbsp soy sauce 

• 2 tbsp of cider vinegar 

• 2cm piece of ginger, peeled 

and grated to a purée 

• 2 star anise, plus extra 

to use on the joint 

1 Put the gammon joint, cider, 

peppercorns, onion, bay, celery, carrots 

and parsley into a large pan, followed 

by enough water to cover the ham, then 

add the thyme and rosemary. Bring 

slowly to the boil, skim off any scum, 

then lower to a gentle simmer, cover and 

cook gently for 1½ hrs, or until the meat 

is tender. Turn off and leave to cool to 

room temperature, then leave the meat 

in the liquid in the fridge for up to two 

days until you are ready to bake it. 

2 Heat oven to 220˚C/200˚C fan/gas 7. 

Lift the ham onto a board and, using a 

small sharp knife, remove the skin and 

string, leaving as much fat as possible 

on the joint. Score the fat in a crisscross 

pattern, without cutting through 

the meat. Put the ham in a roasting 

tin lined with a double layer of foil. 

3 Heat the Wonderchup, sesame oil, soya 

sauce, ginger and star anise and cider 

vinegar in a saucepan until amalgamated. 

Leave to cool a little so the glaze thickens. 

4 Spread the glaze over the ham, 

then push star anise into some of the 

diamonds and bake for 40 mins until 

glossy and caramelised in patches. 

Baste the ham, spooning the glaze 

over it a couple of times during the 

cooking time. Leave to cool slightly 

before slicing and serving. 

 


Spiral seasonal tart 

Serves 6-8 Prep time: 30 mins, plus cooling 

Cooking time: Around an hour 

• 125g plain flour, plus extra for rolling 

• 125g wholemeal flour 

• 125g butter (you can make this 

vegan by using cold coconut 

oil instead of butter) 

• 100ml warm water 

• 4 tablespoons of rapeseed oil 

• 1 small onion, chopped 

• 3 cloves garlic, crushed 

• 125g carrots, peeled 

• 100g celery 

• 40g kale 

• 100g parsnips, peeled 


• salt and freshly ground black pepper 

1 Preheat oven to 190˚C. Grease and 

line a 22cm (8 inch) fluted tart tin. 

2 Cube your cold butter into a bowl 

with the sifted flours in, rub together 

with your fingers until like breadcrumbs. 

Slowly add warm water, mixing with 

a knife until combined. Cover and 

pop in the fridge for 20 minutes. 

4 Next, take your parsnips, carrots and 

celery and peel lengthways from top to 

tip to form long strips. Take the kale and 

slice into long strips of a similar size. 

5 Roll out your pastry and place it carefully 

in the tart ring – pressing into the edges. 

Prick the bottom, cover with parchment 

paper and baking beans (or dried beans) 

and blind bake for 20 minutes. 

6 Meanwhile, add the olive oil to 

a frying pan and sauté your onions 

and garlic until translucent. 

7 Take out the tart base and remove the 

baking beans and parchment. Add the 

onions and Wonderchup, using the back 

of a spoon to help get into the corners. 

8 Starting from the outside of the tart, lay 

the strips of vegetables alternately, standing 

on their side, until all the strips are used 

up and you’ve made a spiral pattern. 

9 Bake at 190˚C for 25 minutes. 

Serve straight away or cold as 

part of a boxing day lunch. 

 


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No, not a curry! Use up leftover turkey 

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• 675g cooked turkey, cut into chunks 

• 500ml stock 

• 1 large onion, chopped 

• 1 bay leaf 

• 2tbsp rapeseed oil 

• 3 garlic cloves, crushed 

• 2 jalapeno chillies, 

deseeded & chopped 

• 3cm piece root ginger, grated 


• ½tsp ground cinnamon 

• ¼tsp ground allspice 

• freshly ground black pepper 

• cooked red pepper strips, to garnish 

For the rice: 

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• 200g brown rice 

• 1200ml water/vegetable stock 

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Jo Arnell’s recommendations for naturally festive 

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leaved evergreen that will provide 

a pretty backdrop for other plants 

later in the season. Apparently every 

part of the myrtle is fragrant. 

Indoors 

Forcing bulbs 

It is possible to make spring come 

at Christmas – inside at least, if you 

plant scented bulbs like Paperwhite 

narcissi and prepared Hyacinths in 

the autumn. It’s more like trickery 

than forcing, as the bulbs are fooled 

into thinking winter has arrived in the 

summer, so that when we bring them 

inside and plant them into compost 

(or dangle them in jars) they imagine 

it’s spring and burst into growth. 

Make sure that you buy specially 

prepared bulbs, that have been 

primed to grow early. Paperwhites are 

quicker to grow – they will flower 

within 6 weeks of planting, while 

hyacinths take a little longer – pot 

these into a container with some 

bulb fibre and place in a cool dark 

place for 6-8 weeks, then bring into 

the light and warmth of fake spring 

once the shoot has emerged. Planted 

into decorative antique/retro bowls 

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too. The bulbs can then be planted 

outside in the new year and should 

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“Homemade decorations, 

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Wreathed in fragrance 

Homemade decorations, wreaths and 

table centrepieces are great fun to 

make and are a natural antidote to all 

the plastic that we get swamped with 

at Christmas. Use sprigs of rosemary, 

bay and other fragrant foliage to make 

them more enticing and the warmth 

of the room may help the leaves 

release their aromas. The great thing 

about making natural decorations is 

that they’re easily recycled afterwards 

– put them into your brown bin or 

straight onto the compost heap. 

Making scents 

For long lasting Christmassy fragrance 

indoors you could make your own 

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Sue Whigham shares her 

love of native trees and their 

regional differences 

Wayland’s Smithy is a 

Neolithic long barrow 

in Oxfordshire built 

about a mile and a half along the 

ancient Ridgeway from the Uffington 

White Horse. History has it that its 

foundations date back to the thirty-sixth 

century BC. A magical and atmospheric 

place, the Smithy is surrounded by a 

grove of the most glorious beech trees. 

We actually found ourselves whispering 

whilst we were there, whilst candles 

had been lit just inside the tomb. 

But rather than wander along the 

Ridgeway from where we’d left the 

car, we first stepped into a beech 

wood where once conifers – long since 

harvested – had stood, just stopping 

occasionally to try out the ‘dens’ that 

line the central track. We followed 

the line of the Ridgeway towards 

the Smithy through tall beeches, 

all competing with each other for 

sunlight and the resources they need 

for life. I can’t tell you how beautiful 

it was in there. I read somewhere 

that another visitor to these very 

woods could almost imagine the 

Green Knight of Arthurian legend 

appearing. I know what he meant. 

Every so often we found a few 

beech seedlings about a foot high and 

when we looked up and saw that little 

patch of blue sky we realised how 

lucky they had been in comparison 

with hundreds of would-be siblings 

which hadn’t had the luck to land 

from their parent tree and take root 

in these light filled clearings. 

Young beech trees grow fast given 

optimum conditions; let’s say eighteen 

inches a season. However, often the 

crowns of their parents block out 

a lot of the light and only leave a 

tiny amount for their offspring to 

survive with. But as long as they can 

photosynthesise, they’ll live and slowly 

grow. It seems that these beeches 

benefit from a slow start as it leads to 

a good old age (barring all manner of 

accidents, of course) – the parent can 

be two hundred years old by the time 

that their ‘child’ reaches eighty years. 

The fascinating thing is that these 

trees will be in symbiotic contact 

with their offspring through their 

root systems throughout their lives 

and provide them with essential 

nutrients. Peter Wohllenben, in his 

book ‘The Hidden Life of Trees’ 

describes finding what he thought were 

mossy stones in the 3,000 acre wood 

that he used to manage in Germany. 

He lifted the moss and scraped it 

away. Much to his astonishment, he 

discovered old wood still attached 

to the ground. He got down to a 

greenish layer which told him that 

there was still chlorophyll there. He 

had found the remains of an ancient 

tree, the centre of which had rotted 

away centuries ago. The surrounding 

trees were still providing sugar to 

this stump and thus it had been kept 

alive for at least four to five hundred 

years. Oh, if only trees could talk... 

A single tree is at the mercy of the 

vagaries of the weather but together, 

like the occupants of these beech 

woods, the trees work as a team and as 

a result can and do, reach a great age. 


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Each tree 

of the same 

species is vital to its 

neighbours. For instance, 

if one dies then winter storms 

can whip through and batter the 

trees about, whilst in the heat of the 

summer, the exposed forest floor dries 

out and reduces the amount of water 

that reaches the trees’ root systems. 

Alternatively though, one of the 

seedlings battling away on the forest 

floor with its handkerchief of sunlight 

will surely benefit from a bit more light. 

The other interesting thing about 

the few days we spent walking in 

chalk country was the difference 

between native species growing there 

and those that we are used to here in 

the Weald with our oak, hornbeam, 

sweet chestnut, field maple, hazel 

and ash. There we spotted the 

Wayfaring Tree, Viburnum lantana, 

so called in the sixteenth century by 

the herbalist, Gerard, who recorded 

it in 1597 growing on the routes 

between Wiltshire and London. An 

older name for this native hedgerow 

plant is ‘Hoarwithy’. ‘Hoar’ meaning 

grey haired. Both the twigs and the 

undersides are covered with a thick 

layer of downy grey hairs (tomentum). 

This is a lovely shrub which not only 

has umbels of creamy white flowers 

in the spring but follows these with 

an autumn display of deep red leaves 

and clusters of black berries. And 

not only that, the plant provides 

food for several moth species when 

they are in their larval form. 

We also spotted Prunus padus, the 

bird cherry. After years of taking the 

same route up to the Ridgeway from 

the village, this time we were stopped 

in our tracks by the sight of a hedgerow 

shrub with distinctive prunus leaves 

and great clumps of black fruits. We’ve 

had three bird cherries planted together 

at home for years but they have never 

produced berries or for that matter, the 

white frothy, almond scented blooms 

we thought we might see in spring. 

I think we planted them with the 

flowers in mind as they are a magnet 

to all manner of pollinating insects. 

Maybe these three are too exposed 

and isolated in their current position. 

I suspect that might be the problem. 

And then there was a mature 

specimen of our native Euonymus alatus 

with distinctive ‘corky’ wings on its 

branches and a few pinky red fruits 

opening up to bright orange coated 

seeds. It’s amazing how much you 

can miss 

trudging along 

in the countryside. We 

hadn’t really noticed those 

very distinctive branches before. 

By the Smithy on the same day 

were several spindle trees, Euonymus 

europaeus, but these really couldn’t 

be missed with their great clouds 

of scarlet capsules opening to reveal 

their orange seeds on rather leafless, 

arching branches. Both of these 

euonymus make smashing garden 

shrubs for autumn interest and, of 

course, there are cultivars of both 

which are particularly good. E. ‘Red 

Cascade’ AGM has arching branches 

absolutely laden with red fruits, 

combined with scarlet autumn colour. 

Euonymus are so varied. I remember 

one smasher growing away at Sheffield 

Park a few years ago. We made a 

note of it as one to look out for. 

What an absolutely lovely plant. E. 

hamiltonianus subs. sieboldianus, is 

related to E. europaeus and its autumn 

leaf colours of pink, red and yellow 

combines rather startlingly with bright 

pink fruits to very dramatic effect. 

Sue Whigham can be contacted on 

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Get children involved in the kitchen over Christmas with Jo Arnell’s charming festive cupcakes 

Reindeer Cupcakes 

These are great fun for everyone to 

make. Children may need a hand 

cutting up the (marshmallow) eyes 

and also the ‘Curly Wurly’ Reindeer 

antlers, as these can be brittle and 

hard to make into consistent ‘antler’ 

shapes. They’re also almost irresistible, 

so you may need a few spare bars… 

Serves: 12 Prep time: 40 minutes 

Cooking time: 20 minutes 

• 100g self raising flour 

• 100g caster sugar 

• 60g softened butter 

• 100ml milk 

• 20g cocoa powder 

• 1 egg 

• ½tsp vanilla essence 

• 12 mini marshmallows 

• 24 small dark chocolate chips 

• 12 giant chocolate buttons 

• 12 halved glacé cherries 

• 5 Curly Wurly bars 

For the cupcakes: 

1 Line a 12-hole cake tin with 

paper cases and pre-heat the 

oven to gas 3/170°C. 

2 Put all the ingredients, except the 

milk, into a bowl and slowly combine 

with a handwhisk (on a low setting). 

3 Gradually add the milk, then 

turn the mixer up to a higher 

speed and beat for 2 minutes. 

4 Spoon the mixture into the cases 

and place the tin in the oven. Bake 

for approx. 15-20 mins (depending 

on your oven – fan ovens are quick). 

To decorate: 

I used ready made chocolate frosting, 

but homemade is tastier – beat 

together 50g melted chocolate, 

100g butter and 150g icing sugar. 

1 Once the cakes have cooled, 

spread frosting over each one. 

2 Place a chocolate button towards 

the base of cake to make a ‘muzzle’. 

3 Cut the marshmallows in half and 

flatten slightly (I used the back of a 

knife) to make the whites of eyes. 

4 Position above chocolate 

button muzzle. 

5 Stick chocolate chips into 

position as eye ‘pupils’ with a 

little frosting (children may need 

help with this fiddly bit). 

6 Cut Curly Wurlys into ‘antler’ shapes 

and push into top edge of cakes. 

7 Lastly (in tune with the ‘Rudolf’ 

song) “add a cherry shiny nose”. 

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Jane Howard’s 

Fables from 

the Farm 

In the final instalment from Coopers 

Farm, Jane preps her herd for winter 

It’s going to be busy in the cow department this 

November. We’ve got to pregnancy diagnose (PD) 

everyone, then I have the whole herd TB tested 

and then we need to wean the calves, sell the stores, 

and bring everyone inside for the winter. Phew! 

At the beginning of the month, the wonderful Michael 

Owen (no, not the football player) will turn up to PD the 

cows. The bull was turned out with the cows at the beginning 

of May so they should all be about six months in-calf by 

now. The anatomy of a cow is such that by putting a camera 

– attached by a flex to a pair of sci-fi spectacles – up their 

bottoms he can see into the uterus, measure the size of the 

calf and calculate days of gestation. I find it ridiculously 

stressful as the camera moves around inside each cow in 

search of a good view. It’s usually joyous as each cow gets 

the thumbs up and occasionally very sad 

when it doesn’t. By knowing the dates we 

can more or less work out the order in which 

they’ll calve in February and March – useful 

information when wandering round the 

shed in the middle of a cold winter night 

trying to decide which of twenty cows 

all lying down is going to calve next. 

Once they’ve been PD’d then a week later 

they will all have to queue up again for 

our annual whole herd TB test. Each cow 

gets two jabs from our great vet Sarah – one of Bovine 

(cow) TB and one of Avian (bird) TB. Three days later 

she comes back to measure whether the cow has ‘reacted’ 

to the injections with a raised lump, but this is only an 

issue if the bovine lump is bigger that the avian one. 

More stress as it’s curtains for anyone failing the test. 

This has not so far happened at Coopers, but even so 

we are pleased when we’ve overcome that hurdle too. 

By then it will be the middle of this month, the nights 

are darker, the weather wetter and the grass will have all but 

stopped growing. This means it’s time to wean the spring 

born calves from their mothers so that they can come into 

the barn for warmth and extra food and the cows can have 

a few months off before it all starts again in February. For 

some of the cows the weaning can’t come soon enough. 

Some of them seem very relieved to be released from their 

maternal duties and disappear over the horizon in search 

of peace and quiet, but others, the keener mothers, just 

stand by the gate and bellow for about three days. It is very 

noisy in Stonegate when that happens, but eventually calm 

...the nights 

are darker, the 

weather wetter 

and the grass 

will have all but 

stopped growing 

is restored and we can all have a good night’s sleep again! 

So that’s the cows and calves sorted, then we just have to 

bring back the yearlings – last year’s calves 

– which have been on a neighbour’s farm, 

to sort before the winter. By now they are 

about 20 months old and we will go through 

all the females – heifers – to decide which 

are good enough to be kept for breeding. 

The rest, together with all the steers then 

go off to market. Cattle markets come in 

two types – Primestock Markets for cattle 

that have been fattened and are ready for 

the butcher and Store Markets where cattle 

that are grown but not fat, known as finished, get sold to 

farmers who make a business from finishing cattle. Sad to 

see them go but they have had a lovely summer and will 

be keen to see a barn full of fresh straw and endless food! 

By the end of the month all that will remain is to get the 

cows in. This year there is a huge shortage of straw – the 

price has gone up by about 25% – and that’s if you can 

get hold of it, so everyone is thinking laterally. Wood chip, 

hemp, cardboard – I’ve heard lots of different thoughts. Here 

we’ve decided to run them in the woods for the month of 

December. We’ve put feeders in for the hay and there is a 

trough, so with plenty of shelter they should be fine but if it 

gets very wet, well who knows. Either way they’ll be tucked 

up by Christmas and then I can sleep easy knowing everyone 

is warm and toasty whatever the weather. Just as well really 

as by February I’ll be getting up again to check on calving! 

Follow Jane Howard – and the farm – on Instagram @coopersfarm 


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