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Notebook<br />
Open for business<br />
Fenwick and Bentalls stores are back with a bang this<br />
<strong>May</strong>! After reopening in April, stores in Tunbridge<br />
Wells, Canterbury and Kingston are keen to show off<br />
their latest brands, pop-ups and dining experiences.<br />
Bentalls Kingston welcomed back shoppers safely<br />
on Monday 12 April with a number of new brands<br />
from the likes of BoConcept, Ergo and Start-Rite as<br />
well as reintroducing Presented By who launched<br />
their space just before the last lockdown. Fenwick<br />
Tunbridge Wells have unveiled their new<br />
Trinny London pop-up where you can shop<br />
from Trinny Woodall’s makeup range, loved<br />
by beauty experts. And Fenwick Canterbury’s<br />
outdoor dining will be in full swing in their<br />
alfresco café bar. The Fenwick online shop<br />
fenwick.co.uk will remain open for orders, as will<br />
the Fenwick Concierge and Call and Collect<br />
Services. Plus, two-hour complimentary parking<br />
will be in place across the three stores when<br />
spending £50 or more in store (until 31 <strong>May</strong>).<br />
Dream steam<br />
Spa Valley Railway in Tunbridge Wells<br />
will be reopening on Saturday 22 <strong>May</strong><br />
<strong>2021</strong>. Events include: 30 & 31 <strong>May</strong>’s Bank<br />
Holiday Steam & Diesel Trains, 26 & 27<br />
June’s Recreating Bulleid Pacific No. 34095<br />
‘Brentor’ and 17 & 18 July’s Spring<br />
Steam Weekend, including ‘Sir Keith<br />
Park’. For a full programme, see<br />
spavalleyrailway.co.uk<br />
Meet the<br />
makers<br />
Visit Market Square, Tenterden,<br />
on Saturday 1 <strong>May</strong> between 10am<br />
and 4pm for the Creative Market,<br />
where you can browse work by<br />
makers and artists from the<br />
surrounding area.<br />
Re-ignite<br />
your<br />
curiosity<br />
If you have exhausted your skills<br />
in lockdown discover more with<br />
Curious House. Kicking off on<br />
<strong>May</strong> 17th, courses for the month<br />
include willow weaving, paper<br />
sculpture, modern calligraphy<br />
and sculpting with wire. Details<br />
of these and others throughout<br />
the year are at curioushouse.net<br />
LOOK FORWARD:<br />
Rye International Jazz and Blues Festival<br />
is set to return to the seaside town<br />
and surrounding areas this June. With<br />
performances from Macy Gray, Rumer,<br />
Gabrielle and Incognito on the schedule,<br />
events will be running until October<br />
showcasing the finest in jazz, blues, R&B,<br />
soul, funk, contemporary and crossover<br />
music. Keep up to date with the festival,<br />
and all their latest news, at ryejazz.com<br />
istock.com/Silvia Jimenez Izquierdo<br />
priceless-magazines.com<br />
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