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Contents<br />
<strong>October</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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HOUSE OF THE MONTH<br />
Dream homes on the market<br />
NOTEBOOK<br />
Upcoming events for your diary<br />
THE MUST LIST<br />
Keep up-to-date with the latest<br />
must-see and must-have goodies<br />
PATTERN & PURPOSE<br />
A full home revamp with<br />
colour and artworks galore<br />
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STEP OUT FROM<br />
THE SHADOWS<br />
Harness your dark side with<br />
stylish picks from Dr Martens<br />
WEDNESDAY WE<br />
WEAR BLACK<br />
Rebecca Cuffe edits chic gothic<br />
style à la Wednesday Addams<br />
AUTENTICA COCINA<br />
We head to Mexico for recipe<br />
inspiration this month<br />
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BURIED TREASURE<br />
Jo Arnell concocts the<br />
ultimate bulb lasagne<br />
A DESTINATION OF A<br />
DIFFERENT NATURE<br />
Sue Whigham is inspired by<br />
her recent garden travels<br />
MEET THE HEAD<br />
Get to know Walthamstow Hall<br />
Sevenoaks’s new headmistress<br />
Louise Chamberlain<br />
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75<br />
GET THE LOOK<br />
Emulate Justine Hodgson-<br />
Barker’s textured approach<br />
NATURAL BLEND<br />
Take a tour of our food writer,<br />
Charlotte Butterworth’s,<br />
Provence-inspired home<br />
GET THE LOOK<br />
Enjoy period living with<br />
Charlotte’s classic choices<br />
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SPF 365<br />
Josephine Fairley stresses<br />
the importance of yearround<br />
sun protection<br />
JUST A MINUTE<br />
Sarah Maxwell fits in a<br />
speedy meditation<br />
NOURISH TO FLOURISH<br />
Charlotte Lau explores the<br />
power of turmeric<br />
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FABLES FROM THE FARM<br />
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As the <strong>October</strong> nights draw in, it’s time to savour cosy<br />
autumn evenings and make the most of life indoors.<br />
With a little help and inspiration from this issue’s<br />
<strong>Interiors</strong> <strong>Supplement</strong>, which has a special focus on<br />
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With the funkiest cinema room we’ve ever seen, the<br />
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and beautiful use of pattern and texture. See how interior<br />
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Goudhurst<br />
Damien Pestell picks his favourite<br />
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<strong>2023</strong>. Partially submerged into<br />
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Wells is also within easy reach.<br />
Setting: A wonderful rural position<br />
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Beds: 5 Baths: 5<br />
Special features: There is a fully<br />
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Pleasing details: A detached,<br />
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Agent: Savills<br />
01580 720161 savills.com<br />
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Shipbourne<br />
£6,500,000<br />
The dream: A most impressive Georgian-style<br />
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is the nearest major town 3 miles away.<br />
Setting: Down a series of back lanes, the property<br />
is approached via a gravel drive with a stone<br />
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Beds: 6 Baths: 5<br />
Special features: The magnificent drawing<br />
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Pleasing details: The hand crafted period features<br />
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Agent: Savills 0207 409 5945 savills.com<br />
Lenham<br />
£900,000<br />
The dream: A pretty character cottage with beautiful<br />
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Maidstone and Ashford are a 20 minute drive away.<br />
Setting: Nestled in the North Kent Downs<br />
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Beds: 4 Baths: 3<br />
Special features: The lovely bedrooms with exposed<br />
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Agent: Rafferty & Pickard<br />
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Take note! We’ve rounded up the best<br />
of what to see and do near you<br />
Persian Paradise<br />
We’re excited to hear about A<br />
Persian Paradise – the new exhibition<br />
opening at National Trust’s Sissinghurst Castle<br />
Garden. Travel back to the 1920s with writers Vita<br />
Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson and explore their time<br />
together spent in Persia (now Iran) during a period of significant<br />
change. Vita and Harold were two of the most high-profile cultural<br />
figures of their generation and, through their writing, channelled a<br />
growing fascination for all things Persian. Their holiday snaps provide<br />
many glimpses of life that were transformed in the following decades. Vita’s<br />
search for wildflowers and her rummaging through bazaars – which she<br />
preferred to the gossip of the colonial English Drawing Room – enabled<br />
her to create a unique castle garden and home at Sissinghurst. Head<br />
along to see this legacy in two transformed exhibition spaces filled with<br />
a dazzling display of vibrant ceramics, music, projected film, letters,<br />
archival photographs and more. Discover how Vita and Harold’s<br />
trips to Iran became a defining time in their lives that would<br />
later inspire much of their artistry, as well as that of others,<br />
including Virginia Woolf. A Persian Paradise runs<br />
daily from 14 <strong>October</strong> until 24 March 2024.<br />
nationaltrust.org.uk/sissinghurst<br />
Liquid Spirit<br />
For the month of <strong>October</strong>, Silent Pool<br />
have distillery tours on Thursday,<br />
Friday, Saturday and Sunday each<br />
week. Find out all about Silent Pool’s<br />
Liquid Garnishes which are intensely<br />
aromatic blends of botanical oils<br />
designed to elevate the aroma – and<br />
thus the flavour – of your G&T.<br />
There’s no need to add a fruit or<br />
herbs, simply spritz your Liquid<br />
Garnish across the top of your drink<br />
and let the mist work its magic.<br />
The distillery’s Aroma Masterclass<br />
(on 27th <strong>October</strong>) is led by a gin<br />
expert and enables you to get creative<br />
and blend your very own custom<br />
liquid garnish to take home. The<br />
botanical oils, bottles and knowhow<br />
are all provided in this fun<br />
and enlightening experience – a<br />
great one to enjoy with friends.<br />
You’ll also sample the Silent Pool<br />
Gin Expressions range, find out<br />
how botanicals are used in gin, and<br />
explore the role of aroma in relation<br />
to enhancing our sense of taste.<br />
silentpooldistillers.com<br />
SO KIND<br />
ARTED<br />
Kent Painters Group<br />
(KPG) is a not-for-profit<br />
organisation started over 30 years<br />
ago to raise money for local mental<br />
health charities. To date they have raised<br />
£330,000. Once again you will be able<br />
to purchase art from Kent’s leading<br />
artists and sculptors, and this time<br />
you will also be able to have a coffee,<br />
lunch or even walk in the beautiful<br />
surrounding countryside. At the<br />
opening drinks, on Friday 27th<br />
<strong>October</strong> between 6-9pm, you can<br />
meet some of the artists as well<br />
as having the first opportunity to<br />
purchase their art. Following this they<br />
will be open on the Saturday (12-<br />
4pm) and Sunday (10am-4pm).<br />
kentpaintersgroup.co.uk<br />
©National Trust Images/Richard Holttum<br />
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GC the OG!<br />
Diary at the ready! You’re<br />
guaranteed a smile and a laugh<br />
at Graham Clarke’s Studio<br />
Gallery open from 11am-3pm<br />
on 6th, 7th, 8th <strong>October</strong>,<br />
3rd, 4th, 5th November and<br />
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 9th December.<br />
Discover a huge collection of<br />
work from greetings cards,<br />
books and posters to limitededition<br />
etchings produced<br />
entirely by hand. Learn about<br />
the traditional printing process<br />
and hear some of the stories<br />
behind his work.<br />
grahamclarke.co.uk<br />
Fifty Guild makers will<br />
exhibit beautiful, handmade<br />
crafts produced in small workshops and<br />
studios across Sussex and beyond, beside the seaside<br />
at the iconic De La Warr Pavilion on 21 & 22 <strong>October</strong>. The<br />
Guild’s sixth show at this popular venue will have a wide range<br />
of disciplines, including work by new and more recent members.<br />
Take the opportunity to discuss work directly with the makers<br />
who’ll be happy to talk about their inspirations and explain<br />
their specialist techniques. Purchase unique works over the<br />
weekend or commission a more personal piece.<br />
The Pavilion’s bright and stylish Café Bar and Kitchen use fresh,<br />
seasonal ingredients, locally sourced where possible, for<br />
delicious lunches, sandwiches and cakes. Weather<br />
permitting, food and drink may be enjoyed<br />
on the balconies whilst overlooking<br />
the sea. Full admission details<br />
thesussexguild.co.uk<br />
WE DO LIKE TO BE...<br />
Hedge Issue<br />
Surrey Wildlife Trust and West Horsley Place are<br />
promising a great day of music, food, craft and<br />
conservation when they host the UK’s very first<br />
hedgerow-themed music and arts festival on Saturday<br />
21st <strong>October</strong>. Designed as a celebration of the rich<br />
cultural and natural history of these ‘forgotten heroes’<br />
of our landscape, Surrey Hedgerow Festival will feature<br />
folk, jazz and rock music from local performers as well<br />
as educational talks, guided walks, storytelling, art<br />
displays and roaming performances from Guildford<br />
Shakespeare. Good sustainable food – including tasty<br />
items garnered from local hedgerows – and locally<br />
brewed refreshments from local Surrey Hills Enterprise<br />
businesses are guaranteed too. Admittance is just £5<br />
and free for under 16s. surreywildlifetrust.org/events<br />
WALKIE TALKIE<br />
On the last Wednesday of every month,<br />
Merriments Gardens holds a ‘Walk & Talk’<br />
in their beautiful four-acre RHS Partner<br />
Garden in East Sussex. Spend an hour with<br />
their Garden Curator and other members<br />
of the team, discussing the blaze of autumn<br />
colours that can be created using late flowering<br />
perennials, ornamental grasses and trees. Get<br />
your own gardening questions answered by<br />
the experts too! <strong>October</strong>’s event will take place<br />
on Wednesday 25th <strong>October</strong> at 10.30am.<br />
Entry to this event is free and there’s no need<br />
to book, so just turn up! merriments.co.uk<br />
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Local Focal<br />
The much anticipated return of Cranbrook Art<br />
Show will showcase exciting new talent for you to<br />
discover alongside familiar artists to enjoy. Come and<br />
experience a variety of abstract and representational<br />
works in a wide range of media in the beautiful<br />
Vestry Hall, and entry is free. It’s definitely a date<br />
for the your diary if you’re looking for a new piece<br />
for your home or the perfect gift. It’ll be open<br />
from November 9th – 11th 10am-5pm, with a<br />
late night on Friday until 7pm. Pictured is a piece<br />
by Dani Humberstone cranbrookartshow.org.uk<br />
The Festival<br />
of Crafts returns to Farnham<br />
Maltings on 14th and 15th <strong>October</strong>,<br />
part of Farnham’s <strong>October</strong> Craft Month.<br />
Discover the best of British artisans across<br />
a range of handmade crafts from jewellery and<br />
ceramics to stationery, homewares, wood and metal<br />
work, textiles, furniture, lighting and print. Championing<br />
great design and making with an opportunity to meet<br />
and buy directly from the creators, an inspiring<br />
workshop offering lends the chance to try a new<br />
craft through a variety of taster sessions.<br />
Tickets for The Festival of Crafts are £6<br />
in advance (plus booking fee) or £8<br />
on the door (under 18s free).<br />
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MAKE IT GOOD
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We’re Going on a Bear Hunt comes to<br />
life at Wakehurst, Kew’s wild botanic<br />
garden in Sussex. This <strong>October</strong> halfterm<br />
from the 14 th to the 19 th , follow<br />
in the footsteps of the characters in<br />
the tale through sensory installations<br />
plotted along a stunning autumnal<br />
landscape. A must for all fans of this<br />
children’s classic! kew.org/wakehurst<br />
<strong>October</strong> is a time for children<br />
to gleefully demand free<br />
chocolate galore, but we say the<br />
adults should get a treat too! Only<br />
Coco’s tasty bars are wonderfully<br />
dressed up for the occasion, with<br />
loads of fun, unique flavours. They<br />
are handmade in Sussex and their<br />
festive flavours are well worth<br />
earmarking as a stocking filler or<br />
small gift for Christmas before they<br />
sell out! £5.50 only-coco.co.uk<br />
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From must-sees to must-buys and<br />
must-dos, don’t miss this month’s<br />
round up of what to buy, see, do,<br />
and generally get excited about!<br />
It’s time to wear it pink! Raise<br />
awareness and funds for Breast<br />
Cancer on <strong>October</strong> 20th by<br />
dressing up in your most Barbiecore<br />
shades. Register a JustGiving page<br />
and order helpful materials at<br />
the link below – then it’s up to<br />
you! Do a bakesale, school or<br />
work event, quiz or game –<br />
whatever you like. As for<br />
what to wear? We are<br />
loving this Oliver Bonas<br />
cardigan for £65 but<br />
anything pink will work!<br />
breastcancernow.org<br />
Heritage Orchard Days,<br />
Orchard Tours and Half<br />
Term activities – Brogdale<br />
Collections is the place<br />
to be for harvest season.<br />
There’s a Heritage open day<br />
on the 15th with campfire<br />
cooking, apple pressing,<br />
and hundreds of apple and<br />
pear varieties to taste as you<br />
harvest your own to take<br />
home in a free tote. Plus<br />
on the 27th they will be<br />
screening Hotel Transylvania<br />
2 in their working barn with<br />
plenty of family friendly<br />
treats and entertainment.<br />
brogdalecollections.org<br />
©National Trust Images Rachael Warren<br />
’Tis the season of jackolanterns and<br />
pumpkin spice! So what better day<br />
trip with the family than to Chartwell,<br />
where the annual pumpkin display is<br />
in full throes in the Walled Garden this<br />
month. The family home and garden<br />
of Sir Winston Churchill, Chartwell is<br />
always filled with historical intrigue but<br />
in the autumn it is especially lovely with<br />
its far reaching views of the Weald of<br />
Kent, nodding sunflowers, woodlands<br />
to wander in, and branches laden with<br />
apples. nationaltrust.org.uk<br />
Why should birthdays<br />
and Christmas get all the<br />
cakes? Get in the spirit<br />
of the spooky season with Lola’s<br />
Cupcakes’ Halloween range.<br />
With brownies, cupcakes and<br />
showstopping layer cakes, vegan<br />
options and details like dark<br />
oreo crumbs, creepy colours and<br />
blood red raspberry compote,<br />
they are a real decadent treat<br />
for any spooktacular soiree!<br />
lolascupcakes.co.uk<br />
We love all things cosy and warm in the colder<br />
months, which is why Romney Marsh Wools are<br />
a must right now. They have soft throws, classic<br />
scarves, toasty socks, plus plenty of giftable goodies<br />
to get ahead of the festive shopping game – and all<br />
made from 100% British Wool. This tawny<br />
throw (£85) and matching cushion<br />
(£45) are perfect for snuggling up by<br />
the fire with a good book of a chilly<br />
evening. romneymarshwools.co.uk<br />
Great House<br />
Farm Stores’<br />
new Autumn<br />
’23 scented candle is<br />
warm and woodsy with<br />
sandalwood, clementine<br />
and still-warm embers.<br />
It comes in a refillable<br />
ceramic vessel handmade<br />
in the UK and costs<br />
£54 and refills are £26.<br />
greathousefarmstores.co.uk<br />
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Many of our<br />
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ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE<br />
Art for all<br />
Gallery 35 is a new venture in Cranbrook,<br />
showcasing a variety of local and affordable<br />
art, from paintings, to jewellery, to ceramics.<br />
We are a gallery and<br />
artists’ hub which aims<br />
to bring the creative<br />
community together<br />
with coffee mornings, artist talks,<br />
workshops, and demonstrations.<br />
Shirley Jenner is the Owner of Gallery<br />
35. Having owned and rented out the<br />
building of Gallery 35 for several years,<br />
Shirley decided it was time to run<br />
something for herself again, and since<br />
she was always interested in art, Gallery<br />
35 was born! As an avid painter and<br />
seamstress, creativity is very important<br />
to Shirley. In fact, some of her paintings<br />
are on display in the gallery. If you get a<br />
chance, do ask her about her paintings,<br />
as she has special anecdotes for each one!<br />
Polly Bennett is the Gallery Manager.<br />
After spending eight years in London<br />
studying Fine Art and Decorative<br />
Surfaces at City & Guilds of London Art<br />
School and working in the decorative<br />
industry, Polly’s love of nature drew<br />
her back to Kent. At Gallery 35, Polly<br />
is excited to create a friendly, inviting<br />
space for artists, makers and art-lovers<br />
to meet. You might find her weaving<br />
away or gilding on paper in the gallery.<br />
Being an art teacher, she’s always thrilled<br />
to demonstrate techniques, so don’t<br />
hesitate to ask her any questions!<br />
We welcome anyone and everyone<br />
with a curiosity for the arts; whether<br />
you’re in the mood for coffee<br />
or art, drop by Gallery 35!<br />
gallery35highstreet.com |<br />
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01580 715704 | Gallery35, 35 High Street, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 3DN<br />
Images clockwise from top right:<br />
Jo Burton: ‘Joy’, Acrylic on canvas;<br />
Zayana Ceramics: ‘Unpredictable Hues’,<br />
Slightly groggy clay;<br />
Chris Schneider: ‘Meadow Storm’, Giclee print;<br />
Lottie Reason: ‘Josie’s Chair’, Oil on canvas;<br />
Dizzy Pragnell: ‘Star Fruit’, Vegetable papyrus.
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M<br />
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as to whether Equity<br />
Release is safe and these<br />
concerns, in many cases, stem from<br />
what people have heard about<br />
Equity Release from years ago.<br />
Lacal adviser, Sarah Ferrell explains,<br />
“Today’s schemes are unrecognisable<br />
from some of the original “Home<br />
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was very much seen as a last resort.<br />
Nowadays, with flexible plans<br />
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Release can be a helpful part of<br />
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Interest rates are somewhat higher<br />
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Why would I apply for Equity Release?<br />
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Whether you need to repay a<br />
mortgage, finance some unexpected<br />
expenditure, gift to family or just make<br />
retirement more comfortable, there are<br />
a number of reasons why somebody<br />
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property as a way to raise funds.<br />
Sarah explains that there are many<br />
different ways in which retirement<br />
mortgages can be set up, so it is definitely<br />
not a “one size fits all” scenario. There<br />
is so much regulation and protection<br />
in place nowadays that the schemes<br />
of the past are unrecognisable to the<br />
wealth of options available today.<br />
“My role is to fully understand<br />
why somebody is looking to raise<br />
the money, what their plans for<br />
the future are and then find the<br />
scheme that is right for them.”<br />
“If somebody is considering raising<br />
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Sarah is happy to visit your home<br />
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Midwinter<br />
16-18 NOVEMBER<br />
PADDOCK WOOD | KENT<br />
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The <strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Midwinter Fair is the best place to find<br />
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Salcombe Dairy<br />
make ice cream in the<br />
summer and awardwinning<br />
bean-to-bar<br />
chocolate in the winter. They<br />
only use the very best organic,<br />
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5Simply Rye, is the<br />
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their Hop Farm pop-up. We<br />
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Previous pages & above: The initial inspiration for the living room came from the garden. A backdrop of soft colours has been teamed with a textured<br />
vinyl wallpaper – its subtle geometric shapes show up when hit by light. A hand-loomed rug is by Wendy Morrison and the wall hanging by Lucy Tiffany<br />
Down a leafy lane, in the<br />
picturesque middle of nowhere,<br />
is an architect-designed<br />
home that was built on the site of<br />
a bungalow. It is unassuming, and<br />
apparently low-rise from the outside,<br />
but cleverly utilises its sloping site to<br />
create two storeys. A fabulous garden<br />
– both ornamental and productive –<br />
wraps around the house and beyond<br />
its boundaries there are far-reaching<br />
views out across the countryside.<br />
The owners knew from the outset<br />
that so much thought had gone into<br />
the design and structure of this building<br />
it deserved an equally thoughtful<br />
interior – one that could incorporate<br />
a combination of styles, enhance the<br />
existing structure and bring in the<br />
natural beauty of the surrounding<br />
landscape. But how to do it?<br />
It is hard enough to create an interior<br />
scheme if you have firm tastes and clear<br />
style ideas, but when you have just<br />
moved into a fairly stark contemporary<br />
space and want to mix florals, patterns<br />
and texture – and add in the sleek lines<br />
of some mid-century style too – the<br />
process becomes complicated. How<br />
can you marry seemingly disparate <br />
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This page, clockwise: The original kitchen was softened with retro accessories; a corner of the sitting area – artworks are a prominent feature<br />
throughout the house; The pink tiled splashback; A shapely dining table is by Bontempi<br />
styles, soften a stark and industrial<br />
look and yet keep its edge? What, if<br />
anything, can be kept from a previous<br />
property that was so vastly different?<br />
“We didn’t know where to start.<br />
Our previous house was pre-Victorian<br />
– the interior was Arts and Crafts,<br />
William Morris prints and lots of<br />
texture and pattern. This is very<br />
modern. We wanted to incorporate<br />
design, pattern and texture here.<br />
That’s where Justine stepped in.”<br />
Enter Justine Hodgson-Barker of<br />
Barkerdesign, who has helped the couple<br />
to re-imagine the interior, tailoring it<br />
to meet their needs, both practical and<br />
aesthetic. The project was broken down<br />
into phases. “Phase one was the kitchen,<br />
living area and master bedroom,” says<br />
Justine, explaining a little about how<br />
they approached the initial brief. “The<br />
building is very contemporary – it was<br />
built in 2007 and there’s a lot of pure<br />
light that comes in. It has such a bright<br />
feel, we didn’t want to lose that and<br />
respecting the bones of the building was<br />
very important. The clients are putting<br />
their own stamp on the interior by<br />
injecting their personality into the decor,<br />
while remaining true to the building.”<br />
A beautiful kitchen had already been<br />
installed by the previous owners, but it<br />
had an industrial feel that was a little<br />
too clinical for its new owners. “We<br />
took out some of the steel and made it<br />
more organic. It was really pared back<br />
and a different style – exposed beams<br />
and steely fixtures – so we softened it,<br />
changing the handles, adding the pink<br />
tiles and playing to more of a retro feel.”<br />
Justine stresses that it’s important<br />
to make sure that, “everything flows<br />
and different eras come together.” An<br />
example of this is the shapely Bontempi<br />
table that she sourced for the dining <br />
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area. It is sleek and contemporary, with<br />
a nod to mid-century modern, but<br />
has a timelessness about it too. “It’s a<br />
very architectural piece,” says Justine,<br />
“and the legs make lovely angles.”<br />
The whole of the living space opens<br />
out into the garden – and to the<br />
beautiful countryside beyond and while<br />
it is the outside view that captivates,<br />
Justine has cleverly woven elements<br />
from the outside into the interior –<br />
the initial inspiration for the living<br />
room came directly from the garden.<br />
This is a large room with a high<br />
ceiling and Justine was keen to make<br />
use of the height. “Everything was<br />
standard room level,” she says, “so I<br />
wanted to take the eye up.” The shelf<br />
unit is deliberately tall and she has<br />
cleverly enhanced the wood burner<br />
with wall tiles, tapering up like<br />
geometric smoke behind the flue.<br />
The cased opening to the living<br />
space has been lined with green painted<br />
wood – “it’s a detail that creates a<br />
subtle effect and helps to define the<br />
zones.” The green colour goes on<br />
to echo throughout the rest of the<br />
house, quietly linking it all together.<br />
Once the initial process of the<br />
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general design direction is chosen, the<br />
enjoyable part – deciding on colour<br />
schemes and detailing – is made simpler<br />
by using sample boards, where paint,<br />
wallpaper, price points, and areas<br />
where they want to save, or splurge,<br />
can be discussed and finalised.<br />
“We decided on a backdrop of soft<br />
colours,” says Justine, “adding texture<br />
to the walls with a vinyl wallpaper,<br />
Justine had a lot of fun<br />
designing the cinema space,<br />
playfully harking back to<br />
the heydays of Hollywood<br />
with a 1930s vibe, and a<br />
nod to Pearl & Dean, all<br />
given a contemporary twist<br />
with some very textural<br />
wallpaper, a ‘feature’ ceiling<br />
panel and some sumptuous<br />
rugs by Niki Jones<br />
so that when the light hits, the subtle<br />
geometric shapes show up. To add more<br />
texture we chose a hand-loomed rug<br />
by Wendy Morrison and on the wall<br />
within the shelf unit, a wall hanging<br />
by Lucy Tiffany. The colours within<br />
this, together with inspiration from the<br />
flower beds outside, are picked up by the<br />
sofas and cushions, which mix a chunky<br />
geometric print with patterned cushions.<br />
“I wanted the pretty elements to contrast<br />
with the contemporary style of sofa.”<br />
The other rooms on this floor are<br />
along a corridor leading from an<br />
atrium. This large space is full of light<br />
that comes in from all directions,<br />
amplified by a backlit mirror by the<br />
front door. “The mirror was there<br />
already, but the background was a<br />
stark white,” says Justine. “We softened<br />
it down.” The walls throughout the<br />
house are now a soft green, which<br />
makes a serene backdrop, enhances the<br />
feeling of light and space and tunes<br />
into the themes in the other rooms.<br />
We pass the smallest room on the way<br />
to the master bedroom, wallpapered<br />
with a bold bird print from Rebel Walls<br />
– a case of going big in small places –<br />
and going bold wherever you can, as<br />
evidenced in the master bedroom.<br />
While it was the headboard in the<br />
master bedroom that was the inspiration<br />
for the decor, it is the fabulous<br />
bedspread and cushions that are the<br />
focal point. “The whole room, including<br />
the built in wardrobe, is colour washed<br />
which helps to hero the colours in<br />
the centre,” says Justine. There are<br />
simple curtains at the window, and<br />
keeping the background all one warm,<br />
soft colour is soothing and restful.<br />
In the dressing room, Justine<br />
has ramped up the natural theme.<br />
“There are little nods to other rooms<br />
– I went back to revisit and pick up<br />
motifs and elements. It is all inspired<br />
by nature.” Cascading gently down<br />
the pale blue wall, as if creeping<br />
in from the sky above, is a delicate<br />
Clematis mural by Sian Zeng. “Its<br />
a small room,” says Justine, “but<br />
it’s high, so we need to make use<br />
of the height and raise the eye.”<br />
The colours in the spare room<br />
continue the mood with cool and gentle<br />
green shades. “The spare room was part<br />
of the third phase,” she says, “carrying<br />
through the same level of spec – it has<br />
a botanical theme and lovely views out<br />
over the garden.” The dreamily leafy<br />
wallpaper in here wraps seamlessly all<br />
the way around the walls – and then<br />
the fifth wall (the ceiling) has been<br />
painted deep sage green to match with<br />
the door and window frames and the<br />
chaise longue, which is the only other<br />
piece of furniture in this tranquil room.<br />
Another cool room, but this time, <br />
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Clockwise from top<br />
left: Contemporary<br />
has been softened with<br />
rustic throughout the<br />
house – here in the<br />
entrance hall a bamboo<br />
bench and wicker baskets<br />
have been positioned<br />
below a recessed backlit<br />
mirror; A bespoke multidrop<br />
pendant light<br />
commissioned from Spark<br />
& Bell provides a striking<br />
feature between the floors;<br />
Immediately outside the<br />
cinema room, a space that<br />
was once a wide corridor<br />
has been transformed into<br />
a sleek, but cosy TV room<br />
cool as in Danish mid-century, is the<br />
office. This was originally an architect’s<br />
studio. “The desk went all the way<br />
around the walls of the room. We’ve<br />
re-used it and the joiner re-fashioned it<br />
into a smaller desk that we moved into<br />
the middle of the room,” says Justine.<br />
Above the desk is a 101 Copenhagen<br />
light and completing the Nordic theme,<br />
original String shelving from the 1970s.<br />
It’s hard to tear myself away from the<br />
living area (which is simultaneously on<br />
the ground floor and upstairs on the<br />
second floor). The owners admit that<br />
it would be easy to spend most of the<br />
time just living in here, but Justine has<br />
ensured that the whole of the house<br />
is put to use. “Tasks are related to<br />
rooms,” she says firmly. “Every room<br />
has a purpose – it’s important to use<br />
each space for what it’s intended for.”<br />
This way the design has integrity, each<br />
space can shine within its remit and<br />
the owners are encouraged to use all of<br />
the house. This is especially the case on<br />
the lower floor, where there is a gym,<br />
an office and – as part of the exciting<br />
third phase of the project – luxury of<br />
luxuries and all the enticement I need<br />
to go downstairs: a cinema room.<br />
After pausing at the top of the stairs<br />
to admire the views through the centre<br />
of the house to the outside in several<br />
directions, my eye is drawn to the<br />
stairwell – and to the longest pendant<br />
light that I’ve ever seen. “There was a<br />
light here already,” says Justine, “but<br />
something bespoke was needed. The<br />
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we commissioned a handmade multidrop<br />
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to assemble. It’s a natural looking <br />
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Clockwise from this page: Florals and an<br />
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The headboard in the master bedroom was the<br />
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a 1930s vibe, and a nod to Pearl &<br />
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Immediately outside the cinema<br />
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The garden is accessed at this level too,<br />
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Clockwise from this page: Colours<br />
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51 DOPAMINE DECOR<br />
Playful, popping and<br />
positive. This trend<br />
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53 QUIET LUXURY<br />
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54 WEST COAST COOL<br />
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GLAMOUR<br />
Transport yourself to<br />
the glitzy golden age<br />
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58 CHECK MATE<br />
Bathroom decor inspired by<br />
chessboards for a polished<br />
monochromatic chic<br />
61 VINTAGE INDUSTRIAL<br />
Aged and hard wearing, this<br />
bathroom look is raw and<br />
exposed with a sense of oldschool<br />
practicality<br />
62 FOREST BATHING<br />
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Hawthorne<br />
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Horse head acrylic bookends<br />
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Recipe developer and cookery<br />
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spacious Neptune kitchen,<br />
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Previous pages & top: Charlotte runs her cookery courses from her spacious Neptune kitchen. The space has recently been extended to create a lovely<br />
new dining area Above: A lot of Charlotte’s furniture has come from <strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Fairs over the years, like the mirror in the children’s sitting room<br />
Sometimes, when buying a house,<br />
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and family – “it just felt right”. Add<br />
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“It had a really nice feel to it and<br />
had been lived in by a family who<br />
wanted to sell it to another family –<br />
who would love it. They obviously<br />
had a real emotional connection<br />
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able to walk everywhere and get the bus… they love the<br />
independence of living in a small market town too.”<br />
According to Charlotte, the building’s grandiosity is largely<br />
due to the fact that it was built by a wealthy local brewing<br />
family in the late Victorian, early Edwardian period – though<br />
its tile-hung exterior and the garden’s enormous Scots pines<br />
make it feel even older. As you come in the magnificent front<br />
door, the first thing you notice is the ornate tiled hallway.<br />
“I haven’t done anything to it as I thought if I polished it<br />
it would make it really slippery!” says Charlotte. She has<br />
also retained the inevitable cracks and small imperfections<br />
– “It gives it personality,” she says, quite rightly.<br />
Looking down the length of the lofty hallway, past<br />
the stairway, it’s impossible not to notice the view from<br />
the back of the house, out across the High Weald. Neat<br />
lawns, a rose garden and whimsical topiary are set against<br />
a backdrop of rolling orchards and woodland. “The rose<br />
garden was originally a pond but I filled it in as I worried<br />
about the children when they were little,” says Charlotte.<br />
You can’t help but be drawn to the back of the house<br />
and, more importantly, into the real party piece of this<br />
large family home; the kitchen. The heart of the house<br />
is not only where family and friends spend most of<br />
their time, it’s also Charlotte’s new workplace. “I teach<br />
cookery – but I also do catering and food styling.”<br />
Charlotte founded The Needy Greedy soon after lockdown,<br />
finding herself in need of a change. “My mum was a caterer<br />
and trained chef… so I grew up learning to cook with what<br />
was in the garden and getting creative.” In her gap year<br />
Charlotte did a Cordon Bleu cookery course, then went on<br />
to do a BA & MA in political science before working as a <br />
This page: The drawing room. The lamps and tables were from<br />
Woodcocks in Tenterden and the moose and flamingo prints<br />
were a <strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Fair find from Jenny Wren Design<br />
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Clockwise from this page: Fitted furniture<br />
in the master bedroom was made by a<br />
local carpenter and the bed is from Loaf;<br />
The lofty hallway and stairway; The family<br />
bathroom; The master bedroom balcony<br />
chartered accountant. She says that the<br />
main aim of The Needy Greedy is to be<br />
helpful – “I feel like I have something<br />
I can help people with. Everyone has<br />
to eat and so many of us think ‘I don’t<br />
know what to cook’. So, it’s all about<br />
healthy, simple, delicious recipes. I<br />
could teach you how to make a choux<br />
bun, mille feuille if you want – but I’d<br />
rather show you how to create dinner<br />
party food in an hour and a bit!”<br />
As you can imagine, this is a serious<br />
kitchen! “I’d always wanted a Neptune<br />
kitchen… and this is their Suffolk style<br />
in its original colour,” says Charlotte.<br />
The extendable dining table is also from<br />
Neptune, while the chairs are French<br />
brocante. “I have quite a lot of brocante<br />
and French-style items. I spent much<br />
of my childhood and early years in<br />
Provence with my family. So, there is a<br />
big Provencal influence everywhere. You<br />
will see it as you walk around the house.”<br />
Some of these were sourced recently from<br />
the brocante fair at King John’s Nursery,<br />
or from her friend, Sarah Featherstone.<br />
Just as Charlotte likes to use local<br />
produce in her cookery, so too does<br />
she like to shop local when it comes to<br />
renovating and decorating her home.<br />
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“The appliances are all from Martins of<br />
Hawkhurst, soft furnishings from Bell<br />
House Fabrics & <strong>Interiors</strong> and carpets<br />
from Butler House Carpets,” she says.<br />
Despite the building’s period features,<br />
its calm and tranquil décor and easy<br />
layout, things have not always been this<br />
way. In the 10 years since moving in an<br />
awful lot has changed. “Initially we just<br />
swapped rooms, turning the drawing<br />
room into a kitchen. The old kitchen<br />
became a snug and is now the boot<br />
room. The dining room is now the kids’<br />
living room and the former playroom<br />
is now the drawing room!” At the same<br />
time they modernised the bathrooms<br />
and added another. “This year we built<br />
this extension… making a huge kitchen<br />
diner. We wanted to have a big comfy<br />
space for the children and a big kitchen<br />
that we could entertain in.” A curved<br />
wall of bifold doors now opens on to<br />
an extended terrace with ‘that view’.<br />
“We used the original ragstone from the<br />
path to extend the terrace and the bifold<br />
doors mean the kitchen really links to<br />
the garden. I’m mad about music, so<br />
there are Sonos speakers out here too.”<br />
It would be too easy to get settled in<br />
the kitchen – I am envisaging coming<br />
on a cookery course as we speak – but<br />
I also want to explore this enormous<br />
house. “Shall we go up via the servants’<br />
stairs?” asks Charlotte. “The servants<br />
would have used these stairs to come up<br />
from the kitchen and to move around<br />
the house without the owners seeing<br />
them.” It’s unimaginable now… but<br />
fun to explore and I’m sure fun for<br />
the children to run up and down, or<br />
sneak up, now they are teenagers.<br />
At the top of the house there remains<br />
what would have been the ‘daily’s’<br />
bedroom. What was once a cupboard<br />
and home to a large water tank has been<br />
turned into an en suite. “It’s perfect for<br />
guests, though my daughter tends to<br />
monopolise the bathroom these days,”<br />
laughs Charlotte. The other guest<br />
bedroom is equally lovely, with views<br />
across the garden and with its own<br />
little period sink. “My mother insisted<br />
that we keep it,” says Charlotte.<br />
Down on the next floor – where most<br />
of the bedrooms are – is the family<br />
bathroom. “This used to be all yellow,”<br />
says Charlotte. These days it’s a much<br />
cooler customer – with a marble-topped<br />
his-and-her’s basin and huge mirror that<br />
reflects the main view over the back<br />
garden and beyond. It would be too<br />
tempting to linger, when brushing your<br />
teeth in the morning, just to take in the<br />
panoramic vista. “We added a shower,<br />
more contemporary Metro tiles – and<br />
Neptune provided the furniture.”<br />
Next door is the master bedroom<br />
which, thanks to the kitchen extension,<br />
now has an even larger balcony<br />
overlooking the garden and reinforced<br />
glass has replaced the railings. “The sun<br />
sets in this direction – so it’s particularly<br />
lovely in the evening.” The room has<br />
been completely re-done, with new fitted<br />
cupboards, and extra panelling behind<br />
the headboard contains hidden shelves.<br />
Soft furnishings add a more personal<br />
touch: “The fabric came from what was<br />
the kitchen. I loved it so much that <br />
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Clockwise from top left: The hallway features the original flooring; Charlotte’s spaniel makes herself comfy in her<br />
son’s room; A woodburner has been installed in what used to be the original kitchen, now a boot room<br />
when it came down I got it cleaned and<br />
turned into our bedroom curtains. And<br />
there was enough left over for the foot<br />
stool too!” The bed is from Loaf, bedside<br />
tables sourced from Etsy and dressing<br />
table from The Cotswold Company.<br />
As we come out onto the landing, I<br />
get a fresh take on the grand entrance<br />
hall and stairway. Light floods in through<br />
the hallway windows and sparkles on<br />
the large chandelier overhead. “That is<br />
from Woodcocks in Tenterden. I get a lot<br />
of furniture and decorative items from<br />
them,” says Charlotte. “The wallpaper<br />
was here so we just painted over it… but<br />
you still get the lovely pattern showing<br />
through.” It works really well and is a<br />
fabulous ‘hack’ for those who want to<br />
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am a bit of a Farrow & Ball fan,” adds<br />
Charlotte. “The house features a lot of<br />
Elephant’s Breath and Hardwick White!”<br />
Down the wide stairs and we are back<br />
in the light-filled downstairs rooms with<br />
both the grown-ups and kids’ TV room<br />
at the front of the house, making the<br />
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kids’ TV room. “Now it’s where the kids<br />
like to hang out with their friends.” They<br />
are certainly two lucky children – it’s a<br />
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This page: The beautiful garden features neat rose beds and two huge topiary ducks. The new extension incorporated a<br />
sheltered walled terrace with Sonos speakers, so Charlotte can enjoy her music whilst relaxing and entertaining outside<br />
feeling too formal. “The cupboards are<br />
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Auténtica Cocina<br />
Adriana Cavita’s new recipe book, Cocina Mexicana, takes readers on<br />
a culinary adventure around her home country. Packed with authentic<br />
recipes inspired by her extensive travels, the celebrated chef and<br />
restaurateur tells the story of her heritage and the people who taught her<br />
to cook. Here we’ve chosen three recipes using ingredients that are a little<br />
different to the day-to-day – tomatillos and nixtamalized corn flour<br />
Recipes: Adriana Cavita Photographs: Clare Winfield<br />
Roast chicken with<br />
green mole<br />
(Mole verde o pipián con pollo)<br />
A green mole – from the<br />
central area of Mexico – which<br />
is given its distinctive bright<br />
green colour through the<br />
use of fresh green herbs.<br />
Serves 4<br />
• 1 whole chicken (1.2-<br />
1.4kg), spatchcocked<br />
For the marinade:<br />
• ½ white onion<br />
• 3 garlic cloves<br />
• bunch of fresh coriander<br />
• bunch of fresh parsley<br />
• ½ jalapeño, seeds removed<br />
• 50ml olive oil<br />
For the green mole:<br />
• 250ml olive oil<br />
• 1 white onion, chopped<br />
• 5 garlic cloves, chopped<br />
• 1kg (about 8) poblano<br />
chilli peppers, skin and seeds<br />
removed – see Note below<br />
(you can buy fresh poblanos<br />
from riverford.co.uk)<br />
• 1 tbsp cumin seeds,<br />
lightly toasted<br />
• 1 tbsp black peppercorns,<br />
lightly toasted<br />
• 2 fresh bay leaves<br />
• 250g pumpkin seeds<br />
• 1kg tomatillos, husks<br />
removed and cut into quarters<br />
(you can buy fresh tomatillos<br />
from riverford.co.uk)<br />
• 1 litre chicken stock<br />
• 2 tbsp sea salt<br />
• 200g fresh coriander<br />
• 200g fresh parsley<br />
• 150g fresh mint<br />
To serve:<br />
• white rice<br />
• warmed tortillas<br />
• grilled or blanched green<br />
vegetables (such as fine beans)<br />
1. First, make the marinade.<br />
Put all the ingredients for the<br />
marinade and 100ml water in a<br />
food processor or blender and blitz<br />
until smooth. Place the chicken<br />
on a plate. Rub the marinade all<br />
over the chicken, ensuring it is<br />
well coated. Cover and leave to<br />
marinate overnight in the fridge.<br />
2. Preheat the oven to<br />
180°C/160°C fan/Gas 4 or prepare<br />
the barbecue. Place the chicken<br />
on a lined baking sheet and roast<br />
in the preheated oven for about<br />
30-45 minutes depending on the<br />
size of the chicken or cook on a<br />
hot grill, skin side down first, then<br />
turn over to continue cooking.<br />
3. Meanwhile, make the green<br />
mole. Heat the oil in a saucepan<br />
over a medium heat. Add the<br />
onion and garlic and cook for<br />
5 minutes or until they just<br />
start to colour. Add the poblano<br />
chillies and cook for about 5<br />
minutes. Add all the spices, bay<br />
leaves and pumpkin seeds and<br />
cook for 5 minutes. Add the<br />
tomatillos, stock and salt and<br />
cook for a further 15 minutes.<br />
Taste to check the seasoning,<br />
adding more salt if needed.<br />
4. Stir in the fresh herbs,<br />
then transfer everything to a<br />
food processor and blend to<br />
a smooth sauce. Pass through<br />
a fine-mesh sieve/strainer for<br />
an even smoother sauce.<br />
5. Spoon the green mole into<br />
a serving dish and serve it with<br />
the chicken pieces, rice, tortillas<br />
and some grilled/broiled or<br />
blanched green vegetables.<br />
Notes:<br />
To remove the skin from a<br />
chilli or pepper, carefully hold<br />
it over hot coals or an open<br />
flame until the skin has charred<br />
all over. Leave to cool, then<br />
peel away the charred skin.<br />
If you want to increase the<br />
level of spice in this dish, you<br />
can also add a jalapeño that has<br />
been quartered when you add the<br />
other chillies to the green mole.<br />
In Mexico, traditionally the<br />
chicken would be boiled in a<br />
large saucepan of water with<br />
some onion and garlic, but<br />
roasting it in the oven or on a hot<br />
barbecue gives a great flavour.<br />
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Tarasca soup<br />
(Sopa Tarasca)<br />
This is a soup from the<br />
Michoacan region. It’s the<br />
perfect dish to warm you<br />
up on a really cold day.<br />
Serves 6-8<br />
• 2 ancho chillies<br />
– 1 left whole and 1 cut<br />
into very thin strips<br />
• 3 tomatoes, asados (see<br />
Note below), then chopped<br />
• ½ small white onion, asado<br />
• 1 garlic clove, asada<br />
• 1 litre chicken stock<br />
• 120ml olive oil, plus<br />
extra for frying<br />
• 400g cooked bayos beans (or<br />
your favourite type of bean)<br />
• 1 fresh bay leaf<br />
• ½ tbsp freshly ground<br />
black pepper<br />
• sea salt<br />
To serve:<br />
• sour cream<br />
• fresh cheese (such as<br />
feta), cut into cubes<br />
• 1 avocado, stoned, peeled<br />
and cut into cubes<br />
• 8 tortillas, cut into very<br />
thin strips and deep-fried<br />
1. Heat a dry frying pan/<br />
skillet over a high heat and<br />
quickly toast the whole ancho<br />
chilli for about 5 seconds<br />
on each side, then remove.<br />
2. Put the charred whole chilli<br />
in a food processor with the<br />
blackened tomatoes, onion<br />
and garlic and blend until<br />
smooth. Add a little chicken<br />
stock to loosen the mixture,<br />
if needed. Strain through a<br />
fine-mesh sieve/strainer.<br />
3. Heat the olive oil in a<br />
saucepan over a medium<br />
heat. Add the sieved tomatoes<br />
and cook for 5 minutes.<br />
4. Meanwhile, blend the beans<br />
with the chicken stock in a<br />
food processor, then strain<br />
and add to the pan with the<br />
tomatoes. Season with salt<br />
and pepper and add the bay<br />
leaf. Cook for 15 minutes,<br />
adding more stock if needed,<br />
until the soup is creamy.<br />
5. Heat a little oil in a frying<br />
pan/skillet and quickly fry<br />
the sliced ancho chilli for 5<br />
seconds. If fried for any longer,<br />
the chilli will became bitter.<br />
6. Ladle the soup into bowls<br />
and swirl in some sour cream.<br />
Place a few cubes of cheese<br />
and avocado on top of the<br />
soup. Finish each bowl of<br />
soup with a handful of the<br />
deep-fried tortilla strips and<br />
the fried ancho chilli strips.<br />
Note: Asado or asada means<br />
that a vegetable has been<br />
cooked over hot coals or in<br />
a hot pan over a high heat<br />
until charred all over.<br />
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Corn cake<br />
(Pan de elote)<br />
This cake is very well known<br />
all over Mexico. In the area<br />
where I grew up, Azcapotzalco<br />
in Mexico City, you can find<br />
them at the local bakery, where<br />
the bakers have a funny way<br />
of cooking them in recycled<br />
sardine cans. I think that<br />
makes them a very special<br />
preparation. Also, I will say<br />
that using native Mexican corn<br />
gives the best flavour, but it is<br />
not always easy to find outside<br />
of Mexico. Sweet yellow corn<br />
is usually easier to fine, which<br />
has a lower starch content,<br />
but with this recipe you will<br />
still get a really good result.<br />
Makes 1 large cake, Serves 6-8<br />
• 3 tbsp nixtamalized white<br />
corn flour (see Note below)<br />
or gluten-free flour<br />
• 10g baking powder<br />
• 130g caster sugar<br />
• 540g fresh corn, at<br />
room temperature<br />
• 30ml whole milk, at<br />
room temperature<br />
• 3 large eggs<br />
• 140g unsalted butter, melted,<br />
plus extra for greasing<br />
To serve:<br />
• vanilla ice cream<br />
• good-quality caramel sauce<br />
You will need:<br />
A 20cm/8” round cake pan<br />
1. Preheat the oven to<br />
170°C/150°C fan/Gas 3 and<br />
grease the round cake pan.<br />
2. Mix all the dry ingredients<br />
in a large bowl, then add to<br />
a food processor with the<br />
corn, milk and eggs and blend<br />
together. Continue mixing<br />
and gradually add the melted<br />
butter, a little at a time, until<br />
the mixture is very smooth.<br />
3. Pour the cake mixture into<br />
the prepared cake pan and<br />
bake in the preheated oven<br />
for 45-60 minutes. To check<br />
if the cake is cooked, insert<br />
the tip of a knife or skewer<br />
in the centre; if it comes out<br />
clean, then the cake is cooked.<br />
4. Leave the cake to cool in<br />
the pan for 20 minutes, then<br />
remove from the pan and<br />
leave to cool completely.<br />
5. Serve warm with ice cream<br />
and caramel sauce. This<br />
cake tastes best when freshly<br />
made, but it will keep for up<br />
to 3 days in the fridge and<br />
can be reheated to serve.<br />
Notes:<br />
I sometimes use frozen corn<br />
for this recipe, which works<br />
well as long as the corn is<br />
defrosted to room temperature,<br />
otherwise the mixture will<br />
separate if the corn is too cold.<br />
Nixtamalized corn flour<br />
is made from corn that<br />
has been treated with lime,<br />
making it easier to digest.<br />
It can be bought online.<br />
Cocina Mexicana by Adriana<br />
Cavita, published by Ryland<br />
Peters & Small (£22).<br />
Photography by Clare Winfield<br />
© Ryland Peters & Small.<br />
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SPF<br />
365<br />
Josephine Fairley turns to specially designed creams to combat the damaging effects of yearround<br />
rays from the sun and – new kid on the skin-ageing block – blue light from our tech<br />
I’ll admit: as a beauty editor, I<br />
used to be a bit casual about the<br />
need to wear a daily SPF on my<br />
face outside of summer. Many of<br />
the experts I spoke to, back in the<br />
day, were of the mindset that in the<br />
UK, when light levels are so much<br />
lower between <strong>October</strong> to March,<br />
the only time you really needed a day<br />
cream with sun protective powers<br />
was when you were, say, planning<br />
a long yomp over the Downs.<br />
I am now eating any of the words<br />
which I shared on this subject, in the<br />
past. Because things have changed,<br />
and a lot more is understood now<br />
about a.) incidental sun damage<br />
(the sort you pick up when nipping<br />
to the post box, walking the dog,<br />
doing a little early autumn deadheading<br />
etc.), and b.) the damaging<br />
effects of blue light on our skin.<br />
Our devices – smartphones, laptops,<br />
desktop computers and even TVs – all<br />
emit blue light, a.k.a. HEV (High<br />
Energy Visible) light. There’s still a<br />
lot of research to be done into this,<br />
but increasingly it’s thought that blue<br />
light can contribute to the formation<br />
of fine lines and wrinkles, as well as<br />
skin discolouration (those patches<br />
of pigmentation variously referred<br />
to as ‘age spots’ or ‘sun spots’).<br />
Sunlight – outdoors – also contains<br />
HEV, but the point about blue light<br />
is that we’re exposing ourselves to<br />
this indoors, whenever we’re looking<br />
at a screen. Hence the volte face<br />
on wearing sunscreen year-round –<br />
unless we happen to live off-grid.<br />
Although it doesn’t have the same<br />
capacity to cause skin cancer (because<br />
it doesn’t affect DNA), blue light still<br />
triggers production of free radicals –<br />
basically, rogue molecules implicated<br />
in skin ageing. So, the answer is<br />
skincare products which quench,<br />
or neutralise, those free radicals,<br />
before they can do their damage.<br />
You don’t need to adopt a whole<br />
new skincare regime to guard against<br />
this damage, though. In the habit of<br />
wearing sunscreen in summer? You may<br />
well be ahead of the curve. BUT…<br />
it depends on the ingredients in that<br />
sunscreen: the general consensus is that<br />
effective SPF and blue light protection<br />
harnesses ‘physical sunscreen’<br />
ingredients – notably zinc oxide and<br />
titanium dioxide. These are considered<br />
more effective against blue light<br />
than chemical sunscreens – although<br />
many daily SPF products already<br />
feature a combination of both. Above<br />
and beyond the SPF, however, the<br />
formulation should ideally also contain<br />
antioxidants such as vitamin C, green<br />
tea and/or resveratrol (from grapes).<br />
Here, then, are some suitable ‘screensavers’<br />
for your skin, which will also<br />
guard against that incidental sun<br />
damage, when you step away from<br />
your smartphone and get out into<br />
the great (in every way) outdoors. At<br />
the moment, alas, specific blue light<br />
protection is more often at the luxe<br />
end of the price scale – but we can<br />
expect the technology to trickle down<br />
to the mainstream, fairly smartly.<br />
Drunk Elephant Umbra Tinte<br />
Physical Daily Defense SPF30, £32<br />
for 60ml. If you’re looking for a hint of<br />
a tint, as well as protection, check out<br />
this creation from the cult US brand.<br />
A lightweight serum, the adaptable tint<br />
flatters all skintones, featuring marula<br />
and raspberry seeds for softening<br />
hydration, alongside antioxidant grape<br />
juice and sunflower shoot extract.<br />
Neutrogena Purescreen+ Mineral UV<br />
Tint Face Liquid SPF30, £18.70 for<br />
32ml. Another tinted option, this time<br />
promising that it is water-resistant for<br />
up to 80 minutes – which, unless you<br />
are a very dedicated wild swimmer,<br />
may be superfluous to requirements<br />
for the next few months. Blue lightguarding<br />
ingredients here include iron<br />
oxide, while vitamin E protects against<br />
other environmental aggressors. <br />
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Murad City Skin Age Defence Broad<br />
Spectrum SPF50, £66 for 50ml.<br />
Designed for city living, but equally<br />
suitable for those of us who live in the<br />
Weald, this is a fragrance-free, 100%<br />
mineral sunscreen which creates a<br />
featherlight ‘force field’ against UV<br />
rays, blue light and pollution (polymers<br />
create a breathable second skin that<br />
prevents penetration of toxins). A real<br />
multi-tasker, this, from one of the first<br />
names in ‘dermatologist skincare’.<br />
Clarins UV Plus Anti-Pollution<br />
SPF50, £34 for 30ml. Ah, good<br />
old Clarins. Another great multiaction<br />
cream, here, in the form of<br />
a lightweight moisturising screen<br />
formulated to shield against indoor<br />
and atmospheric pollution, blue light<br />
and even pollen. The gel-textured<br />
formula, which sinks in fast, promises<br />
eight hours of hydration – and<br />
interestingly, comes in Translucent<br />
(invisible) and Rose, which boosts<br />
skin’s radiance with a rosy glow.<br />
Chantecaille Blue Light Protection<br />
Serum, £137 for 30ml. Definitely<br />
the most indulgent of the choices<br />
here, if budget isn’t an issue – but I’ve<br />
included it a.) because it acknowledges<br />
the challenges of blue light in the<br />
name, and b.) because Chantecaille’s<br />
textures (and fragrances) are always,<br />
quite simply, sublime. This doesn’t<br />
offer sun protection, but the botanicals<br />
are chosen to protect against digital<br />
ageing, so you could layer it under<br />
a favourite broad spectrum (i.e.<br />
UVA/UVB-protective) facial SPF.<br />
Hello Sunday The Everyday One<br />
SPF50, £18 for 50ml. Hallelujah!<br />
This is at the opposite end of the price<br />
range to Chantecaille: lightweight,<br />
invisible and such a pleasure to use<br />
that I promise it’ll swiftly convert<br />
you to year-round sunscreening.<br />
Hyaluronic acid, vitamin C and<br />
provitamin B5 feature, along with a<br />
unique algae extract, Dunaliella Salina,<br />
to help fight blue light, infrared and<br />
pollution, as well as sun damage.<br />
That’s daytime sorted, then. But what<br />
about after dark, when many are still<br />
glued to one screen or another? I’m<br />
certainly not proposing that you start<br />
wearing sunscreen at night (although<br />
the Chantecaille serum could equally<br />
be layered under a night cream). But<br />
do consider taking some lifestyle steps<br />
to protect your skin, not least because<br />
scrolling on your phone in bed (um,<br />
aren’t we all guilty, there?) tends to<br />
be done up close, amplifying the<br />
damage. One easy fix is to switch your<br />
smartphone to night mode, as this<br />
adjusts the colours of your<br />
display, massively cutting<br />
blue light exposure; you can<br />
generally set a timer so<br />
that night mode<br />
kicks in<br />
at your<br />
usual bedtime, without you<br />
having to remember.<br />
It’s also worth pointing out that<br />
the damaging effects of blue light<br />
can contribute to eye strain, as well<br />
as glaucoma, cataracts and other eye<br />
diseases. More than that, it can make<br />
it hard for many people to get to<br />
sleep, as blue light affects our natural<br />
circadian biorhythms. (I know if I look<br />
at my phone or laptop after 9pm, I’m<br />
likely to be wide awake four hours<br />
later.) So, you might want to curb your<br />
night-time habit of doom scrolling/<br />
Vinted shopping/Instagramming<br />
habit entirely – not just for the<br />
sake of your skin, but your eyes.<br />
And because – to paraphrase an<br />
old saying – nobody went to their<br />
grave wishing they’d spent more<br />
time looking at their phones…<br />
See beautybible.com for more of Jo’s<br />
tried and tested beauty reviews.<br />
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Just a<br />
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Sarah Maxwell finds out how pocket<br />
meditation can fit into a busy lifestyle<br />
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If you’ve always fancied trying<br />
meditation, but the thought of<br />
sitting still and attempting to block<br />
out your ‘must get this stuff done today<br />
list’ is too much – and your intention to<br />
start a look-after-yourself-better plan has<br />
tanked again – then pocket meditation<br />
may just be the thing for you.<br />
I’ve always struggled with it. The<br />
time involved, my inability to empty<br />
my mind for more than a nano second,<br />
boredom and distraction. This increased<br />
my stress levels and ended up being<br />
at the top of my avoidance list. I<br />
decided (after much procrastination)<br />
to experiment with different types of<br />
meditation and commit myself to do<br />
one of them for 1 minute every day<br />
for a week. I gradually built this up to<br />
between 1 and 3 minutes of the things I<br />
found fitted me best and, feeling that it<br />
was doing something positive, I decided<br />
to arrange a Zoom chat with a variety<br />
of meditation experts (38 in total) so I<br />
could pass on their wisdom to us all.<br />
I asked this question: “I’m managing<br />
to do between 1-3 minutes of daily<br />
meditations (a variety of types) – is<br />
this doing me any good or am I just<br />
deluding myself and should I bother?”<br />
Only one person said not to bother,<br />
but the other 37 agreed unanimously<br />
that it was doing me a lot of good<br />
and that I should carry on and be<br />
reassured that it was having a positive<br />
effect on my health and wellbeing.<br />
Recent research has linked regular<br />
meditation to a range of health benefits,<br />
including reduced levels of anxiety and<br />
stress, improved immune function,<br />
increased creativity, improved mood<br />
and increased energy. Whether you’re<br />
just starting out or you’re looking to<br />
deepen your practice, incorporating<br />
meditation into your life can help<br />
to improve your overall wellbeing.<br />
So if you want to give it a go, try<br />
a few of these pocket meditations<br />
that take 1 minute a day and with a<br />
little regularity (put it in your diary<br />
to do before you brush your teeth,<br />
before your workout, school run,<br />
before bed etc.) you’ll start to feel the<br />
benefits from your very first session.<br />
Getting started with<br />
pocket meditation<br />
Wear loose, comfortable clothing.<br />
Turn off your phone, TV, radio.<br />
Find a space you feel comfortable<br />
in – this can be indoors or outside<br />
– lying, sitting or moving.<br />
Breath Meditation<br />
Find a comfortable place (standing,<br />
sitting or lying down). Breathe<br />
in through your nose for a count<br />
of 4, hold the breath for a count<br />
of 3 then breathe out through<br />
your nose for a count of 8.<br />
Do this a minimum of 5 times.<br />
Dance Meditation<br />
After choosing your favourite music<br />
to move to – the best music for this<br />
is something without words so you<br />
listen to the sounds and allow your<br />
body to flow along naturally. Let your<br />
shoulders relax and take a couple of<br />
deep breaths before you start moving.<br />
There is no right or wrong way to<br />
move, just let your body react to the<br />
music (this becomes easier the more you<br />
do it). Be aware of the sounds and your<br />
body. If external thoughts about the<br />
washing or a meeting come into your<br />
head, don’t worry, just acknowledge<br />
it and refocus back to the music.<br />
Walking Meditation<br />
You can do this outside in a park,<br />
forest or around your home. Start by<br />
standing still and focusing on your<br />
breathing. Take a few deep breaths<br />
and let your body relax. Once you are<br />
relaxed, begin walking slowly and focus<br />
on the sensation of your feet on the<br />
ground. Notice how your body moves<br />
with each step and how your arms and<br />
legs feel. Continue walking and focus<br />
on your breathing, the sound of your<br />
footsteps, and the feeling of your body.<br />
Some links to check out<br />
• healthline.com/health/mental-health/<br />
top-meditation-iphone-android-apps<br />
• Headspace – simple and easy to use<br />
headspace.com<br />
• Dr Mariette Jansen<br />
drdestress.co.uk/meditation-mindfulness<br />
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of balls. Find out more about Sarah<br />
and her work at sarahmaxwell.com<br />
Sarah shares her Fitness and Lifestyle tips<br />
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Nutrition & Lifestyle Coach Charlotte Lau<br />
explores the benefits of incorporating<br />
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Turmeric has become a bit of a ‘trendy’ wellness<br />
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what are the health benefits and is it worthy of the hype?<br />
The group of compounds that are responsible for much<br />
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curcuminoids. These are responsible for the vivid orange<br />
colour of turmeric as well as its powerful anti-inflammatory<br />
effects and antioxidant properties. However, curcumin is<br />
poorly absorbed by the body, so in order to receive its full<br />
benefits, it needs to be combined with ingredients such<br />
as black pepper which contains piperine, a compound<br />
which enhances the absorption of curcumin by 2000%.<br />
Turmeric is also a fat-soluble substance, which means<br />
you need to eat it with a source of fat for it to be absorbed<br />
well, so pair it with foods such as coconut milk, avocado<br />
or cheese to maximise the benefit. In higher doses, such<br />
as in a supplement form, turmeric has been known to<br />
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This warming red lentil dahl is a tasty, mild curry, protein<br />
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supper and rich in turmeric and its antioxidant benefits.<br />
Serves 6<br />
• 1 tsp olive oil or coconut oil<br />
• 2 onions diced<br />
• 3 garlic cloves finely chopped<br />
• 1 tbsp fresh ginger<br />
peeled and grated<br />
• ½ finely chopped red chilli<br />
(or ½ tsp dried chilli flakes)<br />
• ½ tsp cumin seeds<br />
• ½ tsp coriander seeds<br />
• ½ tsp mustard seeds<br />
• 2 tsp ground turmeric<br />
• 1 tsp garam masala<br />
• 200g dried red lentils,<br />
uncooked, rinsed and drained<br />
• 1 can chopped tomatoes<br />
• 1 can coconut milk<br />
• 500ml vegetable broth/stock<br />
• salt and black pepper<br />
• juice of a lemon<br />
• 2 handfuls fresh spinach,<br />
washed (frozen spinach<br />
can be used too)<br />
Grind the cumin, coriander and mustard seeds lightly using<br />
a pestle and mortar, then add to the pan, along with the<br />
turmeric and garam masala and cook for 1 minute.<br />
Add the lentils, tomatoes with their juice, coconut milk and<br />
broth/stock, then stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper<br />
and cook on a medium/low heat for 15-20 minutes until reduced<br />
and thick. If you have time, you can leave it a little longer on a<br />
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doesn’t scorch on the bottom of the pan). Taste and add more<br />
chilli if desired. Stir in the lemon juice and spinach until it wilts.<br />
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Buried Treasure<br />
Jo Arnell applies cooking principles to the garden this<br />
month, as she starts planning her bulb lasangas<br />
I’m doing my best squirrel<br />
impression this month, scuttling<br />
around, digging holes and burying<br />
bulbs in the hope that, come the spring,<br />
welcome splashes of colour will pop<br />
up in my beds and borders. A lot can<br />
happen in the garden in the intervening<br />
months – not least the actual squirrels<br />
following in my footsteps, unearthing<br />
and skipping off with my buried<br />
treasures. At the moment I’m full of<br />
hope – in fact, anticipation and hope<br />
– imagining how lovely it’s all going<br />
to be is a big part of the process.<br />
Autumn is the main bulb planting<br />
season, but there are bulbs for other<br />
time of the year too, planted in the<br />
spring and early summer. This is<br />
something that is often overlooked, and<br />
potentially it can be confusing trying<br />
to work out what and when to plant.<br />
It helps to know a little about<br />
what a bulb is and where in the<br />
world it may have come from. A<br />
bulb is a modified version of the<br />
plant; leaves, stem and basal plate<br />
(from which the roots will sprout),<br />
compressed into a package, primed<br />
to grow when conditions are right.<br />
They tend to get lumped in together,<br />
regardless of origin, but often need<br />
different growing conditions in order to<br />
thrive. There are bulbs from woodland<br />
situations that flower in early spring<br />
and retreat back under the soil once the<br />
canopy of leaves appears. Woodland<br />
bulbs will tolerate shade and slightly<br />
damper conditions, but those that come<br />
from more arid climates will prefer a<br />
sunny and very free draining position.<br />
They don’t mind the cold necessarily<br />
– bulbs from mountainous regions<br />
will manage very low temperatures,<br />
but may also need a summer baking<br />
and good drainage through the winter<br />
– but wet, soggy soil may cause them<br />
to rot or be more vulnerable to fungal<br />
infections. Snake’s head fritillaries, on<br />
the other hand, thrive in damp meadows<br />
and won’t readily reappear in dry<br />
conditions. If you know their origins,<br />
you will get clues about the conditions<br />
they’ve evolved to live happily in.<br />
Bulbs in Containers<br />
Bulbs work well in containers, either<br />
mixed with spring bedding plants, or on<br />
their own. The great thing about growing<br />
in containers is that, once the flowers are<br />
finished, you can move them to do their<br />
tatty dying back out of sight behind the<br />
shed. I sometimes put a plastic pot <strong>inside</strong><br />
a nice one, so that it can be removed,<br />
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leaving the pot free for summer bedding.<br />
Cook up a pot full of bulb lasagne by<br />
layering bulbs that flower at different<br />
times. Three tiers works well, and it’s<br />
worth choosing different types – some<br />
short, some tall – and not too many<br />
tulips, as they’re quite leafy and planting<br />
too many will fill the pot with foliage.<br />
Bulbs that bulk up and<br />
naturalise well<br />
Wild plants like bluebells and garlic<br />
rampantly cover the ground so are best<br />
left to run wild outside in woodland and<br />
hedgerows rather than in the garden.<br />
Snowdrops, crocuses and narcissi are well<br />
known for spreading themselves around<br />
too, although slightly less enthusiastically.<br />
They also seem to enjoy the edge<br />
of woodland and damper meadow<br />
situations. Anemone blanda will carpet<br />
the ground in shades of blue, white and<br />
pink – watch how after flowering the<br />
seed-heads bend down to the ground and<br />
bury themselves (cyclamen do this too).<br />
For a natural looking effect, scatter the<br />
bulbs where you want them to flower<br />
and then plant them where they fall;<br />
this avoids unnatural looking groups<br />
and rows. They will soon clump up and<br />
spread around by themselves. Beware of<br />
the grape hyacinth (Muscari) though,<br />
which can become a weed once it gets<br />
going in the garden. The flowers are<br />
attractive, but the foliage that tends to<br />
linger for way too long, is just like grass<br />
and sprouts up all over the place…<br />
Snowdrops will colonise and<br />
naturalise more easily when planted<br />
‘in the green’. This means planting<br />
them once flowering is over, but before<br />
they dry out. Bought and planted<br />
as bulbs in the autumn they may<br />
have already dried out too much<br />
If growing Narcissi in lawns, make<br />
sure you don’t mind waiting 6 weeks<br />
before cutting the grass. I tend to only<br />
grow smaller types like ‘Tête-À-Tête’<br />
or ‘Thalia’ in borders, as the huge<br />
‘King Alfred’ style daffodils have lots<br />
of foliage that flops about looking<br />
unsightly once the flower is over.<br />
Many tulips can’t be trusted to come<br />
back reliably each year. As a general<br />
rule, the closer you are to the species,<br />
the more perennial they are and these<br />
seem to be less prone to viruses too. The<br />
worst disease affecting tulips is Tulip Fire,<br />
which is a fungal infection that spreads<br />
easily (like fire??) among the bulbs.<br />
This is the reason it’s advisable to plant<br />
your tulips late – as late as January has<br />
been known without any ill effects. <br />
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That way the cold weather should kill<br />
off any spores before the bulbs go in.<br />
Planting companions<br />
Your bulbs will look attractive among<br />
other early spring flowering plants.<br />
Biennials are especially effective, because<br />
they flower at the same time and also<br />
tend to be quite frilly and floriferous<br />
– plants like forget-me-nots, bellis and<br />
wallflowers make good ‘skirts’ for the<br />
bulbs and then, as their foliage starts<br />
to die back and become unsightly, the<br />
froth of foliage and flowers will cover<br />
it. Dying foliage out in the borders can<br />
also be hidden (bulb leaves never die<br />
off prettily) with other low spreading<br />
plants, like geraniums, astrantias<br />
and Alchemilla mollis, which will<br />
also grow up and cover the leaves.<br />
After flowering<br />
Once flowering is over, dead-head<br />
to stop them wasting energy making<br />
seed and try to let the leaves die back<br />
naturally – tying them in knots is not<br />
the solution. Some people give them<br />
a feed at this point, but a sprinkle of<br />
general purpose fertiliser over the ground<br />
is welcomed at any point in the spring.<br />
They should start to multiply over<br />
the years if they like the conditions.<br />
Many bulbs bulk up and spread quite<br />
readily, especially those recommended<br />
for naturalising, whereas others seem<br />
to diminish, depending on the variety.<br />
Tulips, especially the really pretty parrot<br />
cultivars and those with frilled or striped<br />
petals are rather fickle and won’t always<br />
appear in future years – the bulbs tend<br />
to split into ‘bulblets’ which take a few<br />
years to gain enough energy to flower.<br />
Potential problems<br />
Bulbs will always perform when first<br />
bought, because they are sold in peak<br />
condition, with everything they need,<br />
packaged up and ready to grow, but<br />
after that it’s up to the prevailing<br />
conditions and the care they receive to<br />
ensure that they keep on flowering.<br />
Bulbs can become ‘blind’, which<br />
means that leaves grow, but no flowers<br />
appear. It’s a sign that they’ve run out of<br />
energy, usually because they’re congested.<br />
If this happens, lift and separate them,<br />
replant and feed with some bonemeal, or<br />
a specialised bulb feed.<br />
Tulips do not like being left in damp<br />
soil all year. If you lift them (and have<br />
the time and inclination) be sure to store<br />
them somewhere dry and away from<br />
pests until it’s time to plant them again.<br />
Buy good sized, nice quality bulbs<br />
– and aim to plant them as soon as<br />
you can after they arrive. If they are<br />
left in their packs for too long they’ll<br />
succumb to infections. Tulips should<br />
really be planted in November once<br />
conditions are cooler and the viruses<br />
in the soil have become less active.<br />
Try to plant bulbs – especially those<br />
in borders – really deep. This improves<br />
flowering and may prevent you slicing<br />
through them later in the year, once<br />
you’ve forgotten where you planted them!<br />
To book a gardening course,<br />
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Image of Grispholm Castle by Roland Magnusson<br />
Whilst I’d been warned that this year Sweden had<br />
been having a very wet summer, I hadn’t taken<br />
into account what might be the result of this in<br />
a country that is home to over 22,000 lakes, some of which<br />
are such large areas of water that they are known as ‘seas’.<br />
I’ve been lucky enough to visit Sweden for many years<br />
now but this was the first year of ‘The Mosquito’. And<br />
unfortunately that was not the mosquito in the singular but<br />
in the hundreds of thousands! Oh, my goodness. They were<br />
everywhere and obviously hungry which we found to our cost.<br />
We are all used to getting a few bites on trips to hot countries<br />
but here the Swedish version surpassed anything we’d come<br />
across. Thank goodness though, this phenomenon is rare in<br />
Sweden and after a week they disappeared from whence they<br />
came and we regained our equilibrium. This came soon after<br />
a trip to the chemists in Mariefred only to be told that there<br />
had been a run on antihistamines and that they were waiting<br />
anxiously for further supplies to be delivered. Mariefred is on<br />
Lake Mälaran, which has the added attraction of the glorious<br />
and imposing Gripsholm Castle, owned by the Swedish Royal<br />
Family since the reign of King Gustav Vasa in the sixteenth<br />
century. And it was at least an opportunity to do a spot of<br />
shopping and have a delicious open prawn sandwich at our<br />
usual cafe on the corner with the black and white tiles and<br />
then have the bonus of a beautiful drive home on virtually<br />
car free roads – and completely pot hole free to boot.<br />
Södermanland is a particularly lovely part of south central<br />
Sweden with a combination of rolling farmland and stands<br />
of mixed forests and of course, lakes. Many of the farms have<br />
absolutely huge barns all painted in a distinctive red known<br />
as Falu red, which originated from the Falun copper mine in<br />
central Sweden. I’d love to be in Sweden on the day that the<br />
cows are let out of the barns in the spring after a long, long<br />
winter. It is a day of celebration known as a ‘kosläpp’ when <br />
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We also had the pleasure of<br />
spending an early evening<br />
with a couple of hares<br />
nonchalantly nibbling away<br />
on the grass outside the house<br />
at the same time as giving<br />
themselves a good groom<br />
they come out skipping and jumping for<br />
joy to be out in the fresh air again. Their<br />
offspring will have, of course, been born<br />
in the barns and the farmer has to let<br />
the cows out separately from the calves<br />
so that the calves don’t get accidentally<br />
trampled by their over excited mothers.<br />
Once everything has calmed down<br />
a bit, the calves are then released.<br />
Interestingly cows have to be let out<br />
in the spring under Swedish animal<br />
welfare laws, which sounds good to me.<br />
But back to the lake at the bottom<br />
of the garden where we were staying.<br />
Last year we heard and saw the cranes<br />
that flew overhead most mornings but<br />
this time we only heard them a couple<br />
of times. But the first swim came up<br />
trumps as an osprey, the national bird<br />
of the region, put in an appearance and<br />
I watched him swim low over the water<br />
for most of the length of the lake. He<br />
eventually landed somewhere beyond<br />
the reeds and I didn’t see him again. But<br />
what a spectacular bird with a wingspan<br />
of 1.5 metres – I hear that one was<br />
spotted at Rye Harbour recently too.<br />
We also had the pleasure of spending<br />
an early evening with a couple of hares<br />
nonchalantly nibbling away on the<br />
grass outside the house at the same time<br />
as giving themselves a good groom.<br />
Luckily they didn’t spot us even when<br />
we were rather manically attempting<br />
to take a few rather blurred photos<br />
from the kitchen window. Imagine<br />
our consternation when we got back<br />
the following day and found a dead<br />
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and the right of public access<br />
known as ‘allemansrätten’<br />
gives everyone the right<br />
to collect berries and<br />
mushrooms on public land<br />
Clockwise from top left: There’s fungi<br />
aplenty in autumn: freshly picked<br />
chanterelle mushrooms; therapeutic<br />
meadowsweet; the majestic osprey<br />
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We thought that it must be one of ‘our’ hares but<br />
he’d been found during a chanterelle hunt in the nearby<br />
woods. Nothing wasted here as he ended up in a casserole<br />
in somebody’s else’s household the following day. Then<br />
there were the ‘sounds off’ coming from the forest. I<br />
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of their excavations in the meadow down the lane but<br />
it was more likely to be some sort of deer as it sounded<br />
rather like a dog with a particularly sore throat.<br />
The meadow that I found such interesting plants in<br />
last year had already been cut to be used for silage. But in<br />
the ditch dissecting the field there were still a few wisps<br />
of meadowsweet and later on that day my hostess gave<br />
me a tisane of dried meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)<br />
to try. I’d read that it was not only used as a herbal<br />
medicine but due to its high concentration of salicylic<br />
acid was used to make aspirin. What a wonderful plant.<br />
It certainly seemed to help both with the irritating and<br />
numerous mosquito bites and one of those throats that<br />
seems to go with flying. Can’t wait for next summer and<br />
to collecting some from the ditch right outside the house<br />
here. Heaven knows why we haven’t done it before.<br />
Just over half of Sweden (63%) is covered with forest and<br />
the right of public access known as ‘allemansrätten’ gives<br />
everyone the right to collect berries and mushrooms on public<br />
land as long as you do it responsibly and don’t take too much.<br />
An hour’s exploration of the woods near the house (in full<br />
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fantastic collection of fungi of all sorts and some wonderful<br />
lichen too. The forests here are ancient and dotted with huge<br />
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An hour’s exploration of the<br />
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the most fantastic collection<br />
of fungi of all sorts and<br />
some wonderful lichen too<br />
Images: istockphoto.com/Multiart / Annika Nilsson / TT<br />
forager’s favourite, but either someone<br />
had already passed through this patch<br />
or I just didn’t know where to look.<br />
Having said that, I did come across two<br />
or three here or there. It’s quite difficult<br />
to miss them as they are bright yellow<br />
or orange and very distinctive. They<br />
also smell of apricots. The interesting<br />
thing about chanterelle is that they<br />
are a mycorrhizal fungus which, over<br />
the years, form a symbiotic association<br />
with the trees they are growing with.<br />
This makes them very difficult to grow<br />
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What attracted you to Wally Hall?<br />
The first time I visited the school I fell in love<br />
with it. The warmth and the buzz of it drew<br />
me in and the quality of the relationships<br />
between the staff and the pupils really stood<br />
out. There’s a genuine sense of wanting to<br />
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find interesting. They aren’t put in a box early<br />
on. It’s important that children are able to<br />
explore new interests and strengths as they get<br />
older. I noticed that the pupils are confident<br />
and articulate but they have no arrogance and<br />
there’s no set way to be a ‘Wally student’.<br />
I really like the fact that this is one of the<br />
oldest girls’ schools in the country. There’s<br />
a balance between being a custodian of an<br />
educational heritage while at the same time<br />
navigating towards the future. Looking at<br />
the history of the school it has never been<br />
a stereotypical girls’ school, it’s always been<br />
about helping the pupils find out who<br />
they are rather than being told ‘this is what<br />
you must do’. It’s a fabulous school.<br />
Who inspired you to study science?<br />
My parents both have science backgrounds<br />
and I went to an all girls’ school where the<br />
headteacher was incredibly positive about<br />
STEM. I was very fortunate that the adults<br />
around me weren’t just answering my questions<br />
but they also encouraged me to ask more. I’m<br />
incredibly interested in medical microbiology<br />
and particularly how it intertwines with<br />
history and influences societies.<br />
What are you most excited about?<br />
At our Junior site we’ve just expanded the<br />
nursery and pre-school, which is very exciting.<br />
We have small boys joining our nursery and<br />
preschool, which is wonderful. The team<br />
here have lots of experience of working with<br />
boys and girls and in the nursery you have<br />
great indoor and outdoor facilities. We have<br />
a lovely forest school area where pupils have<br />
lots of fun. During a recent visit I had leaves<br />
and a lovely slug put on me by the children!<br />
This is a flourishing school, where the<br />
staff support pupils to fulfil their potential<br />
and go onto not only university but also<br />
hugely competitive apprenticeships. We<br />
had a group who in addition to building a<br />
greenpower racing car went on to take it to<br />
Goodwood to race it! I want as many people<br />
as possible to know what a super place this is<br />
and I’m excited about spreading the word.<br />
What do you see as the greatest challenges?<br />
I think they are the same for everyone. Across<br />
the country we have a cohort of young people<br />
who struggle with resilience – there’s a lot of<br />
evidence that young people find it difficult to<br />
make even small mistakes. I’ve done a lot of<br />
reading about how even very young children<br />
don’t feel they can have a go at something in<br />
case they don’t succeed. That is a great challenge<br />
in education at the minute and we need to let<br />
children see that making little errors is part<br />
of learning, it’s an opportunity for growth.<br />
I love our school’s logo, which is a ship. If you<br />
set sail on a ship you know sometimes it will be<br />
stormy. You keep sailing on and there are loads<br />
of other people on board – we aren’t alone.<br />
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How do you relax outside work?<br />
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books on the go. At the moment I’m<br />
working my way through Pathogenesis by<br />
Jonathan Kennedy, The Square of Sevens<br />
by Laura Shepherd-Robinson and The<br />
Venetian Venture by Suzette A. Hill. I also<br />
have Herring’s Medical Law and Ethics and<br />
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going to run a bio ethics club for the sixth<br />
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interesting and I’m very excited about.<br />
I’ve also just finished an undergraduate<br />
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world, it’s been a great reminder of what it’s like<br />
to be the one needing to meet essay deadlines.<br />
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What book would you recommend to parents?<br />
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Contemporary sounds will reverberate around the ancient space of our medieval Great Hall for<br />
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This display will accompany the ‘Country Houses, Jewish Homes’ touring exhibition this<br />
autumn. Displays will explore the role of Jewish country houses in Britain, the prejudice Jewish<br />
people encountered and how they fought for the right to acquire land and play a full role in<br />
British society.<br />
Image Credit: Andrew Penketh & Jillian Edelstein ©Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved, DACS, <strong>2023</strong><br />
To see what other things we have going on at Ightham Mote this year please visit<br />
nationaltrust.org.uk/ightham-mote/whats-on or call 01732 810378<br />
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ART SURREY (RACHAEL JOHNSON)<br />
GRAHAM CLARKE<br />
OPEN STUDIO<br />
BATEMAN’S<br />
REIMAGINED<br />
What’s On<br />
this Autumn<br />
ART & EXHIBITIONS<br />
Every day until 1 Jan 24<br />
(closed 25 & 26 Dec)<br />
Bateman’s, Bateman’s Lane,<br />
Burwash, Etchingham TN19 7DS<br />
THE WRITER’S HOME:<br />
BATEMAN’S REIMAGINED<br />
A new installation by book<br />
artist Su Blackwell reimagines<br />
the creative process which led<br />
Rudyard Kipling to conjure up<br />
his much-loved classic, The Jungle<br />
Book. ‘Bateman’s Reimagined’<br />
is created from copies of the<br />
story’s handwritten manuscript.<br />
Kipling’s words loop and curl<br />
across hundreds of pages, nestling<br />
a model of the house at Bateman’s,<br />
once the home of the writer.<br />
Entry: included in entry price<br />
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Fri 6 <strong>October</strong> (preview<br />
evening) 6pm - 9pm<br />
Sat 7 <strong>October</strong> 10am - 6pm<br />
Sun 8 <strong>October</strong> 10am - 5pm<br />
Epsom Downs Racecourse,<br />
Tattenham Corner Road,<br />
Epsom, Surrey KT18 5LQ<br />
ART SURREY<br />
Come to Art Surrey in The<br />
Duchess Stand, Epsom Downs<br />
Racecourse 6-8 <strong>October</strong> and let<br />
your creative senses be tingled<br />
at one of the largest art fairs<br />
within the south east of England.<br />
Over 90 established artists will<br />
be exhibiting with over 3,000<br />
artworks for sale between £50<br />
and £3,000. For tickets and<br />
more information see website.<br />
artsurrey.co.uk<br />
Fri 6 - Sun 8 Oct & Fri 3 -<br />
Sun 5 Nov 11am - 3pm<br />
Up the Garden Studio,<br />
Meadow View Road, Boughton<br />
Monchelsea ME17 4LF<br />
GRAHAM CLARKE<br />
STUDIO OPEN DAYS<br />
Explore Graham’s fascinating<br />
studio displaying a vast array<br />
of work and find out how his<br />
limited-edition etchings are created<br />
entirely by hand, using traditional<br />
techniques, from copper plate<br />
to hand-driven printing press.<br />
Graham or a member of his<br />
family will be on hand to share<br />
the stories behind his work.<br />
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Fri 27 <strong>October</strong> (preview<br />
evening) 6pm - 9pm<br />
Sat 28 <strong>October</strong> 12pm - 4pm<br />
Sun 29 <strong>October</strong> 10am - 4pm<br />
Kingdom, Grove Road,<br />
Penshurst, Tonbridge TN11 8DU<br />
KENT PAINTERS GROUP<br />
Kent Painters Group (KPG)<br />
is a wonderful not-for-profit<br />
organisation started by a group<br />
of friends over 30 years ago to<br />
raise money for local mental<br />
health charities in Kent. Its<br />
annual art sale is now one of<br />
Kent’s premier exhibitions and to<br />
date it has raised over £330,000<br />
for the mental health charities it<br />
supports. As a voluntary group,<br />
100% of proceeds go directly<br />
to KPG’s chosen charities.<br />
kentpaintersgroup.co.uk<br />
Thurs 9 - Sat 11 Nov 10am - 5pm<br />
Vestry Hall, Cranbrook,<br />
Kent TN17 3HA<br />
THE CRANBROOK<br />
ART SHOW<br />
Exciting news, the Art Show is<br />
back, showcasing new talent and<br />
familiar artists next month. There<br />
will be free entry to enjoy a mix of<br />
painting, printmaking, sculpture,<br />
ceramics and jewellery. The<br />
selected artists express themselves<br />
and draw inspiration from a wide<br />
variety of sources, so the show<br />
will have something to please<br />
and delight all visitors. There<br />
will be late night opening until<br />
7pm on Friday 10th November.<br />
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SHOPPING<br />
Fri 13 Oct<br />
Little Silver Country<br />
Hotel Tenterden<br />
PRETTY IN PINK<br />
The hugely successful Heart of<br />
Kent Hospice Choir, ‘The Hearties’<br />
will perform bespoke arrangements<br />
of inspiring and popular songs. An<br />
evening of song and style including<br />
a catwalk fashion show by Mint<br />
Velvet. You won’t want to miss<br />
this fun event raising funds for<br />
the charity Breast Cancer Now.<br />
Entry: Tickets £10 available from<br />
Box Office (website below) or Webbs<br />
Ironmongers High Street Tenterden.<br />
heartofkentshowchoir.co.uk<br />
Fri 20 Oct 7.30pm<br />
Hemsted Park Theatre<br />
Benenden School<br />
THE GREAT THINK<br />
PINK SHOW<br />
An ultimate girls’ night out with<br />
music, laughter, surprises and a<br />
catwalk fashion show by Mint<br />
Velvet. An immersive experience<br />
raising money for breast cancer<br />
charity joining the Heart of Kent<br />
Hospice Choir, ‘The Hearties’ for<br />
a fabulous evening of music and<br />
entertainment. Everyone welcome!<br />
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Fri 14 & Sat 15 Oct<br />
Farnham Maltings, Bridge<br />
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FESTIVAL OF CRAFTS<br />
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of Crafts returns to Farnham<br />
Maltings as part of Farnham’s<br />
<strong>October</strong> Craft Month. There will<br />
be a selection of the best of British<br />
artisans selling handmade crafts<br />
including jewellery, ceramics,<br />
stationery, homewares, wood and<br />
metal work, textiles, furniture,<br />
lighting and print. Meet and<br />
buy directly from makers, and<br />
even try an inspiring workshop<br />
on a new craft taster session.<br />
Entry: Discount for booking<br />
in advance, see website.<br />
farnhammaltings.com<br />
WORKSHOPS<br />
& COURSES<br />
Thurs 5 & Sat 7 Oct 10.30am<br />
Merriments Gardens,<br />
Hawkhurst Road, Hurst Green,<br />
East Sussex TN19 7RA<br />
MERRIMENTS GARDENS<br />
AUTUMN CONTAINER<br />
& HANGING BASKET<br />
WORKSHOP<br />
Add fantastic autumn colour<br />
to your garden by planting up<br />
a beautiful 14” rattan hanging<br />
basket or a decorative 15”<br />
terracotta pot. Join Merriment’s<br />
experienced Plant Area team for<br />
an informative workshop. They<br />
will help you create your perfect<br />
autumn display and provide<br />
tips on how to keep it looking<br />
good over the coming months.<br />
Entry: Tickets £35 (including<br />
all materials and your choice<br />
of either a 14” rattan basket<br />
or a 15” terracotta pot).<br />
merriments.co.uk<br />
Sat 14 Oct & Sat 18 Nov<br />
Sarah Louise Dix, 57 St<br />
John’s Street, Farncombe, Nr<br />
Godalming, Surrey GU7 3EH<br />
BEGINNER’S ONE<br />
DAY FOOTSTOOL<br />
UPHOLSTERY COURSE<br />
How about learning a new skill<br />
this autumn? Taught in classes of<br />
no more than 10 students, Sarah<br />
Louise Dix teaches an introduction<br />
to upholstery in this excellent<br />
one day class. There are also<br />
other courses on offer including<br />
a 10 week upholstery course.<br />
Pre booking and pre payment is<br />
essential to secure your place.<br />
Entry: £150 exc fabric<br />
sarahlouisedix.co.uk<br />
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expert-led events centred around topical<br />
subjects in the gardening world.<br />
MERRIMENTS<br />
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Jane Howard explains why<br />
her pigs enjoy a completely<br />
free-range existance, just<br />
lyke ye olden days<br />
There is definitely a whiff of<br />
autumn in the air – my favourite<br />
time of year. Out come the<br />
jumpers and wellies and an early morning<br />
foray for mushrooms with mist in the hollows<br />
and grass twinkling with dew is magical. But not<br />
that early. Rather quaintly, since leaving London some<br />
twenty five years ago, the time at which we get up really<br />
fascinates our city friends. When we point out that<br />
it’s really only dairy farmers who have to get up at an<br />
unspeakably early hour, they seem rather crestfallen.<br />
Along with the lack of a smock, a pitchfork in hand<br />
and a straw hat, an 8am start doesn’t quite fit the<br />
bucolic image. I think the cows would<br />
be genuinely surprised to see me at<br />
sunrise, although the pigs are ready and<br />
standing by whatever time we arrive.<br />
But any day soon they won’t be waiting<br />
and then, for a couple of weeks, I’ll<br />
not see them round the trough at all.<br />
And I won’t be one bit surprised. Why?<br />
Because the acorns will have dropped<br />
and nothing is more delicious to the<br />
average porker than a ripe acorn. With<br />
about 20 acres of woodland to roam in,<br />
they could be anywhere, and eventually<br />
they turn up again – fat and happy.<br />
But for the right reason. Rather<br />
than breed our own we now buy in pigs to fatten<br />
and they are (or rather were) all boys – an important<br />
precaution for anyone keeping woodland pigs in these<br />
parts. Apart from The Forest of Dean, the Kent/Sussex<br />
borders have more wild boar than anywhere else in the<br />
UK. They are shy, nocturnal creatures so rarely seen,<br />
but having learnt the hard way I can assure you they<br />
are about. And at this time of year solitary males are<br />
wandering the High Weald looking for romance.<br />
Before I knew better I used to keep sows, Gloria and<br />
Rather than breed<br />
our own we now buy<br />
in pigs to fatten and<br />
they are (or rather<br />
were) all boys – an<br />
important precaution<br />
for anyone keeping<br />
woodland pigs<br />
in these parts<br />
Iris, in the woods and by the time I saw the fleeting<br />
back end of a wild boar – tusks, stripes, spots the lot, it<br />
was too late. Some three months, three weeks and three<br />
days later (pigs are very particular in that department)<br />
Gloria delivered a whole host of stripy, spotty hoglets.<br />
Fab, except that they were wild and<br />
never came near me. Not even for food.<br />
Catching and keeping them proved<br />
impossible so now it’s strictly a Boys Only<br />
policy for participation in the annual<br />
Coopers autumn acorn extravaganza.<br />
But what’s going on here is nothing<br />
new. For hundreds of years peasant<br />
farmers released their pigs into the woods<br />
at this time of year to fatten on acorns in<br />
a practice known as pannage. With the<br />
exception of The New Forest, pannage<br />
isn’t really practiced any more but way<br />
back when The Weald was the stronghold.<br />
The Domesday Book records in 1086 that<br />
around 150,000 pigs were driven every autumn from the<br />
Low Weald to the oak woods of the High Weald. Farmers<br />
from a particular village returned with their pigs to the<br />
same woodland pig pasture, called a den, year after year.<br />
Over time the dens became settlements in their own<br />
right – hence Horsmonden, Biddenden, Witherenden<br />
– and the frequent passage of pigs being driven to<br />
and from these dens formed sunken tracks known as<br />
droves, which remain today as a pattern of roughly<br />
north-south lanes. Quite handy for those boars!<br />
Find out more about daily life at Coopers Farm by visiting coopersfarmstonegate.co.uk<br />
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