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The panto season is upon us. Among the great shows on 

offer are Beauty and the Beast at Winchester’s Theatre Royal 

and Dick Whittington and his Cat at the Salisbury Playhouse. 

Let the fun begin. 

There’s another show – Gordon and Prudence – playing 

nationwide. The eponymous stars used to be joined at the hip. Or so 

we were led to believe. Now Prudence has been abandoned by the 

UK’s highest-ever-borrowing peacetime prime minister, their 

relationship revealed as a sham. Gordon Brown, who alone can save 

the world, insists that borrowing on a crazy scale will cure all ills, but 

he’ll be out of office when we and generations to come struggle to 

repay the debts resulting from his hubris. 

Even while Gordon Brown sang the praises of Prudence, he was 

faithless. If she truly had been an important entry in his little black 

book, the nation would now have rainy day savings to call on, and a 

large stash of gold still locked away instead of flogged off at rockbottom 

prices. And while, motivated by political expedience, he can 

suddenly find unimaginably vast sums, Prudence was firmly on his lap 

when comparatively trivial sums were needed to properly protect our 

serving military personnel, or keep essential services, such as health 

visitors, adequately funded. 

Despite being unwilling participants in 

the ailing panto of Gordon and Prudence, 

we, the audience, will know what to shout 

the next time he dares to mention his 

abandoned muse. All together now: ‘She’s 

behind you, Gordon!’ 

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6 A Warminster Winner 

Jacqui Tatnall and Mark 

Brassington opened Jacqueline’s 

Restaurant and Tea Rooms, and 

the accolades poured in… 

8 Travel 

Temples in the Sun 

Jennifer Rogers enjoys the 

mysteries of India 

10 Competition 

Win a two-night stay at 

Homewood Park Hotel 

12 Style 

Glitter Ball 

It’s party season and your chance 

to shine, says Teresa Walsh 

13 Fashion 

Glad Rags 

Party clothes 

14 Design 

The Accidental Jeweller 

Unable to find the jewellery she 

wanted, Mo Goodfield made her 

own 

17 Fashion 

Pick of the Pants 

Something to pop in your 

Christmas stocking 

20 Cookery 

Sweet and Slinky 

Hilaire Walden reveals the secrets 

of Sachertorte 

23 Table Talk 

Tohur Ali of The Shah Jahan 

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25 The View Review 

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Christmas Companions 

Classic comfort choices at Christmas 

recommended by Sally Easton 

29 The Waitrose Page 

Ale and Hearty 

Sally Place raises a glass to Jody 

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30 Winter Wonderland 

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34 Pupils’ View 

Spotlight on Farleigh School 

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38 View Points 

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40 Interior View 

Christmas Cheer 

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44 Gardening 

Small Pleasures 

Annie Bullen savours her garden’s 

precious winter blooms 

49 Motoring 

Owning a Mercedes – it’s easier than 

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52 Health 

Three Precious Gifts 

The three kings knew about gifts. 

Mark Sparrow adds a few wise words 

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54 Short Story 

No Room at the Inn by Ellie Sampson 

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58 Books 

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vlife changer 

6 

A Warminster winner 

In search of a balanced life, 

Jacqui Tatnall and Mark 

Brassington moved to Wiltshire 

and opened Jacqueline’s Restaurant 

and Tea Rooms, and the awards 

and accolades have poured in… 

How’s this for a Christmas promise? Jacqui Tatnall and Mark 

Brassington declare that Jacqueline’s Restaurant and Tea 

Rooms, in Warminster, will be a Slade-free zone. ‘There will 

be peace and quiet for those people who want a break from the 

continuous Christmas music which usually starts in November,’ 

explains Jacqui. But Christmas isn’t being sidelined in this awardwinning 

eaterie. ‘We will have a Christmas menu featuring 

traditional and contemporary dishes,’ she says. 

Mark and Jacqui met over a pint of Fullers London Pride in a 

pub in Hove and after a year or so decided to kick the commuting 

habit. ‘Rather than commuting to work to earn the money to come 

home, sleep, then get up to go back to work, we wanted to try to 

gain a more balanced life,’ says Mark. ‘It’s questionable whether we 

have achieved this as being your own boss is very hard work,’ he 

adds, wryly. 

Mark and Jacqui with a selection of the quality 

local ingredients used in the restaurant 

An elegant façade which 

hides a few secrets

They moved to Warminster in 1999 and opened Jacqueline’s 

Restaurant and Tea Rooms, despite neither having qualifications or 

experience in the food industry. Mark began his working life in the 

Royal Navy on minesweepers, moving through financial services 

and sales to a spell as an HGV1 driver, while Jacqui gained a degree 

in Creative Arts, then working in administration in professional 

theatre. Her first boss was Michael Attenborough (Richard’s son) 

and she later landed a job with top West End producer Michael 

Codron at the Aldwych where, as financial assistant, she was 

responsible for handling payments to the acting world’s finest, 

including Judi Dench, Michael Gambon and Joan Collins. 

But this lack of food experience hasn’t held them back. ‘Mark is 

completely self-taught,’ says Jacqui, ‘and has turned his hobby into 

a business. We won Best Tea Rooms in Wiltshire and Best Tea 

Rooms in the West Country in 2001 with Taste of the West. We 

were nominated for the Tea Guild’s Best Tea Room in 2003 and 

highly commended in UKTV Food Heroes 2008, in the top 20 in 

the region.’ The UKTV Food Heroes competition, backed by Gary 

Rhodes (though they never met him), aims to encourage 

establishments nationwide to use fresh local and seasonal food and 

it was thanks to their customers’ online voting that they gained the 

highly-commended award. 

While enjoying success, Jacqui and Mark don’t intend to stand 

still. Finding to their advantage that locals are easing their finances 

by dining in town rather than using cars or taxis to travel out to 

remote restaurants, they’ve introduced an added incentive – buy a 

starter and get the main course at half price – for those choosing to 

eat between 5 – 8 pm. ‘And next year we’re going to completely 

refurbish the restaurant,’ says Jacqui, ‘making it fresher and 

brighter.’ 

Jacqui has no doubt that their food is special. ‘It’s local, organic, 

freshly prepared and home-cooked,’ she explains. ‘Using ingredients 

Another award: Jacqueline’s Restaurant 

and Tea Rooms was highly commended 

in the recent UKTV Food Heroes 

competition backed by Gary Rhodes 

life changer v 

as local as possible we aim to reduce food miles and hopefully the 

cost as well, both for us and our customers. We cook traditional 

and seasonal food, such as steak and kidney pie, which Mark’s 

grandmother taught him to make when he was about ten. He still 

uses the same recipe 40 years later. Ox kidney and marrow-bone 

stock are a must.’ 

‘Far scarier than ghosts, the form of Michael 

Winner has also roamed these rooms’ 

While good food has to be the main draw, Jacqueline’s 

customers have, from time to time, enjoyed a few little extras. The 

restaurant is situated in a building said to date in part from the 

time of Henry VIII, which was later gentrified and extended by 

the Georgians and retains original Georgian and Victorian 

features. ‘There’s the possibility of a ghost or two,’ confides Mark. 

‘We had the paranormal investigators here a couple of years ago, 

and customers have told us of their experiences.’ 

But that’s nothing. Far scarier than ghosts, the form of 

Michael Winner has also roamed these rooms. ‘He came to review 

our restaurant for The Sunday Times, which was a complete 

surprise,’ recalls Jacqui. ‘While he was here, Mark was chatting to 

a customer and accidentally called the man Mr Baker instead of 

Mr Smith.’ 

Mark’s error was overhead by Michael Winner, who offered a 

solution to the problem of occasionally getting a name wrong. 

‘Call them all dear or darling,’ he expansively advised an 

embarrassed Mark. V 

Jacqueline’s Restaurant and Tea Rooms, 28 High Street, Warminster, 

Wiltshire BA12 9AF 01985 217373 www.jacquelinesrestaurant.com 

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vtravel 

8 

It’s a land of surprise 

and mystery. 

Jennifer Rogers records 

her three-week trip to India 

in words and photographs 

Temples in the sun 

The Gumbaz where the ruler Tipu Sultan and his parents are buried 

India is not merely another country, it’s 

another world, a major culture shock. 

Whether you travel in five-star luxury or 

independently on trains or buses, give 

yourself a few days to adjust and become 

accustomed to moving at the pace that 

India dictates. 

Organised trips may be more reliable 

but using ordinary trains and buses to move 

around India is possible for all ages and 

gives the opportunity to sample daily life at 

a different level. You will learn that patience 

and resignation are essential. The train will 

arrive when it arrives. That may not be the 

time - or even the day - expected, but it will 

happen. In the meantime you wait and 

while you wait there is an endlessly 

fascinating kaleidoscope of life to observe all 

around you; the cow strolling along the 

railway line, food and tea sellers, and the 

families packed and waiting for a journey to 

a wedding, a funeral or a festival. 

The names of trains in India are 

romantic and evocative. On this trip we were 

riding to Mysore from Bangalore on the Tipu 

Express. We travelled out of Bangalore past 

shanty towns, and slopes where children 

picked over the rubbish, out into the 

countryside where solitary men followed an 

oxen with a wooden plough, women stooped 

to plant rice or make mud bricks, and herds 

‘Below, in the streets, a cow was 

washed and dusted with yellow 

dye to celebrate a festival’ 

of sheep or goats wandered over the fields, 

often guarded by a woman in a brilliantly 

coloured sari, holding an umbrella. 

In Mysore, we found a quiet hotel with 

a wide third-floor balcony where we could 

sit and sip cups of tea sweetened with 

condensed milk. On the rooftop opposite, a 

woman chased off a monkey raiding her 

kitchen. Above us, wide-winged birds soared 

and hovered. Below, in the streets, a cow was 

washed and dusted with yellow dye to 

celebrate a festival. 

The city is famous for producing silk, 

sandalwood and incense. We wandered 

around the centuries-old Devaraja market, 

full of flowers, herbs, grains, fruit and small 

piles of vivid powder paint used for 

decorating cows and houses. 

One day, we hired a car and driver and 

visited the historic site of the Tiger of 

Mysore – the island of Sirangapatnam – the 

capital from which Hyder Ali and Tipu 

Sultan ruled much of southern India in the 

18th century. The drive out and back – 

about an hour each way – took us through a 

fertile country of rivers, rice fields and small 

villages. It was a festival day and everywhere 

people were washing their animals – at one 

river there was an oxen, a goat and a sheep, all 

being bathed. Even the lorries and the tractors 

got a wash. 

We saw the Ranganathaswamy temple, 

Tipu’s summer palace, and the Gumbaz where 

Devaraja market, full of flowers, herbs, 

grains, fruit and vivid powder paint used 

for decorating cows and houses

oth Tipu and his parents are buried, then 

went on to visit the Keshava temple at 

Somnathpur. Founded by the Hoysalas in 

the 13th century, it has a walled courtyard 

with colonnaded cloisters (64 separate cells, 

each containing sculptures). The exterior 

screens around the main central temple have 

exquisitely carved rows of elephants, geese, 

and horsemen. 

‘It was begun in 1116 and 

building work lasted for 100 years’ 

The next day, back in Mysore, we took a 

local bus up to the top of Chamundi hill – 

five rupees each. It took about 20 minutes. 

At the top we found a temple, a large 

market and a lot of people, but they were 

soon left behind when we walked down the 

hill to see the famous statue of a Nandi, 

standing five metres high. (A Nandi is a 

Hindu god in the shape of a benign looking 

bull.) The Nandi was carved out of the rock 

in 1659 and is a famous place for pilgrims. 

A family posed for their photograph and 

then, in typical Indian fashion, asked us to 

sit with them for the next shot. It seemed 

churlish to refuse. 

From Mysore we took a three-hour train 

ride to Hassan, our base for three days while 

we explored temples at Belur and Halebid. 

Each day we took local buses, bouncing 

along with the locals, sometimes on tarmac, 

Carved Nandi at Chamundi hill 

Exquisite erotic carving on the Keshava 

temple at Somnathpur 

sometimes on gravel and sometimes we simply 

flew. Great views, though – fields of bright 

yellow sunflowers and what looked like 

lavender. This colourful spectacle was 

punctuated with small hills of red chillies 

drying in the sun. 

Belur had the wonderful Channekshava 

temple, an easy walk from the bus stand. It was 

travel v 

begun in 1116 and building work lasted for 

100 years. There was a carved frieze 

running round it with six tiers of figures 

and 38 freestanding figures between the 

eves and the upper walls. At the entrance 

was a seven-storey goporum (tower). The 

temple stood in a large, paved courtyard 

surrounded by a cloister and there were 

several smaller temples. The interior was a 

space of pillars and shrines, lit only by the 

light from the four doorways. 

Halebid, the capital of the Hoysala 

empire in the 12th century, held the 

Hoysaleswara Temple, begun in 1121 and 

worked on for 80 years but never 

completed. 

On the eastern side were two pavilions, 

each containing a large Nandi. The temple 

was set amid green lawns and well-tended 

flower beds. Inside the main temple was 

another, much smaller, Nandi, in front of 

the shrine. There were about 20 carved 

columns supporting the roof. The light 

from the four doorways lit the stone floor, 

polished smooth by tens of thousands of 

feet over the past 800 years. 

It was cool, and calm, with the faint 

smell of incense. We heard bird song and 

when we looked up saw, perched on the 

head of the god Krishna, a family of brighteyed 

sparrows. V 

Next issue: part two, Hassan to Mumbai, 

and home. 

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vstyle 

GLITTER 

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December is the height of the party 

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with friends or a smart social 

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our party outfits this year, we need to get it right. 

What are the trends and colours that are a must 

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Firstly, colour. Yes, black is here to stay, but 

make sure it really suits your skin tone. For some 

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There are some fabulous colours in the shops 

this season and party dresses are no exception. If 

you’re feeling bold, go for reds, orange, yellow 

and vivid pink; greys and purples give a 

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than black. Fabrics should be luxurious. Rich 

hues and sumptuous materials will make you 

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drapes and beads will add the texture that’s part 

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Look for high-shine finishes in patent, sequins, 

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vdesign 

14 

It was only a year ago that Mo 

Goodfield, searching in vain for 

jewellery to wear to a Christmas party, 

gave up and decided to make her own 

instead. Unable to find anything in her 

price-range that caught her eye, she went 

home, made what she wanted and in the 

process triggered a passion that saw her 

spending the entire Christmas break 

playing around with further pieces, 

researching materials and methods on the 

internet, and laying the foundation for her 

own jewellery range. Some five months 

later she launched MornieG, her midpriced 

collection of hand-made exclusive 

jewellery pieces. 

Mo and her husband Andrew moved 

from Somerset in 1979 when he took up a 

new position in personnel with the fire 

brigade. She left behind her career as an 

Accidental 

Jeweller 

The 

When Wiltshire-based furniture designer Mo Goodfield couldn’t find the 

jewellery she was looking for, she decided to make her own – 

and her unique jewellery range was conceived 

architectural technician for a 

bank, began work as a 

kitchen designer and, 

almost 30 years later, is 

still working for Mark 

Wilkinson. ‘I wasn’t 

qualified,’ she says, ‘none 

of us were. We just got 

in there and did the job. 

But I’ve always loved 

design, and natural 

materials. Making jewellery 

with glass, semi-precious 

stones, pearls, Swarovski crystal and 

silver has the same appeal.’ 

That first piece, made for the 

Christmas party, threw Mo into a steep 

learning curve. ‘I had to take it apart and 

remake it and only finished it within a few 

days of when I needed it,’ she admits. It 

was through working on that piece that 

Mo discovered chain-maille, the weaving of 

silver links. ‘Many of my designs feature 

hand-woven sterling silver chainemaille,’ 

she explains. ‘Most of 

my necklaces are a unique 

design. There is no chance 

that someone wearing my 

jewellery will ever see anyone 

else in exactly the same piece. 

The piece you view on the 

website will be the actual piece 

you are purchasing.’ 

Still working as a full-time 

furniture designer, Mo has converted 

one room in her home into a workshop. 

Where possible she uses materials sourced 

from UK companies. ‘Often the stone or 

bead dictates the design. My designs are, in 

the main, strong, statement pieces 

constructed from high-quality materials,’ 

she explains. ‘They’re very labour intensive. 

The first piece I made after my own 

necklace took 12 hours. Now it takes me 

half that time. But I love it. I’ve enjoyed 

the experience of designing and making my 

own jewellery and it has given me a 

different way of expressing my creativity. 

‘It’s thrilling to see somebody wearing 

something I’ve made,’ she adds. ‘I find that 

incredible. A lady I work with bought a 

relatively expensive piece and wears it three 

or four times a week. I love it that she likes 

it so much.’ V 

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‘There is no chance that someone wearing my jewellery will ever see anyone else in exactly the same piece’

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Photograph courtesy of Leading Hotels of the World 

Swee 

Hilaire Walden makes 

the case for Sachertorte, a 

dark shiny cake that 

found itself in court 

This Christmas I will be making at least 

one dark, shiny, slinky chocolate 

Sachertorte to serve as an alternative to 

both Christmas cake and Christmas pudding. 

Served on white marble, or a white plate, it 

makes a stunning, understatedly elegant 

contrast to the plump, fruity homeliness of the 

traditional fare. 

Most traditional dishes have hotly contested 

backgrounds, with legions of competing recipes, 

but Sachertorte beats them all. The right to 

claim it was the subject of a seven-year legal 

wrangle between the Hotel Sacher (built in 

1876) and the pastry shop, Demel, both in 

Vienna. The hotel won. It can now use the 

moniker ‘Original Sachertote’ when selling the 

cake. The similar cake now sold at Demel is 

called Demel’s Sachertorte. 

If the legend is correct it does seem likely 

that the hotel had the stronger claim. According 

to the story, the cake was created purely by 

chance by a 16-year-old apprentice named 

Franz Sacher. Apparently, one day, in 1832, the 

chef to the Austrian chancellor, Prince Wensell 

Metternich, suddenly fell ill. A dessert that was 

fit for a prince was needed, so, for some reason, 

an apprentice in the kitchen was asked to do it, 

rather than the pastry chef or otherwise 

experienced chef. Young Franz came up with 

the cake that has made his name known to 

posterity. 

There is one very obvious difference 

between the two cakes: the location of the layer 

of apricot jam. The Sacher Hotel spreads it in 

the middle of the cake, Demel spreads it under 

the icing. Wherever you put it, it should be 

discreet and no more than enough to provide 

just a hint of contrasting tangy fruitiness. 

In Vienna, Sachertorte is served with cream. 

You might think this is gilding the lily, but the 

cakes there have a fairly dry texture and are on 

the sweet side (at least for my taste) and the 

cream acts as a counterbalance. A further 

enhancement is a cup of strong, dark coffee. 

The original Sachertorte proudly 

displayed at Hotel Sacher in Vienna

cookery v 

t and slinky 

SACHERTORTE 

The recipe is a closely guarded secret 

but this is a near approximation. I have 

reduced the dryness and sweetness. The 

quality of ingredients is vital; be sure to 

use really good chocolate, unsalted 

butter and apricot jam. 

175g plain chocolate with at 

least 70 per cent cocoa solids, 

chopped 

150g unsalted butter, softened 

125g icing sugar 

6 eggs, separated 

1 tsp vanilla extract 

115g plain flour 

125g caster sugar 

Glaze: 

175g good quality apricot jam 

squeeze of lemon juice 

Icing: 

250g sugar 

225g plain chocolate with at 

least 70 per cent cocoa solids, 

chopped 

Butter a 22cm spring-form tin and 

line the base with buttered greaseproof 

paper. Sprinkle flour over the base and 

then tip and tap out any excess. Preheat 

the oven to 180ºC/350ºF/gas 4. 

Melt the chocolate in a bowl placed 

over, not in, a saucepan of gently 

simmering water. Remove from the heat. 

Beat the butter with the icing sugar 

until pale and fluffy. Add the egg yolks 

one at a time, beating well after each 

addition. Working quickly and using a 

large metal spoon, gently fold the melted 

chocolate, and the vanilla, into the butter 

mixture, and then add the flour in the 

same way. 

Whisk the egg whites until stiff and 

then gradually add the caster sugar, 

whisking well and continuing to whisk 

until the whites are stiff and shiny. 

Working in the way you did when adding 

the chocolate, fold in the egg whites in 

three batches. 

Transfer to the buttered tin and bake 

in the centre of the oven for 50 minutes 

or until a skewer inserted in the centre 

comes out clean. Remove the cake from 

the oven and leave to cool for 10 

minutes before un-moulding it onto a 

cooling rack. Carefully peel away the 

lining paper and leave the cake to cool 

completely. 

To make the glaze, heat the jam with 

the lemon juice and 1 tablespoon water, 

preferably in a non-stick saucepan, and 

bring to the boil. Quickly press through a 

nylon sieve and leave to cool to 

lukewarm. 

Place the cooling rack with the cold, 

upside-down cake on it, over a tray to 

catch drips. Either brush the lukewarm 

glaze over the top and sides, or carefully 

cut the cake in half horizontally, using a 

large serrated knife, and spread the jam 

over the bottom half before reassembling 

the cake. Leave until cold. 

To make the icing, very gently heat 

the sugar with 250ml water in a heavybottomed 

saucepan, until the sugar has 

dissolved. Then bring to the boil and boil 

until the temperature reaches about 

105ºC. To test without a thermometer, 

take a little of the syrup between a wet 

finger and thumb and then open them; 

the syrup should form a sticky thread 

about 2.5cm long. 

Remove the pan from the heat and 

place in a roasting tin filled with warm 

water (this keeps the syrup warm 

without cooking it further). Leave for 1 

minute and stir in the chocolate until it 

has melted and the icing has cooled to a 

coating consistency. 

Quickly pour the chocolate icing 

over the surface of the top of the cake. 

Tip and tilt the cake so the icing runs 

evenly and smoothly over it; once it is on 

the cake the icing should not be 

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Annie Bullen drifts 

happily into the 

Med Lemon Sole • 123 High Street • Old Portsmouth • PO1 2HW 

02392 811303 • www.lemonsole.co.uk 

There we were, sipping a crisp, cold 

white wine, nibbling juicy olives and 

dipping warm pitta bread into bowls 

of guacamole and a spicy salsa. The sun was 

warm on our faces and, with a little 

imagination, we could have been sitting on a 

Mediterranean terrace, waiting for our lunch. 

The late sun streaming through the 

windows, the deep cream, blue and yellow 

seaside colours of the restaurant and the 

smell of fresh fish cooking in the kitchen 

made the Lemon Sole a pleasant place to be. 

It’s an attractive building, the exterior of 

the old bow-window framed with clambering 

ivy, a line of box plants and other greenery, 

with a burst of sunny colours inside. Owner 

Sunil Sood bought the Lemon Sole just three 

years ago after long experience at the Taj 

Hotels in Mumbai, India and at Harrods and 

Fortnum & Mason, London. He runs it in 

tandem with the below-stairs Crofts Wine 

Cellar, which shares the menu but has a 

different, more pubby atmosphere. 

Sunil was keen to explain what makes his 

restaurant different from others. You get to 

choose your fish – and the way it is cooked, 

he told us. A display of fresh fish is spread 

out seductively on ice-topped seaweed. When 

we visited, there was Arctic char, Dover sole, 

lemon sole, bream, plaice, tuna, swordfish, 

salmon, brill, monkfish, some scallops, 

oysters and king prawns. The menu, with 

Enjoying lunch in a sunny corner of the 

restaurant 

cooking suggestions for the main courses, 

and the starters, is on a blackboard above the 

fish counter. 

This is where your choice comes in. You 

decide on a fish and then discuss the sauce or 

cooking method. So it’s fine to order it 

simply cooked with butter or with white 

wine and butter or olive oil, garlic and herb 

butter. Accompanying sauces include beurre 

blanc, mushroom and fennel, hollandaise, 

lemon and thyme or red pepper, basil and 

chilli. 

And the wine ‘list’ is right there, next to 

the fish display: a large rack of bottles from 

which you select on the spot. If it’s white you 

want (and most do with the fish) they’ve got 

the same bottle chilling in the fridge. 

We chose and retired to our window 

table with a bottle of Crowded House – a 

lovely dry New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. 

Soon the plate of nibbles arrived and it was 

tough not to be greedy, knowing there was 

more to come. That more was two scallop 

shells, one filled with crunchy whitebait, the 

other with calamari for Roy. They came with 

a creamy sauce. A great dish of mussels, 

gently steaming, was placed before me. Some 

nice chewy bread, and a good broth made for 

a satisfying starter. 

We could have had seafood chowder, 

lobster, crab and prawns with a marie-rose 

dressing, scallops, goat-cheese tart, oysters, 

Sunil with head chef Ben and their team 

Lemon Sole in Old Portsmouth 

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asparagus or deep-fried brie. Our waiter was 

charming, a student from Hungary, here for 

three months to learn English (which was 

already pretty good) before going home to 

become a biologist. 

Roy has been a Portsmouth football 

supporter all his life. And so, it turned out, 

were all the staff, including Ben, the head 

chef. Our visit was just a day or so after 

former Portsmouth manager Harry 

Redknapp had forsaken the club for the 

greener grass of Spurs, so I was just a little 

apprehensive that the kitchen might have 

been affected. Not a bit of it – true 

professionals they were, producing baconwrapped 

monkfish on a bed of caramelised 

roasted vegetables for Roy and a buttergrilled 

brill for me, both with new potatoes. 

The brill was – well, brill – as was the 

spinach, just wilted in a hot garlic and sweet 

chilli dressing. 

In addition to the fish, there are 

vegetarian meals and meaty dishes, including 

steaks, lamb shank, chicken fajitas and 

chicken madeira. 

The very good coffee had just the right 

kick to push us in the direction of the nearby 

harbour where we walked the old walls and 

watched the little sailing boats and the ferries 

glide across a sparkling sea. 

Our meal, without drinks, came to £58.90 V 

Monkfish on a bed of roasted vegetables 

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Christmas 

companions 

The current crisis calls for classic comfort 

choices at Christmas, says Sally Easton 

All around us may be falling down but Christmas is almost here, so 

what better opportunity to put the worries and woes to one side for 

just a few days. It could be the last blow-out ‘till next year if some of 

the gloomier economic forecasts have grains of truth to them. 

As with comfort foods such as big bangers with creamy mash and 

seriously caramelised onions, so I reckon there are comfort wines. And, at 

Christmas, this means retrenching to the old world and specifically to France. 

You’d think Christmas, claret, chardonnay and Chablis alliterated perfectly for 

a reason. These are the steadfast companions to a traditional English 

Christmas dinner of turkey or goose, chipolatas, all colours of cabbage, and 

vast quantities of the crunchiest roast spuds. 

If you’re not used to chardonnay or think you don’t like it, I would urge you 

to try some of these French examples, though quite understand if Christmas is not the 

right time to challenge your taste perceptions. Toasty new oak is not an overt theme, 

and it’s often the oak that puts people off. Though older oak is used in some of them, 

you might be hard pressed to say which. Freshness is the obvious theme, but with less 

acidity and more vinosity and weight than racy sauvignon blancs and rieslings. It’s the 

palate weight and body combined with moderate acidity that make Burgundian 

chardonnay well adapted to the richness of traditional English Christmas roast. 

Claret is just the old English expression for the red wines of Bordeaux, which are 

blends of cabernet sauvignon and merlot. Our trading history with this region goes back 

more than 850 years, so with only a smidgen of far-fetched fantasy, one could almost 

imagine some sort of culinary/vinous evolution, akin to the ‘muscadet with seafood’ or 

‘port and stilton’ thing. Claret is classically medium-bodied and mid-weight. With a bit of 

maturity, such as the 2001 and 2002 recommended on this page, the tannins are softening 

and are not too much for a meaty bird. The 2004 Réserve de Léoville Barton has a bit 

more youthful crunch for those who prefer more primary fruit. V 

Try these: 

wine wisdom v 

Chardonnay 

M&S: St Romain 2006, £9.99 

M&S: Chablis, Dom Pierre de Prehy, 

2006, £10.99 

Wine Society: St Veran Les Terres 

Noires Domaine des Deux Roches 

2005, £9.95 

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2002, Haut Médoc, Bordeaux, 

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Majestic: Château Calon 2001, 

Montagne St Emilion, 

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Lea and Sandeman: Réserve de 

Léoville Barton 2004, 

Bordeaux, £18.50 

‘Our trading history with 

this region goes back 

more than 850 years’ 

Sally Easton MW (Master of Wine) is a wine educator and freelance writer. 

She teaches consumer classes and runs corporate seminars via her wine school. www.winewisdom.com 

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Ale and hearty 

Sally Place raises a glass to Jody Scheckter’s 

Laverstoke real ale, a Waitrose exclusive 

Ale aficionados will be delighted to 

hear that Waitrose has signed an 

exclusive deal with Laverstoke Park 

Farm in Hampshire to stock its recently 

launched 5% Organic Real Ale. 

Made using traditional hop varieties 

and barley grown on the farm based near 

Overton, the ale was brewed by master 

brewer Derek Lowe. With 40 years’ brewing 

experience, including a spell at Theakstons 

where he was responsible for its famous Old 

Peculiar, Derek was well-qualified to create 

a wonderful brew. He chose to make a 

bottle-conditioned ale using live yeast that 

continues to ferment in the bottle, 

enhancing the flavour and producing its 

bubbles. 

Since former Formula One World 

Champion Jody Scheckter acquired the 

2,500-acre Laverstoke Park Farm in 1996 

and set about producing the healthiest, 

best-tasting food without compromise, the 

estate has gone from strength to strength. 

Despite admitting to a preference for 

Champagne and whisky, Jody knew that the 

soils and growing conditions on his farm 

were ideal for hops and barley, both key 

ingredients in good beer. ‘I asked Derek to 

make the best ale he could,’ explains Jody. 

‘The finished brew owes its remarkable full 

flavour to a variety of sources, but the 

barley and hops have been nourished with 

our own compost and compost tea, a 

nourishing, liquid extract of compost, 

which is sprayed onto the soil.’ 

Jody’s brewing venture has been an 

immediate success. Waitrose Beer Buyer 

Neil Whelpton, who gets paid to sample 

beer so has a job that many ale drinkers 

would envy, often receives 40 new beers 

each month, but acknowledges that 

Laverstoke’s Organic Ale really stood out 

from the crowd. ‘It is significantly unusual 

for a micro-brewery to make such an 

outstanding product, but this organic ale is 

up there with the best beers I have sampled. 

I am impressed,’ he says. ‘So often, beer 

doesn’t deliver what it promises but this has 

a fabulous taste and an interesting story 

behind it because the ingredients are grown 

on the farm - a winning combination.’ 

According to Neil, the beer scores 

highly on many fronts. ‘It is a beautiful 

amber colour and initially has a sweet, 

hoppy aroma, full of caramelised malt, 

offering a clean, refreshing and zesty taste. 

This is followed by a distinctive fruitiness 

reminiscent of plums and apricot, which 

gives the beer a fine balance of flavours. It 

also benefits from its long finish, with the 

taste remaining in the mouth a while after 

drinking.’ 

Neil’s excitement at this ale’s winning 

qualities is matched only by Jody’s. His beer 

will be the first of Laverstoke’s products to 

be sold nationwide. ‘I have been pleasantly 

surprised by the positive reaction. Selling 

our beer through Waitrose is a big step for 

us. I am pleased to be associated with 

Waitrose as it is an honourable business 

with superior principles towards selling 

quality produce and dealing with its 

suppliers.’ 

The high standards applied to growing 

the hops and barley, and brewing the beer, 

are the same as those applied to the rest of 

the farm. Jody insists that his organic farm 

follows nature strictly, and where 

appropriate, by carefully combining 

traditional methods with high technology 

and up-to-date research. Two principles are 

rigorously applied - that slow growing 

plants and animals generally taste better, 

and biodiversity is the key to a healthy, 

sustainable environment. 

The farm rears rare and traditional 

breeds of cattle, buffalo, wild boar, pigs, 

sheep and poultry. They graze on a mixed 

salad of 31 grasses, herbs and clovers, as 

Jody believes this helps to keep his animals 

healthy, which in turn produces superiortasting 

meat. The farm grows over 100 

organic fruits, vegetables and herbs from its 

walled garden and glasshouses near 

Lymington, which are heated when 

necessary by an environmentally friendly 

biomass boiler. Jody’s high-tech laboratory 

monitors soil fertility and an on-site 

abattoir minimises stress to his livestock. 

Beer is a new venture and the only 

supermarket in which it will be available is 

Waitrose, retailing at £1.99. Waitrose 

already sells Laverstoke’s buffalo burgers 

(which have a high percentage of meat and 

a rich, almost gamey flavour) and buffalo 

milk. Creamy tasting, and said to be good 

for eczema sufferers, it makes excellent 

custard, smoothies and ice cream. 

Jody is viewed by locals with a mix of 

admiration and bemusement but many 

flock to his Overton farm shop, to buy 

meat reared on the farm, Laverstoke’s 

award-winning meat pies, sausages, burgers, 

dry-cured bacon and biltong (South African 

speciality dried meat), seasonal fruit and 

vegetables, milk, cheese, eggs, ice-cream and 

now beer. Laverstoke also operates a mailorder 

service and a box scheme delivering 

fruit and vegetables, eggs and meat to the 

north Hampshire area, and a wide range of 

fresh seasonal produce is available at the 

Lymington Farm shop near Sway. 

Jody’s produce is attracting a growing 

following, not only from foodies who prefer 

an organic diet, but from people who just 

like fantastic-tasting food. Now they can 

accompany it with real ale too. Cheers! V 

Laverstoke Park Farm Shop 01256 771571 

www.laverstokepark.co.uk 

‘Jody Scheckter’s brewing venture has been an immediate success’ 

the waitrose page v 

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voutlook 

A Christmas wreath 

welcomes visitors to 

Hinton Ampner 

Winter 

wonderland 

Enjoy an evocative Yuletide treat at the 

National Trust’s great Hampshire properties

There’s something magical about the country’s great houses, never 

more so than when they’re decorated for Christmas - the statuary 

sparkling with hoar frost, lights twinkling through stone-mullions, 

elegant avenues of naked beech trees and rooms richly scented with 

Christmas trees and glossy winter foliage. 

On selected dates this December, the National Trust is throwing 

open the doors of some of its most picturesque and unusual properties in 

Hampshire, inviting members of the public to share its Yuletide 

celebrations and festive treats, including sumptuous decorations, 

delicious seasonal food, craft workshops and gift shopping. 

One of the most glamorous periods of the 20th century can be 

experienced at atmospheric Mottisfont Priory. This beautiful and 

unusual property will be dressed for a 1930s house party, as it was so 

many times by the previous owner, Mrs Maud Russell. A high-profile 

patron of the avant-garde movement, Maud Russell hosted glittering 

social events at Mottisfont. This winter, several rooms will be open to 

the public, including the drawing room famously decorated by Rex 

Whistler with a Gothic trompe l’oeil scene. 

A series of craft workshops, suitable for all ages, will give participants 

the opportunity to leave with gifts and decorations for the home. 

Children might want to have that all-important chat with Santa who will 

be in residence in the abbey’s Cellarium, with a gift for each youngster. 

Visitors to Mottisfont can look forward to a lunch of seasonal and local 

delights, such as beetroot-cured local trout, New Forest 

maple mustard glazed ham and roast clementime with 

brandy-butter ice-cream. After lunch and a visit to the 

house, they can pop into the property’s shop, which is 

heaving with goodies. Popular items include the bestselling 

Henkeeping, a guide for amateur smallholders, 

and the Trust’s famous Christmas pudding wrapped in 

traditional muslin. Mottisfont’s gardens and estate 

make it one of Hampshire’s most beautiful locations, 

with tranquil riverside walks along the Test, and 

surrounding farmland and woods providing the perfect 

setting for winter walks. 

The ancient working Winchester City Mill, 

spanning the famous River Itchen, is an exciting 

location to visit at any time of the year, with its large 

water wheel powering the machinery to make the mill’s 

flour. Regular milling demonstrations, awe-inspiring mill races, hands-on 

activities for children and the latest cctv footage of local otters will be 

combined this Christmas with a fantastic programme of events that 

make this cosy property the perfect venue for family fun. 

The huge Christmas tree reigning grandly over the mill room is for 

visitors to dress with decorations, some of which have been made by 

children in the craft room. Youngsters are encouraged to hang a star with 

their written wish on the ‘Wish Tree’ (sometimes resulting in quite 

poignant messages, say staff). The mill’s festive family quiz is designed to 

test our knowledge of the origins of Yuletide traditions, with mince pies 

and fruity punch to fuel the minds of participants. The local hand-bell 

ringers were so successful last year that they will be back by popular 

demand, ringing a selection of festive pieces while also happy to 

demonstrate this ancient art. 

Visitors will be able to learn the art of making a stylish wreath with 

Mottisfont Abbey, Mottisfont, near Romsey, Hampshire 

(01794 340757) 

Hinton Ampner, Bramdean, near Alresford, Hampshire 

(01962 771305) 

Winchester City Mill, Winchester, Hampshire 

(01962 870057) 

Mottisfont Abbey: 6-7, 13-14 and 20-21 Dec, 11am-5pm. 

Adults £5, children and NT members free. Note: house decorated 

on 13-14 and 20-21 Dec only. Santa’s grotto 13-14 and 20-21 

Dec. Children £5. Craft workshops 6-7 Dec. Call property for 

further details. Christmas lunches 8-12 and 15-19 Dec include a 

outlook v 

Hinton Ampner’s festive tree 

expert tuition from local florists at the mill’s one-day 

workshop, including a delicious light lunch featuring 

locally made food using the mill’s own flour. The flour 

is a jewel in the mill’s crown, used by the famous 

Lainston House Hotel and Winchester’s local bakers 

and patisseries. It is available to purchase and ideal for 

Christmas cake – and pudding – making. The flour, in 

its brown-paper packaging, makes a lovely gift for a 

cook, and the mill’s shop is heaving with goodies, 

including locally produced honey and relishes. 

One of Hampshire’s most enchanting country 

houses, Hinton Ampner is well-known for its elegant festive 

decorations. This year, the entire ground floor is stunningly decorated 

with foliage from the gardens, including large bunches of mistletoe and 

fresh flowers. The shop is packed with delightful gifts for all pockets 

and on 14 December the property will be alive with that merry sound 

of Christmas bells when local group the Owlesbury Hand-Bell Ringers 

play a selection of festive pieces. 

Hinton Ampner’s famous gardens are acknowledged as a 

masterpiece of 20th-century garden design. For the first time ever, the 

walled garden, with its thriving vegetable plot, will be open on selected 

dates. Not just picturesque, the gardens offer visitors an excellent 

starting point for ancient walks such as the Wayfarer’s Walk. Energy 

levels can be topped up with light refreshments at the property’s tearoom. 

The glorious vistas over Hampshire countryside make Hinton 

Ampner a property not to be missed this winter. V 

For further information on opening dates and times, events and activities (some must be pre-booked) see www.nationaltrust.org.uk or call: 

glass of warm punch: £16 for 2 courses, £19 for 3 courses. 

Booking essential 01794 340757. 

Winchester City Mill: 6-7 Dec,11am-4.30pm. On these days: 

dressing the tree, festive quiz, mince pies, fruit punch. Hand-bell 

ringers 7 Dec only, 2-4pm. Normal admission charge. Christmas 

wreath-making workshop 30 Nov, 12-4pm, £20, booking essential 

01962 870057.The mill is open every day throughout 

November/December until 24 Dec, 11am-4pm. 

Hinton Ampner: 6-7, 13-14 and 20-21 Dec, 11am-4pm. 

Adults £4.70, children and NT members free. Hand-bell ringers 

14 Dec. Call the property to check times 01962 771305. 

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A Christmas book of hilarious anecdotes, 

pictures and stories has been launched in a 

bid to raise over £20,000 for Naomi House 

Children’s Hospice. It Happened at 

Christmas is the culmination of a five-year 

project by June Davey and will raise funds 

for the children’s hospice near Winchester, 

and particularly for Jack’s Place, the dueto-be-opened 

hospice for teenagers and 

young adults. The book is filled with 

Christmas memories from contributors 

who include Julian Fellowes, Leslie Thomas, 

Sir Cliff Richard and David Gower. 

Available from hospice shops, local fairs or 

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A Winchester Christmas, a collection of carols 

and compositions by Berlioz, Bruckner, 

Rachmaninov, Sir John Tavener and many 

others, recorded by the Hampshire chamber 

choir Southern Voices in the church of St 

Cross on the outskirts of the city, £12 from 

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Pupils’ A series that gives pupils the chance to say what aspects of school life they enjoy 

The spotlight this month is on Farleigh School 

‘Farleigh is a fun-loving and educational environment. I 

enjoy Farleigh School for many reasons. One could be 

walking around the school grounds with my friends, or in 

the evenings, watching a film and having hot chocolate with 

all the girls. We’re all treated equally and kindly by all the 

teachers and members of staff. We have many fun 

activities with the boarders, such as Feast Night, the 

Farleigh Olympics, or a movie with all the boarders. It 

makes us feel at home so we aren’t as homesick, and so we 

have something to do. We all get along and that is because 

Farleigh is a great place to be. Kara, Year 7 

‘Being a junior boarder is a chance in a lifetime. 

Boarding is extremely fun and we learn a lot 

here. We never get bored because there are lots 

of things to do in your free time. As boarders 

we enjoy the nights like Wild West Night and St 

Theresa’s Night. The weekends are great too. 

We have a long lie in to catch up on our sleep and 

we get giant waffles as a treat for breakfast. 

After mass on Sunday there are plenty of fun 

things to do like swim and play football.’ 

Charlotte, Libby and Katie, Year 5 

‘Farleigh School is the best school in the whole wide world. The sport and the 

education are brilliant, and fun as well. As soon as you come to Farleigh you absolutely 

love it. All the teachers and children are really nice and funny.’ Patrick, Year 5 

‘Farleigh is a great school. It has lots of very fun things. I personally love the sport. 

It’s not just the sport I love, though. Fortress Farleigh is very good, the grounds are 

very good, boarding is very good, and the teachers are very good. I could go on 

forever.’ Billy, Year 5 

Fortress Farleigh and the September bash 

‘One of the things I like about Farleigh is the beautiful 

chapel; whenever I go in there I feel very peaceful. I love 

the way you always feel extremely safe and secure. I also 

love all the fun activities you can do, especially when 

boarding.’ Stephanie, Year 6 

‘I like knowing I’m in the hands of a good school and 

knowing I’m having a good education. I’m just proud I’m at 

this school.’ Georgina, Year 6 

‘Farleigh has a really nice atmosphere. All the children and 

teachers are very warm and if you are new they are very 

welcoming. The lessons are very good. They teach me a lot 

in every lesson. The sport is amazing and boarding is really 

fun.’ Violet, Year 5 

Farleigh School • Red Rice • Andover • Hampshire SP11 7PW 

01264 710766 • www.farleighschool.com 

‘The best things I like at Farleigh 

are: all of the good friends you can 

make, the teachers are all very polite 

and welcoming, the boarding is great 

fun, the school grounds are enormous, 

and amazing sports.’ Eliza, Year 6 

‘I like the way everyone has an 

opportunity to do something they 

want and that you can find your 

talent really easily because there are 

so many things to do.’ Annie, Year 6 

‘I love Farleigh because of the 

grounds and the free space, and I 

can’t forget the Apple Mac 

computers and the great big climbing 

frame in the woods.’ Joseph, Year 6 

‘I like the fact that everyone at 

Farleigh is so kind, and that there 

are lots of grounds to play in.’ 

Theo, Year 6

‘Learning and 

Laughter are an 

essential part of the 

School Day’ 

Leehurst Swan School 

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Boys & Girls aged 2-16 

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Dr Irene Broadley-Westerduin 

B.Sc., PGCE, M.Ed., M.Sc., Ph.D., CPsychol 

Chartered Educational Psychologist 

Mobile: 07966 497 051 

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the Association of Child Psychologists in Private Practice, and Expert Witness 

SCHOO 

The children at Salisbury 

Cathedral School were 

delighted to get into the 

Christmas spirit early this 

year. Each child brought in a 

Christmas wrapped shoebox 

overflowing with thoughtful 

goodies to be sent by the 

Trussell Trust to families in 

Bulgaria, including the 

children of the Lipnitza 

Orphanage. The children 

took their boxes to the 

cathedral for a special 

service, when Revd Jenny 

Taylor, Chaplain of the 

Cathedral School, blessed 

the boxes before they went 

on their way. 

St Swithun’s pupil 

researches climate in 

the Arctic Circle 

An adventurous pupil from St Swithun’s 

School, Winchester, took part in the British 

Schools Exploring Society expedition to 

undertake research into climate change for 

the Meteorological Office, spending three 

weeks in the Arctic Circle. During her trip, 

Cecily Henderson, aged 17, spent a week 

sleeping in tents and snow caves in sub-zero 

temperatures, endured a 36-hour snowstorm 

and faced the threat of polar bears. 

The expedition was based in Svalbard, a 

snowy archipelago 600 miles from the North 

Pole. There are few roads or tracks, just 

mountain ranges and endless expanses of snow, ice, glaciers and fjords. 

Inspired by her interest in geography, Cecily was keen to challenge herself 

with the physical demands of the trip. Her fieldwork included keeping a 

temperature log, meteorological observations, ice-core sampling, lightintensity 

readings and a study to measure the rate of melting. All data 

recorded was passed to the Met Office to use as part of their ongoing research 

into climate change. Cecily also experienced a solar eclipse during her trip, 

and climbed Mount Newtontoppen. 

Pupils in Year 3 at Leehurst Swan School, Salisbury, have been 

busy preparing shoeboxes to be sent to children in other lands 

through the Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child charity. 

Earlier in the autumn term they raised £230 at a sale for Oxfam, 

organised by staff. Staff, parents and children have been thinking 

about others as they prepare for the festive season.

L NEWS 

Salisbury Cathedral pupils 

view the body 

Television’s Time Team had been digging near the cathedral and the 

rumour that they had unearthed a body, possibly that of a bishop, as well 

as the old bell tower, had to be investigated by Salisbury Cathedral 

School’s Year 7 pupils. Keen to see what Tony Robinson looked like, they 

gathered at the scene. Peering into the trenches they saw the four-metre 

thick walls of the old bell tower, a doorway, a spiral staircase, a huge 

central pillar, the walls of a pub and brewery, all just inches below the 

grass. 

In trench two they saw brown sticks and a lump of brown stone 

before realising it was a complete human skeleton, an adult male. To 

finish they were allowed to handle some of the finds, including painted 

tiles, clay pipes and an assortment of human bones. And what does Tony 

Robinson really look like? Well, just like Tony Robinson on television, 

only life-sized. 

Rookwood pupils spend a 

day in the Iron Age 

Year 4 pupils from Rookwood School, Andover, 

enjoyed stepping back in time to the Iron Age 

when they visited Butser Ancient Farm near 

Petersfield. Butser is a replica of a farm that 

would have existed around 300BC, complete 

with structures, animals and crops. 

Pupils experienced life in a Celtic 

roundhouse and a Roman villa, and tried their 

hand at a variety of tasks including wool 

spinning, chalk carving and making a mosaic, 

and enjoyed looking for ancient relics. ‘Butser 

Farm is a wonderful place for the children to 

learn about the Iron Age,’ says Year 4 class 

teacher Mr Payne. ‘It really brought history 

alive as pupils discovered just how different the 

era was to the way we live our lives today.’ 

Former pupils return to 

Portsmouth High School 

In November, former Portsmouth High School pupils Fleur and Abi 

Emery returned to school to launch enterprise week and tell the school 

about their company Team Grasshopper and their delicious porridge, now 

available in Waitrose. Enterprise week, which ran from 17 – 23 

November, is a national celebration of enterprise with thousands of events 

and activities across the UK. Last year more than half a million people 

took part. 

This year was the first-ever Global Entrepreneurship week, which 

aims to unleash young people’s enterprising ideas to address some of 

society’s biggest issues, from poverty reduction to climate change. With 

more than 60 other countries taking part, Portsmouth High School joined 

thousands of organisations across the world in inspiring young people to 

develop their ideas on a global scale. 

Fleur and Abi’s business has flourished and they won the Chamber of 

Commerce, Mentor Magic competition on 13 November. They are 

running two competitions for pupils: one involves pupils designing a new 

page for the Grasshopper website, the other sets the challenge of putting 

together a business plan for a new product to sell during the summer. 

They also held a competition for girls in the junior department. 

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Kings Theatre Southsea 

27 – 29 November 2008 

The Portsmouth Grammar School presents 

Tickets: £8 - £12 (concessions available) 

Box Office: 023 9282 8282 

www.kings-southsea.com 

Based on a conception by Jerome Robbins. Book by Arthur Laurents. 

Music by Leonard Bernstein. Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. 

Entire original production directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins. 

Originally produced on Broadway by Robert E Griffith and Harold Prince 

by arrangement with Robert L Stevens. 

This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Josef 

Weinberger Limited on behalf of MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL 

of NEW YORK. 

Oh yes it is! 

It’s panto time 

The classic fairytale Beauty and the 

Beast comes in for a magical panto 

transformation at the Theatre Royal, 

Winchester. Audiences can expect a 

rollicking good story, stunning 

costumes and sets, special effects and 

clever choreography in this year’s 

production, sponsored by Hillier 

Garden Centres. In an exciting 

initiative the theatre has consulted 

with a professional illusionist and 

member of the Magic Circle to 

incorporate a number of special magic effects, which willl remain 

under wraps until opening night on 10 December. The 

transformation of the prince into the beast before the audience’s 

eyes and within the space of seconds is just one of the challenges 

that comes in for magical treatment. 

Box office 01962 840440 or www.theatre-royal-winchester.co.uk 

Salisbury’s panto lovers have Dick Whittington and his Cat to 

look forward to at the Salisbury Playhouse, with performances 

beginning on 3 December. Alongside Tommy the cat, Dick 

embarks on a magical adventure, from the banks of the Thames to 

the shores of Morocco, with all our favourite pantomine characters 

popping up along the way. 

Box Office 01722 320333 or www.salisburyplayhouse.com 

Get 

your 

skates 

on 

points 

Thanks to a deal struck with Cousins Entertainment Limited 

(director Robin Cousins, Olympic champion), an ice-rink with the 

capacity for 200 skaters per session will be part of Southampton’s 

Christmas attractions until 11 January 2009. There will also be a 

café at the rink-side, and a variety of Christmas markets, exhibitions 

and performances. Prices vary and there are various ways to book 

tickets: by phone 023 8063 2601, by post: Box Office, 

Southampton Guildhall, Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LP, 

online at www.southampton.gov.uk/christmas or in person from 

Southampton Guildhall Box Office. 

There is also an ice rink at the Sandy Balls Holiday Centre in 

the New Forest, until 11 January. ‘Forest Ice really captured the 

essence of a festive winter wonderland last year,’ says Tim Howell, 

managing director of Sandy Balls. ‘I’m looking forward to 

welcoming back everyone who skated last year and thousands more 

besides – and all with the New Forest as a stunning winter 

backdrop.’ 

A good year 

Congratulations to these winning businesses. Norton Park hotel in 

Winchester is the runner-up in the Business Tourism category in the 

Tourism ExCellence Awards, while for the second year running the 

wine list at The Nurse’s Cottage Restaurant with Rooms in Sway is a 

finalist in the Condé Nast Johansens Wine List of the Year Award.

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Small pleasures 

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By Annie Bullen, a nurserywoman 

and gardening journalist living in 

north Hampshire 

Pink-edged white hellebore 

Roses sometimes surprise with winter flowers 

Annie Bullen savours her garden’s precious winter blooms 

It might seem strange to say that this is the 

time of year to enjoy your garden. Brrrr! 

No fear, I hear you say. 

It’s easy to lose interest in what’s 

happening out there as we sink towards the 

solstice and the shortest day. But when 

daylight is precious and there seems to be little 

stirring in the garden, have a prowl around – 

you’ll be surprised at what you find. 

When times are hard, small pleasures 

become big treats, and so it is when you 

discover those few plants that brave the dark 

days. Tiny cyclamen, tight points of pure 

colour held above perfectly patterned leaves, 

will catch you unawares; the odd early 

primrose growing in a sheltered spot; white 

Christmas roses (Helleborus niger), even a real 

rose or two; early iris; the first snowdrops or 

the honey-scented white flowers of Christmas 

box (Sarcococca confusa). 

It’s surprising just how many winterflowering 

shrubs fill the cold air with a scent so 

powerful it can stop you in your tracks. 

Anything that is brave enough to burst into 

flower at this time of year has to try every trick 

in the book to attract what few insects are 

about for pollination – and the most powerful 

weapon is scent. 

When a friend wanted to make some 

winter ‘tussie-mussies’ – tightly wrapped posies 

– I provided some of the flowers and foliage. 

As she worked on the bright little bunches, the 

room was filled with fragrance, which we soon 

traced to the tiny clustered pale-pink flowers 

cut from Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’. That 

medium (10ft 3m) shrub has wonderful 

bronze-green leaves throughout the summer. As 

the thousands of flowers burst open, the leaves 

fall, so that from November through to 

February, the bush is a feast for eyes and nose. 

A honeysuckle that flowers in winter seems 

a miracle in itself, but there are two that are 

highly scented. Lonicera fragrantissima is a 

shrub rather than a climber and makes a bushy 

plant that remains evergreen if it’s in a 

sheltered position, growing to about 5ft-6ft 

(2m) in height and spread. The creamy yellow 

Mahonia Mahonia has has a surprising surprising 

lily-of-the-valley lily-of-the-valley scent 

scent

Sweetly scented Viburnum bodnantense flowers 

‘… prune immediately after 

flowering or you’ll commit 

the same sin as the other 

gardener in this household, 

of chopping off the 

burgeoning buds and losing 

a whole year’s flower-power. 

He only did it once’ 

flowers aren’t big – but they pack a 

powerful punch on the fragrance front. 

Then there’s the slightly later flowering 

but no less scented Lonicera x purpusii, 

another shrubby honeysuckle with creamy, 

perfume-laden flowers in late winter and 

early spring. It’s more dense and compact 

than L fragrantissima and semi-evergreen, 

the flowers normally appearing on bare 

wood. Both honeysuckles prefer a 

sheltered sunny position. 

Looking from my kitchen window 

into the garden, I have a view framed by 

the winter flowering Clematis cirrhosa var 

balearica, one of the earliest (or latest, 

depending how you view the gardening 

year) clematis to flower. Ignore the name, 

which sounds like a nasty liver disease; 

‘cirrhosa’ simply means ‘spotted’ and it 

refers to the tiny reddish-purple spots 

inside the delicate creamy-green bells 

which start to open in November and 

hang, in loose clusters, right through until 

March. Be careful to prune immediately 

after flowering or you’ll commit the same 

sin as the other gardener in this 

household, of chopping off the 

burgeoning buds and losing a whole year’s 

flower-power. He only did it once. 

You’ll all have winter treasures to add 

to this list, like writer and poet Vita 

Sackville-West, who, with her husband 

Harold Nicolson, made the garden at 

Sissinghurst. In her poem The Garden, she 

gloats over her tiny hoard of winter 

flowers: 

How about a wild flower meadow like this one at East Ruston Old Vicarage in Norfolk? 

Hardy cyclamen brighten 

a dark corner 

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One coloured primrose growing from a clump, 

One Lenten rose, one golden aconite, 

Dog Toby in his ruff, with varnish bright, 

One sprig of daphne, roseate or white, 

One violet beneath a mossy stump, 

One gold and purple iris, brave but small 

Child of the Caucasus, and bind them all 

Into a tussie-mussie packed and tight 

And envy not the orchid’s rich delight. 

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Gold, frankincense and myrrh: the 

precious gifts that the wise men 

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familiar with the names and the story but 

have you ever stopped to wonder why they 

chose to bring these gifts to the crib? I don’t 

think you need me to tell you why gold was 

seen as a precious gift for the infant Jesus 

but frankincense and myrrh… what good 

would they be? 

Frankincense and myrrh are trees 

belonging to the same botanical family, and 

have a number of features in common. 

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Three precious gifts 

The three kings from the Orient knew a thing or two about gifts. 

Mark Sparrow adds a few wise words 

‘… frankincense and myrrh… 

what good would they be?’ 

Frankincense tree 

Frankincense is a small tree native to North 

Africa and some of the Arab countries. 

When the bark is damaged the tree exudes a 

resin in drops and the essential oil is 

extracted from the resin by steam 

distillation. Frankincense has been burnt on 

altars and in temples since early times – its 

name derives from medieval French 

meaning ‘real incense’ – and it has among 

its physical properties the ability to slow 

down and deepen breathing, thus making it 

conducive to prayer and meditation. It is 

also much sought after in skin care, where it 

is particularly useful for older skin, helping 

slow down the appearance of wrinkles and 

perhaps even reduce the extent of those that 

have already formed. On an emotional level, 

frankincense has a calming effect and can 

help people suffering from anxiety. 

‘… it is particularly useful for 

older skin, helping slow down 

the appearance of wrinkles’ 

Myrrh found similar uses in ancient 

times as a perfume, incense and medicine. 

It was highly valued as a healing ointment 

and today it is used in aromatherapy and 

herbal medicine as a powerful antiseptic 

and anti-inflammatory. It is especially useful 

for wounds that are slow to heal and makes 

an excellent remedy for mouth ulcers and 

gum disorders. Its uses overlap with 

frankincense in the treatment of chest 

infections, catarrh, colds and sore throats, 

for which the oils may be combined to 

make a soothing inhalation. Myrrh is rich in 

anti-oxidants making it another excellent oil 

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So, how might you be lucky 

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And gold? Well, we can’t provide that 

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someone who loves you will pop that into 

your Christmas stocking… V 

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vshort story 

No room at the 

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A face from the past threatens to disrupt the present… 

by Ellie Sampson 

Winchester Station. Biting cold gnawing through to my 

bones. A fine drizzle hanging in the air and clouding up 

the windows. A flashing sign: ‘The next train is for 

Bournemouth. Calling at: Southampton Airport, Southampton 

Central...’ I collapse back further in my chair, grateful at least for 

the shelter of the waiting area. It is then that I notice him. 

He is sitting in the corner, pushing the buttons on his mobile 

phone. I catch his glance and a small flicker of recognition lights up 

in my memory. Hazel eyes, wavy hair, freckles, twisted smile. 

I know. I know that he has been a big part of my life but for a 

short moment I can’t place him. He starts to become aware that I 

am watching him and gives me a mischievous wink. I turn away, 

feigning a studious interest in my magazine. It is then that I 

remember. 

Twenty-five years before… school hall. The smell of cabbage 

and antiseptic. A group of children stand. I want to be the one in 

blue who is singing a solo but I’m not. I’m the one by the 

cardboard door, the one wearing a scratchy woollen tunic - miles 

too big for my short stubby legs. A child walks towards me and I 

can clearly see the man in the boy. He is pulling a wooden donkey 

on wheels. It keeps veering off in the wrong direction like a wilful 

supermarket trolley. The girl in blue sits on top of the donkey. She 

is very pretty – the prettiest girl in our class – that’s why she has 

been chosen, I imagine. The blue robe suits her thick black hair and 

rosy dimpled cheek. It wouldn’t suit me. Whoever heard of a gingerhaired 

Mary? Whoever heard of a Mary with glasses? 

The boy lets go of the donkey and it continues freewheeling – 

stopping just short of the edge of the stage. 

He turns to me. ‘Is there any room at the inn?’ He shouts the 

words rather than projecting his voice. I know my lines but I take 

one look at his deep dark eyes and melt. I can’t refuse him anything. 

‘Yes, of course, please come in and stay.’ 

I can see the look of panic in his eyes; can hear a titter run 

through the audience. A ragged whisper from Miss Garwood, who 

is prompting from the side of the stage, cuts the air. ‘Just carry on! 

Please, my wife…’ 

‘I know my lines but I take one look at his deep dark eyes and melt. I can’t refuse him anything’

Inn 

‘Please, my wife is with child and we have nowhere to sleep.’ 

‘Yes, yes, come in, come in!’ I can feel Miss Garwood’s glare 

singe the hair on the back of my head. There is a very long silence. 

One of the angels starts to pick her nose. The shepherds are 

throwing sheep at each other and a king starts to unwrap his box of 

myrrh to reveal the cornflakes packet beneath. Only Mary remains 

sedately calm through the crisis, sitting on the back of her donkey, 

hands hugging the cushion pushed up underneath her dress. 

The play clearly disintegrating, Miss Garwood enters stage left 

and tries to get things back on track. I am led firmly off to wait in 

the wings, where I stay for the rest of the performance. I stand there 

and watch him… the boy who is Joseph, and even then I can 

almost sense the future. Even then, at the age of six years old, I 

guess that I will always be the one who is watching, watching him 

throughout our school years, watching him through wide eyes as he 

walks around with the prettiest girl in the class, watching him and 

knowing that he will never notice me. 

‘I have spent the last 15 minutes with a finely 

detailed memory of a boy who does not know 

I even figured in his life’ 

The sign now tells me that the train I need is due in two 

minutes. I almost wish it were going to be late. I am enjoying this 

trip down memory lane. 

The train pulls into the station and I have to pass him in order 

to reach the platform. I steel myself, breathing in courage and cold 

air, both of which sting the back of my nostrils. I venture a smile. 

Nothing. Blank face, marble expression. 

My heart falls for a moment as I clamber aboard but then I 

laugh it off. Twenty-five years have passed and I am no longer the 

child looking on. I have a career, a husband, a daughter. The train is 

almost empty. I find two vacant seats, sit down by the window and 

pile my bags in the place next to me. I have spent the last 15 

minutes with a finely detailed memory of a boy who does not know 

I even figured in his life. Sad. Buts it is just the past and there are 

more important things. I am suddenly aware of a voice and I look 

up with surprise to see Joseph. 

‘Is anyone sitting…?’ he stops for a moment then tries again. ‘Is 

there any room at the inn?’ A twinkle of mischief plays at the corner 

of his lips. My eyes meet his and I am almost tempted to move aside 

my bags, pleased that during ten years of school I did not go entirely 

unnoticed. I put out my hand to do just that but something stops 

me. The train is moving forwards. Nobody wants to go back in the 

wrong direction. 

‘I’m sorry, no, there isn’t,’ I say, with growing confidence. ‘Not 

any more.’ I smile as he shrugs and walks away. 

Time has moved on, the train is picking up speed, charging 

ahead into the future. V 

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vmarlborough 

Sir Brian Mussell and Chris McHugh outside their Polly 

Tearooms in Marlborough, one of the individual shops 

offering refreshment and goodies 

Some of the attractions that bring visitors to Marlborough are far older 

than the town itself. The ancient stones of Avebury and Stonehenge, 

for instance, or the stunning Savernake Forest and the Marlborough 

white horse at Granham Hill. These jewels in the Wiltshire landscape 

make Marlborough’s historic streets seem almost modern by comparison. 

But whether visitors have clattered into its famously wide High Street in 

horse-drawn carriages en route from Bristol to London, or using today’s 

transport, the welcome is the same. 

In the modern era, when many high streets, lined with identical shops, 

look alarmingly similar, Marlborough has many independent retailers, 

making the shopping experience unique. There are wonderful cafés, 

restaurants, wine bars and pubs to refresh travelers and shoppers, with 

outside seating at many of the cafés. Locals know that Marlborough is the 

place for foodies who demand fresh, top-quality ingredients. You can buy 

them at the town’s delicatessens, grocers and award-winning butcher, and at 

the markets held on Wednesday and Saturday, a privilege granted by King 

John back in the 13 th century. Both the elegance of the wide High Street, 

and the narrow, evocative alleyways, make shopping in the town a happy 

experience. 

Currently taking centre stage on the green is the town’s magnificent 30foot 

high Christmas tree. ‘The town looks absolutely beautiful with the 

new Christmas lights,’ says Marlborough’s Mayor, Cllr Mrs Peggy Dow. ‘A 

week after we turned on the lights in November, we had another ceremony 

to turn on the Christmas tree lights, accompanied by carol singing and 

mince pies. We also announced the winner of the Citizen of the Year 

award, and children from the local schools held a carol competition. 

‘The Christmas lights make it such a joy to drive into town,’ she adds. 

‘With the little boutiques and alleyways, it’s a beautiful and unusual place 

to shop for Christmas. It’s special at any time of the year.’ 

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MARLBOROUGH 

ALL LIT UP 

The town is a special place, declares 

Marlborough’s Mayor 

From giant gingerbread houses 

to tasty traditional cakes 

- it's Christmas at the Polly 

Marlborough - 26/27 High Street 

Tel: (01672 512146) 

Salisbury - 8 St Thomas' Square 

Cirencester - 12 The Woolmarket 

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Tel: 01672 512301

Classified 

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The Terracotta Pot Shop 

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Specialists in unusual 

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planters from Greece, 

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Plan a Winter Garden 

Great Gift Ideas 

Eastoke Corner (Sea Front) Hayling Island Tel: 023 9263 7590 

Closed Mondays except School Holidays 

Martin Piercy Artist 

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• All electrical work undertaken 

• New installations or rewires 

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• Fault finding, testing and certification 

• A 24/7 fast response 

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Weyhill Nurseries Garden Centre 

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A family run garden centre 

Coffee Shop Now Open 

❥ Masses of Christmas decorations, 

artificial trees and great giftware 

❥ Enormous selection of fresh cut 

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10% discount if you present any other 

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vbooks 

Waterstone’s 

Christmas gift guide 

TOP TEN FAMILY 

HARDBACK TITLES 

FOR MUM 

That’s Another Story by 

Julie Walters 

Managing to be both witty and 

heartbreaking, Julie Walters tells the 

story of her life for the first time. 

Full of amazing anecdotes and 

perfect for mums of all ages. 

Waterstone’s price £13.99 (rrp £18.99) 

FOR DAD 

My England Years by Sir Bobby 

Charlton 

The second half of Sir Bobby’s autobiography 

and a great gift for any dedicated football fan. 

Waterstone’s price £15 (rrp £20) 

FOR BROTHERS 

As You Do by Richard Hammond 

One for all Hamster fans – the stories behind 

the Top Gear expeditions: from driving across 

Botswana to sailing across the Channel in a 

pick-up. 


FOR SISTERS 

The Celeb Diaries by Mark Frith 

The creator and editor of Heat magazine tells all 

– with all the glitz and glamour you’d expect 

from the home of celebrity gossip. 


FOR GRANDMAS 

My Life, My Way by Cliff Richard 

Coinciding with Sir Cliff’s 50th anniversary in 

the music industry, My Life, My Way tells the full 

and frank story of one of the most extraordinary 

careers in the business. 


FOR GRANDDADS 

Dambusters by Max Arthur 

Moving personal accounts from one of the most 

famous operations of World War Two. 

£20 (with 100 bonus points for Waterstone’s 

cardholders) 

FOR SONS 

Brisingr by Christopher Paolini 

Brisingr sees the much-anticipated return of 

Eragon and is sure to be top of many children’s 

Christmas lists this year. 


FOR DAUGHTERS 

Cookie by Jacqueline Wilson 

Cookie is a real treat for Jacqueline Wilson fans 

and even comes in a limited-edition cookie tin 

to make an extra special present. 


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FOR AUNTS 

Bake by Rachel Allen 

A great gift for anyone that loves to bake. 

Hopefully they’ll be so grateful they’ll make 

you lots of yummy treats to say thank you! 


FOR UNCLES 

Isle of Wight to Get 

Ceefax by John 

O’Farrell 

This collection of madeup 

news stories – which 

seem as plausible as the 

real thing – is ideal for 

anyone with a wry eye 

for current affairs. 

£12.99 (or part of Waterstone’s 

three for two offer) 

TOP TEN COOKERY TITLES 

Jamie’s Ministry of Food 

by Jamie Oliver 

One of the nation’s favourite chefs has set 

himself a challenge: to transform even the 

worst cook in the world into a chef capable of 

creating a culinary masterpiece. If anyone can 

do it, Jamie can. 

Waterstone’s price £12.50 (rrp £25) 

Delia’s Frugal Food by Delia Smith 

Thirty years after its first publication, Delia’s 

Frugal Food has never seemed more relevant. 

With some 170 recipes, from luxury soups to 

paupers’ puddings, this new illustrated edition 

shows you how to eat well without having to 

spend a fortune. 


Nigella Christmas by Nigella Lawson 

Trust Nigella to think of everything: from 

great recipes to gifts and party food. The 

whole book is a luxurious experience and the 

ideal gift for all domestic goddesses. 


Cooking for Friends 

by Gordon Ramsay 

Mouth-watering, easy-to-make recipes in a 

readable format, accompanied by beautiful 

photographs that will inspire even the most 

reluctant cook. 


Clarissa’s Comfort Food 

by Clarissa Dickson Wright 

This beautiful new collection is an eclectic 

selection of recipes inspired by Clarissa’s 

travels. The emphasis is on simple, homely 

food using everyday ingredients. 


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Is This Bottle Corked? by Kathleen 

Burk & Michael Bywater 

A book of facts as fascinating and quirky as 

the beverage it celebrates. 

£12.99 

Fish by Tom Aikens 

A voyage of discovery from a chef who is 

passionate about his work, this stunning 

collection of fish recipes will have you racing 

to the fishmonger. 

£25 

Ripailles by Stephane Reynard 

Ripailles - French for ‘Feasts’ – offers a hearty 

collection of divine recipes taken from the 

very roots of French cuisine. Perfect for the 

enthusiastic amateur chef. 


Made in Great Britain 

by Aiden Byrne 

For the armchair gastronome. This gorgeous 

volume combines heavenly recipes with the 

knowledge that great ingredients can be found 

on your doorstep. 


Venezia: Food and Dreams 

by Tessa Kiros 

Dreaming of moving to 

Venice after 

experiencing this 

cookbook would be 

totally understandable. 

A beautiful collection 

of recipes from a 

master of classic food. 

Waterstone’s price 

£20 (rrp £25)

Welcome to the 

Restaurant 

Exclusive new menu • Homemade Traditional Indian Cuisine 

Christmas Party 

Bookings still being 

taken 

We pride ourselves in providing 

our customers with traditional 

Indian Cuisine through excellence, 

care & quality service 

The Shah Jahan 

111-113 South Western Rd 

Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 7RR 

01722 328120 • 01722 335992 

Scores on Doors 

Shah Jahan has achieved a hygiene rating of 

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Excellent 

issued by Environmental Health Management, Salisbury District Council

A festival of fine 

flavours this Christmas 

...and a very different 

festive treat! 

ANOKAA 

CONTEMPORARY INDIAN CUISINE 

Fisherton Street, Salisbury Reservations : 01722 414142 

www.anokaa.com

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