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FASHION Supplement <strong>inside</strong><br />
Inspirational Interiors • Fabulous <strong>Fashion</strong> • Delicious Dishes<br />
PRICELESS<br />
MARCH <strong>2019</strong>
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MINTERIORS<br />
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Contents<br />
<strong>March</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
26<br />
120<br />
HOUSE OF THE MONTH<br />
Maggie Alderson’s pick of the<br />
properties on the market now<br />
105<br />
S4<br />
WOOD WORKS<br />
Rebecca Cuffe’s pick of midcentury<br />
wooden furniture<br />
139<br />
42<br />
KIDS BEHAVING BADLY<br />
Hilary Wilce asks what can we<br />
do when children misbehave<br />
33<br />
42<br />
67<br />
72<br />
NOTEBOOK<br />
All the best events of the month<br />
PRINT PERFECT<br />
Explore the joyous cottage of<br />
textile designer Molly Mahon<br />
GET THE LOOK<br />
Products to seek out if you’d like<br />
to imitate Molly and Rollo’s style<br />
A COCKTAIL OF<br />
GRANDEUR<br />
A fabulous apartment hidden<br />
above an antiques shop<br />
111<br />
115<br />
117<br />
120<br />
AND THE WINNER IS...<br />
Find out what products won<br />
this year’s Beauty Bible award<br />
A YEAR OF WELLNESS<br />
Eminé Rushton on making<br />
your home a heaven<br />
free from toxicity<br />
NATURAL WISDOM<br />
Wellbeing help and advice<br />
LOVE YOUR LEFTOVERS<br />
The art of cooking with<br />
a plan for the leftovers<br />
143<br />
149<br />
153<br />
154<br />
HOLIDAY CAMPS<br />
Camps that keep kids<br />
amused outside of school<br />
WHAT’S ON<br />
Your guide to <strong>March</strong>’s must-see events<br />
COMPETITION<br />
Win a jacket from Cashara’s<br />
new collection<br />
FABLES FROM THE FARM<br />
Jane Howard’s latest update<br />
from Cooper’s Farm<br />
97<br />
98<br />
GET THE LOOK<br />
The best products to help<br />
you to steal the ‘Cocktail<br />
of Grandeur’ look<br />
NATURAL COOL<br />
A peak <strong>inside</strong> Natalie Walton’s<br />
beautiful book This Is Home<br />
127<br />
131<br />
MARCHING FORTH<br />
Sue Whigham guides you<br />
through <strong>March</strong> in the garden<br />
BORDERS WITH<br />
BACKBONE<br />
Explore the art of garden<br />
borders with Jo Arnell<br />
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FASHION<br />
SUPPLEMENT<br />
22 pages of<br />
utilitarian chic<br />
styling, trends and<br />
fabulous earrings<br />
After page 110.<br />
<strong>Fashion</strong><br />
A <strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Supplement<br />
7<br />
Utilitarian chic<br />
● The best shoe trend ever ● Fabulous earrings
SALES / LETTINGS / MANAGEMENT<br />
VISIT US AT HUNTERS.COM<br />
HERE TO GET you THERE<br />
WOODCHURCH £900,000<br />
A charming three-bedroom detached Grade II listed period cottage situated in<br />
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pretty well stocked mature gardens, and paddock in all totalling approx 5.35 acres.<br />
BIDDENDEN £765,000<br />
NO CHAIN. An individual thatched barn with three reception rooms including a<br />
double aspect sitting room with log burning stove, situated in the desirable village<br />
of Biddenden, within the CSCA and a short drive from Headcorn Station.<br />
BETHERSDEN £550,000 - £575,000<br />
A deceptively spacious character cottage with a wealth of period features, three/<br />
four bedrooms and three reception rooms, situated in the heart of the desirable<br />
village of Bethersden<br />
HARRIETSHAM GUIDE PRICE £325,000 - £350,000<br />
Churchfi elds is an exclusive collection of six, 2 and 3 bedroom homes set in the<br />
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HEADCORN PRICED £795,000 - £980,000<br />
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MOVING YOU SINCE 1842
Connecting people<br />
& property, perfectly.<br />
High Halden TN26<br />
A Grade II listed Georgian house in the village<br />
centre, approximately 3 miles to Tenterden.<br />
1<br />
4<br />
• Period features<br />
• Summer house<br />
• Detached garage<br />
• Large mature gardens<br />
3 3<br />
Your local expert, Simon Biddulph,<br />
looks forward to helping you.<br />
simon.biddulph@knightfrank.com<br />
Guide price £795,000<br />
01892 310700<br />
Biddenden TN27<br />
A detached Georgian style property within the<br />
Cranbrook School catchment area.<br />
1<br />
6<br />
• Outstanding views<br />
• Detached coach house<br />
• First time on the market<br />
• In all about 5.9 acres<br />
3 4<br />
2<br />
Your local expert, Simon Biddulph,<br />
looks forward to helping you.<br />
simon.biddulph@knightfrank.com<br />
Guide price £1,495,000<br />
01892 310700<br />
knightfrank.co.uk<br />
Connecting people & property, perfectly.<br />
All potential tenants should be advised that, as well as rent, an administration fee of £288 and referencing fees of £48 per person will apply when renting a property. There will also be a £48 charge to<br />
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uk/tenantfees. Knight Frank is a member of the ARLA Client Money Protection Scheme and our redress scheme for consumers is Property Redress Scheme.
‘Our Focus Determines Your Reality’<br />
HARPERS AND HURLINGHAM<br />
HAWKHURST £1,490,000<br />
STUNNING NEWLY RENOVATED FAMILY<br />
HOME Three reception rooms · Kitchen/breakfast/<br />
family room · Wine cellar · Four/five bedrooms (three<br />
ensuite) · Landscaped gardens · Office/gym · Garaging<br />
· EPC: tbc<br />
Cranbrook School Catchment Area<br />
SISSINGHURST £1,100,000<br />
STRIKING DETACHED VILLAGE FAMILY<br />
HOME Three reception rooms · Kitchen/breakfast/<br />
family room · Utility room · Four bedrooms · Bathroom<br />
· Shower room · Stunning enclosed garden with views<br />
· Garaging · EPC: E<br />
Cranbrook School Catchment Area<br />
RURAL HAWKHURST OIEO £995,000<br />
DETACHED FAMILY HOME WITH VIEWS<br />
Two reception rooms · Kitchen/family room · Five<br />
bedrooms (one ensuite) · Detached block of three B&B<br />
rooms · Holiday cottage · Approx. 2 acres · Garage<br />
· EPC: D<br />
Cranbrook School Catchment Area<br />
GOUDHURST £995,000<br />
ATTRACTIVE DETACHED FAMILY HOME<br />
Three reception rooms · Kitchen/breakfast/family<br />
room · Utility room · Cloakroom · Four bedrooms (one<br />
ensuite) · Enclosed garden adjoining farmland<br />
· Garaging · EPC: D<br />
Cranbrook School Catchment Area<br />
Sales & Lettings Team<br />
Harpers&Hurlingham<br />
The Cornerhouse, Stone Street, Cranbrook<br />
01580 715400<br />
www.harpersandhurlingham.com<br />
LONDON OFFICE: KENSINGTON 020 7938 2311<br />
Jane Emilie Chez Cathy Sara Debbie Clare Debbie S Caroline Dianne Caroline J
SEARCHING FOR YOUR PERFECT NEW HOME?<br />
Whether you are looking to take your first step onto the property ladder<br />
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Traditional elevations combined with<br />
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2 bedroom houses from £322,500<br />
4 bedroom houses from £499,500<br />
5 bedroom houses from £649,500<br />
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01622 967020<br />
The time to act is now to secure your new home - get in touch to find out more today!<br />
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WE ARE ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LAND AND PROPERTY WITH DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL<br />
Many of our clients retain our services and, in the majority of<br />
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Residential Sales<br />
#TheGardenOfEngland<br />
Estate Agents<br />
Aldington, Nr Ashford<br />
Guide £1,475,000<br />
A beautifully presented period country house and 5* income-producing holiday cottage sleeping 6.<br />
High specification interiors. Gardens and land including garaging and stables.<br />
Further details on request. EPC Rating NA<br />
Woodchurch<br />
Guide prices from £775,000<br />
A development of 3 high specification contemporary homes modelled from former farm buildings. Stylish interior<br />
designed accommodation in a lovely rural setting approached from a long driveway with automated gates, each<br />
with private gardens and fenced paddocks, all enjoying tranquil countryside views. EPC Ratings B/C/C<br />
Wittersham<br />
Guide £997,500<br />
A beautifully presented 5 bedroom country<br />
house with outstanding rural views and set in<br />
2 acres of gardens and paddock. EPC Rating E<br />
Ulcombe<br />
OIRO: £950,000<br />
Grade II Listed family house full of character<br />
with 2 bedroom annexe, range of outbuildings,<br />
tennis court, tranquil location. EPC Rating NA<br />
Hobbs Parker Estate Agents www.hobbsparker.co.uk<br />
Ashford 01233 506260 | Tenterden 01580 766766<br />
01580 766766
WHAT BETTER WAY TO START THE YEAR THAN WITH A NEW HOME!<br />
LAST FEW REMAINING<br />
Completions ready January-<strong>March</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Hawkhurst, TN18 5DA<br />
• Stamp Duty paid* • £1,500 contribution towards legal fees*<br />
Four fantastic plots remain in this bespoke development of<br />
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Built by prestigious developer Riverdale Developments, homes<br />
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Please contact 01892 547 966 / 07734 045 202 or email tunbridgewells@connells.co.uk<br />
to make arrangements to view our stunning show home and to look at the available plots<br />
*Subject to developer terms and conditions, stamp duty allowance on completion & equivalent of liability for person owning one property<br />
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No Chain<br />
Tenterden, Kent<br />
Historic listed town house of excellent proportions, centrally situated within the Conservation Area, versatile, attractive internal accommodation,<br />
in need of refurbishment, ample cellarage, walled garden, off road parking and garaging<br />
Guide £1.095 million | Freehold<br />
Duncan Petrie<br />
Savills Cranbrook<br />
01580 720161<br />
dpetrie@savills.com<br />
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A SPECIAL PLACE TO LIVE<br />
Three, four and five bedroom homes just 400 metres<br />
from Tenterden’s boutique High Street.<br />
NEW<br />
Show home<br />
The Weald<br />
4/5 bedroom<br />
Launching<br />
<strong>March</strong><br />
ENJOY A<br />
UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT<br />
High specification homes surrounded by beautiful green open spaces, excellent local amenities and superb<br />
transport links from Ashford International station. Offering an enviable lifestyle that features<br />
the very best of town and country living.<br />
3 , 4 & 5 bedroom homes available from £440,000<br />
Show homes open daily 10am to 5pm<br />
Prices correct at time of publication and are subject to change<br />
INCENTIVES available |<br />
HELP TO BUY available
My life is<br />
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We We would would like like to to extend extend a a warm warm welcome and and invite you to our <strong>March</strong> Moving<br />
Event<br />
Event on<br />
on Thursday<br />
Thursday 14th<br />
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Crockham House<br />
The dream: A 15th century Grade<br />
II* listed house in 20 acres. The house<br />
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roofs, tall chimneys and beamy joy,<br />
with an adjacent oast house at one end<br />
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The gardens were designed by<br />
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Hill and the Queen Mother played<br />
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Setting: At the end of a sweeping<br />
drive, with spectacular trees as far as<br />
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Beds: 9 Baths: 6<br />
Special features: The drawing<br />
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Pleasing details: Three staircases<br />
and a dedicated log room.<br />
Outside: Hedged formal gardens<br />
and those splendid trees<br />
Time to town: 10 minutes to Oxted,<br />
then London Bridge in 33 minutes,<br />
Victoria in 43 and St Pancras in 53.<br />
Agent: Sotheby’s International Realty<br />
01932 860537 sothebysrealty.co.uk.<br />
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£2,875,000<br />
Dukes Place<br />
The dream: A very rare Grade I listed<br />
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Where: On the edge of the village of<br />
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Sevenoaks.<br />
Setting: A serene hillside setting<br />
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Beds: 5, four of them en suite, plus<br />
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Special features: Beams, inglenooks<br />
and leaded lights for miles.<br />
Pleasing details: Mark Wilkinson<br />
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Outside: Landscaped gardens, a pool<br />
and a tennis court.<br />
Time to town: Half an hour from<br />
Sevenoaks to Charing Cross, under an<br />
hour from Borough Green to Victoria.<br />
Agent: Sotheby’s International Realty,<br />
Cobham 01932 860537<br />
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£625,000<br />
Brook House<br />
The dream: This converted Grade II<br />
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Special features: An outside covered<br />
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Pleasing details: The beams are a lovely<br />
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Outside: A well-established, richly<br />
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Time to town: Under an hour from<br />
Marden (10 minutes) to London Bridge.<br />
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Notebook<br />
Interesting things to do and see near you this month<br />
Happy Mother’s Day<br />
It’s Mothers Day Weekend from<br />
Saturday 30 to Sunday 31 <strong>March</strong>,<br />
and what better way to make your<br />
mum, nan or any motherly figure, feel<br />
like a queen than with a wonderful<br />
family day out at Hever Castle.<br />
We’d recommend beginning with a<br />
stroll around the stunning 125 acre<br />
grounds. With Mother’s Day falling<br />
just after Hever’s Dazzling Daffodils<br />
event, the grounds will be filled with<br />
glorious spring blooms. There is plenty<br />
to keep little ones happy with a Tudor<br />
Towers adventure playground, a natural<br />
play area, and little ones can make a<br />
bookmark in a free craft workshop,<br />
get their faces painted or try a cupcake<br />
decorating workshop to make some<br />
very personal and delicious gifts.<br />
If you want to make the day extra<br />
special, there will also be Mother’s Day<br />
Weekend Afternoon Teas. Pre-booking<br />
is essential, but plan ahead and you<br />
can enjoy a Classic Afternoon Tea with<br />
finger sandwiches and a mouth-watering<br />
variety of cakes and desserts, all served<br />
in the elegant Guthrie Pavilion<br />
Restaurant which sits in the Italian<br />
Garden overlooking the Lake.<br />
If you’re visiting on Sunday,<br />
there will also be a Luxury<br />
Afternoon Tea available in<br />
the beautiful wood-panelled<br />
Tudor Suite in the Astor<br />
Wing adjoining the Castle,<br />
which offers extra tasty<br />
treats including a shot of<br />
seasonal soup, satay chicken<br />
skewers, mini sausage rolls<br />
and a smoked cheddar and<br />
leek tart. hevercastle.co.uk<br />
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Encore!<br />
Ballet Central returns to<br />
EMF Theatre in Tonbridge<br />
this month with a varied<br />
programme of classical ballet<br />
and contemporary dance<br />
theatre. On Saturday 30<br />
<strong>March</strong>, treat yourself to an<br />
exciting evening of theatricality<br />
and drama performed by<br />
young dance graduates on<br />
the cusp of their professional<br />
careers. emftheatre.com<br />
Oh ha-pea day<br />
Join Viv Hunt, Godinton<br />
House’s head gardener, for<br />
coffee and a morning of sweet<br />
pea advice on Saturday 30<br />
<strong>March</strong>. Learn how to choose,<br />
sow and grow the best plants<br />
for the border all summer.<br />
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News<br />
4Art’s sake<br />
From Friday 1 to Friday<br />
15, 4Art will be showing<br />
contemporary art at<br />
Duncan’s Place in Tonbridge,<br />
a historic garage site which<br />
is soon to be demolished.<br />
The group has spent the<br />
past two years exploring<br />
the site and creating<br />
contemporary art. On Friday<br />
1 <strong>March</strong> there will also be a<br />
chance to meet the artists.<br />
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Attention all Antiques Roadshow fans!<br />
This month is your chance to find out<br />
what your jewellery, collectables and<br />
other treasures are really worth. On<br />
Thursday 7 <strong>March</strong> from 10am to 2pm<br />
Dreweatts is holding a valuation day at<br />
the lovely Hotel du Vin in Tunbridge<br />
Wells. Dreweatts is a leading UK<br />
auctioneer of everything from fine art<br />
to live steam and model engineering,<br />
and at this event you get the chance<br />
to meet with specialists covering fine<br />
art, jewellery, silver, watches, antiques<br />
and other collectibles to discuss and<br />
value your items free of charge.<br />
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Photo ready<br />
Thursday 21 <strong>March</strong><br />
is your last chance<br />
to see a collection<br />
of winning images<br />
from the prestigious<br />
International Garden<br />
Photographer of the<br />
Year (IGPOTY)<br />
competition which<br />
will be displayed at<br />
Sissinghurst Castle<br />
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THURSDAY 7 MARCH | 10<br />
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We hold regular auctions of antiques<br />
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designs for energy efficiency. There will<br />
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Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Submariner, ref. 5508, a stainless to Sunday 3 <strong>March</strong> and Hotel £2,000 du VinNeptune<br />
steel bracelet watch, circa 1959<br />
vouchers for reservations Crescent made Rd before<br />
Monday 4 <strong>March</strong>. chequersgreen.com<br />
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Writing the Editor’s Letter is always a fun point in the<br />
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This month, though, it’s a bit poignant because it’s the last one<br />
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I have absolutely loved editing the magazine and will really<br />
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Meanwhile there’s lots to celebrate in this issue. Two gorgeous<br />
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own home decor.<br />
Our fashion <strong>supplement</strong> showcases the new utilitarian chic –<br />
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Previous page Molly’s fabrics on cushions in the sitting room. She painted the flowers on the cupboard doors Above: The lampshade<br />
over the kitchen table is in Molly’s design Pattee. The worktops were made from scaffolding planks<br />
Textile designer Molly Mahon’s woodsman’s cottage<br />
is tucked along a wooded lane on the edge of<br />
the Ashdown Forest. For many of us it would<br />
be a dream to live here, but while the location is idyllic,<br />
Molly explains, their lovely cottage was far from dreamy<br />
when they relocated here from London eight years ago.<br />
The first house they had found had fallen through,<br />
so they decided to rent while they waited for<br />
another property they loved enough to appear.<br />
‘When we first looked at this one, we thought no,’ says<br />
Molly. ‘There were no windows in the kitchen and the<br />
downstairs was divided into lots of gloomy little rooms.<br />
But time went on and we still hadn’t found anything. This<br />
house was in such a good location and it was a project,<br />
which was what we wanted, so we came back to it.’<br />
The family lived in the cottage for a year to get the feel<br />
of it, but some things they were sure of from the start: ‘We<br />
knocked a hole in the kitchen immediately just to bring the<br />
light in, changed the bathroom and then we did our plan.’<br />
The main aim of which was to bring more light <strong>inside</strong><br />
– and also to lower the floors. Both Molly and husband<br />
Rollo are tall and needed some headroom. The stairs were<br />
also a problem: ‘You had to walk all the way through<br />
the house to get to the staircase and the children hated<br />
being upstairs as it was divided by a heavy door.’<br />
‘We lowered and levelled the floors from the kitchen<br />
onwards, and covered the passageway in to make the boot<br />
room and laundry, which also houses our big fridge.’<br />
The main part of the house is now accessed by a clever<br />
little sliding glass door that opens directly into the<br />
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Clockwise, from top left: The sofa in the sitting room is covered in Molly’s award-winning Luna fabric. Molly’s painted flowers on<br />
the cupboard doors<br />
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Divorce law – welcome to the 21st century<br />
At long last, the government has finally announced its intention to introduce the<br />
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Currently, in this country, unless<br />
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Left: Molly painted the fireplace in Bloomsbury style. The<br />
painting on the left is by her friend Emma Black Below: Molly<br />
and the children painted the stars on to the blue paint on the<br />
staircase walls. The wallpaper is Molly’s Lani design<br />
living area. ‘There was also no way out into the garden<br />
from the kitchen, so we put in the French doors and we<br />
painted the black beams white to bring the light in.’<br />
It’s hard to imagine that this was once an uninviting<br />
space. Now the whole of the downstairs feels spaciously<br />
cosy and bright and even on the gloomy morning of our<br />
visit, seems lit with internal sunshine, helped along by a<br />
rich ochre cloth over the table in the middle of the room.<br />
While the work was going on the family had to move out,<br />
but they didn’t move far – in fact they took up residence in<br />
their double garage, using the front half as a kitchen, the<br />
back as storage and, because Rollo was running a camping<br />
company, they slept in two big tents in the garden.<br />
‘It was quite an adventure to live under canvas,’ Molly<br />
laughs. ‘Great fun really and it meant that we were right<br />
there during the building project, which is quite important.’<br />
Completely remodelling your home is chaotic enough,<br />
but as is the way with many a grand design, third child<br />
Orlando arrived in the middle of it all – at the same<br />
time as Molly’s business had begun to take off.<br />
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This page: Daughter Lani’s bedroom. The fabric in the canopy<br />
is one of Molly’s hand-block printed cottons, Stars Left: The<br />
wallpaper is Spot and Star<br />
as a hobby while they were living in London. ‘I was<br />
always in a shop called Tobias and the Angel in Barnes<br />
and I just loved the block printed fabrics in there.’<br />
Although Molly wasn’t encouraged to study art at<br />
school – ‘it wasn’t educational enough,’ she laughs –<br />
her mother is the artist Celia Lewis so she grew up in<br />
a creative environment, able to experiment artistically<br />
at home. As an adult she still needed that outlet.<br />
‘I was always trying out little workshops at various places,<br />
but never seemed to get that satisfied feeling,’ she says. Then<br />
Angel Hughes, who owns the Tobias and the Angel shop,<br />
suggested that she tried fabric printing. ‘So I signed up for a<br />
workshop and then saw that it was being held down here.’<br />
Molly says of that first block printing workshop:<br />
‘I thought I’d arrived in heaven. It was thrilling.’ It<br />
turned out that she was also very good at it and she<br />
ended up helping Angel for two years, learning about<br />
paint, materials and the process of block printing.<br />
‘I just never got bored of it. Lifting the block and<br />
seeing if it was any good or not was always exciting.’<br />
After a while Molly started to print her own designs<br />
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Above: Youngest child, Orlando’s bedroom. The wallpaper is Fern. The quilt is also by Molly Mahon<br />
and when a friend asked her to print some wallpaper for<br />
her shepherd’s huts, the business began to take off.<br />
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‘Rollo had been going up and down to London with<br />
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saving grace to me was thinking about my business.’<br />
Supporting Molly, Rollo started to take on a lot more.<br />
‘He’s great at organising and he made it into a<br />
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Working with their small team, the structural changes<br />
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feel. The ceilings are tall enough for Molly and Rollo to<br />
be comfortable, but still low enough to keep things cosy,<br />
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Molly’s colourful designs sing out from every corner.<br />
The kitchen has been ingeniously – and incredibly<br />
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It has a rustic country look, with some shelves open to<br />
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Above Molly’s Coral wallpaper in the bathroom Left: Rollo and Molly’s<br />
bedroom. All the fabrics and the quilt are by Molly Mahon<br />
dishes – while others are curtained off with Molly’s printed fabrics.<br />
The lamp hanging over the kitchen table is in the ‘Pattee’<br />
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Molly’s colourful designs sing out from every corner<br />
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Above: In the master bedroom, all the fabrics – quilt,<br />
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Above: Over the bed in the guest bedroom on the far left and far right are two block-printed fabric samples by Barron and Larcher,<br />
early 20th century pioneers in fabric design who have been a big influence on Molly’s work<br />
Most of the soft furnishings in the room have been designed<br />
and made by Molly. The blue fabric, Luna, recently won ‘Best<br />
Neat Print’ in the Homes & Gardens magazine fabrics awards.<br />
She carefully closes the drawers that house a collection<br />
of shells that belonged to Rollo’s grandmother. On a wall<br />
in the kitchen, hangs another family collection, this one of<br />
butterflies, gathered by Molly’s mother from the local area<br />
and pinned in a frame for the family to use as a reference.<br />
The cupboards at the end of the living room have been<br />
hand decorated by Molly, each door with a different<br />
flower. The red piano was given to them by a friend<br />
when daughter Lani, 9, wanted to learn the piano. ‘I<br />
wasn’t sure if we had room, but when the piano arrived<br />
and I saw it was red I was delighted,’ she laughs.<br />
Upstairs, Molly explains how they reconfigured<br />
the staircase and bedrooms, moving a wall<br />
to make a corridor in the process.<br />
‘Then the builders found a void at the end here and<br />
we worked out that we could put a shower room into it,<br />
so this is the guest room when people come to stay.’<br />
Above the bed in there are two precious block-printed<br />
fabric samples made by Barron and Larcher, pioneers in<br />
textile design from the first half of the twentieth century,<br />
who have been a big influence on Molly’s work.<br />
Hanging over the dressing table is a painting by Molly’s<br />
friend Lottie Cole, who has done a series of paintings of the<br />
interior in Charleston House, home to the Bloomsbury Set.<br />
‘Lottie does the most amazing paintings,’ says<br />
Molly. ‘I am very lucky. All the artworks in the<br />
room are done by friends, or by my mother.’<br />
Oddly, when they bought the house, the family<br />
bathroom was in the main bedroom.<br />
‘It was all one big room,’ Molly explains. ‘You<br />
couldn’t get into the bathroom without going through<br />
the bedroom, so we had to put up a wall and turn it<br />
into a “Jack and Jill” bathroom with two doors.’<br />
The walls here are splendid with Molly’s blue ‘Coral’<br />
bathroom wallpaper. ‘We recently re-did the wallpaper<br />
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This page: Molly’s garden studio in what<br />
was the garage Below: The children have<br />
their own wall of paintings in the studio<br />
in here,’ says Molly. ‘The walls<br />
were plain white in between times<br />
and we really didn’t like the look.<br />
It just seemed so empty.’<br />
The quilts on the beds in all the<br />
bedrooms are all handmade – block<br />
printed and hand stitched in Jaipur –<br />
and the walls are decorated in ‘Lani’<br />
paper. Molly also designed and made<br />
most of the lamps in the bedrooms.<br />
Heading back downstairs there is an<br />
example of how effortlessly she is able to<br />
bring touches of magic to the cottage’s<br />
interior. The walls were originally plain<br />
blue, until on a whim one rainy Sunday,<br />
she and the children just painted<br />
starry fireworks onto the blue paint.<br />
‘It needed jazzing up,’ she says.<br />
‘We’ll probably change it again soon.’<br />
We head out of the kitchen door<br />
across the lawn to the garden <br />
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Left: Lino cuts and printing blocks on an Indian chest<br />
Above: Playing with blocks at her print table<br />
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Previous page: The 18th century kitchen table is a baker’s dough bin Above: The 19th century German cuckoo and quail clock is<br />
mounted on the Fornasetti Mediterranea wallpaper by Cole & Son<br />
Above an antiques shop in the picture postcard village of<br />
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Above: Looking from the first-floor hall into the sitting room.<br />
Left: The hall walls are hand-painted marbling. The cast-iron<br />
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Above: The tapestry on the facing wall of the sitting room is dated to around 1580. Will found the early 20th century Fortuny<br />
curtains in an auction. A painting hangs on the back of the door<br />
So, with the two shops a sort of extended<br />
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The dark blue painted stairwell features a diverse array<br />
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the old. Apps is a friend who has a gallery in the village.<br />
The stairs lead to an ochre-painted hallway dramatically set<br />
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sits a pearl inlaid wooden crucifix and ornate candlesticks.<br />
At one end of the hall is a pretty green-painted kitchen<br />
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The room is dominated by a William Speakman longcase<br />
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where traditionally dough would be left to rise overnight.<br />
The 17th century oak chairs are mismatched auction<br />
buys. The gorgeous silverware on the table is Old<br />
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Above: In the drawing room a Fornasetti print hangs over a sofa covered in a 1920s armorial tapestry. The chair is upholstered with a<br />
rare 18th century Turkish needlework<br />
On the chimney breast hangs a 19th century French<br />
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‘It still has the original paintwork,’ says Nick. ‘That’s<br />
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closer inspection is made from old fruit crates.<br />
By the door sits a round Edwardian display<br />
table housing a collection of pug-related antiques<br />
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‘This table did have a glass top’, laughs Will. ‘But we<br />
had a party recently which ended with a guest falling on<br />
top of it. We laughed. Of course we don’t like it when<br />
things get broken, but we’d rather enjoy using things<br />
than hide them away. When people first visit, they do<br />
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they see how relaxed we are and they relax too.’<br />
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swivel to her guest, then pour another cup and so on.’ <br />
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Above: A column on the stairs holds some of Will’s large collection of perfumes. The walls are painted in Paynes Grey<br />
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These days the table is used as Will’s cocktail mixing<br />
bar. It is set with French crystal champagne coupes<br />
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‘That set of glasses used to be much larger but we’ve<br />
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how it is. I try not to worry about how old or valuable<br />
something is. It was all made to be used and not just looked<br />
at. What’s the point of keeping things hidden in a drawer?’<br />
The sofa in the room looks like it has seen a few good<br />
parties over the years too. It is 1920s with naked ladies<br />
carved on the legs in the medieval revival style. Will had<br />
planned to reupholster it but has grown attached to the<br />
tatty original yellow cushions, so has left it as it is.<br />
The sofa is joined by mismatched cosy armchairs<br />
with plenty of soft throws and cushions. But the look<br />
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a stunning print which takes up an entire wall.<br />
In the corner is a bookcase displaying some highly<br />
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But it’s the textiles and art that really bring<br />
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This page The Fornasetti lamp shades in the master bedroom are<br />
topped with vintage hats. The tapestry over the bed is an antique<br />
ceremonial Indian bullock blanket<br />
this room to life, such as the tapestry behind the<br />
sofa which Will has dated to around 1580.<br />
‘My real pride and joy are the curtains’, explains Will.<br />
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Right: Will uses his grandmother’s desk as a dressing table.<br />
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Above: Vintage luggage alongside a 1920s evening coat and a pink Jean Muir cocktail dress<br />
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Above: Will and Nick’s antiques shop underneath the flat was initially opened to sell<br />
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Beauty<br />
And the winner is…<br />
Josephine Fairley reveals key winners in this year’s Beauty Bible<br />
Awards – with products tested by over 1500 women<br />
Where do you turn to find out<br />
about beauty products that<br />
really work? i’d like to think<br />
you visit this page and i’m proud to<br />
say that many of the product insights<br />
i share here aren’t purely from my<br />
own experience – they’ve come via real<br />
women who’ve trialled products for the<br />
Beauty Bible books and website that<br />
i write and edit with my collaborator<br />
Sarah Stacey.<br />
Since we launched in 1996, Sarah<br />
and i have had over 30,000 real<br />
women trialling products for us –<br />
making Beauty Bible’s the biggestever<br />
independent beauty survey in<br />
the world. in <strong>2019</strong>, because we now<br />
all want info at the click of a finger,<br />
the results of the in-depth surveys are<br />
online, at beautybible.com.<br />
We now cover 102 categories of<br />
product and for this year’s awards over<br />
1500 women tested haircare, suncare,<br />
bodycare, skincare and make-up for us,<br />
all of it over a period of months. So i’m<br />
happy to share some highlights of the<br />
Beauty Bible Awards <strong>2019</strong>, which have<br />
just gone live. These products all won<br />
the gold Award in their categories.<br />
Cleansing balm<br />
Emma Hardie Moringa Cleansing Balm,<br />
£47 for 100ml and cleansing cloth. Not<br />
the first Award for this superfacialist’s<br />
make-up-melting balm, which is based<br />
on ultra-nourishing moringa oil, wild<br />
sea fennel, rose oil and vitamin E – and<br />
definitely not its last. But the score here<br />
was stellar: 9.10/10 averaged across 10<br />
women.<br />
Beauty Bible testers comments:<br />
‘The most luxurious cleanser I have ever<br />
used. A real treat for the face, feels as if<br />
I’ve used a moisturising mask, as well as<br />
working really well as a cleanser.’<br />
‘What can I say except I’m a convert<br />
to this perfect cleanser. The fragrance<br />
is divine, perhaps from the bergamot,<br />
jasmine and sweet almond oils.’<br />
‘Used this a.m./p.m. for three weeks<br />
and then on to the end of the pot. It has<br />
made a noticeable difference in reducing<br />
fine lines and wrinkles, enhancing glow,<br />
radiance and softness and plumping my<br />
very dry mature skin.’<br />
Body oil<br />
Aromatherapy Associates Renewing Rose<br />
Body Oil, £47 for 100ml.<br />
The divine rose fragrance – so<br />
consistently popular with Beauty Bible<br />
testers over the decades – helped nudge<br />
this AA oil towards its high score. It’s<br />
also blended with neroli and geranium<br />
specifically to uplift spirits and ‘awaken<br />
your soul’.<br />
‘Top marks for this lovely fragranced oil,<br />
which absorbed within a few minutes so<br />
I didn’t have to wait long to get dressed.<br />
Skin was immediately soft, more nourished<br />
and beautifully fragranced.’<br />
‘Scars, stretch marks and dry patches all<br />
look 100 times better. I took it with me to<br />
the South of France and my limbs looked<br />
super glowing, with a sexy sheen.’<br />
‘Lower legs looked 10 years younger,<br />
I really mean that! They were perfectly<br />
smooth and looked like I had leg make-up<br />
on… It is that good.’<br />
Miracle treatment<br />
Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte’s Magic<br />
Cream, £70 for 50ml. Charlotte Tilbury<br />
may be better known for her makeup,<br />
but this cream – which she used<br />
to have privately mixed up to use on<br />
her celebrity and supermodel clients –<br />
won gold as ‘Best Miracle Treatment’,<br />
delivering much more than cosmetic<br />
results (tied with Clinique’s Fresh<br />
Pressed Daily Booster with Pure Vitamin<br />
C 10%).<br />
‘I LOVE this – I’ve had compliments<br />
on my younger-looking skin from friends<br />
and my husband for the first time ever!<br />
My skin was softer immediately; after<br />
two weeks my wrinkles and lines are less<br />
obvious, skin looked brighter and plumper,<br />
and tone more even.’<br />
‘Magic it certainly is. I fell in love with<br />
this; my skin is clearer, brighter, softer and<br />
smoother, appears less crêpe-y and fine lines<br />
and wrinkles reduced.’<br />
‘Absolutely makes my skin look younger!<br />
It has instant effects on plumping skin and<br />
giving a wonderful glow.’<br />
Light-reflecting<br />
concealer<br />
Temple Spa Glint Shadow<br />
Concealer, £20. Looking to<br />
conceal shadows and make<br />
furrows less visible? This was<br />
one of an amazing dozen<br />
winners in the Beauty Bible<br />
Awards <strong>2019</strong> from Temple<br />
Spa, available in two shades.<br />
‘10/10. Blended easily into<br />
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my skin, even when not using foundation<br />
or tinted moisturiser.’<br />
‘Light formula that blended very easily<br />
to conceal dark shadows at corners of eyes<br />
and whole eye area, concealed and made<br />
puffiness less noticeable, softened frown<br />
lines making them less pronounced. I also<br />
applied it to red patches at the sides of my<br />
nose and it concealed the redness.’<br />
‘Promised to battle the signs of daily<br />
fatigue or too many late nights and did<br />
make me look a lot less tired – fresh as a<br />
daisy in fact.’<br />
Gradual Tanner Face<br />
Crystal Clear Beach Glow Tan Drops,<br />
£27.99 for 30ml. Feel your skin looks a<br />
little drab right now? For the first time<br />
in our Awards, Beauty Bible covers<br />
all the different tanning categories,<br />
including gradual tanners. Gold winner<br />
here is a product which you add dropby-drop<br />
to your moisturiser.<br />
‘So easy to use and unlike some tanning<br />
products it really is fool proof as you just<br />
add it to your regular moisturiser and<br />
it works within about 45 minutes. The<br />
colour is subtle and looks very natural.’<br />
‘Made me look light golden and put a<br />
smile on my face. It promises a healthy<br />
glow and that’s exactly what it gives.<br />
Perfect.’<br />
Beauty Steal Award<br />
SVR Physiopure Cleansing Micellar Water,<br />
£11 for 200ml. One of our favourite<br />
things at Beauty Bible is to direct readers<br />
towards great affordable buys – and to<br />
brands they may never have heard of –<br />
like this cleansing water from a new-to-<br />
the-UK French pharmacy brand, which<br />
won a Silver and a ‘Beauty Steal’ Award.<br />
‘Glides over the skin and even one swipe<br />
picked up a lot of make-up.’<br />
‘A nice quick product – cleansed makeup<br />
and eye make-up efficiently and didn’t<br />
irritate my eyes. My skin looked bright and<br />
had a nice tone.’<br />
‘A winner! I enjoyed using it and<br />
results were fabulous; removed everything<br />
perfectly, even waterproof mascaras.’<br />
‘The sort of product you would want<br />
your daughter to use on her skin as a<br />
first cleanser, or take with you if you are<br />
backpacking.’<br />
Pillow mist:<br />
REN & Now to Sleep Pillow Spray,<br />
£16.20 for 75ml. As they’re such a<br />
‘thing’ (and since beauty sleep isn’t<br />
called ‘beauty sleep’ for nothing), for the<br />
first time in these Awards we included<br />
products to help you drift off.<br />
‘I often have trouble sleeping, but this<br />
did help me to feel more relaxed and fall<br />
asleep more quickly.’<br />
‘I love this natural sleep spray. I look<br />
forward to using it, as it smells divine and<br />
has a feelgood factor getting you ready for<br />
some sweet dreams!!’<br />
‘I’m so pleased with results especially<br />
after having a hard day at work as mum<br />
… this is my new life saver. Really good,<br />
with massive improvement in actually<br />
falling asleep. I have been able to sleep<br />
deeply more and more often.’<br />
Mascara:<br />
Guerlain Maxi Lash So Volume £26.50.<br />
I’m always quietly chuffed when a<br />
favourite product of my own scoops a<br />
Gold Award – as Guerlain’s Maxi Lash<br />
did. It’s the brush which is the real key,<br />
here: brilliantly ‘grippy’ to catch even<br />
the teensiest eyelash and sweep on the<br />
volumising formula.<br />
‘10/10! The wand picked up just enough<br />
mascara to coat lashes without being too<br />
much. Very easy to apply and build up as<br />
desired; no clumping even with a second<br />
coat.’<br />
‘Would I buy it? A million times “Yes”. I<br />
will never use another mascara again.’<br />
‘A great mascara for dramatically<br />
lengthening and volumising; easy to apply<br />
(not too wet), doesn’t smudge or smear.’<br />
All Round Shampoo<br />
Hairburst Shampoo, £12.50 for 350ml.<br />
Confused by the supermarket haircare<br />
fixture? Although we do award<br />
categories for different colours of<br />
hair (blonde, brunette, redhead), and<br />
problems like frizz or lack of volume,<br />
we know some women just want a great<br />
product, plain and simple. And this is it.<br />
‘Top marks for this coconut-smelling<br />
shampoo, which did a good job of cleaning<br />
my hair, was easy to wash out and didn’t<br />
sting my eyes. Love the smell!’<br />
‘Promised longer, stronger and more<br />
radiant looking hair – and I do<br />
feel it made it stronger and it<br />
looked healthier.’<br />
‘My hair was in quite bad<br />
condition when I started<br />
to use the product<br />
– dry and damaged<br />
after an 11-day beach<br />
holiday – but this<br />
transformed it.’<br />
For full results, scores<br />
and comments, visit<br />
beautybible.com<br />
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Wellbeing<br />
A Year of Wellness<br />
From plastic oceans to record air pollution, the headlines would have<br />
us believe that we’re on course to leave this planet in a bit of a mess.<br />
Eminé Rushton believes that there’s still hope – and that our homes are the<br />
best places to begin implementing practical changes, for good<br />
<strong>March</strong>: The home front<br />
It began with our family move to<br />
Kent, from a relentlessly noisy bit<br />
of South East London (on, we later<br />
discovered, one of the most polluted<br />
roads in the UK) to a 200-year-old<br />
cottage in a little village. The air quality<br />
was so obviously better we couldn’t quite<br />
believe how long we’d spent inhaling the<br />
fumes of eternal traffics.<br />
Without the air pollution around us,<br />
we became that bit more sensitive to our<br />
surroundings. We were able to throw<br />
windows open, to let gusting breezes<br />
race through our rooms, without fearing<br />
for our lung capacity. It<br />
also inspired me to start<br />
asking bigger questions<br />
about the environments<br />
we choose to live in, and<br />
the decisions we make<br />
when we come to decorate,<br />
clean, restore and care for<br />
our homes.<br />
I spent days researching the lowest<br />
toxicity paints on the market, with<br />
zero to low VOC ratings. This stands<br />
for ‘Volatile Organic Compounds’<br />
which have been shown to be skin,<br />
eye and lung irritants, and have also<br />
been linked to endocrine disruption<br />
with its increased risk of cancer. Most<br />
commercial paint is high in them. I<br />
decided on Earthborn, a clay-based<br />
paint that is 100% VOC-free.<br />
For areas subjected to more rough and<br />
tumble, we used Little Greene’s floor<br />
paint, very low VOC and extremely<br />
resistant to damage and marking.<br />
I long ago switched from commercial<br />
domestic cleaning products to natural<br />
alternatives. Lemon, bicarbonate of soda<br />
and vinegar will do most household jobs<br />
very well indeed and I recommend the<br />
brilliant book Natural Home Cleaning<br />
“It’s worth paying<br />
attention to<br />
plastic when it’s<br />
at its most healththreatening”<br />
by Fern Green (Hardie Grant) for things<br />
you can make with cheapest basics, to<br />
do any household job imaginable.<br />
I’ve also taken out an account with<br />
Big Green Smile, who deliver costcutting<br />
eco-friendlier bumper sizes<br />
and refill packs of the best-known<br />
green cleaning products (by Ecover,<br />
Method, Ecozone etc) in boxes that are<br />
themselves 100% biodegradable.<br />
My favourite household cleaning<br />
brands are Tincture London, Marcel’s<br />
Green Soap and Dr Bronner’s Liquid<br />
Castile Soap (which can be used for<br />
laundry, dishes, floors and<br />
even our own bodies).<br />
For those who like to<br />
disinfect their loos with<br />
bleach, I would caution as<br />
it has been shown to be<br />
the single most corrosive<br />
and toxic home cleaning<br />
product of all, with fumes<br />
inhaled by children linked to chronic<br />
asthma and a much higher incidence of<br />
allergies and skin conditions. Instead, I’d<br />
recommend the super-thick and highly<br />
effective Ecozone Toilet Cleaner, the best<br />
I’ve tried out of a dozen eco brands.<br />
Then there’s the plastic. While it’s<br />
unlikely we’ll ever be plastic-free, it’s<br />
worth paying attention to when plastic<br />
is at its most health-threatening. While<br />
many manufacturers now produce<br />
what they deem to be ‘safe’ plastics<br />
e.g. BPA-free, there are many different<br />
chemicals involved in the manufacture<br />
of this eternally problematic material,<br />
many of which have been found to leach<br />
into the foods or liquids within them,<br />
particularly when subjected to heat.<br />
So, microwaving your food in a plastic<br />
container is a bad idea, as is regularly<br />
eating or drinking hot things out of<br />
plastic or polystyrene. If food or liquid<br />
is to be stored, it’s certainly worth<br />
switching to ceramics, glass, stainless<br />
steel or earthenware instead.<br />
Likewise, with bottled water – some<br />
of which has been shown to be bottled<br />
up to two years before it is finally sold.<br />
Far better and cheaper is to simply carry<br />
your own filtered tap water in a glass or<br />
stainless steel bottle, every day.<br />
To make sure that water is pure I<br />
recommend the counter-top filtration<br />
system The Big Berkey (save money<br />
if you pick one up from the slightly<br />
damaged sale).<br />
Plastic-free online stores are booming<br />
– and plastic-free retail shops are also<br />
popping up all around us (Unboxed<br />
Kent in Canterbury; Macknade Fine<br />
Foods in Faversham; Bare Bazaar<br />
in Ashford, to name a few) and are<br />
fantastic value for money. You take your<br />
own containers and fill up on daily<br />
essentials such as pasta, washing liquid,<br />
pulses and flours.<br />
While we do still use our local<br />
supermarket for certain things, we have<br />
also switched our veg and fruit orders to<br />
a local farm box scheme, which comes<br />
in paper and card, and is returned the<br />
following week. And our peelings go to<br />
compost, or our happy rabbit Pip.<br />
Nothing in our new systems has been<br />
harder work or more expensive overall,<br />
and it’s been a satisfying learning curve<br />
for the whole family.<br />
Eminé shares more of what she learns<br />
on Instagram @thisconsciousbeing and<br />
would love to hear of any<br />
new eco, ethical, lowwaste<br />
finds, schemes<br />
and communities, in<br />
and around your<br />
home town too.<br />
Eminé Rushton is Wellbeing Director-at-Large at Psychologies magazine, and co-founder<br />
of the conscious living blog, The Balance Plan, balanceplan.co.uk
very day was<br />
a battle with<br />
agonising<br />
sciatica…but<br />
I’m pain-free and<br />
enjoying life again<br />
after IDD Therapy<br />
Sarah Gower from Marden had suffered<br />
with back pain ‘niggles’ for a few years,<br />
but last summer she was suddenly<br />
struck with unbearable sciatica in her<br />
leg which stopped her in her tracks.<br />
Sarah explains: “For as long as I can<br />
remember, I’ve always experienced a<br />
degree of discomfort in my back, which<br />
my osteopath at the time had put down to<br />
muscular issues, but one day I woke with<br />
the most excruciating sciatic pain which<br />
literally floored me; I could hardly move.”<br />
Over the following weeks Sarah’s pain and<br />
lack of movement completely disrupted<br />
her routine: “I couldn’t find a comfortable<br />
sleeping position for my back and the<br />
shooting pains in my leg woke me several<br />
times every night; I actually ended up<br />
sleeping on the floor out of desperation. I<br />
couldn’t go to work, driving was impossible,<br />
and everyday chores – even bathing and<br />
dressing – became incredibly difficult.”<br />
Sarah’s GP prescribed strong painkillers<br />
but after a short while, she discovered she<br />
was allergic to them. She was also put on<br />
a waiting list to see a spinal surgeon: “I<br />
knew it would be a few months before I<br />
saw a consultant, but honestly, I really<br />
wasn’t comfortable with the idea of<br />
spinal injections or surgery; I’d read<br />
about the risks and recovery periods<br />
involved and it was a big worry for me.”<br />
More than that, Sarah didn’t think<br />
she’d be able to manage waiting for an<br />
operation; she needed to get the pain sorted<br />
as soon as possible. “I’d seen some local<br />
magazine articles about patients who had<br />
recovered well at <strong>Wealden</strong> Osteopaths &<br />
Spine Centre, so I went for some handson<br />
osteopathy to begin with, but when<br />
I wasn’t responding, the Clinic Director<br />
James Pickering stepped in and arranged<br />
for me to have an MRI scan straight away;<br />
he suspected I had some disc damage - a<br />
possible reason for my relentless sciatica.”<br />
James’s thoughts were confirmed; the<br />
scan showed a herniated disc in Sarah’s<br />
lower back. He recommended a course of<br />
IDD Therapy, a targeted disc treatment<br />
for persistent back pain, neck pain and<br />
sciatica. The non-invasive treatment<br />
uses gentle pulling forces to draw<br />
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bulging or damaged, removing pressure<br />
and irritation from trapped nerves.<br />
James Pickering’s team is changing the lives of<br />
slipped disc and sciatica sufferers with IDD Therapy<br />
James’s expert team uses the programme<br />
to help patients who find themselves<br />
on a merry-go-round of painkillers,<br />
physiotherapy and GP visits.<br />
Sarah was keen to start her treatment<br />
immediately: “James was confident<br />
that IDD Therapy could help me; he<br />
reassured me that it would treat the<br />
root of my problem so that my sciatica<br />
wouldn’t return. I knew my progress<br />
may take some time, but I felt hopeful<br />
at last, and I went into the treatment<br />
programme feeling very positive.”<br />
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“I still can’t quite believe<br />
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When her course finished, she was<br />
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Wellbeing<br />
Natural Wisdom<br />
Jessica Hurley is the creator of hand-made, small-batch luxury<br />
organic skincare line Pennies and Feathers<br />
Jessica Hurley called her skincare line<br />
Pennies and Feathers in memory of her<br />
mother. “She told me that if there was<br />
any way that she could let me know that<br />
she was still around after she died, then<br />
she would do so through pennies and<br />
feathers.”<br />
Also in tribute to her late mother,<br />
10% of all profits from the range goes<br />
to independent charities that support<br />
people who are living with a cancer<br />
diagnosis.<br />
What one piece of seasonal wisdom<br />
helps you in winter? In winter I<br />
definitely embrace everything hygge and<br />
try to make my home environment as<br />
cosy and comforting as possible. By the<br />
time we get to <strong>March</strong> it’s easy to long<br />
for the lighter, brighter evenings and<br />
wish the rest of winter away, but we<br />
are so lucky to live in a country where<br />
we have seasons so I try to appreciate<br />
each one. I fill my house with candles<br />
and soft blankets and get excited for<br />
what I could achieve by the next time<br />
winter comes around. A whole year of<br />
possibilities ahead.<br />
Which one self-care ritual do you<br />
never skimp on? Each evening I use<br />
a facial oil after cleansing and I always<br />
take a few moments to perform a<br />
little facial massage routine on myself.<br />
This really works the oil in, relaxes<br />
my muscles, releases tension and helps<br />
circulation. This ritual helps me to sleep<br />
better, is a time to reflect on the day and<br />
is amazing if I have a tension headache.<br />
What’s cooking in your kitchen<br />
this month? I have really been<br />
enjoying warming soulful meals and<br />
my favourite has been a simple spiced<br />
lentil soup. It’s a delicious bowl filled<br />
with so much goodness like sweet<br />
potato, courgettes and chickpeas. Very<br />
comforting and you can make it in large<br />
batches too.<br />
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All creatures great and small<br />
New veterinary practice in Tenterden blends state-of-the-art<br />
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At first glance, Heronden Veterinary<br />
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and friendly, and every animal (and<br />
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So far, so James Herriot. But step<br />
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itself and the picture changes. The<br />
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The state-of-the-art ultrasound<br />
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And there is a fully equipped dental<br />
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At a time when around 80% of<br />
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Alongside the traditional medicines,<br />
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From one big pot of<br />
bolognese sauce…<br />
A simple bolognese sauce made<br />
in a large batch – using 1.5kg of<br />
beef mince – is so useful. You can<br />
serve up a spag bol to a family of<br />
four generously and will still have<br />
half of the sauce left. From it you<br />
can create:<br />
Chilli Con Carne Just add fresh<br />
chillis, chilli powder, kidney<br />
beans and a chopped pepper and<br />
cook through. Serve with rice<br />
and salsa, or load into tacos, on<br />
tortillas or into jacket potatoes.<br />
Cottage Pie Top with mashed<br />
potato – regular or sweet potatoes<br />
– and cook in an oven for 30<br />
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Lasagne Layer the sauce with<br />
lasagne sheets and cheese sauce<br />
and top with grated cheddar,<br />
parmesan and torn mozzarella.<br />
Bake for 40 minutes.<br />
Cannelloni Fill cannelloni tubes,<br />
top with cheese sauce and bake<br />
for 40 minutes.<br />
Moussaka Traditionally this is<br />
made with lamb mince but it<br />
works fine with beef. Layer the<br />
sauce, pre-browned aubergine<br />
and a cheese sauce, which has<br />
had one egg and an extra egg<br />
yolk whisked into it.<br />
From a BATCH of<br />
pancake batter...<br />
Use the 1:1:1 ratio –1 egg to 1 cup<br />
plain flour to 1 cup milk, scaling up<br />
as required. Add a pinch of salt and<br />
whisk. Make a batch for breakfast<br />
pancakes and at least one other<br />
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Toad in the Hole Colour your<br />
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over the batter and bake in a hot<br />
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Blueberry and Banana American<br />
Pancakes Add 1 tsp baking powder,<br />
1 tsp melted butter, a handful of<br />
blueberries and a mashed banana<br />
and ladle the mixture into a hot<br />
lightly oiled frying pan.<br />
FROM Leftover ROAST<br />
Tagine Use leftover lamb to make a tagine.<br />
Soften 1 onion, 3 cloves garlic and 2 tsp<br />
grated ginger in a pan before adding 1 tsp<br />
each of ground cumin and coriander and<br />
2 tsp ras-el-hanout. Add the lamb, 1 can<br />
chickpeas, 200g can of tomatoes, 2 tbsp<br />
balsamic vinegar and simmer for 30 minutes.<br />
Curry Soften 1 chopped onion, add 3<br />
crushed garlic cloves, 2 tsp fresh grated<br />
ginger, 1 chopped chilli, 1 tsp ground<br />
cumin, coriander and turmeric and 1<br />
tbsp medium curry powder. Add 1 tin<br />
chopped tomatoes and 400ml tin of<br />
stock. Add chopped or shredded cooked<br />
meat and lentils or a 400g chickpeas if<br />
you wish. Simmer for 30 minutes.<br />
From a roast chicken<br />
Quesadillas Sandwich pieces of<br />
shredded chicken, grated cheese,<br />
cherry tomatoes or chilli between<br />
two tortillas and dry fry in a large<br />
pan for 2 minutes on each side<br />
or until the cheese is melted.<br />
Or combine chicken, peppers,<br />
tomatoes and guacamole in a<br />
tortilla and roll.<br />
Soup Make a soup with chicken<br />
stock, leftover vegetables and pieces<br />
of chicken. Leave chunky or blitz.<br />
For an Asian vibe add cooked<br />
noodles, soy sauce, ginger, chilli,<br />
stock and sugar snaps or green<br />
beans. Or you could add a tbsp of<br />
Thai curry paste, some fish sauce,<br />
soy, chilli and lime juice for a hot<br />
and sour style Thai soup.<br />
Caesar Salad Combine the<br />
leftover chicken with some Greek<br />
yogurt, lemon juice and curry<br />
powder. Mix with salad leaves or<br />
load into lettuce cups for a quick<br />
canapé. Top with some fresh finely<br />
chopped chilli if you like spice.<br />
Pasta Make a simple onion<br />
and garlic base, then add<br />
either tomatoes and basil (for a<br />
Neapolitan vibe), or crème fraîche<br />
and mushrooms (richer northern<br />
Italian style) and chicken.<br />
FROM Chicken bones...<br />
Never throw away chicken bones. Stick<br />
them in a bag and keep them in the freezer.<br />
When you have time put all the bones in<br />
a big stock pot with some onions, a leek,<br />
2 carrots, bay leaves, a good tbsp of black<br />
peppercorns, celery, parsley and top up<br />
with water. Bring to the boil and simmer<br />
for a good few hours then strain. Once<br />
the stock is cooled it can be frozen in soup<br />
bags, Tupperware or ice cube trays.<br />
FROM Leftover veg<br />
Curry Make a vegetable curry using<br />
the recipe (left) and adding any<br />
leftover vegetables in your fridge<br />
instead of the meat. I often add<br />
seared cubes of paneer cheese too.<br />
Soups Soften an onion in a large<br />
pan, add the vegetables and stock<br />
and simmer before blitzing.<br />
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Chicken & bacon pie<br />
Serves 4-6 Prep time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 30 minutes<br />
There’s nothing more comforting than a good pie, and this one<br />
is not only good but very easy. I think the secret to a good pie is<br />
to have a generous filling. That’s why I’m always disappointed by<br />
shop-bought pies! This recipe uses leftover chicken and whatever<br />
bacon you have in your fridge – you could even use ham.<br />
• 1 tbsp olive oil<br />
• 600g cooked chicken<br />
• 200g bacon lardons,<br />
bacon rashers, or ham,<br />
cut into 2.5cm pieces<br />
• 1 onion chopped<br />
• 2 garlic cloves crushed<br />
• 1 tsp dried thyme<br />
• 2 tbsp plain flour<br />
• 100ml white wine<br />
• 100ml milk<br />
• 500g ready-rolled puff<br />
pastry<br />
• 1 egg beaten<br />
• ½ tsp sea salt, 5 grinds<br />
of pepper<br />
1Set oven to 200°c. Soften<br />
the onions and garlic for 5<br />
minutes in a hot pan with the<br />
olive oil.<br />
2Add the bacon pieces to the<br />
pan and colour them for<br />
5 minutes (if using ham, just<br />
warm through).<br />
3Add the flour and stir to<br />
form a roux, then add the<br />
wine, stirring to remove any<br />
lumps. Add the milk, thyme,<br />
chicken and the seasoning then<br />
simmer for 10 minutes.<br />
4Pour the mixture into a pie<br />
dish and let it cool before<br />
adding the pastry top.<br />
5Brush some egg around the<br />
edge of the pie dish and lay<br />
the pastry on top of the mixture.<br />
Cut round the pastry to remove<br />
excess, then press it down onto<br />
the edge of the pie dish and<br />
brush with the beaten egg.<br />
6Using a small sharp knife,<br />
score the top of the pastry<br />
and pierce the middle to let<br />
steam out.<br />
7Put the pie in an oven at<br />
200°c for 30 mins or until<br />
the pastry is golden brown. Serve<br />
with mash and green veg. <br />
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Vegetarian frittata<br />
Lamb ragu<br />
Serves 4 Prep time: 5minutes Cooking time: 12 minutes<br />
This frittata can be made with any leftover cooked veggies, or<br />
any that need using up from the fridge drawer. I used butternut<br />
squash and kale but sweet potato, regular potatoes (roasted or<br />
boiled), spinach, peas, broccoli… really, any vegetables will<br />
work. If you have cheese, add that on top too. Frittatas are great<br />
served warm or cold.<br />
• 1 tbsp olive oil<br />
• Roughly 400g cooked<br />
root veg – squash, sweet<br />
potatoes, regular potatoes,<br />
carrots, swede…<br />
• 1 onion chopped<br />
• 6 eggs beaten<br />
• 100g greens – spinach,<br />
kale, cabbage – cooked<br />
or raw<br />
• 100g frozen peas<br />
(optional)<br />
• 50g grated cheese or<br />
crumbled feta<br />
• 50g sun dried tomatoes<br />
from a jar, or halved fresh<br />
tomatoes (optional)<br />
Soften the onion in<br />
1 the oil in an ovenproof<br />
skillet or frying pan. Add<br />
the vegetables and give<br />
everything a stir.<br />
Add a pinch of salt and<br />
2 pepper then pour over<br />
the eggs.<br />
Stir just twice then<br />
3 sprinkle over the<br />
tomatoes, if using, and the<br />
cheese.<br />
Put in an oven at 200°c<br />
4 for 12 minutes.<br />
Leave to rest for 5<br />
minutes then serve.<br />
5<br />
Serves 4 Prep time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 30 minutes<br />
This rich and hearty pasta dish was made using leftover lamb<br />
shoulder, but any leftover lamb would work. Serve with pasta and<br />
a simple salad.<br />
• 500g cooked lamb<br />
shredded or chopped<br />
• 1 tbsp olive oil<br />
• 3 garlic cloves crushed<br />
• 2 carrots peeled and<br />
chopped<br />
• 1 onion chopped<br />
• 100ml red wine<br />
• 400g passata, or chopped<br />
tomatoes<br />
• 10g fresh rosemary, leaves<br />
picked and finely chopped<br />
1Soften the onions, garlic<br />
and carrots in the oil for 10<br />
minutes, then add the lamb.<br />
2Poor in the red wine, turn<br />
up the heat, then add<br />
the tomatoes and rosemary.<br />
Simmer for 30 minutes adding<br />
some water if the sauce looks<br />
dry.<br />
3Season to taste and serve<br />
with pasta. I like to use<br />
thick ribbon pasta such as<br />
pappardelle or tagliatelle as it<br />
holds the sauce best. Sprinkle<br />
with fresh basil and parmesan,<br />
if you wish.<br />
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What about<br />
leftover wine? (hard<br />
to imagine, but it<br />
does happen...)<br />
Victoria Aldwinkle of Sussex<br />
Wine School offers expert advice<br />
Wines spoil due to exposure to<br />
oxygen – an open bottle can<br />
last between three and five days,<br />
depending on the wine <strong>inside</strong>. Fullbodied<br />
wines with high tannin and<br />
acidity will fare better than lighter<br />
styles, so a light, fruity Pinot Noir<br />
won’t last as long as a Shiraz might.<br />
Light whites and rosés can last<br />
up to five days in a fridge but will<br />
lose their fruit freshness and the<br />
flavour will diminish. Full-bodied<br />
whites (oaked Chardonnay) tend<br />
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There are gadgets on the market<br />
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the wine from further degradation.<br />
Sparkling wines can last<br />
between one and three days, with<br />
a champagne stopper – sadly,<br />
the silver spoon trick is a myth.<br />
Although my advice on sparkling<br />
wine would be to drink it up!<br />
What to do with leftover wine:<br />
• Pour the wine into an ice cube<br />
tray, and freeze. Really handy when<br />
you need a splash of wine for a<br />
casserole, stew or sauce but don’t<br />
have an open bottle to hand.<br />
• Boil the wine up with sugar<br />
(3 cups of wine to 1 of sugar)<br />
to make a superb wine syrup<br />
for dressings and sauces.<br />
• If it has gone to vinegar – which<br />
is what happens when the acetic<br />
acid in the wine eats the alcohol,<br />
converting it into vinegar, use it<br />
as vinegar!<br />
• 400g leftover roast beef<br />
• 200g beansprouts<br />
• 6-8 spring onions, topped, tailed &<br />
shredded<br />
• 300g green vegetables - asparagus<br />
tips, mange tout, French beans, sugar<br />
snaps, broccoli....<br />
• 200g vermicelli or rice noodles<br />
• 1 red chilli sliced<br />
• Bunch coriander, leaves picked<br />
• Limes to serve<br />
For the dressing:<br />
• Juice of 2 limes<br />
• 1 tsp fish sauce<br />
• 1 tbsp honey<br />
• 3 tbsp soy sauce<br />
• 1 tsp grated or chopped ginger<br />
• ½ clove garlic crushed<br />
Thai beef salad<br />
Serves 4 Prep time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 5 minutes<br />
This salad is perfect for using up leftover beef. The dressing is so versatile, make a<br />
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and match the veggies in the salad depending on what you have in the fridge. You<br />
can omit the beansprouts or noodles and serve with rice instead.<br />
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil<br />
• 1 tbsp sesame oil<br />
1Put all the dressing ingredients into a<br />
clean jam jar and give it a good shake.<br />
2Cut off any obvious fat from the beef<br />
and slice it into 1cm strips. Place<br />
the beef in a bowl and pour over half<br />
of the dressing. Leave to marinade for 5<br />
minutes whilst you cook the noodles and<br />
vegetables.<br />
3Cook the noodles according to packet<br />
instructions. Add the green veg to<br />
simmering salted water and cook for 2-3<br />
minutes. Drain.<br />
4Combine all the ingredients in a bowl<br />
and toss with the remaining dressing.<br />
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<strong>March</strong>ing<br />
forth<br />
Get out and do some pruning, says Sue<br />
Whigham – but don’t be tricked into<br />
thinking the only way is up<br />
the first day of <strong>March</strong> so beware with a<br />
hint of sweet spring in the air you might be<br />
‘It’s<br />
tempted into thinking winter has ended<br />
only to be caught by Jack Frost, unaware’.<br />
Last year the first week of <strong>March</strong> brought a cold snap<br />
with snow and freezing conditions. Most of us know<br />
the folkloric saying about the month: ‘In like a lion,<br />
out like a lamb – in like a lamb, out like a lion.’<br />
It’s an unpredictable time with cold and often violent<br />
winds and despite spring officially arriving on the twentieth<br />
day of the month, the Vernal Equinox,<br />
anything can happen weather wise.<br />
That reminds me that every year for<br />
the last twenty or so, I have watched<br />
the buds developing on the magnolia<br />
in the memorial garden of our parish<br />
church and anxiously wondered if<br />
they’ll be battered by a sharp wind<br />
or frosted or whether they’ll have a chance to flower<br />
in all their pristine beauty. I must get out more.<br />
<strong>March</strong> can be quite a dry month too and as a<br />
result is an ideal time to finish off tidying up borders,<br />
continuing to add well-rotted compost or something<br />
similar as well as a few handfuls of Growmore<br />
to get everything growing away in April.<br />
Top: Pulmonaria in flower Above: A riot of early spring flowers<br />
“It’s an unpredictable<br />
time with cold and<br />
often violent winds and<br />
anything can happen<br />
weather wise”<br />
Native primroses are in flower this month and look<br />
wonderful growing amongst clouds of our native wood<br />
anemones, A. nemorosa. Wood anemones grow from slim<br />
little rhizomes which spread just under the leaf litter in<br />
shady places and they really confirm that spring is here.<br />
Well, almost anyway. They flower, pollinate and set seed<br />
in no time at all and then disappear into their summer<br />
dormancy as the leaf canopy above them unfurls.<br />
The RHS Plant Finder lists about forty varieties; some<br />
of them with almost imperceptible differences from one to<br />
the other. However, a couple to look<br />
out for are A. nemorosa ‘Robinsoniana’,<br />
pure white A. nemorosa ‘Vestal’<br />
and a strange little anemone called<br />
‘Green Fingers’ which has green<br />
petals <strong>inside</strong> its white flowers.<br />
I always thought that A. nemorosa<br />
‘Robinsoniana’ must have been named<br />
after William Robinson but it seems not. He commends it<br />
in his seminal work The English Flower Garden, published<br />
in the late nineteenth century, but doesn’t lay claim to<br />
it. This little plant is an absolute treasure. The relatively<br />
large buds are a soft grey and open out into lilac flowers<br />
adorned with particularly showy yellow stamens.<br />
Early <strong>March</strong> is a good time to cut back your buddleias.<br />
Traditionally this was usually done in February but<br />
if you want to cut back the old wood to a couple of<br />
buds to encourage new growth and to ensure flowering<br />
at the same time of the year that the majority of<br />
butterflies are flying, try leaving it a bit later.<br />
The nectar of buddleias attracts about twenty species<br />
of butterfly and not for nothing is the plant known as a<br />
‘butterfly bush’. I particularly like Buddleja davidii ‘Dartmoor’<br />
as its dark purple flowers are so sweetly scented. There is a<br />
mature specimen in the Rose Garden at Sissinghurst which<br />
deserves a special pilgrimage as it is right by the path, is at<br />
sniffing height and every insect around is attracted to it.<br />
It’s also a good time to cut back your golden philadelphus<br />
if you have one, not just to tidy it up or rejuvenate it,<br />
but doing this now prevents it being scorched in<br />
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sunlight and especially as it is a good bright shrub to fill a<br />
shady spot. I have one tucked to the side of an ash and I<br />
tend to leave it alone – not this year though; it’s going to<br />
get the treatment. I have to say that the ash does take a lot<br />
of goodness from the soil in that area and I think that the<br />
only thing for it is to add an annual mulch in the area.<br />
Another rather lovely garden shrub which appreciates attention<br />
in <strong>March</strong> is cotinus. With ‘Royal Purple’ or ‘Grace’ you’ll find that<br />
a hard prune will result in much larger leaves with better colour.<br />
There’s one called C. coggygria ‘Old <strong>Fashion</strong>ed’ which has<br />
actually only been on the market for a few years, its rather<br />
unique colouring with pink new growth turning to blue green<br />
foliage. Gorgeous yellow/green flowers in the spring add to the<br />
drama. What a lovely backdrop for a border. I have a vision of<br />
growing a group of the hardy fuchsia, ‘Hawkshead’, with it.<br />
Fuchsias are not everybody’s choice but they have got a lot<br />
going for them as a late flowering addition to the border. In<br />
this variety, masses of delicate tear drop shaped, white flowers<br />
have tips delicately dipped in green. You can buy these as<br />
plugs these days and get them into the border in the spring<br />
once they’ve bulked up a bit and all threat of frost is past.<br />
Willows will be flowering now. Cut them back once flowering<br />
is over. A very interesting and ornamental shrubby willow is Salix<br />
udensis ‘Sekka’ which is a male clone. The young stems seem<br />
deformed as they are twisted and flattened but they are much<br />
loved by flower arrangers. It is native to parts of northern China<br />
and Japan where it is known as the Dragon Willow. If you prune<br />
this particular willow too hard you may just kill it, so go easy.<br />
Willows with coloured stems react well to pruning – their new<br />
stems being richer in colour as a result. I would only pollard<br />
these every other year. Unfortunately honey fungus has got to my<br />
beautiful group of three, destroying two so far and has only been<br />
stopped from marching on by the pond thwarting its efforts to<br />
spread even further. But willows strike easily and another couple of<br />
plants are establishing themselves well away from danger, I hope.<br />
We spotted a yellow-leaved willow at Malverleys, the<br />
garden run by Mat Reese (who used to work at Great Dixter)<br />
on a visit last year. What a show it made at the back of a<br />
huge yellow border. I see that last year Great Dixter were<br />
experimenting with it or something very like it, as a fill-in<br />
plant in the Long Border. I’m still to find out its name but<br />
will let you know when I do – or when somebody tells me.<br />
If we ever get a piece for this garden, it will have to be well<br />
out of the way of the honey fungus. Short of spending a fortune<br />
on industrial amounts of Armillatox outdoor cleaner I think we<br />
have to live with it and grow plants that have immunity. I’m<br />
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are among those that can resist having their roots attacked by<br />
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Garden<br />
Borders with backbone<br />
It’s all a matter of balancing the outrageous show-offs<br />
with the quiet achievers, says Jo Arnell<br />
Garden borders can be tricky to get right. ‘I’ve looked<br />
at borders from both sides now,’ Joni Mitchell might<br />
have sung, had she been keener on gardening. If<br />
you’ve looked at yours in all weathers, in all seasons, from<br />
all angles and still somehow, you really don’t know borders<br />
at all, have one last look before chucking in the trowel.<br />
When we go to the garden centre to buy plants, we tend<br />
to fill our trollies with all the gorgeous flowering beauties<br />
that have been put at the front of the display, because they<br />
are looking their particular best at that particular moment.<br />
We rush happily home with our beautiful haul, plant them<br />
out and - and well, they either disappear<br />
into the existing scheme (in some cases<br />
never to be seen again), or they just don’t<br />
seem to hang together. There are many<br />
reasons why this could be happening, but<br />
the most obvious, the topiary elephant in<br />
the room if you like, is a lack of structure.<br />
Borders need structure, focal points and boundaries<br />
in order to show off their best attributes. There has been<br />
a fashion in recent years to plant swathes of perennial<br />
plants, which is lovely, but many of them are lax in habit,<br />
tending to sprawl about lacking definition and impact.<br />
A whole summer border full of delicate wispy plants<br />
can easily look like a jumbled mess, but put a well-placed,<br />
dense-leaved and formal-looking evergreen amongst them<br />
and – like putting a teacher in a classroom – the whole space<br />
“A whole summer border<br />
full of delicate wispy<br />
plants can easily look<br />
like a jumbled mess”<br />
comes together and magically appears to be more ordered.<br />
Whole gardens and large borders need relatively large<br />
structural elements – trees, big sculptures, garden buildings<br />
etc – but even small spaces benefit from these. Large plants<br />
work well in small spaces too, in fact small plants in small<br />
gardens often have the effect of miniaturising the space, which<br />
isn’t always a good look. It’s all about scale and proportion.<br />
Boundaries<br />
Hedges, paths and walls are the boundaries that keep the<br />
plants corralled, providing a pleasing edge to the planting<br />
and containing the plants with edges.<br />
Hedges separate areas, bringing<br />
definition and lots of structure.<br />
A hedge provides a textured, but<br />
uniform green backdrop, fulfilling<br />
what hard landscaping does in<br />
design terms, without being hard<br />
in the slightest. The wind-break job they do is far more<br />
effective than a fence or wall too, because the wind is<br />
slowed down by a hedge, not stopped in its tracks – where<br />
it’s left with no option but to go up and over and then<br />
create turbulence in the borders on the other side.<br />
Choose a hedge to suit your garden. The clipped<br />
formality of a yew, beech or box hedge is used to good<br />
effect in formal gardens, whereas a more relaxed, informal<br />
line of shrubs or hedging plants such as a flowering<br />
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Rosa rugosa, Choisya ternata, or Escallonia will give a<br />
structural backdrop and some seasonal interest.<br />
Hedges can take time to establish, it’s true, but<br />
after a couple of years most hedging plants grow<br />
away really well. Depending on the species, they will<br />
need regular pruning to keep them looking tidy.<br />
Focal points<br />
Focal points act as anchors, pinning down the wavering<br />
and the blousy, providing a resting point for the eye<br />
and drawing you further into the garden or border.<br />
Too many, or ill-placed focal points have a jarring<br />
effect, detracting from one another. It’s the same with a<br />
beautiful view. Use plants to lead the eye toward it and<br />
then frame the view, not obstruct or compete with it.<br />
There are some structural plants that just won’t stand<br />
in a line, in fact they won’t be told what to do at all<br />
and need to be the centre of attention all the time.<br />
Putting a horticultural exclamation mark, like a Yucca<br />
or a Phormium, into the shadows, or tucking it at the<br />
back of the border will make you both uncomfortable,<br />
they need the limelight, with the emphasis on light.<br />
Use architectural plants sparingly too. Planting another<br />
attention seeker too close will cause a fight. Focal points work<br />
best either on their own, or among less defined shapes that<br />
will provide a foil or a background for the showier plant.<br />
Rhythm and punctuation<br />
A focal point that attracts attention, but in a calmer way,<br />
will bring useful contrast and punctuation within the<br />
border. This works effectively in the winter, but also at<br />
other times of the year too. A neatly clipped box ball or<br />
other small-leaved dense evergreen (even a stone ball or an<br />
ornament) will act like an anchor and bring order to the<br />
space, and if you use more than one, will set up a rhythm.<br />
If you haven’t the time or patience for clipping box<br />
(I love it – do it in early summer when the birds are<br />
singing and your freshly sharpened shears are gently clipclipping,<br />
it’s a Zen activity), there are plenty of naturally<br />
Above: Yew topiary focal points at Great Dixter<br />
Above: Phormiums provide striking border structure<br />
neat evergreens that will do the job almost as well.<br />
Low-growing Hebes like H. ‘Red Edge’ or<br />
H. ‘Sutherlandii’ will sit like dense little puddings in the<br />
borders, unchanging all year. They hold their shape well,<br />
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Many really useful structural plants get completely<br />
overlooked in favour of glamorous show-offs because<br />
they’re not spectacular in any way; their job is to provide<br />
the wind beneath the wings of the divas and the spineless.<br />
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garden borders they come into their own and reward us<br />
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Then there’s Photinia ‘Red Robin’, which has become<br />
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Plants need to pull their weight in the border and there<br />
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Phormium tenax (good strappy foliage)<br />
Camellia japonica (glossy leaves)<br />
Euphorbia characias (bracts and foliage)<br />
Elaeagnus x ebbingei (a good evergreen anchor)<br />
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Fatsia japonica (large, glossy, palmate leaves)<br />
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To be effective structural plants the deciduous<br />
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Berberis (dark red leaves, good autumn tints)<br />
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– perhaps especially those troubled<br />
and angry students who need their<br />
help most?<br />
It’s a difficult question and getting<br />
more so. Many teachers find children<br />
harder to handle than in the past.<br />
Today’s pupils aren’t meek and quiet.<br />
They don’t have an automatic respect<br />
for authority and expect teachers to earn their respect. They have<br />
shorter attention spans than in the past and a lot are wound up,<br />
anxious and on very short temper fuses.<br />
When you add in additional stress factors, like dysfunctional<br />
family backgrounds, or educational special needs you can have a<br />
ticking time bomb of bad behaviour.<br />
Parents might well think that excluding disruptive pupils is<br />
right. Turf the little blighters out! But there’s more to it than<br />
meets the eye. Schools compete with each other and their<br />
popularity – and therefore funding – depends on having a good<br />
reputation for behaviour and exam results. So it’s very tempting<br />
to ‘off-roll’ pupils at the first sign of trouble. Moreover, austerity<br />
has squeezed the resources for handling difficult pupils, which<br />
means excluded kids may well end up getting no support or<br />
“Children need what we all<br />
need, to be cared for, seen,<br />
heard and respected, but they<br />
also need rules and boundaries”<br />
education.<br />
Even leaving aside the moral question of whether we want to be<br />
the kind of society that simply gives up on children because they<br />
don’t fit the mould, the consequences of that are likely to be bad<br />
for us all. There’s a very close link, for example, between school<br />
exclusions and knife crime.<br />
Yet there are schools that have been able to bring exclusions<br />
down by enforcing firm behaviour boundaries, bringing in carefully<br />
targeted interventions and support, and always nipping trouble in<br />
the bud.<br />
And in this, there are lessons for<br />
us all. Even if our children aren’t<br />
violently disruptive in school, they<br />
may well be part of the sizeable<br />
minority of pupils whose shouty,<br />
impulsive and disorganized way of<br />
carrying on leaches away at classroom<br />
time because it means teachers have<br />
to try, try and try again before they can embark on a lesson.<br />
That sort of behaviour can wear us down at home, too, leaving<br />
families in an endless cycle of nagging, threats and sanctions. So<br />
how do you manage a child’s behaviour effectively?<br />
The principles are simple. Children need what we all need: to<br />
be cared for, seen, heard and respected. They like to have things<br />
explained to them. They like to contribute their views. But they<br />
also need rules and boundaries – it’s what makes them feel safe and<br />
secure – and they need to know that these rules are there for a good<br />
reason, and there will be consequences if they flout them.<br />
However, simple doesn’t mean easy. Parents, like teachers, have<br />
to be the grown ups. They have to be kind, but consistent. And<br />
if a behaviour issue has to be revisited dozens of times before it’s<br />
resolved, then they somehow have to find the patience to do it.<br />
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Senior School & Sixth Form<br />
Open Morning<br />
Saturday 4 May <strong>2019</strong><br />
10.30am – 1pm<br />
Registered Charity Number 1076483
OPEN MORNING<br />
Saturday 9 th <strong>March</strong><br />
10am - 12pm<br />
For boys and girls aged 2 to 13<br />
September <strong>2019</strong><br />
Scholarships available<br />
Call us on 01825 830 234 or visit<br />
www.skippershill.com to book<br />
Five Ashes, Mayfield, East Sussex, TN20 6HR<br />
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Russell House<br />
01959 522352<br />
Station Road, Otford,<br />
Kent TN14 5QU<br />
An independent<br />
co-educational<br />
preparatory school for<br />
children aged 2-11<br />
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Education<br />
Holiday<br />
camps<br />
Out of term time, children can<br />
learn different skills, make new<br />
friends – and have loads of fun<br />
at specialist school camps<br />
Wellington Riding<br />
Wellington Riding is one of the leading equestrian<br />
centres in the UK, attracting riders from the UK<br />
and internationally. In addition to the show centre,<br />
professional training, riding school and livery yards<br />
they also host residential and non-residential Junior<br />
Holidays for children from age seven to 16.<br />
The Junior Holidays give young riders<br />
the experience of owning their own pony<br />
for a week, or they can bring their pony<br />
with them to a stable at the centre.<br />
The children spend the days involved in every<br />
aspect of horse care from catching the ponies in<br />
the morning to feeding, grooming, tacking up<br />
and having interactive learning sessions, as well<br />
as three hours of tailored riding tuition daily.<br />
On two of the evenings there are exciting trips<br />
off site with a choice of activities. The highlight of<br />
the week is Friday’s show day, when the ponies get<br />
pampered, plaited and glittered up to show off all<br />
their new skills with parents and families invited to<br />
watch, followed by an awards ceremony recognising<br />
each child’s special achievement throughout the week.<br />
Wellington Riding, Heckfield,<br />
Hook, Hampshire, RG27 0LJ<br />
marketing@wellington-riding.co.uk<br />
wellington-riding.co.uk<br />
01189 326308
Education<br />
Mayfield School<br />
Mayfield SPARK Camps are specialist holiday programmes<br />
held at Mayfield School during the Easter and Summer<br />
school holidays for girls and boys aged 4 to 14<br />
years. Founded in 1872, Mayfield School is set within the<br />
beautiful Sussex countryside, conveniently located close<br />
to Tunbridge Wells, within an hour of central London.<br />
The day and boarding camps (there is a oneweek<br />
boarding programme for girls in August)<br />
are exciting, fun and educational, with courses<br />
tailored to each stage of a child’s development.<br />
Younger children (4 to 7) explore a theme each week whilst<br />
developing their literacy, Maths, IT and Art skills. They will<br />
also enjoy Sport, including a 45 minute swimming lesson and<br />
ball skills lessons. Classes are taught predominantly by staff<br />
from Mayfield School, ensuring a high quality programme.<br />
Children aged 8 to 14 choose from a selection of workshops,<br />
which include Science, Sport, Drama, Cookery, Textiles,<br />
Pottery, Music, Musical Production and Art. The children<br />
have fully supervised access<br />
to Mayfield School’s superb<br />
facilities, including a 25m<br />
indoor heated swimming pool,<br />
tennis courts, AstroTurf (including<br />
athletics track), cookery rooms, the newly refurbished IT suite<br />
and outstanding art, textiles and ceramics rooms. Children<br />
have the opportunity to work towards their swimming<br />
badges, including Bronze Award and Rookie Lifeguard.<br />
Our boarding programme for girls takes place<br />
in August and provides the opportunity for the<br />
girls to experience the enjoyment of boarding at a<br />
leading British independent boarding school.<br />
Mrs Helen Miller, Director of Mayfield SPARK and PE<br />
Specialist, and a long-serving teacher at the school, will be<br />
delighted to provide any further information for parents.<br />
at mayfieldgirls.org/SPARK-Camps<br />
Mayfield School | 01435 874600 | mayfieldgirls.org/SPARK-camps<br />
St Catherine’s, Bramley<br />
The Summer Lacrosse Camp at St Catherine’s, Bramley<br />
is designed to offer expert coaching to girls of all abilities,<br />
benefiting both novices and experienced players. It offers<br />
an opportunity to try new ideas, strategies and, for<br />
many girls, a completely new sport. Girls appreciate the<br />
chance to make new friends and often end up playing on<br />
teams together on school teams or even at university.<br />
Expert coaching improves skills in lacrosse, but also<br />
translates into other sports where agility, resilience and<br />
team-spirit are important. For some, lacrosse is a brand-new<br />
sport, making the St Catherine’s lacrosse camp a perfect<br />
introduction to the game. Some of our coaches are England<br />
players, so girls will meet future role models. Above all,<br />
they enjoy themselves and there is always lots of laughter.<br />
The girls get lots of fresh air and exercise – and a<br />
perfect opportunity to put away those mobile phones<br />
and enjoy some real human to human interaction!<br />
“Our daughter did the lacrosse camp just as she was moving<br />
from prep to senior school. She loved the camaraderie and<br />
experiencing being part of a team built from scratch. It was<br />
very exciting for her – a new sport and a new environment<br />
made for a really smooth start to senior school.”<br />
St Catherine’s School, Station Road, Bramley, Guildford, Surrey GU5 0DF | 01483 893363 | stcatherines.info<br />
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100 Years of Education, 1000 Years of History<br />
Battle Abbey is the<br />
Number One School in<br />
Sussex and Kent!<br />
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Battle Abbey School is ranked as the top secondary school in<br />
East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent for pupil progress and<br />
achievement at A Level.*<br />
In real terms, the figures indicate how much progress<br />
students who studied A Levels at schools and colleges made<br />
between completing their GCSEs and the end of their A<br />
Level studies.<br />
Overall, for the progress scores, Battle Abbey School was<br />
ranked first in the whole of Sussex and Kent and came 26th<br />
nationally out of nearly 4500 schools.<br />
These statistics prove what our staff and students already<br />
know; that the attention given to each and every student at<br />
the school enables them to achieve their potential. In<br />
addition to academic success, we run enrichment and extra<br />
curricular programmes designed to develop well-rounded,<br />
confident, independent individuals ready to take on the<br />
challenges of modern life.<br />
Sixth Form Scholarships available<br />
Battle Abbey School<br />
Battle Abbey School 1912 - 2012<br />
* Latest Government produced league table reported on the BBC<br />
Tel: 01424 772385 battleabbeyschool.com<br />
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Education<br />
‘A great place to grow’<br />
for boys and girls aged<br />
2 to 11 years<br />
TASIS The American<br />
School in England<br />
Visit, Explore<br />
& Discover<br />
Spring Grove School, Harville Road, Wye TN25 5EZ<br />
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Each year, the TASIS England Summer Programs welcome<br />
young people from all over the world to its beautiful<br />
Surrey campus. Whether pursuing an area of special<br />
interest, rounding out their CV for university applications,<br />
or simply participating in an exciting holiday they will<br />
remember forever, students benefit from a truly international<br />
experience as they study, share activities and form lifelong<br />
friendships with other young people from many nations.<br />
Both residential and day places are available. Students<br />
(rising-13 to 17) choose from an exciting range of threeweek<br />
enrichment courses, while those aged 10 to12 join the<br />
Reading Adventures, Earth Discovery, and Leadership course.<br />
The courses are taught in small groups with a maximum of<br />
16 in each. The wide variety of enrichment classes includes:<br />
Debate and Leadership Skills, <strong>Fashion</strong> and Textile Design,<br />
International Business, Drawing and 3-D Design, STEM,<br />
Television Production, London Through a Lens, and English<br />
Literature as Movies. A written report and attendance<br />
certificate is provided at the end of each three-week course.<br />
All students also take a second elective course with<br />
options including studio art, theatre performance, graphic<br />
design, introduction to robotics,<br />
dance, and beginners French.<br />
Finally, a wide variety of afternoon<br />
sports, both on our 46-acre campus<br />
and off-site, ensures everyone is<br />
active and engaged throughout<br />
each day. Students can choose<br />
one sport or get a “taster” by<br />
changing from week to week.<br />
Two sessions are offered: 24 June<br />
to 13 July or 15 July to 3 August.<br />
TASIS England Summer Programs<br />
Coldharbour Lane, Thorpe, Surrey TW20 8TE<br />
summer.tasis.com/England<br />
uksummer@tasisengland.org | 01932 582382<br />
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Sutton Valence School<br />
svs.org.uk<br />
Open<br />
Mornings<br />
Prep School<br />
Friday 15th <strong>March</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Senior School<br />
Saturday 16th <strong>March</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Book online now
BEECHWOOD<br />
SCHOOL<br />
INDEPENDENT CO-EDUCATIONAL PREP & SENIOR SCHOOL<br />
learning to be unique, not perfect<br />
Join us for our OPEN MORNING, Wednesday 13 <strong>March</strong> <strong>2019</strong> : 9.30am-12pm<br />
12 Pembury Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3QD T: 01892 532747 E: registrar@beechwood.org.uk www.beechwood.org.uk<br />
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Open Mornings<br />
Friday 8th <strong>March</strong>, 9am | Saturday 9th <strong>March</strong>, 10am<br />
Book a place online:<br />
www.stedmunds.org.uk<br />
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Art<br />
Fri 1 – Fri 15 <strong>March</strong> 11am-4pm<br />
R Allen Ltd, 18 Lyons Crescent,<br />
Tonbridge TN9 1EX<br />
Duncan’s Place<br />
See contemporary art capturing<br />
marks of time at a historic<br />
garage site which is soon to be<br />
demolished. On Friday 1 <strong>March</strong><br />
6-8pm there will also be a chance<br />
to meet the artists including<br />
Sue Vass, Marilyn Garwood,<br />
Jill Goldsworthy and Margaret<br />
Barrett. The 4Art group has spent<br />
the past two years exploring<br />
the site creating a range of art<br />
including paintings, drawings,<br />
prints and sculptures.<br />
Entry: Free<br />
07799741406 /<br />
jilldgoldsworthy@gmail.com /<br />
4artkent.wordpress.com<br />
Sat 12 Jan – Thu 21 Mar<br />
Sissinghurst Castle Garden,<br />
Biddenden Road, Cranbrook<br />
TN17 2AB<br />
International Garden<br />
Photographer of the<br />
Year exhibition<br />
A collection of winning images<br />
from the International Garden<br />
Photographer of the Year<br />
competition. From portrait to<br />
panorama, quirky to outright<br />
wondrous, these photographs<br />
reflect the everlasting appeal of<br />
the garden and vividly showcase<br />
images of a green planet.<br />
nationaltrust.org.uk<br />
Children & Families<br />
Sun 10 <strong>March</strong> 2pm<br />
Battle of Britain Memorial, New<br />
Dover Road, Capel-le-Ferne,<br />
Folkestone CT18 7JJ<br />
Family film fun<br />
A real family treat, a free<br />
showing of the David Walliams<br />
film Grandpa’s Great Escape. This<br />
will be the first time the Geoffrey<br />
Page Centre has been used as a<br />
film show venue, and the trust<br />
have selected this heartwarming<br />
film featuring a former Spitfire<br />
Ace, now elderly and forgetful,<br />
who enlists his grandson to help<br />
him escape from the old people’s<br />
home he thinks is a prisoner-ofwar<br />
camp. Booking is essential as<br />
numbers are limited to just 50.<br />
01303 249292 / enquiries@<br />
battleofbritainmemorial.org /<br />
battleofbritainmemorial.org<br />
Garden<br />
What’s On in <strong>March</strong><br />
Wed 20 – Sun 24 Mar<br />
Hever Castle, Hever Road,<br />
Hever, Edenbridge TN8 7NG<br />
Dazzling Daffodils<br />
Feel uplifted with 14,000 new<br />
daffodil bulbs set to bloom<br />
across the gardens, throwing<br />
a spotlight on the narcissus<br />
family and showcasing the new<br />
and the best in daffodils.<br />
hevercastle.co.uk<br />
Sat 30 Mar<br />
Godinton House, Godinton<br />
Lane Ashford TN23 3BP<br />
Sweet Peas<br />
Join Viv Hunt, Head Gardener<br />
for coffee and a morning of sweet<br />
pea advice. Learn how to choose,<br />
sow, grow the best plants to<br />
give you long stemmed, scented<br />
cut flowers and strong climbers<br />
for the border all summer.<br />
Entry: £35 including morning coffee<br />
godintonhouse.co.uk<br />
Mother’s day<br />
Every Sunday, excluding Sun 17<br />
Mar, until June<br />
Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent<br />
ME17 1PL<br />
Sunday Afternoon Tea<br />
Sunday Afternoon Tea in the<br />
elegant Castle Dining Room<br />
overlooking the Castle moat, with<br />
a delicious menu of sumptuous<br />
treats including sandwiches, scones<br />
and macaroons. Guests can enjoy<br />
unlimited tea and coffee as part<br />
of the Afternoon Tea package,<br />
or treat themselves to a glass of<br />
prosecco.<br />
leeds-castle.com<br />
First Class Entertainment<br />
AT THE ORCHARD THEATRE<br />
MON 1 –<br />
SAT 6<br />
APRIL<br />
TUE<br />
23 APRIL<br />
STARRING<br />
VICKI MICHELLE<br />
MON<br />
29 APRIL<br />
STARRING<br />
SAMANTHA<br />
WOMACK<br />
TUE 7 – SAT 11 MAY<br />
MON 17 –<br />
SAT 22<br />
JUNE<br />
MON 13 –<br />
SAT 18 MAY<br />
WED 22 - SUN 26 MAY<br />
FRI<br />
31 MAY<br />
CRAIG REVEL HORWOOD<br />
AS MISS HANNIGAN<br />
/The Orchard Theatre @OrchardTheatre theorchardtheatre<br />
TICKET OFFICE 01322 220000<br />
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NURTURING<br />
TALENT AND SUCCESS<br />
Visit our Open Mornings<br />
for the Nursery, Pre-Prep and Prep School<br />
Fri 26 and Sat 27 April <strong>2019</strong><br />
9.30am to noon<br />
standrewsprep.co.uk
What’s On in <strong>March</strong><br />
Sun 31 Mar 12pm-9pm<br />
Port Lympne Hotel Restaurant,<br />
Aldington Road, Lympne CT21<br />
4PD<br />
Mother’s Day<br />
A very special two or three<br />
course Sunday lunch, dinner,<br />
or champagne afternoon tea,<br />
for Mother’s Day. Lunch and<br />
dinner will be served in the<br />
beautifully decorated Port Lympne<br />
Hotel Restaurant and sparkling<br />
afternoon teas will be served in<br />
the stunning Spencer Roberts and<br />
Long Room.<br />
Entry: Two courses £25pp, three<br />
courses £30pp, sparkling afternoon<br />
teas £24pp<br />
aspinallfoundation.org<br />
Sun 31 Mar 12noon-3pm<br />
The Hop Farm, Maidstone<br />
Road, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge<br />
TN12 6PY<br />
Mother’S Day Special<br />
Lunch Event<br />
A delicious two course Sunday<br />
carvery at the historic Hop<br />
Farm in the exquisite Shires<br />
function suite, opening out to<br />
the manicured wedding lawns.<br />
The delicious carvery includes<br />
all your favourite trimmings,<br />
followed by some truly mouthwatering<br />
desserts and the Hop<br />
Farm will also cater for all dietary<br />
requirements including gluten<br />
free and vegan. Book to avoid<br />
disappointment.<br />
thehopfarm.co.uk<br />
Sport & Leisure<br />
Sun 10 Mar 8am-3pm<br />
Cornwallis Academy,<br />
Hubbards Lane ME17 4HX<br />
Maidstone Road<br />
Run <strong>2019</strong><br />
Maidstone’s biggest road run<br />
through the beautiful country<br />
roads around Linton, Boughton<br />
Monchelsea and the surrounding<br />
villages. There will be four<br />
distances offering a perfect<br />
warm up for the spring races<br />
for experienced runners, a great<br />
route for intermediate runners<br />
or a fun run for beginners,<br />
families and children wanting<br />
to get involved and support<br />
Heart of Kent Hospice. No<br />
minimum sponsorship required<br />
hokh.org<br />
Theatre<br />
Sat 30 Mar<br />
EMF Theatre, 212 High Street,<br />
Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 IJP<br />
Ballet Central <strong>2019</strong><br />
Ballet Central returns with a<br />
varied programme of classical<br />
ballet and contemporary dance<br />
theatre, promising an exciting<br />
evening of theatricality, technical<br />
excellence and drama performed<br />
by young dance graduates on<br />
the cusp of their professional<br />
careers. Highlights include<br />
Christopher Marney’s Carousel<br />
Dances, inspired by the<br />
1945 musical Carousel, a<br />
unique version of the Dying<br />
Swan Solo created by Calvin<br />
Richardson, and an extract from<br />
Frederick Ashton’s Valses Nobles<br />
et Sentimentales performed to<br />
Maurice Ravel’s suite of waltzes.<br />
emftheatre.com<br />
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Blackland Farm<br />
Outdoor Activity Centre<br />
GIFT<br />
IDEAS<br />
Offer 1:<br />
For the Novices<br />
Bring your Mum along for a one<br />
hours Clay Pigeon Shooting<br />
Lesson for two, includes 50 clays<br />
and cartridges, each gun hire and<br />
insurance<br />
(pre-booked only) Only £99<br />
Offer 2:<br />
For the experienced Shots<br />
Bring your Mum along and get<br />
her practice prices half price<br />
OFFER<br />
Weeks commencing<br />
25 <strong>March</strong> and 1 April<br />
Monday to Friday only<br />
Gift Vouchers<br />
Available<br />
Come and join us for<br />
fun-filled activity days.<br />
Why not have your<br />
birthday party here too?<br />
Kayaking<br />
Canoeing<br />
Bungee trampolining<br />
Rock climbing<br />
Archery<br />
Crate challenge<br />
Zip wire<br />
Abseiling<br />
Aeroball...<br />
...and many more!<br />
01342 810493<br />
blackland@girlguiding.org.uk<br />
www.blacklandfarm.org.uk<br />
WEST KENT SHOOTING SCHOOL<br />
Old Hay (Off Pearsons Green Road)<br />
Paddock Wood Kent TN12 7DG<br />
T: 01892 83 4306<br />
www.westkentshooting.co.uk<br />
Blackland Farm<br />
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The complete kitchen service...<br />
...from a hinge to a complete makeover<br />
The supply & replacement of<br />
drawers, doors, worktops,<br />
hinges, all fitted kitchen<br />
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Jane Howard’s<br />
Fables from<br />
the Farm<br />
Spring is on its way, the hens are broody and the<br />
rams are wearing a rather odd contraption…<br />
I<br />
know it can be cold and wet in <strong>March</strong> but whatever<br />
the weather, spring is on its way and there are plenty of<br />
reasons for spirits to rise.<br />
Since the winter solstice in December (when the night time<br />
hours were at their longest) daylight hours have been staging<br />
a comeback to the point where on <strong>March</strong> 20th they will be<br />
equal, which not surprisingly is termed the spring equinox.<br />
But interestingly, if plotted on a graph the daily increase in<br />
daylight is not a straight line. It starts with a few seconds each<br />
day in early January but by the time we get to <strong>March</strong> it’s over<br />
two minutes a day and really noticeable. And then of course<br />
at the end of the month the clocks go forward and all we<br />
outdoor lovers will be back in business.<br />
We’ll start lambing in the middle of the month. When<br />
the rams went in with the ewes in October they each wore a<br />
harness, called a raddle, which holds a wax crayon between<br />
their front legs. So when they jump on a ewe to mate they<br />
leave a big waxy mark on her rump and by changing the<br />
colour of the crayon every couple of weeks<br />
we know the order in which they’ll lamb.<br />
In January we had them all scanned to see<br />
if they were having a single lamb, twins or<br />
triplets. Marked accordingly we now know<br />
when they’ll lamb and what they’ll produce<br />
– vital information for all sorts of reasons.<br />
Seventy per cent of foetal growth happens<br />
in the last six weeks of pregnancy and<br />
feeding them the right amount during this<br />
time is important. So we split off anyone who is having twins,<br />
triplets and feed them extra grub. The girls with singles don’t<br />
get any treats as the last thing we need is huge single lambs<br />
Chicks hatch after 21<br />
days of egg sitting<br />
“With spring on<br />
its way a hen, for<br />
reasons no one quite<br />
understands, can<br />
decide to go broody”<br />
that are too big to deliver comfortably.<br />
The hens are also contemplating motherhood. They stop<br />
laying eggs when the weather turns in late autumn, but with<br />
the days becoming longer we’re back in production. As long<br />
as they have the services of a cockerel – and we have the everobliging<br />
Phil – a fertilised egg can become<br />
a chick at any time for up to a month. But<br />
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kept constantly warm.<br />
With spring on its way a hen, for reasons<br />
no one quite understands, can decide to<br />
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temperature rises, she plucks the feathers<br />
from her breast and sits tight on whatever<br />
eggs she can find to start the incubation.<br />
For three weeks the eggs are kept warm. The removal of<br />
the feathers to expose skin keeps the temperature up and she<br />
constantly revolves them under her to make sure they are<br />
evenly warmed. 21 days later with a cheep cheep cheep, the<br />
chicks emerge – a real harbinger of spring.<br />
And then there’s the greenhouse, and as I start sowing in<br />
earnest I have made a few resolutions for the year ahead.<br />
1 I won’t try to plant out all the seeds I germinate. Do I<br />
really need twenty Brussel sprout plants?<br />
2 I won’t be buying any F1 hybrid seeds, the bees can’t<br />
collect pollen from them and I can’t collect their seed for<br />
future use.<br />
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aubergines from seed again. Last year I spent £10 on threegrafted<br />
aubergine plants and it was like being in Greece, we<br />
were overwhelmed with them. Moussaka anyone?<br />
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