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Contents 

February 2020 

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ALL GROWN UP 

Maggie Alderson’s run down of 

February’s most desirable homes 

NOTEBOOK 

Get clued up on Asia, book 

in some half term activities 

and learn to play the piano 

A HOUSE TO TRULY LOVE 

Take a look inside Olya Lammas’ 

stunning Victorian villa 

GET THE LOOK 

Recreate Olya’s 

effortlessly chic look 

HILLSIDE HAVEN 

Explore an architectdesigned 

eco self-build 

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THE POWER OF LOVE 

Kate Liz Watts styles 

unique jewels, perfect 

for Valentine’s Day 

GRAB A BARGAIN 

Josephine Fairley’s pursefriendly 

beauty essentials 

KIND ON THE INSIDE 

Henrietta Norton’s monthly 

nutritional insight 

STRONG ON THE SLOPES 

Avoid injury with Sarah 

Maxwell’s strengthening tips 

EAT WELL 

Melissa Hemsley’s sustainable 

nutrient-packed recipes 

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NAKED ATTRACTION 

Jo Arnell’s colourful winter 

garden wonders 

A DIETARY ALTERNATIVE? 

Hilary Wilce looks into unbalanced 

nutrient supplies and ADHD 

WHAT’S ON 

A guide to February’s events 

COMPETITION 

Win a two-night stay for two 

people at Laindons Guest House 

FABLES FROM THE FARM 

Jane restocks her collection 

of rare breed chickens 

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GET THE LOOK 

Harness design-led style 

with our furniture picks 

107 

PLANT HUNTERS 

Sue Whigham uncovers 

centuries of plant seekers 

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The computer generated illustrations are for general guidance only. Interior images are of the show homes

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The computer generated illustrations are for general guidance only. Interior images are of a recent Martin Grant Homes show home. *Help to Buy is available in England on new homes up to £600,000.

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House 

Month 

of the 

£16,500,000 

All grown up 

Maggie Alderson picks stunning homes on 

the market with mature gardens 

Jura, Wentworth Estate 

The dream: This is something 

special – the finest modern 

architecture, in one of the 

nation’s most elite enclaves. This 

landmark contemporary house is 

built from natural materials, with 

walls of glass bouncing light and 

space over 21,000 sq ft of inside/ 

outside, lateral flow heaven. It has 

all the features you would expect, 

including a state-of-the-art screening 

theatre, dressing rooms, a huge 

party space and an indoor pool. 

Where: On the Wentworth 

Estate, in Virginia Water. 

Setting: Close to the 12th 

fairway of the famous golf club 

(you might spot Ant and Dec 

playing a cheeky round), very 

green and leafy, in 5.10 acres. 

Beds: 10 Baths: 9 

Special features: It appears to 

have a bespoke beauty room. 

Pleasing details: Electronic blinds. 

Outside: Gardens with 

lawns and mature trees, land, 

tennis court and spectacular 

outside entertaining areas. 

Time to town: From Virginia 

Water station, 1.5 miles away, 

it’s 45 minutes to Waterloo. 

Agent: Knight Frank, Virginia 

Water 01344 840020 

knightfrank.com 


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Dunsborough Park 

£10,000,000 

The dream: A historic country estate, with 

origins back to the 12th century, with the 

current house developed from a 17th century 

farmhouse, just 26 miles from Trafalgar Square. 

It combines an air of country cosiness with 

true elegance. There is a spectacular wisteria 

running across half of the exterior and over 

the archway of the Tudor-style gatehouse. 

Where: On the edge of the picturesque 

village of Ripley, five miles east of Woking. 

Setting: Within yards of the RHS gardens at 

Wisley, and with spectacular gardens of its own. 

Beds: 7/8 Baths: 7 

Special features: A stand-alone galleried 

pavilion known as the ‘concert hall’. 

Pleasing details: It has a card room – 

and a snug and a flower room… 

Outside: The most spectacularly beautiful 

garden ever seen in this feature, with 

extraordinary greenhouses, plus a swimming 

pool and a tennis court. There are 80 acres 

in all, with cottages, available separately. 

Time to town: Five miles to Woking station, 

then under half an hour to Waterloo. 

Agent: House 01932 283283 

housepartnership.co.uk 

Cousens 

£1,325,000 

The dream: A charming Grade II-listed 

red brick country home of great character, 

with the original 16th century house still 

clearly apparent in the vaulted hall and lovely 

beams, but extended over the centuries to 

create substantial family accommodation. 

Where: The small hamlet of Cox Green, 

one mile from Rudgwick on the Surrey/ 

West Sussex border, five miles from 

Cranleigh, six from Horsham. 

Setting: In the hamlet, secluded by 

its own mature trees and garden. 

Beds: 4/5 Baths: 4 

Special features: A bespoke Mark 

Wilkinson kitchen in natural wood. 

Pleasing details: Flagstone flooring 

in the old part of the house. 

Outside: Mature gardens with a lovely sense 

of hidden corners, around 1.5 acres, with 

a paddock, various outbuildings and direct 

access to a path leading to the Downs Link. 

Time to town: 20 minutes drive to 

Horsham station, 50 to Victoria 

Agent: Roger Coupe, Cranleigh 

01483 268555 rogercoupe.com 

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Notebook 

What to do and see near you this month 

Southern Hospitality 

Cruising the ‘White Continent’ in ultimate luxury, 

witnessing some of earth’s most striking scenery and 

gliding through the pristine ice in search of penguin 

colonies, elephant seals and orca whales. Humbolt Travel 

has just released new dates and departures for 2021 and 

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Sheep’s in 

the meadow 

Enjoy a great day out on the farm this 

February half term with the start of 

the spring lambing at Bocketts Farm 

Park. There are more than 60 lambs 

due, with ‘meet the shepherd’ sessions 

daily and even a chance you may get 

to watch a lamb being born. Plus, 

children can go on a Junior Farmer 

Adventure, see birds of prey flying 

demonstrations and enjoy daily shows 

from The Giggle Company with 

dancing, games, bubbles and more! 

Daily activities include pony 

rides, tractor rides, small animal 

encounters, pig racing, and acres of 

indoor and outdoor play. It’s great 

fun for the whole family, whatever 

the weather. bockettsfarm.co.uk 

Limpsfield 

This month former stockbroker 

and self-confessed foodie, Jacqueline 

Derbyshire opens Limpsfield Cookery 

School in a gorgeous converted heritage 

building in the heart of Limpsfield village. To 

kick things off they will be offering a host of 

fabulous cooking classes including a number of 

Valentine’s options. There will be a chocolate day 

with talented Pâtissier, Lucie Bennett, on Wednesday 

12 February, and baking with sugar craft expert, 

Sue Wilcox and the founder herself, Jacqueline, on 

Thursday 13. And that’s just a taste – the team is 

filled with more talented teachers to look out for 

including executive head chef Oliver Thompson, 

River Cottage’s former head chef, Andy Tyrell, 

vegan chef and author Jenny Chandler and Asian 

chefs Jaya Malani and Pamela Chen. Watch 

this space! thelimpsfieldcookeryschool.co.uk 

gets cooking 


Notebook 

Silver 

linings 

The stunning Desire Jewellery & Silversmithing 

Fair is returning to Chelsea Old Town Hall 

from Friday 28 February to Sunday 1 March. 

Visitors can purchase direct from around 

90 of the UK’s best contemporary 

designer makers including individual 

jewellers and contemporary 

silversmiths, all of whom have 

been selected for their superb 

and innovative craftsmanship 

and genuine passion. It’s the 

place to go to explore stylish, 

unusual and original designs 

or even commission bespoke 

pieces for something truly unique. 

desirefair.com / craftinfocus.com 

Vision of Love 

Create 

& Grow 

Keep the little ones busy this half term 

and help them learn about the garden, 

too, at Squires Garden Centres’ Create & 

Grow event. From Monday 17 to Friday 

21 February they will have daily activities 

including ceramic bird feeder painting, a 

spring hunt competition and a flower 

maze. squiresgardencentres.co.uk 

Rhubarb & Custard in Eton have a romantic 

and thoughtful way to say “I Love You” with their 

Valentine's mini photoshoots this month. These sessions 

will be at a special price of £125 for a 45 minute shoot which 

includes a free 12 x 8” lustre print. Shoots are not limited to 

couples, but also can be used for families, or Pet Pawtraits too. Plus 

visit their website to see their give away to win one of three places 

on a DSLR Photography workshop for complete beginners worth 

£125 for you or a friend. rhubarbandcustard.com 

La Dolce 

Vita 

No Valentine’s gift could ever compare 

to a romantic getaway to Italy and 

Railtrail is currently offering £120 per 

person off their tour of Lake Garda, 

Venice and Verona by train. Explore the 

medieval spa town of Sirmione, taste 

handmade pasta and wine with lunch 

in the Italian hills at Trattoria da Arturo, 

tour the home of Romeo and Juliet in the 

romantic city of Verona and the island 

city of Venice. The tour 

is based at Parc Hotel 

Gritti, Bardolino, the 

4-star lakeside resort 

on Lake Garda, and 

departs on Sunday 21 

June and bookings are now 

open. railtrail.co.uk 

Join 

club the 

This month Surrey’s friendliest golf club, 

the Clandon Regis Golf Club in West 

Clandon, is offering a special six month 

taster membership for just £650. This is 

available in all categories and will entitle 

you to enter club competitions, get an 

official handicap, use special members 

rates on tuition and discounted food 

and drinks at the bar. 01483 224888 / 

clandonregis-golfclub.co.uk 

LOOK FORWARD: MARCH 

Inner Art in Reigate invites you to embrace depth and 

perspective via the great outdoors with their Landscape and 

Location course in March. Reignite your love of the great 

outdoors, learn practical ways to make location drawing 

work for you and enjoy exploring perspective alongside 

other art learners. The course will run on Mondays from 

2 to 30 March and will hone the skills of observational 

drawing, pencil, ink and paint, working on location 

and taking inspiration from photos. arttuition.co.uk 


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Previous pages: In the living room, Olya has inserted pops of blue 

in the form of velvet stools and a hydrangea plant that really lifts 

the design This page: One of the most impressive spaces within 

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“I 

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existed until the estate agent took her and her husband to see 

the property. “We had moved from London in 2014 and lived 

in a converted stables, however I needed somewhere with more 

space,” she says. “This house had everything we wanted and 


This page: The focus in Olya’s husband’s study is a piece 

by the artist Louis Midavaine, a copy of one of Toulouse 

Lautrec’s Moulin Rouge paintings from the 19th century. 

A rug from The Rug Company and a bright green Conran 

velvet sofa compliment the painting’s palette 

also some things that I never knew that I wanted.” Olya 

points out of the window. “When I was in London 

I never dreamt I would wake up and see cows!” 

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fashion, you need to use your imagination, you need 

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This page: The downstairs loo has been decorated in a stylish contemporary geometric printed wallpaper. A bookcase is packed with 

Penguin classics, which Olya sourced from eBay. The marble sink is flanked by two wheatsheaf lighting sconces that sit either side of 

an antique mirror 

years ago, I understand myself so much better now.” 

Olya’s enthusiasm is infectious. You can understand why 

her client list is growing fast as she shows me how she created 

each room from scratch, using artwork, pieces of furniture 

or an accessory as her inspiration, a springboard of mood or 

colour from which to create her overall design. Having trained 

in technical drawing at Chelsea College of Art, Olya said she 

didn’t want to become too constrained and decided not to 

carry on studying as she felt that the best interior designers are 

untrained and she wanted to rely on her eye and intuition. 

“I love the work of the interior designer Kit Kemp, her 

style has been a big inspiration for me, her use of pattern 

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and style. She pulls out a book on Kaitag textiles from 

Dagestan (think Suzani but with even more chic) and 

explains how these antique pieces are starting points. Olya, 

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source fabrics from Argentina where she discovered they 

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It is the pursuit of unique and very special fabrics and 

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that is apparent throughout the interior of the house. 

“I start with a concept,” says Olya. We are looking at two 

pieces of art depicting surrealist-inspired Japanese warriors 

that mirror each other on opposing walls in her living room. 

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a lot of my antiques and art. I saw them and before I had 

any idea how much they were, I decided to take them as 

I knew they would be the starting point for this room.” 

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Morrison silk rug, the round mother-of-pearl coffee table 

from Anthropologie USA to the Jonathan Adler light fitting 

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Above & top left: Olya has kept the walls in the entrance hall neutral and the floors stained dark, which has allowed the geometric 

patterns of the Sahara Tuareg reed and leather rug, as well as the pieces of antique furniture and paintings, to shine 

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The magnificent wooden staircase, which is also carpeted 

in a natural jute, plays host to a series of antique African 

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Above left: Beyond Joinery in London created with Xylocleaf panels and polished brass edges in Olya’s dressing room 

Above right: The magnificent wooden staircase has been carpeted in a natural jute 

textiles,” she says, “they are quite beautiful pieces reflecting 

an individual woman’s life. I hope I have done them justice.” 

Throughout the house, window treatments have been 

kept minimal. In the living room, Olya opted to keep the 

existing wooden pelmets, one of the very few elements 

that remained from the house’s former life. In the hallway 

she has employed a very soft Zimmer + Rohde animal 

print on blinds that allow in as much of the surrounding 

light as possible, flooding the house all day long. In 

the bedrooms too, she has kept the blinds minimal. 

Olya is keen to show me her husband’s study. “I am not 

into one style of design,” she says as we enter a room with 

a very different mood from the living room and hallway. 

Undeniably masculine in its intent and varied in its style, the 

focus of the room is a piece by the artist Louis Midavaine, a 

copy of one of Toulouse Lautrec’s Moulin Rouge paintings 

from the 19th century. This bold piece of artwork has 

been married with a green The Rug Company rug and 

a bright green Conran velvet sofa. Dark blue cabinetry 

along one wall sits happily with the soft pinky browns of a 

leather Mid-mod chair and two dusty pink velvet cushions. 

“It’s a room of straight lines,” says Olya, “something 

that would appeal to my husband, a room for him.” 

The downstairs loo of any large property can be a forlorn 

and forgotten space but not with Olya. Her lavatory is a 

room whose generous proportions have been decorated in 

a stylish contemporary geometric printed wallpaper. There 

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worked her stylist magic on the space. Tom Dixon 

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cosmopolitan chic. In the dining area, like the rest of the 

house, Olya has combined looks: a Balinese bench, an 

antique oak dining table and a Moooi spherical pendant. 

As the house is also home to four boys, it is with a sense 

of relief that, as we move upstairs, I find Olya has carved a 

feminine recluse within her dressing room. “It’s ironic I have 

this wonderful space, as I gave most of my clothes to charity 

from when I worked in fashion. My wardrobe is different 

now but I am glad I have this room in which to escape.” 

The room is an essay in chic tones. A soft silk Nourison rug 

underfoot pays homage to the pale parchment-effect doors, 

which Olya designed with a team from Beyond Joinery in 

London, created with Xylocleaf panels and polished brass 

edges. The Buster + Punch etched brass handles and the Rima 

& McRae antique glass back panels for her bag and perfume 

shelves are the cherry on a very pretty cake of a room. 

The house, which is still a work in progress, has several 

bedrooms leading off the generous upper landing. Olya 

has completed two of the guest rooms so far and is 

planning the re-design of her own master bedroom in the 

next few months. “Although each of the bedrooms has its 

own look,” she explains, “I wanted them to relate to one 

another as you glimpse them from across the landing.” 

The dominant palette is blue, however whilst the larger 

bedroom tiptoes from the contemporary in the artwork 

to the chinoiserie influence of the antique Chinese screen 

and porcelain pots, the smaller bedroom is a children’s 

dream, with its geometric Nina Campbell wallpaper and 

Button & Sprung over-sized headboard. As with the rest 

of the house, Olya has let the unrivalled countryside 

views from the windows do the talking. She has also 

continued her love of natural textures with rattan and 

jute in accessories such as rugs and lampshades. 

As with her client work for her company A House To 

Love, Olya has curated a space for an individual, a house 

that fits her and her family’s lifestyle. She has designed a 

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to have their own space, whilst allowing the separate 

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aking my way along the impressive 

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Above left: The clever kitchen joinery is by Matthew Smith Above right: Gorgeous views surround the 10-seater dining table 

they found this one, but even beyond drainage issues, that 

plot had a bad vibe around it, with tricky vendors in historic 

conflict with neighbours, and eventually they walked away. 

“We were on holiday when we heard about this one,” 

says Steve, “and we came straight from the airport to see it, 

walked across the land and put an offer in right there.” 

There was good karma around this one – the land, 

which had housed two holiday homes since the 1930s, 

had been bequeathed to St Michael’s Hospice, which 

was selling it to raise funds, so the deal was done. 

The inspiration to build their own home came from 

Steve’s architect father who had always wanted to build 

his own house. They discussed their ideas with him, 

before making a list comprising 60 names, gradually 

narrowing it down in stages before meeting the final 

three designers. So not a lightly-made decision. 

Then there was the stage of conveying their vision, as 

Bronwen explains. “There was a written brief and a mood 

board of what we wanted to achieve. Practical details like 

the number of bedrooms, wanting a pool, making the 

most of the view, but also more generally how we live…” 

Steve chips in, “We wanted a versatile house combining 

the best of British 1930s houses with the lateral space of the 

Hollywood Hills style.” 

They moved in four years ago, after a two-and-a-half 

year build, with all the usual angst and complications. 

But it was definitely worth it. Standing at the top of the 

stairs, just before turning into the kitchen – the living 

spaces are all on the first floor, the bedrooms downstairs 

– I pause to look out of the large window and it really 

does have that LA vista, just without all the buildings 

and cars. Instead, glorious peace and tranquillity. 

It’s really quite an effort to drag yourself away from that 

gorgeous view, but worth it, to then sit in the vaulted 


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at the top of the stairs across 

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ceiling space of the kitchen, at the 10-seater dining table, 

next to a wall of windows with views to the east. There’s 

another large window looking out to the main northerly 

view and then another on the opposite wall, looking onto the 

upward slope of the hillside through the pergola that runs 

along the back of the house. And the pergola is not there just 

to look pretty in the summer. 

“It has nine vines planted on it,” says Steve. “In summer 

the leaves shield the kitchen from the beating sun through 

the windows and in the winter there are no leaves, so the heat 

from the sun can get in.” 

Not that heating the place is an issue, even with the 

amazing vaulted 5.3 metre ceilings. It’s all supplied 

from a ground-source heat pump and with triple-glazed 

windows, a little goes a long way. “The large array of 

solar PVs generates more than we can use,” says Steve. 

“Selling the excess pays all our bills,” adds Bronwen. 

Sitting with them at the table gives me the chance to really 

take in the scale and detail of the house – and there is a lot 

to process, because when you are in an unique house that has 

been built from scratch, from the imagination of two owners 

and a designer, it makes you realise that, lovely though they 

are, all the houses you visit really fit into just a few categories. 

Even old beamy Wealden farmhouses, Georgian 

cottages, or Victorian mansions, with all their lovely 

quirky historical details, are all of their types. But 

I’ve never been in a house like this before – because 

it’s the only one – and there is a lot to take in. 

On this upper floor, the walls and towering ceilings 

are all made from CLT – cross-laminated timber, 

 


Above and left: The pool was Steve’s dream, a keen swimmer since 

the age of six. It has a steam room and showers to the side 

which Steve describes as “big boys’ plywood”. It’s very 

strong and highly sustainable – a very important factor for 

them – with a natural pattern a bit like knotty pine, but 

beautiful. The effect has been softened, Steve explains, by 

misting all the surfaces with one coat of Osmo oil. 

Having absorbed all that information, I turn my 

attention to the windows treatments – or more to what 

wasn’t there: no bi-folds, no big sliding glass panels. 

Steve explains: “Bi-folds have lots of black vertical lines 

when they are closed, which obscure rather than frame a view, 

and sliding doors have to have a wall to slide behind.” 

Instead, they have large picture windows which don’t open, 

interspersed with stable doors that do – either fully, or just the 

top – which is a nice reference to the agricultural buildings 

which are scattered throughout the surrounding landscape. 

With all that absorbed, I can start to take in some of the 

decorating details, like the collection of animal ‘skulls’ in various 

materials, which they already had from their previous house. “The 

first was a plywood stag,” says Bronwen. Which seems appropriate, 

because they see a lot of deer in the surrounding landscape. 

Another veteran from their last three houses is 

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in the space in front of the picture window. 

“The things we already had fitted in,” says Steve, “we didn’t 

have to buy much new furniture for the house.” What they 

did buy, such as the plywood bar stools on the ‘social’ side of 

the central island, came from London furniture makers Unto 

This Last, who make everything from plywood in their Brick 

Lane workshop, creating another uniting theme in the house. 

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This page: The master suite is entered via its bathroom. The 

loo, basin and shower sit either side of a central pod 

kitchen, which Bronwen explains “...is great for dinner 

parties, because you can leave the messy stuff in there.” 

There are two open doorways into the second kitchen, 

which I later discover on our tour, is one of the themes of 

the layout. It allows the cook direct access from the main 

cooking area, while someone on the other side of the central 

island can pop in for a glass, or something. It also invests 

the whole space with a lovely flow – apart from loos, where 

you want privacy, there isn’t a dead end in the whole house. 

Popping into the storage kitchen for a peep – and 

then coming out through the second entrance, because 

I can – I notice a clever detail: shallow shelves built 

into the sides of the entrance spaces, very handy for 

jars at the kitchen end and glasses at the table end. 

This rhythmic articulation of space is also evident in 

the kitchen layout, with three parallel rectangles – the 

long dining table (made from French oak floorboards), 

the central island and the drawers and worktop 

against the internal wall – dividing the room. 

This repetition of shapes gives a sense of order, which is 

further increased when Bronwen shows me the wonderfully 

wide, gliding drawers which store all her equipment and 

spices – she’s a keen cook. The joinery, with no handles, was 

all by Matthew Smith, a friend and extremely talented joiner. 

With a cup of tea inside me and feeling less overwhelmed 

by the scale and fabulousness of the house, Steve 

 


“Bronwen found the Etcetera 1972 lounge chair by Jan 

Ekselius,” says Steve. “She’s a furniture detective.” 

and Bronwen lead the way back downstairs for 

the full house tour, starting another floor down 

with the subterranean 20-metre swimming pool, 

which has my lower jaw hanging open again. 

With added drama from the pool being lit from 

within and an oversized Acctim clock, with showers 

and a steam room alongside, the concrete space 

is like something out of a futuristic movie. 

The pool was Steve’s personal dream – he’s been 

a keen swimmer since the age of six and does 20 

 


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to 30 minutes every day, swimming 40 to 60 lengths. 

“We originally wanted a pool with a view, but 

to get that we would have had to move the whole 

house site and as it’s primarily an exercise pool, 

we decided a subterranean setting was OK.” 

And so did the advertising agency which recently shot a 

commercial there, one of 20 campaigns shot at the house, via 

location agencies. But from his own experience in the industry, 

Steve puts his foot down at full-scale film shoots. “You’d 

have 50 plus people in the house… I know what it’s like.” 

Heading back up to ground level I notice the lovely polished 

effect on the concrete floors and ask how they achieved it. 

“They were ‘power floated’,” says Steve, which is a process 

with a hand-operated machine to produce a smooth, dense 

and level surface, “and then they become shiny with wear.” 

In a pleasing contrast, the poured concrete walls are 

more rugged looking, setting off artworks, such as the 

eye-catching print in the hallway – ‘Inferno’ by Tobias 

Till, a brilliantly detailed Sodom and Gomorrah vision 

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and fitted desks from Unto This Last 

loo, basin and shower on either sides of a central pod (with 

that storage at each end again), a striking difference from 

most bathrooms, where all the fittings are round the edges, 

with space in the middle. It’s very effective. When you 

walk round the pod, you find a tub bath on the other side, 

perfectly positioned looking up to the hill. 

Back in the sitting room, the full scale of the house, with 

that magnificent ceiling height is apparent again, with 

a huge woodcut of Brooklyn Bridge by Simon Packard 

doing it justice. The furniture in here is mid-century 

classics with a B&B sofa, two Charles Eames leather 

chairs with footstools and the less well-known and very 

striking Etcetera 1972 lounge chair by Jan Ekselius. 

This one is black and there’s a cream one in 

the master bedroom. “Bronwen found them,” 

says Steve. “She’s a furniture detective.” 

I try it out for size and, settling onto its welcoming 

organic shape, look around me and wonder how long I can 

reasonably stay there. The rest of the day would be good… 

This house is an extraordinary achievement. Not 

just a lovely home for one family, it is a legacy for 

future generations and an inspiration for everyone 

who has ever dreamed of their own grand design. 

Address Book: 

Find out more about Bronwen’s art at bronwenmalcolm.com 

THE HOUSE: 

Hal Kaye (woodburner installation) sweptawayinstallations.co.uk 

Helmut Teichert (solar PV and solar thermal 

design and installation) suntrader.co.uk 

James Chalmers (builder and main 

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Matthew Smith (all bespoke joinery) matthewwoodworks.co.uk 

Paul Walton (pool design & installation) buckinghampools.com 

ITEMS INSIDE: 

Cassie Mercantile (God Save The King flag) cassiemercantile.com 

A.G. Hendy & Co Home Store (homeware) aghendy.com 

Goods Depot (objects and antiques) goodsdepot.co.uk 

Nick Martin (exterior table and benches) lcrfabrications.co.uk 

Unto This Last (desks & desk shelving) untothislast.co.uk 

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Get the 

LOOK 

Retro rustic 

1 Concrete Texture Effect Wallpaper, £59/roll, Woodchip & Magnolia woodchipandmagnolia.co.uk 2 ‘Adieu’ 

painting by Bronwen Malcolm, £250 – £1,500 bronwenmalcolm.com 3 Himalayan Oak Wood Flooring, £50.99, 

Carpetright carpetright.co.uk 4 Japonaise Paper Shade, £6, Habitat habitat.co.uk 5 Portrait of Saint Clare of 

Assisi c.1600, £4,875, 1stdibs 1stdibs.co.uk 6 Elder Floor Lamp, £150, Garden Trading gardentrading.co.uk 

7 ‘Chapel’ painting by Bronwen Malcolm £250 – £1,500 bronwenmalcolm.com 8 Axel Media Unit in Mango 

Wood, £299, Swoon swooneditions.com 9 Belgravia Corner Chaise Sofa in Velvet Mustard, £1,299, Cult 

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Living room 

PLAY with COLOUR 

“Turmeric and terracotta will continue to be popular in 2020. 

Both colours boast notes of warmth and bitterness, and can 

be invitingly playful in small doses, yet rich enough to create a 

dramatic tonal statement as well. I mix these colours with gold 

metallic accessories and luxe fabrics for a modern, luxury take.” 

Jenny Myers, Homebody Decor 

Interiors do not need to be neat this year. Find joy in the pursuit of playful patterns 

and wild colour schemes and embrace the beauty of imperfection. 

John Lewis & Partners New Eclectics interior featuring a Mustard Velvet Sofa, £1,299, Ampana 

Print Lounge Chair, £499, and Berber Aztec Green Rug, £525, John Lewis johnlewis.com 

Antique Sivas Sarkisla Kilim Rug, 

£5,950, Rug Store rugstoreonline.co.uk 

CULTURE 

CLASH 

The world is filled with culture and 

it’s time to embrace it by mixing and 

matching worldly pieces like Kilim rugs, 

Chinese cabinets and Japanese wall art. 

Planter, from £9.99, 

Ivyline ivylinegb.co.uk 

Throw, £75, Ragged Rose 

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Archer three seater, £849, 

Housecosy housecosy.com 

Wooden lamp, £90, 

Habitat habitat.co.uk 

make them blush 

We are loving blissful, blushing pinks this year – in a pared back natural palette they can add a touch of colour, or bring a 

softer tone to more maximalised schemes. Plus, they look great with the deep greens and blues which are set to be big for 2020. 


Studying your Surrey Home 

Inspirational designs from 

Morgan Stewart Interiors to 

create your dream home office 

The essence of an executive home office is 

inspirational space, which combines work 

with pleasure. Productivity and function 

matter but so does your enjoyment of a 

high quality environment. Quality and 

elegance are personal concepts that depend 

on the art, colour and spirit of place we 

each enjoy, but we would still recognise 

excellence in the choice of another. 

Morgan Stewart Interiors design and 

build executive home offices across 

the UK and beyond to embody this 

feeling, creating naturally productive 

spaces which are a pleasure to enter. 

Balancing Key Elements 

As with a commercial office, we want to 

understand how you use your home office. 

Our designers consider your workflow, the 

items you like to have at your fingertips, 

IT and communication requirements. 


investments you can make, for productivity 

and for your long term health. 

If you need shelving, or storage this should 

blend subtly into the design, rather than 

being in the way. Traffic flow apart, 

every ancillary furnishing item is there to 

serve you, not the other way around. 

This is not a reason to sacrifice form for 

function, or reduce light and space. The basis 

of good design is to resolve functionality 

needs with ideas led by your vision for 

your personal space. Colours you favour, or 

materials you enjoy around you are primary 

factors. Subtle additions which make you 

feel at home should be considered, along 

with how your office fits into your property. 

You may have a substantial, separate 

space available, or wish to blend a smaller 

home office into the overall ambience 

you enjoy. Privacy and a devoted 

workspace can be achieved with either. 

“Making an office at work feel 

individual can matter, even more so 

for your office at home. Our designer’s 

work closely with you to ensure your 

personality and taste are clearly 

reflected” 

Furnishing Your Home Office 

An executive home office should feel like 

a place you want to work and may need to 

look as professional as you do if you meet 

clients, colleagues, or contractors at home. 

Comfortable seating arrangements are 

important for this need and for you. A 

fine office chair is one of the shrewdest 

The centrepiece of your space may 

well be an executive desk. This should 

be carefully chosen to meet design 

needs, match the way you work, 

and suit the methodology you employ 

for paperwork, or multiple screens. 

Morgan Stewart & Personal Service 

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office at home. Our designers 

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personality and taste are clearly reflected. 

From warm tones you love, to the flooring 

of your choice, to featuring artistic pieces, 

the office we build will be yours. Our job 

is simply to make your wishes reality. 

Every executive home office we design, shares 

a principle. They are unique because 

you are, and so is your approach 

to work, and your need to merge 

work with an individual home. 

Morgan Stewart Interiors design staff are 

highly experienced, they are happy to offer 

advice and innovative solutions. Their task 

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Living room 

VELVET CRUSH 

“My Indian Summer mirror 

is the perfect accessory for 

your 2020 interior, reflecting 

the current trend towards 

abstract shapes and rich 

palettes of ochres and blues.” 

Jo Downs, Fused Glass 

Designer 

“Elegant, sophisticated and opulent, velvet continues to dominate in 

2020, and it’s easy to understand why. Soft, warm and versatile, velvet is a 

firm favourite with interior designers all over the world.” 

Rachel Sanders, BoConcept 

Top: Lady Grey, from £1,899, Love Your Home love-your-home.co.uk 

Middle: Buckingham Sofa in Monarch Velvet ‘Sea Glass’, £2,650, India Jane indiajane.co.uk 

Bottom: Indivi Sofa in Petrol Velvet, £4,662, BoConcept boconcept.com 

Abstract 

thinking 

Top: Indian Summer Mirror, Jo Downs 

jodowns.com Bottom: Globo Trellis Cushion, 

£148, Jonathan Adler jonathanadler.com 


RDO 

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Kitchen 

Shine on 

Metallic finishes were big last year with warm 

coppers and golds adding little touches of warmth 

and luxury to interiors everywhere. This is likely to 

continue into the new decade with shiny pendant 

lights especially setting off our magpie insincts. 

Dark & delicious 

& 

SHAKER IT UP 

“I am a big fan of the Shaker-style kitchen. 

They are simple and timeless which is so 

important considering kitchens are a big 

investment. The beauty of a painted kitchen 

like this one (right) is that you can refresh the 

colours every few years to keep it on trend.” 

Amy Crabtree, 

Director of Crabtree & Crabtree Limited 

Thea in copper, £105, Coolie hat, £58, and Dexter in copper, £95, Pooky pooky.com 

Earthly delights 

“2020 will see a resurgence of natural finishes, 

where wood components are left exposed, 

adding detail and definition to a space.” 

Ben Burbidge, Managing 

Director at Kitchen Makers 

Teak Root Table, from £1,100.04 Indiginous indigenous.co.uk 

Come to the dark side – it’s gorgeous. This number 

from Neptune does a fabulous job of nailing this trend 

for darker tones in the kitchen, while keeping things 

bright and fun with some jazzy pink wallpaper, 

reflective metallics and plenty of lustrous plant life. 

crabtreedesigns.co.uk 

Image: Ryan Wicks 


The Rattan Renaissance 

Elegant, timeless, handcrafted furniture. 

Pass it down from one generation to the next. 


www.bridgman.co.uk 

Brassey House, 

22-24 New Zealand Ave, 

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Dining room 

“Don’t be afraid to 

bring the outdoors in. 

I love the juxtaposition 

of natural materials with 

the clean edges of sleek 

contemporary pieces.” 

Ben Stokes, 

owner of Kagu 

“Sometimes we need 

calm: we desire gentle, 

natural, light and airy 

with a touch of texture 

and colour. Natural tactile 

linens for curtains and 

blinds will have a place in 

2020 home décor.” 

Abigail Willis, 

Willis Bloom 

au 

naturel 

BoConcept dining furniture a with suspended flower cloud centrepiece, see how to make your own at boconcept.com/en-gb/inspiration 

A dining room designed by Wells and 

Maguire incorporates a dazzling golden 

chandelier wellsandmaguire.com 

LIGHT 

fantastic 

Gubi Epic Table, from £1,272 Chaplins Furniture chaplins.co.uk 

Stone 

age 

Image: Paul Craig 

The dining room is a great place 

to splash out on some statement 

lighting, and this year holds an 

abundance of potential in this area. 

Metallic pieces inspired by branches 

and flowers, new innovations 

made with recycled materials, 

or industrial bulbs with exposed 

filaments are all worth a look. 

We have all loved the marble masterpieces of 2019, 

now it’s time to explore all the other stone finishes 

out there, as with these travertine tables by Gubi. 




Dining Room 

In with 

the 

Old 

This dining area in a house in 

Tenterden (below) is a perfect example 

of how contemporary interior design 

is increasingly about using what you’ve 

got rather than needlessly buying new 

at a cost to the environment. The 

tabletop was made from a reclaimed 

stable door, the zinc butler’s tray table 

was sourced from Ardingly antiques 

fair and a panel of old lathes was 

retained as a reminder of construction 

techniques employed when the building 

was erected in the eighteenth century. 

Cocktail 

hour 

Gorgeous drinks cabinets, colourful 

glasswear, and chic Art Deco inspired 

trolleys are top of our wishlist to kickstart 

the new ’20s with a pop. Cheers! 

Top Left: ‘The Gin Trolley’ Luxury drinks 

trolley with integrated mini fridge, £6870, 

Quench Home Bars quenchhomebars.com Below: 

‘The Quench Cocktail Collection’ Luxury cocktail 

set, £350 Quench Home Bars quenchhomebars.com 

“Some of my favourite pieces, like 

the dining table, have been made 

from materials we found, restored 

and then given an industrial twist.” 

Ben Stokes, owner of Kagu 

kagu.uk 

MIX IT UP 

Create an eclectic and down-to-earth dining experience by mixing 

different dining chairs all at one table. You could let household 

members chose their own chairs, or theme them based on style, 

material or colour for a more cohesive look. 

Left to Right: Cane Chair, £499, Pepper Sq. peppersq.com, Njord 

Dining Chair, £425, Sweetpea & Willow, sweetpeaandwillow.com Emmy 

Cane Chair, £390, Beaumonde, beaumonde.co.uk 


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Make and serve drinks in style with this 

luxurious bar trolley. Made from high gloss 

laminated birch ply and diamond polished 

acrylic, The Gin Trolley is a stunning statement piece 

that will be the talk of your next dinner party. 

Designer, Jonathan Green has been making 

contemporary cocktail bars for over 20 years and 

has a keen eye for storing and displaying bottles and 

glassware. “My vision for The Gin Trolley was not just 

to create a beautiful drinks trolley but also a practical 

piece of furniture that would be a pleasure to own 

and utilise for the purpose of making drinks”. 

Storage is divided into diamond polished acrylic 

sections, while other features include a ventilated 

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board and a polished stainless steel drip tray. 

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Bedroom 

Among 

the 

stars 

TO THE 

FLOOR 

When it comes to combining cosy and chic, 

more is definitely more, and generous floorlength 

curtains are case in point. With the added 

benefit of increasing heat retention around your 

windows (and thus keeping you snug and happy 

with the heating bill) they’re sure to be adding a 

luxurious touch to interiors throughout 2020. 

Image: Paul Craig 

Left: A bedroom designed by Wells and Maguire incorporates Cole & Son’s Stars 

wallpaper, Wells and Maguire wellsandmaguire.com Middle: Moooi Carpets Celestial Rug, 

£2,340, Nest nest.co.uk Far Right: Celestial Moon Hanging Planter, £12, Red Candy 

redcandy.co.uk Bottom: Celestial Boudoir Cushion, £155, Lime Lace limelace.co.uk 

“Deep inky blues and charcoals remain a major colour 

trend for 2020 as interiors continue to showcase darker, 

moody and atmospheric hues. Paired with subtle 

lighting these interiors evoke our night skies and tap 

into our desire to remain connected to nature.” 

Bronwen Firth, Interior Designer 

at Evernden Interiors 

One & Only 

This year is all about trying to steer away 

from cookie cutter furniture and towards 

handmade unique treasures that make 

your home feel truly personal and 

unique. Plus these items 

are often a great way to 

See Bloomsbury 

Revisited at Wealden 

Times Midsummer 

Fair this June 

support local businesses 

and reduce air miles. 

Hand-painted 

lampshade, from £55, 

Bloomsbury Revisited 

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Linen Viscose Mix Curtains in Koala, £34 per metre, 

Loom & Last loomandlast.com 




Bathroom 

“Choosing the right blue can be 

tricky, but generally, pale blues give 

you a sense of calm and serenity, 

whereas navy blues make a bold 

statement if you want to add a sense 

of drama and sophistication.” 

Rita Rendo-Castro, Head 

of Marketing and PR at 

Catchpole & Rye 

I N T O 

the 

B L U E 

CONCRETE 

JUNGLE 

Otto surface basin, £1,908, and 

Crosswater three-hole tap set, £369, West 

One Bathrooms westonebathrooms.com 

rock a roll 

“The focus on sustainability 

and waste-reduction is 

resulting in eco-friendly 

products that we’ll be 

seeing more of over the 

next year. Materials like 

concrete and bamboo 

are eye-catching and 

inspiring while keeping the 

environment in mind.” 

Louise Ashdown, Head 

of Design at West One 

Bathrooms 

Silver Orient Wall Mural, £375, Avalana avalanadesign.co.uk 

The Empress basin on frame, £1,680, 

Catchpole & Rye catchpoleandrye.com 

“People are starting to pay more attention to the 

health benefits of immersing themselves in the natural 

world. Adorning your walls with hand-painted 

wallpaper featuring natural habitats and botanicals 

is the perfect way to bring the outdoors in.” 

Hazel Carruthers, Owner of Avalana Design 


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Children’s bedroom 

SnüzKot Metallic Cotbed, £369, Snüz snuz.co.uk 

PASTEL POWER 

“The little girl who owns this bedroom wanted 

pink, but her mum was not so sure. This grey toned 

Orchard Pink from Fired Earth kept everyone 

happy – definitely pink, but not too sugary.” 

Amy Crabtree, Director of Crabtree 

& Crabtree Limited 

keepsakes 

Be kind to the planet by buying products 

made to last. However, this isn’t the easiest idea 

to incorporate into children’s rooms as their 

requirements change as they grow. This is why 

we’re predicting that investment pieces – such as 

cots designed to evolve into beds in neutral colours 

– will become more popular in years to come. 

crabtreedesigns.co.uk 

Image: Ryan Wicks 

Wild child 

“Nurturing imagination in our little people is a magical thing and using favourite 

animals in their room décor is a surefire way to get little minds happily racing.” 

Abigail Willis, Creative Director at Willis Bloom 

Pebble Safari Fabrics, £58/m 

Willis Bloom willisbloom.com 

‘At the Farm’ Print, £23.83, 

Kunskapstavlan kunskapstavlan.com 

Unicorn and Flamingo Cushions, £24 each, 

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The Silvery: “Nature coated 

in pure silver, each organic 

item remains encased within 

the silver, so no two pieces 

are ever the same.” 

From left to right: ivy leaf necklace, 

£40, hydrangea flower necklace £40, 

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crystal, £160, Rock Body Soul 

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Pearl & Queenie: “Equestrian 

treasures celebrate the bond formed 

by the striking beauty and raw 

power that has intertwined woman 

and horse for centuries. To hunt, 

herd, show and reward.” 

Kaaren Buchanan: “The LIV collection is inspired 

by my daughter; beautiful, strong and successful.” 

▲ From left to right: fox coin bangle, £246, 

fox coin ring, £210, lucky horseshoe earrings 

£132, silver longhorn herding necklace, £225, 

Pearl & Queenie; citrine crystal cluster, £55, 

Rock Body Soul 

From left to right: all in 18kt gold vermeil. 

LIV I Twist, £172, LIV I Classic, £168, pearl 

chain, £145, Kaaren Buchanan; Himalayan and 

milky quartz cluster, £140, Rock Body Soul 


SONA: “Taking inspiration from the Victorian era and the romantic 

atmosphere of this time. The collection is particularly influenced by 

Queen Victoria and her great loves: Albert, sentiment and jewellery.” 

Heritage 11th century sun 

chariot stud earrings, £85, 

Kastur Jewels; tangerine quartz 

crystal, £85, Rock Body Soul 

▲ From left to right: mis-matched drop earrings with 9ct gold wires, vintage glass pearls, Victorian gilt heart 

and gold plated 1930s drops, £80, rings (from top): amethyst and seed pearl Victorian setting in 9ct rose gold, 

£145, Victorian ring of seed pearls in 9ct gold, £135, Victorian 9ct gold and seed pearl horseshoe ring, £140, 

Edwardian gilt chain with vintage crystal heart pendant, gold plated sterling silver with ruby, £120, SONA; 

tangerine quartz crystal, £85, Rock Body Soul 


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Pearl, sapphire, crystal and diamond 

chandelier earrings, £750, Kastur Jewels 

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Luscious Lips (Lip FiLLer) 

With age, the lips naturally become thinner 

and lose their definition, and the v-shaped 

area of the upper lip, known as Cupid’s 

bow, is where you’re most likely to see this 

happen. 

Many people try to disguise the effects 

of ageing in this area with make-up, but 

it can bleed down the vertical wrinkles 

and highlight the problem. If you’ve been 

wondering how to look younger, lip fillers 

are an easy answer because they’re quick, 

affordable and non-invasive. 

They can be the centrepiece of a makeover 

that gives you youthful looking, plump lips 

and a more defined smile. Because the lips 

are sensitive, we apply local anaesthetic 

cream about an hour before the procedure 

to numb them. Dermal filler is injected, 

usually into the upper rim of the lip to 

define the Cupid’s bow, and immediately 

afterwards you may experience small 

pinpricks for a few hours. 

There is often some mild redness of the 

skin, but this settles by the next day and 

designed for smooth integration into the delicate lip tissue and to imp 

the lip body and definition of the lip border. The effects typically last 

Hyaluronic acid is a natural substance found in the body, which attrac 

skin and plumps it up, giving the skin elasticity and volume. Lip fillers 

sometimes described as temporary lip fillers or temporary lip enhanc 

like other non-surgical facial aesthetic treatments, they are not perma 

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Grab a 

Bargain 

Josephine Fairley picks her favourite 

purse-friendly pick-me-ups 

At this time of year, post-Christmas, post-tax bill (if you’re 

self-employed), we often feel the pinch a little bit. But 

ironically, isn’t that the very time we really deserve a bit 

of a treat…? Nothing does that, for me, like a great beauty ‘find’. 

Something to perk up a tired complexion, or revive a winterlacklustre 

face, or work its aromatherapeutic magic on our spirits. 

Over my years as a beauty editor, I’ve realised: you truly don’t 

need to spend a fortune to find great products, but you do need 

to know where to look. So for February, I thought I’d put together 

a list of my 10 Best Beauty Bargains – face, body, hair and 

make-up – which I return to, time and again. (Just one sadness 

on that front, though: one of my go-to ‘beauty steal’ make-up 

brands, Bourjois, late last year announced they were pulling out 

of the UK market. I may just have to host a memorial service.) 

TRUE Skincare Facial Oils, from £13.50 for 30ml. Fact: 

most facial oils cost an arm and a leg (often four times or 

more as much as this one). But from a female-founded 

British skincare start-up, TRUE oils are organic, natural and 

ethical, yet accessible in terms of price and availability (find 

them at Holland & Barrett and Ocado, as well as TRUE’s 

own website). The quality’s seriously fab; I especially like the 

Nourishing Avocado & Evening Primrose Facial Oil, with its 

deeply grounding scent of patchouli, palmarosa and vetiver. 

Maybelline The Eraser Eye Perfect & Cover Concealer, £8.99. I first 

discovered this when I set out to walk from Soho to the City 

in an Arctic blast and had to nip into Superdrug for make-up 

supplies after the biting cold make me weep most of my eye makeup 

down my cheek. This brilliantly affordable concealer blends 

beautifully via the sponge tip – it repaired my under-eye zone and 

banished shadows with a dab or two. Can’t live without it, now. 

SenSpa Hair & Scalp Mask, £7 for 300ml. You can find the 

SenSpa range on the shelves of Waitrose, though its roots 

are in award-winning Careys Manor spa in Hampshire. 

Wonderfully aromatherapeutic, the line-up offers haircare, 

bodycare and some fab bath treats, but my favourite is this 

luxe-textured restorative hair mask. Lie back in the tub and let 

the 97% natural mix of Abyssinian oil, lava clay and coconut 

oil nourish winter-thirsty locks, while you breathe in the 

divine essential oils of jasmine, cedarwood and ylang ylang. 

 

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Beauty 

Tisserand Paradise 

Mood Mist, 

£9 for 50ml 

Simple Skin Quench Sleeping Cream, £6.99 

tisserand.com 

for 50ml. ‘Sleeping creams’ are night creams 

by another name, but have become a buzz 

in the skincare universe. (I do slightly wonder if 

it’s because they sound somehow sexier – we all spend so 

much time dreaming of sleep, one way or another.) This is 

a super-affordable version, from Simple’s hear-your-skinslurp-it-up 

Water Boost range: you’ll feel your complexion’s 

comfort level rising, but it’s not heavy at all, packing a 

moisturising punch inside a formula that’s satiny and airy. 

Sanctuary 

Spa 1 Minute 

Daily Glow Mask, 

£14 for 75ml 

sanctuary.com 

Heathcote & Ivory Neroli & Lime Leaves Hand Cream Trio, 

£5 for 3 x 30ml. Love Jo Malone Lime, Basil & Mandarin…? 

You’ll also adore the scent of this, from Heathcote & Ivory 

(who make the best hand creams at ANY price, in my book 

– and a huge selection to choose from). The fragrance is as 

cheery and sunshine-y as a smell gets – truly a breath of spring. 

And these particular hand creams are delightfully pocket- or 

handbag-sized, so there’s no excuse to leave home without one. 

(Larger sizes and some fab other products also available in the 

Neroli & Lime Leaves collection, at heathcote-ivory.com.) 

Revlon Nail Enamel, £6.49. You really can’t find a more 

durable nail polish than Revlon’s at any price, frankly. 

The design of the bottle hasn’t changed in decades and 

the formula is both chip-resistant and anti-fade, leaving 

nails ultra-glossy, smooth-finished and glam. There are 

now a staggering 47 shades to choose from, ranging from 

sheer to opaque, metallic, chrome and shimmer. (NB: 

different retailers stock different selections of colours.) 

Tisserand Paradise Mood Mist, £9 for 50ml. This springs from 

a collaboration between National Geographic and one of the 

most established names in aromatherapy, featuring ingredients 

which Tisserand promise are ‘sustainably-sourced’. There are 

many different offerings within the Paradise collection for bath, 

body and – here – for spritzing your home. What blew me 

away when I first opened this up was that the first mandarinpowered 

hit reminded me of a much-loved fragrance from 

my youth, Goya Aqua Manda. (And I know a lot of you feel 

equally nostalgic about that scent…) It also features jasmine 

and grapefruit, ‘to inspire positivity, provide a dose of calm and 

impart a warm inner glow’ – something 

we could all use right now, for sure. 

Sanctuary Spa 1 Minute Daily Glow Mask, 

£14 for 75ml. Not perhaps quite as cheap as 

most of the other products here, but still a great 

buy. You know those mornings when you wake up, look in 

the mirror and – sort of quote Peanuts’ Charlie Brown – just 

want to go ‘bleeaurgh’? This is for those mornings. Just slather 

the thickish, jelly-like, ever-so-slightly rough mask onto tiredlooking 

skin, leave for 60 seconds and then remove (I like to 

use a soft flannel). The granules buff, while a skin-brightening 

cocktail of vitamin C extracts puts back the glow, ultra-fast. 

Better You Magnesium Bath Flakes, £9.95 for 1k. Magnesium 

is another ‘buzz’ in beauty circles: a mineral that’s readily 

absorbed through the skin, restoring magnesium chloride 

levels (which in turn aids with sleeplessness and stress). 

About once or twice a week I soak in a bath infused with 

these on their own (they’re unscented) – but I also add 

generously to just about any other bath oil whenever I 

want a darned good night’s sleep. The flakes are therapeutic 

for psoriasis, eczema and other skin challenges, but they 

really do soothe the mind as well as a weary body. 

Beauty Bible Lip Balm, £6. Last, but by no means least, 

this could look like a shameless plug, but I’d buy it 

whatever brand it had on the packaging. Indeed, it’s the 

only product my Beauty Bible co-author Sarah Stacey 

and I have ever felt worthy of putting our website/books’ 

name to: a chubby, amazingly nourishing lip balm that 

lasts all winter long, has no taste or scent, and is perfectly 

protective. (It’s stocked exclusively at victoriahealth.com.) 

SenSpa Hair 

& Scalp Mask, £7 

for 300ml 

senspa.co.uk 

All in all, there is no reason why beauty finds shouldn’t 

delight you – AND your bank manager… 


Heathcote & 

Ivory Neroli & 

Lime Leaves Hand 

Cream Trio, 

£5 for 3 x 30ml 

heathcote-ivory. 

com 

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For more recommendations and the results of 

The Beauty Bible Awards 2020, which will be 

released in late February, visit beautybible.com.

Restore 


your Radiance 

Dr Kim Prescott’s top tips for beautiful skin 

After a few months of exposure to 

central heating – or sun and icy 

cold reflecting off the slopes, for 

those who have managed a ski trip this 

winter - many of us start to notice our skin 

looking dull and tired. With Valentine’s 

dates on the horizon, it’s time to consider 

ways to restore your dewy complexion. 

EXFOLIATION 

There’s no need for me to stress the 

importance of proper cleansing, but not all 

of us exfoliate regularly. A fruit acid facial 

wash left on the skin for a few minutes 

in the shower, or glycolic acid overnight 

cream used once or twice a week can help 

improve the texture of your skin. Glycolic 

acid helps to promote cellular turnover in the 

skin, increase penetration of serums, refine 

skin tone and texture, and most importantly 

before a big event, helps to improve light 

reflection (essential for enviable selfies). 

HYDRATION 

Adequately hydrated skin appears plumper 

and reflects light better, and can be 

surprisingly hard to maintain in winter. In 

addition to using a humidifier, a moisturiser 

rich in hyaluronic acid will help the skin retain 

moisture. Hyaluronic acid also has healing 

and anti-inflammatory properties and helps 

to reduce the irritation of dry skin. If your 

current moisturiser is not quite 

doing the trick, then try 

adding a layer of 

hyaluronic acid 

to your skin 

regimen 

(under 

your usual 

moisturiser). 

NUTRITION 

FOR THE SKIN 

With a glut of 

excellent products 

available, all with 

their own set of avid 

fans, it can be diffi cult 

to decide which ones are 

worth the investment. There 

are a number of ingredients 

to look out for when you’re 

needing a skin boost, but if I had 

to choose, my top picks would be: 

Vitamin C 

A good quality product with the optimal 

structure, concentration and acidity for 

penetration to the deep layers of the skin. 

Vitamin C is beneficial in skin over the age 

of 35. It is a potent antioxidant, helping 

to reverse skin damage caused by sun 

and pollution, and is an essential building 

block for making new collagen. Products 

which don’t penetrate as deeply can 

still help brighten skin, so less advanced 

products still have a role in younger skin. 

Niacinamide 

A relative newcomer to skin care, 

niacinamide (vitamin B3) is another 

potent anti-aging ingredient, used in 

both nutrition and skin science. It is best 

known for reducing the appearance 

of large pores, uneven skin tone and 

fine lines. Clinical studies suggest it 

may also have the potential to reduce 

the DNA damage that leads to nonmelanoma 

skin cancers, so it is useful in 

anyone with a history of sun damage. 

Peptides 

Peptides are another group of ingredients 

that are current hot favourites in the press, 

These have multiple benefits and are 

key ingredients in anti-aging products. 

High concentrations have been shown to 

stimulate collagen and elastin, the scaffold 

of the skin, promoting strength and elasticity, 

and encouraging smoother, firmer skin. 

ENCOURAGE CELL TURNOVER 

I get a lot of questions about retinol, the 

rock-star ingredient in anti-aging skin 

science. Retinol (vitamin A) slows the 

breakdown of collagen, and encourages 

thicker, firmer, more even-toned skin. It 

does this by encouraging cell turnover in 

every layer, thus playing an important role 

in maintaining youthful suppleness (along 

with a host of other benefits). Winter is a 

good time to introduce it to your regimen 

if you’re not already a committed user. 

FIRMING AND TIGHTENING 

Multiple effective technologies are available 

to help promote firming and tightening in 

the skin, and over the past couple of years 

we have been seeing the rise of a plethora 

of SuperFacials. Every clinic has its own 

version – mostly combination modalities 

that exfoliate, tighten, plump and infuse 

nutrients. The best one is really the one 

that works for you and your budget. At the 

PSMD Clinic, we have recently brought on 

board the Geneo 3-in-1 SuperFacial and I 

have to admit that our team are thoroughly 

enjoying making use of it on each other! 

Dr Kim Prescott practices aesthetic and 

lifestyle medicine in Cobham, Esher and 

Harley Street, alongside lecturing and 

training in aesthetic medicine. She 

co-developed the PSMD Skin Science skin 

care range, and co-founded the PSMD Clinic 

with Dr Tania Schroeder and Dr Ruslana 

Popelyuk. Please 

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with your questions. 

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Wellbeing 

Kind on the Inside 

Is depression a gut reaction? Henrietta Norton explores 

the importance of supporting your digestive system 

Currently 3.5 million people in 

the UK are being prescribed 

anti-depressants. But is it 

as simple as a psychological issue? 

Research would suggest not and 

in the last few years, Nutritional 

Medicine has made substantial 

developments to explore the link 

between mental and physical health. 

GUT AS THE ‘SECOND BRAIN’ 

Functional gastro-intestinal (GI) 

problems, such as irritable bowel 

syndrome (IBS), are commonly linked 

to anxiety and mood changes. The GI 

tract has over 100 million neurons and 

has the largest collection of neural tissue 

in the body (after the brain) called 

the enteric nervous system (ENS). 

The level of good bacteria in the gut 

greatly contributes to the health of the 

ENS and it is argued by some experts 

that one reason for the increase in 

depressive disorders may be due to an 

imbalance in this bacteria, sometimes 

due to our exposure to antibiotics or 

dietary deficiencies from an early age. 

An inflammatory subject 

The gut and colon are the principle sites 

for the production of body chemicals 

that increase the level of inflammation in 

the body (known as pro-inflammatory 

cytokines). These cytokines also have 

the ability to affect the health of the 

brain and an association has been made 

between the level of inflammation in 

the body and depressive and anxiety 

disorders. It may also explain why a bout 

of illness can affect our 

mental wellbeing too. 

Prevention starts from conception 

Growing evidence shows that our 

sensitivity to stress, anxiety and 

depression as adults is already 

programmed in infancy. Essentially, 

the level of stress encountered in early 

life sensitizes us to a certain level of 

adversity. High levels of stress can 

result in hypersensitivity to stress as 

well as adult depression later, due to 

changes in our stress response network. 

Of great clinical interest is that this 

group of inflammation-sensitive 

depressives tend not to respond well 

to anti-depressive medication. 

SUPPORTING YOUR 

NERVOUS SYSTEM 

B vitamins – The B vitamins are 

essential for energy production, for 

the normal functioning of the nervous 

system, and vitamin B5 in particular 

for production of the glucocorticoid 

hormones in the adrenals, such as 

cortisol. Good sources include whole 

grains, eggs, beans and lentils, a wide 

range of vegetables, fish and lean 

meats. Taking a B Vitamin Complex 

can be very supportive. The Wild 

Nutrition B Complex Plus also 

includes vitamin C, magnesium and 

the herb Ashwagandha shown to 

support healthy cortisol regulation. 

Magnesium – Magnesium is essential 

for energy production and the 

production of neurotransmitters, 

including dopamine and serotonin. 

It is quickly used up when we are 

stressed. The best examples are 

nuts and seeds, buckwheat, greens, 

such as spinach and kale, and fish 

and seafood. If sleep is an issue 

then taking an additional 80mg 

of Food-Grown Magnesium at 

night can be a great support. 

Good bacteria – Essential Fatty 

Acids are also required to help these 

‘friendly’ bacteria stick to the gut wall, 

reduce pro-inflammatory cytokines 

and improve brain function. 

Food sensitivities – More recently a 

large body of research has highlighted 

the link between ‘gluten sensitivity’, gut 

health, inflammation and depression. 

Gluten sensitivity can not only reduce 

absorption of nutrients from the diet 

but increase the inflammatory process. 

FOODS TO KEEP YOUR 

GUT AND MIND HAPPY 

Eggs – Use steamed asparagus 

to dip into boiled eggs as a 

morning mood booster. 

Avocado – For an extra boost of 

healthy fats, slice chunks of avocado 

into your salad or onto your morning 

toast, drizzle over virgin olive oil 

and add flakes of wild salmon. 

Wild Salmon – Mix with horseradish 

and plain yogurt to make a 

salmon pâté for a quick 

mood-supporting snack. 

Quinoa – Use as an alternative 

to rice or wheat pasta for 

managing anxiety and stress. 

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Earn your après ski and dodge injuries with 

Sarah Maxwell’s exercise tips for getting ski-fit 

Flights and accommodation 

booked, lift passes sorted, 

snazzy new ski jacket ready 

to burst out of its wrapping. Did 

you remember everything? 

After the last few weeks of buzzing 

around getting organised for 

Christmas and putting yourself last in 

order to make everyone’s Christmas 

merry, are you even fit to ski? 

Skiing is an intensely physical 

activity and one that 

you are likely to be 

doing for several hours 

a day and at altitude. 

Here are my tips to 

help you get ski-fit by 

improving your fitness 

now so you can make the 

most of your precious 

time on the slopes, 

minimise injury and 

maximise your enjoyment! 

Get Cardio Active: Increasing 

your general cardiovascular fitness 

by cycling, running, circuit 

training, or even walking, can 

make a big difference as long as 

you get your heart pumping. 

Strong on 

the Slopes 

Strength Training: Look out for the 

many ski fit classes in the area this 

season. Cross-fit, kettle bells and 

strength-based circuits are really 

“Being flexible 

will help your 

skiing in general 

as well as helping 

you recover 

much more easily 

when you do 

take a tumble” 

effective. The key areas to focus on are 

the legs, back and core. Working on 

your core allows your legs to work as 

shock absorbers in all kinds of terrain. 

Squats and lunges in abundance will 

make a huge difference to your leg 

strength. Not a member of a gym? I 

have recently found a great app called 

SkiFit which shows you ski specific 

exercises that you can do at home. 

Flexibility and Balance: 

being flexible will help 

your skiing in general 

as well as helping you 

recover much more 

easily when you do 

take a tumble. Balance 

work and yoga classes 

will make a real 

difference and might 

even help you fall 

over less. I have found 

that regular standing 

yoga poses have really made a 

difference to how often I fall over! 

Warming Up: When you’re there – 

don’t forget to warm up! A lot of time 

is spent in chairlifts and gondolas and 

by the time you get to the top your 

body will have cooled down. Use 

those few moments waiting for others 

to warm up, loosen and prepare 

your body for the fun to come. 

Exercise of 

the month: 

THE PLANK 

The plank strengthens your 

spine, shoulders, engages your 

abdominals, glutes and hamstrings; 

if you do nothing else prior to 

hitting the slopes, do this! 

To perform a plank, bend your 

elbows and rest your weight on 

your forearms, ensuring the rest 

of your body is fully laid out 

behind you on the floor. Engage 

your stomach muscles, raise your 

pelvic floor and squeeze your 

bottom. Bring your feet beneath 

yourself so you are balanced on 

your forearms and toes. Hold your 

body in a straight position for 

10-60 seconds depending upon 

your fitness level. Slowly release 

back into the starting position. 

Repeat 3 times. 

✣ 

If you find this position too 

difficult at first, lower your 

knees to the floor and build 

up your strength gradually. 

✣ 

Now go and have a ball! 

✣ 

Sarah Maxwell is a multiple awardwinning 

Fitness and Lifestyle coach 

and mum of two who juggles a lot 

of balls. Find out more about Sarah 

and her work at sarahmaxwell.com 

Sarah shares her Fitness and 

Lifestyle tips on Instagram 

@sarahmaxwelllifestyle 


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Free hospital 

open events 

Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital 

We all want to be well informed 

about our health and wellbeing. 

Our open events are a great 

opportunity to tap into medical 

experts for free and to find out 

more about your symptoms 

and procedures. Here’s how 

attending a hospital open 

event can help: 

Tap into real expertise 

Our events are led by experienced Consultant 

surgeons who diagnose conditions, perform treatments 

and guide patients through their health journey. 

Meet others like you 

Your health concern or interest in a procedure is unique 

to you, but open events give you an opportunity to 

meet others with similar experiences and questions. 

Get to know the hospital 

By attending an event at the hospital, you’ll get a sense 

of the environment and the people who’ll be looking 

after you if you do proceed with treatment. 

Upcoming events at Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital 

Knee Pain with Mr Oliver Templeton Ward: 26th February 2020 at 6:30pm 

Oliver Templeton-Ward is a specialist knee surgeon offering expertise in 

reconstructive surgery for sports injuries. 

His special interests include: knee replacements (partial and total), ligament 

reconstruction, arthroscopic cartilage surgery & preserving surgery for early arthritis. 

Mr Templeton-Ward is a keen skier, open water swimmer & tennis player. 

Female Cosmetic Surgery (From the shoulders down) with Mr Jonathan Lohn: 11th March 2020 at 6:30pm 

Mr Lohn is a Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive surgeon, specialising in complex 

reconstructive microsurgery after cancer & trauma. 

His special interests include: breast reconstruction, cosmetic surgery of breast/ 

abdomen, skin cancer, mole, cyst and lipoma removal & general plastic surgery. 

Mr Lohn’s personal interests include cooking, collecting wine, skiing & family time. 

For a full list of upcoming hospital open events, please 

visit: nuffieldhealth.com/hospitals/guildford/events 

or contact us on 01483 342 635. 

Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital 

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Eat Well 

Feel good this February with the help of Melissa Hemsley who shares three recipes from her 

brand new cookbook, Eat Green, which focus on a more sustainable way of eating for everyone 

Recipes: Melissa Hemsley Photographs: Philippa Langley 

Parsnip Dahl topped 

with Roasted 

Parsnips & Pink 

Pickled Onions 

Serves 6 

Preparation time: 40 mins 

Cooking time: 55-65 mins 

This is ideal to make at the end 

of the weekend with any leftover 

root veg that didn’t make it into 

the Sunday roast. It will set you up 

nicely for Monday’s dinner – just 

reheat and top with the onions and 

yogurt and either freeze the rest or 

enjoy later in the week with fresh 

leaves and a crispy fried egg on top. 

• 4 tbsp ghee or oil 

• 5 large parsnips (about 900g) 

• 1 tbsp maple syrup 

• 2 large onions, thinly sliced 

• 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped 

• 1 thumb of ginger, finely grated 

• 400g split red lentils, rinsed 

• 2 large handfuls of fresh 

coriander, leaves and stems 

finely chopped separately 

• 3 tbsp tomato purée 

• 1 × 400ml tin of fullfat 

coconut milk 

• 200g leafy greens, like chard, 

leaves and stems finely chopped 

• Yogurt, to serve (optional) 

For the spice mix: 

• 1½ tsp ground turmeric 

• 2 tbsp ground cumin or 1½ tbsp 

cumin seeds, roughly ground 

• 2 tbsp ground coriander or 

1½ tbsp coriander seeds 

• 2 tbsp black mustard 

seeds, roughly ground 

• Pinch of chilli flakes 

or chilli powder 

• Big pinch of sea salt 

and black pepper 

For the pink pickled onions: 

• 2 large red onions, thinly sliced 

• Juice of 2 limes or 4 tbsp vinegar 

• Big pinch of sea salt 

• 2 tsp maple syrup (optional) 

1Preheat the oven to fan 

220°C/Gas mark 9. Melt 2 

tablespoons of the ghee or oil on 

a large baking tray in the oven. 

2Meanwhile, mix the spice mix 

in a small bowl and slice up 

three of the parsnips into about 

18 wedges, say 5cm × 1.5cm, 

then toss the parsnip wedges 

in the oil on the tray with half 

of the spice mix. Pop in the 

oven for about 30-35 minutes, 

tossing halfway through with 

the maple syrup, until golden 

and going crispy at the edges. 

3In a large pan, fry the 

onions in the remaining 

2 tablespoons of ghee over a 

medium heat for 10 minutes, 

stirring occasionally, while you 

get on with everything else. 

4Add the remaining half of the 

spice mix, plus the garlic and 

ginger and fry for 3 minutes. 

5Add the diced parsnips and 

lentils, the chopped coriander 

stems and the tomato purée and 

let fry. After a minute, add the 

coconut milk, then fill up the 

tin four times with hot water 

(1.6 litres) and pour in, stirring 

well. Pop the lid on, bring to 

the boil and immediately turn 

down to a medium heat and let 

simmer for 20 minutes. Stir a 

few times throughout to make 

sure the lentils don’t stick to the 

pan. Add more liquid if you 

think it needs it or if you like 

your dahl soupier, like I do. 

6Meanwhile, scrunch and 

massage the red onion in 

a bowl with the lime juice, 

salt and maple syrup, if using, 

for 30 seconds, then leave to 

bathe in the salty lime juice. 

7Once the lentils and parsnips 

in the pan are cooked, 

add the chopped greens, pop 

the lid on so they steam for 

3-5 minutes until just tender, 

then taste for seasoning. 

8Serve up each bowl, topped 

with the roasted parsnips, 

coriander leaves, pink pickled 

onions and their juices and a 

dollop of yogurt, if you like. 

Tip: If you have vegetable 

stock, use it instead of hot 

water for extra flavour. 

Waste not: Swap the parsnips for 

carrots, sweet potato, squash or 

cauliflower and you can use kale 

or spinach in place of the chard. 

 


Rescue Noodle Soup 

with Leftover Chicken 

Serves: 4 

Prep & cooking time: 30 mins 

There’s nothing quite like a warming 

bowl of homemade soup to make you 

feel a thousand times better. If I’ve 

had a Sunday roast chicken, I make 

this on a Monday to get a great boost 

of vegetables in. It’s based on store 

cupboard and freezer ingredients like 

frozen peas, onion, garlic and carrots, 

though you could swap in anything 

that needs using up. You can up the 

amount of vegetables or noodles 

here, so adjust to your liking. Post- 

Christmas and other celebrations, this 

is a fantastic way to use up leftover 

turkey or any other leftover meats. 

• 1 tbsp ghee or butter 

• 1 large leek or onion, diced 

• 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped 

• 1.2 litres vegetable stock or bone broth 

• 1 big handful of a mix of fresh 

herbs, like parsley and dill, 

leaves and stems chopped 

• 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves or 

1 tsp dried 

• 1 bay leaf, dried or fresh 

• 2 celery sticks, diced 

• 2 carrots, thinly sliced 

• 2 handfuls of 2cm chunks of root veg, 

like sweet potato, squash, pumpkin, 

potato or (in the summer) courgette 

• 400g noodles or spaghetti, any type 

• 1 tsp olive oil 

• 300g mix of cabbage, rainbow 

chard and/or chard, stems finely 

chopped and leaves shredded 

• 300g leftover shredded chicken 

• Juice of ¼ lemon or 1 tsp 

apple cider vinegar 

• 2 big handfuls of frozen 

peas or sweetcorn 

• Sea salt and black pepper 

1In a large wide saucepan, heat the 

ghee or butter and fry the leek or 

onion over a medium heat for 8 minutes 

while you prep everything else. Add 

the garlic and fry for another minute. 

2Add stock or broth, chopped parsley 

and dill stems, thyme, bay leaf, 

celery, carrot, root veg and some salt and 

pepper, pop the lid on and cook for 15 

minutes until the carrot is almost tender. 

3Meanwhile, cook noodles or 

spaghetti in a separate pan until 

almost tender (check the label for 

suggested timings), then drain and 

rinse under cold water to stop them 

cooking further. Toss with the olive oil 

to stop them clumping and set aside. 

to your soup pan: add 

4Back the chopped cabbage and 

chard stems, shredded chicken, 

lemon juice or vinegar and cook 

for a few more minutes. 

5Add the chard leaves, frozen peas 

or sweetcorn and cooked noodles 

or spaghetti for a final 2 minutes so 

that the chard wilts, the peas cook and 

the noodles/spaghetti heat through. 

6Season to taste and serve up 

straight away, topped with 

the fresh herb leaves. 

 

Waste Not: 

You don’t have to use noodles here, 

you can add any pasta shapes you 

like so just use whatever odds and 

ends of pasta packets you have. 

You could even add the pasta 

straight into the soup to cook 

and save on using a second pan. 

Flexi Swap: 

For a vegetarian version, swap the 

chicken for 500g roughly chopped 

mushrooms and a pinch of dried 

seaweed or seaweed salt. Sometimes 

I add even more garlic and a thumb 

of grated ginger, plus 1tsp ground 

turmeric for an extra boost. Try 

adding a tablespoon of miso or 

tamari just before serving or swap 

the herbs for coriander and mint. 


Tahini Choc Chip Cookies 

Makes: 16 cookies, 

Preparation time: 10 mins 

Cooking time: 15 mins 

The vegan version of these are just as 

delicious, none of us can decide which we 

love the most. Store these cakey cookies 

in an airtight container for 5 days. You 

could warm them briefly in the oven to 

give them a little crispening boost. The 

dough freezes well so double up and save 

half for a rainy day. Just defrost, then slice 

into portions before putting in the oven. 

• 2 eggs 

• 2 tsp baking powder 

• 4 tbsp maple syrup 

• 2 tsp vanilla extract 

• 150g light tahini 

• 110g smooth nut butter 

• 100g good-quality dark chocolate, 

broken up into squares, or chips 

• 30g black and/or white sesame seeds 

• Pinch of sea salt 

1Preheat the oven to fan 170°C/ 

Gas mark 5. Line a large baking 

tray with reusable baking paper. 

2In a large mixing bowl, whisk the eggs then 

mix in the baking powder, maple syrup and 

vanilla extract. Add the tahini and nut butter 

and mix together until very well combined. 

3Roughly chop the chocolate (if not 

using chips) and fold through the 

batter along with the sesame seeds. 

4Measure out 16 balls of the cookie batter, 

roughly 1 tablespoon each, and bake 

for 10-15 minutes on the lined baking tray 

(making sure to leave a little room between 

each one) until the cookies are just set. 

5Remove from the oven, sprinkle 

with a little sea salt and allow to 

cool on a wire rack before serving. 

Flexi Swap: 

For vegans, replace the 2 eggs with 1 large 

mashed ripe banana. You can also swap the 

nut butter for the same amount of a seed 

butter or tahini for a nut-free alternative. 

These recipes are from 

Eat Green by Melissa 

Hemsley (Ebury 

Press, £22, hardback) 

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Garden 

Plant Hunters 

Sue Whigham explores the origins of many popular plant species and how they were discovered 

I 

must say that when my son and daughter-in-law 

announced that they were going to take a sabbatical 

in the summer of 2019 and, with their daughters 

aged six and four, travel to Colombia, I initially had 

alarming visions of dangerous jungle trails, groups of 

heavily armed FARC rebels and threat of kidnap. 

I suppose what I was thinking of is what happened to 

Tom Hart Dyke from Lullingstone Castle and his travelling 

companion, Paul Winder, back in 2000. They found 

themselves in the inhospitable jungle of the Darién Gap 

between Panama and Colombia with Tom following his wild 

enthusiasm for orchids and Paul in his pursuit of adventure. 

They were kidnapped by a rebel group and spent nine 

months in their company. Since then, Tom, a modern day 

plant hunter, has undertaken many other plant hunting trips, 

including one to Central Peru in 2009 where he came upon 

an entire clump of Puya raimondii (Queen of the Andes) 

flourishing at over 14,000 feet where virtually nothing else 

grows. This particular bromeliad is on the endangered list in 

the wild. To see the plant flower must be extraordinary. Some 

of the flower spikes are over 44ft tall with each producing over 

10,000 creamy white flowers. And to cap it all, the flowers 

are pollinated by hummingbirds. Can you just imagine it? 

And then, in a chance conversation at a recent meeting of 

the local Hardy Plant Society, I got talking to a friend who 

said she was related, she knew not how, to Reginald Farrer 

who made his name with his book, My Rock-Garden, in 

1907. This book kindled a huge interest in alpine plants and 

rockeries amongst British horticulturalists of the time. She 

also grows and loves alpine plants so it must be in the genes. 

Reginald was born in 1880 in Clapham, North Yorkshire, 

and was heir to the estate of Ingleborough Hall where some of 

his plant introductions are still to be found. He was seen as an 

eccentric and somewhat difficult man but his scope of exploration 

and search for, in particular, alpine plants which started in 

the European Alps led to expeditions further east taking 

in, amongst others, countries such as Japan and Korea, 

Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) as well as two forays into China. 

I spotted one of his introductions from China, Viburnum 

farreri (fragrans) in full fragrant flower at the weekend. 

I like the story of him wanting to replicate a plant covered 

rock face that he’d spotted in Ceylon. He rowed out onto a 

Above: In 1495 BC Egyptian pharaoh, Queen Hatshepsut, commissioned an expedition to Somalia in search of incense trees, 

Commiphora myrrha 

 


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Left: In 2000, modern-day plant hunter Tom Hart Dyke 

was captured, along with his friend Paul Winder, by a rebel 

group in The Darién Gap while on an expedition to discover 

orchids. They wrote about their ordeal in their best-selling 

book, The Cloud Garden 

lake near his home, loaded his shotgun with seeds collected 

on one of his expeditions and fired it into the nearest rock 

face. Many of them took and this piece of Yorkshire became 

the only true natural rock garden in the country at the time. 

According to some records, active plant hunting dates 

from 1495 BC when Egyptian pharaoh, Queen Hatshepsut, 

commissioned an expedition to go to Somalia in search 

of incense trees, Commiphora myrrha, the tree from which 

the resin, myrrh, is derived. 

And subsequently the Romans, as 

they expanded their Empire, whilst 

not actively plant hunting, introduced 

non-native plants to our shores as 

foodstuffs. Think of the ubiquitous 

ground elder and the rather glamorous 

umbellifers, ‘Alexanders’ that grow 

along the coast in Kent and Sussex. 

After that, medieval monks would 

have exchanged medicinal plants 

through their monasteries both here and 

in Europe. Up until the mid sixteenth 

century, most new plants would have come from Europe until 

the Middle East became a source of horticultural treasure as 

the plant hunters of the time spread their nets further afield. 

And in the 17th century came two hugely influential 

generations of the Tradescant family. John Tradescant the 

elder, (1570-1638) was gardener to Charles I and his son, 

John the younger (1608-1662), was gardener to Charles II’s 

wife, Catherine of Braganza. They both travelled extensively 

in North America returning with hitherto unknown 

“The RHS, founded in 

1804 ‘for the improvement 

of horticulture’, sponsored 

a number of important 

collectors who braved 

incredible hardship to feed 

the ongoing demand for 

anything new and exotic” 

plants, amongst them the tulip tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, 

the swamp cypress, Taxodium distichum, plane trees and 

pineapples. They are both buried in the churchyard of St 

Mary at Lambeth, which stands close to the gatehouse of 

Lambeth Palace. The church was de-consecrated in the 1970s 

and in 1977 became the Museum of Garden History. 

If you have a chance to go to Lambeth Palace Gardens, 

and it is open to the public on certain days, you can see 

a particularly fine specimen of Liliodendron tulipifera 

there – look out for the pineapples on the columns 

of nearby Lambeth Bridge which commemorate the 

Tradescant’s introduction of such an exotic fruit. 

Subsequently, The Royal Horticultural Society, founded 

in 1804 ‘for the improvement of horticulture’, sponsored 

a number of important collectors who braved incredible 

hardship in far flung countries of the 

world to feed the ongoing demand 

for anything new and exotic. They 

included famous names such as 

Robert Fortune, George Forrest, 

David Douglas and Frank Kingdon- 

Ward, all of whose exploits are, quite 

frankly, hair-raising. Both the RHS 

and the Royal Botanic Gardens at 

Kew continue now to work with 

people on plant and seed collecting 

forays, including Tom Hart Dyke. 

Sue and Bleddyn Wynn-Jones of 

Crug Farm Plants in North Wales were originally farmers 

but combined their love of plants and travelling more than 

20 years ago to travel the globe seeking out specimens 

that grow in an equitable climate and which will therefore 

survive our weather conditions. They travel together or 

sometimes with friends and fellow botanists. Their usual 

modus operandi is to leave their nursery in the autumn for 

two or three months, having chosen a country and read up 

on the flora growing there and those plants they think 

 


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Above: Queen of the Andes, Puya raimondii, flourishing in its natural habitat. The flower spikes can reach as much as 44ft tall 

might be hardy enough for our climate in England. 

They make contact with local universities and work 

with local botanists sharing information and knowledge. 

They also follow strict quarantine rules, a must these days 

to guarantee biosecurity. Usually Bleddyn sends any seeds 

he has collected by runner to Sue at ‘base camp’ where she 

sets to cleaning, drying and packaging them up. The whole 

procedure is a lengthy one as often the quantity of seed 

is small and germination can, in some cases, take years. 

The walled garden at their nursery is full of exotic looking 

plants and unfamiliar genera. Their Chelsea garden in the 

Royal Pavilion last year showed an interesting selection of 

plants for dry shade and included plants such as unusual 

aspidistera – just what we need with ever increasing 

parched summers in the South East – from Vietnam and 

South China as far as I can remember. The oreopanax 

they grow is very exotic and rather fabulous. As is the 

hardy Schefflera taiwaniana with huge and jungly leaves. 

They have an interesting website, to say the least. 

So plant hunting continues with entrepreneurial private 

nurseries collecting plants and seeds from countries which 

weren’t always open for exploration. And like the plant 

hunters of old, they are highly motivated as they were 

and perhaps a little bit obsessed. They have found hardier 

forms; have discovered plants with ‘garden potential’ 

and plants which will form the basis of hybridising 

more and more interesting and beautiful varieties. 

I remember visiting ‘backstage’ in the wondrous 

Kirstenbosch Garden in Cape Town really quite a few 

years ago and then they had people scouring other 

parts of South Africa for plants that might prove to 

be garden worthy in Europe. It all took time and each 

plant would be grown on and observed long before 

they were launched on to the horticultural public. 

Imagine how dull our gardens might have been but for 

the plant hunters and how lucky we are to have a climate 

that can accommodate such a huge range of plants. There 

is even a Puya raimondii growing at the World Garden at 

Lullingstone. I wonder if Tom Hart Dyke grew it from 

seed. I know that the plant, being monocarpic, needs to 

and does produce literally thousands of seeds before dying. 

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Naked Attraction 

Jo Arnell strips the garden back to beautiful winter basics 

Winter can stretch on into spring sometimes, 

remaining colourless and drab for longer than 

necessary, dragging its grey heels even as the 

days lengthen and the green shoots start peeking through. 

Bare branches and tree tracery stand out against the winter 

landscape and although the buds are swelling on woody 

plants, they won’t unfurl into leaves for months yet. 

Look closely at the twiggy skeletons; as you get familiar 

with them you start to see that each species, when grown 

unimpeded, has a unique and beautiful silhouette. Let’s 

celebrate the pared back beauty of those that look good 

naked and maybe even plant some in the garden. 

BARE-BARKED BEAUTIES 

Our native silver birch is graceful and elegant enough – its 

white bark fissured with black, thin besom broom branches 

wafting in the wind – but if you want to grow a really 

showy white birch, try a Himalayan one: Betula utilis var. 

Jacquemontii ‘Grayswood Ghost’ has stark, bone-white 

trunks. Some gardeners even wash their trees to remove 

algae and keep the bark looking perfectly white. They do 

look stunning, freshly cleaned and gleaming in the winter 

light. It takes a certain kind of determination to wash trees. 

Prunus serrula (Tibetan cherry), has polished, mahoganyred 

bark that gently peels away in gleaming curls – try 

walking past without reaching out your hand. This is a 

good all-year-round ornamental tree, with interest from 

blossom in spring and lovely autumn foliage too. 

I also love the bark on Eucalyptus, but it is fast 

growing and will very quickly escape your clutches to 

grow into a 50ft monster. There are other trees with 

irresistibly tactile bark more suited to smaller gardens. 

Some Acers, known more usually for their foliage, have 

ornamental bark as well as brilliant autumn colour. The Snake 

Bark Maple, Acer davidii, has green and silver bark in snake 

pattern stripes. Acer palmatum ‘Sango-kaku’, has gleaming 

coral-coloured bark, pale 

lime green emerging foliage 

and golden autumn tints. 

Acer griseum has shaggy 

cinnamon-coloured bark 

that glows when backlit 

by the winter light. A. 

griseum is a slow growing 

tree, eventually reaching 

a mere 10ft, so it’s a 

perfect choice for a 

Top: Willows, Dogwoods 

and Rubus Right: Gleaming 

bark of Prunus serrula 


can sometimes be made into multi-stems, or ‘treelets’, 

depending on the elegance of their stems. If you have an 

old shrub that is about to be radically chopped (or removed 

altogether), look at it carefully and see whether it could 

be transformed into a multi-stem. This could be a much 

kinder and less expensive way of improving the view. 

“Acer griseum has shaggy cinnamoncoloured 

bark that glows when 

backlit by the winter light” 

small space. It grows on chalk and on alkaline soil too – 

something many acers don’t like. Most acers are hardy, but 

prefer a sheltered site, out of the wind and scorching sun. 

MAGIC WANDS 

Cornus (Dogwood) stems will provide brilliant winter colour, 

especially if you have a large garden and can plant them en 

masse. Try groups of Cornus by a pond, or damp part of 

the garden. Dogwoods will grow in most soil conditions, 

and they actually quite like damp or heavy soils. They 

don’t mind shady conditions, but their stem colour shows 

up best in full sun. Dogwoods will send out suckers, so 

plant them where they have room to spread. The stems also 

look good cut and poked into winter containers, bringing 

height and structure – they may even take root… 

For the best stem colour, dogwoods should be cut 

back hard in mid-spring to encourage the growth of new 

young stems which have the strongest colour. Some will 

cope with hard pruning better than others – generally the 

more vigorous the growth, the harder you can cut back. 

After pruning, mulch around the roots with compost or 

other well-rotted organic material, but not right up to the 

stems, as this could cause them to rot. Mulching will feed 

and condition the soil – and also help retain moisture. 

Dogwoods won’t get too tall, because they are regularly 

pruned to the base. Some of the best for stem colour are: 

Cornus alba ‘Sibirica’, which has bright red new growth, while 

the aptly named C. sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ has young 

stems that literally look as if they’re on fire – in shades of 

SHOWING SOME LEG 

Carefully pruned, some trees can be crown lifted by 

pruning out the lowest branches to make the main trunk 

more visible. Or they can be pruned to have more than 

one trunk, which turns them into elegant multi-stemmed 

versions. This works well with birch, cherries and is especially 

effective with Amelanchier lamarkii. The result is elegant 

and sculptural and still allows for underplanting. Many 

show gardens at flower shows use multi-stemmed trees 

as focal points in planting schemes. Overgrown shrubs 

Top: Acer griseum – the cinnamon bark Maple Bottom left: Coppiced willow Bottom right: Dogwood stems bring height to containers 


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‘Deben’ is a deciduous shrub with small pink buds 

opening to become highly fragrant white flowers. 

These plants are well suited to a path-side position, 

where you can catch their exquisite fragrance, but 

they need to be able to bow out and retreat into 

the background once they come into leaf as they 

are fairly dull for most of the rest of the year. 

yellow/orange tinged with red. 

Cornus stolonifera ‘Flaviramea’ 

has yellow-green stems; 

Cornus alba ‘Kesselringii’ 

has young growth of a 

deep purple colour. 

Willows can (literally) 

run about in the 

garden, so should be carefully positioned, 

as they can be invasive and hard to remove. They are fast 

growing and some have brightly coloured stems to rival 

the dogwoods. Salix ‘Britzensis’ is one of the best for 

stem colour, but will need regular pollarding or coppicing 

in early spring for fresh new stems. Just like Cornus, 

Willows are best grown near water or in boggy places. 

Rubus is an amazing ornamental blackberry with 

powdery white stems that clump up to form thickets of 

living barbed wire. It will need a fair amount of space 

and looks striking next to dogwoods, a look that could be 

perfected with an underplanting of cyclamen, snowdrops 

and the black grass Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’. 

STARK STEMS & SEEDHEADS 

Plants like Teasels, Phlomis and Sedum have long lasting 

seedheads that stand stoutly through the winter weather, 

glistening in the frost and providing architectural interest at 

lower levels. They are also useful for wildlife – birds will eat 

the seeds and insects will use hollow stems for refuge until 

the spring. Tempting as it is to tidy everything up in the 

autumn, if herbaceous plants die gracefully, they can add a 

layer of ephemeral, ghostly beauty in the winter landscape. 

BARELy BLOSSOMING 

Late winter and early spring flowering shrubs, if they are 

deciduous, tend to blossom on bare stems. They are usually 

pale coloured and can be highly scented, often growing in 

semi-shade at the edge of woodland where early emerging 

insects, moths and beetles will be lured in by their perfume. 

Grow a winter-scented plant somewhere near to the house 

– by the front or back door, near a path or gate, where you 

will be able to walk past regularly, inhaling as you go. 

Chimonanthes praecox and Lonicera ‘Winter Beauty’, 

a winter flowering honeysuckle have powerful perfume. 

Plant them where they can fade into the background 

once the flowers are over. If you have the space for a 

specimen, try a Witch Hazel – Hamamelis x intermedia 

‘Pallida’ has scented flowers that climb its bare branches 

like little yellow spiders. Viburnum x bodnantense 

UNDERGARMENTS 

Bare stems and branches are companionably set off with 

contrasting carpets of late winter and early spring flowers 

beneath them – try Cyclamen coum, Anemone blanda, or bulbs 

like Snowdrops, Winter Aconite and Crocus. These are all 

little treasures and best seen in massed throngs beneath the 

trees, where they make the most of the light before the dense 

canopy of leaves closes in on them. There’s the wonderful and 

aptly named ‘February Gold’ narcissus for an uplifting throng 

of golden daffodil without too much floppy leaf later on. 

Hellebores are good and hardy, often flowering where 

not much else will and are a great asset in the garden 

at this time of the year. Helleborus niger (the Christmas 

Rose) flowers around now and then a little later comes the 

showier Helleborus orientalis cultivars, which have flowers 

in shades from darkest burgundy through to purest white. 

Low-growing evergreens look good next to bare 

stems – try the scented Christmas box Sarcococca 

confusa, slow growing dwarf conifers, or hardy ferns 

such as polystichums for all year foliage interest. 

Structure is vital in the garden, perhaps even more 

so in winter when we can’t distract with flowers and 

foliage. Architecture, focal points and framework 

plants come in different forms and those with elegant 

skeletons, or striking bark – that might be overlooked 

during the rest of the year, shine out beautifully. Now 

please excuse me while I go out and wash some trees. 

Jo’s 2020 gardening courses are now booking, call 

01233 861149 or see hornbrookmanor.co.uk for details. 

Top: Long-lasting seedheads are also useful for wildlife – birds 

will eat the seeds and insects will use hollow stems for refuge 

until the spring Top inset: Whorls of Phlomis seedheads 

Above: Dogwood stems in a winter container 


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A Dietary 

Alternative? 

Hilary Wilce shares new research into 

ADHD from King’s College 

Anyone who has to cope with an impulsive and 

hyperactive child – and that’s hundreds and thousands 

of parents and almost all teachers – will know how 

challenging it is to try to deal with this restless energy. 

But two new pieces of research offer chinks of hope 

that dietary supplements could lessen both the symptoms 

and prevalence of so-called ADHD (attention deficit/ 

hyperactivity disorder). Research carried out at King’s 

College London shows that omega-3 fish oil supplements 

can improve the attention span of some children and 

adolescents with ADHD. In fact, the researchers say 

their findings could pave the way for some children to 

be given a dietary alternative to the stimulant medicine 

now routinely prescribed to hyperactive children. 

Meanwhile, another study recently published by the 

Barcelona Institute for Global Health, suggests that a 

mother’s diet in pregnancy may be able to reduce the 

chance of her baby developing ADHD. This, too, centres 

on the best balance between two essential fatty acids, 

omega-3 and omega-6. It’s already known 

that children with ADHD tend to have a 

higher omega-6 to omega-3 ratio. But now 

it seems that mothers-to-be with that same 

higher ratio may be at greater risk of having an 

ADHD child, and the higher the imbalance, 

the more a child is likely to show ADHD 

symptoms at the age of seven. These researchers 

point out that the brain takes a particularly long time 

to develop in a foetus, so could be more vulnerable to 

an unbalanced nutrient supply than other organs. 

Research is constantly adding tiny glimmers to 

our understanding of the way that diet affects our 

brains, and when you add them all together it seems 

increasingly clear that what we eat does (not surprisingly) 

have an impact on our mood and behaviour. 

It now seems certain, for example, that a good diet, 

along with enough sleep and regular exercise, can help 

conditions such as anxiety and depression. And common 

sense tells us that consuming only fizzy drinks, fried 

“The benefits 

of a good diet 

need to build 

up over time” 

chicken and chocolate bars is not going to keep anyone 

healthy, strong and emotionally well-balanced. 

However, the picture for ADHD is very complex and no 

one is yet suggesting a diet-based treatment for all hyperactive 

children – especially when there are so many different ways 

the condition shows itself and so many possible causes. 

The King’s College study, for example, shows that giving 

children omega-3 supplements seems to benefit those 

with very low levels of it in their blood, while children 

with balanced blood don’t show the same results, or may 

show negative symptoms. And the effect 

is only known to work on attention span, 

not other ADHD traits like impulsivity. 

Even so, paediatric nutritionists suggest that 

children with ADHD could benefit from a diet 

of fruits, vegetables, seeds and nuts, wholegrain 

bread and pasta, and oily fish like salmon 

or mackerel. They point out that ADHD 

children are often low in magnesium, iron, zinc and fibre, so 

foods that include these could be beneficial. And they also 

suggest limiting red meat, any dairy, salty snacks and sugar. 

This isn’t easy, especially when so many hyperactive children 

are picky eaters who don’t sit quietly for regular meals – and 

when the urge to calm a child down with biscuits and sweets 

might be especially strong! But it seems important to persist 

as the benefits of a good diet need to build up over time. 

And while nutritious food might not ‘cure’ a 

child’s ADHD there will always be tangible benefits 

to health and wellbeing from a good diet – as there 

will be for all children, hyperactive or not. 


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Located in the heart of Limpsfield Village, The Limpsfield 

Cookery School launches this month with top chefs and a 

variety of culinary classes on offer for small groups of all 

abilities. 

Founded by Jacqueline Derbyshire, the school's Executive 

Head Chef is Oliver Thompson, an award-winning chef who 

has trained at some of the top 3-star Michelin restaurants 

around the world. He will be taking meat, fish and fine dining 

master classes. 

Jacqueline and Oliver are joined by vegan chef, Jenny 

Chandler; Jaya Malani and Pamela Chen teaching Asian 

Fusion and Indian Cuisine; former Head Chef of the River 

Cottage, Andy Tyrell teaching Artisan bread-making; 

celebrated Patisserie chef and author, Lucie Bennett 

purveying patisserie and chocolate skills and sugar craft 

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What’s On in February 

Art & Exhibitions 

Sat 11 Jan – Sun 29 Mar 

The Lightbox, Chobham Road 

Woking GU21 4AA 

Great Minds by Anne- 

Katrin Purkiss 

A celebration of the achievements 

of women in both science and 

arts. This exhibition of portrait 

photographs depicts influential 

women working, inspiring 

and contributing to society. 

A discussion with renowned 

sculptor Sophie Ryder has also 

been arranged on Friday 6 March 

to coincide with this exhibition, 

in which Sophie will talk about 

her practice, experiences as a 

female artist and the challenges 

faced by women in the arts. 

Entry: Day Pass £7.50, 

Members & under 21s Free 

thelightbox.org.uk 

Children and 

Families 

Sat 8 Feb, 1pm-2.30pm 

Bourne Hall Museum, Spring 

Street, Ewell KT17 1UF 

ANGLO-SAXONS OR THE 

NOT SO DARK AGES 

Bourne Hall Museum Club is the 

club for children 7 to 12+ who 

love history and like to have fun 

while learning about it. Travel 

back through time to discover the 

past and its people and this time 

take a look at the amazing Anglo- 

Saxons. Discover what life was like 

for the people that gave Ewell its 

name (which means the people 

who live at the start of the river). 

Entry: £5 

020 8394 1734 / 

dbrooks@epsom-ewell.gov.uk 

Sat 15 – Sun 23 Feb 

Bocketts Farm Park, 

Young Street, Fetcham, 

Leatherhead KT22 9BS 

February Farming Week 

It’s the start of the spring lambing! 

There are more than 60 lambs 

due, with ‘meet the shepherd’ 

sessions daily and even a chance 

you may get to watch a lamb 

being born. Children can join 

a Junior Farmer Adventure, see 

birds of prey demonstrations 

and enjoy daily shows from 

The Giggle Company. 

bockettsfarm.co.uk 

Food and Drink 

Tuesday mornings 

throughout February 

Woking, Chertsey and West 

Horsley Squires Garden Centres, 

CHATTER AND NATTER 

Fancy a cuppa and a chat? Head to 

any Squire’s Garden Centre Café 

and you’ll find designated ‘Chatter 

and Natter’ tables where you can 

share a table with others who 

enjoy making good old-fashioned 

conversation over a tasty breakfast. 

Whether you’re on your own, in 

a couple, group, all are welcome. 

squiresgardencentres.co.uk 

Gardens 

Sat 8 Feb – Sun 8 Mar 

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 

Richmond, London, TW9 3AE 

KEW ORCHID FESTIVAL 

No need to wait for Spring, head 

to Kew’s annual orchid festival 

for dazzling displays. The theme 

is Indonesia to celebrate Kew’s 

vital science work in the country. 

In the immersive glasshouse, 

visitors will encounter an erupting 

volcano created from orchids and 

other tropical flowers, as well 

as after-hours events featuring 

Indonesian music, dance and 

cuisine, and a series of talks 

from Kew’s orchid experts. 

kew.org 

Sat 15 Feb 

Ashtead Peace Memorial 

Hall, Woodfield Lane, 

Ashtead KT21 2BE 

THE EDWARDIAN GARDENS 

OF HAROLD PETO 

Author and garden 

historian, Dr Katie Campbell, 

explores one of the greatest 

designers of the Edwardian era. 

Harold Peto was a classicist with 

a love of the Italian Renaissance 

and a distinctive style of 

formal layout softened by 

exuberant planting, antique 

Purchase direct from the UK’s leading designer makers 

OLD TOWN HALL 

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28 Feb - 1 March 

Admission £7 • 10am - 5pm Daily 

90 exhibitors 

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What’s On in February 

statuary and architectural salvage. 

Entry: £12, Members £10 

surreygardenstrust.org.uk 

Music and Theatre 

Tue 25 – Thu 27 Feb 

G Live, London Road, 

Guildford, GU1 2AA 

JOHN BISHOP 

The comedy legend himself will 

be stepping out onto the G Live 

stage for a run of performances 

to warm up his new show. This 

well-loved and utterly hilarious 

comedian is excited to hit the road 

once more in what is shaping up 

to be his best stand-up show yet. 

glive.co.uk 

Workshops 

Sun 9 Feb (Women 

Only) & Sun 16 Feb 

Rhubarb & Custard, 140 

Eton High Street, SL4 6DB 

DSLR Photography 

Workshop For 

Complete Beginners 

A workshop for people who 

would like a fast and enjoyable 

introduction to DSLR 

photography. It is limited to 

four people at a time, and 

covers setting up your camera, 

basic camera functions and 

settings, the basics of exposure, 

composition, depth of field and 

a practical session on exposure, 

ensuring a good balance of 

theory and practice in the 

inspiring town of Eton. 

Entry: £125 pp 

01753 911 630 / 

rhubarbandcustard.com 

Look Forward: 

March 

Mon 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 

Mar 12.45-2.45 

Inner Art Studio, 26 West 

Street, Reigate, RH2 9BX 

Landscape & Location 

Embrace depth and perspective 

via the great outdoors. 

‘Landscape & Location’ is an 

excellent opportunity to unite 

your love of the great outdoors 

with your art passion. Learn 

practical ways to make location 

drawing work for you, and 

enjoy exploring perspective 

alongside other art learners. We 

call upon the work of landscape 

artists throughout history to 

inspire you to create artwork 

with depth and atmosphere. 

Entry: £165 

arttuition.co.uk 

Thu 5, 12, 19, 26 Mar & 

Thu 2 Apr 10am-12noon 

Inner Art Studio, 26 West 

Street, Reigate, RH2 9BX 

Spring Flowers in 

Colour Pencil 

This specialist art class for adults 

is a structured and closely tutored 

course with artist-teacher Alison 

Powell. It will teach you how to 

draw wonderfully realistic spring 

flowers. You’ll make drawings 

with step-by-step instruction, 

focusing on all the key areas 

including petals, leaves, stalks and 

pollen, and the techniques used 

to create a realistic silky delicate 

feel for petals. This workshop is 

suitable for anyone that would like 

to learn the techniques to draw 

their own realistic and beautiful 

flowers. Beginners welcome. 

Entry: £165 (includes all materials) 

arttuition.co.uk 

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Studio Open by 

Appointment 

Etchings, watercolours, posters, books, cards 

See also works by Jason Clarke 

Up the Garden Studio, Green Lane, 

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, ME17 4LF 

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Don’t miss the March issue of Surrey Homes which 

includes our brand new Good Living Supplement. 

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A Surrey Homes Supplement 

A vibrant look at luxury holidays, exciting new 

hobbies, beautiful fashion, style and health tips, 

for the over fifties who want to live life to the full.

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people at Laindons Guest House 

Located in the heart of Hastings Old 

Town, The Laindons is an impressive 

Georgian building that began life as 

a coach house in the 19th century. Today, it 

continues the tradition of providing comfort 

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Our aim is to provide guests with a place 

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The Laindons has six beautiful rooms, five 

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Every room has its own distinct character. 

Breakfast is served in the conservatory which 

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place for a relaxing start to the day. The 

Laindons team has created a menu that reflects 

the seasons, sourcing the best local produce. 

Old Town Hastings has many beautiful 

old pubs, plenty of live music and every 

style of food in a variety of restaurants. If 

you’re a fish lover, this is the place to feast 

on the freshest seafood caught and 

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Antique hunters will enjoy 

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your answer with your contact details 

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competition by 29 February 2020. There 

is no cash alternative and the prize must 

be taken by the end of October 2020. 

You must be over the age of 18 to enter. 

Congratulations to Hilary Furley 

who wins our December competition 

for a guided walk, lunch and wine 

tasting for two with Fizz on Foot. 

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Jane Howard’s 

Fables from 

the Farm 

Missing her feathered friends, Jane 

restocks her flock with rare breeds 

With the evenings beginning 

to draw out and the first 

crocuses poking through 

it’s just about possible to imagine 

that spring is round the corner. And 

at Coopers Farm that means only 

one thing: the arrival of abundant 

and assorted new life. And after all 

these years that still fills me with 

excitement and anticipation. 

Malcolm the sheep scan man will be 

here any day. The rams went in with the 

ewes in late October and now it’s time to 

find out how successful those romantic 

liaisons were. To scan them, the sheep 

pass along a corridor similar to a Heath 

Robinson contraption that looks a bit 

like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. With 

Malcolm at the controls, perched on 

an old Toyota car seat, the ewes file 

alongside him and are scanned to see if 

they’re carrying one, two or three lambs. 

As each is recorded we spray them 

with marker paint on the shoulder 

for singles, on their tail for twins 

Phil the cockerel and 

his very rare Brown 

Sussex hens 

and across the rump for triplets. And 

then finally – ta-da! – Malcolm gives 

us the total score for the number of 

lambs we can expect. Hopefully about 

150 with not too many ‘empties’. 

And at last the hens have decided 

to get in on the act, too. I’ve had hens 

ever since we came to the farm and 

love to see them wandering around the 

farmyard. Sadly, however, a few months 

ago they wandered just a bit too far 

from said farmyard and the inevitable 

happened. I swore I wouldn’t get any 

more, but then after a few egg-free 

months I succumbed. 

Not for me cheap 

brown hybrid hens that 

happily lay an egg every 

day – hell no – I have a 

real weakness for the rare 

and the beautiful when it 

comes to feathers. So, back 

in the summer, I acquired 

a cockerel and five young 

pullets (the term used 

for hens before they produce an egg) 

of the old-fashioned Sussex breed. 

These come in many shades, all with 

black neck and tail feathers and most 

commonly available in Light (think 

white), Buff (heavenly caramel) or 

Speckled (dark brown with what looks 

like a smattering of snow) variations, 

but we’ve gone really off-piste and opted 

for the extremely rare Brown Sussex. 

But here’s an interesting aside, there 

is apparently an even rarer, possibly 

even extinct, one. The Coronation 

Sussex chicken (I’m not making this 

up) was created for the coronation of 

Edward VIII – an event which as we 

know thanks to Mrs Simpson never 

took place. It had the same white body 

“These posh hens 

found the late 

autumn and early 

winter of 2019 

far too wet and 

cold to lay eggs” 

as the Light, but with lavender instead 

of black neck and tail feathers and a 

red comb it was supposed to resemble 

the Union Jack. They haven’t been 

seen for many years now but wouldn’t 

it be wonderful to discover there 

still were some scratching around. 

Anyway, back to my quite but not 

completely rare Brown ones. Purchased 

at about 10 weeks old, they were not 

expected to ‘come into lay’ until about 

20 weeks which would have taken us to 

November. Trouble is, these posh hens, 

unlike the far more obliging brown 

hybrid ones, found the 

late autumn and early 

winter of 2019 far too 

wet and cold to lay 

eggs – which might go 

some way to explaining 

their rarity. But bang on 

the button, as soon as 

we got past the winter 

solstice in late December 

and the evenings began 

to draw out – bingo we had an egg! 

Like buses they’re now coming fast 

and furious and will continue to do 

so until – unlike those reliable hybrids 

who’ve have it bred out of them – they 

go broody and stop laying. But then 

again a few chicks around the place 

at Easter is always a welcome sight. 

Jane will be teaching a half-day 

course on an introduction to bee 

keeping at the wonderful Curious 

House in Stonegate on Thursday 

7 February, curioushouse.net. 

Follow Jane Howard – and the farm – on 

Instagram @coopersfarm 


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