Aldeburgh Living - Summer 2018

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ISSUE 006 Summer 2018

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Attitude is Everything Latitude | Swiftly Does It Saving our Swifts Coastal Chic Meet Vanessa Collen | Spice Girls The Story of DP’s Thai Café Take Five Mid-Century Scandi Interiors | Style Edit Palm Beach Florals

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Welcome to aldeburghliving magazine THE SUMMER ISSUE This year it has felt that summer has been a long time coming, the moody skies and stark landscapes that we cherished at the end of last year somewhat outstayed their welcome. But now it’s here, summer has astounded us with it’s abundance and reminded us what a magical place it is that we live in.

This season sees the town swell with life. Festivals abound - from the classical Aldeburgh Festival at Snape Maltings to the wonderland that is Latitude at Henham Park. We begin to dine alfresco, in this issue we celebrate Aldeburgh’s unique and exceptional Thai Street Café. Our wardrobes come to life with colour, just as the sailing boats take pride of place on the river.

Let’s fill our summer with life, and cherish it whilst it’s here (just like the swifts).

Throw ourselves into the carnival spirit, and be glad that we have such a wonderful place to share with the crowds.

Stacey Paine

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contents

06 Attitude is Everything

38 Take Five

Latitude Festival

RIBA nominated Five Acre Barn

14 This Season’s Diary

44 Mid-Century Scandi Interiors

Your guide to spring in Aldeburgh

How to get the Five Acre Barn look

16 Swiftly Does It Saving Aldeburgh’s swifts

50 Spice Girls The story of Aldeburgh’s excellent

22 Summer Style Edit

bohemian Thai Street Café

Palm Beach florals

26 Coastal Chic

56 Scenes of Innocence and Experience

Vanessa Collen, the woman behind

Meet local artist Ben Wardle

Collen & Clare

32 Happenings This summer’s most important news

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ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING If you’re going to be a sheep, be a pink one. Suffolk’s biggest and most eclectic festival returns to Henham Park for its fourteenth year with music, literature and dance to bring them flocking.

By Kate Holmes

Photograph: Sarah Koury kouryvindaloo.com

Once a year droves of festival-lovers make their way east for a weekend of entertainment at the internationally renowned Latitude Festival, organised by Festival Republic and hosted by Hektor Rous and his wife Sarah at their family estate, Henham Park, Southwold.

Latitude offers the ultimate escapism, transporting festival-goers to a world where sheep are pink, trees are illuminated in a rainbow of coloured light and music sails on the breeze. Each year the park is transformed in to a chic, vibrant and visually astounding backdrop for this extraordinary celebration of music, arts, dance, literature and comedy.

Light displays conjure a carnival vibe while the pastoral setting makes for a friendly environment and a feeling of personal connection with the location. Visitors hear poetry whispering in the trees, swim like wild fish in the lake and dance long into the night to headlining acts.

‘This year’s comedy, theatre and arts roster is set to be the festivals most diverse and forward-thinking yet,’ says Hektor.

Hektor moved back to Suffolk from Melbourne, Australia in 2004 to take over management of the family’s 3,500 acre estate. He and Sarah have since taken the park from strength to strength, cementing it in Suffolk’s social scene, with annual events now including The Grand Henham Steam Rally, The Game and Country Fair, and Latitude itself, taking the park’s annual visitor numbers from 150 to 75,000. The venue also has its own marriage licence, enabling couples to tie the knot in the stunning settings the park has to offer. Sarah Rous – a trained yoga instructor – has for the past few years held yoga retreats

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in the grounds, with great success. Whilst it may sound like Hektor and Sarah have their hands full already, their dreams for Henham do not stop here, with plans in the pipeline including Christmas functions and pop-up restaurants.

‘Latitude continues to evolve and every year it’s fantastic to see what new creative elements have been incorporated. It’s an event that offers so much and Festival Republic do an incredible job in putting on the best weekend’s entertainment in East Anglia.’

Since its establishment in 2006, Latitude has continued to grow in popularity every year with festival-goers travelling from far and wide to attend the musical extravaganza, a success acknowledged by its winning the UK Festival Awards’ ‘Best Major Festival’ category in 2017. Each year the organisers work hard to ensure an irresistible line up. ‘This year’s comedy, theatre and arts roster is set to be the festivals most diverse and forward-thinking yet,’ says Hektor. Comedic headliners include BBC Radio 4’s Utopia star Bridget Christie, and comedian Harry Hill – whose comment on the matter was characteristically nonsensical: ‘I like latitude, I like longitude, but which is better? There’s only one way to find out – play the comedy arena at Latitude! I can’t wait!’

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Latitude has a reputation for being a family friendly festival, with children of all ages welcome to come and experience the magic.

Once you throw into the mix dance, theatre, cabaret, music, film, literary and poetry, there really is something for everyone, whether you’re attending with friends, partners, families, or solo.

‘I like latitude, I like longitude, but which is better? There’s only one way to find out – play the comedy arena at Latitude! I can’t wait!’ Harry Hill This year’s headlining act is the world-famous American rock band The Killers. Joining them 12 SUMMER 2018

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will be The Vaccines, Wolf Alice, Rag ‘N’ Bone Man and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Solange, to name but a few. Latitude prides itself on showcasing not just well-known artists but also new and unknown talent; back in 2012 British indie band alt-J performed on the Lake Stage as an up-and-coming act and have since had fantastic success, now coming back for their fourth appearance at Latitude.

This year the festival has decided to go against the grain and ditch the fast food that normally dominates events of this kind, instead pioneering as the first major festival to turn solely to street food, catered entirely by Street Feast, a venture that has made its name bringing multi-cultural street

food to disused spaces and extraordinary locations. The street food movement has seen a surge in popularity in recent years and the seasoned and curious alike will not be disappointed with offerings ranging from Fundi wood-fired pizzas to vegan Club Mexicana, with Greek, Asian and Levantine menus in the mix among many more.

‘Everyone is very excited about this year’s Latitude.’ Hektor says. ‘The line-up is impressive – The Killers will be a big highlight.’

Latitude has become a staple in the East Anglian events calendar and has really put

Suffolk on the contemporary music festival map. ‘Everyone is very excited about this year’s Latitude.’ Hektor says. ‘The line-up is impressive – The Killers will be a big highlight.

Latitude continues to evolve and every year it’s fantastic to see what new creative elements have been incorporated. It’s an event that offers so much and Festival Republic do an incredible job in putting on the best weekend’s entertainment in East Anglia.’ Unsurprisingly, tickets for such a hotly-anticipated event don’t hang about, so get in quick before the sheep snap them up.

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Diary Wildlife Sculpture by Stephen Henderson 31 May–6th June Aldeburgh Gallery

Classic Boat Festival 16th–17th June Aldeburgh Yacht Club

Bandstand on the Beach 8th–23rd June Aldeburgh Beach

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Aldeburgh Festival 9th–24th June Snape Maltings

Artists as Emigrants 22nd June The Red House

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Aldeburgh Studio Trail Weekends during 9th–24th June Various venues

‘Alphabet Museum’ Exhibition 29th June–9th September Lettering Arts Trust, Snape

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The Alternative Aldeburgh Festival Weekends 8th–23rd June The Pump House

Music by the Sea 30th June Aldeburgh

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Supper with Peter Harrison 2nd June 7.30pm Henham Barns, Blythburgh peterharrisonchef.co.uk

Froize in June - a month long extravaganza of food, music and the arts 3rd–23rd June Various Venues folkatthefroize.co.uk

Aldeburgh Festival Exhibitions 7th–13th June Aldeburgh Gallery aldeburghartsgallery.co.uk

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Country Fair 30th June–1st July Heveningham Hall countryfair.co.uk

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Sir Ranulph Fiennes: Living Dangerously 6th July Snape Maltings

Suffolk Craft Society Summer Exhibition 14th July–27th August Peter Pears Gallery

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Flower Crowns Workshop 9th July Moat Farm Flower, Dennington

Suffolk Steampunk Spectacular 22nd–23rd July Longshop Museum

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Maverick Festival 6th–8th July Easton Farm Park maverickfestival.co.uk

Latitude Festival 12th–15th July Henham Park latitudefestival.com

Summer Travels for Families!

28th July–2nd September The Red House brittenpears.org

Folk East 17th–19th August Glemham Hall folkeast.co.uk

Aldeburgh Carnival 18th–20th August Aldeburgh aldeburghcarnival.com

Aldeburgh Regatta 18th–23rd August Aldeburgh Yacht Club aldeburghyc.org.uk

Westleton Barrel Fair 19th August Westleton Village Green westletonbarrelfair.com

Thorpeness Regatta 23rd August Thorpeness Meare aldringham.onesuffolk.net

Maui Waui Festival 24th–26th August Peak Hill Farm mauiwauievents.co.uk

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SWIFTLY DOES IT With UK Swift Awareness Week taking place this summer (16th–23rd June) we learn what we can do to help our feathered friend the Common Swift, common by name but locally in decline.

By Kate Holmes

Husband and wife team Alan and Christine Collett have initiated the campaign Aldeburgh’s Amazing Swifts; their aim - to raise awareness of the trials faced by returning Swifts, and to educate us to do our bit to help them.

Freshly-cut grass, salt-and-vinegar-coated chips, BBQs and birdsong: scents, sights and sounds to transport the mind straight to those long summer nights so eagerly awaited by us all. Sipping on an ice-cold drink in the White Hart pub garden, as the evening draws in the sound of eager chatter is gradually replaced by a chorus of birds that serenades you as the sun goes down. Among the most distinctive song you’ll hear on such a night is that of the Common Swift: an old friend and visitor to Aldeburgh but one whose contribution to this scene is vulnerable. Their decline has been notable but their demise is not yet inevitable, in no small part thanks to husband and wife Alan and Christine Collett, who have initiated the campaign Aldeburgh’s Amazing Swifts.

These dainty, dark, dart-like birds have been gracing Aldeburgh’s summer shoreline for generations, finding nooks and crannies in tiled roofs in which to nest. Every year like clockwork, from the start of May, flocks of Swifts will cross oceans to make it to our seaside town and many others around the British Coast. As flying lodgers go, Swifts are the ideal housemate. They don’t cause mess, are quiet in the nest and never overstay their welcome; by August they’ve begun their preparations to head back to warmer climes and by September they’re gone. On their annual travels, Swifts can fly an astounding 125,000 miles and have been recorded at speeds of nearly seventy miles an hour.

Their very swiftness itself contributes to their boomerang appearance as their parabolic forms grace the skies. Swifts spend the majority of their lives airborne; they can sleep, 20 SUMMER 2018

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mate and eat on the wing – their Latin name Apus comes from the Ancient Greek aπoús, meaning ‘without foot’.

Cruelly and inevitably, however, modern building techniques for human homes and extensive use of pesticides, annihilating the avian larder in favour of our own, has brought these birds under threat. Aldeburgh’s eclectic architecture once provided a natural home for the Swift but ever more frequently, modernisation and building developments leave bricked-up doorways and glass roofs where birds previously nested in hollows and holes. Swifts are creatures of habit; like many Aldeburgh holiday-makers, they’ll return to the same cottage year after year. Having survived the extraordinarily long journey from their winter home in Africa, along with their chicks their arrival now brings challenges new: finding somewhere different to stay.

‘We have had an amazing response from local residents and now have over sixty nest boxes up around the town and at Snape Maltings.’

Nest boxes, sensitive and ecologically responsible management of renovation works, incorporating Swift holes or ‘Swift bricks’ into designs and re-designs, are just some of the small but significant steps encouraged by the Aldeburgh’s Amazing Swifts project. ‘Since Christine and I launched our awareness campaign last year, we have had an amazing response from local residents and now have over sixty nest boxes

up around the town and at Snape Maltings,’ Alan tells us. The scheme has received support from local businesses, too. ‘As soon as we heard about Alan’s mission to help conserve and, hopefully boost Aldeburgh’s swift population, we knew we had to help,’ says George Bradley, of Suffolk Secrets. ‘If any of our homeowners would like more information about how they can contribute to the project, we’d urge them to talk to us’.

As well as a fantastic local response, Alan and Christine have secured funding, with the help of Suffolk Secrets and an AONB Fund, for a Swift identification board, to be located near the Moot Hall. The funding will also contribute to nest boxes in the tower of St Peter & St Paul’s Church. With a camera and call system, the

hope is that the Swifts can be filmed coming back to their nesting boxes over the coming years.

With such great local support, Alan and Christine’s project continues to grow and gives hope that we will be welcoming our beautiful Swifts back with open arms for many years to come. Without them, something of the magic of those Aldeburgh summer evenings would be lost. We couldn’t recommend the swifts a more beautiful spot for a holiday home than our very own seaside retreat.

For more information relating to the campaign and to see how you can do your bit to help, visit aldeburghsamazingswifts.co.uk. aldeburghliving SUMMER 2018

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Highlights include: Daniel Barenboim and West-Eastern Divan Orchestra • Marin Alsop John Wilson Orchestra • Courtney Pine & Omar • Takács String Quartet Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain • Altan • Abdullah Ibrahim • Trio Isimsiz Judie Tzuke, Beverley Craven & Julia Fordham • The Blues Band • Jon Boden Miloš Karadaglić • Roberto Fonseca • Gretchen Peters • Aurora Orchestra Georgie Fame & BBC Big Band • Come and Sing Disney

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After a winter that seemed to go on for longer than most, this season we embrace all the vibrance and colour that summer can bring. A confident mash-up of swirly prints, rainbow colours and florals.

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Coastal Chic With over fifteen years in the industry and three independent stores we discuss fashion, business and family with Vanessa Collen.

By Kate Holmes

It has been recognised by The Sunday Times and Conde Naste Traveller as a retail gemstone of the East coast. Nicky Campbell of Radio5 Live has called the service there ‘the best in the world,’ while journalist and author India Knight has called it ‘the ultimate boutique’. Since 2002, Collen & Clare has been bringing a little bit of London fashion to the coastal catwalk.

‘We had sold our flats in London to buy the first Southwold building and convert it into an appealing store and holiday apartment,’ Vanessa says. ‘When we first opened we were running the shop and cleaning the apartment between lets. We had a washing machine and ironing board in our stock room and started every Saturday morning ironing bed linen before opening the doors!’

Having spent most of her career working in London, Vanessa Collen was a frequent escapee of the bright lights of the city, her Suffolk weekend home offering respite from the rat race. London friends, keen to sample the Suffolk lifestyle, were regular companions.

Between country walks and relaxed lunches Vanessa realised that that they were missing something – a place to fulfil their desire (something that could not be left in Kensington) for a spot of retail therapy.

Alongside working in-store, a significant proportion of Vanessa’s time is spent on buying expeditions with her Head of Retail, Morgan Richards. ‘We select the best pieces from over 100 different brands across womenswear, menswear, underwear, accessories, shoes and beauty products,’ Vanessa tells us. ‘I think the image of a fashion buyer’s life is quite different from reality. It’s not so much about glamorous outfits, Paris and Milan, champagne and long lunches but more early starts, flasks of coffee on the way to the train station and dragging a wheelie suitcase everywhere, dreaming of a chiropractic appointment to realign our ageing bones. It’s a job that requires the ability to “edit” a collection, calculate on the go and stay very focused. I have learnt that you have to go with your ‘gut’ instinct and not be swayed by clever sales people.’

‘It is easy to forget how the retail scene in Suffolk has changed over the last fifteen years,’ explains Vanessa. All day Sunday and Wednesday afternoons were off-limits to the shopaholic and the choice available for a fashionista was limited. ‘I love Suffolk and Norfolk; it is an area of extraordinary beauty but relies heavily on attracting visitors.

Many businesses wouldn’t exist without the second home owners and visitors – we need to nurture this environment to ensure it continues to draw people throughout the year.’ Ultimately, there was a gap in the market and a way to fill it: alongside schoolfriend Clare Adkins, Vanessa opened the first branch of Collen & Clare in Southwold in 2002: a ‘coastal chic’ boutique that would bring up-to-date fashion trends to the towns of the Suffolk coast, places previously fashionable in every respect except that of boutique shopping.

Although always looking for the next new brand, Vanessa has identified a ‘core’ selection of pieces that really ‘define’ the Collen & Clare image. On the rails rest brands such as Mulberry (Collen & Clare being one of only a handful of independent stockists in the UK), Mara, Barbour, Penelope Chilvers, Belstaff, and many more. Vanessa’s eye for fashion is gusseted by her knowledge of her client demographic. It is unsurprising that Collen & Clare has a loyal following and the quality of clothing speaks for itself.

Collen & Clare has gone from strength to strength, now boasting three High Street stores – Southwold, Aldeburgh, and most recently Burnham Market.

‘It’s not so much about glamorous outfits, Paris and Milan, champagne and long lunches but more early starts, flasks of coffee on the way to the train station and dragging a wheelie suitcase everywhere, dreaming of a chiropractic appointment to realign our ageing bones.’

The Southwold store was upsized in 2004 to its current location in Market Place.

Remarkably, the building itself has a past in fashion. ‘The store has been a drapers and clothiers since the 1500’s. You can almost feel the history of clothes in the walls,’ Vanessa says. Shortly after the business celebrated it’s ten year anniversary, Clare retired, with

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Vanessa going on to open the further two stores.

‘I had always dreamt of having a store in Aldeburgh,’ she says. It was with the introduction of Steve Sharp – customer and career retailer to the business – that the Aldeburgh shop went from dream to reality.

‘The shop had been a gallery for years and has wonderful light. The space is much smaller that our Southwold or Burnham Market stores but it provides us with the opportunity to display a great ‘edit’ of our womenswear.’

Alongside, the website offers the full range of stock as well as a regular fashion blog, covering topics such as ‘What to Wear’, ‘How To’ and ‘Gift Guides’ – invaluable to those of us less adept than Vanessa at dressing ourselves. Collen & Clare also offers complimentary Personal Stylist appointments to shoppers, offering expert guidance for occasionwear crisis or wardrobe revamp alike. The superb service and tasteful offering has enticed several celebrity clients. ‘To be

honest I am appalling at identifying people and never really recognise anyone!’ Vanessa admits. ‘If we do have famous customers they are treated exactly the same as everyone else but the ‘frisson’ that remains in the store after a celebrity visit is undeniable.’

So what do we need to know about the upcoming trends for next season? Vanessa predicts a swing back to a more ‘formal silhouette’, in contradiction to the current ‘Athleisure’ trend (active wear outside of athletic activities) to which our eyes (if not all our tastes) have become accustomed.

It’s an age-old truth that fashion trends tend to coming full circle and whilst the familiar denim look has never been far from most wardrobes, it has recently been less popular.

Luckily for those of us who have remain devoted to that reliable pair of denim jeans, fear not: Vanessa says ‘the word on the street is that denim is coming back.’

Vanessa lives with husband Steve (a graphic designer and photographer, now working for Collen & Clare) and children Harry and Blythe.

‘I love the freedom that being here gives our children,’ she says. Coming from a farming family, Suffolk has always held a special place in Vanessa’s heart. Following University, a decade of working in London, Europe and New York, Vanessa has made a return to her roots. Her passion for Suffolk is undeniable.

‘To be able to see the sea from your place of work is a privilege of which I will never tire!’ Her devotion to the Suffolk coast comes across in Collen & Clare’s ‘coastal chic’ style.

In 2017 Collen & Clare celebrated fifteen years as a leading independent store, proudly bringing a slice of London boutique to the Suffolk shoreline – a haven for those weekenders with a thirst for retail therapy.

Since day one the Collen & Clare ethos has been ‘to offer an edited selection of great clothes in an environment that is utterly relaxed’, and to this day they maintain that skill as a benchmark on the Suffolk fashion scene.

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Festival Season Summer brings festivals galore to our stretch of the Suffolk coast. Maverick for Country, Latitude for popular and new music, Folk East for Folk lovers, and Maui Waui for the more alternative amongst us!

Happenings

Maverick 6-8th July Easton Farm Park The UK’s first and finest Americana music festival maverickfestival.co.uk

Latitude 15-17th July Henham Park Suffolk’s largest pop music festival latitudefestival.com

SECRET ALDEBURGH TO SOUTHWOLD In his new book, Terry Philpot explores the secret history of the picturesque corridor from Aldeburgh to Southwold, and the significant and volatile history that it disguises. Told through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs, Philpot brings to light some of the extraordinary events that have taken place over the last few centuries.

Fully illustrated, this book delves beneath the surface to discover this area’s lesser known tales.

Available to buy from The Aldeburgh Bookshop

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Folk East 17-19th August Glemham Hall A fair field full of folk music, with arts, crafts and local food folkeast.co.uk

Maui Waui 24-26th August Peakhill Farm, Theberton International festival of music, performance and arts mauiwauievents.co.uk

Sensory Garden

Aldeburgh Festival 2018 This year’s festival celebrates Britten and America, Leonard Bernstein’s centenary, and the spirit of 1948.

We welcome acclaimed artists and ensembles from around the world including John Wilson, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Claire Chase, Le Concert Spirituel, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, The Sixteen, Belcea Quartet and Bryn Terfel.

Visit snapemaltings.co.uk for more details

Aldeburgh Hospital will shortly begin construction of a Sensory Garden to help aid patient rehabilitation and recuperation. There will be exercise walkways, group therapy and activity areas set amongst raised beds to enable wheelchair users and those on crutches to access the scented planting. The garden will be a safe place for anyone in the community who could benefit from the new and enhanced facilities, including those with dementia, care-givers, those with sensory impairment, families, visitors and clinic users.

Fundraising for the project is still taking place including for specific items such as the beautiful ‘Listening Seat’ designed by local architect, David Villiers.

If you would like to contribute towards the project you can do so online via the Hospital Friends website.

JOLI A new kind of lifestyle and fashion store comes to Aldeburgh. Offering a contemporary blend of unique and handmade items with Danish and English Womenswear labels. You will find something different every time you visit. A wonderful new boutique to welcome to our High Street.

Visit Joli at 158 High Street, Aldeburgh. For further details and opening times visit the website jolisuffolk.com

Artist in Residence Since the spring of 2017, Helen Riches has been Darsham Nurseries’ first artist in residence. This exhibition of paintings displays the array of work she has been making on site over this past year.

Exhibition runs from 3rd July–6th August darshamnurseries.co.uk

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Book your tickets!

We hear there are exciting plans afoot for the annual HighTide Festival 11th–16th September in Aldeburgh this year. As usual the programme will be packed with live performance including top quality theatre, talks, family shows, comedy and music.

Tickets on sale from 22nd June. hightide.org

FLY ME TO THE MOON

...happenings continued THORPENESS REGATTA AND FIREWORKS 23rd August all day, floats and fireworks at 8.30pm This year Thorpeness shall once again play host to it’s Regatta and Fireworks display.

Celebrations shall take place at Thorpeness Meare with an all day BBQ, live music and general merriment. Join in the regatta events and watch lit boats float on the mere before the sensational fireworks begin at dusk.

The 76th Aldeburgh Carnival is nearly upon us! Boasting to be bigger and more colourful than ever, with a host of ingredients including the carnival floats, Chinese lantern procession, live music, games, stalls, and of course the annual firework display to tie up the weekend.

This volunteer led event has become a peak event in the Aldeburgh diary, bringing together all the family, the local and wider community plus holiday makers to make it the much loved tradition that it is. With events initially ranging from sailing and swimming races to greasy pole competitions, Aldeburgh has come a long way to create the event it is today. This year’s theme is ‘Fly me to the Moon’. A local highlight not to be missed!

Carnival takes place 17th–19th August 2018 aldeburghcarnival.com

ALDEBURGH 2018 11 - 16 September

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TAKE FIVE A hidden hideaway on the banks of the ancient River Hundred: home to a visionary couple and a boutique B&B.

By Emma Close-Brooks

About two miles north of Aldeburgh, North Warren Marsh comes up with the River Hundred to an idyllic hidden elfland. Houses, each as secret as the next, nestle unseen, and Five Acre Barn shimmers through the trees in cedar-clad resplendence.

The setting is populated by meadow flowers, mossy trees, adders, dragonflies and a host of coastal birds – notably the reclusive Bittern, whose booming call is among the only early morning disturbances imaginable in this extraordinary spot (unlikely, I hear you scoff, but I have it on good authority from some birder guests of only last week).

One-time Peckham inhabitants David Woodbine and Bruce Badrock came upon Five Acre Barn in 2015 as a plain red-brick barn conjoined to an ugly 1970s extension. But the location stole their hearts and imagination and, with the help of London architect Greg Blee (Blee Halligan), they transformed the dilapidated property into a RIBA awardnominated, Guardian-featured, pioneerdesigned home that enabled them to retire from London life (Bruce having spent almost thirty years in the Royal Navy) to become founders of their own B&B. ‘We couldn’t believe our luck. It had so much potential,’ David says. ‘We wanted a design that could work as a conventional B&B or be rented as a whole (owners’ accommodation on the side). The challenge was to provide five generous bedrooms within a space little bigger than the original footprint. Greg took the roofline up, creating lofty spaces for mezzanine floors. The result is an unusual zig-zagging roof with a mezzanine bedroom 42 SUMMER 2018

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under each zig (or zag).’

The original barn (now open-plan kitchen and communal living area) is a sensory feast of textures and materials – a naturallytarnishing copper worktop on a huge plywood island, white-painted original brick, Douglas Fir cupboard doors and a lurid yellow metal supporting beam where a wall has been removed. It’s a stylish coupling of uncluttered space with bold features and details.

Keen to maintain a sense of evolution throughout, David and Bruce wanted a look that wasn’t ‘out of a box’. ‘We’re magpies.

With a B&B in mind, we started accumulating modest mid-century pieces (mostly Ercol) over several years. We’ve found some gems at Diss and Campsea Ashe auctions. We’re particularly proud of the three industrial-style rubber pendants (Habitat bargain bucket) now lighting the kitchen from a bespoke copper frame built by Bruce.’

‘Bruce’s favourite acquisition is a vast, luxurious, stone bath. Found ex-display for £400 on eBay, it seemed an incredible bargain (list price £4,000). It is, however, incredibly heavy – we had to rope in builders and neighbours to get it in but it was worth the effort and will hopefully never be moved again!’

‘We took on whatever we could during the build – polishing concrete, painting, shingling walls, tiling bathrooms. Having never used a sewing machine, I took an evening class in upholstery (supplemented by online help from the Women’s Institute). The result is some unique pieces, homemade from offcuts of Lucienne Day, vintage Heal’s and 1960s bark cloth. Our instinct is for tones of grey but aldeburghliving SUMMER 2018

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we’ve added bright accents – orange, greens and blues – with Scandinavian and vintage fabrics.’

‘There’s a sense of exotic escapism, a certain ‘unEnglishness’, striking but alluring, perhaps influenced

by Blee Halligan’s Caribbean links’ Large windows fill the interior space with light, French doors overlooking black decking and a ‘”white garden” – to contrast with the decking, focused on plants with fragrance.’

David explains. The darkness of the external wood and the ink-blue (‘Basalt’) entrance hall

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– ‘a Marmite approach to decorating’ – give shade.

‘The bedrooms are south facing, with access to the garden and wilderness beyond. We’ve built more decks extending into what will be deep prairie-style planting – ornamental grasses, thistles, thalictrum and fennel to add colour and attract bees and birds.’

The effect is one of fluidity between spaces internal and external, accentuated by the almost tropical effect of David’s many verdant house plants, some lazing on the floor (in pots handmade by Aldeburgh ceramicist and friend Ben Baglio) alongside another big window in the old barn, looking onto what could easily be a jungle; thick foliage almost

within touching distance.

This conversation between plants and colours gives a sense of exotic escapism (a certain ‘un-Englishness’, striking, alluring, perhaps influenced by Blee Halligan’s Caribbean links), softening the contrast between dark surfaces and the vast white ceilings and tactile plywood (the only reference to the coastal location: a showcased material shared with the boat-building industry – Bruce and David promising they will not succumb to ‘seaside pastiche’).

Parallel to the bedrooms, forming the hallway of the guest wing, is a gallery. Glass doors along one side, looking onto the ‘white garden’, and smooth ply meeting asymmetric

roofline on the other, it’s a striking canvas. ‘We plan to feature works from local artists – not as a commercial venture but as a means of introducing guests to the creative talent in the area.’ Current exhibitors include Baglio and collective Sudbourne Park Printmakers.

And the change from Peckham to Suffolk life? ‘It’s a cliché but we enjoy meeting and talking to people – that’s the essence of it.

Aldeburgh has a thriving arts scene (we love HighTide), great restaurants and cafés, the tardis-like Aldeburgh Cinema, beautiful shops and galleries – and all the benefits of the countryside.’ Fondly abbreviated to ‘FAB’, it’s a home that lives up to its name. fiveacrebarn.co.uk aldeburghliving SUMMER 2018

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By Emma Close-Brooks Fish, chips, seafood and the odd traditional pub are the culinary delights expected of a British coastal retreat. But Aldeburgh likes to do a few things differently, defying convention, producing the occasional rebellious pioneer who eventually becomes a local legend.

Facing onto Crabbe Street is a set of old, black, heavy wooden doors, once the coach entrance to long-gone stables at the back of the labyrinth-like David’s Place (DP’s Bar) building. Within is a Thai Street Café that only exists in the twilight hours of the summer months, when these doors open to reveal a cobbled courtyard, lit by coloured paper lanterns and adorned with bright hanging flowers, a handful of little tables forming stalls for the centrepiece: al fresco Thai cooking of the best oriental street food this side of Bangkok, a stone’s throw from the North Sea. The High Street front of DP’s is pretty eccentric – but gives away nothing of its exotic behind. Advertising in large art deco lettering along the old shop front ‘Fancy Goods / Sponges / Photographic / Toilets’ (or Photographic Toilets if, like me, you can’t resist reading it that way), and home to a large ginger tom cat, Whisky, often reclining in the window, it has an air of quirky bohemianism that, once again, isn’t the first thing an outsider might expect– yet is at one with the true character of the town. Once a chemist

and bookshop, it was transformed into a ‘continental bar’ by local doctor David Lloyd (after whom it is named). When David died in 2005, Eliza Stephens, a close friend, took over the bar, saving the venue from sale to developers. Eliza’s foodie background was in film and journalism, having worked on many Channel 4 programmes with names such as Nigel Slater and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, later helping establish Aldeburgh Market alongside Sara Fox.

‘I had a eureka moment. I’d been cooking Asian food since childhood and always loved the fresh flavours.

I’d spent a lot of time in Thailand and adored their street food…I decided to try a Thai street café over the weekend evenings.’

‘At first we didn’t do proper food as there was no kitchen,’ Eliza tells us. ‘We installed a large BBQ in the back yard and started a lunchtime summer café;

people brought fresh fish bought from the beach and we’d cook it for them. We did the occasional international food night – dishes from Japan, India, Jamaica, Lebanon – they were really popular.’

Walking to work one day, Eliza spotted a small wok burner abandoned in a skip. ‘I had a eureka moment. I’d been cooking Asian food since childhood and always loved the fresh flavours. I’d spent a lot of time in Thailand and adored their street food…I decided to try a Thai street café over the weekend evenings.’

She enlisted the help of her right-hand woman, Lizzie, and an Aldeburgh-based friend from Bangok, Issaryia (oH). The Thai Street Café at DP’s was born. ‘oH taught us the art of Pad Thai noodles and the simplicity of flavours in all Thai cooking – coriander and lemongrass do not go into every dish! She was strict and distinct with her use of flavour. It was an eye-opener and changed the way I viewed menu design.’

The core of Eliza’s menu is fresh vegetables and aromatics. She’s made several research trips to Thailand since opening, in search of new recipes. ‘My favourite cookery school is on the island of Koh Mak – which has inspired our Koh Mak chicken – I have one-to-one cooking days with a local teacher there. One of our most popular dishes is the Crispy Cod with Garlic and Black Pepper – perfect fusion of classic Thai and fresh Suffolk fish.’

New recipes for this summer include smoked fish from Ash.. on the beach. ‘It isn’t a typical Thai ingredient but I’m using it as a variation on the popular Glass Noodle Salad. I love experimenting. Another new venture for this summer is Seafood Platters with Asian slaw and spicy dipping sauce.’

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It’s not just the eating, though – and the eating is remarkably good. The experience of sitting in this tiny street setting is worth it almost before the food. Everything is cooked to order in the courtyard kitchen – the only kitchen (all the meat and fish Suffolk farmed and sourced). The smells and sounds of sizzling pans and chefs’ banter waft on summer evening air, diners making the most of the extensive drinks menu from the bar while food is conjured before their very eyes – unique in the town, and fairly unusual full stop. It’s a feast for the senses even before your plate arrives.

‘My favourite cookery school is on the island of Koh Mak – which has inspired our Koh Mak chicken – I have one-toone cooking days with a local teacher there.’

It’s deservedly hugely popular in the height of summer – with only four tables outside (several more indoors), even takeaways have to be booked in advance. ‘It really is a street café,’ Eliza says. ‘We’re loyal to this identity.

Seeing us cook is one of the things people love most – watching us running around like nutters can be pretty entertaining at times!’

And the house favourites? ‘Whisky is a huge fan of the Thai Crispy Pork – oH taught me how to make this. It’s a five-stage process combining boiling, drying, roasting and deep frying, sometimes stir-frying too. The end result has superb crackling.’ And what can we say? Whisky’s got great taste.

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SCENES OF INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE The modern-day Industrial Revolution: the continuous erosion of wild spaces. Ben Wardle: a Suffolk artist giving Romanticism a 21st Century relevance.

By Ben Wardle

When I moved to Suffolk, I found its starkness and wide, open spaces a little overwhelming. This unique brutal connection with the elements is what made me love it and ultimately want to capture its huge skies and freedom on canvas.

I paint landscapes and portraits of animals.

The two are separate, commanding different mindsets. Capturing the essence of an animal harks back to my love of detail and realism; the landscapes allow me to express my feelings about a place as well as how I visualise it. Now I realise that I paint landscapes not instead of animals, but because animals are present in every landscape. You don’t need to see them – they are there.

Creating art is a way of communicating on a level with which I would struggle verbally. Communication has been a lifelong struggle brought about by the constant anxiety that went with any time spent in my mother’s presence. She had an undiagnosed personality disorder; drinking was how she medicated that disorder. Painting was the only way I could clarify my feelings as a child.

I’ve been riding horses around Suffolk daily for twenty years. Every ride creates mental snapshots of an environment about which I am passionate. Each painting is an amalgamation and clarification of these snapshots; a specific feeling rather than a specific view. I never use just one medium for landscapes; I use what I think best represents the texture and intrinsic identity of what I see.

I spent many childhood holidays in Holland’s Gelderland province, cycling around the Hoge Veluwe national park near Apeldoorn: a beautiful expanse of heathland not unlike the Sandlings (where I now ride every day). I have always sought isolation, space, freedom,

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and connection with the natural world. For years I thought animals were what influenced my creativity the most...solidarity with them, understanding of them and trying to become a symbiotic part of their world. But I’ve come to realise it was the rural environment, and a yearning for a simpler, more fulfilling way of life.

During those Dutch holidays I spent hours and hours at the Kröller Müller Museum, just soaking in the atmosphere. My childhood hero was M.C. Escher, whose practice owed as much to science as creativity. The detail in the outstanding animation of the film Watership Down is an obsession to this day. Auerbach’s methods and self-criticism; Hockney’s versatility; Francis Bacon’s passion; Lucian Freud’s eccentricity and the way in which he cared not at all about conforming to any social model yet was doggedly committed to the pursuit of excellence. The darkness and poeticism of Anselm Kiefer. Current favourite contemporary artist is Fred Ingrams.

I have always been sceptical of art that shows no appreciable talent (Duchamp’s urinal).

I think escape from the urbane and from constant close proximity to humanity is what draws the collective creative mind to Suffolk.

Truly wild spaces are rare now. I want to live in one of those spaces. Living in Suffolk is freedom. Physical and mental.

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