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EDITORS LETTER Welcome to the December issue.
www.thelifemagazines.com Email: peter@fishmediagroup.co.uk Editor Faye Manning Assistant Editor Katie Miller Sub Editor Alex Lux Fashion Editor Kitty Shead Contributors Maureen Cole John Ruler John Bly Bruce Edwards Jack Smith Regan Maloney Design & Production Creative Bonfire hello@creativebonfire.co.uk Photography Adam Swaine Accounts Kathy Manning Ken Fleet Business Development Managers Lisa Westerman Sinead Shell
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veryone here at the Fish Media Group wish all of our readers and their families a very Happy Christmas and a healthy, highly successful new year.
This month our front cover shows the stunning Ightham Mote, we urge you to add this glimpse into 700 years of history to your list of events to visit this winter, and because this time of year is traditionally all about families, we have also featured a wide variety of special, local places for you and the family to visit. We encourage you to visit Hever Castle, The Christmas markets at the Hop Farm, Tunbridge Wells and Father Christmas World at Salomons Estate Tunbridge Wells. Along with the events in our Whats On guide all of these charming venues embrace the festive spirit, so we are sure that you will find something to suit you and your family. All of your favourite articles are featured in the December issue. John Ruler, our renowned local historian, looks back at that iconic WW1 Football match that still resonates with many of us, John also sees Christmas past through the eyes of a Victorian diarist, both of these articles are interesting and thought proving, we are sure that you will enjoy reading them. Adam Swaine our Chief Photographer focusses his lens on local Reflections of Winter. The December Recipe encourages you to cook ahead for Christmas. The Home and Garden section helps you make your home into a feast for the eyes this Christmas. Our Fashion section looks at a variety of beautiful, stylish outfits in wool. We Travel to one of Canada’s top ski resorts. The Beauty pages look at new ways to help you make up and look even more beautiful and Bruce Edwards reviews more recent Book releases. As usual there is so much for you to read in the December issue.
Until next year…
SALES Vanessa Lane James Marshall
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to Mrs Georgina Begbey of Sevenoaks. Georgina is the winner of dinner for two Competition at The British Queen, Locksbottom, in our November issue.
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