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Pencil cut dress, £595, Model: Georgie Meacham Designer Melissa Antonious says: “This is a chic dress with Italian leather trim detail and s h o t r e d s a t i n l i n i n g .”

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I’m sure she’s exaggerating but then I realise it’s all about the creative process. Forget struggling with frayed edges and pinking shears did Victoria Beckham let that trouble her? When you have vision, none of that matters and in just four years, Melissa has created a very British brand, bringing a modern, edgy look to tweeds, tartans and waxed fabrics, all designed and manufactured here in the Cotswolds.

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For her latest summer collection she hired luxury yacht Fridays Girl, sailing from Dartmouth with Cheltenham photographer Chris Boulton and her team to do an English Riviera photoshoot out at sea. Her latest collection is inspired by the Fifities and Sixties with chic, elegant lines and colour.

“I started with an empty suitcase, no money, just an idea and heading to the divorce court,” she says as we meet at her Cheltenham showroom boutique in Royal Crescent.

She’s dressed in white jeans, strappy heeled sandals and a soft brown tweed waistcoat, laced at the back to nip in the waist perfectly and show off her figure – a trademark style and one of her own designs, of course.

She moved here a year ago – before that she worked from her car, visiting customers in their own homes. Now she has a base but still prefers to be out and about, spending her time sketching out new ideas, preferably sitting in coffee shops and letting the creative ideas flow over a cuppa. Melissa doesn’t sew – she sketches.

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T’S something of a revelation. I had pictured fashion designer Melissa Antonious literally pinned to the sewing machine and yet she’s telling me she can’t even sew on a button.

“I don’t sew at all as I have an incredible team who do that. I need to be out, to sit and think and sketch. So I go to coffee shops, especially in Cirencester where I do a lot of my work.”

Her sketches go to a team of seamstresses at her studio in Stroud where they make a prototype.

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But she’d always been creative and, when the boys were younger, trained in architectural spatial design, doing up houses with her former husband, a builder. I suggest that maybe interiors could also be her thing and her eyes light up.

“I loved project managing and it gave me huge confidence. I started drawing and transferred all these skills into fashion. I was looking to do my own thing… and the rest is history.”

Melissa grew up in the north Devon countryside, very much a hunting, shooting, fishing background.

“I realised Cheltenham was a big place for tweed and all the materials I had grown up with.”

She has even named one of her coats “Cheltenham”, a pale sage green tweed with soft pink lining. And celebrity interest is never far away – Carl Hester, team GB Olympic Equestrian dressage medallist has commissioned bespoke jackets from Melissa and British Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies commissioned her to create the eye-catching Union Jack Dress for the Olympic Ball in 2012 – she modelled the dress for a Hello! magazine photoshoot.

But she never forgets what it was like to start out, and mentors business students at Gloucestershire College and the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester who are setting up their own brands.

“I made lots of mistakes about where to go and what to do, so I talk through things with them and advise. I really enjoy it and they are so inspirational.”

So what next? She wants to take a more edgy route for next year’s collection. And for the future, she’s working on projects designing new ideas for the equestrian world – so if you spot someone sketching in coffee shops...

“I’ll then wear it to test it out. I often get stopped by people asking where I got an item.”

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Bespoke orders are handmade at the studio, with fittings done in Cheltenham before going back to Stroud for the finishing touches – she’s proud it’s all local and British through and through. She’s known for her tailoring and quirky design, with equestrian or military overtones adorning coats, jackets, gilets and skirts. But there are elegant ballgowns too... and she does menswear – jackets, coats, smart-casual wear. Melissa started her business after being a full-time mum for eight years – she has two boys, Ralph and Laurence, aged 10 and 11. She had previously worked setting up radio stations up and down the country, and worked in sales with the young Jeremy Kyle before his career took a rather different direction.

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and Stephen Fry queueing to trek in his wake and push their boundaries, or drink their own urine (urine-swigging is a recurring theme in survivalism, apparently) what does Bear think is the key to his success? He is happily honest about the ups and downs of his life: “My parachuting accident meant that I had to leave the army and I remember very vividly what a low point in my life that was, turning my back on all that sense of family I had there. Because of my accident, it’s still a big fear of mine. I still find skydiving really hard.

I should’ve lost my life that day and was so lucky not to be paralysed.

But I still do a lot of skydiving for my job. I’ve learned through experience that the more you do stuff, the easier it gets, but when you run from something, it grows.

So it seems that Bear’s antics and extreme techniques have captured the public’s imagination in a way that only the repulsively fascinating can. Since he first burst onto our screens 10 years ago, Bear has published 18 books, and has a plethora of TV shows running around the world, including Man vs Wild and The Island. To date, his website estimates that his TV shows have been watched more than a billion times. It’s a staggering achievement for someone who, essentially, believes he is simply sharing the joy.

Bear is also leader of the Scout Movement as Chief Scout, and he runs Bear Grylls Survival Academies, including one at Cheltenham’s Ellenborough Park Hotel. He reckons this is “Ultra practical, fun, challenging, with a few BGSA surprises that people always love!” I can’t help but wonder how he always manages to be so ruddy enthusiastic, and he certainly knows his brand.

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HE first time I ever saw Bear Grylls on TV, he was cheerfully squeezing every last yellow trickle of elephant urine into his mouth, grasping the huge clump of steaming dung ahoy like an post-race athlete showering himself with a sports bottle.

And that isn’t the least of it. This is the man who will happily sleep inside a camel’s carcass, eat raw snake or maggot larvae or perform TV butchery to slice and serve up a latter-day protein-shot of animal offal. A YouTube clip of him eating a wriggling maggot the size of a simian digit has had just shy of 16 million views.

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“My choice was simple: give up, look down, be cynical and achieve nothing or stand up, take a risk, be determined, walk through the storms and at least give yourself a shot at success. Climbing Everest was so key to my recovery and lit a fire within me while I was going through tough times in rehab.

I never took my eyes off that goal and it became my driving force to get strong EVEREST again.

“It [Everest] was a unique and frightening WAS SO KEY TO MY time as well as being one of my proudest achievements. It was a lot of hard work, RECOVERY AND LIT years of preparation and physically and A FIRE WITHIN ME mentally exhausting. We were on the mountain for over three months and during that time four climbers lost their lives. Two of us from our team finally BEAR GRYLLS There’s no denying that Bear (real name made it to the summit but genuinely by Edward) is as fit as a butcher’s dog, and he the skin of our teeth. has a charming intensity, piercing blue eyes, and as he demonstrated at Wimbledon recently, he scrubs up well.

“I had dared to dream it from a young age when my dad had given me a picture of the mountain, and to have achieved it meant so And he is quite the gentleman, but that’s no less than you’d expect much. My dad died soon after that ascent. I am so grateful to have from an Old Etonian former SAS member and son of a former MP made the summit but I feel so blessed to have survived an expedition Michael Grylls, is it? But Bear is made of strong stuff; he defied the that had taken the lives of so many that year.” odds to walk again after breaking his back in a parachuting accident, and went on to climb Everest – a huge personal goal.

So where does he think that his confidence comes from? Bear doesn’t hesitate. “Passing selection for 21 SAS at a young age,” he When he is off-duty, Bear is a hands-on father to three boys, Jesse, says, as he kicks back in his home in the Welsh wilderness. “It gave Marmaduke and Huckleberry and it is clear that he tries to ensure me a confidence that I didn’t always have before.” that their home life is as Swallows and Amazons as possible. He reckons he had a similarly happy childhood with an active father And how did school and his faith figure in the mix? and the Scouts.

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HE sizzling weather might signal the start of holiday season for many of us, but while we slow down into relax mode, Italian cook Gennaro Contaldo is gearing up for another busy summer.

A great friend and mentor to Jamie Oliver, Gennaro is heavily involved in Oliver’s Italian restaurant chain and has just released The Pasta Book – his second cookery title this year – which is tied in with the younger chef ’s online Food Tube channel. It’s hard work, but work he clearly loves it.

“A chef will always be a chef, it doesn’t matter what kind of weather it is,” reasons the 66-year-old, who splits his time between London and Norfolk, with his wife Liz and their 11-year-old twin daughters.

“It’s nice to have a rest in the summer, but summer is also a nice time in the restaurant. The market stalls are full of incredible fresh vegetables, fish, herbs... People walk around with a big smile on their faces. It makes you happy.”

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Gennaro – who tries to bat away being called a chef, preferring to refer to himself as a cook (“you can call me a chef when I am 100 years old. It is a chance for me to live longer”) – was born on the Amalfi Coast and has been whipping up meals since he was nineyears-old, having been bitten by the foodie bug when he started helping out in his father’s friend Alfonso’s restaurant.

Frequently swapping recipes and tips with Oliver and his other great pal Antonio Carluccio, who he travelled around Italy with to film 2011 cookery series Two Greedy Italians, Gennaro’s daughters have also felt the benefit of his wisdom, and learned to cook at a “very, very, very young age”.

“At the age of seven, they could make their own risotto,” he reveals proudly. “They can go into a restaurant and choose whatever they

PASTA SALAD WITH GRILLED PEPPERS & OLIVES (Serves 2)

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like. They do that. I’m a cook you see, it’s a part of the culture. You never know where they might be (later on in life), it’s nice to know they will be able to make something to eat.”

Even though their father will be within arm’s reach of the kitchen this summer, the family will make plenty of trips to Norfolk, to relax in their 200-year-old cottage and enjoy the nearby seaside.

“I was born near the sea,” Gennaro says. “The first thing I heard was the sea.

“The sea was my swimming pool and the beach was my playground.

I do miss the sea. When I first came to England, the nearest place to see the sea was Brighton, and I couldn’t wait to go and run my fingers through it.

“It would transport me to my home town, because the sea goes to every corner, every channel, everywhere. If I touch the sea, it is a touch to my home town. The sea is peace to me.”

Although the sea is no longer in daily touching distance, Gennaro seeks solace in his plate, loading up on pasta dishes with plenty of fresh fish. And rather than being stodgy and heavy, he insists that pasta is the perfect meal for summer.

“Summer pasta is good, everything is fresh and in season,” he says.

“Use your imagination and think, ‘I’ve got this nice ingredient, it will go well with the pasta and make a lovely marriage’. Just don’t experiment too much.

“You can give it a go and say, ‘You know what? Gennaro said it was good and he was right!’”

If you want to put Gennaro’s boast to the test, here is a taster summer pasta recipe from The Pasta Book...

Place the whole peppers on a griddle pan over a high heat (or under the grill) for about 20 minutes, or until blackened all over. Remove to a bowl, cover with cling film and cool.

200g orecchiette pasta Sea salt 1 firm tomato 12 black or green olives, stone in 2 sticks of celery, trimmed

Meanwhile, cook the orecchiette in a large pan of boiling salted water until al dente, then drain and refresh under cold water to stop it over-cooking. Scrape the blackened skin away from the cooled peppers, then deseed and chop the flesh into 1cm chunks.

1/2 a bunch of fresh flat-leaf parsley, leaves picked 4 sprigs of fresh basil, leaves picked Extra virgin olive oil Juice from 1 lemon

Quarter the tomato, cut out the seeds and dice the flesh. Crush the olives with the palm of your hand, pull out and discard the stones, then tear in half.

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Finely slice the celery, then put it all into a large bowl. Roughly chop and add the parsley leaves and most of the basil leaves.

Add the orecchiette to the bowl with four tablespoons of oil and half the lemon juice.

Toss well with your hands, then season to taste with salt and a squeeze more lemon juice, if needed. Serve with a drizzle of oil and a scattering of the reserved basil leaves.

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That was how Volvo advertised the 340 back in 1987. Volvo; cars that are safe, well-made and well, to be honest, rather dull. With the exception of the 850s that went touring car racing in the midNineties there has never been an exciting Volvo. Until now. The advert for this car, the new XC90, talks about a new day and a new dawn and this car is exactly that. It is not possible to understate how important the new XC90 is for Volvo.

This is the first new car launched by Volvo since coming under Chinese ownership, and it is the first car to feature their new modular platform that will set the precedent for all Volvo architecture for the next generation of new cars that will be launched over the coming few years. The engines are also new and the XC90 is now only available with four-cylinder units – one diesel, one petrol and one hybrid and all have a two-litre capacity. I know what you’re thinking, – two-litres in a car this size will mean it has a top speed of 4mph and its 0 to 60 time will be measured in years. Not so, however.

The D5 I had on test, although by no means fast, it wasn’t that slow with 225bhp, 375lb-ft torque and 0-62mph in 7.4seconds.

The T8 hybrid engine has 410bhp so that won’t be sluggish either.

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In terms of engine noise there is a bit of diesel clatter in the cabin but nothing that you wouldn’t hear in any other SUV of this type.

Throw it around and there is some degree of body-roll but again it’s to be expected. The car I had on test was fitted with the standard steel springs – opt for the air suspension and I suspect the car would respond a little bit more in-kind when driven enthusiastically. Once off the motorway on the more twisty stuff I found the car did feel a bit floaty and the steering a little light for my taste, and the front end, although responsive, just felt a bit vague.

What is brilliant however about the set-up of the XC90 is that it can go from a smooth A road one minute, to an almost flooded and broken up Cotswold lane the next without any difficulty. And it is at times like these when the permanent all-wheel drive is a feature well worth having. Here the light steering is a bonus as it means this large car can be piloted with incredible ease into really tight spots.

The second major plus point for Volvo is comfort and again the XC90 scores highly. The front passengers are extremely well-catered for. The dash has a brilliantly elegant and simple layout and the touch-sensitive centre information console is in a portrait position rather than landscape, similar to that in the Tesla Model S, which makes it easier to use and more clear when on the move. From the driver’s seat the most important controls are on the steering wheel and some ancillaries are voice-operated. It is deeply impressive when

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you tell the car you are cold and it turns the heating up for you.

These, and a few other design touches, make the XC90 a great place to be. I like the little Swedish flags stitched into the seatbacks and I like the “since 1959” embossed onto the seatbelt buckle – a little reminder that it was Volvo who invented the three-point seatbelt – a design innovation that has saved millions of lives.

The second row of seats have plenty of room for both children and adults and the design of the third row means that shorter adults can fit as well. This is a genuine seven-seater, not a five plus two like so many of the XC90’s rivals. As you would expect the boot is cavernous and the tailgate can be opened and closed by swiping your foot under the bumper, meaning shopping does not have to be put down first. However the tailgate, unlike that on the Mitsubishi Outlander for example, is not a split-folding one. Meaning that, although there is no lip and the floor is flat, you do have to lift things quite high to get them in – a point made obvious when on a trip to the garden centre and the parents decide that yes we really do

need to buy that massive plant pot that weighs a ton. That said, it’s a problem I suspect that the air suspension option could overcome.

The new Volvo XC90 is a game changer – it really is. It is taking Volvo out of beige and into modern, sparkling, brilliant white. It is loaded to the hilt with tech and gear and if you’re looking for a car that can transport adults, children and all their kit in comfort and extreme safety then this has to be on your shopping list.

Volvo claims that no person will be killed or seriously injured in one of their cars by 2020.

That is an incredibly bold statement to make but if they carry on in the vein of this new XC90 it is one I can really believe. The XC90 isn’t as quick off the line as the BMW X5 and it doesn’t have the rugged appeal of the Land Rover Discovery, but it will get you from A to B in real comfort and in the knowledge that if something did happen, you and you’re loved ones will be in one of the safest cars money can buy. And sometimes that’s all that really matters.

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ESTORING a period Gloucestershire manor house to its glorious best has meant an obsessive attention to its heritage – and that includes continuing less obvious historical links.

Keen to restore not just the glorious gardens of the once great Cheltenham house, Manor by the Lake, its rooms and status, the owners are also conscious of links to the film and television industry.

Open-minded about adding to its colourful history, which has seen the manor cast in television shows from Cider with Rosie to defunct soap opera Crossroads and parts of late 1970s-early 1980s show Butterflies,

a new chapter is already being written. A recent incarnation has seen manor (hidden behind the trees off to the left as you approach the Golden Valley roundabout leaving Cheltenham past GCHQ) become the set and backdrop for a pop music video.

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travels he bumps into many names from the music industry,” said Craig Walker, director of marketing at Manor by the Lake.

The manor is now owned by Tammy Madge and Michael Chittenden, who have transformed it into a luxurious 12-bedroom wedding venue (which has to be seen to be believed) and potential venue for all manner of private functions and parties.

“A chance meeting with Zack Knight, a songwriter who has worked with Tinie Tempah and performed live with Jessie J, led to a conversation about a planned video shoot.

“He said ‘why not film it at the Manor?’.

With over three million hits it was obviously a good choice. Two feature films have also featured the manor over the past 18 months.”

And the manor is in the Victorian period drama Hedda Gabler, with Rita Ramnani – shown this year at Cannes Film Festival – a remake of the 1963 film starring Ingrid Bergman written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.

It’s easy to see why the house is experiencing a resurgent interest – with its grand rooms, beautifully carved wooden panelled interior and gardens.

“On top of the purchase price a seven-figure sum has been invested into the manor’s restoration.

“What was an office suite is now the beautiful West-wing Ballroom. The suite features a large bar and large stage allows live music performances. The ballroom can seat 200 for dinner and the Maximillian can hold a further 60 if required,” said Craig.

“The ground floor of the manor has been restored to its 1858 specification with probably one of the most elaborately carved staircases in the south-west.”

Other star attractions include the aforementioned Maximillian Room with its ornately carved décor, dramatic windows and chandelier.

And hidden away in its heart a surprise – a party room harking back to a time when private clubs where all the rage in London.

The Rock Room has walls hung with music memorabilia, a vintage-style jukebox, table football and pool table, leather sofas, vaulted ceilings and its own private bar.

“One of the Manor’s owners is a fan of many styles of music, but particularly rock from the 1950s through to modern day; in his

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RITING songs that continues to whip up any given crowd into a frenzy nearly a decade on was never really on Jon Fratelli’s list of life goals, but there is still no escaping the anthemic brilliance of The Fratellis’ debut album Costello Music. The Glaswegian trio stole the show with Whistle for the Choir, Chelsea Dagger and Creepin’ up the Backstairs on the album’s release in 2006. After their initial success – a Brit Breakthrough Act award and over a million album sales, and an ensuing three year hiatus, they reformed are back on the road again, headlining at Gloucester’s Sportbeat Festival this summer. The band reformed and released We Need Medicine in 2013, and there’s a new album, Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied out next month. And their recent reinvigoration sits well with frontman and songwriter Jon.

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Jon has that rare charisma, with a more than passing resemblance to a corkscrew-curled cherubic Marc Bolan, he had the rockstar thing nailed. And he’s an introspective soul, he chooses his words carefully, and they roll off his tongue so softly in his gentle Glaswegian accent that it’s hard to marry this Jon to his raucous edged vocals. But he never dreamed of being in a band: 124 | GLmagazine.co.uk

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So what keeps it special for Jon? “There’s nothing quite like the four or five seconds of inspiration when they arrive, those are worth living for - I’ve never felt more alive than when those four or five seconds arrived, so that’s hard to beat. Playing-wise, if the crowds show up on a certain night and something a little bit magical happens then again, that’s kind of hard to beat as well, but it’s not quite the same as those little bursts of inspiration, and I’m a sucker for those moments.”

Back in the day, The Fratellis wound up their 18-month tour supporting The Police on their US comeback tour, and Jon admits he struggled.“I couldn’t see it for the giggle that it was, you know! I can only speak for me, but I was incredibly tired at that time, I think we’d done 18 months of constant touring, constant travel, and it just came possibly at a time when I couldn’t appreciate it. All of a sudden we were in the middle of giant stadiums in front of people eating burgers and drinking beer and sort of talking over you.”

And Jon is ever-sanguine about Chelsea Dagger, the single that grew legs and a life of its own, the du-du-de-dus reverberating around every stadium and sports event in the country to the point that it still feels ever-present in the ether.

“You just make a bargain with that. It would be ridiculous for us to play shows and not play songs that people are mostly familiar with, we only get to play and do what we

get to do because people want to come and see us.

“But I really have no relationship with it, it’s just that song was another song in a bunch of songs on our first record. I didn’t think of it as anything particularly great at the time, I didn’t think it was anything particularly great afterwards!” laughs Jon. After The Fratellis split, Jon recorded a solo album, Bright Night Flowers, which he has never released. So commercialism is still not a factor?

“It’s funny, because when that happens, you have no idea how to repeat it. That’s really the story of The Fratellis up to this point, we made an album that caught fire and songs from it that seem to continually catch fire and I’ve no idea how it was done and no idea how to replicate it. I’ve no interest really in trying to replicate it either but I know if I tried to I wouldn’t know how. It’s gone!

So what are Jon’s other passions? He struggles to find an answer. “Between the age of 18 and 30 I didn’t do a single shred of exercise, but three years ago I started playing squash again and, do you know I get as much pleasure out of that as I do from playing the guitar! There’s something hypnotic, something nice and repetitive about hitting the ball off a wall in such a confined space. That really is the only other thing that I do.

Then he laughs again. “Not very rock star is it? I never was - always an imposter!”

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SCREAMING baby on a 13-hour flight is about as welcome as UKIP at the Eurovision Song Contest. But a wailing infant on a long-haul journey through the night is about as bearable as karaoke with Nigel Farage.

Faced with the prospect of incessant wailing – the adorable little mite was in the seat in front of me – I employed my best British stiff upper lip, smiled at his parents where appropriate, found my headphones and ordered several beers.

Thankfully my initial fears were unfounded and the flight to Kuala Lumpur itself – British Airways recently reinstated their direct route from Heathrow – was a breeze. I’d even go as far to say the food – which usually looks the end product of a MasterChef invention test – was pretty good. I know – I’m as surprised as anyone.

After landing in the organised chaos that manifests itself as KLIA, I managed to navigate my way across the terminals, skilfully avoiding the mass of tourists who seemed hell-bent on ramming their luggage trolleys into my ankles.

An hour’s internal flight to Kuala Terengganu on Malaysia’s east coast followed and before long I was stepping off the plane and into the smothering arms of the country’s oppressive heat. It was 10pm and I suddenly became aware of being a long, long way from home.

But it was about to get even more remote. After my very own Love Actually moment – think man with a sign at an airport but minus the grand romantic gestures – I’m shown to a car and we’re zipping along a seemingly never-ending coastal road to a ‘70s mix tape including Queen's We Are The Champions.

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I consider exploring but it’s late and I’m tired from the journey.

Instead I’m shown to my room which is a five-minute walk through tree-lined wooden walkways that snake through the resort.

And what madness is this? They’ve carved out a luxurious space befitting of a five-star hotel in Kensington but managed to maintain the character and ambience to honour its ‘unmistakably Malay’ tagline. It’s quite remarkable.

It’s the sound of the ocean that wakes me in the morning – and no wonder. When I push aside the shutters and slide the balcony doors apart, a view which would happily grace the cover of any travel magazine in the world comes into focus just metres from the decking.

This is real paradise stuff; sprawling golden sands, shimmering water.

Suddenly clichés have never looked so inviting.

Reluctantly, I drag myself away and find myself at a breakfast buffet which looks as though it has been ordered by Henry VIII. There’s everything you could possibly think of – and a whole lot more. Giant platters of fruit (several of which I’ve never seen or heard of in my life), freshly-baked croissants, coconut pancakes, noodles, nasi goreng, eggs, tomatoes, roti, cakes – it’s an eye-popping array with new additions every morning.

I find myself exercising restraint each day – lest I pile on five stone – but relent when it comes to the country’s famed Teh Tarik tea.

Made with condensed milk and therefore naturally sweet, it’s ‘pulled’ (poured from one container to another) to achieve an optimum drinking temperature and is – readers take my word on this one – addictive as any drug known to man.

Just over an hour later we veer left and in the clearing I can see the magnificent 17th century Malayasian palace which I’ll call home for the next six days.

After breakfast I’m given a guided tour of the resort, walking between its palm tree-lined walkways with lizards forever scurrying past and monkeys rustling amid the coconuts. There are two pools – one exclusively for adults – three restaurants (two with bars that will cater for a cocktail-spiced hangover should you wish) as well as a spa, gym, shop and tennis court.

As I tuck in on the decking – with a bottle of crisp, ice cold Asahi for company – I realise that I’m sitting at a table above a river which Ta n j o n g J a r a r e s o r t i n M a l a y s i a

flows through the heart of the resort. What’s more, we’re engulfed in what is essentially a jungle.

Gradually the very limited scenery I spy through the darkness becomes less built-up; the intricately-designed mosques and the rows upon rows of multi-coloured lighting vanish, replaced by twinkling lights from the occasional roadside bar or shop.

As I step out a member of staff greets me with a beaming smile and a hot towel, while another bangs a gigantic gong to mark my arrival.

I’m whisked into the restaurant where the chef (despite the clock nudging past 11pm and with the restaurant almost entirely empty) has prepared a sizzling beef, ginger and spring onion dish with egg fried rice.

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“Apart from the obligatory high school band, I wasn’t even attracted to being in a band. I did kind of end up being in band by mistake!

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