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Fox Hour WILDLIFE REFLECTIONS By Alexi Francis. Alexi also drew the illustration. If you would like to buy the original or see other work, go to her website:www.alexifrancisillustrations.co.uk
Early in the year I heard the vixen’s harsh, rasping cry taunting the winter winds, above the rattle of the train heading into the night. With March came cubs. Now it’s April, the sett beneath the bramble and overgrown elder stirs with new life. The vixen will be busy. As I wander out at the day’s end I hope to encounter her in some twitten between the bins and chain link fence, out hunting for herself. In the grayscale gloom, a cat flees back to the buttery glow of an open window. A dog in a garden barks. He sees nothing, but senses a presence. Almost invisible, the fox slinks over the flint wall as car headlights send shadows up the house fronts and searchlights into rooms where televisions blink out worlds of cool, blue, eerie light. Back at the sett, the dog fox waits. Five cubs, snug and safe, paw the air blindly, wrestling in dream.
of some other place and so close. Suddenly she’s across the avenue of trees, running, a quicksilver fragment of night.
In the street, she reappears, shapeshifting in the shadows. I look on, sensing a touch of something untethered and free, something wild. Outlaw
A drowsy half moon snags on a chimney pot. Clouds shift over a gelatin-silvered sky. More cars pass and then it’s quiet.
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The fox sees me and hesitates, shakes a leg. She watches without fear, daring me to come closer. I wait. By day, fire, by night, shadow, she burns, hunger driving her on. Now this is her street, her hour, Fox Hour. Then she is gone.
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FISH PIE WITH CAULIFLOWER MASH Seasonal Recipe by Valerie Hedgethorne Valerie Hedgethorne taught cookery & cake decorating for many years in Brighton before becoming a Home Economist and writing for the national magazine CAKE for 20 years. Valerie is a past president of the British Sugarcraft Guild & is a member of the local Guild Branch, which meets monthly in Rottingdean for demonstrations of all types of cake decorating. Anyone with an interest in cake decorating is welcome – for more information phone Valerie on 01273 505223.
Fish pie is very popular and so is cauliflower. Here the cauliflower takes the place of potato on top. The addition of spinach not only adds to the taste but to the colour also.
You will need a pie dish approximately 1 litre capacity and a food processor.
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FISH PIE WITH CAULIFLOWER MASH CONTINUED INGREDIENTS:
METHOD:
• 1 large cauliflower (about 750g/1 ½ lbs)
Break the cauliflower in to florets and boil for 10 minutes or until quite tender. Drain well and allow to steam dry.
• 2 tablesp. half fat crème fraiche
Put in to a food processor with the crème fraiche and blitz to a puree. Add salt and pepper.
• 15g (1/2 oz) butter • 25g (3/4 oz) plain flour
Make a sauce: melt the butter, add the flour and stir over a low heat then gradually add the milk, stirring between each addition. Simmer gently for 2 minutes. Add the mustard and season to taste.
• 300ml (1/2 pt) milk
Pre-heat the oven to 200C/gas 6.
• 2 teasp. wholegrain mustard
Wilt the spinach in a little water, squeeze out as much water as possible then add to the sauce.
• 110g (4 oz) spinach
Cut the fish in to large chunks and add.
• 300g (10 oz) smoked haddock • 250g (8 oz) skinless fresh salmon • 15g (1/2 oz) parmesan cheese
Put in to the pie dish, top with the cauliflower mash, sprinkle with the grated parmesan. Bake for 20 minutes. To get a crisp crust finish under a hot grill for 5 minutes. Green vegetables go well with this.
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Brighton Museum & Art Gallery to host exhibition by world renowned artists
Gilbert & George as part of ARTIST ROOMS Gilbert & George are an artist partnership who have worked and shared their lives together for fifty years. As ‘living sculptures’ they challenge the distinction between art and life; sacrificing their separate identities and turning the notion of creativity on its head. Playful and ambiguous, the works on show explore themes essential to humanity and contemporary society including sex, faith, and identity. The display of Gilbert & George comprises works ranging from 1969 to 1991 including bold-coloured works such as Existers created in 1984 and later works such as Hunger and Thirst, both created in 1992 and Family
Tree 1991. The works explore the artists’ own image, their place as misfits in society and their concept of ‘art for all’. Many of the big, brightly coloured works are from the 1980s, a period of
huge energy and change for the artists, when Gilbert & George were also developing new and specifically modern techniques of photography and printing.
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A History of Chocolate By Jayne Shrimpton
South American Indians roasting and grinding cacao beans and mixing the chocolate: plate from Ogilvy’s America, 1671 As we indulge in our favourite Easter eggs these holidays, let’s consider the history of chocolate and how it became such a prominent aspect of our lives. Origins of cacao The cacao (or cocoa) tree is native to South America and as early as 3,500 years ago the Olmec Mexican people were using the beans to make a chocolate drink. Throughout the region, powder from dried, ground cacao beans was combined with flavourings such as nutmeg, vanilla and 12
chilli for use in various forms, including drinks. The Mayans of Mexico and Central America identified the drink with the gods and the Aztecs used chocolate in religious rituals, crediting it with spiritual wisdom, high energy and enhanced libido. A luxury drink When Spanish conquistadors invaded Mexico in the 16th century they too enjoyed chocolate and shipped some home, the first known cargo reaching Seville in 1585. The original bitter,
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Hot chocolate, once a luxury drink, became a firm favourite in Victorian Britain, as seen in this advert aimed at sportsmen, 1885
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peppery cacao drink was more acceptable to western tastes when combined with sugar and cinnamon and during the 1600s it became fashionable among the European aristocracy as a luxury beverage taken in bed in the morning. Rapidly following the first public coffee houses, the earliest dedicated chocolate house opened in London’s Bishopsgate in 1657. The new establishments served a milky, sweet chocolate drink, more expensive than coffee but containing less caffeine, and therefore generally less popular with consumers. However, chocolate houses thrived as meeting places for wealthy men, the most decadent being White’s in St James’ Square (opened 1693), whose infamous gambling culture was pictured in Scene 6 of William Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress (1733).
London chocolate houses serving the luxury drink were often the scene of gambling and other vices, as portrayed in A Rake’s Progress (Scene 6) by William Hogarth, 1733
Other chocolate houses were also linked to gambling, debauchery, even political rebellion (rebel Jacobites met there) but chocolate retained its elite reputation. Preparing and serving the drink also required special utensils and this inspired the production of exquisite implements and table ware.
European merchants established cocoa plantations in the colonies initially using slave labour. This photograph taken in Surinam (formerly in Dutch Guiana) in the late-1800s 14
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Slave plantations Eventually, ambitious merchants wishing to expand their trade launched pamphlet campaigns publicising chocolate’s many alleged qualities, from boosting fertility to curing consumption. To increase supply, Britain, France and the Netherlands established cacao plantations in colonies in the Caribbean, Africa’s Ivory Coast and South East Asia, ruthlessly exploiting slave labour. In the early1800s British abolitionists worked to halt the slave trade: some prominent abolitionists were Quakers who went on to dominate the chocolate industry, like tea, coffee and cocoa dealers William Tuke & Co (associated with Rowntree), who donated £50 to William Wilberforce’s election fund in 1807. Abolitionist chocolate manufacturers refused
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Cadbury’s began operations as a tea, coffee and chocolate dealer in Birmingham in 1824, becoming a chocolate manufacturer in 1831 New manufacturers
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Continental drinking chocolate was also much in favour and inspired some beautiful art nouveau advertisements around the turn of the century
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manufacturing operations and eventually challenged Swiss hegemony by launching their first milk chocolate bars in 1897. Early Cadbury milk chocolate bars were made from milk powder paste, cocoa mass, cocoa butter and sugar, but being coarse-textured and dry, not creamy, weren’t initially a huge hit. However in 1904 George Cadbury Junior was tasked with developing a chocolate bar containing more milk than any other product on the market. Various names were mooted, including ‘Highland Milk’ and ‘Dairy Maid’ but a customer’s daughter suggested ‘Dairy Milk’ and the product with this now-familiar name was launched in 1905. Gradually becoming popular, Dairy Milk chocolate was sold in unwrapped blocks that could be divided up into penny bars and by WW1 it was Cadbury’s most successful line. Wartime rations Small boxes of luxury chocolates had been available since the 1860s, but Cadbury’s Milk Tray, launched in 1915, was more affordable and aimed at ordinary families
Chocolate bars Another major British company, Fry’s of Bristol, developed the first chocolate bar in 1847: made from cocoa powder, sugar and melted cocoa butter extracted from the beans, the mixture was moulded into solid bars and blocks. Initially dark and bitter-tasting, nonetheless this innovation revolutionised the consumption of chocolate and confectionary in general. In 1875 a Swiss chocolate manufacturer, Daniel Peter, added condensed milk to his recipe, making the first milk chocolate bars of pleasing flavour and texture. Further advances produced a smoother, more refined product and superior Swiss milk chocolate dominated the British market for the next quarter of a century. Cadbury’s Dairy Milk During this time, Cadbury expanded their 18
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During the First World War, when servicemen received strict food rations, chocolate provided a delicious respite from the monotonous diet. The British government placed vast orders for Cadbury’s Dairy Milk and Bourneville Cocoa (launched in 1906) for the troops throughout
The giving and receiving of chocolate Easter eggs became an established tradition from the late-1800s. This vintage photograph of a family at Easter dates to 1955
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the war, the company itself despatching additional parcels for soldiers, some arriving as welcome Christmas treats. During WW2, with raw materials scarce and manufacturers banned from using fresh milk, Dairy Milk was withdrawn from the shelves in 1941, being replaced with Ration Chocolate made with dried skimmed milk powder. Easter Eggs
Continental confectioners and chocolatiers arrange striking displays at Easter, as seen from this shop window in Avignon, France
Easter eggs symbolising the start of life originated in pre-Christian times, but the first chocolate Easter eggs appeared only 200 years ago. In the early-1800s French and German confectioners led the new art of making chocolate eggs, some early examples
being solid, others hollow, the egg simply wrapped in paper. In Britain Cadbury launched its first chocolate Easter egg in 1875. Early eggs used dark chocolate, had a smooth, plain surface and were filled with sugarcoated chocolate drops or ‘dragees’, but they grew more elaborate, their shells decorated with chocolate piping and marzipan flowers: by 1893 Cadbury’s boasted 19 different Easter egg lines. The successful development of milk chocolate in the early-1900s also boosted the market for chocolate eggs, which became well established as seasonal bestsellers. www.jayneshrimpton.co.uk
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April Fool – A Month for Fun and Laughter By Dr Sima Patel
“My Dad always knew I was going to be a comedian. When I was a baby he said, ‘Is this a joke?’” – Sir Kenn Dodd “So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me ‘Can you give me a lift?’ I said, Sure, you look great, the world’s your oyster, go for it.” Tommy Cooper April Fools’ Day is a day to get enjoyment, fool around and have fun. Reflecting back to all the pranks that have been played over the years is in itself enough to make us laugh out loud. So how about starting just there for a warm up. Can you think of a time when someone played a great prank on you or vice versa? Does it still make you laugh out loud now? There is an increasing amount of research on why humour is good for us including having physical and mental perks (better memory, lower stress and even a reduced risk for heart disease). So, why not use April as a catalyst to have more fun in your life and boost your well-being. A group of people who have dedicated themselves to analysing how science-based activities and games that generate humour and improve health have discovered the following:
• On average, people tend to laugh 18 times a day. If you are not one of these people, could you set yourself the challenge of laughing at least 18 times in one day?
• People who have a sense of humour generally have good mental fitness.
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• Having a penchant for dark humour (presenting distressing events
such as death and disease with humour) has been associated with high intelligence. This can be seen at funerals for example when one moment people are sobbing with sadness and the next, laughing out loud as different memories are recalled.
• Processing puns requires both
hemispheres of the brain to work so indulging in comedy such as The Treason Show can be good for us.
• Both sexes laugh a lot but females
laugh 126 percent more than men. Anyone out there who wants to laugh more…
• Laughter in relationships declines dramatically with age. So set the challenge of aging gracefully with fun and laughter.
• A sense of humour improves health and enhances the chances of reaching retirement age.
• Laugher brings people together
and the social interaction itself improves our well-being.
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“You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen. It said, ‘Parking Fine.’ So that was nice.” – Tommy Cooper
• Humour is really important in hospitals for both patients and staff.
Research shows that humour in hospitals and care settings reduces tension, connects patients with staff and helps patients feel valued, allows patients and staff to distance themselves from difficult situations, reduces the indignity patients sometimes feel about themselves and reduces stress.
• Humour helps children and adults to learn.
• Great leaders use humour to foster better communication and enhance group cohesiveness.
• Humour is an essential element in romantic relationships. Those who reminisce about moments of shared laughter report more satisfaction in their relationships compared to those who recalled a positive moment.
• People who recall sharing a
humorous moment when they first met report increased closeness.
Given all those benefits above, how could you increase your ability to laugh throughout the fun month of April? How about trying some of the following and seeing what happens to your laughter levels and well-being.
• Think of a thought first thing
when you wake up and then turn that same
thought into a funny one as though you were going to tell someone a funny story about that thought or situation or event.
• Spend time with people who make you laugh and vice versa.
• Watch children and young people having fun and follow their lead in seeing the humour in everyday things.
• Have a joke book in lots of rooms in the house and tell someone a joke from it at least twice a day.
• Listen to funny programmes on the radio / podcasts.
• Watch funny television programmes and films.
• Go to live comedy gigs. So go ahead and play that prank throughout the month of April (you know you want to). Dr Sima Patel Chartered Psychologist and Coach
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GREATER BRIGHTON CYCLE CHALLENGE for Brighton Housing Trust and the Living Coast
Sunday 1 July 2018 The ‘Greater Brighton Cycle Challenge’ on Sunday the 1st July is a celebration of cycling and the world-class environment that we live in. Local homeless charity, Brighton Housing Trust (BHT), has teamed up with The Living Coast to create a family event that all ages and abilities can get involved in.
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Cyclists can enjoy the beauty of The Living Coast, a designated UNESCO World Biosphere Region, by cycling a 30 or 58 mile route out to the South Downs, starting and finishing at the Velodrome.
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Or you can take the ‘Around the World Challenge’ at the velodrome anytime between 7am and 7pm. The aim is to collectively ride the distance around the world, 40,075km, throughout the day. Family-fun entertainment including a “Smoothie bike” and other refreshments will be available. Cyclists can raise money for BHT’s work to combat homelessness, including the First Base day centre, or for other good causes of their choosing. Andy Winter, Chief Executive of BHT said: “We are extremely excited about running an even bigger and more exciting event this year. We didn’t quite clock up the mileage around the world last year, but we were overwhelmed by the support of over 350 people on the day who raised over £15,000 to help people to move away from the streets and live independent and healthy lives.” For more information and to register, please visit: www.bht.org.uk or www. facebook.com/events/813131802204809/ 26
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parsley in the freezer. It lasts and you can crumble it – instead of having to chop.
Fizzy Champagne – To keep champagne really fizzy until you get to it, dangle a teaspoon in the neck of the bottle.
Make your own room fragrance spray - Add 10 drops of your favourite
essential oil to a plant spray containing 7 tablespoons of warm water. One tablespoon of vodka or pure alcohol acts as a preservative.
Portable Barbecues – Always keep them off the ground in use. They will kill grass and create unsightly scars.
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Into every life, a little rain must fall
Detail from 2nd Century Ajanta Paintings The name umbrella comes from Latin - possibly ‘umbella’ which means a flat-topped flower but more likely ‘umbra’, meaning shadow…as they are descended from parasols. The umbrella is relatively recent in northern Europe but have been in use in China for at least 3000 years and later in ancient Greece and Rome. There is some evidence of umbrella type apparatus in Anglo-Saxon England but for some reason it was forgotten. In 1580 Montaigne, the French essayist, remarked on their use in Italy. His observations may have had an effect as in 1637 several made of oil cloth were possessed by the King of France. Initially they were heavy contraptions (we did not have bamboo like the Chinese) - with spokes made of whalebone. They weighed 10lbs without the oil cloth cover! Nevertheless, they gathered popularity in Paris, although not with the rather snobbish elite who considered them too cumbersome, and
besides: “…an umbrella is a sure sign of someone who doesn’t have their own carriage”. Perhaps their unwieldiness led, in 1769, to the opening of the first shop in Paris offering them for rent to those caught in a downpour. (They were dark green oiled cloth and carried a number so that they could be found and reclaimed if someone walked off with them.) In 1808 there were seven shops making and selling umbrellas in Paris, by 1813 there were 42 shops and by 1848 there were 377 – employing 1400 workers. The increasing expertise led to improvements and by 1826 the weight had been reduced to 1½ lbs. In 1856 the whalebone struts were replaced by steel. Umbrellas remained uncommon in England though, which clearly bemused James Woolfe when he witnessed their benefits upon travelling to Paris in 1752. When they were described at all, it was as a screen used by women. Jonas Hanway is credited with
introducing umbrellas here in about 1850, which took grit. He was rarely seen without one, causing him to be publicly reproached for his sacrilege as it was thought using an umbrella was: “…defying the heavenly purpose of rain, which obviously was to make people wet”. He was also ridiculed for being effeminate and accused of being a Frenchman for not taking a coach by the cabbies waiting for custom in the streets. They regarded the new-fangled device a threat to their trade. The Duke of Wellington was a famous early adopter too, seldom seen without his umbrella – although his was also a sword stick! As time went by the design was improved and varied – the first umbrella hats were fashioned in 1880! The first folding umbrella patent was issued in 1929 and the ‘working folding umbrella’ patent issued to Totes of Loveland Ohio as recently as 1969. Now Shangyu City alone has a thousand umbrella factories…so they have probably got it covered!
Paris Street; Rainy Weather, by Gustave Caillebotte (1877)
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Spring Herbal Teas By Lucinda Warner
After something of an intermittent start, Spring is finally with us and I am very much enjoying the sight of green growth emerging from the newly warmed earth. It’s about this time of year when my body starts craving the fresh tastes of spring wild plants and, while there is still a nip in the air, one of my favourite ways to consume them is tea. Here are some of my most used spring tonic herbs which can all be made into lovely infusions, either in combination or alone. Nettle: One of the best known and most popular of spring herbal teas, nettle is packed with nutrients and supports the whole body by helping to eliminate waste from the system and supplying nourishment and increased vitality at the same time. It supports the kidneys and the blood and helps to balance the endocrine system. Easy to find and full of goodness, pick the top few leaves of the nettles before flowering for use in tea or food.
Cleavers: Another plant most often considered a weed, cleavers is a wonderfully gentle cleansing and supportive remedy for the lymphatic system and makes a lovely spring tea with a fresh, green taste and aroma. It can be infused into cold water for a few hours or into hot for a few minutes. Dandelion root - One of my favourite early spring teas, dandelion root is both nourishing and cleansing so perfect for this time of year. Dandelion has a long, thick tap root (one of the things that makes it a bane to gardeners) which stores nutrients to enable the plant to survive the winter. It is considered cleansing and toning to the liver and gallbladder due to its natural bitterness but it also has a lovely balancing sweetness due to its stored sugars. Ground Ivy: Perfect for banishing phlegm and catarrh, ground ivy is a small, common plant of the mint family. It has a very distinctive taste and smell, like a mint but more musty, which some people love and others dislike!
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Violet: One of the most delightful flowers, sweet violet (Viola odorata) has an ephemeral scent and is delicious in tea combined with nettle or primrose. Another great remedy for the lymphatic system it also helps to soothe dry coughs and sore throats due to it’s gently moistening qualities. Primrose - The flowers of our native primrose (Primula vulgaris) make a lovely soothing, gentle tea which can help calm the nerves and ease feelings of restlessness. In the past they were used along with other herbs for
helping to ensure a good night’s sleep and were also popular used topically. Washing the face with primrose tea was said to brighten the complexion and reduce wrinkles! Please remember to make sure you have a good guide book and are 100% sure on your identification before you pick and use wild plants. Lucinda Warner is a Brighton based herbalist and plant lover. For more information on the herbs and preparations mentioned see whisperingearth.co.uk
Feeling Stressed? Here is a quick & simple way to recover a sense of control and relax. Exams and revision are a classic stressor and definitely don’t help. Try this:
1 Find a quiet space where the telephone or
other people won't interrupt you. If you can, close your eyes and/or dim the lights. Get comfortable: sit up straight, good aligned posture up with your feet flat on the floor and your hands relaxed in your lap. The point is to have an aligned posture and to be at ease, not “to attention”.
2 Close your mouth and breath in slowly
through your nose. Count to four as you inhale. Hold your breath for four seconds. You are not trying to deprive your body of oxygen, but need to allow a few seconds for the air to fill your lungs. Allow the air to ‘enter’ your belly, notice how it moves across your chest.
3 Open your mouth slightly and slowly exhale to a count of four. After exhaling wait again for another count of four.
Ideally, you should repeat the exercise for four minutes, but two or three times will still help you to achieve a more relaxed state, relieve tension and settle your nerves.
Whilst being in a quiet space can help, it is not essential. You can do square breathing quietly and with your eyes open, no-one will even notice. As well as reducing stress, controlled breathing is used to treat insomnia, anxiety, depression and pain control.
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