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A dozen eggs, a tub of “Thunder Garlic” houmous, six apples, some parma ham, a new side table, and a beautiful ceramic bowl...not to mention a salted peanut butter ice cream cone and a fairy dress for my daughter! We only meant to pop into the newly refurbished Open Market for a quick nosey around and ended up spending much of our afternoon (and our weekend budget) exploring the many new stalls and studios.

Quite a few of the market stalls that I remember from my youth are still there – Charles Mears Fruit and Veg, The Bacon King of Brighton, Buttons and Bows Haberdashery – but now there is a whole new generation of traders that give the market a truly contemporary feel.

Pear-Shaped Apparel and Smith & Crumble both design their own cooler than cool street wear. Foodshed, Brighton Naturally, Love Food and Brighton Apothecary all focus on natural products that are good for you, feel/taste amazing, and are environmentally sustainable.

Shaboutique and Eco-makers Emporium are full of wonderfully eclectic and beautiful up-cycled goodies. The 12 glass-fronted Studios on the first floor over the market plaza house a range of working sculptors, painters, designers, jewellerymakers, engineers, and more.

And the food! To sustain yourself for a full tour of the market you might need to stop in for a Greek platter at Kouzina or a courgette, lime and pistachio cake at The Flying Saucer. Or, if you are really up for it, you could attempt the Big Breakfast Challenge at The Streets Cafe!

The permanent stalls on the market are now fully occupied and a rich and varied group of pop-up traders come and go in the market’s big central plaza. On Saturdays, McStrongs sausage rolls are perfect for nibbling while you wander and Pelotas Productions’s circus toys are great for keeping the kids entertained. Pop-up stalls are still available if you have been making wonderful things in your shed and want to have a go at selling them! Plus, the whole market plaza is available for hire. Brighton Fashion Week, The Fairy Tale Fair, Brighton Craft Alliance, Brighton Vintage and Antiques Fair, The Lantern Fayre and The Etsy Fair are just some of the groups that have already booked the plaza this year.

The market is a real boon for the London Road area. How amazing to have such a community-minded space where we can support local producers and shop with a clear conscience. Not to mention...yum!

October Events at the market: October 4: Brighton Craft Alliance Fair October 4-5: The Lantern Fayre events October 5: The Brighton Vintage and Antiques Market October 6: Upcycling classes at The Eco-Makers Emporium (must pre-book) October 11: Brighton Fashion Week pop-up market October 11: Drop-in glass workshops at Partially Obscured October 18: Student Welcome Day October 18: Have Fun with Clay workshops with Alison McGechie (must pre-book) October 25: Make your own natural skincare products at Brighton Apothecary October 27-31: (Half Term) Daily Activities for families (check website) October 31: Fancy Dress Parade and Costume Competition (5pm)

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Last Chance for Brighton’s Soul?

Brighton has a reputation as a cultural, interesting city. But as time passes, the more I search for the truth of this belief.

We have restaurants, casinos and bars… but what else do we have? Are we actually Nottingham-by-Sea? The Council has a great opportunity to create some reality behind the myth, to allow the resurgence of one of the UK’s greatest theatres. To offer a reason for people- other than hen party arrangers - to visit, again and again. A city to be proud of and enjoy. Will they do it?

The Hippodrome in Middle Street has been dark since the Sixties, relegated to bingo. But imagine if we had a theatre large enough and flexible enough to take West End Shows…Cats, Phantom, Lion King, Warhorse. Big enough for major arts events: international ballet companies, orchestras.

Tournaments like wrestling, boxing?

Imagine also if the theatre was central, near the sea front, historic and exquisitely beautiful. We could have this… It is there for the taking.

Time was Brighton bristled with theatres, it was an exciting place to be and visit – it is time we lived up to our reputation. We have a massive football stadium…is it time for others to get a look in?

Will the Council be brave and do what is best for its residents rather than developers, or decide it should be (yet another) multi-plex cinema…

We will be watching, huh?

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Pumpkins - How to Grow a Monster! as it swells. Position so that the pumpkin reclines with the stalk and the stem to one side. Carefully bend the stem into a U shape to give the pumpkin as much growth space as possible. NB Moving a pumpkin is a delicate operation, particularly while it is in fast growth: the skin is so thin a fingernail will cause sap to bleed from the wound. If this happens – or worse, a bird pecks your prize-winner – sprinkle with fungicidal sulphur dust to cauterise the cut and prevent infection from entering.

1. Buy the seed – To go for big, sow a variety bred to be big such as ‘Atlantic Giant’- seeds are expensive. They can be £5.50 a pop 2. Prepare the ground for a big pumpkin in February by digging a massive hole and then fill with a minimum of one ton of well-rotted horse manure.

3. Sow the seed in a pot in March, as you would a courgette. Keep in the warmth of the greenhouse and it’ll be up and ready to plant atop the settled, manure-rich and waiting plot when the risk of frost has passed.

4. Survival of the fittest - As the plant grows, remove all but one pumpkin fruit, to encourage the hoped for super-fruit. If two are the same size, choose the one that’s roughly 3m (10ft) from the roots and growing from a main stem, not a side shoot. Culling all the pumpkins will take almost daily attention on a large plant. You can spot them early by the marble-sized bulge at their base - which can grow to tennis-ball size in a day…wasting valuable energy!

6. Liquid – Water is the most important factor.

During dry weather, the leaves draw moisture out from the fruit to keep growing which reduces the size of the pumpkin. Keeping the roots hydrated is crucial. Use a hose or water butt for an hour a day, set to drip alongside where the main stem meets the soil or, better still, with soaker-hose laid in a spiral beneath the leaves and plumbed to the garden tap.

8 Exciting! During the most vigorous growth phase, a champion can bulk up 24lb a day.

When watering, avoid wetting the foliage – it can cause an attack of powdery mildew fungus that appears as a talc-like white coating on the leaves. Remove any that are affected.

9. Fuel - Early on nitrogen-rich pelleted chicken manure is good for encouraging fast, leafy growth. But when the days shorten, switch to

5. Bedding - When your ‘chosen one’ reaches the size of a football, place the fruit on a 4in bed of straw to protect the skin from stones in the soil and to spread the pumpkin’s weight

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Feed often – daily even. Champions use liquid tomato fertiliser – a can every other day.

Ideally, dose weekly with dilute seaweed to protect against mildew. Also cover the growth area with garden compost.

10. Sunshine – Pumpkins grow fastest after dark. Shade the skin with a screen during the day and keep it warm at night. Enthusiasts may construct a polytunnel over the top – a second best (more normal?) option is water-filled bottles placed around the fruit. These capture the warmth of the sun during the day and release it at night.

So, given all this, careful what you wish for – it could be a monster!

Brighton…It’s a game innit??

ZomBN1 is the blood-splattered sequel to 2012’s locally based board game BN1. This time round Brighton is overrun by the slavering dead, and up to 5 survivors must compete for the last seat on the last train out of town.

Gather supplies (bags of cous cous), arm yourself (with a deck chair) and battle the zombie menace all the way from the Chattri to Black Rock. Ferry survivors to safety on the Volk’s Railway. Swot up by watching zombie movies at the Duke of Yorks. Trade survival stories with Nick Cave and Disco Pete. Keep an eye on the living and the dead to ensure the one person getting out alive is you.

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Fireworks are Frightening Fear of fireworks and progression to a phobia is a common occurrence but there are many steps you can take as an owner to help your pet through this stressful time.

It is important firstly to recognise the signs of stress which can include the following; • • • • • • • • •

Salivation / drooling Whining, barking or howling Trembling and shaking Being clingy / attention seeking Hiding and cowering Restlessness / pacing Excessive yawning Soiling indoors Destructive behaviour

What to do • Ensure you exercise your dog early before any fireworks are likely to be released.

• Try to keep everything as normal as possible, drawing attention to the noise or making a big fuss of your dog will reinforce the fear and make the situation worse.

• If your dog likes to hide let them do so provided it is in a safe place. If your dog is in a safe hiding place leave them be, going to them will reinforce the fear (you are hiding too).

• Close the curtains and have lights on, turn on the TV or radio to distract from the noise.

• If your dog is showing signs of stress do not fuss them, this can reinforce their fear by providing a reward, keep as normal as possible.

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Long-term solutions Fear of fireworks are likely to get worse unless you take action. A desensitisation programme is ideal and should be instigated once the current season is over. It is advisable to speak with your vets or dog behaviourist prior to commencing such a programme to ensure this is the best course of action for your dog.

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POETRY ACROSS THE LINES WWI INTERNATIONAL POETRY RECITAL

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Have you ever thought of the poetry from the other countries involved in World War 1? Now you have the chance to hear some exciting and rarely heard poets at Poetry Across the LInes, a recital of international WW1 poems on October 30 in the centre of Brighton.

The organizers have spent six months contacting embassies and international poetry societies to gather a remarkable selection of poems, which will be recited by local and international actors. There will also be some music from the period.

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‘Goodies or Baddies’ –They are all beautiful;

perhaps we should just marvel at them & leave them to grow?

Britain has the perfect climate for fungi – we have about 15,000 types! A fact that is exciting and fascinating but problematic when it comes to identifying them, especially those that are safe to eat. We are advised to use multiple sources of identification and never eat anything unless 100% sure what it is. Mushrooms & toadstools can kill in very small quantities..

Death Cap – One of the most poisonous of all known toadstools, it can cause abdominal pain, cramping, vomiting, diarrhoea, liver damage and even death. Abdominal symptoms are usually delayed eight to 12 hours so victims may not make the connection. As the initial symptoms subside, evidence of liver damage appears and some victims may suffer total liver failure and even require a liver transplant to survive. Death Cap has form! It has been implicated in the majority of human deaths from mushroom poisoning, including the deaths of Roman Emperor Claudius in AD 54, Pope Clement VII in 1534 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI in 1740.

Deadly Web Cap and the Fool’s Webcap are two of the world’s most poisonous mushrooms.

Regrettably the mushrooms’ characteristics are quite common, making them difficult to identify.

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with edible mushrooms such as the chanterelle, or hallucinogenic mushrooms.

Symptoms usually don’t appear until 2–3 days after Deadly Webcap ingestion and can take as long as 3 weeks – making the connection hard to recognise. The first symptoms of orellanin poisoning are similar to ‘flu (nausea, vomiting, stomach pains, headaches). These symptoms are followed by early stages of renal failure (immense thirst, frequent urination, pain on and around the kidneys).

Eventually decreased or nonexistent urine output and other symptoms of renal failure occur and, if left untreated, death will follow.

Destroying Angel.

Destroying Angel The name applies to several similar and closely related species of deadly all-white mushrooms in the genus Amanita A. virosa.

Closely related to the Death Cap and also containing amatoxins, they are among the most toxic known mushrooms.Unfortunately adult Destroying Angels can be mistaken for very common edible fungi such as the button mushroom, meadow mushroom, or the horse mushroom.

Young destroying angels can be mistaken for puffballs, although slicing them in half longitudinally will reveal their distinctive internal Destroying Angel, mushroom structure. young fruitsl

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(Hence the recommendation to slice all puffballlike mushrooms in half.) Also the advice that all hunters need to know how to recognize both the Death Cap and the Destroying Angel in all their forms before collecting any white gilled mushroom for consumption. Symptoms do not appear for 5 to 24 hours, when the toxins may already be absorbed and the damage (destruction of liver and kidney tissues) irreversible. As little as half a mushroom cap can be fatal if the victim is not treated quickly enough. Consumption means a medical emergency.

Panther Cap, The panther cap is an uncommon mushroom, found in both deciduous, especially beech and, less frequently, coniferous woodland and rarely meadows Fly Agaric Although it Panther Cap, lethal is generally considered poisonous, reports of human deaths resulting from eating the mushroom are actually extremely rare.

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False Morels is a general term, given to a number of fungi which bear a resemblance to the highly regarded true morels of the genus Morchella.

Whilst unquestionably dangerous if eaten False Morel raw, its reputation is a matter of some controversy: its sale prohibited altogether in Spain, warnings and instructions mandatory in Finland and so on. Some people seem to be able to eat it without ill-effect so it has been speculated that the effect is actually an allergic reaction. Symptoms of poisoning involve vomiting and diarrhoea several hours after consumption, followed by dizziness, lethargy and headache. Severe cases may lead to delirium, coma and death after 5–7 days. It definitely must be prepared carefully; the toxin it contains can affect the liver, central nervous system and sometimes the kidneys. Latterly though it is believed, regardless of individual’s immediate reactions, it may have long term health effects.

Fools Funnel is one of several species of similar appearance. It is a small white funnel-shaped toadstool widely found in lawns, meadows and other grassy areas. It contains potentially deadly levels of muscarine which produce greatly increased salivation, sweating and lacrimation (tear flow) within 15-30 minutes of ingestion. With large doses these symptoms may be followed by abdominal pain, severe nausea, diarrhoea, blurred vision and breathing difficulties. Intoxication generally subsides within two hours.

Death is rare, but there is a risk of cardiac or respiratory failure in severe cases. Unlike many fungi poisonings there is an antidote: atropine. Fools Funnel is found in grassy habitats like parks and gardens in Fool's Funnel summer and

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The squat, brightly coloured fruits are imposing, up to 12 inches span – quite a sight.

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Elm disease is a fungus, it is spread by small beetles which specifically feed on Elm and Elm timber and carry it from place to place.

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Brighton Hippodrome The news that Brighton Hippodrome is still number one on The Theatres Trust list of theatre buildings at risk—because of the threat of substantial demolition after years of neglect—was meant as another wake-up call to the nation as well as to Brighton & Hove. The Trust held its annual press conference at the Theatre Royal in Brighton to draw attention to the plight of the most important unused theatre in the country.

The news the following day that the Secretary of State was not going to call in the planning application was an even bigger blow. This means that the city council can give final approval to the scheme for retail and restaurant units and an eight-screen cinema, which the planning committee agreed two months ago.

What has changed in the past two months is that Our Brighton Hippodrome (OBH) has come very close to having a practical working plan for restoration of the building as a theatre. That is probably not enough for the council, which has never been in favour of such restoration. Only a fullyfunded, watertight, cast-iron plan would be acceptable.

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application cycle of the foundations and charities that support theatre projects. It cannot be done overnight.

Planning minister Brandon Lewis said turning down the call-in is in line with government policy ‘to give more power to councils and communities to make their own decisions on planning issues’. That’s fine if the council and the community are on the same page. In this case they are not. A nomination for the site to be listed as an asset of community value was rejected by the council on legitimate but mean-spirited grounds made possible by vagueness in the Localism Act. It’s tragic that central government is unwilling to step in to save a Grade II* listed heritage asset.

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The report claimed theatre would lose £249,890 a year.

Using simply a more reliable figure for estimated admissions and average ticket prices produces a profit of £2.5m a year. Quite a difference!

The Hippodrome is of national importance. It could be a theatre again. Over 12,000 people have signed the OBH petition wanting a theatre. If the council really does want the city to be a cultural and entertainment hub for the region, it must find a way to allow that to happen. After all, if the City Plan had already been approved, it would be official policy to protect the Hippodrome.

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A Call to Arms: Taking a Different View History Notes by M. Bance Images from the start of the war in August 1914 are familiar to us all now; the cheering crowds outside Buckingham Palace, the surge of patriotism through the country and the rush to the recruitment offices, where men inspired by romantic ideas of duty, honour and glory, eagerly took the King’s shilling.

Looking back 100 years, as we have been doing these last few months, we have also seen and heard about those who took a different view.

Men who had deep misgivings about the call to arms and for whom war was not a cause of jubilation, but instead the greatest calamity; and men who, despite rejecting the patriotic rhetoric and the wave of popular enthusiasm for the protection of ‘little Belgium’, were, nevertheless, forced to volunteer.

By the end of August 1914, many found that their ability to choose whether or not to join Kitchener’s Army had been taken away by unemployment and destitution. They were victims of the financial crisis unleased by the outbreak of war; economic problems that

Leonard Devereux. It might not have been a military unit, but still discipline was strict. Dress drill and parades were part of the routine and members of FAU could be put on fatigues work for sloppy turnout or having dusty buttons.

were exacerbated by industries reacting

For many people war was not a cause of jubilation but trepidation; apocalyptic imagery was as frequently employed as patriotic rhetoric.

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Leonard Devereux is pictured 6th from left top row in the photograph with his colleagues and the Hospital Train where he served.

‘attractive’ option.

Enlisting did not, however, mean financial security and many families were left behind, penniless. In Brighton hundreds of women had to resort to registering for aid from the Brighton and Hove Division of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Families Association.

This charity offered temporary relief to wives and families of serving men and when, in August, they set up home in the Brighton Pavilion they were mobbed. The Brighton and Hove Gazette, of 22nd August 1914, reported that there had been a “rush on the resources” of the Association.

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Leonard Walter Devereux, who was born in 1887 and lived in Prestonville Road, Brighton, was a member of the Friends’ Ambulance Unit (FAU). Before the war he had been a solicitor’s clerk, involved with the Brighton Quakers’ Adult School in

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Hospital Train 16 was painted white inside and khaki outside with a red cross on each carriage. It comprised 15 coaches, including three lying down wards having 36 beds in each, treatment, dispensary and isolation coaches, five sitting wards seating 64 in each for walking wounded, as well as coaches for administration, staff sleeping and a kitchen.

Ship Street. After appearing before a tribunal, where his faith was accepted as grounds for “conscientious objection to the undertaking of combatant service”, Leonard travelled to Jordans, a training camp in Buckinghamshire.

Here, in November 1915, he undertook a course in first aid, stretcher drill, sanitation, hygiene, field cookery and physical training.

On completion, he embarked from Folkestone to Boulogne and became a nursing orderly on Hospital Train 16.

Leonard’s faith led him to take up a noncombatant role, but some COs refused to do anything that would free other men to be sent to the front – what they called ‘killing by proxy’. Those who could find no compromise in accepting even civilian work, such as roadbuilding, went to prison. (Of the 16,100 British COs, 6,261 took their objection to prison, 71 died as a result of injuries received in prison and 34 were sentenced to death – commuted to ten years penal service.)

20 members of the FAU lost their lives in France and, in 1918, Hospital Train 16 took a direct hit. Being a non-combatant was, clearly, not an easy option and the work the ambulance crews and stretcher bearers did throughout the war earned them great respect. Included in the many whose bravery should be recognised were Henry Glaisyer, from Davigdor Road; Cecil Hutt, 26 Florence Road; and Herbert Wright, 2 Sillwood Terrace.

No Brighton Quakers suffered arrest or were handed over to the military because of their refusal to fight. But, in 1916, when the Military Service Act brought in conscription, they did distribute printed advice and inserted notices in newspapers offering to help COs. Brighton-born, Edward Glaisyer, gave practical assistance to 90 COs being held in a camp in Seaford where they were an easy target for abuse and violence. In one incident, Canadian

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troops, waiting to embark for France and the trenches, reportedly set fire to a COs’ hut.

The tension and depth of emotion experienced by everyone in that Seaford camp can only be guessed at. However, these different perspectives, viewed alongside all the other 100th anniversary coverage, give us a better understanding of the way people formed their judgements and the choices they made in what contemporaries called ‘The Great War’.

My thanks to Tony Tree and Brighton Quakers for access to their archive and First formed in 1914 as the Anglo-Belgian Ambulance Unit before becoming the Friends’ Ambulance Unit (FAU).

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Going To Seed? Message form Seedy Sunday Have you got a few dried up runner bean pods languishing on their poles, or the odd over-ripe and split tomato, or a some peppers clinging on in a corner somewhere?

You might be thinking, ‘Ah, Seedy Sunday’s coming, I can save some seeds from those for swapping in February’. As a devotee of Seedy Sunday since its beginning in 2000 you might expect me to encourage you….

20th century, most gardeners knew about saving good seeds so that the quality of their crops improved as the seeds came from plants that adapted, generation by generation, to the soil and climatic conditions in which they grew. With the rise of the big seed corporations after WW2 and then the development of F1 hybrid seeds, gardeners were lured away from self-sufficiency.

And of course, I do encourage you – now is the time to save seeds, and to dry them ready for use next year or for exchanging with fellow growers. But I also encourage you to dig a little deeper in the matter of seed-saving.

Those runner bean and tomato seeds will probably grow next year and be fine.

But they may not be as fine as they could be. It’s much better practice to pick really vigorous tomato plants with good healthy fruits for seedsaving. Likewise with the beans, it’s better to earmark strong plants with all the right characteristics and let some of their pods make seed for keeping. With the peppers, it’s well to know that all kinds of peppers will crosspollinate, so if sweet peppers are growing near chillies the seeds you save might give you a big surprise next season.

There’s no denying that F1 hybrid seeds are vigorous, and uniform – in their first season.

After one crop, the plants are of no use at all to gardeners as seeds saved from them will not ‘come true’. Most openpollinated tomatoes will give you 30 or more seeds, and, carefully dried, they’ll keep for several years, and make excellent plants. Packets of F1 tomatoes may contain as

few as 5 seeds, and be really expensive – every year!

There are lots of opportunities to learn the seed-saving skills and knowledge that gardeners used to have here and still do have in many other countries: on the internet of course; in books such as Sue Strickland’s ‘Back Garden Seed Saving’; through courses and publications from the Heritage Seed Library and sessions at Seedy Sunday.

Learning to save seeds well is a most rewarding and empowering process, not only for the food you’ll grow but also because you’ll be contributing to your community’s resilience and self-reliance. And you’ll be able to bring seeds to swap at Seedy Sunday, Brighton Corn Exchange, on February 1st 2015.

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CRUNCHY OAT & APRICOT BISCUITS Seasonal Recipe by Valerie Hedgethorne

Valerie Hedgethorne taught cookery & cake decorating for many years in Brighton before becoming a Home Economist. She now writes recipes monthly in Cake Craft & Decoration Magazine & is also a member of the Sussex Branch of the British Sugarcraft Guild.

These are probably my favourite biscuits because I love oats and apricots. I have been making them for many years and would like to share the recipe with you.

You will need two baking trays

Ingredients: • 110g (4oz) self raising flour • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda • 75g (3oz) porridge oats • 75g (3oz) caster sugar • 110g (4oz) margarine • 2 teaspoons golden syrup

Heat the oven to Gas 4/180C/ fan 160C, Grease the baking trays.

Sieve the flour and bicarbonate of soda into a mixing bowl. Add the oats and sugar.

Rub in the margarine. Chop the apricots and add them.

Mix with the syrup, water and almond extract, knead together .

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Spooner’s horse tells lies still (9) Being an English teacher, I might be expected to spend my time either glowing with pleasure at the deft avoidance of a split infinitive in a pupil’s essay or screaming at the telly every time a newsreader mentions an ‘amount of people’ (as opposed to a ‘number of people’, of course). However, whilst I would never deny having an interest in grammar, it’s usually the comedy of errors that fascinates me more than correct usage.

In the thick of writing a story one day, a pupil of mine asked, “How do you spell DNA?” (It turned out he had been visualising something along the lines of ‘dear neigh’) I too, having been educated in a Catholic primary school of the traditional sort, could recite my ‘Hail Mary’ perfectly by the age of five, but spent a good few years visualising the holy mother cascading to earth in myriad hardened ice pellets. (Quite what a ‘blessy dart’ was, or why she had a womb called Jesus, I had no idea, but still had fun trying to guess.)

Slips of the tongue, misheard lyrics and puns provide have always provided timeless comic fodder and we have the Reverend William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), Warden of New College, Oxford, to thank for one

particularly special type: the eponymous ‘Spoonerism’. Having allegedly once referred to the Lord as a ‘shoving leopard’, in addition to making numerous similar phoneme-switching gaffes, Spooner gave cruciverbalists the world over one of their favourite tricks. Easy to spot, due to the required reference to ‘(Dr) Spooner’ or ‘The (silly) Reverend’) in the clue, the Spoonerism cryptic clue requires the solver to find synonyms for the two ‘fodder’ words and then switch usually their initial sounds in order to deliver the answer.

The joy of the Spoonerism clue for the setter is that, very often, it will present itself out of nowhere. Creating the grid before writing the clues, I will usually not be aware of what kind of clue I am going to construct for each answer until I get to it. This answer did not seem to be hugely interesting until, all of a sudden, the Spoonerism option popped into my head: STAGNATES > NAG STATES. All I then had to do was to make the surface reading work in a grammatically satisfying way: ‘HORSE’ = NAG; ‘TELLS’ = STATES. ‘LIES STILL’ = STAGNATES. Easy!

Homework: Answer = “LOOM BANDS”. Use this to devise a Spoonerism clue of your own.

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Certainly, the seasons and the way our landscape changes adds a great deal of variety to our lives. Perhaps we should be more positive as the clocks go back and we get to see the sunsets without fail each day? We can wear woolly pullies, have hot picnics on frosty walks, end the day snuggled-up on the sofa.

Truly appreciate the everyday comfort and protection of our homes.

After all, as we know, every cloud has a silver lining!

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Parent and Toddler Group Calvary C. Hall, Viaduct Rd, 10-12 (term time) Preston Croquet Club 0945 to 12.30.

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Prayer Break, 10-11 Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Brighton Chess Club 6.30-11pm C/O Avenue Bridge Club. 15 Third Avenue Improvised Comedy drop-in class for all levels 7:30 – 9:45pm upstairs @ the Open House, 146 Springfield Road, £8 Tai Chi 50+ 11.45am-12.45pm, Age Concern. Prestonville Road Women’s Institute . Meet 4th Thurs each month. 7.30pm Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Downland Quilters - Patcham CC. - 1st Thursday of the month. 7.30pm. Janet 509190.

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