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Boston Stump and the town’s Herbert Ingram statue at dusk.

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“Don’t shop in Lincoln.” What an awful message that would be to put across. And yet, with car park closures, parking woes and one way system transport hassles, the city seems to be doing everything it can to actively discourage shoppers from visiting it right now. It’s a shame, because the run up to Christmas is an important time for local independent businesses, especially those in the uphill area of the city.

The end justifies the means - Lincoln’s transport hub and regeneration project will be worth it, so we think it’s really important to put aside the parking hassles and still visit Lincoln this season. Access woes aside, you’ll still find the best businesses, a city characterised by warmth and friendliness, and all of the festive shopping and entertainment you’re seeking this season.

For that reason, we’ve included a guide to Lincoln’s 2016 programme of festive entertainment later in this edition... so visit the city as much as possible this year; it’s important to support it, and those who owe their livelihoods to customers like you!

Elsewhere in this edition, we’ve a wealth of autumn walks, we’re meeting Louth fashion designer Ashley Janney, and we’re meeting the Cliftons amid the Grimsby family’s appearance on BBC1’s flagship show, Strictly Come Dancing!

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November 2016

A roundup of the county’s ‘good news’ plus a look at WHAT’S ON in the county throughout November.

Enjoy Lincolnshire’s season of ‘mists and mellow fruitfulness’ as we look at the best AUTUMN WALKS in the county.

We meet the county’s newest entrepreneur as FASHION DESIGNER Ashley Janney hosts his first catwalk show in Louth.

Meet the Cliftons this month, as we profile the family of not just one, not just two, but three STRICTLY COME DANCING competitors!

80 years since Britain’s constitutional crisis, the role that Belton House’s LORD BROWNLOW played in Edward VIII’s abdication.

Have you voted in the Lincolnshire Pride GOOD FOOD AWARDS yet? Find out more and enjoy quality food and wine this month.

Our HOMES & GARDENS pages this month feature the best country homes and autumn gardening.

Wrap up warm on our FASHION & BEAUTY pages with beautiful tweed from Giles & Bella and autumn cosmetics from expert John.

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County News Boston Stump launches £1,000,000 fundraising bid Funds needed to supplement Lottery cash as part of £2.2m heritage bid which will add community facilities and protect the 700 year old parish church...

Boston Stump - St Botolph’s Church - has launched bid to raise £1m to supplement the £160,000 of National Lottery funding already promised to its Passion for People project.

“This project will develop St Botolph’s as a centre of heritage and cohesion and enable the telling of stories of Boston’s role in local and international history,” says The Revd Alyson Buxton, The Team Rector of Boston.

“Its interpretation of Boston’s heritage will enrich the life of the community and attract more visitors to the town.”

The funding will not only contribute to the ongoing care and restoration of the 700 year old building’s fabric, but will

Law firm bowled over with charity’s work raises funds on the lanes...

A Lincolnshire law firm has been raising money for The Brain Tumour charity with a charity bowling tournament.

Staff from Chattertons have organised the tournament, due to take place as Pride goes to press, in order to raise funds for a cause it describes as being very close to its heart.

The charity looks after those affected by brain tumours, and funds pioneering research into finding a cure for them.

Chattertons has offices in Lincoln, Boston, Sleaford, Spalding, Stamford, Grantham and Newark, specialising in law and wealth management. n www.chattertons.com.

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Rio Olympian Crista Cullen coaches pupils in Woodhall Gold medal winner visited town’s St Hugh’s School to celebrate opening of all-weather sports pitch, and delivered a coaching lesson...

see better community facilities integrated into the building to ensure it can serve as a centre for local heritage and encourage community cohesion.

The scheme will cost £2.2m in total, and the project also has the backing of local MP Matt Warman too.

As part of fundraising efforts, Boston Stump will be immortalised in Lego, in conjunction with Bright Bricks.

The Lego model will use 100,000 bricks and will be two metres tall when complete.

The public can sponsor building of the model at £1 per brick, and is a similar project to those already completed in Cathedrals at Durham, Exeter and Chester.

Woodhall Spa’s St Hugh’s School was visited by Rio gold medallist Crista Cullen recently.

The school was offically opening its new all-weather pitch, which will provide the independent school for children aged two to 13 with first class all year round sporting facilities.

Hockey champion Crista visited the school to see facilities for herself and delivered some hockey training to pupils too.

Born in Boston, Crista later attended Oakham School where she began competing in the sport, eventually winning more than 150 caps for England and the UK. Her career has seen her win gold at 2016’s Rio Olympics, plus bronze in Lincoln in 2012, and being named as top goal scorer in the Beijing Olympics. n For more information see www.st-hughs.lincs.sch.uk.

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Send your press releases and county news to: Features Editor via tilly@pridemagazines.co.uk.

Lincoln branch of Fine & Country officially opened...

The Hunt is on for the ‘Nessie of the Humber...’

Navenby base for the Lincolnshire branch of estate agency specialising in quality rural properties opened by Matthew Brouwer and Stephen Binder

Hoots mon! Could the Humber estuary really have a Loch Ness style monster lurking by the coastline, as one national newspaper has claimed...?

Lincolnshire’s new branch of estate agency Fine & Country has been officially opened in Navenby.

With around 30 properties from £400,000 to £1.5m, the office is run by Matthew Brouwer and Stephen Binder and will serve the whole of central Lincolnshire alongside Grantham and Grimsby offices, as aprt of an overall network of over 275 high end property specialists. n See www.fineandcountry.com. n Skegness will gain extra accommodation for visitors with the approval of plans for an £8m Premier Inn on the Pier Field site. Despite a 3,500 signature petition, the development will go ahead, and will incorporate a fast food restaurant on the site of the motel too.

n Lincoln’s Brayford Wharf has been improved with the demolition of a redundent services bridge near the University of Lincoln. It comes amid news that a new floating restaurant will not be built on the wharf, and the city’s Holiday Inn will create another 49 bedrooms as part of a new five storey extension.

n Scampton Air Show is seeking volunteers for the inaugural show, which will take place on 9th and 10th

September, organised by the RAF Charitable Trust. The event will take the place of the RAF Waddington Air Show and is likely to attract over 100,000 people.

n Lincoln’s International Bomber Command Memorial has been given a £200,000 funding campaign boost amid efforts to raise the £3.8m necessary to create a visitors’ centre on the site.

n Langworth’s Woodwide Animal Park has said a sad farewell to Tango, the oldest tiger in Britain, at 22 years old. The tiger has been living at the park for two and a half years after being rescued from a European circus by Neil Mumby. Tango was best known as the tiger from the 1980s Esso ‘put a tiger in your tank’ ad campaign and is survived by his tigress, Julia.

The Humber Estuary is home to a terrifying sea creature just like Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster.

At least, that’s what Mike Covell of the Humber Monster Watch group reckons.

Mike has formed a patrol to search for the Humber ‘nessie,’ described as a sea beast in various reports from the 1920s.

Trawlermen would report regular sightings of the creature in the estuary itself and in the North Sea, whilst a sighting in 1925 off Withernsea beach near Hull described a ‘giant octopus’ creature living in the waters, six feet long with eight tentacles and numerous suckers.

The most prevalent sighting was

by Thomas Atkinson in February 1934 who claimed to see something swimming in the water. The family watched as the

creature emerged from the water and turned toward them, staring at the family with ‘eyes the size of portholes,’ prompting them to flee in terror.

Other reports from October 1938 reported that Hull trawlermen landed a large sea creature which couldn’t be identified, with a dubious description of a creature with a head the size of an elephant and six humps.

Mike founded the group and his patrol has attracted the attention not of the monster itself, but at least the tabloids; the story has been carried by The Sun, The Express and the Daily Mail.

A local historian, Mike also serves as curator of the Amazing Hull tours, and hopes to find positive proof of the monster’s existence before Hull becomes the UK’s city of culture in 2017.

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County News Happy 250th Birthday to Boston’s Grand Sluice...

Flood barrier celebrates its 250th anniversary, having opened in 1766 to reclaim 111,000 acres of land Boston’s Grand Sluice celebrated its 250th anniversary last month with Lord Lieutenant Toby Dennis unveiling a plaque about the structure before taking a ceremonial boat ride through the lock gate aboard the Boston Belle. The sluice was created to reclaim 111,000 acres of farm-

land and was designed by John Grundy, Langley Edwards and John Smeaton. A wooden railway bridge alongside Grand Sluice was built in 1848 as part of the Great Northern Railway London to Lincoln and Grimsby route. It was replaced by the current railway bridge in 1885.

Lincoln firms take to the saddle for Cycle Challenge Lincolnshire’s Cycle Challenge took place last month and health-conscious riders managed to clock up an impressive 23,000 miles...!

Lincolnshire businesses have been encouraged to take part in a month long cycle challenge with staff cycling to work and going out on social rides then adding up their total mileage.

There were team and individual prizes on offer for those who take part and climb a company and county wide leaderboard, whilst 62 organisations and 278

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participants have already signed up. Sarah Hubery, Sustainable Travel Office for Lincolnshire County Council says; “50,000 people work in Lincoln. We hope that the Cycle Challenge and National Cycle Work Day will really inspire people; cycling just once a week can mean health benefits and reduce carbon emissions.”

THE BOOK CLUB This month we have a beautiful collection of anthologies that make perfect Christmas gifts and easy reading...

The Brontë Sisters For all who have longed for Mr Rochester with Jane Eyre or imagined themselves out on the moors with Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, here are each of the novels of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë packed into one pocket-sized tome.

The list of novels include Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, The Professor, Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.

The Moth, Neil Gaiman Before TV, people gathered on porches and told stories.

The Moth is a non-profit group that is trying to recapture this art. The best true stories are collected here from a geneticist with a secret to Hemingway’s friend who landed himself in a role as a substitute bullfighter.

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, David Foster Wallace This book is at the boundaries of fiction.

Among the stories are The Depressed Person, a dazzling blackly humorous portrayal of a woman’s mental state, and Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, a dark series of portraits of men whose fear of women renders them grotesque.

Letters of Note, Shaun Usher A collection of over one 100 of the world’s most unusual letters.

From Virginia Woolf’s heart-breaking suicide letter, to Queen Elizabeth II’s recipe for drop scones sent to President Eisenhower and the first use of the expression ‘OMG’ in a letter to Churchill.

Dear World, How Are You?

by Toby Little When Toby Little was five, he decided to write to someone in every country in the world.

With help from mum, Toby hand wrote and posted letters to everyone from research scientists in Antarctica to game keepers in Chad and even the Pope. He achieved his goal and the world wrote back.

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Apple Tree Cottage, Harlaxton This charming country cottage with beautiful period features is set on the western fringe of the highly sought-after and tranquil village of Harlaxton. This beautiful home has been improved and extended in recent years to provide excellent and versatile living accommodation.

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o A Guide t WALKING IN LINCOLNSHIRE As it becomes colder, exercise of any kind seems a bit of a headache, but walking around Lincolnshire can be really enjoyable. We went for a stroll with Grantham Ramblers and saw first hand what the benefits can be; taking in the views, having a bit of a chat with some of the local ramblers, and boosting the immune system in the process...

Words & Images: Tilly Wilkinson.

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An autumn walk is always appealing at this time of year. After layering up with scarves, gloves, coats and hats, you step into your wellies, whistle for the dog, and venture out without the fear of getting sunstroke.

A HIKER’S CHECKLIST

After taking in beautiful sights of the frosty countryside and letting the dog run wild through hedges and woodlands, head back home for a steaming mug of hot chocolate to drink by a roaring fire.

If you’re of the view that autumn walks aren’t for you, that they just offer an inevitable cold, an hour well-wasted, and a muddy dog to clean, take time to read through this feature and you may change your mind.

It’s the best season to get out and about with the county covered in crispy leaves and autumn mists, a peaceful silence across the countryside, and a cool breath of wind on your cheeks.

England’s Chief Medical Officer believes that if a medication existed which had a similar effect to physical activity, it would be regarded as a wonder drug or a miracle cure.

“IF MEDICATION EXISTED THAT HAD A SIMILAR EFFECT TO WALKING, IT WOULD BE REGARDED AS A WONDER DRUG OR A MIRACLE CURE...”

The Benefits

OF WALKING There are so many benefits to walking around the county. Not only do you get to see some beautiful sights you may have never noticed before, you also become so much more healthier.

Walking will help manage your weight, reduce the risk of diabetes and certain cancers such as colon, breast and lung cancer, improve flexibility and strength of joints, muscles and bones, increase good cholesterol, boost the immune system and generally

If you’re going on a hike, there are ten essentials that you will need to take with you...

The officer recommends that adults do at least 150 minutes of moderate physical activity weekly, and an easy way would be walking for 30 minutes on five days of the week. Only a third of people in the country achieve this minimum recommended level.

1. NAVIGATION You’ll need a map and a compass to guide you on your walk, and a GPS and Altimeter is optional depending on where you’re hiking.

We’ve met three local ramblers to discuss their favourite routes around the county, and what they like to look out for when walking around Lincolnshire.

If you go on regular walks with a group of friends and you’re planning on going on a hike, we’ve a list of essential items to take with you, and if you’re new to rambling altogether and want to know more about the benefits, we’ve provided a little list below.

See an easy guide on how to use a map further in this feature if you can’t remember from your Guide and Scout clubs, and discover how walking can be fun. improve your mood, aid sleep and improve your self-image.

It’s free, requires no special equipment or training, it’s safer than most sports, and it’s easy to start slowly and build your stamina gradually.

It also has so many environmental benefits; if we all swapped one car journey a week for walking instead, car traffic levels would reduce by at least 10%.

It’s also sociable in groups and not an activity that requires attention, which is what makes it fun.

2. INSULATION Make sure you’re well insulated with gloves, jackets, vests and waterproofs.

3. ILLUMINATION Remember a torch or headlamp and extra batteries just in case.

4. FIRST-AID SUPPLIES This is essential - you don’t know what might happen so be prepared.

5. FIRE Bring matches or a lighter and fire starters for emergency survival fires.

6. COMMUNICATION Always bring a phone in case something bad happens and make sure someone knows your route and expected time back.

7. NUTRITION Bring an extra days supply of food.

8. HYDRATION Water bottles or hydration systems are definitely essential items to bring.

9. VIEWING ESSENTIALS If you’re on a hike to take in the views, remember binoculars or telescopes.

10. EMERGENCY SHELTER If you are on a hike for more than one day, remember tents and blankets.

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>> DEREK BOOLES, WALK LEADER...

Derek Booles was the leader of a walk we joined in on near Grantham in late September.

The walk was around four miles long through open countryside in fields around the small villages of Dembleby and Newton.

Derek has been part of the Ramblers for around 20 years now, but has enjoyed walking and getting out in the countryside all his life.

“I was born and bred in Leicestershire but moved to Grantham when we got married” says Derek. “When the children went to university we decided we wanted to get out and about and see more of the country side.

That’s the main reason why I’m part of the Ramblers.”

Derek is also a member of Sunrise Rotary, so when he isn’t walking, he’s giving his time to help the local community and support the aim of Rotary to eradicate polio from the world.

Although we spend so much time in Lincolnshire photographing, interviewing, and visiting local businesses, we don’t usually have five minutes to take in the glorious view of the Lincolnshire countryside; an occupational hazard.

Luckily on our visit to Dembleby, the job largely involved looking across beautiful panoramic countryside views. We joined Grantham Ramblers in late September just outside the church in the small rural village.

The group: Grantham Ramblers meet every other Thursday and Sunday at different locations hosted by different people. Walks are usually around eight to ten miles at weekends and four to five miles on Thursdays. Younger people come on the walks at the weekends while retired couples tend to come on the shorter walk during the week. There are loads of different Lincolnshire Rambling groups and there is sometimes cross-over in areas.

“I WANTED TO SEE MORE OF THE COUNTRYSIDE. THAT’S THE MAIN REASON WHY I’M PART OF THE RAMBLERS...”

Before the walk: All walks with the Ramblers require waterproof clothing, walking boots and a packed lunch. They also advise you to bring plenty of water and trekking poles are optional.

Look on the rambler website to see what walks are coming up in the area, get in touch with the group leader, and come along.

You don’t have to be a member of the Ramblers to go on a walk but after coming on a few with the group, joining allows you to receive emails and notifications letting you know which walks are coming up. The group leader will also tell you if there are lots of stiles to climb, muddy patches, nice views or woodland areas to walk through.

The walk: You don’t need to worry about directing the group; that’s the role of the walk leader.

Derek had done a recce of the route beforehand and used a map to ensure we didn’t get lost.

The group met just outside the church in Dembleby, a group of about 15, and after waiting for about ten minutes, we headed off with Derek leading.

We followed a back road to start with that lead to a few houses and a sheep field on our right.

A couple of other houses followed on our left and a field with a three or four shire horses in too.

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How to Read a Map

Above: Walking near a sheep field.

Left: Some members of the group on our walk in Dembleby.

Top: Shire horses and meadows.

We were soon in open countryside with panoramic views across the fields. Lincolnshire has a reputation for being flat, but it isn’t in a few places, and personally, walking around Lincolnshire’s small slopes is more appealing to me than walking up Derbyshire’s steep climbs, and the views are just as impressive.

I left the group just after walking across a field, and they went on to go through some of the small villages in a round trip back to the church.

The ramblers: I was able to speak to a few of the ramblers to get more of an understanding as to what they enjoy about the walk. One lady explained she went on walks to socialise and get to know people, while another said it was a good way to keep fit.

Many members of the group like it because it’s an easy activity and it’s something they often did on their own before they knew of the society.

Many, including Derek, walk to get the most out of where they live, and see more of the countryside views that are available to them.

Here are the basic principles of reading a map. On a 1:50 000 map, such as an OS Explorer, one unit of length on the map represents 50,000 units on the ground so 1cm represents 50,000cm or 500m.

To find the different symbols represent, like different kinds of church, electricity pylons, roads and railways, woods, orchards, scrub or marsh, look at the key usually at the bottom of the map.

Rights of way marked on maps will often be visible as a distinct path or track on the ground, but in less well-walked areas, the path may not be visible. Footpaths and bridleways are marked as green dashes on OS Explorer maps and magenta on OS Landranger maps.

To measure the distance of your

route, take a piece of thin string and lay it carefully along the exact route on the map, then lay it straight along the scale line on the map’s margin.

Don’t forget the extra effort of climbing hills when calculating how long the route will take to walk.

All OS maps are criss-crossed by vertical and horizontal grid lines. A grid reference uses four or six figure to identify a particular area or spot on a map that is 100 metres square.

So the grid reference SK9214 is a grid reference for a village called Greetham in Rutland.

SK relates to the location in Britain/county so grid references in Rutland will start with SK. When you look at the grid, the square that covers Greetham will have a horizontal line running to 92 and a vertical that runs to 14. Also, when walking in hilly or mountainous areas, look at the orange lines. The closer they are, the steeper the ascent.

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Perhaps you would prefer to continue to walk on your own and not in a rambling group, but would like to know what some of the best routes there are to follow.

Viking Way: This walk stretches for 147 miles from Humber Bridge in North Lincolnshire to Oakham in Rutland.

It was opened in 1976 in Lincolnshire, and although the full route may be too long, part of the Lincolnshire stretch is manageable.

It starts through Caistor and Horncastle and follows the River Bain into Woodhall Spa along a former railway, now the Spa Trail. It heads through Stixwould, Southrey, Bardney, Stainfield, before Fiskerton where it follows the River Witham towards Lincoln.

It passes Pottergate and enters the grounds of the Cathedral. It heads down Steep Hill and follows the High Street and leaves Lincoln to the west of Bracebridge Heath and through Waddington. Keep heading south until you meet the Rutland boundary.

“ON THE PEATLANDS WAY, YOU CROSS THE FAMOUS THORNE AND HATFIELD MOORS, WILDLIFE SITES OF EUROPEAN IMPORTANCE...”

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Lindsey Trail: This 75 mile bridleway runs through the Lincolnshire Wolds and is suitable for both walkers and cyclists with a hybrid or mountain bike.

Nev Cole Way: This 58 mile walk runs from Burton upon Stather to Nettleton through the countryside. The walk involves two long riverside stretches, first along the River Trent and then along the south bank of the River Humber. You will pass through Barton-upon-Humber and then Grimsby, before finishing at Nettleton.

Jurassic Way: Jurassic Way is about 88 miles in length connecting Banbury, Oxfordshire with Stamford. The Way follows a band of Jurassic Limestone.

It passes between Market Harborough and Corby, following the Welland Valley to Rockingham.

Peatlands Way: This is a 50 mile walk that takes you through the moorland around Thorne near Doncaster. The walk visits Crowle, Belton, Epworth and other villages.

You also cross the famous Thorne and Hatfield Moors, wildlife sites of national and European importance.

The walk includes waterside sections along River Don and New Junction Canal.

Top: It’s worth taking walking poles. Above: Watch out for muddy paths! Below: Walking through meadows.

Right: The Grantham Ramblers Group.

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- WALKING IN LINCOLNSHIRE -

FUN

FACT

The longest walk around the world ever was completed by a former neon sign salesman called Jean Beliveau. He walked an incredible 46,600 miles around 64 countries. The trip took him 11 years.

If you’re interested in joining the Ramblers but want to experience a walk first, here’s the Lincolnshire calendar for November...

CLAXBY, SCUNTHORPE GROUP, MODERATE

Wednesday 2nd November This nine mile walk is lead by Mike, a member of the association. He will lead the walk from Claxby at 10.30am. Ring the walk leader on 01427 859552 for any questions and the exact meeting point.

WYBERTON, BOSTON GROUP, LEISURELY

Thursday 3rd November This 5 mile walk is lead by Derrick and Sue and is followed by an optional pub lunch. They will lead the walk from Wyberton Church car park at 10.30am. Ring the walk leaders on 07900 091468 for any questions.

ANCASTER, LINCOLN GROUP, STRENUOUS Sunday 13th November This long walk starts at 9am, lead by John Wright, following the heathlands and farmlands of the Roman village. It’s a 15 mile walk starting in Wilsford Lane. Call John on 01522 793928 if you have any questions or queries.

CULVERTHORPE LAKE, GRANTHAM GROUP, MODERATE

Sunday 13th November This is a moderate walk stretching 8.5 miles with the Grantham Group, going through Aunsby, Dembleby, Aisby and Heydour. Call group leader David on 01476 562960 if you have any questions about this walk.

WELTON LE WOLD, GRIMSBY AND LOUTH GROUP, MODERATE Wednesday 16th November This is a very rural midweek 10 mile walk. Bring a picnic, and call 01472 508530 for more information.

n For more information and to find other walks lead by the ramblers in November, please visit www.ramblers.org.uk/lincolnshire.

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Pret à Porter

It’s an exciting month for a young fashion graduate born and raised in Louth.

Ashley Janney’s new fashion label launches with a champagne reception at the town’s St James’s Church, followed by the launch of his website from which he’ll sell his new fashion label... what a great way to begin his new career!

We’re in the sleepy village of Fotherby, just ten minutes from Louth and about 150 miles away, London Fashion Week is about to get underway.

The event is seminal in the high fashion calender, with over 5,000 fashion buyers and members of the press converging on the capital to preview the new season’s fashions in an industry that tends to design two years in advance and work, commercially, about a year ahead.

Buying will take place for Spring/Summer 2017, and possibly for Autumn/Winter 2017 too. With about £100m of orders being placed it’s one of four fashion weeks, alongside Paris, Milan and New York which dictate not only high fashion, but High Street fashion, too.

“It’s really optimistic to think that I’ll be revealing my own collections there too, in a year or two - I’ve got to take baby steps - but it’s possible, and it’s as important to have ambition as it is to have patience,” says Ashley Janney.

It’s an exciting time for the Lincolnshire born fashion graduate, who launches his own brand and his business with his first commercial collection as Pride goes to press.

It’s a Friday morning, and after our meeting, Ashley has a busy day preparing Louth’s St James’s Church - and his outfits and models - for a catwalk show the following evening, during which he’ll reveal his spring and summer ranges which will be available online from his website, which launches immediately after the catwalk show.

“I’D LOVE TO HAVE MY OWN LONDON FASHION WEEK COLLECTION - I THINK IT’S GOOD TO HAVE AMBITION AS WELL AS PATIENCE!” Main Image: Ashley Janney is Lincolnshire’s new fashion designer, having launched his business this year and designed his first commercially available collection.

Born and raised in Louth, and now living in the village of Fortherby, Ashley attended the University of Creative Arts in Rochester, graduating with a BA (Hons) in Fashion Design.

“University definitely grounds you as a person and teaches you really valuable skills.

They teach you the process at more of a couture level which is a great way to learn a wider range of skills - but at high end or High Street level, that process is a lot more timely. The fast paced skills you need for this industry you definitely gain working hands on within the industry itself ”

Following his graduation Ashley worked at Vesper, an online retailer, as a fashion design assistant, cutting patterns and so on.

“It was a nice company to work in, and it was good to see how the commercial world differs from an education environment - as I expected. As a student you were tasked to design six outfits a year. Commercially that’s very slow. My own collection of 31 outfits was designed in two months, though it has been finessed after my initial designs.”

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>> “My other University friends had all gone their separate ways too, so I found myself relatively alone and returned home to my family as I wondered where to go next, career wise.”

“A family member suggested I approached the Prince’s Trust, so I did, in June and launched my own fashion brand, Ashley Janney, about a month later.”

“I’ve designed my first collection of 31 outfits, a ready to wear collection for professional women for any occasion from office to evening out, in monochrome black and grey.”

Ashley’s range majors on shift dresses, as well as a range of evening dresses and fitted tops and skirts.

The designer is grounded, and has no interest in wacky couture fashions such as those you’ll see on the fashion week catwalks. He insists that his range is elegant and stylish, but commercially viable.

“I’m working with two key fabrics in this collection, both are high quality flattering fabrics and, most importantly comfortable to wear.”

“Because I’ve no overheads, working from the family home, I can invest in quality and concentrate on making a range that’s stylish but eminently wearable too.”

Above all though, it’s really important to me that the products I’m designing are flattering, so I’ve paid lots of attention to producing a cut which will flatter the feminine figure.”

Ashley’s Spring/Summer 2016 collection has been designed in a monochrome scheme of black and grey, but having seen a sneak peek of the mood boards on which his Autumn/Winter collection will be based, we’ll see the inclusion of more country inspired textures and the addition of a few colours, too.

The designer takes his inspiration from the catwalk shows of established designers like Victoria Beckham, Ellie Saab, Alexander McQueen and Fendi, and will be glued to his computer screen watching London Fashion Week’s catwalk shows with a ream of paper and a pen to hand.

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ASHLEY JANNEY Born: Fotherby, Louth, aged 25.

Education: University of Creative Arts, Rochester, Kent, graduated in 2015 with a BA (Hons) Degree in Fashion Design.

Fashion Design: Launches his first collection as Pride goes to press at Louth’s St James’s Church, mentored by The Prince’s Trust.

The collection is available now online at www.ashleyjanney.co.uk.

Above/Left: Ashley’s ranges are designed in size eight but he currently resizes his pattern - known as grading - by hand, and so he can accommodate any sizes.

Above: Ashley works from a studio at his family’s home in Fotherby, near Louth. He’s produced his Spring/Summer 2016/2017 collection and will shortly begin work on his Autumn/Winter collection.

Opposite: Ashley thinks his shift dresses will sell for £90, with evening wear from around £200 and separates from £45.

“I’ll produce anything up to 100 designs, just sketching without really looking, just noting details and paying as close attention as possible to trends and style.”

can purchase the computer software to do the job on a computer this being known as a Gerber System.

“Over the next two weeks or so I’ll finesse the designs for my Autumn/Winter collection and rather than creating a baste cut, I’ll use the actual fabrics to create a sample in final fabric.”

“Eventually, when the brand grows I’m looking to outsource manufacturing to one of two places, one in London or, preferably, to a company I know in Nottingham.

“Even a scribble can have merit, and I’ll revisit them to create about 30 designs, gradually whittling them down to a collection of about 30 outfits, which I think is about the right number for a collection.”

Ashley samples in a size eight - and currently is doing all his own pattern grading by hand, for now at least, until he

The brand is available in UK size 6-14, he is initially doing his own manufacturing and will produce garments as and when people place an order to avoid holding too much stock.

It’d be cheaper to use an overseas company, but I’m really keen that the brand should keep people in employment in this >>

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“IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT THE PRODUCTS I’M DESIGNING ARE FLATTERING, SO I’VE PAID ATTENTION TO PRODUCING A CUT THAT FLATTERS HIPS & BOTTOMS...”

>> Left: Ashley’s Spring/Summer collections were unveiled last month at St James’s Church, Louth.

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“WORKING TO A TIGHT DEADLINE WAS DIFFICULT BUT ALSO EXHILARATING, I AM REALLY PLEASED WITH THE COLLECTION AND HAVE HAD GREAT FEEDBACK ALREADY...!”

Top: Ashley’s 31 outfits on the rail ready for his launch show at St James’s Church, Louth.

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>> country, rather than being produced in poor overseas working conditions.”

“Working to a tight deadline was difficult but also exhilarating, I am really pleased with the collection and have had great feedback already.”

“This is my label’s first collection, and I’m really excited for all future collections the brand will produce after the official launch of the website as Pride goes to press.”

“As well as the show I’ve a meeting next week with my Prince’s Trust mentor, Trudy Roberts. That’s in preparation for going to panel, a sort of Dragon’s Den meeting where four business advisors from the Trust will review my business plan, look at my forecasts and cashflow projection, and scrutinise the products that I’m bringing to market.”

A s h l ey ’s prices are yet to be confirmed but will be in the region of £90 for shift dresses, £200 for his evening wear collection and £45 for tops and skirts.

“It’s a thrill to design but I recognise that there’s a lot of work ahead on marketing, manufacturing and ensuring the business is financially secure too.”

“That doesn’t mean I’m not terrifically excited too, and that I’m bursting with ambition!” n Ashley Janney’s Fashion label launches as Pride goes to press. His Spring/Summer 2017 collection is now available to browse and purchase online at www.ashleyjanney.co.uk. Alternatively email contact@ashleyjanney.co.uk.

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A LINCOLNSHIRE

CHRISTMAS

It’s one of the biggest and most popular Christmas Markets in the UK. It attracts over a quarter of a million visitors and contributes over £10,000,000 to the city’s economy. We’re talking, of course, about Lincoln’s annual Christmas Market, which takes place once more from Thursday 1st to Sunday 4th December with over 280 stalls providing the gifts and food you need to celebrate the season...!

Words: Rob Davis.

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It’s the biggest event in Uphill Lincoln’s Calendar, and attracts over 250,000 visitors, bringing £10m of revenue into the city.

Lincoln’s Christmas Market is much beloved, having its origins in 1982 when it began life as a German market with just 11 stalls as an exercise in promoting relations with Lincoln’s twin town, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse.

Doddington Hall at

CHRISTMAS Christmas at Doddington

26th November - 21st December Dressed especially for the festive season this year’s theme is A Fairy Tale Christmas, with the Hall dressed spectacularly with the favourite parts of popular Christmas stories! Admission £7.50/adult; £1.50/child.

Nowadays, the number of stalls tops 280 and the event is so large that organisers have had to implement a ‘one way’ route. The event takes place in the Castle grounds, in Castle Square and around the Cathedral, and even incorporates a fairground.

Late Night Shopping

30th November - 21st December Enjoy an atmospheric evening of Christmas Shopping at Doddington Hall, on Wednesday evenings between 30th November and 21th December, 5pm – 8pm. Visit the Home, Clothing, Farm, Bike and Bauble Barn stores out of hours to grab the perfect festive decorations, luxury clothing and delicious treats.

“Lincoln’s Christmas market is well-known for its festive feel, attracting thousands of visitors from around the world, and this year is going to be even more festive than before,”

“IT’S FANTASTIC THAT THE MARKET HAS SUCH A RENOWNED REPUTATION. WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR’S CHRISTMAS MARKET - THERE ALREADY SEEMS TO BE A REAL BUZZ ABOUT IT...” says Claire Thompson, Principal Events and Culture Officer for the event’s organiser, Lincoln City Council.

“It’s fantastic that the market has such a renowned reputation. We’re really excited about this year’s Christmas market - there already seems to be a real buzz about it.”

“There is something for everyone, from unusual gifts to food and drink from near and far, not to mention a whole host of entertainment for all the family to enjoy,” says Claire. “Visitors can enjoy the scents of mulled wine and freshly cooked food, the sounds of entertainment, music and merriment and the sights of this market in this stunning, historic city.”

“In recent year, we’ve tried to incorporate more entertainment, that’s something we’ve

worked hard to expand on this year. Buskers will be dotted around the whole market, along with more performances from bands and theatre groups. Following a successful trial last year, we’re going to have more seasonal chalets in the castle grounds, Castle Square and Minster Yard.”

This year’s event takes place from Thursday 1st to Sunday 4th December, and our recommendation is to take advantage of the Park & Ride Scheme operating from the Lincolnshire Showground - see www.lincolnchristmasmarket.co.uk for details.

Christmas Wreaths

9th December Join florist Rachel Petheram for one of her popular workshops. Make your own luxury Christmas wreath to hang on your door.

Rachel will demonstrate how to make a range of wreaths and then you will make your own mossed wreath using a sumptuous range of English-grown, seasonal materials.

Lunch and materials included; £95/person, pre-booking essential.

Table Centres

13th December Learn how to make a Christmas table centre with lovely scented seasonal materials. Rachel will show you a range of styles and options and then you can make an arrangement to suit your Christmas plans! Tea, coffee, lunch and materials provided, £115.

The market will officially launch with a traditional Christmas carol concert at Lincoln Cathedral on the Thursday evening hosted by the Right Worshipful Mayor of Lincoln Yvonne Bodger. >>

n Lincoln’s Christmas Market takes place from Thursday 1st to Sunday 4th December, open from 10am until 7-9.30pm. Free admission, charges for Park & Ride. See www.lincoln-christmasmarket.co.uk.

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FOOD & GIFTS

AT THE LINCOLNSHIRE SHOWGROUND 26th & 27th November

A Gifted Event in Sleaford Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th December: Gifted 2016 takes place at the National Centre for Craft and Design (formerly The Hub) next month. Over 3,000 shoppers and visitors will enjoy seeing the products of talented designer/ makers across all arts and crafts disciplines.

See www.nationalcraftanddesign.org.uk.

FESTIVE CELEBRATIONS Lincoln BIG Ice Rink...

Lincoln City’s Ice Rink will once again take place in City Square. The specially created rink is 25m x 15m wide, a total area of 375m2. will be visited by 20,000 over the course of the event - up to 700 per day!

Penguin-shaped skating aids are available for younger children, and sessions will cost £7.50/adults; £5.50/conc; £5/groups 10+. n 10am-9pm daily, 26th November-1st January.

See www.visitlincoln.com or call 01522 717118.

Lincoln’s Christmas Lights...

The countdown to Christmas on Lincoln’s High Street begins with the switching on of the Lincoln Christmas Lights on Thursday 17th November.

This year’s celebrity is Kerry Katona, and you can expect entertainment plus late night shopping and free parking.

Last year’s switch on was completed by Vicki Michelle and magician Martin Daniels. n High Street; free.

Handel at Lincoln Cathedral...

The majesty of Handel’s Messiah, performed by the Lincoln Cathedral Choir in the Nave.

This seasonal favourite will be accompanied by the Lincoln Chamber Orchestra. The rousing ‘Hallelujah’ Chorus is one of the most famous pieces of Baroque choral music and by far the most widely-known section of the work. It demanding yet accessible, elevating yet entertaining.

For the first time tickets for Handel’s Messiah are being sold with allocated seating. n Lincoln Cathedral, Saturday 19th November 7.3pm. Tickets £16-£28, see eventbrite.co.uk or call 01522 561644.

Late Night Shopping...

There’s plenty of time to complete our Christmas shopping in Lincoln, with late night shopping every Thursday from 17th November to 22nd December until 8pm (selected stores 9pm). Late night shopping continues from Monday 19th to Friday 23rd December. Park for free from 5pm at St Marks, or in the NCP Multi-Storey for £1.50 from 5pm, or using Steep Hill’s Walk & Ride service. n See www.visitlincoln.com.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could complete your Christmas shopping, enjoy a great family day out and stock up your larder for the festive season, all from the one event?

You can, at the Lincolnshire Showground’s Food and Gift Fair, taking place on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th November, with newly extended opening hours from 9am to 4pm.

The event’s growth has been unprecedented and now it its sixteenth year, it’s expected that over 8,000 people will attend the Fair.

Over 150 exhibitors are split fairly evenly between those selling gifts and providers of local food and drink - Lincolnshire names include Welbourne’s Bakery, Cote Hill Cheese, Red Hill Free Range Pork and many more.

Eight Lincolnshire chefs including Steven Bennett and Rachel Green will be providing cookery demonstrations, and many of the food stalls will offer you the chance to enjoy local food on the day too.

New for this year is Santa’s Workshop, which provides craft activities for children enabling them to make gifts and festive decorations for friends and families.

Taking place between the EPIC Centre and Exhibition Hall, the Fair takes place undercover, in the warm.

Tickets are £5/advance, £6/day, with under 16s free, and free car parking. For more information call 01522 522900 or visit www.lincolnshireshowground.co.uk.

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What’s On... memories of struggle and farewells are recalled as she reflects on a life that has witnessed the whole of the 20th century so far.

Find out What’s On this month with events taking place in different venues across the county. November is full of fireworks and fun as we slowly make our way into the festive season...

HALLOWEEN GHOST BUS TOUR

Saturday 29th - 30th October Be spooked on Halloween weekend by exploring haunted Lincoln by open-top bus with a local ghost expert. One of the team from the popular Lincoln Ghost Walks will guide you around Lincoln on Tour Lincoln, the open-top city sightseeing bus, whilst telling spooky tales and stories of Lincoln’s haunted past.

01522 545458, www.visitlincoln.com

MAGNA CARTA

Throughout November Witness a staple in British history as the Magna Carta and Charter Of The Forest are displayed side by side in Lincoln Castles breath taking, stately vault. Afterwards, you can immerse yourself in the thrilling story of King John with the new underground wrap around screen.

01522 782040, www.lincolncastle.com

ROYAL OPERA HOUSE BALLET

Sunday 6th November Watch Kenneth MacMillan’s landmark production of Anastasia streamed live from Covent Garden in the comfort of the South Holland Centre. Anastasia tells the dramatic tale of a young Princess who is conflicted by her past and struggles to recall her identity.

01775 764777, www.southhollandcentre.co.uk

ANTHEM

Wednesday 9th - 12th November With action from both the 1910s and 1960s, Anthem offers us an insight into life as a woman during testing times. Isobel Thompson’s 32

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AN EVENT OF REMEMBRANCE

- BONFIRE NIGHT AVIATION HERITAGE CENTRE

Tuesday 1st November A bonfire night with a difference will be at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre in East Kirkby, as the traditional fireworks will be accompanied by Lancaster taxi runs. Visitors will also be able to see an original WWII searchlight, soak up the wartime atmosphere and feast on a hog roast.

01790 763207, www.lincsaviation.co.uk

LINCOLNSHIRE SHOWGROUND

Friday 11th November Join the South Holland Centre for a night packed with song and performance to commemorate the First World War and remember those who have fallen. All profit from the event will be donated to the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.

01775 764777, www.southhollandcentre.co.uk

COMEDY CURRY

Friday 11th November Returning for the fifth year after huge success, a night packed with laughter and spice showcasing another talented line up including Johnny Kats and Jack Mink.

01522 522900, www.lincolnshireshowground.co.uk Tony Christie...

Friday 4th November Lincolnshire Showground presents their annual Fireworks Spectacular featuring two mesmerising displays (one child friendly). It is also set to host a fairground and plenty to eat and drink.

01522 522900, www.lincolnshireshowground.co.uk

RUSHTON HALL

Saturday 5th November Remember, remember the 5th of November at the home of Francis Tresham, notorious for his role in the infamous 1604 gunpowder plot. Enjoy a three course dinner followed by a glass of mulled wine while watching an absolutely spectacular fireworks display.

01536 713001 www.rushtonhall.com

TONY CHRISTIE 2016

Friday 11th November Tony Christie tours the UK for his golden anniversary on stage with his show stopping band, treating audiences to some of his greatest hits. Accompanied by special guests Ranagri, he is also set to perform new tunes from his recent album The Great Irish Songbook.

03003 000035, www.grimsbyauditorium.org.uk

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BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY

Saturday 12th November A nostalgic night packed with Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons greatest hits.

A night not to be missed by music lovers as authentic vocalists perform rock ‘n’ roll tracks from Grease and classics such as My Eyes Adore You, Beggin and of course Big Girls Don’t Cry.

03003 000035, www.grimsbyauditorium.org.uk

BAILGATE CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR

Saturday 12th November Prepare for the festive season with a chance to get your hands on some unique, homemade gifts from talented stallholders such as glassware, neckties, wreaths and more delightful items.

01522 540300, www.stbarnabashospice.co.uk

GLOW IN THE PARK

Saturday 12th November Dance, jog, skip or walk your way around the action packed, night time 5k course at the Meridian Showground. With a mix of sound and light it’s sure to make for an incredible atmosphere to enjoy with friends and family!

01522 549900, www.lincsfm.co.uk

Glow in the Park...

- HIDDEN ENGLAND -

DODDINGTON HALL

Saturday 5th November Join Doddington Hall Farm Shop for an afternoon of sampling Sloemotion’s finest, fruit liqueurs. As a family run business, Sloemotions revives traditional methods to create their products giving them that unbeatable, homemade quality.

01522 694308, www.doddingtonhall.com

LINCOLN CATHEDRAL

Saturday 5th November Lincoln Choral Society will perform pieces by Bach in November, and are joined by the Lincolnshire Chamber Orchestra to perform a piece by Telemann, in Lincoln Cathedral’s stunning Nave. There are 100 local, national and international musicians in total.

01522 871915, www.lincolnchoralsociety.org/concert.html

ROCKINGHAM CASTLE

Monday 21st - 25th November Rockingham Castle will be having a Victorian Christmas week this month.

The fires are lit, the food prepared and the Great Hall table is laid for a sumptuous Christmas dinner. Guided tours in period costume take place throughout the day and a wealth of beautifully lit Christmas trees welcome you into the Castle Courtyard.

01536 770240, www.rockinghamcastle.com

PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL

Monday 21st - 25th November Join Peterborough Cathedral Choir for an unforgettable evening of English, French and German music on the theme of peace and reconciliation.

01733 355315, www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk

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What’s On...

- A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE -

Christmas will be spectacular thanks to Gates Garden Centre.

If you’ve yet to experience the Christmas decorations department at the Cold Overton garden centre, a stone’s throw from Lincolnshire, please don’t miss out!

Due to open as Pride goes to press, the retailer’s Christmas department provides more than 14,000sq ft of baubles, tinsel, lights and decorations.

Taking 12 people 1,620 man hours to set up, the department is arranged with 12 different themes from Neon to Highland to Scandi to Victorian, so you can choose your favourite tree, then find

everything you need to create that look.

“We are very well known for our Christmas displays and themeddecor here at Gates Garden Centre,” says Kathy Gates.

“It’s a fantastic time of year that everybody gets excited about and from October we like to fill our showrooms with some enchanting displays.”

“In November our magical winter grotto opens, where you can meet Santa and his Elves and really get into the spirit of Christmas!”

Open seven days, based at Cold Overton, Oakham, LE15 7QB, call 01664 454309 or see www.gatesgardencentre.co.uk.

CHRIS HART AND DANIEL SMITH

Saturday 12th November An established concerto player and an award winning musician - Christopher Hart and Daniel-King Smith - hailing from the Royal Academy Of Music come together to perform classics such as Bach, Albinoni to Debussy, Martinu via Hummel.

01775 764777, www.southhollandcentre.co.uk

SALUTE TO THE 40s

Sunday 13th November A true variety show celebrating all things 40s! Expect flags, bunting, and music from Frank Sinatra, Gracie Fields and Max Miller. If that wasn’t enough, the audience will be treated to an appearance from the UK’s number one Vera Lynn tribute act!

01780 766455, www.stamfordcornexchange.co.uk

Joanne Froggatt will star in Starfish...

PADDY

Sunday 13th November Set in 1964, follow the action packed tale of Irish emigrant, Patrick Murphy, who dreamed of London city and bright lights.

01522 519999 www.lincolntheatreroyal.com

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Lincoln’s Tank Memorial...

GRAB’S BIG BAND BASH

Saturday 19th November An exciting night of live music brought to you by the Grab jazz and swing band featuring several impressive vocalists. Used to playing in front of sell out audiences, they are sure to put on a fantastic show.

01476 406158, www.guildhallartscentre.com

THE RISE OF THE TANKS

Tuesday 15th November On the 100th anniversary of the first appearance of tanks on the battlefield, WWI historian Richard Pullen gives an illustrated talk on the development and use of the tank in WWI, first made in Lincolnshire.

01522 782040, www.lincolnshire.gov.uk

STARFISH WITH RECEPTION

Friday 18th November Filmed in Rutland, Starfish tells the heartwrenching story of local man, Tom Ray, and his families struggle when he is diagnosed with a rare disease; sepsis. The film will be introduced by director Bill Clark and special guests, Tom and Nicola Ray.

01780 763203, www.stamfordartscentre.com

SINATRA AND FRIENDS CONCERT

Saturday 19th November This unique event sees the likes of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Ella Fitzgerald take to the stage alongside live performers through the magic of holographic technology.

A truly nostalgic and unforgettable night for 50s music fans.

LATE NIGHT MINI MARKET

Saturday 26th November Visit a one off mini market at LMS in Lincoln packed with a variety of stalls ranging from beautiful, handmade crafts, decorations, delicious refreshments, entertainment and a visit from Father Christmas himself ! It’s a fun Christmas market to get you in the mood for the festive season.

01522 810562, www.lmslincoln.co.uk

LINCOLN ICE RINK

Saturday 26th November Enjoy skating in the heart of Lincoln on the decorated, outdoor ice rink sure to get you into the Christmas spirit. Have fun with friends, watch the professionals whizzing by and try not to fall over! Lincoln Ice Rink is perfect for an evening with friends or a family day out and uses real ice for an authentic experience.

01522 717118, www.lincolnbig.co.uk

Tuesday 22nd November Light Up a Life is one of the best loved, most meaningful and poignant events in the St Barnabas Lincs Hospice calendar. Christmas is a time of celebration, remembrance and reflection, with family and friends. Light torches and candles and stroll through the streets.

01522 540300, www.stbarnabashospice.co.uk

ADVENT WREATH FESTIVAL

Thursday 24th November The St Mary Magdalene church in Lincoln will hold an Advent Wreath Festival which will see exhibitors displaying their own beautiful designed Christmas wreaths decorated by many local businesses throughout Advent. The church is open at selected times throughout Advent. Please see their website for more information.

CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR

Thursday 26th November Join Gainsborough Old Hall for one of the country’s leading craft fairs set out in the beautiful manor house where the traditions of Victorian Christmas will kick off your festive season.

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD

01507 600350, www.louthplaygoers.com

TORCH PROCESSION

01522 520401, www.stmarym.org.uk

01724 290640, www.plowrighttheatre.com

Saturday 19th November The Riverhead theatre host Hotbuckle’s production of the romantic classic Far From The Madding Crowd. Two men fight for Bathsheba Everdene’s affection, but who will she choose?

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Lincoln Ice Rink...

01522 782040, www.visitlincoln.com

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Christmas Grottos Gates Garden Centre

If you’re looking to take the kids or grand kids to see Santa Claus in and around the county, he’s going to be visiting quite a few venues and garden centres, so enjoy a cup of tea and a cake while they collect presents...

GATES NURSERIES, COLD OVERTON

Saturday 19th November Stroll through an enchanted winter wonderland before visiting Santa in his Christmas Grotto. Meet the elves and choose a special gift from Santa’s magical toy workshop.

After visiting the Grotto you can enjoy a tasty festive treat in the Garden Restaurant or stroll through 14,000 sqft of themed Christmas displays, decorations and lights to get you into the festive spirit! Just £7.99 per child including gift. For groups of more than 10, please call the garden centre to book your visit.

01664 454309, www.gatesgardencentre.co.uk

JOHNSONS OF BOSTON

Saturday 19th November Step through the wardrobe into Narnia, where children walk through that winter wonderland meeting characters from the book along the way. Father Christmas is waiting inside to meet the children and give them their present and a baby Christmas tree all of their own. Ride the Johnsons express train in the Garden Centre, meet real owls, and ride in Santa’s Sleigh, £9/tickets.

01205 363408, www.johnsonsofboston.co.uk

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BELTON HOUSE, GRANTHAM

Throughout December Belton House have a number of special Christmas events on for children throughout December. From 2nd - 22nd December, there will be a Christmas Grotto near the Discovery Centre at Belton which will be £4.50 per child and we advise you to pre-book as this event can sell out pretty fast.

They also have Supper with Santa and Breakfast with Santa on days from 16th - 23rd. Supper includes a Christmas dinner with turkey, bruseels and potatoes and so on for the children and a Christmas panini - turkey and cranberry sauce - for the adults.

There are also presents given out to the children by Santa himself in the play area at Belton. Breakfast with Santa includes a cooked breakfast for children and a breakfast bap for adults. £6/under twos, £10/three to six year olds, £12/seven plus, and £6/adults.

01476 566116, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/belton-house

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SPRINGFIELDS, SPALDING

Throughout December Father Christmas will arrive at Springfields in December too. The Christmas Grotto will open for a limited number once he has arrived so get in touch with them to see how you can book tickets. He will be arriving on the Springfield Land Train that travels around the shopping outlet.

01775 760909 www.springfieldsshopping.co.uk

SACREWELL FARM, PETERBOROUGH Throughout December Sacrewell Farm in Peterborough have a calendar of Christmas events. They haven’t release the details yet so look out for more information in the next edition of Pride and keep checking the website, because tickets for the grotto go fast!

01780 782254 www.sacrewell.org.uk

OLDRIDS & DOWNTOWN

Throughout December Oldrids & Downtown’s Grantham store will host the chain of stores’ Christmas grotto this year, so look out for Santa Claus giving gifts out from the store, and ho-ho-hoing!

More details on their grotto and other Christmas events will be released more to the time when Pride goes to press.

01205 361251, www.oldrids.co.uk

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Christmas begins with a trip to Gates Garden Centre...

14,000sqft of Decorations • 12 emed Displays Gift Ideas • Santa’s Grotto • Festive Dining Cold Overton, Oakham LE15 7QB Telephone 01664 454309 Open 7 Days a Week | Free Parking

www.gatesgardencentre.co.uk

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- MEET THE CLIFTONS -

Cliftons With not one, not even two... but three members of the Clifton family competing in this year’s flagship dance competition, Saturday nights in Keith and Judy Clifton’s Waltham home will be interesting, to say the least...! >>

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Words: Rob Davis, Kevin Clifton.

Images: BBC

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He’s one of the Stars of Strictly, and the reason your Saturday evening in Autumn will be just that little bit more glittery.

‘Kevin from Grimsby’ as he was christened

by Bruce Forsyth, is a former Youth World Number one and four times British Latin Champion.

He trained in ballroom and Latin from an early age, taught by his parents, former World number ones Keith and Judy Clifton and went on to win International Open titles all over the world. Next, Kevin made his musical theatre debut in 2010, starring in ‘Dirty Dancing’ in the West End. Kevin is the only professional dancer to reach three consecutive grand finals, firstly with presenter Susanna Reid in 2013, secondly with Frankie Bridge in 2014, and most recently with Kellie Bright in 2015.

Kevin is also now married to fellow Strictly professional dancer, Karen Clifton.

Here, we’ve enjoyed an exclusive interview with Kevin written on the eve of his 2016 debut with partner Louise Redknapp.

Tell us about life growing up in Grimsby, do you still revisit the town often and what do you miss about it?

I miss Grimsby a lot as I don’t get up there as long as I’d like to. For me it will always be home and even now it still feels like home whenever I’m there.

I still expect to see faces I know when walking around Freshney Place. Happily, Karen and I are excited to perform our new live show at the Grimsby Auditorium next year!

What was life like growing up with professional dancers as parents - did they push you toward a career in dance or were you enthusiastic enough without their influence?

I don’t think mum and dad were initially keen on me being a dancer. From what I’m told, if my grandparents weren’t available to babysit I would have to go along to my parents’ dance school and I would just start joining in, copying what I saw in front of me and from there I never really looked back!

How did you make the transition from dancing for pleasure to dancing professionally and finally for Strictly?

I was competing for years as a dancer, until a few years ago I got very bored of the competition scene and was also bored of the way I was dancing.

After quitting and weighing up my options I was offered a job with a dance company called Burn The Floor where I was mentored by Jason Gilkison who in my opinion is the most creative choreographers and teachers in the ballroom world. At some point the Strictly producers came to see the company perform which led to me eventually being offered a place on the show.

“The greatest thing about Strictly Come Dancing is having the chance to inspire other people to become involved in dance!”

Why is Strictly so enjoyable - is it the scale and popularity of the show, perhaps?

The greatest thing for me about Strictly is having the chance to inspire other people to dance and get involved in what I have dedicated my life to. I get enormous pleasure out of watching the celebrities improve and love the dancing. Also, getting messages from people watching the show saying how they have been inspired to take up dancing.

You’re performing this year alongside your wife Karen and sister Joanne... is there much (friendly) rivalry between you all?

There is no rivalry between us! We are all very supportive of each other because at the end of the day, we just don’t do it for the competition anymore. It’s all about the art and the performance. If the audience is entertained, then we are all happy.

Above: This will be Kevin’s fourth year on Strictly. His previous dance partners include the newsreader Susanna Reid in series 11; former ‘S-Club’ pop star Frankie Bridge in series 12 and last year, actress Kellie Bright for series 13. This year he’s been partnered with former footballer’s wife and singer Louise. Also this year, Kevin will be dancing in (friendly) competition against sister Joanne and wife Karen... making it a nailbiting competition for mum and dad (see over)!

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- MEET THE CLIFTONS -

A FAMILY BUSINESS

Meet the Cliftons!

Joanne Clifton

Joanne is one of Strictly’s most decorated professional dancers; five times British Champion, three times International Champion, Professional World Dancesports Games Champion 2013 and World Professional Showdance Championship.

She joined Strictly in 2014 where she partnered Scott Mills.

Karen Clifton

Originally from Venezuela, Karen moved to New York when she was eight years old.

In 2009, Karen appeared in the US series So You Think You Can Dance, before joining Burn The Floor as a principal dancer. Karen reached the grand final with Mark Wright in 2014 and in 2015, partnered with BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine.

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“I would love to see my Karen with Will Young lift the glitter ball. Karen is the best dancer I know and would really deserve it!”

How intense is the training, and how well do nonprofessionals/celebrities cope with the demands?

The training can be very demanding physically, but also emotionally. They are putting themselves out there in front of 10 million people, live, every weekend, well outside of their comfort zones and I applaud them for it. Although it can be very enjoyable it’s not easy for them at all.

How much work goes into bringing the programme to air, it must involve long hours and a huge crew?

We are working seven days a week on Strictly. Four of those days are taken up with training the celeb to get the routine together, then there’s rehearsal day at the studio, a live show day and then choreography day... if you make it through to the next week!

Hundreds of people are necessary, and work really hard to make it the phenomenon that it is, from hair/make-up, camera crew, producers, to stage managers, runners and prop technicians.

What’s it like to work with Louise and who has been the most enjoyable partner so far?

I’ve absolutely loved every one of my partners! I think it is the most crucial aspect for us that we get on with our partners and have a good relationship. I’ve been so lucky in that way.

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Louise is a dream of a partner. She is very determined, a hard worker and most importantly, a lovely, lovely person. This makes it so easy to work with her. I’m excited to see what we can create together.

Which celebrity pair do you rate as this year’s champions - aside from yourselves, of course!

I would love to see my Karen with Will Young lift the glitter ball. Karen is the best dancer I know and would really deserve it!

And on the back of your Strictly fame, you’ve been able to support a number of charities in your spare time - tell us about them?

We work with the Wheelchair Dancesport Association as it works hard to get people into dancing despite their disabilities.

We love that anyone can get involved in dance.

Also I support the Starlight UK Children’s Foundation; we just donated £30,000 to them by winning All Star Mr and Mrs!

n Kevin, Karen & Joanne can be seen on BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday nights from 6.30pm. Kevin will also be performing their live tour at the Grimsby Auditorium on the 10th June 2017.

Tickets available from www.kevinandkarenlive.com.

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An Interview with Mum & Dad! WITH A SON AND DAUGHTER AND NOW A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW ALL APPEARING IN THIS YEAR’S STRICTLY COME DANCING, SATURDAY NIGHTS WILL BE REALLY NAIL-BITING FOR KEITH & JUDY CLIFTON! Keith & Judy Clifton’s Saturday evenings are set to be quite nerve-wracking this autumn, with son Kevin, daughter Joanne and now daughter-in-law Karen all competing in this year’s flagship BBC Strictly Come Dancing.

Judy is from Grimsby, and Keith is from Hemel Hempstead. Keith’s parents were dance teachers and both Keith and Judy began dancing for pleasure before competing professionally.

Keith danced with his sister Lynn, a friend of Judy, until their teenage years. After enjoying a taste of life in the city, Judy went to live with Lynn in the Clifton family home, and Keith & Judy fell in love.

Between 1976 and 1981, Keith and Judy won four British Latin American Champion titles, plus European titles and also danced on the QEII cruise ship as professionals.

The couple moved back to Grimsby in 1981 and gave birth to Kevin, who celebrates his 34th birthday as Pride appears in shops, and Joanne who’s a year younger.

“The kids used to come along to our classes, and though we certainly didn’t force feed them, they were friendly with the other children there and inevitably wanted to join in.”

“They’ve been dancing from around five or six years of age.”

“Kevin won the British Youth Championship, and was rated the seventh best dancer in the world in Latin. Meanwhile, Joanne went to Italy to what we Right: Retired professional dancers Judy and Keith Clifton are the principals of Clifton’s Dance Academy, in Waltham. Left: Karen Clifton with Will Young and Ore Oduba with Joanne Clifton.

considered as the best school in the world for ballroom dancing - thankfully they both chose to compete in different styles, which alleviated the fear that they’d be competing against one another!”

“Kevin came out of competitions, wanting to dance without the pressure of being judged. He performed in the stage version of Dirty Dancing and Burn the Floor from 2009 to 2013 whereupon he was spotted by the Strictly producers.

Jo joined a year later and of course, we’ve a daughter in law, Karen, in the competition now too!” “‘Strictly nights’ are exciting in our household, we’re usually to be found glued to the TV enjoying a cup of tea watching the kids!” n

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MONARCHY IN

80 years ago this month, the monarchy was brought to its knees with an unprecedented constitutional crisis. The drama unfolded in part at Belton House, with Lord Brownlow, the King’s Lord-in-Waiting, supporting Edward VIII as he chose his consort over his crown...

Winter 1936 was a particulary cold one, with parts of Lincolnshire experiencing a foot of snow, and especially biting temperatures.

The climate was equally frosty between Edward VIII and his government.

been administered a large quantity of morphine and cocaine either as a sedative, or as a means of euthanasia. George V could have been cursing the illness which would claim him on 20th January or the thought of Edward’s accession to the throne.

In November, 80 years ago, the ensuing constitutional crisis arising from Edward VIII’s relationship with divorcée Wallis Simpson would come to a head, and at the centre of the storm was Belton House’s Peregrine Cust, the 6th Baron Brownlow and father of current Lord Brownlow, Edward Peregrine Cust, 7th Baron Brownlow.

One can imagine Brownlow, the King’s Lord-in-Waiting, pacing the Marble Hall, glancing pensively over the parkland, checking his pocket watch and awaiting the arrival of the King, just days after the state opening of Parliament. What, he must have wondered, should he advise the King to do?

Was his loyalty to his friend, or to the crown?

In January, King George V, suffering from the symptoms of COPD and pleurisy, died after mumbling ‘god damn you,’ and having

“After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself within 12 months,” he had said less than six months earlier.

The old King’s relationship with his son had been tense to say the least, frustrated at Edward’s hedonistic ways and reluctance to settle down - not to mention his relationships with married women.

Opposite: Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, later styled Duke and Duchess of Windsor, latterly lived in France and are seen here in Cannes in 1939.

Above: Peregrine Cust, 6th Baron Brownlow (‘Perry’) pictured with wife Kitty Cust and daughter Caroline.

Words: Rob Davis.

Edward’s younger brother, Prince Albert, was favoured, as was the granddaughter, Elizabeth on whom George V doted. “I pray to God my eldest son will never marry and have children, and that nothing will come between Bertie (Albert, George VI) and Lilibet and the throne.”

The rules of accession were clear though, and on 20 January Edward VIII ascended

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>> Edward VIII lived the gilded life of a playboy, part of a group of aristocrats who attained the soubriquet The Fort Belvedere Set, after the residence in Windsor Great Park in which Edward lived. Another member of the set was Peregrine Cust, son of the 5th Baron Brownlow, former Eton schoolmate and comrade in the Grenadier Guards. Peregrine had fought in The Great War and had gone on to marry Kitty in 1927. The couple had three children; one who passed away in infancy, an older girl, Caroline and a younger son, Edward Peregrine, the 7th Baron and current incumbent of the Brownlow title.

The King’s personal life was rather more colourful than Peregrine’s, but Edward found in Wallis Simpson a kindred spirit in the sense that Mrs Simpson had a private life which raised eyebrows in society circles.

When Edward met Wallis, she had already divorced her first husband, pilot Win Spencer, and married Ernest Simpson, a transatlantic shipping magnate.

The two met in January 1931, and Edward’s friendship with Wallis only served to frustrate his parents further. Edward, however, maintained that he and Wallis had not been intimate and that they were just friends, rebutting his father’s description of her as his mistress. Between 1931 and 1934 though, Wallis was accompanying Edward to a greater number of social functions and he was clearly becoming besotted with her.

The Brownlow family had made their money as lawyers and then latterly made inroads into politics, from Richard Brownlow a lawyer and courtier to Queen Elizabeth I in the late 1500s.

As a childhood friend and trusted confidant to the

1936

A Year of Big Changes Left: Elizabeth Cowell becomes the first woman on TV.

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King, and following interventions from Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, Chancellor Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill, who sought to stave off the crisis, Brownlow himself was put in a position where he had to advise the King on his actions.

Edward, in October 1936, voiced his intent to marry Wallis as soon as she was free to do so, but because the Church of England did not allow divorced people to remarry in church whilst their previous spouse was still alive, the church would have deemed the marriage invalid, promoting a warning from Baldwin that marrying Wallis

20th January: King George VI dies, Edward is now King.

February: Walt Disney begins work on Snow White & The Seven Dwarves.

5th March: First test flight of the Spitfire.

11th April: Billy Butlin opens the first holiday camp, ‘Butlin’s’, in Skegness.

27th May: Maiden voyage for the RMS Queen Mary.

6th June: Opening of Gatwick Airport

Above: Edward’s Instrument of abdication was signed

by Edward VIII and his three brothers, Albert, Henry and George on 10th December 1936.

Above/Left: Edward Peregrine Cust 7th Baron Brownlow and son of Peregrine Cust, the 6th Baron Brownlow.

Painting of the State Opening of Parliament Peregrine is the figure in the back/right of the picture

would result in his government resigning en masse and leading the King to respond that he was ‘prepared to go.’

Brownlow’s position was an impossible one; Edward had visited Belton House often, as it provided an escape from the media and a place to socialise with Peregrine and the Fort Belvedere Set.

allows wealthy people to travel by air for the first time.

3rd July: Fred Perry wins Wimbledon - it’ll be 79 years before a British man wins the tennis competition again!

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“Following Edward’s abdication, Peregrine resigned as Lord-in-Waiting. He was advised by the Bishop of Lincoln that his position as Lord Lieutenant, the representative of the (new) King in Lincolnshire would remain untenable if he attended Edward and Wallis’s marriage...”

Whilst at Belton House he stayed in the Chinese Bedroom on the North Side of the mansion’s first floor. It’s unclear whether Wallis Simpson ever stayed at Belton House, but we know that Peregrine was torn between duty and friendship, and that after numerous talks between the two men, perhaps even at Belton, Edward eventually decided to abdicate. In advance of doing so, Edward asked Peregrin to take his lover to France to escape the ensuing media storm.

On a journey to Cannes on 3rd December, exactly a month after Peregrine had served the King at the State Opening of Parliament as his Lord-in-Waiting, Peregrine tried unsuccessfully to appeal to Wallis to give Edward up, even drafting a document to the effect, carrying both the signatures of Wallis and Peregrine. The King found out about the plan and, needless to say, he was furious, refusing to allow the document to end their relationship.

After a ‘tense’ meeting with Baldwin on 3rd December, and backed by Churchill and press magnate Lord Beaverbrook, Edward announced his intention to abdicate in a speech broadcast by the BBC.

At Fort Belvedere a week later, Edward signed his instrument of abdication witnessed by his younger brothers, including Prince Albert, who would later be styled George VI, and who would remain until 1952.

Following Edward’s abdication, Peregrine resigned as Lord-in-Waiting. He was advised by the Bishop of Lincoln that his position as Lord Lieutenant, the representative of the (new) King in Lincolnshire would become untenable if he attended Edward and Wallis’s marriage. He didn’t attend the wedding, but remained both Lord Lieutenant of the county until May 1950, and friends with Edward and Wallis, who never returned to the England. After the abdication, the Brownlow family were less prominent in the monarchy, with Peregrine returning to a career in the RAF and then serving as a Parliamentary Private Secretary during the second world war.

Despite relations with the Brownlows and the Royals cooling following the crisis, Peregrin remained close to both Edward and Wallis.

80 years on, Belton remains the place at which Brownlow’s loyalty to his King and his friend, was tested to endurance.

n Belton House is hosting Family, Friendship & Duty, exploring the property’s role in the abdication crisis until 30th October. The mansion’s 1,300 acres of parkland, adventure playground and formal gardens are open throughout winter, Belton, Grantham NG32 2LS, www.nationaltrust.org.uk.

31st July: School leaving age is set at 15 for all pupils.

1st-16th August: Summer Olympics held in Berlin. Adolf Hitler opens games.

20th Sept: Pinewood Studios opens.

5th-31st October: 207 miners march (‘Crusade)’ from Jarrow to London to demand jobs for all.

31st Oct: Elizabeth Cowell becomes the first female TV presenter.

Belton House

CHRISTMAS AT Christmas Crafts Workshop

Sat 19 Nov - Sun 20 Nov, 12noon–3pm Come and make festive Christmas wreaths and lanterns to take home and add to your decorations, £3.50 per item (suitable children aged 5-15)

Lights and Song

Sun 18, Mon 19 and Tue 20 December, 6pm – 8.30pm approx Festive family activities and carol singing, late night shopping and hot food stands selling seasonal delights, plus a present for every child. Gates 6pm.

Father Christmas’s Grotto

Fri 2 Dec – Sun 18 Dec (Fri-Sun only), 10am-3.45pm Book a ticket to come and visit Father Christmas in his Belton grotto. Let him know what you’d like for Christmas and receive a present early. Please note that all tickets must be prebooked this year. Child £4.50.

Meals with Father Christmas

Supper, Fri 16 & Fri 23 Dec, 5pm-7pm Breakfast, Mon 19 & Thu 22 Dec, 8am-10am Come and share a festive meal with Father Christmas in the Ride Play Café.

Includes a meal and present from Father Christmas, so there’s no need to bring your own. Adult £6, child (aged 7+) £12, child (aged 3-6) £10, child (aged 2 & under) £6.

Carols in the Marble Hall

Sat 10 Dec & Sat 17 Dec, 6pm–8pm Classic and modern carols in Belton’s beautiful Marble Hall. Indulge in a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie during the interval. Adult £11, child £8.

Booking recommended for all events - call 01476 566116.

Left: Billy Butlin opens Butlin’s in Skegness.

‘The Jarrow Crusade.’

Below: First test flight of the Supermarine Spitfire.

2nd November: BBC launches the world’s first regular TV service, providing three hours of broadcasting a day.

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Susanna Centlivre THE 18TH CENTURY

FEMINIST

FROM BRITAIN’S FIRST FEMALE PRIME MINISTER, TO THE FIRST FEMALE POLICE OFFICER TO VARIOUS CAMPAIGNERS FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS, SUSANNA CENTLIVRE WAS LINCOLNSHIRE’S FIRST, CAMPAIGNING THROUGH STAGE AND THEATRE TO AN 18TH CENTURY AUDIENCE...

Susanna Centlivre, born Susanna Freeman, was an English poet, actress, and the most successful female playwright of the 18th century. Centlivre’s pieces continued to be acted after the theatre managers had forgotten most of her contemporaries. During a long career at the Theatre Royal, she became known as the second woman of the English stage, after Aphra Behn.

Centlivre was baptised Susanna Freeman at Whaplode in Lincolnshire in 1669, as the daughter of William Freeman of Holbeach and his wife Anne.

Words: Tilly Wilkinson.

crying by the roadside by Anthony Hammond, a student at Cambridge. Enraptured by her manners and good looks, he smuggled her into his college, where she was disguised as a male cousin, Jack.

There she remained hidden for some months studying grammar and acquiring some of the terms of logic, rhetoric, and ethics before ‘attracting too much attention’ and deciding to head to London.

was 16. However, he died less than a year later. Following Fox’s death, Centlivre is claimed to have married an army officer named Carroll, who died in a duel a year and a half after their union.

She kept the name Carroll until her next marriage. After her husband’s death, Centlivre spent much of her time in London, where she turned to writing partly for financial support.

“Holbeach was the possible place of her birth or at least the place where she spent her childhood. There is some mystery surrounding her early life...”

Holbeach was the possible place of her birth or at least the place where she spent her childhood. There is some mystery surrounding her early life. However, it is generally believed that her father died when she was three, her mother died shortly after remarrying, and her step father married soon after that. Abuse by this new stepmother motivated Centlivre to leave her childhood home before the age of 15.

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The more believable scenario has her joining a company of strolling actors in Stamford, where she gained popularity acting in breeches roles, for which she was suited due to the small wen on her left eye lid, which gave her a ‘masculine air.’

Centlivre’s skill in such roles charmed many men, especially Mr. Fox, who would soon become Centlivre’s first husband when she

By 1706, Centlivre had made a small name for herself. However, she still relied on financial support from acting. It was during a performance when she played the role of Alexander the Great in Nathaniel Lee’s tragedy The Rival Queens for the court at Windsor Castle that she caught the eye of Joseph Centlivre.

Though he was of a lower social class, a mere cook to Queen Anne, they were married in 1707.

Centlivre’s inclination to poetry with her first poem being written when she was merely seven years old. However, her first published work, a series of five letters, would not appear until 1700.

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In the same year, Centlivre published her first play, The Perjur’d Husband. This tragicomedy was performed at Theatre Royal. In addition, it was published under Susanna’s name, and the prologue reiterated the pride in its female authorship.

By the end of 1700, with a long list of literary acquaintances actors alike, Centlivre was well established in London. Her next play, The Beau’s Duel, was performed in June 1702. The play did not see a lengthy stage life. Over the next five years or so, Centlivre wouldn’t see great success due to the unfortunate times for women in 18th century England.

As a result, her next two plays, The Stolen Heiress and Love’s Contrivance, were performed under attempts to conceal the sex of the author. It isn’t until Love’s Contrivance that the experience and notoriety of the cast allows for a three-night run. In keeping with the spirit of anonymous publishing, Centlivre’s next comedy, The Gamester, was first performed in 1705. Here, she claimed her intent to reform gamblers. This play was Centlivre’s most successful to date.

After having grown weary with anonymous authorship, Centlivre used the preface of her play The Platonick Lady to express her distaste for society’s view on the female writer.

“BECAUSE OF THE WIDESPREAD PREJUDICE AGAINST WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS, CENTLIVRE WAS FORCED TO GIVE PRIORITY TO PLEASING HER AUDIENCES, RATHER THAN STICKING UP FOR HERSELF AND SHOWING HER STRONG LIBERAL VIEWS AND ABIDING BY THEATRICAL UNITIES AND CONTROVERSIAL MESSAGES...”

She took some time off after this which resulted in her most successful comedy, The Busy Body. The play ran for 13 nights, a remarkable run for the time, and was revived the following season.

theme of liberty within the areas of marriage and citizenry.

Centlivre took it upon herself to write a sequel to the successful The Busy Body, entitled Marplot. Although it didn’t receive the same attention as its precursor, the play saw the stage seven times.

This is especially apparent in her dedication at the beginning of The Wonder, where she expressed her strong support for the proposed Protestant succession.

Eventually, in late 1712, the Centlivres moved into residence at Buckingham Court, paying the highest rent second only to the Admiralty Office.

Centlivre was sometimes a political dramatist, who not only allied herself with Whig authors, but who took deliberate pains to strike out at Tories and their causes. She was anti-Catholic to an extreme, as is shown by some of her play dedications, prologues and epilogues.

Centlivre reflected positively on England’s political, economic, and juridical systems.

Her plays were often concerned with a

Some of her controversial work, such as The Perplexed Lovers where she makes the unpopular war hero Marlborough the ‘One,’ were not spoken in the theatre, just written in the text.

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Centlivre is best known for her comedies, often following the Spanish style. This type of comedy tended to focus on the romantic intrigues among a triangle of wealthy main characters, generally one young woman being fought over by two young men, one promiscuous, the other devoted.

It often involves disguises, duels, and scenarios that balance emotion and farce. Her best comedies feature quick-witted female intellects to equal their male counterparts.

In 1719, Centlivre became seriously ill.

Although the effects of this illness would linger until her death, she continued to write.

After a long, illustrious career in high literary esteem with writings in the form of poems letters books and - most famously - plays, Susanna Centlivre died in 1723, from the lingering effects of the serious illness contracted in 1719.

Centlivre’s body was buried three days after her death in St. Paul’s, Covent Garden. A little over a year later, her husband followed.

Due to the widespread prejudice against women playwrights, Centlivre was forced to give priority to pleasing her audiences, rather than abiding by theatrical unities and controversial messages.

Centlivre’s plays show a strikingly liberal point of view. She wrote frankly in the face of strong sexual mores that discouraged women playwrights. Centlivre managed to push the boundaries of contemporary social norms, and yet she was widely appreciated only as a comic writer. She did not garner much positive critical acclaim.

Although her plays enjoyed success in theatres, critics such as William Hazlitt wrote condescendingly of them. Alexander Pope found her writings offensive for political and religious reasons, and thought them a

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THE BUSY BODY Centlivre’s most popular play was the Busy Body.

“SHE WAS THE START OF A LONG LINE OF WOMEN FROM LINCOLNSHIRE TO STAND UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS...”

Above: William Hogarth’s ticket to the play ‘A Bold Stroke For A Wife.’

Previous Page: Susanna Centlivre.

threat to greater dramatists by pandering to popular taste. For those reasons she was lampooned as having a supposedly mannish appearance, most famously by Pope in several pieces. Regardless of her peers’ opinions, her plays continued to be performed for over 150 years after her death.

Overall, Centlivre was a powerful influence on society as a female intellect. Her works encouraged female writers to continue to push limits of feminine roles by publicly treating the cause of equality between the sexes.

She was the start of a long line of Lincolnshire women including Jessie Boucherett from Market Rasen, a campaigner for women’s rights in the 19th century, and Edith Smith, Britain’s first ever female police officer based in Grantham in 1915. We can’t forget Britain’s first female prime minister either, Margaret Thatcher, from Grantham too.

Their success in their actions meant women could live freely the way we do today. n

In the Busy Body, written in 1709, is a comedic play performed in five acts. The Busy Body originally ran for 13 nights, which was a huge success for the time, and was then performed again the following year. The play is considered to be both clever and comedic in its interpretation of love and marriage.

As it goes, Miranda, one of the lead characters, pretends to be in love with Sir Francis, who really does love Miranda, but is secretly in love with Sir George, who is also in love with Miranda.

Isabinda, another important lead, is in love with Charles, who loves Isabinda in return, but is promised to a wealthy Spanish merchant.

Marplot, the comedic character, is a good friend to Miranda and Isabinda. He attempts to assist them, but is often the reason for their unsuccessful plots.

The play essentially follows Miranda as she attempts to end up with Sir George and Isabinda as she attempts to end up with Charles, all while Marplot foils their plans and makes a mess of everything.

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- CHRISTMAS GIFTS -

GIFTS s a m t s i r h C

Celebrate the season and give your loved on a gift they’ll treasure courtesy of the county’s best independent retailers.

This month we’ve asked them to suggest thoughtful gifts for ladies, gents and younger members of the family too...

Compiled by: Tilly Wilkinson

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Home Décor Hanging heart with bells from Barefoot Living, part of Barefoot Retreats, £5, 01328 738100, www.barefootretreats.co.uk.

Christmas Cards 10 Christmas Eve Christmas Cards per pack from Bransby Horses, £3.95, 01427 788464, www.bransbyhorses.co.uk

Vase Japanese Cloisonné Jardiniere from Nigel Rhodes Fine Art in Stamford, £1,950, 01780 756667, www.nigelrhodesfineart.com.

Ring Maudes can make a very memorable Christmas with this white gold diamond halo ring, £2,500, 01205 367959, www.maudesthejewellers.co.uk.

Fine Art Salvador Dali’s ‘The Crime’, signed and numbered lithograph at the Little Red Gallery, £3,500, 01522 589134, www.thelittleredgallery.co.uk.

Bracelet Pilgrim rose gold plated delicate crystal bracelet from John Greed Jewellery, £24.99, 03453 190008, www.johngreed.com.

Boots Fairfax & Favor boots from Giles & Bella in Newark, £325, 01636 643733, www.gilesandbella.com.

Pet Bowls Assorted I love my... dog or cat bowls and treat jars at LMS (Lincoln) from £3.95, 01522 810562, www.lmslincoln.co.uk.

Fine Art Alex Jawdokimov’s ‘Silver Birches,’ original mixed media painting at the Little Red Gallery, £1,800, 01522 589134, www.thelittleredgallery.co.uk.

Lamp Beautiful range of lamps and accessories with various prices from Askews of Alford, 01507 462936, www.askewsofalford.co.uk.

Charm Celebration of Love Charm from Pandora in Boston, £70, 01205 364587, www.pandora.net.

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Candle Scented Soy Wax Candles from Barefoot Living, part of Barefoot Retreats, £30 large, £15 small, 01328 738100, www.barefootretreats.co.uk.

Keyring John Greed engraved stainless steel heart keyring from John Greed Jewellery, £22.90, 03453 190008, www.johngreed.com.

Ring Pandora Rose Timeless Elegance Ring from Pandora in Boston, £80, 01205 364587, www.pandora.net.

GIFT VOUCHERS

There are some fantastic gift vouchers available in the county, and some exclusives for Lincolnshire Pride readers only...remember to mention us!

Bed Myers Luxury Backcare Divan 4’6” two drawer bed from Askews of Alford, £649, 01507 462936, www.askewsofalford.co.uk.

Cushion large floral Voyage cushion from Gates Garden Centre in Market Overton, £28.99, 01664 454309, www.gatesgardencentre.co.uk.

Bracelets ChloBo love stack of bracelets from Maudes the Jewellers in Boston, £355, 01205 367959, www.maudesthejewellers.co.uk.

Lamp Distressed metal-effect base with shade from Aitch Interiors, £49, 01522 810961, www.aitchinteriors.co.uk.

John Deere Puzzle Box Tin Carry Case complete with four puzzles suitable for ages 5+, £13.25, 03336 000670, www.doubledaygroup.co.uk.

John Ferrett Photography If you have a relative who adores their pet, the perfect gift for them would be a pet photography voucher. Pre-book a photography session to receive a £50 discount when you mention Lincolnshire Pride on any of John Ferrett’s printing packages.

01522 754274, www.jferrettphotography.com.

Evergreen Spa at Kenwick Park Choose from the wide range of pampering treatments and spa days available at Kenwick Park’s brand new spa facility in Louth, and give them as gift vouchers to loved ones instead of a physical gift. It’s a gift they will always remember and one you can ensure they will use and enjoy.

01507 353008, www.kenwick-park.co.uk/spa.

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Christmas Cards 10 Christmas Friends Christmas Cards per pack from Bransby Horses, £3.95, 01427 788464, www.bransbyhorses.co.uk

Turntable GPO Chesterton vintage style vinyl turntable from Jachs in Lincoln, £120, 01522 543555, info@jachs.co.uk.

John Deere Tractor Pedal 6210R Tractor with Loader, suitable for ages 3+, £150, 03336 000670, www.doubledaygroup.co.uk.

ALL WRAPPED UP

CHRISTMAS TIPS Prevent wrapping paper from unravelling with kitchen roll tubes.

Notebook Recycled leather notebook handbound in Stamford, available in four sizes and nine colours, £16.95 01780 762550, www.stamfordnotebooks.co.uk.

A rotary cutter cuts long straight or decorative edges on wrapping paper. Use it with a ruler to get quick, even cuts; swap out the blades to create decorative pinked and wavy edges.

Always use double-sided tape to hide nasty looking streaks of sticky tape.

Umbrella Land Rover golf umbrella from Duckworths in Market Rasen, £40, 01673 842101, www.duckworthlandrover.co.uk.

Colour code your wrapping: Assign each family member a different colour paper, and you won’t even need gift tags.

When wrapping soft items like scarves, cut a piece of cardboard to and place the garment on top before wrapping.

Watch Breitling Galactic 29 SleekT Rose Gold Black Diamond from Andrew Michaels, £18,250, 01636 679638, www.andrewmichaels.co.uk.

Socks Paul Smith signature stripe socks triple pack gift boxed set from Sinclairs, £40, 01780 765421, www.sinclairsonline.co.uk.

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The secret to a beautifully wrapped box? Not using too much paper, which causes bulky, sloppy folds. Before trimming, wrap the paper around the box - the ends should overlap just a couple of inches.

Frame Love you to the Moon and Back picture frame from Gallery Tiles, £call, 01406 424296, www.gallerytiles.com.

Tantalus Decanter faux tortoiseshell with silver mounts circa 1920 from Nigel Rhodes Fine Art, £3,750, 01780 756667, www.nigelrhodesfineart.com.

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BRITON

A pub restaurant that really lives up to its name, the Generous Briton in Brant Broughton only serves delicious locally produced dishes capturing the essence of British food, in hearty generous portions. Jane King, head chef at the restaurant, is a believer in good honest real food that tastes as good as it looks...

Words Words & & Images: Images: Tilly Tilly Wilkinson.

Wilkinson.

Main Picture: Roasted cherry tomatoes, basil and feta cheese served on puff pastry.

Opposite: Tuna steak served with prawns in a parsley sauce.

Chocolate sponge and poached pear.

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meet the CHEF JANE KING, HEAD CHEF AT THE GENEROUS BRITON IN BRANT BROUGHTON

The chefs at our featured restaurant this month couldn’t have picked a more suitable pub name to best reflect their nature; the Generous Briton.

Food Experience: “I’ve previously worked at the Tally Ho Inn at Aswarby and the Staunton Arms between Newark and Grantham. I also worked in sister restaurant to the Generous Briton, the Red Lion in Caythorpe before coming here.”

Serving generous portions of delicious British food is what Jane and her brigade in the kitchen strive for, and manage to achieve with every dish as our visit in September proved.

Jane King, head chef, invested in the Generous Briton in 2008, transforming it into a relaxed local pub gradually working on the menu and décor, creating a comfy, cosy pub restaurant.

Jane has always worked in local pubs in the villages dotted along the A17, so it was just natural for her to take up her own project and run a pub restaurant herself.

“SERVING GENEROUS PORTIONS OF DELICIOUS BRITISH FOOD IS WHAT JANE AND HER BRIGADE IN THE KITCHEN STRIVE FOR...”

She couldn’t have picked a better place for a pub either. Located along the high street that runs through the beautiful little town of Brant Broughton, the Generous Briton is between Sleaford, Newark and Lincoln, providing easy access from the A17.

“I’m a believer in good, honest, real food; giving the people what they want to eat, what they want to taste,” says Jane, “Making it look presentable, but not by providing small portions and tasteless food.”

Jane’s menu consists of seven starters, nine mains plus additional grill options and baguettes for lunchtime dining. There is also a specials board, vegetarian board and desserts menu and these change regularly.

Food Wisdom: “The secret to a good pub restaurant in my opinion is simply real honest homemade food.

Proper pub grub.”

Food Heaven: “My guilty pleasure has to be a good cheese and ham sandwich!”

Food Hell: “Fish! It looks lovely on the plate but I really just can’t stand the taste.”

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>> “We like to change around our menu through the course of the year to reflect the seasons. For example, as the game season has just started, we’ll reflect this in our dishes.”

“We also push pies at this time of year as they’re very popular, and Sunday lunch is always a favourite, as we enter the colder months.”

Jane tries to reflect her seasonal dishes on the specials board and keep her menu fairly consistent as most of the dishes on the main menu will be requested anyway when she serves delicious dishes like beef wellington and homemade beef lasagne.

OPEN FOR BUSINESS Lunchtime & Evening Dining: Tuesday - Saturday 12-2pm, Tuesday - Saturday 6-9pm.

Sunday Lunch: Sunday 12-3pm.

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on the MENU MAIN MENU AND SPECIALS BOARD

Starters

Pan-fried prawns and bacon in a chilli and garlic butter on toasted ciabatta, £5.95, also served as a main.

Grilled goats cheese salad with red onion marmalade, £5.95, also served as a main.

Main Courses

Sliced fillet of beef on a puff pastry croute with a mushroom duxelle and red wine sauce, £14.95.

Fillet of seabream on crushed new potatoes, topped with pan-friend prawns in a chilli and tomato butter, £13.95.

The baguettes on the lunch menu include brie and cranberry, bacon and stilton and beef, onion and mushroom while cold options range from prawn marie rose to topside of beef.

Jane also aims to use local suppliers like Skinners of Barrowby and Belton Park for her venison and meat.

On our visit, for starters she served roasted cherry tomatoes, basil and feta cheese on puff pastry, and fishcakes with a sweet chilli sauce.

The mains were pan-fried partridge, part of the specials board reflecting the game season, with leeks and mash in a red wine sauce, and pan seared tuna steak with vegetables and prawns.

To finish our tasting session off, we enjoyed a classic chocolate sponge with poached pear and ice cream, and a lemon and vanilla flavoured tart.

In addition to serving beautiful food in generous portions, Jane hosts a quiz night

every month which is usually sold out months in advance. Enjoy two courses and participation in the fun for just £8.95.

Another event that she’s hosting which you can attend this month, is Sausage Week from the 1st - 5th November.

“We’ve selected five different sausages from across the country and we’re serving them with mash and vegetables. It’s something different for diners to enjoy, rather than just our menu, and sausage and mash is a dish you can’t beat when it comes to classic, delicious, hearty pub grub!”

We thoroughly recommend the Red Lion at Caythorpe’s sister restaurant, the Generous Briton, with an excellent team in the kitchen and friendly front-of-house brigade serving honest and quintessential British food in hearty portions.

It’s well worth the trip out, not too far away for anyone in the south of Lincolnshire and the beautiful village location provides a suitable place to walk off three generous courses!

Half a honey roasted duckling with a honey and mustard sauce, £14.95.

Specials

Pan-fried partridge, leeks and mash with a red wine sauce, £call.

Pan-seared tuna steak served with prawns and a parsley butter, £call.

Desserts

Lemon and vanilla tart with vanilla ice cream, £call.

Chocolate sponge with poached pear, £call.

NB: Featured dishes are subject to change.

n The Generous Briton, 72 High St, Brant Broughton, Lincoln LN5 0RZ. Call 01400 272119 or visit www.thegenerousbriton.co.uk.

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SPICE

If you’re tired of turkey and want a way or warming up your winter, look no further than Newark’s Mint Leaf. With authentic pan-Asian cuisine it’s a far cry from poor quality curry houses, offering, instead, a quality dining experience of genuine provenance and quality...

Words & Images: Rob Davis.

Main Image: Mint Leaf’s newest offering is already providing immensely popular - Wednesday is Thali night, a banquet of no fewer than 14 labour-intensive dishes from starter to dessert.

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- EATING OUT -

Proverbially, the best things come to those who wait. Some things simply can’t be rushed, and food is a good example. We all expect restaurant dishes to be presented to us within minutes of ordering or completing a course.

Any yet, we all know of the merits of cooking meat long and slow, and of marinating it for as long as possible to ensure tenderness and flavour.

Akbar Parvez of Newark’s Mint Leaf understands that time spend on food is time well-invested. He’s also well aware of the merits of expedient service, and that’s why the restauranteur has recently revised his menu to facilitate the introduction of a Thali dish, a dish it was previously quite difficult to implement.

“Indian cuisine is tricky to get right in a restaurant environment,” says Akbar. “You can produce food quickly, or well, because meat needs to marinate for a long time, cook for a long time, and there are generally more ingredients than with English cuisine.”

“Sometimes corners can be cut in Anglicised Indian restaurants, with tell-tale signs including meat that hasn’t fully absorbed the intended flavours, curries which are hot, but lacking in flavour, and the use of food colourings resulting in dishes like bright red tikka massalas.”

“We’ve owned The Mint Leaf since 2011.

It was a roadside diner belonging to a well-known chain which was converted into a pan-Asian restaurant.”

meet the CHEF HEAD CHEF OF NEWARK’S MINT LEAF ALI UDDIL’S THREE FAVOURITE DISHES “I like a mild flavour!” If you usually order a korma, try our lamb dahi podena instead it’s made with mint and yoghurt, lovely and creamy!

“When my father and I took it over, with the intention of improving its quality, we had to decide whether we’d concentrate on lower cost, or better quality. We opted for the latter, and whilst we’re not the cheapest Indian restaurant, we know we’re one of the best, and one of the best value, too.”

“This year we decided to go even further and slim down our menu, consolidating the number of dishes we produce to improve their quality and introducing a new mid-week Thali night.” >>

“I like a hot curry!” Our south Indian garlic chilli chicken has the warmth of a vindaloo, but it’s much more finessed, complex and flavoursome.

“I want to try something new!”

Our tandoori murgh chana palak is our most popular dish, with chickpeas and spinach.

Our customers return to us and order it over and over again!

Top: The 90 seater restaurant is especially busy in winter, when diners tired of turkey seek authentic pan-Asian cuisine.

Shown here is a Tandoori mixed grill. Above: Chicken jalfrezi.

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>> Thali is a platter of no fewer than 14 little dishes - a sort of Asian-tapas - with everything from starters of papadoms and mango chutney to taster dishes of lamb rogan and chana massala, plus rice and naan bread, right through to a homemade dough-ey dessert of gulab jamun.

It’s difficult to put a Thali option on the main à la carte menu because it’s so time intensive, taking about three days from start to finish. However, with the team now offering a dedicated Thali night on Wednesdays, for £12.95/head, it’s possible to enjoy a greater number of dishes and expand your horizons beyond the consolidated but still expansive à la carte menu. It’s a definite reommendation, both because of its value, and the dish’s ability to show off a whole range of cuisine.

Making a return to the new menus are 10 sizzler platters, which sit alongside sharing sizzler starter platters for two diners, 19 starters, 29 main course options and 13 curries. Each one is prepared freshly to order, in house, using speciality suppliers to ensure absolutely authenticity.

OPEN FOR BUSINESS Sunday to Thursday 5pm - 10.30pm.

Friday & Saturday 5pm - 11pm.

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“Quality takes time, and the changes we’ve introduced have been to keep quality high by giving our food the time and attention it deserves,” says Akbar. “Our lamb shank takes two days to marinate and a further 24 hours of cooking time.”

“But it’s imperative, to us, that we provide an experience that’s genuine, and that we do justice to the recipes that we’ve created.”

This winter, the restaurant will be busier than ever, with booking recommended in the strongest possible way. As the temperature falls and we all have our fill of turkey, there are few dining experiences that can warm you up like Mint Leaf ’s Bangladeshi and Tamil cuisine.

To many restaurants fail to do represent pan-Asian cuisine at its very best, but creating a venue where food can be nurtured, treated with respect and presented so beautifully, Akbar and the team deserve recognition as one of the best Indian restaurants in the area.

“IT’S DIFFICULT TO PUT A THALI OPTION ON THE MAIN À LA CARTE MENU BECAUSE IT’S SO TIME INTENSIVE, TAKING ABOUT THREE DAYS FROM START TO FINISH...”

Above: Vegetable biriyani rice.

Opposite: Nali ghoost lamb shank seasoned with mint, thyme and garlic, post roasted in minced lamb with massala sauce.

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on the MENU FROM THE RESTAURANT’S À LA CARTE MENU

Thali Night

14 dishes with papadoms, onion bhaji bhuna, massala, aloo, plus pilau rice, naan bread and gulab jamun (dessert) £12.95/head; Wednesday evenings only.

Mint Leaf Specials

Nali Ghoost; lamb with mint, thyme, ginger and garlic £14.95.

Tandoori Murgh Chana Palak; North Bengal speciality, sliced chicken fused with spinach, chickpeas, garnished with coriander medium heat £10.95.

Classic Curries

Korma, Rogan Josh, Bhuna, Dhansak, Madras, Vindaloo, Thal £7.95/chicken; £7.95/lamb; £10.95/tiger prawns; £7.95/vegetables.

Set Menu

Starter, main course and side order plus pilau rice and naan bread.

Choice of five starters and seven main courses £19.95/head.

NB: Featured dishes are subject to change. n Mint Leaf, Lincoln Road, Newark NG24 2NY. Booking recommended on 01636 646994, takaeaway service too, menus available online at www.mintleafuk.co.uk.

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Chicken or the Egg? WHAT TASTES BEST? THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG? THIS MONTH WE’RE PUTTING SOME OF THE DISHES FROM SOME OF THE BEST RESTAURANTS IN THE COUNTY HEAD TO HEAD...

A POSH SCOTCH EGG

The Woodhouse Arms in Corby Glen near Bourne presents its ‘posh’ Scotch egg, with asparagus and Parma ham.

Call 01476 552452 or visit www.thewoodhousearms.co.uk.

n The DoubleTree by Hilton is now host to a new restaurant as you may have noticed. The former Electric Bar & Restaurant has been replaced with a Marco Pierre White Steakhouse.

n The Queen’s Head along the A17 between Boston and Sleaford has a delicious dish featuring a poached egg and asparagus.

01529 305743, www.thequeens headinn.com

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Among the variety of delicious steaks on the menu, White’s chicken dish is this chicken forestiere with dauphinoise.

Call 01522 565182, or visit the website www.mpwrestaurants.co.uk for more information.

n THE GREEN MAN in Norton Disney serves a pan roasted chicken breast with rösti potato.

01522 789804, www.thegreenmannortondisney.co.uk.

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presented beautifully

Farndon Boathouse in Newark this year installed a stone-baked pizza oven, creating ‘gourmet’ pizzas like this Chicken ‘Caesar’ with garlic base, Parmesan, croutons, and Anchovies.

01636 676578, www.farndonboathouse.co.uk.

CHICKEN À LA CREME

No.3 the Yard of Stamford presents a pan fried chicken breast with spinach, wild mushrooms and fondant potato. 01780 756080 or see www.no3theyard.co.uk.

The Red Lion in Caythorpe votes egg with a beautifully moist crab and watercress risotto with poached egg and shaved parmesan.

Call 01400 272632 or visit www.redlioncaythorpe.org.uk. n Featured dishes are representative examples of our featured chefs’ skills... the menus of our featured restaurants change frequently so dishes are subject to availability. Check each restaurant’s website prior to your visit for an up-to-date menu.

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WIN FREE MEALS OUT ...with Pride’s Restaurant of the Year Awards 2016!

Words: Rob Davis.

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We’re seeking your help to find Lincolnshire’s very best restaurant.

In return, we’re offering the chance to win free meals out in 2017, as we launch this year’s Restaurant of the Year competition...

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Opposite Page: Farndon Boathouse’s antipasti dish.

Below: Lamb at The Queen’s Head, Kirkby la Thorpe.

Dine out for free in 2017, as we once more invite you to nominate your favourite restaurant, bistro or coffee shop and to name your ‘food hero.’

It’s time to launch our annual Restaurant of the Year competition, and the way it works is simple. We ask our readers for vote for Lincolnshire’s best restaurants and food related businesses, then randomly select one of our readers to enjoy free dining our at our six prize partner restaurants throughout 2017.

“We ask our readers to nominate their favourite restaurants for a very simple reason,” says Rob Davis. “It gives us a much more objective, comprehensive

overview of where our readers like to dine, and frees the awards from any commercial bias.”

“You can vote for any restaurant, regardless of whether they advertise or not, and because our readers are based right across the county, and have a wide range of budgets, we’ll see entries from all over Lincolnshire, from village pubs to fine dining restaurants.”

“As always, we’ve divided up our awards into three categories. We’re seeking nominations for our readers’ Restaurant of the Year, for our flagship award. These can be pubs, restaurants and hotels offering daytime and evening dining.” >>

WE’VE THREE CATEGORIES FOR YOU TO VOTE IN RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR, BISTRO OR COFFEE SHOP OF THE YEAR AND ‘FOOD HERO’

Above: Chefs at work at The Inn, Woodhall Spa. Above/Left: Last year’s Restaurant of the Year winner was The George of Stamford.

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Main/Centre: One of Food Hero Steven Bennett’s dishes, as seen at The Comfy Duck within Oaklands Hall Hotel.

>> “Good food needn’t be expensive; it just needs to be well-executed, with local ingredients and a good dining environment.

For that reason we’re not simply seeking the county’s ‘posh’ restaurants, but pub restaurants too.”

profiled our partner restaurants opposite for a sneak preview of where you could be dining next year.

“Our Restaurant of the Year competition is one of my favourite features,” says Rob. “I look forward to counting the votes each year and always enjoy the diversity of nominations.”

“Next, we’re seeking nominations for our Bistro or Coffee Shop of the year category.

These are venues which offer lighter bites, casual dining or simply the chance to enjoy coffee and a slice of cake.”

“And finally, we ask our readers to nominate a county ‘food hero.’ This can be a local farmer, food producer or a chef who goes out of their way to be a good ambassador for the county’s dining community or local

“They serve to provide us with suggestions for future features in our magazines and help us to keep in mind which restaurants are valued by our readers.”

food producers, someone who’s passionate about the county in which they live and work, and about quality food and drink.”

When our nominations are collated, we’ll award three awards in each category, and reveal the results in our January edition.

Each winner will receive a plaque to display outside their business, too.

In addition, we’ll select one reader from our Lincolnshire magazine and one reader from our Rutland magazine to enjoy meals out at one of our six partner restaurants.

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- RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR -

Main: Camembert starter at The Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill.

Dine Out for Free in 2017

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE RESTAURANT, AND YOU COULD WIN FREE DINING OUT AT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING RESTAURANTS...

The Green Man, Norton Disney Norton Disney, Lincoln LN6 9JU

A lovely pub restaurant beautifully refurbished by Matt Kerekes and Becky Pinfold, serving real ale and traditional pub food in a warm and cosy atmosphere. Old beams, wood burners and plenty of character!

01522 789804 www.thegreenmannortondisney.co.uk

Marco Pierre White Steakhouse, Lincoln within Doubletree by Hilton, Brayford Wharf, LN1 1NY

Toft Country House Hotel Toft, Bourne PE10 0JT

The Marco Pierre White Enjoy a country house Steakhouse Bar & Grill, is hotel offering quality dining. situated on the 5th floor of The bar area boasts the Doubletree by Hilton original features dating Lincoln, and offers back some 300 years panoramic views of the including lovely stone Brayford Marina plus a walls & oak beams. An open steakhouse menu, including fireplace creates a relaxing Marco’s favourite dishes. and friendly atmosphere.

01522 565182 www.mpw restaurants.co.uk

01778 590614 www.tofthotel golf.co.uk

The Ram Bar & Brasserie

The Lincoln Hotel, Eastgate

The Ram offers elegant dining and drinking in one of Newark’s most historic settings.

Experience a modern British menu with a stunning drinks selection, in a venue that dates back to the 15th century.

Dine at The Lincoln Hotel and enjoy creative cuisine courtesy of the brigade in The Green Room fine dining restaurant.

Beautiful uphill location overlooking the Cathedral, just a stone’s throw from historic Bailgate.

Castle Gate, Newark NG24 1AZ

01636 940220 www.theram newark.com

Eastgate, Lincoln, LN2 1PN

01522 520348 www.thelincoln hotel.com

The Petwood Hotel

Stixwould Road, Woodhall Spa, LN10 6QG

Dine in The Terrace Bar or in the Petwood’s wood panelled restaurant and enjoy a distinguished yet relaxed ambiance, this is a splendid setting for a romantic meal for two or celebratory dinner.

01526 352411 www.petwood.co.uk

n By voting for your food hero, favourite coffee shop or bistro and nominating your Restaurant of the Year, you’ll automatically be entered into our prize draw to win dining out at each of our partner restaurants in 2017. Cast your vote by filling in the form over the page, or vote online at www.pridemagazines.co.uk.

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$ Welcome to Lincolnshire Pride Magazine’s food awards, in which we want our readers to nominate their favourite restaurant, bistro/coffee shop and the county’s ‘Food Hero.’ This entry form will ensure your vote is counted, and in return, we’ll pick one reader at random to win meals out at our partner restaurants in 2017...

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Bistro/Coffee Shop of the Year (name & location): ............................... ........................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................... ...........................................................................................................

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Terms & Conditions: One entry per household. Photocopies/multiple entries will not be counted. Competition is available to anyone in the county or surrounding area. You must not be personally or professionally allied with nominations. Votes received for each venue will be counted up to determine the eventual three winners for each category and seven runners-up. The Editor’s decision as to our competition winners is final and further terms and conditions may apply.

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Telephone:..........................................................................................

Send your entry to: Lincolnshire Pride Restaurant of the Year Awards 2016, Pride Magazines, Elm Grange Studios, East Heckington, Boston, Lincolnshire PE20 3QF.

We’ll pick one voter at random to win complimentary meals in 2017. If one of your nominations wins, we may want to quiz you on why you voted for them!

Alternatively, you can vote on our website by visiting

www.pridemagazines.co.uk/vote

Closing Date: Tuesday 1st November 2016

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Record Sales for Japanese Sake...

Wine of the Month

Back in 2000, the UK imported just 412,000 bottles of Sake. Today, that figure is closer to 1,200,000.

Sake sales are booming, so if you’ve yet to try Japan’s national tipple, made from rice, water and koji, now’s the time!

Il Bruciato, Bolgheri, Tuscany Italy £21.95, 14% ABV Warm up your winter with a trip to Tuscany! Il Bruciato’s red is 65% Cab Sav, 20% Merlot, 15% Syrah.

Flavour is determined by the ‘polishing’ of the rice grains, which aims to remove fat and protein to produce a cleaner, frutier sake, or a lower polishing rate to create a more grainy, savoury variant.

Fragrant fruity aromas, particularly plum, followed by delicate mint and green tea notes. On the palate it is full-bodied and smooth with a long finish.

Our recommendation is Akashi-Tai, a Junmai (no added alcohol) 40% milling rate sake at 14% ABV with a lemon-ey flavour, £xxx.

The Wine Cellar AUTUMN IS A SEASON OF MISTS AND MELLOW FRUITFULNESS, SO THIS MONTH HARISH KHANDERIA RECOMMENDS WINES FOR AUTUMN AND INTRODUCES US TO SAKE... Words: Harish Khanderia.

THREE OF THE BEST: FIRESIDE WINES WE THINK ARE PERFECT FOR AUTUMN...

1. Babylon’s Peak ViognierRoussanne from South African £14.75 is a mix of Rhône varieties which produces a wonderfully textured wine, its natural richness supporting apricot, floral and musky aromas, while still finishing neat and dry.

2. A stunning rosé, Provence Miraval has an attractive, soft blush colour and is beautifully bright. On the nose, there are delicate notes of raspberries, peaches and white flowers. It has a premium price point at £22.95, but rewards with a lovely Provençal minerality.

3. Spice up your winter with this 100% Sula Dindori Reserve Shiraz, produced in India’s Maharashtra region. £14.85, 13.5%, for those who like a spicy wine, it’s sweet, with cherry and peppers, and rich dark fruit on the palate.

The Bolgheri DOC, is situated near the coast a hundred kilometres southwest of Florence and covers over 1,000 acres.

Originally a rosé only vineyard, Antinori’s Guado al Tasso estate débuted their provision of red wine with a 1990 vintage. n

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Winter is the time for pies, crumbles and lashings of custard, or for gooey chocolate fondants that melt in the middle. Pair them with one of these two dessert wines, and enjoy an after dinner tipple. n Essensia Orange Muscat from Califonia USA, with a bitter orange marmalade flavour and apricots on the palate, £13.95.

Masi Valpolicella, Veneto, Italy with kirsch-soaked cherries and a fruity but sweet taste £22.99. n Our featured wines are available from Lincolnshire’s best independent wine merchants, prices RRP and may vary from those stated.

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- RECIPES -

Sticky Cinder Toffee Cake The Great British Bakeoff may be approaching its finalé as Pride goes to press, but you can still get your baking fix with delicious recipes from The Clandestine Cake Club: A Year of Cake by Lynn Hill on the Quercus imprint, available now in county bookshops £20, 100 pages...

Serves 12 400g dried prunes 150ml hot water 350g self-raising flour 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 160g unsalted butter 200g soft light brown sugar or light muscovado sugar 100g soft dark brown sugar or dark muscovado sugar 4 large eggs, lightly beaten 2 tsp vanilla extract

For the Cinder Toffee: vegetable oil, for the tin 150g caster sugar 75g golden syrup 11⁄2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

For the Cinder Toffee: 55g unsalted butter, chopped into pieces 175g light muscovado sugar 225ml double cream 1 tbsp golden syrup

“Ensure your Guy Fawkes’ Night goes with a bang by baking this spectacular sticky toffee cake Adding bicarbonate of soda to hot caramel can create quite an explosion of bubbles!”

Guy Fawkes is the most famous conspirator in the notorious ‘gunpowder plot’. On the 5th November 1605 he and his fellow accomplices attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament and assassinate James I and his family.

When the plot was uncovered, Fawkes was sentenced to a traitor’s death – to be ‘hanged, drawn and quartered’ – and bonfires were burned around the country in celebration of the king’s lucky escape.

The date became an occasion of thanksgiving and celebration, and nowadays effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned on bonfires around the UK accompanied by extravagant firework displays.

Ensure your Guy Fawkes’ Night goes with a bang by baking this spectacular sticky toffee cake.

Be careful when making the cinder toffee – adding the bicarbonate of soda to hot caramel can create quite an explosion of bubbles!

1. Start by making the cinder toffee. Grease and line a shallow baking tray. Gently heat the sugar and golden syrup in a large heavy-based pan until all the sugar has dissolved. Turn up the heat and rapidly boil – do not stir the mixture, just swirl the pan if it starts to go darker on one side.

2. Keep boiling until the mixture turns a lovely golden brown colour – it should take approximately 5 minutes. Remove from the heat. Add the bicarbonate of soda and stir for a few seconds, being very careful as the mixture will bubble, fizz and expand quite a bit. Tip the mixture into the baking tray and leave to set.

3. Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/gas 4.

Grease and line two 23cm cake tins.

4. Put the prunes in a bowl and cover with the hot water. Leave to soak for 20 minutes or so, then blend until very smooth.

5. Sift the flour and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl. In a separate bowl, beat the butter and sugars until pale and fluffy.

6. Add the egg a little at a time, adding a spoonful of flour between additions to prevent any curdling. Fold in the remaining flour, add the prune mixture and vanilla extract and stir thoroughly.

7. Pour into the tins and bake for 35–40 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre of the cakes comes out clean. Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tins.

8. To make the caramel sauce, place the butter, sugar and half the cream in a saucepan and melt over a medium heat. Once melted, turn up the heat slightly and bring to the boil, stirring constantly, until the sugar dissolves. Add the golden syrup and let the sauce bubble away for a couple of minutes. Remove from the heat and leave to cool a little before stirring in the remaining cream.

9. For the buttercream, beat the butter, icing sugar and vanilla extract for around 5 minutes with an electric whisk and add 4 tablespoons of the cooled caramel sauce.

10. To assemble, put the cinder toffee in a bag and bash it to break it up ready for decorating. Remove the cooled cakes from the tins. Spread 4 heaped tablespoons of buttercream over the base layer and place the second layer on top. Spread a thin layer of the buttercream over the whole cake (leave enough buttercream for piping round the edge of the top of the cake), then press the cinder toffee crumbs around the sides. Transfer the remaining buttercream to a disposable piping bag fitted with a rosette nozzle and pipe small stars all the way round the edge of the top of the cake. Fill the top of the cake with larger smashed-up pieces of cinder toffee and drizzle caramel sauce over the buttercream stars.

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- RECIPES -

Chocolate Orange Cake

The Great British Bakeoff may be approaching its finalé as Pride goes to press, but you can still get your baking fix with delicious recipes from The Clandestine Cake Club: A Year of Cake by Lynn Hill on the Quercus imprint, available now in county bookshops £20, 100 pages...

Serves 12-14 225g self-raising flour 11⁄2 tsp baking powder 225g caster sugar 225g unsalted butter, softened 4 medium eggs grated zest of 1 orange, plus 1 tbsp juice 1 tbsp cocoa powder

For the chocolate orange icing 150g icing sugar 1 tbsp cocoa powder 3 tbsp freshly-squeezed orange juice

“Not only is the combination of endorphin-packed chocolate and zesty orange a nice boost, you will also have the uplifting satisfaction of sharing your creation with others!”

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Members have often said how joining the Clandestine Cake Club has made their lives so much richer (beyond the butter and sugar!), and some say that baking has helped to transport you away from troubling thoughts and offer you a creative outlet.

Why not spend a few hours baking this easy, zingy chocolate cake with friends? Not only is the combination of endorphin-packed chocolate and zesty orange a nice boost, you will also have the uplifting satisfaction of sharing your creation with others and seeing their enjoyment as they get stuck in.

7. To prepare the icing, sift the icing sugar and cocoa powder into a bowl, then add the orange juice a tablespoon at a time and stir until the mixture reaches a thick consistency but still drizzles off a knife.

8. Spread the icing over the top and sides of the cake and leave to set before serving. This cake keeps well for 3–4 days in an airtight container.

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/gas 4.

Grease and line a 23cm springform cake tin.

2. Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl. Add the sugar, butter and eggs and beat until pale and creamy. Divide the mixture evenly between two bowls.

3. Add the orange zest and juice to one half of the cake mixture and stir gently until combined.

4. Dissolve the cocoa powder in 2 tablespoons of hot water, then add to the second half of the cake mixture and stir gently until combined.

5. Spoon the mixtures randomly into the prepared baking tin then swirl with a knife for a marbled effect. Bake in the oven for 35–45 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.

6. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes then turn out on to a wire rack to cool completely.

n The Clandestine Cake Club meets every 4-6 weeks in ‘secret’ locations around the town.

There are Stamford, Louth, Lincoln and Newark clubs. New members are welcome, see www.clandestinecakeclub.co.uk.

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PARK House in the Country - LINCOLNSHIRE HOMES -

Words: Tilly Wilkinson.

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This month’s featured property is Springfield House, a beautiful country home dating back to the 18th century with direct access to a stunning country park. It’s a home for lovers of the country who want to be just minutes away from city life...

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SPRINGFIELD HOUSE, NEWARK The Springfield House brings to mind the pink-walled American home of Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa. However our featured property this month is far from the Simpsons’ place of residence. The Springfield House in Newark is a quintessential English period property with three floors and rolling countryside views.

The property is a stunning detached period home dating back to 1710, standing within a glorious and private plot amongst English country gardens.

The property has been extremely well cared for and enhanced by the current owners.

When viewing the property you will instantly appreciate the wealth of original features including high ceilings, sash windows and ornate cornicing.

“THE HOME IS A STUNNING DETACHED PERIOD PROPERTY DATING BACK TO 1710 WITHIN A GLORIOUS PRIVATE PLOT...”

Above: The garden has plenty of seating areas for outdoor entertainment, herbaceous borders and mature trees.

Without a doubt, Springfield House presents a unique opportunity to purchase one of Newark’s most exclusive and sought after properties for some time.

When you enter the home, a reception hallway provides an immediate indication to the elegance and grace that runs throughout.

There are three formal reception rooms comprising a drawing room, sitting room and dining room, all of which benefit from feature fireplaces.

Location: Newark 0.7 miles, Lincoln 20 miles, Sleaford 19 miles.

Style: Beautiful designed period property with stunning grounds.

Bedrooms: Six bedrooms and four bathrooms with space for more.

Receptions: Four, arranged as reception hallway, drawing room sitting room and dining room.

Other Features: A garden room, large living kitchen, direct access into a beautiful country park, garaging and outbuildings Price (OIEO): £1,000,000.

The heart of the home is the stunning living kitchen with contemporary units and a range of integrated appliances which opens into a garden room showcased by a striking log burning stove.

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>> independent access, a kitchenette and cloakroom facilities, and a staircase rising to an additional office or storage space.

Above: The modern living kitchen features a beautiful garden room that opens up onto the terrace.

This area of the house would ideally suit those looking to work from home or the space could easily be integrated to provide additional reception rooms for the house or extra bedroom facilities.

An elegant staircase rises to the first floor to a spacious landing providing access to the principal bedroom. There is a very generous master bedroom with a walk-in wardrobe and en suite bathroom as well as two further good sized bedrooms and a nursery or storeroom.

Springfield House stands within a glorious plot of land being extremely private and yet bordering the delightful Queen of Sconce Country Park close to the centre of Newark. The property even has direct gated access straight into the park so the home is ideal for a family with children wanting to go on adventures or perhaps dog walkers wanting ample space to exercise them.

The gardens are beautifully landscaped with large level lawns and deep fully stocked borders of specimen shrubs and expanses of colour that change throughout the seasons.

“SPRINGFIELD HOUSE SITS IN A GLORIOUS PLOT OF LAND BEING PRIVATE AND YET BORDERING THE QUEEN OF SCONCE COUNTRY PARK CLOSE TO THE CENTRE OF NEWARK...”

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There are formal and less formal areas as well as a nice variety of terrace and seating areas providing ideal space for outdoor entertaining and sunlight at different times throughout the day.

The property is approached through double electric gates which provide access to a large forecourt parking area as well as a detached range of outbuildings providing garaging and useful storage.

The home is a short distance from the centre of Newark and the city’s mainline train station provides fast access to London in around 75 minutes. This can be a home for a family or a home for a couple who are looking for a country retreat.

Right: There are six bedrooms and four bathrooms but the office area can be converted into extra rooms if needed.

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- LINCOLNSHIRE HOMES -

“THE GARDENS ARE BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPED WITH LARGE LEVEL LAWNS AND DEEP FULLY STOCKED BORDERS OF SPECIMEN SHRUBS AND EXPANSES OF COLOUR THROUGHOUT SUMMER...”

Left: The sitting room has large bay windows that looks onto the patio area.

Below: The landing exudes the class and grace that is seen throughout.

Bottom: There are four bathrooms in total including en suites.

n Springfield House is currently on the market with Fine & Country, 52 Rectory Road, NG2 6BU. Call for details on 01159 822824 or see www.fineandcountry.com.

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The Best of British

Vintage & retro products for your home, garden or to give as a gift.

We’ve vintage postboxes, bronzes and inspirational gifts... and see us!

Come E+S xxx

ELIZABETH & STEVENS The Showrooms, Great North Road, Markham Moor, Retford DN22 0QU

Telephone: 01636 822000 | www.elizabethandstevens.com

Open daily Monday-Saturday 9am-5pm. Just off the A1.

Free parking. Please call us if you are making a special journey.

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MILE By a Country Words: Rob Davis. Images: Jeremy Philips.

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The architectural vernacular of Hough on the Hill is one of traditional stone cottages, but Phil and Fiona Groves decided to create a more contemporary home in the pretty village instead...

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Hough on the Hill MILESTONES

A traditional rural setting, for a thoroughly modern house. That’s the unique selling point offered by Phil and Fiona Groves’s modern property, Milestones.

The house offers a dazzlingly modern interior with LED accent lighting, lots of curves and cutting edge features designed to make the house energy efficient and comfortable.

“We lived next door to the house, which was a two bedroomed bungalow before we redeveloped it,” says Phil. “It came on the market in 2007, we then bought it just before the property crash. It was the plot, rather than the property on it which appealed, and we originally intended to steal a little bit of the grounds back to create a swimming pool for our own property next door.”

“THE HOUSE OFFERS A REALLY MODERN INTERIOR WITH LOTS OF CURVES AND SOME CUTTING EDGE FEATURES...

Above: Phil and Fiona created Milestones between 2013 and 2014.

“Instead, we decided to redevelop it and create a brand new house. We love developing properties and having scratched our heads for a few year until we knew what we wanted to do with it, began work in 2013, completing the house a year later.”

Arranged over two floors, the house has five bedrooms; four on the ground floor, plus a master suite on the first floor, in addition a large bedroom with on-suite on the first floor currently used as a games room but offering potential as a lounge, office or studio, cinema or something equally exciting.

Location: Grantham 7.2 miles, Sleaford 11 miles; Lincoln 18 miles.

Style: Contemporary two-storey house created in 2014 by Phil and Fiona Groves.

Bedrooms: Six, one bathroom, three en suites.

Receptions: Four, arranged as living area, breakfast room, family room and first floor ‘den.’

Other Features: Heat recovery system, central vacuum cleaner.

Guide Price: £700,000.

An electrician by trade and a practical man by heart, Phil turned his hand not just to the electrics, but to tiling, plumbing, flooring and the creation of the curvaceous feature staircase, created from scored wood over which veneer was wrapped.

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>> their seamless joins, sunken cabinetry, inset sink and high-tech appliances from names like Siemens. There’s a separate pantry and a utility room, plus three other cupboards dotted around the hallway, ensuring all of the family’s clutter is neatly tidied away, so as to avoid spoiling the property’s clean, curvaceous lines.

Top: Phil handbuild the kitchen using seamless acrylic, and the veneer-wrapped bespoke staircase.

The kitchen diner gives way to a huge living area, with vast panels of glass on two aspects, wood burner and more accent lighting, whilst a separate snug/family room is used for watching TV.

“One thing we were quite keen to ensure is that the interior is bold, and makes a statement, but remains practical,” says Phil. “The house is, above all, energy efficient and practical for a busy family, but it’s not too radical from the outside, and that was deliberate, as we didn’t want the house to look out of place in what is, after all, a traditional village of Brownlow Estate cottages.”

Because the plot was so well established, the house’s grounds, which extend to about a third of an acre, are nice and mature, but laid to low-maintenance lawn or landscaping, offering both a pretty garden, with none of the hassle of maintaining an elaborate garden design. Phil and Fiona’s two children are soon going to University, so the couple have put the property on the market.

Somewhat ironically, really, since the house would suit someone

“THE HOUSE IS, ABOVE ALL, ENERGY EFFICIENT AND PRACTICAL FOR A BUSY FAMILY, BUT NOT TOO RADICAL FROM THE OUTSIDE, BECAUSE THE VILLAGE IS A TRADITIONAL LOOKING ONE...”

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wanting to downsize - but only a little - from a huge period country house with expansive grounds. The majority of the house is on one level; it’s clean, modern, energy efficient and has low maintenance grounds. “We love completing properties, and we’ll definitely do another project soon, but for now we’re deliberately not looking for fear that we’ll find something!” he says.

Meanwhile, the next owners will benefit from the best of both worlds upon moving into Milestones; a modern house, in the heart of a traditional and very pretty village!

Right: The house is arranged over two floors with six bedrooms, one bathroom and three en suites.

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“THE MAJORITY OF THE HOUSE IS ON ONE LEVEL; IT’S CLEAN, MODERN, ENERGY EFFICIENT AND HAS LOW MAINTENANCE GROUNDS, MAKING IT IDEAL FOR THOSE LEAVING A LARGE COUNTRY PROPERTY...”

Left: The sitting room has LED accent lighting and a wood burner.

Above: A smaller snug sitting room serves as the teenagers’ TV den!

Bottom: Furniture has been sourced from Atomic Interiors, Nottingham.

n Milestones is currently on the market with Housesimple online estate agents, call the couple on 01400 251895 or view it online at www.rightmove.co.uk.

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Quality Appliances

and the best customer service...

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Kettles, plus 40 Toasters, 30 Mixers & Blenders

Bagged & Bagless Vacuum Cleaners

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Fridges, Freezers and Chest Freezers

Cookers plus ranges, built-in ovens & hobs

Ceiling, Wall, and Table Lights

All items on display in our showroom ready for immediate delivery. Ample free parking.

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We Deliver • We Install • We Demonstrate • We Take Away Your Old Appliance We also Provide Servicing, Spares and Repairs for your Existing Appliances...

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- GRANITE EARTH -

Wonderfully Crafted

Worktops

By worktop specialists Granite Earth

Purchasing a new kitchen or giving it a makeover can be costly. Using a kitchen retailer can be simple but expensive, and they can’t always offer the extensive range of stone worktops that are available in the market. Granite Earth cuts out the middle man by installing beautifully crafted worktops direct to you and on budget...

Words: Tilly Wilkinson.

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The kitchen is generally the hub of the home. Families use this room the most whether it’s for a bowl of cereal in the morning, a glass of wine at night, or cooking a roast on a Sunday afternoon. This is why when you want to give your kitchen a new look it’s important to choose the right worktop.

Granite Earth are specialists in granite, Quartz and Corian worktops for all styles and budgets. They know exactly what surface would best suit your kitchen and your family, they offer highly competitive pricing and an experienced team that can make the order process very simple.

Granite Earth use gold fabricators for Silestone, Cosentino, the leading quartz manufacturer, this product comes with 25 years manufacturer warranty. Even their Cosentino branded Sensa range of granite comes with 15 years warranty, which is most unusual for a granite/natural stone surface.

Richard Allen is the Sales Manager of the family-run Grantham based business. “We can offer any kind of worktop you’re looking for; if we don’t have it, we can get it,” says Richard. “There’s nothing we can’t offer the range really is that extensive.”

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SEE WHAT THE Customers HAD TO SAY...

“I am very pleased with the communications that took place before ordering and the service throughout.

I have a stunning Silestone Quartz work surface that I am more than happy with. Richard and his team were very professional and knowledgable.”

“I researched other companies and Granite Earth provided a very competitive quote. I would highly recommend them. Very quick turnaround once ordered.”

Mrs McCulloch, Chalton Bedfordshire

“Kitchen retailers use specialists like us to supply and fit work surfaces for their projects.”

“We can also offer our services directly to the client, saving them money and making them more aware of the products out there.”

that looks great and is virtually bullet proof.

See website for details.

Perhaps your kitchen doesn’t need a complete makeover but the surfaces are now marked and are in desperate need of replacement.

Granite Earth can upgrade the kitchen worktops to granite, quartz or Corian with their worktop replacement service, were they remove and dispose of your old outdated worktops!

Richard and the rest of the team at Granite Earth know exactly what will work well with “Send your kitchen plan and worktop preferences across, and we will recommend kitchen designs, and the best worktop what worktop will based on your withstand day-to-day design and budget.

“THERE’S NO KIND OF family life.

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Quality and price have always met at Fusion Home Improvements and now a partnership with one of the UK’s largest buying groups, responsible for manufacturing more than 10,000 windows, doors and conservatories each week, will ensure the company can offer even better value.

As Pride goes to press the company officially opens its new showroom on the A16/A17 roundabout, and will serve as a new base to provide cutting edge products from stock in as little as five days from order.

“We needed more space to cope with the extra windows, doors and conservatories passing through our order books,” says owner Richard Fairbanks.

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We’ve always been able to offer competitive prices, but our tie-in with our new buying group, The UK Window Group, enables us to go even further and offer an unrivalled range of products, plus the reassurance of dealing with a local firm that really does stand by all of its installations.”

“We hate pressure selling, and promise the best customer experience possible, so pop in for a coffee and a no obligation quote, and we’ll prove that we really can fuse quality and great value too.”

n For more information visit Fusion Home Improvements in the Old Railway House on the A16/A17 roundabout at Sutterton, PE20 2LF. Call 01775 712 398 or see www.fusionhomeimprovements.co.uk.

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November is usually a slow month in the garden; the grass no longer needs cutting, growth in the garden begins to slow down and most spring bulbs have been planted.

However, on our visit to Gunby Hall in September, Senior Gardener Clive Ironmonger still had his work cut out for him...

Words & Images: Tilly Wilkinson.

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Gunby Hall, SPILSBY

At the time of writing, there’s little more than 100 days until Christmas. Being quite the elf at this time of year, I cannot wait to get baking, wrapping, eating, relaxing, hopefully building snowmen if the weather allows.

However, on my visit to Gunby Hall in Spilsby today, you wouldn’t believe Christmas was around the corner. Temperatures reached 22˚c as Senior Gardener Clive kindly provided a tour of the sunny gardens.

Clive has been gardening at Gunby for 24 years, with the profession dating back generations in his family. He was in the lawnmower trade prior to Gunby, but his passion for gardening drove him to take on a bigger role.

“CLIVE IRONMONGER HAS BEEN GARDENING AT GUNBY HALL FOR THE PAST 24 YEARS, WITH THE CAREER DATING BACK GENERATIONS IN HIS FAMILY...”

“I started off working with the garden machinery given my background, and worked my way up to Senior Gardener,” says Clive. “I’ve seen the gardens at Gunby evolve over the years but it’s largely the same as when I started.”

Gunby Hall was built for Sir William Massingberd in 1700, and the family lived there until 1963. The house was tenanted from 1967 until 2012, but is now under the direct management of the National Trust.

Each member of the Massingberd family have left their mark on the hall’s gardens from Peregrine Massingberd and the orchards he had created in the 19th century to Diana Massingberd who had a large influence on the rose garden.

“It’s a glorious garden to work with, but also rather large,” says Clive. “With eight acres, we need all of our 12 gardening volunteers augmenting the full time staff, Head Gardener; Natasha, myself and gardener, Sam.” In November the gardening team will be doing the autumn leaves sweep up, a huge

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job, but also productive, making the garden look nice and using autumn leaves to generate rich compost. There will be ongoing herbaceous border work, cutting all the plants down, and separating them into threes.

“It’s gardening etiquette to plant in odd numbers. If you have a small border, planting one of the same plant is fine, but if yours is slightly larger, you plant three of the same plant. Some really big borders you’ll see are planted in fives.”

“It’s continued clearance which allows the garden to open a lot more. You can see from the herb garden right across to the greenhouse, which is quite refreshing. It’s a nice time of year, especially for me, because it’s the start of the season where we clear everything to make a blank canvas and plan for next year.”

At Gunby, you’re welcomed by a long driveway a turning circle, once used to welcome a horse and carriage, and the formal west garden. The west garden looks over beautiful Lincolnshire countryside through an ornate black gate.

As you enter Gunby, you enter the courtyard, with coffee shop and tickets to your left.

On your right, you enter the garden. It’s initially quite formal with a parterre rose garden that overlooks a croquet lawn, but as you follow the path round, an explosion of colour and an open gate greet you.

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You’re now in the pergola garden with the pergolas made of apple tree, a variety of roses on your right and a herb garden to your left. Further through the garden, there’s a formal lawn with a herbaceous border.

The greenhouse follows and a small plant sale on the left, before you head down the yellow border to the kitchen garden. The pumpkins were enormous when I visited and the herbaceous borders down the centre were full of colour.

We appreciate that if you visit Gunby Hall during its weekend openings in November (from 26th to 11th December), you’re unlikely to have the same luck that I had, but Christmas is an equally magical time of year to take a look inside the Hall. The music room and the dining room were the rooms I had a peak in, and the oak panelling, exquisite fine art and knight in shining armor definitely make the trip to Gunby Hall worthwhile!

“WE APPRECIATE YOU’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE SAME LUCK WITH THE WEATHER AS I HAD WHEN VISITING IN NOVEMBER, BUT THERE’S STILL THE HOUSE TO EXPLORE...”

Above: The Music Room in Gunby Hall, which is part of the extension.

Top: Clive, Senior Gardener, trimming back the plants.

Main: The main entrance

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plant a magnolia tree for a beautiful spring display.

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Divide mature clumps of rhubarb.

Now is the ideal time to plant currant bushes.

Clean out the greenhouse thoroughly. Wash with horticultural disinfectant to kill any overwintering pests and diseases.

Cut back the foliage of herbaceous perennials, and lift and divide overcrowded clumps to maintain their vigour.

Above: Clive cu tting back some herbaceous pe of the rennials for No vember’s jobs.

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Nature

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November is a month to see the seal pups at Donna Nook, winter berries, beautiful seed heads and the swans as they migrate from Siberia and Iceland...

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SEALS

Seals have sensitive whiskers that help them to detect prey in murky waters and grey seals have been known to live for 46 years!

November is when the glorious Donna Nook seals give birth, so head down to the nature reserve to see the seal pups!

At this time of year, the baby seals attract over 40,000 visitors to Lincolnshire’s coastline; Donna Nook is one of the most accessible sites for seeing seals at a time of breeding in the UK, so you can get quite close to them.

Other nature in the countryside this month are tiny linyphiid spiders. On mild days, everything is draped with gossamer.

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larvae in their cases made from stones or bits of plant material.

Mosses of all kinds can be found in woods and hedgerows; their velvety evergreen tufts and cushions stand out among the bare wood.

Many plants produce beautiful seed heads, such as hogweed and teasel, which are valuable as food for birds, but also as stems in which insects can overwinter.

It’s good for nature, but not for humans; if you see giant hogweed, try your best to avoid it as the sap reacts with the melanin in the skin and removes any protection that patch has from UV light. It can also cause blindness if the sap

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Colours of

Autumn

Autumn leaves are really beautiful, but can you identify the tree from the leaf? Here are some of the most common you’ll find...

Poplar leaves are very variable, with small leaves on side shoots, and large leaves on strong lead shoots. They’re yellow or golden in autumn.

Above: A seal pup at Donna Nook.

Opposite/Top: Brown hares don’t burrow like rabbits, so you can see them in winter.

Opposite/Bottom: Winter berries.

Opposite/Left: Teasels have glorious seed heads as do hogweeds as we go into the winter months.

comes in contact with the eyes.

Unlike the rabbit, brown hares do not burrow so you may spot them crouching in fields at this time of year or more commonly, running across the road in front of your car, so keep an eye out for these!

Many birds gather together in small flocks in November, especially finches and tits.

Out on the marshes, skeins of geese arrive to spend the winter in Britain. Brent geese from Siberia find a refuge on our muddy estuaries.

Whooper and Bewick swans are some of the most spectacular visitors and enliven a misty

November day. To tell the difference between the two, Whooper swans are larger and their honk sounds like an old-fashioned car horn.

Bewick swans are the smallest species in the UK, around the same size as a Canada Goose, and their calls sound more like an excited dog.

You’ll start seeing winter berries too so clip any holly you have in your garden before the birds to get to them to add to Christmas cakes and your decorations.

Make sure to visit the plethora of nature reserves in the county this month for lovely winter walks.

Red Oak Acorns are the easiest way to spot a red oak, but its leaves can be identified by being generally symmetrical with a clear median line.

Most have lobed leaves.

Horse Chestnut The leaf stalk is long where it meets with the stem on a horse chestnut leaf. The leaflets are narrow at the base and broaden out towards the tip of the leaf.

The leaves turn from orange to scarlet in autumn.

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To cull or not to cull...? That’s the debate raging in Wainfleet All Saints right now, as local councillor Chris Pain wants to control the local river’s badger population to prevent them destroying infrastructure.

Someone more opposed to the idea of a cull though is Alison Foyster of Weirfield Wildlife Hospital...

Words & Images: Rob Davis.

Wainfleet All Saints, with its population of just over 1,500 and its sleepy, laid-back character compared to its brash neighbour, Skegness, is a peaceful little place to live, an unlikely place for urban unrest.

Nevertheless, urban unrest is exactly what’s going on there right now, as the debate rages as to whether to rid the town’s River Steeping of its native badger population.

“The badger population is expanding year on year,” says Councillor Christopher Pain of Wainfleet & Burgh ward. “Lincolnshire has lots of issues not just with badgers but other burrowing animals too. Badgers dig their setts under the county’s roads, and when heavy traffic passes over them, they

give way. We’ve similar problems with river banks too, and we believe that burrowing animals were the cause of a flood in Boston a few years ago on Slippery Gowt Lane near the town’s refuse site.”

“The Environment Agency’s attempt to remove one sett cost around £313,000.

There are now 13 setts around the town, and similar problems in Burgh le Marsh, Thurlby, Toynton and Louth. We have to prioritise lives and livelihoods over our desire to look after animals.” >>

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The middle of urban is Lincoln hardly the place you’d expect to find a wildlife hospital, and Rookery Lane is populated by neat semidetached homes that are entirely urban.

Nonetheless, at the rear of her home is the hospital, which has around 100 patients at a time in 23 aviaries, ‘Hogsville’ (hedgehogs being the most common species the hospital takes in) and its own hospital ward.

The hospital takes up Alison’s garden plus two adjacent gardens, which she’s purchased during the course of expanding Weirfield.

Upon our arrival, Belinda was giving physiotherapy to a pheasant, manipulating its legs gently to build its strength back up following a leg injury.

>> Someone who rejects the idea of culling Wainfleet’s badger population, though, is Alison Foyster.

By day, Alison is a district nurse, but in her spare time, she runs the Weirfield Wildlife Hospital just off North Hykeham’s Rookery Lane. Alison set up the hospital in 1989, and now cares for over 2,500 animals each year with her one full time member of staff, Belinda Wines, and around 30 volunteers.

Alison rejects the idea that badgers need to be culled and has taken in five orphaned badger cubs and an adult badger this year alone. She and Chris recently went head to head in a debate on the subject of what to do about Wainfleet’s badger population on BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine show.

A national survey of badgers recently estimated that there were about 50,000 social badger groups in Britain - containing around 310,000 adult badgers. In areas of good habitat there can be as many as 25 adult badgers in each square kilometre with a territory being as small as 30 hectares, but in marginal habitats, there is less than one adult badger per square kilometre with a territory of over 150 hectares.

Pigeons are the next most common animal, and in a duckpond area, there are ducks and gulls. In the hospital itself you’ll find a couple more pheasants, birds of prey and baby squirrels.

To the back of the hospital is a very secure pen in which an adult fox patient that the

“Upon our arrival, Belinda was busy giving physiotherapy to a pheasant with a leg injury...”

team can’t seem to re-naturalise is nursing two adopted cubs. There’s also an area for domesticated pets like rabbits and ferrets, though the team try to resist taking these unless absolutely necessary for fear of being inundated.

“We have a policy of never refusing to take an animal in - there’s no such things being ‘full,’” says Belinda. “We work with Park View Veterinary Hospital, who are absolutely wonderful, our very own local ‘supervets.’ We also work with agencies like the RSPCA, and our local branches are really good about bringing us animals to care for which would ordinarily have to be destroyed. We’re not mobile, so our radius is however far people are willing to travel. >>

Top: One recent admission into the wildlife hospital is this baby squirrel, who was being fed by a syringe during our visit, and couldn’t get enough of the yummy milk that Belinda was administering it. Above: Weirfield’s resident fox is now too tame to be released into the wild. On the plus side, she’s proving a wonderful adopted mother to some orphaned cubs! Belinda give a pheasant physio! Right: The hospital is home to birds of prey, waterfowl, hedgehogs and, of course, badgers.

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BADGERS

All You Need to Know An average adult badger is 69-71cm long and weighs 18kg, making it one of the larger wild animals in Britain today.

Badgers setts can be ancient, sprawling underground complexes with multiple entrances extending anything from 20 to 100 metres or more with the some of the largest having more than 50 entrances!

Such elaborate setts can take many years to create and are passed down through generations – some setts can be more than 100 years old.

Although badgers mainly eat earthworms, they will eat other invertebrates, including slugs and snails. Badgers often also eat small mammals, birds’ eggs and fruit.

>> Our first priority is to give people advice, and when it comest to most rescued animals, that means giving them water, keeping them warm and administering first aid. We can give antibiotics and treat common ailments like fleas, ticks and lungworms; beyond that, Park View are absolutely great. When badgers come in they’re usually frightened and wary of humans.”

“The best advice we can offer is not to approach them, but to seek advice ASAP, and allow groups like the RSPCA to intervene.”

“One or two of the youngsters who came to us this year didn’t want to handfeed the substitute milk that we usually give them.

After that we usually try them with meat but one would only eat baby food, and specifically spaghetti bolognese baby food!

Another favourite was scrambled egg which

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they loved, and couldn’t get enough of.”

“I think public support is generally on the side of badgers. We practice good agricultural practises in the county and I think that’s why we’ve avoided TB and a cull of badgers,” says Alison. “Badgers are shy, reserved, and are usually only seen at dusk.

It’s easy to put steps into place to control where badgers dig. Wire mesh is sufficient they’re quite pragmatic animals and will stop digging when it gets too tough to do so.

We need better infrastructure around the county’s roads. It’s not too expensive and not too difficult to protect these lovely animals.”

“We really enjoy the job but it’s a challenge, too. Looking after the county’s wildlife is a real privilege, but we’re always in need of old newspapers, towels, pet food, and of course, donations and voluntary helpers, which are the things that really do help us to carry on looking after all creatures in the county, great and small!”

n Alison and Belinda’s Weirfield Wildlife Hospital is based at 27 Rookery Lane, Lincoln LN6 7PX. For more information or to provide help to the charity, call 01522 530428 or see www.weirfield.co.uk.

Despite being nocturnal, badgers have poor eyesight.

However, this is compensated for by their acute hearing and excellent sense of smell.

Badgers give birth to between one and five cubs (below) between January to March. The birth usually takes place in the underground chambers, where the cubs will remain until they are about eight weeks old.

Badgers are less active in winter, but do not hibernate. The warmer spring nights bring the worms to the surface and provide better foraging conditions.

Find Out More: See www.weirfield.co.uk(pictured below), www.badger.org.uk, or www.lincstrust.org.uk.

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Autumn. We think it’s an understated season for weddings, with brides opting for a white winter wedding in the snow or a glorious summer wedding. But the rare weddings that are in autumn are some of the most beautiful, exploiting rich autumnal colours and photos of moody autumn mists.

UKbride, Lincolnshire Pride’s sister company, is a social networking site for brides-to-be that provides free magazines full of wedding tips. The wedding experts that work on the wedding magazine have some fantastic tips and ideas if you’re considering a wedding in October or November.

Outdoor Wedding: If the idea of getting married under the stars and amongst the golden leaves appeals to you, use a venue that has space heaters or a marquee with a see-through roof and fill it with leaves!

Cowboy Bride: Want to be a little different and worried that heels will just get destroyed in wet grass and mud? Go bohemian and wear cowboy boots underneath your dress.

Colour Palettes: Very popular autumnal wedding colour themes include oranges, purples, deep reds, chocolate, wine and dark pink. That’s what’s appealing about an autumn wedding; the rich and beautiful colours you can use.

Centrepiece: A popular centrepiece idea for autumn weddings is a cascade of well organised leaves. They can be fake or real; consult your florist or venue decorator to see what they think is best. Another beautiful centrepiece idea is branches or a wooden display. In our featured shoot, we see two tiers of golden pumpkins, figs, pomegranates and other autumn fruits; a perfect tie-in to this theme.

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Candlelit: If you want an intimate ceremony, use candlelight. Candles at the altar or centrepieces of candles with dimmed lights at your reception can make it cosier, perfect for a smaller, closer wedding party.

Venues: A rustic barn wedding full of fairy lights is good for autumn, but it’s still OK to have a wedding outdoors as long as you can provide warmth and cover for guests just in case it rains. A stately home wedding can also be beautiful, and is a good opportunity for photos; a grand property in the background while you walk the grounds with your partner in the autumn leaves, for example.

Pumped Décor: Chic pumpkin décor is a good idea for an autumn wedding. If you’re struggling for favours or want to be creative with place names, give each guest a mini pumpkin with their name carved into its side.

Paint them to match your colour scheme like to the gold pumpkins in our featured wedding.

Gold: If you want to add a little sparkle to the wedding, use gold in autumn. A glittering gold tablecloth is a nice way of doing this and use lots of gold spray paint!

The Guest Book Tree: Instead of a traditional guest book, ask guests to write messages on a card and provide hooks, string or ribbon to hang on a guest book tree.

Floating Lanterns: This wedding decoration idea has become more and more popular throughout the seasons, especially summer, but in autumn, these can look good in a marquee of reds and purples and oranges.

Cake: Golden cakes, cakes made of cheese, rustic icing-less cakes... It’s definitely a good season for cake. Croquembouche can look incredibly impressive, like the one in our feature, but we also like traditional white wedding cakes with a cascade of golden chocolate drops running down it. Or leaf-adorned cakes of course.

Bars: A ‘cookie and cream’ bar is a great idea. Offer Baileys or milk for younger or car driving guests, and a selection of delicious biscuits and cookies. Another idea is a ‘trick or treat’ bar with caramel apples.

Photographer: Dottie Photography, 01945 773368, www.dottiephotography.co.uk.

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“Golden cakes, cakes made of different cheeses, rustic naked cakes, leaf-adorned cakes... autumn is a fantastic season for a beautiful and delicious cake!”

Top: Bring the dog! Decorate your pooch with a bow tie or wedding flowers.

Left: Croquembouche look incredible and you can just let guests help themselves.

Bottom/Left: Pretzels dipped in chocolate; a good idea for a cookie bar or just something tasty for guests after the wedding breakfast.

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- FASHION Main: Sharon wears a Dubarry tweed jacket in pale blue colourway ÂŁ299.

Stylish &

WARM

Country clothing is both practical and on trend, with tweed especially fashionable this winter.

Here, we’ve asked Newark retailer Giles & Bella to suggest a range of country-inspired fashions that will suit any occasion, and prove both smart and warm...

Words & Images: Rob Davis.

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- FASHION -

Could there possibly be a retailer with a better stable of brands than Giles & Bella?

The Newark retailer, based on Kirkgate, just off Middlegate in the town centre, was formerly known as Gente Bella, but changed its name to reflect their British Brands when they move premises this year.

From Dubarry to Joules, Cath Kidston to Fairfax & Favor, the retailer has been established for eight years, and aims to provide fashions for those who live where the country meets the town, with a selection of boots, winter coats and tweed jackets and skirts, that will prove both warm, but stylish too.

Our shoot took place with the store’s Lucy, Sharron and fashion graduate Alice all enjoying the surroundings of nearby Newark Castle.

As temperatures plummet this season, enjoy an autumn walk in style and comfort, with this selection of country clothing hand-picked by Giles & Bella’s Judith Jess. n

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Opposite Page, Main: Sharron wears a Dubarry Willow jacket in blue £399.

This Page: Lucy wears a Dubarry shirt in white £59, tweed jacket £349, waistcoat £239 and skirt £149. Our model also wore Fairfax & Favor’s boots in tan suede £295.

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- FASHION -

Main: Alice wears a Dubarry blue shirt £79 and tweed cape £399.

Below/Bottom: Alice wears a pale blue Dubarry blouse £79, a Dubarry kilt in grey/blue tweed £199, and quilted jacked in dark blue £199.

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Main: Sharron wears a Dubarry Primaloft quilted coat with removable fur collar £199.

Above/Top: Alice wears a Dubarry cable-knit dress £89, Dubarry Glanmire boots £349 and a Dubarry leather cross body bag £119.

Find Out More: Featured items are available from Giles & Bella, 21 Kirkgate, Newark NG24 1AD. Tel: 01636 643733, www.gilesandbella.com.

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- FASHION Main/Bottom: Lucy wears a Dubarry Barrington Goretex coat £399, and Dubarry merino wool wrap £79.

Below: Dubarry leather cross body bag £119.

Find Out More: Featured items are available from Giles & Bella, 21 Kirkgate, Newark NG24 1AD. Tel: 01636 643733, www.gilesandbella.com.

Above: Face à Face and Anne et Valentin designer glasses frames from O’Briens Opticians of Wrawby St, Brigg; call 01652 653595 or see www.obriensopticians.co.uk.

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Acting at all levels of the skin it helps to restore the skin’s natural appearance hydration mechanisms and maintain moisture levels for newly replenished skin. Its unique formulation enables skin to soak up its powerful ingredients deep-down into you skin’s dermal water reservoir, £44.

n John Rohnan-Wharff is a beauty and makeup blogger, who reviews and rates products at www.mr-wharff.com.

All products available from good independent local stockists unless otherwise stated, prices are RRP.

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We are always very grateful when our patients provide testimonials and we were delighted to hear that Mark was so happy with his fixed implant-retained dentures. Here is his story…

“I had been advised by my old dental practice that I had serious gum disease and needed to take some prompt remedial action.

I knew I wanted to have dental implants, so I searched on the internet and found three practices I liked the look of. The Dental Health Centre was the first practice I visited and I was immediately impressed with their care and efficiency.

The free initial consultation with Colin Sutton was very thorough. It included a full examination and information about the dental implant procedure with a detailed followup letter, which also offered me a second appointment for £120.

This fee would then be deducted from my treatment if I went ahead but I was so convinced by my initial consultation that I didn’t feel I needed that appointment.

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night and I didn’t like the thought of that – it was what had put me off having dentures. I didn’t fancy looking at my teeth in a jar every morning. I’m not quite 60 and I thought I’m not old enough for all that, so I opted for the type that are fixed in my mouth permanently. They were more expensive, but well worth it.

The whole process has taken a good while but I wouldn’t have had it any other way. I didn’t want to rush things and I wanted my mouth to be fully healed at each stage.

My finished implants are excellent and nobody has even noticed I’ve had anything done. Mr Sutton is honest, incredibly professional and seriously good at his job. I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending him for everything from general dentistry to complex dental work.

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To experience dental care with a difference or to find out more about dental implant treatment, please contact the Dental Health Centre in Grantham 01476 594480 or visit our website to find out more.

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Dr Moorcroft discusses...

Managing the Menopause Naturally...

Making headlines recently has been new research published by the British Journal of Cancer showing the effect of combined HRT in increasing a woman’s risk of breast cancer, this is likely to have been underestimated by previous studies.

Since this research was published, a regular question I have been asked in clinic is, ‘What alternatives are available? ‘ Luckily, there are many other options available for women at this time, and I would recommend an individualised approach combining one or more of them.

Firstly diet and nutrition should be addressed, I always think of this as the foundation for good health, and around the menopause the use of foods rich in phyto-oestrogens can be particularly

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helpful, I would then look at herbal medicines which can work so well with many of those unpleasant menopause related symptoms;

I tend to use combinations or formulas of herbs with the aim of the balancing the hormones naturally and helping individual symptoms.

In addition, acupuncture and homeopathy can also be very helpful, particularly for the hot flushes, anxiety and mood changes that occur and can be used in combination with herbal medicines and nutritional supplements for a truly holistic approach.

Finally, bio-identical hormone replacement can be used. This is the use of individually prescribed hormones, which are identical to our own hormones and where the dose is

very carefully calculated and monitored by looking at an individual’s blood test.

Although still a form of HRT it more closely mimics the natural hormones we produce, and can only be prescribed through specially trained doctors. this will be available in my practice from November when I complete my training with Marion Gluck.

I will be running regular workshops and talks on treating menopause naturally at Orchard Barn Centre and our next Treating Menopause Naturally talk is on 25th Jan 2017. n For more information or to book a place please go to www.orchardbarn.co.uk Dr Sally Moorcroft MBChB, BSc (Hons), MNIMH, LFHom (Med). The Natural Health Clinic, Orchard Barn Integrative Health Centre, Stallingborough.

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WINTER Your Fuel Partner for

Local, independent, reliable... E Fuels is the name you need to know to ensure a warm winter and peace of mind. Based in Owthorpe, and covering Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Rutland and Nottinghamshire, the firm is a totally reliable supplier of fuels, oils and lubricants for the domestic, commercial and agricultural market...

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- FUEL FOR WINTER -

Reliable, independent and competitive: those are the benefits of using E Fuels, your local supplier of fuel, oils and lubricants whether you’re a domestic, commercial or agricultural customer. Energy prices are rising and the companies warming our homes this winter are becoming larger and more anonymous. It’s time for change, says James Thornton of E Fuels.

Heating oil firms - which purchase wholesale products like kerosene to sell on to domestic consumers who are off-mains gas are consolidating into larger firms, dealing in volume and often delivering domestic consumers poor service in the process.

Their experience in the industry led James to believe there was another way to do business. That’s why, in March last year, they helped set up E Fuels, aimed at providing heating oil and kerosene additives to the domestic market.

“We typically provide deliveries of 500 litres, and believe we offer unrivalled value for money, but more importantly, we offer the very best standards in customer service,” says James.

“We believe it’s more important to support the customer with a more reliable service, plus an emergency oil service when you unexpectedly run out of fuel, as well as offering competitive pricing.”

“In the past we’ve heard of customers struggling to get their fuel delivered, with some larger firms keen to take orders but struggling to fulfil those logistically on the date they promise. Although we’re only a small company in the fuel industry, we understand the importance of providing good customer service alongside competitive prices.”

In addition to their core product for consumers, the company already has a strong base of businesses, and especially farmers, who use E Fuels as their preferred supplier of heating oil, but also fuel additives

and improvers, gas oil, and agricultural machine lubricants from brands like Morris.

“We’re servicing horticultural, commercial and agricultural market which is complex and demanding. We ensure our customers can service and maintain their machinery, and we’re keen to show that we can deliver the same customer satisfaction in the domestic market too.”

n For domestic & commercial fuel and lubricants across Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Rutland and Notts, call E Fuels on 01949 81019. For a full range of products see www.e-uk.com or email sales@e-uk.com.

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Chattertons Celebrates

Official re-opening of Horncastle office for law firm...

Chattertons recently hosted a champagne and canapé reception to celebrate the relaunch of its new Horncastle office.

The firm also has branches in Boston, Grantham, Lincoln, London, Newark, Sleaford, Spalding and Stamford from which it provides a wealth of legal and wealth management services for both private individuals and companies.

The reopening was attended by the Mayor of Horncastle Councillor Bill Aron and was a celebration of the firm’s recent refurbishment of the building, as well as the firm’s rebranding.

Established in 1856, Chattertons is believe to be one of oldest law firms in the UK.

n Chattertons’s Horncastle office is based on South Street. Call 01507 522456 or see www.chattertons.com.

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PEOPLE - MOTORS -

POWER TO THE

TESLA IS JUST ABOUT THE WORLD’S NEWEST MOTORING BRAND, BUT ALREADY IT’S BECOMING WELL-KNOWN, ITS PRODUCTS SOUGHT AFTER AND RESPECTED. THE FIRM’S UNIQUE SELLING POINT IS THE ECO-FRIENDLY ELECTRIC DRIVETRAINS WHICH POWER ITS PREMIUM MODELS... WITH THEIR EQUALLY PREMIUM PRICE TAGS! Words: Rob Davis.

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- MOTORS -

It takes a while for a brand to become ‘premium,’ and whilst many motoring manufacturers have tried to muscle in on the car park kudos enjoyed by Mercedes, BMW, Audi and Range Rover, few fledgeling brands are sufficiently established to steal sales from premium manufacturers. Infiniti, Lexus and Volvo have all tried to make inroads in the executive market over successive new models and, arguably, haven’t achieved the same respect as established executive car makers.

One totally new brand which has managed to do so almost overnight, though, is Tesla.

You’ll have heard of the brand and its founder, the exotically named Elon Musk, who after inventing PayPal, becoming a billionaire then attempting to reach Mars got bored, and instead decided to revolutionise, popularise and render glamorous the world of plug-in electric cars.

The firm released its Model S large executive saloon in early 2015, and about this time last year, launched its SUV/4x4 ‘Model X.’ In mid-2017 Tesla will release its Model 3, which is akin in size, and price, to a BMW 3-Series or Audi A4. That’s when the company will make a full onslaught on a more volume oriented market.

For now at least, Tesla ownership remains fairly expensive yet rather exclusive. So should you pay up to £100,000 for a car brand that’s so relatively new to the market?

The answer is a definite probably. Principally, that’s because the firm’s long-term reliability has yet to be affirmed, but with fewer moving parts in a plug-in electric vehicle, rather than one with a combustion or hybrid power source, Tesla’s cars should prove more reliable, not less.

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Beyond that, you’ll need to be bold enough to make the leap from conventional fuel to electric motoring. But proverbially, fortune favours the bold, and this Model X certainly appears to affirm this point. Buying your Tesla Model X is as close to buying a bespoke car as it gets. There’s a single ‘model,’ a five door with a half-SUV, half-coupé profile, a little like the Mercedes GLC Coupé or BMW X4.

There’s also just a single trim level for the Model X. However, rather like choosing different engines, customers opt for different batteries. There’s a 60D with 60kWh of power and 220 miles of range before recharging, plus a 75D with 259 mile range and a 90D with 303 miles of range. Sitting atop the range, there’s the P100D sports model, with 336 mile range and performance figures that are impressive to say the least 60mph is reached in just 2.9 seconds!

THE TESLA MODEL X SUV OFFERS SILENT, EMISSION-FREE DRIVING, UP TO SEVEN SEATS AND FOUR WHEEL DRIVE...

Top/Right: The Tesla Model X is a five, six or seven seater which charges from the mains and provides a range of at least 220 miles.

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ELECTRIC DREAMS Plug-in cars are becoming more common, with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reporting a 50% increase on 2015 sales, and a total of 6,600 plug-in cars being sold so far in 2016.

The days of electric cars looking like odd concept cars are long gone, and today, those seeking a plug-in or plug-in hybrid car benefit from great savings, as well as a choice of some familiar models.

Our Favourite Plug-In Cars:

1. BMW 330e: Take BMW’s class-leading small executive saloon, add a refined plug-in hybrid powertrain and you’ve a compelling option for company car drivers. On sale now, £34,235.

2. Volkswagen Passat GTE: In estate form and Advance trim, the VW has lots of space and a huge, versatile boot.

It promises equally huge savings courtesy of its 1.4 petrol engine and electric motor. On sale now £37,680.

3. Mitsubishi Outlander: A rugged, full-size SUV promising over 30 miles of electric-only range, as well as five seats, a huge boot and plenty of kit.

From £31,749, but top models have adaptive cruise control and leather seats.

A 2.0 petrol engine can charge the car on longer runs.

4. Tesla Model S P100D: At £107,700, the Model S is the sister car of this month’s featured Model X. In P100D form it’s the fasted accelerating road car in the UK, reaching 60mph in just 2.5 seconds. All wheel drive, air suspension and a 381mile range between charging create all the world’s most unusual, eco-friendly and the fastest executive car available today.

5. Nissan Leaf: At just £16,530, the Leaf is one of the cheapest full five seater electric cars on the UK market, with a 155 mile range and smartphone app to remotely check the state of your vehicle’s charge.

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>> Our recommendation is to stick to the 60D which, in addition to its 220 mile range, can reach 60mph in a hardly sluggish six seconds, and is good for up to 130mph.

In addition to choosing the battery which suits the amount of power you’d like, Model X can be configured as a five, six or seven seater. With no engine under the bonnet, there’s a second ‘boot’ and lots of space in the cabin thanks to batteries being stored underneath the car.

Standard equipment is generous too, with white, tan or black leather seats plus the usual array of wood and carbon fibre finishers. Four wheel drive is standard, as are parking sensors, a power tailgate, satellite navigation, a panoramic windscreen that stretches back over the driver’s head, keyless entry, DAB radio and parking sensors.

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parallel or perpendicular spaces. Other optional extras include power doors that present themselves as you approach, ‘Bioweapon Defense Mode’ - a HEPA cabin filtration - a sports button charismatically named ‘Ludicrous Mode,’ plus heated steering wheel and ventilated front seats.

Purchase a Model X on a PCP and put £16,000 down and your payments will be just £480/month. Company car tax bills are tiny as the car emits no CO2. Purchase the car outright though and it’ll cost £57,000.

The range topping P100D tops out at £110,000, which puts it head to head with the priciest Range Rovers and Porsche Cayennes.

That’s a premium price for a competitor set against some class-leading luxury SUVs, especially since Tesla is a brand yet to establish itself. However, with a premium feel, good value, flexibility, and a price tag which can, in fairness, be offset with lower running costs, the Model X is not only charismatic - good looking and modern but makes a great deal on paper, too. n

Tesla Model X 60D

Price: £59,300.

Engine: 60kWh electric motor.

Range: 220 miles (zero emissions).

Top Speed: 130mph; 0-60mph 6 secs.

Equipment: Automatic gearbox, four wheel drive, leather seats, five, six or seven seats, parking sensors, blind spot warning, heated leather seats, DAB radio, keyless entry/go, power tailgate, power windows, panoramic windscreen/roof.

Optional: Autopilot, HEPA filtration, ventilated seats, ambient lighting, air suspension, subzero package.

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Crosswords CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Test your lateral thinking skills with this month’s Cryptic Crossword. Each puzzle has a set of perplexing clues to unravel, and as every lover of logic knows, the frustration is all part of the fun!

ACROSS

7. Fire and unload (9) 8. Open closed teeth (5) 9. Helpers in mess supply seconds (9) 10. Speculate, for example, in produce (5) 12. Representation of body height not right (6) 13. Supports attempts to back horse to come first (8) 14. Player inserts key in a lock (7) 17. Tom’s cry of derision (7) 20. Discuss and OK travel arrangements (4,4) 22. May be counted as a hazard in headquarters (6) 24. 50s’ music, with the French missing the boat (5) 25. Many raced but were beaten (9) 26. Daily leader studied in alarm (5) 27. Stopping for breatherin a boxing arena (9)

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1. Take off garment I’d first put on upside down (6) 2. Casting is one of his jobs in the studio (8) 3. An American uncle? (6) 4. A long time since Agnes lost heart with an attempt (4,3) 5. Charm, finish and musical ability (6) 6. Team with genuine line-up of stars (8) 11. She’s writing a reflective article (4) 15. Nuts and biscuits (8) 16. Rescue husband (4) 18. Assembles for prayers (8) 19. Where to find fruit or tea on the way (7) 21. Eastern garment for the weekend, a loud colour (6) 22. Starfish? (6) 23. “Cast off ” order? (6)

1. Not a ected by personal feelings (13) 8. Quandary (7) 9. Flowering bulb (from Amsterdam?) (5) 10. Essential part (4) 11. Fitting (8) 13. Sell abroad (6) 14. Big top entertainment (6) 17. Flattery — blarney (4,4) 19. Obscene (4) 21. Sharp (5) 22. Brutal (7) 24. Stop waffling! (3,2,3,5)

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1. Mum’s mate (3) 2. Separate (5,2) 3. Host (4) 4 Piece of sculpture (6) 5. Go far ahead of (8) 6. Unrehearsed (2,3) 7. Verbalised (9) 10. Force into service (5-4) 12. Character in The Tempest (8) 15. At my house (4,3) 16. Unstinting (6) 18. Kiwi, mandarin etc (5) 20. Flog — pinch (4) 23. Bonce (3)

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