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Finance - the wellbeing benefits of smart retirement planning

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NEW: Five minutes with …. Ben Langley

Good news from our region

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Greenfingers with Alan Titchmarsh

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Time and Tide arrives in Norwich

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45 Falcon Meadow art competition winners 47 Village Notice Board

30 Memories of Frenze & Thelveton

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59 Fashion - the 80s revival

Art - colour and composition from James Mayhew

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43 Health - top tips to cope with stress and anxiety

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Skincare with Geraldine Walters

Recipe for cherry raspberry almond cake

60 Find a local business or service in our directory 62 Exercise your brain cells with our crossword

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WELCOME TO THE LATE SUMMER ISS SUE

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’m writing this piece on the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, with the sun shining and everyone’s energy on the up! At the same time we’ve been working on a piece to promote the charity calendar 2023 created by our local history expert, Dennis Cross.

Time certainly flies, doesn’t it?! The calendar features old postcards from many of the villages that we deliver to, so plenty of fascinating history for you to enjoy. Raising funds for the wonderful Norfolk charity Big C, and priced at only £10, I do hope many of you will be able to support this great cause and have a whole year’s worth of local history to look at. We LOVE everything local, as you all know!

Get your baking pinny on and try the Pennoyer Centre’s Cherry Raspberry Almond Cake, which scored 100% with all their tasters.

That’s one I’ll definitely be baking this summer, especially as it can easily be adapted to gluten free.

We know that hundreds of our readers always bake our cake recipes, so could I invite you to post a photo of this creation on Instagram and tag us so we can share @vpmagazine?

As well as our regular Find Bella the Beagle competition to win a £100 M&S voucher, we are also promoting Norfolk Gin’s local refill service by giving away 8 bottles of their delicious gin.

Plus, we have 4 pairs of tickets to give away to see the hilarious Ben Langley Show in Bungay. See inside for all the details.

We have over 30 amazing new local businesses offering you

their products and services for the first time in this issue, so make sure you read the magazine from cover to cover and support everything local.

And finally, just to let you know that our circulation has increased by another 1,000, taking us up to 64,000 country homes receiving the region’s largest circulating magazine directly to their door. Enjoy!

Stay safe in the sun until next time.

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GOOD NEWS FROM OUR REGION: Even more at home

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ohn Doe Carpets & Furniture, in Diss, have recently launched their new in-store coffee house, serving freshly brewed awardwinning coffee, freshly prepared food using locally sourced ingredients, tasty homemade cakes and more. The project has seen pop pular local coffee destination Diss Coffee House move into John Doe on their brand new mezzanine first floor.

John Doe Marketing Executive, Josh Morley, says: “We wanted to further enhance our customers’

shopping experience by creating a place to relax with a drink and snack or meal, because there is just so much to see in our superstore. Customers can explore the showroom at their own pace, take a break and stay for the afternoon or longer, without feeling the need to rush.”

John Doe occup pies their own 45,000 ft2 superstore, and the family-run business, founded in 1983, caters for all home needs under one roof, including flooring, beds, sofas, furniture, curtains and more.

Alongside the new coffee house is a brand new lighting department, and a new soft furnishings department offering luxury towels and bedding, with brands like Sanderson and Joules, as well as an extensive range of curtains, blinds and shutters.

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Jonathan Redding, Norfolk Gin Director, says: “People have been asking us if they can refill our bottles, so we went about finding a solution. Reno Wines in Wymondham was the first place we worked with for refills, and it was so successful that we have added

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“So when your Norfolk Gin is gone, you can take your bottle to one of the nine refill stations around the county, where you can get your bottle refilled and save £5 as well. There is no need to wash the bottle out first, just refit the stopper and drop in. These stores also stock lots of other fine produce and will be pleased to see you.”

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Preparation Give your piece a thorough ‘key’, which means scuffing the surface with fine sandpaper to break the shiny surface and give the paint something to stick to. We use the Autentico Versante range, which is a high quality paint designed for furniture – but it can also be used on walls if you want to create a feature wall to match your furniture. Next, fix/repair any issues – glue joints, fill holes, replace runners etc. Also tape up any areas you don’t want paint to get into, such as drawer edges and glass.

Paint Apply thin coats of paint for a smooth finish, and make sure your brush strokes are all in the same direction. For a more rustic finish, apply the paint in all directions. It’s always better to apply an extra coat thinly than slap on too much paint in one go. Leave 4 hours between coats if your paint has a wax/sealer in it, to allow it to cure.

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Firstly, you can have too much of a good thing! Less is more when it comes to good gardening, and if you cram too much together it’ll look a mess, or worse still, die!

Another big error is over- and under-watering. Be regimented about your watering routine and adjust it depending on rainfall to ensure your garden is nicely hydrated at all times.

Next, always ensure what you’re pulling up are weeds and not slow-developing flowers. We can sometimes find ourselves being particularly ruthless with what grows in our gardens, so remember, everything grows at a different rate and sometimes the most mundane of plants will flourish to become the most beautiful… but only if they’re left in the ground!

Another big thing is failing to prepare your soil. Give your plants a chance by ensuring the soil they’re in is in good condition. A simple testing kit will let you know if you

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Time And Tide is an LGBT comic drama about a Norfolk community struggling with change. May runs a crumbling caff on the end of Cromer Pier. Her delivery man, Ken, is running out of customers, thanks to Costa. Nemo is desperate to tread the boards in London, and his unrequited love, Daz, is burying his head in the sand over his best mate leaving.

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What is your favourite joke?

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I've never felt finer Said the King of China Sitting down to dine And then he died He died, he did It was only half past nine Who, or what, are your comedy inspirations?

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What is your favourite film and why?

Cinema Paradiso – the director’s cut. A wonderful film about hope.

It’s beautiful and very moving.

Hope is what fuels our journey, don’t you think? Without hope we have no purpose and with no purpose we have nothing. I think a lot of people felt this way during lockdown – so here’s to hope!

Where are your favourite places in Norfolk and Suffolk?

It’s all about family time for me, so let’s to the beach! Sea Palling is so family friendly with its golden sands, and we always have a winner of a day. My children also love Ringwood river by the Swan Pub; great for paddling, rope swings and watching fish. We recently went to The Playground outside Bury St Edmunds where there is an assault course for the whole family.

Who would play you in a film?

My son, Loxley, is nearly nine and he has these funny bones! A natural feel of an energy in a room which he has a knack of tapping into and creating a laugh. He’d play the young me and what about Taron Egerton for the rest?

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LOCAL HISTORY

Memories of Frenze & Thelveton Local historian, Dennis Cross from Diss, shares with us his fascinating collection of old postcards, focusing on a different village in every issue. This time, we take a walk down memory lane in Frenze and Thelveton.

rly 1914 rl 1914 – soldiers from the Staffordshire  Early

Yeomanry butchering meat for the troops in Frenze.

 Frenze Hall is situated oppposite the church,

and was owned at the time of this 1912 postcard by farmer Arthur Gaze. The population was 49.

 The Staffordshire Yeomanry was stationed at

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 Thelveton School, around 1927/28. Dennis Cross went to school with many of the children of these pupils!

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Award-winning Suffolk author, illustrator and artist, James Mayhew, investigates inspiring art in the region

James Mayhew

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hey say you should never meet your heroes, in case they disappoint! But when it comes to Dom Theobald, I needn’t have worried. It would be hard to find a more affable, warm and approachable person.

I’d been aware of Dom’s work for some time, commanding attention wherever I’d seen it, so it was an enormous pleasure to visit him at his studio, hidden away like a forgotten chapter of The Secret Garden behind the magnificent Ditchingham House.

Dom lived in an apartment in the house until recently, but maintains his barn-like studio there. Abstract paintings are hung from the rafters, glowing luminously on the walls and spilling their colour out into the landscape; walls and tables are crammed full of equipment. Printmaking tools, paints, brushes, and an enormous printing press stands in the midst of this cacophony of creativity.

Dom’s paintings are often huge and the textures are as important as the images themselves. There’s a joy in the physical process and the physicality of the materials he uses. His old etching plates are objects of beauty, full of texture,

form and interest. Among many etchings, a cat motif reappears.

There’s an angular dog too, which Dom laughingly refers to as a kind of self-portrait.

Born in Surrey and brought up in London, Dom describes himself as, “Not good at school, not academic…but always drawing.” He left school unsure what to do with himself, and initially got a job, keeping his interests in art alive with evening classes.

But in his mid-twenties he was finally persuaded to apply to Camberwell School of Art for a foundation course, and then on to Norwich School of Art, where artist and tutor Derrick Greaves’ poetic and carefully considered image-making proved to be an important influence. This was followed by two years at the Slade, where he studied printmaking.

Ever since then, painting (in oils and acrylic), and printmaking

(etching) have been joint passions.

I was especially interested to talk to Dom about the journey from observational, representational drawing, to abstraction. Dom’s paintings are extraordinary in their balance, the space between things as important as the components of the images.

There is clarity, yet ambiguity. It is considered, thoughtful work.

Where does it begin?

“I tend to see drawing as a finding of shapes, a finding of forms, a way of discovering the world,” explains Dom. “Inevitably, as an artist, you have a kind of ‘filtration system’. For me, abstraction became a process of filtering out a whole lot of stuff I didn’t want, and simplifying the pictorial space.” While Dom tries to avoid obvious symbolism, he recognises that viewers inevitably project their own thoughts and interpretations onto his work.

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Dom finds forms and inspiration in all kinds of places.

One painting is made up of sequences of random iconography seen on a trip to Coney Island, New York, which explains the giddy, almost cartoonish colours and shapes. Atrip to Florence also made a huge impression, the clarity and organised space of early Italian painting, and the dominating boldness of icons, taught him much. Music is also a huge inspiration – colours matching sounds like a kind of synaesthesia. Dom cites Miles Davis as a favourite, and throughout his work there is a sense of harmony, or discord, in the juxtaposition of colours.

Recently, he has sensed his work is changing, a result of many years in the bucolic countryside of the Waveney Valley. Outside his studio, in the sunshine, are some work-

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in-progress landscapes. The audacious colours and powerful forms make them instantly recognisable as Dom’s work. Yet they are also representational; horizons, skies in fantastical colours, organic forms like a split willow on a river bank, wrought in decoration and pattern. They dazzle and surprise, humming with colour and life.

“There’s a battle going on,” says Dom cheerfully. “Forms are trying to surface.”

Some paintings happen quickly, others take time and build up in layers. Sometimes he will return to a painting years after an initial phase. His current landscapes are already two years old, and I’m impatient to see how they end up. I suspect they will be very special indeed, but I’ll have to wait. As Dom says: “I think, for me, the best paintings are not entirely planned.”

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Village Notice Board EVENT Sat 23 and Sun 24 July, 11am-5pm Open Gardens & Art Exhibition Weybread IP21 5TR mike@mikenottantiques.com 07890 032292

MUSIC Tue 9 Aug, 9.30am-3.45pm & Wed 10 Aug, 1.30pm-8.15pm Journeys' Ends: Thetford Voices Open Singing Workshops Thetford Grammar School, Bridge Street IP24 3AF A two-day course for 6-18-yearolds. Sing, rehearse and perform, with a closing concert for guests, families and friends. John Weeks, thetfordvoices@gmail.com, 01842 820060.

MUSIC Sat 13 Aug, 6pm Fine Knack for Ladies Rickinghall Inferior Church A celebration of women and fashion in words and music, old and new, performed by The Shakespeare Singers and Hexachordia. Free admission.

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MUSIC Mon 15 Aug – Sat 20 Aug Senior Summer Musical The Workshop Studios, Unit E, Havers Road, Norwich NR3 2DU An intensive week with an awardwinning creative team to design, write, choreograph and direct a brand new musical, and perform to friends and family. Open to all young people aged 13-20. info@theworkshopstudios.co.uk, 07385 543892.

TALK Wed 17 Aug, 1.45pm Poor Law & Settlement, Diss Family History Group, Diss Bowls Club, Fair Green IP22 4BE Talk by Simon Pawley. Members £3, visitors £6. Refreshments included.

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Fri 26 Aug, 7.30pm The Ben Langley Show Fisher Theatre, Bungay NR35 1EE Norwich panto legend and BGT Misheard Lyrics funnyman brings his one-man variety show to the Fisher Theatre for one night only!!

This hilarious family experience continues to wow audiences up and down the country and is an absolute must see! “Ben Langley, you are a very funny man!” Simon Cowell. To book: fisher theatre.org

FESTIVAL Sat 27 Aug – Mon 29 Aug Flordon Flower Festival: ‘70 Years of Change’ Flordon Church & Community Centre NR15 1RP Refreshments Saturday and Sunday only. Tea, coffee and homemade cakes 11am-4pm. Ploughman’s Lunches 12pm-2pm. Admission, suggested donation £3. janet. negal@outlook.com

ART Sat 24 September – Sun 9 Oct Norfolk Open Studios Across Norfolk.

Over a hundred artists and makers across Norfolk welcome the public into their studios to see how and where they work. openstudios@nnfestival.org.uk or nnfestival.org.uk

HISTORY Sun 4 Sept, 10am-4pm Bringing Local History Alive Rickinghall Village Hall IP22 1HD Memories of life in our villages to listen to and read. Bring your own memories too! Illustrated talks, local history books for sale.

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CAKE RECIPE

Cherry Raspberry Almond Cake

This simple cake is simply divine! Of all the recipes we’ve created for the café, only this one scored 100% with all our tasters. You could use just one fruit, but we think the sharp combination of cherry and raspberry contrasts wonderfully with the sweet almond sponge. You can use gluten-free self-raising flour if you want; most amaretti are gluten-free.

Serves 10-12 457 cals/46g carbs

Tip: Don’t bother to defrost the fruit, they work fine from frozen!

INGREDIENTS Cake: 225g butter, softened 225g caster sugar 4 eggs 175g self-raising flour 125g ground almonds 3-4 drops almond extract 175g amaretti biscuits 125g frozen raspberries 125g frozen pitted cherries A good handful (about 75g) flaked almonds To serve: Clotted cream or crème fraiche Fresh raspberries or pitted cherries

METHOD 1. Grease and line a 23cm springform tin. Preheat the oven to 140ºC (fan)/160ºC (regular).

Put the butter, sugar, eggs, flour, ground almonds and almond extract in a large bowl and beat with an electric whisk until everything is combined.

2. Spread half the mixture across the base of the lined tin, then crumble half the amaretti biscuits over the top. Dot with half the

frozen fruit, ensuring raspberries and cherries are mixed.

3. Top with the remaining batter, dolloping on spoonfuls. Spread as evenly as possible. A dd the remaining crumbled biscuits and fruit, then scatter thickly with flaked almonds.

4. Bake in the oven for about 75 minutes – the exact time will depend on how frozen your fruit is. You may need to cover the top loosely with foil/parchment if it’s getting too brown. A skewer should come out clean when it’s cooked.

5. Cool in the tin, then decant and serve as it is, or with fruit and cream, for a delicious dessert. The cake will keep for up to four days in an airtight container.

The Pennoyer Centre’s volunteer BakeForce make delicious cakes for sale in the café, which won the EDP Norfolk Food & Drink “Best Baking” Award. The café is open Mon-Sat from 10am to 3pm. www.pennoyers.org.uk 01379 676660 The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT 53

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he era that provoked a fashion and music revolution is being celebrated right now, and it’s not too late to jump on the fashion trend of the year – 80s revival!

All that glitters is not gold In fact it can be silver, blue, pink, vermillion, turquoise, or any colour as long as the overall look is dropdead fabulous. Think feathers, sequins and of course, Lamé. With such ostentation, however, keep makeup natural and go easy on the accessories.

Give winter the cold shoulder Reviving the classic 80s asymmetric look, and

proving that those were simpler times, one perfectly exposed clavicle would always do. Keep it current by choosing muted colours and going for a structural statement rather than anything flouncy or frilly.

The power pose Women may have been able to vote for 100 years, but the power suit only became a thing in the 80s. Not just for important board meetings; worn right the perfect suit will take you from the office to the dance floor, and look good in almost every colour.

While the structure of the power suit hasn’t changed – broad shoulders, slender waist, big impact – the overall feel is more feminine, with a silky blouse or underlayer and killer heels.

Revisit your prom queen Why not roll back the years with the latest incarnations of the tulle skirt, albeit with perhaps a touch sultrier sophistication than would have been played out in the era of Pepsi and Shirlie? Keep it short

and punky, or long and elegant, just don’t over accessorise.

Padding it out Shoulder pads are back in fashion, with the classic 80s accentuation possibly having shown to reach its peak with this bold, horizontal look.

The look actually served as a really smart, artificial boost to women with small frames who just wanted to show a bit more of themselves to the world. And thanks to the 80s revival, they can again!

Bodysuits The versatility of the bodysuit means it’s a piece for any occasion, either in accentuating a slight frame or being used as a bottom layer for a larger jacket or puffy top.

Bodysuits look best when worn with wide-leg trousers or even a flowy skirt – the tightness of the top half and the carefree movement of the lower half works in perfect complement, for a classic 80s look.

Love a glove Gloves seemed to define a coolness of the 80s. From Michael Jackson to acid house, he glove was a music th moniker that permeated th hrough to th he high street, and they’re back again in th he summer, proving faashion over fu unction truly exxists!

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AERIAL SERVICES Warnes Aerials

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ANIMAL SERVICES Potters

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ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING Andrew P R Love John Putman

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ARTS & CRAFTS Gillian Marklew

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Exercise your brain cells LAST ISSUE’S SOLUTIONS ACROSS: 7) Axle, 8) Idealist,

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21 A Savoyard ship of musical fame (8)

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23 Survey series of measured lines whose bearings are known (8)

22 Coin in Spanish truth (4)

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