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Welcome Welcome to the first Lincs Scene of 2017 – we hope everyone has a happy and prosperous year.

With New Year’s resolutions high on the agenda for a lot of us, many will be looking to make more use of our spare time and perhaps start a new hobby. In our Heritage and Culture section we visit Lincolnshire Archives, where we discover that genealogy is generally acknowledged to be one of the fastest growing hobbies and anyone who has spent time researching their family tree will tell you that it can become a consuming passion.

For foodies our dining review, A Table For Two, showcases just how much our local restaurants have to offer. In this edition we visit the highly recommended Castle View Indian Restaurant and Takeaway on Union Road.

If getting out more is on your ‘to do’ list help is at hand in our Diary Dates section, which shows just how much is going on in and around the city including Japan Festival Week from 11-18 February.

Our popular Social Scene feature looks at the new trend for 2017 - social selling for small businesses and in Historical Lincs we find out just how close we were and the part Lincolnshire played in a potential World War III. There’s plenty more to talk about but as usual I’ve ran out of space. Thanks for reading and until next time, ‘bye for now...

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Recipe Page

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Heritage & Culture

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Diary Dates

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Wellbeing

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Exhibitions

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A Table For Two

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Charity Scene

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Social Scene

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Driving Force

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Historical Lincs

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Activity Scene

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Sadie’s luxury mushroom soup What’s your story?

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Lincolnshire and potential World War III

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Sadie’s Luxury Mushroom Soup After all of the rich food and inevitable over indulgence during the festive season, I feel a good hearty soup is in order. My recipe for you is a Luxury Mushroom Soup, the inclusion of port being the “luxury” element.

Recipe Add flour and cook on a medium heat for five minutes, stirring continuously.

Add in port, turn the heat up and keep stirring for five minutes.

Start adding the stock slowly and keep stirring. When all of the stock is incorporated, turn the heat down and simmer for 20 minutes.

Depending upon appetite you should get four to six portions out of this recipe. With the exception of the port, (hopefully you might have a bit left in the bottle that needs using up after Christmas), the other ingredients are inexpensive. It has a wonderful depth of flavour and is my favourite soup to make and eat.

Ingredients: • 1 kg mushrooms • 100g salted butter • 150 ml Port • 1 ½ litres of chicken stock made with two chicken stock cubes • 4 scant tbsp. plain flour • Salt and white pepper Method: You will need a very large pan and ideally large measuring jug.

Thinly slice mushrooms.

Fry on a medium heat for five minutes in the butter and season with salt and white pepper. Keep stirring to coat the mushrooms well and the juices are released. Don’t be alarmed at the volume of mushrooms, they cook down a lot.

Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. You can either serve the soup chunky as it is with some good bread or use a stick blender to whiz it up, it will still have a bit of texture to it.

I preferred mine blended and finished off with a swirl of cream.

This soup is delicious served with my Medieval Maslin Bread or Ploughman’s Rolls.

Both recipes can be found on www.rjhirstfamilybutchers.co.uk recipe section.

Wishing you all a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2017.

Sadie Hirst is a member of the British Society of Baking and Select Lincolnshire. With her Husband Russell they own multi award winning RJ Hirst Family Butchers, on Station Road in Woodhall Spa. They are delighted to have recently been nominated and reached Finalist stage for a Countryside Alliance Rural Oscar for East of England Best Butchers shop 2016. Judging begins early 2017.

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What’s Your Story?

Heritage & Culture

Chances are if your family is from Lincolnshire then there might be a bit of your story held within the walls of Lincolnshire Archives. One of the reasons that a lot of people visit from all over the world is to research their family tree.

containing extracts from the Bible dating from the 9th Century which is in surprisingly good condition.

It’s amazing to think how documents like that have survived for over a thousand years and it’s fair to say that some of the more

Genealogy is generally acknowledged to be one of the fastest growing hobbies and anyone who has spent time researching their family tree will tell you that it can become a consuming passion.

Lincolnshire Archives has numerous resources available to help with your research – holding a vast array of Church Registers for Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire Census returns, Wills, Monumental Inscriptions, Probate Inventories and Court Records to name a few.

Left: Lincolnshire Archives, free to access Search Room.

Above: Fourteenth Century Ecclesiastical documents. recent ones (and by that I mean 18th Century!) haven’t survived quite as well, falling victim to water damage, fire damage and in some cases being eaten by mice.

Each and every document tucked away within the repositories has played a small part in the lives of the people of Lincolnshire.

If you feel the urge to find out who your ancestors were and what they were doing, come along to Lincolnshire Archives for a visit. The free Search Room is open Tuesday to Saturday 10 am until 4 pm, and the friendly and knowledgeable staff are always on hand to help get you started.

Have a look at their website or call for information about visiting.

Alternatively, if you don’t want to, or are unable to do the research yourself but are still burning with curiosity Lincolnshire Archives can undertake the research on your behalf for a modest fee.

As well as genealogical research people also come to try to find other things such as the history of their house or local area, as well as specific academic research. Original documents which are held within the archives can generally be retrieved on the same day as your visit from within one of the six repositories – no mean feat when you consider that there are a total of six and a half miles of shelving hidden within the building.

One of the questions staff are always asked is “What is the oldest document at the Archives?” Well, it’s part of a document

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Whether it records their arrival into the world, what their job was, or even just what they were doing at a time in their lives, each one provides a snapshot into a single point in someone’s existence, giving us a glimpse of our ancestors and their life stories. Sometimes they even provide a glimpse into a person’s character with little doodles in the margins of books.

Pay a visit to Lincolnshire Archives and start exploring your family history – you never know who or what you might find!

Lincolnshire Archives, St Rumbold Street, Lincoln, LN2 5AB. Telephone: 01522 782040 Email: lincolnshire.archives@lincolnshire.gov.uk Website: www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/archives

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Thursday, January 19 Lincolnshire Business Expo 08.30 The largest B2B event in the county returns for another year.

The Expo is the perfect opportunity to make new business connections from across Greater Lincolnshire. Start-up, established and growing businesses will make up the 89 exhibitors and 32 speakers and the event plays host to 23 different seminars, panels, workshops and networking sessions across the day, all of which can be booked for free on the website: www.lincsbusinessexpo.co.uk/agenda/ Free to attend. Lincolnshire Show Ground, Grange de Lings, Lincoln, LN2 2NA.

Friday, January 20 Tuesday, January 17 Charter of the Forest - Magna Carta’s Little Brother 19.15 (for 19.30) Navenby Archaeology Group present ‘Charter of the Forest Magna Carta’s Little Brother’ - A fully illustrated and entertaining presentation on how to keep on the right side of your Norman landlord. A fascinating talk by Dr Erik Grigg, Collections Access Officer at The Collection, Lincoln, passionate about late Anglo-Saxon (Viking) Early Medieval. Everyone is welcome.

Refreshments, parking, non-members £3. Navenby Methodist Hall, LN5 0EN. For further details contact: Tracey Fairhurst 07941245322 www.navenbyarchaeologygroup.org

Michael Portillo - Life: A Game of Two Halves 19.30 Michael Portillo - for one night only to give unique insight into his fascinating life and answer audience questions.

It took Michael Portillo little more than 10 years to get a seat in the Commons and then rise in power and esteem to a point where he was a favoured leader of his party and possible future PM. Since leaving the house almost a decade ago Michael has endeared himself to many with his obvious respect for solid workmanship and creative energy. A historian at heart, listen to his extraordinary story and then feel free to question him about it. Tickets: £17. Lincoln Drill Hall, Free School Lane, Lincoln, LN2 1EY. Box Office: 01522 873894.

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Saturday, January 21 Red Riding Hood 15.00* Lindsey Rural Players Annual Pantomime - The Usual Fable but expect the unusual. Tickets £10 with £9 concessions, family £30 (admits 2 adults and 2 children - Saving £8). The Broadbent Theatre, Snarford Road, Wickenby, Lincoln, LN3 5AW. Contact telephone: 0300 400 0101 (*Also on Sunday, January 22).

Brocante Lincoln 09.00 - 16.00 A monthly home wares and flea market held in Lincoln’s indoor Central Market. Unique home wares and lifestyle shopping experience within Lincoln’s historic Central Market. Brocante Lincoln is held in the Market every third Saturday of the month.

Waterside South, Lincoln, LN5 7DU. Tel: 07811462355 info@ brocantelincoln.com Mum2Mum Market 10.00 - 12.00 An award winning baby and children’s nearly new sale where mums sell to mums. Buy baby and children’s toys, clothes, books and equipment at a fraction of high street prices. Book a stall online and sell your outgrown kids stuff. £2 on the door, kids free. Bishop Grosseteste University, Longdales Rd, Lincoln, LN1 3DY. Tel: 07967 390152.

Saturday, January 28 Opem 4 * 10.00 - 16.00 Opem 4 at The Collection showcases the most exciting new

painting, print, photography, film, sculpture and installation by established and emerging artists. The biennial open exhibition for artists working in the east midlands and rural eastern counties of the UK. Selectors Elinor Morgan and Brian Griffiths have chosen eight artists from 170 entrants from across the region. All chosen artists have received a bursary to produce a new piece of work especially to display in Opem 4. Free entry.

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Saturday, February 04 Red Herring Comedy Club 20.00 MC Pete Otway introduces Tom Taylor plus other acts TBC. www.redherringcomedy.co.uk Recommended for over 18s only.

Tickets: £10 in advance (£12 on the day / £7 students) Group Bookings: 6 tickets £50 / 10 tickets £80. Lincoln Drill Hall, Free School Lane, Lincoln, LN2 1EY. Box Office: 01522 873894.

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Saturday, February 11 Lincolnshire Family History Society meeting 13.45 - 16.00 Lincoln Branch of Lincolnshire Family History Society is holding it’s February meeting at Bracebridge Heath Village Hall, Red Hall Lane, Bracebridge Heath, LN4 2LB. After ‘business’ is concluded members and non members are welcome to share ‘Your Criminal Ancestor’! Bookstalls, raffle and refreshments are available and volunteers are on hand to help with any family history questions you may have. Why not start the new year

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Japanese items (rice paper pictures, Netsuke (17th century carved miniatures), Wakizashi (swords). (* Runs to Saturday February 18). Danes Terrace, Lincoln, LN2 1LP.

Worst Jobs In Victorian Britain* 10.30 - 15.45 A family friendly half term with a chance to meet a variety of Victorian costumed characters with some of the most awful occupations and horrible jobs in history. Discover your very own career prospects as a Chimney Sweep, Rat Catcher or Fish Wife.

Nintendo Gaming Event 10.00 Lincoln Drill Hall will be opening Japan Festival 2017 with a spectacular Nintendo Gaming Event, featuring all your favourite Nintendo consoles and games. Play your way though retro classics and modern favourites in the themed zones. The bravest of you can even enter tournaments and win yourself some amazing prizes! Nintendo-themed fancy dress is highly encouraged. Entry free/tournament entry £3. Please note: entry for the tournament will be paid on the door and cannot be booked in advance. www.japanfestival.co.uk Lincoln Drill Hall, Free School Lane, Lincoln, LN2 1EY.

Monday, February 13 Hear their tales of revolting roles and disgusting duties. There’s also chance for junior visitors to make a fury rat or a fish print to take away. Admission - includes Medieval Wall Walk, Victorian Prison and Magna Carta and a free return visit (conditions apply).

Adults £12, Concs £9.60, Child £7.20, Family £31.20 (2 adults/up to 3 children). 10% discount for advance on-line bookings. Castle Hill, Lincoln, LN1 3AA. (* Runs to Sunday, February 19).

Japan Festival Week* 10.30 - 15.45 The Orientation Hall in The Collection will have a display of

Steamboy (PG) 14.00 The Collection in association with Bluepoint: Film Foundation present Steamboy (Japanese film) as part of the Japan Festival Week. Free entry. Danes Terrace, Lincoln, LN2 1LP. Henry V - by Antic Disposition 19.30 - 22.00* A reimagining of Shakepeare’s Henry V, marking the centenary of the First World War, in Lincoln Cathedral’s St Hugh’s Choir.

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decide to raise their spirits by staging a production of Henry V. Moving effortlessly between 1415 and 1915, Shakespeare’s epic historical play is a powerful tribute to the soldiers caught up in conflicts five centuries apart. Performed by an international cast of British and French actors, the production celebrates the rich and often turbulent relationship between the two nations, from the Hundred Years War to the Entente Cordiale. Tickets £25£35 (under 18s £10 off). Tel: 0333 666 3366. Lincoln Cathedral, Minster Yard, Lincoln, LN2 1PX. (*Also Tuesday, February 14).

Moscow City Ballet - Sleeping Beauty 19.30 The orchestra, choreography, interpretation, beauty and outstanding virtuoso performances of the Moscow City Ballet win repeatedly rave reviews. The Sleeping Beauty, the evergreen tale of the love of a handsome prince and beautiful princess, is the glamorous jewel in its repertoire. Tchaikovsky ‘big story ballets’ are the essence of Russian culture - composed, choreographed and premiered in Russia. “Russian companies are special they have one major advantage: their dancers, even the youngest, seem to have absorbed remnants of the schooling which produced artists such as Makarova, Baryshnikov, Nureyev” Balletco. Tickets from: www.tickets.scunthorpetheatres.co.uk The Baths Hall, Scunthorpe, Lincs, DN15 7RG.

Tuesday, February 14 Marty MacDonald A brand-new show featuring the voice of CBeebies’ Justin Fletcher as Pongo the Pig. Everyone at Marty MacDonald’s Farm is delighted with the delivery that’s arrived – a very special Toy Machine! But the machine has stopped working, so they need to fix it before the Toymaker comes to get it back. Suitable for 2 – 7 year olds and includes a cast meet and greet afterwards. Tickets: £10.50 (£7 cons, £29 family ticket). Lincoln Drill Hall, Free School Lane, Lincoln, LN2 1EY. Box Office: 01522 873894.

Wednesday, February 15 Japan: Fun from the land of the rising sun 09.00 A free family fun day though for some crafts/activities there is a charge of £2. Lots of Japanese activities during the day, details to be confirmed. Noon free Japanese film in association with ‘Bluepoint: Film Foundation’- Millennium Actress (PG) starts at 12.00. Danes Terrace, Lincoln, LN2 1LP.

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Thursday, February 16 Pirate Adventure! 10.00 - 15.30 Join The Museum of Lincolnshire Life on a pirate adventure day, making ships, hats and lanterns. Then you can try the pirate treasure trail around the museum as it transforms into a pirate galleon full of clues to lead you to hidden treasure! Free admission. Craft and Treasure Trail £1.50 each. Old Barracks, Burton Road, Lincoln, LN1 3LY. Fun Lovin’ Criminals 19.30 Fun Lovin’ Criminals at The Engine Shed. Tickets available. Doors open: 19:30: Under 14’s must be accompanied by an adult. The Engine Shed, Lincoln, LN6 7TS. Tickets at: www.gigantic.com/ fun-lovin-criminals-the-engine-shed-2017-02-16-19-30

Friday, February 17 Friday Fun Club 10.00 - 12.00 & 13.00 - 16.00 A fun-filled family craft club on school holiday Fridays. Winter Warriors: helmets, swords, gauntlets. Free Entry to club room then £1.00 per craft. Parnell Street, Gainsborough, DN21 2NB.

Saturday, February 18 When Marnie Was There (U) 10.30 The Collection in association with Bluepoint: Film Foundation present When Marnie Was There (Japanese film) as part of the Japan Festival Week. Free entry. Danes Terrace, Lincoln, LN2 1LP.

Sunday, February 19 Vintage Flea Market 09.00- 15.00 Arthur Swallow’s Sunday Antiques Market is being relaunched as the Vintage Flea Market. This event will offer up the perfect way to spend a Sunday morning if you love bagging a bargain, rummaging for bric-a-brac or hunting down cool vintage items and quirky collectables. Pay the new Vintage Flea Market a visit, grab a coffee and get searching for homewares, textiles, fashion, jewellery, art and much, much more. For more information, visit www.asfairs.com. Admission charge: £2 per person, and under 16s go free. Lincolnshire Show Ground, Grange de Lings, Lincoln, LN2 2NA.

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RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch Weekend (* to Monday, January 30) The RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch is the world’s biggest bird survey and the results help the RSPB to keep track of bird populations right across the UK. Just watch and count the birds in your garden or local park for an hour and submit your results.

Armed with this information, the RSPB can identify what is in danger - and how we can help. For more information and to get involved please go to: www.rspb.org.uk

Monday, January 16 Blue Monday The third Monday of January has been awarded the gloomy title due to a combination of post-Christmas blues, cold dark nights and the arrival of unpaid credit card bills.

Wednesday, January 25 Burns Night Burns Night is annually celebrated in Scotland on or around January 25. It commemorates the life and work of the bard (poet) Robert Burns (below), who was born on January 25, 1759.

The day also celebrates Burns’ contribution to Scottish culture.

Burns’ best known work is “Auld Lang Syne”.

Saturday, February 04 World Cancer Day Taking place under the tagline ‘We can. I can.’, World Cancer Day 2016-2018 will explore how everyone, as a collective or as individuals can do their part to reduce the global burden of cancer. World Cancer Day is a chance to reflect on what you can do, make a pledge and take action. Whatever you choose to do ‘We can. I can.’ make a difference to the fight against cancer.

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Friday, January 27 Holocaust Memorial Day Holocaust Memorial Day is about commemorating and continuing to learn from the events of the Holocaust.

HMD is marked each year on 27 January – the anniversary of the date of the liberation of Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Saturday, January 28* National Storytelling Week (*to February 04) 2017 marks the 17th year of its Annual National Storytelling Week which takes place in clubs, theatres, museums, schools, hospitals and care homes (where this event has been steadily growing each year!) National Storytelling Week is celebrated by

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Thursday, February 09 National Toothache Day! How would one celebrate a toothache? That is a question that we do not have an answer for. So maybe instead, it might be a good opportunity to study up on ways to prevent toothaches and then share your new knowledge with others, or take it as a reminder to book that overdue dentists appointment after all those Christmas sweets!

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New mental health centre opens in Lincoln Mental health is becoming one of the priorities of the World Health Organisation. With the increasing demand on mental health services, the need for private mental health services is increasing.

Dr Tarik Al-Kubaisy, a senior and an experienced consultant in psychiatry in Lincoln, said that “There is no health without mental health”.

I recently visited Dr Al-Kubaisy at The Well Centre in Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, to explore this new well designed and managed Centre.

Dr Al-Kubaisy told me, The Well Centre, opened in September 2016, is the first practice offering holistic and mental health services to private patients in Lincolnshire.

The Centre provides a full range of assessments and treatments for psychiatric, psychological, social and alternative interventions by a team of specialists headed by Dr Tarik Al-Kubaisy.

Dr Al-Kubaisy graduated from the University of Mosul in 1974, studied a psychiatry degree in Vienna in 1982 followed by a PhD at the University of London, Institute of Psychiatry in 1990. He has gained a wealth of worldwide experience in a number of disciplines and worked for the NHS since returning to the UK in 2004 as a consultant psychiatrist.

Dr Al-Kubaisy is proud to work for the NHS as a consultant and said “Our aim at The Well Centre is to compliment and not compete with the NHS, by trying to fill in gaps (if there are any), by offering assessments and treatments to private patients with an out of hours appointment.

Wellbeing Behaviour Therapies (CBT), Psychodynamic Psychotherapies, counselling, social support and assessment and support is offered to patients for medico- legal services providing courts with medical legal reports and therapy if required.

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New Photographic Works is the first major solo exhibition by Lincolnshire-born artist James E Smith, recipient of the The Collection’s 2014 Opem 3 purchase prize.

The exhibition brings together two works made over the last year whilst the artist was living in Australia. Call to Action takes the form of a series of images the artist made after a number of months living and travelling in Melbourne and regional Victoria.

Photographs shot during a period of transition from visitor to resident act as a means of documenting the artist’s feelings towards this newly adopted Australian environment.

Setting strict parameters of picture taking, Smith shot thousands of black and white photographs with a digital camera and fixed lens as a way of recording this constantly evolving humanaltered landscape at a specific point in time.

Above and Right: New Photographic Works by James E Smith can be viewed at the Usher Gallery until Tuesday, 02 May.

Call to Action, 2016 consists of 221 giclée prints on Hahnemule Photo Rag paper, black shoe tacks, found Kodak colour prints and sleeve on gallery walls painted black and Pantone 448C.

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Each page of the four books is a different brief describing a photograph required for various commercial and advertising purposes. The images described are therefore produced for the sole purpose of selling a product or lifestyle often through creating a staged, set-up version of reality.

‘twenty-somethings’ presents a fabricated idealised world, one seemingly revolving around commercial imperatives”.

Smith was commissioned to make new works to be shown in conjunction with photographs from the archive of The Lawn Asylum displayed in the adjacent gallery.

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A Table For Two: Castle View Indian Restaurant Castle View Indian Restaurant and Takeaway has recently opened in the former Tito’s Restaurant and Grill on Union Road near Lincoln Castle’s West Gate, following new owner Aminur Rahman’s £50,000 investment and the creation of 10 new jobs for the local area.

Review I begin with Lamb Tikka - a sizzling dish of tender lamb chunks with onions beautifully cooked and presented on a fresh citrus salad. Verdict: delicious. Vikki’s starter consisted of three lamb chops cooked in an authentic Tandoor oven, presented on a fresh green salad and was declared equally delicious.

The Tandoor style of cooking originated during the Mughals where meat is cooked half by hot air and half directly on a coal flame to give that distinct flavor you don’t get from cooking on a grill.

Aminur said: “As well as everyone’s traditional Indian favourites we will be offering our Chef Special dishes all new to Lincolnshire.

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Upon entering Castle View we were greeted by Samanya (Aminur’s sister in-law) who looked fantastic, dressed in an authentic Indian Sari. We chatted for a while, before ordering drinks; a half of draught Cobra for Vikki and a pint for me (on a school night!) before being escorted upstairs to the main restaurant.

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For mains we took a little longer to decide but Aminur was on hand to recommend Chicken Nawabi Murghi for me; a medium hot dish traditionally served at Weddings and special occasions and Vikki’s favourite King Prawn Dhansak with Garlic Naan bread, Pilau rice and Chaana Masala to share.

After a short rest our mains arrive. Looking at the dishes, you can already tell they’re different to other curries in taste and texture.. all too often a curry dish can appear sloppy, a watery slush with a thin layer of oil resting on the surface!

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Vikki’s King Prawn Dhansak, was also perfectly cooked with tender prawns served in a tasty sauce cooked in a combination of spices with lentils and pineapple producing a sweet and sour taste. The Garlic Naan was light and fluffy and great for mopping up the flavoursome sauces.

As usual by the time we’d finished our mains we were pleasantly stuffed and couldn’t do justice to any of the traditional sweet Indian desserts on offer but vowed to return and sample Galub Jamun; deep fried balls of full cream milk powder, with a hint of semolina, fried and soaked in saffron syrup and served with ice cream... dessert heaven!

If you want to have an Indian but do not want to feel like your in a typical glorified takeaway, then certainly try Castle View.

You will not be disappointed as this is up there with the best Indian food in the area and judging by the amount of regular diners the restaurant is already attracting (after very little or no advertising to date), the discerning Lincoln public aren’t disappointed either and this new addition will be a big hit with Uphill Lincoln’s culinary scene.

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25 years of conserving the county’s history Heritage Lincolnshire is a local charity (based in Heckington) working to conserve the rich history of the County for the benefit of people who live and work in the area.

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Conservation The easiest way to support the work of Heritage Lincolnshire is through membership (see website for details). In return for your support, you’ll be regularly informed about events and activities. You’ll also receive a calendar each year, advance copies of festival and education programmes and an invitation to The Trust’s annual general meeting.

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St Barnabas Colour Dash returns in 2017

Charity Scene take part, participants must be aged five years old and over, and anyone aged 16 and under must be accompanied by a paying adult.

Becky said: “This year we are hoping to raise in excess of £200,000 to help St Barnabas care for more patients and their families, every day of the year. The Colour Dash is a bright and vibrant event that brings the whole family together, whether they run in memory of a loved one or just to have fun.”

St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice have recently announced that their Colour Dash will be returning to the Lincolnshire Showground on Saturday 13th May 2017.

Last year 3,500 people were showered in environmentally friendly powder paint and together raised more than £120,000 for local hospice care.

Becky Otter, Event Manager for St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice, said: “We are delighted to announce after the huge success of last year’s Colour Dash, the fun-filled event is back.

The Colour Dash is proving to be our most popular event and has sold out in the two previous years.

“Colour Dash is all about wearing your biggest smile, raising money and having fun with your friends and family. You can run, walk, or dance the 5k route and when you cross the finish line you will be showered in all the colours of the rainbow!”

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Registration will open from 1st December 2016, where adults can take advantage of the early bird price of just £15 and £5 for children. Participants can also buy an early bird family ticket (two adults and two children) for just £35. The early bird price is valid until 1st March 2017.

The registration fee includes your fundraising pack, neon sunglasses, bottle of water, poncho and a commemorative medal.

The headline sponsors for Colour Dash is Western Power Distribution and Running Imp. To sponsor a colour station please contact Becky Otter on 01522 559 516 or email becky.otter@stbarnabashospice.co.uk - To register online go to: www.stbarnabashospice.co.uk/cd17

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2017 trends: social selling There’s a lot of hype around social selling at the moment and rightly so. In brief, social selling is the act of salespeople using social media to interact directly with potential customers and provide value to them.

There can be a lot of confusion about what social selling is all about. It’s important to not only understand what social selling is, but also what it isn’t.

Social selling isn’t just about social media. Salespeople have been using social selling tactics since long before Twitter and Facebook were invented. We are told that all businesses are based on relationships and if you get to know your customers personally, they are more likely to trust you and buy from you.

It’s easy to become carried away with the idea of building a large social network rather than focussing on quality contacts. We naturally think that reaching more people will translate into more sales, the fact of the matter is that adding people haphazardly is a sure way to get you ignored.

Your network should be made up of people who are interested in what you’re doing, and think you’re a good person to know. If someone isn’t interested in you, then they simply won’t be interested in what you post.

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Ask questions and give advice. Like other people’s posts, or even write a quick comment. Social selling is about one-on-one relationships, not the standard marketing relationship of one-to-many.

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Celebrity chef and TV presenter Kiran Jethwa hosted the awards at Le Méridien Piccadilly, London on 29 November, which was attended by some of the travel industry’s most senior figures.

The Outstanding Contribution to Travel Award went to Michael Palin, a worthy winner, while British Airways and New York were among others singled out at the National Geographic Traveller Reader Awards 2016, in association with Qatar Tourism Authority.

Lincoln Castle won the prestigious New Cultural Experience award with the £22 million Lincoln Castle Revealed project which opened in 2015 and took ten years to complete with new features including the new underground vault for the city’s copy of the Magna Carta.

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VW Mk2 Tiguan moves upmarket Volkswagen’s second generation Tiguan is a refreshed, redesigned and altogether posher version of the firm’s crossover SUV. As such, it’s one of the best all-round small SUVs currently on the market.

While the original version was pitched as a halfway house between mainstream cars like the Nissan Qashqai and premium crossovers like the Audi Q3, the newest Tiguan is a little more upmarket. It still occupies the middle ground in a crowded marketplace, but is more stylish and spacious than before.

The engine range includes three petrol engines with outputs of 125PS, 150PS or 180PS, plus four diesel choices with outputs of 115PS to 240PS. The 150PS 2.0-litre diesel will take the lion’s share of sales and it comes with front-wheel drive or 4Motion all-wheel drive and a six-speed manual or a seven-speed DSG transmission.

On the road the Tiguan boasts impressive refinement. The cabin is quiet and calm even at motorway speeds while the controls are nicely weighted. That said the suspension is slightly on the firm side. It’s always comfortable, but more severe potholes and bumps could be ironed out more smoothly.

In the cabin the Tiguan feels as well-made as other Volkswagen models, with impressive fit and finish and plush materials. The centre stack and dashboard are simple and clearly laid out, plus there is a fully digital instrument cluster, similar to Audi’s Virtual Cockpit, available as standard on higher trim levels or as an option lower down the range.

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Driving Force can move forward and back too, so they provide real comfort.

The boot is wide and has no load lip, while a capacity of 615 litres makes it easily big enough for pushchairs and shopping.

It can be expanded to 1655 litres by folding the rear seats flat.

Even basic S models come with an eight-inch touchscreen, DAB radio and Bluetooth, plus there’s lane assist, autonomous emergency braking, auto lights and auto wipers. SE models gain Apple CarPlay and Android Auto functionality, which enables smartphone screens to be mirrored in the in-car display, so apps like Spotify can be used safely on the move.

The overall question is whether you’ll judge the Tiguan to offer more than cars like the Nissan Qashqai and Renault Kadjar. The Tiguan now feels like it’s competing at a level above those. It is bigger, there’s a greater range of more powerful engines and big-car features, plus the design is notably more premium. But the Tiguan only offers a little more space on board, so we can’t help wondering whether some people will be swayed by the well-priced and well-equipped crossovers from the mainstream brands, which, car-for-car are a few grand less than this.

It’s best, really, to think of the new Tiguan as a good value Audi Q5. That way it makes more sense and, right now, with the Tiguan brand newer and the Q5 really showing its age, the new VW is a better car than its supposedly more premium big cousin.

And for that reason alone, it should do very well indeed.

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R J Hirst High Class Family Butchers of Woodhall Spa have recently received news that they have reached the final stages of The Countryside Alliance Rural Oscars. Russell and Sadie received a letter to congratulate them on reaching the East of England Finals for the Butchers category of the 2016 Countryside Alliance Awards, otherwise known as the Rural Oscars.

These awards were set up 12 years ago, to offer a voice and a platform to rural businesses and are a true celebration of the British countryside.

This is the second time The Hirst’s have reached the finals, the first time being in 2014. For such a small business to have reached this stage again is an amazing achievement, particularly as this is purely driven by customer votes.

10 and were treated to a full tour of both houses, watched the speakers procession and were given tickets to watch Prime Ministers Question Time.

Judging begins in the New Year with a visit from the Countryside Alliance and the regional judging panel will choose the winners which will be announced by the end of February 2017.

The day ended with Victoria presenting the couple with a framed photograph of her and Theresa May’s visit to the shop in Woodhall Spa and capped off quite a remarkable year for the small family butchers.... Fingers crossed for more good news at the Rural Oscars.

Winners will then go forward to the national final and compete against fellow butchers across the country. Regional winners will be invited to attend a reception at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster in March. It is a great celebration of rural business and the winners will be announced at this event.

This latest news has rounded off what has been an extraordinary year for Russell and Sadie who were awarded Select Lincolnshire Business of the Year 2016, Highly Commended Best Retailer 2017 and Highly Commended Best Producer 2017 for the fourth consecutive year. The business also scooped 12 accolades at the Biannual Lincolnshire County Foods Poacher Competition, which took place at the Lincolnshire Showground in October.

A highlight of not only this year though, but the couple’s 13 years in business has to be the invitation to the Houses of Parliament

by MP Victoria Atkins back in September to deliver a hamper of produce to the Prime Minister, Theresa May. At the start of the general election campaign, the then Home Secretary Theresa May supported Victoria Atkins with a visit to Woodhall Spa. Along with local councillor Craig Leyland, they visited Russell at the shop and Mrs May bought a couple of pounds of Lincolnshire sausages.

On Mrs May’s appointment, as Prime Minister, Victoria mentioned on Look North that the PM loved Hirst’s sausages, so Russell and Sadie decided to send a hamper to congratulate the new Prime Minister. Sadie contacted Victoria and was amazed to receive an invitation to spend the day at the Houses of Parliament where the couple delivered their hamper to number

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OPEM4 Exhibition OPEM is the 4th biennial open exhibition at The Collection, Lincoln, showcasing the work of eight competition winning artists.

Collection News Other prizes include a ÂŁ3000 purchasing/commissioning prize which has been sponsored by the Heslam Trust, while another artist will receive their own solo exhibition in The Usher Gallery.

Hosted by The Collection and Usher Gallery, Opem4 will showcase the work of local and regional artists who were chosen by a pair of industry experts (writer/curator Elinor Griffiths and artist Brian Griffiths) based on the quality and originality of their work.

Exhibition: OPEM4 Date: 28 Jan - 24 April 2017 Time: 10.00am - 16.00pm Venue: The Collection

Hundreds of artists from around Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and more entered into the competition, hoping to have their work featured centre-stage at a professional art exhibition.

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The winning artists are: Reece Shaw, Jake Kent, Stephanie Douet, Jake Moore, Selena Mosinski, Matthew Chesney, Ellen Brady and Colette Griffin.

This will be the first time some of these artists have exhibited with a professional institution. By winning the competition these artists will each receive money and supplies to fund the creation of an all-new original piece of work for this particular show.

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Lincolnshire and potential World War 111

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Lincolnshire once stood at the forefront of what was potentially a situation 15 minutes away from a Third World War during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Peter Hennessy’s book ‘The Secret State’ recounts that on Saturday 27th October 1962, Harold Macmillan, the British Prime Minister, authorised the Vulcan Bombers stationed in Lincolnshire to be placed on Alert Condition 3.

This meant that, armed with nuclear bombs, the Vulcans were stationed on the runway ready to take-off at 15 minutes notice the highest alert stage possible. Britain was quite literally, on the brink of war and RAF bases in Lincolnshire were at the centre of it all.

Above: John F Kennedy (left) and Harold Macmillan.

Below: Avro Vulcan XH558 above Lincolnshire.

Men at RAF Coningsby were stood by the side of their Vulcans awaiting the call to scramble and it’s no exaggeration to say that whilst this might not have signalled the end of the world, it could well have been the end of Great Britain.

Britain, unlike America, was within range of Soviet nuclear weapons, the firepower pointed at the UK was immense and the consequences of a nuclear war impossible to calculate.

Hennessy talks of the planning and forecasts but all the planners, military personnel and politicians said the devastation, immediate loss of life and subsequent deaths, civil disorder and the like was impossible to accurately predict according to declassified documents.

Kennedy and Krushchev took the world right to the brink. It’s chilling to read just how close we came to pressing the button and destroying the world as we know it.

Britain played a decisive role in bringing things down a notch or two via negotiations and averting the biggest crisis the world has faced and it’s hard to believe much of it would have centered around sleepy Lincolnshire.

The Avro Vulcan entered service as a nuclear-armed bomber in the 1950s, acting as an atomic deterrent on duty every hour of every day.

Manned by a crew of five, the Vulcan was enormous even among Cold War jet bombers, which tended to tip the scales in the heavyweight category. It’s 97ft (30m) long and has a wingspan around the same length.

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The wings themselves gave the Vulcan a distinctive shape – like a giant bird swooping in to land. The Vulcan was at the very edge of aviation technology of the time, and all the more impressive considering it was built when Britain’s post-war economy still was having to deal with the massive cost of rebuilding the nation.

The bombers were retired in the 1980s after performing their only wartime mission on epic flights into the South Atlantic during the Falklands conflict.

The Avro Vulcan XH558 is the only airworthy example of the Avro Vulcan V bomber and was based at RAF Waddington for most of its 33 year service.

It last flew over Lincoln at the unveiling of the Bomber Command Memorial on Canwick Hill in 2015 and is now retired and permanently homed at Robin Hood Airport in its original Cold War hangar.

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Soaring flight A bird’s eye view of Lincolnshire Gliding is perhaps the most elegant way that humans can be airborne and soaring high above Alford, gliders are a familiar sight - often seen dramatically climbing up into the air or silently swooping down for landing.

Lincolnshire Glider Club can be traced back to 1966 when a group of members flying at Swinderby set up a new club at Bardney. When the airfield closed in 1978 these founders moved to Strubby, becoming known as the Lincolnshire Gliding Club in 1992.

The club operates on a “self help” basis, with no employees, using the skills and knowledge from within its membership on a voluntary basis. This keeps costs down but also promotes a friendly and cooperative atmosphere, which is sometimes lacking in bigger, more commercially operated clubs.

Gliders are efficient aircraft that are capable of covering great distances (the world record is 2,463 km and flights of several hundred kilometres are regularly recorded in the UK) and reaching great heights (again the world record is nearly 50,000 feet). Remember, this is done in aircraft that have no engine!

The challenge for the glider pilot then is to be able to understand, locate, and utilise natural sources of energy in the atmosphere in order to achieve the goals of distance, height, or simply duration that they have set themselves.

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Virtually anyone who is able to learn to drive a car can learn to fly a glider. It normally takes 50 to 150 launches and circuits to reach a standard to be able to fly solo, depending on aptitude, age and how regularly you fly. No great physical requirements

Above: Landing after a first two hour flight. Left: The view from above. are needed, just reasonable fitness.

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Lincolnshire Glider Club operates form Strubby Airfield, near Alfordon on the B1373, close to Woodthorpe Hall and Woodthorpe Garden Centre – look out for the Gliding Club signs.

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