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ABSOLUTE BRIGHTON . ISSUE 88 . MAY 2012

ISSUE 88 . MAY 2012

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CONTENTS

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May 2012 . Issue 88

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ABSOLUTE FEATURES 10 Tea Party Fashion Elegant and extravagant style 22 British Gold Olympic gold medallist Daley Thompson on the Olympics yesterday and today 28 The Untold Life An exclusive interview with Lady Colin Campbell about her explosive new biography on The Queen Mother 38 Just for You, Dad Gifts for the main man in your life for Father’s Day ABSOLUTE REGULARS 9 Editor’s Letter 18 Absolute Fashionista Natalie Wileman has Britain on her mind 20 Best of British Get into Jubilee mood with these patriotic and stylish outfits and accessories 24 Celebrity Spotlight 26 Absolute Socialite Diary Peter Jarrette shares a page from his diary 26 What’s going on... Observations by Mo Hunter-Shine 27 A Day in May Five things to cheer you this month 36 Absolute Faces and Places 56 Absolute Local History Tim Parker on the newly restored Stanmer House in Brighton 59 Absolute Whats On 64 Absolute News 66 Absolute Motoring The Bentley Azure 68 Absolute Business 74 Absolute Distribution

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ABSOLUTE INTERIORS 32 Take Cover Wrap your home in style 35 Jubilee Reign Join the spirit of the nation with these Jubilee themed products for the home ABSOLUTE HEALTH AND BEAUTY 40 Absolute Hair with Mark Woolley 42 Coconut Oil Sheryl Waters on the wonders of this sweet smelling oil 44 The Secret of Beauty A success story from Beauty Secrets 46 Royal Glitz All you need to make you look like a princess 47 Fit Freedom Fitness column by Livia O’Toole 37 Absolute Dental Column 50 Absolute Make-up Column Celebrity make-up artist Jeni Dodson on looking perfect for Prom Night

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To mark 60 years of the Queen’s reign, we are all being given the opportunity to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. With this being our May issue, and the Jubilee celebrations officially taking place on the bank holiday Accounts: Chris Pugh

of 2nd June, we thought we would treat you to a sparkling Jubilee Issue. You will see lots of red, white and blue splashed across our pages this month, as well as lots of patriotic fun and ideas for you to enjoy the celebrations in full British swing. As one of the most dignified, strong and youthful-looking ladies of our time, HRH certainly is worth celebrating. In a world where we are always striving to find more time for in our busy lives, I was

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recently staggered to learn of the Queen’s diary when watching a documentary that television presenter Andrew Marr officially made on her and her family for the Jubilee year. Every single day of the year is booked for her by her team to make her appearances, travel, publicly speak and talk to people (many of whom she has never before met); even Christmas Day (although, she does have a break with the family in the afternoon). Imagine, every day of your life is purely devoted to your

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country, and you are expected to learn every aspect of the subject matter that you are visiting each day; she is said to have a briefing and then is expected to learn the business/charity/people inside out (usually in the back of a car en route to them). Our Queen really has a full time job like no other. Yes,

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we constantly hear about the enormous and wonderful privileges that Royalty have; and they do. But really, would you ever expect any lady you know in her 80s to work that hard? From gaining the Queen’s smile, to gaining her new grand-daughter-in-law’s style, all of our columnists have also jumped into Jubilee mode. Mo Hunter-Shine looks back at how times have changed since Her Majesty took to the throne in 1952 (although, her coronation took place in 1953) (page 26), while Peter Jarrette interviews Lady Colin Campbell, the controversial author behind the new Queen Mother biography who has personally known the Royals for most of her life (page 28). Even our ‘undercover celebrity spies’ give us a Royal peek to some regal gossip (page 24). So, enjoy your Royal read this month and enjoy the jubilant celebrations coming our way! See you next month.

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ABSOLUTE FASHION Man wears: Seal Kay pink T-Shirt from Mottoo, £75; Sunglasses from Snoopers Paradise, £20; Triwa watch from Union, £125 Woman wears:Hudson jeans from Mottoo, £225; Paul Smith shirt from Mottoo, £95; Cuff from Union, £175; Bag from Union, £95

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MFG Navy dress, £365; Paul Smith scarf, £99; Paul Smith bag, £459; all from Mottoo. Shoes, £20; Glasses, £15; Hat, £10; all from Tramp Vintage

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Indigo Worker jacket from Pretty Green, £150; Hudson jeans from Mottoo, £225; Sunglasses,from Top Man, £30

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Navy boating jacket from Pretty Green, £495; Hudson jeans from Mottoo, £225; MFG Navy hat from Mottoo, £59; Pink Ralph Lauren T-Shirt, £45; Sunglasses (as before); both from Snoopers Paradise,

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Man wears: Hudson jeans from Mottoo, £225; Short sleeve red check shirt from Pretty Green, £90; Glasses (as before); Shoes models own, Triwa watch from Union, £185 Woman wears: Blue chiffon dress from Walk in Wardrobe, £200; Pink patent heeled shoes from New Look, £20; Mawi bracelet from Union, £225; Mawi ring from Union, £150

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Paul Smith T-shirt from Mottoo, £195; Hudson jeans from Mottoo, £235; Shoes, £20 and sunglasses, £20 both from Snoopers Paradise; Umbrella and bag stylists own.

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Stockists: Mottoo, 12 Duke Street, Brighton Tel: 01273 326633 Pretty Green 15 Dukes Lane, Brighton www.prettygreen.com Tramp. 22 Trafalgar Street, Brighton Tel: 01273 687968 Walk in Wardrobe, 31 Western Rd, Hove. Tel: 01273 775583 Union 2 Union St, Brighton Tel: 01273 204481 www.unionjewellery.com SHOOT LOCATION: The Ridings, Hove

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THE BEST OF BRITISH Stylist and designer Natalie Wileman says if you can't always keep it local, then keep it British!

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he Queen’s Jubilee is fast approaching and

(30th May - 3rd June) doing both, and showcasing

all you clever people who saved your Union

our country’s up-and-coming talent. I’d recommend

Jack bunting from last year’s royal wedding will

that you get yourself down to at least one of the

be feeling very pleased with yourselves as a

shows and then buy, buy, buy at the ready-to-wear/

patriotic feeling sweeps our nation once again this

fashion emporium on the weekend. As most pieces

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I am very excited to announce that next month my

Portas’ ‘Bottom Line’ programme and cried as I did

column is changing as I celebrate my own two-year

as we saw the factory workers’ lives dramatically

anniversary as Absolute Brighton’s Fashionista, so

improve, thanks to the production of her British

make sure to log on or pick up your copy. It will be

produced lace ‘Kinky Knickers’, and then logged

even more packed with fashion inspiration, where to

online to buy a pair, only to find there was a waiting

buy and YOUR style! So if a heavily pregnant petite

list for her £15 knickers, will understand that when

brunette stops you to ask to take your picture, then

we Brits get it right, we REALLY get it right! And the

smile sweetly and take the compliment as you could

whole world wants a piece of the action!

be the first to appear in our new fashion column!

Kate Middleton didn’t only liven up the royal family last year with her marriage to Prince William, but

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design, apparently boosting the British fashion economy by £1billion! Since then, she has been a

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walking, talking catwalk for British designers, such as Jenny Packham, Alice Temperly, Erdem, and of course Alexander McQueen, not to mention the great British high street heroes L.K Bennett, Whistles and Reiss. So this month I am saying if you can’t keep it local then keep it British! Brighton Fashion Week is back with a bang this year,

Kate wears Jenny Packham

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BEST OF BRITISH For men 1. Union Jack Phone Case This navy Union Jack iPhone case from Red Herring is styled in appliqued, shiny patent leather-look material with a white and navy striped fabric lining. £10 Debenhams, Churchill Square Shopping Mall, Brighton www.debenhams.com 2. Gucci Men’s Leather Case/Holdall Why not use the Jubilee as an excuse to treat yourself to this Gucci white leather with blue/red/blue signature web and cuir leather trim case/holdall? This beautifully crafted bag is adabtable for work and leisure, and is the epitomy of style. £1130 www.gucci.com

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3. Ben Sherman Union Jack Guitar T-Shirt This black Union Jack guitar T-shirt from Ben Sherman features a guitar and amp print, styled into the traditional format of the Union Jack and a plain crew neck. £25 Debenhams, Churchill Square Shopping Mall, Brighton www.debenhams.com 4. Sky Blue Jeans Reiss 1971 straight leg vibrant sky blue jean is a straight leg mid-weight style. The on-trend denim features exaggerated slant side pockets, back patch pockets, a narrow waistband with belt loops, secured to the front with a white button and concealed zip fastening. £89 Reiss, East Street, Brighton www.reissonline.com 5. Union Jack Socks This pack of three ankle socks from Debenhams’ own range comes in blue with various pink and white ‘Union Jack’ designs for a touch of Jubilee fun! £4 Debenhams, Churchill Square Shopping Mall, Brighton www.debenhams.com 6. Union Jack Boxers Silky smooth comfort and style in polyester. £9.99 www.unionjackshop.co.uk 7. Blue Denim Union Jack Pocket Shirt Dark blue roll sleeve, button through denim shirt with union jack detail pocket. £35 www.riverisland.com 8. Union Jack Rectangular Cufflinks These Union Jack design cufflinks add a smart finishing touch and are a true essential for accessories. £15 www.marksandspencer.com 20

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Get in the spirit of our Queen’s Diamond Jubilee this month, with a patriotic outfit For women 1. Polka Dot Dress Pretty and feminine polka dot dress with a band waist, made in Italy. £159 www.jameslakeland.net

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2. Barbour Wax Shopper Bag This wax cotton Barbour shopper handbag is spacious and quintessentially British in its design. Trendy and stylish, you’ll be able to fit all your essentials and more in this bag. Team with a Barbour quilted jacket and some knee high boots. £99.95 www.johnlewis.com

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3. Scarf Print Wedges These scarf pattern wedges are the ultimate in comfort and style. Featuring a tie scarf effect ankle, they are also ahead of this seasons trend for sandals. £40 www.next.co.uk Debenhams, Churchill Square Shopping Mall, Brighton www.debenhams.com 4. Pink Union Jack Compact Swarovoski crystal embossed pink Union Jack styled compact mirror. £50 Debenhams, Churchill Square Shopping Mall, Brighton www.debenhams.com

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5. Ladies Pinstripe Jacket This fully lined smart jacket in pale grey is a cotton blend style with a striking dark grey pinstripe. Lightweight and summery, it features a classic notch lapel, one-button fastening, three-button cuffs and double flap pockets to the front. It is neatly fitted to the small of the back creating great shape. £225 Reiss, East Street, Brighton www.reissonline.com

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6. London Scarf Dress Scarf dress from ISSA London featuring a red, white and blue print throughout. This silk dress features a crew neck, , emphasized waist, flowy skirt, and a pleated bodice. £399 www.farfetch.com

For children Jubilee Party Outfits Some of these great kids Jubilee products available from unik gifts include hand smocked party dresses and rompers in a traditional style. Unique separates include Shuktara floral picnic blankets in Union Jack colours, and pretty hand-crocheted party shoes in red white and blue. The perfect outfits for little ones going to a Jubilee Party! www.unikgifts.co.uk

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ABSOLUTE INTERVIEW

British

Gold

Daley Thompson, CBE is Britain’s greatest ever all round athlete. Danny Marshall caught up with the double Olympic decathlon Daley Thompson, CBE is the Barnardo’s Challenge Events patron

champion

What have you done with your two

How did your body cope when you were

Bleasdale will not have to pole vault much higher

Olympic gold medals?

competing – with the rigours of ten

than her best to win.

I gave them away to my training partners. I always

events and seven years undefeated?

think that the doing is more important than the

You just have to work hard and get on with it. I

prize. Besides, I won them so they’ll always be

never had a physio. When I was competing I had

mine.

five massages in 15 years. I’d see all the athletes

You must be looking forward to the

queueing outside the physio’s door and think

Could home advantage actually add pressure on our athletes? I suppose there will always be 10% of athletes who don’t enjoy the spotlight and expectation. I just wanted to be the best and that was it. I

Olympics?

‘You’re all wusses. I don’t want to be like you’.

Absolutely. It could be the best thing that’s

You weren’t a believer in sports science

happened to this country for the last fifty years.

then?

People will be singing on the trains to the stadium

It wasn’t for me. But if you feel sports science

so I’m taking my guitar. Sport and health are at the

helps, then fantastic. But most of these athletes

top of peoples agendas and so the whole country

shouldn’t be looking at the miniscule gains

could come together and it could really take off.

nutrition and sports science can give you; they’d

What I’m excited about is that for three or four

be better off training another three hours a day.

weeks it might open people’s eyes to other stuff

Do your young sons show any athletic

is that! I was hoping that I’d pick it up really easily.

prowess?

But I enjoyed the five minutes so it hasn’t put me

They are athletic but there’s a long way to go

off. I’ll be back on the slopes soon and this time I’ll

to being an international athlete. All I hope is

warm up properly.

that they get some love of sport and continue it

You’ve travelled all around the globe.

besides football. We’ve developed a football fixation in this country. But if those sports are smart enough, they will cast their nets and catch a whole bunch of kids. We’ve got the chance to transform the health of the nation. I’d love the Olympics to cause a lifelong addiction to sport for young people in this country. I’m convinced these will be the best Games yet. You were unbeaten in the decathlon for seven years. What used to drive you on? Simply the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that I used whatever other people found to be an adverse thing to be a positive thing for myself.

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throughout their lives. Like all parents, I just want them to be healthy and have a bit of fun.

couldn’t care less if anyone came to watch. As well as the decathlon, you also played professional football for Wimbledon and Mansfield. Are there any sports you’re not good at? Well I’ve tried skiing twice and both times I haven’t lasted more than five minutes because I pulled a muscle on both occasions. How pathetic

Where’s your favourite place in the world? I have to say I do love England. I spend about ten

How do you think Great Britain will do at

days a month travelling and I really miss English

the London Games?

people and their sense of humour when I’m away.

I think we’ll do well. Jessica Ennis is obviously one

I was in Woolacombe Bay in Devon recently and

of the favourites for gold in the heptathlon. For

it struck me just how beautiful our coastline is.

her, it’s about the little things – ten centimetres in

England really is a great place to be.

the long jump and less than a tenth in the hurdles.

Aside from these shores, my favourite place is

She just needs to eliminate the mistakes. She’s a

Australia – particularly, Melbourne. They love

great hurdler – if she doesn’t hit them. And Holly

their sport out there so there’s always stuff to

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ABSOLUTE INTERVIEW “I never had a physio. When I was competing I had five massages in 15 years. I’d see all the athletes queueing outside the physio’s door and think ‘You’re all wusses. I don’t want to be like you’” get involved in or to go and watch. I’ve got a lot of friends there so it’s a country I spend a lot of time in. I must also say I took the kids to Mauritius and it was out of this world. The people were really friendly, the beaches were beautiful and uncrowded and there was plenty to do. Where would you never go back to? Kathmandu. It wasn’t that bad but the terrain was really hilly and we ended up doing so much walking, it soured my memory of the place. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten? Fish eyeballs in Goa. They were like jelly and pretty foul but I got them down. I wouldn’t want to repeat the experience though. What’s the most adventurous thing you’ve done? About four years ago I did a couple of long walks up to Mount Everest base camp. That was really tough because we were walking 8-10 hours a day. I’ve also got a bunch of mates and we’re all around 50 so every 18 months we embark on a kind of life-affirming holiday. We’ve been on fishing, walking and canoeing holidays in Canada and it’s great because it’s always an experience thats going to challenge us, not kill us. With all the travelling you’ve done, you must be a world champion when it comes to packing. I’m fantastic! Largely because I don’t care how the stuff arrives as long as it does. So I just crunch it all up into little balls and chuck it in there. www.fitnesscamp.co.uk

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SPOTLIGHT

Our undercover celebrity spies unravel the world of showbiz news and gossip. For this special Jubilee issue, we have a royal theme

Princess Cheryl?

Baring All

Girls Aloud star and former X Factor judge Cheryl Cole

One of the finest beaches in Wales could possibly become an

has told Marie Claire magazine that she ‘loves’ Prince

official site for those who wish to enjoy sand and sea in ‘the

Harry. The feeling seems to be mutual too, as he was

altogether.’ Newborough Beach on the west coast of Anglesey

reported to have told the then X Factor winner Joe

has attracted naturists for many years, and British Naturism

McElderry in 2009 that he was jealous that he got to

claims official status would make a big difference and benefit

spend weeks with Cheryl!

tourism in the area. It is only a few miles from where William

Cheryl also revealed that she had had a dream that

and Kate live while he is based as a helicopter co-pilot at

she married Prince Harry and was a real-life princess.

RAF Valley.

Difficult to picture....

Could we be seeing royalty bare all..?

God Save the Queen!

Bling It On!

Punk band The Sex Pistols are making headlines again.

Lavish jewellery designer Theo Fennell could be a

The band recently declined to take part in the London

contender for the position of The Queen’s official jeweller,

Olympics closing ceremony this summer, and are now

after Harry Collins leaves in July this year. Fennell has

said to be re-releasing their notorious anti-monarchy song

a reputation for ‘bling’ in certain quarters, with Elton

God Save the Queen, to coincide with the Jubilee. The

John and David Beckham among his clients. The Queen’s

song was originally written to coincide with the Queen’s

jeweller is charged with keeping the Crown Jewels and

Silver Jubilee, and despite being banned from many major

all the regalia held in the Tower of London, as well as the

outlets, and refused airtime on radio 1, it sold more than

monarch’s personal jewellery collection, in good order.

150,000 copies. Remaining members of the band include lead singer John Lydon (alias Johnny Rotten), drummer

Going Up

Paul Cook, guitarist Steve Jones and the original bassist

In April, the Queen appointed The Duchess of Cornwall to

Glen Matlock. Well, it takes all sorts...

the highest female rank in the Royal Victorian Order, that of a Dame Grand Cross. This is a personal gift from the monarch,

Kate and Wills in Wax

The new waxworks of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Madame Tussauds in London have been much praised by visitors for their accuracy, and many

and is in recognition of her work and support since her marriage to Prince Charles seven years ago. The Duchess has won over the public through the years with her gentle and pleasant personality, and thoroughly deserves her award. Congratulations, Camilla.

think them the best waxworks ever to go on show. All

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the more remarkable, as the artists worked solely from

Mike Tindell has apparently allowed one of his rugby

pictures and videos of the couple, who were too busy to

teammates Ollie Phillips (no relation) to stay with wife Zara

attend an actual sitting. The waxworks were unveiled

Phillips and himself in their marital home in Gloucestershire,

recently to celebrate one year of their marriage, and Kate

while he is ‘flat -hunting’. Having been married for less than

is dressed in the royal blue Issa wrap dress she wore to

a year, and after his antics at the Rugby World Cup, you would

announce her engagement.

think he would have more consideration for his long-suffering wife!

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PJ, aka Peter Jarrette, Brighton’s favourite socialite, with the latest in great new venues, events and happenings

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Pictures by Melissa Buchanan

I would like to write this month’s column in French to say “J’ai passé la soirée avec certains lapins luxuriants du Playboy variété...” because the slick team at Midnight Communication invited guests to the new rooms at Rendezvous Casino at our Marina, to be introduced to legendary and iconic hosts - Playboy Bunnies from the London club. I had never seen a live, life-sized Playboy Bunny, save for a retired one who was once the girlfriend of my art mentor, the late American architect and artist Ralf Broughton. She never showed up in the trademark ears, tail and swimming-style costume, Rob White and Peter have fun with a Bunny! though. I arrived with glee to be charmed by some of the current crop of London’s lovely Bunnies. They made us welcome in the new Big Red Lounge and Rendezvous’ Big Red Challenge gaming zone. All the cocktails were red, potent and never-ending and with waiting staff bearing trays of gorgeous nibbles it was like one of my own packed launch parties back in the day! Recent years have seen generous entertaining become rare and on that evening it made a comeback! I also attended the first Secret Geisha Party at The Jive Monkey this month. Guests dressed up and turned out for a drink and a dance and most of the ladies were in some form of Geisha dress, none more regal than Miss Nixon. Known as a leading Marilyn Monroe tribute act, Miss Nixon has secretly been studying the art and history of the Geisha. She is now steeped in the culture and its famous Tea Ceremony and has booked to perform it for visiting Japanese industrialists! I also went to a milestone birthday for Andrea Barker. TV chef, Momma Cherri held a tremendous buffet set out for guests and we were entertained by songs from the birthday girl, a pop star in Germany in her younger milestones. Down from London that night was Denise Pearson of 80’s group Five Star. You may know her from BBC’s talent showcase The Voice. Peter with Miss Pearson has become Tom Jones’ protégée Laura Nixon in the show’s format. Bunnies, Geishas, Miss.

60 years on

Back in 1952, Princess Elizabeth heard of her father, George VI’s death while in Kenya. She became Queen then. Her actual coronation took place more than a year later in June 1953 – after a period of mourning for George, so in fact the celebrations this year commemorate her actual time as Queen. When she first took on the role as Queen, the world was a different place! The great British Empire was in decline, and indeed after 1997, when Hong Kong was handed back to the Chinese, there were only 14 small outposts and islands belonging to the British. It is interesting, and relevant, that exactly 30 years ago, the sovereignty of one of those outposts was disputed by Argentina, and the Faulklands conflict began. At the beginning of the Queen’s reign, most families did not have a TV set. This changed the following year, when many bought their first small black and white set to watch Elizabeth’s coronation. It was a rather static affair, without the benefits of high definition pictures, no close ups and the whole thing was shot from one position. Still, there was nothing better to compare it with then, and the country was enthralled. Technology has made the most spectacular, and also frightening, advances in the last 60 years. We can now talk to – and see – people on the other side of the world instantly. We can communicate with anyone at any time, and social networking has made the world a much smaller place, but not necessarily a better one? Maybe there is too much twittering, too much sharing now. These channels of communication are also highways for abuse and threats. Many of the criminal cases reported these days involve one or more of these social sites being used for disturbing purposes. Still, who among us would be without their mobile phone? Not me, that’s for sure – and it was big news a few years ago when the Queen herself became the owner of a mobile!

“...we all take for granted things like inside toilets, central heating, colour TV, the internet… things that those in the fifties could only dream about... “ So the Queen has seen great advances and changes throughout her reign, and to be fair, most have been good. We have become a more tolerant nation, we have seen great medical advances and we all take for granted things like inside toilets, central heating, colour TV, the internet… so many things that those in the fifties could only dream about or imagine. Cool Britannia!

Pearson and generosity... all making comebacks! With Denise Pearson from Five Star

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A day in May 2 Points

1Luxury Cruise Fair The Luxury Cruise Company, of Hove, are holding their annual Luxury Cruise Fair at the prestigious Pennyhill Park Hotel, in Bagshot, Surrey, on Sunday 13th May from 10am. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet and talk to the luxury river and cruise lines. Complimentary refreshments will be available and talks and presentations will take place throughout the day. Receive a FREE copy of Cruise International magazine on arrival and take advantage of exclusive show special offers and deals and enjoy a glass of wine with your lunch. To pre-book, please visit www.theluxurycruisecompany.com

Points is a cheap web-based networking mini-conference that takes place in Brighton at 7.30pm on May 9th, at The Skiff, 6 Gloucester Street. It is about making conference-style events accessible to those that work, can’t afford or can’t justify those big events. The event features several keynotes from web-folk from all walks of life and also a raffle. During this, attendees get the chance to win books and prizes from several major publishers and big name brands. The organisers are all in it to learn, have fun and meet people in the same industry. For that reason, all the proceeds of the event will go to Tia’s Trees - a charity set up by Remy Sharp to support the community we live in and be able to make a positive difference to local children. www.pointsbrighton.co.uk

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Cheers!

Established in 1743, Moët & Chandon is one of the most renowned champagne houses in the world, and has held the Royal Warrant since Queen Victoria recognised the quality of the Champagnes in 1893. This recognition was reaffirmed in 1955 when Moët & Chandon was granted the Royal Warrant by HM Queen Elizabeth II, which has been maintained over the last fifty seven years. Now in 2012, Moët & Chandon toasts this relationship by producing a Diamond Jubilee Cuvee. Diamond Jubilee bottles of Moët & Chandon Impérial is available from various stores including Waitrose, Harrods and Fortnum & Mason.

4 Open Houses Brighton and Hove Artists Open Houses (AOH) provide a great opportunity to view unique work in artists’ homes and studios and to buy directly from the artist or maker. The May 2012 festival runs weekends from 5th to 27th and work in the houses includes jewellery, ceramics and textiles, as well as painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography and many other media. This May, a new Student Performance Trail The Seven Sisters, East Sussex

is being introduced, where you can watch performances by Brighton University’s Visual and Performance Arts students, created specifically for individual Open Houses. AOH Artist of the Year, Louise Bristow, winner of last year’s House Open Exhibition prize, is this year’s AOH brochure cover artist (right) and you can view an exhibition of her work throughout the festival at The Old Market, Hove. www.aoh.org.uk

5 Celebrate coastal walking

This May Bank holiday, the Ramblers, Britain’s walking charity, is encouraging everyone to enjoy a relaxing break by heading to the seaside. In support of the launch of the Wales Coast Path and their ongoing campaign for coastal access, the Ramblers is inviting everyone to join in these celebrations. Spend this May bank holiday enjoying our magnificent coastline and celebrate Coast for Most Weekend. Coast for Most Weekend aims to highlight the wonder

and diversity of the British coastline, encourage even more people to get out and experience the exhilarating affect of a walk by the sea. Wherever you are and whatever your walking experience, join the Ramblers on the 5th and 6th of May for a weekend of seaside adventures. To find out more about the Ramblers One Coast for All Campaign and to find a coastal walk near you visit www.ramblers.org.uk

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The untold

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Peter Jarrette visits his friend Lady Colin Campbell on behalf of Absolute Brighton for an exclusive chat about her new and explosive biography The Untold Life of Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother

How long has the work involved on The Queen Mother taken you?

no longer youngsters! You know, writers like Hugo Vickers knew a whole

The Queen Mother has taken me one year to prepare, beginning to end.

lot more than they finally wrote on this formidable woman’s real life story.

However, the main part of my research...the juicy bits have been known to

So many other writers who have embarked on delivering the real-life facts

me for years. The important elements of The Queen Mother have been

behind the fiction of royals in the end only hint at the truth. The story of

known to me for much of my life by the sheer virtue of the people I have

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother now is an historical subject and though

known, the people I still know and the people I have been related to. These

she will always have relevance, the likelihood of a younger writer coming

will be the bits not accessible to the public at large or most writers and

along in 10 or 20 years to write on her real life in depth is remote at best

journalists. The year has been dedicated to fleshing out The Queen Mother’s

and so I felt it was now or never. It would be a shame to let a fabulous

story, researching her important ‘dates’, a perfunctory search that has

historical figure, such as she was, disappear couched in fantasy when her

required much time and diligence but these details are the nuts and bolts

reality is much more interesting.

that must be very sound. This citing of dates and places in the life and times

You having so many friends on both sides of palace doors did this assist

of a subject are naturally the muscle, bones and flesh of the telling of a story of this calibre and of an historical figure such as The Queen Mother. The research can be arduous but it must all stand-up and be accurate. The Queen Mother enjoyed a long life, nearly 102 eventful years and I set about to detail not only her life and settings but also the lives of those around her and how her story impacted on others. I have written about her before in my 1993 book Royal Marriages less comprehensively but still that gave me a further starting advantage as I had previous research to draw on.

greatly in the building of The Queen Mother? I absolutely could not have written this without the personal and professional knowledge I had access to. I knew of close associates of the Windsor’s since my school days. My family and I were also close friends too to the respected hotelier and founder of Jamaica’s Round Hill, John Pringle who functioned for a time as aide de camp to the Duke of Windsor in the Bahamas. Obviously my step mother-in-law Margret Duchess of Argyll was friends many years back with The Queen Mother. The Duchess of Argyll was also friendly with

What inspired you to enlighten the world about The Queen Mother?

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

It was suggested to me that I tell the story since I knew the real story and I

In the book there is a picture of a gathering on the royal balcony at

had the courage to do so. It occurred to me that if I passed without writing

Buckingham Palace with my relative Princess Louise who was one of the

this work on The Queen Mother her true story would disappear. This is the

earlier Duchesses of Argyll. She was not at all fond of the young Elizabeth

story that other people The Queen Mother and I knew in common, were

and her strong views against Elizabeth were well known, discussed and

privy too as well and from these circles were a number of individuals who,

remembered by the Argyll Clan. Again...this is family information that not

again, encouraged me to move forward with the truth. As we knew of the

many writers can impart with such provenance. The Reverend Phillip Hart

fictional Diana before the world learned of the factual Diana there is the

of the Kingston Jamaica Parish was a very close friend to my family in Jamaica

fictional Queen Mother. Before I wrote 1992’s The Real Diana the truth

and he too proved to be a great source of information. He was friendly

about The Princess of Wales was only hinted at by other writers. In the case

with Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone who, in 1950, became the First

of The Queen Mother it occurred to me that unless I began to write her

Chancellor of the University of The West Indies. She wintered in Jamaica. She

true story nothing would be written to such depth on her, or it was not very

was candid in her friendship with the Reverend Hart and she spoke openly and

likely to be. As I am getting on in years, so are the people who are closest

at depth and length of the senior royals and none of it was in the confessional.

to the true story and in fact even The Queen Mother’s grandchildren are

So you see...the Reverend Hart, when visiting my family, would simply tell us!

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ABSOLUTE INTERVIEW “...she could not embody the easy chic of the times with her build and height. Actually, very interestingly during WWII she made sure that every female member of the royal family was forced to wear army uniforms. She however, chose not to.” What were some of The Queen Mother’s formidable traits? Nobody could tell her ‘no’. She would never be hurried. Everything with her was as if in slow-motion. I’m in mind of a famous episode in WWII where when The Queen Mother was being ushered with her family from Windsor Castle during an air raid. She moved at her own pace as bombs rained down in the vicinity. That refusal to be rushed even when danger loomed was a sign of tremendous passive aggression, an indomitability of will, a trait displayed throughout the whole of her life. She was unforgiving...extremely so and she was decisive. She set about implementing whatever agenda she felt was in her, the monarchy’s or the country’s best interests. She had a very potent personality and was extremely dynamic and forceful...everybody who dealt with her has commented as such. She brooked no opposition and never took no for an answer. The Queen Mother demanded her wishes always be fulfilled and was extremely assertive to an extraordinary degree. She was a concealed carapace of candy floss. In fact, the famed fashion photographer Cecil Beaton remarked that she was a “marshmallow forged in steel...” The aristocrat Stephen Tennant declared that “she was the opposite of everything

Lady Colin Campbell holding her controversial latest book on The Queen Mother. Picture by Melissa Buchanan

she was...where she was soft and sweet, she was hard as nails.”

a significantly more enhanced role as a public figure far beyond anything that

A quote of her’s appears in my book... “I believe in the steel hand and velvet

had ever been known in the annals of the monarchy.

glove approach. All a woman needs is a strong will...and a smile.” Very little

How do you think The Queen Mother balanced more frivolous aspects of

she achieved was accidental.

a woman’s life like fashion with her moral and societal obligations?

In your opinion, what are some of the most misunderstood things about

In her generation, what we see as ‘frivolous’, was seen then as fundamental.

the life and time of The Queen Mother?

The Queen Mother used clothes to enhance her position with her old

That she was a victim of fate who had a great destiny foisted upon her. That

fashion stance and styling. Remember, she could not embody the easy chic of

she was a sweet old lady who was a prisoner of circumstance. She even said

the times with her build and height. Actually, very interestingly during WWII

herself, “I’m not as nice as people think I am.”

she made sure that every female member of the royal family was forced to

Was there a time in history where The Queen Mother may have been

wear army uniforms. She however, chose not to. A very clever ploy you must

more forthright over palace politics in relation to her Prime Ministers and

admit, to keep her elegance. There were some extreme beauties of their

world affairs?

time, chic women like Lady Mountbatten , Princess Marina and the Duchess

The Queen Mother was very right wing. She however was careful to

of Kent, who were renowned fashion forward style firebrands that were

preserve the fiction that she was not anywhere as involved as she was

most put out, angered really, by this uniform enforcement. Like her nemesis,

politically. When George VI died she went to great lengths to get Churchill to

Wallis Simpson, The Queen Mother loved a party. In the Victorian age for

revamp the role of Dowager Queen, which had been of reduced significance

most women there was nothing but family, social life and charity...the women

compared to that of Queen Consort which she had enjoyed since coming

in high strata tinkled at things as opposed to working. That was their platform.

to the throne at the age of 36. She reigned alongside George VI for only 16

They didn’t have to balance anything...they had to sparkle and be good,

years until his death aged 56; she was aged 51. She wanted more say and a

worthy hostesses.

more powerful role than had hitherto been ever known in the history of the

And finally, what will we be reading from you next?

monarchy.

A very modern book on contemporary etiquette!

By the time she had been through ‘nobbling’ Churchill Queen Elizabeth II found herself with two consorts, her husband Prince Phillip and her mother,

The Untold Story of The Queen Mother by Lady Colin Campbell is available

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11. Personalised ‘Happy Father’s Day’ Calendar Choose the month you wish the calendar to start and see the family’s names cleverly spelt out in 13 unique images, one for each month. £14.99 www.GettingPersonal.co.uk 12. Chocolate Football Boots He shoots, he scores! Made from premium quality Belgium chocolate. £9.99 www.treathim.com 13. Moustache Mug And Bowler Hat Sugar Bowl Make your dad masquerade behind a character moustache whilst drinking his favourite brew in the most dashing way. Prices start from £14 www.rume.co.uk

14. RolexWatch The ultimate gift for your dad! Unworn Rolex GMT master 2, with box and papers £4395 James Ross Jewellers, 29 Station Road, Portslade. Tel: 01273 239763 jamesrossjewellers.co.uk 15. Personalised Sport Mugs If he’s always fancied himself as a sportsman, pay homage to his favourite with a personalised mug. Your selected surname is merged onto a sporting image showing your recipient winning a particular sporting event (as an individual or in a team). £9.95 www.treathim.com

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ABSOLUTE HAIR

The Great Undone-Done here’s something very sexy about hair

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out the major kinks if your hair is naturally

that has a hint of the raw, dishevelled

wavy and add fullness and volume if it is

edge about it. It’s the laidback approach,

straighter. A barrel brush also allows you to

the nonchalant attitude of a woman

get really close to the roots for maximum

who is confident in her natural state that

lift so the hair holds up for longer. Now,

makes the ‘undone-done’ look such a

begin to add a little texture by teasing

provocative one. But this look isn’t entirely

out strands of hair to add a little more

one of disarray, it is balanced by hair that

sensuality. Using a little non-oily hair paste

is on the whole, polished and ‘well done’,

or wax will allow you to pick the hair

as seen on the Spring/Summer 2012

apart and sculpt them to create a few

catwalks at Calvin Klein, Givenchy and

intentional flyaways - remember that we

Isabel Marant.

are not after perfection.

Whether hair is worn up or down, the look

For hair-up styles, an element of looseness

is easily created, just make sure that you

works best as the shorter layers of hair fall

don’t skip the hair cleansing, conditioning

into place more organically. Refrain from

or treatment stages - we still want the

slicking hair back - instead, use your fingers

hair to be glossy and healthy, if just a little

to push the hair forward so it looks fuller

ruffled in places.

and more voluminous near the front and

With hair down, blow dry your mane using

secure into place with pins. If you wish,

a ceramic barrel brush to help smooth

you could even pull a few stray hairs out

out the lengths. You only want to iron

for an added ‘off-duty’ effortless effect.

By Mark Woolley Mark Woolley is the owner and creative director of Electric Hairdressing.

Get the look Dishevelled hair Step one: Work some Electric Smoothing Cream into damp hair so you’ve got a smooth, glossy and malleable base to start off with. Remember that preparation is key if you want to remain on the right side of ‘dishevelled’. Step two: Create a rough centre parting and blow dry the hair using a Denman Head Hugger Brush to smooth the hair out and add volume. If you wish, keep the ends wrapped around the barrel before releasing to add a bit of kick. Step three: Break up the lengths up with your fingers - tease out and twist sections of hair to create more definition. If you struggle, apply a little L’Oreal Professionnel Super Dust to add volume and texture. Add a little to the roots as well for an extra boost of root lift.

For further details on Mark Woolley, Electric Haircare or any of the salons in the Electric group view the website www.electric-hair.com

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THE WHITE PARTY Bank holiday weekend, Sunday 6th May 8.30pm till late.

Wear white and gain free entry all night

Bohemia

Grand Cafe ❖ Late Lounge Usual price is £5 after 11pm. Over 25s and smart attire applies. Dress code: White (or predominantly white) It is up to the doorman’s discretion who is admitted. For more details and VIP reservations, please call: 01273 777770 or email: info@bohemiabrighton.co.uk 54-55 Meeting House Lane, Brighton Follow us on Facebook and Twitter B0512_041 The White Party.indd 1

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ABSOLUTE HEALTH

COCONUT DELIGHT Our health expert, Sheryl Waters discusses the amazing qualities of coconut oil and its benefits to your health

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ou pour oil in your frying pan and off you go, cooking your dinner in hopes it will nourish your body and tempt your taste buds. Unfortunately, a lot of oils can harm our bodies, especially when heated. So the question is, how can we cook our food while not causing harm? The answer, it seems is coconut oil. In fact, coconut oil offers a whole range of benefits and is considered a rare and important building block of every cell in the human body, and can actually reduce cholesterol and heart disease. It’s boost immunity, kills off unwanted visitors such as bacteria and viruses, protects against cancer and other degenerative diseases, and prevents osteoporosis by promoting calcium absorption. It also slows down ageing and adds an extra glow to the skin! What is the difference between coconut oil and vegetable oils? Common vegetable oils such as olive, sunflower and safflower oil are polyunsaturated oils, which means they are made up of a long chain of fatty acids. Virgin coconut oil, in contrast is made up of smaller molecules or medium chain fatty acids. Long chain fats are either deposited in blood vessels as cholesterol or stored around the waist, thighs and buttocks as energy stores of fat for emergencies. Medium chain fatty acids are used immediately as a source of energy.

“Cultures that have consumed high amounts of coconut oil generally have not suffered with diabetes. This is because medium chain molecules found in coconut oil are more easily absorbed compared to other oils, and supply the cells with essential fatty acids without inhibiting insulin and without glucose, so they combat insulin resistance” Coconut Oil and Weight Loss Switching to coconut oil is a brilliant way to lose weight and has been proven not only by many professionals, but also by farmers who in a test attempted to fatten their cows by feeding them coconut oil. Instead of gaining weight, their cows lost weight!

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The long-chain fats nearly always go to fat storage. Coconut oil on the other hand is a medium chain fatty acids. Rather than being stored as fat in the body, they are burned for energy. This means less fat on the thighs and greater zest. Coconut oil also stimulates the metabolism so that food is quickly assimilated. Coconut Oil for Improved Health Coconut oil is rich in lauric acid, which is a compound found in breast milk. In fact, there are few foods on the planet that are as similar to our mum’s nutritious milk than coconut milk. It boosts immunity and destroys harmful bacteria and viruses. In fact, there has even been research to show that coconut oil can have a beneficial effect on the HIV virus. Coconut oil has been shown to kill the Candida Albicans yeast, which is caused by antibiotics, birth control pills, and modern living. This nasty yeast can cause a whole range of undesirable illnesses including bad digestion, foggy brain and chronic fatigue. Yet many sufferers have claimed that their health has dramatically improved when using coconut products. This could be due to the fact that coconuts are a dense source of caprylic acid, which has anti-fungal properties. Substituting your normal cooking oils with coconut oil can be a tremendous remedy for diabetes, and, along with avoiding sugar and getting plenty of exercise, can help prevent people who don’t suffer from this dangerous disease from suffering later in life. Cultures that have consumed high amounts of coconut oil generally have not suffered with diabetes. This is because medium chain molecules found in coconut oil are more easily absorbed compared to other oils, and supply the cells with essential fatty acids without inhibiting insulin and without glucose, so they combat insulin resistance. Virgin coconut oil is a totally unique super food that serves as an energy boost to the body, without causing a spike in blood sugar levels. Healthy Skin Eating coconut oil enhances the natural glow in our skin. It is highly moisturizing and promotes skin elasticity, delaying wrinkles, and sagging of skin which normally become prominent with age. This moisturizing oil has even been known to repair damaged skin and can also help in preventing premature aging due to the fact it is a powerful antioxidant. Coconut oil also helps in treating various skin problems including psoriasis, dermatitis, eczema and other skin infections. So try cooking tonight with coconut oil.You might be surprised to enjoy better health, not to mention the lovely taste which cooking with this delicious oil can offer.

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Diamonds for ice anyone? Then, come to

Bohemia… “…world class cocktails” Brighton Visitor “A place to spoil yourself” The Argus

DIAMOND JUBILEE PARTY! It’s all about the bling this Diamond Jubilee Bank Holiday Weekend at Bohemia with a glittering party on Sunday 3rd June 2012 Come and celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee from 8.30pm on Sunday 3rd June Anyone wearing their most sparkly wear will gain *free entry ✦ Complimentary bubbly will be offered to the most sparkling sophisticated guests throughout the evening by the General Manager ✦ Jubilee themed cocktails will be produced by our mixology cocktail bar team ✦ Enjoy the Veuve Clicquot Roof Terrace ✦ Surprise VIP guest appearances ✦ Photographers will be in attendance ✦ Our in-house DJ will be playing a cool eclectic mix of tracks perfect for a Royal party

Bohemia

Grand Cafe ❖ Late Lounge For VIP bookings, please email: info@bohemiabrighton.co.uk or call: (01273) 777770 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Bohemia 54-55 Meeting House Lane, Brighton *Usual price is £5 after 11pm. Over 25s only Dress code for Bohemia is smart, dressy wear. No casual trainers, hoodies or such. It is up to the doormen’s discretion who is admitted.

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ABSOLUTE BEAUTY

Secrets to success With two day spas and three award-winning salons, Beauty Secrets has remained a beauty favourite in Sussex for over 25 years

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eauty Secrets is a highly prestigious, multi-award winning group in the South East of England. The choice of many celebrities, Beauty Secrets offers indulgent day spas and salons in luxurious surroundings. Established 25+ years ago by Beryl Martin, the successful beauty business started its life from a room in Beryl’s house, and grew to what is now, an award-winning beauty business, boasting three salons based in Hove, Horsham and Godalming, alongside two day spas located in the Horsham and Godalming salons. Salon owner Beryl had always wanted to work for herself, and provide a service where she could help other people to improve their quality of life. Beryl’s vision was to offer the best in beauty, holistic, medical and cosmetic innovations with the heart of the business based on exceptional customer service. Her vision extended into opening a salon which was different than the normal everyday beauty salon, but still catering to a local market. Horsham was the location for the first salon and felt like the ideal place to launch Beauty Secrets, as it was already ‘home’ to Beryl’s family. And today, with numerous awards, Beauty Secrets still remains a family firm, run with family values as Beryl and her daughters form an integral part of the management team. All three locations are unique, yet still fairly close in proximity to each other. Their elegant ‘boutique’ salon is located in Palmeira Square, Hove and offers a wide range of salon favourites alongside an extensive range of skincare treatments, all housed in six individually designed treatment rooms inspired by flowers. Horsham is an idyllic town based in the countryside and so the spa there attracts local customers, some who have been clients since the day they opened. Godalming is a typically quintessential town and being close to London enables Beauty Secrets to cater to clients who perhaps work in the City. Pioneering in face and body treatments from four world-class skincare houses, Beauty Secrets offers an extensive Therapist Training Programme, making its therapists amongst the most highly trained in the industry. From skin-defying facials to rejuvenating body treatments and indulgent beauty treats, they have everything you need to beautify yourself from

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your head to your toes. At each of their salons, Beauty Secrets use only the finest products and have exceptional standards when it comes to their clients’ needs. Being the only salon and spa group in the area that offers four skincare brands under one roof - Carita, Decleor, Elemis and Guinot, makes Beauty Secrets truly unique and has helped them gain an enviable reputation for over 25 years. Their extensive brochure extends from the necessities like hot waxing, eyelash extensions and manicures and pedicures to the highly sophisticated specialist medical and cosmetic treatments including Microdermabrasion, Endermologie, Intense Pulsed Light Hair Removal and Rejuvenation. They have recently introduced a new level of skin therapy to the salon called Dermapure Micro Needling. Using an advanced rollering system, this latest innovative treatment has been endorsed by skin specialists for stimulating collagen and elastin synthesis to plump, firm and even out skin tone. This advanced system, incorporating 200 fine titanium needles on a roller, is rolled over the skin to achieve amazing anti-ageing results. Their two day spas are based in nearby Horsham and Godalming are uniquely designed in order to help you relax, rewind and restore. Discover Arabian cleansing rituals in the herbal steam temple in Horsham and exotic therapies in the Oriental Garden Spa in Godalming… bliss! What’s next for Beauty Secrets? They have just launched a new website which now offers a new shopping facility so you can access Beauty Secrets 24/7! Their aim is to continually grow the business and to keep at the forefront of developments within the beauty industry, bringing the most up-to-date and technologically advanced treatments to their clients. In addition to this, Beauty Secrets hold regular Charity Open Evenings, which are an ideal way to raise funds for charity whilst enabling clients to find out all about their treatments, products and new launches. For future dates, visit www.beautysecretsspa.co.uk. For special offers and information on forthcoming events, please follow Beauty Secrets on Twitter: @BeauSecret and become a fan of their Facebook page at: beautysecretssalonandspa

“Pioneering in face and body treatments from four world-class skincare houses, Beauty Secrets offers an extensive Therapist Training Programme...”

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ABSOLUTE BEAUTY

Royal GLITZ

There are some amazing products

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out now to help you celebrate this special jubilee occasion

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2. That Gal... London’s calling! A silky brightening primer. UK exclusive. £21.50 www.benefitcosmetics.co.uk

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1. Hope & Glory Small Soaps A beautiful new branded gift box containing one of each of Heyland and Whittle classic soaps complete with a menu card. £20 www.heylandandwhittle.co.uk

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3. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Hand and Nail Treatment Cream A special limited edition of Clarins’ all-time favourite hand and nail product. To celebrate the Jubilee, £1 from all sales will be donated to the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST). £26 (200ml) www.clarins.co.uk 4. Myface Diamonds & Pearl Blingtone Eyeshadow and matching Lil Bling Nail Chrome £9.99 and £5.99 www.myfacecosmetics.co.uk 5. Sun-Believable Scrub Me Body Exfoliator Contains ingredients of precious gems, diamond, pearl, turquoise and opal proteins which remove dead skin cells and enhance the skins natural glow. £18 www.sun-believable.com 6. Great Kisser™ Chocolate Cherry from Soap and Glory A super fruit butter lip balm from this quintessentially British brand! £5 www.boots.com

Royal Arms Diamond Edition Floris released a scent in 1926 to celebrate the birth of Princess Elizabeth. The fragrance, called Royal Arms, had a pretty floral scent, and Floris still has the original recipe. Shelagh Foyle, Floris’s current perfumer, felt this scent was the perfect place to start to create another scent to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, and instead of producing something entirely new, she opted to stay with the original floral character formed by essence of rose, the queen of flowers. £99 www.florislondon.com

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7. Untired Eye Cream Made with amazing ingredients including diamond powder to actually tackle the source of those dark circles from those Jubilee celebrations! £25 www.lpskintherapy.com 8.Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Volupte Lipstick A lovely lipstick beautifully presented - fit for a Queen. £23.50 www.boots.com

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This month, fitness guru Livia O’Toole discusses the journey to fitness after giving birth

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started FitFreedom in March 2010 to help mums regain their pre-baby figures. With over 15 years experience in weight

Fit Freedom is a realistic, no-nonsense, long term, effective fat loss programme for women who want to find their inner goddess again. It’s taken years to put the weight on, so you need a focused and realistic approach to losing it again.

Lose your Mummy Tummy for Good

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training, nutrition and fitness, I tailor fat loss programmes to each individual mum, depending on what she wants to achieve. The body shaping programme lasts for at least a year, changing every three months to keep the body challenged. It includes guidance on eating sensibly, weight training and carefully planned cardio vascular exercise, for an all-round approach to getting your pre-baby body back. Here are some of some my tips and advice to help you on the way to feeling fit, fabulous and free!

My philosophy is simple – understand the training methods to

“I can work out more effectively and I can fit it into a busy schedule. I lost 10% body fat in the first 6 months and that has never happened to me before. It’s given me the freedom to live my life how I want to.” Marge, Hove

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“Livia is 100% professional and very impressive in the way she skilfully manages our two bespoke programmes.” A happy couple, Hove

arrive at the results! 1. Fight cellulite with sensible eating and regular, systematic training 2. Don’t starve yourself or attempt low calorie or fad diets as you will lose water and lean tissue – a major contributor to slowing down your metabolism 3. Eat every two to three hours - eating frequently speeds up your metabolism, so your body stores less fat and burns it more efficiently 4. Eat a little of everything that you enjoy. Keep it healthy, but cutting out food and drinks that you love will only lead to bingeing within a few days or weeks! 5. Regular weight training will decrease body fat and define your figure without unsightly muscles by increasing your metabolism and ensures body fat burns even

Fit Freedom is a no-nonsense fat loss programme for mummies who want to find their inner goddess again!

when you’re not exercising! 6. Keep your cardio at a reasonably low intensity; ideally longer workouts at a lower heart rate 7. Separate your cardio and weight training to give each a chance to

Programmes are tailored to you and your lifestyle are you ready?

work, doing them on separate days

In the last issue I stated that weight training slows your metabolism down, but the opposite is in fact true! Apologies for any confusion!

Be vigilant. Be positive. Be gorgeous. Be yourself.

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ABSOLUTE DENTAL COLUMN

SMILE LIKE A QUEEN! Dr Farrokh Sharifzad from Marina Dentalcare explains that a nice smile will make you appear successful, like our Queen in her Diamond Jubilee year

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new study proves that your ‘Pearly Whites’ affect how you are perceived by others. When it comes to smiles, it doesn’t take hard research to convince us that a beautiful smile will make you more attractive. But does a gorgeous ‘Hollywood’ smile really make you look smarter; make you more desirable; and will those gleaming teeth give you a competitive edge over the ‘other guy or gal’ who smiles with their mouth closed? According to new research, radiant, natural looking smiles will make you appear more intelligent, interesting, successful and wealthy. This recent study proves that teeth alone can affect how you are perceived by others. HRH has been echoing words since she was a young princess, and makes a strong case for investing in your smile to ensure the best first impression which is really important when it comes to securing the right job, finding the ideal flat, and landing a date with ‘the one’. Facial attractiveness plays a key role in social interaction. It influences mating success, kinship opportunities, personality evaluations, performance, and employment prospects. Furthermore, attractiveness is suggested to influence personality, development and social interaction. Empirical evidence for this relationship is given by a meta-analysis of facial-attractiveness studies. These showed that attractive children and adults are judged and treated more positively than unattractive children and adults, even by those who know them. Attractive children and adults also exhibited more positive behaviours and traits. Facial attractiveness correlated with extroversion and self-confidence/self-esteem. In most domains, attractiveness was found to be equally important for men and women. Other studies showed correlations between selfreported attractiveness and personality traits such as dominance, emotional stability, and selfesteem or with inhibition, health anxiety, and lack of self-esteem.

Facial attractiveness and smile attractiveness appear strongly connected to each other. The fact is that in social interaction, one’s attention is mainly directed toward the mouth and eyes of the speaker’s face. As the mouth is the centre of communication in the face, the smile plays an important role in facial expression and appearance. This has been demonstrated in studies with photographs, where higher intellectual and social abilities were attributed to individuals with aesthetic smiles. They were also judged to be more attractive than the same individuals on photographs with modified lowerlevel aesthetic smiles. A person’s teeth may influence whether they will be successful in life, say a team of social psychologists. In another study the researchers from King’s College London found volunteers rated the same individual less favourably when their mug shots showed visible tooth decay. Those with rotten teeth were deemed less clever, less popular and less well adjusted, as were crowded teeth.

Hollywood Professor Tim Newton who carried out the research said: “I would have thought that people would prefer natural looking teeth, but actually they don’t.” The difference was even greater when the pictures were of women, suggesting people judge women more than men based on looks alone.

A majority of celebrities, such as Tom Cruise, strive for the perfect smile and have cosmetic dental procedures such as teeth whitening, teeth straightening and veneers/crowns. Expectations It also appears that people’s expectations about what makes a beautiful smile have changed. Professor Newton said people today associate perfectly straight, white teeth with beauty because of the Hollywood images they see in magazines and on TV. In the 100 or so volunteers he tested, he found when people had been looking at pictures of others with these so-called ‘perfect smiles’ they were likely to be less satisfied with their own facial appearance as a result. It has changed the general public’s expectations substantially and what we perceive as normal. “If we went back even 15 years ago, footballers often had bad or even no teeth. Now footballers, such as Ronaldo, have had dental makeovers”. Indeed, manufacturers of porcelains and other dental materials used to make artificial teeth have had to produce new whiter shades to match these trends and expectations. In some ways it is quite positive because it encourages people to look after their teeth. I see people every week in my clinic who want something done to improve the appearance of their teeth, and it’s not just young people. I recently had an 82-year-old lady who wanted orthodontic treatment to straighten her teeth, and a 96-year-old gentleman who wanted teeth whitening. For any questions or advice please email Dr Farrokh Sharifzad on info@marinadentalcare.co.uk

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Prom Night Girls Getting ready for your prom can be a bit overwhelming, so don’t wait until the morning of the prom to try on your ‘face.’ Practice makes perfect!

Celebrity make-up artist Jeni Dodson is our independent beauty advisor bringing to you the latest beauty buzz and hot tips straight from the red carpet! www.jenidodson.co.uk

With so many gorgeous trends to choose from, you’ll need to set aside some time to experiment. My advice would be to focus on your best features and adapt the trend to suit. The prom is a celebration of youthful beauty and grace, so don’t over-do the make-up! Remember, that a happy, fun attitude is your biggest beauty weapon; every girl looks beautiful when they’re happy and smiling.

How to...

Have fun playing with these current make-up trends and define your ultimate prom night look.

1. Bold coloured lips. Apply a bold lipstick over the top of a lip-liner and leave your eyes soft and neutral. Choose an eyeshadow with a glamorous sheen to it and add lashings of mascara. Keep your cheeks soft and pretty and leave out the heavy bronzer. 2. Long and lucious lashes. Define the eyes with a soft smudgy dark blue eye-liner, curl your lashes and add a gorgeous fake set then re-apply mascara - keep the blush natural and the lips nude, but defined. 3. The smokey eye. Line your eyes inside and out with a soft black eyeliner, then sweep an accent eyeshadow to wrap around your eyes and blend outwards - try a shimmery purple or an alluring blue. Finish with a light gloss on the lips.

4. Retro-glam. It’s all about clever contouring and precision. Shade your cheeks and highlight the cheekbones, follow the natural eyelash line with a back eyeliner and enhance the eyes in shades of vanilla, champagne and light warm brown. Eyebrows should appear perfect, with pronounced arches. Finish with a strong semi matte red lipstick. 5. Cat-eye. Exaggerate the shape of your eye by extending the eyeliner outwards for a powerful and dramatic effect. Keep it strong and defined and the rest of your complexion polished. 6. Natural sun-kissed. Apply a neutral, bronze eye shadow, with a coral blush and a natural lip. Keep your complexion dewy by choosing creamy formulations.

What you need... 1. Centrifuchsia Opaque Lipstick Lime Crime is bursting with pigment for criminally bright, opaque results. The smooth, creamy formula is long-wearing but won’t dry out your lips, worn alone or played up with gloss. uk.spacenk.com £7.50 2. Eylure Katy Perry lashes are a stunning and wearable new collection. They are full of texture and very lightweight. A natural hair lash that will discreetly add length and volume to your own lashes. www.boots.com £5.95

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3. Stilla Jewel eye shadow in blue sapphire. This high-tech eye shadow formula creates a glittering wave of sequin-like sparkle, leaving your eyes glistening like jewels. www.stila.co.uk £13.00 4. No7 Stay Perfect Lipstick provides gorgeous colour that lasts for up to eight hours, while leaving your lips feeling comfortable and hydrated. www.boots.com £10.00

5. Max-Factor Liquid Effect Eye Pencil makes perfecting eye lines simple, delivering a precision liquid line with the ease of use of a pencil, and featuring a built-in smudger. www.boots.com £6.99

6. Maybelline Dream Soft Blush is a cream whipped blush that kisses your skin with a touch of soft, natural colour. www.boots.com £6.49

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The usual

FACES & PLACES

SUSPECTS Owners Vicky Allen and Maryam Salehi with Art Director Richard Auob Ben Ahmed of Macmillan, addressing the A duel to bewith settled between guests, Peter Jarrette ‘Charles Wyndham’ and and Vicky Allen ‘Anthony St. Leger’ from Professional Stunt Team

Owners of Hove’s Luxury Hair and Beauty Salon The Usual Suspects, Maryam Salehi and Vicky Allen, held a fundraising evening full of fun and glamour to raise money and

Anna Nunn, Peter Brezovan, Vicky Allen, Maryam Salehi, Casper Ankergren and Richard Auob

awareness for Macmillan Cancer Support. The evening also introduced two new members of The Usual Suspects team, Richard Auob as Art Director and Emilie Dieudonne as barber. Guests included local businessmen and women and players from

Brighton & Hove Albion goalkeepers: Peter Brezovan, Casper Ankergren

Brighton & Hove Albion and their partners, who all enjoyed Champagne and sumptuous Clarissa Hawthorne, Joanna Irving, Louise Shiangkwang from Meme and Caroline Crocket

Moji, Sharareh, Khatereh and Azar

canapés and were entertained by live band Norman Street, who got all the guests up dancing.

Raffle winner Richard Gumbrill and Maryam Salehi

Pictures Richard Bidwell Natalie Wiseman, Absolute’s Fashionista

Marta Wolniak

Mimi Parastor, beautician at The Usual Suspects

New at The Usual Suspects, barber Emilie Dieudonné with Creative Director Gavin O’Neill

The Usual Suspects! Vicki, Mimi, Gavin, Gemma, Richard, Anna and Maryam Maryam, Samimeh ,Shadi and Mimi

Owners Vicky Allen and Maryam Salehi, with their team

Jemma Garrett and Kayleigh Lord

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Standing Ovation

ABSOLUTE RESTAURANT REVIEW

Little Bay restaurant has made a big impact upon its arrival in our city. Our editor Verity Craig discovers why

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ith this being our Jubilee issue, it seemed very apt that the restaurant to review this month was Little Bay; with an interior full of opulence and grandeur most striking, this restaurant has a regal air about it. I was amazed by the décor upon stepping in off of the busy seafront road where it is based. Yes, there are many beautiful restaurants in our city, but there are not many that have taken such a brave step in their interior design as Little Bay; someone has certainly had fun creating this place! I am sure that former Royal Pavilion resident King George IV would approve. The world of the arts is the theme throughout. Numerous theatre boxes have been created high up within the ceiling where diners enjoy their meals looking down upon the rest of the restaurant (where a few regular tables are situated). In keeping, the boxes each have red velvet curtains, complete with gold tassels, and gold surrounds. And each box is dedicated to an influential person from the arts, including such names as Mozart and Shakespeare, and their faces have been hand painted on the front of the relevant box. This is the perfect pre theatre restaurant! The boxes seat tables from two to twelve diners; great fun for a party or very romantic for two. Act 1 So seated snug in our intimate box for two, my husband Paul and I began our meal. The European style menu is a variation of fish and seafood dishes with some meat and vegetarian dishes also. Our friendly waiter informed us of the daily specials too. For my starter course I chose the Choux de crab with ginger, chillies and a citrus hollandaise sauce, while Paul chose from the daily special menu, the asparagus with

smoked salmon, poached egg and hollandaise sauce. Both were beautifully presented and extremely tasty. For my main dish I selected the roasted fillet of salmon that was served with roasted potatoes, green beans and a dill sauce. The salmon skin was crispy with a tasty seasoning and the roast potatoes perfect. Still on the specials menu, Paul then opted for the fillet of seabass; being one of his favourite choices of fish, he could light-heartedly be called a connoisseur of seabass. So it was a great compliment for Little Bay’s chef that Paul thoroughly enjoyed this dish.

“...numerous theatre boxes have been created high up within the ceiling where diners enjoy their meal looking down upon the rest of the restaurant” Act 2 Having enjoyed our meal, we sat pondering on how surprised we were by the standard of service, food and surrounds for such little cost (Starters were £2.25 and Mains £4.95 on our visit). However, we have learnt since that the company policy (there are also four Little Bays in London) is to keep the prices low but create an atmosphere that people will want to return to. We thoroughly understood that, for we are both looking forward to sharing the experience with friends next time and sitting up in one of the boxes for six or possibly twelve. Not only is Little Bay value for money with the above mentioned appeals, but there is also live opera and such performances four nights a week, bringing your theatre box even more to life. What a fun place this is! Curtain Down So with a spring in our step, like you often have when you’ve been to the theatre, we left Little Bay planning our next visit. If you are seeking somewhere new and exciting to eat in Brighton with a bit of flare and fun, we thoroughly recommend a visit to this restaurant; I have every confidence you won’t be disappointed.

LITTLE BAY 60-64 King’s Road Brighton BN1 1NA. Telephone: (01273) 731330 Open until Midnight Roast dinner served every Sunday. Breakfast served from 7am eat as much as you like for £4.95

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Fit for a Queen! ABSOLUTE RECIPE

Rosemary Hume, founder of Le Corden Bleu cookery school, created the first Coronation Chicken for the banquet following the Queen’s coronation. Over the years, the dish has rather lost its standing, and gone from royal favourite to a rather banal sandwich filler. However, in the fifties it was an instant hit with fashionable hostesses; and we still love the original recipe

Coronation Chicken Based on the original by Rosemary Hume Serves 8-10 Ingredients: 2 free-range chickens 2 large oranges, 2 bay leaves 2 cinnamon sticks Olive oil For the stock: 1 large onion, chopped, 2 cloves garlic 1 cup medium dry white wine 1 tsp ground coriander,1 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp curry powder 1 finely chopped, small, dried, red chilli pepper For the marinade: ½ tsp saffron threads 1 tsp ground turmeric 4fl oz/115ml milk, 4fl oz/115ml white wine 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander 2 tbsp finely chopped mango chutney 2 tbsp sultanas 2 tbsp finely chopped dried apricot For the dressing: 2 tsp curry powder 1 tsp ground coriander 14fl oz/400ml crème fraîche 7fl oz/200ml mayonnaise Method 1. Preheat the oven to 200F/400C/gas mark 6. Quarter the oranges, crunch up each bay leaf and cinnamon stick and stuff everything into the chickens, with a little salt and black pepper. 2. Brush the chickens with olive oil and sprinkle 54

with more salt and pepper. Roast them for 20 minutes per lb/500g. 3. Leave to cool, then strip the meat from the carcases, chop roughly into bite-sized pieces and put in a wide dish. 4. Put the skin and bones into a saucepan along with the stock ingredients and cover with water. Bring to the boil and simmer gently for two hours. 5. Strain the stock and skim off the fat. Reduce the stock down to about 1 pint/500ml. Leave to cool. 6. Meanwhile, make the marinade. Heat the saffron and turmeric gently in a dry saucepan for a few seconds, then add the milk and bring to the boil. 7. Stir in the wine, coriander, mango chutney, sultanas and apricots. Simmer gently for about 10 minutes. Leave this mixture to cool too, then add it to the cool stock. 8. Stir the stock/marinade mixture into the chicken. Cover and leave in the fridge overnight. 9. Heat the curry powder and coriander in a dry pan until fragrant. Put the crème fraîche and mayonnaise in a bowl and stir in the spices. 10. Fold the dressing into the chicken and marinade, which will have set to a light jelly. 11. Bring to room temperature before serving piled on salad leaves and scattered with chopped coriander and paprika. Serve with a salad made up of white long grain and wild rice, accompanied by a spicy white wine or dry rosé.

TOP TIPS Try not to serve the dish fridge cold. Let the meat come close to room temperature before folding in the dressing. ■ Opt for a whole bird. Meat cooked on the bone, and especially leg and thigh meat, is more succulent and better tasting, even if it doesn’t slice into such perfectly even pieces as a boneless breast. ■ Resist the temptation to add grapes, nuts, and all the dried fruit leftover from last Christmas. Less is more. ■ Cook dry spices, by heating them in a frying pan until fragrant, before adding them to the sauce. ■

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ABSOLUTE LOCAL HISTORY

A new lease of life!

The back lobby

Tim Parker takes a visit to the new and improved Stanmer House

The bar

The lounge

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S

tanmer House in Brighton was built by

University has over 12,000 students and is

the Pelham family in 1722. The family

rated one of the very best in the country.

developed the surrounding lands and lived

And Geoffrey Lockwood? He too did well.

on the Estate for many years.

He was Registrar and Secretary for the

In the free and easy days of the Regency,

university for 25 very successful years.

the house was home to one of King

As the university neared completion, the

George IV’s many mistresses. In 1947

administration team at Stanmer House was

the village of Stanmer, Stanmer House

moved to the campus and the old house

and the Estate were bought by Brighton

left vacant. Slowly it fell into decay while

Council, a marvellous purchase for the

the council squabbled as to what should be

people of Brighton; what could go wrong?

done. And it was not only the house that

The house itself was soon taken over by a

began to have a down at heel look; the land

small administrative team given the task of

and the buildings close by were neglected.

opening the new Sussex University.

The marvellous orangery stood empty - its

“It was a lovely place to work and the house

rotting carcase is still there - and the Hot

was kept in good order,” says Geoffrey

House was abandoned, its tropical plants

Lockwood who at that time was Assistant

stands forlorn and empty except for a few

Registrar and Secretary for the new

scrubby plants.

university. “In those days, it was made very

However, things improved when

clear to us by the council that we were to

businessman Mike Holland took the lease

ensure that the house remained a centre for

over from the Council, and in 2006, after

the local community, even to the extent of

extensive repair and restoration work,

providing accommodation for a cricket team

Stanmer House was re-opened. All credit

which played on the Green in front of the

to Mr Holland and his team, who did a

house.”

great job on the restoration, but theirs was

The university opened in the summer

a commercial enterprise only. There were

of 1961 with just 52 students, housed

plans for gated houses by the main house

in temporary premises in Preston Road,

which was offered out for private hire for

Brighton. In the meantime, work continued

weddings, conferences and the like. Sadly

apace with the construction of the new

there was no engagement with the local

university building under the direction of

community, no cricket on the green.

its architect, Sir Basil Spence. The building

But now there is a change. Stanmer House

itself was much admired and became a great

has a new owner, Brian Whiting, a cheerful

success story both for the university and

and engaging man with some new ideas.

for the people of Brighton. Today Sussex

Rather than being an events venue, largely

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ABSOLUTE LOCAL HISTORY The grand facade of Stanmer House

inaccessible to the public for most of the time,

It was on Maundy Thursday just before the

increasing number of visitors to the House,

he has opened the house up to the community

Easter holiday that I met Rebecca Weller, the

where will they park? There is no easy answer

and the public. Step into Stanmer House today

Events Manager for Stanmer House. Rebecca

and Brian and his team are working with the

and you will find a welcoming bar, tea room

also does the marketing for the Whiting &

local bus service to see what can be done. As

and restaurant open throughout the day and

Hammond Group of Pubs, which include The

it happens, there is an excellent bus service

into the evening. You can have an excellent

Old Mill in East Grinstead, the Mark Cross

to the gates of Stanmer Park. “All you need,”

cup of coffee in the grand entrance hall, and

near Crowborough, and the Farm in Friday

I told Rebecca, “is a couple of converted

sit in front of a log fire after a walk round the

Street, Eastbourne. Rebecca, who comes from

golf carts at the main gate. A scenic tour on

park with the dog, or you can treat yourself

Cornwall is an interior architect by trade, a

the way to a good meal could be a winner.”

and the family to a light lunch, a cream tea or

graduate of Brighton University and she loves

Rebecca looked surprised but I think she

just a beer. The service is excellent, the staff

Stanmer House and the Park. She is clearly

thought there might be something in the idea.

polite, helpful and cheerful; I can testify to that.

looking forward to the future. “It is a very

So when I see smart and tasteful carts taking

I met some friends for lunch in Stamner House

different kind of life than I had expected and I

diners to the old house, it could be that I shall

in February. I arrived early on a cold day but

am enjoying myself.”

claim a reward!

enjoyed waiting in a comfortable leather chair

“Step into Stanmer House

In the meanwhile, I wish Brian Whiting and his

in front of an open fire. The staff could not have been more welcoming and later, when my friends arrived, we all had a good lunch in a splendid dining room at a very reasonable price. Brian Whiting has a background as a chef and believes this makes it much easier for him to ensure his clients enjoy their food. Menus, with everything prepared in-house from fresh

today and you will find a welcoming bar, tea room and restaurant open throughout the day and into the evening...”

local ingredients, are changed daily and wines

“What about cricket on the green?” I asked.

are blind-tasted by staff to offer best value

“I would love to see it return, and I hope we

for money. Stanmer House currently employs

will improve relations between the house and

some thirty members of staff and it is hoped

the village,” was her answer. I think that Brian

that this will increase to fifty by the end of the

Whiting has made a good appointment.

year.

But there is a problem. If there is to be an

staff the very best of luck in their enterprise and I hope that soon I will be back to enjoy a spot of cricket on the Green. A delicious Stanmer House roast dinner

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BURLESQUE West End glamour comes to Worthing

THE JAZZ LOUNGE A free weekly sophisticated night held every Thursday at Bohemia, as arranged by Joogleberry Acts

Bohemia Café and Late Lounge, 54-55 Meeting House Lane, Brighton. Tel: 01273 777770 MAY 2012 programme 3rd May Eddie Partridge Eddie’s incredible voice combined with gripping stage presence is an irresistible combination. His professional career began with as lead vocalist with several big bands with whom he performed a number of highly successful tributes to Frank Sinatra receiving ecstatic reviews. www.joogleberry.com/acts/eddie-partridge 10th May Sabrina Altan

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irect from London’s West End, the UK’s first and only touring burlesque show is coming to town. Showcasing award-winning talent from across the country, it’s an opportunity to see some of the world’s biggest burlesque stars in the flesh. Theatre goers are promised corsets, killer heels and stockings aplenty “An Evening of Burlesque features an all-star cast of beautiful and elegant performers,” says show producer Michael Taylor. “It’s all tease, no sleaze,” says Michael, “and for that reason audiences are predominantly female.” Bringing variety back to the theatre, the show’s combination of musical and theatrical parody, magic, comedy and dance with the art of striptease saw its extensive 2011 UK tour enjoy rave reviews. An Evening of Burlesque Friday 25th May 2012 at 7.30pm Pavilion Theatre Marine Parade, Worthing Tickets: £20.50 & £19.50 Box office: 01903 206 206 www.worthingtheatres.co.uk www.easytheatres.com

Sabrina’s unique and soulful voice translates beautifully into jazz, a genre close to this singers heart. Her dynamic vocal skips over songs and fills them with improvisation, a skill learnt by listening to the greats, old and new. www.joogleberry.com/acts 17th May Matty Eeles (duo) Matty is a professional jazz singer who performs her own interpretations and arrangements of jazz, blues, and soul standards and successfully communicates the language of Jazz to all audiences with playful adaptations and energised performances. www.joogleberry.com/acts 24th May Chantelle Described as “world class” by Blues and Soul Magazine, Chantelles wide ranging repertoire includes gorgeous renditions of jazz standards and cocktail classics perfectly suited to the ambience of the Bohemia Jazz Lounge. www.joogleberry.com/acts 31st May Jason Abrahams Jason Abrahams is a classic swing singer performing many of the greatest swing numbers of all time. www.joogleberry.com/acts All acts start at 9pm every Thursday

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ABSOLUTE WHATS ON

Carnival

Queens

The Lady Boys of Bangkok promise to rock Brighton

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here’s some very good reasons why the Lady Boys of Bangkok have the longest stint at the 2012 Brighton Fringe Festival

– their popular performances pack more glitz, more glamour and more giggles into their 105-minute running time than probably any other cabaret show in the UK. Returning to Brighton for their ninth year - this time with an all new show called ‘Carnival Queens’ - the Lady Boys have firmly established themselves as fringe festival royalty and now, due to phenomenal public demand, are booked here for a four week stay in 2012 – outlasting the festival itself by a full seven days. Director Philip Gandey told Absolute Brighton the Lady Boys love Brighton and it seems obvious that Brighton loves the Lady Boys in return, as the town readies itself to welcome back sixteen of Bangkok’s most entrancing beauties for a month long stint at the seaside until Monday 27th May. Their sold-out shows in the Sabai Pavilion, again to be erected on Victoria Gardens, have been a highlight of the fringe festival over much of the past decade, and the word on the street is that this year the Lady Boys are promising their most colourful show yet as they bring the atmosphere of a Thai carnival to Brighton.

As well as being a feast for the eyes, there’s fresh Thai food on offer at

Prepare to be bewitched by a dazzling display of glamour as the talented

the Lady Boys’ shows from their resident Master Chef Miss Khanittha

troupe of carnival queens (and kings!) sport more than 300 elaborate

Pornngarm and two fully stocked bars.

handmade costumes during the show. Accompanied by beating drums and a samba swing. the Lady Boys are poised to march back into our

Lady Boys of Bangkok

hearts with a riot of noise as they perform a string of classic songs

The Sabai Pavilion,Victoria Gardens, Grand Parade, Brighton BN1 1UG

including hits from James Bond, The Phantom of the Opera, The Muppets,

Now until Sunday 27th May 2012

and appropriately a medley of top songs by Queen.

Prices from £14.

Mr Gandey said: “Our stint in Brighton is longer than anywhere else on

To book:

our 2012 tour as we love playing here and we hope that Brighton loves

Telephone Bookings: 0871 7050705 (10p BT per min)

us in return. ‘Carnival Queens’ is infused with the comedy, surprises and

Online Bookings: www.whatsontickets.com

satire that only the Lady Boys can deliver and it resounds to the timeless

Box Office open on site.

Latin beats of fiesta and pulsates to the chart topping sounds of today.

For more information visit:

The result is the unique comedy cabaret experience ‘Carnival Queens’

www.ladyboysofbangkok.co.uk

which marks a new high for the spectacle that is The Lady Boys of

Twitter: @TheLadyBoys

Bangkok.”

Facebook: facebook.com/theladyboys

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NEWSXTRA CHARITY CAKE FROM FORFARS FOR CHILDLINE MARATHON RUNNERS Tim Cutress, Managing Director of Forfars Bakers Ltd and Ali Jeremy, NSPCC’s Director of Communications.

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CLUBS AT THE READY FOR SECOND SEASON OF INNOVATIVE NETWORKING EVENT Geoff Raynsford of 5 Rings Telecom, Ben Errey of Dizzy: Support 4 Diabetes, Claire Love, David Fluke, Jools Chaffer of Dizzy and Steve Maton of 5 Rings Telecom

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SPCC director of communications, Alison Jeremy, rolled up her sleeves alongside the MD

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he Business Networking Tour Ltd

and those new to the game. It offers

has launched The South Coast

business people the opportunity to

Golf Tour 2012 at Mannings Heath Golf

network in a golfing environment. Once

Club, Horsham.

players head out to the course, the

Offering business professionals

non-golfers have the option to stay and

throughout Sussex an opportunity

work in peaceful surroundings which

Brighton Marathon.

to make high-calibre contacts and

also provides free Wi-Fi.

Money raised by more than 600 runners in the event

win new business, The South Coast

Following the Tour’s launch, it will

will help to fund the charity’s ChildLine service

Golf Tour is specifically designed

then visit eight prominent golf courses

during its 25th anniversary year, and the cake will

for business people looking to win

throughout the south until November,

feature the ‘ChildLine 25 logo’.

new clients and customers directly

enabling members to hone their

through networking via its Business

golfing skills by competing in the Tour

Networking Club.

Order of Merit. Tour venues include

Now in its second year, the Tour

East Sussex National Golf Club,

successfully combines business

Copthorne Golf Club and West Surrey

networking with competitive golf and

Golf Club.

businesses and individuals to ensure that we can

in its first year it inspired business

This year’s Tour will also raise money

continue to be there for children who need our advice

professionals from Sussex, Surrey and

for Dizzy, a charity that supports

and support.

Hampshire in their love for both golf

people living with diabetes, with a new

“We are extremely grateful to Forfars for offering

and doing great business. The Tour’s

putting challenge at each event.

to bake the cake for our runners in the Brighton

newly formatted Business Networking

of Forfars, Tim Cutress, and helped to prepare the mixture for a giant cake, which is being donated by the bakery to the charity’s runners in next month’s

Hove resident, Alison Jeremy said: “Since it was set up 25 years ago, ChildLine has spoken to over 2.6 million children about concerns ranging from bullying to sexual abuse. We rely on the support of

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TIME TO CARE Foster carers urgently needed to help give a child a good home

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his year Foster Care Fortnight, the UK’s biggest fostering campaign co-ordinated by the Fostering Network, will run from Monday

14th to Sunday 27th May. With the theme fostering: time to care, the campaign will be raising awareness of the urgent need for more people to come forward and become foster carers. Foster carers provide children in care with a safe and secure home while they can’t live with their own families, for anything from a few days to many years. As more and more children are coming into care, figures published by the Fostering Network have shown that 8,750 new foster families are needed in 2012 alone. If more people don’t come forward to foster, it will be even harder for fostering services to find the right homes for children, who will suffer even more disruption and trauma in their lives as a result. To find out more about fostering, contact your local fostering service. Call Fosterline on 0800 040 7675 or visit www.couldyoufoster.org.uk

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The Azure Of Bentley

Bentley has traditionally done a nice line in convertibles and the Azure T is the current state of the art. Steve Walker reports entley’s Azure T is quite the all-rounder.

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off for a weekend aboard a friend’s yacht, the

when it’s idling at the lights, 60mph is only 5.2s

One of the most luxurious cars in the

kind who keep a Bentley Azure in their garage,

away and there’s the potential to be sailing

world, it features a convertible roof, four adult-

might wish they’d opted for the Azure T instead.

past 100mph in 12.1s. Maintain that kind of

sized seats and a 6.75-litre twin turbo V8 engine

Lurking beneath the prodigious bonnet of the

commitment and the Azure T will see 179mph

with 500bhp. The only thing the big Bentley

Azure T is Bentley’s legendary 6.75-litre V8

before running out of steam.

can’t manage is being even remotely affordable

engine. In this form, however, the British marque

The Azure is a piece of automotive art and

to anyone yet to secure their place on the

has seen fit to bolt on a pair of turbochargers

the Azure T embellishes the masterpiece with

Sunday Times Rich List.

for good measure. The result is a nice round

a package of exotic detailing. Anyone spotting

Most of us would find it hard to imagine but

500bhp and an even nicer and rounder

an Azure and wanting to identify whether it’s

sometimes, perhaps when you’re running late

1,000Nm of torque. That represents a 14 per

the T version or not can look to the 20 inch

for a garden party at Buckingham Palace or

cent increase in torque over the standard Azure

five-spoke alloy wheels, the Le Mans air vents

your private jet has been grounded and you’re

which uses the same engine, and 90 per cent

in the front wing or the twin exhaust tailpipes.

due in Monte Carlo for the weekend, the

of that total pulling power is available between

The car’s classic oblong shape and elegantly

450bhp in the standard Bentley Azure just isn’t

1,800rpm and 3,800rpm. It’s this leviathan low

distended rear make it a striking prospect,

enough. On these occasions, the sort of people

end muscle that characterises the Azure driving

whether the three-layer, seven bow canvas roof

who regularly drop in to see the Queen or jet

experience. The Azure T weighs 2,695kg but

is folded or deployed. The car offers abundant

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“The Azure is a piece of automotive art and the Azure T embellishes the masterpiece with a package of exotic detailing” space for four adults to sit comfortably and

Bentley set out to build the best convertible

a luggage compartment measuring 310 litres,

in the world with its Azure and the Azure

which might be a trifle stingy for four people

T model has an extra 50 horsepower plus

on a weekend away.

125Nm more torque. It’s a formidable car,

The interior of the Azure T features diamond

impossibly elegant in its design and brim full of

quilted leather on the door inserts and the

the finest craftsmanship.

seating and the fascia is finished in machined aluminium. There are embroidered Bentley

Most people will never see an Azure T, let

emblems on the seats and the pedals are

alone get the opportunity to push their noses

in drilled aluminium. Customers can also

up against the window of one to see which

personalise their car with a choice of 42

member of the moneyed elite is luxuriating

exterior paint colours, 25 different leathers

inside, but if you should encounter one, enjoy

and 8 different unbleached wood veneers.

it. In this age of environmental fundamentalism

There’s also a massive array of bespoke

and tightening vehicle emissions regulations,

enhancements that can be made to each car

cars like this hark back to a simpler time that

by means of Bentley’s Mulliner service.

may now be passing forever.

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FACES & PLACES Super cakes from the catering team at the Martlets, Paul Craddock, Amanda Cook and Sally Payne

Martlets

Tricia Clements and Pauline Newman

Anniversary The first of a number of special events to mark the 15th anniversary of the Martlets, took place recently when staff and volunteers enjoyed tea together at the Hospice in Wayfield Avenue, Hove. Over the coming months the hospice will be using national initiatives such as Dying Matters Week this May and Hospice Care

Martlets Volunteers, Linda Simmons, Alma Franklin, Jean Spencer, Ann Hancock and Doris Glover

Week in October plus the anniversary to emphasise the vital role that hospices such as the Martlets play in delivering high quality care to our community. Margaret Thurley and Annie Dreyer

Since 1997, the Martlets have either cared for and/or supported well over 20,000 local people across the services.

Pictures Graham Franks

Liz Lewis, Vicky Taylor, Sarah Munday and MO Smith celebrating 10 years of Martlets at Home

Carole Fox and Ronald and Aileen Vidal Nurses, Jude Waddington, Francis Fulker and Tina Sandford

Happy Anniversary to The Martlets Tea and profiterole for Doris Glover

A message from volunteer Pauline Newman

Careen Green, Head of HR Margaret Steward

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Karen Taylor, Director of Clinical Services and Robert Griffiths, Director of Fundraising

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Gifts For Angels Michelle De la Motte-Rice tells Absolute Brighton about her business that helps to put some light into the lives of those who have suffered the greatest loss Michelle, please describe to our readers

So your new business intends to tackle that

the nature of your business and your

issue by introducing something new and

background:

inspirational for loved ones. Will you supply

Gifts for Angels is an online shop that sells grave

exclusively to Sussex customers or will your

ornaments and memorial pieces that are bright,

services venture further afield?

colourful and unique. I worked in the fashion industry

We currently supply to the whole of the UK.

first as a make-up artist, then as a model booker until

Which of your items are you expecting to be

I left to have my family in 2003.

the most sought after in your field?

How did the idea for Gifts For Angels

So far the grave vases are selling well - because of

materialise?

their colours they look great even without flowers in,

The idea came after I lost my beautiful daughter, Lola,

but the ‘Funky Cherubs’ are also proving to be very

in March 2006. She was 2 years 8 months old and

popular.

passed away very suddenly from a brain tumour.

A percentage of all profits go towards Brain

I used to get increasingly disheartened by the lack

Tumour Research. Please tell us about this

of gifts I could buy to put down for her at her place

worthy charity:

of rest, especially on her birthday or at Christmas.

Well, what most people do not realise is that

The grave vases were very dark and depressing, the

brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of UK

statues were very expensive and some needed to

children and people under 40 years. It is woefully

be mounted on concrete blocks, therefore requiring

underfunded, receiving less than 1% of national

a professional to put them up. There was nothing

cancer research spending.

I could find that was colourful and inexpensive that

The charity Brain Tumour Research needs help to

would stay in position and last longer than flowers. I

raise seven million a year to fight this killer disease.

wanted something that was bright, beautiful and fun, just as Lola was. So I started Gifts for Angels in the hope of being able to offer others this little piece of comfort.

“A percentage of all profits go towards Brain Tumour Research” Through your own very painful experience,

Tell us why the items you sell are so important to families and loved ones of those passed away: It was important for me knowing that I could still buy Lola gifts on her birthday and for Christmas, and I get a small amount of comfort seeing her place of rest look pretty and colourful. Even just having one of the ‘Precious Plaques’ in a rose plant, that a friend bought me, in my garden makes a difference. The sympathy gifts I think are also important, as it is something to give when you don’t know what to say.

you’ve obviously seen first hand how hard it is to purchase such important items. Why do

And finally, how can our readers contact

you think that has always been?

Gifts For Angels?

I think death is still very much a difficult subject for

You can order direct from our web site,

people to approach and unless it has touched your

www.giftsforangels.co.uk

life it is not something people want to consider.

Michelle holding her daughter Lola who inspired her to start Gifts for Angels, pictured with her husband and daughter

“There

was nothing

I could find that was colourful and inexpensive, that would stay in position and last longer than flowers. I wanted something that was bright, beautiful and fun, just as Lola was.” ABSOLUTE

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ABSOLUTE LAW Alan Larkin of family Law This month, Partners David Stevens of Family Law Partners discusses the procedures involved in adopting a child

RECOGNISED SPECIALISTS IN FAMILY LAW

Should You Opt to Adopt Adoption is back in the news as the Government is looking at ways of speeding up the process. The vast majority of children adopted are those who have been removed from their birth parents by a Local Authority (LA) through care proceedings. However, adoption equally applies to couples adopting a child from outside the family and step-parents. If a child has been in care, the court must approve a plan for adoption and make a Placement Order, giving permission to the LA to find a suitable placement. The Government is seeking to alter the criteria

adoptive parents the child’s legal parents and permanently ends any legal

Family Law Partners are committed to delivering a solution-focused approach for clients.Their dispute resolution services help minimise both the emotional and financial cost to families. Family Law Partners are the only Sussex based family law firm ranked in the prestigious Chambers and Partners UK Directory and can help with:

relationship between the birth parents and the child.

Divorce and separation

The process for step-parents is different. They need to contact the LA adoption team and ask to be assessed before applying to the court

Mediation, which can include involving your children

for an Adoption Order. For both an adoption of a child outside the

Collaborative law

by which prospective adopters are assessed and matched with a child. Once the LA approves a match the process starts. A formal adoption application then has to be made and can only be opposed by the birth parent with the court’s permission. An Adoption Order has far reaching consequences. It makes the

adopter’s family and step-parent adoption, a very careful examination of the best option for the child is undertaken.

“The Government is seeking to alter the criteria by which prospective adopters are assessed and matched with a child” Birth parents are increasingly given limited contact with their child, but

Financial issues, including inheritance claims and wealth protection Post and pre nuptial agreements Civil Partnership Dissolutions Children issues Cohabitation

only if they have accepted and support the new placement. An alternative to adoption is a Special Guardianship Order. This Order grants Parental Responsibility for the child i.e., the ability to make all decisions that a birth parent could. Another option may be a step-parent Parental Responsibility agreement or a formal Parental Responsibility order. If you are considering Adoption or Special Guardianship Orders you should seek specialist advice. David Stevens

Contact us for a confidential no obligation telephone discussion with one of our specialist team.

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