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WELCOME We live in a county that always seems to reveal surprises. It doesn’t matter how long you have lived here, there’s always a road, a footpath and even a village that you haven’t yet discovered. So it might come as a surprise to find that there’s a life-saving service – SULSAR – that 90 per cent of the local population doesn’t know about. Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue is a volunteer organisation that’s called at any time of day or night by the police or fire service when a vulnerable person goes missing. This month we’re featuring the charity and Andy King, its chairman, who was named recently as Volunteer of the Year in the High Sheriff’s Awards.

June sees the cultural season get off with a real swing with the Aldeburgh Festival, Felixstowe Books Festival, Ipswich Entertains and Southwold Arts Festival. We’ve also spoken to Jane Dyball, a major player in the music industry – who has worked with the likes of Eric Clapton and Radiohead – who opens her Suffolk garden every July for Petta Fiesta; a boutique festival that comes well recommended.

In addition we have an interview with the new High Sheriff, entrepreneur William Kendall and our My Suffolk interview is with Alex Tarry who is celebrating ten years at the helm of Best of Suffolk.

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For those who want to get and out about check out our dog walk at Lower Ufford starting from the White Lion, our What’s On guide and of course Her Majesty The Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations.

As always there’s lots to read including Fashion, Food & Drink, Property, Interiors and an opportunity to win a fabulous spa day at Maison Talbooth.

In between times you can always contact us on social media including Facebook, @EssentialSFK on Twitter or through our website, www.essentialsuffolk.com Enjoy your summer

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FEATURES

REGULARS

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Summer Festivals Cultural celebrations for June

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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Jane Dyball

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William Kendall

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SULSAR

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Trevor Nunn returns to Ipswich

Talking music and Petta Fiesta

An introduction to Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue

News from around the county

What’s On

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Food & Drink

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Mini Previews

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Homes & Interiors

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Gardening

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Property

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Essential Faces

Where to go and what to see in Suffolk this June

Tracing Gestures at Dance East, Aldeburgh Studio Trail, Rodchenko Exhibition in Darsham, With Love from Suffolk on screen in Woodbridge and Felixstowe

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Spa Competition

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Fashion

Win a spa day for two in The Treatment Rooms at Maison Talbooth

My Suffolk Alex Tarry, owner of Best of Suffolk

Pub Dog Walk

Suffolk in Brief

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Suffolk’s new High Sheriff

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Cool looks for the hot days ahead

A picturesque circular from the White Lion at Lower Ufford

Dining at The Turks Head in Hasketon, Chef ’s Recipe from The Queen at Brandeston, wine news from Adnams’ Rob Chase plus a host of ideas for eating out

Summer dining ideas

When to look for help in your garden

A selection of our county’s finest homes for sale

Highlights from Suffolk’s social calendar

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JUNE 2016

At last summer is here and that means that Suffolk can bask, if not in guaranteed sunshine, then in a cultural climate that’s rich and glorious

CELEBRATING CULTURE IN SUFFOLK I

t’s always a very pleasant surprise to newcomers to Suffolk that they’ve moved to a county that’s not just beautiful, peaceful and comparatively safe but that it’s also a hotbed of creativity and talent. This is very much reflected in the extraordinary number of festivals celebrating music, art, theatre,

Aldeburgh Festival June 10 to 26

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film, books, photography and dance that are hosted here. It’s a year round phenomenon but it really kicks off in June and this year there’s an enormous amount to offer. For those who’ve always wanted to achieve Grade 1 at piano there’s an opportunity to swat up and play on the Steinway at Snape

Maltings. There are also many ways to celebrate Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary including everything from a ‘Sound’ event created by Lily Hunter Green at Languard Fort to a complete day devoted to the Bard in Woodbridge.

So here’s the Essential Suffolk guide to festivals in Suffolk this month.

Festivals

Shakespeare 400 Woodbridge June and July 2016

The Aldeburgh Festival is an event that attracts classical music fans from right across the world and its 2016 programme includes a 17-day celebration of music and arts with circus, birds and pianos at its heart.

The Festival centrepiece is Catalogue d’Oiseaux (June 19), a marathon 20hour journey through music and nature from sunrise to midnight. Aldeburgh Festival Artistic Director Pierre-Laurent Aimard performs Olivier Messiaen’s huge work for piano over four concerts, set against the panoramic backdrops and teeming wildlife of Snape Maltings and RSPB Minsmere. Birdsong fascinated French composer Olivier Messiaen all his life and Catalogue d’Oiseaux is his largest work inspired by birds, a 150minute piece for solo piano which creates a rich musical language from the depictions of 77 species of bird that Messiaen heard in his native Camargue region of south-west France.

One of the world’s leading interpreters of Messiaen’s piano music, PierreLaurent Aimard creates a day that animates the piece as never before.

The day starts at Snape Maltings with a view of sunrise over the River Alde, the climax will be a free concert outdoors on the BBC Springwatch stage at RSPB Minsmere, and the finale will see the audience back at Snape near midnight, seated on the concert hall floor in almost total darkness.

The Festival opens with Illuminations (June 10, 12 and 13), the premiere of a new staged work for singer, string

orchestra and circus performers.

Inspired by the surrealism of Rimbaud’s poetry set in Britten’s song cycle Les Illuminations, director Struan Leslie creates a newly-commissioned staging fusing music and contemporary circus performance. Soprano Sarah Tynan joins an ensemble of international circus performers, Aurora Orchestra and conductor Nicholas Collon in a 75minute devised piece which includes Britten’s Les Illuminations and Young Apollo, Debussy’s String Quartet and music from John Adams’ Shaker Loops.

The final weekend (June 24 – 26) will be a huge celebration of the piano. PierreLaurent Aimard assembles an array of pianists, from visiting international stars to outstanding young musicians from East Anglia – and all those who have signed up to the Grade 1 Challenge!

Aldeburgh Music and the Britten-Pears Foundation has over the last six months invited anyone of any age who is interested in starting to learn the piano to sign up to the Grade 1 Challenge.

They have been offered support, practice rooms at Snape Maltings, tutorials etc and will have the opportunity to make their Aldeburgh Festival debut on the main stage at Snape Maltings Concert Hall in the Festival finale!

During the festival there will also be walks, talks and films at The Pumphouse fringe plus free music every lunch time on the Bandstand on the Beach.

INFORMATION www.aldeburgh.co.uk

Woodbridge resident and literature enthusiast, Tim Cornford, has organised Woodbridge’s own celebration of Shakespeare this summer to commemorate the 400th anniversary of his death. Events, which will include Shakespearean inspired drama, music and art take place throughout June and July. Tim explained, “Shakespeare’s work is core to Britain’s art and drama heritage and I hope through these community events and workshops we can help to develop the passion and appreciation in people of all ages.”

On June 8, there will be a live broadcast of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s current production of Hamlet at The Riverside Theatre starring Paapa Essiedu and directed

by Simon Godwin. Then on the 12th there’s a concert of music inspired

by Shakespeare from Kingfisher Sinfonietta. For those who love open-air theatre there are performances of Love’s Labour’s Lost on Woodbridge School Chapel Lawn on June 28 and 29.

Throughout June and July there will be a free art exhibition at Woodbridge Library of pieces created during the art workshops running in May and June. There are still places available for these free workshops, which are being held at Farlingaye High School on Tuesday 7 and 14 June. Plus for those with children there are free drama workshops for 7–11 year olds (10am – 12.30pm) and 12-13 year olds (1– 3.30pm) on Saturday 16 July, also at Farlingaye. Students will work in groups to bring to life some scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream culminating in brief presentations to parents.

Places can be booked by emailing: rlansdowne@farlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk.

INFORMATION www.choosewoodbridge.co.uk/events

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Felixstowe Book Festival June 24 to 26

Felixstowe Book Festival returns for a fourth year of talks, readings, book signings and workshops with around eighty writers and musicians to entertain adults and children. The weekend starts on the 24th with an evening of Brazilian music to get everyone into the festival mood, thanks to friends from FlipSide Festival (October). Fiction highlights over the weekend include appearances

by Orange Prize-winning author Rose Tremain who will be interviewed by festival favourite Nicola Upson, and Deborah Moggach whose novel ‘These Foolish Things’ was made into the hit movie ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’.

Nicci French the leading psychological crime thriller writer will be taking part, as will Hugh Fraser, (Capt Hastings to David Suchet's Poirot) who is talking about his first crime novel.

Also on the list of appearances is Guy Fraser Sampson who is hosting two vintage tea parties where he will tell us about his Mapp and Lucia novels while the audience eat delicious cakes. For lovers of history Alison Weir’s novels offer new insights into the real lives of Henry VIII’s six wives. Bestselling historian Juliet Barker joins us to mark

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the bicentenary year of Charlotte Bronte’s birth and Roger Crowley is also offering an illustrated talk on Portugal: the First Global Empire, based on his book, ‘Conquerors’.

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death there’s a very special event at Landguard Fort, Sea Change, by sound artist Lily Hunter Green. It uses text from The Tempest to explore the refugee crisis. Non-fiction includes Joris Luyendijk and Ian Fraser on city finance, OUP author Giles Merritt talking about his book on the future of Europe and Tom Blass whose book ‘The Naked Shore’ chronicles his travels on the edges of the North Sea. Poetry includes Hollie McNish, Will Stone, Martin Newell and the Hosepipe Band and Felixstowe Cafe Poets. There’s also a panel discussing the fascinating subject of translation. How do authors and translators work together? What are the ethics of translation? How close to the original should a translation be? The subject of translation comes up again in a session about Polish Noir. It's time for the Swedes to step aside as Polish crime takes centre stage. Top-selling Polish

novelist Katarzyna Bonda joins Antonia Lloyd-Jones to tell British author Sarah Bower what is different about murder Polish style! The international theme continues with publishing legend Liz Calder talking about Brazilian Literature.

Children will have an exciting time too.

The festival currently has six school book groups reading Boy in the Tower

by Polly Ho Yen. They’re looking forward to meeting Polly and a representative from each group will form an interview panel at the festival.

Children’s picture book author and illustrator Rebecca Elliott and 2015 Carnegie Medal winner Tanya Landma will be involved with comic book master classes and there’s also a Roald Dahl event; an interactive session for the whole family.

INFORMATION Tickets, £8 per session, can be bought from Stillwater Books, Felixstowe or via the website.

Enquiries: Stillwater Books 01394 548010 Festival Director Meg Reid 01394 279783 www.felixstowebookfestival.co.uk

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Festivals

Southwold Arts Festival Southwold Arts Festival may only be three years old but its popularity is already widespread.

In fact the festival finale, The Blues Band, is already sold out, there are now only limited tickets available for BBC Historian Lucy Worsley and the tickets for cricket commentator Henry Blofeld are going quickly too.

June 25 to July 2

The festival will open on June 25 with a magnificent street parade, stalls and entertainers followed by a Gala Concert featuring the renowned musician Rick Wakeman who will combine music from classical to rock, with his very funny storytelling. Throughout the week there will be theatre from West End and Broadway star Liz Roberston and also the Mask Theatre from the famous Vamos Company. Victorian magic will be provided by Ian Keable and from the Edinburgh Fringe, there will be poetry and comedy from Luke Wright and a fascinating talk by Martin Adeney.

Festival Director Lin Le Versha says, “Once again we have created a diverse programme with something to please everyone. For the first time we have brought dance to the festival with the international Company ‘Tango Sempre’ and we have another wonderful week of lunchtime concerts with the ‘Young Musicians Showcase’ featuring some of the most talented young people in the region.”

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INFORMATION Tickets are available online from www.southwoldartsfestival.co.uk St Edmunds Hall Box Office: 01502 722572 or call in 12 noon – 3p.m. Mon to Sat.

June to August 2016

There’s been a long tradition of outdoor summer events in Ipswich and for 2016 they have all been brought together under a new banner – Ipswich Entertains. With events lasting right through to the end of the holiday season there’s an astonishing variety on offer including free musical treats in Christchurch Park such as Ipswich Music Day, the Indian Mela and Global Rhythms.

Ipswich Entertains gets in full swing during June with a special free classical concert celebrating The Queen’s Birthday on June 11.

Other festival events will include an illustrated talk on the artist William Turner’s tours of the East Coast and an eccentric look at Suffolk Life by Charlie Haylock. The celebrated folk band ‘The Wilson Family’ will provide an evening of music at the Godell Pavilion and the writer and poet Blake Morrison will provide a talk about his latest anthology of poems called ‘Shingle Street’ based on the Suffolk coast.

Popular Suffolk singer Olivia Castle will provide an afternoon of jazz and Simon Loftus will illustrate our local history using an unusual selection of objects from the Southwold Museum.

The Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra will be playing popular classics and concert goers are invited to bring their own seats, cushions and picnics, although there will be catering on site.

The evening will end with a firework finale. The gates open at 6pm for an 8pm start and although there is capacity for 5,000 advance booking is required.

For music of a very different kind go to Holywells Park on June 18 and 19 for The Nearly Festival, which is featuring some of the country’s best-known tribute acts. Later in the month – on the 28th – the Ipswich Symphony Orchestra

are at the Corn Exchange with international star pianist Pavel Kolesnikov from Russia with a programme that includes thrilling and unforgettable classics from Tchaikovsky, Berlioz and Sibelius. Plus next day there’s open-air theatre on the lawn at Christchurch Mansion with the comic Pantaloons version of Canterbury Tales offering medieval mayhem for the whole family.

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News

SUFFOLK in brief Rosie Western has won a regional award for her fundraising efforts on behalf of farming charity the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (R.A.B.I). Rosie, who has served on R.A.B.I’s Suffolk committee for 16 years, won the East region award.

R.A.B.I’s regional awards are presented to people who, in the opinion of the adjudicating panel, deserve special recognition. In 2015, fundraisers in Suffolk raised £25,776 for farming’s oldest welfare charity.

Thorpeness Country Club is marking Armed Forces Day on Saturday June 25 with three special charity events. A fun ‘It’s a Knockout’ competition during the day with 35 teams taking part and a Mk9 Spitfire air display followed by an evening black tie ball with guest speaker General the Lord Dannatt. Everyone is invited to make up teams with family, friends and work colleagues to compete in the ‘It’s a Knockout’ event. Taking place on the lawns to the front and back of the Country Club between 11am and 4pm, the event will help raise funds for Help for Heroes and the Household Cavalry Foundation.

For more details visit www.thorpenesscountryclub.co.uk

This summer Congo Rapids Lost World Adventure Golf Course will open at Ufford Park Woodbridge. Tarnia Robertson of Ufford Park Hotel said: “Now that construction is under way we are getting a better sense of the scale of the course and we’re even more excited about having this onsite. We believe it will be enjoyed by young and old, both children and adults will be welcome, and all players are free to come into the hotel before or after they play to enjoy some refreshments.” To read more visit www.essentialsuffolk.com/congo-rapids

Art for Cure has announced that its recent event raised a record total of over £175,000 for the care and cure of breast cancer. A staggering 8,000 people visited Glemham Hall over the early May Bank Holiday weekend, where the rooms and gardens were transformed to galleries, showing a unique curation of art works, prints and sculpture from over 75 East Anglian and acclaimed national artists.

To find out more visit artforcure.org.uk

The executive chairman of Hopkins Homes, James Hopkins, recently visited good causes throughout Suffolk ahead of the call for applications to the second round of grants to the Hopkins Homes Building Communities Fund. The housebuilders established a community fund worth £250,000 last year to provide grants of up to £2,000 to good causes that bring communities together throughout Suffolk.

The first round of grants handed out a total of £15,000 to nine charities and community groups across the region earlier this year.

James said: “I am delighted to see so many causes throughout our region tackling issues that really make a difference to their community. We are inviting good causes and organisations to apply for a grant of up to £2,000 from the Hopkins Homes Building Communities Fund and will be announcing the second round of grants later this summer.” Charities and community groups can bid for a share of the fund by contacting the Suffolk Community Foundation on 01473 602602 or emailing grants@suffolkcf.org.uk. The deadline for submissions is Monday June 6 2016.

Action Medial Research has announced that best-selling author Peter James is going to be thrilling guests at a new fundraising lunch near Ipswich in aid of its children’s charity. Tickets are now on sale for the event at Milsoms Kesgrave Hall on Friday June 17, where guests will enjoy a two-course meal followed by a talk by Peter on the world of crime writing; he’ll also be signing books for guests afterwards.

Tickets for the lunch are £38.50 and are available from action.org.uk/ dine-crime-writer-peter-james

Suffolk Wildlife Trust recently marked the completion of the most ambitious part of its vision to restore Knettishall Heath.

The purchase of the heath in January 2012

represented the charity’s biggest land acquisition to date and a golden opportunity to restore a nationally important site to a landscape of open grazed heath and scattered trees – a habitat needed by so many unique Breckland species. Four years on, the most significant step towards achieving this goal has been completed with the installation of cattle grids on the roads running through the reserve and the removal of internal and roadside fencing.

To mark the important milestone William Kendall, the High Sheriff of Suffolk symbolically cut one of the last remaining fences at a special ceremony on the reserve.

To read more visit www.essentialsuffolk.com/knettishall-heath

With the Rio Olympics just around the corner Ipswich based physiotherapy, osteopathy and sports injury company Gilmour Piper has thrown its support behind Suffolk’s up and coming sportsmen and women. The business is providing a package of physiotherapy and sports injury support for young Suffolk sportspeople supported through the SportsAid charity.

The launch of the support package was marked by Mark Newman, a partner with Gilmour Piper and Associates, presenting SportsAid awards to two highly talented young people from Suffolk – Finlay Parnell and Connie Powell. Finlay plays water polo and has recently returned from representing England in Austria at the European Men’s Junior Water Polo Tournament. Connie is a rugby player currently representing South East England and working towards selection for the England Under 18’s Seven’s team.

Mark Newman said “As a physiotherapy, osteopathy and sports injury business Gilmour Piper is uniquely placed to help young sportsmen and women from Suffolk.

If our support can give them an added edge in their efforts to succeed on the national and international stage it will have all been worthwhile.” Read more at www.essentialsuffolk.com/gp-sportsaid

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JUNE 2016

WHAT’S ON JUNE 1

JUNE 2 – 4

Horrible History for Families

The 2nd National Woodbridge Drama Festival

Shakespeareathon

Red Rose Chain, Avenue Theatre, Ipswich Ipswich Tourist Information Centre,10.30am

Seckford Theatre, Woodbridge

A Horrible Histories themed guided walk of Ipswich suitable for the whole family.

Entry: £4 per person Information: 01473 258070

Box office: 0333 666 3366 www.woodbridgedramafestival.co.uk

An Audience with Martin Kemp

JUNE 4

Perform on our stage and join Red Rose Chain for an extraordinary explosive 25 hour sponsored Shakespeare Marathon to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death and to celebrate 25 years of Red Rose Chain.

Box office: 01473 603388 www.redrosechain.com

The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 7.30pm Martin Kemp discusses his musical life with Spandau Ballet and an acting career that included The Krays and EastEnders.

Tickets: £22.50 Box Office: 01284 758000 www.theapex.co.uk

Farmers Markets

Photo-East Pop-Up Studio

Beccles Heliport 9am – 1pm Metfield Village Hall 9am – 12 noon Snape Maltings 9.30am – 1pm

The Cut, Halesworth

Monks Eleigh Fete and Dog Show

Recreation Ground, Monks Eleigh, 1 – 6pm Traditional good fun and fantastic dog show to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday, in one of Suffolk’s prettiest villages. Relaxed, family and dog friendly with entertainment, games, stalls, teas, barbecue.

Salute to Sinatra and the Swing Legends

Bring your dog along to be photographed in the fine tradition of early studio photography, as featured in Libby Hall’s collection ‘These are our dogs’. No appointment needed. Just turn up between 10.30am and 3.30pm.

The first 100 sitters will be given a postcard photograph to take away. For a charge, you can purchase a framed, hand coloured print. www.photoeast.co.uk

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The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 7.30pm

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New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich JUNE 1

Matthew Ford returns to the Apex in Sinatra’s centenary year with a show celebrating Ol’ Blue Eyes and the Swing Legends. Matt, widely regarded as our finest big band singer, and his nine-piece band, will perform a comprehensive celebration of the hits of Frank Sinatra.

Tickets: £19 Box Office: 01284 758000 www.theapex.co.uk

East Bergholt Open Gardens

Open Gardens, East Bergholt, 11am – 5pm Open gardens in Constable’s birthplace village. Free parking at the High School and complimentary hop on hop off buses touring village. Three tea and cake venues, ice cream sales, art show and historic tourist attractions.

Entry: £6 (children free) Information: 01206 298692 or v.ayton@sky.com

How (not) To Live in Suburbia 9.30pm

Tickets: £8

Yoxford Open Gardens ‘plus’

Yoxford, 11am-5pm

JUNE 2

Saving bees is on the agenda! Refreshments will be available and visitors may also catch glimpses of village leisure activities. All profits to Suffolk Coastal Friends of the Earth, Ipswich Alzheimer's Society and Yoxford Village Hall.

Entry: £3 Information: 01728 668583

Pulse Dance Day 9.30pm

Tickets: £8.50 JUNE 3 The Fitting Room 5pm

Tickets: £10 JUNE 4 The complete deaths 8pm

Tickets: £8.50 Box Office: 01473 295900 www.wolseytheatre.co.uk

JUNE 1 – 25 Rodchenko Exhibition

Darsham Nurseries See mini preview page 23 www.photoeast.co.uk

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JUNE 4 – 5 Middleton Open Gardens

Middleton-cum-Fordley Open Gardens, Saxmundham, 10.30am to 5.30pm Fifteen gardens open including ‘Garden in a Wheelbarrow’ and ‘Find the Flower Fairies’.

Refreshments all day and cream teas.

Holy Trinity Church fundraiser and supporting St. Elizabeth Hospice.

Entry: £4 (children free) Information: 01728 648622 or ireneralph333@gmail.com

Open Farm Sunday

Kenton Hall Estate, Debenham Road, Stowmarket, 10am – 4pm Farmers market with over 30 local food producers, farm tractor and trailer tours, cookery demonstrations and workshops in our cookery school, street food, Cragg sister’s woodland tearoom, farm activities and machinery area, kitchen garden tours.

Entry: free www.kentonhallestate.co.uk

What’s On National Croquet day

Ipswich Croquet Club lawns at Fynn Valley Golf Club, 10.30am – 3.30pm Enjoy the fun challenges, a beginners class or just to watch this amazing game.

Refreshments available. Everyone welcome.

Entry: free Information: 01394 671642 fran@franrousham.plus.com With Love From Suffolk

The Riverside,Woodbridge, (also The Palace, Felixstowe, June 26) See mini preview page 23 www.withlovefromsuffolk.co.uk

Philharmonic Choir and Lithuanian State Orchestra in Adam Donen’s epic symphony.

The holograms allow an intensity of performance otherwise impossible on stage.

Its scale and imagination is like nothing you’ve experienced. An emotional dramatic and musical expression of a time long past in a form impossible any time but now, produced by an Oscar-winning and Grammynominated team.

Tickets: £20 Box Office: 01284 758000 www.theapex.co.uk

JUNE 8 Live Broadcast Play: Shakespeare's Hamlet

The Riverside Theatre, Woodbridge, 7pm A live broadcast from Stratford-upon-Avon of the current Royal Shakespeare Company production starring Paapa Essiedu and directed by Simon Godwin.

Tickets: £12.50 Box Office: 01394 382174 www.theriverside.co.uk

JUNE 10 JUNE 6 – 11 Beauty of the Beast Cats

JUNE 6 – 8 Symphony to a Lost Generation

The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 1pm & 7.30pm The past screams to the present. The world’s first fully holographic production, a moving depiction of the human tragedy of the First World War. 250 actors and dancers appear beside the world-renowned Vienna

DanceEast, Ipswich, 7.30pm

Ipswich Regent, 7.30pm (matinee 2.30pm Thurs and Sat) Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking 2015 Olivier award nominated musical Cats returns to the Regent direct from its sell-out season at the London Palladium.

Tickets: £11.50 - £41.50 Box Office: 01473 433100

Company Chameleon peels back and uncovers the many faces of masculinity – strength, vulnerability, camaraderie and hostility, and explores what happens when affiliation becomes identity.

Tickets: £12 Box Office: 01473 29523 www.danceeast.co.uk

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JUNE 10 – 19

JUNE 11

E-Scape Electronic Music Festival

A Collectors Exhibition: Venice Observed

Martin & Eliza Carthy

143 High Street, Aldeburgh. Open Daily 10am to 5 pm

The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 8pm

The Cut, Halesworth

Ten contemporary artists looking at Venice including Mark Hearld, Emily Sutton, Edward Morgan, Richard Bawden, Tessa Newcomb, Ed Kluz and Jo and Gary Hincks. Plus a second room including work by work by Maggi Hambling, Mary Fedden, James Dodds, Robert Adams and Geoffrey Clarke.

Entry: Free Contact: 01799 522013 weaver183@btinternet.com

JUNE 10 – 26 Aldeburgh Festival

See feature page 8 Box Office: 01728 687110 www.aldeburgh.co.uk

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E-Scape is an annual all day festival of live electronic and ambient music. It is hosted

by UK record label AD Music to promote traditional electronic music from around the globe. www.newcut.org 90 Glorious Years of Popular Song

Eye Church, 7.30pm See feature pages 26 & 27 Box Office: 01379 871211 Winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014, Martin is a legendary singer and guitarist who has influenced a generations of artists, including Bob Dylan and Paul Simon. His daughter Eliza has been twice-nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and is a multipleaward winner at the BBC Radio Two Folk awards. ‘One of the figureheads of the English folk revival … compelling’ – Evening Standard. They will join forces to perform songs from their first duo album, a CD of traditional material entitled the Moral of the Elephant, which was nominated for Best Album BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015.

Tickets: £16 Box Office: 01284 758000 www.theapex.co.uk

The Rendlesham Show

Jubilee Park, Rendlesham, 11am – 4pm With a huge variety of stalls and activities and a grand draw – a great family day out on the Queen's Official 90th Birthday with it's red, white and blue fancy dress parade.

Entry: Free To book a pitch or for more details: admin@rendleshampc.org.uk Stowblues Festival

Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket, 2pm – 10pm Stowblues will be bringing its annual dose of Americana Blues once again to Stowmarket.

Organised in partnership with BBC Radio

Dine by the beautiful River Deben With Easter and spring on the horizon take the time to visit The Maybush and dine by the beautiful River Deben. Whatever the weather the Maybush offers spectacular views and excellent food with a wide and varied menu of locally sourced seasonal dishes and plenty of fresh seafood. Open all day every day with food served from 9.00am to 9.30pm why not join us for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

The Maybush Cliff Rd, Waldringfield, IP12 4QL T: 01473 736215 Get the Deben Inns app for our latest news and offers. Simply search Deben Inns in the app store and follow the simple instructions.

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The Swan Westerfield Road Westerfield, IP6 9AJ 01473 251447

The Wilford Bridge Wilford Bridge Rd Melton, IP12 2PA 01394 386141

The Fox Inn The Street, Newbourne IP12 4NY 01473 736307

What’s On Suffolk, the Museum of East Anglian Life is proud to present a day of fantastic live music.

Onsite catering from The Osier Café as well as a CAMRA bar stocked to the brim with real ales, ciders, lagers and wines.

Tickets: £5 Box Office: 01449 612229 enquiries@themuseumofeastanglainlife.org.uk Her Majesty The Queen’s 90th

Christchurch Park, Ipswich

Eye Gardens Open

A wide variety of gardens in and around Eye open their gardens to the public. The Town hall will be open to sell refreshments and there will be stalls selling garden paraphernalia and other crafts .The event is in support of the Eye Church Development Appeal.

Entry: £4 (children under 16 free) Information: 01379 871211

See feature pages 26 & 27 www.ipswichentertains.co.uk

JUNE 11 AND 12

Kingfisher Sinfonietta Shakespeare Special

Farmers Markets

St. Mary’s Church, Woodbridge, 7.30pm

Aldeburgh Studios Trail 2016

Weekends 11/12th, 18/19th, 25/26th June See mini preview page 25 www.aldeburghstudiotrail.co.uk

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90 Glorious Years

Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe See feature pages 26 & 27 www.thelittleboxoffice.com

JUNE 15 The Flyrights In Concert

The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 7.30pm JUNE 12

Halesworth Town Centre 9am – 1pm Woodbridge Community Centre 9am – 12.30pm

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Eye Town Hall, 12.30pm – 6.00pm

The programme includes Weber Overture to Oberon, two Pieces from Henry V, three Dances from The Tempest, Mendelssohn Scherzo from Midsummer Night’s Dream and more Tickets: £12 Box Office: 01394 383150 or 01394 387586 Email: kingfisherensemble@gmail.com www.kingfishersinfonietta.co.uk Farmers Market

Assington The Barn 10am – 2pm

Soulful vocals and close harmonies performing Soul, Motown & Swing classics by the likes of The Temptations, The Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Sammy Davis Jnr, Nat King Cole, James Brown, Michael Bublé, Jackie Wilson & Michael Jackson.

Tickets: £13 Box Office: 01284 758000 www.theapex.co.uk

JUNE 16 The ELO Experience

Ipswich Regent, 7.30pm The legacy left by Jeff Lynne & The Electric Light Orchestra barely needs any introduction – suffice to say that between 1972 and 1986 they achieved more

Creating Beautiful Spaces

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Each project is tailored to suit your individual requirements and is managed from start to finish with the option of follow up advice and aftercare service

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combined UK and US Top 40 hits than any other band on the planet! ‘10538 Overture’, ‘Evil Woman’, ‘Living Thing’, ‘Diary of Horace Wimp’, Don’t Bring me Down’ and of course ‘Mr Blue Sky’ went on to become the soundtrack of our lives.

Tickets: £24 Box Office: 01473 433100

JUNE 16 – JULY 9 A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich See feature page 28 Box Office: 01473 295900 www.wolseytheatre.co.uk

Jesse Barrett & Jordan Smart

Jesse Barrett (percussion) and Jordan Smart (wind) form a duo that draws on an array of wind and percussion instruments to create a highly improvisational and richly textured sound world, influences such as Albert Ayler and Don Cherry to Mildford Graves and Paul Motion blend with musical traditions from West Africa, India, Japan and the British Isles.

Tickets: £20 Box Office: 0300 3033 211 www.newcut.org

The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 8pm

Bill Bailey: Limboland

Ipswich Regent, 8pm The gap between how we imagine our lives to be and how they really are is the subject of Bill’s new show Limboland. With his trademark intelligence and sharp wit, he tells tales of finding himself in this halfway place.

Tickets: £27.50 Box Office: 01473 433100

The 10th birthday tour that also honours the 50th anniversary of chart-topping single ‘Reach Out I’ll Be There’. Over 36 classics are revived in a flurry of glittering costume changes, dazzling dance moves and superb musicianship.

Tickets: £24.50 Box Office: 01284 758000 www.theapex.co.uk

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Twilight Golf

at Ufford Park Woodbridge

De-stress after a hard day at work with time out on our award-winning 18 hole, par 71 golf course, from 4pm.

Standard Twilight rate Monday - Thursday Up to 4 players

Friday - Sunday & Bank Holidays

£20 per person

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Members and non-members of all ages and abilities welcome.

Why not add a 2 course meal for only £9.99 per person? (from the bar specials board)

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Great East Swim

Alton Water Sports Centre Set in the beautiful Alton Water reservoir, this peaceful part of the world is enjoyed all year round by walkers, cyclists and wildlife spotters. But on two days a year it offers swimmers an open water challenge of varying distances.

Entry: fee (1/2 mi £28, 1 mi £34, 2 mi £38, 5k £40, 10k £65) Information: 0191 272 7033 Email: info@greatswim.org

The Magic of Motown

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The Cut, Halesworth, 7.30pm

JUNE 18 Farmers Markets

Harkstead Village Hall 9am – 12 noon Aldeburgh Church Hall 9am – 12.30 Beccles Heliport 9am – 1pm Debenham Community Centre 9am – 1pm Opera in the Park

Culford School, Culford, Bury St Edmunds This magical outdoor concert this year features highlights from Mozart's sublime opera The Magic Flute, as well as other opera favourites, all staged in Culford Hall's beautiful

What’s On grounds and performed by the acclaimed London Festival Opera.

Tickets: £37 Box Office: 01284 385310 Over the Kitchen Table...

With Martin Newell

The Mercury Theatre, Colchester, 8pm A pop poet, musician and local legend Martin Newell in his first ever appearance at the Mercury Theatre. Poet-in-residence for the Sunday Express, columnist for the East Anglian Daily Times and a regular at the Essex Book Festival, Martin Newell is widely acknowledged as the most published living English poet.

Tickets: £10 Box Office: 01206 573948 www.mercurytheatre.co.uk

Midsummer Celebrations

JUNE 19

Grundle Farm, Wattisfield, IP22 1PB, 2pm – 8pm

Blazin’ Fiddles

Grundle Farm is the perfect setting for a traditional Midsummer Celebration - step back in time to the tranquil golden summers of long ago. Ideal for families, the afternoon will be crammed with delights: make a garland for your hair, join in the exciting drama workshop, and follow the musicians as they lead the dancing procession through the fragrant hay meadows. Feast on fabulous food and have a go at the old time games.

Then, as the sun drops in the sky, dance in the Great Barn while the fiddlers play.

Entry: £5 (children free) Information: sueheaser@live.co.uk grundlefarm.weebly.com

The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 8pm Capturing the excitement & sensitivity of Scottish music in a blaze of fiddles! With Inverness’ Bruce MacGregor, Shetlander Jenna Reid, Nairn’s Rua Macmillan, and Orcadian Kristan Harvey, each fiddler’s individual style comes alive in a blend of ensemble and solo sets.

Tickets: £18 Box Office: 01284 758000 www.theapex.co.uk

JUNE 21 Shakespeare In Song

St Mary-le-Tower Church, Ipswich, 1:10pm Go West

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The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 7.30pm 1985s debut single ‘We Close Our Eyes’ reached number five and was followed by ‘Call Me’, ‘Goodbye Girl’, ‘Don’t Look Down’ & ‘King Of Wishful Thinking’, the opening song in the hugely successful film Pretty Woman.

Tickets: £29.50 Box Office: 01284 758000 www.theapex.co.uk

Nearly Festival

Holywells Park, Ipswich The Nearly Festival proudly presents a selection of the UK’s best tribute bands & acts: Fully live bands tributing some of the greatest artists and bands!

Box office: 01473 433100 www.ipswichregent.com

A group known as ‘In Verse and Voice’ will be performing ‘Shakespeare in Song’, a collection of sonnets and poems as part of the 45th Annual series of Lunchtime Concerts.

Entry: free with (retiring collection, light refreshments consisting of tea, coffee, rolls, and biscuits offered from 12:20pm) Box Office: 01473 225610 Email: Stmaryletower@hotmail.com

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Ipswich Symphony Orchestra

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JUNE 26

The Ipswich Corn Exchange, Ipswich, 7.30pm Summer Art Show and Sale

Melton Hall, Woodbridge IP12 1PF, (Wed 6pm – 9pm, Thu & Fri 9.30am – 5pm) Selling artwork, cushions, boxes, flowers, cashmere, vintage jewellery and beautiful home accessories from Vietnam all in aid of the East Anglian Air Ambulance. Browse, have a cup of tea or a glass of wine and taste some Spanish meats and cheeses that The Haciendas Club are selling. If the sun is shining you can wander round the garden and enjoy the roses which should be at their best!

Entry: Free but any donations to the East Anglian Air Ambulance appreciated Information: 01394 388138 www.meltonhall.co.uk

JUNE 23 Evening Bike Ride

Ufford Crown, 7pm start Enjoy a ride around the Suffolk countryside followed by supper at the Ufford Crown raising funds for Eve Appeal East Anglia.

Information: further information and to register email Nick or Gay via eveningcycle1@gmail.com

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no.1. Sibelius: Symphony no.1. Berlioz: Overture: Le Corsaire. Soloist: Pavel Kolesnikov Tickets: £12 – £15.50 Box Office: 01473 433100 Open Garden

Porter’s Lodge, Cavenham, IP28 6DB. Midday to 5pm A rare opportunity to view a breath-taking private garden with its water features, statues and beautiful planting. Cream teas, plants and produce, musical interludes.

Entry: £4 (children under 12 free) Suffolk Sinfonia

The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 7.30pm Summer showcase of musical lollipops reminiscent of tea dances, village cricket, and the BBC light programme. Bring your Union Jack to wave!

Tickets: £12, £10 (£4 children) Box Office: 01284 758000 www.theapex.co.uk

Farmers Market

Lavenham Village Hall 10am – 1.30pm Woodbridge Regatta & Riverside Fair

River Deben, Woodbridge from noon Music, food and drink, free entry to the Tide Mill plus a programme of races including yacht, dinghy, tender and rowing. Children’s activities and crabbing too. choosewoodbridge.co.uk/event/woodbridgeregatta Woodbridge Open Gardens and teas

Ipswich Road Woodbridge and around, 2pm – 5p.m.

Exclusive access to eight lovely private gardens with delicious home-made tea. Visit starts in front of Framfield Medical Centre, Ipswich Road, Woodbridge.

Entry: £8 (includes tea) Information: 01394 382616 or mbizzey@lineone.net Sutton Open Gardens

Start from Memorial Hall, Sutton, IP12 3JQ, 12noon –5pm.

Follow the balloon trial and visit the ten gardens open to the public. Cream teas will be served from 3pm.

Entry: £2

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Tracing Gestures

DanceEast, Ipswich, 7.30pm

The Big Chris Barber Band

See mini preview page 25 Box Office: 01473 29523 www.danceeast.co.uk

The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 7.30pm Fotheringay

The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 8pm Founder members Jerry Donahue, Gerry Conway and Pat Donaldson, plus PJ Wright (for Trevor Lucas) and Kathryn Roberts and Sally Barker respectfully filling the shoes of Sandy Denny.

Tickets: £22.50 in advance (£24.50 on the door) Box Office: 01284 758000 www.theapex.co.uk

JUNE 24 – 26 Felixstowe Book Festival

See feature page 11 www.felixstowebookfestival.co.uk

JUNE 25

Jazz Legend, Chris Barber, celebrates his 67th Anniversary with his ten piece band, playing a selection of his favourite New Orleans style Traditional Jazz and Blues music Tickets: £22 Box Office: 01284 758000 www.theapex.co.uk

JUNE 29 Canterbury Tales

Farmers Markets

Woodbridge Community Centre 9am – 12.30pm

Music for a Summer Evening

St Mary’s Church, Bungay, 7.30pm Bungay Choral’s Summer Concert, singing part of the Wood’s Requiem, plus other pieces of lighter music suitable for a Summer’s Evening Concert Tickets: £10 Email: petecracknell@talk21.com www.bungaychoral.com

JUNE 25 – JULY 2 Southwold Arts Festival

See feature page 13 www.southwoldartsfestival.co.uk

Christchurch Mansion Lawn Join the pilgrims for puppetry and poetry, music and magic, talking chickens and burnt bottoms. Fast-paced, physical and funny, this show is pure medieval mayhem for the whole family.

Box office: 01473 433100 www.ipswichregent.com

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WITH LOVE FROM SUFFOLK The Riverside (Woodbridge), June 5 and The Palace (Felixstowe), June 26 Last summer Film Suffolk launched an innovative project to create a full length romantic comedy feature that was written, shot and edited entirely in the county. Following its premier earlier this year, With Love From Suffolk has been recut and this month for the first time is going on public release at independent cinemas in Suffolk. Supported by many local businesses, but made on a budget that was less than the cost of small new car, this film was a collaborative effort involving Suffolk-based Hollywood directors, industry professionals and students, most of whom worked for free.

RODCHENKO EXHIBITION Darsham Nurseries June 1 – 25

With endorsements from Emma Freud and Ed Sheeran, With Love From Suffolk takes you on a journey across the county from Southwold to Sudbury by way of Ipswich, Lowestoft, Bruisyard, Aldeburgh, Ufford and the Waveney Valley. The film includes eight short romantic tales and is not just a funny and tender exploration of relationships – it’s also a love letter to our magnificent county.

Other screenings are taking place in Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill and Southwold – although the Southwold screening sold out almost immediately.

Russian avant-garde artist Alexander Rodchenko is renowned as a creative who used his art in the service of political revolution. Having started out as a painter he experimented with various art forms including sculpture to graphic design and photography. It was his commitment to the values of the Revolution that encouraged him to abandon painting in 1921 and embrace photography. In doing so his work made an important contribution to European photography in the 1920s, not least influencing the work of 20th century graphic designers.

This exhibition, part of the inaugural PhotoEast festival has come about thanks to Willie Williams a photographic collector and Suffolk resident. Willie has enjoyed a thirty year career has a production designer and creative director for some of the biggest names in live music including U2, R.E.M., David Bowie, George Michael and Robbie Williams.

He's been a collector of photography since the mid-eighties, acquiring photographs gradually, usually one at a time, from around the world, when on rock tours. His particular fascination is with Eastern European photographers, particularly the Czechs (Josef Koudelka, Josef Sudek, František Dritkol) and also with the interbellum surrealists (Man Ray, Brassai) and of course Rodchenko.

INFORMATION www.photoeast.co.uk

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TRACING GESTURES Jerwood Dance House, Ipswich June 24 With the explosion of digital technology, artists of all kinds have been increasingly borrowing from other ‘genres’ of expression to communicate their message in a different way.

And that’s just what has happened with this innovative new dance piece; Tracing Gestures.

The three dancers taking part use drawing and video projection to trace each other’s movements and physicality.

The small and intimate negotiations that take place between the performers are documented in these visual recordings, which take on their own theatrical presence. It’s been praised

by The Stage as, “Pure Physical Poetry.”

ALDEBURGH STUDIOS TRAIL Weekends 11 &12th, 18 &19th, 25 & 26th June

This new work is choreographed by Stephanie Schober, in collaboration with performers Richard Court, Stephen Moynihan and Aaron Markwell and multimedia artists Mamoru Iriguchi and Sophia Clist. Stephanie Schober closely collaborates with individual performers in her creative process exploring rhythm, form and spatial relationships.

Her work grows out of rigorous research into the body, its movement and personal characteristics.

Embracing a sophisticated and humorous sense of theatricality, her intention is to draw the viewer into the performers’ process of self-investigation, the revelation of group dynamics, the possibility of failure and the accompanying feeling of trust and intimacy that grows between them along the way.

In the autumn of 2012, Lamorna Good, painter, and Reet Gilday, potter, decided to set up a walking art trail in Aldeburgh. Within a month, they had found 25 artists from many different disciplines happy to join in. It was such a success that since then the trail has become an annual event and is timed to coincide with the Aldeburgh Festival.

This will be the fourth year of the trail and this year there are 19 artists within the town taking part. Lamora says that already sheds are being painted, studios cleared and gardens are being tidied in readiness for the event. Work from many disciplines will be on display including painting, printmaking, photography, pottery, jewellery, patchwork and hat design.

The artists will be happy not only to show and sell their work but to share their enthusiasm for what they are exploring in their art and to discuss their inspiration, motivation and techniques. All studios are within walking distance of one another and entrance is free to all.

INFORMATION For a helpful list of places to eat and drink while on the trail and a map of the studios please visit www.aldeburghstudiotrail.co.uk

INFORMATION Tickets: £12 Box office: 01473 295230 www.danceeast.co.uk

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MA’AM

She’s ruled for longer than any British monarch in history and is loved and respected across the world. She’s travelled widely undertaking many historic overseas visits and her sense of duty and devotion to a life of service to her people is unwavering. In April, Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 90th birthday and now the nation is joining together to celebrate on her ‘official’ birthday, which this year falls on June 11

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by Members of the Royal Family will attend The Queen’s Birthday Parade on Horse Guards Parade. On Sunday June 12 The Queen will attend the Patron’s Lunch, a celebration of Her Majesty’s patronage of over 600 organisations in the UK and around the Commonwealth since 1952. But how will her subjects in Suffolk mark this special day? Essential Suffolk brings you a guide to a selection of events across the county to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday.

The Queen’s 90th Birthday SATURDAY JUNE 11

90 Glorious Years of Popular Song Eye Church, 7.30pm

Queen’s 90th Birthday Street Party Market Square, Orford, 2pm to 6.30pm In the Market Square, Orford they’ll be celebrating the Queen’s 90th Birthday with a traditional street party, perfect for the whole family. There will be entertainment, BBQ, refreshments and a craft table. Children under nine can get involved with the best crown competition and older children can join in by writing a poem for the Queen’s Birthday competition.

Information: Anne Macro 01394 450741 The Queens 90th Birthday Parade & Picnic in the Park Woodbridge Town Centre and Elmhurst Park, from 2pm The Woodbridge Branch of The Royal British Legion and The Royal British Legion Band Leiston will parade through Woodbridge Town Centre to Elmhurst Park. There will be a short Dedication and a presentation of the Freedom of the Town by the Mayor to The Woodbridge Branch. This will be followed by the Picnic in the Park event. Bring your picnic and be ready to wave those flags to the ‘Last Night at the Proms’ style finale. Stalls, refreshments, fun and games also available.

Entry: free A Right Royal Street Fayre Hartest Green and Church, IP29 4DH, 10.30am – 5pm Join in the fun in Preston St Mary, Nr Lavenham. The event is organised by the Friends of the Church of Preston St Mary and The Street will be closed to traffic and lined with quality stalls plus royal themed family fun and games to celebrate the Queen’s 90th Birthday. With Pimms, a barbecue, Morris dancers, donkey rides, a bouncy castle, live music, refreshments and much more, it’s a great outing. The village pub, The Six Bells, will be open too!

Entry: free The Queen’s 90th Birthday Concert Christchurch Park, Ipswich, 6pm to 10pm Celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s 90th Birthday with a free concert in Christchurch Park. The Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra will play popular classics to celebrate this royal occasion. Tickets are free, but it is essential to book in advance. You are invited to bring your own seats, cushions and picnics, although there will be catering on site. There will be flags to wave and the evening will have a fireworks finale. A borough council spokesman said they were also hoping people would organise their own picnics in Ipswich’s beautiful parks. “This is very special concert for a very special person.

We are keeping our fingers crossed for some marvellous weather to match the royal occasion.”

Information: Gates open 6pm for an 8pm start and although there is capacity for 5,000 you will need to book in advance – free tickets are available from the www.ipswichregent.com or 01473 433100.

Internationally-acclaimed cabaret and opera star Jessica Walker and accompanist Joseph Atkins journey through ninety glorious years of popular song.

Inspired by a very British birthday, the programme also embraces popular song from across America and Europe, including numbers by Noel Coward, Rogers & Hart, Jacques Brel and Tom Waits.

Tickets: £20 including a glass of wine in the interval Box Office: 01379 871211

SUNDAY JUNE 12 Afternoon Tea Party Thorpeness Country Club, 2pm – 6pm Help create the longest table for the Royal afternoon tea party at Thorpeness Coutnry Club with the support of the Dolphin Inn. If you are also celebrating your 90th Birthday in 2016 let them know as you’ll be invited along for free! Entertainment included and food provided by the Dolphin Inn. Tickets: £30 (Under 12s £15), £80 Family (2 adults & 2 children under 12) Information: 01728 452176 or events@thorpeness.co.uk

MONDAY JUNE 13 90 Glorious Years: A Spectacular Musical Celebration of Queen Elizabeth Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe, 2pm The UK’s leading matinee nostalgia show producer invites you to join him and his wonderful West End cast as they celebrate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday in truly patriotic and nostalgic style with 90 Glorious Years.

Neil Sands has drawn on many years of experience in the industry to put together a show befitting this magical occasion; a show which will cover nine decades of Her Majesty’s illustrious life, from the Roaring Twenties, the Fabulous Forties, The Rocking Fifties and the Swinging Sixties, more recent show favourites, a rousing selection from Last Night of the Proms and a flag waving finale paying tribute to the veterans of her Armed Forces.

Joining Neil for his production of 90 Glorious Years are Gemma Turner – whose captivating voice has drawn comparisons with that of Katherine Jenkins – and Stars In Their Eyes winner Angie Diggens, two supremely talented singers who are no strangers to the West End stage. The Golden Times Duo will be providing backing music for the performance with stirring renditions of many of Her Majesty’s favourites. Their versatile repertoire includes numbers made famous by the likes of Tommy Steele, Shirley Bassey, Vera Lynn, Max Bygraves and many more.

Tickets: £13.50 – £11.50 Box Office: 01394 284962 www.thelittleboxoffice.com

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fairy magic If you only see one play in Suffolk this year it has to be Sir Trevor Nunn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the New Wolsey. Anne Gould meets some of the local children who have been chosen as fairies

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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re you looking forward to A Midsummer Night’s Dream? “Yeah”. Do you know what the play is about?

“Yes we’ve read it? Seen it Live.” What about working with one of Britain’s best ever theatre directors? “Really, really excited”. Sir Trevor Nunn’s child fairies are taking a break during their weekly rehearsals at the High Street Gallery, Ipswich in the run up to what has to be the biggest theatre event in Suffolk this year. They are learning stage craft, focus and… how to keep still… under the watchful eye of Suffolk actor and New Wolsey Theatre Practitioner Joe Leat, and they are clearly enjoying every minute.

In the run to the performance they are giving up six of their Saturdays for these special coaching sessions. “We are going to be split into two groups and be performing every other night during the run and we can’t wait until the start of June when we’ll be joining the main cast. They haven’t told us yet what the costumes will be but all we know is that we are not going to be traditional fairies,” said one girl. At which point one bright lad, with a cheeky grin and mischievous glint in his eye suggests it might be fun if it had a street theme with break dancing.

The 20 young actors, ranging in age from eight to fourteen, have been chosen through open auditions and come from schools from right across Suffolk including King Edward’s in Bury St Edmunds, Hadleigh, Hollesley and various schools in Ipswich including Northgate, St Helen’s, St Margaret’s, St Josephs and Ipswich School. “Some of them have been involved in youth theatre for a while but it’s really good that we’ve got some new blood here and some from the west of the county too,” said Joe. Clearly with all the excitement of Shakespeare’s 400th centenary and with Sir Trevor Nunn returning back to his hometown of Ipswich, the theatre audience is probably just as much on tenterhooks about what’s been planned as are the fairies – but we’ll just have to wait. The main cast is currently rehearsing in London and is not due in Ipswich until June 6.

Patron of the New Wolsey Theatre, and former Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Sir Trevor who attended Northgate School, has to date directed 36 of Shakespeare’s 37 plays, with this production completing the collection.

Peter Rowe, Artistic Director at the New Wolsey Theatre, says: “It has long been Trevor’s ambition to direct all the plays in Shakespeare’s canon and we are fortunate that the last on his list is Shakespeare’s most magical and popular comedy. It also marks the New Wolsey’s 15th birthday year and of course the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death”. Peter added, “It seems a fitting contribution to the 400th anniversary celebrations of the death of England’s greatest playwright that Trevor will be returning to his home town, working with a company combining local schoolchildren and young people with the professional cast, and rehearsing in the same hall that he staged his first Shakespeare in as a seventeen year old schoolboy. We are grateful to the companies in our regular Open Season for re-arranging their schedule and allowing us

to take advantage of this unique opportunity. The stars are shining, the planets are in alignment and the cycle will be complete when the show opens on June 16”, he added.

Of course A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, enjoyed worldwide by audiences and school children alike. Dedicated to magic, amazement, theatrics and passion – it showcases his poetry in an entertaining and accessible way to all, with plenty of humour and audience asides.

CAST ANNOUNCED As rehearsals commence the exciting cast list for A Midsunner Night’s Dream has been announced. Starring as the Fairy King Oberon is Matt Rawle whose most recent theatre appearance has been in Miss Saigon at Drury Lane Theatre.

He has also played the role of Marius in Les Miserable, and Flute/Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Regents Park Open Air Theatre. Playing his Fairy Queen Titania is Fiona Hampton, who most recently appeared in the film Kingsman: The Secret Service. They also play the roles of Theseus and Hippolyta. Playing the roles of the Mechanicals are: Kulvinder Ghir as Bottom, best known for his roles in Bend It Like Beckham (2002 film), and BBC comedy Goodness Gracious Me; Harmage Singh Kalirai as Peter Quince; Deven Modha as Flute; Saikat Ahamed as Snout; Minal Patel as Snug and Muzz Khan as Starveling. Making up the play’s Athenians are: Neerja Naik as Hermia; Assad Zaman as Demetrius; Harry Lister Smith as Lysander and Imogen Daines as Helena.

Playing the role of Herma’s father Egeus is Sam Dastor.

Completing and leading the fairy chorus are: Michelle Bishop and Esh Alladi as mischievous Puck.

INFORMATION New Wolsey Theatre June 16 – July 9.

Box office: 01473 29590 | www.wolseytheatre.co.uk

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FOLLOWING YOUR DREAM She’s the driving force behind Petta Fiesta, Suffolk’s best secret boutique festival, but her day job is as a legal expert and digital innovator in Britain’s thriving music industry. Anne Gould talks to Jane Dyball

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ike most teenagers back then, Jane Dyball was sure about only one thing when she left school at Culford – and that was to get away from Suffolk. Her passion was music and by hook or by crook she was determined to make her love of ‘learning lyrics’ into a career. Today, having conquered the ‘world’, led the legal team for Warner Chappell (the global leader in music publishing) among other things and with a contacts book that reads like a Who’s Who of anyone who’s everyone music, home is as far from the bright lights as you can get – in a secluded moated farmhouse back in the rural splendour of Suffolk.

However, as she’s got just the four jobs, a daily commute to London and teenage twins who are doing their A levels, you might have thought she and her musician/artist and businessman husband Andy Corrigan already had enough on their plate. But this summer is like every summer since they returned to Suffolk six years ago, which means they are organising a music and arts festival in their 12-acre back garden.

Petta Fiesta in Pettaugh particularly supports young talented performers and artists from Suffolk but also attracts friends from further afield, many of whom just happen to be music industry professionals from London. This year the event is themed around ‘Revolution’ and with the promise of some of their highflying ‘friends’ – artists, thinkers and speakers taking part, they are hoping to also raise funds for The Teenage Cancer Trust. Jane is a huge supporter of young

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people and helping talented performers achieve their ambitions perhaps because she herself followed a dream that at one time seemed impossible.

She explained that she took a year off after A levels to travel the world – something that was adventurous and unusual at the time – and the next step seemed to be university. “I applied to Bristol to study law because I did not know what else I wanted to do. I was really shocked when I got there as a lot of people were doing law because their parents were lawyers and their grandparents were lawyers. However, I was the first person in my family then who had been to university. I went straight to the bottom of the class and was relieved to get a degree at the end of it. I actually used to get teased because I’d spend time learning lyrics to songs when I should have been studying.”

So although she applied to law school Jane took another year off to do more travelling and consider her options – in particular one of her tutor’s comments that she would make a perfectly good provincial lawyer. “All my friends were going off to big city law firms and no offence to provincial lawyers but I just didn’t want that, because the one thing I loved more than anything else was music.” So she moved to London for six months and applied for every job going in the music industry – but to no avail.

Two hundred letters later she got a job at

Virgin – and her first task was listening to songs and writing down the lyrics.

It also meant that she worked with artists like The Pet Shop Boys, Simple Minds and Sting. She then moved to Warner Chappell, the global leader in music publishing – where she was employed as a paralegal and on day one was asked to draft an extension to the Eric Clapton deal. Twenty years later she’s travelled the world working with everyone who’s anyone in the music industry including bands like Radiohead.

She’s had to deal with the digital music explosion and the effects of iTunes and Spotify but having risen to head of Warner’s international legal team she decided it was time for a change.

So Jane left and started working with independent music publishers which, within a matter of a few months, morphed into four jobs – three with commercial businesses and one as CEO of the trade association the Music Publishers Association. It’s as part of this role that she has been on Radio Four’s Today programme and appeared before Government select committees as a spokesman for the music industry.

Having worked with stars however she is also a fierce supporter of songwriters – many of whom are the unsung heroes of the music industry.

These people, she says are often freelancers and although they write for a multitude of star performers are often

unknown. “For instance a songwriter might be called to work with a superstar and be required in a studio somewhere in America. They have to pay for their own flight, their own hotel bills and they’ll go and sit in studio and the performer may or may not turn up.

That’s why they need music publishers to protect their interests.”

So what’s coming up at Petta Fiesta this year? Well there will be music with young Suffolk musician Charlie Law running an open mic session, there’s going to be bands, DJ’s and karaoke in the barn. On Friday evening there will be a screening of the revolutionary classic silent movie Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin with a live soundtrack by local musical ambient / jazz improv group Jan Pulsford and the Deben Collective.

Also taking part is Oliver Squirrel, from Suffolk, who has created Pop My Mind – a digital platform, which is like a YouTube for artists.

Jane says she’s also very keen on spoken word although those taking part are yet to be announced. Expect a high calibre of speaker however – previous talks have been from writers like Sonia Purnell who wrote ‘Just Boris’, Matthew Collings the art critic, author and broadcaster, Tim Hunkin and Andrew King – the manager of Ian Dury.

INFORMATION www.pettafiesta.com

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They say if you want something done ask a busy person.

Anne Gould talks to businessman, entrepreneur, environmentalist and food visionary William Kendall, about his new role as Suffolk’s High Sheriff

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here’s every chance that, this year, William Kendall is the busiest person in Suffolk. As a serial entrepreneur of international renown his diary is booked with board meetings for his various directorships and businesses right through to the end of 2017. He’s a mentor helping business start-ups and he has farms to run too in Bedfordshire and of course his organic Maple Farm in Kelsale. But a month ago he also took on the role of High Sheriff – an independent nonpolitical Royal appointment – and suddenly his busy life just got a whole lot busier.

“I have always prided myself in being able to manage my own diary but this year, for the first time, I have taken on a PA, who’s absolutely marvellous. Sometimes I ring up to make an appointment and I’m holding on the phone and get nowhere but she gets things fixed in ten minutes. It’s early May and I have literally no time between now and the end of June and my diary is filling up right through to the beginning of next year.”

Having said that, William who created Green & Blacks and The New Covent Garden Soup Company among other brands says he’s really fired up about his new role. “It’s exhausting and uplifting at the same time.” The principal formal duties of a High Sheriff include attendance at royal visits and supporting for Her Majesty’s High Court Judges when on the circuit. However they also play an increasingly active and supportive role with the police and emergency services and the probation and prison services and organisations involved in crime reduction and social cohesion.

In addition in Suffolk, High Sheriff’s also work with Suffolk Community Foundation visiting local charities and endorsing the work they do. William says that already he’s been impressed with the enormous dedication and commitment he’s witnessed. “I am seeing people with amazing dedication and vision who are doing things for other people and getting pleasure from it.” For instance he’s been out all night with the Town Pastors in Ipswich who he says do a “fantastic job” keeping the town and young people who’ve had a glass or two too many, safe. “They start the night with prayers, one of which is that people should not admire them. But that prayer didn’t work on me, because I do admire them.” He said they make a huge difference allowing the emergency services to do the work that they really need to do.

Just before our interview he’d visited Olive Quinton of Lofty Heights, a social enterprise, which gives jobs and training to

young people who are unemployed through clutter clearing and gardening work. “I really want to help her because I can see in many ways that what she is doing is what I do – in that she’s really trying to solve problems.” He said there were a lot of people who he thought would benefit from doing the job of High Sheriff even for a month. “It gives you a very different perspective. There are quite a lot of people who live quite limited lives – they do very well financially and career wise but that’s it. Of course there are people who approach you to do things but they don’t need as much help as Olive and Lofty Heights does.”

William says that it’s through this that he’s seeing that business at all levels needs a “higher purpose” and it’s not just about making money. “I can now see that it’s in the interests of business to go out there and work with social enterprises.”

He believes that the role charities and social enterprises play will inevitably have to increase as state provision dwindles.

“The voluntary sector is emerging and although it was always there, people are beginning to realise that if we want to do everything that we want to do in society we will have to do it ourselves. My role is to go out there and meet all these amazing people like Olive and the Town Pastors and thank them, but also make sure if I can that things are more joined up. Last week I was sitting next to the Chief Executive of Suffolk County Council so I can have conversations with her, I can make introductions where necessary and I can ask friends if there’s any way they can help.

William says of course that it’s a huge honour to have been asked to be High Sheriff but there’s another more personal reason too. The last owner of Maple Farm, his home in Kelsale – Captain The Hon Charles Bernard was High Sheriff too in 1976/77. “He was a war hero, the chairman of Suffolk County Council for many years and my wife Miranda’s uncle who left the farm to her. Actually he died in office and the council had a wonderful portrait of him in his regalia which they lent to us.”

In fact as one of his official pictures – in his regalia and uniform, which includes a sword – William has even recreated this very picture in the same chair and the same spot in the house.

INFORMATION To find out more about some of the charities and organisations mentioned in this article visit www.suffolkcf.org.uk

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The chances are you have never heard of SULSAR but this vital volunteer rescue service saves lives in Suffolk every single year

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hey search on foot, on bicycles, by boat, by day, by night and they’ll check undergrowth, woods and ditches leaving no stone unturned when someone goes missing. Yet according to Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue chairman, Andy King, about 90 per cent of the county doesn’t know they even exist. He explained SULSAR does a very similar job to Mountain Rescue teams – it’s just that the terrain in Suffolk is obviously very different.

In the mountains, he says when someone is trapped on a moor or a hilltop the search teams usually know more or less where they might be. In Suffolk however, it’s often like looking for a needle in a haystack. “We are called out when a vulnerable person has gone missing. Sometimes these people have some sort of dementia or mental illness.

They might be suspected of being suicidal or it might be drug related. For instance last November there was a woman with Alzheimer’s disease who walked out of Ipswich Hospital. She could have gone anywhere but we found her fast asleep in a field wearing only a hospital gown. It was a freezing night and if we hadn’t found her so quickly she could have frozen to death,” says Andy.

Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue (SULSAR)

SULSAR has been in existence since 1998 and is one of 36 county teams that belong to the national Association of Lowland Search and Rescue. It’s an entirely voluntary organisation and across the county there are about 50 members ranging in age from youngsters aged 16, to people in their 70s. “All that’s necessary is that you are physically fit and don’t mind getting a few scratches, bumps and bruises,” he says. “There is not a great deal of glory, we do get people who turn up to work with us who think they’ll get a ride in a helicopter but you don’t and the reality is that you’ll get wet, soaked, tired and cut as well. We work very closely with the police, fire and rescue services and last year were called out 36 times and we very probably saved five people’s lives.”

Of course it’s all masterminded by Andy – who has been chairman for the last decade and this year was recognised for his work in the High Sheriff’s Awards and named as Volunteer of the Year. Andy modestly says that work of SULSAR is a team effort and everyone has a specialist role, whether that’s as a search manager, part of the water crew or the dog team. They attract people like ex firemen, service personnel and police officers, those from medical backgrounds and there are lots of other skills that volunteers can offer as well. He says they train on a regular basis, often with

the emergency services and sometimes also get called across county boundaries to help with other search teams too.

Obviously with the breadth of their experience SULSAR members have an extensive knowledge of the county, but says Andy, it’s only when you go out looking for someone that you realise just how wild and sometimes remote Suffolk is. From the heaths and forests of Brecklands to the coast with its mudflats and marshes the county is also very diverse. Andy says they are helped with computer backup, which offers a mapping system, and field radios but that’s as far as their technology goes.

“We have two mountain bikes which have been invaluable when searching for people with dementia as we can get off road and cover a lot of ground on footpaths. In addition SULSAR has a boat – a rib, which is currently at Levington Marina.” Plus where appropriate they use dogs – mainly Border Collies, Springer Spaniels and Labradors – which have been trained by their SULSAR owners in search and rescue.

He said that when they get a call out, which is more often than not at night, a call goes out to anyone who can help from across the county. Once a team is mobilised they use a search model of

how far someone can get from their last known sighting. The trouble is that sometimes that person might have got on public transport or have just taken themselves off for a few days. “We had a call out in Sudbury for someone who had gone missing and was last seen in a car park in the middle of town. They had attempted suicide previously so we were called out and were searching all day – until the person in question got off the train. They had been on a day trip shopping in London.” Sadly despite their best efforts SULSAR doesn’t always find the missing person. They might, says Andy, turn up a few days later or sometimes the individual in question is found dead.

Incredibly SULSAR is almost entirely self-funded through the help of local businesses and grants from Suffolk Community Foundation and it also has no headquarters. However, Andy says they are currently looking for a base somewhere central, ideally in the Stowmarket area, where they can store their kit and co-ordinate searches.

“We have a search van which was given to us Suffolk Fire Service but its ten years old and on its last legs and is in need of retirement so if anyone can help us we would be very grateful.”

INFORMATION www.sulsar.org.uk

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Legal

JUNE 2016

STAMP DUTY RISES FOR BUYERS OF SECOND PROPERTIES Are you planning on buying a holiday home, a property for the kids or thinking of investing in a buy to let? If the answer is yes to any of the above, are you aware of the controversial extra 3% Stamp Duty charge that was introduced on 1st April?

This brainchild of the Chancellor adds thousands to the above mentioned property transactions. The Treasury had a consultation running on the proposals which closed on the 1st February. The Government chose to ignore the majority of the points that arose out of the consultation and the new policy was introduced in the Budget. The Chancellor says the extra money raised will be used to help first time buyers and pay for more affordable housing.

Who will be affected?

Anyone buying a second property which will not be their main residence is likely to be caught up in the changes. You will also be caught if you are buying a property as your main residence but not also selling your existing residence. Therefore it is not just buy to let landlords that will be hit with this increase in Stamp Duty but anyone acquiring a second home. This could be parents buying a property for their children or a couple

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purchasing a property together where one is already a homeowner. It does not matter where the existing property is.

It can be anywhere in the world!

If you are considering buying an additional residential property you may have to pay an extra 3% in Stamp Duty.

The surcharge applies on top of the previous Stamp Duty Rates. For example, under the old policy Stamp Duty Land Tax on a purchase price of £200,000 was £1,500. Under the new policy it is £7,500.

If you are in a situation where you purchase a new property to be your principle residence without selling your existing, you will have to pay the extra 3% Duty on the purchase price.If you then sell the existing dwelling within 3 years from the date of the purchase of the new one, as long as the existing and new property were/are you principal residences you can reclaim the 3% from HMRC.

If you would like to speak to us about any of these changes, please get in touch with me or any of our property solicitors at Marshall Hatchick on 01394 388411 or visit our website www.marshallhatchick.co.uk

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‘Why am I not allowed?’ is a question I often get asked by my children, and I’m sure many parents will have heard that phrase. In contrast, within the world of tax planning, HM Revenue and Customs provide taxpayers with a significant number of allowances. A large part of the advice we provide at Scrutton Bland revolves around using the allowances that every taxpayer is entitled to claim.

It often surprises people when they find out what is achievable.

There have been some major tax changes that now apply with effect from 6 April 2016 which will affect significant groups of taxpayers. If you run your own business or live off pension and investment income, these changes will affect you and the net after-tax income that you use to maintain your current lifestyle.

Ask yourself what difference an additional tax liability would have on your families income needs? Would a tax saving achieved through an allowance you are entitled to claim, make a difference to your household’s income?

Clients are often surprised that with careful planning they can achieve a significant improvement in their tax position just by restructuring how income is generated and whose income it is.

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With the summer fast approaching the tax savings that could be achieved might be enough to pay for a family holiday! This wouldn’t involve making investments, (although there are a number of tax relievable investments that the Scrutton Bland Private Client team assist clients to use), just make sure you are tax efficient in how you generate your income.

Take an example of a client who has some pension and investment income which totals £44,000. This could equally apply to someone running their own business and generating this level of personal income.

If advice is taken and the income is structured to make use of all the available allowances, in the case of a married couple, this income of £44,000 could be free of personal taxes.

However if advice isn’t taken, and none of one of the spouses allowances are used, the difference in the amount of tax due would be over £5k per annum.

One of the roles of a Private Client Adviser is to ensure that our clients are aware of the tax reliefs available to them, and to help them structure their income and investments, both now and in terms of future planning.

If you would like to understand how Scrutton Bland can assist you please contact me on 01206 838400 or graham.doubtfire@scruttonbland.co.uk

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Health

JUNE 2016

MEET THE MATRON Sam Bower Matron This month we met with Sam Bower who is the new Matron at Nuffield Health Ipswich Hospital. Sam explained her dayto-day responsibilities and what has driven her in her career.

Sam takes over from Rosie Donaldson who retired in May.

being visible and accessible is really important. I undertake ward visits, speak directly to patients to offer reassurance and work clinically at times. I have an engaging role with all Consultants, staff, patients and their relatives.

Tell us about your background and how long you have been in nursing?

What does a day in the life of a Matron involve?

I am a real Suffolk girl! Born and educated in this lovely county. I always wanted to be nurse and when it came to choosing where to study I decided that I needed to spread my wings and head to London. So at the age of 18, back in 1987, I packed my bags and started my training at Charing Cross Hospital. It was an extremely exciting time to be in London in the late 1980s and I thoroughly enjoyed my experience of being away from home and coming into contact with medical cases that at the time I would probably have not have come into contact with if I had stayed at home and trained.

Shortly after qualification I went to join the team at Addenbrooke’s on the Oncology Ward. Here is where I found my specialism and decided to train further in cancer care.

In 1992 I went back to London to the Royal Marsden and trained to become a Breast Care Specialist. I then spent the next 10 years in various London hospitals as a breast care specialist nurse. In 2001 I returned to Suffolk to have my family but continued to work part time at the Ipswich Hospital as a breast care nurse and working in governance too.

Eventually, as I worked more hours, I became Matron of the oncology unit, a role I had four years. I then moved into the role of Patient Safety and Quality Lead before joining West Suffolk Hospital as Deputy Chief Nurse two years ago.

Tell us about your role at Nuffield Health Ipswich Hospital I am delighted to be joining Nuffield Health after 30 years with the NHS. My overall role involves taking responsibility for all our patients’ nursing care by ensuring the hospital and staff adhere to the highest standards at all times.

The NHS is very strong in governance and performance monitoring, something I want to continue with in my role at Nuffield Health.

Throughout Nuffield Health, we operate a model of matronled care, and are still passionate about the role of Matrons.

I work to safeguard the safety of patients, and ensure we are providing effective, high quality care. I feel that good communication is essential in my role, ensuring everyone is in the right place at the right time to receive the right treatment.

Within the hospital I work closely with all departments to enable us all to be competent and confident in looking after everyone who comes into the hospital. We are continually striving to improve the quality of care we provide. For me,

I love the fact that every day is different – challenges come in from every which way and that is what makes the job what it is. A Matron at Nuffield Health is the senior clinical lead within the hospital but I can as easily be in my nurses’ uniform on the ward, in theatre scrubs observing practices or undertaking a meeting with a consultant as part of the Senior Leadership Team for example. One part of my role is to manage all clinical and non-clinical incidents that occur in the hospital and ensure lessons are learnt. There are a lot of meetings to attend but one of the most useful is the one where all Matrons at Nuffield Health get together and discuss how to improve the quality of our care.

What gives you the most satisfaction in your role?

I am very fortunate to be in a job that gives me huge satisfaction from many different areas such as visiting patients on the ward to knowing I have support of Nuffield Health for Matron’s to be ambassadors of healthcare every day in the hospital. One of my greatest pleasures at work is seeing our staff develop in their roles. We provide extensive training, mentoring and help to support our staff to advance their own careers here. I am passionate about nursing and patient care so to watch our very junior staff develop and expand their role gives me great pleasure.

What advice do you have for anyone wanting to advance his or her nursing career and hoping to become a Matron perhaps?

Seize every opportunity! Take the opportunities that come your way, in addition to training and learning as much as you can from colleagues around you. We are all guilty of sitting in our comfort zone, so take the challenges as they come up. It is also important to be approachable and to remember to lead by example at all times. Nursing is a fantastic career to embark upon and can be extremely rewarding.

How do you relax away from such a challenging job?

Quality family time is extremely important to me. I have two children aged 15 and 13 who demand just as much of my time as when they were smaller! I also love to cook and I am still part of the Woolverstone Wish Charity, who have been fundraising to build a new cancer unit. I have been involved with this from the offset and am very excited that our vision becomes a reality very soon when the new facility opens.

To find out more about Nuffield Health Ipswich Hospital, visit www.nuffieldhealth.com/ipswichhospital for details of consultants and the treatments available and forthcoming open events. Alternatively, get in touch on 01473 852 574.

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PAMPER YOURSELF AND A FRIEND IN THE TREATMENT ROOMS AT MAISON TALBOOTH Treatments at the spa are now divided into The face (using Aromatherapy Associates and Dermalogica brands) The body, Massage and holistic treatments, Body scrubs and wraps as well as a comprehensive list of beauty options including Jessica prescriptive nail treatments, make up, tanning, waxing, eye treatments and even packages tailored for the gents and teenagers.

For your chance to win this fantastic prize answer the following simple question: Which products are used for ‘The Face’ treatments at Maison Talbooth?

Essential Suffolk has once again teamed up with Milsom Hotels and Restaurants to offer one lucky reader the chance to enjoy a spa day at the Treatment Rooms at Maison Talbooth.

The lucky winner, and a friend, will be treated to a full day spa which includes access to the gorgeous outdoor pool – heated to 85° all year round – hot tub and tennis courts. Welcome spa pack and complimentary tea or coffee on arrival, a delicious two-course lunch and the chance to enjoy two 55 minute treatments from the Maison Talbooth’s extensive treatment menu to complete your package.

Email your answer to competiton@achievemoremedia.co.uk or send your answer on a postcard to Maison Talbooth Spa Competition, Achieve More Media, 21 Terry Gardens, Kesgrave, Suffolk IP5 2EP. All entries to be received by June 30th 2016 TERMS & CONDITIONS: The prize is available Monday – Thursday and must be pre-booked. The prize cannot be booked in August. Please indicate on your entry if you do not wish to be contacted by Milsoms Hotels and Restaurants with future offers.

DID YOU KNOW? Our day spa packages also include full use of the heated swimming pool, tennis court, pool house and hot tub.

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From the moment you arrive at the Treatment Rooms, p r e p a r e t o b e p a m p e r e d . You can choose from A r o m a t h e r a p y A s s o c i a t e s and D e r m a l o g i c a for a face and body treatment, enjoy a manicure and pedicure with J e s s i c a products, get tanned with S t Tr o p e z or enjoy great cosmetics from d e l i l a h .

THE TREATMENT ROOMS Maison Talbooth, Stratford Road, Dedham, Colchester C07 6HN To book call: 01206 322367 treatmentrooms@milsomhotels.com

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PUB WALKS with Darcy This month Darcy visits Lower Ufford for a picturesque circular walk starting at the White Lion

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I think that this month’s walk may be breaking a record for the ‘Pub Walks with Darcy’ series as it visits so many different places. Starting at Lower Ufford it first heads to Bromeswell, passes Wilford Bridge, skirting the outside of Melton, before returning to the start and all within four miles and, even at a gentle pace, in under an hour and a half.

At the end of the walk as you visit the White Lion you may be forgiven for thinking that we have left Darcy there as the owners have their own gorgeous Golden Retriever Sophie who could easily be Darcy’s sister!

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As well as multiple locations it also offers a variety of truly beautiful sections. Riverside walking in lush meadows, picturesque quiet country lanes, high views across open countryside and a tranquil boardwalk through swaying reed beds only yards from a main road that I must have driven by a thousand times without ever knowing of its existence. It is a walk of contrast and discovery.

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Al fresco dining at the White Lion Lower Ufford,Woodbridge

Distance: Approx. 4 miles Time: Approx.1 hour 30 minutes Terrain: Generally field paths and quiet country lanes Stops: The White Lion Ordinance Survey Map: Explorer 212 Start Point OS reference: 299 520 As always please keep your dog under close control and follow any advisory signs. For a printable version of this and previous walks go to: www.essentialsuffolk.com/dog-walks where you will also find more pictures of each walk route.

1. From the pub turn right and walk along the road for approx. 200 yds until you come to a footpath (FP) sign on your right.

2. Turn right at the FP sign and walk across the wooden bridge. Follow the path and keep left once you reach the meadow. Walk for approx.

5 minutes until you reach a wooden bridge at the railway line.

3. Cross the railway line. (This is an official crossing with very good visibility in both directions and by following instructions is easy and safe to navigate.) Once over cross the next wooden bridge. After this turn right follow the path and cross another bridge. Follow the path to the left and through the trees.

4. At the next FP sign turn right and follow the path which passes by a series of houses the first being Summer Lane Farm.

5. After a short walk you reach a T junction at the road by Bardwell Cottage (on your left) turn right and walk along the road for approx.

175 yds until you reach a signpost for Woodbridge, Melton and Common Lane.

6. Turn right at this junction and walk along the road for approx. 10 minutes until you meet a FP sign on your right.

7. Turn right and walk along the boardwalk. After a short walk this leads to a set of steps which emerge at the main road.

8. Turn right onto the pavement, cross the bridge over the river and walk until you meet the Bridleway sign on your right. (Ignore the FP shortly before it).

9. Turn right into Brick Kiln Lane and walk for approx. 5 minutes until you reach a gated pedestrian railway crossing. As in point 3 this is an official crossing with very good visibility in both directions and by following instructions is easy and safe to navigate. Follow the path, keeping left, until you reach a FP sign on your right shortly after a property called ‘El Pasa’.

10. Turn right at FP sign and then immediately right again following the path by the post and wire fence.The path turns to the left and then shortly after passing a house (Decoy Cottage) emerges at a road.

11. Turn right and walk along the road for approx. 10 minutes until you reach a T junction.

12. At the junction turn right returning to the White Lion which is now ahead of you on the right.

We’re more blessed than most with dry weather in Suffolk, and when the sun shines there’s nowhere quite like a country pub garden to make the most of it. So why not come and enjoy delicious al fresco dining from Friday 27th May to September at the White Lion pub in Lower Ufford.

We have top-notch real ales and fabulous food showcasing fresh local produce: pizzas wood smoked in our outdoor brick oven, succulent joints spit-roasted on the rotisserie or seared on the BBQ – everything to satisfy the outdoor dining enthusiast including steaks and a choice of salads.

We also offer great atmosphere and friendly service in an idyllic countryside setting, with outdoor games available to play on our two acres of paddock, and plenty of free parking.

So whether you’re coming in small groups of family and friends, or would like to book us for a corporate event to impress (we cater for up to 160) this summer we can guarantee a great time – even if the weather turns (our big marquee is always open).

For further information, menu details and bookings call Stephen on 01394 460770 or email stephen_thurlow@hotmail.com or visit our website

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There’s always a sense of excitement about eating out when you are on the cusp of spring and summer. Anne Gould visits The Turks Head at Hasketon

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or May it was unquestionably hot, more like summer than spring and without doubt one of those days when you don’t want to cook and eating out seems more attractive than ever.

Little wonder then perhaps that the Turks Head at Hasketon, a gastro pub with a great and growing reputation, was bustling and busy. We’d booked midweek but an early table was suggested for Friday night as there were already more than 80 diners due to eat later that evening. However, as a mark of its popularity, by 6pm the terrace was already filling up with customers eager to soak up the balmy evening with a glass of wine/beer to celebrate the end of the working week.

The pub, which was re-opened in its current guise after extensive refurbishment and investment, certainly appears to be a resounding success. Its

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entrance and bar retain much of its Suffolk country pub feel and tradition – it offers a great range of local cask beers, new guest ales each week, interesting lagers and Aspall’s Cyder. Apparently the guest ales are changed a couple of times a month, for those who prefer the grape the wine list offers a great range of wines by the glass and there are 14 different whiskeys to choose from.

The dining room has been decorated in a restful shade of dark blue with polished wooden tables and chairs.

According to Head Chef Mauli, who popped out to have a chat before we ate, the menu offers food that customers will be familiar with but which also has an intensity of flavour thanks to his background – he trained in classical French cuisine in his native India. He then worked with Italian specialist Antonio Carluccio and in this country

at the famed Old Bridge at Huntingdon before moving as head chef to the Black Lion at Long Melford. Asked for recommendations he merely said that the monkfish curry was one of the most popular things on the menu and so too was the freshly made Banoffee pie.

Certainly the menu offers a great selection – the starters included local asparagus, a twist on the ever popular cheese and onion combo – homemade crumpets with Isle of Mull Cheddar tamarind jam and crispy onion or lamb with black olive tapenade and mint jelly.

My choice – crayfish salad with blinis and caviar dressing was a wonderful combination of sweet shellfish balanced by just enough salty dressing. On the other side of the table my companion opted for a scallop starter that came artfully garnished with green vegetables which was delicious.

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Main course options included Sutton Hoo chicken Kiev, beer battered East Coast Cod, Herford sirloin steak and Osso Bucco Milanese. Of course after the nod about the Bengali monkfish curry – which comes with fresh coconut rice and tiger prawn pakora by the way – this was something we had to try. My companion said it had a perfect blend of spice, which was infused with flavour without being overpoweringly hot. It was such a success that she said that next time she’s going to make the same choice. So to my Oriental style roast Gressingham Duck with steamed boa bun and pepper agrodolche, which turned out, to be quite a plateful and perhaps more suited to a cooler day.

However, it was none the less delicious, the skin on the duck was crispy and succulent all at the same time and I loved the accompanying greens.

After all that, a dessert sometimes feels a step too far but with sticky toffee pudding, ice cream and dark chocolate fondant there are some puddings that can’t ever be resisted – and one of those things is baked lemon tart with raspberry sorbet. I’m not normally a sweets person but making an exception for this lemon tart was a great decision.

It was crunchy in all the right places the filling had a great lemon hit without being too sharp or too sweet and I loved the crystallized topping.

A word on the car park – it is a big area but it gets busy particularly as the evening goes on and there was a lot of shuffling about to get to the exit – so if you’ve arrived early park wisely.

INFORMATION The Turks Head, Low Road Hasketon, Woodbridge, IP13 6JG Open Monday to Thursday 10am – 11pm Friday to Saturday 10am – 12pm Sunday 11am – 8pm 01394 610343 www.theturksheadhasketon.co.uk

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COOL AS A CUCUMBER With the prospect of a long hot summer ahead this delicate chilled soup from The Queen at Brandeston’s Head Chef Alexander Aitchison will refresh any palate

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Chef’s Recipe | The Queen at Brandeston Alexander Aitchison knew from an early age that all he ever really wanted to do was become a chef and have his own restaurant, and despite a brief flirtation with life as an investment banker, he has now achieved his dream opening The Queen at Brandeston in July last year.

Alexander’s food journey is a tale of passion for fresh ingredients and what he can do with them. He started cooking meals for his family from the age of 14, devours cook books for pleasure and recalls watching and being inspired by Keith Floyd during his formative years. His first chef’s role was at Café St Honore in Edinburgh, owned by the famous Scottish restaurateurs the Radford family who have had a big influence on his culinary career. Developing his knowledge and style

along the way he subsequently cooked at The Scotch Malt Whiskey Society, The Hebridean Princess, The Bon Vivant and finally the renowned Timberyard.

A year long search for the ideal property led him to Suffolk – the destination of many childhood holidays – and The Queen at Brandeston which he describes as the perfect location enabling him to access Suffolk’s great food larder as well as giving him space to grow many of his own ingredients.

Approaching his first anniversary Alexander was very proud to recently have been a finalist in the ‘Chef of the Year’ category in the EADT Suffolk Food & Drink awards as well as The Queen also making it to the final in the ‘Best Newcomer’ category.

Chilled buttermilk and cucumber soup, hot smoked salmon and herb oil Serves 6 Ingredients for the chilled buttermilk and cucumber soup

Method for the oil

1 small white potato, peeled and roughly diced 1 small white onion, thinly sliced 1 tbsp, cooking oil 500ml buttermilk 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar 1 tbsp honey 1 tsp salt 1 cucumber, peeled, topped, tailed and cut into 3 barrels

Chef ’s tip – to make a bright green vibrant oil everything must be as cold as possible so prepare an ice bath to blanch the herbs and put the blender jug or nutribullet jar and oil in the freezer for 15 – 20 mins before you need them.

Method for the soup 1. Begin by sweating down the onion in a small saucepan with the oil and salt until sweet and opaque.

2. Add the potato and enough water to cover it and simmer for 5 – 10 minutes or until soft.

3. Drain the potato and puree in blender and once smooth add the buttermilk, honey and vinegar.

4. Place the cucumbers in an airtight container and pour the buttermilk soup over them (this will marinate the cucumber).

Seal and refrigerate for a minimum of four hours but no more than three days.

Ingredients for herb oil 25g parsley 25g chervil 25g chives 25g dill and or fennel tops.

100ml extra virgin rape seed oil or cooking oil

1. Bring a large pan of salted water up to a rolling boil and place two thirds of each herbs in. Blanch for 20 seconds then drain and plunge into the ice bath.

2. Dry the herbs on a kitchen towel and blend together with the cold oil.

3. Pour the mixture into a sieve over a bowl and allow the oil to filter through of its own accord.

To plate 300g hot smoked salmon Buttermilk soup with marinated cucumber Reserved herbs for garnish Herb oil Purple or white viola or pansies (optional but a beautiful touch) 1. Chill some bowls that complement the colours of your dish in the fridge.

2. Pour an equal amount of the soup into the bowls and place a halved cucumber barrel in the center of each.

3. Flake up the hot smoked salmon into approx. 18 pieces and arrange three onto of each piece of cucumber.

4. Take leaves and sprigs of each herb and a couple of your flowers and arrange over and around the salmon.

5. With a squeezy bottle or spoon sprinkle liberally with herb oil.

Welcome to The Queen at Brandeston, the home of country pub fine dining in the heart of Suffolk The menu at The Queen is full of fresh and seasonal recipes that change to reflect the abundance of great produce on our door step with all of our ingredients sourced locally or grown in the garden.

As we are lucky enough to be surrounded by nearly two acres of previously untouched land

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this gives us the freedom to grow herbs and vegetables not typically seen in the area which gives our chef the scope to offer a bit more than the classics.

Our menu regularly changes and there are always daily specials so come in and check the board, you’re sure to find something new to try.

The Street, Brandeston, IP13 7AD | 01728 685 307 | info@thequeenatbrandeston.co.uk | www.thequeenatbrandeston.co.uk

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A TOUCH OF FROST Towards the back end of last year, Adnams decided that what it really wanted most of all was a range of wines under its own label. These would complement our already very successful ‘Selection Wines’, such as the Adnams White Burgundy and Adnams Champagne, the result being an allembracing line-up of some of the most popular grape varieties. By the time you read this (and if everything falls into place with label printers, wineries and shippers), our shelves will already boast a really delicious Beaujolais along with a White Rioja, Garnacha, Tempranillo and Viura from Spain. By summer’s end, these should have been joined by a New World Pinot Noir, Merlot, Shiraz and Cabernet, with a Rioja Reserva lined up for the autumn as well as a couple of stunning clarets – one from the Médoc and one from St Emilion. The remit has since broadened even further to encompass other enthusiasms: consequently, we are now sporting two naturally low-in-alcohol wines from New Zealand – a 9.5% Sauvignon and a 9% Riesling – both perfect for lunchtime quaffing. There will be more for sure, but this opening salvo of goodies will offer everything that is good about a particular grape variety or appellation, grown in its ideal location and sensibly-priced to boot. Thus the ‘grape’ range is available at £6.99, although the mature clarets will be around £20 a bottle. Sadly, we have only been able to uncover small parcels of these Bordeaux treats, but we can all be the beneficiaries of proper claret this Christmas – whilst stocks last.

“I met a gin-soaked, bar-room queen in Memphis” – the opening line to The Stones’ Honky Tonk Women – only notionally reminds me that overindulgence is not such a clever thing, as perceived during the ‘Gin Craze’ in early 18th century London. Fortunately, responsible drinking is very much the order of the day in early 21st century Britain, yet the unquenchable thirst for new-wave gins has led to a proliferation of distilleries the length and breadth of 55

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the country. Adnams ‘Copper House’ and ‘First Rate’ Gins are part of this incredible rediscovery of artisan spiritmaking and as I write, the capacity of our beautiful, designer distillery – a work of art in itself – has just been doubled, to help us meet this ever-growing demand.

With gin bars opening up in our major cities, it’s an enthusiasm that shows every sign of becoming more than just a brief infatuation. So the next time you are in need of a tonic, make your way to a Gin Bar or – better still – a guided tour of the Copper House Distillery in Southwold, to discover what it’s all about.

I do not profess to understand the changing weather patterns responsible for inflicting late-April snow on us one day, followed by ‘blimey-what-ascorcher’ the next. I am, however, only too aware of the effects of such unpredictability on the vineyards of Europe. Mid-April saw reports of hailstorms across the Mâcon region in southern Burgundy, and in early May parts of the Loire were so badly-hit by late spring frosts that growers are lobbying for government funding to help make up the expected shortfall in income. Now that’s what the EU must be for… there are ways of combatting nature’s treacherous assaults but these tend to be both rather costly and sadly ineffectual. A consortium of Burgundian growers thought they might install ground-generators that would cause tiny particles of silver iodide or copper acetylacetone to rise to the clouds above, where they would proceed to inhibit the formation of hailstones. Anti-hail rockets have also been considered but are prohibitively expensive, and some New World estates cover their vineyards with hail-netting. This is something of a palaver but has nonetheless also been considered by Burgundy which – over the past five years – has been hit with greater frequency than any other wine region in Europe. Burgundian appellation laws, however, state that unless it can be proven to be an experiment, this form of protection

would contravene the rules and would therefore – despite its efficacy – be considered illegal. In the northern vineyards of Chablis, where late spring frosts are an habitual worry, many of the Premier and Grand Cru sites use a system of overhead sprinklers which activate automatically when the temperature plummets towards zero.

The water then freezes around the emerging buds, protecting them from the colder, surrounding air. Smudge pots (or oil-burners) are still used in vineyards and orchards around the world, belching heat and smoke into the atmosphere when the frost alert is sounded and thus protecting delicate buds and shoots, although in the interests of the immediate environment, their days are probably numbered. But possibly the barmiest of all is the deployment of helicopters to create turbulence in frosty, night-time skies – most particularly over New Zealand’s vulnerable Marlborough wine region.

Given that up to a hundred of these £2000-an-hour aerial frost-busters might be despatched to hover over pampered vines does makes you wonder: what price a good glass of Sauvignon?

But let’s forget technology and fashion for a moment and revert to the anomaly that is sherry. The history and ins and outs of sherry production is long and complex but if you ever wanted to taste real sherry, then you should be celebrating the arrival of our annual allocation of Tío Pepe’s En Rama Fino.

Its arrival coincides with the appearance in our Suffolk skies of the first martins and swallows and results in a similar lifting of the spirits. 2016 En Rama is a small batch of super-fresh Fino which has just been bottled, without finings or filtration, and is the closest anyone can get to tasting sherry from the cask. It tingles the taste-buds like no other, with dry, citrus, nutty flavours. A truly gastronomic wine, it pairs perfectly with olives, almonds, oily fish and tapas.

Regardless of vinous fads or fashionistas, this is truly the first wine of summer.

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The Middleton Bell

Fynn Valley

Butt & Oyster

Set in the beautiful village of Middleton the award winning Value Pub of the Year 2012 Bell Inn offers top quality food using the best local produce at prices that ensure you will want to return again and again. Dine in the garden, traditional bar area or the beamed restaurant and enjoy home cooked food and ales directly from the cask. The Bell is the perfect venue to meet friends and family.

Open to everyone, not just golfers, this is the place you bring your family and friends for a wide range of tempting meals prepared by our talented chefs. Enjoy a home made bar meal or daily special in the cosy Courtyard Bar, utilising great local produce. Al fresco dining in the sheltered Courtyard is a popular option. Sunday Lunches are served in The Terrace overlooking the golf course, all freshly roasted on the day and children eat free!

The spacious Valley Room is perfect for large family celebrations. Full details of our menus and offers can be found on our website.

The Butt & Oyster is one of the best known public houses in Suffolk renowned for its good beer, good food and great views.

As you eat watch the changing tides on traditional timeless shores. Understand an artist’s inspiration with Thames barges, swans and the river, enjoying the finest Suffolk ales whilst being tempted by the wonderful aromas which welcome you. Food offers are available throughout the week. See our website for details of our menus.

Open: Open every lunchtime and Tuesday – Saturday evenings.

Open: Monday to Saturday, 11am to 11pm.

Sunday, 12pm to 10.30pm Food served 7 days a week

Open: Bar: Monday 6pm to 11pm, Tuesday to Friday – Lunch, 12 noon to 3pm, Evening, 6pm to 11pm, Saturday: 12 noon – midnight. Sunday: 12 noon to 10.30pm Food served Tuesday – Sunday Booking advisable please call for details

Fynn Valley Golf Club, Witnesham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 9JA

Pin Mill, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 1JW

01728 648286

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The Turks Head

The Angel Inn

The Peacock Inn

At The Turks Head we serve local ales, fantastic wines & locally sourced, beautifully executed food. We welcome dogs, muddy boots and muddy children. Chef Mauli is fast earning a great reputation for his exciting and ever changing seasonal menus, especially the Sunday roast, featuring all the wonderful produce that Suffolk has to offer.

Nestled in the heart of Constable Country, The Angel Inn is a traditional 16th Century Suffolk coaching inn with open fires and oak beams. A rosette fine dining restaurant showcasing modern British cuisine, six beautifully styled bedrooms and a cosy bar area make the Angel perfect for a country break.

Situated opposite the picturesque bridge in the village of Chelsworth, The Peacock is a traditional half-timbered 14th century Inn, with cosy log fires and three rosette silver accommodation. Perfectly positioned for touring, walking and cycling in the beautiful surrounding countryside. Offering a selection of real ales and seasonal homemade food.

Try our Sunday roast in a relaxed atmosphere, bookings advisable, dogs welcome.

Open: Monday to Thursday 10am to 11pm, Friday to Saturday 10am to 12 midnight, Sunday 11am to 8pm

Open: Every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The Angel is also available for private dining.

Low Road, Hasketon, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6JG

Polstead Street, Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, CO6 4SA.

Open: Monday to Saturday, 12pm to 3pm and 6pm to 11pm. Sunday, 12pm to 6pm (Food served 12pm to 2.30pm and 6pm to 9pm daily)

01394 610343 info@theturksheadhasketon.co.uk www.theturksheadhasketon.co.uk

01206 263245 info@angelinnsuffolk.co.uk www.angelinnsuffolk.co.uk

The Street, Middleton, Suffolk, IP17 3NN

On Thursday 16th June we will be hosting a ‘10 mile supper’ celebrating our abundance of fabulous local produce.

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The Fountain

Sibton White Horse

Ufford Park

Located in the lovely old village of Tuddenham St Martin, three miles north of Ipswich, informal bistro style restaurant set in an oldie worldy 16th century country pub with great food, great service and great value.

Full A La Carte menu plus set price menus; two courses £14.95, three courses £17.95.

Current specials always included on the website. Sunday lunch served 12 noon to 7pm. Covered heated patio and spacious beer garden.

A 16th century unspoilt destination inn set in the heart of the Suffolk countryside.

A memorable experience is waiting at The Good Pub Guide’s Suffolk Dining Pub of the Year 2016.’ Relax with a pint of local cask beer or a glass of wine beside the log burner and absorb the atmosphere and charm of such a wonderful building. Indulge in our delicious thoughtfully crafted menu.

Built upon local, seasonal ingredients we offer an easy and unpretentious service, grounded in the tradition of the English inn.

Open every day, The Park Restaurant provides a choice of three-course meals.

We offer a relaxed atmosphere, local produce and have a seasonally-changing menu. We are now taking bookings for Father’s Day Lunch, and on the day, show your receipt to our Golf Department and receive a free bucket of balls for our driving range! All party sizes can be accommodated.

Open to all; non-members welcome.

Open: 12pm to 2.30pm Tuesday to Saturday, 6.30pm to 11pm. Monday to Saturday 12pm to 3pm, 6.45pm to 10.30pm Sunday

Open: Monday to Sunday 6.30pm to 9.30pm Sunday Lunch in The Park 12 noon – 2pm

The Street, Tuddenham St. Martin, IP6 9BT

Halesworth Road, Sibton, Nr. Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 2JJ

Yarmouth Road, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1QW

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The Fox

Arlingtons

The Maybush

Imagine a chocolate box style village pub, beaming with pinkness, beautiful tranquil gardens and flowers around the door.

Add a loyal and friendly clientele and great food and you’ll wish you had discovered us sooner. Fine locally sourced food is offered seven days a week, all day at weekends and this is complimented by an ever changing range of guest ales and wines. Food offers are available throughout the week.

Buzzing brasserie style restaurant with café bar set within the building converted from Arlingtons Ballroom. The perfect venue to catch up with friends, celebrate special occasions or talk business; taking advantage of free WiFi, air-printing and charging sockets at gallery tables. French style menu served in typical informal Brasserie manner offering a large selection of freshly prepared Suffolk reared meat dishes and vegetarian choices, plus fish and shellfish from sustainable sources.

Takeaway deli, breakfast from 8am, light meals and homemade cakes throughout the day.

The Maybush Inn sits on the banks of the Deben in Waldringfield. The busy riverside pub and restaurant affords panoramic views across the river and beyond. The Maybush has become famous for its excellent food offering with a wide range and varied menu including local game, meats and fresh seafood.

Vegetarian options and children’s menu available. Food offers are available throughout the week. See our website for details.

Open: Monday to Friday, 12 noon to 2pm and 6pm to 9pm. Saturday, 12 noon to 2pm and 6pm to 9.30pm. Sunday, 12pm to 7pm

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Open: Monday to Sunday, 8am to 10pm

Open: Monday to Saturday 11am to 11pm Sunday 12 noon to 10.30pm Food served 7 days a week

The Street, Newbourne, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4NY

13 Museum Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 1HE

Cliff Road, Waldringfield, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4QL

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Making an entrance with Hall Brothers’ staircases and flooring First impressions count and that’s why it’s important that your hallway creates a warm welcome. Maybe it could benefit from a re-vamp, with a stunning new staircase or high quality wooden flooring? Perhaps you want to introduce a more contemporary feel to your property that will add value too?

Whatever type of home you live in – a period property, a barn conversion or a modern house – Hall Brothers’ staircase designs will complement your style and space. We can also offer wooden flooring to match and feature windows to complete the look.

At Hall Brothers, Builders & Joiners, we’re traditional craftsmen who take an old-fashioned pride in our work.

Our three-generation family business was started

by Reginald Hall and then Roy Hall and is now run by two brothers, Philip and Richard, who share a love for wood and an eye for detail.

With customers throughout East Anglia, we have built up an outstanding reputation for exceptional standards of design, executed with meticulous attention to detail and the highest quality construction.

Individual touch Our highly experienced team will work with you to create a staircase design that in unique to you, your space and style.

From straight flights to winding or turning with angled, half and quarter landings, each staircase is made individually from our range of top grade FAS hardwoods. We also believe in using oversized and thicker strings – the timbers that form the backbone of the construction – to give greater strength and to reduce movement.

If you are looking for a more contemporary look, we can incorporate features such as glass side panels for a stunning finish.

Traditional skills A hand-crafted staircase gives us the perfect opportunity to showcase our traditional skills to create a stunning focal point in your home.

Whether this is creating a new one from scratch or refurbishing your existing staircase with oak cladding, each project is unique to each customer so you can be sure it is made to measure and complements your home.

When it comes to the finishing touches, we’ll also advise on exactly the right spindles, balustrades, newels and handrails to complement the overall design.

And why not complete the look with our high quality wood flooring that will last for generations and provide a perfect entrance to your home?

Options include purpose machined solid wooden tongue and groove flooring or natural wood veneered flooring and you can choose from Oak, Maple or Douglas Fir timber to match your staircase, with an oiled or lacquered finish.

For more information on our staircases and flooring – or any of our products including windows and doors, kitchens or orangeries and garden rooms – please visit our website www.hall-brothers.co.uk or telephone 01473 365167 / 01206 298746 to request our brochure.

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For more information call 01206 298746 / 01473 365167 or visit www.hall-brothers.co.uk

CONSERVATORIES | ORANGERIES | KITCHENS | DOORS | WINDOWS | STAIRCASES | BARNS | CONSTRUCTION | FURNITURE

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Elegant and clean, white crockery has always been the number one choice on our tables so this summer why not keep your dining room simple with these fresh, chic ideas for a classically cool colour scheme from leading independent Suffolk retailers

COOLCLASSICS Andrena Barley extending table with oak top was £1,135 now £964, Loom dining chairs were £251 each, now £213 each Barretts of Woodbridge

TCH Quercia solid oak extending table was £1,299, now £999, Tess upholstered dining chairs were £199 each now £169 each Barretts of Woodbridge

Ashcroft cutlery tray £29, small bread basket £22 Neptune

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Large beaded bowl £7.50 each, small French bowl £5.50 each, sunflower bowl £4.95 each, small heart plate £4 each Moose Lifestyle & Interiors

Sophie Allport Tableware, assorted designs – 100% cotton, placemat £6.50, napkins set of four £13 Barretts of Woodbridge

STOCKISTS Barretts of Woodbridge 40 – 42 Thoroughfare, Woodbridge. T: 01394 384300 www.barretts.co.uk Glasswells Ranelagh Road, Ipswich or Newmarket Road Bury St Edmunds. T: 01473 253164 www.glasswells.co.uk Moose Interiors 20a Market Hill, Woodbridge. T: 01394 382691 Neptune 43 – 45 St Andrew’s St South, Bury St Edmunds. T: 01284 731025 www.neptuneburystedmunds.com

New in BARNABY SOFA from Wade Leather from £1799 Fabric from £989

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GET STUFFED!

James Neal

Taken out of context the heading for this article could be regarded as provocative at best and downright offensive at worst. But please stay with me and I hope to allay any fears along the way.

in the box which had three short chains attached to a ring.

Each of the chains had a hook at the end. On closer inspection it was quite clear that this little blighter could do some serious damage if it became caught in the wrong place.

I recently saw a picture of a small wooden box and was told that the contents would surprise me. Well, as you can imagine that raised the curiosity stakes to high levels. The wooden box, which had a hinged lid, was the size that might have contained a sovereign balance or perhaps drawing instruments, but both these guesses fell on deaf ears. When the reveal was made and the contents of the box became visible in the next image on the iPhone, (other mobiles are available) my initial instinct was that the items must have some link to medicine.

At this point I was put out of my agony and I am pleased to report that it had nothing to do with the hooks. Russell gave me the clue – Rowland Ward – whose name is inextricably linked with the world of taxidermy. Indeed a book printed in Suffolk by the Lavenham Press bears (sorry about that) the title Rowland Ward, Taxidermist to the World. So, as you will gather the little box contained a taxidermy kit. I am sorry to advise that the use of the long handled double ended spoon was not for the simple pleasure of cleaning an ear but for the more invasive task of removing brain matter. Ugh!!

The knives and scalpels were accompanied by, among other things, a double ended instrument which reminded me of a device for cleaning wax from the ear canal. One end was larger than the other which implied the larger the ear canal the bigger the bowl of the spoon. (I do apologise for those who have only just had their breakfast). But according to my expert tutor, one Russell Cole, the giveaway was another instrument

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I am happy to report the winner of the quiz published earlier this year is Margaret Dunnett and a bottle of red wine will be on its way to her shortly. The answers were: 1 Fauteuil, 2 Mahogany, 3 Astragal, 4 Thomas Sheraton, 5 Parquetry and 6 Gallery.

Well done to those who got some or all of the answers right!

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EXPERT ADVICE Creating a new garden from a blank space or an overgrown ramshackle piece of land requires some thinking. Gardening writer Catharine Howard offers some advice

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ur backs against the hall wall, arms akimbo, we were admiring the new paint job in our compact London kitchen. Out of the corner of my eye a large billowing cobweb, dust blanket in size, swum into focus. We were gazing at an outbreak of dry rot, seeping through from our neighbours’ broken bath overflow.

Reliving those early days of married life, in a wreck of a house in Peckham, I remember that we learnt a lot. Each new disaster (and there were many) presaged a flurry of phone calls, visits by prospective tradesman and a mugging

up on new topics. Dry rot? We became experts – a slight exaggeration, perhaps, but we got to the stage of knowing what those people were talking about.

Genning up, it used be called.

And so to gardens; imagine wising up to a big task, say, a full-on tackling of a brambled-over unscripted area to be converted to a place of beauty. Probably you will be looking for someone to do the work but there are all sorts in the industry. For instance designers accredited by the Society for Garden Designers (who set an adjudication

process to turn the feint-hearted to jelly), Landscape architects (there is a big overlap with the first type but this lot dovetail over into civic projects – landscapes and urban regeneration on the big scale). Then there are landscaping companies who have tacked on the design-skills as an in-house service, gardeners-turned-designer. And last of all, garden nurseries giving an add-on service. The list could go on and on.

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flowering? One of my newest customers needs high blooming for his annual July lobster party and then for the Shooting Season. No tall order, this.

While the dream is in the Head Space, factor in maintenance firmly – no garden can exist without human labour and this can be really expensive of both time and money. While I’m on this topic, think about your budget.

Sometimes it can be a very good idea to break down the stages of developing a garden over several years. Not least, this might mean you can grow on and reuse some plants. Impatience will cost you dearly on the plant front, as buying large specimens hefts the pricing northwards.

On the knowledge front, there is a simple trilogy: Underfoot, Looking Around and the Head Space.

Underfoot is obvious but boring – drainage, slopes, soil type and all the rest. It will determine what you can grow and demand a rather large slice of your budget. A bit like the pipe work for plumbing in your house: invisible but vital. Be aware that the land may need draining. A hard winter’s rain with standing puddles or unwelcome run-off will give you the evidence. Any building works are likely to have caused compaction and the soil will need restoring to a living breathing airiness.

Looking around is merely about being perceptive. A garden designer on a brief will make an analysis and appraisal of the site as part of the survey. So this is you doing that. Think about privacy (or the lack of it) and views out to a landscape, possibly borrowed. Notice over, a year if you can, how high the sun winches itself into the sky, where are the last rays of the days and where is in deep shadow. Be aware too of the prevailing wind direction, where the frost lies, where it is dry at the base of walls and seek out the most sheltered spot – this is the pattern of your own microclimate. Take your inspection over your hedge, walls and fences and out into the wider horizons. What are the vernacular building materials and prevalent plants and vegetation? This easy and almost subliminal activity of information-gathering will put you in tune with your garden.

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What you want from your garden in terms of desires and dreams will be blooming and fomenting in your mind.

That is why number three of the trilogy is the Head Space. Rattle round ideas, juggle them, cut pictures out of magazines, begin to define what you love or hate about a place. Think of a style of doing things, are you uber-neat, messy, romantic? How do you see the stage set of your garden? Or conversely is it for the production with cut flowers, fruits and vegetables or the show blooms of cabbage-flowered roses? Should there be scent? Specimens of rare plants or rivers of clematis? Does it matter when the garden should be at the apogee of

For anyone thinking of getting involved with the design of their own garden, or a part of it I shall be running an introduction workshop on designing your own garden at Moat Farm Flowers, near Framlingham on July 4th.

Check their website: moatfarmflowers.com/courses or telephone me on 07818 421203.

INFORMATION Catharine Howard is a gardener, garden writer and gardening coach with many years’ experience in creating and renovating gardens. For a consultation or garden design contact her at www.thegardeningcoach.co.uk

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Earl Soham An historic, fully moated Grade II* listed Georgian manor commanding an elevated setting amidst delightfully mature gardens and grounds of around 7.6 acres. 4 reception rooms. Study. 33’ kitchen/breakfast room. Service rooms & cellarage. 6 bedrooms. 4 bath/shower rooms. Second floor rooms offering potential. Detached 1 bedroom annexe. Games room/gym. Garaging and stores.

Guide Price £2,500,000

Ipswich Enjoying arguably one of the best positions in Ipswich, with south facing views across Christchurch Park, a substantial period house amidst stunning gardens. 3 reception rooms. Kitchen/breakfast room. Conservatory. 5 bedrooms & dressing room. 3 bathrooms. Balcony. Garaging & ample parking.

Guide Price £1,250,000

Contact Tim Dansie, Jonathan Penn or James Squirrell 01473 218218 Local & National reach through a network of London & Regional offices

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Henstead A very pretty Grade II listed rectory standing in stunning gardens and grounds with an extensive range of brick outbuildings. 3 reception rooms. Study.

Kitchen/breakfast room. 6 bedrooms. 3 bathrooms. Stabling, storage & garaging. Heated swimming pool. Entertainment barn. In all about 10 acres.

Guide price ÂŁ1,750,000

Bruisyard Enjoying an idyllic and tranquil setting, a small country estate framing an intriguing former coach house, an amazing walled garden, and four letting cottages. 5 reception rooms. Study. Conservatory. Games/function room. 2 kitchens. 5 bedrooms. 5 bath/shower rooms. 4 holiday let cottages.

Coach house garaging with workshop. Stabling. Paddocks. Outbuildings. 14 acre woodland setting.

Guide Price ÂŁ1,500,000

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NEW ENGLAND STYLE

WHITE POPLARS FACTS LOCATION: HASKETON GUIDE PRICE: ÂŁ875,000 AGENT: FENN WRIGHT

White Poplars is a unique five bedroom family home which has been extended and renovated in a New England style and has been designed to embrace modern living and the surrounding Suffolk countryside.

Much thought has been put into the design, style and the materials used for the property including Cedral weatherboarding, soft red bricks in Flemish bond and inside the ground floor is majority oak flooring with oak internal doors, staircase, skirtings etc.

All the renovations have been made to an extremely high standard offering light and spacious accommodation.

Downstairs there are three reception rooms and a snug. The kitchen/family/ breakfast room has been fitted with a Neptune kitchen including a Rangemaster stove, a Fisher Paykel dishwasher, an American style fridge/freezer and built in wine cooler. It has underfloor heating and bi-fold doors leading onto the timbered terrace.

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Property One of the features of the house is a galleried landing overlooking the snug with a feature picture window overlooking the garden and farmland beyond. The first floor has five double bedrooms, two of which have ensuite shower rooms, and a family bathroom.

The master bedroom also benefits from a dressing room.

Sitting in about 0.4 of an acre White Poplars has an “in out� brick paved driveway providing parking for a number of vehicles and a double garage.

At the rear there is a large rear patio with a raised ornamental Quoi pond enclosed by sleepers.

The raised timber decking to the immediate rear of the property leads onto the lawned gardens with landscaped shrub beds retained by sleepers. In addition there is a mower store and a further raised timber decking with summerhouse.

INFORMATION Fenn Wright 01473 358400 To see more pictures of this property visit www.essentialsuffolk.com/property

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BURGH GUIDE PRICE ÂŁ425,000 A unique property with a fascinating history. Rural location amid Suffolk farmland. Living room, open plan sitting/dining room, farmhouse kitchen/breakfast/utility, five bedrooms, ensuite, bathroom.

Workshop and attractive garden. EPC ²E

ALDEBURGH GUIDE PRICE ÂŁ450,000 Immaculately presented modern detached bungalow. Extensive programme of recent modernisation. Hall, utility, 2 receptions, conservatory, kitchen/breakfast room, 3 bedrooms, ensuite, bathroom, integral garage, landscaped garden. EPC-C

BRAMFIELD GUIDE PRICE ÂŁ450,000 Individual New England style 3 bed energy house in grounds of about an acre (sts) Timber framed construction heated by new air source pump. Kitchen, 2 large receptions, bathroom, shower room, integral garage/music room, outbuilding/studio. EPC-C

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BLAXHALL GUIDE PRICE ÂŁ195,000

End of terrace 2 bed brick and flint cottage.

Porch, 2 reception, kitchen/diner, utility, shower room, garage and enclosed garden. EPC tbc

KNODISHALL ÂŁ339,995

Beautifully presented detached modern bungalow.

Lobby/study area, sitting room, kitchen/dining room, 3 beds, bathroom, garden, workroom/studio. EPC-E

SAXMUNDHAM £395,000 Three bed single storey cottage, 2 receptions, kitchen/breakfast room, utility, ensuite, bathroom, garage and garden. EPC ²D

CARLTON GUIDE PRICE ÂŁ450,000 Delightful detached property, large south facing garden. 4 beds, 5 receptions, kitchen/diner, shower room, bathroom, garage, workshop, studio. EPC-F

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Ufford £775,000

Bedingfield £745,000

An impressive brand new five bedroom handcrafted house of over 2,500 sq ft, built in a period style yet benefitting from a superior modern specification. Entrance hall, sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room, dining room, study, cloakroom and utility room. Master bedroom suite, guest bedroom with en-suite shower room, three further double bedrooms and family bathroom. Double garage. Good sized landscaped gardens. EPC = B. JSA Jackson Stops Ref: 5526

An impressive and spacious five bedroom barn conversion with stunning main reception area, set in over 2 acres on the outskirts of the village. Entrance hall, 42' drawing room/dining hall, sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room, utility room and cloakroom. Master bedroom with en-suite shower room, guest bedroom with ensuite shower room, three further bedrooms and family bathroom. Annexe, double cartlodge and workshop. Gardens and grounds, including a paddock, extending to approximately 2.25 acres. Ref: 5518

Cretingham £600,000

Wingfield £575,000

An idyllic, 4 bedroom, detached cottage in a standalone position with grounds of approximately an acre, located on a small country lane between Cretingham & Earl Soham. Hand-built kitchen, utility room, cloakroom, dining room, study, family room and sitting room. Four first floor bedrooms and bathroom. External laundry room and garage. Wonderful gardens with orchard area, vegetable garden, outbuildings and ample parking. EPC = F Ref: 5519

A standalone three/four bedroom country cottage, along with a stylish barn conversion comprising vaulted 19' x 15'8 sitting room, kitchen/dining room, wet room, utility room & bedroom, situated in a wonderful rural location within the Parish of Wingfield. Ample parking, outbuildings and pretty gardens extending to 0.75 acres. Ref: 5507

Little Glemham £385,000

Framlingham £295,000

A stylish & beautifully presented country cottage, ideal as a permanent or holiday home, located conveniently for access to the Heritage Coast. Hallway, utility room, downstairs shower room, sitting room, kitchen opening to the living/dining room.

3 first floor double bedrooms & bathroom. Off-road parking & low maintenance garden with field views. EPC = E Ref: 5510

A charming detached barn with lovely studio, situated close to the centre of Framlingham. Kitchen, superb sitting/dining room with spiral staircase, ground floor bed/home office with cloakroom. 2 first floor beds & bathroom. Off-road parking for 2 vehicles. Decked courtyard garden. Excellent studio, en-suite & utility.

EPC = C Ref: 5509

Clarke and Simpson, Well Close Square, Framlingham, Suffolk, IP13 9DU

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www.clarkeandsimpson.co.uk

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THE FORGE FACTS LOCATION: BURGH GUIDE PRICE: £425,000 AGENT: JENNIE JONES

The original forge

LIVING AMID SUFFOLK’S SOCIAL HISTORY Suffolk is blessed with many beautiful old properties but some homes, like The Forge at Burgh, are unique. The Forge is thought to date from around 1850, so in terms of age there are definitely properties that are older, but this building was immortalised by Sir Peter Hall in his film, Akenfield, based on Ronald Blythe’s masterpiece depicting Suffolk’s social history between the wars.

Set in a rural location amid undulating Suffolk farmland, The Forge lies on the edge of the village of Burgh within easy reach of the pub, shop and school in neighbouring Grundisburgh.

When the forge was amalgamated with the blacksmith’s cottage, the owner took care to preserve many of the original features and artifacts including the forge

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bellows, which will be included in the sale. Interestingly the forge itself has become the fireplace for the main living room and the Travis (where the horses would have been shod) is now the master bedroom.

The house offers a versatile range of accommodation which includes four/five bedrooms, an ensuite shower room and family bathroom. Downstairs is a large farmhouse kitchen/dining room and a garden room both of which open to the rear garden and sun terrace.

The kitchen and scullery in the original cottage have been opened through to create an attractive second sitting room with a formal dining room. There is fireplace and wood burner in this room and an oil-fired AGA in the kitchen.

Outside the garden overlooks open farmland and is laid extensively to lawn with established hedges and trees. The patio incorporates a raised bed and an ornamental pond. The driveway offers good parking with space for boats, trailers etc. There is an excellent timber workshop and scope and space to erect a garage or cart lodge subject to the usual planning consents.

Applicants who are interested in local social history will find further information and video clips from Akenfield on You Tube.

INFORMATION Jennie Jones 01728 605511 To see more pictures of this property visit www.essentialsuffolk.com/property

LITTLE BEALINGS

GUIDE PRICE £2,500,000

A magnificent six bedroom detached Georgian style property is available from plan and the buyers have the rare opportunity to work with the developer to create their dream home. The property sits on an elevated and mature site of 10 acres and has superb views across the Fynn Valley. The floor plans are entirely indicative and additional floor space may be available to provide leisure facilities including a gym, swimming pool and home cinema.

For more details please contact Linda Mortimer on 01394 386688 or mobile 07584 322293

WOODBRIDGE

GUIDE PRICE £795,000

MARTLESHAM

GUIDE PRICE £585,000

WOODBRIDGE

GUIDE PRICE £190,000

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Brand New 4 Bed detached property with landscaped gardens, garage & carport

A spacious 3 bed apartment with garden and parking. Centre of Town. EPC:G

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A spacious and interesting 5 bedroom property with garage. EPC: C

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A superb 4 bedroom detached house with double garage. EPC: C

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A 1 bedroom retirement flat in the centre of Woodbridge. EPC: C

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Attractive New England style house with south-facing balcony, large open-plan living and planning consent for a studio.

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Impressive family home with versatile accommodation, beautifully upgraded with further scope for adaptation.

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BENTLEY OLD HALL FACTS LOCATION: BENTLEY PRICE: £825,000 AGENT: GRIER & PARTNERS

PERIOD COUNTRY HOME Situated in a marvellous country setting Bentley Old Hall is a beautiful Grade II* listed property dating from the 13th century, complete with the original timber frame. Sympathetically extended in 2004 it’s a perfect family home with well-kept gardens and has the addition of a period cottage on the premises, which would be ideal for a holiday let.

Downstairs the accommodation includes an entrance hall exposed timbers, leading to a sitting room and study that have period features including beams, a red brick inglenook fireplace and a mullion window in the study. At the centre of the property is the dining hall – it was the original central hall of the building and benefits from windows to

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front and rear, it also has a wide red brick inglenook and fireplace oak flooring.

The kitchen/breakfast room is a light and bright room with triple aspect windows overlooking the garden and French doors to the brick terrace. It benefits from a bespoke range of oak fitted wall and base units under a granite work surface and space for a range style cooker with extractor over. Also downstairs is a shower room, cloakroom and utility. Upstairs there are three large bedrooms with exposed timbers and far reaching views to the countryside and farmland beyond.

The cottage, which is detached from the main house, has two reception rooms

and a kitchen and two bedrooms and an upstairs bathroom and enjoys its own private garden and paved seating area.

Bentley Old Hall is situated in an idyllic rural location and is approached via a gravel drive of approximately 3/4 mile long. With far reaching views over open farmland and woodland, the gardens surround the house and cottage and include shrub beds and flower borders, formal paved seating areas, plus a pergola and wildlife pond.

INFORMATION Grier & Partners 01206 299222 To see more pictures of this property visit www.essentialsuffolk.com/property

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Lower Ufford

Built approximately nine years ago is this unique family home offering versatile living accommodation along with a detached, self-contained annexe, situated on a generous plot.

A recently built, fabulous detached family house situated in an elevated position with views over the surrounding undulating countryside within gardens of approximately half an acre.

Guide Price £695,000

christchurch Park

• Five bedrooms • Three ensuites & family bathroom • Three reception rooms • Kitchen/breakfast room • Utility room, cloakroom • Double garage • Ample off road parking

Guide Price £775,000

christchurch Park A beautifully designed family home tucked away down a private road close to Christchurch Park and within a short walk to Ipswich School.

This individual architect designed property offers accommodation beyond appearance and lies a stone's throw from the Park.

Guide Price £535,000

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Four bedrooms, two en-suites Three reception rooms Conservatory & study Kitchen & utility room Garage and parking Landscaped gardens Plot size 90' x 60' overall EPC Rating C

• Open plan living, three reception rooms • Bespoke fitted Orwell kitchen • Master bedroom suite • Guest bedroom with ensuite • Three further double bedrooms • Family bathroom • Bi-fold doors opening to decking area • Garage & parking • EPC Rating C

Guide Price £895,000

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Four bedrooms Four bathrooms Three reception rooms Kitchen/breakfast room, utility room Third of an acre plot Ample off road parking Highly sought after village location EPC Rating C

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HILL FARM HOUSE FACTS LOCATION: SHADINGFIELD GUIDE PRICE: £425,000 AGENT: FLICK & SON

HISTORIC HOME

THAT CREATES LASTING IMPRESSION Hill Farm House in the hamlet of Shadingfield encompasses around 500 years of Suffolk history. It is a unique home of specialist interest and as such is Grade II* Listed by Historic England, as well as being recorded in the influential Pevsner’s Buildings of England series of architectural books.

It’s thought Hill Farm House was originally a Meeting or Guild Hall when it was first built in the early to mid 16th Century. The jettied timber-framed building was adapted into a home in the late 17th Century and further extended in the early 19th Century.

The property currently has three first floor bedrooms, two large elegant

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reception rooms and one bathroom; and has undergone refurbishment whilst retaining the considerable charm and character of the original building. The principle rooms display beam ceilings and original open fireplaces. There is also the potential to carry out further work subject to any relevant permissions, notably to the kitchen and the large 45ft long attic space.

Hill Farm House stands in generous gardens which are a particularly attractive feature. The present owner has landscaped the outside area to create a wonderful secluded setting with lawns surrounded by mature willow, beech, pine and fruit trees, along with paved terraces, pathways and steps.

Beds house mature shrubs and plants including wisteria, honeysuckle and roses.

Richard Brown from agents Flick & Son said: “You get a great sense of history as soon as you walk into this delightful home. It creates a lasting impression and is a great opportunity for someone who not only wants to become its next owner but also a custodian of this unique property for future generations.”

INFORMATION Flick & Son 01502 722253 To see more pictures of this property visit www.essentialsuffolk.com/property

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Bentley ÂŁ825,000 This Grade II* Listed home dates from the C13th with the original timber frame and period features clearly evident. Located down an extensive private driveway but enjoying easy access to local facilities and transport links to the wider country. Sympathetically extended in 2004 with the addition of a modern kitchen/breakfast room, cloakroom and utility. Heating is via an oil fired boiler with radiators throughout and electric underfloor heating in the kitchen/breakfast room. Externally the rendered elevations are cream painted under a tiled roof. The early Victorian detached cottage is situated to the side of the main house, with independent oil fired heating system and private cottage gardens, ideal as a holiday let or for additional family accommodation.

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The front-wheel drive V40 has oodles of traction in all types of weather, but the steering isn’t very well-weighted, resulting in a disconnected feel on twisty country roads. That said, body roll is hardly evident, and the D4’s 6-speed manual gearbox is slick and effortless in climbing up and down the gears.

The latest version is a classy hatchback that has genuine strong points, comprising low CO2 emissions and an upmarket cabin. The D4 version, tested here in Momentum trim, is efficient (74.3mpg / 99g/km CO2), considering the power on tap.

The car is rapid – achieving 0-62mph in 7.4 seconds and maxing out at 143mph.

Unsurprisingly, then, the car is more at home on faster stretches of road. In fact, it is a born mile-muncher – gobbling up motorway miles comfortably and without fuss. The D4 is a quiet cruiser,

too, with only a mild diesel tone noticeable at the legal limit.

There’s a good choice of seat and steering wheel adjustment to help you find a relaxed driving position, and, arguably, the Volvo V40 has the comfiest seats in its segment. Steering-wheel controls are standard on all V40s, and make it a piece-of-cake to change the radio channel or adjust the volume. The Swedish car also has one of the better sound systems with an eight-speaker factory-fitted set-up. An even more splendid Harman Kardon system is available on the options tick-list. ‰

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Masonic Ball The Framlingham Masonic Lodge organised a ball at the Orwell Hotel, Felixstowe, in aid of the Alzheimer's Society. More than ÂŁ3,000 was raised through an auction and raffle plus sponsorship of the event by Samuel David Construction, Hairways Salon (Ufford Park), Giles Plumbing & Heating and Liquid Outside Events Bar.

Laura Mallion, Adam Middlemiss

Sophie Shutlar, Samuel Shutlar

Shaun Green, Jennie Catling-Green

Kate & David Shutlar

Louise & Mark Pattinson

Andrew Byres, Canon Kevan McCormack, Jonathan Atkins, Luke Giles

Barry & Margaret Spall

David & Melissa Chesman, Katy & Stuart Graham

Mandy Jennings, David Hardiman

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Art For Cure A staggering 8,000 people visited Glemham Hall over the May Day bank holiday weekend, where the rooms and gardens were transformed to galleries showing a unique curation of art works, prints and sculpture from over 75 East Anglian and acclaimed national artists. More than ÂŁ175,000 was raised for the care and cure of breast cancer.

Simon Milldown, Lydia Sansom, Melanie & Jonathan Penn

David McArthur, Catherine Haddon, Jules Kilham

Lisa Cherryman, Dick & Celia Cook

Jeremy & Julia Scowsill, Karen & James Greig

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Judith & Michael Shallow

Bonk Tasker, William Kendall, Linda Grave

Edward & Clare Burgess

Pippa, Sophie Elinor & Barry Martin

Jelly Green, Nat Booth, Alison Balsom, Sam Mendes

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Kathryn Le Neve Foster, Lucy Silovsky

Eric Hurren, Joanne Buzzard

Dominic Watts, Philly & Ian Collett

Anila & Simon Commercial

Suzanne Bentley, Brian & Caroline Dow

Melanie Lesser, Sally Beckett

Victoria & Tom Orford

Trevor & Diana Johnson

Judi Newman, Megan Peel, Andrew Newman

Tori Ewing, Philip Hope Cobbold, Donna Stockley

Sarah & Andrew Ruffhead

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Woodbridge School Ball The Woodbridge School Ball is a biannual celebration organised by WSPA – Woodbridge School Parents Association. This year the theme was ‘Downton Abbey’ with dress from the era and tables named after the leading characters from the hit ITV series.

Carole Kill, Amanda Little, Jemima Withey, Sharon Chin

Francis & Karen Law

Chris & Ginny Rufford

Becky Buchannan, George & Finula Yardley, Will Buchannan

Jo & Marc Whiting

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Andrew & Ingrid Longbon

(Back) Neil Garnham, Scott Bange, John Brett, Derek Eaton (Front) Clare Brett, Gill Garnham, Rebecca Bange, Sara Jane Eaton

Lynn Riley, Helen Myerscurgh, Clare Turner

Sam & Rob Simpson

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Richard & Vanessa Juszt, Laura Hardwick, Neil Tetley

Nicky Trepte, Richard Sutherland

Dominic & Jemima Withey, Pauline Bloomfield, Caroline & Ed Blackmore

Amanda & Steve Harrold

John & Karen Fawcett, Robert & Lorraine Wildboar, Angie & David Farrow

Thomas & Alexander Chin

Sarah & Paul Ward

Judi & Andrew Newman

Simon & Claire Harrington, Melanie & Jonathan Penn

Eric & Anne Zie

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My Suffolk

JUNE 2016

Alex Tarry and his wife Naomi are the masterminds behind their highly successful award-winning holiday cottage business Best of Suffolk which is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. Alex tells us about his life in Suffolk

How did you come to live in Suffolk?

I grew up here! My family moved to Hacheston when I was one, I went to school in Parham and Wickam Market before we all moved away when I was 11. I have always considered Suffolk to be my home and when I met Naomi at Loughborough University on our Economics degree, and we’d completed our London years working for large corporates, I was delighted that she agreed to move back “home" with me, we’ve lived between Badingham and Aldeburgh since 2001.

What do you think makes the county so attractive to people?

I’ve always said it’s the atmosphere, by which I really mean the people, way of life and the incredible natural beauty, we are all so lucky to live here… It’s a great pleasure to me that on a daily basis our work encourages people to visit Suffolk.

Have you got any favourite restaurants?

Yes! Regatta in Aldeburgh, a fabulous haven of fresh ingredients and top quality cooking in our favourite town, when in Badingham we are huge fans of the White Horse, great pub food and beer in a wonderful setting. We also love The Galley in Woodbridge, we are so lucky to have such a vibrant food scene here in Suffolk.

Where’s the best place to go for a pint?

When in Aldeburgh the White Hart, everything you need in a pub and nothing you don’t, I love the fact that as soon as you walk through the door everyone is equal. We also love the Harbour in Southwold, especially after a walk from Walberswick with Rosie, our Jack Russell.

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Are you interested in local architecture?

Naomi and I love the period buildings of Suffolk, a big part of our lives over the last 15 years has been restoring our own farmhouse and buildings, as well as saving a number of historic buildings, which we’ve restored and kept as holiday cottages, meaning lots of people can now enjoy them.

Do you have any hobbies?

Yes, lots – lately it’s been running, I have applied to enter London Marathon next year, I literally love every mile! I also have a love for classic and sports cars, a great way to enjoy the Suffolk countryside, we have some great driving roads here. I have cycled the Suffolk Sunrise, a 103 mile course, every mile is beautiful, running along the coast is one of life’s great pleasures and I am proud to have walked from Aldeburgh to Southwold, and back in a day!

How do you fit your running/cycle training into your business life?

Good question. These days I run two busy, fast growing businesses and as you can imagine there is never a dull moment, however one thing I believe all business people have in common is taking time out to look after their own wellbeing. So, I guess being the boss does have some benefits, it’s not unusual for me to take time out to go for a run or cycle during the day, although as an early riser I usually go out first thing in the morning, which is also a wonderful time to enjoy Suffolk at its most peaceful.

Where would you take people on a tour of Suffolk?

We’d start in Framlingham, admire the castle and the area where I grew up, then drive to Aldeburgh for fish and

chips on the beach, then walk it off over the Dingle marshes from Dunwich to Walberswick, finishing with a pint of Adnams at the Harbour Inn in Southwold.

If you had one picture that illustrates Suffolk where would it be?

I think the ruined windmill on the Dingle marshes, near Walberswick at dusk… I love that view.

Apart from the coast what are Suffolk’s highlights?

I love the wool towns of the west of the county, we used to live near Clare, and have just expanded a new business into Sudbury, so are looking forward to spending more time in the west of the county.

Adnams, Aspall’s or Greene King?

Definitely Adnams, I’ve been known to say that if everything Suffolk stands for was wrung out into a glass it would be a pint of Adnams Bitter, I absolutely love it!

Where would you choose for a summer picnic?

Well life has changed for Naomi and I, last year I’d have started talking about barbecues on the beach, a wonderful tradition we used to have in Aldeburgh, but having lost five stone in the last year we’re much more likely to be found having a raw food salad or vegetable juice, for which we’d choose our lovely garden at Lime Tree Farm. We’ve spent 15 years creating our rural paradise, which for us is a natural wildlife garden where we can have that picnic in a wonderful Suffolk environment we’ve created ourselves.

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