Places & Faces (Suffolk) November 2013

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uffolk will be centre stage this month on the worldwide cultural calendar, with the finale of what’s been an exceptional centenary celebration of Benjamin Britten. Over the weekend of November 21-24 BBC Radio 3 is going to be broadcasting many of the events that are taking place across the county.

All you’ll need is the internet to witness perhaps the most amazing performance of them all - 100,000 children across the globe singing his Friday Afternoons folk songs live streamed online.

What’s more November also sees the 25th anniversary of the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, there’s the Southwold Literary Festival and dance royalty, Akram Khan is bringing his latest creation, a tribute to Igor Stravingsky to Snape.

We also have an interview with Great British Bake Off star Mel Giedroyc, who’s appearing in a brand new musical, The Opinion Makers, which debuts at The Mercury theatre this month. Meanwhile watch out for young talented musician and artist Lily Hunter Green who is bringing her astonishing A12 installation home to Suffolk too.

Of course November is always a busy time of year with Guy Fawkes night, Remembrance Sunday and then the run up to Christmas - but for the homeless this countdown to winter is a time of fear and uncertainty. The Ipswich Night Shelter, which runs from December to March offers some respite for rough sleepers but is in need of funds and volunteers to see it through the winter.

As always we bring you a lot more to read too with all your regular favourites including Food, Fashion, Homes & Interiors and some stunning properties for sale.

Have a great month.

Anne Gould

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REGULARS

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THE POETRY TRUST

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FRIDAY AFTERNOONS

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SUFFOLK IN BRIEF

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MINI PREVIEWS

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The 25th annual Aldeburgh Poetry Festival

A celebration of the culmination of Benjamin Britten’s centenary

IPSWICH NIGHT SHELTER A much needed winter resource

VILLAGE SIGNS Suffolk’s tradition for village signs

PEOPLE

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MEL GIEDROYC Great British Bake Off presenter talks on stage at the Mercury Theatre

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News from around the county

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FOOD AND DRINK

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HOMES & INTERIORS

WHAT’S ON Where to go and what to see in Suffolk during November

Southwold Literary Festival, A12 by Lily Hunter Green, St Peter’s Street Christmas Market, The Public Ear/The Private Eye at the New Wolsey Ipswich, Akram Khan at Snape and a John Paul Ekins recital at Aldeburgh

FASHION It’s party time!

PUB DOG WALK A double opportunity to enjoy Old Felixstowe, from the White Horse

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Reviewing The Crown at Westleton and previewing Christmas at Thorpeness Hotel and Golf Club, plus a tasty recipe from Jimmy’s Farm

Take your place by the fire

GARDENING Advice on climbers

PROPERTY A selection of our county’s finest homes for sale

MOTORING The new Mercedes SLS GT

FACES@ Highlights from Suffolk’s social calendar

MY SUFFOLK BBC Suffolk’s Mark Murphy

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LET HER EAT CAKE! Fresh from the The Great British Bake Off, presenter Mel Giedroyc will be on stage at the Mercury Theatre in Colchester this month. Anne Gould talks to her about cake and her new show

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Celebrity Interview | Mel Giedroyc

nterviewing celebrities, actors and film stars is an interesting study on fame.

Some are preening divas, surrounding themselves with PRs and won’t talk while others seem smaller than their screen persona and don’t have much to say.

Mel Giedroyc however is the charming, delightful, warm and wonderful person the nation has grown to love on the hit BAFTA award-winning food show, The Great British Bake Off. Dressed in running shoes, black lycra leggings and a baggy white T-shirt, albeit one adorned with Mick Jagger (her rehearsal gear) she was actually pretty much like someone you might bump into at the gym or at the shops.

Talking fast, fluently and with the expressive witty one-liners for which she’s become famous, Mel explained she is in Colchester this month to perform a promising new musical The Opinion Makers, written by acclaimed writers Brian Mitchell and Joseph Nixon and set in the world of market research. She says it’s a really exciting prospect.

“I love musicals, they are great fun and it’s the first time this show has ever been done there are so few new musicals about. As it’s set in the 60s it’s a great period too for costumes and, well everything.”

So why, with the soaring success of Bake Off and Draw It, the soon to be launched Channel 4 game show that she hosts, has she come back to regional theatre?

“Before Sue and I did any TV we would schlep around the country doing theatre and

and two children will be coming up to stay as well.

She’ll be busy but will be able to look over the River Stour to Suffolk - a county where she and her husband Ben might one day choose to live.

I love Suffolk, although I don’t know it as well as I’d like. I’ve been to Walberswick and when I was a child we used to holiday in Aldeburgh before it was super trendy and posh. art centres with our sketches. The stage is my first love so whenever there is a whiff of a chance of being offered something I take it.

Also I saw an early version of the show about three years ago and I thought it was really fab.”

Opinion Makers, a joint production between the Colchester Mercury and Derby Theatre, has actually got something of a star cast.

Joining Mel will be West End regular Daniel Boys and Justin Edwards from The Thick of It and Skins.

Colchester, as it turns out, is also going to be very handy because Mel’s in-laws live in Lawford and during half term her husband

“I love Suffolk, although I don’t know it as well as I’d like. I’ve been to Walberswick and when I was a child we used to holiday in Aldeburgh before it was super trendy and posh.

“I remember the lovely beach, the water towers, the rivers. It’s beautiful.”

With the Great British Bake Off drawing to its tense conclusion at the time of our interview Mel was holding to a big secret - the name of the winner.

“We finish filming in June and of course it doesn’t go out until the autumn it’s so odd that it’s only now people are talking about it.

“It’s so difficult holding onto the secret.

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People really try and try to trip me up - one even pretended I’d told them in the hope I would correct them.”

She says everyone is sworn to secrecy but with things like Twitter it’s amazing that it somehow doesn’t get out.

The success of the show has come as a bit of a shock and she added that with standards getting better all the time the contestants today are almost professionals.

More and more people want to take part.

The first series recruited a few hundred people apparently through a small ad in the BBC Food Magazine but this last series had 10,000 would-be bakers.

“I think people like it so much because we are a small island and it seems very cosy, we can relate to Mary Berry and cooking in a marquee.

“To begin with I thought, a show about baking. Really? We have other shows about cooking and I wondered what was going to

make it stand out.

“I think though people like its friendliness.

It’s really nice to see normal people doing their thing without anyone being treated badly. It is a competition but it’s not set up to make anyone look stupid.”

Of course being co-presenter with her long time comedy partner Sue Perkins does have its plus points – eating cake!

“I love cake and just before Bake Off I look in the mirror and say that’s another three quarters of a stone going on. It would be rude if we didn’t eat the cakes - it’s part of the job.”

Actually she doesn’t like the food shows where people talk a lot about food but don’t actually eat anything.

“Since doing the show I actually bake too now - it’s quite hard not to get involved and Paul and Mary are very patient and incredibly knowledgeable.

“Mary is a legend and I do get to her ask her lots of dull questions – you know the sort of

thing like, is it better to use a ceramic dish for a particular sort of a bake or is there a better alternative?”

But best of all the producers of the show appreciate that being away weekend after weekend can be difficult if you’ve got a family. So Mel gets to have Ben and her two daughters with her on set. “They are addicted to the show and are able to romp around the grounds and get to eat lots of cakes too – and I really appreciate that.”

INFORMATION The Opinion Makers October 25 - November 9 Mercury Theatre, Colchester Box office: 01206 573948 www.mercurytheatre.co.uk

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Suffolk in brief Mark Halls and the team at Fine & Country organised a successful golf day at Cretingham Golf Club in aid of the company’s on-going backing of Macmillan Cancer Support. With an auction of generously donated prizes and sports memorabilia conducted by Sky sports presenter Stuart Jarrold the day raised £2,000.

After the auction Mark thanked everyone for their kind support before Mandy Jordan, regional fundraising manager for Macmillan, talked about the work of the organisation.

To see photos of the day visit www.placesandfaces.co.uk/fineandcountrygolfday

St Felix School in Southwold has announced two new key appointments.

Miss Fran D’Alcorn, the new Headmistress of the school and Dr John Dodsworth, the new Head of the Preparatory Department.

Miss D’Alcorn joined the school in 1972 and has been variously, Head of Girls’ Games, Head of History, Head of Sixth Form and Deputy Head. Her new appointment was announced in March of this year and Miss D’Alcorn took up her post at the beginning of this term. Dr Dodsworth joined the school in 2007 and has taught a variety of subjects from Years 2 to 13. He was appointed as Head of the Preparatory Department in April of this year and took up his post at the beginning of this term.

Saint Felix School would like to welcome Fran and John to their new posts and wish them every success as they take the school forward.

Following six successful years of holding the Suffolk Coastal Sports Awards, Suffolk Coastal District Council extended this year’s awards to other parts of the community with the creation of the Suffolk Coastal Community Awards The 2013 awards now also recognise the extraordinary achievements of ‘unsung heroes’ from various walks of life across the Suffolk Coastal district, celebrating the hours of hard work put in throughout the year to improve

On the back of the successful ‘Strawberry & Asparagus Market’ in May of this year the Market Hill in Woodbridge was once again the setting for a seasonal food market.

‘What’s Tasty In Woodbridge’ sponsored

by NFU Mutual, featured fresh, tasty, www.placesandfaces.co.uk/coastalcommunityawards local produce as farmers and producers displayed their wares. There were live A couple from Felixstowe have really turned cookery demonstrations from local chefs back time as they celebrated their 60th Ugur Vata from The Galley and Vernon wedding anniversary in the same pub Blackmore representing Gressingham where they originally held their wedding Foods, a Dingley Dell hog roast and live reception. Married at the church of St music all added to a lively atmosphere Peter and St Paul in Church Road, Old on The Hill. People of all ages enjoyed Felixstowe Aprile & Peter Reed celebrated the horse & cart which was on hand to their marriage at the White Horse in 1953 take people up to Market Hill from the and recently chose the pub again to mark Riverside and The Thoroughfare and this milestone anniversary. Sarah Goodwin return them to their cars – laden with from the White Horse said they that were goodies. To see photographs from the honoured that the anniversary meal came event go to www.placesandfaces.co.uk/ on the first night that the pub had rewhatstastyinwoodbridge opened following a recent refurbishment, commenting “It’s lovely to be part of More business their history”. leaders are lining up in support of a campaign spearheaded by Suffolk Chamber of Commerce against the Government’s plans to charge tolls as part of an upgrade of the A14. “The ‘No Toll Tax on Suffolk’ campaign now has real momentum,” said John Dugmore, chief executive of Suffolk Chamber.

The Department for Transport’s proposals for improving the congested CambridgeHuntingdon section of the A14 involve The Suffolk Agricultural Association has charging vehicles to use a new Huntingdon announced an impressive line up of bypass and demolishing part of the existing internationally acclaimed speakers for its route through the town, forcing hauliers to pay autumn garden conference, entitled “The the charge or face a lengthy detour. Suffolk World of Trees”. Covering a range of topics Chamber’s “No Toll Tax on Suffolk” campaign designed to give a fascinating insight, practical launched by the EADT, highlights concerns ideas and inspiration to any lover of trees the that, with Felixstowe ranking as the UK’s largest event will be chaired by past president of the container port, the county’s businesses will be Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Giles Coodeaffected disproportionately. John Dugmore Adams, who is also one of the founders of the said: “We’re delighted with the positive support Millennium Seedbank at Kew. The conference this campaign is receiving. We are at the start on November 7 will appeal to anyone who of a long journey, but we begin from solid appreciates or is fascinated by trees; those who foundations of support.” He added: “Our MPs have planted, pruned and treasured them and will be ensuring that decision makers high in are captured by how they can transform and Government, such as the Secretary of State for affect a landscape, and for keen gardeners who Transport, Patrick McCloughlin, are fully aware are eager to hear of the trials, pleasures and of Suffolk plc’s concerns.” successes of those who have given their time To find out more visit www.suffolkchamber.co.uk/ and energies to arboriculture. policy/notolltaxonsuffolk For more information visit www.suffolkshow.co.uk/gardeningconference their community. 34 finalists were selected by a team of judges from nearly 80 nominees.

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WHAT’S ON

November 1 Jerwood Dance House, Ipswich, from 6pm Tango Night with Amir Giles Learn the Argentine Tango with acclaimed choreographer, performer and instructor Amir Giles before displaying your newly acquired dancing skills in the Milonga featuring live music from Tango 3.

Box office: 01473 295230 www.danceeast.co.uk

Snape Maltings Concert Hall, 7.30pm Britten Weekend Death in Venice In a revival of the highly-acclaimed 2007 Aldeburgh Festival production, Opera North brings Britten’s last opera back to the venue for which it was originally written.

Tickets: £55 - £21 Box office: 01728 687110 www.aldeburgh.co.uk

November 1-2 Seckford Theatre Woodbridge, 7.30pm (Matinee, Saturday 2.30pm) Ipswich Gilbert and Sullivan Society Iolanthe Fairies in Parliament, whatever next?

Tickets: £14.50 - £5 Box office: 01473 858108 www.ipswichgands.org.uk

Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds The Elves & The Shoemaker (Part of the Family Arts Festival) Sitting in his kitchen workshop, Sam Lacey makes terrible shoes and tries to sell them online. They are so bad that no-one really wants them, not even his neighbour, who thinks he should give up and get a real job!

Then one night, two tiny visitors climb in through the window and start cutting and stitching and gluing… and Sam’s life is never quite the same again! An up-to-date, size 13½ retelling of everyone’s favourite story featuring stunning puppets, music and surprises aplenty.

For everyone aged 3+ Box office: 01284 7695065 www.theatreroyal.org www.westsuffolkarts4families.co.uk

November 2 Aldeburgh Cinema, 2.30pm BBC Four theatrical premiere: Britten’s Endgame

John Bridcut’s new film explores Britten’s creativity in the face of death. This is a rich and poignant film about the final years of a surprisingly insecure composer and the impact of what Peter Pears called ‘an evil opera’.

Theatrical premiere courtesy of BBC Four Box office: 01728 687110 www.aldeburgh.co.uk

Farmers Markets Stradbroke, Business & Enterprise College, 9am-1pm Beccles, Beccles Heliport, 9am-1pm Metfield, Village Hall, 9am-12 noon Snape Maltings, 9.30am-1pm

November 2-3 The Town Hall, Southwold, 10am-5pm The Vintage Market Clothing, accessories, home-made gifts, collectables, curiosities, homeware and much more.

Information: 07900 015630 or 01986 782094

November 3 Woodbridge Community Hall, 10am-4pm Woodbridge Christmas Arts & Crafts Fair 45 arts and crafts stalls including hand crafted jewellery, patchwork bags, cards, homemade marzipan, jams and chutneys. Tombola in aid of Special Care Baby Unit at Ipswich Hospital.

Entry: Free www.sherryandjoannesevents.co.uk

Ipswich Regent, 7.30pm Jools Holland Three million album selling pop icon and former Spice Girl Melanie C will join the party for the Autumn / Winter dates.

Box office: 01473 433100 www.ipswichregent.com

November 4 Ipswich Regent, 7pm Blue With over 15 million album sales under their belt, more than ten top-ten singles and a brand new single “Hurt Lovers b” and album “Roulette” released this month the band is showing that thirteen years on they are still on top form, possibly at their best.

Box office: 01473 433100 www.ipswichregent.com

November 4-9 New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich The Private Ear/The Public Eye See mini preview (page 21) Box office: 01473 295900 www.wolseytheatre.co.uk November 5-9 Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds Sex and The Village Bury St Edmunds Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society presents a new musical by Susannah Pearse and Rebecca Applin. Sex and The Village is a classic mix of hilarity and poignancy – the Vicar of Dibley meets Jam and Jerusalem! The story is a hugely topical one - a village fighting in its own inimitable way to kill a supermarket giant’s plan to invade its peaceful space.

Box office: 01284 7695065 www.theatreroyal.org November 7 Suffolk New College, 6.45pm Pamper and Shopping Night Exclusive pre-Christmas shopping evening with 35 stands and plenty of beauty demonstrations and even ‘Strictly’ dance taster sessions raising funds for ITFC Charitbale Trust.

Tickets: £7 in advance (places limited) includes glass of wine and goodie bag and free prize draw entry Booking: 0845 369333 www.itfccharitabletrust.org.uk The Granary Barns, Woodditton, Newmarket, 2pm Meet The Experts The Persian Carpet Studio invites you to an exclusive antiques and rugs afternoon in aid of St Nicholas Hospice Care. An opportunity to meet guest speakers Penny Brittain, Sara Barber and Mark Bills and attend an exclusive preview of the rug exhibition.

Tickets: £15 (includes vintage cream tea) Booking: 01787 882214 www.persiancarpetstudio.co.uk Greshams Sports Club, Tuddenham Road, Ipswich Festive-Themed Quiz Night Organised by the Hearing Care Centre, raising funds for Age UK Suffolk, the Papworth Trust and Hearing Dogs for Deaf People Tickets: 01473 230330 www.hearingcarecentre.co.uk/quiz

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What’s On

FIREWORKS

November 1 Long Melford, Melford Hall Park, gates open 5.30pm The Big Night Out Giant bonfire decorated with Guys made by local school children lit at 7.30pm.

Advance Ticket: Adult £5, Child £3 Gate Price: Adult £7, Child £5 Tickets available from Bull Hotel, Cherrylane Garden Centre, Landers Bookshop, Opticians www.longmelford.co.uk

The Six Bells, Preston St Mary, near Lavenham, 6.30pm Bonfire, fireworks, hot pork rolls, raffle, fancy dress and pumpkins! thesixbells.org.uk

Stonham Barns Firework Display, gates open at 6pm The ever popular firework display and bonfire night with family fun fair, food & drink stalls and fully stocked bar.

Fireworks Commence 7.30pm.

Entry: Adults £2 Children (5-16) £1 Under 5’s FREE. www.stonhambarnscomplex.co.uk

November 2 Heveningham Hall, gates open 5.30 pm Firework Display Bar and refreshments, fish and chips, BBQ, hog roast, candy floss, mulled wine Funfair and much more.

No sparklers please!

Tickets: £12 per car (in advance) £15 on the gate (up to 7 people). Pedestrians £3 All proceeds to Heveningham Hall Country Fair Trust E: fireworks@heveninghamhall.co.uk

Christchurch Park, Ipswich, 7pm Fireworks in the Park - Spooktacular!

The 11th Ipswich Scout Group stage their 42nd Annual ‘Fireworks in the Park’ event. The musical fireworks costing over £25,000 are designed and fired by Shell Shock Advanced Tickets: Adults £5 Children £3 E: info@ipswichfireworks.co.uk www.ipswichfireworks.co.uk

November 5 Bonfire Night with fireworks in Walberswick Fireworks in the village followed by supper at The Anchor. www.anchoratwalberswick.com

November 8 Millennium Green, Sproughton, 7pm Bonfire, Fireworks and BBQ There will be a huge bonfire and great fireworks. This is a popular family event attracting 2,600 last year. Car parking available at the school in Church Lane (only £1 per car) or in village.

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A traditional festive family tale

“Bursting with toe-tapping songs and dazzling dance numbers” EADT

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November 12 Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, 7.30pm Albert Herring A fantastic opportunity to enjoy Benjamin Britten’s classic comic depiction of village life – this comedy opera is bound to bring a smile to your face.

Box office: 01284 7695065 www.theatreroyal.org

Aldeburgh Parish Church John Paul Ekins Charity Piano Recital See mini preview (page 21) www.jpekinspianist.com November 7-11 St Edmunds Hall, Southwold Southwold Literature Festival See mini preview (page 22) Box office: 01803 867373 www.wayswithwords.co.uk November 8-11 Snape Maltings and Aldeburgh Aldeburgh Poetry Festival The UK’s ultimate poetry weekend celebrates its silver anniversary. There are 56 interconnecting events (13 free) and two exhibitions spread across 11 venues featuring 30 poets from all over the world. (See feature page 27) www.thepoetrytrust.org

November 10 Farmers Markets Halesworth, Town Centre 9am-1pm Woodbridge, Community Centre, 9am-1pm Assington, The Barn, 10am-2pm

November 13-15 Various venues in Lavenham Lavenham Literary Festival Talks by well known authors; question and answer sessions; book signing; creative crime writing course. Festival Dinner with Sir Andrew Motion at The Swan at Lavenham www.lavenhamliteraryfestival.co.uk

November 13-16 Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, 7.30pm Pride and Prejudice Two actors, 21 characters, lots of laughs and one of the most romantic stories of all time.

Box office: 01284 7695065 www.theatreroyal.org

November 15 RSPB, Minsmere, 9.30am Winter Wander November 13 Reserve entry fees: Adults £7.50, concessions Ipswich Regent £5, children £3, families £15 Greg Davies Star of BAFTA award-winning The Inbetweeners and BBC Three’s Cuckoo, much-loved towering November 16 Seckford Theatre Woodbridge beacon of comedy Greg Davies brings his Musical Extravaganza critically-acclaimed and riotously funny show, Charity event with the Band of the Parachute The Back of My Mum’s Head, to Ipswich.

Regiment, City of Norwich Pipe Band and Box office: 01473 433100 Woodbridge School Concert Band. www.ipswichregent.com

STRESS BUSTER DAY Opportunity for you to release stress, tension and anxiety in a most enjoyable way, Laughter guaranteed!

Using various techniques we will inspire you to shed some unwanted baggage and be closer to your authentic self, more able to listen to and follow your heart. We will encourage you to soften, relax and to breathe deeply.

PRACTICAL WORKSHOP 9am – 4pm with Alison Basil and Valerie Chater

Either: Wednesday November 27th or Saturday November 30th at Seckford Hall Hotel, Woodbridge Includes comprehensive Hand Out Information detailing methods and exercises just experienced for your self-use.

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“It feels as though the TFT has facilitated big shifts. My back is improving significantly.

Amazing! Life changing.” (Clare, Woodbridge) “I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you’re emotions going.”

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What’s On Box office: 01394 615015 E: boxoffice@woodbridge.suffolk.sch.uk

Farmers Markets Harkstead, Village Hall, 9am-12 noon Aldeburgh, Church Hall, 9am-12.30 Beccles, Beccles Heliport, 9am-1pm Debenham, Community Centre, 9am-1pm

November 16-17 RSPB Minsmere, 11am-4pm Christmas Shopping Join us for a spot of Christmas shopping with expert advice, product demonstrations, and tasting of the yummy RSPB Love Nature food, plus family craft activities in Discovery Centre. www.rspb.org.uk

British Crafts Blackthorpe Barn, nr Bury St Edmunds Over 60 exhibitors offering a wonderful mix of fabulous British handmade crafts including hand decorated glassware, ceramics, jewellery, handbags, clothing, sculpture and wooden creations. www.blackthorpebarn.com

The Town Hall, Southwold, 10am - 5pm The Vintage Market

Clothing, accessories, home-made gifts, collectables, curiosities, homeware and much more.

Information: 07900 015630 or 01986 782094

November 17 St Michael’s Church, Framlingham, 3-5pm A Baroque Prom Baroque favourites, intriguing novelties and Bach’s Toccata & Fugue in D minor.

Tickets: £12 (school-age students free) Contact: 01394 420556 www.eastanglianacademy.org.uk St Peter’s Street, Ipswich Street Fair See mini preview (page 22) www.imakefunstuff.co.uk

Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, 7.30pm Cambridge Renaissance Voices Splendour and Devotion in Tudor England: Masterpieces of Renaissance Polyphony Sacred choral music from Tudor England, sung by an exciting new group specialising in Renaissance polyphony.

Tickets: £15 Box Office: 01284 769505 www.theatreroyal.org www.cambridgerenaissancevoices.org.uk.

Greshams Sports and Social Club, Ipswich, noon - 4.30pm EACH Christmas Craft and Gift Fair Over 40 stalls selling a variety from cards, cakes, chocolates, jewellery, handmade gifts, books and much more. Fantastic raffle!

Entry: Free (with donations going to the charity) Information: sarahbeale83@hotmail.co.uk

The Cameo Hotel, Ipswich, 10am-4pm Giant Christmas Craft and Gift Fayre Over 60 stalls selling locally made crafts & quality gifts.

Entry: £1 (to be donated to the Woolverstone Wish Appeal) Information: Jan on 07950 153149 E: cowslip007@yahoo.co.uk / jan@fynn-valley.co.uk

November 18 Ipswich Regent Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Violinist Tasmin Little is one of the UK’s foremost violinists, performing with the world’s greatest orchestras in a career which has taken her to every continent. She will perform Bruch’s dazzling Violin Concerto No.1, a challenging work which will showcase her virtuosic abilities.

Box office: 01473 433100 www.ipswichregent.com

Exhibition and sale of handmade traditional and contemporary rugs and carpets

Friday 8 – Sunday 10 November 2013 The Granary Barns, Parsonage Farm, Parsonage Lane, Woodditton Newmarket CB8 9RZ. Open 10am – 5.30pm. Free admission.

Thursday 7 November Exclusive antiques and rugs day in aid of St Nicholas Hospice Care. Expert guest speakers and valuations.

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“He just used people, and he finished with them, and that was that”. At a time when Britten’s talent is being celebrated throughout Suffolk, Robin Brooks’ irreverent comedy reveals what it was like to be up close and personal with a 20th Century genius.

Box office: 01473 295900 www.wolseytheatre.co.uk

November 18-20 Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, 6.45pm The Nutcracker Ballet Theatre UK is proud to present its critically acclaimed festive classic, The Nutcracker.

Box office: 01284 7695065 www.theatreroyal.org

November 20-23 New Wolsey, Ipswich, 7.45pm Britten’s Got Talent Presented by Allegra Productions

November 21-22 Mercury Theatre, Colchester Guantanamo Boy Khalid likes football, hip hop, computer games and has a big crush on a girl – like any other teenage boy. Except being a young Muslim in the aftermath of 9/11 can be very dangerous.

Snatched in the middle of the night he is thrown into a nightmare world in which he is presumed guilty. Alone, afraid and far from home, will he have the strength to survive?

Box office: 01206 57398 www.mercurytheatre.co.uk

November 21-23 Seckford Theatre Woodbridge Half a Sixpence Presented by Felixstowe Musical Theatre A new version of this classic musical made famous by Tommy Steele.

Box office: 01394 615015 E: boxoffice@woodbridge.suffolk.sch.uk

November 21-January 25 New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich Dick Whittington The Rock ‘n’ Roll Panto The best of pantomimes and the greatest of pop songs all served up by the astonishing company of actor-musicians in a festive feast for all the family.

Tickets: From £25 to £8.50 Box Office: 01473 295900

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November 21-24 Snape Maltings Benjamin Britten Centenary Weekend

November 21 St Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft, 7pm Noye’s Fludde Generations of schoolchildren the world over know it – and in his 2012 film Moonrise Kingdom director Wes Anderson reaffirmed it – Britten’s opera is simply spellbinding theatre, an unforgettable experience for performers and audience alike, and some of the finest of all music written for young people.

November 22 Snape Maltings, Britten Studio, 2.30pm Belcea Quartet I Over the Centenary Weekend the Belcea Quartet perform Britten’s complete mature works for string quartet alongside music by his friend and musical ally, Shostakovich.

Snape Maltings Concert Hall, 7.30pm The Centenary Concert BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus,

Norwich Cathedral Choristers, Choirs of Norwich School and Norwich High School for Girls Celebrating the seasons’ cycle, rebirth and renewal, the vibrant Spring Symphony teems with life, its rousing setting of Summer is icumen an unforgettable finale. This concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 November 23 Snape Maltings, Concert Hall, 11am Centenary Family Concert BBC Symphony Orchestra, Youth Choirs from Suffolk, Andrew Gourlay conductor For children of all ages, was there ever a better musical guide than Benjamin Britten? Whether playing, singing or listening to his pieces, he unlocks the lid of the classical music treasure chest. This concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3

Orford Church, 2.30pm Aldeburgh Music Club Choir, Prometheus Brass Ensemble Founded in 1952 by Britten (who hosted the first meeting at his house) Aldeburgh Music Club has developed into one of East Anglia’s leading amateur choirs.

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Aldeburgh Parish Church, 5.45pm Saint Nicolas The Suffolk Ensemble, Jubilee Opera Chorus, Aldeburgh Voices June 1948, and the opening concert of the first Aldeburgh Festival culminates in the premiere of a new cantata from Britten, written for a mix of professional musicians, children’s voices and the community to perform. From these disparate forces Britten fuses a wondrous alchemy: Saint Nicolas. This concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 November 24 Southwold Church, 3.30pm BBC Singers, Iain Farrington organ, David Hill conductor With his birthday falling on St Cecilia’s Day, Britten had long been interested in writing a piece in praise of the patron saint of music.

In 1941–2, in his last full collaboration with WH Auden, he created one of his most joyful, uplifting choral works. This concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 Box office: 01728 687110 www.aldeburgh.co.uk

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November 22 The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 7.30pm The Mikado The world’s favourite Gilbert and Sullivan opera performed by Co-Opera Co., regular visitors to The Apex with their innovative productions of Carmen, The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni.

Tickets: £25/£19 (£23/£17concessions) Box Office: 01284 758000 www.theapex.co.uk

November 24 The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 7.30pm Benny Goodman’s Carnegie Hall Concert A sensational recreation by Pete Long’s All-Star Goodmen Orchestra for the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert.

Tickets: £18 (£16concessions) Box Office: 01284 758000 www.theapex.co.uk

November 23 Stratford St Mary,The Institute Hall, 10.30am-3pm Christmas Fayre Lots of stalls selling gifts, crafts, cards and more. Entertainment for children, refreshments, Santa’s Grotto and a raffle for a Christmas hamper. All money raised will go to ABC Preschool in the village.

Entry: Adults £2 (children free) Information: abc.preschool@tesco.net or call Holly on 07723 499161

The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 7.30pm Path To Peace Concert RAF Honington Voluntary Band will pay a moving tribute to servicemen and women of our Armed Forces.

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

Ipswich School, Ivry Street, 7.30pm Baroque Favourites Ipswich Bach Choir presents a programme including Vivaldi: Gloria, Charpentier: Te Deum and Berlioz: Flight into Egypt.

Tickets: £12 (£5 for those in full-time education) from Music World, Ipswich 01473 251618 or Card Centre, Felixstowe 01394 271538

Farmers Markets Easton, Easton Farm Park, 9am-1pm Woodbridge, Community Centre, 9am-1pm

November 23-24 British Crafts Blackthorpe Barn, nr Bury St Edmunds Over 60 exhibitors offering a wonderful mix of fabulous British handmade crafts including hand decorated glassware, ceramics, jewellery, handbags, clothing, sculpture and wooden creations. www.blackthorpebarn.com

The Town Hall, Southwold, 10am - 5pm The Vintage Market Clothing, accessories, home-made gifts, collectables, curiosities, homeware and much more.

Information: 07900 015630 or 01986 782094

Royal Hospital School, Holbrook Big Band Jazz Night The Ipswich Musicians Union Big Ban was formed over thirty years ago as a rehearsal band for the benefit of local musicians wanting to play “Big Band Jazz” for their own pleasure.

They have been one of the leading Big Bands in East Anglia for many years.

Box office: 01473 433100 www.ipswichregent.com

Farmers Market Lavenham, Village Hall, 10am-1.30pm

Ipswich Regent Texas The new album and tour ‘The Conversation’ clearly redefines and confidently re-introduces the band afresh with tracks written and produced by singer/guitarist Sharleen Spiteri and bassist Johnny McElhone and featuring collaborations with singer-songwriter Richard Hawley and Bernard Butler.

Box office: 01473 433100 www.ipswichregent.com November 26 The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 7.30pm John Williams A foremost ambassador of the guitar, this concert will include works by Bach, Albeniz, Sculthorpe, Goss, Hand, Koehne, Barrios and his own compositions.

Tickets: £23/£19 (£21/£17) Box Office: 01284 758000 www.theapex.co.uk November 27 Fynn Valley Golf Club, Ipswich, 6pm - 9pm Christmas Craft and Gift Fayre Enjoy a glass of wine while you peruse stalls selling all you need for Christmas. From cards to gifts to decorations Entry: £2.50 for Woolverstone Wish www.fynn-valley.co.uk November 27 and 30 Seckford Hall, Woodbridge Stress Buster Day Opportunity for you to release stress, tension and anxiety in a most enjoyable way,

laughter guaranteed!

Information: Valerie Chater 07775 600230 val.chater@btconnect.com

November 29 Seckford Theatre Woodbridge Common Ground Theatre Company The Prisoner of Zenda Suitable for 8yrs + Box office: 07928 765153

Grand Hall, Corn Exchange, Ipswich Ipswich Orchestral Society Benjamin Grosvenor is one of the most soughtafter young pianists in the world. A formidable technician and a thoughtful, coolly assured interpreter” (New York Times), Benjamin has recently won several prestigious awards.

Box office: 01473 433100 www.iosoc.org www.ipswichregent.com

November 29 and 30 Snape Maltings Concert Hall, 7.30pm iTMoi (In The Mind of Igor) Akram Khan Company Presented by DanceEast as part of the Snape Dances programme this is Akram Khan’s first full-length ensemble piece since 2010’s Vertical Road. Celebrating Igor Stravinsky and the centenary of his legendary Rite of Spring, iTMOi explores the way in which Stravinsky transformed the classical music world by evoking emotions through patterns and their disruption, building an episodic drama around the ritual of sacrifice.

Box office: 01728 687110 www.aldeburgh.co.uk

November 29-January Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds Aladdin Holed away in Widow Twankey’s laundry shop in Old Peking, young Aladdin spends his days up to his elbows in pants and petticoats, getting into scrapes and dreaming of the beautiful Princess Jasmine...

Box office: 01284 7695065 www.theatreroyal.org

November 30 Seckford Theatre Woodbridge Pasedena Roof Orchestra Box office: 0844 8700 887 www.aclassact.org.uk Do you have an event you would like us to list? Please email details to editor@achievemoremedia.co.uk Please note, inclusion in listings cannot be guaranteed. To advertise your event call 01473 809932

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“THE PRIVATE EAR” & “THE PUBLIC EYE” New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. November 4-11 his double-bill of one act plays by the acclaimed and multi-award winning British playwright Sir Peter Shaffer, are on tour as part of their first major revival in 50 years.

First performed in London’s West End in 1962, starring the young Kenneth Williams and Maggie Smith the plays then transferred successfully to Broadway in 1963.

The Private Ear and The Public Eye are intimate one-act plays – both short and bitter-sweet comedies performed as a matching pair.

They give the audience a fascinating window into the turbulent changing attitudes to love in the 1960s through a combination of comedy, pathos and drama.

The Private Ear is set in a musky London bedsit, where reclusive Bob, normally used to giving his full attention to his record collection, calls in a

favour from Ted, his slick, confident friend, to help him treat his date, the beautiful but shy Doreen, to a slap up meal.

While The Public Eye takes place in a swanky London accountancy office, where uptight Charles is confronted by Julian, an eccentric private detective hired by Charles to investigate Belinda, his young wife, whom he suspects of infidelity.

This production stars Jasper Britton as Charles, Steven Blakeley in the dual roles of Bob and Julian, Rupert Hill as Ted and Siobhan O’Kelly in the dual roles of Doreen and Belinda.

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JOHN PAUL EKINS, CHARITY PIANO RECITAL Aldeburgh Parish Church, November 7

uch lauded young pianist John Paul Ekins, who has gained a loyal following in Suffolk over the last few years is returning to the county this month for a charity concert organised by the Aldeburgh branch of Save the Children.

Recently appointed piano teacher at St Paul’s School, he’s won national and international awards and scholarships and also played at some of the top venues in the world.

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In May this year he made his debut in the Royal Albert Hall with a performance of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and has also been presented to the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

With family connections in Suffolk and East Anglia he’s a regular visitor to the county – in October he was in Lavenham – and after a highly praised debut in Aldeburgh has been asked back specially to perform in this charity concert.

His programme includes Mozart’s Fantasy in C

Minor, K. 396; Schubert’s Impromptu in A Flat, Op. 90/4; Britten’s Holiday Diary, Op. 5.; Liszt’a Cantique d’Amour, S. 173/10 and Beethoven’s Sonata in C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein”.

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WAYS WITH WORDS

Southwold Literature Festival, 7-11 November

he Southwold Literature Festival has become something of a pilgrimage for book lovers, not just in north Suffolk but way beyond the county borders too.

This year, as ever, Ways With Words has an inspiring line-up of writers, politicians and other prominent media figures who will be speaking on a range of intriguing topics.

Most events take place in St Edmunds Hall in Southwold apart from on November 11 when St Edmunds Church opens its doors to host Alan Johnson, previously Labour Home Secretary, talking about his early life followed

by Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman who, appropriately on Armistice Day, is speaking on the effect Great Britain’s great war had on the country’s life and identity.

For local literature lovers Robert Colls talks on writer George Orwell (of Southwold fame) examines the twists and turns of his life and thoughts.

Other events include the much-loved former BBC Chief News Correspondent, Kate Adie who takes a look at the pioneering women of World War One and their legacy.

For those interested in politics and economics Peter Snow, once BBC Newsnight presenter and Diplomatic and Defense Correspondent for ITN, considers the relationship between Britain and America whilst Lord David Sainsbury, former chairman of J. Sainsbury plc, speaks about his

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Snape Maltings, November 8-10 uffolk musician and artist Lily Hunter Green is only 23 but already she’s wowed audiences at the highly respected Brighton International Arts Festival. Her project in a transport container at Snape Maltings is a rare chance to experience the work of a talented young woman who looks set for bigger and better things.

Lily, who grew up in Rendham originally made this piece of work for her degree show at Brighton University and it looks at the gulf between the urban and rural. She’s used the A12 link between East London and Rendham as the basis for this unusual and entertaining ‘hip hop’ piece. It looks at what connects the two ends of this road and the differences too.

Although a classical musician and pianist she’s also, and rarely for a woman, able to do ‘beatbox’ and she combines this technique

new book ‘Progressive Capitalism’ and explains how it can help our political economy.

The witty and astute film reviewer Barry Norman will speak about his life. Not only of his twenty-five plus years as a film critic for the BBC, but of his life off-camera and particularly about his late wife.

Other highlights include Rose Tremain, Penelope Lively, Allan Ahlberg, Sally Vickers, Gill Hornby, Hermione Lee, Roy Hattersley, Richard Holmes, Matthew d’Ancona, Simon Heffer, Christopher Matthew and Simon Loftus.

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Visit www.wayswithwords.co.uk to view and download the full programme or for a printed brochure contact the Box Office: 01803 867373

with sampling and technology to create something that is very unusual. The installation has five speakers each of which outputs different sound effects and apparently it takes about ten to 15 minutes to immerse yourself in the whole experience.

“We asked people for comments after we showed this in Brighton and the responses were really positive from people aged from aged seven to 75, which I didn’t expect” says Lily.

The concept has been greeted with such international interest that she’s been invited to submit a plan to do something similar in Australia.

Yet another piece of work from Lily’s degree show, DECOMPOSED, was nominated for the Brighton International Arts Festival and was given the runner up prize. A programme about this and the haunting music that resulted is due to be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on November 24.

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weekend fairs have now also started up in Ipswich Town Hall too.

“I wanted it to have a town feel to make it different – more the sort of thing you might find in east London than in rural mid-Suffolk. who have seized this as an opportunity to “We aim to have stallholders who produce artisan reinvigorate the business scene and create crafts, cards, jewellery, vintage stuff - the sorts of something that’s different and special. things that you can’t buy in shops,” says Cathy.

That’s just what Cathy Frost from LoveOne and The great thing, she said, is that many of the artists Jess Broad and Chris Plowman from I Make independent retailers in St Peter’s Street open too Fun Stuff have done in Ipswich with street fairs in St which gives the whole event a real community feel.

Peter’s Street - and the next one is on November 17.

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St Peter’s Street, Ipswich November 17 t depends where you live, but many town centres in Britain have suffered greatly because of the economic recession.

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(IN THE MIND OF IGOR) Snape Maltings Concert Hall, 29 and 30 November ance maestro Akram Khan loves Suffolk and loves Snape so his new full length ensemble looks certain to be something of a treat.

He’s been long connected with Dance East and feels a very special connection to the audience at Snape so iTMOi, which celebrates the influential Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, is a must for serious dance fans. iTMOi has been created for the centenary of the legendary Rite of Spring and looks at the way Stravinsky transformed the classical world of music. Khan’s creation has stunned London critics and audiences alike being described a dazzling, captivating with any number of four and five-star reviews.

The Rite of Spring famously evokes emotions through patterns and their disruption and this dance takes on this approach not just through using patterns but also using the human condition.

“A rupture in the mind, fierce resistance to convention and a birth in the soul, all remind us that the mind and imagination are wild and

self-generating,” says Khan.

So iTMOi is about how human beings can turn everything into a paradox. Meaning turns to absurdity, justice into injustice and freedom into bondage. But to appreciate Khan’s breathtaking work and vision words are not enough - the explanation as always is in the dance. iTMOi has an original score by Nitin Sawhney, Jocelyn Pook and Ben Frost and an international cast of 11 dancers.

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WOODBRIDGE TAKES CENTRE STAGE Woodbridge is rapidly becoming the hub of amateur dramatics in east Suffolk.

Anne Gould visits the Seckford Theatre to find out more

here are lots of things that make the Seckford Theatre stand out from the crowd.

For starters, it’s Suffolk’s newest theatre, it was purpose built and boasts state of the art technology that bigger regional auditoriums can only dream about and it’s in the middle of a school.

Of course it’s an amazing facility for the pupils at Woodbridge School and one that the drama department, headed up by Gemma Mayes makes the most if.

Funded by the Seckford Foundation, the charity behind Woodbridge School, Seckford Almhouses and various free schools in Suffolk, it’s become very much a community facility

being used not just by local dance companies but increasingly by amateur dramatic groups as well.

According to Rachel Woodmansee, Alumini and Development Officer, groups like the Deben Players and the professional touring company Eastern Angles have always supported the theatre.

Now, and more recently, following the closure of the Spa Pavilion in Felixstowe, other drama groups including Ipswich Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Ipswich Operatic and Dramatic Society, Felixstowe Musical Theatre and the Co-op Juniors are using the theatre too. As a result during this autumn it’s in almost constant use with regular evening and

matinee performances.

For instance coming up this month is Iolanthe, Half a Sixpence and the Prisoner of Zenda in addition to the Big Bands Concert with the Parachute Regiment and in December the Deben Players are performing their pantomime, Cinderella through to the New Year.

So for a town the size of Woodbridge it’s become a real community asset and people love it so much they come back time and again.

Rachel says that the theatre has between 320 and 335 seats and is unusual in that the stage can be physically changed to fit the performance.

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Obviously having state of the art facilities benefits the drama department at the school no end, allowing them to put on performances that have real professional polish - which resulted in the school’s Seckford Theatre Company performing at the Edinburgh Fringe this year.

For instance a runway can be created if need be for fashion shows, and the like, and Eastern Angles often arrange the stage in a ‘thrust’ layout so that the audience can see the performance from three sides.

It also offers technical facilities that are second to none – the lighting arrays can be accessed via an overhead ‘net’ should a bulb need to be changed or adjusted and there are amazing backstage facilities too.

Additionally there are two technicians at the theatre and their expertise is available to all companies who perform there.

Seckford has all the advantages of having free parking on site and like most theatres there’s a bar in the foyer too.

“I think outside groups are also amazed at the amount of backstage facilities that we have and with the use of close circuit TV performers can sit back and relax without having to wait in the wings until they are due on stage,” said Rachel.

She added that they make every effort to keep their prices reasonable to allow community and amateur groups to enjoy this exceptional facility.

Obviously having state of the art facilities benefits the drama department at the school no end, allowing them to put on performances that have real professional polish - which resulted in the school’s Seckford Theatre Company performing at the Edinburgh Fringe this year.

It’s debut performance (north of the border) – Rosemary, a play which focuses on the story of Rose West – was not only awarded a four star review but was subsequently performed at the theatre at the start of term.

“It was a physical piece that demanded a lot of technical support using light and sound to create something that was quite visually stunning, explained Gemma.

The school also has regular performances which are open to the public - and are free, but booking is essential.

According to Gemma the annual school musical, coming up next term, is great fun involving 120 or so pupils and a must if you can get a seat.

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Movember now spans the globe with campaigns in 21 countries. In 2012, over 1.1 million ‘Mo Bros’ and ‘Mo Sista’s’ pledged their allegiance to the moustache and raised over £92 million globally. In the UK, there were over 363,000 participants raising more than £27 million.

This sort of fundraising is desperately needed as the statistics show:

• In the UK, 1 in 8 men will get prostate cancer at some stage in their lives • Occurrences of prostate cancer in men are comparable to the rates of breast cancer in women • 2,209 men in the UK were diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2009 • 47% of testicular cancer cases occur in men under 35 years and over 90% occur in men under 55 years • 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year • Suicide is the single most common cause of death in men under 35

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Poetry Trust

SUFFOLK’S SILVER

POETRY

It is 25 years since the Berlin Wall fell, an anniversary that the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival is proud to share. Anne Gould talks to Naomi Jaffa

here was once a school of thought that said all decent poetry was written by people who were male and dead and then the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival and the Poetry Trust, based in Halesworth, came along and helped to change all that.

Today the mastermind behind this vision is the creative and innovative Naomi Jaffa but she says the person who originally started it all is Michael Laskey, who lives in Leiston.

Together they’ve not only helped to put Suffolk on the global poetry map but helped to launch the careers of numerous

international poets too.

Quite some feat and not only that the festival, this year on November 8-10, regularly attracts poetry lovers from USA, France, across Europe, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland too.

What’s remarkable is that Naomi, as director of the Poetry Trust, has helped make poetry accessible to the mass market - some achievement because it’s an art form often seen as being intellectual and challenging.

The verse that she promotes though is different being sometimes witty sometimes comical, it will make you laugh and could

make you cry and most often it is observed with an uncanny accuracy of the human condition.

“It’s pretty cerebral,” she admits, “And yet what I love about it is that it’s got no value whatsoever and at the same time has unbelievable value too.”

Her success despite a no-inviting-back rule (no poet can do a reading and then come again) has seen the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival grow and grow.

Last year it moved from Aldeburgh to Snape Maltings, with more than 6,000 tickets sold and increasing attendance by 18 per cent.

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the biggest audience for poetry outside of London.

“I originally went to Jonathan Reikie with the idea and he said, ‘You can have a go but if you get less than 400 people that’s it,’ but, we sold out.”

This month’s festival features a fresh line-up of poets from seven countries and there are 56 interconnecting events across nine venues in local business too.

Aldeburgh and Snape.

“It was a very scary move because our soul There are readings, workshops, discussions, is in Aldeburgh but it means that we can craft-talks, close readings, performances and schedule events at the same time.” exhibitions and for those who want to hear However she had an inkling that it would and see as much as possible there’s a shuttle work because since 2004 there’s been a Poetry bus running too.

Prom as part of the Snape Proms - and it gets

Naomi says choosing who takes part is a year long task her job involves a great deal of reading and she believes that the rule that no-one can read twice means that they have to go out and find new talent.

As ever there were shows that were sold out in advance and she was thrilled because 40 per cent of the audience were attending for the first time.

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Appearing at this year’s Festival

Terrance Hayes

Olivia McCannon

Ian McMillan

Vera Pavlova

Shazea Quraish

Robin Robertson

“Continuity and change mark our silver anniversary. I’ve been part of the festival since 1993 and couldn’t possibly have lasted this long if it wasn’t about doing different things and making new discoveries each and every year.

“This year we’re re-visiting our first Baptist Chapel home. There’s a ‘Since the Wall Fell’ discussion about poetry in Eastern Europe but mostly we’re looking forward to finding new poets, welcoming new audiences and hearing great poems together for the first time.”

Naomi says choosing who takes part is a year long task - her job involves a great deal of reading and she believes that the rule that no-one can read twice means that they have to go out and find new talent.

Nurturing the ladder of young writers though has turned out to be the key to success - the festival has been the launch pad of many a successful poetry career.

It’s also a great place for buying poetry books too - many of which are not available from the usual outlets.

So what’s on this year? Naomi says there’s a real world-class line-up including America’s Katha Pollit, known for the wit and bite of her cultural commentary, and Scotland’s gifted Robin Robertson on the Friday.

New talent, Olivia McCannon is also making her Aldeburgh debut, after winning the Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize for newcomers.

Saturday morning sees Connor O’Callaghan from Northern Ireland, Alison Brackenbury and Robert Wrigley taking part.

Then in the evening the international character of the festival is unmistakable.

Making his first appearance in the UK the dynamic Terrance Hayes pulls no punches about his Black American identity, Nikola Madzirov from Macedonia writes eloquently on history and displacement and from rural Canada Karen Solie asks all the big questions about the human condition.

For the audience the closing reading on Sunday afternoon has meant a long wait.

America’s D. Nurkse is reading at Aldeburgh a year late - he was due to take part in 2012 but was grounded in New York by Hurricane Sandy instead.

Finally for those, who for whatever reason might not be able to attend the Poetry Trust has a year round digital platform - The Poetry Channel - which has over 70 podcasts on www.thepoetrytrust.org.

INFORMATION Tickets for the festival range from £2.50 to £20 (although 13 events are free) and can be booked online at www.aldeburgh.co.uk or at the Box Office on 01728 687110.

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Friday Afternoons

FRIDAY AFTERNOONS Benjamin Britten’s centenary draws to a close this month with a worldwide event centred on Suffolk and Snape Maltings. Anne Gould finds out more

echnology apart you can only wonder what Benjamin Britten would have thought if he’d known the songs he composed for his brother Robert were going to be sung by 100,000 children across the globe on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

Over the course of 24 hours his Friday Afternoons song cycle will be sung across nine time zones from Australia to Asia to Europe and to California in the USA. It’s the sort of thing that sends shivers down your spine - not least because all these schools

will be uploading their recordings onto a special Friday Afternoons website for the rest of the world to see.

What’s even more extraordinary is that originally this celebration was planned to just include schools in Suffolk but it has mushroomed to encompass national and international partners too.

Maybe it was just one of those things that was meant to be as Britten’s actual birthday falls on a Friday which also happens to co-incide with St Cecilia’s Day, the patron saint of music.

Written for his brother Robert and the boys of Clive House Preparatory School in Prestatyn, Britten wrote the 12 simple but moving Friday Afternoons songs for the School’s choir practice and singing lessons regularly held on Friday afternoons.

Composed between 1933 and 1935, Britten’s song cycle - which was prominently featured in Wes Anderson’s recent film Moonrise Kingdom - is accessible, easy to sing, and accompanied by gloriously witty piano parts.

Philippa Reive, Head of Education for

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It’s worked because it’s a really simple idea. All we ask is for schools who want to be involved to do is register the website and sing one of these 12 songs on the afternoon of that day Aldeburgh Music Chief Executive Jonathan Reekie with Alan and John Britten

Aldeburgh Music said the original plan grew incredibly quickly attracting Arts Council Funding and 12 key ambassadors including Aled Jones, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Anthony Horowitz, Dame Cleo Laine, Dame Floella Benjamin and Libby Purves.

It was their support, she says, that allowed the project to grow.

“It’s worked because it’s a really simple idea.

All we ask is for schools who want to be involved to do is register the website and sing one of these 12 songs on the afternoon of that day.”

The cornerstone of the project is a website packed with digital resources which give schools, and in particular those which do not have specialist music teachers and facilities, the tools needed to take part.

Every effort has been made to make this accessible to all, so specialist schools can download braille scores and there are also

visual and signed versions of the songs for deaf children.

“We are also building a digital performance platform so schools can record what they have done and can upload it onto the website.

“In addition we hope to live stream about a half dozen events,” she said.

But permission has also been given by the Britten Pears Foundation for Friday Afternoons to be performed in an ‘RnB’ style - so the end results could be interesting!

Meanwhile at Snape the concert hall is to be filled with more than 700 young people from Suffolk who will be taught the song cycle in a vocal workshop led by musician Pete Letanka.

This concert was open to all Suffolk schools by application and was so popular the hall could have been filled four times over, she said.

But in addition, Aldeburgh Music, which is of course famous for supporting young musicians

has come up with something extra special.

A competition was set up to write two new songs for Fridays. Novellist and screenwriter Anthony Horowitz who has Suffolk connections provided the lyrics with titles Orford Lighthouse and Greater Gabbard.

The winners, two 13-year-old girls, one from Portsmouth and the other from Derby, will have their compositions played by professional musicians and recorded as part of this special event.

So what would Britten have thought? According to Phillipa his nephew Alan thinks his uncle would have been “blown away” by it all.

INFORMATION www.fridayafternoonsmusic.co.uk

Pupils from 5 Suffolk schools singing at Aldeburgh Music’s Friday Afternoons launch (c) Eamonn McCabe

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CHILDREN AND MUSIC – other events On November 11 St Pancras Catholic primary School will be joining Aldeburgh Young Musicians at the Schools Prom at the Royal Albert Hall where they will be performing one of the Friday Afternoons songs.

The weekend of November 21-24 will include a number of concerts across Suffolk and at Snape to celebrate the centenary, many of them being recorded by Radio 3.

But it will all start in Lowestoft, the town of Britten’s birth with a performance of Britten’s family opera Noye’s Fludde.

With Andrew Shore and Dame Felicity Palmer singing the roles of Noye and Mrs. Noye, and broadcaster Zeb Soanes as the Voice of God, the production features a chorus of children from Lowestoft schools and choirs conducted by Paul Kildea.

Last month Dominic Peckham, Musical Director of the National Youth Choir and Head of Singing at the Royal Hospital School took the Friday Afternoon project and children from St Pancras School to Downing Street to launch the Friday Afternoons project to the Government.

But on the day itself, Dominic, who is based at the Royal Opera House will be working in Holbrook with children, not just from RHS but from across the Shotley

Peninsula and South Suffolk.

“It’s going to be really exciting working with these children and open their eyes and ears to Friday afternoons.

“We are also going to be taking it to a new level and are going to do some RnB and funk styles too.”

He says at the end of the afternoon they are going to have a grand performance with parents invited as well.

Children from Bramfield Primary School at Friday Afternoons launch (c) Eamonn McCabe

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Ipswich Winter Night Shelter

HOSPITALITY

& HOPE The winter is almost here and while most of us are hoping it won’t be a repeat of last year’s endless cold, for some it matters more than most.

Anne Gould finds out more about Ipswich Night Shelter hen it’s freezing outside most of us have the luxury of putting on a nice warm coat, or going inside and turning the central heating up or even putting another log on the fire.

For the homeless it’s a very different story; more about survival on the streets, sleeping rough or maybe in a tent hidden up in a churchyard, a railway siding or in the park.

It’s something that we might like to think doesn’t happen in our lovely county – but the reality, says the Rev. Cannon Paul Daltry, the chair of Ipswich Winter Night Shelter, is somewhat different.

“There are two sorts of homeless people.

There are the entrenched rough sleepers or those who sleep in tents and we think in all there are about 11 of them in Ipswich.

“Then there are the sofa surfers and no-one knows how many of them there are but they may dip in and out of rough sleeping.”

Suffice to say that Ipswich Night Shelter which is just about to open for its third winter is full every night and with last year’s endless freeze extra emergency beds set up by Ipswich Borough Council were full too.

The shelter operates for three months with 12 beds in different churches every night and this year includes the Salvation Army in

Bramford Road, St Mary’s Stoke, Ipswich Elim Pentecostal Church, Christ Church with St Pancras on Tackett Street, Burlington Baptist Church, Hope Church in Fore Hamlet and St Margaret’s.

What it aims to offer is a temporary solution of maybe a few days for the homeless before something more permanent is found. In reality though they’ve had people who’ve stayed somewhat longer because of difficulties of finding somewhere appropriate to go.

“People are welcome to stay as long as they want, provided they abide by our rules; no drink, no drugs, no dogs, they turn up on time and behave themselves,” says Mr Daltry.

“Our guests are usually people who have chaotic complex lives, the people who fall through the net but equally it could be any one of us. All that needs to happen is for someone to lose their job and a relationship to break down and they could find themselves without a home.

“The majority are men in their thirties and forties although we’ve had people who are younger and older, some have mental health problems or addiction problems or find it difficult to control themselves and as a result access services that could help.

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Of course the Night Shelter doesn’t run by itself - the budget is about £35,000 a year but it has to keep money in the kitty too for the following year.

Rev. Cannon Paul Daltry

“The biggest root cause though is to do with family backgrounds and childhoods that are marred by violence.”

What the shelter offers is somewhere to go between 7pm and 8.30am, a decent twocourse meal in the evening and breakfast in the morning, a camp bed with clean sheets and duvet and in some churches the opportunity to have a shower.

There are always volunteers on hand if people want to talk but also the opportunity to read, play chess and sometimes a film is made available too.

However access to the shelter is strictly controlled - guests have to be referred by the Community Resource Centre, the Police or the Health Outreach Project and they have to go through an assessment process too.

Mr Daltry, Minister of Church and Community Engagement for the Deanery of Ipswich, says the shelter is almost entirely run by a voluntary committee - there’s only one paid member of staff and at the moment there are 400 volunteers available.

However they need 14 people to help out every night in three shifts, to set up and do the cooking, for security through the night

and breakfast in the morning.

They are always on the lookout for more committed volunteers too, particularly those who are available for the night shift, 10pm-6am, and the morning shift, 6-9am, as these are difficult for people with work commitments.

Of course the Night Shelter doesn’t run by itself - the budget is about £35,000 a year but it has to keep money in the kitty too for the following year.

Some of that comes from grants from organisations like the Suffolk Community Foundation but they still have to raise the rest of the money much of which comes through giving from the churches involved.

However the shelter does need further help - he says they’d like to get sponsorship from shops to help with food.

“We make every effort to give our guests proper meals and that means that we don’t want to have to buy the cheapest in the supermarkets.

“This year we are also particularly looking for things like soaps and toothbrushes - it’s so nice to be able to offer them to people when they arrive. Also socks and underwear.”

They are also making plans for Christmas - Burlington Baptist Church, as always, is preparing a Christmas dinner but the Night Shelter team are also planning something special on Boxing Day. Everything shuts over the festive season and it makes it even more difficult for people to access services, he explained.

There’s also a plan to extend their work further, when the shelter closes in March, with a befriending scheme to help mentor the homeless and give them quality time to explore long-term solutions to their problems.

INFORMATION www.iwns.org.uk Ipswich Night Shelter is having a fund-raising evening at Suffolk Food Hall on December 6 from 6.30-8.30pm. Mark Murphy and Lesley Dolphin will be presenting the evening, there will be a Jazz band and a fashion show supported by Coe’s and Ipswich High School.

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Village Signs

A SIGN OF

COMMUNITY

Suffolk has its big skies, its leafy lanes and wonderful coastline but it’s also a county that’s more than blessed with its fair share of village signs. Anne Gould reports

his month the village of Crowfield is being treated to a very special “one-off” celebrity concert.

Star of stage and screen, the actor and comedian Roy Hudd, who just happens to live in the village, is appearing at the village hall for free. It’s all for a really good cause as he’s helping to complete the £3,500 fund-raising task that’s been undertaken by fellow villager Denise Wilcox for a village sign to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

The sign itself is being made by Norfolk sculptor Steve Eggleton, and will show Crowfield’s distinctive All Saint’s church, which is partly half-timbered with a ploughed field in front being scoured by crows. While this sign, a work of art, is really important to Crowfield it’s also important to Suffolk adding to its rich community heritage.

Village sign expert David Mulrenan of Brundish says these handcrafted and unique signs are very much an East Anglian tradition.

The idea originally came from just over the border, at Sandringham in Norfolk when the future Edward VII commissioned signs for the estate. Then in 1920 the then Duke of York gave a speech at the Royal Academy promoting the wider use of village signs following which the Daily Mail ran a national competition.

Subsequently villages across the country took up the challenge but the concept was grasped most keenly in the east.

Traditionally, says David, they have been erected to commemorate a really special occasion like the Coronation, a Jubilee or the Millennium. Currently Suffolk has about 375 signs with new signs going up at both Crowfield and Felsham soon.

“What’s so nice is they all have a story to them – depicting something about the village history, the origin of its name or perhaps something to do with the church.

“As a result they are all different and it’s fascinating going round to look at them all and working out what they mean.

“I also think that a village sign is a symbol of village cohesion. If people have got together to make it happen it’s the sign of a lively and vital community.”

David, who was instrumental in organising a sign for his own village says there are various master craftsmen who specialise in this work. Some are carved from wood, some are made from metal and there are a few that are quite unusual and different.

For instance the Bruisyard sign created by a local artist Ann Smith, is ‘fabulous’ and depicts a portrait of St Clare - there was once a nunnery in the village.

At Brundish the sign shows Edmund Brundish from a 14th century brass in the church and at Capel St Andrew there’s an eclectic scultpture of a fisherman by sculptor Paul Richardson. David said there’s another unusual sign at Homersfield near Bungay where there’s a big wooden block on the village green which has been carved into a boat with fish and a man peeping out of the top.

Around the block is a poem written about the Waveney Valley. “There’s

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Roy Hudd

When you look at the church at the right time of year you can see the ploughed field and the crows pecking the ground - so it really fits the village well. one place that I think really ought to have a sign - and that’s Ipswich. They are planning to do some work to the Cornhill and I think it would be an ideal time for a sign to go up there.”

So why has Roy Hudd got behind the village sign fundraising effort in Crowfield?

“I love the village and the people who live here - they were so kind to us, especially when we first moved her that we are happy to do this show as a one off for free so we can have our sign.

“It’s a terrific design”, he says “and really reflects Crowfield. When you look at the church at the right time of year you can see the ploughed field and the crows pecking the ground – so it really fits the village well.”

Roy first came to Suffolk on the advice of an old friend, entertainer Percy Edwards and he’s never regretted the move. “However” Roy says “I have never ever been on a train from Stowmarket for London that’s got in on time – they are always three or four minutes late. But, I don’t really care that much because the longer I can stay up here in Crowfield the better I like it.”

Roy, who was a Red Coat at Butlin’s in Clacton before making the big time believes it’s really important to support village life – and thanks to him a whole stream of celebrities have got to know the delights of Suffolk too.

“The first year I was here they asked me to open the village fete and then on subsequent years I’ve opened my contacts book and asked my friends to come along too - people like June Whitfield, Graham Cole, Melvyn Hayes and Rick Wakeman too.

“We have lunch and go to the fete and in fact Rick likes the fete so much that he’s been two or three years in a row. So now more and more people come to lunch and we have a great time.”

Between a hectic work schedule - he’s just finished filming Our Robot Overloads, a movie that stars Ben Kingsley and Gillian Anderson – he’s also a big supporter of local theatre and loves the New Wolsey. “Their pantomime in particular is excellent but it’s an intimate theatre and it does lots of different things and that’s great.”

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Village Signs

SUFFOLK’S VILLAGE SIGNS

Inspired by this story the Places & Faces team armed themselves with cameras and captured some of the beautiful signs we pass on our travels, some of which we’ve featured here and on our front cover.

There are more on our website: www.placesandfaces.co.uk/villagesignsofsuffolk If you think your village/town sign should be captured send us a photograph and we’ll add it to the gallery.

Send your pictures to editor@achievemoremedia.co.uk

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Darcy B, Market Hill Framlingham & Woodbridge. www.darcy-b.co.uk T: (01728) 720052 Marianna, 33a St Peter’s Street, Ipswich. www.mariannaboutique.co.uk T: (01473) 225666

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Business Profile | The Little Clothes House

LITTLE CLOTHES HOUSE ON THE HILL Christmas is coming and The Little Clothes House in Woodbridge is expanding. Places&Faces talks to the owner Samantha Soames

n recent years there’s been a much welcome revolution in the children’s clothes market.

There’s been a big expansion in the number of designers who specialise solely in dressing babies, toddlers and youngsters.

So now there’s choice galore - if you know where to shop - with clothes that are beautiful, organic, ethically sourced, individual and are even designed to accommodate cloth nappies.

What’s even better - for parents and grandparents - is that you can now buy these lovely clothes at much more affordable and realistic prices.

That’s why Woodbridge businesswoman and mother Samantha Soames, of the Little Clothes House, is planning to expand into a new shop during November on the Market Hill, just in time for the Christmas rush.

Previously she’s shared premises with other businesses in the town but with Woodbridge growing in status for destination shopping, she

believes that the time is now right to branch out on her own.

“I just love to see children dressed as children in clothes that are made to be comfortable, hard wearing and most of all fun to wear.”

She makes a conscious decision that all her clothes have ethical credentials, are made from natural dyes and fibres stocking organic ranges that are more suited to babies and children who may suffer from skin allergies.

The items of clothing in the frugi organic range are more generously cut in there design to accommodate for the more bulky cloth nappy.

The labels she currently stocks include Emma Levine, Lilly and Sid, Albetta, Frugi and Ragtales Toys for children and babies with an age range of 0-6 years.

Obviously as she expands her range will grow and she plans to include other labels including clothes that are specially designed for premature babies too.

She’ll also be adding quality toys as well ideal Christmas gifts - with a focus on items

that are not easily accessible, different but offer quality too.

The Little Clothes House is the only shop in Woodbridge dedicated to designer children’s clothing but in fact Sam gets customers from much further afield because the labels she stocks aren’t available elsewhere.

“I think it’s really important that we still have our independent shops. Chains absolutely serve their purpose but I feel we also need an alternative where you can find something a little more unique making them that much more special” she said and that’s just what the Little Clothes House has in store.

INFORMATION The Little Clothes House (within Happiness Store), 2b Cumberland Street, Woodbridge IP12 4AH T: 01394 548009 M: 07720 373435 E: samanthasoames@live.co.uk

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This month Darcy brings you two walks in one from The White Horse in Old Felixstowe

he White Horse in Old Felixstowe is a pub that has a certain resonance with me. When I first moved to Suffolk in the late 90’s I was one gazump from buying a beautiful property with sea views in St George’s Terrace directly opposite and then some years later it was a favourite lunch venue for my wife’s late grandmother. However despite my in-laws still living locally I had not fully appreciated the beautiful countryside on its doorstep until James and Sarah the pubs new owners invited Darcy to start a route from their newly refurbished pub.

It is most probably no surprise to regular readers that Darcy often enjoys a walk along the beach at Old Felixstowe and we offer an alternative route this month that takes you directly to the beach should you wish to do the same. Our main route however takes you inland across open fields with great vistas and through woodland beside a stream – always a personal favourite.

A simple circular walk at around an hour the path is never far from civilisation but very quickly the route delivers surprises.

The sight of yacht sails moving across fields initially threw me until I realised the River Deben, unseen in a dip, had dissected my view across the fields ahead.

The terrain is easy however as we enter the winter months I would recommend boots, waterproof shoes or wellies as the longer grass in places can make it a little soggy.

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THE WALK Distance: Approx. 3 miles Time: Approx. 1 hour Terrain: Initial & end pavements, easy paths with a very short stretch of road walking Stops: The White Horse Ordinance Survey Map: Explorer 197 Start Point OS reference: 314 355 (The White Horse, Church Rd) 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.placesandfaces.co.uk /dog-walks 1. From the pub car park turn left and then left again at the road keeping the Church on your right. Continue straight ahead walking for approx. ten minutes crossing Colneis Road and then Upperfield Drive. Shortly after crossing Upperfield Drive you will see a Footpath (FP) sign on your left.

2. Turn left at the sign and follow path beside the row of garden fences.

At the end of the fences the path crosses the field diagonally to your right before passing through the hedge.

3. Having passed through the hedge turn left and follow the track. After a short walk you will pass a series of large oak trees on your left after which there is a track to the left. Ignore this track and keep to the right.

4. As you turn to the right you will see the sports field to your left. Enter the path through the trees ahead, when the path emerges, again with the sports field to your left, continue straight ahead until you meet a stretch of hardened path and a series of shallow steps .

5. At the end of the steps turn immediately right and follow the path through the trees with the stream to your left. At times you may glimpse a path at the edge of the field to your right – feel free to take either path as they both emerge at the same place. If you have taken the wooded path by the stream it will be clear when you emerge in to open land. Turn left follow the path and you will see two houses ahead of you. This is your target and also where the path meets the road.

6. At the road turn left and walk for 175 yds to FP sign on your right.

7. Turn right at the FP sign where you will see a grass path straight ahead. Follow the path across and then around the edge of the field.

Ultimately the path turns to the right, as it meets a hedge and some trees, continue to follow the path around to the right then after approx.

100yds you will come to a barbed wire fence and animal feed silo at Laurel Farm appearing on your left. Walk alongside the wire fence and head for the metal gate at the end of the field.

8. Pass through the staggered fence to the left of the gate and continue straight ahead into Ferry Road. After a short while you will pass point 2, now on your right from here continue straight ahead returning to The White Horse.

Alternative route to the sea front and beach. (Approx. 10 minutes) A. Follow the FP sign directly in front of the church opposite The White Horse. This path passes through a series of residential streets and although its format changes from time to time as you meet residential roads you will always see the next stage in front of you leading you straight on.

B. Eventually you will meet a T junction of paths with an area of open grass in front of you. At this point turn right. The path will lead you directly to a crossing on Cliff Road and steps to the beach. To return to the White Horse retrace your steps.

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Eat, drink & be merry

You’re always sure of a warm welcome at The White Horse pub and restaurant. A fabulous li<le spot in Old Felixstowe, where you’ll find a range of fine guest ales and delicious personally selected wines.

The menu is made up of fresh, locally sourced produce, including daily seasonal specials and a wonderful tradiConal Sunday roast – all prepared by a talented team of AA Rose<e winning chefs.

An eagerly awaited interior refurbishment took place at the end of September – creaCng a stylish, yet cosy, atmosphere brimming with period charm.

Our newly converted stable block provides a wonderfully unusual seIng for business meeCngs, parCes, christenings and weddings.

Join us on 7th November for a delighMul evening of ale tasCng and food-­‐pairing, hosted by Adnams.

Advance booking required.

Christmas reservaCons are also now being taken and we have two special party nights planned with live music on both 5th and 12th December.

Church Road, Old Felixstowe, Suffolk IP11 9NF Tel. 01394 277496 Email. bookings@thewhitehorse-­‐felixstowe.co.uk www.thewhitehorse-­‐felixstowe.co.uk

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CROWN FIT FOR A (FUTURE) KING

Patrons have included the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge no less but it’s the unassuming charm of The Westleton Crown that keeps it high on the list of Places&Faces favourites as Lesley Rawlinson samples the new menu

he Westleton Crown is an Inn for all seasons. In the spring and summer the cleverly terraced and well nurtured gardens are a seamless extension to the restaurant and in the winter there are few better places to cosy up beside the roaring fire in the ever welcoming bar following a bracing heathland walk across some of the most stunning Suffolk landscape that The Crown is blessed to have on its doorstep.

On this occasion, a perfect day in early October, we’d chosen to visit at lunch time to

review the new menu and meet new Head Chef Robert Mace. With a clear blue sky and temperatures in the high teens the garden terraces – a riot of autumnal colour and laden with fruiting trees – were filled with casual diners making the most of the unseasonally good weather. The restaurant practically glistened in the soon to be fading sun and we settled at a table near the window with a glass of refreshing Adnams Spindrift while we studied the menus.

I always enjoy those moments when looking

at the menu as it gives a chance to drink in the atmosphere of a place while mixing and matching dish choices in imaginary quick fire ‘description auditions’. The Crown achieves a perfect blend for me of feeling special – a treat - but retains a relaxing and casual quality that just makes you want to settle in and stay.

Although sometimes you are lucky enough to ‘stumble’ on a great venue it is generally the reputation of a place which drives an initial visit and after that, once one’s own opinions have been formed, it’s the hope that every visit be

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as good the last. Over the last few years The Westleton Crown, under previous Head Chef Richard Bargewell, has gained an enviable reputation as a consistently excellent culinary destination with hearty yet sophisticated food.

So, with a change lead in the kitchen, we were intrigued to see if there would be a noticeable difference to the menu or the experience.

From our initial look at the menu it was apparent that the good reputation and

down to oak smoked chicken breast with sage and onion slaw (what a clever idea!), seared scallops with cauliflower purée and onion bhaji or the eventual winner – soy and chilli braised pork cheek, wasabi mash, sesame, ginger and coriander. This zingy concoction truly demonstrated Robert’s belief that respect for using as much of any butchered animal as possible is paramount with the slowly cooked cheek meat melting in the mouth.

menu. With at least three starters and three main courses the curse of the ever present mushroom risotto, which seems to have become the vegetarian staple, is banished and a collection of well thought out choices, again using Suffolk’s best, supersede it.

I know, it was lunch time – and we’d already indulged in two courses – but frankly it would have been rude not to sample the desserts. The autumnal option of steamed Bramley apple sponge pudding with blackberry compote and crumble & custard ice cream was an obvious front runner and my husband described the in the winter there are few better places to cosy up pudding as ‘surprisingly light’ infused with beside the roaring fire in the ever welcoming bar following sweet apple flavour throughout and offset a bracing heathland walk perfectly by the sharp berry accompaniment.

My classic English dessert plate; treacle tart with clotted cream, trifle and a baked rice character of The Crown are safe in his hands.

We switched tacks when it came to our main pudding (all in miniature of course) were a With an impressive pedigree and extensive meals with the fish dishes competing for my revelation. I wouldn’t have chosen a whole local knowledge Robert has developed a menu vote while Mr R was in meat-loving heaven. portion of any one of them after such a that continues to hold true to the values we’ve I’d seen an impressive plate of fish and chips, substantial meal but the idea of a little of each grown to expect with every element created complete with jalapeno tartare sauce and was too good to miss and rounded off the from scratch using only the very best locally pease pudding, pass us en route to another entire experience beautifully. sourced and ethically sound ingredients. table and was certainly tempted but decided If only we could have stayed. As the His ethos, and in fact the ethos of the whole instead on a rich and flavoursome combination afternoon meandered on and we sipped at our Crown team, is that they want to build on the of pan fried sea bass fillet, herb potato cake and coffees I could have happily moved through reputation of The Westleton Crown making wild mushroom fricassée. The crisply seared to the cosy bar. Instead, with promises to sure that each visit is not just as good as your skin of the fish was a perfect textural contrast ourselves that next time we’d make a last but hopefully even better. It was clear from from its buttery river set high on an island of weekend of it, we headed home feeling our conversation with Robert that ‘local’ is key fluffy potato, neatly bringing the dish together. happily full and with another great meal at and that shone through immediately.

Across the table it was the battle of the The Crown enjoyed.

Visiting as we were in a month ending in ‘er’ heavy weights – braised Blythburgh pork belly, (and supposedly the best for shellfish) steamed ham hock and mustard croquette with braised INFORMATION Simpers Deben mussels leapt straight from greens all in an Aspall cyder sauce, sure to WARMING WINTER WEDNESDAYS the menu and I could have saved my husband deliver all it promised, or the seasonal game In addition to the main menu, every the bother of reading through the other rather choice of roast Bunwell Wood partridge. Said Wednesday through to the end of March, enticing choices – it was clear he wouldn’t be bird duly arrived with a quite wondrous root enjoy the delicious ‘Winter Warming able to resist. Cooked in a leek and cream sauce vegetable gratin that looked as though you’d Wednesdays’ set menu, for lunch or dinner, finished with Aspall cyder the aroma from the need an art degree to recreate it and alongside from £14.95 (two courses) or £18.95 (three dish alone gave me a pang of the dreaded food the red cabbage some sweet pieces of quince. courses). (Excludes Christmas and New Year period) envy. Mopping up the juices from his bowl with Declared a winning combination you really The Westleton Crown, The Street, Westleton, light and fluffy rosemary and sea salt focaccia he can’t beat seasonal local produce.

Suffolk IP17 3AD certainly resembled the cat who’d got the cream!

At this stage I should add that The Westleton T: 01728 648777 I found the remaining starter choices equally Crown is one of the few pubs or restaurants www.westletoncrown.co.uk inviting and after much deliberation it came I’ve visited offering a separate vegetarian

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SUNDAY BEST Always a crowd pleaser, pork shoulder is surely one of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favourite roasts and this recipe, combining it with a fruity red cabbage, is an absolute winner

Photographs: Adrian Rawlinson

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Recipe | Jimmy’s Farm

INGREDIENTS Serves 6 For the pork 2kg Shoulder of Pork (ask your butcher to score the skin for the best crackling!)

4 cloves of Garlic Olive Oil Maldon Sea Salt

For the braised cabbage 1 red cabbage finely sliced 1 onion diced Sultanas 450g Cooking apples, chopped into 2.5cm cubes 4 tbsp white wine vinegar 1 cinnamon stick ½ pint red wine 200g Demerara Sugar

The Ultimate Slow Roasted Shoulder of Pork with Braised Red Cabbage

immy’s Farm Head Chef, Katie Rowles is a local girl and trained at Colchester Institute. She’s a young head chef and a rising star locally. She is passionate about local, seasonal ingredients and enjoys working with the best Rare Breed Pork on her doorstep at the farm.

Jimmy’s Farm rears rare breed Pork, as well as the best of British Beef, Lamb and the farm’s own Christmas Turkeys. The farm’s produce is unsurpassed in quality and flavour and is also renowned for its sausages. Jimmy’s Farm also produces some of the best turkeys in the UK - winning ‘Best Premium Turkey’ in the British Turkey Awards in 2013 in a blind taste test.

Slow Roasted Pork is one of the signature dishes at the Jimmy’s Farm restaurant and is a real favourite for Sunday lunch!

For the Pork 1. Preheat your oven to 220˚c or Gas mark 7.

2. Take your pork shoulder and pat it dry. Prepare a roasting tin with a little olive oil in the bottom. If your butcher hasn’t scored the skin, use a very sharp knife to slash the skin not quite to the flesh.

3. Rub Maldon sea salt flakes into the grooves. Turn the joint over and rub more salt and freshly milled pepper onto the meat.

4. Place the joint skin side up in the roasting tray and roast at 220˚C for 30 minutes.

5. Turn the oven down to 170˚C and cover the meat in two layers of tinfoil and cook for a further 4 hours. The tinfoil will help it retain its moisture.

6. Take the foil off after this time and place the pork in the oven again for 45 minutes until you have the crunching crackling!

For the Braised Red Cabbage…

1. Heat olive oil in a pan and add the onion. Cook until translucent.

2. Add the apples, cabbage and seasoning to taste. Stir well and cook for 5 minutes.

3. Add the remaining ingredients and bring to a simmer. Simmer with the saucepan lid on for a further 45 minutes stirring occasionally.

CHEF’S TIP The pork yhoulder and braised cabbage are both delicious served with mashed potato…enjoy!

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Arlingtons

The Plough & Sail

The Coach & Horses

After a year at the helm of the Plough & Sail located at Snape Maltings, local twins Alex and Oliver Burnside’s passion for creating a quality dining pub serving a seasonally-changing menu is ever stronger. Enjoy ‘traditional’ pub food for lunch and in the evenings a modern ‘restaurant style’ menu alongside an extensive selection of ales, spirits and quality wines. Pre and post concert dining is available and booking is advised.

“We look forward to welcoming you soon.”

The Coach & Horses located just outside of Woodbridge, has extremely good access to the A12 with ample parking.

Originally a staging inn or coach house, it’s historical role is equally well served today providing great family food. We offer a great combination of quality, value and atmosphere that the Deben Inns are renowned for. Christmas menu now available. See our website for details.

Open: Monday to Sunday 8am to 10pm Address: 13 Museum Street, Ipswich.

Suffolk. IP1 1HE E: enquiries@arlingtonsbrasserie.co.uk W: www.arlingtonsbrasserie.com

Open: Monday- Saturday 11.00am 11.00pm. Sunday 12.00 noon - 10.30pm Food served 7 days a week.

Address: Snape Maltings, Snape Bridge, Snape, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1SR E: alexburnside@hotmail.com W: www.theploughandsailsnape.co.uk

Open: Mon - Sat 11.00am until 11.00pm Sunday 12.00 noon till 10.30pm Food served 7 days a week.

Address: Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 1PD E: coachandhorses@debeninns.co.uk W: www.debeninns.co.uk

T: 01473 230293

T: 01728 688413

T: 01394 384851

Buzzing brasserie style restaurant with café bar set within the building converted from the Arlingtons Ballroom. The perfect venue to catch up with friends, talk business, celebrate special occasions.

French style menu served in typical informal Brasserie manner offering a large selection of freshly prepared Suffolk reared meat dishes and vegetarian choices as well as fish & shellfish from sustainable sources. Plus takeaway deli, breakfast from 8am, light meals and homemade cakes throughout the day.

The fountain

Located in the lovely old village of Tuddenham St Martin, 3 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. We can cater for any parties from 2 to 45 people. The menu comprises of a full A La Carte menu and a set 2 or 3 course menu. For reservations please call 01473 785377 or email fountainpub@btconnect.com

The Angel

Butt & Oyster

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.

Christmas menu now available. See our website for details.

Open: Monday to Friday 12pm - 2pm & 6pm to 9pm. Saturday 12pm - 2pm & 6pm - 9.30pm Sunday 12pm to 3pm Closed Evening Address: The Street, Tuddenham St. Martin, IP6 9BT E: fountainpub@btconnect.com W: www.tuddenhamfountain.co.uk

Using the best local ingredients from the excellent producers on our doorstep, we prepare great tasty food here on the premises & aim sell it to you at a reasonable price. Mon-Fri we offer a choice of tasty home cooked lunches for £5, in addition to our full menu. Sunday roasts and our homemade burgers are a speciality. We are equally proud of our drinks offering with 6 real ales (listed in the 2013 CAMRA Good Beer Guide), draught Suffolk Cyder & lagers, and East Anglia’s widest range of spirits with over 220 gins.

Open: 12-3 & 5-close Mon-Fri & we are open all day at weekends Address: Theatre Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 4NE (Just off the Market Hill) E: mail@theangelwoodbridge.co.uk W: www.theangelwoodbridge.co.uk

Open: Monday- Saturday 11.00am 11.00pm. Sunday 12.00 noon -10.30pm.

Food served 7 days a week.

Address: Pin Mill, Ipswich, Suffolk IP9 1JW E: buttandoyster@debeninns.co.uk W: www.debeninns.co.uk

T: 01473 785377

T: 01394 383808

T: 01473 780764

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Food Gallery

Fynn Valley

Open to everyone, not just golfers, we are the place you bring your family and friends for a wide range of tempting meals prepared by our talented chefs.

Meals can be eaten in our cosy Courtyard Bar, The Terrace overlooking the golf course or utilising the entire spacious Valley Room on busier occasions.

Full details of our menus and offers can be found on our website.

Open: Open lunch and evening except closed all day Monday and Sunday evenings Address: Fynn Valley Golf Club, Witnesham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 9JA E: restaurant@fynn-valley.co.uk W: www.fynn-valley.co.uk

T: 01473 785202

The Anchor

Award winning pub with 10 rooms (includes 6 eco-clad garden chalets) in Walberswick, a stone’s throw from the sea & dunes. A changing menu with daily specials, we use plenty of fresh fish, shellfish & meat produce from local farmers, vegetables from nearby allotments. We sell our own bread, cakes, chutneys & relishes. Extensive wine list (Harper’s Wine Pub of the Year 2011) and over 50 imported bottled beers. Large outside terrace, dog-friendly.

Open: every day from 8.30am for breakfast, lunch & dinner.

Address: The Anchor, Main Street, Walberswick, Suffolk, IP18 6UA E: info@anchoratwalberswick.com W: w.anchoratwalberswick.com @AnchoratWalbers T: 01502 722112

THE PEACOCK INN

The MIDDLETON Bell

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 3 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. Come and try our Sunday roast in a relaxed atmosphere, bookings advisable, dogs welcome.

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: Monday - Saturday 12pm - 3pm & 6pm - 11pm. Sunday 12pm - 6pm. (Food served 12pm - 2.30pm & 6pm - 9pm daily) Address: 37 The Street, Chelsworth, Suffolk, IP7 7HU E: wilcri@aol.com W: www.thepeacockchelsworth.com

Open: Bar: Monday 6pm -11pm, Tuesday – Friday: Lunch 12 noon – 3pm Evening 6pm11pm, Saturday: 12 noon – midnight Sunday: 12 noon – 10.30pm Food served Tuesday – Sunday Booking advisable please call for details.

Address:The Street, Middleton, Suffolk, IP17 3NN

T: 01449 743952

the dog

Award Winning Public House, Restaurant & Bar. Our menu constantly evolves to reflect the changing seasons and celebrates the very best of locally sourced produce. Our ‘Specials Board’ is inspired by the prime seasonal ingredients available each day and the entire menu is complemented by a carefully selected wine list. New guest beer every week. Real ales and rustic ciders. Save 20% off food orders everyday between 5.30-6.30pm. Set price menu 1 course £7.50, 2 courses £10 or 3 courses £13

Open: Monday – Closed. Tuesday – Thursday 12 – 2.30pm and 5.30 – 11.00pm. Friday, Saturday and Sunday Open All Day. Food Served 12 – 2.00pm (2.30 Sunday) and 5.30 to 9.00pm daily Address: The Green, Grundisburgh, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6TA W: www.grundisburghdog.co.uk

T: 01473 735267

T: 01728 648286

THE GALLEY

The Galley in Woodbridge is a family run restaurant offering vibrant and exciting menus, using fresh local produce, in a relaxed and informal atmosphere. For those wishing to hold a celebration or business lunch, there are private dining rooms available. New 2 course lunch & early bird diner menu just £9.50, 3 courses £11. Fine Festive Dining at the Galley - Come and join in the festive celebrations and enjoy a delicious 3 course festive menu for your Christmas party at just £27.50 per person Open: 7 days a week Lunch 12noon – 2.15pm Dinner 6pm – late (early bird diner 6 – 7pm) Address: 21 Market Hill, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 4LX W: www.thegalley.uk.com

T: 01394 380055

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CHRISTMAS IS COMING

Christmas is a time for eating drinking and spending time with loved ones and friends and so much nicer when you know you don’t have to do the washing up.

Adrian Rawlinson visited the Thorpeness Hotel & Golf Club to sample their Christmas menu and options for a stress free yuletide

ublishing Places & Faces each month has many upsides. We truly do get to see what makes our county great, meeting fascinating people and getting to eat at some of the county’s finest restaurants.

This month offered a double whammy of pleasure as we revisited the Thorpeness Hotel & Golf Club to preview their Christmas menu.

Having reviewed the dining experience there before we were already confident that our meal would be enjoyable however, for a man who loves the celebratory season, the prospect of my first festive meal in October was literally, as the saying goes, ‘like Christmas coming early’.

With some thought and application most venues can take on the veneer of Christmas with a few well-placed lights, a Christmas tree and decorations while other places seem to be made for the moment and fully embrace it. For me The Thorpeness Hotel & Golf Club is one of the latter and I genuinely look forward to my visit each year as I drop copies of the December Places & Faces for guests to enjoy.

Positioned perfectly by Thorpeness Meare and only a short stroll from the coast a winter walk before returning to the hotel is a prospect to be savoured. Large comfy sofas in the lounge beside flickering fires beckon visitors to sit and

relax pre dinner as does the equally welcoming bar with its opulent wood panelling.

Surrounded by the golden burnished names of golf captains and champions past and present it is a place where I could happily sit and while away an afternoon, evening or even a long weekend and, as we were to discover as we looked at the Christmas packages offers available at the hotel and country club, there is the opportunity to do all the above.

Prior to being shown to our table we were greeted with seasonal cocktails in the bar. I enjoyed a Warm Gin Toddy made with the award winning local Adnams gin and my wife

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The dusky red walls are a perfect envelope for a winters evening contrasting with the crisp white linen of the table settings a Winter Tangerine Dream - a non-alcoholic cocktail made with the juices of orange, grapefruit and lemon with a distinctive and refreshing dash of grenadine. It looked beautiful and was thoroughly enjoyed.

As it was October when we visited the hotel was not yet decked with boughs of holly but our table had been set up as a little oasis of Christmas with candles, decorations and even Christmas crackers – the mood was set. The restaurant, as with the rest of the hotel, has a cosy feel. The dusky red walls are a perfect envelope for a winters evening contrasting with the crisp white linen of the table settings.

This warmth, as we enjoyed on our visit, is also very much mirrored by the attentive service of the restaurant team.

Christmas menus can be a challenge for many restaurants. Accommodation of the ubiquitous turkey dish and the need to cater for large parties can, in my experience, drive down creativity in the kitchen so I was pleased to see that Thorpeness had not fallen into that trap.

The hotel is offering a series of menus over the Christmas period with one for Christmas lunches which runs from the 1st to 19th of December and four individual menus for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve. Of course delicious Norfolk turkey is an option on most menus but dishes such as warm smoked salmon, lemon butter grilled fillet of halibut, Aspall cyder braised pork belly and pan fried guinea fowl amongst many others make a welcome diversion.

For our meal we were veritable magpies selecting jewels of dishes from the different

menus. For starters I chose the spiced parsnip and apple soup with cumin spiced warm cheese straws and my wife the hot smoked mackerel on potato salad with horseradish dressing. Both were delicious with a point of note being that the mackerel was served warm which was a pleasant surprise and really enhanced the dish.

Our mains came from the Christmas lunch menu - with Lesley choosing butter roast fillet of hake wrapped in Serrano ham with parsley mash and pea fricassee - and from the Christmas Day menu with my choice being the thyme and garlic roast sirloin of beef with red wine jus, roast potatoes and glazed root vegetables.

My wife described her dish as ‘an elegant deconstructed fish pie’ which is truly a compliment as it is one of her all-time favourite meals. The hake was perfectly cooked and the overall dish a hit. My sirloin was also perfectly cooked and flavoursome. The roast potatoes were crisp on the outside and delightfully fluffy inside, the jus intense and sticky with the glazed roasted root vegetables superb.

Whenever I have carrots cooked in this way I wonder why anyone would ever boil one again.

For desserts we chose the lemon and ginger cheesecake and brandy snap basket with fresh fruit and clotted cream ice cream. The first dish was zingy, light and an excellent way to end the meal both satisfying and refreshing.

The brandy snap basket was a work of art.

A palette of vibrant colour that I wrestled with my conscience about destroying before I went to work discovering layer after layer of

surprises and flavours.

As we enjoyed our coffees we took time to look at the full programme of events at the hotel and sister venue The Thorpeness Country Club and were struck by the great value being offered this year. As much as we are generally ‘home birds’ when it comes to Christmas the case to put ourselves into the expert hands of the Thorpeness team is compelling. Great food, great service and no washing up, a perfect combination.

INFORMATION Christmas Lunches Available from 1st-19th December 12.30pm-3.00pm Two courses £13.50 per person Three courses £16.50 per person 3 Night Christmas Break 24th-27th December from £425 per person Dining options for non-residents: Christmas Eve £35 per person Christmas Day £70 adults, £30 children Boxing Day £30 adults, £15 children New Year 1 Night Break From £165 per person New Year’s Eve - Non-residents £85 per person Thorpeness Country Club Events Christmas Party Nights 6th, 7th, 13th, 20th December £35 per person Christmas Boogie Nights 12th, 19th December £20 per person Christmas Tribute Show Nights 14th December Tina Turner 21st December ‘The Blues Bruvvaz’ £40 per person Full details of all menus and events can be found at www.thorpeness.co.uk

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Wine

Rob Chase

A MATTER OF OPINION hat’s the difference, I wonder, between having an opinion and being opinionated? To me, the former suggests a confidently outspoken fervour along with a blatant disregard for alternative views, while the latter implies that one might just keep this under one’s hat until asked for it. Unsurprisingly, I would define as ‘involved enthusiasm’ my own strong feelings for – and against - certain grape varieties, though to others these may well verge on the opinionated. Be that as it may, my colleague who updates our website (adnams.co.uk) daily with diary dates, brewery information, a blog and pertinent scribblings on matters vinous occupies the desk next to mine. Which means, apparently, that being ‘opinionated’ makes me fair game for a comment when Sarah is writing her occasional grape profile. Herewith a couple of my most recent outpourings, which I suggest are nothing more than opinions, but which were possibly typed in very bold lettering.

Has it been a case of inverted snobbism or something more sinister, that has made my disregard for Merlot the laughing stock of the tasting room? Has my maligning of what - presumably - is the most popular red grape variety on the market made me a marked man? Who knows, or indeed cares, but I can now admit that my slightly jaundiced opinion of Merlot is on the wane, and the reason for this volte face is now becoming obvious. It is a mixture of several things, but a positive change in both fashion and vintages has much to do with it.

Merlot tends to bring out the worst in winemakers, who feel the need relentlessly to follow fashion. The garagistes have a lot to answer for: they were that merry band of Right Bank producers in Bordeaux, who reduced their yields to an unnaturally low level, then proceeded to extracted every ounce of colour, fruit, acid, tannin and sugar from their grapes, to a point where the wine bore more

resemblance to jam than to claret. Fashion encourages imitators, and suddenly overextraction was everywhere – in both northern and southern hemispheres. If I could date the other origin of my Merlot prejudice, it probably stemmed from the unripe vintages of the ‘90s and early ‘00s. Since 2005, things appear to have got a whole lot better in Europe, and in fact winemakers the world over now seem

cooler days, I would settle for a silky, old-vine Garnacha (same grape) from northern Spain and – when cool turns to downright cold - it would be a robust yet magisterial bottle made from 100-year-old-plus Barossa Heritage Grenache.

It is partly because Grenache is the joker in the pack, the flibbertigibbet of grape varieties, that I like it so much. It’s the troubled youth;

Merlot tends to bring out the worst in winemakers, who feel the need relentlessly to follow fashion. The garagistes have a lot to answer for better able to judge when their Merlots are physiologically ripe. Consequently, these days their fruit tends to be picked when the vegetal character has departed and as the wholesome ripeness sets in. It is at this point that Merlot, as a single varietal, can hold its head high. At Adnams, I think we have sorted the wheat from the chaff in our list, but it is a knife’s edge that one walks - a fine balancing act between those dusty, unripe leafy notes and the jammy onslaught that lurks at the other end of the scale. (I currently have a sneaky regard for our Argentinian Merlot from Bodegas Gouguenheim, which at £8.59 a bottle, encapsulates the very essence of what Merlot should be, but very often isn’t.)

Of all the red grape varieties that I taste regularly, Grenache remains consistently my favourite. I qualify this rash statement with the word consistently, because there have been days when I thought Cabernet Franc was just the business, or believed that Petit Verdot, Fer Servadou or Touriga Naçional were worthy guests on my desert island table. But no; I remain loyal to the immense versatility of God’s own Grenache. On the hottest days, I would go for a lightly-macerated, juicy, energetic southern Rhône red or rosé interpretation, made from young vines, served chilled. On

the rebel without a cause – the misfit. It plays a wonderful starring role on the world stage of vinous blends but as a solo performer, Grenache continues to lurk in the shadows.

Its juicy, redcurrant character is enhanced by its propensity to rush headlong into superripeness, yet it handles its subsequently quite high alcohol levels with aplomb and guile, and its wondrously fresh, natural acidity encourages oft-repeated visits to the temple of Grenache. And because it sits just below the radar there are absolute bargains to be had: my current favourite is the remarkably cheerful and affordable Cruz de Piedra from the Pyrenean foothills from an appellation called Calatayud. The red and rosé versions are made from gnarled, 80-year-old Garnacha vines and only cost £6.99 - a travesty, but a steal. That’s Grenache for you - or gnarled garnacha!

And do I hold forth with such feeling on the subject of white grape varieties? Funnily enough I do. I am in fact ‘opinionated’ about Riesling and Pinot Grigio (one more favourably than the other), whereas I merely ‘have an opinion’ about Chardonnay and Sauvignon.

These may well be subject matter for another day.

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need for particular specialist equipment, which occasionally turns up in a saleroom, becomes more apparent. (Can you guess what it might be?)

Neals Today the kitchen is often the focal point of a ne of the perils of modern life in a home; in days gone by it was buried away in a kitchen full of appliances is the chore basement or at the end of a maze of corridors a of unloading the dishwasher then long distance away from where the meals were stacking the contents neatly away in served. Visions of the baize lined door spring the cupboards and drawers which are unlikely to to mind which metaphorically and physically be far away. formed the ‘them and us’ divide between the Strangely, loading the machine with dirty owners and the others! crockery, cutlery and glasses, brought in Carrying heavy and delicate dinner services in perhaps from as far away as the dining room, the very best of houses therefore required an aid does not hold so many terrors, perhaps because – in addition to the servants and staff employed you do not have to don those Marigold rubber to fulfil their specific duties. gloves. (In fairness to all producers other makes The plate bucket or pail came about to assist are available!). the task of transporting the fine dinner plates Contrast this scenario with a few centuries and bowls to the elegant dining rooms of ago in the homes of the landed gentry and the country houses.

They appeared in a variety of designs which ranged from tapering, cylindrical or oval shapes to barrels and exotic octagonal styles, sometimes enhanced with gothic shaped pierced fretwork.

Many had brass bandings and looped carrying handles but the clever part of the piece was the vertical aperture which allowed the plate or bowl to be gripped by the rim as it was lowered or removed from the bucket.

Quite often they were made in pairs and would have been placed by the fire to warm the plates before service.

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CLIMBING THE WALLS

Vertical gardening has been something of a buzz-term in the garden world of late.

Catharine Howard, gardening coach, designer and journalist has some suggestions

hat wise old buzzard of gardening, Christopher Lloyd, was a master of the pithy retort, and a hint of acid lemon sometimes crept in.

In response to the question, (in hands-up time in the corrugated tin village hall) “what can I plant to grow swiftly up my walls?” the answer came, “Madam I suggest you go to Woolworth’s and buy some plastic ivy”. Both he and that chain of shops are no-more but the wall point is pertinent for anyone looking for vertical growing.

In the last ten years, green hydroponicallyfed walls have been breaking out all over the place. It is an interesting subject but let us put Patric Blanc, the green-haired innovator of this style, to one side. Equally I would love to clothe my walls in peacocks and be done with it. Neither will work in Suffolk.

Amongst some of my garden owners, a small whisper is working up to a rumble. How to make a wall or house look old and jungly with mature greenery ramping up it? It seems like a lovely counter-culture to the Home and

Interiors style. So how can you get this ‘old look’ without introducing plants from the Thug Bar that will start climbing in under the gutters and into the roof?

It is worth researching into the habit of a climber. Check first how big a plant grows, where it comes from and how it behaves in its native place. Take wisteria. Wisteria sinensis from China grows on cliffs and in woods and romps up to 40 metres, twining anti-clockwise while shimmying skywards.

And then, in order not to get them confused,

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clockwise tendrils of the Japanese Wisteria floribunda make it to 20 metres.

Look at ultimate growth size and tremble or be prepared to get very handy with your secateurs. Training and pruning will be a matter of regular interference. You gardeners will know that that is the way with nature. Take a check too on whether your chosen climber clings, twines (a la wisteria) attaches itself with sticky pads or needs human intervention to twist it vertically.

Ivy, for instance, puts out radial roots to clamber itself upwards. Ivy in the right place is fine but beware of it tugging at grout in brickwork and sliding sinuous tendrils under feather-boards. More sinister is the elegant guerilla activity of most clematis. I would avoid growing any of the montana varieties anywhere near a house. They are tousled and shaggy things and look better out in the wilder area of the garden. The advice I got from Thorncroft Nurseries is to stick to clematis that require a hard prune. Man keeps the upper hand. An example: the lovely Clematis Tangutica Lambton Park, scrambles to 12 feet

and is coconut-scented.

I’ve mentioned the montana clematis but a Gardener’s Health Warning also has to go out with passion flower and the climber Solanum crispum. Steady your choice on the rose front too. Roses have as many different habits as your friends do! When the catalogue states the Madame Alfred Carriere grows to 20ft, it means it. Roses need their space - it is the training of their branches to the horizontal that persuades them to flower. A group of us visited Kiftsgate a few years ago and Anne Chambers pointed out the eponymous rose and retreated with a shudder. Beware. Vigorous ramblers will flay your windows and you and wrap your house up for the prince in Sleeping Beauty.

A chat with a rose boff at David Austin resulted in a list of polite non-invasive roses - exactly suitable for feather-board barns.

(Wires in place on straining bolts first, of course) I want to share the names with you: James Galway (pink to 5m), The Pilgrim (softest yellow) and The New Dawn. These two want very good soil. Climbing Cecile Brunner, Penny Lane, Pauls Lemon Pillar and

lovely languid Lady Hillingdon which needs a warm site. Last but not least, The Generous Gardener where it will not bake.

That brings in the importance of microclimate. The bottom of a wall is more than likely going to be dry and in a rain shadow. Bear in mind which way your house front (or back or side) is facing. The dreaded north wall is not too bad as you can grow climbing hydrangea here. I love this plant - big when it gets going but it is easy to keep growth in check. It does not automatically reach for the gutters and it looks a treat in winter with spent flowerheads and cinnamon branches.

In the cold month of November dormancy will be upon these plants. This is ideal planting time as you can tuck them into your beds without shocking them unduly.

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Health

SUFFOLK UROLOGIST TALKS ABOUT MOUSTACHES AND MEN’S HEALTH Rob Brierly Consultant Urologist

s we are now into November, we have been talking this month to local Consultant Urologist, Mr Rob Brierly, about Men’s Health and Moustaches.

For the month of November each year, ‘Movember’ is responsible for the sprouting of millions of moustaches around the world. They raise vital funds and awareness for prostate and testicular cancer and mental health.

“Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men with over 40,000 in the UK diagnosed with prostate cancer every year; that is more than 100 men every day. Currently 1 in 8 will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime but it is estimated that this will rise as people are living longer and by 2030 prostate cancer will be the

“I am passionate about all patients receiving the best quality treatment and this is especially important when it comes to cancer” says Rob, who has specialist interests in prostate and bladder cancer.

“There is a blood test called PSA which can help doctors to diagnose prostate cancer but it is not entirely reliable because a positive test doesn’t mean that you have prostate cancer, it just identifies that you should have further tests. Similarly a negative test does not exclude prostate cancer. In the last few years, there have been a couple of large European and US trials, which failed to show a benefit from population screening using PSA. This explains why there is currently no formal screening program in the

Fortunately, most men with ‘water-work troubles’ will not have prostate cancer; but it is important to discuss these symptoms with your doctor most common cancer”, says Rob. “But despite these figures, the level of awareness, understanding and support for prostate cancer lags significantly behind that of other important health problems such as breast cancer. Everybody will either be affected by prostate cancer or know someone close to them with prostate cancer at some time in their life. That is why I think it is so important that we support this event by joining the Mo-Bros as they are called (moustache-growers) through growing a Mo, sponsoring a Mo or just helping during ‘Movember’ to raise the profile of Men’s Health.

UK; an issue which remains controversial.

So it is all the more important that we raise public awareness.

“Prostate cancer is treatable and the cure rates for cancers picked up at an early stage are very high. There are various different treatments and some ‘low aggression’ prostate cancers may not require any treatment but instead can be monitored by a doctor.

“The difficulty is that early prostate cancer will often not cause any symptoms at all. But some men may experience urinary symptoms such as affecting their flow, or getting-up in the night more frequently to pass urine. Fortunately,

most men with ‘water-work troubles’ will not have prostate cancer; but it is important to discuss these symptoms with your doctor.”

Rob has been the lead for urological cancer at Ipswich Hospital since 2007 and is currently co-chair of the Anglia Region Urology Cancer group.

Rob is also very involved in Medical Education and is currently the Foundation Training Programme Director at Ipswich Hospital, responsible for over 60 newly qualified Doctors in their first two years in practice, as well as Undergraduate Surgical tutor for the many medical students from Cambridge and Norwich that spend time in placements at Ipswich.

Rob trained in Urology in London, the South East, and Australia and has been an NHS Consultant at Ipswich Hospital for 8 years.

He offers Private consultations and advice at Nuffield Health Ipswich Hospital. As well as general urology and men’s health he also specialises in the treatment of all male and female urinary disorders, including urinary infection, bladder pain and incontinence surgery.

INFORMATION Nuffield Health Ipswich Hospital is holding a Men’s Health open evening on Wednesday 20th November at 7pm. Urology and Cardiology Consultants will be presenting on prostate disease, general urological problems, and heart and vascular disease.

To book your place at this free event please call 0845 603 4346. Places are limited so book early.

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Approached via a long hedge-lined gravel driveway, accessed by electric gates, it is set in 15 glorious acres of meadows and orchards and is the perfect mix of the old and the new – a beautiful period building that has been restored in the contemporary style.

Having been subject to a major restoration project the Hall boasts high quality fixtures and fittings and integrated technology such as a Bose music system with centrally controlled individual room speakers and remote controlled under floor heating from SmartKontrols.

The main property has four bedrooms, three of which are ensuite and the living space offers considerable versatility allowing for open plan living with the added facility to separate off each room by virtue of

“hidden” doors.

Banyard Hall will delight a wine enthusiast with its bespoke underground wine cellar just off the dining room, which is visible through a toughened glass ceiling and the impressive entrance hall has wonderful space for entertaining and dining.

The kitchen centres around a large island unit and features high quality Gaggenau appliances including a large roasting oven, fridge freezer, deep fryer, hob, charcoal grill and steamer. There is also a commercial high speed glass washer and dishwasher.

The dining room has a double height vaulted ceiling and double height window providing abundant light and wonderful views over the grounds.

On the first floor there are four excellent bedroom suites, including the master suite which has a range of mirrored wardrobes, en-suite bathroom and wonderful views over the gardens and grounds and across the

surrounding countryside.

In addition to the main house there’s the Coach House which provides self-contained accommodation including a ground floor kitchen/ breakfast room and a large bedroom with glorious views over the surrounding countryside.

Outside the gardens include areas of lawn and brick terraces, on the eastern side leading to a summerhouse. There are three ponds, planted with various marginal plants and an attractive water feature with water passing over a number of cascades. A fine kitchen garden has numerous beds enclosed by box hedging, beyond which is the flower garden and orchard, planted with a good variety of fruit trees.

INFORMATION Castle Estates 01394 450100

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CAPEL SAINT ANDREW - Between Woodbridge & Orford

A pair of brick and flint cottages set in about ½ an acre close to Rendlesham Forest and bordered by the perimeter of Woodbridge Airfield. Each of the properties has 2 Bedrooms, the larger house with a Conservatory and Wet Room in addition to the Bathroom. Garage and Sheds. EPC Bands D & E.

Offers around £350,000

WOODBRIDGE Centrally located with Hall, Cloaks, 2 Reception Rooms, Kitchen, 2 Bedrooms and a Bathroom. Car space. Walled Garden. EPC Band E Offers around £315,000

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WOODBRIDGE Close to Broom Heath in just over ¼ of an acre s.t.s. Entrance WOODBRIDGE A Victorian cottage providing Hall, Cloakroom, Sitting Room, Garden Room, Study, Kitchen-Dining Room, Sitting Room, Dining Room, Cloakroom, 3 Master Bedroom Suite with Dressing Room, Shower Room and Balcony, 3 further Bedrooms and a Bathroom. Enclosed Garden.

Bedrooms and a Shower Room. Parking. EPC Band D. Offers around £525,000 EPC Band E. Offers around £265,000

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PROPERTY FACTS Price: £895,000 Location: Aldeburgh Agent: Jennie Jones

CONTEMPORARY ALDEBURGH stylish home with sea views in one of the UK’s most celebrated coastal towns is a dream for many.

This stunning contemporary property on the outskirts of town offers a home that’s beautiful and quite different too.

With four bedrooms it’s within walking distance of the town centre, the beach and has ample room for anyone whose hobby is sailing and might want to store a boat or two close to home during the winter.

The property has undergone a lot of improvement work recently including the addition of a double garage, a large conservatory and an elegant and very useful garden studio.

The accommodation is on two floors and includes a first floor master bedroom suite and second sitting room together with an east facing balcony that looks out towards the sea.

Downstairs there’s a fabulous open plan living space with a wood burning stove and double height ceiling which opens to the west with sliding doors to the garden and with French windows to the south into the conservatory/family room.

There’s also a smart kitchen/breakfast room with a stainless steel range plus a dining area together with study.

Also downstairs are three good sized bedrooms all of which have en-suite facilities.

In addition there’s a north-facing wine store.

The gardens are another notable feature and have been designed for ease of maintenance. There are wild flowers and spring bulbs at the front together with a raised kitchen garden. The rear garden incorporates a Mediterranean walled terrace, paved walkways and seating areas which are perfect for containers plus there are established trees and shrubs providing shaded areas.

INFORMATION Jennie Jones Aldeburgh 01728 454622

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jackson-stops.co.uk

Nr Woodbridge

Wickham Market

A handsome & elegantly presented country house overlooking traditional English gardens & woodland grounds. 3 reception rooms, study & playroom, kit/break room.

6 bedrooms, 3 bath/shower rooms. Office/studio. Workshop barn. In all about 3 acres.

Additional meadow also available. Epc= D

An imposing period village house with delightful part walled gardens. 3 reception rooms, kit/break room. 4 bedrooms, 2 bath/shower rooms. Coach house & garaging.

In all about 0.33 of an acre. Epc=G

Guide Price £1,150,000

Guide Price £595,000

Barham Green

Earl Soham

A beautifully appointed landmark property, enjoying a tucked away setting overlooking the green. 3 reception rooms, kit/break room. 4 bedrooms, 2 bath/ shower rooms. Annexe/games room. Tennis court. Gardens & meadows, in all sabout 4 acres. Epc=F

A grade II Listed period village house with secluded gardens enjoying rural views over the adjacent meadow land. 3 reception rooms, kit/break room. 5 bedrooms.

Impressive cart lodge & at home office/annexe. Gardens.

Guide Price £635,000

Contact Jonathan Penn or Tim Dansie 01473 ipswich@jackson-stops.co.uk

Guide Price £545,000

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HARBOURMASTER’S HOUSE FACTS Location: Woodbridge Price: OIRO £650,000 Agent: Neals

QUAYSIDE DELIGHT oodbridge is a location high on many peoples ‘where I would like to live’ list. With its theatre, cinema, excellent shops, hotels, pubs, restaurants and fine schools it makes an ideal base whatever your current life stage.

Another factor that people also often list is the town’s location next to the magnificent River Deben and Harbourmaster’s House, as it names suggests, delivers a river experience that few others can match.

Harbourmaster’s House gives you the opportunity to change your lifestyle. It occupies a wonderful position alongside the Quay and has far reaching views over the tidal River Deben, providing an ever changing outlook. This can be enjoyed both from within

the property or from the recently installed oak and stainless steel balcony, which spans virtually the whole width of the house. Not only does Harbourmaster’s House virtually have ‘its feet in the water’ but it is also close to the station, making it ideal home for permanent occupation or for holidays and commuting. It would also fit the bill for those seeking a property with income potential. The House has been finished in a contemporary style with up to date refinements such as the installation by Iconic Home of a data and telephone network. The bespoke kitchen by Orwells Furniture has integrated appliances, a range cooker and a central island, while the woodburning stove is set in a Chesney’s fireplace. The bathroom is attractively tiled in

limestone mosaic complementing the white suite which incorporates a vanity basin set in a granite surround. Zoffany wallpapers have been used in the hall and main bedroom while the mezzanine area has a glazed balustrade and looks down on the open plan living area. Oak flooring is laid throughout the ground floor accentuating the sheer scale of the area, with the utility room to one side, access to the car space at the rear, the fireplace with woodburning stove and with views to the quay and river.

INFORMATION Neals 01394 382263

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The Old Shop, The Street, East Bergholt, Colchester, Suffolk CO7 6TF

www.grierandpartners.co.uk Tel: (01206) 299222 Email: enquiries@grierandpartners.co.uk

North Ipswich

EAST BERGHOLT

CAPEL ST MARY

A distinctive detached modern village home of generous proportions built and presented to an excellent standard. Four bedrooms, two with en suite and dressing room, family bathroom, five reception rooms and bespoke “Plain English” fitted kitchen. Large rear garden, double garage.

EPC – C

Situated on a popular no through road this deceptively spacious well presented bungalow enjoys a good sized private rear garden.

The accommodation includes four bedrooms two with en suite, family bathroom, three reception rooms, fitted kitchen and utility room. Good off road parking and detached garage. EPC – TBC

£685,000

£465,000

BENTLEY

TATTINGSTONE

An ideal equestrian opportunity.

A detached three bedroom bungalow situated on the edge of the village with four acres of flat pasture with outbuildings including workshop, outbuilding and potential pony stables.

Viewing recommended.

EPC – D

An individual detached newly constructed three double bedroom bungalow finished to the highest standards and enjoying a private plot of approx. 1/3rd acre sts. The property enjoys rural views to the rear. Gated and walled access with double garage and parking. EPC – C

£448,500

£545,000

Guide Price £610,000

An impressive, substantial seven bedroom Victorian house, formerly the residence of the Bishop of Dunwich, with over 3,500 sq ft of accommodation, overlooking Christchurch Park, in one of the town’s most sought-after locations. EPC – E Ref: 4961

Orford

Guide Price £500,000

A distinctive three bedroom Victorian former coastguard’s house, situated on Quay Street, in the ever popular village of Orford. EPC – E Ref: 4976

Kenton, near Debenham

Ref: 4984

Wickham Market

Playford

Kettleburgh

A prominent five bedroom Georgian house

An individual 1970s split level detached house in quiet rural surroundings on the edge of this picturesque and sought-after village with gardens of half an acre. EPC – D Ref: 4983

A pretty, Listed cottage sitting in a lovely spot next to Brandeston, within attractive gardens and grounds of ¾ of an acre.

Ref: 4982

Guide Price £485,000

offering spacious accommodation, set within the centre of the popular and convenient large village

of Wickham Market. EPC – F

Ref: 4985

Guide Price £450,000

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

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Guide Price £795,000

A fine Grade II Listed Georgian fronted six bedroom farmhouse with additional Suffolk barn, set in gardens of 1¾ acres.

T: 01728 724200

Guide Price £325,000

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A stunning contemporary styled four bedroom house, situated on the edge of Aldeburgh, within walking distance of the town centre, the beach, and local amenities. The accommodation is arranged on two floors and includes a first floor master bedroom suite and second sitting room together with an east facing balcony that looks out towards the sea. Recent work has included the addition of a double garage, a large conservatory, and an elegant and very useful garden studio. EPC—D

SAXMUNDHAM GUIDE PRICE £395,000 Grade II Georgian detached 4 bed house with earlier origins, 3 reception, attractive gardens, barn and artist’s studio

THORPENESS

GP £525,000

Stylish detached 5 bed house in generous sized plot, sea view from first floor sitting room, study, conservatory, integral garage. EPC-E

Aldeburgh 01728 454622

ALDEBURGH £370,000

BENHALL

£695,000

Spacious modern 4 bed detached property built in a barn style. Reception hall, cloaks, 2 reception, conservatory, farmhouse kitchen/breakfast room, utility, 2 en suites, double garage, workshop, attractive gardens. EPC-C

LOWER HACHESTON £398,000

Enchanting 3 bed mid terrace cottage close to beach and shops with enclosed sunny garden.

EPC —D

Grade II listed detached 4 bed house. Large studio, private rear garden, 2 shower rooms, exposed beams, integral garage

Saxmundham 01728 605511 www.jennie-jones.com

Southwold 01502 722065

ALDEBURGH £499,000

A Grade II listed house with a walled garden in a secluded position, garden and garage.

Plans to develop EPC– E

EQUESTRIAN & LIFESTYLE LAND & LIFESTYLE LAXFIELD Recently extended and renovated five bedroom farmhouse, with HOXNE Detached chalet bungalow set in around 3 ACRES (stms) on the edge of ESSEX/SUFFOLK BORDERS Between extensive range of outbuildings, include stabling and barns. Manège and popular village with scope to update and extend subject to any necessary planning S RE AC 0 Hadleigh and Newmarket Exceptional paddocks, with grounds of around 20 ACRES (stms). permission being granted. Four bedrooms, three bathrooms and annexe potential.

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EQUESTRIAN ESTATE AGENCY FOR PROPERTIES WITH ANY AMOUNT OF LAND Successfully finding buyers for equestrian, lifestyle properties and those with rural businesses. Attracting buyers from outside the area as well as targeting the local market

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Castle Estates

Market Hill, Orford IP12 2LH

01394 450100

property@castle-estates.uk.com

ORFORD

Guide £575,000

RIBA award winning period cottage with river views. Tucked away location a short stroll from Pump Street Bakery. Dining hall, sitting room, utility, cloaks, kitchen, open plan living area, master bed with balcony, bathroom, single bedroom and an attic bedroom. Garden, garage and parking space.

EPC Band F

ORFORD

Guide £695,000

Award winning conversion of a Grade II thatched cottage. Superb views of the river. A short stroll from Market Hill and the river bank. Three bedrooms, bathroom, shower room, 23’ sitting room with an Inglenook, kitchen, glazed dining room, sunny garden.

EPC Band n/a

SUDBOURNE

Guide £420,000

IKEN

Guide £650,000

Detached period house, 2 bedrooms, dressing room/bed 3, 2 bathrooms, sitting room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, conservatory, cloaks, pantry, outbuilding, garage, parking and gardens.

EPC Band F

Detached property set in approx. 1.3 acre plot. Superb views across open countryside.

4 bedrooms, bathroom, cloaks, sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room. Gardens, garage, outbuildings, parking. Oil-fired c/h. Close to Iken beach and Orford.

EPC Band E

ORFORD

ORFORD

Guide £380,000

A charming medieval cottage close to the water and the moorings off Orford Quay, with a view of the estuary and sea from its fascinating ’crow’s nest’ second bedroom (reached by ship’s ladder. Master bedroom with ensuite w/c and hand basin, kitchen/ breakfast room, sitting room, small garden area and timber store.

EPC Band G

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Guide £265,000

A two bedroom period cottage with views of Orford Castle. First floor shower room, sitting room, dining room, kitchen. Sunny garden and a brick outbuilding.

EPC Band D

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HOLLY ORCHARD BARN FACTS Location: East Bergholt Guide Price: £650,000 Agent: Fenn Wright

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PERIOD STYLE t is said that many people know they have found their ideal home when they walk in and can immediately visualise where the Christmas tree will stand.

Well with that season rapidly approaching I can imagine any prospective buyers that view Holly Orchard Barn in the coming weeks will be spoilt for choice.

The house was built in 2002 by the highlyreputed home builder, Knights Developments Limited but has a period style and character.

It has been cleverly designed to incorporate the luxuries of modern day convenience with low maintenance materials, without compromising on quality or character.

Large timber double doors lead into the entrance porch which has glazed doubledoors into a reception hall with a grand wooden stair flight rising to a mezzanine landing.

To the right of the reception hall is an impressive drawing room with a feature brick

fireplace and brick hearth and oak bressumer with inset log-burning stove and exposed ceiling beam.

To the rear of the reception hall is the family room with French doors leading out to the garden. Adjacent is the dining room with heavy exposed beam with corner braces and a full-height window to the rear.

If the Christmas tree placement is one test of finding the ideal home then a social kitchen is surely another and Holly Orchard Barn delivers here too. The kitchen/breakfast room is fitted out with a Brookman’s kitchen of hand-made solid wood units under a granite worktop with integrated dishwasher and microwave. There is also a brick fireplace with oak bressumer housing a Rangemaster five-ring gas hob and electric hotplate with two ovens and a grill set into the fireplace.

The utility room has a recess for an American style fridge/freezer, plumbing for a washing machine and space for a tumble-dryer.

On the first floor, the galleried landing is an impressive feature of the house with its vaulted timber ceiling, solid wood balustrade and spindles overlooking the reception hall.

There are four bedrooms, two en-suite, with three of the rooms having picture windows giving views across farmland.

Outside there is a brick paved driveway with parking for a number of vehicles, leading up to an attached double garage. There are lawned gardens to the side and rear of the property with attractive flower and shrub borders, ornamental fish pond and a summerhouse with timber decking.

In all, the gardens are approaching a third of an acre.

INFORMATION Fenn Wright 01473 232700

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HATCHESTON Guide Price £695,000 This detached family home with five bedrooms is set in grounds of approximately 2.9 acres (sts) with a useful barn, double garage, formal gardens, paddock, spinney and pond. The property evolved from two period cottages that were later extended prior to the addition of the conservatory. Porch, hall, cloakroom, triple aspect sitting room with wood burning stove, conservatory, dining room, study, dual aspect kitchen, utility/laundry room, master en-suite bedroom, four further bedrooms and family bathroom. EPC D

PURDIS HEATH, IPSWICH Guide Price £749,000 To the east of Ipswich in the prestigious Purdis Heath area, adjacent to Ipswich Golf Club and minutes away from Woodbridge, Bourne House is one of only four exclusive homes in Hillingdon Park. The property provides luxury accommodation, including five bedrooms, two en-suite bathrooms, sitting room and stunning kitchen/breakfast/family room. The property is conveniently located for both Woodbridge and Ipswich and is set in a large private garden within a safe and secure environment. EPC Predicted

SNAPE Guide Price £550,000 Leasehold Beautifully presented, Grade II listed Maltings Conversion located towards the front of this highly regarded development within Snape Maltings, close to the world famous Concert Hall and quay on the River Alde. Secure parking space and access to the residents’ communal garden. Arranged over two floors (1st and 2nd floors) offering hall, cloakroom, two en-suite bedrooms, open plan upper floor with seating area, study area, kitchen/dining area and vaulted ceiling. Under floor heating, solid oak flooring, Ashford and Brooks bespoke kitchen and Villeroy & Boch sanitary ware. EPC D.

BREDFIELD Guide Price £695,000 Immaculately presented, individually designed home set in enclosed gardens with gated entry system and integral double garage. Completed in 2007, the property has been built to the current owner’s exacting specifications. Entrance hall, cloakroom/shower room, triple aspect sitting room, dining room, luxury kitchen/breakfast/family room, utility room, 2 staircases, galleried landing, master bedroom with dressing area and en-suite, two further en-suite double bedrooms and study area. The property was designed to offer potential for dining room and adjacent shower room to become a fourth en-suite bedroom. EPC C.

CHILLESFORD Guide Price £750,000 Close to the Suffolk Heritage Coast, ‘The Old School House’ is a characterful, former Victorian school set in beautiful grounds of 5 acres (sts) with a range of useful outbuildings. This imposing property with clock tower currently offers six bedrooms and has further potential subject to the necessary consents. Porch, central hall fireplace and galleried landing, cloakroom, open plan kitchen/dining room, utility room, lounge, office, library and games room, six 1st floor bedrooms, two en-suites, family bathroom and separate shower room.

Single garage, work shop, triple garage with store room, potting shed & wood stores. EPC D.

WOODBRIDGE Guide Price £325,000 Lavender Cottage sits within an exclusive row of three properties tucked away in a quiet, secluded location behind the shop fronts on Market Hill in the heart of Woodbridge.

The cottage is approached via a cottage garden and offers potential as a holiday let.

Accommodation is presented to a high standard with entrance hall, living area with woodburning stove, kitchen/dining room, cloakroom, master bedroom, second bedroom and family bathroom. Both bedrooms offer lovely views over the rooftops. EPC D.

28 Church Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 1DH | Telephone 01394 446007 | E: woodbridge@fineandcountry.com

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THE POWER AND GLORY Iain Dooley test drives the new Mercedes Benz

sk any racing driver and they’ll tell you that you can never have too much power. And while you might think the 20 horsepower hike for Mercedes’ SLS is small beer, the car’s new total stands at a healthy 591. Surely that’s got to be enough?

In reality this revised SLS – now with an added ‘GT’ to its name - is plenty powerful enough for the open road, and at first glance it’s no less an intimidating beast than when it was first launched. The only obvious external clues to this being the revised car are the red brake calipers (bronze if you opt for carbon stoppers), carbon mirror housings and darkened headlights.

The car’s bonnet is long and wide, making you doubt your ability to thread it through traffic even before you’ve sat behind the wheel.

And before you do, you’ll experience the theatrical motions of the car’s gullwing doors.

Once behind the wheel – there’s a quickly learnt knack to not hitting your head and deftly sliding down into the car’s bucket seats – your view is filled with that long bonnet. The various controls and displays will be familiar to fans of other AMG cars, but the noise after pressing the starter button will not.

The SLS might use AMG’s 6.2-litre V8 engine, a staple unit for many years, but its raucous, hard-edged sound is the result of some serious fettling by AMG engineers.

The result is 591 horsepower for this revised motor and the promise of a limited 199mph top speed and a zero to 62mph sprint time of 3.7 seconds – 0.1 faster than the old car. With its twin, flush tailpipes emitting everything from thunderous roars to the pops and bangs of a race-tuned competition car, the SLS not only looks the part but sounds it too.

On the road the SLS makes no attempt to disguise its performance potential. Rumbling around town at sedate speeds you know people are looking. It’s partly the car’s appearance but mainly the noise – even at low speeds there’s an urgent rumble from the car’s tailpipes.

Thankfully the SLS is anything but a beast to drive in town. You sit low down but you soon get used to the cabin layout, the auto gearbox and how to best position the car for

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roundabouts, junctions and the like.

Predictably, though, the SLS excels away from the city limits. Even if you don’t plan on exploiting its full potential, acceleration is rapid and the engine noise intoxicating. GT spec also means a faster-acting auto gearbox. And while not as quick as a dual clutch gearbox, the unit is noticeably more responsive than of old.

Still, for all the car’s hi-tech driving aids – and there are many – the experience has remained pleasingly old school and rewarding.

If the original car was famed for its sledgehammer approach to devouring Tarmac, it was also known for being a little too stiff for some of the UK’s less than perfect A and B roads. More than the occasional pothole and mid corner bump would unsettle the SLS – hardly ideal when you’re travelling at speed.

The changes to the car’s suspension setup might be subtle but the result is a more composed experience when on the same, rubbish country roads. Thankfully the revisions haven’t diluted the car’s manic performance and the SLS remains refreshingly analogue in a world of digitally enhanced supercars.

However, the very rough edges have been smoothed out, allowing you to more confidently position the car ahead of a corner and put the power down earlier and for longer.

Hardened AMG fans have nothing to fear, though. In the right hands the SLS GT remains a thunderous, tyre-smoking hooligan: turn off all the electronic aids and it’s amazing what this car can do.

And when you’re done shredding tyres, the SLS GT easily slips into the role of grand tourer.

The ride might not be as plush as an SL, but the car’s cabin gets the full leather treatment. From the sports seats to the door linings, there’s no escape. And with the GT spec comes a more generous level of standard kit to complement the high-class cabin ambience.

In the SLS GT, Mercedes has created a sublime mix of monster and sophisticated long distance grand tourer. It boasts all the luxury of an SL, but packs the punch of a genuine supercar. Some rivals might deliver a more precise and clinical driving experience, but there’s something great about being able to rumble along to an old style V8 soundtrack.

And forget the extra 20 horsepower, the one thing the SLS has in spades is star quality.

INFORMATION

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Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf & Spa A Black Tie Gala Dinner to celebrate its 40th Anniversary was held at the family owned Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf & Spa. Guests included veteran members, past captains, family directors, VIPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and senior staff at the hotel. Speeches were given by President Jonathan Loshak, Lady Captain Sue Grieves and Guest Speaker and Comedian Ian Richards.

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Suffolk Community Foundation Fashion Show

Suffolk Community Foundation Fashion Show Burgh House was the setting for a stunning show of autumn and winter ladies fashions from Marianna boutique, Ipswich with hair styling by the team from Michael Richards and make up by Flawless Image. Valuable funds were raised for the continuing work of the Suffolk Community Foundation.

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My Suffolk

Radio broadcaster Mark Murphy is the sound of Suffolk and a real hero of local radio. He’s been at BBC Radio Suffolk since day one, doing the breakfast show for many years and now leads the Big Conversation on the mid-morning show from 9am. We asked him to describe his Suffolk

here did you grow up and what memories do you have of your schooldays?

I grew up in east Ipswich and I had a simple but fulfilling time as a child. Lots of running about making dens and using the obligatory jumpers for goalposts. As one of the last generations to take the 11 plus I ended up at Northgate Grammar School.

What’s your best Suffolk memory?

It has to be when I received my Honorary doctorate at University Campus Suffolk. It was a very special moment and I’m only sorry my mum and dad weren’t alive to see it. To be honoured in my own county means so much.

Adnams, Greene King or Aspall?

That’s a mean question. All three of course plus a dash of Suffolk brewed Calvors lager and a splash of something from St Peter’s brewery.

If you had to take a picture that represented Suffolk what would it be?

Wow that’s almost impossible. We have such Have you got any hobbies? diversity from Newmarket to the Heritage coast I’m a member of Ipswich East Rotary club and from the Broads to Constable country but and am passionate about raising money for What’s your routine for the day? charitable causes at home and abroad. I also love I would say a Suffolk Punch horse. Beautiful, After 11 years of getting up at 3.30am to watching my beloved Ipswich Town and hunting strong and dependable just like Suffolk. host the BBC Radio Suffolk Breakfast show, around auction rooms looking for bargains.

Do you support the arts?

I can now get up three hours later! I’m in at I love getting to see as many different Do you enjoy the outdoors?

Broadcasting House around 7am and meet up I love the Suffolk coast whatever time of year productions as possible. My wife Lesley with my production team to finalise what we’re Dolphin and I are patrons of the brilliant East it is. Even when that wicked Easterly wind is going to do on the radio show. I get through Anglian Traditional Music Trust which is based blowing in! several cups of black coffee during the morning at Stowmarket at the Museum of East Anglian and it really helps keep me on my toes. The Big Where do you like to walk?

Life. The recent Grimes on the beach part of I love getting out into Suffolk as much as Conversation is essentially a phone-in show for the Benjamin Britten celebrations in Aldeburgh possible. We have a very elderly rescue dog three and half hours and so I need to have my was truly amazing. called Satsuma and any dog owner will tell wits about me! I miss the Breakfast show but What makes the people of Suffolk so special? you they are fantastic at encouraging you I don’t miss that alarm call! I also get to host Everything is so understated here which I to get their lead and take them out! We love an ITFC fanzine show on Saturday lunchtimes. love – but sometimes I wish we’d all shout a walking along the front at Felixstowe As a lifelong Ipswich Town fan I have to pinch myself that I’m sitting next to the likes of Roger especially on a windswept winter’s day. As long bit more about what a great place Suffolk is to as you’re wrapped up it is great for blowing the live. I also love the dry Suffolk sense of humour Osborne, Kevin Beattie and Mick Mills plus cobwebs out. Another favourite is Rendlesham which is lost on some people. getting paid!

Forest but sadly with some dogs falling ill Where would you take people to show Has working on the radio changed after walking there it’s off limits for us at the them the county? over the years? moment. We also love Orwell Country Park.

We often have friends come and stay from Well the technology has changed a great Walking along the foreshore of the River Orwell different parts of the world. Aldeburgh and deal and the way the audience responds has is fantastic and to look back at the beauty of Southwold are on the list. Lavenham is a must changed remarkably too. When I first started the Orwell Bridge never fails to make me smile and Bury St Edmunds is too. I also love showing I used to get hundreds of letters a week. and pleased that I live in Suffolk. people my home town of Ipswich which Now I get about four letters and 400 emails.

Where’s the best place for a cosy pint sometimes gets a bad press and doesn’t always Facebook, Twitter and text messaging also deserve it. on a chilly winter’s day? generates a lot of interaction very quickly When I get the chance I love to get out to these days.

Are there any secret places in Suffolk the Butt and Oyster at Pin Mill I just love its that have yet to be discovered?

What’s your favourite place in Suffolk? rustic charm and can just imagine the old barge Now that really would be telling.

If I had to choose one place it would be skippers using it. Our local at BBC Radio Suffolk Southwold Pier. I love the little brass plaques is the Greyhound. It’s been the venue for a lot of attached to the handrails which have lovely farewell drinks parties and toasting colleagues messages on them about Southwold. They bring over the years. a lump to my throat every time I read them.

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