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I hope you had a wonderful festive season and managed to find time to relax between all the preparations and celebrations, so you’re refreshed and ready for the year ahead.

The start of a new year is always a great time to make changes, whether it’s making New Year’s resolutions or simply giving your home or wardrobe a spring clean.

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The Bath Chronicle has teamed up with Fitness First to offer three readers the chance to win a year’s membership of Fitness First, plus a host of other prizes. The Slim2Win challenge will see three people go headto-head to improve their health, with the help of a personal trainer.

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Personal trainer James Eacott gives his advice on staying motivated

It’s that time of year again. Christmas is a distant memory, although the seasonal weight gain and worse-than-ever hangovers from a great party season are very much present. It’s the same every year.

But why? Because we let it encroach and do nothing about it. It doesn’t need to be that way. To make 2014 a year to surpass all those that came before, my absolute best piece of advice is this: Set a goal.

Recently, I’ve had an influx of clients wanting to set specific goals for next year, rather than ambiguous ones such as “I want to lose weight” or “I want to be stronger”. I’m delighted about this, for many reasons.

Although the above are noble aims, they are difficult to achieve because they are immeasurable. Setting the right goal is crucial to achieving it.

Even if your goal is more specific, such as “I want to weigh 68kg by March”, what are you going to do when you get there? I meet very few weight-loss clients who, once they reach their target number, are truly satisfied.

They either want to lose more or they need something else to work towards. Something bigger.

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he ‘box room’, also known as the taboo of the property industry, has gained a reputation for being more of a problematic space within a home, rather than a room which has potential to fulfil a purpose. In many cases it’s seen as an area which can only be used for storage; a dumping ground for various items of gym equipment, vacuum cleaners and coats, all of which need to be hidden from view.

Homeowners can really benefit by viewing rooms where space is limited in a more positive way, as they have the potential to be great spaces. After all, just because it compromises on size, that doesn’t mean you need to compromise on style or functionality.

I’ve got plenty of tricks up my sleeve that will allow you to utilise the space available in the best way possible.

Working with a small room requires you to think carefully about the décor in place and the furniture and storage solutions used. First things first, let’s start with the decorating. When working with a small space, and it

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dark or bright colours as they can make the room feel closed-in. Instead, incorporate neutral shades. Remember, neutral definitely does not mean bland and boring; duck-egg blues, sage and mushroom tones are neutral shades too, and they will work to add a sense of character and individuality to the room without becoming a dominant focus.

While it’s best to try and keep the backdrop as plain as possible, if your desire is to make the most of a bedroom, living room or even a hallway, you may wish to introduce wallpaper as a form of interest. While it is fine to opt for patterned wallpaper, try to resist using large motifs that will overpower the small space available and opt instead for a delicate design. Vertical stripes in subtle shades are an ideal way of adding height to the room and you will be amazed at how much difference a touch of extra headroom can make. Another option is to choose a wallpaper which contains hints of a metallic shade. The reflective properties of this kind of pattern will brighten up a room.

In the same way that metallic hues work to brighten a space, mirrors are fantastic at making a space feel more open. They

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When it comes to choosing your soft furnishings and accessories, this is where you can introduce elements of bold, bright colour and be creative in your choices. By choosing colours that stand out against your neutral canvas, you will be able to truly reflect your personality and style. Whether you are accessorising your bedroom or your family living space, add plenty of scatter cushions, throws and bright bedding that will bring the room to life. By having a few, select, bold pieces, it will help to divert the eye away from the size of the room and focus instead on the beautiful fabrics and accessories on display. Try not to incorporate too many different patterns though, as this can cause the room to look cluttered.

When it comes to furniture and appliances in your home, be smart in your choices. Try to purchase a select few larger pieces, rather than squeezing in lots of little items. If your utility room is particularly small, opt for a washer-dryer as opposed to two separate appliances.

Also, think about a pull-out table if your dining room’s fairly small, it will allow you to make the most of the space you have on an every day basis, yet still enable you to cater for dinner parties and family meals when you have them.

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Joe Seager, Charles Arnold and Giles Mitchell, who all graduated in the summer with a degree in Business Administration have launched Our Honest Foods – a company delivering British snack boxes to homes and offices.

“We started off with an idea to deliver snacks to offices,” said Joe. “So we put together a box made from apple crates with a built-in honesty box – that’s where the name came from.

“The idea was that offices could have the boxes at no cost to them, and then the employees just take the snacks and leave the money.

“But then we thought: ‘Why shouldn’t

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people be able to enjoy these great snacks at home?’ so we came up with the Snackorium – the snack delivery box.”

Everything in the boxes is British made – there’s even a map in each Snackorium showing where everything is made – and the trio prefer to deal with small companies whose products have not yet reached the mass market.

“The British thing was almost an accident really,” said Joe. “We searched a lot for the perfect products. At the start we just knew that we wanted them to be unusual, but very delicious.

“But then we took a step back and looked at what we had and realised that it was all British. We thought that was really great, so we decided we would keep it as something that supported British producers.

“We know most of the people we are working with – not just the sales people but the people who actually started the brand who are making the products and that’s a real advantage.”

And while the office boxes contain a slightly more standard selection, the Snackoriums by post might contain a few things a bit more out of the ordinary. And

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while other similar products are marketed as an aid to healthy eating, the Snackorium is about giving people new taste sensations.

“Part of the appeal of our boxes is that you are buying an experience,” explained Joe. “We are targeting people who are maybe a bit more adventurous and don’t necessarily want to know what they are getting, so we make a point of not telling people what’s in the box.

“We want people to take a leap of faith with us. It’s more fun that way.

“We have at least one thing every month that’s a bit different.”

The November box contained the South African dried meat snack Biltong, and a banoffee chocolate bar, while the December selection includes organic Rooibos tea and an apple and raspberry yoghurt popcorn bar.

“We try very hard to get a good balance in each box,” said Joe. “But everything has to be amazingly good, that’s the main criteria we have.

“When we were talking to people about the boxes, I always remember one man telling me he didn’t want to have to eat like a bird any more, so we try to get a

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“The boxes aren’t about getting people to snack more, it’s about getting them to snack better.

“It’s not realistic to say that you’re never going to snack. What we’re saying is, if you are going to have one piece of chocolate in a month, make sure it’s the best you can get.” very month carries a different selection, but if you find an item that you particularly enjoy it’s not a case of having to trawl the internet to track down a supplier as all the items from previous boxes can be ordered individually from the website.

The three friends are very happy in their adopted city.

“Bath is so beautiful we feel very lucky to be here.

“There isn’t a friendlier, more welcoming place – everyone is just really nice.

“We have this mantra that we only want to work with lovely people and we only want lovely customers, and Bath is full of lovely people.”

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Full of Eastern promise I am of an age, sadly, to recall Bull’s Blood, a famous Hungarian wine, much-loved during the early 1970s by the cheap and cheerful brigade.

This is unfortunately no longer the case, where a bottle will now require you to stump up something in the region of £11.

Amid the recent furore over the fear of an influx of Bulgarians and Romanians into the UK this year, as Monty Python would say, I always like to look on the bright side of life, especially where wine is concerned.

Not previously known for producing wines of any great quality, both Romania and Bulgaria, along with other Eastern European countries, have made every effort to up their game in the last few years.

There was a distinct shift away from using indigenous grape varieties such as Mavrud and Rubin, mostly unheard of over here, and often unpronounceable.

However, with a continuing interest in new discoveries, wine lovers are beginning to explore with more open minds.

With an eye to the western European market,

as their ties to Russia begin to loosen a little, canny Eastern European winemakers have moved towards significant plantings of old familiar favourites, Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay, often mixing the old and new varieties into acceptable, palatable blends.

While the quality of most Bulgarian and Romanian wines have yet to match up to the finest on offer from Spain, Italy or France, there is much to be said for those of us trying to eke out our hard-earned cash a little further, in experimenting with their wines. Both countries are of course now popular destinations for second home buyers.

Good for quaffing with a moderate degree of gay abandon, even the best of these won’t break the bank, and if you are looking for something a little different, they may just be the ticket.

Available at most major supermarkets, or online.

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Domaine Boyar – Deer Point Cabernet Sauvignon, 2012 – £6.75. Discovery Series Merlot, 2012 – blackberry, plum, cassis – £6.99. Domaine Boyar, 2012 Peach Garden Chardonnay, Thracian Valley £6.99. Bessa Valley, Eniro stocked by Waitrose – £10.Edoardo Miroglio seems to be a name to watch. Try the 2009 EM Pinot Noir, Thracian Valley at £13.95.

Cramele Recas – Sola Quinta 2012.

This enormous winery is owned by British expats Philip and Elvira Cox, and producing an eye-watering ten million bottles a year, but it seems it is good enough for Gordon Ramsay.

Around £13 a bottle, this white wine is a blend of Sauvignon Blanc, Muscat, and two local grapes, Feteasca Regala and Feteasca Neagra.

It was a awarded a bronze medal at the 2013 Decanter World Wine Awards.

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Tradition that packs a punch Wassailing has been associated with Christmas and New Year since medieval times, with a specially prepared punch which is drunk to round off the celebrations. it is closely linked with Old Twelfth night which falls on January 17.

Wassailing was said to have originated with the fifth-century legend of the beautiful Saxon Rowena, who toasted the health of the Brythonic King Vortigern with the words Wæs-hael (your health!).

In those days, mead was used to make the spiced punch, and it was always served from a special bowl known as the Loving Cup, which was passed from person to person and drunk from directly.

Later, beer replaced mead and the following verse from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night lists the common ingredients of the Elizabethan equivalent called Lamb’s Wool.

With gentle Lamb’s Wool Add sugar, nutmeg, and ginger,

With store of Ale. too, And thus ye must doe To make the Wassail a swinger.

These days, Wassail is more usually made with apples or cider, and other fruit juices can be added to make different variations, such as this recipe for Warm Spiced Cranberry Punch from Ocean Spray.

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A very public breakdown on Celebrity Big Brother serendipitously led to a role in Ricky Gervais’ celeb-fest Extras, where instead of playing victim (his marriage to Amanda Holden broke up soon after he left the BB house) he showed he was much more than a survivor, and went on to star with Warwick Davis in the sitcom mockumentary Life’s Too Short.

Les teamed up with Warwick again last year in Monty Python’s West End musical Spamalot, where he enjoyed a well-reviewed run as King Arthur.

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Les Dennis talks to Gina Baksa before hitting the Theatre Royal stage in A Perfect Murder Recently turned 60, he is working non-stop and currently on a 15-week UK tour with A Perfect Murder, based on the eponymous best-selling novel by crime writer Peter James. Directed by Ian Talbot, the play tours the UK for 15 weeks and is showing at the Theatre Royal this month.

“Josh Andrews the co-producer sent me the script, and Ian and I had already worked together in panto. We kept saying we’d like to do a play together,” says Les. “I already loved Peter James’s novels, so doing the play was a no-brainer. It’s very exciting, especially since this is the

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world premiere.”

As fans of Peter James will know, the author’s storylines often have a twist in the tale. A Perfect Murder certainly promises a few of those, so can Les reveal some of the plot to the uninitiated?

“Victor Smiley – my character – and his wife Joan (Claire Goose) have been married for about 20 years and come to a breaking point in their relationship.

“They’re at that stage where both of them are ready to commit the perfect spousal murder – without the other one knowing about it.

“That’s all I can tell you at this point!

Other than if you’re a fan of James’ novels, you’ll already be familiar with Detective Roy Grace who features very prominently.”

Who else is in the cast?

“Claire is brilliant and has done loads of TV, including Waking the Dead and

ipn ylhk Casualty. We also have Gray O’Brien who people will know as villainous Tony from Coronation Street, and there’s Steven Miller from Casualty and Simona Armstrong who was a finalist in the search for a ‘Maria’ reality series.”

As well as his theatre work, Les had a guest role in ITV’s Midsomer Murders Christmas Special last December.

So how does theatre compare to TV? “The stage is instantaneous; it’s organically live on the night. You can’t stop and do another take like TV. “With a cast like this I think it will be electrifying. Of course it gets very dark as well, with lots of twists and turns, as you’d expect from Peter James. And writer Shaun McKenna has done an amazing job of turning it into a play. I think the audience will love it.”

A Perfect Murder is about the breakdown of a long-term relationship – fertile ground for black comedy.

Les said: “Victor is quite a comic character in many ways – as is Joan. You see the foibles of their relationship.

They’re in a very deep rut, which lends itself to comedy, but comedy that has to be played truthfully. The things Joan and Victor liked about each other initially now annoy each other, like many couples who have been married for a long time.

There is always humour in tragic circumstances.”

Men and women have such different ways of communicating in relationships.

What has he learnt about communicating with women?

“I think you have to keep talking and keep things alive. Claire, my wife, and I have two young children (Eleanor, 5 and Tom, 2) so sometimes it’s hard to find the time to talk – but you have to make time.

And make sure you have regular date nights and enjoy quality time together.”

As well as his acting talents, Les was joint runner-up in 2013’s Celebrity Masterchef. “I was so incredibly nervous,” he recalls. “At the beginning I was completely out of my comfort zone. I cook at home, but I’m a home cook. You don’t get time to prepare – unlike Strictly – where they have five or six weeks of dancing lessons before the show.

“With Masterchef you literally go in with the skills that you have. And you meet John and Greg on set as you’re taping. So it’s not something you can ease into. It’s baptism by fire. You hit the ground running and you have to keep running.

“I kept tripping up, getting up, tripping up and getting up. And somehow I improved, and I actually started to believe in myself.”

The reality show must have been a great confidence-booster?

“It was fantastic! I’ve just had my 60th birthday, so to realise I had become so much more competent in the kitchen was amazing. I can create proper dishes now.

“Last month I was at Olympia and the NEC on the Masterchef stand and I had to cook live in front of the public. I was rubbing shoulders with Michel Roux and Paul Hollywood, and Antonio Carluccio, so it was fantastic. Such a great experience. I was thinking, if I hadn’t done Masterchef, I wouldn’t have created that amazing opportunity.”

Les seems much more at peace with himself than a few years ago.

“Absolutely. I’m very grateful to have so many good roles offered to me. I’m a happy man – in my personal life as well as my professional career. I feel very blessed in my life right now.”

A Perfect Murder is at the Theatre Royal from Monday, January 13 to Saturday, January 18. Tickets are available from the box office on 01225 448844.

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Nick Stevens: A Brief History of the Magistracy in Bath and Somerset, 10.30am. The Pavilion, North Parade, Bath.

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City Guild Open meeting, 2pm. Manvers Street Baptist Church, Bath.

01225 319558

BACAS Dr Peter Guest, Roman Caerleon, 7.30pm. BRLSI, Queen Square, Bath

Golden Oldies 10.30-11.30am. Community Room, Kingsmead Court, Bath

Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Bath Branch For all levels, 1.30-4.30pm.

Bathampton Village Hall

Mr Wilkins’ Shilling Women’s Northwest Morris

High Street, Bath. 01225 310326

Knit Club at Great British Yarns All knitters welcome. 7-9pm.

Unit 9, Brassmill Enterprise Centre, Brassmill Lane, Bath.

01225 462776

Songways Community Choir Fun, rewarding and open to all, 10am-noon, term time. Argyle Hall, Central URC, Grove Street, Bath. £8. songways.co.uk

Bath Spa Band Brass players and percussionists welcome. Rehearsals 8-10pm.

Elim Pentecostal Church, Charlotte Street, Bath

Tomorrow Box Gardening Club

Garden Photography, speaker Geoff Hobson, 7.30pm. Selwyn Hall, Box

Box Bridge Club

8-10pm. Methodist Church Hall, Northend, Batheaston. New dancers always welcome. 01225 869086

Friendly duplicate, 7-10.15pm.

Box Parish Pavilion

Bath Good Afternoon Choir

Pollinator Power by Ray Barnett, 7.30pm. Baptist Church Hall, High Street, Keynsham.

Adults £2.50/children £1

No auditions, everyone welcome, 2-4pm. Argyle Hall, Central URC, Grove Street, Bath. £2.85

Daytime Singing Group 11am-12.30pm. Rush Hill United Reformed Church, Frome Road, Odd Down, Bath.

07592 016878

Rubber Bridge (ACOL) 2-6pm hosted by Dennis Bernard in Weston. Stake 50p a hundred. 01225 484523

Bath Bridge Club Duplicate Bridge with Masterpoints, 7.15pm. Bath Football Club Rooms, Twerton

Keynsham Group, Avon Wildlife Trust

Golden Oldies 10.30-11.30am. The Hawthorns Community Room, Carpenters Lane, Keynsham

Rubber Bridge (ACOL) Hosted by Dennis Bernard, stake 50p a hundred, 2-6pm.

01225 484523

Reiki Courses Weekly For all levels, 2 day courses.

Reiki Treatment also available, 10am & 4pm. Corsham area. To book 01249 715179

Saturday

Children’s Science Workshop

Use Nature to help humans, 1pm. BRLSI, Queen Square, Bath

Grow Fruit and Vegetables Help to conserve bumblebees, mulch the apple trees and rake hay, noon-4pm. Broadlands Community Orchard, Box Road, Bathford

Bath Organic Community Garden Beginners and experienced gardeners welcome, 10am-1pm.

Royal Victoria Park, Bath. 01225 311699

Nature Club/Daycare Animals to care for and enjoy plenty of countryside activities for 8s and over, 10am-4pm.

Carlingcott, nr Peasedown. To book 07595034383

Reiki Courses Weekly For all levels, two-day courses.

Reiki treatment also available, 10am & 4pm. Corsham area. To book 01249 715179

Bath Saturday Antiques Flea Market Antiques, collectibles and vintage clothes, 7.30am-5.30pm.

Walcot St, Bath

Green Park Market 9am-4.pm including Baths Farmers’ Market 9am-1.30pm.

Green Park Station, Bath

Sunday

Bath Cycling Club Bishops Sutton (post Club Dinner), 9am. Club run starts from Cleveland Bridge, aim to return by 1-1.30pm. 01225 426467 or 07944550933

Dry Arch Growers Bathampton Community co-op producing food for the local area. Volunteers and helpers required, 11am-4pm. End of Holcombe Lane, Bathampton.

07972 564641

Spiritualist Meeting 6.30pm service. Corston Village Hall, Sanctuary of the Cross Spiritualist Church

Quiz Night Cross keys, Midford Road, Bath 8pm. In aid of Dorothy House

Reiki Courses Weekly For all levels, two-day courses.Reiki treatment also available, 10am & 4pm.

Corsham area. To book 01249 715179

Monday Golden Oldies

10.30-11.30am. Community Room, Blagdon Park, Whiteway, Bath

Bath Spa Band

Brass players and percussionists welcome. Rehearsals 8-10pm.

Elim Pentecostal Church, Charlotte Street, Bath

Social Bridge 1.30 for 1.45pm (not bank holidays). Museum of Bath at Work, Julian Road, Bath. 01225 310232

Bradford Bridge Club Come and play duplicate bridge, 7-10pm. The Swan Hotel, Bradford on Avon. 01225 865669 or 01225 863072

Meditation Classes in Bath 7-8.30pm. John Williams Room, United Reformed Church, Grove Street, Bath. £6 per class

Golden Oldies

Sing & Smile Creative Links Singing Group

2.30-3.30pm. Community Room, St John’s Close, Peasedown St John, Bath

2-4pm. United Reformed Church, Grove Street, Bath.

01761 438852 to book

Bath Womens Probus For the retired and semi-retired, 10.30am-noon. St Lukes Church Hall, Wellsway, Bath. 01225 463697 for details

Blood Donation 1.30-3.30pm & 4.30-7.30pm.

Bath City FC, Twerton Park, Twerton, Bath

HumBugs Singing Group Love to sing? Bring your baby or toddler along too! 9.30-10.30am term-time only. St Saviour’s Church, Larkhall, Bath. 07940 597427

Masonic Museum Guided tours throughout the year, also on Wed and Thurs, 11am or 2.30pm. Sat 2.30pm only. 12 Old Orchard Street, Bath. 01225 462233

2nd Bath Girls Brigade Meet every Monday, 6.30-8pm.

The Ascension Church, Oldfield Park, Bath. 01761 416515

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10.30-11.30am. Community Room, St Nicholas Court, Bathampton, Bath

Beaufort TG Hard Times: an episode of Family History, speaker Stuart Burroughs, 10.30am. Pulteney Room, Manvers Street Baptist Church, Bath. 01225 444726

Box WI Bats The Only Flying Mammals, speaker Mrs W Quinney, 2.30pm. Selwyn Hall, Box

Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Bath Branch For all levels, 7.30-9.30pm.

Ralph Allen School, Bath

Bath Sakya Buddhism How we can improve things, 8pm. Museum of Bath at Work, Julian Road, Bath

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7.45-9pm. Funky Monkey Studio, 18 St Peters Terrace, Lower Bristol Road, Bath. 07516 500 569

Sing Alive Community Choir

Duplicate Bridge with Masterpoints, start 7.15pm. Bath Football Club Rooms, Twerton High Street, Bath. 01225 310326

Quilting Bee Quilting groups from all over the region demonstrate their talents and chat with visitors in the Textiles Room, noon-4pm.

American Museum, Claverton Down, Bath

Singing for the Brain Singing to bring people with dementia and their carers together, 2.30-4pm. St John’s, Combe Park, Bath. 07540 921035

Songways Community Choir 10am-noon, term time. Argyle Hall, Central URC, ‘Grove Street,

10am-noon (term time). United Reform Church, Bradford on Avon. All welcome

Bath Organic Community Garden Beginners and experienced gardeners welcome, 10am-1pm.

Victoria Park, Bath. 01225 311699

Art Group Age UK B&NES 10am-noon. St Michaels Centre, St Michaels Place, Bath. £1.50 per session. 01225 484510

Bridge Club 1.15-4.30pm. Village Hall, Bathampton. £1 per session.

01225 462965

Wednesday Weston Village TG

Charities Evening, 7.30pm.

Moravian Church Hall, Weston, Bath. 01225 310719

Scottish Country Dancing For beginners and improvers, 7.30-9.30pm. New Oriel Hall, Larkhall, Bath. 01225 319991 for details

Drop-In Meditation An opportunity to learn a simple type of meditation which helps finds a calm space in the midst of our busy lives, 10.30am. Museum

of Bath at Work, Julian Road, Bath. £3. 07966 365633

Bath Bridge Club Two afternoon sessions, 1.40pm start. Venue at Bath Football Club Rooms, Twerton High Street, Bath

Social Duplicate Bridge 7.15pm. Randalls (Bath City FC) Twerton Park, Bath. All welcome, visitors table money is £4

Bradford Bridge Club

Whist Drive 7-9pm, £2 including a raffle, Weston Parish Hall, Weston Village, Bath

Knit Club at Great British Yarns All knitters welcome, 10.30am-12.30pm. Unit 9, Brassmill Enterprise Centre, Brassmill Lane, Bath. 01225 462776

Greensprouts Parent and Toddler Session

Come and play duplicate bridge, 7-10pm. The Swan Hotel, Bradford on Avon. 01225 865669/863072

Craft, singing, storytime, snack and lots of play, 10am-noon.

Laurel Farm, Carlingcott, nr Peasedown. £3 a session. 01761 420204

Boules/Petanque

Bath Welcome Choir

11am to 1pm Queen Square (off when raining). Just turn up and play

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Golden Oldies celebrates partnership at Pavilion party A very special party recently took place at the Bath Pavilion. It was been organised by the Goldies charity and 150 elderly people from the charity’s activity and singing sessions in and around Bath attended.

The party celebrated a new partnership for the Goldies Charity with West Country organisation Bluebird Care, winner of the South West Franchise of the year 2012/2013.

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Tim Rowland-Jones, managing director of Bluebird Care, Bath said: “We are delighted to have built an association with the Golden Oldies Charity as they completely share the values we hold dear, namely supporting vulnerable people in the community.”

“We have seen the amazing development of Goldies across South West England in recent years. From very small beginnings here in Bath, Goldies now reaches out to brighten the lives of hundreds of lonely people.

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“Through our day-to-day work we have first-hand experience of the increasing issue of loneliness. It is one of the major issues in society and Goldies is certainly making a difference to lonely lives.

“We are delighted to be supporting Goldies growth in Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucester in the months ahead by supporting the costs of their new publicity and information materials.”

Dr Jenny Smerdon is Goldies chair of trustees, she said: “We are determined to take Goldies forward in the years ahead, with the introduction of more monthly activity and singing sessions.

We are delighted that Bluebird Care is helping us to spread the Goldies word and underlines once again the fantastic support we receive from local organisations.

“Bluebird Care have also helped us with the Christmas party today, and we were able to provide community transport through donations by Wessex Water and St John’s Hospital.

“I must also give a big thank you to Mike Plows who, without question, is our very special Goldies Father Christmas. Mike is Involve Network Development manager at Bath & North East Somerset Volunteer Centre and has been responsible for getting many local shops and businesses to give food and presents for our party today.”

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ath’s Next Stage Theatre Company is celebrating its 20th birthday in 2014, with a selection of plays written by company patron Alan Ayckbourn. On the menu and just announced as a taster for what lies in store across the next 12 months are two of the writer’s best-loved – but also most fiendishly difficult to perform – productions.

First up is The Norman Conquests which is actually three separate plays – Table Manners, Living Together and Round and Round the Garden – which the company will be performing in January, with all three plays being performed one after the other on

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Then the actual birthday production in mid-May is House and Garden where the chaotic life of Teddy and Trish Platt unfolds simultaneously in two auditoria, with actors leaving one set to travel to the next – in this case from the main theatre downstairs to the smaller upstairs theatre.

Details of both these productions are included in the new January to April programme at the Mission Theatre, the home of the Next Stage company started

by Ann Garner and Andrew Ellison two decades ago.

The Conquests kicks off the theatrical season in January, but is quickly followed by a production from Bath Light Operatic Group of Avenue Q , the smash hit adult musical which is a kind of Sesame Street for broadminded adults.

Bookends then presents Simon & Garfunkel – Through the Years a multimedia show that takes a chronological journey through the

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Box Tale Soup presents theatrical versions of two famous books in February, opening with Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and then, in a completely different mood, Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey .

Curtain Up Theatre School goes on stage later in the month with Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr .

In late February there is a production of Matt Fox’s To Sleep which covers one night in the lives of two strangers.

It is a warm, compassionate but darkly humorous play which explores how people deal with the most difficult human situations.

In March there is part of the Mid Somerset Drama Festival taking place at the theatre , and later in the month a Next Stage production of Harold Pinter’s famous Betrayal .

The play, set here in the round, explores a seven-year affair involving a married couple Emma and Robert, and Robert’s close friend Jerry who is also married.

Bath University Student Theatre perform Oscar Wilde’s A Woman of No Importance .

The production is set in 1935 when the show, about long-buried secrets from illegitimacy to infidelity, fairly drips with sexual tension and social unease.

Then in April, The Pantaloons are back in Bath this time with Sherlock Holmes – an action-packed play but with just four actors.

Steam Pocket Theatre Company presents Arabian Nights in mid-April which offers a feast of adventures and fantasy in stories of genies, villains, heroes and princesses.

Visit www.missiontheatre.co.uk for further information.

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After an Edinburgh Fringe Festival successful debut, Bearded Theatre Company brings Lucy Roslyn’s The State Versus John Hayes to Bath.

The production will run at the Ustinov Studio, Bath Theatre Royal, tomorrow and Saturday.

A charismatic female killer and her powerful male alter ego, John Hayes.

This one-woman show is set at Huntsville Prison, Texas, in 1959.

Elyese Dukie is on Death Row for the murder of two people.

On what may be her last night she reveals what she won’t tell the court or the string of psychiatrists they’ve sent to diagnose her.

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Sawclose, Bath Tel: 01225 448844 To Sun Jan 12 Peter Pan

A charismatic female killer and her powerful male ego, John Hayes. A one-woman show, 8pm. Tickets £13/£10

Starring Cliff Parisi, Chris Harris, Jon Monie and The Nitwits. Times and Ticket prices vary please check with the Theatre Royal Mon 13-Sat Jan 18 The Perfect Murder Starring Les Dennis and Claire Goose, Mon-Wed 7.30pm, Thurs-Sat 8pm, matinees Wed, Thurs & Sat 2.30pm. Tickets £17.50-£33.50

Ustinov Monmouth Street, Bath Box Office 01225 448844 Fri 10 & Sat Jan 11 The State Versus John

the egg Sawclose, Bath Tel: 01225 448844 To Sun Jan 12 Moominland Midwinter Heart-warming, humorous and spellbinding, a wondrous Christmas fantasy for the family to enjoy, 1pm, 2pm, 5pm & 7pm. Tickets £15 adult/£10 children & students

Mission Theatre Corn Street, Bath Tel: 01225 463362 New Term Sat Jan 11 Hit

Seductress or psychopath? Murderer, or victim? Electric chair, or psychiatric hospital? Elyese Dukie, or John Hayes?

This is striking psychological thriller laced with dark humour, raw pain and real poignancy.

The State Versus John Hayes is based on extensive research into real-life female American killers, and their lives on Death Row. It is Lucy Roslyn’s first piece of writing for the theatre.

Inspired by a quote from Daphne du Maurier’s novel Rebecca: “It doesn’t make for sanity, does it, living with the devil?”, Roslyn set out to explore the idea of a seductive psychopath.

What makes them tick and what makes them so attractive?

A fascinating exploration into the psychological forces that collide to make one woman kill.

Bearded Theatre Company is a collaboration between Lucy Roslyn, Jamie Firth, Victoria Turton Blyth and Richard Warren.

It is dedicated to the writing and devising of new work for theatre.

The State Versus John Hayes starts at 8pm and tickets cost £13 with concessions available.

For tickets and further information visit www.theatreroyal.org.uk or call 01225 448844.

It! Music Academy for Kids A vibrant, lively and creative place to develop your child’s musical skills, knowledge and aspirations, 9.30-11.30am Wed 15-Sat Jan 18 & Wed 22-Sat Jan 25 The Norman Conquests A trilogy of plays by Alan Ayckbourn. Check with Theatre for times. Tickets £11/£9

Komedia 22 to 23 Westgate Street, Bath. Box office 0845 293 8480 Sat Jan 11 Krater Comedy Club Comedy, 8.30pm. Tickets £45/£28.50/£18/£14.50/£10

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his January the Wiltshire Music Centre hosts the triumphant return of the Bradford Roots Music Festival. Over two days (Saturday, January 11 and Sunday, January 12) the centre will be filled with the sounds of 40 brilliant acoustic, electric and eclectic bands, celebrating the breadth and diversity of the local music scene.

The event will showcase the range of Bradfordian talent with performances of folk, jazz, blues, world, indie, rock and classical music, as well as choirs, kids’ shows, open-mic stage, jam sessions, children’s activities, workshops, folk-dancing and wassailing, local product showcases, specially brewed festival real ales, mulled wine and fabulous hot food.

This is the festival’s second year. The first, held last January, came about after organisers were inspired when Bradford-on-Avon won the title of Radio 5 Live’s City of 2012, which saw the town becoming a city for a day as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

A diverse selection of 40 homegrown soloists, bands and choirs performed for free at the Wiltshire Music Centre and the event drew more than 800 people over the two days.

Proceeds from this year’s festival will support Wiltshire Young Carers and the Wiltshire Music Centre charitable trust.

Acts confirmed for this year include A Fistful of Spookies, Bath Community Big Band, Box Standard, Bradford on Song, Calico Jack, Dead Royalties, Fiery Dragon Folk Opera Company, Giant Sequoia, Gracie Curry, Greasy Slicks, The Harmonettes, Krokodile, LightGarden, Make Room for Mummers, Martin Williams Jazz Trio, Matt Thorpe, Maximum Stay, Max Stanton and Lucy Symonds, Mr Wilkin’s Shilling, Pete and Rosie, Port Erin, Reg Meuross and Beth Porter, Robin Peters, Sam Brookes Duo, Sam Evans Band, Scout Killers, Shadowplay, Shooting Roots, St Laurence School Chamber Group, Tom Vigar and Paper Planes, Way Out West, Wiltshire Wailers, Wright and Webb and Zone Club.

For the full line-up information , visit wiltshiremusic.org.uk/bradfordrootsfestival.

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Bringing the blues to Bath Songwriter, vocalist and piano man Andy Fleet blends rock, blues, folk and jazz into a rich bittersweet sound and takes his influences from Tom Waits, Allen Toussaint, Joe Jackson, Randy Newman, John Lennon, Richard Thompson and Lindsey Buckingham.

His debut album The Night Falls Fast (2009) was a collection of ten beautifully crafted songs that told tales of friendship, loss, nocturnal infatuation and recounted long nights playing lounge piano. At it’s heart, the album featured the deeply affecting Fifty Four Candles.

Takin’ Aim is the follow up and was recorded during 2012 with his quartet featuring trumpeter Andre Canniere with Rob Rickenberg on bass and Joe Evans on drums.

It’s a big, dark luscious-sounding record from the horns-laden New Orleans vibe of the opening track Who’s Gonna Be Sorry to the celebration of old friends and good times in Get The Boys Round to the cinematic ode to the port of Hamburg in The Beast .

Andy Fleet will be performing at Bath’s Chapel Arts Centre on Saturday, January 25 where he will be joined on stage by his regular quartet, with the addition of Chez Taylor on tenor sax.

Tickets cost £8.

Today Blow

A mix of new and classic Indie rock and pop, 9.30pm. Moles, Bath. £4/£3

Acoustic Oak Music Club

Koral Guitar with the JazzHouse Trio plus DJ Tony Clark, 8pm. St James Wine Vaults, Bath. Tickets £6/£5

Tomorrow Implode Live Music Night

8pm, Singers night. Floor Spots.

The Royal Oak, Corsham. Entry £2

8.30pm every Friday. Belushis, Bath

Bath Cantata Group

Every Friday from 9pm. The Huntsman Inn, Bath

Evening practices, 7.45pm. New singers welcome. St Stephen’s Church, Lansdown, Bath

Karaoke With DJ Jay, 8pm-3am.

Mandalyns, Fountain Buildings, Bath

The Derrick Oldroyde Trio plus Special Guest Alan Bateman, saxes & trumpet, 8.30pm. The Inn at Freshford

Jazz at The Vaults Zoe Schwarz Vocals & Rob

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Live Music

Anglo Americana Almost Allstars Folk, 8pm. The Village Pump, Lamb Inn, Trowbridge. £5

Liz Simcock With Dave Ellis, guitar and Boo Howard, bass, 8pm. The Village Pump, Lamb Inn, Trowbridge. £5

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Tickets £18/£16/£11 under 18s weekend pass, Day Tickets Sat £14/£12/£8 under 18s, Sun £10/£8/£6 under 18s

Sunday Acoustic Club

8pm. Bunch of Grapes, Silver St, Bradford-on-Avon

Open Mic

Jazz Event

Every Sunday, amazing acoustic music, all performers get drink and food offers, 7-10pm. The Tramshed, Beehive Yard, Bath

John Shillito Jazz Band, 8pm.

Mount Pleasant Social Club,

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Lower Bristol Road, Bath. Free entry

Monday Sublime Blues

Curfew Inn, Cleveland Place, West, Bath 8pm. Free

The Silver Ring Choir Love to sing? Join us at 7.45pm.

Manvers Street Baptist Church, Bath

Sing B4 Supper A friendly choir conducted by Jane Lilley, all abilities catered for, 6.15-7.45pm term-time. The Huntsman, Bog Island, Bath. £5 per session. For details Susanna Downes 07717173799

Tuesday The Big Cheese

Every Tuesday. Expect all the cheesiest tunes, from 10pm.

Moles, Bath. £4/£3.50 NUS

Bradford-on-Avon Folk Club

No Fixed Abode, superb vocal duo. Floorspots, 8pm. The Cellar Bar, Swan Hotel, Church Street, Bradford-on-Avon. Free entry

Wednesday Discord

A host of DJs playing a mix of Rock, Punk and Metal, 9.30pm-2am. PoNaNa nightclub, Bath. £5 entry

Karaoke With DJ Jay, 8pm. Mandalyns, Fountain Buildings, Bath

Old Crown Quiz 9pm. Old Crown, Weston Village, Bath

Seend Acoustic Club The Yirdbards with contemporary and traditional songs, support from Bertie and Tim plus Floor singers 8pm.

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For the new year Rostra Gallery in George Street, Bath, is holding a Fresh Talent exhibition, which opens tomorrow and runs until the end of the month.

The show, as it says on the tin, is dedicated to the freshest new artistic talent, specially curated and presented in the gallery for the first time.

A selection of limited-edition prints and ceramics will headline the exhibition where the highlights include bold linocuts inspired by the natural

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Alongside will be graphic linocuts from Jane Walker taking their cue from the shapes cast by everyday life, mid-century design translated into silkscreen prints by Ruth Green and Tully Knight’s Raku ceramic sculptures encapsulating the animal kingdom in all its glory.

University of Bath Ruth Maclennan exhibition Journeys in Crimea and Odessa, To Fri Jan 17, Mon-Fri 10am-5pm. ICIA Art Space 1 and 2, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath. Free admission

Lane House Arts Exhibition, Winter Colour, contemporary art and ceramics, to end Jan 2014, Wed-Fri 10am-5.30pm, Sat 10.30am-6pm.

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Nick Cudworth Gallery Twilight, Exhibition of paintings and prints by Nick Cudworth of internal light during twilight which can sometimes give a fleeting glimpse into the world within, to Fri Jan 31, Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. The Gallery, 5 London Street, Bath

Bath Contemporary Exhibition, Paint and Print, to Sat Jan 18. 35 Gay Street, Bath

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One man’s inspirational race to fitness

Gina Baksa talks to ultra-marathon runner Ira Rainey, about the inspiration for his new book

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ra was once a porky chap with a sedentary job who enjoyed necking pints and scoffing pizza – to excess. By his own admission, he’d “never really looked after himself” and had a “criminal lack of moderation when it came to junk food and alcohol”.

But this was also a man who had the drive to take up running in his early thirties, and despite the extra poundage – the six-footer was 17.5 stone at his heaviest – was even good at it. “My nickname was Bumblebee, on account of my ability to make headway, despite my lack of aerodynamics!”

However, his sporadic training was often followed by a few ales. “Beer was my Kryptonite,” he tells me. “No matter how hard I trained, I would always have a drink afterwards. I’d get motivated, then feel totally de-motivated.”

It took two life-changing events to wake Ira from his lethargy. The first was reading Dean Karnazes’ book: Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner.

“Dean ran distances that just seemed superhuman, it was incredible. At the time I never entertained the thought I could do the same.”

But the real jolt for Ira came with last summer’s terrible news that his boss, Remo Del Greco, had been diagnosed with terminal oesophageal cancer.

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“It made me realise that life isn’t just a practice; it’s real. Anything can happen to you at any time.”

The news catapulted Ira into entering the Green Man Ultra, a 46-mile off-road circuit around Bristol’s Community Forest Path. Incredibly, he also decided to tackle the Bath Half Marathon the following day – making it a 60-mile challenge for the weekend.

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“Remo’s diagnosis made me want to do something that made me feel I was alive. The Green Man sounded a big enough challenge and I wondered if it was even possible.

“But I’m a great believer that if one person can do it, then so can I. Nothing’s impossible.”

Most runners realise mental and physical preparation is key. What did he do to train?

“It’s really about time on your feet; it’s about endurance. It’s about doing the training, figuring out what works for you food-wise and building up mental confidence.

“You’re potentially going to burn thousands of calories during an ultra marathon, so you need to eat plenty of high-calorie food. I had fruitcake, Snickers bars, bananas, peanut butter sandwiches. Things you can snack on.

At these races they have all kinds of calorific treats at the checkpoints. You need to eat frequently and often, so the body doesn’t hit that wall and you start to break down muscle.”

After completing the Green Man, Ira was recovering in his car when he saw a text message from Remo, saying the cancer had worsened and the hospital was stopping treatment.

“I was gutted. On the one hand, I was so pleased I’d finished the Green Man, yet his news just highlighted the fact that you don’t know when your number is up. It made me even more determined to do the Bath Half Marathon the following day. Although I was aching all

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over, I just felt so incredibly lucky to be able to run it.”

Incredibly, Ira managed to run most of the 13.1-mile course, but just two weeks after the race, he was in Bath’s RUH with a suspected stroke.

“I was there for a week, then they found blood clots on my lung. The doctors successfully treated me, but when I came out I had a slippage of my spine, which caused chronic sciatica.

“It had a big knock on my fitness as I had to spend four months rehabilitating.

I couldn’t even walk or stand up and was off work for three months on morphine.

“I wondered if the problems were because of all the running, but various consultants told me that my spondylolisthesis – slippage of the vertebrae – is something I’ve probably always had. It can just get worse as you get older.

“It was so annoying, as I was the fittest I’d ever been, yet I had to spend four months in an armchair, high as a kite. I was on 120mg of morphine a day.

“My wife told me that once I actually fell asleep in the middle of a sentence.

“It’s been a roller-coaster journey.

People have told me my book is inspirational. I hope so. What inspired me was the way Remo dealt with his mortality – that’s real inspiration.

“It made me look at my own life in a completely different way. I don’t procrastinate any more.”

What has he learnt about himself along this amazing journey?

“I don’t consider myself to have any special talent at running, but I’ve learnt that through hard work you can achieve what seems like superhuman feats. I also raised just over £1,400 for Macmillan Cancer.

“Each day really is a blessing. To anyone who has unfulfilled dreams and goals – stop dreaming and start doing.

Nothing is impossible.”

■ Fat Man to Green Man (RRP £9.99) is available in paperback and e-book on Amazon and with Tangent Books at: tangentbooks.co.uk.

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Cathedral screening of Scorsese masterpiece

Hollywood legend Martin Scorsese will make a virtual visit to Wells Cathedral on Saturday, January 25 to introduce a 25th anniversary screening of his highly-acclaimed yet still controversial film The Last Temptation of Christ which stars Willem Dafoe, Barbara Hershey and Harvey Keitel and features a landmark soundtrack by Peter Gabriel.

The screening is being arranged by Bath Film Festival, as a companion event to its recent showing of the silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc in another of the West Country’s most magnificent places of worship: Bath Abbey.

Festival director Philip Raby says:

“The thread linking both events is that they are a chance for audiences to see very powerful stories, in settings that add enormously to what is on the screen. In the case of the Joan of Arc film, Bath Abbey created the right sense of history. With the Scorsese movie, Wells Cathedral will provide an awe-inspiring reminder of where Christ’s choices and struggles led.

Each also presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This will never happen again”.

Director Martin Scorsese will give a video-link introduction to the screening, which is happening almost 25 years to the day of his film’s UK

premiere in January 1989.

In addition, Scorsese’s long-time collaborator, the triple Oscar-winning film editor Thelma Schoonmaker, is flying in from her home in New York to attend the screening, and take part in a pre-film discussion that is being arranged by the cathedral’s Dean and Chapter to explore screen representations of religious figures.

For the Wells Cathedral screening, to ensure perfect sound quality, every member of the audience will be equipped with headphones.

Tickets for The Last Temptation of Christ in Wells Cathedral are £15/£12, via www.bathfilmfestival.org.uk.

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