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_lsjvtl It’s easy to start the year feeling positive, but when the weather is grey and miserable and it never seems to stop raining, it can be hard to keep up the good intentions.

There’s plenty in this issue of Weekend to cheer you up, though.

It may feel far from spring-like outside, but the shops are full of next season’s fashions. According to those in the know the statement colour for S/S14 is Radiant Orchid. Take a look at our fashion pages for inspiration.

If you’re on a diet (and who isn’t in January?) then treating yourself to a bit of pampering can be a great calorie-free pick-you-up - and no-one

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knows this better than the bathing and beauty experts at Lush.

Find out more about how the company began on the health & beauty pages, and there’s also a chance to win a copy of Lush’s first book and a selection of bathtime treats.

This week we also talk to Jane Asher and Claire Goose, who are both starring in plays at the Theatre Royal.

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f you’ve overdosed on festive red, green and gold, colour respite comes in the form of Radiant Orchid. The uplifting pinky-purple hybrid has been unveiled as the Colour of the Year for 2014 by global colour experts, Pantone.

“A modern and surprisingly versatile shade, Radiant Orchid enlivens the skin, making all who wear it feel more healthy and energetic,” says Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Colour Institute.

Invest now and you can get a full 12 months’ wear out of this of-the-moment hue.

■ 2014 must have: If you love this hue, opt for a Radiant Orchid-tone jacket to brighten up your wardrobe. For an accent, you can’t go wrong with statement shoes or a bag.

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Debut book charts the revolution of bathing Former Lush Saturday girl, Mira Manga, talks to Emma Dance about her new book entitled Danger! Cosmetics to Go which charts the history of the cosmetics brand

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What most people do not realise, is that the Poole-based purveyor of tantalising toiletries started as a business manufacturing products for other brands, including top hair salons, and was even responsible for coming up with now-iconic items like The Body Shop’s Cocoa Butter Hand and Body Lotion and Peppermint Foot lotion.

But soon the owners, Mark Constantine and Liz Weir, decided that they wanted the freedom to create and sell their own ranges, as well as manufacturing for their clients, and Cosmetics to Go was born.

Now Lush has produced its first-ever book, Danger! Cosmetics to Go which tells the story of the company that

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preceded the international brand that we know today.

It recounts the tale of the dynamic cosmetics brand that revolutionised bathing and enchanted customers with its innovative offerings.

Despite its explosive arrival, Cosmetics To Go only existed for a brief six years before losing everything.

In the book, for the first time, the founders of Lush share their thoughts and feelings on the rise and fall of their ill-fated first venture, revealing the truth behind the attempts to save the ailing company and its eventual collapse.

Writing the book was a labour of love for author Mira Manga who has worked for the company for more than ten years – starting as a Saturday

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girl in Lush’s Carnaby Street store. She said: “Even when I got a job in the music business I was still working in Lush as a Saturday girl.

“I loved the company and after spending five days in a testosterone-filled environment I enjoyed working with such lovely people.

“I knew Mark, and one day he told me that I was too old to be a Saturday girl and asked me why I was still doing it. He suggested I get a job in the London office, so I started working in retail support.

“I was writing a book to make myself feel better about my horrific dates. It wasn’t meant for anyone to read, but one of my colleagues passed a copy to Mark.

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“But he liked something about it, as he said he would like me to write a book.

“I didn’t have any idea about Cosmetics to Go and I was completely terrified. It all felt so unknown to me.

“Cosmetics to Go was all pre-internet so Googling was out of the question.”

After months of tracking people down, begging for interviews, and wading through piles of old paperwork, Mira had collected enough information to write

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“We managed to get in touch with the graphics company who did the original catalogues and eventually they came and helped design the book for me.

“Without them, the book would not look so awesome.

“I tried to make it as bright and beautiful as possible to really celebrate the history.”

Danger! Cosmetics to Go is available from Lush stores and online for £19.95.

■ Lush has teamed up with Weekend to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a copy of Danger! Cosmetics to Go and a selection of lovely Lush products.

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is answer this question: What is the name of the company that came before Lush?

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Jamie, who is in charge of the kitchen. said: “The smoker was handmade in Oklahoma City. It is like the most expensive toy I have ever had!

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work. I had played around with smoking stuff before, but not with a smoker.

“Smoking is taken so seriously in the States and it’s becoming much more of a thing here now too.

“There has been a real keen interest in what we are doing which has been great.

“Now we are doing everything we can in there – things like chicken, ribs and pulled pork.

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have to have a good USP and I think the smoker mean we are giving Bath something that it hasn’t already got.”

GPT Smokehouse certainly seems to be proving a hit so far. Since it opened just over a month ago, Bath’s gastronomic Twitterati have been going crazy for the food, with the pulled pork coming in for particular praise.

“It has been wonderful to go online and see what people have written,” said Jamie. “The feedback has been brilliant.

“The regulars that used to come here have been slowly coming back and dining too and we’ve had a good response from them.

“Green Park Tavern wasn’t in the best of health, but it was loved by the people who came here, so it’s nice to have them coming back and liking what we have done with it.”

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“Bath has always been somewhere which champions smaller businesses, which is great,” said Jamie. “And it needs more family businesses.

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There’s always time for tea From work breaks to times of tears, popping the kettle on is always a remedy and, as Abi Jackson discovers, the humble brew is bursting with health-boosting benefits We don’t need scientific studies to confirm we’re a nation of tea-lovers – according to the UK Tea Council, we Brits get through 165 million cups a day.

What science can confirm, though, is that tea is officially good for us, in countless ways, from helping prevent stroke, type 2 diabetes and reducing stress.

“The British started drinking tea in the 17th century, when it was introduced by the Dutch and Portuguese,” says Jane Pettigrew, a tea historian who’s written a number of books on the topic, including A Social History Of Tea (Benjamin Press, £18.99).

“The East India Company, who had the monopoly on trading goods from the South China seas into England, started importing its own supplies in 1669.”

At the time, all tea – the traditional form, made from the leaves and leaf buds of the Camellia sinesis plant – all came from China.

“When tea was first drunk in the UK it was hailed as a cure-all, with such benefits as curing headaches, memory loss, stomach problems, skin disorders, even scurvy,” says Pettigrew.

“Back then, those stories were based on legends and experiences arriving with travellers and tea merchants from China. But gradually over time, research has shown that a lot of these stories are actually true.”

Dr Tim Bond, from the UK Tea Council’s Tea Advisory Panel (TAP), will vouch for this.

“One of the most interesting things about tea is flavonoids. They’re antioxidants and help support our body cells, and are recognised as being important in terms of long-term health.

Black tea is actually the number one source of flavonoid antioxidants in the UK diet, and there have been some really good studies recently on the associated health benefits, including reducing the risks of

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certain types of cancer “There’s also evidence that tea helps control blood pressure fluctuation, and growing evidence for a link with reduced cognitive decline.”

Green and herbal teas are often portrayed as being ‘more healthy’ but, scientifically speaking, Bond says that’s not the case.

In fact, the qualities associated with all varieties of tea are vast, and even if you’re making your selection based on personal preference, you can’t really go wrong.

With such endless benefits, it’s no wonder that Pettigrew is confident the popularity of tea is certain to endure.

“Tea consumption’s growing because people recognise the health benefits,” concludes Pettigrew. “But it’s also popular because of its ability to calm us, cheer us, make us feel safe, comforted, relaxed, soothed.”

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Packed with flavour, it would make a wonderful starter for a winter dinner party, or even a light supper or lunch.

Signe said: “Norwegian salmon lends itself really well to this comforting fiskesuppe (fish soup) – in Norway we always have flat or crisp-bread with this chowder-style soup and nothing hits the spot quite like a bowl of this on a chilly winter’s day.”

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She’s the original domestic goddess … without the frosting.

Catching up during rehearsals at the Theatre Royal, Jane jokes about her creative talents: “It always sounds like you’re doing more than you are when you list them like that,” she laughs. “I’m not doing them all at once!”

Adapted by Simon Reade from Penelope Lively’s eponymous Man Booker Prize-winning novel, Moon Tiger

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is a kaleidoscopic tale of loss and desire.

Jane plays the lead role of Claudia Hampton, an elderly, dying historian, reflecting back on pivotal moments in her life between the wars, particularly her time spent in Egypt.

Jane clearly loves the story.

“It’s a wonderful play, beautifully written, and the actors I’m working with are absolutely fantastic,” she shares.

“I’ve met a number of people who’ve told me the book is their favourite; one they remember for the rest of their lives.”

Are there aspects of Claudia’s character she can relate to?

Jane smiles, “Yes, I’m loathe to admit it, but I think there are. She’s a bit bossy; she doesn’t like to be wrong, and she picks people up on things a bit. Those are all slightly in me, I think. I’m very sympathetic to her.”

Claudia has been called a ‘hard-to-like heroine’ on book blogs, which Jane appreciates.

“Yes, she could appear to be quite dislikeable, particularly in the way she treats her daughter, who she is fairly disparaging about. But when you discover perhaps why she’s like that, I think you feel more sympathetic to her.

Hopefully people will realise how the tragedy in her past has affected her.”

In previous interviews, Jane has revealed she enjoys acting, “because I can pretend to be someone else”, yet she must bring elements of herself into

❝ each role she plays?

“Absolutely. Like it or not, I think we all do as actors. Even if you’re playing a very different character, you always bring yourself to it, which is why casting is so important. It’s hard to be objective though, and know which parts of me come across that inevitably fuel my character.”

Retrospection can lead to epiphanies for some characters, does Claudia experience such an awakening?

“We don’t see her necessarily learn anything from looking back. But we do see that the whole core of her life centres on this incident in Egypt. So even though it was only four years out of her 77, that’s the over-riding sense – that the centre of her life was this short period of time.

“It’s actually terribly sad, her time in Egypt during the Desert Wars. Her whole violent hatred of war, death, killing and suffering comes across very strongly. That’s what I like most about her. You feel her pain, not just for the death of his one young man, but for the thousands of men and women who died in the war.”

The theme of loss is also apparent in one of Jane’s three best-selling novels, The Question, where a husband keeps his mistress, and their child, a secret from his wife of 20 years. Do we really know anyone?

“Probably not. Especially people in the public eye – we haven’t a clue what they’re really like. Even people very close to you, do you ever know them completely?”

Are there plans for a fourth novel?

“My publishers did want another book, but it’s been so long now. I have an idea for a fourth, but it’s difficult – you need time on your own and to be very introspective to pull out something inventive. When people ask me, I get enthused again. But I’m objective and realistic enough about myself to know it

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In addition to her acting and writing, Jane’s successful cake-decorating business often takes centre stage. What was her inspiration?

“I learnt basic cooking from my mum – gingerbread men, things like that – then I started experimenting with decorating cakes and made one for my sister’s 21st and her wedding cake. In those days cakes were a bit serious, but mine were fun and even rude.

“A friend suggested I write a book about them, but back then actresses didn’t write books. I was pregnant with my second child and was turned down by five or six publishers. But I kept going and eventually found one who could see the fun in them.

“It was just a hobby I could do at home while the children were growing up – then much to my surprise it all took off.”

A few books later, Jane was sufficiently inspired to open her shop in Chelsea, Jane Asher Party Cakes, still a favourite among royalty and celebrities

after 20 years.

“But it’s been tough, running a small business,” she admits. “When your overheads and labour costs are so huge it’s always frightening. The shop has never settled into making a profit consistently, but I’ve kept six or seven people employed all this time and we’re still surviving.

“It’s a lovely business to be in. Making someone’s wedding cake especially is such a privilege.”

So what next for Jane?

“It really depends what happens to Moon Tiger. We’re on tour for seven weeks and then I’d love to take it to London, it’s so beautifully written.”

Clearly focused and talented, with a hint of naughtiness, Jane’s wholesome, goody-goody public persona – more of a media invention I feel – surely masks depths she only reveals to those closest to her. On discussing history being subjective, a recurring theme in Moon Tiger, she tellingly reveals: “It all depends on your viewpoint; there isn’t any absolute truth in anything, really.”

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Poetry Series Rebecca Goss and Jackie Wills will be reading, 8pm.

Duncan Room, BRLSI, Queen Square, Bath

Bath Writers Inc....

2.15pm. Cosy Club Restaurant, SouthGate, Bath. 0117 9868591

Corsham Knitting & Crochet Group Knit and Natter, 10am-noon. Corsham Community Centre

Box GIG Saving Britain’s Art Treasures, speaker Nick McCamley, 2.15pm.

Millennium Room, Selwyn Hall, Box

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

Mr Wilkins’ Shilling Women’s Northwest Morris 8-10pm. Methodist Church Hall, Northend, Batheaston. 01225 869086

Bath Good Afternoon Choir 2-4pm. Argyle Hall, Central URC, Grove Street, Bath. £2.85

Daytime Singing Group

Rubber Bridge (ACOL)

Reiki Courses Weekly

11am-12.30pm. Rush Hill United Reformed Church, Frome Road, Odd Down, Bath. 07592 016878

Hosted by Dennis Bernard, stake 50p a hundred, 2-6pm. 01225 484523

10am & 4pm. Corsham area. 01249 715179

Rubber Bridge (ACOL)

Reiki Courses Weekly

2-6pm hosted by Dennis Bernard in Weston. Stake 50p a hundred. 01225 484523

Reiki Treatment also available, 10am & 4pm.

Corsham area. 01249 715179

Bath Bridge Club 7.15pm. Bath Football Club Rooms, Twerton High Street, Bath. 01225 310326

Knit Club at Great British Yarns 7-9pm. Unit 9, Brassmill Enterprise Centre, Brassmill Lane, Bath.

01225 462776

Saturday

10th Bath (Combe Down) Scouts Jumble Sale 2.30pm. Jumble to hall from 10am. Scout HQ, The Avenue, Combe Down, Bath. 30p

Crafty Saturday

Songways Community Choir

With Mazy Bartlett, noon-2pm. The Pound, Pound Pill, Corsham. Free

10am-noon, term time.

Argyle Hall, Central URC, Grove Street, Bath. £8.

The Hardy Plant Society – Wilts and Avon Group

Bath Spa Band

Talk by Paul Moir on History of the Painswick Gardens, 2pm. Village Hall, Langley Burrell. £3

Rehearsals 8-10pm. Elim Pentecostal Church, Charlotte Street, Bath

Tomorrow

Bath Organic Community Garden

1.30-3.30pm & 4.30-7.30pm. St Johns Church Hall, The Park, Keynsham

10am-1pm. Royal Victoria Park, Bath. 01225 311699

Box Bridge Club

Activities for 8s and over, 10am-4pm. Carlingcott, nr Peasedown.

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Blood Donation

Friendly duplicate, 7-10.15pm. Box Parish Pavilion

Nature Club/Daycare

Bath Saturday Antiques Flea Market 7.30am-5.30pm. Walcot St, Bath

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

Sunday

Bath Undercover Market 9am-4pm. Green Park Station, Bath. Free

Kev Ford’s Fun Charity Quiz 8pm. The Bear, Box

Bath Cycling Club Tortworth Farm Shop Cafe, 9am. Starts from Cleveland Bridge, return by 1-1.30pm. 01225 426467 or 07944550933

Dry Arch Growers Bathampton Community co-op producing food for the local area. Volunteers required, 11am-4pm. End of Holcombe Lane, Bathampton. 07972 564641

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

Reiki Courses Weekly 10am & 4pm. Corsham area. 01249 715179

Monday Keynsham & Saltford Local History Society

Illustrated talk on Amelia Edwards’ Travels in Egypt, 7.30pm. The Key Centre, Victoria Methodist Church, Charlton Road, Keynsham. £2.50

Blood Donation Session

Kirsten Elliot, Georgette Heyer and the Regency Novel, 7.30pm. BRLSI, Queen Square, Bath

HumBugs Singing Group 9.30-10.30am

Masonic Museum Guided tours, also on Wed and Thurs, 11am or 2.30pm. Sat 2.30pm only.

12 Old Orchard Street, Bath. 01225 462233

2nd Bath Girls Brigade 6.30-8pm. The Ascension Church, Oldfield Park, Bath. 01761 416515

Bath Spa Band

9.30am-12.30pm & 2-4pm. Hilton Hotel, Walcot Street, Bath

Rehearsals 8-10pm. Elim Pentecostal Church, Charlotte Street, Bath

Golden Oldies

Social Bridge

2.30-3.30pm. Community Room, Trinity Road, Combe Down, Bath

Oldfield Park Community Knitting Group

1.30 for 1.45pm. Museum of Bath at Work, Julian Road, Bath. 01225 310232

Bradford Bridge Club

10am-noon. Upper Room above the Office at Ascension Church, Oldfield Park, Bath

Spiritualist Meeting

The Women’s Royal Army Corps Association

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

2pm. Manvers Street Baptist Chapel, Bath.

01225 339904

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Literature and Humanities

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

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Tuesday Box NATS John Fowler & The Steam Works, Leeds, speaker Michael Rumsey, 7.30pm.

Methodist Church, Box

Cotswold Voluntary Wardens Walk Box, Wiltshire, 3hrs, 5.5 miles. Start 10am, Selwyn Hall free car park, Box

Wellsway TG Open meeting, 2.30pm. St Luke’s Church Centre, Wellsway, Bath. 01225 427448

Fosseway TG Music & fun, Stewart Sheppard, 2.30pm. Foxhill Community Centre, Combe Down, Bath.

01225 840637

Bath VA Vintage & Antiques Market Green Park, Bath

World Affairs Prof Yongjin Zhang, Xin Jinping and China’s Global Diplomacy: a new charm offensive? 7.30pm. BRLSI, Queen Square, Bath

Salsa Classes 8pm. Revolution, George Street, Bath. £7/£5

Sakya Buddhist Group Worldly happiness cannot last, 8pm. The Museum of Bath at Work, Julian Road, Bath

Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Bath Branch 7.30-9.30pm. Ralph Allen School, Bath

Meditation on Twin Hearts 7.45-9pm. Funky Monkey Studio, 18 St Peters Terrace, Lower Bristol Road, Bath. 07516 500

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Singing for the Brain For people with dementia and their carers, 2.30-4pm.

St John’s, Combe Park, Bath. 07540 921035

Songways Community Choir 10am-noon, term time.

Argyle Hall, Central URC, Grove Street, Bath. £8. songways.co.uk

Sing Alive Community Choir 10am-noon (term time).

United Reform Church, Bradford on Avon. All welcome

Bath Organic Community Garden 10am-1pm. Victoria Park, Bath. 01225 311699

Poetry Party

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Reading of Dylan Thomas’ A Child’s Christmas in Wales. 7.30pm. BRLSI, Queen Square, Bath

Boules/Petanque

Bridge Club

Scottish Country Dancing

Whist Drive

1.15-4.30pm. Village Hall, Bathampton. £1. 01225 462965

7.30-9.30pm. New Oriel Hall, Larkhall, Bath. 01225 319991

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

Bath Bridge Club

Drop-In Meditation

Knit Club at Great British Yarns

10.30am. Museum of Bath at Work, Julian Road, Bath. £3. 07966 365633

10.30am-12.30pm. Unit 9, Brassmill Enterprise Centre, Brassmill Lane, Bath. 01225 462776

10am-noon. St Michaels Centre, St Michaels Place, Bath. £1.50. 01225 484510

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

Wednesday Jane Austen Dancers

7.45-10pm. Bath Central United Reform Church, Grove Street, Bath. £4

The Bath Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Group 11.30am-1.30pm, there will be a speaker. At the RNHRD

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

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

Bradford Bridge Club 7-10pm. The Swan Hotel, Bradford on Avon. 01225

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11am to 1pm Queen Square (off when raining).

Greensprouts Parent and Toddler Session 10am-noon. Laurel Farm, Carlingcott, nr Peasedown. £3 a session. 01761 420204

Bath Welcome Choir No auditions, 7.45-9.30pm. Upper Hall, Culverhay, Bath. £4

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Around 120 guests including franchisees, suppliers from the bathroom industry, friends and family, as well as local and national media were invited to join Ripples founders Roger and Sandra Kyme for a fabulous evening which kicked off with a champagne reception, followed by a sumptuous sitdown dinner, followed by dancing to live music provided by the fantastically

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Roger commented: “There is no doubt that one of the most important factors in Ripples’ success has been the support we get from our suppliers.

“Combine that with the incredible hard work of our franchisees and the dedication of managing director Paul Crow and the team at head office, and you have the recipe of Ripples’ success over the last 25 years.”

■ If you are holding an event which you would like to see featured on our Society pages please email Emma Dance on e.dance@bathchron.co.uk.

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theatre work.

Claire, who was once voted the 29th Sexiest Woman in the World in a lads’ mag poll, has now landed two key roles, including her current part starring opposite Les Dennis in The Perfect Murder at Bath’s Theatre Royal, which build on her growing reputation as an actress.

In the stage adaptation of the novella by best-selling crime writer Peter James, she is playing a woman whose husband wants to kill her.

The play premiered just a week before coming to Bath, and will tour in venues around the country until April, when an important newly-commissioned two-part drama Undeniable in which Claire stars alongside Peter Firth will be show by ITV. Says Claire: “I had only just finished filming Undeniable when we went straight into rehearsals for The Perfect Murder. It was incredible to get two very good parts

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The parts could hardly be more different, even though the two revolve around crime.

In the TV drama, Claire stars as Jane Fielding, a woman who recognises her mother’s murderer, 23 years after the crime. Despite being just seven years old when she witnessed the killing, she’s determined to bring the man she believes is responsible to justice.

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And Joan is bored stiff by Victor, whose irritating ways are driving her mad. The marriage has reached a crisis point and Victor decides there is only one way to get Joan out of his life forever.

Says Claire: “It really is a threedimensional part and I badly wanted to get it. But then I was terrified when I got it, suddenly wondering whether I really could do it. But director Ian Talbot has been great and we are all having a lot of help from Peter James, too.”

There are some differences between the play and the best-selling book.

Claire says: “I hadn’t read the book, before I got the part. But then I started to read it, only to stop when I thought I would be better just to work with the script. I may go back to it later on.”

Claire’s co-star Les Dennis is one of Britain’s most-loved actors and entertainers who recently starred as King

Arthur in the West End in Spamalot and finished joint runner-up in BBC 1’s Celebrity Masterchef.

Claire and Les are joined by Gray O’Brien, who recently enjoyed an award-winning three years in Coronation Street and has also starred in the television series Titanic, Peak Practice and Casualty as well as in the West End stage production of Sleuth.

Most recently, Claire has been seen in the television series Mount Pleasant. Her many other television credits include, Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Holby City, Kay Mellor’s Gifted, Perfect Day, Secret Smile with David Tennant, Love Lies Bleeding with Martin Kemp, Hustle and the award-winning Exile alongside Jim Broadbent and Olivia Coleman.

The Perfect Murder is at the Theatre Royal, Bath, until Saturday. Tickets are available from the Theatre Royal Bath Box Office on 01225 448844 or at www.theatreroyal.org.uk.

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The Rain That Washes is inspired by Zimbabwean Christopher Maphosa’s true-life story of leaving his country at the age of 14, to join the revolution against white rule.

Instantly plunging the audience into a young man’s compelling story, this is an extraordinary journey from innocence to escape, as Christopher finally returns to his homeland to witness Mugabe’s greatest betrayal.

Ashley Maynard plays both Christopher and all the characters he meets along the way, in this warm, funny and at times, brutal and shocking play.

Dave Carey first met Christopher Maphosa at Chickenshed Theatre more than 13 years ago and has dramatised their conversations, creating a tense and dramatic story.

The play is set in the early years of Mugabe’s Zimbabwe, and gives fresh relevance to the controversial 2013 elections.

The show was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013, enjoying a highly successful sell-out run at the Pleasance Dome.

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Sawclose, Bath Tel: 01225 448844 To Sat Jan 18 The Perfect Murder

22 to 23 Westgate Street, Bath. Box office 0845 293 8480 Thurs Jan 16 Russell Howard and Friends: A Benefit for Bath Rugby Foundation

St Philip & St James’ Church, 35 Frome Road, Odd Down, Bath

Starring Les Dennis and Claire Goose, Mon-Wed 7.30pm, Thurs-Sat 8pm, matinees Wed, Thurs & Sat 2.30pm. Tickets £17.50-£33.50

8pm. Sold Out Sat Jan 18 Krater Comedy Club

Ustinov Monmouth Street, Bath Box Office 01225 448844 Thurs Jan 16 366 Days of Kindness This multi-media show tells the heartbreaking, surprising and challenging stories of the year 2011, which began with burning buildings and ended with the flame of the Olympic torch, 8pm. Tickets £13/£10 Fri 17-Sat Jan 18 The Rain That Washes A compelling story of a

Comedy, 8.30pm. Tickets £45/£28.50/£18/£14.50/£10

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Corn Street, Bath Tel: 01225 463362 To Sat Jan 18 & Wed 22-Sat Jan 25 The Norman Conquests

A story without words, Curious is a spirited play for the3 very, very young,

A trilogy of plays by Alan

Ayckbourn. Check with Theatre for times. Tickets £11/£9 Sun Jan 19 Spring Term begins Next Stage Youth Anyone between the age of 11-18 is welcome, 4.30-6pm

Holt Dramatic Society

7A Anglo Terrace, Bath

Tickets on sale in Holt Superstore Thurs 16-Sat Jan 18 A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 7.30pm. Holt Village Hall.

Tickets £9/£7

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A musical version of the popular book by CS Lewis, 7.30pm, matinee Sat 2.30pm. Tickets £7/£4.50

Burdall’s Yard

Holt Village Hall, Holt

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Tickets Tel 01225 835228 Wed 22-Sat Jan 25 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Tickets www.burdallsyard.org Thurs Jan 16 Bards at the Yard Join comic performance-poetess Mama Tokus and performance poets from Bath Spa University of an evening of wordplay and wit, 7.30pm. Tickets £3

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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 its heart, the album featured the deeply affecting Fifty Four Candles.

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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.

Exposed to music at a very early age, Dublin born Eleanor McEvoy grew up in a strict Catholic household in the grey north-side suburb of Cabra. After a musical upbringing playing the piano, violin and performing on stage with her older siblings, Eleanor graduated in music from Trinity in Dublin and set out

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to pay her way through life as a jobbing musician.

She initially spent four years in Ireland’s National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), and joined Irish diva Mary Black’s touring band.

She has recorded a number of acclaimed albums including Snapshots (1999), Yola (2001), Market Square (2003), Early Hours (2004), Out There (2006), Love Must Be Tough (2007), I’d Rather Go Blonde (2010) and Alone (2011) before If You Leave... her tenth album released last May. It features eight new songs and four interpretations including God Only Knows, True Colors, and Lift The Wings from Riverdance.

Recorded live in the studio with some of Ireland’s finest players, this album of soulful performances shows McEvoy in a bluesier neo-retro style.

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After four ground-breaking and award-winning albums – 2003’s BBC Radio2 Folk Album of Year, Sweet England, Jim Moray in 2006, Roots Critics Poll and Mojo Folk Album of the Year winner Low Culture in 2008 and 2010’s In Modern History – he now finds himself at the forefront of a new folk revival in the UK, and hailed as a pivotal influence by a new generation of folk musicians.

His imaginative re-imagining of English traditional music blended with orchestral flourishes, guitars and electronics soon found him saw him gracing stages at Glastonbury and WOMAD. Now he comes bearing Skulk (2012), his fifth and perhaps best album yet, with the wherewithal to locate folk music in its rightful landscape: the modern world.

Catch him when visits Bath’s Chapel Arts Centre on Saturday, February 1.

Other acts to look out for include: Cocos Lovers plus, Gerard & the Watchmen plus Hot Feet (Sunday, February 2), Kent DuChaine & Leadbessie (Friday, February 7), The Zen Hussies (Friday, February 14), Franc Cinelli (Saturday, February 15), Caddy Cooper (Thursday, February 20), Duncan Chisholm (Saturday, March 1) and Emily Maguire (Friday, March 7).

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Renowned for the full, rich sound that she creates with her 1767 Gagliano violin, her energetic concerts and her communication with the audience, Alexandra Wood is fast building a reputation as an exciting performer.

Her programme at the Michael Tippett Centre will include Britten’s Suite for Violin and Piano. This technically demanding but light-hearted work is a set of short character pieces, influenced by the music of composers such as Schoenberg, which Britten would have heard in Vienna in the 1930s.

She will also perform Prokofiev’s Sonata No 1 in F minor. One of his darkest works, Prokofiev described passages at the beginning and end as “wind passing through a graveyard”.

He collaborated closely with the violinist David Oistrakh while writing the piece, ensuring that it was virtuosic, while being entirely suited to the character of the violin.

Tickets, costing £10/£8, can be booked on 01225 463362.

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Blow

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

Acoustic Oak Music Club Singers Night. Floor Spots, 8pm.

The Royal Oak, Corsham. Entry £2

Karaoke With DJ Jay, 8pm-3am.

Mandalyns, Fountain Buildings, Bath

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

Tomorrow Implode Live Music Night

8.30pm every Friday. Belushis, Bath

Live Music Every Friday from 9pm. The Huntsman Inn, Bath

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Folk, 8pm. The Village Pump,

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Lamb Inn, Trowbridge. Tickets £5

Baptist Church, Batheaston.

Tickets £8/£5

Vienna Piano Trio

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Classical, 7.30pm. Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon. Tickets £17/£16

Craig Sutton Flamenco Thief Guitar melodies giving a fusion of classical Flamenco, contemporary ska, reggae and rock rhythms, 8.30pm. The Pound, Pound Pill, Corsham.

Free

Saturday Bath Ceilidhs

Old Swan Band, callers to Jo Freya, Fi Fraser, 7.30pm prompt.

St Gregory’s Catholic College, Combe Hay Lane, Odd Down, Bath. Tickets £10/£8/£5 students/Children 7-16 years £2, under 7s free

Virus Plus 3 Acts (tbc) 7pm onwards. Belvoir Castle, Lower Bristol Road, Bath

Bath Community Gospel Choir

Concert, 3pm. St John the

Playing their instruments to a jaw-droppingly high level, 7.30pm. The Pound, Pound Pill, Corsham. Tickets £10.£9

Sunday Acoustic Club

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

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

Peter Kirk, Tenor/Steven Hollas, Piano Schubert’s Winterreise Classical, 3pm. Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon.

Tickets £16/£15

Concert Neil Moore, Clarinet & Jacquelyn Bevan, piano, 5pm.

Midsomer Norton Town Hall.

Entrance by donation

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Burgess & Slide Country blues, country and blues, 1pm. The Bell Inn, Bath

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

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

Lunchtime Recital 2-bas

9pm. The Bell Inn, Bath

2-bas perform on a variety of instruments to bring an eclectic mix of music to their audiences, 1pm. The Pound, Pound Pill, Corsham. Tickets £6/£5

The Big Cheese

Bristol Afrobeat Project

Pedalmania

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

Moles, Bath. £4/£3.50 NUS

Bradford-on-Avon Folk Club Singaround. Floorspots, 8pm.

9pm. The Bell Inn, Bath

Match the Hat Club An evening of live music, 9pm.

Love Lounge, The Bell, Walcot St, Bath

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SHOWING AT VICTORIA ART GALLERY

by Pulteney Bridge Bath www.victoriagal.org.uk Until 2 February only Daily except Monday £2.50 / kids free

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From dusk till dawn exhibition

The January exhibition at The Nick Cudworth Gallery will be of original oil paintings and limited edition prints of buildings captured during the twilight hours of dawn and dusk.

The need for internal light during these in-between times can sometimes give a fleeting glimpse into the world within.

The picture above is Mr Dyke at The Dower House, a painting of a splendid Norfolk property with the owner sitting by the window, no doubt pondering on the coming day as dawn breaks.

Nick was born in Derby and achieved

a BA Hons. at Chelsea School of Art. He has been a practising artist for more than 35 years.

His successful reputation as an artist has been gained by having exhibited in group and one-man shows in galleries throughout the world, including London, Milan, Winnipeg and New York.

Nick opened his own gallery in London Street, (top end of Walcot Street), Bath, in 1999 as an exhibition space and as a studio.

He works in oil and pastel and is equally known for his landscapes, still life and portraiture.

University of Bath

Admission

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

Victoria Art Gallery

Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 1.30-5pm, closed Mondays. Near Pulteney Bridge, Bath

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

Bath and the Great Western Railway Exhibition, to Sun Feb 2, Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 1.30-5pm, closed Mondays. Tickets £2.50.

Near Pulteney Bridge, Bath

Victoria Art Gallery Ione Parkin: primal matter Exhibition, to Sun Feb 2,

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,

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

Bath Artists Studios Life Drawing, Every Tuesday, (Half Term Feb 18), 2-4pm & 6.30-9pm.

16 Weeks £169, half term £85 (6 weeks).

Upper Bristol Road, Bath.

To book 07752 879184

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Life in the slow lane: a Mediterranean memoir The weather may be dreary but a taste of Spanish sunshine will be coming to Mr B’s Emporium

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n January 22 New York Times best-selling author and multi award-winning journalist Michael Paterniti talks about his new book, The Telling Room at Mr B’s Emporium in Bath.

Travelogue, memoir, biography and more, The Telling Room is an amazing tale of Castillian blood feuds, family ties and the quest for perfection – but also a cry for us to slow life down, exchange stories, welcome in strangers and eat good food.

Ambrosio Molinos spent years attempting to rediscover the ancient family recipe for Paramo de Guzman – a cheese so good that, when he succeeded in the early 1990s, it swept to international fame, becoming the favourite of everyone from Queen Elizabeth II to Fidel Castro.

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And then, with a single act of betrayal, everything was lost.

A decade later, journalist Michael Paterniti tracked Molinos down. He became so obsessed with both the farmer’s tragic story and his quiet way of life, that he moved his young family to Guzman, the tiny Spanish village where the story was continuing to play out, and quickly became involved in the search for revenge.

The Telling Room was published in the US in the summer and has been given rave reviews from critics, novelists and chefs.

It is released in the UK on today.

Paterniti has been nominated eight times for the National Magazine Award, which he has also once won, as well as authoring a New York Times best-selling book, Driving Mr Albert.

He is the recipient of a NEA grant and two MacDowell fellowships, and his

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work has appeared in a wide range of publications on both sides of the Atlantic including The New York Times, National Geographic and Rolling Stone.

He is also the co-founder of The Telling Room, a community, non-profit writing centre for children that serves over 2,000 a year in Portland, Maine, where

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During the event, Paterniti will not only talk about The Telling Room, but also Driving Mr Albert which tells the tale of his cross-country trip with the pathologist who, 40 years earlier, had swiped Einstein’s brain during the great man’s autopsy and who now wishes to return the brain to Einstein’s grand-daughter.

The evening will finish with a cheese tasting, courtesy of Paxton and Whitfield.

The event begins at 7pm and tickets cost in advance £8 (ticket price includes delicious cheese and wine and 15 per cent off any book purchased on the night).

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GETYOUR SKATES ON! Year 9 (13+) Scholarships

The closing date for Year 9 (13+) Scholarship awards is Monday 13th January.

Please email our Registrar, Lynda Bevan, for an application form today on l.bevan@rhsb.gdst.net to ensure your daughter is included.

Assessment for Academic Scholarships and also in Music (including Choral) and Sport (excluding Dance) is on Friday 17th February.

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Ballet screening a jewel in Little Theatre’s crown A glittering celebration of the choreographic work of George Balanchine is celebrated in the film Bolshoi: Jewels which can be seen at the Little Theatre Bath on Sunday at 3pm.

The film features the music of Gabriel Fauré (emeralds), Igor Stravinsky (rubies) and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (diamonds).

Featured in the film are the Bolshoi principals, soloists and corps de Ballet.

Inspired by the famous jewellers of New York’s Fifth Avenue, this triptych is a tribute to women, and to the cities of Paris, New York and St Petersburg.

Choreographed in 1967 in New York City, this ballet, with its jewel-like costumes, celebrates the three cities and three dance schools that forged the elegance, aesthetic and style of choreographer George Balanchine.

Emeralds was conceived as a poetic tribute to the French romantic school and rubies to the American tradition of Broadway musicals, while diamonds honours the virtuosity of classical Russian dancers.

George Balanchine was inspired by the artistry of Van Cleef and Arpels in

the creation of Jewels.

This unique full-length, three-act abstract ballet was first performed in 1967 by New York City Ballet.

Bolshoi Ballet’s first production of the complete ballet was first given on May 5 2012, to fantastic acclaim.

The production uses new set and costume designs by Alyona Pikalova and Elena Zaitseva respectively, each of whom have incorporated designs from Van Cleef and Arpels in homage to Balanchine’s original production.

In the three acts Balanchine delves into the essence of each jewel, using music from different composers and incorporating different balletic styles.

Emeralds, set to music by Fauré, is infused with a dreamy French romanticism.

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The fiery rubies fizzes with the energy and exuberance of jazz-age New York in its setting of ebullient Stravinsky.

And diamonds, using music from Tchaikovsky’s Third Symphony, evokes the high classicism of Imperial Russia, here brilliantly danced by the Bolshoi.

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