January 2014 - Holywood by Bloom

bloom Magazine Holywood Issue 13 • January 2014

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Contents

So that’s another year done and dusted. Crazy. Its become a but of a cliché to say “that flew in”, or “I don’t know where the time goes”. But that year flew in, I don’t know where the time goes. Working on Bloom, the year is mapped out in blocks of deadlines for all sorts from advertising to print to interviews and so on. Once you hurdle one it’s on to the next and all of a sudden the year is zooming past. But over the course of the year you never know who you are going to meet or hear from. We get people emailing and phoning all the time with news, events and projects that are going on right across the community and it’s a great buzz being able to share them every single month because then we get feedback from that and so it grows. So although we have some sort of rough plan for the magazine every month scribbled down on the back of an envelope somewhere, we can never ever account for the people that get in touch and blow our minds with yet another great thing that we transfer to your brains via the medium of paper. And I suppose that all falls nicely into that other cliché, time flies when you’re having fun. Happy New Year everyone.

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4 Local News Jam packed with all the news from your community and beyond.

8 meat pop up Meet the local people behind a fantastic, ground breaking food concept

TINY TALK

Award winning baby signing classes grow from strength to strength.

12 health and beauty New Year body detox advice from Ruth at The Beauty Studio

wellbeing

Deirdre Coyne explains the benefits of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

16 go for goal Justin Zalewski sets out your potential for success in 2014

18 financial advice T Nixon Associates set out how you can turn over a financial new leaf

20 FAMILY TIME Julie Tierney from Hunt Solicitors on dealing with separation

24 cookbook Jane McClenaghan of Vital Nutrition shares her amazing healthy recipes

26 wee muckers A look at Christopher Whiteside’s award winning children’s book bloommagazine.co.uk 3

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a night with the stars!

Happy birthday birthday Belfast Belfast City City Airport! Airport! Happy

Are you baffled by the universe? Do you

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first commercial

know your moons from your planets?

flight at George Best Belfast City Airport and their 30 year

How about an evening with the stars!

partnership with their largest airline partner, Flybe, three

On 9th January from 5pm - 10pm at

competition winners were flown off on an exciting city break!

the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra you can see the night sky through the lens of impressive telescopes, take off and land with the rocket science

The finalists took part in a ‘don’t forget your toothbrush’ challenge, in partnership with Citybeat. Overall winners Danielle Mahoney, Clare Rush and Steve Dunseath were waved off to Manchester, Edinburgh and Birmingham, by Chief Executive of Belfast City Airport Brian Ambrose, Flybe’s General Manager

shows and learn all about galaxies and

Market Development Andrea Hayes and Citybeat presenters

comets. Meet the astronomers and ask

Stephen Clements and Sara Neill. Two runners up – Elizabeth

them anything. All this and much more.

Turner and Scott Kane enjoyed a night in the Stormont Hotel

Some activities will take place outdoors

with their guests. belfastcityairport.com

and although there will be event lighting it will be dark so please dress appropriately and take care. Flat shoes and warm clothes are recommended. Outdoor activities will be weather dependent. Entry to the event is free but will be on a first come first served basis and places on some of the activities are limited. Admission free. 028 9033 8000 4 bloommagazine.co.uk

Hunt Solicitors took part in the national Christmas jumper day and all funds went towards Save the Children.You could text in your donation or leave money into the office and all in all they raised £213. Well done!

Holywood fitness class raises £550 for NI Cancer Fund for Children Thanks to great local support in Holywood, women’s fitness group BodyBoost has raised £550 for Northern Ireland Cancer Fund for Children. Over 40 women took part in the charity bootcamp week hosted by BodyBoost Holywood and donated their time, energy and money to raise funds for NI Cancer Fund for Children to support their work with children and young people living with cancer. “I am absolutely delighted with how it all went. Our target was £500 so I am thrilled we exceeded it. Class donations were beyond expectations and I had such a great response from local businesses in Holywood wanting to donate prizes for the charity raffle that we sold hundreds of tickets. This might just become an annual event!” said Cathy McElroy, BodyBoost owner. For more details, visit facebook.com/bodyboostholywood. Email bodyboostholywood@gmail.com

REFOUND UNVEIL NEW WEBSITE DESIGN Ethical upcycled interiors emporium ReFound launched a brand new e-commerce website, bringing their stylish range of furniture, gifts and home accessories, all repurposed by local artists and makers, to the rest of the UK, Ireland and beyond! As well as making ReFound accessible to a wider audience, the website will provide a fantastic platform to promote the work of their in-house artist collective. Providing a home for a new blog, the site will feature regular interviews with artists, communicating the story of their collaboration with ReFound as well as updates on current ReFound projects in Belfast and beyond. Holywood’s Jill O’Neill, ReFound founder, is delighted at the prospect of introducing ReFound to pastures new: ‘It’s really exciting that we’ll now be able to engage with customers further afield and that ReFound fans will have the opportunity to keep up to date with our work and products whenever and wherever!’ As each product has a unique personality, the site allows browsers to delve into the organic growth of each piece from ‘found’ to ‘refound’, with the story behind the artist and the processes involved in recreating an old piece into a contemporary bespoke work of art. Visit www.refoundonline.com and you’ll find much more than just a piece of furniture... Facebook.com/theRefoundshop twitter.com/refoundonline bloommagazine.co.uk 5

Bloom:New Year Opportunites shine bright like a diamond! Slimming World Consultants are well known for being the most dedicated when it comes to real help and support; so winning a special award for doing just that is pretty exceptional. Sally Moore and Michelle Murray have been running the Slimming World groups at Holywood and Knocknagoney and last year both of them collected a Diamond Award from the company for inspiring dozens of people in the local community to start losing weight and improve their health. The accolade sees Sally and Michelle become Diamond Consultants. This award is given to all Consultants in the UK and Ireland who welcome 60 new members to their group in one month. l-r Michelle & Sally Sally who celebrates 5 years as a Slimming World Consultant opened her group in Holywood in January 2009 and says “This job is so very special. Watching someone change from having no confidence, being embarrassed about their size, and wearing shapeless clothes to someone who looks and feels great, brings its own rewards on a daily basis. To have your work recognised in this way is, I must admit, a very proud moment.” Since opening the Holywood group members have lost an incredible 16,172lbs (1,155stone which is over 7 tonnes!) Michelle, who joined Sally’s Slimming World group as a member herself in September 2010, slimmed down 2&1/2 stone in just 3 months. Sally and Michelle say “Lots of people want to lose weight but they don’t know how or often people have tried losing weight before and failed. But it isn’t them who failed it’s the programme that failed them, either because the diet was too strict and impossible to sustain for more than a few days or because the support just wasn’t there. Slimming World’s Food Optimising plan isn’t a diet, it’s too generous to be called a diet. It helps people make small, easy changes to the way they shop, cook and eat so they make healthier choices and lose weight without ever going hungry or ever feeling like they’re missing out. And each week in group we make sure everyone’s motivated for the week ahead. If you’d like to shine like a Diamond this year why not come along to one of our groups – Holywood group meets every Thursday at 5.30pm & 7.30pm in Holywood CFC Community Hall, 65 Church View and the Knocknagoney group meets every Wednesday at 5.30pm & 7.30pm in Church of Ireland, Aslan Centre, Knocknagoney Road. Phone Sally on 07738713436 or Michelle on 07753745301.

STARTING THE YEAR WITH SMART FEET Knowing when to move towards something, when to move away, and when to stay put. What you focus on grows stronger? What you feed with your attention quickly becomes a focus for your life. What it teaches us is that when we are angry or hate we allow someone we dislike to become really important to us. Even while we tell ourselves what we want most is to distance ourselves, what we are actually doing is drawing them closer, and making them more a part of our life. The people we feel strongest about are really important to us. The stronger we feel about them, the more we invite them into our lives. Are you sure you want them there? If not, are you sure you want to keep them there? Don’t plant trees where they are going to get cut down. We are encouraged as children to try, try, and try again. But it’s important that we don’t just end up banging our heads against a brick wall. If what you’re trying doesn’t seem to be working, maybe your energies would be better off elsewhere? This principle invites you to listen carefully to what’s going on around you, to work out whether the place you are in just doesn’t fit what you are trying to do. You have lots to offer, but maybe it’s worth being somewhere where your offerings will be better received? When in doubt, wait it out. When you think you’ve run out of options, don’t worry, you haven’t. Things always change, and sometimes a lull is just a chance to listen for the next opportunity, the next opening, the next arrival. Anthony McCann, Ph.D anthonymccann.com Tel: 07913 736 897 Sessions available in Holywood, Belfast, Newry, Dublin 6 bloommagazine.co.uk

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MEET THE MEAT TEAM

The Irish Moiled

L-R William Farmer, Joel Kerr, Sue Farmer

The Saddlebacks

• In February last year, farmer Joel Kerr contacted William Farmer at The Bay Tree to see if they’d be interested in him rearing an animal on his family farm to serve in the restaurant. This was only the beginning of a unique and fascinating concept.

e came up with the nose-to-tail dining night,’ says Joel, ‘where diners could follow the progress of the animal through each stage of the food chain via social networking ending in a 7 course meal using up different cuts of the animal.’ This idea to shorten the supply chain between farmers and end users developed rapidly and a concept was conceived. ‘We had the farmer to produce the animal, our butcher, Owen McMahon to provide us with the cuts and The Bay Tree chefs to create something special with it,’ says William. ‘We eventually came up with Meat Mireille, a 7 course dinner evening at The Bay Tree serving dishes from one cow (a Limousin we named Mireille). Consumers were involved in the process by following Joel’s blog about Mireille’s rearing. The event sold out and feedback was extremely positive - not just for the food, but for the whole concept!’ That night became the blue print for Meat Pop Up, only this time they wanted to use rare and traditional breeds, different types of animals and bring it to different venues. Meat Pop Up means more events, more animals, more breeds and more venues, but the same desire to do everything the way they believe it should be done. 7 dinners, showcasing 7 rare breeds of pig, cow and sheep. ‘We’ll have a few challenging dishes incorporating lesser used cuts,’ says Joel. ‘Each night we’ll have farmers, butchers or chefs to explain the background of the animals or share their experience and expertise so as to carry the education theme through. We’re starting off in The Bay Tree again but haven’t announced the other venues yet so stay posted to the blog!’ William adds, ‘We’re getting the opportunity to work with the people behind some of the excellent produce available to us. We’re also delighted to be calling on the expertise of Owen McMahon, our butcher, even if he doesn’t know the extent of what we’ll be demanding yet!’ The duo have already involved a number of farmers; the sheep from Robert McCauley’s farm in Dromore, the pigs from Kenny and Jennifer Gracey’s farm in Tandragee and the Irish Moiled beef, the only breed native to Northern Ireland, from Robert Boyle’s farm in Millisle. ‘The Irish Moiled Society have offered great support in getting our first night up and running,’ says William. ‘There are so many success stories of local farmers developing award winning products. We’re exploring all the options and aim to incorporate as many farm stories as possible.’ You can follow the progress of the animals on the blog www.meatpopup.co.uk. Tickets for the first three nights of Irish Moiled beef, Saddleback Pork and Southdown lamb are on sale now. Call William at The Bay Tree on 028 9042 1419 or email joel@meatpopup.co.uk for more information. ‘This is an education for us as much as for our diners so we are keen to hear from the readers who would like to share their tips or experience on the farm to fork process, whether it is a farm story from their childhood or a long lost recipe they would like to share, we’d love them to share their knowledge so we can incorporate it into the experience we are offering.’

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Deirdre Coyne Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (MBACP)

• Stress Management • Anxiety • Depression • Phobias

• OCD • PTSD • Low Self Esteem • Goal Setting

Diploma in CBT at Belfast Cognitive Therapy Centre

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express yourself

Award Winning Tiny Talk Is a Good Sign Award-winning TinyTalk Baby Signing Classes go hands-on, with interactive sensory activities to help babies to talk

e learn to speak by

Multi award-winning TinyTalk is the

Local teacher, Shelley Wilson,

listening and watching

first baby signing organisation to

TinyTalk Teacher for East Belfast and

first. Even before we

deliver baby signing classes across the Holywood, adds, “I am very excited

can speak we can use our hands

UK. Working with companies, such

about introducing these new classes

to communicate: to point, wave or

as Disney and Harrods, individuals,

to the families in my community. We

clap. In fact we understand so much

such as Supernanny Jo Frost, or

are all going to have so much fun

before we can speak, surely it’s worth charities, such as Booktrust and the

but at the same time teaching our

teaching our babies how to extend

National Childbirth Trust, TinyTalk is

children how to talk! I love helping

this simple repertoire? Not only

recognised as an expert in the field

my mums and dads support their

does baby signing allow pre-verbal

of children’s language acquisition,

children’s communication skills. Being

children to express their needs and

having helped thousands of families

a TinyTalk Teacher is so worthwhile

thoughts, it cuts out so much of the

understand each other better over

as I know that I make a difference to

guesswork for parents. Babies who

the last decade.

the lives of my families. The benefits

sign are thrilled when they realise

Now in its 12th year, TinyTalk is

of teaching your baby to sign, to be

that they’re understood. This can be

delighted to be taking its classes to

able to communicate with you from

from 6 months of age rather than

the next level, with new hands-on,

such an early age, are priceless.”

waiting until the usual 18 months

sensory activities. Using a range of

It certainly makes sense to sign up

for their first spoken words. Baby

bright and beautiful sensory toys,

to TinyTalk baby signing classes to

signing empowers babies and allows

such as voile scarves, tactile shapes,

help your little one learn how to talk:

them to get their message out. It

flashing balls, bubbles, Lycra, mirrors

as TinyTalk says, “because chatter

also supports their spoken language,

and quality music, the babies are able

matters”. Just visit the website,

giving them the confidence to begin

to develop their communication

tinytalk.co.uk/shellyw or call 07928

babbling and trying initial sounds,

skills and also have a lot of fun at the

966443 for further details about the

such as ‘b,b,b’ when signing ‘bird’.

same time!

classes close to you.

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This month... Now that the indulgence of Christmas is over, we are all feeling a little lethargic and in need of some serious detoxing!! Detoxing doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be hard work, in fact you can make it as easy as you like... y Cleanse the body blissfull Why not start with a blissful De-stressing Detoxing Massage? The treatment begins with a full body brushing to stimulate circulation, then using a specific blend of organic juniper, lemon and black pepper we work on both the deep tissues and the lymphatic drainage system to rid your body of toxins and excess fluid. ALL THE ZEST

This massage is the perfect way to kick start your detox but to keep it going at home you should continue dry body brushing. Buy a suitable body brush and using sweeping motions work towards your heart for about 5 minutes a day before a shower or bath. Use a detox bath or body oil for the perfect detox routine. Detoxing from the inside is also important, choose detox packed foods such as ginger, pomegranate and lemon or why not pop into Heidi in the Iona Shop (27 Church Road Holywood) for some expert advice?

** TIPS TO CHASE AWAY THE JANUARY COMPLEXION BLUES Perfecting cleansing- make sure you have a good, rich, creamy cleanser, apply it to the skin in a thick layer and leave it on for at least ten minutes. You have no idea how much this can help your skin (especially after a late night!). Be firm but fair - I know I always say exfoliate but I cannot stress enough how important it is but remember be gentle on your skin, try and avoid any grains. Mask it! We often over look masking but it can be the quick pick me up your skin needs. Guinots Mask Essential is packed full of essential oils that will leave your skin glowing and radiant. Now Nourish - at this time of year think about stepping up your moisturiser, try one that is richer, giving you more protection. Detox for your face - add a couple of drops of a citrus essentials oil into warm water, soak a face cloth in it and drape over your face for up to 10 minute before you cleanse or exfoliate, for fresh clear skin. 12 bloommagazine.co.uk

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emotional wellbeing

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Local Cognitive Behavioural Therapist Deirdre Coyne sets out what the therapy is all about and how it can treat a range of psychological issues. Deirdre also unravels the perceived complexities and gives you a different view on how you should consider your emotional wellbeing.

ognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is growing in popularity as an efficient and long lasting treatment for many different types of psychological problems. If the word ‘psychological’ sends you running from the room screaming, try to consider the term referring to problems that affect your emotional rather than your physical sense of wellbeing. At some point in your life, something’s going to go a bit wrong with your body so why should we assume that our emotions and minds are any different. CBT rests on the premise that it’s not simply the events in our lives that cause us stress; it’s the way we think about them. For example, two people may be caught in traffic. While perhaps one person could view this situation as an opportunity to listen to music or get lost in their thoughts and find an opportunity to relax, another person may focus on the wasted time or the feeling of being 14 bloommagazine.co.uk

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trapped, and become distressed. Research and practice has demonstrated the effectiveness of CBT in dealing with both clinical depression and anxietyrelated disorders such as phobias, panic attacks and also obsessive compulsive disorder. Your thoughts, feelings, physical sensations and actions are interconnected, often trapping you in a negative spiral. CBT helps you stop these negative cycles. It aims to break down factors that are making you feel bad, anxious or scared so that they are more manageable. It can show you how to change these negative patterns to improve the way you feel. The reputation and popularity of CBT have grown for a variety of reasons. Whilst it is a clinically proven therapy applicable to a range of emotional problems, it also makes a process of change achievable in a short time, usually 6-12 sessions.

Scientific evidence shows that CBT is effective on its own or alongside medication. The therapist provides coaching in techniques and skills; which can then be practised independently, which reduces the need for ongoing treatment which may be lengthy and expensive. To benefit from CBT, you need to commit yourself to the process. A therapist can help and advise you, but cannot make your problems go away without your co-operation. A crucial CBT concept is that your thought processes – thoughts about yourself, other people and life situations – have a huge effect on your emotional well-being. This is summed up by the statement ‘what we think is how we feel’ or ‘what we think decides how we feel’.

Contact Deirdre: 028 9042 6992 (State of Mind Holywood) 07919 446685 d.coyne3@ntlworld.com

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sET FOR SUCCESS

Setting the Game Up to Win

By Justin Zalewski - Healer, Hypnotist & owner of superfoods7.com

any of us have overindulged during the festive season and have now decided to set goals and or New Years resolutions? Did you know that statistically around 95% of people will have broken their New Years Resolutions by January the 15th. By following these few simple and easy steps you can significantly improve your chances of a lasting and successful outcome and be one a the few who truly succeed. Have a clear and compelling vision and always state what you want in a positive context, for example, I want to be in great shape and have lots of energy, rather than, I want to lose weight and not feel exhausted all of the time. Have strong reasons why you must follow through for whenever things get tough. We must initiate the goal and maintain it by ourselves. If we are being coerced into doing something for someone else we will feel that internal

resistance and we ultimately fail.All goals must increase choice and have ecology. Find ways to create positive associations with the goals you want to achieve. Focus on the practice of whatever your doing and the results will naturally get better over time. Visualise yourself achieving the goal The more we see, hear and feel what it would be like to achieve this goal the more we condition our nervous system to make it a reality. Our unconscious mind literally cannot tell the difference between fantasy and reality and this is one of the most powerful tools highly successful people use to excel at whatever they do. Write down all of your goals and have a clearly defined plan for achieving them and also a way to consistently measure your results. It is also essential to have a deadline and to be clear and specific about the outcome. Be creative and flexible about achieving your goals and find ways to make it fun. Chunk it down, many people set goals that

are unrealistic and their unconscious mind gets overloaded with the chunk size and so it doesn’t even bother to try. Break your goals down into smaller chunks so that you set yourself up for success. Imagine that you goal was to walk for 1 hour each day and you do it for the first one or two days and then your legs end up being very sore. You’re going to end up associating pain to exercise and you‘re most likely not going to be motivated to want to do this again. Start gently and then build on your successes by gradually increasing the amount of time that you can comfortably walk so that you can condition yourself for success. Study successful people, whatever area of life you want to succeed in, there’s going to be someone who’s already mastered this area of life. This really is incredibly powerful, to master something in the shortest time possible where you truly can gain massive value and insight from someone else’s mistakes.

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A Financial New Leaf

local financial advice

Tony Nixon, Practice Principal at local Family Financial Planning specialists, T Nixon Associates, chats to Bloom about turning over a new financial leaf in 2014. FINANCIAL ADVICE SHOULD SAVE MORE THAN IT COSTS

Turning Over A New Financial Leaf For 2014 Four key things to tackle in 2014 to boost your financial security:

“The first rule of thumb when

1.1. “Review your mortgage Interest rates have been stagnant for so

considering taking on a Financial

long but this is unlikely to be the case for the foreseeable future.

Adviser is that it should save you

Have your mortgage reviewed to make sure you are getting the right

more money than it costs. A Fi-

deal for your circumstances.

nancial Adviser can ensure you are

(Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up

making the most of your finances

repayments on your mortgage.

as you may not have the expertise,

A fee of a minimum of £250 or 0.5% of the loan amount, if

time or desire to actively plan and

greater, is payable on application. Typically this will be £250.)

manage certain financial aspects of

2.2. Maximise your ISA allowance. If you don’t already have an ISA (In-

your life. You may want help getting

dividual Savings Account), get started. Did you know that you can put

started or benefit from an objec-

up to £11,520 per year tax free into an investment ISA? Consider

tive, third party perspective.”

topping up your ISA or start one before April 2014.

FINANCIAL REVIEWS ARE ESSENTIAL

3.3. Inheritance Tax Planning. This can be considered from two angles.

The inheritance you might be due from your own parents and what

“A financial review is the first step

you are going to pass to your children. There is no inheritance tax

in planning for a secure future. This

due between a husband and wife and each can have an allowance

is something many people put off

of £325k. However this changes when passing on to your children.

which can end up being detrimental

It is vital to consider the implications around inheritance tax and

to their family in the long run. No

get a plan in place as soon as possible. (HM Revenue and Customs

one likes to consider the worst but

practice and the law relating to taxation are complex and subject to

unfortunately what the future holds

individual circumstances and changes which cannot be foreseen.)

is unknown to all of us. If you can

4.4. Pension Planning. The earlier you start the easier it will be, don’t

proactively take control of what is

put pension planning off. If you save a smaller amount of money

at your disposal to safeguard what

regularly for longer, you may be better off than saving a bigger sum

you can, the future will be brighter

over a shorter period of time. Talk to us soon about putting a plan in

and more secure.”

place to provide for you and your family in the future.”

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Quinoa Sunrise Serves 1 2 tbsp cooked quinoa Handful of mixed seeds (sunflower, pumpkin,sesame,hemp or flaxseed) Cinnamon,ground cloves,nutmeg or mixed spice Low GL fruit (berries, sliced pear, grated apple) A dollop of natural yoghurt •Combine the quinoa and seeds in a breakfast bowl. •Sprinkle with your choice of spice and top with the fruit and yoghurt.

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asian beef salad

Serves 4

Serves 2-3

1 dsp coconut oil 1 large onion,chopped 6 medium carrots, chopped 75g red lentils Pinch of dried chilli flakes 1 litre vegetable or chicken stock 1 inch root ginger, peeled and grated (about 1 tsp) Juice and zest of 1/2 orange

1-2 tblsp oyster sauce 1 clove garlic, chopped 1/2 to 1 chilli (depending on how hot you like it),chopped 200g fillet steak, thinly sliced 1 tsp coconut oil For the salad: 3 or 4 spring onions, chopped 100g beansprouts 1 red pepper, sliced 1/4 cucumber Bunch of coriander, chopped A few strips of preserved ginger 2 tblsp sesame seeds

•Heat the oil in a heavy based pan. •Add the onion and cook until translucent. •Add the carrots, lentils, chilli flakes and stock. •Simmer for 15 minutes, until the lentils are cooked. •Remove from the heat. •Grate in the root ginger and add the orange juice and zest. •Blitz everything in your blender until

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WHATS THE STORY?

Christopher Whiteside’s passion for illustration

Your Wee Muckers Will Love This Book loca awar l winn d er

came in those early days as a young boy when he would study very intensely, the lavishly coloured and detailed images of prehistoric dinosaurs, found in educational books from the library and at school. Christopher’s interest in illustrated stories advanced significantly when he discovered the world of Marvel comics and superheroes. He went onto successfully read Fine and Applied Art at the University of Ulster. Since then he has worked in a variety of settings, ranging from amateur theatre set design in Belfast, to Art Direction in short film productions. His current project is a children’s book that has been going down brilliantly with readers and critics alike.

hree Wee Muckers is an

inner child in us all.’ As any parent

to take criticism. However, positive

award winning book explor-

knows, there are an extraordinary

feedback drives me to keep going

ing the childlike innocence

amount of children’s books out

and I have plenty of other ideas for

and excitement felt in us all, when

there, finding one that connects

stories and books. I’m currently

playing hide and seek with grown-

with your child and as an author

working on a new series of books

ups, and how they too can have

thousands of others is a huge

for Hampton Bond about a boy

fun playing games, especially when

challenge, and one Christopher

named Wyatt who is coming of age

they bend the rules! ‘This is my

relished with the team at Hampton

and has a big imagination. He has an

first published children’s book,’ says

Bond. ‘The idea of my first little

imaginary friend named Wilbur who

Christopher, ‘but I have written

book being released out into the

is a talking blue dog. The books will