Test Valley Forum June 2021

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ISSUE 154 JUNE 2021

TEST VALLEY

Life in your Community

RECIPE OF THE MONTH

SUCK IT AND SEE

Focaccia with Olives, Rosemary & Tomatoes

By Lucia Foster-Found

JUST FOUR + TWO An Exhibition of Contemporary Art to Brighten your Summer

LOCAL INFORMATION Your A to Z of useful local info

STYLE ˙ INTERIORS ˙ HEALTH & BEAUTY ˙ INTERVIEWS ˙ FOOD & DRINK ˙ ENTERTAINMENT ˙ EVENTS Cover Image - Just four + two exibition - May Wood by John Mackinlay

MONXTON A period cottage with great character and a very spacious accommodation with a detached barn

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A Grade II listed cottage Reception hall, Dining Room, Sitting Room, Kitchen, Study, Utility, Cloakroom with WC. Bedroom 1 with dressing room, Three further Double Bedrooms, Two Bathrooms. The barn with accommodation on two floors, currently used for a garage, workshop and storage.

Scope for annex/home office (subject to planning). Gardens laid to lawn to the front and courtyard walled garden to the rear.

GUIDE PRICE £800,000

ST MARY BOURNE A village property in a wonderful setting with splendid gardens and versatile accommodation which could be easily adapted or extended (subject to planning consent). In all 1.5 acres

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Reception Hall, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Cloakroom, Drawing Room, Family Room, Study/ Snug/Bedroom 4, Study, Principal Double Bedroom, 2 Further Bedrooms, Shower Room, Family Bathroom. Double garage, Garden Room/Home Office, Greenhouse, Brick garden shed, Gardens, Paddock, Ample parking. EPC E

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TEST VALLEY FORUM JUNE 2021

CONTENTS 04 Feature

Just Sayin' by Lucia Foster-Found

24 Food & Drink

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Eat out, stay in: food, drink and dining in Hampshire

06 Property Management

25 Home

Buying, selling, letting?

Find local estate agents and property management services

30 Education

07 Lesiure & Entertainment

Discover local events and days out in

Our regular retail feature, Unique, Bespoke, Eclectic and Local shopping

16 Recipe of the Month

Music, Art, Literature and Dance

14 Retail

Mushroom & Leek Pie

Find local schools and educational experts

31 Professional Services

10 Culture

Trades, services, designers, All you need for your home

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From photographers to solicitors - every professional service you need

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Contributors Lucia Foster-Found www. luciafosterfound.com

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Looking after your health and yourself!

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23 Motoring

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GARDEN The Garden at Tichborne House Tichborne, Hampshire

The Tichborne family have lived on this site beside the river Itchen since the 12th century.

They have a fascinating history - there’s a Catholic martyr; Chidiock Tichborne, a lost at sea heir; Sir Roger Tichborne and his impersonator; Arthur Orton known as the Tichborne Claimant, whose trial gripped Victorian society. Then there’s the Tichborne Dole, the giving of flour to locals, which continues on 25 March each year and was instigated by the charitable Lady Mabella Tichborne in the thirteenth century.

The bones of the garden may be rooted in this history with a large house containing a

National Garden Scheme Hampshire Now we are into May, dare we hope that those early morning frosts are a thing of the past. I certainly can’t remember an April with such a prolonged period of frosts. It amazes me how tolerant some of the plants are - apart from my ‘Alstroemeria Indian Summer” - but now that it has had a bit of a trim it is certainly looking a lot happier.

After the 17th May, pre-booked tickets are not necessary for the majority of gardens, but available for those who wish to book ahead.

June brings forth a plethora of open gardens, far too many for me to mention in a short article. I have selected a few which are within the vicinity, which you might like to visit.

Bramdean House Alresford, SO24 0JU Open: Sunday 6th June 2pm to 4pm Admission: £7.50 children free Refreshments: Home-made teas Five acres to explore, with a large and unusual collection of plants. One acre walled garden. Home to Nations tallest sunflower - Giraffe.

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private chapel beside a moat, ancient trees and Victorian outbuildings but the essence of the garden is progressive and created almost entirely over the last 20 years. An original plan by Michele Hickman for an area around the moat has been tinkered with, extended and adapted over the years.

More hedges have been planted and core structural shapes have been integrated to give the perennials and grasses a backdrop and winter interest. Seed is left to settle and the sinuous bed shapes are in direct response to the surrounding rolling hills and curvaceous boundary hedges visible from the house.

There is a fully productive walled kitchen garden with cut flower beds, fruit trees and vegetables plus a rickety greenhouse. Outside this walled garden, you will find an orchard and berry cage. The garden is very much a work in progress and private family space but for a few days this year, it will be open for people to visit and enjoy (hopefully) and maybe even get inspiration from for their own gardens. The entrance fee from these days will be donated to charities chosen

by Catherine Loudon, whose late husband Anthony was the grandson of Sir Anthony Doughty Tichborne, and their 3 children.

https://ngs.org.uk/view-garden/3145 Terstan Longstock, Stockbridge, SO20 6DW (also By Arrangement through May to September)

Open: Sundays 13th June, 18th July & 19th September 2pm to 5pm. Admission: £5.00 children free. Refreshments: Homemade teas. Contemporary cottage garden with constantly changing displays. Includes gravel garden, water feature, showman’s caravan & live music. https://ngs.org.uk/ view-garden/22660 Little Court Crawley, Winchester, SO21 2PU Open: 13th & 14th June 2pm to 5.30pm Admission: £5.00. Children free.

Refreshments: Home-made teas in village hall. This traditional walled garden has

OPEN GARDEN Tichborne House

SO24 0NA Saturday 19 June 1-6pm

Entrance fee to the Hampshire & IOW Air Ambulance Adults £7.50 Children optional donation (cash only please and no dogs) Also plant / honey / produce stall plus the Tichborne Pottery will be open and our neighbours Raimes English Sparkling cellar door is open from 1-5pm

Entry from B3046 Alresford-Cheriton road (not from Tichborne village) What3words: ///cubed.footsteps.became

many flower beds and climbers, a kitchen garden plus colourful bantams running free. https://ngs.org.uk/view-garden/8167 I hope you find something, which suits your taste.

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CULTURE

Just Four + Two Contemporary Artists Alton, Hampshire and then in London at the newly-refurbished Gallery at The Tabernacle, Notting Hill..

A change of scene in 2018 brought them to the Rock Institute, Rock, Cornwall for an exhibition hosted by Valency Fine Art for a hot summer week competing with record temperatures and World Cup Football.

In 2019 Just Four were hosted by the Quintus family at Bourton House Tythe Barn Gallery, Bourton-on-the-Hill, Gloucestershire to complement their famous garden. It poured with rain all week, so the visitors spent more time than they might have done looking at the diverse and spectacular exhibition in the historic barn.

Just Four Contemporary Artists are a group of female artists who thrive on painting together. Jenny Hill-Norton, Anthea Stilwell and Jo Ellis started working creatively together after previous art-related careers: Anthea as an art teacher at Harrow School, Jenny as a Glass Engraver and Landscape Gardener and Jo as a Graphic Designer and Illustrator.

“We find that we produce our most inspirational pieces while working together," says Jenny who co-founded the group. "It’s all experimental work covering a huge range of subjects – created for the sheer pleasure of painting!” Media includes oils, acrylics, mixed media, watercolours, collage and a range of drawing materials including graphite, ink and charcoal.

The three painters are joined by Craig Narramore, a contemporary sculptor and

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furniture maker based in Buckinghamshire, who combines the latest technologies from working as a prop maker in the film industry together with skills from his early grounding in the art of cabinet making. He brings a unique twist with his creations and adds a 3 dimensional depth when the four artists exhibit together as 'Just Four'. Their work is exhibited throughout the UK and sold at affordable prices.

Exhibitions Just Four was launched in 2013 with an exhibition at The Cork Street Gallery, Mayfair, London. It’s enormous (and overwhelming) success led the Four to continue exhibiting together as a collective group, taking stands in 2015 at the Affordable Art Fair, Bristol, and the Brighton Art Fair. Hugely valuable contacts were made leading to an invitation to be Artists in Residence with a Just Four Exhibition at The Late November Gallery, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire in 2016.

The City Space Gallery, Discovery Centre, Winchester, Hampshire was the next venue where they were invited to exhibit in the spring of 2016 followed later that year by a buzzing exhibition at Jardinique,

2019 also saw them back in Cornwall at The Crypt Gallery, St Ives Society of Artists in St Ives as invited artists exhibiting with Edwina Broadbent. Again pouring rain brought the visitors in to view the show to their advantage.

In 2020 Nadia Waterfield invited them to exhibit in her annual Autumn Art Fair at the newly renovated Nadia Waterfield Fine Art Gallery at Goodworth Clatford, near Stockbridge, Hampshire.

Just Four have also exhibited together with the full family of the Stilwell Art Group at – Josie Eastwood's Gallery, Sparsholt, Hampshire in 2011; Riccos, Liss, Hampshire in 2013; The Oxmarket Gallery, Chichester, West Sussex in 2015 and at the gallery space at The Stockbridge Town Hall, Hampshire in 2017 and 2019 with plans for an exhibition there again in 2022.

2021 brings a great new opportunity with an invitation for Just Four + Two to exhibit at Nadia Waterfield Fine Art Gallery near Stockbridge, Hampshire in the Summer from 12th - 26th June 2021. This longawaited show brings all the buzz and excitement generated by these six original artists working and exhibiting together.

The Old Grain Store, Westover Farm, Goodworth Clatford, Andover, SP11 7LF www.nadiawaterfieldfineart.com

A Summer Exhibition

Just four + two contemporary artists

Opening on June 12th 2021 Jo Ellis, Jenny Hill-Norton, Anthea Stilwell, Craig Narramore, Jane Martin and John Mackinlay are exhibiting by personal invitation as a group at Nadia Waterfield Fine Art Gallery. A vibrant mixed exhibition of work.

JUNE 12th – 26th 2021 A virtual video tour of the exhibition will be available to view online before opening in June.

Nadia Waterfield Fine Art Gallery - The Old Grain Store, Westover Farm, Goodworth Clatford, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 7LF www.nadiawaterfieldart.com Email: nadia@nadiawaterfieldart.com

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ENTERTAINMENT Hampshire Country & Garden Festival is Back!

speakers on topics as diverse as ‘Producing Food with Nature’, ‘The Well Gardened Mind’ and ‘Running Free, Swimming Wild.’ Live music from local band ‘Head North’ will create a wonderful atmosphere as you sample Hampshire’s finest food and drink and let your younger family members try circus skills, enjoy story-telling or cuddle animal rescue rabbits - just a few of the many children’s activities available.

For keen gardeners, there are opportunities to browse the beautiful plant nurseries, drop in at the Garden Clinic hosted by local gardening experts and ask the expert ‘Gardeners Question Time’ panel all your gardening queries. For shoppers, there will be a wide range of stalls from local businesses selling arts and gifts, food and drink. Last but not least, enter your canine friends in our very own Family Fun Dog show!

The annual Hampshire Country & Garden Festival is back for 2021 in the beautiful, private gardens of Bere Mill in Whitchurch.

The festival launches on Saturday 26th June with a special evening of sparkling wine, cocktails and canapés followed by a luxury picnic hamper supper, a silent auction and a fast auction finale hosted by rugby sports presenter Mark Durden-Smith.

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On Sunday 27th June the festival opens at 9.30am and offers a fabulous day out for all the family. Be inspired by expert guest

The weekend is in support of The Hampshire Medical Fund, a charity buying pioneering medical equipment for Basingstoke, Andover and Winchester NHS hospitals. The focus this year is to purchase new and vital Resuscitaire machines for the neonatal departments.

With thanks to our gold sponsor, JM Finn Wealth Management and our silver sponsors, Fowler Architecture and Planning and NFU Mutual North Hampshire.

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WELLBEING

We know exercise is good for us, so why can’t we stick to it?

73% of people who are set fitness programs give them up! Whether we are looking to help manage an injury, reduce pain or to keep ourselves healthy we all know that movement and activity is the best course of action.

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For every 30 minutes of non-sedentary activity there is a 20% lower risk of dying from cancer For treatment of heart disease and diabetes, up to 600 minutes of activity per day is recommended For treatment of cancer, improvements can be made with 2000 minutes per day, with possibly no upper limit Running, even slow 5-10 minutes per day, markedly reduces the risk of death from all causes

Research has shown the effectiveness of exercise as medicine, but these exciting and optimistic findings come with some concerning limitations and caveats. While exercise has been shown to be both as preventative and efficacious as drugs in the treatment of many conditions, it simply doesn’t work.

But why?

It turns out that when a person is involved in a research trial, they are highly motivated and comply with all exercise and activity recommendations. However, once the trial has ended, enthusiasm fades and so too does the regular activity.

Perhaps we need to look beyond exercise?

The good news is that, while exercisers will continue to get all the protective and healing benefits of exercise, you don’t actually have to be an ‘exerciser’ to attain these benefits.

What research is showing is that the same benefits of exercise can be achieved by simply moving – not exercising, and it doesn’t need to be strenuous to be effective.

For every 30 minutes of light-intensity activity, such as housework or walking, there is a 20% less chance of dying of any cause; and of course, a huge benefit of increasing movement is the more a person moves, the more they feel like moving!

Each dimension of movement, from shopping, DIY and walking, to sports, circuits and weight-lifting all have their own health benefits, and can be divided into various categories, as shown in the diagram.

Most rehab and exercise programs tend to fall into the structured and specific categories, and this is most likely their failing, as they are often time, support, location and kit dependent. Therefore, there tends not to be enough compliance once a person is out of the support system.

Taking up a sport, a regular class or exercise program may seem daunting or too greater challenge at this point in time.

Therefore there is the greatest potential for achievable, sustained activity within the non-structured and non-specific areas of movement, such as DIY, shopping, housework, gardening, car cleaning and walking.

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The key to sustainability is keeping the convenience high and the expectations low.

If you don’t class yourself as an exerciser, or the thought of a rigid exercise plan or a regular class is unappealing, perhaps looking at how you might create more movement in your day through daily chores and other useful activities maybe more motivational and sustainable?

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COMMUNITY Gardens Are Good For You The National Garden Scheme is marking its annual Gardens and Health Week in May with the launch of comprehensive proof that gardens are good for you. The charity’s fully interactive, digital booklet entitled The Little Yellow Book of Gardens and Health is packed with stories and case studies from garden owners, garden visitors and beneficiaries who have found solace and improved health and wellbeing by immersing themselves in nature. Alongside are views and expert tips on how to get the most from your garden experience, be it hands on or as a visitor.

In her foreword to the booklet National Garden Scheme Ambassador, Rachel de Thame says: “In a year like no other the confinement everyone had to endure, the anxiety and, in some cases, real tragedy has shown just how important gardens are to everyone’s physical health and mental wellbeing.

“The pandemic forced the gates to close on many gardens in 2020 and as a result, the National Garden Scheme decided to capture this unique moment in time in a report: Gardens and Coronavirus 2020 The importance of gardens and outdoor spaces during the lockdown. Over 2,400 people contributed and helped confirm something that we knew anecdotally; that the power of gardens to do good has never been more important. Now, this lovely Little Yellow Book of Gardens and Health showcases the wonderful work and gardens within the Scheme. Just reading it will lift your spirits.

Visiting a garden will do even more.”

Other contributors include the best-selling author of The Well Gardened Mind Sue Stuart-Smith, garden designer and National Garden Scheme Trustee Arit Anderson, garden journalist Ian Hodgson and occupational therapist Lisa Shyamalan.

“The booklet is designed to raise awareness of, and to celebrate, the myriad ways in which gardens are good for you and how the National Garden Scheme’s fundraising supports the nurturing benefits of gardens,” says National Garden Scheme Chief Executive, George Plumptre. “Whether you’re growing carrots in a window box or tending acres of herbaceous borders, recovering from a spinal injury, receiving treatment for cancer, grieving a loved one or simply coming out of lockdown in need of a lift you’ll find inspiration here.”

As more and more garden gates open to the public across the UK, what better way to celebrate than by recognising how central gardens, gardening and green spaces are to our health and wellbeing and treating yourself to a visit.

As spinal injury patient Curtis says in his story: “Outside is like medicine.”

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Charity recognises Hampshire countryside volunteers at annual meeting CPRE Hampshire, the countryside charity took the occasion of its Annual General Meeting on 24 April to recognise the special contribution of some of its longstanding volunteers. Volunteers from Basingstoke and Deane, Hart and Rushmoor and the Test Valley were awarded certificates for their positive contributions and achievements ranging from knowledge and expertise in specialist subjects to long service.

Dee Haas, Chair, said: ‘Volunteers are at the heart of everything we do and are able to achieve. We currently have around 115 volunteers and counting! We would like to say a very big congratulations to all of our awardees and a huge thank you for their dedication and commitment in supporting CPRE Hampshire.’

In Basingstoke and Deane: • Valerie Bedford was recognised for her tireless commitment and support in organising catering and refreshments for numerous North Hampshire District Group fundraising events over many years.

• Peter Bedford, a former CPRE Hampshire Chairman, has raised thousands of pounds over many years for CPRE Hampshire, championing the importance of raising funds and leading the North Hampshire District Group on highly successful fundraisers.

• Nevil Wilson, a former CPRE Hampshire trustee, made an enormous contribution to the activities of CPRE Hampshire’s North Hampshire District Group over a considerable number of years, first becoming involved as Secretary in the year 2000.

We are very sad to report that Nevil sadly passed away on 2 May aged 93.

In Hart and Rushmoor: • Philip Todd has made an enormous contribution as planning lead for CPRE Hampshire’s North East Hampshire District Group, having become involved over 25 years ago.

In the Test Valley: • Moya Grove from the Test Valley District Group for her stalwart support of CPRE Hampshire’s volunteer-led Planning and Policy Group, monitoring and leading responses on the topic of water, sewage, and the protection of Hampshire’s sensitive chalk streams.

• John Moon from the Test Valley District Group for his in-depth knowledge of numerous quantitative and statistical factors that relate to housing and planning which he has brought to excellent use on both local matters for CPRE Hampshire, and to national issues affecting the whole country.

CPRE Hampshire President, the Earl of Malmesbury thanked everyone involved with the charity for their efforts to strive to keep Hampshire beautiful. He extended his very grateful thanks for the leadership of Dee Haas who is stepping down as Chair

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COMMUNITY Observations and Reflections on the Last 50 Years of Agriculture A personal view

There are advantages to staying and farming in the same place for five decades. As a child, the woods, fields were my adventure playground.

As a curious youth, I was always keen to know more of current affairs, as it was then known, later called geopolitics.

Growing up as I did, in the post war period , led me to look into the economics of the time, especially agriculture. The immediate post war period in Britain was dire. Six years of rationing, followed by the extreme winter of 46/47 meant food production was a high priority. After 5 years of wheat production the soils were as exhausted as the people” At the end of the hostilities, there was a large surplus of Ammonium Nitrate, the main ingredient in explosives. This, along with Potash and Phosphate, ammonium nitrate, made fertiliser.

To a hard-pressed government, it was an obvious answer. To I.C.I and similar companies it was a perfect opportunity to increase turnover and profit. The need to feed the nation was paramount. In the U.S. DuPont ,Dow and others were developing many pesticides, and herbicides, including DDT, DDE and 24D.

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U3a is an organisation dedicated to learning, staying active and having fun in your Third Age. Did you know there is a thriving Test Villages branch of the u3a?

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I well remember as a child, seeing pigeons dead and dying after eating treated seed.

Over the next decade I saw the decline and disappearance of Hawks and Falcons..

Apart from the pesticides, herbicides and “artificial manure” as it was called at the time, the system of land tenure remained the same:. Small and medium size freehold farms and large estates with hereditary tenancies.

Most farms at the time were supported by the marketing boards, which,, maintained a stable price for their produce. ..

In the seventies, a farmer could receive 4550p a litre for milk, in today’s money.. . The real changes were from the mid-seventies when we entered the European Union. Over the next decade, small farms were amalgamated. The two large estates near me had between them 5 tenancies, mixed farms, employing people in diverse enterprises. By the end of the eighties, they were all gone, and the estates were farmed as one with loss of jobs. Most of the farmhouses and cottages were for gentrification.This needed a different system of agriculture. More arable,less livestock, which led to a decline in biodiversity.

The way to farm now was directed by the supply industries, manufacturers of machinery, fertiliser, biocides and seeds, which become known as the “the agri-industrial complex”or more accurately, the agricultural, industrial, bureaucratic, academic complex, enabled by P.R/ advertising, and lobbying. The farming system that evolved required inputs of fertiliser, biocides and larger machinery. The lure of agricultural subsidy money, particularly from arable production, led to hedgerow removal and the ploughing of unsuitable land. . I remember in the late 70’s seeing woodland being removed by bulldozer. This was considered ‘overburden’, a term used in open

cast mining, mountaintop removal and tar sand extraction .

Petrochemicals have been slowly degrading biodiversity. The microbes, fungi and invertebrates,, now recognised as the soil food web, and the basis of a healthy soil. The health of the farm was being eroded from below. Soil life is the bottom layer of the food chain and affects the entire system. Insects, invertebrates, amphibians, reptiles, birds, all decline. Gulls and Rooks no longer followed the plough ,the returns no longer worth the effort.

It was at this time that the ‘tram lines’ left by spraying, became a more common sight..

An increase in the use of fungicides had a particularly destructive effect. At that time the role of fungi was not fully understood. The beneficial association between mycorrhiza and plants was disrupted. A field on a neighbouring farm. When conditions were right, it would produce a large flush of field mushrooms. By the end of the 60’s they no longer appeared.

Change has been constant. Sometimes change comes quickly, sometimes gradually, sometimes change occurs unnoticed, such as “when did you last hear a Turtle Dove?” or “when did you last see a Flycatcher?” These changes are small and often overlooked but added together they are significant. As we move into the 3rd decade of the 21st century the challenges are becoming apparent. Fluctuating prices, increasing cost of inputs, reduction in farm support payments, and climate and biodiversity breakdown. The result is an increasingly chaotic situation. Both farmers and consumers need to take heed of a Russian saying. When politics fails, put your faith in your potato patch…...

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Make the most of life once you are no longer in full time work by exploring new ideas, skills and interests with us and making new friends. Come and join us, you will be made very welcome.

We have regular meetings held on the first week of the month (currently by Zoom) and our speakers cover an interesting and diverse range of subjects. In addition, we have special interest groups with subjects ranging from art and local history to science discussion and singing for fun. And lots more!

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This was both a disappointment and a challenge for the Board, but we have regularly met ‘virtually’ and have been able to progress some of this dynamic vision.

Our wonderful Development Officer Sue Messa retired at the end of 2020. She worked with us for over five years and progressed numerous projects including ensuring that our administration was efficient and transparent. We were able to give her a ‘virtual send-off’ but intend to do a proper job when circumstances permit.

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Rebecca Maddox, our Borough of Culture, co-ordinator has continued to take things forward including securing some funds from the Arts Council for three projects.

We are very grateful to her for the huge amount of effort she put into securing this essential support. The projects are ‘Making it Expressive’ a collaboration between the Enham Trust/Icknield School, ‘Finding Friends’ a consultation with Black and Ethnic Minority Groups who sometimes feel excluded from what is on offer, and ‘Test Valley Tales’, a storytelling and podcast led by Amanda Kane Smith. Other projects include the ‘TV Capsule’ (the Video Tapestry) supported by Test Valley Borough Council

which encourages ALL members of the community to produce a short film about their lives within the Test Valley. We also hope to support the visual artists in the Test Valley by highlighting a ‘Test Valley Arts Trail’ as part of the Hampshire Open Studios this summer.

Our websites have tried to keep people informed of these and other ‘happenings’, a difficult task when so many events have had to be cancelled or postponed. The ancient Bus of Many Things, so ably looked after

by Rodney, has been sitting in a car park looking forlorn. But we hope to get it out and about as lock down restrictions are eased up – so look out for it!

We continue to work with many of our partners including Faye Perkins, the Test Valley Arts Officer, who is very keen to re-ignite the creative spirit of the Test Valley. We are keen to do this with her and a programme will be hitting the streets in the coming months. We were shocked and saddened to lose James Nash, a great friend of our Foundation. He was a hugely talented Artist who is sorely missed. We hope to keep his memory alive by organising an appropriate project which illustrates his love for the natural world.

It would be an understatement to say that the last year has been extraordinary. Besides the struggle with an unknown enemy and the personal tragedies that so many are having to live with, there have been so many large and small things that illustrate the genuine kindness and care within so many communities. Hopefully the bonds that have been made will survive and grow in the years to come. Without the huge efforts of ALL those key workers things would have been much worse.

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Suck It and See © LUCIA FOSTER-FOUND 2021

Their joint expressions of horror gave them away.

“What? What?” Their son-in-law frowned from his zoom window. “Bobbing for apples not your thing?” Bless him for his good intentions; busily arranging a surprise party for his wife’s birthday.

“Um, perhaps not, you know, COVID and everything…?”

Himself, far more tactful than she, got in first.

Son-in-law’s face was a picture. Literally, a picture, what with being framed on the screen and all. But figuratively too, as it dawned on him that a group of largely un-vaccinated under-forty -year-olds potentially sharing saliva might be…“Ohhh. Yes! I mean no! A bit dodge. Hadn’t thought that one through, clearly” son-in-law conceded. “Ditto blowing out the candles on the birthday cake, I suppose” he added.

Crikey! Even her super-cautious mummy-gene hadn’t flagged that up. Viewed through pandemic-tinted spectacles, the familiar ritual now appeared slightly stomach-turning. Spittle spattered sponge anyone? She wrinkled her nose. Mmnn, might be giving that a miss for evermore.

There was, upon discussion however, lots of fun to be had without close contact. The garden party theme could still embrace skittles, a coconut shy and pin the tail on the golden retriever. A COVID-safe bash was a go and excitement all round to be getting together again for an actual, real, face-to-face party! With drink.

Lots and LOTS of drink. The three co-conspirators signed off their covert mission meeting with instructions to ‘stay safe’.

Himself later observed “Relieved that, in the name of social distancing, ‘pass the orange’ has been voted off this event. Plays havoc with my cervical spondylosis.”

She agreed “And ‘Twister’ too. My rheumatoid arthritis wouldn’t have thanked me.”

They nodded in unison and remarked “Silver linings.”

The cake scenario had made her think, though. “I know we’re on the road to normal-ish, but I wonder what we’ll lose forever. Will we go back to greeting people with a kiss on the cheek? Funny Mum wouldn’t be sorry about that. Said it was ‘continental’” she reminisced.

“It is quite European” he agreed.

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She raised her eyebrows “Yeah, but she said ‘continental’ in a way you might say ‘nauseating’.”

“I remember how your mum would shrink away from my peck on the cheek.. Haha. I once thought it was because she wasn’t keen on me…!” Himself laughed loudly at this absurd notion.

After the tiniest hesitation, she laughed as well.

Unlike her mother, though, she liked the kissing. And she liked the hugging too. The little moment of close contact released oxytocin; it was bonding, therapeutic. In fact, she’d missed it all terribly.

“But seriously, will we shake hands again, rather than that excruciating elbow bump thing. Even hard bitten politicians look embarrassed doing that. And if we do go back to the hand shake, will we immediately reach in our pockets for the hand sanitiser? But might that be considered a bit rude?” She foresaw navigating an evolving post-pandemic landscape littered with faux pas.

Himself agreed. “Did you know..” hello, here we go “that shaking hands originated from showing the other person that you weren’t holding a weapon and therefore ‘safe’. So might a more logical greeting now be to flash a phone app to show that you’re COVID-free?”

“More logical, but a lot less like a greeting” she murmured quietly, as Himself warmed to his subject.

“And the ‘cheers’ thing,” uh oh – there’s more “that’s a throwback to pouring a little of one’s drink into the other’s horn, goblet – whatever - and vice versa. Just to show that the drink wasn’t poisoned. Will we still touch our glasses together – but then surreptitiously avoid any contact with the bit that connected?

Awkward.”

“That’s a thought” and yet another one she hadn’t had already.

“Actually, on that subject, I’ll think twice before sharing a hip flask again. Now seems rather intimate slash infectious.”

“Eugh... Yuk. Well, I’m predicting some initial confusion over what to do with your hands – like when you pose for a photo.

Coupled with a bit of air-kissing. But gradually we’ll grope our way towards a brave new normal, darling.”

Seemingly unaware of the irony, they concurred. “Suppose we’ll just have to suck it and see..?”

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EDUCATION Outdoor Learning: is it time to Rewild your Child?

reversing the destruction of the natural world by doing (almost) nothing. It is all about relinquishing control. It is the reverse of conventional conservation policy. There is no box ticking, no target driven initiatives.

Instead, land is given back to nature.

The beauty of rewilding is that it’s open to everyone. You can rewild anything from a window box to the whole world. At SCS, we are starting small by just keeping everything we cut. It is a bit of a culture shock as the reality of rewilding is quite messy, after all bugs thrive in piles of twigs and leaves.

Will Frost, Head of Outdoor Learning, joined SCS in September 2020, from Windlesham House School, with the aim of leaving the place (SCS) better than he found it. His strategy is to work together with the passionate and talented SCS staff team, to rewild your child and the school environment.

Rewilding is an increasingly mainstream environmental movement committed to

Building Confidence in Maths

Head of Maths at Embley, Mr Robert Clare, explains how a new Maths mentoring initiative is benefiting pupils throughout the school.

Before my final university exams, I spent over 80 hours a week for over a month revising in a little room in the library. On my own, I would have made little progress but I was joined by six of my peers and we discussed, tested, re-explained and challenged each other to constantly improve.

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involved, whether they help track wildlife, litter pick or plant a tree or a hedge. If they revisit the same destination in the future, they will have a sense of pride knowing they have contributed. So, in answer to the title of this article, yes, we do believe it is most definitely time to rewild your child, and all the others too.

The concept of rewilding has been expanded to also reflect the importance of reconnecting our children with nature. And how do we do that? To connect with nature, children need to be outdoors in natural environments as much as possible. They need to play in woodlands, roll down hills and climb trees. They need to get wet and muddy and feel the wind, the rain and the sun on their skin.

Rewilding our children is not all play though.

It’s also about creating connections with nature. That’s why SCS is also committed to ensuring future field trips provide opportunities for the children to get

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None of us were experts but together our understanding improved exponentially. The experience of sharing our knowledge and seeing others understanding clicking into place was definitely part of the thrill and probably informed my decision to go into teaching.

encouragement and challenge their students, while the Prep pupils are perpetually engaged, making excellent progress and growing in confidence.

In our Maths classrooms at Embley we encourage students to help each other, we want students to vocalise their thoughts, and have them challenge each other. The process of helping and being helped is not only a social responsibility that we want to instil but creates an open environment where growth and improvement are clearly in the culture.

As I reflected on this at the beginning of the year, I wanted to use the fantastically talented Senior School students as a resource for our Prep School. Following a term of mentor training, mostly given over teams during lockdown, we embarked on our first live mentoring session at the beginning of the Summer term. It was clear that everyone was a little nervous, they all had different strengths, no one was an expert.

However, as the session progressed the energy in the room was palpable and by the end it wasn’t clear who had enjoyed it most, the mentors or the Prep School pupils.

The mentors are continuously having to think hard, find new ways of explaining, give

Helping and being helped is not about giving and taking but is beneficial and challenging for all.

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EDUCATION/ COMMUNITY Godolphin releases World Premiere of a motet written for their Vocal Ensemble by the Master of the Queen's Music, Judith Weir.

Judith Weir has set words by Dame Julian of Norwich: We sekyn here rest.

They come from Revelations of Divine Love which is said to be the earliest surviving example of a book in the English language, written by a woman.

The performance was released on Julian of Norwich’s Feast Day, Thursday 13 May 2021.

This work forms the final part of a four-part series of works as a collaborative project between Multitude of Voyces C.I.C. and Godolphin . The first three works in the series - All shall be well,

by Carol J. Jones; Our Endless Day, by Hilary Campbell; Love was his meaning, by Gemma McGregor - have been published by Multitude of Voyces C.I.C. in Volume 2 of the ground-breaking series Sacred Music by Women Composers.

Joint exhibition at Houghton Lodge and Gardens, Stockbridge When Houghton Lodge and Gardens in Stockbridge, Hampshire opens to the public from May 17 visitors will alsio be able to enjoy a joint exhibition featuring the paintings of two professional artists. Joanna Commings from Somerset will be exhibiting upto 18 of her popular semi-abstract impressionst landscapes while Sally Pinhey from Dorset will be showing her botanical paintings. Both artists are selected members of Creative Coverage, the Hampshire based arts organisation, which publicises art.

"We are really pleased to continue working with Houghton Lodge and Gardens," says Creative Coverage co-founder Caroline Saunders. The exhibition runs until the end of July.

JOANNA COMMINGS Joanna's father was an artist and she has been drawing and painting all her life. "I love both landscape and portraiture, for which I take commissions," she says. For 14 years Joanna lived in Cornwall and enjoyed painting the moody and dramatic landscape. She worked primarily around the Camel Estuary, the coastal scenery of Rock and Padstow, the North Cornish coast and Bodmin Moor. Following a move to Somerset in 2015, she is enjoying discovering a new landscape around the north and south Devon coasts, the Blackdown Hills, the Quantocks and the Mendips – a new focus on trees, woodland and softer farmland. "But I continue and will always continue to go back

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Olivia Sparkhall, Director of Godolphin Vocal Ensemble, commented, “Sung in 14th Century Middle English, and accompanied by harp, this is a moving setting of words written by a woman who lived most of her adult life in self-isolation. There are distinct parallels with our experiences over the past year, where much of the rehearsing for this premiere has taken place remotely, and during which time many of us have experienced self-isolation for ourselves. We are tremendously grateful to Judith Weir for writing such a powerful piece for Godolphin. I'm incredibly proud of the Vocal Ensemble for their outstanding performance.”

To view the performance, head to Godolphin's YouTube Channel.

to Cornwall." Joanna works mainly in acrylics, which she loves for their versatility - on canvas, watercolour paper or board. Her work has been exhibited in galleries in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire and Somerset.

SALLY PINHEY Sally Pinhey’s work is known for its liveliness, charm and detail as well as botanical accuracy. She has illustrated three specialist books: Pears, ISBN 0-9532136-0-9, Plums ISBN 098104-49070 and Natural Dyes ISBN 978-1-84797-100-5.

Sally has also contributed to other books for Dorling Kindersley, Aurum Press, Top That Publishing and Church House. She holds numerous RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) medals, having exhibited regularly at RHS shows. Art Tutor at Kingston Maurward College, Dorchester since 1999, Sally has also been a tutor at the Eden Project, St Austell and The Springhead Trust, Shaftesbury. She was an invited demonstrator at Art in Action between 2002 and 2005. Sally has run art holidays in France and taken botanical artists trekking in the Himalayas. In 2003 her work “Egdon Heath” was bought by The House of Lords.

"My driving forces have always been the wonders of plant life, and the buzz I get from helping others achieve their artistic goals," says Sally. "To this end, my next book for Crowood Press will be a companion handbook for botanical artists." Sally is currently raising awareness and funds for Sand Dams water harvesting projects in African drylands, the connection being planting medicinal trees. www.creativecoverage.co.uk

Four reasons why you may want to borrow more Over the duration of your mortgage your circumstances could change.

This means you may need to borrow additional funds on top of your current mortgage.

Below, we’ve listed four of the most common reasons why you may want to borrow more: 1. Extend your home Home improvements are a common reason for borrowing extra money. Whether to convert the empty space in a loft or simply upgrade a kitchen, renovating your home may not only be enjoyable, but it could also boost the value of your property when you come to sell.

2. Gift a loved-one a deposit Providing the parent or grandparent owns their home, equity can be released by raising a mortgage.

By doing so, parents can unlock cash on their property to gift their children or grandchildren a deposit for their home purchase.

3. Buy out a joint-borrower and/or partner following a separation (transfer of equity) As your circumstances change you may find that you need to tweak an existing mortgage. Transfer of equity refers to making a change to a mortgage – either adding or removing a person – for a range of reasons such as divorce, separation and bereavement. For example, additional borrowing may help one half of a partnership buy out the other half to change the deeds into one name and continue the monthly repayments.

4. Purchase further shares of a Shared Ownership property Staircasing is a term given to buy extra shares in a property purchased through the government’s part-rent part-buy Shared Ownership scheme. To be able to do so successfully, the current lender must confirm that they are willing to lend further funds to afford additional percentages of property. The amount you can borrow will determine the size of your further share.

If you are considering borrowing additional funds, please contact us and arrange an appointment.

We provide a tailored and individual service, and our qualified mortgage advisers are available for Saturday morning appointments via telephone and video call.

Andover branch 35 High Street, Andover, SP10 1LJ Call: 01264 361455 Email: andover@newbury.co.uk

Cliff Osborne, Andover Senior Branch Manager

YOUR MORTGAGE IS SECURED ON YOUR HOME. THINK CAREFULLY BEFORE SECURING OTHER DEBTS AGAINST YOUR HOME. YOUR HOME MAY BE REPOSSESSED IF YOU DO NOT KEEP UP REPLAYMENTS ON YOUR MORTGAGE.

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We have a complaints procedure which we will provide on request. Most complaints that we cannot resolve can be referred to the Financial Ombudsman Service. 8334

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