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Wimbledon is in full swing and let’s not forget the World Cup. So spice up your summer with the sports luxe look, taking you from court to clubhouse in style.

And don’t miss Spotted on the Street, where we check out your individual style.

If you’re wondering why French women always look groomed and glam, wonder no more.

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Cheltenham Music Festival The incomparable violinist Nicola Benedetti is artist in residence at this year’s Cheltenham Music Festival.

From Brahms to Beethoven, chamber music to composers’ workshops, the spectacle starts on Wednesday.

Cotswold Show

For a fabulous day out, it’s hard to beat the Cotswold Show at Cirencester Park.

This year’s entertainment ranges from livestock parades to monster trucks.

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Forthampton Court has to be one of the most romantic houses in England, and its garden gives it the perfect setting.

We wake up and smell the roses in this quintessentially English plot.

Le Champignon Sauvage’s David EverittMatthias injects a bit of Michelin magic into the kitchen with a bevy of beautiful summer recipes. Think seared mackerel and pea pannacotta, followed by elderflower custard.

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Suzanne Vega – she of Luka fame – is in town on her latest tour and chats to The Buzz about the worry of writer’s block, meeting her heroes and her amazing new album. Plus Dylan Thomas’ masterpiece Under Milk Wood is this summer’s must-see play.

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Weekend magazine is published every Saturday by the Gloucester Citizen and Gloucestershire Echo newspapers, part of the Local World stable.

Editor Tanya Gledhill Deputy Editor Lucy Parford lucy.parford@glosmedia.co.uk 01242 278065

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OW we’ve lost any semblance of interest in the World Cup – die-hard sofa huggers and Suarez ‘bite’-watchers aside – all thoughts are turning to Wimbledon.

But even if you’re not having heated debates about the merits of Murray vs Djokovic, or Nadal’s freaky arm, or Federer’s chances, there’s always Pimm’s and strawberries.

Every cloud . . . Anyway, as gripping as the tennis is, we ought really to be out in the fresh air (ignoring this weekend’s rain).

So, we join Welsh songstress and I’m a Celebrity survivor Cerys Matthews to walk the Laurie Lee Way. If you’ve never read any Lee, you should. His sentences are like songs: filled with light and shade, discovery and wonder, life and death.

I’m never sure whether it’s the romanticism of the Slad Valley (much more romantic now than it was in his day, by the way) which makes me love him so, or the thought of a cold pint of scrumpy at the Woolpack.

But wherever I am, there’s something about Lee’s writing that immediately

transports me to a Gloucestershire hay field in high summer.

“The great beech filled at least half the sky and shook shadows all over the house,” he wrote in Cider With Rosie. “Its roots clutched the slope like a giant hand, holding the hill in place. Its trunk writhed with power, threw off veils of green dust, rose towering into the air, branched into a thousand shaded alleys, became a city for owls and squirrels.”

See what I mean? Not all trees in literature were created equal.

Elsewhere, the incomparable David Everitt-Matthias injects a bit of Michelin magic into your kitchen with a clutch of fancy summer recipes.

We launch our fabulous Taste of Gloucestershire Awards, celebrating the very best in food and farming.

And Suzanne Vega talks life and love on her new tour.

Have a great weekend.

Tanya Gledhill weekend@glosmedia.co.uk 01242 278066

This issue’s contributors were asked: What’s the best street food in the world?

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Deputy Weekend editor Lucy tracked down Cotswold artist Andrew Joynes for this edition.

She says: “The best street food for a vegetarian has to be falafel. No matter what festival or city we’re visiting for the weekend, you can guarantee there will be a falafel stand somewhere. I try to kid myself it’s not that bad for you, with lots of houmous and salad, but it probably still is.”

Victoria wrote this week’s travel feature.

“I’d travel halfway round the world for masala dhosas, a breakfast delicacy with a serious spicy kick, served anywhere near a beach in Kerala. And I once had a cup of black pepper chai tea in India.

“Niang’sThai Snacks, at Gloucester and Stroud’s Farmers’ Markets are fantastic. Niang’s green chicken curry and spring rolls are fabulous.“

“I’m a chilli freak, so Szechuan bang bang chicken. What’s not to like about that fragrant mix of peanuts, red chillies, ginger, lime and sesame seeds?” says Weekend editorTanya.

“Or proper, wood-fired pizza.The best pizza I’ve ever eaten was from this little stall in a dodgy side street in Naples.

“The chef looked as if he’d kill you as soon as look at you, but the pizza was unbelievable.”

“The best street food I’ve had?That’s hard,” says the owner of Le Champignon Sauvage.

“Try @BritStreetFood and @richardjohnsonx onTwitter, and www. britishstreetfood.co.uk will give you ideas.

“Recently I ate a spoton wood-fired pizza from quirky trailer The Tinderbox and I at an incredibly memorable salt beef and pickle on a black rye bun from the Bell and Brisket.”

“The best street food I’ve ever eaten was in Crete,” says food writer Sue. “It was a kebab made from spit-roasted lamb coated with yoghurt and stuffed into freshly-baked pitta. And barbecued squid with huge quarters of fresh lemon in Lanzarote.

“Here, you can’t go wrong with an organically-reared beef burger from the Adey’s Farm stall at Stroud Farmers’ Market.”

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Singer, radio presenter and writer Cerys Matthews MBE was in Gloucestershire this week to launch the Laurie Lee Wildlife Way. SUE BRADLEY catches a glimpse of the former Catatonia member’s hectic life and discovers how she finds happiness growing potatoes and thinking about a 12th Century nun

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ERYS Matthews doesn’t is a warm and generous writer and know if the Slad Valley’s you feel there is a lot of love in there.” famous son Laurie Lee Cerys does not know if Lee and and the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas met (it would appear from an Thomas knew each other, but she interview given by Lee that they did) but feels certain they would have got on. she thinks “they would have got on.”

Both literary giants were born in Dylan Thomas has been prominent 1914 and, according to the BBC 6 in her mind for several months as she Music presenter who shot to fame in has been busy recording an album of the 1990s with band Catatonia, their his poetry that is due out in October writing has a lot of similarities. to mark the centenary of his birth.

“Lee’s work is very lyrical and quite “It contains some of my favourite similar in places to that of Dylan poems, some of which are set to Thomas in a way; it flows off the music,” explains the singer, who tongue and the imagery is beautiful,” spent some of her early years she muses in her lilting Welsh accent. in Thomas’s native Swansea.

Cerys first came to the Slad Valley Alongside her recording work, last year to record a feature for Cerys is attracting an ever-increasing BBC’s The One Show and this week following for her 10am Sunday slot she was back by invitation of The on BBC 6 Music, for which she Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust to join received the annual Sony Award for Laurie’s daughter, Jessy, in the opening being “a totally unique listen”. of The Laurie Lee Wildlife Way. Her eclectic mix of world music The walk, which features 11 poetry and poetry also includes a posts quoting extracts from Lee’s work, regular foraging feature, effectively joins up four nature reserves inspired by her first managed by the Trust, including an area visit to Slad. of woodland purchased last year as a “I came back result of a successful public appeal. with a bottle of “I had such a good time in elderflower Gloucestershire last June, when I champagne,” came to record a feature for The she laughs.

One Show, for which I am the “I love the cultural roving reporter,” she says. idea of “The Slad Valley is beautiful being and has a real peace about it. It’s as if time has stood still there.

“I think it’s wonderful that the Lee family poured profits from the book sales into buying the woods to prevent developers from building on them. The Slad Valley is a special place and the fact that the area is so well-loved heightens this.

“For me the poetry posts bring everything alive.

“I think poetry is best when it features in our normal, everyday lives rather than being stuck in a book that people don’t have time to read. It’s mixing the beauty of life and literature – a perfect cocktail.”

Cerys was 11 or 12 when she first read Lee’s autobiographical Cider with Rosie after coming across it in her dad Phillip’s book collection and recalls how it made a lasting impression on her.

“I like his writing,” she says.

“You are in a little boy’s head, a little boy surrounded by all this beauty and a sadness as well.

“Lee talks about the inevitability of time and things changing, and that’s what Dylan Thomas wrote about. Lee

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aware of the plant life around you.

“Emma Bradshaw from Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust occasionally gives me recipes which we cover on the show, things such as wild garlic pesto and dandelion leaf breakfast.

It’s quite an ongoing connection. I am always on the lookout for recipes.

“I think a lot of us have moved so far away from the country, even if we cannot do it ourselves we like to hear people talking about it.”

Along with foraging, Cerys talks enthusiastically about harvesting the first of her new potatoes, which she planted at her West London home just after she moved in earlier this year.

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my four-year-old out and throw potatoes appointed an MBE for her services to in the ground,” says the mother of three, music in the recent Queen’s Birthday who also has two stepchildren. “It’s Honours List and has received the Sony the sort of thing I like: good music, Award and the St David Award from the good food and good company.”

Welsh government for her contribution Such insights hardly tally with to culture after she made a series on the most people’s idea of a fast-paced history of folk songs. Next week she is celebrity lifestyle, but Cerys says her due to perform for the Prince of Wales. love of gardening is nothing new.

Yet along with her many successes, “Even in the 1990s I had a gardening she knows what it’s like for her life column in Time Out, which was mad to be raked over and reported in because at the time I was full-on touring forensic detail, especially after her so the garden was pretty bad,” she laughs. appearance in I’m a Celebrity …

“It was a lovely idea to have a Get Me Out of Here! in 2007. gardening column and use it as “The press go for the more extreme a springboard for talking about and raucous stories, which is frustrating the philosophy of life really.” because it gives the wrong impression,” Curating music for The Good Life she says. “It’s not the way it is but I Experience; a one-day festival of culture, would rather think about things I can food and the great outdoors for the change. I put my energy into the BBC whole family in Flintshire on September and look at the way forward. There’s 20, is another project with which no point dwelling on the negatives.”

Cerys is enthusiastically involved.

Now in her mid-forties, Cerys seems “It’s my new baby,” she laughs. to be even more driven than ever and All in all, life appears to be says she feels her age makes a positive treating Cerys Matthews contribution to her attitude to life. well: she’s written the “I keep ploughing ahead,” she laughs. foreword to a new “I feel the forties are the time to start paperback edition of doing things, especially for a woman.

Cider With Rosie, “I look to people such as Hildegard just released of Bingen for inspiration. She was

by Vintage a 12th century nun who had visions Classics; when she was in her forties. Only she was then did her life begin. If I am feeling recently down in the doldrums because I’ve hit the big 40 I think of her.”

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Laurie Lee’s daughter Jessy with Cerys Matthews at the opening of theThe Laurie Lee Wildlife Way

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Win family tickets to see Michael

WIN two family tickets worth £60 each (2x4 tickets) for Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful at CheltenhamTown Hall on July 6.

The event is at 11am and tickets cost £15 for adults and £7.50 for children. Visit www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/music to book.

To be in with a chance of winning, just answer the following question:

Laurie Lee’s famous book is called . . . a. Gin With Rosie b. Beer With Rosie c. Cider With Rosie Send your answer on a postcard with your name, address and daytime telephone number to Michael Morpurgo Competition, Features Department,Third Floor, St James’ House, St James’ Square, Cheltenham, GL50 3PR. The closing date is July 2.

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HELTENHAM festival-goers will get two chances to see award-winning author Michael Morpurgo in action over the next few months.

Not only is he performing at the Music Festival next weekend, but he will be returning in October to talk about his hero Laurie Lee at the Literature Festival.

Michael has written the introduction to the centenary edition of Lee’s most famous work, Cider with Rosie, published to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. In it he mentions what a profound effect the book has had on his life and being mesmerised by the beautiful prose.

Since then Michael has gone on to write beautiful prose of his own, not least in his moving book Private Peaceful, about a young man who moves from childhood in a Devon village to the trenches of the Western Front in the First World War. He will be joined at the music festival by a cappella trio Coope, Boyes & Simpson, performing a version of Private Peaceful for The Family Prom.

“The first time I did the music festival

Laurie Lee is War Horse author Michael Morpurgo’s literary hero. HELEN BLOW caught up with him ahead of appearances at Cheltenham’s music and literature festivals was about five years ago but it’s lovely to come back again,” said Michael. “This time it’s very much about the First World War and its anniversary, so it’s an ideal setting for Private Peaceful.

“The first time we did this concert, which is 90 minutes of reading and songs, it was most successful.”

Although the book is not aimed at children, he feels it helps the younger generation to understand what went on.

“Private Peaceful is about a young man’s life, his aspirations and about giving them up to become a soldier.

“Around 3,000 soldiers were condemned to death and 300 actually died. Half of them were suffering from shell shock; there was no mercy and very little justice in this kind of thing.

“Now the war is far in the past, the only thing that links most of us to that time is the stories,” he said.

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A chance meeting with schoolchildren at a cemetery in Belgium helped Michael realise how to keep history alive. He was visiting the area following the publication of Private Peaceful at the time.

“They were being really noisy and messing about and I was about to complain to their teacher, but within a couple of minutes of walking among the graves, they became silent.

“The teacher spotted me and came over to talk to me. He said they had studied the novel and had made a wreath to put on the gravestone of another cemetery and urged me to visit it, which I did.

“I think it is impossible for any of us now to understand the full horror of the First World War; what we need are stories of individuals so it is more accessible.

“For many children who wouldn’t have known anyone who served in the war, Private Peaceful is the unknown soldier.” gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

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HIS week, we have teamed up with a selection of designers and local businesses to offer a fantastic giveaway for not one but two people.

For the ladies: 1. Osprey London at Gloucester Quays Outlet Shopping Centre is offering one reader a chance to win a beautiful, sophisticated leather bag with a heritage feel. The Medium Beetle Shoulder Bag in tan polished croc leather is worth £495.

Osprey London is available at Gloucester Quays with up to 70 per cent off the

recommended retail price.

2. Tonic is a luxurious beauty salon in the heart of the Suffolks, Cheltenham, offering a select range of beauty and spa treatments.

They are offering you the chance to escape by treating you to its most popular CND Shellac manicure and pedicure worth £58.

For the gents: 1. Sowerby Dealer Boots have a strong heritage, with the Sowerby brothers starting the company in 1914. The Worcester Dealer Boot, from Sowerby Footwear, worth £199.99, features tan mustang

leather uppers with a stitched toe cap, along with Sowerby stitch welted double leather soles and a full leather lining.

The Blakey’s steel tip heel will protect them from wear, ensuring the boot remains stylish for many years to come.

For stockists, visit sowerbyfootwear.com 2. Enjoy a relaxing treatment at Earls & Co Traditional Barbershop and Whisky bar in Cheltenham.The prize includes a traditional hot towel wet shave, facial treatment and haircut plus a complimentary glass of

whisky and a shoeshine, all worth £46. Visit www. earls&co.co.uk 3. Timelessly beautiful and long-lasting, Bering is the current holder of watch brand of the year.

It blends minimalistic Danish design with optimal material strength. Inspired by the beauty of the Arctic, the Bering collection is characterised by clear, streamlined elegance. High quality materials such as high tech ceramic and sapphire crystal, are paired with scratch resistance and strength. Your prize watch is worth £79.99.

To be in with a chance of winning this great prize, worth more than £850 in total, simply answer the following question:

What is the name of the biblical couple banished from the garden of Eden? a. Adam & Eve b. Amy & Steve c. Aaron & Maeve Send your answer on a postcard with your name, address and daytime telephone number, and which prize you’d like to win, to His & Hers Competition, Features Department, Third Floor, St James’ House, St James’ Square, Cheltenham, GL50 3PR. The closing date is July 5.

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SPORTY STYLE

Get designer beachwear that won’t cut into your sangria and sorbet budget. British designer Jonathan Saunders has teamed up with travel firmThomson to design a limited edition line of bags, £95, and sarongs, £125. In various colourways, the beachwear is available from selectedThomson stores across the UK. For more information visit www.thomson. co.uk/blog

You just can’t avoid it . . . it’s sport all the way this summer. And it’s win-win for fashionistas who love the sports luxe trend – we take a look at how you can kick off your own sporting style.

SPOTTED ON THE STREET Have we spotted you? We check out your style and find out what you’re wearing.

WELLBEING

Time for a tonic? Relax and enjoy some pampering. We discover the latest in French skincare at the new Tonic salon in Cheltenham.

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Shades of summer Be a shady lady and make a Sixties statement with Topshop’s Vintage Lola sunglasses, £18 at www. topshop.com @WeekendGlos

Yes you can wear leather in summer . . . just swap black for pretty pastel pink. River Island combines two of the season’s biggest trends in this light pink leather skirt, £95, at www.riverisland.com

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The sporty summer is here to stay so win points with a hint of athletic aesthetic.

Minimalist, clear silhouettes and solid colour are the trends that will turn you into a champion of fashion

Contrast sleeve polo top, from ÂŁ20; bikini briefs, ÂŁ10; both from Next at www. next.co.uk

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FitFlop Sunny white canvas loafers, £60, from www.fitflop.co.uk

Perfect partner for white . . . silver sports holdall, £8, from www. primark.co.uk Savida contrast bomber jacket, £34, at www. dunnesstores.com

Whites with sporty vertical stripes – this Damsel in a Dress Calcot dress is £149 from www.damselinadress.co.uk

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Create the sports luxe look with some snazzy trainers. Superdry’s Super Sprint sneakers, above, are £44.99 at www.superdry.com or visit the Cheltenham store.

Spend more and go wild over the exotic suede and animal print range from Colors of California, £75 at www.amazon.co.uk from the end of July.

Colour block blouse, £20, at www.very.co.uk

Per Una Speziale top, £89, skirt, £199, bag, £79, all from Marks & Spencer, visit www.marksand spencer.com

Colour block sports bikini top, £22.50, bottoms, £16, from Marks & Spencer Savida scuba dress, £34, from www. dunnesstores.com

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Get some beauty sleep WE all know a good night’s sleep gives our skin a boost.

So why not give yourself a helping hand? Pop into organic health and beauty store Neals Yard Remedies in Rotunda Terrace while you enjoy today’s Montpellier Day celebrations in Cheltenham’s chic shopping area.

Its Beauty Sleep Concentrate, £31.50, gets rave reviews for its hard work – helping you sleep and looking after your skin.

It works with your body’s natural bio-rhythms to help cell restoration and its blend of delicious-smelling and calming aromatherapy essential oils will help you nod off.

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Easy does it KEEP your training on track and help muscles to recover with a warming balm. Manuka Doctor’s ApiRevive Rub Ease Balm harnesses the power of purified bee venom and glucosamine. It’s £19.99 from www. manukadoctor.com or visit Holland & Barrett.

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Keep your cool with soothing sprays to calm and refresh.

Splash out on EauThermale Avène Water Spray, £6.50 at Boots, or save with Soft & Gentle’s Orange Blossom and Grapefruit Spray, £1.89, at Superdrug and Boots.

Holistic Times Janie Whittemore brings news of events at the Isbourne Holistic Centre

DIANA Cooper is well known for her spiritual books and has written about angels, archangels, and ascended masters.

Her spirit guide, Kumeka, has given her information about the Spiritual Laws, ascension and enlightenment and she has just won Kindred Spirit’s Spiritual Writer ofTheYear Award.

Her latest book explains how she works with the help of her dog Venus (yes, a dog with Facebook andTwitter accounts, #venusthedog).

The good news is that Diana and Venus are giving a talk on Monday – so book now if you don’t want to miss them! Call 01242 254321.

Speaking with Confidence Do you struggle to speak in front of others?

Maybe you need to give a presentation or go to a job interview and feel your nerves will show?

Nicola Belle will support and guide you through ways to express yourself naturally and effectively to an audience of one or more. Her talk is on Sunday, July 6 from 10am to 5pm

EFT Level 1 on Sunday July 6 EFT is enjoying enormous popularity across the UK and US. People have been using it to release past trauma, overcome habits, addictions, phobias and remove self-limiting beliefs.

This is an opportunity to achieve Level 1, aimed at anyone wishing to learn the simple technique in which you tap upon certain points but without acupuncture needles.

Call the office or book online.

Where is the Isbourne Centre?

Very central but tucked away; WolseleyTerrace is opposite the Rodney Road Car Park on Oriel Road, close to theTown Hall.

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The latest in chic French skincare has arrived in Cheltenham and along with it, a new beauty salon to tempt us. LUCY PARFORD found out how we can look as good as our stylish friends across the Channel

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OOKING good has always been a bit of a French obsession so it’s not surprising so many revolutionary skincare products have been emerging from across the Channel.

This a country where women take their appearance seriously, from maintaining a svelte figure to looking chic at every age.

From brands such as Luxe and Caudalie to La Roche-Posay and Bioderma . . . we’ve seen more French regimes make it on to our bathroom shelves in recent years and our skin is all the more grateful for it.

The latest elite French skincare brand to arrive in the Cotswolds is Yon-Ka Paris, which is a family-owned company.

The founders were passionate about aromatherapy and set up the Laboratories Multaler in the Fifties.

At the time, they were only able to draw upon a small number of scientists, chemists and doctors. They experimented with new products, exploring the therapeutic properties of plants.

Their research eventually led them to discover a unique combination of five essential oils from the Mediterranean – lavender, geranium, rosemary, cypress and thyme – which has become the cornerstone of the Yon-Ka skincare line.

The range, which also contains active ingredients such as vitamins, fruit acids,

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polyphenols and peptides, includes products for the face and body, including suncare.

Yon-Ka has now arrived in Cheltenham thanks to Kerry Willcox, who has just opened Tonic beauty salon in the Suffolks.

Kerry trained at the Cotswold Academy of Health and Beauty in Cirencester and set up a mobile business, Phoenix Home Spa, before finding the perfect premises in Great Norwood Street.

“The idea was always to have my own salon and business,” says the 23-year-old.

“I’ve scaled back Phoenix and don’t do any individual home visits any more but we do still do a lot of pamper parties in the Cotswolds and I have a team of therapists who help with them.

“I have managed to transfer most of my clients over to the salon. I was surprised because I didn’t think everybody would transfer, the mobile side is more convenient, but a lot of people have which has been really nice.”

Tonic is a bijou salon with just one treatment room but is wonderfully cosy with a minimalist, neutral, Oriental feel.

Treatments on offer are inspired by the Yon-Ka phyto-aromatic products and include facial treatments such as Le Grande Classique, Vital Défense and Plasir d’Arômes.

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It’s followed by a warm, hydrating botanic scrub and brushing with a @WeekendGlos

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A nourishing body oil is then blended with a hydrating and regenerating body milk, containing ginseng, grape seed oil and Vitamin E and a firming concentrate for body and bust which is massaged into the limbs, stomach and dĂŠcolletage leaving the whole body feeling silky smooth.

The Yon-Ka products are noticeably light and non-greasy, with a subtle and sophisticated scent.

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This treatment would be perfect before a special occasion, such as a wedding or holiday, to nourish the skin and put a spring in your step.

As well as being a Yon-Ka specialist, Tonic also offers manicures and pedicures, using CND and Orly polishes and waxing using Australian brand Lycon. For the full range of treatments, visit www.tonic-cheltenham.co.uk or call 01242 260425.

LAUNCH PARTY

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A drinks reception and canapes were served at the launch party of Eat Wild, a new restaurant specialising in game, in Castle Street, Cirencester

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Alfred Hilton

Neil Fox and SarahTennant-Bell

Kirsty Whelan, Hannah Guiness and Laura Rowe

Megan Archer, James Martin andTilly Bould

Andrew Matthews and Kate Latimer

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HIS is one of my favourite times of the year, lots of vibrant British produce is appearing and as the temperature creeps up, we crave lighter dishes and the demand for fish rises.

I’ve gone for mackerel, a beautiful, still affordable and easily one of the tastiest and

easiest fish to cook. Please don't waste the skin, it's delicious served crisp and good for you too.

Elderflowers and peas had to have a staring role here too, and I hope you'll enjoy these simple recipes, with just a little twist that will wow your guests.

Seared Mackerel,Watermelon, Pickled Cucumber & Horseradish Ingredients Serves 4

4 mackerel fillets 30g olive oil ½ lemon Seasoning Pickled cucumber

1 ½ cucumbers 50g white balsamic vinegar 15g caster sugar 30g water 50g olive oil ½ lime, juiced Horseradish yoghurt 125g natural yoghurt 10-20g grated horseradish, depending on your taste 7g honey 10g water Few drops lime juice Seasoning Watermelon Bunch of watercress

Method For the mackerel Preparing the mackerel, remove any of the small @WeekendGlos

Place all the other ingredients in a small saucepan, bring to the boil, cool.

Pour over the cucumber, allow to marinate for 2-3 hours.

bones with tweezers.

Heat a large non-stick pan over a medium heat, season the fillets with salt and pepper.

Add the olive oil to the pan and when very hot, place the mackerel fillets in skin side down.

Fry for two minutes and then turn the fillets over, remove the pan from the heat and leave for a minute, the residual heat will carry on cooking the fish.

For the horseradish yoghurt Place all the ingredients in a mixing bowl. Mix well and season to taste.

Keep in the refrigerator until needed.

For the watermelon Cut the watermelon into 2cm thick slices, remove the rind and then cut into 1.5cm x 6cm strips, they will look a little like a fish finger shape.

You will need four of these.

Cut a little of the other

For the pickled cucumber Very lightly peel the cucumber and then using the peeler, peel long strips of the cucumber down the entire length. Place to one side.

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watermelon into a small dice. Place to one side.

Heat a medium frying pan with the olive oil and when very hot add the watermelon fingers, just cook on the one side for approximately two minutes. Remove from the pan and season.

Watercress Pick the leaves off the larger watercress; you will be using the stalks. Place to one side.

Pick through the remaining watercress and place the baby watercress to one side, you will be using these as garnish as well.

To serve Squeeze a little lemon juice over the mackerel and serve.

Place a finger of watermelon, seared side upwards, on the plate with the mackerel next to it. Place the cucumber ribbons around, scatter a little watermelon dice.

Drizzle with the horseradish yoghurt, finally garnish with the watercress stalks and baby watercress.

Pea Pannacotta, Chilled Pea,Apple and Mint This is fresh and light and is a great summer appetiser served chilled. It has texture and balance, acidity and sweetness.

The pannacotta is set here with gelatine but you could use agar agar, a seaweed with great gelling properties.

Ingredients

Serves 6

For the Pea Pannacotta 400g peas 150g green of leek, chopped 300g milk 50g unsalted butter 3 leaves gelatine, soaking in cold water for five minutes Seasoning For the peas 75g podded peas, blanched and shelled ½ Granny Smith apple, peeled and finely diced 4 mint leaves 4 pea tendrils For the dressing 5g cider vinegar 60g olive oil 1 egg yolk 20g water Pinch caster sugar Seasoning For the goats' cheese cream 50g soft goats' cheese

25g Philadelphia 25g mascarpone 25g double cream seasoning

a blender.

Blend until smooth, season.

Pass through a fine sieve

Method For the Pea Pannacotta Place the butter into a saucepan, when melted add the green of leek.

Cook for 1 minute add the peas, cook for 2 minutes, add the milk and bring to the boil.

Simmer for three minutes, remove from the heat.

Squeeze out the water from the gelatine and add the gelatine to the saucepan, stir until dissolved. Pour into

bowls; I use six 6.5cm x 5cm high bowls for this. Allow to cool.

Mix the peas with the diced apple, chop the mint at the last minute and add to the mix.

Mix the peas with a little of the dressing, season and spoon on to the panacotta, add pea tendrils, dot with the goats scheese cream and serve.

For the dressing Place the egg yolk into a bowl and whisk in the apple vinegar.

Gradually whisk in the olive oil.

Taste and season.

Refrigerate until needed.

into a measuring jug and divide between the serving

For the goats' cheese cream Crush the goats cheese and mix until smooth, beat in the Philadelphia, then the mascarpone, and finally the cream. Season and place in a squeezy bottle.

Win a chance to cook with David in his award-winning kitchen LE Champignon Sauvage is Cheltenham's only two Michelin starred restaurant.

David Everitt-Matthias and his wife, Helen, have been running the restaurant since 1987.

Recognised as one of Britain's leading craftsmen, David is always in the kitchen and has never missed a service.

He is also known for his tireless experimentation with anything from the most humble to the most expensive ingredients.

WEEKEND has teamed up with Le Champignon Sauvage to offer one lucky reader a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend a day as David's apprentice in the kitchen of his Suffolk Road restaurant.

The winner will also win a signed

copy of his cookbook, Beyond Essence.

To be in with a chance of winning, simply answer the following question: What does Le Champignon Sauvage mean in French? a) Roast pheasant b) Wild mushroom c) Creme brulee Send you answer on a postcard with your name, address and a daytime telephone number to Le Champignon Sauvage competition, Features Department, Gloucestershire Media, Third Floor, St James' House, St James' Square, Cheltenham, GL50 3PR. The closing date is July 5.

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Elderflower Custards with Marinated Strawberries The first signs that summer is truly on its way, elderflowers and the British strawberry, certainly the best in the world in my opinion.The elderflowers have such an intoxicating scent that pairs well with berries and citrus.

Ingredients Serves 8

Elderflower custards 450g double cream 150g milk Juice of one lemon Grated zest of a lemon 8 egg yolks 65g caster sugar 4 Heads of elderflowers Marinated strawberries 32-40 British strawberries 2 heads of elderflowers 30g icing sugar Few drops of lemon juice Strawberry puree 200g very ripe strawberries 10-20g caster sugar Âź lemon, juiced

Method

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medium saucepan with the elderflower, bring to boil.

Add the cream and milk in a medium saucepan with the lemon zest and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat and allow infusing for 30 minutes.

Put back on the heat and return to the boil.

Meanwhile, beat together the egg yolks and caster sugar until pale. Pour the cream mixture on to the egg yolks, mixing constantly, and then return it to the pan.

Cook over a low heat for three minutes, stirring all the time, and then push the mixture through a fine sieve.

Wrap cling film around the bases of eight metal rings, 6.5cm in diameter and 5cm deep, making sure it comes half way up the sides of each one. Place them in a roasting

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tin with a cloth in the bottom to stop the mixture overheating and scrambling.

Pour in the cream mixture, and then pour enough boiling water into the tin to come a third of the way up the sides of the rings.

Place in an oven preheated to 110C/ Gas Mark 1/4 and cook for 30–40 minutes, until just set.The cream should wobble ever so slightly when shook.

Remove from the oven and cover the whole tray with cling film so no air escapes, pierce in a few places. Leave for 30 minutes, then remove the cling film, carefully pour off the water and place the tray in the fridge. Leave for at least three hours, preferably overnight, until set.

Remove from the moulds when needed, glaze the tops with a little icing and blowtorch until golden.

Place on the plates, arrange the strawberries around and

drizzle with the strawberry puree.

Finally tap one of the elderflowers over the dish so some of the flowers drop onto the plate.

For the marinated strawberries Hull the strawberries and cut 1/3 of them in half.

Place in a small bowl.

Shake the elderflowers over to release their petals.

Add the lemon juice and the sugar and stir until coated. Cover with cling film and allow to marinate for an hour.Turn the strawberries over every 20 minutes.

Spoon on to the plate when needed.

For the strawberry puree Place all the ingredients in a liquidiser and blend till smooth. Pass through a fine chinois and store in bottle in the fridge.

Spread the love LOVE local food is the message of a special festival at Whole Foods Market in Cheltenham this weekend.

Several Cotswold and West Country producers based from within a 50-mile radius of the store will be on hand to meet customers and offer samples to try from noon to 4pm today and tomorrow They will be joined by tractors and, today between noon and 2pm, Glenfall Primary School’s band and choir.

Store ManagerTony Edge says: “Summer is the time of abundance in Gloucestershire and we are celebrating all that is wonderful about our local and regional produce.

"We work with more than 60 local producers and hundreds of local products – many of them will be here celebrating with us.”

Suppliers already signed up for the Love Local Food event include Ross & Ross patés, Severn Spot Charcuterie, Battledown and Stroud breweries, Tracklements and Relish theTaste chutneys, Pieminister and a host of fruit and vegetable suppliers from the surrounding countryside.

Whole Foods Market is located at the Gallagher Retail Park.

RESTAURANT REVIEW

Double success A COUNTRY inn is celebrating after receiving two prestigious awards.

The AA has awardedThe Slaughters Country Inn, in Lower Slaughter, a 5 Gold Star Award and has also awarded its restaurant 2 AA Rosettes from the AA Restaurant Guide.

Stuart Hodges, General Manager, said: “We’re thrilled to announce both awards, which are a reflection of the team’s consistent efforts to offer our customers the very best. We’re known for offering delicious food, simply prepared and using the finest Cotswold produce, complemented by a wide selection of local ales, and so we must thank our great local suppliers too”.

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HE view from the garden of The Black Horse in Amberley is reason enough to visit.

The beer garden must be one of the most idyllic places in the valleys to enjoy a summer evening pint.

For us a trip up to Minchinhampton Common followed by a drink in The Black Horse is one of the joys of living in the Stroud valleys.

With our four-year-old and eight-year-old, The Black Horse serves food at ideal times. Evening meals start from 5pm on weekdays and food is served all day at weekends.

We called in on a Saturday afternoon, one of those gorgeous days when the buttercups are at their peak and we feel blessed to live here.

But great minds think alike, and we were not alone in being drawn to The Black Horse. It’s a popular destination when the sun shines.

The menu is a reasonably-priced mix of classics including a range of burgers with beef, chicken breast or homemade veggie options and a host of fillings, from £7.95.

There are also baguettes on the menu from £5.45 making The Black Horse a good choice for a light lunch.

I was sorely tempted by the ‘Browner’ burger, with an enticing topping of Stilton, goats' cheese, red onion, gherkins and bacon (£10.45).

But I saved that for another visit and ordered the chicken creole enchiladas served with chips and salad (£8.95).

This was a really tasty plate with lots of good summery flavours of sizzling chicken, peppers and melted cheese.

Indeed, while our two youngsters were happy with a child-sized portion of sausage and mash (£4) my daughter also enthusiastically enjoyed chunks of my chicken.

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My partner’s fish and chips (£8.95), was also a good version of the pub classic, a generous portion and a tasty chunk of fish.

We were quick off the mark and managed to get our order before the evening rush, and food arrived reasonably promptly.

But repeat visits to the bar involved patience and the staff seemed stretched in the garden.

No-one cleared our plates for instance, and with tired children in tow, we had to remind the busy waiter to bring their ice cream.

I guess there are moments when The Black Horse is a victim of its own success, and if we hadn’t had two fidgety children with us, then sitting in the beer garden would hardly have been a hardship.

For a pub in such a lovely position, it could easily have gone the ‘gastro’ route. We’re pleased that it remains an affordable, beautiful destination.

Victoria Temple

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Location: Amberley Food:Traditional pub meals Atmosphere: Friendly Price: Starters from £2.45, main courses from £7.95, desserts £4 Service: A bit stretched at busy times Contact: 01453 872556

CALL IN FORA FISH

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ORD is spreading fast about Simon Ho’s tasty fishcakes.

Handmade with chunks of fresh fish, light and fluffy potato and just the right amount of seasoning, they used to be one of the best kept secrets on Cheltenham’s Bath Road.

But Simon only makes a limited number from the day’s fish delivery, which means customers at his Samphire Fishmongers have to be quick to secure them for their suppers.

“It’s important that they re as fresh as they can possibly be,” says Simon. “In general I buy small amounts of different fish every day because I like to keep it really fresh.

“We make the fish cakes using a mixture of white fish, including cod, haddock and pollock, and Wilja potatoes; it has to be Wilja because they’re best for mashing and don’t absorb the water. To this we add dried herbs and salt and dip them in breadcrumbs.

“People love them: we’re up to making 25 a day now and will have to increase this number again soon as they’re so popular.”

Something else that’s been going down particularly well with time-pressed shoppers is Samphire’s oven-ready fish and vegetables, sold in a special bag that just needs to be popped into the cooker when customers get home.

Then there are the shop's packs of fresh sushi, lovingly crafted by Simon’s wife Jade who gets up at 5am every morning to combine traditional Japanese ingredients and fish with locally-sourced vegetables to make tasty light bites for a steady stream of appreciative customers.

“We had always made sushi at home but took a course with some Japanese sushi masters when we decided to start the fishmongers,” says Simon.

“We feel it’s important to add value to some of our fish as a lot of people may not have the time or the knowledge to be able

to cook a whole fish.” of cooking with seafood and set about Alongside the pre-prepared items, starting up a new business as a fishmonger, Samphire stocks a range of wet fish, from honing some of his skills with Malcolm bass to sashimi grade-tuna, that Simon Smith from Gloucester Market. sells whole or, with a deft flick of his knife, He went on to choose Cheltenham’s Bath expertly fillets within a couple of minutes.

Road to be the location for the business And while there are plenty of familiar because of its village-like atmosphere. staples such as cod, haddock and plaice, “As a family we have always been Simon lines them up with less well known seafood fanatics,” he explains. “We use species such as gurnard and red snapper. it a lot at home and used to travel to “Gunard is slightly sweeter and lighter Birmingham and Bristol to buy fish. I felt it than a bass and, being caught off the as madness that Cheltenham didn’t have a Cornish coast, it’s quite local,” he says. fishmonger.

“I’m trying to get people to try it.

“I felt there must be a market for fish “One of the good things about running a here. I asked friends what they thought fishmonger’s shop is that it’s nice to be able and visited other local businesses, such to introduce people to things they might as Williams Kitchen and Severn and Wye not have tried before. I can also pass on shop at Chaxhill, both of which are very advice as to how to cook different types of impressive. fish.”

“We decided that Bath Road was the Samphire Fishmongers marks a new perfect choice as a location for the shop chapter for Simon, who is well known because it’s well served by parking and has to many people in Cheltenham having a wonderful village atmosphere. worked in the town’s Ruby Cantonese “It has a wide range of food shops and a restaurant for 22 years. loyal following.”

The father-of-two opened the popular Samphire Fishmongers has only been restaurant with his sister, Vicky, but gave it going for a few months but already the up three years ago in order to spend more business is exceeding Simon and Jade’s time with Jade and their two sons, Senni, expectations, helped in part by the new six, and four-year-old Tristan.

M5 Services stocking their sushi, fish cakes “Ruby’s was one of and cook-in-the bag fish. They the most successful also supply fish products to the Cantonese restaurants in Spar shop at Toddington and Gloucestershire but the Greatfield Farm Shop in Up long hours were hard Hatherley. with a young family,” It’s plain to see that Simon says Simon. is relishing his new role, “We could have along with the opportunity Enter online at www. carried on for another 20 to spend more time with his digital-thisis.co.uk/ years but the time came family. gloucestershire/taste to make a decision.”

“We’ve only been here six Initially Simon retrained as months but we have quite a few a financial consultant, advising regulars now and our association people on wills and estates, and while he with Gloucester Services gave us loved the work, he found he was driving tremendous publicity,” he says. around 1,000 miles a week and still not “I love what I am doing now and we’re seeing much of his family. really getting to be known to people.”

Instead he looked to his life-long love • www.samphirefishmongers.co.uk

Who are the county’s best producers?

Taste of Gloucestershire Awards ENTRIES are now open for the 2014Taste of Gloucestershire Food and Farming Awards, run by the Gloucestershire Echo and Gloucester Citizen.

Categories this year include Food and Drink Business of theYear, Lifetime Achievement Award, Best Eating Out Establishment,

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Best Independent Cafe, Tea Room or Snack Bar, Farmer of theYear, Best Drinks Producer, Best Food Producer, Best Local Food Retailer, Best Chef of the Year, Best Pub/Bar Award, Best Care Chef,Young Chef Awards andYoung Farmer of theYear.

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August 15 and the ceremony will take place on October 21.

Last year's winners included Over Farm Market, David Kelman, executive head chef at Ellenborough Park, Stroud Farmers' Market, Stroud Brewery, Jess' Ladies Organic Farm Milk, Bensons Totally Fruity, CheeseWorks and Central Cross Cafe.

SOCIETY DINNER

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The Royal Three Counties Show Society Dinner took place at the Three Counties Centre in Malvern. Guests were treated to a delicious three-course dinner followed by guest speaker Ian Beer CBE

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Lesley and Ken Nottage with Rosie and Mike Warner

David Owens, Ann and Roy Phillips and Sandra Owens

Sandra Owens, Sarah Weaver and Ann Phillips

Patrick and Gill Downes

Lynsey and Steve Craddock

Arthur and Jill Hurran

Ginette Blandford, Ken Nottage and Michael Blandford

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homes & gardens Holding Court It’s one of the most romantic houses in England with a garden to match. Mandy Bradshaw takes a peek inside the gates of fabulous Forthampton Court

Gild the lily The new Cecil Beaon exhibition and a fantastical interior created

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They will grow in any reasonable garden soil in sun or shade and should suppress weeds effectively as well as looking good under trees.

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Artist Andrew Joynes has finished the commission of his life – recreating an unbelievably elaborate fourposter bed and series of murals in homage to designer Cecil Beaton. LUCY PARFORD catches up with him, paintbrush in hand

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ENOWNED costume designer and fashion photographer Sir Cecil Beaton lived his life as flamboyantly as the film stars and artists he surrounded himself with.

His images of celebrated stars of the day such as Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich and Coco Chanel, as well as royalty, exuded elegance, glamour and style, all qualities he transferred to the characterful interior of his own homes.

A new exhibition, Cecil Beaton at Home, explores his retreats in Wiltshire and the private life of the man behind the camera.

Curated by Andrew Ginger, director of four-poster bed specialists Beaudesert and The Cecil Beaton Fabric Collection, the exhibition includes recreations of Sir Cecil’s extravagant interiors and gardens along with previously unseen photographs, artworks, furniture and possessions from his two homes.

Stow-on-the-Wold artist Andrew Joynes has been involved in the exhibition and was commissioned to recreate the dramatic murals for the Circus Bedroom reincarnation.

Andrew, 45, went to art college in Cheltenham and London and now works all over the country on interior design projects, which brought him to Ashcombe House where Sir Cecil lived in the Thirties and Forties, before he moved to Reddish House in 1947. It’s where he died in 1980.

Andrew works with Lower Oddington-based Rupert CharlesJones Interiors, who was working at Ashcombe, which is now owned by film director Guy Ritchie.

Part of the service they offer is hand-painted finishes and handcut block prints, as well as bespoke murals.

“Rupert was involved with the interior design there and I was doing various changes for him,

paint finishes, a lot of hand-painted things and a few murals,” Andrew says. “We reproduced the Fat Lady, which was one of the murals I’ve reproduced for the exhibition.

“Having spent time there, it was quite a treat to be asked to be involved with the exhibition.

“I’ve since read the book, The Story of a Fifteen-Year Lease which Cecil Beaton had written back in the Thirties, so it’s made me even more interested in the murals.

“There is a bit in the book when he first went to the house and an archway you walk through and see this amazing house which he just fell in love with the first time he went there.

“I went through the same archway and saw this amazing house. It’s quite stunning and you get a feel for the history. There are still some of the existing murals there, including a lady on horseback.”

For the ones which have since disappeared, Andrew only had old black and white photographs to go on.

“Andrew [Ginger] has a wealth of information about things, there were hints of colours but not very much, so from that we had to try and reproduce the colours for the murals,” he explains. “We started off just throwing ideas backwards and forwards, and then when we were pretty much certain of the plan, we moved to upscaling. We took photographs of the various stages and added things as we went along.

“As I got more involved in it I felt I had a responsibility to get it right but without the colour it was quite tricky.”

It took Andrew three weeks to paint the murals on giant plywood screens, so they can be moved when the exhibition ends, including as much detail as he could gather.

Other highlights of the show include a recreation of a Circus Bed complete with unicorns, sea horses, Neptune and barley twist posts.

The bed has been made by specialist bed-makers Beaudesert, based in Tisbury, Wiltshire, and is on

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display in a reconstructed room lined with Andrew’s copies of the murals

by Sir Cecil’s close friends Oliver Messel and Rex Whistler.

“They are so over the top and that is part of their beauty,” Andrew says.

“They were quite garish for the 30s, quite amazing and shocking.

“It was a fascinating project to be involved with.”

Also on show is Sir Cecil’s visitors’ book, which reveals the amazing list of royalty, artists and other guests who visited him, along with sculptures, paintings, fancy dress costumes, diaries, scrapbooks and press cuttings.

Some of the exhibits have been loaned from the Victoria & Albert Museum, The National Portrait Gallery, the Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby’s and private collections.

Curator Andrew Ginger says: “Beaton’s two houses, near Salisbury, were his refuge from a madly heavy workload.

“Beaton described his life in the country as ‘an oasis of luxury and civilisation’, which was both restorative and inspirational to his work.

“The design of his home and garden was approached with the same attention to detail as any theatrical production.”

• Cecil Beaton at Home: Ashcombe & Reddish is on show at Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum until September 19.

It is open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 5pm and Sundays from noon to 5pm. Admission is £8.

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Beaton’s legacy inspires me, says designer Laurence COTSWOLDS interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen has been heavily influenced by the legacy of Sir Cecil Beaton.

Laurence, who recently put his flamboyant Siddington Manor house up for sale, collaborated with interiors company Beaudesert onThe Beaton Box at Cheltenham Racecourse back in 2009.

The Edwardian-style boudoir was decorated with Beatoninspired fabrics teamed with an astro-turf floor and English roses, along with photographs taken by Beaton himself.

Laurence says: “There is always a reference to Cecil Beaton in everything I do.

“He was such a terribly important part of my design upbringing. I remember him being one of the first designers I recognised and it was then that I discovered all the stuff he did in Hollywood.

“One of the most fascinating things is that he was so influential in creating what we think of mid-20th century style.

“It’s amazing he’s being celebrated at the Salisbury Museum, he was such a fabulous man.”

Laurence, who creates a range of home accessories for Littlewoods as well as making regular television appearances, said: “I used a Cecil Beaton

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fabric most recently on DIY SOS, I had a project where I used the roses and Ashcombe Stripes.

“It brought the Beaton story to a younger audience who had never seen it before. I was using it in a girl’s bedroom who was 17 or 18 and had never heard of him, but loved the design.”

Laurence has also used Beaton fabrics in his own home.

“It was quite funny the speculation we were moving back to London when we’re actually moving deeper into the Cotswolds,” he laughed.

“It’s how much at home we are here.”

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The danger is ending up with something that is easy but dull.

At Forthampton Court, which has been in the Yorke family for eight generations, the garden is run with only minimal help yet the pitfall of becoming humdrum has been neatly sidestepped.

Shrubberies and mature trees form an easy-to-carefor backdrop while large areas are laid to lawn, their upkeep contracted out, leaving the team of full-timer Alan Gregg, an apprentice and a part-timer free to deal with the borders that lift the garden from the ordinary.

The colour is concentrated around the house and the theme is big and bold: borders are few in number but generous in size; plants are used in big clumps with much repetition, giving cohesion and avoiding a piecemeal effect.

“We do try to buy big

varieties of things,” explains Mrs Yorke, “otherwise it takes such a long time to fill the space. We don’t do bonsai and alpines.”

What she does do are traditional, hard-working stalwarts that, aside from a little staking, will largely take care of themselves and give a long season of flower.

There are lots of peonies, clumps of hemerocallis, and big-leaved hostas. Dusty pink astrantia mingles with verbascum of the same tones while nearby the cerise heads of Knautia macedonica move gracefully on long stems.

“I like things to be natural and things that blow in the wind.”

The garden is blessed with the backdrop of several old walls, notably around the croquet lawn and rose garden. Here the pink-hued bricks are used to support roses, including ‘Albertine’ and ‘Mutabilis’, their blooms with hints of copper and peach contrasting perfectly with the bricks.

“It’s wonderful to have the walls as a backdrop for them.”

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home to two of the main mixed borders, which while replicating plant combinations do not exactly mirror each other.

Inky aconitum and tall delphiniums in shades of blue and mauve mingle with pink spiraea, white campanula and velvety Stachys byzantina.

The rose garden is a glorious mix of colours, a legacy of numerous gifts of roses. Half standard yellow ‘Sweet Wonder’ stand in each of the four beds and the roses, ranging from red to pink to apricot, are underplanted with Alchemilla mollis and nepeta.

Planting in the main mixed border alongside the traditional ‘walk’ is

more regulated starting with hot colours at one end and gradually moving into more pastel shades. Shrubs, including philadelphus, golden weigela, magnolia and cornus give a solid backcloth against which are planted lupins, penstemon, alstroemeria, geranium and helianthemum. An obelisk covered in Rosa ‘Graham Thomas’ at one end and tall cardoon at the other help to add height. he walled Kitchen Garden is described as ‘work in progress’.

When Mrs Yorke took over the garden 22 years ago this one-hectare area was little more than a field. Today it has been divided into four with a tapestry hedge of beech, copper beech and yew

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While the Kitchen Garden has been tamed, not all of it is under cultivation with one quarter wild garden, another lawn and a third a play area. The final quarter is used for vegetables, which are planted to look attractive.

“I make the gardeners plant everything in rows going different ways. It drives them mad,” says Mrs Yorke.

Dominating the area is a magnificent Edwardian glasshouse, which was extensively refurbished for the millennium. Inside are peaches, figs and tomatoes along with salad crops and herbs. It is also

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Elsewhere, pots of lilies add seasonal colour to the terrace and old troughs have been planted to bring interest to a parking area.

Yet Mrs Yorke is determined not to let the garden become a millstone: “We don’t allow the garden to rule our lives and if certain bits get ignored one year then so be it. We will have a look at them next year.”

It’s a relaxed attitude that seems to be working.

Forthampton Court, near Tewkesbury, is open for the National Gardens Scheme from 12-4pm on Saturday July 5. Admission is £4.50.

There will be teas and plants for sale.

The romantic english garden at Forthampton Court

Brighten up a dull corner with the pure white flowers of Clematis ‘The Bride’.

The large, snowy blooms are set off by dark green foliage and can get up to 28cm across.

This clematis likes sun or partial shade and can be grown in a container.

Jobs to do this weekend

Continue to plant out vegetables including runner beans, cabbage, sprouting broccoli and celery

Sow courgettes, pumpkins and squashes directly into their growing position Lift and dry Japanese onions Plant out and feed tomatoes, peppers and aubergines Support growth of dahlias and feed with a liquid fertiliser Water hydrangeas with a solution of colourant to ensure blue varieties remain blue next season and to encourage pink ones to turn blue in soil that’s not naturally acid

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This fine Victorian villa has recently undergone a major renovation programme by the present owners who have created a magnificent house of exceptional quality with state of the art fittings. The period features throughout have been beautifully preserved and the building retains tremendous character whilst providing a bright contemporary style in many of the feature rooms. The accommodation is arranged over 4 floors with a high quality self contained 2 bedroom apartment at basement level.

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property details Location : Pittville Crescent Price : ÂŁ1.35 million Agent : CJ Hole Cheltenham Contact : 01242 255101

This thoughtfully built house has been designed to emulate the attention to detail of the Regency period with rendered elevations, sash windows and ornate cornices. The beautifully presented home has 3 reception rooms, conservatory and an impressive kitchen/breakfast room with a range of quality integrated appliances. Also on the ground floor is a cloakroom and utility room and upstairs are 4 double bedrooms and 3 stylish shower rooms (en suites to the master and guest bedrooms).

Outside there is a detached double garage and a landscaped garden.

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An impressive and much improved four bedroom detached house set within delightfully landscaped gardens of about half an acre with far reaching views. Found within a prestigious private estate it comprises a generous reception hall, drawing room with dining area, conservatory, stylish open plan kitchen/breakfast/sitting/dining room, utility/cloakroom, study, four bedrooms, an en-suite to the master bedroom, and a bathroom.

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property details Location : Battledown Price : ÂŁ925,000 Agent : Errington Smith & Co Contact : 01242 575805

Set in splendid grounds amounting to about an acre is this substantial family house with outbuildings and marvellous views to Leckhampton Hill. On the ground floor it has a hall, cloakroom, modern fitted kitchen/ breakfast room, dining room, sitting room, a large living room and an annexe area with a sitting room/kitchenette, bedroom and bathroom.

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Over 5000 sq ft of stunning Cotswold Stone conversion in beautiful setting. Thoughtfully converted barn in an 'L shape' with adaptable living and sleeping area, makes this the perfect family home or country residence in which to spread out. 6 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, 3 receptions, family kitchen/breakfast room, utility, cloakroom/wc. 3 car drive under garage, parking for 8 cars, gardens to 3 sides and open countryside aspect to rear.

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property details Location : Hazleton Price : ÂŁ1,450,000 Agent : Fine & Country Contact : 01242 220080

A piece of contemporary architecture designed to allow maximum light to flood in to all areas and offering space for a modern family to really enjoy.

The setting is fantastic with a lovely rural feel and stunning countryside around. There are many features internally for you to enjoy but special note should be made of the vaulted entrance hall and ceiling heights to all areas. The gardens are well stocked and colourful and offer enough space for vegetable growing. EPC -B

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A handsome period residence built circa 1865 with private access directly onto Leckhampton Hill. Reception hall, four reception rooms including a stunning garden room, study, bespoke kitchen/breakfast room, utility, cloakroom, five bedrooms, three with en-suites, separate bathroom and shower room. Two bedroom detached coach house and one bedroom detached cottage. Impressive level lawns enclosed by Cotswold walling and private grounds extending to 1.5 acres.

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property details Location : Leckhampton Hill Price : ÂŁ2,200,000 Agent : Knight Frank Contact : 01242 354996

A Cotswold barn conversion in an idyllic setting just three miles from Cheltenham town centre. Sitting room, dining/living room area, kitchen/ breakfast room, utility, cloakroom. Master bedroom suite, three further bedrooms, two bathrooms, linked two bedroom annex. Stabling and garaging. The property is surrounded by paddocks, wide lawns, mature borders and trees and enjoys an enviable amount of privacy. EPC Rating D. In all about 3.8 acres.

property details Location : Whittington Price : OIEO ÂŁ1,000,000 Agent : Knight Frank Contact : 01242 354996

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A beautifully presented family house which is arranged over two floors, with views over Lilleybrook Golf Course. Lovingly updated and provides wonderful living and entertaining space with the kitchen/dining room having three sets of French doors leading to the garden. The lower ground floor could be used as secondary accommodation to the main house, ideal for a dependent relative or nanny. Approached via double electric gates leading to a gravelled parking area and double garage. The gardens have been beautifully landscaped and include a paved terrace with a Breeze House providing the perfect area for al fresco dining.

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property details Location : Sandy Lane, Charlton Kings Price : Guide ÂŁ1.2 million Agent : Savills Cheltenham Contact : 01242 548000

A Grade II Listed Regency town house in need of updating. Retaining many of the original features. The accommodation is laid out over four floors with the reception rooms at ground floor level. On the first floor are four bedrooms, a WC and bathroom. On the second floor is a further bedroom. The lower ground floor level is currently unconverted but could provide further accommodation, either as a self-contained apartment or be integrated into the main house (subject to the necessary consents being obtained). Outside there are gardens to front and rear.

property details Location : Cheltenham Price : Guide ÂŁ700,000 Agent : Savills Cheltenham Contact : 01242 548000

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An Attractive Stone Built Residence with Parts Dating Back to 1760. The Property has been Sympathetically Renovated by the Present Owners and Enjoys Delightful Landscaped Gardens Measuring in Excess of Three Acres. The property benefits from Solid Oak Doors, Four Reception Rooms, Bespoke Kitchen, Attached Barn with Potential, Ample Off Road Parking and situated in an Unspoilt Rural Village Location with Views Over Surrounding Countryside. EPC Energy Rating D

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A Well Appointed Converted Watermill having a Wealth of Character and Period Features to Include Exposed Wall and Ceiling Beams and Flagstone Flooring situated in a Lovely Secluded Rural Location with Gardens and Grounds Approaching Three Acres. The property bebefits from Off Road Parking, Outbuildings to Include Double Garage, Three Former Stables, Two Storey Workshop, Wood Store and Stone Outbuilding and is all being offered with No Onward Chain. EPC Energy Rating E.

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A COLLECTION of Dynasty and Dallas-style couture dresses and jackets goes under the hammer at Moore Allen & Innocent in Cirencester on Friday.

The Eighties-style fashion includes a size 10 silver skirt and jacket by Christian Dior Boutique of Paris, a gold lamé ballgown by Frank Usher and a red bespoke silk dress and jacket featuring Ferrari’s prancing horse.The dresses are expected to make up to £300 apiece.

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ARTWORK by legendary animator Harold Whitaker is being sold by Stroud Auction Rooms on July 9-10.

The pictures are part of the estate of the Stroud-based artist, best known for his work on Animal Farm, the first fulllength animated feature to be made in Britain and released worldwide.

The 1954 film, based on the book

by George Orwell, was just one of many animations in which Whitaker was involved. Others included Heavy Metal, Popeye the Sailor, Asterix and The Lone Ranger. He also completed a full page comic strip in colour for every issue of Micky Mouse Weekly for more than three years, featuring versions of Disney cartoons including Wind in the Willows, Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland.

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Batchelor, Britain’s biggest animation producers, who had studios in London and Stroud. When the company was sold in the early 1980s, he became master animator for Animation People and continued to work into his mid-90s. He often said his proudest moment was the publication of his book Timing for Animation in 1981. It was revised in 2002 with an introduction by John Lasseter, president of Pixar Studios.

When Mr Whitaker died last Christmas aged 93, his animation desk remained in his attic studio, left as it was when he finished his last drawing.

Now much of his work will go under the hammer at Stroud Auction Rooms – just a stone’s throw away from his former studio. Also being sold is Mr Whitaker’s personal collection of Roman artefacts.

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Auction dates TODAY Griffiths & Charles Drakes Broughton Village Hall, Walcot Lane, Drakes Broughton.

Porcelain, militaria, model trains, vehicles and toys. 10am West Point Antiques & Collectables Fair West Point Arena, Exeter Opens 8.30am. Also tomorrow from 10am.

WEDNESDAY Lawrences Auctioneers The Linen Yard, South Street Crewkerne General sale. 9.30am THURSDAY Mallams Grosvenor Galleries, 26 Grosvenor Street Cheltenham 17th-20th century interiors. 11am

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NTIQUE portraits from a Cheltenham collector saw four-figure results at a sale in the impressive surroundings of Pittville Pump Room.

The Tayler & Fletcher sale saw some fine 17th, 18th and 19th century examples come under the auctioneer’s gavel.

Among the highlights was £3,000 paid for this 17th century portrait of a lady with brown ringlets, wearing large pearl drop earrings and a pearl necklace. Other portraits reached £2,200, £2,800.

An 1840 portrait of Mr Tyritt-Drake of Amersham, Bucks, in military dress with blue velvet coat and red waistcoat managed £1,800.

A mid-19th century Irish portrait of Lady Georgiana Ellen Croker dressed in blue grey satin with a white lace collar took £1,700, while a bid of £950 secured a classic 19th century @WeekendGlos

English school portrait of a gentleman wearing a black top coat and white cravat.

Other works from this consignment also fared well, including £1,300 for a large 19th century white Carrera marble classical female bust.

David Dickinson and the Dickinson’s Real Deal production team were at the sale, filming for ITV’s Antique’s Challenge programme.

Lots sold on behalf of the “television vendors” included £320 that changed hands for a large Limited Edition colour print after Salvador Dali “The Persistence of Memory”, a collection of mostly boxed Dinky and Corgi toys that raced away at £340, an extensive collection of 1960s/70s footballers’ autographs (including Pele) that scored at £300 and an interesting pair of early 20th century Japanese papier mache wall pockets (as Noh Masks) that found favour at £100.

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Clevedon Salerooms The Auction Centre, Kenn Road, Kenn, Clevedon Antique, furnishings, collectables and jewellery. 10am.

FRIDAY Moore Allen & Innocent The Salerooms, Norcote near Cirencester Antique and general plus collection of couture dresses and jackets, designer fabric.

9.30am Shepton Mallet Antiques & Collectors Fair Royal Bath and West Showground Opens at noon. Also runs Saturday from 9am and Sunday, from 10am

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Time please . . . this 18th century bracket clock is one of the star lots at Charterhouse on August 1. The market for clocks and watches remains buoyant and it’s expected to go for £1,500-£2,500.

The property is full of urban style and quirky cool with a touch of romanticism

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fields STRAWBERRY WATER

Address: Welcombe Mouth, Devon Sleeps: 18 in three properties Rates: From £2,600 per week; main house only, sleeping 10, from £1,300; Dungeon House, sleeping 4, from £900; Cottage only, sleeping 4, from £520 Contact: www.barbarycoast.co.uk/ 01840 230990

Whisk yourself away to the beautiful North Devon coast and this stunning seaside retreat which is large enough for an unforgettable summer family gathering. VICTORIA TEMPLE was in heaven

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E’RE going on holiday to a dungeon!” my son, excitedly told his friends.

The Dungeon is the unlikely name of ‘one wing’ of the stunningly pretty holiday cottage, Strawberry Water, in undiscovered North Devon.

A few days later we were driving down twisting hollow lanes, past bluebell-filled woods and meandering streams, leaving the stresses of school and work behind.

Arriving at Strawberry Water is breathtaking.

When it comes to location Strawberry Water plays a trump card.

What could be better than being 10 minutes’ walk from one of the most stunning beaches and coast paths in the country?

Strawberry Water lies at the head of a picturesque valley in a little known stretch of coastline near Hartland, in North Devon.

It’s a large handsome house, which can be rented as a whole, sleeping 18, or split into three. The main house sleeps 10 and with a huge open-plan kitchen, dining area and living room would be perfect for family gatherings. The other sections, The Dungeon and The Cottage, both sleep four, and are also available for rent separately

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on certain dates.

We were set to enjoy a stay in The Dungeon, which could not have been more incongruously named.

It was light and spacious, with French doors opening straight on to a garden, complete with barbecue and outdoor shower, for rinsing off the seawater from the beach.

And it’s utterly stylish.

This isn’t country cottage shabby chic, it’s more ‘urban style’ and ‘quirky cool’ with a touch of romanticism.

There’s a massive Smeg fridge, and a chic pair of lime green sofas, reputedly from a London nightclub.

Upstairs the master bedroom has a French boudoir vibe with an enormous double bed and wardrobe.

The four of us completely loved it. Its name ‘dungeon’ is a curious legacy from Strawberry Water’s former life, but it’s a saucy story not entirely suitable for this magazine. You’ll have to visit to uncover the secret.

This was family holiday heaven. The garden was a huge three acres, complete with fire pits for nights of star-gazing, streams for exploring and paddling and a neighbouring field plenty big enough for playing football.

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If you can drag yourself away from Strawberry Water, then a pretty stroll down a track leads to dramatic cliffs, and the stunning beach of Welcombe Mouth.

This is one of those beaches, that I almost regret naming in print. It’s one of those mythical beaches, that people try to keep a little secret. We’ve visited this area many times, but even on an August bank holiday, it’s never ever crowded. It’s a dramatic, stunning spot. At low tide there are rock pools to explore and paddle in, sand to dig, dams to be made – perfection for my eight-year-old and four-year-old.

At high tide, the Atlantic crashes against the sea-worn pebbles at the top of the beach and it’s time to retreat to the cliff tops and watch sunsets, walk the coastpath, explore the woodland or stroll up the hill to the nearby pub, the friendly and also curiously funky Old Smithy Inn. What I loved most about our stay at Strawberry Water was that we could easily fill our days without getting in the car. Being able to stroll out of the door down almost car-free lanes, hear sky larks overhead, and watch the sun sparkle over the Western horizon, all on the doorstop.

Yes a very curious ‘dungeon’ indeed.

There can be very few dungeons that you long to return to.

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The Long Mars

Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter, £18.99 Baxter and Pratchett’s latest collaboration begins as a catastrophic eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano forcibly accelerates emigration from our Earth to the thousands of ‘stepwise’ duplicates explored in the previous books. But, as the title suggests, another new frontier has opened up too; conditions on some alternate Earths make space launches much easier and Mars turns out to have

British Posters of the First World War

John Christopher

Amberley, £20 Lord Kitchener’s handlebar moustache, pointing finger, steely gaze and message that ‘Your Country NeedsYou!’ is still one of the abiding images of the First World War. Now Stroud author John Christopher has delved into the archives to deliver the full force of the propaganda that surrounded the British public during the 19141918 conflict by exploring the art, themes and psychology of more than 200 authentic posters from the period. His book covers everything from calls to action to exhortations to women to send their men to the front. @WeekendGlos

stepwise duplicates of its own. Unlike Earth’s, these are mostly dry and lifeless . . but not always. In many ways, this continues the Long Earth sequence in accustomed form with wthe established sense of wonder and inventiveness.

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After her successful first novel Alys, Always, Harriet Lane returns with another psychological thriller.This time it is Emma who is the victim. Once a successful figure in the TV industry, she is now a struggling mother of two young children, feeling depressed and unappreciated by her family.The sleek and sophisticated Nina seems to have it all. But she has it in for Emma, wanting revenge for something that happened in their past.

Switching between the two narratives, Lane builds the tension, creating a realistic and terrifying revenge story that will send shivers down your spine.

A mystery adventure in which the heroine is involved in a bewildering chase into the heart of Cirencester during the heat of a 1950s August is the latest novel from Sydebased author Lorna Gray.

For most of the guests at a busy hotel, the summer has proved pleasant if a little damp. For newly arrived Kate Ward, however, the previous few weeks have been a disaster that have left her at her wits’ end. Find out if she is wrong to suspect that a guest at the hotel is toying with her life or if the mysterious owners of an inconspicuous grey car are playing with her mind.

The adventurer, born survivor and bestselling author has now turned his attentions to writing this guide to achieving peak fitness through 30-minute express workouts. Along with the help of the virtually unknown fitness guru Natalie Summers, the Chief Scout has shared the exercises that have honed his body into the cut lines represented in the book which has a photo story feel to the moves.

The exercises are well described in words and images. There is also a section on how to fuel your workouts.This is not a programme for the meek, but for the determined.

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CHELTENHAM MUSIC FESTIVAL Classical violinist Nicola Benedetti is artistin-residence at this year’s event which starts on Wednesday. For the full line-up, see page 68.

ALAN CARR Friday,The Roses,Tewkesbury Tickets cost £17 each.The gig starts at 8pm. Call 08445 762210.

CELEBRATING LAURIE LEE A host of events will pay homage to the Stroud-born poet and novelist including a cider festival at The Woolpack pub in Slad today.

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CARA DILLON Thursday,The Roses,Tewkesbury Tickets cost £18 each. Catch her at 7.30pm. Call 01684 295074.

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T’S been almost 30 years since Suzanne Vega burst on to the music scene with the awardwinning single Luka.

Following in the path of folk rock protest singers like her hero Bob Dylan, Suzanne came to be regarded as the vanguard of a new generation of female singer songwriters.

She returns to the UK this summer with a new tour, following the release of her first new album of new songs for seven years, Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles, including a date at Cheltenham Town Hall on Monday.

With songs such as Marlene on the Wall, Tom’s Diner and her hugely successful album Solitude Standing, Suzanne has inspired a generation of female artists from Tracey Chapman to Alanis Morrisette.

Considering she’s been performing since 1984, it is surprising when she tells me that, fundamentally, not much has changed.

“If you think about it, you get up on stage, sing some songs and make the audience laugh a bit, and that’s what I love about this business,” said the 54-year-old star.

“I’m pleased to say there is a real mix of ages coming to my concerts these days; parents bring their children, children bring their parents.”

The Cheltenham concert will be a mix of old, well-loved songs and some of Suzanne’s newer tunes and will, of course, include the Grammynominated Luka, and Tom’s Diner.

“I’ll also include quite a few of my

new songs; my latest album made the Top 40 in the UK, so I was really thrilled about that,” she said.

So in a way it will be a bit of a journey through her singing career, from the early successes to the new.

“The highlights have definitely been when Luka was such a great success, but it was also quite a stressful time for me and I’m glad it’s not crazy like that these days, because I wouldn’t have been able to handle that all the time.

“It’s also given me the chance to meet some of my heroes, such as Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Paul Simon and Sting.”

Suzanne admits that she has always worked very hard on her songwriting, right from the age of 11 when she wrote her first song.

“That one took me three years to finish but when I finally finished it, I thought it wasn’t bad,” she said.

“The second song came pouring out and it was then that I really thought I had a chance.

“I’m older now and have really high standards. Songwriting doesn’t get any easier but I still enjoy it, of course.

“Of course I have a family now who take up a lot of my time and I wouldn’t have it any other way; family is very important to me.”

And what of the future, when she returns to the States after her tour?

“I am starting a new album right now,” she said. “I don’t want it to be another seven years between albums!”

Tickets for Suzanne Vega cost from £27.50. Call 08445 762210.

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festival highlights MILOŠ KARADAGLIC PITTVILLE PUMP ROOM, CHELTENHAM, JULY 7

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Tickets have already been snapped up for his performance at the Pump Room but you can wine and dine with him instead at Ellenborough Park Hotel next Sunday.

Tickets cost £35 each with a glass of prosecco on arrival Call 08448 808094.

NICOLA BENEDETTI CHELTENHAMTOWN HALL, THURSDAY

On the back of her sellout Royal Albert Hall performance last year, the violinist (pictured, right) and select guests perform great works by Brahms and Shostakovich.

Tickets are available from £10 to £25.

CLASSICAL FAVOURITES CHELTENHAMTOWN HALL, NEXT SATURDAY

The music for thisTown Hall Proms concert has been voted for by members of the public.

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra will perform the programme which will also feature a performance from

Milos Karadaglic.

Tony Banks, founder keyboardist of 1970s’ rock giants Genesis, also presents his new symphonic work.

Tickets cost from £10 to £30.

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Appearances at the BBC Proms have made the John Wilson Orchestra one of the biggest musical acts of recent years.

With guest singer Matthew Ford – widely regarded as one of the finest big band vocalists – they present @WeekendGlos

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an evening of hits made famous by Ol’ Blue Eyes himself.

Some of the world’s best-loved songs will be heard in the original orchestrations created for Sinatra by arrangers such as Nelson Riddle.

Tickets from £10.

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DES(S)ERT ISLAND DISCS, GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL HEAVEN for columnist Quentin Letts (pictured, right) is sitting in a deckchair on a hot day at the Cheltenham cricket festival.

The Daily Mail theatre critic and parliamentary sketchwriter tries to make sure his busy diary is always free for the July event.

“It’s one of my favourite things to do,” he said. “It’s my idea of heaven on earth.”

In fact cricketing jargon creeps in quite often during my chat with Quentin, ahead of his appearance at a charity event at Gloucester Cathedral in support of the Three Choirs Festival.

Quentin will be discussing the music he would choose should he ever be stuck on a desert island in Des(s)ert Island Discs today.

“My batting list includes a lot of classical music because that is what I usually listen to,” he said.

“It’s very difficult to make a list with so much choice; it’s a bit like choosing your world 11 cricket team - you want to jam everyone in.”

Dessert and wine will be served during the event at 7.30pm at the Chapter House. Tickets cost £20 from 08456 521823 or www.3choirs.org

days out

THE COTSWOLD SHOW, CIRENCESTER MONSTER Trucks, falconry displays and a food festival will see people descend on Cirencester Park next weekend for the annual Cotswold Show.

There’ll be a Shetland Pony Grand National and Border Collies will get the chance to show off their agility with demonstrations throughout the weekend.

The Apsley Arena will once again be the centre of countryside pursuits including a display of working horses, gundog training, sheep shearing and bushcraft skills.

Also on the 100-acre site, there will be a Falconry Village with 30 birds of prey set to feature in stunning aerial displays.

Go-karts, tree climbing and giant inflatables will keep the little ones happy. For entry, visit www.cotswoldshow.co.uk or just buy on the gate. It’s open from 9am to 6pm.

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EVERYMAN THEATRE, CHELTENHAM

PLAYING the role of a pregnant teenager in gritty northern drama ATaste of Honey is a new challenge for acclaimed young actress, Rebecca Ryan.

But with parts in Waterloo Road and Shameless already behind her, the role of Jo in Shelagh Delaney’s hardhitting play should present no problems for the 23-yearold.

Best known as Debbie Gallagher in the Channel 4 hit series Shameless and Vicki McDonald in the BBC’s Waterloo Road, Rebecca is no stranger to tackling social issues and difficult situations through her acting.

“In ATaste of Honey, Jo doesn’t have the best relationship with her mother, who is always leaving her on her own and going off with

different men,” she said.

“Jo meets a black sailor and gets pregnant but when he leaves she is left alone until she meets a gay man, who offers his help.

“They are similar sorts of issues as in Waterloo Road, but what makes this so different is the time period it is set in.

“These days attitudes to pregnancy outside marriage, being gay and different cultures have changed but in the ‘50s it was such a taboo subject.”

ATaste of Honey is Manchester-born Rebecca’s first theatre tour.

Peformances take place from Tuesday to next Saturday at 7.45pm. with 2pm matinees on Thursday and Saturday. Tickets cost from £10 to £28 . Call 01242 572573.

stage TREASURE ISLAND, HEMPSTED VILLAGE HALL, GLOUCESTER A TALE of buccaneers and buried gold will prove compelling family viewing next week.

Gloucester-based professional outdoor touring theatre company Rain or Shine will entertain young and old alike with their new adaptation of Treasure Island.

With a host of characters

and events, from Billy Bones to the threatening Blind Pew and the Black Spot, there will be no shortage of thrills and spills.

Based on the classic story penned by Robert Louis Stevenson, you can catch the performance at 7.30pm.

Snap up your ticketes by calling 01452 521575.

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6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 10.00 Saturday Kitchen Live (S). 11.30 Paul Hollywoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pies & Puds (R,S,HD). 12.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD). From the Kent Showground. 1.00 Wimbledon 2014 (S,HD). The sixth dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play continues. 4.30 Match of the Day Live (S,HD). Group A Winner v Group B Runner-Up (Kick-off 5.00pm).

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6.00 Film: The Big Sky (S). (1952) â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?

8.00 MOTD Kickabout (S,HD). Football show. 8.30 Inspire: The Olympic Journey (S,HD). Magazine series presented by Gabby Logan. 9.00 World Cup Films (S). A look back at the 1994 World Cup in the USA. 10.45 Wimbledon 2014 (S,HD). Sue Barker presents live coverage of the opening matches on day six at the All England Club, where the third-round menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; singles draws are set to continue.

ITV

Due to World Cup fixtures, schedules are subject to change.

9.25 The Hungry Sailors (R,S,HD). 10.25 Murder, She Wrote (R,S,HD). 11.20 ITV News (S); Weather 11.30 Storage Hoarders (R,S,HD). 12.30 All Star Mr & Mrs (R,S,HD). 1.30 Dinner Date (R,S,HD).

2.30 Fool Britannia (R,S,HD). 3.00 Tipping Point (R,S,HD). 4.00 The Chase (R,S,HD).

5.00 All Star Family Fortunes (R,S,HD).

5.45 Catchphrase (R,S,HD).

Channel 4

6.05 The Hoobs (R,S). 6.30 Trans World Sport (S,HD). 7.30 FIM Superbike World Championship (S). 7.55 The Morning Line (S,HD). 9.00 Weekend Kitchen (S).

10.00 Frasier (R,S). 11.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 11.50 The Simpsons (R,S). 12.50 The Tomorrow People Stephen tries to help a vulnerable classmate.

(S,HD). 1.40 Channel 4 Racing (S,HD). Live coverage from Newcastle and Newmarket.

4.10 Come Dine with Me (R,S,HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 10.00 Access. 10.05 Meerkat Manor (R,S,HD). 10.35 Big Brother: The Eviction (R,S,HD). 12.00 The Hunt for Hitlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Missing Millions (R,S,HD). 1.00 Film: Away All Boats (S).

(1956) Second World War drama, starring Jeff Chandler. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? 3.15 Film: Under Ten Flags (S). (1960) Second World War drama, starring Charles Laughton and Van Heflin. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? 5.10 5 News 5.15 Film: Columbo: Short Fuse (S). (1972) â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?

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7.10 Regional News (S,HD) 7.30 A Question of Sport: Super Saturday (S,HD). 2/5. With guests Patrick Robinson, Seann Walsh, Iwan Thomas and Sharron Davies.

8.10 The National Lottery: Break the Safe (S,HD). 1/7. New series. Game show, hosted by Nick Knowles.

8.00 Today at Wimbledon (S,HD).

John Inverdale introduces highlights of the sixth dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play at the All England Club, where the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; third-round singles matches were due to reach a conclusion.

9.00 Casualty (S,HD). 43/48. Tess is involved in a horrendous train crash.

9.50 Mrs Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Boys (R,S).

Comedy, starring Brendan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Carroll.

9.00 Mock the Week (R,S,HD). 3/11.

With Angela Barnes, Miles Jupp, Romesh Ranganathan and Josh Widdicombe.

9.30 Glastonbury 2014 (S,HD).

Including live coverage of Metallicaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s headline set on the Pyramid stage, as well as highlights of performances by Pixies, MGMT, John Grant and Manic Street Preachers.

10.20 BBC News; Weather (S,HD).

Followed by National Lottery Update.

10.40 Kevin Bridges â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Story Continues (R,S,HD). The Glasgow comedian returns to his home town.

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11.40 Match of the Day: FIFA World Cup Highlights (S,HD).

Action from the first two matches in the last 16 in Brazil.

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The Chase, 4pm

The Tomorrow People, 12.50pm

The 12-Year-Old Shopaholic â&#x20AC;Ś 8pm

6.30 Regional News (S); Weather 6.45 ITV News (S); Weather

6.15 Come Dine with Me (R,S,HD).

5/140. David Witcher hosts the final evening in south-west London.

6.45 Channel 4 News (S)

6.40 Columbo: The Greenhouse Jungle (S). (1972) Detective drama, starring Peter Falk. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?

7.00 Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve Been Framed! (R,S).

17/26. Harry Hill narrates.

7.30 The Cube: Celebrity Special (S,HD). 8/9. Mollie King from the Saturdays tackles a series of fiendishly difficult challenges.

7.15 Transformers (S,HD). (2007) A teenage boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first car leads him into an intergalactic war between two factions of giant shape-changing robots. Sci-fi action adventure, starring Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox. Edited for language. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?

7.55 5 News Weekend (S,HD)

8.30 FIFA World Cup Live 2014 (S,HD). Group C Winner v Group D Runner-Up (Kick-off 9.00pm). Coverage of the second match in the last 16, which takes place at the Estadio do Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the event of extra-time and penalties, subsequent programmes are subject to change.

1.30 Film: Hard Candy (S). (2006) Thriller, with Patrick Wilson and Ellen Page. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?

3.10 Match of the Day: FIFA World Cup Replay (S,HD). A chance to see in full one of the first two matches in the last 16 in Brazil. 4.55 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes.

10.00 Van Helsing (S,HD). (2004) A vampire slayer sets out to help a gypsy princess vanquish Count Dracula and his three brides once and for all. Gothic action adventure, starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?

1.05 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming. 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R,S). The host takes his successful talk show stateside.

3.45 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service.

8.00 The 12-Year-Old Shopaholic, and Other Big Spending Kids (R,S,HD). Four children whose tastes are indulged by their parents, including a 15-year-old whose mother holds down three jobs to keep her daughter in the latest fashions.

9.00 Big Brother (S,HD). 25/72.

Catching up with the Big Brother contestants as they react to Friday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s live eviction, revealing how another departure has affected the rest of the house.

11.15 ITV News (S); Weather 11.30 Gone (S,HD). (2007) Thriller, with Shaun Evans, Scott Mechlowicz and Amelia Warner. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?

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11.00 Big Brotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bit on the Psych (HD). Rylan Clark and Iain Lee present analysis of the housematesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; behaviour, with input from psychologists and body-language experts.

12.00 SuperCasino. 3.05 Bikini Body?

12.35 Film: Terminal Velocity (S,HD).

The Truth About Diets (R,S,HD). 4.00 (1994) Action thriller, starring Charlie Sheen. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? 2.15 Hollyoaks (R,S,HD).

House Doctor (R,S). 4.25 Make It Big Omnibus. 4.25 River Cottage Veg Heroes (R,S). 4.50 The Funky Valley Show (R,S).

(R,S,HD). 4.50 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

5.00 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.10 Roary the Beat-the-banker game show. 5.45 The Racing Car (R,S). 5.20 Angels of Jarm Hoobs (R,S).

(R,S). 5.25 The Funky Valley Show (R,S).

5.40 Roary the Racing Car (R,S).

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6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.00 The Andrew Marr Show (S,HD) 10.00 Sunday Morning Live (S,HD). 11.00 Sunday Politics (S).

12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD). 1.00 BBC News (S,HD) 1.15 Countryfile (R,S,HD).

2.00 Flog It! (R,S). 2.55 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 3.40 Points of View (S,HD). 3.55 Songs of Praise (S,HD). 4.30 Match of the Day Live (S,HD).

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6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.10 Film: Lucky Jim (S). (1957) â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? 7.45 Gardenersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; World (R,S,HD). 8.15 World Cup Films (S). 9.45 Match of the Day: FIFA World Cup Highlights (S,HD). 10.30 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites (S). 12.00 Glastonbury 2014 (S,HD). 1.00 Live Athletics (S,HD). The British Championships. 4.30 Inspire: The Olympic Journey (S,HD). 5.00 Glastonbury 2014 (S,HD).

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Due to World Cup fixtures, schedules are subject to change.

6.00 CITV. 8.25 ITV News (S) 8.30 Weekend (S). 9.25 May the Best House Win (R,S,HD). 10.20 Murder, She Wrote (R,S,HD). 11.20 ITV News (S); Weather 11.30 Love Your Garden (R,S,HD). 12.30 Tipping Point (R,S,HD). 1.30 Natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Newborns (R,S,HD). 2.00 Film: Columbo Undercover (S,HD). (1994) â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? 4.00 Midsomer Murders (R,S).

Channel 4

6.10 The Hoobs (R,S). 6.35 British GT Championship (S). 7.05 Windsor Triathlon (S). 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 9.00 Frasier (R,S). 9.30 Sunday Brunch (S). 12.30 George Clarkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Amazing Spaces (R,S,HD). 1.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 2.25 The Simpsons (R,S). 2.55 Film: The Golden Child (S,HD). (1986) â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? 4.45 Deal or No Deal (S,HD). 5.45 Film: Letters to Juliet (S,HD). (2010) â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?

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6.00 Milkshake!. 10.00 Power Rangers Super Samurai (R,S,HD). 10.35 Power Rangers Megaforce (R,S,HD). 11.10 Access. 11.15 The Hotel Inspector Returns (R,S,HD). 12.15 Big Brother (R,S,HD). 1.15 Film: What to Expect When Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Expecting (S,HD). (2012) â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? 3.20 Film: Sabrina the Teenage Witch (S).

(1996) â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? 5.05 Film: Stepmom (S,HD).

(1998) Drama, starring Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?

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A Cabbie Abroad: Canada, 9pm

The Simpsons, 2.25pm

Big Brother, 9pm

7.10 Regional News (S,HD) 7.30 Countryfile (S,HD). Matt Baker meets one of the last surviving members of the Dambusters squadron.

7.00 Tropic of Cancer (R,S,HD). 6/6.

Simon Reeve travels through Laos and Vietnam and concludes his trip in Hawaii on the final leg of his journey. Last in the series.

7.05 ITV News (S); Weather 7.20 Celebrity Catchphrase (R,S,HD). 8/9. With Kym Marsh, Steve Pemberton and Rosemary Shrager.

7.40 Channel 4 News (S)

7.20 The Wedding Date (S). (2005) Romantic comedy, with Debra Messing, Jack Davenport and Dermot Mulroney. Edited for language and sexual content. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?

8.20 Antiques Roadshow (S,HD).

25/26. A visit to Wentworth Woodhouse stately home near Rotherham in South Yorkshire.

Items include a delicate glass punch bowl and a box of bones with quite a history.

8.00 The Quest for Bannockburn (S). 1/2. Part one of two. Neil Oliver and Tony Pollard mark the 700th anniversary of Bannockburn by attempting to pinpoint the location of the battlefield.

8.00 Dolphins: Born in the Wild (S). 4/4. Joy Reidenberg uncovers the mating strategy of dusky dolphins in New Zealand and Mark Evans finds out why whales travel 12,000 miles to find partners. Last in the series.

8.55 5 News Weekend (S,HD)

9.20 Casualty (R,S,HD). 43/48. Tess is involved in a horrendous train crash.

9.00 A Cabbie Abroad: Canada (S,HD). 2/3. Mason McQueen heads to Iqaluit in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, where he joins a small band of taxi drivers who keep the Arctic city on the move in all weathers.

8.20 FIFA World Cup Live 2014 (S,HD). Group D Winner v Group C Runner-Up (Kick-off 9.00pm). The fourth match in the last 16 takes place at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil. In the event of extratime and penalties, subsequent programmes are subject to change.

9.00 The Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Speech (S,HD).

(2010) The stammering son of George V seeks the help of an eccentric Australian speech therapist as he rises suddenly to the throne. Fact-based drama, with Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?

9.00 Big Brother (S,HD). 26/72.

Daily round-up of highlights, featuring the latest tasks, games, arguments, laughs, diary room visits and bedroom chit-chat. Narrated by Marcus Bentley.

10.00 Glastonbury 2014 (S,HD). Jo 10.10 Regional News (S,HD) Whiley, Mark Radcliffe, Lauren 10.35 Imagine: Monty Python â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Laverne and Huw Stephens And Now for Something present coverage of the last Rather Similar (S,HD). Alan day of the festival, with Yentob catches up with the Kasabian scheduled to headline Monty Python team in the runthe Pyramid stage. up to 10 reunion shows starting on Tuesday at Londonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s O2.

10.00 Bikini Body? The Truth About Diets (S,HD). 2/2.

Conclusion of the countdown of weight-loss methods, with scientists, industry experts and exponents explaining the pros and cons of fad diets and extreme exercise regimens.

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Text-based information service. 4.15 May the Best House Win (R,S,HD). The property-comparing contest arrives in Manchester. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). Guests air their differences.

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4.05 Beat My Build (R,S,HD). 5.00 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.55 Countdown (R,S,HD).

12.55 SuperCasino. 3.05 Angry Britain: Work Rage (R,S,HD). 4.00 House Doctor (R,S). 4.25 Make It Big (R,S). 4.50 The Funky Valley Show (R,S). 5.00 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.10 Roary the Racing Car (R,S). 5.20 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.25 The Funky Valley Show (R,S). 5.40 Roary the Racing Car (R,S).

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6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.15 Crimewatch Roadshow (S,HD) 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 11.00 Claimed and Shamed (R,S,HD). 11.30 Operation Hospital Food with James Martin (R,S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) 1.30 Regional News (S) 1.45 Wimbledon 2014 (S,HD).

4.30 Match of the Day Live (S,HD).

FILM RATINGS

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BBC2

6.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD).

7.00 Match of the Day: FIFA World Cup Highlights (S,HD). Action from the third and fourth matches in the last 16 in Brazil. 8.20 Sign Zone: Helicopter Heroes: New Cases (R,S). 8.30 Watchdog Test House (R,S). 9.00 Triathlon (S). The ITU World Series meeting from Chicago.

11.00 Daily Politics (S) 11.30 Wimbledon 2014 (S,HD). Day seven gets under way at the All England Club.

ITV

Due to World Cup fixtures, schedules are subject to change.

8.30 Lorraine (S). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S).

12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover (R,S,HD). 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S).

4.00 Tipping Point (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (R,S,HD).

Channel 4

6.40 3rd Rock from the Sun. 7.30 The King of Queens. 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Undercover Boss Canada (HD). 11.00 Come Dine with Me. 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 Come Dine with Me. 1.40 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun (HD). Properties in Aude, France. 2.40 Countdown (HD). 3.30 Deal or No Deal (HD). 4.30 Draw It! (HD). 5.00 Come Dine with Me (HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Cowboy Builders (R,S). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.15 Big Brother (R,S,HD). Daily round-up of highlights. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD).

1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S,HD). A Navy officer preparing to testify in a murder trial goes missing. 3.15 Film: Hush (S). (2005) Thriller, starring Tori Spelling. ●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

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8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). Alfie’s latest money-making scheme leads to a discovery about Aleks.

8.30 Holby City (S,HD). 38/52. Raf demands that Amy take a paternity test, which could spell the end of their marriage.

8.00 Today at Wimbledon (S,HD).

John Inverdale introduces highlights of the seventh day’s play at the All England Club, where the men’s and ladies’ singles fourth-round matches were due to place.

9.30 Mrs Brown’s Boys (R,S,HD).

3/6. Agnes tries to persuade the health visitor Grandad is in need of respite care.

9.00 Police Under Pressure (S,HD).

2/2. Part two of two. South Yorkshire Police is given an ultimatum by the governing body in charge of inspecting police forces to lower the crime rate in the county.

Jamie’s Money Saving Meals, 8.30pm

Benefits Britain … 9pm

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather 6.30 ITV News (S); Weather

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 11/20.

Homer reminisces.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Holly discovers the identity of Cindy’s mystery man.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD).

Josh tells Andy he is not leaving with him.

6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)

7.00 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Hour-long episode. David and Kylie cause trouble for Michael at work.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S)

7.00 The World Trade Center: Rebuilt (S,HD). The redevelopment of the New York City site formerly known as Ground Zero. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 You’ve Been Framed! (R,S).

18/26. Clever animals and crazy teenagers.

8.30 FIFA World Cup Live 2014 (S,HD). Group G Winner v Group H Runner-Up (Kick-off 9.00pm). Coverage of the sixth match of the last-16 stage, held at the Estadio Beira-Rio in Porto Alegre, Brazil. In the event of extra-time and penalties, subsequent programmes are subject to change.

8.00 The Cost of Cheap Alcohol: Channel 4 Dispatches (S).

Antony Barnett examines the UK’s changing drinking habits.

8.30 Jamie’s Money Saving Meals (S,HD). 5/6. Jamie Oliver serves up a bucket of fried chicken to feed four.

8.00 Angry Brits: Caught on Camera (S,HD). The captain of a non-league football team climbs into the stands and confronts a spectator. Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 The World’s Best Diet (S).

Jimmy Doherty and Kate Quilton examine the eating habits of different countries, tribes and communities, ranking 50 diets from worst to best with the help of experts.

9.00 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole (S,HD). 3/4. The documentary examining the lives of unemployed people visits South Yorkshire, where benefits caps, sanctions and the bedroom tax are hitting those at the poorer end of society.

10.00 The Culture Show: Girls Will 10.00 BBC News (S,HD) Be Girls (S,HD). The legacy of 10.25 Regional News (S) female musicians who emerged 10.35 Room 101 – Extra Storage in the wake of punk.

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10.35 Bouncers (R,S,HD). 3/3. In Sunderland, 48-year-old Jeff and amateur cage fighter Erdem are on the door of the club with the latest opening hours. Last in the series.

10.00 Big Brother (S,HD). 27/72.

Marcus Bentley narrates a round-up of the highlights of the latest events as the housemates ruthlessly attempt to seize power, keep it and impose their will on the others.

11.15 Regional Programme (R,S,HD).

11.15 ITV News (S); Weather 11.20 A Cabbie Abroad: Canada (R,S,HD). 2/3. Mason McQueen 11.45 Regional News (S); Weather heads to Iqaluit in the Canadian 11.50 You Cannot Be Serious! territory of Nunavut, where he (R,S,HD). 2/6. Comedy sketches, joins a small band of taxi featuring a web chat with drivers who keep the Arctic city England coach Gary Neville. on the move in all weathers.

11.40 Beauty Queen or Bust (R,S).

1/3. The regional heats for the Miss World competition.

11.00 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side (HD). Rylan Clark and his guests discuss the latest round of nominations.

12.00 Match of the Day: FIFA World Cup Highlights (S,HD). Action from the fifth and sixth matches in the last 16. 12.45 Weather for the Week Ahead (S). 12.50 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 Sign Zone: I Bought a Rainforest (R,S). Charlie Hamilton James tries to stop illegal logging in Peru’s Manu National Park. 1.20 Match of the Day: FIFA World Cup Replay (S,HD). A chance to see in full one of the last-16 matches in Brazil. 3.05 This Is BBC Two (S). 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (R,S,HD).

12.35 The Complainers (R,S,HD). How businesses are finding new ways to satisfy disgruntled customers. 1.30 Scandal (S,HD). 2.15 The Mill (R,S,HD). 4.05 Beat My Build (R,S,HD). A town house versus a terraced property. 5.00 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). Beat-the-banker game show. 5.55 Countdown (R,S,HD).

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Homeowners in Cumbria rate each other’s properties. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). Guests air their differences.

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Tuesday’s Television Guide BBC1

Due to World Cup fixtures, schedules are subject to change.

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.15 Crimewatch Roadshow (S,HD) 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (S,HD). 11.00 Claimed and Shamed (R,S,HD). 11.30 Operation Hospital Food with James Martin (R,S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD).

1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) 1.30 Regional News (S) 1.45 Wimbledon 2014 (S,HD). 4.30 Match of the Day Live (S,HD).

FILM RATINGS

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BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.05 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 7.05 Animal Park (R,S). 7.35 Match of the Day: FIFA World Cup Highlights (S,HD). 8.20 Sign Zone: Helicopter Heroes: New Cases (R,S). 9.05 Watchdog (R,S). 10.05 Watchdog Test House (R,S). 10.35 HARDtalk (S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD) 11.30 Daily Politics (S) 12.30 Wimbledon 2014 (S,HD). The ladies’ singles quarterfinals at the All England Club.

ITV

Due to World Cup fixtures, schedules are subject to change.

8.30 Lorraine (S). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S).

12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover (R,S,HD). 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S).

4.00 Tipping Point (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (R,S,HD).

Channel 4

6.40 3rd Rock from the Sun. 7.30 The King of Queens. 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Undercover Boss Canada (HD). 11.00 Come Dine with Me. 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 Come Dine with Me. 1.40 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun (HD). Searching for a home in France.

2.40 Countdown (HD). 3.30 Deal or No Deal (HD). 4.30 Draw It! (HD). 5.00 Come Dine with Me (HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Cowboy Builders (R,S). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.15 Big Brother (R,S,HD). Daily round-up of highlights. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD).

1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S,HD). 3.10 Film: Killer Flood: The Day the Dam Broke (S). (2003) Thriller, starring Joe Lando. ●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD). Paul comes face to face with Kate’s killer.

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7.10 BBC News (S,HD); Weather 7.35 Regional News (S); Weather

8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). Alfie tells Roxy the truth about Aleks.

8.30 Holby City (S,HD). 38/52. Raf demands that Amy take a paternity test, which could spell the end of their marriage.

8.00 Today at Wimbledon (S,HD).

John Inverdale presents highlights of the eighth day’s play at the All England Club, where the ladies’ singles quarter-finals were expected to be the main attraction.

9.30 Miranda (R,S). Comedy, starring Miranda Hart.

9.00 Shopgirls: The True Story of Life Behind the Counter (S,HD). 2/3. Pamela Cox examines how the lives of women and their workplaces were revolutionised in the early 20th century.

Emmerdale, 7pm

Location, Location, Location, 8pm

The Dog Rescuers … 8pm

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather 6.30 ITV News (S); Weather

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 12/20. The greatest love stories of all time.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Cindy and Holly believe they may have won the lottery.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD).

Tamara remembers it was Zac’s car that hit her.

6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Debbie and Chas set off in search of missing Cain.

7.30 Love Your Garden (S,HD). 2/8.

A couple who founded a charity to support bereaved families.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S)

7.00 Whale Adventure with Nigel Marven (R,S,HD). The wildlife expert follows grey whales migrating from Mexico to Alaska. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.30 FIFA World Cup Live 2014 (S,HD). Group H Winner v Group G Runner-Up (Kick-off 9.00pm). The last-16 stage concludes with this clash at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, Brazil. In the event of extratime and penalties, subsequent programmes are subject to change.

8.00 Location, Location, Location (R,S). 7/9. Kirstie and Phil revisit their oldest-ever househunters, who were looking to move after 50 years in the same home, and a young couple desperate to find their first place.

8.00 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies (S,HD). A Liverpool inspector calls in the police to help him rescue a boxer that has been left locked in a house, while a Birmingham RSPCA officer has to deal with an irate owner. Followed by 5 News.

9.00 The Auction House (S,HD).

3/3. A valuer takes a gamble on a rococo-style bedroom suite, while a member of staff questions her choices as she nervously puts 50 designer handbags up for sale. Last in the series.

9.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (S,HD). 5/22. The team re-opens a cold case when a woman is found bludgeoned to death in the home of a millionaire who was accused of murder 13 years previously.

Guest starring Jason Priestley.

10.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (S). 3/9.

Gordon Ramsay heads to Queens, New York, where the owners of failing Greek restaurant Kati Allo are on the brink of divorce, while their daughter is at her wits’ end.

10.00 Big Brother (S,HD). 28/72.

Highlights of Monday’s action in the house, as the housemates continue their attempt to live harmoniously under the allseeing eye of Big Brother.

10.00 QI (R,S,HD). 18/18. Second of two compilations of highlights from the K series.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented

by Emily Maitlis. Followed by Weather.

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Stand-up comedy from the Hammersmith Apollo.

11.45 Match of the Day: FIFA World Cup Highlights (S,HD).

11.20 Police Under Pressure (R,S,HD). 2/2. Part two of two.

South Yorkshire Police is given an ultimatum by the governing body in charge of inspecting police forces to lower the crime rate in the county.

11.15 ITV News (S); Weather 11.45 Regional News (S); Weather 11.55 Tales from Northumberland with Robson Green (R,S,HD).

1/8. The actor explores the history and culture of his home county.

11.00 Undercover Boss USA (S,HD).

12/14. The founder of a sports bar chain hopes to see how his staff operate by posing as a failed business owner taking part in a bogus reality TV show.

11.00 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side (HD). Emma Willis presents the live Big Brother round-up, with regular panellist Luisa Zissman, including the usual debates, features, insights and gossip.

12.30 Weather for the Week Ahead (S).

12.35 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 The Super League Show (S).

Including highlights of Wigan Warriors v St Helens. 1.05 Match of the Day: FIFA World Cup Replay (S,HD). A chance to see in full one of the last-16 matches in Brazil.

2.50 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (R,S,HD).

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3.00 Loose Women (R,S,HD). Topical debate from a female perspective. 3.45 ITV Nightscreen (HD). 4.15 May the Best House Win (R,S,HD). Homeowners in Nottingham compete. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). Guests air their differences.

12.00 Poker (S). 1.00 KOTV Boxing Weekly (S). 1.30 Trans World Sport (R,S,HD). 2.25 FIM Superbike World Championship (R,S). 2.55 British GT Championship (R,S). 3.20 Windsor Triathlon (R,S). 4.15 SuperScrimpers (R,S,HD). 4.35 River Cottage Veg Heroes (R,S,HD). 5.00 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

12.00 Wentworth Prison (R,S,HD). Will Jackson tries to find out who killed his wife.

1.00 Access. 1.10 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 Emergency Bikers (R,S). 4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 4.20 Divine Designs (R,S). 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 Nick’s Quest (R,S). 5.35 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S).

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Wednesday’s Television Guide BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.15 Crimewatch Roadshow (S,HD) 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 11.00 Claimed and Shamed (R,S,HD). 11.30 Operation Hospital Food with James Martin (R,S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (S,HD). From the Newark Antique and Collectors’ Fair.

1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) 1.30 Regional News (S) 1.45 Wimbledon 2014 (S,HD). Further coverage of the men’s singles quarter-finals.

FILM RATINGS

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BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.05 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 7.05 Animal Park (R,S). 7.35 Match of the Day: FIFA World Cup Highlights (S,HD). 8.20 Sign Zone: Helicopter Heroes: New Cases (R,S). 9.05 Antiques Roadshow (R,S).

10.05 Watchdog Test House (R,S). 10.35 Click (S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD) 11.30 Daily Politics (S) 1.00 Wimbledon 2014 (S,HD). The opening live coverage of the day at the All England Club.

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). Topical debate from a female perspective. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover (R,S,HD). 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S).

4.00 Tipping Point (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (R,S,HD).

Channel 4

6.40 3rd Rock from the Sun. 7.30 The King of Queens. 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Undercover Boss Canada (HD). 11.00 Come Dine with Me. 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 Come Dine with Me. 1.40 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun (HD). 2.40 Countdown (HD). 3.30 Deal or No Deal (HD). 4.30 Draw It! (HD).

With Antony Cotton and Denise Van Outen.

5.00 Come Dine with Me (HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Cowboy Builders (R,S,HD).

12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.15 Big Brother (R,S,HD). Highlights of Monday’s action in the house. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S,HD). 3.15 Film: Nightmare at the End of the Hall (S,HD). (2008) Mystery, starring Sara Rue. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD). Naomi goes to great lengths to back up her stalker story.

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6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 13/20.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Carmel considers abandoning her family.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD).

Casey confronts Cheryl about the identity of his real father.

6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)

7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Matt Baker and Alex Jones present the live magazine show.

Followed by BBC News.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Ross leads Adam astray.

7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Gail persuades Steve to give Michael a job at Street Cars.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S)

7.00 Police Interceptors (R,S,HD).

A violent man gives officers the runaround after wreaking havoc in a hospital. Followed by 5 News Update.

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8.00 Today at Wimbledon (S,HD).

John Inverdale and guests look back at the key moments on day nine at the All England Club, where the men’s singles quarter-finals were scheduled to take place.

8.00 All Star Mr & Mrs (S,HD). 4/8.

Charlie Condou (Coronation Street’s Marcus), Nerys Hughes (The Liver Birds) and Five singer Scott Robinson find out how much they know about their partners. Phillip Schofield hosts.

8.00 This Old Thing: The Vintage Clothes Show (S,HD). 2/6.

Dawn O’Porter introduces a Reading girl to retro fashion, looks at the birth of the maxi dress and reveals how the brashness of 1980s fashion still resonates today.

8.00 Brand New House for 5K (S,HD). Linda Barker has £5,000 and a week to declutter, repair and transform a three-bedroom property in north-east London, providing a stylish home for a single mother and her young son. Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 Celebrity MasterChef (S,HD).

7/13. Singer Kiki Dee, travel writer Charley Boorman and actors Jason Connery, Christopher Biggins and Tina Hobley make fish and chips in the fourth and final heat of the cookery contest.

9.10 Coast Australia (S,HD). 8/8.

The team explores Western Australia’s Coral Coast. Last in the series.

9.00 The Betrayers (S,HD). From false identities to bogus illnesses, this documentary tells the stories of people who have been duped by loved ones, including a property developer conned out of $1million.

9.00 One Born Every Minute (S,HD). 4/10. An expectant mother’s confidence fades as her contractions quickly get the better of her, while a couple nervously await the arrival of their first child.

9.00 The Hotel Inspector Returns (S,HD). 2/4. Alex Polizzi returns to the Oakland Hotel in South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, where two years ago she found a struggling business suffering from bad decor and family in-fighting.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.00 Episodes (S,HD). 8/9. Carol is 10.00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does 10.00 BBC News (S,HD) 10.00 Big Brother (S,HD). 29/72. The furious after spotting Sean with 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather Countdown (R,S). 4/6. Jimmy pick of the previous day’s 10.25 Regional News (S). Followed an executive from a rival Carr hosts the comedy panel highlights, including the start

by National Lottery Update.

10.35 Hard Target (S,HD). (1993) An network. show’s version of the famous of another two-day shopping out-of-work merchant sailor 10.35 The White Widow: Searching quiz, with team captains Sean task to determine how well the 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented investigates sadistic hunters for Samantha (S,HD). The Lock and Jon Richardson joined housemates will eat for the

by Kirsty Wark. Followed by who stalk human prey in New story of fugitive suspected by guests Jason Manford and coming week.

Weather.

Orleans. Action thriller, starring terrorist Samantha Lewthwaite.

Stephen Mangan.

Jean-Claude Van Damme. ●●● 11.30 A Question of Sport: Super 11.00 My Granny the Escort 11.20 Shopgirls: The True Story of 11.00 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side Saturday (R,S,HD). 2/5. With (R,S,HD). A portrait of three of Life Behind the Counter (HD). Emma Willis presents the guests Patrick Robinson, Seann Britain’s mature escorts – older (R,S,HD). Social historian BB companion show, including Walsh, Iwan Thomas and women who choose to sell sex Pamela Cox charts the history a debate on the burning issues, Sharron Davies. from hotel rooms and their of female staff in British shops celebrity guests’ thoughts on homes, all completely legally. over the past 150 years. the latest developments and behind-the-scenes insights.

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8.00 Watchdog (S,HD). 7/7. Anne Robinson presents consumer reports. Last in the series.

12.10 Weather for the Week Ahead.

12.15 BBC News (S,HD).

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12.20 Shopgirls: The True Story of Life Behind the Counter (R,S,HD). The role of female staff in British retailing over the past 150 years. 1.20 Sign Zone: Welcome to Rio (R,S). 2.20 A Very British Airline (R,S). 3.20 This Is BBC Two (S). 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (R,S,HD).

12.20 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming.

3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R,S).

3.40 ITV Nightscreen (HD). 4.15 May the Best House Win (R,S). Four homeowners in Birmingham rate one another’s properties.

5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S). Guests air their differences.

12.00 Music on 4: Superstar DJs: With Annie Mac (S,HD). 12.30 The Simpsons (R,S). 1.20 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (R,S). 2.15 Film: Our Family Wedding (S,HD). (2010) ●● 4.00 Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures (R,S,HD). 4.05 Beat My Build (R,S,HD). 5.00 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.55 Countdown (R,S,HD).

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Thursday’s Television Guide BBC1

9.15 Crimewatch Roadshow (S,HD) 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (S,HD). 11.00 Claimed and Shamed (R,S,HD). 11.30 Operation Hospital Food with James Martin (R,S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S).

Two teams look for collectibles at Norfolk Antiques Fair. 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) 1.30 Regional News (S) 1.45 Wimbledon 2014 (S,HD). Sue Barker presents live coverage from the All England Club.

FILM RATINGS

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BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.20 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). Properties in Kent, Morecambe and Derbyshire. 7.20 Animal Park (R,S). Testing the strength of a lion’s jaw. 8.20 Sign Zone: Helicopter Heroes: New Cases (R,S). 9.05 Escape to the Continent (R,S). 10.05 Gardeners’ World (R,S). 10.35 HARDtalk (S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD) 11.30 Daily Politics (S) 12.30 Wimbledon 2014 (S,HD). The ladies’ singles semi-finals.

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). Topical debate from a female perspective. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover (R,S,HD). 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S).

4.00 Tipping Point (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (R,S,HD).

Channel 4

6.40 3rd Rock from the Sun. 7.30 The King of Queens. 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Undercover Boss Canada (HD). 11.00 Come Dine with Me. 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 Come Dine with Me. 1.40 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun (HD). 2.40 Countdown (HD). 3.30 Deal or No Deal (HD). 4.30 Draw It! (HD).

With Antony Cotton and Denise Van Outen.

5.00 Come Dine with Me (HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Cowboy Builders (R,S,HD).

12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.15 Big Brother (R,S,HD). The housemates begin this week’s shopping task. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD).

2.15 NCIS (R,S,HD). 3.15 Film: Earthstorm (S). (2006) Sci-fi adventure, starring Stephen Baldwin. ●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD). Naomi arranges for an acquaintance to break into her house.

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George Clarke’s Amazing … 8pm

Big Brother, 10pm

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6.00 Regional News (S); Weather 6.30 ITV News (S); Weather

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 14/20.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Darren and Nancy’s relationship reaches a new low.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD).

Chris tries to win Denny back.

6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Topical stories from around the UK. 7.30 EastEnders (S,HD). Carol resorts to desperate measures after a visit from the bailiff.

Followed by BBC News.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). A drunken Adam causes Andy a serious injury.

7.30 Beating Breast Cancer: Tonight (S,HD). What is being done to combat the disease.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S)

7.00 World’s Busiest Train Station (R,S). Behind the scenes at Tokyo’s Shinjuku railway station over the course of 24 hours.

Followed by 5 News Update.

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8.00 Today at Wimbledon (S,HD).

John Inverdale and guests look back on the day’s play at the All England Club, where the ladies’ singles semi-finals were expected to be the highlight.

8.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Bernice discovers Andy needs an urgent operation.

8.30 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Nick and David warn Michael not to turn up at Street Cars.

8.00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (S,HD). 5/7. The architect meets a couple spending £40,000 renovating a campervan, a wheelchair user making luxury glamping pods and a Texan woman building a home from mud.

8.00 Child Soldiers of WW2 (S,HD).

The stories of some of the thousands of under-18s who lied about their ages so they could join the armed forces and serve their country during the Second World War. Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 Celebrity MasterChef (S,HD).

8/13. The hopefuls cook sausages and onion gravy in just 20 minutes, and then prepare lunch for 120 hungry students at the Royal College of Music.

9.00 The Honourable Woman (S).

1/8. New series. Nessa Stein comes under scrutiny from MI6 and the government when a Palestinian businessman with links to her company is killed.

Thriller, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal.

9.00 Inside Asprey: Luxury by Royal Appointment (S,HD).

The daily workings of the highend London designer, from the salespeople who tempt VIP customers with one-of-a-kind items, to the silversmiths making merchandise by hand.

9.00 Beauty Queen or Bust (S).

2/3. The regional heats of the Miss World beauty pageant continue as three girls compete to become Miss Hull, including a fish factory worker who must overcome her insecurities.

9.00 The 70-Stone Man: The Final Chapter (S). A documentary following Keith Martin as he undergoes life-changing surgery to remove most of his stomach and a massive hernia.

Featuring footage of the procedure.

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8.00 Traffic Cops (S). An insight into the working life of officers as they patrol the nation’s roads, bringing car criminals to justice.

10.00 BBC News (S,HD) 10.25 Regional News (S) 10.35 Question Time (S,HD). 37/38.

Business Minister Jo Swinson and former Home Secretary Alan Johnson are among the panellists in Croydon, south London.

11.35 This Week (S). The past seven days in politics.

10.00 Mock the Week (S,HD). 4/11.

With Rob Beckett, Susan Calman, Hal Cruttenden and Romesh Ranganathan.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented

by Laura Kuenssberg. Followed

by Weather.

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6.00 BBC News (S,HD); Weather 6.30 Regional News (S); Weather

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Celebrity MasterChef, 9pm

11.20 Hot Property: Business Boomers (R,S,HD). 4/4. An exploration of the success of Britain’s housebuilding companies. Last in the series.

12.20 Holiday Weatherview (S). 12.25 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 Sign Zone: The Culture Show: Ryan Gander – The Art of Everything (R,S). 12.50 Africa’s Giant Killers: Natural World (R,S). A pride of lions preys on a herd of elephants. 1.50 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes.

4.00 BBC Learning Zone (R,S,HD).

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10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.00 The Secret Life of Students 10.00 Big Brother (S,HD). 30/72.

(S,HD). 1/4. New series.

Diary-room confessionals, 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather Documentary following the domestic dramas and off-kilter 10.35 We Own the Night (S,HD). fortunes of 12 first-year challenges, including the (2007) A New York City students at Leicester University, conclusion of this week’s nightclub manager’s loyalties capturing all the drama, gossip shopping task. are torn between the and goings-on alongside their policemen in his family and his social media updates. criminal clientele. Crime drama, starring Joaquin Phoenix and 11.00 One Born Every Minute 11.00 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side Mark Wahlberg. ●●● (R,S,HD). 4/10. An expectant (HD). Emma Willis presents the mother’s confidence fades as BB companion show, including her contractions quickly get the celebrity fans’ thoughts on the better of her, while a couple latest developments in the runnervously await the arrival of up to tomorrow’s eviction and their first child. behind-the-scenes insights.

12.40 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming.

3.00 Beating Breast Cancer: Tonight (R,HD). 3.20 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Textbased information service. 4.15 May the Best House Win (R,S,HD). The propertycomparing contest arrives in Merseyside.

5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD).

Guests air their differences.

12.00 Embarrassing Bodies Down Under (S,HD). 12.55 Meet the Mormons (R,S,HD). 1.50 My Last Summer (R,S).

2.45 The Cost of Cheap Alcohol: Channel 4 Dispatches (R,S). 3.10 This Old Thing: The Vintage Clothes Show (R,S,HD). 4.05 Mary’s Silver Service (R,S,HD). 5.00 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

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12.00 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 9/11: Mass Murder in the Sky (S,HD). Documentary examining the terrorist attacks. 4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S).

4.20 Divine Designs (R,S). Gothic revival churches. 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 Great Scientists (R,S). 5.35 Great Scientists (R,S).

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Friday’s Television Guide BBC1

Due to World Cup fixtures, schedules are subject to change.

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.15 Crimewatch Roadshow (S,HD) 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 11.00 Claimed and Shamed (R,S,HD). 11.30 Operation Hospital Food with James Martin (R,S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) 1.30 Regional News (S) 1.45 Wimbledon 2014 (S,HD).

4.30 Match of the Day Live (S,HD).

FILM RATINGS

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BBC2

6.00 This Is BBC Two (S). 6.10 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 7.10 Animal Park (R,S). 7.40 Sign Zone: Helicopter Heroes: New Cases (R,S). 8.25 The Great British Sewing Bee (R,S). 9.25 First Time on the Front Line (R,S). 9.55 Live Formula 1: British Grand Prix First Practice (S,HD). Coverage from Silverstone.

11.05 The Travel Show (S,HD). 11.30 Daily Politics (S) 12.30 Wimbledon 2014 (S,HD). The men’s singles semi-finals.

ITV

Due to World Cup fixtures, schedules are subject to change.

8.30 Lorraine (S). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S).

12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover (R,S,HD). 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S).

4.00 Tipping Point (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (R,S,HD).

Channel 4

6.40 3rd Rock from the Sun. 7.30 The King of Queens. 7.55 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Undercover Boss Canada (HD). 11.00 Come Dine with Me. 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 Come Dine with Me. 1.40 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun (HD). 2.40 Countdown (HD). 3.30 Deal or No Deal (HD). 4.30 Draw It! (HD).

Big Money Friday. Last in the series. 5.00 Come Dine with Me (HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Cowboy Builders (R,S). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.15 Big Brother (R,S,HD). The housemates discover if they have passed the shopping task. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S,HD). 3.15 Film: The Trail to Hope Rose (S,HD). (2004) Western, starring Lou Diamond Phillips. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

(R) repeat (S) subtitles (HD) highdefinition

7.10 BBC News (S,HD); Weather 7.35 Regional News (S); Weather

8.00 Today at Wimbledon (S,HD).

John Inverdale and guests look back at the day’s play in the third Grand Slam tournament of the year, featuring the men’s singles semi-finals at the All England Club.

9.00 New Tricks (R,S). 5/10. The team investigates a hit-and-run that left a cycle courier unable to recall anything before the incident, but convinced he was targeted for the parcel he was carrying.

9.00 Gardeners’ World (S,HD).

16/31. Carol Klein learns about the habitat garden ponds provide for wildlife.

9.30 The Machine Gun and Skye’s Band of Brothers (S,HD). The development and legacy of the Maxim machine gun.

The Inbetweeners, 10.30pm

Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away!, 7pm

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather 6.30 ITV News (S); Weather

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 16/20. The family helps depressed country singer Lurleen Lumpkin.

6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD).

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD).

Heath arrives back from Jess’s funeral with Harley.

6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Andy is shocked to hear how long he will have to stay in hospital.

7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD).

Nick tells Kal’s family that Leanne used to be a prostitute.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S)

7.00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away! (R,S,HD). Paul Bohill and Steve Pinner evict a couple who owe five months’ rent on a flat in an affluent London suburb.

Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 You’ve Been Framed! (R,S).

19/26. Featuring a day in the life of “Prince Harry”.

8.30 FIFA World Cup Live 2014 (S,HD). The second quarterfinal (Kick-off 9.00pm).

Coverage of the match at the Estadio Castelao in Fortaleza, featuring the sides that came through the last-16 fixtures on Saturday. In the event of extratime and penalties, subsequent programmes are subject to change.

8.00 James Corden Does Deal or No Deal (S,HD). The actor and comedian takes on the Banker and tries to guess the values of the famous mystery boxes for a chance to win £250,000 for charity. Game show, hosted by Noel Edmonds.

8.00 Flight MH370: 118 Days & Counting (R,S,HD). The fate of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which was lost during its scheduled journey from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8.

Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (S). 5/6. Jimmy Carr hosts this comedy take on the quiz, with team captains Sean Lock and Jon Richardson joined by Jo Brand and Claudia Winkleman. Bill Bailey is in Dictionary Corner.

9.00 Big Brother: Live Eviction (S,HD). 31/72. Emma Willis makes the announcement as another housemate gets the boot, chatting to them about the whole Big Brother experience and why they think the others wanted them out.

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8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). Roxy comes to a drastic decision about her future.

8.30 Celebrity MasterChef (S,HD).

9/13. The contestants cook a meal for 2010 champion Lisa Faulkner.

Emmerdale, 7pm

10.00 BBC News (S,HD) 10.25 Regional News (S). Followed

by National Lottery Update.

10.35 John Bishop Live: Rollercoaster Tour 2012 (R,S,HD). The comedian performs his stand-up tour at Manchester Arena.

11.35 Match of the Day: FIFA World Cup Highlights (S,HD).

Action from the first and second quarter-finals.

10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented

by Emily Maitlis.

10.00 Friday Night Dinner (S,HD).

3/6. Grandma gets engaged to Mr Morris.

10.30 The Inbetweeners (R,S). 1/6.

Carli organises a fashion show.

10.30 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side (HD). Rylan Clark and his guests discuss tonight’s eviction, debating whether the public made the right decision and chatting to the evictee.

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John Bishop Live… 10.35pm

11.15 ITV News (S); Weather 11.00 Weather (S) 11.05 Glastonbury 2014 Highlights 11.45 Regional News (S); Weather (S,HD). A selection of 11.55 The Cube (R,S,HD). Game performances from last show, hosted by Phillip weekend’s festival at Worthy Schofield.

Farm in Somerset.

11.05 The Inbetweeners (R,S). 2/6.

Simon tries to impress a girl.

11.40 The Inbetweeners (R,S). 3/6.

Simon faces a dilemma.

11.30 Stand by Your Man (S,HD).

4/10. Four more contestants try to win the chance to date one of 40 women.

12.20 EastEnders (S,HD). Omnibus. Alfie’s new money-making scheme leads to a discovery. 2.15 Weather for the Week Ahead (S). 2.20 BBC News (S,HD).

1.05 Match of the Day: FIFA World Cup Replay (S,HD). Action from one of the opening quarter-finals. 2.50 Sign Zone: Question Time (R,S). Jo Swinson and Alan Johnson answer questions in Croydon. 3.50 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes.

12.05 Film: Role Models (S,HD). (2008) ●●●● 1.50 The Angelos Epithemiou Show (R,S,HD). 2.15 I’m Spazticus (R,S,HD). 2.40 Desperate Housewives (R,S,HD). 3.25 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners (R,S,HD). 4.15 Beat My Build (R,S,HD). 5.10 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

12.15 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 The 12-Year-Old Shopaholic, and Other Big Spending Kids (R,S,HD). 4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S).

4.20 Divine Designs (R,S). 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 Great Scientists (R,S).

5.35 Great Scientists (R,S).

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3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R,S).

The host takes his successful talk show stateside. 3.40 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Textbased information service.

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NE of my best friends got married earlier this month and it turned out to be one of the most spectacular occasions I had ever attended.

I met Phoebe Vela about 15 years ago (how time flies) and although our lives have taken very different paths, we are as close as ever. I love her to bits.

At her wedding to John Hitchcox she arrived on a boat, rowed by a dreadlocked male beauty, at a lakeside woodland location. What more fitting place to marry than The Phoebe with Sali and her mum Lakes by yoo, which John has designed and developed.

Phoebe was always going to look captivating? She has flawless skin and doe eyes. She had three bridal outfits, including one by Stella McCartney, with rich red tones and tiny white flowers in her silken hair, she was serene with contentment. The simplicity and subtle detail of her wedding look communicated her minimalist yet classic taste.

At the outdoor humanist ceremony under a huge canopy we were treated to an acoustic rendition of Spandau Ballet’s True, by none other than Gary Kemp. The best man was Simon Le Bon, dressed in a dapper dark pink suit with bright pink tie.

The wedding ring for the bride and a bracelet for the groom were passed around the whole congregation so that we could each hold and bless them. I love this kind of tradition – so simple and so meaningful.

The couple’s matrons of honour and two youngest children did readings full of thought, warmth and humour.

After the ceremony there were stunning fireworks out on the lake with pastel-coloured smoke and then we were invited to pass through the woods. Here we found a trail of little lights, happy photos hanging on the trees and a plethora of watering holes, including cocktail bars, a G&T bar and a Champagne boat. Chefs stood at a barbecue and made mini burgers and delicacies. We were overawed with pleasure and gratitude, it was beyond beautiful, it actually felt magical. And that was the intention. There was a fortune teller in the woods and girls dressed as nymphs and fairies.

The speeches were both moving and funny and a tribute to love

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and devotion. Those gathered felt honoured to be included – for 400 guests the atmosphere felt surprisingly intimate.

The meal was a veritable banquet. Dessert was a giant Black Forest gateau by Heston Blumenthal: the only wedding cake he’s done.

Models, rock stars, designers, politicians, writers, actors and journalists floated around everywhere we glanced. Kate Moss casually posed for photographs with the bride and Fergie.

A super-group was formed that night with Simon Le Bon, Gary Kemp and a man from Pink Floyd. The first and almost certainly only night I’ll be sharing the dance floor with Patsy Palmer, Tina Hobley and Andrew Neil.

Phoebe and John: Thank you for sharing your wedding day with us. Your love is clear, generous and evident.

May you grow and support each other and your lovely family as long as you live.

For more details about The Lakes by yoo, luxury homes in the Cotswolds starting at £1m, visit www.thelakesbyyoo.com

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my ideal

High Society is one of my favourite all-time films. If it was with Lucy [her daughter] and the girls we’d probably watch a rom-com of some sort with Cameron Diaz in it likeThe Holiday. We love things like that.

Dead or alive, who’s coming to your dinner party?

John F Kennedy, the King, MaggieThatcher and Chris Martin from Coldplay.That would be a good night.

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Book or Kindle? Book Newspaper or TV? Newspaper Early-bird or lie-in? Lie-in

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Cup of tea or stiff drink? Cup of tea Drink of choice? Wine

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How would you describe your ideal weekend?

Spending time with friends and family. It involves food and drink and lots of laughs.

What would you watch on TV?

Probably wouldn’t. If it was a winter weekend we might watch Downton Abbey but during the summer months we tend not to watch it at all.

If you could go anywhere, where would you go?

Well, if we keep it to the Cotswolds, I’d probably take my dogs for a walk along the River Coln or have friends round for lunch or a very casual supper and things like that.

What would you eat?

Oh God. A seafood salad. I don’t eat meat and I’m wheat-free so it kind of limits what I eat but I eat a lot of fish and vegetables.

The last two years I’ve been wheat-free but I haven’t eaten meat for 30 years but fish yeah, something like a seafood risotto or in the summer I love doing half a lobster or a crisp salad for friends. Simple and delicious.

We’ve got an excellent fishmonger in Cheltenham’s Bath Road so I get all my fresh fish from him.

If you settled down for a film, what would you watch? @WeekendGlos

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