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Having spent time exploring Guernsey and its smaller Channel Island neighbours a couple of years ago, we decided it was time to have a look at Jersey, the largest island in the group, and its administrative capital. Despite being part of the British Isles Jersey is semi-independent and as a result has become a centre for offshore banking. St Helier, the island’s main town, is filled with branch offices of all the major banks and finance companies. As a result, domestic property prices are high and parts of the island are quite crowded. Despite this, there is much to attract holiday makers, especially around the coast, or amongst the farming communities further inland who are
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reefs have trapped unwary vessels over the years. As recently as 1995, the ferry St Malo on its way to Sark came too close to the shore below la Corbière Point in mist during an exceptionally low tide and hit rocks near the lighthouse. Fortunately all the passengers and crew were safely rescued, but without the help of the RNLI lifeboat, it could have been a disaster.
All the best beaches are on the west and south coasts, with the stretch between St Helier and St Aubin being the most popular. For the rest, the coast offers an excellent system of well-marked footpaths and cycle routes connecting dramatically rocky headlands and tiny fishing harbours. Due to exceptional tides, many of these headlands and off-shore
There is an excellent bus service covering the whole island. All buses conveniently start from the main bus station near Liberation Square in the centre of St Helier. Controlled by a timetable which flashes up on easy to follow screens together with the free map issued by the local council, removes all difficulties from route planning.
Gorey and although the field is steep, it is ideal for the purpose of growing Jersey Royals – winter rain cannot lie on the steep slope and, as a result, harvesting is always done from dry soil. Jersey, like all the rest of the Channel Islands, is far closer to France than mainland Britain, the last piece of medieval France which was originally part of England. As a result and throughout the ages, it has been necessary to fortify the islands against attack from across the narrow stretch of water. This threat although never far away throughout later centuries came mainly during Elizabethan times, that was when Napoleon tried to conquer Europe and unexpectedly during World War 2. Whilst the island now lives at peace with all its neighbours, their predecessors have left with us the story of their turbulent past. With the advantage of its mild climate, the island’s gardens are a year-round delight. The Botanic Gardens at Samares Manor are the place in order to visit and enjoy the semi-tropical plants blooming there in sheltered spots. Eric Young’s Orchid Foundation outside Oaklands Village a short bus ride to the north of St Helier has a range of exotic blooms competing with all the best for colour and shape. This is where the famous Jersey Royal early potatoes are grown. The season was over when we visited their home ground at Gorey (pron. Go’ree). Remembering the growers’ spring advert showing a farmer harvesting new potatoes growing on what seems an impossibly steep slope. This is true, the field is just above the harbour at
Left: One of the many sun drenched marinas around Jersey. Above: Elizabeth Castle, St Helier, the HQ of Sir Walter Raleigh; who was by the way the High Sheriff of Jersey. Bottom: A hawker at Gorey Castle.
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it right, a noon-day cannon is fired, driving greedy sea gulls away from the café. The oldest of the island’s two fortresses, Mont Orgueil Castle has dominated Gorey’s harbour and protected the small town for at least 800 years. One of the finest and wellpreserved medieval castles, it has witnessed all of Jersey’s main events, from the Hundred Year’s War to the German Occupation in WW2. An exciting place to explore with narrow stairs leading to turrets with views of the French coast, or into secret rooms spookily decorated by strange statues and frescos. When we visited, a tame hawk was being put through its paces, flying between two posts fixed about thirty yards apart on a grassy ledge below the main part of the castle.
Martello towers dot the island’s coastline wherever there was the possibility of a landing place. Dating from the early nineteenth century when Napoleon rampaged across Europe as far as the outskirts of Moscow, they can also be found along the south coast of England and are all built to a standard design. Standing about 40 feet high. Circular in design which is considered strongest against cannon fire, they typically held a garrison of 12-25 soldiers. The islanders were the only part of Great Britain to be occupied by Germany during the Second World War. Virtually impossible to defend, the islanders were abandoned by Britain when France capitulated in June 1940. Following their invasion by Germany, it was the start of five
Above: Gorey Castle on Mont Orgevil. Above right: Corbié Point, scene of many ship wrecks Right: Napoleonic look-out tower. Bottom: Entrance to the underground military hospital.
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difficult years. Despite them being of no strategic military interest, Adolph Hitler decided that his arch enemy Winston Churchill would be honour bound to try to retake the islands, and so Hitler decided to build a massive defence network. Using cement far better destined for the planned Atlantic Wall from Northern Norway to the Pyrenees and built by slave labour, the coastline of Jersey along with the other major Channel Islands, is ringed with massive concrete gun emplacements. Erected at the cost of many innocent lives, they are so strong that attempts to destroy these embarrassments to visiting German tourists have failed, and as a result they still stand helpless around the coast, waiting for the weather to do what dynamite has failed to do, all that is, apart from one beside the beach above St Aubin’s Bay which is now a café. There is one feature remaining from the war that has become a popular
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Hazelbarrow Hall as painted in c. 1810 by Miss Pearson [MC]
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Hazelbarrow Hall, which Joseph Hunter described as a ‘good old mansion’, was a particularly venerable house, built in the 16th century (probably the 1570s) on an H-plan: that is with a central great hall with
entrance offset to one side, flanked by a pair of crosswings, quite long to the south (entrance front) and ending in coped gables. Of two storeys and attics, the house was constructed of ashlar, partly of
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A battered and ribbed buttress surviving from the hall, c. 1910. [MC]
coursed rubble and with ashlar dressings of coal measures sandstone, and latterly with a slate roof, although undoubtedly built with a rood of stone slates. At the rear there was a stair tower containing a stone newel staircase, and an entrance there was equipped with a depressed four- centered arch in true 16th century style. The entrance was not only offset from the centre of the 4 recessed great hall part, but was via an attached and gabled two storey porch facing across the courtyard, rather like one at Whittington Old Hall (now vanished and about which we will write in the future), and also at Barlborough Old Hall, although the latter, housed in a crenelated porch, is now plain. The windows were mullioned and transomed, superimposed eight-light ones gracing the gable ends of the cross-wings with cranked hood moulds, and un-transomed four-light windows to the central section and porch, whilst the attic windows were simple twolight mullioned ones, but still with hood moulds. Ancient panelling
Two elements of the old house as incorporated into the surviving farmhouse.
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apparently survived within, and a bowling alley was listed in a survey of 1635. The surviving picture (a painting by Miss Pearson of Norton Vicarage done shortly prior to demolition in 1810, and an ink copy by John Fenney Parkin of Sheffield) makes the house look pretty modest, but as tax was paid on eleven hearths in the 1670 Hearth Tax Assessment, it was in fact, bearing in mind its age, getting on for medium sized for a typical Derbyshire Gabled manor house.
The imposing Restoration gatepiers as sketched by Charles Ashmore, 1910. [MC]
The estate was small but ancient, having originally been held by a family who took their name from the estate, but an heiress transferred it briefly to a Lincolnshire family from whom it was purchased by Robert Selioke before 1313. The Seliokes were a local family, taking their name from Selloak in neighbouring Cold Aston, a locale now remembered in Selloak Spring Wood. Indeed, their coat-of-arms includes three oak leaves proper (i.e. in their natural colour), a herald’s take on their surname. These may be seen on an alabaster grave-slab in the church at Norton, which came to light during G E Street’s alterations in the 1880s. His descendant in the ninth generation, William son of George Selioke, was the supposed builder of the house, but his son mortgated the estate in 1587 to William Dickenson of Sheffield who, after the foreclosure of which, sold it to Peter Frescheville of Staveley Hall, who let it to a family called Beverley, The heiress of Frescheville’s son 1st Lord Frescheville, disposed of it in 1635 for £2,450 to Anthony Morewood of the Oaks, the neighbouring estate. Somehow, it has a habit of continually changing hands: in 1670, the Morewoods sold it to lead merchant John Storey (who paid the hearth tax), from whom it passed on his death only four years later to John Wingfield (1651-1732), a descendant of the Wingfields of Leatheringsett in Norfolk and thus distant cousins of the Irish Viscounts Powerscourt. A forebear had obtained land in Derbyshire by marriage with a coheiress of Sir Robert Goushill of Barlborough and John’s mother
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was the sister-in-law of Lord Frescheville’s co-heiress, demonstrating that the new owners were very nearly ‘family’ after all! Wingfieold made various improvements to the house, including the provision of a pair of imposing rusticated gatepiers with large ball finials, the centrepiece of an ornamental timber screen which ran across the front of the house (like the surviving iron one in front of nearby Beauchief Hall) to enclose a cour d’honneur and an ornamental garden. The heiress of John brought the estate to her husband, Robert Newton of Mickleover – and also of Norton House, whom we met when that lost house was being described. With the death of their son, Robert, unmarried in 1790, the Newtons let the house to the Jenkin family. His heirs included William Cunliffe-Shaw whose daughter Priscilla carried the estate to her husband Wingfield Wildman, whose mother had also been a Wingfield of Hazelbarrow. Wildman’s daughter, Harriet who in 1810 terminated the lease of the tenant Edward Jenkyns and pulled down the old house, this in spite of Robert Newton’s will specifying a legacy of £2,000 ‘to lay out and expend on improvement of the said house and place’. The site, I am told, lies just to the north of the farm, partly covered by tree planting. Harriet’s heirs continued to own the estate throughout the 19th century, and had developed the closely adjacent home farm, in the rebuilding of which, a mullioned attic window and a Gothic doorcase were incorporated, whilst numerous pieces of walling were retained, along with the imposing gate piers which John Winfield added in the 1680s and which now rather prosaically provide a grand entrance to the stackyard. The group, including the gatepiers, are now (with the farmhouse) listed grade II by Historic England.
Above left: The hall as sketched, probably from Miss Pearson’s view by J F Parkin. [MC] Above: The Selioke graveslab, 4th century, as revealed by alterations to Norton St. Wilfrid, 1882. [MC]
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Wharncliffe Road, H J Kilford’s jolly Elizabethan Cop-shop.
lobbying from the MP – recently has begun to reverse the isolation of the town from the rail system. Yet the chief and most unexpected glory of Ilkeston is in its architecture. Whilst there are hardly any Georgian buildings, the town seems to have been served, at least over the century 1840 to 1940 by local architects of real flair. A wander around the town centre enables one to enjoy the best of these, for losses have been relatively minor, unlike some places one could name. Even the simple houses are pleasingly detailed. We parked in Market Street, and were impressed by the solid magnificence of the Rutland Mill, 26 bays wide and three storeys high, the original part sporting a pediment, flanked by octagonal knops with iron finials and a swagger entrance, all now apartments (what we used to call flats). Yet we loved the unassuming house next to it because of the iron anchor hanging over the door: clearly a pub sign, we thought and, on investigation it turns out that it was once (as we guessed) The Anchor, the landlord in 1908 being one Arthur Watchorn – could he have been a kinsman of the Alfreton-born US millionaire Robert Watchorn (18591944)? Starting at the broad and handsome Market Place, one can quickly take the point about the quality of 32 | www.countryimagesmagazine.co.uk
Ilkeston’s architecture. The chief landmark is St. Mary’s parish Church, much of which is a product of a heavy but really quite accomplished re-building of the Medieval church by Naylor & Sale of Derby 1910, only spoilt by the ugly concrete single storey parish rooms added to the right; how anyone could have allowed such an excrescence is beyond comprehension. Nevertheless, there is a plenitude of compensation. Opposite is the mildly Italianate Town Hall, built to a familiar formula but with just a little bit of extra proportion, built 1866 by a Nottingham man, R. C. Sutton. Cheek by jowl with which is the former co-op building, Art-Deco, but in a massively plain manner which works really quite well in context. As if those two styles are not enough, the south side of the Market Place is graced by the generously proportioned Edwardian Baroque (1903) Carnegie Library by Col. Maurice Hunter of Belper (the Strutts’ favourite architect) in brick and stone with a monumental entrance flanked by two full height bays, all set off by period ironwork. Indeed, wherever you look you see good quality iron. The side elevation facing South Street (down which proceed) has a row of bull-eye windows terminated by a pair of tall bays reminiscent of Rennie Mackintosh. In fact, the side of the library makes an excellent
The amazing 1913 Scala Cinema, Pimlico; there are few earlier surviving.
A view from East Street to the Market Place, with a glimpse of Kilford’s loos to the left
transition via the Neo-Georgian (1922) former Post Office (by H. T. Rees, now a bar) to the truly monumental former Ritz Cinema (now Beacon bingo) by R. W. G. Cooper of 1938 with its flashy streamlining, tiling and recessed façade, all set off by a socking great vertical fin shooting skywards. Both it and the library are grade II listed. The ideal walk takes one right into Queen Street here, but as one turns, one can spot a rare Georgian building, the modest Independent Chapel on the east side beyond the cinema, dated on the gable 1784 and still, miraculously, in use. The cast iron windows look amazingly industrial. Actually, Queen Street yields yet another chapel, the Baptists’ this time. At first glance it looks almost late Roman with its tall severe brick curving end, like an apse, with equally tall windows in blind arcading. That the entrance portico is squeezed in on the end of this impressive end of the chapel suggests that the architect in 1858 (William Booker of Nottingham) rather threw away the chance to do something rather more spectacular! Having enjoyed the chapel, we swung right again to Albert Street, but not before we had been really impressed by Queen’s Drive, a delightful street running straight as a die downhill, flanked by mature trees and with uniform, really well-designed houses, set back on either side; a really very agreeable piece of town planning. Albert Street takes one to Wharncliffe Road, but on the east side we spied a modern phenomenon – a multi-storey car park – but one done really well, in the general style of a gabled mill with cast iron grilles inserted in the openings like mill windows. Why most places have to have brutalist concrete lumps for MSCPs instead of building something with a bit of refinement like this, which sits perfectly harmoniously in the streetscape, was beyond us. Nor did it
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detract from the really rather large United Reformed (formerly Congregationalist) Chapel, in brick by Ilkeston’s best architect, Henry Tatham Sudbury, which boasts fine window tracery (for 1905), a powerful tower and a copper spire. I imagine the entirely un-local (Yorkshire) Earl of Wharncliffe must have owned a coal mine at Ilkeston in order to have a road named after him, but be that as it may, for domestic architecture the thoroughfare is a showpiece. At the top, cheek by jowl with the Coop, is the restrained but impressive Jacobean revival former Police Station (now offices) by H. J. Kilford of 1906; a stone ball at every angle! But, as the road runs downhill and curves gently to the right, we spotted a number of really fine villas, like no. 50 (almost Parker and Unwin in style for its date), the Red House by Tatham Sudbury of 1899, whose semis opposite are really very refined. We spotted houses we liked most of the way down until we reached a junction where the 34 | www.countryimagesmagazine.co.uk
south end of the street called Pimlico joined; I imagine Ilkestonian readers will know why it bears the name of the London district close to Victoria, but regrettably we didn’t! Returning uphill on Pimlico, past the brand new college (replacing the Magistrates’ Courts) we encountered a gem, which I’d seen before – but Carole hadn’t: the Scala cinema, very early, dating from 1913 (listed II*), builder known, but not the architect. It is the epitome of bijou, with Edwardian Baroque detailing around its exuberant recessed porch, and the astonishing survival of a queuing shed on the right hand side; I bet there aren’t many queuers these days! Rather than return to the Market Place, we went down Burns Street, alongside the Scala, where we noticed a small chapel directly behind it with splendidly Venetian windows, side and front, but
done in muscular Norman revival by architect G. C Gilbert in 1849; a plethora of Sky aerials told us it had long been secularised! Yet this delightful street was lined with pleasant later Victorian houses, all those on the opposite side being embellished with a riot of iron brattishing which had survived WW2, mainly on the canted bays, and at the bottom, a really quite large semi-detached pair of villas with an extraordinary brick attic vying with the chimney stacks on the roof, once each with a separate coach house, but now all empty. From Burns Street we took a ginnel which ran across the Mount Street car park (from which we had a terrific view north across the town towards Cotmanhay, including another Mill (Baileys). Mount Street took us into Bath Street, which once led down to the site of the former baths and which is Ilkeston’s main shopping street – whilst retail yet lives. It is pedestrianised and, looking up the steep rise back to East Street, one can barely imagine the 3ft 6in gauge tramcars teetering precipitously down! We turned right to re-ascend and, crossing East Street, made for the Erewash Museum in Dalby House with its pleasant terraced gardens. This is another rare Georgian Survival, built for Derby corn miller Francis Agard shortly after 1778. It is of unconventional design for its date, being essentially only one room deep with pattern book fenestration and the entrance fiddled into a stubby wing to the rear. In front of it, the most elaborate Andrew Handyside cast iron urn known to mankind; inside, many engaging treasures: not to be missed.
Police Station fame, and all fronted with a splendid cast iron railing. Regrettably, we were unable to take the opportunity to comment on the interior. The main west door of the church has wonderful wrought iron strapwork, almost certainly the work of Derby’s Edwin Haslam. The interior is spacious, with quite a bit of surviving medieval fabric but the restoration was over-done really and the building lacks the atmosphere one might have expected. We thus wound our way back to Market Street, stopping just down from where we parked our car, for (mainly liquid) refreshment, to restore ourselves, for our tour had been undertaken on a punishingly cold day! Well, that’s our story, anyway. But, restorative or not, Ilkeston is very well worth a wander, for it is a very under-rated town. Further out, too, there are other treasures: two churches by Percy Currey of Derby (St. Barts., Hallam Fields and St. John’s, Nottingham Road) part-timber framed Little Hallam Old Hall and G H Widdows’s terrific grade II* listed Grammar School on King George V Avenue, to mention but a few. Market Place, Col. Hunter’s impressive Carnegie Library 1903.
To round off our tour we visited the fine church of St. Mary, reaching it by passing the public loos, wonderfully designed almost as a pod against the churchyard wall but in Arts-and-Crafts style with a ramped parapet, by Borough architect H. J. Kilford of
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Gardening in April
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Allotment or Vegetable Patch: • Still a good time to sow Green Manure • Buy vegetable plug plants (approx Easter weekend onwards) • Fertilise spring cabbage with a high nitrogen feed • Plant new Asparagus “crowns” • Potatoes, Shallots and Onion sets should still be available to buy • Feed fruit trees and bushes with sulphate of potash • Crops to sow directly outside or under cloches are peas, mange tout, mixed salad leaves, radish, 38 | www.countryimagesmagazine.co.uk
cauliflower, turnip, lettuce, carrots, beetroot, cabbage, Brussels, broad beans, leeks, rocket, Swiss chard and spinach. • Also sow in your vegetable plot tagetes and poached egg plant to attract beneficial insects.
In the Greenhouse: • Protect any seedlings from cold • Water any seedling trays or pots with copper fungicide to help prevent damping off disease. • Remember to increase ventilation on warm days • If too hot, put up shading to protect plants • Buy plug plants to grow on for pots, bedding displays and baskets. • Sow French and runner beans in pots. • Sow melons, cucumbers, marrows and courgettes in a heated propagator • Check plants regularly for signs of peat or disease • Plant tomatoes in grow bags or large pots.
General Garden Maintenance: • Repair or sow new lawns with grass seed. • Apply moss killer to lawns – or sulphate of iron which is the active ingredient in moss killers. • Rake out any dead grass from lawns. • Start to feed the lawn with a suitable lawn fertiliser. • Prune out any green shoots (reversion) off any variegated shrubs. • Check that stakes are not rubbing against trees, or tree ties are not too tight. • Cut away any “suckers” growing around the base of trees and shrubs. • Last month’s top shrubs Forsythia and Ribes (flowering currants) prune back after flowers have finished. • Sprinkle a handful of sulphate of potash around tulips to improve flowering • Sow sweet peas outside around the base of cane supports, obelisks or even try a hanging basket for them to trail down. • Give Camelias, Rhododendrons, Azaleas and Pieris a good handful of ericaceous (acidic) fertiliser. • Now is the ideal time to start to spray roses as a preventive for mildew, rust and blackspot. • Keep topiary in check by giving a light clip now.
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Look out for new varieties of trees and shrubs this month but here are some that are old favourites Japanese Maple: My most favourite of all shrubs, these stunning shrubs / trees are ideal in containers and make a great feature plant in the garden. The choice of varieties is vast, with Red or Green, finely cut or palmate leaf. Pick a variety like Acer Palmatum Sango Kaku you also get colourful stems in winter. Acers like a moist but well drained, neutral to acid soil in a non- exposed windy position. Despite what you read in some books, Acers with sensible care are easy to grow. My personal favourites are … Acer Palmatum `Sango Kaku` (Coloured stems) including a NEW variety called Acer Palmatum BIHoo – look out for this great variety, Acer Palmatum `Bloodgood` (the best upright red leaf maple), Acer Palmatum dissectum `Greenlace` (very finely cut, green leaf maple) , Acer Palmatum dissectum `Garnet` (very finely cut, red leaf maple) and Acer Shirasawanum `Aureum` (bright yellow leafed maple). Spiraea x cinerea `Grefsheim`: or “bridal wreath”, currently mine at home is full of flower bud so this will look fantastic at this time of year, long flower racemes of pure white hang down almost weeping. Very easy to grow, likes most soils in full sun to part shade. I wouldn’t recommend this for a pot but planted in a border or an informal hedge, it makes a good feature. The R.H.S has given this plant the Award of Garden Merit. I pruned mine hard back last year, straight after flowering to a foot. Makes a neater plant plus encourages better flowering growth. Cercis chinensis `Avondale`: Might be a bit hard to find this one but worth hunting it out. This is a beautiful species which is native to China, Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ has bare stems which are studded with pretty, rich purple-pink flowers in late April or early May before the foliage emerges. This variety is mainly grown for its striking flowers but there is also Cercis canadensis `Forest Pansy`, which has beautiful deep plum red leaves and new this year, Cercis canadensis `Hearts of Gold` which has large bright yellow leaves.
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Phoebe Throssel lives on Quality Street, the bustling hub of a quaint northern town where she runs a school for unruly children. Ten years since a tearful goodbye, an old flame returns from fighting Napoleon. But the look of disappointment on Captain Valentine’s face when he greets a more mature, less glamorous Phoebe, spurs our determined heroine to action. She becomes the wild and sparkling Miss Livvy, a younger alter-ego who soon entraps the clueless Captain. As their romance is rekindled, can she juggle both personas? Or will her deception scandalise the town
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and wreck any future with the man she loves? J.M. Barrie’s delicious farce, written years before his now much-loved Peter Pan, was so well known in its day that it gave its name to the UK’s most popular chocolates, made in Halifax since 1936. In Laurie Sansom’s directorial debut for Northern Broadsides, this rare revival also features a commentary from the Quality Street™ factory workers, whose own stories of hapless romance and growing old disgracefully give the show a playful Yorkshire twist.
Northern Broadsides presents
‘A lot of giddy fun’ The Telegraph
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‘a good-looking and well-pitched revival’ The Stage
TUESDAY 14 - SATURDAY 18 APRIL
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Val McDermid relishes the first three or four months of the year when she can concentrate on writing. She says she simply wants to keep on doing interesting work. “The ambition is always to get better, to become a better writer, for each book to be better than the one before.�
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er books have sold 16 million copies worldwide, been translated into 40 languages and recently her work topped the fiction, non-fiction and children’s book charts all in the same week. But Val McDermid isn’t sitting back basking in her success: she’s always looking for new challenges. The 64-year-old crime writer is working on her next thriller, she’s been commissioned to write a play and she’s developing a graphic novel. Apart from that, she’ll be speaking next month at Derby Book Festival and she’ll also be “murdering” songs – not my description – with her band Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers. She will no doubt be promoting her current paperback, How The Dead Speak, the 11th book featuring clinical psychologist Tony Hill and police detective Carol Jordan. Val will probably talk too about her next release, the sixth involving cold-case detective Karen Pirie, which is due to be published in August. ITV is working on a dramatization of the Karen Pirie novels although there is no date yet for transmission. It will do well to match the popularity of one of Val’s earlier TV series, Wire In The Blood, which was first broadcast from 2002 until 2009. It starred Robson Greene as Hill and Hermione Norris as Jordan.
She will no doubt be promoting her current paperback, How The Dead Speak, the 11th book featuring clinical psychologist Tony Hill and police detective Carol Jordan.
Val thinks ITV did a really good job with the series: “I thought Robson Greene was a very good Tony Hill. I thought the scripts were great, as were the production values. “It’s still running on TV now, people still watch it. People Tweet me: ‘I’ve just discovered Wire In The Blood, I think it’s amazing.’ If you look at it now you see a lot of things we pioneered that have been picked up subsequently by other crime series.” Some of Val’s readers might be wondering why more of her work hasn’t transferred to the small screen. She says it’s the luck of the draw. “All my books have been optioned pretty much at one time or another. Some have got made, others haven’t. “I had a series called Traces at the end of last year on the Alibi channel. I created it, did the storyline and Amelia Bullmore (actor who appeared in the crime series Scott & Bailey) wrote the scripts. That was the most successful drama Alibi have ever shown.” Val says she likes to be involved when her work is turned into television but she realises she can’t exert control over how it appears. “it’s a completely different medium and they have different storytelling values and different ways of telling stories. “What you can do is work with people that you trust. I’ve said ‘no’ plenty of times because I didn’t like the people or I didn’t trust them or I thought they didn’t get what I was trying to do.” She adds: “Ultimately what you want is good television. It doesn’t have to slavishly follow the books, it has to have the same sort of ambience as the book. What you want is for someone to make a good television series that brings more readers to your books because ultimately it’s about getting people to engage with the books which of course are much more dense, much more complex than the television series because you can’t compress 400 pages even into six hours of television and not leave stuff out.” Val is renowned for her gritty novels and some commentators refer to her descriptions of violence. But when I bring up this part of her work she lets out a deep sigh and maintains that it is merely one strand. “The Tony Hill and Carol Jordan novels deal very directly with the nature of violence, what it is and the effect it has on people. “Every week in this country three women are murdered by their partners. There’s serious sexual violence around us all the time and ignoring it is not going to make it go away. I think we have to deal with the world as it is, not as we would like it to be.” Val McDermid was born on 4 June 1955 in Kirkcaldy, Fife to a working-class family. She was the first student to be admitted to St Hilda’s College, Oxford from a Scottish state school. After graduating in English she
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became a journalist, working for 14 years on national newspapers in Glasgow and Manchester. She started writing her first novel, Report For Murder, in 1984. It was published three years later. It wasn’t until 1991 that she finally gave up her day job. Val has so far published 32 novels. She mainly writes four series featuring Hill and Jordan, Karen Pirie, journalist Lindsay Gordon and private investigator Kate Branningan. There have also been nine stand-alone stories. She has penned two books of short stories, three non-fiction works including a picture book for children called My Granny Is A Pirate and a couple of radio plays.
So what drives her on to keep coming up with new projects? “I like to take on new challenges. That’s how I keep interested in what I’m doing. I couldn’t just write one set of characters. I don’t understand how people can keep one single series going all through their career and never write anything else. “I have a very low boredom threshold I’m afraid. I can’t write two books back to back with the same characters. So I try doing different things and when the opportunity arises I’ll grab it with both hands.” Just like Agatha Christie, Val has been dubbed the queen of crime, something she’s not entirely comfortable with. “It’s very flattering but it’s also quite embarrassing really, particularly since I’m a republican. One journalist called me the shop steward of crime which I find much more satisfying in many ways.” Away from her keyboard Val divides her time between south Manchester and Edinburgh where she lives with her partner and son. She is a staunch football fan and sponsors the shirts of Raith Rovers, “the mighty Raith” as she calls them, who this season are aiming for promotion to the Scottish Championship. And she sings with the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers who do “cover versions of songs about crime and murder, so everything from the Clash to Johnny Cash and everything in between. Last year we did Glastonbury, this year Derby!”
because it’s about the spread of a viral epidemic that more or less wipes out the population of the planet. “I know the nuts and bolts of how to write a novel but with other things I’m very much the novice, the apprentice. And that’s really interesting, to be working with people who are much more expert in those fields than I am. “I feel every time I do something like that I learn so much that I can take forward into the next project. I find that really exciting. Here I am in my mid 60s and I’m still learning new stuff and still being excited by it. And that’s probably the key for all of us: we should try to stay excited and discover new things.” A mantra that everyone attending Derby Book Festival is probably going to adopt
As we go to print, Derby Book Festival is planning to go ahead. Check their website for the latest news: derbybookfestival.co.uk
Val McDermid will be appearing at Derby Theatre as part of Derby Book Festival on Friday 29th May. Later that evening she will be performing with Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers. The festival will continue at various venues until 6th June.
But she relishes the first three or four months of the year when she can concentrate on writing. She says she simply wants to keep on doing interesting work. “The ambition is always to get better, to become a better writer, for each book to be better than the one before.” She reckons that a play she has been commissioned to write by the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh will stretch her talents to the limit. She has also just seen the first draft of a graphic novel that’s being developed from a series of radio plays she did called Resistance. “It couldn’t be more timely really www.countryimagesmagazine.co.uk | 45
Images Walk with Rambler: HOLYMOORSIDE DISTANCE: 3½miles (5.6km) of easy walking along farm lanes and woodland, plus by-roads and side lanes. RECOMMENDED MAP: Ordnance Survey 1:25000 scale Explorer Map, Sheet 269, Chesterfield & Alfreton. PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Stagecoach X17 from Matlock. CAR PARKING: Roadside on Belland Lane, connecting the A632 Matlock/Chesterfield road to the B5057 Darley Dale /Two Dales road. REFRESHMENTS: Bull’s Head in Holymoorside and Peak Edge Hotel near Stone Edge. High fields Farm Shop and Restaurant about a quarter of a mile to the west (Darley Dale Side) of Belland Lane is highly recommended.
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his short walk visits Holymoorside, one of Chesterfield’s satellites, a little bit of rural attachment left behind when the Industrial Revolution swept across the north Midlands.
The Bull’s Head
even a short-lived silver mine, but this failed a long time ago. What we do have from time gone by, are a couple of strategically placed pubs and a popular farm café, all within striking distance of the walk, whether it be at the start, or around the half-way point.
Apart from a street name, nothing remains of the one cotton mill that was powered by water from what is now the local duck pond. There was
Holymoorside village lies below the eastern edge of Beeley moor. The
village has many tales associated with its isolation. Local legend has it that there is a tunnel from Chander Hill Farm just off the Chatsworth Road, passing under Holy Moor to reach Harewood Grange, once a monastic farm. Despite all these myths and legends, there has never been an explanation of the term Holy Moor, or Holymoorside. There are two ways to start the walk, the first and the main one described in the text, starts and finishes on Belland Lane just off the Darley Dale road near Stone Edge. The alternative uses public transport; the X17 Stagecoach Matlock/Chesterfield/Sheffield service from Matlock. Ask to be dropped at the Stone Edge stop on the A632 and follow the woodland path starting directly from the bus stop up to and across the golf course. This path joins the walk near the club house. The return bus stops opposite the point where the Bage Hill/High Lane road meets the A632 Chesterfield road. Belland, or Belond is an old Derbyshire word for the disease cattle caught by grazing on grass contaminated by lead – there was a smelter nearby, its chimney still stands, a lonely sentinel on the adjacent skyline. The local pronunciation of Stone Edge is Stanage for some reason.
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The alternative route joins the main at this point (see end of main description).
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Walk on past the club house, continuing forwards for about 100 yards when the lane turns left towards a group of farm buildings. Go forwards on a grassy path.
When the path reaches a track, continue forwards, downhill to a pond.
The lone stone chimney over to your left on walking down the lane, is the tangible remains of a lead smelter that once stood here. The fumes would pollute the surrounding land, poisoning grazing cattle, giving them the Derbyshire disease called ‘belland’.
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At the far side of the woods, follow a track along the right hand side of them.
When the track reaches a farm lane, turn right along it and follow it up to the farm.
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Walk round the edge of the pond until the track reaches houses on the outskirts of Holymoorside village. Turn left to reach the Bull’s Head.
With the pub on your left, walk back up the road and climb the section called Cotton Mill Hill. Look out for an un-signposted road junction and turn right on to Bage Hill. Follow this for about a mile. There is no footpath, so walk on your right hand side of the road and take a careful look out for traffic.
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In about three quarters of a mile, the road forks. Turn right and walk on until this road bears sharp right at a pair of houses. If using the bus ignore the next set of instructions and climb up to the main road. Cross over in order to stand at the stop for Matlock. The X17 Stagecoach service is hourly.
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Due to the coronavirus outbreak please check the websites for the current situation regarding events Royal Centre Nottingham & Concert Hall 0115 989 5555 www.trch.co.uk APRIL To April 2 A Murder is Announced To April 4 MAMMA MIA! 4-5 Peppa Pig’s Best Day Ever 4 J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations Reimagined 6-11 Once the Musical 10-11 Acosta Danza: Evolution 11 Beanbag Music Club: Katie’s Allsorts Trio 14-18 Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes 15 Kidz Bop 18 The Joe & Dianne Show 19 Sing-a-long-a The Greatest Showman 20-25 Everybody’s Talking About Jamie 21 Royal Northern College of Music Cello & Piano 23 Audacious Mr Astley 23 The Roy Orbison Story 24 BBC Philharmonic 24 Classical Music After Hours: Ark Ensemble 25 Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra & NTU Choir 26 Marcia Jones School of Dance 27 Nick Offerman: All Rise 28 to May 2 Malory Towers 30 Seven Drunken Nights MAY 1 A Question Of Sport Live 2 And In The End 3 The Hollies 5 George 5-9 The Woman in Black 7 Ross Noble Humournoid 8b The Guilty Feminist: Live with Deborah Frances-White 9 Beanbag Music Club: Musical Balloon Band 9 The Hallé 9 Ava Beaux: The Mysterious Tales of Poe 10 The Shires Nottingham Playhouse 0115 941 9419 www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk MAR 27 to April 11 Private Peaceful Family Friendly: Michael Morpurgo’s classic story for children and young adults APRIL 4 Fun with Prosthetic Make Up 6 Singing, Songs and Silliness 6 Drums, Drums, Drums! 2-9 Project X 7 The Teeny Tiny Orchestra 7 Shenanigans on the Farm - Multi-Sensory Workshop 7-9 The Merchant of Venice 8 Play in a Day: Twelfth Night 9 The Famous Baby and Toddler Disco! 16-25 Oliver Twist Drama:This bold, brutal and beautiful new version of Oliver Twist sends you on a dark adventure through the twisted streets of London.
17 Ladykiller 20 Oliver Twist - Set Tour 22 An Audience with Jenna Russell 22 Oliver Twist: Pay What You Can u Can performance of Oliver Twist 23-24 The Twisted Tale of Hansel and Gretel Family Friendly:A flustered storyteller is joined by a mischievous mocking bird as he follows Hansel and Gretel deep into the forest. 25 Margo and Mr Whatsit 25 Oliver Twist: Relaxed Performance 26 Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales: Together Again, Again 27-28 NT Connections 2020 MAY 1 Banff Mountain Film Festival 2020 1 600 People 2 Chris Ramsey - 20/20 2 MissImp - It’s a Trap: The Improvised Star Wars Show. Comedy: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… IT’S A TRAP explores untold stories of the Star Wars universe. 8-23 Piaf Drama: “You don’t have to stay in the gutter just because you were born there…” 9 The Playhouse Art Cafe 13 Piaf: Pay What You Can Buxton Opera House & PavilionArts Centre. 01298 72190 www.buxtonoperahouse.org MAY 27-28 English Touring Opera Così fan tutte 29 Peak District Music Grand Gala Concert APRIL 2 Harpy, s tarring Su Pollard 2 Jack Dee 3 Nexus Duo Coffee Concert 3 The Take That Experience 4 The Bootleg Beatles 5 Russian State Opera Aida 7 Northern Ballet Little Red Riding Hood 10 That’ll Be The Day 14-18 David Walliams - Billionaire Boy 15 Castles, Caves & Fairytale Worlds 16nCreatures, Wizards & Who Knows What! 23 The Hollies 23 Simon McCartney & Dean Dunbar 24 Toyah & Hazel O’Connor - Electric Ladies of the 80s 25 Rob Brydon 26 The Snake Davis Band 26 The Puppini Sisters 20 Russell Watson 20th Anniversary of The Voice 29nBanff Mountain Film Festival World Tour 30 Dave Spikey 30 Mary Coughlan MAY 1 Brian Low 1 Buxton Buzz Comedy Club - May 2-3 Peppa Pig’s Best Day Ever 5 Ian Anderson on Jethro Tull 6 Steeleye Span 8-9 Jane Eyre
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By Charlotte Brontë 8-9 Buxton Drama League - The Crucible Fri 8 – Sat 9 May 10 Chris Ramsey 20/20 11 The Robert Cray Band 12 The Story of Guitar Heroes Derby Live. Box Office 01332 255800 www. derbylive.co.uk April 3 ‘The Sitcom Experience’ – Fawlty Towers Dinner Show Don’t miss out - Britain’s longest running and No.1 parody tribute act are returning to ‘Makeney Hall Hotel ’ .f. 3 Sergei Podobedov 4 Brass For a Cause 4 DCU Spring Concert 7-11Annie 9-19 Markeaton Park Fair Funfair for all the family 10 The Jam’d Live 11 Derby River Boat Trips 17 Queen Machine Symphonic 25 Spring Gala Concert 26 Cycle Derby Sportive Spring Classic The Spring Classic Sportive offers three routes around the Staffordshire and South MAY 2 The Music of Queen 3 Resolution Run- Run the fun 5k race with the Derby Resolution 10 May Fest ‘Derby Arboretum’s Village Fayre’ Derby Theatre Box Office 01332 59 39 39 www.derbytheatre.co.uk Mar 28 to April 11 Treasure Island Set sail on the high seas for a spectacular swashbuckling adventure at Derby Theatre during Easter 2020. A pirate-filled production perfect for the whole family. APRIL 7-8 Jamboree 10 Ladykiller 14-18 J.M. Barrie’s Quality Street 18 Beach Body Ready 21 Andy Parsons: Healing The Nation 22-23 Here 25 The Great American Road Trip 26 Best of Britain 3 Paddington’s First Concert and Peter and the Wolf. Join award winning orchestra Sinfonia Viva, along with Peter and Paddington, for an un-bear-lievable double bill of adventure! 5 KIN: Dance That Connects Us 7 An Audience with Joanna Trollope Mansfield Palace Theatre www.mansfield.gov.uk/palacetheatre 31 The Upbeat BeatlesMar APRIL 19 The Wizard of Oz - Panto 22 - 25 Heanor Musical theatre minutes 26 Hermans Hermits 55th Anniversary Tour
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Due to the coronavirus outbreak please check the websites for the current situation regarding events Birdwatching for Beginners walks at Carsington Water. Why not join us on one of our FREE beginners walks held on the first Sunday of every month? Booking is advisable as numbers are limited, contact Carsington 0330 678 0701. Future date, April 21st Derby RSPB Local Group Indoor Meeeting on April 8 at 7.30pm, we welcome Steve Lovell with a talk entitled “Around the world in 80 birds” Meet in the Grange Banqueting Suite, 457 Burton Road, Littleover, Derby, DE23 6XX. Admission for members is £2.50, for non-members £3.00 and juniors £1.00. Details www.rspb.org.uk/ groups/derby Also, join us on 26 April for a Birdwatching Walk at Cutthroat Bridge, Derbyshire Meet at 8.30am in the lay-by near the bridge on the A57 towards Sheffield. GR SK215875. This is a moorland walk which can be rough and steep in places and walking boots are needed. We hope to see Ring Ouzel and possibly Mountain Hare. No facilities. The walk should finish around 12.00pm.Details on www.rspb.org.uk/groups/derby Derby French Circle ( Cercle Français de Derby) Talks ,quizzes, conversation, social and cultural events. All levels of French spoken. The DFC wishes to acknowledge the generous support of the Alliance Française de Londres for its programme of speakers. Venue: St Edmunds Church Hall, Kings Croft, Allestree, Derby DE22 2FN on Friday 7.15pm as listed: Contact derbyfrenchcircle@ outlook,com Vendredi 17 avril ‘Johnny Halliday, un mythe français?’ – Maryse WRIGHT af Mercredi 29 avril Dîner annuel 19.30 – The Horseshoes, Kirk Langley Dimanche 10 mai Pétanque 12.00 Nutbrook Cricket Club, West Hallam Breadsall Memorial Hall Brookside Road, Breadsall, DE21 5LF SUNJAY Blues-folk troubadour Sunjay has been hailed for his exquisite and seemingly effortless guitar mastery and graceful bass voice, with a mature stage presence and captivating anecdotes. Superb twentieth century ‘new generation’ blues music. Saturday, 16 May at 7.30 pm. Doors open 7 pm. Licensed bar. Tickets £11 from 01332 831577 or 831564. This is a Live & Local show in aid of hall funds, charity no 520424. Spondon Historical Society Monday April 6th 2020 at 7.30 pm for Annual General Meeting. This is the first week of the month instead of the second week, as this is Easter Monday. As the Village Hall is not available on April 6th, the venue for this meeting will be The Old School, Chapel Street, Spondon. There will be a talk after
the meeting by one of the local shop keepers. Members are £2.50 and visitors £4.00. hope to see as many as possible there. Derby Chamber Music Society Friday 3rd April at 7.30pm at the Multi-Faith Centre, University of Derby, Kedleston Road, Derby, DE22 1GB A concert by the Albany Piano Trio Beethoven: Piano Trio in D, Op.70 No.1 “Ghost” Judith Bingham: The Orchid and its Hunters (commission) Bloch: Three Nocturnes Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor and also Friday 24th April at 7.30pm A concert by the Enceladus Ensemble Schubert: Adagio and Rondo Concertante, D.487 Herbert Howells: Piano Quartet in A minor, Op.21 Brahms: Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op.25. Tickets £15 and £14 (concessions) available at the door and online through WeGotTtickets www.derbychambermusic org www.derbychambermusic.org or telephone 01332 830585 Derby Book Festival May 29 to June 6. Derby Book Festival celebrates the joy of books and reading for all ages and interests. All are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman (Bloomsbury) Brian the Brave by Paul Stewart and Jane Porter (Otter-Barry) www.derbybookfestival.co.uk Derby & District National Trust Members’ Group. 17th March 7pm for our AGM, followed by “Iceland in Winter” presented by Colin Hobday who takes on a trip around Iceland taking in the spectacular and rugged landscape of winter. Landau Forte College, Fox Street, Derby. For more info contact the Membership Secretary on 01332 703512 or email derby.members@nationaltrust.org.uk. Group Members £2.50 / visitors £5.00. Non members very welcome. Darley Abbey Historical Group Friday 20 March ‘The Many behind the Few’, by David Skillen Meetings start at 7pm at Darley Abbey Village Hall, Abbey Yard off New Road, Darley Abbey, DE22 1DS There is a charge of £1.50. Contact Maria Gibson on 01332 552837 or visit their blog: https:// darleyabbeyhistoricalgroup.wordpress.com/ Arts Society Derby April 7th A talk on ‘The Gate of Heroes: On the China trail’. Time 7.15 pm at Landau Forte College, Fox St, Derby DE1 2LF. New members of the society are warmly welcomed;
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for details see https://theartssocietyderby. com/membership/ or phone 07815 963978. Non-members may attend as guests for £6 per person. The Derbyshire Singers Highfields School Matlock (DE4 5NA) Saturday 21st March 7.30pm The Derbyshire Singers, with The Derbyshire Sinfonia and Lizzie Ball (violin). Brahms: A German Requiem (Rebecca Lea: soprano; Andrew Ashwin: Baritone) Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 in G Minor (Lizzie Ball: violin) Brahms: Academic Festival Overture The Good Companions Stage Society Presents “ANNIE” Repton 400 Hall Theatre on 7-11 April The musical tells the story of a fiery young orphan who escapes her life at the Orphanage, run by the tyrannical Miss Hannigan, and finds herself staying with millionaire tycoon Oliver Warbucks. When Warbucks offers a cash reward for Annie’s birth parents to come forwards, Miss Hannigan hatches a plan with her Brother and his girlfriend to pose as Annie’s parents and claim the reward for themselves. Audiences will be familiar with a number of the songs from the show including Hard Knock Life, Maybe & Tomorrow. The Good Companions’ production sees two 11-strong groups of orphan girls headed up by Felicity Holman (11) and nine-year old Daisy Hamilton who share the lead role. Director Phil Simcox is excited at another challenging show; “we’re delighted to be welcomed back to Repton’s 400 Hall Theatre, it’s perfect for a show like this. “Annie” is being performed at Evening performances at 7.30pm, Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. BSL signed performances take place on Wednesday and Thursday. Tickets £15.00 for all performances, available from Derby Live Box Office
La donna del lago Gioachino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868)
Buxton Opera House Sun 5 – Sun 19 Jul
A Buxton International Festival Production, with the Northern Chamber Orchestra. Set in 16th century Scottish Highlands, La donna del lago, is an opera of love, loyalty and lochs with expansive ensembles and sparkling orchestration. Based on the epic poem The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott, the title heroine Elena is being pursued by not one but two tenors: King James V, disguised as the humble Uberto and his enemy and rival in love, Rodrigo Di Dhu. Complicating matters further, Elena herself loves Malcolm (a trouser role), the son of one of the king’s political adversaries. Political alliances are stretched to their limit as all three vie for Elena’s attention against a backdrop of escalating war and deception. Will love make or break a divided Scotland? La donna del lago, one of the most lyrical of Gioachino Rossini’s operas, will be conducted by the Festival’s Artistic Director, Adrian Kelly, and directed by internationally renowned Jacopo Spirei. Jacopo has directed several of Rossini’s lesser-known operas, including most recently Ermione at Naples’ Teatro San Carlo.
Soprano Máire Flavin makes her Buxton debut after luminous performances at Wexford Festival Opera and Opera North. An alumna of both the Opera Theatre Company and Britten-Pears Young Artist programmes, Máire Flavin studied at Queens University, Belfast and the National Opera Studio, London. Taking on the demanding role of Uberto. Maltese tenor Nico Darmanin is now well established in the Bel Canto repertoire, having performed at the Royal Opera House, Glyndebourne, and the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. Praised for his ‘golden sound’ and ‘elegant wit,’ Tenor John Irvin has made debuts with Madison Opera, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. The libretto by Andrea Leone Tortola is based on the French translation of The Lady of the Lake. Sung in Italian with English side-titles.
Jon Richardson: The Knitwit Buxton Opera House
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An Evening with Roy Keane Royal Concert Hall Nottingham Friday 17 July 8:00pm Having started his career at Cobh Ramblers, Roy Keane was plucked from relative obscurity by then Nottingham Forest Manager, Brian Clough, in 1990 at the age of 19. Having made his debut against Liverpool in the 1990/91 season Keane spent 3 years at the City Ground until the club’s relegation in 1993, where upon he moved to Manchester United. Keane helped United achieve a sustained period of success during his 12 years at the club. Every time Keane played he demanded everything of himself and his team mates, such so that Manchester United were a winning machine collecting trophies galore during a very successful period. Roy Keane is the joint-most successful Irish footballer of all time having won 19 Major Trophies, 17 of which came at Manchester United in his club career. This event will see Roy Keane on stage for a ‘live and unscripted’ interview followed by an audience Q&A. Age Guidance: 14+
Stand-up comedian, and TV star Jon Richardson, has made his perfectionism and worrying into comedy gold. In his new tour Jon Richardson: The Knitwit Jon will be worrying about the big questions. Will the recycling be put out on the right day? Who is going to smooth over the top of the margarine? How many lights are on upstairs when everybody is downstairs? Watch Jon pretend that these aren't his foremost concerns as he leaves home on his first tour since the last one. Best known as a team captain on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4), host of Dave’s Ultimate Worrier, and upcoming sitcom Meet the Richardsons. As well as Would I Lie To You (BBC One), Have I Got News For You (BBC One), Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC One), and Taskmaster (Dave). Tickets are priced at £23. Discounts are not available. To buy tickets contact Buxton Opera House Box Office, Tel: 01298 72190 or visit: www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk www.countryimagesmagazine.co.uk | 51
Virtual Reality Charity Challenge: Stay Home And Get Online For Our Nation’s Pets! National Pet Month – April 1 – May 10, 2020: Helping UK Pet Charities And Rescues In These Challenging Times As National Pet Month approaches (April 1-May 10), amid one of the biggest health crises of a generation, we’re flipping support for our UK pet charities and rescues on its head. This year, charity really does start at home! With Covid-19 forcing much of the country into lockdown, we’re inviting our supporters to join in our #NPMonline challenge and find creative ways to use the worldwide web to raise funds for pet charities and rescue centres. In any other year, right now we’d be asking you to join us by staging or attending fundraising events for your favourite UK pet charity or rescue. Supporting UK pet carers and rescuers is at the heart of what we do, and 2020 is no different in that regard. However, with Government guidelines advising us to work from home where possible, self-isolate where necessary and avoid public gatherings or places, we need to think differently and find novel ways to support our nation’s pets. So, to avoid hundreds of pet organisations missing out on their annual opportunity to raise vital funds, we’re taking #NationalPetMonth – April 1-May 10 – totally online! We want UK pet fans to take to social media and use these online platforms to set up mini fundraisers for UK pet charities and rescues throughout our 2020 campaign. At a time when many of us are spending more time at home, what better way to make us feel like we’re making a difference to the lives of our pets? So, here’s how you can help: 1.Start following National Pet Month on social channels right now. We’ll be talking to fellow animal organisations
and sharing as many posts from other UK pet rescues and charities as we can throughout this year’s campaign. Find us on: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, 2.Think about the UK pet charities and rescues you’d like to support during National Pet Month (April 1-May 10) and start following them on social. Tag them and us with the hashtag #NPMOnline and tell us why and how you want to support them. Let’s share our ideas with each other and get the nation fundraising. 3. Use online social tools on Facebook, LinkedIn, Insta and Twitter to organise your own online pet event and tell us about it so we can share, enabling you to raise funds. 4. Speak to your local veterinary practice or pet store and get them involved in online fundraisers too. 5.Got any bored children at home? Encourage them to organise an NPM Social Fundraiser. Even a tenner can make a difference. Remember, we live in a social media rich world so let’s take advantage of this technology and run events from the comfort of our own homes. Having something to focus on in these challenging times can be extremely rewarding and great for our mental health. So, here’s some ideas for you. • An online auction featuring pet related products and services • An online event offering valuable advice from pet professionals – this one might be great for local veterinary practices • A 24-hour charity pet-themed tweetathon, where people can sponsor you to keep tweeting day and night • Contact your favourite local pet charity or rescue centre, find out what would most help them right
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now, then set up a JustGiving page (or similar) and encourage the entire community to donate to the cause • Virtual pet parties via Zoom: meet virtually with your pets and enjoy a virtual cuppa together, for a small donation towards your chosen charity • If you know someone who loves digital art, you could create images of people’s pets and send them online, for a donation towards your chosen charity. Remember, if you don’t have a local charity you’d like to support, National Pet Month is a charity too, dedicated to supporting UK pet charities AND educating our nation on the importance of responsible pet care. We would welcome anyone raising much needed funds for us too.
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1. Think carefully before getting a pet and learn about its special requirements. 2. Ensure your pet is sociable and well trained. 3. Provide a nutritious and well balanced diet. 4. Provide suitable housing and bedding. 5. Clean up after your pet and worm it regularly. 6. Protect against disease. Your vet can provide you with advice. 7. Prevent unwanted litters and neuter your pet when appropriate. 8. Groom your pet regularly. 9. Control your pet and ensure it is properly identified. 10. Take out pet insurance for dogs, cats, rabbits and horses to cover against unexpected veterinary fees and third party liability
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Care home still exercising in 2020 Care home, Buddleia House, part of Milford Care, prove that wellbeing is still a big part of the day to day by taking part in yoga sessions. Who says exercise is only part of a New Year resolution? Buddleia House, based in one of Milford Care’s two Nottinghamshire branches, host many yoga sessions with the residents in the care home and are still being active well into 2020. With as many as 15 attending the sessions at any one time, the yoga has proved to be very popular among the residents and offers the chance to increase their wellbeing and independence. Yoga is a fantastic way of increasing strength, flexibility and heart health, according to yogajournal.com. These added exercises are all part of the home’s activity schedule, which includes trips to local attractions, games, reading, singing as well as chair Zumba! Alison Columbine, of Columbine Yoga, runs the group at Buddleia House. She said: ‘It’s so lovely to see the smiles
and engagement on the faces of the residents. I hope if I get to their age I will be able to move and smile like them.’ Pierre Falleth, Director of Milford Care, said: ‘We love encouraging the residents to get involved with any exercise classes that Milford Care hold. It’s great for their health as well as their mental wellbeing. They also really enjoy it and are always left wanting more.’ Milford Care have six care homes across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, two of which are rated ‘Outstanding’ from CQC. Spencer Grove in Belper (Outstanding), Ashbourne Lodge in Ashbourne (Outstanding), Milford House in Duffield (Good), The Meadows in Alfreton (Good) are all based within the Derbyshire area and Hazelgrove in Hucknall (Good), Nottinghamshire. The homes boast high social interaction, as well as homely surroundings and an appealing selection of facilities, suitable for every resident. They also specialise in nursing care, palliative care, dementia care, respite and day care. To find more information about Buddleia House and Milford Care, visit www.milfordcare.co.uk or call 0115 968 0900.
Derbyshire SharedLives Could you be a Shared Lives Carer, sharing you heart and your home? Would you like to work from home and be paid to make a real difference to someone’s life? Shared Lives Carers offer their home to people over 18 who need extra support through disability or ill health, to lead a fulfilling life in the community. Shared Lives Carers offer long term, short breaks or day support Are you looking for a flexible, challenging and hugely rewarding role? If so, please contact us, the Shared Lives Team on 01629 533769 or email: shared.lives@derbyshire.gov.uk Shared Lives is registered with the Care Quality Commission and carers are assessed and approved.
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Coronavirus and our community Please visit Derby City Council web site derby.gov.uk for the latest information on how our community is responding. There are also useful links on their web site to the NHS for their current advice and for the latest Government updates. Coronavirus: info for businesses read the full guidance to self-employed & businesses for COVID-19 following the recent budget announcement in March 2020. https://www.derby.gov.uk/business/
Advice on Coronavirus (COVID-19) from the NHS www.nhs.uk Stay at home if you have either:
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A Passion for Mosaic
Magdalena’s initial stab at mosaic, a beautiful self-portrait, re-ignited this passion and eventually led her to set up Minoan Mosaic Studio
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lthough it’s a while since I waved a hot glue gun in anger, I’m confident I could give craft queen Kirstie Allsopp a run for her money if only I had the time, money and patience to follow basic instructions. Sadly, my previous attempts at crafting – toy making and calligraphy – only left me with a scar on my thumb and ink stains I’ll never get out of my dungarees. But putting aside my husband’s complaints that my homemade Fox Terrier project was a waste of good pipe cleaners; I decide to have one more stab at mastering a craft without having paramedics on standby. Thanks to the handmade boom (the £3bn UK craft market is currently growing by 4.5% a year) it really is possible to learn the basics of most crafts via workshops. Although I was tempted by batiking in Belper and weaving woodland animals in the Peaks, I reached out to multi-media artist and animator Magdalena Aron (30), because her motto ‘If life gives you broken pieces, make a mosaic,’ appealed to both my artistic soul and my clumsy fingers. “Don’t worry,” Magdalena
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reassures when I tell her about the unhappy hour I’d spent unravelling thread from my sewing machine after completing a six-week sewing course. “We will be making heart-shaped mosaic but I can adapt the class to suit all levels from absolute beginners to professional artists.” Transylvanian-born Magdalena has loved mosaics since visiting historical sites in Italy when she was a teenager. Her initial stab at mosaic, a beautiful self-portrait, reignited this passion and eventually led her to set up Minoan Mosaic Studio in July 2019. Since then, she’s on a personal crusade to breathe new life into this 3,000year old discipline. In addition to Magdalena’s own projects, she sets aside regular Sunday mornings to host workshops for children and adults creating everything from decorated vases to Faberge-style eggs (workshops usually cost £25-30 for a session). “Even people with no drawing or painting skills can be successful with mosaics,” Magdalena says. “I think the outcome of mosaic is more predictable than say painting and will teach patience and calm like no other medium. It’s so rewarding when tiny tiles come together to make a story. Once you try it, and find out how amazing it is, you’ll become addicted.” The smiling faces of fellow students together with a
large cup of Italian coffee does much to allay my precraft nerves. Most of the attendees at Magdalena’s stunning workspace in Bank Mill Studios, Derby, have done previous workshops and they are potty about mosaic. “I’ve made a heart before and a thistle,” says Angie Bethwaite, of Littleover. “I’m hoping to make something different and don’t mind if it’s something challenging or fiddly. I’d love to make a butterfly.” It’s a tribute to Magdalena’s teaching prowess (as a freelance instructor, she’s taught a variety of art and ceramic classes to children and adults over the past six years) that she doesn’t raise an eyebrow when others decide to do their own thing. She’s equally enthusiastic when Anna Pearman, of Borrowash, prepares to make a mosaic replicating patterns in her mum’s Persian rug. “I think we’ve all got the urge to be creative,” Anna says as she starts work on the intricate mosaic she intends to gift to her mum. “I tend to devote my weekends to learning a craft. That’s why I love my weekends so much.” Before we are allowed to get too creative (we are all giddy with the excitement of rifling through the delicious assortment of candy coloured tiles) Magdalena gives us a safety briefing on how to handle the tools of the mosaic trade. “You have to be careful as chips can fly everywhere,” Magdalena says handing out safety goggles. “Even into your coffee so don’t leave cups on the table. It does happen, I was cleaning up after a session with a soft brush and a little piece flew into my eye. Keep the glasses on when cutting and use tweezers to pick up glass to avoid cuts.” “It reminds me a bit of the welding course I once did,” Pauline Axby, of Sawley, laughs as she adjusts her goggles. “I can tile a wall so I might be able to put my skills to good use today. I’m also going to make a butterfly because I have the perfect spot for it at the top of my stairs. I love anything to do with nature.” Although I stick to the allotted task – decorating a precut heart – I decide to add a flower cut from opaque glass using a wheeled nipper (a fancy tile cutter). Thanks to Magdalena’s calm encouragement, it’s all done without loss of any fingers. “It’s a lovely thing to do and in such a friendly atmosphere,” Jenny Woolley, of Mickleover, observes as we get busy with our nippers. “Everyone should make space in their life for crafts, it’s so relaxing.” Jenny is spot on. I didn’t expect the mood to change so quickly from one of skittish excitement to sheer CountryImagesMagazine.co.uk | 63
calm. When Magdalena suggests we break for coffee and cream cakes, she almost has to click her fingers to get us back into the room. “After teaching art to people for years, I can often see the positive effect on people’s moods. It’s like a yoga class for the mind,” Magdalena concludes. “It’s even more beneficial learning in a group as people support and inspire each other. I think we’ll live to see a day when people view art’s centres in the same way as they do the gym; one exercises the body, the other the mind.” The positive effects of crafting certainly resonate with Gerry Henegan-Barr, a professional artist and holistic therapist from Nottingham. “My mum was big on craft. She had five children in total so I think making things gave her an outlet from the family and much-needed time on her own,” Gerry recalls. “I also find arts and craft help you to work through life’s problems. It’s amazing how solutions to problems can just pop into your head while you’re crafting.” Incredibly, after what seems like an hour, Magdalena says we are drawing to the end of three and a half hours. “I thought I had loads of time left, I’d better do some speed gluing,” laughs Sue Orchard, a fellow first-timer. “I have always wanted to try mosaic but I’ve never really had the time. I see doing crafts as a way to get me-time and I have really enjoyed it. It was totally absorbing and everyone was so friendly.” The last ten minutes are spent listening to Magdalena
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give advice on how to grout our mosaics (the glued pieces have to dry for 24 hours) giving us a take-away pot to do this at home. All that remains is to admire everyone else’s mosaics which are all in varying stages of completion. Incredibly, I manage to finish mine with time to spare. Although my fellow students are all complimentary, I have a suspicion the pink slithers on my heart make my creation more meat-feast than masterpiece. We all have a giggle when one lady suggests my heart was clearly ‘inspired by Francis Bacon’. They all urge me to come back for more classes and I realise there’s more to workshops than making stuff; it’s also a handy way of making friends. “I really enjoyed it,” Jenny Woolley echoes my thoughts as we leave. “It’s nice to have a laugh and joke with other people. Spending a day making something is so rewarding and I loved being able to put my own stamp on it. I can’t think of a more perfect way to spend the day.” Minoan Mosaic Studio, Banks Mill, Bridge Street, Derby, is hosting two workshops in April. The first is on April 1st, from 18.00pm – 21.30pm. The second is on April 5th, from 10am – 13.30pm. Magdalena will be leading a community mosaic project at Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, 23, West Street, Swadlincote. Sessions will be hosted in the museum on the 4th, 11th and 17th of April. 11am - 2pm. For more details, visit Magdalena’s website; https:// www.minoanmosaic.com/workshops
If you want to hop onto a craft workshop, here’s Taste Derbyshire’s guide to just some of what’s on offer in the county. Scrappy Quilts & Things 8th April 2020 Come and start a quilt or table mats, pot holders – anything to use up your pile of fabric scraps. Lots of ideas and techniques 10 am – 4 pm £35.00 – all things sewing. Bargello Quilt 21st April and 22nd 2020 Made using a simplified version of bargello using blocks so you can make as many as you want. Tuesday chose fabrics and cut out – Wednesday start sewing! 1 pm – 4 pm Tuesday 10 am – 4 pm Wednesday £70.00 both days (does not include fabric, 10% off fabric for anyone on the workshop) Call 01335 360211/07914035172 to book What; Wax melt workshop Where; By HeatherMay Gift Shop and Studio, 8-10 Chapel Street, Ripley, DE5 3DL 01773 689293 What; Wet Felting Where; The Art Room, Wilkin Hill, Barlow, Dronfield, S18 7TE Contact; info@fieldbreaks.co.uk What; Willow sculptural forms Where; Zantium Studios, Godfrey Hole House, Godfrey Hole, Hopton, Wirksworth, DE4 4DF 01629 824377 What: Dovedale landscape panel
Where: Betty’s Sewing Box, Cokayne Avenue, Ashbourne, DE6 1EJ www.bettys-sewing-box.co.uk What; Cuppa and card Where; Dot-Tea’s Emporium, 99-101, Bridge Street, Belper, DE56 1BA helen@allthingsstampy.co.uk What; Sip & Paint Where; Pitch Blue, Newbridge Works, Coldwell Street, Wirksworth, DE4 4FB 07736 423 352
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While Matt recovered the team was able to call upon a very able substitute to carry out his testing duties – Gordon 'Flash' Shedden, who in eight seasons with the official Honda team secured three BTCC titles. Flash has put in essential development
This season also sees the team's longest-standing sponsorship partner, Yuasa, celebrating its 10th anniversary in the championship. Dan and Matt are raring to go and determined to be at the front of what could be the most competitive season yet.
Honda drivers Dan Cammish and Matt Neal are determined to go one better in 2020 after a highly competitive 2019 season, in which Cammish took two race wins and came within a lap of winning the BTCC drivers' title at the final round. Pre-season preparations for the team were briefly disrupted by an unfortunate accident suffered by triple-champion Matt Neal in January while he was mountain-bike training, putting the veteran BTCC driver in hospital for a few days.
CLOSE TO THE EDGE? NEW FORD TECH STEERS CLEAR OF DITCHES AND DROPS TO HELP DRIVERS STAY ON THE ROAD Driving in rural areas can be tricky when unmarked road edges become ragged and give way to open land, muddy ditches and sheer drops. *Driving at night – in unlit areas especially – can be a challenge. Most road fatalities in Europe occur on rural roads and – unlike in urban areas – car occupants make up the biggest share of those fatalities. Now Ford has introduced new technology to help make rural driving easier. Road Edge Detection scans the road ahead and can gently steer the vehicle back on track when needed. **
determines when there are clear structural changes from the road to the area beside the road. It can also provide steering support on marked roads when the lane marking is obscured or hidden by snow, leaves or rain. If the driver is still close to the edge following initial steering support, the system vibrates the steering wheel, to prompt the driver to steer. At night, the system uses the illumination from the headlights and functions as effectively as during the day. Road Edge Detection as part of Lane-Keeping Aid is standard on Focus, Kuga and Puma, and will be part of the expanding driver assistance technologies being rolled out to new Ford vehicles.
How it works Designed for use on rural roads at speeds of 45-70mph, Road Edge Detection uses a camera located below the rearview mirror to monitor road edges 50m in front of the vehicle and 7m to the side. Where a paved road becomes a soft verge, gravel hard shoulder or grass, the system provides gentle steering support as required to prevent the vehicle from drifting off the carriageway. The system features an advanced algorithm, added to Ford’s existing Lane-Keeping Aid, that www.countryimagesmagazine.co.uk | 73
ALL-NEW PEUGEOT 208 AND 2008 SUV WIN AT FLEET NEWS AWARDS 2020
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The spacious new model measures 4.3m long, 1.77m wide and 1.55m high, with a maximum boot capacity of 1,467 litres. The all-new PEUGEOT 208 and 2008 SUV feature the latest-generation 3D PEUGEOT i-Cockpit® with a compact multifunction steering wheel, a configurable 3D headup display panel and either a 7” or 10” HD capacitive colour touchscreen. Further technological aids included are PEUGEOT Connect SOS and Assistance, Adaptive Cruise Control with Stop & Go function (depending on trim), Lane Positioning Assist and Mirror Screen® offering Apple CarPlay™ and Android Auto connectivity.
Judges were particularly impressed with the technology and low running costs of the all-new PEUGEOT 208, making it a strong proposition for businesses and company car drivers. The all-new 2008 SUV was launched in February 2020 and was praised by Fleet News for its modern and
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