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Meet Sarah Turner, Exeter’s The Unmumsy Mum
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‘Don’t wear low rise jeans. You will end up crawling through the Mega Maze to collect your crying child with half your knickers on show’ Hurrah for The Unmumsy Mum, p16
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MODERN MANORS Making over a Cornish mansion
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THE WISHLIST Our pick of the best treats this week
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JUST BETWEEN US... Why Little Mix are not airbrushed, honest
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MEET ROSS NOBLE The comedy star comes to the South West
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A STUDY IN SCARLET How to wear fashion’s hottest colour
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A TASTE OF THE WEST Recipe tips from a top local chef
THE UNMUMSY MUM Books, blogs and babies with Sarah Turner
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MODERN MANORS Making over a Cornish mansion
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JUST ASK GRACIE Our style guru solves your problems
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A STUDY IN SCARLET How to wear fashion’s hottest colour
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BOOST YOUR WELLBEING Great ways to feel your best right now
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YOUR STARS THIS WEEK Cassandra Nye has this week’s horoscope
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SMALL BITES What’s hot in the South West foodie world
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A VERY EFFICIENT PUB CRAWL Darren Norbury is on the road
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SECRET WESTCOUNTRY Where to go, what to eat...
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MR NOBLE HEADS OUR WAY
Comedy’s funny guy is here on tour
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Doing it differently in Devon
[ welcome [ Sometimes, you just have to say it like it is... hen exhausted and overwhelmed new mum Sarah Turner, who lives in Exeter, was told to “cherish every moment” of her children’s lives, she fought back. She started a hilarious online blog about how and why 24/7 cherishing was proving rather difficult to achieve in real life. Today, Sarah is just about to publish her second The Unmumsy Mum book and has thousands of followers for her refreshingly honest online take on motherhood. Find out more on page 16 today. This week’s magazine is full of laughs, actually, as we also have a great interview with stand-
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talking points Gillian Molesworth
Story of my life... When career advice is a shot in the dark he only constant is change… and it’s never been more true than today. Did you know that we are in the middle of an industrial revolution? It’s true, as much as it ever was for the Victorians. More so, even. My 86-year-old father is a great e-mailer and he forwards me a lot of stuff - some good, some really in the world, ten years sooner than cringingly bad. Occasionally he hits expected. on a gem that provokes thoughtRemember learning about the ful conversation for days. One such days when workers were angry item, source unknown, charted the that machines took over their jobs? fate of the film processing giant In those days, the jobs were agrarKodak, once the lifeblood of Roian and trade: farm labourers, cloth chester, New York. But within just spinners, that sort of thing. a few years of digital cameras being Today, they’re white collar. Look invented, the film company went at IBM’s Watson programme: apbankrupt. parently you can get basic legal What else is under threat? It advice within seconds with 90 per appears that incent accuracy. Look formation is triout, lawyers. umphing over Watson also helps Information is assets. Examples? nurses diagnosUber is just a softing cancer: appartriumphing over ware tool: they ently it’s four times assets. Uber is a don’t own any more accurate than cars, yet they’re software tool: they humans. the biggest taxi Do you know what don’t own cars, yet company in the the word “sabotage” they’re the biggest comes from? Its root world. AirBNB is the biggest hotel is the French word taxi company company in the for clogs, which is in the world world – although “sabot”. In the 19th they don’t own century, workers any properties. threw their “sabots” Have you heard of Moore’s Law? into the new steam-powered maIt’s an observation that the number chines that were taking their of transistors in a computer cirjobs, to break them. They literally cuit doubles every two years. Our clogged up the works. We’ll have technology is improving at a rate to come up with something more of knots. sophisticated than that: my dad’s Frightening stuff, maybe: the sciemail predicts that 70-80% of jobs ence fiction writers of yesteryear will disappear in the next 20 years, are already having their predicas technology re-shapes the world tions come true. We have touch as we know it, in everything from screen tablets, motion sensor doors, food production to cars (driverless). clap on lights, and our phones can Kids, better study IT. Although recognise our speech. This year, a everything will be different in two computer beat the best Go player years anyway...
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WHAT’S IN THE MIX? Little Mix are coming to perform in Exeter this summer and it will be a chance to see what its four stars (who competed in The X-Factor) look like in real life. There has been a bit of a furore just lately amid claims that singer Jesy Nelson (far right) has her waist photoshopped to look smaller. But Jesy insists she has done no such thing. She has always been open about her curvy figure and says any size should be celebrated. “We’re happy to be how we are, and don’t care if we put on a couple of pounds,” she told the Sun.
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ELEANOR DOES HER BIT Filming Poldark’s third series has kept Eleanor Tomlinson busy just lately but she has found time to get arty, too – all for a good cause. Eleanor is one of the celebrities who have created an artwork for a special charity raffle. Alongside 70 celebrities and artists, including Joanna Lumley, Daniel Craig and Benedict
Cumberbatch, Eleanor has created a picture which will be raffled off to help children overseas. The charity, Anno’s Africa, is raising money for an arts centre in Kibera, Kenya’s largest urban slum, and for projects in Malawi. You can buy your tickets for £10 each and the draw is on February 24, www.annosafrica.org
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DAWN’S OUT AND ABOUT Dawn French has been out and about in her home country of Cornwall just recently. In her role as Falmouth University’s Chancellor, she met up with Emma Rice, former artistic director of Cornwall’s Kneehigh Theatre. Dawn said on Twitter: “So today, I had the honour of conferring honorary fellowship @FalmouthUni on this utter genius, #EmmaRice @WeAreKneehigh. Respect. Inspiring.” Emma is currently the artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre but is leaving the post sooner than expected, after rows with purists who object to her use of lighting and special effects. Never mind Emma, we love you – and so does Dawn!
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Well done: Newquay’s Joel Sayer, who has autism, has qualified for Crufts with his support dog Caddie
Neverland: The Roche village pantomime this year was Peter Pan
in pictures Cute: Lambs at Pennywell Farm, Buckfastleigh have coats to keep them warm.
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TALK TO THE ANIMALS Get back to nature with a chance to see fascinating creatures this spring Monkeying around: Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre is a 65-acre sanctuary and rescue centre near Wool, Dorset. Daily talks provide an insight into life at the park while pre-bookable guided tours offer the chance to learn more about the primates and how their lives have been transformed since arriving at the safe haven of Monkey World. Family ticket for four £37 www.monkeyworld. org
Go wild: Set in lush sub-tropical gardens, Newquay Zoo is home to more than 1,000 of the world’s rare and intriguing creatures. Talks take place throughout the day - if you fancy an even closer animal encounter you can meet and feed their lemurs, penguins and super-cute meerkats. TIckets from £9.25, www.newquayzoo.org.uk
Under the sea: Plymouth’s National Marine Aquarium is the largest of its kind in the UK and showcases fish, octopuses, turtles and other marine animals from all over the world. At its centre is a giant tank full of baby sharks, giant eels, rays and all manner of fishy things. There are interactive shows and a 3D cinema with 15-minute screenings throughout the day. Tickets from £10.75, www.national-aquarium. co.uk
Flying high: At the Devon Bird of Prey Centre you’ll have the opportunity to get up close and personal with a range of magnificent birds while also learning about the ancient art of falconry. Their Experience Days give you the chance to go behind the scenes and find out what is involved in handling, training and flying Birds of Prey. Find them at Ipplepen near Newton Abbot, family of four entry £10 www.devonbirdofprey. co.uk
Julien Parsons is the Senior Collections Officer, The Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter. He says: In the 18th century Totnes was a busy, bustling market town with several wealthy families and the Adams family was one of them. William Adams the elder was a surgeon and prominent member of the borough – known as a burgess. He married Mary Chadder and the couple’s first son, also named William, was born in 1752. The younger William prospered too – father and son were business partners until around 1780 – and he became mayor and then MP for Totnes in 1801. William Adams the elder’s wealth is evident from this magnificent silk velvet waistcoat with silver-gilt embroidery. It would have looked sumptuous by candlelight but must have cost a small fortune. All velvet was pricey, but velvet made from silk fibres was the most expensive of all: creating the pile was such an elaborate and long-winded process. No surprise that traditionally it was reserved for the robes of lords and bishops. Velvet was not only luxurious - it
was also warm, so was particularly associated with important events in the colder, darker times of the year. The style of William’s garment suggests it was made in the 1750s, but it’s difficult to be any more exact with its date than that. But we can speculate. William Adams married Mary in the winter of 1750, and perhaps this splendid, red waistcoat marked the occasion.
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Competition winner: Congratulations to Mrs Jane Smith of Looe who wins a pair of Rudds wellies worth £120, www. ruddswellies.co.uk
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Time to dive in... The king of improvisational comedy Ross Noble is back with his 15th tour and will soon be performing live in Plymouth and Torquay. A true master of surreal tangents, Ross tells Ben Williams why stand-up comedy means so much to him
or more than 20 years Ross Noble has been the king of spontaneous stand-up, almost constantly touring, and he’s busier now than ever. When we meet, it’s been a hectic few days for the Geordie comedy stalwart. He’s hopped off a plane from the other side of the world, in deepest darkest Western Australia, and has just finished his first tour Down Under. In truth, he’s a little knackered. “Could you pick out the bits that don’t sound like a mad man rambling on?” he jokes. But, as I discover during our chat, even a jetlagged Ross Noble is on sharp, jolly form. Over the past two decades Ross’s largely improvised brand of whimsical storytelling has built up a huge, loyal following who are already snapping up tickets to his UK Brain Dump dates - includ-
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The new tour’s called Brain Dump. Where does the title come from? I got it from a customer review on Amazon for one of my DVDs. They wrote, “This is just like a massive brain dump,” and I thought: Oh yeah, that’s exactly what my stuff is! I’ll have that.
Your brain dumps are largely improvised. Is it still a risk, no matter how long you’ve been doing it? No, the “risk” is all relative. It’s like driving a car; after 25 years you don’t get in a car and go, “What
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How do you think your comedy has developed since your started? The main change is that, because I’ve built up this really loyal audience, there’s more of a shorthand. When I first started, if I was talking about something a bit left-field people would go, “Oh God, where’s he going with this?” Whereas now that’s what people want, they go, “Oh right! Where’s he going with this!?”’
Your acting CV has bumped up in recent years, especially horror movie roles. Do your comedy skills come in handy? It’s definitely more easy for a stand-up to do
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straight acting than an actor to do comedy. In the horror movie “Stitches” – it sounds mad because I was playing a killer clown – but I wanted to play it as truthfully as possible. I didn’t want people to go, “Oh, that’s just Noble dressed as a clown.” I’ve just filmed another horror, and that’s a straight horror film; there are no laughs in it.
Which was weirder: playing a murderous clown, or going on a date with Harold Bishop in the Australian comedy, It’s A Date? Oh, the date! That was my idea, so I only have myself to blame. It was a mate of mine’s show – he asked me to write and be in an episode. Afterwards I realised that I could have picked pretty much any Australian actress to date - I’ve could’ve written myself a love scene! But when he asked who I wanted to go on a date with I said, “Ian Smith, who plays Harold Bishop.” We laughed about that for about an hour. But he agreed to it, and then the next thing you know I’m on a set sat opposite him.
So I take all those things with a pinch of salt.
Like Gervais, you have a very loyal fanbase; they see your show multiple times, leave gifts for you on stage… Is it sweet or creepy? 99 percent of the time it’s very sweet and very flattering. Every now and then you get one where you go, “Okaaaay… That’s a little bit scary…”
Who’s been the scariest? I was in New Zealand once, and I was on my phone to my wife. I put the phone down and it rang again. I thought it was her ringing back, so I went, “Hi!” and this voice said, “Hello.” It was a complete stranger who had rung every hotel in Auckland pretending to be my girlfriend. That was a bit terrifying. There’s a big difference between somebody liking your comedy and someone wanting to wear your skin as a suit.
Back home in the UK you’ve clocked up 17 appearances on Have I Got News For You. Do you particularly enjoy that show? I absolutely love it. I was still at school when the show started, so it was a really big deal when I first did it. It’s still the top panel show on telly. Because it’s been on for so long, it’s got a really strong sense of what the show is, it’s become very well defined.
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On one appearance you and Paul Merton got every single question wrong and scored zero points. What happened there? We did it on purpose! I’d done the show so many times, so I jokingly said to Paul, “Why don’t we just see if we can score no points?” It’s actually harder than you think, because when an obvious story comes up it’s really hard not to say the answer. Charlie Brooker was on the other team, and at the end he said, “I can’t believe we won!” and Paul went, “Well, we can!”
Paul Merton was ranked at 54 in Channel 4’s poll of the 100 Greatest Stand-Ups. In 2007 you came in at number 10, but when they revisited the poll in 2010 you were bumped to number 11. What happened? Ricky Gervais.
Oh. When they did the first programme, he hadn’t done stand-up. By 2010 he’d started, so he was put in the top 10 which pushed me to 11. Which is fair enough – it was voted by the public, and he’s popular. There are probably 10 or 15 acts that nobody knew in 2007 and are now enormous, so if they do another one I’ll probably end up at 25!
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MuM’s the word Chris McGuire meets sarah turner, the exeter-based mother of two, blogging sensation and best-selling author, better known as the unmumsy Mum he morning we meet, Sarah Turner couldn’t have been more on-brand if she tried. Waiting in an Exeter coffee shop, I receive a message telling me she’s going to be late – one of her boys is unwell, causing problems with childcare. As someone who’s read Sarah’s laugh-outloud blog The Unmumsy Mum, and the bestselling book of the same name, this is all too perfect. Of course she’s grappling with a very unglamorous parenting problem. In a parallel world, a branding consultant might suggest running significantly more than fashionably late to reflect her brand. But Sarah, 29, is about as far from branding and spin as anyone I’ve ever met. What I experience is her reality, not a PR stunt. Sarah’s having a nightmare morning and I’m part of it – for real. Sarah Turner’s honest, often startling, blog
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about raising her two sons, has resulted in a generation of parents (including me) religiously following her glamour-free escapades. When Sarah finally arrives, endearingly apologetic about her tardiness, she launches into an enthusiastic explanation of how, after her eldest son, Henry, now five, was born, she became frustrated by the representations of parenting online. “None of it resonated with me at all. It was either really jokey or it was just the glossy edit. The Instagram version – too aspirational. That’s what I thought parenting would look like. But it just didn’t.” It’s clear that Sarah, who grew up in Launceston and moved to Exeter for university, passionately believes a rose-tinted image of parenting is damaging to new parents. “It’s really harmful because, when you’re feeling low, and you’re thinking: I’m not doing anything right! My child is broken! Why won’t they sleep? Why do they hate me? and so on. “You’re knackered and you’re scrolling online for stuff that might make you laugh or feel better, but it made me feel ten times worse. It was all: You may be struggling, but don’t forget to cherish this moment, because you won’t get it again!
“If you’re feeling any level of guilt or inadequacy it’s just heightened by wall-to-wall images of moment-cherishing where you think: Oh, I’m really screwed in comparison to this!” These frustrations proved a catalyst for Sarah: “I thought: I’m just going to write something myself.” True to her word, Sarah began to write and The Unmumsy Mum was born. Yet her ambitions were initially far smaller than the phenomenon it has become. “I never had any need for anyone else to read it. It was more like an online diary, just for me. I can remember being amazed that 50 people had read it, thinking: Isn’t that amazing - 50 people that I don’t know have read my experience of labour. I felt better. It was just like therapy.” The Unmumsy Mum blog has since proved
therapeutic for thousands of parents who find comfort in its honest take on having children. “The No 1 feedback is: We follow because it’s just like my life. Because it is,” says Sarah. “We all have our differences but we are fundamentally the same. It’s just the normal stuff that I document.” Understanding how her writing helps her followers gave Sarah a new perspective: “I’ll have a disastrous day out and be in tears but there is a little bit of me that thinks: I can write about this. I know there’s someone else going through this and I can document it in a way that makes them say: ‘Thank God, it isn’t just me.’” At the time of writing, The Unmumsy Mum has more than 531,000 followers on Facebook and
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From the blog Some of our favourite ‘Unmumsy’ moments
On soft play: Don’t wear low rise jeans. You will end up crawling through the Mega Maze to collect your crying child with half your knickers on show. On being a new mum: I once stood in the shower with my fingers in my ears, crying, trying to drown out the sound of the nursery rhyme CD which in turn was drowning out the sound of a screaming baby.
Sarah Turner, husband James and sons Henry and Jude in Exeter
On expectations: Not so very long ago, somebody asked me whether life as a parent was “everything I imagined it would be” and I laughed so hard that food came out of my nose.
Sarah’s book The Unmumsy Mum has been a Sunday Times No 1 bestseller. Sarah, whose husband James, 33, is a civil servant, has no intention of going back to her pre-children career as alumni relations manager at Exeter University. Does she feel like a star? “I certainly don’t feel like a celebrity in any way, shape or form. But when you go to events it is odd. At the Jersey Festival of Words there were 300 mums there to see me. I felt like the Beyonce of motherhood.” The antics of Sarah’s sons, Henry and Jude, two, are central to The Unmumsy Mum’s popularity. But neither boy is particularly aware of his new-found celebrity status. “Jude has no idea whatsoever, none. Henry knows I write books and they’re loosely about him and that he’s named in them. “Last year they had a big poster up of me and Henry in Waterstones for my book launch. My dad took Henry up to town, to do a bit of a reveal, thinking this was incredible, but Henry was just so casual about it, saying ‘Yes, my mum’s done a book.’” Sarah’s enthusiasm is palpable as she talks about her sons: “(Henry) does funny stuff all the 19
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time and it’s so real. He’s hilarious.” Yet she’s mindful that, as he gets older, she doesn’t want to rely on Henry as a source of comic material: “I feel like I’ve got to a bit of crossroads now that Henry’s in school. I’m kind of unsure now on where I will go on documenting what he does and says. People will comment: “We love Henry, we love Henry-isms” and I think, yeah, but he is also just my son.” I can’t help wondering if she worries about sharing too much of her life? “At first, I thought can I include this? Is this too personal? Then I thought, ultimately why am I writing? I kept thinking: would I have benefited from reading about another mum arguing about this with her husband, or what happened with her body, or whatever it might be. So I didn’t backtrack on anything.” Although she’s now a bestselling author, with a second book The Unmumsy Mum Diary on the way this month, much of Sarah’s family life remains unaltered: “It’s weird, because in some
ways my life has changed so much in the last two or three years, but it some ways it really hasn’t changed at all. The four of us are still at home on a Sunday arguing over who’s going to make the tea and who’s going to tidy up the toys. It’s just nice because my work is writing about my life.” As a new dad myself, I can’t help but feel inspired by Sarah. Her philosophy of complete honesty and not being afraid of talking about the downsides of parenting feels so refreshing. And don’t be fooled, hers is a positive message: only by seeing how normal the low points are can parents really enjoy the high points of the childraising journey. A final thought comes as Sarah heads off to her Exeter home: “I do know how short life is, and I would cherish each moment if I could, but it’s really hard. Life’s too short to whinge, but it’s also too short to sit at home worrying that you’re whinging and you’re doing the wrong thing.” A few days later, I’m reading Sarah’s book in a
‘I do know how short life
is and I would cherish
every moment - if I could!’
café, while my own son Sam sleeps in his pram, when an unknown lady comes over and enthusiastically announces: “The Unmumsy Mum! She’s a lifesaver!” Exactly. The Unmumsy Mum Diary, £12.99 Bantam Press
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To the manor born... Kirstie Newton hears how a Cornish manor house has been rescued and restored here are so many reality shows on TV these days, and Tredudwell Manor in south-east Cornwall ticks so many of their boxes, I’m amazed it hasn’t appeared on our screens - yet. The Hotel Inspector? Check. Grand Designs? Check. Flog It? Check. There are even shades of Who Do you Think You Are? It’s all part of the charm of this Queen Anne house, which has been in Justin Shakerley’s family since 1810. Today, under the stewardship of Justin and his wife Valerie, it is a B&B and wedding venue - the result of years of hard graft, and a triumph of love over adversity in southeast Cornwall. The history of Tredudwell, in the village of Lanteglos-by-Fowey, makes for fascinating reading. There is a sprawling family history stretching back centuries, involving inheritance, marriage and confusing name changes. It’s positively Poldark - there I go again. “At least four of my male ancestors married heiresses for money and titles, and had to take their wives’ names,” explains Justin, 44. “He married me for my brains,” laughs Valerie, 34. Back in 1850, the estate extended to 14,500 acres and the main family home was Ethy House, at nearby Lerryn, but this was sold by Justin’s great-aunt. His grandfather, Lt Col Peter Shakerley, made Tredudwell his home - the current
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house was built in 1705, but ‘I had pots and parts are thought to date back to the 14th century. Peter dopans in the attic nated a good deal of the land to catch the to the National Trust, includdrips and had to ing the famed Hall Walk from the Bodinnick Ferry, in the dash up to make 1950s. sure they didn’t Justin’s parents took on Tredudwell as the family home overflow in bad when he was 12 (his childhood weather’ bedroom is now Room 5 in the B&B). In that time, he grew to in the attic to catch the drips and love horses and became an inhad to dash upto make sure they ternational three-day eventer. didn’t overflow in bad weather. I’d “I was never academic and I’m small, so I became be up until midnight ironing linen, then up again a jockey. I did it for 20 years – I wanted to be rich to cook breakfast the next morning.” but at least I learned a lot about life.” In 2008, he met Valerie, who hails from the However, in the mid-1990s, disaster struck Alpine ski resort of Valmorel (she has reprewhen the Lloyds of London crash decimated sented her native France in competitive snowthe Shakerley investments. “I did shiftwork at boarding). Valerie was working as an au pair in Ginsters and St Merryn Meat to make money, south-east Cornwall. “I could see that Justin was and picked flowers – just like anyone else,” says working flat-out but living on hardly anything,” Justin. His parents moved out to another propshe recalls. “You can work extremely hard, but it erty on the estate and 25 years of emptiness took has to go in the right direction.” their toll on Tredudwell. Together, they completely renovated the house, By the time Justin took it on from his father, it now open for visits and also weddings in a smart was in poor shape. Justin took out a small bank new pavilion in the grounds. The house itself is loan and opened up three rooms on a bed and stuffed full of antiques and knick-knacks. While breakfast basis, running it by himself. Trade was all look as if they belong here, few are original. busy but by his own admission: “It was a night“We had to sell almost everything of any value,” mare. The roof was so bad, I had pots and pans says Justin. Wood panelling is made from old
school locker doors. Paintings of ancestors hail from Saltmarsh Castle in Herefordshire, Justin’s mother’s ancestral home. While some items have been carefully chosen for frugality (the sturdy beds came from the wellknown Cornwall budget store Trago Mills, but look perfectly at home here), no expense has been spared on essentials such as power showers and flat-screen televisions. Room 10 once housed the water tanks. “My granny used to hide her jewellery here - sadly, we didn’t find any,” says Justin with mock ruefulness. But Tredudwell has come a long way in the past decade. Ask Justin for his driving force, and he replies: “Initially, duty. I didn’t want to be the one in the family to sell it. My ancestors sold my mother’s family home, and it was demolished. I wanted to be able to say, at least I did everything I could.” He certainly has. www.tredudwell.co.uk
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Ask Gracie...
Want to look your best this week? Our styling expert Gracie Stewart of Exeter can help you fulfil your fashion potential in every possible way. All you have to do is ask...
Working it out Q
Is wearing make-up to the gym really that bad for your skin? DS, North Tawton
We all know that it’s not generally a good idea to put on a full face of make-up for the gym. However, if you absolutely cannot bear the thought of going barefaced, fret not: wearing makeup to the gym is totally doable—if you do it right. DON’T: Overdo it with lots of products The more products you put on your face, the more touch-ups you have to deal with when you inevitably get sweaty and smudgy. Not to mention the potential for epic breakouts triggered by the unholy mix of sweat and cosmetics.
Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Finish powder £33 John Lewis
DO: Try a tinted lip balm If you must have a hint of colour on your lips, try a tinted lip balm instead of lipstick, which will hydrate while giving a gorgeous splash of colour. DON’T: Wear anything too greasy Never use anything too hydrating or greasy. This means no oil-based products, nothing that offers that “dewy look”, or products that simply feel too thick or heavy.
Bobbi Brown Extra lip tint, £25 Debenhams
M.A.C Pro Longwear concealer £18 M.A.C Cosmetics DO: Spot-correct Instead of covering your entire face with foundation, use a matte finish concealer with a somewhat tacky, thick consistency to spot-correct areas as needed. A concealer that is too runny or promises a luminous glow won’t hold up well at the gym.
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Girl power Do you have any advice for picking the perfect bridesmaid dress? GY, Tavistock
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As any bride-to-be will tell you, choosing a wedding dress can be the biggest fashion decision you’ll ever make. But selecting bridesmaid’s dresses comes with its own set of challengs too. How do you settle on something that both you and your girlfriends will love? 1. Take a look at your own dress. Think about your gown and overall wedding style. Is it classic, modern, or maybe vintage? Your bridesmaid dresses should fit in with the vibe. 2. Think seriously about the colour. If you’ve got a range of fair, olive, and dark skin tones
Sandra maxi dress £169 Hobbs
among your bridesmaids, make sure the dress colour flatters everyone. Beware choosing something that could clash with a redhead, for example. 3. Be flexible (up to a point). Most bridesmaids would like to have some input, and you can’t blame them for that! Some brands offer similar dresses with different necklines or you could pick the fabric and the bridesmaids pick Applique the style. mesh dress £62 Little Mistress
Chiara top handle bag £355 Furla
Fit for a princess Q I’m a huge fan of Prince Harry’s
girlfriend Meghan Markle and her relaxed yet polished dress style. Do you have any tips for getting her look on a budget? PD, Penryn Meghan Markle has one of the best work wardrobes ever, thanks to her role as Rachel Zane in the TV show Suits. So perhaps it is no surprise that Meghan Markle’s real life wardrobe is equally covetable. She favours feminine silhouettes with stylish stilettos and form-fitting dresses. You could try:
Katerina Makriyianni fan wool earrings , £120, Net-a-Porter Wear this shoulder-grazing pair of statement earrings as a bold alternative to your everyday hoops.
Clarins face-contouring palette and brush £36 House of Fraser This limited edition palette will make contouring and highlighting a breeze, with three shades tailored to suit all skin tones. The luxe gold packaging holds a subtle matte highlight to brighten, a warming bronzer to add depth and an understated pink blush with a subtle shimmer, which is designed to add a healthy glow to the complexion.
Bell sleeve dress £25 Dorothy Perkins Downtown field jacket £148 J Crew
A little black dress: It’s the ideal go-to option for those days when you just need to get out the door fast, as it always looks chic with minimal effort. Plus, it’s the perfect blank canvas for layering with everything from jackets to blazers. A designer handbag: Miss Markle definitely has a penchant for designer handbags and owns at least two Mulberry Bayswater totes. Her small
zipped Bayswater in porcelain blue would set you back £1,095. For a slightly more pursefriendly option, look no further than Furla. An everyday jacket: One of the more accessible items in Meghan’s daytime wardrobe is her J.Crew Downtown field jacket, £148. It’s a quintessential cool-girl jacket in waxed cotton with military-inspired pockets and poppers.
Skyn Iceland Glacial cleansing cloths for eyes £13 www.cultbeauty.co.uk A godsend for those plagued with puffy, easily-irritated eyes, these cleansing cloths are infused with skin-soothing ingredients such as Icelandic glacial water, arctic berries and pure oxygen. No water is needed, making these perfect for use on the go, or to pop in your handbag just in case.
Got a style or beauty question? Email Gracie Stewart at westmag@westernmorningnews.co.uk with the subject Ask Gracie
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all it cherry, ruby or scarlet: red is the colour to wear now. For a special night out, try a block-colour frock like this one from Very, or add a dash of colour with this Folli Follie bag in buffed red leather. Reconsider smart tailoring in red - it doesn’t have to be black or navy, you know! Red coats are also a great way to add colour to a late-winter wardrobe. We love this classically timeless one from Jigsaw, available to buy at www.jigsaw-online.com.
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Uptown Beauty handbag £155 Folli Follie
Long sleeved maxi dress £60 Very
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Red bow heels £35 M&Co
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Wellbeing
the boost
Life just got better. Our wellness guru Charlotte Dear has handpicked the latest health secrets and expert advice to help you be your best self, every day
Wheely good Cornwall’s fun cycle race, the Eden Classic, returns to the Eden Project near St Austell on Sunday May 7. Choose from 35, 62 and 100 mile routes, passing through the beautiful countryside and villages of Carlyon Bay, Charlestown, Pentewan, Mevagissey and Caerhays Bay. Feed stops include the Lost Gardens of Heligan. Entry costs from £24, including free entry to Eden for your friends and family. For entry forms and details visit www.edenproject.com
Get stuck in If running through the Devon countryside plastered in sticky mud while tackling challenging obstacles along the way sounds like your idea of the perfect Saturday morning, book your place for the Escot Mud Run in east Devon near Ottery St Mary. Taking place on March 25, you can choose between a 5k or 10k course - and make sure you have a fresh change of clothes at the ready! Entry costs £10 - find more details at www.southwestmilitaryfitness.co.uk
SNACK ATTACK Is snacking between meals the reason you just can’t lose weight? Try Slissie, a new gadget (which looks a bit like an e-cigarette) that delivers a hit of appetite-suppressing flavours such as mint, fruit and vanilla. The makers say it can help your will-power at moments of weakness by replacing the hand-to-mouth action of snacking, It could create a behavioural distraction that might just see you shedding pounds. Starter packs cost £39.99 www.slissie.co.uk
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Moral compass Spare a thought on Wednesday February 22 as World Thinking Day returns for its 91st year. Originally launched as a special day for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world, this annual event encourages us all to speak out on issues that affect girls and young women and help fundraise for important projects all around the world. You can help make a difference to young women’s lives by donating to a worthwhile cause or simply spreading the word on social media. www.wagggs.org
Super spa Who says you can’t enjoy a luxury spa break with the kids in tow? At the Polurrian Bay Hotel, families are invited to sample Cornish cuisine and relaxing spa treatments, magnificent sea-view rooms and an adventure playground. Perched on the cliffs of the Lizard Peninsula, this luxury seaside hotel is the perfect place to relax, recharge and retreat as a family – including canine companions – while making magical memories. Two night midweek breaks for two with dinner start from £309 with their Spring Special offer. www.polurrianhotel.com
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Finding the time to talk
How to improve communication in your relationship My partner has started working away during Deep talking, reserved for the special few, rethe week and at the weekends he is always veals who you really are, how you feel, what you keen to go out and about, meeting friends for need and what you most desire. Couples need to dinner. Sunday night comes around be able to talk like this all too soon and I feel as though we’ve for their relationship to hardly had any quiet time together, grow and thrive but it just the two of us. I’m afraid we’ll takes time and space to hardly know each other in the end. do itw ell. Describe your What can I do? HG, Tiverton The reason you’re feelings and feeling bereft is because, fears. Start your Tricia Moore says: while you’re fitting in These days, with small talk and discussentences with ‘I changing work sion, either together or feel…’ rather than patterns, many with your friends, you’re couples have to missing the deep, far ‘You….’, so that adjust to being only more intimate commuit doesn’t sound together at weekends. So it’s quite nication which nurtures like a complaint natural to want to fit as much as trust and a closer conpossible into the short time you nection. have. Perhaps your partner thinks You need time to tell that you are missing out while him how you’re feeling, he’s away, so is trying to make the but time is what’s been weekends exciting. Maybe it’s what he wants. lacking. So before any social plans are made for Maybe it’s what he thinks you want. But what the coming weekend, say that you’d really like you’re really missing out on is that oxygen of a this one to be different - quieter for a change. healthy relationship: good communication. Keep it positive and avoid saying what’s been
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wrong with previous weekends, which will make him defensive. Just say that you’d like to spend this weekend with just the two of you. Set the scene for a comfortable chat and put away the phones and social media. Then once you’re both settled – a favourite drink might help – describe your feelings and your fears as you have in your letter. Start sentences with “I feel…” rather than “You….”, so that it doesn’t sound like a complaint, and keep your points short enough to take in. Then ask him to tell you how he feels about only being home at weekends. He may have fears of his own. Listen to each other, keep the tone warm and by the end of the conversation you should already begin to feel much closer. Then you can together discuss how you’d like to arrange future weekends. Some can still be social, of course. But enough time needs to be kept exclusive to you two with shared activities or shared relaxation and talk to keep your emotional connection secure. Then you should feel together even while he’s away. Tricia Moore is a Plymouth-based counsellor with Marriage Care, a national charity specialising in adult couple relationships.
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SMALL BITES
Our pick of what’s on in the Westcountry food world right now Holy cow! Situated on the west Dorset coast, Black Cow produce the world’s only pure milk vodka (£31.75) made entirely from the milk of grass-grazed cows and nothing else. This tipple is the invention of dairy farmer Jason Barber. His inspiration came from a desire to diversify the produce from his 250 strong dairy herd, not to mention his “deep personal interest” in vodka. The vodka has a supremely delicate creamy finish and is perfect in any long drink, cocktail or sipped at room temperature. www.blackcow.co.uk
Cooked in Cornwall On Wednesday February 22, Philleigh Way Cookery School on The Roseland, near Truro, is running a Cornwall in a Day cookery course, hosted by their very own Cornish chef George Pascoe. From dressing a fresh Cornish crab to making the quintessential Cornish pasty, you’ll be taken through an exciting but very practical cookery experience of all things Kernow. The course costs £135 per person, www.philleighway.co.uk
Sunday lunch with a difference
Miracle cures
Great tunes, delicious vegetarian and vegan cooking and laid back Sunday vibes make the Roots Reggae and Roasts event at Mount Pleasant Eco Park in Porthtowan something truly special. After your Sunday lunch, enjoy a drink in the covered atrium or take a stroll around 42 acres of natural beauty overlooking the north Cornish coast. Sunday February 19 from 12pm www.mpecopark.co.uk
Discover the basic techniques of butchery and charcuterie with award-winning meat company Good Game and a master butcher at Darts Farm shop, Topsham, near Exeter. This full day course will teach you how to create your own dry-cured bacon, chorizo and salami as well as how to make a traditional dried ham. Sunday February 26, £150 per person, including a tasting lunch, drinks and charcuterie to take home. www.dartsfarm.co.uk.
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Your stars by Cassandra Nye Happy birthday to...
This week’s sign:
Prince Andrew
Those born on the Aquarius-Pisces cusp are sensitive souls, more in tune with universal truths than they are to worldly concerns. Managing day-to-day life can be challenging for them because they find it hard to focus on mundane issues. Aquarius-Pisces people are compassionate by nature and are imaginative and sympathetic to others. They may be eccentric and offbeat but they are definitely original.
Born February 19, 1960 Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, turns 57 tomorrow. The Queen’s second son is sixth in line to the throne. A qualified helicopter pilot, he saw active service in the Royal Navy during the Falklands War. He’s been divorced from former wife Sarah Ferguson for more than 20 years, but the pair remain close. They have two daughters together, Beatrice and Eugenie.
PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Being a little bit crafty sets you ahead of the crowd. With your mind truly sharp, make the most of any chance to advance a plan. Some days small moves are all that is needed. Get a feel for what you are trying to do. Could your instinct play a part? You bet! Tempted to wear your heart on your sleeve at the weekend? Just make sure that you are in the right place for it to be seen!
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Your enthusiasm for a pet plan or idea is great, but think carefully before you start going about it. There are some short cuts to use, especially if you can chat to someone who has been there before! Being patient where love is concerned is the way to get the best response from a partner. The more you care about a loved one, the more open they are able to be to your needs.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) The atmosphere of support this week gives you the confidence needed to make an important move. Choose your words and actions carefully around someone who is currently being a little touchy. Giving up some of your leisure time is really appreciated by a family member. Business and other commitments could see you having to juggle between home and work.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Talking around a subject takes time and patience. However, just when you think that you are getting nowhere, a response comes. Finances seem tangled up with friends, perhaps due to a joint holiday plan. Be flexible when it comes to longer-term benefits and try to fit in. Things can change quickly and for the better if you remain flexible.
CANCER (June 22 - July 22) Strong friendships and new colleagues at work set the tone for this forward-
looking week. Suggestions from a friend for a change of direction are appealing. Getting down to the practical details, however, needs determination. Aim to bring romance into your life this weekend even if it means cancelling putting up those shelves or painting that ceiling!
LEO (July 23 - August 23) Naturally others are drawn to you because of your happy nature. Overall there seems to be a much bigger demand on your time than usual. This is extra effort worth making, especially for older relatives and friends. Although you are loved and appreciated it is nice to be told so. This does not always happen but that does not mean you should be concerned about it.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Progress in love can take you by surprise this week. Just when you thought that you were running in a rut, along comes a novel situation! Could it be that someone who has been busy and distracted has noticed you at last? Keep their interest going by being enthusiastic and inventive.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) A passionate time takes you aback and could even stop you in your tracks! Could ef- forts made in the past to attract someone finally be paying off ? There seems little point in denying that you feel a surge of happiness. They say that everything come to he who waits. It isn’t always true but, in your case, have a lovely time this weekend!
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) When passion comes calling it is hard to keep a cool head. Still, no need to break the bank when what is needed is just your company. Did I say ‘just’? Putting the most romantic efforts into the weekend can see a whole change in your direction. Will you be celebrating? A longawaited breakthrough builds confidence and gives fuel to the fire in your heart.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Speaking to friends and colleagues helps to clear up a puzzle. There is, after all, no substitute for experience! A younger member of the family has something to celebrate and needs your full encouragement. Indeed, giving praise where it is due becomes important as the week ends.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) A chance remark from a colleague or friend brings something sharply into focus. Perhaps an idea that fell by the wayside because of other commitments has now found its time? Open communications and develop a closer relationship with others.
AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Using your talents and creativity makes something happen this week. Imagine that you had all the confidence possible. What would you be trying out right now? Look to your own resources to get ahead but also be willing to read and look for practical backup where needed.
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Scallops with Cornish hog’s pudding Recipe: Richard du Pille, head chef of the Duchy of Cornwall Nursery, Lostwithiel Richard says: This is a Cornish twist on the classic dish of scallops with black pudding. I use hog’s pudding from James Kittow, whose ingredients are top quality.
Ingredients: 20 scallops 220g Kittow’s hog’s pudding 3 tbsp plain flour 1 egg 3 tbsp fresh breadcrumbs 1 apple 500g mixed pea shoots 1 lemon Olive oil
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Happy h ur with drinks expert April Marks
April says: The wonderful world of wine can often appear to be shrouded in mystery, not least because there isn’t a universal language for many of the grape varieties. A good example is Monastrell. This heatloving dark-skinned grape is grown throughout the world but its spiritual home is Spain where they grow more of this high-quality grape than anywhere else in the world. The French can claim second place with plantings of more than 23,000 acres but there it goes by the name of Mouvèdre and is used to its full potential as a blend, notably in the Rhône Valley blend of
Shiraz, Grenache and Mouvèdre, known internationally as GSM. GSM, quite rightfully, has a reputation as a really well-balanced blend and has also been successfully adopted by the Australians although the ‘M’ down under goes by the name of Mataro. My Product of the Week (see below) is produced in the Victoria region of Australia and is a mix of 70% Shiraz and 30% Mataro grapes. The Shiraz contributes warm bramble fruit and a touch of sweet clove spice, while the Mataro brings delicious flavours of chocolate and red cherry. It is a great accompaniment to hearty meat casseroles at this time of year. April Marks is co-founder of Regency Wines Ltd Exeter @regencywinesuk
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Diary dates for next week Thursday February 23 is taster night at The Rams Head Inn, Dolton in east Devon, showcasing the new season’s menu and wine. I’ll be hosting the wine tasting part, for bookings call 01805 804255. Friday February 24 sees a gin tasting evening at Churston Court Hotel in Brixham, south Devon. Drinks expert Lauren Hodgkins will taking you through six gins which will be accompanied with canapes. Call 01803 842186 to book.
Add turbo to your life Have you discovered the new craze known as The Turbo? It combines two of the fastest growing products in the drinks industry gin and tonic plus coffee. This unusual combination gives you the caffeine and alcohol hit in one go, so here’s how to make it if you fancy giving it a try: Take a tumbler of ice and pour in a shot of gin (a good double measure) followed by a 10ml of cold brew coffee*, then top with tonic water and garnish with lemon peel. *Cold brew coffee is ground coffee that is steeped in cold water overnight which produces a less acidic, sweeter-tasting concentrated coffee.
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK Sixty Clicks shiraz mataro, Victoria, Australia (See main feature) Available from the following outlets: The Five Dials in Horton, Somerset Rumour restaurant in Totnes The Shed steakhouse in Seaton The Lytehouse, Brixham
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Drink Beer of the week After a year of excellent small-batch brews, Cousin Jack (4% ABV) marks a return to the traditional recipe book for St Austell Brewery, but the robust pale ale has a lovely citrus bite to it. And it’s doing good work, too, raising cash for the RNLI (5p from every pint sold), aided by brewery ambassador Jack Nowell.
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talks beer HOP FORWARD IN TAVISTOCK Stannary Brewing Co, in Tavistock, is promising a new range of ‘Hop Forward’ beers for 2017. “We are talking IPAs, black IPAs, American brown and amber ales and, if you’re very lucky, Double IPAs!” says the brewer.
Community pubs opportunity Interestingly, the Tesco deal to buy, sorry merge ,with wholesaler Booker includes a portfolio of Londis, Premier Store, Happy Shopper and Budgen branded local stores. I assume some of these may become Tesco Express outlets, and because of overlap there may be closures. Hmm, perhaps some of them could be converted into pubs…
am writing this while travelling keg or cask mood. from Crowlas to Redruth on a From there I can, if I wish, then get a U1 number 18 bus, laptop on lap, occaback up to Truro for other bus and rail consionally gazing out of the window nections. And while I’m waiting I can pop into for inspiration, enjoying the fields the Old Ale House, Skinner’s Brewery’s tap, to of west Cornwall daffodils in bloom. Oh, and I’m see if their seasonal 7 Hop, which I adore, is checking my e-mails and social media, too. Beon yet, or almost next door to Sonder, where cause there’s wifi and I can. And charging my keg lines dominate, offering an eclectic choice phone in the USB at the rear of the seat in front. from around the UK and around the world That I’m a bit of a beer geek is well documented, (available in thirds, too, which is great). Want but I’m a bus fan, too, and more so now that First to pick up some bottles or cans? The small but has invested in a fleet of 30 or perfectly formed Red Eleso new vehicles working the St phant Beer Cellar is around Ives and Penzance to Truro and the back of the same block. Truro and Redruth to Falmouth These are just the bus I often hop on routes. Buses have always been routes, and ones which are a good way of getting around local to me, at that. There this bus and and trying local beers, but now, are great train rides, too, break the journey in my area, at least, they really especially the branch lines, come into their own for pub exsuch as St Erth to St Ives, at Ponsanooth, ploration. or Truro to Falmouth, on where Dynamite I use the 18 route regularly which to sit back and enjoy Valley Brewing to travel up to Redruth where the scenery. And, most imI do a bit of brewery work, but portantly, you can leave Co has its weekly the U2 route, from Redruth to that car at home. Beer Café Falmouth, is great for me. On Public transport is there a Saturday afternoon, having for us to use and if we don’t sold and served some beer in do so, we may lose it. It’s Redruth, I often hop on this bus also still the time of year and break the journey at Ponsanooth for an hour when we need to be supporting our pubs, or so, where Dynamite Valley Brewing Co has its too, ahead of the tourist rush, so overall it’s weekly Beer Café. a no-brainer. I call it local shopping – and in Then it’s back on board, in the same direction, a sense, it is. and into Falmouth to venues like The Front, BeerDarren Norbury is editor of beertoday. wolf or HAND bar, depending on whether I’m in a co.uk @beertoday
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Sticky Ginger and Beetroot Muffins Recipe: Carol Bowen Ball, author of Esse’s The Four Seasons Cookbook
Ingredients
Method:
200g golden syrup 200g black treacle 150g unsalted butter 125g dark brown sugar 100g stem ginger, finely chopped 4 tsp ground ginger 2 tsp ground cinnamon 250g pack cooked beetroot 250ml milk 2 medium eggs, beaten 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 300g plain flour Icing: 150g icing sugar Zest of 1 lemon, plus 1 tbsp lemon juice
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Makes: 12 Muffins
Preheat the oven if necessary to 180ºC/Fan 160ºC/Esse Dial Guide MODERATE. (Aim for the dial reading to be at the top end of MODERATE or very low end of HOT). Line a large 12-hole muffin tray with cases.
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Place the golden syrup, black treacle, butter, sugar, stem ginger, ground ginger and cinnamon in a pan and warm until the butter and sugar have melted.
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Meanwhile, purée the beetroot with the milk, eggs and bicarbonate of soda. Add to the slightly cooled sugar mixture, mixing well.
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Sift the flour into a bowl then beat in the beetroot mixture until the mixture is smooth.
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Divide between the muffin cases. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until firm but springy to the touch. Be careful not to overcook the muffins, they are nice a little sticky. Remove from the tray and leave to cool on a rack.
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While the muffins are cooling make the icing. Mix the icing sugar with the lemon zest and lemon juice to make a smooth paste. Drizzle over the muffins when completely cold.
These muffins keep really well for up to four days if stored in an airtight tin.
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culture vulture Our pick of the most interesting and exciting things to see and do right now in the South West Make something beautiful Feeling arty? Cornwall-based artist Nina Perrott is hosting a stained glass course where you’ll learn how to design, make and complete your own stained glass panel in a day. Aimed at beginners and also those who may have tried this before, this is great chance to enjoy a day of artistic creativity. Running on Sunday February 19 at Mount Pleasant Eco Park, Porthtowan, tickets £120 - call 07769 170749 or visit www.clearsandsglassworks.com to book.
Dinner, drinks and... murder
Live on stage, the Bee Gees story Following its West End debut at the Leicester Square Theatre, You Win Again – The Story of The Bee Gees will be embarking on its first ever nationwide tour. Luckily for us, the show is headed to the Regal Theatre in Redruth on Wednesday February 22. The production tells the story of The Brothers Gibb in an all-new musical experience through the eyes of their manager and takes you on a musical journey through all their hit songs. Tickets from £19.50, visit www.redruth.merlincinemas.co.uk.
Lord and Lady Downton invite you to join them for dinner with their esteemed family at The Grand Hotel, Torquay. Watch your manners, though, and be sure to pay attention to the other guests. One of them has a secret they would rather you didn’t know... Put your detective skills to the test at the Murder Mystery evening on Friday February 24 which includes a three course meal and hours of entertainment.. Tickets £34.95 01803 296677 or email conference@grandtorquay.co.uk. Fancy dress is optional - but fun!
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The Teign Valley
o, have you heard? Teignmouth has been named as one of The Guardian’s top 40 places to visit this year. This may come as a slight surprise to some of us, but the truth is that, these days, Teignmouth is a vibrant seaside town with a great mix of shops and eateries and a host of community events. It’s a working port, neighbour to the pretty village of Shaldon and is situated on the bounteous Teign Estuary. Indeed, this whole area of south Devon is a haven for foodies in the know. What is more you’ll find miles of beaches, a grand pier, the oldest foot ferry in the UK. Teignmouth is also soon to be seen in cinemas around the world thanks to James Marsh’s biopic of Donald Crowhurst, starring Colin Firth and Rachael Weisz. Crowhurst fooled the world into believing he was leading the Sunday Times round the world yacht race in 1968, only to tragically disappear before finishing the race.
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Teignmouth
Chef Tim Bouget
Fresh seafood
Stay: One of the hottest places to book is the five star Riviera Apartments, each with floor to ceiling windows and breathtaking panoramic views of the sea and Teign Estuary. Starting from £595 for a week, the apartments sleep between four and six. For romantic couples, Shaldon’s Beach Huts are hard to beat. These chic beach houses are beautifully finished and situated on the beach at Shaldon, right next to the fab Clipper Café, a great spot for breakfast. Prices start from £115 per night. For a cracking pub with rooms, The Cockhaven Arms in nearby Bishopsteignton offers great value starting from under £65 for a double en-suite. Eat and drink: The Teign Estuary is blessed with fantastic places to dine. Tim Bouget’s ODEDining in Shaldon wins awards right, left and centre. It’s small and intimate and the food is sublime. Tim also runs Café ODE in Shaldon, with a truly scrumptious selection of dishes and its own range of beers brewed on site. Less here is quite definitely more; just ask Muse’s Matt Belamy – he likes the place so much he’s even left
an autograph for diners to discover. And do try out their Stargazy Donald Crowhurst pie – yum!
Don’t miss: The Taste of
the Teign trail (www. tasteoftheteign.org.uk). New for this year it takes in Old Walls, the steepest vineyard in England, Red Rock Brewery, renowned for its craft beers, and a host of the area’s other food and drink producers. Discover the Teign Estuary’s renowned mussel and oyster beds and visit a host of cafes, restaurants and pubs serving produce from the local area, including fresh seafood landed at Teignmouth Harbour. Look out for Smokeinteignhead too, a barbecue competition in the village of Stokeinteignhead (get it?). The festival runs from September 25 to October 1.
Shop:
Shopdeadgorgeous is the new kid in town, and this chic store is certainly proving popular with the locals in Teignmouth (www. shopdeadgorgeous.co.uk). Its local map lampshades are a particular favourite and the nautically-themed homewares are selling like hot cakes. Laura Wall, a renowned local artist has a
shop and studio in Teignmouth Her paintings of the local area have a growing following and she also happens to be the author of the children’s book series Goose. If you have young kids, her enchanting tales and beautifully illustrated books are a delight, and Goose is soon to appear on TV, narrated by Dawn French. It’s probably best to pop by for an autographed copy sooner rather than later! www.laurawall.com
Do: Visit Teignmouth Pavilions, a cultural centre for the arts with a cinema and theatre that regularly hosts comedy acts, folk bands and much more besides. It also has a great little café overlooking the pier and the sea front. Drop into Teign Heritage Centre for a fascinating insight into the history of Teignmouth and Shaldon, from mysterious shipwrecks, naval heroes, the exploits of Donald Crowhurst and the rise of local band Muse. Descend through the smuggler’s tunnel in neighbouring Shaldon to discover the drama of The Ness Cove. You can also drop into the charming Shaldon Zoo, where a family of four can visit for £21 (www.shaldonwildlifetrust.co.uk) Enjoy: Fun in the water with SeaSports South West (www.seasports-sw.com) with activities including stand-up paddleboarding, sea kayaking, sjet skiing and powerboating. Alternatively, just chill out at the back beach in Teignmouth – a great spot for paddling and swimming – but that’s probably best left to the summer months. 43
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Gilmores in Newquay
My Secret Westcountry Emma Sixton of Sam’s at the Bay
Glenn Waldron Glenn Waldron, 39 is a playwright who grew up in Plymouth. His play, The Here And This And Now is a dark office comedy coming to the Theatre Royal Plymouth from March 8-25.
St Mawes Wembury
My favourite: Walk: I love heading up to Haytor. It’s basically Dartmoor For Dummies as you can just park at the bottom and be at the top in five minutes but the views are still breathtaking. Plus it reminds me of going Letterboxing with my dad as a kid. I still love the idea of Letterboxing – there’s something that really captures my imagination about following the clues to all these secret boxes hidden on the moors. I’m still gutted I never made it into The 100 Club though.
Haytor
PICTURE: MIKE BODDY
Place to eat: Gilmores in Newquay combines two of my favourite things: crazy golf and tacos – what’s not to love about that combination? The beer-battered fish tacos with pickled japalenos get my vote every time. Weekend escape: Treyarnon
Bay is a beautiful place to escape to. I spent this past Christmas there with my partner Sam and family. It’s pretty magical at any time of year but the winters there are spectacular. This Christmas, there was a huge rotting seal carcass washed up on the beach. My whippet Wilf thought it smelled like the best Christmas present ever.
Pick Your Own at Trevaskis Farm
Festival or event: The event would have to be my new play The Here And This And Now, opening at Theatre Royal Plymouth on March 9. It’s a darkly comic story that begins at an office awayday at a conference centre and then takes a decidedly off-kilter turn. Anyone who’s ever found themselves playing excruciatingly-awkward trust games or forming a human pyramid with their work colleagues on a wet Wednesday morning will probably enjoy it. Hopefully it will make for a funny, think-y and surprising night out. It’s also directed by TRP’s head honcho Simon Stokes if you need any more encouragement.
Beach: The beach at Wembury in the South Hams – I grew up near there and it reminds me of Saturday afternoon outings to the beach as a child. In my head, most of them seem to end with
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my older brother falling in the sea fully-dressed and travelling home dressed in nothing but a bin bag – but maybe that only happened once or twice.
Shop: Trevaskis Farm near Camborne is basically Pick-Your-Own nirvana. Come Halloween, my nephews compete to see who can pick the biggest Trevaskis pumpkin. Also, can I add a namecheck for my brother and sister-in-law, who run The Snug, an incredible creative nursery in Lanjeth, St Austell. View: Chapel Porth, near St Agnes, is just beautiful. According to ancient legend, the cliffs above Chapel Porth beach are stained red with the blood of giants – I’m not sure if I’m on board with that but I do know it has one of the most incredible views in the whole world. Also, for social media-obsessives, the abandoned tin mine there at Wheal Coates looks great on Instagram!
Sam Sixton. It’s a tiki hut plus various pop-up food stands on Crinnis Beach at Carlyon Bay. My brother organised a surprise birthday party for his wife there and the whole thing made for a really magical evening. There was a live DJ playing and it had this whole Ibiza-party-vibe going – until it started tipping down, obviously.
Drink: The coffee at Strong Adolfo’s on the Atlantic Highway in north Cornwall – it’s as potent as you might expect with a name like that. Thanks to co-owners Mathilda Fristrom Eldridge’s Swedish roots, this cool roadside diner is also very big on Fika – the tradition of combining cake and coffee, and basically the greatest thing to come out of Sweden since Roxette. When I was writing The Here And This And Now, I’d come
here to people-watch and find inspiration (I was that creepy guy in the corner).
Secret place: Cornwall’s Woodfired Canteen specialises in creating these incredible feasts in unexpected venues. If I ever eat meat again (not that I plan to), these guys will probably be to blame. Special treat: Any play by Kneehigh Theatre. Going to see a Kneehigh show is always a bit of an event and I was annoyed to miss Emma Rice’s most recent show, The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk. Combined with the work produced by Theatre Royal Plymouth and places like The Bikeshed in Exeter, the Westcountry’s theatre scene is in a really exciting place right now.
The Fountain, Mevagissey
Westcountry icon: I absolutely love the books of Patrick Gale, who lives in west Cornwall. He’s a brilliant, brilliant writer who can make you view the tiny details of everyday life in fresh, unexpected ways – no mean feat. When my first play, Forever House, was on at the Drum I thought he’d like it and really wanted to invite him along but then I lost my nerve. I think his novel Notes From An Exhibition would make the most incredible TV series. Pub: The Fountain is the oldest pub in Mevagissey and it’s not hard to imagine the place brimfull of pirates, smugglers and assorted ne’er-dowells back in the day. It’s still frequented by more than a few salty sea dogs - plus the occasional fish-out-of-water playwright. Food: Sam’s
at the Bay is the new-ish venture from the all-conquering, ever-entrepreneurial
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My life
Chris MCguire
The end of play Chris Mcguire’s baby, sam (aged seven months) has too many toys ’m sure it’s not just me. Sam has no idea what a real duck is or what To be fair, I’ve done very little renoise they make, so a cartoon duck with its elecsearch into the matter, just a quick tronic quacking means little or nothing to him. Google, but I’m convinced it’s a He’d much rather chew on his fist – he can get the worldwide phenomenon. What I’ve entire thing in his mouth. discovered this week is something This indifference doesn’t I’m slightly embarrassed to admit. quench my enthusiasm for You see, it seems to me that (like finding new amusements We’ve decided many dads) I’m enjoying playing for Sam. with my baby son’s toys much “Do you think on an embargo. more than he is. he’s too young for Nobody is to It’s what parents do, isn’t it? We Batman figures?” lavish our offspring with toys and I asked my other buy Sam nongifts as a mark of our affection. half, nonchaage appropriate We’ve certainly done that with our lantly. toys. By nobody, son, Sam. He’s seven and a half “He’s seven months old now (the half is hugely months old!” we mean me important) and his toys have none “Seven and a too surreptitiously taken over the half. Couldn’t house. A menagerie of stuffed aniwe just buy mals has colonised every nook and cranny of our them so they’re there for distinctly bijou residence. We always swore that when he’s old enough?” we wouldn’t let this happen, that only a few toys “Batman doesn’t age like are necessary, but somehow we’ve been invaded fine wine,” she sighed. by baby stuff. “What if he doesn’t even The question I’m asking myself, on an increaslike Batman?” ingly regular basis, is this: “Who exactly are the How anyone could toys for?” The answer I’ve reached is: “probably say something so hurtnot Sam”. Don’t get me wrong, the little fella ful to a proud father is enjoys playing with his speaking activity centre beyond me. “Of course and ornately-painted stacking blocks. He really he’ll like Batman.” does. But Sam would equally enjoy playing with I’ll make sure of that. the cardboard boxes they came in. How else will I be able At this stage, Sam’s enjoyment of anything to legitimately play usually involves glaring at it with a distinctly with them? constipated look, hitting it with his hand and So we have decided to then trying to chew on it. He isn’t, in my view, have an embargo. Nobody picking up on the nuances of how the lights illuis to buy Sam any non-age minate neatly in time with the music or the artappropriate toys. By nobody, istry of the painted animals. I, on the other hand, we mean me. love all that. Hence the phenomenon of dads This is most frustrating. I’m buying toys for themselves, not their children. finding myself flicking through “Look at this Sam,” I’ll say, pointing to the the Argos catalogue making lists latest toy. “The duck lights up and quacks.” of when toys will be suitable, much
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