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THE CITYIST

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PEOPLE & PARTIES Snapshots from the city’s social scene

82 FIT AND FAB

WINING & DINING

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Foodie news, events and a competition to win a meal for two

My Bristol, the buzz & book of the month

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ART & EXHIBITIONS On show in the city’s galleries this month

Five things to do this month

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REVIEW The Aviator Bar & Kitchen

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BARTLEBY

92 OUT AND ABOUT Andrew Swift guides us on a rural river walk in south Gloucestershire

94 INTERIOR STYLE New season trends and tips for your home

Secondary school liberation

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Health and beauty news and product reviews

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The top places to fly to from Bristol this season for a sun or snow holiday

FACE THE MUSIC Award-winning children’s author Michael Morpurgo picks his top ten tunes

WINTER TRAVEL

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WHAT’S IN A NAME

98 HOMES ON SHOW A woodland retreat on the city’s outskirts

102 GARDENING

Adventures in King Street

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IN THE KITCHEN Cookery classes on offer in Bristol

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BRISTOL AT WORK MUSIC IN MIND Colston Hall’s £45m transformation plans

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Theatre, music, dance, comedy and more

48 CITY ON SHOW 24 hours in Bristol captured on camera 6 THE BRISTOL MAGAZINE

THE GIFT OF LIFE Developments and news from charity Above & Beyond’s hospital appeal

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The best homes in and around Bristol

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FAMILY FUN

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Halloween treats for all to enjoy

Shots from the 24 Hours in Bristol photography competition. See more on page 48.

72 FREELANCE MUM

WHAT’S ON

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Great Western Brewery

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CITY UPDATES News from the city’s businesses, people and communities

FOOD & DRINK SHOPS Bristol’s top picks

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How to grow a hedge

Fit to drop workouts with baby

74 EDUCATION NEWS Updates from the schools

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Clifton

Development opportunity of a Grade II Listed building (18,792 sq ft) with existing D1/C2 use, with views to Dundry Hills. Attractive gardens and terrace extending to about 1.5 acres. Potential for alternative uses/development subject to all necessary consents.

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Leigh Woods

A beautiful detached home (4,018 sq ft) in a sought after road. 3 reception rooms, kitchen, breakfast room. 5 bedrooms, bathroom, 3 ensuites, dressing room to master. Double garage, cellar/stores.

Parking, enclosed gardens. EPC rating E. Guide price: ÂŁ1,300,000

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Sneyd Park

Impressive home with extensive gardens (2,905 sq ft). 3 reception rooms, generous kitchen/breakfast room, utility. 6 bedrooms, bathroom, 2 ensuite shower rooms. Tandem double garage, large gardens, ample off street parking. EPC rating C. Guide price: £1,195,000

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Sneyd Park

A superb ground floor apartment (1,404 sq ft) in a gated development.

Drawing room/dining room, kitchen, master suite, guest bedroom, bathroom, utility cupboard. Private courtyard garden, communal gardens, allocated parking. EPC TBC. Guide price: £400,000

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Clifton

A superb 2 bedroom apartment (824 sq ft) with sun terrace and parking.

Open plan kitchen/breakfast and drawing room. Master bedroom with ensuite shower, guest bedroom, bathroom. Sun terrace and allocated parking. EPC rating C. Guide price: £425,000

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Clifton

An immaculate architect designed detached mews house (1,208 sq ft) with parking at the heart of Clifton. Drawing room, kitchen/ breakfast/family room. 2 ensuite bedrooms, private courtyard garden and allocated parking for two. EPC rating C. Guide price: £595,000

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Edingworth

Grade II listed detached Georgian house (4,823 sq ft). 4 receptions rooms, kitchen/breakfast room. 6 bedrooms, 5 bathroom/shower rooms (3 ensuite), 1 bed cottage (611 sq ft). Off road parking, garage, garden, sun terrace. In all about 1 acre.

Guide price: £925,000

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Near Wedmore

A detached house (3,096 sq ft) with panoramic views. 3 reception rooms, kitchen/breakfast room, laundry room. 2 ground floor bedrooms with ensuites, 2 first floor bedrooms with dressing rooms, shower room. Garden, terrace, garage, workshop, paddock. In all about 7 acres. EPC rating D. Guide price: £825,000

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Radstock

Recently renovated Grade II listed house (2,926 sq ft). 3 reception rooms, kitchen/breakfast room. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms (1 ensuite). 2 bed outhouse (1,049 sq ft). Garden, 4 bay car port, garaging. In all about 1 acre.

Guide price: £975,000

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West Stoughton

A charming Grade II listed house (4,130 sq ft) with outbuildings.

5 reception rooms, kitchen/breakfast room, 2nd kitchen. 7 bedrooms, 4 bath/shower rooms (1 ensuite). Garden, home office, stables, tack room, stores. Paddock. In all about 2.38 acres.

Guide price: £1,200,000

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or me, October not only brings cooler temperatures, frosty mornings and magnificent-coloured trees, but also a sense of getting ready to hunker down for the winter months.

With this in mind, in this issue Hannah Stuart-Leach goes in search of the best cookery classes in Bristol, where you can pick up tips, learn how to make new dishes and attend workshops to take up a new skill – all in preparation to see out the dark evenings and embrace the fruits of the bumper harvest season. We also take a look at some of the best little food and drink shops the city has to offer – from delis and wine merchants to bakeries and chippies – discovering the top places to pick up ingredients and freshly-produced artisan food.

At home, you can create a warm and cosy atmosphere by adding luxurious throws and cushions, say the experts at BoConcept, Bristol’s Scandinavian design furniture store. From page 94 read all about the latest interior trends and ideas on how to bring the beauty of the outside in, with woodland motifs and natural textures.

Over the next few weeks I’ll be doing some nesting of my own as I await the arrival of my first baby. So I’d just like to take the opportunity to thank you for your support over the past year as I leave the magazine in the very capable hands of Jenny Hayes who will be acting editor while I’m away.

See you next year!

SAMANTHA COLEMAN EDITOR

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Out of this world Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder, the British Film Institute’s biggest ever themed festival of film and television, is taking place throughout October at venues across Bristol. Journey where no man has gone before with this series of out-of-this-world screenings and events, including a showing of family favourite E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial during half-term at the Watershed, followed by a puppet and animation workshop to keep the kids amused. For one weekend only, this venue will also be transformed into The Mothership featuring UV ping pong, astronaut food, intergalactic games, robot portraiture, flash fiction and more. Other events will take place at Arnolfini, At-Bristol and The Cube. For full details visit: www.watershed.co.uk.

hen the Wildscreen Fringe Festival offers the opportunity to explore it.

Taking place from Saturday 18 – Friday 31 October, this year’s event includes screenings of 75 award winning wildlife films at the Watershed, many offering Q&A sessions with special guests afterwards. There are also a number of live events, a particular highlight being comedy night Stand Up for Ugly Animals at Colston Hall, hosted by Simon Watt (from Inside Nature’s Giants) and featuring comedian Sara Pascoe and QI elf Dan Schriber. Tickets for film scrrenings (£3.50/£2.50 concession) are available from: www.watershed.co.uk, those for Stand up for Ugly Animals (£10.75) from: www.colstonhall.org, and for further information about the festival visit: www.wildscreenfestival.org.

Madame Butterfly at Tobacco Factory Theatre

Unusual animals at the Wildscreen Fringe Festival

Must see Puccini’s Madame Butterfly tells the story of Cio-Cio-San, a young geisha girl who falls in love with Pinkerton, a suave American naval officer. Giving up all she has she marries him, only for Pinkerton to then abandon her. For the next three years she brings up their son alone, patiently waiting for her husband to return. But when he finally does, her hopes for their future together are cruelly shattered. British soprano Katie Bird takes the title role in this joint production from Opera Project and Tobacco Factory Theatres. Showing Wednesday 8 – Saturday 25 October, at Tobacco Factory Theatre, 7.30pm. Tickets: £30 – £37 from the box office on tel: 0117 902 0344 or visit: www.tobaccofactorytheatres.com.

Celebrate This month marks the 125th birthday of Bristol Choral Society, who are extending the invitation to join them in a rendition of favourite choruses at Come & Sing at Colston Hall on Saturday 18 October. Songs will include The Heavens are Telling from Haydn’s Creation, How Lovely are thy Dwellings Fair from Brahms’ Requiem, I was Glad by Parry, and the rousing Hallelujah from Handel’s Messiah. Practice will start at 10am and culminate with a public performance, accompanied by the mighty Colston Hall organ, at 3.30pm followed by bubbly and birthday cake. Tickets for Come & Sing: singers £22, under 18s £12; audience £5. Tel: 0845 652 1823 or visit: www.bristolchoral.co.uk.

Bristol Choral Society at Colston Hall Cary Grant on College Green

Cary Grant comes home... ... for the weekend of Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 October. Events including red carpet screenings, expert talks and tours of Cary Grant locations will take place throughout the city, offering the perfect opportunity to step back in time and enjoy the vintage glamour of Hollywood’s golden years in the company of one of Bristol’s most charismatic homegrown heroes. For full details visit: www.carycomeshome.co.uk.

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THE CITY THE BUZZ Romeo and Juliet at Tobacco Factory Theatre

My BRISTOL We ask managing director of Icon Films and Wildscreen Film Festival advisor, Laura Marshall, what she’s doing this month...

Tickets now on sale...

For the 2015 season of Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory. On the programme is their first production of one of the world’s most famous love stories, Romeo and Juliet, a tragic tale of hope and innocence falling victim to prejudice, animosity and revenge (Thursday 19 February – Saturday 4 April). Also showing is Sheridan’s The School for Scandal, a play rife with gossipmongers such as Lady Sneerwell, Sir Benjamin Backbite and the duplicitous Joseph Surface who today feel horribly – but deliciously – familiar (Thursday 9 April – Saturday 9 May). Tickets: £19 – £24, available from the box office on tel: 0117 902 0344 or visit: www.tobaccofactorytheatres.com.

Autumn at Bristol Cathedral The popular series of lunchtime recitals have returned to Bristol Cathedral for the autumn season, running until Tuesday 9 December. They take place each week at 1.15pm, last about 45 minutes and the varied programme includes a celebration of George Gershwin and Cole Porter from pianist Mike Denham, classical guitar from Evangelos Nikolaidis, Bristolian bass-baritone William Stevens singing selections from Schubert, Brahms and Wolf, and a number of organ recitals on the magnificent Walker instrument. Admission to all recitals and to the cathedral itself is free, with donations welcome.

There is also a café that will be open for pre and post recital lunches, drinks and snacks. For more information about this season’s recitals or performers tel: 0117 926 4879 or visit: www.bristol-cathedral.co.uk.

What are you reading?

My daughters’ diaries... no, that would be terrible.

What’s on your MP3 player?

Dido and Aeneas, Caroll Gibbons and the Savoy Orpheans, and the Exultate Singers.

Which café or restaurant takes your fancy?

Flinty Red at Bristol Old Vic, a brilliant start to an evening at the theatre.

Favourite watering hole?

Gin O’Clock at Icon on a Friday night.

Evening in or evening out?

Evening in at the kitchen table, with friends old and new.

Film or play? What will you be going to see?

Both. Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other songs) at Bristol Old Vic, and as many films as I can get to at the brilliant Wildscreen Festival.

Which museum or gallery will you be visiting?

The RWA’s Annual Open Exhibition.

What hobbies or interests will you be pursuing?

I love to cook and I am going to start piano lessons again.

What local event will you be attending?

The Wildscreen Film Festival. It’s a time to catch up with friends, pitch new ideas to commissioners and watch the best wildlife and environmental films being made.

Favourite local walk?

Ladies Mile, with our dog Alfie, on an autumn afternoon.

Any projects/work in progress?

So many! Fundraising for the redevelopment of Bristol Old Vic, executive producing our One Show films, and working with the Merchants’ Academy on their work experience programme...

The Wildscreen Fringe Festival runs from Saturday 18 – Thursday 30 October, during which over 60 wildlife films will be screened at the Watershed. Stand Up for Ugly Animals, a night of wildlife-based hilarity, takes place at Colston Hall on Wednesday 11 October at 7.45pm.

BOOK OF THE MONTH...

South West Independent Coffee Guide: The Insider’s Guide to the Best Indy Coffee Venues and Roasters, £7.99, paperback (Salt Media) For brew freaks, bean geeks and the simply curious, this book contains wisdom from high profile names in the south west coffee scene who share their insider knowledge of the top 60 coffee shops in the region. These coffee gurus provide reviews detailing different brew types, beans, grinders and equipment, which are supplemented with colour photographs and funky maps to help you locate the legendary venues discussed so that you can sample their offerings yourself. In addition, the guide showcases 14 top local artisan roasters and includes a flavour wheel to help all coffee enthusiasts get the most out of their drinking experience. Available from the venues featured in the book, at Waterstones and other good bookshops, via Amazon and from the Food Insider’s Guide website: www.food-mag.co.uk.

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What brought you to Bristol?

The architecture and the creativity of the city.

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PEOPLE & PARTIES Snapshots from events, parties and launches in the city Cake created by Tamarind Galliford of Ah Toots

Natalie Diaper, Tamarind Galliford and Rebecca Goldsmith of Ahh Toots, St Nicholas Market

Martin Evans, BBC Radio Bristol and guest

Thekla relaunch party The Thekla The relaunch party for the newly refurbished Thekla saw guests enjoying live music from highly respected Bristol bands Idles and Ceasefire and DJs including Jake from the band Blonde, who recently signed a six figure record deal. Nibbles and drinks for the guests were provided by the Thekla and the centrepiece cake was created by Tamarind Galliford of Ahh Toots.

Photography by Theo Cottle

Bart Easter, venues director of DHP Family; Michele Phillips, manager of The Thekla; Patrick Somers, promotions manager and Julie Tippins, operations manager

Guests enjoyed a Champagne reception

Harvey Nichols fashion show Bristol Cathedral Last month Harvey Nichols Bristol unveiled the latest trends for autumn/winter 14 at an exclusive catwalk show hosted by Bristol Cathedral. Guests enjoyed a Champagne reception followed by a fashion show which featured a selection of the world’s leading designers including Givenchy, Alexander McQueen, Jenny Packham and Jimmy Choo. Red Alert, Eveningwear, Come Outside, Sports Luxe and Mods and Rockers were just some of the trends showcased at the event, providing guests with inspiration for the season ahead.

Parez Kareem with HN general manager Louise Masson

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he front door slams. Voices fade down the street. Quiet settles over the house. For ten years one child or another has needed to be herded off to school, but now they are self-sufficient. Armed with backpack and phone they set off every morning into the world, having adventures their parents don’t share (which is probably for the best) with other children who may never be more than a name and a couple of adjectives.

One of the things they don’t tell you about having children is that you go through stages of experience that mirror theirs. The parents of young kids share a kind of youthfulness that has nothing to do with their own age. Those of teenagers seem older. And when kids go off to university their parents have to adapt to a new life, not in a different place but in the same old place that has suddenly become different. There really ought to be a fresher’s fair for empty-nesters, where they meet all the other newly-liberated parents and join the ballroom dancing club or the container gardening society.

Not that everyone’s experience of secondary school parenting is the same.

Many face years of providing a taxi service to and from school (or, rather, the set-down spot just far enough away from the school gates to avoid embarrassing encounters). While I don’t envy them the stress of leaving the house and the stop-start traffic, they at least avoid a certain measure of anxiety.

A fellow parent was telling me recently about the time she had a phone call, at about eleven o’clock one morning, from her son’s secondary school. Your child, she was told, is not in school. Where is he?

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❞ You can probably imagine the mother’s reaction to this news. At eight o’clock that morning the front door had slammed, voices had faded down the street, etc. She had gone off to work, perhaps imagining the little group of boys making their way through the familiar streets, dawdling until the school bell went then settling down for their day’s learning. But this, she was now told, had not happened. Something had gone wrong. Or, as the tone of the voice on the other end of the line suggested, someone had gone wrong: her boy.

Disbelief at first: he wouldn’t! Then doubt: would he? Anger: how dare he!

Then sudden fear: an accident. And then, because this was a sensible mother, it occurred to her that there was probably a simpler explanation. Are you sure he’s not there? she asked. Have you checked?

So they checked and found he was there after all, so no cause for alarm. But the story did bring home to me just how much faith we place in youngsters when we push them out of the door in the morning. We expect 11 year-olds who are incapable of finding a pair of socks to navigate from home to school without losing their way or doing anything daft. And when the clock strikes nine we assume, given the absence of distressed phone calls, that they’ve made it.

We do this in spite of our protective instincts, and despite remembering (vaguely perhaps) the silly things we used to do. We assume that our (relatively sensible) child will influence the crazy boy who got his head stuck in the railings in year three and has not shown much improvement since – and not vice versa. And we accept that after years in the health-and-safety-gone-mad environment of the average primary school, the kids will have enough gumption to survive in the wild, like so many hand-reared cubs.

I envy them their first journeys across the city, discovering how the streets and parks fit together, learning which corners to avoid and which shops to visit for after-school treats. Twenty-first century Bristol must be a good place to be young, and stepping out into the world. n 20 THE BRISTOL MAGAZINE

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FAMILY FAVOURITE Best-selling children’s author, Michael Morpurgo picks his top ten tunes

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f you ask any child to name an author of a book that they have enjoyed reading, chances are, Michael Morpurgo will crop up – a lot. The former Children’s Laureate and best-selling author has written over 130 books for children, including Private Peaceful, The Butterfly Lion, Kensuke’s Kingdom and the popular War Horse, which was adapted for stage with wonderful puppets and first performed at the National Theatre in 2007. It continues to be performed at the New London Theatre to packed audiences and the story was also released as a film directed by Steven Spielberg in 2012.

Michael Morpurgo is, in his own words, “oldish, married with three children, and a grandfather six times over.” Born in 1943, he attended schools in London, Sussex and Canterbury (one at least of which was horrible enough to inspire him to describe it obliquely in The Butterfly Lion). He went on to London University to study English and French, followed by a step into the teaching profession and a job in a primary school in Kent. It was there that he discovered what he wanted to do.

“We had to read the children a story every day and my lot were bored by the book I was reading. I decided I had to do something and told them the kind of stories I used to tell my kids – it was like a soap opera, and they focused on it. I could see there was magic in it for them, and realised there was magic in it for me,” says Michael.

Living in Devon, listening to Mozart, and working with children have provided most of the stimulae Michael needs to discover and write his stories.

He spends half his time mucking out sheds, feeding sheep or milking cows; and the other half he spends dreaming up and writing stories. “For me, the greater part of writing is daydreaming; dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out – the writing down of it I always find hard. But I love finishing it, then holding the book in my hand and sharing my dream with my readers.”

In 1976 Michael and his wife, Clare, started the charity, Farms For City Children (FFCC), which aims to relieve the poverty of young children from inner city and urban areas by providing them with a week in which they work actively and purposefully on farms in the heart of the countryside. They now have three farms – in Devon, Pembrokeshire and in Gloucestershire. “As a teacher I realised many children had little real contact with the world around them – to them the television was real. I wanted them to experience life at first hand.” In the last 30 years, 50,000 children from cities and towns throughout the UK have spent a week of their lives living and working on one of the three farms.

Never one to sit still, Michael’s latest novel is called Listen to the Moon, which is set to be published this autumn. Michael is also patron of this month’s Family Arts Festival (17 October – 2 November) which will see a number of family events taking place in arts venues around the country as part of the national initiative that is working in collaboration with The Big Draw. In Bristol you can head to the Architecture Centre, Arnolfini, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, M Shed, Watershed and SS Great Britain – among other venues – to take part in hands-on creative activities and interactive workshops and see films and plays, listen to storytelling and more.

“I am delighted to be Patron of the 2014 Family Arts Festival,” says Michael. The enormous range of events presented across the UK means there will be something to delight and share with all members of the family across the generations.

“Many of my books have become plays, opera and ballet and so I have been able to see first-hand how live, cultural experiences can transform, transport and delight; opening up the imagination to a lifelong interest in the arts.

“I encourage families to make a day – or a week – of exploring the fun, interesting and entertaining events in your area this autumn half term.”

Michael’s top 10 pieces of music:

Mozart

Buddy Holly

to when I’m re-reading my work or answering letters. I write during the recitatives and listen to the arias. ❸ Spem in Alium by Thomas Tallis Music moves me quite profoundly. I’m more moved by it than I am by literature. Certain pieces, including this one, make the hairs stand up on my arms. It’s the most profound art form for me – simply listening. ❹ Words of Love by Buddy Holly Buddy Holly is my wife Clare’s favourite. I will often hear her listening to this while I’m upstairs on my bed writing. There’s something very reassuring about hearing songs played again and again as this one is. In fact, it was while I was stuck on a name for the boat in my book Kensuke’s Kingdom, that I heard Peggy Sue by Buddy Holly playing downstairs. Then I had the name for my boat! ❺ John Barleycorn (from War Horse) This folk song from War Horse rewritten and composed by John Tams is one that I love. It reminds me how the seasons will change and renew despite what we do to the world and each other, and that there is always hope. I have been so lucky to have my story War Horse turned into such a wonderful piece of theatre that has brought together wonderful direction, design, music and staging. I often sing Barleycorn at the end of one of my book events or readings. By that time, people are too polite to leave! ❻ Exsultate, Jubilate by Mozart Mozart is my favourite composer and this piece reminds me of my mother, who was a huge influence on my life. Her reading to me as a child made me love the music in words, in poetry and stories. Mozart was often played in our house when I was growing up and this reminds me of that time. ❼ Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles When I hear this I think of my family growing up and the good times. There was always something by the Beatles playing in the house, and this one is my favourite. ❽ Fanny Power by James Galway and the Chieftains One of my favourite songs, really uplifting and I love to play this when I’m relaxing or cooking supper. I love Irish music and the different instruments – harp, tin whistle, fiddle and harpsichord.

❶ We Have all the Time in World by Louis Armstrong I love this. It reminds me to slow down a bit and look around me. I tend to listen to music when I’m alone because I’m not fond of silence and this always makes me smile.

❾ Clarinet Concerto by Mozart Another Mozart but I love this one so couldn’t leave it out. It’s my wife Clare’s favourite piece of music and always makes me think of her.

❷ The Magic Flute by Mozart I often have music on when I’m working but not usually when I’m writing because I’m making the words in my head. But this is one that I can listen

❿ He Shall Feed his Flock by Handel This is a piece of music that never fails to make me feel glad to be alive. It is so profoundly moving. n

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Barny Haughton leads a curry masterclass at the Square Food Foundation

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COOKING UP A STORM Whether you’re a sweet or a savoury kind of person there’s a cookery class in Bristol you’re bound to enjoy, says Hannah Stuart-Leach

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Whether you want to cook a gourmet feast for guests or just brush up on your bread making skills, there’s something to suit all interests and budgets. Here are some of my favourites: Madeleine Joanes and Claire Warren from the newly opened Little Kitchen Cookery School

Food and Wine in London, with a wealth of experience gained in eateries ranging from bakeries to Michelin-starred restaurants, her mission remains to demystify cooking by making it accessible and fun. Able to whip up a lipsmackingly delicious (and ridiculously healthy) dessert armed with nothing but a blender, some nuts and a few fruits – there’s no unnecessary faffing in Barbora’s kitchen. Guiding her students step-by-step from the best ingredients to use to professional presentation techniques, she hopes to leave everyone confident in their new skills and able to use and enjoy them daily. Set classes, with no more than 10 students each to ensure everyone gets maximum attention, include fish workshops, Vietnamese street food and an ‘eggsellent’ class which covers – as you probably guessed – dishes which make the most of the versatile egg, from Scotch eggs to French custard. She also runs private classes for those who would prefer a bespoke session in areas they feel they need to improve, as well as classes for special occasions such as birthdays and hen dos.

October highlight: Gluten Free Baking, 10 October, 11am-4pm, £150 Challenging the misconception that traditional flours are the only means to achieve really tasty results, Barbora teaches how to make delicious treats including chocolate brownies, tarte au citron and cheese and tapioca puffs – all using healthy, alternative ingredients rather than gluten-free substitutes.

Visit: www.thedevilledegg.com

LITTLE KITCHEN COOKERY SCHOOL 153 Wick Road, Brislington. Tel: 07891490841/07515392436 New kid on the block Little Kitchen is the baby of friends Madeleine Joanes, a former food and cookery teacher, and Claire Warren, previous owner and cook at The Food Warren. The school is a welcome addition to the interesting array of new ventures in Brislington, and specialises in affordable, healthy cookery for both kids and adults. Since opening in June this year, the homely hangout has proved especially popular for its Super Food Supper Clubs, where small groups learn how to cook nourishing meals in a relaxed atmosphere – sometimes making new friends in the process. A past menu was Greek beans with couscous and seeded crisp bread, finished off with a skinny tart made from lightly filled filo pastry. The pair are great at coming up with inspiring new ideas, with October events including a children’s holiday cookery club Halloween special, tapas and dating, and the Great British Cake-off. They even run a Saturday breakfast service – drop in between 9.30am and 11.30am for a Knicker Bocker Morning Glory, made of natural yogurt, berry compote, granola and honey. Slightly more sinful bacon sarnies are also available.

October highlight: Curry Club, 23 October, 6.30pm-9pm, £29 Learn to create a healthier and tastier version of your favourite takeaway. This evening course shows you how to blend your own spice mix to use in your dishes. Then make two delicious mains and two sides: Sri Lankan chicken curry, lamb keema curry, garlic naan and saag aloo (potato & spinach curry).

Visit: www.little-kitchen.co.uk

DEVILLED EGG KITCHEN ACADEMY Latchford House, 8 Downfield Road, Clifton. Tel: 0117 973 2823 A firm advocate of American cook, Irma Starkloff Rombauer’s idea that, “Nothing stimulates the practiced cook’s imagination like an egg,” founder and head chef Barbora Stiess launched The Devilled Egg in a peaceful corner of Clifton in 2010. A graduate of the prestigious Leiths School of WWW.THEBRISTOLMAGAZINE.CO.UK

A masterclass at the Square Food Foundation

SQUARE FOOD FOUNDATION The Park, Daventry Road, Knowle West. Tel: 0117 904 6679 The brainchild of local chef and restaurateur Barny Haughton – winner of the Award for Lifetime Achievement at Bristol Good Food Awards 2013 and currently Head Chef at The Folk House Café – Square Food Foundation in Knowle West was set up 15 years ago not simply to improve mealtimes, but to improve lives. Believing “everyone has a place at the table” the social enterprise works with local schools and community groups to deliver handson training and help empower individuals to make positive choices in every aspect of their lives, and embrace their own creativity. Community classes are funded using profits from masterclasses, which range from more general sessions such as all about meat, to honing a particular type of cuisine such as French bistro cooking. At the end of each session, students get together to tuck into what they’ve cooked and have a chat over a glass of wine. This autumn, the foundation is running a special offer inviting everyone who registers for a masterclass to bring along a friend for free.

October highlight: Adults & Children, 29 October, 10am, £32 per child and adult pair plus £8 per additional child An opportunity to learn together. For parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and guardians – and any budding young chefs. Suitable for accompanied children aged 6 to 14. Visit: www.squarefoodfoundation.co.uk >> OCTOBER 2014

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OTHER OCTOBER CLASSES… Fermenting Foods Course Hamilton House Community Kitchen, 18 October, 10am-4pm, £55 Learn all about the health benefits of fermented products and how to create your own. Includes a light lunch and a jar of your own fermented food to take home. Visit: www.hamiltonhouse.org

Classic British Cakes

▲ Regional Italy 102 Cookery School, 4 October, 9.15am-4.30pm, £125 During this one-day class, focus on one of Italy’s many delicious regional cuisines using the freshest produce and herbs – washing it all down, once you’ve created the dishes, with some classic Italian wines. Visit: www.102cookeryschool.co.uk

Classic Chocolate Making Class The Chocolate Tart, 2 & 31 October, 10.30am-1.30pm, £75 Be whisked through the art of hand-rolled fresh cream truffles, to enrobing, moulding your own homemade flavoured cream fondant inside chocolate shells and working with transfer sheets which embellish edible coloured patterns onto the bottom of Florentines. Spend the final part of the class packaging your sweet treats beautifully. Visit: www.thechocolatetart.co.uk

Hobbs House Bakery, Chipping Sodbury, 18 October, 9am-3pm, £145 The ultimate baking experience for cake lovers including a helpful rundown of graceful decoration and tricky techniques. Spend the day with our patisserie expert who will guide you through some classic recipes including the ultimate victoria sponge, a twist on the traditional bakewell tart, battenburg, fondant fancies and eccles cakes. Visit: www.hobbshousebakery.co.uk

Full Power Palak Hamilton House Community Kitchen, 28th Oct, 6-9pm, £30 Indian Vegetarian Cooking Course taught by yogi Ajay Sharma (AKA Joe Baba). Learn fundamental Indian cooking techniques, spice blends and authentic vegetarian cooking using seasonal British vegetables and Indian spices. Dishes include channa masala, two main vegetarian dishes, masala garlic rice and Indian dessert, halwa. Visit: www.hamiltonhouse.org

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The best little FOOD & DRINK SHOPS IN BRISTOL Last month’s Best Little Shops of Bristol feature was hugely popular, but this month we have saved something rather special for you. The Bristol Magazine has been munching its way round the city to uncover gert lush gastronomic gems that celebrate the diverse culinary culture on offer in Bristol. Read it, tweet it, but most of all eat it...

16-17 Small Street, Bristol. BS1 1DE Tel: 0117 926 8102 www.guilbertschocolates.co.uk Guilbert’s Chocolates is an independent business that has been hand-making chocolates since 1910. Family owned and run, everything is hand dipped using traditional methods. Using techniques that little differ from when Monsieur Guilbert established the business, Guilbert’s has continued making childhood favourites such as crystallised peppermint creams, as well as more historical recipes like Victorian rose and violet creams. A visit to Guilbert’s Chocolates transports you back through time, with many different aspects of our English heritage evident in one place. Guilbert’s prides itself on creating high quality, luxurious products that you won’t find from any other company. Chocoholic heaven.

RARE BUTCHERS OF SOUTHVILLE 250 North Street, Bedminster, Bristol. BS3 1JD Tel: 0117 966 3593 Rare Butchers of Southville has been a local institution for many years and much appreciated, admired and favoured by customers from all over the city.

Recently voted Bristol’s best butcher in the Good Food Awards 2014, these local food heroes attract deserved credit at all levels. Make a special visit to buy their beautifully marbled local beef – dry-aged on the premises – on the bone. While there, check out a superb selection of continental and English sausages made using local free range pork. And, for the baconistas, the award-wining Sandridge Farmhouse dry cure is almost compulsory.

Visit early to avoid the queues, especially on a Saturday morning.

But if you do end up queueing, rest assured it’ll be worth the wait.

HART’S BAKERY Arch 35, Bristol & Exeter House, Lower Station Approach, Bristol. BS1 6QS Tel: 07968 220260 www.hartsbakery.co.uk

Hart’s Bakery is coming up to its second birthday in the arches at Temple Meads, and this small business has become a firm favourite with workers and commuters in the area.

Specialising in slow-proved sourdough and pastries, it opens at 7am and exudes an aroma of fresh ground coffee and croissants hot out of the oven that wafts up to the station. With everything on show it’s a great place to grab a drink and watch the bakers at work.

Wares change throughout the day, from early morning pastries, to lunchtime savouries and afternoon cakes. There is a hot lunch special every day from noon – it might be a delicious soup, hearty bread bake or a Friday treat of slow cooked pork shoulder in a bun. If watching from the sidelines isn’t enough for you, it also runs monthly Bread & Breakfast workshops where you can learn the secrets of sourdough and croissants.

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CLIFTON VILLAGE FISH BAR 4 Princess Victoria Street, Clifton, Bristol. BS8 4BP Tel: 0117 9741 894 www.cliftonvillagefishbar.co.uk Clifton Village Fish Bar is probably Bristol’s most famous fish and chip shop – right in the heart of the village. This award-winning shop has been recognised by the National Federation of Fish Friers as being among the best in the country for its high quality produce and customer service, and taking fish and chips to another level. Customers and visitors to Clifton are in for a real treat with the wide range of fresh fish including sea bass, hake, and mackerel, alongside the more traditional and hugely popular favourites of cod, haddock and plaice.

Clifton Village Fish Bar prepares its own tartare sauce and has developed a delicious batter recipe (with a little help from a genius local chef). Known for perfect chips – it only fries quality grade A British potatoes, prefering Maris Piper – freshly prepared every morning, seven days a week, on the premises. It also uses premium, sustainable, fully traceable palm oil in the friers. And if you need to, pop in on the first Monday evening of the month for a gluten free night which is extremely popular (also available at the Stoke Bishop shop on Druid Hill).

Whichever area you find yourself in, both shops are really worth a visit. And, if you’re buying, at TBM, we like a lot of vinegar on our chips.

THE BANANA BOAT 117 Oxford Street, Totterdown, Bristol. BS3 4RL Tel: 0117 972 3302

The Banana Boat fruit, veg and grocery shop has been a local institution for 27 years. Gerry Pace and his wife Jo took over the business in 1994 and are proud to still be going strong. It’s a great store and the friendly proprietors work tirelessly, six days a week, to give great customer service with a smile... guaranteed. They sell a large range of fruit and veg, lots of fresh herbs and spices and, because of their Sicilian roots, there’s a lovely variety of Italian goodies on offer too, such as pastas, Parmesan cheese, extra virgin olive oil and many more all imported direct from Sicily. Gerry says “It is hard work with the 4am starts but we enjoy it, we have very loyal customers and without them the last 20 years couldn’t have been possible. I hope it goes to show that we are doing something right, and would like to thank them for their continued support.” They have also develeoped a well-respected wholesale side to the business which is going from strength to strength.

CLARKS PIES 259 North Street, Bristol. BS3 1JN. 2 Haymarket, Bristol. BS1 3LN. Tel: 0117 966 3894 www.clarkspies.net Clarks Pies has been making and selling pies and pasties from its bakehouse on North Street since the late 1920s. An independent family run business, now in the third generation of Clarks, it is loved locally for traditional, no nonsense and nostalgic pies. The Clarks Pie is a particular favourite, with its distinctive beef and kidney filling in a secret gravy and thick pastry, requiring no foil tray. Clarks also bakes steak and ale pies (using the Beer Factory’s Red Ale), sausage rolls and pasties with a beef and potato or cheese, potato and onion filling. Recently, against tough competition, Clarks were finalists in the Best Local Pies category of the Bristol Good Food Awards 2014, nominated by the local public. To quote one of its regular customers, “Clarks Pies is just Bristol, isn’t it? I’ve come here for years. It’s good old fashioned grub, and that’s the way I like it!” Mate - you’re not alone.

SCOOPAWAY 113 Gloucester Road, Bristol. BS7 8AT Tel: 0117 987 2199 www.scoopawayhealthfoods.co.uk Scoopaway specialises in natural wholesome foods and remedies for the whole family, including food supplements and organic body care from head to toe.

There’s a wonderful choice of herbal and fairtrade teas and coffees, herbs and spices, and chilled and frozen convenience foods. It also caters for speciality diets such as vegetarian, vegan, wheat-free and coeliac. Mindful of unecessary packaging and food waste too, Scoopaway has made its best selling lines available loose, so customers can scoop as much (or as little) as they need. Being an independent shop, Scoopaway is conscious to only deal with ethical suppliers who can guarantee that their food is free from genetic modification. And as such it has a good relationship with all its suppliers, who provide great quality wholesome foods, many of which are organic. Independent foodshops are also able to react quicker to customers and market demands, and seek the best quality products from the most local sources. Scoopaway’s ethos is to be kind to the environment, to limit road transport to a minimum, to use Bristol-based suppliers, and to reduce its environmental footprint by producing less packaging and less waste. It’s good for the local economy too. Keeping money in the local area, Scoopaway creates jobs locally which in turn is good for the local community and encourages links between people in the city. Scoopaway has health at their heart, and staff are totally committed to this ethos and full of great advice for customers. Scoopaway will always go the extra mile, even ordering in specific products at no extra charge.

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PAK BUTCHERS 4 Roman Road, Easton, Bristol. BS5 6DH 88 St Marks Road, Easton, Bristol. BS5 6JH 218 Stapleton Road, Easton, Bristol. BS5 0NX 106 Grosvenor Road, St Pauls, Bristol. BS2 6YA

SOURCE FOOD HALL & CAFÉ

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1-3 Exchange Avenue St Nicholas Market, Bristol. BS1 1JW Tel: 0117 927 2998 www.source-food.co.uk Situated in the heart of Bristol’s historic St Nicholas Market, Source Food Hall & Café offers a unique food experience where you can buy the freshest produce from the shop and eat delicious foods from an ever changing seasonal menu in the café.

The shop is a wonder of foodie delights and offers the best in fish, meat, poultry, game, cheese, fruit and veg, complemented by a range of sauces, cakes and savouries which are all made in house. Along with a great range of provisions from artisan producers, Source has everything necessary to get meal times off to a great start – and expertly skilled staff are on hand to help with everything from filleting to cooking tips. If you want to take your culinary skills to a higher level, it also runs a variety of practical and interesting hands-on courses.

Orders and reservations are welcomed to ensure you get the best produce for your meal table.

Visit Source and treat your senses to something special... and very delicious.

TOVEY’S SEAFOOD Abdul Raoof Malik was born in Easton in 1973. He left school at the age of 16, after failing his GCSEs, and at 17 he went to Pakistan to be married as per the wish of his parents. He later returned to Bristol, picked up 5 GCSEs and started a business that has now been going for over two decades and is widely recognised as one of the main suppliers of Halal meat in the south west. Pak Butchers – PAK meaning ‘Clean and Pure’ – purveys the highest quality Halal meat, poultry, game, fish and snacks. As well as an established over-the-counter trade business, they also supply top hotels, restaurants, schools, nurseries and the catering trade across the region. Abdul has since gone on to become a superb ambassador for Bristol and has picked up many prestigious awards for both his business and community work. Throughout his shops you will get a warm welcome, expert and friendly advice on the best cuts, and very fair prices.

198-200 Stapleton Road, Easton, Bristol. BS5 0NY Tel: 0117 951 0987 Tovey’s Seafood is a third generation family business, started in 1935 by William Tovey on Easton Road before moving to its current address on Stapleton Road in 1962. Since then Tovey’s has grown from a small retail shop into a national and international wholesaler, importer and exporter of seafood. You can be guaranteed to find almost anything from common varieties such as cod, haddock, salmon and sole to more exotic species like parrot, grouper, snapper and trevally. It also stocks a wide variety of shellfish, including cockles, mussels and oysters, most of which are kept live in their tanks. As well as displaying a magnificent showcase of piscatorial delights, the shop has a cool, fresh atmosphere that speaks volumes as to the quality of the produce on offer, and is a real joy to the senses.

BRISTOL CIDER SHOP 7 Christmas Steps, Bristol. BS1 5BS Tel: 0117 382 1679 www.bristolcidershop.co.uk Bristol Cider Shop is the city’s very own cider emporium, stocking over 100 varieties of local award-winning cider and perry. They sell everything from draught cider (you can bring in a jug and fill it with your favourite cider) to Champagne-style cider and Somerset cider brandy.

The tiny shop on Christmas Steps is a haven for cider lovers, and will become even more so with the opening of their new cider tasting room where regular cider tastings, cider and food matching events, meet the producer evenings and even cider dinners will be held.

The shop lives up to its eponymous address at Christmas, with a whole host of festive tipples on offer. West country cider hampers and cider gift boxes are always extremely popular, and this year the tasting room will make the perfect venue for cider-themed Christmas parties.

This cider house rules!

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BRISTOL AT WORK Our series of photographic portraits by Charlotte Stone shows Bristol people at work

Sandra, Leanne and Ashley Stone of Great Western Brewery

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y family has been involved in the pub business for a long time, with my parents Kevin and Sandra running the pub The Rising Sun, just outside of Bristol, with my grandparents Roger and Pauline for about 18 years,” says Ashley Stone.

“Once my grandparents retired, we decided to have a change of direction and expand into brewing our own beer. After a lengthy process of finding the right property, we set up Great Western Brewery in the old Turners Bakery in Hambrook. The building was reconfigured to accommodate the equipment such as brewing vessels and we created a shop which sells all ales to take-away. The building still has many original features giving an authentic feel, which was incredibly important to us.

“We started brewing in 2007 with our flagship ale, Maiden Voyage, followed by Classic Gold and now we have an extensive range, featuring seasonal and one-off brews, such as Moose River and American Pale Ale. Our aim is to extend our portfolio with more hand crafted ales that push the boundaries of brewing.

“We start our brewing process early in the morning when the whole grain is crushed in our malt mill to give constancy to the brew. The crushed grain is mixed with hot water to give a 65 degree, porridge-like solution in the mashtun. The malt is then left to rest for an hour, which is when the sugars are extracted.

The process continues from the mash tun to the copper, where the wort is boiled and hops are added to give bitterness and aroma. It is then transferred to the fermenter where the yeast is added to the brew and left to ferment until the required final gravity is reached. This whole process takes about a week to put the brew into cask, and then it’s ready to be sold.

“We are excited to have just brewed our 2 millionth pint, and brewing has gone from just once a week to 3-4 times a week.

The next step is huge plans to expand into the craft ale bottled market in the next few months. Despite the brewery expanding rapidly, it is still a family business and the whole family is involved – my father Kevin started the business, I run the production department and my sister and mum each have their own department too.

“Our best customer is the Rising Sun in Frampton Cotterell, where it all began – which has been in the Stone family for 33 years now.

“I take great satisfaction in the fact that what we produce is being enjoyed by so many – especially when we started a brewery from scratch with no knowledge or experience except for passion and pouring pints!” n www.charlottestonephoto.com

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HALL TOGETHER NOW Colston Hall has launched a national appeal for a multi-million pound transformation to become an international standard concert venue. Samantha Coleman goes behind the scenes to find out more

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t was five years ago that drum and bass musician Roni Size and the Bristol Ensemble raised the roof of Colston Hall to mark the opening of the new foyer extension. Now, the Bristol arts venue is set to undergo another transformation – to create an international standard concert hall in the city and a national and regional centre for entertainment, education and enterprise – one of the largest projects of its kind ever in the UK. It will be the last of the main concert halls in the country to have undergone a major redevelopment since the 1980s and works are planned to commence in the hall’s 150th year in 2017, ready for opening in 2019.

Audiences have been enjoying music here since 1867 after The Colston Hall Company bought the land from Colston Boy’s School to fund their vision of building a concert hall in the city. However, on 1 September 1898, a fire broke out in Clark’s clothing factory next door and spread to the hall. In the auditorium, only the walls remained, and the impressive organ was completely destroyed. Three years later, in 1901, the second Colston Hall opened. In 1935 Colston Hall closed again for remodelling, re-opening in December 1936 – with a space where everyone could see the orchestra. The concert venue survived World War II only to soon after catch fire as a result of a discarded cigarette. In 1951 the fourth Colston Hall was opened to mark the Festival of Britain and has since remained at the heart of cultural life in the city, hosting music, comedy, film and other events. Over the years it has led the field in music from dance to early rock and roll, from beat groups to prog rock. It has also played host to some of the major musical influences including the Beatles (who were famously flour bombed by the audience here in 1964), and Bob Dylan, who filmed the live shots for Hearts of Fire at the hall.

Always looking to expand its offerings and present a diverse programme to suit all tastes and push boundaries, the £20m foyer, which opened in 2009, has proved an exciting addition to the hall, with a café bar, roof terrace, restaurant, performance space, conferencing and education facilities, plus disabled access to all floors – offering a top quality experience to all visitors.

It makes sense then, that the auditorium should match the same standards and provide a more versatile space. The multi-million pound transformation plans include: • Remodelling the existing main auditorium. The stage will be equipped with international standards of acoustics and flexibility and the seating configuration will be changed so that music is amplified more and can also be suitable for a variety of purposes – including arts festivals, corporate events and graduations.

• Redeveloping the second hall, known as the Lantern, into an elegant and versatile performance venue. The Lantern started life as the Little Theatre in the 1920s and became a bar until it was turned back into a second performance area in 2009.

• The improvement of backstage facilities and stage access for production teams.

• Opening up the cellars, which are underneath the auditorium, for the first time in 100 years to provide educational workshops, workspace for performing arts business enterprises and a cabaret style jazz bar and performance area.

• Restoring the historic core of the building and the Colston Street frontage to its Victorian magnificence.

• Bringing back the historic colonnade to its former glory.

Louise Mitchell, chief executive of Colston Hall says: “We’ve been left behind for 20 years and now it’s my mission and challenge to get this sorted out. Currently it’s like stepping back in time as you go from the new foyer

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THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC: main image, an artist’s impression of what the new auditorium will look like Above: an artist’s impression of the building’s restored exterior and historic colonnade, and an elegant and versatile space in the Lantern

area to our old building. This transformation programme will bring a much needed concert hall of international standard to the city and region, while being a major national and regional centre for the development of artistic talent and enterprises.

“The hall has played host to many famous artists and musicians over the years: from the Beatles to the Rolling Stones, Simon Rattle to the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and from Stephen Fry to Billy Connolly. The transformation will ensure that it continues to be a driving force in the performing arts arena and provide a platform for the stars of the future for another 150 years.”

Jazz star Jamie Cullum, who comes from the south west, was one of those who realised his dreams to perform on stage.

He says: “I have played at Colston Hall many times and it’s a great venue with such an intimate environment and great connection with your audience. It’s good to hear they are planning to modernise the venue and to such a high standard. I’m also delighted that the new facility will be more than just an entertainment venue, and will nurture future talent through education and the development of businesses related to the

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Colston Hall is run by Bristol Music Trust, an independent organisation created in 2011 to develop the hall’s artistic programme and promote music and music making in Bristol. An appeal called Thank You for the Music, to raise the necessary £45m for the project, has been launched by the Bristol Music Trust, and promises lots of exciting fundraising events and concerts featuring special guests over the next few years.

But when the auditorium closes, you needn’t worry that the entertainment will stop. “We will be putting on events in other spaces such as cathedrals, churches, music rooms and outdoor spaces,” says Louise. “We’ll be collaborating with different venues all over the city and using the closure as an opportunity to show what Bristol Music Trust does.

“It will be quite liberating to work out of the hall and explore what we can do in other spaces. At the end of the day, it’s not about the building, it’s about the music. But we can’t have the music without the building!” n For further information visit: www.colstonhall.org

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CULTURE BOOK Our guide to this month’s top events in Bristol and beyond

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Elizabeth I: Virgin on the Ridiculous, Tobacco Factory Theatres, until 4 October After the sell-out hit The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Living Spit are back to attempt to tell the story of Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen. With silly songs and smutty shenanigans, this promises to be a poorly researched lesson in Tudor history that you’ll never forget. Box office tel: 0117 902 0344 or visit: www.tobaccofactorytheatres.com.

The 625 Company presents Look Out, The Alma Tavern Theatre, Wednesday 1 & Thursday 2 October, 8pm A fond tribute to classic TV, Look Out pays homage to the popular culture of yesteryear with an evening of comic sketches and songs celebrating the TV stars and pop music icons the group adored as children.

Tickets £8 from: www.almataverntheatre.co.uk or tel: 0117 9735171.

Dracula, Bristol Old Vic, Wednesday 1 – Saturday 4 October, 7.30pm Mark Bruce’s company of ten exceptional dancers bring Bram Stoker’s haunting, erotic tale to life in a heart-wrenching and magical dance theatre production. With an eclectic mix of music from Bach and Mozart to Ligetti and Fred Frith, Bruce explores choreographic styles ranging from the subtlety of classical etiquette to visceral contemporary dance. Box office tel: 0117 987 7877 or visit: www.bristololdvic.org.uk.

Lou Lou’s Vintage Fair, Passenger Shed, Temple Meads, Saturday 4 October, 11am – 5pm The biggest vintage fair in the UK is coming back to Bristol. Take advantage of 100 stalls selling some of the best vintage clothing, collectables, homewares and furniture from the 40s through to the 90s.

There’s even a ‘Pop Up Parlour’ for a full vintage makeovers. Entry: £2, under 12s free. For more information visit: www.thevintagefair.com.

Orchard Harvest Day, Winterbourne Medieval Barn, Sunday 5 October, 11am – 4pm A day celebrating rural skills at this unique historical venue. There will be traditional cider making using a Victorian horsepowered stone apple mill, a skittles alley, a variety of children’s activities, and plenty more on offer throughout the day. Entry: £2, under 16s are free, and parking: £2.

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Alison Balsom, Colston Hall, Monday 6 October, 7.30pm The Trumpet Sings is the first solo show from this multi-award winning trumpet player, showcasing everything from classical to contemporary. The show will incorporate repertoire from Alison’s much anticipated new album, and she will also be joined by organist Chad Kelly performing an equally eclectic selection of music. Tickets: £20.96 – £34.94 (incl. booking fee) from the box office on: 0844 887 1500 or visit: www.colstonhall.org.

BBC Radio 3 Presents Brahms Experience, St George’s, Monday 6 – Friday 10 October, 7.30pm BBC Radio 3 returns for a third year for this week-long series of concerts and essays reappraising the music and life of Johannes Brahms. As well as the concerts themselves, pianist Natasha Loges and writer Lesley Chamberlain will talk about Brahms’ life and the world in which he lived.

Audiences will also have the chance to go behind the microphone and meet the producers and engineers behind these events, including Radio 3 presenter Tom Service. Tickets: £5 – £20. Tel: 0845 402 400 or visit: www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk.

The Conquering Hero, Wills Memorial Building, Monday 6 – Sunday 12 October, 3pm & 7.30pm This play, written in the aftermath of the First World War by Manchester playwright Allan Monkhouse, is Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory’s first co-production with Bristol University. There will be a post-show talk and discussion after the final performance. Tickets: £5 standing, £12 seated from the box office on tel: 0117 902 0344 or visit: www.sattf.org.uk.

Creative Writing Course, Clifton Suspension Bridge (Burwalls House), 7, 14 & 19 October, 7 – 9pm An introduction to poetry, creative prose and short story writing using the spectacular Clifton Suspension Bridge as inspiration. Published author Glenn Carmichael will provide simple exercises, examples and lots of encouragement to inspire all levels of writer. No fee. To book tel: 07703 609 277 or visit: www.cliftonbridge.org.uk/visit/events.

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Hot Tub Cinema, Paintworks, Wednesday 8 – Tuesday 14 October, 6.30pm Fresh from a summer of shows in New York, Ibiza and London, Hot Tub Cinema is bringing tits aquatic cinema experience to Bristol. Expect great films followed by a party. Tickets: £27.50pp, or £165 for a six person tub.

Visit: www.paintworksevents.co.uk.

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International Ocean Film Festival at Victoria Rooms

happy. Based on The Beggar’s Opera, this new show from ever-inventive Kneehigh is full of wit, wonder and weirdness. Tickets: £5 – £25 from the box office on tel: 0117 987 7877 or visit: www.bristololdvic.org.uk.

Bristol Ensemble, Trinity-Henleaze United Reformed Church, Saturday 11 October, 7.30pm Bristol Ensemble and Bristol-based clarinetist David Pagett perform Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto. The programme also includes Bocherrini’s Symphony in D minor ‘La Casa Del Diavolo’. Jonathan James gives a pre-concert talk at 5.45pm. Tickets: £5 under 25s, £16 adults from Henleaze Post Office and Opus 13 music shop on tel: 0117 923 0164.

International Ocean Film Festival, Victoria Rooms, Saturday 11 October, 7.30pm As part of its first UK tour, this new film festival will bring an evening of the best ocean films from around the globe to Bristol. For tickets and further information visit: www.oceanfilmfestival.co.uk.

City of Bristol Choir, St Alban’s Church, Westbury Park, Saturday 11 October, 7.30pm A performance of orchestral and choral music from the great composers of the Baroque era opens City of Bristol Choir’s concert season, featuring Handel’s Dixit Dominus. Two works by Vivaldi complete the programme – Beatus Vir, a setting of Psalm 111, and Autumn from The Four Seasons. Tickets £18 (concessions £16, under 18s and students £5) from Opus 13 on tel: 0117 923 0164 and www.cityofbristolchoir.org.uk.

An Evening of Burlesque, Bristol Hippodrome, Saturday 11 October, 8pm Now in its fourth year, the world’s original touring burlesque spectacular is back in Bristol. With couture costumes and killer heels, this is a glamorous production combining song, dance, music and mischief. Artists include Amber Topaz (the Yorkshire Tease), Miss Felixy Splits and The Foxy Mixtures. Tickets: £24 from the box office on tel: 0844 871 3012 or visit: www.atgtickets.com/bristol.

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An Evening with Christine Hamilton, Long Ashton Golf Club, Monday 13 October, 7pm The Soroptimist International Club of Bristol have organised an evening of entertainment, including wine, dinner and an auction, in aid of Penny Brohn Cancer Care Charity.

Christine Hamilton will be speaking, offering amusing anecdotes of her life and revealing why she lives up to her nickname of ‘the battleaxe’! Tickets: £25 from tel: 01275 874 051 or contact: cavendisheurope@yahoo.co.uk.

Welsh National Opera, Redmaid’s School, Wednesday 15 October, 7.15pm WNO Chairman, Geraint Talfan Davies, talks to Andy Taylor, formerly Friends’ Manager, about the work of the company and shares some of his favourite music. For more information tel: 01275 848 526 or contact: borkmail@googlemail.com.

The Graduate, Redgrave Theatre, Wednesday 15 – Saturday 18 October, 7.30pm Burlesque at Bristol Hippodrome

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The Brontë Season, Arnos Vale Cemetery, Wednesday 8 – Saturday 11 October & at Redmaids School, Wednesday 22 – Saturday 25 October Butterfly Psyche Theatre and Livewire Theatre present fresh adaptations of three well-loved tales: Jane Eyre, the Gothic story of a penniless young governess and her devilish suitor; Wuthering Heights, one of the most tragic and infamous love stories ever told; and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, a lesser known but multi-layered story showing both the brutality and consequences of life choices, and the hope and happiness of redemption, forgiveness and truth.

Performed one after the other, there’s a chance to mix-and-match an old favourite along with a new acquaintance, or see all three in an omnibus performance. Tickets: £12/£10 from The Tobacco Factory on tel: 0117 902 0344 or visit: www.tobaccofactorytheatres.com/book.

The Brontë Season at Arnos Vale Cemetery

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dangerous adversary. Tickets: £10 from the box office on tel: 0844 826 1699 or visit: www.proacttc.co.uk.

Alice, Alma Tavern Theatre, Wednesday 15 – Saturday 18 October, 8pm It’s 1915. Bombs rain down. Sheltering in her dusty cellar, Alice rediscovers her past among old lampshades and moth-eaten christening gowns. This is a moving WW1 story of the real Alice in Wonderland, told through imaginative puppetry and music. Tickets: £8/£10 from tel: 0117 973 5171 or visit: www.almataverntheatre.co.uk.

What The Frock! Comedy, at The Mauretania, Park Street, Friday 17 October, 8pm A night of comedy from female stand-ups, showcasing new acts, as well as new material from more established comedians. Hosted by What the Frock! favourite Cerys Nelmes, this October show will welcome acts including: Amy Mason, Alice Matthews, Becky Brunning, Bisha K Ali and Scummy Mummies. Tickets £7 advance, £10 on the door. Visit: www.whatthefrockcomedy.co.uk.

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Afternoon Tea, Berwick Lodge, Saturday 18 October, 3pm Redland High and Harvey Nichols are hosting an indulgent afternoon tea at which the latest fashion trends will be showcased. Appreciate this season’s signature garments over delicious sweet and savoury nibbles. Tickets: £20 from Redland High School on tel: 0117 916 6711 or contact: development@redlandhigh.com.

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The Best in UK Stand Up with Elis James & Co., Colston Hall, Saturday 18 October, 8.30pm Be charmed by this Welsh raconteur’s tales about anything from his first kiss to wearing tap shoes to a wedding, all delivered with his signature dose of self-deprecation. Tickets: £12.90 from: www.colstonhall.org.

It’s a Wrap with Gift Frippery, Bristol Botanic Gardens, Saturday 18 October, 10am – 4pm A relaxed and creative workshop covering the basics of gift-wrapping and moving on to more imaginative decoration where you will have the chance to unleash your creativity using upcycled materials. The tutor will also demonstrate how to wrap a bottle, box, and other more awkward shapes. To enrol visit: www.shop.bris.ac.uk.

Charity Ball, Double Tree by Hilton, Cadbury House, Congresbury, Saturday 18 October, 7pm – late A ball in aid of Springboard which helps children under five with additional needs in North Somerset. Enjoy a welcome drink, three course dinner and entertainment. There will also be an auction and grand raffle. Tickets: £35 from tel: 01275 341113 or visit: www.springboardweb.org.uk.

Strictly Balti, Tobacco Factory Theatre, Monday 20 – Saturday 25 October, 7.45pm Calamity Jane at Bristol Hippodrome

Bristol’s very own Saikat Ahamed returns to the Brewery Theatre to tell his story of growing up between conflicting cultures, in which ballroom dancing is not the only humiliation heaped on Saikat. And no one gets his name right, ever. Suitable for children aged 10+. Tickets: £12 from the box office on tel: 0117 902 0344 or visit: www.tobaccofactorytheatres.com.

Calamity Jane, Bristol Hippodrome, Tuesday 21 – Saturday 25 October, 2.30 & 7.30pm Calamity Jane can outrun and outshoot any man in Deadwood, but when everyone in town begins to favour her new recruit she struggles to keep her jealousy in check. It takes her long-standing enemy Wild Bill Hickok to make her see sense, and realise her secret love. With an Oscar nominated score and starring Jodie Prenger and Tom Lister. Tickets: £12.90 – £38.90 from the box office on tel: 0844 871 3012 or visit: www.atgtickets.com/bristol.

Without Measure, WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre, Friday 24 – Sunday 26 October, 4pm See a new Swan Lake for the 21st century, in which dancers have taken inspiration from the birds at Slimbridge and will bring to life their discoveries in this promenade dance performance, set within the beautiful surroundings of the centre. Tickets: £12/£8 on tel: 01453 891 223 or visit: wwt.org.uk/slimbridge.

Uninvited (1988), Bristol Bad Film Club, BristolCon, Doubletree Hotel, Saturday 25 October, 8pm Everyone knows a cat has nine lives... unfortunately, you only have one! In this classic >>

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80s horror film, a mutant killer cat finds its way onboard a yacht full of criminal businessmen and spring breakers, resulting in carnage. Tickets: £5/£6 from: ti.to/bristol-bad-film-club/uninvited-screening.

Westonbirt Fair

The Westonbirt Fair, Westonbirt School, Tuesday 28 & Wednesday 29 October, 10am – 4pm Packed with colourful stalls offering gifts, homeware, gourmet treats, clothes and accessories, this annual fair is a great day out for a good cause, with all proceeds and 10% of every purchase going directly to Macmillan Cancer Support and Home-Start in Gloucestershire. Included in the price of the ticket is entry to the beautiful grounds. Tickets: £7.50, under 16s free. For more information visit: www.westonbirtfair.org.

Arabian Nights, Tobacco Factory Theatre, Tuesday 28 October – Sunday 2 November, 11am & 2pm

Arabian Nights at the Tobacco Factory

Meet Scheherazade, the greatest storyteller of them all. She has a feast of adventures to tell involving genies, villains, heroes and princesses, among them Ali Baba’s famous encounter with forty theives and Aladdin and his magic lamp. Be transported to a world of marvels by Story Pocket Theatre who retell the tales using music, puppetry and a dash of theatrical magic.

Tickets: £7 from the box office on tel: 0117 902 0344 or visit: www.tobaccofactorytheatres.com.

Stages of War, Horfield Parish Hall, Wednesday 29 October – Saturday 1 November, 7pm In remembrance of the start of the First World War one hundred years ago, Horfield Theatre Company presents three one-act plays that give a glimpse back to those times, and the people from all walks of life whose lives were affected. Tickets: £9 from tel: 0117 969 5716 or visit: www.horfieldtheatre.co.uk.

Hallowe’en Murder Mystery, The National Trust’s Tyntesfield House, Friday 31 October, 7 – 11pm Travel back in time with the critically acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre >>

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Hallowe’en Murder Mystery at Tyntesfield

Company for a hauntingly hilarious experience. Meet some peculiar Tyntesfield characters and put your sleuthing skills to the test to solve an immersive murder mystery. Tickets: £35 (incl. dinner), visit: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/tyntesfield.

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Bristol Glassfest & Philip Glass Ensemble: Retrospective, St George’s, Colston Hall & Watershed, 7 – 10 November Events in Bristol will start at St George’s with an evening of Glass’ songs, performed by Tara Hugo and Michael Riesman. Over the weekend, the Watershed will also present Glass, Beats & Buddhism, a short complementary of films about the composer, before Glassfest is brought to a close at the Colston Hall with the premiere of Philip Glass Ensemble: Restrospective. Times vary according to venue, for more details visit: www.stgeorgesbristol.co.u /www.colstonhall.org/www.watershed.co.uk.

Exultate Singers, St George’s Bristol, Sunday 9 November, 7.30pm Exultate Singers is joined by The Lochrian Ensemble to perform a concert marking the 100th anniversary of the beginning of WWI. Herbert Howells’ unaccompanied setting of the Requiem is paired with Gerald Finzi’s moving Requiem da Camera. Tickets £12 – £21 from the box office on tel: 0845 40 24 001 or visit: www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk.

Will Self, Shark, Bristol Grammar School, Thursday 13 November, 6.30pm Join Will Self and his editor, Tony Lacey, as they discuss Self’s new novel Shark. With music and light refreshments. Tickets: £9 from: www.bristolgrammarschool.co.uk/Events.aspx.

Carmina Burana, Colston Hall, Saturday 15 November, 7.30pm Musicians of all ages from all over the city are giving a fundraising concert for St Peter’s Hospice. The concert will open with the brass fanfare from Shostakovich’s Festive Overture, then the Bristol Metropolitan Orchestra and several local choirs will perform Orff’s famous Carmina Burana, before Dvorak’s symphony From the New World draws the evening to a close. Tickets: £10.75 – £21.75 from the box office on tel: 0844 887 1500 or visit: www.colstonhall.org.

A Celebration of the English Choral Tradition, Bristol Phoenix Choir, St Mary Redcliffe, Saturday 22 November, 7.30pm Featuring Parry, Blest Pair of Sirens; Vaughan Williams, Five Mystical Songs; Walton, Coronation Te Deum; and Rutter, Gloria. With Martin Le Poidevin (baritone), Jeremy Little (percussion), Bristol Cathedral Consort, Fine Arts Brass and David Bednall (organ). Conductor: Paul Walton.

Tickets: £12.50, free for under 16s from Opus 13 tel: 0117 9230164 or visit: tickets@bristolphoenixchoir.org.uk.

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WIN Welsh National Opera tickets Fancy a night at the opera?

Enter this competition for the chance to win two tickets to Bizet’s Carmen

The Welsh National Opera performing Carmen © Robert Workman

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he battle cry of “liberty or death!” will ring vociferously from Welsh National Opera this autumn with a trio of operas exploring both national and personal liberation.

Two new productions, Rossini’s William Tell and Moses in Egypt, lead the season and explore the liberty of nations, while a revival of Bizet’s Carmen examines personal liberty and what it means to be a free woman. All three will be performed at Bristol Hippodrome from Wednesday 12 – Saturday 15 November.

The epic and political William Tell will open the season with uplifting music and well-known tunes. It tells the tale of the Swiss struggle for independence against the repression of Austria, a theme that spans the ages and resonates with many contemporary battles for national liberation. The role of William Tell will be sung by David Kempster, with British tenor Barry Banks singing that of Arnold.

A grand biblical epic composed in Naples, Moses in Egypt was one of Rossini’s early operas. This new production examines the Exodus story using powerful yet beautiful music and costumes inspired by the colours of Chagall.

Hungarian bass-baritone Miklós Sebestyén will take the role of Moses, with mezzo soprano and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Christine Rice singing Amaltea, soprano Claire Booth in the role of Elcia, and Barry Banks again appearing as Aronne.

Completing the season will be a revival of Carmen, one of the best-known operas in the world, which tells the story of a free spirit who would rather die than surrender her liberty. It will be conducted by James Southall with mezzosoprano Alessandra Volpe in the title role, Peter Wedd singing Don Jose and Kostas Smoriginas as Escamillo.

For more information about these performances, and the many others taking place during Welsh National Opera’s autumn season, visit: www.wno.org.uk.

Welsh National Opera, in conjunction with The Bristol Magazine, are offering you the chance to win two tickets to see Carmen at Bristol Hippodrome on 12 November at 7.15pm. To be in with a chance of winning this great prize, just answer the following question: Who will sing the role of Carmen in Welsh National Opera’s production?

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GTA Bristol by Joshua Perrett

Keep your eye on the Game by Paul Smith Colours of Hotwells by Daniels Andres

Sunset Cheers by Anas Akkawi

Bristol Buskers by Michael Fouracre

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Oscar playing in Shy Fountain by Helen Marie Jones

We take a look at some of the stand-out entries from the 24 Hours in Bristol photography competition, ahead of the event’s exhibition which runs throughout October

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ore than 200 amateur and professional photographers from across the west country and beyond spent the August bank holiday weekend scouring Bristol in search of awardwinning photo-opportunities for this year’s 24 Hours in Bristol photo-marathon competition.

Competition entrants included photographers Ivo Barbosa and Catarina Lourenaso from Bristol's twinned city of Oporto. Catarina said: “Participating in this competition was an honour and a pleasure. Bristol is a lovely city and people are very kind. Some people actually took me to places they thought would be good to photograph and taught me the history of the area. It was a great experience!"

Other entrants included portrait photographer Benedict Young, who has just returned from living in Taiwan for five years and entered the competition to reacquaint himself with the city, and Bristolian Bob Foster, who has set himself the challenge of taking a photo of the city every day for the rest of his life. Bob said: “I walked for miles and miles around the city, meeting wonderful

people and seeing familiar places in a new light, quite literally!”

There were £8,000 worth of prizes on offer, with a first prize of an Olympus PEN camera, an Adobe editing package and £2,000 cash, sponsored by Destination Bristol; a second prize of £1,000, sponsored by Spire The Glen Hospital Bristol; and a third prize of £500, sponsored by City Sightseeing Bristol, as well as prizes for the best photograph taken in each hour of the competition, thanks to Invest Bristol & Bath, Clifton Cameras, Barclays Bank, Manfrotto, Thistle Grand Hotel, Almeda, The Bristol Magazine, Radisson Blu, Bristol Ferries, PS Photography, The Bristol Hotel and the Royal Photographic Society.

There will be 72 prizewinners (three per hour) plus three overall winners and the Bristol Water environmental prize. Winners will be announced at the 24 Hours in Bristol awards evening on 10 October. You can see all entires from the competition in an exhibition at the Harbourside Arts Centre (Millennium Promenade, Harbourside) from 11 October. The exhibition will be open Tuesday to Saturday, 11am – 6pm. Visit: www.24hoursinbristol.co.uk n

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An Evening of Magical Gems Nicholas Wylde hosts a spectacular evening of gems and jewellery at The Clifton Club, Bristol on Thursday 30th October at 7pm (by invitation only)

NICHOLAS WYLDE launches new Wylde Art Guests will join Nicholas and the team to celebrate the launch of his fourth piece of Wylde Art which has been designed to incorporate particular features attributed to Bristol’s glorious surroundings and finest works.

Nicholas is excited to reveal Wylde Art’s fourth edition “Our Bristol” which combines beautiful gems, precious metals and Bristol blue glass, emphasising Bristol’s historic landmarks and famous innovations.

Nicholas has been designing and hand-making jewellery in Bath for over 25 years and is regarded as one of the top 50 jewellery designers in Britain. “Wylde Art” is his brand new concept; jewellery lovers and those passionate about art and sculpture can enjoy the combination of precious metals and gorgeous gemstones. These works of art enable Nicholas to be totally fluid and impulsive without the restrictions that are accustomed to making jewellery.

EXPLORE THE WORLD OF GEMS An exciting presentation by Guy Clutterbuck with a huge array of wonderful loose gems to see To make this event a spectacular evening, Nicholas has invited a very popular and charismatic speaker as a special guest. Guy Clutterbuck is an international gemstone merchant, and he is renowned for his fascinating talks and his extensive knowledge and insight as a global gemhunter. By sourcing these beautiful gems worldwide, he has many wonderful stories to tell and a wealth of advice and experience.

Guests will have the opportunity to view a vast selection of gemstones and many will be direct from the mines. This is a wonderful occasion to choose something special which can be designed and made in time for Christmas.

There will be canapés and bubbly for invited guests and the evening starts at 7pm until 9pm at The Clifton Club, 22 The Mall, Bristol BS8 4DS. For more information about the Wylde Art event or to book your place, please contact: Bristol@nicholaswylde.com or Tel: 0117 974 3582 or 01225 462826.

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USA Series – Excelsior, Peter Blake, 2014

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AUTUMN SHOWS 162 Annual Open Exhibition, The Royal West of England Academy, 12 October – 7 December The RWA ends the year in a celebratory fashion with its Annual Open Exhibition. Now in its 162nd year the exhibition creates an opportunity for artists at any stage of their career to show alongside established names such as invited artists Sir Peter Blake, Kurt Jackson RWA, Ken Howard RWA and HRH The Prince of Wales, an RWA Honorary Academician.

Showcasing the cream of painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture and architecture, this popular show provides something for everyone. Over 2,300 works were submitted for consideration this year by over 1,000 artists, before being selected and curated by an expert panel of artists and curators.

Following the success of last year’s You Choose Award, visitors will again be given the opportunity to vote for their own favourite artwork, with the artist receiving an £800 prize sponsored by The Affordable Art Fair. This year’s prizes also include the UWE Centre for Moving Image Research and RWA Bursary of £1,000, the Evolver Wessex Artist Award and the New Creations Coaching Emerging Artist Award.

Every piece of artwork is for sale, with prices starting from £25 – making this annual show an eclectic mix of work by unknown, emerging and established artists, providing the perfect opportunity for arts enthusiasts and collectors to discover the stars of the future.

Open Tuesday – Saturday, 10am – 6pm and Sunday 11am – 5pm. Tickets: adults £5, concessions £3.50, under 16s and students free. Royal West of England Academy, Queen’s Road, Clifton. Tel: 0117 973 5129 or visit: www.rwa.org.uk.

Cartman, Jamieson & Kingsley, Lime Tree Gallery, 4 October – 4 November A return to powerful vigorous painting, with three strong, colourful views on the world from Charles Jamieson MFA PAI PPAI, John Kingsley PAI and Sam Cartman, who all have very distinctive styles. Lime Tree Gallery, 84 Hotwell Road. Tel: 0117 929 2527, www.limetreegallery.com.

Prevailing Wind, Ruth Molloy

▲ Ruth Molloy, Coldharbour Framery & Gallery, throughout October Regulars to the gallery will know local artist Ruth Molloy for her atmospheric paintings and prints, but for this autumn she works her traditional subjects of trees, birds and hares into a new range of steel art sculpture. Some of the pieces stand alone, while others recall the mythical light of her paintings with the glow cast by a lamp.

111 Coldharbour Road, Westbury Park, Bristol www.coldharbourgallery.co.uk.

Tree Lines 1, Sam Cartman

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Moish Sokal: Colour of the World II, Grant Bradley Gallery, 4 October – 1 November

Blue Tit, Sue Brown

Somerset-based artist Moish Sokal returns to the Grant Bradley Gallery to celebrate 25 years of painting and exhibiting in England. In this exhibition Sokal brings the colour from Israel, Australia, and England – the countries he has lived in and calls home – alongside scenes from India resulting in a tapestry of contrasts of light and atmosphere, cultures and colour. Sokal says: “I felt the urge to revisit all these places again – meet the people and indulge in the sensory delights, after all, these have played a vital role in my personal development and as an artist.” The Grant Bradley Gallery, 1 St Peters Court, Bedminster Parade, Bristol. Tel: 0117 9637 673, grantbradleygallery.co.uk.

The New Cut, Anna Francis

Sue Brown: Collagraphs, Sky Blue Framing & Gallery, throughout October

Moved by Conflict: Bristol and the First World War – lives changed forever, M Shed, 11 October – 1 March 2015 In association with Bristol Old Vic, this moving and informative exhibition will take you from Bristol in the early 1900s and its position in the British Empire, through 19141918, to people in the city today affected by current global conflicts.

Playing Around, Centrespace Gallery, 3 – 8 October Three artists with spaces at Mivart Studios, a former Victorian factory squeezed into a residential street in Easton, create a show of recent paintings at CentreSpace Gallery. Lucy Austin, Nicky Cornwell and Marilyn Marshall each work from a different perspective: all are concerned with gently teasing out quiet, deeper human realities from an often deceptive surface. Centrespace Gallery, 6 Leonard Lane. www.centrespacegallery.com.

Sue Brown explores printing techniques, developing layers of monoprints over collagraph work.

Rich layers of ink are built up, and handmade papers are applied together with gold and silver leaf.

Her development of each print is similar to painting and results in a very limited edition. Each print is totally unique, due to the intricate process. Sky Blue Framing & Gallery, 27 North View, Westbury Park. Tel: 0117 9733995. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

Soup Kitchen, Moish Sokal

▲ Anna Francis: Maps 14, No.1 Harbourside, 15 October – 16 November An exhibition of new map illustrations inspired by the Bristol A to Z and local Ordnance Survey mapping.

Natural contours, rivers and roads are Highlighted, exploring natural and man-made forms.

All the maps are limited edition fine art giclee prints.

No.1 Harbourside, Canon’s Road. www.annadfrancis.co.uk.

Tender Machines, Lucy Austin

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Transient Bodies, View Art Gallery, until 16 November An exhibition of work where figures and faces are captured in a moment of time in a range of styles – from photorealism and abstract expressionism to portraits and faceless figures. For this, the gallery welcomes back regular artists Damian Daly, Richard Twose and China Mike who have always impressed with their unique figurative work. New artists exhibiting include Dan Hilliar, Joshua Bowe and Matthew Small. View Gallery, 159-161 Hotwell Road. www.viewartgallery.co.uk.

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Peter Ford, Hong Kong High Rise

Art On The Hill: The Windmill Hill and Victoria Park Arts Trail, 4 & 5 October, 12pm – 6pm Art on the Hill is a vibrant community arts trail which takes place annually in a residential area of South Bristol. More than 100 artists and performers will be exhibiting in their own homes or in community venues, where you can expect to see painting, drawing photography, ceramics, printmaking, jewellery, textiles and more. Music, poetry, storytelling and dance will also take place in a marquee in Victoria Park on Saturday and in gazebos around the trail on Sunday. There will also be participatory arts workshops. A map is available locally and details can also be found on the website at: www.artonthehill.org.uk.

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MEET THE ARTIST The West Bristol Arts Trail takes place over the weekend of 11-12 October from 11am – 5pm, showcasing work by over 100 artists throughout Clifton, Cliftonwood, Hotwells and Redland. There is a public preview evening at the Bristol School of Art in the RWA building on Friday 10 October from 5.30pm – 7pm when the Lord Mayor of Bristol will formally open the event. More than 20 artists will be showing their work at the Bristol School of Art which is a beautiful space offering part time courses for aspiring artists.

The trail is a fantastic way to meet artists, printmakers, photographers, potters, textile artists and jewellers – and have a nose around the beautiful places where they work and live.

Meeting artists face-to-face offers the chance to chat about creative methods and the story behind the art. Its also an opportunity to buy unique art at affordable prices.

During October, Room 212, a gallery on the Gloucester Road which shows work by Bristol’s artists year round, will be focusing on west Bristol artists. All of the venues taking part, along with others throughout Bristol, will have free trail maps to pick up so you can plan your route.

For further details on artists, venues and where you can pick up a trail map, visit: westbristolarts.com.

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Clevedon Salerooms Specialist Sales have an enviable reputation for selling jewellery and fine watches for the highest prices to bidders located around the globe. Our next Specialist Sale will be held on the 20th November and with that in mind, our Specialist Valuers will be providing free verbal no-obligation auction estimates for all jewellery, watches and silver on Tuesday 28th October from 10am – 4pm at the salerooms. No appointment is necessary. For more information or to speak to a valuer please contact the Salerooms.

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WINING & DINING news and reviews News in brief ■ The Love Food Festival is returning to Paintworks on Sunday 26 October for an autumn get together, offering the perfect opportunity to grab a cup of mulled cider, wander through the tempting producer stalls, and indulge in some much-needed comfort food. Chat to local makers and stock up on tasty cheeses, meats, seasonal fruit and veg, cakes, chutneys and more. There will also be plenty to keep the little ones occupied, with a fancy dress competition running throughout the day and the National Trust’s apple press on site so they can make their own juice to enjoy. Entry is free and the day runs from 10.30am – 4pm. For more details visit: www.lovefoodfestival.com.

Love Food Festival at Paintworks

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ast meets west as fabulous flavours from around the world are combined in the dishes on offer at the new Hattusa Restaurant at Berwick Lodge. Acclaimed chef Paul O’Neill heads up the culinery team at this luxurious manor house, bringing with him a wealth of experience.

Paul’s career began with a placement at Claridge’s in London when he was just 15 years old. From this auspicious start he has gone on to win the prestigious Roux Scholarship in 2013, and reached the semi-finals of the National Chef of the Year competition that same year.

Berwick Lodge itself is a magnificent property in beautiful grounds. The owners, Fevzi and Sarah Arikan bought the house in 2004 and spent five years restoring and renovating it into the warm and welcoming luxury hotel and fine dining establishment that it is today. It now boasts five gold AA stars for accommodation – the only hotel in Bristol to have achieved this – and two AA rosettes for its food. Although if their new head chef has anything to do with it, this will soon be three rosettes or even a Michelin star... Hattusa Restaurant will officially launch on 23 October. For more details, or to make a booking, tel: 0117 958 1590 or visit: www.berwicklodge.co.uk.

Bristol’s award-winning brothers

Jonray & Peter Sanchez-Iglesias

■ Pizza place Flour & Ash is opening later this month on Cheltenham Road, adding an Italian dimension to the array of global cuisine already on offer in the area with its range of wood-fired sourdough pizzas and ice-creams. For further details visit: www.flourandash.co.uk.

■ Top names from the culinary world are heading to Bath this October for the Great Bath Feast, a month-long celebration of all things foodie where visitors can taste new flavours, learn new skills and seek out new experiences against the backdrop of a World Heritage city.

Highlights include Masterchef 2014 Champion Wan Ping Coombes cooking up a storm with Chris Staines at his restaurant, The Allium Brasserie on 14 & 15 October, and cookery courses at Demuth’s Vegetarian Cookery School that will take you on a culinary journey round the world. Visit: www.greatbathfeast.co.uk for the full programme of events.

■ The team at local favourite The Rummer, under head chef Andrew Clatworthy, have scooped up another prestigious award this year with their inclusion as one of the UK’s top 50 pubs in The Good Food Guide 2015. To view the menu or book a table visit: www.therummer.net.

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Visionary chefs Jonray and Peter SanchezIglesias of Michelin-starred Casamia have taken the prestigious crown of Chefs of the Year in The Good Food Guide 2015, which every year recognises excellence across the restaurant industry.

Elizabeth Carter, Consultant Editor of The Good Food Guide, said that the Sanchez brothers stood out as they both “understand what people want to eat, put a high premium on seasonality and freshness, and deliver dishes that are vibrantly seasoned, intricately composed and utterly delicious. As a result, Casamia is proud, vital, and very much worth a visit.”

Jonray, head chef and proprietor of Casamia, says he and Peter are ecstatic to have won Chefs of the Year, and that the award has inspired them “to work even harder, trying new ways to create spectacular food. Our ultimate aim is to achieve three Michelin stars.”

Peter seconds this ambition, stating that “the UK restaurant scene is full of exceptional culinary talent, and to be considered as one of the best gives us such encouragement and inspiration to continue pushing boundaries in our kitchen, and hopefully one day make number one.”

The brothers join an impressive alumni of great chefs who have won this award, including Angela Harnett, Sat Bains, Simon Rogan and Jason Atherton.

And if this news whets your appetite to try the cuisine at Casamia why not indulge in the tasting menu, which makes the most of top quality local produce and delicious seasonal ingredients. Prices start from £38 for a lunch menu, up to £125 for Saturday night dinner on the Chef’s Table. A flight of wine (£60) is an optional but recommended extra. To book tel: 0117 959 2884 or visit: www.casamiarestaurant.co.uk. n

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After 10 years at its Colston Street site, this Bristol brewing institution underwent a major refurbishment and reopened in September with a new modern European menu. To celebrate, Zerodegrees have joined with The Bristol Magazine to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a meal for two worth up to £50, a brewery tour and a mini keg each of one of their own craft ales.

To be in with a chance to win, just let us know: How many years have Zerodegrees been at Colston Street?

Please email your answer to: charlotte@zerodegrees.co.uk, with ‘The Bristol Magazine Competition’ in the subject line. Don’t forget to include your name, address and contact details.

Terms and conditions: Competition closes 31/10/14 and the winner will be chosen at random. Winner will be notified by email or post. By entering this competition, you are agreeing that your details may be used for marketing purposes.

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The Aviator Bar & Kitchen 2B Chandos Road, Bristol, BS6 6PE. Tel: 0117 329 2500, www.aviatorbar.co.uk

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NEW BAR IS FAR FROM PLANE The trend for craft beer continues apace in the heart of the south west, says Matthew Abbott

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purred on by progressive beer duty introduced in 2002, though scrapped last year, independent micro-breweries sprung up all over the land, innovating and experimenting in what was long thought of as an exclusive industry. In the UK today, over 80 new breweries dedicated to the art are opening each year.

And with a spirit as autonomous as any seasons’ hops, Bristol leads the way as a city that has embraced the movement with gusto – none of your frothy, moustachioed, hipster upper-lips here. Bristol takes its love of beer, as it does with its devotion to getting heavy machinery in the air, very seriously.

Bringing two of Bristol’s greatest loves together then is the new Aviator Bar and Galley Kitchen. A bespoke little craft beer bar in the heart of Redland, and just a few minutes’ walk from Whiteladies Road.

While there is no chance of an awkward patdown or ‘this is never going to fit in the overhead’ panic, and while it’s quite clearly a bar and not a plane, as I walk in I resist the urge to check my pocket for my passport.

The décor is far from subtle – a huge array of plane memorabilia adorns the walls and even dictates the shape and functionality of the furniture: one cosy little four-seater table is entombed in the sheet-metal chassis of a plane’s cockpit, literally putting the diner in the driving seat.

Another part of the plane hangs precariously above the bar, while a strutted wing and a propeller – perhaps salvaged from the scrapheap of Bristol’s long-gone Aeroplane Company – completes the theme.

In keeping with this, there’s an array of silver taps along the far tiled wall delivering the cargo: 13 distinctive beers from the local area, and from further afield. The names of the brews are written on an erasable white-board, signifying the frequency with which they change.

Sharps Cornish Pilsner, Shipyard A.P.A., Revisionist English and the Czech tipple, Krušovice are on offer here. Even the Prosecco comes pulled from the hold below deck.

Beneath the mouth-watering selection, the fridges are chock full of the finest bottled beers and ales from around the world. Anyone who can’t resist a

Brooklyn Beer, a bitter-tasting Duvel or a banana-tempered Bristolian Beer Hefe won’t be disappointed.

Thankfully they serve half and third-pint glasses here, so we were able to taste six of the friendly and knowledgeable barman’s favourites. And starting at £1.10 a third, £1.65 a half, and £3.25 for a full pint. They’re not duty-free prices, but it comes pretty close.

The Revisionist Craft lager, we’re told, is the best seller, next to the Krusovice, and it’s easy to see why; a crisp, dry-hopped brass coloured beer with a delicate herby taste. It a shame when he adds, in a whisper, that it’s a Tesco-owned brand.

The Krušovice, in contrast is a lively and bubbly pilsner – a sweet and malty palettecleanser. But my personal choice, the Shipyard American Pale Ale, tickled my taste-buds to such a degree that the food I’d ordered seemed destined to be redundant.

However, I was pleasantly surprised when our food arrived. We opted for the rack of ribs, priced cheaper than most at £10 and served on a wooden platter with a side of fries and shot glass of ketchup. Drizzled in a thick, sweet Maker’s Mark BBQ sauce and with plenty of meat, they were messy and delicious.

I washed them down with a half of Brooklyn Brew, and what with all the thoughts of aviation, I almost felt like I’d landed in a downtown bar in New York City.

What let it down was the bun – billed as brioche, it was instead almost rock hard. Eating a giant burger can be a challenge – but you shouldn’t be frightened of cracking a tooth.

Feeling greedy, we ordered the chicken wings (£4.75) as a side. The portion was generous and I was pleased to see they served actual wings – rather than the drumsticks. The menu described them as fiery so I was expecting my mouth to be set on fire but there wasn’t even a spark – a bit disappointing.

Impressed with what The Aviator has set out to achieve, it is fairly clear is a craft beer bar first and a restaurant second; the décor feels authentic, there’s certainly no faulting the drinks on offer and, with a few tweaks to the food, the Aviator could really take off. n

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THE WORLD OF WINE Wine lovers are in for a treat next month as the Passenger Shed once again prepares to open its doors to the Tesco Wine Fair on Saturday 1 & Sunday 2 November

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ringing Tesco’s team of dedicated wine experts plus more than 250 wines from all over the world, the Tesco Wine Fair is the perfect opportunity for visitors to taste a selection of many of the wines available at the supermarket.

Visitors to the fair, which will be held on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 November at the Passenger Shed at Temple Meads, will also have the chance to take part in a number of free workshops and wine walks in a relaxed and informal setting – as well as enjoy the sensation pods which provide a multi-sensory wine-tasting experience.

Laura Jewell (pictured), Tesco’s Master of Wine says: “We are delighted to once again be bringing the Tesco Wine Fair to Bristol. The visitors are always keen to discover and learn more about wine and this year, we have lots of exciting new wines and quirky grape varieties.”

To celebrate the arrival of the Tesco Wine Fair in Bristol, and highlight some of the interesting wines which will be available to taste, Laura has selected a few for you to look out for at the Fair:

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Finest Grechetto 75cl, £6.99, Tesco Grechetto is an Italian white grape that is usually blended with other varieties.

However, this grechetto holds its own and is good enough to warrant being included in the Finest range. Crisp and refreshing, it has flavours of stone fruits and would go very well with creamy Italian pasta dishes.

Finest Frappato 75cl, £7.99, Tesco Sounding more like a coffee than a wine, it is in fact a juicy red number from Sicily. Lots of sun produces Frappato grapes with masses of flavour, in this case strawberry and raspberry fruit.

A delicious accompaniment to pizza.

Alvarinho Pouco Comum 75cl, £8.99, Tesco You may already been familiar with Albariño which Spain has made increasingly popular with its light wines from the North West region Galicia. In Portugal they call it Alvarinho and it has produced a light coloured white wine with flowery aromas and flavours of tropical fruit. Delicious with seafood.

Brancott Estate Sauvignon Gris 75cl, £10.49, Tesco Sauvignon Gris is an ancient grape variety from Bordeaux in France. Brancott was the first to plant it in Marlborough and has now created this lovely wine, with aromas and flavours of pear and nectarine.

Finest Pignoletto 75cl, £8.99, Tesco Love Prosecco? Fancy trying something similar but just a bit different? Pignoletto is the answer. That's the name of the grape and it’s made in the EmiliaRomagna region, in northern Italy. Popping with peach and pear flavours, with soft, frothy bubbles to boot, it is the ultimate party fizz. n If you haven’t already bought tickets to the Tesco Wine Fair, there is still time. Visit: www.tescowinefair.com WWW.THEBRISTOLMAGAZINE.CO.UK

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Enontekio Husky safari in Hetta, © Riku Pihlanto

DESTINATION WINTER: 5 escapes from Bristol Airport From the winding alleys of Marrakech to husky treks in the Arctic Circle, Emily Rose Mawson gets the insider track on five winter escapes from Bristol Airport

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Enontekiö, Lapland Before you pack anything for Enontekiö, fill your suitcase with woollies.

This region in northernmost Finland, 1,400km south of the North Pole, is the coldest in the country. Temperatures average -15 degrees Celsius during the daytime in winter. But wrap up and you will be rewarded with an untouched wilderness where reindeer outnumber people, the Northern Lights shine on three nights out of four and the air is the cleanest in Europe.

What to do: Instead of tourist infrastructure, Enontekiö has hundreds of trails to explore by ski, snowmobile, reindeer sleigh or husky sled. To get in the Christmas spirit, book to see Santa (www.tosilappi.fi/en).

What the locals say: “Being pulled across the frozen landscape by sled dogs provides adrenaline and relaxation. But you lose heat quickly, so wear good layers, especially around your head, neck and wrists – and don’t trust that overalls provided by your tour guide will be sufficient. Finally, don’t worry about the darkness: the light in deep winter is magical, like a never-ending dawn illuminating the sky.” Anna McCormack coowns Hetta Huskies in Enontekiö’s capital Hetta (www.hettahuskies.com).

Make it happen: Transun arranges day trips and short festive breaks (www.transun.co.uk).

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Tyrolean retreat

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Holidays in Tyrol don’t have to mean busy ski slopes – especially not if you spend them in one of the five chalet-strewn towns that skirt the socalled ‘Tyrolean sea’. The largest lake in the region, the Achensee is nine kilometres long and has a backdrop that is difficult to beat: little wonder that this setting beneath the dramatic crags of the Karwendel mountain chain first attracted esteemed visitors in the late 15th century – Emperor Maximilian no less.

What to do: Each of the towns boasts access by cross country skis, snowshoes, sledge and horse-drawn carriage. There are also five downhill ski areas with 58km of pistes. (www.achensee.info) What the locals say: “We love snowshoeing in the valley. Going into the Karwendel can be hard work, but it is worth it for the views and the effect on body and soul. Visitors will no doubt enjoy the untouched setting and Alpine air, as well as drinking the mountain spring water from the taps in their hotel.” Family Reiter have been running the award-winning Posthotel in Achenkirch since 1918 (www.posthotel.at).

Make it happen: EasyJet flies to Innsbruck three times weekly in the winter. From Innsbruck take the train to Jenbach, and continue by bus free of charge with your accommodation confirmation (www.oebb.at).

Achensee Pertisau © Tourismus Verband Achensee

Warm winter Marrakech, Morocco Marrakech might not feel like a winter destination: temperatures here average 20 degrees Celsius in December. But contrast is what it is all about. If the winding alleyways within the old walled city and the 8,000 traditional shops that make up the souks are more hectic than anything you’ll find back home, looking down on it all from the rooftop swimming pool of a traditional riad (Moroccan house) is probably more calming.

What to do: With highlights including the mosaics in Palace Bahia and the central square of Djemaa el Fna, filled with storytellers and scribes, sightseeing will fill your diary. Relax afterwards in a traditional hammam. (www.visitmorocco.com) What the locals say: “I loved the hustle and bustle of Marrakech the first time I visited 30 years ago, although some people find haggling daily a challenge. I always say: if you leave the shop empty handed you have offered too little, but if you leave with goods you have probably paid too much! Nothing has a fixed price, so only pay what you consider an item to be worth.”

Liz Williams owns Marrakech-based tour operator Authentic Morocco (www.authentic-morocco.com).

Make it happen EasyJet flies to Marrakech twice weekly (www.easyjet.com)

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Bansko old town © Gav Learmonth Bansko ski slopes

Bang for buck Bansko, Bulgaria Arranged around the River Glazne at the foot of the Pirin mountain chain, Bulgaria’s largest ski resort boasts a setting to rival the Alps at a fraction of the cost and with a few compromises – chief among them the bumpy 160km transfer from Sofia. What it lacks in roads is made up for in pistes, though: a recent multi-million Euro investment ushered in modern infrastructure and made Bansko the country’s most snow sure resort, with 59 snow cannons serving its 70km ski area.

What the locals say: “The off-piste is amazing for experienced skiers and snowboarders – but only go with a guide. Beginners taking a lesson should ask the maximum class size – the local ski schools are cheap, but you get what you pay for. Finally, head away from the main street to one of the older restaurants in town – just be aware that most places still use Bulgarian leva, so have some among your Euros.” Gav Learmonth coowns Method Snow School, the only British-run ski school in Bankso (www.methodsnowschool.com).

What to do: With pistes up to 2,600m to suit all levels of skier, ski/board day-in-and-out. Spend evenings in the old town with its cobbled streets and ethnographic houses, then enjoy après-ski in one of around 100 traditional mehanas (taverns). (www.banskoski.com)

Make it happen: Neilson and Balkan Holidays flies to Sofia every Saturday during the winter. (www.neilson.co.uk; www.balkanholidays.co.uk)

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Jingle bells Frankfurt am Main, Germany Where better to get in the festive spirit than Germany, the home of Christmas markets? One of the country’s largest, with three million visitors annually, takes place between the halftimbered houses of Frankfurt’s Old Town. It boasts everything you’d expect, with a central light-festooned tree, a life-size nativity scene to tell the Christmas story and 200 stalls selling gifts and food and drink. But it’s the pealing bells and scents of cinnamon, bratwurst, mulled wine and gingerbread that you’ll want to box and take home.

What to do: Frankfurt Christmas Market runs from 26 November to 22 December. Admire the view from the gallery on Alte Nikolai church (open on three evenings), watch a musical concert in one of the churches or ride the traditional carousel (www.frankfurt-tourismus.de).

What the locals say: “The market has a party atmosphere, and the laughter is contagious. It gets busy in the evenings, so visit early to buy gifts. Once late afternoon comes, it is time to eat and drink. The area around Paulskirche has the most stalls selling items – but bring cash, as credit cards are usually not accepted.” Jo and David Ator own Frankfurt on Foot, which runs walking tours (www.frankfurtonfoot.com).

Make it happen: Bmi Regional flies to Frankfurt six times weekly (www.bmiregional.com).

Discover Bristol Airport’s other winter routes online at: www.bristolairport.com

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WHAT’S IN A NAME? As part of a series of features looking at the significance and origins of place names in Bristol, Becky Elliot looks at the history of King Street

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ing Street is one of the oldest roads in Bristol, having survived the blitz that hit the city during the Second World War. Once the site of the town marsh, building began to transform this area at the end of the English Civil War (1642–51) and, had the course of history run differently, it could have been called Republic Row or Cromwell’s Parade. As it happened, Charles II was restored to the throne in 1661, just before the street’s completion, so it was named King Street in his honour.

The Theatre Royal, now home of the Old Vic, is just one of the notable properties on the street. Having first raised the curtain in 1766, this Grade Ilisted building holds the title of longest continually operating theatre in England.

Arguably even more famous, though, are the traditional drinking dens dotted along the pavement. Among them is the Llandoger Trow, which has been serving Bristolians since 1664 and whose name refers to the flat bottomed barges (trows) that were built in the Welsh village of Llandogo for use in Bristol’s bustling maritime trade.

With a salty past that has seen many a dodgy deal take place behind closed doors (and drunken brawl play out publicly on the cobblestones outside), this tavern has tales to tell. But perhaps the most famous took place in 1711, when writer Daniel Defoe met sailor Alexander Selkirk and found in him the inspiration for his most famous novel, Robinson Crusoe.

Although Scottish by birth, Selkirk’s remarkable story started in Bristol when he embarked on a voyage to the South Pacific as part of a privateer fleet, working under the orders of Queen Anne (r. 1702–14), to harass enemy ships and secure trade routes for Britain. Following a skirmish with a Spanish fleet off the coast of Chile that left his boat badly damaged, Selkirk argued

with the captain as to its seaworthiness. He claimed that he’d rather be abandoned on the islands they were passing than continue in a dangerously leaky ship – but soon found himself ashore alone, watching his shipmates sail away without him.

The islands in question were those of the Juan Fernández archipelago, today a popular tourist destination with two islands even named Alejandro Selkirk and Robinson Crusoe in honour of their famous castaway. But at the time they were uninhabited, and Selkirk staved off starvation and madness for four long years before rescue came in the form of another British privateer fleet under the command of Bristol’s very own Captain Woodes Rogers.

Rogers was so impressed by Selkirk’s hardiness he appointed him second mate to sail alongside him in his mission to subdue rival vessels, and together they terrorised Spanish sailors and settlers on the east coast of America, plundering a bounty worth over £1.5 million in bullion, exotic silks and precious stones. They parted ways when they arrived back in England in 1711, with Selkirk returning to Bristol and the Llandoger Trow for a fortuitous meeting with Defoe, and Rogers remaining in London to plot his next great adventure.

The voyage that saw Rogers rescue Selkirk also established him as one of only three men in England to have successfully circumnavigated the globe. Even more impressively, he was the first to do so and return with his fleet, and most of his crew, intact. An experienced privateer with a taste for the tang of an ocean breeze, in 1714 he applied to the King George I (r. 1714–27) for permission to sail to the Bahamas and claim them as a British colony. Rogers’ ambition was then viewed as testimony to his nerve as the Bahamas was a lawless land overrun by hundreds of British pirates. The king, desperate to subdue this

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by Thomas Leeson Rowbotham, 1908 (image courtesy of Bristol City Museum and Gallery) Above, Robinson Crusoe, the tale inspired by Selkirk’s adventures, as told to Defoe in the Llandoger Trow; right, a depiction of Blackbeard

community and excited by the prospect of obtaining wealth from a new colony, gave Rogers’ initiative his full backing.

As it happened, when Rogers landed in Fort Nassau on New Providence island in 1718 his reception was far from hostile. With power bestowed on him to pardon those willing to accept the King’s amnesty, Rogers found that almost all of the pirates were happy to receive him as their governor and support him in resettling the land and fortifying the new colony’s defences against foreign attack.

But there were voices of dissent, the loudest of which came from history’s most fearsome pirate, Blackbeard. Born Edward Teach in Redcliffe, 1679, this formidable man was a fellow Bristolian and contemporary of Rogers, even working as a privateer until he found himself out of a job in 1716. Since a pirate is just a privateer without the national allegiance, he abandoned attempts to serve his country and instead served his own interests on the high seas.

Within two years he had a fleet of three vessels and a crew of 150 men who ruled the waters off the east coast of America and the West Indies.

Despite his ferocious reputation there is no archival evidence to suggest Blackbeard was a murderous villain, but rather that he was adept at managing his own PR. It seems he only killed when his own life was threatened, choosing instead to cultivate a terrifying image that frightened his victims into surrender. Of imposing stature with broad shoulders and a rangy frame, he dressed dashingly in coats of bright silk and a black captain’s hat.

He grew a mane of dark hair and a tangle of beard that all but obscured his face, and during battle sported bandoleers stuffed with pistols and knives across his chest. He also understood the power of special effects, lending himself an air of almost

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supernatural menace by hiding lit fuses in his beard so that when he appeared to enemies he was shrouded in a cloud of dark smoke.

Blackbeard would have proved a formidable opponent for Rogers had he not been killed shortly after the privateer arrived in New Providence. He was felled by four bullets and 20 cutlass swipes, and then beheaded by a British naval officer with a broadsword. Rogers eventually settled the Bahamas, but there was no such peace for Blackbeard. Look out to the coast on a clear night and you’ll still see the light from his lantern as he roams the English waters, scouring the sea for his head. And legend says he won’t rest until he finds it … n

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A song for St Peter’s Hospice

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n Saturday 15 November at 7.30pm, Bristol Metropolitan Orchestra, the City of Bristol Choir and other guest singers are performing Carl Orff’s atmospheric Carmina Burana to raise funds for St Peter’s Hospice.

The evening will also include the premiere of a very special song, written and performed by the St Peter’s Hospice choir. Orchestra member and music therapist at the hospice, Jane Lings, asked each of the 40 members of the choir to share single words that expressed what St Peter’s means to them, and used this as the starting point from which the group composed the entire piece. The result is Who Will Be There?, a song describing the aloneness patients and their families feel when life is ending and the difference that hospice support makes to all involved.

This event takes place at Colston Hall. Tickets: £10.75 – £21.50 from the box office on tel: 0844 887 1500, or visit: www.colstonhall.org for more information about the evening.

Bristol Metropolitan Orchestra, conducted by William Goodchild

Upfest returns in 2015

BRISTOL UPDATES ■ Clifton Ceramics & Fine Jewellery is celebrating 10 years at its premises in Clifton Village with special offers and discounts throughout November, so keep an eye on their website for upcoming news.

It stocks an extensive range of highly collectable Moorcroft pottery, beautiful Elliot Hall handpainted enamels, the popular Winstanley pottery cats from Norfolk, and a covetable selection of new and vintage fine diamond jewellery including rings, bracelets and pendants adorned with tanzanites, sapphires and other precious stones.

Browsers and collectors are always welcome to drop in and have a look at the latest pieces. The shop is open from Tuesday to Saturday, and is located at 58 The Mall, Clifton Village. Tel: 0117 373 0256 or visit: www.cliftonceramics.co.uk.

After a year off, Europe’s largest urban arts festival has announced its return to Bristol, the cultural home of graffiti, bringing more than 250 artists from all over the world together to create more than 30,000 square foot of artwork over the festival weekend.

Artists will paint to a fantastic live music soundtrack of funk, soul, reggae and old school hip hop in locations all over Bedminster, including Tobacco © Paul Box Factory, Hen and Chicken, The Steam Crane and Spotted Cow. Due to its growing popularity in the city’s event calendar, the festival will take a new summertime spot from the Saturday 25 – Monday 27 July, with artist registration opening in January on the Upfest website. For more information visit: www.upfest.co.uk.

Upfest raises money for The National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACOA), which offers a confidential phone line for young people affected by alcoholism within the family unit.

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It’s never to early to plan a Christmas party The Roaring Twenties at Paintworks

■ 1920s Chicago comes to Bristol this Christmas as Best Parties Ever announces its first season of events at Paintworks. The Roaring Twenties themed event will offer an exciting taste of prohibition in 1928 Chicago, where bootlegging gangs rule the streets and jumpin’ jazz bands entertain in shadowy speakeasies. Guests can enjoy a four course dinner and cabaret entertainment from musicians, singers, dancers, acrobats and aerialists. After dinner the illicit gambling den awaits, and there’s the chance to Charleston ‘til late on the dance floor. Season runs from Wednesday 3 – Saturday 20 December, with prices starting at £45 pp. For further details visit: www.paintworksbristol.co.uk.

■ Colston Hall’s New Year’s Eve Swing Dance Party promises to be a spectacular event in which every part of the iconic building comes alive with revellers. Step back in time to the golden era of swing in the main 1940s auditorium, sip cocktails in the historic Lantern, and enjoy show-stopping circus acts and performers throughout the multi-level foyer. This extravaganza will keep everyone lindy-hopping long past midnight with a foot tapping selection of live music from Bruce/Ilett Big Band, Zen Hussies and Bedmo Disco DJs. To book call the box office on tel: 0844 887 1500 or visit: www.colstonhall.org.

■ Christmas at the Spiegeltent returns to Waterfront Square on the harbourside for a third year of live music, cabaret, comedy, markets and more, bringing a touch of magic to the city over the festive season. The Spiegeltent itself is constructed from rich mahogany, dappled mirrors and stained glass, making it the city’s most luxurious pop-up venue this winter. To find a complete listing of shindigs and soirees visit: www.christmasspiegeltent.co.uk.

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CHALLENGING THE WILL 2014 Fireworks Fiesta at Canford Park Organised by The Bristol Round Table and The Rotary Club of Clifton, the Fireworks Fiesta at Canford Park (Used to be the huge display on the Durdham Downs) will take place on Saturday 8th November 2014 and will be nothing less than utterly spectacular – come rain or shine! This year’s event plans to make up for last year’s unfortunate and unwelcomed event cancellation due to the park being water logged which was completely beyond the committee’s control.

The most important mandate for the organising committee this year is to maintain the loyalty and commitment to the event’s charitable cause and the thousands of pounds it raises for many local charities benefiting Bristol’s underprivileged.

The committee highly appreciates everyone’s attendance to this successful event and wants to continue in making Canford Park the number one choice venue. This year, they are convinced the planned exceptional display will re-ignite everyone’s’ passion for keeping it at the top of their list.

Robert Nagle, one of the committee members commented “We were absolutely devastated with having to cancel the display last year due to the park being water logged and were informed this situation was a freak situation, not having had that level of rainfall to the extent it did for decades.

Although of course we can never give a cast iron guarantee for such circumstances, this year our committee’s approach is determined to make sure our amazing display takes place, so we can rebuild everyone’s confidence that this is the best display in the South West. We believe we did the both right and honourable thing last year by giving anyone who had bought a ticket a refund within that immediate period. We would like thank everyone who supported and attended in the past years and we will continue to sponsor this meaningful event because of the goodness it does for the under-privilege within Bristol’s community.”

Now in its 4th year, The Fireworks Fiesta at Canford Park on Saturday 8th November will open its gates at 6pm where the fireworks will be launched 7pm or soon after. The grounds are spacious and the event is ideal for families and people of all ages. Tickets will be sold in advance for £4 at St. Peter’s Hospice shops and local schools or on the gate for £5.

Due to the popularity of the event it is recommended tickets are bought in advance to guarantee a place and will enable faster access through the gates. For details, please visit the website at www.fireworksfiesta.co.uk

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Alison Dukes, Specialist Family Solicitor with AMD Solicitors considers the situations in which a will can be challenged.

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he general rule under English Law is that individuals have a right to leave their estate to whomever they choose. However, you may want to challenge a Will either because you believe that the Will is invalid or because you believe that you have not been adequately provided for.

Validity of a Will may be challenged for Lack of testamentary intention or lack of due execution. A document can only operate as a Will if its maker intended that it should do so. It has to be in writing and signed by the person making the Will in the presence of two witnesses who also sign in the presence of the person making the Will.

A will can also be challenged for Lack of testamentary capacity. A testator must understand the nature and effect of making a Will, the extent of the property of which he is disposing and the claims to which he ought to give effect.

A further ground for challenge is that of Undue influence. It is essential to establish coercion which may, in its worst form, take the form of violence, but verbal pressure on a person who is very weak and perhaps in their last days of illness may be sufficient.

Challenges to the disposition of an estate can be brought under The Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 whether or not the deceased left a will. Claims can be brought by spouses, parties to registered civil partnerships, former spouses who have not re-married, cohabitants and children (including those treated as children of the family) and persons who were “ dependant” i.e. who were maintained wholly or partly by the deceased immediately before his death.

The Act makes a distinction between claims by surviving spouses or civil partners and those by other claimants. The former are treated more favourably. Claims have to be issued within 6 months of a Grant of Probate (although exceptionally leave may be granted after this deadline).

In making a decision, a Court takes into account the size and nature of the Estate and can treat as part of an Estate property or other assets that the deceased owned jointly with someone else. The Court will consider the financial circumstances of the Claimant, the competing needs of any beneficiaries or other claimants, any obligations owed by the deceased to the claimant, any mental or physical disability of the claimant and also conduct, or any other matter considered relevant.

Alison Dukes is a senior solicitor at AMD Solicitors who specialises in family law, contentious probate and inheritance claims.

She offers a free initial interview. Contact her on 0117 9621205 or e-mail alisondukes@amdsolicitors.com.

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THE GIFT OF LIFE

Samantha Coleman takes a look at the progress and plans of the Golden Gift Appeal, which is fundraising to improve our city centre hospitals to offer the highest standard life-saving and emergency medical care

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bove and Beyond, a charity which raises money for Bristol’s hospitals, has confirmed that is it getting closer and closer to its £6 million target to transform the city’s hospitals as part of the wider Building a Better Bristol programme from University Hospitals Bristol.

The charity’s Golden Gift Appeal was launched in June 2013, raising funds for projects above and beyond what the NHS can provide in two important hospitals: Bristol cancer centre – the BHOC – and the BRI, fully equipping them to deliver the life-saving treatments of today and pioneering treatments of tomorrow to millions in our city and region.

The first million was reached last October thanks to private donations and public fundraising events and in March of this year, the £2 million threshold was reached, which meant that a new adult Bone Marrow Transplant Unit (BMT) could be built at the BHOC. This, the region’s first dedicated adult BMT unit has since started treating patients and saving lives.

Bringing teams, treatments, expertise and equipment together under one roof for the first time, it now means that seriously ill patients no longer have to travel between up to three different hospitals for their life-saving and ongoing care and monitoring. In one unit under one roof, they can now receive worldclass intensive care monitoring and their loved ones can stay close-by in the newly built family rooms.

There is still a little way to go however, and Above and Beyond is now appealing for support in raising the final amount needed to make the unit the best it can be – including individual isolation rooms, a patient lounge, quiet room, sanctuary garden, en-suite facilities, Wi-Fi and artworks.

Over at the BRI, the money raised from the appeal will go towards creating a 21st century hub of treatments and diagnosis, making Bristol a world leader in intensive care, thus able to save even more lives. Treating over 1,000 patients every year, the Intensive Care unit at the BRI is one of the country’s largest and busiest, so it makes sense that the very best hi-tech services and models of care will be introduced in a new ward block, with a new world-class monitoring system to work out the right diagnosis and combination of treatments fast. Portable scanners will be used to reduce waiting times and determine if the patient needs specialist or urgent care or if they can be discharged. Family rooms for the loved ones of intensive care, patients will also be built, offering a sense of familiarity, support and comfort for the patient, along with individual rooms for vulnerable patients, which will be used for end of life care, providing privacy and dignity when it is needed most.

Clare Benjamin from Above and Beyond says: “Our aim is to make patients’ experience in hospital that much better. The new ward block is a way of delivering the very best standard of care. The appeal is very focused

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FUTURE IS LOOKING BRIGHT: main image, the Acoustic Baffler sculpture by Studio Weave in new BRI ward block Above: The new adult BMT Unit. Right, from top, Simon Roberts’ photography of well loved local places adorn the walls, including Artur Meski’s Romantic morning with balloons; and yellow shelving at the BHOC offers patients a way to personalise their space

on the patients’ needs and delivering hi-tech services – giving medical teams the tools to save more lives.”

Everything will be purpose-built, which means that clinicians have been able to specify exactly what they need to make things better.

It is also hoped that more aesthetically welcoming spaces will create a positive and uplifting atmosphere at the hospital, so quiet rooms, multi-faith rooms, clear signposting, artwork, bright colour schemes and natural light will all be incorporated in the projects.

For all this to happen, £3 million needs to be raised by the end of 2015. There are a number of fundraising events taking place, including a sponsored walk on Sunday 5 October. For further information about the appeal and its aims, upcoming fundraising events or to make a donation visit: www.aboveandbeyond.org.uk. n

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TRICK OR TREAT? If you have little ones to occupy this Halloween half term, use this handy guide to help you find spooky shenanigans and ghoulish goings-on that will suit all ages

Docks Heritage Weekend at M Shed

Peppa Pig at Bristol Hippodrome

I Am Making Art: Hands-on Activities, Spike Island, Saturday 4 October, 12pm – 4pm These drop-in activities are a great way for children and parents to get creative. This month, you can make a unique instrument from found objects and scrap material with Spike studio holder Ben Owen. Free, no booking required.

For more information visit: www.spikeisland.org.uk.

Docks Heritage Weekend, M Shed & Underfall Yard, Saturday 4 – Sunday 5 October, 11am – 5pm Discover what made Bristol tick as a port during the 1950s and 1960s, and the characters working there. Watch the electric cranes and Fairbairn crane in action, take a trip around the harbour on the John King diesel tug and see the quayside come to life with dramatic reenactments by Show of Strength theatre company. Free entry, for more details visit: www.bristolmuseums.org.uk.

Peppa Pig’s Big Splash, Bristol Hippodrome, Tuesday 7 & Wednesday 8 October Join Peppa and her friends live on stage for another all-singing, all-dancing adventure full of songs, games and muddy puddles. The nursery roof is leaking and Peppa and her friends need

to fix it quick. As they set up a fete to raise the money for the repairs, they’ll need your help to make sure everything goes smoothly. Join Peppa, George, Mummy and Daddy Pig, as well as Danny Dog, Pedro Pony and Suzy Sheep as they have fun putting up bunting, running stalls and organising a great day out. Tickets from the box office on tel: 0844 871 3012 or visit: www.atgtickets.com/bristol.

Baby Art Hour, Spike Island, Friday 17 October, 10am – 11am Have some fun exploring colour and shape, texture and materials alongside your child. After each workshop the gallery will be open so you can view the current exhibition. For babies and toddlers up to 5 years old. Free, no booking required. For more information visit: www.spikeisland.org.uk.

Halloween Festival, Bristol Zoo, Saturday 25 October – Sunday 2 November Hop on your broomstick and head to the zoo to follow a bewitching spider trail, meet the creepiest of all their crawlies, craft some ghostly lanterns and hear spooky stories. Witches, ghosts, zombies and all other little devils are welcome, and will recieve a 45% discount off entry when accompanied by a full paying adult.

For further details visit: www.bristolzoo.org.uk.

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Bristol’s Family Arts Festival, Friday 17 October – Sunday 2 November, various locations This celebration of the arts is the perfect opportunity for families of all ages to enjoy theatre, art, music, dance, literature, film and storytelling events at a number of venues across the city, including Arnolfini, the Architecture Centre, Bristol Children’s Scrapstore, Bristol Museums Galleries & Archives, Watershed, Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol Old Vic and Brunel’s SS Great Britain. Some highlights are listed above, and for more information visit: www.familyartsfestival.com.

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Halloween Half Term Fun, The National Trust’s Tyntesfield House, Saturday 25 October – Sunday 2 November There is plenty of autumnal fun to be had at Tyntesfield this half term, including a frightening Hallowe’en trail, eerie arts and crafts, a torchlight tour and pumpkin carving.

Fearsome fancy dress is a must all week. Tel: 0844 800 4966 or visit: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/tyntesfield/.

The Home of Halloween, Wookey Hole Caves, Cheddar, Saturday 25 October – Sunday 2 November With a brand new 8D Dracula ride, access to the haunted Witch’s Labatory and a special themed tour of the caves, children and parents alike will have a thrilling time. Watch the Witch cast her magic spells in the daily circus show, and then take a sneaky peak in her grotto – if you dare. A further 20 attractions are included in the ticket price, such as the Magical Mirror Maze, Haunted Fairy Garden, Wizard’s Magical Play Barns and Valley of the Dinosaurs. Ticket: £18/£12 (book online for a 15% discount), or visit: www.wookey.co.uk.

Halloween Festival, the Wild Place Project, Saturday 25 October – Sunday 2 November The witches have been brewing up trouble and have taken over the wood. Get spooked following their woodland trail with spiders, bats and ghouls for company (wellies advisable).

Tasty treats will be the reward for those who make it through. Then enjoy fang-tastic face painting, create a wolf mask in the creepy craft activity hut and watch your favourite animals eat their pumpkin treats. For further details visit: www.wildplace.org.uk.

The Big Draw to the Big Map, M Shed, Sunday 26 October, 10am – 4pm Use M Shed’s giant map and neighbourhood displays to inspire you to draw your own stories about where you live and your interests. With artist Luci Gorell Barnes. Part of the Family Arts Festival. Free, just drop in. For further details visit: www.bristolmuseums.org.uk.

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Cinebabies, Watershed, Monday 27 October, 11am Perfect for parents with infants. See the latest releases safe in the knowledge that your baby can cry, play and babble without worrying other cinema-goers. Tickets: £5.50/£4 from the box office on tel: 0117 927 5100 or visit: www.watershed.co.uk.

The Gruffalo, Bristol Old Vic, Monday 27 – Wednesday 29 October, various times Tall Stories present their hit musical stage adaptation of the award-winning picture book.

Meet a mouse who avoids being eaten by a wheeler-dealer fox, an eccentric old owl and a maraca-shaking snake by telling them terrifying tales of the Gruffalo. But what happens when he comes face-to-face with the very creature he imagined? Packed full of songs, laughs and scary fun, this show will delight children aged 3+ and their parents. Tickets: £12.50, family ticket £45 (2 adults, 2 children or 1 adult, 3 children), available from the box office on: 0117 987 7877 or visit: www.bristololdvic.org.uk.

Storytelling, Arnolfini, Tuesday 28 October, 10.30am Arabian Nights at Tobacco Factory Theatre

Let a selection of brilliant storytellers transport you away for the morning with narratives that will make the little ones giggle. Free entry, suitable for ages 2-4 years. For further details visit: www.arnolfini.org.uk.

Arabian Nights, Tobacco Factory Theatre, Tuesday 28 October – Sunday 2 November, 11am & 2pm Storypocket Theatre create magical theatre for families, and this production of Arabian Nights is no exception. Meet Scheherazade, the greatest storyteller of them all, and let her take you on a feast of adventures involving genies, villains, heroes and princesses. The tales are told with music, puppetry and theatrical magic, and encompass favourites such as Aladdin, The Little Beggar, and The Fisherman and the Genie. Tickets: £7 from the box office on: 0117 902 0345 or visit: www.tobaccofactorytheatres.com.

Crew Capers Storytelling, Brunel’s SS Great Britain, Wednesay 29 – Friday 31 October, 12pm & 2pm Join resident storyteller Sarah Mooney to hear tall tales of life on board for the crew of the SS Great Britain. Expect mayhem, mischief, practical jokes, fun and games. Part of the Family Arts Festival. Tickets: included in admission price of £13.75/£7. Tel: 0117 926 0680 or visit: www.ssgreatbritain.org.

The Great Big Story Mix Up, Bristol Old Vic, Wednesday 29 October – Saturday 1 November, various times A dressing up box full of wild and colourful costumes... a mysterious pile of musical instruments... a treasure chest stuffed with extraordinary objects... a group of actors and musicians skilled in storytelling, improvisation and general silliness. Now all that is needed to create a play is you and your ideas! This is a unique half term experience for children with wonderful stories, daft jokes and infectious songs aplenty. Part of the Family Arts Festival.

Tickets: £12/£7 from the box office on tel: 0117 987 7877 or visit: www.bristololdvic.org.uk.

The Big Contemporary Art Family Picnic at Arnolfini

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Exhibition Buggy Tour, Spike Island, Friday 31 October, 11.30am Come along for a special gallery tour of Anna Franceschini’s exhibition, Laws of Attraction, in which the artist presents a series of short and silent films alongside digital projections that celebrate the poetics of everyday objects and processes. Led by Spike Island curator, Alice Motart. Free. For more information visit: www.spikeisland.org.uk.

Mexican Day of the Dead, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Friday 31 October 10am – 4pm Head down to the museum to celebrate this Mexican festival, where families gather every year to remember the dead.

Create your own Day of the Dead crafts, build a shrine, and if you get peckish the Death Café will be serving up devilishly delicious dishes.

Part of the Family Arts Festival. Visit: www.bristolmuseums.org.uk.

The Big Contemporary Art Family Picnic, Arnolfini, Saturday 1 November, 12pm – 4pm This giant drop-in celebration and picnic will see the gallery transform into a fantastical and imaginative world designed by the families who visit. The day will include workshops with local artists, competitions, Big Draw activities and the opportunity for families to get to know one another. Part of the Family Arts Festival. Free, donations welcome. For more information call the box office on: 0117 917 2300 or visit: www.arnolfini.org.uk.

Desh, M Shed, Saturday 1 November Talks, performances and family friendly activities to celebrate the launch of Desh, a new creative project exploring and celebrating South Asian culture in Bristol and beyond. Free, just drop-in or visit: www.bristolmuseums.org.uk for more information. n

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Mum, voiceover artist and BBC Radio Bristol presenter, Faye Dicker, meets the Bristol businesses that make family life easier...

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here are some people in life who have an amazing ability to turn a negative into a positive – Sarah Dineen is one of them. It was in 2011, when she was made redundant, that she had a light bulb moment to start her own business – Fit 2 Drop. Pregnant at the time, she decided to retrain as a fitness instructor, providing ante-natal and post-natal workouts, and was able to test-drive all the exercises first hand.

The ideas didn’t stop there. In fact, it was having her daughter that gave her the next business idea. While there was a wide variety of fitness classes held outside, for mums to have a workout with their babies in pushchairs, no one seemed to be holding post-natal classes inside. As much as she loved exercise, working-out in the cold with a baby had limited appeal and provided the impetus for a post-natal fitness class inside where you can bring your baby.

Classes are held in the Long Ashton Community Hall, with all the usual equipment you would expect to see. Only alongside your exercise mats are baby mats. So while you’re doing your press ups, you can gaze at your little one. And let’s face it, there’s nothing like a baby gurgle and grin to distract you (in the best possible way) while you’re sweating away during your work out.

I put it to the test one beautiful autumnal morning. Sarah and I met beforehand for a walk through Ashton Court, while I heard her story, before heading off to the community centre where she put me through my paces. I admit I was a little apprehensive. Though I pride myself on my multi-tasking ability, I wasn’t quite sure how I was going to fathom entertaining my youngest, Suki, while doing circuits. I needn’t have worried. The movement and music of the class was entertainment enough for the little ones, who gazed at their exercising mums. Suki kept me in good company, sucking her toes, while I was trying to touch mine.

Mums are actively encouraged to exercise in a supportive environment. If your baby needs attention, no one bats an eyelid if you need to nip off. Nappies can be changed and babies fed, before nipping back to throw a medicine ball. One adept mum was even doing shuttle runs while holding her little one, for the added cuddle challenge.

I was amazed at just how much the class entertained the little ones, who were kept perfectly occupied on the edge of the hall in the midst of things. When I had a sudden pang of mother’s guilt that I was ignoring Suki, Sarah was instantly reassuring and suggested popping her in the bouncy chair and carrying her around with me.

It was a workout with a difference. Let’s face it, with a toddler and a baby, juggling the work/life balance – shoehorning exercise into my day is challenge.

Not to mention, while every day feels like a workout, I long to exercise again properly – and with this class I can. No one took a second look while I put a second bra on over my existing one, (seriously, breastfeeding boobs need industrial support) and before I got started Sarah checked my adnominal muscles to make sure everything had knitted back together. She has the energy and drive to spur you on during the class, combined with understanding mums and babies’ needs.

I came away feeling like I’d had a work-out, while Suki had been entertained.

A simple concept which as far as I’m concerned has revolutionised the way I can exercise. No more mum tum for me! n Visit: www.freelancemum.co.uk

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By Headmistress of Haberdashers’ Monmouth School for Girls, Mrs Caroline Pascoe

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recently heard the phrase ‘town and gown’ used to describe an independent school’s relationship within its community, and winced at how divisive it sounded. The stereotypical ‘them and us’ culture can be unnecessarily destructive, building walls between teachers, parents, pupils and local residents who, when united, can shine brighter than ever.

Here at the Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools, we are very proud of the strong ties we have forged with local schools. With only three senior schools in a small town, it is vital for us to work together, thus giving all of our students the opportunity to broaden their horizons and learn how to connect with people from all walks of life.

A constantly open line of communication between the schools has resulted in an invaluable working relationship. In an effort to actively break down barriers, we have a joint charity council. Most recently, we united to put on the town’s first literary festival which gave the pupils a chance to pool their contacts, energy, ideas and passion. This was an ambitious pupil-led initiative to bring some of our generation’s finest poets and authors into the town. Spread out over one week in June, the event involved the entire community and reached out to shoppers, pensioners, parents and teenagers alike.

More than 10 nearby schools were invited to attend readings, workshops and signings by various top writers, which worked to further strengthen existing relationships and cement new bonds within the county. The large-scale celebration of reading and writing, “raised the bar for literary festivals”, according to children’s author CJ Daugherty. This calibre of success would have been impossible to achieve for a solo school project. Feedback for the festival has been astounding, and I sincerely hope other schools can call upon our example to help unite their communities. *The Schools’ extensive bus route is set to cover Cribbs Causeway.

For more information, visit habs-monmouth.org, call 01600 710433 for Monmouth School or 01600 711104 for HMSG.

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Exciting changes at St Brendan’s

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t Brendan’s Sixth Form College is busy settling its new intake of students following another great year of results, events and activities. Its summer results were fantastic, with both A Level and AS Level pass rates exceeding the national average across all 50 subjects offered.

This year the college is introducing various new courses and initiatives, including several new Level 3 BTECs. Outside the classrom, the Total Pro Soccer Academy has been extended to include a Girl’s Football Academy, and a Coaching & Refereeing Academy is also planned. For creativelyminded students, the new Performing Arts & Media Career Academy will provide mentoring and master class opportunities for its members.

Transformations are occuring in the grounds as well, with a new building that will house ten teaching classrooms, social spaces and a café due for completion in January 2015.

Year 11 students and their families are invited to visit and see these developments at the college’s upcoming open days on 11, 22 and 23 October. For more details visit: www.stbrendanssixthformcollege.com.

New developments at St Brendan’s Sixth Form College

Smart apart, clever together To celebrate their 400th anniversary, the Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools in South Wales have invested in new, state-of-the-art facilities so that they can continue to nurture the next generation of talented individuals. Both Monmouth School and Haberdashers’ Monmouth School for Girls offer the advantages of single sex education with regular, joint after-school and weekend activities, and a co-ordinated sixth form timetable providing a choice of around 30 AS and A Level subjects.

Monmouth School and its preparatory school, The Grange, understand how boys develop and because of this are frequently in the top 10 boarding schools for boys based on A Level results. Haberdashers’ Monmouth School for Girls and its preparatory school, Inglefield House, offer a nurturing and aspirational environment that saw them ranked top in Wales for A*/A grades at GCSE in 2013. For more information about Monmouth School (boys boarding 9–18) tel: 01600 710 433, or for Haberdashers’ Monmouth (girls boarding 7–18) tel: 01600 711 104.

Developments at QEH Bristol City Council has approved the QEH’s planning application for a block of three science classrooms and new art room. This complex will provide much needed extra accommodation and enable the school to enhance its teaching spaces to meet the needs of an ever-changing curriculum.

Headmaster Stephen Holliday is delighted, saying “the new laboratories and art room are an essential addition to QEH, which is a major contributor to the education scene in Bristol.”

The school, now 425 years old, has been located at its present site on Brandon Hill for the last 167 years and throughout its history has provided some of the best academic results in the city. It is dedicated to the education of boy aged 7 to 18 from varied backgrounds across Bristol.

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SCHOOL UPDATES Bristol welcomes new headteachers Twenty-four new headteachers were recently welcomed to their roles by others in the city, who had organised a special induction programme designed to offer support for their colleagues. Covering teaching and learning, leadership and management, achievement and standards, and emotional resilience, it matches each head with a supportive mentor and provides them with several opportunities throughout their first year to network with their peers and share their experience.

Councillor Brenda Massey, Assistant Mayor for People said: “We want new headteachers in Bristol to feel supported throughout the challenges they face in such a demanding but rewarding role. Most importantly, we believe that schools working together improves outcomes for our children. Every child in our city matters and we want to create the best possible learning experiences for them.”

■ After this summer’s exam results, Red Maids’ won a place for the second year running in the Top 100 Independent Schools (The Times online, School Results, 2014).

Now in its 380th year, the school reached 80th place in national tables based on its sixth form results. Its IB Diploma results alone placed the school in 7th place.

Headmistress Isabel Tobias said: “Our students are academically able and motivated.

Year after year their results demonstrate that Red Maids’ delivers a first class education for girls.”

Red Maid’s combined A Level and IB Diploma equivalent results showed that 83% of entries gained grades A*, A or B, 58% grades A* or A, and 16% straight A*s.

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NEWS IN BRIEF ■ Some of the biggest names in British hairdressing gathered at the Lancaster London Hotel last month for the HJ’s British Hairdressing Business Awards, and among them was Shaun Nicholas of Bristol’s, Maximum FX salon on Park Row – one of 16 winners to be recognised for their outstanding achievements within the industry. Named as the 2014 Marketing Award winners, Maximum FX and its marketing agency Heyday Marketing entered a dossier answering a detailed criteria and providing crucial evidence to substantiate all the claims made. Shaun Nicholas said: “We are delighted to have won this award. We have been undertaking a highly targeted marketing campaign incorporating social media, PR and a partnership with Harvey Nichols since last summer. The impact on our business has exceeded all our expectations. We are immensely proud of our achievements.”

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Colder days are on the way, so now’s the time to start protecting your skin from the elements...

• Nourish Argan Skin Renew (£25, 50ml) is a rich, easily absorbed moisturiser that contains bioactive peptides, essential vitamins and high-omega emollients to help skin adapt to its e nvironment, immediately improving tone and texture, restoring hydration and rejuvenating the skin, giving an immediate glow.

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Pictured above, Stephen Mulhern (Britain’s Got More Talent), Ken West, (Directorof 365 Education, marketing award sponsor), Jenny Robertson (Heyday Marketing), Shaun Nicholas (Maximum FX) and Louis Nicholas, (Maximum FX)

■ Gloucestershire-based charity, Meningitis Now, is urging adrenaline junkies and amateurs to abseil down the Avon Gorge to help raise funds to fight meningitis. The Abseil Day on 18 October will see plucky people descend 190ft after being equipped and briefed. It costs £39 to register and there is no minimum sponsorship, but you are encouraged to raise as much as possible.

You’ll also receive a Meningitis Now t-shirt and fundraising pack with tips. To sign up or for more information, tel: 01453 769023.

■ Kiehl’s, the New York City-based apothecary and creator of fine quality skin and hair care, has opened a counter in House of Fraser, Cabot Circus. Kiehl’s old-world, customercentric heritage has been at the heart of every product and service over the company’s 163year history – from ingredient research and formula safety testing to counter decors.

The old-world apothecary aesthetic is infused with modern elements which brings the spirit of the original New York City-based apothecary to Bristol. Enjoy attentive and personal service as they prescribe specific treatments and products tailored to your individual skin and hair needs.

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• Clinique Smart is a new custom serum smart enough to understand your skin’s past and change its appearance in the future. It addresses the appearance of uneven skin tone, lines and wrinkles, firming, or radiance and is suitable for all skin types. From £48, available at House of Fraser • Divine Youth Oil is the latest creation from the L’Occitane laboratory. This velvety oil combines seven plant oils, rich in essential elements, with anti-ageing properties, to help regenerate skin so that it feels supple again. Available from L’Occitane, Park Street, £68

Pretty in pink for Breast Cancer Awareness month...

In support of BCA Campaign, Bobbi Brown has launched a limited edition Pretty Pink Ribbon Lip Gloss Collection. Featuring four shades, it is perfect for adding a pop of colour to your look. £35, with £5 from every sale to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, available at House of Fraser.

Throughout October, Jo Malone London will be donating £20 to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation from every sale of Red Roses Cologne (£82, 100ml from Harvey Nichols). A scent that’s a delicate blend of the world’s most exquisite roses and in a shade of pink that echoes the colour of the BCA campaign, symbolised by the pink ribbon

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Why do women develop breast lumps?

The real reason for lumps forming is due to stress and the imbalance of oestrogen in women as they get older. This can cause the breast tissue to swell producing what feels like a lump, or milk ducts to blow up and form cysts.

It is important for women to understand that these may be the underlying causes for pain in the breast, to prevent them feeling anxious that they have breast cancer and exacerbating these symptoms.

One-Stop Breast Clinic I run a One-Stop Breast Clinic at Spire Bristol Hospital for women with concerns or specific breast symptoms such as pain, distortion of shape, lumps and nipple discharge. At the clinic I assess patients by examination and ultrasound, as well as painless needle biopsies when needed, to confirm that their lumps are – in the vast majority of cases – harmless. I also spend time teaching women how to properly examine their breasts, showing them exactly what to look and feel for to enable them to be fully breast aware.

How at risk am I of breast cancer?

In the UK, 1 in 11 women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. They will mostly be over the age of 50, which is why the NHS provides breast cancer screening every three years up until the age of 70, when it continues to be available on request. If you have a mother, sister or two relatives with breast cancer, the NHS will provide you with screening from the age of 40.

Screening I offer a risk assessment programme that takes into account the factors mentioned above as well as other elements such as current age, age at first pregnancy, weight and height. This programme helps patients to decide what, if any, screening they would like. Quite understandably, women often overestimate their risk of developing breast cancer, so being accurately assessed in this way can be reassuring.

How can I reduce my risk of breast cancer?

There are a number of effective ways to reduce your chances of developing breast cancer. Regular exercise, such as 30 minutes of walking each day, decreases risk by 40% and will also help maintain a healthy weight. This in turn is vital, as obesity doubles the risk of developing breast cancer. You should also perform frequent self-breast examinations so that any abnormalities can be detected and addressed at an early stage. If you find any changes in the shape of the nipple or skin, especially on lifting the arms above the head or pressing down on the hips, or any new lumps (particularly those that are hard and knobbly) you should consult your doctor at once.

Mr Cawthorn is also consultant breast surgeon at Southmead Hospital, Secretary of the Association of Breast Surgery and former national clinical lead for NHS Improvement for Breast Cancer. If you’d like to learn more about breast awareness, Mr Cawthorn and a specialist breast cancer nurse are holding a free patient information evening on Thursday 23 October, 7pm – 8pm. For further details, or to book a consultation at the One-Stop Breast Clinic, please contact Mr Cawthorn’s secretary on tel: 0117 980 4056.

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his time last year, Nuffield Health officially opened the doors to The Chesterfield – a premier healthcare facility for Bristol, providing treatment by some of the country’s top surgeons, delivering five star service and offering the best in Matron-led nursing care to its patients.

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE Situated on Clifton Hill, Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital - The Chesterfield is a centre of excellence for minimally invasive surgery. Boasting three digital theatres, consultants are surrounded by the latest medical technology to carryout keyhole surgery that will help to reduce patient recovery time; cutting the time patients need to spend in hospital and helping them to get back on their feet faster.

The hospital is also home to a top of the range diagnostic centre including a 128-slice CT, digital mammography and MRI. THE CHESTERFIELD NAME Nuffield Health has been caring for the people of Bristol for over 50 years.

The charity first established a hospital at Clifton Court in Clifton Village in 1961. Known as The Chesterfield (a name which originated in the 1930s when the building was used as a nursing home), the hospital was Nuffield Health’s third in the country and its first in Bristol. In 2008 the old Chesterfield hospital closed and everything was transferred to the then betterequipped St Mary’s Hospital. However, Nuffield Health’s intention had always been to redevelop The Chesterfield and return the historic site to its former glory. These aspirations were realised in 2013 when the new state-ofthe-art Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital was officially opened, incorporating the sympathetic restoration of the Grade II listed Georgian villa known as The Chesterfield.

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Centres, and physiotherapy services, it is in a unique position to offer its patients enhanced recovery support following treatment. At the Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital this means that patients who undergo orthopaedic surgery such as total hip or knee replacements receive free access to expert aftercare and physiotherapy, including exercise and diet advice, a 12 week membership to the Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing Centre and their own recovery coach.

Five star service The Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital not only offers its patients the highest level of care but also patient service. Patient experience is akin to staying in a five star hotel and as such the hospital only offers private en-suite bedrooms, with views over the grounds, in-room satellite TV and room service arranged by a dedicated catering hostess. Patients also benefit from concierge services and valet parking.

Recently, Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital was rated top in the Department of Health’s rankings table for hospital food, achieving 100 per cent for the quality of its meals.

Sheryl Grist, Head of Sales and Business Development, said: “We’re very proud of the food we serve here at The Chesterfield. We understand the difference good quality, nutritious food can make in aiding the swift and successful recovery of our patients.”

Matron-led care Nuffield Health is proud to have championed the use of matrons throughout its history, ensuring that a dedicated and experienced matron is responsible for the overall care of patients and monitoring standards to keep them high.

This year, the charity launched the Nuffield Way of Caring – a programme, which further empowers its Matrons. The role has been redefined, taking the qualities of the traditional NHS matron of yesteryear and blending it with the contemporary leadership and clinical skills required in a 21st Century healthcare environment. Nuffield Health believes this new approach sets a benchmark for nursing care in the UK.

Charity status Nuffield Health is a leading healthcare charity dedicated to improving Britain’s health. As a social enterprise independent of shareholders and government, it is free to always put the best interests of its patients first and reinvests its profits back into continually improving its facilities and ensuring high quality care.

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Vaccination – The Question Ahead of her seminar on 30th October at CNM (College of Naturopathic Medicine) in Bristol, GP and Homeopath Dr Jayne Donegan explains how daring to challenge the prevailing wisdom on Vaccination, nearly destroyed her career.

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It never has been, nor would it be, my intention to advise any parent not to vaccinate their child. However, I feel strongly that parents should be entitled to a full range of information before making their own decisions.

At my seminar in Bristol on 30th October, I will review the impact, efficacy and safety of vaccinations, and look at what options could be available to families who do not choose vaccination.

aving trained as a conventional medical doctor, all of my training and practice led me to be a strong supporter of the Universal Childhood Vaccination Programme. Indeed, along with many of my colleagues, I used to think that parents who didn't want to vaccinate their children were either ignorant,

or sociopathic.

Why did I have this attitude? Well, throughout my medical training I was taught that the people who used to die in their thousands or hundreds of thousands from diseases like diphtheria, whooping cough and measles, stopped dying because of the introduction of vaccines.

I was shocked when I discovered through painstaking personal research, that in fact, 95-99% of the reduction in deaths from, for example, measles and whooping cough had already occurred before the vaccines were introduced. I approached the vaccination issue anew, my interest fuelled by my concern for child health and safety. I continued my reading of refereed scientific and medical journals with a new and more critical eye, having realized that what is sometimes held up as ‘science’ is not necessarily a truthful quest for knowledge but just someone's opinion, not backed up by evidence or fact.

It is very hard for doctors to start seriously questioning medical training that might lead them in the opposite direction to the healthcare system in which they work. Yet this is what I did when in the interests of fair play I agreed to act as an expert for two mothers who could find no-one else acceptable to the court, in a case bought by absent fathers who wished to force their daughters to be vaccinated.

Although I am an expert in my knowledge of vaccination and disease ecology, I am not an expert in being cross examined by hostile barristers.

I presented evidence to show that the vaccines are neither so safe nor so effective as generally believed. The experts called on the father’s side, who sat on a committee recommending vaccination, an obvious conflict of interest, presented an opposite view. The judge swept aside my evidence, which an appeal judge called ‘junk science’.

Having heard about the furore via the BBC, the General Medical Council (GMC) accused me of serious professional misconduct, and of bringing the profession into disrepute, threatening to strike me off the medical register, which would have destroyed my career and my livelihood.

It was a stressful and drawn out case lasting over three years. Ultimately and thankfully, the GMC panel found me not guilty and agreed in their findings that my research and conclusions had been objective, independent and unbiased.

Although happily fully vindicated, it is not an exercise which I should like to repeat.

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“Vaccination – The Question” is a seminar which Dr Jayne Donegan will be holding at CNM on 30th October.

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Attend a CNM event in Bristol Vaccination- The Question: Thursday 30th October 6.30pm-8.30pm A seminar by Dr Jayne Donegan, looking at the safety risks versus the benefits of modern vaccinations, and how to help protect children’s health naturally. £15 entry

FREE CNM Open Evening Thursday 23rd October 6.30pm-8.30pm Find out about training with CNM Bristol for a career in Naturopathic Nutrition or Naturopathic Acupuncture. Free Entry, but please reserve your place.

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RURAL RIVER WALK Andrew Swift guides us on a charming walk in South Gloucestershire following the River Frome, with lots of great pubs along the way

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tarting at Yate station, this month’s walk follows the River Frome downstream through Frampton Cotterell, before following a tributary stream – the Ham Brook – to end at Parkway station. With the exception of short stretches at the start and end, it is a largely rural walk – often surprisingly so – with plenty of variety, an unmanicured charm and some excellent pubs en route. ● Arriving at Yate station from Bristol, walk up steps to the road, turn left for a few metres, cross and turn left along the pavement. After 250m, bear right along Stover Road. After another 300m, a bridge takes you over the River Frome. Just beyond it, cross and turn left through a kissing gate (KG) with a Frome Valley Walkway (FVW) sign (ST695827). Bear left and, when you come to the overgrown river bank, turn right along it. Carry on through two KGs, past a weir and along an overgrown path.

● As the path heads away from the river, follow it to the right of a fence, cross a farm track and follow a footpath sign across a field, heading for the buildings on the far side. Cross a stile onto a lane and turn left. At a Tjunction, turn left for 100m to see Nibley Mill. This was one of over 30 mills along the Frome, but is one of the few whose buildings have survived. ● Turn and retrace your steps along the lane, carry on, and after 700m, just before the lane swings right for the second time, go through a metal gate on the left (ST686828). Carry on through a KG, follow a green lane and head through a meadow before turning right along the overgrown river bank.

Carry on through a KG, and when you come to a footbridge, cross it and continue alongside the river. Go through a KG, and, after crossing a mill leat, bear right through another KG. Ahead lies Tubbs Bottom Detention Reservoir, built to alleviate flooding. On the other side of the river is Chill Wood, with its caves, quarries and remnants of 18th century coal mines. The path, however, keeps to this side of the river, and after 350m comes to a lane.

Turn right across a bridge, carry on past Algar’s Mill and Algar’s Manor, and, as you continue up the lane, you will see a level crossing ahead. This was the site of Iron Acton station, closed in 1944; the line, which served Tytherington Quarry, was last used in 2012.

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● Before reaching the crossing, turn left, following a FVW sign through a KG. Cross a stile and carry on alongside the river. Follow steps up to a stile and turn left across a bridge that once carried a mineral railway to Frampton Cotterell ironworks (ST672832). On the other side of the bridge, the overgrown railway embankment is fenced off with barbed wire, and the path heads right down more steps before crossing a stile. Carry on alongside the river, and, after crossing two more stiles, you come to Hover’s Lane, a farm track with a ford on the right. Carry on across another stile to continue alongside the river. After 500m, just after passing a bridge to the road, you will glimpse large buildings across the river. This was the site of Cog Mill. ● After another 125m, bear right across a footbridge and carry on through woodland alongside the river. After crossing a stile, carry on through a meadow, keeping close to the river, and go through a KG by Frampton Cotterell Flow Measuring Station. Carry on through a builder’s yard and the site of Frampton Cotterell Mill. Further along on the left, No 4, just before the church, was the New Inn. Over to the right, still very much in business, is the family-friendly Globe Inn. At the main road, cross and turn left. Just before the bridge, go through a squeeze stile on the right to continue alongside the river. ● At a road, turn left over a footbridge, and after 50m turn right through a KG (although, before continuing, you may wish to carry on past it and bear right at a T-junction to the 17th century Live & Let Live pub, where dogs

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and children are welcome). Having gone through the KG, carry on through another KG, and at the end of the meadow, cross a gated footbridge. Carry on through four more KGs, but, after going through a fifth, bear left alongside the fence rather than carrying on along a farm track. ● Carry on through three more KGs. After going through a fourth, bear right, keeping close to the hedge – and the river. Ahead you will see the embankment carrying the main line to South Wales.

Just before Huckford Viaduct, cross a footbridge, and after going under it, cross back over another footbridge (ST656799). The riverside path leads past two stiles and up steps before coming to a busy road. Bear right across Damson’s Bridge with extreme care and turn left along The Dingle. After 250m, bear left to follow a FVW sign, bearing left again when the path forks to continue along a revetment, with steps leading down to ruined buildings. Carry on, keeping to the lower path, cross a footbridge and continue alongside the river. At the lane, turn left. Bear right when it forks, and right again at a T-junction. Carry on past a turning to the left,

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● After 300m, go through a KG and turn left across the river. Just past the gates of Rock House, turn right through a gate and follow a footpath in front of the house and through a KG (ST645789).

After 150m, cross a stile and turn left along a busy road. At the top of the hill, with the Crown Inn on your right, turn left at the Tjunction. After 250m, turn right along The Stream. On your right is the Ham Brook , which you will be following for the next 1,250m. At the T-junction, carry on along the footpath ahead (ST638788). After going between fences under the motorway, cross a stile, bear left and carry on, keeping close to the hedge on your left. (A link road and housing is due to be built in this area, and, although this footpath will be retained, there will inevitably be disruption. Work, however, is not scheduled to start until late 2015.) At the road cross and carry on straight ahead. At the second roundabout turn right under the railway and right again to Parkway station. n

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INTO THE BLUE Stella Whitcombe, director of contemporary Scandinavian furniture store, BoConcept Bristol, highlights the interior trends for the new season, and explains how we can style our homes around these guidelines

All products pictured on this page are available from BoConcept Bristol, Merchant Street, tel: 0117 927 2429

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he sleek, practical functionality and streamlined aesthetics of Scandi-design epitomises the current trend of mid-century modern. Monochrome rooms add to a sense of balance and serenity and act as a blank canvas against which to play with textures and colours. Simple, sculptured designs are warm in walnut and cool in chrome. Add geometric patterns for a touch of unexpected humour, or bring the outside in by adding decorative touches inspired by nature.

Go metallic this season and brighten up your interior. Mix copper, brass, gold and silver with amber and dark, earthy tones to achieve a heavy elegance.

For example, use big bronze pendants with pearly shags in the living room.

The beauty is in the material itself. Cushions, candlesticks, and glass with shimmering effects put a bright spell on dark, exclusive materials such as wood and leather. The trick is to not overdo it, but just give it a bit of sparkle with exquisite detail. Hints of white and soft watercolours lift the expression to add a light, feminine touch. Combining different whites will give you an edgy look.

For a more casual look, the colour palette is influenced by contrasting raw and industrial materials such as concrete with natural materials like wood.

Surprising details such as a splash of bright neon and other funky accessories give the style a fresh, modern twist. Here is where you can add humorous details or combine different patterns. Cold pastels are hot! Mix them with shimmer to get the look. It’s all in the detail.

And blues are back big time. A perfect match to warm natural materials and

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shiny metallic colours, blue is the hottest colour for the new season of home interiors. Delicately mix smooth blue leather and a textured fabric in different tones of aristocratic blue to get an interesting contrast. Finish the look with a living chair fully covered in the same fabric, or go smooth and soft with a sofa in all blue leather.

The colour grey has been the new black for some time in interior trends and is great with graphics. Cool grey becomes a delicacy when complemented with the pastels of aqua blue and pink orchid. Mixing this near-neutral shade with pale colours achieves a timeless elegance while keeping it personal.

It takes a certain amount of courage to embrace Pantone’s colour of 2014, Radiant Orchid, as a bold design statement, but you can add accents of this vibrant colour, and it works especially well with grey, creamy whites and metallics. Use throws and cushions or cover your dining chairs in this plush colour to give your room that luxurious look.

When you are considering the twinkle that you want to bring into your home, do not forget the humble mirror. Large mirrors are especially great for small spaces as they appear to double the space. The reflection in a mirror is your room’s most dynamic decoration, as well as adding light. n

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Every year, the number one reason people give for moving house in the UK is the need for more space.

But moving house is a costly business and if you’d rather not go through the hassle of it, an alternative and attractive option is to expand with a garden room.

Bringing the outside in, a room in your garden can offer a light space for an office, a playroom, stylish guest suite or even just a room to relax and enjoy a view.

Locally, Gloucestershire-based Future Rooms installs bespoke-designed and manufactured garden rooms to suit your taste and budget. Every garden room can be upgraded with features such as kitchenettes, bi-fold doors, shower rooms, built-in furniture and clever storage solutions – always complementing the surrounding environment and ensuring that the room can be used all year round.

Contact Future Rooms, Staunton, Gloucestershire GL19 3QS, tel: 01542 501455 or visit: www.futurerooms.co.uk

Ceramic bottle lamp, £195 from The White Company, Quakers Friars

OUTSIDE IN Embrace the new season’s interior trend of bringing the outside in with woodland motifs and natural textures

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Dhurry runner, £65 from The White Company, Quakers Friars

The Lodge Range from the S.O.U.L collection is available at Park Furnishers, Willway Street, Bedminster

Winter Botanicals hare print cushion, £25; below: Winter Botanicals tree trunk candle holders, £18, both from House of Fraser, Cabot Circus

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BLOOMING MARVELLOUS Marianne Swinkels discovers a woodland retreat on the outskirts of Bristol that offers a tempting combination of country and city living

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f you’ve a penchant for petite courtyards or a preference for small pebbled yards, might I politely suggest you turn the page. Ditto if you’re a through-and-through urbanite who relishes balconied simplicity or penthouse minimalism, or someone whose interest in anything vaguely verdant extends to watering a potted shrub or two. This gem of a place is probably not for you. Even its very apt name, Woodside, may cause some consternation.

If, on the other hand, a sizeable walled vegetable plot, orchard, lawns, wildflower meadows and a backdrop of bluebell woods in an idyllic semi-rural setting is more your métier, you’d be wise to check this out quickly. Very quickly.

Because this property in Hallen, close to the Blaise Castle Estate, offers all that and, just half a dozen miles from Bristol centre and three miles to the M5/Junction 17, a whole lot more. Countryside charm, city life and commuting can all happily combine here. It is a best-of-both-worlds, have-yourcake-and-eat-it location for this individual family home in its expanse of grounds, offering as it does a winning opportunity to 98 THE BRISTOL MAGAZINE

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switch from cultivating to culture with genuine ease.

Take a look for yourself. After you’ve turned into the sweeping shared driveway of Hallen Lodge (once a manor house until it was divided into two separate and handsome homes in the 1930s) you’ll know in an instant whether Woodside is what you’re after.

It is surrounded by flora and fauna in almost an acre of well stocked gardens, with specimen trees, large organic fruit and veg beds worthy of any National Trust property, and is even protected by a deer fence. There is also a wine producing grapevine in one of two generous greenhouses, a cider rich apple orchard, waterfall feature, decked dining areas and hidden patios, ample outdoor nooks, crannies and borders… all deserving of a gardening soul.

But what of the house itself?

It’s 300 years old in parts and has been shaped over many years by the current owners, who stumbled across the property when returning home to Oxford with their three children after a day of fruitless house-viewing appointments in the locale.

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PROPERTY PROFILE Where: Woodside, Hallen Lodge, Hallen, Bristol, BS10 7RH What: Forming part of Hallen Lodge, sensitively converted into two family homes, Woodside is a spacious five bedroom property set in grounds of almost an acre, and is in easy reach of Bristol centre, the M5, Parkway Station and The Mall at Cribbs Causeway.

Asking price: £695,000 Agent: Fine & Country, Whiteladies Road www.fineandcountry.com Contact: Email: bristol@fineandcountry.com or tel: 01179 744 766

Their serendipitous find proved to be love at first sight. Which is why, since they first came across this special oasis 32 years ago, they have stayed firmly rooted to the spot. After all, why leave a Garden of Eden which is also in tempting reach of everything cosmopolitan Bristol has to offer?

But now, with the children moved out and downsizing on the cards, the decision to upsticks is firmly on their agenda. And whoever next claims this address will inherit the fruits of the sensitive extensions and sympathetic improvements that have been carried out indoors as well as out. As the couple readily acknowledge: “Woodside has been like the Forth Bridge – there’s something going on all the time! We’ve replaced floors, lowered ceilings, had a new slate roof, commissioned leaded stained glass windows and installed solar and photovoltaic panels.”

Originally a row of workers’ cottages which expanded and changed over the centuries to become one-time Hallen Lodge, Woodside is now a five double bedroom portion of the former manse. It is therefore a splendid mix in style: a traditional stone and red brick rendered building, where rural vernacular Georgian architecture meets Victorian posh and rubs along famously with its

modern additions mirroring the features of the past with a contemporary twist.

As you enter this one-off property, it’s the Gothic internal widows and Hobbit-like arched wooden doors of the once humble terrace, now part and parcel of the spacious entrance/reception hall, which first catches the eye and hints at the delightfully quirky character and layout to come. The originally small ground floor rooms have been opened up and extended out to create the spacious and family-friendly kitchen/sitting room that is the heart of the home.

For all its space, light and views – including the series of ever-bigger bedrooms fanning out from the upstairs landing which runs along almost the entire length of the house – and all its other generous spaces and hideaway places, the magnet of Woodside is without doubt the impressive 24ft long green-oak framed garden room. Drawing you in, as it so splendidly does from the open plan kitchen, with its wall-to-wall windows overlooking the decked rear gardens, the message is clear: simply sit and marvel at the mini country estate beyond.

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New Home & Style Event for Charity Interiors company, Feature Fire hosts a Home and Style Day in aid of local MS sufferers - Saturday 4th October

Everyone is welcome at Feature Fire’s Home and Style Open Day on Saturday 4th October, 10.30am to 6.00pm at their smart showroom in Weston-super-Mare. Come and meet a wide range of home professionals, enjoy a tasty Barefoot stonebaked pizza, all whilst helping them to raise vital funds for the West of England MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Therapy Centre in Bristol.

They have brought together a number of professionals to help you make the most of your home or place of business. Patricia Frost Garden Design, LA Electrical Services, Nigel Yates Plumbing Dept, Morgan Painters & Decorators, HDB Scaffolding, Cornerstone Builders, The Floor Manager who specialise in renovating wooden and stone floors, Willowbrook Flooring and Designate interior designers who specialise in health focussed projects. Concept Building Solutions will be on hand to discuss their services, as will Vivid Financial Services offering mortgage and other financial advice.

Richard Atkin of Feature Fire said: “We are looking forward to welcoming everyone to our Home and Style Open Day. We have brought together a wide range of local home professionals, each carefully chosen for their quality of service offered.”

The MS Therapy Centre, supports people living with Multiple Sclerosis and other neurological conditions across the region, through therapies and treatments. Doro Pasantes, Centre Manager says “We are delighted that Feature Fire has chosen to support our Centre in this way, and we would like to encourage everyone to go along to their event and support us at the same time.”

The team from Feature Fire will be on hand though the event, offering advice and demonstrating their wide range of wood burning, gas and multifuel stoves, together with their own handcrafted fireplace surrounds, made onsite by their own stonemason.

During the day visitors will also be able to enter a prize draw, which will be drawn at the end of the day, in aid of the fantastic work which takes place at the Centre. Prizes to include a £500 Gazco voucher, a case of wine and a hamper filled with tasty biscuits from Marshfield Bakery. Tickets to enter the prize draw cost £1 each. Please note no cash equivalent available and the voucher must be used by 31st December at Feature Fire against a Gazco product.

The Home and Style Event is easy to find with plenty of free parking, located at Ashton Yard; just off Winterstoke Road in Weston-super-Mare BS24 9AA. To find out more about the event or Feature Fire call the showroom now on 01934 628142, email info@feature-fire.co.uk or visit www.feature-fire.co.uk/home-style

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HEDGE YOUR BETS Our Bristol garden design writer, Margaux Speirs explains how to successfully plant a hedge for attractive screening

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utumn and winter is the time to plant hedges and if you have an old wall or fence that needs replacing, or would like to screen an unsightly view, here are some suggestions about using plants for hedging and screening. I suppose everyone thinks about cost first these days. A rough and ready reckoning would be £210 for a 10 metre long, 2 metre high evergreen hedge, based on £7 per plant with 3 plants per metre (about £400 for the same length of fencing and £1,000 for a brick wall). Whereas most people will not take on a brick laying project, anyone can plant a hedge – as long as they are fit enough to dig.

Of course the cost of a hedge can vary enormously depending on the plant type selected and the maturity of those plants. For example, instant privet hedging grown in a 1 metre trough and pre-clipped at 1.6 metre high would cost at least £200, that’s £2,000 for 10 metres of hedge. However even apart from the cost of buying a mature hedge you are likely to have stronger plants if you buy them younger and grow them in situ. Most young hedging plants will put on about 30cm of growth each year and within a couple of years they will have grown and filled out to a good edging a boundary and creating screening.

Other advantages of hedging over fencing and brick walls are they are more wildlife friendly (providing nesting and berries for birds); they are better at wind protection (filtering and calming wind rather than the turbulence created around a solid structure); they are effective in noise reduction and filtering pollution particles; they can be grown higher than the planning legislation would permit a wall or fence; and they continue to improve with age (which fence does that?). Of course as a garden designer my own favourite reason for choosing hedges is that they enhance the beauty of the planting within the garden.

When choosing what sort of hedge to grow, the main things to think about are: • Evergreen (a bit more expensive but screens all year round) or deciduous, with the benefit of seeing the changing seasons through its fresh spring leaves to its autumn colour.

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plants to grow higher (there being less competition for nutrients), but some will never exceed a certain mature height.

Flowering: the top selling flowering hedge is Escallonia which has a long flowering season with red, pink or white flowers.

Deterrence against intruders: plant thorn plants such a holly, hawthorn or berberis.

Fast growing so it bulks up quickly (such as Lonicera Pileata) or slow growing so you don’t have to clip it as often (such as yew).

Nature of growing conditions: if the hedge line is in a dark corner, you may want to choose something that brightens things up such as Oleaster gilt edge, a tough plant which is even happy in dry shade.

Foliage size, texture and colour: even without thinking about flowers and berries there is so much choice of foliage in shades of green, grey, yellow, copper and purple, from tiny to large leaves. Bear in mind that clipping large leaves with an electric hedge clipper means you leave behind leaves in odd, broken shapes which can look unsightly for a few weeks.

Density of the hedge, especially at ground level: for the fastest results, plant as densely as your budget will allow but even low density planting will eventually form a decent hedge. As a general rule, for bare roots 3 plants per metre is adequate, 5 is good, 7 plants in a double staggered row makes a dense hedge quicker. Smaller plants are generally planted at higher density than tall plants. Hedge suppliers assess how many plants you need by aiming to have the plants touching each other after the first growing season.

Good ground preparation is crucial to the hedge’s growing success. Clear all plants and weeds away to at least 30cm either side of your hedge line. Dig a trench twice as wide as the root structure of the hedge plant (or twice as wide as their pots if they are delivered in pots). Prick the sides of the trench with a garden fork to make holes for the roots to find. Line the trench with organic matter (compost) and use RootGrow (a rather expensive mycorrhizal) or Bone Meal Root Builder (a much cheaper alternative but read the packaging carefully to see how to apply this as it should not touch the roots).

Soak the bottom of the trench before planting. Use taut string to keep a straight line and a length of cane to ensure the plant spacings are identical.

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❞ (With the help of the supplier you will have worked out the plant spacings before ordering so plant in accordance with this.) Gently tease the roots of pot grown plants and plant them (at the same depth as they were in the pot) into the trench. In the case of bare root and root-balled plants, plant to the damp line on the main stem where you can see they were previously planted in the fields. Firm the soil around the roots to avoid frost pockets and water really well. Inhibit weed growth around the plants with bark chippings or a mulch mat. Make sure the plants don’t dry out.

My preferred hedge supplier is Hedges Direct which has a vast choice, a really useful website to help you choose the right hedge, and free UK delivery. Unlike some internet suppliers, there is always a human being to talk to at the end of the phone if you want help in choosing or ordering. Visit: www.hedgesdirect.co.uk n Margaux Speirs, a pre-registered member of the Society of Garden Designers, runs her business, Margaux Speirs Garden Design from her home in Bristol. Visit: www.margauxspeirsgardendesign.co.uk

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PLANT OF THE MONTH: Even a small garden can accommodate an Acer Palmatum (Japanese maple), grown for its beautiful autumn foliage as well as for its graceful form. As they grow very slowly they are happy growing in pots as long as they are regularly fed, do not dry out and are re-potted into a larger pot every few years. They need a sheltered position as winds and too much sun can scorch their leaves.

There is a great variety to choose from but my first choice is Acer Palmatum O’Kagami whose leaves are reddish-purple in spring, black-red, flushed green in summer and scarlet in autumn. The local specialist acer growing nursery is in Wimbourne in Dorset (www.barthelemymaples.co.uk).

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THE PENTHOUSE TELFORD HOUSE LEIGH WOODS

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he Penthouse at Telford House is an immaculate lateral spacious apartment situated across the entire top floor of this much sought after residential building on North Road.

The current owners have entirely refurbished, modernised and extended this already generous penthouse with the aid of architects and design contractors Moon Design & Build.

The apartment boats a high degree of integrated and zoned sound and technology based infrastructure. With a contemporary twist throughout, a particular feature is the immaculate dual aspect living room. With sliding doors to a substantial south and south easterly facing sun terrace this beautiful room has panoramic views across Bristol to Dundry, the Suspension Bridge, Bristol Observatory and Avon Gorge. Made warm and comfortable with its contemporary log burner, this superb room creates the ideal atmosphere to entertain or relax.

The bespoke kitchen comes complete with reconstituted stone work surfaces and a blend of soft close wall and base storage units and a comprehensive range of quality integrated appliances.

The master suite offers a generous footprint with large picture windows. This room is divided with a tiled en suite shower room which blends natural stone and contemporary hard woods and a traditional bathroom with a Duravit contemporary bath. There is also a separate dressing room with bespoke solid wood storage.

There is a superb guest bedroom with contemporary tiled en suite shower room, again with views over The Suspension Bridge, and a further a third bedroom and family bathroom.

To the rear of the accommodation The Penthouse shows how versatile its footprint is with an office/family snug/conservatory, complete with engineered oak flooring, which in turn gives access to an additional sun terrace. Boasting a second log burner this spacious and light filled room, complete with views of The Avon Gorge, could easily be used as an additional fourth bedroom.

Telford House sits on a dominant and elevated position on North Road and is built within predominantly level communal gardens. Private and unique to the Penthouse are its three hardwood decked sun terraces each of which has superb views offering wonderful outside space for dining or relaxing Viewing of this superb apartment is a must and is by appointment with agents Knight Frank.

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BRISTOL PROPERTY INVESTMENT A FANTASTIC RETURN OF 9.3 % NET A BLOCK OF 4 INTERCONNECTING WAREHOUSE UNITS FULLY LET AT A RENT OF £38,000 PER ANNUM FOR SALE AT ONLY £395,000….

• Following the sale of other units in the block we are now offering for sale the final 4 units at this very competitive sale price.

• Each unit is let on identical terms to Good Morning Disposables Ltd, guaranteed by Charles Saunders Ltd; expiring 31st January 2018.

• The units total 8,023 sq ft (745.6 sq m) and compromise a fully fitted office unit and 3 interconnecting warehouse units.

• Situated on Netham Industrial Park a very popular and established trading estate location in the centre of Bristol.

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Kingsdown £580,000

Hotwells £750,000

This is a charming Grade II listed Stucco fronted Georgian House built c.1790 situated on this most sought after road in the heart of the very desirable community of Kingsdown. Set within an easy walk of the City Centre, Bristol Royal Infirmary, good schools and the University with interesting far reaching city views and a very pretty sunny well stocked rear garden. The accommodation retains many period features and is arranged over four floors with the flexibility to alter the usage according to your needs. The current owners use the house as three bedrooms, sitting room, snug/office, spacious kitchen dining room, bathroom, cloakroom and excellent utility storage space. You could however arrange the house as four bedrooms if required. Viewing of this delightful home is strongly recommended.

This delightful Grade II listed cottage of great character and ideal proportions is situated in North Green Street, a quiet backwater close to Clifton village. Polygon Cottage is within easy walking distance of the Harbourside in one direction and Clifton village in the other. This area has a strong sense of community and benefits considerably from its close proximity to Hotwells Primary School. The property is accessed through a good sized sunny walled garden and comprises a central hallway with doors leading to a formal dining room, a second reception/fourth bedroom and kitchen to the rear of the property which boasts a selfcleaning glass roof. There is a downstairs cloakroom, utility cupboard and access to the cellars. The upper two floors comprise of an attractive sitting room with a working fireplace, study, three double bedrooms, family bathroom and dressing area.

Harbourside £285,000

Cliftonwood £539,950

This beautifully presented first floor apartment forms part of Great Western House, a sought after development on the Harbourside, adjacent to the site of Brunel's famous SS Great Britain. An ideal location to access the City Centre, Clifton and all major transport links and also perfectly located to enjoy Bristol's extensive waterfront with cafes, restaurants and the M Shed Museum all within walking distance. The well planned accommodation incorporates a very good sized open plan kitchen/sitting room with access to a balcony, two double bedrooms, bathroom and en-suite. The property further benefits from an allocated parking space and is being sold with no onward chain. A full rental history is available. EPC rating C

A delightful three double bedroom Terraced house in Cliftonwood which benefits from an elevated position and far reaching views. The property, which is currently tenanted, has a charming sitting room to the front of the property, third double bedroom and bathroom to the rear on the first floor, master bedroom with en-suite, second bedroom and bathroom on the second floor with stairs to small space and skylight which doubles perfectly for work station.

The ground floor is open plan with large kitchen/diner and door to three external vaults under the pavement, one of which has an electric point. The sitting room has full bi-fold doors to a two-tiered terrace, an abundance of shrubs and an upper terrace perfect for al fresco dining.

This delightful family home also boasts very pretty walks to both Clifton village and the Harbourside. Hotwells Primary School is also close by EPC : C

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Stoke Bishop

Stoke Bishop

Stoke Bishop

Deceptively spacious detached five bedroom family home positioned within a plot measuring approximately 50m with en-suite, dressing room, family bathroom and five/six receptions. The property also offers a spacious kitchen, games room, swimming pool and dressing room with additional shower room, an in-and-out driveway. EPC D.

Significantly extended detached three storey family home with five bedrooms, three bathrooms (two en-suites) and an open plan kitchen/lounge/dining area to rear with bifold and patio doors leading to a 70ft south westerly facing family garden. Further benefits include integral garage and parking and many quality features throughout. EPC D.

A detached four bedroom modern property with en-suite to master, spacious family bathroom, two receptions, study and kitchen offering quality Corian worktops, downstairs cloakroom/WC and a south westerly facing garden. Further benefits include garage, ample parking, double glazing and solar panelling. EPC C.

£850,000

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Westbury Park

Westbury Park

Henleaze

Beautifully restored three storey Victorian property with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, full width kitchen/diner with doors to garden and two receptions. The property is presented to a high specification throughout including honed Zimbabwe granite worktops and island, Duravit bathrooms and many restored Victorian features. EPC D.

A three bedroom family home offering two reception rooms with stripped floors and feature fireplaces and a 21ft kitchen/diner.

The first floor has a light and airy feel with three bedrooms and family bathroom with modern white suite. The property is in very good order throughout and has a westerly facing private rear garden. EPC E.

An extended detached three bedroom family home with living room, dining room, breakfast room, extended kitchen, conservatory and cloakroom/WC to the ground floor. The first floor offers three family-sized bedrooms and bathroom. Further benefits include a secluded private garden.

Marketed with no onward chain. EPC D.

£540,000

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lmlea Avenue is a highly desirable address, situated on the borders of Westbury on Trym and Stoke Bishop. Popular infant and junior schools are nearby and there is easy access to numerous good secondary schools. Number 22 is positioned on a generous corner plot with a larger than average garden. The house itself had been beautifully maintained and sympathetically refurbished. The current owners have extended the property and the result is an elegant and generously appointed family home. There are three lovely reception rooms on the ground floor: A drawing room which opens out onto the garden, a formal dining room and a sitting room family/snug. The heart of this home is the fabulous kitchen and breakfast room which has been architect designed to make the most of the views and access to the garden. The upper floor is reached via a wide staircase illuminated by a feature stained glass window. There are six bedrooms with an impressive master suite complete with dressing room and contemporary shower room. The charming guest suite also has an en suite shower room and there is a good sized family bathroom. Outside, the grounds are a delight and are fully enclosed offering a high degree of privacy. The space has been set out as a number of ‘rooms’ which track the day’s sun and it is clear that a great deal of love has gone into the design and care of the garden which covers around a third of an acre. There is paved hard standing to the front of the house in addition to an integrated double garage.

Fine and Country, 147 Whiteladies Road, Bristol. Tel: 0117 946 1946

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22 ELMLEA AVENUE WESTBURY ON TRYM • Detached family home • Beautifully maintained • Six bedrooms • Double garage plus off street parking • Large corner plot with delightful gardens • Close to excellent schools

£ 1,250,000

Clifton t: 0117 923 8238 (sales) t: 0117 946 6588 (lettings) clifton@cjhole.co.uk

www.cjhole.com The autumn market is underway and things, dare I say, feel level and balanced. (At time of going to print) supply in the Residential Sales market seems to meet demand and the frenzy and upheaval of the spring is a distant memory. That said, prices have risen slightly, certainly in North Bristol, or at the very least are holding firm. The rental market is a very different story. Aside from the 20,000 students who have returned in the last few weeks, there is strong and consistent demand for Residential Let property in Clifton, Redland, Cotham and Sneyd Park. Normally we might see some spikes in

the demand but this has been unusually steady, with a very real lack of new properties, thus stimulating another slight increase in rents for some landlords.

As always we have lots going on locally in OctoberAshton Court 10k, Oktoberfest, Moscow State Circus and Halloween. Meanwhile the city prepares for more Residents Parking Zones and many parents are knee deep in Bristol school open days and applications.

Lots to keep us all busy.

Howard Davis M.N.A.E.A Managing Director - CJ Hole Clifton

Hotwells

Redland

Clifton

LLocated just a short walk from Bristol’s Harbourside and easy access to the Portway and Hotwells Road, we are delighted to market this three bedroom mid terraced Victorian House.

The property consist of lounge with bay window, dining room, ground floor bathroom and rear garden. The property falls within a residents parking area and is offered with no onward chain. EPC E.

A fabulous apartment with outstanding views, this two bedroom apartment is one of two properties in this semi-detached building.

Benefits include a shared driveway, private garage, lounge/diner with a door to a south facing balcony, kitchen/breakfast room also with a door on to a second south facing balcony, guest bedroom and a large private rear garden. EPC E.

Located on one of Clifton’s most prestigious roads, this top floor two bedroom apartment is one not to be missed. This property benefits from a stylish open plan living area with a contemporary kitchen, lounge/dining area, contemporary bathroom with a white suite, utility cupboard plus a separate storage cupboard.

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£320,000

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£250,000

Clifton

Clifton

Harbourside

A delightful Victorian mid-terraced house, this four bedroom home has undergone restoration that has seen its abundance of period features returned to their former glory.

Arranged over 3 stories comprising sitting room, kitchen/dining room, 4 bedrooms, family bathroom and external utility room.

There is an enclosed private garden and outstanding views. EPC E.

An impressive flat with an extensive south facing garden and a generous interior. The flat door leads into the hallway with double doors to the living room, the hallway opens out at the far end to offer a dining area, there are three bedrooms and an en suite shower room, family bathroom and generous living room with patio doors leading out to the raised sun terrace. EPC D.

A contemporary ground floor apartment located in a popular development just by Bristol’s floating harbour. The property consists of: L-shaped hallway, open plan living space, glazed door on to the private terrace area, double bedroom plus a bathroom with a modern white suite. The property also comes with an underground secure private parking space. The apartment is offered with no onward chain. EPC C.

£565,000

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Investment property sold as a going concern with tenants in situ until the 30/06/2015 and let for £770pcm. Accommodation includes two double bedrooms, spacious living room, separate kitchen and bathroom. Located on the top floor of this attractive, grade 2 listed terrace. Benefits include off street parking available on a first come first serve basis and no onward chain.

Two double bedroom top floor apartment benefitting from a communal roof terrace measuring approx 22ft square and allocated underground parking and storage area. Further accommodation includes a generous living room with bay window, separate kitchen diner, modern bathroom and a storage utility room.

Two double bedroom first floor apartment with allocated off street. Property comprises a spacious open plan living room with separate dining and lounge areas, kitchen with breakfast bar, two double bedrooms both with fitted wardrobes, and modern shower room. Benefits lift access, guest parking and communal gardens. No onward chain.

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Two bedroom garden flat with 45’ x 30’ private rear garden, private entrance, separate kitchen, lounge/diner, master bedroom with Victorian bay window, bedroom two with doors to the rear garden and modern bathroom. Private rear garden enjoys afternoon sunshine. Also benefits a fish pond, storage shed and rear access from the back lane.

Two double bedroom garden flat with allocated off street parking space to rear. Benefits enclosed private garden, communal front garden, and gas central heating. Interior presents entrance hall, spacious lounge/diner, separate kitchen, two double, modern bathroom, and separate utility room. No onward chain.

Stunning hall floor apartment set in this stunning tree lined cul-de-sac close to the Durdham Downs with the benefit of an allocated off street parking space. Comprises a 18’ x 17’ living room to the rear, separate fitted kitchen with windows to two sides, bathroom and two double bedrooms, the master bedroom measuring 22’8 long.

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£410,000 Kingsdown

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£850,000

Phase 2 now released. A newly built semi-detached two bedroom mews house situated within an exclusive walled development. 26’ x 17’ living space, bespoke glacier white kitchen and sliding doors to terrace. Master bedroom with en-suite shower room situated on the first floor. To the ground floor is the entrance hall, second bedroom and bathroom. Benefits one space in a shared double garage and a 10 year building warranty.

An impressive four storey, six bedroom, 3 bathroom, Victorian house currently used as a student HMO with tenants in place until Summer 2015. Generating an income of £2,500pcm (£30,000 per annum), giving a 5.4% return at the current asking price. Further benefits include; great views, quiet cul-de-sac location, residence parking scheme, current HMO licence, and no onward chain.

Five storey Georgian home set in this hidden location overlooking communal gardens to the front and far reaching views to the South from the rear. Benefits from a car port and many period features including period fireplaces, working shutters and a first floor balcony. There is flexible accommodation that can be used in a variety of ways. The top two floors consist of four double bedrooms and the lower ground floor could either be two more bedrooms or further reception room.

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This detached Art Deco style family home has under gone substantial and significant refurbishment in recent years. Cleverly using many original features and contrasting them with contemporary design features this property takes full advantage of its sunny aspect. The property offers three bedrooms and ample living space internally, as well as a fully insulated converted garage that would make an ideal study.

A beautifully presented modern three bedroom detached family home conveniently situated in a quiet cul de sac close to Blaise Castle estate and also giving easy access to Cribbs Causeway and the M4/M5. This well presented property offers a good sized entrance hall, downstairs w.c, living room with floor to ceiling windows, opened into the dining area extended further by fantastic conservatory also, a kitchen with access to the garden.y.

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Nestled in a prime Stoke bishop cul-de-sac is this beautifully renovated and extended family home. Lovingly restored by its current owners incorporating original features; such as original style panelling to the hallway. A beautifully maintained and well planned private garden lays to the rear, and partial views over the River Avon stretch to the front.

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With much of the original lavish ornamentation originally so prevalent in Art deco styling still in situe in this light and airey family home an early viewing would be highly recommended to avoid disappointment.

In good decorative order throughout, and located a short stroll to the local shops on Stoke Lane, and to Elmlea and Westbury Schools. As well as three bedrooms, open plan receptions, separate kitchen and a family bathroom the property boasts off street parking and a garage.

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Immaculately presented Three bedroom semi on the exceptionally popular Kewstoke Road to all the local amenities this position affords, not to mention being centrally and equidistantly situated to benefit from many excellent local school catchments. Brimming with classical original features complimented with modern contemporary design features.

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Nestled in substantial grounds bordering and directly overlooking the magnificent 650 acre, Grade II listed parkland of Blaise Castle Estate, which itself is steeped with over 5,000 years of history. Internally this family home offers the exceptional square footage that one would expect from such a sizeable Five bedroom dwelling. Access to the property is through electrically operated gates with a security camera and full security system.

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A four storey townhouse with accommodation comprising to the first floor; lounge with Juliette balcony, kitchen/dining room with integrated fridge/ freezer, dishwasher, and stainless steel double oven, hob and extractor, and cloakroom. To the second floor are three bedrooms and the bathroom. To the third floor is the master bedroom which has an en-suite shower room.

There is an integral garage/utility and under-deck storage. Gas central heating, UPVC double glazing, off street parking. Complete onward chain.

Enviably positioned on the cusp of two cul-de-sacs this four bedroom link detached family homes elevated position; within this desirable backwater of Blaise Dell; allows a light and airy feel throughout. In good decorative order throughout and with spacious well balanced bedrooms. To the ground floor there are two reception rooms opened into one large room, and a kitchen. There is also an extended garage and utility that measures in excess of 31 feet in length

A beautifully presented modern townhouse which features smart contemporary decor throughout. This four bedroom home is arranged principally over three floors and comprises living room with ‘Juliette balcony, ‘L’ shaped kitchen/diner and cloakroom to the first floor, three bedrooms and bathroom to the second floor and then a lavish master bedroom suite to the top floor with en-suite shower room, walk in wardrobes and lovely open views to the front towards Wales.

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PRICE REDUCTION

Tyndalls Court, Bristol

Guide Price £425,000

Wonderfully bright and spacious flat offering flexible living.

• Entrance hall • 3 double bedrooms • reception room • kitchen • family bathroom • separate WC • balconies front and back • communal gardens • 2 storage cupboards • utility cupboard. EPC Rating: C

Capricorn Place, Harbourside

Guide Price £500,000

A wonderfully bright and spacious 2 bedroom luxury apartment in a landmark development on Bristol’s historic Harbourside.

• Large reception/dining room • Kitchen/Breakfast room • Master Suite • Further double bedroom with en-suite bathroom • WC • Secure underground parking • Terrace with views across the water to Brunel’s SS Great Britain. EPC Rating: C

Hamptons Bristol

Sales. 0117 322 6362 | bristol@hamptons-int.com

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Netherwood, Bristol Guide Price £750,000

Beautifully presented detached 1930’s house offering stunning views in sought after Almondsbury.

• Entrance hall • sitting room • garden room • kitchen/dining room • utility room • 4 bedrooms • 3 bathrooms • extensive landscaped gardens including patio and raised deck • abundance of road parking • incorporating triple carport • double garage and wonderful open country views. EPC Rating: E

Fewster’s Farm, Nr. Thornbury

Guide Price £1,100,000

A beautifully presented and thoroughly charming 5 bedroom farmhouse with an extensive equestrian setup perfectly situated in a peaceful location.

• Main entrance hall • Secondary entrance hall • Drawing room • Sitting room • Snug • Kitchen/dining room • Boot room/utility room • TV room • Study • 5 Bedrooms • 4 Bathrooms • 8 Stables • Various outbuildings • Tennis court • Manege • 9 acres. EPC Rating: E

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WESTBURY-ON-TRYM | BRISTOL

GUIDE PRICE ÂŁ1,250,000

A rare opportunity to acquire a stunning family home with generous living accommodation, enclosed by immensely private and larger than average gardens. Three reception rooms, architect designed family kitchen & breakfast room. Utility & cloakrooms. Six bedrooms (inc master bedroom & guest suites). Family bathroom. Exceptional gardens in all approaching 1/3 acre. Double garage. Off-street parking. Elmlea catchment. EPC rating: D

Fine & Country Bristol 147 Whiteladies Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2QT Tel: 0117 946 1946 Email: bristol@fineandcountry.com bristol.fineandcountry.co.uk

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ALMONDSBURY | BRISTOL

GUIDE PRICE ÂŁ1,195,000

A charming family home in a magical setting, complete with leisure wing, part walled garden and generous accommodation. Drawing room, dining room, family & games room. Kitchen / breakfast room. Study. Utility. Five double bedrooms. Three bathrooms (2 en-suite). Indoor swimming pool.

Extensive part walled gardens. Gated driveway and integrated double garage. EPC Rating: D.

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Horfield - £1,000,000

Development Opportunity! Four building plots with outline planning approval and a pair of 1920 semis. Planning permission was granted on appeal under the planning reference.

No: 12/00731/P.

Redland - £340,000

A great opportunity to purchase this roomy and slightly unusual garden maisonette which is located in this popular road off Cotham Hill. The property occupies the hall and lower ground floors of this attractive period town house and boasts a large rear garden which is approximately 60’ in length. EPC-E

Clifton - £369,960

A wonderful opportunity to purchase a superb 2 double bedroom garden flat in this hugely popular road, just off Whiteladies Road. Flats seldom come to the market in Chantry Road and therefore a prompt viewing is advised on this particularly roomy flat. EPC-D

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Cotham - £265,000

A well presented extremely one bedroom spacious apartment in a handsome period building on a quiet tucked away Cotham side road. This delightful flat benefit from period features, its own entrance, abundant storage, garden to the front and delightful rear garden. EPC-C

Failand - £450,000

A particularly roomy 4 bedroom detached bungalow which offers family-sized living space, located in the popular village of Failand. The property occupies a slightly elevated position with pleasant views over the surrounding countryside towards the Welsh coast. EPC-F

Clifton - £500,000

A superb, professionally landscaped 75 ft x 50 ft private rear garden comes with this super spacious (at circa 1800 sq/ft. it’s bigger than a lot of Clifton houses) garden flat. Ideally suited to those looking for space this apartment enjoys an enviable location. EPC-D.

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Westbury-on-Trym - Guide Price £625,000

A fabulous four bedroom 1930’s semi-detached house with a spacious open plan family living area and kitchen, stretching across the back of the house. Tastefully modernised, providing nearly 200sq ft and only a few minutes’ walk from Elmlea. EPC-C.

Stoke Bishop - Guide Price £640,000

A beautifully appointed classic 1930’s four bedroom semi-detached house that has been updated whilst retaining much of it’s original charm. Situated in a very convenient part of Stoke Bishop, a short walk to Durdham Downs & close to Emlea Schools. EPC-E.

Westbury-on-Trym - £445,000

Westbury-on-Trym - £275,000

A 3/4 bedroom semi-detached house, a very short walk from the Stoke Lane shops & Elmlea Schools. A real feature of this property, being a fantastic garage & adjoining studio/workshop with a total area of circa.620 square feet. EPC-C.

A large converted 2 bedroom, lower ground apartment with private front & rear gardens with the potential to improve. Situated at the top of Westbury Road with elevated views. The property benefits from owning the front garden and rear. Offered with no onward chain. EPC-C.

Westbury-on-Trym - Guide Price £545,000

Stoke Bishop - Guide Price £499,950

An attractive 5 bedroom 1930’s home ideally suited to growing families situated in an extremely popular road within 5 minutes’ walk of Elmlea Schools & Stoke Lane shops. THIS PROPERTY SOLD ON LAUNCH WEEKEND, WITH SEVERAL OFFERS WAY OVER GUIDE PRICE.

An attractive 1920’s 3 bedroom semi-detached house with many Edwardian features. In a prime position, within catchment area of Elmlea & Free School. With a fabulous size rear garden that has an additional secret garden behind the neighbour. SOLD, SIMILAR PROPERTY REQUIRED.

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