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i FREE Slide & Hide Oven i Upto 20% OFF Neff Appliances i FREE Home Economist From the minute you walk into the Tolle showroom on Sow Hill Road in Beverley, you sense the relaxed atmosphere of the family run business. Whether just

browsing for ideas or wanting a meeting to find inspiration and ideas from the designers at hand to offer their expertise and enthusiasm, nothing is too much trouble.

But when it comes to style, variety is also on offer from this independent showroom. Sourcing its products from a range of quality German and British suppliers the end result is always luxurious yet there are options here to suit all budgets from a classic painted wooden shaker to ultra modern concrete and glass with prices ranging from ÂŁ5,000 to ÂŁ100k.

Which other kitchen suppliers can offer this type of service?

All staff at Tolle Kitchens are award winning designers with awards ranging from the Kitchen, Bedroom and Bathroom Association to leading platform for home renovation Houzz.

Therefore you will not only get a perfectly working kitchen but also a wow and dream space designed just for you.

Our close knit team and award winning designers, Dorian, John, Lynne and Angela, all have a passion for creative design with professional service, and offer a wealth of experience in kitchen ergonomics and design.

Tolle kitchens is a recognised Neff Masterpartner showroom and you can receive expert product advice within a high-quality and inspirational environment as all members of staff have had full in-depth training. Therefore if you are wanting knowledge about a specific appliance or information regarding a whole set of appliances for your new kitchen Tolle is the place to go.

All packages are fully tailored to you and your needs. Whether you want a supply only kitchen to a fully project managed kitchen including full electrics, plumbing, fitting, painting and floor fitting.

So if you are ready to fall in love with the heart of your home, pop in for a free consultation.

The team will design your kitchen from your plans, or come out, measure up an existing space and start to use your ideas along with their award-winning skill to produce a dream space for you.

Being recognised for design excellence in 2018 by the KBSA under its belt, Tolle is ready to create the design of kitchen you desire, to suit your budget.

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Editor’s note Welcome to the latest edition of BEVERLEYMAG. We have another great selection of articles and features inside for you to enjoy covering all sorts!

I do hope that you all support our small independent traders whenever possible as they are the backbone of Beverley and give it that something special for locals and visitors alike.

We have a fantastic food section as always with great places to eat out and eat in or if you fancy doing it yourself we have another fantastic recipe from Giovanni of Figaro’s.

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We have some interesting articles and features in this months magazine including Budget News, Motoring, Wine News with Roy Woodcock, Travel with Marion Owen as well as local news stories, Bygone Beverley with East Riding Archives, Gardening - where we look at gardening fitness and Fiona Dwyer rounds everything in her ‘food for thought’ column.

We have some great competitions in this issue with tickets for Slade, The Skids, The Human League, Fish, The Searchers and more to choose from - you can now also enter the draw to win by visiting our new facebook page: www.facebook.com/eycomps Please support our advertisers and tell them where you saw their advert - they like to know that their advertising is working for them.

Until next month take care.

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Local News

Beverley Post Office is a vital part of our community Since 1905 Beverley Post Office has been at the heart of our community, providing excellent and expanding services for our town as it has grown in size and importance.

As we know, Beverley is a great place to live, more houses are going up all the time, as is our requirement for postal and associated services delivered by the Crown Post Office.

I am disappointed to hear of the Post Office’s proposal to close Beverley’s main Post Office and move it into the nearby W H Smith store on Toll Gavel. While I understand companies must be cost effective, whether they be publicly or privately owned, I struggle to see how this plan is credible.

Anyone in Beverley who uses the Post Office, as I do, can see the whole town benefits from having the centrally located spacious premises. It is useful that we have a W H Smith in town, but I do not believe the cramped shop will be able to handle the long queues for postal services. In Hull I am aware they have done a similar thing by moving their main Post Office into the W H Smith and that this has only made the store less accessible, especially for those less able.

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Businesses in Beverley rely on the main Post Office. I have highlighted this to the small businesses Minister, Kelly Tolhurst MP, and have asked her to intervene and investigate this proposal. Questions need to be asked and we ultimately need to look for the Post Office to reconsider their poorly thoughtthrough suggestion.

I have also written to the Chief Executive of the Post Office to ask for more information urgently on their plan and on what evidence they are basing it. To put it mildly, I will take a lot of convincing to agree with this proposal which, on the face of it, seems unworkable.

It is clear from the outcry in the town since this plan came to light that a large number of residents and businesses are outraged at the idea. The East Riding Councillors of Minster and Woodmansey Ward and St Mary’s Ward do not see how moving the bustling post office in its present large premises into a small and already busy shop could maintain the current levels of customer service and continue to provide all the associated facilities presently on offer such as Passport Check and Send and DBS and ID verification.

local shops. The more signatories we get the better.

Councillors are working hard to see off this idea.

And do write to me with your views to grahamstuartmp@ parliament.uk which I will collect and Graham Stuart MP with Councillor Elaine Aird deliver in person to the Post Office, to make it for Beverley & Holderness you can abundantly clear that from the contact him through the following MP and Councillors to residents channels: and businesses, we do not accept T: 01482 679687 that the same level of postal E: graham@grahamstuart.com services and customer service can www.grahamstuart.com be provided in W H Smith.

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Maa Restaurant celebrates its 2nd Birthday!

Conveniently located just a stones throw from the ample car parking on Saturday Market Place, you will find the Maa Indian Restaurant on Ladygate in Beverley.

For those of you who have not yet experienced this Indian pleasure, you really must drop in and try it. The extensive menu offers something for everyone and the food provides you with a fusion of colour and a combination of People’s voices must be, and will distinctive flavours. All food is be, heard. So, as you’re out and freshly prepared and dishes can be about look out for the Councillors’ tailored to suit individual flavour petitions which are in many preferences.

Over the past two years owner, Mohammad and his team have worked tirelessly to serve authentic Indian cuisine to the residents of Beverley. Their warm welcome and attentive staff, further enhance the whole dining experience.

Congratulations to Mohammad and the team at Maa - we look forward to another great year of colourful and flavoursome dishes prepared as only you can!

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Stamp Duty abolished in Budget 2018 for all first-time buyers of shared ownership properties up to £500,000

Chancellor Philip Hammond announced plans to correct an anomaly from his previous Budget by cutting stamp duty for first-time buyers of shared ownership properties worth up to £500,000.

Previously, to qualify for the stamp duty exemption given in 2017 to first-time buyers of homes priced up to £300,000, buyers of a shared-ownership property had to elect to be taxed on the full market value of the home (up to £500,000) rather than only the share they were buying.

sum of all payments was less than £300,000.

If the full market value of the shared-ownership property was more than £500,000, the buyer would not have been eligible for any stamp duty reduction at all.

So, a buyer paying £125,000 for a 25 per cent share of a new home valued at £500,000 would still have had to pay £10,000 stamp duty – equivalent to five per cent of the sales price above £300,000.

“By their nature, first-time buyers purchasing shared-ownership homes are struggling to take that all important first step onto the housing ladder. Making shared-ownership home buyers – who are only buying a share of the property – eligible for the first time buyer stamp duty exemption is a welcome move and makes complete sense,” said Paula Higgins, chief executive, HomeOwners Alliance.

Alternatively, buyers could elect to use their first-time buyer exemption on the first share of the property they bought, but would have had to pay full rate stamp duty on all further shares they bought, regardless if the

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Now, these buyers will be exempt from this tax, which has also been implemented retrospectively for any shared-ownership buyers since the first-time buyer exemption was introduced in November 2017.

“The fact Mr Hammond has promised to apply this retrospectively and put right the wrong for all those sharedownership scheme home buyers

since the last Budget is again great to see.”

However, many commenters were dismayed that other stamp duty rates, which many blame for the stagnating property market, were ignored in the Budget 2018.

Property investment firm London Central Portfolio attributed a 34.8 per cent fall in transactions to increased property taxes for homes costing more than £937,000 and for second home purchases, as well as cuts to tax relief for buy-to-let landlords.

But the Chancellor opted to keep current levels where they are.

“In failing to address Stamp Duty for a fourth consecutive year, the Chancellor has missed

another opportunity to inject much needed momentum into the market. As the primary hurdle facing residential property, Stamp Duty fees over the £937,500 threshold coupled with the three per cent levy on second or multiple home purchases are grinding the market to a halt,” said Rory O’Neill, head of residential at estate agent Carter Jonas.

“It should go without saying that no echelon of the market operates in isolation, and penalties at the top end will always filter down the ladder.

“While the number of first-time buyers has reached an 11 year high, at present, the market is so congested in the middle that it has reached an impasse.”

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Taking on the big season occasion in style.

Welcome to one of the areas largest Christmas displays with over 1,200 real Christmas trees and over 40 artificial Christmas trees to select from.

Southwoods have everything you could possibly need to light up your house and garden and give your home interior that festive feel.

You can be sure to make a special occasion out of a visit to us. Bring your kids to see our reindeers, who will be with us from 17th November all the way through to Christmas Eve, before they leave to help Santa.

We will have lots of carnival games running every weekend, such as ‘knock the elf off the shelf’, so you can be sure your kids will have a fabulous time whilst you are having a browse around and spoiling yourself with our beautiful delights.

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When you have fully explored what we have to offer, visit our environmentally friendly coffee shop which offers a range of local produce. Treat yourself to our Christmas specials and range of scrumptious homemade cakes.

In fact, our whole business is environmentally friendly which is something we are incredibly proud of!

A range of Christmas hampers will be available to order. You never need to be unsure what to buy that friend or relative who has everything.

Bookings are now being taken for our very special ‘Breakfast or Supper with Santa‘.

Call now to reserve your place on 01482 845 825

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Changing rooms: the most popular interiors trends of 2018 and the homewares facing extinction this year

How David Attenborough became the unlikely interiors style inspiration in 2018.

Leopard print, reusable coffee cups and Instagram are in, trouser presses, door knockers and alarm clocks are out.

At least, so says a new report into interiors trends based on buyers’ habits at John Lewis in 2018.

According to the 2018 trend report

by John Lewis & Partners, the BBC’s hit documentary series Blue Planet II, narrated by David Attenborough, put sustainability at the forefront of everyone’s minds.

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In the four months after Blue Planet II was broadcast, sales of sustainable coffee cups at John Lewis increased by 71 per cent year-on-year.

Reusable water bottle sales rose by 37 per cent, while sustainable alternatives to clingfilm also proved popular, with storage category sales up by 15 per cent.

Other notable events throughout the year also impacted on our shopping habits. After the Royal Wedding in May, sales of occasion wear hats rose by 33 per cent, while after England beat Colombia in the World Cup in July, sales of TVs rose by 49 per cent.

Small, discreet screens these are not, however. The report found that televisions have almost doubled in size since 2010, when the average TV screen measured 36 inches — it’s now 70 inches or more.

With the rise of ever more curated Instagram feeds, we’re increasingly obsessed with how we present our homes on social media.

Eye-catching animal prints proved popular this year, with toucans, monkeys and cheetahs on everything from wallpaper to lampshades.

A desire for the perfect Instagramworthy home this year meant we were focused on finding stand-out pieces to show off on our feeds.

The department store said sales of its Ipanema toucan patterned wallpaper rose by 55 per cent in August.

Our search for unusual furniture also ramped up a gear this year.

Occasional chair sales at John Lewis were up by 18 per cent with the orange velvet Audrey chair a bestseller.

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“Consumers became more daring with interior design, using flashes of colour and objet d’art to make their homes unique.”

There were some products that fell out of favour this year, perhaps unsurprisingly.

Sleep hygiene as a major part of wellness and healthy living may

have seen premium bed linen and organic sleep products on the rise but, with more of us opting to use our smartphones for almost everything these days, sales of alarm clocks were down 16 per cent.

Though once cutting edge, sales of trouser presses were down by 36 per cent and, with the introduction

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And the rise of streaming services

such as Netflix or Amazon Prime have caused the demise of the DVD player – sales were down 40 per cent this year.

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Motoring

MAKING THEIR MARQUE

Beverley Mag looks at some new motors which are helping to drive sales for their brand or coming on the market soon.

NISSAN LEAF

LEXUS RX 450H L

The new hybrid RX 450h L is the first seven-seat Lexus sold in Europe, offering significantly more space thanks to a third row of seats.

The new RX L gains an extra 110mm at the back and has a more upright rear screen to create comfortable leg and headroom for third-row passengers and versatile luggage space.

The seven-seat version has a 40/20/40 split second row bench seat which slides forward for easy

access to the two third-row rear seats which, for added convenience, can have a power folding function.

The RX L has a longer load space floor behind its third row seats than competitors while the second row is set slightly higher than the third, creating more foot room in the back.

Leather seats, separate air conditioning controls and vents for the third row are standard while the full-length side curtain airbags cover all three rows of seats.

The all-new Nissan LEAF is not only the world’s best-selling electric vehicle, it has also been named 2018 World Green Car at the World Car Awards held in New York.

A significant update over the previous 30kWh model with dynamic new styling and a highercapacity battery, official range is up 50 per cent to 235 miles and power 38 per cent to 150PS. The first EV to undergo the worldwide harmonised light vehicle testing procedure (WLTP), it delivers up to 168 miles combined, or up to 258

miles in city conditions, on a charge.

New advanced technologies include autonomous ProPilot, which controls distance to a vehicle in front and steers to help keep it centred in the lane, and e-Pedal that allows drivers to start, accelerate, decelerate and stop by simply increasing or decreasing the accelerator pressure.

Available in Visia, Acenta, N-Connecta and Tekna trims, prices, including a £4,500 government plug-in car grant, range from £22,790 to £28,390.

SKODA KAROQ

JEEP COMPASS

The new Jeep Compass, with its contemporary, authentic Jeep design, advanced connectivity, safety technologies and 4x4 capability takes Jeep into the compact SUV segment.

Turbo engines are 140 and 170hp 1.4-litre petrol – six-speed manual and nine-speed auto 4x4 respectively – and manual 120hp 1.6 and 4x4 140hp 2.0-litre diesel. A 170hp, 2.0-litre diesel auto 4x4

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Trailhawk with off-road low-range mode that arrived in the summer.

Sport has 16in alloy wheels, air conditioning, cruise control and forward collision warning. Longitude adds 17in alloys, front fog lamps, reversing camera, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, 8.4in audio and navigation, dual-zone climate control and keyless entry and go.

Limited gets 18in alloys, halogen projector headlamps, roof rails,

privacy glass, leather power and heated seats, heated steering wheel, auto wipers, park sensors, blind spot and cross path detection and park assist.

Trailhawk has a red rear tow hook, off-road bumpers, raised suspension, skid plates, hill descent and rock transmission mode.

Prices are £22,995 to £35,595.

Skoda’s all-new Karoq has won its first UK award – best midsize SUV title in the Fleet News Awards.

The five-seat Karoq, a scaled-down version of the award winning Kodiaq with the option of seven seats, offers four turbo engines: 115PS 1.0-litre and 150PS 1.5-litre petrol, the latter with fuel-saving technology that sees it cut to two cylinders on a light throttle, and 115PS 1.6-litre and 150PS 2.0-litre diesel. All are available with manual or seven-speed DSG automatic gearboxes while four-wheel drive is standard on the 150PS diesel.

A generous 2,638mm wheelbase gives good legroom and the Varioflex seating system, standard on SE L and Edition and optional on SE, sees three rear seats, with a 40/20/40 split, that can be individually adjusted to increase boot space from 479 to 588 litres or removed for a maximum 1,810 litres. The SE’s standard rear 60/40 split rear bench seat, which does not slide, gives a 521-litre boot, rising to 1,630 litres.

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Billy continues, ‘Aside from doing a quality job, a vital part of our service is showing our customers respect. It’s the small things, like turning up on time, cleaning up after ourselves and of course a warm greeting on every doorstep’.

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Motoring TOYOTA LAND CRUISER

The 2018 Land Cruiser enhances Toyota’s off-road heritage of more than 65 years with more modern, robust exterior styling, a higherquality interior, including a new-look dashboard, improvements to on and off-road performance and advanced technology features for handling, safety and driver guidance.

The revised UK range gains a three or five-door ‘workhorse’ Utility

PEUGEOT 308 AND 508 Having upgraded the 308 hatchback and SW estate with sharper styling and enhanced technology and equipment, Peugeot has revealed the all-new 508 fastback.

The 308 debuts a highly-efficient 1.5-litre BlueHDi 130 turbo diesel engine alongside upgraded 1.2-litre PureTech 130 turbo petrol with a new six-speed manual gearbox and an new eight-speed automatic for the 2.0-litre BlueHDi 180.

The 308 gets a 9.7in touchscreen and new infotainment system featuring Mirror Screen, MirrorLink, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to integrate smartphones. Driving aids include speed limit recognition, adaptive cruise control which can stop the car, active blind spot monitoring and parking assist.

The all-new 508, available to order from summer, combines a low sports coupé design with frameless doors, the enhanced practicality of five doors and a 487litre boot. The new flagship will be available with 130 to 225bhp turbo petrol and diesel engines.

A night vision system, new to the segment, uses an infrared camera to detect pedestrians at night and in poor visibility.

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grade as the entry point to a line-up that includes five door Active, Icon and hi-tech Invincible. Seven seats are standard on Icon and Invincible and optional on Active.

The new Land Cruiser retains its 175bhp, 2.8-litre turbo diesel engine with six-speed automatic or, in Utility, six-speed manual transmission.

Pricing ranges from £32,795 to £52,295.

MG ZS

MG was the fastest-growing car brand in the UK in the first quarter of the year, with sales 67pc up on the same period of 2017.

It’s partly down to new MG cars now having a minimum fiveyear manufacturer’s warranty while the game-changing ZS compact-SUV is covered for seven years or 80,000 miles.

The ZS, joining the MG3 supermini and larger GS SUV, has been a big success, marking a new era for MG and introducing its new, flowing ‘Emotional Dynamism’ styling with a bigger grille and MG badge and improved quality of design, engineering and manufacturing.

There are two petrol engines – 106PS, 1.5-litre, five-speed manual and 111PS, 1.0-litre turbo, six-speed automatic.

Class-leading passenger space and 448-litre boot – around 60 litres larger than a typical compact-SUV) and with a split-level boot – a classy new fascia with jet turbine design air vents and Explore, Excite and Exclusive models, priced £12,495 to £17,495, mean the ZS is wooing new customers to the famous marque.

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THE BOTANICAL TREND: TOP 10 HOUSEPLANTS YOU CAN’T KILL

There has been a rise in the botanical home trend ever since Pantone named Greenery as their Colour of the Year for 2017. A refreshing and revitalising shade, Greenery symbolises a reconnection with nature & encourages us to take a deep breath, oxygenate and reinvigorate.

One of the simplest ways to reconnect with nature and to bring this must-have hue into your own home is by investing in a selection of houseplants. Whether large or small, potted or hanging; we’ve outlined 10 of the easiest houseplants to care for those who aren’t blessed with green fingers…

1. The Spider Plant One of the easiest houseplants to grow, the Spider plant only needs to be watered once a week & can grow in a wide range of conditions.

Provide your Spider plant with welldrained soil, lots of indirect, natural light and watch it flourish with little to no effort on your part.

for this plant comes from its name; it needs constant air circulation in order to thrive. Keep the air plant away from direct sunlight and soak in water every 2-3 weeks for two hours. If your plant needs watering in-between baths, mist it with a spray bottle to keep its foliage fresh.

Known to thrive under virtually any condition, the Aloe plant requires indirect light and watering every two weeks to thrive.

3. The Rubber Plant A fabulous statement plant, the Rubber plant has lustrous foliage and can grow to become a true focal point in the home. Welldrained soil is important, and it grows best in bright light but away from direct sunlight. The plant’s water needs vary; in the summer it needs to be kept moist and in the winter it will only need watering once or twice a month.

it is perfect for many rooms from the bedroom to the bathroom and requires watering only once a week.

6. The ZZ Plant The ZZ plant is a tropical plant native to Eastern Africa. One of the most durable houseplants on this list, the ZZ (Zamioculcas zamiifolia) plant is drought resistant thanks to its rhizomatous roots. It can survive for months without water, but to help it grow faster simply water every time the soil is completely dry.

9. The Calathea Plant Whilst the Calathea plant is more demanding than others on this list, it has striking markings on its leaves making it a firm favourite amongst homeowners. The Calathea plant needs lots of indirect light (direct sunlight can cause the markings to fade), a warm, humid environment (15 to 21 degrees Celsius) and the soil needs to be moist at all times.

2. The Aloe Plant The Aloe plant is a staple in many interiors thanks to its many health benefits. Cutting off a piece of the plant’s leaf and applying the gel on cuts, rashes or burns will provide instant relief and can even speed the healing process.

4. The Philodendron The plant synonymous with tropical interiors, the Philodendron is one of the most vibrant yet durable houseplants on this list. To keep your Philodendron flourishing, keep it out of direct sunlight and do not water more than once a week.

5. The Pothos Plant From low light to bright, the Pothos plant can thrive in a range of lighting conditions as long as it is kept out of direct sunlight.

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7. The Snake Plant The Snake plant can be neglected for weeks and still survive, so it’s an especially good choice for those who travel often. The Snake plant can thrive in most levels of light, except for direct sunlight. Simply place the plant away from harsh sunlight and water once every ten days in the spring, summer and autumn and once a month during the winter.

8. Air Plants An air plant can grow without soil, getting all the nutrients it needs through its leaves. A clue to caring

10. The Cactus The Cactus is one of most soughtafter interior plants of the moment.

Available in a variety of sizes and shapes, the Cactus is simple to care for as it can be placed in direct sunlight, depending on the type, and requires watering once a fortnight.

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Food & Drink: Restaurant Review

Restaurant review by Jamie Newson-Smith

Salmon served in a chilli & black bean sauce whilst in another corner is a pile of prawn toast with the other 2 corners serving up a mixed salad and delicately floral Jasmine rice.

Born from the success of “Sumo Japanese to Go” on Newlands Avenue, Sumo Pan Asian in Flemingate Beverley is a welcome addition to this market town.

We were welcomed by the attentive staff and shown to our table, the restaurant is styled on the traditional street food bars of Asia, with a mix of tables or ‘at counter‘ seating where you get the feeling of being in the heart of Asia. The menu has a wide choice of foods from across the continent including vegetarian dishes.

The drinks menu offers choices from across Asia such as the Japanese Asahi or Chinese Shingtao, a selection of wines and non-alcoholic drinks such as Japanese Green tea. It is also nice to see a local offering in the way of Atom Quantom State & Pulsar beers brewed in Hull.

For starter we opted for the “Crispy Duck Bun” this is a take on the popular crispy duck pancakes, instead served in an authentic Chinese fluffy steamed bun presented in a steamer basket. The sweetness of the bun complements the duck & hoisin sauce with the cleanness of the cucumber & coriander leaving you wanting more. Second choice was the “Prawn & Pork Gyoza” four pan fried dumplings filled with succulent prawn & pork served with a delicious Japanese barbecue sauce for the perfect pairing.

We could notresist the “Topside Beef Teppenyaki”, this is theatre at your table! As all the ingredients are placed in front of you along with a traditional Japanese hot stone grill, the chef proceeds to cook your dish in front of your eyes, fresh vegetables followed by slices of topside beef are cooked on the hot stone, then drizzled with teriyaki sauce and topped off with fried garlic, herbs & spring onion.

Not that we had much space left but we couldn’t leave without trying a desert. First off was “YeeKwan Chocolate & Miso Ice cream” as seen on Dragons Den, this ice cream is so good that they managed to get the backing of ‘Dragon’ Deborah Meaden. The rich chocolate leads with the subtle Miso tones to follow.

Prepared in an open kitchen you get drawn in to watching the talented chefs create your meal just like you would at the traditional street food bars of Asia.

Second was the traditional Japanese desert Mochi which is a small round confection consisting of a soft pounded sticky rice dumpling formed with an ice cream centre. We went for the mixed flavours which were Chocolate, Coconut and Mango which I recommend in that order, the chocolate is followed perfectly by the coconut giving that much loved Bounty taste with the mango finishing off leaving the palate feeling cleansed.

After a short break it was time for the main event, we went for the “Salmon Bento Box” a convenient all in one meal common in Japanese cuisine. In one corner you have a delicious piece of

This is the sort of restaurant where the menu is so diverse that you can return time & time again and try something new. The experience from start to finish was an enjoyable one, staff who were friendly & attentive, great food and a social atmosphere left us wanting to return again.

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for its red wines - and it is that colder climate that produces these gorgeous dry white wines with a steely mineral edge.

World of Wine So, we’re in November and a time when any serious wine drinker’s thoughts turn to Christmas; not just what they’d like to give or receive but, even more importantly, what they’d like to be drinking. And thinking ahead now means you can take advantage of the bargains as and when they come along.

As they surely will, more so now than at any other time of the year.

As a malt drinker I couldn’t resist a bottle of that superbly peaty Laphroaig recently, on offer at Morrisons for £25, a full £10 below what I would often expect to pay. That said, I also tracked down my absolute favourite Islay single malt, Smokehead, and had to pay £43 - the difference is, it’s a brand not stocked (as far as I know) by any supermarket and I had to go to a specialist wine outlet.

Notwithstanding that, the message has to be there are genuine bargains to be had and expect to see them on all styles of wines, including fizz, in all of the High Street stores as they chase sales in what is the most important trading period of the year.

When considering what wines to be drinking come Christmas day, one will

most surely feature in my house Chablis. It can fit the bill with all sorts of foods during the day, whether it be a light, fishy starter or your main course of turkey or goose - it suits both very well.

In this day and age when uniformity and homogeny of style are accusations levelled at wine pro-ducers around the world, Chablis stands out as being different. It also bucks the anti-Chardonnay trend which disappointingly still seems to be prevalent, because Chablis is, of course, made from 100 per cent Chardonnay grapes and many of those who turn their noses up at Chardonnay will still profess a love of Chablis.

The difference, however, is that the impact of oak ageing will be limited or non-existent because traditionally the Chardonnay grapes were aged in stainless-steel casks. As wine writer Curtis Marsh commented: “A Chardonnay purist will relish the ethereal clarity of Chablis; a wine infused with flinty minerality and a saline quality that speaks so loudly of the soils it hails from it’s unmis-takable.

Then there’s the slippery, silky texture, largely unadulterated by oak, it’s glassy, lubri-cous, tantalisingly tangy palate invigorated by exhilarating steely acidity, a wine bursting with en-ergy and freshness.”

Chablis is the northernmost region of Burgundy - a region, of course, famous

There are four different grades of Chablis: Petit Chablis, the most ordinary Chablis; plain Chablis, which is a wine that comes from grapes grown anywhere in the Chablis district; Chablis Premier Cru, which is a very good quality wine that comes from specific high-quality vineyards; and Cha-blis Grand Cru, the highest classification and the most expensive because of limited production.

last month, was the first time anyone had had the chance to try Rebel Pi, an Ice wine made from Roussanne grapes from a single vineyard in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia.

There are only seven vineyards in Chablis entitled to be called grand cru.

A good Chablis is greenish-gold in colour. When fermented in vats, it is light and fresh. When fer-mented in casks, as some now are, it is richer and more full-bodied. Most Chablis have a floral bouquet, but sometimes they also offer aromas of apples, almonds, hazelnuts or hay. They are vigorous and have a characteristic bite to them.

Most Chablis is designed for immediate consumption. However, premier and grand cru Chablis age magnificently.

Jackie (pictured above) was reported as saying: “Following the sale of my last business, I wanted to take every-thing I learnt and apply it to a completely new industry. Wine has always been a passion and the fact that the drinks industry is incredibly competitive is what made my foray with this business that much more attractive.

“I am delighted to launch Rebel Pi with the aim to disrupt the wine industry, much like I did with the sponsorship industry.” The price? A disrupting £139 a bottle!

Indeed grand crus, sustained by a core of acidity, will often outlast their richer, more illustrious (and expensive) neighbours from the Côte de Beaune.

The wines do go through mid-life crisis when four or five years old, so drink them young or be prepared to hang in there for the long haul.

Although the Apprentice was recorded earlier in the year, Jackie wasn’t able to reveal who won. The question is, could her Ice Wine have been sweetened by a little Sugar investment?

Next month, I’ll be taking another look at some more of the wines we’ll be drinking this Christmas - and pointing you in the direction of a few bargains as well!

Jackie Fast, currently competing (at the time of writing) on BBC’s “The Apprentice”, has launched a Canadian Ice Wine. The Wine and Spirits Show, held in London during the middle of

* Beverley wine merchants and delicatessen Roberts & Speight holds its annual wine and food tasting at Longcroft Lower School in Church Road, Beverley, on Wednesday November 14 (6.30 - 9.30pm). There’s a chance to try more than 150 wines as well as spirits, liqueurs and certain food stuffs. Tickets are £10 a head.

Call 01482 870717 for more details or to book.

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Best Buys for July / August Château Souverain Chardonnay Price: £8.99 (was £10.99)

Where: Waitrose When: From November 7 - 27 Why: Despite the branding, this is a Californian white wine. It’s really elegant, full bodied and forward, packed with mango, pineapple and spiced pear.

Complexity comes from part fermentation in oak.

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Dark Horse Pinot Noir • Price: £7 (was £8.50)

Where: Morrison’s When: November 7 - 27 Why: A bold red wine with a big personality, this Californian Pinot Noir has luscious cherry notes balanced with light oak, while hints of rose and spice complement a rich, velvety finish. So easy-going, it gets along famously with more exotic fare like lamb curry and spicy stews.

Cave des Vignerons de Chablis, Petit Chablis Price: £12.99

Where: Waitrose When: Now. Why: Although not currently on offer it has been selling recently at £10.99 and if this comes up again then do try it. It’s dry and crisp with lemon citrus fruit refreshing acidity and touches of minerality. Great paired with shellfish or even fish and chips.

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Floor 1, Warehouse 13, Hull Marina, HU1 2DQ The restaurant is located on the first floor, accessed via stairs only (due to our ‘Listed’ building status).

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The Great British Regional Foodie Map These shores are well-known the world over for their Sunday roasts, full English breakfasts and afternoon teas – but what about the foods that put our individual cities and counties on the map? Join us on an epicurean journey as we sample some of the country’s most beloved gourmet greats...

Who doesn’t love a good old British meal? Wherever you go in the UK, you’re bound to find something that will tantalise your taste buds, as there are all sorts of gastronomic favourites and lesser-known creations to sink your teeth into. Whether you find yourself travelling through England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, you’ll be spoiled for choice in every corner of the land.

From London to Lancashire, we’ve selected 10 of our top culinary feasts, some of which you might know like the back of your hand, and others you may be less familiar with. So as to cover all the bases, we’ve made a concerted effort to seek out an eclectic mix that will satisfy a variety of tastes and temperaments, no matter where you’re from or where you’re going.

Why not try your hand at parkin here in the county of Yorkshire, or treat yourself to some of those famous jellied eels when in London?

Alternatively, Cornwall is the home of stargazy pie, whereas Lancashire boasts James Bond’s personal preference of potted shrimp. Whatever you’re in the mood for, you won’t go wrong with any of our great nations’ home comforts. continued on page 26

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of Mousehole during the annual festival of Tom Bawcock’s Eve on December 23.

Sussex pond pudding Here’s a traditional English dessert that was first recorded in Hannah Woolley’s 17th-century cookbook, The Queen-Like Closet. Rich and heavy, the pudding calls for a whole lemon to be encased in suet pastry with butter and sugar, then boiled or steamed for several hours.

They’re then hung over a triangular length of wood to smoke, and ready to eat in less than an hour.

Parkin (pictured above) Yorkshire, especially the Leeds area, is famous for its predilection for parkin.

Bedfordshire clanger Dating back to the 19th century, this suet crust dumpling is akin to a pasty, with a savoury filling at one end and a sweet filling at the other.

The ‘main course and dessert in one’ is generally steamed, but can also be baked for more robustness.

The savoury end is usually made up of meat with diced potatoes and vegetables, while the sweet side is ordinarily jam, sweetened apple or other fruit.

Jellied eels (pictured below) Head to the East End of London for a fishy number that’s traceable back to the 18th century, and made from chopped freshwater eels native to Britain.

Eaten cold, it’s first boiled in water and vinegar to make a spiced stock, which is left to cool and set, forming a jelly. Another East End food it’s typically paired with is pie and mash, plus some chilli vinegar or malt vinegar and white pepper.

The gingerbread treat’s produced with oatmeal and black treacle and baked to a hard cake. Holding its texture well, it becomes moist and even sticky at times when resting, but has a drier, more biscuit-like feel here in the regions of Hull and East Yorkshire. Hugely popular on Guy Fawkes Night, it’s savoured throughout the winter months and sold commercially throughout the county.

Parmo (pictured above) Originating in Middlesbrough, Parmo is similar to a schnitzel, consisting of a cutlet of deep-fried chicken coated in breadcrumbs, topped with a white Béchamel / Parmesan sauce and cheese.

Variations include Parmo hotshot (chicken or pork topped with cheese, pepperoni, peppers, garlic butter and chilli); Parmo Kiev (chicken only topped with cheese, garlic butter and mushrooms); and Parmo Italia (chicken or pork topped with cheese, garlic butter and ham, with a further topping of mozzarella cheese).

Potted shrimp He may be renowned for drinking his Martinis shaken, not stirred, but James Bond’s equally partial to this Lancashire meal, which comprises brown shrimp in a nutmeg flavoured butter.

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butter acting as a preservative, it’s commonly enjoyed with bread and cayenne pepper. The 007 creator Ian Fleming passed his penchant for the delicacy on to his beloved spy, having frequently ordered it at Scott’s restaurant in London.

During the cooking process, the ingredients produce a thick, caramelised sauce that runs out and pools around the plate when cut and served, creating the eponymous ‘pond’ effect.

Scouse (pictured below) You’ll most likely come across scouse when traversing the docks of Liverpool.

Welsh cake (pictured below) Also known as a bakestone, Welsh cake is prepared using flour, sultanas, raisins and/or currants, and may also feature spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg.

Indeed, the thick lamb stew resembles Norway’s ‘lapskaus’, but differs from the German ‘labskaus’, which is comparable to corned beef. Like a Lancashire hotpot, it contains mutton, lamb or beef, along with potatoes, carrots and onions. You might find it dished up with pickled beetroot or cabbage and bread, as it remains a staple of local pub and café menus throughout Liverpool.

It can be plated either hot or cold and dusted with caster sugar, or adapted as the alternative Llech Cymraeg; this is accompanied by baking powder and plain flour (particularly wholemeal flour) rather than self-raising flour, resulting in a much flatter and crisper cake than its standard form.

Stargazy pie (pictured bottom right) Although Cornwall is more often associated with pasties, this unique pie is created using baked pilchards, eggs and potatoes, covered with a pastry crust.

Its name stems from the fish heads that protrude through the top and appear to gaze skyward, allowing the oils released during cooking to flow back into the pie.

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WE ROUND UP SOME FASCINATING TRIVIA GEMS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW ABOUT YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD AND DRINK CARROT PROPAGANDA

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The myth that carrots make you see better in the dark was popularised

by British government propaganda in World War Two. The ploy was to fool the Germans into thinking the vegetable was behind our increased night-time bombing rate and prevent them discovering the invention of radar technology.

Chillis contain a chemical compound called capsaicin, which bonds to sensory nerves and tricks them into thinking your mouth is being burned. The brain also tends to release endorphins, the body’s natural painkiller, as a result, causing the diner to experience feelings of euphoria and bliss.

PRETZEL PRAYING POWER

This popular baked bread is often considered to have started its life as an incentive for children to learn their prayers.

The folded strips of dough (said to resemble arms crossed in worship) were reportedly invented by an Italian monk, who called them ‘pretiola’ or ‘little rewards’.

KIWIS ARE BETTER FOR YOU THAN ORANGES Despite having more calories and higher carbohydrate levels, one small kiwi fruit contains almost double the amount of Vitamin C than an average sized orange.

Consuming just two thirds of a kiwi will meet your RDI (Recommended Daily Intake) and improve your skin condition.

NUTMEG CAN HAVE MIND-ALTERING EFFECTS The psychoactive substance myristicin (a traditional precursor to the psychedelic drug MMDA) is a key component of this aromatic spice. Raw nutmeg can therefore lead to intoxication if eaten in large enough quantities and can even result in hallucinogenic effects, paranoia and visual distortions.

FOOTLONG SUBWAYS AREN’T A FOOT LONG

An Australian teenager discovered that the so-called Footlong option at Subway restaurants only measures 11 inches in length.

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Morich Mach

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White fish cooked in a spicy sauce with garlic, ginger, green chillies garnished with coriander.

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White fish prepared in a delicately flavoured creamy sauce.

King Prawn Methi

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King prawns gently cooked with special fenugreek leaves creating a light subtly flavoured dish.

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King prawns part cooked in the tandoori clay oven then simmered in a delicately flavoured creamy curry.

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The Tandoori and Tikka dishes served at the Bengal Brasserie are meats that have been marinated, skewered and cooked in a clay oven.

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The following dishes are served on a hot sizzling platter with a side salad and the chef ’s own fresh mint sauce prepared daily for your pleasure

Shabji Chameli £5.95 Aubergine, Cauliflower, Okra mixed in a curry with onion, garlic, tomato and simmered with pickles, that gives a nice savoury taste.

Chicken Tikka Shashlik

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Chicken Tikka

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King Prawn Biryani

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Traditional dish of King Prawns cooked with basmati rice and served with a vegetable curry.

Mach Jalfrezi (Hot)

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A stir-fried dish with lightly braised onions, garlic, ginger,tomatoes and fresh green chillies.

Shuhagi Mach

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Barbecued pieces of salmon cooked with courgettes in a medium strength sauce.

£4.95 Chopped aubergine cooked in our chef ’s own spicy sauce that includes green chillies and capsicum.

Tikka Lamb

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Tandoori King Prawns

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Tandoori Mixed Grill

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Tandoori Chicken

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Fresh mixed vegetables prepared in a delicately flavoured creamy sauce.

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Mascarpone Cheesecake with Cr Creamy cheesecake is a satisfying ending to a celebratory feast. The hint of cinnamon and pecans in the crust and the cranberry topping give it a holiday feel. This can be frozen up to a month, or stored, tightly wrapped, up to three days before serving.

Wait until the day of serving to top with cranberries.

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INGREDIENTS ½ cup pecans 2 cups digestive/rich tea biscuit crumbs (equal mix) ½ cup unsalted butter, divided ¼ cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 16 ounces softened cream cheese 1 cup sugar 1 cup mascarpone 4 large eggs 2 tablespoons fresh lemon zest 2 teaspoons vanilla 10 ounces cranberries, fresh or frozen ½ cup sugar ½ teaspoon almond extract ¼ cup cranberry or apple juice 1 tablespoon arrowroot or cornstarch METHOD 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. 2. For the crust: Butter a 10-inch springform pan. Place two 14-inch foil pieces on worktop, one on top of the other to

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ranberry Sauce form a cross, and place pan in center. Pull foil up and crimp around pan edges; this will help prevent leaking if pan is not completely tight. Set aside a deep roasting pan that holds the springform pan. Boil about 8 cups of water.

3. In a food processor, grind pecans and digestive/rich tea biscuits to fine crumbs. Add butter, brown sugar and cinnamon, and process to mix.

Press into pan and bake 10 minutes to lightly toast crust. Remove from oven and let cool.

4. For the filling: Wash and dry food processor. Process cream cheese to soften to a smooth purée, scraping down sides as necessary. Add sugar and process until smooth. Add mascarpone, eggs, lemon zest and vanilla, and process until smooth.

5. Pour batter into crust and place in roasting pan. Carefully pour boiling water in roasting pan to come 1½ inches up springform pan sides. Transfer to oven and bake for 70 to 80 minutes. Cake will be puffed around edges and will not jiggle in center when lightly shaken.

6. Remove roasting pan from oven and let sit on a cooling rack 10 minutes. Remove cake and discard water. Cool cake on rack until room temperature. Chill at least 2 hours before cutting.

7. Meanwhile, make the sauce: In a 2 litre saucepan over medium-high heat, combine cranberries and sugar and bring to a boil, stirring often. Stir in almond extract. In a cup, stir cranberry juice with arrowroot. When cranberries are boiling and half have burst, stir juice mixture and pour into pan, stirring rapidly as sauce comes to a boil. The sauce will be thick and shiny. Transfer to a bowl and chill. When cold, spread over cheesecake.

8. Slice into 12 pieces, wiping knife between slices. Store tightly covered (including sauce) in the refrigerator up to 1 week.

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Feast your eyes on our pick of the best produce to enjoy over the coming months NOVEMBER CRANBERRIES – the flavour of this deep red winter berry isn’t only suitable for the Christmas turkey; it also goes down well in naturally sweet puddings, tarts and pies BRUSSELS SPROUTS – these divisive vegetables can be used in tastier ways than you might think. To give them a bit more fl air, serve them with bacon, chestnuts and crème fraîche

DECEMBER CLEMENTINES – thought to be a hybrid of a tangerine and a sweet orange, a clementine requires no added sugar and is delightfully refreshing when put in sweet or savoury salads

JANUARY BLOOD ORANGES – despite its short shelf life, this zesty fruit bowl addition is well worth it and is ideal for soufflés, puddings and sauces, as well as jellies and cocktails

BEETROOT – the sweet, earthy fl avour is simply divine when used for a cake, or you can enjoy it with sour cream in more savoury options like salads, risottos and soups

RHUBARB – as well as being a key component of warming winter crumbles, rhubarb can also be served with fresh mackerel, roast pork, or made into a batch of spiced chutney

PARSNIPS – whether honey glazed, roasted or mashed, parsnips are always tantalisingly sweet, holding their own as an appetising side to a roast or as part of a warming, hearty casserole

MACKEREL – in addition to having firm flesh and silver and blue-striped skin, mackerel is packed with omega-3 fatty acids and can be grilled, fried, barbecued or served with gooseberry sauce

SWEDE AND TURNIPS – these root vegetables are superb when mashed or roasted.

Alternatively, they can be eaten raw in salads (depending on their age) or used in soups and stews

CLAMS – with little preparation needed, this shellfish can be eaten steamed, raw or stewed.

They’re also great in spaghetti alle vongole or served with a splash of cider or sherry

TURKEY – this festive favourite is low in fat and high in protein. Once you’ve had your fill of Christmas dinner, try making turkey burgers, meatloaf or meatballs with the leftovers

GAME – duck, goose and grouse are tasty meats with rich flavours and course textures.

They go well with fruity dishes to enhance the flavour and bring out the succulent juices

RABBIT – firm, meaty flesh and a subtle, gamey taste makes rabbit best suited to a stew or pie.

Its tough meat is even better when beautifully tenderised through slow cooking

COCKLES – traditionally a popular seaside snack, cockles are delicious in seafood salads, risottos and soups. Alternatively, they can be enjoyed raw or steamed until their shells open, much like mussels

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HARE – darker, richer and punchier than rabbit, hare is good for roasting when young, but should ideally be slow cooked when older in order to break down the tougher meat

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Pack up your troubles If a holiday is about getting away from it all, shouldn’t that include the stress of choosing what to wear?

I hate packing. More, even, than the first whiff of aviation fuel, getting out the suitcases makes my stomach flip over.

I regard those unruffled business travellers, with their capsule wardrobes folded into tiny, carry-on wheelie bags, as an alien species.

Admittedly I am a nervous flyer, so while I’m packing there is always a corner of my brain wondering what my belongings will look like hanging from a tree on the television news. But that’s far from the only reason packing is stressful.

There is plenty of advice in the cybersphere and declutter-yourlife books about packing. There’s the luggage itself. Hard or soft

sided? Four wheels or two? Then there’s whether it’s better to roll your clothes or pack them flat.

People with naive ideas about how suitcases are treated at airports swear you must pack your shoes at the “bottom”. Others will tell you to put everything into plastic bags first – true, I think, only of sponge bags, which are prone to leaking at altitude. On arrival, if your clothes are creased (perhaps you forgot to interleave them with tissue paper?) you can supposedly transform them in a bathroom filled with steam. And so on, and on.

There is less analysis of what makes packing so stressful in the first place.

It seems to me that the combination of rigid constraints – the deadlines, weight- and size-limits on luggage – and the unknown variables of different climates and unfamiliar dress codes is tailor-made to induce anxiety.

Travelling light to faraway places is a result of the democratisation of travel, which began in the late 19th century, and the ascendancy of the aeroplane. In the days when only rich people travelled for leisure it was a process more akin to moving house, with porters and staff to do the carrying and the packing, and dozens of pieces of luggage each with a specific function, from vast trunks to hat boxes. The suit case, then two separate words, was simply the one dedicated to holding men’s dress suits.

Coincidentally, one of the few times I envy men the simplicity of their uniform is when faced with an empty suitcase (one word).

Men don’t, as a rule, need to pack tights as well as socks, or different underwear for different outfits, or make-up and heels for evening.

Women don’t actually need these, we just feel we do. Because clothes are a kind of camouflage, they are about fitting in. When we travel – indeed one of the reasons we do it – our routines are broken. So we can’t know exactly what we’ll have to fit in with. The trauma of packing

is about squeezing the infinite possibilities of elsewhere into a couple of pieces of luggage.

It’s not all in the mind, though.

There is also the practical matter of packing things that are fit for purpose. Clothes can open doors: in some countries you can’t visit religious sites unless certain parts of your body are covered (again, women get the short straw here). Shoes may turn out to be unbearably hot or give you blisters after a day of sightseeing, but you won’t know that until your feet swell under a southern sun. One of the joys of ageing, you might think, is that packing gets easier because you’ve learnt what works for you.

But the flipside is that it’s harder to make do with the wrong kit. I doubt I could climb Ben Nevis in wellington boots as I did when I was 20. But at least I don’t travel with my favourite pillow. Yet. The only rational way to prepare for the unexpected is, like a prosperous Victorian, to take everything with you – which is impossible unless you have the same bag as Mary Poppins.

We know we own too much stuff, that we’re too attached to material things, and that it would be good to ditch most of it. But we fear being ill-equipped. At this time of year it’s traditional for a newspaper article to point out what we already know: that we use only 50% of what we pack. But the thing is, we don’t know beforehand which half it will be. Perhaps on a business trip you can predict exactly, boringly, what you’ll need. Otherwise packing is a kind of spread-betting: the extra 50% is to cover the possibilities, as well as ourselves.

Deciding what to pack means trying to foresee every possible eventuality. You have to pre-imagine your trip, so that in your head you’ve lived through it before you even set off. If mindfulness and meditation are all about trying to focus on the present, then packing – a purely anticipatory activity – will by definition be stressful. It robs travel of some of its promise, its spontaneity and adventure. That’s the real reason I resent packing so much: it spoils my holiday.

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Many of you I am sure are now concentrating on your Christmas shopping, stressing over what gift to give when most people these days have everything other than items that are not within their reach and generally yours. Each year we see an increase in gift vouchers & holidays as presents, a treat for loved ones that they may never get around to doing. Give the gift of Travel it will always be appreciated, even a simple day outing.

Thinking of the little ones how about a flight to meet Santa in his homeland then now is the time to book for 2019. There are still free child places on some departures at the time of writing. There are also departures from our very own Humberside airport, feel free to call for further details. Or what about a visit to Disneyland Paris Whit week? Our great offer at Disney’s Newport Bay. Treats for early next year could be a Dutch dash via North Sea Ferries, a weekend to Paris or Venice, a day trip on the Orient Express, the list really does go on… (a few more suggestions in the advert alongside).

If the idea is appealing to you why not decide on your budget, then ask what ideas we can suggest. From here you may choose a voucher and we can always include a suggestion of what it is to be used for making it much more personal than just a voucher.

Out to impress? Have you dreamed of a special holiday with your loved one if so why not make plans and get the ball rolling can you imagine the surprise and excitement on Christmas day.

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Of course you may be looking to take a holiday over the Christmas & New Year period, there is still time. It is not the cheapest time to take a break but then I always think that you spend that bit extra staying at home so it becomes swings & roundabouts.

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Men in Sheds - Beverley A new project is currently under development in Beverley to help prevent isolation and loneliness in adult males.

Men in Sheds is an international movement to help encourage social involvement, undertaking hobbies and activities and getting out of the house.

The shed used is a larger version of a typical garden shed and is offered to a group of men where tools and resources can be shared to work on projects of their own preference and at their own pace in a safe, friendly and inclusive venue.

It is a place of leisure where men can work on projects; this could be making or mending in wood (e.g. carpentry, joinery, turning, carving, whittling, marquetry, furniture renovation) and may include metalworking (milling, sheet metal, welding, etc.), bike repair, gardening, electronics, tool renovation, boat renovation, model engineering (model railways, planes) and even building a car! Reclamation, reuse and restoration often feature strongly.

The development of the shed is supported by Humber and Wolds Rural Action (HWRA) working with East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Sport, Play and Arts Development team and Humber

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volunteers, mentors, organisations and businesses.

The “Shedders” will identify the types of activities they are most interested in and develop and grow around these themes.

Teaching NHS Foundation Trust’s social prescribing services.

The project is funded by East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Public Health team.

Men in Sheds Beverley is for men over 18 living in the town

and surrounding areas who are experiencing social isolation, physical illness, disability, mental health issues or loneliness.

The Shed will be led by the men who attend it, supported by HWRA, East Riding of Yorkshire Council and a network of

The project aims to become “Shedder-led” and sustainable through its own activities. This could include providing services (painting and decorating, gardening, maintenance, bicycle, scooter and car repairing, etc.) and selling products (upcycling unwanted items such as wood, metal, slate, cement, glass and rope products created etc.).

If you would like to find out more about the Men in Sheds projects in the East Riding of Yorkshire, become a “Shedder”, or know someone who would benefit from the Shed experience, volunteer, contribute a skill, tool or piece of equipment, offer potential premises for the Shed or would like to get involved in any way please contact us or come to one of our information events taking place across the East Riding of Yorkshire.

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Claire and I moved to Beverley 2 years ago and have four children, Ethan 7, Poppy 5, 1 year old twins Isaac & Caleb with baby number five due in March 2019.

What do you do in your spare time?

Spare time is at a premium but when I do get the chance I enjoy being outdoors, going to the local beaches with the children and exploring East Yorkshire. We also enjoy eating out and trying the wide variety of restaurants Beverley has to offer.

How would you describe Beverley to a visitor?

Beverley is a friendly market town with lots to do. Beverley has a lot to offer, not just what appears on the surface, if you look a little deeper you can find a multitude of activities, groups and classes!

If you could have dinner with anyone (alive or dead) who would it be and why?

Dead: Seamus Heaney, as a child I was surrounded by poetry and have had various poems published in the past, Seamus Heaney was always one of my favourites with his poems such as the heartfelt ‘Mid-Term Break’. When I learned of his death in 2013 I was gutted that I never got to meet the man in person.

Name the best place in the world you have visited and why?

Canada – Aged just seventeen I set off with a back-pack on a one way flight to Toronto, over the next 6 months I travelled across from east to west via Greyhound Bus & hitchhiking – from this point I fell in love with the country and have been back many times including to live and work there.

Alive: Gordon Ramsey, I love my food and I love to cook, Gordon is probably one of my favourite chefs and with him at your table at least if the food is not up to scratch the restaurant will know about it!

What do you love most about your job?

I love the freedom my job gives me, a great work and home life balance where I can spend quality time with my family and also work hard. Plus I am training the next generation of FlightSight employees all grown at home!!

What is your favourite food?

Seafood! Especially the sushi at Oginos!

I love being outdoors in the fresh air and visiting new places! Every job!

Every day is varied and different.

When did you last go to the cinema and what did you see?

Last week to see A Star is born. We were really looking forward to seeing the movie (thank goodness for the bar in the cinema at Flemingate! A drink definitely made it more watchable!) We are more hopeful with our tickets to see Bohemian Rhapsody this week.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years time?

In 10 years’ time I would like to have a number of businesses to the portfolio including some community projects to keep myself busy, the house paid off and the kids doing well in school. Add to that a couple of nice holidays a year and I don’t think I would have gone too far wrong.

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Hull City Column - by Woody Mellor

Where do we go from here?

Back in 1998 when Hull City were 92nd in the league fans had a song “The Football League is upside down” as we supported the club through adversity and we loved the club through thick and thinner. Do the fans have the spirit to support the current team and push them away from the bottom of the Championship?

There is such apathy at the moment that the remaining ten thousand just let everything wash over us, it has reached a point where we can’t get worked up any more. So many of the hard core loyalists from the last twenty years have already turned their backs on the club and many are just resigned to relegation or whatever else fate has in store for us once the parachute payments come to an end. We may be sparked up if things change after the Bolton result - let’s see!

City fans expected a struggle this year as so many of the Premier League players have gone and have not been adequately replaced.

The wage bill has fallen to a more realistic level but the signings over the past two seasons have not rebuilt the team. One massive question must be the signings

or judgement of Director of Recruitment Lee Darnbrough as this side has cost £30 million. Almost £20million has been spent since relegation added to the likes of Henrickson, Grosicki and Marshall.

Who has actually improved the side and have Slutsky and Adkins authorised the signings? Adkins appears to have little time for Milikovic whilst Slutsky didn’t know where to use Jackson Irvine, surely they’d know about theses players if they had scouted them. We have a team which hasn’t gelled for two seasons and the managers may not have brought in all of the players in our short staffed squad.

So could there be massive changes over the coming weeks? After the tame submission to Leeds United everyone was deflated not so much from the defeat but how far things have fallen. Once upon a time this fixture was much anticipated yet less than 10,000 could be bothered and a team who have been below City for most of the previous decade are one of the many teams challenging for the Premier League whilst we could be heading in the opposite direction.

The mood did however change within 24 hours with the news of three takeover bids.

people are unsure what to make of this news. Everyone wants a change of ownership but’ frying pan and fire’ comes to mind. Duffen & Bartlett left the club around £50million in debt despite the Premier League riches and the money the Allams now require is equivalent to the money paid out on City’s debts in the first place. There was an out of court settlement with Duffen regards some financial expenditure and they apparently managed to generate a mortgage against the KC Stadium despite this being owned by the council. The stadium is once again seen as one of the big attractions to the bidders with talk of building hotels etc on West Park once again. The council have yet to be contacted however so a lot needs to be discussed with them and it must be said that once the Allams depart the one saving grace is that the council own the ground so City won’t be locked out.

Let’s hope that Paul Duffen actually has backing this time as once they have the finances to buy the club several million more will be required to boulster the squad in January provided the club isn’t cut adrift at the bottom by this time. A takeover may go through before Christmas but ideally this could come sooner.

Whether Nigel Adkins fits within their plans remains to be seen. The pressure is now on. The Allams won’t want to spend time or money on replacing him so he needs to get a few wins after the International break to help secure his job, survival and a takeover. Just as relegation from the Premier League cost City a takeover two years ago relegation to Division One could hinder any takeover for the prices the Allams require. A Division One side would be worth £10 million at most especially when the club doesn’t own the stadium and the Premier League wealth would be at least 2-3 seasons away. The Pressure is on.

Let’s see if anything changes by next month’s column. Who knows we may even have Phil Brown at the helm by Christmas?. Karaoke time in May?

The front runner for a potential takeover before Christmas is ex-chairman Paul Duffen and he is apparently backed by a Saudi Prince, who apparently has no resources till next season. They have bid £40million though Allams are seeking at least £46 million. (and rising if there are two other bidders for the club?) Duffen’s bid is going through the due diligence period so we will see if he has the backing and one would assume he will try to make sense of City’s finances and check if there are unexpected outgoing so just as the Allams discovered when buying the club from Duffen and Bartlett twelve years ago. Most

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SALT THERAPY CENTRE OPENS IN BEVERLEY

A Salt Therapy centre - the only one in Yorkshire - has opened at 85 Mill Lane in Beverley.

The company, owned by Clare Atkinson, a former business analyst was started after she visited a similar centre in London.

As I suffer from asthma, every time I get a cold I worry that it will develop into a chest infection, it was recommended I try out Salt Therapy to help with this, which it did!

The therapy is 100% natural and uses pharmaceutically certified natural rock salt, which is ground down by the halotherapy machine into tiny micro particles which travel deep into the respiratory tract and skin.

The treatment helps conditions such as COPD, asthma, psoriasis and acne. It is also beneficial for those suffering stress, anxiety and insomnia. Salt Therapy can also enhance sports performance by increasing lung capacity.

The goal of every athlete is to achieve their maximum potential, an important factor in attaining this is improving your breathing pattern, once they have corrected this, they can achieve better performance with less breath.

This means athletes have more air in reserve,

therefore enabling them to perform at an optimal level. National teams in Eastern Europe regularly integrate Salt Therapy into their training regime.

Luke Campbell discovered Salt Revive through social media and paid us a visit. ‘Always looking on ways to improve health and wellbeing.

Definitely give this a try’. Thank you for your recommendation Luke!

There are two treatment rooms at Salt Revive; one for adults which provides an experience of

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EAST YORKSHIRE FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S INSTITUTES FEDERATION AUTUMN MEETING – 20 OCTOBER 2018 Members from all 49 WI’s of the East Yorkshire Federation of Women’s Institutes met at Longcroft School, Beverley, on Saturday 20 October 2018 for the Federation’s Autumn Meeting.

The majority had heeded the call to wear the colours of purple, white and green and “dress as a suffragette” in order to honour the 100-year anniversary of women receiving the vote in 1918.

The meaning of these colours is purple for loyalty and dignity, white for purity and green for hope.

Lots of sashes and rosettes with “Votes for Women” were in evidence.

Marianne Holmes, Federation Chairman,

welcomed all the WI Members as well as Guests from neighbouring Federations before the traditional hymn of “Jerusalem” was sung. The Federation’s own Choir, Eastern Lights, then treated the ladies to a medley of songs, finishing with one written especially for this historic anniversary by a descendent of Emmeline Pankhurst as a tribute to the original suffragettes.

Following this toe tapping session, Barbara Ball, Federation Senior Vice Chairman, addressed the Members before Accredited Certificates were presented to Christine Snowden, Suzanne Millar, and Ann Mitchell who had recently completed their training as WI Advisers.

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After lunch trophies were presented to the two WIs who had increased their Membership numbers since 2017, these were Apple Crumble & Stitch WI, who are Hull based and The 3Bs WI who meet in Bridlington.

Following this, the speaker was Diane Atkinson, author of “Rise up Women!

The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes”. She is a historian and particularly interested in the biography of the suffragettes.

The winner of Chairman’s Challenge to make a cushion from recycled materials was then announced by Ann Mitchell who said that quite a few husbands may be missing their old shirts! Members had voted by putting coins into decorated recycled jars, one jar for each cushion.

The total monies donated will be given to HER Breast Friends, a local cancer charity.

Marianne Holmes then gave her closing remarks, sharing her experience of how she found she was suffering from cancer, but had now completed her chemotherapy sessions. She urged everyone to keep a check on their bodies and look for signs of change in order that this horrible disease can be found and diagnosed earlier.

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New research reveals the UK’s most bizarre health remedies PharmacyOutlet.co.uk has surveyed more than 2,000 UK adults to reveal the common, obscure and downright strange health remedies people put their faith in.

Firstly, using unproven household remedies should never supersede advice given by a medical professional, nor should using these methods deter people from seeking the help of a pharmacist, GP or doctor.

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their scalp to combat baldness (7% of men) When it comes to fighting off the common cold or getting rid of annoying aches and pains, the UK public is willing to indulge in some strange household health remedies, the research has revealed.

The online pharmacist and EPS specialist commissioned an independent, nationally representative survey among more than 2,000 UK adults. Listing a range of both common and odd health remedies, the survey uncovered how many people had tried each method and, moreover, how many of those individuals believe that they actually work.

“Moreover, some of these health remedies can actually do more harm than good – for example, a nightcap may help you fall asleep but can worsen the quality of your sleep, while ‘hair of the dog’ may ease the struggles of hangover in the short-term but will worsen the effects later on. Of course, both also will place Extra strain on your liver.

Additionally, it’s important to be very careful when putting olive oil in your ear or washing cuts in seawater; both remedies carry risk of infection, which is why I would advise against such methods.”

Hitesh Dodhia, Superintendent Pharmacist at PharmacyOutlet.co.uk, said: “While some of the common health remedies uncovered in today’s research have no scientific evidence to prove they work, many of them are relatively harmless. What’s more, it’s quite normal that the placebo effect associated with these methods can make people feel as though they’re improving their health.

“However, there are more serious consequences of relying on fictional cures.

Quiet Riot returns to celebrate the life of Graham Knight Quiet Riot is to return to Beverley on Friday November 30th with a special one off celebration of the life of our friend Graham Knight who passed away unexpectedly last December. Graham was a massive music fan who loved local bands particularly at our monthly nights in Beverley between 2014-15.

We will be trying out the Beverley Town Cricket Club, off Norwood, on this evening with three great bands and a soundtrack of Graham’s favourite songs. There will be performances from the Church of Non Believers, Goole band Sandra’s Wedding and The Kings Horses plus the Rebellious Jukebox will be playing Graham’s favourite songs.

Tickets will be available through Hull Box Office for £3.00 or you can pay £4.00 on the door.

This will be a new venue for Quiet Riot (The Beverley Alternative) and if all goes well the Hull music scene may be returning to Beverley on a regular basis...if we have found somewhere which can accommodate guitar bands again.

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New Exhibition Celebrates Working Hands Photographs of Manual Skill by Peter Barker

The Treasure House, Beverley, East Yorkshire • 10th November 2018 - 26th January 2019 A new exhibition portraying the skills and satisfaction of manual occupations is coming to The Treasure House, Beverley, on 10th November.

The creation of photographer Peter Barker, ‘Working Hands’ is a series of photographs which show how hand and mind are linked in skilled work, from bookbinding to sheepshearing, from hat making to dog grooming. The photographs suggest a connection between inner and outer worlds, between body and mind, and between thinking and doing.

Manchester-based Peter Barker is a photographer and writer who spent thirty years living in Beverley and has himself had a fascinating array of occupations, from being a former Hull Town Clerk and a diplomat in Iran and Afghanistan, to being a yoga teacher, French translator and charity worker in Russia: “I wanted to make this series of photographs for two reasons. The first is that I myself get great satisfaction from making and repairing things and I wanted to pursue that photographically. The second reason is that there is a dignity in manual occupations, which I think is often overlooked and should be celebrated.”

The exhibition, which opens with a special preview on Saturday 10thNovember, features some well-known East Yorkshire faces.

Beverley based violin maker Peter Hall, book binder Colin Tatman and baker Liz Parkin all make an appearance. Each uses age old and specialised craft-based skills which are still

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very much in demand even in the present age of mechanical and digital manufacturing.

Peter says: “Post Western industrialisation, organised manual work tended to become mechanical and unrewarding. In our digital era, the development of artificial intelligence, robots and the virtual world appear to signal not only a further downgrading of manual skills but their complete disappearance.

Fortunately, I believe, we will always have an innate desire to work with our own hands rather than to be wholly machine dependent. This exhibition is my tribute to all those occupations that require body-mind coordination and which use the hands to create a direct response to what the mind sees.” www.peterbarker.org

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FISH plays HULL - City Hall The Human League

on Wednesday 12th December! featuring very special guests Midge Ure’s Band Electronica Following the digital release of his entire solo catalogue in June, which has generated well over a million streams already, FISH has released his play the FlyDSA Arena brand new single, ‘Man With A Stick’, the first track to be taken from his upcoming EP A Parley With Angels, and the first taste of his final studio Friday 7th December 2018 album, Weltschmerz.

A brooding blend of minimalist drums and possessing synthesizers, ‘Man With A Stick’ is a reflective and thought-provoking track from Fish.

Regarding the single he says, “I was inspired to write this lyric after my father died in May 2016. He was a strong, proud, well-respected man who, like most of us, found growing old difficult. When he reached his mid 80’s he was becoming a shadow of his former self and in the last few months of his life he relied more and more on his trusty walking stick to get around. After he left us I found it hard to look at any old men walking with a stick. I started to think about our relationships with sticks in our lives and how they go from being associated with fun and play to becoming something more sinister and symbols of power eventually supporting us as our strength weakens and old age takes its toll.”

The new EP, A Parley With Angels will feature four tracks recorded live at London’s Islington Assembly Hall last year: ‘Emperor’s Song’, ‘State Of Mind’, ‘Circle Line’ and ‘Voyeur’, in addition to two other brand new tracks – ‘Waverley Steps’ and ‘Little Man What Now?’, both of which will also appear on FISH’s final studio album, Weltschmerz.

The tour will see him perform the classic Marillion album Clutching At Straws for the final time, as well as material from Weltschmerz.

As recently announced by Warners the remastered version of Clutching At Straws will be released on November 23rd.

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Following their 2016 sell-out show at the FlyDSA Arena with A Very British Synthesizer Group, The Human League have confirmed they are to return to the intimate Steel Hall setting of the FlyDSA Arena on Friday 7th December 2018.

The Human League’s new tour, Red Live 2018, will feature the very special guests, Midge Ure’s Band Electronica.

Tickets, priced £45.56, £53.76 & £84 (including booking fee) are available online at www.flydsaarena.co.uk & via the ticket hotline on 0114 256 56 56.

WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS We are giving away a pair of tickets for: A) Fish at Hull City Hall B) The Human League at Sheffield Arena C) The Searchers at Hull City Hall To enter just send your name, address and contact telephone number on a postcard to: 31 Elm Drive, Cherry Burton, HU17 7RJ Please state clearly which gig or event draw you wish to enter.

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THE SKIDS play WAKEFIELD – Warehouse 23

on Friday 7th December The Skids formed in 1977 in their home town of Dunfermline, Scotland by Richard Jobson, Stuart Adamson, Bill Simpson & Tom Kellichan.

After releasing an independent single the band were played by John Peel, supported The Clash and then were signed to Virgin Records in 1978.

Their first singles were ‘Sweet Surburbia’, ‘The Saints are Coming’ and ‘Into the Valley’ – the latter reaching the UK Top Ten in early 1979.

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Their seminal debut album ‘Scared to Dance’; came out in 1979 and was quickly followed by two chart singles – ‘Masquerade’ and ‘Working for the Yankee Dollar’.

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SLADE - Without doubt one of the most exciting bands to come out of Great Britain in the past 30 years. With their unique blend of perfect pop-rock ‘n’ roll, outrageous flamboyance and pure fun, and no less than 23 Top-20 singles of which 6 were No-1 smash hits....plus 6 smash albums, Slade have become a firm favourite in the hearts of pop fans all over the world.

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DAN REED NETWORK play WAKEFIELD – Warehouse 23

on Wednesday 14th November Dan Reed Network will showcase new material from the upcoming album whilst revisiting the hits and reworking some DRN classics in what promises to be a raucous celebration of their inaugural, global, fan immersive recording project “Origins.”

Joining the Dan Reed Network on tour in November are two of the best up and coming British rock bands, Mason Hill and Hollowstar.

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Rock Choir to perform at St Mary’s for Sight Support Hull & East Yorkshire This Winter Sight Support Hull and East Yorkshire is delighted to host its first Christmas Concert at the beautiful church of St Mary’s, in the heart of the Beverley on Saturday 1st December 2018.

Come along and celebrate the beginning of the festive season and help create a future everyone can see.

Nationally they have enjoyed performing with the other 400 Rock Choirs in a giant flashmob the Proms in the Park in the summer with over 10,000 ‘Rockies’ singing together and the Rock Choir are now looking forward to singing and spreading merriment at local Christmas festivities.

Join us at this special evening featuring the East Riding and Hull Rock Choir performing a range of contemporary songs such as ‘Uptown Girl; by Billy Joel and ‘Hallelujah’ by Leonard Cohen and a wide range of recent artists. As we are heading towards Christmas there will be some festive songs to add some festive spice to the evening The East Riding & Hull Rock Choir are one of the hundreds created nationwide over the past decade and 28,000 people currently sing

The Sight Support Hull & East Yorkshire Singing Group will also be performing at the start of the event at around 7.15pm so there will be a great evening of song at St Marys in Beverley.

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their repertoire.

East Riding and Hull Rock Choir is celebrating its second year together and are based in Driffield, Market Weighton, Beverley and Hull. They sing at a variety of events both locally and nationally.

They have raised money for many local charities and are delighted to support the work of Sight Support Hull & East Yorkshire.

It’s the perfect opportunity to gather with friends and family at this festive time and support local people with sight loss. Tickets are only £5 for the event.

Angela Gregory, Income Generation and Marketing Manager of the charity is looking forward to the event “We are really looking forward to the hearing the massed voices of the East Riding & Hull Rock Choir and it is even better to experience this in such a fantastic setting as St Mary’s church. Why not come down to enjoy some great music alongside mulled wine and mince pies and begin your Christmas here.”

Book your tickets online through eventbrite or please contact Sight Support Hull & East Yorkshire on fundraising@sightsupport.org or call us on 01482 342297.

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All About The Game

CHESS

Much more than a game, chess is an alternative history of humanity In the third episode of “The Wire”, D’Angelo Barksdale, the hard but secretly soft-hearted Baltimore drug-dealer, comes across two of his narco underlings sitting at a chess board. Except they aren’t playing chess – they don’t know how.

“Yo, why y’all playin’ checkers on a chess set?” he asks. “Chess is a better game, yo!”

In fact, he says, it is more familiar than they think. There is a king like the man they work for, Avon, who doesn’t do much himself because everybody “got his back”. There’s a queen who does whatever she likes, “the go-get-shit-done piece” like Avon’s sidekick, Stringer Bell.

And then there are the pawns.

The pawns, D’Angelo says with an emotive flare of his nostrils, are the foot soldiers, and they tend to get “capped quick”. But they are unlike the other pieces in one crucial respect: they have prospects. If a pawn stays alive long enough, and gets to the other side of the board, it gets to be queen. “And she got all the moves.”

The history of chess is a history of metaphors and moral lessons.

It emerged in fifth-century India, and wherever it has gone since has been a ludic mirror-image of the world around it. Until the 19th century, when the set was standardised – becoming the Staunton version we play with today – the mirror’s reflections were preserved in pieces, which show chess’s extraordinary ability to adapt to new places and people.

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in ivory or stone, the pawns lined up like a battalion of salt-shakers.

And in 12th-century Norway the kings were bearded brutes with lustrous hair, flanked by crazy, shield-biting berserkers – the world of the Lewis chess set, now held in the British Museum.

Adaptability has been a condition of chess’s long life, and has sometimes proved a game-changer in a deeper sense. The queen in the Lewis set is slumped on her throne, her face held idly in her hand. Far from the go-anywhere, do-anything figure of today, she is a study in boredom. When that set was made, the queen was a relative newcomer to the board, having replaced the minister in the tenth century: the moment when chess first encountered European royal courts. But, like him, she was a meek little homebody with a range of one diagonal square – “aslant only”, as a medieval chess treatise put it, “because women are so greedy that they will take nothing except by rapine and

game is to get lost in a swamp of algebraic notation. When the 13-year-old Bobby Fischer sacrificed his queen against Donald Byrne in the so-called game of the century in 1956, it was considered one of the finest moves in chess history – a greatness not quite communicated by “Be6!!”.

Then there are the numbers involved, frequently quoted and always unimaginable. When mathematicians tot up the possible positions on the board, they come up with figures like ten

FAR FROM THE GO-ANYWHERE PIECE OF TODAY, THE QUEEN IN THE LEWIS CHESS SET IS A STUDY IN BOREDOM injustice”. Only in the 15th century – the age, the chess historian Marilyn Yalom has pointed out, of powerful women such as Queen Isabella of Spain – was she given the freedom to roam. Suddenly chess had more speed, more dynamism, more lines of attack and angles of defence. The game, already a thousand years old, never looked back.

Underlying all this shape-shifting is an essence, an abstract structure of rules and relative powers. Aside from ornamental beauty, it’s this that either gets you hooked or makes you feel, like Montaigne, that you “hate it and avoid it because it is not play enough”.

Chess, let’s face it, is mindboggling. To follow a professional

to the power of 120. Whether that’s greater than the number of atoms in the observable universe – currently it is – is a hostage to telescopic fortune. But the point is clear: chess is an endless pursuit, which, in the game of longevity, gives it an edge.

This abstraction, this refusal to be contained, accounts for our fascination with chess’s prodigies and lunatics. But it is also what makes the game so oddly human.

By move 17 of that tussle with Byrne, Fischer’s queen was under attack from Byrne’s bishop. But Fischer got thinking. The best move, he decided, wasn’t to put his queen in a place of greater safety. The best move was to shift his own bishop two squares, to

e6. It looks, on the face of it, like blindness to the danger. But chess is a game of logical consequences and sly entrapment, what Benjamin Franklin called its “vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence, or the want of it”.

Another 24 moves later, Fischer won – a result, he’d worked out, that was inevitable if he let his queen go. It was sacrifice that was also attack, violence that was also composure, and about as close as chess comes to a rhyming couplet.

The set that perhaps gets closest to chess’s abstract beauties is the one designed for the Bauhaus in 1924 by Josef Hartwig. Like the old Islamic pieces, the figures are stripped of their worldly imagery.

What Hartwig did instead was to capture the movement of each figure in three dimensions, their form following their function. The knight assumes the L-shape of its crosswise leap, while the bishop’s diagonals appear as an X. The queen is a cube mounted with a sphere – the embodiment of world domination – and the king a sturdy and taciturn concoction of boxes. “When a chess player looks at the board,” Arthur Koestler wrote while covering the worldchampionship match between Fischer and Boris Spassky in 1972, “he does not see a static mosaic, a ‘still-life’, but a magnetic field of forces, charged with energy.”

Hartwig distilled this energy, and after 1,500 years of changing with the times, chess finally looked like itself.

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THERE WON’T BE MANY COMING HOME …

When the First World War broke out in 1914, there were around 733,000 men in the British Army.

A further 4.8 million British patriots were recruited during the war effort, and it is well documented that far too many of these men never returned home.

The total number killed in action was 956,703, almost a million, with the overwhelming majority being land troops fighting on the Western Front in countries like France and Flanders (part of modern day Belgium). The male population of entire villages were wiped out by the Great War, and the tragedy of this staggering loss of life was made worse by the fact that many bodies were never recovered. Official estimates record the number of dead with no known grave at 526,816.

Among this mass of men is James Frederick Betts, of Hedon Road, Hull, who served with the 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, based at the time in Beverley. He was reported wounded and missing in March 1918, and this prompted his sister Sarah to write to one of his comrades to try and establish his fate. She penned an anxious letter to a Private F Rotherham, asking if he knew James and what had happened to him. A photograph of Private Betts was included with the letter and, although Private Rotherham was able to confirm that James had been wounded, he knew nothing more of his fate.

It is likely that James, who was a stretcher-bearer, was involved in an assault on German lines, named Operation Michael,

Letter from Sarah Betts which began on 21st March 1918. It was launched from the Hindenburg Line in the vicinity of St Quentin, France. It is not known exactly how he died, but James is thought to have been killed on 22nd March, lost in the mist that engulfed the line on that fateful day.

He died aged 22 years, and is now commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial in France, along with 14,000 others who have no known grave. James was posthumously awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal. Having survived the fighting for over 2 years, he died with just 8 months before the war’s end.

His story is typical of thousands, and the letters between Sarah and Private Rotherham, along with some of Private Betts’ service records, have been deposited at the East Riding Archives in Beverley, to help preserve this local war story.

You can also read some of the work that’s been done by our volunteers on the ‘First World War Lives’ project by viewing our East Riding Archives Flickr channel online at

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www.flickr.com/photos/erarchives and as we reach the centenary of the Armistice, a special commemorative First World War exhibition will run at the Treasure House from 10th November this year to 26th January 2019.

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East Yorkshire from the Air Keep your feet on the ground and take to the skies.

FlightSight are pleased to announce their upcoming aerial photography exhibition to be held at the fabulous Beverley Minster from Monday 19th November to Sunday 2nd December 2018. Featuring aerial photography from some of the best loved places in East Yorkshire the exhibition will allow visitors to take a different view and see the magnificent landmarks and towns from the air. For 2018 FlightSight gifted the use of their spectacular image of “Beverley Minster Meets the Beast from the East” to the Minster for their Christmas card with funds raised going to Beverley Parish Church Council.

These are available to purchase from the Minster shop.

Jamie Newson-Smith, owner of Flight Sight said: “It is a pleasure to display our photography in one of the most iconic buildings in East Yorkshire, Beverley Minster. The advances in technology means that getting aerial photos and video is now safer and easier than ever before and we are privileged to be able to capture these and share them for all to see. As a business based in Beverley we wanted to be able to give something back and this is why we decided to allow the Minster to use one of our best images for their Christmas card this year which we hope will raise lots of funds for the Beverley Parish Church Council”.

The exhibition is free to visit and is open daily in the North Transept of the Minster from 09:00 – 16:00 Monday to Saturday and 12:00 – 17:00 on Sundays.

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Gardening

Gardening Fitness Whether you spend five minutes or a whole day gardening, all the stretching, pulling, pushing and lifting will help you and your garden stay in great shape

Balance

Planting containers (sitting); pruning, raking and mowing (standing)

Dexterity

Sowing seeds, pinching out seedlings, deadheading, planting broad beans WHY Fiddly gardening tasks hone fine motor skills, such as the ‘pincer’ movements you make when fastening a button or writing. One study found that women in Korea developed better dexterity after

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DID YOU KNOW? Good hand-eye coordination also affects other areas of life too, as it’s been linked to cognitive ability and social skills.

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Medium intensity activities such as mowing, raking, hoeing and weeding

WHY Falls cost the NHS over £2 billion annually, so there’s a good economic reason to prevent them.

“Part of the treatment for any balance problem is physical exercise,” says Dr Sam Everington.

“If you’re in a dark space it’s not so effective, but if you’re outside in good light it’s far better. In a garden you’re in a safe space, too.”

Light physical exercise encourages good balance. Regular gardeners are 30% less likely to have falls than other adults.

DID YOU KNOW? A 10% increase in adult physical activity would save 6,000 lives and £500 million a year.

programme of guided gardening sessions created by The Conservation Volunteers. “It’s strength with control,” he says.

“Unlike in a regular gym where you don’t have a fixed control. [In the garden] if you want to pick up something, you’ve got to control it at the same time.”

gardening twice a week than a non-gardening group.

In Horatio’s Garden at the Spinal Treatment Centre in Salisbury, Wiltshire, a therapist helps patients practise fine motor skills by sowing seeds and planting bulbs. “Patients spend time laughing, so it doesn’t feel like therapy,” says Olivia Chapple, the garden’s founder.

DID YOU KNOW? School gardening clubs teach children fine motor skills through tasks such as transplanting seedlings

and tying in tomatoes.

Coordination

Potting up seedlings, deadheading, watering with a watering can WHY Complex gardening activities demand good coordination. Stroke survivors, autistic children and patients with Alzheimer’s develop better connections between hand and eye after gardening.

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WHY Gardening gets us off our sofas and increases physical health by an average 33%, with knock-on benefits for rates of heart disease and diabetes. Half an hour pushing a lawnmower burns 150 calories – equivalent to a moderate gym session – and unlike gym membership, you don’t give it up after a month.

“The gym stays the same, but garden tasks are always changing,” says Jules Pretty, Professor of Environment and Society at Exeter University. “This makes adherence more likely.”

DID YOU KNOW? Gardeners tend to be fitter: A 2015 study found 68% of non-gardeners are overweight or obese, compared with 47% of gardeners.

Flexibility

Pricking out seedlings, tying in sweet peas, planting hanging baskets WHY You’re constantly bending down and

Gardening stretching up when you’re gardening, and that helps keep joints supple and flexible.

Gardeners who garden at least once a week stay more mobile for longer.

During ‘Sow and Grow’, a three-year outreach programme, horticultural therapy charity Thrive used techniques like tabletop gardening and adapted tools so visitors with mobility-limiting disabilities such as multiple sclerosis could keep gardening. As a result, they found mobility improved measurably.

DID YOU KNOW? Just 30 minutes’ gardening a day can improve flexibility and mobility.

Strength

Digging, wheeling wheelbarrows, raking, hoeing, cutting hedges, planting trees WHY More intense activities in gardening – the ones that make you really sweat, like raking up leaves – do wonders for upper body strength. Chief medical officers in the UK list gardening alongside weight training and sit ups as activities for strengthening muscles. In the USA, elderly gardeners are shown to have stronger hands than the norm.

The Green Gym’s Craig Lister says gardening goes even further.

“People are continuing to be more physically active even when they’re not volunteering at a Green Gym session,” he says.

DID YOU KNOW? NHS guidelines suggest two strengthening exercise sessions a week.

Patience

Sowing seed, striking cuttings, growing seasonal crops like strawberries WHY “Gardening teaches you to slow down,” says Sara Venn, who runs community food-growing movement Incredible Edible Bristol. “People come here and sow a seed, then a week later they ask, where is it? If you’re going to work on the land, you have to go at nature’s pace.”

Children learn to appreciate patience through waiting for crops to ripen in school gardening projects, and are taught ‘stickability’ – seeing a project through to the end.

Gardening can also help calm children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder.

DID YOU KNOW? Couples who garden together report they’re more patient with each other.

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FIONA’S FOOD FOR THOUGHT

By Fiona Dwyer, broadcast journalist, PR & media consultant, slave to 2 children and a husband.

CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN Is it really November already? Time to put my Christmas shopping plan into action then! Ha! That would require me actually having a Christmas shopping plan. Much as I’d like to believe I will be more organised this year than ever before, I sincerely doubt that will be the case. I can try though! “Do or do not. There is no try.” Yes, thank you very much Yoda. On that note, I’m going to write a list because lists make me feel better. And maybe this year I will finally write my Christmas Cards early so that I can send them at the beginning of December rather than the week before the day itself.

AMAZING WOMEN I’m really looking forward to compering the Women of Achievement Awards again this month.

Organised by Women in Business, it’s always such an inspiring event. This year’s guest speaker is Paralympian Martine Wright, MBE, who lost both of her legs during the 7th July 2005 bombing in London. Her story is one of triumph over adversity.

Rather than dwelling on her loss, she has used it as a springboard for her new life.

I can’t wait to meet her.

UNUSUAL CHRISTMAS GIFTS While you’re contemplating your Christmas list, if you get stuck, why not try something a little different? Buy your loved one a goat, a chicken, a water supply or even a vegetable garden. Charities like CAFOD, World Vision, UNICEF and Water Aid, in fact most registered charities, have essential gifts that can save lives in the poorest of countries.

There are literally hundreds of things to choose from – medical aid, vaccinations, sanitary products for girls/women, food for a family. Just go online and search for a charity you admire. We are so lucky to have a roof over our heads, food on the table, clean water and free medical care – what better way to celebrate Christmas than to help those in need? alone.

Fiona x

BeverleyMag November 2018

Twitter: @fionadwyer • Facebook: Fiona Dwyer PR

USEFUL NUMBERS EMERGENCY NUMBERS Police / Fire / Ambulance Police (Non-emergencies) Child Line Crime Stoppers Electricity (Supply Failure) Gas (Emergencies) Water (Emergencies)

999 101 0800 11 11 0800 555 111 0800 375 675 0800 111 999 0845 124 24 24

HOSPITALS & HEALTH Castle Hill Hospital 01482 875 875 East Riding Community Hospital 01482 88 66 00 Hull Royal Infirmary 01482 328 541 NHS Direct 111 HELP & ADVICE Age UK East Riding 01482 86 91 81 Alzheimers Society 01482 211 255 Alcohol & Drug Advisory Service 01482 32 06 06 Case Lifelink 01482 329 614 Case Training 01482 320 200 Citizens Advice Bureau 01482 224 608 Cruse Bereavement Care 01482 56 55 65 Dove House Hospice 01482 784 343 Hull Rape Crisis 01482 329 990 Mencap 01482 211 473 NSPCC Helpline 0808 800 5000 RSPCA 0300 1234 999 RSPCA (Animal Home) 01482 341 331 Relate Hull & East Yorkshire 01482 329 621 Samaritans 01482 323 456 Survivors Hull & East Riding 01482 22 66 77 The Warren 01482 218 115 TRANSPORT Bus Information (EYMS) Beverley Community Lift National Rail Enquiries Humberside Airport Leeds/Bradford Airport P & O Ferries (Reservations)

01482 59 29 29 01482 868 082 08457 484 950 01652 688 456 0871 288 22 88 08716 64 64 64

COUNCIL East Riding of Yorkshire Council 01482 39 39 39 Beverley Town Council 01482 87 40 96

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