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THE COMFORT ISSUE November & December

IT’S EMBERS!! Love it or hate it, the winter is in full swing and the festive season is upon us. Here at One&Other we have taken it upon ourselves to wrap up all snug, eat a heinous amount of food and revert to our childhoods, thus making this magazine a whole lot of fun. This issue, we have had the honour of meeting some amazing people. In a celebration of diversity, we have travelled the world, met people of all cultures and learned about their winter traditions, all on our very own doorstep. Back home, we met artist Emily Sutton, a children’s

illustrator making international waves. We have also spoken to authors about the joy of reading, played tabletop games, eaten all the comfort food under the sun and spoken to Nez Perce about the importance of leaving your bedroom. This issue is all about comfort: it has the intention of being read with your legs curled under your bum and a steaming cup of tea in hand. So please take a moment’s solace to enjoy what we have crafted. All our love and festive wishes, One&Other

Oneandother.com, One&Other Creative Facebook.com/oneandotheryork @Oneandother On the Cover: Ails McGee of According to McGee and !"#$%&'()'*%'+ %,"-%.$/%Whoops! 0)--%.$/%$#),#*1)2

Contributors Editor-in-Chief

Agency Manager

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Vicky Parry vicky@oneandother.com

Ben Bentley creative@oneandother.com

Charlotte Wright charlotte@oneandother.com

Community Manager

Graphic Design

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Aliz Tennant aliz@oneandother.com

Daniel Holmes design@oneandother.com

Miles Watts hello@oneandother.com

Writers

Photography

Illustration

Lucy Simpson, Jack Martindale, Isobelle Mallinson, Daniel Eggleston, Rachel Wicaksono

Ben Bentley at benbentleyphoto.co.uk York Theatre Royal, Simon Q

Cover illustration by Josh Deamer-Macaulay joshuamdm@gmail.com

Founding Members Stuart Goulden, Ambiente, Simon Newton, Stephen Parry, Richard Goulden, Mike Brudenell, Aesthetica Magazine, Heavy Elephant Ltd, According to McGee, Pyper York, Craig Stephenson, Colm O'Rourke, Chris Marsh, Ann Smith With Special Thanks to: Key Fund Yorkshire, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Ian Walker & Co, The Beautiful Meme, Faye Robertson, Adam Evans, Boss Model Management, Rural Creative, Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP, 345#6%7"'/8)'*%09-:);)%<'$#4,"2=%&#>?%@"46(#>?=%A;>B%C#/8)'*=%7"'/4)%<4:D;,,=%&4>"-$%E:'),=% St. Constantine and St. Helenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Russian Orthodox Parish, YUMI, York Liberal Jewish Community One&Other is published by: One&Other CIC, 3 Apollo Street, York, YO10 5AP, 01904 236161

CONTENTS

The Brief 4

Culturalist 20

News in Brief 04–05 Community in Brief 06 New Era, New Market 08 St. Nicholas Fair 09 Advent and Christmas at York Minster 12–13

For Art's Sake: Emily Sutton 24–27 What's in a Name: Polo 28–31 Nez Perce: Out of their Bedrooms 36–39 York Gift Guide 44–50 Comfort your Tastebuds 52–55

Cause

What's On

14 The Stigma of Language 14–15 Winter Wonders: Celebrating the Season 16–19

68 Calendar Nov/Dec 68–71 Music Listings 72–73 Comedy Listings 74 Exhibition Listings 77 ASFF 79

NEWS IN BRIEF The Life That Jack Built

Connecting Cities Launch

Jack Martindale survived a near-fatal accident with a hit and run driver on New Year’s Eve several years ago while in London. The accident left him in a three month long coma and requiring extensive reconstructive surgery. The talented young man has written about the event and more in his new book ‘The Life That Jack Built’ which is out now, with a launch event on 4 November.

A European and worldwide expanding network aiming to build up a connected infrastructure of media facades, urban screens and projection sites to circulate artistic and social content - will pursue an artistic research programme that combines workshops and conferences with the production of interactive artworks. The platforms will be established in opposition to the commercial use of these urban media.

YO1 Nominated for Three UK Festival Awards The third YO1 Festival was a hit with the fans and also the critics as the event has been nominated for three awards at the UK Festival Awards. The festival saw performances by Sub Focus and De La Soul and has been nominated for Best Small Festival, Best Toilets and the Grass Roots Festival Award. The organisers are set to attend the awards taking place on 1 December, where the winners will be announced. SLAP Receive Arts Council Funding The SLAP (Salacious Live Alternative !-:+':/4*>-2%$#5-%4:,)%#*#,#4,#5-%"4)%D--*%4(4:6-6% substantial funding by Arts Council England. This will allow the organisation to bring exciting new events to York for the remainder of 2014. The money will also help SLAP gain a higher 8:'.$-%4*6%4$$'(%,"-/%,'%(':?%,'(4:6)%D#11-:% 4*6%D-,,-:%8:'H->,)%4)%(-$$%4)%:-/4#*%4I':64D$-% and accessible for everyone. York Museums Trust Secures Future Funding York Museums Trust has secured funding of £945,000 from Arts Council England’s Museum Development Fund, which is part of the Arts Council England’s Renaissance funding programme. This will allow the Trust to provide advice and support to museums across Yorkshire and Humber until 2018. Since 2012, the Museum Yorkshire Development team has supported 96% of eligible museums in the region. Whoops! The Ale F':?%G:-(-:B%"45-%,-4/-6%;8%(#,"%.$/% production companies Heavy Elephant Ltd and MilesTone Films to create Whoops!, a delicious Guzzler ale for sale in 1331 Bar & Restaurant. Serial killer black comedy Whoops! has its York premiere on 13 November at Reel cinema, following its successful UK tour of Vue cinemas with the Raindance Film Festival. Tickets available from whoopsthemovie.co.uk

OUR FESTIVE PICKS

St. Nicholas Fair A fabulous pre-Christmas shopping experience running from 27 November to 21 December, with snug wooden huts along Parliament Street, stall holders dressed in Dickensian costume, and a huge array of gifts including jewellery and ceramics as well as seasonal food and drinks, plus herbs & oils and decorations for Christmas. Christmas 2014 and Beyond L'Atelier Natalia Willmott presents a selling exhibition of unusual, funky and unique gifts for the home and the individual. From 19 - 23 November at @',)('$6%J';)-=%C,#$$#*1K--,=%8'8%4$'*1% for a Christmas exhibition of fantastic .*6)=%+':%'8-*#*1%,#/-)%>"->?%L4,4$#4M)% website www.nataliawillmott.co.uk Festive Menu at Grays Court Christmas at Grays Court has been celebrated since 1092, and this festive season the boutique hotel lives up to ,"-%"#),':B%'+ %,"#)%/41*#.>-*,%D;#$6#*1N% 7"-#:%6-$->,4D$-%)-4)'*4$%/-*;%'I-:)% luxury dining, including Roasted Saddle of Venison, Turkey with Chestnut C,;O*1=%!#1)%#*%G$4*?-,)%4*6%',"-:% mouthwatering treats.

COMMUNITY IN BRIEF

Building A Future for York Theatre Royal

NELLI Launch Community Cinema

York Theatre Royal is an integral part of Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Community, with 2015 seeing incredible transformations to the building. Needing to raise money for a new entrance, improved auditorium and more seating, the theatre urges people to contribute. Whether from bake sales or sponsored walks, all money raised will assist in continuing to entertain and educate the city.

New Earswick's Folk Hall is marking the launch of York's latest Community Cinema with the performance of the popular Frozen, showing a sing-a-long version on 20 December. The matinee performance will begin at 2.00pm, with the evening showing at 7.30pm, tickets for both performances will go on sale from 17 November and are available from the Folk Hall.

Arts Barge Offer Art Therapy Bringing theatre, music and creative arts to York, the Arts Barge Project have now 5-*,;:-6%#*,'%'I-:#*1%P:,% Therapy. Used to help combat depression and anxiety, the programme is client-led, allowing people to work at their own pace in group or individual sessions. The ':14*#)4,#'*%"'8-%,'%'I-:% drama, music and dance & movement therapy in the future.

One&Other presents an intensive one day introduction to Digital !"#$%&'(&#)'*&+&,'-.!(*/' photography. This one day workshop will be run by internationally published One&Other photographer Ben Bentley. The workshop aims to develop an understanding of your 012&314)'&,56)73&')&88"#$)' and build a versatile understanding applicable to various photographic disciplines. Through a combination of jargon-busting theory

and practical test shoots in One&Otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s studio space, this workshop is perfect for all ages whether you have 97)8':67$;8'<673'=3)8'.!(*' or have been meaning to &,5%63&'8;&'>63%?':&<6#?' automatic settings. This is your opportunity to ask any of those questions that stand between you and the images you want to create. Due to the one on one nature of the guidance Ben aims to deliver, this workshop is limited to ten places. Lunch and Refreshments included.

To book your place, please contact: hello@oneandother.com or (01904) 236161

The Creative Chapel 3 Apollo Street Heslington Road, York, YO10 5AP 10 January 2015 9:30 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4:30pm

NEW ERA, NEW MARKET

Newly renamed Shambles Market opens Monday 10 November, returning to its home between Parliament Street and The Shambles. This ongoing project is a £1.6million refurbishment that is making improvements to the market. These include new canopies to #*>:-4)-%64B$#1",%$-5-$)=%D-,,-:%(-4,"-:8:''.*1% to keep shoppers out of the rain, new-look stalls and kiosks, feature uplighting and downlighting to canopies as well as small solar powered lights, K;)"%,'%,"-%1:';*6N%F':?%C,'*-%845#*1%(#$$%D-% 466-6%,'%,"-%K'':%4*6%,"-%/4:?-,%(#$$%"45-% extensive paving repairs, with the cobbled areas :-,4#*-6N%P$$%$#1",#*1%(#$$%D-%+:'/%-*-:1B%-O>#-*,%

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with smaller stalls as well as the regular ten foot stalls to maximise the use of space. There (#$$%D-%(#Q.%,":';1"';,%,"-%/4:?-,=%("#>"%(#$$% be open daily 9am – 5pm throughout the year except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Shambles Market will provide a friendly welcome for all, with a great range of fresh produce, crafts and day-to-day merchandise, regional produce with locally-sourced fruit, !"#"$%&'"()%*+),-."/()0'1()%)2%*$%($34)("'"4$3-*)-2 )+"'3) 45""("(6)2/"(5)7"%$)%*+)8(5)2/-7)$5")9-/:(53/")4-%($;) Shambles Market will have something for everyone, everyday.

ST. NICHOLAS FAIR CHRISTMAS 2014

City of York Council is delighted to announce that one of the UK’s favourite Christmas markets is extending from four days to over three weeks +':%,"-%.:),%,#/-%#*%#,)%RSQB-4:=%"#1"$B%);>>-))+;$% history. This year, shoppers can enjoy St. Nicholas Fair for fabulous pre-Christmas shopping for 25 days from Thursday 27 November to Sunday 21 December. Cllr Sonja Crisp, Cabinet Member for Leisure, Culture and Tourism, said: “St Nicholas Fair is .:/$B%-),4D$#)"-6%4)%,"-%/'),%8'8;$4:%)"'88#*1% event in York and last year we saw record footfall in the city centre in this period. T#,"%"#1"%U;4$#,B%@":#),/4)%/4:?-,)%'*%'I-:%+':% the month before Christmas, we have decided to extend the St. Nicholas Fair brand to that period so shoppers can enjoy an even better experience by having almost four weeks to visit, rather than just one long weekend.

The Fair is a major contributor to the city’s economy, to the city’s diverse retail and events 'I-:NV% As usual, snug wooden huts and pretty lights will line Parliament Street with a traditional carousel in St Sampson’s Square. Stall holders, dressed in 3#>?-*)#4*%>'),;/-=%(#$$%D-%'I-:#*1%4%";1-%4::4B% of gifts including jewellery, ceramics as well as seasonal food and drinks, plus herbs and oils and decorations for Christmas. The main markets will, as usual, be complemented by others taking place across the city including the daily Shambles Market, the Made in Yorkshire art and craft market at the Guildhall, the Medieval Market at Barley Hall and an Arts and Crafts market at St William’s College. St Nicholas Fair will be open daily from 9am until 6pm daily (8pm late night shopping Thursdays) and will run alongside daily Shambles Market in the city centre. www.visityork.org

CELEBRATING LIVING WAGE WEEK

Promotional City of York Council

Back in 2013, York took on the ambition to become a Living Wage City. To this end, the City of York Council, York CVS, Citizen’s Advice Bureau, Joseph Rowntree Foundation & Housing Trust and Aviva came together to form the Living Wage Coalition. The past year has seen York celebrated as the Living Wage city outside of London, working towards a healthier workforce. It’s seen globally recognised organisation Nestlé and community owned pub Golden Ball become Living Wage Employers, but the city still has a way to go.

stronger than the national and regional picture. This masks the growing problem of low pay in the city, an increasing trend toward part-time work and a widening income gap between the lower and higher paid residents, making York an ;*4I':64D$-%8$4>-%+':%)'/-N

Low pay is an important issue in York. Overall employment rates are high and the local economy

7"-:-%4:-%/4*B%D-*-.,)%,'%D->'/#*1%4%A#5#*1% Wage Employer, from a reduction in absences 4*6%),4I%,;:*4:';*6%,'%#*>:-4)-6%8:'6;>,#5#,BN% To celebrate Living Wage Week 2014, starting 3 November, local businesses and individuals are D-#*1%#*5#,-6%,'%.*6%';,%/':-%4D';,%D->'/#*1% a Living Wage employer and hear the stories of those who have made the journey.

2014 UK Living Wage Rate Annoucement 3 Nov 9:30-11am (Nestlé Insight and Learning Centre)

more about their commitment to becoming an anti-poverty employer.

For individuals, the Living Wage can make a huge 6#I-:-*>-N%E':%-/8$'B-:)=%#,%/4?-)%D;)#*-))%)-*)-N

Matt Stripe, Group HR Director, Nestlé UK & Ireland will talk about why paying the living wage was the right decision before Kersten England, Chief Executive of City of York Council talks about what it means for York.

Recent JRF research demonstrates the growing problem of low pay and in-work poverty in the UK. With JRF and JRFHT paying all employees the living wage and above, Claire Ainsley, Director '+ %@'//;*#>4,#'*)%4*6%WX,-:*4$%PI4#:)%(#$$%,4$?%

Living Wage for Small Businesses 6 Nov 5:30-8:30pm (Golden Ball Pub, Bishophill) For independent businesses and SMEs, City of York Council and Golden Ball Pub will be hosting 4*%-5-*#*1%+':%B';%,'%.*6%';,%4D';,%,"-%8:'>-))% of becoming a Living Wage accredited employer. Telling their stories, Peter Kilbane from the Golden Ball Pub, and CVS Nursey will talk about their journey. There will also be an opportunity

If you are a local organisation and would like to attend, contact emma.daniels@jrf.org.uk or call 01904 615909.

for businesses to air their concerns and issues with the accreditation, whilst having a member of the City of York Council on hand to answer questions. For those unable to attend the event at the Golden Ball Pub there will be the opportunity to join in the discussion as One&Other tweets live. Follow #yorklivingwage and tweet your questions, concerns and experiences on 6 November between 5:30-8:30pm.

ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS AT YORK MINSTER

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As the clocks go back and evenings become 64:?-:=%),4I%4,%'*-%#>'*#>%D;#$6#*1%4:-%/4?#*1% plans for their busiest time of the year – Advent and Christmas at York Minster.

on Monday 15 December. Taking place in the Z;#:-=%,"-%:-K->,#5-%/4),-:8#->-%[A4%L4,#5#,\% du Seigneur’ by Olivier Messiaen will resound through the cathedral, with music and prayers.

“Advent means so much more than simply opening a window on a calendar: it is a time '+ %D',"%:-K->,#'*%4*6%4*,#>#84,#'*%4)%(-%$''?% +':(4:6%,'%@":#),/4)=V%>'//-*,)%,"-%3-4*%'+ % York, the Very Reverend Vivienne Faull. “From ,"-%/'/-*,%,"-%.:),%>4*6$-%#)%$#,%'*%';:%P65-*,% Wreath, the Minster’s packed programme of concerts, activities and services launches as we 8:-84:-%+':%,"-%+-),#5-%)-4)'*NV

For those seeking a peaceful and thoughtprovoking service, Sankta Lucia: Festival of Light takes place on Wednesday 17 December. This traditional Swedish service is superbly atmospheric and ideal for all the family, with a candle-lit procession at its heart.

Magnificent Minster Music – Alongside the traditional Advent and Christmas services - which start with the Advent Procession on Sunday 30 November and continue right through until Candlemas on 2 February – York Minster hosts its most popular concerts of the year, including the two Christmas Carol Concerts (Friday 5 and C4,;:64B%Y%3->-/D-:2%4*6%4%)8->#4$%8-:+':/4*>-% of Handel’s Messiah taking place on Saturday 13 December. The Christmas Carol Concerts are one of the York Minster Fund’s largest fundraising events, with all proceeds helping to fund essential maintenance work at the cathedral, with the York Minster Choir accompanied by the organ and a lively brass band. Tickets are available, priced from £12 to £25. The music of Handel’s Messiah is sung to an extremely high standard by York Minster’s own choir, with guest soloists playing key roles in the story of Christ’s birth, and accompaniment from St William’s Camerata. Tickets for this event are also priced from £12 to £25. Stunning Spiritual Services – A new addition to the programme is an organ recital by York Minster’s own director of music, Robert Sharpe,

P)%(-%-*,-:%,"-%.*4$%(--?%'+ %P65-*,=%4*6%(#,"% 25 December just a few days away, the traditional services of Nine Lessons and Carols take place on Monday 22 December from 7.00pm, and again on Christmas Eve at 4.00pm. These annual celebrations of the birth of Christ feature the York Minster Choir and plenty of opportunities to join in hymns and carols. Also, not to be missed is the Christmas Eve Crib Service taking place at 12 noon. Children are invited to dress as any character from the nativity scene. Exciting Events – During Advent, a host of other family and community events take place, from arts workshops for children on Saturday 20 December, when younger visitors can enjoy festive fun in the Chapter House, creating a peg doll angel or Christmas Crown, to adult crafting workshops. On Saturday 6 December, the York Minster Broderers will host a Christmas Embroidery Workshop to make unique Christmas decorations, whilst on Saturday 13 December, the wonderful Christmas wreaths. 9-1)4%*)&--:)$34:"$()2-/)%'')-2 )9-/:)<3*($"/=()"!"*$()-*'3*") at yorkminster.org, by telephone on 01904 557208 or at $5")%+73((3-*()+"(:).3$53*)9-/:)<3*($"/)3$("'2;

Photography by Ben Bentley Words by Rachel Wicaksono & Aliz Tennant

>"*"8$)?*-1*@)A)2/-7)$5")B%$3*)&"*"2%4$176)7"%*3*#)#--+) deed, kind action. Language is a powerful tool, to inspire, relate and even stigmatise. Political lexicon now includes the use of the terms ‘shirkers’ and ‘scroungers’, and googling ‘strivers vs skivers’ brings up articles on the backlash against the use of these labels when #,%>4/-%,'%,"-%(-$+4:-%D-*-.,%D#$$%84))-6%$4),%B-4:N% So why aren’t we taking the time to stop reading the words in front of us, and start thinking about the meaning that they are communicating? Books published in the UK hardly used the phrase ['*%D-*-.,)]%;*,#$%4D';,%^_Y`N%G;,%#*%,"-%5-:B% late 1970s there was an exponential surge in the occurrence of the phrase, a surge that continues #*,'%,"-%8:-)-*,N%%T-%4:-%,4$?#*1%04*6%(:#,#*12% 4D';,%D-*-.,)%4%$',N%7"-:-%4:-%8:'1:4//-)%'*% 79%4D';,%8-'8$-%['*%D-*-.,)]=%4*6%8$-*,B%'+ % reaction to these programmes in print media and in the House of Commons. In order to be clear what we mean when we ;)-%,"-%(':6%[D-*-.,]N%7"-%aX+':6%W*1$#)"% Dictionary lists twelve possible uses, including this one: “That which a person is entitled to in the way of pecuniary assistance, medical or other attendance, pension, and the like, under the National Insurance Act of 1911 and similar );D)-U;-*,%P>,)NV 7"#)%6-.*#,#'*%:-/#*6)%;)%,"4,%4$$=%':%/'),%'+ % ;)=%4:-%-*,#,$-6%0DB%$4(2%,'%:->-#5-%D-*-.,)=%);>"% as free-at-the-point-of-use health care, a post-

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WINTER WONDERS: CELEBRATING THE SEASON

Image: Visiting Senior Rabbi, Aaron Goldstein

Photography by Ben Bentley Words by Aliz Tennant

For many of us, November marks the beginning of the festive season. Once the sparklers are 84>?-6%4(4B=%,"-%/;$$-6%(#*-%),4:,)%.$$#*1%';:% glasses and the decorations make their way down from the attic. But the winter months are a

magical time, celebrated by everyone in diverse and unique ways. We want to celebrate the cultures and communities that York hosts and the traditions that they bring to the city, and so we asked them how they celebrate the winter season.

York Liberal Jewish Community

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Jewish calendar begins in the Autumn with Rosh Hashannah, the Jewish New Year, swiftly followed by Yom Kippur (The Day of P,'*-/-*,2=%C;??',%04%"4:5-),%+-),#54$2%4*6% Simchat Torah (when we complete the annual :-46#*1%'+ %,"-%.5-%D''?)%'+ %i')-)%4*6%:-,;:*%,'% ,"-%D-1#**#*1%'+ %<-*-)#)2N%% Chanukah follows, this year on 16 December. It commemorates the victory of the Maccabees over King Antiochus the Great in 165BCE. Like many other mid-winter festivals, Chanukah

incorporates games, special foods and candles in the form of the nine branch candlestick known as a chanukiah. It celebrates the story of the sacred oil which burned in the Temple for eight days, even though there was only enough oil for one day. Potentially viewed by children as a poor exchange for Christmas, eight days' worth of Chanukah presents and fried doughnuts normally wins them '5-:NV% jewsinyork.org.uk

Image Below: Lhama Mart Cutting Image Right: Church Treasurer Ludmila Laycock & Warden Svetlana Noakes

Lhama Mart Cutting – member of York Unifying Multicultural Initiative

“In Mongolia, winter is long and hard, so our winter tradition celebrates its end! Tsaagan Sar means ‘white moon month’, the start of our traditional New Year, in late January or early February depending on the moon. In the run-up, we make hundreds of meat dumplings, prepare a special cake and then slaughter and cook a fattailed sheep: the tail goes on top of the cake.

Then when the day arrives, everyone puts on their best traditional dress, called a deel. You 5#)#,%B';:%'$6-:%:-$4,#5-)%'*%,"-%.:),%64B=%4*6% then your younger ones visit you on the second. F';%-X"4*1-%8:-)-*,)=%D;,%'*-%'+ %,"-%6#I-:-*>-)% to Britain at Christmas is that it’s okay to pass 4%8:-)-*,%B';]5-%:->-#5-6%'*%,'%)'/-'*-%-$)-NV% yumiyork.org

St. Constantine and St. Helen's Russian Orthodox Parish

“December traditions in the Russian Orthodox Church are concentrated around St. Nicholas’s Day and Christmas. St Nicholas’s Day honours St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, who was famous for his generosity towards the poor and children. On the night before, parents place small presents in children’s shoes or under their pillows, as though placed by St. Nicholas himself.

Christmas is the second biggest holiday after Easter, and is preceded by seven weeks of fasting. It has a deeply religious meaning; so many people attend a midnight service. Then Christmas is >-$-D:4,-6%+':%4%^RQ64B%8-:#'6%>4$$-6%j)5B4,?#V% 0"'$B%64B)2NV% russianorthodoxyork.org.uk/en

FIND YOURSELF IN A BOOK

Image of Matt Haig

Photography by Ben Bentley

Reading is perhaps life's greatest comfort. Whether you're nestling into your sofa on a cold winter evening or sitting in a sunny park, the long-form immersion of the book is the perfect 4*,#6',-%,'%,"-%)';*6D#,-)%4*6%K#/)B%4,,-*,#'*% spans we're all supposed to have in the internet 1-*-:4,#'*N%G''?)%4:-%';:%.:),%4*6%/'),%$4),#*1% exposure to the art, creativity and escapism '+ %),':#-)N%T-%,4$?-6%,'%,('%'+ %F':?M)%.*-),% 4;,"':)%,'%.*6%';,%("4,%,"-#:%-4:$#-),%4*6%/'),% comforting reads were and perhaps still are.

Enid Blyton’s ‘Noddy Goes to Market’ was the .:),%D''?%k%:-/-/D-:%D-#*1%:-46N%k%$'5-6%#,N%k,% was a total obsession. 7"-%.:),%D''?%k%:-/-/D-:%:-4$$B%>"'')#*1%+':% myself was The Outsiders by SE Hinton, at a $4,-:%41-N%iB%+45';:#,-%*'*Q.>,#'*%D''?%#)%g'"*% Gray’s Straw Dogs. Not a ‘comfort read’ as such, but a brilliant one that helped shape the way I think about our species.

Matt Haig's The Humans has sold over 100,000 copies and is described by Stephen Fry as "fantastically brilliant and funny."

P*',"-:%*'*Q.>,#'*%D''?%k%:-,;:*%,'%#)%@')/')% by Carl Sagan. The enthusiasm for physics and space is infectious and child-like, and he is brilliant on the possibility of alien life. It was the book that prompted me to write The Humans.

His most recent novel Echo Boy was recently shortlisted for $5")C%/*"#3")<"+%')2-/)9D)84$3-*)%*+)5%()&""*)-0$3-*"+) to become a major motion picture, as has his screenplay version of The Humans. Matt divides his time between 9-/:)%*+)B-*+-*;

I think your attitude and exposure to books as a child is very important. I was lucky in that my 84:-*,)%4:-%D',"%8:'$#.>%:-46-:)N%k%1:-(%;8%#*%4% house of books, so I would always end up taking them down from the shelves and having a read.

E%3(F)G3'+F%/+)3()2/-7)H-/$5)9-/:(53/";)G"/)8/($)*-!"'6) G1*$"/()3*)$5")I*-.6).5345)3()("$)3*)%*+)%/-1*+)9-/:6).-*) $5")I-7"/("$)<%1#5%7)%.%/+J).%()#3!"*)%)KL)M*+"/)NL=) honorarium at the USA National Book Awards; and is published by Vintage in paperback. By the side of my bed I have a six-volume edition of Marcel Proust’s novel and a growing selection of footballers’ autobiographies, a ten-volume edition of Samuel Pepys’ diary, a novel by Joanna Trollope about divorced vicars and a magazine I got free at the supermarket. It’s comforting, when the weather gets cold, to have something to return to. I never feel guilty about comfort reading but I do think about time spent. I recently moved back to York after eight years in London and amongst other things (the cost of living, the proximity ,'%,"-%>';*,:B)#6-=%7"-%T#$$'(2=%k%>4/-%"'/-% because I wanted more time to read and write. I work slowly. I try not to have any intractable rituals, because writing drags on laboriously enough - there’s no need to make it harder by inventing props.

My earliest memory of storytelling is of listening to audio-cassettes on a Fisher Price player after going to bed. Sometimes it was Shakespeare for Kids, sometimes it was Transformers. It isn’t usually possible to read aloud in the dark, because you need light to see words, and I think that the experience of hearing books in this way before I could read for myself was useful: because it was comforting; because it’s important, when writing, to think of how a written work will sound; and because it meant I paid attention. Things we do in the dark are completely absorbing - you don’t multi-task while you’re at the cinema or having )-X=%;*$-))%B';]:-%-)8->#4$$B%-O>#-*,N The best stories, I think, for adults or for children, bring familiar things and strange things together. T"-*%k%(4)%$#,,$-%,"-:-%(4)%4%.*-%$#*-=%':%*'%$#*-% 4,%4$$=%D-,(--*%.>,#'*%4*6%:-4$#,BN%iB%D''?%4D';,% Queen Elizabeth I, my book about the talking owl, my amoeba book, my Father Christmas book and my Viking God pop-out were all, as far as I was concerned, telling a truth.

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FOR ART'S SAKE: EMILY SUTTON

Photography by Ben Bentley Words by Miles Watts

Images of Orignal Illustrations by Emily Sutton

Childhood is an era that many of us turn to for comfort. We spend our lives trying to recreate some semblance of what once was, in the dim 4*6%6#),4*,%/#),%'+ %';:%/-/':#-)=%4)%#+ %.*6#*1% just the right smell or taste will complete an emotional jigsaw puzzle. Artist Emily Sutton has found herself revisiting childhood, though not necessarily for the purposes of nostalgia. “I’m inspired by picture books, which are primarily geared towards >"#$6:-*N%k%>'$$->,%'DH->,)%("#>"%4:-*],%)8->#.>4$$B% child related but I’ve found that toys and their 4-),"-,#>%488-4$)%,'%/-=%,"-%'5-:4$$%-I->,%>:-4,#*1% a nostalgic quality due to the colour palette, and ,"4,%+--6)%#*,'%/B%(':?NV T-%5#)#,%W/#$B%#*%"-:%/;)-;/Q$#?-%"';)-%.$$-6% with shelves groaning with toys, trinkets and ,',-/)%)"-%"4)%4>>;/;$4,-6N%j7"-%.:),%+-(%,"#*1)% k%1',%4)%4%,--*41-:%(-:-%),;I-6%4*#/4$)%k%/46-h% ,"-%.:),%,"#*1%k%1',%(4)%4%C,-#I%$#'*%4*6%,"4,])% ("-*%k%),4:,-6%8:'8-:$B%>'$$->,#*1%,"#*1)NV% Finding herself looking back to a time when visual, tactile things were valued and well designed, Emily realised that many of those items happened to be toys and picture books. “The lettering and the graphics are all appealing and -B-Q>4,>"#*1NV%7"#)%8-:"48)%-X8$4#*)%("B=%,'%64,-=% Emily does not work digitally but rather creates three-dimensional items and paintings that can be seen and perhaps smelled, harkening back to the completion of that ‘jigsaw’ of childhood. Emily’s has been “an odd and unplanned H';:*-BV%6-)8#,-%"-:%,#/-%4,%W6#*D;:1"%@'$$-1-% of Art. “I wish I’d enjoyed it more but a creative career is something you really have to push yourself into. I think you learn to enjoy the H';:*-B%D;,%,"4,%-4:$B%4*X#-,B%#)%4$(4B)%,"-:-NV

7"4,%6:#5-%"4)%$-6%W/#$B%#*,'%4%8:'$#.>%4*6% successful illustration career: from Amy de la Haye’s popular Clara Button books to Walker Books’ Tiny and a colouring book for the London Museum of Childhood, to a forthcoming Christmas book. Emily admits that the year after "-:%6-1:--%(4)%j4%D#,%'+ %4%(#$6-:*-))V%4)%)"-% worked in a café and gradually made connections ("#$-%/4?#*1%4%)-:#-)%'+ %>'$';:+;$%),;I-6%D#:6)% that were spotted by World of Interiors during a photo shoot of her and her partner, fellow artist Mark Hearld’s, house. “That was an unplanned D;,%4/4l#*1$B%$;>?B%'88':,;*#,B=V%)4B)%W/#$B=% recognising the journey life has planned for artists which often runs alongside the one they have planned for themselves. “I had some work at the E:B%<4$$-:B%#*%C4I:'*%T4$6-*%4*6%,"-%3#:->,':% of Publishing at the V&A saw some mixed media drawings I’d done and liked them. He happened to have a manuscript for a book – Clara Button – 4*6%,"4,%-*6-6%;8%D-#*1%/B%.:),%D#1%8:'H->,NV Emily’s upcoming exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park this November displays a mixture of the drawings, paintings, illustration, fabric – and birds – that Emily has been working on for the past few years. The exhibition is “on a big scale and something I’ve been planning for a ("#$-V%4*6%+-4,;:-)%>-:4/#>)=%)>4:5-)=%D41)%4*6% tea towels that Emily has designed specially. The exhibition echoes much of the things Emily takes comfort in: “Really simple things like reading a book, watching something nice on TV, )#,,#*1%DB%,"-%.:-=%1'#*1%+':%4%(4$?h%$'(%?-B=%U;#-,% ,"#*1)N%P*6%>'$';:N%A',)%'+ %>'$';:NV O73'F)I1$$-*=()(-'-)"P53&3$3-*)&"#3*()-*)QL)H-!"7&"/)%*+) $%:"()-!"/)$5")9IR)C"*$/")$5/-1#5-1$).3*$"/)STQU;) For more details visit ysp.co.uk

WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S IN A NAME: POLO

Photography by Ben Bentley Words by Miles Watts

GirlsOnDrugs is a name that has, for want of a better phrase, stormed up the charts in the last couple of years. Music Producer Luke Lount and singer Kat McHugh formed a strong alliance in 2013 to create a mix of dreamy chords, otherworldly vocals and strong beats. Rapidly garnering features in music blogs, top magazines, radio shows and festivals, GirlsOnDrugs became a strong name in new music. But what’s in a name? “We thought long and hard about whether it was (#)-%,'%)4>:#.>-%,"-%*4/-=V%)4B)%A;?-=%jD;,%#*%,"-% -*6=%(-%6->#6-6%("4,%#)%84),%#)%8:'$'1;-NV%P*6%)'% GirlsOnDrugs have become Polo.

with Polo: it’s a fresh, simple, bold brand name, a ),4,-/-*,%'+ %';:%*-(%6#:->,#'*NV Since April, Polo’s rise, name change aside, has been impressively consistent. Rather than play -5-:B%)#*1$-%1#1%,"-B%(-:-%'I-:-6=%,"-%6;'%>"')-% ,'%8#>?%)-$->,#5-$BN%jF';%"45-%4%>"'#>-%4)%4%D4*6=V% says Kat, “and we chose to be very selective and only choose gigs we wanted the name to be 4))'>#4,-6%(#,"NV Thanks to this approach, Polo have “never done a D46%1#1V%)4B)%A;?-N%jT-]6%:4,"-:%8$4B%4%>4:-+;$$B% chosen, busy gig than just pick anything and risk 4*%-/8,B%:''/NV

Kat was adamant about the name change, having originally guested on several of Luke’s tracks. j7"-%D:4*6#*1%#)%),:'*1-:=V%)4B)%m4,%'+ %,"-%*-(% name. “It has more unity for me and Luke as a D4*6=%:4,"-:%,"4*%"45#*1%,'%.-$6%U;-),#'*)%4D';,% /-%D-#*1%4%1#:$%4*6%4)?-6%#+ %k]/%'*%6:;1)NV

jk*%-I->,=%(-]5-%>;,%';,%';:%[1:'(#*1%;8%#*% 8;D$#>]%8"4)-=V%466)%m4,N%j!'$'%),4:,-6%#*%P8:#$=% ,"4,])%,"-%(4B%(-%)--%#,NV%3-)8#,-%);>"%4%/-,-':#>% rise, the duo still have to pay the bills, so while Luke works a retail job, Kat is in the middle of her Law degree, in case they needed to be brought down to earth at any point. They also busk regularly on the streets of York and Leeds.

“When people see the name Polo and what we’ve achieved this year, they’re welcome to root around and see what we did as GirlsOnDrugs but they can also join us anew. We’ve wiped the slate clean

9-1)4%*):""0)10).3$5)R-'-=()2-/$54-73*#)#3#()%*+)'3($"*)$-) their music at www.polomusic.co.uk

HER OWN WORDS: KATIE LOU MCCABE

Photography by Ben Bentley Words by Katie Lou McCabe

If you can hear magic in my music you can thank Botton for it. Botton Steiner School and the Moors were home to me when I was younger and I spent a lot of my childhood in Botton, being entranced and inspired by all the ancient myths 4*6%4$$%,"-%6#I-:-*,%+':/)%'+ %4:,%,"4,%);::';*6-6% me. Although it could also have something to do with my father being a Druid. Thanks to him, I have grown up around >4/8.:-)%(#,"%D4:6)%)#*1#*1%),':#-)%,'%/-%+:'/% a very young age. Both Steiner and Druid philosophies embrace the earth as our mother and recognise the power of individual creativity and imagination. And I think you can hear this in my music. In Steiner schools you are praised for originality and your art is never measured against a number or a letter. It is important and beautiful because it is an expression of your soul. This attitude towards art – art being for art’s sake and not for any other purpose is the seed my music and sensory performances have grown from. And I am still being nourished by my teachers to this day. This is why my sensory performance this December is raising money for York and Botton Steiner Schools, as they get no government funding. Botton Village, as well as the school, is under great threat at the moment and I want to do everything in my power to help protect the magical environment I was lucky enough to grow up in. 7"-%8-:+':/4*>-%#)%>4$$-6%[C,4:.)"#*1]%4*6%#,%(#$$% take place at York Steiner School in the eurythmy room on 20 of December. If you would like to buy tickets, see my website for details.

iB%+':,">'/#*1%W!%#)%:-4$$B%6#I-:-*,%,'%4*B,"#*1% I’ve done before. Despite my having written the songs, thanks to my band they are now something else completely. My new musical company consists of Paul Fothergill, Jared Thorpe & Dominic Reynoldson. One reason for the amount of diversity is my managing to acquire a Doctor of Toy Keyboards. Paul Fothergill is like a really eloquent, contemplative, crazy scientist. He plays synth, bass and children’s keyboards that he has bent the circuits of. When he’s playing bass things can often get funky, (especially if Jared has anything to do (#,"%#,2N%T"-*%"-%8$4B)%)B*,"%4*6%3'/%1-,)% involved we can go trip hop; when he plays with his keyboards, ‘trippy’ really is the only word to describe it. Thanks to Jared and Dom my music is now rich textures, dynamics and has become noticeably more aggressive. I am quite happy having no idea what will happen next. Music and nature are my greatest comforts. You can make music wherever you are whenever you want. You don’t need to be sad when it’s raining if you can sing along to the rain. We live in a world full of musical opportunities wherever we go. If you’re ever alone or afraid, you can always count on nature and music to be there for you, no matter what’s happened. Go sing along to a river tomorrow and you’ll see what I mean. I have been welcomed into York’s music scene and feel very at home here. It’s like one big family ("-:-%-5-:B'*-%H;),%(4*,)%-4>"%',"-:%,'%K';:#)"N% I’m very proud to be a part of it. www.katieloumccabe.com www.actionforbotton.org

NEZ PERCE OUT OF THEIR BEDROOMS

Photography by Ben Bentley Words by Miles Watts

Bedroom geniuses are a dime a dozen in the internet age. Some of them manage a career from it, others would prefer to hide away and make modest waves from the comfort of their homes. Nez Perce - named for the only indigenous tribe '+ %F-$$'(),'*-%L4,#'*4$%!4:?%Q%4:-%#*K;-*>-6% by beat-based music, starting out as a disparate bunch of bedroom beat-makers “inspired by the LA scene: Brainfeeder Records and those kind of 1;B)=V%)4B)%:#*1$-46-:%<45%G;:?-N Nez Perce comprises Gav and four more geniuses ("'%"45-%:->-*,$B%-/-:1-6%+:'/%,"-%>'*.*-)% of bedroom modesty and thrust themselves into the public eye. “We wanted to get a community together where people can join in and get a /'5-/-*,%1'#*1=%:-4$$B%-X8')-%';:%/;)#>=V%)4B)% DJ Lee Bowden. “Gav’s the one who coaxed us out of our rooms.

F':?])%D--*%/#))#*1%4%*#1",%$#?-%,"#)%4*6%(-%.*4$$B% decided to sort it out and stop waiting for it to "488-*NV Running a night on the last Wednesday of every month at Sotanos, Nez Perce play their beat music live, electronic performances not necessarily associated with the previous York music scene. n7:B#*1%#,%';,%$#5-%#)%6#I-:-*,=n%)4B)%<45N%nF';% learn so much about your own music by the way it’s reacted to: it's been a great learning curve for the production side of things. And sometimes, you know, people even turn up." "We played YO1 and there was no audience apart from me and Gav," says Matt Bradley, "so we decided to do it again and try to tempt an audience in this time. We found an amazing producer, Jake Brown, aka Handbook, with a massive following in America but who randomly

lives in York, and another American guy who's a teacher based in York. More people than you'd think are doing this. They're all massive on the internet but had no real place to play. Getting us all together has created a movement and a hub." With a necessarily collaborative work ethic, each member of Nez Perce (Sandy Martin, aka Eskymo; Luke McAllister, aka Ile Flottant and G-*%!'8-$%:';*6%';,%,"-%1:';82%8$4B)%6#I-:-*,% styles but found they required a community to bounce ideas around. "Everyone respects the music because the base level processes are the )4/-=%-5-*%,"';1"%(-%4$$%"45-%6#I-:-*,%)4/8$#*1% techniques. It's a kind of ‘Digital Jazz’ when we play, that expands when people just turn up to ,"-%1#1)%4*6%:-4>,%#*%6#I-:-*,%(4B)N%T-%"45-% Northern Soulers, Mods, guys in suits, drunk people, all kinds. We get a lot of watchers: the music technology is still new for many people, so when they see you creating the music live, they love it," says Gav.

"People aren’t used to electronic live music performed in venues. It’s a fun night out and the sets can last for up to half an hour or an hour, generally playing from 10pm-3am. Sometimes a few people are left by the end, sometimes it's just us. The main thing is that we enjoy ourselves." As they have started to gain more interest and bookings due to this free event, Nez Perce have kept an open mind so that interested parties can chat about the music and even join in with the performance. "As happened with us, we want to encourage music makers out of their bedrooms." The group are also seeking a visual designer to add a new dimension and are looking forward to playing YO1 next year with a possible tour. The last word goes to Gav: "This is a version of an open mic night where you can smash beats!" facebook.com/nezperceyork

ADULTS AT PLAY: TABLETOP GAMING

Photography by Ben Bentley Words by Miles Watts

Thirty years ago, the battle cries of wizards and goblins began to echo throughout the lunch halls of UK schools by way of Dungeons & Dragons and the Fighting Fantasy books. Back then, such pastimes were 4*%#*>:-6#D$B%*#>"-%4I4#:=% relegated – in the public eye at least – to the domain of the socially awkward. Now that the geeks have grown up and control the world of pop culture, this kind of gaming has experienced a boom, with formerly esoteric games now unarguably mainstream: you can buy them

down your local Waterstones alongside Monopoly and Cluedo. Tabletop gaming – of which roleplaying games like D&D :-/4#*%4%.1;:-"-46%o%"4)% evolved and expanded in the years since those clandestine lunch hall meetings, to include everything from the decidedly down-to-earth Settlers of Catan, in which players trade materials to build and expand towns, to Joss Whedon’s colourful V3/",F game, which lays out ‘The ‘Verse’ for players to explore the far reaches of space.

The central games of One&Other’s recent Tabletop Gaming Day comprised the aforementioned)V3/",F and a few other entry-level games, just in case our attendees were unfamiliar with the intricacies of tabletop. We needn’t have worried. Gamer Mike East brought Dungeons & Dragons, .*6#*1%"#)%,4D$-%:48#6$B%.$$-6%(#,"%?--*%8$4B-:)N% Using a wipe-clean map where sections of .>,#'*4$%$4*6%4:-%.$$-6%#*%4)%,"-%14/-%8:'1:-))-)=% Mike guided his gamers through forests, caves and over mountains as they fought foes, cast spells and loudly enjoyed themselves. “I was introduced to D&D by a friend and now 8$4B%#,%4,%"'/-%(#,"%/B%1#:$+:#-*6%4*6%>"#$6:-*=V% says Mike. “I was given a copy of the game Hero Quest as a child and my brother and I played it +':%B-4:)NV%i'5#*1%1:46;4$$B%'*,'%/':-%>'/8$-X% games, Mike and his team think the resurgence of this kind of gaming owes something to the comfort of escaping into a world of unreal things that often feel more real than life.

“Predominantly, the story and characters are the :-4)'*%k%-*H'B%,"-)-%14/-)=V%)4B)%D&D-er Tomas Cummings. “When I was a kid, my neighbour had a cheap Star Wars board game that initially 6:-(%/-%#*,'%14/#*1NV k*6--6=%,"-%(':$6%'+ %.$/%4*6%1-*:-%TV has attracted many new gamers to the fold, particularly with games like V3/",F, based on the short-lived but rabidly popular space western. In ,"-%D'4:6%14/-=%8$4B-:)%KB%,"-#:%)"#8)%,":';1"% deep space, picking up jobs in an attempt to survive and ultimately win. It is this immersion into a TV series that has given potential nongamers a window of interest on this world of spaceships, tokens, boards and wizards. Part comforting escapism, part nostalgia for gaming days of yore, Tabletop is certainly unashamed fun for adults – and children, if their parents decide to give them a look-in – and a paean to the unalloyed delights of shirking all :-)8'*)#D#$#,B%#*%,"-%:-4$%(':$6%4*6%8'88#*1%'I%,'% )45-%4%.>,#'*4$%;*#5-:)-%'5-:%>'I--%4*6%>4?-N

Tabletop players at One&Other's gaming day

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1. Cowboy Teepee, Blossom & Walker £75 2. Jamm Scooter, Bubbles £60 3. Blade & Rose - Ladybird Leggings, Expecting £9.99 4. Mr Owl - Powell Craft, Expecting £9.99 5. Hape - Drum, Bubbles £15 6. Enchanted Forest Blanket - Powell Craft, Expecting £27.99 7. Rainbow Mocc Ons, Expecting £9.99

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COMFORT YOUR TASTEBUDS

Photography by Ben Bentley Words by Aliz Tennant

As the evenings shorten and the light dims, the streets embrace candlelight. g';:*-B#*1%#*)#6-=%,"-%.:-% becomes the centre for your own nighttime haven. But perhaps most comforting of all are the tastes we yearn for as the winter months draw in: tastes of indulgence, pleasure and satisfaction. York’s own 'I-:#*1)%4:-%);:-%,'%/--,%,"-% cravings and put them to bed before the lights go out. For the sweeter indulgences – Spring Espresso Those in need of a sweet treat can delve into the cake cabinet at Spring Espresso. All homemade, their famous apple pecan bourbon cake encapsulates autumn, whilst their gluten free lemon polenta

cake provides a lighter touch. For a morning alternative to the croissant, sink your teeth into their Le Bostock, and 6'*],%+':1-,%,"-%>'I--N%7"-B% haven’t won all those awards for nothing. Fighting the winter chills – Shambles Kitchen Providing nourishment against the winter blues with a steaming pot of soup, Shambles Kitchen is the lunchtime hot spot. Fragrant combinations of Malaysian @4;$#K'(-:=%4*6%7"4#%<:--*% Broccoli and Edamame keep you going, whilst their infamous pulled pork, served lavishly on a sourdough bun, transports you to German Christmas markets.

The comforts of a home away from home Bistro Guy Reminiscent of Gran’s Sunday roast, Bistro Guy’s lunchtime roast dinner menu, served from midday until 3pm invites the whole family. Kids under six get to eat free and the family dog can join you in the garden. Passionate in using and supporting local suppliers and fresh ingredients, you’ll have the comforts of home on a restaurant plate. Indulging from your kitchen Café No 8 Sometimes you crave the dining out experience from home. Café No 8’s home service brings restaurant food into your own kitchen. On the table in thirty minutes and taking the stress out of >''?#*1=%:;),$-%;8%D4?-6%4:,#>"'?-)%),;I-6%(#,"% leeks, goats cheese and pine nuts or slow cooked pork belly and crispy pig cheek with cider sauce for your evening. The weekend stock-up Tarts and Titbits With an ethos of fresh food in small batches, Tarts and Titbits’ generously stocked delicatessen provides you with all you need to stock up on local delights. Baking their own bread and cakes and cooking their own meats, you’ll be treated to home-made scotch eggs, tarts and fresh salads full '+ %K45';:%,'%-4,%'*%,"-%1'%':%,4?-%"'/-%+':%$4,-:N% Dining in luxury Whippet Inn For evenings by candlelight, Whippet Inn’s Yorkshire beef is the perfect accompaniment.

aI-:#*1%,(-*,BQ-#1",%':%+':,B%64B%41-6%D--+=%,"-% Steak and Alehouse also matches their gins and ales to their menu of seasonal regionally sourced produce. Lazy morning brunch Perky Peacock The sun may rise later in the day as winter draws in, but Perky Peacock’s brunch menu is served ;*,#$%S8/N%g'#*-6%DB%4%>'/+':,#*1%/;1%'+ %K4,% white to get the day going, and your choice of sweet treat from locally produced baked goods, you’re set to take on the world. Make sure to try the homemade nobhobs. Indoor picnics and party indulgences Henshelwoods Deli With a need for pure indulgence and easy party dining there’s nothing more perfect than a pâté. Henshelwood Deli’s selection of homemade pâtés including crab, salmon, mackerel, potted beef, chicken liver and three vegetarian lentil K45';:)=%("#>"%(':?%D:#$$#4*,$B%4)%6#8)=%)8'#$)%B';% for choice. Simply spread on toast or crumpets, or garnish with fresh herbs for party canapés and brushcetta with friends. A winter holiday Bison Coffee House Sitting in Bison is not dissimilar to hiding away in a châteaux on the slopes of the Alps. Drink from their Swedish enamel wear mug and surround yourself with their toasted bagels, melt-in your mouth brownies and their new homemade cinnamon cream cheese Danish swirls and you’ll need no convincing in believing you’re far away from home.

ON THE BEATEN TRACK: GILLYGATE

Photography by Ben Bentley Words by Miles Watts

]3''F#%$")3()-*")-2 )9-/:=()7-($)2%7-1()%*+)&1(3"($)($/""$(6) nevertheless often overlooked for some of the more high 0/-8'")(5-003*#)$5-/-1#52%/"(;)B-4%$"+)3*)$5")43$F)4"*$/"6) though ever so slightly tucked away at the bottom of Bootham - and thus lacking the natural footfall of Coney Street and Davygate - Gillygate is in fact a swarming haven of independent businesses that has evolved and endured for decades. Snowhome sources and designs products that are unique and full of character. Carefully choosing smaller manufacturers and emerging designers the shop is brimming with contemporary products for the trickiest of people to buy for, from the humorous to the practical minded. The Perky Peacock - twin venue to the Lendal Bridge cafe of the same name - are stocking >'I--%:-$4,-6%:-,4#$%#,-/)%);>"%4)%4-:'84;)-)=% cups, mini milk bottles and other little items );#,4D$-%+':%@":#),/4)%),'>?#*1%.$$-:)N%F';%>4*% D:'()-%("#$-%-*H'B#*1%,"-#:%;*:#54$$-6%>'I--%4*6% food. ‘Get sick, get well, hang around’ The Inkwell, a cosy and friendly pop culture cavern of books, vinyl, record players, old maps and everything to >'5-:%6->46-)%'+ %/;)#>%4*6%.$/%"#),':BN%F';%/4B% end up chatting to the proprietor Paul a lot longer than you expect, and leaving with gems you never -X8->,-6%,'%.*6N As you may expect from the name, Tarts & Titbits deal in the most delicious cakes, drinks and fresh produce from roast back bacon and grilled salmon to Bhaji Burgers and other amazing eats. Gillygate Framing specialise in stunning bespoke frames made from wood and metal. They also have a workshop on the premises, where it’s possible to become mesmerised watching true craftspeople at work as they frame your most beloved paintings and photographs.

Bubbles have a superb range of interesting and traditional toys from classic wooden castles and soft toys, knights from Schleich and Papo, puppets, games, books, fancy dress and children's )"'-)%4)%(-$$%4)%)/4$$-:%.:/)%,"4,%)8->#4$#)-%#*% exclusive products. Expecting is a shop dealing in everything for the mother and father-to-be: maternity clothes that look and feel stylish; gorgeous baby clothes and gifts to indulge the new little boy or girl who has come into your life. They also sell a good range of maternity bras, nursing bras and underwear and 'I-:%4*%-X8-:,%#*),':-%.,,#*1%)-:5#>-N Dog and Bone Vintage is a cornucopia of specially collected clothing from the best of contemporary and modern fashion, as well as furniture and retro items from several decades. Café No 8 creates culinary treats you will 1-*;#*-$B%*',%.*6%4*B("-:-%-$)-%#*%F':?=%#*%,"#)% intimate, friendly cafe that is always enjoyable and always special. Bistro Guy is one of the secret hidden treasures of York; a relaxed, child and dog-friendly cafe where you can feel welcome calling in for a >'I--=%4%+:#-*6$B%+4>-%4*6%U;4$#,B%"'/-Q>''?-6% Yorkshire food in tranquil surroundings. Look What Mums Made is a treasure trove of dainty gifts, frames, trinkets, pretty housewares, plants, pots, signs and a perfect place to browse for those elusive Christmas gifts. On 11 December between 5-8pm, Gillygate shops will come alive with beautiful sounds and talent from Access To Music students. Shops all the way down Gillygate will have their own D-)8'?-%1#1)%,'%D-%84:,%'+ %("#$-%,"-B%.*#)"%,"-#:% Christmas shopping. Keep your receipts to get a free glass of mulled wine at the Gillygate Pub!

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Calendar November 2014 8. Fireworks

13. Whoops! Premiere

(Rawcliffe Park)

(Reel Cinema)

Hyena Lounge

Dr Sketchy’s

(The Duchess)

(City Screen)

1. Hallowscream

5. Stones in his Pockets

9. Slaves

14. Lee Mack

(York Maze)

(Grand Opera House)

(Fibbers)

(York Barbican)

Charity Ball

Fireworks Spectacular

Blueflies

INSPADES

(Royal York Hotel)

(York Maze)

(Fulford Arms)

(Fibbers)

2. Haken

(The Duchess)

6. Assembling Polite Society (Fairfax House)

York Does Vintage

Luke Pickett

(MAH)

(The Duchess)

3. Louis Maholo

7. Northside

(University of York)

(The Duchess)

Michael McIntyre

Lost Trends

(Grand Opera House)

(Fibbers)

10. Takeover Festival (York Theatre Royal)

E':%.5-%64B)=%>'*,:'$%'+ %,"-%,"-4,:-%#)%"4*6-6% over to under-26ers, who will learn every aspect of dance, music and running a theatre. 11. Marika Hackman

15. Wine Course

(The Duchess)

(Middlethorpe Grove)

Medieval Lecture

Monumental Tour

(University of York)

(Castle Howard)

4. Ruby Tuesday’s Open Mic (Sotano)

12. Bellowhead

16. Breakfast Club

Get ready for a bohemian night of music, noise and booze in the glorious womb of a candlelit cellar.

(York Barbican)

(Treasurer’s House)

Mack and Mabel

Komedia

(Joseph Rowntree Theatre)

(City Screen)

17. Hyena Lounge: Andrew O’Neill (The Duchess)

The 'occult comedian' brings his comedy, transvesticism, amateur occult skills and general )"'(#*1%'I%,'%F':?M)%>'/-6B%*#1",N

19. Frank Skinner

27. Jesse Malin +

(Grand Opera House)

(St. Nicholas Fayre)

L’Atelier Christmas

Mr Puntila

(Cotswold House)

(York Theatre Royal)

20. Wozzon

28. Festive Market

(City Screen)

(Fibbers)

Beyond the Barricade

Hidden in Plain View

(Grand Opera House)

(Fibbers)

21. Nizlopi

29. Stars and Angels

(The Duchess)

(York Castle Museum)

Roman themed Buffet

Hyena Lounge

(Yorkshire Museum)

(The Duchess)

22. Fused Snowflake

30. Komedia

(Castle Museum) Hope and Social

(Fibbers)

(City Screen) York Does Vintage

(MAH)

23. Kids in the Kitchen

(Castle Museum) Boy Band Tribute

(York Racecourse) 24. Jasper Carrot’s

(Grand Opera House) Charlotte Carpenter

(City Screen) 25. Focus

(The Duchess) She Stoops To Conquer

(York Theatre Royal) 18. York Business Conference (City Screen)

A major event for the business calendar, this is a chance for businesses of all sizes to come together to discuss rebuilding the Northern economy.

26. Nez Perce

(Sotano) Christmas Twilight Tour

(Fairfax House)

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Calendar December 2014

1. York Cocoa House

8. Stones in his Pockets

(York Cocoa House)

(Grand Opera House)

Christmas Party Night

Fireworks Spectacular

(York Racecourse)

(York Maze)

2. Indian Cuisine

(York Cookery School)

9. Assembling Polite Society (Fairfax House)

The Five Seasons

Luke Pickett

(According to McGee)

(The Duchess)

3. Interfaith Discussion

10. Northside

(Priory Street Centre)

(The Duchess)

Centiment

Lost Trends

(Fibbers)

12. Open Mic Night (The Nook)

Every Friday, you can chill out with a cocktail and listen to some awesome live music. Food is also served until 9pm if you fancy a pre-music bite. 13. Darklands

4. There is Music Night

(Wilberforce House)

(Fulford Arms)

Dr Sketchyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anti- Art School (The Basement)

Macaroons Workshop

5. David Maclean

14. Father Christmas

(York Cookery School)

(The Yorkshire Terrier)

(Castle Howard)

Pelico

Community Carols

(The Basement)

(York Barbican)

6. Christmas Fair

15. Organ Recital

(York Minster)

(Clements Hall)

The Burning Duck

Small Business

(The Black Swan)

(Duncombe Place) 7. Father Christmas

(York Castle Museum) Christmas Festival

(City wide)

11. Home Alone, Film Night (York Musuem)

16. Wozzon

The perennial 1990 classic family movie is )>:--*-6%(#,"%4%)8->#4$%@":#),/4)%D;I-,N%g'#*%#*% Kevin McAlistair's mischievous adventures.

Christmas Cupcakes

(The Basement) (York Cookery School)

17. Carols by Candlelight

22. Goose Chase

26. Boxing Day

31. New Years Parties

(Bettys)

(Friargate Thearte)

(Fountains Abbey)

(York Racecourse)

Rat Pack: Live From Last Vegas (York Barbican)

Nine Lessons and Carols

Cinderella

Hyena Lounge

(York Minster Museum)

(Grand Opera House)

(The Duchess)

18. Stipe

23. Toy Maker

(The Duchess)

(York Castle Museum)

Book Signing with Jan Hunter (Castle Howard)

York Castle Prison

19. City Cycle Tour

24. Christmas Eve

(City wide)

(York Minster)

Carols by Candlelight

A Christmas Carol

(York Minster)

(York Castle Museum)

27. A Christmas Carol (Guildhall)

7"-%E$4*414*%@'$$->,#5-%'I-:%B';%4%8:-/#;/% quality Dickens production alongside a festive, two course sharing feast. 28. Expressions Vintage (Gillygate)

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Keeping of Christmas

(Fairfax House) 20. Hyena Lounge Comedy Club (The Duchess)

29. Puss in Boots

A collection of the most promising up and coming and established comedians gather together to make you laugh, Always unmissable.

Winter Wonderland

(De Grey Rooms) (Designer Outlet)

21. The Blue Dawns

25. Christmas Day

30. Craig Charles

(Fibbers)

(York Minster)

(The Duchess)

Christmas Gingerbread

Early Year Explorers

Chocolate Party

(York Castle Museum)

(York Cocoa House)

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Music Listings

York Early Music Festival (NCEM) 05 - 14 Dec

Sweet Baboo & Pictish Trail (Basement) 10 Dec

The 2014 Christmas Festival programme is now on sale. Guest artists include La Serenissima directed by violinist Adrian Chandler with soprano Mhairi Lawson presenting a programme of Vivaldi called 'The Red Priest; Theatre of the Ayre' with lutenist Elizabeth Kenny and virtuoso recorder player Pamela Thorby; Joglaresa directed by Belinda Sykes and so much more.

Two sonic stallions from the Moshi Moshi stable canter around the counties, for a seasonal co-headline tour. Lyrical singer-songshapers, Stephen Black, and Johnny Lynch reunite for a fortnight of song-swapping, thigh-slapping and local-ale gargling; expect folk-tinged winter "B/*)=%$'Q.%4;6#'%(#l4:6:B%4*6%)(--,%-11*'1% kisses under the casio.

Cloud Atlas, Winter In Eden (Fibbers) 13 Dec

Electrostatic (The Basement) 18 Dec

'Progressive rock’ evolves into sweeping soundscapes, sometimes dark but always intriguing and full to bursting with melody and atmosphere. Supported here by the wonderful Winter In Eden, symphonic metallers from the NE releasing their third full-length album ‘Court Of Conscience’, the follow-up to critically acclaimed ‘Echoes Of Betrayal’ in 2012.

York’s hugely respected Nez Perce Collective - a community of beat-makers, producers and DJs playing beat, hip hop, electronic and future roots present a night of eclectic live performances from F':?])%.*-),%-$->,:'%8#'*--:)N%JAKOBY’s Nez Perce stablemate Basilica Hands ties it all together, +;$.$$#*1%3g%6;,#-)%D-,(--*%,"-%4>,)%,":';1"';,% the night.

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Luke Saxton (The Woolpack) 24 Nov

Steve Gunn (Fulford Arms) 9 Nov

Luke Saxton is the latest addition to Bad Paintingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; increasingly impressive lineup of musical talent. Playing music since he was seven Q%4*6%#*%"#)%.:),%D4*6%4,%,-*%Q%A;?-%#)%),#$$%'*$B%4,% the tender age of nineteen. Luke Saxtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debut album with Bad Paintings, Sunny Sadness, is released on 24 November, when you can see Luke play at The Woolpack.

An evening of full band music with a headline show from former Violator Steve Gunn, currently in the UK touring with The War On Drugs, playing songs from his stunning new record Way Out Weather. Gunn is an American, BrookylnD4)-6%)#*1-:Q)'*1(:#,-:%("')-%#*K;-*>-)%#*>$;6-% Indian music, John Fahey, Jack Rose, Robbie Basho and Sandy Bull.

Comedy Listings

Burning Duck (The Black Swan) 18 Nov

Lee Mack (York Barbican) 13 Nov

Frisky and Mannash (The Duchess) 20 Nov

The multi-award winning star of "Not Going Out" and "Would I Lie To You?", the inimitable Lee Mack is going back on the road with his .:),%$#5-%,';:%#*%+';:%B-4:)N%F';%>4*%-X8->,%"#)% trademark brand of high energy banter, well-crafted gags and sharp one-liners in unarguably one of the most hotly anticipated shows of the year.

Frisky and Mannash are back with a brand new hour. Now all grown up (just like Miley Cyrus and g;),#*%G#-D-:2=%,"-#:%D4:-$BQ>'*)>#';)%:->';8$#*1% marks the beginning of a new pop-comedymashup-infotainment era. Frisky and Mannash have been everywhere, from the Edinburgh Fringe to the West End and on the BBC. Includes Sir Dickie Benson.

York’s newest alternative comedy night returns with another funny explosion of sketch, character, musical and mind-blowing hilarity! This month MC Sir Dickie Benson presents Kiri Pritchard McLean, Al Greaves and our headliners, 2014 Edinburgh Fringe Festival Best Newcomer Nominees, Gein’s Family Gift Shop. “A blistering 6-D;,NNN%,(#),-6=%);::-4$%";/';:V%07"-%i-,:'2N

Tom Toal + (The Basement) 23 Nov Komedia’s multi award-winning Krater Comedy Club has taken up residence at The Basement below City Screen Picturehouse with a new weekly show that will bring the best in UK live stand-up comedy to Yorkshire’s capital city. Krater Comedy Club will be bringing the current crop of the best UK stand-up comics to York every Sunday.

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TAKEOVER FESTIVAL 2014 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 15th November York Theatre Royal hands the reins to under 26 yearolds, taking on every aspect of running the theatre. The result is the exciting TakeOver Festival, including award winning theatre from House, comedy from Noel James, contemporary dance from Phoenix Dance Theatre, plus much more. For further information: 01904 623568 or www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk

Takeover Festival

Theatre Listings

A Christmas Carol (The Guildhall) 22 Dec - 4 Jan

Takeover Festival (Theatre Royal) 10-15 Nov

The Woman In Black (Theatre Royal) 17-22 Nov

Every year, York Theatre Royal hands over the reins to under 26 year-olds, enabling the youngsters to take on the marketing, production, programming and every other aspect of running a theatre. The result is the ambitious, diverse and exciting TakeOver Festival, with comedy, theatre, dance and more.

Unanimously acclaimed by the critics, The Woman In Black combines the power and intensity of live theatre with a cinematic quality #*)8#:-6%DB%,"-%(':$6%'+ %.$/%*'#:N%7"-%+':/;$4% delivers an evening of unremitting drama, transporting the audience into a terrifying and ghostly world.

A premium quality Flanagan Collective production alongside a festive, two-course sharing feast, followed by an evening of Victorian parlour games and live music. Multi Award-winning producers Hartshorn - Hook Productions bring you a unique, two-man interpretation of Dickens's classic for an interactive and immersive -X8-:#-*>-%,'%?#>?%'I%,"-%"'$#64B)N

Overseasoned

Exhibition Listings

OVERSEASONED (Artemis House) 08 Nov Part Deux is the second coming of a group exhibition celebrating artists that are joyously TOO MUCH. Inviting artists from across the UK, this OTT multi-disciplined show embraces a more is more attitude and all things opulently camp. It promises to be a gluttonisation of colour; an overzealous carnival of vitality and an attack on taste. OVERSEASONED

SLAP (De Grey Rooms) 05 Nov

York ReMastered 2014 (ATMcGee) 08 - 16 Nov

SLAP presents an evening of solo performance from critically acclaimed regional and national artists, incorporating dance, theatre, live art and multidisciplinary performance. The evening will )"'(>4)-%4*%4::4B%'+ %(':?)%DB%)#X%6#I-:-*,%4:,#),)% celebrating comedy, dance, the autobiographical and everything in-between.

Showcasing a reinvigorated, refocused response to the previously presumed monolithic beauty of York, Contemporary art gallery According to McGee and artists Richard Barnes, Freya Horsley and Amrik Varkalis promise an exciting balance between Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s baroque bombast and its more K;#6=%+-/#*#*-%)-*)-%'+ %+;*N%

Film Listings

Whoops! (Reel York) 13 Nov

The Way He Looks (Vue York) From November

The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies (City Screen) 12 Dec

A coming of age tale from Brazilian director Daniel Ribeiro, starring Ghilherme Lobo as a blind high school student Leonardo. He and his +:#-*6%<#'54**4%-X8:-))%4*%#*,-:-),%#*%.*6#*1% romantic partners, coinciding with the arrival of a new student, Gabriel, at the school. Leonardo feels a romantic attraction to Gabriel, but faces competition.

The cult hit comedy, shot in York and following the misadventures of Rose and Dave Clements, gets its red carpet York premiere following sold-out screenings and critical acclaim at the Raindance Film Festival and Vue cinemas this summer. Ticket price includes the movie, a full Q&A with cast and crew and an aftershow party at 1331 bar.

7"-%.*4$%.$/%#*%!-,-:%g4>?)'*M)%,:#$'1B%:';*6)% 'I%,"-%A':6%'+ %,"-%&#*1)%8:-U;-$)%(#,"%4%);#,4D$B% -8#>%.*4$-=%:';*6#*1%'I%,"-%),':B%4*6%D:#*1#*1% things full circle to the classic original movies. It's a testament to the longevity of Tolkien's characters and Jackson's storytelling that after six movies we are still deeply involved.

INNOVATION IN FILM: BAFTA APPOROVED ASFF 2014

The BAFTA Qualifying Aesthetica Short Film Festival (ASFF2%"4)%4**';*>-6%#,)%8:'1:4//-%+':% R`^fN%E-4,;:#*1%'5-:%S``%.$/)%+:'/%S_%>';*,:#-)% (':$6(#6-=%,"-%$#*-Q;8%'I-:)%4%),;**#*1%)-$->,#'*% of world-class, innovative works, and is a chance ,'%1-,%,"-%.:),%$''?%4,%4%*;/D-:%'+ UK premieres +:'/%,"-%*-X,%1-*-:4,#'*%'+ %,4$-*,-6%.$//4?-:)N

The new strands for 2014: fashion and advertising 'I-:%;*8:->-6-*,-6%'88':,;*#,#-)%,'%-X8-:#-*>-% today’s top creative campaigns from premium brands such as Vivienne Westwood, Swarovski, Louis Vuitton, Trager Delaney, Topshop, River Island, Karen Millen, Triwa watches and Hub Footwear.

7"#)%B-4:])%+-),#54$%(#$$%,4?-%8$4>-%#*%.+,--*%#>'*#>% venues across the city from 6 – 9 November. One of the UK])%/'),%-X>#,#*1%)#,-Q)8->#.>%-5-*,)=%ASFF is the only UK%)"':,%.$/%+-),#54$%,'%,:4*)+':/%4*% entire city centre into pop-up cinema. Moving between medieval halls, galleries, museums and cinemas, audiences are invited to create their own unique viewing experience.

Sponsored by London College of Fashion, the fashion strand establishes a place for serious 6#)>;))#'*%4D';,%+4)"#'*%.$/%o%#,)%:-)8'*)#D#$#,B%,'% society and impact upon visual culture – and also provides a rare chance to see sensational fashion content, featuring stars such as model and actor Lily Cole in Lorna Tucker’s Red Shoes, inspired by Vivienne Westwood’s Climate Revolution.

is the place to discover and fall in love with independent cinema, presenting new cinematic voices in a dynamic programme of exciting 1-*:-)%4*6%.$/#>%),B$-)=%)84**#*1%465-:,#)#*1=% 4*#/4,#'*=%4:,#),)]%.$/=%>'/-6B=%64*>-=% documentary, drama, experimental, fashion, music video and thriller.

Feel inspired and learn more about the power of .$/%DB%H'#*#*1%/4),-:>$4))-)%(#,"%#*6;),:B%$-46-:)% from BAFTA=%@"4**-$%f=%C"-O-$6%3'>qE-),=% Ridley Scott Associates, Double Negative and many more, plus daily networking sessions and a new Meet the Film Festivals event.

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Community Listings

York Peace Talk (Quaker Meeting House) 13 Nov

Candles on the Ouse (River Ouse) 04 Dec

AAM Christmas Fair (St Crux Parish Hall) 18 Dec

To mark their 30th birthday celebration, St. Leonards Hospice invite you to light a candle in memory of a loved one at this special event in association with their â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Light up a Lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; service. A spectacular site of paper candles, shaped like (4,-:Q$#$#-)=%(#$$%D-%)-,%'I%6'(*%,"-%&#5-:%a;)-N% Those who wish also have the opportunity to write their own personal message.

Come and support Accessible Arts and Media and get into the festival spirit by visiting their Christmas Fair. Taking place between 10am-4pm at the end of the Shambles at St Crux Parish Hall, the fair will consist of cake and bric-a-brac sales, as well as hot soup and punch while you browse. All funds raised will go towards the work that AAM provide for the community.

Friargate Quakers are holding their next public peace talk and all are welcome. Lindis Percy, a peace activist since 1980 and co-founder of the CAAB, is the speaker for the evening. An insight #*,'%,'8#>)%#*>$;6#*1%,"-%6#O>;$,B%'+ %/4#*,4#*#*1% activism throughout everyday life and promoting change in your daily routine, the talk is set to open your mind to modern peace activism.