On The Hill Magazine - Feb 2018

NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR PRIMROSE HILL PEOPLE

FEBRUARY 2018 | ONTHEHILL.INFO

COMPTON LODGE

A look behind the scenes at the care home which was once home to Dame Clara Butt

A PRIMOSE HILL LOVE STORY

A TASTE OF PALESTINE

Congratulations to JC and Karmen!

A group from St Mary’s church travel to Palestine

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February 2018 On The Hill On The Go Keep up with the latest news and happenings on our social media channels.

CONTENTS & PREVIEW

05 Editor’s Letter 07 On The Street

Take a look behind closed doors in ‘Through the keyhole’, welcome to Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery, a preview of Spare Tyre’s play The Promise, an interview with Susannah Buxton and all your local news and views and more!

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February events for your diary

… And if that doesn’t work you can always come and have it with us!

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David Holmes’ book, A Brush with the Music of Time, Time, about his life as an art student, advertising junior, art director, creative director, designer, ad agency proprietor, painter and illustrator is bursting with luscious images. And if you want to have a Creteof ‘Mad feel for the Exploring London version Men’ in the 1950s‒/1970s, there are photographs and clippings galore.

This original, quirky publication has just won the prestigious first prize in the British Book Design and Production Awards, and comes with its own beautiful cardboard sleeve and smart bag. The quirkiness reflects the author, who has a large collection of battered straw hats, learned to play the bagpipes from an Indian lady in Singapore when he Cruising was in histhe sixties and of cultivates Coast Dalmatia an exquisite Japanese garden outside the studio he has owned in Primrose Hill for over thirty years. Lots of photographs in the book illustrate his fondness for dressing up.

Yet the book also pays homage to the many people with whom David has worked – indeed, the frontispiece and end pages consist of an alphabetical list of hundreds of names, a roll call of creatives over fifty years.

Some pages will be familiar to us Cruising to the locals: he designed theCyclades cover for the publication Primrose Hill Remembered, Remembered, and the older among us will recognise his advertising campaigns – ‘You can take a white horse anywhere’, for example. David also designed the Christmas stamps in 2015 and appeared in On The Hill to talk about the process.

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lack of chains of shops also makes it feel more unique. But Camden has so much to offer too, and is only a short walk away. The “colour, eccentricity and vibe” of the Camden she first fell for remains, but she really misses the punks! “Life can never be boring in Camden.”

She has lots of recommendations too: Sushi Waka, the Japanese restaurant on Parkway, receives high praise; Namaaste has really gorgeous authentic food and is a regular haunt too; Daphne, the Greek restaurant, is another ‘must’, along with Haché Burgers and Poppie’s Fish and Chips; the Roundhouse, the Jazz Café and a particular “You must go, Julie” is Green Note.

I can’t get it all down on paper fast enough. I need to visit all of these places!

Jennifer and her husband have five grandchildren, so they are very used to having to plan for all ages when the extended family visit.

The Lady in the Van was filmed in their street, and Jennifer says it is a very accurate depiction of what really happened. Mary Shepherd was a big part of all their lives for many years. It shows the friendliness of the area. “We have proper neighbours here; a real sense of community and helping each other out.”

The only thing Jennifer does not like are the ‘greedy landlords’ whom she fears may ruin the area, with rent hikes forcing out the local businesses that have been here for so long.

Sadly, Jennifer and Tony have decided to downsize and so are moving, but only to King’s Cross, so not too far away. Good luck to you both with the sale of your magnificent home and packing all those boxes. It was a pleasure to meet you and share your experiences of Primrose Hill or ‘Camden, pet’!

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By Julie Stapleton

Eighteen years ago, a then-West End stage actress, Lucy Quick, decided that it was time to give back to her art and use her own remarkable experience in musical theatre to encourage children to fulfil their dreams through drama.

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lesson as a proud moment, with just four During her acting career, from her first children in the class. The business has role in Oliver at the Palladium to her last now expanded to 300 schools and 8,000 performance in The Pirates of Penzance children. Lucy and Will’s goal is simply at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, to keep growing: to open new venues Lucy Quick worked as a drama teacher in other parts of the UK; and to develop at a stage school, where she found her their new concept, Perform X, a modern, true love to be teaching and working street and hip-hop-based class where with children. Lucy felt that there children of 6–12 years can embrace a was too much focus on talent at these more urban culture in this high-energy schools, and believed that drama for dance session. young children should be more about The clear focus throughout is on the confidence skills it can provide. ‘learning through laughter’, and that was ‘Perform’ is therefore a drama school abundantly clear as I walked into a lesson with a difference, where the focus is on during the final day of the summer enabling children aged 4–12 to achieve workshop. The first thing that struck whatever they want in life; as Lucy me was the infectious levels of energy puts it, ‘to help children grow their and enthusiasm bubbling through the wings’ rather than push them into an class, alongside a real sense of wanting acting career. The aim of Perform is to take part. There was such excitement to help children to excel at the four emanating from every child in the room Cs – confidence, communication, as they went through the ‘movement coordination and concentration – and stretching’ part of the lesson, closely through the many modes one would followed by bursting into song, all based expect at a drama class, whether singing, round the theme of this course, Beauty dancing or acting, but all with the and the Beast.

Beast. After about five minutes I purpose of pure enjoyment and engaging was completely captivated and singing young minds. From tongue twisters, along to The Palace of Dreams! rhymes, rap to energetic dance routines, While the overriding message is children are encouraged to speak out, clearly ‘drama through fun’, there is most project themselves, engage with others definitely an underlying educational and be a part of a team, and from that to mission, only during each weekly gain the ability to be a more moved to Primrose Hill inself-assured September 2015.

I knew not nothing session, but extending out into the version of themselves. about the area: I just thought it looked rather lovely! I quickly education system.

Perform goes into 30 Together with her business partner got involved with the Community Association, met lots of primary schools Will Barnett, an ex-Saatchi & Saatchi local people and realised that many residents have lived in a day to conduct drama where advertising exec and musician, and the area all their lives.

Such is its charm andworkshops, villagey feel, why the staff will create a topical performance and engage the and the ‘brilliant’ other half of Perform, would anyone want to live anywhere else? pupils in learning through interaction they decided to create a brand that As part of my role at the Community Centre and working denoted a commitment teachingenough and toand on this magazine, I was to fortunate visitrole theplay. All 250 teachers are professional actors, singers or dancers, engaging home through they beautiful of drama; Jennifer, andwanted talk to her about the thirtyand in Lucy’s their knowledge and expertise to spread five years she has spent living here. Or has she? When shewords ‘are the making of each school’ across countryfirst andmet, give she children and herthe husband mentioned that she lived onand what has ensured Perform’s to date. Their sole aim the opportunity to develop through theTony replied Gloucester Crescent in ‘Primrose Hill’. (insuccess his is to bring out the best in every child. performingaccent), arts. Together select pet!” Strictly Newcastle “No, it’sthey Camden, speaking The staff are to taken through a gruelling thewas themes forand thethey term, with such he right, fondly still use that phrase today audition process and rigorously trained. appealing titles as Wild West, Under the explain where they live!

Each workshop SeaJennifer or Outeroriginally Space, they choreograph moved here for the the beautiful green leader is hand-picked by Lucy to ensure that they continue dances, compose songs and write the parks open spaces.

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As afavourite things Rose Garden,morning are still in one of her tosession do. “It’shas a topic, from ‘eye contact’ to ‘celebrating ‘celebrating our differences’, local,heaven.”

Lucy felt that the whole idea just in which children are taught to embrace embodied the creativity, freedom and Jennifer is full of enthusiasm for our lovely area. Other the theme a series of collective artistic expression was hoping toare the local attractive qualitiesshe of Primrose Hill shops,through like activities, almost a subconscious capture and develop among our young the pharmacy and the butcher’s; Richard Dare is a favourite, learning technique.

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The course finale is an end-of-term show, bringing together all the different elements and giving the children something fulfilling to work towards.

While Perform is most definitely a drama school, as its name suggests, Lucy and Will are adamant that they are not there to make actors out of every pupil; they are there to give them the confidence to believe ‘I can do that’, ‘I can try it’, and to bring out every child’s full potential. Lucy herself, previously a self-confessed ‘under-confident’ child, recognised that the only time she came out of her shell and ‘became a different person’ was when she was singing or performing on stage; this was how she gained the self-esteem and drive that allowed her to achieve her childhood dreams of performing in the West End and now running a successful everevolving business.

Lucy’s own two children went through this same process, having been a part of Perform ‘since the womb’, and Lucy clearly witnessed the profound effect this had on their levels of confidence and their ability to focus, even during the simplest tasks like standing in school assembly. The practice of taking part in shows three times a year for their whole life has made it their norm, and that is the quality she hopes to pass on to others.

The success of Perform is evident from the incredible growth over a relatively short period, and the positive results for such a range of children is what drives Lucy on. Young people are encouraged to come along and have a trial session, so that they can see what it’s all about before signing up for a course. I can guarantee that every child will leave their first session wanting more.

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A gentleman on the left and a lady on the right are both quietly reading in Primrose Hill park. How nice that chairs were provided: you can see them placed around the hill, underneath the trees.

This postcard was posted in 1913. On 4 May of that year Charlie wrote to his mother in Seaham Harbour, County Durham that the box was received safely on Thursday, and that the cake was going down all right! He also complained that the weather wasn’t very good.

Charlie wrote his address very neatly on the card as well, so we know that he lived at 35 St George’s Square (now Chalcot Square). However, the 1911 census tells us that two years before, the then 20-year-old public works contractor

by Ruth Kitching still lived with his widowed mother, Mary Ann, and his three brothers, John, @old_primrosehill_postcards David and George, at 8 Emily Street. our bread-making session we had visited the slam and her husband seem unfazed by the camp’s library and arts centre, which is home presence in her kitchen of a dozen novice to Alrowad, a dance group which has toured British cooks (male and female) struggling Europe to great acclaim. It plays a crucial role to shape the dough they’d made into a thin in giving refugee children an outlet for their enough pancake to be cooked on a special stove 64Some Belsize Lane, Londonenergy NW3 5BJ and talents. and end up as Arabic flatbread. rather Wed - Fri:restored 11am - 6.30pm, Sat: 6pm, Our10am visit- to the Aida camp was part of misshapen efforts were then expertly Sun: 10am - 4pm (also by anappointment) eight-day trip organised by Zaytoun and wrapped round chicken pieces, marinated, 020 7443 (the word means olive in Arabic) – a social baked, and eaten by the – nowt: hungry – 5990 e: info@sylvesterfineart.co.uk www.sylvesterfineart.co.uk enterprise which was founded in 2011 to assembled trainee cooks. support Palestinian farmers and market their Islam and her family live in the Aida refugee products under fairtrade terms in the UK. camp in Bethlehem. They have converted Our group of twelve included four of us from their house into a day centre for the camp’s St Mary’s Primrose Hill and an expert guide disabled children, having realised that there who introduced us to some of the people was almost no provision for them elsewhere. behind the products: olive and date farmers, We often think of refugee camps as rows of and women who hand-roll maftoul and collect tents and UN food lorries, but this is quite za’tar, the local herb which flavours many different. Although Aida began like that in Palestinian dishes.

1950 (to house some of the Palestinians who We soon discovered that Islam’s hospitality had lost their homes and land during the was far from unique: we were humbled by the nakba of 1948), it now looks like any other part welcome we received from people in villages, of this city, except that the streets are much farms and their own homes in the West Bank. narrower and more litter-strewn. They echo An essential was to the shouts and laughterRoderic of small children, Barrett, Street Scene with Cyclist, oil on board, 89.5 x 120cm element of Mike the Dodd, welcome MD1633, Large jar; ribbed, incised pattern, ash glaze, 52 x 36.5cm always homemade food, plus often a lesson in who never seem to go to bed and who demand making it. A ‘picnic’ in the olive groves (after high fives from us until our palms ache. Before

we had picked a pathetically small number of olives) turned out to be large bowls of hot freekeh (toasted wheat) To Karmen with chicken, salad, yogurt sauce, topped with roasted almonds, followed Holly:: How did you react when JC proposed?

Holly by sweets and coffee (the coffee addicts among us were never without their fix).

Karmen:: It took me by surprise as I was not Karmen The roasted nuts, an ingredient of many expecting it! I could not believe such a beautiful traditional dishes, were a favourite and thing was happening to me. But I was sure he was were greedily spooned up on arrival by the one for me so I said YES! the quicker members of our party.

In El Beir Arts and Seeds café in Holly:: Are you happy with the ring?

Holly Bethlehem we were treated to soup, salad and organic vegetables grown Karmen:: I am very happy with the beautiful ring Karmen locally. The café and shop is run by and very lucky to receive one!

Vivien, a trained ecologist who (usually by pestering retired farmers and asking Holly:: Did you enjoy the wedding itself?

Holly to look in their sheds) has rediscovered heritage seeds like white cucumber Karmen:: We had a fantastic day on our wedding; we Karmen and drought-resistant watermelon. were around our most important friends and family Parked outside the café was a ‘travelling members. We couldn’t have wished for better. kitchen’ which she takes to local schools to teach the children about ecology.

Holly Ho lly:: Will you be at L’Absinthe all the time? store the dates for up to a year, instead She spoke to us about food sovereignty of as having to sellkeep themme at the time of and the difficulties experienced by local Karmen:: As long Karmen he doesn’t polishing “we were humbled harvest when are low. my head farmers when Israeli settlers encroach glasses then, yes!

Ha ha ha. Iprices like popping like by the welcome in we The village of Battir in the Cremisan on their land. to grab a coffee and say hello. received from people Valley is famous for its springs (which We saw an example of this for riseabout to a Roman settlement) ourselves when we went to Tent of Holly: excited your honeymoon? in villages, farms Holly and: Are you gave and an ancient and unique system of Nations, a farm which has been their own homes in the: I am over-excited distributing about the water the eight owned and cultivated organically by Karmen: Karmen the among honeymoon.

I West Bank” can’t wait. Still,families who insomething the village.to Hasan the Nassar family for one hundred it is nice tolive have look (who the outdoor restaurant where years, but whose land is now forward to after the runs wedding and keep celebrating. we ate a spectacular aubergine and rice overlooked by a large new settlement dish called makloubha makloubha)) and the villagers (we could see and hear the noise of forum and theatre, some of usTo gotJC succeeded in getting UNESCO to a school being constructed) whose up early to cook large quantities of declare a World Heritage Site in 2014, inhabitants seem intent on evicting bread stuffed with za’tar and olives Holly:: When and Holly whereitdid you propose? and they hope this will give them some them: the approach road had been in a kitchen run by local women; against the encroachment of blocked with boulders, their olive the food is distributed for breakfast JC:: I proposed protection JC on 14 February, Valentine’s Day! It was settlements. trees uprooted, and they had been to local schools, as well as to the in a Spanish restaurant.

On our last day, in Nazareth, we repeatedly issued with orders to guesthouse where we stayed. We tasted lemonade, destroy theirAlcala rainwaterfrom cisterns. pressed olive oil from farmers’ Holly:: Did you made Holly produce a ring? salads, sweets, lentils Karmen Hackettsnewly hairdressers … and took them for a picnic by the Sea Bashara Nassar and his brother Nayef cooperatives at Canaan Fair Trade; the and JCTent from L’Absinthe gotthere married. ofno Galilee, which looked unbelievably founded of Nations back in recently farmers receive more than twiceshe had JC:: Yes, JC idea, but it was a small single beautiful in the the 1970s as a centre for peace and what they used to be paid forsolitaire their diamond and she likedOctober it very sun. much.

We sent Holly Collis questions weand Zaytoun came Zaytoun had arranged our reconciliation, with the mottoto ‘weask the olives before Canaan accommodation throughout refuse to be enemies’. International along, when they were dependent Holly::on Holly Where did the wedding take place? in lovely all wished we could put to them. ancient buildings run as guesthouses, volunteers come and live on the farm Israeli companies. whose hosts were unfailingly helpful for a few months at a time to work In Nablus we visited an ancient JC:: Ah, San Sebastián, JC which is actually where and deeply proudbecause of their both heritage. and study. factory making soap from olive oil Karmen is from and was born, of her The whole was immensely In Bethlehem it was impossible to (Nablus is famous for soap) and ate are Donostian. parents I’m tour a Roman Catholic, which foodbeand ignore the towering presence of the kneffah – a delicious but alas very means that in enjoyable; the eyes ofnevertheless, God I can only married are divorced. inseparable in Palestine, Wall (or ‘separation barrier’), topped fattening sweet made in hugeonce, pansbut I canpolitics be legally and it would be a disservice to our hosts with barbed wire and dotted with from curd cheese, wheat and sugar and to include both in any account watchtowers, marching through the flavoured with cardamom. Holly Holly:: Have younot decided where to go on your of our visit, especially at a time when middle of the town and on for some We ate succulent fresh dates at honeymoon? progress towards a just settlement with 800 kilometres and more ‒– cutting another cooperative in the Jordan Israel seems, at best, to Ibecan stalled.

So we people off from their land, neighbours, valley. Date palms – we were JC told JC: : It‒–was going to be a surprise!

But tell you cooksIand their cooking jobs, schools and hospitals. Next to have the advantage that theythat can cope it will be remember in Madeira,the though can’t disclose the fondly, and continue to hope that peace it is Banksy’s wonderfully named with salinity in the soil, and this is an dates.

You’ll have to wait! and justice may prevail.

‘Walled Off’ Hotel, which contains a increasing problem caused by excessive next year’s tour can be found museum dedicated to the history of the extraction of ground and river water by cakeDetails Holly: Holly : What did youofhave? at zaytoun.org/visit_palestine.html Palestinian struggle, and a ‘Wall mart’ nearby commercial plantations. Hisham Zaytoun products can be ordered via shop which sells everything you need the farmer explained the tricky JC::process JC It was a gâteau opéra, so opéra, it included many zaytoun.org.uk from Traidcraft: for creating graffiti. of getting the dates to the UKdifferent market flavours like hazelnutsorand vanilla, and it www.traidcraftshop.co.uk Then more cooking: in Sebastya, via Haifa, but gave us one piece of good even had two plastic figures on top kissing! Like Forwedding recipes I day recommend Palestine a hillside village built beside a huge news: the cooperative will soon have most cakes, on the it was leaning to on thea Plate Joudie Kalla.

Roman site with ruins of a temple, a cooling facility enabling them sidetothroughout theby whole thing!

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I took this job on in the summer, in June when the weather was hot; I thought a job outdoors would suit me, but in February it definitely does not.

My wellingtons leak, so my feet are all wet, and the pole makes my poor fingers freeze; my head is quite cold in my hat and my scarf, as it’s more of a wind, not a breeze.

Lord, if you’re so clever, please prove it: warm days in the winter are nice; we’d rather have fun without freezing, send us only hot snow and safe ice.

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father a fruit smoothie laced with morphine. It is a common thread of debate among the elderly who do not wish to become a burden on their families and friends once they are no longer capable of caring for themselves any more.

The theatre company Spare Tyre is an arts charity which works with ‘voiceless communities and individuals that inspire and challenge us’. They work creatively with adults with it is infla inflammatory. mmatory.

Instead lots60+, of learning disabilities, peopleeat aged antioxidant-rich berrieswomen for sweetness. people with dementia, who’ve During this initial phase you experienced violence and economically shouldn’t be doing any exercise, except disadvantaged communities. for some light pelvic floor contractions “It’s not about innocence and short walks with your baby – certainly nobut crunches, sit-ups, or guilt, could I do twists this or planks.

Not only do they put to help someone I care for tremendous pressure on your pelvic deeply?” floor, but also on weak abdominal muscles andcurrently could worsen a diastasis They are planning a recti (a natural, small40th separation of a programme for their year from the linea alba which female allowedartists your baby range of overlooked and to grow). communities: they wish to celebrate your delivery type, your theWhatever company’s roots in the feminist pelvic floor of hasthe been working hard the movement 1970s, and reveal for the last nineofmonths hidden stories women.to support your growing baby. You may find that I spoke to Sieska Cowdrey who’s you leak urine when you60s cough, jump, involved with the over branch of sneeze ... or laugh.

MovingShe from lying the company, SilverSage. told me to sitting, and from to standing that they wanted to sitting do something creates kg ofdeeply intra-abdominal they all 9cared about for the pressure. It40th is therefore essential that company’s anniversary.

They you exhale as you move against gravity. landed on the story of Charlotte Hough Thisthe means thatofyour diaphragm and theme assisted dying. relaxes and rises, is allowing space the for the “Our objective to challenge pelvic floor rise too. audience to to choose how they would act

A warm welcome to Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery, who are opening their third studio and shop at 69 Regent’s Park Road.

The company began life in 1998 at Harriet’s kitchen table, and it has now grown to a team of 33, recognised in the UK and across the world as a leader in bespoke jewellery design and held nationally as an inspirational market-leading business. Along the way Harriet married Tim, who is now the managing director of the business.

The couple have many connections with Primrose Hill, after living in Chalcot Square twenty years ago, so it seemed natural for them to return to this area and introduce it to the world of Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery.

Harriet Ha rriet has fond memories of living in Primrose Hill.

“When we lived there, I used to walk or roller-blade across Regent’s Park to get to work in central London. London Zoo used to keep their wolves in an enclosure alongside the footpath through the park, so you were really close to them. Early in the morning they would be outside their pens, and I would chat to them every morning as they were quite active at that hour. From our bedroom we could also hear the gibbons calling every morning – they are very loud, and I think you can still hear them sometimes. The wolves have moved, I gather. We lived in a top-floor flat and used to stand out on the roof (rather dangerously!) to look at the firework displays across the whole of London on 5 November!”

At Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery it’s never just about the jewellery.

The team of expert designers have the privilege of capturing the unique story of every customer, with many one-off designs reflecting the stories and personal experiences of the people who commission them. The love-storytellers take pride in the fact that they get to know their customers and use elements of their narrative to make jewellery that they will love for the rest of their lives. A couple named Steph and Ross recently commissioned wedding rings inspired by the striking scenery of Loch Voil, the location of their forthcoming wedding ceremony.

Engraving on Steph’s wedding band

I’m stuck with a pole ‘Stopping Children’ when I’d rather be home by the fire; this snow is OK through the window, but out here today it is dire.

Deborah Moggach

when faced with this type of situation. upabout to twelve weeks post-birth, It’sFor not innocence or guilt, butand throughout breastfeeding, your body could I do this to help someone I care willdeeply?” be producing the hormone relaxin. for During pregnancy itsdaughter role is toisrelax Charlotte Hough’s yourwriter ligaments to allow the pelvic the Deborah Moggach, who girdle to widen totranscripts. come out, but it has copiesfor ofthe thebaby police affects allhas thebeen body’s ligaments.

Deborah incredibly supportive might of Although the projectrelaxin and has givenmake themyou access feel super-flexible, do stretches with to the documents. The five-strong cast care.

Otherwise you might are using the transcripts to over-stretch devise the ligaments neverIsaac return to their play, alongthat withwill director Ngugi. original length;gave theyawill stay like a taut As Charlotte solemn promise elastic band, unstable joints. to Anita thatleaving she would help her, and Don’t sure hold she a stretch for longer make was dead beforethan she was eight seconds, careful whilst discovered, theand playbewill be entitled practising The Promise.yoga asanas.

Finally, don’t to wishes breathe!

Local MP Keirforget Starmer to Some soothing breaths remain impartialdeep in the debatewill on not only calm yourbut nervous system but assisted dying, has said of The also aid: “This healing, asbased all cellular Promise: Promise play, on realactivity requiresinoxygen. events Camden in the 1980s, is an For further information, important contribution to a debate that check out needs to befacebook.com/ had.” pilateswithpaulette or email The Promise runs during 21–24 pilateswithpaulette@gmail.com to February as part of Invisible Women: receive a free copy ofNew my ‘Meet Your A Mini Festival at the Diorama Pelvic Floor’ handout.

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One evening in the early 1980s Anita Harding took her own life at the Oldfield Estate in Primrose Hill. Sitting with her throughout was her friend Charlotte Hough, whom she had met through a Camden volunteer service. Anita had confided in Charlotte that when the pain and misery of living with crippling arthritis and blindness became too much, she would take her own life; and Charlotte had reluctantly offered to be by her side if required.

When the day came, Charlotte sat next to Anita as she took a lethal overdose and lapsed into unconsciousness.

Unfortunately Charlotte found herself taking a more active part in Anita’s death than she had planned.

Afterwards, Charlotte was reported to have been wandering around in a daze. She felt the need to unburden herself, and the person she chose was a colleague at a branch of the Samaritans where she also worked. Her story was passed on to her director, and then to the police.

Charlotte was consequently arrested and went on trial at the Old Bailey. She was convicted and sent to Holloway and then Sutton Park.

Park. As an uppermiddle-class woman, she suffered

By Paulette Pollock terrible bullying in prison.

Charlotte had a children’s book Having a baby is been life-changing. illustrator and writer.

Ironically, in 1980 Although your new bundle will bring she published an adult detective you had much joy, you may be feeling novel called The Bassington Murder. overwhelmed, exhausted and hungry.

After heralso time prison she was too You will beinadjusting to your body traumatised to or write again. as it not looking, ever feeling functioning Charlotte did before. served six months and then returned tosix this area are until her death The first weeks a time to reston New Year’s Eve 2008. (when you can!) and look after your LordItLongford campaigned baby. is also important that on youher look behalf, and a campaign started to after yourself.

Your bodywas is an amazing legalise The remains system, euthanasia. working hard to law repair and unchanged, but Sir Pratchett rejuvenate cells, andTerry perhaps produce opened again hepay was milk forthe thedebate baby; so you when need to diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. attention to your nutrition. Recently another caseeat made the news whenor a What you or don’t eat, drink pharmacist gave his elderly, don’t drink is now known to depressed have as big an impact on healing as exercise. Try to eat protein at every meal (vital for tissue recovery), especially at breakfast to stop you getting on the sugar roller coaster.

Cut coffee (caffeine increases cortisol levels, which encourages fat to be held around the tummy) and keep hydrated by drinking lots of water and also Tulsi Tea (which soothes the adrenals).

Limit sugar Charlotte Hough(this includes alcohol) as

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Everything they produce is made in the UK, and they make sure they find the most responsible source for their materials. mimics the profile of the magnificent hills of Loch Voil while a wood grain finish on Ross’s ring captures the natural beauty of the special setting.

The company has won over 20 UK and international awards for design, business, innovation and ethics. Being at the forefront of ethics within the jewellery Additionally, if you have a piece of industry is particularly important treasured inherited jewellery which to the company and it was the needs a new lease of life, they can first independent jewellers to a collagesensitively alter or redesign it, and In theUK November issue we included be Primrose awarded Hill Responsible Jewellery of

by Pam Walker, who had they also repair items.

Council certification and on thethe first Check out their website which set out all her equipment hill,inthen the to world be both certified by the offers a wealth of information about had worktoquickly before a gale-force RJC and licensed by the Fairtrade wind scattered everything over the park. their jewellery, and also helpful Foundation.she Everything produce information such as which gemstone, Thankfully managedthey to fight off the is made in UK, and they collage make for us. metal or material is relevant for which elements andthe produce another sure they find the most responsible anniversary. pamwalker.co.uk source for their materials. www.hkjewellery.co.uk

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Children from Haverstock School’s journalism course interview costume designer Susannah Buxton

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Bracelets, big buttons, small buttons, pleats, ruffles and fancy frills – we thought attention to these and much, much, more were the most important part of being a costume designer. We were wrong. Susannah Buxton told us: “Yes, detail is important, but when you’re designing a costume, the overall look and information it gives about the character is uppermost. You want the costumes to help capture the drama of the situation. For instance, when Maggie Smith arrived in the second series of Downton Abbey to make her entrance, the butler crossed in front of her in the rehearsal. She was wearing a very striking hat with black cock feathers and an astrakhan coat, and I spoke to the director asking if Jim Carter could cross later so as not to obscure her entrance.”

This scene in Downton is now very memorable.

Beyond the costumes, she also had to watch the actresses’ posture in Downton Downton,, because nineteenth-century ladies didn’t slouch or cross their arms.

Sometimes she has had to hold her ground.

When working with film director Danny Boyle on Mr Wroe’s Virgins Virgins,, he suddenly wanted his crowd of extras to run down the hill into the river. She told us: “I thought, I will never work again, but I explained that we just needed to postpone the scene till the next day so that I could get everyone galoshes! They couldn’t go into the water in leather period shoes, the cost would have been prohibitive.” The scene was shot the next day.

Susannah saved the production a lot of money – and fortunately she has worked with Boyle since.

Then Susannah told us about winning an Emmy Award: “Oh, it was really exciting. We went to Los Angeles; there was a huge party afterwards, and I hadn’t expected to win, so it was like a rocket going off inside my head when they announced my name!”

We asked about whether it was ‘pure luck’ that her career had shaped so well: “A lot of luck, I think. Sometimes it’s being in the right place at the right time, but then also the quality of your work builds up and people understand what you can do for them.”

We learned such a lot from Susannah. When we next watch a film, we will really keep an eye out for the detail, because it is so important; and we will also study how the costumes really contribute to the atmosphere of each scene. Thank you, Susannah, you were inspiring.

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room to a wing-backed chair before support our standard of care. Central A blue plaque on the front of picking up the guitar to play ‘Oh My and Cecil generally do not advertise Compton Lodge is dedicated to its Darling Clementine’. their homes, but recently put an original owner, Dame Clara Butt.

A squabble develops over whether advertisement in the Ham & High.

High. On Dame Clara entertained Edward to sing a happy or sad song, and a regular basis, I will let the local GP Elgar, Sir Henry Wood and Ellen Gary compromises with ‘When the surgeries, social workers and hospitals Terry regularly after buying the Saints Go Marching In’. Before long, know when vacancies arise.” place in 1903. a rousing chorus rings out. Gary sits Last year, the Royal Albert Hall Today Compton Lodge offers down at the piano for ‘Cheek to invited a group of Compton Lodge residential and dementia care for up Cheek’, written by Irving Berlin in residents, friends and family to view to thirty-four people. It is managed 1935, but he’s soon back on his feet a collection of Dame Clara Butt by the Central and Cecil Trust – also offering everyone a tambourine to playbills and other memorabilia in responsible for the Oldfield Estate tap while he sings to them. their archive. Clara performed there on Fitzroy Road, Rackstraw House in “It’s about participation, simple 112 times, and is considered to have Primrose Hill Road and Dora House as that,” Gary explains when we been their most prolific female in St John’s Wood Road. speak after the session. After a noisy performer between 1892 and 1930.

I asked Care Home Manager, Mary rendition of ‘What Shall We Do with She organised many important fundWalsh, what makes Compton Lodge a Drunken Sailor’, they wind down raising concerts for charities there unique; and about changes in care with ‘Loch Lomond’. He’s spent thirty during the First World War. over the twenty-five years since she years as a music therapist working Patricia Fell-Clark was the daughter started as Deputy Manager. in psychiatry, with children and of the next family to live in Compton “It is the residents’ home first and most recently elder care. “Music and foremost, and we the staff just work animals, they’re both sensory and here. When people visit, they notice a accessible,” he explains. very homely atmosphere and everyone Gary takes time to foster is friendly and welcoming,” she abilities and interests, because he explains. believes there’s a risk of losing “People are invited to visit the individuality in a care home. He home at any time, and residents values the opportunity afforded by have visitors whenever it suits them. sessionsPark to enliven someone’s There’s the beautiful building and Hill holiday pop-up lingerie store in December at the Mimi Holliday opened their Primrose 107 Regent’s Road. They are a local daystore andwill create an first, atmosphere wonderfulHill gardens andcurrently we involve Primrose business, working out of their headquarters in Utopia Village; this be their having sold of joy. During the afternoon, he families and as much as only online upfriends until now.

Treat yourself to some fabulous lingerie. www.mimiholliday.com encouraged one resident to sing possible to try to maintain contact a French song learned at school, within the community.” and two others to choose songs The Compton Lodge calendar has they especially like. “It’s a chance a number of annual institutions, to bring out individuality – skills, including the summer garden party, talents and personality ‒ for others barbecues and the Christmas party. to see and appreciate.”

“The relatives of residents who lived “Oh, I love it, absolutely,” Viv agrees here Lim twenty years ago come back to Jane is retiring from Primrose Hill on my return to the sitting room visit. Weafter havemany a lot years of contact with Surgery of skilled after chatting with Gary. “I look the community, schools care for Primroseincluding Hillites. Primrose forward to it lots.” Neville looks up and Patient collegesParticipation who come onGroup a weekly Hill is from a book and says, “It’s a wide basis for work experience.

Theyfor also organising a farewell gathering her breadth of different types of music. I entertain us20 at February Christmas carolat on Tuesday at with 6.30 pm enjoy the rhythms.”

Lodge. She married an Indian writer concerts, Hill including the very young Primrose Community Library.

The history of Compton Lodge and intellectual named Ayana Angadi. from We nurseries. know that many of her reaches farther than the blue plaque They lived with their children on the “Years will ago, want care homes weretheir about patients to express dedicated to Clara Butt. I first top floor of the house, and founded security and companionship. appreciation.

Please email us In at the learnt about charabancs here from the Asian Music Circle with the 1980s, everyone was expectedtotoletbeus primrosehillppg@gmail.com a lifelong Camden resident with aim of introducing Asian culture to up at the same andsointo know if you are time coming we meals; have vivid memories of selling coats in Britain in the 1950s. George Harrison everybody followed the routine of the some idea of numbers.

Debenham’s on Oxford Street. I’ve broke a string on his sitar while home. Whereas now routine is worked heard about wartime London from a recording ‘Rubber Soul’ at Abbey Road around the individual; it’s moved from child’s perspective and stories of naval Studios and made a call to the Indian a task-oriented approach into personservice. If you’re looking for lived Embassy, which put him in touch centred care.” experience, these are the people who with the Asian Music Circle. Patricia Nowadays people stay on at home know what that means. painted Harrison and introduced all much longer before moving into the Beatles to the Indian classical care, and the last two people who musician, Ravi Shankar. came intotoCompton had live-in care Welcome Differenzia restaurant on On a Thursday afternoon, Dr beforehand.

Lodge currently Primrose HillCompton Road, which is new to Gary Ansdel gets out a stash of has area. someAlready vacancies. the there is a buzz about instruments hidden behind the piano it food was all the“Once Italian andword-of-mouth; hospitality it A Primrose Hill resident has recently been a victim of online fraud. When called to for ifmusic therapy.

I count awas cymbal now we’ll have enquiries mainly serves up. Banish the winter gloom and ask his internet connection running slowly, he entered into the discussion, brush, a bank guitar, a large through you’re the internet.

The They local use pretend in Tuscany. and disclosed details.

Thehand result was the loss of his pension savings. drum, tambourines, bells, maracas, authority noingredients longer places fresh Italian andresidents are open Fortunately the police tracked down the offender, but the story might not have another and be drumstick. at Central and Cecil, as they are all day. ended so drum well. Don’t tricked inHe this way and NEVER give out personal details toto the Opposite: Photo of Dame Clara Butt bequeathed waltzes Anna sitting unable to pay the necessary fees to www.differenzakitchen.com strangers on theacross phone,the or by email.

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What’s On February

SATURDAY 3 FEBRUARY Vintage Disco Dance to the sounds of the 1960s, 70s and 80s. PHCC. 7pm til late. £6. Cash bar and food on the night.

TUESDAY 6 FEBRUARY Film Show at the Library The Goose Woman (1925), another silent classic, directed by Clarence Brown, with live music accompaniment. PHCL. 7.15pm, £8, including a glass of wine, in cash, in advance at PHCL or on the door.

WEDNESDAY 7 FEBRUARY Open House PHCC. 2pm. The Reputation Game. A talk about reputation in life and business, by David Waller.

Free.

WEDNESDAY 7, 14 AND 21 FEBRUARY Mindfulness: relaxation, creativity, alertness, meditation, mindfulness, music and art appreciation workshops PHCC. 5.30–7pm. Free. Contact Dr Ramona Behravan, ramonaravan@hotmail.com THURSDAY 8 FEBRUARY Meditation yoga with Ellen Emmet PHCL. 6.45pm. For prices, contact ellenemmet@outlook.co.uk WEDNESDAY 14 FEBRUARY Open House Tea party with Camden People’s Theatre. PHCC. 2pm. Free.

WEDNESDAY 14 FEBRUARY Evening Open House Litter, fly tipping and the natural environment in Camden. PHCC. 7.15pm. Free.

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WEDNESDAY 14 TO FRIDAY 16 FEBRUARY Get Your Folk On! A range of folk music and dance holiday courses for young people aged 7–19, or up to 24 for disabled young people. CSH. 10.30am–4.30pm.

WEDNESDAY 28 FEBRUARY Open House Screening of A United Kingdom: Kingdom: The story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and his controversial marriage to a British white woman.

PHCC. 2pm. Free.

Circus Glory Trapeze for ages 3–12. All levels welcome. PHCC. 2.30–6.30pm. Contact Genevieve 07973 451 603, gmonastesse@googlemail.com Primrose Hill Children’s Choir Learn to sing, enjoy fun songs and games. Ages 4–11. St Mary’s Church, NW3 3DJ. 4–5pm. First time free, then £8 per week. Contact Matthew 07817 234 925, www.primrosehillchoirs.com Homework Club Do your homework in the Library with a qualified teacher. PHCL. 4–6pm. Free.

Contact 020 7419 6599

FOR ADULTS MONDAY ACOL Bridge Club PHCC. 1.45–3.45pm. £3. Contact Maureen Betts 07919 444 187 Bridge Class Beginners/intermediate. Join us in the Library for a game of bridge. PHCL. 6.30pm.

Contact jojarrold@gmail.com Chilled Strings Small amateur string chamber orchestra, guided by professional tutor Kwesi Edman. PHCC. 6.30–8.45pm. £10 for each evening.

Contact sueandhercello@gmail.com

PLAN AHEAD COMING SOON

All-ages Chess Club Join us for a game of chess. PHCL. 6.30pm. Free.

Contact 020 7419 6599, events@phcl.org

TUESDAY 6 MARCH Film Show at the Library Touch of Evil (1958), directed by Orson Welles, PHCL. 7.15pm. £8, including a glass of wine, in cash, in advance at PHCL or on the door.

THURSDAY Mothers and Babies Pilates Want to tone your limbs, flatten your tummy and strengthen your pelvic floor? PHCL. 10am and 11am. Contact pilateswithpaulette@gmail.com, facebook.com/pilateswithpaulette

Primrose Hill Community Choir Love to sing? Try us out! All welcome. PHCC. 7.30–9.30pm. £6.

Contact Matthew 0781 723 4925 www.primrosehillchoirs.com

Drop-in for under 4s Drop in and take part in a variety of activities.

PHCC. 11.15am–1pm. £2.50 to include snack, tea and coffee for mums. Contact 020 7586 8327

Circus Glory Trapeze for adults. All levels welcome. PHCC. 1.30–2.45pm. Contact Genevieve 07973 451 603, gmonastesse@googlemail.com

Music and Rhyme Time for under 4s Drop-in at PHCC. 4.30–5pm. £1.

Contact 0207 586 8327

Neighbourhood Information Centre Drop-in advice centre. PHCL. 2–4pm. Free.

Contact 020 7419 6599

Catherine’s Ballet, Chalk Farm School of Dance for under 5s Ballet classes at PHCC. 4–5pm. Contact info@ chalkfarmschoolofdance.co.uk, www.chalkfarmschoolofdance.co.uk

Trauma Release Exercises (TRE) New drop-in class to release chronic tension patterns and return the nervous system to balance. PHCC. 4–6pm. £15 per class, or 5 for £50. Contact Tim Kirkpatrick, www.back2base.co.uk

FOR KIDS MONDAY Ready Steady Go ABC classes Fun and educative groups for toddlers and babies aged 6–18 months with their parents and carers.

PHCC. 9.30–11am. £120 per term (pro-rated when joining), trial classes available.

Contact 020 7586 5862 to register or for more information Rhyme Time Library Rhyme Time for under 5s. PHCL. 10.30–11.15am. Suggested £2 donation.

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Circus Glory Trapeze for ages 3–12. All levels welcome. PHCC. 3–6.30pm. Contact Genevieve 07973 451 603, gmonastesse@googlemail.com Homework Club Do your homework in the Library with a qualified teacher. PHCL. 4–6pm. Free.

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Mini Mozart Musical story time. PHCL. 9.30am for young children; 10.15am for babies.

Contact hello@minimozart.com First Class Learning English and Maths tuition. PHCL. 3.30–6.30pm.

Contact primrosehill@firstclasslearning.co.uk FRIDAY Mothers’ Mornings Meet other mothers while your children play.

PHCL. 10.30–11.30am. Free.

Contact 020 7419 6599

TUESDAY ESOL Class Learn English at the Library. PHCL. 12–1.30pm.

Free. Contact jojarrold@gmail.com

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Keep Fit for over 60s PHCC. 3–4pm. Free. Contact 0207 586 8327

Laban Movement Workshop To practise and explore Rudolf Laban’s Scales and Efforts. PHCC. 12–1pm. £10. Contact 07970 536 643, jennyfrankel.laban@gmail.com

THURSDAY 15 AND FRIDAY 16 FEBRUARY Children’s circus workshop PHCC. 10am–3pm. £15 per hour, £50 per day, £90 both days. Contact circusglory@gmail.com

TUESDAY Hartbeeps Baby Sensory Multi-sensory class of mini music productions for the very young. PHCC. 1.30–5.15pm. Classes £8.

Contact Clare 07528 688 734

Circus Glory Trapeze for ages 3–12. All levels welcome. PHCC. 2.30–6.30pm. Contact Genevieve 07973 451 603, gmonastesse@googlemail.com

Morris Dancing Learn lively Cotswold Morris dancing with handkerchiefs and sticks, led by tutor Andy Richards. No experience necessary.

CSH. 6.30–9pm.

SUNDAY 18 FEBRUARY Family Barn Dance Bring the entire family and take part in lively dances from the British Isles in a supportive and fun environment! CSH. 3pm.

Monkey Music Award-winning music classes for babies and toddlers: music, movement, percussion, bubbles and fun. Contact 020 8438 0189 for a free trial class

Pitta Patta Funky dance classes. Ages 4–16. PHCC. 4–7.15pm. Contact Juliet 07971 916 174, Juliet@pittapattadance.co.uk, www.pittapattadance.co.uk

Pilates PHCL. Dynamic sessions, 9am and 10.15am; gentler session 11.30am–12.30pm. £12 per class, £100 for 10 classes.

Contact lizacawthorn@gmail.com

TUESDAY 20 FEBRUARY Open Mic PHCL. 7pm. Donations appreciated.

Music and Rhyme for under 4s Drop-in sessions. PHCC. 4.30–5pm. £1.

Contact 0207 586 8327

WEDNESDAY 21 FEBRUARY Open House Visit the RAF Museum, Hendon. Meet at PHCC 2pm. Transport available, please let PHCC know in advance. Free.

WEDNESDAY Ready Steady Go Yoga Baby and Me, age 6 wks–9 mths, with Lily.

PHCC. 9–10am. £60 for 5 weeks (first class free).

Contact yoga@readysteadygo.org to register or for more information

SATURDAY Jingle Jam Music Music classes with a jazz flavour. Babies of 3 months to walking at 10.10am; walking to 5 years at 11.10am. Contact Emily Dankworth 07905 979 024, www.jinglejamkids.co.uk

General Yoga PHCC. 6.30–8pm.

Contact Catriona 020 7267 5675, cat.b1@blueyonder.co.uk

SUNDAY Drama, dance and singing classes A unique mix of drama, dance and singing to bring out every child’s true potential. Ages 4–7.

PHCC. 10–11.30am and 11.30am–1pm. Try a free class. Contact 020 7255 9120, enquiries@perform.org.uk, www.perform.org.uk

Hatha Yoga An open-level class combining mindful flow with alignment-based instructions and breathing techniques. PHCC. 1.30–2.30pm.

Contact Emma 0780 855 3599 emma.lecoeur@gmail.com

Yoga Angels Angels PHCC. 1.30–2.30pm. Drop-in £11, 5 classes £50, 10 classes £90. Contact 0780 855 3599, emma.lecoeur@ emma .lecoeur@gmail gmail.com .com WEDNESDAY All-ages Chess Club All-ages Join us for a game of chess. PHCL. 6.30pm. Free.

Contact 0783 010 7477, a.bruce@pardesgrammar.co.uk a.bruce@pardesgrammar .co.uk Circus Glory Trapeze for for adults. All levels welcome. PHCC. 1.15–2.15pm. Contact Genevieve 07973 451 603, gmonastesse@go gmonas tesse@googlem oglemail.com ail.com English Folk Dance Club Camden Great fun for dancers of all abilities or none.

No partner needed. PHCC. PHCC. 7.30–10pm. Drop-in Drop-in charge £6. Contact camdenf Contact camdenfolkdance@yahoo.com olkdance@yahoo.com Open House A regular regular activity (film, talk, performance) followed by tea, cake and chat. PHCC. 2pm.

Free. Contact 020 7586 8327 THURSDAY Englishh Country Englis Country Dancin Dancingg Learn English country country and ceilidh ceilidh dancing with tutor Mike Ruff. Musicians welcome to join the band led by Ian Cutts. No need to bring a partner,, no experienc partner experiencee necessary.

CSH.. 7.30–10pm.

CSH Life-drawing Li fe-drawing Beginners to professionals, just drop in! PHCC. Beginners PHCC. 7–9.20pm. £8 or £6 concession.

Contact 020 7586 8327, phlifedrawing@gmail.com, phlifedrawing@gmail .com, www.meetup www.meet up.com/Primro .com/Primrose-Hill se-Hill-Life-Drawing-Life-DrawingLondon Instagram: In stagram: @lifedrawingph

FRIDAY Circus Glory Trapeze for for adults. All levels welcome. PHCC. 1.30–2.45pm.

1.30–2.45 pm. Contact Genevieve Genevieve 0797 345 16 1603 03,, gmonastesse@go gmonas tesse@googlem oglemail.com ail.com Mothers’ Mornings Mothers’ Meet other mother motherss while your children pl play. ay.

PHCL. PHC L. 10.30–11.30am. Free.

Contact 020 7419 6599 Aerial Pilates PHCC. 9.45–11.15am.

9.45–11.15am.

Contact circusbodies@gm circusbodies@gmail ail.com .com Dynamic Pilates Strengthen core, prevent back pain and improve Strengthen posture. All levels and abilities welcome. Own mat needed. PHCC. PHCC. 8–9am.

Contact Natalie 0770 954 3581, natalienicollfitness@gmail natalienic ollfitness@gmail.com .com SATURDAY Primrose Primr ose Hill Mar Market ket St Paul’s School playground, Elsworthy Road, NW3. 10am–3pm.

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SUNDAY Hopkinson Hopkin son’s ’s Bar Meet for a drink drink with your neighbours. neighbours. All welcome. welc ome. PHCC. PHCC. 12 noon–2pm.

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Narcotics Na rcotics Anonymo Anonymous us PHCC. 1.30–3.45pm.

PHCC. 1.30–3.45pm. Free.

Mother and Baby Postnatal Postnatal Pilates Pilates Activate your pelvic floor, tone your tummy, strengthen your back and and improve improve your posture. posture.

PHCL. 11am. Book your place on the next course at pilateswithpaulette@gmail pilateswithpaulette@gmail.com, .com, Facebook.com/pilateswithpaulette/reviews Facebook.com/pila teswithpaulette/reviews Gentle Pila Pilates tes Gentle Gent le but effective effective pi pilates lates class. PHC PHCL. L. 12.30–1.30pm. £10 per session.

Contact annie@mac annie@mactherap therapy.org y.org Happy Body Pilates With Kerry Fraser. PHCL. 7–8pm. £12 per session, or £50 for block of 5. Contact 0797 646 1342, kerry@happybodypilates.co.uk kerry@happybodypila tes.co.uk Pregnancyy Yoga Pregnanc An open level class helping mums-to-be to stay healthy in mind mind and body during during pregnancy. pregnancy.

PHCC. 5.15–6.15pm. Contact 07808 553 599, emma.lecoeur@ emma .lecoeur@gmail gmail.com .com Primrose Primr ose Hill Yoga Strengthen Strengt hen,, stretch, relax relax and re-ener re-energis gise. e.

PHCC. PHC C. 5.30–6.30pm. £11 drop-in, £40 for series, series, student and and unemployed discount available. available.

Contact carolineshawyoga@gmail carolineshawyoga@gmail.com .com Yoga for Seniors PHCC. 7–8pm. Free. Contact 020 7586 8327

CONTACT DETAILS PHCC Primros Primr osee Hill Community Centre 29 Hopkinson Hopkinsonss Place Place (off Fitzroy Road) Road) NW11 8TN NW Contact: info@phca.cc 020 7586 8327 PHCL Primrosee Hill Community Librar Primros Libraryy Sharpleshall Street Street,, NW1 8YN Contact: events@phcl.org event s@phcl.org 020 7419 6599 Please submit entries for our March issue by Friday 9 February onthehillwhatson@ onthe hillwhatson@phca.cc phca.cc

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WEDNESDAY 21 FEBRUARY Transition Primrose Hil Tomorrow’s Economy: film show of acclaimed documentary ‘Demain’ and discussion with great local speakers about new ways with money.

PHCC. 7.30pm. Free. Contact www.transitionprimrosehill.org

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By Tracey Mitchell

support our standard of care. Central and Cecil generally do not advertise their homes, but recently put an advertisement in the Ham & High.

High. On a regular basis, I will let the local GP surgeries, social workers and hospitals know when vacancies arise.”

Last year, the Royal Albert Hall invited a group of Compton Lodge residents, friends and family to view a collection of Dame Clara Butt playbills and other memorabilia in their archive. Clara performed there 112 times, and is considered to have been their most prolific female performer between 1892 and 1930.

She organised many important fundraising concerts for charities there during the First World War. Patricia Fell-Clark was the daughter of the next family to live in Compton

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Lodge. She married an Indian writer and intellectual named Ayana Angadi.

They lived with their children on the top floor of the house, and founded the Asian Music Circle with the aim of introducing Asian culture to Britain in the 1950s. George Harrison broke a string on his sitar while recording ‘Rubber Soul’ at Abbey Road Studios and made a call to the Indian Embassy, which put him in touch with the Asian Music Circle. Patricia painted Harrison and introduced all the Beatles to the Indian classical musician, Ravi Shankar.

On a Thursday afternoon, Dr Gary Ansdel gets out a stash of instruments hidden behind the piano for music therapy. I count a cymbal and brush, a guitar, a large hand drum, tambourines, bells, maracas, another drum and drumstick. He waltzes Anna across the sitting

room to a wing-backed chair before picking up the guitar to play ‘Oh My Darling Clementine’.

A squabble develops over whether to sing a happy or sad song, and Gary compromises with ‘When the Saints Go Marching In’. Before long, a rousing chorus rings out. Gary sits down at the piano for ‘Cheek to Cheek’, written by Irving Berlin in 1935, but he’s soon back on his feet offering everyone a tambourine to tap while he sings to them.

“It’s about participation, simple as that,” Gary explains when we speak after the session. After a noisy rendition of ‘What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor’, they wind down with ‘Loch Lomond’. He’s spent thirty years as a music therapist working in psychiatry, with children and most recently elder care. “Music and animals, they’re both sensory and accessible,” he explains.

Gary takes time to foster abilities and interests, because he believes there’s a risk of losing individuality in a care home. He values the opportunity afforded by the sessions to enliven someone’s day and create an atmosphere of joy. During the afternoon, he encouraged one resident to sing a French song learned at school, and two others to choose songs they especially like. “It’s a chance to bring out individuality – skills, talents and personality ‒ for others to see and appreciate.”

“Oh, I love it, absolutely,” Viv agrees on my return to the sitting room after chatting with Gary. “I look forward to it lots.” Neville looks up from a book and says, “It’s a wide breadth of different types of music. I enjoy the rhythms.”

The history of Compton Lodge reaches farther than the blue plaque dedicated to Clara Butt. I first learnt about charabancs here from a lifelong Camden resident with vivid memories of selling coats in Debenham’s on Oxford Street. I’ve heard about wartime London from a child’s perspective and stories of naval service. If you’re looking for lived experience, these are the people who know what that means.

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A blue plaque on the front of Compton Lodge is dedicated to its original owner, Dame Clara Butt.

Dame Clara entertained Edward Elgar, Sir Henry Wood and Ellen Terry regularly after buying the place in 1903.

Today Compton Lodge offers residential and dementia care for up to thirty-four people. It is managed by the Central and Cecil Trust – also responsible for the Oldfield Estate on Fitzroy Road, Rackstraw House in Primrose Hill Road and Dora House in St John’s Wood Road.

I asked Care Home Manager, Mary Walsh, what makes Compton Lodge unique; and about changes in care over the twenty-five years since she started as Deputy Manager.

“It is the residents’ home first and foremost, and we the staff just work here. When people visit, they notice a very homely atmosphere and everyone is friendly and welcoming,” she explains.

“People are invited to visit the home at any time, and residents have visitors whenever it suits them.

There’s the beautiful building and wonderful gardens and we involve families and friends as much as possible to try to maintain contact within the community.”

The Compton Lodge calendar has a number of annual institutions, including the summer garden party, barbecues and the Christmas party.

“The relatives of residents who lived here twenty years ago come back to visit. We have a lot of contact with the community, including schools and colleges who come on a weekly basis for work experience. They also entertain us at Christmas with carol concerts, including the very young from nurseries.

“Years ago, care homes were about security and companionship. In the 1980s, everyone was expected to be up at the same time and into meals; everybody followed the routine of the home. Whereas now routine is worked around the individual; it’s moved from a task-oriented approach into personcentred care.”

Nowadays people stay on at home much longer before moving into care, and the last two people who came into Compton had live-in care beforehand. Compton Lodge currently has some vacancies.

“Once it was all word-of-mouth; now we’ll have enquiries mainly through the internet. The local authority no longer places residents at Central and Cecil, as they are unable to pay the necessary fees to

Opposite: Photo of Dame Clara Butt bequeathed to the National Portrait Gallery by Patrick O’Connor (2010)

Lollipop Lady

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I’m stuck with a pole ‘Stopping Children’ when I’d rather be home by the fire; this snow is OK through the window, but out here today it is dire.

I took this job on in the summer, in June when the weather was hot; I thought a job outdoors would suit me, but in February it definitely does not.

My wellingtons leak, so my feet are all wet, and the pole makes my poor fingers freeze; my head is quite cold in my hat and my scarf, as it’s more of a wind, not a breeze.

Lord, if you’re so clever, please prove it: warm days in the winter are nice; we’d rather have fun without freezing, send us only hot snow and safe ice.

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Pelvic floor care

By Paulette Pollock

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Having a baby is life-changing.

Although your new bundle will bring you much joy, you may be feeling overwhelmed, exhausted and hungry.

You will also be adjusting to your body not looking, feeling or functioning as it did before.

The first six weeks are a time to rest (when you can!) and look after your baby. It is also important that you look after yourself. Your body is an amazing system, working hard to repair and rejuvenate cells, and perhaps produce milk for the baby; so you need to pay attention to your nutrition.

What you eat or don’t eat, drink or don’t drink is now known to have as big an impact on healing as exercise. Try to eat protein at every meal (vital for tissue recovery), especially at breakfast to stop you getting on the sugar roller coaster.

Cut coffee (caffeine increases cortisol levels, which encourages fat to be held around the tummy) and keep hydrated by drinking lots of water and also Tulsi Tea (which soothes the adrenals).

Limit sugar (this includes alcohol) as

it is infla inflammatory. mmatory. Instead eat lots of antioxidant-rich berries for sweetness.

During this initial phase you shouldn’t be doing any exercise, except for some light pelvic floor contractions and short walks with your baby – certainly no crunches, sit-ups, twists or planks. Not only do they put tremendous pressure on your pelvic floor, but also on weak abdominal muscles and could worsen a diastasis recti (a natural, small separation of the linea alba which allowed your baby to grow).

Whatever your delivery type, your pelvic floor has been working hard for the last nine months to support your growing baby. You may find that you leak urine when you cough, jump, sneeze ... or laugh. Moving from lying to sitting, and from sitting to standing creates 9 kg of intra-abdominal pressure. It is therefore essential that you exhale as you move against gravity.

This means that your diaphragm relaxes and rises, allowing space for the pelvic floor to rise too.

For up to twelve weeks post-birth, and throughout breastfeeding, your body will be producing the hormone relaxin.

During pregnancy its role is to relax your ligaments to allow the pelvic girdle to widen for the baby to come out, but it affects all the body’s ligaments.

Although relaxin might make you feel super-flexible, do stretches with care. Otherwise you might over-stretch ligaments that will never return to their original length; they will stay like a taut elastic band, leaving unstable joints.

Don’t hold a stretch for longer than eight seconds, and be careful whilst practising yoga asanas.

Finally, don’t forget to breathe!

Some soothing deep breaths will not only calm your nervous system but also aid healing, as all cellular activity requires oxygen.

For further information, check out facebook.com/ pilateswithpaulette or email pilateswithpaulette@gmail.com to receive a free copy of my ‘Meet Your Pelvic Floor’ handout.

In the November issue we included a collage of Primrose Hill by Pam Walker, who had set out all her equipment on the hill, then had to work quickly before a gale-force wind scattered everything over the park.

Thankfully she managed to fight off the elements and produce another collage for us. pamwalker.co.uk

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slam and her husband seem unfazed by the presence in her kitchen of a dozen novice British cooks (male and female) struggling to shape the dough they’d made into a thin enough pancake to be cooked on a special stove and end up as Arabic flatbread. Some rather misshapen efforts were then expertly restored and wrapped round chicken pieces, marinated, baked, and eaten by the – now hungry – assembled trainee cooks.

Islam and her family live in the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem. They have converted their house into a day centre for the camp’s disabled children, having realised that there was almost no provision for them elsewhere.

We often think of refugee camps as rows of tents and UN food lorries, but this is quite different. Although Aida began like that in 1950 (to house some of the Palestinians who had lost their homes and land during the nakba of 1948), it now looks like any other part of this city, except that the streets are much narrower and more litter-strewn. They echo to the shouts and laughter of small children, who never seem to go to bed and who demand high fives from us until our palms ache. Before

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our bread-making session we had visited the camp’s library and arts centre, which is home to Alrowad, a dance group which has toured Europe to great acclaim. It plays a crucial role in giving refugee children an outlet for their energy and talents.

Our visit to the Aida camp was part of an eight-day trip organised by Zaytoun (the word means olive in Arabic) – a social enterprise which was founded in 2011 to support Palestinian farmers and market their products under fairtrade terms in the UK. Our group of twelve included four of us from St Mary’s Primrose Hill and an expert guide who introduced us to some of the people behind the products: olive and date farmers, and women who hand-roll maftoul and collect za’tar, the local herb which flavours many Palestinian dishes.

We soon discovered that Islam’s hospitality was far from unique: we were humbled by the welcome we received from people in villages, farms and their own homes in the West Bank.

An essential element of the welcome was always homemade food, plus often a lesson in making it. A ‘picnic’ in the olive groves (after

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up early to cook large quantities of bread stuffed with za’tar and olives in a kitchen run by local women; the food is distributed for breakfast to local schools, as well as to the guesthouse where we stayed. We tasted newly pressed olive oil from farmers’ cooperatives at Canaan Fair Trade; the farmers there receive more than twice what they used to be paid for their olives before Canaan and Zaytoun came along, when they were dependent on Israeli companies.

In Nablus we visited an ancient factory making soap from olive oil (Nablus is famous for soap) and ate kneffah – a delicious but alas very fattening sweet made in huge pans from curd cheese, wheat and sugar and flavoured with cardamom.

We ate succulent fresh dates at another cooperative in the Jordan valley. Date palms – we were told ‒– have the advantage that they can cope with salinity in the soil, and this is an increasing problem caused by excessive extraction of ground and river water by nearby commercial plantations. Hisham the farmer explained the tricky process of getting the dates to the UK market via Haifa, but gave us one piece of good news: the cooperative will soon have a cooling facility enabling them to

store the dates for up to a year, instead of having to sell them at the time of harvest when prices are low.

The village of Battir in the Cremisan Valley is famous for its springs (which gave rise to a Roman settlement) and an ancient and unique system of distributing the water among the eight families who live in the village. Hasan (who runs the outdoor restaurant where we ate a spectacular aubergine and rice dish called makloubha makloubha)) and the villagers succeeded in getting UNESCO to declare it a World Heritage Site in 2014, and they hope this will give them some protection against the encroachment of settlements.

On our last day, in Nazareth, we made lemonade, salads, sweets, lentils … and took them for a picnic by the Sea of Galilee, which looked unbelievably beautiful in the October sun.

Zaytoun had arranged our accommodation throughout in lovely ancient buildings run as guesthouses, whose hosts were unfailingly helpful and deeply proud of their heritage.

The whole tour was immensely enjoyable; nevertheless, food and politics are inseparable in Palestine, and it would be a disservice to our hosts not to include both in any account of our visit, especially at a time when progress towards a just settlement with Israel seems, at best, to be stalled. So we remember the cooks and their cooking fondly, and continue to hope that peace and justice may prevail.

Details of next year’s tour can be found at zaytoun.org/visit_palestine.html Zaytoun products can be ordered via zaytoun.org.uk or from Traidcraft: www.traidcraftshop.co.uk For recipes I recommend Palestine on a Plate by Joudie Kalla.

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we had picked a pathetically small number of olives) turned out to be large bowls of hot freekeh (toasted wheat) with chicken, salad, yogurt sauce, topped with roasted almonds, followed by sweets and coffee (the coffee addicts among us were never without their fix).

The roasted nuts, an ingredient of many traditional dishes, were a favourite and were greedily spooned up on arrival by the quicker members of our party.

In El Beir Arts and Seeds café in Bethlehem we were treated to soup, salad and organic vegetables grown locally. The café and shop is run by Vivien, a trained ecologist who (usually by pestering retired farmers and asking to look in their sheds) has rediscovered heritage seeds like white cucumber and drought-resistant watermelon.

Parked outside the café was a ‘travelling kitchen’ which she takes to local schools to teach the children about ecology.

She spoke to us about food sovereignty and the difficulties experienced by local farmers when Israeli settlers encroach on their land.

We saw an example of this for ourselves when we went to Tent of Nations, a farm which has been owned and cultivated organically by the Nassar family for one hundred years, but whose land is now overlooked by a large new settlement (we could see and hear the noise of a school being constructed) whose inhabitants seem intent on evicting them: the approach road had been blocked with boulders, their olive trees uprooted, and they had been repeatedly issued with orders to destroy their rainwater cisterns.

Bashara Nassar and his brother Nayef founded Tent of Nations back in the 1970s as a centre for peace and reconciliation, with the motto ‘we refuse to be enemies’. International volunteers come and live on the farm for a few months at a time to work and study.

In Bethlehem it was impossible to ignore the towering presence of the Wall (or ‘separation barrier’), topped with barbed wire and dotted with watchtowers, marching through the middle of the town and on for some 800 kilometres and more ‒– cutting people off from their land, neighbours, jobs, schools and hospitals. Next to it is Banksy’s wonderfully named ‘Walled Off’ Hotel, which contains a museum dedicated to the history of the Palestinian struggle, and a ‘Wall mart’ shop which sells everything you need for creating graffiti.

Then more cooking: in Sebastya, a hillside village built beside a huge Roman site with ruins of a temple,

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PERFORM Eighteen years ago, a then-West End stage actress, Lucy Quick, decided that it was time to give back to her art and use her own remarkable experience in musical theatre to encourage children to fulfil their dreams through drama.

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lesson as a proud moment, with just four children in the class. The business has now expanded to 300 schools and 8,000 children. Lucy and Will’s goal is simply to keep growing: to open new venues in other parts of the UK; and to develop their new concept, Perform X, a modern, street and hip-hop-based class where children of 6–12 years can embrace a more urban culture in this high-energy dance session.

The clear focus throughout is on ‘learning through laughter’, and that was abundantly clear as I walked into a lesson during the final day of the summer workshop. The first thing that struck me was the infectious levels of energy and enthusiasm bubbling through the class, alongside a real sense of wanting to take part. There was such excitement emanating from every child in the room as they went through the ‘movement and stretching’ part of the lesson, closely followed by bursting into song, all based round the theme of this course, Beauty and the Beast.

Beast. After about five minutes I was completely captivated and singing along to The Palace of Dreams!

While the overriding message is clearly ‘drama through fun’, there is most definitely an underlying educational mission, not only during each weekly session, but extending out into the education system. Perform goes into 30 primary schools a day to conduct drama workshops, where the staff will create a topical performance and and engage the pupils in learning through interaction and role play. All 250 teachers are professional actors, singers or dancers, and in Lucy’s words ‘are the making of each school’ and what has ensured Perform’s success to date. Their sole aim is to bring out the best in every child.

The staff are taken through a gruelling audition process and rigorously trained.

Each workshop leader is hand-picked by Lucy herself to ensure that they continue the all-important Perform philosophy and have that certain quality that can captivate a child’s imagination.

Each session has a topic, from ‘eye contact’ to ‘celebrating ‘celebrating our differences’, in which children are taught to embrace the theme through a series of collective activities, almost a subconscious learning technique. The lessons lessons have

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an energetic structure: they start with a physical warm-up, then coordination exercises while sitting together in a circle to learn communication with others in a group environment, culminating in an enthusiasm-fuelled dance routine, and ending with improvisation and drama games. Each week every child is given a sticker for what they have learned, to make them aware of their personal achievements.

The course finale is an end-of-term show, bringing together all the different elements and giving the children something fulfilling to work towards.

While Perform is most definitely a drama school, as its name suggests, Lucy and Will are adamant that they are not there to make actors out of every pupil; they are there to give them the confidence to believe ‘I can do that’, ‘I can try it’, and to bring out every child’s full potential. Lucy herself, previously a self-confessed ‘under-confident’ child, recognised that the only time she came out of her shell and ‘became a different person’ was when she was singing or performing on stage; this was how she gained the self-esteem and drive that allowed her to achieve her childhood dreams of performing in the West End and now running a successful everevolving business.

Lucy’s own two children went through this same process, having been a part of Perform ‘since the womb’, and Lucy clearly witnessed the profound effect this had on their levels of confidence and their ability to focus, even during the simplest tasks like standing in school assembly. The practice of taking part in shows three times a year for their whole life has made it their norm, and that is the quality she hopes to pass on to others.

The success of Perform is evident from the incredible growth over a relatively short period, and the positive results for such a range of children is what drives Lucy on. Young people are encouraged to come along and have a trial session, so that they can see what it’s all about before signing up for a course. I can guarantee that every child will leave their first session wanting more.

To find out more about Perform, go to www.perform.org.uk

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“ T H E Y S E L EC T T H E THEMES FOR THE TERM, WITH SUCH APPEALING T I T L E S A S W I L D W E S T, UNDER THE SEA OR O U T E R S PAC E , T H E Y C H O R EO G R A P H T H E DA N C E S , C O M P O S E T H E SONGS AND WRITE THE SCRIPTS; IT IS DRAMA W I T H A M O D E R N T W I S T.”

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During her acting career, from her first role in Oliver at the Palladium to her last performance in The Pirates of Penzance at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Lucy Quick worked as a drama teacher at a stage school, where she found her true love to be teaching and working with children. Lucy felt that there was too much focus on talent at these schools, and believed that drama for young children should be more about the confidence skills it can provide.

‘Perform’ is therefore a drama school with a difference, where the focus is on enabling children aged 4–12 to achieve whatever they want in life; as Lucy puts it, ‘to help children grow their wings’ rather than push them into an acting career. The aim of Perform is to help children to excel at the four Cs – confidence, communication, coordination and concentration – through the many modes one would expect at a drama class, whether singing, dancing or acting, but all with the purpose of pure enjoyment and engaging young minds. From tongue twisters, rhymes, rap to energetic dance routines, children are encouraged to speak out, project themselves, engage with others and be a part of a team, and from that to gain the ability to be a more self-assured version of themselves.

Together with her business partner Will Barnett, an ex-Saatchi & Saatchi advertising exec and musician, and the ‘brilliant’ other half of Perform, they decided to create a brand that denoted a commitment to teaching and engaging through drama; they wanted their knowledge and expertise to spread across the country and give children the opportunity to develop through the performing arts. Together they select the themes for the term, with such appealing titles as Wild West, Under the Sea or Outer Space, they choreograph the dances, compose the songs and write the scripts; it is drama with a modern twist.

The first ever session was at the Primrose Hill Community Centre on a Sunday morning in 1999. As a local, Lucy felt that the whole idea embodied the creativity, freedom and artistic expression she was hoping to capture and develop among our young inhabitants. Lucy recalls this very first

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David Holmes’ book, A Brush with the Music of Time, Time, about his life as an art student, advertising junior, art director, creative director, designer, ad agency proprietor, painter and illustrator is bursting with luscious images. And if you want to have a feel for the London version of ‘Mad Men’ in the 1950s‒/1970s, there are photographs and clippings galore.

This original, quirky publication has just won the prestigious first prize in the British Book Design and Production Awards, and comes with its own beautiful cardboard sleeve and smart bag. The quirkiness reflects the author, who has a large collection of battered straw hats, learned to play the bagpipes from an Indian lady in Singapore when he was in his sixties and cultivates an exquisite Japanese garden outside the studio he has owned in Primrose Hill for over thirty years. Lots of photographs in the book illustrate his fondness for dressing up.

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Some pages will be familiar to us locals: he designed the cover for the publication Primrose Hill Remembered, Remembered, and the older among us will recognise his advertising campaigns – ‘You can take a white horse anywhere’, for example. David also designed the Christmas stamps in 2015 and appeared in On The Hill to talk about the process.

The book is also full of colourful, fluent watercolours of animals, flowers and landscapes.

David is tidying up his studio and has a folder for ‘browsing’ with small examples of his work, reasonably priced, which would make great presents. Email him to have a look, with no obligation. davidcecilholmes@gmail.com

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As love is in the air at L’Absinthe, what better way to treat your date on Valentine’s Day than JC’s easy, classic crème brûlée? If you don’t have absinthe, it’s equally good with other liqueurs, such as Grand Marnier.

1. Beat the egg yolks and sugar until they are incorporated, then beat in the whipping cream, followed by the absinthe.

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Ingredients (serves four) • 80 g caster sugar • 80 g egg yolks • 400 ml whipping cream • 30 ml absinthe • Brown sugar

2. Divide the mixture into four ramekins and leave to rest in the fridge for 10–12 hours.

3. Preheat the oven to 140°C. Place the ramekins into a large roasting tray and pour in enough boiling water to come half way up their outsides. Cook for 1 hour until the custards are just set.

4. Allow to cool, then sprinkle brown sugar over the top. Caramelise with a blow torch or under the grill. … And if that doesn’t work you can always come and have it with us!

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