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t Oracle’s event earlier this month, Southend United’s CEO Steve Kavanagh was Oracle’s guest speaker. The evening took place at the Blues Lounge, Roots Hall where residents enjoyed an informal evening dinner chatting with Steve on the Club’s plans for next Season and the ongoing controversial subject of the stadium. I’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you to Steve and the rest of his team for all their help in making the evening a great success. Oracle will be holding another event in the autumn, and the date will be announced in next month’s edition along with details of its theme and the venue. This month’s competition is a first for Oracle and I am really pleased that Keith Hoskins (local award winning photographer) has agreed to get involved. It will involve any local amateur photographer so please see page 13 for details on how to enter the competition and get the chance to be Oracle’s 2015 photographer of the year. Lastly,please keep those recipes coming in for the Oracle, Cooking-on-Sea recipe book with all profits donated to HARP homeless charity for Southend.For details on how you can get involved with this appeal please see page 43. Thank you to all of those who have already sent in a recipe.

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ondon Southend Airport recently appointed Jon Horne as its interim Managing Director. The 57-year old first started working in the aviation industry in 1973 as an Air Traffic Control Assistant and has remained within the industry ever since. Rising through the ranks, Singaporeborn Horne was the Chief Executive of Cardiff International Airport prior to joining the Stobart Group’s London Southend operation. Oracle caught up with Jon to talk about the latest airport developments.

Oracle – Welcome to Southend Jon… Jon – Thanks, I’m both excited and delighted to be joining London Southend Airport. It is arguably THE success story of recent years within our industry and I’m honoured to be asked to carry that success forward. 2014 was a record year for London Southend as it broke the million passengers mark for the first time since its regeneration under the Stobart Group and also won the Which? magazine award for ‘Best Airport’ for the second-successive year – so it’s my job to try and build on all that.

Oracle – What initial plans have you got for the airport? Jon - My main focus is to continue growing the airport’s overall business, by building on the excellent foundations already in place. Key is introducing more airlines and destinations, giving travellers more choice. I want to make ‘simply easier’ London Southend the airport of choice for the town, the wider region and actually for London too.

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soon is a new route to Lanzarote that will operate twice weekly throughout this winter, starting on 6 November – the island is famed for its volcanic landscape, expansive beaches and guaranteed sunshine, making it a perfect choice for some last minute winter sun. Flights to the French city of Lyon – often called the ‘gastronomy capital of the world’ - start on 12th December. We have also recently started a new route to Maribor in Slovenia with Adria Airways and our departures to and from Caen, Rennes, Munster Osnabruck and Groningen (with Flybe, operated by Stobartair) and Bern (with SkyWork) all remain Commission, but acknowledged this is just popular. another step in the process - estimates have been Oracle – Any more developments planned? given of between 10 and 15 years before an Jon - The opening of our new Lakers Restaurant & additional runway will be in place and the much Bar in the terminal at Easter was the final piece in needed airport capacity this delivers for the South the terminal jigsaw. In both Which? surveys East. Between now and then the capacity created customers identified our catering offer as through the £140m investment in London something that we needed to develop and Southend Airport by Stobart Group will play its expand. Having listened we have made a part in helping to support London and the significant investment in creating the new facility, region’s economy and its growth. We were really which we hope will bring a whole new enjoyable pleased to see our development specifically experience to our passengers. It serves an welcomed in the Commission’s Report. extensive breakfast menu and wide selection of other hot meals and drinks, and has free Wi-Fi Our growing connections with European business throughout, plus a phone / laptop charging bar. and leisure destinations were acknowledged, as Importantly it has also created 25 new, local jobs. were the future opportunities presented for the airport’s development by Cross Rail. The Report Oracle – And what impact does the recent also references the recognition of the airports Davies Commission Report (that recom- future significant growth by Rail Track and mended a new runway at Heathrow) have measures to support this in its West Anglia Route on London Southend? Study Consultation. The current retendering of Jon - We welcomed the publication of the the Greater Anglia Rail Franchise in 2016 is also recommendations made by the Davies acknowledged as a means of supporting the development of London Southend airport through improved rolling stock and earlier and later trains. The focus of the Southend Joint Area Action Plan (JAAP) on local road improvement is also welcomed as supporting the airports development. For more information www.southendairport.com

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his month’s Oracle competition is a first and involves anyone who enjoys taking photographs. Oracle has teamed up with local award winning photographer Keith Hoskins who owns Picture Perfect photographic studio, based in Chalkwell. We are looking for Oracle’s 2015 local photographer of the year. There are two age group categories and prizes for each. The first category is for the ‘17’s and under’ age group and the winning photographer will spend four hours being mentored by Keith. Your photograph will also appear in both September’s Oracle magazines and lastly, they will be printed, mounted and put on display for two weeks in Picture Perfect’s studio window, on the Ridgeway, Chalkwell. For the ‘over 18’s’ age group the prize is the same but you will spend a full day enjoying a one-to-one mentoring session with Keith. In addition, the winners and runners up in each category will have their photos printed in Oracle’s recipe book – Cooking-on-Sea which is being launched pre Christmas. All profits from this book will go to HARP Homeless Charity for Southend.

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Photographs can be taken on any camera including smart phones and will be judged as long as the quality is good enough to reproduce in the magazines and Cooking-on-Sea recipe book i.e. no blurred images please. All photographs must be taken within the Southend-on-Sea area. Please also supply your contact details when sending in your image. To help you take that perfect picture, Keith has outlined a few hints and tips below to help you on your way: -

• Lighting is most dramatic in the early morning and late afternoon/early evening. Midday lighting is generally uniform and flat.

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a photograph into the sun can be dangerous for eyes unless it’s a sunset and can also cause flare in the lens where the light is bounced around the inside of the lens. Keeping the sun to one side or behind stops this.

• Wildlife often moves quickly so use the ’sport’ setting on your camera, a fast shutter speed setting. If your subject is moving across your vision then move your camera with it while you take the photo, this is called ‘panning’.

• In all compositions there is ‘the rule of thirds’ so, for instance, a shot looking across land out to sea mostly looks best if either the sea or the land take up two thirds of the photo.

• With smart phones in cases it is best to take the case off, give the lens a wipe and then take the shot.

See Keith’s award winning work above and visit his website to see more of his work. www.pictureperfect.pro

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enorca is the eastern most of the Balearic Islands situated in the western Mediterranean, and the least commercialised of the three. easyJet have recently opened a new route connecting London Southend to Menorca which takes a little under 2 hours and has the quickest check in I have ever experienced. Being of a huge military and economic importance in the Mediterranean, due to its natural port being the 2nd largest in the world (after Pearl Harbour. Hawaii), it has been heavily contested over the centuries, changing hands between the Moors, French, British, Romans, Spanish and at one point being sacked by Turkish pirates.

site of a lengthy siege during the Seven Years War against the French, where a force sent by the Royal Navy to relieve the besieged garrison failed to achieve this objective and the Admiral in charge (Admiral John Byng) faced a court martial and was summarily executed for â&#x20AC;&#x153;failing to do his utmostâ&#x20AC;?, despite being undermanned, short of supplies and his squadron made up of ships in very poor condition. The fort on the northern shore was remade into a very costly fortress by the Spanish and is infamous for being a prison and torture/ interrogation centre during the Franco dictatorship.

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The food is delicious and being an island, the fish is always fresh and served with local vegetables and delicacies, it is a perfect place to sit back by the harbour and drink in the atmosphere, especially during the summer fiestas such as the 'Festes de

This has left a massive pot of rich history and heritage converging to provide some very unique sites. However, it can be lost among the stunning beauty of the island, with turquoise waters and hundreds of mini beaches (itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rumoured that Menorca has more beaches than Ibiza and Majorca combined) but these remain unspoilt commercially and is refreshingly sparse of tourists.

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Hand made produce Recently a local salt producing farm has been restored, (www.reservalaconcepcio.com) producing salt exactly the way it has been made for thousands of years, by hand; not machinery, using the local weather and the Islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plentiful supply of heat and sun. Through this farm you can also organise horse trekking along the coast which offers a perfect holiday highlight, viewing the Island on horseback.

Sant Joan'. This is a 3 day celebration where there are spectacles such as bonfires, fireworks, music and locally bred black horses who are encouraged to rear up in the crowd which all adds to the tension and excitement of the fiesta. There are some surviving British influences that remain after the colonial period, such as the insatiable local appetite for gin. Gin is produced locally and is usually served with lemonade but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be very eager to show you all the different flavours they have, such as mint and chocolate! What is very refreshing and despite tourism being a lucrative business, the locals are genuinely passionate about the products they make and are very eager for you to try and will patiently explain the process and history to you and why they think it is important to the culture of Menorca.

If you just want a relaxing holiday and get away by the beach, Menorca has plenty to offer, you can hire a catamaran to be taken to idyllic beaches and diving sports or just bathe on the deck, fed olives and cheese while you drink and take in the coastal scenery.The local beaches themselves are stunning with crystal clear shallow waters which are fantastic for children to go snorkelling without the worry of them going too deep. The more refined of you can venture in land to the wineries that boast wines that are rated within the top 5 in the country (www.binifadet.com) and offer crated deliveries to anywhere in Europe or to the local cheese producing farms that are placed on beautiful estates and provide cheese tasting sessions with wine to wash it down (www.santpatrici.com).

Convenient travel Regardless of what you look for in a holiday, Menorca is conveniently placed for a stress free transition from London Southend to Menorca via easyJet and the best of both worlds when it comes to relaxation and culture (http://www.easyjet.com). by Charles Wynne-Morgan AUGUST 2015

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To make the butter, put the garlic, coriander, chilli and lime juice in a food processor and pulse until chopped but not sludgy. Remove 1 tbsp of the mix, toss with the prawns and set aside in the fridge. Add the butter and some seasoning to the food processor, and pulse again until everything is combined. Scrape out onto a sheet of foil, roll into a sausage and put in the freezer to harden.

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