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After an amazing response to last month’s Holiday Gift Card competition – congratulations to our winner Debbie Lee – we’ve got another brilliant prize to give away this month courtesy of the Spa-Kling Pool Company! Find out how to enter inside. With the weather getting warmer and wedding season just around the corner, Carolyn Nicholls’ has some great Style & Fashion tips on how you can perfect your outfit for the big day. With the sun making more of a regular appearance, you may be thinking about getting out and about. Check out Dan Wood’s review of the Music Angel Friendz Portable Speaker – perfect for picnics, trips to the beach or hosting your very own garden party. As always, we have a great selection of daytime and nighttime events in our What’s On section.
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Delicious Dish with Helen Kingscott
Stir-fried ginger pork Ingredients (serves 2): 1cm fresh root ginger, peeled and grated; 1 garlic clove, finely chopped; ½ red chilli, deseeded and cut into thin strips (alternatively, use the lazy range that comes in jars – make meals even quicker and with less mess); 2 tbsp sunflower oil; 2 boneless pork steaks, cut into thin strips; 125g (4oz) mangetout; 50g (2oz) unsalted cashew nuts; 2 tbsp dark soy sauce; 1 tbsp dry white wine, rice wine or dry sherry; 1 tsp caster sugar; 1 tsp sesame oil. Method: 1 If serving with rice, start cooking this (follow packaging instructions) before you begin to stir-fry. 2 Measure and prepare all the ingredients. Set the wok over a high heat until smoking and keep the heat high throughout the cooking process. Add half the
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sunflower oil and swirl around once or twice to heat it through. 3 Add the ginger, garlic and chilli and fry for 10-20 seconds until they start to colour. Quickly add the pork pieces and continue to stir-fry for 2-3 minutes until just cooked through. Transfer to a plate. 4 Return the wok to the heat and add the remaining sunflower oil. Swirl again to heat through, then add the mangetout. Fry for 2-3 minutes until crisp but tender and beginning to catch the odd patch of brown. Add the cashew nuts and fry for another 30 seconds. 5 Return the pork to the pan. Add the soy sauce, wine and caster sugar, then stir-fry for 1 more minute. Add the sesame oil, season with freshly ground black pepper and mix. Serve with rice.
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Cocktail Time with Lois Kingscott
Cosmopolitan The Cosmopolitan – or Cosmo – is said to have been created independently by many different bartenders since the 1970s. The general concensus is that John Caine – owner of several bars in San Fransisco – brought the popular pink drink to the west from Ohio in around 1987. Although the cocktail is widely perceived as a contemporary creation, there is a strikingly similar recipe for a Cosmo, which appears in the book ‘Pioneers of Mixing at Elite Bars 1903-1933’. The ‘Cosmopolitan Daisy’ substitutes cranberry juice and vodka for raspberry syrup and gin, as these are the ingredients that would have been readily available at the time. There are also many claims that the Cosmo was adapted from the Kamikaze cocktail, though is often presented very differently. The Cosmopolitan was popularised significantly among young women in the 1990s because of its frequent appearances on the TV program ‘Sex and the City’, where Sarah Jessica Parker’s character, Carrie Bradshaw, often ordered the drink when out with her girlfriends. Ingredients: 50ml vodka; 25ml triple sec; 50ml cranberry juice; 25ml fresh lime juice; orange peel and/or mint to serve; ice. Method: 1 Add ice, vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice and lime juice to a cocktail shaker and shake for about 30 seconds. 2 Strain into a martini glass and garnish with a sprig of mint and/or a twist of orange peel.
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Wild Food Foraging with Steven Hawley
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Add a couple of leaves to a bacon sandwich It was also used to make a juice from the leaves, which are fleshy and moist, that is supposed to help a number of internal conditions such as an inflamed liver. No harm would come from trying this these days, but I am very sceptical of any worthwhile health benefits. Even though I’m willing to give anything a go that might help a hangover, I usually prefer to just add a couple of leaves to a bacon sandwich, which is sure to cure whatever internal problem I'm having at any given time. Like most leafy greens harvested in the countryside, they also work quite well in a salad. Be careful when harvesting this plant as it doesn’t have a very deep root system and often grows in a shallow patch of soil that has gathered in a wall. Pulling on a leaf could easily uproot the entire plant. If you’re not 100% sure that the plant you’re picking is safe for human consumption, don’t pick it. If you’re prone to food allergies, or pregnant, always seek medical advice before consuming anything foraged in the wild. Page 8
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When out for a walk on a lazy Sunday afternoon, you might never expect a number of tiny green belly buttons to be poking out at you from a nearby wall. But should you be fortunate enough to brush against these umbilicated oddities, you may just find your own belly button pokes out a little further by the end of your constitutional! Navelwort, or Wall Pennywort, can be found growing in stone walls or shaded rocky formations. Its leaves are green and round with a small dimple in the centre that mildly resembles an ‘inny’ belly button, hence the name. Though it is much too shallow of a dimple to resemble my belly button! The historical medicinal use for this plant, keeping in mind that medical research has come a very long way since the days of homemade hedgerow potions, was the treatment of epileptic seizures. Though I’m sure any modern day doctor would rather stick to prescribing sodium valproate and their variants.
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Style & Fashion with Carolyn Nicholls
The Wedding Party With the cost of weddings going through the roof, it’s not surprising that there has been a similar increase in the stress on wearing the right outfit. It used to be just the bride, groom and best man who had a virtual uniform, but nowadays brides are equally concerned that all the principals in the photos are dressed to perfection too.
Avoid disaster by careful planning Often bridesmaids have to buy their own outfit and the pressure of cost can cause friction – let’s face it, how many of us can afford to buy a dress to wear once only? The bride and groom set the tone of the wedding first of all – traditional, period, themed even casual. The rest of the principals must follow suit or fall foul of the happy couple before they have even got to the ‘I do’. Help is at hand – a wedding organiser can advise you, but equally you can avoid disaster by careful planning. Setting the tone has to be the starting point. Then let your guests know exactly
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what you are hoping to achieve to give them maximum opportunity to ‘get it right’. Tell everyone on the ‘save the date’ invitation whether you are planning a traditional wedding, a themed wedding based on ‘xyz’ or if you would like all guests dressed to attend a ball (I have attended one of the latter and it was truly amazing). If a colour scheme is important then get that information out there as soon as possible. It is only natural that the bride and groom want the wedding photographs to be amazing. The bride also needs to be the focal point and so it is really not appropriate for the groom’s mother to have a parrot on her head unless the theme is ‘Treasure Island’! Being the mother of the bride or groom is such an important role and it is a fact that, when these lovely ladies arrive at the ceremony, the guests will be casting a critical eye over their choice of outfit. If you have not had Colour Analysis then this may be exactly the right time to do so. We talked about the importance of wearing a good colour
next to your face in my previous article. The right colour will make you look younger, fresher and radiant on the big day. Your Image Consultant will also be able to advise you whether the colours you are considering will work well with the bride and bridesmaids and so ensure you won’t clash. They will also show you a style that works for your body shape and give you advice on the hat that is right for you personally.
Make sure your outfit fits well and is comfortable Some of us find weddings a clothing nightmare because we would normally live in jeans. You can of course get really smart dark indigo jeans these days but if you are a principal then a trouser suit is a great alternative. Whatever you choose, be happy in it. For everyone involved, make sure your outfit fits you well and is comfortable. Think about what the day involves – how much standing and sitting – and whether your shoes and your fabric choice will survive the day. And lastly – have a wonderful time!
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Looking Good, Feeling Great with Matt Wagstaff
Exercise as we age To coin the phrase from Moshe Feldenkrais, “Movement is Life” and as we age we should not move any less. Regular exercise improves health, boosts mood and increases quality of life. As we age we become more susceptible to illness and injury. Keeping regular exercise in your weekly routine has been shown to combat the ageing process, reducing the likelihood of illness and injury, aiding in weight loss and muscle gain. Adding in a variety of exercise isn’t difficult, though initially maybe harder – the body adapts at a quick rate leading to progress in strength and fitness. Structure is key in exercise – below are some points to follow.
Mix it up Taking part in different kinds of training keeps your body guessing and improves different areas of fitness. Performing some aerobic training such as swimming or cycling, as well as some structured strength and balance training within a gym or class setting will give an all round workout for the body. This also prevents one getting bored following
the same exercise program all the time.
Resistance strength training Strength based training has been shown to have huge benefits as we grow older, improving and reducing the chance of developing arthritis, osteoporosis and diabetes. Having an increase in muscle improves one’s metabolic rate, leading to an increase in fat loss as well as improved daily function in moving around and performing daily activities. Resistance training can be tailored to any individual.
Exercise at home If getting out to exercise can be a problem, simple exercise training can be performed from the home. Using a chair for squats or stairs for some simple step up exercises can be beneficial when performed correctly. Simple equipment can also be bought – such as dumbbells or resistance bands – which allow for a wide range of strength and aerobic exercises to be performed from the comfort of one’s home. DVD exercise programs can also be followed from home, which cuts out the need to
visit a gym or go for a walk or cycle if the weather is poor!
Exercise classes Joining in with regular exercise classes has a great social element, and exercising with others has been shown to increase adherence to a program as well as improve results. A lot of sports centres and village halls host fitness classes such as aerobics or circuit training, which can again be tailored to most fitness levels and exercise preferences.
Personal training/GP referral Before buying into an exercise program – especially those who suffer with any medical conditions – a trip to the GP is advised. A lot of personal trainers are qualified to specifically train with those who are older or suffer with medical conditions. Performing a structured exercise program can help with a lot of debilitating conditions such as heart disease, arthritis, diabetes and many more. Enquiring with a registered fitness professional can go a long way in improving fitness and quality of life overall. It only takes small steps to make a big difference to one’s health!
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Congratulations to our winner! Debbie Lee of Abbeydale
After her initial reaction of “Are you joking?!”, Debbie was over the moon to have won the £500 holiday gift card! She is planning to put the money towards a weekend away in Portsmouth with her husband and four children.
Why not try your luck in our latest competition? You could win a Beefeater BBQ and PureSpa Bubble Spa together worth over £1000! – see centre pages for details of how to enter.
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Holidays & Travel with Al Hidden
Camping and cogs in Cornwall Cornwall, just a few hours down the M5 from Gloucestershire, offers every kind of accommodation. For a change, forsake smart hotels and cosy B&Bs, rediscover camping and make sure to bring your bikes.
A welcoming base for exploring Cornwall offers many camping gems, with sites such as Fowey’s Penhale Caravan and Camping Park or Court Farm Camping and Caravanning near St Austell. Pick wisely, read the reviews, and enjoy a great base for exploring this ‘county built on tin’. Court Farm is a welcoming, spacious, beautifully kept campsite off the A30 at St Stephens (they do lovely holiday lets too). After settling in, it’s time for a two-wheeled excursion. If the sea calls, drive to St Austell and follow the Pentewan Trail through woods and meadows to Mevagissey – the poster child of Cornish fishing villages. It’s mostly gentle riding, with opportunities to sidetrack to Pentewan beach or The Lost Gardens of Heligan. Don’t fear the final climb before coasting down to Mevagissey’s quays and hostelries.
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Fish and chips on the quay? If you’ve worked up an appetite, Mevagissey won’t disappoint. Dine at one of its restaurants (try Salamander on Tregoney Hill) or ocean-fresh fish and chips from harbourside Fisherman’s Chippy – just watch out for greedy seagulls! Whether cycling or driving, the Lost Gardens are consistently among Cornwall’s top attractions. Rain or shine, for exquisite gardens, go-
karting, the Eden Project’s geodesic biome domes, beaches or moorland walks, St Stephens is ideally located for both Cornish coasts.
A coast-to-coast adventure For a coast-to-coast adventure, the 14-mile Mineral Tramway Trail from Devoran (between Truro and Falmouth) to Portreath makes a great day out. Saddle up, peddle under the impressive Carnon Viaduct and explore a rich concentration of mining archaeology as you cross Cornwall to Portreath’s sandy beach, ice cream and delicious pasties. The trail isn’t as difficult as you’d imagine either. You'll find several pubs on the way – try the Plume of Feathers or The Fox and Hounds (where the trail crosses the A30 at Scorrier), Portreath’s Waterfront Inn or The Old Quay Inn at Devoran. You either love camping and cycling or you don’t! If you do, a good central campsite, sturdy mountain bikes or hybrids and a sense of adventure are the perfect mix for a few days’ Cornish exploration.
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Gadgets & Gizmos with Dan Wood
Money well spent Hoover WR71WR01 Whirlwind Choosing the right vacuum cleaner can be difficult with so many options and types, not to mention the price. I recently bought the Hoover WR71WR01 Whirlwind bagless vacuum cleaner, having been looking for a replacement for my Dyson and trying to keep costs down. I found this for £49.99 at Argos online, reduced from £99.99 and with £1 off having spent over £25 (every little counts!). With a 2.5l bin capacity and 2.5m hose, the WR71WR01 is perfect for most households. It works very well and lifts almost anything up from the carpet, and the build quality is good too, as you’d expect
from an established brand like Hoover. It is light-weight at 3.8kg, meaning cleaning the stairs is hassle free and its 5m power cord gives plenty of operating space. The environmental credentials are good too, with an A rating. Bearing in mind the extortionate pricing of many modern vacuum brands, for less than £50 this has impressed me and was money well spent.
Music Angel Friendz Portable Speaker From work to play, the Music Angel Friendz portable speaker is an excellent buy for £25 on average. Using a basic 3.5mm audio jack input/output, the unit connects to pretty much any mobile phone, tablet or other device you’d connect your average headphones to. The integrated 1000mAh Li-ion battery gives up to 100 hours play time – yes, 100! Charge time is 1-3 hours and sound quality is superb, with good bass and crystal clear clarity. Build quality is great too – highly recommended.
placing the box over your head. Watch a movie on your phone and enjoy the experience on the cheap. With card cutout audiences you’ll never know the difference for just a fraction of the price. In flat pack form and roughly £20, why not buy two and ‘go to the movies’ with someone else?
Cardboard Home Cinema Bored? Fed up of crazy cinema popcorn prices? Make use of an idle smartphone and create your own cinematic experience at home. The cardboard home cinema is as simple as it sounds! Just place your mobile in the slot and lie on the floor
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Education
with Ross Sanger of UCAS
Spring in to action with your university offers Spring is an exciting and nerveracking time of year for university applicants waiting for their offers to come through, and right now UCAS is receiving more calls about responding to offers than about any other topic.
1 Wait for all your decisions You need to wait for all your decisions before you can reply to any of them. This means you have got all the information you need to make the best available choice for you.
2 Send your replies There are three types of reply: Firm acceptance (for your first choice – this should be the course that is your top preference); Insurance acceptance (a back-up choice, with lower grade requirements); or Decline (any offers you don’t want).
You can have one firm acceptance, than expected, you might still meet and one insurance acceptance only – the conditions at your insurance you must decline all the other offers. choice and have your place Firm acceptance – your first choice. confirmed there. • You’ll only attend your insurance • If it’s an unconditional offer, the choice course if you don’t meet the place is yours! So that course conditions of your firm choice, but provider will expect you as their you do meet the conditions of your student – you won’t need to make insurance or your insurance choice an insurance choice. was unconditional when it was • If it’s a conditional offer, the place is originally accepted. yours if you meet the offer Decline – you’ll need to decline any conditions. So just in case you don’t, other offers you get. you can pick a second offer as a backup – your insurance acceptance. 3 What if you don’t like Insurance acceptance – the back-up choice to a conditional firm acceptance. • Choose something with lower offer conditions, but make sure it’s somewhere you’d still be happy to go to. • That way, if your results are lower
any of your offers, or don’t get any offers? If you don’t want to accept any offers, you can decline them all and add more courses in UCAS Extra, one at a time. This is a process available as long as you have used all five of your choices on your UCAS application. Alternatively, you can see what courses still have vacancies later on in Clearing – which found courses for 64,000 people last year!
4 Reply on time When your last decision comes in, UCAS will send an email to say there’s an update and you can view this on UCAS Track where you can make your replies. Your particular deadline depends on when UCAS receives the last decision in from your university or college choices, and you need to check UCAS Track to see your personal deadline.
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Wildlife Matters with John Bromley
Ladybirds: the aphid hunter Most people will be familiar with the commonly seen 7-spot ladybird, which is the epitome of the ladybird species with its bright red colour and seven black spots. It is this particular species from which their name is derived because early pictures of the Virgin Mary depict her in a red cloak, whilst the seven spots represent the seven Joys and seven Sorrows of Our Lady.
The bright colours are part of their defence mechanism Ladybirds belong to the beetle family and are distinctive due to their round or oval shape and relatively small size, ranging from 1mm to 10mm. There are, however, 46 ladybird species found in the UK, but only 27 of these actually look like ladybirds – being brightly coloured in shades of red, orange, cream and yellow, and having anything from 2 to 22 spots. The remaining species are rather dull by comparison and are not readily identified as ladybirds. The ladybirds’ bright colours are part of their defence mechanism to remind potential predators that they are very unpleasant tasting due to a yellow coloured strong smelling alkaline excretion they produce when threatened. That said, swifts and swallows are able to eat ladybirds, catching them on the wing. Ladybirds only live for a year, the adults overwintering anywhere they can find shelter such as in leaf piles, bark crevices, long grass and so on. They become active in February and March and breed from late spring to early summer, laying eggs that hatch into a black grub-like
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larva, which do not look anything like a ladybird. However, the larvae are voracious hunters, feeding on aphids (greenfly, etc.), so are extremely beneficial to any garden.
7-spot ladybirds eat an average of 5000 aphids during its yearlong life cycle The larvae grow quickly, shedding their skin four times before they pupate, and about a week later the new generation of adults will begin to emerge. The adult ladybirds also feed heavily on aphids to build up their reserves to enable them to successfully overwinter. On average a single 7-spot ladybird will eat around 5000 aphids during its year-long life cycle, making it a welcome sight in the garden. The native ladybird species have few predators but are hunted by some spiders and wasp
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species, and they are also attacked by a parasitic fungus. However, in 2004 a new ladybird species was found in south east England. It is called the Harlequin Ladybird and originates from Asia, but was introduced by growers to various European countries to help manage aphids and inevitably it has now spread to the UK. This particular ladybird is very variable in colour and spot numbers and so is also called the Multicoloured Asian Ladybird. It is about 8mm in size, but its wide ranging colours make it difficult to distinguish from some of our native species.
Harlequin Ladybirds outcompete our native species Sadly, the Harlequin Ladybird is both invasive and aggressive and will not only attack native ladybird species, but is able to outcompete them for food, and is a rapid breeder with adults laying eggs within five days of pupating. It is spreading rapidly and will ultimately cause a huge imbalance in the UK ladybird population. Further information regarding this threat to our native ladybird species is available at www.harlequin-survey.org.
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with Oliver Wilkinson of Dragon Vet Centre Established in 1904, Dragon Vet Centre in Cheltenham is a centre of excellence for pets – large and small – and offers a full range of services from routine vaccinations, worming and flea prevention to complex internal medicine investigations, orthopaedic and key hole surgery for dogs and cats. As one of the largest veterinary practices in Cheltenham, Dragon can draw on the expertise of a number of vets with a great deal of experience in all fields of veterinary medicine and surgery. Our Cheltenham Vet clinic is staffed 24/7 so in the event of an emergency, registered clients simply need to call and attend our surgery based at the Cheltenham racecourse where there is unlimited free parking.
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It’s wonderful to be able to re-home a rescue cat and it’s lovely to see these often scared felines blossoming in their new loving households. I’ve had a series of stray cats come home with me rather than heading to the animal shelter – the perils of working in a vet clinic! There are however a few considerations when bringing a cat into a household that has existing pets. Most cats and dogs need careful, controlled exposure to each other before they can be let loose! The first step is to get the new cat bonded to its new home. Setting up a small room where the new arrival can be kept on its own whilst it gets used to its new space is ideal. Set up a litter tray and cat bed and give them lots of fuss while they settle. It can take time for a cat to get confident in its new space, so expect them to be nervous initially – hiding under beds or behind furniture is common. Gradually the new arrival will get more confident, less anxious and associate the new house with comfort, safety and food.
Create a positive association between pets Meanwhile existing pets will be able to sense and smell the new cat. Feeding them on the other side of the door to the new cat’s room can help create a positive association between the smell of a new pet and something nice, i.e. food. Swapping bedding will also increase familiarity between pets and it’s a good idea to let the new cat into other areas of the house while existing pets are out. At some point, though, a physical introduction is required, which should be done under close supervision. Try to keep dogs on a lead initially – encourage them to sit and reward them with treats for remaining calm. Some behaviourists advocate putting the new cat in a crate so dogs can get close enough to sniff and see, but no more. With cat to cat meetings don’t expect instant friendships. In most cases apathy is the best case scenario – the cats ignore each other and respect each other’s space, but hisses or disgruntled meows are not unusual. If hissing escalates to aggression, a sharp clap of the hands and herding pets into separate rooms is required (be careful getting between warring cats!).
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What’s On The Local Answer Event Listings are compiled and presented in good faith with the kind support of many contributors. We recommend you use the contact details provided to check event information updates prior to planning your visit. THROUGHOUT MAY THE LONDON INN LIVE MUSIC HERE EVERY MONTH! 27th May – “THE BRIDGE”. Free Entry. Sunday Roast available in 2 sizes – £6.90 or £8 for a large. All freshly prepared. Wide selection of meats. The London Inn, 195 London Road, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham GL52 6HU. 01242 525606. EVERY WEDNESDAY BEGINNERS MAT PILATES FOR LADIES Ashchurch Village Hall, GL20 8LA. Wednesdays 7.15pm (except every 2nd Wednesday of the month). Cost: £8. To Book: 0752 847 1091 or www.synergispilates.co.uk. 25 MARCH – 7 MAY MAMMA MIA Join the ultimate feel-good party at Mamma Mia!, the world’s sunniest and most exhilarating smash-hit musical! Set
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The great Arthur Miller confronts the American dream in this dark and passionate tale. This tragic masterpiece won a trio of 2014 Olivier Awards including Best Revival, Best Actor for Mark Strong and Best Director for Ivo van Hove. 7pm. £16.50 (£14.50, students £12.50). The Bacon Theatre, Hatherley Road, Cheltenham GL51 6EP. 01242 258002. www.bacontheatre.co.uk. 13 MAY RHYTHM & BLUES NIGHT Enjoy a martini cocktail reception followed by a divine three course dinner, with the serenading sounds of our five piece live
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Brooklyn centres on Eilis, who moves from small town Ireland to Brooklyn, New York in search of a bright future – and love. When family tragedy brings her back to Ireland, she finds herself absorbed into her old community and confronting a heart-breaking choice between two men and two countries. 7.45pm. £7 (£6). The Bacon Theatre, Hatherley Road, Cheltenham GL51 6EP. 01242 258002. 8 JUNE HAMLET
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For sixty years, Queen Elizabeth II has met with each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a private weekly meeting, known as The Audience. No one knows what they discuss, not even their spouses. The smash-hit broadcast of the original West End production, featuring Helen Mirren’s multi-award-winning performance, returns to cinemas in celebration of the monarch’s 90th birthday. These special screenings include an exclusive Q&A with Helen Mirren and director Stephen Daldry. 7pm. £16.50 (£14.50, students £12.50). The Bacon Theatre, Hatherley Road, Cheltenham GL51 6EP. 01242 258002. 11 JUNE SACRED HEART’S SUMMER FETE “A Day at the Movies” noon till 3pm. Children’s fancy dress competition, bouncy castle, live music, games and stalls, large selection of food and drink. Fun for all the family. Sacred Hearts Catholic Church, Moorend Road, Charlton Kings GL53 9AU. DARKSIDE: THE PINK FLOYD SHOW Darkside, the Pink Floyd tribute band, returns to Cheltenham with a brand new spectacular live show, Remember When You Were Young, featuring the sensational vocals of Faye Brookes. This promises to be another memorable evening of classic Pink Floyd performed with passion and empathy, complete with period film clips, projected images and a laser light show to capture the essence of Floyd live. 8pm. £17. The Bacon Theatre, Hatherley Road, Cheltenham GL51 6EP. 01242 258002.
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Spring has arrived at The Bird and Deer Park! Spring has finally arrived at The Bird Park and everything is brimming with life. The breeding season is in full swing as ducklings hatch and the deer prepare to calve – it’s all go! Since the arrival of the New Visitor Centre, the park has become ever more popular and never more so than for children’s parties. Parents can meet their guests in the centre prior to enjoying their child’s birthday in the famous Gypsy Caravan or the stunning Mad Hatters Marquee. Both locations have been designed with both parents and children in mind, so if your idea of hell is a bouncy castle then look no further! Where else can you be surrounded by nature in all its forms but still have all the trimmings for that special day?
The Bird Park is hoping to receive the Ben Moseley Sculpture this month, which will be situated in the first enclosure in the park on the first pool. We won’t spoil the surprise, but it’s going to be fab! For more information visit www.thebirdpark.com or call 01452 812727.
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A Swiss Spectacular May is a key point in the car year. The motoring world has visited Detroit, Chicago, New York and the key European Motor Show in Geneva. Geneva is still the show that manufacturers use to dazzle with their visions of present and future.
Revel in the sound from the new titanium exhaust system In the February 2016 edition I reviewed the Jaguar F-Type and at Geneva, Jaguar revealed the SVR. It’s a serious version of the F-Type, developed by their Special Vehicle Operations department with 567bhp and a 5.0-litre supercharged V8. Jaguar's Special Operations MD John Edwards (no relation) said: “The result is a 200mph, all-weather supercar that you can drive every day. We even made a Convertible version so that enthusiasts can revel in the sound from the new titanium exhaust system”. Bugatti showed their successor to the Veyron called the Chiron. It is named after the 1920s and 1930s grand prix racer Louis Chiron, whose results
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Peugeot had three reveals at Geneva Peugeot, high from their Dakar rally win, had three reveals at Geneva – the 2008 compact SUV, the Traveller MPV (with up to 9 seats in various configurations) and a concept car, the Traveller i-LAB. The i-LAB hints business and travel with a giant 32” touch tablet, its own WiFi hotspot, charging docks and virtual reality headsets. Malvern based Morgan showed their fun side with EV3 – the manufacturers first ever all-electric production car. Based on their 3 wheeler sports car, the EV3 has a 62bhp electric motor, fed by a lithium battery and promises a zeroemissions range of 150 miles. Other cars of note included the Aston Martin DB11, McLaren 570GT, Ferrari GTC4Lusso (the new name for the FF), Alfa Romeo Giulia, Citroën C4 Cactus Rip Curl (with Grip Control), new Honda Civic, Porsche 911 R and the Ford Vignale.
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Interior Design with Caron Burrows
Add spring colours to your home Spring is a time of year loved for many reasons. Longer days, warmer weather and, of course, colour. Bright green leaves appear on trees, yellow daffodils appear on grassy banks, and bluebells turn woodlands into a sea of blue. Here are a few ideas to bring the sunshine into your home.
Inspiration Take a long look at the outside at this time of year. Daffodils, bluebells, white blossom on the trees, daisies, and even the lush green of our parks and fields – the list is endless. Use these colours of nature to inspire the spring decor of your home. For example, pick a single spring flower such as a bold yellow tulip and make it the inspiration for an entire room – wallpaper, curtains or upholstery. Teamed with plenty of white, this will create a sophisticated, fresh colourful display of china, crockery, jugs, cookware and glassware in a spring feel. range of spring shades. Take China & Glass advantage of available fresh flowers Shelves, window sills and tables can – fill vases and jugs for an instant easily be brought to life with a touch of spring.
Furniture A lick of paint is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to make changes to your home. Choose a sunny shade or a pretty pastel to refresh a chair, table or bookshelf. You don’t have to paint the whole piece – just a dip-dye effect on the legs of a chair can refresh and revive, providing a fresh spring look.
Fabrics & Accessories A few metres of pretty floral or pastel fabric are easily turned into a tablecloth, and a few cushions provide an instant splash of spring to your kitchen table and chairs or lounge sofa. An oversized piece of art is a simple way to add a modern floral touch to your home. This could be in the form of a supersized artwork on the wall, or an accessory such as a bright printed cushion. Fluffy white towels teamed with yellow, blue or soft green will add a touch of spring to any bathroom. Team pastel cushions and throws with plain white bedding to achieve a crisp feel to your bedroom.
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Your garden should be bursting into life May is here already! The garden is bursting into life and any work that you have already done now comes into its own – you are ahead of the game!
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Press the restart button Are you a handy with a hammer, a sewing supremo, or a techietinkerer? Or is your attitude to bin stuff when it’s broken? We throw away vast quantities of things in Gloucestershire every year. Many items could have been repaired, but unfortunately lots of people don’t have the skills, or have forgotten how to repair things themselves. And, if you’ve ever tried to find a spare part for your electrical gizmo, only to be told by the shop assistant that it would cost more to fix it than it would to upgrade to a shiny new one, then you’ve been at the sharp end of ‘planned obsolescence’. These are the intentional design flaws planned into sent off to be recycled. But items by manufacturers who are dismantling and recycling waste that always keen to sell more stuff to us! has the potential for further use is that makes little sense Sending repairable items something both financially and environmentally. to landfill creates Sticking waste that has the possibility an even bigger problem of being repaired in the rubbish bin You could argue that it’s OK, and sending it to landfill creates an because all of the Household even bigger problem. So, in 2009 a Dutch journalist called Recycling Centres in Gloucestershire accept electrical and electronic items Martine Postma decided that she’d which – assuming householders put had enough of feeling powerless to them into the right bin on site – are do anything other than send things she knew could be revived off to the tip. She organised the very first ‘Repair Café’ in Amsterdam and invited people from her local community to come along to share their ‘fixing’ skills, or to bring along household items such as burnt-out toasters and frazzled fairy lights, to see if they could be mended – for free!
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Since Martine came up with the Repair Cafe idea, similar projects such as the Restart Party – which focusses on fixing just electronics – have sprung up. Alongside this there is a growing interest in learning simple skills, which can then help people to repair or create their own things. Local Men’s Sheds (women allowed!) are great examples of this, and several charities in Gloucestershire also run regular carpentry and metalwork workshops. So maybe our new attitude to broken bits and bobs should be to the restart button. More A collaborative way to save press information on reducing, reusing and money and reduce waste recycling waste can be found at Everyone loved the event and very www.recycleforgloucestershire.com/ soon the idea of a collaborative way article/118786/Repair-Cafes. to save money and keep things from Kate is a member of the being wasted caught on. Today there Gloucestershire Environmental Education are many similar projects across Partnership (GEEP). To find out more Europe, including ‘Repair Café’ about their work visit www.geep.org.uk.
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