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6 Whilst the pastry is cooking, make your filling. Peel, quarter and core the apples, then slice thinly lengthways. 7 In a food processor, cream together the butter and caster sugar, then gradually add the eggs one at a time, followed by the ground almonds and baking powder. 8 Put the mixture into a large bowl then stir in half the apple slices. Spread over the base of the pastry case, arrange the rest of the apple slices on top and scatter over the flaked almonds. 9 Put in the oven for 35-40 minutes, but keep an eye on it and cover with a bit of foil if it is getting too brown. Leave to cool. 10 10 Dust with icing sugar and serve with a dollop of thick cream or ice cream.

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S Student tudent finances finances If you have just started university or college, you may be worried about student finances. It can seem a minefield of monies but reading around the subject can help you gain a better understanding of what you’re eligible for and how to apply. Firstly there are loans – these have to be paid back once you’ve finished your course and you start earning a certain amount of money. Loans are dependent on personal circumstances such as age and nationality, the university you’re going to, and the course you will study.

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L Let’s et’s talk talk about about the the ‘S’ ‘S’ word word Suicide is a word many people ignore or feel uncomfortable talking about. Tuesday 10th September is suicide prevention day and something I feel very strongly about. People often still associate suicide as a selfish act that someone decides to do without thinking of the impact it will have on other people. Even the wording ‘committed suicide’ implies it is a sin or crime.

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help for anxiety and depression is so important. Mental health conditions such as Bipolar and Schizophrenia also have increased risk factors. Warning signs of suicide include: hopelessness, rage, uncontrolled anger, seeking revenge, acting reckless or engaging in risky activities ( seemi ngl y with out thinking), feeling trapped like there’s no w a y o u t , i n c r e a s e d a lc o h o l o r drug use, withdrawing from friends, family and society, being anxiety, agitation, unable to sleep or sleeping all the time, and dramatic mood changes. Often people who have been very depressed and openly struggling will suddenly seem optimistic and overly happy. This is a big warning sign that they have made that decision to end their life and be free from the pain they feel themselves and what they believe they cause everyone else. There are some people who are very good at hiding any struggles and who seemingly To advertise call 01242 510500

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W What hat aare re ttantrums antrums aallll aabout? bout? I recently had a strange experience that I just had to share with you, which gave me an incredible insight into the workings of a three year old’s tantrum. This stuff is gold dust! Believe me, it feels like a super power – I actually understand the mind of a three year old in the middle of a meltdown! This experience happened recently at the Fantasy Forest Festival, which I attended with a fairy-loving friend. We arrived in ‘light costume’ and e n j o y e d p e r u s in g t h e s t a l l s i n the first area, ooh-ing and ahing at the wonderful creativity, artistry, designs, magical creations and wonderful costumes of the other attendees. We sat by the lake admiring the mermaids, met a couple who had just got married there and drooled over expensive things we could not afford – like you do! Then we enquired as to the whereabouts of the Mead Hall, only to be directed into ‘the next field.’ What? There was more? Indeed there was and upon entering the next field we were greeted with about 30 more stalls, food, drinks an arena with live music and archery.

like I needed a cry, a hug and a nap, in that order. Of course, as an adult I did none of those things, but shared my feelings with my friend, who suffers from Fibromyalgia so understood perfectly. I suddenly realised why little kids simply lose the plot – especially on birthdays, Christmas, holidays and ‘nice days out’ – and we see parents exasperated having done so much to make them happy, only to see tears and tantrums.

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We are just not built to sustain such wonder. We have a limited amount of ‘joyability’ within us before we need to calm down, and process it all. This is why they have naps, and why we adults sometimes need them too.

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Small people feel wildly, deeply and powerfully but, unlike adults, cannot articulate those feelings. They release them in tears, hysterics, dropping to the floor or simply passing out dead asleep.

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A Audi udi TTS TTS Roadster Roadster – a cut cut above above the the rest? rest? Way back in 1998 when Audi launched the original TT, it was a fantastic sports car – a little ‘bubbly’ in its appearance, but a great drive nonetheless. It quickly became labelled as a ‘hairdresser’s car’. I have no idea why this is meant to be derogatory, but the reputation stuck. The next generation, launched in 2006, came with a big update on the looks front. Gone were the bubbles and in were fastback style lines that gave it a much more aggressive poise, and a decent uplift in power and performance to boot.

T The he ssportier portier v version ersion The 2014 facelift was a less drastic change, but kept the TT’s looks up to date. I reviewed the updated roadster in 2016 and was impressed, but this month saw me behind the wheel of the TTS – the sportier, styled, tweaked version and I was even more impressed.

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In ‘Tango Red’ (where do they come up with these names?) and a black electric hood, it looked great and promised a lot more performance than its standard counterpart. I was keen to see if it delivered, especially with Audi’s Quattro system and more than 300bhp on tap from the two-litre engine. Before I get on to the performance, I should run through the looks and the interior. Put are simply, they stunning. It’s a really great looking car that, in my opinion, is ready to take its place among the best of its peers. With the big chrome grill up front, the 20 inch rims, and the driver-centric dashboard and switchgear, it’s ticking all the boxes so far… but does the performance match the promise? To advertise call 01242 510500

Thankfully it does. When you press the starter, the engine comes to life and sounds fantastic, especially in Dynamic mode, which (possibly my imagination, but who knows) adds an extra growl to the exhaust note. From there, it’s all good – the gear stick is great, lots of perforated leather, also present on the d-cut steering wheel, and the switches are all quality chrome, so it’s a great place to be.

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Newent Onion Fayre, Gloucestershire’s greatest, largest and most successful one day free festival, returns for the 24th consecutive year on Saturday 14th September 2019. More than 15,000 visitors each year enjoy a street festival of food, drink , music, events, exhibitions, fun fair, activities and merriment. The Fayre is a very big draw for visitors with in excess of 150 stalls around the town, a large Food Village and three stages of live music. V i s i t t h e ‘ Fu n i o n Zone’ where kids can learn Circus Skills. The Onion Show, st a g e d in the Memorial Hal l, is a l s o u n i q u e – c l a ss exhibits can only be f ro m t h e O n i o n Family, and there are children’s classes as well. The Onion Eating Contests for men and women attract many entries each year and take place in the afternoon on the main stage. For all information on the Fayre, and especially for entering the contests, please visit newentonionfayre.org. Alternatively, for general e n q u i r i es contact : onions@newentonionfayre.net

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T The he iinaugural naugural S Stow tow Art Art Week Week Despite Stow-on-the-Wold’s modest size as a town, it boasts a number of fine art galleries. And a new event will this year be held in the town to celebrate art in all of its forms. Stow Art Week will take place from Saturday 28th September to Sunday 6th October, and will feature exhibitions, workshops and talks in ten galleries in and around the town. Some of the venues involved include 1793 Gallery, Clarendon Fine Art and The Fosse Gallery. Simon Shore, owner of 1793, said: “Stow Art Week is a celebration of fine art and the galleries here in Stow. “The initial concept of creating Stow Art Week is to create an atmosphere which inspires, educates, encourages and supports

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Stow as a recognised centre for the arts.” The week will see visitors able to view works by esteemed artists like Tracey Emin and Mark Edwards, and also the late John Nash, whose watercolours have been seen very rarely by the public. Also on offer will be workshops from glass engraver

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Helen Millard and local artists Lindy Allfrey and Annabel Playfair amongst many others. There will be talks and discussions with Sean Clarke and Martin Elliott, and Peter Martin – one of Canada’s most respected photojournalists who also runs a gallery in Stow – will be holding ‘Movie Nights’, featuring documentaries on well-known photographers and their careers. Iona Sale, who handles promotion for Stow Art Week, sums it up nicely. She said: “This is a fantastic opportunity to meet some of the artists, view their work, wander into the galleries and talk to the gallery owners and share their wealth of experience.” For more information visit www.stowartweek.com Full story online.

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We all know the story. Now it’s time to relive the classic. Jon Favreau’s reimagining of Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ is up there as one of the best of the recent series of live action remakes we’ve seen hit the big A young Simba. screen in recent years. Picture: Walt Disney Studios Staying almost perfectly true to the original, the story of course tells of lion cub Simba’s (Donald Glover) coming-ofage, with the tragic loss of his father Mufasa (James Earl Jones), and his journey to becoming king. If not even for anything else, this film is worth seeing for how visually stunning it is. At times, you forget that the characters are animated, and it’s hard to doubt that there are talking warthogs and meerkats parading through the desert singing Hakuna Matata. Full review online.

Sofka Zinovieff ’s second novel is set in Putney and in Greece. The time frame switches from the present day to the 1970s and is set around the relationship between an up-and-coming composer, Ralph, and a young girl, Daphne. Ralph is a friend of Daphne’s parents who set very few boundaries in the upbringing of their children. Zinovieff excels at shifting the tension; what was acceptable in the 1970s is unacceptable today, but she never lets us forget that Daphne was a child and Ralph a grown up. This novel often leaves a nasty taste in one’s mouth, but it is thought provoking and the descriptions of Greece are delightful. Greece is where Daphne is finally able to come to terms with her past and move on with her life. Full review online.

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M Music usic ffestival estival returns returns to to T Tetbury etbur y The Tetbury Music Festival returns this month with some of the country’s leading classical musicians set to perform. The festival was founded in 2003 by Graham Kean and Elise Smith, with the aim of bringing Tetbury and the surrounding areas the opportunity to hear the finest musicians performing today, who are more often heard in the great concert halls of the world. “I am delighted to present this varied programme of concerts at the 2019 Tetbury Music Festival,” said the festival’s Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen. Musicians playing at this year’s festival include Russian pianist Pavel Kolesnikov and The Aronowitz Trio. Also playing will be Derek

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Paravicini, who is blind, autistic and has severe learning difficulties, but is able to play any piece of music after hearing it once. “The concerts range from Renaissance a cappella voices to the finest jazz,” continued Jonathan. “From inspirational collaboration to astonishing solo virtuosity, and to the orchestral and vocal brilliance of Handel’s Brockes Passion

with soprano Sandrine Piau. “There is something for everyone to enjoy. We are also thrilled to welcome Dame Felicity Lott to Tetbury this year for an intimate salon recital. “I look forward to seeing everyone at the festival.” The festival has also this year linked up with Sir William Romney School in Tetbury and its Music Director Peter Dillon. Paul Smith, co-founder of VOCES8, led a vocal workshop at the school during June, with the intention of inviting the young singers of the school to join them on stage for part of their performance. The 2019 Tetbury Music Festival runs from Saturday 28th September to Sunday 6th October. Full story online.

N New ew collaboration collaboration for for performers performers Fur will fly in a new creative collaboration between a theatre company and a performance storyteller from Gloucestershire, when they premiere ‘An Audience with Barbara Catland’ at the Stroud Theatre Festival. The show features Chloë of the Midnight Storytellers as Babs Catland and Laura May Attwood of Brick Door Theatre Company as her cat Tabitha. It’s described by Chloë as, “a comedy fantasy that explodes the whole notion of the shabby, lonely, crazy cat lady”, with topical themes and a bit of audience participation. Brick Door Theatre Company (BDTC) like to produce shows with a bit of a twist. The company, founded in 2013 by Cheltenham local Laura, specialise in collaborating with

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local creatives to make interesting and stimulating shows based on a range of topics. “BDTC believe in providing a platform for local artists to collaborate on,” said Laura. “We’re most passionate about

performances that provoke thoughts.” An adopted Gloucestershire local, Chloë has been living in the Cotswolds since 1995 and moved to Cheltenham in 2017. Chloë starts celebrating this autumn – not only the 20th anniversary of Midnight Storytellers but also her survival of bowel cancer. She said: “When it comes to the Catland show, I’m as nervous as a long tailed cat in a rocking chair factory. “You see, for 20 years I’ve told stories live, following a theme not a script. Devising new material like this show is risky – but it’s what I’ve been wanting to do. Laura and I are both crazy cat ladies in real life so it’s purrfect for us.” Full story online.

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Cosy C osy up up for for autumn autumn Autumn is my favourite time of the year. As summer draws to a close, I look forward to the brighter, cooler days, cosy nights in and all the glorious colours of autumn that I love. With the end of summer and the arrival of a new season, it’s a good time to think about making your home warmer and cosier, or introduce some new colour, ready for the chillier months to come.

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Farrow and Ball shop! Check out Pinterest and Instagram, or look at the Cole and Son website for some amazing ideas. If you don’t want to be too daring, you can always start off with a small room, like a downstairs loo, or stick to one wall in your living room or bedroom. I picked up a couple of rolls of end of line (previously very expensive) teal and gold patterned wallpaper in a sale and used it for a feature wall in my dining space – I get so many compliments!

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Taxing T axing tthe he highest highest earners earners There have been statements recently from financial folk at both the major political parties about how to tax Britain’s highest earners – statements that suggest a general election is about to happen, although that’s another story. Unsurprisingly the two parties disagree totally on how to approach the subject, but they do appear strangely to agree on one thing – the definition of who they think should be treated as highest paid. Those people running their own business or in the higher end of middle management might be surprised to find that the battle ground is being struck at an annual income of just £80,000. The Tories want that to be the point at which you start paying 40% tax (currently under £50,000). Labour want to increase the tax rate to 45% for anyone earning above that figure. But is it all worth it either way?

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Surprisingly it is. The old 80:20 principle applies in a pronounced way to income tax collected by the Treasury. HMRC has published information that says 50% of all income tax is paid by the top 5% of earners, with the top 1% contributing 30% of the income tax collected by the Treasury. These are quite staggering statistics. When I did a brief survey in the office, we were all well wide of this mark. In comparison, the lowest 50% of income earners pay less than 10% of the total annual income tax collected, with many contributing nothing at all. It’s no wonder therefore that the political battle lines are drawn at higher income levels. Taxing the highest earners, which many folk think is simply an issue of social equality, is actually fundamental to determining how much income tax the government collects every year. Reading the HMRC publication about the top 1% contributing 30% of the tax take made me wonder what income level you needed every year to join this apparent elite band of Britain’s highest earners. The answer? £160,000 a year – now there’s something for local entrepreneurs to strive for. Become one of the country’s highest earners and make a big difference to the nation’s tax take!

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F Fairford airford rready eady ffor or n next ext b big ig cchallenge hallenge Fairford Rugby Club are going places. Promotion from Gloucestershire Two North via the play-offs at the end of last season means they will be playing in Gloucestershire One for the first time in their history in 2019/20. That in turn means they will be playing against some serious teams this season, chief among them Cirencester, who play just a few miles up the road from them. “We’ve never played their 1st team before,” said Fairford chairman Jonathan Chambers. “When I first joined the club in 2002, we’d only just started playing league rugby. We used to play Cirencester’s 3rds and we used to get beaten by them. It’s only in the last five years that we’ve been victorious against their 2nds. We’re playing them in our second home league fixture of the new season so that should be a corker.”

C’mon C’mon G Gloucester! loucester! The Rugby World Cup is special, very special, but if this year’s extravaganza in Japan has a downside it’s meant that the start of this season’s Premiership campaign has had to be delayed. Gloucester rugby fans have to wait until the penultimate weekend of October for the opening round of Premiership fixtures. Before that it will be the Premiership Rugby Cup that takes centre stage in September. But after Gloucester’s exploits in the Premiership last season when they finished third, the wait will surely be worthwhile for supporters of the Cherry and Whites and one person who certainly hopes so is Peter Ford, one of the club’s favourite sons. The 87-year-old is one of only two surviving life members of

Fairford celebrate after their match-winning try in the end-of-season play-off

Chambers, a former player and captain, is under no illusions about the size of the task facing Fairford this season. “It is definitely a big step up,” he admitted, “but we’ve had a bit of momentum for a few years. Hopefully we can hold our own. It will be interesting to see how we get on and whether we can sustain it.”

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the club – his great friend Mickey Booth is the other – and he remains as passionate about the club today as he was when he was one of the club’s star players throughout the 50s and 60s.

Beeches and went on to have spells with The Herd and Bibury before finishing up with Stratton United, where he also served as club treasurer and secretary.

A football football servant servant Phil Coleman has been associated with the Cirencester Football League for well over 40 years and he’s still going strong. He’s been chairman for the past six years and has served on the management committee for the past three decades. “I’ve been involved with the league since the 1970s when I was playing in it,” he said with some pride. The soon-to-be 64-year-old who lives in Cirencester – he is a former Deer Park School pupil – first started playing for The

A ttrue rue h hockey ockey m man an Mark Windsor will be digging out his sat-nav again over the next few days in readiness for the new hockey season. The league season gets under way in September and Windsor, an umpire, is sure to be in big demand in the 2019/20 season. The 57-year-old, a member of the Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Hockey Umpiring Association – or HGWHUA for short – has umpired at national league level in the past but these days operates in the Men’s West Premier Division. For full verssions of alll these stories and more,, visit www.thelocalanswer.co.uk

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Exciting Exciting times times for for rugby rugby iin nS Stow tow Stow-on-the-Wold Rugby Club may be celebrating their 140th anniversary this year but there is a new feel about the club. And it’s not hard to see why because the club have a new chairman, a new director of rugby and a new coaching team in place for the start of the new season. James Collett, who first became involved with the club well over 40 years ago, has taken over as chairman, while Rob Millar, a Coney Hill boy who learned his rugby growing up in Coney Hill and with Old Cryptians, will head up a coaching team led by Matt Carter, who in turn will be assisted by Will Mbanga, Richard Whincup, Luke Fisher and Andy Hargrave. It all sounds very exciting for the Southern Counties North club with Collett insisting that one of the main priorities is to ensure the club continue to uphold many of rugby’s great traditions that help to make the game so special. “We’re not trying to be champions of the world or anything like that,” said Collett. “We’ve got a lot of good people at the club who can drive it

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forward. We want to take it on from the last few years but we want people to respect the club, we want people to play for the right reasons.” Collett knows all about playing for Stow because the recentlyturned 53-year-old first started playing for the club as a junior way back in the 1970s. He was a regular in the 1st team by 1984 and played pretty much continuously at that level for 17 years, captaining the club in 1989/90. “I was a centre, full-back or wing but I played in every position in the backs,” he said with some pride. “And when I stopped playing 1st team

rugby I played for the 2nd team for a couple of years until my body gave up and I packed it in.” Except that he didn’t, not quite! Fast forward some 15 years to three years ago and he decided to try to roll back the years and have another go at playing. “My sons Jacob and Ben started as juniors and when they came through the Colts team I ended up being their coach,” explained Collett. “Then when they started breaking into the 1st team I thought, ‘I’m still moderately fit for a 50-year-old, I’d love to play 1st team rugby with my boys!’” So how did it a go? “I played in a pre-season game and lasted 10 minutes,” Collett recalled. “I smashed my shoulder and had to have it rebuilt! The brain was willing but the body wasn’t!” Collett is now more than happy to enjoy a watching brief and the changes in personnel at the club aren’t confined to off the field because they have a new captain this season in the shape of back row Craig Voisey. Full story online.

R Rich ich Whincup Whincup has has achieved achieved so so much much It may not be widely known but rugby is quite popular in Sweden. And it’s not just the men’s game that’s popular because a good number of women play rugby as well. And helping the women to improve is a rugby coach from Gloucestershire, someone who is very well known around the county and who has done so much for the great game for a good number of years now. Step forward Richard Whincup, who is kicking coach for the Swedish women’s rugby team. He’s got a number of other roles as well but for all the excellence of his rugby CV, there is

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far, far more to Richard Whincup than just an oval ball. You see, the 39-year-old, who grew up in Stow, has got to

where he is today in the face of great adversity, overcoming some tough times that would have cowed many a child growing up. That’s because for as long as he can remember Whincup had a stammer. And it is one that was so bad that he remembers thinking when he was younger that he’d give his right arm not to stutter. It was a tough start to life but this is a remarkable story, a story of fortitude, resilience and determination, and one that has a happy ending because talk to Whincup today and you would never know that he ever had a stammer. Full story online.

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