Essential Esher by Look Local Magazine

February 2015

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Contents

12 A GOOD READ

The latest book reviews from The Weybridge Bookshop

16 WHAT’S ON IN ESHER 18 COMPUTER TIPS

Read Les Beer’s tips on buying a printer that suits you 20 BENTLEY CAR REVIEW Ted Macauley tells us all about the Bentley Continental GTC

28 SUDOKU & WORD LADDER 32 GARDENING WITH SELINA

Selina’s top tips for those awkward shaped gardens

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WHAT’S COOKING? MUSIC MATTERS CROSSWORD ELMBRIDGE VOLUNTEERS Find out about your local volunteering opportunities

48 MUSIC ON THE GREEN

Lunchtime Concerts at Christ Church, Esher in February

49 PUZZLE SOLUTIONS 50 ADVERTISERS’ INDEX

From the Editor

It’s great to be back with you after our winter break! I hope you all did a better job than I did of avoiding all the germs which seemed to be abundant in Bookham this year. My coughing has only just subsided, and as a result, drastic action needed to be taken. I treated myself to a New Year present in the form of a Nutri Bullet. Have you heard of them? They seem to be all the rage in the health industry and certainly make the preparation of your own fresh fruit and vegetable juices very easy indeed. My intention: to boost my immune system and generally become healthier. So far, apple, carrot and fresh ginger are featuring, with a touch of spinach and even goji berries too. I highly recommend it, my five-a-day has turned into eight or nine a day without even noticing it. Anyway, enough free promotion for Nutri Bullet for now! But if you have any good combinations you think I might like, please do email them over. We might just have to include a ‘Juice of the Month’ from now on! Romantic times ahead with Valentine’s Day falling on a Saturday this year, so I suggest that if you intend to celebrate, it may be an idea to book your table nice and early to avoid disappointment! And not long after that it will be Pancake Day on Tuesday 17th - so, despite the winter weather, there is still lots to look forward to! Warmest regards,

Ros Thomas Editor

Next copy deadline: 5th February 2015 for the March issue

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BOOK REVIEW

A Good Read The popularity of books at Christmas is truly remarkable, and it is fun to help people find the right book for that difficult friend or relative. And there are some priceless requests. “I’m looking for a book for my daughter. Don’t know who it’s by or what it’s called but it’s very popular. Surely you must have it”. This remark is either sad or hilarious, depending on your standpoint. “Oh no. She’s not worth an £8.99 gift. Haven’t you got anything cheaper by Caitlin Moran?” Caitlin’s latest novel How To Build A Girl actually costs £14.99. What do you do in your teenage years when you realise what your parents taught you wasn’t enough? You must go out and find books and poetry and pop songs and bad heroes - and build yourself. It’s 1990. Johanna Morrigan, 14, decides that there’s no point in being Johanna anymore and reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde fast-talking, hard-drinking, sexy Gothic hero. She wants to become a writer - like Jo in Little Women, or the Brontes - but without the dying young bit. By 16, she’s smoking cigarettes, getting drunk and working for a music paper. But what happens when Johanna realises she’s built Dolly with a fatal flaw? Imagine Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar written by Rizzo from Grease. How To Build A Girl is a refreshing, beautiful and funny coming-of-age novel about a girl. Give it to your best friend. I have the good fortune to be half Belgian. Flemish in fact. I was born is East Flanders. I won’t bore

you with all of the wonderful aspects of that little country – the chocolate, the beer, the bread, the cafes, the convivial people, the beautiful medieval cities, the cartoonists! I have always been fascinated by its unfortunate legacy as the land where their fellow Europeans have fought their bloodiest battles, from Waterloo to Ypres to the Ardennes. This year sees the two hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. There are a number of new histories on the battle, but one of the most readable is Waterloo, The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles by Bernard Cornwell, the internationally bestselling author of the Sharpe novels. This is not a novel but the true story of Waterloo. On 18th June 1815, the armies of France, Britain and Prussia descended upon a quiet valley south of Brussels. In the previous three days, the French army had beaten the British at Quatre-Bras and the Prussians at Ligny. The Allies were in retreat. The bloodsoaked battle of Waterloo would become a landmark in European history, to be examined over and again, not least because until the evening of 18th, the French army was close to prevailing on the battlefield. Now, brought to life by the celebrated novelist Bernard Cornwell, this is the chronicle of the four days leading up to the actual battle and a thrilling hourby-hour account of that fateful day. Jane Brown was a remarkably gifted portrait photographer who worked for the Observer from 1949. She died on 21st December last year.

By Armand Wadsworth Her portraits, primarily photographed in black and white and utilising available light, received widespread critical acclaim and her work has been described as ‘a kind of English Cartier-Bresson’. Her portrait of Samuel Beckett is most famous and she took Queen Elizabeth II’s eightieth birthday portrait. We have a rare and beautiful book of her photography called Exposures. If you like photography, you must come in to take a look. Need to encourage a young teenage boy to enjoy a good read? Give him Rock War by Robert Muchamore. I gave it to a young teenage mate of mine, Josh, and he loved it. Meet Jay, Summer and Dylan. Jay plays guitar, writes songs and dreams of being a rock star. But his ambitions are stifled by seven siblings and a terrible drummer. Summer works hard at school, looks after her nan and has a one-in-a-million singing voice. But can her talent triumph over

her nerves? Dylan is happiest lying on his bunk, smoking, but his school rugby coach has other ideas, and Dylan reluctantly joins a band to avoid crunching tackles and icy mud. They’re about to enter the biggest battle of their lives. And there’s everything to play for. A spectacular start to the new series from Robert Muchamore, bestselling author of CHERUB. It’s out in paperback in February. Did you know that there are now fewer than a thousand independent bookshops in this country? In 2005, it was 1,535. If I were a bird, I’d be tagged and there would be people queuing up just to get a shot of me. Many of these shops close because of high rent. We are facing a rent review this year. Wish us luck and do continue to support us! We are always on the look-out for old books. And I have learnt that spring is a busy time for us to buy unwanted books from the good people of Weybridge. We don’t take paperbacks or modern publications. Anything older than 1980 is a good rule of thumb. And condition is important. If you have a valuable first edition and it’s in pieces, then its value will be seriously compromised. Call us or come in for a chat if you have anything of interest.

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• Pe rs on a l c a re : He lp in g you to h a ve a sh ow e r or b a th , g e ttin g d re sse d , su p p ort w ith sh a vin g , re m in d e rs to ta k e m e d ic a tion , look in g a fte r you r te e th .

• Soc i a l a c ti vi ti e s : G oin g to sh op s, p la n n in g trip s a n d ou tin g s, g oin g sw im m in g , m e e tin g u p w ith fa m ily a n d frie n d s, p re p a rin g you r h om e for g u e sts.

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• De m e n ti a c a re : Su p p ortin g you to re m a in in d e p e n d e n t a t h om e , sh a rin g you r m e m orie s, ta k in g u p old or n e w h ob b ie s a n d in te re sts.

• E q u i p m e n t for p e a c e of m i n d : I t m a y b e you n e e d a n a la rm for sm ok e , w a te r or g a s, a lig h t to re m in d you to ta k e you r ta b le ts, a w a y of c a llin g for h e lp if you n e e d it.

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HANDA’S SURPRISE The much-loved book of Handa’s encounters with ostrich, zebra, giraffe & the parrot is brought to life through puppetry, dance& songs.

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We hear frequently of users’ dissatisfaction with their printers, due to a number of common gripes, such as: they are too costly to run, too slow, don’t hold enough paper, are too fiddly, aren’t wireless.... the list goes on. Generally, there’s no such thing as a bad printer, but rather, one that doesn’t match your needs. With combined wireless printer/copier/scanners starting at £55.00, there is a massive array of choice at extremely good value. To achieve the best value from your purchase, ensure the printer has 4 or 6 (for true photo quality) separate ink cartridges. This enables you to replace the individual cartridges when they run out, rather than replacing a two-thirds full cartridge. The cost of the consumables is a major factor when selecting the best machine for you. The lower priced printers generally have smaller capacity ink cartridges, therefore greater running costs. If you are replacing your inks more than once a month, you probably have the wrong printer and are paying too much to run the printer. By way of an example, we have an Epson printer/copier/scanner for £55.00; the replacement black cartridge costing £9.00 will provide a page yield of 175 pages, therefore the cost is 5.1 pence per page. At the other end of the scale, we have an A3 Epson printer/copier/scanner for £200.00 (on special currently, down from £290.00); the replacement black cartridges cost £34.00 which will provide a page yield of 2,200 pages, therefore the cost is 0.64 pence per page. All information regarding cartridge yields was taken from Epson’s website on www.epson.eu/pageyield ....and yes, there is a standard European printed page!

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CAR REVIEW

BENTLEY When you can afford to buy a legend of a luxury car for less than a week’s wages, & still have plenty change for the petrol, the temptation to indulge must be irresistible. Well, if you are a Premiership footballer, that is. And a millionaire to boot, as so many of them are nowadays. My view is evidenced by the parade of the Bentley Boys, otherwise known as the firstteamers, who pass by my house most mornings on their way to the Chelsea training ground at Stoke d’Abernon. They left me curious to discover what all the fuss is about over the daily transport favoured by the privileged, & a trusting dear friend let me borrow his Continental GTC to revel ohtoo-briefly among the elite. Now I fully appreciate what is meant by the wow factor & how a status-symbol car can excite your pleasure buzz zone beyond belief. Parking it outside a restaurant or hotel, for instance, triggers an embarrassing rush of attendants, but sparks a dangerous sensation of self-regard, too. Coping with that, & the intensity of stares,

glares & outright jealousy, becomes part of the pride of driving the ultimate in luxury on four wheels. Little wonder the £250,000 -a-week soccer heroes choose to commute from their £5m mansions in a hand-crafted motor definitely fit for purpose, if being seen to be a megastar is a priority. And it usually is with them. My trusting friend’s on-loan GTC was sheer, eye-catching beauty on the move, with a palatial interior of wood & luxurious leather & just about every touch-button gizmo, dial & read-out you could possibly desire. Despite its 2.5-tonne kerbweight, it drives & corners with perfect behaviour What isn’t there you can specify and Bentley will include it. At an extra cost, of course. With a parent company lsuch as

Audi, one should expect a level of reliability second to none &, my friend assures me that this is exactly the situation. He should know: he’s on his third Bentley. This one, he reckons, & I can’t argue, is the finest so far from the car’s up-north facility at Crewe in Cheshire. Demand is so high that the residuals should be copper-bottomed. But if you are money-bags who can afford it, who worries anyway? It may sound churlish, faced with such perfection, but I was a wee bit disappointed that the wind rush was so noisily invasive when the roof was up. And while there is plenty of space up front, the leg-room in the back is relatively sparse. As panache goes, the exquisitelycrafted, four-wheel drive chassis Bentley - fast, refined & as capable as can be - is personification proof positive. I was never more reluctant to hand back a car, but thankful I could without a scratch. And I never saw an owner so relieved to have his pride & joy returned in one immaculate piece.. Specification: The Continental GTC. Engine V8, BHP 500. Zero60mph 4.7 seconds. Top Speed 187 mph. Mpg 25.9. Price: £143.915. Don’t bother to haggle...

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Through the many years of my career, I’ve interviewed thousands of notable artists, but for sheer fame and fortune, the extraordinary pairing of George Harrison and Michael Jackson tops them all. George, the quiet Beatle, released his self-titled album in ’79 and Michael Jackson, the greatest song and dance man the world had known, was getting ready to release his ‘Off The Wall’ LP, a major breakthrough, which would go on to become one of the most influential recordings ever. It provided a glimpse of the brand new direction that funk and soul music would take, with Michael Jackson as the standard bearer, with hits such as ‘Rock With You’, ‘Off The Wall’ and ‘Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough’. The album ‘George Harrison’ was recorded in Hawaii at a time when he married Olivia, became a father for the first time and was also a regular visitor to the F1 paddock when not in the recording studio. It was a time of great contentment for the former Beatle and it shows in tracks such as ‘Blow Away’ and ‘Love Comes to Everyone”. I recall the atmosphere being friendly and fun, and the picture brings back some very fond memories of my time at the BBC. A fantastic time then for me to have had the great privilege of interviewing two exceptional talents at the height of their creative powers.

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