Southsea Lifestyle June 2016

June 2016

Southsea

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WE HAVE TENANTS AND BUYERS WAITING LETTINGS

SALES BLOCK MANAGEMENT

CONTRIBUTORS Katie Steiness runs Parkys Retro, dedicated to modern retro and the best of 1950s and 60s style, with a stall at the South Coast Emporium John Worsen is a freelance writer, based in Southsea. He works in advertising, communications, media and branding Tara Knight is co owner of Southsea Coffee Co. Former General Manager of A Bar Bistro. Training to be a Naturopathic nutritionist and has lived in Southsea all her life

Neil Maxwell is director of Fry & Kent Estate Agents and volunteer crew member of the RNLI

Martyn Knight is co owner of Southsea Coffee Co. husband, father and lover of all things radical and vintage

CONTENTS

6 CHANGING OUR HOMES TO SUIT THE WAY WE LIVE 8 THE CLOCKTOWER 12 BUY TO LET, SHALL I, SHAN’T I? 16 PARKY’S PICKS 26 COLD BREW 30 SHIFTING PERCEPTIONS 32 RECIPE 34 SOUTHSEA FOOD FESTIVAL 2016 36 WHAT’S ON 37 FILM REVIEW 40 CULTURE VULTURE 44 SOUTHSEA CYCLES COMPETITION 46 A SIGN OF THE TIMES 48 CUT TO A NEW CAREER 54 REPURPOSING PORTSMOUTH: TAKING BOLD STEPS INTO THE FUTURE

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Russell Baldwin has an MA in Film Studies, is a qualified teacher, lives in Southsea and is an experienced carpenter and decorator Emma Beatty teaches journalism at the University of Portsmouth. She’s lived in Southsea for ten years, and has two children, currently at St Swithuns

Southsea Lifestyle Produced by Salad Publishing Ltd Editor: Kevin John Dean Creative Director: Zirrinia Austin Dean Commercial Director: John Pryde Web Design & Social media: Daniel Sweeney What’s On Listings: Sophie McCue Editorial assistance: Naomi Turner & Kai Austin Dean

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ou might be pleased to know Southsea lifestyle is an EU Referendum free zone. It was tempting to join in the debate, but as we have always tried to steer clear of politics, we decided to keep it that way. Even without the referendum, things could start to heat up by early June, with predications of the hottest summer on record - if the meteorologists have got it right.

There are some great events to look forward to this summer and starting proceedings we have the Portsmouth Festivities, now in it’s 17th year, which coincidently kicks off on 17th June, the theme is ‘Electric’, and the first weekend will see a series of stunning open-air light displays around the city by Luxmuralis, for more information see, www.portsmouthfestivities.co.uk We hope you will vote with conviction on 23rd June and that our community is content with the result, whatever the outcome. And if you are looking for some light relief after the referendum draws to a close, don’t forget it’s the final of the South Coast Comedian of the year at the Wedgewood Rooms.

Kevin John Dean

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CHANGING OUR HOMES TO SUIT THE WAY WE LIVE Joe Moser

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here has been no let up to the trend to extend our homes and convert disused space into prime real estate. Since the economic recovery and a renewed surge in house prices, the appetite for improving our homes for family and the future shows no sign of abating. Home design television programmes and popular design websites have fanned the flames of the home improvement boom. Other considerations, like adaptable design for ageing occupants and live-in relatives, often inspire projects and creative design solutions.

have generous front rooms with high ceilings, designed as places to receive visitors, and small kitchens, awkward layouts and usually poor aspects onto the garden. We want to live the other way around. The kitchen is the centre of family and social life. We want open, light-filled multi-functional living spaces, hence the unending popularity for the single storey rear extension. The same aspirations find owners of post-war houses with small segregated rooms also wanting to extend and create their ideal family space.

A property’s age and style will often inform the most suitable type of improvement. In Southsea, for example, we typically see Edwardian and Victorian terraced properties which were designed for a different era and lifestyle. These

Exploiting space in the loft and basement are other popular considerations as home owners look to improve rather than move house. A loft conversion to provide a new master bedroom with an en-suite bath, enabling a growing

family to stay in a house they own, remains a worthy proposition.

impractical for some, but a worthy consideration if a property is suitable.

Extending down by converting cellars into habitable spaces is a more recent trend.

Popular in high value areas such as London, it is often considered the only option for adding space in areas with planning restrictions.

Expensive costs of excavation and waterproof foundations can make these extensions

Carrying out any form of home improvement requires proper design, planning, budgeting and a full understanding of the planning permission and building regulations requirements.

Design Teams Studios is an architectural practice based in the heart of Southsea, specialising in residential and small commercial developments. www.designteamstudios.com

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THE CLOCKTOWER Tony Wood

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he clocktower in Castle Road is one of those astonishing buildings that makes you catch your breath as you turn the corner. Nestled in a Southsea backstreet, you may ponder its origins, history, and purpose. I would like to share with you some snippets (excuse the hairdressing pun) of the history as I’ve heard it.

We know the clocktower was designed by the architect J.W. Walmisley, from Southsea, and was built by J. Crockerell, a Southsea contractor. It was completed in 1903 and, despite its appearance, is built on a steel frame. Being mock-Tudor gives it a much older appearance, but peer at the east side above what is now The Barbership and you’ll see the stone medallions which show the completion date, and the building’s Latin motto: ‘ne cede malis

sed contra’, meaning ‘yield not to misfortunes but on the contrary meet them with fortitude’.

Glance towards the wall just inside St. Edward’s Road to see the faint signage of Mr. Ernest Smith.

He was a cabinet maker and upholsterer, and the first tenant of the building. His name encircles the clockface.

The clocktower was commissioned by Gales Brewery of Horndean, and it features several traditional pub elements. The original large glass windows, unheard of in public houses at the time, are one of the giveaways that the original use changed at its inception. Smith left the building in 1923.

In the same year the clocktower was completed, Ford

Motor Company was launched. In 1923, they removed the beautiful picture windows at the front of the building, to allow cars to be able drive into the building, creating

with a large restoration workshop sited at 85–87 Castle Road. Jack Fleming and John Maclean retired in 1994.

Alfred continued running the business with his wife, Christel.

They carried on trading from the clocktower’s basement until 1st December 2015.

Portsmouth was struck by one of the most damaging Blitz bombings of WII ...

The clocktower survived

one of the first car showrooms on the south coast.

In the Second World War, Ford moved out, and the first floor became occupied by a Royal Naval Club named The Three Arts Club, named for the singing, music, and poetry which thrived therein.

Noël Coward even paid a visit.

On 10th January 1941, Portsmouth was struck by one of the most damaging Blitz bombings of WWII, destroying much of Portsmouth Guildhall.

The clocktower survived, but the antiques shop opposite, run by the Fleming family, was hit. Mr. Jack Fleming acquired the clocktower, and moved the antiques business in.

In 1963, his nephew Alfred Fleming joined, and in 1965, so did his son-in-law John Maclean. They built up a major local and worldwide antiques business

I took over the clocktower in 2005, transforming it into my hairdressing business, Tony Wood Hairdressing, respecting and emulating the history and heritage of the building every step of the way.

12 years later, the building is becoming known as the ‘Creative Clocktower’ due to my thriving salon, barbershop, and hair colour studio, and the diverse business populace occupying its upper floors, from architects and graphic artists to interior designers and digital marketers.

The history of the clocktower is a fascinating one, and if the building’s cultural significance and its stature as an icon of the booming Castle Road high street is any sign of what’s to come, the excitement certainly isn’t slowing.

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BUY TO LET, SHALL I, SHAN’T I? Neil Maxwell

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aving an investment property represents great security and longterm investment, with capital growth for those with money to invest that isn’t making a huge return in the bank. Currently, we’re dealing with all sorts of investors, from those growing portfolios, to first time investors. Recently we’ve seen some younger people who live in London, who can’t afford to buy there, but want to get on the property ladder, buying down here and renting out the property. The whole idea of a property portfolio sounds fantastic and is something to impress friends and family, but unless you do your homework and approach it in a business like manner, it will end in disappointment.

Now tenants have rights, and ensuring that they are correctly referenced, approved and their identity verified, is the cornerstone of any successful rental. If you’re using an agent, don’t go for the cheapest service around, check what the agent actually does for their money.

Your investment property isn’t like a rented car; it will need maintenance, so allow a yearly budget for this. Most tenants pay a large proportion of their salaries on rent and deserve to live in a well maintained home and every penny spent on maintenance is also protecting the investment you’ve made, plus it can have some tax benefits.

Professional or family lets

Remember this is going to be a business for you, DO NOT forget that. Your sole aim is ensuring the investment works for you and you get a monthly return. Using an agent to manage the property will give you a separation from the property and its occupants, which is important if you’ve no knowledge of the rental market and the regulations.

Agents have heard all the reasons for non-payment of rent before, and will understand the best way to ensure your rent appears every month in your bank account, whereas if you’re listening to a heart rending tale on the end of a phone you may get sucked in by an excuse and natural sympathy creeps in. Before you know it, your rent is late every month, or arrears have built up to the point the tenant has no chance of catching up, and eviction is the only option, leading to further expense.

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should offer you a longer term letting prospect. This means fewer people moving in or out and less void periods, hence less costs involved in getting the house ready before any new tenancy.

On the other hand, students offer a great return but the attrition on the houses can be higher leading to more frequent bills for redecoration and pre-tenancy move-in works and a frequent change of tenancy.

If your property is in a good state when handed over, it will be respected and you should get it back in the condition it was originally let - if the agent has done their job properly and the tenant was correctly referenced. Buying to let can be a great investment and success story, as long as you approach it as a business.

Hillborough Crescent: £750,000 This outstanding family home located in a leafy Southsea backwater cul-de-sac, has provided a welcome retreat from the hustle & bustle of the city for generations of families. Arranged over four floors, the well-proportioned accommodation features a living/dining room off the entrance hall, whilst there are four double bedrooms, the master with en-suite facilities on the upper floors. The lower ground floor offers two further rooms, plus a kitchen and bathroom, or alternatively a one bedroom apartment/annexe with own entrance. Externally there is paved drive allowing off road parking for several vehicles, plus a westerly facing, block paved rear garden

The Vulcan Building: £259,995 ‚ Beautifully presented top floor apartment located in a converted Grade II Listed (former military) building within the desirable Gunwharf Quays development with features throughout including exposed beams and brickwork, whilst benefitting from modern day contemporary finishes to the kitchen and bathroom.

The double bedroom and living room offer views across Gunwharf Quays and Portsmouth Harbour, whilst the apartment benefits from an allocated parking bay within the gated development. Definitely one to view soon, whether you are looking for a home, weekend retreat or investment opportunity.

Sales & Lettings office: Stanley Street, Southsea www.fryandkent.com SALES: T: 023 9281 5221 E: sales@fryandkent.com LETTINGS: T: 023 9282 2400 E: lettings@fryandkent.com 13

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BUREAU OF CHANGE Today all media, culture and interiors are full of fearless energy and exciting new looks that inspire us all, bombarding us from every social media platform. Knowing where to start incorporating these ideas into our homes and businesses can be daunting to the point of not starting. This is where Bureau of Change comes in. We won’t go down the cliched, corporate or predictable route, so please don’t expect copy-cat style. We love interiors with personality reflecting your journeys, adventures and maybe even your wanderlust!

Get a taste of our passion for beautiful things in our shop at 156 Elm Grove. We stock a large selection of vintage lighting from around the world dating from 1940: including floor lights, desk lights, bulkhead lights and our own English made copper pendant lights. Our favourite ‘Fase’ lights from the 1950’s give an instant ‘Mad Men’ sexy

feel to desk space and team well with our selection of huge real cactus. We produce a fantastic range of made to measure zinc top tables, which age beautifully in dining rooms or cafes and bars. Put these with our 40 year old ‘wedding chairs’ from Indonesia in teal, aqua or red, and you are all set for Al-fresco dining.

Pops of colour are great for ringing the changes and we fell in love, and now stock, a range of iconic images featuring lobsters, seagulls and a yellow sowestered fisherman – grab a hand-printed postcard, screen print, or tea towel to bring a zing of colour home. We hope you come and see our shop and it’s eclectic stock that we’d love to keep ourselves, but just don’t have the space. We have more than a subtle nod to nautical too… the real stuff, that tends to happen when you work on the water and live with the flow of the tides.

Our design studio is on a 1954 French Motor Fishing Vessel, 53 foot in length. Her forward hold now acts as our design studio. She is moored in Chichester harbour and enjoys a westerly wind. We are currently working on a new restaurant on Elm Grove which is due to open very soon. Outside Southsea we are just

starting to re design and furnish a three storey coastguards cottage on Hayling Island. While In London we are putting the finishing touches to a commercial property conversion in Russell Square. We are also working hard on the design for the Good Life Experience Festival with Cerys Matthews in September.

Bureau of Change, 156 Elm Grove, Southsea PO5 1LR

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PICKS

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with Katie Steiness

Pinky & Perky idden away at the back of the Boathouse

Part

No 7 restaurant, at the Historic Dockyard,

all hand carved and painted by Pelham Puppets,

is a real treat - a whole row of fabulous

set up in 1947 by Bob Pelham in Marlborough,

working penny slot machines, including my absolute

Wiltshire. Prior to Pelham Puppets, the company

favourite, Pinky and Perky.

produced

Flashback to Christmas 1976.

My grandparents visited with an intriguing, oblong-shaped present. From the moment I ripped off the shiny wrapping, whipped off the cover of the yellow box and saw Pinky the Pig inside, covered in colourful strings and carefully wrapped in tissue paper, I loved him from the top of his bright red beret to the tip of his dainty pink trotter!

The original Pinky, and his ubiquitous sidekick Perky, were

of

their

the

charm

that

is

earliest, valuable

and

they

were

now

puppets,

most under

the name of Wonky Toys.

Pelhampuppedia.com has useful information

about

how

to date a puppet. As well as paintwork and construction, packaging can help. A simple brown box was used for the

first

the

company,

nine

years

of

before

the

recognisable illustrated yellow box

appeared

in

1956,

continuing with slight variations until the late 1980s.

created by Czechs, Jan and

Pelham made thousands of

Vlasta Dalibor, and had their

different characters and puppet

own,

children’s

ranges before the business

television show from the late

closed in 1992. More valuable

1950s. The puppets looked

puppets can now fetch between

alike, but Pinky wore red clothes

£300-400.

successful

Happily,

new

and Perky had blue clothes and a hat to help

Pelham puppets are now being manufactured

distinguish them on black and white TV.

again by David Leech in Devon.

With permission, Pelham Puppets Ltd., the popular

As for Pinky and I, after many happy years together,

toy making company, created their own versions

his strings got tangled in the rough and tumble of

of Pinky and Perky, which is when Pinky’s dapper

playtime and he was cruelly discarded for more

red beret appeared. The piglets sold well for

alluring, electronic toys. Sadly, I don’t actually

Pelham for over 14 years, until they disappeared

remember what became of him, but next time I visit,

from the TV screens in 1971. Today they go for

I will be rifling through my niece and nephew’s

£40-50 on auction sites.

playbox to see if I can find him.

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IT'S WHAT'S UNDERNEATH THAT COUNTS On the surface, HMS Warrior is as impressive as she was on the day she was launched in 1860.

Moored at the entrance to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, this inspiring ship dominates the harbour.

ON THE SURFACE

But everyone knows it’s what’s underneath that counts. It’s now nearly 30 years since Warrior was restored and brought back to Portsmouth and in that time weather and sea air has taken a harsh toll on the ship’s bulwarks: the top section of the ship’s sides that prevent water entering the lower decks.

WHAT WE FOUND UNDERNEATH

Inspection of the ship shows that rain has penetrated the outer planking, rusting the internal metal frame and rotting much of the timber. If left unaddressed, the resulting heritage loss would be enormous, and the ship would have to close to the public.

CALLING #AllHands

We need all hands on deck to help raise £1m towards this work. Please text SSea06 and your amount to 70070 or visit warrior.org to find out how you can help.

Warrior Preservation Trust is a Registered Charity No 256756

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CHALLENGES COME IN ALL FORMS

ou may have noticed that SATs seem to have had a bad press recently. As parents and teachers, how should we respond to this? Are we setting children up for failure and depression?

Speaking to a friend the other day, she said, “I felt as though I failed when I was at senior school because I didn’t pass the 11+.”

She still felt the pain of this many years later.

Should we blame a system for damaging and hurtfully labelling children?

Prof. M. Seligman in Learned Optimism says that we can teach our children to deal with challenges if we help them fight the worst bully of all - themselves. It’s that little voice that they hear when things go wrong. “You’re not good enough, you can’t do it, you never will.”

HERE ARE SOME WAYS TO HELP

A When things go wrong be a good model, don’t say ‘I’m such an idiot’ (which is permanent) but ‘I am having a bad day’ (which is temporary).

B If, for example, your child gets shouted at by a teacher

and feels down, explore with them what that experience makes them believe, e.g. the teacher hates me, the class thinks I am stupid. Help them dispute this by making it less personal, e.g. the teacher shouts at everyone, the class knows this. You may want to go through some practise scenarios to help your child develop these skills.

C If they do something well, say something like, ‘because you practised hard, you have become much better/ faster/stronger.’(personal, they did it) ‘How do you feel? I would feel great if I could have done that at your age.’ (feeling good gives them energy) D If they say ‘I hate maths’ (a permanent negative belief), say, ‘You’re just finding it difficult right now, but you can work at it.’ (temporary and something they can change) We can’t avoid difficult things in life, and the evidence is that responding with a positive optimistic style is the best way to overcome adversity. So, ‘onwards and upwards’ as my mother used to say. www. ilovetolearn.co.uk 023 93 968626

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COLD BREW

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very summer we see a bigger expansion of cold coffee products available in major coffee chains as well as your local independents. Although seen as a modern invention, cold brewed coffee has a long history.

Despite many theories as to the origin of cold brew coffee, with nations as diverse as the Netherlands, Japan, Guatemala and Peru cited, some of the earliest documented cold coffees originated as military rations.

Also in the late 1960s a garden nursery owner with a degree in chemical engineering was served a delicious coffee concentrate ... a concentrate to mix with whilst on a plant-gathering trip to hot water as a low-acidity alternative to hot-brewed coffee Guatemala. His name was Todd Simpson, and soon after he created for people with sensitive the Toddy cold-brew system. stomachs

The French provide the earliest example of a drink called Mazagran, which consisted of coffee concentrate sweetened and mixed with cold water. This was enjoyed

by French Foreign Legion solders at the Mazagran fortress in Algiers in the 1800s. According to William H. Ukers’ definitive 1922 coffee tome, All About Coffee, subsequent versions of the Mazagran began to sprout internationally once those soldiers returned to France and spread the concept far and wide.

Many more years passed between those early coffee syrups and an actual, ready-to-drink brewed coffee. The breakthrough happened in Japan, in the late 1960s.

Canned flavoured milk was a popular item in Japan in the late 1960s, including coffee-flavoured milk. Then, a businessman Ueshima Tadao had the idea of flipping 26

the ratios and created a can of mostly coffee with a bit of milk and sugar. He invested heavily in advertising and product giveaways, overcoming initial public resistance with it finally catching on in the 1970s.

Cold brew coffee from the Toddy system was initially conceived as a concentrate to mix with hot water as a low-acidity alternative to hot-brewed coffee for people with sensitive stomachs. However, the concept and the accompanying brewing system have since endured and been embraced by today’s coffee industry as an outstanding cold-brew method which produces a concentrate that is naturally smooth, sweet, and cold from its very beginning.

This method of cold brewing now forms the basis for many cold coffee drinks, although in the speciality industry, new methods and equipment are always being invented, so who knows what next year will bring. For now, when it gets hot, you can make sure you get a cold brewed one.

BUCKWELLS of Southsea

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lbert Road welcomes the arrival of this quirky new eatery concept, headed by brothers Mike and Stuart Hiles. A unique offering, and one which finds its inspiration from the trendy London street food scene. Mike and Stuart have invested their own cash in this new venture, fulfilling a lifelong ambition to own their own restaurant. Both have a great passion for craft beer and good beers in general. The Crafty Hot Dog co is serving a mouth watering selection of Bratwurst Hot Dogs cooked and served in a variety of styles and flavours, served on locally baked brioche & poppy seed buns with freshly prepared fillings and dressings, delicious sides and smothered fries. The cooking, preparation process and ingredients are a closely guarded secret, but one local supplier is Buckwells of Southsea and the lads are very proud of their local sourcing policy.

The Craft Beers include: Tiny Rebel, Beavertown, Kona, Wild Beer Co, Siren, Camden Town and with several fruit beers and soft drinks. “Southsea has a growing craft beer scene and is creating a new generation of beer drinkers and we wanted to be part of it,” said Mike and Stuart, “the craft beers and hot dogs are a superb combination and we think the interior and furnishings provide a cool relaxing venue to enjoy a snack, lunch or dinner.

We are also using top quality coffee from Matthew Algie as well as Suki loose leaf tea and indulgent hot chocolate”.

Looking ahead, the guys are taking their concept on the road with a Street Food pop up, ready to appear at local festivals and events soon.

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72 Albert Road Southsea PO5 2SL Tel 07540769853. email Albert72@thecraftyhotdogcompany.co.uk

SHIFTING PERCEPTIONS

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Tara Knight

ast month I had a stall at the New Forest Vegan Fair. When it opened there was a queue lasting an hour simply to get through the door; the amount of people present exceeded everyone’s expectations. This represents a shift in culture; a few years ago such an event would not have the interest it does today.

Indeed, last year a survey showed that 12% of UK adults are now vegetarian or vegan, with this figure rising to 20% of 16-24 year olds.

Reducing meat intake has been on the rise for a number of years, and current reasons cited for shifting towards a plant based diet include the environment, ethics and health. Although some people dismiss this as a fad, anything that contributes towards eating less mass-produced produce can only be a positive step for our planet.

In the past, meat was a weekly treat and bought from the local butcher or fishmonger who could tell us what it was and where it was from. Today, massproduced food is far removed from this local connection, and is often dubious in its origins, as we know from meat scandals of recent years. Is it

a lack of trust in product that is causing a rise in vegetarianism?

Albert Einstein said that, “nothing will benefit health or increase chances of survival on earth as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.” Yet, when the latest research by The Oxford Martin School suggests that a widespread switch to vegetarianism would cut emissions by two thirds, why is this not a global discussion?

Scratch the surface and it is well documented that food manufacturers control and lobby the American markets and media, and this kind of influence is beginning to extend over here. Worldwide we look to cut emissions through energy generation and transport, yet never address the impact of mass food production in an over-populated world. This of course can include crop production as well as the meat industry.

As always, whether you are meat-free or not, take that time to buy local, or organic, buy from our greengrocers, butchers and bakers. Take the time to look into the origin of your food; embrace the whole process and you can enjoy every mouthful.

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RECIPE

Summer Vegetable Paella with Saffron & Lemon

Serves 2 Vegan

A vegetarian adaptation of the traditional Spanish dish, paella rice is readily available but use short-grain brown or Arborio if you can’t find it. Saffron threads give the dish its unique flavour.

Ingredients

Preparation

Sunflower or light olive oil, for frying • 1 onion, finely diced • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped, grated or crushed • 1 red pepper, deseeded & cut into 5mm-thick slices • 1 yellow pepper, deseeded & cut into 5mm-thick slices • 200g paella rice – calasparra paella rice if you can get it • 100g mushrooms, finely sliced • 3 tomatoes, diced • 1⁄4 tsp smoked paprika • 1⁄4 tsp paprika • 2 pinches of saffron threads • 1litre of good veg stock • 100g green beans or sugar snaps, or a mixture of both (if using beans, top, tail and chop into thirds) good handful of parsley, chopped 1 lemon, cut into wedges • salt and pepper

Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a heavy-bottomed paella pan or large frying pan or flameproof casserole. Add the onion and fry gently on a low heat for 10mins, stirring now and then.

Add the garlic and peppers to the onion and stir for 2mins. Add the rice, mushrooms, tomatoes, both types of paprika and saffron. Pour in three quarters of the stock and season with salt and pepper. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook for 30mins, stirring occasionally. Keep an eye on the liquid and top up with a little more stock or water as needed (you might not need it all). The paella shouldn’t be sloppy at the end so add liquid sparingly during the last 10mins.

While the paella is cooking, boil the green beans for 3mins, then refresh them in a bowl of very cold water.

If you are using sugar snaps, you can simply throw them in raw towards the end of cooking (see below).

After 30 minutes of cooking, check the rice is tender and cook a little longer if needed. If there is any excess liquid, turn up the heat and stir to boil it off.

Then cook very gently without stirring, to create a crust on the bottom (it’s not very easy to achieve without a proper paella pan, though). Stir in the beans and parsley. Turn off the heat and leave to stand for 2 minutes, then check the seasoning and serve with wedges of lemon.

Variation You can use any sort of green beans in this; try doublepodded broad, sliced runners or flat green beans.

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SATURDAY 16TH & SUNDAY 17TH JULY 2016

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s the evenings grow lighter and the days longer, our thoughts turn to spending time relaxing with friends and family. If you’re looking for something tasty to do for a day or two, then why not spend some time with us at the Southsea Food Festival 2016? Come and visit us over the weekend of 16 th & 17th July 2016, pull up a deckchair and make ‘thyme’ to watch Robin our cooking guru cook up a storm!

As with previous years, we will be showcasing a smörgåsbord of culinary treats, and plenty of temptations to satisfy your taste buds. Whether you are looking for something ‘al dente’ or ‘al forno’, it’s all ‘al fresco’ at the Southsea Food Festival. Remember, food for thought is no

substitute for the real thing. Join us while we sip and savour all the flavours of life. Whatever your tastes, there’ll be something for everyone.

Here is a short film of a previous festival: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ollcGwmrqeg We think that by planning a similar event to last year, we remain a true festival, a celebration of food and drink, and, most of all, remembering that we’re putting on a show for the public to enjoy. Over the weekend we will have a variety of market stalls selling locally produced food and drink, as well as an abundance of independent

traders

from

local

Southsea

restaurants. This year we are working with

Community Chef Robin Van Creveld who will be

local produce with them.

in the ‘big top’ centre stage bringing his

joined by local restauranteurs who love the

Helping us keep the Food Festival relaxed and chilled, we have the acoustic music stage managed by Steve Pitt returning for another year.

Providing a mix of mellow sessions and laid back beats, you can sit and savour the sounds, ready

limelight and are happy to get up on stage to

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deliciously ingenuous street food recipes to life, showing you how they can be easily prepared at home using local, seasonal produce. He will be

share their favourite recipes, tips and tricks with you, plus you get to sample the delicious delights they have prepared.

Make sure you put the date in your diary - see you there!

South Coast businesses will be dotted around the ever popular crossroads market. Heart FM will be helping Robin and will have the cupcake station for the little ones to get hands on and get decorating! They can even have their face painted or go and see the animals in the Kidsrome farmyard in Stanley Street.

The Love Southsea Food Market will occupy the precinct on the Saturday, with a host of tasty treats to try on the day and take home to savour.

Hampshire farmers join in the fun on the Sunday in the precinct, bringing the best quality, seasonal,

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EXHIBITIONS & MUSEUMS Aspex Gallery

WEDS - SUNDAY, 11 - 4 & BANK HOLIDAYS

Until Sun19 Jun Exhibition: WALDEINSAMKEIT FREE Every Friday GENERATE A research project, funded by the NHS Clinical Commissioning Group, which aims to

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explore how visual arts workshops can have a positive benefit in the lives of people with dementia 10:30am-12:30pm FREE Every Sat from 11 June FAMILY SATURDAYS Aspex will be transformed into a world of creativity, as families will be invited to take part in free artist-led arts and crafts activities. the first session will be delivered by Aspex’s new ARMA artist-inresidence Alison Carlier, who will be encouraging families to create artwork in response to Aspex’s historic location from11am FREE Every Wednesday MINI MAKERS 11am12pm £3 per child The Vulcan Building, Gunwharf Quays Tel: 023 9277 8080 www.aspex.org.uk

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard & Naval Museums Until Sun 5 Jun FAMILY TRAIL 10am4.30pm Free with valid ticket HMS WARRIOR 1860

Wed 8 Jun ASK THE ARCHIVES 10am5pm FREE Sat 11 - Sun 12 Jun EXPLOSIVE WEEKEND 10am-5pm Ad £12 Ch £8 Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower Sat 25 - Sun 26 Jun ARMED FORCES DAY – Action Stations 10am-5.30pm FREE Fri 1 Jul THE CABIN CLUB 10.30am-2pm £1 per child – booking essential Victory Gate, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth PO1 3LJ Tel: 023 9283 9766 www.historicdockyard.co.uk

Portsmouth Museums

Until Mon 20 Jun EXHIBITION: WALTER SICKERT: Prints & Drawings FREE Ongoing EXHIBITION: EDWARD KING A Life in Art FREE Portsmouth Museum Sat 25 - Sun 26 Jun EASTNEY BEAM ENGINE HOUSE OPEN DAY 1-5pm FREE www.portsmouthmuseums.co.uk Cont’d p.38

FILM

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Everybody Wants Some!! USA 2016 Director: Richard Linklater Cert15

outh East Texas University, August 1980 Jake is arriving a few days before term starts to settle into his new ‘frat house’ and to meet his potential basketball scholarship team mates.

The film charts their first three days as ‘freshmen’ and he becomes inducted into college life - which seems to entail truckloads of drinking, drugs and women. ‘Partying’ - I think its called now.

But... welcome back to the world of Richard Linklater. The director who gave us School of Rock, the Before Sunset trilogy, Dazed and Confused and Boyhood, where the sun shines all the time, the guys are hunks, the girls are hot, everyone is super-intelligent, cool, articulate and they achieve.

Oh to live in such a world where 18 year old basketball jocks bandy philosophy and poetry around, nothing nasty exists and no-one gets hurt, EVER! It ticks all the boxes of the genre. The performances from all these unknowns is great, the script is ridiculously intelligent, fast and funny. Very amiable and very good natured. But it is all so... perfect. It hasn’t got the bite of American Graffiti and its impending draft call of the Vietnam War on that generation.

Its nice, its funny, its romantic, has a good soundtrack and kooky characters (all male).

What’s not to like? Everybody Wants Some of that - what if you want a bit of social realism? No way!

Russell Baldwin

SEANN WALSH LIVE AT NO6

Prepare for some serious funny bone tickling with a live podcast from renowned stand-up comedian, Seann Walsh. Film fanatic Walsh and one-liner merchant Mark Simmons will be making their weekly podcast about the latest box office releases in front of a live No6 audience. After a short interval we will be screening Seann’s all time favourite cult comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles, which Seann will introduce and explain his abiding love of this film.

BOOK ON-LINE AT www.no6cinema.co.uk Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, PO1 3LJ TEL: 074 3502 9408

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FILM

No 6 Cinema

Sat 4 Jun DEMOLITION (15) 7pm Thu 9 Jun HEART OF A DOG (15) 7pm Fri 10 Jun LOTTERY SLOTTERY WINNER Persepolis (12A) 7pm Sat 11 Jun FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) 7pm Thu 16 Jun FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) 4pm, THE GENERAL (PG) 7pm Fri 17 Jun THE GOOD FAIRY (PG) 7pm Sat 18 Jun SEANN WALSH PRESENTS: PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES (15) 7pm Thu 22 Jun MUSTANG (15) 7pm Fri 24 Jun OUR KIND OF TRAITOR (15) 7pm Sat 25 Jun SING STREET (12A) 12 noon Thu 30 Jun AMOUR (12A) 7pm Fri 1 Jul LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP (U) 12noon Sat 2 Jul A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING (12A) 7pm Boathouse 6, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth PO1 3LJ www.no6cinema.co.uk

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MARKETS

Sat 4 & 5 Jun and Sat 2 & 3 Jul LOVE SOUTHSEA MARKETS Palmerston Road Sun 19 Jun HAMPSHIRE FARMERS MARKET & MARKETS 10am-2pm Palmerston Road Precinct www.hampshirefarmersmarket.co.uk Sun 12 Jun PORT SOLENT WATERSIDE MARKET 11am-5pm www.portsolent.com/ whats-on/waterside-sunday-markets

MUSIC

Portsmouth Guildhall Until 9 Aug Exhibition: A MOMENT IN TIME Free Until 30 Sep Exhibition: BSO – The Orchestra for the 21st Century Free Until 7 Jun Exhibition: ILLUSTRATED MENAGERIE: Shakespeare’s Animals FREE Thu 9 Jun BILL BAILEY: LIMBOLAND 7.30pm £27.50 Fri 10 Jun THANK ABBA FOR THE MUSIC 7pm £24.20 Thu 16 Jun SIGNALS 7.30pm £6 Fri 17 Jun THE SIMON AND GARFUNKEL STORY 7pm £20.35

Sun 19 Jun GRUMPY OLD WOMEN 7.30pm £27.50 Wed 22 - Sat 25 Jun ANSVAR INSURANCE PRESENTS 2016 BE YOUR BEST ROCK CHALLENGE Finals £14 Fri 1 Jul RECHARGE: 55+ SINGING WORKSHOPS 9.30am £3 Fri 1 Jul GUILDHALL MARKET – CAFÉ GUILDHALL 8.30am-5pm Fri 1 Jul SARAH MILLICAN Outsider 7.30pm £27.50 Guildhall Square, Portsmouth PO1 2AB Box office: 0844 847 2362 www.portsmouthguildhall.org.uk

The Pyramids Fri 10 June AN AUDIENCE WITH STEVE DAVIS 6pm presented by Modus Sports Events. £38.50 No Under 11′s Under 14′s must be accompanied by an adult over 18 Under 21′s require ID to purchase alcohol Clarence Esplanade, Southsea PO5 3ST www.pyramids-live.co.uk

Wedgewood Rooms Sat 4 Jun MISTY IN ROOTS 8pm £18.50 Wed 8 Jun BEN WATT BAND feat.

BERNARD BUTLER 8pm £15 Fri 10 Jun OASISH 8pm 310 Sun 12 Jun ANTI-FLAG 7.30pm £15 Mon 13 Jun ALL ABOUT THE SONG Heat 2 7.30pm £3 Tue 14 Jun ALL ABOUT THE SONG Heat 3 7.30pm £3 Fri 17 Jun WEDGE COMEDY CLUB 7.30pm £8 followed by IT’S A SIN 11pm FREE Sat 18 Jun EMPTI FISH 8pm £6 Tue 21 Jun PORTSMOUTH MUSIC HUB presents ROCK THE ROOMS 6pm £6 Thu 23 Jun SOUTH COAST COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR The Final 7.30pm £8 Fri 24 Jun THE WALL OF FLOYD Wish You Were Here Tour 8pm £10 Sun 26 Jun ALL ABOUT THE SONG The Final 7.30pm £5 Fri 1 Jul WEDGE COMEDY CLUB 7.30pm £8 followed by IT’S A SIN 11pm FREE Sat 2 Jul IAN PROWSE & AMSTERDAM 8pm £10 Sat 2 Jul WHERE’S ME JUMPER? 9pm FREE

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PORTSMOUTH LIBRARIES Regular Activities RHYME TIME

Fridays Alderman Lacey Library 10am Wednesdays Beddow Library 2pm fortnightly term time only Mondays Carnegie Library 10.30am Wednesdays Central Library 10am Monday, Thursdays & Saturdays Southsea Library 10am

STORY TIME

Fridays Beddow Library 10am Saturdays Central Library 11am Mondays Southsea Library 2pm Every Monday SCRABBLE CLUB Alderman Lacey Library Every Monday RELAX WITH COLOURING Beddow Library Second Monday of the month CRAFT GROUP Southsea Library Every Tuesday KNITTING GROUP Central Library

Every Thursday RELAX WITH COLOURING Cosham Library SEE THE OFFICIAL PORTSMOUTH LIBRARIES FACEBOOK PAGE FOR MORE UPCOMING EVENTS AT PORTSMOUTH LIBRARIES

Portsmouth Mobile Library

Every Friday 12.15-1.15pm Aldsworth Close, Cosham Every Friday 2.15-3.45pm Old Rectory Road, Farlington Alternate Fridays 4-6pm Anchorage Park Community Centre Car Park The home library service can also come to your home if you can't get to the library.

If you or the person you care for is unable to visit a library because of disability, illness, frailty or mental health problems, one of our home library volunteers can come to your home to bring or collect books for you.For more information about the home library service, email community.library@portsmouthcc.gov.uk or phone 023 9268 8066.

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CULTURE VULTURE

A SELECTION OF ARTY THINGS HAPPENING IN JUNE Emma Beatty

SICKERT AT CITY MUSEUM Walter Sickert: prints and drawings until 20 June The City Museum is becoming more interesting for art lovers – its Edward King Gallery opened recently and now it’s put its Walter Sickerts on display (until 20 June). Some 45 works are out of storage, from the special Sickert collection – some 20 prints by the artist himself, alongside works by his third wife Thérèse Lessore, a selection of 19thcentury Japanese wood-block prints, and some sketches by Sickert’s grandfather Johan Jurgen Sickert.

Byrne, to the fantastical symbolism of Stephen Campbell, and brilliant colourwork of Barbara Rae. This is a real chance to see some top-notch Scottish art. Jack House Gallery, High Street, Old Portsmouth

‘Irises’ Etching 82x62cm, Elizabeth Blackadder

Sketch, Sickert

All were donated to the museum in the postwar years, by the Sickert Trust—partly in response to the wartime devastation of the then Town Museum. It’s good to see works of this stature out on show in our city. City Museum, Museum Road, Portsmouth

SCOTTISH ART AT JACK HOUSE Glasgow Print Studio artists 2 June-9 July Just down the road from the City Museum, Jack House is building a strong record for exhibitions by distinct ‘painterly’ painters from all over the UK. This month, it brings works by 11 artists from the renowned Glasgow Print Studio. They range from delicate etchings of flowers by the very popular Elizabeth Blackadder, to urban scenes of Paisley life by John 40

Bones Dress, Malisa Sledmere

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Portsmouth Library members can enjoy loads of special offers around the city when they show their library card: • 20% discount with Hovertravel on adult and child standard returns, day returns and single. Photo ID also required. Terms and conditions apply • £2 off standard admission to the Blue Reef Aquarium (valid for Adult, Child and Senior tickets) • 20% discount at Mozzarella Joes pizza restaurant • 20% off all attraction tickets at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard • 10% discount at Blossoms of Portsmouth florist • Children under 16 and adults over 60 swim for free at the Mountbatten Centre, Eastney Swimming Pool and Charter Community Sports Centre

THEATRE

Groundlings Theatre

Thu 16 & Thu 30 Jun THEATRE TOURS £5 Wed 15 & Thu 16 Jun THE PINK TRIANGLE 8pm £14 Fri 17 Jun KNEES UP! 8pm £10 42 Kent Street, Portsea, Hampshire PO1 3BS www.groundlings.co.uk

Kings Theatre

Sat 4 Jun THEATRE TOUR 10.30am Sat 4 Jun UK PINK FLOYD EXPERIENCE 7.30pm Mon 6 Jun DIRTY DUSTING 7.30pm Wed 8 Jun HAMLET Screening 7pm Sat 11 Jun LEGENDS OF MUSIC AND DANCE 2pm & 7pm Sun 12 Jun THE NEWS YOUTH AWARDS 2pm Mon 13 Jun INTERNATIONAL CULTURE AND ARTS FESTIVAL 7.30pm Wed 15 Jun A NIGHT IN VENICE 7.30pm Thu 16 Jun THE CHICAGO BLUES BROTHERS 7.30pm Fri 17 Jun FRANKLY SINATRA 7.30pm Sat 18 Jun WHITNEY HOUSTON 7.30pm Sun 19 Jun NT LIVE: THE AUDIENCE 4pm Tue 21 & Wed 22 Jun SYMPHONY TO A LOST GENERATION 2pm & 7.30pm Tue 21 & Wed 22 Jun ELECTRICALLY ECCENTRIC ALBERT ROAD 7pm Wed 22 Jun PAPILLON NOIR (TO BE HELD ON HMS WARRIOR 1860) 2pm Thu 23 Jun ELO EXPERIENCE 7.30pm Fri 24 Jun SHOWADDYWADDY 7.30pm

Sat 25 Jun THE ILLEGAL EAGLES 7.30pm Mon 26 Jun ALVERSTOKE SCHOOL OF DANCE PRESENT Mind, Body & Soul 3.30pm Fri 1& Sat 2 Jul PETER PAN The British Musical 7pm (Sat mat 2pm) Sat 2 Jul THEATRE TOUR 10.30am Albert Road, Southsea, Portsmouth PO5 2QJ, Box Office: 023 9282 8282 kingsportsmouth.co.uk

New Theatre Royal

Sat 4 Jun LAZYTOWN 2.30pm £14 Wed 8 Jun OPERA UNCOVERED WITH MELANIE GALL 9.30am & 3.30pm £10 Wed 8 Jun OPERA MOUSE 10.40am & 6pm £12.50 Thu 9 Jun KNITTING WORKSHOP WITH MELANIE GALL 4.30pm £10 Thu 9 Jun A STITCH IN TIME 7.30pm £12.50 Fri 10 & Sat 11 Jun THE MACHINE STOPS 8pm £14 Sat 11 Jun INTO THE WEST 7pm £15 Mon 13 & Thu16 Jun SHADOWLANDS 7.30pm £25 Cont’d p.43

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NEW SHOWS AT ASPEX THIS MONTH Malisa Sledmore 1 June-7 August Local Southsea artist Malisa Sledmere makes complex 3D creations–part sculpture, part craft. She mixes found elements with quilting techniques and embroidery.

See her intricate constructions in a new show at Aspex (until 7 August). It runs alongside the ongoing room of whimsical ceramics by Malene Hartmann Rassmussen (until 19 June).

Adrian Mundy: Natural imperfections 15 June-14 August Mundy has a studio at Art Space Portsmouth, and, after 18 years of agoraphobia, his new show is a paean to the wonders of the outdoors. He’s been growing flax and corn in friends’ gardens and at the Tuppeny Barn in Southbourne, from which, he’s made paper, full of ‘natural imperfections’. He’s fashioned this paper into delicate artworks. This will be the first show in Aspex’s newly redesigned Learning Space.

Vulcan Building itself – the place that now houses the Aspex Gallery. The sturdy building was originally made to store explosives (long before Gunwharf was an outlet for half-price handbags).

Aspex Gallery, Gunwharf Quays.

STREET ART IN SOUTHSEA’S TATTOOS STUDIOS Tattooists know all about ink, image and street life. No wonder some of our local tattoo studios are doubling up as galleries.

The Play Dead studio on Highland Road has led the way, with standout recent shows by Portsmouth artists Sadie Tierney and Charlotte Brisland. This month it has a debut solo show by Peterborough-based Korp (11 June-11 July), real name Kaine Kulczak. Skilled with stencils and marker pens, he’s known for his ‘korpworm’ motif, and gun and skull imagery woven up with complex architectural references. As well as the familiar treatments, expect a new ‘dour blackworm’. There’s original artwork, limited edition prints, t-shirts, stickers and badges.

Also, this month, the King’s Ship tattoo shop on Marmion Road, opens its newly rebuilt gallery space and has a series of shows for the summer.

Pop in, even if you don’t want a tattoo. The new gallery is under the same roof as the tattoo business, but in a permanent stand-alone space away from the tattooing action. There will be exhibitions on a quarterly basis for individual artists and new artworks each month. Currently there’s ink-inspired works by resident tattooists Aaron Willett and Sikes Mulligan-Ward. Play Dead, 131 Highland Road, King’s Ship, 96 Marmion Road

CASTLE ROAD

Flax seedlings, Adrian Mundy

Artists in residence: Alison Carlier ongoing Aspex has just opened its new artist’s studio. Artist-inresidence is Alison Carlier, winner of a Jerwood Prize for Drawing for her extraordinary audio drawings—graphic descriptions of places and things. She’ll be researching the history of the 42

‘Sea’ 18 June-31 July A group exhibition inspired by our glorious Southsea and Solent seascapes. Some 15 local artists are making works, including Chris Wood, Colin Merrin, Roo Abrook, Karl Rudziak and Pete Codling (the gallery owner). There’ll be a mixture of works on paper, canvas and some sculpture. All original and for sale. Atelier Art, Castle Road

Thu 16 Jun TOUR OF THE NEW THEATRE ROYAL 2pm Mon 20 Jun ANDREW FOSTER AND FRIENDS 8pm £6 Wed 22 Jun PLAY IN A DAY 7.30pm £8 Thu 23 Jun A SHORT SPOTLIGHT ON DR JOHN COOPER CLARKE 7.30pm £24 Fri 24 Jun SINGATHON 6.30pm £6 Sat 25 Jun MUGENKYO TAIKO DRUMMERS 7.30pm Wed 29 Jun PAM AYRES: 40 YEARS ON 7.30pm £22.50 Fri 1 Jul NEW VOICES: YOUNG WRITERS FESTIVAL 7pm £5 Fri 1 Jul JEAN GENIE A 7.30pm £18.50 Sat 2 Jul BROADWAY AND BEYOND 7.30pm £20 20-24 Guildhall Walk, Portsmouth PO1 2DD Box Office: 023 9264 9000 www.newtheatreroyal.com

OTHER EVENTS Fri 3 Jun SOUTHSEA CASTLE CHAMPAGNE BAR RE-OPENS OPEN EVERY FRIDAY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER 6pm Until 5 Jun BUG BONANZA 10.30am-

3.30pm Normal admission applies Staunton Country Park Sat 4 Jun SOUTHSEA FITNESS FESTIVAL 2016 9am-5pm FREE entry, www.fitnessfestivals.com Castle Field Sat 4 Jun CIRCUS SKILLS WORKSHOPS 11am £4 booking essential Portsmouth Central Library Sat 4 Jun SOUTHSEA SKATE PARK ROLLER DISCO 7pm £5 Skate hire £2.50 Sun 5 Jun GRAND OLE CHARITY 12noon4pm FREE, GRAND OLE CHARITY Evening Show 6pm £10 (all money to charity) Square Tower Sun 5 Jun GRAND OLE CHARITY 12noon4pm FREE, GRAND OLE CHARITY Evening Show 6pm £10 (all money to charity) Square Tower Thu 9 Jun PEARL IZUMI TOUR SERIES Final Round FREE Fri 10 Jun 80’S DISCO WITH STEVE POWER £25pp Marriott Hotel Sat 11 Jun GINCHESTER FETE Winchester Sat 11 & Sun 12 Jun The Kelly Feng Watercolour Exhibition Sat 9am-5pm Sun 9am-4pm Starbucks, Cascades Shopping Centre email: kelly.feng.exhibition@gmail.com

Sun 12 Jun MOUNTBATTEN TO COSHAM PARK CRUISE – GUIDED CYCLE RIDE FREE meet Mountbatten Centre http://www.goskyride.com/ Sun 12 Jun SOUTHSEA SPECTACULAR BUS RALLY FREE Southsea Common Sun 12 Jun EMSWORTH CELEBRATES THE QUEEN’S 90TH BIRTHDAY Sun 12 Jun GHOST STORIES FROM THE MANOR 7.30pm £15 Wymering Manor Tue 14 Jun THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Cert 15) 9pm £6 Eldon Courtyard, University of Portsmouth Wed 15 Jun ZOMBIE ENCOUNTERS AT THE FORT 7.30pm £20 Fort Widley Thu 16 Jun APACHE (Cert U) 9pm £6 Southsea Castle Fri 17-26 Thu Jun PORTSMOUTH FESTIVITIES www.portsmouthfestivities.co.uk Fri 17 Jun DIVING INTO THE WRECK 8pm £5 Square Tower Sat 18 Jun PORTSMOUTH PRIDE FESTIVAL Ad £8 Ch £4 Southsea Common Sat 18 Jun MARTY O’REILLY AND THE OLD SOUL ORCHESTRA 7.30pm £12 Square Tower Cont’d p.50

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K roads are changing, for example, new style pedestrian crossings are being introduced - the old Pelican crossing being replaced by new versions and named after different birds - Puffin and Toucan crossings. For those of you not familiar with these, Puffin stands for pedestrian user friendly and the Toucan - Two can cross pedestrians and bikes.

The Department of Transport also feels that there are now too many road sings, and to make Britain’s streets easier on the eye, have given local councils more power to remove any road signs which they deem unnecessary. This could include permit parking zones and signs indicating cycle lanes. These areas will only be shown by road markings.

Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughlin states that, “Road signs should only be installed on our roads when they are essential. Our common-sense reforms will help get rid of pointless signs that are an eyesore and distract drivers�.

Its all very well getting rid of certain signs particularly if they are repetitive, but in many rural areas the signs are often over grown with bushes and over hanging trees, which is of no help to drivers. The traffic signs are of course the responsibility of the council, however their maintenance in rural areas is often forgotten. A review of the national speed limit signs in rural areas found that maintaining road signs should be a top priority, as so many motorist are killed on these fast, often winding roads. Not forgetting large roundabout signs which are often poorly designed: particularly going right: the arrows indicating a right turn, but always pointing in a straight line - no wonder so many people get confused.

Ultimately, a balance has to be struck to ensure our roads and road signs are properly maintained by local councils, while also keeping within a tightly controlled budget.

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CUT TO A NEW CAREER Vicki Maddocks

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’d like to begin by telling you a little about myself… I work at Southsea Abode and I’ve been hairdressing for the best part of 17 years. During that time I’ve attended courses and received training by international companies, including Loreal and TIGI. I’ve had some amazing and inspirational experiences and have made some truly special friends along the way. However none of this would have been possible was it not for my humble beginnings as an apprentice at the age of just 16.

For anyone thinking that hairdressing may be their calling, it’s worth mentioning that you can start as young as 14. I’d recommend an apprenticeship over a full time college course; not only will you start earning straight away, but you’ll also have the opportunity to be more creative with hair. Reputable salons will offer training alongside your course, which is necessary to your improvement and experience. Being in a professional environment will also give you further insight and a chance to experience

how a real salon operates, and to quickly see if the industry is right for you.

Many of Southsea’s salons will have an apprenticeship scheme and most colleges will enrol you at any point during the academic year so don't hesitate to take the leap.

If you’re feeling inspired and think that the ‘hairdressing world’ could be for you, I suggest researching salons that take apprentices, try to get a Saturday or evening job and ask their help with a college application.

The opportunities that apprenticeships can lead to are endless. Hairdressers can become in-salon assessors or full time teachers. For me, the most amazing opportunities within the industry have included working for some of the most reputable, top brands, travelling the world, entering hair shows, session styling, photo shoots, the list goes on and on...

However, don’t be misled into thinking that two years of apprenticeship training will result in you being a fully fledged hairdresser, it takes blood, sweat and tears to achieve your true potential but trust me, it’s worth it. Studies show that hairdressers are among the happiest people in the work force and I believe this to be true! I promise you will feel motivated and best of all you'll NEVER get bored because you will meet some truly amazing people along the way.

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REPURPOSING PORTSMOUTH: TAKING BOLD STEPS INTO THE FUTURE

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John Worsey

s Portsmouth seeks to reimagine its future, it is repurposing buildings from the past. This is not a new phenomenon but, in a city where resources and investment have perhaps never been more precious, it does seem to be becoming a trend.

Back in 1980, Art Space Portsmouth transformed a college building, which was itself a converted Methodist church, into low cost artist studios. Housed in an architecturally significant 1840s boathouse, Action Stations at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is today an activity and learning hub.

Having breathed life into old buildings, both organisations have helped to shape the future. Art Space gave birth to what is now Aspex Gallery.

No doubt, as you read this, another young visitor to Action Stations has been inspired to dream of a life in the navy.

draw inspiration from the building’s historical resonance and unique ambiance.

Now cross over to Spice Island and head towards Clarence Pier. By the time you reach the Round Tower, you won’t be able to miss the construction hoardings masking work on the Hotwalls Studios. The ARTches project aims to breathe new life into a 15th century artillery barracks, by converting vacant spaces into 13 artists studios. It is a project that should yield a range of benefits. With subsidised rents, new and emerging creatives will have the support to hone their artistic practice and turn their talents into enterprise. Jobs and opportunities will be created. The area will be revived as a thriving arts and crafts quarter, in turn boosting the local economy.

Our walk of revival is not yet over. As you continue, take a moment to appreciate the new Solent Wheel. This is itself a modern update, Today, there is a new Southsea Castle, Photo: Paul Gonella/Strong Island calling to mind the Corbiere movement. Repurposing is gathering pace and purpose. Want to see for Spherical ferris wheel that graced the old yourself? Just talk a walk along the seafront, starting amusement park until the 1990s, but with state of the art lighting and a VIP carriage. at the naval base.

Not far from Action Stations, you’ll find Cell Block Studios. The former 18th century gaol is now a modern, community led creative workspace. The venture is designed to support innovative businesses, with a strong focus on digital. Hooked up to high-speed internet, it is fully future-focussed.

Yet the environment is integral to its appeal.

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Finally, stride on to Southsea Castle, the end of our repurposing tour. There, you’ll find more interesting developments brewing. Literally, in the case of The Southsea Brewing Company, which makes outstanding craft beers within the castle grounds.

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Full disclosure: I ate a cake. I liked it. I think I deserved it after all that walking, don’t you?

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