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Gardening
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February cinema releases including The LEGO Batman Movie and Fifty Shades Darker
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The Six Nations is back
Recipe 08
Jobs before Spring
Reviews
Sport
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Delicious Keralan Cabbage Thoran
Puzzles
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Dinosaur show, CBeebies, Orienteering and more
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Almost Spring If you regularly go out into the garden at daybreak, you will notice the birdsong increasing as the days get longer. Male birds are starting to mark out their territories ready for mating and the nesting season. Natural food supplies may be in short supply, especially when deep frosts persist. Lengthening days also tempt keen gardeners back out again. In all areas, there is still time to plant trees, hedges and shrubs before they resume growing in the spring. You can also plant bare rooted fruit trees and soft fruits. If it is too wet and cold for gardening, sit back and use the time to plan for the coming year. Why not look at other gardens in your area to see what grows well and looks good at this time of year? If you have a well-established flower border and want to increase the amount of flowers at no cost, you can divide perennials such as hardy geraniums and asters. These will have formed new growth under last year’s leaves. If you dig these up carefully and split them in two, you can then replant both. They’ll do best if you add a little compost to the ground first. You may notice very early bulbs will now be through, including snowdrops, crocuses and, in the south, daffodils.
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Grow Monday
Where flowers bloom, so does hope.. Enjoy plant-related craft activities including making paper flowers. This is a drop-in session at the Young Engineers’ Zone. 20/02/17, 11am - 3pm, Cragside
Bird Week: Build a bird box
Children can develop their constructions skills by building a bird box to take home. Learn about the birds that might move in and make it their cosy new nest this spring. 20/02/17, 22/02/17, 24/02/17 11am - 4pm, Souter Lighthouse & The Leas
Snowdrop Planting Week
Help out planting 100,000 snowdrop bulbs during February half term. This is the year three of Wallington’s mass planting, so go and admire the work so far and help to make the snowdrop walk even more spectacular. The gardening team will be here to show you the ropes and help you get hands-on with nature. 18/02/17 - 26/02/17, 11am - 3pm, Wallington
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Prepare vegetable seed beds, and sow some vegetables under cover. Chit potato tubers. Protect blossom on apricots, nectarines and peaches. Net fruit and vegetable crops to keep the birds off. Prune winter-flowering shrubs that have finished flowering. Divide bulbs such as snowdrops, and plant those that need planting ‘in the green’. Prune Wisteria. Prune hardy evergreen hedges and renovate overgrown deciduous hedges. Prune conservatory climbers such as bougainvillea. Cut back deciduous grasses left uncut over the winter, remove dead grass from evergreen grasses.
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CINEMA
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
The LEGO Batman Movie Better yet, he gets to spend every night punching evil in the face on the streets of Gotham. But now, to his horror, he has a responsibility
– to look after the orphan boy he accidentally adopted. And how better to do that than by taking him on as a sidekick? Darkness! No parents! The breakout character of ‘The LEGO Movie’ finally gets a film to himself with ‘The LEGO Batman Movie’.
Based on the bestselling novel and directed by Academy Awardwinner Ang Lee, ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime walk’ brings home the reality of war in a way never before seen on screen.
Fifty Shades Darker RELEASED 10/02/17 After breaking up with Christian, Ana is trying to move on from their relationship. But events turn ‘Fifty Shades Darker’ when he reappears, wanting her back in his life. This time, Ana doesn’t want any rules, any punishments, or any secrets. But that might prove difficult as the demons in Christian’s past - and the other women he’s been with - come back to haunt him. They’ve just gotten back together, but will they be torn apart a second time? Slip into something ‘Fifty Shades Darker’ for the eagerlyanticipated second chapter in the record-breaking ‘Fifty Shades’ phenomenon.
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‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ follows a 19-year-old private who became a hero in a harrowing battle in Iraq, and was brought home for a victory tour. Culminating with the halftime show at the Thanksgiving football game, the story reveals what really happened to Billy on that fateful day – and how different the reality is from the way America chooses to see it.
RELEASED 10/02/17
It’s time to experience Batman’s awesome world in ‘The LEGO Batman Movie’. He has millions of dollars, all the gadgets money can buy, and a sweet (very dark) costume.
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Rings RELEASED 03/02/17 The possessed videotape returns to terrify a new cast in the third spine-chilling Ring movie. Thirteen years after the events of The Ring back in 2002, the sinister cursed videotape is back in circulation! This third American film in one of the most blood-curdling horror franchises ever created continues the tale of the tape that leaves a trail of death in its wake.
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SPORTS GUIDE: FEBRUARY 2017
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships St. Moritz 2017 THE 2017 SIX NATIONS WILL CHAMPIONSHIP, S RIE SE TH 18 E BE TH NS OF THE SIX NATIO CHAMPIONSHIP.
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2017 SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP The annual international rugby union competition returns this month. The current champions are England, having won the 2016 tournament. For the first time, the 2017 tournament will use the bonus point system common to most other professional rugby union tournaments. As well as the standard four points for a win or two for a draw, a team scoring four or more tries during a match will receive an
additional league table point, as will a team losing by 7 or fewer points. Additionally, to ensure that a team winning all of its five matches (a Grand Slam) will also win the Championship, three bonus points will be awarded for this achievement. England hold the record for outright wins of the Home Nations, Five Nations and Six Nations tournaments, with 27 titles, although Wales follow closely with 26 outright wins with the addition of 12 shared victories to England’s 10.
SUPER BOWL LI The 51st Super Bowl will take place at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. The American Football Conference (AFC) champion will play the National Football Conference (NFC) champion to decide the league champion for the 2016 season. Last year, AFC champions Denver Broncos defeated NFC champions Carolina Panthers 24 -10 to win their third Super Bowl title.
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A total of 600 athletes from approx 70 countries will compete for medals and the title of World Champion in the six disciplines Downhill, Giant Slalom, Super-G, Slalom, Super Combination and in the Team Event. All competitions take place on the St. Moritz home mountain Corviglia. The legendary “free fall” start of the men’s downhill is the absolute highlight: the athletes enter the course directly on a gradient of 100 percent or 45 degrees, accelerating to 140 km/h in 6 seconds. Inspired by the “free fall” and starting from their position, “Britannia”. The Alpine World Ski Championships are the most important championships in alpine ski racing and are held every two years.
“Fast, thrilling and legendary but also authentic, atmospheric and innovative.” www.stmoritz2017.ch
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Recipes by Kirsty Hale, Riverford Cook and www.riverford.co.uk/recipes
Keralan Cabbage Thoran INGREDIENTS 2 tbsp sunflower or 3 tbsp coconut oil or vegetable oil 2 tsp black mustard seeds 10 fresh curry leaves, roughly chopped (optional) 1 tsp cumin seeds 2 dried red chillies, each broken into several pieces 30g (or 4cm piece) fresh ginger, peeled and very finely grated 2 fresh green bird’s-eye chillies, sliced into very thin rounds, with seeds ½ tsp ground turmeric Good pinch of salt ½ tsp coarsely ground black pepper 250g hispi or pointed spring cabbage (or spring greens), shredded into 5mm pieces 2 carrots, peeled and cut into fine matchsticks or coarsely grated 100g fresh grated coconut, or 2 tbsp desiccated coconut (optional) Handful of fresh coriander Leaves, finely chopped Juice of ½ lemon (optional)
This is a dry cabbage stir-fry that is delicious eaten with just a poppadum or two. Cabbage pairs brilliantly with chilli, mustard seeds and ginger and this dish is one of many regional Indian variations on the theme. Don’t worry if you don’t have the curry leaves or coconut – the recipe will work well without them.
Serves: 2 Heat the oil in a heavy-based saucepan or wok over a medium heat, and, when hot, add the mustard seeds followed by the curry leaves (if using), cumin seeds and dried chillies. Stir for about 30 seconds, then add the ginger, fresh chilli, turmeric, salt and pepper and fry for another 30 seconds. Watch out – the mustard seeds will pop and spit. Stir in the cabbage and carrots and cook, covered, over a medium heat for 5–7 minutes, until the vegetables are tender, adding a splash of water if they start to stick to the pan. Scatter over the coconut, if using, and coriander and sprinkle with the lemon juice (if using) then serve.
Variations You don’t have to stick to cabbage – this will make a light, healthy dinner with any of your veg box greens – spinach, chard, kale or even shredded Brussels sprouts.
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