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Celebrating 20 Years Of Community Events Bishop’s Waltham Festival has been presenting exciting and creative performances in Bishop’s Waltham for 20 years. Managed and run entirely by volunteers from the community. Past festivals have included music performances by household names such as The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, George Melly, Show of Hands, The Albion Band, Kenny Ball, Humphrey Littleton and many many more. Outdoor classic

productions have always proved a popular feature, with audiences of over 400 on occasions enjoying a picnic and excellent professional plays by the best national touring companies. Festivals have also featured plays for children, workshops, story telling, stand-up comedy, poetry, restaurant concerts, and vibrant music events.

times, back in the palace grounds and St Peters church with a most diverse range of events ever.

Held over the weekend of 14th - 17th July 2016 it promises to be an exciting and fun-packed weekend of activities for all to enjoy.

The 20th year celebration of Bishop’s Waltham Festival sees it move with the modern

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Midsummer Melodies: A concert performed by the popular Festival Singers and St Peter’s Junior Choir, inside St Peter’s Church.

Fri 15th July

A Midsummer Night’s Dream:

Produced by the highly acclaimed Rain or Shine Theatre Company. Staged in the idyllic Palace ruins, this will be an enchanting night of entertainment.

Sat 16th July

Bishop’s Waltham Music Festival: Presents a diverse range of local and national musicians performing across 3 stages in the palace grounds. Headline acts will include the classic 60s folk ensemble “Pentangle”, 90’s dance covers from ‘ULTRA 90’s’ and a dedicated children's stage with live music from “Frozen”

Sun 17th July

A Midsummer Medley: This will be a fun day for all the family, with music and dance presented by the very best of local talent.

There will also be many activities, work-shops and performances to enjoy.

Outdoor Cinema:

Enjoy the experience of an Outdoor Cinema to end this 4 day festival, whilst the sun sets behind the ruins of our Medieval Town.

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The island of serendipity Sri Lanka has a hot and wet tropical climate caused by its close location to the equator.

Although the island is only a little larger than Ireland, it has a huge amount of diversity. On a trip to Sri Lanka you can enjoy game reserves, the seaside, unspoiled plains and the bustling cities of Colombo and Kandy.

Kandy While most travellers head to Colombo, Kandy is arguably a better place to go to during a spell travelling in Sri Lanka. Here is where you will find the celebrated Temple of the Tooth, which does exactly what it says on the tin: it houses the Buddha’s eye tooth.

Sri Lanka has two monsoon seasons so there is a fair chance you’ll get wet on your visit. If you are heading to the capital city Colombo, the season runs from April to October, while the rains come from November through to February on the eastern side of the island. Further inland the island is hilly and the weather tends to be hot and wet all year round.

The Cultural Triangle The central area of the island is home to the Cultural Triangle, which is understandably on the top of the must-see list for a lot of people going travelling in Sri Lanka.

Here you will be able to see stunningly preserved temples and the most incredible landscapes in the world, as well as the chance to learn all about the rich history of the island. The royal capital of Anuradhapura is one of the highlights of any trip to Sri 8

Kandy is particularly fascinating to visit during August as this is when the Perahera festival takes place. The famous tooth kept under wraps, of course - is paraded through the streets of the city, accompanied by glorious elephants, drummers and dancers.

Unspoiled beaches The east of the country is far less developed than the west, but if you’re happy to head off on the beaten track you will be rewarded with some of the finest beaches in the world.

If beaches are your thing you simply must head to the harbour town of Trincomalee, which is home to idyllic long stretches of palm-fringed sand. Palagama is another beach well worth a visit.

The south of the island has the small town of Tangalle, which is enjoying a growing reputation as a tourism hotspot, while the busiest beach on the island is Unawatuna Bay.

Wildlife Sri Lanka is a great place to travel if you’re keen on wildlife, with the island home to around 450 different species of bird, as well as an array of butterflies. Uda Walawe National Park is your best bet if you want to observe elephants in the wild, while the Sinharaja rainforest near Galle and Horton Plains National Park are recommended for bird-watchers.

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Work and family demands can make it pretty difficult to find time to treat ourselves.

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I have very dry skin, so tend to use rich body butters. But sometimes I like something a bit lighter, that doesn’t take half an hour to sink in. Odylique’s Rose Velvet Body Lotion, £29, has proven a godsend. It’s a powerhouse of botanical ingredients, including aloe, avocado, cocoa bean, coconut and rose petals, smells gorgeous and absorbs quickly.

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Continuing on with the rose theme, another of my beauty essentials at the moment is Mixtress’s It’s All Roses Toner, £10.95. I find most toners too drying for my skin, but this one is really hydrating. The main ingredient is rose water, from petals that have been steamed to extract the oil and juice.

Unsurprisingly, it smells beautiful and is perfect for freshening up on a hot day. I like to keep it to hand to spritz if my skin feels dried out by central heating or airconditioning. It’s great at removing any last traces of makeup, and leaves skin feeling wonderfully soft.

I try a lot of cleansers as a beauty writer, but Akamuti’s Sweet Orange Facial Cleanser, £7, is one of my all-time favourites.

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Fran Healy and Andy Dunlop are one half of Travis. They spoke to Lucy Ambache on The Evening Breeze and talked comebacks, making movies and why they might be responsible for Coldplay.

Where have you been?

What’s been going on?

Fran: In the last six weeks I’ve been in Mexico City, Texas, Paris, Tokyo, Berlin, London, Glasgow, Milan and now here.

We’re just running around telling everyone we’ve got a record out! We hadn’t been played for a long time on the radio and I think that’s because we’d gone off to be dads. We were putting records out but we weren’t putting the ‘foot down’.

Now the kids are 8,9, 10 years old we can really concentrate on getting out there.

You scheduled dad time?

Blokes do that?

Fran: Before you have kids, people tell you that you’ll never get that time back with your kids and if you’re in a band, it’s not a normal job - you’re away for six months or so. So I think for us we were ‘nah, let’s be at home’ and we were lucky enough to be pretty successful 20

so we could buy that time with our kids. A lot of (other) people buy gold racing cars and ridiculous, stupid things but I think it was money well spent.

You’re credited for paving the way for the likes of Coldplay and Keane. That’s pretty amazing?

Andy: We invented Coldplay in a room.

Fran: We constructed them out of foam and bits of wires – and gave them our cast-off songs <laughs>. We were around at the end of the nineties, and we made the ‘Man Who’ album which was pretty incongruous with what was going around at the time and it was very successful – and I think when something like that happens, the record industry goes ‘let’s sign a bunch of this’ so for the next four years that was pretty much what you got.

It wasn’t our intention but that’s what happens.

A song like ‘Why Does It Always Rain On Me’. Do you still love it?

The simpler the song, the better - so I love it.

Your new single ‘Magnificent Time’ is so ‘your sound’.

Fran: Interesting story about that track is that it is a co-write between me and Tim from Keane. He sent me a text and said he’d written a song that sounded like him doing a bad impersonation of Travis!

You’re on tour throughout May. You’re looking forward to that?

Andy: Yeah. We’ve done one proper full show in Japan, and we had eight songs in the set and they sat brilliantly with all the old songs. It’s going to be an exciting show I think Fran: The thing is because we’ve done the album and the movie, we’ve done the visuals so they look great so we were like “we have to bring the live show up to that level as well”. So for the first time ever it’s a ’show’ show!

Andy: We get to play it every night and people still go mad to it so it’s still our touching point.

Fran: I like that song because it’s really easy to play – it’s super simple! When you’re playing songs in a gig, the more complicated chord structures and rhythms, and then you have to think about lyrics, they get in the way of enjoying the show.

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There’s no greater advert for a car than a starring role in a movie – and for BMW there have been a few!

One of the biggest was when BMW took over the Bond franchise with a centrepiece in 1995 blockbuster GoldenEye. Bond, played by Pierce Brosnan, drives a Z3 with Bond girl Natalya Simonova, played by Izabella Scorupco, in the passenger seat around Cuba before the final mission. As with many Bond cars, the Z3 was kitted out with the latest gadgets, including a parachute braking system, all-point radar, missiles housed behind the headlights, and the iconic ejector seat.

Brosnan returned in Tomorrow Never Dies which included one of the most impressive Bond cars, thanks to the amount of tech onboard - a 750iL with bulletproof windows, electrified door handles, tear gas, spike dispenser and missiles concealed in the roof.

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After jumping out of the car, Bond drives the BMW into the assailants before driving off the car park and into a rental car shop several floors below.

BMW’s most recent appearance in the Bond franchise was with the Z8 roadster in The World Is Not Enough. Sadly, this met with an unfortunate end when a helicopter wielding a circular saw cut the car in half at a caviar factory. It was fitted with surfaceto-air missiles that had taken out a helicopter previously and it even had six cup holders, so it was very useful.

As a main character, Jason Statham’s E38 735i in 2002’s The Transporter is pretty key, with much of the early action involving the 7 Series. One of its best moments is the chase following the bank robbery, where Frank drives superbly around the streets and ends up jumping off a bridge onto a car transporter lorry.

Noted for its driving sequences, 1998 film Ronin - set in Paris and Nice - involved plenty of action, and with the film nearing its final act, a spectacular car chase took place involving a BMW E34 M5 driven by Natascha McElhone’s Deirdre, with Robert

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And Another Thing...

Where Tom Does ‘Snapchat’

by Tom Hughes “Tom? Tom! Put down that silly magazine and listen.”

“It’s not a silly magazine. Look at that split-screen camper - isn’t she lovely?”

“Amazing. Listen, it’s about Hannah.”

My ears pricked up at the mention of our teenage protégé. “What about Hannah?”

“Well, you know that boy she likes at school? The good-looking one that’s taller than you?”

“No. But do continue.”

“Well - and don’t breathe a word they’re talking.”

“What about?”

“Does it matter? The main thing is that they’re talking. Isn’t it exciting!”

“Thrilling. Are they talking now? Do you want me to go and listen?”

“No! Don’t be nosey. Just be happy that she’s talking to a nice boy.

Here she comes. And no smart remarks thank you.” And with that Hannah, mobile device positioned firmly in front of her face, plopped down on the sofa opposite.

A pause, then. “So, your mother informs me that you’re talking to a boy.”

“Mmnn.”

“Are you talking now? Well it’s not much of a conversation.”

Hannah rolled her eyes as she held up her phone.

“Er, Snapchat, hello?”

“And how do you do Snapchat?”

“You just ‘do’ Snapchat, OK?” Sarah tried to explain. “Tom, it’s a messaging app. It’s like texting but more...teenagey.”

“Well I was texting Nigel last night 46

asking could I borrow his nail gun and I don’t remember anyone getting giddy about that.”

“Tom, talking, in this context means that they are, well you know, talking.”

“I think I’ve just about grasped that concept, thank you. And so what comes next?”

Sarah leant over and eyes widening said, “Well after talking, if it goes well, then it’s... speaking!”

My mouth dropped open in astonishment - who’d have thought? I was about to throw in my twopenn’orth when up piped Hannah.

“Er, I am actually here in the room you know? For goodness sake!” (Or words to that effect). With parental embarrassment now at its absolute zenith, Hannah, her eyes rolling like a zombie, flounced out in disgust.

My Dearly Beloved and I returned to watching Wanted Down Under.

“That wife is bullying him into going, why doesn’t he just tell her? I say dear, she’s..what’s the matter?”

“Tom, after the way you spoke to Hannah about that boy, well I wouldn’t be surprised if they ended up not speaking at all. Anyway I’m not staying here, I’m off out.”

“Where to?”

“None of your business. And do you know why? Because…we’re not speaking!”

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Cue eye rolls all round!

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cURdRIdgE AmATEUR dRAmA Productions are twice a year – spring and autumn. Rehearsals – Mondays 7.45pm and Thursdays 7.30pm at the Reading Rooms, Curdridge. From time to time we run workshops and other social events. Phone Teresa 01489 895170 for more information. www. cadg.hampshire.org.uk

SocIAL LUNch cLUB Swanmore Village Hall, every Wednesday at 12 noon. Contact Marlene King 01489 892581.

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LUNch cLUB Every Monday Jubilee Hall 1 - 2pm Christine Argyle 01489 894054 Thurs Gill Stainer 01489 893384

ThE moNdAy cLUB 3rd Monday of each month The Wickham Centre, Mill Lane PO17 5AL Fun activities & quizzes for the over 55’s. Socialise with friends, listen to guest speakers and enjoy a 2-course lunch for £4. www.wickhamcentre. org.uk SwANmoRE BABy & ToddLER gRoUp Every Tuesday (term-time only) 10am11.30am. Swanmore Village Hall Contact Zoe Smart 07788987212, Swanmoretoddler@gmail.com or find us on Facebook UNIvERSITy oF ThE 3Rd AgE Tuesday twice monthly 1.30–3.30 Wickham Community Hall Contact 01329 833384 BIShopS wALThAm gATEwAy cLUB 1st & 3rd Monday of each month, 7pm to 9pm (exc. Aug/BHols) St Peter’s Church Hall, Free St, SO32 1EE We are a social club for people, over the age of 16, with learning disabilities in our community. We work under the umbrella of MENCAP. Our aim is to provide a wide variety of indoor and outdoor activities for our members such as arts and crafts, discos, games, skittle and pub evenings, panto outings and beach discos. www. bwgateway.org or call call Vee or Brian on 01489 895767.

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wIcKhAm wEEKLy hEALINg cLINIc Thursdays, 2pm to 3:30pm The Community Centre Spiritual health is a complementary (not alternative) natural treatment. We are not associated with any particular religion and respect individuals own interpretation of the natural healing source.

mEoN vALLEy gIRL gUIdINg Rainbows aged 5 to 7 years, Brownies aged 7 to 10 years, Guides aged 10 to 14 years and Senior Section aged 14 to 25 years. Anyone interested in joining or volunteering. Visit www.girlguiding. org.uk/interested or call 0800 1 69 59 01 for details of venues near you.

COMMUNITY coNSERvATIoN voLUNTEERINg A friendly team of volunteers meet every other Thursday at 10am and some Saturdays to carry out conservation activities on countryside sites around Bishops Waltham and Wickham. We complete projects such as coppicing, pond clearance and fencing. 023 9247 6411. Promoter: Hampshire County Council

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The carnival has been running for around 40 years, and Rotary has been organising it for over 20 years.

During that time, tens of thousands of pounds have been raised for needy causes in the area.

It’s really a combination of an exciting and colourful Procession, a Carnival celebrating our local good fortune, and a Village Show of many local things. So let’s take them one at a time: First, the Procession. This starts in the Market Square at 1215. The Batala band will be playing Mardi Gras music from around 1145. So, be ready to join in the procession, in your costume: prizes for best turned out. The Procession starts with a motorcade of vintage and classic cars and motor bikes. It’s followed by the Batala band, playing Mardi Gras music, then comes: steam roller, fire engine, stilt walker, St John’s Ambulance, Fuller’s magnificent dray horses, BW Community bus, Pony and trap, the Jungle Play bus, jazz band, Juggling Jake Then, leaving the best to last: Trigger the Train and Riding Therapy.

Next, the Carnival and Village Show. This is a huge mixture of displays, action activities, and just fun for children and adults. There are food stalls and drinks stalls; there are arena events such as Ferret Racing for the first time! Tug of War Competition, Dancing Displays, Canine Agility display.

There is a special bike riding competition that you will never have seen before. Jungle Play bus; You can walk around and get close up to the vintage and classic cars and bikes, along with all the fun of the fair

Let’s make this a great Carnival for 2016. Come along, join in, and enjoy yourself. Let your hair down and lead the Carnival Procession.

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Discover What’s On homE FRoNT wEEKENd 4 & 5 Jun manor Farm country park So30 2ER Experience the sights and sounds of the Home Front during the 1940s as the farm welcomes a host of wartime civilian & military re-enactors. Collection of vintage vehicles and costumes. The café will also be offering 1940s specials on their menu. Price: Normal farm admission charges apply opEN gARdEN (NgS) 4 Jun & 2 Jul, 10-5pm hinton Ampner, Alresford So24 0LA C20 garden created by Ralph Dutton covering 14 acres.

Manicured lawns and topiary combine with unusual shrubs, climbers and herbaceous plants.

Admission £12.50, Children £6.25.

Light lunches & afternoon tea in the tearoom. 01962 771305. opEN gARdEN (NgS) 8 & 22 Jun, 12-4pm Appletree house, Soberton So32 3QU Designed to look larger than its 40ft x 90ft, this garden has both a shady woodland style area and also sunny areas allowing a variety of planting. Winding paths lead to different views across the garden and of the meadows beyond. Lots of ideas for the smaller garden.

Admission £3.50, Children free.

Light refreshments. 01489 877333 A RIghT RoyAL QUIz 9 Jun, 7.30pm to 9pm whiteley primary School, gull coppice po15 7LA Toast the 90th Birthday of HM The Queen with a fun quiz and tea party. www.whiteleywags.co.uk 54

vINTAgE mARKET 11 Jun, 9-3pm west Street, Fareham Traders and enthusiasts are offered the opportunity to sell their memorabilia from the past 90 years to tie in with the Queen’s 90th birthday year. ewatts@fareham.gov.uk d-dAy REvIvAL wEEKENd 11 & 12 Jun Southwick village hampshire po17 6EB The village of Southwick is joining in partnership with Southwick Park to commemorate the anniversary of D-Day by offering an exciting and unique opportunity for visitors from all over the world to breathe in the atmosphere of those historic days at the nerve-centre of Operation Overlord.

02392 325 252 www. southwickrevival.co.uk ALRESFoRd mUSIc FESTIvAL 11 Jun Headline Act will be Dub Pistols www.alresfordmusicfestival.com BIShopS wALThAm cARNIvAL 11 Jun, 12.15pm The processions starts in the Market Square at 12.15pm. The Batala band play Mardi Gras music from around 11.45am. For more info see the article on page 53 BIShop’S wALThAm STREET pARTy 12 Jun, 11.30-6pm The High Street will once again be filled with tables and chairs, adults and children, musicians and performers, food and drink. We are using the excuse of the Queen’s 90th birthday to have a party and celebrate the birthdays of all those in Bishop’s Waltham who turn 90 in 2016! Tickets £5 a head (Children are free).

ThE QUEEN’S 90Th BIRThdAy 12 Jun, 10am St mary’s church, church Road, warsash S031 9gF Communion Service with hymns and prayers chosen for the occasion, to give the community the opportunity to recognise and give thanks for Her Majesty’s dedicated life and reign. Do feel free to come.

mIdSUmmER NIghT’S dREAm 17, 18, 20, 21 Jun, 7.45pm (& 2.30pm on 18th) The Reading Rooms, curdridge Tickets £8.50 & £6 from cadgtickets@gmail.com. 01489 895844 poRTSmoUTh FESTIvITIES 17-26 Jun 32 venues across portsmouth 10 days celebrating Portsmouth’s amazing heritage with electrifying arts and cultural events. 02392681390 www. portsmouthfestivities.co.uk ALRESFoRd FESTIvAL oF Toy TRAINS 18 Jun, 10.30am to 4.30pm perins community School, pound hill , Alresford So24 9BS 24th Annual Toy Train Show. Adults £5, Child £3 Family (2+2) £14. Early Entry to sales Hall 9am £10.00.

01962 733475 hmS SULTAN SUmmER Show 18 & 19 Jun, 10-6pm hmS SULTAN, military Road, gosport po12 3By Monster Trucks and Bolddog Lings Freestyle Motorcross Display Team, Steam Fair & Festival Circus.

02392542304 www.royalnavy.mod. uk/sultan-show hEdgE ENd BEER FESTIvAL 24-26 Jun, 11am to 11.30pm The hedge End club, 4 Bursledon Rd, hedge End So30 0BR A three-day beer and cider festival www.mangledwurzels.co.uk mEoNFEST 25 June, 2pm to 7pm Bereleigh park, East meon gU32 1ph Meonfest is held in the beautiful grounds of the Bereleigh Estate in the village of East Meon, just outside Petersfield. www.meonfest.org.uk whITEhILL & BoRdoN FESTIvAL 25 Jun, 11-5pm Budds Lane, Bordon gU35 0JB Incorporating the Hampshire 999 Show 2016, showcasing the work of our emergency services. See Preserved 999 Vehicles in the 999 village and watch Arena demos

from Road Traffic Accidents, Drink Driver Demos, Kitchen Fire Demo.

Bring the kids for lots to see and do inc funfair. Subject to confirmation a fly past from the Royal Air Force Red Arrows. Plenty to see for all the family on Armed Forces Day. www.wbtp.co.uk 01420479357 coUNTRy mARKET JoINS IN ThE hAmpShIRE Food FESTIvAL 1-31 Jul country market, Kingsley, Bordon gU35 0Qp Promotions, new products, tastings and free food & farming farm trails. Enjoy free access to our two self-guided farm trails. The easy to follow trails will take either 3,000 or 5,000 steps depending on your route. Not only is this a healthy country activity, it is a great opportunity to enjoy a glimpse of farming life as the crops develop for harvesting. Free parking too. 01420 472486 www.countrymarket.co.uk SUNSET pARTy IN ThE pARK 2 July, 6.30pm to 9.30pm marwell zoo, Thompson Lane So21 1Jh Party in the park after hours and prepare yourself for a wild night to remember! Watch the animals at sunset, meet our larger than life costume characters, be amazed by the fantastic fire performers and enjoy a host of live street performances, all this and more!!

(B) www.marwell.org.uk hEdgE ENd cARNIvAL 2 Jul, procession at 2.15pm Hedge End’s Carnival Day, Starting at St.John’s Road Hedge End and finishing at Greta Park (by the library) Come and watch the procession as it parades through Hedge End village - A great day for everyone with side stalls entertainment and a fairground on Greta Park. www.hedgeendcarnival. org.uk opEN gARdEN (NgS) 3 Jul, 11-4pm old droxford Station, Station Road, Soberton So32 3QU Old Droxford Station is the last complete station on the old Meon Valley line. The garden is a mix of perennials, wild flower and kitchen garden. Sir Winston Churchill was based at Old Droxford Station immediately before D Day in June

1944. Admission £4. Tea and cake will also be available together with a plant stall. All proceeds go to the National Garden Scheme. This is the last year that Old Droxford Station will be open under the scheme.

01489 878271 SwANmoRE vILLAgE FETE 9 Jul, 12.30-4.30pm New Road Recreation ground, Swanmore So32 2pd Lots to do and fun for all the family!

Gates open at 12.30pm and this year there’ll be lots of live music, traditional and contemporary dancing, stalls and yummy things t o eat and drink. £1.50 - come in fancy dress as a fairy-tale character and get in FREE! www.meonvalleylionsclub.org.uk hAvANT SymphoNy oRchESTRA 9 Jul, 7.30pm oaklands School, waterlooville po7 7Bw Includes works by Brahms, John Ireland, Rachmaninov www.havantorchestras.org.uk mUSIc AT ThE BRIcKwoRKS 10 Jul, 11-4pm Bursledon Brickworks Industrial museum hampshire So31 7hB A day of music ranging from jazz to Elvis. Why not come along and see the museum all steamed up and working and then join us for a relaxing time listening to the talented people who live in our area. The Trains Trust will be running their trains (subject to weather) and inside there is the museum itself with lots of activities for children plus additional specials including craft stalls and live music and cafe open. Prices: Includes entry to Museum = Adult: £6; Conc. £5; Child: £4; Family: £15 01489 576248 vINTAgE FAIR 10 Jul St vincent collage po12 4QA Free entry to the general public. www.zest-events.co.uk 07905364818 AUThoR pAULINE RowSoN 12 Jul, 6pm Stubbington Library po14 2pp An evening with bestselling crime author Pauline Rowson.

Advanced booking is essential to avoid disappointment. Tickets £5 available at the library, through the booking line on 01329 663332 or online at www.hants.gov.uk/shop.

FRENch coNNEcTIoNS 14 Jul, 7.30pm to 9pm whiteley primary School, gull coppice po15 7LA All things French as we celebrate Bastille Day with a talk and of course some French classic food and drink. www.whiteleywags.co.uk BIShopS wALThAm mUSIc FESTIvAL 16 July Taking place at the Bishops Waltham Palace. 3 stages with Bands, Acoustic artists, DJ’s and Spoken word will take place on Sunday 19th July from 3.00pm www.bwmusic.weebly.com

BEE & hoNEy wEEKENd 16 & 17 Jul manor Farm country park So30 2ER A weekend of bee & honey activities & demonstrations run by the Fareham & District Bee Keeper Association. Learn all about beekeeping, taste some delicious local honey & mead, try your hand at rolling a beeswax candle and see the virtual hive. Price: Normal farm admission charges apply KINgSLEy STEAm RALLy 16 & 17 Jul, 10-5pm Sickles Lane, Kingsley, Bordon gU35 9pd Stationary engines, tractors, cars, bikes, commercial steam, military bygones, stalls, craft, etc all proceeds to Macmillan cancer Adults £3-00 o.a.p.£2-00 children £2-00. 07803237694 55

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