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Winchester Science Festival Winchester Science Festival is back at Winchester Discovery Centre, celebrating its fifth year inspiring young minds to love science and once again KIDS GO FREE (with a paying adult). The Festival runs throughout July, but the main weekend of talks and hands-on science takes place at the start of the Summer Holidays 22-24th July 2016. Family day on 22nd July features a series of events and activities, including Space toys, Snakes with Legs, and the latest from Tim Peake’s Mission into Space! These are aimed at people from 7 to 107 and the Headline speaker is Tomorrow’s World’s Kate Bellingham. Events for 23-24th are aimed for people aged 10+.

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include Superforecasting, Lasers, Happy rabbits, Gorillas and are parasites our friends?

Also at the science festival is our front cover feature Dr Kat Arney who is a science communicator and awardwinning blogger for Cancer Research UK, as well as a freelance science writer and broadcaster whose work has featured on BBC Radio 4, the Naked Scientists and more. She has just published her first book, Herding Hemingway’s Cats, about how our genes work.

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Tom Spoils A Good Walk

by Tom Hughes @groomsdaybook From the other end of the Sunday breakfast table, my Dearly Beloved stared at me in disbelief.

“Tom, what on earth are you wearing?”

Sporting my Pringle jumper, Farah slacks and Michael Jackson glove I replied, “What does it look like? I’m off to spoil a good walk.

Nigel has asked to make up a four-ball.”

“Does he know you can’t play?”

“Rubbish, I made par at Royal Birkdale.”

“You mean you beat Evan and Hannah at crazy golf on Southport pier? Well off you go then!”

After squeezing the Mondeo Ghia between two shiny Germanic tanks, I breezed into the club house to be greeted by Nigel with Simon and Chris - two tall chaps clad from head to foot in Ping and Nike.

“Tom! Ready for a spot of match play?”

“Sure! Where do I go to rent some bats?”

After kitting myself out with a half-set from the club shop, we strolled onto the first tee.

With the dew glistening on the immaculate fairway, I squinted at the flag fluttering gently in the mid-morning mist. With the pines swaying imperiously to my right, 10

the club house nestled serenely on my left, surely this was golfing Nirvana. As agreed, Simon had first dibs at the green. A suggestive wiggle of his haunches then - thwack! His small white missile was sent into a perfect trajectory towards the hole. Nigel was up next, and proceeded to hook his effort into the light rough. Third to tee off was the debonair Chris, who effortlessly located the fairway. Soon it was all eyes on me. After dithering over my weapon of choice, a clearing of throats told me that my procrastination was getting on everyone’s wick. There was only one thing for it - death or glory.

It was time to deploy the heavy artillery.

“The driver, Tom? Feeling brave?”

I blew out my cheeks and narrowed my eyes. After a quick check on the position of my target, I pulled back my mighty masher and let fly. Immediately after my swing I was up on one leg, leaning forward to check the progress of my effort. “Can you see it?”

I glanced hopefully at Nigel who grimaced and then pointed at my feet. I looked down to see my ball still sitting happily on the tee, awaiting further instructions.

Without skipping a beat I spat on

my hands and announced, “Okay, enough practice swings - let’s get off the mark.” Like a coiled spring I unwound my twisted torso and whoosh…into the air she went, arcing beautifully into the sky. Unfortunately the item in the stratosphere wasn’t the ball - it was my club. With all the dignity I could muster, I trudged off to retrieve my equipment.

After my fellow golfers were back up off the ground, I decided to follow Nigel’s advice: “Tom, why don’t you play it safe with a three-iron?”

And so we slogged onwards.

Finally, as dusk began to fall, we reached the eighteenth, by which time Simon and Chris, not unreasonably, had had quite enough. And then it happened.

On the final fairway I took a battered seven iron and swung it in the general direction of the pin. Thwack! I connected perfectly and up went my ball - a pure golf shot, rising gracefully skywards before plopping down gently onto the green…then - a hop, a skip…and unbelievably, in she rolled!

“Did you see that? Did you see that!?”

Nigel put his head in his hands as Chris turned to Simon and sighed, “How I pity his poor wife.”

Back home I rushed upstairs and started rummaging in the back bedroom as Sarah called out, “Tom where have you been? It doesn’t take that long to play, surely?”

“Well it does right now, but as I practice more and more I’ll go round quicker! Here they are!”

“Listen, if you think I’m staying at home every Sunday while you cut sods out of the fairway, you can bog off! And take off Granddad’s plus fours, you look ridiculous. Now go and set the table.” And so, as I miserably decanted the Merlot, I wondered if Tiger Woods ever had as much trouble getting out the house.

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INTERVIEW

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34 years after ABC’s the Lexicon Of Love was released, frontman Martin Fry is back with the sequel, Lexicon Of Love II. The Breeze’s Mark Franklin caught up with him.

I love the story about why you decided to make this album and I’d like you to tell it if you wouldn’t mind?

The Lexicon Of Love was our debut album with ‘The Look Of Love’ and ‘Poison Arrow’ on it and ABC has made many albums over the years. I was playing a show at the Albert Hall in London with Anne Dudley conducting the orchestra and we were doing orchestral versions of The Lexicon Of Love.

It was such a magical night – I was looking into the audience and did start to think ‘wouldn’t it be good to do a follow-up’.

Then I started thinking how I love sequels. I had a couple of songs that I’d written which we slipped into the set the next time we played, and they went down a storm. I kind of thought, The Lexicon Of Love II would be unapologetically ABC and I could make it very big, orchestral and lavish without any guilt whatsoever. It’s a 14

record about today but one that doffs its cap to the old days.

Were you consciously trying to sonically have it almost compare to the original – or were you trying to move it away?

Sonically, I didn’t want to go back to the minutiae of a Yamaha DX-7 keyboard from 1983 and try to recreate that but I did want to reference the original album and take it forwards. The editing and sampling are things you can do on a laptop today and I figured it would be great to get a real orchestra, and a real drum kit, and a real bass guitar and cut them all up – today I think that is what most people do. Although not everybody has real strings so as a sort of pre-condition, I felt it had to be more orchestral.

The first single is Viva Love. It’s a massive powerhouse of a song.

Just tell me about that.

With Viva Love, I wanted to capture the feeling you get when you get up in the morning and feel that life is full of possibilities – that is often the feeling you get when you’re in love – but I wanted to capture some of the euphoria and the ecstasy.

It would be remiss of me not to look at your back catalogue. For example, ‘Be Near Me’ - love that song!

Yeah it’s our biggest seller and it’s a song we rarely play in the UK. But in America, it’s the encore song. It came out of an album called ‘How To Be A Zillionaire’ and at that point in our career, we decided to become cartoon characters.

We decided to be like Hanna Barbera! It’s a very romantic song but in an electronic setting.

Mark: Poison Arrow?

It’s a pretty spiteful song, really! “Who broke my heart, you did, you did” - I can’t really count the number of times I’ve pointed deep into the heart of the audience on that moment but now they all point back at me! It’s pretty heartful and anguished, but love is a many splintered thing!

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Well-designed storage makes an enormous difference to our homes, so interiors expert Katherine Sorrell takes us through some room-by-room ideas.

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Our homes are full of stuff, and each room requires specific solutions. You could do this yourself, plotting on graph paper where doors, windows, radiators and other furnishings will go, making use of ‘dead’ spaces such as under stairs or sloping ceilings, the alcoves either side of a chimney breast or the space below a bay window. Alternatively, interior designers can create an overall ‘look’, but should understand space planning, while architects are suited to more extensive works that involve extensions or alterations, and can help to make the most of your space.

Living Rooms Often the public face of a home, the living room is where you’ll show off treasured possessions whilst concealing less attractive items, so to cope with these twin demands build in storage that includes open shelving and/or display niches as well as cupboards. A central chimney breast with alcoves either side is ideal for shelving above and cupboards below, or run a

long, low cupboard along one wall – perhaps incorporating a fireplace or TV in the centre – the top of which can serve as seating or display space. If two rooms have been knocked into one there may be space for shelving or cupboards over the central double doors, or in a small room it may be possible to fit shelving above or around the door or the windows.

Halls Hallway storage is all about organisation – slimline furniture such as console tables or storage benches works well.

For a variety of storage types, supplement coat hooks behind the door with shoe racks at the bottom, an umbrella hook, and a shelf at the top. Alternatively, it may be possible to build an under-stair cupboard, kitted out with hooks, shelves and racks.

Bathrooms Custom-made floor and wall cabinets are ideal for storing toiletries and spare towels, keeping surfaces clear, while vanity units

with shelves, drawers and cabinets can be built around sanitaryware to cover up pipe work. Alternatively, consider free-standing options such as dressers, cupboards and chests, and wall-mounted pieces like shelves, racks and mirrored cupboards. Pipe runs can be hidden behind false walls of studwork and plasterboard, within which you can punch shallow shelves and cupboards.

Do the same when building a shower wall and create niches in which to store shampoos and soaps.

Bedrooms There are four ways to fit out a bedroom: use freestanding pieces that you can take with you when you move (but probably won’t be space

efficient); find a carpenter or joiner to make a bespoke room; use a fitted-furniture specialist, whose ranges often feature ingenious storage solutions; or use inexpensive, off-theshelf elements from DIY shops or storage specialists, and make it up yourself. It’s a question of working out what best suits you, your property and your pocket.

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LOCAL CLUBS & GROUPS HOBBIES & SPECIAL INTEREST Wessex Quiltmakers NEW Listing We are a small, friendly group who meet to share our love of all things quilting at King Harold Court Community Lounge on the 2nd and 4th Weds of the month (except August) at 7.30pm.

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Visitors £3. 01962-866818 or www.winhortsoc@weebly.com Winchester Action on Climate Change Come to one of our friendly meetings to find out what’s happening and help create a green Winchester district and reduce climate change. We meet once a month in Winchester, on a Saturday morning or a Tuesday evening.

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WINCHESTER FLORAL DESIGN SOCIETY Meet the 2nd Thurs of each month in St Faith’s Hall, St.Cross at 1.45pm.

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For Further information Tel: 01962 851699 ARCHAELOGY & LOCAL HISTORY WARG, the society for Winchester archaeology and local history, promotes the study of archaeology and local history in the City of Winchester and the surrounding area, through monthly events including lectures; walks; excursions and excavations. For membership info membership@warg.org.uk Silver Surfer Computer Classes Fridays, 9:30 to 11.30 The Friday Café, Redlynch Village Hall Learn about emails, internet browsing, online shopping, digital photos. One to one training at your own pace. No charge but donation welcome. More details from Paul Bromage on 01725 510753 or just pop in.

WINCHESTER PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Meets on Tuesdays 7:30pm Winchester Discovery Centre SO23 8SB New Members are made Welcome.

The season will continue through May 2015. For further details please visit the website. www.winphotosoc. co.uk The Winchester Uke Jam Meets on the 4th Wednesday of every month at The Railway, 3 St. Pauls Hill, Winchester, SO22 5AE You don’t have to be a uke player to join in. We welcome any stringed instrument or if you fancy playing a bit of purcussion, having a sing or just want to listen then come along...

SEWING AND UPHOLSTERY Every Mon, Thurs & Fri 9am to 4pm Peter Symonds College, Winchester SO22 6DR For a full range of our sewing and upholstery courses and workshops please see the website To enrol please call 01962 889547 http://ace.psc.ac.uk/courses/leisure.

RSPB – WINCHESTER GROUP Shawford Parish Hall, Shawford, SO21 2AA The group’s aim is to support actively the work of the RSPB in the local community and to involve RSPB members and the wider public in the Society’s conservation, public affairs, education, fundraising and other activities. Regular monthly indoor meetings locally throughout the year and occasional day-trips to local nature reserves. www.rspb. org.uk/groups/winchester, 01273 775333.

COMMUNITY & SOCIAL SOCIAL & TALKS Associated with the WI, but our membership is typically aged 40 to 60. Our monthly meeting takes place at The Hundred Mens Hall, St Cross Hospital on the third week of the month alternately Mondays and Tuesdays. Talks held from interesting speakers. www.kitchendancers. co.uk SOCIAL GROUP, 25 - 25 This group is aimed at anyone roughly in the 25 to 35 age range.

Social events each month. Come along, make new friends, have, do stuff! www.meetup.com/winchesteryoung-professionals SOCIAL GROUP, 20 - 40 Winchester Circle of Friends is a friendly social club, for like-minded individuals aimed at singles and couples in and around Winchester aged from mid-20s to mid-40s.

Membership is £12 a year. www. meetup.com/Winchester-Circle-ofFriends/ SOCIAL GROUP, 40+ CHEARS! is a welcoming and inclusive meet-up group for active adults with a positive view of life and interests in many shared activities. CHEARS! friendly socialites are mainly in our 40’s & 50’s (we have no age restriction).

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WINCHESTER ROTARACT Meets once a week on a Monday evening from 6.30 - 7.30 at the University of Winchester. The club is for 18-30 year olds who want to do regular social events and also participate in charitable causes. winchester.rotaract@outlook.com Littleton Pre-School Mon,Wed, Thurs, Fri 8:30am12:15pm (or 3pm Wed) Littleton Millennium Memorial Hall, The Hall Way, Littleton Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 6QL Established in 1975, Littleton PreSchool is close to Winchester and is run by the community, supported by staff, voluntary helpers and a parental management committee. www.littletonpreschool.com WINCHESTER SPIRITUALIST CHURCH Sunday Service 6.30pm – 8pm Stanmore Community Centre, at the bottom of Somers Close off Wavell Road, Stanmore, Winchester.

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HEALTH & EXERCISE WINCHESTER RAMBLERS Walk regularly on Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday. Meeting Sundays at the Durngate car park in Winchester and leave at 9:30 am travelling to the start of the walk.

During the week we make our own way to the walk starting point. membership@winchesterramblers. org.uk, www.winchesterramblers. org.uk Winchester Cancer Support Centre First Thurs in the Month. 1pm-3pm 68, St.George’s St, Winchester SO23 8AH Drop in and see us, for friendship and support over a cup of tea or coffee! Call the Centre on 01962-868576 email: winchester@ wessexcancer.org.uk

Hampshire and Wight Christian Walkers Like meeting new friends and enjoy walking? join us on Saturdays and midweek for walk of between 4 and 12 miles. www.hantswightwalk. org.uk FRIDAY CYCLE RIDES 3rd Fri of month, 9:30am to 12:30pm Worthy Lane Car Park SO23 7AB 15-20 miles easy cycle ride at a leisurely pace (8-10 mph). The cycle ride will include a coffee stop. 07591 594314

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BAKING DEMO 10 & 23 Jul, 11-3pm Winchester City Mill, Bridge St SO23 OEJ Visit Winchester City Mill to see how seasonal ingredients can be combined with our stoneground wholemeal flour to produce delicious bread, cakes, biscuits and much more. Sample different recipes and be inspired!

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GHOST WALK 19 Jul & 16 Aug, 8.30pm to 9.30pm Royal Oak, Royal Oak Passage, Winchester SO23 9AU Get ready to discover the ghosts of Winchester in this Ultimate Ghost Walk Experience! £6pp https://supernatural-tours.co.uk/

THE NEW FOREST AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTY SHOW 26-28 Jul Brockenhurst SO42 7QH An annual agricultural show held for three days at the end of July at New Park, Brockenhurst in Hampshire. www. newforestshow.co.uk/

WINCHESTER SCIENCE FESTIVAL 22-24 Jul Winchester Discovery Centre Jewry Street SO23 8SB Winchester Science Festival features talks, experiments and interactive sessions to promote and celebrate science with the public. http://winchesterscifest.org/

CHESIL RAILWAY TOURS 26 Jul Tourist Information Office, Winchester Join one of Winchester’s official tourist guides and explore the route of the Winchester’s lost railway, the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton line. This includes a rare opportunity to go inside the disused Chesil tunnel. Do wear stout shoes as there are steps and steep slopes! 01962 840500

SUMMER FAYRE 23 & 24 Jul The Railway Station, Alresford SO24 9JG With local food, drink and crafts at Ropley station, facepainting for everyone and Morris dancing throughout the day! http://www. watercressline.co.uk/ CTC CATHEDRAL CHALLENGE 24 Jul Stat at Havant, cycle to 54

Winchester Cathedral Take on a cycle challenge and cycle to Winchester Cathedral from Havant, and back. http:// www.portsmouthctc.org.uk/ cathedral-challenge/

CLOWN COLLEGE 3 Aug, 10-12pm The Lights, West Street, Andover SP10 1AH Have you got what it takes to join the dancing circus? Well, why not try out this fun dance workshop

with tutor Lauren and find out and show all your new skills to family and friends at the end of the session. £8.50 Suitable for 5-7 year olds. 01264 368368 MEDIEVAL FALCONRY DISPLAY 6 Aug Uppark, South Harting, Petersfield GU31 5QR Local bird of prey experts Hawking About presents this show as a Medieval falconry sports day. Dressed in authentic costume, they will involve the audience every step of the way, culminating in a human tunnel through which they’ll fly the birds! www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ uppark-house-and-garden WATERWORKS OPEN DAY 7 Aug Hazeley Road, Twyford Waterworks SO21 1QA Be transported back to the Waterworks’ golden age and discover the wealth of wildlife that lives there.http://www. twyfordwaterworks.co.uk/

CHEESE AND CHILLI FESTIVAL 20 & 21 Aug North Walls Recreation Ground, Devils Island, Gordon Road, Winchester SO23 7DD A fun packed family event celebrating all things cheese and chilli www. cheeseandchillifestival.com/ SOUTH DOWNS SHOW 20 & 21 Aug Queen Elizabeth Country Park, Gravel Hill, Near Petersfield PO8 0QE Arena acts, Dog Show, Shopping Areas, Local Food, Horses, Sheep, Reenactment, Falcons, Ferrets, Gun Dogs, Sheepdog Trials, Face Painting, Beer www. southdownsshow.co.uk

Cedar Lawn Nursing Home

This stately manor house sits in pleasant grounds 1 mile from the bustling market town of Romsey on the edge of the New Forest.

Standards which are maintained by selecting staff who complement their training and experience with patience and understanding.

Registered for general nursing care, respite and palliative care for residents over 50, the original house has been modernised and refurbished to retain

This ensures residents needs are met with sympathy and concern for their individuality and self esteem.

its comfort and character whilst incorporating the very latest equipment expected of a modern nursing home.

The result is a charming ‘country house hotel’ atmosphere coupled with the very highest standards of care.

They are in reality paying guests, and it is our intent that our residents receive the highest standards of care without ever having to ask.

Cedar Lawn Nursing Home, Braishfield Rd., Romsey, Hampshire. SO51 7US Tel: 01794 5523300 www.sentinel-healthcare.com 55

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