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“Don’t Worry, Be Happy” The summer season is a recipe of mixed emotions, I always think; a dose of relaxation with a touch of anticipation and a dash of trepidation. We pray for good weather but we’re usually disappointed, resorting to be grateful for dry days (that rarely fall on the weekend). Families head abroad for Mediterranean sun, armed with sun cream of all factor levels and gutted when home is treated to a rare heatwave ... how unfair!

Inside What’s On.............................6 The Boy With Tape On His Face.... 8 Help Make A Difference.......14 Beauty: Summer Luvin’........24 Kidzone..............................26

Our teenagers are free from lessons, kicking their heels yet unknown exam results prey on their minds.

School leavers excited about entering the world of employment or university, soon to experience the joys and woes of independence. Fretful times.

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Or you can make the most of life come rain or shine, make plans regardless of “ifs” and “buts” and heed Billy Connolly’s wise words “There’s no such thing as bad weather, just wrong clothing.”

There’s plenty to do in around Southampton, the New Forest, the beach and the Downs; so get out there and have fun! You never know, we could be in for an Indian summer!

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Discover What’s On 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. www.winchesterscifest.org AFTERNOON TEA DANCE 29 Jul, 2-4.30pm Entertainment will be provided by Human Juke Box. Tickets for the event will be available nearer the time.

Make sure you put this date in your diary! Organised by West End Parish Council www.westend-pc.gov.uk WICKHAM FESTIVAL 4-7 Aug, 11am to 11pm daily.

Blind Lane, Wickham PO17 5AD An award-winning 4-day music and arts festival with a relaxed, friendly ‘folkie’ feel held in a scenic location near the historic village of Wickham in Hampshire. Tickets from £35 (evening) to £150 (4-day weekend). Camping £25 per tent or caravan. Under-16s half-price. Under-10s free.

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COWES WEEK 6-13 Aug The Parade, West Cowes PO31 7QJ The event boasts an 8-day schedule of competitive racing and shore-side entertainment day and night.

Visitors can watch the sailing action from the shore or opt to get out on the water aboard a spectator boat. The famous fireworks take place on the final Friday of the event.

01983 295744 TROUT N ABOUT 7 Aug, 10-4pm Stockbridge High Street A thriving local food festival with over 100 stalls. Free car parking and a vintage bus offering free ‘hop on - hop off’ services. www.tnastockbridge.co.uk 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. www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 69TH ANNUAL SHOW 13 Aug Sarisbury Green Community Centre Featuring around 250 horticultural, cookery and craft classes to enter. There are 33 cups and trophies to be won, many of which date back to 1948 and bear inscriptions documenting the history of the area from prominent local families and businesses. 01489 573114 Continued on page 52

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Today, Itchen Valley Division has 126 Rainbows (aged 5-7), 210 Brownies (aged 7-11) and 136 Guides (aged 10-15) in 19 units. The waiting list currently includes 12 Rainbows, 21 Brownies and 13 Guides but there are not enough spaces to accommodate all these girls.

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James Bragg is 22, and is in the third year of his Civil Engineering Masters at the University of Portsmouth. James explained: “I’ve already done one year in industry with a County Council, but I like the Hampshire area which is what appealed to me. When I found out about the bursary, I jumped at the chance.”

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It’s been a very long time coming, but summer is finally here. I’ve dusted off the sunnies and dug out my sandals, but couldn’t resist investing in a few new goodies…

A new lip gloss is always on my summer shopping list.

This year I’ve gone for Neal’s Yard’s organic Lip Gloss in Fig, £9.50. It’s rich in seed and fruit oils, so nourishes lips while giving them a decent burst of colour. It’s easy to apply and also has a subtle orange flavour and scent. Being a gloss, the colour doesn’t last that long, but it does leave my lips feeling moisturised.

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Next on my list is a new makeup palette. I like one that I can keep in my bag then whip out when there’s talk of cocktails. Marks and Spencer’s Autograph Face Palette ticks all the boxes.

There are nine eyeshadows, two blushers and four highlighters, so it can take my look from day to night with ease. What’s more, it’s

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Now I am not normally a fan of nettles. I seem to be forever getting stung by them when retrieving a football out of the long grass or trailing after my dog through the woods. But they do have some good qualities. Nettles are

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I am incredibly lazy when it comes to body lotion, so don’t tend to use it as much as I should when I’m covered up in the winter. So once summer hits, my legs are a bit of a sorry sight. I’ve been tackling them with daily exfoliation, followed

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British fragrance house Atkinsons is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year.

To celebrate, and mark the Queen’s 90th birthday year, it has launched a new perfume, Oud Save the Queen. Inspired by the Orient, this fragrance is bursting with spicy, exotic notes, including bergamot, jasmine, orange blossom and, of course, oud. However, there are also notes of the quintessentially British Earl Grey tea.

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INTERVIEW

ABC

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 28

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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With summer well under way, gardens will need more water than the rain is giving them, but how can you minimise the amount you apply, make best use of what you’ve got and still have a goodlooking and productive garden?

If possible, wait until the autumn to plant out trees, shrubs and climbers – it will be far harder for them to establish properly now and they are more likely to suffer serious setbacks. However, if you can’t avoid planting, improve the soil texture by digging and forking in plenty of garden compost, wellrotted manure or other bulky organic matter so that the soil is better equipped to retain moisture – sandy soil will then hold water more effectively whilst clay soil is less likely to crack. It may be hard work but it will make life a lot easier for the plants, and means you will spend far less time watering later on.

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Mulching will also help to keep down weeds.

In drier areas of your garden, try to use drought tolerant plants. Those with silvery or grey foliage such as the lavenders, Sedums (ice plants), rock roses (Helianthemum), rosemary and Convolvulus cneorum all tend to thrive in dry conditions, and are also more likely to do quite well if planted now.

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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

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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.

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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 free-standing 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-the-shelf 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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