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He’s a British hero and an F1 champion and just after he won the British Grand Prix, we were lucky enough to be a part of a small group of journalists who were given the chance to chat with Lewis Hamilton at the launch of the new Mercedes-AMG GT R.

He wouldn’t drive in any other series than F1 On the subject of racing in something like the Nurburgring 24-hour race, he said: “I like that I can take [the AMG GT R] around the Nurburgring and have a lot of fun, but I don’t really have any desire to race anything else. The problem is, once you come out of F1, everything else is a step down.”

Here’s what we learned about his views on road cars, racing outside F1 and gaining an inch…

At 31 years old, though, he acknowledges he’s heading towards the end of his career, saying: “That might change.

I’ve been driving since I was eight years old, so when I stop racing I’m probably going to have massive withdrawal and want to drive something…”

Danger is exciting Although no car racing appeals to Hamilton, he does say he’d like to have a go in MotoGP, because even riding his bike on the motorway is scary, “so imagine what it must be like at the speeds those guys are going.”

On the subject of danger and improving safety, he says: “One of the exciting factors is when we get in that car and we know the danger factor is there. When I see Niki [Lauda], he’s just awesome, he’s a legend, he drove in a time when people were dying

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often. Obviously we’ve lost a couple of drivers in the last few years…I think it is important for us in the sport to always be considering [safety] and always be working on it, but I hope the danger’s always going to be there, because otherwise anyone could do it.”

Bikes beat cars His garage might be full of luxury motors, but he rarely drives them, preferring to keep the mileage low and the value appreciating.

Instead of driving: “I usually ride my motorbike. Sometimes if I get home and I want to unwind I might take the car out, but I want to keep the mileage low on all my cars! So I don’t ever really go that far.”

He thinks he’s matured For someone who has a reputation for speaking his mind, Hamilton portrays a calm aura and claims his years in racing have matured him.

He said: “Age, I’m sure, has helped, but as you grow with the team…you realise your place in the team, you know, what I say to the camera is what the guys back at the factory hear me say, and you realise that you’re affecting all of those people with the

things you say, so I’m conscious of those things.”

In a sign of the relaxed maturity we rarely see from him during race weekends, he says it’s important to keep perspective when you have a technical fault that’s out of your hands.

His engine has 508 different settings Hamilton had a tough time in Baku after his team put him in the wrong engine setting.

Team radio rules didn’t let them tell him how to fix it, which prompted a discussion about F1’s regulations.

He acknowledged having fast, technical racing that’s also exciting is a difficult balance to find, but said: “It’s insane how much stuff we have to study… the problem is they’ve made the cars so technical. Of the engine switches I have, one is just one to

14, and the other is one to 14, but in each of those settings is another 10 options.”

His colleague then mentioned that they’d calculated there are 508 possible combinations.

He does what he likes Away from the paddock, Hamilton has grown a reputation for enjoying a celebrity lifestyle, and has been seen having fun on jet skis on holiday.

Does the team tell him to reign in his extra-curricular activities?

“When I was at McLaren I said ‘these are the things I like to do, just so you’re aware’ and when I joined this team I already told them ‘these are the things I do, I’m not gonna stop!’ You know, I’m conscious, I never want to watch someone else drive my car, so I try to be as sensible as I can whilst having fun, which isn’t always the easiest balance.”

He wants to be a development driver “I was talking to Tobias [Moers, AMG boss] and I was like ‘you’ve got all this Formula 1 technology and you have the Formula 1 world champion driving your car – utilise that!”

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With over five million albums sold to date, Corinne Bailey Rae has had a stellar decade in the music industry. With a new album out, she spoke to The Breeze’s Lucy Ambache about music, the joys of working in L.A. and the dangers of curly hair when you live in Leeds.

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You’ve been missing in action for quite a while - 6 years to be exact. You don’t make a quick album do you?

I don’t. No, I love to take my time. I really enjoy the process – I love writing songs, I love travelling and meeting new people, and working with new musicians.

I’ve really learnt a lot about being a producer on this record. I probably took more time than I needed to, because I was loving it so much.

It’s called ‘The Heart Speaks In Whispers’. Give me the lowdown.

Well the album is all about listening to the inner voice – quietening down all the chaos and drama that surrounds us to find out what’s going on inside. How nature, our bodies, our subconscious, our instincts all tell us about what’s happening in our heart.

You make a lady look glamorous with a guitar. You’ve always done that as a singer songwriter but with femininity.

Well I wanted to have those heels on I guess! I love playing guitar and when I first started, I was in an indie band where it was all baby doll dresses and we all wanted to be Courtney Love. Now I feel that I’m coming into my own style.

The album was made half in Leeds, half in LA right?

I built a studio in Leeds. After my last record I wanted to have somewhere I could put all my instruments, and be playful, and we managed to make it a scene we really liked. Then we thought it would be great to go to Los Angeles and work with some different musicians – some who had been on my wish-list for a long time.

But you still love being in Leeds?

I do! I guess I grew up there, both my parents are there, my sister is there at the moment, and I think it has a really good music scene. But I also like getting on the aeroplane and getting to travel as well so I feel lucky that I get to do both things.

Your music travels really far doesn’t it? It has given you the ability to go around the world.

It’s a really funny thing when you release records because you never know who’s going to get to hear them. My first record was on tape in India, which I didn’t know and I’ve got friends who say things like ‘I’ve just got back from Thailand and you were playing in the restaurant’ so it’s amazing because I feel my songs have got to places I haven’t got to yet.

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That song’s interesting because it’s about love the second time around with the same person. It’s about doing it and thinking ‘you have really hurt me but let’s trust each other’. I think as you get older, you have these crazy experiences in love and it’s not just some cookie cutter, puppy dog thing. It can be really intense.

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The Roaring Twenties – think jazz, flappers, slick automobiles, the talkies and skyscrapers: it was all about glamour, drama and modernity. Consumerism had arrived, and the timing was right for a new style.

Also known as Art Moderne, Jazz Moderne or simply Deco, Art Deco style was rooted in the world of pre-First World War leading French design, but only became widely recognised after the 1925 Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes. French designers were combining classical features and rare, luxury materials with exciting new influences such as contemporary art, the exotic Ballets Russes and a fascination with all things Egyptian, as well as the art and artefacts of Japan, Africa, native America, Mexico and the Middle East.

Early Art Deco furniture was exclusive and luxurious, made from costly materials such as hardwoods, lacquer, mother of pearl, shark skin, tortoiseshell and leather, and frequently featured extravagant veneering and inlaid decoration. However, as the style spread, designers

employed the latest technologies and less expensive materials, such as stainless steel, chrome and Bakelite plastic. In the States it became known as Streamlining, and its curvy lines were the must-have look for new buildings, with a fine example being the 102-storey Empire State Building, completed in 1931.

In terms of furniture, the Art Deco look was low and upright in design, featuring geometric outlines with rounded corners, and often the shell, fan or sunburst shapes that are key to this style. The coffee table and the cocktail cabinet had recently been invented. Fitted kitchens became increasingly widespread, while the Art Deco bathroom featured solid yet elegant shapes and glamorous looks, with plenty of chrome and bevelled-edge mirror.

To decorate walls, botanicals or geometrics were frequent motifs, while upmarket homes might have lacquer or wood panelling, mirror tiles or even trompe l’oeil murals. This was the era of parquet flooring, perhaps with the addition of a zebra skin or a boldly abstract rug. High-

end soft furnishings were sumptuous and costly, with silk and velvet desirable.

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The arrival of electric light and the widespread use of electric fittings resulted in striking design and the use of ground-breaking materials such as aluminium, plywood, tubular steel, plastic or pressed glass; typical styles included pendant lights made from marbled glass and hung from chains, ziggurat, shell or fan-shaped wall lights, and columnbased table lamps boasting Art Deco motifs. Accessories and ornaments were key, from Clarice Cliff’s ceramics

to Bakelite radios, cocktail shakers and silver dressing table sets.

Over time Art Deco design became less sophisticated and more mass-produced and, especially in 1930s Britain, more utilitarian and suburban. Though still ground-breaking, it was commercialised to the point of kitsch. House builders included rounded bay windows, doorways with stepped surrounds and garden gates with sunrise motifs. Brightly coloured zigzags, chevrons, exotic animals and stylised flowers were added to furnishings, accessories and homeware – and thus a luxurious look originally available only to the few became an everyday style found in ordinary homes.

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LOCAL CLUBS & GROUPS HOBBIES & SPECIAL INTEREST AMATEUR NEW BOOKBINDING CLUB Listing Winnall Farm Industrial Estate, Winchester A ‘self-help’ club with membership at all levels of bookbinding skills.

Full members have access to club facilities at any time. Visit us on a Friday morning, or another time by arrangement. www.sbookc.org.uk/ Wessex Quiltmakers 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. We have a varied programme of speakers and sewing evenings. We welcome new members and visitors of all abilities from beginners to the more experienced. For further details please visit our website www. wessexquiltmakers.com or contact us at wessexquiltmakers1@gmail. com WINCHESTER HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Winchester Club, Worthy Lane, Winchester SO23 7AB Monthly meetings with speakers on the second Wednesday of every month at 7.30pm. Also garden visits and shows.New members welcome.

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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.

The aim is friendship through flowers and Visitors are welcome.

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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.

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

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.

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 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

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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Guest medium each week, 45 mins of mediumship approx. Freewill gesture donation. For further information Lynn 07717 507579

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

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MUSIC, DANCE & DRAMA NEW WINCHESTER CITY Listing FESTIVAL CHOIR Littleton Memorial Hall SO22 6QL Meet Weds 7.45pm to 9.30pm in Littleton Memorial Hall, SO22 6QL. Sopranos, altos, tenors and basses are all welcome to sing along with the choir to try us out. www. wcfchoir.org. Contact wcfc_sec@ hotmail.com

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Discover What’s On DEATH CAFE 15 Sep, 2pm to 3.30pm University of Winchester The aim is to create an open environment to allow attendees to discuss the subject of death, and life, whilst enjoying tea and cake. It originates from an idea that has spread across the globe, to encourage discussion about death with the aim of removing the stigma around the subject. More details about this not for profit movement can be found at www.deathcafe. com Anyone wishing to attend should please register by calling Mrs Saffron House on 07780 478274.

SOUTHAMPTON BOAT SHOW 16-25 Sep Mayflower Park Book your ticket on-line or call 0844 776 7766

WATERCRESS LINE: OPEN WEEKEND 17 & 18 Sep The Railway Station, Alresford SO24 9JG FREE entry and extra activities on this weekend for MHRPS members’ and shareholders of the Mid Hants Railway Ltd and Wadebridge shareholders.

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F IS FOR FALCONRY 17 Sep Lainston House Hotel, Woodman Ln, Sparsholt SO21 2LT This is a terrific behind the scenes insight into the housing, equipment, handling and training of a bird of prey with Lainston’s resident falconer, Judy Wright.

Your session will include handling and flying and lunch is included.

Over 18s only. 01962 776 088 WEDDING FAIR 18 Sep The Winchester Royal Hotel, St Peter St, Winchester, SO23 8BS Wedding Exhibition Promotions have arranged for the follow exhibitors; photographers, florists, wedding rings, bridal wear, DJs, wedding cake suppliers, chimney sweep, wedding cars, toast master, magician, venue decoration. events.winchester@ sjhotels.co.uk HURSLEY 10K 18 Sep, 10.30 to 3.30pm John Keble School, Hursley SO21 2LA @hursley10k facebook.com/ hursley.tenk

JAZZ FEST 22-25 Sep Across Winchester Venues Audiences can expect four days of performances by major Jazz and Swing acts from across the UK, as well as showcasing some of our best local musicians. www. winchesterjazzfestival.com/ ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION 24 & 25 Sep, 10-5pm Wallops Parish Hall, Middle Wallop, SO20 8EG A wide range of original artwork from a well-respected group.

To include a blind auction of a picture by international artist Trevor Waugh. Coffee and cake all weekend.

WINCHESTER HALF MARATHON 25 Sep, 10am start SO23 9AX Enjoy a scenic run through Winchester and its country side.

Registration now open! Entry £27.00 1K fun run for families http://winchesterhalf.co.uk/ WINCHESTER COMEDY FESTIVAL 29 Sep to 2 Oct Come and enjoy a great comedy line up at various venues across Winchester KERRY GODLIMAN: STICK OR TWIST 1 Oct, 7.30pm Discover Centre, Jewry Street, Winchester SO23 8SB Kerry Godliman is back on tour.

Her straight talking brand of quick wit and bewilderment will be covering more of life s anomalies. Ages 16 & over only.

Tickets £13. Call 01962 873603 JANE AUSTEN TOUR WITH COFFEE AND CAKE 1 Oct The Close, Winchester SO23 9LS This tour offers visitors an intimate and often amusing insight into Jane Austen’s life and connections with the Cathedral.

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HARVEST FESTIVAL 1 & 2 Oct 9 The Close, Winchester SO23 9LS Visit the Hampshire Harvest Weekend for a weekend of food and farming fun in the Cathedral Close. A special Hampshire Sunday lunch (tickets required) will be served in the Cathedral Refectory and a thanksgiving service with invited guests in the Cathedral at 3.30pm (all welcome). www. winchestercathedral.org. uk/ WINCHESTER CLARENDON MARATHON 2 Oct Run from Salisbury to Winchester on the ancient Clarendon Way Online entries will close on Tuesday 20 September. www. clarendon-marathon.co.uk/ www.myfreedevsite.com/ clarendonmap/ TWYFORD WATERWORKS AUTUMN RALLY 2 Oct Hazeley Rd, Twyford SO21 1QA The very popular end of season rally - steam engines, cars, stationary engines, demonstrations, displays and more! Come and help make this a great end to a good year for the Waterworks. 07516 458900 BE YOUR OWN EDITOR: MICHAEL LASKEY 7 Oct, 2pm Discover Centre, Jewry Street, Winchester SO23 8SB The first of the festival’s workshops invites poets to develop their own editorial eye, honing the skills and perceptions intuitively employed by the magazine editor, the competition judge, the publisher. Students participating in this workshop are invited to submit in advance one poem which they would be 54

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by Friday 23 September to hello@winchesterpoetryfestival. org 01962 873603 Tickets £20/£17.50 conc SINEAD MORRISSEY: MY COMMUNIST HERITAGE 7 Oct, 9.30pm Discover Centre, Jewry Street, Winchester SO23 8SB Three brilliant and distinctive voices open this year’s festival. Poet and musician Kim Moore joins the legendary Ian Duhig and poet and bestselling crime fiction writer Sophie Hannah for an evening of verbal dexterity, wit and excellent craic.

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WINCHESTER POETRY FESTIVAL 7 October - 9 October Inspiring poetry: a threeday celebration of readings, discussion and workshops www. winchesterpoetryfestival.org WINCHESTER COLLEGE MUSIC SCHOLARS 7 Oct, 7.30pm Romsey Abbey A variety of instrumental and vocal solos and ensembles Concert given in aid of Romsey Abbey Unreserved: £12 (concessions for students/ children) www.romseyabbey.org. uk BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE’S HISTORY WEEKEND 2016 7-9 Oct Various locations, Winchester SO23 8UJ a rare opportunity to hear from some of the world’s leading historians and authors on a range of topics from Richard III and The Battle of the Somme

to the Last Royal Rebels and The Private Lives of the Tudors. www.historyweekend.com/ winchester THE TRUTH OF THE IMAGINATION 8 Oct, 2pm Discover Centre, Jewry Street, Winchester SO23 8SB Three of Britain s most thoughtful and truth-loving poets, Frances Leviston, Shazea Quraishi and Deryn Rees-Jones come together for a landmark reading. 01962 873603 PINNOCHIO 13 & 14 Oct Theatre Royal, Jewry Street, Winchester SO23 8SB Based on the original book

by Collodi and performed by Vardimon’s multi-talented dancers, Pinocchio will bring to life the famous marionette as he embarks on a fantastic journey to become a human boy. Box Office 01962 840440 DON GIOVANNI 14 & 15 Oct, 7.30pm St John’s Church, Itchen Abbas A concert of Opera and Musical Favourites. Tickets £30 from www.southwoodplayers.org.uk or Nick Owen 01962 779162 JO HARMAN 15 Oct, 8pm Discover Centre, Jewry Street, Winchester SO23 8SB Jo was the 2014 British Blues Awards Best Singer, but her talents stretch way beyond the blues, encompassing gospel, soul, indie and funk. Box Office 01962 873603 RICH HALL 19 Oct Discover Centre, Jewry Street, Winchester SO23 8SB Rich Hall is the star of the critically acclaimed BBC 4 documentaries Rich Hall’s California Stars, Rich Hall’s You Can Go To Hell, I’m Going To Texas and Rich Hall’s Inventing the Indian. Box Office 01962 840440

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