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Fontanella Recorder Quintet Saturday 8th July, 7:30pm Malmesbury Abbey This concert with its impressive array of more than 30 recorders of all shapes and sizes is the concert to inspire you, young or old, to play this underrated instrument. Featuring five of the UK’s leading specialist professional artists, Fontanella entertains audiences of all ages in a variety of programmes designed to bring the history of this remarkable instrument to life.
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Big Pledge is back Fontanella's lively concert programmes span six hundred years of music, celebrating the long history of the recorder from the medieval period right up to the present day. They perform on a specialist array of instruments of every shape and size, from the beautiful 15-piece renaissance consort to the fascinating set of contemporary Paetzold ‘square’ basses; their aim is to combine an awareness of the most recent scholarship in renaissance and early repertoire with performances of more contemporary works, as well as including their own unique arrangements of music from other genres. Programmes often include all of these elements, usually with a historical or festival theme. For more information visit: www.mamsmusic.co.uk
Grittleton Chapel We have a talk titled 'Is God Good?' on Friday evening, 28th July at 7pm. Our speaker is Barry King from the Grace Partnership. All welcome. The talk is followed by refreshments, then questions and answers to conclude the evening. Come along and experience a stimulating summer evening talk at the historic Grittleton Chapel, hidden away in Grittleton. Look for the phone box to find our gates! Donations to the Chapel fund. 6
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Wiltshire’s Big Pledge is back for 2017 and this year’s free challenge, which encourages people of all ages to get more active, has a World Athletics Championships theme. Wiltshire’s Big Pledge: London Calling is celebrating the World Athletics Championships coming to London for the first time this summer, with a series of challenges to help encourage individuals and teams of all ages and abilities to get active, get out and have fun. This year, participants will complete set distances to collect the flags of 30 countries that will be taking part in the championships. The challenge starts on 5 June and runs right through to 30 July and we want you and your friends to get involved. There are a great range of challenges, including: · Beginners challenge – NEW multi-sport activity (run, swim, walk, cycle, fitness class). (Individuals) · Walking challenge (Individuals) · Swimming challenge (Individuals) Want to take part? Go to The Big Pledge website: www.wiltshire.gov.uk/bigpledge and click on the ‘Sign Up’ button. Good luck!’
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TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE Town Hall, Cross Hayes, Malmesbury, SN16 9BZ Tel: 01666 823748 Email: tic@malmesbury.gov.uk CREATIVE CRAFT WORKSHOPS 1st Wednesday of every month 7-9pm, Brinkworth Village Hall reading Room, £10 per session to include materials. For more information or to reserve a space please contact Sian 07986 580689 MALMESBURY IN BLOOM – PAINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2017 To enter, please submit a photograph or a painting, maximum size of A4, to show or to represent “Malmesbury in Bloom”. Entries to the Town Hall by 28th July. www.malmesbury.gov.uk MOVIES@MALMESBURY See page 15 for June Programme. or visit: www.malmesbury.gov.uk/ cinema.html or our Facebook page: Movies at Malmesbury MALMESBURY CONCERT BAND MCB is a concert wind band with approximately 35 woodwind and brass playing members. Dates:) 3rd June – Market Cross, Malmesbury –10.30am 1st July –
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GREAT SOMERFORD CHURCH FETE Friday, 9th June at 6.30pm. Mills Farm, Great Somerford Attractions include the Royal Wootton Bassett Brass Band, the children of Somerfords’ Walter Powell School dancing, and lots of stalls with goodies to buy and games to play. Relax with refreshments from the Bar, Pimms Bar, Barbecue, and Teas stalls. STUART SINGERS CHARITY CONCERT Malmesbury Abbey Saturday 10th June 7:30pm The Rotary Club of the South Cotswolds is bringing this local choir to Malmesbury with a vocal melody of varied music both popular and traditional. Tickets: £10 (to include a glass of wine) from: Persephone Violet 16 High Street, Malmesbury 01666 823914. Malmesbury Abbey Box Office – 01666 824339 Proceeds to Rotary Club Charities ATHELSTAN MUSEUM – GUIDED WALKS AROUND MALMESBURY
Saturday 10th June – 2pm: The Malmesbury Pub Crawl A history of breweries and public houses. Tickets: £5 adults, £3 children. Wednesday 14th June – 2pm: Malmesbury – Queen of Hilltop Towns - A walk through over 2,000years. Tickets: £5 adults, £3 children. Tickets are available from Athelstan Museum, located in the Town Hall and on www.jumblebee.co.uk/ guidedwalksaroundmalmesbury2017
MIDDLEWICK HOUSE GARDEN OPEN DAY
Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th June, 11am to 4.30pm. By kind permission of Nick and Annette Mason in aid of The Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust and Wiltshire Air Ambulance. Plants for sale, stalls to browse and farm animals to visit. Tea, coffee, cakes and Nick's famous barbeque are available. Entry £7, children under 12 years free.
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NINEBARROW Saturday 10th June, 8pm Church Road, Kington Langley, Chippenham SN15 5NJ Ninebarrow are a multi-award winning folk duo. Combining breath-taking vocal harmonies, they deliver original songs inspired and rooted in the landscape and history of the British Isles as well as traditional folk songs. £8 full, £7 conc., £5 child. 01249 750362 - events@klvh.org. www.klvh.org www.ninebarrow.co.uk FLOWER FESTIVAL PREVIEW PARTY Thursday 15th June 6-8pm St Peter & St Paul Church Great Somerford. Drinks & canapes Tickets £12.50 adult, £5 child available from Fourway Stores or Alison Davies 01249 720992 GREAT SOMERFORD NGS OPEN GARDEN WEEKEND & ST PETER & ST PAUL FLOWER FESTIVAL 17th & 18th June, Church open 11am5.30pm Gardens open 1.30-5pm Tickets for adults Flower Festival £2.50 NGS Gardens £5. CORNUCOPIA Saturday 17th June, 7pm Town Hall A musical extravaganza including a cornucopia of local student musical talent, and the Malmesbury Minuets singing group featuring the singer Helen Kucharek. Tickets £5 adults, £2.50 children, from the Museum. MALMESBURY FILM SOCIETY Burn, Burn, Burn – 18 Jun Bajrangi Bhaijaan – 16 July £5, 7.30pm St Mary’s Hall MOVIOLA@ GRITTLETON VILLAGE HALL Wednesday June 28th, 7pm LA LA LAND [12A] tells the story of Mia (Emma Stone), an aspiring actress, and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a dedicated jazz musician, who are struggling to make ends meet in a city known for crushing hopes and breaking hearts. Tickets £6 adults from Lesley on 01249 783157 or email l_palmer@ btinternet.com. Doors open 7pm, starts at 7.30pm. Wednesday July 26th HIDDEN FIGURES No film in August, back in Sept.
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Great Somerford Church Fete Friday, 9th June at 6.30pm Mills Farm, Great Somerford
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Attractions include the Royal Wootton Bassett Brass Band, the children of Somerfords’ Walter Powell School dancing, and lots of stalls with goodies to buy and games to play. Relax with refreshments from the Bar, Pimms Bar, Barbecue, and Teas stalls. Try your luck at Hamper Squares or the Raffle – prizes promised so far have been generously donated by Watson Fuels, The Old Bell Hotel (Malmesbury), the Theatre Royal (Bath), the National Trust (Lacock), The New Inn (Seagry), Green and Grey, Michael Thomas Butchers, Leonard Walker Butchers, The Whole Hog, PD Fitness, Alicky Gravell and Adam Lloyd. Great Somerford Church Fête will take place at Mills Farm, Great Somerford on Friday 9th June 2017 at 6.30pm, by kind invitation of Mr and Mrs E. Worsley
Middlewick House Open Gardens The gardens at Middlewick House in Corsham, formerly the home of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall and now home to Nick Mason of Pink Floyd fame and his wife, actress Annette Lynton Mason, are to be opened on Saturday 10 June and Sunday 11 June 2017 from 11am to 4.30pm in aid of two local charities. This will be the fourth year running that Nick and Annette have opened their gardens to raise money for local charities. This year’s proceeds will be split between The Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust (www.wiltshirebobbyvan. org.uk) and Wiltshire Air Ambulance’s Airbase Appeal (www.wiltshireairbaseappeal.co.uk).
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Visitors will be able to wander around their beautiful gardens and menagerie of animals. Alan Dun, one of Bath’s leading fine art sculptors, will be showing a selection of his pieces. There will also be a range of stalls to browse from plants to gifts. Refreshments will be available with a selection of cakes on offer as well as a barbeque. Entry is £7, children under 12 years – free. Nick Mason said: “Annette and I are really looking forward to opening our garden again – it’s a really great way of supporting two of our favourite and enormously worthy local charities. Our visitors seem to enjoy the experience and it gives us a really good excuse to tidy the garden and polish the odd car!” Jennie Shaw, Director of The Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust, said: “This will be the fourth year Mr and Mrs Mason have supported local charities, they have raised over £60,000. Vital funds for vital charities. It’s a super weekend which thousands of people have attended, I do hope you can join us.” Cheryl Johnson, Head of Wiltshire Air Ambulance’s Airbase Appeal, said: “We are so grateful to Nick and Annette Mason for supporting Wiltshire Air Ambulance. Our Airbase Appeal is raising the remaining £1.25 million needed to complete the building and equipping of our new airbase at Semington, near Melksham. Funds raised at the open gardens event will enable us to save lives for many more years to come, operating from our new airbase.” Nick and Annette Mason. Photo: www.candidpictures.co.uk
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Malmesbury League of Friends elects new Chairman David Hide has been elected as the chairman of Malmesbury League of Friends (MLOF) in succession to Robin Clark. At their recent AGM, Alison Lewis was elected as vice-chair, with David Rutherford continuing as treasurer, and Wendy Harris elected as secretary. Robin Clark has retired after over 50 years as a trustee and 20 years as chairman. He commented: “ Over that time, there have been many changes both in Malmesbury and to the League. When I took over as chairman, our funds were modest and we had a hospital which always needed our help. So we were constantly fund raising. Recent generous legacies have strengthened our financial position and enabled us to make some substantial donations to both charitable organisations and individuals.” David Hide, who was vice chairman, has been a trustee for five years. He has lived in Malmesbury for over 40 years and is a former chairman of Malmesbury Tennis Club, where he still plays regularly, and a member of Malmesbury Concert Band. He ran his own public relations consultancy in the town until his retirement five years ago. He said: “ I am greatly honoured to be elected as chairman in succession to Robin Clark, to whom MLOF owes so much. Although we no longer have our own hospital, there are still considerable demands on our funds, including the Malmesbury Primary Care Centre, Athelstan House, locally based charities and needy individuals.” Robin Clark (seated centre) with his successor David Hide ( standing immediately behind him) and all the MLOF trustees.
Family Law Barrister joins Forrester Sylvester Mackett Solicitors Forrester Sylvester Mackett Solicitors are delighted to introduce Ruth Jackson who recently joined their family law team. Called to the Bar in 2002, Ruth specialises in family law. Ruth is looking forward to using her years of experience as a barrister within a firm of solicitors. Her particular areas of expertise include divorce and dissolution, matrimonial and partnership finance and financial support for children, as well as cases involving parents and children. Ruth also advises in matters concerning cohabitation and the finances following the breakdown of cohabiting relationships. Before choosing to specialise in family law, Ruth was also a criminal barrister. She uses that experience in cases of domestic violence and abuse. Ruth’s clients can be reassured that, having met Ruth in the office, they will continue to work with her throughout the case and, if necessary, in court as well. Nigel Godsiffe, Head of the Family Department at Forrester Sylvester Mackett solicitors commented: ‘’We are really pleased to have Ruth as part of our team. Her court advocacy experience combined with her officebased advice means that our clients have continuity of representation throughout their case.’’ For more information on Forrester Sylvester Mackett Solicitors or their team please visit: www.fsmsolicitors.co.uk In aid of:
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It’s estimated about 500 horses and mules came through the Purton depot and were part of the one million animals known to have gone through the depots across the country during the war. Records show 250,000 animals died and about 60,000 came home. The depot was recently discovered by Purton resident and former RAF Aircraft Engineer Robert Lloyd (46), known as Bob, who has spent the past seven years exhaustively researching the role Purton parish played in the Great War. He found out Purton had a ‘Remount Depot’ which was one of 11 in the area known as ‘Southern Command’. The depot was managed by William Robson and his two sons. Bob sponsored the sculpture and unveiled it with descendants of William Robson in April (photo above). We’re also welcoming summer with some special offers including a Friday night dinner and Bed & Breakfast special for two from £175 and a twonight break during the week from £330 per couple. The latter includes two nights in a luxury executive room with a spa bath and dinner on both nights in the conservatory restaurant.
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Moviola @ Grittleton Village Hall on Wednesday June 28th La La Land [12A]
Ninebarrow Saturday 10th June, 8pm Kington Langley
Ninebarrow are a multi-award-winning folk duo who are impressing audiences across the country with their innovative and captivating take on the folk tradition. Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchardiere combine breathtaking vocal harmonies and melodies, delivering original songs that are inspired and rooted in the landscape and history of the British Isles. ‘Stunning’ ★★★★★ Maverick Magazine. ‘Immaculate’ ★★★★★ The EFDSS ‘Exquisite’ ★★★★ R2 Magazine ‘Another example of how strong British folk music is at the moment.’ ★★★★ The Telegraph. As well as crafting unique and engaging original material, Ninebarrow also take a wide range of traditional folk songs and rework them in their own, distinctive way. Not only exceptional singers and musicians, they are also passionate about the stories behind their songs - combining their music with history, folklore and storytelling. The duo were recently nominated in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award ‘Horizon’ category for Best Emerging Artist and their second album, ‘Releasing the Leaves’, received wide-spread critical acclaim and was listed in The Telegraph’s Top Folk Albums of 2016. Engaging, charismatic and humorous - Ninebarrow are winning new fans wherever they go. See them live, and you’ll quickly understand why. See www.ninebarrow.co.uk and www.klvh.org for more information and video clips. Tickets: £8 full, £7 concessions (senior citizens, students & benefit claimants), £5 children (under 16), £21 family (2 adults & 2 children). Tickets are available from events@klvh.org, 01249 750362 or Langley Fitzurse School Office (9 - 12 weekdays). Doors & bar open 7.30pm. 14
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Destined to be famous forever as the film that didn’t win the Oscar, La La Land tells the story of Mia (Emma Stone), an aspiring actress, and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a dedicated jazz musician, who are struggling to make ends meet in a city known for crushing hopes and breaking hearts. Set in modern day Los Angeles, this original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing your dreams. Tickets £6 adults from Lesley on 01249 783157 or email l_palmer@btinternet. com. Doors open 7pm, programme starts at 7.30pm Future date for your diary: Wednesday July 26th Hidden Figures. No film in August, back in September
Stompin’ Dave and Sam Kelly Saturday 10th June 8pm Brinkworth Village Hall
Stompin Dave teams up with award winning drummer Sam Kelly for a feast of blues and boogie on Brinkworth Village Rec in a marquee on June 10th. Stompin Dave is a West Dorset man who has a stellar reputation on the UK music scene. Described by Maverick Magazine as “one of the world’s greatest performers“ and the Telegraph as “relentlessly entertaining” it is a real coup to have him perform on our doorstep! Stompin’ Dave is a gifted vocalist, an impressive multi-instrumentalist and a breathtaking dancer!
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Meanwhile London based Sam Kelly has been voted UK Drummer of the Year five times and has recorded albums with Gary Moore, Ruby Turner, Stan Webb and many others. Dave and Sam’s first album together “Live from The Sticks” received excellent reviews which praised it’s “rampaging set of electric blues” and the “rapport and sheer enjoyment between these two fine musicians”. People travel a long way to see Stompin Dave whenever he’s performing, fortunately all we need to do is hike out to Brinkworth! Doors open 7.30pm, show starts 8pm. Tickets: Adults £8, Concs £7, Age Recommendation 01666 510545 or 01666 510045. This is a Rural Arts event.
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Natural path to happiness gets results Sunshine for the soul: 30 Days Wild benefits health and wellbeing
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The impact of taking part in 30 Days Wild has been tracked by academics at the University of Derby. Their study found that people who did something ‘wild’ each day for a month, felt happier, healthier and more connected to nature. From walking barefoot in the park to feeding garden birds, all sorts of activities proved positive for people – with added benefits for the natural world too.
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HIS June, it’s all about nature - for everybody, everywhere, every day with The Wildlife Trusts’ annual challenge: 30 Days Wild People will be encouraged to enjoy the nature on their doorstep, as well as the ‘great outdoors’, with inspiring ‘Random Acts of Wildness’: practical, fun and quirky ideas for connecting with the wild around us. Spend an evening star gazing, build a bughouse, become a stream sleuth, enjoy mindfulness in a meadow, or even sit in the garden, sipping a G&T and watch butterflies! People can spend a few minutes, or a few hours each day enjoying nature - how they do it is up to them.
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And it’s official - a daily dose of nature, even in bite size chunks, is good for you.
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Dr Miles Richardson, Director of Psychology, who led the study, said: “The impact of 30 Days Wild adds to the compelling argument for bringing nature into our everyday lives. Two months after taking part in 30 Days Wild, there was a 30 per cent increase in the number of people who reported their health as excellent. Last year’s results also show people’s happiness continued to improve after 30 Days Wild ended, which illustrates its sustained impact.
This is important as it is happiness and connecting with nature that influence improvements in health. Our study also shows that those who benefitted most were younger adults and those who weren’t ‘nature lovers’.”
This year 30 Days Wild is revelling in the glory of traditional meadows which bloom with wildflowers throughout June. 'Unimproved' pastures and meadows with their characteristic wealth of wild plants and animals are rare and fragmented – occupying just 5% of the area that they occupied in 1945. Wiltshire Wildlife Trust has several beautiful meadow sites including Lower Moor Farm, Blakehill Farm and Coombe Bissett Down. Apply for a free 30 Days Wild pack, download the phone app or look online for those inspirational Random Acts of Wildness. 30 Days Wild packs include a packet of wildflower seeds, activity sheets, a calendar to record adventures, stickers, and a poster. Schools will get a large deck of ‘Random Acts of Wildness’ cards for inspiring ideas. Sign up and share the fun of #30DaysWild on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Wildlife Trusts across the UK will be running wild events for all the family throughout June. Lucy McRobert at The Wildlife Trusts says: “Last year thousands of people carried out 1.8 million Random Acts of Wildness during 30 Days Wild. That’s 1.8 million precious moments that brought people closer to nature and enhanced their lives. The Wildlife Trusts aim to double that number this year – and we hope that the connections people make with the wild around them will ensure that it is better protected for the future too.” For more information visit: www.mywildlife.org.uk/ 30DaysWild/
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WOMAD Thursday 27 and Sunday 30 July Charlton Park, near Malmesbury
The world’s festival WOMAD UK is back for its thirty-fifth year as a vibrant, joyful and timely reminder that in a world where division and isolation are increasingly prominent, music can still bring people together from all around the globe, just as it did for 52,000 people at WOMAD Chile in March. As well as musicians from every imaginable background WOMAD will play host to its usual dizzying mix of art, dance, food, wellbeing, discussion and family activities, all taking place in the spirit of fun, diversity and originality that has made it an institution among summer festivals. WOMAD’s Global Festival Director Chris Smith said: “This is the perfect collection of artists to kick off WOMAD 2017. Some new faces and some old friends returning after a long absence, all of whom I’m certain will demonstrate the extent to which WOMAD still, after thirty-five years, has the power to surprise people and give them a musical experience they’ve never had before. There are brand new ways for festivalgoers to chill out in style at the WOMAD Spa and a nature-tastic theme of Earth,
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Fire, Water and Air at this year’s World of Children, encouraging kids to get creative with everything from dance workshops to costume design to kids yoga. The buzzing hub of creativity that is World of Words is back and bigger than ever, brimming with poetry, talks, authors, debate and lots more to spark your imagination and The World of Art and Taste the World stage are also returning for 2017, giving festival-goers even more reason to head to the lush fields of Wiltshire this July. With more hours of live broadcasting than ever before at WOMAD, this year’s eleven hours on Radio 3 across the festival weekend will include the diverse range of artists performing on the BBC 3 Charlie Gillett Stage, plus interviews and performances from the Siam Tent and Open Air Stage. WOMAD highlights will be broadcast on World on 3 in the weeks after the festival. Radio 3’s exclusive backstage Session Tent returns to WOMAD this year, with intimate performances from a variety of festival artists from the BBC Radio 3 Charlie Gillett Stage and further afield captured on film for the Radio 3 website. WOMAD Charlton Park 2017 takes place at Charlton Park, near Malmesbury in Wiltshire, between Thursday 27 and Sunday 30 July. Tickets and full details can be found at womad.co.uk
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Food & Drink
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The humble Viola by Rachael Leverton
Violas are a smaller-flowered version of a pansy but are more reliably perennial. They come in an amazingly wide range of colours and flower patterns. They are also incredibly easy to propagate. To make more viola plants simply cut off 7-8cm / 3 inches of the shoot tips at any time of year. Remove the lower leaves and root them into sandy compost. When they take, repot the little plantlets into 7.5cm / 3 inch pots of multi-purpose compost until they become established. They can then be planted out in the garden. The whole process only takes a matter of a few weeks ! 22
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Violas are happy in sun, or dappled shade and prefer soil that doesn't become too dry, so in fact they are the perfect plant for most British gardens and will provide masses of colour at ankleheight. I have many favourites. There is a pretty purple and yellow one in my garden called Heartsease which migrated from a neighbour's garden and has selfseeded everywhere. I added Grey Owl, which is pale blue and soft yellow, and I propagated one from my mother-in-law's garden, called Irish Molly, which is various shades of subtle green, though I've seen other colours also being sold under that name! This year I have an exquisitely pretty fragrant variety
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Midsummer’s Day The longest day of the year comes all too soon in my opinion. Just three weeks after the arrival of summer on 1st June, the summer solstice (21st June) has passed and we have winter to look forward to again.
Our ancestors - in awe of the power of the sun - celebrated the summer solstice by lighting bonfires to protect against evil spirits. They also built stone circles, set in alignment with the rising of the sun, such as those at Stonehenge.
It’s all to do with which calendar we follow. The astronomical calendar has summer starting in March when we put our clocks forward an hour, whereas the meteorological summer runs from June to August.
Midsummer’s Eve was a time for fairies (hence Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream) and flowers, which were placed under the pillow to induce important dreams about future loves.
This mixture of calendars is indicative of the mixed-up celebration Midsummer’s Day has become. Like many other ancient traditions, it has its roots in pagan Britain but has been adopted and adapted to fit in with Christian beliefs.
Christians celebrate the birth of St. John the Baptist on Midsummer’s Day (24th June). Mystery plays, based on biblical events, are performed at this time of year, particularly in cathedral cities such as Chester, Lincoln and York.
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Your long awaited and well deserved holiday is only a few days away, but first you have to pack! For many people, packing a suitcase can be stressful. How do you achieve that perfect holiday capsule wardrobe? We asked local House of Colour Stylist, Karen Hayter for some top tips: Skincare & make-up Remember to keep your skincare and make-up to under 100mg so that you’ll be OK at the airport. Where necessary, decant into good quality travel bottles. With make-up, you can probably get away with waterproof mascara, a coloured eyeliner, your favourite lipstick, bronzer and a kabuki brush. If you’re reluctant to leave foundation at home, opt for a dual mineral compact. It’s especially brilliant in hot weather. Mix and match Once you know your best colours, and the styles that work for you, packing a capsule wardrobe becomes easier. It’s not an exact science, but for your average beach holiday, here’s a rough guide: • 3 camis and 2 long-sleeved tops in great colours, 1 or 2 neutral cardigans or wraps • 1 or 2 casual dresses or skirts, 1 smarter dress • 3 pairs neutral coloured leggings or trousers • 2 swimsuits or bikinis, a squashable hat, sarongs, scarves or pashminas • Depending on your style, you may want to substitute 1 or 2 of the skirts or casual dresses or trousers for a couple of pairs of shorts. Believe it or not, as long as you’ve got the colours right, you can create well over 50 outfits from these 21 items and that’s before you start adding in your favourite jewellery and an amazing belt. By the way, jewellery is another opportunity to use your best colours or choose plain metals and let the colour of your clothes take centre stage. One quick tip about patterns…. Try not to overdo them. If you’ve brought patterned tops, choose non-patterned trousers or skirts.
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Get rolling You’re aiming for 3 rolled sausages. Start by laying out your tops and dresses, one on top of the next, with the most crushable fabrics on the bottom. Then roll them into a sausage with the most crushable on the outside. The crease-prone items will be padded out by the less fussy fabrics in the middle. Trousers and skirts go in the second sausage. Everything else goes in the third - swimwear, sarongs, pashminas and scarves. Large jersey infinity scarves are great for holidays. They come in a huge range of colours and will take you into the evening by doubling as a bolero. Shoes It’s tempting to pack shoes for every occasion. But actually, you only need 4 pairs - flip flops, flats, heels and those contoured `fit flops’ that also come in sparkly finishes for the evening. And talking about sparkle, how about shoe clips? They’ll transform daytime flats into evening glamour in an instant. Follow these simple tips, don’t forget to add your underwear and a beach towel and everything will fit into a hand luggage size suitcase. Karen Hayter is a House of Colour Stylist based in Corsham. “I love helping clients to find the most amazing version of themselves. Looking your best isn’t reserved for the rich and famous. Everyone can use colour and style to enhance their own natural colouring, body shape and personality.” Karen offers small friendly classes in her home studio. If you’d like to find out more call her on 07463 662 707
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Books
A Good Read Tom Gates: Dogzombies Rule (for now) by Liz Pichon .........................................................................................
The eleventh instalment in this hugely popular series will not disappoint fans. Tom is once more trying to cope with life at school, his annoying sister, Delia, and plotting to make his band, Dogzombies, the best band in the world ever. Tom and his friends decide that if their band is going to be successful they need to do more than play at an old people’s home. So they set about trying to make it big by doing what all bands do: writing new songs and producing a music video. This doesn’t prove to be as easy as they had thought as they struggle to find lyrics that rhyme. It also turns out that music videos take a lot of planning and are made harder when an animal runs off with your dad’s phone during filming! An enticing mixture of text and cartoons this book is a nice easy read, despite being over 200 pages long. Aimed at 9-12 year olds it certainly isn’t the most challenging book as far as vocabulary is concerned and there are many readers of the series that are younger. However, if you have a reluctant reader – especially a boy – this is an excellent choice.
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Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris
......................................................................................... Now that the summer is upon us what better excuse do we need than to escape to the hot summers of the 1970s and a gentler pace of life in both Yorkshire and the South of France? Published just one year after her hit novel Chocolat this split-time novel will transport you to the magic of the countryside and the simple pleasure a bottle of wine. Londoner Jay is a writer who published his greatest work - ‘Jackapple Joe’ - 10 years ago, but has since struggled to replicate this success. Travelling between the present and the summers of Jay’s childhood we learn of the unlikely friendship he struck up with an old man called Jackapple Joe. From him Jay learns about the magic of nature and the secrets of homemade wine. In the present Jay returns to Yorkshire hoping to find some sense of meaning and inspiration. Instead he finds only some old bottles of Joe’s special brew. The wine has more of an effect on him than he bargained for and under the ruse of working on his next novel Jay buys a house in the French village of Lansquenetsous-Tannes (the setting for Chocolat). In reality, he is escaping his city life and his girlfriend, and his sense of failure. As the wine works it magic Joe finds his inspiration. But is it the wine, or is it the ghost of an old friend? Magic can be found in many unlikely places: the magic of nature; the magic of friendship; and the magic of belief in ourselves.
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