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Issue 76 - July 2018

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Cambridge Family History Society..................................22 How Safe is your Suntan?...............................................24 Feeling Fruity.................................................................26 Buckden Gardeners Association.....................................28 Animal Know-How.........................................................31 Should you buy an Automatic Car?.................................32 Nick Coffer’s Weekend Recipe.........................................34 Puzzle Page....................................................................36 What’s On.......................................................................38 Fun Quiz.........................................................................41 Prize Crossword..............................................................42 Book Review..................................................................45 Useful Numbers.............................................................47

The Invention of Photography..........................................4 Wines: More Gems from Austria.......................................8 Win Tickets to Meraki Festival........................................10 Win Tools to Make Garedening Easier.............................12 Cambridge Summer Music Festival................................14 Garden Toys....................................................................17 Wills - Taking Care of your Family...................................20 Inheritance Tax - Tricks of the Trade................................21

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History

By Catherine Rose

Light Drawing The Invention of Photography With summer finally here, many of us will be going on our annual holidays. Growing up, a camera was always on our family packing list to capture those happy holiday moments and the scenery of foreign shores. Nowadays, cameras in smart phones are so advanced that most of us already carry around the means to record our lives in our pocket. But how did photography come out of the darkroom?

Before a way to permanently capture an image was invented, the forerunner to photography was the camera obscura, Latin for ‘dark room’.

Discovered in 1600 (or probably earlier), an upside down, back-to-front image of the outside world can be projected onto a wall in a darkened room through a pinhole aperture.

During the Renaissance, it was found that the effect could be replicated by using a box – the first ‘pinhole camera’ – with mirrors employed to reflect the image so that it was the right way round.

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The first physical photograph, based on the camera obscura, was taken in 1825 by Frenchman Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. The result, ‘View from a Window at Le Gras’, is very grainy and took around eight hours to develop.

Niépce did it by coating a pewter plate with bitumen of Judea, which hardens when exposed to light. He then placed it in a camera obscura.

When the unhardened parts of the bitumen were washed away, it left a negative image on the plate from which a print could be made. He called the process heliography (sun drawing).

But it was in 1839 that photography is said to have truly been born with the invention of the daguerreotype process by Louis Daguerre, a scenery artist and friend of Niépce who had inherited his notes on the latter’s death in 1833.

Using a glass plate coated with light-reactive silver iodide, the image was developed with the aid of mercury vapour.

Unlike heliography, the daguerreotype required

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only minutes of exposure rather than hours. The image was later fixed onto the plate with a hot salt solution. Although still a negative, because it was silver on glass, it appeared as a positive image when viewed from the right angle.

Photography, Greek for ‘drawing with light’, was unveiled to the world that same year and the daguerreotype became the first commercially viable process.

There are numerous portraits taken at this time, some astonishingly clear, such as the self-portrait

by Robert Cornelius, often claimed to be the “first portrait photograph ever taken”, and John Draper’s wonderful study of his sister Dorothy wearing an early 19th century decorated bonnet.

At around the same time in England, Henry Fox Talbot had already created photographic negatives on paper using silver chloride but, much like Niepce’s heliography, the images took several hours to expose. Talbot began to develop it further, culminating in his invention of the calotype process (Greek for ‘beautiful picture’).

Unlike the daguerreotype which formed a single image on a glass plate, one calotype negative could be used to produce unlimited prints.

Talbot’s ‘silver halide’ was the foundation for wet film technology that has endured until the present day.

In 1851, the wet collodian process was introduced by Frederick Archer, which used glass negatives printed onto albumen paper. This process could capture sharp images faster than ever before, with the advantage that one lightsensitised plate could fit up to eight prints.

It soon became the universal method for producing carte-de-visites (photographic calling cards), tintypes (small inexpensive portraits printed onto thin sheets of black enamelled iron) and ambrotypes (like daguerreotypes in that they were printed onto glass).

Renowned Victorian photographers like Lewis Carroll and Julia Margaret Cameron used this process to produce their remarkable studies.

Its drawbacks were that plates had to be prepared and used immediately, and it remained difficult to capture movement without the image being blurred.

1871 saw the beginning of modern photography with the advent of the

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dry plate. Coated with silver salts suspended in gelatin rather than collodian solution, it was sixty times more sensitive and meant that handheld cameras could be used without the need for a stabilising tripod.

In 1888, George Eastman made the first commercial camera available to the general public – the Kodak. Under the slogan: ‘You press the button, we do the rest’, the camera came with a roll of flexible film – initially paper and later transparent nitrocellulose – which, following exposure, could be sent to one of Kodak’s printing facilities.

Although there had been early experiments with colour photography, most notably James Maxwell’s tartan ribbon of 1855, photographs remained black and white, with colour only achieved by hand-tinting.

The first colour photography appeared when the Lumiere brothers invented their Autochrome process in 1907, which used panchromatic emulsion. Although it didn’t become a commercial success, some of the images it achieved are stunning, such as the 1913 ‘Portraits of Christina’ by Mervyn O’Gorman (The Royal Photographic Society) – a series of colour photos of a young girl identified only recently as 16-year-old Christina Bevan.

The invention of Kodachrome colour film in 1935 meant that colour photographs were well and truly on their way. But just as some artists falsely believed the advent of photography meant an end to painting, so black and white photographs, with an artistic and often edgy interpretation of their subject, have remained popular even in the new era of digital photography.

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Food and Drink

Wines:

More Gems of Austria I continued my quest, searching for Austrian wines that have been recognised and acknowledged with awards, for their qualities, plus wines that, in my opinion, deserve to be.

Weingut Forstreiter is located in Krems-Hollenburg, a traditional wine growing village of the Kremstal region. The Forstreiter family has been producing wine since 1868. Forstreiter Grüner Veltliner Ried Kremser Kogl and Grüner Veltliner Tabor Kremstal Reserve are both extremely popular, classic productions. These splendid white wines have most pleasant bouquets. Both possess a good balance, with tropical fruit flavours, very acceptable mouthfeel and lengthy palate sensations. Forstreiter Riesling Schotter is balanced and refreshing. This great, dry, white wine, is chosen regularly for many dining occasions and is excellent for the mouth’s pleasures and on to the palate. These wines are wonderful accompaniments to a lot of cuisine, including fish, seafood, plus white meats and are just a selection of the Forstreiter white wines. Their ranges include outstanding reds, too. www.forstreiter.at Anton Bauer produces superb white and red wines. As the company says, “The wines are with soul”, every year. For my ‘wines of choice’ I selected the powerful Zweigelt and the Wagram Reserve Zweigelt Alte Reben productions. Dark fruits are very much displayed for the bouquets and lead, enticingly, to the mouthfeel and splendid palate sensations. Wonderful with red meats, etc. For a sweeter choice I found Kracher, that produces a fantastic range of wines. Burgenland Beerenauslese Cuvée ‘hit the spot’, for me. Absolutely divine, when a sweet wine is called for. The bouquet brings delight, plus the mouthfeel and palate will not be disappointed with this production, having luscious fruits in abundance. For all details of the full ranges www.antonbauer.at and www.kracher.at The Top Selection Company sources high-quality wines, spirits, plus drinks, from global origins and offers an exceptional portfolio. Their wines and other beverages can be located in top hotels and restaurants, plus many retailers.

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Win 2 Tickets to Meraki Festival Meraki is back! We’re announcing our 2018 music lineup in the lead up to the festival and it’s already obvious that we’ve kicked things up a notch! We have two festival music stages filled with incredible artists, from global superstars like All Saints, Pixie Lott, Nik Kershaw and 10cc, to national and local favourites like Boogie Storm, Simon McBride and Annabel Williams.

We also have an assortment of amazing activities which you can pack into your days at Meraki - these include: Europe’s largest outdoor waterslide, swimming pools, roller disco, caving, free massage, face painting, kids comedy & theatre and much, much more.

Our All-Inclusive Tickets mean that once you’re through the gates, you don’t have to pay for any of our festival activities - you can enjoy all of your favourite parts of the festival and not pay a penny more – just focus on having a great time and creating magical summer memories!

And for those of you who like to hear your tunes blasting off a set of decks, The House of Neon dance tent will be pumping out party classics each night with a stellar lineup of DJs that includes legends like Judge Jules, Danny Rampling, Tall Paul, and Seb Fontaine.

Whether you come and camp for a long weekend, join us an amazing day or grab an evening ticket and party with us for one night only - we look forward to seeing you in August for an incredible festival filled with Meraki summer fun!

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Cambridge Summer Music 5-21 July 2018 For two weeks each July, some of the world’s most beautiful performance spaces resound to superb classical, jazz and world music. Cambridge Summer Music is back, attracting more than 15,000 concertgoers every year with a stellar cast of international performers and exciting new talent.

2018 is the 40th annual festival – and to launch the celebrations, the Bach Choir and Orpheus Sinfonia under CSM’s new director David Hill will raise the roof of King’s College Chapel with Mozart 40th Symphony, Fauré Requiem and Bernstein Chichester Psalms (5 July, 8pm).

A packed fortnight follows, with highlights including pianist Joanna Macgregor playing Beethoven and Chopin (14 July, 7.30pm, West Road Concert Hall); trumpeter Crispian Steel-Perkins with David Hill performing 17th and 18th century classics (19 July, 7.30pm, Queens’ College Chapel); the Gould Piano Trio featuring an arrangement of Schoenberg’s Verklärt Nacht (10 July, 7.30pm, Jesus College Chapel); and the Brodsky Quartet’s Wheel of 4Tunes, devised for their own 40th anniversary, which chooses the programme at the spin of a wheel (13 July, 7.30pm, Jesus College Chapel).

Rising stars include 2017 Cardiff singer of the world Catriona Morison (16 July, 7.30pm, Old Divinity School) and Radio 3 New Generation artist Ashley Riches.

Bass-baritone Ashley will be joined by pianist Joseph Middleton for his recital Songs before sleep, to include the world premiere of a new work by composer Kate Whitley, co-commissioned with the BBC and the Royal Philharmonic Society. (8 July, 7.30pm, The Old Divinity School; Radio 3 broadcast 10 July).

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If less formal music is more to your taste, there is a huge range of sounds and styles to sample. You can hear traditional fiddle music from the Scottish band Blazin’ Fiddles (7 July, 7.30pm, Cambridge Junction); jazz from the singer, pianist and songwriter Joe Stilgoe (20 July, 7.30pm, Downing College), and light Classical through to swing, jazz and pop from the saxophone/ clarinet quartet Simply Reeds (21 July, 1.10pm, St Columba’s Church). Film buffs will be treated to a screening of the silent movie The General (1926), a hair-raising comedy set in the American Civil War, starring Buster Keaton – brought to life by organist Richard Hills (11 July, 9pm, St John’s College Chapel).

There’ll also be informal music in the open air, as once again the Festival features its popular Sounds Green series of concerts in the Cambridge Botanic Garden (Wednesdays at 6.15pm). Imagine the scene – relaxing under the trees on a Wednesday evening after a busy day, with a cool drink and a delicious picnic, listening to the hugely popular Cambridge-based band Prime Brass (4 July); the exhilarating, gypsy-infused sounds of Eastern Europe (She’koyokh, 11 July); TG Collective’s heady mix of hot club, flamenco and contemporary classical (18 July); or the toe-tapping Jazz, Samba and Bossa Nova of Afro-Brazilian band Afrosamba (25 July).

CSM 2018 closes as it began, with an iconic choral work – Bach’s B minor Mass performed English Voices with director Tim Brown. Using only ten singers and a pared-down period orchestra, the astonishing intricacy and visceral nature of the score shines through.

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Garden Toys Gardens are a great place for kids to run around and get that all important fresh air and exercise.

The addition of a toy or two will mean you can keep them happily occupied for hours.

Swings are perennially popular. Make sure the size and style is appropriate to the age of the child.

Better still buy one which has changeable seats so you can upgrade as the child grows, or simply ring the changes now and then.

Slides come in all sizes. They can be independent structures or attached to climbing frames. You really do get what you pay for in this instance. Do your homework. Is a metal or wooden frame best for your garden. How much use will it get and how many and what ages of children does it need to support? Get the best you can afford and it will serve you for many years.

Trampolines are a relative newbie to the UK garden compared with slides and swings but they are rightfully popular. Even adults can’t resist them. You’ll need a flat surface, and a safety net is highly recommended. Most trampolining injuries occur when one child lands on another so buy the biggest your garden will allow. It’s almost impossible to police the ‘one child at a time’ recommendation so bigger is safer as each child has more space.

Kids love dens. Provide a Wendy house or a tepee and let their imagination run wild. If you have the funds you can buy an elaborate fort or tree house.

If you don’t have space for a permanent Wendy house, provide poles and old blankets and let them construct their own!

If you have space for a sand and water area your children will love it. There are simple small plastic tables designed for the purpose and huge wooden luxury models complete with seats and sunshade.

Use specialist play sand to fill it. Make sure you buy one with a cover to protect it from the weather and prevent neighbourhood cats from using it as a toilet.

We can’t all have a proper pool in the garden but most of us have room for a paddling pool.

Add a couple of supersoaker water pistols and a waterslide made from heavy duty silicon and you’re set for an afternoon of splashy delight.

If you have a large space you could invest in some football goals or a badminton set. But for those who love to play games and have a smaller space there’s croquet or outdoor skittles. And there are now outdoor giant versions of family favourites like Connect 4, Jenga and Chess.

Time for some outdoor fun.

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Cambridge Family History

Society

Cambridgeshire Family History Society is pleased to announce an exciting new project which is currently in its early stages. Working in partnership with Wisbech and Fenland Museum, the Society is embarking on an ambitious project to digitise 32 parish registers which are currently in the Museum collection, over 50,000 pages and 500,000 records from Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. The Museum and the Society have had the support of the Cambridgeshire Archives who have loaned specialist equipment to support this venture.

We will be working through parish by parish and, as we finish a parish, the images will be released and will be published on the website. These will then be searchable on the Society’s Ancestor Finder database, available to download by purchase of tokens, along with all other Society records.

This work is being carried out by volunteers and is anticipated to take about a year to complete. A full list of the parishes and dates is available on the Museum website at http://www.wisbechmuseum.org.uk// Archives.htm.

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Health

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How Safe is Your Suntan?

Books and magazines often advise us how to ‘tan safely’ and describe people as looking ‘healthy and tanned’, inextricably linking these two words in our minds. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. As the NHS baldly states, “There’s no safe or healthy way to get a tan.”

If you’re not convinced, let’s look at why your skin tans.

The Problem with Suntans However light it is, however slowly you built it up, and whether you got it lying in your back garden, a Mediterranean beach or a sunbed, a tan proves that your skin has been exposed to too much radiation.

When your skin is exposed to sunlight, around 5% of the UV (ultraviolet) radiation it receives is UVB, responsible for sunburn. The other 95% is UVA, responsible for tanning, aging, wrinkling and coarsening the skin. UVA rays penetrate to the lower layers of the epidermis, stimulating cells called melanocytes to produce melanin, the brown pigment that gives your skin its tanned appearance. This is the skin’s defence mechanism.

Your skin has good reason to go into defence mode. Prolonged exposure to UV rays increases your risk of developing malignant melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, and nonmelanoma skin cancer too.

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The Problem with Sunbeds The World Health Organization classifies sunbeds as a ‘Group 1 Carcinogen’ – something scientifically proven to cause cancer in humans. Sunbeds, sunlamps and tanning booths emit the same harmful UV radiation as the sun, so they increase your risk of developing both malignant melanoma and no-melanoma skin cancers too.

But tanning devices are potentially more dangerous than sun exposure. Many sunbeds give out greater doses of UV rays than the midday tropical sun, and you’re relying on manufacturers and operators to ensure you get a ‘safe’ dose of UV. In 2006, the Scientific Committee on Consumer Products stated the maximum ultraviolet radiation from sunbeds shouldn’t exceed 0.3W/m2, or 11 standard erythema doses per hour (erythema means reddening of the skin caused by sunburn).

That’s equivalent to exposure to the tropical sun, which the World Health Organization (WHO) describes as extreme.

So, it’s not surprising that sunbeds can cause more damage than exposure to sunlight. Your risk depends on your skin type, including the presence of moles, and the frequency and length of your sunbed sessions. Age is a factor too and, in the UK, it’s illegal for people under the age of 18 to use sunbeds.

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“Sunbed use and overexposure to the sun can be a risk to the skin at any age,” say The British Association of Dermatologists. “However, a review by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) found that first exposure to sunbeds before the age of 35 years increases the risk of melanoma by 75 per cent.”

Unfortunately, the symptoms of skin damage can take up to 20 years to appear, so it can be easy to fool yourself that you’ve done no harm. But research shows that people who are frequently exposed to UV rays before the age of 25 or who experience sunburn in childhood have a greatly increased risk of developing skin cancer later in life.

Guidelines for using Tanning Equipment A sunbed operator should discuss your skin type with you before you use a sunbed and advise you on the limit of your session length.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recommends you shouldn’t use UV tanning equipment if you: • have fair, sensitive skin that burns easily or tans slowly or poorly • have a history of sunburn, particularly in childhood, or badly sun-damaged skin • have lots of freckles and red hair • have lots of moles • are taking medicines or using creams that make your skin sensitive to sunlight • have a medical condition aggravated by sunlight, such as vitiligo • have a personal or family history of skin cancer

You should also be especially cautious if you’re pregnant. Pregnancy can make your skin more sensitive and prone to burning and pigmentation (patches of dark skin).

Some studies have suggested there may be a link between increased UV rays and folic acid deficiency, as UV rays can break down folic acid.

Folic acid is vital for the development of the baby’s neural system (brain and spinal cord).

Stay Safe in the Sun Avoid the sun when it’s strongest (between 11am and 3pm, March to October, in the UK).

Never allow yourself to burn. Cover your skin and don’t forget a hat and sunglasses. If you’re not wearing sunglasses or wearing sunglasses without adequate UVA and UVB protection, then your eyes can suffer damage too, resulting in conjunctivitis, irritation or even cataracts.

Remember that sunscreen only reduces UV exposure; it doesn’t eliminate it. Use sunscreen that’s in date, with at least four-star UVA protection and an SPF of at least 15 (30 or higher if you’re fairskinned or using it on children).

Useful information: Sunbed regulation Act 2010: www.legislation.gov. uk/ukpga/2010/20/contents HSE guidance on the use of UV tanning equipment: www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/misc869.pdf British Association of Dermatologists’ advice on sunbeds: www.bad.org.uk/for-the-public/skincancer/sunbeds NHS sunscreen and sun safety advice: www.nhs. uk/livewell/skin/pages/sunsafe.aspx

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Garden View

Feeling Fruity Have you ever wished you could grow fresh fruit in your garden but worry the space is too small, or it won’t look pretty, or it’s too difficult?

What if I was to tell you that even a beginner can successfully grow a wide variety of fruit from apples and pears to plums, cherries, blueberries and raspberries, and possibly even figs or nectarines?

The first thing you need to know is that the sweeter the fruit is meant to be the more sun it will require. Sun boosts sugar levels. If you have a sunny wall it’s an ideal place to train a sun-loving fruit tree like a peach or an apricot. Plant the tree at the base of the wall but not too close (about 30cm is about right) in soil enriched with fertiliser and good quality compost. As it grows splay the branches evenly and attach them to the wall. As the plant grows gradually cut out old straggly branches and tie in new healthy branches. The idea of splaying or ‘fanning’ is that as much sun as possible gets to the fruit, so it can ripen beautifully and maximise your crop. It also has the benefit of being a great space saver. Choose a variety that won’t grow too large.

In slightly shadier spots you can grow

gooseberries or raspberries, or my favourite morello cherries. Most of these come in compact varieties and can also be fan-trained against a wall if space is an issue.

I have a tiny orchard of minarettes - space-saving apple, pear and plum trees bought as single vertical stems which I grow in pots. They grow to a maximum of 6 feet / 2m high and no wider than 45cm. My children love them! Simply cut back the side stems to about 10cm at this time of year and you’re good to go. Just remember that pot-grown plants rely totally on you for their food and water. Thick glazed / non-porous pots are best because they retain water and act as insulation in extreme cold. Use the correct compost and food for the plant but most will do well with a regular high potash liquid feed from early spring to late summer.

As a gardener I was quite late to fruit-growing, but I realised quickly that it becomes an addictive hobby. And as a complete bonus I’ve noticed a definite increase in my bee population over the past few years. Free food, and good for the environment too. What could be better?

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Animal Know-How Is a rabbit your perfect pet?

Rabbits are a popular choice for many families with an estimated 1.5 million rabbits kept as pets in the UK. And it’s no surprise, as rabbits are highly intelligent, inquisitive animals. They come in a variety of breeds, shapes and sizes and each bunny has their own unique personality.Typically, they’ll live for 8 -12 years, but some may live for longer.

Here is some advice to find out if a rabbit is the best pet for you.

Home sweet home – they need: • A large shelter where they can rest together and apart from each other.

• A large, secure exercise area permanently attached to their shelter, where they can hop, jump, run, dig and search (forage) for food.

• Places to hide when they feel afraid or want to spend time alone.

• Lots of space so they have room to exercise.

• To be able to stand up fully without their ears touching the roof.

• Protection from hazards, bad weather, high and low temperatures and predators.

Food and drink – they need: • Fresh, clean drinking water – available 24/7.

• Lots of good quality hay and/or grass – available 24/7 (growing or freshly picked grass is fine but NEVER feed lawnmower clippings).

• An adult-sized handful of safe, washed leafy greens (e.g. cabbage, broccoli, kale and mint).

They’d also enjoy a daily portion of high quality pellets/nuggets – about two egg cups full are enough for a medium-sized adult rabbit!

• Only feed carrots and apples in small amounts as occasional treats. Don’t feed any other types of treats as these may harm rabbits!

To be able to act naturally – they need: • To be able to exercise, graze on growing grass, forage, hide and dig every day!

• To be able to play with their friendly, neutered rabbit companion(s) every day.

• Lots of safe toys to play with and chew.

• To be able to play with people who will be quiet and gentle around them, and who won’t punish or shout at them.

To stay healthy – they need: • To be checked for signs of pain, illness, injury or changes in behaviour every day. Talk to your vet if you suspect any problems.

• To be taken for an annual vet health check and regular vaccinations.

• For owners to check their bottom and tail area every day to make sure they are clean. You should also check the length of their nails and teeth every week to make sure they’re not too long.

• Rabbits need to be neutered so they don’t have unwanted babies. This also keeps them healthy and reduces the risk of them fighting with each other.

A pet rabbit for a child may seem like a good idea, but you may have realised after reading this article, that rabbits are not low-maintenance pets!

So, although they can make wonderful pets, the primary caregiver should always be an adult. Think carefully if you can give a pet rabbit everything they need and a forever home with your family. If you still think rabbits are your perfect pet, please contact the RSPCA to see if you can give one of the unwanted rabbits in our care, a home.

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Motoring

Should you buy an automatic car?

Pros and cons explained

By Tom Wiltshire an infinitely changeable single ratio theoretically ensures correct gearing for maximum power or economy, depending on conditions.

Around since the 1950s, the CVT ‘box can be incredibly economical when driven carefully. However, they can provide a somewhat disconnected feel to the car – and attempts at rapid acceleration are usually met by spiralling engine revs and lots of noise. Their smoothness and variable nature makes them ideal in a hybrid car.

Automated manual transmission Cheap, easy to install and lightweight, these gearboxes leave existing clutch and gearbox operations in place, but simply robotise the action.

Automated manuals are often despised, can be horrifically jerky, and dawdle under hard acceleration. In fact, automated manual transmissions have ruined a fair few cars, so are probably best avoided.

Electric vehicle Electric cars don’t technically have a transmission, but are worth looking at if you’re considering an automatic car. They act almost identically in most conditions, with two pedals and no gears to shift, but also have a totally smooth and silent powertrain and zero tailpipe emissions.

EV’s aren’t ideal for everyone – you’ll need somewhere to charge, and if you regularly do longer trips you’ll definitely need some form of combustion engine. However, if your circumstances suit, you could be a convert to the electric lifestyle.

British motorists traditionally favoured manual gearboxes, but automatics are increasingly popular. Tom Wiltshire explains everything you need to know.

Though early automatic gearboxes tended to dent performance, fuel economy and driving pleasure, times have moved on, and the modern automatic can sometimes be a better choice than the manual gearbox.

Some performance automatics can actually beat the manuals off the line, while the cash-conscious may enjoy lower CO2 emissions and higher fuel economy. A good automatic transmission also makes for a relaxing drive, giving your left leg a rest and letting the car do the work.

Always test drive a car, however, as there are still awful automatic gearboxes out there. Automatics tend to be more expensive to buy, and much more expensive to repair if they go wrong.

Here’s our guide to the different types of automatic gearbox available today.

Torque converter/traditional auto Though now much refined and improved, these automatics have

been available since the 1940s, and use a fluid-filled coupling in place of a traditional clutch.

Torque converter automatics tend to offer very smooth shifts, making for a comfortable ride. They can be slow to pick up, though.

However, modern units – such as the ZF ‘box fitted to dozens of high performance cars – offer no discernible penalty to performance or economy.

Dual-clutch gearbox The dual-clutch gearbox uses a pair of robotised clutches working together to provide lightning-fast shifts, making them ideal for sports cars.

There’s no real penalty in performance or economy, but at low speeds in stop-start traffic dual-clutch boxes can be jerky and unpleasant. Early units can be unreliable and costly to repair.

Manufacturers have different names for them – the Volkswagen group use DSG, Porsche PDK, Renault EDC, Hyundai and Kia DCT – but fundamentally they all work the same way.

CVT Standing for ‘continuously variable transmission’, CVTs do not have standard ‘gears’. Instead,

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KOREAN POPCORN CHICKEN Put simply, this recipe is one of the tastiest things I have enjoyed on the Weekend Kitchen.

It should carry a health warning as it is insanely moreish. Once you take one bitesized piece of deliciousness, you really just cannot stop. The recipe was created by Kumud Ghandi, who runs the excellent Cooking Academy cookery school in Rickmansworth. Her story is an interesting one he family have always been in the spice trade, and her dishes always burst with flavour.

I have also made a vegetarian version of these at home, using a vegetarian ‘chicken’ replacement.

For the chicken: 500g chicken thigh (skinless and bones) cut into bite size pieces 50g cashew nuts 1 tbsp rice wine 2 tsp ginger powder 1⁄2 tsp fine sea salt 1⁄4 tsp ground black pepper 190g corn starch Oil for frying For the sauce: 5 tbsp tomato sauce/ketchup 1 1⁄2 tbsp Korean chilli paste (or any chilli paste) 2 tbsp honey 2 tbsp dark brown sugar 1 tbsp soy sauce 2 tsp sesame oil 1⁄2 tsp chopped garlic For the garnish: Sesame seeds Finely chopped spring onion Finely sliced red chilli (optional)

1. Place the chicken pieces into a large mixing bowl. Add the rice wine, ginger powder, salt, and ground black pepper and mix them well. Cover the bowl with cling film and marinate the chicken for 30 minutes in the fridge.

2. Coat each chicken piece with the corn starch powder thoroughly. It’s best doing this in 4 to 5 batches so that they are well covered with the starch powder.

3. Pour some cooking oil into a deep wok and bring it to a temperature of around 175C. 4. Fry the chicken pieces in batches until golden and cooked through (this will be around 2-3 minutes).

5. Take them out and set aside onto kitchen paper to absorb any excess oil. Repeat this with the remaining chicken.

6. Don’t put too much chicken in one go as it can lower the oil temperature too much. To make the chicken pieces extra crunchy, fry them all twice. This is actually worth the effort! Set aside.

7. Pour all the ingredients for the sauce into a heated pan, boil on a medium heat until the sauce thickens a little bit (approximately 1-2 minutes), stirring constantly.

8. Add the cashew nuts and fried chicken and coat with the sauce quickly.

9. Serve by garnishing with spring onion and sesame seeds and the optional red chilli. Eat your portion before anyone else makes it into the kitchen…

Hear wonderful recipes on Nick Coffer’s Weekend Kitchen every Sunday morning on BBC Three Counties radio at 11am. You can also join Nick every weekday afternoon at midday for brilliant local guests with great stories to tell and all the music you want for your early afternoon.

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n O s ’ t Wha 1 July Hinxton Watermill Open Day 2.30-5.30pm Adults £3, Children £1, free for CambridgePPF members. 17th century working watermill, on the River Cam. ‘Where’s Ratty?’ game for children.

Tel: 01223 243830 Web: www.cambridgeppf.org

2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25 & 30 July St Neots Badminton Club 8-10pm One Leisure, St Neots Play badminton to a good standard and interested in joining a club? St Neots badminton club play at One Leisure Mondays and Wednesdays.

Email: Committee@stneotsbadminton.org f Web: www.stneotsbadminton.org 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 July West Hunts Friendship Club 9.30am-3pm Great Staughton Village Hall Meets every Monday except Bank Holidays. We are looking for new members who are retired to join our happy team. Members can participate in a range of activities, such as music and singing exercises, quizzes, card and board games as well as enjoying a hot meal at lunch time. Transport can be arranged for those who live within a six miles radius of Great Staughton. Tel: Andrea 07808 184894 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 July Godmanchester Senior Citizens Club 1.30pm Afternoon Bingo 6.30pm Whist Drive Godmanchester Town Hall £1 for Whist drive inc. tea & biscuits If you are feeling lonely and over 55 years of age, then you will find a warm welcome waiting for you in the Senior Citizens Club. The club has a lively atmosphere and a wide range of activities. Friday afternoons is another opportunity to play Whist.

Members also meet on a Saturday morning for games, chat, tea and biscuits for 50p. Non-members are welcome to visit on Saturday mornings.

Tel: Geoff 01480 434697 or 07515 881209 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 July Comrades Chess Club 7.30pm Comrades Club, Godmanchester Keep your mind active and play chess. Over 18s only as it’s a licensed premises. Every Monday except Bank Holidays. Seeking new members – novice or experienced. Ozzie: 01480 414623 Email: ozzie.day5@gmail.com 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 July Oakington Singers 7.45-9.30pm Oakington Parish Church Oakington Singers invite new Tenors and Basses to join them on Mondays. Their accompanied and unaccompanied repertoire includes Rutter Anthems, Queen, Folk Songs, Spirituals, international songs and much more! They are a friendly and experienced group and the choir is free!

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3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 July Roxton Bridge Circle 7.15-10pm Roxton Parish Hall Small friendly group playing Bridge every Tuesday evening.Tel: Phyllis 01480 374327 Email: mary@jackpike.co.uk 4 July Godmanchester Senior Citizens Club Coffee Morning & Raffle 10am-12 noon Godmanchester Town Hall Monthly coffee morning and raffle. Annual membership fee is £10. Tel: Geoff 01480 434697 4 July Trees of Wandlebury in Summer 1.30-3.30pm Wandlebury Country Park CambridgePPF event. Meet at the notice board in Wandlebury Country Park.

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6 July Brampton Wood at Night 10.15pm-c. midnight Experience the creatures that come out in the dark.

We expect to see glow worms, moths and bats and other creatures depending on their availability on the night! We will be hosting experts to help identify the moths and bats. We advise bringing a torch and wearing warm, waterproof clothing. Please meet at the Information Barn which is close to Brampton Wood Car Park, Grafham Road, Brampton, PE28 0DB. GR TL 184698. Tel: George 01480 450809 7 July Art & Craft Fair 9.30am-4pm Free Church Hall, St Ives Quality handmade art and craft stalls and tombola.

4 July St Mary’s Afternoon WI St Neots 2pm St Mary’s Church Room, St Neots First Wednesday of the month. Ladies of the SOE. WW2 Theme open event.

Tel: May Parker 07724 043941 Email: mayp.at.home@gmail.com

7 July Meadow Bug Hunt 10.30am-12pm & 1.30-3pm Ferry Meadows, Peterborough £2. Come along to use sweep nets and different techniques to discover which species of bugs, spiders and small creatures makes their homes in the park.

For ages 5+. Meet at Discovery Den. Tel: 01733 234193 Web: www.neneparktrust.org.uk

4 July Brampton Flower Club 7.30pm Community Centre, High Street, Brampton Visitors £6. Flower arranging demo by qualified demonstrator, raffle, sales table and tea or coffee.

Tel: Jan Dobie 01480531822 Web: www.bramptonflowerclub.com

7 July Summer Fair 11am Brampton Village Primary School Free entry. Come along for games, activities, stalls and refreshments - fun for all the family. Bouncy castle, raffle, tombola, face painting, Beat the Goalie, choir, Pimm’s tent, live music plus lots more!

4 July Black Cat WI 7.30pm Wyboston Village Hall The group meets on the first Wednesday of each month. Tel: Susie Woodman 01234 376098

7 July Simply Saturday 12-2pm St James Church, Little Paxton For adults of all ages with lunch and various activities available. Tel: Leisa Hunt 01480 471748 Email: young_paxton@ntlworld.com

4 July Little Paxton Gardening Club 8pm Little Paxton Village Hall Members £1, Guests £2 Members meeting.

4, 11, 18 & 25 July Little Fishes 10am-11.20am Grafham Village Hall Stay and Play Tots Session during term-time.

Sessions include free play and craft activities, bible story and sing along. Tel: Jean Clark 01480 890033 Email: robnjeanclark@tiscali.co.uk 4, 11, 18 &25 July St Neots Choral Society 7.30-9.30pm Eynesbury C of E Primary School, Montagu Street, Eynesbury New members are very welcome to join and there are no auditions to frighten. There is an annual subscription once you decide to join the Society.

New members are welcome in all voices.

Tel: 01480 212298 for membership or information Web: www.stneotschoral.org.uk

7 July Summer Concert by Sawtry Chorale 7.30pm Mandeville Hall, Kimbolton Profits to charity. Tel: Joyce 01487 831435 for tickets 8 July Kimbolton Country Fayre & Classic Car Show 11am Kimbolton Castle Adults £10, Child £5, Under 5s free, Family £25 Main ring events include Savage Skills - Free Style Mountain Bike Stunt Team, Sealed Knot, Beagles and Heavy Horses. Stage acts include Haka, Gavin James Burke - Classical and Musical Theatre Vocalist, Galaxy Big Band and Lindyhop Dancers and Morris Dancers.

For the children there will be Millers Ark Mobile Farm, Mobile Cave and Bungee Trampolining. Other attractions include a flypast by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, 1000 Classic Cars, Dreamrides, Model Car Racing, over 70 stalls and stands.Organised by the Rotary Club of Kimbolton Castle and Sporting Bears to raise funds for their chosen charities.

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8 July A Summer Concert with St Neots Concert Band 7.30pm St Mary’s Church, Eynesbury Advance Adults £8, on the door Adults £10, Under 16s £5. Refreshments included. Tickets available from any band member or by email.

Email: info@stneotsconcertband.com

16 July St Neots Royal Naval Association 8pm The RAFA Club, 44 Huntingdon Street, St Neots St Neots & District Branch of the Royal Naval Association meet on the third Monday of every month. Tel: Tony Webley 01480 215218 Email: jj.awebley@btinternet.com

11 July Fundraising Coffee Morning 10am-1pm All Saints Church, Market Square, Huntingdon The Hunts Society for the Blind Fundraising Coffee Morning. All welcome to come along and try our delicious homemade cakes, accompanied by a cup of tea and coffee. The coffee morning is on every second Wednesday of the month from MarchNovember.

18 July Carers Coffee Club 2.30-4pm The Royal Oak, Hail Weston Are you caring for a loved one with a memory loss?

Come along and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee whilst chatting with others in a similar situation. Our informal group meets on every third Wednesday of the month. Tel: Neil Silby 07889 319888 Email: kimpigfarmer@tiscali.co.uk

14 July Hemingford Village Market 9am-1pm Parish Centre, Hemingford Grey Second Saturday of the month. An opportunity to buy food, crafts, plants and flowers from small local businesses. Hemingford Grey Parish Council also hold a surgery at the market.

19 July St Ives & District Flower Club 2.15pm Burgess Hall, St Ives Visitors £7 Demonstration by Doug Howard from Stotfold, Herts entitled “A Box of Delights”.

14 July Baby & Children’s Market Nearly New Sale 10.30am-12 noon Cambourne Village College, Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne £1 per adult, Children free Web: www.babyandchildrensmarket.co.uk for details 14 July Wildlife Trust 10.30am-1pm Woodwalton Fen The Huntingdonshire Local Group of the Wildlife Trust invites you to participate in a guided walk at Woodwalton Fen. Woodwalton Fen is one of the oldest reserves in the country and provides many different habitats, including reedbeds, meadows, woodlands and meres. Please meet at Jackson’s Bridge at the end of Chapel Road. Parking is at the Countryside Classroom, Ramsey Heights, plus limited parking at Jackson’s Bridge. Tel: Tim 01480 457795 GR TL 235 849, PE26 2 RS. 14 & 15 July Comberton Monday Studio Art Group Summer Exhibition Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm Comberton Village Hall, Cambridge Free admission. Refreshments available. Free parking. Tel: Angela Donnelly 01223 263283 15 July Croydon Cambs Classic Vehicle Show 12 noon-4pm Croydon Village Admission £3, show vehicles & children free Drivers’ breakfasts, vehicle parades, BBQ, beer and Pimm’s tent, cream teas, children’s games and fête stalls. Pre-registration of classic vehicles helpful or turn up on the day. Tel: 01223 208939/208532 Email: croydonvillagecambs@gmail.com Web: www.croydon-village.co.uk

19 July Love’s Farm Women’s Institute 8-10pm St Neots Football Club Meeting on the third Thursday of the month.

Tel: Nikki Jackson 07563 715043 Email: lovesfarmladieswi@gmail.com 21 July Ghost Stories at the Leper Chapel with in situ 8pm Barnwell Junction on Newmarket Road, Cambridge Tickets £12, Concessions £10. GHOST STORIES returns for one night only in the haunting atmosphere of The Leper Chapel. Fabulous stories by Elizabeth Bowen and Edith Wharton combine with Jazz and Music Hall songs for a deliciously frightening evening out.

Tickets in advance or at the venue on the night from 7.30pm. www.insitutheatre.co.uk 22 July 1 Star Paddle Course 10am-4pm Nene Outdoors, Ferry Meadows, Peterborough £75. The one star course is an introductory one day course that looks at the basic skills needed to control a kayak, canoe, or stand up paddle board. Age 16+.

Tel: 01733 234193 Web: www.neneparktrust.org.uk 22 July Kingfisher Church, Little Paxton Primary School 10.30am. Service include children’s groups and a crèche. Refreshments served. Tel: 01480 476811 Web: www.kingfisherchurch.co.uk 22 July Huntingdonshire Fauna & Flora Society 2.30pm Holt Island with Leader Julian Limentani. This 7 acre island reserve includes the remnants of the onceworked Osier beds, native tree species and beds of phragmites reed mixed with sedge. Park in the car park for One Leisure Centre, St Ives (follow the signs,

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grid ref. TL307719). Meet at the exit to the car park, where we will walk to the site from there. Please wear sturdy footwear and clothing appropriate to the site conditions and weather.

Tel: Sarah Orbell 01480 383567 or Barry Dickerson on 01480 475689. Web: www.hffs.org.uk 26 July Connection Bus 7-9pm Little Paxton Village Hall Car Park The Connections Bus will be visiting the village on Thursday evenings during the school summer holidays. The bus is a free youth club and is aimed at school Year 7 and above. It has internet access, games consoles, Xbox, craft activities, tuck shop and advice. The bus is supported by two youth volunteers. Please jump on the bus to ensure future summer holiday visits continue.

26 July St Neots & District Gardening Club 8pm St Mary’s Church Hall, St Neots Members £2, Non-members £2.50 inc. refreshments & raffle ticket. ‘Vegetables Of Value’. A presentation

by Rodney Tibbs, on how to make the most of your vegetable plot. Web: www.stneotscardenclub.org.uk 27 July St Neots Local History Society Guided walk around Buckden Towers Christine Lawrence. Booking essential.

Web: http://stneotslhs.org.uk/ 28 July The Great Kilimanjaro Tea Party 1-5pm Pertenhall Village Hall Tea, fizz and a mountain of scrumptious homemade cakes. Raffle with great prizes. Sophie Botsford will be selling her rurally inspired artwork, homeware and gifts. All money raised will go to Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Email: lisa2488@hotmail.co.uk 29 July Needle Felting Workshop 10am-4pm Ferry Meadows, Peterborough £45. Join Artisan felter, Eve Marshall, and create a felted landscape using a mix of Merino wool, curls, silk and threads. Learn how to create prefelt and use it in your finished landscapes. Bring photos for inspiration or use the beauty of Nene Park to create your piece. Having a full day allows you time to play with lots of textures, colour and design.

Refreshments and all materials provided, bring you own lunch. Age 16+. Meet at Discovery Den. Tel: 01733 234193 Web: www.neneparktrust.org.uk 29 July Bourn Mill Open Day 2-4pm Bourn Mill, Caxton Road Adults £3, Children £1, free for CambridgePPF members. Come and see inside one of the oldest mills in the country, you can also have a go at the task of turning the whole mill on its post.

Tel: 01223 243830 Web: www.cambridgeppf.org

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Fun Quiz - Cheese and Biscuits 1. First sold in the UK in 1935, what brand of biscuit has become popular as a good luck charm in Japan as its name sounds similar to a Japanese phrase that means “you will surely win”?

2. What type of cheese is rolled down Cooper’s Hill at Brockworth each spring bank holiday for competitors to chase in a famous annual cheeserolling event?

3. What type of cream cheese is traditionally used when making a tiramisu?

4. Which 1970s TV series featured a private investigator called Jim who kept his gun in a biscuit jar?

5. In which English county is the village of Cheddar, where Cheddar cheese originated?

6. What brand of biscuits have been advertised using the slogan “A drink’s too wet without one”?

7. According to a famous scene from the film Pulp Fiction, which McDonald’s product is called a “royale with cheese” in Paris?

8. What biscuit was named after a royal house of French origin, with kings from this house ruling France from 1589 to 1792 and again from 1815 to 1848?

9. Before being left to mature, the cheese Cornish Yarg is wrapped in what to form an edible rind?

10. Why have McVitie’s been keen to ensure that Jaffa Cakes are classed as cakes and not biscuits?

1. Kit Kat 2. Double Gloucester (Cooper’s Hill is in Gloucestershire) 3. Mascarpone 4. The Rockford Files 5. Somerset 6. (McVitie’s) Rich Tea Biscuits 7. A quarter pounder with cheese 8. Bourbon 9. Nettle leaves 10. To avoid paying V.A.T. (which is payable on chocolate-covered biscuits, but not on chocolate-covered cakes)

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Books

Book Review

By Kate Duggan Holiday Reads Sun-lounger worthy reads to keep you occupied this summer…

Salvage the Bones

by Jesmyn Ward

With so many new releases each year, it’s all too easy for books to get buried in the sands of time. Salvage the Bones deserves to be unburied. 15-year-old Esch lives with her three brothers, her alcoholic father and the memory of her mother in a crumbling shack in Mississippi. Hurricane Katrina is on the way and the family is woefully unprepared. If you’re a fan of Alice Walker or Harper Lee, and love getting lost in a devastatingly beautiful read, this one is for you.

I Still Dream

by James Smythe It’s 1997. In between making mix-tapes and arguing with her mum, Laura Bow finds time to create a computer programme. She calls it Organon. At first, Organon is just something to tell her thoughts and feelings to – an online journal that talks back. But as the years pass, it becomes clear that Laura has created an AI with more potential than she could ever have imagined. A gripping read.

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