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January/February 2016 // issue 39

W

elcome one and all to our first edition of 2016. A brand new year lies out in front of us and fear not, we’ve ideas aplenty for

filling your schedules, from the latest info on Salisbury International Arts Festival to Mercers’ Lectures at Dauntsey’s School and much more besides, our listings and local news pages are jam packed full of ideas for

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enjoying the dark days of midwinter.

We know all of you enjoy your food as much as we do, so let’s not allow the health kick of the new year mean you resign yourself to bland, tasteless foods. We’ve got healthy eating covered this edition with a handful of recipes that will help you look and feel great in 2016.

And speaking of feeling great, why not speak to the

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experts at Evolved Health about getting fit this year too?

With all these features to read and all your usual favourites, this issue has plenty for you to get your teeth into. Enjoy!

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See you next time.

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LOCAL LISTINGS

What’s on in January/February

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LOCAL NEWS A new care home for Salisbury A round up

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24 HOMES & GARDENS Northwood Sales & Lettings

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Gray’s Carpets

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Feed the Birds

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PUZZLES Quiz, wordsearch & sudoku

FOOD & DRINK Food & Drink News

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A history of Riverford

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Healthy New Year Recipes

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COMMENT The Last Word

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FEATURES Evolved Health

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The award-winning Mazda2

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CITY HALL SALISBURY Malthouse Lane, Salisbury, SP2 7TU Box Office: 01722 434434 www.cityhallsalisbury.co.uk For full listings go to the website.

FRANKIE BOYLE: HURT LIKE YOU’VE NEVER BEEN LOVED 2 February, 8pm Tickets: £27 (16+) Frankie has written this new set not to tour, but as a response to Kendrick Lamar’s last album. After these stand-up performances the ball will very much be in Kendrick’s court.

Come witness this harrowing onstage breakdown.

MISTER MAKER & THE SHAPES LIVE! 6 February, 10am, 1pm & 4pm Tickets: £13.50 (u16s £10) Come and join your ultimate arts and craft hero Mister Maker, for his first ever live theatre tour!

THE CLASSIC ROCK SHOW 13 February, 7.30pm Tickets: £22.50 & £32.50 From the extraordinary opening sounds of Led Frankie Boyle, City Hall

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Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta Love to Queen’s powerhouse anthem I Want It All via AC/DC’s Highway To Hell and everything in between, this show will rock you to your core.

WILLIE & THE BANDITS 20 February, 8pm Tickets: £10 adv Willie and the Bandits is a classic blues rock three piece in the vein of Cream or The Jimi Hendrix Experience, but they try to take their sound beyond what is expected POLICE DOG HOGAN 26 February, 7.30pm Tickets: £14adv Their live shows are exuberant, accomplished, stirring and funny, mixing country-style heartbreakers, belting anthems and foot-stomping singalongs.

CC SMUGGLERS 3 March, 8pm Tickets: £12 adv CC Smugglers have just had the summer of their lives, sold out venues across the UK, festival performances across Europe and they have released

their debut EP ‘ Write What You Know’.

SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE Malthouse Lane, Salisbury SP2 7RA Box Office: 01722 320333 www.salisburyplayhouse.com For full listings go to the website.

CINDERELLA Until 9 January, various times Tickets: from £8.50 The most magical pantomime story of all is brought to life in a sparkling production for all the family to enjoy.

CAN’T BUY ME LOVE Until 16 January, various times Tickets: £19 The Christmas musical shows in The Salberg have become a tradition over recent years with evenings such London Calling, Spread a Little Happiness and last year’s Come Fly With Me transporting audiences away from the cold winter weather for a few hours of song and dance.

THE PASADENA ROOF ORCHESTRA 16 January, 7.30pm Tickets: £20, returns only Hot dance music and jazz from the 1920s and 30s, featuring music by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Fletcher Henderson and Duke Ellington.

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| events Pinafore and join principal singers from the D’Oyly Carte and Carl Rosa Opera companies, with the audience taking on the roles of sailors, sisters, cousins and aunts.

MET Live: Puccini’s Turandot, Salisbury Arts Centre

DEATHTRAP 4 – 27 February, 7.30pm + matinees Tickets: £8 - £25 Deathtrap holds the record for the longest running comedy thriller on Broadway and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play.

SHADOWLANDS 29 February – 5 March, 7.30pm + matinees Tickets: £9.50 - £25 Shadowlands is the stunning drama written by William Nicholson that poses classic questions about religion, pain and love, through childhood innocence and the wonder of lateflowering love.

SALISBURY MUSEUM 65 The Close, Salisbury, SP1 2EN Tel: 01722 332151 www.salisburymuseum.org.uk For full listings please go to the website. Normal admission charges apply unless otherwise stated JOHN HINCHCLIFFE - THE DEFINITIVE WORKS OF A DECORATIVE ARTIST Until 16 January Salisbury Museum mounts the first retrospective exhibition devoted to the life and work of weaver, painter and ceramicist John Hinchcliffe.

JOHN HINCHCLIFFE PRINTS Until 13 February This small print exhibition compliments a major retrospective of his work John Hinchcliffe: The Definitive works of a Decorative Artist A POETIC EYE: JOHN CRAXTON 30 January – 7 May Curated by Ian Collins, ‘A life in art from Cranborne Chase to Crete’ is an

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exhibition exploring the colourful life of artist John Craxton and his incredible emotional, physical and creative journey from Cranborne Chase to Crete.

FINDING PITT-RIVERS: A LECTURE

BY PROJECT CURATOR JANE ELLIS-SCHÖN 14 January, 6.30pm Tickets: £8 (Members £6) Jane Ellis-Schön is the Project Curator for Salisbury Museum’s ‘Finding PittRivers’ Project funded by Arts Council England. Jane’s talk will introduce the project and highlight objects from our landscape in the Pitt-Rivers collections.

RELATIONSHIPS: AN EXHIBITION BY SOPHIE RYDER 20 February – 9 July An exhibition of the workings of acclaimed sculptor Sophie Ryder, well known for her sculptures of mythical creatures. The exhibition itself will re-create Sophie’s workroom and give an insight into how her work is made.

SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE Bedwin Street, Salisbury, SP1 3UT Box Office: 01722 321744 www.salisburyartscentre.co.uk For full listings go to the website.

THEEB (Cert 15) 7 January, 7.30pm

Tickets: £8 (Members £7) Set in the same time and place as Lawrence of Arabia, and just as breathtakingly cinematic, this impressive coming of age tale follows 11 year old Theeb, as he escorts a British officer across the Arabian desert.

LA FAMILLE BELIER 13 January, 7.30pm Tickets: £8 (Members £7) A smash hit at the French box office, this boisterous, heart-warming comedy builds to a rousing feel good finale.

THE WOLFPACK 15 January, 7.30pm Tickets: £8 (Members £7) This engrossing documentary watches six brothers grow up in the confines of a New York apartment, which they have seldom left due to an over protective father.

MET LIVE: BIZET’S LES PECHEURS DE PERLES 16 January, 5.55pm Tickets: £17 (Concs £15) A live screening of Bizet’s Les Pecheurs de Perles live from The Metropolitan Opera in New York.

BROKEN BRASS ENSEMBLE 22 January, 8pm Tickets: £13 (Concs £11)

events | Still Alice (12A), Shaftesbury Arts Centre

on life’s oddities and revels in his own perpetual shortcomings.

MARTIN CARTHY & JOHN KIRKPATRICK 13 February, 8pm Tickets: £17 (Concs £15) A real folk treat as national treasures Martin Carthy and John Kirkpatrick embark on a rare duo UK tour.

An energetic evening of music to warm the soul with Dutch 8-piece, Broken Brass Ensemble.

AMY (Cert 15) 20 February, 7.30pm Tickets: £8 (Members £7) A heart breaking tribute to a Amy Winehouse, a gifted artist consumed by the cult of celebrity.

PAPER PLANES (Cert U) 23 January, 11am Tickets: £5 (Members £4) An uplifting (in more ways than one) SHAFTESBURY ARTS family film - about a boy who has a special talent for building paper planes CENTRE 13 Bell Street, Shaftesbury SP7 8AR - that builds to an exhilarating finale.

Box Office: 01747 854321 www.shaftesburyartscentre.org.uk 45 YEARS (Cert 15) For full listings go to the website.

27 January, 7.30pm Tickets: £8 (Members £7) One of the best British films of the year, STILL ALICE (Cert 12A) 8 January, 8pm this intriguing and deeply moving drama features superb performances Tickets: £7 (Child £5) A linguistics professor (Julianne from Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtney as a retired couple preparing Moore) and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with for their 45th wedding anniversary.

Alzheimer’s disease.

MET LIVE: PUCCINI’S TURANDOT THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC 30 January, 5.55pm MARIGOLD HOTEL (Cert PG) Tickets: £17 (Concs £15) 19 January, 3pm A screening of Puccini’s Turandot live Tickets: £3 from The Metropolitan Opera in New A fun sequel with the cast of the first York. film plus Richard Gere.

ROBERT NEWMAN: ‘THE BRAIN JACK & THE BEANSTALK SHOW’ 27 January – 6 February, 7.30pm + 5 February, 8pm matinees Tickets: £15 (Concs £13) A brand new show from the brilliantly Tickets: £10 (Child £6) Follow the adventures of Jack the lad funny Robert Newman. (and Daisy the Cow!) as he climbs the magic beanstalk to stalk the terrifying TOM STADE: YOU’RE WELCOME giant!

10 February, 8pm Tickets: £17 (Concs £13) The UK’s favourite Canadian resident is TIMBUKTU (cert 12A) 12 February, 8pm back with a brand new show. Candid and alluring, join Tom as he ruminates Tickets: £7 (Child £5)

A cattle herder and his family, who live in the Saharan dunes of Timbuktu, find their quiet lives are abruptly disturbed by a group of jihadists determined to control their faith.

SHAFTESBURY SNOWDROP FESTIVAL 12 – 21 February See the website for more information on a number of fundraising events taking place to support Shaftesbury Snowdrops, a unique project to create Britain’s first ‘Snowdrop Town’.

MIDSOMER MURDERS 27 February, 7.30pm Tickets: £10 An audience with actress Jane Wymark (Mrs Barnaby Mark 1 in Midsomer Murders). Jane will talk about her life as an actress with an emphasis on the years she spent working on Midsomer Murders.

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Avonbourne Care Centre In Spring 2016 The Orders of St John Care Trust will be opening a brand new state-of-the-art care home in Salisbury...

An artist’s impression of the new home at Avonbourne

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ituated in the city of Salisbury and opening in Spring 2016, Avonbourne Care Centre will be one of the latest centres to open in Wiltshire offering 24 hour care.

day, or find some peaceful relaxation in one of the comfortable lounges. A cinema, hairdressing salon, shop and even a pub will all be available within the centre for residents’ convenience.

The centre will offer residential and dementia care and the dedicated, professionally trained team is on hand 24 hours a day, seven days a week The centre will offer residential and dementia care and the dedicated, professionally trained team is on hand 24 hours a day, seven days a week to offer support as and when it’s needed. To help residents maintain existing hobbies and This modern, but homely care centre has been designed with your interests, and to encourage them comfort and wellbeing in mind. From to try their hand at something new, the centre’s dedicated Activity the spacious bed-sitting room with en suite facilities, to the thoughtfully Coordinator can discuss the wide range of activities and trips landscaped gardens, you can enjoy available, all designed to encourage the social activities going on every Avonbourne is located in a quiet residential area, close to Old Sarum, a mighty iron age hill fort which is an English Heritage site and was the original home to Salisbury Cathedral.

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SALISBURY FESTIVAL 2016 LINE UP Ockham’s Razor, Tipping Point

The Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival has unveiled a taster of the 2016 Festival with a characteristically diverse cultural programme celebrating the very best of music, theatre, dance, circus, film, visual arts, literature and family events.

2016 will see the Festival look south to New Zealand, drawing inspiration from the island’s rich fusion of Maori, Pacific Island and European cultures.

A curated mix of New Zealand’s finest artistic heritage from contemporary performers to Maori singers, filmmakers and storytellers, will run alongside the Festival’s unique programme of internationally acclaimed performers and homegrown commissions spanning new music, street theatre and dance.

Following five-star triumphs at the Royal Opera House and English National Opera, conductor Christian Curnyn leads his Early Opera Company in an opening weekend

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performance of Handel’s Acis and Galatea in the stunning surroundings of Salisbury Cathedral. Aerial circus company Ockham’s Razor presents its new show, Tipping Point, where the action veers from catastrophe to mastery as five performers transform simple five-metre metal poles into a rich landscape of images.

Kapa Haka Tale is an evening of dance, theatre and music based on the enchanting Maori myth and legend Hinemoa and Tutanekai, one of New Zealand’s finest folk stories.

Fusing the native Maori ‘kapa haka’ with contemporary dance, audiences will be transported to a stunning world of ethereal digital creatures and tribal Maori art, music and song with powerful and mesmerising choreography by acclaimed New Zealand choreographer Corey Baker.

After a sell-out Festival debut in 2015, OperaUpClose is returning with a compelling new adaptation

of Carmen. and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre will once again find home in Old Wardour Castle with a new production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona, a magical moment to enjoy the splendour of Shakespeare in this glorious English Heritage setting.

New Zealand circus artist Thom Monckton & Finland’s Circo Aereo will present The Pianist, a contemporary solo circus performance centred on, in, under and around the grand piano. To close the Festival, Salisbury Cathedral will provide the perfect backdrop for The Philharmonia’s performance of Elgar’s Enigma Variations and Vaughan Williams’ Tallis Fantasia, with New Zealander Benjamin Baker joining the orchestra for one of the best-loved violin concerti, the Tchaikovsky.

These highlights represent just some of the music, theatre, dance, and circus to form part of the Festival.

Festival Director Toby Smith says, “Having looked northwards to Scandinavia and last year to the Middle East, in 2016 we reset our artistic compass to take us to the far side of the world, to the islands of New Zealand. Alongside brilliant circus and exquisite music from closer to home, our highlights this year revel in the rich Maori arts of Kapa Haka Tale as well as the laugh-out-loud comedy of The Pianist, hinting at the wider programme to be revealed in next spring.”

Tickets are available now, see the website for details.

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FAMILY FUN AT SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE MERCERS LECTURES The spring/summer 2016 season at Salisbury Playhouse has plenty to keep families entertained including adaptations of favourite stories and visits from renowned companies such as Little Angel Theatre.

February half term starts on Monday 15 February with Oliver Twist, the story of the little boy who asked for more.

Presented in the style of Victorian music hall, Red Earth’s production of Charles Dickens’s masterpiece is packed full of surprises and brings Oliver’s story to life for children and grown-ups alike. This production includes integrated Sign Language and Captions and is suitable for those aged 8 plus and their families.

Fairytale favourite Rumpelstiltskin spins into The Salberg on Tuesday 16 Handa’s House at Salisbury Playhouse

February, full of puppetry, music and storytelling.

AT DAUNTSEY’S

Windibops is a rib-tickling new dance piece for families and children aged 4 to 100. The audience is invited into the Windibops laboratory on Wednesday 17 February to investigate flatulence and whether it has an impact on global warming. This comical, fun world combines dance, humour, strange sounds, smells and amusing characters to create an interactive world of dance and science

The Mercers’ Lecture Programme provides Dauntsey’s pupils and people local to the school with a great opportunity to listen – and contribute – to insights from some leading business and political commentators. The season continues in the new year and the school looks forward to welcoming guests for some lively discussions.

Celebrated puppetry company Little Angel Theatre visits on Thursday 18 February with Handa’s Hen – a beautiful show for 2-5 year olds. Based on the book by Eileen Browne, Handa’s Hen features 55 stunning puppets all created by hand for this brand new production.

Easter sees the return of Theatre Fest West, the annual celebration of theatre from across the south west region which is now in its 5th year. The full Theatre Fest West programme will be announced in early 2016 and will include performances at Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury Arts Centre, The Pound Corsham, Wiltshire Music Centre and Trowbridge Arts.

For tickets or further information call the Ticket Office on 01722 320333.

• www.salisburyplayhouse.com.

‘THE CULTURAL EXPERIENCE’ TOURS Salisbury-based firm The Cultural Experience, leaders in expert-led historical tours, has launched a brand new brochure for 2016, packed with 35 battlefield destinations and experiences, many more than ever before. Expert historical guides, who are leaders in their particular fields are provided for each destination, with a professional tour manager accompanying many of the tours, which cover a wide range of historical eras and countries, from the American Civil War to the Zulus and many more besides.

Alan Rooney, Managing Director says “Battlefield destinations, throughout the world, continue to grow in popularity and it’s no surprise thanks to the media routinely highlighting the importance of our war history today. We welcome everyone onto our tours, no special knowledge is assumed or required, just a general interest in the subject”.

For full details on any of the tours call 01722 340699.

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SPRING TERM 2016 Friday 15 January Rt Hon Earl of Selborne, ecological expert and businessman Monday 18 January Rt Hon Vince Cable, politician and former Cabinet Minister Rt Hon Vince Cable

Thursday 28 January Rt Hon Lord Jones, businessman and politician Monday 1 February Rt Revd and Rt Hon Lord Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury Wednesday 10 February Rt Hon Lord Desai, economist and politician Tuesday 23 February Rt Hon Professor Lord Winston, doctor, scientist, politician and presenter All welcome. Entry is free but please contact the School if you wish to attend, either by sending an email to info@dauntseys.org or by telephone on 01380 814500.

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| food & drink

Foodie fun at Howard’s House look forward to an Antiques Weekend with John Bly. There is also the Valentine’s weekend to look forward to as well as their popular jazz evenings.

For full listings and event info see the website.

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he kitchen team at Howard’s House continue to surprise and delight with their fresh, seasonal cooking, and this winter will celebrate the season’s finest ingredients, from local roe deer to the freshest South Coast seafood. The hotel has also put together several tempting events this winter. Each occasion promises pure foodie heaven – adventurous, out-of-the-ordinary tasting menus and inspired flights of wine. The first of 2016 is on 30/31 January, when you can

Available exclusively during Celebrate Food Week, enjoy a special seasonal six course menu at £60 per person, inclusive of champagne and canapes.

13/14 February: Valentine’s at ‘Britain’s Most Romantic Hotel’ Linger over a romantic Valentine’s DIARY DATES tasting menu or take advantage of the 30/31 January: Antiques Weekend indulgent ‘Romance Package’ including with John Bly Explore past treasures with an Antiques romantic tasting menu and champagne - only available over Valentine’s Roadshow expert. Choose from a Weekend. house party tasting menu dinner on Saturday night, appraisals of your own Jazz at Howard’s House treasures on Sunday morning or a From time to time Howard’s House Sunday lunch feast… or treat yourself will offer a pre-dinner drinks to the whole weekend! reception featuring live music from jazz duo Hummingbird, to liven up 1-7 February: Celebrate Food Week winter nights! See website for details During the first week of February, of upcoming dates. celebrate this season’s finest locally sourced ingredients with head chef Nick Wentworth’s special tasting menu. • www.howardshouse.co.uk

Great value food at The South Western

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he South Western is a wonderful Victorian Hotel situated in a Tisbury.

Following a recent extensive refurbishment it now offers an inviting venue where you can take cover from the worst of the winter weather! For those who just fancy a drink there is a selection of lagers, ciders, real ales, and wines as well as soft drinks, teas and coffees - ideal if you’ve been out on a bracing winter walk. Those in need of sustenance can also enjoy something to eat - as a hotel they serve food throughout the day, from 7.30am breakfasts to evening meals.

The menus provide something for everyone; their Value Lunch Menu offers a selection of real pub classics.

Enjoy a 4oz beef burger with relish, salad garnish and chips for £5.95 or a homemade cottage pie with peas

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for just £6.95 . Even better, you can opt to enjoy two dishes on the value menu for only £11.95 - perfect if you are looking to eat out on a budget this new year. Sundays are another treat.

The South Western offers a choice of local roast meats, served with roast potatoes, boiled potatoes, seasonal

vegetables, homemade Yorkshire pudding and a delicious gravy - all for just £7.95 (Children £5.95). There are also a selection of starters and puddings available, costing just £2.95 each! To find out more call 01747 228010.

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History in a cook book Riverford founder GUY WATSON talks about his upbringing in rural Devon, an upbringing that would later inspire him to set up his veg box company.

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y four siblings and I grew up watching and helping my father farm and my mother cook and garden.

Growing, preparing and sharing food was the arranging force of our lives. My mother was a fantastic cook who drew her inspiration from the ingredients in the hedgerows, in the garden or on our Devon farm.

She was deeply unfashionable: in the 1950s and 60s, as the nation emerged from the tedium of postwar food rationing to embrace the exotic (which came in tins, cans, jars and bottles), her cooking celebrated seasonality, provenance and tradition. We wanted Hellmann’s but she made mayonnaise from her own eggs, baked infuriating bread that crumbled under often-rancid home-made butter, and made her own bacon and preserves. On top of raising five children and countless calves and chickens, this was a feat that would have been feted by today’s foodies, though I suspect she would not have appreciated their attention. My father wasn’t from farming stock. He was restlessly experimental and, like many pioneers, frequently incompetent.

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“the veg box scheme is all about sharing veg at its freshest and seasonal best, with the minimum of fuss, packaging and marketing.”

The parish and his neighbours didn’t expect him and his new-fangled ideas to last, but he demonstrated dogged determination and proved them wrong. The farm was run from the kitchen table, giving us all a keen appreciation of the tribulations of business. We learned as much from his failures as from his triumphs, and watched as he lost faith in the post-war rush to intensive farming and sought a better way. Above all we absorbed his optimistic belief that anything was possible given enough determination. Six decades after he came to Riverford, after a little experimentation in the outside world, all five of his offspring are back on the farm. Ben, who runs the farm shop and a very creative production kitchen, two dairy farmers (Oliver and Louise), my sister Rachel is marketing director and me, still as obsessed with growing and selling vegetables 30 years on.

I started growing vegetables in 1986 with an ancient borrowed tractor, a wheelbarrow and a field next to our farmhouse. After 30 years of trial and error, Riverford now packs and delivers veg boxes across the country. It’s been a rollercoaster ride but it feels like a blink since I was picking ingredients from the garden with my mother, washing the mud from them and waiting hungrily for her to transform them into a feast for the family and farm staff. Essentially nothing has changed; the veg box scheme is all about sharing veg at its freshest and seasonal best, with the minimum of fuss, packaging and marketing.

This new year why not try one of their 100% organic veg boxes and see if you can taste the difference?

Call 01803 227227 or order online.

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New Year

Be inspired to lose weight and feel healthier in 2016 with these great tasting healthy dishes, which come courtesy of Waitrose.

Spicy Wholegrain Bowl With Tomato & Avocado Serves 2 • Low in saturated fat • 2 of your 5-a-day Ingredients ½ tbsp olive oil 1 medium free range egg, beaten 240g pouch Organic Quinoa & Wholegrain Rice 400g can chickpeas, drained & rinsed 2 tomatoes, roughly chopped 1–2 tsp harissa paste 1 ripe baby avocado, skinned and diced 2 salad onions, chopped Juice of ½ lime

Add a splash more oil to the pan and stir-fry the quinoa and rice mix, chickpeas, tomatoes and harissa paste for 4–5 minutes until piping hot.

Stir the cooked egg back in.

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Meanwhile, roughly mash together the avocado, salad onion, lime juice and 1 tsp olive oil.

Divide the spicy grain and egg mixture between two bowls. Spoon the mashed avocado on top, scatter with coriander leaves and serve warm.

Cook’s tip Save any leftover grain and egg mix to make a hash. Simply serve alongside cold cuts, green leafy salad or your favourite grilled meat or fish.

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Method Heat a splash of oil in a large frying pan. Add the egg and cook for a minute, scrambling until set. Tip out onto a plate.

Indian-spiced mackerel with carrot mash Serves 4 • Low in saturated fat • High in Omega 3 • Rich in Vitamin D Ingredients 1kg carrots, cut into 2cm pieces 1 tbsp sunflower oil 1 tsp cumin seeds 4 mackerel fillets, defrosted if frozen 3 tbsp Spice Tailor tomato, garlic & chilli chutney ½ cucumber, grated 7 tbsp low fat Greek style yogurt 1 lime, juice of half, half in wedges ½ red onion, finely diced 1 green chilli, deseeded and finely diced ½ x 28g pack coriander, chopped

Fragrant Beef Noodle Soup Serves 2 • Low in saturated fat • 2 of your 5-a-day Ingredients 100g rice noodles 2 x low salt beef stock cubes 1 small onion, finely chopped 3cm piece root ginger, peeled and thickly sliced 1 red chilli, seeded and thinly sliced 1 cinnamon stick 1 star anise 230g frying steak, trimmed of fat 150g beansprouts 235g green pak choi, thickly sliced 2 tbsp fresh coriander leaves 1 lime, cut into wedges, to serve Method Place the noodles in a large bowl, cover with a kettleful of boiling water and leave to soak for 15 minutes, stirring once or twice to make sure the noodles don’t stick together.

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While the noodles are soaking, place the stock cubes, onion, ginger, chilli, cinnamon, star anise and 750ml boiling water in a large pan and bring back to the boil. Simmer for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, cook the steak in a non-stick pan for 2–3 minutes on each side, until nicely browned but still a little pink in the centre. Transfer to a plate, let it rest for 5 minutes, then slice thinly.

Stir the beansprouts and pak choi into the broth and cook for 2 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.

Drain the noodles and divide between 2 bowls. Ladle over the broth and vegetables then top with the sliced beef and coriander. Serve with lime wedges for squeezing over.

Method Preheat the oven to 200˚C. Toss the carrots with the oil and cumin, season and spread on a foil-lined baking tray.

Roast for 40 minutes, until golden.

Meanwhile, rub the fish with the chutney; set aside.

Squeeze the grated cucumber to get rid of any excess water, then mix in a bowl with the yogurt, lime juice, onion and chilli; season.

Remove the carrots from the oven and heat the grill to high. Grill the mackerel for 2 minutes on each side. Crush the carrots with a fork, mix in the coriander and divide between plates. Top with the mackerel, spoon over the yogurt, and serve with lime wedges.

Cook’s tip The steak can be swapped for 150g raw king prawns. Stir into the soup 2 minutes before adding the beansprouts and pak choi and ensure they are cooked through before serving.

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| health & wellbeing

Look great, feel great Evolved Health is building quite a fanbase thanks to an unrivalled reputation for delivering superb personal training and physical therapy in Salisbury...

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volved Health is a personal training facility that is pioneering, innovative, and focused on delivering results, whilst having fun. Evolved helps people get the best possible gym experience, and as we begin a new year, with so many of us looking for a way to feel healthier and look better, it’s well worth finding out a little more about what they do.

It is often said personal training is an expensive luxury, but Evolved turn that into a valuable essential.

Using tried and tested programmes and approaches, they avoid fads and gimmicks.

Incorporated into sessions are elements of strength, endurance, mobility, flexibility and cardio exercises.

Evolved work with the individual in front of them, deliberately steering clear of a ‘one size fits all’ approach. Founder Matt

Chappell says, “Evolved understand that each client they see is investing in themselves, and placing their trust in them to get results. It’s a responsibility we take seriously. One of our mottos is ‘trust the process’.”

At this private fitness facility, all sessions are by appointment only. There is no queueing for kit and there are no time limits in force for the equipment. Their 1:1 or semi-private (two to three people sharing a session) options mean you get personal attention and access to the superb gym at a time that suits you.

It is often said personal training is an expensive luxury, but Evolved turn that into a valuable essential. To find out more about how Matt Chappell and his team can help you transform your health and body in 2016 call 01722 415302.

• www.evolvedhealth.co.uk

WORKING WITH SALISBURY FC Salisbury FC player Brandon Mundy is pictured here working on front foot elevated split squats as part of his structural balance program at Evolved. Brandon came to Evolved as no one had been able to get to the bottom of troublesome hamstrings that were preventing him from regularly completing 90 minutes, and sometimes playing at all.

Since his first session at Evolved, Brandon has played in all games he has been selected for, and has scored 5 in the last 7 matches.

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| motoring

The award-winning Mazda2 Another award has just been bestowed on the Mazda2, which is available at MAGNA MAZDA in Donwton...

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he all-new Mazda2 has been named ‘Best Supermini’ in the 22nd annual Green Apple Awards.

With the motoring section of the environmental awards judged by journalists from the Midland Group of Motoring Writers

(MGMW), the 1.5-litre diesel SKYACTIV-D Mazda2 took top honours in the Supemini category at the awards ceremony held recently at the Houses of Parliament.

MGMW Chairman Ian Donaldson

Mazda’s latest generation small diesel impresses with its combination of refinement, throttle response and performance.

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commented, “the Mazda2 sets an engaging, practical and efficient benchmark in the class, making economy enjoyable while also providing sensible running costs.

Mazda shows that using a larger engine than the competition and applying clever technology can provide fine economy and a car that’s good to drive.”

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and more uniform combustion for improved economy.

Having already claimed the Car Dealer Magazine Car of the Year Award earlier this year, the Green Apple Award’s acknowledgment of the all-new Mazda2’s blend of efficiency and performance comes on the back of the 105ps SKYACTIV-D Mazda2 exceling in the recent MPG Marathon, where it recorded an average fuel consumption of 103.42mpg – an

At the same time Mazda’s latest generation small diesel impressive impresses with its combination 24.45% better of refinement, throttle response and performance. As well as than the official proving the real-world benefits of combined economy.

Mazda’s SKYACTIV technology, the all-new Mazda2’s KODO: Soul of Equipped with Mazda’s i-stop Motion style and engaging driving system, which delivers the experience help it stand out in this world’s fastest restarts on a diesel ultra-competitive sector. engine, the all-new 1.5-litre SKYACTIV-D engine embodies To find out more about the latest Mazda’s clean-sheet approach to offers available on the Mazda2, combustion engines. The 1,499cc or to arrange a test drive, call common-rail diesel engine Magna Mazda on 01725 513777. features a lightweight all-alloy Alternatively pop in to the construction and an ultra-low showroom at The Headlands, 14.8:1 compression ratio that Downton. radically optimises the engine’s compression ratio to achieve superior air-fuel mixture levels

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| house & home

Agent’s Question Time

Northwood Salisbury is an estate and letting agent that offers landlords “guaranteed rental income 365 days a year”. We spoke to MARYAM CALVERT, who runs the agency with her husband Stuart, to find out more. management taken care of by professionals.

What makes you stand out from the crowd?

Our friendly and professional customer experience married with strong industry knowledge. All employees attend a week-long course on all aspects of lettings and estate agency. Ongoing training is also offered to improve the knowledge of all staff to ensure our team is not only friendly and approachable but knowledgeable with up-to-date industry information.

Who are Northwood Salisbury?

We are a family run husband and wife team who have over 20 years letting and estate agency experience.

We are part of a national franchise of over 86 offices and a leading market provider of guaranteed rental income. That means you have all the benefits of a personal team, backed up by a national network What does Northwood offer homebuyers and sellers?

We believe in offering first class service with a friendly approach.

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We like to get to know our vendors, which makes it easier to understand the unique aspects of each and every home we list.

What makes Northwood unique?

Many things we hope but a particular strength is our guaranteed rental income; it offers landlords a stress and hassle free service. The rent is guaranteed if the property is empty or if the tenants fail to pay. It’s an ideal solution for people who want to let their property, with an assured income and the

Why should I choose Northwood?

Come in to our office to see us.

We know the property market and we hope this will be evident when you discuss selling or renting your property with us. We would be delighted to make you a cup of tea or coffee and ascertain what you expect from an agent – we are professional with the personal touch that is so fundamental to our industry.

For more information pop into the branch at 56 Castle Street, Salisbury or give the team a call on 01722 330066.

• www.northwooduk.com

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Gray’s Carpets

Following their best ever year, Gray’s Carpets have celebrated by revamping their showroom and introducing a host of new ranges.

Kelvin & Jayne Gray

appraisal of each type of flooring - its strengths and its pitfalls. It is a big deal purchasing new flooring, so we try our hardest to make it as easy as possible.

A lot of our business comes from happy customers coming back to us and from their recommendations.”

At Gray’s Carpets they are so confident in their pricing policy that if you find the same carpet cheaper elsewhere, they promise to price match. Carpet prices range from £5.99 per square metre up to £40 per square metre and Gray’s will not be beaten on price.

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ast year was the most successful ever for Gray’s Carpets, the family-run business which has been trading at Crockerton Shopping Centre near Warminster for more than 19 years.

At Gray’s Carpets they are so confident in their pricing policy that if you find the same carpet cheaper elsewhere, they promise to price match.

Owners Kelvin and Jayne Gray are delighted with the business’s continuing success and have undertaken a refurbishment of the showroom, installing a new display area equipped with the latest carpet designs and colours, including bleach cleanable carpet and advanced wipe clean technology.

Kelvin, who has some 32 years experience in the carpet trade, said: “After trading for almost 20 years and

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Both Kelvin and Jayne are happy to give advice on installations and thanks to fantastic customer support, they also offer a free measuring we enjoyed our best year yet in 2015, and estimating service, recording which has allowed us to invest and all measurements themselves to refurbish our showroom. We have had ensure accuracy. There is always a a total refurbishment, bringing in new regularly changing selection of roll brands like Amtico, Natural Solutions end remnants and clearance bargains and Quick-Step. Pop in and see the in store and the team also offer a new ranges, which incorporate the best supply and fit service within 48 hours laminate, LVT (luxury vinyl tiles) and on all carpets using their own team engineered wood flooring available. of fully trained fitters. You can even To celebrate the introduction of these take advantage of their free furniture new ranges we will also be running lots moving and old carpet disposal of fantastic value introductory offers, service. Their fitters will come in and so if you are looking to invest in new carefully remove your furniture, lay the flooring in 2016 be sure to come and new carpet and put everything back in see what’s available.” place – all as part of the service. They also provide a full flooring aftercare Kelvin and Jayne, who live in nearby service should any problems arise.

Longbridge Deverill, are not your average salespeople and are wellGray’s Carpets is located at Crockerton known for their excellent customer Shopping Centre, just off the A350, service. “We put our customers’ with free parking outside and disabled satisfaction before any monetary access. The showroom is open Monday gain,” says Kelvin. “Good old-fashioned to Saturday from 9am-5pm. For more customer service is paramount and we information call 01985 219916 or email don’t expect any payment up front. sales@grayscarpets.co.uk Customers get our full and undivided attention as well as our honest • www.grayscarpets.co.uk

Find your perfect match at Gray’s Carpets.

Come & visit our newly refurbished showroom

OPENING OFFERS AVAILABLE ON OUR Amtico®, Natural Solutions® and Quick-Step® RANGES

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Majestic, Polished Silver, Brintons

sales@grayscarpets.co.uk • 01985 219916 • www.grayscarpets.co.uk Crockerton Shopping Centre, Warminster, Wilts BA12 8AP

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Feed the Birds

RICHARD CUMMING Managing Director of Orchard Park in Gillingham, explains how we can all do our bit to help wildlife through their most difficult time of year.

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inter can be a difficult time for wild birds to fend for themselves with little or no natural food around; the last of the autumn berries have gone, the ground may be frozen and insects are scarce. As temperatures fall birds are using more energy fluffing up their feathers to stay warm and with the short daylight hours there is less time to search for food. However, we can lend them a helping hand!

Mixed seed feeders are great but can get dominated by larger birds that tend to frighten smaller ones away.

Bird feeding stations filled with high energy food will give wild birds a greater chance of making it through to spring. Different birds like different food and the more varied the selection of food available, the more variety of birds you will attract into your garden.

Peanuts will attract slightly larger birds such as jays, woodpeckers, tits and nuthatches, whereas smaller birds such as robins love meal worms.

Goldfinches, siskins and chaffinches are all known to love niger seeds too – it pays to know a little about what birds like if you want them to pay you a visit.

Mixed seed feeders are great but can get dominated by larger birds that tend to frighten smaller ones

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away. One solution to this problem is to put the foods that attract the larger birds, such as peanuts, in a separate feeder away from the others.

A bird feeding station is not just useful in winter, you can continue to support the wild bird population as they will benefit from the additional food during the nest building period as well as when they are raising young.

At Orchard Park we have

everything you need to help care for birds and other wildlife this winter, including feeding stations, food and more.

You will also find bee and insect hotels and in the spring you can expect to find a wide variety of bee and insect friendly plants too! • www.orchardpark.biz

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| last word

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Just try to think of fluffy bunnies

o 2016 has arrived and with it thoughts of New Year’s resolutions.

Traditionally this would be something you’d do (or not do) to make your life better.

This year I have decided to make just one resolution; I’m not going to let the small things bother me. There is enough big stuff going on in and around my own little bubble at the moment, let alone the world, and I should relax and enjoy life a bit more.

What follows next is a short (and by no means exhaustive) list of the things that before the 1st January 2016 would have annoyed me. After this date they will cease to be a problem.

I‘ll no longer grind my teeth, hold my head in my hands and generally be downhearted by them. I’ll ignore the frustration, think of fluffy bunnies - or something equally as lovely - and be uplifted and fluffy myself.

grab a handful of crumbs and scoop out the dip with my fingers. All very messy and very annoying. So much so that in a fit of pique I marched over to the bin and discarded the remnants. This, I thought after the event, is dreadful when you consider world hunger etc, but really, who in their right mind wants to eat tortilla chip crumbs as their means of sustenance?! That got me thinking about all the other supposedly inconsequential things in life that I shouldn’t get stressed about but do.

If someone hands you a wad of cash…granted not something that happens to me everyday but still… if the notes are not all the same way round, that’s okay. When you get a decent amount of money from a cashpoint and they are higgledy piggledy, back to front and the wrong way round that, dear reader, is unacceptable. What do

When you go to the supermarket sometimes you can be looking at, say, the baked beans and there will be a light bulb sitting on the same shelf. No, it’s not some new feng shui method of shelf stacking, instead a customer has decided that they don’t need an item anymore and have just deposited it back on the nearest shelf.

The event that got me thinking about this subject happened one Thursday evening. I was watching TV with a big bag of Mexican crispy snacks…you know the ones… and a nice dip. As I got closer to the bottom of the bag I realised I was going to finish the dippable crisps fairly early on and be left with about a third of a bag of ‘bits’, leaving me to

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people at banks do all day? Surely the minimum standard should be that the notes are all the same way round. The person who puts the money in should at least check. It’s just common decency. I hate to think how untidy their house must be!!

When you go to the supermarket (with your money all facing the same

way obviously) sometimes you can be looking at, say, the baked beans and there will be a light bulb or some washing up liquid sitting on the same shelf. No, it’s not some new feng shui method of shelf stacking, instead a customer has decided that they don’t need an item anymore and have just deposited it back on the nearest shelf. They are too lazy to walk back to where they got it from and put it back. Consequently there are random things on random shelves, literally, all over the shop.

I’d wager that some of the bigger stores could employ somebody full time just to wander round putting things back where they came from.

Next time you are in a supermarket keep an eye out for stuff on wrong shelves, you will be amazed how much there is.

And what about inappropriate pop up adverts? The fact that these exist at all is a source of minor annoyance but when you want to watch a news video online of something serious, say a natural disaster or similar and because you bought a Monsters Inc. DVD three years ago Mike Wazowski pops up all green and happy and one-eyed trying to sell you more merchandise. It somewhat kills the solemnity of the moment.

All these things are pretty small potatoes (sometimes found in the bin bag aisle lol) but, in varying degrees used to annoy me. Not in 2016 though... fluffy bunnies, fluffy bunnies, fluffy bunnies!!!

Phil Rockliffe