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A specially curated guide to help you enjoy the next 48 hours (or more) in Bath
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WEEKEND WINE | SUPPORT BUBBLES
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Prosecco Rosé Vintage Brut Argeo. Ruggeri
Cherry red with a hint of salmon pink. The nose is fresh, fragrant and inviting, offering light red fruit aromas and hints of biscuity yeast. Finely textured with a consistent mousse. This wine is medium bodied and dry, but possesses a ripe cranberry fruit intensity that balances the bubbles and the crisp finish beautifully. Italy £13.95.
Classic Reserve Brut. Hattingley Valley
Winner of the gold medal at the Sommelier Wine Awards 2019. Pale gold in colour with an abundance of fine bubbles, the wine has baked apple, creamy nougat and brioche on the nose, supported by hints of toast and fresh red fruit. With notes of soft lemon sherbet on the palate, it has beautiful roundness of texture and a lovely finish. UK £33.
Vintage Brut Gran Reserva Cava. Pere Ventura
This is a signature cava, which unites the body and structure of the Xarel·lo with the floral and fruity qualities of the Chardonnay. The result is a fine, harmonious and subtle cava, whose expressive aromas, creamy touch, and exquisite character are seductive. Spain £33.
Champagne Grand Brut. Perrier-Jouët
One of the most beautiful labels in Champagne - The palate is impetuous yet full, with a cheerful vitality due to its persistent stream of sprightly bubbles. There are rich flavours of brioche, butter and a long dry finish. France £42.50.
Eins Zwei Zero Sparkling Riesling (Alcohol Free). JJ Leitz
The Leitz EINS-ZWEI-ZERO Sparkling offers an original character that is clean and fresh with notes of lime and citrus, surprisingly rhubarb and a little hint of red apples on an underlying mineral base. The finish is dry and relatively long. Germany. £10.95.
Discover your fizz at The Great Wine Co.
Stock up and order online with free delivery on all orders over £50.
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BOOK NEWS | A LOCAL COLLABORATION
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B is Two Bubbles
Here is an alphabet book with a whimsical twist, for all ages. In B is Two Bubbles it’s the shape of the letters A to Z that counts. Jonathan Hope’s teasing couplets are stylishly illustrated by Riccardo Guasco, with a generous nod to iconic locations in the city of Bath.
This new title and its predecessor A is for Donkeys – illustrations from which have appeared on the walls of The Green Rocket Café in Manvers Street for the past couple of years – are Anglo-Italian collaborations. Author Jonathan Hope first met illustrator Riccardo, who is from Milan, when he and his wife placed an ad for a room showing the two of them standing in front of the Royal Crescent. Riccardo's work has previously appeared in The New Yorker, and is used by brands such as Nastro Azzurro, Ferrari, Martini and Greenpeace.
Both Bubbles and Donkeys are available in Mr B’s and Toppings and at Bath Abbey, as well as at the Oldfield Park and Beaufort Bookshops; £14.99; jonathanhope.co.uk
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OBJECTS OF INTEREST | BIRTHSTONE OF THE MONTH
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February's birthstone is amethyst, a variety of crystalline quartz that is known for its spectacular deep purple colour but can also range from a blend of violet and red to a lighter lilac hue and occasionally a light green. Ancient Greeks believed that the stone protected the wearer from intoxication and enabled them to be level headed when stressed.
Mallory Jewellers have a fine display of designer collections as well as their own bespoke jewellery, all showing off the beauty of Amethyst in many faceted forms. Here are four fabulous rings that caught our eye.
From left, clockwise. Chopard 'Imperiale' 18ct white gold cushion-cut amethyst ring, on sale at £1,308. (was £2,180). Marco Bicego 'Jaipur' 18ct yellow gold amethyst ring, £960.00. Mallory 18ct white gold four claw-set cushion-cut amethyst and diamond halo cluster ring with diamond grain-set shoulders £4,930.00. Pomellato Nudo Maxi 18ct rose and white gold amethyst ring, £2,300.
Click here to see a range Amethyst jewellery at Mallory.
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LOVE IN LOCKDOWN | GIFTS FOR VALENTINE'S
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NEWS FROM THE CITY | TEES FOR CHARITY
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Clothing brand, Shirts Off Our Backs, which launched in 2020 with a new T-shirt collection raising funds for Dorothy House, invites you to peruse its most recent autumn/winter range.
Marianne Cantelo, Ubiety Co-Founder at Dorothy House, collaborated with Jessie Naish of Bath Festivals and marketing consultant Sarah Baker to create the brand, with the help of Illu and Kin (a design graduate and former Illustration agency director). The result is a range of organic and ethically sourced cotton and print limited-run T shirts, sweatshirts and totes that celebrate the ingenuity of local design and illustration.
Marketing the products benefits fresh and established designers by sharing their work with new audiences, and a percentage of profits from their sales goes to local charity Dorothy House Hospice Care.
The name Shirts Off Our Backs was a nod to the feeling that the pandemic is really putting a lot of us in financial hot water, with freelancers and creatives finding it particularly challenging.
What sets Shirts Off Our Backs apart as a clothing brand is that it is a co-operative and not a business. Designers earn royalties, and the founders benefit from joint marketing to sell their own designs and cover administration costs. Every sale benefits local charity Dorothy House Hospice Care. Founders give their time and development for free and design contributors like Jamie Ellul of Supple Studio, have designed their logo and given free advice on other potential collaborators.
shirtsoffourbacks.co.uk
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RECIPE FOCUS | BREAD BUSTER
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| Recipe by Melissa Blease |
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Moist but crumbly, satisfying but satisfyingly light and super easy to make, Cornbread is your flexible friend – super with soups, stews and casseroles, brilliant with brunch and charming with cheese.
Buttermilk is usually readily available in supermarkets but if you can't get your hands on it 150ml whole milk mixed with 3 tbsp soured cream is a good substitute. And if you can't find fine cornmeal, many folk actually prefer to use fine polenta instead as it offers a much lighter end result
Fancy ringing the changes? Add chopped spring onions, chopped chives or dried herbs of your choice to the dry ingredients, turn up the heat with a sprinkling of dried chilli flakes or, for a cheese cornbread, add 75-100g finely grated Cheddar cheese to the mix just before baking.
Ingredients
175g plain flour
175g fine cornmeal or fine polenta
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp baking powder
2 tsp caster sugar
50g butter, melted
200ml buttermilk (or 150ml whole milk mixed with 3tbsp soured cream)
3 eggs, beaten
1 tbsp olive oil
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC/gas mark 5.
2. Sift the flour into a large bowl, add the cornmeal/polenta, salt, baking powder and sugar and, using a fork, stir well.
3. Whisk the eggs, buttermilk (or milk and soured cream), melted butter and olive oil together in a separate bowl or large jug. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and add the wet ingredients, whisking as you go to create a smooth batter.
4. Pour the batter into a greased/lined suitably sized square cake tin or a 2lb loaf tin. Bake for 25–30 mins until golden and just beginning to crisp on top, by which time a skewer inserted into the cornbread should come out clean.
5. Allow to cool in the tin for 5 minutes before turning the loaf out onto a cooling rack, and serve warm or cold. Leftovers are delicious toasted or pan fried in a little hot olive oil the next day and are particularly good with scrambled eggs for brunch, sprinkled with tabasco sauce to taste.
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ON THE BOX | AN ACHINGLY ROMANTIC DRAMA
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As a filmmaker and his girlfriend return home from his movie premiere, smouldering tensions and painful revelations push them toward a romantic reckoning.
Director Sam Levinson teams up with Zendaya and John David Washington for an achingly romantic drama.
Out today (5 Feb) – watch it on Netflix now
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MUSIC | BATH BACHFEST 2021
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There will be a Bachfest in 2021 – a little different, perhaps, but it IS going to happen.
Not live, but livestreamed. Not in Bath, but just down the road in Bradford-on-Avon. No sparkling chandeliers in the beautiful Georgian Assembly Rooms, but the wonderfully tech-savvy Wiltshire Music Centre with its new livestream platform.
Everyone has had to embrace change in these challenging times and the Bath Mozartfest/Bachfest team has been quicker than most. Having done it so successfully for the November Mozartfest they are doing it again for the Bachfest.
Just four concerts over two days this year, but some seriously high quality music and the interesting programming expected of renowned artistic director, Amelia Freedman.
The two 1pm lunchtime concerts will be given by violinist Rachel Podger; and by cellist Adrian Brendel and harpsichordist Sophie Yates. The longer 7pm evening concerts will be given by two of the most acclaimed period music ensembles: The Cardinall's Musick and The English Concert. All featuring the music of J S Bach and his Baroque contemporaries from this most fertile musical period and the writer and broadcaster Katy Hamilton will introduce the artists and the music from the stage.
19 and 20 February; full details of all performances: bathbachfest.org.uk.
Tickets: wiltshiremusic.org.uk or 01225 860100.
Livestreamed concert tickets from: £12.50 to £50 for a 4-concert pass, available for 7 days after performance.
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RICHARD WYATT DISCOVERS | VOICES FOR LIFE
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New music and wellbeing charity
There’s nothing like music and the sound of children singing to raise the spirits. With that in mind in the midst of another lockdown, a new Bath-based charity called Voices for Life has just been launched.
Its founders describe it as a new music and wellbeing children’s charity created in response to the increasing deterioration of mental health and wellbeing in children. They’ve also released an online video in support of Children’s Mental Health Week, introduced by world-renowned conductor and composer, John Rutter, and featuring a recently formed virtual children’s choir who will premiere the newly composed ‘Voices for Life’ song.
The new charity says the Covid-19 pandemic has been tough on us all and we cannot overestimate the huge impact it is having on children. Voices for Life will provide support through the provision of singing, music, and confidence coaching programmes for primary school children to help build self-esteem, emotional wellbeing and confidence and enable children to continue developing healthily in all aspects of their lives throughout the pandemic and beyond.
To support the programme a brand new ‘oratorio’ is being composed, which will hopefully be performed in Bath Abbey by choirs from primary schools across Bath, Somerset, and Wiltshire later in the year.
Tessa Armstrong, Co-founder of Voices for Life, says, "Setting up a charity during a pandemic has definitely had its challenges, but we are now ready and so excited about our forthcoming singing and wellbeing projects to support children through these challenging times.”
Shean Bowers, who founded the charity with Tessa, says “I believe that a love of music is one of the greatest gifts we can give children. We want to bring the joy and positivity of singing together to as many children as possible.”
voicesforlife.org.uk
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VALENTINE EATS | TAKE IT AWAY LUCKNAM
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Lucknam Park are bringing back their popular takeaways for the Valentine’s Day weekend. With restaurants and hotels closed, couples have the chance to bring the romance of Lucknam Park into their home between 12 and 14 February. Michelin-starred chef, Hywel Jones, has created an exquisite five-course menu for two, for £120 per couple, which can be enjoyed at home.
Lucknam Park's five course menu:
– Parmesan and Gruyère cheese gougères, Smoked salmon crostini
– Seeded granary loaf, sea salt butter
– Roast Scottish diver scallops, butternut and sage puree, lobster cream sauce
– Braised Stokes Marsh farm beef, crushed truffled celeriac, purple sprouting broccoli, red wine, wild mushrooms and button onions
– Passion fruit tart, exotic fruit chutney, honey crème fraiche
Meals can be collected from the hotel reception and will come with reheating instructions. Orders can be placed by calling 01225 742777 or emailing reservations@lucknampark.co.uk. For full T&Cs, please refer to the links above.
Lucknam Park also offers an array of vouchers for spa treatments, overnight stays, gourmet experiences and equestrian activities. Please see further details: lucknampark.com/vouchers
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RESHAPING THE CITY | CLEVELAND POOLS UPDATE
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| Restoration work starting in the spring |
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Cleveland Pools is now well on its way to being finally restored for the community of Bath and beyond to enjoy, with restoration work starting in spring 2021.
Cleveland Pools is the UK’s oldest public outdoor swimming pool. Built in 1815, the site first opened as a river fed pool, followed by a colourful history through the Victorian era to its heyday in the 1970s, until competition from the newly opened indoor Bath Sports and Leisure Centre saw Cleveland Pools finally close to swimming in 1984.
It was for a short time used as a trout farm, but was threatened with demolition as an alternative to repair. In 2003 Bath and North East Somerset Council, who own the site, put it up for sale, and it was added to the English Heritage Buildings at Risk Register.
Thanks to the determination of three local people, Ann Dunlop, Janice Dreisbach and Roger Houghton, the Cleveland Pools Trust (CPT) was formed in 2004 to rescue the pools from dilapidation. In 2006 its listed building status was raised from II to II* as the Pools were considered ‘particularly important… of more than special interest.’
Thousands of supporters from far and wide, many of whom have happy memories of swimming here before closure, joined the campaign and today the CPT has many highly valued volunteers who give their time towards fundraising, local engagement, organising events and publicising progress.
“The campaign to restore the Pools has been ongoing for 17 years, but this year marks a significant step as we finally start construction work to bring the site back to life for public use. We have recently completed a project with Matthew Croft of WithUs Studio to refresh our identity, to align with this new phase and remind the public of what the project is all about. We hope this will inspire others to find out more about the Pools, get involved, and next year come for a dip!”
clevelandpools.org.uk
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PREPARE FOUR | YOU'VE GOT KALE
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| Recipes by Melissa Blease |
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Kale crisps
Vegan
Preheat the oven to 140ºC/gas mark 1 and line two baking trays with greaseproof paper. Shred or tear 100g clean, dry kale (leaves only) into small strips, tip into a large bowl and drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil and 2 tsp smoked paprika. Toss with your hands until the kale is thoroughly coated in oil and paprika then spread it in even layers between the two baking trays, making sure that none of the leaves overlap. Season with salt and pepper and bake for 10 minutes, turning occasionally and keeping a close eye on proceedings as the kale can burn easily. Remove from the oven and leave to cool before serving.
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Garlic and Chilli Kale
Serves 3–4 as a side dish; vegan
Roughly chop approx. 400g kale (leaves only), rinse well and shake dry. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large, heavy-based frying pan and gently sauté 1 crushed garlic clove, a sprinkle of dried red chilli flakes and the finely grated zest of 1 lemon for 2-3 minutes. Add the kale and continue to sauté over a medium heat until the leaves have just wilted (about 5 minutes.) Season well, add lemon juice to taste and serve warm as a side dish to chicken, fish or steak, or toss with hot noodles and serve topped with roasted tofu and a drizzle of sesame oil.
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Kale Pesto
Vegetarian/vegan
Put 90g toasted pine nuts, 90g Parmesan cheese (or vegetarian/vegan alternative), 3 cloves of garlic, 150ml olive oil (a mixture of extra virgin and regular olive oil works well), 85g kale (leaves only, washed and dried) and the juice of 1 lemon juice into the bowl of a food processor and whizz to form a textured paste. Season to taste and stir through hot pasta topped with more Parmesan and a drizzle of olive oil, dollop on top of a hot jacket potato, or serve as a dip with the kale crisps. The pesto will keep in the fridge in a sealed container (cover the surface with a little more olive oil) for up to a week.
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Chickpea and Coconut Kale
Serves 2; vegetarian/vegan
Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large, heavy-based frying pan or wok and sauté 1 thinly-sliced shallot for around 3 minutes before adding 4 crushed garlic cloves and 2 tbsp minced lemongrass (readily available in supermarkets) and gently frying for a further 1-2 minutes, until fragrant. Add 350g clean, dry, shredded kale leaves, 1 tbsp dark soy sauce, 1 tbsp fish sauce (omit if vegetarian and add a little more dark soy sauce instead), 1 x 400ml can coconut milk (reduced fat is fine), 1 x 400g chickpeas and 1 tsp caster sugar. Stir, bring to a gentle boil, cover and simmer for 12-15 minutes until the kale is tender and the sauce has slightly reduced. Serve over hot steamed rice, sprinkled with toasted dessicated coconut.
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LOOKING BACK | VIEWS FROM THE PAST
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By Andrew Swift
This busy scene is one which would have been familiar to generations of Bathonians. Virtually everything in it, though, was swept away over 50 years ago. It shows the view looking up Southgate Street from the Old Bridge around 1910, with the Full Moon, once one of Bath’s grandest Regency inns, on the right. The shops you can see on the east side of Southgate Street were some of the best-known and most popular in the city, and at one time there were at least six pubs on this side of the street as well, along with one of Bath’s earliest cinemas, the Picturedrome, which later became the Odeon. The Full Moon went in the 1930s to make way for Churchill House, the Electricity Board’s HQ, which was itself demolished in 2007, despite massive protests, to make way for the bus station.
The east side of Southgate Street went in 1971, to make way for the Southgate Centre, which lasted less than 35 years before bulldozed and replaced by the new Southgate. Most of the west side of the street – not really visible in this view – suffered a similar fate. As for the trams, the last one ran in May 1939, while St James’s Church in the distance was bombed out in 1942 and demolished in 1957. Marks & Spencer’s now occupies the site – but, if you look beyond the tower of St James you will glimpse, above the rooftops, the pinnacles of the Abbey, providing the only link between this view and the Bath of today.
akemanpress.com
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THE KIOSK | MAGAZINE MOMENTS
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Curated by Daniel McCabe – Magalleria
A few years ago we couldn’t stock enough road cycling magazines. They’re still in demand but today it’s bike packing that’s wildly popular. While we wait for the UK’s Proper Cycling and Germany’s Bikepacking Journal to arrive, we have Far Ride from South Korea. Like the others, Far Ride is dedicated to documenting cycling-related journeys and adventures from around the world with first-hand accounts and outstanding photography, and its stated mission ‘to let the road decide the destination while enjoying every crest, every valley and every pedal stroke along the way’ perfectly describes the appeal of a magazine like this right now.
£16; magalleria.co.uk
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GREAT READS | FROM THE ARCHIVES
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During lockdown and wishing to abide by the guidelines, we have temporarily suspended our print editions. In view of the increased risks, we feel that it is not appropriate to deliver magazines door-to-door. We will resume publishing soon.
In the meantime, if you fancy catching up on some great reads that you may have missed, there's an often overlooked link on our website, which will take you to a wondrous digital bookshelf of The Bath Magazine's back issues. Explore and enjoy. It'll help keep you off Netflix.
Delve into the bookshelf here
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ON THE BOOKSHELF | STANDOUT READS
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| Review by Saskia Hayward, Topping & Co. |
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| Today's Special: 20 Leading Chefs Choose 100 Emerging Chefs |
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Today’s special is announced! To create this compendium of culinary delights and upcoming stars Phaidon asked 20 leading chefs – ten men and ten women – to each select the five figures in the international dining scene whose work they feel will be defining in the years to come. Setting out with the aim of helping readers navigate the “vast, ever-shifting” landscape of contemporary dining, each of the 100 chefs chosen is fully profiled with photographs, menus, and abundant recipes (totalling over 300).
The result is a standout, brilliantly diverse selection of chefs all of whom bring their own vibrant and daring approaches to cooking. Featuring names such as Michael Elégbèdé, whose restaurant ÌTÀN can be found in the heart of Ikoyi, Lagos; Slovenian chef Luka Košir; and Toyomitsu Nakayama of Toyo, Tokyo, it is an ode to the next generation and the variety of the 21st-century culinary scene. An endless source of inspiration to help you plan your post-lockdown dining experiences (or recreate something akin from your own kitchen), and a real joy to read.
£39.95, Phaidon, publishing 10 February; toppingbooks.co.uk
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| Review by Saskia Hayward, Topping & Co. |
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| In Memory of Memory |
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Following the death of her aunt, Maria Stepanova finds herself in the apartment where she lived, sifting through the traces that a person leaves behind, the material shell that accumulates around a person.
Inscribed into this detritus of a life – photographs, souvenirs, diaries – is the story of an incredibly turbulent century and of a Jewish woman who, along with many others, had her life in 19th-century Russia marked by upheaval. Maria’s writing is lyrical and introspective yet resists any feeling of insularity. Instead, the threads she constantly pulls between other writers, such as Barthes, Sebald, and Sontag, turn the book into a polyphonic space. Engaged in a dialogue with the literary landscape of the 20th century, it shifts and mutates in form, flickering between essay, memoir, and history, and blurring the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction.
This is a remarkable interrogation of cultural and personal memory and how the talismanic power of objects brings forth the intersection between the two.
£14.99, Fitzcarraldo, publishing 17 February; toppingbooks.co.uk
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INTERIORS | CUSHION FEVER
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LOOK OUT FOR | VIRTUAL OPEN DAYS
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King Edward's School hosts virtual open morning
On 6 February, King Edward's School is hosting a virtual open morning for Pre-Prep and Nursery and the Junior School.
The event will consist of pre-allocated Microsoft Teams meetings, which will be offered to prospective parents at a specified time, conducted by a member of the experienced team.
Parents will have the opportunity to hear about the School and to ask questions. Should you have any questions prior to registering, contact the Admissions Team.
kesbath.com
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The College of Naturopathic Medicine's Health Coach Online Open Evening
Find out why the CNM online or in person Health Coach course is right for you in this free webinar. Learn about the course and have a personal consultation with the course consultant. The evening will offer an insight into the unique experience that the Health Coach Course offers you, and answer any questions you may have about studying with CNM.
9 February; 6.30pm–7.30pm; book your tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk
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FASHION FITNESS | COME FLYEASE WITH ME
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| The first hands-free sneaker |
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Nike debuted the FlyEase sneaker line five years ago, making it physically easier to get into a shoe. The only catch was that it needed at least one hand to zip, tie or strap the shoe. So the new Nike GO FlyEase goes a sneaker-ey step further, with the first fully hands-free shoe.
The secret is a bistable hinge in the shoe’s midsole, meaning that the shoe can transition from the open position to the closed position, simply by stepping in and down on the footbed. To open the shoe back up, step on the heel’s ledge with the opposite foot and the hinge releases to allow the foot to slide out.
The footbed remains a single continuous section, whereas the hinge allows the heel to drop away. To get the shoe off, wearers can use the opposite foot to push down on a small ledge on the heel to release the hinge.
The laceless upper has a mesh construction, and includes a tensioner band wrapping the outside of the shoe to help keep the foot locked in when wearers are out and about. The tensioner band is made of outsole material for durability but is treated with a UV protection, so it doesn’t get damaged by the sun. It has flexibility designed in to work in both the open and closed positions.
Nike is launching the GO FlyEase to its members in three colourways on 15 Feb and then plans a broader roll-out of the silhouette in spring.
In the meantime, for pricing and details, see the current FlyEase range here: nike.com
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GARDENS | HELLEBORES HEAVEN
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| How to bring colour to a spring garden |
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By Juliet Davis
The wintry weather for most of us can be a challenge, as we yearn for longer days and some warmth to draw one outside to the garden.
Snowdrops start pushing through the soil at this time, but there is another plant which brings the most stunning display, providing much needed nectar to the hungry bees. It's the Lenten Rose (Helleborus x hybridus) that truly come into its own. No longer the shy debutante, it flowering from January right through to April through the worst of the weather.
After many years of hybridising the best of my plants, I have been able to create very unique crosses in a lovely range of colours. With many outward-facing flowers they look very natural in a garden setting. These well-established plants should be bought when they are in flower and planted in good soil enriched with well rotted compost. They prefer a semi-shaded spot but not deep shade to allow them to produce the many flowers which create so much excitement at this time of year. And once you have one, there is always room for one more!
Juliet Davis' company Kapunda Plants specialises in Lenten Hellebores:
kapundaplants.co.uk
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PROPERTY OF THE WEEK | AN APARTMENT AT THE TOP
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| Highbury Place, Camden, Bath |
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This attractive Georgian town house has accommodation set over three floors and is presented in excellent order throughout.
The current owners acquired the property some 10 years ago and fully renovated it - installing new plumbing, heating, complete rewiring and re-roofing the property.
It has light and spacious rooms throughout comprising; a fine drawing room on the first floor with wonderful views
over the city together with three double bedrooms on the two upper floors and a bathroom. In addition on the ground floor there is a good size dining room leading through to a fully fitted kitchen. It should also be noted there is planning permission for an extension to the rear of the property into the courtyard to provide an extra garden room and bathroom.
In addition to the courtyard to the rear the property it has a good size garden to the front with terraced lawns and two private parking spaces. Offers in excess £700,000.
This is a lovely property and a viewing is strongly recommended by the sole agents Cobb Farr.
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