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Letter from the EditorJanuary – a month when we should all be thinking about being a little bit healthier after the excesses of the festive season. A month when we should be all getting out and about for that much needed fresh air; a challenge when the days are still so dark and gloomy.

Hopefully my centre page feature this month will encourage you to get out and about. Please let me know if you discover anything of interest, or something unusual, in our beautiful Buckinghamshire, so I can share it with everyone.Some people try out Veganuary in January. A month to follow a plant based diet. This means no meat products or dairy. I know a few people who follow this diet and they all have their own reasons for doing so. I also know of some people who have had to give up a plant based diet because of ill health. If you are giving it a go, please make sure you are eating a balanced diet from all the remaining food groups.Rachel’s Creative Cooking feature a vegan curry this month. It’s delicious; I know because we had it for dinner last night. I cooked the rice to accompany it in a traditional Indian way. I added a teaspoon

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MINI RACING LEGEND IS INDUCTED INTO BUCKS SPORTING HALL OF FAMELegendary rally driver Paddy Hopkirk MBE was inducted into the Bucks and Milton Keynes Sporting Hall of Fame at a glittering awards night in November 2019.Paddy, 86, who lives in Penn, is famed for stunning the world of motorsport in 1964 by winning the Monte Carlo Rally in the now classic Mini Cooper S – a victory which helped make the Mini a 1960s’ icon.The crowd of nearly 300 people at Aylesbury’s Waterside Theatre, who were guests at the 14th annual Bucks & MK Sport Awards, cheered and clapped as he became just the fourth Hall of Fame inductee. He followed Olympic legends Sir Steve Redgrave CBE and Greg Rutherford MBE, and Paralympic hero Sophie Christiansen CBE.The evening is organised to pay tribute to the people and organisations who make grass-roots sport and activity happen in the area, while also giving the special Hall of Fame tribute to the county’s elite-level athletes.Paddy, whose wife Jenny Hopkirk is a former High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, won numerous other races in his heyday and is still hugely involved with motorsports.He is a global brand Ambassador for MINI, as well as Ambassador for the Institute of Advanced Motorists Road Smart - a leading road safety charity. Along with serving until recently as President of the British Racing Drivers' Club, Paddy is a keen supporter of the Wheelpower charity based at Stoke Mandeville Stadium.Paddy told of his delight at being inducted into the Hall of Fame alongside three sporting greats: “I am terribly honoured and I didn’t expect it. To be associated with all these great people is wonderful – it’s terrific.”Sue Imbriano, Chairman of Leap – the County Sport and Activity Partnership which co-ordinated the awards – told the nominees in her opening speech: “This is your evening and we are delighted to be able to recognise your commitment and your dedication to making sport happen on the ground and providing inspiration and opportunities for your communities to participate whatever their level, their ability or disability.”

UNSUNG HERO OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Stoke Mandeville Stadium)Winner: Mrs Terry BrownFor more than 40 years Terry has been involved with High Wycombe Rugby Club.In the early years, with her late husband George, she first helped develop the youth section and later the Colts XV and also with him, the running of the bar and for a while, presided over the club kitchen regularly feeding over 200 people on a Saturday.More recently, as a club committee member and Fixture Secretary for over 20 years, she has helped keep senior teams playing and when the main season is over, for the last 10 years she has organised the summer touch rugby league.

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YOUNG LEADER OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by Buckinghamshire College Group)Winner: Natalie BeckettNatalie has an infectious enthusiasm for Rugby and assists coaching sessions at both Great Marlow School and High Wycombe Rugby Club. She has completed the England Rugby Referee Award and is now a fully-qualified match official. Natalie

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IMPACT OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by My Milton Keynes)Winner: BetterA nationwide social enterprise, Better operates facilities within Chiltern and South Bucks.Through its community outreach programme, Better has worked with partners to engage residents who may have difficulty in accessing its facilities. These include delivering disability sessions with Nclude and Macintyre, youth programmes with Aspire’s pupil referral units and gentle exercise with care homes.Better gathers insight from local residents through focus groups, using this to inform delivery. It also employs a robust evaluation framework that ensures it keeps the service in line with local demand and trends.Leon Popplewell, Community Sports Manager, said: “It’s fantastic. I am amazed we have been recognised for the work we do. We do a lot in the community. It’s what the company is about and it’s fantastic to be recognised for that.”

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR (Sponsored by MK Council)Winner: Paul AndrewsAs youth chairman at Aylesbury Rugby Club, Paul ensures 20 teams of young players can get their Rugby fix each week.Paul manages the fixtures, car parking, pitches, changing rooms, the kitchen, officials and kit for the teams. He has also recruited a number of under 15s to complete their Young Match Officials training developing both the players and officials of tomorrow.Most importantly of all, Paul ensures that every child who comes to the club has the best experience they can and leaves with a smile on their face. Paul said of his award: “It’s amazing. I am shocked. The reason I do this is my son (William) plays rugby and I do it because I wanted to give something back to the community.”

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Beautiful BuckinghamshireKingsmead Recreation Ground,

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I haven’t visited this public open space for years so when I found myself having a walk there recently I was thrilled to see this beautiful graffiti. Painted by Dan Wilson and volunteers from the Chiltern Rangers (permission was sought and received) this stunning artwork brightens up what would usually be two unsightly containers in a dark corner.The message they are getting across fits in so well with my “Let’s all do our bit” blog and who knew the River Wye is an internationally rare chalk stream? The painting of the kingfisher is particularly spectacular and it’s well worth the visit to the recreation ground just to see this.

Helen Gerrish, Editor

Well done to the Chiltern Rangers for graffitiing such powerful messages. The closest access point is via Kingsmead Road where there is a large free (2 hours max) car park. Please take note of all the signs around though saying not to leave valuables in your car; it’s such a shame our society has come to

this. Whilst I was there, I spotted a sign for The Chiltern Way. This is a circular walking route

of 134 miles that was established by Chiltern

Society; I thought I’d let you know in case you want to have a longer walk! Further details can be found here www.chilternsociety.org.uk/the-chiltern-way

After the festive period we can all use some extra fresh air and exercise so pop along to Kingsmead Recreation Ground and admire something beautiful.

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Based on the film by MICHAEL POWELL and EMERIC PRESSBURGER and the

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Music by BERNARD HERRMANN

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Choreography and Best Costume Design.

From Tudor queens to pop princesses, SIX sees the six wives of Henry VIII

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Joe Brown does what it says on the tin. What you see is what you get…a cheeky smile, a spikey haircut, a bloke who is definitely a survivor. He’s passed through more genres

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This talk will also provide a live update on the Our Living Village project to produce a computerised, multi-layered historical model of the communities of Seer Green and Jordans which is being undertaken in partnership with the Chiltern Society, which is also incorporating remarkable discoveries provided by LiDAR data from the Chiltern Conservation Board's Beacons of the Past project.

Hedgerley Historical Society

An historical review of the development of Seer Green from its beginnings as a tiny agricultural hamlet to today's thriving modern community. Aspects considered will include its relationship to Farnham Royal, of which Seer Green formed part until the middle of the 19th century, the impact of the enclosure acts, local religious practices, changes in industrial and agricultural activities, and the opportunities provided by the coming of the railway.

Into the new decade Alan Kell OBE will present

"IT HAS BECOME A LITTLE PARADISE" A Short History of the Village of Seer Green

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Hedgerley Historical Societymeet at Hedgerley Memorial Hall, Kiln Lane, Hedgerley SL2 3UZ

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Doors open at 7.30pm Film starts at 8.00pm

We will be serving coffee and tea for filmgoers, but if you would like to bring your own wine/beer other drinks, you

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Our intention is to run a mix of up to date films, together with some classics.

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Friday 7th Feb THE GREEN BOOKMoving, poignant and funny - Set in America in 1962. Green Book tells the heart-warming true story of Tony Lip, a working-class Italian-American bouncer who takes on a job as a chauffeur for Dr. Don Shirley, a highly-educated African-American classical pianist.

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13th February (Thursday)

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At the end of your shop in branch, you’ll receive a token to place in a box of the good cause you’d most like to support. The more tokens a cause gets, the bigger the donation they receive. Each month every Waitrose branch donates £1,000 (£500 in Convenience shops) between 3 local good causes that you choose.

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A stew is a mixture of food ingredients cooked in a liquid and served in the resultant gravy. It’s often a family meal that can be reheated several times and it seems to get better every time!

Stews are suitable for less tender cuts of meat as the slow cooking in moisture softens the meat making it juicy and tender, melting in the mouth. Although thickening a stew can be achieved through adding flour, a slow cooking simmering reduction works well to intensify flavours.

On the Waitrose.com recipe website there in a category for comfort foods which includes stews, casseroles and hotpots.

• A meat free winter veg stew combines love life soup mix containing a mix of dried beans, peas, lentils and brown rice with a ready prepared pack of vegetables, echalion shallots, vegetable stock and balsamic vinegar.

• For the meat lovers an option is easy Irish stew; stewing lamb cooked with onions, carrots, swede, leeks, pearl barley and potatoes in a lamb stock with a pinch of thyme, mouth-watering!

• For those looking for something different how about chicken, chorizo and butter bean stew. Chicken thighs and diced chorizo cooked with soffritto mix, garlic, smoked paprika, chopped tomatoes and butter beans in a chicken stock, and this 55 minute recipe contains 2 of your 5 a day!

Stews have been made since ancient times with the heat from below method very suitable for cooking over a fire. There is evidence of recipes dating back to the first century BC in the oldest cookbook known, "Apicius de re Coquinaria" with recipes including fish and lamb. Stew could go back even further with evidence of Amazonian tribes using large turtle shells as looking vessels.

The difference with casseroles is the heat in applied around the cooking vessel, like in the oven! Back to the Waitrose.com website for some casserole options:

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are encouraging Partners to be food experts by running a series of training courses at the school of food sites. This means if you would rather get your inspiration face to face you can pop into store and talk to the Partners about their favourite products and recipes. When chatting to customers I'm often encouraging them to try the chipotle paste. My latest success has been pairing roast duck with szechuan pepper and pul biber (a turkish condiment of salted dried red pepper flakes) and don't get me started on how lovely black garlic is!

some added Waitrose Italian 5 grains for added texture. The dumplings are simply flour, vegetable suet and fresh parsley.

• A popular beef casserole dish is tamarind beef with mushrooms, using braising steak and a pre-prepared bag of vegetables. Flavouring is provided by garlic, chillies, ginger, tamarind paste and soy sauce. The dish also contains beef stock, muscovado sugar and chestnut mushrooms, served on rice garnished with coriander leaves; wow some deep flavours in there!

On the Waitrose website you can rate the recipes and leave comments and tips for other cooks to follow. For example, on the beef casserole a suggestion has been made to add cubed bacon and onions so why not become a food critic and have a go yourself! All the recipes include prep and cooking time as well as the nutritional information, so it's a great resource for new ideas if you are looking for changing up your midweek meals, or are looking to impress your dinner party guests! There are thousands of options to check out.

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The Ivy Marlow Garden gave us a sophisticated start to our day

R E V I E W By Helen Gerrish

Breakfast is supposed to be the most important meal isn’t it? There is no way we could contemplate a busy working day without eating something; we just couldn’t function properly, and we know that we wouldn’t give our best service.With this in mind, we headed to The Ivy Marlow Garden to sample their breakfast delights. We’ve eaten afternoon tea and dinner here before, but never breakfast.The restaurant wasn’t overly busy when we arrived so we were able to have a good look around. The décor takes you back to a time of opulence and beauty, with stunning prints on the walls, colourful comfy seating, huge plants and very clever lighting. It’s all very exotic and sumptuous and we loved it! Were we really in Marlow High Street? The atrium lets in that all important light (especially at this time of year) whilst the conservatory to the rear really is an inside outside space with pot plants galore; right up our street.

Choosing the vegetarian full English and the fluffy pancakes with yoghurt and berry compote, we were soon tucking into delicious fayre. Our tea was served in timeless silver teapots with tableware to match the décor of a bygone era, where elegance and sophistication was the order of the day. Yes, this really was a breakfast extravaganza, but at an affordable price.The Ivy Marlow Garden describes itself as “Relaxed yet sophisticated dining in the heart of Marlow. Open seven days a week offering all-day dining to local businesses, residents and visitors alike. As with its sister sites, The Ivy Marlow Garden serves an all-encompassing, contemporary British menu for breakfast, weekend brunch, lunch, afternoon tea, light snacks, cocktails and dinner”. We couldn’t have put it better ourselves.

Reservations: 01628 902777 | Monday - Saturday: 8am-12.30am (Last booking 10.30pm) Sundays & Bank Holidays: 9am-12.30am (Last booking 9.30pm)66 - 68 High Street, Marlow SL7 1AH www.theivymarlowgarden.com

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The definition of a botanist is ‘an expert in or a student of the scientific study of plants’; you certainly see this at The Botanist

in Marlow. The decor at the back of the restaurant where we were seated, even in the winter, felt like a summer garden.

R E V I E W By Natalie Gerrish

We immediately delved into the cocktail menu which is filled with a whole range of flavours. Whether you’re a rum drinker, a gin drinker or looking for something alcohol free, they’ve got you covered. We tasted the Tiki Thyme, Raspberry Disaronno Sour, Pink Gin Punch and the Passionfruit Colada and we can highly recommend them all! The famous hanging kebabs, which are definitely a must, offer a vegan tofurkey sausage (which was surprisingly meaty) as well as crispy halloumi with garlic butter and meat options such as five spice duck with hoisin sauce, lamb kofta with harissa jam and salt and pepper pork with sweet chilli, lime and soy. To our amazement, the pies are all available gluten free and we can confirm that the pastry was the best we have

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ever tasted. Make sure you’re hungry though because every main meal we had was a generous sized portion and trust us, you won’t be leaving any of it! We are happy to share food at our table and for dessert we taste tested the vegan crumble, lemon tart, sticky toffee pudding (all available gluten free) and chocolate brownie hanging kebab. When we revisit it will be a struggle to choose what to eat again as everything was delicious and well worth squeezing into our full tummies! The Botanist in Marlow offer private cocktail masterclasses, a botanical brunch and musical bingo, as well as live music on certain evenings which creates a buzzing atmosphere.

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Libraries ...

Friday 10th 10.30am -11.30am Remember Remember … join us for a coffee and a chat about your New Year resolutions and new starts.

Saturday 11th 2.00pm – 3.00pm Lego Club for children 4+ years old with parental supervision, a drop-in session.

Beaconsfield Library

The Chiltern Lifestyle Centre development in Amersham has been given the go ahead.

We are excited about the prospect of being part of the new Chiltern Lifestyle Centre and of designing a brand new library for Amersham.

This is a large project so the development works will take some time. This means we have temporarily relocated the library into the Chiltern District Council building on King George V Road, for the duration of the build.

The temporary service will operate slightly different opening hours which are as follows:

Amersham Library – change of location

Monday - Closed

Tuesday - 9-5pm

Wednesday - 9-5pm

Thursday - 9-5pm

Friday - 9-4.30pm

Saturday - 10-4pm

Sunday - Closed

Weekly activities• Storytime (children

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• Wednesday Club (adults) 10.30am – 12pm Scrabble, Knitting, Crochet and a cuppa, everyone welcome.

• Thursday Simply Walk (adults) 10.15am ready to depart 10.30am – All welcome. Tea & coffee after walk in the library.

• Learn My Way – Introduction to FREE online computer basics, booking essential.

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• Adults receive one hour free internet access every day with their library card

• There are scanning, photocopying and printing facilities available

• There is free Wi-Fi available on-site

• Which? and Ancestry are available to view free of charge

• We are seeking a “Learn My Way” volunteer – please ask a member of staff if you are interested!

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Crime in the Caribbean: ‘Cassie P, Caribbean PI’ by Cecil Browne

Caribbean-born and Bucks-based author Cecil Browne has a passion for telling stories of his home nation, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and he’s back with his latest novel, ‘Cassie P, Caribbean PI’.

Certainly in Western publishing, there are few stories that centre around the beautiful world of the Caribbean, but Bucks-based author Cecil Browne has been challenging this literary canon for years with his stories of the idyllic islands in the ocean. However, this time Browne is doing so with a crime-thriller edge in his new book, ‘Cassie P, Caribbean PI.’

With the setting of the island of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Browne captures the essence of the Caribbean as he showcases all kinds of specific details only a true local could know. ‘Cassie P, Caribbean PI’ follows the life and career of the fiery and tenacious Cassie Providence, as she abandons

her career in the police force to become a private detective. With the support of her husband Joel behind her, Cassie learns to navigate the uncertain waters of self-employment and never letting her clients down, all-the-while managing her own impulsiveness and the inherent danger of her new job.

As we follow Cassie’s trials and tribulations, Browne masterfully weaves together six different crime and mystery tales in the process, each as gripping as the last. Whilst all the stories add up into the tapestry of Cassie’s life, they all also function independently, an ingenious way to combine a novel and a set of short stories into one wholesome and flowing narrative. Cassie’s natural charm and humour alongside her own impatience make for a complex protagonist, made all the more interesting as she explores a setting that’s been often ignored in literature.

Whether you want to escape the dreary English weather and soak up some of the Caribbean sun that Browne vividly presents, or even just as your next read, support a local author and grab a copy of ‘Cassie P, Caribbean PI’.

By Matt Batsman

‘Cassie P, Caribbean PI’ is available for purchase in print from Troubador https://www.troubador.co.uk/bookshop/crime-and-thrillers/cassie-p-caribbean-pi/ or as an eBook on Amazon and iBooks ISBN number 9781838591526

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BATTLES OF THE JACOBITE REBELLIONS Killiecrankie TO CullodenThe latest publication by Iver’s Dr Jonathan Oates

Many books have been written about the Jacobite rebellions – the armed attempts made by the Stuarts to regain the British throne between 1689 and 1746 – and in particular about the risings of 1689, 1715, 1719 and 1745. The key battles have been described in graphic detail. Yet no previous book has given a comprehensive military account of the campaigns in their entirety – and that is the purpose of Jonathan Oates’s new history.

The author uses vivid eyewitness testimony and contemporary sources, as well as the latest archaeological evidence, to trace the course of the conflict, and offers an absorbing insight into the makeup of the opposing sides, their leadership, their troops and the strategy and tactics they employed.

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Medical non-fiction has been a rapidly growing genre, with Adam Kay’s successes being some of the most notable in the past few years. However, the hidden world of medicine in prison was very much unexplored. Now, Buckinghamshire resident Doctor Amanda Brown has opened the lid on this underworld with her eye-opening book, ‘The Prison Doctor’.

Back in 2004, Doctor Amanda Brown was a hardworking GP at a surgery she had set up herself in Buckinghamshire. But, when a new list of stringent rules

and guidelines came into play, she walked out the door and never looked back. Six months later, she was practicing her occupation on a brand-new set of patients, in the form of young offenders at HMP Huntercombe.

‘The Prison Doctor’ is a no holds barred account of the visceral and shocking life of a doctor behind bars, as she navigates the world of three different prisons in her new career path. In what reads almost like a description of a parallel universe, Brown takes the reader through her time in Huntercombe, then into the notorious HMP Wormwood Scrubs, before bringing us to the present day in HMP Bronzefield, Europe’s biggest female prison.

The gritty reality of violence, drugs and suicide is displayed in full colour by Brown, who gives every grim detail of her daily grind. She introduces a variety of fascinating characters, each with their own story to tell from the horrifying to the heart-breaking, and she never pulls any punches; some of her stories are so graphic, it’s almost unfathomable.

However, whilst it all may sound rather doom-and-gloom, ‘The Prison Doctor’ is also a story of hope, inspiration and most importantly compassion. Brown gives life and agency to a population so often dehumanised by ugly media portrayals and unfair criticism, with her natural inclination to care and see the best in people with empathy and understanding; she gives the other side to the story of the voiceless.

With tear-wrenching precision, Brown combines these stories with tales of her equally hardworking colleagues, with inspiring and motivating descriptions of the close-knit nature of the team she finds herself working within.

Is ‘The Prison Doctor’ a disturbing narrative? At times. Are some of the stories sad? Certainly. Yet Brown’s intentions are not to shock or to sadden, but to leave us with a sense of hope and optimism. Is she successful? Undoubtedly.

‘The Prison Doctor’ is Doctor Amanda Brown’s first book. It is published by HQ and is available at www.HarperCollins.co.uk.

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