The Bath Magazine January 2013

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The magazine for the city of Bath

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6 ZEITGEISTFive must-do things in January

10 THE CITYISTThe buzz in Bath this month

13 BIGWIGThe legacy of the new year diary

14 FACE THE MUSICThe new artistic director of the BathInternational Music Festival, AlasdairNicolson chooses his favourite tracks

16 AUTHORS GALOREWe preview the 2013 Independent BathLiterature Festival’s diary of events

18 WHAT’S ONA round-up of the best theatre, comedy,opera, music and events across Bath to fillyour new year’s calendar

24 BATH AT WORKThis month’s portrait by Neill Menneer isof travel writer Jeremy Seal

26 ARTS & EXHIBITIONSWhat’s on show in the city this month

30 SILENT FIGURESWe delve into the past to discover theItalian sculptors of Bath

32 BATH PEOPLEThe movers and shakers in the city

38 EDUCATIONThe latest news from our schools

42 FAMILY FUNTheatrical delights and activites for all thefamily to enjoy throughout January

46 RESTAURANT REVIEWThe Kilted Chef in Kingsmead Square

48 WINE O’CLOCKLower calorie wines for post-Christmas

50 WINTER WALKAn 11-mile stroll taking in Brown’s Folly

52 FIT AND FABThe latest beauty news and products

54 BEAUTY REVIEWWe review a massage at the Thermae Spa

60 GARDENINGExpert advice from gardening guru JaneMoore

66 INTERIORSIntelligent infilling from Bath’s builders

68 PROPERTYQuality homes around Bath

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Happy New Year Bath! Iknow we’ve all got hopesand dreams for thecoming year, but indulgeme if you will for acouple of wishes of my

own. Wouldn’t it be great if in 2013 the suncomes out and shines on all our superb Bathfestivals? Wouldn’t it be lovely to haveenough of a summer this year to actuallycultivate something other than slugs in our

gardens? And let’s all wish for a year in which Bath’s independenttraders, small businesses and creative Bathonians get theeconomic boost they need and deserve to thrive.Meanwhile, inside the gleaming towers of The Bath Magazine’s

headquarters we’re committed to continuing to bring you asmuch about the city’s diverse cultural scene as we can possiblysqueeze into our pages, and it’s our pledge to continue to provideBathonians with the biggest, most read magazine in the city.Enjoy our January offering for starters. We have an interview

with Alasdair Nicolson, the new artistic director of the worldfamous Bath Music Festival, plus a preview of some of thehighlights of what promises to be an exciting Bath LiteratureFestival. Our award-winning gardening writer Jane Moore hasjobs for us to get on with in the garden, and wine expert AngelaMount suggests wine that’s lower in alcohol but big on flavour.There are our What’s On pages and our unique guide to the

latest art exhibitions, plus a new year walk to work off some ofthat Christmas food, and a reminder to all those running inMarch’s Bath Half Marathon that it’s time for us to step up ourtraining.

Georgette McCreadyEditor

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For anyone who would like to be involved in one of Bath’s most original festivals – the BathFringe – there is a public meeting on Monday 7 January. Bath Fringe 2013 will run from 25May to 9 June and already there are plans afoot for who is performing. For the legions offans of the Spiegeltent portable music hall, pictured on Bath’s Rec, the good news is that itwill be back this summer in all its multi-mirrored and painted glory. All are welcome at theFringe meeting, which begins at 6pm at Burdall’s Yard, Anglo Terrace, which is just offLondon Road by the Cleveland Place traffic lights. Meanwhile follow the progress, visit:www.bathfringe.co.uk or follow on Twitter, @bathfringe.

Gill McLay, pictured, and her husband John, whofounded and nurtured the Bath Children’s LiteratureFestival, which has run annually since 2007, have handedthe reins over to Bath Festivals. The McLays will continuetheir successful careers as literary agents. But audienceswill be pleased to hear that the guest artistic director forthis autumn’s festival is the creator of Skellig, DavidAlmond. He said he was thrilled and honoured to havebeen invited and he already has links with Bath as aProfessor of creative writing at Bath Spa University. The2013 festival takes place in September.

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WatchBath has a mutually admiring relationship with acclaimed filmdirector Ken Loach, perhaps most famous for Kes. Not so manypeople know that Loach has made films that the censors deemedtoo controversial to be seeen. In Political Correctness, an eveningof three banned films, at Bath City Football Club, Twerton onFriday 1 February, Loach will be showing and talking about thosefilms, which includesWhich Side Are You On? about the 1984 miners’strike. Tel: 01225 313247 to book.

January 28 sees the 200th anniversaryof the publication of Jane Austen’sPride and Prejudice and to mark thebicentenary the book will be read aloudduring a 24 hour readathon. Thereading – by around 140 people – willtake place at the Jane Austen Centre inGay Street and will be streamed to fansall around the world. Readers includecelebrities, writers, politicians,musicians, Olympians and children. We

don’t yet know who will have thehonour of reading the opening line,which is probably the most famous inEnglish literature: “It is a truthuniversally acknowledged, that a singleman in possession of a good fortune,must be in want of a wife.”All readers will be offered theopportunity to dress in Regencycostume.

It’s a well known fact thatthere is always a man in akilt at a wedding, no matterhow far from Scotland theceremony may be. It’s alsofair to say that, come BurnsNight, this year on Friday25 January, many of us arequick to claim Scottishroots and enjoy a feast inhonour of the poet RobbieBurns. At The Kilted Chef,head chef Dougie Bonar,who is as Scottish as a stickof Edinburgh rock, ishosting a Burns Night feast.This will include a bagpiperwelcoming in the haggis,the brandishing of the dirkand a whole feast oftraditional Scottish dishes,including cullenskink,stovies and cranachan, notto mention a dram or twoof whisky to raise a toast.

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BATHMyWe ask Mel Taylor director at Running HighEvents, organisers of the Bath HalfMarathon, what she is doing this month

What brought you to Bath?I’m a local girl, my parents moved to Bath aschildren and I was born in a village on theoutskirts of Bath. For a few years I worked inAustralia and London, but Bath has always feltlike home.

What are you reading?I’m reading James Buchanan the 15th Presidentof the US who also happened to be my brother-in-law’s ancestor, so it makes an interestingread. I’ve been reading Michael Morpurgo’sMedal for Leroy to my sons, they’ve read mostof his books, and we saw him at the Children’sLiterature Festival.

What is on your MP3 player?I love music, my husband Andrew is alwayshaving to turn it down. I like a wide range, atthe moment I’m listening to a lot of MichaelBublé, Coldplay and Emeli Sandé.

Which café or restaurant takes your fancy?Ben’s Café near our office in Walcot Streetserves the best coffee and light meals in theworld, and Kira and Ben welcome all theregulars like family. We love the newCarluccios – when you close your eyes it’s justlike sitting in the Piazza Navona in Rome.

Your passions? What hobbies or interests willyou be pursuing?It’s been a privilege developing the charityfundraising platform of the Bath Half. We’re

so proud of our achievement in growing the raceinto the largest single-day charity fundraiser inthe south west, raising over £1.5m a year. It’sinspiring working with our charity partners,helping to raise funds and profile. When I’m notclearing up the debris around our Georgianhouse that we’re slowly renovating, and beingrun ragged by two delightful but energeticyoung boys, and an equally excitable dog, I liketo relax by restoring and painting furniture.Walking is a great relaxation. I also enjoyswimming, Zumba and Pilates – even surfing inthe summer. I’m not a natural runner but I didrun the Bath Half one year. I am also a greatwindow shopper and I love baking andentertaining.

What local outdoor activity or event will you bedoing or visiting?This time of year we start to batten down thehatches for the final run in to the Bath Half on 3March – we’re now less than 12 weeks away. It’sa massive undertaking, I’m responsible for therace charities, and for the creative brief,production, PR and media. The Bath HalfMarathon on Sunday 3 March, from 11am, isone of the most popular races in the UK withentries being sold out well in advance each year.The event attracts around 30,000 spectatorsaround the course to watch 15,000 runners anda further 1,500 in the family fun run.Visit: www.bathhalf.co.uk. �

Girl Cop by Sandy OsbornePublished by Silverwood, paperback availablefrom Amazon and Waterstones

PC Sally Gently joins the policemen of Bath onthe beat in the early 1990s – in the days when,like the men in Life on Mars, sexism was rife.This is a fictionalised account of what it was liketo be a policewoman in Bath by an author whowas there. There are lots of familiar places for

Bathonians, likeBennetts Lane, the Bathcats’ and dogs’ home,Bath Magistrates Courtand Mallory thejewellers, in this chicklit novel, which has itsofficial launch inWaterstones on 16January from 6pm.

ENJOY Acclaimed artist and illustratorAlice Tait, who graduated from Bath SpaUniversity in 2002, has launched this cheerfulprint of a spring day in Paris, which is beingsold as a limited edition colour screen printat the Rostra gallery in Bath. Alice hasworked for many high profile clientsincluding Chanel, Vogue, Jamie Oliver,Penguin Books and the Hollywood Reporter.

DONATE There were around 127deaths last winter in the Bath & North EastSomerset Council area which were deemedto be beyond the expected death rate for thepopulation, and sadly, the cold weather wasto blame for the deaths of a proportion ofthe elderly who died. With 14 per cent oflocal residents living in fuel poverty, thatrepresents a lot of elderly people whocannot afford to have their heating on whenthey need it. Local charity the QuartetCommunity Foundation is inviting those whodo not need their winter fuel allowance todonate so it can directly help others. Asimilar Surviving Winter campaign last yearraised £47,000 to help local pensioners inneed. To contribute: visitwww.quartetcf.org.uk or send a chequemade payable to the Surviving WinterAppeal to: Quartet Community Foundation,Royal Oak House, Royal Oak Avenue, BristolBS1 4GB. For every £1 donated the fund cancollect a further 25p in Gift Aid.

TwitteratiWe’re following @weloveBath an independent tweeter with 12,000 plus followers– a great forum for recommending services, places to eat etc in Bath. Also a goodplatform for topical praise and criticism for aspects of life in the city.

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NOTES ON ASMALL CITYBy Bigwig

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Ihope you have all entered 2013 clutching a shiny new diary. That’sone of life’s perennial dilemmas, isn’t it, the new diary? So manydifficult decisions: A4 or A5, page a day or week on view, padded ornot padded, red, black or burgundy? Buy now or wait until Februarywhen they are suddenly half price? That’s of course if you are

businesslike and have a proper desk diary, not one of these silly ones withkittens on the front given to you by Auntie Mabel…or worse still those freeones from the plumber or your insurance company that are all cheap andfloppy.

I’ve gone for A5 week on view this year, and in my usual schoolboy wayI have entered my name and personal details in my bestest handwriting, inthe full knowledge that within the first week the pages will be filled withmy worst illegible scrawl.

I do always state on the flyleaf that there is a reward for the finder, but Idon’t fill in the bits about when the next MOT is due or my insurancepolicy numbers and the like because in my experience, finders (of whichthere are many as I am a habitual loser) pry into all your private bits. Ionce lost my diary in the New Forest and it was kindly returned bysomeone who had actually gone through it and made annotations. Such as‘Are you really meeting Angela Rippon? The TV presenter?’

As for the info pages at the front, do I want to know when ArmisticeDay is in Australia or that one hectolitre equals 26.417 US gallons? I thinknot. I have never met a diary editor, but if I ever do I will explain nicelythat to know that one lunar month is 2,419,200 seconds will not help meplan my life in the year ahead one jot.

Although I use my diary on what is practically an hourly basis (shortterm memory is shot), I have never actually kept a diary. I should have ofcourse, people say ‘ooh, you should write a book about all the thingsyou’ve done’. Trouble is, I can’t remember when I did them. And doing allthe things I’ve done has left very little time to sit and write them down. Idon’t know how these politicians, pop stars and the like manage to do it.

Well, I do know. They have someone else do it for them. I once stayed ata Caribbean resort hotel, with the declared intention of doing somewriting. On hearing this, the manager delivered a huge manuscript to myroom. He thought, for some reason, it might help me with my task. It hadbeen mistakenly left by a famous playwright and was his personal diary ofa Broadway production of one of his plays. I skimmed through it for anyjuicy celeb gossip of course, but it was on the whole very tedious.

The only interesting feature was that it had been dictated at length everynight from New York to his secretary’s answering machine in London, andeach day she had laboriously typed it out and faxed it back. Big sectionswere translated as ‘indistinct’, presumably when the writer had downedone too many post-rehearsal gin and tonics. This was before email becameuniversal.

It turned out to be of no help whatsoever and I did eventually return itto its rightful owner. Perhaps I should have read it more carefully, because,very surprisingly in my opinion, some time later it became the basis for ahit West End play. �

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NEW ROLE:Alasdair Nicolson,the new artisticdirector of the BathInternational MusicFestival

Alasdair Nicolson, the new artistic director of the Bath International Music Festivaltalks to Georgette McCready about his plans for the 2013 festival and

picks his top ten favourite pieces of music

At the time of writing the full programme for thisyear’s Bath International Music Festival hadn’t beenunveiled, so it was great to be able to have sometime to talk to the new artistic director AlasdairNicolson about what audiences can expect from this

year’s festival. Alasdair is one of Scotland’s leading contemporarycomposers, he conducts orchestras all over the world and is aboutto begin a season with the London Symphony Orchestra. He hasalso run the St Magnus Festival on Orkney for the past two years.

When he took over that directorship he said at the time that hewas going to ‘bring no great shake-ups but some quirky twists.’

Which he did, so Scottish audiences were treated to concertsaboard ferries along with the more traditional performances in thecathedral. And his approach is similar for Bath, he says, wheremuch of the established tradition of bringing excellent musiciansfrom all over the world will continue, along with a few tweaksand flourishes.

“I like the idea of collaborations, of mixing up different artforms, like music, dance and writing for instance. I have beentalking to James Runcie (artistic director of the Independent BathLiterature Festival) about bringing elements of the two festivalstogether.”

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SOURCES OFINSPIRATION: leftto right, Barabasings Ne me quittepas by Jacques Brel,the Isle of Skye isevoked by thetraditional music ofCatherine-AnnMacPhee, and theSwedish Royal Balletperforms The Rite ofSpring by Stravinksy

Alasdair recently moved to Faversham in Kent, having lived inand around London for many years – mainly because of work hesays. He is looking forward to spending time in Bath and says hehopes that musicians will also relish the chance to do more thanmerely perform then leave. “One of my great festival things isthat artists should be seen in more than one light, that maybethey’d do a solo show, then a big concert piece, then perhapssome teaching. We’d see them about on the streets, in cafés andall of this adds to the festival experience and engages audiences.”He is keen to attract audiences of all ages and has pledged to

keep the popular Party in the City night of free, live music thatBathonians can enjoy. This, on Friday 22 May, will include theusual procession of schoolchildren through the city to the Abbey,but the new twist is that those youngsters will have rehearsedsongs from A Little Book of Monsters with lyrics by MattHarvey and music by Stephen Deazley.And that’s when he reveals that the theme for the 2013 festival

is The Four Ms – namely myths, monsters, mystics and magic.There is an old tradition of musicians writing pieces for

festivals and gatherings, of being organisers and performers atthe same time and Alasdair intends to continue that tradition byperforming French and Belgian songs by Jacques Brel, Bressensand Barbara. “I’m dusting down my piano playing and sopranoJessica Walker, a daughter of Bath will be singing some of thoseFrench chansonnier ballads about the darker aspects of life. It’sthe sort of music you kick back with a Gaulois and a drink toenjoy.”When he’s not composing, conducting or planning exciting

and entertaining festivals, how does Alasdair unwind? He says asa freelance there isn’t too much time for that.“I do enjoy gardening, I have an acre of garden now which I

can see from my new composing shed, which I am very excitedto own. Because of my professional life, where I bring lots ofingredients together – I guess you can tell where this is going – Ilike to cook. It’s great for unwinding. I’ve promised the Bathfestival staff I intend to cook for them. It’s so good to get peopleround a table to eat and to talk. I’m looking forward to it.”

Alasdair’s top ten:� JS Bach – Goldberg VariationsFor any composer Bach is a source of inspiration for his energy,invention, practicality and fluency, and this piece is full of allfour. I can remember being asked to write exercises in the styleof Bach when I was studying and discovering by trying to mimichis techniques how clever he was. I could have mentioned tenpieces by Bach alone here.

� Catherine-Ann MacPhee – Canan nanShe’s a traditional singer from Barra and the title is an album,but it’s a collection of music that I knew in my upbringing on theIsle of Skye; music that takes me right back to my childhood andmusic that has a visceral effect on me. The first music I knew wasGaelic singing and piping and, in my father’s ideal world I wouldhave been a master bagpiper.

� Mozart – The Marriage of FigaroIn my early career as a musician I worked as a repetiteur andspent some time on the music staff at the Opéra de Monte Carlo

where I worked with the likes of Teresa Berganza. Singing andopera have always been important to me – opera allows me tocombine my love of music with my love of the theatre. Figaro isone of those pieces that you can revisit a million times and it neverfails to move. Another composer whose whole catalogue couldhave been listed.

� Maurice Ravel – Gaspard de la NuitI love the music of Ravel for its detail and sensuousness and this isa piece, when I was learning music at school, that I used to listento over and over again hoping that I would one day learn it – I stillhaven’t. Wonderful, sweeping virtuosic music that takes over thepiano in tidal waves.

� Stravinsky – The Rite of SpringThis was the piece which alerted me to the idea of being acomposer and made the most enormous impression on me. Itmade a big impression on its first audience with reported riots atthe theatre. I wish I could travel back in time to be there andexperience what it felt like as a brand new piece.

� McCoy Tyner – Search for PeaceIf anyone asks my favourite jazz pianist then I’m always stuck.Oscar Peterson might have been the answer but I love theinvention of McCoy Tyner and his elegant technique as a pianist.In the days of Tower Records, Piccadilly Circus being open untilmidnight and CDs still relatively new, I can remember buying arecording completely without knowledge and loving it instantly.

� Jacques Brel – Ne Me Quitte PasI remember both my sister and the French Assistante who came tomy school introducing me to this Belgian singer/songwriter whosesongs deal with every aspect of life, large and small. I toured theUK and abroad with a show whose centrepiece was this bleaksong of loss and it’s a song which always leaves that unassailableaftermath of reflective silence – and tears.

� Jean Sibelius – 7th SymphonyFor anyone who comes from the Northern lands Sibelius oftenseems to capture a sense of landscape that is familiar. Thissweeping orchestral piece reminds me of the beautiful, fierce andempty landscapes of Highland Scotland – blues, greys and space.

� Giussepe Verdi – OtelloAnyone that is interested in opera will have to mention Verdi.Otello is a great example and it contains one of his most beautifulmoments in Desdemona’s Willow Song. From his mid 20s hewrote an opera a year – there’s a hard working composer.

� Peter Maxwell Davies – Eight Songs for a Mad KingI couldn’t believe this piece of music theatre when I first heard itand wondered who had written it. I’m lucky now to call Max adear friend and the piece is part of the repertoire. Max has been agreat influence in terms of his work across the worlds of music asa teacher and composer as well as his work in education and thecommunity. Of course, I now share his connection to Orkney. �

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without becoming narrow or decadent? How much can it definewho we are and what we do? And if we know who we are andwhat we believe in, how much are we prepared to sacrifice forour beliefs? What in essence does freedom mean? What are thevalues we hold dear?”The opening talk of the festival is Sarajevo, given by BBC

world affairs correspondent Allan Little in the Guildhall onSaturday 2 March and focusing on the assassination of ArchdukeFerdinand.Other events related to 1913 include: Bath in 1913, a guided

walk with Andrew Swift and Kirsten Elliott, Friday 8 March;Jonathan Bate and James Runcie on First World War Literatureon Saturday 9 March; The World Before the Great War withCharles Emmerson, Sunday 10 March, and Man Booker winnerand author of the Restoration trilogy Pat Barker, also on 9 Marchon her new book Toby’s Room.

It is appropriate for a city surrounded by such beautiful andhistoric countryside, with sites such as Avebury and Stanton Drewso near, that another major theme of the festival is landscape.This has been centred on Francis Pryor’s beautifully illustratedbook The Making of the British Landscape: How We HaveTransformed the Land, from Prehistory to Today.The theme of landscape stretches out to include talks on maps,

otters, trees and a look at how it shapes our national identity.

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VISITING BATH:main picture, takingpart in this year’sfestival are – amongothers – HarrietWalter, PD James,Hilary Mantel, PollyToynbee, JKRowling, HelenDunmore, RachelJoyce, Pat Barker,Kate Mosse, ElifShafak, TraceyThorn and DarceyBussell

Bath’s annual spring literature festival is about far muchmore than celebrities coming to flog their books.Outgoing artistic director of the Independent BathLiterature Festival James Runcie has throughout hisfour-year tenure shown his integrity by ensuring that

the ten-day festival is all about books and reading and above all,intelligent thinking and lively discussion.The 2013 programme does not disappoint on all counts. He

has wooed the notoriously shy double Man Booker prize winnerand author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies Hilary Manteldown to Bath where she will take to the stage for a discussionwith James about Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII. No doubtthe appearance of JK Rowling to talk about her first novel foradults, The Casual Vacancy, will also create a lot of interest. And,no Harry Potter fans, she will not be talking about your favouriteboy wizard.But there are themes to provoke further reading, thought and

discussion. And one of these themes is the year 1913 – exactly acentury ago – giving us the chance to look at the state ofEuropean society and politics before life was irrevocably shakenup forever by what was known at the time as the Great War.James Runcie said of this year’s programme: “We are using

1913 as a springboard to talk about history, memory, politics,mortality, freedom and national identity. This was a fantasticallycreative year – the Rite of Spring, the Woolworth Building,Chaplin’s first films, Britten’s birth – and we want to explore itwith the same creativity and vitality and bring you the best of thepast to come to a deeper understanding of the present and toanticipate the future.“In 2014 everyone will be commemorating the Great War and

rightly so, but I want to look at Europe before this, at Paris,Berlin, Sarajevo. What was Europe like before World War One?What makes a creative community? How can art progress


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Tickets for the 2013 Independent Bath Literature Festival go on sale on 9 January. Georgette McCreadylooks at some of the highlights of this year’s festival

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James Runcie is bringing the ancient folk tradition of theBritish Isles to this year’s festival with an unusual event involvinglive music performances all round the city. Local musicians will betaking different chapters from The Penguin Book of Folk Songson the various themes of love, betrayal, death and rural life andperforming in various venues. To find out more, visit:[email protected] Big Bath Read is an established part of the litfest calendar.

It gives people the chance to read a book in advance, to discuss itat book groups and to come armed with thoughts and questionsfor the author. This year, Turkey’s biggest selling author ElifShafak is in Bath on Saturday 2 March at the Guildhall at 8pm.Her latest novel, Honour, is set in Turkey and London in the1970s and surrounds the issues of so-called honour killings. Itwas the No 1 best seller in Turkey for six weeks when it firstcame out last spring.As a festival director James Runcie enjoys a good debate and

this year this tradition of free speech and hotly contested issueswill continue in the form of daily debates in the Guildhall atlunchtimes. The Independent Voices debates allows us to goalong, learn something new about a subject, view it from bothsides, and to also air our own strongly held views.Parents whose children are studying the classic To Kill A

Mocking Bird will be delighted to hear that respected actressHarriet Walter will be joined by students from the Bristol Old VicTheatre School for a dramatic re-enactment of the court scenethat’s central to the Harper Lee novel. She will be joined by herhusband, American actor Guy Paul.There will, as always, be a guest list that includes some popular

famous faces that will have Bath audiences rushing to buy ticketsand this year’s big names include Sandi Toksvig, Toynbee, DarceyBussell, Kate Mosse, Gavin Esler, Robert Fisk, PD James and PaulMason. �

For more details visit: www.bathlitfest.org.uk

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INQUIRINGMINDS: the outgoingartistic director JamesRuncie brings aprogramme ofspeakers thateducates, entertainsand provokes Bathaudiences


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TThheeaattrree RRooyyaallSawclose, Bath. Box office tel: 01225 448844.www.theatreroyal.org.uk

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Until Sunday 13 January, contact thetheatre for timesFor only the second time in the TheatreRoyal’s illustrious pantomime history comesthe classic fairy tale Snow White and the SevenDwarfs. Playing the Wicked Queen is OlivierAward-winning Nichola McAuliffe, the Dameis played by Chris Harris as Nurse Nelly, sevengenuinely little people are playing the sevendwarfs and local comic Jon Monie playsMuddles.

Quartermaine’s Terms, Monday 14 – Saturday 19 January,7.30pm; Thursday – Saturday, 8pm;matinees: Wednesday & Saturday,2.30pmRowan Atkinson stars in this play set in the1960s in an English language school forforeigners. This tragicomic play is a humorousbut ultimately moving account of several yearsin the lives of seven teachers. At the heart ofthe group is St John Quartermaine (RowanAtkinson) – kind, pleasant and agreeable, bututterly hopeless as a teacher. An almostpermanent feature in the staff room, he’salways available to listen to the problems ofhis self-obsessed colleagues. But when a new

Principal is appointed, Quartermaine’s futurelooks precarious. This quintessentially Britishdrama is written by Simon Gray with hischaracteristic sparkling wit.

Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, Monday 21 – Saturday 26 January,7.30pm; Thursday – Saturday, 8pm;matinees: Wednesday, Thursday &Saturday, 2.30pmThe Queen has recently marked her 60th yearof coming to the throne and the same diamondanniversary is being marked by The

Mousetrap. This thriller is a whodunnitwritten by the greatest crime writer of all timeand the world’s longest running stage play. Inher own inimitable style, Dame AgathaChristie has created an atmosphere ofshuddering suspense and a brilliantly intricateplot where murder lurks around every corner.The scene is set when a group of peoplegathered in a country house cut off by thesnow discover, to their horror, that there is amurderer in their midst. One by one thesuspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts.But who can it be?

Blood Brothers, Monday 28 January – Saturday 2February, 7.30pm; Thursday – Saturday,8pm; matinees: Wednesday & Saturday,2.30pmWest End star and multi-platinum selling artistMarti Pellow joins the cast of Blood Brothersfor a week in Bath. Hailed by critics as one ofthe best musicals of all time, Blood Brothershas triumphed around the world. Set in WillyRussell’s native Liverpool, this is thecompelling tale of twin boys, separated atbirth only to be reunited by a twist of fate anda mother’s haunting secret. The show-stoppingsongs include Bright New Day, MarilynMonroe and the emotionally-charged hit, TellMe It’s Not True.

Maurice’s Jubilee, Monday 4 – Saturday 9 February,7.30pm; Thursday – Saturday, 8pm;matinees: Wednesday & Saturday,2.30pmMaurice, a retired jeweller, living in abungalow in Penge, is expecting a visit fromthe Queen. Sixty years ago, when he tookcharge of the crown jewels on the eve of thecoronation, she promised to find him, should

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she ever reach her diamond jubilee and he his90th birthday. Maurice is now 89 and failingfast. Will either of them make it? Maurice’sJubilee is a funny and poignant exploration ofone man’s enduring commitment to a dream.Three distinguished actors – Julian Glover,Sheila Reid and Nichola McAuliffe – joinforces in this new comedy which was one ofthe highlights of the 2012 Edinburgh Festival.

TThhee UUssttiinnoovvSawclose, Bath. Box office tel: 01225 448844.www.theatreroyal.org.ukThe Visiting Company Season

Firing Blanks,Thursday 10 – Saturday 12 January, 8pmHaving a baby is complicated. It’s eventougher when you need another man’s sperm.Richard is infertile. Kate, a fierce-wittedteenager he meets on a park bench is anunlikely therapist. The gentle strumming of abusker (music from Fine Chisel) underscorestwo people’s intimate, important stories.

Peacock & Gamble: Don’t Even Want ToBe On Telly Anyway,Friday 18 January, 8pmComedy nice boys, Ray and Ed, return withanother show full of fun, idiocy andhandsomeness, live on stage. They wereChortle Comedy Award nominees in 2011 and2012 and are from Radio 4 Extra and RussellHoward’s Good News.

Stitching, Friday 25 & Saturday 26 January, 8pmStuart and Abby love each other madly butwhen Abby discovers she is pregnant, thechoices they make will haunt them forever.Stitching follows the dangerously dark andinventive games that the couple play to try andreconnect. Testing each other, they movebetween reality and fantasy, their visceralpoetry and physicality culminating in a trulyshocking ending.

TThhee MMiissssiioonn TThheeaattrree32 Corn Street, Bath.Bath Box Office tel: 01225 463362www.missiontheatre.co.uk

My Boy Jack, Tuesday 15 – Saturday 19 January,7.30pmNext Stage Theatre Company presents MyBoy Jack by Olivier Award-winning actor andplaywright David Haig, offering an intimateportrait of one family’s complex and dividedexperience through a war and its painfulaftermath. Patriotism is high in the early daysof World War One and popular writerRudyard Kipling is one of its most passionateand eloquent voices. He is immensely proud ofhis son John ‘Jack’ Kipling, who is determinedto join the war effort despite being underageand extremely short-sighted. However, Jack’sintentions are not based on his duty to Kingand Country – he simply wants to escape the

suffocating intensity of his famous father’spresence. This tenderly-written play does notpromote or condemn conflict, but insteadweighs family loyalties and national duty inthe balance.

KKoommeeddiiaa22-23 Westgate Street, Bath.Box office tel: 0845 293 8480www.komedia.co.uk/bath

Krater Comedy Club, Saturday 5, 12, 19 & 26 January, doorsat 6.30pm, show at 8.30pmThis is Komedia’s weekly comedy club(awarded Best Comedy Venue in the West andWales at the 2012 Chortle Comedy Awards).Watch three great stand-ups and a compere inthe decadent vintage interior. Wine and dinefrom the Komedia Canteen menu whileenjoying the show. 18+

The Metropolitan Opera Encores: MariaStuarda, Sunday 20 January, 7.30pmFresh from her triumph in the Met’s film TheEnchanted Island, mezzo-soprano JoyceDiDonato takes on the virtuosic bel canto rolein this film about the doomed Mary, Queen ofScots. Having scored a major success with hisproduction of Anna Bolena, director DavidMcVicar now turns to the second opera ofDonizetti’s Tudor trilogy, which explores regalcharacters at fateful moments in their lives. Allages welcome and tickets are available fromThe Little Theatre.

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Open Mic Night, Monday 28 January, 7.30pm – midnightKomedia Bath is proud to host a night thatgives local artists the chance to get up andperform. Whether they regularly perform orare new to stand-up, all are welcome and anexcellent mixture of music, comedy and thespoken word is the norm.

TThhee RRoonnddoo TThheeaattrreeSt Saviours Road, Bath.Box office tel: 01225 463362www.rondotheatre.co.uk

Robert Newman’s Theory of Evolution:Work in Progress, Wednesday 30January, 8pmJoin Rob as he tries out material in advance ofa major new UK comedy tour. Watch it evolvein front of your very eyes.

Silly Songs of Shakespeare,Thursday 31 January, 8pmOriginally commissioned by Theatre RoyalBath’s Shakespeare’s Unplugged, Silly Songs ofShakespeare is a show that does what it sayson the tin: there are songs, they are silly andthey are based on Shakespeare. Prior to anational tour, the show includes new songs,new jokes, new routines and a much-improvedinterval. Spend an evening with Fearg & TheSonnettes while they serenade you withhilarious synopsongs of some of Will’s mostfamous works and illuminate a weird cornerof Shakespeare’s world with their witty andcatchy tunes.

PPoouunndd AArrttssPound Pill, Corsham, Wiltshire. Box office tel: 01249 701628www.poundarts.org.uk

Spread A Little Happiness, Friday 25 January, 7.30pmThis is a Salisbury Playhouse production ontour. From the racy refrains of the music halland the stirring anthems of war, to theblockbuster musicals of the 80s, Britain boastsa roll call of songwriters expert in raising thespirits, touching hearts and nurturing nationalpride.

MMeerrlliinn TThheeaattrreeBath Road, Frome. Box office tel: 01373 465949www.merlintheatre.co.uk

Jo Caulfield: Better the Devil you Know, Saturday 19 January, 7.45pmJo is star of Radio 4’s critically-acclaimed It’sThat Jo Caulfield Again and has recently beenseen on Michael McIntyre’s ComedyRoadshow, Mock the Week, Have I Got NewsFor You and The Apprentice: You’re Fired.Expect razor-sharp observations andscandalous one-liners as Jo asks: Why aredrunken girlfriends so much fun? Isfriendliness overrated? She continues withstories about humiliating herself in public.


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Courtney Pine: House of Legends,Friday 25 January, 7.30pmWiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon.Box office tel: 01225 860100 or visit:www.wiltshiremusic.org.ukLaunching his latest album, House of Legends,Courtney Pine CBE brings together musiciansfrom Africa, the Caribbean and Europe for avibrant and exhilarating mix of merengue, ska,mento and calypso. Arguably the country’sbest-known saxophonist, this very personalproject reflects the truly multi-cultural view-point of a hugely popular artist.

Sinfonia Viva,Sunday 27 January, 7.30pmWiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon.Box office tel: 01225 860100 or visit:www.wiltshiremusic.org.ukSinfonia Viva performs Strauss’Metamorphosen, composed during the darkestdays of war it expresses his profound grief atthe tragic destruction of German culture underthe Nazis, as well as works from Mahler,Mozart and Stravinsky.

Vocal Works Gospel Choir,Saturday 23 February, 7.30pmKingswood Theatre, Fonthill Road, Bath.Tickets £12/£8, tel: 01225 463362 or visit:www.bathboxoffice.org.ukThis will be an uplifting, high-energy showfrom the inspirational Vocal Works GospelChoir who are based in the south. They willperform the best soul and gospel tracks fromthe movies, including Sister Act, TheCommitments, Blues Brothers and many more.

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Jazz at The Vaults,Thursday 10 January, 8pmJazz Club, St James Wine Vaults, Bath. Tickets £5/£4, tel: 01225 310335James Morton plays sax with the JazzHouseTrio and DJ Tony Clark. You may have heardhim on Jazz FM recently, now you can see himlive.

Peter King’s 60th Birthday Concert,Saturday 12 January, 6.15pmBath Abbey, Bath. Admission freeBath Abbey’s director of music, Peter King,will be celebrating his 60th birthday (26 yearsof which have been devoted to the Abbey) bydoing what he loves. This promises to be awonderful evening filled with organ music ofthe highest calibre. There will be a collectionon the night and all proceeds will go toMacMillan Cancer Care, Dorothy House andthe Genesis Trust.

Bath Spa University Opera,Saturday 19 January, 7.30pmWiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon.Box office tel: 01225 860100 or visit:www.wiltshiremusic.org.ukBath Spa University presents Mozart’s TheMagic Flute, one of the most widely-lovedoperas of all time in a fresh new production.Combining fairy tales, farce and philosophywith spell-binding music, this performancepromises to both mesmerise and entertain.Bath Spa University’s department of music islarge enough, with 450 students, to take onambitious performance projects such as this, asit did with the British premiere of Satyagraha.

The spring/summer seasonfeatures an eclectic mix ofmusical treats and dynamicartists. Here are just a few ofmany highlights:

• Bradford Roots Acoustic MusicFestival, Saturday 12 & Sunday 13JanuaryEnjoy a fantastic celebration of Bradfordon Avon’s vibrant acoustic music scene,with two days of live music on four stagesincluding jazz, folk, blues and classicalmusic. £10 per day or £15 weekend ticket.

• Mark Padmore & Roger Vignoles,Wednesday 13 February, 7.30pmTwo celebrated artists mark the start ofWiltshire Music Centre’s Britten 100celebration on the centenary of acclaimedcomposer Benjamin Britten, with anelegant, beautifully sung Schubert andBritten recital. Tickets £24/£12 under 18s.

• Black Voices, Saturday 27 April, 7.30pmOf truly outstanding quality, Black Voicesbrings African and Disapora music with anall-female a cappella ensemble. Tickets£20/£18 under 18s.

Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road,Bradford on Avon. Box office tel: 01225860100 or visit:www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk

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CORDELIA WILLIAMS“I cannot imagine a more perfectperformance….superb!”Antony Hopkins

28 FEBRUARY, BATH ABBEY,7:30PM

IVES, Variations on AmericaRAVEL, Valses nobles etsentimentalesGERSHWIN, Rhapsody in BlueDVORÁK, Symphony No. 9,From the New WorldJason Thornton, conductor

tickets £28/21/15/ (£5 unreserved)

DAZZLING YOUNG ARTISTSCLAIRE JONES“a sensitivity and panache thatenchants the senses.”BBC Music Magazine

23 MARCH, ST. SWITHINSCHURCH, WALCOT, BATH7:30pm

Including works byBRITTEN, DEBUSSY, ELGAR,GRIEG, DELIBES, PUCCINI,MASCAGNI and DVORÁK

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£25/20/15 all unreserved

In February, Cordelia Williams, Piano winner of BBC Musician 2006, joins the Bath Philharmonia in the jazzy and daredevil Rhapsody in Blue.Add the raucous and witty Variations on America and Dvorák’s masterpiece, the lyrical New World Symphony,

and it’s a concert not to be missed.

Former Royal Harpist Claire Jones performs with the orchestra in March, playing works from her first album, The Girl with the Golden Harp.Released by Classic FM, it is still in the top 10 selling albums. The concert will include the pieces chosen by the Duchess of Cambridge

for her wedding, and Claire will also talk about her instrument and what it was like having the Prince of Wales as her boss!

For Tickets: Bath Box Office Tel. 01225 463362 • www. bathboxoffice.org.ukFor more information, call the Bath Philharmonia at 01225 444 153 or visit us at www.bathphil.co.uk

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Circuit: A Light Labyrinth, Until 9 JanuaryThe Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney Street,Bath. Tel: 01225 388588 or visit:www.holburne.orgThis is your last chance to see the lightinstallation Circuit: A Light Labyrinth – acompletely new artwork by Martin Richmanand Charlie Kerr. Visitors are able to walkthrough delicate strands of different colouredlight in a web-like maze of light and sound.

Roman Baths Tunnel Tours, Monday 14 – Sunday 20 January,10amRoman Baths, Stall Street, Bath. To booktickets tel: 01225 477779Discover the hidden Roman, Georgian andVictorian history of the site.

History Tour & Afternoon Tea,Tuesday 22 January, 3pmSton Easton Park, Ston Easton, near Bath.£25 per person, tel: 01761 241631 or visit:www.stoneaston.co.ukJoin the duty manager on a tour of thebeautiful house and learn a little about itsdetailed history. The house has a magnificentinterior and boasts an enviable collection ofantiques and curios. After the tour relax and

unearthed a fascinating compendium ofmemories from surviving veterans whose vitalcontribution to the war effort was previouslyshrouded in secrecy. The Secret Listenerschronicles the history and achievements of aremarkable group of men and women.

Life Drawing Workshops, Saturday 26 January, Saturday 2March & Saturday 23 March,10.30am – 4.30pmBath Artists’ Studios, The Old Malthouse,Comfortable Place, Upper Bristol Road, Bath.£35 per day, tel: 01225 482480 or visit:www.felicityromabowers.co.ukA whole day of life drawing with a variety oflengths of poses, experiments and exercises tosharpen perceptions and encouragement to usea wide range of media. Any level of experienceis welcome; from absolute beginners toexperienced artists.

enjoy a decadent full afternoon tea in one ofthe drawing rooms.

Historical Association Lecture,Thursday 24 January, 7.30pmBath Society Meeting Room, Green ParkStation, Bath. Tel: 01225 812945The Bath branch of the Historical Associationwelcomes the Rt Rev Dom Aidan Bellenger,Abbot of Downside Abbey, who will speak onthe English Benedictines since theReformation.

Literary Event: The Secret Listeners, Friday 25 January, noonTheatre Royal, Sawclose, Bath. Tickets £22.50including lunch, £10 to listen only. Box officetel: 01225 448844 This literary event with Sinclair McKay looksat how the ‘Y’ service intercepted Germancodes for Bletchley Park. Sinclair McKay has


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I’m a travel writer with a lifelong interest in Turkey. Butwhile I’ve travelled the length and breadth of thatwonderful country, the reams of words on Turkey whichI’ve produced for books, magazines, newspapers andwebsites have in recent years been written in the little

timber cabin at the bottom of my garden in Bath; a place ofessential solitude, with walls of spruce wood, a desk andcomputer, an old globe, a comfy leather chair and shelvesgroaning with guidebooks, maps and travel books.Among these books are mine; my most recent one,

Meander, was about a journey I took in a canoe downTurkey’s original winding river while another, A Fez of theHeart, was about travels in search of the same country’snational hat. So you may have guessed that though the viewfrom my cabin window is of an ageing apple tree and, if Istrain hard enough, the roofs of Camden Crescent, what I’mreally picturing in the course of the working day are minaretsand ruined temples above Mediterranean shorelines and rock-hewn chapels painted with frescoes bright after a thousandyears.I got hooked on Turkey decades ago when I taught there for

a year. These days I’m back there a couple of times a year totop up on inspiration. These trips tend to take place in thespring and autumn, even occasionally in the winter wheninland regions of Turkey like Cappadocia, with its weird lunarlandscapes, are cloaked in snow and in my opinion are at theirmost enchanting.I tend to run out of writing steam by the mid-afternoon;

that’s when I abandon visions of Turkey and replace themwith actual views of the gorgeous valleys around Bath. Withthe dog I can do a circuit of Charlcombe, or of PrimroseWood above Kingswood, or get down to the canal, and beback at home within the hour. I like the fact that Bath stopsespecially abruptly on the north side, so I don’t have to walkthrough endless industrial estates to escape it. I especially likethe warm light of Bath’s winter windows.I sometimes wonder if my professional interests are a little

obsessive; most travel writers I know – there’s a few of usaround Bath – seem interested in assignments which widentheir knowledge of the world while I appear content with jobswhich deepen my understanding of the same place. Nor is thehabitual solitude necessarily a good thing; there’s a fine line, asany writer knows, between developing a distinctive voice anda downright doolally one. The possibility is that I may finallygo nuts. That being so, I can only hope that my dear familyand friends, the lot I play football with on Monday eveningsand my fellow book club members among them, will do theright thing by me; frog-march me back to the cabin, lock mein and throw away the key, leaving me free at least to dreamof Mediterranean shorelines.

Jeremy SealTravel writer

PORTRAIT: Neill Menneer at Spirit Photographicwww.capturethespirit.co.uk

Our series of photographic portraits byNeill Menneer shows Bath people at work

Voted in the top 50 Antiques Shops in Great Britain, in 2010,by the Independent on Sunday.

OLD BANK ANTIQUES CENTRE14-17 Walcot Buildings, London Road, Bath. BA1 6AD

Situated on the London Road, (A4) just a short walk from the top ofWalcot Street. Old Bank Antiques is the largest retailer of antiques in Bath.A hoarders’ paradise, fifteen dealers with showrooms spread through four

shops with everything from 17th century furniture to 1970s retro.Professional advice always available.

Customer parking at the rear, accessed via Bedford Street.Open 7 days a week. Weekdays 10 - 6 pm. Sundays 11 - 5 pm.

Visit our website www.oldbankantiquescentre.comTel 01225 338813 / 469282.

email: [email protected]

14- 17 Walcot Buildings, London Road, Bath

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The Holburne MuseumGreat Pulteney Street, Bath.Tel: 01225 388 569

26 January – 6 MayNine full-length Jacobean portraits by WilliamLarkin have been lent to the Holburne byEnglish Heritage. This exhibition brings themtogether with Jacobean dress and liveinterpretation to explore art and fashion.

Beaux Arts12 – 13 York Street, Bath. Tel: 01225 464850www.beauxartsbath.co.uk

5 – 26 JanuaryExhibiting artists include: Simon Allen, JenniferAnderson, Jackie Anderson, Akash Bhatt, NathanFord, Naomi Frears, Tim Garwood, Mark Johnston,Elisa McLeod, Anthony Scott, Helen Simmonds andDeborah van der Beek.

Adam Gallery13 John Street, Bath.Tel: 01225 480406

2 – 26 JanuaryThe Adam Gallery presents works by Pontus Carle, acontemporary Swedish artist living between Paris andBerlin. He has exhibited internationally, including inNew York.

Royal United HospitalCombe Park, Bath.www.ruh.nhs.uk/art

18 January – 17 AprilMadeleine Town and Sally Muirhave exhibited together several timesand their approaches complementeach other’s work. Madeleine’spaintings are neo-romantic, dream-like landscapes which feature birdsand wild animals. Sally’s are largecharcoal drawings of dogs on paper,some imagined, some real. Also ondisplay will be work from textileartists Kim Francis, Tabitha Stewart,Jessica Shoemack, Sammy-JoStephenson and Bronwen Gwillim.

Victoria Art GalleryBy Pulteney Bridge, Bath.Tel: 01225 477233www.victoriagal.org.uk

Until 20 JanuaryBorn in East Anglia, Bob Ruddstudied at the Bath Academy ofArt and settled in the westcountry. Widely recognised as asuperlative exponent ofwatercolour, he is inspired bylandscape from the Isles of Scillyto the north of Scotland.Mountains, rivers, rocky coastlinesand the sea are favourite subjects,captured in strong colours.

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The Museum of East Asian Art12 Bennett Street, Bath.Tel: 01225 464640www.meaa.org.uk

26 January – 30 JuneIn this exhibition, Transpose: InkPaintings by Koon Wai Bong, theartist draws inspiration from theMuseum of East Asian Art’s collectionand creates new works that reflectinteresting aesthetic notions embracedby the traditional Chinese literati.Koon pushes the boundaries oftraditional Chinese ink painting, whileimmersing in the tradition of brushand ink, he also remains open toartistic media and notions fromvarious cultures. Although hispaintings have an obvious Chineseflare, they are indeed hybrids of theChinese medium and western ideas ofartistic expression.

Fox Talbot MuseumLacock Abbey, Wiltshire.Tel: 01249 730459www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lacock

Until 24 MarchAmerican photographer Jo Whaleyis holding her first British exhibitionat the Fox Talbot Museum whichshowcases her photographs ofindividual insects close-up onbackgrounds which she has created.Some of the insects are live, someare mounted and she picks abackground for them which echoestheir form, this is sometimes apainting, an object or an oldphotograph.

Victoria Art GalleryBy Pulteney Bridge, Bath.Tel: 01225 477233www.victoriagal.org.uk

26 January – 7 AprilThis is the first museum show for 22 years of a majorphotographer at Bath & North East SomersetCouncil-run Victoria Art Gallery. Born in 1929,Roger Mayne photographed London’s street life inthe 1950s, capturing its vigour and poverty. Later hephotographed his own children and people heobserved on his travels. His many friendships withartists influenced his approach and resulted in tellingportraits plus a photo essay on the Bath Academy ofArt. This show surveys his career and includes rarevintage prints for sale. There is a free tour of theexhibition with manager Jon Benington on Friday 22February at 1pm. Also on show are watercolours byBob Rudd and new paintings by Katie Sims from 26January until 7 April.

Hilton Fine Art5 Margarets Buildings, Bath.Tel: 01225 311311www.hiltonfineart.com

Until 27 JanuaryThis is an exhibition featuring 100 originalpaintings, ceramics and jewellery, includingwork by: Louise Balaam, David Brayne,Richard Burel, Peter Davies, Anna Gardiner,Rachael Kantaris, Jason Lilley, TeresaPemberton and Salliann Putman.

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Edgar ModernBartlett Street, Bath.Tel: 01225 443746www.edgarmodern.com

9 January – 23 FebruaryThis is a mixed exhibition of figurative, animaland bird studies in a variety of media.

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address was 12 Avon Street, before his death the following year,age 55, and his last resting place, the Catholic cemetery.

Stefano Pieroni arrived at Dover in 1837 and made for Londonwhere he married Rebekah Moore at Hoxton on Christmas Day,1843. It is probable that he was working for his brother, Pietro, afigure maker at Saffron Hill, Holborn. On his wedding certificate,he claims the occupation of artist. The 1850 Bath directorycontains an entry for Pieroni and Elliott, dyers, 26 Broad Street(now a tattoo parlour). Dyeing soon gave way to plaster castingand by 1852 he was thus engaged at 4 Bath Street. The timing iscurious; did he acquire the moulds of the defunct castmakerTognieri? His advert in the 1854 Bath directory proclaims asimilar repertoire to that of his predecessor but in line withtechnological developments, the vestal virgins are now rigged forgas. Another possible source for the moulds is the brother, Pietro,in London; he acquired his son as an assistant. There were alsoPieronis engaged in castmaking in Liverpool for most of thecentury and briefly at Bristol and Hull.

He kept these premises until the 1870s, diversifying into thesupply of beer by 1866, and becoming a hotelier, to the exclusionof castmaking by 1874.

Plaster is subject to breakage and changes in fashion; very fewof the casts made throughout the century (and there must havebeen hundreds of thousands) have survived. I have yet to findanything made by the castmakers discussed above but Pieroni,who also possessed sculptural skills, did endow Bath with thefountain now located (in front of Tognieri’s old shop) in TerraceWalk, formerly in Stall Street and the large flat urn next to the

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Afriend visiting from London remarked, as wepassed one such business, that modern city statusdepended not so much on the presence of acathedral, as a tattoo parlour; similarly, 19thcentury, city status could have been conferred by the

presence of Italian plaster cast figure makers. These practitionersof a now largely defunct trade left their homes in Tuscany,throughout the 19th century, to seek employment in Europe andbeyond. Arriving in groups at London or Dover, with theirmoulds and the tools of their trade, they spread throughout thecountry. Most returned to Italy after a couple of years but manystayed on, including four who were associated with Bath.

What is now The Video Front, Terrace Walk, (then 5 TheWalks) was from 1837 to 1848, the workshop of John AnthonyTognieri. He married Eliza Martin at St James’s Church in 1828and first appeared in the 1830 Bath directory, trading at 4 NewOrchard Street. His advert from the 1837 directory gives an ideaof his output. Notable are the lamp bearing figures, (of vestalvirgins), which held aloft colza (rape seed oil) lamps.

In common with most others in his trade, he was available totake life or death masks, a practice only gradually displaced byphotography. Despite the unclear phrasing, it seems that he couldincorporate either form into a portrait bust. It is possible that hemay have worked as a moulder for the Bath sculptor LuciusGahagan, who had the house next door to Tognieri in TerraceWalk, until 1828. In 1840, his wife died and with four survivingchildren to care for, he married Arabella Carpenter, age 19. In allprobability, Tognieri was employing two brothers, Pellegrino andGiovanni Mazzei who had arrived from Tuscany in 1837. Thelatter, in accommodation at the King’s Head, Lilliput Alley, in1843, married Arabella’s sister, Mary.

The couple then moved to Holborn, London, an area noted forits Italian castmakers, where Mary died in 1846. Tognieri’sbusiness, despite being subject to debt proceedings in 1845,continued until 1850, when it could be found at 11 John Street,on a site now occupied by Hall and Woodhouse. In the 1851census, Arabella was head of a household containing fourchildren and one servant, at the river end of Cornwell Terrace,Walcot. Her status and occupation of baker, makes it clear thather husband was no longer part of the family. He was then livingat Holborn with a daughter from his first marriage and gave hisoccupation as that of artist. In 1861 he was on his own at 7Orchard Street, Bath. His final address was 3 Hetling Court,where he died in 1870, aged 68. His death certificate describeshim as a master model maker. He was buried in an unmarkedgrave in the Catholic part of the Abbey cemetery.

Giovanni Mazzei moved to Bristol where, re-united in tradewith his brother Pellegrino, he married Mary Ann Moffet in1852. What until now reads as a fairly standard tale of Victorianpoverty and death, familiar to readers of Dickens and Mayhew,takes a bizarre turn in a newspaper article of 1866, titledShocking Death of a Child from Intoxication. The inquest intothe death of Mary Magdalene Mazzei, ‘daughter of an Italianimage maker, living at No 2 Tippett’s Court, Horsefair’, reportedthat the unfortunate child, age 13, while in the care of BristolInfirmary, for a condition of partial paralysis, and contrary tohospital rules, was given cheese and a three ounce bottle of portby her mother.

This was thought to have aggravated her condition, causingrupture of a bloodvessel in her brain, leading, in turn, to death byapoplexy. By 1871, Mazzei had returned to Bath with his wifeand two children, to premises at 4 Bridewell Lane. His final


he was available to take life ordeath masks, a practice only graduallydisplaced by photography

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coach stop at Royal Avenue is also his; look hard at both piecesand you will see his inscribed name.More recently, the statue of Bladud which originally

surmounted the fountain, has found a place in Parade Gardenswhence it can gaze wistfully at its former plinth. Pieroni, however,failed to gain any sort of memorial for himself after his death in1900, as a widower of 81 living at Barton Street; he too went toan unmarked grave in the Catholic cemetery.The most polished production by any of these Italians is the

Portland stone statue of Queen Victoria, high on the side of theeponymous art gallery. Installed in 1901, it was the work of

Andrea Carlo Lucchesi, 1860-1925, an established sculptor whoshowed regularly at the Royal Academy. He was commissionedby ‘the women of Bath’ who raised subscriptions to the requiredamount of £400. Lucchesi came from a family of castmakersbased in Euston, originally from Tuscany. There were furthercastmakers of this name (indicative of their regional origin) inHolborn, Cambridge, South London (until the 1950s) and Paris.

Oddly enough, the area around Terrace Walk retains an Italianflavour through at least three businesses, dedicated tohairdressing, pizzas and ice cream. Tognieri would have felt athome. �

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LEAVING THEIRMARK: left to right,Andrea CarloLucchesi in hisstudio, the statue ofBladud on top of thefountain in StallStreet (now in BogIsland) and a plastervestal virgin completewith lamp


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Records from city’s oldest church preserved

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Records from Bath’s oldest church,St Mary’s at Charlcombe, have beenplaced in Bath & North EastSomerset Council’s Bath RecordOffice.

The churchwardens of St Mary’sChurch, Charlcombe have placedon loan a collection of historicpapers relating to the charters ofCharlcombe parish, from around1915, and documents on thepatronage of Charlcombe churchfrom 1690-1853.

Colin Johnston, Bath & NorthEast Somerset Council’s principal

archivist, said: “As well as theparchment deeds, there is also asubstantial collection of notes madeby Thomas Southwood Bush – a

19th century Bath archaeologist –who owned land in Charlcombe.

We will carry out Charlcombeparish’s wishes by making themavailable for research by localhistorians, students, writers,lecturers or indeed anyoneinterested in the history of this partof Bath and North East Somerset.”

The archives include notes whichThomas Bush made for lecturesgiven to the Bath Literary andScientific Institution in 1916 on theearly records of Charlcombe and itspeople.

A number of documents found inCharlcombe Rectory record theadvowson (or right to nominate thepriest) and the connection betweenthe rector and the mastership ofKing Edward’s School from 1690-1853.

The Bath Record Office is openfor research from Tuesday to Fridayeach week, except the third fullweek of the month.

For more information, contactthe Bath Record Office at theGuildhall, tel: 01225 477421 oremail: [email protected].

SOMETHING BORROWED: The Fashion Museum in Bath hasbeen given an unusual wedding dress made by designer SanyuktaShrestha largely from 30-year-old newspapers. The Pippawedding gown will not be on general display but it will beaccessible to students using the world-renowned museum’s studyfacilities. The council owned museum has more than 80,000objects and garments, dating right back to Elizabethan times andis a valuable resource for historians, textile and fashion students.

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ARCHIVES: St Mary’s Church atCharlcombe

Bath has seen a dramatic rise in thenumber of patients complaining abouttheir dentaltreatment. Arecent report bythe DentalComplaints Servicerevealed thenumber ofcomplaints aboutprivate dentaltreatment has risenby 17 per cent,from 1,559complaints in2010-11 to 1,887complaints in 2011-12. These relatedmainly to crowns (16 per cent), full andpartial dentures (15 per cent), fillings (14per cent), root canal (nine per cent) andimplants (nine per cent).

As a result Bath-based law firm WithyKing has recruited a former dentist to joinits dental negligence practice. Dr ChrisEvans, who worked as a dentist for 14years before qualifying as a solicitor, hasjoined Withy King which has experienceda 200 per cent increase in enquiriesrelating to sub-standard dental treatment.

Withy King is currently dealing withover 50 enquiries a month from dentalpatients. Compensation for dentalnegligence is also rising; one recent claimhandled by Withy King was settled for£60,000.

Dr Evans said: “I know only too wellthe devastating physical and psychologicaleffects that sub-standard dentistry andpoor dental management can have onpeople’s lives, having had to undertakecorrective dentistry during my career torectify other dentists’ mistakes. I becameinterested in the law fairly early on in mycareer and it got to the point where I justknew it was what I wanted to do.”

Dr Evans studied dentistry at KingsCollege School of Medicine and Dentistryin London. He had an interest in anxiousand “phobic” patients, medicallycompromised patients and periodontaldisease.

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Bath’s caring professions will comeunder national scrutiny this monthwhen staff who work for SironaCare & Health, a State run not-forprofit organisation, will be seen ontelevision in a new documentaryseries.

Nursing The Nation followsdistrict nurses on their roundsvisiting different homes across thecountry, creating intimate,affectionate portraits of theirdiverse patients and their inspiringability to grasp life in the face ofadversity.

The first episode is due totransmit on ITV1 at 8.30pm onThursday 3 January and featurestwo nurses from the Bath area.

Janet Rowse, who is chiefexecutive of Sirona Care & Health,which provides publicly fundedcommunity health and adult socialservices in Bath and North EastSomerset and beyond, said: “Thecommunity staff who care for andsupport people in their own homesprovide a vital but largely invisibleservice. They work with people atwhat can be the most difficulttimes in their lives making surethey feel safe and cared for.

“Sometimes they can helppeople back to health, at othertimes they care for those at the endof their lives. I am immenselyproud of the work of the Sironacommunity teams and delightedthat this programme will give aninsight into the amazing work theydo.”

The filming with Sironainvolved community staff acrossBath, Midsomer Norton,Radstock, Keynsham and ChewValley. Sirona was set up inOctober 2011 to provide healthand social care services.

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• You value control and autonomous decisionmaking and do not want to hand overdecisions about restructuring your financialand/or child rearing arrangements to a Judge;

• You want a more creative and individualisedrange of choices available to you and yourpartner for resolving your issues.

What are the advantages of the CollaborativePractice?

• You keep control of the process yourselfwithout having to go to Court;

• The children’s needs are given priority;• You and your partner commit to reaching anagreement through a problem solvingapproach;

• An atmosphere of respect preserves your selfesteem;

• Open communication allows both of you toexpress your needs for moving forward andgives you new tools for effective problemsolving in the future;

• There is full disclosure of the facts andinformation;

• “Face to face” meetings in the presence oflawyers makes negotiations direct and efficientand allows for mutual creative resolutions.

How does Collaborative Practice differ frommediation?

Collaborative practice is very different frommediation because in mediation there is onemutual professional who will help you and yourpartner together to try and identify issues thatyou cannot agree on in order to settle your case.Mediation can be challenging where the partiesare not on a level playing field with one anotherbecause the Mediator is neutral and cannot giveany party legal advice and cannot help either sideadvocate its position. If you have a lawyer theymay not be present at the mediation negotiationmeeting. Collaborative Law was designed so thateach party would have their own legal advice andadvocacy built in at all times during the process.Even if one side or the other lacks negotiatingskills, financial understanding or is emotionallyupset or angry the playing field is levelled by thedirect participation of the skilled advocate.

Is this process only available for divorce orseparation?

Collaborative Practice can be adopted usefully ina range of situations, for example where there isthe need to negotiate the terms of a prenuptialagreement or cohabitation agreement.

When it comes to divorce or separation,when given the option most coupleswould prefer to settle matters

respectfully and privately outside of thecourtroom. For this reason, increasing numbersof separating couples are choosing to take part ina non-litigious process called ‘CollaborativePractice’ in order to achieve a settlement that bestmeets the specific needs of both parties and theirfamilies. It also allows couples to maintain fullcontrol of the process by working together as ateam, with trained lawyers to resolve disputesrespectfully rather than placing matters in thehands of a Judge.

So how does Collaborative Practice work?

• You and your partner each instruct a specialistcollaborative family lawyer;

• You both agree with your lawyers to worktogether as a team and to resolve issueswithout going to Court;

• There is a prompt, honest and open disclosureof all information;

• Other expertise can be enlisted to help as partof the team such as accountants, financialadvisers and counsellors;

• Settlement is reached in “face to face”meetings, (two of you and two lawyers);

• You and your partner remain in control of theprocess;

• Your lawyers are present to provide support,legal advice and guidance;

• Once an agreement is reached your lawyerswill put it into effect. The divorce can befinalised and a Consent Order sent to theCourt for approval or the SeparationAgreement signed by you both.

Is this the right option for you?

Consider the following:

• You want a civilised, respectful resolution ofthe issues;

• You would like to keep open the possibility offriendship with your partner down the road;

• You and your partner will be co-parentingyour children together and you want the bestco-parenting relationship possible;

• You want to protect your children from theharm associated with litigated disputes;

• You and your partner have a circle of friendsor extended family in common that you bothwant to remain connected to;

• You have ethical or spiritual beliefs that placea high value on taking personal responsibilityfor handing conflicts with integrity;

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How long does the collaborative process take?One of the benefits of the collaborative process isthat it’s not dictated by a timetable enforced bythe court. So inherently the process can be builtaround your family’s individual timetable andpriorities, as these meetings follow agendas setby you and your partner.

Sometimes only a couple of meetings are needed,in other cases it may be more. Once anagreement is reached, your lawyers will put itinto effect, obtaining a court order whereneeded.

At Mowbray Woodwards we have twocollaboratively trained lawyers, Tracey Smithand Meg Moss who regularly assist clientsthrough the collaborative process. If you wouldlike to find out more about how CollaborativePractice could work for you, or you would liketo talk to us about another family law matter, weoffer a free half hour consultation to enable youto discuss your situation and requirements. Tobook a first meeting with one of our family lawspecialists, please telephone 01225 485700 oremail [email protected]

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Plan Now For aComfortable Retirement

Roger Perry of Monahans Financial Services believes that many over50s are sleepwalking into their old age, as people are over-optimisticabout their retirement income.

It is likely that people’s pension provisions are inadequate comparedwith their expectations and we believe that people aged between 50and 64 need to save a significant amount more than they are currentlyto gain the income that they might need.

The introduction of work place pensions in October this year may gosome way to alleviating this problem, but it is important to try and payin more than the minimum required.

Many people who approach us in their 50s cannot offer a roughestimate of what their private pension retirement income might be.Roger Perry says “Many people that are within ten years of their statepension age have still not thought about how long their retirementmight last. It is worrying that so many over 50s are approaching theirold age and are expecting to be better off than they will be.”

It is important everyone shops around for an annuity - a pensionincome for the rest of their life - which is bought with their pensionpot. This is especially important if you have any medical conditions asyou may get an increased amount.

Generally people underestimate their life expectancy in retirement and,in order to receive the income they would like, investors needsubstantially more money in their pensions. This means starting to saveas much as you can as early as you can.

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The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement

• Annual Investment Allowance – With effectfrom 1 January 2013, businesses canpotentially invest up to £250,000 in plant andmachinery and claim a full deduction againstits business profits, although depending onyour business’s year-end this allowance mayneed to be scaled down in 2013 such that onlya proportion of the £250,000 may bedeductible. (Broadly, up to 31 December 2012only £25,000 expenditure qualified, so thisrepresents a very significant increase).

• Corporation tax rates – For large companies,this will be reduced by a further 1% to 21%from April 2014, bringing the gap betweensmall and large companies even closer together.This means the tax impact of having more thanone “commonly controlled” company willbecome virtually negligible.

• Pension contributions - From April 2014 theannual allowance for tax relief on pensioncontributions for individuals will fall to£40,000 per annum from £50,000. As thisreduction does not start until April 2014, thereis still time to make the most of the £50,000limit.

• Basic personal allowance – this is going toincrease to £9,440 from April 2013, the overalleffect being that basic rate tax payers will bemarginally better off, but no tax impact forhigher rate tax payers.

• New High Income Child Benefit tax charge -This is intended to be introduced on 7 January2013 and may apply to certain individuals whoearn in excess of £50,000 per annum, and livewith a partner.

There were some other interestingannouncements which may apply to you so pleasecontact us to discuss in more detail if you wish.

Tax deadlines and compliance

Individuals who are required to file a selfassessment tax return for the 2011/12 tax yearneed to do this by 31 January 2013.Strictly speaking, you will need to file a tax returnif you are:

• self employed/part of a partnership or LLP

• a company director

• earning more than £100,000 per annum

• earning either income of £10,000 or more fromtaxed savings/investments, £2,500 or morefrom untaxed savings and investments,£10,000 or more gross income or £2,500 ormore net rental profit from property.

• employed and want to claim expenses of morethan £2,500.

• receiving Child Benefit (or your partner is) andfall within the new Child Benefit tax charge

• 65 or over, and typically receive a reduced age-related allowance each

• receiving income from trusts or estates

• due to pay capital gains tax

• Living/working or have lived/worked outsidethe UK or are non UK domiciled

• a trustee

Since the 2010/11 tax year, the penalty regime forlate filing of returns has toughened, and thiscontinues to apply for 2011/12 tax returns.

Whilst a £100 penalty has applied for some timefor tax returns that are filed late, in addition tothis if the return is filed more than three monthslate, further penalties can now be chargedincluding a daily penalty for each day the returnis late. Please be aware that these penalties will becharged even if you do not have a tax liability.

Also, in addition to the above late filing penalties,you will have to pay a surcharge on any tax thatremains unpaid at the end of February and Julyamounting to 5% of the unpaid tax each time.

Finally, if you have to complete a tax returnbecause you are self employed, you may not beaware that a redesigned “Business RecordsCheck” initiative was launched by HMRC on 1November 2012. Poor records can lead toinaccurate tax returns and possibly penalties (inaddition to those already mentioned above) andthe idea behind this initiative is to help businessesimprove their record-keeping. It is early days, butwe understand those businesses most likely to be

targeted are those whom HMRC think are likelyto have inadequate records. An initial letter willbe sent by HMRC, arranging for you tocomplete a short questionnaire. If you areconcerned with your records, or think you mightfall into this category, we can provide you withan initial assessment. Depending on the outcome,we can then help you to put your records onto asound basis, which might reduce extra follow uptime with HMRC and potential penalties in thefuture.

Please contact Jon Miles [email protected] if you wish to discussany of the above matters in more detailon(01225)325580 or [email protected] if you would like toarrange an initial free no obligation meeting todiscuss your specific business and/or personalcircumstances and what options might beavailable to you in the context of the currentdevelopments in the tax profession and thepublic domain.

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In this article we focus on just a few of the points announced in theChancellor’s recent Autumn Statement which will affect individuals andbusinesses going forward, and we also highlight some of the deadlinesapproaching and issues for individuals within the Self Assessment systemto help you to comply

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News in brief

Children vote to return to workshops

Head to forge links with US Quakers� BEST in Bath, an independentlanguage school based at 1 ChapelRow, Queen Square, has beenawarded its accreditation by theBritish Council, the UK’s gold-standardinspection procedure for languageschools. Established in 2010 byprincipal, Mark Appleton, BEST in Bathtakes students from all over the world.Mark says, “It’s fantastic to berecognised for the excellent service weprovide our students. Accreditation isthe next step in the school’s growth.We’re looking forward to attractinggreater numbers of students frommore diverse countries to ourbeautiful city. We’re proud to be alocal school run by local people, andwe look forward to continuing ourwork with local Bath companies andfamilies.”

� Strictly for Kids dance classes beginin Bath this month, giving youngstersthe chance to learn ballroom and Latindances, from the waltz to the cha chacha and jive. Professional teacherJoanna Whitehead from Viva LaDance, will be working withAquaterra at the city’s Sports & LeisureCentre and at the New Oriel Hall inLarkhall. There are different classes for6-11yrs and 12-18yrs. For more detailsvisit: www.vivaladance.co.uk and clickon Strictly for Kids.

� Bathonians are invited to startlearning German, Spanish or Chinese,or improving their French or Italian atlanguage classes being run at StGregory’s Catholic College in OddDown. There are courses for beginnersand for the more experienced. Classesare small and courses begin in Januaryand February, several offer tastersessions. For more details visit:www.languagesinbath.co.uk or tel:07894 913322.

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The Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution inQueen Square is continuing its successful hands-onkids workshops into 2013.

More than 95 per cent of the children attendingthe first six events, have given the workshops topmarks and all said they want to go back to do more.

Andrew Dix, the lead teacher from PaultonPrimary school who took 21 of his pupils to theNovember science workshop said it was fantastic.

“It’s filling a great gap,” says Paul Thomas, aBRLSI member. “Children have got loads ofactivities for art, theatre, literature, sport and play

in Bath. BRLSI wants to raise the profile of science,technology and engineering and inject fun into thereally amazing activities that are available forchildren. It’s providing different and much neededadditional adventurous learning.”

The next workshop will be on Saturday 12January from 1pm, when children will be able to getup close to hawks and owls. “We’re going to let thekids find out how and what the flying hunters of thenight eat,” said event organiser Roger Moses.

Visit: www.brlsi.org/youthactivities, or email:[email protected].


Celebrating record yearAll Hallows Prep School nearShepton Mallet is celebrating agreat year, with record pupilnumbers and the highest percentageof pupils ever achieving awards tosenior schools at the end of thesummer term.

Headmaster Ian Murphy iswidely accredited with taking theschool from strength to strengthover the past seven years,establishing it as one of the mosthighly regarded and bestindependent prep schools in thecountry.

He said: “At the heart of AllHallows’ success is a vision aimedat nurturing each individual and

developing the whole child throughcutting edge education, academicexcellence and rich and variedexperiences, underpinned by theunswerving certainty that Christianvalues are paramount beingreflected in the lives of the wholeschool community.”

Children enjoy a host of sportingactivities (including a tennisacademy with the LTA Clubmarkfor excellence), musicalopportunities, speech and drama,the Forest School which offers afresh approach to learning, and avaried Saturday enrichmentprogramme.

All Hallows is holding an open

day for prospective parents andpupils on Saturday 26 January. Formore information contact:

[email protected], visit:www.allhallowsschool.co.uk or tel:01749 881600.

Iain Kilpatrick, the headmaster of Sidcot School inWinscombe is this year to forge links with a schoolin America which teaches President Obama’sdaughters. Iain, who took up his role at the 17thCentury Quaker school in Somerset in August, is tovisit Sidwell Friends School in Maryland,Washington.

He said: “I plan to visit because, as Quakerschools, our values are the same. There is so muchsynergy between the schools; it will be great toexchange ideas.”

As well as Barack and Michelle Obama’sdaughters, Malia and Sasha, pupils have includedthe children of Bill Clinton, former Vice-PresidentAl Gore and President Roosevelt as well as thepresent Vice-President Joe Biden’s grandchildren.For a school built on modest Quaker values, SidwellFriends School has probably the most powerfulparent body on the planet.

“Sidwell and Sidcot schools believe that diverseperspectives and meaningful enquiry fuel academicexcellence and promote personal growth,” saidIan,“We share the Quaker belief in nurturing the“inner light” in every child and both offer a broad,balanced curriculum that challenges students to stepout of their comfort zone and see uncertainty as asource of excitement and promise.”

He aims to open up the independent day andboarding school to a wider range of pupils, in linewith its inclusive Quaker ethos. Students do nothave to be Quakers to come to Sidcot – he believesthe school’s philosophy has meaning and relevanceto anyone who wants an enlightened, values-basededucation for their child.

The successful scholarship programme continuesfor entry in September in the junior and seniorschools to broaden access for outstandingly giftedday pupils. Scholarship applications need to besubmitted by 25 January 2013. For moreinformation on applying for a scholarship, visit:www.sidcot.org.uk or tel: 01934 843 102.

Sidcot opened in 1699 as an independent day andboarding school and is one of only nine in the UK.It has 500 pupils aged three to 18.

ETHICAL VALUES: headteacher Iain Kilpatrick of SidcotSchool is to visit the States

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colour and specifically-composed music. Forages 3+

Miki, Friday 1 & Saturday 2 February;Friday, 10am & 1.30pm; Saturday,11.30am & 3pmA long time ago and very far away, Miki, a polarbear and a penguin live in a place where nothingever grows. One midwinter eve they make awish and Miki embarks on a magical adventure– in search of a star. For ages 3+

Family theatreRondo Theatre, Saint Saviour’s Road, Bath.Box office tel: 01225 463362www.bathboxoffice.co.uk

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe,Wednesday 16 – Sunday 20 January;Monday – Saturday, 7.30pm; matinees:Saturday & Sunday, 2.30pmBath Drama presents an enchanting version ofC S Lewis’s classic and much-loved children’sbook, adapted by Glyn Robbins. Travel with thePevensie children from the professor’s ancientmanor to the magical, snowy world of Narnia,ruled over by the beautiful but evil white witch.On the way the children also come acrossleopards, whispering trees and Father Christmas.

when you follow the trail to discover where thereindeer do go for a well-earned rest. This is aself-led family trail in the open air and takesaround 30 minutes to complete.

Children’s theatreThe egg, Theatre Royal Bath.Box office tel: 01225 448844www.theatreroyal.org.uk

Rapunzel, Saturday 19 January, 11.30am& 3pmTutti Frutti presents this playful new productionof Rapunzel; a story about a girl who is takenaway from what she knows and protected fromall the things that she loves. Placed high-up in atower above the world and faced with thechallenge of growing-up, she is found alone,dreaming. For ages 3+

Little Red You Know Who,Friday 25 & Saturday 26 January; Friday,10.30am & 1pm; Saturday, 11.30am &3pmTaking a well-known traditional story, this spell-binding play for young children follows amagical path through the woods. FreehandTheatre creates a memorable and reassuringjourney with its delightful use of puppetry,

Costume designThe Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney Street,Bath. Tel: 01225 388588www.holburne.org

Painted Pomp Costume Sessions,Every Saturday from 26 January – 4 May,2pm – 3pmJoin one of the gallery educators for ademonstration of the intricacies of 17th centurycostume as featured in the Painted Pomp: Artand Fashion in the Age of Shakespeareexhibition at the museum. Discover how thecostume was worn, how it was made, how muchit cost, and learn some Jacobean manners. Twolucky visitors will model replica costumes foreach session.

Get some fresh airLacock Abbey, Lacock, Wiltshire.Tel: 01249 730459www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lacock

Reindeer on Holiday Family Trail,Tuesday 8 January – Thursday 31 January,11am – 4pmWhere do Father Christmas’ reindeer go onholiday? You won’t find live reindeer here, butyou will find lots of fun information and jokes

The city has plenty of events and activities on offer for all the family to enjoy this month; from magical theatre to a wintery familywalk. Use our guide to help plan quality time with your children

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Family Trail at Lacock Abbey

Miki at the egg theatre

Rapunzel at the egg theatre

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herbes butter, but we were in carnivorous mood, so John optedfor a tender fillet steak served in a traditional Rossini style,quite rich but delicious.

All main courses are served with vegetables and potatoesincluded on the large, white plates, which meant my simplecourgette and asparagus were good companions to the venisonwith tiny haggis and black pudding fritters, and lifted by apiquant pink peppercorn sauce. This is food to treat yourself fora special occasion. Our bottle of wine was a very pleasing LaBastille Merlot at £18.50, from a very comprehensive list.

The Kilted Chef offers diners a pre-theatre dinner deal, or aSunday lunch option from £16.95 for two courses includingcoffee. The tasting menu, with wines, that our fellow dinerswere in raptures over, is £75. The a la carte menu, which weenjoyed, ranges from £6.55 to £11.50 for starters, £13.50 to£25.30 (for the lobster) for main courses – that includes thecanapés and bread with homemade rosemary oil and unusualcaramelised orange vinegar.

I wanted to try one of Dougie’s desserts, as he has a self-confessed sweet tooth and enjoys making elaborate puddingsand even the petits four with the coffee are made by his fairhand. I asked Sue, who is the very knowledgable and friendlyfront-of-house manager, which would be the lightest pudding totry. She was right to recommend a made-in-the-momentsabayon with perfectly ripe mixed berries, served in a Martiniglass with a 1960s beehive of beautifully spun sugar topping itoff. It was a great combination of lightly creamy, tart fruit andcandy brittle sweetness. John, not having a sweet tooth, wasmore than happy with a plate of homemade crackers, and fivewell kept cheeses.

We hit the high road home, replete and in good spirits. �

Bath is well served for international cuisine, withrestaurants representing Italian, French, Thai, Indianand even Peruvian styles of cooking – but now thecity has its first Scottish restaurant, The Kilted Chef.In the kitchen is award-winning head chef Dougie

Bonar, who brings from Edinburgh his passion for ingredientssuch as the best Scottish beef, fresh lobster, venison and thatmost Scottish of delicacies, haggis.

He’s also a man of many talents, as we discovered during ourfirst visit to the basement restaurant in Kingsmead Square whichwas formerly Mezzaluna, and before that the acclaimed MoodyGoose. We hear that locals are already beating a path toDougie’s door, partly because of his reputation and partlybecause word of mouth has spread the word that The KiltedChef is offering something different.

On the night we visited there was a couple on one tablecelebrating their wedding anniversary and requesting that thechef autograph their celebratory card. On the other side anenthusiastic pair were oohing and aahing their way through aseven course tasting menu and wine flight. It was clear that TheKilted Chef is already registering on the foodies’ radar, despitehaving only been open a couple of months.

There were plenty of moments during our dinner that we didactually say ‘wow!’ as our plates arrived. A little amuse boucheof a piping hot cup of parsnip and sweet potato soup whet theappetite, along with tiny but densely flavoured smoked fishcanapés. The warm bread rolls were homemade, and as the mealwent on we learned that much of the fish served here is smokedby Dougie himself. He also makes his own haggis, although healso buys it from Edinburgh’s legendary Macsween, the kings ofhaggis making.

A starter of risotto made with the finest smoked haddock anda soft poached egg, made John’s evening – it’s far superior to asimilar dish I cook up at home, he pointed out, without malice. Ienjoyed a little Somerset goat’s cheese, wrapped in a pancettaparcel, which was sweet and softly creamy, offset by a little bliniwith horseradish and a red pepper purée with a warm, spicykick.

For our main course we were tempted to try a whole lobster,smoked by the chef himself and served with citrus and fines

The Kilted Chef7a Kingsmead Square, Bath, BA1 2AB. Tel: 01225 466688

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New year is the time that most of us address health issues and vow toexercise, and eat less but better. The same can apply to wine; aglass of a delicious, high quality, rewarding wine is far better than a

bottle of something cheap, dilute and characterless. Alcohol levels in winehave been rising in recent years, particularly with the popularity of NewWorld wines, where hotter climates, riper, sweeter grapes, lead to naturallyhigher alcohol levels. There are lots of pretty powerful wines with alcohollevels of 14.5 – 15%. I’ve been searching out wines which have just as muchfruit and character, but with 12% alcohol or under and fewer calories. Iwould far rather enjoy one glass of any of these than resort to the confectedand generally fruitless lower alcohol wines on supermarket shelves.

Ruggeri Prosecco Brut Argeo, 11% £12.50There are lots of cheap, bland Proseccos on the market, but this one is adelight, with gentle bubbles, a delicate fragrance and a soft, creamy style.Dry, but with a lovely edge of candied lemon and peachy fruit. A light,indulgent treat with seafood and fish.

La Cadence Ugni Blanc 2011, 11% £5.95If you’re looking for a simple, fresh, fruity dry white, with an easy-drinkingstyle, at only 11% alcohol, then this is it.With citrus and pears on the nose, it’s a goodall purpose white. Lots of baked apple, yellowplum, and lemony flavours abound, and it hasa soft, gentle finish. Great with chicken, porkchops with apple, grilled fish, and fruitysalads.

Bardolino Le Nogare, Bertani 2011, 12% £9.95This red cherry, herb and cardamom scented red from North East Italyoffers freshness, elegance and character. From its limpid cherry red colour toits fresh, vibrant style, it’s a class act from a great producer. Light in style,with low tannins, full of plum and cherry fruit, it’s got a twist of thymeleaves, a hint of spice, and a savoury edge. A perfect, lighter style of red forpasta dishes, herb roasted chicken or even roast beef.

Domaine de Vissoux, Beaujolais Cuvee Traditionelle, 12% £11.30A silky, scented, feminine, delicate, and sublimely elegant wine. If you haverejected Beaujolais because of the nasty, thin, fruitless styles that we oftensee, trust me and try this one. It’s made with natural yeasts, and the qualityshines through. Ripe red fruit aromas waft from the glass, and it is a lowtannin, stylish and entrancing red. Pair with gammon, roast chicken, hamsalads, and lightly spiced Asian dishes.

Via Nova Merlot 2011, 12% £6.40This is full of soft, plummy fruit, clove and cinnamon spice, with a smooth,velvety style. It’s a food friendly red, with all the smooth, plummy ripenesstypical of Merlot, but without that heavy whack of alcohol. Deliciouslyjuicy, with a hint of mocha, and a super smooth texture. This is the wine forwinter stews, sausages, or pies.

Wines to go with stir fries and spicy Asian dishesReichstrat von Buhl Riesling Trocken 2011, 11.3% £11.50My perfect wine for most spicy dishes. Don’t ignore GermanRiesling, it produces some of the very best white wines in theworld. This is a beautiful example of a dry Riesling, with aromas ofhoneysuckle and fresh lime, which lead to an explosion of tangypassion fruit and fresh lime streaked fruit flavours. Incredibleintensity and purity of fruit.

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Great Western Wine is at Wells Road, Bath BA2 3AP,tel: 01225 322810. Visit: www.greatwesternwine.co.uk.

Angela Mount, wineand food critic,chooses wines thatare lower in alcoholbut big in flavour


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Forour New Year’s walk, we head from Bath downthe west side of the Avon valley, before crossingDundas Aqueduct and returning via Conkwell,Warleigh Woods, Brown’s Folly and Bathford.Heading out of town along Great Pulteney Street,cross at the end and walk up through Sydney

Gardens. After crossing the railway, go through a gateway ontothe canal towpath. Turn left, go through a tunnel and carry onfor 600 metres. When you come to a wooden bridge, cross it, gothrough a kissing gate (KG) and head up the field. Go through aKG at the top and turn left along the pavement for 500 metres.When you reach the junction with Bathampton Lane, cross the

main road, head up the rough lane opposite and go through aKG. Carry on up through another gate, and, when you reachdownland, bear left diagonally uphill. Bear left when you meetanother path, which eventually joins a sunken way headingdown. A few metres further on, cross a stile into the woods onthe right (ST775655).For the next two miles, you will be following the Bath Skyline

walk, which is well waymarked. After 250 metres, you cross apath heading downhill. This was a tramway, built around 1810to carry stone down to the canal. The contorted, rocky landscapeyou pass through as you carry on – the result of centuries ofquarrying – was one of Gainsborough’s favourite places to sketchwhen he lived in Bath. When the path forks, fork left through aKG into Bushey Norwood and carry on alongside the fence.When you reach a wall, go through a KG and bear right

across a field. Go through a KG and turn left (ST779642). Justbefore you reach a road, turn right through a gate. After 40metres, turn left through another gate and right along the roadfor 30 metres, before turning left along a footpath. At the nextroad, turn left for 50 metres before crossing and going through aKG into Rainbow Wood Farm. Follow the fenced-off paththrough a succession of KGs, before carrying straight on with awall on your left. Go through another KG and carry straight on(past a Skyline way mark pointing right) to the road.Cross, turn left for 50 metres and then right through a KG

(ST776629). Bear left diagonally across a field past WessexWater’s HQ, and go through a KG. After another KG, you passan old quarry on the right. Cross a busy road, go over a stile,and follow the path as it curves right past the old BrassknockerInn and through a KG. Bear left, following the path downhill.At the bottom, the path leads straight onto the busy A36.

Cross and turn right before heading down a stepped footpath bythe start of the lay-by. At the canal, turn left, cross a bridge andturn right across the aqueduct. Head to the left of a large hut,cross a stile and carry on up another old tramway, crossinganother stile part way up. When you meet a cross path at thetop, turn left along it (ST790623).Carry on into the hamlet of Conkwell, with its old tea gardens

and a fountain head where Conkwellians once washed theirclothes, and turn right uphill. At the top, turn left along the roadby a postbox. After 350 metres, turn left by a white post along atarmaced lane through Warleigh Woods (ST795628). After 600metres, carry on past a stile by a metal gate on the right, but, 150metres further on, as the lane bears left downhill, turn off it,heading straight on along a footpath into the woods (ST797635).This leads to a clearing with a view across to Claverton and theAmerican Museum.As you carry on, the path starts to head down. When it forks,

bear left down a stepped path. At the bottom, turn right througha dry arch built around 1795 and then left up to the road. Walk

along a narrow verge for 150 metres, before following afootpath into the woods (ST796645). As you climb, with theland shelving ever more steeply away on the left, look up to seewhere quarries and caves have been hollowed out of the hillside.The path eventually levels out alongside a wall, which you

follow for the next 1,300 metres, ignoring footpaths leadingdown to the left. After passing a board with information onBrown’s Folly nature reserve, you come to a blue post, one of 13placed hereabouts by the Bath Geological Society to identifyrocks and fossils. Visit:www.people.bath.ac.uk/exxbgs/brownsfolly.When you reach the foot of Brown’s Folly (ST794660), a

tower commissioned by a local landowner in 1848 as an

the contorted, rockylandscape you pass through asyou carry on – the results of centuriesof quarrying – was one ofGainsborough’s favourite placesto sketch

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NOT TO BE SNEEZED ATBrown’s Folly, affectionately known as thePepperpot, is one of the highlights of an 11-milewalk mapped out by Andrew Swift to encourageus to get out and stretch our legs


VICTORIAN FOLLY: main picture, Brown’s Follyat the summit of Sally in the Woods

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unemployment relief measure, turn left through a KG and headdown a stepped path. At the bottom, two paths head right acrossgrassland. Take the upper one along a ridge with views acrossBath. Go through a KG at the end (where there is an impressivecave on the right), and turn left down a steep path. At thebottom, turn right for 15 metres, before turning left down astepped path. When you reach a T junction, turn left. The pathcurves up to the left before swinging right downhill. Afternegotiating rough steps, turn right over a stile (ST791662).Follow a track across the field, heading to the left of a row ofhouses. Cross a stile, turn left down grass and a short road. Bearright for a few metres, before taking the footpath beside ManorFarm Cottage.After passing the lych gate, cross and carry on down Ostlings

Lane. At the bottom is a bus stop where you can, if you wish,catch a bus into Bath. To walk back, cross with care towards thepylon, turn left and cross the footbridge over the By Brook. Just

before the railway bridge, cross and head up a footpath by theline (ST786670). This takes you over the bridge, down the otherside and through a KG. Follow a track diagonally across thefield, climbing steps to cross the railway line and going over astile, before carrying on along a lane. When you reach the canal,carry on along the towpath to head back to Bath.Level of challenge: Muddy stretches, rough and slippery paths,

steps and steep slopes. Walking boots essential; walking sticks orpoles recommended. �

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ENJOY THESIGHTS: thebustling Kennet andAvon Canal by theDundas Aqueduct,and the panoramoicviews from Brown’sFolly


FURTHER INFORMATION

� Length of walk: 11 miles� Approx time: five hours� Map: OS Explorer 155

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Lose weight for the LAST time

If you’ve made a resolution to lose weight in 2013, it’s time to start thinking about adopting agood exercise regime and a healthy diet. The latter is sometimes the hardest to get to grips withjust after Christmas, but to help you on your way there’s a weight loss and detox course

starting in Bath, designed to give you the tools, inspiration and knowledge to make lastingchanges to your diet and lifestyle. The course will run as a progressive six-week workshop,teaching you to understand how your body works with certain food groups, how to find healthyalternatives and why going hungry is not an option. Led by experienced practitioner Lisa Barnes,it will look at ways to increase your energy levels, stop food cravings and give you optimumhealth along with how to implement this all into a busy lifestyle.

For more information contact Lisa on tel: 01225 830 855, email: [email protected] orvisit: www.lisabarneshealth.co.uk

News in Brief

• Luxury bath and skincare productcompany, Molton Brown, has opened anew store on Union Street, Bath,following the closure of its Bond Streetstore last month. Molton Brown has beenin Bath for just over 8 years, but wantedto expand into a bigger space. The newstore has an open and inviting feel withthree sinks in the middle of the room forcustomers to try the products. Keep an eyeout for some fantastic events andcomplimentary mini facials and hand andarm massages in store this month.

SKIN DEEPThe latest health and beauty news and product

reviews from Samantha Coleman

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Winter Wonders� New York apothecary brand Malin & Goetz has introduced glycolic acid pads to its collection of

advanced skincare products. The pads buff away bad complexions in just one wipe, leaving skinmore even, allowing for the effective absorption of moisturisers, while also delivering a healthierfinish to the skin. Find them on sale at Space NK, New Bond Street, Bath, £38.

� If you buy one thing this month let it be the new Jo Malone London Vitamin E Eye Creme (£35from Harvey Nichols). This luxurious moisturiser helps to reduce the look of fine lines and darkcircles while hydrating and conditioning at the same time. It’s a little pot of magic that you won’twant to be without.

� Hiding your hands away in gloves for the last couple of months is no excuse to let your beautyregime slip. Make sure they are always moisturised to prevent dryness and keep them looking theirbest with Creme de la Mer’s hand treatment, £65 from Jolly’s Bath.

� If you’re suffering from chapped and dry lips because of the cold weather, try the Popcorn lipscrub from Lush (£5.25). Take a small amount of the scrub and apply to lips in a circular motion –the castor sugar will gently buff away any dry flaky skin while the organic jojoba oil will soothe anyredness and soreness. It tastes just like popcorn too.

�• Luxury Dead Sea mineral skincarebrand Gadi 21 Minerals, has recentlylaunched in Jolly’s on Milsom Street. Therange consists of face and body productsfor both men and women which allinclude the 21 minerals which are foundnaturally within the Dead Sea. The DeadSea Body Scrub (£30) isone of the heroproducts from Gadi 21Minerals – it’s a gentleexfoliant which removesdead cells, leaving skinmoisturised, renewed and radiant. Itcontains a sumptuous blend of skinpolishing Dead Sea salts wrapped inmoisturising botanical and essential oils torefine and resurface the texture of theskin, and vitamins to help stimulate thenatural repair process of skin, fight freeradicals and leave it protected fromclimate change. Skin is left hydrated,super smooth and glowing – perfect forwarding off dry skin boughts this winter.

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Have a full body massage at the Thermae Bath Spa saysRosie Parry – it’s beneficial for both body and mind

Looking back at the past year, you can often wonder how youmanaged to do and achieve so much – you feel proud but exhaustedand with the turn of the new year you’ve got the January blues and

feel run-down and perhaps anxious about what the year ahead might bring– in fact your diary tells you that half the year is already booked up withvarious events and appointments. This is certainly how I feel and so Ibooked my tired self into the Thermae Bath Spa in Bath – Britain’s onlynatural thermal spa with state-of-the-art facilities and treatments – for atraditional, medium pressure full body massage (£58 for 50 minutes).The clean, white interior of the treatment area gave a sense of purity and

calm but was in no way clinical or cold. My beauty therapist, Sarah whohas eight years experience and has been at Thermae for four, was lovelyand before she began the massage we discussed different aspects of mylifestyle and if there were any areas of my body that I had any particularconcerns about. This allows you to tailor the treatment to suit your ownneeds.The bed was comfortable and after a hot towel was pressed on my feet

and I had been lightly brushed with a body brush to boost my circulation,my massage began, beginning with my back. Sarah used Pevonia massageemulsion, used by the spa for its pure ingredients, to gently but firmlyknead my muscles and release tension. As she worked I could feel myselfrelax and my tight muscles ease. She worked down onto each leg and thento each arm, and with every limb she massaged it joined the others in theirrelaxed bliss. I then turned on to my front and Sarah used tension relief gelon my shoulders, which has a cool, soothing effect. And relief it was too asmy shoulders loosened and she finished the treatment with a scalp massage.My first thought was that I didn’t want it to end and could I please stay

all day, and my second was how peaceful I felt. And as I sat watching thewinter sun illuminate the beautiful Georgian buildings outside, a sense ofcalm came over me and I felt ready and excited for the year ahead.Next time, and this would be a great way to truly pamper yourself, I

would combine a treatment with use of the spa facilities with a spapackage, such as the Thermae Experience (£189) which sounds utterlyindulgent, and there are several treatments that are signature to theThermae Bath Spa such as the Watsu (£62) which involves being cradled bya therapist and moved around in the mineral-rich waters.It is perhaps too often that us Bathonians see the Thermae spa as more

of a tourist attraction than somewhere to go regularly, or for many of usperhaps because it is so conveniently on our doorstop we have never for areason unknown to ourselves, visited. But I certainly will be a regular aftersuch a beneficial and in my view, affordable massage. �

Thermae Bath Spa, Hot Bath Street, Bath. Tel: 01225 331234

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Treat yourself

10 years youngerKnown as the “London Lip Queen”, Dr Rita Rakus has made

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Many signs of ageing on the face can be lessoned by the use of“fillers” to restore natural fullness and volume to multiple areas.These products can smooth away the lines and folds that occur.

Treatment can usually be performed depending on the filler, withminimal discomfort and downtime. We use various products

including Juvederm™ and Restylane™. There is no “one size fitsall” and so we invite you in for a free consultation to discuss whichof these products would benefit you most as well as fit your budget

One of Dr Rakus’s associate doctors visitsThe Orangery Laser and Beauty Clinic, to perform dermalfillers, facial volumisation, hand improvements, muscle

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This New Year why not have a look into Lifestyle Medical Beauty Clinic inChapel Row, Bath to see what ‘state-of-the-art’ aesthetic treatments can dofor you. The start of the year is always a good time to reflect on yourself anddecide what you would like to improve – and so many non surgical treatmentsare available now that can help you look good and feel great. One of the verylatest treatments, Dermapen (see www.dermapen.co.uk) will reduce the signsof ageing such as lines and wrinkles or can help to reduce the appearance ofscarring such as acne scarring or even surgical scars. It has even beenshown to improve the appearance of stretch marks. A full face treatment takesaround 1 hour and is completely comfortable but the effects are such thatmore than 90% of our clients who have had the treatment on the face havereported a definite improvement after even one treatment. Surely it would be

worth seeing one of the practitioners in Lifestyle at one of their free consultations just to find out what it can do for you. And if you buy a treatment or courseof treatments with Dermapen in January the cost will be half normal price saving £125 per treatment!

Or perhaps you would like to remove facial red veins or unsightly leg veins before the weather starts to improve and legs comeout again. Using both laser and microsclerotherapy the clinic can tackle most red veins easily and effectively.

Lifestyle Medical Beauty Clinic obviously offers all the usual treatments you would expect from a leading aesthetic clinic(check the website on www.thelifestyleclinic.co.uk) and maybe some more you wouldn’t expect but whatevertreatment you choose you will feel more confident and look and feel great.

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ThisNew Year marks the start of a special year for thediminutive gardens department of the Bath PrioryHotel aka Anna, my longstanding part-timeassistant, and I. For 2013 is Our Year at the Top; theyear we can bask in the glory of the highest accolade

that we can gain as hotel gardeners. This year we two are theproud holders of the Relais & Chateaux Garden Trophy. Andwhat a lovely chunk of engraved glass it is too.Now I realise this may not sound like a big deal to you, but it

is to us. Unlike awards and accolades for chefs which abound,there are very few prizes around for gardeners. I guess that mostof the time, while a chef is typically quite expectant of praise forhis culinary creations, short-lived though they may be; thehumble gardener is quietly getting on with his garden in thebackground, seeking only the satisfaction of a good show oftulips and a nicely burgeoning herbaceous border to know thathe’s done well. It’s a huge pat on the back for Anna and me andwe have the satisfaction of knowing that we can hold our headshigh with the big teams, big budgets and enormous reputations ofthe likes of Gravetye Manor, Raymond Blanc’s Manoir aux Quat’Saisons and Whatley Manor, not to mention all the glorioushotels abroad.We gardeners are more likely to regard praise from our peers,

fellow gardeners who drop in on the National Garden Schemedays and the like, as the proof of our horticultural prowess. I wasso excited and pleased when a Swedish gardening tour organisertold me that the hotel had been recommended by Helen Dillon,the Irish gardener and writer.“Where did you hear about us,” I asked.“Oh, I asked Helen Dillon for recommendations when we took

a tour to her garden in Ireland,” he said. “She spoke very highlyof your garden and had a lovely stay here.”And that was it, although I glowed about it for weeks

afterwards: a high profile gardener who I rated commending mywork. I was only sorry we’d not met and walked around thegarden together.

But this trophy acknowledges the importance of the garden tothe hotel’s atmosphere and ambience. The Priory would not bethe same if all we had was a car park, would it? It’s so easy totake a garden for granted and yet the setting of a hotel or even adomestic house is so vital to our perception of the place.

There’s nothing like a garden for creating a sense of peace andrelaxation and, even after nearly ten years at the Priory, I stillthink it’s one of the loveliest gardens I’ve ever worked in. I know,I’m terribly biased but I can’t get too big headed. The layout ofthe garden has been a long process that encompasses the talentsof garden designers, builders, my predecessor James and countlessgardeners before us stretching back in time to when the housewas new and the gardens first laid out.Gardens can be instantly created – just look at Chelsea Flower

Show – but mostly they evolve and the Priory’s history is palpablefor us. When we mow our main lawn, we can feel the depressionwhere the grand old specimen tree once stood – I think it was abeech, looking at the grainy black and white photo from the1930s. This slight hollow in the lawn, all but invisible, lies closeto the walnut which was obviously planted to replace the ancienttree and is now reaching a good size and gaining a touch ofmajesty itself. It’s a bit like looking at the stars: you realise you’rejust a small part of a very big picture. I wonder if latergenerations of gardeners will contemplate the liquidambar I haveplanted and thank me for my foresight in the same way as I domy forerunners. I do hope so.

There’s nothing like a garden forcreating a sense of peace andrelaxation – I still think it’s one ofthe loveliest gardens I’ve everworked in

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EVER CHANGING:the formal Italiangarden at the BathPriory

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And that’s the thing about gardening, although Anna and I arehugely pleased to have our praises sung and our work celebrated,it’s not what we do it for. I always say that if I wanted to be richor get my name in lights, I opted for the wrong profession. Comethe spring, once the grass starts growing and the seeds needsowing, we’ll be out there, same as ever, getting on with theunsung, joyful stuff that makes being a gardener so worthwhile.�Follow Jane on Twitter @janethegardener or read her blog,www.janethegardener.wordpress.com

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HISTORIC: the viewacross the croquetlawn towards theBath Priory Hotel insummer

Gardening jobs for JanuaryAwards or not, thegarden still needsattention even inthe bleakest ofmonths. It’s nowthat we’re likelyto get the worstof the weather:frosts, gales, snowand, of course,heavy rain. Lovely.� Check stakes,

ties, fleeces,bubble wrapand so on tomake sure it’ssecure and yourtender plants are well protected.

� Keep feeding the birds, it’s a tough month for them,and you’ll be grateful once they’re picking at theaphids on your fruit bushes later on.

� One of my favourite January jobs is cutting off oldleaves of the hellebores to show off the emergingflowers. It’s chilly on the fingers but the helleboreslook beautiful once it’s done.

� A toasty indoor job is settling down with the seedcatalogues and a cup of tea to plan the annualborder and the vegetable crop rotations for thecoming season. I also make a list of any annuals suchas cosmos and so forth that we dot around the bedsto fill in any gaps later in the season.

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The age of the twenty first century is upon us with technology leadingthe way. Even when it comes to our pets, technology is working forus since we no longer have to worry about tattoos or dog tags as a

means of their identification due to the advent of the microchip.Microchipping sounds very technologically advanced but it is a simpleaffordable process that takes as much time as administering a vaccine. Asyou can imagine, working in a veterinary surgery there have been strayanimals brought in by well meaning members of the general publicespecially cats who like to try out new homes occasionally and dogs thatprefer to do walkabouts. By having a microchip cats and dogs, even birdsand tortoises, can be reunited with their rightful owners. So what is amicrochip you ask, and how does it work? I’ll try to clarify the mysteries ofthe chip for those yet uninitiated.

What is a Microchip?A microchip is a very small radio frequency identification transponder (thesize of a grain of rice, the basmati kind) which is surrounded in an inertsterile glass capsule. It is aseptically inserted via a special syringe just underthe skin between the shoulders usually while the animal is conscious. Infact most pets do not even know they have had the implantation. The chipwill remain just under the skin for your pet’s entire life.

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How much does it cost to implant a Microchip?As the years go by, like most new technologies, the identichip is becomingmore widespread and therefore less expensive. Most veterinary surgeriescharge a small fee and animal shelters will provide the chip within the costsof adoption. At Bath Vet Group we include microchips as part of ourpopular Pet Health Plan. Remember we all want to encourage the use ofchips.Microchips have been present worldwide for over twenty years now, and

it is a widely accepted practice to chip your pet as the sole means ofidentification. It will take only minutes to administer and log your pet ontothe database. You might as well use this useful piece of technology for thepeace of mind that you get from knowing your pet will be reunited withyou should they be lost.

If you have any questions, local vet Jenny Keen will be pleased to help andcan be contacted on 01225 428921. All Bath Vet Group surgery contactdetails and further information are available at www.bathvetgroup.co.uk.

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Was one of your new year’s resolutions to save more andspend less? Or perhaps it was to earn some extra moneyto cope with the household bills? Either way, a newwebsite that has recently launched in Bristol and Bathmay provide an innovative solution.

Storenextdoor.com connects people that have ‘stuff to store’ to peoplewho live near them with ‘space to spare’. The space could be an empty loftor garage, a spare room or even a secure outbuilding. The service is fullyinsured by Aviva, and both parties have to fill out a user profile and signlegal documents to keep everything fair and square.

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There are little corners and plots in Bath wherethose with imagination crave to create new homesor businesses. In a city the space is limited fornew development, so builders and architects havebecome adept at creating more. They have tankedin cellars to make dining rooms, dug down into

gardens to create new family rooms, and converted old atticsinto apartments.

The casual visitor might think that Bath couldn’t be built upanymore without advancing on to those glorious unspoiled greenhills around it. But, if you look carefully, there is still the oddcorner apparently unclaimed by anything other than buddlea andbrambles, that could be put to good use.

We have all noticed the major development taking place atRiverside, where much of Bath’s former heavy industry used totake place. This brownfield site was never going to be a beautyspot, so building homes on it was a relatively non-controversialdecision. But a walk around the city centre and a trawl throughthe internet uncovers any number of brand new, or about to bebuilt small developments of townhouses and apartments dottedabout all around the city.

Melksham-based developer Ashford Homes (South West) hasa couple of new developments for sale, at Holburne Place not farfrom the Holburne Museum, and another in Upper Bristol Road,where of the 14 homes being created only four are left unsold.

Coming up, the developers have plans for a terrace of sevenhouses, also off Upper Bristol Road, at Monmouth Pace, alongwith seven apartments in a new-build in Crescent Lane, just offJulian Road. Although this isn’t built yet, three of the sevenapartments have been sold off plan.

Ashford Homes is also going to build a Georgian style villa,called Sydney Lawns, near to Sydney Gardens, which will houseanother eight apartments.

By the Kennet and Avon Canal four contemporary houses arebeing tucked in near to the water in desirable Widcombe, and offWalcot Street another waterside plot has three townhouses and amaisonette in a gated community dubbed Gibbs Mews.

An apparently awkward spot just off the busy London Road,in Upper East Hayes, is the latest clever project into intelligentinfilling. Where there was once a storage building behind theformer Leather Chairs of Bath there is now a neat row oftownhouses called Jubilee Terrace.

The architects, Bath firm David Brain has cleverly designedfour two bedroom houses on the lower slopes of the hill whichwill give their new owners three desirable assets for Bath cityhomes – namely, parking, proximity to the centre and somewhereto sit out and enjoy the sun on a small west facing terrace.Another Bath business, Emery was engaged to build the housesand the finished project has been put forward for a LocalAuthority Building Control award.

The parking space is smartly managed with a shared garageunder the houses, which cleverly allows cars to get in and out ofthis tight space via a remote control turntable. This may be thefirst time this clever city gadget has been deployed in Bath but it’san inspired way to turn a vehicle in a small space and may catchon.

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CLEVER USE OFSPACE: mainpicture, an open planliving, dining andkitchen space atJubilee Terrace,Lower East Hayes,designed by award-winning Batharchitect DavidBrain Partnership

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Visitors enter into a hallway, with light oak and glass doors off it.There’s a neat cloakroom tucked away at the foot of the stairs,fitted with tiles from Mandarin of Broad Street and the oakflooring of the hall extends right through the living area. Thelatter is an open plan arrangement with the well equippedkitchen looking out over the paved courtyard garden. There isroom for a dining table and a sitting room area too.

Upstairs, as well as the two bedrooms, there is a bathroom anda handy airing cupboard with boiler. In the two central properties

the bathroom has a separate shower as well as a bath.Although the houses lie just off such a traffic-filled

thoroughfare there is virtually no sound, thanks to the doubleglazing. The window frames are wooden.

The terrace is a level walk from the city centre and withinwalking distance of Bath Spa Station for commuters. �

Jubilee Terrace is on the market with Crisp Cowley, with pricesfrom £335,000. Tel: 01225 789333 to view.

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The Gables is a stunning and deceptively spacious detached periodhouse standing in wonderful gardens, in all approximately an acre,in the heart of a sought after village east of Bath. Believed in parts todate back some 400 years the property has been the subject ofalmost complete refurbishment and decoration and with meticulous

restoration of the stone mullioned windows. Arranged over two floors thesubstantial and well presented family accommodation comprises 5 bedrooms, 2fabulous en suite bathrooms, additional guest bathroom, family room, diningroom with impressive inglenook fireplace, sitting room with a further inglenook,study, conservatory, well fitted kitchen leading into an impressivedining/breakfast room, utility room and cloakroom. Fabulous detached stonebuilt annexe comprising sitting room with mezzanine area above, kitchen/diningroom and wet room, ideal for au pair, dependent relative or for use as a homeoffice. Further detached stone built gym. Detached stone outbuildingincorporating triple open fronted car port, 2 garages and workshop. There’s alsoan abundance of parking space. Large mature and beautifully maintained lawnedgardens ( approx 1 acre) giving a great deal of privacy. The Gables is on themarket with Bath estate agents Pritchards.

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Overlooking EnglishcombeAn impressive eco-friendly 5 bed detached home. Set in 5 acres with wonderful views. Approx floor area: 3919 sq ft/364 sq m. Stunning receptions & bedrooms - 3 en suite & kitchen/breakfast room with ancillary rooms. Loft space for hobby/room/further accommodation. (subj to the nec. consents).

Price: £1.375 million

Lower South WraxallA stunning & deceptively spacious detached period house standing in approx 1 acre of private gardens. The subject of almost complete refurbishment & meticulous restoration, in part dating back some 400 years. Approx int area: 3711 sq ft/344.75 sq m.5 bedrooms - 2 en suite & bathroom, family room, 2 receptions with inglenooks, study, conservatory, kitchen leading into dining/breakfast room. Stone built annexe ideal for extra accomm/office and gym. Detached stone outbuilding incl. car port, 2 garages & workshop.


Dunkerton, Nr BathA handsome G II listed farmhouse set in delightful grounds of approx 1 acre. Tucked away location, delightfully presented. (3536 sq ft/328.6 sq m). Stone outbuilding /garage. 6 bedrooms - 2 en suite, 2 shower/bathrooms, 2 receptions, kitch/breakfast rm utility, boot & cloakrms. Underfloor heating to GF. Potential for ancillary accom (subj to nec consents).


Cleveland Walk, BathwickA beautiful attached Victorian Grade II Listed House, circa 1850, with impressive reception hall & kitchen leading to fabulous Amdega conservatory/dining room. 3 double bedrooms, bathroom & 2 en suite showers, drawing room. Lovely City views. Attractive gardens. Superb detached GArDEN pAVILION with en suite. Ample driveway parking.

Guide Price: £1.375 million

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Upper Camden PlaceA stylish & wide bayed 5 storey Georgian townhouse with unrivalled views over the City & beyond. Total floor area (house) 2324 sq ft / 216 sq m. Reception hall & dining room, kitchen & utility, cloakroom, drawing rm, withdrawing room/bed 5, 3 bedrooms, bed 4/study, 2 bath/shower rms.Very pretty gardens. Garage 197 sq ft/18 sq m.

Price: £870,000

Claverton DownA fabulous detached contemporary house, newly built to most impressive environmental standards. Quiet, sought-after road close to Bath University with driveway parking. Stunning kitchen/dining/living room with wood burning stove and French windows into garden and folding doors into sitting room, 4 bedrooms, 2 at GF level and 2 en suite & further bathroom. Air heat source pump for underfloor heating throughout. Level landscape gardens to front and rear.

Price: £760,000

Corston, Nr BathA beautiful example of a detached period family home set within large level grounds. Kitchen/breakfast room, sitting room, dining room, 24ft living room, utility, four double bedrooms one with en suite and a family bathroom. Cellar. Ample off road parking. Mature level gardens. Countryside views. Approx floor area: 1742 sq ft/161.9 sq m. Bath 5.8 miles approx

Price: £595,000

High Street, BatheastonAn attractive Grade II Listed Georgian house retaining a wealth of charm and character in the heart of this popular village. 4 bedrooms, study, bathroom, kitchen/dining room, 2 receptions. Gardens. Parking. Total approx. floor area: 1607 sq ft / 149.2 sq m.Price:

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Beech Avenue, Claverton DownA spacious and contemporary individually designed detached house, newly built to a high specification throughout and benefitting from off-street parking and a picturesque garden. Located down a private road off a peaceful cul-de-sac at the top of Bathwick Hill, the property enjoys extremely convenient access to Bath city centre, as well as a host of highly regarded primary and secondary schools.

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Ashford Homes (South Western Limited), local developers with a greatreputation for building luxurious new homes have just introduced anadded incentive “with the introduction of a £10,000 contributiontowards stamp duty Or PART EXCHANGE CONSIDERED,” on the oneremaining four bedroom detached home on the outskirts of Bath atRhymes Place.

They are also holding a Special “Part Exchange Event” on Saturday2nd February from 10am-1pm, when interested parties are invitedwithout an appointment to view the house at their leisure, even if theirhouse isn’t on the market or sold, to see the quality this house offers.

“Part exchange is a quick and easy way to move with many benefits tothe buyer including no estate agents fees, no bother of having to showbuyers over your home or delays inherent in finding a buyer, and is a fasteasy option which allows people to plan their move confidently,” saysPaul Weeks,” and we would be available to talk to any interested partiesabout what a great and straightforward way to get moving this can be.”Full details of Ashford Homes Part Exchange Terms & Conditions areavailable on request and both Philip Cobb (Cobb Farr-Bath) and PaulWeeks, Ashford Homes Sales & Marketing Manager, will be present atthe “open day,” to offer any help or advice needed.

Rhymes Place, Bailbrook Lane, Bath, is a small select developmentoffering four 4 bedroom and two 5 bedroom detached homes withgardens on the eastern edge of the City.

The luxury 4 bedroom detached home available, is finished, carpetedand ready to move into, including luxury granite work tops in the kitchenas a bonus which was not part of the normal specification, andlandscaped gardens.

The house itself externally combines attractive Natural FarmingtonStone and rendered elevations with architectural features in a greatposition that offers views towards open countryside, set in good sizedgardens, whilst offering a single garage with remote control door anddriveway parking.

The location on the outskirts of Bath also offers access into nearby lanes andfields for relaxing walks, whilst at the same time offering great communicationlinks with access to the centre of the World Heritage City within 2 miles, andonto other destinations via the nearby A46 and the M4 Motorway via junction18.”

Ashford Homes are also well known for providing the highest level ofspecification and the house at Rhymes Place is no exception to this rule, offeringa luxury fitted kitchen, and quality fitted appliances.

The house also offer gas fired under floor central heating with individuallycontrolled zones and a comprehensive alarm and electrical specificationincluding an advanced home network/TV infrastructure supporting thedistribution of television, Sky (with remote control option), data and telephoneto multiple locations. Ceiling speakers in the master bedroom and an iPoddocking station are fitted as standard and allows the occupier to listen to musicfrom their “docked” iPod or phone through the unobtrusive high quality ceilingmounted speakers with additional options to upgrade the system in severalways.

Bathrooms and en suite shower rooms are fitted with quality Villeroy & Bochwhite sanitary ware, whilst taps and showers are all from the renownedHansgrohe range.

“This is the last chance to buy a home on this development,” says PaulWeeks, “and with the asking price having just been reduced and an Offer ofPart Exchange available as an option, it is certainly worth coming to look at thishouse before it is too late, it could be the best decision you make in your life.”

The Price for Plot 5 at Rhymes Place is £529,950, with either a £10,000contribution towards stamp duty OR Part Exchange Considered (subject toterms & conditions). So if you want to see what Rhymes Place offers, you cancontact Cobb Farr their sole agents in Bath on 01225-333332 for details, or justvisit without an appointment on the Open Day. To see details of other locationsAshford Homes are constructing, visit their web site at www.ashford-homes.co.uk for details of their current and forthcoming developments acrossthe region.

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The Chestnuts – Hamptons are proud to announce our success in selling four properties in the ever popular Charlcombe Lane in 2012. If you are considering selling your home in Charlcombe or Lansdown, please call us.

Twinneys – Contemporary homes have become ever more popular within our wonderful Georgian city. We are delighted to announce a local Bath based buyer successfully purchased this unique home.

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St Andrews Terrace – This elegant townhouse was sold by Hamptons within ten days of marketing. With high demand for similar properties, please contact us to discuss how we can help you move this year.

Cambridge Terrace – Hamptons sold this handsome Grade II Listed townhouse in excess of the guide price. If you are thinking of selling your property, please contact us for a free, no-obligation market appraisal.

Lansdown Crescent – In 2012 Hamptons were successful in selling some wonderful apartments in Bath’s prime addresses. This elegant three bedroom maisonette sold in the most glorious Lansdown Crescent.

Cavendish Lodge – Cavendish Lodge has always been a popular home especially for our international buyers. Hamptons were privileged to sell two apartments in 2012. Do call us this year if you wish to discuss your requirements.

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The Old Manor, Marshfield – The pretty villages north of Bath are always so popular with many of our London buyers offering excellent access to the M4 whilst living the Cotswold dream. From pretty Honeysuckle Cottage in North Wraxall, to a small-holding in Nettleton and this fantastic period manor house located in the centre of Marshfield we have many customers ready to buy this new year.

The Chantry, Corsham – Hamptons International are known for their success in selling large family homes in central Bath, however we also specialise in the wonderful small towns that surround us such as Bradford on Avon and Corsham. We are delighted that by selling their pretty cottage in Tormarton a new family were able to move in to this wonderful six bedroom former vicarage just before Christmas.

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1 Hayes Place, Bear Flat, Bath BA2 4QW 01225 422 224

MarkNaylor

HENSLEY ROAD £575,000This wonderful 1930s detached property offers generous accommodation, attractive, good sized gardens and a most sought-afterposition in this well-established part of Bloomfield, just minutes above the Bear Flat. A rarely available and substantial family home.

Storm porch, hallway, two large reception rooms, breakfast room, kitchen, 4 bedrooms and bathroom. Integral garage, gardens and off-streetparking. Gas central heating, double glazing and solar panels. Approximate gross internal floor area: 1,770 square feet / 164 square metres.

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BLOOMFIELD ROAD £650,000This vast, double fronted, semi-detached house must surely have some of the best views over the city, looking northwards acrossBath’s panorama. Certainly in need of some TLC, but could be a fantastic home once the money and effort is spent. Available with noonward chain.

Main house with hallway, 3 reception rooms, kitchen, 5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Self-contained flat with 4 rooms, Kitchen and bathroom.Off-street parking and enclosed rear gardens. Approximate gross internal floor area: 3,335 square feet / 310 square metres.

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Beaufort HouseFor some time, the present owners had beensearching for a sizeable period property and,therefore, were delighted to discover this largeGeorgian house. Key attractions were that it is setwell back from the road, in total privacy, locatedcentral to the city, and provided excellent accessto schools for their three children. Built around1806, the house is full of original Georgiancharacter such as high coved ceilings, architraveskirting, sash windows and fabulous fireplaces.Although in good condition when the ownerspurchased the property, they have carried outseveral enhancements since they came to live herethirteen years ago, including a new, state-of-the-artkitchen.Their main project, however, was tocleverly incorporate the adjacent empty stablesinto the main part of the house to provide extraand useful rooms, one being a media room with abuilt-in surround system and TV: very much afamily favourite. All bedrooms are large, one havingthe luxury of a separate sitting area – perfect for ateenage family member and currently an excellentguest suite.There is also a separate coach house,

presently used for home working, but its flexibilitycould easily provide comfortable accommodationfor independent living by a family member.

A fabulous party house, the main receptionrooms overlook the stylishly landscaped andenclosed garden at the front of the house, wherefamily and guests can enjoy relaxed dining on theterrace, when weather permits. It is also a space inwhich marquees are erected for those specialcelebrations.

It is a few minutes’ walk from the house intoLarkhall village, which features several independentshops, restaurants and pubs, plus a small theatreand well used community hall. Larger stores andsupermarkets, together with an excellent choice ofboth state and independent schools, are located inthe city centre. Bath, with its stunning architecture,amazing history and cultural facilities offers anever-ending choice of activities from which toselect.The mainline station provides around a oneand a half hour journey into Paddington and thereare excellent links to major roads and motorwaysfor journeys in all directions.

GROSVENOR, BATH

Georgian Grade II listed house, 5 bedrooms, 3 reception rooms, 3 bathrooms,study utility room and wine cellar,separate 1 bedroom coach house,gravel drivewith parking for numerous cars

Contact: 01225 320032 £1,250,000

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Great Pulteney Street OIEO £380,000

Georgian apartment | Beautifully appointed | Stunning kitchen | Prestigious address | Second floor | Luxury bath and shower room | Stunning views

This stunning Grade I listed two bedroom apartment is located in the world famous Great Pulteney Street and offers spacious, well presented

accommodation all just a level walk from the City Centre. This second floor apartment offers two bedrooms, master with en suite, main bathroom,

sitting room with open plan kitchen. This is a truly special apartment in a wonderful location and an internal viewing is highly recommended.

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Victoria Bridge Court OIEO £360,000

Gated development | West facing balcony | Allocated covered parking | Well presented | Three bedrooms | Contemporary living

A modern, contemporary waterside apartment situated in a secure development within easy and level walking distance of central Bath and with

the added benefit of allocated undercover parking. Beautifully presented accommodation comprising open plan large living space with dining area

and modern kitchen with integrated appliances, featuring a spectacular glazed wall opening on to a west facing balcony. Master bedroom with en-

suite, two further bedrooms and a bathroom. There are also communal gardens and an undercover private parking space.

Rivers Street OIEO £200,000

Grade II listed | Georgian apartment | Sought after area | Stunning views | One bedroom | Viewing recommended

This lovely one bedroomed Grade II listed Georgian apartment is located in the ever popular area of Rivers Street. With stunning far reaching

views over the south of Bath this property would make the perfect first time buy, city pad or investment property. Consisting; entrance hall, sitting

room, kitchen with dining area, bedroom and bathroom. A fantastic apartment, viewing highly recommended.

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Crisp CowleyRalph Allen’s Town HouseYork StreetBath BA1 1NQ 01225 789333

www.crispcowley.co.uk

Henrietta Villas A handsome Grade II listed semi-detached house dating from 1850 and providing over 3800 sq ft of accommodation in this highly sought after location | spacious entrance hall | drawing room | study/tv room | dining room | kitchen | cloakroom | utility | 5 bedrooms | 2 bathrooms | shower room | self-contained garden apartment comprising sitting room, bedroom, kitchen, shower room | 2 store rooms | tandem garage | driveway parking for several cars | established garden | Guide Price: £1,600,000

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Wellow An outstanding Grade II listed house with fine views providing over 5,000 sq ft of accommodation in this highly desirable village | spacious entrance hall | drawing room | dining room | kitchen/breakfast room | sitting room | study | garden room | boot room | 2 utility rooms | boiler room | 2 cloakrooms | master bedroom with en suite bathroom | 5 further bedrooms | family bathroom | shower room | cellar | double garage with office above | detached oak framed double bay car port | beautiful gardens | tennis court | Guide Price: £1,850,000




Wellow A beautifully converted barn providing approximately 4000 sq ft of accommodation in this highly desirable village | spacious entrance hall | drawing room | dining room | family room | sitting room/office | study | kitchen/breakfast room | utility room | master bedroom with en suite bathroom | 4 further double bedrooms (1 en suite) | family bathroom | sitting/study area | laundry | potential for self-contained east wing | beautiful gardens | swimming pool | double garage | parking | Guide Price: £1,250,000




Beckington Enchanting and historic stone built mill house with 11th Century connections. Enviable waterside setting | reception hall | cloakroom |sitting room |double height drawing room and gallery | refitted kitchen | utility | 5 bedrooms | 2 bathrooms | office | wood store | lovely gardens | river and fishing | valley views over farmland | Guide Price: £865,000


Chelsea House London Road Bath BA1 6DBTel 01225 447971

88 Whiteladies Road Clifton Bristol BS8 2QNTel 0117 973 1144

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