We Want More

GOT ISSUES 1 For laid back lifestylers... with a sense of humour 2017

WE WANT MORE

Festivals are in a constant state of A half-century later, it’s not just bellbottoms and wanderlust and desire for unique and memory-making evolution, there are now literally hundreds marijuana anymore. Music festivals have evolved into moments – the world is now literally your glittering, of them all over the country and they have a booming multimillion-pound business. But why is it flower-crown-filled oyster! It seems many of us no that so many of us time and time again clear an entire longer have the ‘Woodstock mentality’ and are not up gone from just being a place where you weekend to spend it camping in a foreign town with for pitching our dodgy tents in the rain to hear our watch bands in a field, to an entire four thousands of strangers? favourite band and roughing it anymore, so what do day immersive experience. we want from our festivals? We are craving and chasing experiences over It has been 47 years since Generation X dressed in belongings more than ever before and what better suede hippie vests and flower crowns and gathered at place than in a fairytale haze of escapism in the the firstPilton Pop, Blues & Folk Festival (now more middle of the British countryside…or further afield if commonly known as one of the best festivals in the you really want to live out those hedonistic dreams. world –Glastonbury!), for 1 night of music and peace. Festivals are having to work harder to satisfy our

Single-eState gift S S traight from the farmer | cha S ediS tillery.co.uk 2 2017 2017 3

What’s cookin One thing we do know is that festi- joy of spontaneity and is both designed and built by 60 Seconds food is fast becoming just as central teams of emerging artists, architects and musicians; all good lookin’ to the experience as the music. Yes, of whom live in the woods for the month of August, of course the line-up is important but festi-goers are collaborating, dreaming and building a giant three- with our asking what’s on the menu. Whether it’s street food dimensional canvas for its new visitors to explore, FESTIVALS FOR YOU FOODIES! feasting or long table banqueting in the middle of a adapt and enjoy. field, in fact you can barely move without seeing a friends... feudal field being transported into a festi-campus, Waking up in a sweaty tent stinking of cider, a half- Not your average weekend in the country... festooned with celebrity chef pop-ups. The double eaten mystery meat burger and fuzzy memories of the Michelin-starred pub chef Tom Kerridge apparently night before might have become a ‘right of passage’ for Jack Held at THE PIG hotels and Lime Wood sold out his new food, drink and music festival in young people but a new pack of wellness warriors are throughout the summer! Street-food feasting, Marlow ‘Pub in the Park’ in a matter of hours; while championing the health benefits of being at one with Angela Hartnett is cooking up festival feasts in a Guinness day-long drinking, dancing like no one is nature with many festivals daring to suggest that you THINGS WE LOVE in the city... watching and sleeping under the stars; Food field at Wilderness, along with Thomasina Miers and can actually leave feeling more rejuvenated that when and Music festivals from Smoked Yotam Ottolenghi, and at The Big Feastival you can you arrived. Soul Circus festival in the Cotswolds is & Uncut. even brush up on your skills in the kitchen with free all about balance; spend your days doing hot yoga, SCRATCH MENU AT SPRING THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS daily cookery classes…your music tastes may not be indulging in the spa, sipping on juice, and then spend Shockingly, 40 per cent of all fruit and vegetables grown in WITH JULIAN FELLOWS THE PIG-on the Beach: Saturday 10th June tickled the way you want but your foody fantasies are your evenings drinking local brews, shaking your this country are discarded before ever reaching a shop shelf, Oscar-winning TV scriptwriter – Sunday 11th June guaranteed to be fulfilled. booty to a DJ and eating locally sourced food at their as they are considered ugly, misshapen, too big, too small or Julian Fellowes’ musical adaptation supper clubs. Just thinking about it makes you feel a simply have the odd hole here and there. One third of all food (together with George Stiles and THE PIG, Brockenhurst: Saturday 8th Festivals have the power not only to bring gangs of us bit more Zen. grown or manufactured in the world is thrown out – enough Anthony Drewe) of Kenneth – Sunday 9th July together, but also to educate and inspire; the cultural to feed 870 million people. Grahame’s The Wind in the and arts movement often now takes centre stage in the You can even take a round the world trip in Willows is now showing at the Lime Wood: Saturday 22nd – Sunday 23rd festival scene. Aside from the big players such as The one weekend with festivals such as WOMAD, a Skye Gyngell’s London restaurant Spring is raising awareness London Palladium, with comedian Rufus July Glamping ticket £995 for two people Hay Festival of Literature and Arts, The Edinburgh celebration of the world’s many forms of music, arts, and doing its bit to cut waste with a new pre-theatre ‘Scratch’ Hound as Mr Toad. On London’s welcoming Fringe Festival and Port Elliot Festival a whole host dance and food. The lush fields of Wiltshire will be menu that uses leftovers and food that would otherwise be committee is Kit Kemp’s The Haymarket hotel, THE PIG-near Bath: Saturday 19th of boutique offerings are emerging just for the culture offering up a veritable feast from every corner of discarded to create simple, delicious which is creating a Ratty, Mole, Badger and Mr – Sunday 20th August vultures. The Curious Arts Festival, set in the palacios the globe, embracing an eclectic fusion of flavours dishes. The menu changes depending Toad themed afternoon tea, from June until Glamping ticket £995 for two people grounds of Pylewell Park in Hampshire, boasts a line- including Goan curries made with fresh Cornish fish, on the availability of ingredients September – taking place in the hotel’s up of novelists, historians, poet laureates, comedians Damascene falafel with Marrakechi fries, authentic (freshness is still key) - think shooting room. What are you reading? THE PIG-at Combe: Saturday 9th September as well as life drawing, snail racing and just about East End pie and mash, Filipino noodles and Spanish soups made from potato skins I’m really enjoying reading non-fiction everything in between. paella and churros. and beetroot tops, or leftover PETERSHAM NURSERIES at the moment and have read about Ticket from £35 to £120 bread transformed into warm IN COVENT GARDEN three Jon Ronson books in a row. He’s an For the really free-spirited folk, Aespia festival is So whether you are looking to dance the night away, bread pudding. Summer is here and something suitably flowery is freshening investigative journalist with a fascination with the weird and wonderful. The last Please visit www.smokedanduncut.com described as ‘a 24-hour celebration of art and escapism’, get stuck into the latest foodie trend, expand your up the big city. Petersham Nurseries – the rustic Richmond one I read was ‘So You’ve Been Publicly for more information and to book! and begins by whisking ticket holders away in blacked- mind, get to grips with downward dog or completely Dishes from the Scratch menu café and garden centre that boasts a real-life meadow – is out coaches where they will swap the hustle and bustle escape the real world for a weekend there is a festival are served from 5.30pm to opening a 16,000-square-foot destination in Covent Garden Shamed’- a brilliant take on the shame of London for a secret woodland - sans phones. The for you. 6.45pm daily and the menu is in London, and it looks blooming marvellous. Based around culture in our press and on social media. Aespia world is split into five different worlds where priced at £20 for three courses. a central courtyard called Floral Court (of course) Petersham visitors will be able to fully immerse themselves in the Nurseries Covent Garden will feature two restaurants, a bar, Where are you eating? Skye is also popping up at delicatessen, florist, wine cellar, and a homes and garden shop. There’s lovely little Italian restaurant Lime Wood on Fri 28th July The retail venues open in June; the food and drink offering called Campania on Columbia Road in East London, the home of the Flower – don’t miss this. follows in September. Market is one of my favourites- set on a cobbled road with old street lamps... feels like you’re in a movie. A romantic spot with delicious authentic food. THE PIG-in the Wilderness Fave new find? 3rd - 6th August 2017 Thomas Farthing clothing. It’s tucked away on a little road by The British This year THE PIG will be taking the tastes Museum.. they create beautiful classic of the countryside to Wilderness Festival, tailoring, hats and gloves- a real Oxfordshire (3rd - 6th August) gentleman’s treasure trove. British style at it’s best. Festival-goers will be able to tuck into tasty take- away Piggy Plates throughout the weekend, and www.thomasfarthing.co.uk for those ‘wanting more’ THE PIG will be taking over a Wilderness feasting tent, serving long- Who are you listening to? table family-style lunches and dinners. Michael Kiwanuka - makes beautiful THINGS WE LOVE in the sticks... soulful important music. Love and Hate Festival tickets and more info at What we’re listening to… PODCASTS is a great great album. www.wildernessfestival.com GIFFORDS CIRCUS Johnny Messum, ‘For me, art is about how Giffords Circus is a magical village green circus certain objects resonate. I like the idea of Ideal date night? that tours England throughout the summer. A handmade objects in a handmade space Good food, and lots of booze. The podcast renaissance shows no signs of letting DESERT ISLAND DISCS thrilling, candle-lit, international gymnastic that is centuries old – because The Barn is up. The impulse to retreat into downloadable radio Kirsty Young interviews today’s cultural leaders. show with dancing horses, a live band and itself an object that resonates.’ Well worth You’ll never find me… Eating bad food with no booze. shows appears to be more appealing than ever, of course the king of mis-rule Tweedy the a visit! clown. Circus sauce is a unique 60-seat so don’t just move about life with the noise of MODTV FASHION VIDEO PODCAST This summer I am most thoughts ringing in your ears when you could be A reliable source of up-to-date fashion news. restaurant that follows the circus to each THE GRANGE FESTIVAL ground. The kitchen provides space for The Grange, one of the most celebrated neo- excited about….. sharing the thoughts of the brilliant. Pulling myself together at The Pig near grand candle-lit, communal oak tables. classical mansions in Britain, is nestled the FREAKONOMICS Bath post Glastonbury Festival. I can’t So here are our top podcasts to listen to right now… basically the best seller in Podcast form, perfect for Be part of the magic. Hampshire countryside, seven miles think of a nicer place to wash off the people looking for more answers. from Winchester. Grange Park mud and indulge in some serious rest and THE PLAYWRIGHT’S PODCAST MESSUMS WILTSHIRE Opera, which was resident from recuperation. It’s a real treat. The Royal Court hosts conversations with the ALICE ISN’T DEAD Founded by David Messum in 1963, Messum’s, is an 1998-2016 at The Grange, starts leading playwrights of the moment. A genuinely sinister thriller. independent family run group specialising in British art from the next chapter in its life in a newly built Theatre in the What are you doing for the 19th Century to the present day. In addition to their Woods at West Horsley Place in Surrey from 2017. In its place the rest of the day? GREAT LIVES STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW London gallery on Cork Street and sculpture garden in Marlow, Grange Park Festival kicks off its first festival season in what Having an early night as I’m This BBC Radio Four podcast remembers the great, A discussion panel that asks the obvious questions that Messum’s Wiltshire opened in 2016, a centuries old tithe barn continues to be the most extraordinary venue for ‘Summer shooting a new online series the good, the brilliant and the terrible. you should know the answers to, but probably don’t. dedicated to contemporary sculpture. Launched by David’s son Opera’ in Britain. for GQ in the morning! 4 2017 2017 5 the allotment You would be mad to miss... these foodie festivals

GROW YOUR OWN…. DORSET 5th - 6th August Great Dorset Chilli Festival, Wimborne St Giles

GroCycle are on a mission to inspire people to take a more sustainable view of where their food comes from. What started as a hobby for Gro Cycle founder, Adam Sayner, foraging for wild mushrooms quickly evolved into an obsession in learning how to grow them. In 2009, he SUPER FOOD set up Woodfruit Gourmet Mushroom Co. in 9th - 10th September Devon, supplying fine restaurants and food What are superfoods? Carrots Tomatoes can trigger arthritis; fruit Scientists are just beginning to Sturminster Newton stores with a range of specialist mushrooms. make you see in the dark. Oranges can cause bloating; and raw food understand some of their wonders, Cheese Festival Woodfruit soon turned it’s attention towards prevent colds. And, according and whole grains are challenging used in medicines by Chinese making growing kits for people to grow their to Popeye, spinach makes you for weak digestive systems. Most and Japanese for millennia. They own Gourmet Mushrooms at home. stronger. Really? Actually, most of us know what suits us and what power up the immune system, are DEVON nutrition in its natural state would doesn’t. Foods seem to go in and strongly antibacterial, are high Whilst trialling new grow kit ideas, and with qualify as superfood – and we are out of fashion: think turmeric, chia in vitamin B, iron and zinc, and 3rd September extensive research he began collecting waste well aware that a varied diet is and wheatgrass. Nutritionist Bex can even help lower cholesterol. Clovelly Lobster & Crab feast coffee from local cafes and adding it to the key to keeping us healthy. On Anderson advises, ‘Don’t be too Incorporating even small amounts growing mix. The mushrooms loved it! the other hand, refined foods: rigid or controlling about your diet of these nutrient-rich ‘superfoods’ those with added sugar, fat, salt – health obsession is never healthy into your daily routine is said Gro Cycle’s aim is to keep coffee waste out of and chemicals to make them – rather ensure a broad range of to help you tap into significant landfill by using it to grow gourmet mushrooms, last longer or taste better are the freshly sourced, quality ingredients health benefits – how about our produce fertile compost, and biofuel, at the same opposite of superfoods. Not all and enjoy what you eat.’ The latest mushrooms on toasted sourdough WHAT WE’RE time they have been growing delicious food and superfoods are necessarily super. superfood in vogue: is mushrooms. for a comforting fungi fix. engaging people in the process. The have now launched the UK’s first urban Mushroom Farm! Fancy a taste of a homegrown mushroom? DRINKING Instead of just buying Gro Cycle’s farmed mushrooms fun-guy Ollie Hutson, Head 23rd - 24th September Kitchen Gardener of THE PIGs, has installed Smokeinteignhead - South Devon the New Forest’s first mushroom house, growing Barbeque Battle his own Oyster and Shiitake mushrooms, in the grounds of the THE PIG, Brockenhurst! NOW HAMPSHIRE Why not try THE PIGs very own home-grown IS 21st - 24th September Caipirinhas and claret mushroom recipe below… BIG Dining in the Sky Southampton BEAUTIFUL on the riverbank • 1x duck egg SOMERSET • 1x slice of sourdough 19th August • 100g x home grown shiitake mushrooms Giant Vegetables are guaranteed a peach because Roald considered of sporting Rugby legend Jonny Grand Pier Gin Festival (shop bought mushrooms will do as well!) to pull a crowd. All across the a peach “prettier, bigger and Wilkinson). A humongous fungus Weston-super-Mare country, growers are busy planting squishier than a cherry”. in Oregon is the world’s biggest • 1tbsp x wild garlic butter out this year’s seedlings, hoping living organism, and a monster 17th September • Handful Red vein sorrel to break world records in the food Then there’s the consideration mushroom, popularly known as My first River Test fishing this season was last week with my developing particularly well in this predominantly Merlot Teddy Bears Picnic at Avon Valley • Salt and Pepper halls of county shows bursting that some vegetables are simply the honey fungus, can be found fishing buddy/restaurateur Mark Hix. When we fish together he based chateau. I have had some in my cellar for a little while, with delicious treats from local better suited to growing to in the Blue Mountains stretching Railway, Bitton, Bristol usually creates our ‘riverside menu’ and I provide the cocktails but hadn’t drunk one recently. Now at 12 years old it had producers. Giant Vegetable enormous sizes: the Mammoth 3.5 miles, yes 3.5 miles. Billed as and wines. He told me he was going to BBQ a double pork chop softened beautifully and after a couple of hours of the cork Championships are a thing of Zeppelin Cucumber, Super the ultimate foodie festival, the – perfect I thought. being drawn, it slipped down perfectly, a beautifully structured 1. Gently fry the duck egg so the both fact and fantasy. Remember Heavyweight Hybrid Pepper, UK National Giant Vegetables wine but with soft tannins that didn’t overpower the pork. yolk is still runny and place on Wallace and Gromit’s The Curse Atlantic Giant Pumpkin, Old Championship in Malvern is Whilst the BBQ was getting ready I created a twist on the toasted sourdough. of the Were-Rabbit, which Colossus Heirloom Tomato and always chocablock with artisan classic South American cocktail – Caipirinha. My version So sitting by the Test with a very decent glass of claret in features the fictional village of the Carolina Cross Watermelon to produce, food, and gardening was a Long Ginger Caiparinia – dead easy just muddle lime hand, even the sun came out for a while. I thought life in 2. Pan fry the mushrooms until golden Tottington Hall’s annual Giant name but a few. Peter Glazebrook royalty. Crowds flock to wonder juice, masses of mint, grated ginger and demerara sugar in a early summer in England doesn’t get much better than and finish with the wild garlic Vegetable Competition, which is famed for growing a colossal 6ft at a concoction of oversized jug, add loads of crushed ice and a healthy slug of Cachaca, this…………almost forgot I was supposed to be catching fish! butter and season. comes under threat from the wide cauliflower weighing in at vegetables aspiring to champion then pour into glasses, I actually topped it up with soda water 3. Plate the dish and garnish with bunny beast – not to be taken 60lb. That’s an unbe-leaf-able 20 fame. Last year’s championship to dilute it slightly as a lunch time drink………after all I was the red vein sorrel. in jest. Roald Dahl’s nostalgic times heavier than your average saw a record number of entries hoping to catch a few nice brown trout after lunch! childhood classic James and The supermarket staple. The world’s with over 300 giant vegetables Giant Peach, was originally going heaviest Marrow weighed in at competing to win the highly- To go with the pork chop, I pulled the cork on a 2005 Pomerol Robin Hutson to be a giant cherry, but became over 14st (equivalent to the weight coveted accolades. Get growing! - La Clemence, a great vintage generally in Bordeaux but Hotelier 6 2017 2017 7

AGONY AUNT & UNCLE wanderlust

PLASTIC not so NOW ECO HEAVEN on KOH KOOD FANTASTIC or

Good things come in forever’. Plastics are not size of Texas and weighs was originally intended small packages…actually biodegradable. They go seven million tonnes. to be used as textured NEVER they’re normally in a through a process of photo wallpaper; the fruit and larger package, wrapped in degradation, eventually In America, one third of veg we eat is frequently cellophane, in a cardboard becoming plastic dust. the waste produced each transported in this plastic box and then in one final Plastic packaging ends year, is packaging. In fact, comfort (equivalent to In the words of Elvis Presley, ‘it’s plastic package (you get up all over the world – in enough paper and plastic flying first class), quite now or never’ if you want to visit the point): we are living in landfill, in our waterways, cups, forks and spoons are unnecessarily. Then, we some of the world’s most beautiful an age of pass the parcel. in our bodies, and in the thrown away annually use 10 billion plastic destinations, but climate change, Dom & Steph ocean. Seven billion to circle the equator, not bags each WEEK to bring nature and man threaten the Many people are unaware pounds of non-recyclable once, but 300 TIMES. these items home. Maybe existence of some of these unique Q. Dear Dom and Steph, of the fact that it is not plastic are produced every Bubble wrap, wraps our Barbie got it wrong; and wonderful places. Is there such a thing as only diamonds, within said year, and the Great Pacific food, clothes, books perhaps life in plastic isn’t ‘the correct look’? Are there small package, that ‘are Garbage Patch is twice the etcetera in something that all that fantastic… Climate change has brought us melting ice-caps and rising sea things that should be worn levels. This is not music to the ears and things that shouldn’t? of Venice – a city that isn’t just waiting for the sea to rise up and Koh Kood, one of the This is yesteryear’s raw, copper bowls to be treated and pools, sunbathing decks by the Agony Uncle Dom says: Definitely yes. engulf it, but is also sinking at a last remaining vestiges of undiscovered Thailand. dried into raw rubber. dozen, and outdoor bathrooms Royal Ascot calls for a certain attire as rate of 2-4mm per year. untouched jungle in the Tourism has barely hit the area the size of a London flat. would receiving an honour from the Queen. popular Gulf of Thailand, is and its pristine condition is its Sonu and Eva, more millennial A chicken suit at a funeral is probably not The Maldives have high cause the country’s fourth largest principal treasure. Mangrove lifestylers than hoteliers, You can take the long-boat wise, and I wouldn’t recommend a mankini for concern too, namely because island. It lies in a chain of 52 forests, surrounding the Eco clearly had fun when they across the bay to the beach at Midnight Mass, though both have their they’re really not that high at all: islands in the Trat province resort Soneva Kiri, are both dreamed up this thousand-acre or lie naked by your pool. place. A formal suit would be sensible in front 2.4 metres above sea level at its close to Cambodia, renowned important carbon fixers and a playground. Bamboo screened No one’s watching. In the of a judge, but a suit of armour might give highest point. It is estimated that if for its natural beauty. breeding nursery for molluscs, villa gardens are landscaped mornings, we cycled to the Six the wrong impression. “Never wear brown in the Greenland Ice Sheet continues crustaceans and fish on which like giant panda dens filled Senses Spa for singing bowl town” doesn’t need the last two words and I to melt, sea level will rise by 6 A line of hills, surrounded the local fisheries depend. with mango, sweet smelling relaxation or early morning can’t wear lilac; it doesn’t go with my eyes. metres. And that’s not taking into by white sandy beaches, Along the shoreline you’ll see frangipani and heliconia. It’s aerial yoga with Melody. Pop Try not to wear your food. account the Antarctic Ice Sheet are home to just a few local little egrets, the odd Brahminy full of toys. There’s a grown- Up dining, currently hitting melt. However, some areas are fisherman and farmers – its kite, small mangrove herons, up observatory from which the sweet spot in Europe, is bucking the trend. tiny population of under and at dusk large flying foxes we saw the Jupiter’s lines to even better here with Raw RUBY WAXES 1,500 people (on 127 square (or fruit bats) chasing insects or a magnification of 840. We Food extravaganzas - to kilometres) live in rickety commuting across the skyline lounged on cushioned terraces balance all those raids to the fishing villages awash with in large flocks. Their elongated watching Leo de Caprio at chocolate room. See it now LYRICAL racks of drying shrimp. In snouts on doglike faces allow the outdoor Cinema Paradiso, before it becomes yet another one there’s a giant golden their rough tongues to reach and liberally helped ourselves Phuket or Samui. This is real Comedian, writer and mental ‘It was remarkable to watch, as one stress, and thinking about stress on Buddha, that’s yet unfinished. into the exotic night flowing to the free-flowing ice cream Thailand. Real nature. And health campaigner, Ruby Wax, after another of these people bravely top of that. It is so much easier to Over 70 percent of the land is nectar blossoms, like bananas. and chocolate like kids at real living. is on a mission to show us how to came forward to share their stories. say I feel frazzled, than to say I feel dense rain forest – a natural Outside the resort, groves of Willy Wonka’s. The 34 villas For advice on how to book unfrazzle. With her own periods of Just calmly, sitting in a circle in the depressed, or anxious, or mentally pharmacy of tangled vines, rubber trees are tapped at dawn are off the scale safari tents contact chiclocations.com depression and now a Masters from café, stating their case, and feeling ill, all of which are still such shrubs, and trees. It’s a jungle. to extract sticky latex into with wrap around swimming (020 8944 1973) Oxford University in Mindfulness- validated as a result. Feeling heard stigmatised things. based Cognitive Therapy to draw to me has always been half the cure. from, she explains how our busy, The idea came from my Sane New Ending the taboo around mental chattering, self-critical thoughts World Tour. I performed 200 shows health is all important. Because right can drive us to anxiety and stress. in theatres of 700-800 capacity – now, if you do feel your mental health and in the second half I offered the isn’t great, you may worry about ‘I know what you’re thinking - audience the chance to speak. I telling your employers or friends, OUR BUCKET LIST what if I don’t want to stare at a couldn’t shut them up. especially if you are saying I need to Agony Aunt Steph says: Turning up to drop butterfly wing or hear the single go for therapy for an hour. You may – castles in the sky off a child to school in a onesie would - in ting of a wind chime? My definition Honestly, the show was funny, fear getting judged and sometimes my view - be considered incorrect albeit of mindfulness isn’t about sitting but I think they would have come with good reason – according hugely comfortable. There is always a correct erect on a hillock, legs in a knot, without any jokes. They were to MIND one in five of those who look, for each occasion, a little research on humming a mantra that’s probably instinctively reaching out and have taken their employer into their the internet will assuage any misgivings and the phone book sung backwards, networking with each other, often confidence about their problems with Haven’t most of us dreamt of having Soneva Kiri’s bamboo Treepod give one clues as to what is deemed correct. it’s something that can help us all: turning up to several shows and mental health is soon fired or pushed The Perito Moreno Glacier in our very own treehouse escape? is on a rather different scale: As a guidance, my mother always told me, learning to notice your thoughts events. I could feel and see a real out of their jobs. Argentina (currently 19 miles Perhaps today as much as ever – electronically winched some 40 feet “to wear my dressing gown as you would a and feelings so you can truly need for some kind of space where long and world’s third largest ten-year-olds across the country are into the jungle canopy overlooking mink, and a mink as you would a dressing experience life.’ anyone with a mental health But, trust me, if you can’t ever get fresh water reserve) continues to pleading with their fathers to cobble the Gulf of Thailand along with a gown”. It hasn’t let me down so far. When the doors opened to her concern could connect with peer- to a place where you can express advance, the reasons for which are together a Heath Robinson platform picnic basket filled with high tea first Frazzle Café – admitting an to-peer support. In my head, it was yourself to others, well, that way still being debated by scientists. half way up a conifer, precariously goodies. Surrounded by a symphony optimum 15 or so men and women looking more and more like a sort madness really does lie. Everyone – In a world where ice sheets and accessed by a knotted rope ladder. of cicadas, tropical birdlife and ocean who ranged from feeling various of AA to help us get through the however stiff their upper lip – gets glaciers are ever-shrinking, take Whether we climb for asylum from waves – escapism in the canopy is From The Salutation, Sandwich degrees of frazzlement, along with overwhelming stresses of modern what you mean if you say I feel the opportunity to see one of the the house, or just to see the garden an inexplicable desire. Whatever a facilitator – she knew she’d was life. Who isn’t in a state of stress frazzled and I need a break.’ world’s anomalies before it too from another perspective, a leafy your age. For inspiration look at hitting the bullseye. overload these days? Stress upon begins to retreat. escape becomes a castle in the sky. www.treehousecompany.com 8 2017

EGGHEADS Our CLASSIFIED SHOPPING Hard boiled... BASKET LOVE Easygoing athletic single male, 42, Keeping up the cool this summer…and beyond! seeking single female, looks not important, must be tall, slim and attractive. Please call. Indigo Island shirts Indian block printed men’s shirts that look just as at home in an English garden as on the beaches of the Caribbean www.indigoisland.co.uk This personal ad cost £399 to run. Needless to say, on our first date we’ll be going Dutch. Please call. “Brexit means Brexit”

Runny... Elizabeth Scarlett Jungle Leaf Beach Bag FOR SALE Inspired by the jungles of Bali, English designer Elizabeth’s beach bags are not just for summer! www.elizabethscarlett.com Free to good home. Beautiful 7 month old male kitten - orange & caramel tabby, playful, friendly, very attractive. Ideal for family w/kids.

BC Tent Finder App Handsome 31 yr old husband - One for festival lovers, an app that can get you home to your tent! Pin your tent personable, funny, good job, “I’m not a pacifist” as soon as you set up shop, meaning your zigzags back from the main stage will have slightly more purpose. but doesn’t like cats. Says he www.boutiquecamping.com goes or cat goes. Bad egg...

WANTED Finley & Co rose gold Lexington sunglasses West London designed classic aviators that will have you looking Waitress needed. Must be 18 years at the world through rose –tinted glasses! www.finlayandco.com old with 20 years experience. Apply in person.

Lost mind. Last seen before wife “As I always say to people, I worked and kids. Any info please call. damned hard right up until lunchtime every day!” Black & Blum charcoal water bottle A hand-blown borosilicate glass filter bottle with a natural Binchotan charcoal filter. Binchotan active charcoal has been used in Japan as a water purifier since the 17th century. It reduces chlorine, mineralises the water and balances the pH. NEXT ISSUE www.black-blum.com Editor: Sarah Siese Keep your eyes peeled Design and production: for Got Issues 2 Strattons (www.strattons.com)