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Chewton Glen advert_Aug16.indd 1 15/08/2016 12:36 3 WELCOME CHEWTON GLEN & CLIVEDEN TAKE THE PATH LESS TRAVELLED Dear Friends I love gardens and I always feel very lucky that my two favourite hotels are surrounded by acres and acres of perfectly manicured lawns, carefully laid out beds bursting with seasonal colour and mature woodland providing a natural habitat for a wide variety of wildlife and the ideal place for a game of hide and go seek! VisitBritain promoted 2016 as the Year of the English Garden, in celebration of one of England’s greatest attractions and to mark the 300th anniversary of ‘Capability’ Brown. We hope our guests will celebrate our gardens too. Cliveden’s 375 acres are cared for by the National Trust’s Andrew Mudge, who has spent virtually every waking hour of his tenure as Head Gardener perfecting the estate, a fascinating collection of very distinctive authentically planted gardens. Not quite everything is Andrew’s responsibility however, and our horticultural ‘spaces’ include the recently created and award-winning Astor Grill courtyard, a riverside acre by Spring Cottage and the Walled Garden, home to the Profumo Pool and our new Spa which opens in late spring and will complete the Cliveden restoration and refurbishment project. Chewton Glen’s gardens are somewhat more challenging for us in terms of their upkeep although Estate Manager Darren Venables always seems to make light work of the 130 acres. Darren’s floral displays continue to impress, however it is his efforts growing edible produce that have been most commendable. The Heritage Orchard planted to commemorate the hotel’s 50th anniversary produced its first crop and behind the scenes Darren’s network of fruit and vegetable filled Polytunnels has reached almost industrial proportions. The imminent opening of ‘The Kitchen’, our new cookery school and informal restaurant, has given Darren another opportunity to expand with even more raised beds and a rather swanky anthracite Alitex greenhouse. With so much work and planning going into Chewton Glen, we were all cock-a-hoop when the property was voted number one in the Hoteliers’ Hotels Top 100 list this summer in industry magazine The Caterer. Cliveden also achieved a very respectable fifth place in the same poll. All of us were humbled to receive such recognition from our industry peers and the good and great of the hotel world. As you have probably gathered, it is going to be yet another exciting year for both establishments and although some would argue that we are at the top of our game, I would counter that it is still very much work in progress, perpetually evolving, with a team continually engaged in striving for the best and making things happen…

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THE PLAY’S THE THING 10 THE DIVINE MRS M 66 A day in the life running The Globe. Secrets of the stones revealed by Alisa Moussaieff. CUTTING EDGE 19 Chewton Glen & Cliveden magazine is published and printed by bh Publications Ltd. The fine art of tailoring and the return SKINCARE SECRETS 71 of slow style. The next big thing in beauty bh Publications Ltd 4 Avon Run Road, Friars Cliff, has arrived. Christchurch, Dorset BH23 4DU BEAR NECESSITIES 24 Telephone: +44 (0)1425 278597 Adventurer Bear Grylls wants to www.bh-publications.co.uk AGELESS STYLE 76 get us all back outside. Fashion for the ‘Midult’. Editor: Emma Caulton Sales Director: Louise Dykes Production Director: Gemma Cammidge GRILLED TO PERFECTION 32 THE SPIRIT OF PLACE 81 Designed by: Kirsty O’Mahony With thanks to: Simon Carter, Steve Moody, Simon Carter feasts at The Astor Grill. Caroline Phillips discovers the Caroline Phillips, Alison Porter, wonders of Laos. Olly Smith, Stuart Simpson. HOW DOES THE GARDEN GROW? 36 Chewton Glen & Cliveden magazine is published once a year and is distributed within Chewton Glen and Cliveden and also Gardening on a grand scale – BABY STEPS 84 nationally and internationally to clients. Each issue has an The unstoppable Sarah Parish on running estimated readership of 30,000. The next issue will be out in from Cliveden to Chewton Glen via October 2017. ‘Capability’ Brown. a charity and filming Broadchurch. For all advertising and editorial enquiries please contact bh Publications Ltd. AT YOUR SERVICE 45 RIDING HIGH 88 Whilst every attempt has been made to ensure that the content Creating bespoke adventures A love of horse racing, riding and in this magazine is accurate, neither bh Publications nor Chewton driving is in the Royal’s DNA. Glen and Cliveden can accept, and hereby disclaim, any liability to and experiences. any party for loss or damage caused by errors or omissions resulting from negligence, accident or any other cause. All rights reserved. No part of this magazine can be reproduced, stored in a retrieval A TASTE OF HONEY 48 THE GREAT OUTDOORS 92 system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, Enjoyed from the comfort of the mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior There is a buzz in the air: bee keeping written permission of bh Publications Ltd. Information is correct at with Relais & Chateaux. Bentley Bentayga. time of going to press.

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A FLYING START MAKING HISTORY: BEN AINSLIE AND TEAM ARE OUT TO WIN THE AMERICA’S CUP

peed, spectacle and thrills; next year). The best sailors in the world the team’s World Series debut victory that is what Sir Ben Ainslie manoeuvred the fastest boats in the in 2015. Skipper and Team Principal and his team Land Rover BAR world (wing-sailed 45ft catamarans) Sir Ben Ainslie commented: “It is delivered in front of hundreds – gybing, lifting and ‘flying’ at brilliant for us as the home team Sof thousands of spectators at exhilarating speeds metres from the to win again in front of our home Portsmouth this summer for the Louis shoreline. The team were yelled on to crowd.” Nick Hutton, Trimmer, added: Vuitton America’s Cup World Series success by the crowd; a heart-lurching “It was awesome to win at home. It (a programme of races held around the result of just one point securing a is the key event of our year. It is like world culminating in the America’s Cup second win on home waters, following Wembley for us.” ©ACEA 2016 / Photo Ricardo Pinto

The Race Village allowed a close-up Ben is our most successful Olympian teams successfully defending the Cup view of the racing, complemented by sailor of all time and, following the against all challenges for 132 years (the large screens broadcasting the live glorious cache of medals Team longest winning streak in sport), until action with commentary, on-board GB brought home from this year’s an Australian team won in 1983. The footage, plus expert insight and Olympics and Paralympics, our next Cup has become one of sport’s most analysis from competing teams and international sporting challenge revered trophies with challenges from sailing personalities pre- and post-race. is to win the 35th America’s Cup five continents, and it is characterised There were opportunities for people in Bermuda next summer – where by some of the most thrilling dramas to find out more about the sport and the World Series’ top challenger will and bitter rivalries in sporting history. the sailors with the introduction of a face defending champion Oracle Perhaps our time has come. At the Tech Zone and Team Zone. Chewton Team USA. time of writing Land Rover BAR are Glen guests enjoyed the excitement Founded in 1851, the America’s Cup topping the leaderboard in the World with VIP access to the Victory Lounge is the oldest international sporting Series. The positions determine the and viewing pavilion overlooking the trophy in the world. It has only ever starting points score of the teams racing, as well as benefitting from race been won by four countries and never in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup briefings, viewing the racing boats, by Britain, yet was born in these Qualifiers, with the top challenger meeting the teams and enjoying waters. The first race was organised meeting defending champion Oracle celebratory fizz. by the Royal Yacht Squadron – a Team USA. Well over 130,000 spectators single race around the Isle of Wight, Ben again: “It means a huge amount attended. Such numbers are unheard open to yachts of all nations, which to us. For a new team to be leading the of in sailing, but there is an Olympic- the schooner America won. The race World Series now is a good indication type fever building around Ben and was renamed the America’s Cup and of how far we have come, but there is

CHEWTON GLEN & CLIVEDEN GLEN & CLIVEDEN CHEWTON EDITION FOURTEEN MAGAZINE Land Rover BAR and the campaign to became a challenge trophy, open to still a long way to go, a lot of hard work ‘Bring The Cup Home’. And why not? sailing clubs of all nations; American between now and the America’s Cup.”

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WITH THE RIGHT TEAM EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE. WE WILL MAKE HISTORY AND BRING THE CUP HOME TO BRITAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 160 YEARS.

Land Rover BAR represents the best America’s Cup will be equally exciting. “Winning the America’s Cup will chance Britain has had in the last 165 More exciting perhaps because Britain open many other opportunities. years to win this trophy. Ironically it has never won it before. Being part We have established a new charity, was Ben’s performance with Oracle of a team that makes that happen is the 1851 Trust, which I chair. With Team USA in 2013, bringing the team very special. the Duchess of Cambridge and Ben back from the brink to secure the 34th “This is a sporting challenge, but it is Ainslie as our Patrons, we aim to America’s Cup, that inspired Britain’s also a business challenge. Our objective use the America’s Cup to support a current challenge. is firstly to win the America’s Cup number of programmes to engage Entrepreneur, businessman and keen because, if we do that, our yacht club, young people... focusing on youth sailor Sir Keith Mills (Deputy Chairman the Royal Yacht Squadron, becomes sailing, STEM education, the marine London 2012 Olympic Games and trustee of the Cup and the rules environment and marine training and Chairman Invictus Games) explains: allow us to take control so that we apprenticeships. “Ben is an extraordinary sportsman... can transform it into a more “With the right team everything Watching Ben get on the US boat in sustainable sport.” is possible. We will make history and San Francisco in 2013 and watching Winning the America’s Cup will quite bring the Cup home to Britain for the that magnificent comeback was a literally be a game changer. To this end first time in over 160 years. The time sort of Eureka moment. Sir Charles there has been massive investment is right now to make our bid. The stars Dunstone [founding shareholder and in an iconic new base in Portsmouth are aligned.” Chairman] and I realised that Ben for Land Rover BAR that incorporates The pressure is on. needed an opportunity... We were on massive workshops, new Tech Deck the phone that week discussing how education centre and even gyms to we could get behind Ben.” help the sailors’ necessarily relentless 35TH AMERICA’S CUP He continues: “Successful businessmen pursuit for fitness. Bermuda: Louise Vuitton America’s get a big kick from being part of Technical expertise is equally Cup Qualifiers, 26 April 2017. The a sports team and helping them impressive with CEO Martin top challenger meets defending succeed... I personally find winning Whitmarsh, previously in F1 as CEO champion= Oracle Team USA in 35th intoxicating. The moment in Singapore of McLaren, joining the team – America’s Cup Match, beginning when they announced that London particularly appropriate as the design 17 June 2017. had won the Olympic Games was and build of these race boats, like F1, is www.lvacwsportsmouth.com fantastically exciting, and winning the hugely technical. land-rover-bar.americascup.com THE PLAY’S THE THING NEIL CONSTABLE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE, REVEALS A DAY IN THE LIFE OF RUNNING AN ICONIC CULTURAL ENTERPRISE TO ALISON PORTER CHEWTON GLEN & CLIVEDEN GLEN & CLIVEDEN CHEWTON EDITION FOURTEEN MAGAZINE

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THE PLAY’S interior. Theatre Globe Shakespeare THE THING

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eil Constable’s office lies at the top of The Globe Theatre on London’s Bankside, only a few steps from the wings of the reconstructed Shakespearean stage. The sounds of the hand-tolled bells calling the audience in to each show waft Nthrough the window, reminding us this is no ordinary business – and no ordinary Chief Executive. Running the world’s leading centre for the performance and study of Shakespeare is a delicate balancing act that Neil has performed since 2010 – attracting 1 million visitors and achieving a turnover of £23 million last year without any regular public funding. The Globe has a truly worldwide reach and importance, never more so than in the year celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. Here Neil provides an insight into his working life, revealing that – not unlike a performance – no day is ever like another.

What brought you to The Globe? I am someone who has always worked in the arts sector, having spent 16 years at the Royal Shakespeare Company and more than seven years running the Almeida Theatre. I came to see a performance and was blown away by how the organisation’s relationship with the canon of Shakespeare plays and the audience had really taken a huge upswing. Walking around, I could see that the project – Sam Wanamaker’s vision – had not been completed. There was an education centre still to build, an indoor playhouse, and another project yet to be achieved. I realised there were a lot of areas where the Chief Executive could provide support and leadership.

How do you fund a not-for-profit venture? It is about getting as many people as possible to engage with the work. Now we have a winter season in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and a summer season in The Globe Theatre. My role is making sure that the commercial side supports mission-led activities. We have a destination restaurant, a bar, and a beautiful balcony room overlooking the river. We do 30 weddings a year, plus a corporate entertaining space where we do sit-down banquets for 220 people, Edward MacLiam as Petruchio and Aoife Duffin as Katerine in Caroline Byrne’s The Taming of the Shrew. Tim McMullan as Prospero in Dominic Dromgoole’s The Tempest. © Marc Brenner © Marc Brenner

James Norton plays the title role in Richard II at Westminster Hall, part of the Complete Walk series of films by Shakespeare’s Globe. © Marc Brenner

and we host awards ceremonies and colleagues in Stratford that we are the presentations. People tend to think of workplace and Stratford is the birthplace. us as a theatre venue. Actually, with the Shakespeare spent just as much time in cultural tourism offer, exhibition and London plying his trade as an actor and tour, Globe education, retail, and writer and being a part of the company banqueting and catering, it is a significant in which he was a shareholder. There operation. Our big area for fundraising is has been a wonderful focus on The for our capital projects. We have both Globe during the Shakespeare400. Our corporate and individual philanthropic Globe To Globe Hamlet tour finished its and trust foundation support, and family 197-country tour playing at Kronberg trust support. Castle – which is Elsinore – and I was with the company in its final country as What have the Shakespeare400 the Queen of Denmark watched the play celebrations meant for The Globe? in the ballroom where the funeral meats Of course it means everyone else is had been turned into the wedding feast. doing more Shakespeare, but here it is Twenty-four hours later we welcomed the

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Shakespeare’s Globe production of Hamlet Globe to Globe, touring every country in the world. © Bronwen Sharp

and we screened the Complete Walk: 37 it is consumed – and how to lead an short films shown on large screens from organisation in a way that ensures that Westminster to Tower Bridge, all shot in their creative spirit makes a contribution the locations where they were set. Having to the work – is something that I have Jonathan Pryce doing Merchant of Venice always had to do. from the Jewish Ghetto, Julius Caesar in the Roman Forum, and Merry Wives of What does a normal day look like? Windsor in Windsor Great Park was our My day is always varied. As the contribution to the anniversary weekend. spokesperson for the company and the figurehead, I can go from meeting What inspired you to spend much of your President Obama and HRH Prince Philip, life involved in Shakespeare? Duke of Edinburgh, one morning to It was something that I immediately chairing a senior management team warmed to, as I had a very good English meeting or working on the strategy for teacher. At school, I was someone who China. I spend three months of the year was running the theatre and directing travelling. We have a US board, significant shows. I trained at drama school in stage programmes in China and, of course, my management and technical theatre; 31 team need to see the Chief Executive, years in – although my parents are still so a lot of my time is ensuring I see waiting for me to get a proper job – I the work – whether plays, workshops, President Barack Obama is given a tour of Shakespeare’s Globe by Patrick Spottiswoode, have had a very good time. Understanding demonstrations or public events. I start Director of Globe Education. © Pete Le May how the work gets produced and how around 10am and quite often finish Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. © John Wildgoose

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when the curtain comes down in the What next for The Globe? evening, because I am meeting guests I want to complete Project Prospero – or cultivating prospects. I live at the creating a new exhibition, a library and Barbican, close to where Shakespeare archive, and a production centre. We have took lodgings, so my walk to work is very the opportunity of being gifted copies of similar to his. I take the journey he would all the four folios in their original versions have taken from the City past St Paul’s, and all the plays in their original quarto although he crossed the river by boat. form. With our fantastic archive, we I am very fortunate that my commute want to provide better opportunities has beautiful views and follows in the for scholars and academics to base footsteps of our house writer. themselves here to study Shakespearean performance. The growth in the number What are the highs and lows of of productions means we need to improve your role? facilities for our artists and creative The upside is seeing the thousands of teams, too. It is a £30 million project and people leaving a performance, having had a we aim to open that building in 2020. The life-changing experience. The long hours story of completing The Globe project has can be challenging, but both our theatre certainly not ended. spaces provide me with the energy that keeps me going. It is inspiring to see www.shakespearesglobe.com how Shakespeare changes people’s lives. Twelfth Night (2002) Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. © John Tramper One of my greatest personal highlights was getting the indoor playhouse built, because it had sat there as a shell of

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avile Row is the most iconic address in the world William , Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Henry of Wales, for bespoke tailoring and No 1 Savile Row has been have been looked after by Gieves & Hawke’s master tailors. home to legendary tailors Gieves & Hawkes for over Today tailoring is about traditional craftsmanship coupled 100 years. with contemporary style. This is reflected in the recent SThe company’s origins date back to the 18th century as refurbishment of No 1 Savile Row which has respected its outfitters of the British Army and the Royal Navy with clients extraordinary heritage while introducing a more modern including illustrious military officers such as Admiral Lord tone. A visit is an experience in itself, with archives, military Nelson and the Duke of Wellington. Back then tailoring was department, seasonal ready-to-wear collections, made to about marrying extreme function with elegant form to take measure and bespoke workshops all under one roof. the wearer from battlefield to ballroom. Gieves & Hawkes still continue to create the discreet The role of creating and caring for the splendid classics and formal attire for which British tailoring is uniforms of His (now Her) Majesty’s Body Guard of the renowned, however, mindful that lifestyles have changed, Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms was given to they have embraced the move towards lighter fabrics, Gieves & Hawkes by George V. It is a duty that is still relaxed elegance and the resurgence in individuality. honoured with the guards coming to No 1 Savile Row “Menswear is going through a revolution,” says William to dress before going on to Buckingham Palace for Matthews of Gieves & Hawkes, “Men are more confident ceremonial occasions such as the Opening of Parliament. about their personal style and they are looking for a more In addition generations of royalty, from George III to Prince dressed up casual mode of dress.” CHEWTON GLEN & CLIVEDEN GLEN & CLIVEDEN CHEWTON EDITION FOURTEEN MAGAZINE

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Davide Taub, Headcutter with Gieves & Hawkes, says: The tailor’s craft is not only a practical skill, but is about “When I came onto the Row it felt quite traditional. developing a relationship with the client and understanding Increasingly, more young people are coming into the trade what they want and how they are going to wear it: “You and there is more energy. The mix and diversity in our make them the designer – although we carefully guide them workshop reflects this: young, old, women, men, and all with our experience and knowledge. different nationalities.” “No suit is the same. You can have five men order a suit in Everything is cut and made in house on the premises, and the same cloth [although unlikely with hundreds of fabrics crafted with skill and care. Fit is paramount: not only to flatter to choose] and each suit would be unique, fitting in different the client, but to complement their lifestyle and character. ways to suit different purposes. Davide continues: “The garments that we make are “Clients want to do more than follow the latest expensive, for want of a better word, but you get that designer fashions. Bespoke tailoring allows them to comfort and style which is unobtainable in ready to wear. pick and choose from traditional to avant garde, and add These clothes are sculpted to each individual physique; they playful detailing.” are unique and that gives the wearer confidence.” The workshops are more like art studios with cloth being In terms of quality and durability they provide value. worked and tailor dummies in various states of dress as “Looked after well suits can last five to 15 years or longer. fabric is layered and basted into sculpted forms. “We use They can be altered and repaired and they can get even stitching to work two dimensional cloth into something better as they are worn and enjoyed.” three dimensional.” IF BRITISH TAILORING IS ABOUT HERITAGE AND TRADITION, FIT AND CUT, ITALIAN TAILORING IS ALL ÉCLAT AND LIGHTNESS OF TOUCH.

This is where tailors craft clients’ passions and dreams: a Today the company is still family-run, however it has super-functional driving jacket for a sports car enthusiast evolved to encompass ready-to-wear collections, made to with action pleats at the back of the arm and detachable bib measure and customisation services. providing extra protection for open top driving; a special There is a Casual Luxury collection: an informal wardrobe three-piece white silk trouser suit, soft, chic, intricate and that combines practicality with elegance and includes delicate, being made for a woman’s wedding day. (Yes, they sportswear. The latest addition to this collection has been do womenswear, too.) There was a woman who wanted her Japanese denim (considered the best denim in the world), favourite Jean Muir suit that she had had since the 1980s introduced this year in recognition that this erstwhile replicated – Davide picking out a new cloth for a different workwear is now part of our style lexicon – although this feel. Then there was the big chunky coat designed for time perfectly tailored. one man who remembered travelling around Europe in Then there is the Su Misura made to measure service, something similar back in the 1960s – apparently people updated this year with the introduction of the ‘Broken Suit’ have stopped him in the street to comment on his coat. – described as a stylish unmatch of blazer and trousers, These pieces are ageless; a three-piece tweed suit could cut in the same fabric yet sporting different patterns; an be chosen by an older chap or a hip young guy. impeccably chic new way of dressing formally. The work is highly skilled: “Training is ongoing. It takes The ethos that individuality is the ultimate expression of three to four years before you can call yourself a tailor, luxury is central to Zegna’s Su Misura service. The level of another four years after that you can be called a proper personalisation starts with Zegna’s unique fabrics. Fit ranges tailor, and nine to 10 years until you really know what you from classic to progressive, and all the company’s tailors are are doing. meticulously trained in Zegna’s Su Misura Academy and can “In the 1960s people would be buying a heavy suit; now carry out fittings wherever customers require: in store, at people want to look smart, but not weighed down. Today’s home or in the office. Customers can mix and match pieces cloths are lighter and more fragile.” to create their own looks, and almost everything can be But adapting to clients and expectations is, as Davide personalised, including waterproof outerwear, removable says, what Savile Row was made for. cashmere linings and buttons and cufflinks. Launched in If British tailoring is about heritage and tradition, fit and 2012, the Personalization Project, a unique part of Su Misura, cut, Italian tailoring is all éclat and lightness of touch. It is allows a limited number of made to measure suits (no more a very different look and Ermenegildo Zegna is recognised than 100 per season) to be made from ultrafine fabric as one of the forerunners of this style. This eponymous specifically created for the client and further customised business was founded over a century ago, in 1910, with the with the customer’s name or a personal message woven into intention to make the world’s most beautiful fabrics. To this the selvedge. What luxury. end the company sources wool from its own sheep farm in As fashion gets faster, style is enjoyed slowly. And tailoring Australia which is then transported to mills in Trivero in Italy is the ultimate statement. Formal or casual, distinguished

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ear Grylls is a man who looks at his happiest covered Instead determination, an instinct for survival and a spirit in mud. And neither, for an adventurer, could he be for adventure has shaped him into a rugged outdoorsy hero more appropriately named. at a time when lives are mostly lived indoors and online and He recalls a childhood spent outdoors on the Isle disconnected from nature. Instead, Bear has captured our Bof Wight. “I was quite shy as a kid, but loved to climb with imaginations, turned survival into entertainment and fun. my dad; that was a very bonding thing for me at a young His popular TV programmes are supported by opportunities age. I dreamt of climbing Everest aged eight, after my dad to discover survival techniques and the thrill of activity gave me a picture of the mountain; to have achieved it while through Bear Grylls’ Survival Academies, Survival Races and he was still alive meant so much. Outdoor Festivals; celebrating adventure and activity, and “I always wanted to be a climber and a soldier, and I am challenging us to find our warrior spirit. so proud to have done both to the best of my ability. My If you like easy access to a decent coffee and a hot shower, dad always said, ‘follow your dreams and follow what you are it can look a bit macho, uncomfortable and cold. However good at naturally’. The TV bit was never on the radar growing Bear says it is important to live life boldly. up. That kind of came left field! “Adventure brings people together in a totally unique “Channel 4 read the book I wrote on climbing Everest and way, and it gives a confidence and a pride that money cannot when they discovered my military background [he served buy. In the wild you form very real, honest and vulnerable with 21 Regiment Special Air Service as a trooper, survival friendships with people. Adventure breaks down barriers and instructor and patrol medic], they approached me to host creates wonderful and lasting connections, and helps people a survival show where I ‘get dropped into the wild and overcome their own fears and boundaries. show what I would do to stay alive’. That was the beginning “I am so proud of our Survival Academies and the way of an incredible journey that has been a huge privilege, they empower people. I love hearing the stories people from Running Wild, where I take Hollywood stars away on come back with after completing a course. I am proud that adventures, to The Island and ITV’s Survival School, TV shows adventure is at the heart of all that we do as a team. To get that we have devised and I love to do.” people out there doing our courses and getting out of their The book that started it all was Facing Up: relating how comfort zones and growing in awareness is what I love most at 23, only two years after breaking his back in a parachuting about our Academies. Above all it builds the sort of quiet accident, Bear overcame illness, fatigue and poor weather confidence that comes from knowing you are able to look conditions to become one of the youngest Britons to reach after yourself or your family in an emergency.” the summit of Everest. It starts with a filmic account of the In a life packed with exploits, standout moments include accident; his parachute tearing and Bear crashing into the taking President Obama on an adventure to Alaska. He is desert floor – “Within a whisker of severing my spinal cord also proud to have been the youngest Chief Scout to be and being paralysed for life”. appointed; just 35 years old when he first took up the post. ADVENTURE BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER IN A TOTALLY UNIQUE WAY, AND IT GIVES A CONFIDENCE AND A PRIDE THAT MONEY CANNOT BUY.

“My main goal is always to encourage those who might not “Climbing Everest was definitely life changing, and normally get the chance to get out there and experience passing SAS Selection was life forming. But our journey as a their own adventures! The Scouts does that like no other family and as a father [to three sons, Jesse, 12, Marmaduke, youth organisation and it inspires great life values and life- nine, and Huckleberry, seven] is what I am most proud of. long friendships. To this day, I still get the same feeling of Our boys love adventure and I always encourage that. excitement and energy now as I did when I first started Whether I am exploring caves in Wales, or just making a adventuring through the Scouts – it does not matter where camp in the garden at home, adventure is always what you I am, something special happens when we step out into the make of it.” open and are confronted with a big challenge or adventure. The adventure starts here. There is also that wonderful sense of belonging, as if being outside with good friends is where we are all really Organise your own Bear Grylls adventure at Chewton Glen: meant to be.” 01425 282212; [email protected] Of course, Everest is up there, too, in his list of achievements. “Reaching the summit of Everest was extraordinary – small, like a coffee table, the highest WHAT’S NEXT FOR BEAR? point on our planet, the roof of the world. At 7.20am on “As well as all the TV shows, we are launching the very the morning of 26 May 1998, I reached the summit, we first UK Live Arena tour entitled Endeavour (October watched the sun rise over the Chinese Tibetan plateau. 2016) and also opening Survival Academies in China. Those images are locked in me forever. As for me, I am currently filming Running Wild for NBC and then I am onto a special new show we are doing

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ince 1986 and its change of use to a visitor far beyond the place of beauty that, luxury destination hotel, Cliveden has for example, might be remembered from its taken aim at delivering top end dining. early days as a leading hotel of the mid-1980s. This was perhaps a natural extension Today, Waldo’s restaurant as a dining space Sof the history of the building, reflecting the is no more. André Garrett, Roux Scholar and tastes of the Astors, where as far back as 1956 former Head Chef at Michelin starred Galvin Albert Roux was employed by Nancy Astor as at Windows, now enjoys two years’ service a scullery boy. at his eponymous restaurant at Cliveden (in The memory fades a little on the what was previously The Terrace). This room exhaustive roll call of top chefs who have has been lovingly and extensively restored, graced the hotel kitchens over the years: Ron doing full justice to the food and vice versa, Maxfield, Michael Wignall, Gary Jones, Daniel with more than impeccable service, beautiful Galmiche, Mark Dodson, Robert Thompson décor and sweeping countryside views. The and Chris Horridge – all of whom enjoyed diner is further elevated by the taste, texture varying degrees of Michelin success while and presentation of the cuisine. each grappled with stamping their signatures There has remained, however, a further and personalities on Waldo’s restaurant. opportunity to satisfy the growing band of Waldo’s was the basement space in the loyal returning guests while pleasing new main house, a destination dining venue of visitors in equal measures. For example, let us choice, indeed a venue choice which often imagine guests staying two or three nights, perplexed reviewers and diners alike as there may they be tempted to dine off-property? existed a far more welcoming, naturally What if Cliveden were to offer a relaxed, bright and (potentially) beautiful space informal, accessible, but vibrant venue with upstairs which was perpetually offered as an a broad menu of familiar classics: one where alternative, called The Terrace restaurant. the food might be anything from snacks to After 2012 and the arrival of the something more substantial with an all-day Livingstones, the subsequent major strategic grill menu format, coupled with a reasonable investments made by the brothers (alongside wine list and showcased in an historical the National Trust) have transformed space? Eureka! The Astor Grill was conceived, Cliveden. The process has taken the returning and proudly born in April 2016. The Astor Grill is situated in the Duke of The menu is a classic grill; the first Westminster’s original stable block. Stepping impression being The Ivy meets Cliveden. through the large wrought iron gates leads Starting with three signature cocktails – into the beautiful alfresco courtyard setting such as a Bloody Nancy, Bellini and Astor Fizz for around 40 guests dining in summer, with – the playful nature of the menu continues the welcoming main room seating around for those lighter eaters with ‘snacks’, ‘small another 40 diners. To the left in the courtyard plates’ and ‘salads’: Waldorf, Cliveden is also the discrete new high-tech Churchill Superfood and Chicken Cobb demonstrate Room and Motor House meeting facilities. salads that reflect the meeting of the venue Entering the main restaurant, the diner is with modern times perfectly. left in no doubt that this was once a stable The menu continues with ‘mains’ and block. The restaurant space itself was the ‘sauces’. Fish features in four choices original home to the last private owner’s including beautiful halibut ‘from the grill’, the (Lord Astor’s) much loved (and most valuable) latter section providing the main draw of The stock of fillies. The adjacent building once Astor Grill for some, be it the double loin lamb supported another hobby, acting as garage chop (Barnsley Chop), Veal Cutlet, Ribeye or to his large collection of luxury motorcars. Fillet providing the definitive meat eaters The décor is romantically sympathetic to paradise. These share space on the menu the origins of the stable with each individual with two types of burger: The Astor Burger booth (seating up to six) formed from one and the Shrimp and Scallop Burger. The latter of the original stalls, including preserved proves delicious with a lightness of touch, flooring and run off areas. The horse theme accurate seasoning and a delicacy of flavour. runs subtly throughout: table legs are carved Lobster and Chips offers the indulgence of wooden horses’ legs, horse figurines and luxury meets comfort food. The ubiquitous, full size saddles feature, along with images yet here beautifully constructed, Truffled of horses on drapes. Lighting is a clever Triple Cooked Chips are included on the

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Peanut Butter and Milk Chocolate Mousse along with classics like soufflé, cheesecake, trifle and plate of English cheeses. The wine list offers something for all pockets and tastes, New and Old World, and reflects the nature of our times. Service is relaxed and informal in a family-friendly atmosphere. Thanks to the acoustics, the 40 covers room never gets too noisy, more a gentle buzz of satisfaction, while the host of the room – Callum Hird – seamlessly manages staff while engaging with customers. The Astor Grill provides a setting to truly relax and unwind. In the context of the culinary history of Cliveden, the addition of more informal, relaxed and accessible dining is something of a departure, but for returning guests, visitors and long-stayers alike, it is a most welcome addition and will no doubt thrive well into the future, doing full justice to its nod to the history of its origin. HOW DOES THE GARDEN GROW

FROM CAPABILITY BROWN TO CHEWTON GLEN VIA CLIVEDEN, HOW HAVE THE GARDENS OF LARGE ESTATES CHANGED? EMMA CAULTON ASKS ANDREW MUDGE, HEAD GARDENER, CLIVEDEN, AND DARREN VENABLES, ESTATE MANAGER, CHEWTON GLEN

he Year of the Garden marked the 300th dramatic gardens at Stowe where Brown later anniversary of the birth of Lancelot worked. Bridgeman was known for combining ‘Capability’ Brown, gardener on a grand formal elements such as parterres and avenues scale, moving hills, planting woods and with less structured features, such as paths Tcreating lakes and rivers to form elegant, seamlessly winding through woodland to viewing points, natural schemes. Over the centuries his influence amphitheatres, ha-has and garden buildings and has been far reaching; it can be argued that every statues used to create vistas; all of which can be landscape gardener since has been at least in part found at Cliveden. inspired by Brown. It is true of the gardens at both Bridgeman considered “views out into Cliveden and Chewton Glen, even though they are the countryside are as important as those in very different. Cliveden is a garden that looks to the garden”. Andrew explains that this was its past for inspiration; in contrast, Chewton Glen’s coined more succinctly by Brown as “borrowed gardens break new ground. landscape”. Andrew Mudge, Head Gardener at Cliveden, Much of Cliveden’s original 18th century wonders whether Cliveden’s 375 acres of formal landscape is still intact. One of its most iconic gardens and designed landscape owes something features is the formal parterre, one of the largest to Brown. He muses: “It is not inconceivable that in Europe. First laid out in the 18th century to a Brown came here while he was working at our relatively simple scheme comprising an expanse neighbour’s, Taplow Court.” of lawn surrounded by gravel walks and double Cliveden’s gardens were laid out by Charles rows of elms, by the mid-19th century the parterre Bridgeman, whose work is likely to have influenced had been neglected; the Duke of Sutherland’s son Brown as it was Bridgeman who designed the described it as a prairie. CHEWTON GLEN & CLIVEDEN GLEN & CLIVEDEN CHEWTON EDITION FOURTEEN MAGAZINE

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The Head Gardener at the time, John Fleming, that are higher at the sides and lower in the centre redesigned the parterre as the complex pattern so that roses seem to envelope you. of interlocking wedge-shaped flower beds we see Gardeners in the past did not have to factor in today. He also pioneered a new style of planting, vast numbers of visitors – Cliveden is one of the experimenting with colour and successive busiest National Trust properties. bedding displays, filling the beds with a seasonal “We have increased colour and planting in the mix of bulbs, annuals and shrubs such as gladioli, gardens to meet the expectations of visitors, hollyhocks, tulips and pansies. especially as we have a lot of repeat visitors; some Andrew reintroduced this style of planting in come almost every day. 2010. It is not the only time he has referenced the “One of the biggest issues I have to manage past to inform his planting and design decisions. is wear and tear; making high wear areas more He has also opened up views and vistas in the 18th robust. A good example of that is the Long Garden. century landscape so that you can see the river, Everyone wants to walk up the middle between the reinstated Lord Astor’s maze from the 1890s and, beds, so we laid artificial turf there – purists slated most recently, restored the rose garden, designed me, but it is easily returnable and this spring when by Geoffrey Jellicoe in the 1950s to provide Lord we had 21,000 hyacinths in bloom it enabled us to Astor with somewhere tranquil to sit at the end of channel people down the central path.” the day. The garden was based on a painting by Klee, Another difference between past and present but the design had lost its shape and the planting is the workforce. “In the past there was a staff of had lost its colour. Andrew restored it according 65 working on the grounds including gardeners, to Jellicoe’s vision with organic curving paths and agricultural workers, woodmen and handymen. beds, rose colours representing sunrise in the east Today there is a team of 10, plus two trainees,

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supplemented by 45 volunteers with five or six New elements are regularly introduced, many in volunteers working each day – we could not response to the hotel’s needs. These have included manage what we do without them.” a productive walled kitchen garden, also used for Despite volunteers and mechanisation, the afternoon teas, barbecues and picnics, and it can be workload is immense. Gesturing toward the decorated for events such as weddings. The latest parterre, Andew says, “Trimming the hedges of the developments include a second kitchen garden parterre alone is a three-week job every year and it and bespoke Alitex greenhouse alongside the new takes Nick on the mower four hours twice a week cookery school and restaurant. The intention is to cut the grass. It is a big, big patch of garden.” that people attending cookery courses will be able Next project is the Duke’s Garden: “As the to go into the greenhouse or the kitchen garden gardens are Grade 1 listed we cannot introduce new and pick fresh herbs and produce. Like Cliveden features and we are very mindful about conserving it is all about the experience, just a very different and restoring what is here, however nothing stands experience. still – even when gardens are historic and listed, Chewton Glen’s gardens are not only decorative. they still evolve.” This is a garden where form follows function, While Andrew oversees a garden with a legacy, everything has a purpose. There is an astonishing Darren Venables, Estate Manager at Chewton range of produce grown in the impressive plant Glen, is developing a garden for the future. In the nursery, a stroll away from the kitchens, bars and spirit of Brown, this is 130 acres of mostly informal Spa. Darren points out: “There is a lavender garden landscaping with wooded valley, water garden, so that we can pick fresh lavender every day for the meadows and orchards and meandering paths. Spa. Lemon verbena is used in sorbets, while mint is And while Andrew researches, restores and used for mojitos – drunk as though they are going reinterprets past schemes at Cliveden, Darren, out of fashion!” along with Managing Director Andrew Stembridge, There are two soft fruit areas of blackcurrants, himself a keen gardener, is breaking new ground, raspberries and tayberries, used in juices and managing an estate with a strong green ethos. smoothies in the Spa. Crops in the nursery and kitchen garden include chillies, tomatoes, curly kingfishers and there is a focus on supporting bees kale, black kale, leeks, white and red onions, shallots, with 70 hives around the estate (managed by Rob rainbow chard and rhubarb. Darren also experiments Oliver of Beeline Honey and providing Chewton with new crops such as forced seakale (“It has a Glen with its own honey) and an emphasis on beautiful white stem and the taste is unbelievable, bee-friendly flowers, including two new perennial similar to mustard”), yams and goji berries. borders stocked with alliums, begonias, dahlias, “Everything we produce is used; nothing is hellebores and sedums. wasted. There are no gluts as we have learned to It is gardening, but not necessarily as ‘Capability’ grow in phases with regular crops.” would recognise it. Technology is integrated into There are also unexpected crops. Gorse has gardening best practice with an irrigation system been planted around the grounds so that Rupert controlled from Darren’s desk, dependent on Holloway of Conker Spirit can make Chewton rainfall and evaporation which is measured each Glen’s very own gin. Jennifer Williams of Naked Jam day. There are two weather stations and three makes jams, jellies and syrups for Chewton Glen reservoirs with stored water collected from the from produce foraged from the estate. As part of tennis court roofs and natural springs. a new project, Julie Astley-Weston of Chilly b Soap Yet Darren is also creating legacies. One, perhaps will make Chewton Glen’s own natural soaps from unexpectedly, is a bug hotel constructed using rosehips, herbs and flowers picked in the grounds. reclaimed materials from the estate: “It gets us The grand plan is to create and sustain one giant more social media attention than anything else! eco-system. Supporting wildlife is key to this. Darren Everyone is copying it which I see as a compliment.” works with the British Hedgehog Preservation Another is the heritage orchard planted last Society to home hedgehogs, well known as a friend winter as a 50th anniversary flagship project. “I had to the gardener. Bat boxes have been positioned in help from Andrew at Cliveden and Jen of Naked Jam woodland and birds are encouraged, too, as they who both came up with the same name: Andrew eat pests. Two and a half thousand hawthorn Howard of The Heritage Fruit Tree Company. The plants for hedges have been planted, providing result is 250 trees with 158 of the very rarest habitats for wildlife, and hedging is only cut every apples, plums, pears and peaches. I did not want two or three years to allow for nesting birds. “You any heritage orchard, I wanted to plant the best can hear birdsong any time of the day or night,” heritage orchard!” says Darren. So, gardening at both Chewton Glen and Cliveden

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Hostellerie La Cheneaudière, Saint James, Paris Colroy-la-Roche Saint James installed beehives in a garden adjacent to the La Cheneaudière sell their own line of natural beauty products, restaurant terrace with expert help from Timothée Quellard called Simples et Miel, that are paraben-free and dye-free, and of Ekodev. The honey from Saint James’ bees can be enjoyed made using pure water from Colroy-la-Roche springs, honey in the morning pastries and guests are invited to watch the from the property’s beehives, berries from the Vosges forest annual harvesting of the honey, discover the importance of and plants from surrounding meadows. protecting bees and taste the house honey. GERMANY NETHERLANDS Hotel Bareiss, Black Forest Château St. Gerlach, The carefully tended kitchen garden is a refuge for three bee Valkenburg aan de Geul colonies. The honey they produce is on the breakfast menu Château St. Gerlach has five beehives and a display hive every morning and is also used in a royal jelly treatment at where visitors can watch Carniolan bees hard at work. Last the Spa. year they produced 150 kg of honey served at breakfast, used in desserts, given as gifts and sold. St. Gerlach’s Chef Otto ITALY Nijenhuis is a certified beekeeper and member of the Dutch Relais San Maurizio, Beekeepers Association. Santo Stefano Belbo Located in Piedmont, one of Italy’s most famous NEW ZEALAND gastronomic regions, Relais San Maurizio has made a Huka Lodge, Waikato name in the beekeeping trade (practised here by Cistercian Two years ago when Executive Chef Paul Froggatt arrived at monks since the 17th century). It makes its own honey, Huka Lodge in New Zealand, he began scouring the area for called Abbey Honey, on a hilltop swept by sea breezes fresh inspiration. He became friends with a local beekeeper and surrounded by grapevines, between the Alps and the who persuaded Paul to let him move some hives to Huka Lodge, Mediterranean. developing an important Queen Bee breeding programme and providing fresh honey for desserts enjoyed by guests. JAPAN Tobira Onsen Myojinkan, Nagano SPAIN This charming hotel, built in 1931, is hidden in the heart of Abadia Retuerta LeDomaine, Valladolid the “Japanese Alps”. It is a little gem, within a national park, This region has an ancient association with beekeeping and quality between snowcapped peaks and hot springs known for their honey production. Abadia Retuerta LeDomaine has teamed healing properties. Amid this lush landscape a number of up with Montes de Valvení to offer guests a chance to play

CHEWTON GLEN & CLIVEDEN GLEN & CLIVEDEN CHEWTON EDITION FOURTEEN MAGAZINE beehives have been installed to improve biodiversity and beekeeper, visiting the apiary dressed in beekeeping gear and produce honey, harvested annually. getting up close to the hives.

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At Château St. Gerlach in Valenburg ann de Geul, the Chef is a certified beekeeper.

Urban beekeeping - on the rooftop of Beau-Rivage Hotel, Geneva Llangoed Hall, Wales Llangoed Hall is strongly committed to being environmentally friendly with free range ducks, hens and quails in the grounds SWITZERLAND and, more recently, beehives installed in the gardens, helping Beau-Rivage Hotel, Geneva to supply locavore Head Chef Nick Brodie with an abundance You do not need acres of parkland to support hives. On this of quality local produce year round. hotel’s rooftop is Le Petit Beau-Rivage, a series of beehives that are home to nearly 180,000 bees providing the Hotel with Longueville Manor, Jersey its own honey. In addition guests are invited to visit the hives Longueville Manor has embarked on an ambitious under the guidance of beekeeper Audric De Campeau, founder environmental conservation programme called New Leaf. This of eco-responsible company CitizenBees. includes maintaining 24 hives that produce fragrant honey for guests as well as supporting Jersey’s Durrell Wildlife UK Preservation Trust which works to protect species close Chewton Glen, New Forest, England to extinction. A huge amount of effort has gone into making the Hotel more sustainable including encouraging a variety of wildlife USA such as hedgehogs, birds and bees to improve the estate’s Winvian Farm, Connecticut eco-system. A handful of beehives (in collaboration with Chef Chris Eddy of Winvian Farm bought some hives from local Beeline Honey) has grown to 70 this summer, while flower apiary Red Bee Honey to supplement his seed-to-table menu planting choices consider bees’ favourites, including borage, and support his commitment to sustainable development. phacelia and lavender. The Hotel’s honey is used in desserts Forty-five hectares of grounds including three acres of organic such as iced honeycomb parfait. productive gardens are now buzzing with activity.

A BEE CELEBRATION Another initiative has been The Joy of Bees, an immersive experiential art installation, created by Relais & Châteaux in collaboration with Bompas & Parr. Launched in London in October 2016, a honeypot of bee-inspired experiences included a fragrant indoor garden, observation live hive, honeycomb-inspired art, and tastings of some of the rarest honeys in the world, collected from Relais & Châteaux properties, conducted by honey sommeliers. Philippe Gombert, President of Relais & Châteaux said: “Every member of our group is determined to protect, share and showcase the richness and diversity of their locale and our honey producers are the perfect example of this. [The Joy of Bees] is an entertaining and educational experience celebrating our properties, our beekeepers, the humble but essential honeybee and our heritage of culinary excellence.” Proceeds from The Joy of Bees were donated to The British Beekeepers Association. www.relaischateaux.com Bransgore Beaulieu

Originally built in 1902 the property sits in the centre of A distinguished and substantial country house with an the 27 acre estate surrounded on all sides by woodland exclusive address and a spectacular riverside location. forming most boundaries of the property. The house has The property affords stunning views towards Palace been subject to a complete refurbishment programme by House, Beaulieu, and boasts what is believed to be the the current owners and is beautifully presented with an most extensive river frontage for any property along the annex ideally suited for staff or a relative. The gardens and Beaulieu river. There is a striking indoor pool complex grounds enjoy an artificial grass all-weather tennis court with bi-fold doors that open to the outside terrace and and to the east are two paddocks both of about two acres gardens. In addition a recently extended pretty three with a large timber field shelter. The majority of the land bedroom cottage within the grounds has its own river sits to the south of the house and rolls away to a meadow frontage, terrace and garage; ideal for family, staff or valley and stream surrounded by mixed woodland. income. A separate garage complex, various storage Energy Efficiency Rating: D buildings and a summerhouse are also provided within the extensive grounds which measure approximately 9 Please contact the Burley office to arrange a viewing acres. Energy Performance Rating: D.

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THE KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL JAMES MARTIN RETURNS TO CHEWTON GLEN AND THIS TIME HE IS BRINGING HIS FRIENDS; ANDREW STEMBRIDGE TALKS ABOUT THE KITCHEN

he hot news is Chewton Glen’s latest venture: The “I have been involved with almost everything from Kitchen cookery school. This is another of Managing planning meetings, architects, ovens and layout to hiring Director Andrew Stembridge’s ideas. “Ideas are like the team, pretty much from day one. Rob who is in charge planting seeds; sometimes they grow. We had been of the cookery school has worked with me for two Tpropagating this one for a long time.” years now.” The idea has not only grown, but fruited, following Andrew Andrew again: “The intention always had been to turn contacting TV chef James Martin and asking him (over a cup what was once one of the estate’s original gatehouse of coffee) if he would be on board if Chewton Glen opened cottages into something more exciting. There was another a cookery school. seed of an idea: to establish a more informal dining space; “We have involved James in every stage of the process. then the thought of a cookery school emerged.” Having developed The Cookery Club for P&O Cruises, he has What has evolved is not simply a cookery school, but the experience of what works and what does not. James always best cookery school, plus an informal brassiere-style eaterie. wanted a cookery school on land and a restaurant in the area “We wanted something more casual on-site for a completely where he started – he is coming home. There will be regular different dining experience. There will be three main James days, but he is also bringing some of his chums with elements to the menu: wood-fired pizza oven, something him, including Rob Cottam as Tutor Chef, who previously ran no one is doing locally, a grill for cooking fantastic burgers, The Cookery Club for James. meat and fish over charcoal, and fabulous, generous, James adds: “I owe Chewton Glen a lot in terms of my superfood salads.” career as I worked there when I was about 20; it holds Award-winning chef Adam Hart, previously Sous Chef at a special place on my CV. The quality of the hotel is the Hotel, will be taking on the role as Head Chef for what second to none, so to return 20 years later is a pleasure. he describes as “Chewton Glen’s next adventure”. Adam Hart and Rob Cottam

“THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE FUN. IT IS ABOUT LEARNING, HOWEVER IT IS ALSO ABOUT ENJOYING THE EXPERIENCE.”

The design style has been taken from the old Chewton much part of our vision that parents, teachers and career Glen Farm building of traditional brick with wood cladding, advisors can come and see what we are doing. Our industry however modernity has been introduced with lots of glass. has changed. It is one of the best industries people can work Floor to ceiling bifold doors maximise the views, looking in – exciting and vibrant. both out across a new kitchen garden, this one with bespoke “The School will open with a wide ranging selection Alitex greenhouse, and in to the cookery school and kitchen. of courses. There will be classes for kids, others for teens, “The feel is a bit Californian and Scandinavian, simple courses for men wanting to cook a steak well... Other courses with a natural palette, crisp and modern, rustic but not will be modern, healthy and topical, such as gluten-free countrified, with oak trusses, exposed plaster and brick... baking workshops, plus classes aimed at making life easier Bare copper tables set the tone and differentiate this for cooking for families with a portfolio of everyday meals. experience from the Hotel.” “The clever cooks are the ones who can do something Further growth has been a new bakery. “As one of the few really simple which makes people go ‘wow’; dishes that hotels that makes everything ourselves, this new bakery will look infinitely more complicated than they really are. We relieve pressure on the kitchens. It will also be a bonus for will be showing people how to do that. We want people to the school as it will introduce theatre. With some cookery come away with the confidence to experiment. James’ schools arriving is like walking into a classroom, but as classics will feature as well iconic dishes from the Hotel.” the bakery will have been going since four o’clock in the Day-to-day running of the school falls to Rob Cottam. morning, participants will arrive to the scent of fresh Mozzo “How lucky we were to find someone who has worked at coffee with croissants, bread rolls and pain au raisin warm Leiths and Ashburton, two of the most highly regarded out of the oven. schools in the country.” “The Kitchen is the whole package – including a glimpse Rob shares James’ ethos about making cooking enjoyable: of the working life of a commercial kitchen. It will also “The most important thing is that people have fun. It is about provide us with an opportunity to train our own chefs. learning, however it is also about enjoying the experience.”

CHEWTON GLEN & CLIVEDEN GLEN & CLIVEDEN CHEWTON EDITION FOURTEEN MAGAZINE We already work with and go into local schools, but with Rob is a natural foodie. And a natural tutor. It is in his this facility we will be able to bring them to us. It is very genes. “Food has always been close to my heart – my mum

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worked as a home economics teacher. She is Danish, but has workstation so they can focus more easily. The detail is lived in the UK most of her life, so she cooks in a European incredible, right down to drawers for personal belongings and Scandinavian style. with a USB charger so people can take photographs. Recipes “Another twist: when I was 13 we moved to Malaysia for will be supplied on a memory stick or available to download. three years and that is when the world of spice opened up. When dishes are being demonstrated everyone will have a seat Every year we travelled around the world on our way home. and be able to watch in comfort; there will be no standing Australia, the Maldives, the States, Singapore, Thailand... around craning to look over other people’s shoulders. TV Interesting cuisines opened my eyes and I fell in love cameras are going in so you can see right into the pans. with flavours.” “The layout is perfect – drawn from the experiences of Rob’s love of food and cooking led him to a year-long back of house and front of house staff at Chewton Glen; intensive course at Leiths before working for event caterers everyone at Chewton Glen is passionate about food! There Rhubarb Food – quality fine dining attracting Michelin- is the best kitchen set up with top-end equipment from starred chefs who took time to teach Rob. This was Gaggenau. Assistants are on hand to clear up and help followed by working in restaurants out in Australia where people out. he discovered an affinity for mentoring commis chefs. So, “Cookery classes have been developed and will be run in 2006, he approached Leiths about a teaching role. He so anyone can come on any course, no matter what their loved it. He taught there for five years, only swapping Leiths ability, and get something out of it. So, the beginner can pick for Ashburton in Devon in order to follow his wife, a GP, to up essentials and the more confident will hone their skills. Exeter. Rob credits Ashburton with helping him appreciate “Every recipe will have been tested and tested, and tested the benefits of using local produce. at home, too, in a domestic setting.” His next role was Development Chef for English International cuisines will cover Vietnam, Malaysia, Japan Provender. Realising, however, that his heart lay in teaching and Korea, Morocco, Turkey, Tunisia, Lebanon and Greece, cooking, he returned to Leiths, this time as Senior Teacher and classic Mediterranean, including Italy, Portugal, South and Development Manager, a role that included setting up of France and Spain. a pop-up cookery school from scratch. In turn, this led to “Ingredients will be seasonal and taken from the grounds him being approached by P&O Cruises about establishing an as much as possible. We have our own kitchen garden. Darren on-board cookery school with James Martin. “I loved Leiths, Venables, Estate Manager, said to me, ‘What do you want but this was an opportunity I knew I would regret if I did not us to grow?’ I have never been asked that before. My own take it.” produce from our own garden! No one is doing a cookery As much as he enjoyed travelling the world again, family school quite like this!” commitments (his first child has just been born at the time James adds: “The whole package has got to work – the of writing) meant a return to the UK. Timings could not have design, the food offered, the team, the training and the been better with James starting The Kitchen. cookery school itself. I am excited to have my first locally “It is all about making The Kitchen the best cookery school based place.” around. We looked at what other people were doing and Andrew finishes: “The Kitchen represents a £2.6 million which were the most successful and what they had right investment; that is a lot of money so it has to be well- and, just as importantly, which did not work so well and why. researched. But I really think it is going to fly as we have “The Kitchen is purpose-built; it has not been shoehorned had so much interest already. This is the next chapter for into an existing structure. Everyone has their own individual Chewton Glen.” L’Instant Champagne, with Vitalie Taittinger.

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first started my journey in wine lugging Things have changed for me, too. Via a with 39 acres and daughter Sam making and delivering boxes as well as working brief career screenwriting for children’s the (rather splendid) wine, I could not help in the cellar of Orange & Co Vintners in animation, including Pingu, Charlie & Lola but reflect on the broader journey made by Jersey. I loved it. Matching the names on and even a single glorious day helping out on wine here in the UK, stretching back to the ENGLISH WINE Ithe boxes to the places they came from was Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit, I arrival of the Romans in 43AD who really got an instant snapshot into why wines carry am thrilled to bits to be broadcasting on the weaving with vineyards. Back then there such diverse flavours. I found the treasury of TV and radio and writing my columns and were winemakers who, like Sam, were able names at once enthralling and baffling – a various contributions to wine and beyond. to create elixirs that can live longer than tantalising riddle to unpick and delve into One of the areas that enthrals me more a human life, that can draw us together, more deeply. than any other is the steady rise of English sharing in the magnificence of our senses SPARKLES Much has changed in the last 20 years. We sparkling wine. Last summer, I was honoured – our sight, touch, taste and memory. have seen Aussie wine rule the waves. New to be asked to open the new visitor centre Wine is woven from place, but really is about OLLY SMITH CELEBRATES THE PAST, Zealand Sauvignon Blanc take command. at Bolney Wine Estate in Sussex. It struck people. As the Romans found out, the key PRESENT AND FUTURE OF ENGLISH FIZZ Pinot Grigio hoist its sails. Chile offer us so me, as we all stood proudly on the new to Britain’s thrilling zesty wine style is its much more than the bargains it began with. balcony admiring the vines, that Janet and marginal climate. Winemaking here is not for Plus growing confidence from traditional Rodney Pratt, who began what was Bookers the faint-hearted. In 2012 poor weather wine producing nations such as Portugal, Vineyard on the site in 1972 with just three forced many English wineries to scrap the South Africa and even Romania. acres, had come an awfully long way. Today, harvest altogether. Imagine going to work

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for a year and being told no pay this year! of heaven clamouring around your glass in There is, however, a continuing erroneous Winemakers are tough. When archaeologists search of a single sip, it really is that good. perception that needs to be put right that, dig up Roman houses, they not only find wine What really inspires me about English somehow, English sparkling wine is not up cups and amphorae, they find pips and grapes. sparkling wine is the people and the breadth to the mark of its international competitors. To me these are symbols of hope and endurance. of style from vineyards across the country. With our climate on average one degree I have been seriously collecting English In Cornwall, Bob and Sam Lindo of Camel cooler than a certain sparkling wine region sparkling wine since the 2000 vintage and Valley create multi-award winning fizz and in France, our know-how and home- have never looked back. I am often asked: “Is kindly indulge my passion for large format grown talent from our excellent college it any good?” The answer is yes. England, in bottles; the most recent I commissioned at Plumpton, this is the time to proudly my view, is making some of the best sparkling was a Nebuchadnezzar (20 bottles) which pour English sparkling wine and revel in its wine in the world. The iconic bottles are equals the largest ever bottle of English splendour. From small reliable producers already making appearances – Nyetimber’s sparkling wine. My friend Jody Scheckter such as Peter Hall’s excellent Breaky Bottom Tillington Single Vineyard 2010 from West is already making excellent sparkling in East Sussex to larger family enterprises Sussex, Hattingley Valley’s King’s Cuvée wine from his organic and biodynamic such as the Roberts family at Ridgeview, 2011 and Gusbourne’s Late Disgorged Blanc Laverstoke Park Farm in Hampshire. you can seek out your local vineyard de Blancs 2007 are all wines that have blown While in Kent, Chapel Down continue to or embrace the wine list at Chewton my mind with their electrifying intensity. I break new ground with their impressive Glen which proudly stocks the largest chose Wiston Estate’s sparkling wine for Her expansion. But that is not the half of selection of English sparkling wine in Majesty The Queen to launch P&O Cruises’ it. Quite aside from the awesome awards the world. recent addition to the fleet, Britannia (where English sparkling wine has been collecting I will leave you with a thought on the I am proud to have one of my Glass House against worldwide competition in the pedigree of our home grown fizz. In 1662 wine bars on board). Winemaker Dermot International Wine Challenge, Champagne Christopher Merret presented a paper to Sugrue also makes wine under his Sugrue- and Sparkling Wine World Championships, the newly formed Royal Society which Pierre label and it is worth committing to Decanter World Wine Awards and more, the documented how to make wine “brisk memory and buying your stash in time for biggest single vineyard in Europe is right and sparkling”. This is some years before a Christmas morning this year – nothing is here in Britain. It is a sparkling wine vineyard certain Dom Pérignon is credited with finer with smoked salmon squeezed with near Alfriston, East Sussex, under the name inventing the process at Hautvillers in France. lemon. When you taste his forthcoming Rathfinny Estate. The French Champagne What matters most is not so much who single vineyard wine from his Mount Harry house Taittinger has bought land in England did it first, but what the future holds. And

CHEWTON GLEN & CLIVEDEN GLEN & CLIVEDEN CHEWTON EDITION FOURTEEN MAGAZINE vineyard, near my home just outside Lewes for sparkling wine production and they are for English sparkling wine, the future in East Sussex, you may well hear the sound not alone. Confidence is building. is fizzing.

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he men in saffron robes walk royal history, frangipani trees and French the streets holding out their cuisine, for its weathered French Colonial begging bowls. It is called tak bat. shop fronts and faded Indochine villas. I get up at 5.30am to see it. The We have come here on the RV Laos Tmonasteries are empty and their monks Pandaw: a teak decked, colonial-style ship are seeking alms. The pious – and tourists on its new 10-day Laos Mekong cruise – sit on low plastic stools, as if kneeling, from Chiang Khong (Thailand) to Vientiane and hand out sticky balls of rice and (Laos). There are 16 passengers and nearly cereal bars to these holy men. In this way, as many crew. the former gain spiritual merit and the To get to Luang Prabang, we have cruised latter demonstrate their vows of poverty downstream past majestic mountains, and humility. buffalo wallowing at the riverside, slow We are in Luang Prabang, in northern boats and fishermen on deserted white Laos – a landlocked country of mist- beaches fishing with traditional tha khaek tipped mountains, tropical and subtropical nets; and past rubber plantations, banana forests and the mighty Mekong River. trees, bamboo and locals sieving for gold. Luang Prabang is the former royal capital, Mostly I have sat at the bow by the shrine a UNESCO heritage site of more than the crew have made with rice offerings, 30 gilded wats (temples) at the sacred marigolds and incense. (They believe that confluence of the Mekong and Nam spirits are always close by.) Sometimes Khan River. It is a place known for its ours was the only pleasure boat on the IT IS A FULL MOON AND THE GOLDEN TEMPLES – GLOWING IN THE SETTING SUN – ARE FULL OF CHANTING MONKS.

brown river that cuts a swathe through we take off our shoes. Inside he points out the heart of the country. The captain the royal bedrooms of the deposed king negotiated the rocky Mekong and rapids and queen. “All royals sleep in separate with expertise. In the dry season, when the beds,” he announces authoritatively. The water level is low, there is a risk of running museum (as it is also known) contains a aground on submerged sand banks. collection of 15th to 18th century Buddha But now we are in Luang Prabang. statues and ancient bronze drums from Our guide, Somdy, comes from this Wat Visoun. Nearby is a garage that city and was a monk from age 10 to 22: houses the king’s dusty collection of “Look, my toes very splayed from not classic cars. wear shoes when I was young,” he says. Afterwards I climb Mount Phousi alone: He wants to become a monk again. 328 steps up a gigantic rock to a gold- “But my wife wants me to build her a spired stupa. From the peak there is a house instead.” panorama over the city. At the bottom, He shows us temples with exotic names there are tiny birds for sale in weeny and elaborate red and gold pointy roofs bamboo cages. Setting them free at the adorned with serpents and dragons, plus top is said to bring good luck. monumental golden Buddhas, red columns As dusk falls on the city, hill tribespeople with gold leaf, and genuflecting locals. set up the night market on the pavement “Please you donate to support the novice by the palace. “Sabaidee” – the vendors education wish the best bless to be with utter the word for hello in Lao. Meanwhile you,” reads the notice on the donations box. tourists bargain over teak bowls, Buddhas

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When I want smarter shopping, I go pools, their colour derived from copper in our wrists. “If you take them off, you must to Ock Pop Tok, a social enterprise. Here the rock. It is the local public swimming pool. not cut them,” says the purser. “And you there are beautiful hand dyed scarves and I walk alone in a moist evergreen forest must put them somewhere special, not just exquisite artisan silk wall hangings. They full of ferns above the falls. Laos is home throw on the ground.” are hand woven on traditional looms by to many endangered species like the large It is time to bid farewell to Luang Prabang. local hill tribespeople and sell for millions of antlered muntjac, the Indochinese tiger and It is a full moon and the golden temples kip (the local currency); that is over a the Asiatic bear. But this particular forest is – glowing in the setting sun – are full of thousand dollars. the habitat only of snakes, mouse deer and chanting monks. The smell of incense wafts The sights near Luang Prabang are butterflies and it is eerily quiet, with not even into the warm night air. The sound of holy also worth visiting. Upstream are the the sound of birdsong. men fills my ears. renowned Pak Ou caves. Here we negotiate After an hour, I descend to a village at In the morning the RV Laos Pandaw will hundreds of steps up the white limestone the foot of the forest where tribeswomen float downstream past longtail taxi boats, cliffs and see 4,000 Buddhas – 18th to sell barbecued fish, whole chickens and occasional elephants bathing with their 21st century ones of wood, lacquer and maize cooked over charcoal. Plus there mahouts and the book boat library that sails bronze – in two caves. Lion figures guard are stalls selling crispy Mekong riverweed, to remote villages. More adventure on the the entry. On the way down, a live green fried bamboo shoots and tamarind jam. snaking Mekong. snake is dangling, watching from a tree. “Sabaidee,” “Sabaidee,” “Sabaidee,” they say On the drive next day to the in succession. Kuang Si waterfall, 30km south One day on the ship, 10 locals (including Regent Holidays offer a 17-day trip of the city, we pass banana trees, stilt musicians) come on board to do a Baci to Laos including a Mekong cruise houses, paddy fields and mothers on cleansing ceremony – offering silver bowls with Pandaw Cruises. motorbikes, their children strapped to of bananas, coconut sweets and rice wine www.regent-holidays.co.uk their chests, and nobody wearing helmets. to the spirits. They chant for good luck and 020 7666 1290 The waterfalls splash into aquamarine blessings, and tie 14 blessed strings around CHEWTON GLEN & CLIVEDEN GLEN & CLIVEDEN CHEWTON EDITION FOURTEEN MAGAZINE

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BABY STEPS PERSONAL TRAGEDY HAS TRANSFORMED THE LIVES OF ACTORS SARAH PARISH AND JAMES MURRAY. ALONGSIDE THEIR DAY JOBS, THEY ARE SPEARHEADING A CHARITY THAT AIMS TO TRANSFORM PAEDIATRIC CARE IN THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND; EMMA CAULTON MET SARAH PARISH AT HOME

arah Parish is a powerhouse. She When they did take a look, they were must be. When we meet, at her astounded at how the Paediatric Intensive lovely Hampshire home, relaxing Care Unit (PICU) was dependent on in the inviting open-plan kitchen, fundraising efforts to provide life-saving SSarah describes to me an itinerary for the equipment and bed spaces. They decided to coming months that sounds, quite frankly, contribute, initially raising over £300,000 for exhausting. The schedule includes long days the Unit. This funded a full-time counsellor in a studio in Bristol, filming both the third for parents whose children have been series of ITV’s Broadchurch (as a new face admitted to the Unit (a scheme that was so alongside “my old friend David Tennant”) successful the NHS took over the funding and and a new production for Amazon, The other NHS Trusts have copied the model), a Collection, written by Oliver Goldstick, who specialist helicopter gurney to transport wrote Ugly Betty, and set in a post-war critically ill infants to and from the Hospital, Paris fashion house. In between scenes she and the provision of two new bed spaces. works for her and husband James Murray’s Instead of considering that a job well done, charity The Murray Parish Trust; on a mission Sarah and Jim continued to make things happen, to raise £2 million within two years – for a establishing the Trust in 2014 to support matched funding initiative agreed by the their work for the Hospital more formally. Their former Chancellor, George Osborne, with work is of benefit to hundreds and thousands the objective of building a state of the art of us across central and southern England. paediatric emergency and trauma centre at “If your child is critically ill, they will go to University Hospital Southampton. And the Southampton; it is a very important Hospital clock is ticking. with a brilliant cardiac unit with world class “I take my computer everywhere with me, clinicians. Currently, however, paediatric care set up a little office in the studio, and between is disjointed and scattered throughout this scenes I go and sit and do the charity, so I am 1970s-built hospital, it needs to be put under always available.” one roof within a new paediatric centre.” Sarah, familiar to us from her TV At first the couple were very private about appearances in Cutting It (where she met their grief, but Sarah appreciates that every James), Mistresses, Merlin and W1A, is doing time she tells her distressing story, they may all of this while continuing to enjoy a home receive a donation that could help other life with James (referred to by Sarah as Jim) parents or save a life. and their daughter, Nell, now six. “Sometimes I think there is a reason why Grief and gratitude galvanised Sarah and things happen. When I was pregnant with Jim into action when they lost their first Ella-Jayne I made a mistake and went in for daughter, Ella-Jayne, in January 2009. a scan at 35 weeks and they said, well, we “Fundraising was originally a way to say might as well have a look as you are here, and thank you. When you go through a traumatic they discovered that she was so small they time you want to give something back to took her out the next day. If I had not gone in those who have helped and supported you. for that scan she would have been stillborn. We did not know much about paediatric I never make mistakes like that, I am very care; we had not looked into the facts organised. It was not like me; I think she was and figures.” meant to be here for a short time.” Ella-Jayne was born with a rare genetic a family-friendly festival in Hampshire, with condition. She spent half her life in hospital, live music (including Fun Loving Criminals), “I DO NOT FEEL AS SAD undergoing two heart operations, before games and chill-out area. It made over dying quietly at home, just eight months old. £15,000 towards their objective, but was as BECAUSE ELLA-JAYNE’S “I do not feel as sad because Ella-Jayne’s much about raising awareness as funds. LEGACY IS SO IMPORTANT legacy is so important and doing so much “It was more like a big party. We recognise good, and it is so much part of our lives that that we are a charity, but we think giving AND DOING SO MUCH it is like she is alive...” money should be fun!” But Sarah admits: “It is lots of work. Upcoming fundraisers with a fun fusion GOOD, AND IT IS SO MUCH Much harder work than any acting job I include The Odd Ball, a steampunk glam PART OF OUR LIVES THAT IT have ever done... And the Trust has grown “Trash and Tiaras” themed event to be held at hugely. The most significant thing is that The Ageas Bowl in November 2016. A special IS LIKE SHE IS ALIVE...” we were granted £2million by the [previous] dinner at Chewton Glen is being planned and Chancellor which we have to match within a sponsored walk across the South Downs is two years. That means raising £500,000 every in the offing, all part of the #2MillionSteps six months. It is exciting, but our workload campaign: “Two million steps to two million has trebled.” pounds in two years!” says Sarah brightly. The Even with the help of a small team campaign is based around the Trust’s motif: a and the support of a group of “fantastic” poignant little footprint given by the hospital ambassadors, Sarah acknowledges that: “We on the loss of Ella-Jayne. have got our work cut out, but I think we will “I think it is the busiest year I have ever had do it. We take it a day at a time. At times it in my life. It is all do-able; I have filmed in the seems insurmountable. I think, my God, we day and done a show at night before, but not are not going to be able to do this, and then while trying to raise £2million by a deadline a donor will come forward and we gain a to meet the expectations of a hospital! To support #2MillionSteps visit few minutes’ relief. It is hard work and very “It is absolutely achievable... It is just about www.themurrayparishtrust.com stressful, but when you pull off an event and delegating things and using time wisely. Jim see people getting what we are doing, it is and I are used to it now [Jim is just as busy, very rewarding, and people do like to give recently filming new ITV drama HIM and back to their communities.” Suspects – the acclaimed detective series on

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86 wick ad 2016.indd 1 22/09/2016 12:36 HM The Queen with her racing advisor John Warren and the Hon Harry Herbert (in background) of Highclere Thoroughbred Racing. RIDING HIGH A LOVE OF HORSES SEEMS TO BE IN THE ROYALS’ DNA. IN CELEBRATION OF THE QUEEN’S 90TH BIRTHDAY, HERE IS OUR PICK OF THE ROYALS’ FAVOURED EQUESTRIAN EVENTS AND VENUES

arlier in 2016 Her Majesty The Queen (then The Queen’s lifelong passion for horses is shared by many approaching her 90th birthday) was spotted of her family. HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, riding out in Windsor Great Park wearing her Charles, Prince of Wales, and now Prince William, Duke of trademark headscarf (rather than hard hat). She is an Cambridge, and Prince Henry of Wales (more commonly Eaccomplished rider with a love of all things related to horses. known as Prince Harry) have all been known for their To amend the song lyrics, it is not love and marriage, but prowess on the polo field (the Prince of Wales was in the the Royals and all things equestrian that go together like a top ten British players in terms of his handicap). The Duke horse and carriage; it seems you cannot have one without of Edinburgh took up carriage driving’ after he retired the other. from polo; although he no longer competes he still drives The Queen’s involvement with horse racing began in 1952 horses regularly. The Princess Royal won the individual title when she inherited the Royal string of Flat horses upon the at the European Championship three-day event in 1971 and death of her father, King George VI. Her first top horse, was voted BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year. She also won a Aureole, came second to Pinza in the 1953 Derby. silver medal in the individual and team events at the 1975 The Queen has about 25 horses in training each European Eventing Championship and participated with the season. Her interest in both horse racing and breeding British Team in the Montreal Olympic Games. Her daughter has meant that the Royal Studs, which constitute one of Zara Tindall won the Eventing World Championship in 2006 the leading establishments in the country, have enjoyed and was also voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year. great success. Indeed, over the last 200 years horses bred She then won a gold medal as a member of Great Britain’s at the Royal Studs (including studs at Sandringham and Eventing Team at the London 2012 Olympics. Wolferton in Norfolk and Polhampton in Hampshire) Several events and venues have become inextricably have won virtually every major race in Britain and have associated with the Royals and their pursuit of equestrian

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Estimate winning at Royal Ascot A memorable win for HM The Queen at Royal Ascot with Estimate.

Royal Windsor Horse Show Royal Ascot 10-14 May 2017 20-24 June 2017 The UK’s largest outdoor show, which features Queen Anne first saw the potential for a racecourse at Ascot international competitions in three different disciplines when, out riding, she came upon an area of open heath that including carriage driving, endurance riding and jumping, looked an ideal place for “horses to gallop at full stretch”. The is held in the private grounds of Windsor Castle – the first race meeting took place on 11 August, 1711, although the only time The Queen opens up the private grounds to meeting as we know it today only took shape with the the public. introduction of the Gold Cup in 1807; the tradition of the The Show has been supported by the Royal family since it Royal Procession heralding every raceday began in 1825. was established in 1943 with the first show attended by King The Queen has attended every Royal Meeting during George VI, Queen Elizabeth and the two young princesses. her reign. Her first Royal Ascot success came when Since then Her Majesty has entered many horses and ponies. Choir Boy landed the 1953 Royal Hunt Cup, one of In addition the Duke of Edinburgh was a regular competitor 11 successes during the 1950s. winning the Horse Teams Class in the International Driving The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 2012 was not Grand Prix with The Queen’s team of Bays in 1982 and the only a landmark occasion, on the track there was a Royal winner Pony Teams Class in 1989. when Estimate won the Queen’s Vase, going on to win The Queen’s 90th Birthday was marked by special events the following year’s Gold Cup, providing The Queen’s including a parade of The Queen’s own horses ridden by the 22nd Royal Ascot winner. In 2016 The Queen celebrated Princess Royal, the Earl of Wessex and Lady Louise Windsor her 90th birthday with another win: Dartmouth won with Zara Tindall riding her eventing horse, Toytown. the Hardwicke Stakes. ©Kit Houghton ©Kit Houghton ©Kit

Zara Tindall competing at Festival of Eventing, Gatcombe Park. Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall at Festival of Eventing, Gatcombe Park.

The Festival of British Eventing Guards Polo Club, 4-6 August 2017 Windsor Great Park The Festival of British Eventing takes place at Gatcombe Park, Guards Polo Club was founded in 1995 with the Duke the home of the Princess Royal, and is one of the highlights of Edinburgh as President. Today it is the largest polo of the equestrian calendar with four championship titles up club in Europe with about 160 playing members, for grabs including the British Open Championship. It was among whom are some of the highest rated players in originally established by the Princess Royal and Captain the world, and ten grounds extending over an area of Phillips in 1983 as a competition, but in 2002 it evolved some 130 acres in the outstanding surroundings of into a family-orientated event. Captain Phillips says: Smith’s Lawn. “After competing ourselves for many years, it was a way The Club’s playing season starts in April and finishes to put something back into the sport and it has developed mid-September. The premier official tournaments are The from there.” Cartier Queen’s Cup, Royal Windsor Cup and the Archie David Captain Phillips continues to run the Festival, these days Cup, all of which take place in June. The Cartier Queen’s Cup is assisted by his son, Peter, while his daughter Zara is one of the one of the world’s leading polo tournaments and a highlight competitors. Captain Phillips is also the course designer and for the sport’s elite and spectators alike. Past players a leading expert in the field. This year’s attractions included have included Prince Philip, who played in the final, and The Devil’s Horsemen Cossacks, who made their name as Prince Charles, who won the trophy. The Queen first

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Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall at Festival of Eventing, Gatcombe Park.

Excitement at Royal Windsor Horse Show Cartier Queen’s Cup, Guards Polo Club

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Royal Windsor Racecourse Highclere Thoroughbred Racing Royal Windsor Racecourse celebrated 150 years of racing in Highclere Thoroughbred Racing has established itself 2016, although racing at Datchet Ferry was recorded in 1682 as one of the most successful racing syndicates in during the reign of Charles II, who was such a fan of horse Europe, if not the world, since it was established by racing that he set up his court at Newmarket. In the 18th the Hon Harry Herbert, son of the late 7th Earl of century Windsor’s main claim to fame was a base for those Carnarvon, in 1992. He has a wealth of expertise in the racing attending Royal Ascot. The growth of steeplechasing in industry, acting as racing consultant for Cartier and advisor the mid-19th century led to the running of regular military to His Excellency Sheikh Joaan Al Thani. He also works meetings, which were increasingly patronised with royal closely with his brother-in-law, John Warren, racing adviser and aristocratic watchers. to The Queen and one of the most respected bloodstock Flat racing began on Rays Meadow, the current site, agents in the world. Together they select and buy all of in 1866. Before long jump racing was established Highclere’s horses – the majority purchased at the leading here, too. National Hunt racing’s greatest supporter European yearling sales. Every individual share owner is The Queen Mother was always keen to look in if a fixture treated as though they own the horse outright. Owners coincided with a stay at the Castle, especially if one of her also benefit from stable visits to Highclere’s roster of top horses was running. trainers, such as multiple Classic-winning trainer Sir Michael Stoute and champion trainer John Gosden. In addition a number of celebrity owners are involved in the syndicates, including Hugh Bonneville and Sir Alex Ferguson. THE GREAT OUTDOORS BRAVE THE ELEMENTS IN COMPLETE COMFORT IN A BENTLEY BENTAYGA, SAYS STEVE MOODY CHEWTON GLEN & CLIVEDEN GLEN & CLIVEDEN CHEWTON EDITION FOURTEEN MAGAZINE

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xploration is in our DNA. But The name was created in 1908 by Hans Until then they were primarily regarded as this timeless quest to discover Wilsdorf, regarded within horological items of jewellery for women; men wore uncharted paths, unexplored depths history as a pioneering genius. He wrote: “It pocket watches. and unknown lands often exposes was one morning, when I was sitting on the He later wrote: “At that period, the Eexplorers to hostile environments and upper level of a double-decker, powered at wristlet watch was not at all popular; in extreme conditions. So, preparation and that time by horses, driving along Cheapside fact it was an object of derision, the idea attention to detail and equipment are in London, that a good genie whispered in of wearing a watch on one’s wrist being paramount. my ear: ‘Rolex’.” contrary to the conception of masculinity.” This includes the watch – often taken He had already founded a company in He was undeterred. His first objective for granted, yet essential. Rolex (surely London three years earlier, when he was was to make his “wristlet” timepieces one of the most recognisable brands in just 24 years old, specialising in the more reliable. He equipped them with the world) is in many ways the exploration distribution of timepieces in Britain and precise movements manufactured by Swiss watch par excellence. Robust, reliable, across the British Empire. He quickly company Bienne and, in 1910, a Rolex watch precise and waterproof, Rolex provides an realised there were territories to explore, was the first wristwatch in the world to absolute reference that allows explorers limits to surpass and technical feats to receive the Swiss Certificate of Chronometric to concentrate on their challenges and accomplish, and with great prescience Precision, granted by the Official Watch objectives while remaining reliably foresaw wristwatches becoming the Rating Centre in Switzerland. Four years informed about the exact time. predominant timepiece for everyone. later, a similar model received the first Class A

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Certificate awarded to a wristwatch from Rolex also became associated with record- Kew Observatory in England; a distinction breaking exploits that were iconic moments until then reserved to marine chronometers. in time. Sir Malcolm Campbell was wearing Next, in 1926, Hans Wilsdorf’s efforts to his Rolex Oyster when, in 1935, at the wheel achieve waterproofness were rewarded of his specially built car, Bluebird, he became with the Rolex Oyster, the mother of all the first man to break the mythical speed exploration watches and the first waterproof barrier of 300 mph. Likewise, the first pilot wristwatch in the world. It featured an to break the sound barrier (Mach 1), at the ingenious patented case equipped with a controls of an X-1 rocket-powered aircraft, in bezel, case back and winding crown, a seal as 1947, was also wearing a Rolex Oyster. secure as the hatch of a submarine. In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing The following year, a young English Norgay, members of a British expedition swimmer, Mercedes Gleitze, swam across led by Sir John Hunt, were the first to reach the English Channel equipped with an Oyster. Everest’s 8,848-metre summit. Sir John After more than 10 hours in the water, the reported back, “Rolex Oyster watches watch was still in perfect working order. performed splendidly... We have come to look Mercedes wrote to Hans Wilsdorf: “I know upon Rolex Oysters as an important part of that no other watch would stand up to the high-climbing equipment.” severe conditions experienced during long Explorers have, through their experiences in distance swims.” the field, helped Rolex to continuously perfect This innovation transformed watch its models. In effect, the world has become a design forever. The Oyster was a landmark laboratory in which Rolex creates and tests in watchmaking and became the timekeeper its future models under real conditions. of choice for explorers and pioneers of all From the 1950s, the company developed types. It marked the beginning of a series of Professional models, veritable tool- partnerships with explorers which continues watches with functions that went beyond Inspired by the British expedition that reached to this day. simply telling time. They were intended Everest’s summit in 1953: Rolex Explorer.

When Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached Everest’s summit in 1953, the Rolex Oyster was described by the expedition leader as an important piece of high climbing equipment. In 1960, the bathyscaphe Trieste descended to a record depth of Deepsea Challenger, descended accompanied 10,916 metres under the sea with an experimental Rolex attached to its hull. by the Rolex Deepsea Challenge.

for specialists of every stripe – cavers, withstand the colossal pressure present mountaineers, scientists, volcanologists, at such great depths, the watch surfaced, aviators, racing drivers, sailors, swimmers and almost nine hours later, in perfect working divers. One of the first Professional Oyster condition. watches, the Oyster Perpetual Explorer, was After the Trieste, only unmanned vessels launched after that successful ascent of ventured to the deepest ocean floor until Everest – with a luminescent dial that was March 2012, when film-maker and explorer extremely legible in any circumstance. James Cameron made an unprecedented Form followed function. Their names solo dive to Challenger Deep, accompanied frequently reflected the category of user by an experimental Rolex Deepsea Challenge they were designed for: Explorer, Submariner, watch attached to the robotic manipulator GMT-Master, Yacht-Master and Cosmograph arm of his submersible; a much appreciated Daytona. Each Professional model in the companion. Oyster collection became a benchmark Rolex has also gone from Pole to Pole. in its field, with new innovative features For example, eight pioneers took up the developed for one model subsequently rolled challenge of a polar expedition in 2010 out to others. to learn about the submerged side of the The chronometric precision of Oyster Arctic. Their mission: discover and disclose watches makes them ideal navigational what is hidden under the sea ice. For 45 instruments. In 1967, Sir Francis Chichester days, the team ski-trekked across the top of became the first yachtsman to the globe in the Great Canadian North and circumnavigate the globe single-handed. dived again and again. As title sponsor of He wrote: “During my voyage around the this scientific and educational expedition, world, my Rolex watch was knocked off my Rolex continues the tradition of supporting wrist several times without being damaged. exploration, which has for so long been an When using it for sextant work and working inspiration to the company. Among the the foredeck, it was frequently banged, also expedition’s equipment were, of course, The world’s first waterproof watch: Rolex Oyster. doused by waves coming aboard; but it never Rolex Deepsea watches. One team member, seemed to mind all this.” Emmanuelle Périé, commented: The only From the top of the world and a life on the diving instruments which performed all the ocean wave, Rolex has also descended to the time were our Rolex watches.” bottom of the sea. In 1960, the bathyscaphe The importance of this cannot be Trieste, with Swiss oceanographer Jacques exaggerated. As Robert Swan, the first man Piccard and American Navy Lieutenant Don to walk unsupported to both the North and Walsh on board, descended to the record South Poles, insists: “If my Rolex had not depth of 10,916 metres under the sea in the been reliable, I would be dead. It is as simple deepest part of the world’s oceans, known as that.” as Challenger Deep, a first in oceanic history. Attached to its hull, an experimental model, Parkhouse, Southampton, are authorised

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