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D I G E S T
JULY 2016
Summer
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S M A L L
Is Here!
Best of British:
A N D
Campsites PAGE 66
Crazy Festivals
P E R F E C T LY
PAGE 102
Photo Competition
PAGE 63
Gatherings for
I N F O R M E D
the Godless
PAGE 78
Fern Britton
Looks Back
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14 Its a manns world
Olly Mann discovers the trials
and tribulations of holidaying
with a baby
Entertainment
24 MADS MIKKELSEN
interview
The Danish actor on why
he never shies away from a
good story
30 I remember:
FERN BRITTON
The broadcaster and novelist
discusses the highs and lows
of her long career 66 BEST OF BRITISH:
CAMPSITES
Health Get back to nature in these
38 OUR GUT REACTIONS magnificent locations
Why trillions of bacteria
are essential to our health 78 SUNDAY ASSEMBLY
Why a former comedian is
56 SHINGLES: NASTY on a mission to bring church
& DANGEROUS
Cover illustrati on: Coli n Elgie
to the godless
One in three adults over 50
will develop this condition Travel & Adventure
heres what to do 88 FOOD FOR THE SOUL
The secrets of the best
Inspire traditional cuisine in Lyon
63 summer happiness
PHOTO COMPETITION 102 CRAZY FESTIVALS
Send your snaps for a chance Discover the most unusual
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We couldnt walk
past these cheeky bits
of street art without
a smile on our faces.
LETTER OF
THE MONTH...
Lynne Wallis could have been
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he was 18, in I Wouldnt
Want To Do Anything Else.
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My husband loves his job. Its all about being able to handle something
when everyone elses lives are in chaos, and helping those in need regardless
of the risk to himself. Its knowing someone is still alive today or their house
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Travels Into
The Unknown
ITS HOLIDAY TIME. Im on a baking hot roof terrace,
beer in one hand. A gentle breeze is seductively sweeping
my hair, as the Mediterranean Sea twinkles on the horizon.
The feeling is familiar from previous sojourns: my sunburned
lower shoulders; my bloated stomach digesting multiple
portions of octopus; my secret wish that the airport workers
resume their strike and I get trapped here forever.
Olly Mann Yet this break is different, in two fundamental ways: instead
is a writer,
of travelling as a couple, we have a newborn baby with us; and
radio presenter
and serial instead of residing in a resort, we are staying in a strangers
podcaster, with flat. These adjustments are completely transformativeto the
shows including extent that, for me, the very word holiday now conjures up
Answer Me an event so exhausting I need a week off to recover.
This!, The
Media Podcast
FIRSTLY, THE LITTLE GUY. Taking a four-month-old baby
and The
Modern Mann abroad is like taking your grandma to watch Megadeth: the
combination of participant and event is poorly matched, and
you have to keep asking security staff the way to the lift. My
central concern for our son Harvey was removing him from
his usual routine: morning feed downstairs, afternoon feed in
the garden, evening feed upstairs, and so on. Any change to
that patternme standing to answer the door, for instance
can cause hysteria.
We thought we were being clever by renting an apartment.
Here, we reasoned, Harvey might be fooled into thinking that
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ILLUSTRATION BY DANI EL HASKETT
the cold marble floor is somehow our Its with some paternal pride I report
beige carpet, the floor-to-ceiling IKEA that hes far too astute for this ploy
furnishings are replicas of our country to even slightly work. The moment
cottage knick-knacks, and that the top we arrived, the waterworks opened
half of his pram, precariously balanced and he made it most clear he was
on a chest of drawers, is in fact his cot. Not Keen On Spain.
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of a washing machine, and a fridge, year? Does he keep the good stuff
and two bathrooms. But I just cant in the attic? And what about that
become accustomed to it. biological stain on the sofa? If its
As I cook dinner, I find myself Harveys milk-puke, I should clean it
wondering what Mick does for a up. If its Micks doing, its probably
living, and why he appears to be best left alone.
estranged from his daughter. I ask Still, right now, on Micks sun
myself: why does he buy such cheap terrace, drinking Micks beer, I really
toilet paper, real tracing paper stuff, dont want to go home. And, oddly,
when he lives here himself half the I suspect Harvey doesnt either.
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Movie
Films of the
Month
Modern love:
Ethan Hawke &
Greta Gerwig
by tom br ow n e
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e n t e r ta i n m e n t
Music Album
by ma n d i g o o d i e r of the
Month
The Bride
by Bat for Lashes
Less an album and more a multifaceted
concept, Natasha Khans latest long-
player also extends to a short story, film
and series of concerts, all performed in
churches. And theres no escaping the
theme: the union of two people through
holy matrimony and all that follows. Only
in this case, theres just the brideher optimism and excitement the evening
before, then the strange, pitiful looks as she walks down the aisle to discover
her groom has been killed in a road accident on route to the wedding. Dark
stuff. What happens next is her journey, from honeymoon to meditation on
love and loss. The songs are gorgeous, delicate and suitably haunting.
Overlooked Record
from the Past On Our Radar
Tender Buttons by Broadcast Shetland Nature
Occasionally reminiscent of a Festival, July 29.
screeching modem connecting Explore all aspects of
to the internet, Broadcast these lovely islands.
transformed odd noises into
something tuneful. When combined with more Somerset House
traditional instruments and Trish Keenans vocals, Summer Series,
its like an electronic reimagining of The Velvet London, July 717.
Underground and Nico. Eclectic live music.
This 2005 album marked a change in direction Rose Week, Belfast,
for Broadcast, which not all their fans appreciated. July 1824. Admire
Perhaps this is why it still remains undervalued, the 45,000 blooms at
but since Keenans untimely death in 2011 after Sir Thomas and Lady
contracting swine flu, the phantasmic feel of Tender Dixon Park.
Buttons feels like her spectre.
BY TOM BROWN E
a commercial. This is a man whos Indeed, even those who dont know
in charge of his emotions, a man the name will recognise the face,
whos in control. He can lose it, but which has become an increasingly
hell be back in the saddle. Thats familiar presence on our screens.
quite similar to Le Chiffre, of course. And much like fellow Scandinavian
Alicia Vikanderwho Mads starred
THIS IS A REFERENCE to the role alongside in A Royal Affairhes
that, after a decade of acting, pushed someone equally at home in low-
Mads into the mainstream: the budget art-house projects and big
villainous, poker-playing Le Chiffre Hollywood blockbusters.
in Casino Royale, the 2006 film that Yes, pretty much so, says Mads,
rebooted the James Bond franchise. with a thoughtful pause. Its always
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Fern Britton
I Remember
MY FIRST MEMORY. I used to always wore lipstick. And very
sit outside in a big old-fashioned glamorous she looked too, with
pram while my mother tended her her jet-black hair and tall, slender
beloved garden; she was always figure. She smelt wonderful, Chanel
digging, planting or mowing. I was N5 or Dior, and attracted a lot
very cosy in that pram and theres of attention, but never had serious
a lovely photo of me with Mr Holly, boyfriends until she married my
Ken McKay/ITV/RE X/Shutt erstock
my teddy from that time. More than stepfather George. (My father, the
40 years later I had a similar pram actor Tony Britton, had left the family
for my daughter Winnie, and I took before I was born.)
a photo of her holding a rather older, She made life fun for my older
tattier-looking Mr Holly. sister Cherry and me, although it
cant always have been easyshe
MY MOTHERS SCARLET was a single mother with two young
LIPSTICK. No matter whether girls to bring up. Shes 92 now, has
she was building a bonfire or just had a hip operation and is still
at school sports day, my mother going strong.
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I r e m e mb e r
Fern begins her love of cycling aged four; WARM SAND ON MY FEET. Every
(right) a trip to Portugal in 1975 year we went on holiday to Cornwall
and it always seemed to be sunny. I
BEING DRESSED UP AS A DOLLY felt secure and happy there, running
IN A BOX. My grandmother used up and down the beach. There was
to take Cherry and me on cruises a Punch and Judy man who walked
and thered always be a fancy-dress around on stilts, calling all the kids to
competition. The passengers were the puppet show. Id queue up for a
supposed to make do with what they 99 ice cream and lick it off my fingers
had packed or could find on board, as it ran down the cone before I could
but my grandmother would have get back to the spot where my mother,
us prepared weeks in advance so aunt and uncle sat. My mother used
we had the best chance of winning. secretly to put sixpences in the rock
My favourite costume was when I pools and encourage us to search for
went as a doll with long blonde hair, treasure. Magical times.
rosebud lips and a frilly dress, and
then was put inside a cardboard box. NEVER FEELING AMBITIOUS. I
only applied to do stage management
HARDLY ANYTHING OF MY at the Central School of Speech and
FATHER. On the rare occasions he Drama because our school career-
came to visit us, my mother would advice officer didnt know what else
get dressed up and Cherry would be to suggest for me. But I got a place
all ready to show him the latest piece and remember coming out of the tube
she had learned on the piano, but station at Swiss Cottage and walking
Id just stand and look. Hed arrive down Eton Avenue thinking, I cant
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believe Im at drama school! Many hall, wriggled it down the steps to the
of my contemporaries there are still front garden and dragged it through
close friends and have gone on to do the garden gate to the lane, where I
amazing things. plonked myself down on it. I sat there
weeping, thinking someone will
BUYING A COTTAGE WHEN I WAS definitely come past and find me and
23. After a couple of years working care for me. But of course nobody
in theatre Id got a job as a continuity came by. In the end I had to get the
announcer for Westward Television chair all the way back into the lounge
and had moved to Cornwall. After and, by then exhausted, I put the
renting for a while I was able to buy kettle on and had a cup of tea instead.
my first little homeit only cost
15,000! I had two cats and my career MY WORST TIME IN TELEVISION.
went from strength to strength. When I did Breakfast Time in the early
80s for 18 months, I learned more
SUFFERING FROM DEPRESSIVE about TV and myself than any time
EPISODES. I didnt really understand before or since. I just wasnt used
what was happening in the early to the sophisticated level of bullying
days and thought I just wasnt feeling that operated there, but it made me
well. Id spend a lot of time crying and
avoiding people, I wouldnt answer Fern at the start of her broadcasting
the door or the phone. I could put my career in the 1980s
smiley Fern Britton
face on to go to work,
but when I got home
Id have nothing else
to give.
Im able to laugh at
some of my behaviour
now, like the time I
felt so desperate for
someone to look after
me that I felt I had to
do something drastic.
I had one enormous
armchair in my
cottage and I picked
it up, got it out of
the lounge into the
me on the straight and Fern catching husband mind: Maybe one day I
narrow, and allowed Phil Vickerys eye might hold those hands.
me to be independent, We married in 2000 and
both financially and personally. Winnie was born the following year.
The Grapes of Wrath Farming sucks. Road trip! Road trip sucks.
The Sun Also Rises Lost generation gets drunk. Theyre still lost.
Wuthering Heights A sort-of brother and sister fall in love. Its foggy.
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Our Gut
Reactions
New research is beginning to uncover
how the trillions of bacteria in and on
our body are vital to our health
BY JO C ARLOWE
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OUR GUT REACTIONS
changed our gut flora, contributing more diverse gut microbiomes than
to modern scourges such as asthma people living urban, industrialised
and obesity. Only now are experts re- lifestyles today.
alising the extent to which the trillions Indeed, dwellers of farming com-
of bacteria that live in and on us exert munities in Burkina Faso, Malawi and
an influence on our lives. South Africa have a fuller complement
These diminutive crittersso tiny of bacteria in their guts than Euro-
that a million laid together would peans and North Americans.
cover a single pinheadhelp us digest One example is treponema, a class
food, break down toxins, make vita- of bacteria thats great at digesting
mins and metabolise medicines. They fibre and is believed to reduce in-
influence our hormones, our immune flammation in the gut. Its still found
systems and even our brains. Learning in Tanzanian and Peruvian hunter-
to understand better this relationship gatherer populations, but its virtually
may become as critical to modern absent in urbanised Western society.
science and medicine as cracking the And there are some gut bacteria that
genetic code. have upped and left completely.
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This isnt good news. The mummy known as to help humans defend
Says Professor Warinner, tzi. Scientists have against pathogens.
Reduced gut microbi- reconstructed his last meal She says that our gut
using samples from his
ome diversity is usually stomach and intestines
microbiota continually
associated with condi- engages in cross-talk
tions such as metabolic disease, along with the host to help us develop a
with gastrointestinal disorders. robust immune system and healthy
Dr Stephanie Schnorr, a researcher metabolism. If these channels of com-
in molecular anthropology from the munication are disrupted, the whole
University of Oklahoma, suspects the system is weakenedrather like try-
lost bacteria were also used for early ing to govern a country when half the
immune-system trainingthat is, Cabinet has resigned.
Its possible to find some good middle rodents fur shinier, cause improve-
ground so we can have our health and ments in behaviour and even reduce
play in the dirt too. obesity. In one study, probiotic-fed
mice were less anxious and depressed
THE PRESENT than their peersevidence of a gut-
The options for redressing the balance brain axis.
are limited to probiotics and, at the ex- Other studies suggest probiotics
treme end, faecal transplant. Probiotics help prevent inflammation caused by
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The treatment, Microbial Ecosystem with ones from more fragrant donors.
Therapy, is awaiting authorisation, Even more innovative is the pros-
but its founders visualise doctors pect of genetically engineered bugs,
being able to select from a choice of designed to maximise heath or fend
laboratory-brewed ecosystems to best off illness. In 2014, scientists reported
suit patients. reprogramming E. coli in mice, and
In another cutting-edge study, described a new class of engineered
C.diff patients received capsules con- probiotic bacteria tasked with diag-
taining spores of 50 species of ben- nosing and curing disease.
eficial bacteria, paving the way for a Only time will tell if these advance-
bacterial pill. ments succeed, but finding new ways
Other notable developments include to relate to our microscopic house-
localised microbial transplants, such mates has got to be worth a go.
as the transplant of armpit to armpit.
One example is drarmpit.com, which The Taymount Clinic is based in
aims to solve body odour by replacing Hertfordshire. Visit taymount.com
malodorous armpit microbiomes for more information.
HARD TO SAY
Sonder: the realisation that each passer-by has a life as vivid and
complex as your own.
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HEALTH
The Zero-Effort
Holiday Workout
BY S USA N N A H H I C K L I NG
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BITE BACK
AGAINST
MOZZIES
Bite-protection
expert Howard
Carter warns there
could be a 25
per cent increase
in mosquitoes
in the UK this year.
Flooding earlier
this year is partly
to blame because
standing water is
the perfect biter
breeding ground.
C Cover up.
kite and run to keep it in the air or chase it down L Light-coloured
when it plummets to earth. clothing is less
likely to attract
mozzies.
FLING A FRISBEE Youll get your heart rate up
O Odours such
every time you have to run or leap for that errant
JUI CE I MAGES/ALA MY STOC K PH OTO
as BO and
plastic disc. And if you play Frisbee on a sandy perfumes attract
beach, youll be working those leg muscles that mosquitoes like,
much harder. well, flies. So
wash thoroughly.
HOLD A FAMILY OLYMPICS Have a daily A Apply an insect
competition in the swimming pool, such as repellent on any
swimming between peoples legs or making exposed skin.
the biggest splash, or a week-long badminton K Keep away from
tournament. And make sure you make it as stagnant water.
silly as possible.
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To Eat Fruit
apricots or figs.
5 Keep a fruit bowl at hand.
Make sure you have a selection of
1 Make sure every breakfast fresh fruit, such as bananas, apples
contains a piece of fruit. Not only and grapes, wherever you spend
will you start your five a day early, most time, perhaps near your PC
fruit is also the ideal morning food. or even the telly.
Its crammed with natural, complex 6 Eat a rainbow. Well, not literally,
sugars for slow-release energy, fibre of course. What you do is make
and nutrients. Try cantaloupe melon, Monday red day, when you eat only
berries or orangedelicious! red apples, plums or strawberries,
2 Start your week with a slushy. for example, then on Tuesday
Every Monday morning put 160g of consume only orange fruits such as
fresh fruit, 125ml of fruit juice and a melons and apricotsand so on.
handful of ice cubes into a blender 7 Mix fruits in your salads. Raisins,
and liquidise. That gives you two a diced apple, strawberries or mango
servings of fruit before 8am. chunks all make a tasty addition to a
3 Eat fruit for pudding three days a savoury salad.
week. A peach, a bowl of blueberries 8 Get your fruit from bread or
or a slice of watermelon are all a cake. Once a week, tuck into apple
delicious ending to a meal. You cake, banana bread, pineapple
could even try poached upside-down cake, apple tartyum!
pears in red wine. 9 Choose sorbet not
4 Carry around some ice-cream. An easy
dried fruit. A packet pudding substitution
of dried fruit is could help you
perfect for taking to squeeze in an extra
work, on a shopping fruit serving.
RTIM AGES/SHUTTERSTOCK
Out of the hundreds available, these are the fruits that pack the biggest
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PRUNES RAISINS BLUEBERRIES BLACKBERRIES STRAWBERRIES
RASPBERRIES PLUMS ORANGES RED GRAPES CHERRIES
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HEALTH
Ties And
Tribulations
By max a man has just spat at me. It takes a while for
pe m b e r to n
whats happened to sink in. Im not sure what to do. No one
has ever spat at me before. No ones coming to my rescue
because Im not on a ward, and the person whos just spat
at me isnt a patient. Hes a random passer-by. I hadnt even
looked at him, let alone actually done something to provoke
such an attack. I turn to the man sitting next to me.
Dont worry, he says, theyre always doing that sort
of thing.
I stare at him and he takes a slurp of soup from the
Max is a hospital polystyrene cup, undeterred.
doctor, author
Ill be honest with you: when I took a job working with
and newspaper
columnist
homeless people, I was a little scared. I have to try and
engage with some pretty mean and nasty people. I knew
it was going to be tough at times, but I never thought Id
be on the receiving end of this. The man sitting next to me
isnt outraged because hes used to it.
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If, as Gandhi said, a society can be cover: while hed mistaken me for
judged by how it treats its weakest a homeless person because I was
members, then boy, are we in trouble. sitting on the pavement, I assumed
I got a kicking at the weekend, he was a decent bloke because he
said the homeless man sitting next looked presentable.
to me. Theyre always doing it. Im
an easy target, what with my leg. the man next to me agrees to
I look at his leg, which technically come into hospital and so I try and
is dead from the knee down and help him stand. I struggle. A boy
beginning to rot. It smells appalling. standing over the road is watching,
Sometimes they spit, sometimes and after a few minutes he saunters
illustration by DAN M Itchell
they just shout at you, he says, while over. Hes wearing a baseball cap
continuing to drink his soup. Other and trainers, and for a moment my
times it gets nasty and they try and heart sinks. Im really not in the
duff you up. mood for any more trouble. But as
It would be easy to blame this on he gets nearer he calls out: You
louts and thugs; the disaffected youth. wanna hand?
But the man who spat at me was Together, we help the homeless
wearing a tie. Perhaps it shows that man to standand we support him
one really cant judge a book by its until the ambulance arrives.
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HEALTH
medical mythsbusted!
urine is yellow in colour, then you stool is very light, then you should
must be dehydrated. speak to a doctor as this can mean
Its true that when people are you have a liver problem known as
severely dehydrated their kidneys obstructive jaundice. People with
the organs that filter the blood and certain medical conditions, such
make urineconserve fluid and as recurrent kidney stones, are often
therefore produce more concentrated advised to drink a lot of fluids and
urine. However, dark urine on its own to aim to have their urine almost
isnt a good indication of whether or colourless. For the rest of us, theres
not someones dehydrated. not too much to worry about.
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Shingles:
Nasty&
Dangerous
By Lisa Fitterm an
F
or Franoise Fontaine, acne was
p hoto: Nicholas Evele igh/g e tty i m ages
but a long-ago memory of adolescence.
Yet there it was, unmistakable, little red
bumps in a straight line across the Paris
residents forehead that a friend noticed
after a day of shopping.
It must be an allergic reaction to the clothes I just
bought, she thought. But just in case, Franoise called
her long-time doctor the moment she got back home
and described her symptoms.
I think I know what you have, the doctor told her.
Theres no need to panic. My assistant will bring you
antiviral medication, which you should take right away,
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s h i n g l e s : N ASTY & D A N G E R O U S
and go see an eye specialist as soon Tropical Medicine, looked at the re-
as possible. cords of over 67,000 patients who had
The next morning, Fontaine was shingles and suffered either a stroke or
sitting in the specialists office, shocked a heart attack within a year.
as he informed her she had a virus We observed a 2.4-fold increase
called shingles, also called herpes in the ischemic-stroke rate and a 1.7-
zoster, or zona in French. fold increase in the heart-attack rate,
It occurs when a virus called vari- said researchers. The most marked
cella zoster, which causes chicken increase was observed during the first
pox, reactivates, he explained. week following zoster diagnosis.
Unbeknown to Fontaine, the virus Researchers suggested two possible
had been lurking in the nerve endings causes: the virus causes fatty build-
of her spinal cord ever since, dormant, ups in the arteries to break off and
waiting to catch her immune system cause a stroke or a heart attack, or the
off guard before pouncing again. stress caused by the pain sends blood
She also didnt realise that, while the pressure up, again resulting in a stroke
rashes and blisters fade, the tingling or a heart attack.
and burning from whats called post- Further research into shingles at
herpetic neuralgiaor nerve damage the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota also re-
can carry on with little respite for ported in December last year, showed
some patients. that adults with asthma appeared to
Six years later, Fontaine, now 86, have a 70 per cent higher risk of devel-
says, I was lucky. The outbreak didnt oping shingles, compared with those
affect my eyes. But no matter what I without asthma.
try, the pain persists to this day. In that
way I guess Im not so lucky. Theres no cure for shingles.
Its a name that comes from the Latin
Most shingles outbreaks last and French words for belt because
no more than a week or two, but some it often appears at waist level, partly
patients are at greater risk of develop- circling the body. Dr Allison McGeer, a
ing life-threatening complications, microbiologist at Mount Sinai Hospital
including those who are undergoing in Toronto enumerates the symptoms,
treatment for cancer. which tend to occur on one side of
Research released in December last the body because usually only a single
year found that a severe case of shin- nerve root is involved. These may
gles can raise the risk for stroke and include numbness or tingling, itching,
heart attackand kill. Caroline Minas- fatigue, headaches, high fever, a sen-
sian, PhD, along with colleagues from sitivity to light and excruciating nerve
the London School of Hygiene and pain that can upend your life, leaving
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you sleepless, unable to work or carry well into shingles territory, doctors are
out daily activities. girding themselves to see more cases
As you get older, your immune than ever before. Says Vesikari, Think
system stops paying attention to the of it this wayif we all lived for 200
virus for a period of time so that it years, then everyone would develop
grows down the nerve root, unim- shingles at some point.
peded, McGeer says. The resulting Given that one in three adults over
skin rashes have distinctive shapes 50 will develop the disease, its best
because they follow the to prevent an outbreak
pattern of the nerves in the first place. For
as they give feeling to this, you have to get a
our skin. Its best to vaccine, Vesikari says.
prevent an If youve not been
Shingles isnt conta- outbreak in the vaccinated, then you
gious. If youre exposed first place, need to act quickly at
to someone with shin- since shingles- the first sign of symp-
gles, you wont get the toms, as the antiviral
related pain
virus as long as youve medication is best used
had chicken pox, says
can be within 72 hours of an
McGeer. But if youve unrelenting outbreak. This is espe-
never had chicken pox cially important if you
and are exposed to a are hoping to mitigate
person with shingles, you may come the very painful post-infection pain
down with the childhood disease. that can often occur.
Timo Vesikari, a professor of virol- Right now theres one vaccine on
ogy at the University of Tampere in the market. Called Zostavax, it has
Finland, and director of the institu- been approved for use in Europe and
tions vaccine research centre, says North America for the past ten years,
most people will have only one shin- and has been proven to reduce the
gles outbreak in their lifetime be- chance of an outbreak overall by 64
cause it serves as a reminder for the per cent. But with ingredients such as
immune system to become vigilant live chicken-pox virus, its difficult to
again. Still, depending on how old you produce in large quantities The result
are when the first outbreak occurs, its is that a single shot costs about 140.
possible to have a second one and Although pricey, it been part of NHS
maybe even a third. recommendations for people between
With life expectancies in Europe and the ages of 70 to 78 for the past three
North America longer than ever before, years. But these ages are rather arbi-
and with the baby-boomer generation trary as even younger peopleeven,
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I can wait for test results, but Ill tell burning pain. But nothing has worked.
you right now that its shingles. I have to protect my skin from the
Sigal, now 58, was surprised. As a sun and the wind because it hurts,
psychotherapist, she kept up on medi- she says. Some nights, its just awful.
cal literature and thought shed be at I cant sleep and I scratch myself until
risk only when she reached 60. I bleed.
The doctor prescribed antiviral Still, she goes on one day at a time,
medication but it was too late because spirited and determined to live each
Sigal had experienced the first symp- one to the fullest.
toms more than three days earlier. For others, with a new vaccine pos-
sibly just around the corner, shingles
F o r F r a n o i s e F o n ta i n e , may not pose a problem at all. Says
the journey has been difficult. Shes Dr Allison McGeer, Assuming the
tried all kinds of therapiesfrom vaccine passes all the safety hurdles,
acupuncture to hypnosisto stop the this is a very good news story.
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BEST OF BRITISH
Shell Island
GWYNEDD
Covering 300 acres, this is supposedly
Europes largest campsiteand with
a supermarket, shop and restaurant,
it certainly has enough facilities to
keep the masses happy. Such is its
popularity that theres never a lack
of new friends to meet, and you can
even arrange to meet them in the
Tavern Bar on site.
But dont let this commercial
element deter you as it also provides
a good old dose of the country-
side. Many of the pitches overlook
Cardigan Bay and Snowdonia
National Park, and there are three
easily accessible beaches: one with
large sand dunes for running up
and down, another thats perfect
for dinghies, and a quieter one that
often plays host to sunbathers.
Whats more, the rocky foreshore
stops shells from being washed
awayso you cant help but find a
sea-made souvenir to take home.
Visit shellisland.co.uk for details
Cleadale N ATA LIA MELNYCHUK/SHUTTERSTOCK
INNER HEBRIDES
J R R Tolkien holidayed on the
Isle of Eigg, and its reasonable to
suspect that his jaunts here provided
inspiration for the epic Lord of
the Rings trilogy. Jagged cliff faces,
majestic hills and rolling terrain
all come together to create the sort
of landscape that can only be carved
by time. Its breathtaking, beautiful
and just a little bit intimidatingthe
Troytown
ISLES OF SCILLY
If you havent visited the Isles of
Scilly, you must. Lying at the tip of
Cornwall, these Areas of Outstanding
Natural Beauty feel like a blend of
the Mediterranean and storybook
England, with regular sunny days and
a wonderful sense of community.
Troytown is the only campsite on
St Agnes (one of the islands) and it
really makes the most of its environs.
The pitches overlook the white-
sanded beach, theres a farm shop
selling produce to eat al fresco and
since the island measures only one
mile acrossthe view is a panorama
of the Atlantic Ocean.
The clear waters are perfect for
snorkelling, swimming and fishing,
while the rock pools provide endless
entertainment for adults and children
alike. If you prefer to travel light,
you can rent one of the four-person
bell tents already on site.
Visit troytown.co.uk for details
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Deepdale Farm
NORFOLK
Burnhan Deepdale is a pretty village a little bit, but youre there for a
poised on the North Norfolk coast. holiday, to get away from it all. Why
The farmencompassing five well- suffer? Quite so.
maintained paddockslies at its Augmenting the getting-back-
heart and is one of the most popular to-nature theme, all the camps
campsites in the county. amenities are eco-friendlyand
This may well be because theres theres something deeply satisfying
something to cater to every degree about having a shower heated
of camping enthusiasm: pitches for entirely by solar power. The early
regular tents, spaces for small camper bird gets the hot water, mind!
vans and even ready-made tipis and Visit deepdalebackpackers.co.uk
yurts. The latter are a particular treat, for details
complemented by their own private Whats your favourite campsite getaway?
garden and barbecue. As the owners Email [email protected]
say, You may feel like youre cheating and let us know!
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completely random and jumping psychologist Robin Dunbar in which
about in all sorts of weird ways, so he asked a team of rowers first to
our universe is fundamentally playful. row on their own and then as a team,
Id like to see play areas for adults exerting themselves the same amount
in corporate environmentsbouncy both times. But when they rowed as
castles, sandpits, slides, the works. a team each participants endorphin
release was doubled. It goes to show
Id bring back the Roman Festival that doing things at the same time as
of Saturnalia. This took place at other people makes us happier. One
the end of December each year and, of the best synchronised activities is
along with feasting and gambling, dancing with a partner, learning the
masters and slaves changed roles. steps and moving together. For a man
Masters would wait on their slaves and woman, this is surely the ideal
and the slaves could do what they synchrony of all.
liked. Id like a modern-day version
where senior managers swapped Wed ruminate for half an hour
roles with the cleaning and catering a day. Among all these good times
staff, whod be free to lecture their were having, its worth remembering
bosses on mission statements, targets we cant live on fun alone. So a little
and empowering the brand. time to exercise the right side of
our brainthat part responsible for
World Naked Bike Rides would take imagination and creativity and all
place in every city. Theyre already the good thingsis important. You
hugely popular; theres one in London dont need to try and empty your
in June and in over 70 other cities. mind but just sit quietly in silence
They began as a protest against our and let your thoughts roam around in
dependency on oil and the car, but free association, making unexpected
theyre also a wonderful celebration connections and encouraging the
of fun. While writing my recent book, very best kind of thinking.
I came to realise that having fun is far
more complex than we might imagine No one would groan getting up from
and involves all kinds of different a chair. One of my biggest concerns is
elements including sexuality, comedy, not to turn into a cranky old man.
play and transgression; youve got all As told to Caroline Hutton
of these in a naked bike ride.
Michael Foleys new book Isnt This Fun?
Id encourage more synchronised Investigating the Experience Everyone
activities. There was a fascinating Wants is out on June 30, published by
experiment by the evolutionary Simon & Schuster.
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Former stand-up comedian
Sanderson Jones is on a mission
to take church to the godless
but will it catch on?
words and
ph otogr aphy
By n i ck cunar d
78
Sunday Assembly
co-founder
Sanderson Jones
speaking at the
secular church
in Londons
Conway Hall
LIVE BETTER, HELP OFTEN, WONDER MORE
The priest then appears, bounding you can be a part of something bigger
onto the stagelong-limbed, bearded than yourself. Our motto is Live
and slightly manic, he cuts a hipster better, help often and wonder more.
Jesus-meets-John-Cleese figure. Ours is the creed of lifefulness.
I hope youre ready for an hour True to their mission statement,
and a bit of just celebrating that were the service is stirring of head, heart
alive! he booms out to the 300 or so and soul. As well as the singing and
cheery souls assembled in Londons sermon, Sunday Assembly (SA)
Conway Hall on this member and teacher
crisp morning. Kat Gibbard reflects
The austere art-deco on Aristotles take on
building in central Its like the joy as a pleasure that
London has hosted best bits of should be indulged
many alternative
church, but in guiltlessly and
organisations over the
past 90 years or so, but
without the often . Its a statement
that sounds vaguely
none so unashamedly
God part. you sacrilegious in this
fun-loving and life- can be a part context.
affirming as the Sunday of something A couple of minutes
Assembly. bigger of silent contemplation
Before he hands over is followed by a
to cognitive holistic collection to cover costs
therapist Gianna de Salvo for a such as venue hire. Contributions are
sermon on the theme of How to recommended on a sliding scale of
Rewire Your Brain for Joy, Sanderson 10, 5 or nothing depending on how
Jonesthe preacher man and former well-paid you are, or whatever you
comedianelaborates on his and co- can afford if you fall into the student
founder Pippa Evans vision. or unemployed camp.
Its like the best bits of church, The session wraps up an hour or
but without the God part, he says. so later with the very appropriate
Sunday Assembly is a place where Pharrell Williams hit Happy. The
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they believe in. Thats not interesting SA on a whim has actually turned
to us. Its more about what we can out to be an life-changing experience.
achieve regardless of what we believe. She met her current boyfriend
Our commitment to celebrating life is here, for a start. But she also talks
as transcendental as anyones god. about how it has created a less angry
Though many members may not person whos more conciliatory
have elevated it to quite this level, the in her dealings with her numerous
lifefulness creed seems to establish antagonists, as she calls them.
a positive context that yields concrete
results. Sharon Little, 53, another the SA brand and Sandersons
former churchgoer, says, When you uniqueness undoubtedly resonate
have regular positivity in your life, with members. The concept of the
it gives you a real boost. Being with godless congregation is certainly
upbeat people helps with the process central to its appealas is its message
of building community. that self-sacrifice and having a
Equally, for 23-year-old Seema, a thoroughly good time need not be
teacher who had a fairly strict Hindu mutually exclusive.
upbringing, the SAs laissez-faire Whether hes the man reconciling
attitude to religion was something she spirituality and secularism or the
found appealing. I may have grown worlds most benign cult leader, you
apart from my parents religion, but cant help but admire Sandersons
I dont want it trashed either, she conviction.
states. If the SA were too secular then
it would build wallsthe whole point Sunday Assemblies typically meet on
is to break those walls down. the first and third Sundays of the month.
Shes convinced that coming to the Visit sundayassembly.com for details.
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Food
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BY M ARC EL TH ERO UX
PHOTO, P REVIOUS S PREA D: SI ME/ESTOC K OPP OSI TE PAGE, C LOCKWISE FROM TOP L E FT: COU RTE SY AU BE RG E
them, 24 chefs, competing for their that foreign visitors have been learn-
nations, strive to produce two courses ing in France for at least a century:
of impeccable food. that excellent food is not a contest, or
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Clockwise from top left: Paul Bocuses
restaurant LAuberge du Pont de
Collonges; Chef Mathieu Viannay;
Caf Comptoir Abel; truffle soup
created by Bocuse for the lyse Palace;
veal sweetbreads fricassee and lobster
with peas from La Mre Brazier
FOOD FOR THE SOUL
THE FOOD OF LYON has been praised ascendancy in the 20th century: Paul
for at least 2,000 years. In the citys Bocuse, the superstar chef who
Gallo-Roman Museum, we saw an- founded the Bocuse dOr. Not only is
cient testimonies to the quality of its the competition named after him, but
pork, wine and chicken. Its culinary its trophies are gold, silver and bronze
excellence is in part an accident of statuettes of the man himself. The fact
geography; the city sits at the inter- that Monsieur Bocuse can pull off this
section of several of Frances greatest kind of self-advertisement is a tribute
wine regions and its cooks are able to to his suavity and the genuine esteem
draw on nearby delicacies: great fruit in which hes held.
and vegetables, Charolais beef, blue- Paul Bocuse began his apprentice-
legged Bresse chickens, pork, snails, ship under Mre Brazier in 1946. Hes
game and freshwater fish. always acknowledged a debt to her.
But the citys modern reputation Now 88, Bocuse is virtually a gastro-
was made in the 19th century, when nomic deity. Lyons covered market
a cohort of young women founded was renamed in his honour in 2006.
restaurants and spent their lives per- His flagship restaurant, the Auberge
fecting and serving a handful of du Pont de Collonges, stands on the
dishes, all based around the local Sane, a 15-minute drive from the
produce. They became known as Les centre of Lyon. The evening I went, the
Mres, the mothers. slopes of Croix-Rousse hill were gilded
The most celebrated of all was in the late-afternoon light. As we drove,
Eugnie Brazier, born in 1895, whose I told my wife Id had job interviews
life was a culinary Cinderella story. that I felt less nervous about. I was in-
Aged 19 and unmarried, she gave birth timidated by the expenseenormous
to a son and had to leave her village in and the feeling of entering the rar-
disgrace. She found work under Mre efied air of a culinary Valhalla.
Fillioux, the most famous chef in Lyon, Bocuses other restaurants follow
and finally opened a restaurant of her recent innovations, offering foams
own. Relentless hard work, a commit- and the like. But here, in a strangely
ment to the best ingredients and rare garish former mill thats festooned
talent saw her become in 1933 the first with pictures of the master, Bocuses
chef to command six Michelin stars team serves his Greatest Hits.
three for each of her two restaurants. Bresse chicken, poached with slivers
She died in 1977. Plump and smiling of black truffle under its skin, is a dish
in her surviving photographs, she still Bocuse would have seen prepared by
exudes an unmistakable steeliness. Mre Brazier herself. It arrived at our
Mre Braziers true heir is the man table in the pigs bladder in which it
responsible for Lyons gastronomic had been poached, ballooning like a
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Looking across the Sane River
towards Fourvire hill
brontosaurus egg. The waiter punc- Lyon is an odd, binary place: it has
tured the bag, removed the bird and two hills (Fourvire and Croix-Rousse,
carved it expertly. First we ate the legs one historically a place of worship, the
in a sweet and woody morel mush- other a place of work) and two differ-
room sauce. Then the breasts were ent rivers, the slow-moving Sane and
served on a separate plate with dressed the more turbulent Rhne. It also has
endive. It was one of a handful of truly its two cuisinesthe celebrated in-
extraordinary meals Ive eaten. heritors of the traditions of Les Mres
and the demotic food served in the
WE QUICKLY FELL IN LOVE with citys bouchons.
Lyons big squares, its leafiness, its The bouchon is the platonic ideal
PHOTO: OLI VER STREWE/GETTY IM AGES
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pork and tripe dishes well represented. that meet the criteria: a combination
The gutsy, affordable, unfussy food of ambience, a commitment to tradi-
grandmothers cookingis a demo- tional Lyon dishes and high culinary
cratic cuisine. These are the dishes of standards. We had to give up any hope
a proud and assertive urban working of eating at all of them. Theres only so
class. The leisurely bouchon meal is much tablier de sapeura thin square
a pointed riposte to the commercial of tripe prepared like a schnitzelthat
logic that drives harried workers to you can eat in a single day. Then there
gobble sandwiches at their desks. are Lyons newer maestros, playing
After all, what does it profit a man if variations on its traditions of excel-
he gains the entire world and lose his lence: Patrick Henriroux at Bocuses
lunch hour? other alma mater, La Pyramide; the
An appellation contrle system changing roster of chefs at Arsenic;
awards a label of authenticity to cer- the Japanese-inflected dishes of Arai
tain bouchons. There are currently 24 Tsuyoshi at Au 14 Fvrier; Mathieu
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Viannay at Mre Braziers old estab- the view of the Basilica of Notre-Dame
lishment, La Mre Brazier. de Fourvire on the other side, and
We did manage to take the children passed the old synagogue on Quai
to La Meunire, a lovely bouchon on Tilsitt. I had a salad of crayfish and
Rue Neuve, one lunchtime. I was slippery green beans, and the quenel-
nervous about the culture clash be- les, and we shared chestnut sorbet
tween French gastronomic hauteur with chocolate sauce. It was even bet-
and wriggly, 21st-century children, but ter than I remembered.
the whole thing went without a hitch. In a world where food has become
It was a success in part because of mixed up with aspiration, snobbery
the kindness of the matre d, in part and utopianism, Lyon felt like it repre-
because of the patience of the two sented an achievable ideal: a place still
young Frenchwomen who, in bouchon connected to a culinary tradition that
style, shared our table, but mainly combines thrift and pride and excel-
because I let my son play on my smart- lence and sustainability. The lesson of
phone for the entire meal. The kids the city is that food is a daily pleasure
tried the grattons (deep-fried pork to be shared. It isnt only the chicken
rinds), loved the bread, sampled our in the pigs bladder that Ill remember:
plates of saucisson and the confit of just as memorable were the Nutella
lamb shoulder. At the end, we ex- crpes my children devoured most
changed friendly au revoirs with our afternoons; the snail pt we sampled
accidental companions. in the market; the hot chocolate that
my son drank at breakfast and wore on
ON ONE OF OUR LAST EVENINGS, his T-shirt all day. Between now and
I returned with my wife to Caf Comp- our next visit, these will be the meals
toir Abel. There was a warm breeze as that linger in the memory; this was the
we dawdled along the river, admiring food that fed our souls.
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Anne campe
d in a yurt,
Asian tent ; a tradition
(below) the al Central
bright city of
Samarkand
BY C ATH Y A DA M S
My Great
Escape:
Sand And
Starlight
Anne Rothwell from West Yorkshire fulfills a
childhood dream in Uzbekistan
mountains
began to sing. Happy yet weary, I went to the yurt, crawled
of Oman
into my sleeping bag and listened from there.
During the night, I came outside and looked up: what a
glorious sight! My patch of earth was completely enveloped
by the soft black night and myriad brilliant constellations.
No light, no sound; just nature in all her pristine glory.
The next morning, after an Uzbek breakfast of bread, meat,
cheese, boiled eggs, fruit and green tea, we set off with camels
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to walk to the Aydar Lake a few miles
away. We loped along in the heat,
my Bactrian camel stopping at every
thorny bush to snatch a mouthful,
which he crunched noisily.
Then the lake came into view: a
beautiful deep blue, mirroring the
cloudless sky. The water was clear Postcard
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a picnic on the shore, we travelled to
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PARTNERSHIP PROMOTION
Peer-To-Peer Lending
A whole new way of investing
FROM ITS INCEPTION IN 2005, Peer- force within the financial marketplace,
to-Peer has grown from strength to even when interest rates begin to climb,
strength to become the poster child due to its significantly leaner cost base
of the alternative finance industry. By relative to traditional lending providers.
the end of March this year, the sector Peer-to-Peer lending companies
had attracted over 5bn of investments, operate almost entirely online, and
with over 700m being invested in so can provide services much more
the first quarter alone. If the Peer-to- cheaply than traditional financial
Peer phenomenon has escaped your institutionshence their ability to offer
attention, now might be just the right more attractive terms to investors and
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Another key attraction of Peer-to-
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Peer-to-Peer lending is the now well- Typically, you can choose to invest for
established practice of lending money growth, ie, to roll up your returns and
to individuals or businesses through take them all on maturity at the expiry
online services that match lenders of your investment term, or take those
(investors) directly with borrowers, returns regularly in the form of, say, a
enabling both parties to circumvent monthly income. Its often possible
traditional providers such as banks. to have those monthly payments
Investors typically achieve better rates paid regularly into a nominated bank
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Clear it out Get rid of it
If theres anything in your spare Of course, the biggest value your
room you havent used for a year, spare room has is related to the
its unlikely youre ever going to use overall value of your property.
it. But rather than throw it away, see Though it can be a wrench to
if you can make some money first. leave the family home once the kids
We all know about online selling have moved out, you might find
sites such as eBay, but you can also downsizing to a smaller property
offer items through local groups on with fewer rooms frees up some
Facebook. If you dont fancy going cash to help you do more with your
online, car-boot sales can bring in life. It also has the added advantage
some cash, but dont expect to get as of making it easier to maintain your
MOPI C/ALAM Y STOCK P HOTO
much money as youd like. home with less cleaning and less
You might also be able to save clutter to deal with.
some money by regiftingessentially, But any move does come with
giving an unwanted item as a present additional costsfrom Stamp Duty
on birthdays, Christmas and other and legal fees on the new property
celebrations. This of course requires to solicitor fees on the home youre
a bit of tact, and make sure you dont selling. Make sure you consider these
give someone a gift they gave you! before you move on.
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MONEY
Flights
allowed to take in the cabin?
YOUR SEATS
Will you be charged more
The luxury of being able to fly all
for extra leg room, or even a
over Europe and the UK for less than window seat?
a return train ticket from London to
If you dont reserve a seat,
Manchester is amazing. But if you is there a risk you wont be
dont keep an eye on the extras, you sat together?
could end up paying far more than
you originally planned. BOOKING AND PAYMENT FEES
Unfortunately, the way most of Is there a charge to use your
the airline websites work means credit card?
you have to go through the process Will it cost you more to call
of booking a flight before you can up and book rather than do
see the real costa travel frustration it online?
we could all do without. To help Does checking in at the
you avoid getting caught out, watch airport cost more than doing
it at home?
out for the following when booking
with a budget airline. FOOD AND DRINK
Are food, drink and snacks
included?
Can you bring your own food
on board?
THE REST
Is there a pre-selected box
for insurance?
Have you accidentally clicked
to add car hire?
Does it cost you for a text-
message confirmation?
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READERS DIGEST
Your Mutt
supplier for a new bill
based on them. If you
find you now have a
Has your pet pooch been chipped? If not, it could large amount of credit,
cost you 500. you can ask for the
The main purpose of microchipping pets is to energy company to
make it easier for you to be reunited if little Fido pay it back to you.
is lost or stolen, but it also helps reduce the strain The company might
on animal charities dealing with strays and means suggest reducing your
fewer animals are put to sleep if their owner cant direct debits to cover
be found. Since April, all dogs over six months need the differencewhich
to be chipped, and its retrospective toomeaning you can opt forbut its
even your loyal 15-year-old mutt will need a chip often better to have the
fitted. If your dog is found to not have a chip, youll money in your account
be fined 500. earning interest than
Most vets will do this, but its also possible to find sitting where you cant
places that will do it for free. use it.
Lamb Burgers
In Pitta Pockets
BY RAC H E L THIS RECIPE IS THE ANTITHESIS to towering
WAL K E R
restaurant burgers, which need to be deconstructed
before they fit in your mouth. Mini burgers enclosed
in pockets of pitta bread are easy to eat at a barbecue
and can be stuffed with lots of garnish.
Buy the best quality mince you can afford and try not
to flip the burgers too wildly during cooking. Hold your
nerve and only flip the patties once so they stay in tact!
Rachel Walker
is a food writer for Serves 4 1tbsp olive oil
numerous national 500g lamb mince 150g halloumi, sliced
publications. Visit 50g breadcrumbs 6tbsps plain yogurt
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1 red chilli, deseeded 812 fresh mint leaves,
and sliced finely sliced
1tbsp cumin seeds, 4 handheld pitta breads,
ground halved
12 courgettes, cut on
the diagonal
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into small patties. If needed, all this can be done
in advance and refrigerated for up to 24 hours.
3. To cook the burgers on a barbecue, lightly brush TIP
them with oil. Put them on a grill over a bed of
If you ever have
white-hot coals, and cook them for 68 minutes
ends of stale,
in total, flipping halfway through cooking.
leftover bread
4. To cook the burgers in the kitchen, preheat
then blitz it into
the oven to 200C. Put the burgers in a hot griddle
breadcrumbs
pan, or under the grill, for two minutes on either
and freeze in a
side, until the top and bottom turn brown and
sandwich bag.
crisp. Then place them in the oven for a further
They have such a
68 minutes, until the patties are cooked through.
big surface area,
5. Meanwhile, place the sliced courgette and
they defrost quickly.
halloumi on a hot griddle pan or under the grill,
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FOOD AND DRINK
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Greyhound
50ml gin or vodka
Pink grapefruit juice
Sprig of rosemary
Yellow glass pitcher
Fill a tumbler with ice cubes, pour and set of six tumblers,
in the gin or vodka and top up with Sophie Conran, 30.
grapefruit juice. Garnish with a A jug is always handy
sprig of fresh rosemary and serve. when dining al fresco.
By Ly n da
C la rk The Road To Rio
As we gear up to the Summer Olympics in Rio, why
not invite friends and family over to enjoy the sunshine?
Add a statement to your garden using vibrant colours and
accessoriesa scattering of striking cushions, Moroccan-
style lanterns, pretty outdoor lights and playful bunting
will all help set the scene. If your patio is small, its easy to
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maximise space by choosing a round table preferably
is a homes, foldingalong with a set of stackable chairs.
property and
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Memories are
made of this
Looking forward to
your holiday? These
fun accessories will
get you in the mood
Easy Does It
BY OLLY MANN NESPRESSO PRODIGIO, 159
Current coffee technology isnt
about improving taste so much as
refining the speed with which you
get a cup into your caffeine-hungry
hands. First we saw supermarkets
offer up a torrent of ready-to-drink
coffees, then we got apps to tell us
Olly is a which nearby coffee chain has the
technology shortest queue. Now a gadget from
expert, radio
Magimix that is, essentially, the
presenter and
podcaster 21st-century teasmade: a Bluetooth-enabled Nespresso
machine. So, order your coffee from your bed, or on the
bus home, and have it ready when you get to the kitchen.
Quick enough for you?!
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KINDLE OASIS, 269
Considering Amazon flog their Fire tablets for under 50 quid, its in some
ways surprising theyve launched this premium product: a Kindle with
a plush leather charging cover, which will
set you back over 300 if you want 3G. A bit
steep for a device running old-fashioned,
laggy, black-and-white E ink? Well, yes and
no: if you read a lot of books, youre buying
yourself hours of pleasurethe ergonomic
redesign has satisfying physical buttons
to turn the page and feels more like holding
a real paperback, as the weight is distributed
towards your hand as you read. Kindle
Paperwhite remains better value, but this
is the Rolls-Royce of e-readers.
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Fashion & beauty
Watertight Tip
By G e org i n a
yate s
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BOOKS
July Fiction
BY JAMES I Found You
WALTON
by Lisa Jewell (Century, 12.99)
Lisa Jewell is one of Britains best-selling
writersand reading her new novel, its not
hard to see why. I Found You is a high-class
combination of popular womens fiction (the
genre formerly known as chick-lit) and
gripping psychological thriller.
James writes In the classic manner, the central character Alice is slightly
and presents chaotic but fundamentally good-heartedand in this case
the BBC Radio living on the Yorkshire coast with her three children. By the
4 literary quiz
The Write Stuff
third page, the plot is already under way, when she spots
a handsome fortysomething man sitting on the beach. His
name iswell, he doesnt know, because hes suffering from
severe amnesia that also means he doesnt know why hes
there or where hes come from. Meanwhile in Surrey, a wife is
reporting the disappearance of her handsome fortysomething
husband to the police.
At this stage, people who havent read Jewell before
may think they realise whats going on. In fact, the truth
revealed with enormous teasing skillis packed with
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more twists, and genuine sadness,
PAPERBACKS
than anybody could possibly expect.
Admittedly, the book does have
moments of contrivancebut theyre Dark Corners by Lynda
exceptionally well-contrived. La Plante (Simon & Schuster,
7.99). Her 66th and final
The Allegations novel serves up Rendells usual
by Mark Lawson satisfying mix of murder and
(Picador, 16.99) sharp reflections on modern life.
If I were Mark Lawson, Concorde by Jonathan
I might invest in a tin Glancey (Atlantic, 9.99).
hat this monthbecause The rise and fall of the supersonic
The Allegations seems airliner makes for an absorbing
bound to provoke the sort if slightly melancholy read.
of fight its clearly spoiling for. The Forgotten Summer by
In 2014, Lawson left BBC Radio 4s Carol Drinkwater (Penguin,
arts programme Front Row amid 7.99). The first adult novel by
accusations of bullying. Now, Tom the former actress, this is a rich
Pimm, one of the main characters and warm tale of secrets and
here, is a history professor accused feuds in Provence.
of the same thingeven though all Creative, Successful, Dyslexic
hes done is stand up for intellectual by Margaret Rooke (Jessica
rigour and common sense. Kingsley, 9.99). From Darcey
Worse, his friend and colleague Bussell to Richard Branson,
Ned Marriott is arrested for historic 23 high-achievers discuss how
sexual abusedespite not being dyslexia affected them as
guilty either. But what both men children and how theyve coped
come to understand is that at a time with its challenges. Also contains
when offence-taking has become practical advice for parents.
a national pastime and all accusers Reckless by Chrissie
WENN LTD/ALA MY STOC K PH OTO
Uncivil Chivalry
THE CHARACTERS in Giles Miltons
(right) rollicking new book are
a suitably eccentric bunch. There
is, for example, Cecil Clarke, a
caravan maker from Bedford who
designed the first limpet mine using
a Woolworths tin bowl, a condom
and an aniseed ballwhich,
placed between the striker and
the detonator, dissolved at just the
right speed. (These mines were
soon in such demand that Clarke
had to order the aniseed balls
direct from Bassetts rather than
buying them at local sweet shops.)
Theres also the groups leader,
Colin Gubbins, a dapper figure with
a silver-topped cane whod learned a vital impact on the war. Many
about guerrilla war fighting Michael officers in the regular army regarded
Collins in Ireland. their methods of sabotage and
The Special Operations Executive, ambush as underhand and therefore
as they were officially known, had un-British. But it was with Churchills
full support that the SOE carried out
The Ministry of the spectacular raids across Occupied
Ungentlemanly Europe and North Africa that Milton
WarfareChurchills describes so vividly.
Mavericks: Plotting Here we join them (including Peter
Hitlers Defeat Fleming, older brother of James Bond
by Giles Milton is creator Ian) in 1940, when the focus
published by John was on preparing for the apparently
Murray at 20. inevitable German invasion of Britain.
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Within hours of Hitlers
issuing of Directive No.16, RD EXCLUSIVE:
Gubbins summoned a meeting of GILES MILTONS CHOICE OF
GREAT HISTORY BOOKS
his 12 newly appointed guerrilla
commanders, with Peter Fleming
the first among equals. Others Morocco That Was by Walter
included the veteran Greenland Harris (1921). An eye-popping,
explorer Andrew Croft, and Donald often wryly funny account of fin-
Hamilton-Hill, whose forebears had de-sicle opulence at the court of
fought against Napoleon in Egypt. the last Moroccan sultan. Packed
His briefing reflected the with tales of greed and murder.
depressing reality. In clear, concise
terms, said Hamilton-Hill, he The Longest Day by Cornelius
described the situation in Britain Ryan (1959). The classic
as it then stood. Gubbins reminded narrative of D-Day, including
the 12 that they were guerrillas, the memories of survivors
not regular soldiers, and had been and interviews with key voices
selected because they had a non- in German high command.
military and independent approach
to life. Bayonets to Lhasa by Peter
Peter Fleming was to display Fleming (1961). A brilliant
a professionalism sorely absent in account from Ians older brother
the regular army. He studied every of Britains little-known 1904
nook and hollow of the Thanet invasion of Tibet, complete with
countryside before deciding to first-hand testimonies.
establish his guerrilla headquarters
The Life and Death of St Kilda
in a half-timbered farmhouse
by Tom Steel (1965). The
called the Garth in Bilting, a village
extraordinary story of life on
GERAIN T LEWIS/A LAM Y STOCK PHOTO
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BOOKS
Fleming had good reason for It was essential that they should
acquiring the longbows. He intended remain undiscovered. To this end,
to teach his men to use them to hurl the men concealed the entrances
incendiary charges into German and exits with gnarled, ivy-clad roots,
petrol dumps. Without fuel, Hitlers while the ventilation funnels and
tanks and jeeps would be trapped water-supply pipes were interwoven
inside their beachhead. with branches, leaves and man-made
Fleming was shrewd enough to camouflage. One of the key cells in
realise that his men would need the Kent area set the gold standard:
underground cells if they were to anyone wishing to enter had to
fight a sustained dirty war against drop a marble down a mouse-hole.
the Nazis. A guerrilla without a The marble rolled down a 12-foot-
base, he told them, is no better long pipe and into a tin can, a signal
everything turns out for ungentlemanly warfare, Gubbinss
to be 42.) guerrillas remembered to dine
as gentlemen.
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Books
that changed my life
I OVERHEARD A WOMAN
purchasing tickets for a wine-
tasting event. She was attempting
to confirm, as advertised, that
there would be over 100 wines
to sample.
The sales assistant confirmed
that this was correct, before
helpfully adding, But just think
of it as a number, not a personal
challenge. LEIGH RENNIE, G l a s g o w
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Readers Digest
Its all right to eat food like that you help me wash my hair? My
sometimes, but not all the time, and wife usually helped my ten-year-
you had a cookie this morning. old with this task, but she was busy.
On the way home, a little voice in Being the type of person who
the back of the car piped up, Is it spends little time worrying about
sometimes yet? my hair, I searched the bathroom
ALISON LOCONTE, L i n c o l n s h i r e for something that looked like the
popular brand of shampoo Wash
I WAS AT A FANCY-DRESS PARTY and Go. Soon all those hours learning
when a pregnant woman arrived French at school seemed not to have
dressed as a ballerina. been wasted after all; I was rewarded
It seemed an odd choice, until she with a green bottle and a name that
turned around to reveal a sign that seemed like the French for quick
read, I should have danced all night! (vite). I grabbed the Veet, not seeing
CHRISSIE LUNT, B o u r n e m o u t h my mistake.
Only later did I discover what
I WAS AT AN AUCTION on a run- an immensely effective depilatory
down smallholding that had gone product it really was.
bankrupt in rural Lincolnshire. Most JEREMY MEESON, b y e m a i l
of the lots were piles of junk that
went for 1, but during the sale of A WORK COLLEAGUE had just had
a particularly unappealing bucket quadruplets, so I went to see them
of rusty old nails, someones iPad with my partner. Proudly showing off
started bleeping. her three sons and a daughter, she
The auctioneer quipped, Looks asked us what we thought.
like weve got some international Before I could say anything, my
interest...come in, America! partner piped up, Well, if it were up
The owner of the iPad looked up to meId keep that one.
and said, Im sorry to disappoint My friends face was a picture!
you, but its just my wife asking me ELERI WEBBER, C h e s h i r e
if Id like fish and chips for tea.
ANDREW BERRY, L i n c o l n s h i r e MY SEVEN-YEAR-OLD SON was
attending an exhibition of abstract
LAST SUMMER my family stayed in paintings with his grandmother.
a villa in France. After a perfect day This picture, she told him, is
by the pool, my daughter and I went supposed to be a tractor in a field.
to shower while my wife got ready Well, replied my puzzled son,
for dinner. Why isnt it?
Papa, my daughter called, can JASON TRUBY, He r t f o rd s h i r e
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Word Power
Endings such as -ism (belief), -mania (obsession) and -phobia
(fear) can tell you a lot about a words meaning. As you navigate
this months quiz, pay close attention to the suffix of each term for
helpful clues. At your wits end? Turn the page for answers.
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WORD POWER
Answers
1. cryptology[C] study of codes 8. pachyderm[A] elephant
(-ology = study). The Enigma code (-derm = skin). Many pachyderms
was cracked by aces in cryptology. are endangered mammals.
2. empathetic[A] showing 9. Kafkaesque[A] nightmarishly
understanding or sensitivity complex (-esque = resembling).
(-pathy = feeling). Do you think Getting my passport back involved
women are more empathetic a Kafkaesque maze of bureaucracies.
than men? 10. atrophy[A] waste away
3. ovoid[A] egg-shaped (-oid = (-trophy = nourishment). Without
resembling). Jays ovoid physique rehab, Alisons knee will atrophy.
made him a shoo-in for the role 11. knavish[C] deceitful or
of Falstaff. dishonest (-ish = like). Whos the
4. deify[A] treat as a god (-fy = knavish sneak who stole my drink?
make into). First we deify pop 12. legalese[C] legal language
stars, then we tear them down. (-ese = language style). Please, cut
5. perspicacious[B] of acute
the legalese and speak plain English.
mental vision (-acious = with a 13. patriarch[B] father figure
quality of). Shes too perspicacious (-arch = chief). That loudmouth
to fall for their hoax. is the patriarch of all
spin doctors.
6. indigenous WORD OF THE DAY*
[B] native (-genous = 14. obsolescent
OVOLO:
producing). The [C] going out of use
protesters argued a rounded convex (-escent = becoming).
that chemical testing moulding. Our landline is now
would disrupt Alternative suggestions: obsolescent.
the islands rare 15. solarium[A]
A confused Swedish car.
indigenous species. sun room (-arium =
When a glutton tried place). Let us retire
7. herbicide to answer the question,
[C] agent used to to my solarium for a
What is the capital
inhibit or kill plant of Norway? with his little more inspiration.
growth (-cide = mouth full.
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killing). Mother A famous Italian 9 & below: linguist
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THE TOWER
How could you stack
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the resulting tower has
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6 4
9
10 12
?
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SUM OF ALL PARTS
Insert each of the tiles below into the larger
1 5
grid so that the numbers in each of the grids 8 2
rows and columns add up to the same sum.
Two tiles have already been inserted for you. 5 7
6 8 9
5 2 7
4 3 5 5 3
7 3 1
8 7
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Another chance
7
to test your general
knowledge 8
9 10
11 12
13
14 15 16 17 18
19
ACROSS
07 Alien, celestial or 20 21 22
daydreaming (5-7)
09 Mathematical
system (7) 23
10 Large African
animal (5)
11 Speaks (4)
12 Gradually do away 08 ubby, plump (6)
T
with (5,3) 11 Endure pain (6)
14 Subsequent (6-2) 13 Sightseeing holidaymaker (7)
17 Move to and fro (4) 15 Shallow inland sea (6)
20 Enthusiastic, keen (5) 16 Take up (a space) (6)
21 Photo taken with a 18 Round machinery parts (6)
zoom lens (5-2) 19 Areas inside a house (5)
23 Skin bumps caused 22 Friendly name for any cat (4)
by cold (5,7)
18 Wheels 19 Rooms 22 Puss
DOWN 13 Tourist 15 Lagoon 16 Occupy
01 Meat-substitute bean (4)
5 Florist 6 Albino 8 Portly 11 Suffer
1 Soya 2 Shaggy 3 Probe 4 Potash
02 Scooby Doos friend (6) Down:
03 Look into, explore (5)
04 Powerful alkali used as 20 Eager 21 Close up 23 Goose pimples
a garden fertiliser (6)
11 Says 12 Phase out 14 Follow on 17 Sway
7 Otherworldly 9 Algebra 10 Rhino
05 Bouquet seller (7) Across:
06 White rabbit with pink
eyes (6)
ANSWERS
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BrainTeasers: Answers
50 PRIZE QUESTION
THE TOWER
Place them sideways and then
Answer published in
stack them in any order. the August issue
FIGURE EQUATIONS
Which is the odd word out?
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ADAM, A CITY TRADER, lost his What went wrong? What did you do
job. He was tired of urban life and to them?
decided he was going to move to Well, said Adam, Im not sure
the country and become a chicken whether Im planting them too deep
farmer. He found a nice working or not far apart enough.
farm, which he bought. GRAHAME JONES, L o n d o n
It turned out that his next-door
neighbour was also a chicken farmer. TV COMMERCIALS now show
The neighbour came for a visit one you how detergents take out
day and said, Chicken farming isnt bloodstainsa pretty violent image
easy. Tell you whatto help you get there. I think if youve got a T-shirt
started, Ill give you 100 chickens. with a bloodstain all over it, maybe
Adam was pleased to be accepted laundry isnt your biggest problem.
and jumped at the offer. COMEDIAN JERRY SEINFELD
Two weeks later, the neighbour
stopped by to see how things were A MAN CALLS 999. Hello? I need
going. Not too good, said Adam. your help!
All 100 chickens died. Operator: Yes, what is it?
The neighbour said, Oh, I cant Man: Two women are fighting
believe that. Ive never had any over me!
trouble with my chickens. Ill give Operator: Erm, right...so whats
you 100 more. your emergency?
Another two weeks went by and Man: The ugly one is winning.
the neighbour stops in again. Adam HARRI BRYAN, L i v e r p o o l
says, Youre not going to believe
this, but the second 100 chickens TWO CHEMISTS WALK INTO A BAR.
died too. The first one says to the barman, Ill
Astounded, the neighbour asked, have some H2O.
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Watching Star Wars with the kids and we get to the trash compactor
scene. Benjamin (six) is very concerned the Death Star doesnt recycle.
Things I had to remove from our bed before sleeping last night: five books,
three open markers, an apple core and a cat (we do not own a cat).
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it looked as if the
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But sadly (for him), Vineyards
cartoonist Steve Why We Should
Jones caption, To be honest, yesit has spoiled Care About Bees
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