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The Young Victoria
UK cinema release Friday 6th March




Key events in one of this year's most eagerly awaited films 'The Young Victoria' were filmed at Arundel Castle Arundel Castle open to public Saturday 4 April to Sunday 1 November 2009 Directed by the award-winning Jean-Marc Vallee and written by Oscar-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes 'The Young Victoria' features an all-star cast headed by Emily Blunt as Victoria and Rupert Friend as Prince Albert. Co-produced by Martin Scorsese and Graham King: King said ".. he chose Arundel Castle as one of the locations because it was “a wondrous place”.. |
Three members of staff at ancient Arundel Castle, more used to describing the life and times of the stately ancestral home to thousands of visitors, found themselves caught up in Victorian high politics and royal intrigue at their workplace. Headgardener Gerry Kelsey and castle guides Roger Butterworth and Roddy Weaver abandoned their usual duties for a day to don period costume after successfully auditioning to join the cast during the making of 'The Young Victoria'.The movie, co-produced by Academy Award-winning Graham King and Martin Scorsese, tells the story of Queen Victoria’s early years and is due to go on general release in March. King said he chose Arundel Castle as one of the locations because it was “a wondrous place”. Key events in Victoria’s life, which historically took place at Windsor Castle, were actually filmed at Arundel acting as a stand in for the Royal residence.
Roger Butterworth; Roddy Weaver; and Gerry Kelsey in front of the fireplace in the Barons' Hall, Arundel Castle: New 2008 The Collector Earl's Garden: Poster for 'The Young Victoria'; Roger Butterworth; Roddy Weaver; Bryan McDonald - Arundel Castle's Head of Opening who co-ordinated the arrangements for the filming; and Gerry Kelsey photographed in the Barons' Hall, Arundel Castle Gerry Kelsey, Arundel head gardener for 15 years and responsible for the upkeep of around 40 acres of gardens and grounds, found himself cast as a Beefeater. “I didn’t go in for it at first because I thought I’d be really busy in the gardens, but the opportunity came up and I couldn’t resist it,” he said. But the role didn’t come without some artistic inconvenience. “I didn’t realise it would be such hard work, but I was on my feet standing to attention from eight until the early hours of the morning. It was agonising because my shoes were very tight and my feet were bleeding by the end of the day.” But Gerry didn’t entirely abandon his day job during filming. He also got the chance to take actress Miranda Richardson, who plays the Duchess of Kent, on a conducted tour of the castle gardens. Roddy Weaver, whose work as a castle guide over the last three years includes educational tours for schoolchildren, found himself dressed in a powdered wig, long red gown, knee breeches, white stockings and Victorian shoes for a royal dinner scene filmed in the Barons’ Hall. “My role was to fill the guests’ glasses with diluted apple juice masquerading as white wine and I was on the set from 10.30am until 9.30pm,” he said. “It’s a five-minute scene but it actually took all day and 65 takes. It was a real insight into the movie business.”
Roger Butterworth, a part-time guide at Arundel for two years, got to join the dinner guests by taking the part of a diplomat, complete with splendid formal Victorian dress uniform. He spent much of the day sitting at the royal table alongside actor Jim Broadbent, who plays William IV, Miranda Richardson and around 60 other extras. “We had to be up there by 6am for costumes and hair,” he said. “Make-up was no problem, but the hair was. Initially they wanted to shave off my beard. I was a bit unhappy about this, so instead they shaved off part of it to make it look more 1830s. There was an army of hairdressers at work.”
It wasn’t the first time Queen Victoria, real or imaginery, had been to the Sussex castle. Along with her husband Albert, she visited the ancestral home of the Dukes of Norfolk for three days in December 1846 after travelling from Osborne House, the couple’s home on the Isle of Wight. Other Royal visitor's to Arundel Castle: HRH Queen Elizabeth II July 1954 May 2008 HRH Charles, the Prince of Wales, Gerry Kelsey and The Duchess of Norfolk . |
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| Celebrating the life of Dame Anita Roddick |
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On 23 October 2007, thousands of thinkers, artists, activists, and other heroic saboteurs of the status quo gathered to celebrate the remarkable life and legacy of Dame Anita Roddick. Selected Quotes From Some of the Speakers at I AM AN ACTIVIST
"[Anita was] the human equivalent of a flag, a claxon, a torch, a flare, an alarm clock. ... Uncompromising, inspiring and visionary, an active world citizen, but still funny, sexy, and overflowing."
Alan Rickman, actor and activist "Beethoven said, 'If it comes from the heart, it goes to the heart.' That quote speaks volumes about my mum. I believe it is the reason my mum touched so many people. Whether you agreed with her or not, or whether you liked her or not, the one thing that is really non-negotiable, the one thing that is not up for discussion, is that all she did as a parent or as an activist, it really all did come from the heart." Justine Roddick My mother treated life like each day was her last, and this gave her the permission for incredible bravery. ... Tonight I am personally pledging that I Am An Activist, and within that, I also will have a lot of fun, and I also will be silly. I will not be polite and I will never, ever, ask for permission.
Sam Roddick ![]() "Many have the resources Anita had, but few have the moral fortitude to use those resources to achieve the only truly important goal of social and environmental sustainability."
Herman Wallace, member of the Angola 3 Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola "She was, in my opinion, one of the world's greatest communicators."
Adrian Bellamy, Chairman of The Body Shop
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Remembrance Sunday The Sunday nearest to the 11th November is designated to the anniversary when hostilities in the First World War ended (1918). The eleventh hour - on the eleventh day - of the eleventh month.
The Soldier
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| Remembrance
Poppy http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/remembrance/flash/ Poppies have been associated with sleep and death - the eternal ‘sleep’ since pre Greco-Roman myths ascribed the scarlet colour with the promise of resurrection after death. Wartime Remembrance adopted the Poppy following the World War 1 campaign - specifically those fought across the County of Flanders: the campaign battles of ‘Ypres’ - ‘Passcendale’ - and ‘the Somme‘. Collectively known as ‘Flander’s Field’. These Battles are commemorated in the ‘Mons Star’ medal. The poppy thrives in disturbed ground; the ’Corn Poppy’ was officially adopted: made by veterans until 1998, the ‘Earl Haig Remembrance Poppy’ Sold on behalf of the ‘British Legion Charity’ is flat with a green leaf.
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A Public Memorial Service will be held for Dame Anita Roddick in Westminster Central Hall, London on Tuesday 23rd October 2007 “..I will miss her every day. At 6.30pm on Monday 10th September someone reached into my heart and turned out all the lights. In an instant that funny, vibrant woman who was my wife, lover and closest friend was gone... Gordon Roddick |
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“..As Anita loved to say: “the job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open. So we ask only that you take your spark, go out and do something. Engage. Learn. Be fiercely kind. Have a child’s sense of wonderment. Tell someone you love them. Write a letter to the Editor. Demand a better media. Contact your representatives in government. Talk about sex shamelessly. Eat pasta. Give change to a homeless person. Buy organic. Donate to - or volunteer for ‘Greenpeace’, ‘Amnesty International’, ‘Reprieve’, ‘Coalition to Free the Angola Three’, - or the cause that most connects with your heart and soul..” - Gordon Roddick October 2007 |
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The
‘Downland Art Society’ Autumn Exhibition
There was growing optimism at the end of 1944 that the War had been taken back to Germany and on the 8th May VE ‘Victory in Europe’ was celebrated. Seven months later the group of 12 local artists met and the ‘Downland Art Society’ was formally established. Sixty-two years on
the ‘Downland Art Society’ is holding its Autumn Exhibition
at the St. Nichols Hall, Mill Road - beneath the Battlements of Arundel
Castle Admission is free and the original works by the local members may be purchased on the day. The exhibition provides an opportunity for artists to display their recent works and for the public to meet the artists, view the latest works and purchase original art directly. Details of how to join the ‘Downland Art Society’ will be available at the Exhibition or contact John Bradbury on 01903-771123 www.downland.org
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Henry Arundel, 19 driving for ‘Fortec Motorsport’ has been nominated for the prestigious 2007 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award. The other four nominees are Duncan Tappy, Dean Smith, Callum MacLeod and Stefan Wilson. The winner will be announced at the 2007 Autosport Awards Ceremony 2nd December at the Grosvenor House, London.
Closer to home Arundel has its own rising star driver - Henry Arundel, eldest son of the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk - driving for ‘Fortec Motorsport’ in the Formula BMW UK Championship. Finishing the 2006 Season as ‘Rookie Driver of the Year’ Henry Arundel is currently second - ten points behind his Fortec team mate Marcus Ericsson - going into the 9th and 10th Rounds at Oulton Park in Cheshire on the 23rd and 24th June. Formula BMW UK Championship Created by BMW Motorsport in 2001 ‘Formula BMW’ is a junior racing formula for single seater cars. Formula BMW has expanded to encompass four championships on three continents. To be eligible drivers must be 15 years old, not hold an International racing licence higher than grade ‘C’ and not have competed in any international racing series other than karting. Competitors benefit from BMW Motorsport’s education and coaching programme based at two centres at the ‘Circuit de Valencia’ in Spain and the ‘Sakhir International Circuit’ in Bahrain. BMW provides five annual scholarships (UK£35,000) for the five leading young drivers in each championship The best drivers from each championship are also invited to the Formula BMW World Final The winner is awarded a Formula One test with BMW - Sauber.
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Snake
River Press Snake River Press is an independent publishing house founded in 2006 by Peter Bridgewater, which creates beautiful and collectable cultural guidebooks about Sussex. The books explore with care and integrity the art, culture, heritage, history, landscape and notable personalities of the county, constructing a unique record of life in Sussex. Snake River Press publications are beautifully produced, very much in the ‘Arts and Crafts’ tradition. Says Peter, “I apply exceptionally high production values at every stage of the manufacturing process, from the choice of typeface to the stylish bindings and market ribbons. Peter Bridgewater plans to keep the Snake River Press local, creating enchanting titles of integrity, on Sussex-based subjects.
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The Turn of the Screw’ ‘Fortunio’
Grange Park Opera 2001 |
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| Natasha
was brought up in an intensely creative household where music was rarely
off the agenda; she grew up listening to anything from ‘Steeleye Span’
to ’Bach’ and ’Mozart’ via ’Shirley Bassey’
and ’Whitney Houston’ and, from an early age, decided she’d
follow in ’Julie Andrews’ sainted footsteps into musical theatre.
An early and passionate devotee of music on stage and screen, Natasha sang
in dozens of school productions, spent four years with the ’National
Youth Music Theatre’ and at 17, started taking singing lessons with
her (still current) music teacher. At 21 she graduated with a First in music
and Drama from Birmingham University and won a coveted scholarship to the
‘Royal College of Music Opera School’.
“I knew my voice had potential” remembers Natasha, “but I hadn’t really considered opera at that stage so I was very honoured to get a place at the Opera School and to be able to maximise the opportunity of developing my voice and seeing where it would lead me. Then as soon as I started studying the art of singing and performing opera, singing in different languages and learning the process of developing a role, that was it, I was hooked!” Natasha subsequently made her critically acclaimed debut with ‘Grange Park Opera’ singing Jacqueline in ‘Fortunio’ by Andre Messager; she returned to sing the roles of Governess in Britten’s ‘The Turn of the Screw’ and ‘Donna Elvira’ in ‘Don Giovanni’. She won the ‘MOCSA - Young Singer of the Year Award1999’ and has since created the title role in Michael Berkeley‘s new opera ‘Jane Eyre’ with great success for ‘Music Theatre Wales’. Roles with a number of opera companies include ‘Musetta’ in ‘Opera Holland Park’s production of ‘La Boheme’, ‘Michaela’ (Carmen) at the Royal Albert Hall - “Natasha provided the best singing of the afternoon, not just in terms of technique but because the emotion of the aria really came from somewhere. She alone seemed to be acting and behaving through her character” (The Independent) and First Lady in the ‘Magic Flute’ with ‘Glyndebourne Touring Opera. Opera North offered Natasha the opportunity to debut the role of Ilia in Tim Albery’s production of ‘Idomeneo’ and the following year she sang ‘Pamina’ (Die Zauberflote) for ‘Opera Zuid’. This summer she performed as ‘Olga’ in Umberto Giordano’s ‘Fedora’ at ‘Opera Holland Park’. “There’s no beauty and power in opera”, Natasha says. “I love every minute of it - from the first day of rehearsals you’re exploring details of the character, developing the role in your voice, getting to know your character. And the costumes are so important - I find shoes are vital to the character, the way you wear them and therefore the way you walk in them. It’s easier to portray a role once I’ve got the shoes on; I get so involved in the role, the build-up to opening night is often a rollercoaster ride and it’s important to pace myself so I’m not exhausted for the premiere!” Natasha’s festival appearances include the ‘Birmingham Early Music Festival’ and the ‘London Handel Festival’ where she performed as ‘Flavia’ in ‘Silla’ - recorded by Hyperion. She has performed at the ‘Beaumarais Festival’ and at the ‘Teatro Calderon’ in Spain. Her oratorio work includes Tippett’s ‘A Child of our Time’ under David Hill, the ‘Messiah’ at the ‘Arlosen Festival’, Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and ‘Silete Venti’ with the ‘London Handel Festival Orchestra’ at Windsor Castle. Natasha has performed the Mozart ‘Requiem’ and ‘Exsultate Jubilate’ with Harry Christophers and ‘The Sixteen’ in Spain along with making her Proms debut as ‘Israelite Woman’ in Handel’s ‘Samson’ She also performs regularly at Raymond Gubbay’s classical evenings. Natasha’s debut album “Amour” <link
here> has topped the classical album charts. www.natashamarsh.com www.arundelfestival.co.uk www.ticketmaster.co.uk
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Alfie
Boe - tenor Arundel
Castle Friday 24th August 2007 Alfie’s journey began in Blackpool. His mother, of Irish descent and father, of Norwegian descent, loved family life and Alfie was the 9th child for the Boe household. “On Sundays we’d sit around the dinner table with my father playing his favourite tenor Richard Tauber. Al these wonderful 1930’s records would drift throughout the house. As a kid I would just sit there itching for my cue to leave the table. I had no idea how much those Sunday afternoons would play such a big part in determining my path. When I was eleven I listened to ‘La Boheme’ highlights album but I didn’t connect to it at all. Then, when I was 19 I was given the CD of the whole opera and it was like ‘Wow!’ all those wonderful memories came flooding back - something kick started inside of me..” It was at this time Alfie was doing his apprenticeship at the TVR car factory in Blackpool. He was overheard singing by a customer who pushed him in the direction of the D’Oyly Carte touring opera company. He passed his audition and Alfie’s incredible journey had begun. After travelling the length and breadth of the country with his sights firmly fixed on opera, he decided to return to college. He moved to London and studied at The Royal College of Music, The National Opera Studio and The Royal Opera House programme Villar Young Artists. Luckily, Alfie isn’t shy of hard work. His days were spent studying and at night he found a string of jobs to fund himself through colleg; “One of my favourite jobs was doing security at Shepherd’s Bush Empire. I used to be a drummer in a rock band and being able to see all the bands AND get paid for it was great.” It was whilst Alfie was at the ROH Young Artists Programme that he got his first breakthrough. Baz Luhrmann, who had spent two years looking for the lead for his controversial production of Puccini’s ‘La Boheme’, approached Alfie for the role. Lurmann expands, “We came to London to hear a young tenor called Alfie Boe who turned out to be absolutely extraordinary. I couldn’t believe the luck we had..” La Boheme played on Broadway, New York for 9 months and then went on tour across the States. The critics and audiences alike embraced the show with open arms. Alfie went on to win a Tony Award for his performance on Broadway which today sits next to his John McCormack Young Voice Award and Lyric Tenor of the World Audience Award. Alfie has performed in some of our most cherished venues including The Royal Opera House and at Glyndebourne. In 2006, another dream came true when he performed at the Royal Albert Hall for classic FM. The Company had created a development label for fledgling artists and Alfie was their first signing. His debut album. Which was simply entitled ’ALFIE BOE’, went straight to No2 in the classical chart and sat there for several months. The release was successful and in November 2006 Alfie Boe signed to the prestigious EMI Classics label. As he said at the time, “Its been an amazing twelve months working with Classic FM and now I am extremely excited to be signing with EMI Classics. For me. EMI is the spiritual home of classical music with a history of some of the finest classical artists and recordings anywhere in the world. To sign to a record company with this rich heritage is both unbelievably exciting and very humbling..” As you enter Alfie’s home town of Fleetwood there is a crest hanging over the Town Hall. Emblazoned with a red rose for Lancashire and an anchor symbolising Fleetwood’s seaside status, underneath there is just one word: ‘Onward’. Nothing could be more appropriate than for 33 year old Alfie Boe to entitle his new album: “..Obviously there are sentimental reasons for using the title as Fleetwood is my home town, but it’s a word that perfectly describes my approach to life. It suggests movement, moving to the next stage, always striving to do your best,” explains Alfie with a smile. ‘Onward’ offers a rousing collection of uplifting songs: “When we started talking about my album I wanted to create a musical experience that the listener would be inspired by. I feel the arias we’ve chosen are all anthems in their own right and reflect a true spirit..” ‘ONWARD’
by Alfie Boe EMI Classics label ‘Onward’ offers a rousing collection of uplifting songs. “When we started talking about my album I wanted to create a musical experience that the listener would be inspired by. I feel the arias we’ve chosen are all anthems in their own right and reflect a true spirit..” The album was recorded with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in the renowned Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. “The whole creative process has been amazing. Being able to perform works by John Rutter and Karl Jenkins, two of Britain’s finest composers, is an honour in itself, but to have them writing arrangements for ‘Onward’ is just beyond my wildest dreams. Their styles are so different but what they produce is equally magical..” The incomparable Howard Goodall, who recently won an award for his fascinating Channel 4 documentary ‘Howard Goodall’s 20th Century Greats’ and more recently appointed as ‘ambassador’ for singing in England, has also put a special arrangement together for Alfie’s recording of ‘The Lord is my Shepherd’. “Balulalow’
is a song I am so pleased to be performing. I first heard it in Westminster
Cathedral at Christmas time about 7 years ago. It’s a short piece
but I thought it was absolutely beautiful, it made my Christmas and I
hoped one day that I’d have the opportunity to perform it - this
album was the perfect place for me to do so. One of the biggest and most
dramatic pieces on the album is from Stabat Mater, Rossini’s “Cujus
Animam”.I first performed In less than one year Alfie Boe has released two successful albums, his eponymous album for Classic FM, which has led to a much coveted Classical Brit nomination for ‘Best Album’ - and his current album ‘Onward’ for EMI Classics. Alfie Boe recently
performed at Clarence House for HRH Prince Charles where he graciously
accepted the post of Ambassador for HRH Arts & Kids Foundation. He
was also invited to take the stage with Lesley Garrett and Sir Willard
White at the Royal Albert Hall.
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| East
Beach Café
Jane Wood and Sophie Murray’s inspired new building - designed by architect Thomas Heatherwick - has focussed world attention towards LA’s East Beach Café. The concept of the mother and daughter team began three years ago with the plan to serve great food, every day, all year round in a purpose built building so diners can have a spectacular view southwards of the beach and sea. Jane and Sophie engaged the Thomas Heatherwick Studio to create a building that would be become a popluar local café with generous views of the beach and a cosy atmosphere whatever the weather. Thomas says: “The seaside at Littlehampton has a raw beauty. It isn’t fiddly or fuzzy, or about dolphins and anchors, and our building has been designed to fit into this context. Our challenge is to build a functional and durable structure where you can feel comfortable eating ice cream - or drinking Dom Perignon.” The kiosk that Jane and Sophie replaced was able only to operate in fine weather. When the kiosk was closed East Beach was largely bereft of amenities. Plans had been approved for a 80 seat restaurant building that was 30 metres long and 5.5 meters tall which would have had a significant impact on views from the Regency South Terrace Conservation Area. Jane and Sophie’s building is less high and takes a long undulating form like a piece of weatherworn driftwood in consideration of the location dominated by Littlehampton’s famous open horizon across the Channel. Manufactured locally by Littlehampton Welding Co. - who had previously constructed Heatherwick’s acclaimed Paddington Bridge - the materials played a key part in developing the building concept. The exposed seaside location will subject the building to heavy weathering, with the high salt content of the air speeding the natural degradation of all materials. The mild steel shell that forms the outer skin will rust and gain character as it ages. …and on the menu today.. Sophie Murray was a Food and features writer on the Sunday Times and she and her mother Jane became increasingly attracted by Littlehampton’s beach life potential. “The food is simple seaside food, some English classics with a few of the best things from holidays abroad. These include fresh locally caught fish, potted shrimps, smoked mackerel, the ’East Beach Burger’, salt and pepper squid with chilli, apricot trifle and toasted banana bread with caramel sauce and ice cream. We are committed to sourcing fish from sustainable sources, and as much as possible of our produce is local..” Open from 10am until 10pm weekdays the menu ranges from breakfast, through lunch to Dinner and suppertime. The best Beach Life just got a whole lot better!! The interest Jane and Sophie’s project has generated locally, regionally, nationally - and internationally has been astonishing. Anita Roddick said on BBC tv that Jane and Sophie’s East Beach Café had achieved more in promoting Littlehampton to the World than any town councillor had. In a short time the East Beach Café is destined to be on the list of ‘must visit food icons’ as a modern rite of passage joining the greats which include: ‘the Little Kitchen’, Mystic River, USA - the ‘Hot Pie Stall’, Thames at Battersea Bridge, - ‘Pepe’s Pizza Kro, Oslo, - ‘Tribeca Grill, New York, - ‘NY Steam Packet’, Rose Street, Edinburgh, - ‘Geales’, Nottinghill Gate, London - ‘Rick Stein’s F’n’Chips, Padstow, - ‘Joe Allens’, Covent Garden EAST BEACH CAFE |
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| 2007
Festival of Speed ‘Spark of Genius - Breaking Records, Pushing Boundaries’
Adopting as its theme for this year’s Festival of Speed - ‘Breaking Records - Pushing Boundaries’ Goodwood celebrates the genius of those engineers and glory of the individual competitors who risked all in their quest for victory at speed. Motor racing competitors from the first ‘Brooklands Racing’, Formula 1 and World Rally Drivers - and those who have made land speed records will be honoured during the weekend by a display of rarely seen machines - as well as the individuals themselves. This year also makes the Centenary of the world’s first purpose built race track at Brooklands and the inauguration of the Isle of Man TT motorcycle race. Many historic motors will drive the Goodwood Park Hillclimb. At the top the newly established Forest Rally Stage designed by rallying legend Hannu Mikkola will challenge machines. During the weekend more than 40 supercars - some making their public debut - will drive the Goodwood Hill. In front of the Stable Block the Cartier ‘Style de Luxe’ competition will exhibit 50 of the world’s most beautiful automobiles. Admission
is by advance ticket purchase only.
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“..Wild, promiscuous and dazzling: the Garman siblings were art connoisseurs who also collected famous lovers. Cressida Connolly tells the story of a family love affair with Bohemia in ‘The Rare and the Beautiful.” 1 Cressida Connolly’s family biography delves into the lives of three (Kathleen, Lorna and Mary) of the seven Garman sisters in intense and revealing detail. Through her skilful retelling of these remarkable lives, we get an intimate portrait of a golden age of romance, passion and art that is an original beguiling read. * * * Cressida Connolly is uniquely grounded in the society and times she has written about: “This name rang a bell. I remembered that Kitty Garman and her first cousin Michael Wishart had been friends of my parents* whose world had overlapped with that of the Garmans and their children: Chelsea in the1930s, nights at the‘Gargoyle Club’ in Soho, afternoons sitting for Augustus John, lunches with Aldous Huxley in the South of France before the Second World War. … Another link was that some of the Garmans had settled near the sea by the South Downs in Sussex, where I grew up…” Cressida Connolly is the daughter of the late Cyril Connolly: Editor of Horizon Magazine (1939-1950) The magazine was an integral component of intellectual and literary life in England and contributed to the maintenance of a vital literary culture. 3 The Rare and the Beautiful by Cressida Connolly ‘The Rare and the Beautiful’ charts the loves and lives of three sisters, all of them strikingly beautiful, artistic and wild, who inspired and seduced some of the greatest artists and writers of the early twentieth. Mary Garman married the poet Roy Campbell, who caused a literary scandal with his verse attack on the ‘Bloomsbury Group’, written in the wake of his wife’s affair with Vita Sackville West. The enigmatic Kathleen – whose collection of art included Bonnard, Constable, Picasso, Modigliani and Van Gogh – was the love (and finally, the wife) of the American-born sculptor Jacob Epstein, not before Epstein’s first wife shot her with a pistol. Lorna, the youngest and most radiant of the sisters, was the lover of the young poet Laurie Lee and the painter Lucian Freud. The Garmans became involved in the radical, political, and artistic circles of Europe between the two wars. They lived outside prevailing mores: bisexuality, unfaithfulness, and illegitimate children were a matter of course. They flew in the face of convention, sidelining their own talents, friendships, material comforts – even their own children – in the cause of Art. Cressida Connolly’s exquisite portrait of these sisters brilliantly evokes their extraordinary milieu of scandal, high drama and high culture in London’s bohemia. 2 Born around the turn of the nineteenth century, most of the siblings were to become involved in the radical literary and political circles of British life between the First and Second World Wars. Their morals were unconventional; nevertheless they were high-minded and intensely loyal. They were the last muses: women who were prepared to sideline their own talent, friendships, material comforts – even their own children – in order to beguile and inspire the men they loved.
Lorna Garman, the youngest and the most beautiful of all the family married Ernest Wishart when she was sixteen. Wishart was a wealthy landowner and publisher living in Binsted, near Arundel; he was a communist and founder of the socialist publishing house Laurence & Wishart. He spent most of his life turning a blind eye to his wife’s infidelities. Throughout their long and seemingly happy marriage, Lorna continued to have affairs: with the writer and free-love advocate Llewellyn Powys; with Laurie Lee, who fathered her third child and wrote of her in his books; with Lucien Freud, to whom she brought objects to paint … a stuffed zebra head from a taxidermist’s in London. 4 that appears in many of his early works.*
“..Lorna, the baby of the family, was perhaps the most flamboyant of the fabulous Garmans. She wore beautiful and unusual clothes and smelled of Chanel No5, went riding on her horse at night, drove a chocolate-brown Bentley, and would strip naked to swim in inviting lakes or rivers or 10-metre waves. At 14 she seduced the man who would become her husband when she was 16, the publisher Ernest Wishart” 2 “Lorna, who had her first child at seventeen, would leave her young family to drive off alone in her huge, expensive car all the way from Arundel in Sussex to the west End of London for a night out dressed in ultramarine sequins to match her eyes.” “My mother leans over me. Dressed for dancing in clinging sequins … she resembles a sophisticated mermaid… after mother’s departure, I bury my face into the cool pillow where the scent of Fleurs de Rocaille lingers. I listen for the familiar purr of the chocolate brown Bentley crunching on the gravel driveway. My mother, always alone, is speeding through the darkling hawthorns heading for nightclubs…” Michael Binsted Wishart: Artist and son of Lorna & Ernest Wishart “The great thing about Lorna is that she had these amazing eyes …they were profoundly blue and when she looked at you, you felt transfixed. She was remarkably beautiful” 5 Walking alone on the beach early one morning in Cornwall she met Laurie Lee playing the fiddle on the strand. He played the violin, wrote poetry and loved the countryside: ”She drew me in with her blue steady gaze. I remember the flowers on the piano, the white sheets on her bed, her deep mouth, and love without honour. Without honour, but at least with salvation.”
“By the end of October 1940 Lee had decided he would get out of London and find a shack to live in near Lorna in Sussex. By luck he found just the thing: a caravan in a nearby wood close to the Madonna pond. (not like Augustus John’s - a picturesque gypsy caravan; but a simple green tin lozenge). Lit by an oil lamp that filled the small space with its sweltery smell. “Lorna evidently relished this …arriving in her dramatic Bentley with her arms full of presents, cooking aromatic Mediterranean dishes in the little kitchen area, lying across the bed in the flickering light….Eventually the caravan felt too small and remote and Lee took a cottage in Bognor Regis. He dedicated his first collection of poems: ‘The Sun My Monument’ to Lorna.” Laurie Lee’s ‘journey’ is described in ‘A Moment of War’ the sequel to ‘As I walked out one Midsummer Morning’ Lorna’s powerful allure hangs over the account; never named (until 1969), she is referred to only as “the girl”. Lee records that: “I told her my plans one evening as she sat twisting her hair with her fingers and gazing into my eyes with her long cat look. She wasn’t impressed. Others may need a war, she said; but you don’t, you’ve got one here. She bared her beautiful small teeth and unsheathed her claws..” Laurie Lee He wore her signet ring until the day he died in 1997. “Only Lorna (of all the seven sisters) enjoyed the comfort of cash (when Laurie Lee went off to fight Franco, she mailed him pound notes that were ‘swoony’ with the scent of the Chanel No. 5 in which she had soaked them)”. 6 Lorna met Freud in 1943 and after the two men had confrontations, began to see less of Laurie Lee. “It was around this time people noticed a change in his (Freud’s) work. It was in 1945 that Lucian Freud began to handle oil-paint in a specifically adult way,” observed the art critic John Russell “This was due to a new density of involvement with individual human beings…he had led until then a life unanchored to specific attachments..”The specific attachment that was ‘Lornie’ began to appear in his work. He drew her in her ocelet coat, wide-eyed. She is the ‘Woman with a Tulip’ of 1945, and the downcast ‘Woman with a Daffodil’ of the same year. Lawrence Gowring later asked Freud who the model for this picture had been to which he replied: “She was the first person who meant something to me” without revealing her name. “I was more concerned with the subject – she was very wild – than I had been before”
“That was what Lucian meant when he said of her that she (Lorna) was the first person he had met who he could care for AND respect”. 7 When Freud betrayed her with a younger actress, she told him: “I thought I was giving you up for Lent but I’m giving you up for good...” 2 “..Lorna loved spontaneity and surprises. She went riding on her horse at night, through the steep streets of Arundel where people were sleeping, a small tame goat following behind. Years later, when she had grandchildren, she would go alone into the woods and decorate a ChristmasTree, complete with candles, before leading the children out to find it glowing mysteriously. In the middle of these same woods was a clearing with a pond, and this she transformed into an enchanted glade, with lanterns and her own carvings draped in beads.” Lorna Wishart nee Garman died a day after her eighty-ninth birthday in January 2000. The Rare and the Beautiful By Cressida Connolly Published by Harper Collins ISBN I-84115-633-7 www.arlindo-correia.com/040205.html
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RAFA Battle of Britain Air Show – Shoreham The organisers of the ‘RAFA Shoreham Battle of Britain Airshow’ announce Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra – Patron, will be attending the Airshow on Sunday 17th September. Shoreham airfield celebrates its 70th anniversary this year making it the oldest commercial airfield in the UK. The Air Show is the only air show to be held on ‘The Battle of Britain’ weekend and coincides with the 70th anniversary of the historic ‘Spitfire’ aircraft. On both days the full ‘Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Association’ fly past display to include one of the only two Avro Lancaster bombers left in airworthy condition and accompanying fighter protection aircraft; the historic Hurricanes and Spitfires and support Dakota.
John Romain has choreographed a simulated attack on the airfield by two Messerschmits 108s with pyrotechnics and characters in roll play situations around the aircraft including a Spitfire and Hurricane scramble with a total of eight aircraft.
The RAF air displays will include the ‘Typhoon’ which made a fly past debut at Shoreham Air Show last year; the Harrier GR7’Jump Jet’, together with displays by ‘Hawk’, ‘Tucano’ and ‘Tutor’ aircraft.
The RAF Merlin helicopter display team will be putting the RAF’s newest support helicopter through its paces for the first time at Shoreham Air Show accompanied by a Royal Navy version. The award winning Chinook will be put through manoeuvres and Ian Brown will demonstrate the capabilities of the H900 G-Susx police helicopter.
Aircraft aerobatics will be demonstrated by Denny Dobson in his ‘Extra 300’ , Will Curtis in his ‘Sukhoi 26 M2’ and Guy Westgate in his ‘Fox Glider’ with the ‘Extra 300’ tug aircraft. Choreographed displays by the 4 Yakovlevs in their ‘Yak’ aircraft and the 4 ‘Utterley Butterleys’. The fast jets will include the ‘Red Bull Sea Vixen’ and ‘Vampire T11’ jet aircraft. The “Red Devils” display parachute team will be jumping both days and linking up with members of the Parachute Regiment recruiting team and their exciting display in the main arena. The ground arena will feature demonstrations from the RAF Police Dog Team, The RAF Regiment and RAF Air Cadet Corps. There will be opportunities to try a ‘Red Arrows’ simulator and to meet members of all three Services. In addition to keep the young – and the not so young – enthralled there will be a fun-fair, a circus, craft tents, trade stands and classic cars to explore. A number of aircraft will be based overnight at Shoreham as a bonus for static viewing. However, the skies will be full with fly pasts by ‘Sea Hawk’, ‘Sea Fury’, ‘Mustang’, ‘Kittyhawk’, ‘Harvard’, ‘Sally B’ and the ‘Flying Catalina’.
LEST WE FORGET Last year £120,000 was donated to the RAFA funds and the target this year is One Million Pounds Details on the RAFA website: www.rafa.org.uk LINKS
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Michael Lakin Starlight Design Winner of ‘Cannes Festival International d’Art Pyrotechnic 2001 & 2002 www.festival-pyrotechnique-cannes.com FIREWORKS AT THE ARUNDEL FESTIVAL To mark and celebrate the first day of the Millennium (January 1st 2000) Edward and Georgina, the Earl and Countess of Arundel, invited every resident of Arundel into the Castle quadrangle to share an evening of music, mulled wine – and fireworks. Prayers were led by Bishop Cormack O’Connor with Miles, 17th Duke of Norfolk, family, friends, other dignitaries and 3,000 people standing under the Duke’s personal standard fluttering overhead on the one thousand year old Keep. Edward, Lord Norfolk gave a rousing speech from the very spot his ancestor had led out the men of Arundel to fight at Agincourt; reminding everyone of how the ‘Battle of Britain’ had been fought in skies over Sussex and of our debt to those who gave – and continue to give - their lives to protect our freedom. There followed a spectacular firework display orchestrated to music by Michael Lakin and his company ‘Starlight Design’ culminating in the stirring ‘Dambuster’s March’: as one guest observed: “..the most spectacular explosion of fireworks any of us had ever witnessed...Thanks to the generosity of the Arundels’, we embark on the new millennium with pride, and a strong sense of community.. The event was inspired, the effort to realise it enormous and its legacy – in terms of the bond between town and castle – will be permanent..” Dr. John Godfrey: WSG 2000 This bonding continues in the 29th Arundel Festival; the idea of an Arts Festival in Arundel began from the original inspiration of the Lady Marsha in 1977 and facilitated by her father, the late Duke Miles, the bond of town community and castle continues each year. Edward, now the 18th Duke of Norfolk and family have personally involved with the promotion and running of the 2006 Festival to ensure: “Real festivals should be about community – this festival belongs to this community.” Edward Norfolk 2006 Following an air display by a historic Spitfire and the opening concert with Welsh classical singer Katherine Jenkins and her orchestra (winner of the Classical Brit Music Award), Michael Lakin is back with his spectacular Starlight Design fireworks. www.starlightdesign.co.uk Michael, a graduate of the Cambridge School of Architecture, has specialised in large scale architectural and theatrical lighting for more than twenty-five years. His company Starlight Design have developed its own computerised and unique detonating system for fireworks allowing large displays to be exactly synchronised to music as never before. Following the Millennium display in Arundel Starlight went on to win the prestigious Cannes Firework Competition, the ‘Festival International d’Art Pyrotechnique’ in 2001 and 2002. www.festival-pyrotechnique-cannes.com Starlight Design has grown through their ‘Creativity’ and ‘Originality and the three Directors, jointly manage the company with their individual expertise in Design, Lighting and Fireworks. They employ fifty full time staff and work on a variety of major events for private and commercial clients worldwide.* Edward and Georgina, the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk (since 2002) are once again bringing the Arundel community close into the Castle on the Lower Lawns. The towering walls will provide the most dramatic of settings to launch the Festival week. The Arundel Festival runs from Friday 25th August to Sunday 3rd September 2006 *Starlight Design Past projects include: Film Premieres: Dick Tracey, The Flintstones, Star Trek, Rob Roy, Casper, Golden Eye, 101 Dalmations, Fierce Creatures, Lost in Space, Titanix, Tomorrow Never Comes, Cannes Film Festival, Rugrats, The Movie, Tea with Mussolini, Shakespeare in Love, Eyes Wide Shut, The Thomas Crown Affair, The World Is Not Enough, Iron Giant, The Grinch, Mission Impossible II, Stuart Little, Angela’s Ashes, The Hulk, Tomb Raider, Vanilla Sky, Bridget Jones Diary, Die Another Day, Catch Me If You Can, Johnny English, Love Actually, Shrek 2, Cat Woman, Sky Captain, Harry Potter, Thunderbirds, Wimbledon, plus high profile events: Waddesdon Manor Fashion Show, Garrards – Tower of London, De Beers- Syon Park, Bulgari, Dunhill, Aspreys, Tiffany, Sotheby’s, Chanel, London Fashion Week, Miss World, Goodwood Festival of Speed, Glorious Goodwood, Goodwood Revival, Queen’s 80th birthday fireworks at Kew. |
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the Miles. A Portrait of the 17th Duke of Norfolk by Gerard Noel A sensitively written book about a very special man – Duke Miles – written as only a close friend can. Gerard Noel’s portrait is essential and uplifting reading for anyone who has association with Arundel, the Fitzalan Howard family and an interest in English heritage. Published in 2004 by Michael Russell of Wilby Hall, Norwich NR16 2JP ISBN 085955-289-6 available through www.amazon.co.uk - or from the Arundel Library. Miles. A Portrait of the 17th Duke of Norfolk by Gerard Noel 2004 “This is an affectionate portrait of Miles Norfolk by Gerald Noel, with a foreword by Lord Carrington, the military sections by John Martin Robinson, and extensive quotations from Miles’ own diaries. Miles died in 2002, aged eighty-six. His life was unusual in that he had two completely separate consecutive careers: as a successful professional soldier in the Grenadier Guards and then as premier duke and Earl Marshal of England with all the historic responsibilities which went with those positions. He had already retired as a major general when at the age of sixty he inherited the Norfolk mantle from Bernard, his second cousin once removed, in 1975. He then fulfilled his ducal duties for the best part of twenty-six years with humour, energy, dedication and administrative competence. He served at Dunkirk, in Italy and in the Normandy campaign including the race to Brussels, and was awarded the MC. Thereafter he was head of Brixmis in Berlin (the British Intelligence mission to the Russian army during the Cold War), commanded the King’s African Rifles in pre-Independence Kenya, and was finally Director of Military Service Intelligence. After the Army he had a stint in the City as a non-executive director of Fleming’s Bank. He made wise decisions for the estates and future of Arundel, the great castle-house of the Fitzalan Howards which he restored to glory. His official life as duke involved leadership of the Catholic peers in the House of Lords where he performed an almost nineteenth-century role and was able to put across the moral views of the Church, even on occasion defeat the government, as over school buses. As Earl Marshal he restored the College of Arms building and put its finances on a sound footing. He gives an evocative description of early childhood at Carlton Towers in Yorkshire, his mother’s family’s house remodelled in the 1870s by Pugin and Bentley as a large forbidding Victorian pile. He recalls pre-war life there with its idiosyncratic mix of frugality and grandeur, with the cheerfulness of a large family – Miles was one of eight – perhaps at the heart of his abiding love for his original Northern home.” Miles A Portrait of the 17th Duke of Norfolk by Gerard Noel 2004 Published by Michael Russell Ltd of Wilby Hall, Norwich NR16 2JP ISBN 085955-289-6 |
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the picnic season
During ‘the Season’ the southern counties of England become the summer playground for a kaleidoscope of outdoor social and sporting events. A relaxed alfresco lunch on the rolling South Downs over looking the sea - or a family picnic on a balmy evening beside a Sussex stream - may not easily transfer to the village Cricket Match, Polo field – or Summer Concert. There is an Art to conjuring the picnic spread to appear ‘effortlessly with style’ from the food hampers; but this is only possible by meticulous planning - and an uncompromising timetable for the food production and packing regime. We have put together a ‘no tears! Classic Picnic’ and checklist as a basic framework on which to create your own flourish and style.
Perhaps we have the French to thank for naming the event ‘piquer’ (to pick) and ‘nique’ (small offerings) to be enjoyed ‘en plein air’. Over time the French have perfected their ‘Cuisine de Tartine’, the Danes their ‘one thousand open sandwiches’- the ‘danwich’ and ‘smorbrod’; and the English the doorstop (cheese and pickle) ‘ploughman’s sandwich’. The nationalities may not agree on which bread from which mother yeast is supreme; so just celebrate the variety of artisan breads from the world’s bakeries: sourdough, pumpernickel, rye, naan, pitta, focaccia, matzoh, etc., all can be the starting point of a marvellous picnic treat: just add fresh seasonal ingredients. “..The ‘Poilane’ sourdough bread weighs about (1.9kg) and has a thick golden crust – with the distinctive ‘P’ signature – and the inside is dense and light brown, with a slightly sour flavour. It is made exclusively with stone-ground wheat flour, sea salt and leaven. The ‘Poilane’ round bread keeps for about a week and can be eaten fresh or toasted. It is delicious with all types of food from the simplest butter and honey to the finest ‘fois gras’, smoked salmon, etc ...”
the no tears!’ Classic Picnic menu the food The Art of the perfect picnic is to keep it simple. Usually finger food is most successful - and using your favourite fillings on foccacia, herb, sourdough or pitta breads will bring variety. Care in wrapping, packing and transporting the food will be repaid at your journey’s end. Also planning instant ‘decoy’ foods to assuage the young – and the not so young – ‘grab-and-eat-on-the-hoofers’ suddenly ravenous on arriving in the fresh air: fresh fruit, raw vegetable crudities and dip – or cold sausages, pizza slices, quiche or sausage rolls. Place the ‘decoy’ box away from the picnic area and this will give you the time – and calm – to set out the picnic spread. Ideally plan for a four – or five staged event:- the decoy: especially useful for distracting the rampaging element of the family (at whatever age) full of joy at being released into the open air. the starter: honeydew melons with ginger, watermelon slices, avocados – or prawn cocktail (if you have a pukka ice-box to store and transport). the teaser: mixed salads of any sort, quiches, cold pizza slices, pies, pates or savory tart slices with chutneys and potato salad, etc. the filler: When the fresh air rekindles the appetite the trusty sandwich comes into its own – and requires the minimum of serving. (Good tip: Always produce EXTRA ‘stand-by’ sandwiches for the unexpected guests from the nearby picnic - or the ‘tribe’ of un-fed youngens adopted by your own ‘tribe’ on one of their ‘scouting sortees’ – the ‘classic’ cucumber and cream cheese is the ideal standby) the finale: if you want an easy time – fruit, fruit and more fresh fruit. A fruit cocktail of mangoes, pineapple, mandarins, apple, cherries, grapes, strawberries, etc., with any sort of cream will make you a star. To be a ‘super-star’ try the infamous ‘the Eton Mess’. (as a reserve) A selection of cheeses with individual French baguettes or biscuits will ensure all are well sated. established favourite sandwich fillings:
The other picnic treats:
We have compiled a few recipes for the picnic. Click here and to drink “Pimm’s”, “Buck’s Fizz”, “Prosecco”, “Cava” and “Sangria” have become synonymous with Summer – and the English picnic. But alcohol, driving, the heat – and the trek homeward are not the best of companions. Water – in whichever guise - is by far the best refresher. We have compiled a few non-alcoholic drink recipes to accompany the picnic. Click here the kit Any food looks more wonderful served on pukka plates with real cutlery; be it on the immaculate Castle lawns at Arundel – track side at Goodwood – or watching polo at Cowdray. Having the right kit not only advances the bonhomie making everyone feel especially pampered – but also becomes the cornerstone setting the style of your picnic to make the occasion memorable.
Modern materials and construction technologies have enabled designers to produce excellent outdoor and picnic furniture: beware the false economy of the cheap imitations; the clue on the potential robustness of the seat is reflected in the price tag. If the chairs are the cost of two sandwiches the chances are they will endure as long. From the selection of seats we ‘road tested’ (literally by the seat of our pants), the selection available by mail order through Abbey Sports proved the most robust.
For the active and adventurous day hiker, the Abbey Sports haversack-style picnic bags are the perfect solution for catering with style while on the hoof.
And our prediction for the 2006 picnic season ‘must-have’ is the “table-in-a- bag” available to order from Abbey Sports
the checklist We have produced the comprehensive no tears! Picnic checklist for downloading And finally the ultimate picnic treat !! pamper yourself – and family and friends – have a picnic made to order by the experts:
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Arundel has been settled continuously from AD877 and thrived as a river port from 1067 until the early nineteenth Century. The history and development of the town has been intertwined with the history and fortunes of the Dukes of Norfolk; the premier and oldest Dukedom in England. Growing interest in Arundel’s important history and an awareness to save Arundel’s unique heritage for future generations has spurred architects, artists, artisans, professionals and individuals to devote their time to this mission. The Arundel Society is the leading forum. Below we include a digest of the Arundel Society activities in 2006. Further information and membership details may be obtained from: Derek Edginton, Esq Hon Secretary 01903-884349 By sending SAE to The Arundel Society 1, Tower House Gardens, Arundel BN18 9BU THE ARUNDEL SOCIETY The Arundel Society was formed in 1965 with the mission to protect the historic fabric of the old Town from uncaring developments. It then moved on to include both that role and pro-active enhancement projects for the whole area of the Arundel parish and its fringes. At the time when Government was engaged in identifying buildings for listed protection, the Arundel Society was actively engaged in that process and established a photographic record of listed buildings. Two of these photographs were recently used by Arun District Council as the basis for enforcing the rebuilding of the listed wall in Tarrant Street to the original detail. Today the aims of the Arundel Society are still to protect Arundel from over-intensive, unsightly and anti-social developments, whilst taking positive actions to enhance our environment. From the beginning, every planning application has been examined in detail, with comments made to the Planning Authorities as necessary. The number of Planning Applications is growing from around 12-15 per year to 90 last year. During 1979~1981 the Arundel Society recovered a derelict piece of waste land at the river end of Arun Street and established a Garden for public use. This was completely refurbished during 2001-2004 and is maintained out of Society funds by interested volunteers. In the early 1980’s trees were planted in 8 different locations, including the Cathedral grounds, Swimming Pool car park, the cemeteries, roundabout fringes, the railway station approach, the Town Quay, etc. Recently the Arundel Society negotiated the replanting of the A27 embankments by the station; and this month sees the landscaping and planting of the A27 Causeway roundabout after two years of negotiation. The Arundel Society are still guardians of the trees in Mill Road in collaboration with the County Arboriculturist, but no longer provide funds to replace dead trees. The Arundel Society are currently working with Arun District Council, Arundel Town Council and Agenda 21 to identify protected trees on a map From 1998 through 2003 we argued against Railtrack’s plan to replace the Station and Canopies with a hut. Finally they agreed to refurbish the original Victorian Station, but there still remains the problem of disabled access on the Down-line. In 1992, with a gift from one of our members, the Arundel Society initiated the programme of replacing the concrete street lights within the Conservation Area with the period authentic cast iron lamp posts which now light much of the Town. This project is still on going as funds allow. In 2004, the Arundel Society challenged the County Council’s proposals to litter the centre of town with bollards. Together with the Arundel Town Council we negotiated a significant reduction in the numbers and the strategic positioning of them. They are intended to stop irresponsible parking of vehicles; they are made of cast steel and decorated with one of two types of Arundel Town Symbols. The Arundel Society publishes a ‘Walk Around Arundel’ leaflet which is sold through the Visitor Information Centre, arrange social events such as visits to the Castle Gardens, the Rolls Royce Factory at Goodwood, talks on Historic Buildings in Sussex and on the Norfolk Estates. The Arundel Society also places ceramic plaques, depicting historic scenes about the Town As a planning watchdog the Arundel Society study and comment in detail on District Local Plans, Transport studies, National Park Proposals, Waste Recycling Plans, and others. The Arundel Society supports the proposed A27 new by-pass where we support the proposed ‘blue-pink’ route. The Arundel Society is a registered charity and elect a new Committee is every year at the AGM The Arundel Society is entirely self financed through subscriptions and gifts. Fully audited accounts are published at the annual AGM.
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AN ARUNDEL TOMB “what will survive of us is love” by Philip Larkin CBE (1975) 9th August 1922 ~ 2nd December 1985 The tomb is not in Arundel. Its final resting place is in nearby Chichester Cathedral. Larkin composed this poem after a holiday with Monica Jones on the South Coast in 1956. He had been inspired by the tomb when they visited Chichester Cathedral. This poem was published in 1964 in his second collection of poems entitled: ‘The Whitsun Weddings’ for which he received the Queen’s ‘Gold Medal for Poetry’ a year later. The tomb is of Richard Fitzalan, the 3rd Earl of Arundel (1326~1376) and his wife, Eleanor of Lancaster (d. 1372), a niece of King Edward I. Each figure is a separate sculpture. But the remarkable feature of this medieval composition is the tenderness depicted in the joined hands and the part turned posture of the Lady Eleanor – ‘carved right leg over her left so her whole body is turned towards the Earl’. Carved out of fine Quarr Abbey Stone from the Isle of Wight, the sculptures were combined with other carved stones to form the complete monument. Probably Richard Fitzalan commissioned the work at the time of Eleanor’s death (1372). Records show the completed sculptures were shipped from Poole, Dorset to London in 1375 and thence on to the Priory Chapter House in Lewes. The Earl would have seen and almost certainly approved the completed effigies as in his will written in 1375 he specifically instructs that his tomb part should not be set higher than his wife’s. He died a year later. Their tomb remained in Lewes until the dissolution of the Priory in 1536. It was saved and transferred to Chichester Cathedral. It now resides in a side-nave on the Western part of the main Cathedral building. The Earldom of Arundel, in the peerage of England, is today the oldest surviving Earldom and title. First created in 1138 for the Norman baron William d’Aubigny the title passed to the Fitzalan family (originally from Breton in France) in the mid-13th century. (A younger branch of the Fitzalan family went on to become the Stuart family which later ruled Scotland) Richard Fitzalan, the 3rd Earl of Arundel made Arundel Castle his principal residence. From his maternal uncle John de Warenne he inherited large estates and the ‘Earldom of Surrey’ in addition to the Fitzalan patrimony. He founded a banking business and prospered becoming in the mid-14th Century one of the richest men in England; in his will he left 90,359 marks in coin, half of which was stored in the Castle Keep at Arundel which he used as a treasury. The year following Eleanor’s death (1373) Richard funded the construction of the first Chapel at Oriel College, Oxford where their youngest son Thomas attended. Thomas went on to become Archbishop of Canterbury (1396-7, 1399-1414). Nearby Slindon Manor and medieval fallow deer hunting park grounds had been gifted to the Archbishops of Canterbury and these estates remained one of their Summer Residences until taken over by the National Trust. There is a question about whether the tomb chest on which the figures lie is part of the original monument. John Lowe has made a most interesting contribution:’ The individual figures were drawn in 1781 by S.H. Grimm. The drawings show the Earl with his right hand gauntleted holding the left gauntlet. His left arm is broken about six inches below the shoulder. His wife (Lady Eleanor) has her left hand folded under her robes with the hand placed on her heart. Her right arm is extended across her waist towards the Earl but in 1781 is broken six inches below the elbow. The reference for the drawing is BL Add. MS 29925, folio 26. This evidence was used by Mr. E.A. Richardson to suggest they were originally joined together – and the statues were restored in the nineteenth century as such. The authenticity of this restoration was subsequently questioned. However, current further proof has been obtained that shows the reconstruction of the figures is true to their original form’. “Side by side, their faces blurred, The earl and countess lie in stone..” “One sees, with a sharp tender shock, His hand withdrawn, holding her hand..” “What will survive of us is love..”
A note Philip Larkin added at the end of his manuscript draft reads: ‘Love isn’t stronger than death just because statues hold hands for 600 years’ A unique medieval tomb inspired what has become one of the public’s favourite poems. Bibliography: Whitsun Weddings A Collection of Poetry’ by Philip Larkin published by Faber & Faber tarring.inthepast.org.uk John Lowe www.poetryconnection.net Arundel Castle John M Robinson |
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In May 1994, after ten years of researching the geological deposits at Boxgrove, West Sussex, Mark Robert and the University College London team discovered the 400,000* year old remains of Britain’s oldest hominid ‘homo heidelbergenses’ – ‘Boxgrove Man’. The extrapolation from the gnawed ‘tibia’ (shin bone) re-constructed a powerfully built muscular hominid standing some 1.8m (6 foot). Fifteen months later on 24th August, the first of two incisor teeth from a second hominid was found in an adjacent excavation. Analysis reveals periodontal disease and tartar but importantly confirmed the individual to be a carnivore probably living within a hunting-gathering community. This was the most remarkable and unique pre-historic find. To preserve the site English Heritage purchased the 8 hectare West Sussex site in 1995 In coming ISSUES we will examine West Sussex’s pre-historic history largely through the information gained and studied from the Boxgrove research and attempt to place known facts in to meaningful descriptions. These will include:
We will also try to establish some way of presenting these enormous geological times in to a relevant time-line. Some highlights:
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Brighton Dome Theatre |
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Glyndebourne, Lewes |
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Millbrook, Guildford |
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Theatre Royal Brighton |
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Windmill Entertainment Centre
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Chichester New Park Film Centre
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box office: 01243-786650 SAT NAV PO19 7XY |
Cineworld Brighton
Marina Village, Brighton |
current releases : film trailers |
box office : 0871-200200 SAT NAV BN2 5UF |
Cineworld Chichester
Chichester Gate, Terminus Road |
box office : 0871-200200 SAT NAV PO19 8EL |
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Cineworld Crawley
Crawley Leisure Park |
box office: 0871-200200 SAT NAV RH10 8LR |
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Connaught Screen 2 formerly the Ritz
Union Place, Worthing |
box office: 01903-206206 SAT NAV BN11 1LG |
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Dome Cinema
Marine Parade, Worthing |
box office: 01903-823112 SAT NAV BN11 3PT |
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Duke of York Cinema
Preston Circus, Brighton |
Shows the best of classic, cult, current, independent and foreign language releases |
01273-818094 SAT NAV BN1 4NA |
Odeon Cinema, Brighton
Kingwest, West Street, Brighton |
current releases : film trailers |
01273-2244007 SAT NAV BN1 2RE |
Picturedrome, Bognor Regis
Belmont Road, Bognor Regis |
current releases : film trailers |
01243-823138 SAT NAV PO21 1BL |
Vue Cinema, Gunwharf Quay
Portsmouth |
08702-406020 SAT NAV PO1 3TA |
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Windmill Cinema, Littlehampton
Coastguard Road, Littlehampton |
current releases : film trailers |
01903-722224 SAT NAV BN16 2NA |
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