A specially curated guide to the next 48 hours (or more) in Bath
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RESTAURANTS | EXCITING NEWS!
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Robun's Executive Chef, Kasae Fraser, to appear on Masterchef
Robun has announced that its Executive Chef, Kasae Fraser, is set to appear on Masterchef: The Professionals on 7 November.
Talented New Zealand born chef Kasae Fraser heads up the kitchen at Robun restaurant in Bath’s George Street, which serves authentic Japanese food and drink. She previously worked at La Peniche, the floating restaurant in Falmouth; at the one Michelin star Operakallaren Matsalen in Sweden; as well as at a seafood bistro in the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. Kasae has extensive experience working with seafood and Asian-style food, and also loves to experiment with ingredients and cooking styles.
Tune in to BBC One on 7 November to follow her Masterchef journey!
robun.co.uk
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TONIGHT | LIGHT UP THE SKIES
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Bonfire and firework display with Walcot RFC
Walcot RFC are presenting a safe environment to enjoy a fantastic Bonfire Night display tonight, 3 November.
Head down to Albert Field, Lansdown, and enjoy the evening with multiple food stalls serving hog roast, hot beef rolls, burgers, hot dogs (with vegetarian and vegan options), with a bar serving soft drinks also available on sight.
Gates open at 6.45pm and the display begins at 8pm; tickets are not required, and payment is taken upon arrival.
Friday 3 November | 6.45pm | Albert Field, Lansdown, Bath BA1 9BJ For more information visit walcotrfc.rfu.club
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OUR NOVEMBER ISSUE IS OUT!
You'll love our fabulous November magazine which features a collection of great reading by our team of wonderful writers as well as beautifully presented advertising by Bath's best businesses.
Features include an insight into the heady world of 1970s' fashion, an interview with Steve Backshall as he talks about his latest sea expeditions, and we get to know Bath-based solo pianist Nurry Lee. We really hope you'll enjoy the read!
Every month we deliver 15,000 copies door to door, but if you don't get a copy at home then you can pick up a copy at many places around town and from our floor stands at: Waitrose, Sainsbury [Green Park], M&S Foods in Twerton, Tesco in Weston Village, and at The Holburne Museum.
Click here to enjoy our current issue!
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WEEKEND RECIPES | BONFIRE NIGHT TREATS
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Recipe by Melissa Blease
Corn Dogs
Few bonfire night treats can beat the good old hot dog in a bun. But if you want to give your November 5th traditions an explosive shake-up, consider the Corn Dog: a savoury/sweet deep-fried hot dawg delight, popular at state fairs across the USA... and currently trending on our very own shores.
Once you've mastered the art of coating a frankfurter sausage in a crispy batter and frying it, you can take your newly-discovered skills in all manner of international directions – Germany, Mexico, France, Argentina and Korea all have their own variations on the corn dog theme. But the USA version is a classic for very good reason; once tried, you may never return to the British bun format again...
Ingredients (makes 10 corn dogs)
10 frankfurters (drained if canned) 150g cornmeal or fine polenta 75g self-raising flour (plus 2 tbsp for coating the frankfurters) 2 tsp caster sugar 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp chilli powder 1 large egg, beaten 250ml buttermilk 1 tbsp milk 600ml sunflower oil, for frying
To serve: American yellow mustard; tomato ketchup
Method
Combine the cornmeal/polenta, flour, sugar, baking powder and chilli powder together in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre and add the buttermilk, beaten egg and milk. Season well, then beat well with a wooden spoon to create a smooth, thick, dropping-consistency batter. Refrigerate the batter for a minimum of 30 minutes (or up to 4 hours) before pouring into a large, shallow, rectangular dish.
Poke a wooden skewer inside the length of each frankfurter almost all the way through to the end. Using sharp scissors, carefully snip off the skewer around 5-6cm from the bottom of the frankfurter.
Tip a couple of tbsp flour onto a plate and roll each frankfurter in the flour, to lightly coat.
Heat 3cm of vegetable oil in a large, deep, non-stick frying pan over a medium-high heat until a cube of bread dropped into the oil browns within 30 seconds. Warning! Do not allow the oil to overheat, and do not leave the pan unattended.
Hold one flour-coated frankfurter by the skewer end and roll in the batter until thickly and evenly coated. Twist the skewer as you lift the frankfurter from the batter to keep the coating smooth and gently lower into the hot oil.
Allow to fry for 10 seconds then turn in the oil using metal tongs and cook for a further 2 minutes, turning again after about a minute. As soon as one corn dog is frying, prepare the second in exactly the same way and begin an assembly line; you should be able to cook around 3-4 corn dogs at the same time in a wide-based pan. When the batter is puffed up, deep golden brown and crisp, your corn dog is ready; lift each one out of the batter in turn and drain on kitchen paper before serving drizzled with mustard and ketchup.
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WEEKEND WINE | VENI, VIDI, VINO
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Portugal's Finest Wines
Portugal's individuality is both its unique selling point and the reason it continues to suffer from a lack of consumer awareness of the quality of its wines.
A country replete with indigenous grape varieties and some of the world's most interesting blended wines, Portugal has long shunned the adoption of international varieties. The wines therefore defy imitation and possess an incredible sense of place.
Douro Old Vines Reserva – Quinta Do Crasto
This red wine has concentrated aromas and flavours, married to wonderful freshness. It is lively and juicy - with intriguing nuances of spices, Mediterranean herbs, olives and well-integrated oak | £37.50
O Oenólogo Encruzado – Casa da Passarella
Fresh, bright, citrus aromas on the nose, with a certain stony weight on the palate with minerals and a touch saline on the finish | £29.50
Touriga Nacional – Quinta Do Crasto
Crasto's varietal Touriga Nacional comes from two of Crasto's higher-altitude vineyards, averaging 300m elevation. This has a classy, cool blueberry, black cherry fruit character with a seasoning of vanilla, white pepper and cream | £59.50
Tinta Roriz – Quinta Do Crasto
Vivid, deep expressive aromas of fresh cherry, vanilla, oak and spice, intense ripe fruit and notes of oak. Juicy and vibrant in the mouth, with a suggestion of pleasant leafiness, backed up by deep, intense Morello cherry jam and black liquorice | £59.50
Shop for these wines and more at greatwine.co.uk
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Looking for more delicious foodie inspo?
Click through to browse our full Delicious Guide!
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JEWELLERY | CELEBRATE HER
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November Birth Flower Necklace - Hydrangea | £108
Celebrate her birth month with a solid silver hydrangea flower necklace. Hydrangea is the birth flower for November and the necklace is cast in recycled silver from Honey Willow's original design.
Shop now at honeywillow.com
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ANTIQUES | MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL
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Bath's new antique mirror gallery on Brock Street
The team at Beau Nash have converted the basement of their silver shop to house mirrors of different eras and styles.
Between the two Beau Nash shops, they have over 30 mirrors for home owners to choose from. Give them the dimensions, style and budget you’re looking for and they will do their best to source from their network and find your perfect match.
Global shipping is available and London deliveries are available on Tuesdays, so don’t hesitate to ask for a quote.
As their 5-star Google reviews show, you will always receive personalised service from Beau Nash Bath.
For more information click here. 28 Brock St, Bath BA1 2LN
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Super Soft Check Scarf | £30
Get ready for bonfire night this Sunday with French Connection's cosiest accessories.
A sumptuous staple for chillier days, this scarf pairs playful tasselled edges alongside a multi-coloured array of classic checks.
Shop now at frenchconnection.com
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BONFIRE NIGHT | FACE THE RAIN IN STYLE
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Le Chameau Ladies Iris Bottillon Jersey Lined Wellington Boot
Sale price £63
Face the rain in style this weekend with Le Chameau's Wellington Boots, sold by Wadswick.
This 100% waterproof boot is ideal for gardeners and those who need a shorter yet stylish boot. The moisture wicking poly-cotton jersey lining helps to keep feet dry and comfortable when worn on warm summer days. This eye catching boot is flexible and packable, perfect for your next holiday or getting caught in the rain. Available in five distinctive colours, pictured here in Rose.
Head to wadswick.co.uk to shop
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OBJECTS OF DESIRE | BREITLING'S NEW AVENGERS
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The new Avenger B01 Chronograph 44
Built for jet pilots, Breitling’s new Avenger watches are designed to take on the toughest cockpits and keep coming back for more. But you don’t need air force credentials to appreciate its bold design, exceptional resilience, and next-level functionality.
Pairing performance with sophisticated modern aviation style, the collection’s materials – stainless steel on regular models; ceramic and titanium on Night Mission – are the stuff of aviation design, while dial colours are drawn from military uniform shades.
All stainless-steel versions come with a choice of military leather strap with a folding-pin buckle or three-row stainless-steel bracelet with micro-adjustable folding clasp. Ceramic models are paired with a military leather strap with a titanium folding-pin buckle. And whether you can pull off a barrel roll or not, you’ll appreciate everything about the Avenger’s 300 metre water resistance, easy-grip functionality, and corrosion-resistant construction.
Self-winding with approx. 70 hours reserve.
For prices and more information about this exciting new range click here to visit the Mallory website.
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MAGAZINE KIOSK | MAGALLERIA
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Curated by Daniel McCabe
This week we welcome the 50th issue of one of our favourite magazines, The Funambulist. This softly academic but highly accessible French quarterly aims to provide ‘a useful platform where activist, academic, and practitioner voices can meet and build solidarities across geographical scales’. In short it’s a toolkit for collaboration and communication for those working for rights and recognition in a variety of struggles around the world. The latest issue looks at how wider public engagement with the vocabulary of struggle has led to a dilution of political meaning – terms such as Indigenous, Intifada, Blackness, Genocide, Decolonial, Queer, for example – and invites activists and thinkers to contribute subjective definitions to bring us to a more informed understanding of their use.
magalleria.co.uk
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WORKSHOP | FESTIVE FAIRY FUN!
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Lush Festive Party workshop
On Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 November, Lush is hosting festive workshops to celebrate Snow Fairy Weekend!
Head down to their Union Street store this weekend to make your own Groovy Fairy bath bomb, receive a festive exclusive Snow Fairy Body Spray and Snow Fairy Soap, as well as taking home a bunch of Snow Fairy samples in your goodie bag!
Saturday 4 - Sunday 5 November | Times vary, check website for details Lush Spa Bath, 8 Union Street Bath BA1 1RW Tickets cost £25; book now at eventbrite.co.uk
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MUSIC | A FESTIVE EXTRAVAGANZA
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Swing into Christmas with Down for the Count
Celebrate the festive season in style with the vocalists and instrumentalists of the Down for the Count Orchestra, as they return to Bath Forum for their annual festive extravaganza!
This is a Christmas celebration like no other, as Down for the Count recreate the music of Nat ‘King’ Cole, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and many more in a luscious 30-piece orchestral setting evoking the sounds of the great Capitol Studios recordings.
Expect to hear faithful recreations of the best music of the swing era including I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Let’s Face The Music and Dance and ‘S Wonderful, alongside original arrangements of jazz and festive standards written by principal conductor Mike Paul-Smith and arranger Simon Joyner including The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting) and It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas.
7 December | 7.30pm | The Forum, 1a Forum Buildings, Bath BA1 1UG Go to swingintochristmas.co.uk to book tickets and find out more
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AMERICAN MUSEUM | JAZZ UP YOUR SUNDAY
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Jazz at the Museum: Jon Lloyd Quartet
An afternoon performance featuring the best in local jazz, indoors in the Stables. Sit back and relax with the Jon Lloyd Quartet and light refreshments from the Deli.
Saxophonist Jon Lloyd’s new quartet project is a revelation. Distilling all of Jon’s many years’ experience in varied fields of jazz, improvisation and composition, now he has finally arrived at the point where he doesn’t feel the need to sound experimental but rather has turned to the pursuit of pure beauty: beauty of sound, of form and of texture. Watch out for the new CD from the quartet, destined for amazing acclaim.
19 November | 2.30pm | American Museum and Gardens, Bath BA2 7BD Book tickets at eventbrite.co.uk
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GYMNASTICS | A WHOLE HOST OF FUN!
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COMING SOON! The Little Gym Bath
The Little Gym Bath is set to open this November, holding developmental gymnastics classes for ages 4 months - 12 years, holiday camps and birthday parties.
Its programme focuses on developing the whole child, using gymnastics as a tool to grow motor skills, strength, confidence and coordination. Their expert team will guide your children through their critical early years, providing rich learning opportunities and a whole host of FUN! Sign up now and take advantage of their pre-opening offer to get your first two months of membership half price!
Visit the website for the new class schedule and enrol today.
Unit 5 Kingsmead Leisure complex, St James Street West, Bath BA1 2BX Call 01225 462894, email bath@thelittlegym.co.uk or head to bath.thelittlegym.co.uk to enquire now
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ART | LANDSCAPES AND PORTRAITS
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High Tones, Low Tones: Landscapes and Portraits by Michael Sutherland
The Gallery @ No. 56 is excited to welcome artist Michael Sutherland for his first solo exhibition of original paintings in oil and acrylics, as well as some limited edition prints.
Michael has a very successful TikTok Portrait series that has been viewed by millions all over the world. Visitors to Michael’s exhibition, entitled ‘High Tones, Low Lines’, have the chance to join this series by having their portrait painted by Michael and an accompanying video of the painting process posted on social media. All you have to do is take a selfie in their dedicated photo booth at Gallery @ No. 56.
9 - 26 November | The Gallery @ No. 56 High Street, Corsham, SN13 0HF willowuk.com
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MARKET | DELICIOUS, ETHICAL AND SUSTAINABLE
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The Vegan Platform at Green Park Station
This Sunday The Vegan Platform – Bath's new and exciting monthly market – returns to Green Park Station.
The Vegan Platform offers a one-stop-shop for all your vegan needs, from delicious plant-based street foods, clothing, beauty products, and even household items! And the best part? It's free to attend.
It is also a space for small businesses that promote a healthy and sustainable lifestyle. By supporting these businesses, you are not only supporting the local community but also making a positive impact on the environment.
So head down to The Vegan Platform at Green Park Station and discover a world of delicious, ethical, and sustainable products that will tantalise your tastebuds and nourish your body and soul.
Sunday 5 November | 10am - 4pm | Green Park Station, Green Park Road, Bath BA1 1JB Find out more at theveganplatform.co.uk
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CHOIR | OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
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Hertford Chamber Choir presents 'A Wild Dawn'
Join Hertford Chamber Choir for an evening of sublime choral music spanning hundreds of years. The programme features a collection of madrigals and songs ranging from the 16th to the 20th century, by composers including Bennet, Monteverdi, Weelkes, Elgar and Finzi, as well as jazz-inspired motets form the modern day.
Formed in January 2022 by Manvinder Rattan, Hertford Chamber Choir perform regularly in Hertford, London and beyond, and have recently performed in Vienna and sung evensong at Westminster Abbey.
18 November | 530pm St Michael's Church, Broad Street, Bath BA1 5LJ For tickets, visit bathboxoffice.org.uk
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CONCERT | GET LOST IN MUSIC
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Bath Symphony Orchestra's November 2023 Concert
Join Bath Symphony Orchestra for their November 2023 concert at the Wiltshire Music Centre.
The orchestra is delighted to welcome guitar virtuoso Craig Ogden to play the concerto written for him by British composer and guitar player William Lovelady, who has worked with many of the world’s leading players and collaborated with such artists as Art Garfunkel, Hugh Masekela and Julian Lloyd Webber.
Opening the programme is the charming and melodic Petite Suite de Concert by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, an African-English composer who worked with Elgar and Stanford. William Walton’s epic Symphony No. 1 provides a monumental finale, running the emotional gamut from rage and bitterness, through melancholy to exultation and triumph.
25 November | 7.30pm Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road, Bradford-on-Avon BA15 1DZ Book now at wiltshiremusic.org.uk
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BATH RUGBY | A NEW CHAPTER
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Final chance to have your say on Bath Rugby stadium's planning application
The public consultation of Bath Rugby's plans to redevelop its home for 125 years at The Recreation Ground ends this Saturday, 4 November.
Bath Rugby is encouraging fans to have their say on plans to transform The Rec into a 18,000-capacity stadium for the future before the final whistle blows on the public consultation deadline this week.
Plans for a new Stadium for Bath were submitted in September to B&NES Council with the promise of delivering an exceptional, fit for purpose and modern home at the Recreation Ground.
The stadium for Bath plans also include the regeneration of the riverside in the heart of the city, the creation of significant sporting and community benefits for all, whilst ensuring that the Club continues to provide a considerable contribution to the city’s economy for decades to come.
The public consultation deadline ends this Saturday 4 November and Bath Rugby is encouraging the local community and those fans who’ve not yet taken part to submit their support.
bathrugby.com
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PROPERTY | A FINE HOUSE IN BATHFORD
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Offered for sale by Bath estate agent, Peter Greatorex
The Old Malthouse is an attractive 3 bedroom house with courtyard gardens situated in the sought after village of Bathford.
Accessed off Church Street via a gate into a courtyard, or through double iron gates to a gravelled drive, a part glazed front door leads into a spacious and light hallway leads through to the elegant triple aspect drawing room, with built in cupboards to one wall, an attractive fireplace, dado and picture rails and courtyard views.
From the hallway there’s a peaceful sitting room, which has a window overlooking the front of the house and an attractive wooden fireplace and shelved cupboards to either side.
A third reception room is used as a study and has shelving and desk fitted to the length of one wall.
The kitchen is well equipped with a range of cream painted cupboards, a cream Aga with tiled splashback, electric oven, ceramic hob, butler sink and space for fridge and freezer and slate tiled flooring. Two separate doors on either side lead to useful walk-in pantries. Off this is a morning room with space for a dining table.
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A sunroom with three French doors opening out to the courtyard, perfect for a hobby room, has terracotta coloured tiled floor, at the end of which is a useful utility space, shelved, with a sink and plumbed for washing machine.
Upstairs the three double bedrooms all have a generous amount of wardrobe space.
The en suite bathroom has a freestanding clawfoot roll top bath, vanity basin, WC and walk in shower. The shower room is contemporary styled with large walk-in shower room, vanity basin and WC.
Outside are three walled courtyard areas, To the front, there’s a pretty cobbled and walled seating area with feature well, roses, flowers and shrubs. A further gravelled and paved courtyard area lies to the rear of the house, with a raised area for sitting and enjoying the sunshine to one side and a covered dining area to the other, with a wrought iron gate leading back to the driveway.
To the front of the property is a gravelled parking area with three garages. (Two of the garages are used by the neighbour who has right of access to them). Offers in excess of £1,100,000
For more images and details click here to see the property on the Peter Greatorex website.
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