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A specially curated guide to the next 48 hours (or more) in Bath
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CITY NEWS | A ROYAL WELCOME
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Her Majesty the Queen visits the RUH
to officially open the Dyson Cancer Centre |
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Her Majesty the Queen officially opened the Dyson Cancer Centre at the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust on Tuesday 3 September. Patients, staff, supporters and guests from the wider community were on hand to mark the occasion.
Her Majesty was given a guided tour of the new purpose-built centre, which brings together many of the RUH’s cancer services under one roof, including the RUH's oncology, chemotherapy and radiotherapy services, a 22-bed inpatient ward, a dedicated pharmacy, research team and nuclear medicine and physics teams.
Before leaving the Dyson Cancer Centre, Her Majesty unveiled a plaque to commemorate the day and was presented with a posy by a pupil at a local school whose father is a consultant oncologist within the centre.
Following the plaque unveiling Her Majesty said: “Can I congratulate all of you on this wonderful centre. I’ve had a brief tour around and everybody I’ve met - whether it’s the patients, the families or the nursing staff and the helpers - all seem to be over the moon about it.
“It’s got a very welcoming atmosphere and you can see that it actually raises people’s spirits in a very difficult time. So, congratulations to you all… it is very special so thank you very much for asking me to open it.”
For more information about the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust click here.
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You'll love our marvellous September 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.
This month we spoke to writer and director Emma Howlett who grew up in Bath and is bringing her production Her Green Hell to the Ustinov. Teacher and writer Catherine Bruton – who is coming to the Children's Literature Festival – talked to us about her book Bird Boy and the story of how caring for a wounded osprey allows a boy to heal. We also profile exhibitions with wildlife photography (at The American Museum & Gardens) and the unsettling artworks of Paula Rego and Francisco Goya (at the Holburne). You can read a blog from the ever-cheeful Cabin Crew from the Natural Theatre Company and there's the latest fashions from Jigsaw, as well as shopping, food, interiors and just in time for the return to school, our essential guide to education in Bath!
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's [Green Park], M&S Foods in Twerton, Tesco in Weston Village, and at The Holburne Museum.
Click here to enjoy the digital version of our current issue!
And if you would like to have a copy sent in the post every month, then we offer a postal subscription for just £33 for 12 issues, £18 for six issues or buy a copy for just £4.25. UK mainland prices. For Euro and World zone subscription prices – click here to subscribe on our website.
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WEEKEND RECIPES | FUNGI FEAST
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Words by Melissa Blease
Mushroom Stroganoff
Ceps, field, chanterelles, trompette, hen of the woods – the UK's wild mushrooms are at their very best right now; miss their autumn food catwalk moment and you'll seriously miss out. But if you can't get your hands on any, good old chestnut mushrooms are always reliably flavoursome and will work just as well in this elegant vegetarian stroganoff.
Ingredients (serves 2)
400g mushrooms (see above)
1 red onion, peeled and sliced
2 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed
4 pickled onions (preferably silverskin), finely-sliced
2 cornichons, finely-sliced
½ bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 tbsp capers
50ml brandy (optional)
1 tsp smoked paprika (plus extra to serve)
100ml crème fraîche (reduced fat is fine)
Method
Place a large non-stick frying pan over a high heat. Add the mushrooms and dry-fry for 5 minutes (dry-frying brings out the nutty flavour in the mushrooms), stirring regularly.
Add 1 tbsp olive oil to the pan followed by the red onion, garlic, pickled onions, cornichons, parsley stalks (chopped) and capers. Sauté over a high heat for 3 minutes, then add the brandy (if using; if not using, add 2 tbsp boiling water). Allow the brandy/boiling water to bubble down for a couple of minutes before adding the paprika, crème fraîche and parsley leaves, then toss together to combine.
Loosen with a splash of boiling water to a create a saucy consistency, then season to taste with sea salt and black pepper.
Serve immediately on a bed of steamed rice, sprinkled with a little bit more smoked paprika.
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WEEKEND WINES | THE CAPED CRUSADERS
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Red wines of the Cape
The Cape wine lands of South Africa are home to some of the finest wineries and winemakers we have come across. Beautiful wines that show a true sense of place and authenticity, outstanding value for money, diversity of styles and considerate production - they can't be recommend highly enough to you.
• Pinotage 'Printer's Ink' - Meinert 2018 | £17.70
• Cabernet Sauvignon - Thelema Mountain Vineyards 2020 | £24.40
• Lourens River Valley Red - Morgenster 2016 | £21.00
• Reserve Pat's Garden - Ken Forrester Wines 2019 | £16.60
Click here to see this and many more wonderful wines at The Great Wine Co.
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FOODIE FEASTS | SUPPER CLUB
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Iford Supper Clubs: Six-course tasting menu
Friday 20 September, 6.45pm-10pm |
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Book your table now for a fantastic foodie experience, with expertly crafted food, largely sourced and made on the wider Iford Manor Estate. There is a different menu for each event.
Arrive from 6.45pm for a welcome drink (included), dinner is introduced with the first course served at 7.30pm. Seating is at tables according to your booking (i.e. not ‘communal’ tables), and it all wraps up shortly after 10pm.
It’s a relaxed vibe with one of Iford Manor Kitchen’s regular jazz pianists offering live background accompaniment, but the focus is firmly on the expertly crafted food and drink (optional paired wine flight available) with Head Chef Matthew Briddon taking you though the menu at the start.
£65pp to include the tasting menu, welcome drink, tea and coffee with homemade petits fours, and live music.
Click here for tickets
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Masi Amarone Wine Lunch with Giacomo Boscaini at La Terra
Thursday 26 September |
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La Terra will host a wine lunch with Giacomo from the wine producer Masi showing their Amarone della Valpolicella Veneto
The history of Masi is the history of a family and its vineyards in the Venetian regions. The name itself derives from "Vaio dei Masi", the small valley in Valpolicella acquired by the Boscaini family, who are still its owners now, at the end of the 18th century.
Drinks on arrival at 12.30pm, followed by a three-course lunch with matching wines to accompany each course
£65.00 per person
La Terra, 2 John Street, Bath BA1 2JL
Tel: 01225 482070 Web: laterra.co.uk
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OBJECTS OF DESIRE | FIRE AND ICE
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The Ice Cube Collection by Chopard.
The shimmer of light on ice.
This luxury jewellery collection of rings - that are perfect for stacking - bangles and bracelets, necklaces and earrings is a beautiful range of pieces that marries urban elegance with modernity and very different to traditional jewellery making conventions.
The geometric design of Chopard's Ice Cube collection with its square facets are meticulously crafted to reflect light, as if off ice. The Ice Cube creations embody style, sophistication and glamour.
Click here view the collection at Mallory.
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NEW COLLECTION | WHISTLES A/W
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Just released Whistles' Autumn/ Winter 2024
Autumn Winter 2024 offers a refined way of dressing, where polished designs call for simplistic styling yet provide backdrops for elevated fabrics, textural contrasts, and clever detailing. A dynamic interplay between the familiar and the innovative allows for personal expression through bold statement pieces and minimalist essentials. At the same time, a playful sense of nostalgia permeates the collection. The Whistles archive has been revisited, unearthing iconic styles from the past and infusing them with contemporary energy.
Contemporary elegance continues to be woven throughout every garment, bidding farewell to fleeting trends and innovatively embracing perennial style. Sharp tailoring, fluid dresses, texture-rich fabrics—the first of the new season champions clean lines and considered details that speak to your style, your way.
Click here to explore the new collection now
or visit the Bath store at 1 New Bond St, Buildings, Bath
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NEW from Jo Malone London
Hinoki & Cedarwood Cologne Intense
Deep in the Japanese wilderness, the grounding presence of the hinoki tree is experienced through the ritual of forest bathing. Follow an immersive fusion of clean aromatic notes and woody intensity with a powerful trail of elegant cedarwood and hinoki. Intensely fresh and distinctive.
Jo Malone London | £160 (100ml)
Click here to buy now or visit the Bath store at 6-7 Old Bond St, Bath
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BEAUTY | ENDLESS SUMMER GLOW
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| ......with radiant bronzing products by Chanel |
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LES BEIGES BRONZING CREAM is a cream-gel bronzer that warms up the skin and gives a healthy sun-kissed glow. This cream-gel bronzer delivers an ultra-natural makeup look and can be applied to the cheeks, nose, forehead, and décolleté using the fingers or a brush.
Available in three shades for a customisable sun-kissed glow.
Chanel | £48
Click here to buy now.
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CITY SHOPPING | TICKLING THE IVORIES
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The Piano Shop
The Piano Shop Bath is a charming, specialised store located in the heart of Bath. It offers a diverse selection of new and pre-owned pianos, catering to all levels from beginners to professional musicians. The shop provides expert advice, piano tuning, restoration, and repair services, ensuring each instrument meets high standards of playability and sound quality. The inviting atmosphere, knowledgeable staff, and a dedicated on-site workshop make it a haven for piano enthusiasts. Additionally, the shop is known for its creative projects, such as creating pianos for bands like Coldplay, and is situated within the creative quarter of the historic city of Bath.
1&2 Canton Place, London Road, Bath BA1 6AA
Tel: 01225 427961
Web thepianoshopbath.co.uk
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MAGAZINE KIOSK | MAGALLERIA
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Curated by Daniel McCabe
Japan’s number one ‘Life Design Magazine’ Casa BRUTUS devotes 96 pages of its September issue to a guided visit to Finland, Denmark and Sweden in the company of clothing and textile designer Akira Minagawa (the creative force behind the mina perhonen brand) who toured the region in June of this year, kicking off with a look around Alvar Aalto's eponymous house in Helsinki. It’s a formidable round-up of Scandinavian design inspiration, curated, catalogued and presented with the impressive clarity and detail of Japanese-style layouts. Casa BRUTUS has released some real bangers of late and we’d pick this out as one of the best. | £25
magalleria.co.uk
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ART | THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
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‘The Ethical Entomologist’ by artist Caroline Rudge
September 6-21, Gallery @ No 56
This September, artist Caroline Rudge will be taking over the window of Willow and Galllery @ No 56 at 70 High Street, Corsham and filling it with her beautiful Lepidoptera prints.
Also on display are Caroline’s ‘Ethical Entomology’ pieces, made up of reproduction prints on paper of her Lepidoptera paintings, which are cut out by hand, folded and pinned to mimic genuine entomology specimens, but without any creatures being harmed in the process.
Willow and Gallery @ No 56 are open Wednesday to Saturday 10am-5pm (or otherwise by appointment). Visit willowuk.com
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Sara King at 44AD Gallery with 'States of Being'
10-15 September |
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Sara King is a figurative artist who has always been fascinated by human form, and works as a sculptor and painter. States of Being is an exhibition of her work that explores the idea of identity, change, growth and how we become the complex individuals that we all are. Each piece is connected but stands alone.
She creates work as a sculptor in a variety of media including bronze, clay, cement fondue and metals, while in two dimensions she uses paint, ink, bleach and charcoal.
Delighted to be exhibiting at 44AD in the shadow of Bath’s beautiful Abbey, Sara looks froward to welcoming you.
44AD Abbey St. Bath
Click here for more information.
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Personal Styling with the Secret Stylist at Jigsaw
14 September (11am–4pm) |
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Natasha Musson, known as the Secret Stylist, is hosting a style clinic focusing on Autumnal fashion. Natasha will be running a style event at Jigsaw, offering professional style tips. This is a non-ticketed event, just head to Jigsaw for an afternoon of style inspiration, personal shopping tips, and all things Autumn fashion!
Jigsaw, 4 Old Bond Street, Bath BA1 1BP
natashamusson.co.uk
jigsaw-online.com
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Miles Morgan Travel
Cruise for a cruise
Join Miles Morgan Travel in Bath on 12 September at 2.30pm, when David Chidley will be hosting an afternoon event showcasing all that Hurtigruten has to offer. Their unique product offers Norwegian Coastal Voyages and Expedition Cruises, the original Norwegian cruise company also offers a Northern Lights promise.
Availability is limited so reserve your space by emailing bath@milesmorgantravel.co.uk or call 01225 486 800.
milesmorgantravel.co.uk
Miles Morgan Travel, 8-9 New Bond Street Place, Bath
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| Combe Down Art Trail, Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 September |
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Combe Down Art Trail opens on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September. This is a bumper year with 44 artists taking part, including many new to the trail. As well as paintings, prints, photography and ceramics there are sculptures, wire and wooden animals, pottery, jewellery, box art and textiles. This year visitors can have a portrait photo taken, watch demos of stone carving, ‘gravity painted’ watercolour and collage and enjoy refreshments including lunch at the Peggy Dodd Centre.
There are venues throughout the village, with artists at the Community Centre, Museum of Bath Stone and Peggy Dodd Centre, as well as in their own studios and homes in the village. The street gallery on railings and in windows shows off artwork created by Combe Down schoolchildren and toddlers.
Click here for more information.
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CHARITY | SUSTAINABLE FASHION
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Strength in Style Fashion Show
Thursday 26 September |
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Children’s Hospice South West, Dorothy House Hospice Care and We Get It are hosting the second annual Strength in Style Fashion Show at the Bath Assembly Rooms, returning with a fusion of fashion and compassion.
Tickets are on sale now, from £35 and can be purchased here. Get your tickets early as last year’s event sold out.
Bath Assembly Rooms, Bennett St, Bath BA1 2QH
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MUSIC | FULLTONE ORCHESTRA
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FULLTONE ORCHESTRA- ETERNAL LIGHT
28 September, 7.30pm |
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A truly stunning evening of music, in the breathtaking surroundings of Bath Abbey from Cantiamo choir and musicians from The Fulltone Orchestra. This is truly one of those pieces of music that stuns all the senses – it’s absolutely beautiful and will be an incredible night of music. 20 stunning voices, Amelia Jones and Chris Why soloing – it is a massive treat.
Commissioned by London Musici to celebrate its 20th anniversary, Howard Goodall’s “Eternal Light” is not just a concert, it’s a journey through the profound themes of life, love, and eternity.
“Eternal Light” offers an emotional resonance that provides comfort, solace, and a reflection on the cycle of life. Performed by a world-class choir and orchestra, each note is crafted to perfection, creating a musical experience that is both moving and spiritually uplifting. This requiem is designed to guide you to a place of peace and contemplation.
Click here for more information and tickets.
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CITY NEWS | FIVE-BUBBLE RATING
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Thermae Bath Spa has been awarded top ranking
by the UK’s Good Spa Guide.
The guide which gives spas a bubble rating - similar to Michelin stars for restaurants - has awarded the Bath-based spa a Five-Bubble rating. This is one more bubble than the four it received last year.
There are two five-bubble categories. The first is Five Bubbles Fantastic, which has been awarded to Thermae Bath Spa. The second category is aimed at seriously special spas and is known a Five Bubbles Luxury Heavenly.
Thermae Bath Spa is the only day spa in Britain that has naturally warm, mineral rich water and, with its iconic rooftop pool which has views over the city’s rooftops and surrounding hills, it attracts visitors from all over the world.
A member of the Good Spa Guide team visited the spa and enjoyed a treatment as part of the assessment. Within their review they described the rooftop pool as ‘a real show-stopper’ and praised the quality of training of the therapist who gave them a treatment.
The Good Spa Guide offers advice to spa goers as well as rating spas for their cleanliness, customer service, quality of treatments and facilities, refreshments and over-all experience. Their bubble-ratings, awards and accolades are designed to recognise excellence in the UK spa industry and celebrate their increasingly important role in supporting health and wellbeing.
Beau St, Bath BA1 1QY
thermaebathspa.com
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| BATH RUGBY’S 10S’ SUITE |
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Bath Rugby is not just about the matches – there are special hospitality packages too.
This is truly the suite to get closer to the players! Player visits PLUS a special appearance from Johann van Graan's Player of the Match is what sets this suite apart! You and your guests will receive all the intel ahead of the game with insights into pre-match training, thoughts on the opposition and score predictions from two of the Bath Rugby Squad. Post-match it's all about the Player of the Match as you are treated to a post-match round-up with the main man himself!
Add to this an exceptional three-course meal and complimentary drinks, this is a great suite from which to impress potential clients or simply to treat yourselves!
To book email: hospitality@bathrugby.com.
bathrugby.com/the-10s-suite
Don't miss Bath v. Eailing Trailfinders this Saturday at the Rec! Kickoff at 3.00pm
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PROPERTY | CHARMING VILLAGE HOME
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Southstoke , Bath
Offered for sale by Cobb Farr Estate Agents
-Stunning views towards Westbury Whitehorse
-4 bedrooms
-Garage
-Bathroom and Shower Room
-Lovely gardens
-Chalet style
Originally built in the 1930s, this home underwent a comprehensive extension and modernisation approximately 10–12 years ago. The result is a beautifully presented residence with a bright and airy atmosphere throughout.
The property features a tiered garden, complete with a decked terrace and two levels of garden areas. A single garage is conveniently located at the bottom of the steps leading up to the house.
The living room has oak flooring, large picture window with superb views over the village and beyond, double glazed door leading onto balcony and steps down to the garden.
The kitchen is fitted with a full range of full and wall mounted units, polished granite worktops, appliances include gas stove with 5 burners, integrated fridge/freezer, dishwasher, washing machine, 1½ bowl sink unit, extractor hood andlovely south facing views.
Guide price: £975,000
For further images and details click here to view the property on the Cobb Farr website.
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