Celebrate the Chinese New Year with a culinary trip to Asia… without leaving Tunbridge Wells
Alex and Virginia Boyd opened Kumquat restaurant on The Pantiles in April 2022. Since then their offering of delicious food – pitched as ‘Asian fusion’ – has proved to be a huge success, attracting not only local discerning diners but foodies from afar too. For the upcoming Chinese New Year the couple will be hosting […]
Make up your mind
What you think matters! Lucy Parker from Flow Tunbridge Wells explores the third pillar of wellbeing – steadying your thoughts to tame a busy mind… We’ve all heard the term monkey mind, where our thoughts jump from one thing to another like a monkey leaping from branch to branch. Often this chatter goes on continuously, […]
Integra Property Management rebrands as Presence & Co. and celebrates ‘rapid growth’
INTEGRA Property Management, a distinguished player in the property management sector, has announced its transformative rebranding as Presence & Co. This strategic evolution, launched on Monday (January 15) comes with a vision for further expansion and innovation. Since the business’ formation in 2005, it has grown and diversified to provide a comprehensive range of services […]
Trinity celebrates the life and work of David Bowie with this new exhibition…
From today, January 10, until Saturday January 21, Trinity Theatre will host a new exhibition celebrating the work and influences of the late David Bowie. Entitled Bowie: Inner Circle it will feature the work of local artist Guy Portelli and also that of painter Chris Myers who both celebrate the legacy and cultural impact of […]
Build on these five pillars for your foundations of wellbeing…
Join Times wellbeing guide, Lucy Parker, from Flow Tunbridge Wells, for the next six weeks as she helps you to build your own five wellbeing pillars to abide by for a happier, healthier you In the first part of my new six-week feature, I’m going to discuss the five pillars you live your life by, […]
Mayfield student’s winning ‘brownprint’ creates a serious ‘blueprint’ to secure our ecological future
A sixth former at Mayfield School is celebrating winning a prestigious international geography award. Jack Thornton discovers what made the judges choose her informed and cleverly-designed plan which addresses the complex geographical problems we increasingly face… Annabel, a Sixth Former at Mayfield School for Girls, has won the Royal Geographical Society’s Young Geographer of the […]
What will be trending in the local food and drink scene in 2024?
Produced in Kent, an organisation which champions the county’s finest producers and products, has curated a special trends list for 2024. Eileen Leahy savours a taste of what it believes will be big news for our tastebuds this year… The leading local food and drink trade organisation, Produced in Kent, is at the forefront of […]
Winter warmers
January may traditionally be the month of diets and detoxes but if you’re not in the mood to go cold turkey after Christmas why not consider easing yourself into a more seasonal way of eating – that’s pretty healthy too. The Small Holding’s Will Devlin shares the recipes for these delicious dishes… Loin of venison […]
The feelgood factor
For holistic interior designer Phoebe Oldrey of Smartstyle Interiors, our homes need to do more than just look pretty – they need to make us feel happy, too. Rachael Hale visited her to discover more… Hi Phoebe, what exactly is holistic interior design? Every interior designer assesses how a space looks and functions, it’s […]
“Hever is a little pocket of history”
RADA-trained actor and presenter Stephen Mangan is known for his work on stage and screen, from appearing in Green Wing and Episodes to I’m Alan Partridge, Silks and Watershed Down, he’s one of our most popular TV stars. From this January, he returns to front popular Sky Arts show Landscape Artist of the Year. Vikki […]