How to enjoy a sparkling Christmas
Times Drinks Editor James Viner has rounded up five highly recommended sparkling wines that are sure to make any party go with a bang! Move over Prosecco! From a brilliant homegrown sparkling pink wine, through to Cava, Champagne and a sophisticated bottle of dealcoholised Aussie bubbly, here are five special festive sparkling wines to try… […]
Read the Times of Tunbridge Wells 22nd December 2021
Unwrap a fantastic feast for Christmas – and help an important local charity
Eileen Leahy finds out more about the charitable collaboration between them and how you can be part of it over the festive season… Macknade is without doubt one of the county’s leading food and drink experts. But up until September this year you would have had to make the journey across Kent to one of […]
“Full of magic, toe tapping songs, fantastic costumes and lots and lots of laughs”
The Times finds out what they have in store for audiences with their new show Rapunzel – which promises to be hair raising! It’s time to let your hair down this Christmas as Wicked Productions brings you its interpretation of the classic fairytale Rapunzel. On at the EM Forster Theatre in Tonbridge and with a […]
Experience a true taste of Christmas by seeing this fab festive production
Eileen Leahy was invited along to one of the performances last week by its director Tobias Cornwell and now reveals why this unique performance will fill even the most bah humbug of people with all the joys of Christmas… GOING along to watch a theatrical interpretation of the Charles Dickens Victorian literary classic A Christmas […]
Local teacher launches new ’16 x 16′ reading initiative for students
WITH smart phones, tablets and consoles pretty much a standard focal point of most secondary school pupils’ relaxation time, it has become increasingly more difficult to inspire children to swap scrolling for reading a good book. But now an English Department at a local secondary school is trying to improve literacy standards by launching a […]
Barnardo’s bowled over by Father Christmas race
Hollywood Bowl in Knight’s Park has joined forces with children’s charity Barnardo’s to kickstart a festive fundraising venture. The Race Santa activity will see the bowling alley’s team members encouraged to walk, run, swim and cycle the 7,724 mile distance from the North Pole to Hollywood in California and back again, all to raise money […]
Table tennis star comes out to bat for village Post Office
The gold medallist grew up in Groombridge and came back last week to cut the ribbon on the new, refurbished Post Office and ‘The Shop’. Withyham Parish Council bought the former Royal Mail business earlier this year after it was set to close. The council polled residents in the village, which sits on Kent and […]
Businesses make sure that fairy tale wishes come true
Father Christmas was joined by a host of fairy tale characters to meet and entertain children that are living with conditions such as autism or ADHD, have serious illnesses or have suffered a bereavement. The Once Upon a Christmas Goodwill Ball at the Spa Hotel on December 5, was made possible by support from 24 […]
Now Hawkhurst is set to get its own £3million community centre
Hawkhurst parish Council has submitted a planning application to Tunbridge Wells Borough Council [TWBC] for a building to replace Copt Hall, which the parish council says has become too costly to maintain. The new building will also replace the existing sports pavilion and three storage garages at the King George V Playing Field. The proposed […]
