Covid Affective Disorder: Has the pandemic impacted your mental health?
I’m not one for sticking labels on things but there’s a new condition I’m observing in my clinic that I’m going to call ‘Covid Affective Disorder’. It’s a cluster of symptoms related to the impact of the pandemic on mental health and wellbeing. To say Covid has disrupted all our lives in an understatement. Sanity […]
Double digit house price growth for fifth month
Property values increased by 10 per cent annually in September, easing back from 11 per cent in August, according to Nationwide Building Society. Prices increased by just 0.1 per cent month-on-month, taking the average UK house price to £248,742. Wales and Northern Ireland were the strongest performing parts of the UK in the third quarter […]
Sponsored Content: The George and Dragon Pub Welcomes its New Chef
The George and Dragon reopened in May 2021, under the new ownership of The Country Pub Collection, a company set up by some locals with the specific aim of reinvigorating this Grade II Listed pub. With its stunning location, beautiful outdoor garden space and revamped traditional interior, the George and Dragon has quickly re-established itself […]
Sponsored Content: SweatIT – a training facility like no other
WHERE IT ALL BEGAN Fields to farmhouse, farmhouse to a beautiful renovation in the heart of Sussex. SweatIT started out as a rather modest outside, circuit-based bootcamp. The man behind the magic, Tom Burgess – Founder of SweatIT – started the journey to help local friends and family take ownership of their health and fitness. […]
Interview: Your Magical Kitchen – Kate Marshall
So Kate, let’s start by you telling us how you got into cooking? Cooking was a creative outlet for my mum. Dad was in the military and therefore away a lot. I was an only child, so mum and I spent a lot of time together in the kitchen. She was main course and I […]
Interview: Alexander & Olga Pushkin – Pushkin Antiques and Interiors
If you’re a regular on the High Street in Tunbridge Wells then you can’t have failed to notice the addition of Pushkin Antiques and Interiors. With its smart black and gold livery on its shop frontage and eye-catching array of vintage curios and collectables in the windows it has certainly caused quite the stir since […]
Heathfield man admits ‘responsibility’ for 1980s bedsit killings but denies murder
In a major development in one of the UK’s longest unsolved homicide cases, which had become known as the ‘bedsit’ murders, David Fuller from Heathfield in East Sussex has admitted responsibility for the killings of Wendy Knell, 25 and Caroline Pierce, 20 at Maidstone Crown Court on Friday [October 8]. The women were both attacked […]
Going Out – what not to miss from 8-12 October 2021
Friday October 8 2021 7.30pm No Jacket Required – The Phil Collins Tribute: Trinity Theatre, Church Road, Tunbridge Wells TN1 1JP The UK’s top Phil Collins tribute act returns as part of ‘The Serious UK Tour’. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of ‘…But Seriously’, the 12-piece band will perform the album […]
Interview: Jonathan Sayer – The Play That Goes Wrong
It’s currently on its fourth major UK tour – and about to hit the stage at the Assembly Hall from October 19-24. Its co-writer Jonathan Sayer reveals more on the runaway success of this slapstick comedy How would you describe the show to someone who hasn’t seen it? It’s a comedy all about a drama […]
We meet Trinity Theatre’s new Artistic Director: Sean Turner
In the summer Trinity Theatre announced that it had appointed Sean Turner as its new Artistic Director. According to a spokesperson for the cultural venue, Sean’s arrival will provide a ‘fresh focus on in-house productions’ and develop the theatre’s ‘charitable and community goals’ through his artistic vision. Sean is known for uncovering Arthur Miller’s first […]
