Clifton Life
Clifton Life celebrates the best of local living. Published every three weeks, it includes the very latest on property, arts, dining and shopping, in Clifton and surrounding areas.
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THIS MONTH in clifton
Issue 92
Down with the kids
While summer is something most of us look forward to, it also beings with it the challenge of keeping young, enquiring hungry minds happily occupied for two months (not to mention finding constructive ways of suing that pent-up energy that otherwise wreaks its vengeance on furniture).
To help you along, you’ll fins inside this issue the Clifton Life Kid’s Guide 2009 – an extended supplement that’s bursting with suggestions of things to do with the kids, places to shop and to eat out, and special events – something Bristol particularly excels at in the summer.
Whether you’re managing a holiday or not this year, you’ll be wanting to make the most of whatever sunshine we get by dining out on those long summer evenings – for which see our guide to the city’s best alfresco dining spots – and by spending as much time as possible in the garden. With this in mind we’ve gone a little garden-crazy this issue, with a visit to Hanham Court, the home of Prince Charles’s garden designers to emulate their sublime scented garden, we can certainly make the best of what we’ve got – and this issue’s Editor’s choice offers handy items to help you in your gardening or just cheer the place up a bit. We also have a Q&A with Nicholas Wray, the curator of Bristol University’s Botanic Garden, who clearly knows his Bristol Onions (sorry).
Foodie fans who will no doubt be flocking to this year’s Bristol Wine and Food Fair on 10-12 July – will also find much to digest (again, sorry): there’s a review of Mitch Tonk’s latest venture, a recipe from Harvey Nichols’ Louise McCrimmon and a chance to win a YO! Sushi dinner party in your home - complete with the famous conveyor belt. Bon appetite!
Vicky
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Issue 92
In this issue...
• A dramatic barn conversion in the South Gloucestershire countryside
• From a 1970s statement home to a trendy harbourside apartment
• It’s a non-stop party time this summer, including Migrations Chill Day; a visit from a Hollywood actress; and of course the Gant / Clifton Life shopping evening
• How does your garden grow? Very well, if you happen to be Julian and Isabel Bannerman, Prince Charles’s garden designers. Vicky Green visits their sublime home, Hanham Court
• What not to miss in the city this month
• Stephen Morris takes us back to Bristol in 1807 – warts and all
Garderner’s world: where to find your dibblets, dibbers and other essentials
• Nicola Woolcock on how Asian universities are trying to lure British students
• Mappin & Webb: the Park Street jeweller’s with two Royal warrants
• Win £250 to spend on sunglasses at David Clulow
• Lisa Warren thinks SmartLipo
• Honor Peters joins the many diners rejoicing that Mitch Tonks is back in town
• Harvey Nichols’ Louise McCrimmon makes a pudding with a difference
• A tour of the city’s best alfresco dining spots
• Win a YO! Sushi dinner party in your home – complete with conveyor belt
• Raffles and rifles: Vicky Green discovers a London she didn’t know still existed
• The latest from the Bristol business community
• Nicholas Wray, curator of Bristol University’s Botanic Garden
