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All coming up Rosé: Ridgeview’s sparkling methods
Wine | News
It might surprise you to know that mixing white wine with red wine does actually make rosé. But, as Emma at Ridgeview Estate explains, the devil is in the detail.
Jack in the Green, Hastings
Paint the town green on the Sussex coast
Every May Day weekend, the good folk of Hastings daub themselves with green paint, cover themselves in leaves and take to the streets to celebrate the coming of summer.
There are drummers everywhere, dancing giants, chimney sweeps (?) and processions, all culminating in the ritual killing of the Jack – the main guy in all of this – whose liberated soul releases the spirit of summer. It’s just a bonkers knees-up of course, and a very noisy one at that…
May Day weekend // Hastings
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The Star, Alfriston
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Chichester Festival Theatre is one of the UK’s flagship theatres, renowned for the exceptionally high standard of its productions as well as its work with the community and young people.
Oastbrook Estate
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Stay the night in your own private bolthole at Oastbrook Estate: an award-winning Susssex vineyard in the picturesque Rother Valley, a stone's throw from Bodiam Castle.
