A year in the life of Surrey Life – 2008

 

It has been an action packed year for us here at Surrey Life so far. While each edition is always packed with Surrey specific food and drink, arts and antiques, local history, property and interiors, days out and walks, as well as our well respected columnists, including the likes of PR guru Max Clifford and celebrity chef Tony Tobin. Here, are the cover highlights of 2008…

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JANUARY (ABOVE)

• 10 great ways to beat the January blues
• Sir Peter Hall – behind the scenes at the Rose Theatre, Kingston
• Your guide to the January sales: where to bag yourself a bargain
• Our literary landscape – we spoke to some of Surrey’s best known writers.
  Including Adele Parks, Adrienne Dines and Meg Gardiner
• Inside the Old Oxted home of TV’s queen of clean Kim Woodburn
• 12 of the best winter pub lunches
• What the future holds for Reigate’s Priory Park
• Through the keyhole of Guildford’s most historic house
• Exciting things to do in Esher this year

FEBRUARY (ABOVE)

• Mark Ramprakash on batting, ballroom and bowling maidens over
• Titanic special: The Surrey man who went down in history
• Gorgeous gardens: Your complete guide to the best places to visit
• Love is all around: Where to go this Valentine’s Day
• Back to work blues? Turn your home into a B&B
• Walking with llamas: Enjoy a trek on the North Downs
• Reigate: 10 brilliant reasons to move there
• Croydon: Why it’s now the county’s culinary capital
• Leatherhead: When Prince Charles came to visit

MARCH (ABOVE)

• Eamonn Holmes on fame, family and following in Parky’s footsteps
• The Michelin Guide: How our county’s restaurants fared
• Surrey’s Parakeets: Colourful companions or noisy pests?
• The WI: Motorbikes, nudity and booing Tony Blair…
• Inside Weybridge’s exclusive gated estates
• Your essential shopping guide to Richmond
• 17 brilliant ideas for the bank holiday weekend: From spring colour at Kew Gardens and meeting lambs at Bocketts Farm to Easter egg hunts across the county

APRIL (ABOVE)

• The Rich List: The county’s top 50 millionaires revealed
• Plus: Inside Surrey’s most expensive house
• Plus: Jacqueline Gold shares her secrets to success
• Plus: Around the county in an Aston Martin
• Our beautiful landscape in pictures
• 10 of the best places to see bluebells
• The wonders of Virginia Water
• Why we all love Leatherhead
• A shopper’s guide to Guildford

MAY (ABOVE)

• 20 must-see gardens: From Loseley Park’s roses and the magic of Polesden Lacey to
• topiary at Great Fosters and enchanting landscapes at Painshill
• Jacqueline Wilson: Tracy Beaker’s creator on growing up in Kingston
• What locals really think of the Epsom Derby
• Why we love Cobham’s cosmopolitan café culture
• Your essential shopping guide to Farnham
• 10 things you can’t miss at the Surrey County Show
• Lesley Garrett: ‘Why I can’t wait to sing at Wisley!’
• It’s the National Trust… but not as we know it! Welcome to Surrey’s newest tourist attraction

JUNE (ABOVE)

• Jemma Kidd on make-up, modelling and the ‘Guildford mafia’
• A rare chance to see inside Chelsea FC’s Cobham training ground
• 25 summer days out: From splashing around at Guildford Lido and cycling in the Surrey Hills to deer-spotting in Richmond Park
• All you need to know about Surrey Artists Open Studios
• The secrets of Reigate’s caves
• Your shopping guide to Sutton
• Claygate gears up for its festival

JULY (ABOVE)

• Nicholas Owen: ‘I’m not really a newsreader you know, I’m Reigate’s tourist information officer!’
• A little piece of Provence: Welcome to Surrey’s lavender farms
• Wimbledon special: LTA chief Roger Draper on sorting out British tennis
• 12 of the best summer pub lunches
• Charity shop chic: Where to bag a designer bargain
• Wacky races! The people behind Oxted’s pram dash
• Camberley’s many famous faces
• Your essential shopping guide to Ripley
• Why Epsom is the place to live

AUGUST (ABOVE)

• Phil Tufnell on fame, fortune and his fellow Kingswood residents
• The good life: Why owning an allotment has never been so popular
• On the tea shop trail: The best places for a cuppa and a cake
• All you need to know about golf in Surrey
• Cranleigh Show: Enjoy the finest rural fare
• Wimbledon Village: The county’s trendiest shopping spot
• 10 reasons to move to Weybridge

SEPTEMBER (ABOVE)

• When Keira Knightley came to Clandon Park for The Duchess
• Surrey's 50 top celebs: Where they live, how they found fame and the best places to spot them
• Heritage Open Days: Explore our hidden history
• Haslemere Food Festival: Your complete guide
• Wimbledon Village: The county’s trendiest shopping spot
• Focus on: Walton-on-Thames, Leatherhead, Box Hill, Purley
• PLUS: Education and wedding specials

OCTOBER (ABOVE)

• Autumn Special: Where to go for the best seasonal colour, 25 brilliant things to do in October and delicious local produce
• Katie Price on her family, horses and loving life in Surrey 
• Your complete guide to Surrey beer 
• Guildford Book Festival
• Agatha Christie and a Shere mystery
• Saving our stately homes - what the future holds for Albury Park
• Focus on: Woking, Caterham, Dorking, Godalming and Richmond

November (ABOVE)

• Places we love: Michael Aspel on Hampton Court Bridge, Nicholas Owen on Reigate Heath, Eamonn Holmes on Box Hill, Phil Tufnell on Tadworth Court and Penelope Keith on the Surrey Hills
• Bonnie Langford on shopping, skating and the school run
• How Guildford is beating the credit crunch
• Dragons' Den exclusive! 'I walked off with 200k'
• Surrey History Centre - from baseball and Newsnight to family trees
• Where to find the best fish and chips
• Focus on: Kingston, Chobham and Banstead

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