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editorial@indexmagazine.co.uk OCTOBER NEWS Remembering the
People’s Princess To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the tragic and sudden death of Diana, Princess of Wales on 31st August, Royal Victoria Place in Tunbridge Wells marked the occasion with a special photographic display of her visit to offi cially open West Kent’s largest shopping centre back in 1992. The photographic display, entitled
RVP Remembers Diana, runs until 29th October and features photographs that tell the story of the Princess’ visit to RVP on that special day in 1992. Royal Victoria Place is extremely
Ahoy there me hearties
The New Beacon Centre, a multi-purpose facility that opened earlier this year, is the setting for a charity performance of Alexander L’Estrange’s nautical cantata, Ahoy! Sing for the Mary Rose at 7pm on Friday 13th October. The celebrated choral composer will be conducting his own work, which is based on the story of one of history’s most famous ships, the Mary Rose. Launched in 1511 during the reign of Henry VIII, the ill-fated ship sank during a sea battle with the French and was fi nally raised from the seabed in 1982. It now resides in the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth. The cantata was commissioned by Portsmouth Grammar School and Portsmouth Festivities in 2013 to mark its renovation. This energetic and upbeat combination of sea shanties and original Tudor music will be performed by a fi ve-piece band, some
of whom are former New Beacon pupils, plus choirs from Leigh Primary School, Walthamstow Hall, Kings Rochester School and New Beacon. The narrator is James Priory, Headmaster of Portsmouth Grammar School, who has been appointed as the new headmaster of Tonbridge School from September 2018, following the retirement of current Tonbridge headmaster Tim Haynes. • Tickets, costing £10 for children and £15 for adults, are available from The New Beacon School via
www.newbeacon.org.uk. All proceeds will go to the Hospice in the Weald.
proud of its royal heritage and links with Royal Tunbridge Wells. The town was granted the Royal Charter by King Edward VII in 1909 in recognition of the special esteem which the spa town had held in the heart of his mother Queen Victoria since she had fi rst visited the town as a child with her parents. The commemorative marble plaque that was unveiled by Princess Diana back in 1992 is still proudly displayed at the heart of the centre nearly 25 years on. On the sad news of her death, the plaque at Royal Victoria Place became a focal point for the town’s outpouring of grief with hundreds of fl oral tributes and messages being laid around it. • RVP Remembers Diana is on level 2 opposite Ernest Jones until 29th October. For more information, visit
www.royalvictoriaplace.com
Pulling all the right strings! The Tunbridge Wells Puppetry Festival returns to town on 13th and 14th October when a bigger, more varied line-up of award-winning entertainment will include world-class puppetry, animation and object theatre, an exhibition of costumes, puppets and masks from the West End production of Disney’s The Lion King, plus a programme of free outdoor events and much more. • For more information, and to buy festival tickets, call 01892 678678 or visit
www.twpuppetryfestival.org
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