insideKENT Magazine Issue 70 - January 2018 | Page 19

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NEW YEARS DAY WALK // 1 JAN
CLANGERS, BAGPUSS & CO // 1 JAN-14 FEB
The magical
worlds of The
Clangers and
Bagpuss are
explored in a
new exhibition
organised by the
V&A Museum of
Childhood.
Created by
Oliver Postgate
and Peter
Firmin, and
filmed in a barn
in rural Kent,
these characters brought new life to children's television. Clangers,
Bagpuss & Co is the first major retrospective of Smallfilms – Firmin and
Postgate's influential and much-loved production company and
includes films not seen for decades including Pogles Wood and Ivor
the Engine.
From 11am. Price: Included in admission (£12.50, children £6.10)
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Biddenden Road, Cranbrook TN17 2AB
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sissinghurst-castle-garden / 01580 710700
Come and start the year with a refreshing walk! A great way to start the
new year, just make sure you remember to wrap up warm and bring
your boots.
10am. Price: Free
Milton Creek Country Park, Green Porch Close,
Sittingbourne ME10 2HA
www.miltoncreek.co.uk / 01795 424341
TRACEY EMIN: MY BED // 1-14 JAN
ARSENAL LEGENDS // 7 JAN
Three Arsenal legends
grace the stage at the
Churchill Theatre in
Bromley to talk about
their brilliant careers
at Arsenal. Come and
join Paul Merson, now
on Sky Sports as a
pundit, along with the
‘Romford Pele’, Ray
Parlour, and Perry
Groves from
Talksport, as they
discuss games,
dressing
room/training ground stories, managers, fall outs and everything you
wanted to know about playing for a successful football club. There will
be a chance to put your questions across on the night to the lads.
Premium seats are available and include a meet-and-greet and a
photograph opportunity before the show.
8pm. Price: £29-£31
The Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA
www.churchilltheatre.co.uk / 020 3285 6000
THE BIG BROCANTE // 12-14 JAN
Tracey Emin’s iconic and controversial installation, My Bed, will be on
display alongside a collection of J. M. W. Turner's seascapes and stormy
skies, loaned from Tate’s collection and chosen by the artist. My Bed
famously features Emin’s own bed and gives a snapshot of her life after
a traumatic relationship breakdown. It offers ‘an unconventional and
uncompromising self-portrait through objects’, in which the artist
herself is absent. Originally made in Emin’s Waterloo council flat in
1998, and included in her Turner Prize exhibition in 1999, the bed is
on long-term loan to Tate following its purchase by a private collector
in 2014.
From 10am. Price: Free
Turner Contemporary, Rendezvous, Margate CT9 1HG
www.turnercontemporary.org / 01843 233000
A handpicked selection of
brilliant quality traders,
decorative homewares,
vintage and antiques, artisan
food, swing jazz and more
coming to The Hop Farm.
From 9am. Price: Free
The Hop Farm, Maidstone
Road, Paddock Wood
TN12 6PY
www.bigbrocante.co.uk
/ 01622 872068
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