Dates for your diary….

Sat 24 Jul. Thismachine presents a six-hour musical comment  against the backdrop of Bob Farquhar’s ‘Pros and cons’.  The unreality of time. You are invited to comment. A different viewpoint on  “Doing Time”.  See Nick Weekes post below.

Sun 25 Jul @ 5pm in AF1. Discussion group on “Whither the Forum?”. Chaired by Sid Beynon. This discussion follows on from the discussion at the AGM. Come and add your viewpoint.

Thu 29 Jul. 7 for 7.45. Film in AF1. “A single Man”. Last film this season**

Fri 30 Jul. Private view in AF2 @ 6.30 – 8.30. Santiago Alcon.

Fri 6 Aug. Private view in AF1 @ 6.30 – 8.30. Clive Gross.

Sat 7 Aug @6.30. PV in the Gill Gallery, Norman Road. Forum members invited. Alan Rankle and Kirsten Reynolds “On the edge of Wrong”. Prints.

Sun 8 Aug. Meet the artist !!  Tea and cake. !!!!!  Clive Gross will be on hand in AF1 to discuss his work from 3-5. He will give a talk at 4pm.

Stop Press… 

Battle and District Art Group is holding its annual exhibition and all Forum members are invited to the private view on 29 July 6.30 – 8.30. 80 artists exhibiting 280 pics. For more info, see Stephen Cheeseman’s post below.

Member Discounts. Imågen – Gallery and Creative Framers of Hastings has joined our list of businesses who give a 10% discount to members on production of a member’s card. You can find Imåat at 20, Claremont. Other businesses offering discounts on production of a members card :–

Brookers, Norman road, SLOS – 10%

Expressions, Kings Road, SLOS – 10%

Relax Café / Restaurant , Marina SLOS – 10% on a meal 

Geraldine Wheeler is curating a ‘taster’ exhibition in AF 1 for Coastal Currents and has space for more exhibitors. The Taster runs 19 – 31 August. Please contact Geraldine on (01424) 433654 or email : geraldinewheeler@hotmail.com 

 

Bob Farquhar, “Pros and Cons”  in AF1 14 – 28 Jul.

Bob has spent some 32 years in prison, where he learnt to paint with Christine Berg, a former pupil of Kokoschka. During his ‘time’, Bob managed to stay ‘on the run’ for two years, during which time he was looked after by the King’s Cross girls. Bob is a Forum member now living in Sussex. For more images see:

      http://www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/artists/gallery/Bob+Farquhar

Zoom. (the painters’ section of Zoom) in AF2, 14 – 28 Jul.

Zoom is a local collective of artists, photographers and sculptors based in Hastings.  The members exhibiting here are all painters, have a strong visual response to the world around them and a probably irrational urge to share it with others.

Members taking part in this exhibition are:

Louise Etgart                     Denise Griffiths                  Kim Sherress

Sandra Everley                  Lydia Holtom                      Hayley Small

Marie Ford                           Ben Passmore                   Barbara Williams

All participating members are up and coming artists with a connection to Hastings College.  Ben Passmore has graduated with a Fine Art degree this year. Lydia Holtom, Kim Sherress, Sandra Everley and Marie Ford are all Fine Art degree students.  Louise Etgart has completed her Foundation Course and is beginning her Fine Art degree. Hayley Small also completed a Foundation Course and Barbara Williams and Denise Griffiths are continuing their studies in Fine Art at Hastings College as part-time students.

Forum at the Azur (AF3).  Brij Sharma, Chris Thomas, Jeremy Ebdon, John Plummer and Katherine Reekie. Also  see Mike Williams wood sculpture on the terrace balcony, made from mahogany, beech and oak inspired by William Blake’s “falling forms”.

Coming up…

Clive Gross in AF1, 29 Jul – 10 Aug.  “The Empty Empire – Landscapes from a Bankrupt Nation” Artist’s statement is attached to this bulletin.

“This new show covers a range of work taken in locations around the UK in then ten years since I moved out of London and down to the Sussex Coast. 

From faded seaside resorts that have been allowed to crumble into the sea; Cities that have had their industrial heart replaced by retail parks; Disused docks over-run with identical apartment blocks; and every town centre seemingly built from the same plan, this collection aims to look behind the façade of the economic boom we have been told we have just lived through and provide a snapshot of where we are as we begin to pay the bill for it. 

By looking at the choices we have made about what has been kept, what destroyed and what built in its place, this exhibition is not only about opportunities lost, but the possibility to do things differently if we take back control of our own environments.” Clive Gross

Santiago Alcon in AF2 , 29 Jul – 10 Aug. Santiago Alcon is a Spanish member of the Forum and is exhibiting with us for the first time. 

Heather Hookey in AF1. 12 – 17 Aug.

Taster, Coastal Currents in AF, 19–31 Aug. Curated by Geraldine Wheeler.      

Joan  Roche in AF2, 12 – 24 Aug. Joan is a recent DFL and is exhibiting her prints.

Sid Beynon and Peter Andow in AF2. “ Beach Art”. 26 Aug – 7 Sep.

Cathryn Kemp in AF1, 2 – 14 Sep 

Members’ Announcements…  

Nick Weekes posts : 

Thismachine is a musical group that doesn’t care to fit in with the industrialised ideology of music making. They are performing a large scale improvisation in AF1 on Saturday 24^th July as part of a season of  performances called “A – Series”

“A-series time has no planned framework ; thismachine is exploring impromptu sound as art and will be improvising works for 5-6 hours per exhibition: other than that, no predetermined musical forms, modes or other rules apply.”

The “A-series” refers to the work of JME McTaggart “The Unreality of Time” that sets out to demonstrate that time is an illusion. Further info on the internet : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unreality_of_Time

What  to expect? Three musicians nestled in separate corners of  the gallery (possibly)out of sight of each other improvising and reflecting in the gallery space as it floats through time.

Siobhan O’Hanlon posts  The Rye Society of Artists’  Summer Exhibition 2010, at the Boys Club on Mermaid Street, Rye, East Sussex opens with the Private View on Friday 6th August. The Exhibition runs from Saturday 7th August to Friday 3rd September inclusive. It is open every day during this period from 10.30 to 5.30. Forms are downloadable at  ryesocietyofartists.co.uk

Felipe Hewitt posts : I am a 58 year-old former life guard in Bermuda and in Brighton, now an experienced artists’ and hairdresser’s model. I am a Charles Laughton lookalike. References available.  Tel: 01273 275955.

Anna Casson posts :  I am a Life and portrait model. Tel; 7791794103

Marcus Leafe   – White Rock theatre bar. July and August. Paintings.

FILM

St Leonards Film Society. SLOS Film Soc is on holiday in August.

Thu, 29 Jul @ 7 for 7.45-   ’A Single Man’ (12A) UK 2009

MUSIC

Nancy Cooley posts. Calling all parents!!!! A new creative music course for children kicks off with a summer holiday course this August in the Reading Room, 12 Claremont in Hastings town centre.

Running from August 16^th to 20^th, ‘Magical Music Mornings’ is a week- long course full of singing, stories, movement, listening and instruments. There’s an hour each morning for 6-7yrs and for 8-9yrs in groups of between 12 and 15 children, and the sessions are designed imaginatively to encourage children to be creative and playful with music.

In September ongoing classes begin which will running throughout the year in term-time for the same age children, every Wednesday after school. And there are introductory workshops on two Wednesdays mornings, August 11^th and September 1^st.

The courses are led by Nancy Cooley, local musician, an experienced classical performer, choir and workshop-leader and teacher. 

For booking, prices and much more information please visit her website,

www.enchantedlark.co.uk

or you can email her on info@enchantedlark.co.uk

 

 

 Dates for your diary….

 Fri 6 Aug. Private view in AF1 @ 6.30 – 8.30. Clive Gross. 

Fri 6 Aug. @6 pm. Schumann anniversary at St Mary-in-the-castle 

Sat 7 Aug @6.30. PV in the Gill Gallery, Norman Road. Forum members invited. Alan Rankle and Kirsten Reynolds “On the edge of Wrong”. Prints. 

Sun 8 Aug. Meet the artist !!  Tea and cake. !!!!!  Clive Gross will be on hand in AF1 to discuss his work from 3-5. He will give a talk at 4pm.

Stop Press… 

Congratulations to Cathryn Kemp, who marries George Rose on the SLOS beach today, Saturday, 31 July. 

Lynn Painter – Stainers Prize. This prize is awarded to encourage creative representational painting and promote the skill of the draughtsman. First prize is £15,000 and five runner-up prizes of £1,000. Deadline for entries is 20 Sep (London). Entry forms at www.parkerharrisco.uk/downloads 

Member Discounts. Imågen – Gallery and Creative Framers of Hastings has joined our list of businesses who give a 10% discount to members on production of a member’s card. You can find Imåat at 20, Claremont. Other businesses offering discounts on production of a members card :– 

Brookers, Norman road, SLOS – 10%

Expressions, Kings Road, SLOS – 10%

Relax Café / Restaurant , Marina SLOS – 10% on a meal 

Geraldine Wheeler is curating a ‘taster’ exhibition in AF 1 for Coastal Currents and has space for more exhibitors. The Taster runs 19 – 31 August. Please contact Geraldine on (01424) 433654 or email : geraldinewheeler@hotmail.com  

Showing Now… 

Clive Gross in AF1, 29 Jul – 10 Aug.  “The Empty Empire – Landscapes from a Bankrupt Nation” Artist’s statement is attached to this bulletin. 

“This new show covers a range of work taken in locations around the UK in then ten years since I moved out of London and down to the Sussex Coast.

From faded seaside resorts that have been allowed to crumble into the sea; Cities that have had their industrial heart replaced by retail parks; Disused docks over-run with identical apartment blocks; and every town centre seemingly built from the same plan, this collection aims to look behind the façade of the economic boom we have been told we have just lived through and provide a snapshot of where we are as we begin to pay the bill for it. 

By looking at the choices we have made about what has been kept, what destroyed and what built in its place, this exhibition is not only about opportunities lost, but the possibility to do things differently if we take back control of our own environments.” Clive Gross 

Santiago Alcon in AF2 , 29 Jul – 10 Aug.

Santiago  Alcon was born in Jerez, Spain and is now living in London. 

Santiago studied art in Spain for two years, but says his training was biased towards the ‘traditional’ and classical life drawing. On the conclusion of his course, Santiago visited his sister in Edinburgh, an event  which was to have a profound effect on him. “ I was impressed by the range and diversity of art in the city – it was an awakening for me. I immediately set about enrolling in Edinburgh College of Art. 

“Another profound experience for me was my introduction to violence. I was with a group of friends visiting the gay quarter of Edinburgh, when we were set upon by a gang of skinheads, causing serious injury to my friends. This aroused deep anger in me and it affected the quality of my painting, I found myself using strong colours and the emotions aroused by the attack showed up in the intensity of my brush strokes. 

“Colour remains very important to me, whether it is the intense blue of the sky in Spain or whether it is the subtlety of the English  skies. However, I am now concentrating more on portraits.” 

Santiago’s next exhibition is “Art for Youth” in October in London.       

Forum at the Azur (AF3).  Brij Sharma, Chris Thomas, Jeremy Ebdon, John Plummer and Katherine Reekie. Also  see Mike Williams wood sculpture on the terrace balcony, made from mahogany, beech and oak inspired by William Blake’s “falling forms”. 

Coming up…

Heather Hookey in AF1. 12 – 17 Aug.  

A long time ago I was a librarian, then a hotelier, then a civil servant. When I retired I joyfully studied Fine Art at Hastings College of Art and Technology, completing the Foundation course followed by HNC and HND. I get fairly obsessive about painting and drawing but also enjoy sporadic gardening.

 Taster, Coastal Currents in AF, 19–31 Aug. Curated by Geraldine Wheeler.

 Joan  Roche in AF2, 12 – 24 Aug. 

Joan Roche is a painter based in St Leonards-on-Sea. She  came to London from Dublin in 1965 to study Fine Art and received her MA in 1978 from the Royal Academy Schools.

She maintained strong connections with the Schools’ alumni whilst combining her art practise with a career as senior lecturer in Fine Art between 1990 and 2010. This relationship with the Academy is sustained through attending weekly drawing sessions in the famed circular studio, an engagement deeply influencing her development. 

Working within the tradition of landscape painting, Joan works in a studio on the sea front in Marine Court, the apartment block above this gallery. The view from this ‘ocean liner’ charts the continuous flux of the sea’s surface; a vast plane of energy. The atmospherics complement a long-standing fascination with hydro-optics and natural light. Predominantly working in oil based media experimenting with brush, montage and print techniques, she draws directly from the environment that the town of St Leonard’s overlooks. 

She has shown work in a number of exhibitions in the U.K. and internationally including the R.A Summer Shows, the Centro Modigliana Florence and Poly Nation in New Delhi. Other awards include the Landseer Landscape Prize and the Royal Overseas League where she was presented to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. She is represented in notable collections worldwide in the Middle East, Australia and California.

Sid Beynon and Peter Andow in AF2. “ Beach Art”. 26 Aug – 7 Sep. 

Cathryn Kemp in AF1, 2 – 14 Sep  

George Robertson  in AF2 , 9 – 14 Sep.

 Members’ Announcements…  

Richard Swan is exhibiting at the Saffron Gallery,  Battle, 7 – 21 August with Anna Keiller. 

Siobhan O’Hanlon posts  The Rye Society of Artists’  Summer Exhibition 2010, at the Boys Club on Mermaid Street, Rye, East Sussex opens with the Private View on Friday 6th August. The Exhibition runs from Saturday 7th August to Friday 3rd September inclusive. It is open every day during this period from 10.30 to 5.30. Forms are downloadable at  ryesocietyofartists.co.uk

Felipe Hewitt posts : I am a 58 year-old former life guard in Bermuda and in Brighton, now an experienced artists’ and hairdresser’s model. I am a Charles Laughton lookalike. References available.  Tel: 01273 275955.  

Anna Casson posts :  I am a Life and portrait model. Tel; 7791794103 

Marcus Leafe   – White Rock theatre bar. July and August. Paintings.

FILM

St Leonards Film Society. SLOS Film Soc is on holiday in August.

Thu, 29 Jul @ 7 for 7.45-   ’A Single Man’ (12A) UK 2009

 MUSIC

Nancy Cooley posts. Calling all parents!!!! A new creative music course for children kicks off with a summer holiday course this August in the Reading Room, 12 Claremont in Hastings town centre. 16 – 21 August www.enchantedlark.co.uk

Schumann anniversary. Friday 6 August. St. Mary in the Castle Two recitals of songs.

 6pm    Songs from Liederkreis and Myrten

            Frauen-Liebe und Leben

            Duets

 8pm    Dichterliebe

 Singers: Mary Plazas: soprano, Louise Winter: mezzo, Paul Nilon: tenor

Pianist: Nancy Cooley

 £16 for entry to both recitals (concessions £14)

£10 for each (£8)

TICKETS FROM HASTINGS INFORMATION CENTRE

01424 451111

or at the venue on the day.

Mary Plazas has been singing with the Hallé and at Buxton Opera this summer.

 Louise Winter has sung major roles with Glyndebourne and English National Opera.

 Paul Nilon has just finished singing the title role in Mozart’s Idomeneo at the Coliseum in London.

 

 

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©Sandra Everley.” Pink and grey elephants” from Zoom group, exhibiting now in AF2  

        Dates for your diary….  

Sat 17 Jul. Gallery Talk in AF1 at 2.30.  Rod Harman talks to Bob Farquhar. 

Sun 18 Jul. Film evening. “Erasing  David”.  

Fri  23 Jul. PV for Zoom in AF2 at 6.30 – 8.30.

Sat 24 Jul. Thismachine presents a six-hour musical comment  against the backdrop of Bob Farquhar’s ‘Pros and cons’.  The unreality of time. You are invited to comment. A different viewpoint on  “Doing Time”

Stop Press… 

***Exhibition cancellation. We have a vacancy for one week, Wed 8 – Wed 15 September  in AF2. This may suit someone participating in the Hastings section of Coastal currents. Enquiries to AF1, FAO Annie Rae, 

The AGM was held successfully on Tuesday 13 July. The following members were elected to the committee.

Griselda Bear                                                         Alice Maylam

Jeremy Bear                                                           John Plummer

Patrick Glass                                                          Annie Rae

John Hacker                                                           Harry Snook

Rosie Harness                                                       Renee Thrower

Dorothea Huntrods                                              Nick Weekes

 Harry Lyons – Chair

 Alice Maylam is holding the Treasurership until a volunteer is found. The Secretaryship will be discussed at the next committee meeting.

 Q and A with film director David bond and Phil Booth —  This coming Sunday 18 July. Following on from the success of  a Question and Answer session earlier this month, using Skype, SLOS Film Society is having a second session of Q and A with film directors, David Bond and Phil Booth. See below under Film.  

Member Discounts. Imågen – Gallery and Creative Framers of Hastings has joined our list of businesses who give a 10% discount to members on production of a member’s card. You can find Imåat at 20, Claremont. Other businesses offering discounts on production of a members card :–

 Brookers, Norman road, SLOS – 10%

Expressions, Kings Road, SLOS – 10%

Relax Café / Restaurant , Marina SLOS – 10% on a meal

Geraldine Wheeler is curating a ‘taster’ exhibition in AF 1 for Coastal Currents and has space for more exhibitors. The Taster runs 19 – 31 August. Please contact Geraldine on (01424) 433654 or email : geraldinewheeler@hotmail.com  

Geraldine welcomes exhibitors and a fee of  £30 to cover expenses and the private view. Donations / Cheques should be made out  to “Hastings Arts Forum” and sent to Geraldine directly or via AF 1 and marked “ FAO Geraldine Wheeler”. Work is to be labeled and handed in at AF1 on Wednesday morning, 18 Aug.

 Whereas this “taster” is primarily for those taking part in the Coastal Currents Open Studios programme in September (first fortnight in Rye and the second fortnight in Hastings), there may be vacancies for those who are not part of the Coastal Currents programme.

Rye Society of Artists. The Rye Society’s Summer Exhibition opens with a private view on Friday 6 August. For further detail,  see Siobhan O’Hanlon’s post below.

 No 1 London Road (AF 4 ). The arrangement with ONE Sandwich Bar for exhibiting Forum members’ work is discontinued by mutual agreement as from July 2010. Battle Contemporary Fine Art Fair. (18 -26 September). is now in the closing stages of accepting submissions for the Battle Contemporary Fine Art Fair. Those who still wanting to submit, should do so before the closing date of Saturday 17th July – ie TODAY!! 

Showing Now… 

Bob Farquhar, “Pros and Cons”  in AF1 14 – 28 Jul.

Bob has spent some 32 years in prison, where he learnt to paint with Christine Berg, a former pupil of Kokoschka. During his ‘time’, Bob managed to stay ‘on the run’ for two years, during which time he was looked after by the King’s Cross girls. Bob is a Forum member now living in Sussex. For more images see:

      http://www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk/artists/gallery/Bob+Farquhar 

Zoom. (the painters’ section of Zoom) in AF2, 14 – 28 Jul. There are nine painters from the Zoom group, who are exhibiting in AF2. All are, or recently were, students . 

Zoom is a local collective of artists, photographers and sculptors based in Hastings.  The members exhibiting here are all painters, have a strong visual response to the world around them and a probably irrational urge to share it with others.

 Most of the painters of Zoom have come together here at Hastings Arts Forum to produce a distinctively diverse collection of artwork.  Our choice of media are just as varied, ranging from pencil through acrylic, oil, pastel, batik, mixed media collages, woodblocks and etchings.  Some of us approach the subject by painting and drawing what we see and others wait and see where the creative process takes them.   

Members taking part in this exhibition are: 

Louise Etgart

Sandra Everley

Marie Ford

Denise Griffiths

Lydia Holtom

Ben Passmore

Kim Sherress

Hayley Small

Barbara Williams 

All participating members are up and coming artists with a connection to Hastings College.  Ben Passmore has graduated with a Fine Art degree this year. Lydia Holtom, Kim Sherress, Sandra Everley and Marie Ford are all Fine Art degree students.  Louise Etgart has completed her Foundation Course and is beginning her Fine Art degree. Hayley Small also completed a Foundation Course and Barbara Williams and Denise Griffiths are continuing their studies in Fine Art at Hastings College as part-time students.                              

© Barbara Williams. “Posterior fossa bleed”. Zoom

 Forum at the Azur (AF3).  Brij Sharma, Chris Thomas, Jeremy Ebdon, John Plummer and Katherine Reekie. Also  see Mike Williams wood sculpture on the terrace balcony, made from mahogany, beech and oak inspired by William Blake’s “falling forms”.

 Coming up…  

Clive Gross in AF1, 29 Jul – 10 Aug. Photography with an eye to “rubbish”.

 Santiago Alcon in AF2 , 29 Jul – 10 Aug. Santiago Alcon is a Spanish member of the Forum and is exhibiting with us for the first time. 

  © Santiago Alcon : “Self Portrait” 

Heather Hookey in AF1. 12 – 17 Aug.

Taster for Coastal Currents in AF1, 19 – 31 Aug. Curated by Geraldine Wheeler. 

Joan  Roche in AF2, 12 – 24 Aug. Joan is a recent DFL and is exhibiting her prints.

Sid Beynon and Peter Andow in AF2. “ Beach Art”. 26 Aug – 7 Sep. 

Cathryn Kemp in AF1, 2 – 14 Sep 

 Members’ Announcements…  

Nick Weekes posts :  

Thismachine is a musical group that doesn’t care to fit in with the industrialised ideology of music making. They are performing a large scale improvisation in AF1 on Saturday 24^th July as part of a season of  performances called “A – Series” 

“A-series time has no planned framework ; thismachine is exploring impromptu sound as art and will be improvising works for 5-6 hours per exhibition: other than that, no predetermined musical forms, modes or other rules apply.” 

The “A-series” refers to the work of JME McTaggart “The Unreality of Time” that sets out to demonstrate that time is an illusion. Further info on the internet : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unreality_of_Time 

What  to expect? Three musicians nestled in separate corners of  the gallery (possibly)out of sight of each other improvising and reflecting in the gallery space as it floats through time.

Siobhan O’Hanlon posts  The Rye Society of Artists’  Summer Exhibition 2010, at the Boys Club on Mermaid Street, Rye, East Sussex opens with the Private View on Friday 6th August. The Exhibition runs from Saturday 7th August to Friday 3rd September inclusive. It is open every day during this period from 10.30 to 5.30.          Forms are downloadable at :- ryesocietyofartists.co.uk 

Non-members who would like to submit their work need to download and fill in the Non-Members Entry Form. Works should be handed into the Boys’ Club, Mermaid Street, Rye between 6.30 to 9.00pm on THURSDAY EVENING, 29th July . Please bring in you completed form and an SAE for notification. 

Felipe Hewitt posts : I am a 58 year-old former life guard in Bermuda and in Brighton, now an experienced artists’ and hairdresser’s model. I am a Charles Laughton lookalike. References available.  Tel: 01273 275955.

Anna Casson posts :  I am a Life and portrait model. Tel; 7791794103

Marcus Leafe   – White Rock theatre bar. July and August. Paintings.

FILM…

St Leonards Film Society. Future Screenings.( All in AF1 @7.30)

Sun, 18 Jul -  ‘Erasing David’ (12A) UK 2010 + Q&A with director, David Bond and Phil Booth (NO2ID). Synopsis below.

Once the bastion of freedom and civil liberties, the UK is now one of the most advanced surveillance societies in the world – ranked third after Russia and China. The average UK adult is now registered on over 700 databases and is caught daily on one of the 4 million CCTV cameras located on nearly every street corner in the country. Increasingly monitored, citizens are being turned into suspects. But if you’ve got nothing to hide, surely there’s nothing to fear?

When David receives a letter informing him that his daughter is among 25 million residents whose details have been lost by the government’s Child Benefit Office, he begins a journey that will see him hounded across Europe.

David soon discovers some alarming truths about what the government and private companies already know about ordinary citizens. He meets people who have been caught in the crossfire of the database state and have had their lives shattered.

 ’As his concern grows, he makes a life-changing decision. He will leave his pregnant wife and child behind and put himself under surveillance for thirty days. The UK’s top Private Investigators are hired to discover everything they can about him and his family – and track David down as heverything they can about him and his family – and track David down as he attempts to vanish. Is it still possible to live a private, anonymous life in the UK? everything they can about him and his family – and track David down as he attempts to vanish. Is it still possible to live a private, anonymous life in the UK? everything they can about him and his family – and track David down as he attempts to vanish. Is it still possible to live a private, anonymous life in the UK? everything they can about him and his family – and track David down as he attempts to vanish. Is it still possible to live a private, anonymous life in the UK?