Category: Local Interest

Embracing farce and remembering Lovejoy

Posted: February 20, 2018 • Posted in: Just for fun, Local Interest • Tagged: East Anglia

The face may be familar – Caroline Langrishe appeared in the locally filmed TV favourite Lovejoy – and now she has been back in the region in a comedy classic. More about her time playing opposite Ian McShane’s loveable rogue later. This winter Caroline has been among the all- star cast of How the Other […]

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An artist flourishing in her natural habitat

Posted: February 14, 2018 • Posted in: Local Interest • Tagged: Art, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Ruth Simpson is a contemporary artist living near Hessett in Suffolk and her studio is at the end of a quarter mile stretch of farm track. It is idyllic and the very reason Ruth’s love of painting has flourished. Having lived in Suffolk for 10 years she has got used to the rolling hills and […]

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Shelling out

Posted: February 8, 2018 • Posted in: Local Interest • Tagged: Colchester, Essex, Food

Customers – and the owner – of the Church Street Tavern can’t get enough of the Mersea Island oysters served up at this popular Colchester restaurant by head chef Ewan Naylon. “Do you need all these oysters?” Piers Baker, owner of the Tavern, sweeps through the kitchen and barely waits for an answer from head […]

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David Burr to sponsor Horseheath point-to-point

Posted: January 30, 2018 • Posted in: General News, Local Interest • Tagged: East Anglia, Horse Racing

A key venue for point-to-point racing in East Anglia for over 40 years, a day at Horseheath is a fabulous event for the whole family. Centered around the horse and rider rather than the betting opportunities presented, point-to-point racing is unique in the field of horse racing. Found four miles west of Haverhill, spectators can […]

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An artist beautifully adrift

Posted: January 15, 2018 • Posted in: Local Interest • Tagged: Art, Essex

Stephen Henderson was born on the Essex marshes shortly after his family moved down from London in the 1950’s. He is the son of renowned photographer and pop artist Nigel Henderson and mother Judith, a niece of Virginia Woolf. Stephen worked as a high end furniture and kitchen maker for 25 years before realising he […]

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Suffolk town named as 2017 Property Hotspot

Posted: December 22, 2017 • Posted in: General News, Local Interest

Sudbury has been named a property hotspot of 2017 by the property portal Rightmove. Displaying the highest annual asking price growth in the whole country, Sudbury is proving popular for homebuyers. With an average asking price of £265,291 – 13.1% higher than this time last year – Sudbury’s stock is definitely booming. Sudbury’s appeal […]

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Weird East Anglian Winter Rituals

Posted: December 12, 2017 • Posted in: Just for fun, Local Interest

Then there are the traditions which have even us Brits bemused. Burning clocks in Brighton, enthroning a Boy Bishop in Hereford or the Celebration of the Christmas Cheeses in Chelsea. All are customs that have survived the onset of time. In East Anglia we have some of these interesting traditions of our own. Here are […]

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East Anglia in Art

Posted: October 17, 2017 • Posted in: Local Interest • Tagged: Art, Lavenham, Suffolk, Woodbridge

East Anglia is known for its picturesque landscapes. Predominantly flat, the land seems to stretch out for miles. This creates beautiful countryside scenes, something which has not escaped some of our most revered artists. Constable Country is now a term of endearment for the area on the border of Suffolk and Essex where John Constable […]

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A brush with the past

Posted: August 29, 2017 • Posted in: Local Interest • Tagged: Essex, Sudbury, Suffolk

When did you first become interested in painting and art? From an early age, I was always drawing in sketch books, school exercise books, scraps of paper, etc. At Bulmer Primary School, I won several prizes for my illustration work, one was the 1970 Sunday Mirror’s Children’s Art Exhibition, where my work was hung […]

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What to look for when choosing a new primary school

Posted: August 7, 2017 • Posted in: Local Interest

According to research by the property portal Rightmove, 93% of parents consider schools when deciding if a location is right for them. An even more recent study by the same company suggests parents can be paying a premium of £52,000 to live in the successful admission area of an ‘outstanding’ state primary. It’s an important […]

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