Posted: June 8, 2018 • Posted in: Local Interest
Summer is a time of sun. Of festivals, carnivals and celebrations. Here’s our rundown of some of the best events taking place in Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex this summer period. Music festivals in Suffolk Our region is a great county for festivals. In Suffolk, there is at least one festival a week between May and […]
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Posted: May 23, 2018 • Posted in: Local Interest, Rooftops Magazine
If you pop down to Lavenham Guildhall this summer you can discover stories from across five centuries of Suffolk history, including how prisoners were put to the lash and how 18th century used ingredients like live woodlice, peacock dung and crab eyes… sounding much worse than the ailments they were meant to cure! Although originally […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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