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Alan Davies Back on the road

Interview Star stories from Douglas Thompson

Weddings 34 page special

Holiday tips from money saving expert Martin Lewis Plus What’s On, Food & Drink, Health, Gardening, Property, Interiors, Fireplaces, Arts and much more from around the region

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Contents

This month’s cover

September 2012

Essex-born comedian Alan Davies takes to the road for the first time in over a decade.

See page 11 for details.

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My wedding day was certainly the best day of my life and it is so important to get it right, from the bride’s dress to the bridesmaid’s make-up, the venue to the catering.

The first of our two-part wedding special has some great ideas for your big day, including how to make a few things yourself for that extra special personal touch.

We also focus on education this month alongside all our regulars – and we’ve some great Hollywood tales from Suffolk writer Douglas Thompson. Have a great September!

John Boston, Editor

6 INTERVIEW We meet prolific Suffolk writer Douglas Thompson who has met, interviewed and hung out with some of the word’s biggest stars.

11 AROUND THE REGION Snippets from the region, new movies and more.

15 PROPERTY Home improvements that will add value to your home.

19 INTERIORS Some great ‘back to school’ ideas.

23 FIREPLACES Ways to give your home a lovely warm glow this winter.

29 GARDENING It’s time to start thinking ahead to spring, says Sylvia Newman.

33 FOOD & DRINK Great places to eat fish and seafood.

39 MONEY Money saving expert Martin Lewis gives his 10 quick tips to drive down the cost of motoring.

42 CONSUMER Advice on doorstep sellers from Dean Dunham.

45 MOTORING Sue Cooke test drives the new Mercedes B class.

47 HEALTH Learning to love your sleep plus hearing and voice problems.

55 EDUCATION We look at how to cope with new term blues, choosing a school and a music education projects in Cambridge.

70 WEDDINGS A packed section begins here with fashion, a real-life wedding, bridesmaid beauty, handmade wedding ideas, tips for older brides, upcoming wedding shows and much more.

105 ARTS We take a look at this month’s Cambridge Glass Fair and Collette Hoefkens picks some must-see exhibitions.

109 CAMBRIDGESHIRE Events around the county this month.

117 NORFOLK We take a look at Downham Market and King’s Lynn, plus all this month’s events.

129 SUFFOLK The county’s best events and a trip to Hadleigh, Stowmarket, Felixstowe and Ipswich.

151 HERTS BEDS & BUCKS A focus on Hertford and lots of things to do this month.

159 ESSEX A round-up of the best events in the county this month.

162 SPOTLIGHT Aldeburgh Beach Lookout and Art House.

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Interview

Star stories Tom Cruise, Richard Burton, Reg Kray, De Niro, Travolta…

Douglas Thompson has met, interviewed and hung out with them all. Lee Bury went to Suffolk to meet the prolific writer.

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ou evaluate all around you in headlines,’ says the author and adventurous newspaperman Douglas Thompson, adding ‘ and for the moment mine is: THE MAFIA, MOVIES, MARILYN MONROE, THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND ME. ‘Oh, and Christine Keeler....’

This year the prolific writer has published books involving Hollywood, Marilyn and the Mob, the Mafia’s infiltration into 1960s London, a collaboration with Christine Keeler on the fiftieth anniversary of the start of the Profumo Affair, and the first insider’s story of the Muslim Brotherhood, the world’s most powerful political group.

He’d just returned to Suffolk from Cairo and last moment editing of the Arabic version of his controversial Muslim Brotherhood book, the authorised biography of their towering talisman Youssef Nada, when we met at his home in the medieval village of Lavenham.

‘Suffolk is a wonderful place to slow down and work through all the ideas and messages you’re bombarded with – there’s a Force Five information hurricane ongoing. There’s a sermon in every situation and it’s wise to try to take only what is accurate and valuable from it.

‘Someone is always telling you what to think and I’m as guilty as anyone of being seduced by the most attractive narrative. Still, you have to go with the accurate and sometimes mundane.’

Yet, there’s nothing ordinary about Douglas Thompson and his work, which has taken him around the world several times. He lived and worked as a Fleet Street correspondent and

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Michelle Pfeiffer and Christine Keeler’s life story, available earlier this year as Secrets and Lies – have always made headlines.

In Mafialand, which was published this month (September, 2012) he not only reveals American organised crime’s infiltration of gambling in the UK but finally, after nearly half a century, the truth of how world champion boxer Freddie Mills was murdered. In The Dark Heart of Hollywood (September) he draws on more than forty years of interviewing movie stars and behind-the-scenes Hollywood investigations to reveal astonishing tales of the Mob and the movie moguls. And why the latest With Reg Kray Daniel Craig as James Bond in 007’s columnist for more than twenty years newest outing Skyfall will be out on in Los Angeles, reporting on everything pirate DVDs before it opens in cinemas in the next few weeks. from earthquakes and world He’s always been attracted by good heavyweight boxing championships, stories – and vice versa – and believes volcanic eruptions to Presidential he got the best of Hollywood. The assassination attempts (Gerald Ford, huge movie stars of the past were still twice, Ronald Reagan), the murder of around and a new generation was John Lennon and the tragic end of pushing through:‘The Rat Pack – Elvis Presley.

He likes the off-beat, the quirky. ‘I’ve Sinatra and Dean Martin and the others – were still with us and the Brat always been told I’m good with mad Pack – Tom Cruise, Nic Cage, Sean people – and it’s where you encounter Penn and Charlie Sheen – were the crazier and often,by emerging so you could enjoy the stories definition,more intriguing stories, like of the past and be part of the new ones. the one about the murder of a lawyer On one day I interviewed Robert on his way to consult a spirtualist Mitchum before lunch,Tom Cruise about his future. Or the politician in after, which, believe me, was the right San Francisco who had his mother frozen in a cryonic facility to be revived way to do it. In the evening I was on a film set with John Huston and we when science could cure what killed talked about everything from The her: there was a power failure and he sued for five million dollars because his African Queen and The Maltese Falcon to the football movie Escape to Victory mum melted. Great headline.’

His books – on Madonna, Clint with Michael Caine and Pele and Eastwood, John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Bobby Moore. Magical stuff.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Dudley Moore, ‘Robert Mitchum was a great foil for billion dollar dancer Michael Flatley, Huston and they were similar in so Douglas with Robert De Niro

Douglas in Tahrir Square

many ways, especially with the ease with which they worked; they did make it look easy. Mitchum and Huston could tell stories about post-war moviemaking like few others.

They never stinted on the colourful.

Mitchum especially. He claimed Huston killed Clark Gable for pushing him too hard while making The Misfits (1961) with Marilyn Monroe.

‘One afternoon at John and Bo Derek’s ranch near Santa Barbara my movie fascination was given a true Dante challenge. The choice was talking in the kitchen about Humphrey Bogart whom he’d worked with or looking with Bo at naked pictures of her on a big screen and discussing the merits for a magazine cover. I took the “Playboy” option and dragged John Derek and his stories into the screening room and studied the photographs.

‘I went for a lunchtime interview with Margaux Hemingway at the Russian Tea Room in New York and she’d got the day wrong and was somewhat emotional – she’d arrived the day before. And waited.

Jamie Lee Curtis took the handcuffs off her bedpost and asked me to hold on to them…

‘Jamie Lee Curtis took the handcuffs off her bedpost and asked me to hold on to them while she was photographed – she thought they’d be better out of the picture. Sonia Bragga insisted I had to lie in bed with her to do an interview for the movie True Crime but I’m sure Eastwood, who directed her ,put her up to that. In no particular order Frank Sinatra, Sean Connery, Bruce Forsyth, Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly told me in extremely clear terms to get lost when I intruded at delicate moments in the calamity of their lives. Larry Hagman in his J.R. heyday on Dallas had me march down Malibu Beach with him in a brass band style trot for reasons inexplicable but irresistible.

‘Nic Cage, who I did a book on, was great fun. He absolutely thinks he’s Elvis. He tried to convince me that champagne and red wine were good for my cholesterol. I think by the end he had pretty much convinced himself

it could also help you walk across water. John Travolta was also one of the good guys. He took his work but not himself seriously. He had an old-fashioned courtesy around him.

He’s had some hard knocks in the past couple of years, the death of his son, the salacious stories, but he’s never played the blame game.

‘Richard Burton said that Clint Eastwood had “lethargic energy” but I found Burton had a startling prescence. It wasn’t just the voice but the eyes that glued on to you, kept you in place. Once when he announced some ludicrous something or other with Liz Taylor I was about to question the credibility of it when his eyes caught me and shut me up. Hey, if it had made sense it wouldn’t have been on the front page next day.

‘I met Dennis Hopper during his clean and sober period and he was a hugely intelligent and likeable man.

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been told. I was in Taos in New Mexico writing about D.H. Lawrence’s “lost” naughty paintings when this wonderful man who’d known Lawrence and had custody of the paintings befriended me. My daughter was about three years old then and till the day Saki died when she was twenty she got a giant teddy bear delivered on her birthday. He was kind and said he had looked after Dennis Hopper when he was on self-destructive binges consuming giant quanitites of cocaine and litres of Bacardi and totally paranoid with all the drugs and the drink. Saki had to keep him on a leash and away from his guns. Later, when I spoke to Hopper about it he said Saki had helped save his sanity. “It was very bad. I was filming in Mexico and I was found running naked through the cacti in the desert. The movie company put me on a ‘plane back to Los Angeles. I tried to get out of the ‘plane at thirty thousand feet which was about the point I thought I should try for some help.”’

The trick of Douglas Thompson’s career has been his vast interests. In the

mid-1990s he began splitting his time between California and an Essex farm house when it was time for serious school for his Hollywood born daughter. As well as writing movie star biographies he began work on an early volume of Christine Keeler’s memoirs which in itself led to a series of books about 1960s London crime including The Hustlers, which this year was optioned for film development. When Reg Kray, one of the most infamous gangsters of the 1960s, was dying, aged 66, from bladder cancer at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital in Norwich it was Thompson who was asked by Kray’s estate to carry out the last print interview with the notorious twin.

‘It was a strange conversation with a man who had become a British figure for all the wrong reasons. He pushed himself forward as a man who was an example to kids how NOT to live your life. Yet, he never admitted or apologised for anything he or his brother Ronnie did. He got out of hospital for a couple of nights and died in the honeymoon suite at the Beefeater Town House Hotel in Norwich. And I’ve no idea why I recall such details.’

But it has always been the details that mattered. He spent a couple of weeks interviewing Nick Nolte on the Borneo jungle set of the movie Farewell To The King and trivia counted:’ It was only after a couple of days that I realised the movie extras were head-hunters in their day jobs. It made you lock the tent door as it were...’

He is back in the headlines again with Inside the Muslim Brotherhood, published this summer, which is the authorised biography of Youssef Nada who spent more than 40 years as the group’s international commissioner.

Nada’s friend Mohammed Morsi is now the first elected President of Egypt and his contacts range worldwide including most heads of state. Thompson has had a lifetime interest in the Middle East.

It began with his newspaper coverage of the Black September crisis in 1970 including the Dawson’s Field hijackings and the arrest and release -- after the British Government negotiated with Palestinian guerillas -- of Leila Khaled.

After she was freed, Khaled, photographed with her shouldered AK-47 and wearing a kaffiyeh, became an icon, the world’s most famous Palestinian guerrilla. It was during the negotiations from her release and her detention in West London that Thompson established strong contacts with the variety of parties involved.

These contacts were invaluable in his reporting on the dark side of politics, from IRA gun running and training to high profile murder plots and assassinations throughout Europe and America. This included the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979. The contacts also provided pivotal leads in an acclaimed magazine investigation into the 1987 bombing of Korean Airlines Flight 858.

The ‘plane, flying from Abu Dhabi to Seoul, exploded over the sea near Burma, killing all 115 on board.

Thompson’s coverage explained the terrorist trail --from Japan to Moscow, Budapest, Vienna,Belgrade and Baghdad -- in their mission to bring chaos to the preparations for the Olympic Games in South Korea. Also, how the liquid explosives were transported in a transistor radio and armed. The following year he was involved in trying to establish some truth about the Lockerbie bombing amid the intelligence and diplomatic chaos between America and the UK. One longtime friend, a former UAE diplomat in Washington and Government adviser, who is now based in Abu Dhabi, invited Thompson to conduct a journalistic investigation on behalf of the head of one of that country’s leading families. Following that success the UAE diplomat introduced him to Youseff Nada who had decided it was time to tell his story.

It is already making headlines.

Yet, as he prepares in Lavenham for book projects which will take him back to America and north Africa, his headline heart remains in San Francisco.

It was in a striptease club there that a gangster was beheaded in a Mob assassination and above the next day’s news report was: HEADLESS MAN IN TOPLESS BAR. eastlife.co.uk|9

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Comedian and actor Alan Davies, this month’s cover star, returns to the live stage this autumn with his first tour for over a decade.

It follows a series of gigs in Australia, which revived his interest in live performance. “I haven’t done a stand-up tour for 12 years,” he says. “We went out to Australia and we did QI live, and while I was there I did a stand-up tour. It was great, I really loved it.”

The QI favourite grew up in Loughton, Essex and is most famous for his title role in David Renwick's Bafta-winning comedy drama Jonathan Creek. “I used to tire of touring and all the hotels... but actually now I’ve got small children and I’m always exhausted I like being on my own. Plus they provide half the material for this show.”

You can catch his new tour – Life is Pain – at Milton KeynesTheatre (7 October, 01908 606090); Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea (3 November, 01702 351135); Cambridge Corn Exchange (6 November, 01223 357851); Alban Arena, St Albans (7 December, 01727 844488); and Ipswich Regent (14 December, 01473 433100)

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FIVE great new films in cinemas...

Anna Karenina Set in late-19th-century Russia high society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. Glorious historical drama starring Keira Knightley, Aaron Johnson, Jude Law and Matthew Macfadyen. Fri 7th

The Sweeney Ray Winstone takes on the role of hardened detective Jack Regan in this gritty big screen version of the 1970s hit TV show. Sidekick George Carter is played by Ben Drew and Damian Lewis and Kara Tointon also stars. Weds 12th

Hope Springs After thirty years of marriage, a middleaged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship. Comedy drama starring Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones and Steve Carell.

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That’s My Boy While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd's world comes crashing down when Donny resurfaces just before Todd's wedding.

New comedy starring Adam Sandler. Fri 7th

Looper In 2072, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Action thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brice Willis and Emily Blunt. Fri 28th

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Running from 13-23 September the 32nd Cambridge Film Festival is back with a feast of exciting events, premieres, and screenings – from established classics to startling new works.

Held at the Arts Picturehouse in Cambridge, the Festival revisits some Hitchcock classics, pays homage to Catalonia with films from the region, revives the heady days of the Scala cinema, focuses on new work from Estonia and masterpieces from veteran Italian director Francesco Rosi, and presents its regular feast of German Contemporary Cinema. The Family Film Festival is back with a special treat for Roald Dahl Day (13 September), there are Late Night Frights for horror fans, and we have a huge array of screenings of classic and popular films popping up in unusual locations.

Highlights this year include: Hope Springs, a new romantic comedy starring Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones, Woody Allen's To Rome With Love, and the eagerly anticipated film from Jack Kerouac's classic novel On The Road.

There’s also a great programme of outdoor screenings this month in Cambridge, Saffron Walden and Norfolk’s Felbrigg Hall.

Event and location info is available online via www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk and tickets can be bought by calling 0871 902 5720

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Value added improvements Not every home improvement will increase the price of your home. Mike Bidwell, Director Fine & Country Cambridge offers advice Home improvements might make a house more marketable but won’t always add value, so don’t launch into expensive projects just because you expect to make a killing when you sell.

It’s also worth knowing which jobs are most likely to recoup your investment and what you should expect to make a loss on.

BEST INVESTMENTS Extra space: A loft conversion,

conservatory or extension can add more than 10 per cent to your home’s value, providing it’s done well and you don’t lose the entire garden.

Kitchens: A large, well-designed kitchen is on most buyer wish lists and can add up to 15 per cent to a property’s value, so install the best you can afford. Don’t let it get too dated either. Overhauling tiles, door handles or flooring to keep up with trends can pay off.

Parking: If you have space to add off-road parking it’s money well spent, as it’s one of the top requests and can add £10,000 and sometimes a great deal more to your home’s value depending on where it’s located.

Insulation: Double-glazing and central heating are expected in every home now. New energy-efficient windows and heating systems won’t just improve your prospects of selling, they’ll save you money on heating bills and add around four per cent to the value of your home.

Bathrooms: Today’s buyers want luxury fittings – sometimes referred

to as a ‘hotel bathroom’ but steer clear of the fashion for removing a bath altogether, many families still like to have a tub. Installing an extra bathroom could even add around 15 per cent to your home’s value but not if it means you lose a bedroom.

Solar panels: Expensive to install, they pay for themselves in around 10 to 15 years but a recent survey found people were willing to pay more for a house with renewable energy and such homes tend to sell faster, especially as such a high proportion of the population are becoming green conscious. Add this to the reduction in bills and it might be worth considering as a long-term investment.

NO RETURNS Swimming pools: Probably the least

wanted improvement. They take up space, are costly to run and maintain, so few buyers are prepared to pay for them. Having one can even devalue or make your home harder to sell.

Basement extensions: Very trendy right now and might help sell a house. However, the cost of doing the job well can run to tens of thousands of pounds and would be unlikely to increase the value of your home enough to pay for itself.

Garden improvements: A well-maintained garden will help sell a property but it’s not worth spending a fortune on new decking, paving and water features to try to push the price up, you simply won’t recoup your money.

Brutal modernisation: Ripping out period features to make a home look more contemporary should be avoided. Most buyers prefer original fireplaces, plasterwork and wood panelling and are happy to pay for them.

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So the long Summer holiday is over and it is back to School. With this in mind I have used Education and Learning as inspiration and have selected a few ideas to focus on. Feasible ideas to enhance everyday learning, to make it fun and do-able at home as well as being entertaining for all ages… Fenella Fairrie.

Back to school Time check Clocks are always a great addition to the home. Go bold in size and in colour if you dare and a practical object will become a stylish statement. Heighten awareness of time around the world, with London, Paris, Tokyo and New York at a glance. With easy to read, clear clock faces the Newgate World Travellers Clock combines fun with function and displays a combination of contemporary, retro style and colour.

A good talking point and you can all keep time tabs on family or friends who live abroad. This particular clock made by Newgate is available from www.johnlewis.com in Norfolk and Cambridge.

Desk and chair An inspired desk and chair set is one sure fire way to create a bit of studious interest in the early years. It is a rather ‘grown up’ piece of furniture to have and with so many great designs; traditional, modern and everything in between, it will no doubt prove a popular as well as useful addition to any bedroom or study.

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Wall of books Technology is awesome however, being old school in part, I will never be able to give up books. I love how they look and they can and should be used to enhance a room and add colour and interest to your home. So from a wall of books to a simple bookcase make space in your home. The rainbow of coloured spines and variety of sizes makes a visual impact and I think, in this case more is definitely more. Sorting by author or subject can become an ongoing project and engage all ages while the collection grows. A simple bookcase design is often most effective with the focus then being on the shelves and their contents. Add some steps or a ladder for stylish and fun practical purpose. This image demonstrates my point.

This World Wall Map is supplied on wallpaper to make it easy for you to fit it in any room in your house or office.

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You can embellish with markers, photos, postcards and notes.

Highlight where you have been on holiday, stick on postcards and stamps and any other sort of memorabilia and it will become a giant, collage art work of interest. Have a look at www.mapsinternational .co.uk for details of the paper shown here.

Black out A blackboard wall is easy to achieve and will provide constant entertainment for all the family.

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Flaming good ideas Even if you can’t stretch to original detail, modern fireplace additions can still be fantastically good at helping conjure up that cosy, snuggly atmosphere.

WINTER will soon be upon us and it would lovely to have a roaring fire going in the living room. These days gas and electric ones are often the modern choice for seeing off chills, although old-fashioned coal and log fires are still popular and create a wonderful snuggly atmosphere.

Antique mantelpieces and accessories can greatly add to the cosy effect and are sure to make a fantastic addition to any room in your home. Generally speaking such items can be picked up relatively easily and even car boot sales are likely to have their fair share of bargains.

There are also suppliers around the country that reclaim old fireplaces, as well as experts who can restore existing ones to their former glory, neither of which are necessarily expensive, although costs do vary.

Fireplaces and tiles are often still ripped out of original buildings and discarded, then salvaged and re-sold, so fire fenders, stoves and tiles can be hunted down too.

The result in your home can be truly unique.

It’s rare, however, for old tiles to survive intact and although they’re small they can be costly. A set of Wedgwood transfer-printed seasonal fireplace tiles dating from the 1870s, for example, would be worth around £300 to £400. If this is too pricey but you happen to stumble across some, consider purchasing one individually then using it as a coaster or

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Even if you don’t have an authentically old or real open fire in your house, something like a fire screen or fire guard can look great.

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Better quality, special or intricate designs and old age tend to be reflected in a higher price.

One word of commonsense: if you have a screen that you’re particularly fond of, especially if it incorporates fabric, make sure you keep it well away from the fire when it’s on, to avoid any damage. Keep it out of direct sunlight too, because this can fade the colours.

Other fireside accessories can have just as much appeal, such as coal buckets, which can cost as little as £25 for originals, or less for modern imitations. Even if you don’t use coal they can be filled with dried flowers or simply used as a magazine and newspaper tidy.

Sets of pokers, coal scoops and brushes can be lovely additions too, as can mantelpiece covers.

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Home is where the hearth is LAST winter were you sitting staring at your empty fireplace thinking just how nice it would be to see a warm rosy glow in there and bask in its cosiness? And are you still sitting in front of it now thinking exactly the same thing?

Well, if you are, then this would be a really good time to create for yourself a warm, welcoming hearth that doesn't necessarily have to cost the earth.

These days technology, performance and sheer good looks go hand in hand with one another because there is now such a wide range of gas, solid fuel, oil and wood burning appliances available that bring together all of the warm, cosy benefits you long for coupled with increasingly higher standards of efficiency and cleanliness.

Even though most people have central heating these days they still hanker after that real fire to add that extra little touch of direct warmth and seasonal bonhomie to their home.

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If you want to go for something different the choice is huge because there's never been a wider range of appliances to choose from - There are well over 1000 specialist stove and fire shops all over the UK. The National Fireplace Association is again a really great starting point.

They publish a year book that is probably the most comprehensive guide of its kind and lists hundreds of local, approved showrooms where you can see for yourself what's available.

If you haven't got a chimney at all, remember there are a number of flame-effect gas fires available now which can be fitted but, of course, any gas installation must be carried out by a CORGI approved installer.

The efficiency of gas flame fires or solid fuel units will generally be lower than for units that heat water and provide central heating. But huge improvements in efficiency have been made in recent years so it's always worth asking about the efficiency of any unit before buying and, in particular, looking for a unit with

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It is a fact that convected warm air units will give you more heat for your money, and so will solid fuel room heaters where the fire is behind glass doors.

Efficiency is greatly increased with solid fuel open fire appliances, by proper fixing to the hearth and sealing with fire cement, to avoid excess air reaching the fire.

In some circumstances a solid fuel living room open fire with a back boiler can be linked up to the main heating system and can provide much of the heating load when the fire is in use.

Also, if there's a radiator in the room where you have your open fire, it makes sense to have a thermostatic radiator valve to save energy when the fire is in operation.

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Time for planting bulbs… already?

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when we were delighted at the sight of bulbs poking through the borders and lawns. After months of extreme weather conditions, the time of year to start thinking about next year’s spring display is already upon us.

Bulbs of all kinds will start to become available in the garden centres from now on. It’s not surprising that they become available this early – if you come across last year’s daffodils in the border, you will see that they are already putting out fibrous roots from the base of the bulb.

The first signs of relief from the winter gloom come with sightings of snowdrops (Galanthus) and aconites (Eranthis hyemalis). Unlike most bulbs, snowdrops need dampish soil from autumn right through to spring and are often best planted ‘in the green’ – which means digging them up when they’re in full flower preferably from someone’s else’s garden and transplanting them to their new position – a particularly good trick if you’ve forgotten to plant them in the autumn. (However, I must emphasise that digging up any bulbs or flowers from the wild is an offence, so don’t be tempted to do this under any circumstance.)

In my garden, the next welcoming sights to be seen are from the Narcissus family of bulbs, which covers all those bulbs more commonly known as daffodils. Depending on the weather, there are varieties which will bloom at various times over a 6-8 week period. The petite N. ‘February Gold’ is one of the earlier varieties to flower – this has smaller, more delicate flowers and stands around 30cm tall and looks stunning when planted in

bold groups. These are also useful for planting in tubs and are often found in garden centres early in the year already in flower, having been tricked into flowering early especially to brighten our homes. Always a welcome gift received for no other reason than giving. Other RHS recommendations include N. ‘Tete-a-Tete’, N. ‘Paper White’ and N. ‘Rip van Winkle’.

Tulips are amongst the most popular of bulbs, valued for their brilliant flower colours and shapes. To produce a stunning spring display consciously choose a colour scheme.

Once you’ve chosen the colours, the next most important thing is to remember to choose varieties that also flower at the same time.

This information may not be available on the packaging, but it will be available on the internet. Again, Tulips look good in a border or in pots and tubs. A subtle combination that should flower at similar times is: Tulipa ‘Spring Green’, Tulipa ‘Queen of Night’ and Tulipa ‘White Triumphator’.

Known as ornamental onions, Alliums are a must have in the garden.

They are grown for their showy flower heads, which come in a wide range of sizes and shades of blue, purple, white and yellow. Even when the plants die back, the dried flower heads look attractive in the garden. Out of the many varieties to choose from, Allium ‘Purple Sensation’ is ideal for planting in drifts within borders. The often straggly leaves begin to die down at, or just before, flowering, and for this reason they are best planted behind or between the foliage of other plants and not on their own.

From top Allium ‘Purple Sensation’; Galanthus nivalis; Tulipa ‘Queen of Night’; Tulipa ‘Spring Green’; Narcissus ‘February Gold’

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A boost of liquid seaweed fertiliser will help restore those evergreen shrubs which have turned a sickly yellow.

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Start a compost bin with layers of greenery, layers of soil, a dusting of activator. Place all non-wood plant material and leaves, in between lawn clippings, into the container. Don’t put any roots onto the compost as these can harbour disease. Only use brown-black well rotted material which is found at the bottom of the heap.

Sow winter lettuce. Later in the month, plant up spring cabbage in weed-free soil. Earth up leeks and celery as a protection against wind damage. Sow lettuce and salad onions in frames. Put grease bands around apple tree trunks to trap winter moths.

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Leigh-on-Sea 01702 716645 simplyseafood.co.uk Essex Fishmarket Restaurant Established for five years, here you’ll find fabulous seafood hand picked from Billingsgate fish market on a daily basis.

Benfleet 01268 794869 fishmarketrestaurant.co.uk Essex The Company Shed Probably one of the best known eateries of its kind just take your own bread and drink and enjoy lunch consisting of seafood platters, seared scallops, grilled tiger prawns and grilled mussels, homemade

fish pates, locally smoked salmon, freshly cooked crabs, lobsters and more.

Be prepared to queue! West Mersea 01206 382700 the-company-shed.co.uk Essex Alec's Restaurant Bar & Grill The latest project by Alec Smith, formerly of Smiths Brasserie, who has lovingly restored the former Green Man Public House with flair and passion. Spiral staircases, spacious dining rooms and stunning views from every aspect. The restaurant is named in memory of Alec’s late father who was a great influence on his career, and his grandfather, a fish porter at Billingsgate Market. Classic fried cod in beer batter and chips sits happily with steamed sea bass with an oriental twist.

Navestock Side 01277 375696 alecsrestaurant.co.uk Suffolk Maison Bleue Set in modern and comfortable surroundings, this award-winning fish restaurant offers French fine dining and beautiful food. Try their one of their set menus or the ‘Plateau de Fruits de Mer’ for two people with Lobster, Crab, Langoustines, Oysters, Whelks, Tiger Prawns, Mussels, which you can order with 48 hours notice.

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Essex West Mersea Oyster Bar Amazing riverside restaurant overlooking the creeks of Mersea. Fantastic fish and chips, seafood platters and, of course, fabulous West Mersea oysters. Open daily with plenty of outdoor seating.

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twenty years. The main menu is varied and changes regularly and there is always some daily specials on the blackboard. From April to September the emphasis is on locally caught fish and seafood and vegetarian, poultry and meat dishes are available all year round. Aldeburgh 01728 452011 Norfolk Brummels A charming, intimate restaurant housed in a 17th century building in the city centre and serving a delectable, award-winning variety of local ocean delights prepared by chef patron Andrew Brummel, assisted by John O’Sullivan.

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Norfolk The Seafood Restaurant Family-run restaurant now in its 32nd year with a well deserved reputation for excellent food. All the fish served is fresh and possible, the restaurant always uses local fish – they’ve used the same local fishmonger for over 30 years. As a result the menu is always changing and the fish dishes move with the seasons. North Quay, Great Yarmouth 01493 856009 Suffolk Sutherland House This wonderful hotel and fish restaurant is located on High Street, and is one of the oldest and most historically important buildings in the coastal town. The restaurant has been awarded two AA rosettes for the quality of their food, which is locally sourced – they print "food miles" on the menu to quantify this – and made using only use seasonal ingredients. Southwold 01502 724544 sutherlandhouse.co.uk Norfolk Bure River Cottage Restaurant A wonderful seafood restaurant beside the river Bure on the Norfolk Broads serving up the freshest fish supplied locally from Norfolk and Suffolk. Menu's change daily and are written on blackboards.

Horning 01692 631421 Norfolk The Old Forge Award-winning restaurant and critics’ favourite set in a 14th Century former coaching station with forge and steeped in history. Run by husband and wife team Colin and Sarah, it also offers bed and breakfast accommodation. Fresh seafood is the speciality and

Colin has invented many of his own dishes which are immensely popular with local regulars who dine at the restaurant. Enjoy shrimps from The Wash, and lobster, crabs and oysters purchased daily from the infamous fishermen on the coast at Blakeney and Wells next the Sea, all prepared with many of Colin's secret recipes.

Thursford 01328 878345 seafoodnorthnorfolk.co.uk Norfolk The Café at Brovey Lair Brovey Lair is all about fresh fish and seafood – it even won the Good Food Guide’s award for best fish restaurant in Britain. Mike and Tina Pemberton have evolved an original format that has thrilled diners for over 8 years, and it is so simple – the restaurant has no menu! When you book you’ll talk to the chef who will design a meal around your food preferences.

Ovington 01953 882706 broveylair.com Norfolk Cookie's Crab Shop Cookie’s has been selling quality shellfish for over 3 generations. More than just a shellfish shop, it serves a selection of platters, salads, sandwiches plus hot and cold drinks. Meals may be eaten inside, in the garden overlooking the salt marshes, or taken away.

Salthouse 01263 740352 salthouse.org.uk Essex The Mistley Thorn Award-winning dining and accommodation in tastefully designed surroundings opposite the River Stour. American born executive chef Sherri Singleton has developed a menu using the best of the

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area’s seasonal produce.

Seafood is a specialty, with Mersea oysters available year-round and Colchester natives, when in season.

Fresh, as in with-a-glint-still-in-its-eye, seafood is locally landed or sourced from Ben’s Fish in Mersea Island. High Street, Mistley 01206 392 821 mistleythorn.co.uk Essex Osborne Bros This fantastic café is housed in the heart of Leigh’s Old Town in an 18th century stable mews which was used to house horses and carriages delivering ale to the local public house.

The cockle sheds and smoke house are located along Cockle Shed row, which remains largely unchanged since being built in the 19th century. Sit alongside the Thames Estuary and enjoy some of the very best and freshest seafood. Open daily.

Leigh-on-Sea 01702 477233 osbornebros.co.uk Essex The Pier Hotel & Restaurant The Pier has two superb eateries, the Harbourside restaurant and Ha’Penny brasserie. The Harbourside, with views to the Stour and

Orwell estuaries, specialises in seafood, much of which is landed in the harbor opposite, and chef Tom Bushell makes full use of the fresh produce available. The Quay, Harwich 01255 241212 milsomhotels.com Suffolk The Waterfront Café Café/restaurant overlooking the River Deben and occupying the ground floor of the 300 year old Granary adjacent to Woodbridge's most famous landmark The Tide Mill. The menu reflects seasonal availability, so summer offerings will include Local Lobster, Large Crab, Local Oysters, Wild Salmon & Sea Trout, Wild Sea Bass, Skate & Sole. Woodbridge 01394 610333 Suffolk Butley Orford Oysterage Enjoy oysters, smoked delicacies, local fresh fish and shellfish as well as fish dishes from all over the world in simple and

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High Street, Aldeburgh 01728 453530 dpsbar.co.uk Suffolk The Swan Inn Plush 17th-century beamed dining in large room with fishing décor. The Lowestoft connections ensure an excellent choice of good fresh fish. Barnby 01502 476646 Suffolk Sole Bay Fish Company At this harbour-front shed with shop and restaurant you’ll find a distinctive selection of fresh fish, fresh from Southwold harbour. The simple restaurant specialises in Seafood Platters and Oysters. Take along your own wine and fresh bread and enjoy! Blackshore, Southwold 01502 724241 solebayfishco.co.uk Norfolk Bolton’s Bistro at the Cliftonville Hotel Located on the seafront, opposite the sunken gardens, this busy and thriving bistro specialises in fresh fish dishes including the world renowned 36|eastlife.co.uk

Cromer Crab and locally caught lobster (when in season). The vast Specials Board changes on a daily basis. Cromer 01263 512543 cliftonvillehotel.co.uk Regionwide Loch Fyne Chain of quality seafood restaurants. Much of the shellfish and smoked fish served still comes direct from the loch on the west coast of Scotland. Find one in Norwich, Ipswich, Woburn, Chelmsford, Cambridge, Elton, St Albans, Hertford, Milton Keynes. lochfyne-restaurants.com Norfolk The Moorings The restaurant is located at the bottom of Blakeney High Street, a few yards from the quay and serves fresh, simple, honest food - fantastic local fish and shellfish, plus local game in season. Lunchtime enjoy Norfolk crab cakes, sardines, cod and chips or one of the renowned chowders.

Blakeney 01263 740054 blakeney-moorings.co.uk Cambs The Sea Tree The Sea Tree calls itself an ‘alternative fish bar’, offering traditional fresh fish and chips alongside alternative choices such as mackerel and calamari cooked the way you want; battered, grilled or pan-fried. You can also buy fresh fish from the wet counter. Eat in or take away.

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Preparation time : 5 minutes Cooking time : 10 minutes Serves: Serves 2 as a main course Ingredients ½ x 400g pack Waitrose Frozen Fruits de Mer cooked from frozen ¼ tsp Cooks' ingredients Saffron 1tbsp olive oil 1 medium essential Waitrose onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, crushed 2 bay leaves 227g can essential Waitrose Chopped tomatoes 500g tub Cooks' ingredients Fish Stock 100g Icelandic cod fillet skinned and cubed (or fry tilapia fillets, cut into chunks Method Heat the oil in a medium-sized pan and cook the onion for 5 minutes until soft. Add the garlic, bay leaves and saffron and cook for 1 minute. Stir in the tomatoes and fish stock.

Bring to the boil and add the cod or tilapia with the seafood. Simmer gently for 5–10 minutes until the prawns have turned pink, and the seafood and fish are cooked through.

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Money

Cut car costs Money saving expert Martin Lewis gives his 10 quick tips to drive down the cost of motoring

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he average cost of running a new car is up to a hefty £6,000 a year, according to the AA. So it’s hardly surprising the cost of motoring is one of the single biggest issues affecting people’s finances today – even after the fuel duty rise has been postponed.

1 Is your photocard valid?

Even though your licence may be valid, you risk a £1,000 fine if the photo is out of date. These need renewing every 10 years and 1.8m are out of date. To find out if yours is one of them, take a look at section 4b on your licence to see the renewal date. If it’s expired renew it ASAP, though it will cost £20 to do.

2 Don’t use a comparison site, use two.

If you are looking to compare car insurance, make sure you use more than one comparison site. Each comparison site looks at different firms, so combine them to make sure you get the best coverage.

At the moment my top two picks to combine are Gocompare and MoneySupermarket, then add the big insurers they miss, including Aviva and Direct Line, and Admiral if you’ve more than one car in the home.

Many more ways to slash costs at www.moneysavingexpert.com/ carinsurance 3 Unfair parking ticket? Challenge it.

Getting a ticket slapped on your window can be a nightmare. While we’re to blame at times, sometimes they do arrive unfairly.

I remember parking at 7pm by a “no parking until 6:30pm” sign and finding a ticket when I got back – so hastily I

took a picture. Turned out it was in a new “no parking till 8pm” zone but they’d forgotten to take the old sign down. My first appeal was rejected, but I persevered and they backed down.In fact, 50% of those who challenge council parking tickets they believe are unfair, and take them all the way to the Independent Traffic Penalty Tribunal, win.

4 Avoid hideous young driver insurance costs.

The average price for a 17-22 year old male is £3,200, but you can cut £1,000s with the right approach.

To bag a-Ford-able cover (sorry): a) Try adding a second named responsible driver to lower the risk average. One of my Twitter followers, a 20 year-old male, told me he’d been quoted over £1,600 on his own, but just £550 with 2 named drivers. b) Do full comparisons on the comparison sites (see point 2). c) Then check specialist young driver policies that use black boxes to monitor your driving. You can pay per mile with Coverbox, pay how you drive with Co-op and pay less for driving during the day with iKube.

5 Cut petrol costs by 30% The big trick to learn is how to drive as quickly,

but with a technique that means you use less fuel. The key is accelerating less aggressively, moving into a higher gear earlier, and using road positioning so you brake less and the car can slow down gradually. For some, it cuts costs by 30% alone.

You can also make your car more efficient by checking your tyre pressure's correct, taking off unused roof racks and so on. Find the cheapest forecourt with www.petrolprices.com and use the top credit cards offering cashback (fully repaid so there’s no interest) to get 3% back on all fuel spending.

Combine these techniques and many regular drivers could save £500+ a year. See www.moneysavingexpert.com/ petrol for full how-to.

6 Get basic AA breakdown cover for under £10/year (or haggle) If you're happy with the cover you've got, but not the renewal price, then get on the phone and tell them. 73% of AA customers who haggle succeed, as well as 59% for RAC. So don’t be a shrinking violet - be a bloomin’ marvellous bargainer.

Alternatively, if you’re getting basic new cover, the RAC or AA often pay big cashback if you go via cashback sites like www.topcashback.co.uk or www.quidco.co.uk meaning after the money back, the year’s policy can often cost under £10.

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Money 7 Book holiday car hire EARLY to get it for £10 a day.

Use www.carrentals.co.uk and www.kayak.co.uk comparisons to find the best deals - £10 a day’s sometimes possible. When you pick-up, hire firms will try to flog "excess insurance", but it’s possible to do it for less than half the cost via comparison site www.moneymaxim.co.uk 8 DON'T assume 3rd party insurance is cheapest.

Bizarrely, the lowest level of cover isn't always cheapest. Sometimes, comprehensive wins, as choosing it means you're considered a lower risk and the discount for this sometimes outweighs the discount for getting

lesser cover. So if you were going for 3rd party, also get a comprehensive quote as well.

9 Hidden council MOT centres can slash costs.

These are designed for councils' own vehicles (eg, buses), but by law they must be open to the public. As they generally don't do repairs, they've less vested interest in failing people, so anecdotally people get fewer fails.

One example: "My 4x4 failed with a £1,200 bill at the local garage. My council-run MOT centre passed it."

Of course, if you’re happy with your local firm, stick with it, but if not, this is a useful option.

A full list of them is available at www.moneysavingexpert.com/mots 10 Private parking companies CAN'T fine you.

It may be dressed up to look like a parking fine, but if you get a ticket at a supermarket, housing estate, etc, rather than from a council or police, it's not a fine, it's an invoice.

So if you think it’s unfair, don’t “appeal” against it as you’re accepting its jurisdiction. Instead, as with any invoice you think is unfair, tell them explaining why - and don’t pay it. The only way they can force you to pay is to take you to court, where a judge decides and often that’s not worth it.

£4 all-you-can-eat brekkie Restaurant Toby Carvery’s now confirmed you can help yourself to as much as you like from its breakfast counter – previously you were only allowed one helping. It’s on till 11am Mon-Sat and 10.30am on Sun, though some only serve breakfast Fri-Sun so check before you go. There’s no voucher needed to get it, just walk in!

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Doorstep selling Do you know your rights when someone sells you something at your doorstep? Dean Dunham offers some advice…

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oorstep selling is when a salesperson sells you goods or services in your home or on your doorstep. If you spend more than £35 with a trader on your doorstep you gain certain legal rights which are important for you to know. These rights apply even if you invite someone into your home At youandyourrights.com we are hearing more and more horror stories from people who have been conned by doorstep traders.

Worryingly many of those conned are elderly and we feel strongly that this must stop. With this being the case youandyourrights.com is about to launch a joint campaign with the Office of Fair Trading where our aim is to educate householders on what their rights are when doorstep traders come calling.

So with this in mind here are our top tips on doorstep selling: 1 Do you need to buy from the doorstep seller?

Never make a snap decision. It will be a rare occasion when a doorstep seller is selling goods or services that you cannot buy elsewhere from a person/company that has business premises.

2 Know who you are dealing with.

Don’t be afraid to ask the seller for identification. Also ask them for their company details such as trading address and actual business name.

You should verify that these details are correct before proceeding further.

3 Payment.

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advance, too many people do this and never see the trader again!

Also, never pay in cash. If you do this it is too easy for the trader to claim that they have not received payment from you.

If you decide to purchase from the trader try and pay using a credit card as this will give you additional protection should anything go wrong.

4 Don’t be forced to sign anything.

Some doorstep sellers will try to pressure you into signing a contract with them. Never do this until you have had the chance to take the contract away and read it and you are 100% happy with what it says.

5 Know your legal rights: a) Written cancellation notice.

By law the trader must give you a written cancellation notice at the time you buy, telling you about your right to cancel (even if there is no written contract). If you don’t get a cancellation notice, there’s no binding contract between you and the trader and you don’t have to go through with the sale. b) Seven day cooling off period.

You usually have a cooling-off period of seven days to change your mind and cancel.

The cooling-off period starts on the day you get the cancellation notice.

If you cancel within the seven days you won’t owe anything and you should get back any money you have already paid (including a deposit) c) Deciding to cancel.

If you do decide to cancel the contract you must let the trader know in writing within seven days of receiving

the cancellation notice. When cancelling, keep a copy of your letter or email as proof of cancellation. If you send your letter by post, get proof of postage as well. If you receive goods during the cooling-off period and you didn’t agree to this in writing, you don’t have to pay anything if you cancel.

Keep the goods safe and ask the trader to collect them. The trader should not insist that you pay any money. d) Starting work or delivering goods within the cooling-off period.

If you are buying services or certain types of goods (e.g. customised goods) you can agree in writing for work to start or goods to be delivered during the cooling-off period. If you have agreed this in writing then you can still cancel within seven days, but you may have to pay the trader something (usually a reasonable amount).

6 If you don’t want to be disturbed by doorstep sellers.

If you want to stop doorstep sellers knocking on your door simply display a sign on your front door stating that you do not answer the door to doorstep sellers and that they should not knock on your door. If they ignore this report them to the police and trading standards.

Please help to spread this knowledge, especially if you know anyone who is elderly who could be vulnerable to doorstep sellers.

For more information log on to www.youandyourrights.com and follow us on twitter @deandunham

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Get the picture on driving licence rule Many readers may not know of the requirement to renew their photocard driving licence every ten years.

Salvatore Amico, solicitor at Attwaters Jameson Hill, offers the following advice…

Take a look at your two-part driving licence, which is no longer valid to age 70.

Items 4a and 4b on the photocard detail the period of validity and item 4b is crucial. If this date has passed, you have an invalid licence and must not drive until you have sent off your renewal application, with a recent photo and £20 fee, to the DVLA. Whether you have always held a photocard licence or exchanged an old ‘paper’ licence for the new-style one with its photocard and paper counterpart, you must renew the photocard every ten years. If you do not renew it, you risk a £1,000 fine and the possibility that you are driving without valid insurance, although this will depend on the terms of your policy.

After a photocard licence has expired, if you make the application immediately and it is in the DVLA’s hands, technically you can drive even before you receive the replacement. Otherwise, if you overlook renewing an invalid licence, it may not be noticed until a traffic offence is committed or an accident occurs.

The DVLA should write to you two months before your licence expires but renewal is your responsibility and, should you be before the Court, you cannot rely on the fact that you didn’t receive a reminder. It is common for drivers to forget to notify the DVLA when they move home and if you haven’t done so the DVLA will end up writing to your old address to remind you about the expiry of your photocard!

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The first photocards fell due for renewal in 2008 and it is estimated that 13 million motorists are due to renew theirs by 2017. Statistics suggest that 40,000 drivers per year are unaware that their licence has expired… don’t let this include you.

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Class of its own Sue Cooke jumps inside the new Mercedes B class IF YOU WANT to impress on a first date then a sports car tops the list, according to a survey by carhiremarket.com. In contrast, pulling up to pick up a prospective date in an electric vehicle or pimped up car is a definite no-no.

Impressive wheels could be just the ticket to securing a second date and Mercedes new compact sports tourer is top of the agenda. No model change in the history of Mercedes-Benz has ever seen so many new developments introduced in one fell swoop. With 18 inch chrome and black alloy wheels, LED daytime running lights in a bar design with chrome surround, body coloured side skirts and black windows, this is a sophisticated good looker.

The overall height is lower so the seat height is lower which makes getting in and out of the car much easier.

The interior too is guaranteed to impress, particularly the galvanised finish thin display screen providing a full colour rear view when reversing.

This B class is heaven on earth for the gadget lover. I had great fun asking

people to sit in the passenger seat, starting the ignition and then asking them to engage the seat belt. With the pre-safe option, the seat belt immediately tightens, which when I first experienced it, made me jump round to see who was pulling the seat belt from behind!

There are many other safety features providing the highest standard that has ever been available in a hatchback but just what you would expect from a Mercedes.

There are many storage spaces, a large covered space between the seats and smaller uncovered spaces. The boot has a second cargo hold under the boot floor and the rear seats fold down flat and there is a low loading sill.

What you don’t necessarily expect but what is most exciting is the dynamic performance of the new 1.8 litre diesel engine. With maximum efficiency, very smooth running and high tractive power at low revs it’s a joy to drive.

The engine grunts a little on hard acceleration but once on the go, it’s fairly quiet. Fuel consumption with BlueEfficiency is great at 64.2mpg and emissions are among the lowest at 121g/km so low road tax.

The new 6 speed manual gearbox provides easy gear shifting The low centre of gravity makes the B class fantastically agile, but I did find the sports suspension very firm and road noise intrudes into conversations in the cabin.

The Mercedes B class is definitely a car to turn heads but don’t let first impressions wane with a smelly interior. The survey says the biggest turn off for women is a baby seat in the back and for men, it’s a mass of dog hair or wet towels!

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Health

Sleeping badly can make you feel wretched the next day - but new research suggests it may also have serious health implications later in life.

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recent US study has found that poor sleep may be linked to the creation of deposits in the brain that are a precursor to Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia affecting 465,000 people in the UK. And it seems there are plenty of Britons on the edge of that minefield.

In a recent survey for Ikea, 70% of those questioned said they didn't feel they got enough sleep.

There are likely to be many reasons for the association between sleep and good health - for one thing, people who sleep badly tend to have compromised immune systems, says Professor Kevin Morgan, director of the Clinical Sleep Research Unit at Loughborough University.

Various studies have suggested a link between lack of sleep and increased blood pressure, inflammation, the risk of heart conditions, cancer and diabetes.

Indeed, a Harvard Medical School study last year found that men getting the least deep sleep were at 83% greater risk of having high blood pressure, which can lead to heart disease and stroke, than those getting the most sleep.

And Morgan cautiously confirms there “may be” a link between lack of sleep and such conditions, although insists more research is needed.

“Certainly, there’s a long-term pay off for not sorting out disordered sleep,” he warns. “There's an unexplained but robust relationship

Learn to love your sleep between how long we feel we sleep, and how long we live for.”

Research shows that people who estimate they sleep for shorter or longer periods will die earlier than those who are in the middle of the spectrum and sleep for an average of just under seven hours a night, explains Morgan.

“There's a link between our sleep and our health - I'd be surprised if there wasn’t,” he adds.

The latest sleep study, from Washington University, examined people aged between 45 and 80 with no memory problems, half of whom had a family history of Alzheimer’s.

It was found that around 25% of participants had preclinical Alzheimer’s - that is, evidence of amyloid plaques, a type of protein deposit, in the brain.

Such plaques, which are thought to

cause brain cell damage, form in Alzheimer's disease about 10 to 15 years before any symptoms appear.

People who slept badly, either waking up very frequently or spending a lot of their time in bed awake, had a higher chance of having plaques.

The study’s author, Dr Yo-El Ju, a Washington University neurology professor, says: “It's possible that poor sleep quality over the years increases the chance of getting amyloid plaques, but it's also possible that having amyloid plaques leads to poor sleep quality.”

She says it will take years of additional research to understand the relationship fully, but in the meantime stresses the importance of making an effort to sleep well.

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Alzheimer’s disease, should prioritise their sleep,” she urges.

"We all have so many obligations or habits that cut into our sleep, so we really have to make an active decision to make the time and effort to get good sleep.”

Morgan agrees that focusing on good quality sleep is beneficial for health.

“People understand things about diet and exercise, but the third great pillar of our wellbeing is our sleep, and people know almost nothing about it," he says.

"We still hold on to ideas that are utterly nonsensical.”

One such idea, he says, is that we need eight hours sleep a night. “Nobody has any idea where this value came from - it has no basis in science and is probably a result of Victorian moral judgment.”

He says the average amount of sleep per night is around seven hours, but how much sleep each person needs may differ widely.

“The answer to the question, ‘How much sleep should I get?’ is enough sleep for you to awake refreshed and face the following day efficient enough to do everything you feel you ought to,” he says.

“If the amount you need to achieve that is three hours, fine. If it's seven or nine hours, fine. The answer is not a number.”

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HOW TO SLEEP WELL Dr Yo-El Ju's tips for getting a better night's sleep: • Go to bed and get up at the same time every day. The best sleep occurs when the body's clock is in sleep mode, and the best way to set this clock is to wake up and go to bed at consistent hours.

• Avoid caffeine after mid-afternoon. Even if you fall asleep with caffeine in your system, it makes sleep light and restless.

• Alcohol can make you sleepy initially, but causes many awakenings in the night, so moderate drinkers should give themselves one to two alcohol-free hours before going to bed.

• Exercise during the day deepens sleep that night. However, exercising just before bedtime may wake the body up, so avoid hitting the gym late in the evening.

• Watching TV, eating, surfing the internet, texting, or doing other activities in bed apart from sleeping, can teach the body bad habits about staying awake while under the covers.

• If you have persistent sleep problems, seeing a sleep specialist can be very helpful. Many sleep problems, such as sleep apnoea, restless legs and insomnia, can be treated.

More sleep advice The Sleep Council 0800 018 7923 www.sleepcouncil.org.uk British Snoring & Sleep Apnoea Association 0800 085 1097 www.britishsnoring.co.uk Narcolepsy Association UK (UKAN) 0845 4500 394 www.narcolepsy.org.uk Sleep Matters Helpline 020 8994 9874 (6pm-8pm daily) www.medicaladvisoryservice.org.uk Sleep Apnoea Trust 0845 60 60 685 www.sleep-apnoea-trust.org

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20-25% of people use their voice as the primary tool of their trade. Teachers, councillors, telephone workers, receptionists, lawyers and coaches are among these. To lose their voice or have it working less than perfectly can be devastating but it can also be a major inconvenience for the rest of us.

Normal voice production is dependent on respiration to produce the force necessary for vibration and the production of sound. It is dependent on phonation where air passes through the voicebox causing tissues to vibrate producing soundwaves, and articulation whereby the sound waves are shaped into recognisable speech.

Abnormalities in any of these areas can cause voice changes.

For example the quiet voice and short sentences produced by a person with lung disease; the breathy voice produced by someone with vocal cords which do not come together properly if one vocal cord is paralysed; the raspy gravely voice of someone with abnormalities of the voicebox itself such as vocal cord nodules. Sometimes there is a subtle change in articulation caused by the muscles of the tongue or mouth not working normally in a neurological condition.

The successful treatment of voice disorders is dependent on an accurate diagnosis of the underlying disorder. This can usually be attained by the taking of a careful history and a detailed examination. The history will indicate whether there is the possibility of an underlying tumour, for example a history of smoking, a progression of the symptoms, associated earache or difficulty swallowing.

The voicebox itself can be examined in the Ear, Nose and Throat clinic using a small camera which is passed through the nose and into the top of the throat (following the administration of a local anaesthetic spray!). It is then possible to see whether the problem is structural, for example polyps or vocal cord inflammation, or functional, due to the muscles controlling the voicebox not working as they should.

If the problem is structural then surgery may help or biopsies may need to be taken. If the problem is functional then speech therapy can be helpful. The exercises undertaken in speech therapy can be tailored to the specific muscle imbalances noted at the time of the voicebox examination.

Voice problems are usually benign in nature but a persistent hoarse voice should be investigated by an Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon.

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For patients, we have a wealth of patient information regarding various treatments / services available at the unit. This information is available directly from the unit or via our website. We also hold regular open evenings which give you the opportunity to meet the staff and tour the unit. You’ll receive further information about how Cambridge IVF can help you and what techniques / equipment help Cambridge IVF to be different from other units.

The open evening also includes an 'ask the expert' question and answer session as a group or on an individual

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Beating the

New term blues

PARENTS can often feel the stress of the back-to-school period too, whether your child is just starting infant school for the very first time, or simply leaving a small and cosy primary to join a large and intimidating senior school.

The beginning of a new term can prove to be a big adjustment - but that doesn't mean that it has to be a terrible ordeal.

There are many ways you can avoid the new-term blues, but the initial step is to deal with your own fears.

Angela Holland, spokeswoman for charity Parentline Plus, says: "Parents are often worried that their kids won't fit in, or won't enjoy their new school.

"They can also feel like they're losing something - the first day of school is a reminder that their child isn't a baby

any more, and is growing up fast."

But, however worried you might be, it's important that you don't pass on your anxieties to your child. Instead, try to stay positive and emphasise all the fun aspects of school, such as the opportunity to make new friends.

Remind yourself that change is an important, and very necessary, part of life and talk to other parents, who can reassure you that your feelings are perfectly normal.

Once you know you personally can cope with the new term blues, it's time to concentrate on helping your child.

The first day at school will seem less daunting if your child is already familiar with the building and it surroundings. Most schools have open days for their new intake, but if they don't, then do try and arrange a

prior visit.

It's also a good idea to arrange for your son or daughter to spend some time with friends during the summer, so they can get used to sharing and to interacting with other youngsters.

Perhaps you can arrange a family get-together - the other parents might be feeling apprehensive too.

Pupils who are about to start a new senior school may have classmates from primary school who are also going there. Encourage them to keep in touch with these friends over the holidays, as this will help them to feel less alone on their first day.

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new bags and pencil cases, not just the little ones either - older girls usually can't wait to start writing boys' names on them. It's a reminder to them that school can be fun."

Getting the back-to-school shopping done early also means that you and your child can rest easy, knowing that everything is ready for the big day. It also means you can spend the last week of the holidays calmly, rather than in a mad panic.

Holland says: "Summer holidays are for relaxing, playing and spending time with friends, and children should enjoy that.

"However, towards the end of the summer holidays, it is important to get the children back into a routine.

Their sleep patterns may have been disrupted, so start to re-introduce normal bedtimes."

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labelled with your child's name - you don't want them to lose their new kit on the first day.

Although this will leave you with a lot less to do on the morning in question, you should still set the alarm early enough to avoid a last-minute rush.

Taking your child to school for the first time can be an emotional experience, but don't let nervous youngsters see that you are upset. Say your goodbyes with a smile and reassure them that someone will be there to collect them later.

Children starting infants or junior school will appreciate having their parents with them and may get clingy when the time comes to say goodbye.

However, the last thing senior school pupils will want is a teary parting at the school gates.

Holland explains: "For older kids, it can be really embarrassing to be dropped off by their mum and dad, and they may be worried they'll get teased about it. If they'd rather go with a friend, or it's safe for them to walk or get the bus, then you should

respect their wishes."

If they are old enough to get to school under their own steam, they will usually be able to get home too, but younger children will need collecting. Make sure that whoever is picking them up is there on time.

A few minutes will seem like a very long time to a waiting child, so try not to be late.

School is a big change for a child, so don't be surprised if they seem tired and a bit subdued at first. Ask them how their day went, but don't press them if they don't have much to say let them talk about it in their own time. If they know they can chat to you about school without being interrogated, they will be more likely to confide in you if any problems arise later on.

Settling in can take time and children adjust at their own pace.

However, with a little reassurance from you, along with the excitement of making new friends and learning new things, it shouldn't be long before those back-to-school blues are simply a thing of the past.

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Hitting the right note Cambridge Corn Exchange has an exciting range of music education projects coming up…

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Corn Exchange, you may think of rock concerts, family shows, stand-up comedy or orchestral music. But did you know that this pioneering venue also provides a wide range of exciting educational projects to help inspire young musicians throughout Cambridgeshire?

On 27 September, the prestigious Academy of Ancient Music will be holding a talk and open rehearsal for schools in the Corn Exchange, led by AAM Music director Richard Egarr. If you are a music student, and especially if you are interested in period performance, this is a fantastic opportunity – free of charge – to glimpse the orchestra in action behind-the-scenes. In the evening, the AAM give a performance of Handel’s royal music. If you are interested in bringing a school group to the open rehearsal and benefiting from discounted student and teacher tickets for the evening concert, contact Cambridgeshire Music’s Lin Hetherington.

A few days later, on 30 September, music students have the unique opportunity to take part in A Celebration of the Cello with Julian Lloyd Webber, with cello orchestra, chamber music, a concert and a master class with the Corn Exchange’s artist-in-residence and world class cellist. Cello Day takes place in the Cambridge Guildhall (opposite the Corn Exchange). The day will cater for beginners, right through to diploma level. Advanced players may apply to be part of the master class with Julian.

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is launching a fascinating new scheme called Young Arts Journalists. A group of young people with whom ChYpPS is already working will attend a range of performances at the Corn Exchange, write reviews about what they have seen and interview some of the performers involved. The reviews and articles will appear both on the ChYpPS web site and on the Corn Exchange’s web site and associated social media outlets. After piloting this scheme, ChYpPS hopes to extend the reach of the programme to more Children and Young People – so watch this space for further information and email the Corn Exchange’s Steve Bagnall if you would like to find out more about the future plans for the scheme when they are available.

On the opening day of this year’s

Cambridge Classical Concert Series on 26 October, members of the world renowned Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will work with young people to create a new piece based on a theme from the evening concert at the Corn Exchange. The new piece, a mix of recorded, sampled and live performance, will be performed at the beginning of the evening concert later that day. This project has been made possible by partnership work with ChYpPS and the Orchestra’s outreach programme, RPO resound.

On 24 January, the RPO returns to deliver another educational project.

Young string players will create a piece alongside the RPO’s string players and this piece will be aired in front of a packed house at the Corn Exchange before that evening’s concert.

For further information about this exciting range of music education projects, please email Cambridge Corn Exchange’s General Manager Steve Bagnall steve.bagnall@cambridge.gov.uk For further details and to book student and teacher tickets for AAM’s open rehearsal and evening concert on 27 September or A Celebration of the Cello with Julian Lloyd Webber on 30 September, please contact Lin Hetherington at Cambridgeshire Music on 01480 373835 or 07920 743136 or email Lin.Hetherington@cambridgeshire.gov.uk Details of the Cambridge Classical Concert Series can be found at www.cornex.co.uk and individual concerts are now on sale via the Corn Exchange Box Office on 01223 357851.

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east education Your A-Z guide to independent schools in East Anglia There are many differing motivational factors for choosing private education for your child. The choice of an actual school is, in many ways, linked to this set of factors, whether it’s academic issues, geographical location, extra-curricular activities, ethos or teaching style.

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Which school?

There are many different types of state school as well as independent schools.

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Mainstream state schools All children in England between the ages of five and 16 are entitled to a free place at a state school. Most go to state schools.

Children normally start primary school at the age of four or five, but many schools now have a reception year for four year olds. Children normally leave at the age of 11, moving on to secondary school. Most state schools admit both boys and girls, though some are single-sex.

The four main types of state school all receive funding from local authorities. They all follow the National Curriculum and are regularly inspected by Ofsted.

The decision to become a Trust school is taken by the governing body, with parents having a say.

Foundation and Trust schools Foundation schools are run by their own governing body, which employs the staff and sets the admissions criteria. Land and buildings are usually owned by the governing body or a charitable foundation.

A Trust school is a type of foundation school which forms a charitable trust with an outside partner. For example, a business or educational charity aiming to raise standards and explore new ways of working.

Voluntary-aided schools Voluntary-aided schools are mainly religious or 'faith' schools, although anyone can apply for a place. As with foundation schools, the governing body employs the staff and sets the admissions criteria.

School buildings and land are normally owned by a charitable foundation, often a religious organisation. The governing body contributes to building and maintenance costs.

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Community schools A community school is run by the local authority, which employs the staff, owns the land and buildings, and decides which ‘admissions criteria’ to use (these are used to allocate places if the school has more applicants than places).

Community schools look to develop strong links with the local community.

They can do this in a number of ways, including providing use of their facilities, or providing services like childcare and adult learning classes.

Voluntary-controlled schools Voluntary-controlled schools are similar to voluntary aided schools, but are run by the local authority. As with community schools, the local authority employs the school's staff and sets the admissions criteria.

School land and buildings are normally owned by a charity, often a religious organisation, which also appoints some of the members of the governing body.

State schools with particular characteristics Within the state schools system described above, there are a number of schools with particular characteristics. As with other state schools, admissions are coordinated by the local authority. However, some may have different admission criteria or funding arrangements.

Academies Academies are independently managed, all-ability schools. They are set up by sponsors from business, faith or voluntary groups in partnership with the Department for Education (DfE) and the local authority. Together they fund the land

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and buildings, with the government covering the running costs.

For more information contact The Indpendent Acadamies Association 0115 942 1238 www.iaa.uk.net City Technology Colleges These are independently managed, non-fee-paying schools in urban areas for pupils of all abilities aged 11 to 18. They are geared towards science, technology and the world of work, offering a range of vocational qualifications as well as GCSEs and A levels.

Community and foundation special schools Special schools cater for children with specific special educational needs. These may include physical disabilities or learning difficulties.

Faith schools Faith schools are mostly run in the same way as other state schools.

However, their faith status may be

reflected in their religious education curriculum, admissions criteria and staffing policies.

Grammar schools Grammar schools select all or most of their pupils based on academic ability. At present, England has 164 grammar schools. For more information contact the National Grammar Schools Association www.ngsa.org.uk Maintained boarding schools Maintained boarding schools offer free tuition, but charge fees for board and lodging.

Independent schools There are around 2,300 independent schools in England. These schools set their own curriculum and admissions policies. They are funded by fees paid by parents and income from investments. Just over half have charitable status.

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registered with the Department for Education (DfE). To ensure the school maintains the standards set out in its registration document, standards are regularly monitored by either Ofsted, or another inspectorate.

For more information contact the Independent Schools Council [ISC] which brings eight independent school associations together to represent over 1,200 independent schools. www.isc.co.uk

Colchester Royal Grammar School State Selective School Lexden Road, Colchester, Essex CO3 3ND Headmaster: Mr K L Jenkinson MA Tel: 01206 509100 Fax: 01206 509101 www.crgs.co.uk E-mail info@crgs.co.uk THE SCHOOL OFFERS: O A strong academic tradition –outstanding A-level results (top school nationally for the last 5 years) O A record of successful entry to the top universities including Oxbridge (75 Oxbridge offers in the last 2 years) O A friendly, caring, well-ordered environment O A forward-looking approach with an emphasis on traditional values O An outstanding reputation for sport and team games O Modern Art, Classics, Science and Music and Drama facilities O Extensive playing fields and a heated outdoor swimming pool O A wide range of extracurricular music, drama and other activities O A small, family-style boarding section for sixth form boys O A specialist school for Science and Languages O Judged ‘Outstanding’ in every category by Ofsted The school admits 96 boys into Year 7 each year and 60 students (boys and girls) from other schools into its co-educational Sixth Form (see www.crgs.co.uk for information).

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Parents view independent schools more favourably than ever…

A recent survey of attitudes towards

independent schools has revealed that the proportion of parents who would send their children to an independent school far outstrips the proportion who would not.

54% of those parents polled said they would send their child to an independent school, while only 26% said they would not. This gap of 28 percentage points has never been greater in the past fifteen years of the survey; in 1997 the gap was 10 percentage points.

When those parents who said they would send their child to an independent school were asked why, the most popular answer was "Better standards of education". Other popular answers were "Better start to life/more chances in life/better chance for future careers", "better discipline", "smaller classes/smaller pupil-teacher

ratio" and "better results/would get on better".

The survey, commissioned by the Independent Schools Council (ISC) and carried out by Populus, also revealed that 57% of adults believe that educational standards are higher in independent schools than state schools, a higher proportion than for all previous years of the survey; only 7% think the opposite is true, while 27% think standards in both are similar.

Other findings included: 76% of people think that independent schools provide good university and employment prospects for pupils (up from 71% last year), only 3% do not (down from 4% last year); 75% of people think that independent schools provide opportunities for pupils to fulfil their potential (up from 71% last year), only 4% do not

(up from 3% last year); 68% of people think that independent schools provide excellence in the teaching of maths, science and languages (up from 61% last year), only 4% do not (up from 3% last year).

Commenting on the findings, ISC’s Head of Research Rudolf Eliott Lockhart said: “These findings show that the public recognises the high quality of independent schools, associating them not only with high academic quality but also with a broader education including arts, drama, music and sport. As a result, a clear majority of parents would like to send their children to an independent school. It's also encouraging to see public recognition of the significant bursaries that independent schools offer that help to broaden access and increase social mobility.”

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Real Life Wedding Bradley and Holly, both 22, of Carlton Coville, Lowestoft, tell us about their wedding day What do you both do for a living?

Holly is a clinical support worker for the NHS and Bradley Is a porter.

Bradley and Holly Date 2 June 2012 Venue Roundwood, Taverham, Norwich

How did you meet?

We originally met at school (Bradley in the school year above) so we always saw each other about the school corridors; giving each other a cheeky smile between classes.

Bradley, how did you propose?

I proposed to holly on our first holiday in Egypt after 6 months of being together, with a white gold square cut diamond. As we were leaving the uk on the plane. I changed our Facebook status to engaged so everyone knew even before Holly but there were questions from Holly's parents when we returned home. Luckily they were fine and saw the funny side.

that it was the dress for me. It was an ivory Ronald Joyce . It had a one shoulder ruffled piece and a fishtail bottom. It was my dream dress and I brought it without trying it on first!

What did you do for your stag and hen nights?

Bradley: I went around Lowestoft with friends dressed as golfers and played the drinking game, Pub Golf.

Holly: I went for drinks in Oulton Broad with work friends and family, dressed in the L plates veil and glow sticks.

Did you always have a clear idea of the sort of wedding you wanted?

Being engaged for 2 years we had always discussed what kind of wedding we wanted, and we were both clear when deciding that we did not want to be married in a church we also wanted it somewhere people we knew hadn't been married before so it was unique to us.

We also wanted quite a small personal wedding.

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What accessories did you have?

I had pandora pearl earrings that were a present from my nanny and grandad. I also wore a pearl bracelet that belongs to my mother that also my auntie wore on her wedding day.

details like the wedding favours that before we had not even thought off.

Roundwood also planned a lot of the wedding for us, with our input, so it really took the stress off knowing that is was all in hand with the venue.

Holly, tell us about your dress and how you came to choose it...

My parents were on holiday and I drove past Catrinas Bridal in Gorleston and I saw it there on a manequin. I knew as soon as I saw it

fashion All photograph’s of Bradley and Holly’s wedding are by Norwich-based Karen Fuller of Fuller Photography, 07968 961009 www.fullerphotographyweddings.co.uk

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I also wore an ivory fascinator from Debenhams that matched my bridesmaids’ Cadbury purple ones.

Where did Bradley and the guys get their attire?

Bradley: I decided to go to Parkers formal wear in Lowestoft to get the suits. Picking tailed jackets, ivory waistcoats and Cadbury purple cravat.

Who were your bridesmaids and best man?

Bradley: My best man was my longest friend, Tom, who I met at school.

Holly: My bridemaids were Bradley's two nieces, Chloe and Shannon, and my two best friends - Megan, who I met working in a tea shop in Lowestoft, and Sarah, who I met at university and stayed in touch even though she lives in Birmingham.

Who did Holly’s hair and make-up?

My school friend Jodie Scott did my hair and I had my make up done by Cheryl Quinton who I found on Facebook (Purely U Beauty Therapy).

Did everything go to plan?

Everything did go very smoothly. The only part that we worried about was that most of Holly's family that were travelling up from london got stuck in traffic and only arrived just before Holly walked down the aisle. Scary moment for me as I thought Holly had changed her mind.

What made you choose Roundwood Celebrations?

We chose Roundwood due the fact that both the ceremony and the reception were both at the same venue so that once guest arrived they could just settle and enjoy the day.

Also, the venue is surrounded by forest and flowers which was a

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particular strong point because we had wanted to incorporate that into our pictures. Roundwood staff, food and presentation were fantastic and we’re so happy that we picked that venue. We could not have been happier with the how the day went there.

Describe your wedding rings…

They are plain white gold bands.

Who did the flowers?

My mum's a trained florist. She sourced the flowers from a local florist but did all the bouquets, buttonholes and the table arrangement herself (very talented!).

Did any family or friends make anything for the wedding?

My mum made the favour boxes with wooden heart keepsakes and chocolates inside.

Tell us about any other little touches you made...

Our theme was Cadbury purple so we tied this in from the colour of the bridesmaids dresses to the ties and the favour box ribbon. We had purple petals and heart shaped crystals on the tables. My favourite flowers are gerberas so these were incorporated in the button holes, top table arrangements and the bouquets, which were made solely from these flowers. We also had a road sign made that pointed the way into our

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venue that we now have up in our home. We had a 1933 rolls Royce landaulette and we picked this because I (Holly) have an interest in the world war and it was important for me to have this era featured.

Who was your photographer?

Our photographer was Karen Fuller of Fuller Photography. She was the first photographer we spoke to at Dunston Hall wedding fair. From that first meeting we knew that Karen would be the person to capture our special day.

What entertainment did you provide in the evening?

We had a DJ that provided all the classics as well as the new top forty songs.

Who provided the catering for the reception?

The catering was provided by Roundwood and it was fantastic: a

three course wedding breakfast and a buffet for the evening guests.

What were the most memorable moments of the day?

Holly: Finally becoming Mrs Dowler was a fantastic moment and the whole day I thoroughly enjoyed, but seeing the room for the first time for the breakfast and reception is moment I will treasure. Seeing everyone's hard work and knowing I was married allowed me to take everything in and seeing our little touches was amazing. Also Bradley's speech was a real highlight. He normally keeps his feelings to himself so for him to voice them in front of a room full of people was a wonderful moment.

Bradley: My memorable moment was seeing Holly for the first time. I had no idea what her dress would be like and I was stunned. I'm not ashamed to say that I had a tear in my eye and from that moment I could not take my eyes off her.

Where did you go for your honeymoon?

We went to Crete in Greece for a week. We had a fabulous time exploring the towns by public transport and sightseeing. Also relaxing in the sun and soaking up the local culture.

If you were to get married again tomorrow would you do anything differently?

Holly: If I were to get married again I would not change a single thing. I loved the whole day and it will forever be the best day of my life.

What plans do you have for your future together?

We hope in the future to extend our family (Holly, Bradley and their labrador) by having children and to stay healthy and as happy as we were on our wedding day.

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Beautiful bridesmaids Robert Jones founder of simple beauté and author of Makeup Makeovers, gives some great makeup tips to make both the bride and her maidens look and feel absolutely beautiful and confident for your wedding photographs

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here are many myths when it comes to makeup looks for bridesmaids. For many years, brides-maids have been forced to all wear the same makeup colors and shades, no matter what their skin tone. I have looked at so many wedding photos and felt so sorry for all those bridesmaids! First, so often they are made to wear a dress that they never would have picked out for themselves. Then to be forced to wear makeup that is not flattering on top of it. No wonder so many of them end up feeling so unattractive. What a day!

Brides, I appeal to you to have pity on your bridesmaids. Think how you would feel in their place! You can all have fun together trying your new makeup looks, and just think how much happier everyone will be! Don't worry, I won’t let them upstage you, I promise.

After all, it is your day!

Let's talk about ways to make your brides-maids feel beautiful too. First, as with the bride, we do not want anything too bold or bright, since it will never photograph well. Leaning on the more natural side is the safest and best way to assure beautiful pictures. But you always want to let your bridesmaids feel like themselves.

Take into consideration who they are and how they normally wear their makeup – that's what makes them feel beautiful. For the most part, they can still do just that – we just might need to adjust it slightly.

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We all know that a woman who feels beautiful is a happy woman. So here are the facts and a few opinions, of course based on much experience and trial and error.

1 A bridesmaid's makeup does not have to match her dress. Makeup is meant to make the girl look more beautiful, not the outfit. Always choose shades that will bring out the girl and her features.

2 Every girl does not have to wear the same shades of makeup. There are so many skin tones, we have to consider what each one needs. The only thing that has to match is the intensity of color. You do not want one girl with bold eye makeup and one with almost none. I think a subtle yet defined look always looks good and will photograph perfectly.

3 Every girl does not have to wear the same shade of lipstick. I know that this is the most common piece of makeup that everyone thinks just has to match. Once again, the same shade will not look perfect on every girl. The only aspect of the color that has to match is the intensity. You do not want one girl in bold or deep lip color and another in a nude lip color.

Once again, a subtle shade that defines yet adds color will always photograph flawlessly.

4 Have the bride and bridesmaids look the opposite of one another.

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wear theirs up. I know this might seem trivial, but in my experience, this makes for beautiful photographs and it helps the bride really stand out.

5 Most importantly, you never want the brides-maids' makeup to be more intense than the bride's. You never want the bridemaids' look to overshadow the bride's! It is her special day, and it is all about her.

They are there in a supporting role.

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Handmade weddings

Laura Maffeo and Colleen Mullaney have some inspirational ideas for your wedding - and you can make them all yourself!

Gift table display Here’s a clever and whimsical way to direct your guests to the gift table, no questions asked.

Wrap up the sign to blend in with the gifts themselves. Tailor the idea for bridal showers or bachelorette parties by simply switching the pattern and style of the wrapping paper, ribbon, and bow. No one will mistake this adorable sign for a present, but it will certainly do the trick.

Hanging stars Make a little magic! Transform colourful paper bags into delightful hanging stars. So Simple in style and so easy to make, these stars are perfect accents for any special occasion. They also make east decor for destination weddings because they fold flat until you’re ready to hang them. Paper bags are available in craft stores in a wide variety of colours and sizes. If your event has a black-and-white colour scheme, mix it up by using three bags of each colour to create a dramatic pinwheel effect.

To complete the look, hang the stars with bold, black-and-white-striped ribbon. You can make multicolour stars the same way, too.

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Bride’s hairpiece Swept-up hairstyles are elegant and fashionable and quite popular among brides these days. This simple floral accent couldn’t be easier to make. Choose a large blossom to match or complement the flowers in your bouquet. Attach a wide plastic comb to secure the flower to your hair. Sew or glue on a short veil of netting to finish the look perfectly.

Netting is available in different patterns and clours, too. Comfortable to wear ad lovely to look at, you’ll want to keep this understated hairpiece on all day long.

Calla lily fishbowls Show off your sense of style with this one-of-a-kind decorative detail. The simple, modern lines and exotic blooms add a sophisticated touch to your champgane table or buffet. This dramatic and clever design is made simply by stacking three large fishbowls (very economical!). Each bowl contains three white calla lilies. The flower stems are twisted to fit the shape of the bowl, which adds to the bold graphic design. If the stems are too long or the ends are discoloured, snip off the excess. Other types of flowers – tulips, lilies, and cosmos, to name a few – will work well too.

Beachside hurricanes A sunset wedding is magical – especially when the sun is setting over the ocean. Here’s a natural decorative details that can create an over-the-top romantic effect. Pour a small amount of sand into tall glass candleholders of any shape. Position a white or neutral-coloured pillar cande securely in the sand. Next, add a random selection of pretty shells, colourful bits of sea glass, and other ocean treasures, such as starfish or small pieces of driftwood (you can find all of these in craft and floral display stores). Scatter more shells and sea glass around the candleholder to complete the tablescape.

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Paper bag luminarias Candlelight instantly adds romance to any setting, especially on a warm summer evening. These simple paper bags are an ideal way to illuminate a pathway for your guests. Look for colourful bags that match your decor or theme. For an easy, artistic touch, punch shapes in the top edges with a decorative hole punch – available in star, heart, or many other shapes. You’ll also need a glass votive and candle for each bag. The votive will protect the flame and provide weight for the bag.

Clothespeg seating chart Here’s a handy way to figure out who should sit where. With this clothespeg table number board, you can mix and match guests and tables with ease. Make individual tags with each table number and guest’s name. (Use small tages for the table number and longer ones for te names).

Handwrite them or print them from your computer. Or, for super style, hire a calligrapher to hand-letter them in a decorative script. Cover a small bulletin board with fabric and attach coloured ribbons that span from side to side. (Be sure to attach the ribbons securely so they withstand all the pulling and moving of the tags as you sort things out.) Display the board on a table where your guests can find it easily. What a charming way to guide them to their seats!

Scroll-in-a-tube-invite There’s more than one way to send your invitations. Think outside the box (or envelope) with these clear, cylindrical tubes. This three-dimensional invite is a fun and fresh spin on everyday stationery. Print up colourful invitations and roll them up so that the event information shows on the outside of the roll.

Then, wrap up the rolls with sparkly streamers or colourful confetti before slipping them inside the tube. Print separate address labels and affix them to the outside of the tube. Be sure you have the right amount of postage before you drop them in the mail. You’ll find clear tubes like these at specialty paper stores.

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Brides in their prime Sarah Lee has some advice for older brides…

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he average age at which couples now choose to marry has increased by almost a decade in the last forty years.

Yet despite the fact that Brides are more likely to be over 30 before tying the knot it appears that women over 40 (f-o-r-t-y!) will find themselves already filed in the ‘mature brides’ category. Crikey! Advice for the older bride is plentiful and somewhat preachy, calling upon women to tone it down, cover it up and play it safe.

Over 40? I’m not sure that these are necessary bride rules for the over 80 age group are they, let alone the over 40.

Getting married is a reason to celebrate! Choosing to have and to hold is a wonderful notion and not one that can, in any way be diminished by failing to appropriately conceal ones upper arms. Claire, co-owner of the Cambridge-based hair and beauty salon, Finn-Jordon, explains that their philosophy is a simple one when it comes to

interpreting the needs and wants of a bride and it’s all about personality, not age. Hear, hear! So abandon all ideas of age-appropriateness when planning your wedding and embrace your wisdom, your style and your years!

Approach wedding dress shopping with an open-mind if not an open budget! Prepare by spending a nostalgic afternoon searching through old photos for all the outfits that have ever made you feel fabulous and then consider why it was they made you feel this way – was it the colour, the fabric, the style? (Be honest about whether your memories of fabulousness were more to do with Champagne drinking than a particularly flattering get-up!).

Once armed with this information you’ll be better equipped to home in on dresses that will work for your figure and colouring. Remember it’s more important to be able to eat and laugh in your finery than it is to give the impression to your nearest and

dearest that you’ve suddenly acquired the waistline of a teenage girl (if you have the waistline of a teenage girl then by all means highlight it and, by the way, lucky you!).

The message is a simple one: if you dream of a great big showy-offy, white dress and floor length veil then that, Cinderalla, is what you should jolly well have but if your taste runs more towards a tailored two piece then good for you. If the dress fits, wear it!

There are lots of benefits to not being in the first flush of youth when making decisions about your wedding day. It’s more than likely that you’ll be paying for the wedding yourself and therefore won’t feel compromised by the desires of those who would otherwise be controlling the purse strings. Instead you can make all the choices about you and your partner and ensure that your big day, regardless of which decade of life you find yourself in, is a truly splendid affair. eastlife.co.uk|97

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The Westleton Crown offers the perfect atmospheric setting for an intimate and unique wedding. Dating back to the 12th century, this traditional Suffolk coaching inn retains the character and rustic charm of its heritage but with the added sophistication and comforts of contemporary living. With a charming countryside location, quietly cracking log fires and real ales through to the 34 stylish comfortable bedrooms, creatively indulgent menus and fine wines, The Westleton Crown is undoubtedly one of the most charming hotels in Suffolk to hold your wedding reception. Every detail of your wedding can be tailored entirely around your requirements to make your special day as memorable, unique and exciting as you have always dreamed of.

The Street, Westleton, nr Southwold, Suffolk www.westletoncrown.co.uk 01728 648777 If you are looking for an intimate, stylish and romantic wedding venue Tuddenham Mill is the perfect choice.

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The Wedding Prom & Party Show at Sprowston Manor Hotel celebrates everything that's glamour.

The show on Sunday 9 September is one of the largest annual wedding events in the county with local exhibitors including fashion, make up, flowers, cakes, music, helicopters and cars. Models will be showing off a selection of designer wedding gowns, mother of the bride outfits and bridesmaid dresses.

Taste the different foods for your day, gain ideas and inspiration from marquee hire to formal hire, photographers and entertainment. There will be demonstrations throughout the day and there will be the chance to have personal chats with exhibitors offering advice for your big day Admission is free from 10am to 4pm and you can register online at weddingpromandparty.co.uk for a chance to win some fabulous prizes.

The Wedding Prom & Party Show, Sprowston Manor Hotel, Wroxham Road, Norwich.

Wedding Fayres The Riverside, Luton 20 Gipsy Lane, Luton, Beds, LU1 3JH Sunday 30th September 2012 11am - 3pm The Conservatory Luton Hoo Walled Garden Luton Hoo Estate, Luton, Beds, LU1 4LF Sunday 21st October 2012 11am - 4pm The Riverside, Luton 20 Gipsy Lane, Luton, Beds, LU1 3JH Sunday 27th January 2013 11am - 3pm

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Wedding shows Wedding shows and fairs provide the perfect solution if you are planning your wedding, giving you the opportunity to meet local services and suppliers and offering the chance to see a venue dress up in its wedding day glory. Here’s some to seek out this autumn and winter…

11am-3.30pm. 0870 400 7222 NORFOLK Vintage Wedding Fair, St Andrew's Hall, Norwich.

11am-4.30pm. 07852 150285 CAMBS The Brook, Soham.

11am-3pm. 01353 721748

2 SEPTEMBER NORFOLK St Andrew’s Hall, St Andrew’s Plain, Norwich. 11am-4pm.

01787 460593 SUFFOLK The Millenium Grandstand Rowley Mile Racecourse, Newmarket.

11am-4pm. 0845 257 2921

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SUFFOLK Holiday Inn Ipswich Orwell, Ransomes Europark, Ipswich.

11am-4pm. 01787 460593 ESSEX Holiday Inn, Eight Ash Green, Colchester. 11am-4pm.

020 7993 5273 ESSEX The Reid Rooms, Dunmow.

11am-3.30pm. 01245 362883

SUFFOLK The Atheneum, Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds. 11am-4pm.

01787 460593 NORFOLK Marriot Sprowston Manor Hotel, Norwich. 0845 230 1666 ESSEX Brentwood Centre.

10am-4pm. 01245 524519 CAMBS Cambridge Golf & Conference Centre. 11am-4pm.

07849 283247

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12 SEPTEMBER

NORFOLK The Cliff Hotel, Gorleston-On-Sea. 7-10pm. 01502 537001

CAMBS Girton College, Cambridge.

6-10.30pm. 01787 460593

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ESSEX Foakes Hall, Dunmow.

11am-4pm. 07849 283247

BEDS Old Palace Lodge Hotel, Dunstable. 5.30-9pm.

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5 NOVEMBER HERTS Hanbury Manor, Ware.

6-9pm. 0870 400 7222

16 SEPTEMBER BEDS Whipsnade Zoo, Dunstable.

11am-3pm. 01296 619786 ESSEX Cressing Temple Barns, nr Whitham. 10am-4pm. 01376 584903

20 SEPTEMBER HERTS Knebworth House.

5-9pm. 01438 813825

22 SEPTEMBER ESSEX Vintage Wedding Fair, Moulsham Mill, Chelmsford.

10am-3pm. 07826 845751

23 SEPTEMBER BEDS The Bedford Swan Hotel, Bedford. 11am-4pm. 01787 460593 ESSEX Spains Hall, Finchingfield.

11am-3.30pm. 01245 850949 ESSEX The Essex Golf & Country Club, Earls Colne. 11am-3pm.

01787 221101

29 SEPTEMBER ESSEX Barleylands Craft Village and

11 NOVEMBER HERTS Three Lakes, Westmill.

10.30am-3.30pm. 01245 850949 Farm Centre, Billericay. 10am-5pm.

07917 003695

NORFOLK Caldecott Hall Hotel, Fritton, Great Yarmouth. 11am-4pm.

01502 537001

30 SEPTEMBER BEDS The Riverside, Gipsy Lane, Luton. 11am-3pm. 01582 524788 CAMBS Wood Green Animal Shelter, Godmanchester. 11am-4pm.

0844 248 8181 SUFFOLK Tuddenham Mill, nr Newmarket. 01638 713552

7 OCTOBER NORFOLK Drayton Old Lodge, Drayton, Norwich. 11am-4pm.

07789 375949 ESSEX Wat Tyler Country Park, Basildon. 11am-4pm. 01474 815463 ESSEX Charter Hall, Colchester Leisure World. 11am-4pm.

01206 508374

14 OCTOBER NORFOLK Holiday Inn Norwich North, Cromer Road, Norwich. 11am-4pm.

01787 460593 NORFOLK Timbers Country Hotel, Fincham, Downham Market.

11am-4pm. 01502 537001 CAMBS The Maltings, Ely. 10.30am-3.30pm. 01353 662633

21 OCTOBER BEDS Luton Hoo Walled Garden, Luton. 11am-4pm. 01582 524788 CAMBS Comberton Leisure, Cambridge. 11am-4pm.

07817 238849 HERTS Hanbury Manor, Ware.

18 NOVEMBER CAMBS Madingley Hall, Cambridge.

10.30am-3.30pm. 01245 850949

3 JANUARY NORFOLK St Andrew’s Hall, St Andrew’s Plain, Norwich. 11am-4pm.

01787 460593

13 JANUARY NORFOLK King’s Lynn Corn Exchange.

11am-4pm.

01553 774540 SUFFOLK Smeetham Hall Barn, Bulmer. 11am-4pm.

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27 JANUARY BEDS The Riverside, Gipsy Lane, Luton. 11am-3pm. 01582 524788

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A glassy affair 300 years of glass in one day – that’s what you’ll find at this year’s Cambridge Glass Fair The Cambridge Glass Fair is more

than just that - it is an event which brings together around 100 exhibitors from across the U.K. and Europe.

Originally founded along with the respected collector and glass expert Dr. Graham Cooley, this fair offers the ideal opportunity to find both antique glass and contemporary studio work; glass from all eras and to suit all tastes. If your preference is for Georgian drinking glasses you will find many knowledgeable specialists, if you are interested in the Art Deco and Art Nouveau periods you will be amply catered for by several quality exhibitors and if you lean toward modernist collectables and art glass you will be spoilt for choice.

The Cambridge Glass Fair was the first one-day fair to introduce regular exhibitions presenting both loan collections and previously overlooked areas of glass to its visitors, who have also had the chance to meet some well-known personalities including Eric Knowles, Sam Herman, Andy

A selection of dumps featuring Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and his consort, Queeen Alexandra

McConnell and Mark Hill and we have hosted several book launches and selling exhibitions. The Stained Glass Museum from Ely cathedral are also regular exhibitors.

The exhibition for this fair will feature Victorian dumps and contemporary American paperweights. Peter Sellers, author of ‘Victorian Dumps, Paperweights, Mantel Ornaments, Doorstops and Whimsies, 1820-1914’, will be curating the dump exhibition while the Cambridge-based Paperweight Collectors Circle is providing the contemporary weight display.

Visitors will also be able to see and buy studio glass from around twenty contemporary makers and engravers who are also always happy to discuss commissions.

For paperweight enthusiasts, in addition to the foyer exhibition and several specialist dealers attending the event, the Paperweight Collectors Circle will as usual held an

‘Identification Clinic’ where you are invited to bring along any weights or related items you have questions about or just wish to discuss.

This fascinating fair is usually held at Chilford Hall, but since the devastating fire and subsequent destruction of the Chilford Hall barns, it has found a new location at Linton Village College.

The Cambridge Glass Fair, Sunday 23 September at Linton Village College, Cambridge Road, Linton, Cambs. 10.30am-4pm.

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Collette Hoefkens of Norton Way Gallery in Letchworth Garden City, Herts presents her monthly look at the arts in the east...

Around the THE ARTS

REGION It is the start of the golden season and what a wonderful time to explore the visual and enjoy the arts. This September there is plenty to feast upon!

All across Hertfordshire, artists will be opening their doors to invite you to come and see their work on their home ground. September is time for Hertfordshire’s Open Studios event. From Harpenden Public Halls to West Herts College, both professional and amateur artists will be displaying and demonstrating their skills. Homes too will be open for you to visit where you can browse, buy or simply discuss the work with the artists themselves.

The Digswell Art Trust celebrates the event with the grand opening of their new studios at the Fenners Building, in Letchworth Garden City Town Center. A stones throw away you can catch the Weston Group of artists with their first public exhibition at No14 Leys Avenue.

For more details pick up a catalogue in art and tourist outlets throughout the county or visit the Herts Visual Art Forum website.

Hertfordshire Open Studios 2012, 8th September till 30th September Herts Visual Art Forum, www.hvaf.org.uk If you are visiting Essex this month take the opportunity to view the bold and dynamic work of East Anglian artist Nat Young. Starting on the 8th of September, at the superb Aubrey Art Gallery, in Great Dunmow, Nat will be artist of the month.

Amongst a continually changing group display of both local and national artists, Nat’s work will be featured with an extensive new collection. His almost guttural and explosive canvases demonstrate his trademark command of abstract impressionism and yet still maintain a grounded sense of place and the familiar. Townscapes and Landscapes draw you into their frames with their energetic magnetism and intrigue.

Nat Young- Artist of the Month 8th September till 29th September The Aubrey Art Gallery, Post Office Yard, High Street, Great Dunmow 01371 873133 www.aubreyartgallery.com 106|eastlife.co.uk

Painting by Bedfordshire artist Isla Woiwod

Heading north, the excellent Eagle Gallery, in Bedford, continues with its annual programe of both solo and group shows. This unique artist-led gallery is run by a co-operative of 45 Bedfordshire artists and showcases work solely from its members.

Encouraging a high level of commitment and support it is home to many professionals and aspiring young newcomers alike.

During September you will be able to catch a range of pieces from jeweler and ceramicist Carla Sealey and photographer Mark Burley. From the 17th of the month the latest group show will commence, including works from many Eagle favorites such as Mike Townesend, Eric Seeley and Isla Woiwod.

Don’t miss Isla’s serenely beautiful, magical new landscapes!!

Carla Sealey and Mark Burley From 8th September The Eagle Gallery, 101 Castle Road, Bedford 01234 346995 www.eaglegalleryartists.co.uk

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Evening talks at THE FARMLAND MUSEUM AND DENNY ABBEY 6pm to 7.30 Adults £5, Concessions £4, Friends £3 Prior registering essential call 01223 860988 Thursday 13 September ‘Forty Years On...’ by Lorna Delanoy A chance to delve into the fascinating history of the museum. Hear the personal experiences of setting up a museum, how it started as a small collection of objects by the Delanoy children at their home in Haddenham and how it grew to its current Denny Abbey site.

An entertaining evening for all.

Thursday 20 September ‘An Introduction To Medieval Buildings’ by local historian Anne Holton-Krayenbuhl This talk will focus on Denny Abbey and its associated structures, setting these within the framework of medieval architectural history. Methods for identifying medieval features will be outlined, providing some guidelines for the enthusiastic novice. Short walk around the abbey site included.

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Cambridgeshire THEATRE & SHOWS 1 - 4 Aug Murder on the Nile Now in its seventh thrilling year, the Agatha Christie Company presents a stylish new production of the queen of crime’s classic thriller. Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge, 01223 503333 3 - 8 Sep Hysteria An award-winning comedy, part broad farce and part case-history. It brings together two of the world’s greatest and most eccentric minds - Sigmund Freud and Salvador Dali.

Starring Antony Sher and David Horovitch.

Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge, 01223 503333 7 Sep The Dreamboys Thong and dance show for the ladies. The Cresset, Peterborough, 01733 265705 7 Sep Chocolate Paradox In a small Yorkshire town a group of friends become involved in the performance of a play about a local hero, George Cadbury, ‘the inventor of the most delicious chocolate bar ever’. Angles Theatre, Wisbech, 01945 474447 8 Sep Penguin Polly Dunbar’s award-winning book is brought to life by Long Nose Puppets. Key Theatre, Peterborough, 01733 207239 8 Sep Roger McGough: As Far As I Know One of Britain’s best-loved poets.

Key Theatre, Peterborough, 01733 207239 10 - 15 Sep The Haunting In an ancient, crumbling mansion, sheltering from the howling winds that tear across the surrounding desolate moorland, two men stumble across a dark and terrifying secret that will change their lives forever.

A chilling re-production of the Dickens’ stories starring David Robb (Downton Abbey) and James Roache (son of William Roace, aka Ken Barlow). Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge, 01223 503333 12 - 15 Sep The Yeomen of the Guard Peterborough Gilbert & Sullivan Players will delight G&S lovers with a new presentation of this eternal favourite. Key Theatre, Peterborough, 01733 207239 13 Sep ShangHi - Cirque du Ciel The show skilfully combines acrobatics, modern dance, original music, martial arts and many other Chinese elements in an adventure you will be in amazement of and find difficult to forget. The Cresset, Peterborough, 01733 265705 13 Sep John Hegley Enjoy a fantastic evening of poetry and comedy. Key Theatre, Peterborough, 01733 207239 14 Sep The Comedy Club Top stand-up. Cambridge Belfry Q-Hotel, Cambridge, 01954 714600 14 Sep John Hegley This year¹s show is one of his best; the poems and songs are fantastically funny and Hegley¹s delivery is stronger than ever. St Peter’s Church, Ely, 01353 616991 14 Sep Portrait of Space A play about Roland Penrose and his relationship with Lee Miller, Picasso and the artists involved with the Surrealist movement. Peckover House, Wisbech, 01945 583463 18 Sep Past Half Remembered Past Half Remembered tells the story of Maria Michaliovna whose life spans the Soviet century. The Reds and the Whites do battle, the Germans invade, tea is served

from a samovar and there is a very big wedding. The Junction, Cambridge, 01223 511511 18 - 22 Sep Cubicle Four A look at the diverse lives and situations of three different inhabitants of one cubicle in a busy Accident and Emergency department, Cubicle Four is a touching and hilarious insight into the stories behind the sensitive, unique life-changing moments often witnessed only by the four walls of the room. Corpus Playroom, Cambridge, 01223 300085 19 Sep The TinaMarinas: Being Gorgeous! Using witty wordplay and rhythmic banter, they lead you through the 3 stages of gorgeousness - looking, feeling and being gorgeous. The TinaMarinas are original, outrageously lusty, jaw achingly funny and thoroughly human. Join them and be gorgeous!

Mumford Theatre at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, 0845 196 2320 19 - 22 Sep Duet For One Resonant with echoes of the life and experiences of cellist Jacqueline du Pré, Duet for One leads celebrated concert violinist Stephanie Abrahams (Haydn Gwynne), through a series of highly-charged encounters with her doctor, Alfred Feldman (William Gaunt), as she is forced to re-evaluate her life and face a truth too difficult to comprehend. Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge, 01223 503333 19 - 22 Sep Beyond Broadway RATz recreate a variety of West End and Broadway musical hits with imagination and ingenuity. Angles Theatre, Wisbech, 01945 474447 20 Sep Donnie Rust: Beefcaked A heart-to-heart with you, the audience on the dangers of excessive gym grunting, proper men’s room etiquette, why raincoats should always be worn on first dates, and baby elephants. The Junction, Cambridge, 01223 511511 20 - 21 Sep The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists A new two-handed version of Stephen Lowe’s original adaptation of Robert Tressell’s book. Key Theatre, Peterborough, 01733 207239 20 - 22 Sep Calendar Girls Stage version of the hit film presented by St Neots Players. Priory Centre, St Neots, 01480 388922 21 Sep On The Edge! This wonderful comedy show explores all those moments in life when we are On the Edge! Falling in love, leaving home, getting a job, bungee jumping - you name it, this show explores it! Improvised comedy at its best.

Mumford Theatre at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, 0845 196 2320 21 Sep Rock & Roll Paradise The incredibly talented cast brings to life the music of the rock and roll era as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison and others. The Cresset, Peterborough, 01733 265705 21 Sep Norman Lovett Stand-up comedian and Red Dwarf star performs his latest show LOL@NOLO. The Junction, Cambridge, 01223 511511 22 Sep Sandi Toksvig Comedian, novelist, actor, broadcaster, show-off and international treasure, Sandi Toksvig is embarking on her first major UK solo tour

Kara Tointon Relatively Speaking 24 - 29 Sept in years to celebrate the publication of her new novel Valentine Grey. Long-standing host of Radio Four’s News Quiz and Excess Baggage and regular QI panelist, Sandi will be touring a brand new, uniquely witty evening of stand-up, stories and fascinating facts. Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge, 01223 357851 22 Sep Salon Rouge A night of burlesque featuring champion juggler Rod Laver with beautiful aerial and performance artist Alexandra Hofgartner, plus Salon Rouge’s very own Cherry & Ruby.Plus, the inimitable Felicity Flappes, Hocus Pocus Theatre, Dolly GoTightly, Harlow Heartbreak & Gentleman Jacques, The Appletinis and Sassy La Mynx. The Junction, Cambridge, 01223 511511 22 Sep TangoMotion Featuring four of the world’s leading tango dancers. Key Theatre, Peterborough, 01733 207239 23 Sep Stuck Children’s show. The Junction, Cambridge, 01223 511511 23 - 24 Sep A Midsummer Night’s Dream Presented by The Movement.

Mumford Theatre at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, 0845 196 2320 24 - 25 Sep Tim Key: Masterslut Tim Key is back on tour. Still spunking poetry everywhere. Now 35 years old. The Junction, Cambridge, 01223 511511 24 - 29 Sep Relatively Speaking Beautifully crafted, wonderfully funny and charmingly English, Relatively Speaking was Alan Ayckbourn’s first great West End

success and turned him into a household name. Starring Felicity Kendall, Kara Tointon and Jonothan Coy. Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge, 01223 503333 25 Sep An Evening with Gervase Phinn The former school inspector and entertaining speaker will be talking about his new novel ‘Trouble at the Little Village School’. St John’s Church, Peterborough 25 - 26 Sep Romeo & Juliet Highly acclaimed Icarus Theatre present another Shakespeare classic. Key Theatre, Peterborough, 01733 207239 25 - 29 Sep Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story Dolginoff’s multi-award-winning musical explores the chilling true story of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, who in 1924 committed one of the most heinous crimes of the twentieth century. Corpus Playroom, Cambridge, 01223 300085 27 Sep Proof This heart-breaking, paradigm-shifting work by American playwright David Auburn takes on the themes of mental health, gender bias, and the incorruptible bond between father and daughter. Mumford Theatre at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, 0845 196 2320 27 Sep Jim Davidson The incomparable comedian live, dangerous and as uncompromising as ever. A hysterical evening of stand up comedy featuring one of Britain’s greatest ever comedians. The Cresset, Peterborough, 01733 265705

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The Tina Marinas Mumford Theatre 19 Sept 27 - 29 Sep I Peterborough Eastern Angles and the Key Theatre present a new production, fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe. Key Theatre, Peterborough, 01733 207239 29 Sep The Selfish Crocodile The funny tale of a brave little mouse and a very snappy crocodile suitable for ages 4+. Mumford Theatre at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, 0845 196 2320 30 Sep Sir Derek Jacobi and Michael Burrell in Conversation An audience with two stage greats. Angles Theatre, Wisbech, 01945 474447`

MUSIC 1 Sep Bruce Cockburn Canadian folk / rock guitarist and singer-songwriter widely recognised for his compelling songwriting, social message, innovative guitar playing and southern blues and jazz harmonies. The Junction, Cambridge, 01223 511511 1 - 2 Sep Lodestar Festival An exciting line up of hot new artists and this year a bigger mix of genres, late night DJs playing euphoric tracks, fun comedians, drama of theatre, trickiest circus acts, dress for the risqué-st

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burlesque, colourful market stalls including vintage clothing, tastiest food, chillest camping area and the warmest atmosphere. Lode, 01223 813318 2 Sep Blake & Brazil Country & Irish music and dance duo. The Brook, Soham, 01353 721748 4 Sep The Askew Sisters Emily and Hazel Askew are a young duo making waves on the folk scene with their energetic brand of English folk music. St Neots Folk Club at The Priory Centre, St Neots, 01234 376278 4 Sep Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard Often associated with his friends, The Moldy Peaches, New York’s Jeffrey Lewis peddles a similar peddle of lo-fi anti-folk indie singing and songwriting, combining equal measures of humour, innocence, fragility and sadness. The Junction, Cambridge, 01223 511511 7 Sep Felix Holt Folk. Plus open stage.

Cambridge Folk Club at The Golden Hind, Cambridge, 01638 603986 7 Sep Amy Wadge & Pete Riley Amy Wadge and Pete Riley first came together a little over two years ago to do some writing together. They immediately clicked and after many years as solo artists or as

members of various bands, they decided to collaborate and have been touring, writing and recording together ever since.

The Junction, Cambridge, 01223 511511 8 Sep Polly Paulusma Acclaimed singer songwriter with support from Chris Woods and Bob Collum. Acoustic Routes at CB2 Basement, Cambridge.

9 Sep Stephen Smyth & Band Country music. The Brook, Soham, 01353 721748 10 Sep Patti Smith and her Band Last year, singer-songwriter Patti Smith was listed amongst Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, as well as one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Artists. Now the ‘Godmother of Punk’ brings her latest tour to Cambridge.

Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge, 01223 357851 11 Sep Dexys The show will be made up of a live performance of their new album in its entirety, played in sequence, followed by a few Dexys favourites.

Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge, 01223 357851 11 Sep Landermason Multi instrumentalist Fiona Lander (vocals, piano, whistles, saxes, clarinet and recorder) and Paul Mason (guitars and vocals) have developed a unique sound which displays their undoubted talents.

They combine both traditional and contemporary folk with jazz and other styles in their beautiful and striking arrangements. St Neots Folk Club at The Priory Centre, St Neots, 01234 376278 13 Sep A Place to Bury Strangers New Yorkers fusing the sounds of My Bloody Valentine and the Jesus & Mary Chain to create euphoric synthesized pop with a dark and brooding edge. The Junction, Cambridge, 01223 511511 14 Sep Dave Ellis and Boo Howard Top folk. Cambridge Folk Club at The Golden Hind, Cambridge, 01638 603986 14 Sep Peterborough Opera Performing ‘Gems Ffrom the Opera’.

Angles Theatre, Wisbech, 01945 474447 15 Sep Classical Divas Four sensational sopranos, in an unforgettable evening of ever popular classical arias, and timeless pop classics. firstsite, Colchester, 01206 577067 16 Sep Paddy O’Brien Country and Irish music. The Brook, Soham, 01353 721748 17 Sep Marillion Marillion have been making progressive rock since they formed in 1979. With a cult following and a career that is notable for having progressed steadily with the times, Marillion’s music has been likened to that of bands as diverse as Pink Floyd and Radiohead. The Junction, Cambridge, 01223 511511

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You can find even more events on our website and include your own too! www.eastlife.co.uk 18 Sep Martyn Wyndham-Read Folk singer-guitarist. St Neots Folk Club at The Priory Centre, St Neots, 01234 376278 19 Sep Steve Knightley Steve Knightley is the songwriting force behind Show of Hands, widely acclaimed as the finest acoustic roots duo in England and with three Royal Albert Hall sell-outs to their name. Steve is also enjoying success as a solo artist. Ely Folk Club at The Lamb Hotel, Ely, 01353 740999 19 Sep Heidi Talbot Ireland has long been a fount of great female singers, but Heidi Talbot’s breakthrough solo release, 2008’s In Love + Light, swiftly assured her promotion to the premier league. Its artfully chosen mix of traditional and contemporary material, reinvented classics and little-known gems won glowing reviews across three continents, a US Indie Acoustic Award and a Best Female Vocalist nomination in the Irish Music Awards. The Junction, Cambridge, 01223 511511 20 Sep The Sixteen Choral Pilgrimage 2012: The Earth Resounds. Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough, 01733 452336 21 Sep The Pink Floyd Dimension Tribute. The Junction, Cambridge, 01223 511511 21 Sep Nathan Carter & His Band Country music. The Brook, Soham, 01353 721748 22 Sep Katriona Gimore and Jamie Roberts BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award nominees Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts combine astounding lap-tapping guitar, fiery fiddle and their trademark harmonies with considerable songwriting talent to make a truly distinctive sound.

Support from Cambridge-based band The Willows. Acoustic Routes at CB2 Basement, Cambridge.

22 Sep East Anglia Chamber Orchestra Haydn, Francaix, and Brahms’ Symphony No.1 West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, 01223 300085 22 Sep Huntingdon Male Voice Choir The Huntingdon Male Voice Choir along with the Cromwell Museum celebrates their fiftieth anniversary this year, and will be performing a mixed programme, interspersed with readings, to mark the Museum’s Golden Jubilee.

All Saints’ Church, Huntingdon, 01480 375830 24 Sep Kathryn Tickell: Northumbrian Voices Live music, stories and songs - where the ordinary becomes extraordinary. Key Theatre, Peterborough, 01733 207239

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Cambridgeshire 27 Sep Handel’s Royal Music The Academy of Ancient Music closes a major European tour celebrating the Jubilee and Olympic summer with a performance of Handel’s glorious Royal Music.

Cambridge Corn Exchange, 01223 357851 27 Sep Karnataka From powerful to ethereal, breathtaking to haunting - just some of the words used to describe Karnataka who rose to the forefront of new, female fronted rock bands following the release of five critically acclaimed albums. The Junction, Cambridge, 01223 511511 28 Sep QuintEssential Sackbut and Cornett Ensemble A programme to mark the four-hundredth anniversary of the death of Giovanni Gabrieli.

Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge, 01223 847330 28 Sep Phil Robson’s Immeasurable Code Quintet Phil’s high-energy quintet plays material from the Immeasurable Code album. Cambridge Modern Jazz Club at Hidden Rooms, Cambridge, 01223 362550 28 Sep State of the Union Folk.

Cambridge Folk Club at The Golden Hind, Cambridge, 01638 603986 28 Sep Big Ten Cambridge Ska favourites with special guests Toot ’n’ Skamen and Two Steps Twice. The Junction, Cambridge, 01223 511511 28 Sep The Dub Colossus Dub Band “Dub Colossus fuse traditional azmari music, ethio-jazz and dub, and reggae.

The original aim of Dub Colossus was to combine the golden years of Ethiopique beats and Ethiojazz with the dub reggae styles of the early 70’s groups like Abyssinians, Gladiators, Wailers and Mighty Diamonds. The Junction, Cambridge, 01223 511511 28 Sep Robert Wolfe Acclaimed organist. Angles Theatre, Wisbech, 01945 474447 29 Sep La Serenissima Vivaldi programme. Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge, 01223 847330 29 Sep Ely Sinfonia and St Ives Choral Society Faure, Brahms, Barber.

Ely Cathedral, Ely. 29 Sep The All New Blues Brothers Revue These guys are on a mission to be the most-action packed and entertaining tribute band around! Key Theatre, Peterborough, 01733 207239 29 Sep Are You Experienced? Jimi Hendrix tribute. Arkenstall Village Centre, Haddenham, 01353 749749 30 Sep A Century of Virtuoso Violin Music Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin), Paula Chateauneuf (theorbo). St Benets Church, Cambridge, 01223 847330

ART & EXHIBITIONS

1 - 2 Sep Ely Photographic Club Annual Exhibition Showcasing a diverse portfolio of award winning photographs including dramatic local landscapes, vibrant natural history, gritty urban shots, eye catching architec-tural pieces and simply beautiful portraits.

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1 - 2 Sep Sporting Heroes From photographs and trophies to unusual local past-times and games, this fun exhibition reveals a glimpse of the city’s proud sporting heritage. Cambridge & County Folk Museum, Cambridge, 01223 355159 1 - 23 Sep Edgelands Prints by George Shaw and Michael Landy. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 01223 332900 1 Sep - 7 Oct Designed to Impress: Highlights from the print collection Focusing on key objects ranging in date from the 15th to the 21st centuries, this exhibition will feature a selection of some of the Fitzwilliam’s most spectacular prints, and give visitors an insight into the extraordinary breadth of the collection.

Works by some of the greatest Old Master printmakers, including Rembrandt and Dürer, will hang alongside prints by later artists such as Degas, Whistler and Picasso. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 01223 332900 1 Sep - 7 Oct Vikings See panel overleaf. Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery, Peterborough, 01733 864663 1 Sep - 11 Nov The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China Over 350 treasures in jade, gold, silver, bronze and ceramics will reveal the hidden world of China’s 2000 year old royal tombs. A part of the London 2012 Festival, this is the largest and most remarkable exhibition of ancient royal treasures ever to travel outside China.

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 01223 332900 1 Sep - 27 Jan Sculpture Promenade 2012 Artists featured in the Fitzwilliam Museum’s third Sculpture Promenade are Cambridge based sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld, British sculptor Peter Randall-Page and Japanese sculptor Kan Yasuda. All three artists worked in the renowned sculpture centre of Pietrasanta, Italy, with the famous local Carrara marble. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 01223 332900 1 - 5 Sep Anglian Potters Sumer Exhibition Selling exhibition.

10am-5pm. The Old Library at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

1 - 9 Sep Michael Craig-Martin: Alphabet Hayward Touring exhibition of screen-prints; a chance to see the works of an artist of national importance in a local gallery – an artist who has inspired a generation of artists including Damien Hirst and Gary Hume. Peterborough Museum, Peterborough, 01733 864663 1 - 23 Sep Reg Cartwright New paintings. Cambridge Contemporary Art Gallery, Cambridge, 01223 324222 27 - 15 Sep Atelier East The exhibition is a celebration of great art, with work from talented artists across Fenland, the UK and Israel, Nigeria and America.

Tues-Sat 10am-4pm. Wisbech & Fenland Museum, Wisbech.

28 Sep - 21 Oct Ruth Beloe & Isobel Stemp New paintings. Cambridge Contemporary Art Gallery, Cambridge, 01223 324222

29 Sep - 21 Dec Winifred Nicholson The third of Kettle’s Yard’s artist in focus displays, looking at Winifred Nicholson and her relationship with Kettle’s Yard.

Nicholson was an important influence on Jim Ede in the 1920’s and 30’s, when Ede was developing his ideas for Kettle’s Yard. Her theories on colour and light, set out in a seminal article published in Circle in 1937, were very influential. When she lived in Paris she was part of an avantgarde circle of artists and had a close friendship with Mondrian in the late 30’s.

The exhibition will include works not normally on display, and correspondence between Nicholson and and Ede. Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, 01223 748100

SPECIAL EVENTS Every Saturday Ely Craft and Collectable Market Ely. 8am-2pm.

01353 662062 1 Sep The Saints Crafters Fair 9.30am-4pm The Free Church United Reformed, St Ives.

1 Sep Space-Time Space-Time, Wysing Arts Centre’s annual festival of art and music presents And If It Was It Can’t Be Is; three stages of live music, spoken word performances, film screenings, artists’ stalls and activities for families.

2pm-Midnight. Wysing Arts Centre, Bourn, 01954 718881 1 - 2 Sep Burghley Horse Trials Major horse event.

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2 Sep Garden Show & Craft Fair 10am-4pm. Elgood’s Brewery and Garden at North Brink Brewery, Wisbech, 01945 583160 3 Sep Ben Fogle Ben Fogle will introduce and sign his new book, ‘The Accidental Naturalist’. 1pm. Peterborough Central Library, Peterborough, 01733 864280 8 Sep The Grantchester Fair The quintessential Grantchester Meadows provide the perfect backdrop for this traditional Country Show and just a short stroll or bike ride from the centre of historic Cambridge, this is a well established popular Family Show with all day entertainment including birds of prey, working dogs, children’s entertainment as well as arts, crafts, gifts and food marquees. The Meadows, Grantchester, 0800 141 2823 8 - 9 Sep Wood Green Antique & Collectors Fair Sat 10am - 5pm; Sun 10am - 4pm. Wood Green Animal Shelter, Godmanchester, 01702 549623 8 - 9 Sep Haddenham Steam Rally and Heavy Horse Show Traditional steam and country fair, with over 600 exhibits from steam engines, Vintage Cars, stationary engines, vintage tractors and Lorries, to the old tyme fair. The rally also boasts over 75 trade stands, a craft tent, a large selection of catering stands, bygones tent and a beer tent.The extremely popular Heavy Horse show will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Sunday 9th September, with competitors coming from all over the country to compete.

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Cambridgeshire 8 - 9 Sep The Duxford Air Show The Duxford Air Show is the highlight of Duxford’s calendar of flying events. In an outstanding aerial spectacle, the very best historic and modern aircraft display in the skies over this famous airfield. Featuring civilian and military aircraft, the Duxford Air Show always presents a fantastically varied programme with some distinctive and popular flying performances. Imperial War Museum, Duxford, 01223 835 000 15 Sep Cherry Hinton Festival Childrens Day A free day of activities in Cherry Hinton for the family including workshops - ballet, breakdance, drama and more... puppet shows, film show, sports zone, Science Roadshow, circus skills workshop, Alien and Robot workshops, Treasure hunt, Duck Race, Cambridge learning bus, Sonic Manipulator show, Peter Pan Cafe and lots more and it’s all free. 9am-5pm.

Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, 01223 722954 15 - 16 Sep The Cambridge Food, Garden and Produce Festival Parker’s Piece, Cambridge, 0800 141 2823 15 - 16 Sep Italian Festival Thousands of people are expected to visit the city centre over the two days to sample a taste of Italy and meet Gino D’Acampo, who will be appearing live on stage in Cathedral Square on the Sunday, before signing copies of his book at Barista in St Peter’s Arcade. Plus, dancers

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15 - 16 Sep Cambridge Food Garden & Produce Festival Gardens, Gardening, Food & Drink as well as Arts Craft & Gift marquees. 10am-5pm.

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15 - 19 Sep Flower Festival 11am-5pm. Peckover House & Gardens, Wisbech, 01945 583463 16 Sep Chariots of Fire Chariots of Fire is one of Cambridgeshire’s largest annual charity events. The race follows in the footsteps of the famous film, taking its scenic route through the streets and colleges of Cambridge, with teams of six each running a 1.7 mile course in relay format. This year funds are being raised for two charities; Cambridge Past, Present & Future and Cam Sight. Queen’s Green, Cambridge.

16 Sep Showbus Hundreds of single and double-decker buses gather every year at Duxford for this unusual and fun event. Now a firm favourite on Duxford’s calendar, ShowBus, the world’s biggest bus rally, continues to provide colour, spectacle and nostalgia. 10am-6pm.

Imperial War Museum, Duxford, 01223 835 000 17 - 21 Sep Key Shorts International Festival of Short Film Peterborough’s first international festival of short film. Key Theatre, Peterborough, 01733 207239

20 - 22 Sep Elgood’s Brewery Beer Festival 140+ beers from mainly East Anglian breweries, live music every night, food. Elgood’s Brewery, Wisbech, 01945 583160 22 - 23 Sep Wimpole at War - 1940s Weekend Wimpole travels back in time to the 1940s. Join the Home Guard drill; see the Land Girls at work on the farm.

Meet the civil defence wardens and civilians that kept the home fires burning but watch out for the Spiv! Displays and demonstrations throughout the day: hear the music, taste the food of the period or browse the trade stalls with 40s things to buy. 10am-5pm. Wimpole Hall & Farm, Arrington, 01223 206000 23 Sep Cambridge Glass Fair Leading specialist fair bringing together 300 years of collectable glass in one day.

Contemporary artists show their work alongside antique & decorative glass from all periods. Hall dedicated to contemporary glass art. Chilford Hall, Linton, 07887 762872 24 Sep Cambridgeshire Antique & Collectors Fair 9am-3pm. Huntingdon Racecourse, Brampton, 07725 406272 29 Sep Soham Pumpkin Fair Arena events, displays, Soham Bygones, Soham Classic Vehicle Club, music, dance and more. Recreation Ground, Soham.

30 Sep Cambridge Art & Crafts Market Original & Unique Designed Work by the Stallholders. 10.30am - 4.30pm.

Scotsdales’s Garden Centre, Great Shelford.

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Apple Festival Saturday 20 October 2012 Palace Green (opposite Cathedral), Ely 10.00am - 4.00pm

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Soap Opera EastEnder Leslie Grantham leads an all-star cast in a new spoof murder mystery set behind the scenes at a failing TV soap.

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Peggy Seeger The Legendary folk artist makes her Key Theatre debut.

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Mother Goose The Key Theatre presents Peterborough’s original and best traditional family pantomime.

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Norfolk THEATRE & SHOWS 1 - 16 Sep Hippodrome Spectacular & Water Show Thrilling show with some great acts, including Circus Hilarious and a team of glamorous dancers, swimmers and aerialists and much more in this wonderful spectacular.

The Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth, 01493 780223 1 - 29 Sep Summer Seaside Special North Norfolk’s world famous all singing, all dancing summer show. Celebrating its 35th Birthday this ultimate variety show brings you a diverse blend of great pop music, breath taking West End ballads, specialty acts that make you gasp in amazement and lashings of saucy-postcard humour. Pavilion Theatre at Cromer Pier, Cromer, 01263 512495 1 Sep Great Expectations Charles Dickens’ story. Westacre Theatre, Westacre, 01760 755800 1 - 8 Sep Ding Dong Fabulous French farce. Sheringham Little Theatre, Sheringham, 01263 822347 1 - 2 Sep Calendar Girls Based on the true story of a group of women who bare all, or nearly all, for charity and become international celebrities as a result.

Gorleston Pavilion Theatre, Gorleston, 01493 662832 1 Sep Colin Fry TV’s psychic medium.

Britannia Pier Theatre, Great Yarmouth, 01493 842914 1 Sep Private Peaceful Simon Reade’s critically acclaimed adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s brilliant book. The Granary Theatre, Wells-next-the-Sea, 01328 710193 2 Sep An Evening of Burlesque It’s all tease, no sleaze with corsets, killer heels and stockings aplenty. Sultry vocals, breathtaking choreography, mischief, magic, frivolity and fun collide in this dazzling show. Pavilion Theatre , Cromer, 01263 512495 3 Sep C’mon Everybody Rock n roll music show. Pavilion Theatre , Cromer, 01263 512495 4 - 27 Sep Summer Showtime Show packed full of song, dance and comedy.

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Tues-Thurs only. Gorleston Pavilion Theatre, Gorleston, 01493 662832 6 Sep Jethro The world’s funniest Cornishman. Britannia Pier Theatre, Great Yarmouth, 01493 842914 7 Sep Compagnie Bam A fast paced, rock ‘n’ roll circus show packed with humour, driving rhythms, music and singing. The Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth, 01493 844172 7 Sep Simon Evans The very funny man with the very tiny eyes. Norwich Playhouse, Norwich, 01603 598598 8 Sep Put On Your Dancing Shoes Dance showcase by Footlights Performing Arts. King’s Lynn Corn Exchange, King’s Lynn, 01553 764864 8 Sep The Voice of Roy Orbison Show featuring the sounds of ‘The Big O’ together with two hugely successful acts of this era, The Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly. Gorleston Pavilion Theatre, Gorleston, 01493 662832 9 Sep Forever in Blue Jeans Energetic music show. Pavilion Theatre , Cromer, 01263 512495

13 Sep Variety Night in aid of NCPFC Featuring Mark Fitch, Simon Brown Quartet, Norwich Young Peoples Theatre, Tay Devlin, James Veira, and Dove & Boweevil. Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, 01603 660352 13 - 22 Sep The Old Country Nostalgic, humorous and thought provoking, this play by ‘national treasure’ Alan Bennett raises questions about loyalty, betrayal, friendship and family.

Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich, 01603 620917 14 Sep Colin Fry TV’s psychic medium.

King’s Lynn Corn Exchange, King’s Lynn, 01553 764864 14 - 29 Sep Murder on the Nile Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery starring Kate O’Mara, Robert Duncan, Susie Amy, Ben Nealon and Mark Wynter.

Norwich Theatre Royal, Norwich, 01603 630000 15 Sep Fred MacAulay Stand-up comedy. Norwich Playhouse, Norwich, 01603 598598 16 Sep An Evening of Jazz and Cabaret A night of fun, frivolity and fund-raising with a host of excellent singers and musicians. Norwich Playhouse, Norwich, 01603 598598 17 Sep I Peterborough Eastern Angles and the Key Theatre present a new production, fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe. The Granary Theatre, Wells-next-the-Sea, 01328 710193 17 - 22 Sep Cabaret Bill Kenwright presents the multi-award winning production of Cabaret. Kander and Ebb’s landmark musical turns Weimar Berlin of 1931 into a dark and sexually charged haven of decadence, at the heart of which the legendary Sally Bowles performs at the infamous Kit Kat Klub. Will Young and acclaimed actress Michelle Ryan make their musical theatre debuts. Norwich Theatre Royal, Norwich, 01603 630000 18 Sep Alun Cochrane Stand-up comedy. Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, 01603 660352 19 Sep Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown Adult comedian. Britannia Pier Theatre, Great Yarmouth, 01493 842914 20 Sep Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown Adult comedian. King’s Lynn Corn Exchange, King’s Lynn, 01553 764864 21 Sep An Audience with Sherlock Holmes Andrew Meller presents classic retelling of some of Sherlock Holmes’ most celebrated cases The Granary Theatre, Wells-next-the-Sea, 01328 710193 21 - 22 Sep Tim Key Tim Key is back on tour. Still spunking poetry everywhere.

Now 35 years old. Norwich Playhouse, Norwich, 01603 598598 22 Sep Roll Out the Barrel Old time variety show. Gorleston Pavilion Theatre, Gorleston, 01493 662832 22 Sep The Frog Prince Children’s show. Diss Corn Hall, Diss, 01638 603518 23 Sep Jongleurs Comedy Live Top stand-up. Pavilion Theatre , Cromer, 01263 512495 24 Sep Paul Chowdhry Dry, observational wit in Paul’s new show.

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25 Sep Greg Davies Stand-up comedy.

Norwich Playhouse, Norwich, 01603 598598 25 Sep Robin Ince and Michael Legge Stand-up comedy. Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, 01603 660352 25 Sep Jongleurs Comedy Live Top stand-up. Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich, 01603 620917 26 Sep Forces Sweethearts Nostalgic wartime music show. King’s Lynn Corn Exchange, King’s Lynn, 01553 764864 26 Sep Le Theatre De Decadence An evening with some of the most well reputed burlesque and circus artists in the country all entwined in a dark and twisted tale. Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich, 01603 620917 27 Sep The British Pop Invasion The Swinging Sixties are brought back to life in this vibrant show featuring all the best music of the era. Princess Theatre, Hunstanton, 01485 532252 27 Sep Comedy Club Top stand-up.

King’s Lynn Corn Exchange, King’s Lynn, 01553 764864 28 Sep Rock ‘n’ Roll Paradise Music show. King’s Lynn Corn Exchange, King’s Lynn, 01553 764864 28 Sep Red Card Comedy Club Stand-up comedy. Diss Corn Hall, Diss, 01638 603518 28 - 30 Sep Dickens’ Women Miriam Margolyes performs her acclaimed Olivier Award-nominated production. Norwich Playhouse, Norwich, 01603 598598 29 Sep Sooty’s Magic Show Children’s favourite live on stage.

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29 Sep Grand Gala of Magic Family show featuring a whole host of top magicians and illusionists including Paul Daniels with Debbie McGee. Britannia Pier Theatre, Great Yarmouth, 01493 842914 29 Sep Halfway To Paradise Music show that tells the life story of rock and roll legend Billy Fury. Princess Theatre, Hunstanton, 01485 532252 29 Sep House of Burlesque presents Shipwrecked A Tropical Burlesque Extravaganza. King’s Lynn Corn Exchange, King’s Lynn, 01553 764864 29 Sep If It’s Laughter You’re After Featuring the ever popular Simmons and Simmons, the hilarious Olly Day and of course the man himself, Mr Nigel ‘Boy’ Syer. Gorleston Pavilion Theatre, Gorleston, 01493 662832 29 Sep Hound of the Baskervilles The Keeper’s Daughter applies its anarchic wit and sublime physicality to Sherlock Holmes’s most treacherous adventure. Diss Corn Hall, Diss, 01638 603518 29 Sep Sleuth An urbane and sophisticated twist-ridden thriller. The Granary Theatre, Wells-next-the-Sea, 01328 710193 30 Sep Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers Thundering rhythms on huge taiko drums interweave with layers of percussive soundscapes and delicate bamboo flute in a spellbinding display of precise choreography and sheer athleticism.

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Norfolk 30 Sep Stewart Francis Stand-up comedy. Norwich Theatre Royal, Norwich, 01603 630000

MUSIC 1 Sep Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band British jazz legend. Norwich Playhouse, Norwich, 01603 598598 1 Sep Voulez-Vous Top Abba tribute.

Princess Theatre, Hunstanton,01485 532252 1 Sep Patrick Hawes Classic FM Composer in Residence and newly appointed Patron of Music for the Maddermarket Theatre, Patrick Hawes, joins us for an evening to celebrate Norfolk as an inspiration for creativity.

Patrick will be performing music from his album ‘Towards the Light’ which evolved from his passion for the Norfolk Broads.

He will also be joined by artist David Dane and local writers. Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich, 01603 620917 1 Sep The Burning Crows High energy, good time rock, n’ roll played hard with gusto. The Waterfront, Norwich, 01603 508050 1 Sep Benyounes String Quartet Haydn, Janacek, Debussy. St Mary’s Church, South Creake, 01328 730357 1 - 2 Sep Sundown Festival Top music festival with a line-up that includes Olly Murs, Pixie Lott, Katy B, Labrinth and Chase and Status. www.sundownfestival.co.uk Norfolk Showground, Costessey.

3 Sep Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard Often associated with his friends, The Moldy Peaches, New York’s Jeffrey Lewis peddles a similar peddle of lo-fi anti-folk

An Evening of Burlesque Pavilion Theatre, Cromer 2 September

indie singing and songwriting, combining equal measures of humour, innocence, fragility and sadness. Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, 01603 660352 3 Sep Death By Stereo Unique genre-bending amalgam of hardcore, metal and punk The Waterfront, Norwich, 01603 508050 5 Sep Seb Rochford & Kit Downes Duo + Ranjana Ghatak Quartet Jazz double bill. Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, 01603 660352 6 Sep Emily Portman Trio A singer and concertina player from Glastonbury, hailed ‘one of the new British folk scene’s most beguiling presences’ (Uncut).

Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, 01603 660352 6 Sep Jake Morley Remarkable guitar player and singer-songwriter. The Bicycle Shop, Norwich, 01603 508050 7 Sep Jackson Live in Concert Michael Jackson tribute. Britannia Pier Theatre, Great Yarmouth, 01493 842914 7 Sep The Arlenes Husband and wife duo playing bittersweet alt-country and surging power pop. Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, 01603 660352 7 Sep Gary Numan Gary Numan is set to perform a new set featuring tracks from across his career including material from his critically acclaimed Dead Sun Rising album. UEA LCR, Norwich, 01603 508050 7 Sep TrueScape Norwich band. The Waterfront, Norwich, 01603 508050 8 Sep Big Girls Don’t Cry Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons tribute. Princess Theatre, Hunstanton, 01485 532252 9 Sep Off The Wall Pink Floyd tribute.

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10 Sep The Drifters Legendary soul group. Pavilion Theatre , Cromer, 01263 512495 10 Sep Rue Royale Indie folk musings from Chicago. The Bicycle Shop, Norwich, 01603 508050 12 Sep Odi Irish singer/songwriter whose music combines folk, acoustic, pop, rock and indie. The Bicycle Shop, Norwich, 01603 508050 13 Sep One Night of Queen Tribute performed by Gary Mullen & The Works.

King’s Lynn Corn Exchange, King’s Lynn, 01553 764864 15 Sep The Bon Jovi Experience Tribute. King’s Lynn Corn Exchange, King’s Lynn, 01553 764864 15 Sep Gary Perkins Gorleston Pavilion Theatre, Gorleston, 01493 662832 15 Sep Example Example is set to release a new album in November called ’The Evolution of Man’. It is the follow-up to last year’s ‘Playing in the Shadows’ which produced one of the biggest selling singles of 2011; ’Changed The Way You Kiss Me’. UEA LCR, Norwich, 01603 508050 15 Sep Steven Finn English folk and Delta blues provide a backdrop to Finn’s songs and the driving rhythm of his resonator guitar picking and the raw energy of his explosive harp have been electrifying audiences across the UK and Europe. Diss Corn Hall, Diss, 01638 603518 15 - 16 Sep Davey Arthur and Friends One of Ireland’s best-loved and most successful musicians. The Granary Theatre, Wells-next-the-Sea, 01328 710193 16 Sep Chris Cooper Jazz Trio Jazz.

The Globe Inn, Wells-next-the-Sea, 01328 710206 16 Sep The Taverham Band Brass band concert. Pavilion Theatre , Cromer, 01263 512495 17 Sep Cedric Watson Trio Spearheading the emerging generation of Cajun and Creole musicians, Cedric Watson is a fiddler, vocalist, accordionist and songwriter of enormous talent and potential. Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, 01603 660352 17 Sep Richard Hawley Much admired singer/songwriter and previous member of Pulp and The Longpigs, Richard Hawley has proved that he is an exceptional solo artist. Support: Lisa Hannigan. UEA LCR, Norwich, 01603 508050 18 Sep Rachel Sermanni Scottish singer-songwriter. The Bicycle Shop, Norwich, 01603 508050 20 Sep Simone Felice Band Celebrated songwriter, author, and poet from New York. Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, 01603 660352 20 Sep The Meteors The Meteors took the basics of 1950’s Rockabilly and injected it with such ‘punked up’ venom that it could only be called one thing Psychobilly. The Waterfront, Norwich, 01603 508050 21 Sep Jackson Live in Concert A stunning tribute to the King of Pop. King’s Lynn Corn Exchange, King’s Lynn, 01553 764864

21 Sep Translated by Reeds A new choral composition inspired by the haunting landscape around the Waveney and Blyth rivers, and their journey from source to sea. Diss Corn Hall, Diss, 01638 603518 22 Sep London Mozart Players Piazzolla, Purcell and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. St Botolph’s Church, Trunch, 01263 516294 22 Sep Smoke Fairies Jessica Davies and Katherine Blamire hauntingly fuse together elements of English folk, Deep South blues and Appalachian ballads into a beautiful cohesive whole. Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, 01603 660352 22 Sep Shakatak Soulful jazz funk.

King’s Lynn Corn Exchange, King’s Lynn, 01553 764864 22 Sep Steve Tilston One of Britain’s foremost singer-songwriters and guitarists. Norwich Puppet Theatre, Norwich, 01603 629921 22 Sep B.o.B One of hip-hop’s most inventive and exciting young artists. The Waterfront, Norwich, 01603 508050 22 Sep South Norfolk Youth Symphonic Band Songs from the shows. Diss Corn Hall, Diss, 01638 603518 23 Sep Kate Rusby The defining voice of contemporary English folk music, Kate Rusby’s exquisite interpretations of traditional songs and finely wrought self-penned tunes have won her an audience that reaches beyond the genre.

Norwich Theatre Royal, Norwich, 01603 630000 24 Sep Claudia Aurora With a following to rival flamenco, the haunting melodies of Portuguese fado have always held listeners spellbound; Claudia Aurora is its powerful new voice. Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, 01603 660352 25 Sep Tinchy Stryder Grime/hip-hop/pop crossover artist. The Waterfront, Norwich, 01603 508050 25 Sep Polly Paulusma A singer songwriter with a voice to die for. The Bicycle Shop, Norwich, 01603 508050 27 Sep Raymond Froggatt Singer-songwriter. Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich, 01603 620917 27 Sep The Maine Band from Tempe, Arizona. The Waterfront, Norwich, 01603 508050 27 Sep The Bach Players Bach and his Rivals: Bach, Telemann, Graupner With Rachel Elliott, soprano, Sally Bruce-Payne, mezzo, Nicholas Mulroy, tenor, Matthew Brook, bass. Octagon Chapel, Norwich, 01603 628319 28 Sep Faustus Top folk band.

Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich, 01603 620917 28 Sep Maverick Sabre London born, Irish raised singer songwriter Maverick Sabre has his name ringing round the world right now and rightly so; his gritty yet soulful voice is drawing audiences in and leaving them hooked. UEA LCR, Norwich, 01603 508050 29 Sep Maddy Prior legendary folk singer teams up with Giles Lewin, a multi-talented instrumentalist and singer with a classical background diluted by some years in the band After Hours.

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Norfolk You can find even more events on our website and include your own too! www.eastlife.co.uk 30 Sep T-Rextasy Tribute. Pavilion Theatre , Cromer, 01263 512495 30 Sep Acoustic Strawbs Britain’s most successful international folk-rock band. Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich, 01603 620917 30 Sep Bella Hardy Acclaimed folk singer. Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich, 01603 620917 30 Sep WASP Enigmatic rock act fronted by singer, guitarist and main composer Blackie Lawless. The Waterfront, Norwich, 01603 508050

ART & EXHIBITIONS 1 - 2 Sep Natural World Art Group Original and evocative art featuring wildlife both native and exotic. Banham Zoo, Banham, 01953 887771 1 - 30 Sep The Diamond Jubilee Exhibition Historic uniforms from the Coronations of William IV, George IV and Queen Elizabeth II. Houghton Hall, 01485 528569 1 - 30 Sep Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration V&A touring exhibition of the portraits of Her Majesty by photographer Cecil Beaton (1904-1980).

Ranging from wartime photographs of Princess Elizabeth with her family, to tender images of The Queen with her own young children and official portraits, this exhibition of more than one hundred photographs, conveys the magnitude of her role as Britain’s monarch. Elegant and highly-staged photographs are shown alongside informal moments of the Royal Family at home. Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, 01603 493625 1- 30 Sep A celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee An exhibition exploring what life was life for ordinary people in 1952, when the Queen came to the throne. King’s Lynn Tourist Information Centre at The Custom House, King’s Lynn, 01553 763044 1 Sep - 31 Oct The Ostrich & The Crown This exhibition for 2012 highlights the links over four centuries between the Coke family and the monarchy, from the time of Elizabeth I to the present day.

Holkham Hall, 01328 713111 1 Sep - 2 Dec The First Moderns: Art Nouveau, from Nature to Abstraction The First Moderns is the first in a series of displays of spectacular displays of works from the Sainsbury Centre’s permanent collections that will explore the importance of design, particularly in the European context in the 19th and 20th centuries. Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, 01603 593199 1 Sep - 27 Jan Thomas Housego The second exhibition in the Next Modern series showcases the work of British-born sculptor Thomas Houseago, whose large-scale bronze, Hermaphrodite, stands in the Centre’s west end Sculpture Garden. The exhibition will contain a

selection of sculptures from bronzes to more fragile plaster works, inside the Centre and outside in the Sculpture Garden. Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, 01603 593199 1- 12 Sep Summer Exhibition 2 Featuring gallery artists and invited newcomers. Bircham Gallery, Holt, 01263 713312 1 - 2 Sep Approaches to landscape Ian Foster, Mari French, Gwyn Jones and Bridget Marshall. Four very different approaches to landscape and the natural world. Wymondham Arts Centre, Wymondham, 01603 666011 1 - 2 Sep The legend of L’Inconnue The exhibition uncovers the legend of L’Inconnue - (The Unknown Woman of the Seine). The Forum, Norwich, 01603 727950 1 - 12 Sep East Anglian Fine Art Summer Exhibition An eclectic mixed summer exhibition featuring some of the finest East Anglian Painters in oil, watercolour and pastel. Picturecraft Gallery, Holt, 01263 711040 1 Sep - 31 Oct The Wymondham Great Flood of 1912 A display in words and pictures telling what happened when parts of the town were flooded, houses destroyed in August 1912 details the compensation paid. Wymondham Heritage Museum, Wymondham, 01953 600205 1 - 29 Sep Derya Erdem An exhibition of large-scale photographs and video work by Brighton-based Turkish artist.

Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, 01603 660352 3 - 15 Sep The Waveney Springs Art Collective A taste of the varied art created in the studios of Waveney Springs members and a chance to view some highly original pieces. Diss Corn Hall, Diss, 01638 603518 3 Sep - 19 Nov The Art of FoodThe Art of Food will feature paintings, photography and food demonstrations and even a special art-themed afternoon tea!

Assembly House, Norwich,01603 766400 4 - 16 Sep SLASH - Reflection The exhibition consortium returns with a new exhibition of photographs, paintings and sculpture. Aidan Abernethy, Christine Allman, Dennis Caswell, David Kenyon, Kathryn Caswell. Wymondham Arts Centre, Wymondham, 01603 666011 8 - 15 Sep Great Yarmouth Society of Artists Annual exhibition. Great Yarmouth Community Library, Great Yarmouth.

8 - 15 Sep Helena Anderson - Solo Again! uilding on the success of last year’s exhibition, Helena’s portraits will try to show the relationship between people and animals, both working and at leisure.

King’s Lynn Arts Centre, King’s Lynn, 01553 764864 8 - 15 Sep St Germans 19th Annual Exhibition St German’s Art Group will be celebrating their art work with their 19th annual show. A variety of techniques, media and subjects will be present in this ever-colourful exhibition. King’s Lynn Arts Centre, King’s Lynn, 01553 764864 8 - 15 Sep Wildlife In Art Artists from all over the country display wildlife in its

many forms, with all works for sale at affordable prices King’s Lynn Arts Centre, King’s Lynn, 01553 764864 13 - 15 Sep Fruits of the Mind This cutting edge art exhibition showcases the work of talented artists from across Norfolk and Suffolk who are experiencing mental ill health. The Forum, Norwich, 01603 727950 14 - 15 Sep Master of Art Summer Exhibition A collection of original artwork, paintings and drawings from living artists across East Anglia and beyond. The Forum, Norwich,01603 727950 15 Sep - 10 Oct Mary Sumner & Jeremy James aintings and prints or rural England by Mary Sumner and wildlife sculpture by Jeremy James.

Bircham Gallery, Holt, 01263 713312 17 - 19 Sep Perspectives -Wymondham College Exhibition This exhibition features contrasting personal styles, techniques and subject matter from A Level and some GCSE art students. The Forum, Norwich, 01603 727950 18 - 30 Sep Unlaced Invited curator Krys Leach presents work by nine artists in a celebration of the female form in art and fashion. Wymondham Arts Centre, Wymondham, 01603 666011 28 Sep - 2 Oct East Anglian Group of Marine Artists A mixed exhibition of their latest works depicting mainly, but not exclusively, East Anglian seascapes, estuaries and beachscenes. The Forum, Norwich, 01603 727950

29 Sep - 6 Oct Frank Gibson Local watercolourist. King’s Lynn Arts Centre, King’s Lynn, 01553 764864 30 Sep New Angles An exhibition of work produced by members of 20 photographic clubs from the northern part of East Anglia. The Forum, Norwich, 01603 727950

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Vintage. 8am-3pm. St Andrews & Blackfriars Halls, Norwich, 01603 630763 1 - 2 Sep Walking Escape the pressures of modern-day living this summer as the stunning landscape of the north Norfolk coastline becomes the stage for an extraordinary outdoor adventure.

Set over a three mile stretch of the Holkham estate, Walking is a major collaboration between the Norfolk & Norwich Festival and the internationally acclaimed American director and artist Robert Wilson. Part walk, part theatrical experience and punctuated by gigantic architectural installations along the way, Walking will heighten your senses and thrillingly alter your perceptions of space and time. 11am-3pm. Holkham, 01603 766400 1 Sep Raveningham Country Fair A traditional Threshing Fair, stemming from the times when the local farmer had a party for all the villagers who had helped harvest the wheat from the fields. Steam engines, vintage vehicles, craft stalls, Sheringham Shantymen, hula hoop

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Norfolk display, live bands, clowns, flying model planes, dance displays, BBQ, beer tent and more. 11am-11pm. Raveningham, Loddon, 01508 548801 1 Sep Craft Market 9.30am-2pm.

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Queen’s Hall, Watton, 01953 885559 1 - 2 Sep Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival A mix of traditional and modern maritime vessels will be moored on South Quay for visitors to admire and go aboard.

The Festival is a riot of colour and maritime music, with a large main stage featuring a variety of performances and two other entertainment areas, all with bars. Land-lubbers who prefer to keep their feet firmly on terra-firma will have plenty to keep them entertained. Shanty and maritime music will be performed throughout the festival at three different venues up and down South Quay, the Main Stage, The Fo’c’sle and in Horatio’s Bar with a packed programme of artistes.

A superb weekend event. South Quay, Great Yarmouth, 01493 846346 1 - 2 Sep North Norfolk Food & Drink Festival Now in its third year, this two day food and drink celebration will be showcasing a range of produce from real ales, fish, meat, honey, chilli products and cakes to fruit, ice cream, cheese, fresh juices and much more. There will be a food-court area providing everyone with outstanding local food and drink for consumption on site. Plus cookery theatre, children’s activities and more.

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2 Sep Norfolk Militaria Fair 9am-3.45pm. Breckland Leisure Centre, Thetford, 07596 436260 2 Sep Fair on the Yare Traditional Country Fair with Live Music. Marsh Events including Countryside Pursuits, Wildfowlers and conservation interests.

Children’s Entertainment. Bar, BBQ - stalls and sideshows. 12-4pm. Claxton Manor, Claxton, 01508 480540 3 - 29 Sep BBC Music Video Festival The work of emerging film makers and unsigned music acts is being broadcast on 20 Big Screens in towns and cities across the country, including the Fusion digital gallery in The Forum. The Forum, Norwich, 01603 727950 4 - 8 Sep Out There Festival This International Street Arts & Circus Entertainment returns to the streets of Great Yarmouth for the fifth time with an extended programme. Out There blends major international acts and local artists with the opportunity for everyone to try their hand in a range of crazy activities.

This year’s festival will showcase acts from all over Europe and as far afield as South America with stunning acrobatics, light shows, music, pyrotechnics and bizarre antics. Beautiful St George’s Park and the town centre’s vibrant Market Place are the main settings for the festival, which offers visitors unique and thrilling entertainment, free of charge. St George’s Park, Great Yarmouth, 01493 745458

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8 Sep Fairhaven Dog Day Fun and games for dogs (and their owners).

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10am-4pm. Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden, South Walsham,01603 270449 8 Sep Yare Navigation Race Enjoy splendid views as dozens of classic yachts pass Hardley Mill while competing in the Yare Navigation Race. The raised banks at Hardley offer one of the best spots to watch the boats, and the peaceful location is a perfect backdrop. All helped along with live music from Rum Kelter, BBQ and ales from Humpty Dumpty brewery.

10am-5pm. Hardley Windmill, Hardley, 01508 521267 8 - 9 Sep Sandringham Game and Country Fair Whole areas devoted to falconry, fishing, wildfowling, archery and many other country sports and pursuits, together with lots of activities for families (and their dogs!) makes this event a true celebration of country living. 10am-6pm.

Sandringham Estate, Sandringham, 01283 820548 9 Sep Norwich Antiques and Collectors Fair 9am-4pm. The Brook Hotel, Norwich, 07919 022352 9 Sep Country Crafts Day Enjoy the skills of Country Craftsmen and Craftswomen by the riverside. Museum of the Broads, Stalham, 01692 581681 29 Sep Hickling Barn Dog Show Companion dog and agility show. Hickling Barn, Hickling, 07944 553367 9 Sep Norwich Antiques and Collectors Fair 9am-4pm. The Brook Hotel, Norwich, 07919 022352 14 Sep Veronica’s Room Chilling thriller by the author of Rosemary’s Baby.

Diss Corn Hall, Diss, 01638 603518 14 - 15 Sep Rosebud Antique and Collectors Fairs 10am-4pm. Marina Centre, Great Yarmouth, 01502 740034 14 - 16 Sep Brecks Food & Drink Festival Celebration of local food and drink with events throughout the town. , Swaffham, 01842 760116 15 Sep The Norwich Original Fleamarket Over 70 dealers from all over East Anglia will offer a huge selection of antiques, collectables, vintage and retro. 9am-4pm. St Andrews & Blackfriars Halls, Norwich,01603 630763 15 Sep Championship Boxing Michael Walsh headlines on the first Norfolk show for many years boxing for the International Masters Title. The bill includes no less than 5 undefeated boxers, an Olympic Bronze Medalist Bobby George, The English Champion Ryan Walsh, The WBC World Junior Champion George Michael Carman, and a full undercard of local boxing talent Norfolk Showground, Costessey, 07938 699557 15 - 16 Sep 1940s Weekend at The Poppy Line Over the years this event has attracted more and more visitors and more and more exhibitors. It is widely felt to be one of the best events of its type in the country. North Norfolk Railway at Sheringham Station, Sheringham, 01263 820800

16 Sep The French Fly In Old Buck will be transformed into a French outpost for the day as we salute Gallic aviation.

French car competitions, Boules tournaments, French food all day. Old Buckenham Airfield , Old Buckenham.

21 - 23 Sep King’s Lynn Poetry Festival Twelve poets will be in residence in King’s Lynn for the 28th annual Poetry Festival. www.lynnlitfests.com Thoresby College, King’s Lynn, 01553 691661 21 - 23 Sep King’s Lynn Poetry Festival You will see writers of international repute alongside new writers, from all age ranges and from locations across the world. Meet the authors, hear them reading and buy their books.

Thoresby College, King’s Lynn,01553 761919 22 - 23 Sep Modifled Live An interactive event for tuning enthusiasts, showcasing the very best in souped-up machinery and the latest tuning products through a fusion of on track action, demonstrations and expert advice on tuning your own vehicle. Snetterton Circuit, Snetterton, 0843 453 9000 22 - 23 Sep Living History A presentation by aardvark productions of Elizabeth England. Activities centre around an important household of the 1580s as it responds to the war with Spain. Meet a variety of characters in Tudor costume.

11am-4pm. Oxburgh Hall, Oxborough, 01366 327242 23 Sep Antiques Fair 9.30am-4pm.

Caistor Hall Hotel, Caistor St Edmund, 01379 853552 23 Sep Great Yarmouth Annual Charity Duck Races Thousands of bright yellow plastic ducks take to the water at the Venetian Waterways in Great Yarmouth for an afternoon of light hearted competition. 2pm. Venetian Waterways, Great Yarmouth, 01493 844568 23 Sep The Broads Cultural Heritage Day See the 114 year old Wherry Albion, the newly refurbished Norada in her centenary year and a host of other Broadland craft from times past. Discover more about the rich history of the Broads.

10am-4pm. Salhouse broad, Salhouse, 01603 722775 29 Sep Food Lovers’ Fayre 11am-4pm. Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, 01603 660352 29 Sep Hickling Barn Dog Show Companion dog and agility show. Hickling Barn, Hickling, 07944 553367 29 - 30 Sep The Reepham Festival of Arts and Crafts 30 plus art & craft stalls with a wide diversity of handmade goods to include wood, ceramics, art, photography, pottery, jewellery, and many more made by crafters and artists from the region. 10am-5pm Sat & 10am-4pm Sun. The Brewery House, Reepham, 01603 871600 30 Sep Norwich Antiques and Collectors Fair 9am-3.45pm Breckland Leisure Centre, Thetford, 07596 436260 30 Sep RAF Bircham Newton 50th Anniversary Ceremony, flypast, military music and more. 2-5pm. RAF Bircham Newton Heritage Museum, Bircham Newton, 01485 578588

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King’s Lynn What's the history? The Hanseatic town of King's Lynn dates back to the 12th century and beyond when it was one of England's most important ports. The town's rich past has left a magnificent heritage of buildings and stories to be discovered.

King's Lynn is Britain's first member of The Hanse League (Die Hanse), an active network of towns and cities across Europe, which historically belonged to the association of merchant towns known as the Hanseatic League. The original mediaeval Hanseatic League, which comprised a group of towns around the Baltic and the North Sea, including several on the east coast of England, was an extremely influential trading association and was very much a part of King's Lynn's development and historic past.

The Hanse works to encourage and increase contact between its member cities, promoting cross border co-operation and making a contribution to the economic, cultural and social life in Europe.

What’s to see and do? The town is host to many top attractions including Lynn Museum (discover the mysteries of Seahenge, the unique 4000 year-old timber circle), Tales of the Old Gaol House, True's Yard Fishing Heritage Museum, The Green Quay, Town House Museum of Lynn Life, The Custom House, St Georges

Guildhall. Check out special open days at South Gate or the intriguing Red Mount Chapel, an ancient chapel that features in the King's Lynn Pilgrimage trail where pilgrims would stop on their way to Walsingham, Norfolk.

Shopping and markets Sitting alongside the town's traditional streets the pedestrianised shopping areas offer plenty for the shopaholic.

The new Vancouver quarter offers many top fashion and retail brands, combined with a wide array of cafes, restaurants and traditional historic pubs. The King's Lynn markets are held on Tuesdays and Fridays at the Tuesday Market Place, and Saturdays on the Saturday Market Place, normal opening times being from 8am to 3pm.

Exploring the town Pick up a Discover King's Lynn guide from the Tourist Information Centre or join a

guided tour. The town’s Hanseatic history and trading links with Europe can be discovered on the self guided Hanse trail. The story of the town’s maritime trade, its fishing communities and its famous navigators can be explored on the maritime trail or alternatively you can discover the history of Pilgrims who passed through Lynn on their way to the Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham in medieval times.

For details contact the Tourist Information Centre on 01553 763044.

Festival town As a vibrant festival town, King's Lynn offers festival goers something all year round including fiction and poetry festivals, the renowned King's Lynn festival and the spectacular Festival Too. As well as the impressive entertainment venues; The Corn Exchange, historic Arts Centre and the Majestic cinema King's Lynn has lots to offer for an evening out.

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Hadleigh The thriving Suffolk market town

of Hadleigh is a wonderful mix of the old and new, known as much for its collection of interesting shops, businesses and eating places as for its fine architecture.

Hadleigh is one of Britain's finest ancient market towns, with a rich and important architectural history that has its origins in Saxon times; it was once listed as among 51 towns “so precious that ultimate responsibility for them should be a national concern".

In the 9th century the Danish King Guthrum, said to be buried in the grounds of St Mary's Church, made Hadleigh a royal town. Guthrum was eventually defeated by King Alfred.

Hadleigh was one of the more prosperous towns in the country in the 14th and 15th centuries. Over 600 years ago it was among the most important wool and market towns in the area, only nearby Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds were wealthier, and today it still has much fine architecture to show for it. The three-quarter mile long High Street is lined with 15th century merchants' houses. Off the High Street is Toppesfield Bridge, which dates back to medieval times.

There are some things not to be missed: Hadleigh’s medieval timber

framed Guildhall is an impressive building that's best seen from the inside. It is open to the public for guided tours from June to September.

On fine days cream teas are served in the medieval style walled garden.

Tours of the building are available by prior arrangement.

Just opposite the Guildhall is St Mary's Church, which dates to circa 1240 and the Deanery Tower is a fine example of Tudor brickwork with the diaper patterning in dark brick that is typical of the period. The Deanery Tower is not usually open to the public, but look out for the Heritage Open Days when the tower opens its doors.

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Did you know?

Hadleigh Show, held in May, is one of the oldest agricultural shows in East Anglia, it was first held in 1840.

The poet Pauline Stainer lives in Hadleigh.

The painter and plantsman Cedric Morris lived in Hadleigh in the 1930s. Morris established the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing at Benton End, a farmhouse just outside the town.

In the 16th century Hadleigh was home to Protestant preacher Rowland Taylor, who was martyred during the reign of Queen Mary I.

Hadleigh's circular Riverside Walk takes around 30 minutes. The route takes in most of the High Street and Hadleigh's two bridges, the Iron Bridge and Toppesfield Bridge. Walking along the western side of the river shows views of the back of the High Street across the water meadows. There are picnic tables along the river. The Hadleigh walks leaflet is available from Hadleigh Library.

Guided walks for groups can be arranged at any time: phone 01787 248207 or 01787 881320.

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The Oxford Movement, an affiliation of High Church Anglicans, is said to have become established in Hadleigh's deanery in 1833.

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TEN THINGS TO SEE AND DO IN IPSWICH Christchurch Mansion Discover 500 years of history in the beautiful Christchurch Mansion, set amidst the park. See period rooms from the 16th through to the 19th century and you can see the biggest collection of Constable paintings outside of London.

Ipswich Transport Museum This former trolleybus depot houses the largest collection in the country of transport exhibits from just one area.

All were made or used around Ipswich and range from prams and cycles to horse-drawn carriages, gleaming fire engines and buses. 01473 715666.

Town Hall Galleries Gallery 1 has a range of changing exhibitions throughout the year, featuring contemporary artists from the region and beyond. Gallery 2 is run by members of the Suffolk Craft Society and is the finest contemporary craft centre in East Anglia.

Gemini Ghost Tours Take a guided tour around the town's streets that are steeped in history, folklore and tales of the supernatural.

The walk also takes in haunted pubs! First Thursday of each month. 01473 462721 Orwell Lady River Cruises Enjoy the beautiful River Orwell aboard the Orwell Lady. Cruises leave the Historic Waterfront near the

town centre. 01473 258070 Ipswich Museum Discover life in Roman Suffolk, find out about the Anglo-Saxon origins of Ipswich and much more. Tues to Sat 10am 5pm. High Street.

Martlesham Leisure Health and fitness club with everything you need to stay in shape anf feel good, from a relaxing swim or jacuzzi to de-stress after the demands of the day to the more specific exercise regimes of our air-conditioned gym, classes or squash courts.

01473 624707 Anglia Indoor Karting Adrenaline seekers will love the indoor racing karts and exhilarating multi-level circuit. 01473 240087 Suffolk Ski & Leisure Park A range of outdoor experiences, including Snowsports such as Skiing, Snowboarding, Tobogganing, Ringo’s, Climbing Wall and High Ropes Experience.

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Wherstead 01473 602347 Jimmy’s Farm There's loads to do at the farm, including a nature trail, woodland walk, beautiful garden's, farm shop, adventure play area and field kitchen. Wherstead 0870 950 0210 For more ideas go to www.visit-ipswich.com

The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich is as a regional theatre with a national reputation for the quality, range and reach of its work and for embracing cultural diversity in the widest sense. Here’s just a sample of what you can enjoy at the theatre this autumn.

The autumn season opens on 7 September with the world premiere of Mods and Rox (7 to 29 Sept).

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Following the success of Tartuffe in autumn 2011, English Touring Theatre make a return visit with Sacred Flame (9 to 13 Oct). Putting a twist on the classic murder mystery, this part thriller, part love story is by the enduringly popular playwright and novelist, Somerset Maugham, whose brilliance is discovered afresh in this vivid new production.

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Stowmarket Stowmarket is the fastest growing town in Suffolk and is taking steps to ensure that its shops and local businesses can take advantage of this growth. With this in mind the new Stowmarket Town Centre Partnership Ltd (STCP), earlier this year recruited a New Town Centre Manager, Sharon Brown, who has a background at senior management level in business but more recently has been the owner of the Wardrobe chain of shops in Stowmarket, Felixstowe and Woodbridge. Her main aim will be to improve the foot fall in the centre of Stowmarket.

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1000s are expected to pick their winning Christmas tree, see the celebrities, enter the competitions, listen to the music, see Father Christmas and his reindeers, watch the street entertainers and of course use the shops.

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Quay Theatre, Sudbury, 01787 374745 29 Sep Nashville Nights & Dixie Days Popular country music show. Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe, 01394 282126

MUSIC 1 Sep Pure Floyd Band Show Tribute.

Fisher Theatre, Bungay, 01986 897130 1 Sep Traditional Music Day An annual delight as East Anglian Traditional Music trust put on day of concerts, storytelling and dance. Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket, 01449 612229 3 Sep Declan Nerney Country music.

Regal Theatre, Stowmarket, 01449 612825 5 Sep Davey Arthur & Friends A unique blend of traditional Celtic music & song played on guitar, mando-cello, mandolin & percussion. Seagull Theatre, Pakefield, 01502 589726

6 Sep The Enid Band renowned for their large-scale, myth and fantasy-inspired instrumental pieces. The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 01284 758000 7 Sep Syd Lawrence Orchestra Top big band swing led by Chris Dean.

Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, 01284 769505 7 - 9 Sep A Country & Irish Weekend A jam-packed weekend of Country & Irish Music featuring: Patrick Feeney, Marc James, Shaun Loghrey, Pat Jordan & Finian’s Rainbow, Thomas Maguire & Fhiona Ennis. Fisher Theatre, Bungay, 01986 897130 7 - 17 Sep Martin Simpson Widely acknowledged as one of the finest acoustic and slide guitar players in the world. Haverhill Arts Centre, Haverhill, 01440 714140 8 Sep Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain The group that spawned a thousand ukulele orchestras and inspired millions of players. Regent Theatre, Ipswich, 01473 433100 12 Sep Laura Wright Britain’s most exciting new soprano. With more than one million album sales under her belt, the 21-year –old Royal College of Music opera student was one of 2011’s biggest selling classical artists – becoming the first female singer since Katherine Jenkins to reach Number One in the Classical Chart with her album ‘The Last Rose’. She has continued her meteoric rise to fame in 2012 and, in what is already turning out to be an incredible

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year for the young soprano, recently went straight in at Number Two in the UK Classical Chart with her second album ‘Glorious’. Ipswich Corn Exchange, Ipswich, 01473 433100 14 Sep Martin Roscoe Piano recital.

St Michael’s Church, Beccles, 01502 716806 14 Sep Royal Philharmonic Orchestra A Night in Old Vienna’.

Marina Theatre, Lowestoft, 01502 533200 14 Sep Close To You Tribute to The Carpenters. Fisher Theatre, Bungay, 01986 897130 15 Sep High-On Maidon Rock tribute.

Quay Theatre, Sudbury, 01787 374745 15 Sep Translated By Reeds An evening of words and music capturing the spirit of the rivers and landscape of the Waveney and Blyth. The Cut, Halesworth, 0845 6732123 15 Sep Piccadilly Dance Orchestra A splendid evening of Jazz, Song and Nostalgia. St Michael’s Church, Beccles, 01502 714484 15 Sep The Trianon Ipswich Prom Proms concert. Ipswich Corn Exchange, Ipswich, 01473 433100 16 Sep Beccles Festival Chorus Haydn’s Creation. St Michael’s Church, Beccles, 01502 716806 16 Sep Jazz at the Movies Chris Ingham, Joanna Eden and band with jazz music originated from films. Ipswich Jazz Club at the California Club, Ipswich, 01473 231552 16 Sep A Tribute to the Swing Legends With Matthew Ford and his Band. The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 01284 758000 17 Sep Paddy O’Brien Country music.

Regal Theatre, Stowmarket, 01449 612825 18 Sep Festival Jubilee All Stars Featuring swinging tributes to Her Majesty. St Michael’s Church, Beccles, 01502 714484 18 Sep The Zoe Francis Trio Jazz.

Fisher Theatre, Bungay, 01986 897130 18 Sep Cedric Wilson Spearheading the emerging generation of Cajun and Creole musicians, Cedric Watson is a fiddler, vocalist, accordionist and songwriter of enormous talent and potential. The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 01284 758000 20 Sep Elvis The Ultimate Performance Top tribute. Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe, 01394 282126 21 Sep Tribute To The Great American Songbook Featuring Stuart Wilson as Frank Sinatra, plus Kevin Hill Jn and Debbie Lee. The Cut, Halesworth, 0845 6732123 22 Sep Nettle & Markham Duo One of the world’s foremost piano duos. The Old Granary Studio at Priory Farm, Toft Monks, 01502 679088 22 Sep T-Rextasy Top tribute.

Haverhill Arts Centre, Haverhill, 01440 714140 23 Sep The Kingfisher Sinfonia Bullard, Grieg, Tchaikovsky. St Michael’s Church, Beccles, 01502 716806 23 Sep Remembering Norman A Musical Extravaganza in memory of

Norman Kenyon and In Aid of The Prostrate Cancer Charity. The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 01284 758000 27 Sep Jah Wobble & the Modern Jazz Ensemble As well as breaking new ground, via fresh, powerful and unique compositions, Jah Wobble and his band pay passing tribute to musical heroes such as Miles Davis, Donald Bird, and Dave Brubeck. The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 01284 758000 28 Sep Musica Nova A vibrant performance of music and song from 17th century Italy. The Cut, Halesworth, 0845 6732123 29 Sep David Gordon Trio Jazz. The Old Granary Studio at Priory Farm, Toft Monks, 01502 679088 29 Sep The Sillars Orchestra Fisher Theatre, Bungay, 01986 897130 30 Sep Spiers & Boden Folk Duo The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 01284 758000

ART & EXHIBITIONS 1 - 29 Sep Home and Abroad Drawings and Watercolours from a Private Collection English watercolours are not just pretty pictures.

They were vital to the 18th century Enlightenment, as scientists, explorers, antiquarians, soldiers and sailors sought to make sense of their world. This major exhibition, borrowed from a rarely seem private collection, will include relative unknown artists, alongside such masters as Paul Sandby, Thomas Gainsborough, William Marlow, John Robert Cozens and J. M. W. Turner. Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, 01787 372958 1 - 30 Sep Revisitations: Saatchi Exhibition This exhibition from the world renowned Saatchi Collection gives unique access to pieces of work from international artists with a connection to East Anglia. Ipswich Art School, 01473 433681 1 Sep - 3 Nov Studio Silver Today Pioneering exhibition from The Goldsmiths’ Company, where talented young silversmith, Miriam Hanid, will be creating a silver beaker which she has designed from inspiration received at Ickworth. The beaker can be won by visitors and the draw will take place on 3 November at Ickworth. Items of Miriam’s work and pieces from The Goldsmiths’ Company’s collection will be on display in the house and Miriam will be working on the Leaves of Gold beaker most Saturdays. Ickworth House, Horringer.

1 Sep Summer Breeze Summer exhibition featuring work by James Dodds, Alison Malcolm, Steve Griffin, Katie Lynn, Annabel Mednick & Brian Perry. Reunion Gallery, Felixstowe, 01394 273366 1 Sep Transformations Artists include Susan Collis, Freddie Robins and Caroline Wright, Haroon Mirza, Ben Coode-Adams, Catherine Bertola, Maxine Bristow and Roger Hiorns. Smiths Row, Bury St Edmunds, 01284 762081 1 Sep - 3 Oct Doug Patterson & Christine McKechnie: Sacred Places The exhibition will show a section of Doug Patterson’s illustrated

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This part of the journey deals with the canyons of Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, drawn on twenty foot rolls in watercolour, pastels and charcoal.

Christine McKechnie has a less grand and yet uniquely personal vision of Sacred Places. Her precision collages comprising hundreds of pieces of hand painted paper depict her responses to travel but more often, the sacred places closer to home and for which we often take for granted. The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 01284 758000 1 - 5 Sep Tracing the Elements A group of art students from Colchester school of art exhibit a rich range of contemporary painting, photography and installation work. Halesworth Gallery, Halesworth, 01986 873064 1 - 7 Sep Summer Exhibition Includes paintings by Halima Washington-Dixon and Edward Noott.

Hunter Gallery, Long Melford, 01787 466117 1 - 15 Sep East Anglian Printmakers Original Prints by Gallery Printmakers including Bartlett, Bawden, Brunsdon, Carlo, Cheese, Hoades, Morris and Thomas. The John Russell Gallery, Ipswich, 01473 212051 1 - 6 Sep Art@Edmund Gallery Exciting paintings at affordable prices wildlife, land and seascapes, portraits, figures, flowers and abstracts in drawings, acrylics, pastels, watercolours and oils. 10am-5pm. St Edmundsbury cathedral, Bury St Edmunds, 01366 501369 3 Sep - 8 Oct Keith Nash Keith Nash is inspired to create his subtle watercolours by East Anglia’s big skies, coastal marshes, birds and beaches.

Snape Maltings, Snape, 01728 688 303 7 Sep - 22 Oct Jennifer Saxell: Spotlight on Suffolk New works Swedish artist who lives in Wallander’s Ystad which is full of beamed, painted houses just like Suffolk. Sea Pictures Gallery, Clare, 01787 279024 8 - 30 Sep Artworks See panel.

Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham, 01359 270091 15 Sep - 3 Nov Eastern Vistas This exhibition about Migration explores themes of movement, cultural and national identity and a sense of belonging. Smiths Row, Bury St Edmunds, 01284 762081 25 Sep - 20 Oct Anglian Potters Exhibition by selected Anglian Potters Artists. Reunion Gallery, Felixstowe, 01394 273366 28 Sep - 5 Oct Paul Dixon Returning from Italy to rediscover the abundance of food and drink businesses in his native Suffolk, photographer Paul Dixon has been inspired to create ‘Made in Suffolk’, a series of photographic portraits celebrating the diversity of Suffolk’s food and drink scene. Snape Maltings, Snape, 01728 688303

SPECIAL EVENTS

1 - 2 Sep All About Gardening Large show for garden lovers. Suffolk Showground at Trinity Park, Ipswich, 01702 549623

1 Sep March Hare Collective A pop up shop of handmade craft, designer maker, art, jewellery, food, up-cycled vintage ware and photography. The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 01284 758000 1 - 2 Sep Helmingham Hall Country Show Set in the beautiful grounds of Helmingham Hall, home of the Tollemache family, Oakleigh Fairs host this family show with all day entertainment including birds of prey, working dogs, children’s entertainment as well as arts, crafts, gifts and food marquees. Helmingham Hall, Helmingham, 0800 141 2823 1 - 2 Sep Pakefield Real Ale & Seafood Festival Real ale and seafood stalls from all over the world. Live music, picnic area, childrens play park and a large marquee on the green.

The Oddfellows Arms, Lowestoft, 01502 538415 1 - 2 Sep East Suffolk Country Show All day entertainment which may include birds of prey, working dogs, children’s entertainment as well as arts, crafts, gifts and food marquees.

10am-5pm. Helmingham Hall Gardens, Helmingham, 01473 890799 1 - 2 Sep Tasty Village Weekend tasty have-a-go weekend in the village...learn how to get a fire going and how to gather the ingredients and cook ancient recipes. Lots of hands-on work, bread making and a chance to taste some great food! 10am-5pm. West Stow Country Park & Anglo Saxon Village, Bury St Edmunds, 01284 728718 2 Sep Beccles Antiques Street Market The market boasts a varied and interesting collection of both general and specialist dealers selling a wide range of antiques and collectables including furniture, silver, china, linen, jewellery, books, clocks, retro and vintage design and decorative items. Many of the local shops and restaurants are open that day and first class catering is incorporated into the market including a Suffolk Hog Roast, local ice cream, coffee and even a beer tent. Town Centre, Beccles, 01502 711174 2 Sep Beccles Duck Race Fun annual event. 12-5pm. Beccles Quay, Beccles, 07773 493160 2 Sep 2012 Fitness Britain Natural Championships Growing bigger every year this event is classed as the most recognised fitness and natural bodybuilding show across the UK and Europe. Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe, 01394 282126 9 Sep Classic & Sports Cars by the Lake Car show in aid of St Nicholas Hospice Care. Hall Farm, Fornham St Martin, 01284 764667 9 Sep Wedding Fair Trinity Park, Ipswich, 01787 269030 15 Sep Craft & Gift Fair 10am-4.30pm. The Apex, Bury St Edmunds, 01284 758000 15 - 16 Sep Grand Henham Steam Rally Now in its 38th year the Henham Steam Rally has become one of the most popular events in the region appealing to a wide audience though its mix of family entertainment with displays of steam

8 – 30 SEPTEMBER ARTWORKS With a reputation for its high standard and fresh contemporary work, artworks seeks to excite and iinspire with its new work in a wide range of media by 30 of East Anglia’s leading artists. Filling the Barn with paintings, prints, sculpture and installation art, this is not only an opportunity to feast the senses but a great opportunity to indulge in a wide variety of excellent original art.

All the work in the exhibition is for sale.

Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham. power and other vintage vehicles and machinery. With over 1000 exhibits and working demonstrations, two rings offering continuous performances throughout the day, craft marquees and working rural crafts, a model engineering exhibition, live music and avenues of trade stands. 10am-6pm. Henhams Park, Beccles, 01502 578053 16 Sep Ixworth Antiques and Collectors Fair 9am-3.30pm. Ixworth Village Hall, Ixworth, 07535 503864 16 Sep Ipswich Waterfront Market A selection of over 40 stalls with a variety of vintage, craft, gifts and much more.

10am-4pm. Ipswich Waterfront, Ipswich.

22 - 23 Sep 500 Years of Village Life Come face to face with characters from West Stow’s long past and discover what life was like in the Village through the ages. 10am-5pm. West Stow Country Park & Anglo Saxon Village, Bury St Edmunds, 01284 728718 22 - 29 Sep Scarecrow Festival A display of scarecrows situated outside shops and business’ for the week.

9am-5pm. Town Centre, Halesworth, 01986 872708 23 Sep Lowestoft Carnival Parade The parade starts at Kirkley Park Road, passes north over the Bascule Bridge and heading up Katjwick way before finishing at Lowestoft Hospital. From 2pm. Town Centre, Lowestoft.

28 - 30 Sep The Ship at Dunwich Beer Festival Plenty of great beers, ciders and good food and live music on Sunday. The Ship, Dunwich, 01728 648219

29 Sep Craft Fair 10am-3pm.

Mannings Amusements, Felixstowe, 01394 282370 29 - 30 Sep Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival A celebration of the abundance of good local food and drink to be found in East Suffolk. An impressive two day programme of talks, workshops and cookery demonstrations from top chefs including, in previous years Matthew Fort, Galton Blackiston, Valentine Warner, Sheila Dillon, Rose Prince, Tommi Miers, Ruth Watson and Simon Wadham as well as many of the finest local Suffolk chefs. Expect over 90 exhibitors showcasing organic vegetables, fresh and smoked fish, rare breed meat and game, cheeses, frozen yoghurt, jams, beer, wine and lager.

Snape Maltings, Snape, 01728 688 303 29 - 30 Sep Tudor Michaelmas Wonderful recreation with some 100 Tudors spread throughout the Manor from Gentry & retainers (cooks, bakers etc) to craftsmen & labourers. Kentwell, Long Melford, 01787 310 207 29 - 30 Sep Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival A two-week celebration of the abundance of good local food with over 90 exhibitors mostly from East Suffolk and celebrity chefs. 9am-4pm.

Snape Maltings, Snape, 01473 734017 30 Sep Clare Antiques Fair From 9.30am. Clare Town Hall, Clare, 01787 278105 30 Sep 21st Copdock Motorcycle Show 10am-4pm Suffolk Showground at Trinity Park, Ipswich, 01787 269030

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Felixstowe Felixstowe Heritage Open Days – Friday 7 to Sunday 9 September Heritage Open Days is one of England’s largest and most popular voluntary events and this year, The Felixstowe Society introduces it to the Suffolk coastal town for the very first time.

This year is the 200th anniversary of the completion of all the east coast Martello Towers, including the eight that originally stood in Felixstowe.

Our venue at Martello Tower P, the Martello Trail walking tour and a history display at The Hut will all celebrate this important aspect of the town’s military heritage. All venues, walks and talks are free unless otherwise stated. No pre-booking is required (except where shown), just turn up.

Information points at Felixstowe Tourist Information Centre and at the Town Library. A free open-top bus will take you around the venues.

Guides will be available at most venues to provide a tour or handouts.

Here are just some of the highlights: The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul (Church Road) - dates from the 14th C. Tour of church and graveyard on Sat and Sun at 1430. Martello Tower P (off Langer Road) - tours on Sat at 1000, 1330 and 1600; Sun at 1100, 1330 and 1600.

Felixstowe Museum (View Point Road) - guided tours of the storerooms on Sat and Sun 1000-1600. Tours must be

THINGS TO SEE AND DO IN FELIXSTOWE At Felixstowe Leisure Centre you’ll find a wide range of facilities and activities, swimming pools, a gym, health suite with sauna and steam rooms and a children’s indoor

pre-booked on 01394 674355. www.visitfelixstowe.co.uk www.facebook.com/visitfelixstowe Felixstowe Television (Gainsborough Road) - see community TV at first hand. Sat 1000-1600. Felixstowe Radio (Great Eastern Square) - take part in making a programme. Sat 1000-1600.

The Spa Pavilion (Undercliff Road West) - behind the scenes tours at 1000, 1130, 1400 and 1515.

Trimley Station (Trimley St. Mary) last surviving country station of the Great Eastern Railway built in its ‘Essex’ style in 1891. Sat 1000-1600.

Coastwatch: top of Tower P (off Langer Road) - enjoy some of the best elevated views in Felixstowe and

adventure play area.

There’s even a fantastic six rink indoor Bowls Hall if you fancy having a go.

The newly refurbished Palace Cinema is a great place to watch the latest movies. Two screens offer a luxurious and comfortable

see how this volunteer facility operates. Sat and Sun 1000-1600.

The Martello Trail - 3 hour walk from Landguard to Felixstowe Ferry.

Sat and Sun 1100. Meet at The Crow’s Nest off View Point Road.

The Seafront Gardens - 1 hour walk around this outstanding example of municipal spa gardens. Sun at 1100 and 1400. Meet at the Town Hall.

Felixstowe Ferry - 1 hour walk around this charming village with its seaside ‘shacks’. Sat at 1000 and 1600; Sun 1530. Meet outside the Ferry Cafe.

The History of Felixstowe’s Martello Towers - an illustrated celebration at The Hut on Felixstowe Promenade.

Sun 1000-1600.

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Once one of the longest piers in the country and complete with it's own train, the majority of

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Discover the rich military and maritime heritage of Landguard Fort, one of England's best-preserved coastal defences, with a history spanning almost 450 years. Landguard Fort is also the site of the last opposed seaborne invasion of England in 1667. Take a guided tour or an audio guide if you prefer to look round at your own pace and experience the dramatic story of this important fortification.

Discover the fascinating artefacts and collections of Felixstowe Museum, housed within the Ravelin Block of the neighbouring Landguard Fort, which brings to life Felixstowe’s military and social history.

Once home to a submarine mining establishment, the

Museum is a real 'hidden' treasure – with displays of everything from costumes and model planes, to fossils and toys.

To the north of Felixstowe is the tiny fishing village of Felixstowe Ferry. The village has a timeless atmosphere with a cluster of homes, a pub, church, café, hut selling fresh fish, boatyard and sailing club.

Walking out along the sea wall at Felixstowe Ferry and you can see Bawdsey Manor across the River Deben. This was a secret WWII facility and home to the invention of Radar. You will also come across two of Felixstowe’s Martello Towers built between 1804 and 1812 to repel Napoleonic invasion.

There are many interesting walks along this stretch of

the coast and it’s an ideal spot for birdwatching. A foot ferry runs between Felixstowe Ferry and Bawdsey during the summer months.

The most southerly attraction is Mannings Amusements, perhaps the most famous in Felixstowe.

Originally opened in 1933 by Sir Billy Butlin, and run by the Manning family since 1946, Mannings Amusement Park has been entertaining families, holidaymakers and day-trippers alike for almost 80 years! Situated on Sea Road, the Park has something for everyone including magical golf, kids themed rides, video games and fruit machines. You can even pick up at a bargain at the market held there every Sunday.

The Spa Pavilion Theatre sits within the beautifully tended Spa Gardens.

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In 1941, during the Second World War the theatre was bombed and was not opened again until 1950 when it was re-built to be the theatre we know today. The Theatre, which has a 892 seat auditorium and a restaurant that overlooks the sea offers a range of shows and events throughout the year.

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Based on real life events back in the roaring 1920s, nightclub singer Roxie Hart shoots her lover and along with Cell Block rival, double-murderess Velma Kelly, they fight to keep from death row with the help of smooth talking lawyer, Billy Flynn. Milton Keynes Theatre.

THEATRE & SHOWS 1 Sep Guys and Dolls Musical presented by Stage Experience. Milton Keynes Theatre 0844 871 7652 1 Sep HMS Pinafore Open-air theatre

by Illyria. Berkhamstead Castle, Berkhamsted, 01442 878300 1 Sep The Masters of the House Sing the Musicals Songs from the shows. Hawthorne Theatre at Campus West, Welwyn Garden City, 01707 357117 2 Sep Milkshake! Children’s show.

Gordon Craig Theatre at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage, 01438 894839 2 Sep Sandi Toksvig The comedian, novelist, actor, broadcaster, show-off and international treasure - is embarking on her first major UK solo tour in years to

celebrate publication of her new novel Valentine Grey. Milton Keynes Theatre 0844 871 7652 3 - 8 Sep Dry Rot Secret doors, split-second timing, flawless physical comedy and an all-star cast with some of the country’s best loved faces including Liza Goddard, Gareth Hale, Gemma Bissix (Hollyoaks), Neil Stacey, Andrew Paul (The Bill) and Steven Blakeley (Heartbeat).

Milton Keynes Theatre 0844 871 7652 4 - 8 Sep Dead Ringer Witty thriller.

Gordon Craig Theatre at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage, 01438 894839 4 - 8 Sep West Side Story Musical.

The Court Theatre @ Pendley, Tring, Tring, 07543 560478 5 Sep C’mon Everybody Rock ‘n’ roll music show. Grove Theatre, Dunstable, 01582 602080 6 Sep Patrick Monahan Fundraising show in aid of The Air Ambulance Service.

The Stables, Wavendon, MK, 01908 280800 6 - 8 Sep Bugle Boy New musical tracing the life and love of legendary music icon Glenn Miller Grove Theatre, Dunstable, 01582 602080 7 Sep Jenny Eclair Comedy. The Stables, Wavendon, MK, 01908 280800 8 Sep An Evening with Nigel Benn An evening with Nigel Benn and Tim Witherspoon. Your chance to get up close and personal with the world champs.

Bedford Corn Exchange, Bedford, 01234 269519 7 Sep Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown Top adult comedian. Gordon Craig Theatre at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage, 01438 894839 7 - 22 Sep The Riddle A whodunnit.

Market Theatre, Hitchin, 01462 433553 8 Sep The Twits Open-air theatre by Illyria. Berkhamstead Castle, Berkhamsted, 01442 878300 8 Sep Comedy Club Top stand-up.

Letchworth Arts Centre, Letchworth, 01462 670788 8 Sep Get This Party Started Variety show. Hertford Theatre, Hertford, 01992 531500 8 Sep Kate Robbins: In Voice Cabaret show from the singer/actress encompassing her new jazzy album Soho Nights, interspersed with hilarious impressions and comedy. The Stables, Wavendon, MK, 01908 280800 10 - 12 Sep The Importance Of Being Ernest Oscar Wilde’s play.

Hawthorne Theatre at Campus West, Welwyn Garden City, 01707 357117 10 - 15 Sep Chicago The Musical Starring Ali Bastian as Roxie Hart, Stefan Booth as Billy Flynn, Tupele Dorgu as Velma Kelly, and Bernie Nolan as Matron ‘Mama’ Morton. Milton Keynes Theatre 0844 871 7652 11 Sep Gerry Cross the Mersey The life and music of Gerry Marsdon of Gerry & The Pacemakers. Gordon Craig Theatre at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage, 01438 894839 14 Sep The Jackie Generation 70s music show. Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, 01279 651746

14 Sep D-Day Darlings Nostalgic music show. Hertford Theatre, Hertford, 01992 531500 15 Sep The Best of British Variety and music hall show. Gordon Craig Theatre at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage, 01438 894839 15 Sep Dr Phil’s Rude Health Show Phil Hammond is a GP, writer, broadcaster and possibly the only comedian to have appeared at a public inquiry. He is Private Eye’s medical correspondent and has appeared on Have I Got News for You, The News Quiz, The Now Show Countdown and The One Show. Hertford Theatre, Hertford, 01992 531500 15 Sep Tiny Mites at the Seaside Musical show for children. Hertford Theatre, Hertford, 01992 531500 16 Sep An Evening with Frank Bruno A chance to meet a boxing legend up close and personal to ask the questions you always wanted to ask.

Gordon Craig Theatre at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage, 01438 894839 17 - 22 Sep The Importance Of Being Ernest Oscar Wilde’s play presented by Middle Ground Theatre Company. Gordon Craig Theatre at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage, 01438 894839

17 - 22 Sep Rough Justice Gripping courtroom drama starring Tom Conti.

Milton Keynes Theatre 0844 871 7652 18 - 20 Sep Cash On Delivery Full-on farce by Michael Cooney. Sharnbrook Mill Theatre, Sharnbrook, 01234 269519 21 Sep In Dreams Rock ‘n’ roll music show. Grove Theatre, Dunstable, 01582 602080 21 - 22 Sep Rope Presented by Tads Theatre. Tads Theatre, Toddington, 07952 633234 22 Sep Bedfordshire’s Got Talent Live entertainment from Bedford’s best talent.

Bedford Corn Exchange, Bedford, 01234 269519 23 Sep A Night at the Theatre For one night only, all local theatrical societies come together for the first time ever to present an evening of song selections from various musicals, in memory of Peter Clarke Grove Theatre, Dunstable, 01582 602080 23 Sep Jason Byrne Stand-up comedy.

Milton Keynes Theatre 0844 871 7652 24 - 27 Sep The Mousetrap Classic murder mystery. Milton Keynes Theatre 0844 871 7652 27 Sep Dave Young Stand-up comedy.

Grove Theatre, Dunstable, 01582 602080 28 Sep Bedford Comedy Club Top stand-up. Harpur Suite, Bedford, 01234 269519 28 Sep That’ll Be The Day Rock ‘n’ roll music show. Grove Theatre, Dunstable, 01582 602080 28 - 29 Sep Rope Presented by Tads Theatre. Tads Theatre, Toddington, 07952 633234 18 - 22 Sep The Sound of Music Musical The Court Theatre @ Pendley, Tring, Tring, 07543 560478 20 Sep Peter Alliss An evening with the ‘Voice of Golf’. Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, 01279 651746 21 Sep Seann Walsh and Josh Widdicombe Comedy double bill.

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Herts Beds & Bucks You can find even more events on our website and include your own too! www.eastlife.co.uk 22 Sep Andy and Mike’s Tick Tock Time Machine Starring Andy Day from Cbeebies. Show for ages 3+. Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, 01279 651746 23 Sep Celtic Dream Irish music and dance. Hawthorne Theatre at Campus West, Welwyn Garden City, 01707 357117 24 - 29 Sep Calendar Girls Stage version of the hit film. Queen Mother Theatre, Hitchin, 01462 455166 26 - 30 Sep Oliver! Lionel Bart’s classic musical. Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, 01279 651746 27 Sep Conscience Adapted from the novel of the same name written by author and comedian Johnny Tait, “Conscience” takes us on an emotional roller coaster.

Gordon Craig Theatre at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage, 01438 894839 28 Sep Coppelia Presented by the Vienna Festival Ballet. Hertford Theatre, Hertford, 01992 531500 28 Sep - 13 Oct A Quiet Day Comedy.

Market Theatre, Hitchin, 01462 433553 29 Sep Royal Storyteller Children’s show. Market Theatre, Hitchin, 01462 433553

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29 Sep Songs from the Seventies Music show. Market Theatre, Hitchin, 01462 433553 29 Sep Canterbury Tales Giles Rowland presents a new adaptation of Chaucer’s classic text. Hertford Theatre, Hertford, 01992 531500 29 Sep Born in the USA All the classic rock anthems in one classic rock show!

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1 Sep Big Girls Don’t Cry Frankie Valli & Four Seasons tribute. Gordon Craig Theatre at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage, 01438 894839 1 Sep The Real Thing 70s soul band.

The Stables, Wavendon, MK, 01908 280800 1 Sep Clairefest Music festival. Concert Hall at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage, 01438 894839 1 Sep Hertfordshire Schools’ Symphony Orchestra An invigorating programme which will include some of the best of modern British musical greats as well as Tchaikovsky’s epic 5th Symphony.

Hertford Theatre, Hertford, 01992 531500 2 Sep Gareth Gates The sensational TV, pop and West End star Gareth Gates performs live in concert as part of the “Music Under Canvass” 2012 Summer Music season. An informal indoor marquee concert where Gareth will perform alongside his 4-piece band in the

grounds of the historic Olde Watermill in Barton-le-Clay. The Olde Windmill, Barton-le-Clay, 0845 8720507 5 Sep The ELO Experience Tribute.

The Stables, Wavendon, MK, 01908 280800 7 Sep Limehouse Lizzy Thin Lizzy tribute. Bedford Corn Exchange, Bedford, 01234 269519 7 Sep Shakatak Jazz funk. The Stables, Wavendon, MK, 01908 280800 8 Sep Dan Stuart American musician best known as the leader and singer-songwriter of 80’s post punk, alt-country rock band, Green On Red. Esquires, Bedford, 01234 340120 9 Sep Martin Simpson One of the finest acoustic and slide guitar players in the world. Hitchin Folk Club at The Sun Hotel, Hitchin, 01462 812391 9 Sep Rock Around the Sixties 60s concert featuring The New Honeycombs.

Gordon Craig Theatre at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage, 01438 894839 9 Sep Nine Below Zero Blues rock.

The Stables, Wavendon, MK, 01908 280800 11 Sep Maggini String Quartet Schubert, Bridge, Britten. Benslow Music Trust, Hitchin, 01462 459446 11 Sep Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick This remarkable pairing played an important part in the tremendous shake-up given to British folk music in the mid-to-late 60s. The Stables, Wavendon, MK, 01908 280800 12 Sep Shakatak Top 80s jazz funk band. Gordon Craig Theatre at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage, 01438 894839 13 Sep Hits from the Blitz with Five Star Swing Wartime hits. Bedford Corn Exchange, Bedford, 01234 269519 14 Sep The Legend Continues Michael Jackson tribute with Navi.

Bedford Corn Exchange, Bedford, 01234 269519 14 Sep On Tour With Elvis Tribute.

Gordon Craig Theatre at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage, 01438 894839 14 Sep Larry Miller Top blues. Hertford Corn Exchange, Hertford, 01992 442992 14 Sep Rollin’ Clones Stones tribute.

The Forum, Hatfield, 08444 771 000 14 - 16 Sep Herts Jazz Festival A line-up of the very best in British and European contemporary jazz. This year’s programme features Martin Taylor, Troyka, Zoe Rahman, the European Jazz Ensemble, Stan Tracey, Alan Barnes, Bobby Wellins and many more.

Hawthorne Theatre at Campus West, Welwyn Garden City, 01707 357117 15 Sep Hertfordshire’s Got Talent Final! Feat. Loveable Rogues. The Forum, Hatfield, 08444 771 000 16 Sep Amy Wadge and Pete Riley Folk. Hitchin Folk Club at The Sun Hotel, Hitchin, 01462 812391 16 Sep Richard Street Lead singer with The Temptations from 1971-93.

Concert Hall at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage, 01438 894839 16 Sep Voice of the Heart Karen Carpenter tribute. The Stables, Wavendon, MK, 01908 280800

20 - 23 Sep Chamber Music Festival Inaugural festival featuring The Sixteen.

Hatfield House, Hatfield, 023 9286 3871 21 Sep Ginger Baker's Jazz Confusion Jazz. The Stables, Wavendon, MK, 01908 280800 21 - 22 Sep The Spirit of Tring A spectacular party on Friday: Cool Britannia! - featuring British pop from throughout the Queen’s reign that will have the whole family on its feet; and a Queen’s Jubilee Proms extravaganza on Saturday, featuring a stunning Spitfire fly-by. All tickets sold are valid for the new dates. Both events will feature a full orchestra and end with a magnificent firework finale. Pendley Meadow, Tring, 07543 560478 22 Sep Thank You For The Music Abba tribute. Hertford Theatre, Hertford, 01992 531500 22 Sep The Real Thing Soul band known for hits such as You To Me Are Everything. Grove Theatre, Dunstable, 01582 602080 22 Sep The Skamasters 0 Esquires, Bedford, 01234 340120 22 Sep Best of British Local choruses, Phoenix and Shannon Express join forces for an extravaganza of a cappella singing with a flag-waving grand finale. Stratton School, Biggleswade, 07921 834290 23 Sep Johnny Dickinson and Clive Carroll Folk guitarists. Hitchin Folk Club at The Sun Hotel, Hitchin, 01462 812391 23 Sep Marty Wilde & The Wildcats British rock and roll great. Gordon Craig Theatre at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage, 01438 894839 25 Sep Carleen Anderson Soul. The Stables, Wavendon, MK, 01908 280800 27 Sep Concerto Magnificent Premiere performance of a new choral work, performed by Bedford’s newest community choir. Bedford Corn Exchange, Bedford, 01234 269519 28 Sep Jackson Live in Concert Amir Sharma’s portrayal of Michael Jackson in his prime. Gordon Craig Theatre at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage, 01438 894839 29 Sep Amadeus Chamber Orchestra Dvorak, Strauss, Beethoven.

St Saviors Church Hall, St Albans, 01727 864511 29 Sep The Twist The hit 50’s and 60’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Show. Gordon Craig Theatre at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage, 01438 894839 29 Sep The Magazine Gap Eclectic pop/rock band. Esquires, Bedford, 01234 340120 30 Sep Harvey Andrews Folk. Hitchin Folk Club at The Sun Hotel, Hitchin, 01462 812391 30 Sep Only Yesterday Tribute to The Carpenters. Gordon Craig Theatre at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage, 01438 894839 30 Sep Jazzin’ Around Jazz.

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VIP Summer Launch and Grand Opening of Refurbished Baldock Gallery!

Last month saw over 200 people walk down the red carpet at a champagne reception. Gallery 1066 were proud to launch their new Summer collection in their newly extended Gallery.

Clients were amazed at the transformation which now completely opens up the space into the adjacent cottage in this picturesque mews.

With a mezzanine level which looks down into the new area and by keeping the old internal brick work and original beams, 1066 offers a beautiful environment to view and enjoy fabulous works of art. By keeping the integrity of the old building the Gallery offers much more hanging space in an area of over 3,500 sq ft. The feedback has been overwhelming .

‘Absolutely stunning, this is better than most London Galleries I have been too and all on our doorstep!’ Mr Norris, Ashwell.

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the world and have come far in our first 2 years in business’ said Hayley Norman, Gallery Owner.

‘Last week we found out that we have secured the attendance of acclaimed Russian Artist Anna Razumovskaya who will be gracing our doors on September 9th for a Solo VIP event followed in November by the much loved and official artist for the Olympics Fabian Perez. This is a huge accolade for the gallery and truly positions us as one of the largest and most sought after art destinations in Hertfordshire and the Home Counties.’

The key to their continued success is a very hands-on friendly approach.

There is always a warm welcome from the first time buyer to the connoisseur. The Gallery work with clients to help introduce them to new talent and take a keen interest in finding the right pieces to suit. If you haven’t had a chance to take a visit to this gorgeous gallery then do so – you will be in for a lovely surprise.

There is seating outside in the cobbled mews where you can enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or glass of wine and soak up the creative talent of these amazing artists. If you are looking to fall in love with something you can treasure for a life time then this is the place to go.

Works by the legendary Rolf Harris are also on display too and all offer sound affordable investment for the home.

To find out more please call 01462 622233 or go online to www.gallery1066fineart.com

Herts Beds & Bucks addresses ‘time’ as a succession without distinction. Her installations, presenting moving image and audio recordings, depict what the artist calls ‘ambiences’.

These brief narratives unfold duration as a ‘haiku’ for the digital age. Museum of St Albans, St Albans, 01707 281127 1 - 4 Sep Knebworth Carvings See panel. 11am-5pm. Knebworth House & Gardens, Knebworth, 01438 812661 1 - 9 Sep Stortford Observed 150 years of the Herts and Essex Observer; a fascinating exhibition which consists of snapshots, images and archives from the last 150 years of the newspaper’s history.

Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, 01279 651746 1 Sep The Games We Played Take a trip down memory lane and reminisce with a nostalgic exhibition of childhood board and card games from the 1920s through to the 1970s. Letchworth Museum & Art Gallery, Letchworth, 01462 685647 1 - 22 Sep Marissa Culatto: Ponds Photography. Hertford Theatre, Hertford, 01992 531500 1 Sep - 20 Oct London Overspill In celebration of the University’s Diamond Jubilee, London Overspill will showcase artist James Smith’s photographic survey of the former Hatfield Technical College (the University of Hertfordshire’s main building) and other sites in Hatfield. Art & Design Gallery at University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, 01707 281127 3 - 8 Sep Letchworth Art Society This talented group has been an important part of Letchworth life for over 60 years, and its annual exhibition is always a treat. Letchworth Arts Centre, Letchworth, 01462 670788 4 - 27 Sep Darren Nisbett: Echoes For Company A touring exhibition, more art than photography with haunting images of urban decay and abandonment.

Letchworth Arts Centre, Letchworth, 01462 670788 4 - 27 Sep Darren Nisbett: Echoes For Company A touring exhibition, more art than photography with haunting images of urban decay and abandonment.

Letchworth Arts Centre, Letchworth, 01462 670788 7 Sep - 25 Oct Smoking’s Cool An exhibition of the coolest rock stars indulging in their favoutire pastime! Rock City Art, Bedford.

8 - 15 Sep Carla Sealey and Mark Burley An exhibition of photography and glasswork. Eagle Gallery, Bedford, 07983 759294 8 - 16 Sep Spoilt for Choice A wide and diverse range of dazzling art that brings together work from 14 professional artists who are all members of the Bedfordshire Artist’s Network. Russell Room at Woburn Abbey, Woburn.

14 Sep - 25 Nov James Welling: The Mind on Fire Comprising around a hundred and thirty works, the exhibition will recreate some of the American artist’s seminal photographic shows from New York in the early to mid 1980s, charting the development of his abstract language

and experimentation with photographic effects. MK Gallery, Milton Keynes.

15 Sep - 6 Oct No Woman No Cry An art exhibition by Lester Springer. Lester’s work is a vibrant mix of both the old and the new - drawing from his own roots as a Cuban; his strong sense of identity, whilst looking to the new in the context of a wider global society. Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, 01279 651746 15 Sep - 28 Oct My Giant Colouring Book Sometimes controversial, never less than entertaining, Jake and Dinos Chapman turn their attention to that most innocuous of printed materials - the children’s colouring book. Art & Design Gallery at University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, 01707 281127

SPECIAL EVENTS 1 - 2 Sep Craft & Design Show Traditional classic skills and contemporary design-led crafts at one major event.

Indulge yourself - or buy that special gift.

Browse and buy from a selection of glass, jewellery, art, leather, ceramics, wood, textiles, metal and more. 10am-5pm.

Knebworth House & Gardens, Knebworth, 01438 812661 1 - 2 Sep VW Action All things VW with racing, RWYB, Show n Shine, trade village and evening family entertainment. Santa Pod Raceway, Podington, 01234 782828 1 - 2 Sep WoodWorks! Celebrating woodlands through crafts, skills and music. Sheepdog displays, horse logging, ferret racing, bushcraft, chainsaw carving, leatherwork, woodturning and loads more!

Live folk and roots music throughout the weekend, with British folk legends Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick. Forest Centre and Millennium Country Park, Marston Moretaine.

2 Sep Shuttleworth Pageant Air Show Gates open 9am. Flying Starts 2pm. Shuttleworth Collection at Shuttleworth (Old Warden) Aerodrome, Biggleswade, 01767 627927 4 Sep Bedfordshire Walking Festival This will be the second year of the Bedfordshire walking festival. Walks vary from short strolls to full day hikes.

Organised by local Ramblers groups and timed to coincide with the Ramblers 75th anniversary celebrations. www.bedswalkfest.co.uk Various venues, Bedfordshire.

6 - 9 Sep FIA “European Finals” FIA European Drag Racing Championships including UEM Drag Bikes. The finals of the FIA European Drag Racing Championship, attracting over 250 of Europe’s finest teams including 300mph Top fuel dragsters, Drag Bikes, Jet Cars, stunts, monster trucks, traders, sideshows and more family entertainment. Santa Pod Raceway, Podington, 01234 782828 7 Sep Ben Fogle Ben Fogle will introduce and sign his new book, ‘The Accidental Naturalist’. St Francis College Theatre, Letchworth, 01462 684631 8 - 9 Sep Aeromodel Weekend Shuttleworth Collection at Shuttleworth (Old Warden) Aerodrome, Biggleswade, 07775 662955

9 Sep The Biddenham Show Annual traditional village show with trade stalls, fun stalls, produce and arts and crafts competitions and displays. Noon-4pm. St James’s Lower School, Biddenham.

14 - 16 Sep Bedfordshire Steam & Country Fayre The annual steam and country fair has many great attractions for all the family including: steam engines, tractors, heavy horses, working demonstrations, flying displays and fairground organs from a bygone era. The ticket price also includes entry to the historic airplane collection, Swiss Gardens and English School of Falconry.

10am-5pm. Shuttleworth Collection at Shuttleworth (Old Warden) Aerodrome, Biggleswade, 01767 627927 15 - 16 Sep Welsh Steam Up Leighton Buzzard Railway, Leighton Buzzard.

16 Sep BMW Show Featuring modern, classic and modified BMW’s including the new mini! BMW only RWYB with Show n Shine, clubs, off track entertainment, traders and more. Santa Pod Raceway, Podington, 01234 782828 22 Sep Shuttleworth Uncovered & Flying Display This event is your chance to get up close and personal with the world famous aircraft of the Shuttleworth Collection. Gates open 10am Flying starts at 4pm. Shuttleworth Collection at Shuttleworth (Old Warden) Aerodrome, Biggleswade, 01767 627927 22 Sep Stargazing and Twilight walk The RSPB have teamed up with the Bedford Astronomical Society to take a

twilight walk around the reserve, followed by a search for the planets and stars of the night sky. RSPB The Lodge , Sandy, 01767 680541 22 - 23 Sep The VP Racing Fuels National Finals Featuring modern, classic and modified BMW’s including the new mini! BMW only RWYB with Show n Shine, clubs, off track entertainment, traders and more. Santa Pod Raceway, Podington, 01234 782828 22 - 23 Sep Family History Weekend British Schools Museum, Hitchin, 01462 420144 23 Sep Lifestyle Live 8 Shopping zones, Story teller, open air theatre performances, Mix & mingle actors, expert advice and tips, chefs theatre, fashion show, final of a regional modelling competition. 10am-5pm. The Mansion House, Biggleswade.

26 Sep - 7 Oct St Albans Food & Drink Festival The fifth annual St Albans Food and Drink Festival will showcase and celebrate the local food scene with a wide range of food and drink events around the city. Highlights include the CAMRA St Albans Beer Festival (from 26th to 29th September), the Food & Drink Awards, and the outdoor Finale in St Peter’s Street on Sunday 7th October. St Albans.

30 Sep JapShow Finale The finale event of the year for Japanese car enthusiasts with Jap Drag Series, Show n Shine, RWYB competition, club displays, drifting, traders and more. Santa Pod Raceway, Podington, 01234 782828

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Hertford Boutini, Hertford’s favourite designer children’s boutique, has launched an online version of the shop, selling all things wonderful and gorgeous for stylish children aged newborn to 10 years old.

Customers will be now be able to buy clothing brands such as No Added Sugar, FC Kids, Emile et Rose, Hatley and name it, as well as lovely wooden toys and gorgeous baby gifts from Lilliputiens, Jellycat and John Crane from the site, which can be found at www.boutini.com, as well as from their gorgeous little boutique in Hertford town centre.

The St. Andrew Street business was started four years ago by fashion designer Jane Meekcoms, who hand picks all the products herself. Jane worked as a fashion designer for 10 years for large high street retailers prior to starting up Boutini and uses her experience as a designer, along with her knowledge for product sourcing, to help her select the ranges.

Jane said “I’m a mum of two small kids myself and I use that to guide me on selecting styles that I know will look great on kids - and that mums (and dads!) will love too.”

10% OFF Eastlife readers can claim 10% off their first online order! Just visit www.boutini.com and enter ‘EASTLIFE’ in the voucher box when requested (full price items only, valid until 30.11.12). If you can’t get online, don’t worry, as you can still visit Jane and the team at the boutique at 1 St Andrew Street in Hertford or call them on 01992 584141.

Hertford is a picturesque and fascinating town packed with history, wonderful old buildings and a wide range of shops.

It has a castle with a public park, the oldest Quaker meeting house in the world, a theatre/concert hall and a canal offering superb walks and an ideal spot to sit and watch the world go by on a warm spring day.

Water is an important feature of Hertford, which lies at the meeting point of four rivers - the Beane, Mimram, Rib and Lea. The largest river, the Lea, flows into the Thames and was always an important source of navigation, carrying goods from the countryside to London. It was canalised in the 1760s bringing increasing prosperity to the town.

Sele Mill was one of the first paper-making mills in the country and the imposing buildings still remain, converted into housing.

Good transport links helped the malting and brewery trade to grow and Hertford is still home to beer makers McMullens, founded in 1827.

Their Hertford branch of Baroosh, in Fore Street, makes an ideal starting point before looking round the town or a pit stop during your visit. Nearby, is the more traditional Salisbury Arms which dates from 1570 and boasts the finest pargeting (elaborate raised plasterwork) in the county. Another McMullen establishment, it was once used as a court and was a Royalist stronghold during the Civil War. Hertford is also home to several real St Andrew’s Street in Hertford is known as the Quality Street.

Full of individual shops that will tempt you with antique finds, art materials, trendy clothes for both adults and children, designer jewellery and more. Well worth a trip to explore, you might even be tempted to treat yourself!

ale pubs including the White Horse in Castle Street and the Old Cross Tavern in St Andrews Street.

Historians will also delight in looking across at the Shire Hall, designed by Robert Adam, where tradition has it that Elizabeth Bennett first met Darcy at a ball, in the novel Pride and Prejudice.

In the attractive Castle grounds, which plays host to several family focussed events through the year, you can see the 1170s postern gate set into the old castle walls as well as the Saxon motte. Other highlights in the town include Christ's hospital school, now offices, the remains of the Saxon church St Mary the Less by the library and the 15th C Vergers House in St Andrews Street, home of Beckwith and Son antique dealers for more than 100 years.

But while Hertford offers a fascinating insight into the past, it is also a thriving market town with a wide range of independent shops such as Botsfords' Ironmongery and Harts of Hertford Haberdashery where you could buy a single button should you wish to. The Charter market is out in force every Saturday and the farmers’ market comes to town every second Saturday in the month. All in all, Hertfordshire can be very proud of its bustling county town that provides for a wide range of interests.

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Essex THEATRE & SHOWS 1 Sep Paul Zerdin The internationally acclaimed ventriloquist with his exhilarating new show. Princes Theatre, Clacton-on-Sea, 01255 686633 1 Sep Fawlty Towers The Seagull Rep with three new episodes of this classic BBC sitcom. Braintree Arts Theatre, Braintree, 01376 556354 1 Sep Blofeld and Baxter Two of the titans of UK cricket with a side-splitting show full of memories. Palace Theatre, Southend-on-Sea, 01702 351135 1 - 22 Sep Return to the Forbidden Planet Intergalactic rock ‘n’ roll musical.

Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch, 01708 443333 2 Sep Hansel & Gretel Outdoor theatre.

Hylands Park, Chelmsford, 01245 606505 2 Sep Grimm Fairy Tales Open air theatre by The Pantaloons. Bridge End Garden, Saffron Walden, 01799 524002 2 Sep Hairy Maclary With music, singing and several of your favourite Hairy Maclary stories, this show is a must for the whole family. Palace Theatre, Southend-on-Sea, 01702 351135 2 Sep Hansel & Gretel Outdoor theatre production that uses puppetry, movement and enchanting music to bring the forest and its inhabitants to life. 3pm. Hylands House, Chelmsford, 01245 605555 4 - 8 Sep Calendar Girls Presented by Colchester Theatre Group. Headgate Theatre, Colchester, 01206 366000 4 - 15 Sep Starlight Express Light years ahead of the rest, this futuristic tale about love and hope in the face of adversity promises to take you on the ride of a lifetime – with two hours of speed, spectacle, energy and turbo charged excitement, combined with an electrifying sound track, dazzling sets and costumes, extraordinary roller-choreography and some of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most memorable musical hits. Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, 01702 351135 5 Sep Remember When Nostalgic music show. firstsite, Colchester, 01206 577067 5 - 6 Sep Wretch Fringe-First winners bring a bit of punk to Colchester with Gari Jones’ disarming exploration of the hard-core inner devil within us all.

Colchester Arts Centre, 01206 500900 5 - 6 Sep Fawlty Towers The Seagull Rep with three new episodes of this classic BBC sitcom. Civic Theatre, Chelmsford, 01245 606505 5 - 8 Sep Calendar Girls Stage version of the hit film presented by Little Theatre Company. Palace Theatre, Southend-on-Sea, 01702 351135 5 - 8 Sep Arsenic and Old Lace One of the most enduring black comedies ever written. Dixon Studio at the Palace Theatre, Southend, 01702 351135 6 Sep Chelmsford Comedy Club Top stand-up. Evoke at Chancellor’s Hall, Chelmsford, 0845 459 5656 6 Sep The Comedy Club Top stand-up.

Colchester United Football Club at Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester, 01206 752443 6 - 9 Sep Babes in Arms Classic jazz-era show. Witham Public Hall, Witham, 01376 502674

7 Sep Maldon Comedy Club Top stand-up. Crowne Plaza Colchester Five Lakes, Tolleshunt Knights, 01621 868 888 7 Sep Laugh Out Loud Comedy Stand-up comedy. Stoke By Nayland Hotel, Leavenheath, 01206 265818 8 Sep Shadows in the Snow Thought-provoking new drama.

Brentwood Theatre, 01277 200305 8 Sep Camp Rock:The Musical Musical based upon the popular Disney hits ‘Camp Rock’ and ‘Camp Rock 2’.

Princes Theatre, Clacton, 01255 686633 8 Sep Derek Acorah TV’s psychic medium. Saffron Walden Town Hall, Saffron Walden, 01799 524002 9 Sep We’ll Meet Again Nostalgic wartime music show. West Cliff Theatre , Clacton-on-Sea, 01255 433344 10 Sep Frank Bruno Join Frank for an evening of anecdotes, reminiscences and your questions about an incredible career which also famously included fights against Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson.

Mercury Theatre , Colchester, 01206 573948 12 Sep Sandi Toksvig Comedian, novelist, actor, broadcaster, show-off and international treasure, Sandi Toksvig is embarking on her first major UK solo tour in years to celebrate the publication of her new novel Valentine Grey. Long-standing host of Radio Four’s News Quiz, Sandi will be touring a brand new, uniquely witty evening of stand-up, stories and fascinating facts. Civic Theatre, Chelmsford, 01245 606505 12 Sep Jethro The world’s funniest Cornishman. Mercury Theatre, Colchester, 01206 573948 13 Sep Tango Tango The great genius of composer and musician Astor Piazzolla is brought to life with music by Tango Volcano, who are joined by an actor and two dancers. Mercury Theatre, Colchester, 01206 573948 14 Sep Back to Broadway Songs from the shows. Mercury Theatre, Colchester, 01206 573948 15 Sep An Audience with Jenni Murray For the past 25 years Dame Jenni Murray OBE has been a leading presenter on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. An Audience With… finds her talking about her fascinating life and career. Mercury Theatre, Colchester, 01206 573948 15 Sep The Rat Pack is Back The original British tribute to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr, bringing the style and excitement of Las Vegas to vivid life. West Cliff Theatre , Clacton-on-Sea, 01255 433344 16 Sep Chris and Pui Roadshow Children’s favourites. West Cliff Theatre , Clacton-on-Sea, 01255 433344 17 Sep Spirit of the Dance Irish music and dance spectacular. Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, 01702 351135 17 - 22 Sep Three Men in a Boat Keeping audiences laughing for well over a century Jerome K Jerome’s classic tale of boating misadventure has become the quintessential example of the charm and wit of Victorian England. Palace Theatre, Southend-on-Sea, 01702 351135

19 Sep Jenny Eclair Comedy. Dixon Studio at the Palace Theatre, Southend-on-Sea, 01702 351135 20 Sep Chelmsford Comedy Club Top stand-up. Evoke at Chancellor’s Hall, Chelmsford, 0845 459 5656 20 Sep Magners Funhouse Comedy Night Top stand-up. Braintree Arts Theatre, Braintree, 01376 556354 20 - 22 Sep The Pink Panther Strikes Again Stage show based on the film. Cramphorn Theatre, Chelmsford, 01245 606505 20 - 29 Sep Guys and Dolls Musical presented by CO2. Mercury Theatre , Colchester, 01206 573948 20 Sep - 1 Oct The Selfish Crocodile Children’s show. Civic Theatre, Chelmsford, 01245 606505 21 Sep Julian Clary Julian Clary is looking for love and he’s not leaving town empty handed. Warm-up show for the conedy star’s new tour. Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester, 01206 500900 21 Sep Great Variety Jubilee Show This fun packed show includes some of the best variety acts, starring Phil Meacham from The Only Way Is Essex and Strictly Come Dancing as your host.

Civic Theatre, Chelmsford, 01245 606505 22 Sep An Evening of Burlesque An all-star cast of elegant, beautiful girls.

Civic Theatre, Chelmsford, 01245 606505 22 Sep Jenny Eclair Comedy Dixon Studio at the Palace Theatre, Southend-on-Sea, 01702 351135 23 Sep Chelmsford City Opera Performing Edward German’s ‘Merrie England’. Tickets on the door. Hylands House, Chelmsford.

23 Sep That’ll Be The Day Rock and roll music show. Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, 01702 351135 25 Sep Titanic the Musical Presented

by Chelmsford’s Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society. Civic Theatre, Chelmsford, 01245 606505 26 Sep Tim Key: Masterslut Tim Key is back on tour. Still spunking poetry everywhere. Now 35 years old.

Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester, 01206 500900 26 Sep - 4 Oct Anne Boleyn Compelling, witty and often laugh-out-loud funny celebration of a great English heroine. The Old Court Theatre, Chelmsford, 01245 606505 27 Sep Pack Up Your Troubles Nostalgic music show. Princes Theatre, Clacton-on-Sea, 01255 686633 27 Sep Comedy Club in the Foyer Stand-up. Queens Theatre, Hornchurch, 01708 443333 27 Sep The Tempest Presented by Ballet Cymru. Harlow Playhouse, Harlow, 01279 431945 27 Sep The Keeper’s Daughter Sherlock Holmes adventure. Witham Public Hall, Witham, 0845 017 8717 27 - 29 Sep The Last Supper Deadly dinner discussions as arsenic’s added to the political menu. Brentwood Theatre, Brentwood, 01277 200305 28 Sep Shappi Khorsandi Stand-up comedy. Harlow Playhouse, Harlow, 01279 431945

28 Sep - 13 Oct Shakers John Godber’s wickedly funny peek behind the pina coladas and plastic palms at SHAKERS Cocktail Bar. Queens Theatre, Hornchurch, 01708 443333 29 Sep Witham Comedy Club Top stand-up. Witham Public Hall, Witham, 0845 459 5656 29 Sep Danny Bhoy Stand-up.

Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester, 01206 500900 29 Sep Milkshake! Live Channel 5’s hugely popular children’s TV programme makes the move from screen to stage.

Harlow Playhouse, 01279 431945 30 Sep Jethro The world’s funniest Cornishman. Queens Theatre, Hornchurch, 01708 443333

MUSIC 1 Sep Field of Dreams Festival Family music festival with lots of great bands. www.fieldofdreamsbrufc.co.uk Braintree Rugby Club, Braintree.

1 Sep Marty Wilde & The Wildcats British rock and roll great. West Cliff Theatre , Clacton-on-Sea, 01255 433344 1 - 3 Sep Brownstock Music festival showcasing the cream of the local talant from around the county along side plenty of top acts. Plus mud wrestling arena,bungee jumps, skate park, fairgorund and lots more. www.brownstock.co.uk Morris Farm, Stow Maries 2 Sep The Cardinall’s Musick Gramophone award-winning ensemble. St Peter & St Paul Church, Stondon Massey, 01245 606505 2 Sep Pete Caters Jazz tribute to Buddy Rich. Cramphorn Theatre, Chelmsford, 01245 606505 2 Sep Olly Murs + Pixie Lott Concert by the Essex boy and girl! Hylands Park, Chelmsford, 0871 224 1113 2 Sep Clacton on Sea Co-operative Band West Cliff Theatre, Clacton-on-Sea, 01255 433344 4 Sep RM Hubbert & Emma Pollock Two of Glasgow’s finest, playing together after a successful collaboration earlier this year. Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester, 01206 500900 4 Sep Nick Dow Folk. The Hoy at Anchor Folk Club at The Ship Hotel, Leigh-on-Sea, 01702 715111 7 Sep Ezio Acoustic duo from Cambridge. High Barn, Great Bardfield, 01371 811291 11 Sep Quicksilver Folk. The Hoy at Anchor Folk Club at The Ship Hotel, Leigh-on-Sea, 01702 715111 11 Sep Marty Wilde & The Wildcats British rock and roll great. Mercury Theatre , Colchester, 01206 573948 12 Sep United Bible Studies An experimental and improvisational folk band from Ireland. Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester, 01206 500900 13 Sep Dixie Mix Jazz. Electric Palace, Harwich, 07786 744789 14 Sep Ben Montague London singer-songwriter with an artful pop-rock sound. High Barn, Great Bardfield, 01371 811291

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Essex 14 Sep Jackson Live in Concert Amir Sharma’s portrayal of Michael Jackson in his prime. Braintree Arts Theatre, Braintree, 01376 556354 15 Sep Andy Fairweather Low Former lead singer of Amen Corner and solo chart star with songs such as Wide Eyed and Legless. Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester, 01206 500900 15 Sep The Melvin Beddow Big Band Brentwood Theatre, Brentwood, 01277 200305 15 Sep A Night for EACH - West End Gala Concert A fantastic charitable Gala Concert, in aid of East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices. Braintree Arts Theatre, Braintree, 01376 556354 17 Sep Issy & David Emeney with Kate Riaz Talented folk trio featuring melodeon, guitar/bouzouki and cello.

Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester, 01206 500900 17 Sep YolanDa Brown Double MOBO Award-winning Saxophonist YolanDa Brown is the UK’s hottest rising star of Jazz. Queens Theatre, Hornchurch, 01708 443333 18 Sep Cult of Youth Neo-folk inspired group from the states. Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester, 01206 500900 18 Sep Issy & David Emeney with Kate Riaz Folk. The Hoy at Anchor Folk Club at The Ship Hotel, Leigh-on-Sea, 01702 715111 20 Sep Blake Brit Award-winning superstar vocalists perform some of the greatest love songs of all time. Civic Theatre, Chelmsford, 01245 606505 20 Sep Whole Lotta Led Led Zeppelin tribute. High Barn, Great Bardfield, 01371 811291 21 Sep 78RPM Big Band Swing and Latin big band jazz with vocals from local star Adrian Weaver. Thaxted Church, Thaxted, 07774 127418 21 Sep Elvis Lives! Tribute by Paul Lillie. Witham Public Hall, Witham, 0845 017 8717 22 Sep Raymond Froggatt Singer songwriter. West Cliff Theatre , Clacton-on-Sea, 01255 433344 22 Sep The Gift Tribute to The Jam. Chinnery’s, Southend-on-Sea, 01702 467305 22 Sep Purple Zellepin Tribute to Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple. Empire Theatre, Halstead, 01621 890153 23 Sep An Evening of Country Music With the Doggone Honkabilly Band, Cheryl Holliwell and Cliff Hayden.

Brentwood Theatre, 01277 200305 24 Sep Hans Theessink One of the world’s pre-eminent country blues pickers. Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester, 01206 500900 25 Sep Eleanor McEvoy Folk. The Hoy at Anchor Folk Club at The Ship Hotel, Leigh-on-Sea, 01702 715111 25 Sep Neil Angilley Jazz Trio Jazz. Queens Theatre, Hornchurch, 01708 443333 26 Sep Awna Teixeria Singer from Po’Girl. Bluebell Inn, Hempstead, 01799 599199 27 Sep The Blues Showband Blues Brothers tribute. Chinnery’s, Southend-on-Sea, 01702 467305

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28 Sep The Swingle Singers Civic Theatre, Chelmsford, 01245 606505 28 Sep Dodgy The definitive line up of Nigel Clark, Andy Miller and Mathew Priest is back. Braintree Arts Theatre, Braintree, 01376 556354 29 Sep The Searchers Sixties favourites. Princes Theatre, Clacton-on-Sea, 01255 686633 29 Sep The ELO Experience Tribute.

West Cliff Theatre , Clacton-on-Sea, 01255 433344 29 Sep The Band of H.M. Royal Marines (Portsmouth) Concert in aid of Help For Heroes. Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, 01702 351135 30 Sep The Illegal Eagles Tribute.

Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, 01702 351135

ART & EXHIBITIONS 1 Sep - 6 Oct Thames Titanics; Wrecks from the Estuary An exhibition featuring artefacts from the bed of the Thames. Southend Central Museum. 01702 434449 1 Sep - 28 Oct Siron Franco: Suspicious Story An internationally renowned artist from Brazil whose preferred mediums are painting, drawing and sculpture. firstsite, Colchester, 01206 577067 1 Sep - 31 Oct David Watkinson: Unseen Forces Large organic forms and kinetic sculpture. RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Rettendon, 01245 400256 1 Sep - 2 Dec Coming to Colchester: 2000 Years of Immigration Roman walls, a Norman castle, the Dutch Quarter and the Garrison, these are just some of the landmarks of Colchester’s history of settlers. Hollytrees Museum, Colchester, 01206 282940 1 Sep - 7 Jan Treasures of China 70 treasures from Nanjing Museum China; go on a journey across 8000 years of Chinese history. Colchester Castle Museum, Colchester, 01206 282939 1 - 29 Sep 54th Essex Open Exhibition Prestigious exhibition.

Beecroft Art Gallery, Westcliff-on-Sea, 01702 347418 1 - 8 Sep Andrew Hasler: Underwater Love, Images of Sea Life Magical oil paintings looking into the ocean coming face to face with amazing dolphins and tropical fish by an artist who combines his love of diving with his love of painting. Plus also on display, an abundance of ceramics by various artists who all share their love of the sea.

Hayletts Gallery, Maldon, 01621 851669 1 - 23 Sep The Language of Landscape Paintings by Jane Lewis complemented by ceramics by Marilyn Andreetti. The Gallery at Parndon Mill, Harlow, 01279 426042 5 Sep - 28 Oct Jaywick Coastal Open A celebration of local artists, giving a chance to display their talent in arts and crafts. Open various days, see www.jaywickmartellotower.org Jaywick Martello Tower, Jaywick, 01255 822783 8 Sep The Fry Menagerie Co-curated

by Mark Hearld, this will be a selection of works which include animals, drawn from

the gallery’s permanent collection. Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden, 01799 513779 27 Sep - 4 Nov Glasshaus VII An exhibition of works of art in glass. The Gallery at Parndon Mill, Harlow, 01279 426042 29 Sep - 6 Oct Maldon Art Trail www.maldonarttrail.co.uk Various venues, Maldon, 01621 856503

SPECIAL EVENTS 1 Sep Great Bentley Village Show 1.30-5pm. Village Green, Great Bentley, 01206 250158 1 Sep Colchester Oyster Festival 10.3am-5pm. Castle Park, Colchester.

1 Sep Maldon Oyster & Seafood Festival Town Centre, Maldon, 01621 856503 1 - 2 Sep Bringing Audley End to Life! Visitors will get an insight into what it would have been like to work and live as a servant in the Victorian era. Audley End House & Gardens, Saffron Walden.

1 - 2 Sep Food & Home Fayre Delicious food and things for the home.

Cressing Temple Barns, Witham, 01376 584903 1 - 2 Sep Cressing Temple Food Fair A delicious range of tempting food stalls, served up with a helping of family entertainment. Cresing Temple Barns, Cressing, 0845 603 7624 1 - 2 Sep English Wine Festival Wine tasting (first four tastings free), tours of winery and vineyard, art show, food hall, live music, fire eater and craft fair. New Hall Vineyards, Purleigh, 01621 828343 2 Sep Classics Porsches Hedingham Castle, Castle Hedingham, 01787 460261 2 Sep Classic Car Show & Fun Day 10am-4.30pm. Lower Park Road Recreation Ground, Brightlingsea.

2 Sep American Car Show From 10am. Museum of Power, Langford, 01621 843183 2 Sep Koi Carp Show From 11am.

Barleylands Farm, Billericay.

8 Sep Hog Roast & Torchlight Maze Night Blake House Craft Centre, Braintree, 01376 344123 8 - 9 Sep Bringing Audley End to Life! See 1-2 Sept. Audley End House & Gardens, Saffron Walden.

8 - 9 Sep Chilli Pepper Weekend Explore the spicier side of vegetable growing! With colourful plant displays, food stalls, growing advice and chilli tasting, it promises to be a true feast for your senses. 9am-4pm. RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Rettendon, 01245 402006 8 - 9 Sep Heart FM Wedding Show Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, 01277 215151 8 - 9 Sep Essex Country Show Barleylands Farm, Billericay, 01268 290213 9 Sep Classic & Vintage Car Show 10am-3pm. Hedingham Castle, Castle Hedingham, 01787 460261 9 Sep Vintage Vogue Fashion & Lifestyle Fair Brentwood School Sports Centre, Brentwood, 01277 243344 14 - 16 Sep Grange Barn Beer Festival A selection of beers and ales

You can find even more events on our website and include your own too! www.eastlife.co.uk from around Essex. Coggeshall Grange Barn, Coggeshall, 01376 562226 15 Sep The Autumn Art Market More stalls of art, design and vintage, plus acoustic music for the day.

10am-3.30pm. Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester, 01206 500900 15 Sep International Witham Puppet Festival Grove Shopping Centre, Witham.

15 Sep Wickford Carnival and Town Show . Nevendon Playing Field, Wickford.

15 - 16 Sep Bringing Audley End to Life! See 1-2 Sept. Audley End House & Gardens, Saffron Walden.

15 - 16 Sep Weald Park Game & Country Show Weald Park, South Weald, 01728 666021 16 Sep Kite Festival 1-4pm. Wick Country Park, Wickford.

16 Sep Lord Braybrooke’s Steam Gala Lord Braybrooke, private collection with up to 5 engines working with 3 in steam. Audley End Railway, Saffron Walden, 01799 542134 16 Sep Craft Fair 10.30am-4pm. Colne Valley Railway, Castle Hedingham, 01787 461174 21 - 23 Sep Meadows Autumn Food & Drink Fayre Meadows Shopping Centre, Chelmsford, 01245 346266 22 Sep Michaelmas Fayre Saffron Walden Common, Saffron Walden, 01799 524002 22 Sep Maldon Regatta Hythe Quay, Maldon, 07884 268053 22 - 23 Sep Bringing Audley End to Life! See 1-2 Sept. Audley End House & Gardens, Saffron Walden.

22 - 23 Sep European Woodworking Festival From 10am. Cresing Temple Barns, Cressing, 01473 785946 23 Sep Little Clacton Classic Car Show Plough Corner, Little Clacton.

29 Sep ESSEXstreetdiversions he annual festival of free international outdoor performance celebrates its 10th anniversary. A myriad of UK-based and international theatre companies, such as Plunge Boom, Albedo and Dynamogene, will descend on the new city as part of a special year of celebration.

10.30am-5.30pm. City Centre, Chelmsford.

29 Sep Burnham Carnival Family entertainment, stalls, side shows, carnival parade, music. The Grand Illuminated Parade will take place from 7.30 pm onwards. From 10am. Town Centre, Burnham-on-Crouch, 01621 783134 29 - 30 Sep Apple Weekend Audley End House & Gardens, Saffron Walden, 29 - 30 Sep The Essex Craft & Design Show Over 70 artists, craftspeople and designer makers will be showcasing and selling their work. From 10am. Cresing Temple Barns, Cressing, 0845 603 7624

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Spotlight

Aldeburgh Beach LOOKOUT and Art House Caroline Wiseman tells us about her extraordinary building on the Suffolk coast that inspires extraordinary art…

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ince I found this extraordinary tower when swimming one morning, we have been thrilled that artists, musicians, poets, performers and thinkers of all varieties have discovered the LOOKOUT as a catalyst for their ideas.

Perhaps because it is in one of Britain’s most culturally innovative towns and because of its startling position right by the sea, the LOOKOUT is unique in the impact it can create.

To make the most of this iconic space, we have just held a musical drama of Rapunzel in the Tower on September 1st, cast with local people and featuring children’s performances during the day and candlelit performances in the evening. It was a magical day and showed the Tower off to full effect. little like a contemporary Kettle’s Yard by the sea; The Art Party works by some of the most The Art Party, loosely important British artists modelled on Gertrude become a part of the Stein’s art salon in Paris, household. Many are enables profound discussion for sale. on art whilst eating and drinking deliciously.

Weekly Residencies Not only do we host The Art House performances, we also hold The Art House is hung with weekly residencies for modern art, as our houses artists to come and stay at in London and New York the tower and produce have been over the past 25 work in response to this years. 31 Crag Path is a unique environment,

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culminating in an exhibition.

Our next resident is up-and-coming Amy Sage, who holds a first class degree in Fine Art from University Campus Suffolk, and is winner of the Aldeburgh Beach LOOKOUT Residency Prize. There will be an exhibition of her work on Saturday 13th October, 12-3pm, drinks and eats.

We have residencies throughout the year, including: Saturday 3rd November – Art and Poetry Saturday 24th November – Danny Rolph Forthcoming exhibitions We are also holding an exciting exhibition, Duchamp and Cage: 100 Years Later. These two iconoclasts’ ideas in art and music are fundamentally linked, and throughout October we will be examining their work and

influence through exhibitions and performances.

Art Is Life

The Aldeburgh Beach LOOKOUT is not only open to artists, writers and musicians, but also, in true Beuysian fashion to everyone - because “everyone is an artist” so long as they are willing to be truly creative and original. Art Is Life, an artistic philosophy that has found its time, combines the insight of Beuys, Duchamp and Leonardo.

Artist-led collaborations with active public creative/conceptual input: this is the People’s Art. Come and join in:

The Aldeburgh Beach LOOKOUT and Art House 31 Crag Path, Aldeburgh, Suffolk IP15 5BS Tel: 0207 622 2500 / 01728 452754 caroline@carolinewiseman.com www.carolinewiseman.com

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