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Felixstowe’s Seafront Gardens wins coveted Green Flag Award

26/07/2022

Felixstowe’s Seafront Gardens has once again been officially recognised as one of the country’s best parks after receiving a Green Flag Award. The serene Victorian cliffside site was today awarded the international quality mark for parks and green spaces for the seventh successive year. This uninterrupted string of awards followed East Suffolk Council’s four-year restoration…

Puppets take centre stage at Red Rose Theatre in Forest

25/07/2022

Witch puppets from the award-winning company who created the puppets for Life of Pi! will take centre stage at Theatre in the Forest’s Macbeth at Sutton Hoo. This summer, Red Rose Chain will transform Sutton Hoo into great Birnam Wood as one of Shakespeare’s blood thirstiest tragedies, MACBETH, takes centre stage at Suffolk’s biggest and…

Pirate Radio Exhibition will bring back memories

18/07/2022

Many people growing up in the 60s still remember the pirate radio stations that were anchored off the Suffolk and Essex coasts. In particular the name Radio Caroline which was the first ship to drop anchor just off Felixstowe. A Facebook group, Felixstowe and Offshore Radio is testament to the continuing interest in the pirate…

Insects galore at RSPB Minsmere

29/06/2022

Visitors are being invited to explore the wonderous and sometimes gory world of insects at RSPB Minsmere’s ‘Digger Alley’ during July. Digger Alley looks like a very unassuming site, gaining its name from the large number of burrowing insects that breed and live along this short stretch of sandy path on the Suffolk coast nature…

Theatre in the Forest – Macbeth – Sutton Hoo

28/06/2022

This summer, Red Rose Chain will transform Sutton Hoo into great Birnam Wood as one of Shakespeare’s blood thirstiest tragedies, MACBETH, takes centre stage at Suffolk’s BIGGEST and BEST LOVED outdoor theatre event. A breath-taking production in a stunning and atmospheric new setting sees the meeting of two icons of Suffolk’s culture,Theatre in the Forest…

Review: Paloma Faith, Newmarket Nights

18/06/2022

Heading to Newmarket at the end of a sweltering summer day, was lovely, catching the last two races of the evening while the sun slowly descended. People beginning to switch from watching the jockeys to staking their claims for the best spots to watch Paloma Faith on a stage overlooking the finishing post. A quick…

Jubilee party at RHS

17/06/2022

The Royal Hospital School (RHS) in Holbrook, Ipswich, finished their month-long celebrations for HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee by hosting a weekend of nautical activities for their Festival of the Sea event. As part of the Festival of Suffolk’s Jubilee Celebrations, The Countess of Euston, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk, invited the school to host the…

Greater Anglia warns of “severe disruption” – timetables for strike service now available

Timetables are now becoming available for the very limited Greater Anglia rail services which are due to run should a national rail strike go ahead next week. The RMT union is holding three 24-hour strikes on Tuesday 21, Thursday 23 and Saturday 25 June, with members of the train drivers union ASLEF also striking on…

Free as a Bird!

08/06/2022

At the beginning of May, the Suffolk Owl Sanctuary was able to resume it’s exciting flying displays, after the lifting of avian flu restrictions. During the period of ‘bird lockdown’ displays had been suspended and bio-security measures put in place to help to prevent the spread of avian flu in the local area. This also…

Woodbridge Jubilee event a success

06/06/2022

Woodbridge Festival’s Two days of Jubilee Events attracted an audience of thousands to iconic locations next to the Tide Mill, River and opposite the ancient Royal Sutton Hoo burial ground and Town Park. The free Woodbridge Festival events were funded but Woodbridge Town Council, and included collaborations with the Council on Kingston Field for music…