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Updated Joanna MacGregor Brighton Festival 2021 classical – Adrian Brendel (cello) & Joanna MacGregor (piano) in Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Wednesday 19 May (1pm: 90 minutes, no interval), devised in association with Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra and Strings Attached. Cello Sonatas by Benjamin Britten in C major Op65, Frank Bridge in D minor, César Franck in A major. Also livestreamed. The Festival’s third live indoor concert in three days since Covid-19 Pandemic lockdowns began in Mar...

Planet Laser, Bury St Edmunds – One of the UK’s premier indoor laser tag arenas, spanning 6,000sqft across three levels, with cool lighting and sets, and an awesome soundtrack. There’s a café on site, plus mini bowling and an arcade. One game is £7 or it’s £12 for two sessions. There are special offers during the school holidays and after school. For example, a two-hour pre-booked session over the summer half term is £12 per person (under 16s).  High Lodge, Thetford Forest – Hire...

A Passion for Landscape: Rediscovering John Crome includes some fascinating works which were probably devised as lessons for his pupils.   Giorgia has been working on the exhibition for four years and said Crome remains an enigma. He did not sign his work, left no diaries and barely a handful of letters, and instead of seeking fame and success in London, remained in Norwich.   From here he launched Britain’s first art society outside the capital, the Norwich School of Artists. Today it is i...

Edging Toward Japan: Englands spires and Japans pagodas -- 2 objects of ultimate obsession May 12, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) By Damian Flanagan Once, while driving across the semi-desert known as the "Karoo" of the Eastern Cape in South Africa, I chanced upon a town of about 35,000 souls called Graaff-Reinet, with which I instantly fell in love. Its streets were charming, historic and everywhere festooned with jacaranda trees in full bloom. Dining there in a local hall one night, with g...

Published: 8:00 AM May 8, 2021    Sunset over the water at Pin Mill - one of the many Suffolk scenes which is popular on Instagram - Credit: Sarah Lucy Brown/Archant Suffolks landscapes are star attractions on Instagram - but what are the top streets and beauty spots? Here we look at some of the scenes which regularly feature on the platform, captured from many different angles.

Great British Railway Journeys brings Michael Portillo to Suffolk and Essex - Credit: BBC/Naked West/Fremantle BBCs Great Railway Journeys have highlighted "the vitality of cultural life" in Suffolk and north Essex in its latest series.  The railway history show sees Michael Portillo travel from Saxmundham down to Dedham, through rail and ferry, brandishing his 1930s copy of Bradshaw’s Guide, a Victorian travel book. Mr Portillo takes this opportunity, after visiting Ipswich in 2017, t...

Great British Railway Journeys brings Michael Portillo to Suffolk and Essex - Credit: BBC/Naked West/Fremantle BBCs Great Railway Journeys have highlighted "the vitality of cultural life" in Suffolk and north Essex in its latest series.  The railway history show sees Michael Portillo travel from Saxmundham down to Dedham, through rail and ferry, brandishing his 1930s copy of Bradshaw’s Guide, a Victorian travel book. Mr Portillo takes this opportunity, after visiting Ipswich in 2017, t...

BEING in such close proximity to north Essex’s rugged coastline, it’s no wonder the beaches on our doorstep are such a hit. And while many think of up-market Frinton as the go-to location, or Clacton for its iconic pier and amusements, Harwich is a hidden gem tucked away on the north Essex coastline. The town has now been recognised in The Spectator magazine as among the UK’s best seaside locations to visit should you want to avoid crowds. The glowing article reads: “Most visito...

BEING in such close proximity to north Essex’s rugged coastline, it’s no wonder the beaches on our doorstep are such a hit. And while many think of up-market Frinton as the go-to location, or Clacton for its iconic pier and amusements, Harwich is a hidden gem tucked away on the north Essex coastline. The town has now been recognised in The Spectator magazine as among the UK’s best seaside locations to visit should you want to avoid crowds. The glowing article reads: “Most visito...

On a recent afternoon behind a scruffy door in South London, remarkable alchemical transformations were taking place under the watchful eye of the painter Frank Bowling. Wearing industrial masks, a team of assistants brushed and dolloped ammonia, gold powder, acrylic gel and water onto a dripping canvas hung onto Bowling’s studio wall. Looking dapper in a fedora and a green velvet jacket, the 87-year-old artist directed proceedings from a wheelchair in the center of the room. “Put gel on th...