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Sue Tansley's art and photography classes will restart next month in the charming if a teensy bit remote (it adds to the charm) Pettistree village hall.  Upcoming but dates to be confirmed tuition in Aldeburgh at the Fairfield Centre.

The year moves on, today is the shortest day so in a week or two the days should become noticeably longer.

Common Ground Theatre's Christmas show Sherlock Holmes Smells Evil! is touring near the coast and otherwheres with Tuesday's evening show in Laxfield almost full so a matinee has been added.

Suffolk Myths No.107: For many honest Suffolk folk the known world ends at Diss.

Last posting first class for Christmas TODAY.

♫ More Framlingham choral goodness when the Fram Ladies Choir sing 12 noon today in St Clare's.  Free entry and post concert refreshments.

SRN Nearthecoast is in, doesn't feel any government has ever treated nurses fairly, is fiddling with her tick list and clicky pen but still listening at ntc@nearthecoast.com.

The fortnightly(ish) digest emails out today at tea time ... click Postman Pat's black and white cat to get your free copy.

Now available in The Back Bar of Stackon Tressel's Angry Fly are exceptionally good value house singles of vodka and whisky.  Pub landlord Steve Crackedpole is so pleased with his innovation he's renamed the room The Singles Bar ... we suspect there could be misunderstandings.

Crikey!  We haven't seen the splendid disorder that is the Rendham Mummers since before Covid.  For the solstice Sunday it's Smugglers Ahoy! 7:30pm on the Knoll.  Just park on the playing fields and you'll find it plus an after party in the village hall.

Channel 4 are streaming series 7 of Seaside Hotel (the Danish Downton), it's 1940 and the Nazis have arrived and its remarkably like having Trump as president.

The Art Station in Saxmundham has a silent auction running for a calendar month and ending 7pm tonight.

Last posting second class for Christmas is TODAY.

Four shed/outbuilding burglaries last weekend High Street, Strickland Manor Hill and Hog Hill Lane Yoxford, and Low Street Badingham.  Stolen were two bikes (though one has been recovered), a radio/cd player, tools and an outboard motor.  Any info call police on 101.

Wes Anderson and a train in today's nearthecoast Advent playlist.

♫ Fine choral concert last night from the Phoenix Singers in Framlingham.  Woman in the audience who might have been the MP for Suffolk Coastal but difficult to tell as Jenny Riddell-Carpenter has decapitated herself on that there Facepack.

Framlingham in the snow for halfway through our Advent playlist .

Last night's Mini Mouth dress rehearsal of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory looked brilliant and had some very clever effects.  Three shows this weekend starting tonight.

Suffolk Overheard: (in a Woodbridge tea shop) It can't be Assam c'os you can't get Assam in teabags.

♫ The programme's up for next year's Aldeburgh Festival.

We l♥ve Nerine Skinner's satires, today she's on quad skates.

artEast have pointed out that Howard J Morgan exhibited with them but sadly passed away before the actual show.  His very desirable work is still available framed and signed.