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Forward planning, the theme for this year's Framlingham Gala parade in May is Once Upon A Time.

♫ Not part of the near universal post Christmas lock down the Jubilee Hall Aldeburgh lunchtime concerts start Friday with piano quartet (piano, violin, viola and cello) Ensemble Jackalope with pianist Junyan Chen.

♫ From the Windy City at this summer's Maverick Festival The Waco Brothers.

♫ We weren't sure if we wanted to see Tom Robinson as a duo at the Halesworth Cut later this month and then we saw this clip of a half remembered motorway anthem and we now very much want to see him.

Our Alamy stock photo portfolio has over 10,000 images.

Nice artwork for Dallinghoo's Valentine's Special next month the good sounding Live Jazz and Curry Night.  Like the government partying during a lock down it's BYOB.

Suffolk Overheard: (in Aldeburgh ... it would be) They were all ex-diplomats or retired ballerinas.

On Framlingham market this morning fishmonger Darren Smith was so busy serving he didn't notice community officer PC Amy Yeldham meeting and greeting but we did.  We suspect she'll be outside the Yoxford Londis 10:00-10:30am Thursday 29th.

We need to add the Instagram logo to the links at the page top.

Learn to morris dance the Cotswolds way in Rushmere St Andrew Sunday.

Sue Tansley's art and/or photography classes start next month in Aldeburgh at the Fairfield Centre.

The next available supporter slot is now, it will give you that nice warm feeling of having done the right thing.

Worried too many people might turn up for your coffee morning?  Garden fete?  Seance?  Swingers' party?  Don't do promotion on nearthecoast then.

The tractorati quiver with antici ... pation for the nearthecoast digest that emails out this tea time.  Get your free copy by clicking on Alan Smethurst The Singing Postman. ♫

James at Country Vision Framlingham suggested we have a Pic of the Month like The Times and then he gave us a pen.  Perhaps we should have given him a pen?  Either way here's the first three pix of 2026.

Had an email saying our garden bin account will be extended because of this week's cancelled collections.

Roughcast Theatre's tribute to the late Tom Stoppard is touring in March the two one act plays The Real Inspector Hound and A Separate Peace.  The company needs a man with a van who would smile upon their theatrical endeavours.

Yesterday we deployed our electrical recyclables for collection but were stymied by bin collections being suspended and garden collections cancelled (will we get a refund?) ... at least that's what we think is happening.

Common Ground Theatre is ignoring the Suffolk principle that nothing should happen In January with Sherlock Holmes Smells Evil! shows in Diss and Ipswich.

It's Twelfth Night the day when you get your mantelpiece back.

Don't know your way round nearthecoast?  You need the A to Z, it's FREE, kills 99% of known germs plus you don't have to pay and display or walk through the gift shop to get out.

Norwich Devils Women training restarts Sunday.

The back of the bin dates leaflet says anything with a plug, battery or cable can be recycled up to two per week, the district council web site is less committal.  We shall be trying them out next week with a laptop and a fan heater ... we'll see.

Maybe in 2026 we'll get a local government vote (smells Trumpian ... county councillors giving themselves more power), still rankles that Suffolk Coastal merged with those foreigners up north near Norfolk without any consultation.