mo 7 Jul 2025 |  Maggi Hambling has generously donated her painting Night Waves to the Sudbourne Park Printmakers. Oil on board and measuring 37x27cm a striking image that is being raffled to fund buying the Printmakers' two etching presses. The draw stays open until Monday 14 July so time like always is ...
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fr 4 Jul 2025
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| ♫ This year's Maverick has a Cajun flavour with tonight Ruben Moreno closing the Peacock stage but we'll be multiplexing ourselves with Sara Petite closing the Barn. |
| The next Fram Station Session is 4-9pm tomorrow Pizza, Drinks, Music & Friends. |
th 3 Jul 2025 |  Originally from Wales Hilary Barry has been a Suffolk blowin since 2016 and her oil on canvas paintings have grown a strong sense of Suffolk place. Hilary's Green Issues show at the George Farnham Gallery in Saxmundham runs until Saturday 19th.
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| Our Alamy stock photo portfolio is now over 10,000 images.  |
we 2 Jul 2025 | ♫ Saturday the Phoenix Singers concert Opera Stars is just that with four impressive guest singers and a programme that includes Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves. Staged in the Framlingham College Theatre tickets online here.
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| Dishearteningly the excellent More Or Less (around 13:56) finds that the first claim in Adam Curtis' SHIFTY is wrong. Thatcher wasn't behind in the polls and she didn't make that speech then. |
tu 1 Jul 2025 | If you like what we do buy us a coffee, sadly we can't accept a Costa Coffee points card but ... a lovely latte? ... a capricious cappuccino? ... how very kind.
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mo 30 Jun 2025 | The Constabulary run Safe Rider Workshops at their Martlesham HQ for much of the year. With special deals for under 25s this month's is the weekend after next.
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su 29 Jun 2025 | If annoyed by the distraction of the film strip at start up mostly of interest to Americans only you can get rid of it. Go Settings/Personalisation/Lock screen. Scroll down to Choose one app to etc click on the icon with a cloud and then click on None ... that could be a bit simpler eh?
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sa 28 Jun 2025 | ♫ If Margaret Thatcher were still PM Kneecap at Glastonbury would need an actor to sing their words. |
| How to promote yourself on nearthecoast.com. |
fr 27 Jun 2025 | The other side of the Orwell Bridge the Suffolk Food Hall has a free entry Vintage and Makers Market this Sunday. |
| Life Skills No. 66: If you have small children don't buy permanent markers. |
th 26 Jun 2025 | This weekend it's the two day Blaxhall Festival which includes on the Saturday afternoon Bill's Baseball Tournament. |
we 25 Jun 2025 | ♫ Jess Gillam at the Snape Maltings in August hasn't sold out but the Klezmer Party is. More £10 tickets will be released on 17 July ... we think we've got that right.
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| Planning a witch ducking this summer? Or perhaps a trial by fire for an estate agent? You're welcome to promote it on here.
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tu 24 Jun 2025 | A car parked near Hall Road Marlesford had the rear passenger window smashed overnight last Sunday/Monday, nothing was stolen. Any info please contact Suffolk police quoting crime reference 37/34019/25, you can call 101.
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mo 23 Jun 2025 | From Benhall the SHAKE Festival is touring their adaptation of Akenfield around near the coast this autumn with venues including The Old Theatre in Fram and the Halesworth Cut. With a cast of local people hopefully there won't be any accents sloightly on th' huh:)
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| Suffolk Myths No.105: Sometimes in a charity shop they know how to work the till. |
su 22 Jun 2025 | ♫ 6:00pm tonight Radio 3's Words and Music is Portraits of Suffolk. |
sa 21 Jun 2025 SHIFTY | Only available on iPlayer SHIFTY uses archive film with a text commentary to cover Thatcher to New Labour and supports Marina Hyde's view about nutters. .png) |
th 19 Jun 2025 | The fortnightly(ish) digest emailed out at tea time ... click Postman Pat's black and white cat to get your free copy.
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