Aldeburgh

sa 28 Mar 2026	Anorak Alert No.75: Sorry Henry, Benjamin Britten was born in Lowestoft not Aldeburgh.
fr 27 Mar 2026	Later in life Humphrey Burton lived near the coast and we encountered him on a number of occasions including at Aldeburgh Cinema. This afternoon at the cinema a free memorial tribute.
tu 17 Mar 2026	Henry Cole who in an early Shed and Buried sold an Excelsior motorbike to Andy Tiernan rides a Ducati from Aldeburgh to Stowmarket via Framlingham. The film editor is impressively unconstrained in maintaining journey continuity.
su 1 Mar 2026	♫ Gratifying to note that DP's Bar in Aldeburgh has kept the name. Billiewitches are gigging there 2pm today St David's Day.
tu 17 Feb 2026	Sue Tansley's art and/or photography classes start today in Aldeburgh at the Fairfield Centre.
th 22 Jan 2026	The Lighthouse Restaurant in Aldeburgh's High Street re-opens next Thursday after it's January break ... we've been told by a veggie the veggie food is particularly good.
tu 20 Jan 2026	Botanical artist Guy William Eves has a show finishing today at the Craft House in the Woodbridge Thoroughfare. In the spring he's showing in Orford and late summer Aldeburgh.
tu 13 Jan 2026	♫ 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.
mo 22 Dec 2025	♫ The programme went up for the Aldeburgh Festival earlier this month.
su 21 Dec 2025	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.
fr 21 Nov 2025	This evening at Aldeburgh Yacht Club charitable Christmas shopping with cocktails and canapés, tomorrow more shopping but with free entry.
tu 18 Nov 2025	We fulsomely enjoyed on the wireless Hugh Bonneville performing A Short Gentleman which includes Aldeburgh as a setting. Saturday in the Halesworth Cut there's a one off of the comedy performed by Michael Fenton Stevens who for us will always be Radio Active's Martin Brown from hospital radio.
we 5 Nov 2025	Number 12 on our Reasons To Be Cheerful is La Fille Mal Gardée. As an alternative to bonfire night tonight you could see the ballet at 7:15pm and Aldeburgh Cinema.
th 30 Oct 2025	We saw Common Ground's The Tales Our Mother Told! in the Framlingham Community Rooms and it was an intriguing mix of drama and entertaining farce. The tour ends soon with last chances tonight in Southwold and tomorrow Aldeburgh.
we 1 Oct 2025	The new Aldeburgh page archives occasional reports on the seaside town 2020 to 2023.
tu 19 Aug 2025	Yesterday evening 9:40-9:50pm an Airdrop jumps bike with black frame and silver forks, seat post and hubs was stolen from Crag Path Aldeburgh. Any info please contact Suffolk police quoting crime ref 37/46836/25 or call 101.
fr 15 Aug 2025	Aldeburgh Carnival Monday.
th 31 Jul 2025	Early hours yesterday a Campion Chase 580BR OB speed boat, Yamaha F200FETL outboard motor and Variant 1800 Ocean trailer stolen in Slaughden Quay *Aldeburgh*. Any info contact police ref 37/42802/25, you can call 101.
we 11 Jun 2025	We will try hard for Conclave TONIGHT in Framlingham but probably not the new Wes Anderson in Aldeburgh on this year's only Friday the 13th.
fr 25 Apr 2025	SOLD OUT Tomorrow at Aldeburgh Cinema Jon Canter will invite lovely Michael Palin to choose clips from his favourite films. Palin has long time associations with coastal Suffolk, in his published diaries he takes his mum to lunch in the Wickham Market White Hart ... always shops in our time.
sa 1 Mar 2025	After yesterday's lunch time concert in Aldeburgh we were considering a look at Ballroom Arts Winter Show but we weren't sure where it is and our iPhone had an attack of the vapours. The show runs for a further fortnight so still opportunities.

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