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♫ The wonderfully located Sweffling Printroom has collaborated with Flipside Festival for Sound Beginnings presented by composer John Mercer and critic Robert Stein.  Thursday night's is From Minimal to Maximal and being the Printroom afterwards there will be great cake.

When did Siralan become Lord Sugar?  Oh, 2009 eh?  Why weren't we consulted?

We're not only nerdy enough to have an anorak alerts page we archive it as well.

From 1pm this afternoon you can book tickets for The Reluctant Dragon in June at the Saxmundham arts festival.

The Ipswich Cardinals page has birthed the new page Cardinals twenties.

Another Framlingham shop departed. ,,, and taken their cut out with them.

The year moves on, the clocks have gone forward. 

Last chance today (drinks 11am-1pm) to view Hilary Garner and Norma Read's show Light and Colour 26 at the George Farnham Gallery Saxmundham.

Anorak Alert No.75:  Sorry Henry, Benjamin Britten was born in Lowestoft.

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.

Tomorrow morning 10-11am PCSO Christian Hassler will be on the Market Hill Framlingham to say hello and listen.

Life Skills No. 70:  We like to visit Sax now and then to make sure it's alright; two supermarkets, two charity shops plus a Factory Shop to browse... not any more.

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

Suffolk Overheard: ... and a tea bag each ... well he is loaded.

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.

Arbitrary link to London 2012-10 to persuade Google to index it ... London is a large town near Chelmsford.

Our thanks to the Walpole Old Chapel for a generous handful of coffees.  A whole bunch of musical events upcoming at the venue this summer. ♫

A Separate Peace is a Tom Stoppard tv play so little remembered that even Wikipedia doesn't know about it though we do recall seeing it when there were only three tv stations.  Last night Rough Cast Theatre resuscitated it before then playing another Stoppard one act comedy The Real Inspector Hound and both highly amused the good sized audience.  Three more chances to see this week.

We may have missed Art East's private view at DanceEast Ipswich but there's drinks 6pm tonight for their Spring Show.

Tonight at the Halesworth Cut early scifi classic Metropolis with live piano accompaniment from Tom Horton. ♫

The year moves on, today is the Spring Equinox.

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

♫ Yesterday's Framlingham Chamber Concert was a stormer with the hectic finale of Saint-Saëns Violin Sonata No. 1 prompting lengthy appreciation from a very decent sized house.  Next concert a JS Bach recital from pianist George Ireland.

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.

♫ In May at the Snape Maltings the Beccles Choral Society, the Phoenix Singers and the Lambeth Orchestra come together to perform Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius.