♫ Sunday evening 6 November a fund raising concert in Brundish church from the Tim Kliphuis Trio and Alex Dinwiddie.  Your ticket includes a glass of wine and there will be barbecue and fireworks afterwards, to book email Tim Gillingham.

As a card carrying East of England Co-op member we've had an email saying they will be closed Monday for the Queen's funeral.  On their web site it says they're sad The Queen has died but nothing about closures ... how very Suffolk.

We like ukuleles (though we have difficulty spelling it), we like opera and we like laughing so unsurprisingly we enjoyed Opera-lele when they played the Halesworth Cut.  They are back near the coast this Saturday at the Southwold Arts Centre.

Brandeston resident Darryl Morgan emailed that the dates on our last digest were a month behind so we fixed them.  We feel not a substantial error as spiritually it's still the 1950s in much of near the coast.  Indeed some honest Suffolk folk have a telly that hasn't worked since the 405 line close down in 1985... but it's still somewhere to put a vase.

Anorak Alert No.48:  On Radio 4Ex today cuddly Michael Palin recalling his return from Around the World in 80 Days after some hesitancy concluded that the container lorry that met him at Felixstowe docks took him to Ipswich railway Station ... it didn't.

People will always be interested in house prices.  Our latest update includes Fram, Laxfield, Melton, Peasenhall and Saxmundham.

Tonight's Brandeston film The Duke postponed for the obvious reason.

The Sweffling Printroom's current show is the first of a series presenting three artists who explore landscape in different and thought provoking ways.  The gallery is open weekends until 2 October and by appointment at other times.

Starting at the end of the month Common Ground Theatre will be substantially touring Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven around near the coast and not near the coast.

This hadn't occurred to us, use capitals in your hashtags #LikeThis so screen readers can pronounce the words, thanks Robin Paley York.

The Framlingham Castle Inn has renamed itself The Two Brewers and there are parking restrictions in Church Street ... Detectorists eh?

This month and on into October Natalie Songer is touring her one person show Satellites around near the coast.  Venues include the Diss Corn Hall, Lowestoft Seagull and 5 October the Two Sisters Arts Centre Felixstowe.

You can sit outside at the Saxmundham Waitose's cafe.

Last night a party including actors Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones were dining in the Framlingham Station's back room ... there's a one off 75mins Detectorists special coming.

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.

♫ Aldeburgh Cinema this autumn is moving it's live opera showings from the Metropolitan to the Royal Opera House (starting with Madam Butterfly Tuesday the 27th) and adding the Royal Ballet.

Last weekend between 5pm Friday 26 August and 9am Saturday padlocks broken and doors forced of outbuildings in Church Terrace Wickham Market to steal a Stihl leaf blower, strimmer and hedge trimmer.  Any info contact police quoting ref 37/55261/22, you can call 101.

Throwback Thursday:  Back in 2012 when the police still dealt with lost property people in the Woodbridge area kept finding stuff.  Ten years ago today it was an iPhone.

Today in the early hours a Triumph Speed Triple motorbike reg S 88 DLF was stolen from a Charsfield outbuilding.  Any info contact police quoting ref 37/56124/22, you can call 101.