ntc digest - the Team Photos one

Everybody likes team photos except the photographer.  Players arrange themselves in a line or two that's impossible to fill the frame and sometimes with their backs to the sun.  Half are looking at their mates' phones not the camera and all are nonplussed if asked to do something different.  A notable exception are the UEA Pirates after a 30-6 win and Eastern Sur5val had a moment.

Tour of Britain Stage 1 Tuesday in Woodbridge, Wickham Market and Fram.

Actor Ben Willmott temporarily moonlighting as Media at the Eastern Angles wants you to know that Hightide's Ghost Stories by Candlelight will be visiting them in Ipswich 7 Oct.

Overnight Sunday in Dog Lane near Saxtead the padlock on a garage was cut and tools stolen.  Any info contact police ref 37/49391/25, you can call 101.

It's the Burston Strike School Rally Sunday.  On our last visit too busy making photos to pay attention to comedian Mark Thomas ... will try harder this year.

What?!  £60,000 for a beach hut in Felixstowe!

The reluctance of the Tour of Britain to say when it's happening makes us think there may be some honest Suffolk folk involved worried that too many people might turn up ... possibly from that there Norfolk.  Either the way the first stage is TODAY Woodbridge to Southwold via Framlingham.

Around 5am Friday a white Lexus hybrid estate car AV 23 OYM was stolen from a driveway in Aspall Road Debenham.  Any info call 101 ref 37/48829/25.

Suffolk Overheard: I was privately educated but the school didn't have a tuck shop or a jacuzzi.

In October Sudbourne Printmakers are hosting tutored linocut and etching workshops and in November a workshop to make your own Christmas cards ... email Chrissy Norman to book.

Norwich Theatre is booking The Tiger Who Came For Tea for July ... next year!

Zooming Sunday night with Big Al who's in Switzerland he pointed out that on his Windows update page there's an Enrol now link to extend security updates for Windows 10.  We looked at ours ... more here

Throwback Thursday: 18 years ago yesterday near the coast favourites The Outlaws played in a tent at the back of the Worlingworth Swan. ♫

At Land Too! in the Old Theatre Framlingham it's difficult to avoid what must be Alexander Costello's conceptual piece You can get lost ... etc.  The show Exploring our shifting relationship with nature runs Wednesdays to Sundays until 20th Sept.

♫ The midweek afternoon Framlingham Concerts return Wednesday fortnight with Emma Abbate and Julian Perkins Four hands on one piano.  In October's pianist Maiko Mori on YouTube impressively playing Rachmaninoff from memory ... tickets here.

Tempted to say Laugh costs Suffolk police £3,500.

Yesterday afternoon behind Studio Sosenka in Rendham Gosia was having a "retirement" party but Over The Moon will not be going away.  It'll still be there on Framlingham's Saturday markets with Gosia helping out the new owner for the time being.

This year's Flipside Festival follows on from Land Too in the Old Theatre Framlingham.  Guests including journalists Melissa Benn and Laura Cumming and the author Philip Hoare.  Volunteers wanted to help for half a day and enjoy the festival the other half.

Suffolk Truths No.106:  In Suffolk the manager of ITFC is usually considered more important than the prime minister, the monarch and that there Ed Sheraton.

The next available supporter slot is now, it will take your link well into autumn.

Regretting that we missed the Middy's line extension opening.

We know at least four of the castings for SHAKE's Akenfield.

Next month the free entry artEast show returns for the seventh time.  Showing in the beautifully restored grade II listed Framsden Hall Barn are works from around two dozen artists and sculptors both local and otherwise.

Presently running at the Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall and reprising at the Southwold Summer Theatre next month the sparkling romcom While the Sun Shines.