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Life Skills No. 65: It often surprises people that hot dry weather is the poorest for tv and radio reception.  If your DAB portable is blipping and burping try moving the aerial to an inconvenient position, it may help it may not.  Sometimes turning the radio a little helps.

An opportunity to declutter, clothes and bric a brac wanted for Saturday's Brandeston village fete.

We're eighteen today ... doesn't make our car insurance any cheaper.

The year moves on, the longest day is next Saturday.

POSTPONED  ♫ Anna Pancaldi was due to play the Wingfield Barns tomorrow evening.  It's now been moved to Saturday 19th July.

Sunday week Double Street Framlingham noted for its charitable Advent Windows has Open Gardens (with refreshments) in support of the St Elizabeth Hospice.

Sunday is Father's Day ... assuming you're still speaking that is ... apparently the UK is a late adopter.

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.

Britain is a majority nutter nation ... - Marina Hyde

♫ On the first Saturday of July 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.

Sunday in Thorpe St Andrew Ipswich Cardinals 29-06 Norwich Devils.

SRN Nearthecoast is in, doesn't feel any government has treated nurses fairly, is fiddling with her tick list and clicky pen but still listening at ntc@nearthecoast.com.

Last year in Framlingham Charlie Caiger stood in the general election, there was Meet The Author in the library and tragically Bradlaugh's in Fore Street closed.

Our Alamy stock photo portfolio is almost 10,000 images, will be soon.

♫ General booking opened today for Jess Gillam at the Snape Maltings in August and we were wrong about it being sold out but the Klezmer Party is.  More £10 tickets 17 July.

Summer Quiz with nibbles at Wingfield Barns tomorrow.

The fortnightly(ish) digest emails out lunch time today ... click Jaques Tati to get yours for free ...

Renown artist 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 14 July so plenty of time to help.

CANCELLED Tonight's film A Complete Unknown at Laxfield VH, a tech issue.

♫ Yesterday's Charles Tam and Kwan-lam Lau recital had such an impressively good house (including Robert Hitcham's year 5) that it overflowed into St Michael's side aisles, from the back we particularly enjoyed Fauré's Romance.  Framlingham Concerts return in the autumn starting September with Emma Abbate and Julian Perkins Four hands on one piano.

Peter Purves actor, tv presenter and one time chum of Dr Who may find its present iteration too sophisticated but he'll be in the Framlingham Crown 2:30pm tomorrow fortnight 19 June to tell the St John Fellowship about television ... and there's refreshments.

Having No Mow Mayed the lawn is starting to look a little shaggy but as the Flymo after three decades retired itself we are limited to a little light strimming.

Youthful neighbour sitting outside the Framlingham chippy Saturday waiting for his lunch.  With the price of fish we made the PayPal joke about paying for a fish supper ... he didn't laugh ... it's the way we tell them.

Today a free day out at the Sudbourne Park Printmakers Summer Open Studios.  In a very attractive location on the way to Orford live printmaking, print sale and goodly behaved dogs welcome.