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EACH is a registered charity that relies on public support to raise about 75 per cent of the income it needs – that s about £5.5 million a year. The hospice cares for children in family homes throughout East Anglia and North Essex or in one of its three h...
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The Arthur Rank Hospice, which featured in Agenda last month, is a charity that cares for adults with life-limiting illnesses, either at home or in the hospice. They also need help with Christmas events, and with fundraising all year round. Fundraiser Luc...
Just opposite Marshalls motors on Newmarket Road you can take a test drive of a totally different kind at the Cambridge Aero Club. Olivia Abbott goes for a flight with chief instructor Luke Hall As an aficionado of women s magazines, with their constant...
Parker s Piece will be the scene of a giant tea party on October 10. As part of the World s Biggest Coffee Morning campaign, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, local business First Class Teas is holding an event for those who prefer a more traditionally...
The town of Huntingdon has plenty to offer the casual visitor, from shopping to eating, to historic town trails and a day at the races A walk along Huntingdon High Street can make you feel like Dr Who – it s a bit like travelling through time. At the rev...
Fancy watching a film on the river, or 2001: A Space Odyssey at the Institute of Astronomy? Jan Gilbert checks out the highlights of this year s Cambridge Film Festival For film fans in Cambridgeshire, July hasn t been quite the same this year. Sure we...
Olivia Abbott visits St Ives – a town that has seen plenty of change and is used to rolling with the times Ask someone what they think of when you say St Ives and chances are they ll either say A seaside town in Cornwall or come out with the rhyme A...
Not everybody wants to head for the country when the sun comes out – and there are havens of peace and quiet that still offer good food and fun things to do in the city, such as at Cambridge Leisure Park When you want to escape the heat of the city and...
Kettle s Yard house and art gallery are free to enter, and there is an education room where you can drop in and draw and make things. Materials are available free of charge – call 01223 252124 to check the room is open. For more information on free attrac...
She s one of the best known names in British TV, and now Pauline Quirke is helping the next generation experience the fun of performing arts – and it s happening right here in Cambridge. Some of my happiest memories happened nearly 40 years ago when I we...
June is a fabulous time to visit gardens and once again a number are open to the public under the National Gardens Scheme, including Rosewell House in Ely. Six private gardens in Ely will be opening their gates to the public from 2-6pm on June 1,...
If there is one plant you should consider having in your own garden, it s our very own hazel (Corylus avellana). I would not be without it. It is a fast-growing deciduous shrub that can be thinned out to maintain a compact habit. Hazel is native to these...
Assistant gardener at the Wimpole Estate Andy Lewis advises on how to give your hedges a health and beauty makeover to get them through the winter After a summer of excesses, when perhaps we have expanded a little more than we would like, it may be an id...
Assistant gardener at the Wimpole Estate Andy Lewis advises how to make the most of autumn colours in your garden October is a fabulous time of year. Even though perennial and annual plants have started to fade, there is still plenty of interest in the g...
Assistant gardener at the Wimpole Estate Andy Lewis says now is the time to be taking cuttings so you ll be smiling with an abundant garden next spring September is a great time for stock taking, or more accurately, taking cuttings to improve your stock...
Our volunteers offer these useful tips for August: * If you have a large garden project enlist the help of volunteers, ie friends – most people can be bribed with the promise of a hearty meal! * Make sure you take digital photos of the garden. It is ama...
The team at Wimpole Hall are busy laying hedges, while looking forward to the annual scything competition, and give their advice on the jobs that need doing for June. Hedging bets - Wimpole is an extremely diverse estate. The formal areas imm...
Now here s a teaser for you. How many of you could name the highest point in Cambridgeshire? What about Wandlebury? Nope. Ely Cathedral? Good guess, but wrong again. No, I m talking about natural features, and one of the finest viewpoints you ll get on a...
Graham Uney heads to the north of the county for a town trail around Wisbech, and discovers a wealth of historical delights including the birthplace of the National Trust s founder and the original manuscript of Great Expectations The town of Wisbech is...
On this month s walk, Graham Uney goes on a 10-mile riverside stroll taking in the historic site of Anglesey Abbey and Lode Mill Bubbles rose from beneath the flat leaves. We could trace the underwater explorations of the bird by watching to see where th...
Wimpole Hall is famous for the building itself and its lovely gardens, but as Graham Uney explains, it s also a great place to take a walk and explore the surrounding countryside As you drive along the A603 between Cambridge and Sandy, there is a gap on...
You may already know Cambridge like the back of your hand, but Graham Uney invites you to take a fresh look at familiar places on this easy walk They say familiarity breeds contempt. I reckon that when it comes to Cambridge, familiarity breeds content. I...
Graham Uney discovers the delights of one of the county s newest nature reserve on a gentle walk around Fen Drayton Lakes. June is a superb month to get out and about in the countryside. Wildflowers fill all the hedgerows with vivid washes of col...
According to a recent survey by Armathwaite Hall Country House Hotel, women are taking the lead when it comes to romance. Sixty seven per cent said they would rather organise a romantic night in with their loved one than wait for them to take the initiati...
We can have fun choosing the tree… and decorating it of course. For a great selection of handpicked real trees head to Bury Lane Farm Shop near Royston, there s a size, type and price tag for everyone and they ll even trim, net it and load it into your ca...
It s fireworks night! Stock up on your rockets and Catherine wheels and get all your friends and family together to cook sausages round the bonfire and drink hot chocolate with marshmallows. Sparklers anyone? We can watch trash telly and laugh at Terry W...
It s Halloween… so watch out for kids dressed up, scaring the neighbours and collecting treats to bring home. Get in the spirit at Wandlebury Ring and have fun making Halloween arts and crafts and pumpkin lantern sculptures. Then join the rangers for a s...
It s ice-cream weather at last…What s your favourite? A classic 99, a chocolatey Feast or a Fab? Listen out for the sound of the ice-cream van and become a child again… PYO season is here… Nothing beats sitting in the garden with a bowl of f...
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