Ok bookworms, it's that time of year again. Paperbacks and prickly heat go hand in hand when the sun is high and the days are long. Whether a good read ...
(06/08/2008)
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BOOK REVIEW: THE REAL ENIGMA HEROES
Bletchley Park is falling down.Well not quite but the Second World War home of codebreakers is in dire need of restoration. It relies on charity and hand-outs, when you would think ...
(06/08/2008)
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SWEET SHOP TASTER
Time stands still in The Arcade,Bedford. Throughout the last 103 years, generations of Bedfordians have queued up to get their sugar rush from lemony sherbert fountains, whopping great gobstoppers and mouthwatering ...
(06/08/2008)
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SASSY, sultry and soulful, Canadian jazz vocalist Katya Gorrie has upped sticks from Vancouver and made her base here in the UK
(06/08/2008)
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EXHIBITION: JOHN BUNYAN MUSEUM
Happy birthday to the John Bunyan museum, ten years old this summer. Born in a cottage in Elstow, the 17th century Christian writer and religious leader was a man of strong ...
(06/08/2008)
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EATING OUT: THE FRENCH HORN
As an oik from Luton I'm ashamed to say that I was brought up to believe that anywhere in Bedfordshire north of Leagrave train station is populated by six-fingered, banjo-playing, ...
(01/08/2008)
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THE BIG PORTRAIT
Just three days before Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday on July 18 a REALLY big portrait of the great man was unveiled at County Hall in Bedford ...
(06/08/2008)
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Bedfringe, Bedfordshire's biggest comedy, theatre and music festival, took place last week. It's still in its infancy, unlike the venerable old timer that's been attracting hundreds of thousands of people ...
(06/08/2008)
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Brian Mann (artist) - October 14, 1934-July 18, 2008
There could never have been enough years in a lifetime for Brian Mann to paint all the pictures that were in his head. Paintings, drawings and collages spilled out of his ...
(06/08/2008)
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MUSIC
Potton Music Festival is five years old! Happy Birthday, PMF! It's a mini culture bonanza that is designed to appeal to Pottonians (and others) aged two to 102 years of ...
(06/08/2008)
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ALBUM REVIEW
A lot can happen in 25 years. Marriages are made in heaven and sometimes destroyed in hell; children are born; jobs are lost and dreams trickle like water through your fingers ...
(06/08/2008)
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BEDFEST 2008
Tickets for this year's Rhythm Festival, at the Twinwood Arena, Clapham over the weekend of August 29/30/31 are finding a new breed of audience-goer ...
(26/07/2008)
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We're not going on a summer holiday - but there's still a chance to watch the classic Cliff Richard movie, drive around Bedford on a red London double-decker bus and ...
(06/08/2008)
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SUMMER OF HUGS
Hey man! It's going to be peace and love this summer in Bedfordshire, according to the UK's leading woodland conservation charity ...
(06/08/2008)
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What's this? Can it be? Do we dare? Yes, that big yellow glowing ball in the sky IS the sun. Cast your clouts, May is not only out but long ...
(06/08/2008)
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Milton Keynes Theatre has announced that legendary TV and film actor Henry Winkler will be the bad guy you love to hate this Christmas as he takes on the role ...
(06/08/2008)
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