Events

Saffron Walden author's work has earned her international recognition and prospect of one of her books being turned into a film with Angelina Jolie.

Spring brings drama productions and comedy shows on Rhodes' own stage plus West End musicals, London ballets and Hollywood movies on its big screen.

Bishop's Stortford College Festival of Literature 2020 starts on February 6 and promises to be another celebration of storytelling in all its forms

The three-day music festival will take place at Hillside Farm, Great Amwell, over the late May bank holiday weekend.

Cruises, riverside walk, crafts and art show mark milestone for 14-mile stretch of canalised river that runs from town centre to Rye House.

The historic listed gardens near Great Dunmow will be jiggling to the toons of the Bishop's Stortford ukulele band on Sunday October 20.

Bishop's Stortford History Society has a growing membership of upwards of 50 who meet for monthly talks and films and trips to places of interest.

The show aims to explore the many faces of portraiture, from stamps and coins, diaries and death masks to fingerprints and photographs.

Applications open for happily married couples for historic Dunmow Flitch Trials, which take the form of a court hearing and are held every leap year

Shops, bars and restaurants will open their doors for a gin-themed afternoon and evening of festivities.

Organisers of the event at Thremhall Park at Start Hill will be raising money for St Clare Hospice

The Manor of Groves Hotel and Country Club in High Wych will host the bash on Saturday, November 16.

A festival for a festival... Cricketfield Lane clubhouse is the venue for the end-of-summer event to raise money for next year's Bish Bash.

Thousands flocked to High Wych at the weekend to see the village's fabulous scarecrow creations

The event started with an evening of folk music before two days of performances and activities by the lake in the medieval hunting forest

Rebecca Hyland-Hawkins is part of an army of supporters trying to raise the money to send the 3-year-old to the USA for ground-breaking treatment

Living Together in East Herts will feature music, performance, food and a chance to chat to people from a variety of world religions.

John Tarrow turned a former Dunmow council semi into a labyrinth of 13 themed rooms – now it's the inspiration for his children's fantasy novel

Helen Hooker and Elizabeth Reeve's guide to what's on at Hatfield Forest in August.

Gin entrepreneur James Grant will open his distillery while Stortford's Ed Drewett and other stars will play in aid of three-year-old Archie Wilks