05 February 2018
Watching Gyles Brandreth leap up on stage was impressive for a man who is almost 70.
04 February 2018
The third annual Herts and Essex Playwriting Festival, Write Here Write Now, takes place at Rhodes in Bishop's Stortford this week.
24 January 2018
An ad-hoc opera about Bishop's Stortford may seem like an unlikely proposition, but the 'Bard of Barnsley' relishes a challenging subject.
20 January 2018
Celebrity chefs James Martin and John Torode are on the menu for the Essex Fine Food Show.
29 December 2017
Possibly the antidote to post-Christmas blues or an alternative to shopping at the sales, a beer festival is being held in Bishop's Stortford today and tomorrow (Friday and Saturday).
14 December 2017
The Stortford Music Festival, aka The Bish Bash, makes a welcome return in 2018 - and there's a family ticket reader offer available exclusively in this week's edition (Dec 13-19) of the Bishop's Stortford Independent.
03 November 2017
It's Bonfire Night on Sunday, but the organised fireworks festivities get under way today (Friday). The big event in Bishop's Stortford, for the 15th year in succession, is at the rugby club, but it's by no means the only light show in town. Here's our round-up of displays between Harlow and Saffron Walden...
11 October 2017
Brews from the UK as well as Australia, USA, South Africa, Sweden and Spain will feature in a beer festival at The Port Jackson in Bishop's Stortford.
