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Picture gallery: Art society's Eileen Valder lets her imagination run riot with colour

Picture gallery: Art society's Eileen Valder lets her imagination run riot with colour

Bishop's Stortford Art Society club secretary and former hairdressing and beauty business owner Eileen Valder shares her love of painting

What to read to learn why being a bully at school is really not cool

What to read to learn why being a bully at school is really not cool

What to read to learn why being a bully at school is really not cool

Bishop's Stortford College Pre Prep School librarian Lizzie Hall gives her recommended reading to help children understand subject of bullying better

Marking 80 years since sculptor visited by the famous made East Herts his home

Marking 80 years since sculptor visited by the famous made East Herts his home

Marking 80 years since sculptor visited by the famous made East Herts his home

Bombed out of London in the Blitz, Henry Moore moved to Perry Green and was inspired to create his large sculptures – and join the Home Guard.

Snuggle up with these classics to head off to the land of nod happy

Snuggle up with these classics to head off to the land of nod happy

Snuggle up with these classics to head off to the land of nod happy

Bishop's Stortford College Prep School librarian Lizzie Hall says there's nothing like a bedtime story, whatever your age

Read these incredible and inspiring stories to better understand the plight of refugees

Read these incredible and inspiring stories to better understand the plight of refugees

Read these incredible and inspiring stories to better understand the plight of refugees

Bishop's Stortford College Prep School librarian Lizzie Hall's recommended reading for all ages to foster empathy and understanding about refugees

Picture gallery: Bishop's Stortford Camera Club secretary Bill Edwards in focus

Picture gallery: Bishop's Stortford Camera Club secretary Bill Edwards in focus

Picture gallery: Bishop's Stortford Camera Club secretary Bill Edwards in focus

Bishop's Stortford Camera Club secretary Bill Edwards shares his passion for all types of photography

Picture gallery: Camera club members on the up with Ladders, Steps and Fire Escapes challenge

Picture gallery: Camera club members on the up with Ladders, Steps and Fire Escapes challenge

Picture gallery: Camera club members on the up with Ladders, Steps and Fire Escapes challenge

Photographs from Bishop's Stortford Camera Club's latest challenge, entitled Ladders, Steps and Fire Escapes

COMEDY

Britain's Got Talent star to headline comedy night at South Mill Arts in Stortford

Britain's Got Talent star to headline comedy night at South Mill Arts in Stortford

Britain's Got Talent star to headline comedy night at South Mill Arts in Stortford

2018 runner-up Robert White will be joined by Mark Simmons, Aaron Twitchen and Jack Gleadow for the November gig.

South Mill Arts to host live stream of Ruby Wax's latest show

South Mill Arts to host live stream of Ruby Wax's latest show

South Mill Arts to host live stream of Ruby Wax's latest show

How To Be Human will be broadcast to homes via a link on the South Road centre's website.

Bishop's Stortford trio earn comedy film festival judges' credit

Bishop's Stortford trio earn comedy film festival judges' credit

Bishop's Stortford trio earn comedy film festival judges' credit

The Three Menopausal Maids were "gobsmacked" to get an honourable mention in the London-Worldwide Comedy Short Film Festival.
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MUSIC

Saffron Hall to reopen for live classical and jazz performances

Saffron Hall to reopen for live classical and jazz performances

Saffron Hall to reopen for live classical and jazz performances

Saffron Walden concert hall to welcome back audiences from October 9 with aim of being 'beacon of hope' for performers and other venues.

James Blunt brings Once Upon a Mind tour to Audley End

James Blunt brings Once Upon a Mind tour to Audley End

James Blunt brings Once Upon a Mind tour to Audley End

The chart-topping musician and songwriter will take to the stage in the grounds of the Jacobean mansion in August 2021.

Free open-air gig to kick off new era as Rhodes rebrands to South Mill Arts

Free open-air gig to kick off new era as Rhodes rebrands to South Mill Arts

Free open-air gig to kick off new era as Rhodes rebrands to South Mill Arts

Newly-renamed venue will get into the swing on Wednesday afternoon with al fresco performance by Bill's Jazz Katz.

Stortford school musician hits the right note playing own pieces on BBC radio

Stortford school musician hits the right note playing own pieces on BBC radio

Stortford school musician hits the right note playing own pieces on BBC radio

Justin Man, who has amassed more than 50 competition trophies, is an accomplished pianist, composer and arranger.
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PLACES TO GO

Nature Notes: The Gibberd Garden serves up a real feast for the eyes

Nature Notes: The Gibberd Garden serves up a real feast for the eyes

Nature Notes: The Gibberd Garden serves up a real feast for the eyes

Jono Forgham spots a host of birds and other wildlife on a walk around the landscape designed by one of the 20th century's greatest architects

Nature Notes: Taking in the wildlife and the art at the Henry Moore Foundation

Nature Notes: Taking in the wildlife and the art at the Henry Moore Foundation

Nature Notes: Taking in the wildlife and the art at the Henry Moore Foundation

Wanting a change from covering several habitats in one walk, Jono Forgham heads to the Perry Green venue to see what's living alongside the sculptures

Castle Park open day: Climb the castle mound as part of history celebration

Castle Park open day: Climb the castle mound as part of history celebration

Castle Park open day: Climb the castle mound as part of history celebration

Sunday's event in the heart of Bishop's Stortford is part of the National Trust’s Heritage Open Day.
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Theatre

Brace yourself – magician Tom's got a host of new tricks up his sleeve

Brace yourself – magician Tom's got a host of new tricks up his sleeve

Brace yourself – magician Tom's got a host of new tricks up his sleeve

How can a magician put on a live show when the dreaded coronavirus keeps getting in the way? Tom Brace has come up with the answer.

Open-air theatre production sails into Gibberd Garden

Open-air theatre production sails into Gibberd Garden

Open-air theatre production sails into Gibberd Garden

The Harlow beauty spot will be hosting matinee and evening performances of Three Men in a Boat on the last Saturday in August.

Bishop's Stortford Musical Theatre Company postpones its big Rhodes show in November

Bishop's Stortford Musical Theatre Company postpones its big Rhodes show in November

Bishop's Stortford Musical Theatre Company postpones its big Rhodes show in November

The award-winning group has decided "with incredibly heavy hearts" to mothball Kipps, the updated Half A Sixpence musical, until November 2021.

How to watch dozens of West End shows from your sofa

How to watch dozens of West End shows from your sofa

How to watch dozens of West End shows from your sofa

Never mind the front row, you can catch these shows from your front room as theatres make their productions available online.
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TV AND FILM

Great Dunmow family with former Stortford school sons join Gogglebox cast

Great Dunmow family with former Stortford school sons join Gogglebox cast

Great Dunmow family with former Stortford school sons join Gogglebox cast

Former Birchwood and Herts and Essex High School students are among the Channel 4 programme's new additions.

Social distance, mask, action! Saffron Screen welcomes back film fans

Social distance, mask, action! Saffron Screen welcomes back film fans

Social distance, mask, action! Saffron Screen welcomes back film fans

The community cinema reopened with "sell-out" screenings of comedy drama Military Wives and Oscar-winning South Korean black comedy Parasite.

Christopher Nolan's brilliant Tenet proves why cinemas need to be saved

Christopher Nolan's brilliant Tenet proves why cinemas need to be saved

Christopher Nolan's brilliant Tenet proves why cinemas need to be saved

Robert Pattinson is the standout in Christopher Nolan's long-awaited spy-fi epic Tenet, according to Indie film reviewer Charlie Hughes
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