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What’s On: The game is on at Newmarket’s National Horseracing Museum
What’s On: The game is on at Newmarket’s National Horseracing Museum
14 June 2025
Think you can crack any escape room? Or win every board game? Try your hand at Newmarket’s National Horseracing Museum, writes Angela Youngman
Weekend: Wavy Markets brings top shopping and party vibes to Folk Suffolk
Weekend: Wavy Markets brings top shopping and party vibes to Folk Suffolk
06 June 2025
Weekend plans? Wavy Markets brings brilliant designers, makers, producers and street food to Folk Suffolk this Sunday
Photography: New book TO THE SEA out on World Oceans Day
Photography: New book TO THE SEA out on World Oceans Day
06 June 2025
A photographic ode to the ocean, TO THE SEA is the latest book from Cambridge-based Shutter Hub – and it’s a beauty. . .
Rainbow Runway: Book now for a night of fashion, fun and fizz
Rainbow Runway: Book now for a night of fashion, fun and fizz
30 May 2025
Rainbow Runway brings ‘fun, fashion, fizz and more’ to Cambridge’s Grand Arcade on June 5. Book your tickets now. . .
Stories of a City: Exploring the hidden delights of Cambridge’s Botanic Garden
Stories of a City: Exploring the hidden delights of Cambridge’s Botanic Garden
16 May 2025
Cambridge novelist Susan Grossey’s guided tour of the city continues. This month, we’re taking a pew in the Botanic Garden. . .
Weekend: See the sun – as never before – at Suffolk’s Ickworth Park
Weekend: See the sun – as never before – at Suffolk’s Ickworth Park
09 May 2025
Visit Suffolk Ickworth Park this weekend and see the sun – up close and personal. . .
Stories of a City: Making sweet music at Cambridge’s West Road Concert Hall
Stories of a City: Making sweet music at Cambridge’s West Road Concert Hall
02 May 2025
Novelist Susan Grossey’s guided tour of Cambridge continues. This month's stop? The wonder that is West Road Concert Hall
Out & About: The best bluebell walks in Suffolk and Herts
Out & About: The best bluebell walks in Suffolk and Herts
18 April 2025
What better way to celebrate the Easter weekend than with a bluebell walk? These are the best local places to go
Shop Local: New Cambridge home and beauty stores to visit this spring
Shop Local: New Cambridge home and beauty stores to visit this spring
11 April 2025
Fancy a spot of retail therapy? These new shops in and around Cambridge are all well worth a visit. . .
What’s On: Meet adorable baby dinos and mighty beasts at Grand Arcade
What’s On: Meet adorable baby dinos and mighty beasts at Grand Arcade
08 April 2025
Ever heard of a Plateosaurus or Kentrosaurus? Get up close and personal with these ginormous beasts at Jurassic Arcade this Easter
Art: Three must-see exhibitions coming to Cambridge this April
Art: Three must-see exhibitions coming to Cambridge this April
04 April 2025
Cambridge is hosting three unmissable art exhibitions this month. Here’s what you need to know. . .
What’s On: Five cracking Easter events for all the family
What’s On: Five cracking Easter events for all the family
03 April 2025
From Easter egg trails to pooch-friendly parties, there’s plenty to keep the kids entertained this half-term!
Shop Local: Spring Pop-up brings top indie brands to Grantchester
Shop Local: Spring Pop-up brings top indie brands to Grantchester
21 March 2025
It’s the Pop-up Market that promises to put a spring in your step: visit Grantchester to shop everything from preloved chic to artisan food and drink
Great Days Out: Celebrate English Tourism Week with a trip to these top attractions
Great Days Out: Celebrate English Tourism Week with a trip to these top attractions
14 March 2025
It’s English Tourism Week. To celebrate, Velvet visits five top local attractions, all part of our area’s Great Days Out group
Pop-up: Shop local for fragrance, fashion and more at Cambridge’s Neptune store
Pop-up: Shop local for fragrance, fashion and more at Cambridge’s Neptune store
14 March 2025
Cambridge’s Neptune store is hosting a three-day styling and shopping event – featuring some of our favourite independent brands. . .
Shop Independent: Presents to make Mother’s Day
Shop Independent: Presents to make Mother’s Day
07 March 2025
It’s Mothering Sunday this month. Velvet finds gifts guaranteed to make mums feel special - all from independent brands
Stories of a City: The Cambridge tour continues. Off to Garret Hostel Lane. . .
Stories of a City: The Cambridge tour continues. Off to Garret Hostel Lane. . .
28 February 2025
Our monthly Cambridge tour – guided by novelist Susan Grossey – continues with a trip to Garret Hostel Lane. To the river. . .
Exhibition: Shutter Hub OPEN brings world photography to Cambridge
Exhibition: Shutter Hub OPEN brings world photography to Cambridge
21 February 2025
Bringing photography from around the world to Cambridge, the annual Shutter Hub OPEN runs until March 21. Velvet meets the local talents taking part
Event: Enjoy an evening of Me Time at Chittering’s Willow Grange
Event: Enjoy an evening of Me Time at Chittering’s Willow Grange
14 February 2025
Fancy an evening of fizz, fashion, interiors and wellbeing? Book tickets for this new Me Time event at Chittering’s Willow Grange Farm
Valentine’s Day: Five of our area’s most romantic places
Valentine’s Day: Five of our area’s most romantic places
12 February 2025
Think romance is dead? These five Cambridge destinations can't fail to make you feel the love, writes Sophie Bishop
