Win: A designer Quinton Chadwick scarf and gloves set – worth £124
27 September 2024
Win: A designer Quinton Chadwick scarf and gloves set – worth £124
27 September 2024To celebrate the start of sweater season, we’ve teamed up with the slow Suffolk knitwear brand to give away a scarf and gloves set
Fashion: The collection inspired by Suffolk’s countryside
27 September 2024
Fashion: The collection inspired by Suffolk’s countryside
27 September 2024When Suffolk fashion student Lorna Banham began sketching her graduate collection, there was only one place to look for inspiration: home. . .
Reader Event: Sip & Shop at Cambridge’s Scamp & Dude store
20 September 2024
Reader Event: Sip & Shop at Cambridge’s Scamp & Dude store
20 September 2024We’re throwing a party with the feelgood fashion brand - and your name’s on the list. . .
Sourdough September: The best local places to buy your daily bread
13 September 2024
Sourdough September: The best local places to buy your daily bread
13 September 2024To mark Sourdough September, Velvet’s Alice Ryan visits the Newmarket and Saffron Walden bakeries loved for their loaves
Diary Dates: Exhibitions, concerts and an authentic French brocante
04 September 2024
Diary Dates: Exhibitions, concerts and an authentic French brocante
04 September 2024Browse a French brocante, see pottery and paintings and listen to world-class classical music live. . . all right here in Cambridge and Suffolk
Win: A family ticket – worth £60 – to Cambridge Botanic Lights
03 September 2024
Win: A family ticket – worth £60 – to Cambridge Botanic Lights
03 September 2024Want to win a family ticket – worth £60 – to this winter’s Cambridge Botanic Lights? Here’s your chance. . .
Win: A Candles & Oud home and body scent set – worth £100!
03 September 2024
Win: A Candles & Oud home and body scent set – worth £100!
03 September 2024Cosy season is fast approaching. . . Read on for your chance to win a dreamy home and body fragrance set – worth £100
Beauty: Superhero products to save bad hair days
30 August 2024
Beauty: Superhero products to save bad hair days
30 August 2024Dry? Dull? Frizzy? Flat? Thinning? Heat-damaged? Whatever your hair emergency, there’s a superhero product coming to the rescue. . .
Win: Lunch for two at Ben’s Yard restaurant Amelie – worth up to £100
26 August 2024
Win: Lunch for two at Ben’s Yard restaurant Amelie – worth up to £100
26 August 2024To celebrate the arrival of Amelie at Ben’s Yard, Ely, we’re giving away lunch for two at the new restaurant – worth up to £100
Win: A bumper book bundle and Golden Tickets to Bury Lit Fest – worth £530!
23 August 2024
Win: A bumper book bundle and Golden Tickets to Bury Lit Fest – worth £530!
23 August 2024To celebrate our media partnership with this year’s Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival, we’re giving away any reader’s dream prize this month. . .
Event: Cambridge creatives breathe new life into old denim
23 August 2024
Event: Cambridge creatives breathe new life into old denim
23 August 2024Re-fashion: Denim Edition is a chance to shop preloved and ‘new-old’ - and have your own pieces upcycled and upstyled too
Event: Wavy Markets brings top indie traders to Bury St Edmunds
23 August 2024
Event: Wavy Markets brings top indie traders to Bury St Edmunds
23 August 2024A chance to shop cool indie stalls then have a pint and an ice cream in a cute suntrap garden? Make a date for Wavy Markets
Real Life: “It’s pretty great having your work-bestie be a tiger”
21 August 2024
Real Life: “It’s pretty great having your work-bestie be a tiger”
21 August 2024Caring for everything from pigs and goats to tigers and bears is a dream job. So say two local women dedicated to animal protection. . .
Fashion: Showcasing the ultimate summer wardrobe
16 August 2024
Fashion: Showcasing the ultimate summer wardrobe
16 August 2024Shot poolside at The Spa at Bedford Lodge Hotel in Newmarket, Velvet’s Rohiny Belani models looks for every event this season
Food & Drink: Tour Cambridge’s Mill Road with Poppet Pics
15 August 2024
Food & Drink: Tour Cambridge’s Mill Road with Poppet Pics
15 August 2024Cambridge artist Lucy Jones of Poppet Pics takes us on a food (and drink) tour of the city’s Mill Road. Words by Alice Ryan
Birthday Honours: Toiletries Amnesty founder made an MBE
13 August 2024
Birthday Honours: Toiletries Amnesty founder made an MBE
13 August 2024Got any unwanted toiletries? Donate them to Cambridgeshire’s Toiletries Amnesty, the not-for-profit fighting both hygiene poverty and beauty waste
Openings: An African restaurant, an ice cream parlour and a pair of pizza joints
09 August 2024
Openings: An African restaurant, an ice cream parlour and a pair of pizza joints
09 August 2024Bottomless pizza, grilled goat and vegan frozerts: what’s new to the menu in Bury St Edmunds and Cambridge
Diary Dates: Must-book August events in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire
06 August 2024
Diary Dates: Must-book August events in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire
06 August 2024Holidaying at home? You can go to the circus, see the fens at sunset and attend an immersive arts festival. . .
Early-bird offer: Get your Presents Galore tickets for just £6!
02 August 2024
Early-bird offer: Get your Presents Galore tickets for just £6!
02 August 2024Early-bird tickets for Presents Galore, Newmarket’s famous Christmas fair, are now on sale – priced just £6
Win: Dinner and drinks for six at Dishoom’s Permit Room **CLOSED**
31 July 2024
Win: Dinner and drinks for six at Dishoom’s Permit Room **CLOSED**
31 July 2024Yet to visit The Permit Room in Cambridge? Here’s your chance to win dinner and drinks for four. . .
