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Win: A hamperful of Christmas gifts from Presents Galore **CLOSED**

01 November 2024
Win: A hamperful of Christmas gifts from Presents Galore **CLOSED**

Win: A hamperful of Christmas gifts from Presents Galore **CLOSED**

01 November 2024

We've teamed up with fabulous festive fair Presents Galore – which returns to Newmarket this month – to give away a £385 hamperful of gifts!


Win: A cosy-night-in kit from Freda & Bert **CLOSED**

25 October 2024
Win: A cosy-night-in kit from Freda & Bert **CLOSED**

Win: A cosy-night-in kit from Freda & Bert **CLOSED**

25 October 2024

To get you set for the clock-change, we’ve teamed up with Freda & Bert to give away the ultimate cosy-night-in kit. . .


Opening: Top tea brand Bird & Blend comes to Cambridge

25 October 2024
Opening: Top tea brand Bird & Blend comes to Cambridge

Opening: Top tea brand Bird & Blend comes to Cambridge

25 October 2024

Top tea brand Bird & Blend cuts the ribbon on its Cambridge store this week – with free goodies for the first through the door. . .


Bury Lit Fest: Find your next five-star read with Harris & Harris Books

11 October 2024
Bury Lit Fest: Find your next five-star read with Harris & Harris Books

Bury Lit Fest: Find your next five-star read with Harris & Harris Books

11 October 2024

Proof that Bury Lit Fest is a reader’s dream, official festival bookseller Harris & Harris is on hand to help you grow your own library. . .


Bury Lit Fest: Talking women and witchcraft with author Jill Dawson

11 October 2024
Bury Lit Fest: Talking women and witchcraft with author Jill Dawson

Bury Lit Fest: Talking women and witchcraft with author Jill Dawson

11 October 2024

Discussing her latest book – The Bewitching, inspired by the real-life Witches of Warboys – author Jill Dawson is coming to Bury Lit Fest on Sunday


Win: A box of 12 ready-to-pour Edmunds cocktails **CLOSED**

06 October 2024
Win: A box of 12 ready-to-pour Edmunds cocktails **CLOSED**

Win: A box of 12 ready-to-pour Edmunds cocktails **CLOSED**

06 October 2024

Win a box of 12 ready-to-pour cocktails – worth £67.95 – courtesy of Suffolk-born drinks brand Edmunds


Plantober: Plant a tree to help combat climate change

04 October 2024
Plantober: Plant a tree to help combat climate change

Plantober: Plant a tree to help combat climate change

04 October 2024

Want to help combat climate change? Take part in Plantober, this month’s tree-planting campaign


Homes: How to cosy up your rooms with Rebel & Ashby

04 October 2024
Homes: How to cosy up your rooms with Rebel & Ashby

Homes: How to cosy up your rooms with Rebel & Ashby

04 October 2024

St Neots interiors store Rebel & Ashby turns one this autumn. Velvet pays a visit


Win: A luxury food and drink hamper **CLOSED**

04 October 2024
Win: A luxury food and drink hamper **CLOSED**

Win: A luxury food and drink hamper **CLOSED**

04 October 2024

We’ve teamed up with hampers.com to give away a basketful of luxury food and drink – worth £125!


Win: A designer Quinton Chadwick scarf and gloves set **CLOSED**

27 September 2024
Win: A designer Quinton Chadwick scarf and gloves set **CLOSED**

Win: A designer Quinton Chadwick scarf and gloves set **CLOSED**

27 September 2024

To 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

Fashion: The collection inspired by Suffolk’s countryside

27 September 2024

When Suffolk fashion student Lorna Banham began sketching her graduate collection, there was only one place to look for inspiration: home. . .


**Last Few Tickets!** Sip & Shop at Cambridge’s Scamp & Dude store

20 September 2024
**Last Few Tickets!** Sip & Shop at Cambridge’s Scamp & Dude store

**Last Few Tickets!** Sip & Shop at Cambridge’s Scamp & Dude store

20 September 2024

We’re throwing a party with the feelgood fashion brand THIS WEEK - 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

Sourdough September: The best local places to buy your daily bread

13 September 2024

To 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

Diary Dates: Exhibitions, concerts and an authentic French brocante

04 September 2024

Browse 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 to Cambridge Botanic Lights **CLOSED**

03 September 2024
Win: A family ticket to Cambridge Botanic Lights **CLOSED**

Win: A family ticket to Cambridge Botanic Lights **CLOSED**

03 September 2024

Want 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 **CLOSED**

03 September 2024
Win: A Candles & Oud home and body scent set **CLOSED**

Win: A Candles & Oud home and body scent set **CLOSED**

03 September 2024

Cosy 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

Beauty: Superhero products to save bad hair days

30 August 2024

Dry? 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 **CLOSED**

26 August 2024
Win: Lunch for two at Ben’s Yard restaurant Amelie **CLOSED**

Win: Lunch for two at Ben’s Yard restaurant Amelie **CLOSED**

26 August 2024

To 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 **CLOSED**

23 August 2024
Win: A bumper book bundle and Golden Tickets to Bury Lit Fest **CLOSED**

Win: A bumper book bundle and Golden Tickets to Bury Lit Fest **CLOSED**

23 August 2024

To 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

Event: Cambridge creatives breathe new life into old denim

23 August 2024

Re-fashion: Denim Edition is a chance to shop preloved and ‘new-old’ - and have your own pieces upcycled and upstyled too