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Fashion: Cambridge’s lovely new Lucy & Yak store opens today!

14 March 2025
Fashion: Cambridge’s lovely new Lucy & Yak store opens today!

Fashion: Cambridge’s lovely new Lucy & Yak store opens today!

14 March 2025

Cambridge’s Lucy & Yak store cuts the ribbon on its new – much bigger! – site on Sussex Street today


Pop-up: Shop local for fragrance, fashion and more at Cambridge’s Neptune store

14 March 2025
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. . .


Win: A pair of sparkling Amelia Scott bumblebee studs **CLOSED**

07 March 2025
Win: A pair of sparkling Amelia Scott bumblebee studs **CLOSED**

Win: A pair of sparkling Amelia Scott bumblebee studs **CLOSED**

07 March 2025

What better Mother’s Day gift for your family’s ‘Queen Bee’? We’re giving away a pair of sparkling Amelia Scott Beatrice bumblebee studs. . .


Body Beautiful: The Ely photographer empowering women to love the skin they’re in

07 March 2025
Body Beautiful: The Ely photographer empowering women to love the skin they’re in

Body Beautiful: The Ely photographer empowering women to love the skin they’re in

07 March 2025

“Dear reader: you are enough. Your body shape, size, colour, and ability do not define you.” Photographer Luana Martignon talks to Velvet


Shop Independent: Presents to make Mother’s Day

07 March 2025
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


Real Life: My journey from homeless teen to top entrepreneur

07 March 2025
Real Life: My journey from homeless teen to top entrepreneur

Real Life: My journey from homeless teen to top entrepreneur

07 March 2025

Newmarket’s Inge Hunter started her first business aged just 17, while living in a Cambridge homeless hostel. As told to Alice Ryan


Launch: Cambridge turns into Tea Town for Bird & Blend collab

28 February 2025
Launch: Cambridge turns into Tea Town for Bird & Blend collab

Launch: Cambridge turns into Tea Town for Bird & Blend collab

28 February 2025

This could be the cutest (and most British) collab ever: Bird & Blend has cut the ribbon on a Mr Men and Little Miss tea collection


Win: A Spa, Dine & Stay package for two at Suffolk’s Talbooth House **CLOSED**

28 February 2025
Win: A Spa, Dine & Stay package for two at Suffolk’s Talbooth House **CLOSED**

Win: A Spa, Dine & Stay package for two at Suffolk’s Talbooth House **CLOSED**

28 February 2025

It’ll soon be Mothering Sunday. Does your mum deserve a celebratory spa break? Read on for your chance to win exactly that. . .


Beauty: Meet the founders of three way-paving natural brands

28 February 2025
Beauty: Meet the founders of three way-paving natural brands

Beauty: Meet the founders of three way-paving natural brands

28 February 2025

Creating products that are as kind to people and the planet as they are to our skin, we meet the local founders of three natural beauty brands


Pottery Throw Down: In the studio with star potters from Cambridge and Suffolk

21 February 2025
Pottery Throw Down: In the studio with star potters from Cambridge and Suffolk

Pottery Throw Down: In the studio with star potters from Cambridge and Suffolk

21 February 2025

Love watching The Great Pottery Throw Down? You’ll love the pieces produced by these three Cambridge and Suffolk potters. . .


Exhibition: Shutter Hub OPEN brings world photography to Cambridge

21 February 2025
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


Win: A Happy Pear food, drink and cookbook bundle **CLOSED**

21 February 2025
Win: A Happy Pear food, drink and cookbook bundle **CLOSED**

Win: A Happy Pear food, drink and cookbook bundle **CLOSED**

21 February 2025

Win a food, drink and cookbook bundle from plant-based pioneers The Happy Pear – worth more than £50!


Event: Enjoy an evening of Me Time at Chittering’s Willow Grange

14 February 2025
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


Win: A Bird & Blend tea, matcha and journaling gift set **CLOSED**

14 February 2025
Win: A Bird & Blend tea, matcha and journaling gift set **CLOSED**

Win: A Bird & Blend tea, matcha and journaling gift set **CLOSED**

14 February 2025

Here’s a treat: Bird & Blend is giving away a self-caring tea set with Velvet this month – worth £60!


Love Tokens: Velvet shops local for Valentine gifts with heart

12 February 2025
Love Tokens: Velvet shops local for Valentine gifts with heart

Love Tokens: Velvet shops local for Valentine gifts with heart

12 February 2025

A thoughtfully chosen gift speaks a thousand words. Velvet shops local for Valentine’s Day


Win: A meal for two at Mildenhall’s new WokWraps **CLOSED**

07 February 2025
Win: A meal for two at Mildenhall’s new WokWraps **CLOSED**

Win: A meal for two at Mildenhall’s new WokWraps **CLOSED**

07 February 2025

Bringing its Chinatown-inspired menu to Mildenhall this month, WokWraps is giving away a meal for two – worth up to £50! – to celebrate


Makers’ Market: The delicious lineup for Cambridge Chocolate Festival

07 February 2025
Makers’ Market: The delicious lineup for Cambridge Chocolate Festival

Makers’ Market: The delicious lineup for Cambridge Chocolate Festival

07 February 2025

Bringing a stall-packed For the Love of Indies market to the city on Saturday, February 15, here’s the lineup for Cambridge Chocolate Festival. . .


Food: Learn and dine at Cambridge's Ferment & Feast pop-up

07 February 2025
Food: Learn and dine at Cambridge's Ferment & Feast pop-up

Food: Learn and dine at Cambridge's Ferment & Feast pop-up

07 February 2025

Proof food can be delicious *and* good for both your gut and the planet, Ferment & Feast comes to Cambridge this month


Don’t Miss: Spectacular light and sound show at Ely Cathedral

07 February 2025
Don’t Miss: Spectacular light and sound show at Ely Cathedral

Don’t Miss: Spectacular light and sound show at Ely Cathedral

07 February 2025

No plans for the weekend? This spectacular light and sound show at Ely Cathedral is a must-see


Win: A Jana Reinhardt silver hummingbird pendant **CLOSED**

31 January 2025
Win: A Jana Reinhardt silver hummingbird pendant **CLOSED**

Win: A Jana Reinhardt silver hummingbird pendant **CLOSED**

31 January 2025

With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, here’s a romantic gesture: we’re giving away a stunning silver necklace with a special meaning. . .