Real Life: Cambridge para-athlete skis solo to the South Pole in world first
31 January 2025
Real Life: Cambridge para-athlete skis solo to the South Pole in world first
31 January 2025Cambridge’s Jonny Huntingdon has just made history - becoming the first explorer with a disability to ski both solo and unsupported to the South Pole
Nominate Now: Velvet Food & Drink Awards return for 2025
28 January 2025
Nominate Now: Velvet Food & Drink Awards return for 2025
28 January 2025The Velvet Food & Drink Awards are back and twice the size: we’re running two sets of awards this year, one each for Cambridgeshire and Suffolk
Eating Out: Velvet dines at Parker’s Tavern in Cambridge
23 January 2025
Eating Out: Velvet dines at Parker’s Tavern in Cambridge
23 January 2025With a new head chef trained by Marco Pierre White and mentored by Albert Roux, expectations are high for a visit to Parker’s Tavern in Cambridge
Books: Enter a criminal underworld – in Regency Cambridge
17 January 2025
Books: Enter a criminal underworld – in Regency Cambridge
17 January 2025As the second instalment hits shelves, Susan Grossey talks about her Cambridge-set Hardiman mysteries. The crime this time? Place your bets. . .
Beauty: Seven superhero products to rescue skin this winter
10 January 2025
Beauty: Seven superhero products to rescue skin this winter
10 January 2025Winter can take a real toll on the skin. Alice Ryan finds face and body products to both protect and restore
Event: Cambridge Chocolate Festival is back! Here’s what you need to know
10 January 2025
Event: Cambridge Chocolate Festival is back! Here’s what you need to know
10 January 2025Here’s a date for the diary: the fourth Cambridge Chocolate Festival is confirmed for February 15
Veganuary: Cook a plant-based crowd-pleaser with The Happy Pear
03 January 2025
Veganuary: Cook a plant-based crowd-pleaser with The Happy Pear
03 January 2025To celebrate Veganuary, The Happy Pear’s David and Stephen Flynn share a winter-warmer recipe from new cookbook 20
Out & About: Take a mood-boosting walk through Cambridge's Botanic Garden
03 January 2025
Out & About: Take a mood-boosting walk through Cambridge's Botanic Garden
03 January 2025One of the best ways to beat the January blues? Take a walk. . .
Win: A pair of new-season Vionic sneakers **CLOSED**
03 January 2025
Win: A pair of new-season Vionic sneakers **CLOSED**
03 January 2025Start the year on the right foot – by winning a pair of cool and comfy sneakers, worth £140!
Beauty: Been given a gift set that’s not quite ‘you’? Donate it to Toiletries Amnesty
27 December 2024
Beauty: Been given a gift set that’s not quite ‘you’? Donate it to Toiletries Amnesty
27 December 2024Don’t leave them in the bathroom cabinet to gather dust: donate unwanted beauty gifts to the Cambridgeshire NGO working to end hygiene poverty
Fashion: Level up your loungewear this Twixmas with Walden boutique Blue
27 December 2024
Fashion: Level up your loungewear this Twixmas with Walden boutique Blue
27 December 2024It’s Twixmas and the dress code is loungewear – but make it fashion. . .
Win: A bumper beauty bundle from Green People **CLOSED**
27 December 2024
Win: A bumper beauty bundle from Green People **CLOSED**
27 December 2024Good for you and for the planet: start the year by winning a bundle of Green People beauty products – worth £109!
Beauty: Your complete makeup kit for party season
20 December 2024
Beauty: Your complete makeup kit for party season
20 December 2024Christmas calls for a capsule makeup kit to take you from night to day with minimum fuss and maximum impact. Alice Ryan packs her festive beauty bag
Fashion: Looks for every day of Christmas from indie boutique Blue
20 December 2024
Fashion: Looks for every day of Christmas from indie boutique Blue
20 December 2024From drinks parties to Boxing Day walks, stylist Maggie Devine showcases looks for every Christmas occasion from Saffron Walden boutique Blue
Recipe: Make your own festive Fitzbillies gingerbread
22 November 2024
Recipe: Make your own festive Fitzbillies gingerbread
22 November 2024Christmas at Fitzbillies, Cambridge’s 104-year-old bakery, means gingerbread. Here’s how to make Fitzbillies’ gingerbread people at home
Christmas: ‘Scent-scaping’ makes a house a festive home
22 November 2024
Christmas: ‘Scent-scaping’ makes a house a festive home
22 November 2024Tara Carlile-Smith, founder of Freckleface Home Fragrance on Cambridge’s Rose Crescent, tells us how fragrance can fill the house with festive spirit
Win: Dinner for two at Parker’s Tavern in Cambridge **CLOSED**
21 November 2024
Win: Dinner for two at Parker’s Tavern in Cambridge **CLOSED**
21 November 2024You could win a three-course dinner for two with wine – worth up to £250! – at Cambridge's acclaimed Parker’s Tavern
Win: A Christmas wreath from Ely’s Thatch & Roses **CLOSED**
21 November 2024
Win: A Christmas wreath from Ely’s Thatch & Roses **CLOSED**
21 November 2024You could win a luxury door wreath of your choice – worth £85 – from Ben’s Yard florist Thatch & Roses
Win: A festive British Hamper Co food and drink hamper **CLOSED**
21 November 2024
Win: A festive British Hamper Co food and drink hamper **CLOSED**
21 November 2024Win a classic Happy Christmas Hamper, filled with everything from cake and pud to cheese and biscuits, worth £97!
Win: A Freckleface burner bundle and wax melt subscription **CLOSED**
21 November 2024
Win: A Freckleface burner bundle and wax melt subscription **CLOSED**
21 November 2024Start the year on a fragrant note with a wax melt bundle – and six-month subscription – from Freckleface in Cambridge
