Food: Chilli brand is dream come true (literally)
24 February 2021
Food: Chilli brand is dream come true (literally)
24 February 2021Producing her own range of chilli oils and sauces made from sizzling Scotch Bonnets is truly a dream job for Papworth's Joyce Gannon
Real Life: Celebrating love in the time of Covid
14 February 2021
Real Life: Celebrating love in the time of Covid
14 February 2021Here's a local love story for Valentine's Day. As Velvet discovers, even a global pandemic didn’t stop this Bassingbourn couple tying the knot
Food: Why Orriss & Son's sauces are hot stuff
13 February 2021
Food: Why Orriss & Son's sauces are hot stuff
13 February 2021Chef David Underwood, co-founder of Cambridge's star burger brand Steak & Honour, has changed culinary tack - to make stunning small-batch sauces
The Fitness Diaries: Making the best of mid-life
10 February 2021
The Fitness Diaries: Making the best of mid-life
10 February 2021Amber Brammah, personal trainer and founder of Lovefit, Cambridge, discusses the mid-life body and how best to navigate the perimenopause
Fitness: Resolutions flagging? Here's some inspo
02 February 2021
Fitness: Resolutions flagging? Here's some inspo
02 February 2021Novelty of your New Year regime wearing off? Be inspired by super-human feats, sign up for a goal event, and do it all in style. . .
What’s On: Start the year with a staycation
03 January 2021
What’s On: Start the year with a staycation
03 January 2021Never has the prospect of a UK break been more attractive! Which makes the launch of user-friendly website UK-Staycations.com perfectly timed
What’s On: Bury's Apex unveils January line-up
02 January 2021
What’s On: Bury's Apex unveils January line-up
02 January 2021Among the reasons to be cheerful as 2021 dawns is the chance to take in a show at one of our beloved theatres - The Apex in Bury St Edmunds
Music: Local singers race for Christmas No 1 spot
06 December 2020
Music: Local singers race for Christmas No 1 spot
06 December 2020Members of both Bury St Edmunds and Saffron Walden’s Rock Choirs feature on new charity single
Theatre: Panto’s back! Oh yes it is
04 December 2020
Theatre: Panto’s back! Oh yes it is
04 December 2020Cambridge Arts Theatre unveils its festive extravaganza – Dame Trott’s Panto Palaver – and Cambridge Junction announces it will stream The Snow Queen
What's On: Car park panto and virtual craft fairs
01 November 2020
What's On: Car park panto and virtual craft fairs
01 November 2020From car park panto to virtual craft fairs and socially-distanced exhibitions, here’s how to get your festive fix of events, 2020-style
Shopping: Tick off your gift list the indie way
30 October 2020
Shopping: Tick off your gift list the indie way
30 October 2020We’re blessed with brilliant independent stores, galleries and boutiques across our region, perfect for finding that unique Christmas gift. Go shop
Culture: Stellar line-up for Cambridge Lit Fest
26 October 2020
Culture: Stellar line-up for Cambridge Lit Fest
26 October 2020A host of illuminating writers and inspiring thinkers will appear at Cambridge Literary Festival’s online winter event. Velvet looks at the line-up
Men's Fashion: What to wear this autumn
14 October 2020
Men's Fashion: What to wear this autumn
14 October 2020From chunky knits and boots to that must-have face mask, check out our autumn wardrobe tick list
Real Life: How Turtle Dove helps young women fly
13 October 2020
Real Life: How Turtle Dove helps young women fly
13 October 2020For the past five years Kate Nation has helped improve the futures of countless young women through her Cambridge-based social enterprise Turtle Dove
Simon Says: Too tired to work out? Start simple
12 October 2020
Simon Says: Too tired to work out? Start simple
12 October 2020Simon Goswell - owner and Head Coach of Full Circle Fitness in Dry Drayton – advises on how to motivate yourself when you feel too tired to exercise
Real Life: Meet Newmarket's green witch
09 October 2020
Real Life: Meet Newmarket's green witch
09 October 2020As Hallowe'en approaches, Joey Mortlock talks about plant-lore, paganism and how she and friend Natalie Emery strive to live a ‘non-toxic’ life
What's On: Theatre's back and gigs are booking
01 October 2020
What's On: Theatre's back and gigs are booking
01 October 2020The arts continue to help us transcend world gloom, with theatres reopening, galleries staging great exhibitions and top-class gigs now booking
Working It: News, views and local fitness heroes
29 September 2020
Working It: News, views and local fitness heroes
29 September 2020This month's fitness news: a Cambridge dad and a granny of four both take on epic challenges and a new cancer and wellness salon opens in Barton
Music: "The cardinal sin is being boring"
22 September 2020
Music: "The cardinal sin is being boring"
22 September 2020John McMunn, new CEO of Cambridge's Academy of Ancient Music, tells Velvet why music is his lifeblood. . .
Homes: Design your dream home with Urban Splash
21 September 2020
Homes: Design your dream home with Urban Splash
21 September 2020Advertisement Feature: Thanks to an online configurator homeowners can design their dream dwellings in Northstowe
