Tried & Tested: Velvet's verdict on this Easter’s trending chocolate
04 April 2025
Tried & Tested: Velvet's verdict on this Easter’s trending chocolate
04 April 2025Easter would be incomplete without chocolate. Velvet puts a dozen of this year’s top trending treats to the taste-test
Event: Cambridge Travel Festival brings the world to our doorstep
01 November 2024
Event: Cambridge Travel Festival brings the world to our doorstep
01 November 2024Planning a trip? Get inspiration, advice and discounts at the inaugural Cambridge Travel Festival
Beauty: Six of the best Advent calendars your money can buy
25 October 2024
Beauty: Six of the best Advent calendars your money can buy
25 October 2024The beauty advent calendar is a blissful addition to the Christmas countdown. Velvet rounds up six of this year’s best buys
Recipe: Treats that trick you into healthier eating
06 October 2024
Recipe: Treats that trick you into healthier eating
06 October 2024Want to bake Halloween treats that are cute and tasty but not full of nasties? Make these mummy cookies, courtesy of Sevenhills Wholefoods
Real Life: How Cambridge Children’s Hospital will change lives
16 September 2024
Real Life: How Cambridge Children’s Hospital will change lives
16 September 2024Supported by charitable festive fair Presents Galore, the new Cambridge Children's Hospital will change lives, say a local mother and son
Win: A £300 shopping experience with Scamp & Dude! **CLOSED**
27 June 2024
Win: A £300 shopping experience with Scamp & Dude! **CLOSED**
27 June 2024To celebrate the brand’s arrival in Cambridge, you could win a £300 shopping and styling experience for two!
Win: Gut health supplements from Adday Wellness **CLOSED**
27 June 2024
Win: Gut health supplements from Adday Wellness **CLOSED**
27 June 2024Want to give your gut health a boost? You could win supplements worth £39.99 from Adday Wellness. . .
Win: Quentin Blake exhibition and theatre tickets! **CLOSED**
27 June 2024
Win: Quentin Blake exhibition and theatre tickets! **CLOSED**
27 June 2024Be in with a chance of winning exhibition and theatre tickets. . .
Award Win: Velvet crowned Regional Magazine of the Year
05 April 2024
Award Win: Velvet crowned Regional Magazine of the Year
05 April 2024Judges at the national Newspaper Awards hail the magazine a “stand-out title”
Easter: This year’s must-buy eggs for all the family
15 March 2024
Easter: This year’s must-buy eggs for all the family
15 March 2024We teamed up with our friends at Brampton’s The Food Marketing Agency to put a clutch of this year’s eggs to the test. . .
Christmas: Make dates for these great Cambridge shopping events
10 November 2023
Christmas: Make dates for these great Cambridge shopping events
10 November 2023Need to get going on your Christmas gift list? These Cambridge markets and pop-up shop are the perfect places to start. . .
Beauty: Looking for a beauty advent? Here’s nine of the best
27 October 2023
Beauty: Looking for a beauty advent? Here’s nine of the best
27 October 2023The beauty advent calendar is a blissful addition to the Christmas countdown. Velvet rounds up nine of this year’s best buys
Weddings: Retro styling at its finest in this Copper and Bloom photoshoot
31 August 2023
Weddings: Retro styling at its finest in this Copper and Bloom photoshoot
31 August 2023Lodge Farm in Fulbourn is transformed into a wedding wonderland in this retro-inspired photoshoot
Wellbeing: Hair SOS? Cambridge Trichology can help
17 February 2023
Wellbeing: Hair SOS? Cambridge Trichology can help
17 February 2023Her own experience of hair loss inspired Cambridge’s Caroline Yates to train in clinical trichology - and then open her own clinic in the city. . .
Art: Dinky Doors go under hammer for Street Aid
20 January 2023
Art: Dinky Doors go under hammer for Street Aid
20 January 2023Want to own an artwork by ‘Cambridge’s Banksy’? Now’s your chance. . .
Market: Shop and make merry at Stonham Barns
04 November 2022
Market: Shop and make merry at Stonham Barns
04 November 2022This year's Christmas Craft Market at Stowmarket's Stonham Barns Park is set to be the most festive yet, as Velvet discovers
Books: Looking for your next page-turner? Read on
20 October 2022
Books: Looking for your next page-turner? Read on
20 October 2022A J Campbell - a mum-of-three and full-time carer from Stansted - has published four novels in two years, all with page-turning plots. . .
Recipes: Top three booze-free cocktails for summer
27 August 2022
Recipes: Top three booze-free cocktails for summer
27 August 2022Raise a glass to the August Bank Holiday - with a trio of cocktails full of flavour but free from booze, courtesy of Seedlip
Recipes: Best ever burger and chips - but vegan
23 August 2022
Recipes: Best ever burger and chips - but vegan
23 August 2022What could be better than a juicy burger in a squishy bun with a side of crispy chips? All the above, but vegan. Here’s how to make them. . .
Food: Top five afternoon teas in Cambs and Suffolk
13 August 2022
Food: Top five afternoon teas in Cambs and Suffolk
13 August 2022To mark Afternoon Tea Week, Velvet writer Claudia Goodman recommends five top spots to take tea in both Cambridgeshire and Suffolk
