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Column: The mountains and deserts of Morocco captivate the Howard family

Column: The mountains and deserts of Morocco captivate the Howard family

Column: The mountains and deserts of Morocco captivate the Howard family

24 April 2025

From fire-breathing belly dancing entertainment to sunset camel rides, Morocco proves a hit for adventurer Chris Howard and his family


Fit Bits: Meet PTs Zoë and Em who run fully-inclusive EmpowerFitUK in Cambridge

Fit Bits: Meet PTs Zoë and Em who run fully-inclusive EmpowerFitUK in Cambridge

Fit Bits: Meet PTs Zoë and Em who run fully-inclusive EmpowerFitUK in Cambridge

15 April 2025

PT duo Zoë MacFadyen and Em Wyer are making fitness safe and inclusive for everyone to feel their best


Feature: A life-long love of skateboarding inspired Max Jamieson to start his own school

Feature: A life-long love of skateboarding inspired Max Jamieson to start his own school

Feature: A life-long love of skateboarding inspired Max Jamieson to start his own school

14 April 2025

“We pride ourselves on community and building friendship groups,” says Max Jamieson, founder of Cambridge’s Shredder Skate School


Fundraising Fun: Join the Sunset Walk and help Bury’s St Nicholas Hospice

Fundraising Fun: Join the Sunset Walk and help Bury’s St Nicholas Hospice

Fundraising Fun: Join the Sunset Walk and help Bury’s St Nicholas Hospice

10 April 2025

Sign up to the second Sunset Walk around Bury St Edmunds for an evening of remembrance, celebration and community spirit


Wellbeing: Time to slow down and discover Mother Nature’s health benefits

Wellbeing: Time to slow down and discover Mother Nature’s health benefits

Wellbeing: Time to slow down and discover Mother Nature’s health benefits

10 April 2025

Clinical hypnotherapist Melanie Davies suggests four ways to harness the power of nature and feel good


Soul Sanctuary: Columnist Heemali Inamdar ponders the elusiveness of sleep

Soul Sanctuary: Columnist Heemali Inamdar ponders the elusiveness of sleep

Soul Sanctuary: Columnist Heemali Inamdar ponders the elusiveness of sleep

13 March 2025

It’s hailed as the key to wellbeing, but just how do we achieve an optimum level of good sleep? Heemali Inamdar has a few ideas


Fit Bits: Meet Paloma Yoga founder and wellbeing devotee Hermione Fairbairn

Fit Bits: Meet Paloma Yoga founder and wellbeing devotee Hermione Fairbairn

Fit Bits: Meet Paloma Yoga founder and wellbeing devotee Hermione Fairbairn

11 March 2025

Uplifting soundtracks and the aroma of heavenly essential oils set the scene for restorative yoga classes with Hermione Fairbairn


Column: How do you eat yours? A Boy Called Dad’s Chris Howard talks pancakes

Column: How do you eat yours? A Boy Called Dad’s Chris Howard talks pancakes

Column: How do you eat yours? A Boy Called Dad’s Chris Howard talks pancakes

04 March 2025

Coast-walking dad, Chris Howard, emerges from a cloud of flour and a dousing of syrup to discuss the perils of pancake making with his three daughters


National Storytelling Week: Chris Howard discusses reading with his cubs

National Storytelling Week: Chris Howard discusses reading with his cubs

National Storytelling Week: Chris Howard discusses reading with his cubs

18 February 2025

Storytelling is so important to share with our children says book-loving adventurer and dad-of-three Chris Howard


Fit Bits: Personal trainer Julia Kraus is determined to make fitness inclusive and fun

Fit Bits: Personal trainer Julia Kraus is determined to make fitness inclusive and fun

Fit Bits: Personal trainer Julia Kraus is determined to make fitness inclusive and fun

12 February 2025

Julia Kraus is the owner of Lift Fitness in Cambridge which promotes inclusivity, community, education, and diversity


Wellbeing: Why love should start from within this Valentine’s month

Wellbeing: Why love should start from within this Valentine’s month

Wellbeing: Why love should start from within this Valentine’s month

06 February 2025

Our new columnist, life coach Gemma Brown offers three ways you can cultivate self-love from letter writing to reframing your inner voice


Advertisement Feature: Meet the dedicated doctors making women’s health a priority

Advertisement Feature: Meet the dedicated doctors making women’s health a priority

Advertisement Feature: Meet the dedicated doctors making women’s health a priority

31 January 2025

GPS Dr Reem Al-Shaikh and Dr Gillian Shields have launched the Women’s Wellness Clinic in Cambridge and Bishop’s Stortford


Wellbeing: Lift your spirits naturally with ice baths, barefoot walking and more

Wellbeing: Lift your spirits naturally with ice baths, barefoot walking and more

Wellbeing: Lift your spirits naturally with ice baths, barefoot walking and more

21 January 2025

Can forest bathing, mindful drawing and wild swimming really boost your mood? We find out from the local experts


Ways to Wellness: Invest in yourself this New Year

Ways to Wellness: Invest in yourself this New Year

Ways to Wellness: Invest in yourself this New Year

17 January 2025

What better time to invest in self-care than the start of a new year? Velvet knows the best local places to go. . .


Experience: Rowing for beginners? Sign us up. . .

Experience: Rowing for beginners? Sign us up. . .

Experience: Rowing for beginners? Sign us up. . .

17 January 2025

POV: you’ve lived in Cambridge for eight years and have never rowed a stroke. . . until now. Velvet throws Riadh Falvo in at the deep end


Wellbeing: Columnist Melanie Davies offers tips to combat SAD and brighten your day

Wellbeing: Columnist Melanie Davies offers tips to combat SAD and brighten your day

Wellbeing: Columnist Melanie Davies offers tips to combat SAD and brighten your day

13 January 2025

From dopamine dressing to daytime walks, here’s how to find the light in one of the darkest months


Parenting: Chris Howard’s life lessons from the past year of fatherhood

Parenting: Chris Howard’s life lessons from the past year of fatherhood

Parenting: Chris Howard’s life lessons from the past year of fatherhood

10 December 2024

Parenting is a constant learning curve and we must flex and bend with our children, says Cambridge dad-of-three Chris Howard


Column: How to thrive throughout the winter despite the gloomy weather

Column: How to thrive throughout the winter despite the gloomy weather

Column: How to thrive throughout the winter despite the gloomy weather

09 December 2024

From feasting on warming foods to taking hot steamy baths, there’s lots of way to find joy in the colder months, says Antonya Catahlinah Beamish


Spa Days: Three of the best to book in Suffolk and Bedfordshire

Spa Days: Three of the best to book in Suffolk and Bedfordshire

Spa Days: Three of the best to book in Suffolk and Bedfordshire

06 December 2024

Whether you want to treat a loved one for Christmas or give yourself some much-needed me-time, these local spas are the places to go. . .


Fitness: PT Luke Hayes on the transformative power of weight training

Fitness: PT Luke Hayes on the transformative power of weight training

Fitness: PT Luke Hayes on the transformative power of weight training

05 December 2024

“What I love most is showing people that at any stage of your life, you can always become healthier,” says body transformation coach Luke Hayes