Bedfringe 2011 interview
Everyone’s heard of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Each August it dominates the culture supplements in newspapers, the winner of the newcomer award is reported in the national news and guaranteed rock-god-like status and the big names in theatre and comedy sell thousands of tickets. So it was in 2006, that Bedfordians James Pharoah and Richard […]
Hometown Tourist: Guided Walks of Bedford
Take time to look at our town with fresh eyes. By being a tourist in your own town you’ll be amazed at what is right on your doorstep… With a wealth of knowledge and experience, what the Bedford Tour Guides don’t know about our town isn’t worth knowing! Established by the Borough Council over 20 […]
Your Local: The Gordon Arms
From trendy gastro-pubs to back-street boozers, community pubs to havens for real ale fanatics, Bedford has a wealth of diverse public houses. Let’s keep it that way by supporting our town centre watering holes. This month we meet the new landlord of Castle Road’s Gordon Arms: Chris Sweeting is synonymous with Bedford pubs and clubs. […]
Unique Bedford: Close Encounters, Midland Road
Close Encounters has been attracting comic book fans to Midland Road since 2004. With a larger-than-life Batman figure standing guard outside the shop, chances are you’ll know exactly where it is. The Bedford Clanger met up with MD Bub Chahal to get the story on this super(hero)store and discovered that you can even create your […]
Bedford Rascals: Clanger interview with The Ouse Valley Singles Club
The Clanger loves a laugh, so we jumped at the chance to meet Bedford’s finest ukelele-based comedy act, The Ouse Valley Singles Club (OVSC), to discover what makes Bedford so funny. With songs entitled Bedford Rascal, Weekend Dad and Facebook Blues, singer and co-songwriter of the OVSC, Tim Barron manages to evoke modern life in […]
Cafe Society: A little of what you Fancy definitely does you good…
Cafe Society Is it possible that anyone can love coffee and cake more than The Clanger’s Coffee and Cake Correspondent? Well, yes! Meet cake-maker extraordinaire, Saffron Denton, owner of Bedford’s newest cafe – Fancy! in Roff Avenue. ‘I love cake and desserts – it’s almost like a fetish. I love reading about them, making them […]