Best of Bedford: Arcadia Sweet Shop

It’s hard to imagine Bedford without its much-loved Arcadia Sweet Shop. Nothing quite compares to the sweet, tantalising scent that hits you the moment you set foot in the door, or the abundance of jarred sweets stacked higher than you could ever reach. All of your old favourites: Sherbet Lemons, Rhubarb and Custards, Army and […]

CluedUpp COMPETITION: the Bedford Murder Mystery Experience

Saturday 31st March It was 5.35am on a damp, dark morning when the police were first called to the Genesis Nightclub on Ravewell Street.  There, in the centre of his own dance floor, lay the bloodied body of notorious nightclub owner Jimmy Johnson….but who wanted him dead? Would-be super sleuths who join the hunt can […]

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