Read the June 2018 issue online NOW!

The sun’s out, the bank holiday is nearly here and the new issue of the Bedford Clanger is about to hit the streets. Get ahead of the curve by reading the June issue here, right now. We’ve got the EXCLUSIVE low-down on Philip Pullman’s visit to Bedford on 18 June, details of the forthcoming, much-anticipated […]

FoodDrunk @ Esquires

Saturday 26 May from 12.30pm – 3am at Bedford Esquires Want to know where you can you find the finest street food, over 40 gins and very good sounds on a bank holiday weekend in Bedford? Then head to Esquires on 26th May for the second annual FoodDrunk festival… FoodDrunk is back to help celebrate […]

Stick that in your pipe – a smokin’ Sherlock story by M J H Simmonds

Harrison and Simmonds on Bedford High Street is celebrating 90 years in business with the publication of a Sherlock Holmes mystery. Family business member, Matthew Simmonds makes his debut as an author with an authentic murder story set in Bedfordshire.  Of course the fictional detective was a famous smoker, and examples of ‘Sherlock Holmes’ style […]

#bedfordindies: Treat Street

Riverside Bedford, Bedford MK40 1NY Bedford, a town of markets and – more recently – dessert bars. The newest addition to the sector is 24 year old Sanj Chandi’s venture, Treat Street, which recently opened beneath Vue Cinema as part of the Riverside Bedford development. This is Sanj’s first business venture following seven years working […]

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