**CLANGER COMPETITION**: Philip Pullman ticket up for grabs!

Exciting news!  For those who didn’t manage to get hold of Bedford’s fastest selling tickets, we have managed to secure a place for one lucky Bedford Clanger reader at the Philip Pullman event at the Panacea Museum on Monday 18th June! To enter, simply answer this question: What is the material at the centre of Philip […]

Live music: The Lovely Eggs at Esquires

Psychedelic punk duo The Lovely Eggs are coming to Bedford this Friday 15 June as part of their This is Eggland tour. Comprising of drum pummeler David Blackwell and buzzsaw guitarist/vocalist Holly Ross, the married couple bring the raucous, singing about everyday life, with panache and surrealism. The Clanger’s Lloyd Lugsden got to talk to […]

Hometown Tourist: Vineyard tours in Old Warden

Saturday 23 June and Tuesday 26 June. Discover the secrets of Bedfordshire’s medieval vineyard, English wine-making, and how volunteers look after the vines all year round at the Warden Abbey Vineyard. Nestled between the picturesque villages of Old Warden and Cardington, vines were first planted on this beautiful Bedfordshire field in medieval times by monks […]

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