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Great Bedfordians: Erica Roffe and Julia Course

As part of our 15th birthday celebrations, our Great Bedfordians this month are The Clanger’s editor, Erica Roffe, and Julia Course, its commercial director. Erica and Julia have been working...

Bedford Indies: SAY Doughnuts

This month, the Bedford indie spotlight is on SAY Doughnuts, which has been serving up the good stuff on Mill Street for the last four years. We asked the owners, Aaron Shade and Sarah Ball...

Bedford Indies: Evermore Tattoo Parlour

Evermore Tattoo Parlour opened in 2012, and 14 years on, owner Nick Barratt says he still gets pure joy from meeting and connecting with people over art and ideas. What started with...

The Twelve Days of Bedford Indies…

This month, we've taken our love of Bedford's independent shops and businesses to its logical conclusion and rewritten The 12 Days of Christmas as an ode to them...

Life is sweet for winner of latest #BoughtInBedford £50 voucher

Through our Bought in Bedford campaign, we are sharing the love for our Bedford Indies and giving away a £50 voucher every month this year to one of our readers to spend in their favourite...

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