Ordinary People – Erica Roffe

Magnum Phoenix continues his Ordinary People documentary project by interviewing Erica Roffe. Erica is the editor of The Bedford Clanger – an arts and culture fanzine. Continue reading →

Ordinary People – Mat Roberts

Citizen journalist and UoB student, Magnum Phoenix interviews musician and host of jam nights, Mat Roberts for his Ordinary People project. Continue reading →

Ordinary People – Saffron Denton

Magnum Phoenix is a student at the University of Bedford. He is making a series of short documentary films about ordinary people who make a difference to life in Bedford. They are exactly in the spirit of #citizenbedford so we thought we’d share them with you. Enjoy. Continue reading →

Building up new businesses for town centre

Bedford Portas is continuing its programme of courses to support new and evolving businesses in the town centre. Next up is the Barclays Get Ready for Business course on June 27th which includes bite-sized modules on business planning, finance and  marketing. The following month on July 30th is the Business Planning course on vision, cash flow, profit & loss … Continue reading →

Creating a living…

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Your (Portas Pilot) Town Needs You!

Bedford’s Portas Pilot Town Team has invested £13,000 in a series of exciting training sessions that are open to all town centre businesses. The courses aim to enhance the customer experience in Bedford, be it online or on the High Street and we would urge all relevant businesses to seize this free development opportunity. Delivered … Continue reading →

Hometown Tourist: 10 Reasons Why I love Bedford

By Natalie Mehl Sometimes it takes a visitor to our town to point out the things that we take for granted.  Bedford BID recently received an email from German ex-pat Natalie Mehl who had come up with 10 reasons to love Bedford.  How many of Natalie’s top 10 do you agree with?  We love all … Continue reading →

Homelessness in Bedford

by Sarah Cowley For many of us, the thought of ever becoming homeless is something that seems near impossible. We think that homelessness is the direct result of drug/alcohol addictions and that is simply all there is to it. More of us may not realise that a large number of homeless people do not even … Continue reading →

Why I love Bedford’s Saturday market…

by Lisa Bateson @MrsDinosaurB I realised yesterday morning that I hadn’t been to the Saturday market since just before Christmas. Lie-ins, bad weather and a few merciless hangovers had broken what had been for me a well established routine of doing the weekly fruit and veg shop at the market. So I went, and it … Continue reading →

A Chorister’s View of Concerto Magnificent

by Tracey Wright When I heard last summer that Bedford Creative Arts were planning a community choir project, and that the very talented local composer and musician Johnny Parry was going to be writing new and original music that the choir would perform, I knew that I wanted to be involved. I had a feeling … Continue reading →