Bedford-born but resident in London, Margaret is a teacher and art/music/restaurant fan. She took up a Love Bedford challenge to write a #citizenbedford blog on the theme of My Perfect Day. Visiting her home town for a week this summer Margaret has shared her thoughts on Bedford through the eyes of a returning local. “My … Continue reading
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The Summer of The Stones
By Councillor Henry Vann You can’t always get what you want, but singing on stage with the Stones at Glastonbury (and twice at Hyde Park) has to be pretty close! The feeling you get as you walk on, in front of 170,000 people (or 60,000+ in Hyde Park) is hard to describe: you couldn’t even … Continue reading
Youth Fair Success!
Editorial by Erica Roffe/Films by Jason Inge Bedford College students were among a number of young people who took part in Bedford’s first Youth Fair, aiming to give young creative entrepreneurs their first taste of business. The youth market was organised by Uprising group, Revitalise and supported by the Bedford Portas Pilot team. Said Revitalise’s … Continue reading
Things Beginning with P…
by Dawn Giles, Director of Bedford Creative Arts On Saturday 15th June in Bedford I was inspired by people, by places and by pants. The pants bit was completely unexpected. I was in a room that was passionate about DIY, not shelf building but people committed to just getting on with doing it for themselves … Continue reading
The Higgins is Amazing…
by Paula Walker It’s official – The Higgins is amazing! I’ve been fortunate enough to see some of the galleries on a couple of occasions over the last few weeks and the transformation is astonishing. I went to the press preview on Wednesday afternoon, as The Clanger representative (thanks Erica) and, believe me, it’s impressive. … Continue reading
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
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