Aldeburgh Music Club are going from strength to strenght under their new conductor, Edmond Fivet. Following two sell out concerts at Aldeburgh Church and Orford Church, they are now mounting their most ambitious and interesting programme; a weekend of music by William Walton to include

Belshazzar's Feast on Saturday 28 November at 7.30 pm at Snape Maltings Concert Hall once again supported by Suffolk's finest orchestra The Prometheus and the Phoenix singers and Prometheus singers with Jeremy Huw Williams, baritone.

Eastbridge is a tiny village close to the coast at Dunwich. It's claim to fame is the Eel's Foot Inn, now used by walkers and bird watchers visiting nearby Minsmere but if you go there in the evening and talk smuggling then you might hear some really interesting tales.

But I'm no expert so below is an extract from Smuggling in the British Isles: a History by Richard Platt For more detail visit his website www.smuggling.co.uk

Despite the popularity of the Suffolk coast the coastline line north of Thorpeness still has a feeling of remoteness. For many hundreds of years Thorpeness was a port but the eroding coastline changed all that the river entrance silted.

Below is an extract from Smuggling in the British Isles: a History by Richard Platt For more detail visit his website www.smuggling.co.uk

SKETCHBOOKING COURSES ON THE SUFFOLK COAST FOR 2009
with artist Tessa Henderson

TESSA HENDERSON is a professional artist with an excellent reputation for portraits of buildings, sketching and painting.

Inspired by her father, architect Bill Henderson, Tessa has, from early childhood, kept sketchbook diaries of landscapes and buildings she has discovered during her travels.