Celebrity Interviews
Suffolk West End star is having a wicked time
April 20th 2012
West End and Broadway star Kerry Ellis returned home to stage a fundraising concert for the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket. Andrew Clarke met up with her and took her on a tour of a changing Suffolk landscape
Rebelling against Suffolk
September 20th 2011
Feminist journalist Suzanne Moore grew up in Ipswich, but couldn’t wait to leave home. She tells Pat Parker how her teenage rebellion helped make her the outspoken columnist she is today.
Suffolk's rose Laura Wright comes home to county
August 22nd 2011
Suffolk singing star Laura Wright is releasing her first solo album this month. Andrew Clarke joined her for a cup of coffee on Ipswich Waterfront and discovers her love of English folk music
Marco Pierre White, Angel of the East
August 22nd 2011
Marco Pierre White talks about his new venture with the Angel Hotel in Lavenham and takes delight in local produce and local Suffolk beauty.
Lesley Dolphin loves her Suffolk home
August 22nd 2011
In her monthly column, BBC Radio Suffolk presenter Lesley Dolphin discusses the joys of home and how she misses it even when on holiday
Suffolk bloopers on screen
August 22nd 2011
Playing fast and loose with locations, dodgy accents and, perhaps worst of all, confusing us with Norfolk! Paul Barnes reveals how television and film makers keep showing our county in a less than authentic light
There's Something About Aldeburgh
August 22nd 2011
Is it its modesty, its succession of feelgood festivals, or the good old fashioned appeal of the sea? Peter Sampson isn’t sure why he likes Aldeburgh but it invariably warms his heart
Gary Avis' Dancing Feet
August 22nd 2011
As the Royal Ballet’s Gary Avis adds more names to the list of renowned dancers who will be performing at a charity concert in Suffolk, he talks to Lynne Mortimer about his love of ballet, perfection and his home county
Q&A
August 22nd 2011
Percy West hung up his dancing shoes when he settled down with Doreen in Suffolk 30 years ago. Now the landscape gardener is back on board; meet East Anglia’s Championship ‘Steppers’ keeping a Suffolk tradition alive and dancing
Q&A
August 22nd 2011
Percy West hung up his dancing shoes when he settled down with Doreen in Suffolk 30 years ago. Now the landscape gardener is back on board; meet East Anglia’s Championship ‘Steppers’ keeping a Suffolk tradition alive and dancing
Pleasures of Peasenhall
August 22nd 2011
Martin Newell discoversthe existence of Frontier Man and other peculiarities in one of Suffolk’s most unique villages
The Man Behind The Stubble
August 22nd 2011
Nick Knowles has presented dozens of TV shows, but he is also a talented director, writer and history buff, and has just co-written his first novel. He talks to Pat Parker about his childhood in Suffolk, his obsession with hard work and his love life
Griff on an even keel in suffolk
July 26th 2011
Holbrook resident Griff Rhys Jones tells Cathy Brown about his passion for sailing and making documentaries, reveals how he met his wife while near naked, and hints that he may team up again with his old comedy partner Mel Smith
The man in blue
June 16th 2011
Ipswich Town manager Paul Jewell talks to Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise about family, politics, man-management and his new home on the Suffolk/Essex border
Singing star Katherine has both feet firmly on the ground
May 19th 2011
She may be one of our most popular classical singers, but rugby loving Welsh soprano Katherine Jenkins (who is performing in Ipswich this summer) has no airs or graces, as Wayne Savage discovered
Spooks star's new mission in Suffolk
April 18th 2011
You may know Miranda Raison as an all-action MI5 officer in the hit series Spooks, but there is much more to the Suffolk actress. She tells Eileen Wise about her love of Aldeburgh, her new actor boyfriend and the challenges of golf
Blake are in tune with the social network
April 18th 2011
Classical boy band Blake are coming to Bury St Edmunds this month. As Dave Gooderham discovers, their award-winning global success owes a lot to the world of social media
Elaine Paige: Much more than just a showgirl
March 22nd 2011
As well as her West End fame Elaine Page has her own popular radio show and is dabbling with jazz. Dave Gooderham meets a singer going from strength to strength
Ashley Jensen Interview
March 17th 2011
Another of our exports to Hollywood has hit the big time; things became very Ugly Betty for the versatile Ashley Jensen.
Down on the farm with Jimmy
February 17th 2011
And on his farm he had a... herd of pigs, flock of sheep, restaurant, farm shop, music festival and even a film crew. Richard Bryson meets Jimmy Doherty, scientist, entrepreneur and the nation’s favourite celebrity farmer
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