Yasmin Sidhwa creates theatre with a mission

Photographer: David Fisher “We’ve become so PC that people won't talk and then when they are given half a chance it's bubbling under the surface”. Castaways – the new thought-provoking theatre play written by the award-winning playwright Atiha Sen Gupta is now coming to its end after having been on a National tour since May. It...

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Small businesses on Etsy

Callum Brown is 23 years old and lives in Colchester. Two years ago he started his own Etsy store called CBUniquelyCrafted. Since then he has been making wooden Swedish Torch Floor Lamps on the weekends and in the past twelve months his business has started to take off. The idea came when he was browsing...

BUNA is bringing high quality coffee to Colchester

Dominik Burcin is currently doing his last year in politics at the University of Essex and despite studying, just under a year ago he became a founder of the company called BUNA Coffee in Colchester. It came about when he was working as an intern for Knowledge Pathways International and managed to convince two of...

Tracey Childs: From acting to producing

Tracey Childs might be most known for playing Lynne Howard in the 1980s drama series Howards' Way. She has also starred as Linda Cosgrove in the television series Born and Bred and most recently Elaine Jenkinson in Broadchurch. Her absolute favourite roles however include Martha in Who’s afraid of Virginia Wolf and Tracy Lord in...

Home Exchanging – Cheaper and better holidays

Instead of spending money on a hotel or renting a villa more families than before are now opening up to the idea of swapping their homes with families overseas. Aside from being budget friendly by saving money on hotel costs, rental cars and luggage, home exchanges also gives you the opportunity to really immerse yourself...

Elysium Sky’s debut album release

Elysium Sky performing their debut album Echoes From Nowhere at The Bull, Soundhouse in Colchester.

”I have lived my whole life as an immigrant” – Afghan refugees in Sweden

I’m sitting in front of a small coffee table, the walls around me have a bright yellowish green colour and in one corner of the room there’s an open fire, next to it stands a Christmas tree. I’m on an Island called Gotland situated about 95 miles outside the coast of Stockholm. In front of...

Is it okay for parents to smack their children?

In Scottish and Walesh legal systems changes have been made which will make it illegal for a parent to smack their child but in England people still seem to think that parents know best. According to section 58 of the Children Act 2004 it’s illegal for a parent or carer to smack their child except...