Former PR consultant, Isabel Kelly, launched the Wardrobe Edit in Bedford earlier this year. The concept is simple: Isabel offers style advice to busy clients, keen to streamline their existing clothes, while adding some carefully curated wardrobe essentials. “I’ve unofficially been a stylist for the last 15 – 20 years, helping friends with fashion advice…
Since 2013, Bedford has been without a dedicated record shop. The gap has been filled by the quarterly BedPop Record Shops and weekly Vinyl Barn stall on Bedford Market, but record buyers have had to travel further afield to get the latest releases. But they need travel no longer! Long-time music lover, vinyl addict and…
As her Mill Street shop celebrates its 2nd birthday, we caught up with epanoui’s owner, Hannah Paine to find out her best bits of Bedford. Hannah trained as a jeweller at the prestigious Central St Martins College and shortly after launched her own collection. The bricks and mortar shop in the Cultural Quarter shortly followed. The name…
To celebrate the start of Wimbledon later this month, we thought we’d interrogate Bedford’s resident racquet wielder, Neil Frankel. Neil is Director of Coaching at Riverside Tennis Club on Goldington Road and is a born and bred Bedfordian. He’s worked at Riverside for 20 years, ever since leaving Leeds University with a Human Biology degree….
This month’s Best of Bedford comes from Cat Lane. Cat is an award-winning wedding photographer with an amazing eye for detail and a passion for what she does. We are lucky enough to count Cat among the many generous contributors to the Clanger, sharing her love for Bedford with our readers. Over the years, Cat…
Companions Real Bread was set up a year ago this month and began trading in June of last year. The concept is simple. The micro bakery was set up to provide employment and work experience for prison leavers to help with reform and recovery. The brainchild of Maggie Rich, Companions aims to build a community…
Clanger contributor, Priya Gill chatted to Playwright and Actress Ambreen Razia, about her one woman show Diary of a Hounslow Girl, which comes to The Place Theatre next Tuesday. How did you get your start in acting? I went to the University of West London which isn’t. When I came out of University, I was expecting…
This month we take a stroll around town with Max McMurdo, TV presenter, upcycler, tinkerer and local hero. Max first appeared on our TV screens back in 2008, when he took on the likes of Peter Jones and Theo Paphites in the Dragons’ Den, successfully gaining investment in his upcycling business, Reestore. In 2011 he…
Want to know what some of the best Bedfordians think are the best bits of Bedford? Then look no further! In the first of our new monthly features, we’ve grilled award-winning illustrator David Litchfield about his work and what his favourite bits of Bedford are… Author and illustrator, David Litchfield is no stranger to the…
On Saturday 18th February, indie darlings, Inheaven are playing at Bedford Esquires. They’re hotley tipped for 2017, so, as ever, this is a great chance to see them in an intimate venue while you can… The Clanger’s Lloyd Lugsden grabbed a short-but-perfectly-formed interview with bassist/vocalist Chloe Little. Expect big muffs and Dream Fuzz: Whats on your…