July-August 2012
July and August are two very exciting months for Colchester. Starting with the arrival of the Olympic Torch on Friday 6th July and culminating in the absolutely brilliant Colchester Free Festival on Saturday 25th August. It promises to be the biggest and best free festival Colchester has yet seen. In between, we see around 50 businesses taking part in the Birkett Long £50 Challenge – a summer-long fundraising challenge in aid of St Helena Hospice. Read all about it in the mag. West Mersea plays host to a music-filled Jubilee Regatta on 25th August – a treat for all the family. For even more ideas on how to spend your summer in Colchester check out our What’s On Guide. As always, it’s packed with stuff to see and do.
Features in this issue
More Than Just a Music Festival...
5 Great Reasons to Attend Latitude 2012 1 Close Encounters Located just a 90-minute car rideaway, in the Sunrise Coast of Southwold, Latitude is one of the closest festivals to Colchester. The family-friendly weekend won’t involve sitting in hot car...
It Happened Almost by Accident
Sophie Cole chats to up-and-coming singer Joe Boyd ahead of his debut album launch. It was on one of this year’s few sunny evenings that I met up and coming musician Joe Boyd in Castle Park to find out all about his new album Totem. ...
Island Records
Mersea Island resident Juliet Doyle reports back from the nautical haven with some handy dates for the summer calendar. Mersea Island certainly pulled out all the stops for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, with the best e...
All Things Digital & More
If you’ve been following The Colchester Circle website over the past few months, you will have seen our fantastic redesign. We’ve teamed up with 77 Studios to create site that benefits our readers to the max. Find out ...
Benn’s tips for Olympic Hair
Benjamin Charles takes inspiration from the Olympic Games for this issue’s top hair tips. Greece In classical Greece, women’s hair was long and pulled back into a chignon. ...
Benjamin Charles: A Cut Above
It’s hard to remember a time when the terms ‘recession’, ‘credit crunch’ and ‘tough economic climate’ weren’t bandied around on a daily basis. Claire Owen finds out why Benjamin Charles is bucking the trend. ...
Lose Inches In Your Lunch Break
Anastasia Grabova finds out how to get trim and toned, without lifting a single dumbbell. I don’t know about you but I’ve been looking forward to summer ever since the sun set on the last one. And no...
Head for the Sun
From sunworshippers, shopaholics and spa devotees to honeymooners, families and sporty types,...
Art and the Egg
Jonathan Doyle meets the artist Ben Coode-Adams and hears how his strong sense of community m...
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Music Review
Stuart Braybrooke gives us the lowdown on two bands picked from Colchester’s thriving musi...
“Expect the Unexpected”
So was the University of Essex Summer Ball described to Editor Anastasia Grabova when s...
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Keep Colchester Cool Recommends…
Here are just some of the events taking place in July and August that you can go to, sa...
That Boy Racer Thrill
Tim Barnes-Clay test-drives the latest SEAT Leon. Harnessing 208 horses th...