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Fun, a confidence builder, great exercise – burlesque has it all
“People really start to shine when they put a corset on for burlesque. They feel like a million dollars.” So says Lulu Sapphire, burlesque extraordinaire, who has just started classes in the flamboyant art at Colcheste...
Colchester Executive Job Club supports Kay with successful career transition
When Kay Harper was made redundant after 23 years with the same company, she felt as though she was suffering a bereavement. And at the age of 57, she wasn’t sure whether she would be given a commensurate ...
Complete wedding day worth £15,000 to be won with Heath House 1898
No matter how often you say that your wedding will be small and simple, inevitably, the price always sky-rockets. Ceremony, reception venue, bridal gown, suits, flowers, food, drink, photographs...unless you only have ...
Amelie and Jessica give away their gorgeous locks for charity
Two caring little girls have raised hundreds of pounds for charity by having their long hair cut off at a Colchester salon. Five-year-old Amelie Barker and Jessica Pattin...
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, Tunisia has something fo...
Art and the Egg
Jonathan Doyle meets the artist Ben Coode-Adams and hears how his strong sense of community makes his art a very socia...
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Music Review
Stuart Braybrooke gives us the lowdown on two bands picked from Colchester’s thriving music scene. Slo...
“Expect the Unexpected”
So was the University of Essex Summer Ball described to Editor Anastasia Grabova when she was asked to attend A ...
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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, safe in the knowledge of he...
That Boy Racer Thrill
Tim Barnes-Clay test-drives the latest SEAT Leon. Harnessing 208 horses the motor is capable of 145...