Dear Sir/Madam, 
 MENTAL health problems affect one in four of us, yet too many people are made to feel isolated, ashamed and worthless because of this. Time to Talk Day encourages everyone to be more open about mental health – to talk, to listen,…

FOUR projects have been selected for Harlow SOUP’s next community crowdfunding event on Thursday 27th February at Pemberley Academy, Harlow Four community projects have been selected for the February SOUP: Community Embrace; funding for an Around the World Festival & Community Fun Day, as well…

The Noise Next Door: In Charge THE quickest wits in comedy are charging into their sixth national tour with a spectacular new show that will trample your expectations.The charismatic quartet have always astonished with their ability to spin audience suggestions into comedy gold, but for…

Essex Youth Jazz Orchestra will be performing at Marigolds in Harlow THE young musicians will perform music from the swing era by Count Basie Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie alongside more contemporary music from Miles Davis, Eberhard Weber and Mathias Eick. Something for everyone! Directed…

FOLLOW young Phil & Don Everly, as the boys from a humble Kentucky coal mining community appear at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville in 1957… inspiring the Beatles, the Hollies and many others with their angelic harmonies….. all the way to their triumphant reunion…

WITH just twelve weeks to go before the London Marathon, runners will be at different stages of their preparation. For some, they may well be up to fifteen miles or more, usually completed on Sunday mornings. For others, they may be just getting to seven…

The Harvey Centre Hosts Free Kids’ Yoga for Mental Health Awareness Week THIS year, The Harvey Centre, Harlow is acknowledging Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week with the chance for the little ones to enjoy FREE yoga taster sessions with local company, ‘Yes Yoga’, on the…

LOVELY Luna, a seven-and-a-half month old Cane Corso, will ‘lead the pack’ at St Clare Hospice’s annual Winter Walkies 5k sponsored dog walk (on Sunday 23rd February) after being crowned winner of their Cutest Canine Competition. Luna, owned by Bethany Commins from Epping, has been…

THE SCULPTOR whose work adorns various parts of the town centre has died. Walter Mitchell was 95 when he passed away after a short illness. Thousands of Harlow residents and visitors will have seen his work. Some will have stopped and admired the work,, many…

ACCORDING to historian Barbara Tuchman, the invention of the ball ranks as highly as the invention of the wheel. Simon Inglis agrees, especially after spending years delving into cubbyholes at pavilions and museums, in workshops and factories, finding out how these apparently simple objects came…

New Rail Sail ticket to Europe offers alternative to flying HOLIDAY makers in the East of England now have the option of a more environmentally friendly route to the continent, thanks to a bargain ‘Rail and Sail’ deal. Greater Anglia, Stena Line and NS, the…

DO you ever feel like your body takes up too much space in world that doesn’t want to make any room? Katie is fat. She’s pretty much always been fat, and probably will be fat forever more. Join her in the ‘Cha Cha Slide’, munch…

THE Compassionate Neighbours project at St Clare Hospice is appealing for volunteers to come forward in an attempt to end social isolation throughout West Essex and East Herts, amongst those coming to the end of their lives or living with a life-limiting illness. The programme…

ALTHOUGH known under different names, St Stephen’s Baby and Toddler Group has been running for the best part of sixty years and remains very popular. The group meets every Tuesday between 10am and 11:30am and it costs only £2 per session per family. Refreshment are…