David Baker, of West End in Schools, also spent a day working with the whole school to create a play in a day – teaching each class one of seven sections of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He said: “Each group was told the story so…

MUSEUMS across Essex will be taking part in the international initiative #MuseumWeek celebrating culture on Twitter across the world. Returning for the second year, #MuseumWeek will launch on 23 March and run for one week until 29 March with the aim of connecting followers to…

LET US drop in on the Moot House Players and see what is on this week….. A spokesperson said: “We are fast approaching our third production of the 2014/15 season. Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, adapted by Steven Berkoff & is now being directed for us…

THEY say there is a family atmosphere down at the Harlow Park Run and it was certainly proven on Saturday morning. Vandals had damaged the locker that all the marshalling equipment is placed in. With a record number set to run, the course directors rallied…

A SCHOOL with students speaking up to 50 different languages is celebrating its diverse culture. Freshwaters Primary Academy, in School Lane, Harlow, has seen an increase in the number of pupils joining without any English skills. To encourage non-English speaking families to feel a part…

THREE Harlow AC youngsters made the long journey to compete at the English Schools Cross Country Championships on Saturday 14th March 2015 in Blackburn. The athletes had qualified to compete at the championships after being selected from performances in their own county championships where the…

THE Heath Players will be performing Bomber’s Moon by William Ivory (Common as Muck Made in Dagenham fame) on Wednesday 18th- Saturday 21st March at 8pm at the Hatfield Heath Village Hall. This is a fantastic two hander featuring the very talented Lee Barnes and…

Review: By Catherine Johnson Jekyll and Hyde, the play, is described by Sell a Door theatre company as a reinterpreted modern adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s cult classic novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The adaption is written by Jo Clifford,…

Ryman Div One North Dereham Town 0 v 1 Harlow A FIRST half goal from Billy Jones was enough to secure the three points for Harlow. Jones goal came after good work by Junior Dadson and Jared Small which saw Jones run into the box…

IN early March, a cast of 50 pupils at Stewards Academy took to the stage to tell a thrilling story of high school hopes and heartbreak. Over four performances of their major production of ‘Back to the 80s’, pupils transported audiences to the era of…

By Olivia Bekiki WITH the increase of smartphones and digital portability devices, social media has proved itself to be of great utility. Being able to connect with numerous people, to create and share news, pictures or videos has definitely become the 21st century’s current trend.…

AFTER three successive promotions in the last three years, which have taken Penguins back into the top division for the first time since in nearly 10 years, Harlow Penguins started their Essex League campaign on Saturday at Basildon sporting village and came very close to…

Communications company EE opened a new store at the Queensgate Centre in Harlow on Thursday. The store has created five new jobs and will be the firm’s second store in the town. For more information, please visit www.ee.co.uk.

Sammy was already the boy wonder of the clarinet, when he joined Ken Colyer’s Jazzmen at the dawn of the ‘60s. Not content with just gigging around at the highest professional UK level, he went to the very cradle of Jazz, New Orleans, to learn…