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A Visit to Oakham

With plenty of thriving independent businesses, more than a handful of history plus regular live events and a real sense of community, it’s easy to see why Oakham is one of the area’s most successful market towns! Oakham Bandstand. Image: Rob Davis. Oakham is rather unusual. When most town centres are struggling, this one is positively thriving. Rutland is generally regarded as being one of the best places in the country in terms of quality of life, and if you consider its largest town, home to about 12,500 people, you’ll observe a lively, happy community keen to celebrate the best that the town has to offer residents and visitors. That perhaps illustrates why Rutland as a community, Oakham as a...

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A Push Towards Blush

This month we’re championing rural vogue with Fairfax & Favor, whose Stamford store will soon be home to these beautiful...

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Stamford Schools and Education

Here, we profile some of the best independent schools across Stamford and the surrounding area, offering the very best education...

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Letting Off Steam

This month the Stapleford Miniature Railway gain an apprentice to help run out their steam locomotive, John H Gretton. It’s...

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Antiques and Apéritifs

For a delightful evening this month, join antiques expert, gallery owner and TV personality Paul Martin as he speaks at...

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Rutland’s Twin Towns

Don’t forget your passport this month as we take a tour around Europe and beyond with Rutland’s twin towns, and...

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Rowing for Amy

This month we’re following the extraordinary journey of Andrew Osborne as he passes the half-way point of an epic 3,000...

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Kindred at Stamford Arts Centre

From 4th-19th April, nine local artists gather together at Stamford Arts Centre to host a joint exhibition. Kindred explores evocative...

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The Beauty of Barrowden

Home to about 700 people, the village of Barrowden is a terrifically close-knit community which loves to take action to...

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Sloping Off

A significant investment in Tallington Lakes’ dry ski slope has seen the facility resurfaced with a state-of-the-art surface that will benefit...

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Prints Charming by Angela Harding

A new book by Rutland printmaker and artist Angela Harding is a beautifully illustrated study of the natural world. Here,...

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Reindeer in Stamford

Nick Dean and family enjoy bringing festive joy to the area… with more than a little help from their herd...

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G4 Perform in Peterborough

Bringing festive spirit to Peterborough Cathedral, Jonathan Ansell is one of the founder members of the classical crossover group G4....

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Exton Artist Penny Richardson

From your beloved pet or a family member, to your favourite Rutland landscape, no commission is too challenging to inspire...

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Stamford by Night…

As the nights draw in and Halloween approaches, Nicola Sandall and her colleagues are putting on a thick jumper, a...

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The Gunpowder Plot: A Rutland Rebellion

The little hamlet of Stoke Dry, covers about one and a half square miles. It has a population of fewer...

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Building Burghley’s greatest challenges

Working alongside Burghley’s cross-country course designer Derek di Grazia, it’s Philip Herbert’s job to construct the obstacles for one of...

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New for 2022: Burghley TV

This year’s Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials sees the launch of a brand new digital TV service hosted by Vogue...

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Art in VR at Burghley House

Extraordinary artist Artemisia Gentileschi’s work comes to life at Burghley House this month in a truly unique exhibition, which takes...

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A Stone’s Throw in Clipsham

The village of Clipsham, in typical Rutland style, offers much in little, with beauty spots made from former quarries, idyllic...

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A Chance Meeting

Happily, the only thing that melted during Peter’s snowy Zermatt proposal was Sam’s heart, and after two false starts (thank...

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Jubilee Celebrations at Grimsthorpe Castle

This month the Heathcote Drummond family and the team at Grimsthorpe Castle in Bourne are all preparing to remember a...