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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 of adorable reindeer! Nick Dean’s Woodbine Reindeer… seen here in EastEnders’ Albert Square! There Are Few Sights more festive, or as jolly as a reindeer. For decades they’ve been inspiring wide-eyed awe as children look upon them as Santa Claus’s magical friends. But for one local family, their appeal goes much further, with Nick & Steph Dean enjoying a great bond with their herd of 22 reindeer on their 14-acre farm near Oundle. “Welfare. Welfare above and before anything else,” says Nick, as he completes the ritual of the morning feed. “When you spend as much time around the animals...

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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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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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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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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...

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The View from Uffington

This month we’re paying a visit to the village of Uffington and discovering scarecrows, summer fun and community spirit as...

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Talking Shop

Stamford remains a town which prides itself on both the health of – and the ongoing support for – its...

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Strictly speaking…

Residents of a local village have welcomed a new neighbour who also happens to be a familiar face from Saturday...

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Stamford’s Most Famous…

As three of the town’s most famous figures – Colin Dexter, ‘Jack’ Pick and Harry Burton – are set to...

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The Good Food Awards 2021

This month we reveal the winners of our 2021 Good Food Awards. Back in October we invited our readers to...

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Build Your Own Motor Car

Probably the most thoughtful gift I could give the present Mrs Davis this festive season is 400 hours away from...

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A tale of two Williams

Oxford don, historian and broadcaster, Prof., Suzannah Lipscomb stops by in Stamford this month to deliver an engaging lecture on...

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Olympic Lord Burghley

It’s the Olympic performance which inspired a nation and the film Chariots of Fire, released 40 years ago, too. This...

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A Tribute In Song, for The Duke of Edinburgh

Rutland writer and performer, Henry Dawe, has produced a charity fundraising song in tribute to HRH The Prince Philip, Duke...

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Pick of the bunch

This month we’re remembering the time that Stamford played a part in Great Britain’s motoring heritage as we remember Pick’s...

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900 Years of History

Peterborough’s magnificent Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew is over 900 years old and is looking...

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Made in Stamford

For a relatively small town, Stamford has enjoyed contributing a few quirky footnotes to the history books. This month we’re...

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Wash with Joy

One local couple’s new business is hewn from a desire to make sure that mindfulness, luxury and socially-minded commerce are...

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The Sound of Musette

Enjoy ‘un accordéoniste redoutable’ this month as we introduce the incredible sound of Stamford accordionist, composer and singer Jonny Kerry,...

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Love Set in Stone

From Lincoln to London, the Eleanor Cross monuments are a dozen reminders of King Edward I’s beloved wife, Eleanor of...

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Uneasy is the Head…

Of all the historical characters associated with Peterborough Cathedral, Katharine of Aragon – the first of Henry VIII’s six wives...

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Taking The Crown

Some of the backgrounds in Netflix’s flagship drama The Crown may look as familiar as the faces themselves… and that’s...