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Jan 20, 2025 | 
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A Grade II* listed church has been redesignated as a Minster in recognition of its work in the community. A service of celebration was held at St Mary le Tower in Ipswich on Sunday, led by the Reverend Martin Seeley, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
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Paul Rudolph’s visionary architecture helped shape mid-20th-century modernism, yet his work faces an enduring struggle for recognition and preservation. This book, to accompany a major retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, offers a vital reappraisal, finds Jon Wright
Paul Rudolph’s work has remained dangerously undervalued since his death in 1997, despite his stellar career as a designer and teacher.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
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Jon Wright - BBC News, Suffolk17 November 2024 at 1:54 am·1-min readParticipants in a photography project for women of different nationalities say showing their work gives them a sense of pride and has helped them make new friendships. Women of the World was run by the Hive community centre in Ipswich and led by professional photographer Gillian Allard.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
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Paul Martin has recently joined Combat 2 Coffee, who are expanding their roasting room in Ipswich [Jon Wright/BBC]Military veterans who run a support organisation that starts conversations about mental health over coffee have been sharing their reflections for Remembrance Day. Combat 2 Coffee was started in Suffolk in 2018 and last year served more than 250,000 cups from its coffee shops in Ipswich and mobile units.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
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As a new touring exhibition opens in Aberdeen celebrating Cedric Price’s work, Jon Wright and Tom Goodwin take a retrospective look at Samantha Hardingham’s Cedric Price, Works 1952–2003.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
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Ellisha Soanes won the Association of Colleges' (AoC) President's Award for her work teaching black history throughout the year [Ellisha Soanes]A diversity consultant says Black History Month, which started in 1987, needs to be the start for conversations about how the stories of black and brown people are embedded in school curriculums throughout the year. Ellisha Soanes is a co-director of Aspire Black Suffolk, which supports organisations on race, equality and inclusion.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
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October 7, 2024 at 12:36 AMOmolara Agboola said she stuck to her family recipe, but made it slightly less spicy for a wider audience [Jon Wright/BBC]A care worker from Nigeria has won a traditional cooking contest in celebration of Black History Month. Omolara Agboola took part in the annual Ipswich Jollof Extravaganza, organised by the charity Karibu, which supports African and minority ethnic families in Suffolk. She said: "I love cooking, I cook a lot.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
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September 25, 2024 at 1:46 AMVolunteer cook Ann Wyatt says more help would be welcomed "with open arms" [Jon Wright/BBC]A charity that provides free food has appealed for volunteers as it prepares for its first "community meal" in a new location. FoodCycle is about to launch a weekly meal in Ipswich to help tackle food poverty, loneliness and waste.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
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Jon Wright - BBC News, SuffolkSeptember 14, 2024 at 5:12 AM·3 min readPeople with lived experienced of poverty have been using their stories to help a council form new policies. Suffolk County Council commissioned the Tackling Poverty Together report in September 2022. The initiative is based on the Poverty Truth Commission model, which brings people with experience of financial hardship together with decision-makers in areas of civic life, such as councils, health professionals and police.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
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Jon Wright - BBC News, SuffolkSeptember 5, 2024 at 2:05 AM·2 min readA 10-year-old girl who raises money in memory of her mother who died of cancer has been celebrated at an awards night. Harli Dixon won the Fundraiser category at this year's BBC Radio Suffolk Make a Difference ceremony held at Trinity Park, near Ipswich. Judge Seymour Quigley said: "This category had some amazing stories of how people have turned difficult and devastating experiences, into powerful action to help others.
