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Recipes: Make the ultimate Easter feast

1 week ago | velvetmag.co.uk | Alice Ryan

Published: 08:47, 18 April 2025 If it’s your turn to host lunch this Easter Sunday, look no further for a crowd-pleaser of a menu: a fresh veggie-filled main and side, followed by a chocolatey riff on classic bread and butter pud Easter Spring Vegetable Quiche Serves: 6 people | Prep time: 40 minutes, plus 30 mins chilling time | Cook time: 40 minutes Ingredients: Pastry: 300g plain white flour Pinch of Maldon Sea Salt 150g unsalted cold butter, cubed 3-4 tbsp cold water Filling: 1 knob of...
Easter Eggs: Behind the scenes at Ely’s change-making chocolate factory

1 week ago | velvetmag.co.uk | Alice Ryan

Eat an Easter egg from Ely social enterprise Harry Specters and you’re not only treating yourself, you’re doing a little good in the world. . . Founded to create both top-quality chocolate and opportunities for autistic people, social enterprise Harry Specters has gone from bright idea to brilliant business in little over a decade. Alice Ryan visits its Ely HQOpen the front door of the Harry Specters factory in Ely and your nose confirms you’re in the right place.
Feature: The inspiring story behind East Anglian-based charity Ormiston Families

1 week ago | velvetmag.co.uk | Louise Cummings

Charity partner for Velvet Magazine’s 2025 Food & Drink Awards, Ormiston Families has been helping to create brighter futures across East Anglia since 1981. Andrew Fitchett, Head of Communications and Public Affairs, tells us moreHow did Ormiston Families begin? It was inspired by a woman called Fiona Ormiston Murray who sadly passed away on her honeymoon. Everyone knew that she wanted to start a family so her parents and siblings decided to do something to honour her memory.
Fit Bits: Meet PTs Zoë and Em who run fully-inclusive EmpowerFitUK in Cambridge

1 week ago | velvetmag.co.uk | Louise Cummings

Published: 10:37, 15 April 2025 | Updated: 10:37, 15 April 2025 Cambridge-based PT duo Zoë MacFadyen and Em Wyer are dedicated to making fitness inclusive, safe and enjoyable for allOur fitness storyWe’re Zoë and Em - personal trainers with over nine years of joint experience in the fitness industry. We founded EmpowerFitUK - Cambridge’s only female PT duo who want to make fitness a safe and inclusive space for everyone to feel their best.
Feature: A life-long love of skateboarding inspired Max Jamieson to start his own school

1 week ago | velvetmag.co.uk | Louise Cummings

Since the moment he jumped onto his first skateboard as a child in Portugal, Max Jamieson has been hooked! Now the founder of Cambridge’s Shredder Skate School, he passes on the joy of the thrilling sport to a whole new generationWhen did you launch Shredder and what inspired you? I started the school in 2016 as I was giving skateboarding lessons as a way to raise money for the new skate park in Burwell.
Shop Local: New Cambridge home and beauty stores to visit this spring

2 weeks ago | velvetmag.co.uk | Alice Ryan

Fancy a spot of retail therapy? These new shops in and around Cambridge are all well worth a visit. . . You’ll also find Fairtrade furnishings, artist collaboration plates and a wide range of jewellery. For more go to 40greenstreet.com and follow @40_green_street_cambridge on Instagram.
Win: A House of Glow face and body oil set - worth £95!

2 weeks ago | velvetmag.co.uk | Alice Ryan

Here’s a treat for your skin: we’ve got a trio of House of Glow face and body oils to be won. . . If you read our recent feature on local beauty brands, you’ll know that House of Glow, based in Bury St Edmunds, specialises in plant-based products suitable for even the most sensitive skins.
Fundraising Fun: Join the Sunset Walk and help Bury’s St Nicholas Hospice

2 weeks ago | velvetmag.co.uk | Louise Cummings

Published: 15:34, 10 April 2025 | Updated: 15:34, 10 April 2025 As the sun sets on a balmy summer’s day, step out into the night for a pleasant stroll with family or friends to support an amazing cause. The St Nicholas Hospice Care’s Sunset Walk, which sets off from Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds on Saturday, June 21, is an evening of remembrance, celebration and community spirit.
Wellbeing: Time to slow down and discover Mother Nature’s health benefits

2 weeks ago | velvetmag.co.uk | Louise Cummings

Does nature have the power to heal? Clinical hypnotherapist and stress-management coach Melanie Davies explores ways to connect to Mother Earth’s medicine Celebrating International Mother Earth Day and Stress Awareness Month, it seems fitting to focus on the relationship between the two. Living in a fast-paced, increasingly urban and tech-driven world, I invite you to slow down for a moment and dip into the science behind the incredible benefits that nature offers to our health and wellbeing.
What’s On: Meet adorable baby dinos and mighty beasts at Grand Arcade

2 weeks ago | velvetmag.co.uk | Louise Cummings

Brace yourself for roarsome fun this Easter as Grand Arcade turns prehistoric with the arrival of six awesome animatronic dinosaursDino-mite adventure awaits at Jurassic Arcade where fearless explorers can track down a terrifying Tyrannosaurus, come face-to-face with a razor-toothed Troodon and chance upon a Ceratosaurus. Six colossal creatures including a Plateosaurus, Kentrosaurus and Triceratops, are currently stomping the grounds of Grand Arcade.