Pop-up Essex Writers House
For the whole of March, Chalkwell Hall in our dear Chalkwell Park is being turned into a pop-up Essex Writers House thanks to Metal Culture and a partnership with Essex Book Festival.
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Leigh on Sea News
Competition: Win tickets to Peppa Pigs Adventure at The Cliffs Pavilion
Peppa Pig and friends are back in the brand new live show Peppa Pig’s Adventure and you lucky lot can win a family ticket!
Foodie Rich European Tour Part 2
Here it is! Part two of my European tour! Lou and I are in Italy, Rome to be precise, and what a chic place it is. I’m sure we all have that preconception of Italians; whatever the occasion they just look extremely stylish. Gents wearing razor sharp suits, ladies in glamorous outfits, smart shoes, oh and always wearing sunglasses.
HistoricaLeigh - The Coliseum of Leigh (not Rome)
The Coliseum stood (and still to a certain degree stands) where today is Strangeways hairdressers and flats above in Elm Road.
Votes for Women in Leigh on sea!
On 6 February 2018 it will be exactly 100 years since some women were granted the right to vote in the UK for the first time.
Enough is Enough
For those of you that aren’t aware our lovely, bubbly, confident and ever so ditzy Lisa has been knocked for six.
Foodie Rich European Tour - Part 1
Those regulars to Leigh-on-sea.com may remember last year we jetted off half way round the world to visit Aussie friends; the year before that we were in India. So, whilst most others were dragging themselves back to work, Lou and I were sunning it up and sipping cocktails by the pool.
Sunset Boulevard : Theatre Review
Well, I have to admit, I am still tingling after last night’s performance of the Sunset Boulevard at Southend Cliffs Pavilion. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award®-winning show is darkly intense and completely mesmerising, thanks to its incredible cast and staging.
Sounds Familiar Music Quiz
A well-established quiz night in London, Manchester and Brighton, and they came to little old Southend on Sea last weekend.
Topping the tables for new GCSE measures
Statistics published yesterday by the Department for Education (DfE) confirmed Southend-on-Sea as an overall area performed well above the national* average under the Government’s new GCSE measures, coming 16th out of 151 local authority areas for the new Attainment 8 measure, and 13th for students achieving Grade 5 or above in English and maths combined (54.1% compared to 42.6% nationally).
Restaurant fined over £6,000 for noise offences
A Portuguese restaurant in Southend has landed a bill of more than £6,000 after consistently failing to repair a noisy extractor fan.
Stand out from the crowd
Something very rare is happening in Leigh on Sea that we haven’t seen for a good few years. There are actually quite a lot of properties for sale currently on the market.
Uniqlo Lates @ Tate Modern
Join us on the last Friday of the month to experience the gallery after-hours with a mix of art, music, film and workshops
Leigh-on-Sea Sounds: Big Yellow Suitcase
This week's Leigh-on-Sea sound is from Big Yellow Suitcase.
Wheeled Sports Consultation (Skate Park)
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council is looking for residents and visitors, including young people, to take part in an online consultation for a possible new sports facility in the town centre for wheeled sports enthusiasts.
‘No change’ recommended for school catchment areas south of London Road
A detailed report on school admission arrangements for community schools from September 2019 onwards will be considered by the council’s cabinet next week (Monday 29 January).
Council offers advice after conman targets small business
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council is urging small businesses in Southend to be vigilant, after a conman claiming to be from the Council’s licensing team conned a business owner out of £430.
Mindgame Review
Mindgame is a sharp thriller, full of wit and homage to the genre, but be warned, not all is as it seems within the grounds of Fairfield Hospital.
Competition: Gregg Wallace – Gregg on Food
Join Gregg for an evening of anecdotes, culinary expertise & behind the scenes tales.
Swedish Massage VS Hot Stone
We've had many people ask us recently about the benefits between Swedish massage and Hot Stone so I’m finally putting the two side by side!
