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Event: Cambridge Travel Festival brings the world to our doorstep

01 November 2024
Event: Cambridge Travel Festival brings the world to our doorstep

Event: Cambridge Travel Festival brings the world to our doorstep

01 November 2024

Planning a trip? Get inspiration, advice and discounts at the inaugural Cambridge Travel Festival


Beauty: Six of the best Advent calendars your money can buy

25 October 2024
Beauty: Six of the best Advent calendars your money can buy

Beauty: Six of the best Advent calendars your money can buy

25 October 2024

The beauty advent calendar is a blissful addition to the Christmas countdown. Velvet rounds up six of this year’s best buys


Recipe: Treats that trick you into healthier eating

06 October 2024
Recipe: Treats that trick you into healthier eating

Recipe: Treats that trick you into healthier eating

06 October 2024

Want to bake Halloween treats that are cute and tasty but not full of nasties? Make these mummy cookies, courtesy of Sevenhills Wholefoods


Real Life: How Cambridge Children’s Hospital will change lives

16 September 2024
Real Life: How Cambridge Children’s Hospital will change lives

Real Life: How Cambridge Children’s Hospital will change lives

16 September 2024

Supported by charitable festive fair Presents Galore, the new Cambridge Children's Hospital will change lives, say a local mother and son


Win: A £300 shopping experience with Scamp & Dude! **CLOSED**

27 June 2024
Win: A £300 shopping experience with Scamp & Dude! **CLOSED**

Win: A £300 shopping experience with Scamp & Dude! **CLOSED**

27 June 2024

To celebrate the brand’s arrival in Cambridge, you could win a £300 shopping and styling experience for two!


Win: Gut health supplements from Adday Wellness **CLOSED**

27 June 2024
Win: Gut health supplements from Adday Wellness **CLOSED**

Win: Gut health supplements from Adday Wellness **CLOSED**

27 June 2024

Want to give your gut health a boost? You could win supplements worth £39.99 from Adday Wellness. . .


Win: Quentin Blake exhibition and theatre tickets! **CLOSED**

27 June 2024
Win: Quentin Blake exhibition and theatre tickets! **CLOSED**

Win: Quentin Blake exhibition and theatre tickets! **CLOSED**

27 June 2024

Be in with a chance of winning exhibition and theatre tickets. . .


Award Win: Velvet crowned Regional Magazine of the Year

05 April 2024
Award Win: Velvet crowned Regional Magazine of the Year

Award Win: Velvet crowned Regional Magazine of the Year

05 April 2024

Judges at the national Newspaper Awards hail the magazine a “stand-out title”


Easter: This year’s must-buy eggs for all the family

15 March 2024
Easter: This year’s must-buy eggs for all the family

Easter: This year’s must-buy eggs for all the family

15 March 2024

We teamed up with our friends at Brampton’s The Food Marketing Agency to put a clutch of this year’s eggs to the test. . .


Christmas: Make dates for these great Cambridge shopping events

10 November 2023
Christmas: Make dates for these great Cambridge shopping events

Christmas: Make dates for these great Cambridge shopping events

10 November 2023

Need to get going on your Christmas gift list? These Cambridge markets and pop-up shop are the perfect places to start. . .


Beauty: Looking for a beauty advent? Here’s nine of the best

27 October 2023
Beauty: Looking for a beauty advent? Here’s nine of the best

Beauty: Looking for a beauty advent? Here’s nine of the best

27 October 2023

The beauty advent calendar is a blissful addition to the Christmas countdown. Velvet rounds up nine of this year’s best buys


Weddings: Retro styling at its finest in this Copper and Bloom photoshoot

31 August 2023
Weddings: Retro styling at its finest in this Copper and Bloom photoshoot

Weddings: Retro styling at its finest in this Copper and Bloom photoshoot

31 August 2023

Lodge Farm in Fulbourn is transformed into a wedding wonderland in this retro-inspired photoshoot


Wellbeing: Hair SOS? Cambridge Trichology can help

17 February 2023
Wellbeing: Hair SOS? Cambridge Trichology can help

Wellbeing: Hair SOS? Cambridge Trichology can help

17 February 2023

Her own experience of hair loss inspired Cambridge’s Caroline Yates to train in clinical trichology - and then open her own clinic in the city. . .


Art: Dinky Doors go under hammer for Street Aid

20 January 2023
Art: Dinky Doors go under hammer for Street Aid

Art: Dinky Doors go under hammer for Street Aid

20 January 2023

Want to own an artwork by ‘Cambridge’s Banksy’? Now’s your chance. . .


Market: Shop and make merry at Stonham Barns

04 November 2022
Market: Shop and make merry at Stonham Barns

Market: Shop and make merry at Stonham Barns

04 November 2022

This year's Christmas Craft Market at Stowmarket's Stonham Barns Park is set to be the most festive yet, as Velvet discovers


Books: Looking for your next page-turner? Read on

20 October 2022
Books: Looking for your next page-turner? Read on

Books: Looking for your next page-turner? Read on

20 October 2022

A J Campbell - a mum-of-three and full-time carer from Stansted - has published four novels in two years, all with page-turning plots. . .


Recipes: Top three booze-free cocktails for summer

27 August 2022
Recipes: Top three booze-free cocktails for summer

Recipes: Top three booze-free cocktails for summer

27 August 2022

Raise a glass to the August Bank Holiday - with a trio of cocktails full of flavour but free from booze, courtesy of Seedlip


Recipes: Best ever burger and chips - but vegan

23 August 2022
Recipes: Best ever burger and chips - but vegan

Recipes: Best ever burger and chips - but vegan

23 August 2022

What could be better than a juicy burger in a squishy bun with a side of crispy chips? All the above, but vegan. Here’s how to make them. . .


Food: Top five afternoon teas in Cambs and Suffolk

13 August 2022
Food: Top five afternoon teas in Cambs and Suffolk

Food: Top five afternoon teas in Cambs and Suffolk

13 August 2022

To mark Afternoon Tea Week, Velvet writer Claudia Goodman recommends five top spots to take tea in both Cambridgeshire and Suffolk


Recipes: Dine alfresco the Mediterranean way

08 August 2022
Recipes: Dine alfresco the Mediterranean way

Recipes: Dine alfresco the Mediterranean way

08 August 2022

Read on to download a *free* recipe book filled with delicious Italian-inspired dishes ideal for alfresco dining. . .