Listing of selected articles

Award-winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, creator of much-loved TV detective Vera Stanhope, heads to Southwold this month, the home of crime fiction, with revelations of her latest mystery.

She may be based on a farm in north Norfolk, but Abbey Molyneux is quickly building a name for herself in boat restoration

Marianne McNamara captains the Mikron Theatre Company which has been touring British waterways by narrowboat for 50 years.

Catherine Larner on the reconstruction of the Anglo-Saxon ship unearthed at Sutton Hoo.

Young archaeologist John Henry Phillips was searching for direction in his life when he stumbled upon a rare find - WWII veteran Patrick Thomas, haunted by memories of his D-Day experience

A boat that was built for Swallows and Amazons author Arthur Ransome is being given new life in Suffolk, as Catherine Larner explains.

The things we collect tell the story of our life and loves. Author Julia Blackburn and her friend and neighbour, artist Tessa Newcomb, decided to explore the objects in Julia's Suffolk village home.

Jim Lawrence is a living icon of the days of sail, and although best known as a sailmaker, he started off as a barge hand on England's east coast.

Marriage and moving to Helmingham as a young woman made Xa Tollemache a gardener and then an award-winning designer. Now she tells the story of how she transformed Helmingham's gardens, as well as many others, in a beautiful first book.

Slaughter in Southwold says it all. If you love a good murder mystery you won't want to miss this festival dedicated to crime writing. Meet the authors, learn their secrets...just don't expect them to tell you the whole story.

BBC journalist and broadcaster Justin Webb kept the truth about his real father a secret for most of his life. Now he reveals much about his painful 1970s childhood in a new book.

Old World Ear II diaries and documents languishing in Julia Jones' attic revealed that her father's passion for sailing was rather more than just a weekend hobby.

Most of us have struggled to find a present for the person who seems to have everything. Imagine finding something for the Queen. Ingeniously, a group of people have made a gift for the monarch...and for the people of Suffolk too.

Abbey 1000 gets underway in Bury St Edmunds this month - celebrations will recreate the journeys of pilgrims to the tow and the monks who lived there more than 1,000 years ago.

Robert Simper has spent his life writing about boats and saving working vessels of the Thames estuary.