Box River News, 18 Stone Street, Sudbury, Suffolk (2024)

24/07/2024

Tesco may well have boxes of Christmas chocs already for sale in store 😱, but the August Box River News is a seasonal gift for now! Pull on your best swimming cozzie, lather on the sunscreen (The Glow Pro in this issue has got you covered!), make yourself a huge pint of gin and tonic and relax in the garden with your favourite monthly read from the Box River Benefice. Catch up with your favourite columns - the Butcher's Wife bawls her eyes out (and it's not from the onions in this month's recipe), the Natural Boxford group draw inspiration from Bower House Farm and Chloris reveals the shocking connection between roses and prescription painkiller addiction 😲. It's all here in the BRN! Eager-beavers can grab their online copy here: https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2024/August or it'll start sauntering through your letterboxes from this weekend onwards.

20/06/2024

Trying to ignore the fact that there's a general election about to happen at the moment is nigh-on impossible, BUT it does mean that the BRN's favourite event of 'Dogs at Polling Stations' is about to occur! Hooray! If you're the much more sensible type who would rather focus on the human aspect of the election, you'll find profiles of all the main candidates inside the pages of this month's magazine to help you decide who to give your vote to. Also in this issue: updates from Natural Boxford on the local wildlife explosion, all the photos from the beautiful gardens taking part in the recent Open Gardens events in the benefice, The Butcher's Wife reveals the inner secrets from 20 years of living with The Butcher, and we have the fascinating story of local business Rules Coaches from historian Roger Loose. Exercise your civic right to stay in the know by heading on over to https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2024/July to download your copy, or let the news come to your letterbox from this weekend onwards!

23/05/2024

The summer is sooo close - we can all feel it in our bones! The holidays are literally around the corner and everyone's starting to feel a bit of a spring in their step. Dare I say I've seen a few more pairs of shorts making an tentative appearance outside?
There's plenty to start getting excited about in this issue of the Box River News: all of the village open gardens will soon be flinging open their gates to gardeners and admirers alike, summer fetes and fairs are excitedly preparing their beer tents and welly-wanging and musicians are eagerly tuning up ready to entertain with concerts aplenty! The events calendar in this month's issue is bursting at the seams!
Make sure you don't miss out - grab your online copy today at https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2024/June or it'll saunter languidly through your letterboxes from this weekend onwards. Enjoy!

23/04/2024

So much for 'No-Mow May' - if the weather keeps it up as it has been it'll be more like 'Can't Mow May'! Of course, has this for one second daunted the fearless residents of the Box River Benefice villages? Not on your Nellie! Community spring-cleans are being organised left, right and centre (get involved!) - parish councils are busy beautifying our surroundings, intrepid gardeners are busy weeding and hoeing their gardens to perfection in anticipation of the open gardens events to come. Burst out of your winter chrysalis and grab your online copy of the BRN right now at https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2024/May or eagerly anticipate its arrival through your door from this weekend onwards!

20/03/2024

There's a distinct hint of optimism in the air with the arrival of April. Nature is busy unfurling from a long, wet winter, the days are lengthening, meaning we can all get a bit more done each day, and everyone in the Box River Benefice is just starting to think about enjoying a bit of the outside, be it dog walks, a spot of gardening, or a general spring clean and airing. The ambitious might even think about dusting the old barbecue off, the crazy fools. There's a plethora of events just waiting for you in this month's BRN - have a read then get out there and blow away those winter cobwebs! Out for delivery from this weekend onwards, or the chronologically-impatient amongst you can grab your online copy here: https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2024/April

22/02/2024

Spring is springing! Insects are awakening, the birds are tweeting - fruit trees are all starting to flower, and judging from the early numbers proliferating, it's going to be an absolutely bumper-harvest year for potholes! The March BRN is out now, get it online at https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2024/March or our band of merry umbrella-brandishing weather stalwarts will be delivering them out to you from this weekend onwards! Enjoy!

22/01/2024

Love is in the air! 💖 It might well be being battered around at 80mph by the storms, but it's definitely in the air! This February is special as 2024 is a leap year, so the BRN is expecting to hear of loads of marriage proposals on February 29th! 💍
Anyway, weddings aside, the Feb BRN is now out and you'll LOVE it! Head on over to https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2024/February to download your digital copy, or swoon wistfully by your letterbox for its sweet nothings to arrive from this weekend onwards! Love you all! 😘

19/12/2023

The peculiarities of the publishing world demand that the Box River News release its New Year 2024 issue even before we've stuck a fork into 2023's Christmas sprouts, so you'll just have to forgive me for shouting HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all and put it down as one of those weird things.
Anyway, what a year 2023 was in the Box River Benefice. With so many events, concerts and parties going on locally it's been an absolute delight to promote and report on as many of them as possible. Let's raise a glass to everyone that made living in this tiny but beautiful part of the world such a joy, and let's all make sure that 2024 takes 2023's cue for more of the same. Thank you to everyone helping to contribute to even the tiniest aspect of life in Suffolk. I wish you all a Happy & Healthy 2024!
The first BRN issue of the year will be arriving through your letterboxes over the next few days but for the digitally hungry amongst you - run, not walk, over to: https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2024/January to grab your copy!

21/11/2023

There's only one thing faster than Christmas coming round again every year, and that's the BRN each month. KAPOW! You've hardly had time to finish the last issue, have you? It's not surprising either - this month the whole benefice is gearing up towards a proper zinger of a Christmas - there are more Christmas markets and events planned than the number of mince pies Santa can eat in one evening!

Also in this issue: Boxford PO's indefatigable Postmaster-at-arms Richard Haining urges us to use-it-or-lose-it; a heads-up about the Sand Hill planning inspector hearing; we hear the fascinating tale of Box River resident David Elliot's rural life; the Butcher's Wife gets in a tizz about, er, well, pretty much everything and we learn of the latest spooky sighting of the Box River Ghost Lady! Has she ever put the wind up you?!

Impatient types can zip over to https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2023/December like digital ninjas to obtain their fix fast, whilst the rest of you easy-going guys can sagely let the news come to you in hardcopy form from this weekend on.

Happy Christmas one-and-all! May your sprouts taste amazing and your turkey get all gobbled up!

20/10/2023

We're currently experiencing what experts call 'a spot of weather' here in the Box River Benefice. The gales and storms have arrived, daring to be somewhat conventional and seasonal in these otherwise atypical times. That's not stopping the event planners in the area though - with more seasonal events round the corner than you can shake a particularly health-and-safety-worrying pokey stick at - the November BRN is an embarrassment of riches! And whilst you could pop up an umbrella, don those galoshes and repel the rain in your kagoule to go out and get your copy, it's so much easier to let the news come to you! Available online to download here: https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2023/November or through your letterbox from this coming weekend! Stay toasty!

21/09/2023

Never mind the Ides of March, it's the Rainstorms of October you need to watch out for. But fear not! The latest and greatest issue of the cultural phenomenon that is the Box River News is here to banish those storm clouds and brighten up the outlook. From art exhibitions to halloween pumpkins, murder-mystery evenings to glitzy fashion shows, it's all here in the BRN, and if it isn't, well, is it even actually happening? Probably not.
Being delivered out to all from this weekend onwards by our crack team of wonderful distributors or available online right now at https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2023/October

22/08/2023

Did anyone keep the receipt for this summer? Because I'd like to return it to the shop. Bah, it may well be the tail-end of the summer and back-to-school looms large (Booo!), but there's good news in that there's no let up for the sheer number of goings-on in the Box River Benefice and surrounding villages! The PDF version is available online here: https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2023/September or they'll come a'tumbling through your letterboxes like veritable autumnal leaves in the next few days.

19/07/2023

August - a fantastic time of holidays, sunshine, rest and relaxation and... Thunderbugs! Argh! Every year harvest brings on a maddening influx of these itch-causing tiny otherwise-benign creatures. They get in your telly, in your phone, in your picture frames, in your hair, on your skin and on your nerves. And the wasps! Don't get me started on those sugar-fuelled, anger-filled sharks of the insect world. What next - swarms of Flying Ants? I think I've changed my mind about August.
Luckily, the BRN is one of the few things that isn't affected by an invasion of summer bugs, so sit back and catch up on all the happenings in the local area over the summer holiday season. Coming through your door this weekend onwards, or you can grab it (assuming thunderbugs haven't ruined your laptop) online here: https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2023/August

22/06/2023

There's a whiff of the amateur dramatics about the scaldingly red-hot July issue of the BRN. The Boxford Society Archivists take us on a photographic journey of treading the boards through the years. Boxford Drama Club make a right song and dance about The Good Old Days. The Butcher's Wife makes a hysterical drama about reaching Middle Age (we don't believe you for a second, Butcher's Wife!). The Boxford School Year 6's treat us to an amazing production of the West End hit musical, Matilda, and Milden Cricket Club get in a right state about a couple of little buzzy bees. Too much am-dram for one issue? No fear - there's everything you ever needed to know about Ipswich's sewer system too! Red. Hot. Get it soon from your sweltering BRN distributor or download it to read instantly here: https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2023/July

19/05/2023

There's a sea of red in the June 2023 issue of the Box River News - The Chelsea Pensioners pop over to Boxford, our gardening expert Chloris marvels over poppies, the entire Benefice is swathed in red, white and blue to celebrate King Charles's Coronation, the Butcher's Wife sees far, far too much red for her liking, and, at last, it's the month when British strawberries are finally in season! Hooray! Grab a punnet and relax in the garden with your favourite local read - head on over to https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2023/June or let it come to you through your letterbox from this weekend on!

18/04/2023

(checks calendar). Sigh, nothing on... (drums fingers)... Hold on! We're only going and getting a new flipping King! Everyone's having parties EVERYWHERE! Hooray! Get the bunting out, pour out the Pimms and for goodness sake will you please cut the crusts off that cucumber sandwich - The Royal May BRN will be here soon and everything needs to be s***k and span! Get up to date with all the party news and events near you with this regal special-themed issue to celebrate His Majesty-ness! Right this way please Sir and Madam, the Online Version is expecting you at: https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2023/May

20/03/2023

Well, we ALL know that the Easter Bunny is real, because otherwise how else do all those chocolate eggs suddenly appear under every hedge, bush and plantpot in the garden? But has anyone ever actually *seen* the Easter BRN delivery-person? No, I thought not. Well, now's your chance because here comes April's mega-loaded Box River News fresh off the press! Eggcellent. Non-believers can grab the digital version from here: https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2023/April

25/02/2023

You're all under starters orders! Giddy-up and book your tickets for Boxford's Big Race Night on Saturday March 4th. Win BIG REAL-MONEY prizes on the gee-gees without spending a fortune on a posh outfit. Virtual races, low-stake £1 tote bets, high prizes and excitement! The going is good for a great night at the races, but numbers are limited, so get your tickets from Boxford Post Office, A. Leader Butchers or by calling Mark Miller on 01787 211596 ASAP before it's too late!

20/02/2023

After what seems like an interminable age of darkness, the coughs and splutters of winter are starting to give way to the deep lungfuls of fresh, warm, sun-laced airs of Spring. With the longer days come a myriad of events around the Box River Benefice to entice you out of the winter cave. What better map to guide you through the maze of engagements than your trusty BRN? Out now online here: https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2023/March, or through your door from this weekend onwards!

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03/02/2023

Have you got your tickets for Boxford's Barn Dance yet?
Contact Mark Miller: 01787 211596 / [email protected] to get in on the fun!

17/01/2023

💖LOVE is in the air! So is rain and sleet, but don't let that distract you from the gorgeousness of the February issue of the Box River News! In this issue: Boxford LOVES having 2 pubs again! The Butcher's Wife LOVES her teens (and a tasty beef ragu)! The Woman Who Walks LOVES a hill in Suffolk (A hill? In Suffolk?). And the BRN LOVES its dear readers! Awwww. Get in on the love by downloading the latest issue right here: https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2023/February
Ok, that's enough hugging now.

21/12/2022

"January Issue? But it's not even Christmas Day yet?!" I hear you all cry. Well, the cutting edge of journalism sleeps for no man and this latest issue of the Box River News is so cutting edge, it's in 2023 whilst everyone else is still groping about in tired old 2022. That's like, soooo last year.
In this super-exciting issue: dangerous men hang from St. Mary's soaring tower, dangerous female spies rewrite the course of history, Elizabeth Stewart obliterates Ironman and fearless thespians brave the terrifying Boxford panto audiences. It's all in the latest issue, packed full of news and upcoming events like a great big extra bonus parcel that you just found hidden behind the tree. Dropping through your letterboxes in the next few days, but if you can't wait - grab it online here: https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2023/January

22/11/2022

Ho! Ho! Ho! Santa has officially declared Christmas season well and truly started in the Box River benefice! There are goodies galore in this specially festive issue of the BRN that's full of seasonal events you won't want to miss, from pop-up pubs to carols round the chip van. PLUS The Butcher's Wife shares with us her absolutely 100% fullproof, can't-go-wrong (👀) system for Christmas and Boxing Day preparation and Chloris discovers the secret of immortality for you, er, I mean 'yew'. Don't wait until Christmas Day to open this one up! Go grab it from the website here: https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2022/December or wait until this weekend when our legendary team of magical elves dive through your letterbox to put it under the tree. Happy Christmas one and all!

19/10/2022

November's Box River News is here and there is SO much going on in and around the Benefice in the coming weeks that it's hard work squeezing it all in! Seasonal events are warming up so make sure you keep up to date with everything so you don't miss out! In addition, this month Fr Rob makes a nuisance of himself in the middle of the night, The Butcher's Wife encounters a nuisance first thing in the morning and The Glow Pro offers up some fantastic ways to relax and unwind should you have encountered one too many, er, nuisances. Arriving in your letterboxes from this weekend, or devour it immediately online at https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2022/November

22/09/2022

With the nights starting to draw in and thoughts starting to turn to the heating dial (but you've seen current energy prices, right?) - what better way to relax than with a nice hot cup of tea and the October BRN? Need it in a hurry? You don't need to join a colossal queue to get your copy - simply download the online version here https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2022/October, or sit patiently for the weekend when our crack team of BRN distributors hit the streets like benevolent ninjas to hand-deliver it straight to your door.

19/08/2022

September sees a culmination of the long, hot summer in the Box River Benefice, but even the refreshing rain of this last week hasn't remotely cooled this blisteringly-hot issue of the Box River News: The Woman Who Walks comes face-to-face with a Fiery Dragon, presumably the same one that started the field fire at Groton, 3PR warmly welcomes a new First Responder, Newton's Fireside Club has a roaring knees-up, the Butcher's Wife sizzles in the kitchen and Madrigalia burn the house down. Phew! After all that it's time to bathe in the cold water Babergh has poured on the Catesby planning application. How do you like thems apples?
Digital hot-heads can grab their copy of the issue here: https://www.boxfordsuffolk.com/box-river-news/2022/September