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JOY TO THE WORLD Welcome to this bumper festive issue of Cambridge Edition ! In the following pages you’ll be treated
EDITORIAL Editor Louise Hoffman 01223 492249
louisehoffman@bright.uk.com Editorial director Nicola Foley 01223 499459 nicolafoley@bright.uk.com Chief sub editor Matthew Winney Junior sub editors Tabitha John & Kezia Kurtz ADVERTISING Sales director Sam Scott-Smith 07875 711967 samscott-smith@bright.uk.com Ad manager Maria Francis 01223 492240 mariafrancis@bright.uk.com CONTRIBUTORS Mark Box, Charlotte Griffiths, Phoebe Harper, Sally Petitt, Charlotte Phillips & Elisha Young DESIGN & PRODUCTION Design director Andy Jennings Magazine design manager Lucy Woolcomb Junior designer & ad production Holly May MANAGING DIRECTORS Andy Brogden & Matt Pluck TYPEFACE Nyght Serif / Maksym Kobuzan from Tunera Type Foundry
to spellbinding winter photography, with top tips for capturing that perfect seasonal shot. Plus there’s mouthwatering festive fodder, head-turning partywear, gardening advice for the colder months, a heavenly host of December events and attractions – and, drum roll please, our much-anticipated annual Big Christmas Giveaway! Yes, we’ve got a prize bundle of epic proportions lined up for you again this year – worth a whopping £3,000+ in total! And all you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is visit the competition page on our website at cambsedition.co.uk and enter your details. While you are there, why not put your name in the hat for the second festive treat that’s on offer this month, courtesy of Christmas in Cambridge: a full day out at a winter wonderland on Parker’s Piece, plus an overnight stay at the University Arms! Turn to pages 33 and 39 to find out more about these fantastic prizes. Walking into that auditorium inspired the same feeling of warmth and wonder as all those years ago
I marked the lead-up to Christmas nice and early, taking my parents along for a truly magical visit to the opening show of this year’s Thursford Christmas Spectacular in north Norfolk. We last went when I was a child, but walking into the auditorium – transformed each winter from a steam engine display area into a magical grotto of lights, festive foliage and decorations – it inspired exactly the same feeling of warmth and wonder as it had all those years ago. The scale of today’s show and added-extra experiences, meanwhile, have taken the attraction (which continues until 23 December) to impressive new heights! You can read my review on page 18. And so I sign off, suitably set up for the festive season, and – whether you’re celebrating Christmas, Yule, Hanukkah or one of the many other festivals taking place during December – I wish you all peace, joy and oodles of magic this month. Next time, we’ll be seeing in the New Year together!
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Illustration by Holly May, inspired by a photo from @cambridgelittlegems found on Instagram
Louise Hoffman, editor
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