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FAMILY Community Open Day
This free event on 16 February invites families to find out about the Corn Exchange’s vibrant history… and get creative! The day promises a wide range of free children’s activities, music and unique experiences, including dance, drama and technical workshops, as well as guided tours, storytelling, an arts and crafts zone and stalls. Full details and daily timings can be found at cornex.co.uk MUSIC Vivaldi & Classics On 27 February, Music in Action will host the English Chamber Orchestra, who’ll perform 6-7pm and 8-9pm showings of a curated programme of the classics – such as Spring from The Four Seasons by Vivaldi – in the beautiful, candlelit ambience of Trinity Chapel, Cambridge, with world-renowned violinist Harriet Mackenzie as lead soloist. Visit musicinaction.org.uk for tickets and VIP experiences.
LOCAL LITERATURE Breaking Shells NEVILLE JUDSON Mostly set in Cambridge, Breaking Shells is a tender, courageous bildungsroman set against the hidden histories of queer love, friendship and social change in 1960s England. It deals with the heartbreaks and confusions of first love, interracial relationships, religious strictures and buried secrets. The Ghost Writer IAN SIRAGHER Local author Ian Siragher’s latest novel (after 2025’s The Three Wives of Charlie Mellon ) is a dark mystery about books, writing and creation that follows two protagonists as their separate stories get bound together in a way neither could have imagined.
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