A New Suffolk Garland

Edited by Elizabeth Burke, Dan Franklin, John James and Mary James

Clare Euston - Foreword Craig Brown - Introduction Julian Tennyson - Everything in Suffolk is Unexpected The Rendlesham Forest Mystery - The Halt Memo Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill Richard Curtis - Ed Sheeran Drops Round Millicent Garrett Fawcett - The Aldeburgh of Long Ago Neil MacGregor - The Sutton Hoo Helmet John Preston - Major Find in Suffolk Charlie Haylock - A Suffolk Glossary David Sheepshanks - The Tractor Boys: Ipswich Town 2000-2001 Josephine's Story - A More Gentle Country Esther Freud - A Summer Fête Brough Scott - Suffolk's Greatest Treasure Bill Oppenheim - The Newmarket Sales Frankel - A Champion Pedigree Ronald Blythe - Staverton Thicks Robin Robertson - Spring Ralph Fiennes - My Father's Arms Els Bottema and Lida Kindersley - One Shell Wide Juliet Blaxland - The Cricket Match Michael Ondaatje - The Saints Jon Canter - New Neighbours Libby Purves - Full Circle to Walberswick Wilkie Collins - Magdalen at the Window Lucy Hughes-Hallett - Sciapod Penelope Fitzgerald - Not an Everyday Experience Robin Robertson - On Time James Hamilton - Freedom is the Only Manner: Gainsborough's Landscapes Lucy Walker - A Safe Retreat: Britten and Pears at The Red House Kenneth Clark - The Other Side of the Alde M. R. James - 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' Blake Morrison - Covehithe P. D. James - Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh in Suffolk Roger Deakin - Swimming with Otters Olivia Laing - A Late Frost Melissa Harrison - Winter in Suffolk Norman Scarfe - Islands Susan Owens - On Constable Richard Mabey - The Suffolk Nightingale Michael Hamburger - In Suffolk Helen Macdonald - Sun Birds and Cashmere Spheres: the Lost Orioles of Lakenheath, Suffolk George Ewart Evans - The Wisdom of the Bees Black Shuck - The Legend of the Black Dog of Bungay Thea Smiley - The Wolf Pits Paul Heiney - A Political Crisis for the Suffolk Punch Robert Bloomfield - Ploughing in Spring Adrian Bell - The Christmas Market in Bury St Edmunds William Kendall - Lady Eve Balfour W. G. Sebald - The Sailors' Reading Room, Southwold Craig Brown - Thorpeness Scrapbook Delia Smith - Eliza Acton's Hot Punch Sauce to serve with Steamed Puddings Ralph of Coggeshall - The Wild Man of Orford Julia Blackburn - Searching for Doggerland Robert Macfarlane - Orfordness Griff Rhys Jones - Windsong Bobby Groves - Butley Creek Karin Altenberg - Navigating Home Diarmaid MacCulloch - A Government Inspector in Henry VIII's Suffolk David Gentleman - The Yellow Digger Rose Tremain - Lady Muck of the Vegetable World Paul Binski - The Thornham Parva Retable Matt Gaw - Nightscape Albert Grant - An Adventure John Norman - Northgate Street Mayuri Patel - A Mutual Understanding Charles Dickens - Mr Pickwick Journeys to Ipswich and Meets with a Romantic Adventure with a Middle-Aged Lady in Yellow Curl-Papers Patricia Highsmith - Dreaming of Murder Tom Hester - The Port of Felixstowe: A Busy Morning in May Dean Parkin and Jack Rose - Growing up on the Beach Donny Cole - A World of Its Own: The Lowestoft Fish Market Kevin Crossley-Holland - A Quiet Mind Richard Barber - Jocelin of Brakelond Meg Rosoff - Heading for the Beach India Knight - At Home in Suffolk Ruth Rendell - The Molecatcher's Daughter Maggi Hambling - Remembering Benton End Lavinia Greenlaw - Slow Passage, Low Prospect Richard Cobbold - A Bareback Ride for the Doctor Peter Sager - Wool Churches, Tudor Mansions Liz Trenow - From Spitalfields to Sudbury Richard Negus - A Love Letter to the Hedge Francis Young - Royal Bury St Edmunds Carla Carlisle - The Other Side of Suffolk Rod Thomson - Master Hugh and the Bury Bible Amicia de Moubray - Ickworth Simon Loftus - Reading Gardner's History Ian Collins - From the Punjab to Elveden Luke Wright - A12 Acknowledgements A Note on the Editors A Note from The Festival of Suffolk