Love Letters
Read the latest love letters to Ipswich.
For the ‘Love on your side’
A love letter to Ipswich as the town that shaped a life — from Broke Hall Primary School to friendships that still gather.
For the love of accountability and aspiration
A love letter to Ipswich and its potential — one resident's years of challenging perceptions and raising the county town's game.
For the love of Dot Cotton
A love letter to Ipswich's long story — from a lost castle and 13th-century shipbuilding to the trades that built the town.
For The Love of Creative Opportunities
A love letter to Ipswich and second chances — from a childhood of art prizes to finding creative opportunity later in life.
For the love of an old house
A love letter to Ipswich's Georgian and Victorian houses — and discovering an ancestor, Edgar Catchpole, who helped build them.
For the Love of Rediscovering the Treasure Trove of Ipswich
A love letter to Ipswich's arts scene — how the New Wolsey Theatre and a quirky indie cinema drew a Colchester kid back home.
For the love of Community and Diversity
A love letter to Ipswich as home and sanctuary — its streets, ancient trees and deep history, and the community that shaped a life.
A converted Colchester boy
A born-and-bred Colchester boy on how Ipswich won him over — from football rivalry to calling Bramford home since 2017.
