Love Letters
Read the latest love letters to Ipswich.

For the love of Holywells, Gainsborough and Cups of Tea
A love letter to Holywells Park — Gainsborough's Ipswich, Victorian ponds and ancient trees, and running a café at its heart.

For the love of Tennis
A love letter to Ipswich through tennis — from first lessons at David Lloyd to a lifetime of friendships forged on court.

For the love of people!
Those early memories - hopping on the bus from Felixstowe, the thrill of arriving at the cattle market, and adventures galore.


For the love of taking another look
I have lived in Ipswich and brought up children here over the last 30 years so it must be love!


For the love of live music and having a good boogie!
I’m a believer that you really can make a dancefloor anywhere, whether it’s dancing on a sticky pub floor, in a field, or an old swimming pool or historic church!


For the love of … well, love!
I nearly didn’t come to the interview; my car broke down on the way and it all became a bit of a struggle as I ended up having to get the train from London.


For the love of proving them wrong
I encountered a lot of shade thrown at Suffolk’s county town – even by people from Ipswich – and very little of it was deserved


For the love of building bridges
Although I was born and grew up in Wiltshire my Dad was born in Ipswich and my grandparents lived here so when we took a trip to Ipswich it was called ‘going home’.
