Here’s another charming online find for the amateur hyperlocal historian within: 1978 Colchester – What Have They Done to Our Town? The short film is a snapshot of Britain’s Oldest Recorded during the character changing period of the late ’70s. It is now available via the wonderful East Anglian Film Archive. With parallels to the [...]
Minories Manager
22nd February, 2012
And so we’ve had The Mercury recruiting both an Artistic Director and Executive Director; our friends at firstsite have also been advertising for Trustees. And then to complete the hat trick of Sunny Colch art inspired openings, here comes the lovely Minories Gallery, which is on the look out for a Manager. Woh. Some might [...]
Uni & Mile End Cycle Provison
22nd February, 2012
Colchester Cycling Campaign has submitted its official response to Colchester Borough Council regarding the University’s ambitious plans for a multi-storey car park on campus, as well as comments in relation to the North Colchester Transport Consultation. Both submissions are well thought out documents. In particular, the response to the University’s current car overcrowding problem is [...]
Review 101
21st February, 2012
Marvelous, social media isn’t it? You can spend your enter working life training up to become the esteemed Arts Correspondent of The Times; years spent labouring away in the British Library to gain a context and understanding of the inner struggle within the artist. You work your way up the Establishment greasy pole from provincial [...]
Break the Ice
21st February, 2012
How exciting – Colchester’s first Ice Rink is all set to open up on the Whitehall Industrial Estate this weekend, ahead of schedule as well. The family run Diamond Ice Rink is offering a safe, synthetic ice-skating experience, unashamedly family focussed and all for an incredibly well thought out affordable cost. The Chronic has been [...]
University Cycle Event
21st February, 2012
Spring is in the Sunny Colch air (trust us) and so now is the time to take to two wheels and pedal power – Chapeau! If the continuing congestion along Cowdray Avenue can’t convince you to try an alternative to the car, then you’re probably a second hand car salesman. Or something. Cripes. But anyway, [...]
Wivenhoe Wittertainment*
20th February, 2012
It’s not all about The Odeon showing Sing-a-long-a Batman Re-Imagined in 3D the Prequel when it comes to the cinematic choices around Sunny Colch. Valid though The Odeon is for new releases, it is reassuring to know that a sense of independent community cinema is thriving within the region. Wivenhoe’s Moving Image has been screening [...]
Budget Bashing
20th February, 2012
Ambitious plans have been put forward from the Conservative group at Colchester Borough Council ahead of the Full Council meeting at the Town Hall on Wednesday evening. On the agenda is the LibLab coalition budget to be debated. The Gazette is reporting that the Colchester Conservatives will argue for their alternative budget, which includes handing [...]
Sunny Colch Countdown
17th February, 2012
It’s been a while since The Chronic carried a post inspired by the Young, Social Media Savvy, Thrusting Chair of the Sunny Colch Labour Party; it’s been, oooh, all of just under a month. But the Boy Wonder Jordan Newell has done it again (and in all sincerity, we are ever grateful to his undoubting [...]
Culpable Earth Explained
17th February, 2012
To firstsite! …on Thursday evening for a talk by Steven Claydon about Culpable Earth, his debut major exhibition down at the Golden Goose. Head scratching has followed many Sunny Colch artistic types after a first viewing of the exhibition. Culpable Earth carries out its remit to perfection: it leaves you slightly confused, but still wanting [...]