29th November, 2012
Ahh – the wonders of the modern interweb. Back in the day and the closest The Chronic came to a conversation with the then Vice Chancellor up at the University of Essex was when we gatecrashed a drinks reception for local dignitaries. Not so much a warm welcome at Wivenhoe House but a room temperature [...]
28th November, 2012
To the Town Hall! …on Wednesday evening for the November Cabinet meeting of Colchester Borough Council. Actually, that’s not quite true. To the Old Library! …on Wednesday blah blah blah. Best not get a fine. Or even caught chatting up the Librarian / CBC Cabinet member that makes The Chronic *swoon* and go weak at [...]
28th November, 2012
HONK! Still care about the Hythe? Course you do, Comrades. Which is why it is GREAT news that the Hythe Town to Port project is continuing to grow with a second phase consultation taking place this Saturday. You may remember how the architectural group dp-q has been set the challenge by our friends from Colchester [...]
27th November, 2012
Education, Education, Education – start ‘em young, we say. Which is rather good news for the little ankle biters of Sunny Colch. We may have a top rate University right on our doorstep up at Wivenhoe Park, but the *ahem* cost of educating the not so little ankle biters ‘aint exactly egalitarian right now. Hurrah! [...]
27th November, 2012
If you are going to make a political point then put it across with humour. Then offer a solution. These are the two facets of political life that The Chronic is firmly signed up to. If all else fails then the third facet is to spoil your ballot paper with a big fat phallic representation, [...]
26th November, 2012
Football, buffer zones and WHISLTES – whoever said that Planning isn’t SEXY at Colchester Borough Council? A bit of a biggie hits the agenda sheet on Thursday for the esteemed members of the CBC Planning Committee, meeting at the Town Hall at 6pm. Not so much a new application, but a variation / removal of [...]
25th November, 2012
Fancy some @firstsite festive fun? As much as we LOVE alliteration here at The Chronic, the answer probably doesn’t start with an f. Unless FANTASTIC was your favoured response. Um, fine. Our friends from the Golden Goose have just announced a special one off Christmas Late session. The evening of 13th December should be in [...]
23rd November, 2012
HONK! Head to the Old Library on 28th November! HONK! Don’t be late – you don’t want to pick up a fine. But wait! What’s this? Not so much spineless, second hand and well thumbed pieces of dead wood (then again…) but a meeting of the Colchester Borough Council Cabinet at 6pm sharp in the [...]
22nd November, 2012
Colchester 2020 is dead. Long live Promote Colchester. Hurrah! We think. Let’s not try and get bogged down in semantics here, Comrades. But the dissolution of the Local Strategic Partnership has led *some* to call for… a new Local Strategic Partnership. You could even call it Nu LSP. But that makes it all sound like [...]
21st November, 2012
Christmas is coming and the annual Craft Fair at The Minories is getting PHAT. Cool, eh? Probably not, but the event at the ACE Minories on 8th December is already booking up with the highly crafty folk of Colchester. There is a slight emphasis change for this Christmas – Creative in Colchester is very much [...]
