This is a book about books and “the subversive power of reading and the strange, enduring magic of books as objects”.

Rare Bronze and Iron Age log boats unearthed have gone on display for the first time.

Robert Pike, author of The Victor Heroes, has provided the following details of the 159 men recorded on the Saffron Walden War Memorial, lost in WW1.

Sunday 9th November 2025 saw the annual Remembrance Day Parade, which took place at the top of the High Street by the War Memorial.

Richard Adams will give us an insight of the history and what remains of this important airfield on Wratting Common

A bargain at £5.00

Today, the 25th October 2025 saw St Mary’s Church in Saffron Walden hosting an event starting in the market square consisting of a reimagining of the debates of 1647 which took place in the Town.

IN THE SPRING of 1647 soldiers of the Parliamentary Army met on the streets and in St. Mary’s Church, Saffron Walden, to elect ‘Agitators’ to present grievances that later developed into far-reaching political demands. Nearly 400 years later a few of their representatives will be seen once again on the same streets.

Introduction This talk is on Western Canada-see poster above. Speaker: Ann Fletcher Date and Time of Meeting. TUESDAY 21st October 2025 at 7.30 pm Cost. Free to members. Visitors £5.00 including Refreshments and Free Raffle Ticket. Location: LINTON VILLAGE HALL, COLES LANE . Further Information: Visitors and new members always welcome. You can, if you wish, purchase a ticket for

The piece of jewellery shown above is a 6th Century replica of a Byzantine coin and was found by a metal detectorist near Thaxted, Essex and the discovery of such an early medieval gold coin pendant “literally sheds a light” on a period of a county’s history about which little is known. It was minted in Europe and then brought