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Essex Life Food and Drink Awards 2024

2024 Essex Life Food & Drink Awards: the winners revealed
With 11 categories and dozens of shortlisted eateries, Essex Life readers voted for the very best of the best.

Homes and Gardens

See inside a Grade II listed Georgian manor house on the market at £4.25m
Grand but cosy living in Ickleton in this £4.25m estate on the Essex/Cambridgeshire border

Woodbanks development Image: Arthouse Photography Ltd

Woodbanks development Image: Arthouse Photography Ltd

Taking the decision to buy a smaller home is not always an easy one

Ordered life - Style Sisters (credit: Wickes)

Ordered life - Style Sisters (credit: Wickes)

How to get your kitchen organised

Modern, smooth lines in this Davonport kitchen

Modern, smooth lines in this Davonport kitchen

The Colchester company creating luxury bespoke kitchens and interiors

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Things to do

5 ways to make the most of the outdoors in Essex during autumn

The woodland’s gnarled branches reach out like protective arms

The woodland’s gnarled branches reach out like protective arms

A wonderland of golden and russet hues in this autumnal woodland walk

The main hangar at the aerodrome- taken by me (EP) so no credit needed

The main hangar at the aerodrome- taken by me (EP) so no credit needed

The fight to save one of Essex’s most important heritage sites

The Acension by John Constable is in St Mary's Church, Dedham

The Acension by John Constable is in St Mary's Church, Dedham

The extraordinary art you can see on display in Essex

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Travel

Aerial photo of the Southend Pier which is the longest pleasure pier in the world

Discover 15 fascinating facts about our own Southend Pier
It’s one of Essex’s top attractions – and the world’s longest pleasure pier – but it also has quite a storied past

Estuary views from the balcony

Estuary views from the balcony

A short break at The Pier at Harwich on the Essex coast

Stunning artworks in The Gibberd Garden

Stunning artworks in The Gibberd Garden

The show stopping features at The Gibberd Garden near Harlow

The D'Arcy Suite at Staycations Maldon

The D'Arcy Suite at Staycations Maldon

A Maldon weekend away in the incredibly opulent D’arcy Suite

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Food and Drink

Anurag Aggarwal Credit: Ahsan Shoikot

Anurag Aggarwal Credit: Ahsan Shoikot

Anurag Aggarwal on his MasterChef UK journey and food favourites

Luscious lobster at The Pie

Luscious lobster at The Pie

9 great seafood eateries across Essex

Louisa's award-winning Chestnut Honey

Louisa's award-winning Chestnut Honey

5 of the best preserves and spreads made in Essex

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People

Lucy Benjamin talks soap-opera snobbery and parenting teenagers

Careers Convention Southend High School for Girls in 1961- newsquest image

Careers Convention Southend High School for Girls in 1961- newsquest image

Essex school photos from the past

The six books on the shortlist for the Booker Prize 2024

The six books on the shortlist for the Booker Prize 2024

Great British Life - National

Booker Prize 2024 shortlist features five female authors

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Lifestyle

What should be in your summer wardrobe?

What should be in your summer wardrobe?

Tips on how to look cool when it’s hot

The bathroom in the Shakespeare suite

The bathroom in the Shakespeare suite

A delicious country escape near Colchester

Independent schools are facing challenging times with on-going financial costs and various reforms in policies. The change in government could affect them even further. Photo: Hendrik David

Independent schools are facing challenging times with on-going financial costs and various reforms in policies. The change in government could affect them even further. Photo: Hendrik David

Great British Life - National

What will the new government’s education policies mean for private schools?

Greenstead Hall

Greenstead Hall

The fascinating history of a Georgian manor in Halstead

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