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Oaklands Care Home and Kingsley Home Care sponsor Diss Dementia Cafe

Oaklands Care Home and Kingsley Home Care sponsor Diss Dementia Cafe
15th Nov 2024
by Carole Hunt
Kingsley Healthcare’s Oaklands Care Home has teamed up with sister company Kingsley Home Care to sponsor a thriving dementia café in Diss. Time with Friends attracts up to 40 people to its meetings in The… read more
Posted in Dementia Friendly, Diss, Family, Norfolk, Outreach

Women of Troy - a Corn Hall steward's review
27th Jun 2022
by Corn Hall admin
On Friday night I continued in my quest to see as much local drama as I can, so I went to Diss Park to watch the open air production of Women of Troy by Euripides… read more
Posted in Diss, live entertainment, Open Space Theatre Company, Review, Theatre
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The Corn Hall Café Raises £3140 for Ukraine 
16th Mar 2022
by Corn Hall admin
The Corn Hall Café has raised an amazing £3140 for The Red Cross Ukraine Appeal following their hugely successful Coffee morning. Lara Macmillan, Café Manager organised the event, with the help of colleague Sue Sizer.… read more
Posted in Diss, Norfolk

The Corn Hall appoints new CEO
3rd Sep 2021
by Christian Fairhall Smith
The Corn Hall has appointed Stuart Hobday to be its new Chief Executive. He started on September 1st. A new role for The Corn Hall, Mr Hobday is no stranger to heading up arts venues.… read more
Posted in Diss, Staff
Time with Friends: August

Time with Friends: August
23rd Aug 2021
by Carole Hunt
Today our Time with Friends Dementia Cafe group met to enjoy a belated VE Day celebration, postponed from last year.   We were fortunate to have Gary and Mary Alderton with us to show and… read more
Posted in Art, Dementia Friendly, Diss, Outreach

Yesterday is a funny, feelgood film that will delight fans of Richard Curtis's very particular brand of film making
13th Nov 2019
by David Vass
When Richard Curtis and Danny Boyle teamed up it seemed such a provocative combination that it was hard to imagine what would emerge. The end result is a lot closer to Love Actually than Trainspotting,… read more
Posted in Comedy, Diss, Film
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Hazel O’Connor held her audience spellbound
10th Nov 2019
by David Vass
Given the revival of interest in eighties music it’s no surprise that Hazel O’Connor played to a full house at the Corn Hall. But to attribute her success merely to nostalgia would be to greatly… read more
Posted in Diss, Music
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Start with Art! #NationalLottery25
28th Oct 2019
by Carole Hunt
This image represents an special moment in a child’s life, shared with his grandparents, at our recent ‘Start with Art!’ event. Here at the Corn Hall in Diss the support from Arts Council England and the National Lottery Heritage… read more
Posted in Art, Diss, Exhibitions, Family, Heritage, Norfolk, Outreach
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The Dave Thomas Big Blues Band delivers a masterclass in classic Chicago blues
21st Oct 2019
by David Vass
If Dave Thomas ever took to running, I suspect he’d go for a marathon rather than a sprint. With a carefully curated set that lasted only a few minutes shy of three hours, Thomas took… read more
Posted in Diss, live entertainment, Music, Review
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Ruby Watkinson: Work Experience Review

Ruby Watkinson: Work Experience Review
16th Jul 2019
by Carole Hunt
On the 8th July 2019, I began my weeks work experience at the Diss Corn Hall. After finding out that year 12 had to complete this compulsory week I set out to ensure that I… read more
Posted in Art, Diss, Exhibitions, Heritage, Jobs, Norfolk, Review
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