
I find Suffolk a great source of creative inspiration. Each season, on this moodboard, I'll explore a new area of Suffolk, often with an alternative slant.
Summer 2026 - an impressionistic view of Kersey, Lavenham, and Long Melford.


One for sorrow...


"I really love it in Suffolk. Everything seems to go a bit slower up there"
Bill Wyman


Two for joy...


"I should paint my own places best"
John Constable


Three for a girl..


"There is no crisis at Ipswich until the white wine runs out in the boardroom"
John Cobbold


And four for a boy...


"Suffolk has something more than the coziness of Kent and Surrey. There is a hint of wildness in its tamed beauty, and the tang of the North Sea is never far away"
Patricia Moyes


Five for silver...


"I have lived in Hollywood - and the weather there was just fantastic - but there is something about rural England, and especially Suffolk and Norfolk, that pulls at my heartstrings''
A. Donohoe
Six for gold...


"I am a keen conservationist and dog lover, I love Suffolk's big skies and coastal walks"
Tamsin Smith


Seven for a secret...


"Cross a Suffolk man's palm with gold and you will have rewards plenty in the nearest public house"
Peter Simpson


Never...


"Quiet villages, country walks, and gentle seasides - these are my dearest memories of a Suffolk childhood"
East Coast Girl




To...
"Suffok at Christmas Time is a delight"
Julia Johnston


Be...


"Dew yew keep a troshin bor"
Traditional




