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

Told...

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