The Nose

Open Mic at The Triangle next Thursday evening, 7pm.

An open mic night at the Garden Cafe, Frinton Triangle Shopping Centre from 7pm on Thursday 29th August.

Sign up on a first come, first served basis. Two songs per performer.

Please reply if you’d be interested in performing….

Beach Hut People - Special Offer!

To celebrate the summer season we are selling Beach Hut People by Nancy Stevenson for a Bank Holiday seaside special offer of £10. Offer on from today until Saturday 31st August at The Nose. Come and pick up a copy a find out about our distinctive east coast beach huts. We published this book last summer and have sold over 700 copies so far.

Nancy Stevenson captures a unique slice of seaside culture by taking us on a journey in which we discover more about the people who inhabit these ‘sheds by the sea’. Beach Hut People takes us beyond the hut exteriors and uncovers the way of the beach hut community. Exploring traditions, changes, challenges and personal expression and style, Nancy shares her reflections on beach hut culture in this thoughtful and eloquent book. Based on conversations with 60 people who own or regularly visit beach huts, it is a collection of shared stories: experiences, routines, of things that people collect and display in their huts, and the way they choose to style them.

'A charming snapshot of a slice of the British seaside, the humble beach hut, their occupants, and a tiny corner of Essex serving here as a brilliant microcosm for a larger story about our island nation's idiosyncrasies’. -Travis Elborough

The Nose is a bookshop, cafe and project space and is open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday: 10.30am-5pm and Friday afternoons 4pm - 7pm.

The Nose, 28 Newgate Street, Walton on the Naze, Co14 8AL

Book Club: The Seaside
Englands Love Affair.
By Madeline Bunting
Wednesday 21st August
6.45pm Soup, 7pm Book Club

Travelling along England’s coast, Madeline bunting explores resorts and seaside towns that have helped shaped the nations identity. Furthermore she investigates how these places of “pleasure, entertainment, fantasy and adventure” have fallen into neglect. A vivid journey around England's great seaside resorts, exploring their history and current struggle.

This month’s book club is sponsored by Walton Beach Holiday Lets, three stylish properties to hire in Walton on the Naze.

Walton Beach Holiday Lets are stylish holiday homes all centrally located in Walton On The Naze. They have three locations to stay in; Coastal Nest, High View House and Walton Beach Holiday Let.

Call Georgee on 01255 675556 or [email protected]
Quote NOSE for a 10% discount.

Beautiful day in Walton on the Naze. Come and visit the beaches and the town centre.

The Nose is a bookshop, cafe and project space and is open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday: 10.30am-5pm and Friday afternoons 4pm - 7pm.

The Nose, 28 Newgate Street, Walton on the Naze, Co14 8AL

Sam Eagle
Friday 2nd August, Live Music,
Free. 7pm

Singer / Songwriter Sam Eagle is playing at The Nose on Friday at 7pm. Sam draws influence from artists in the indie-folk world such as Kings of Convenience, Alice Phoebe Lou, and Madison Cunningham; artists who are uncompromising in their mission to create highly musical and artistic work. The Nose is open this Friday from 4pm until 8pm.
https://sameaglemusic.com/

Not a Camera Club
Wednesday 14th August,
5pm - 7pm, Free.

A monthly discussion-based meeting for photographers from amateur to experienced, to share work, gain feedback, and explore new ideas. This month’s theme is ‘Hidden Walton’. You can upload your favourite two photographs to ‘Not A Camera Club’ page.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/notacameraclub
Photo by Robert Munday

Book Club: The Seaside, Englands Love Affair.
By Madeline Bunting
Wednesday 21st August,
6.45pm Soup, 7pm Book Club

Travelling along England’s coast, Madeline bunting explores resorts and seaside towns that have helped shaped the nations identity. Furthermore she investigates how these places of “pleasure, entertainment, fantasy and adventure” have fallen into neglect. A vivid journey around England's great seaside resorts, exploring their history and current struggle.

This month’s book club is sponsored by Walton Beach Holiday Lets, three stylish properties to hire in Walton on the Naze. We have 8 copies of the book to give to book club readers for free.

Walton Beach Holiday Lets are stylish holiday homes all centrally located in Walton On The Naze. They have three locations to stay in; Coastal Nest, High View House and Walton Beach Holiday Let. Call Georgee on 01255 675556 or [email protected] Quote NOSE for a 10% discount.

The Nose is a bookshop, cafe and project space and is open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday: 10.30am-5pm and Friday afternoons 4pm - 7pm.

The Nose, 28 Newgate Street, Walton on the Naze, Co14 8AL

Sam Eagle
Friday 2nd August
Live Music, 7pm

Singer / Songwriter Sam Eagle is playing at The Nose on Friday from 7pm. Sam draws influence from artists in the indie-folk world such as Kings of Convenience, Alice Phoebe Lou, and Madison Cunningham; artists who are uncompromising in their mission to create highly musical and artistic work. His captivating live performances transport audiences with his raw emotional delivery and lyricism that define Sam's songwriting.

https://sameaglemusic.com/
The Nose is open this Friday from 4pm until 8pm.

The Nose is a bookshop, cafe and project space and is open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday: 10.30am-5pm and Friday afternoons 4pm - 7pm.

The Nose, 28 Newgate Street, Walton on the Naze, Co14 8AL

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Getting ready for the 'Between the Tides Walton Arts Festival' planned for 20th -22nd September in Walton on the Naze. Follow the festival page to keep updated on events or visit the website here: waltonartsfestival.com

We’re off and it’s on!

It’s official, Between the Tides, Walton Arts Festival is on, with musicians being booked, artists exhibiting, writers writing, and teddy bears donning their parachutes.

From Friday to Sunday, September 20th-22nd, the town will be awash with fun and entertainment for children and adults ranging from poetry and storytelling to Jazz and Northern Soul.

It’s a weekend for everyone to come together and have a good time. There will be music in the pubs, activities on the beaches, art in the high street, and dancing in The Albion.

‘We have an amazing amount of talent in Walton and across Tendring,’ said one of the festival organisers Eleanor Brown, ‘Much of it goes unrecognised and unappreciated. We want to showcase local artists and musicians and show what they can do. At the same time, we want to encourage people to participate whether singing, dancing, or in an art or writing workshop

The festival is a way of creating waves in Walton and putting it back on the map by acknowledging how local groups and businesses are working hard to build on the sense of community. We have the Naze, great beaches, the pier and a revitalised town centre, but we also have many newcomers who should be both welcomed to the area and encouraged to participate in everything that is going on here.

‘From the sea cadets to the yacht club, from active churches to the youth centre and with special interest groups like the Sea Dipping Warriors, Tendring Community Writers and the Feel Good Choir, there is something for everyone. We just need to shout about it.’

There’s more happening in Walton than people think. The Festival is a showcase for all the arts,’ said Andrea Butcher, co-organiser of Soul on the Naze, ‘We’re holding our popular Soul night at The Albion’s Blue Room on the Saturday night of the festival, expect classic vinyl and dancing all night. Tickets on sale from August.’

Denise Parsons of vintage fashion store Dolly Daydreams Walton said, ‘It’s exciting that the whole town has an opportunity to come together with events for every age group and interest. We’re hosting a band with our neighbours Format Records bringing live music to the High Street of Walton.’

Walton is a special place, surrounded by water on three sides, the iconic Naze Tower celebrates its 20th anniversary this year of showcasing local artists and offering stunning views over Walton and the backwaters. On Sunday you’ll be able to see Classic Cars from the Frinton Gaskets, a kite display, a teddy bear parachute jump, as well as a special art exhibition in the Tower.

The growing programme for the festival can be found on https://www.waltonartsfestival.com

Picture Caption: Denise Parsons (Dolly Daydreams) and Andrea Butcher (Soul on the Naze) ready to put the first posters on display

The Harbertones are in town and coming to play at The Nose today at 1pm. Swing by and have a listen. Poetry later from 5pm - 7pm

The Nose is a bookshop, cafe and project space and is open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday: 10.30am-5pm and Friday afternoons 4pm - 7pm.

The Nose, 28 Newgate Street, Walton on the Naze, Co14 8AL

Poetry Might
Saturday 27th July
5pm - 7pm

Poetry session at The Nose Bookshop. Bring along a poem you have written or a poet whose work you want to share. Poets, Readers, Sound Poetry, Performers, Listeners, all welcome. This month’s theme is ‘Dreams’. Hosted by Blossom and Gordon.

Cakes of the day: Peaches and Cream and Lotus Biscotti cupcakes by 'Cakes by Emma'. Open today 10.30am until 5pm.

The Nose is a bookshop, cafe and project space and is open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday: 10.30am-5pm and Friday afternoons 4pm - 7pm.

The Nose, 28 Newgate Street, Walton on the Naze, Co14 8AL

Young Writers Summer Challenge - Now Open!
Organised by Tendring Community Writers|

Please share, postbox is ready and waiting. in The Nose Bookshop!
(28 Newgate Street, Walton on the Naze)).

Young Writers Summer Challenge - Now Open!
Organised by Tendring Community Writers

Please share, postbox is ready and waiting. in The Nose Bookshop! (28 Newgate Street, Walton on the Naze)).

Preparing for our Essex walk today ! Meet at The nOse at 3pm to join Neil D'Arcy-Jones in a mystery mini-walk, celebrating the release of his pocket book of Essex walks.

The Nose is a bookshop, cafe and project space and is open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday: 10.30am-5pm and Friday afternoons 4pm - 7pm.

The Nose, 28 Newgate Street, Walton on the Naze, Co14 8AL

Essex Walks
Saturday 20th July
3pm at The Nose.
Book signing and local walk.
Walk will leave The Nose at 3.15 and return by 4pm.

Join journalist and writer Neil D’Arcy-Jones as we celebrate the release of his Pocket Mountain Guides Essex Walks book. Neil will be taking a small group out from the bookshop for a mystery mini-walk taking in a part of the Walton Walk from the book, telling them a little story about the area's past on the way while discussing his love for walking, Essex and writing. The walk will be 30-45 mins, after which Neil will be signing copies of the book at the shop.
Book Price: £6.99

The Nose is a bookshop, cafe and project space and is open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday: 10.30am-5pm and Friday afternoons 4pm - 7pm.

The Nose, 28 Newgate Street, Walton on the Naze, Co14 8AL

Open today 10.30am - 5pm.
Book club tonight at 6.45pm reading Wasteland by Oliver Franklin Wallis.

The Nose is a bookshop, cafe and project space and is open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday: 10.30am-5pm and Friday afternoons 4pm - 7pm.

The Nose, 28 Newgate Street, Walton on the Naze, Co14 8AL

The 'Not a Camera Club' photographers captured some really good pictures of Walton town centre and back streets which we looked through in the meet up last Wednesday. We are continuing this month with a similar theme looking for the unseen 'hidden' Walton.

Next months meeting is on Wednesday 14th August, 5pm -7pm.

Photos shown here by Carl Surry, Bill Colverston, Jo Marshall, Sally Child, Sarah Bone and Anna de Pass. Carl has made a slideshow compilation of all the images that you can see on the page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/notacameraclub

The Nose is a bookshop, cafe and project space and is open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday: 10.30am-5pm and Friday afternoons 4pm - 7pm.

The Nose, 28 Newgate Street, Walton on the Naze, Co14 8A

Looking for a book for an English summer read? We've got some new titles in to transport you away.

Tendring Community Writers are meeting today from 2pm - 4pm and we're open from 10.30am to 5pm on this rainy day.

The Nose is a bookshop, cafe and project space and is open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday: 10.30am-5pm and Friday afternoons 4pm - 7pm.

The Nose, 28 Newgate Street, Walton on the Naze, Co14 8AL

We’re going to have an impromptu games night at The Nose tonight from 6pm - 8.30pm. All welcome, whoever you voted for. Come and play backgammon, monopoly, Uno, scrabble, cards, Gullible, Chess, dominoes, arm wrestling, etc, with your friends and neighbours. Bring something to drink, some snacks or a game of your choice.

The Nose is open today from 4pm - 8.30pm and Saturday from 10.30am - 5pm.

I was asked last night why The Nose is called The Nose and why the instagram name is . The Nose is named after the Naze in Walton-on-the-Naze which is the soft cliff and headland that sticks out into the North Sea and round into the Backwaters. Naze derives from Old English næss or ness, meaning a promontory, or headland. The French word for Nose is also Nez.

The Nose is a good name for this bookshop too as we stock a lot of books about finding out about things, and of course people come in for a nose and sit with their nose in a book. We sometimes write The nOse to give it a typographic nose. We are always on the look out for noses, often on the beach where we look for stone shape noses.

The Nose bookshop and cafe is open today from 10.30am until 5pm and then we have the monthly poetry evening from 5pm to 7pm tonight.

Open this evening from 4pm - 8pm with a live set from Evy Frearson to launch her new single ‘Pull Down’. Evy’s performing around 7pm, but get here early to get a seat and listen to her recorded single.

July's bookclub book now in stock!

Book Club: Wasteland. The Dirty Truth About What We Throw Away, Where It Goes, and Why It Matters.
By Oliver Franklin Wallis
Wednesday 10th July
6.45pm Soup, 7pm Book Club

Waste is everywhere. It’s clogging our rivers and littering our streets. The Pacific Ocean contains a great garbage patch three times the size of France. Our junk is even orbiting the earth. No wonder there are microplastics in our bloodstreams. From the landfills of New Delhi, to the second-hand clothing markets of Ghana and the overflowing sewers of Britain, join Oliver Franklin-Wallis as he reveals the dirty truth about the global waste industry. Book price £10.99.

The Nose is a bookshop, cafe and project space and is open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday: 10.30am-5pm and Friday afternoons 4pm - 7pm.

The Nose, 28 Newgate Street, Walton on the Naze, Co14 8AL

This week at The Nose:

THURSDAY
Attila the Stockbroker and Martin Newell
WORD BARRAGE AGAINST FARAGE
Thursday 27th June, 7.30pm

Clacton Arts Centre presents WORD BARRAGE AGAINST FARAGE at The Nose. A heartfelt rejection in poem and song not just of the person but the very concept of Nigel Farage.
Free admission with voluntary collection for Medical Aid for Palestinians.
https://www.facebook.com/events/422620380764846

FRIDAY
Evy Frearson 'Pull Down' Single Launch.
Friday 28th June, 6pm - 8pm
Free / donations.

Launch of Walton based talented singer/songwriter Evy Frearson’s latest single ‘Pull Down’ on its digital release day. Evy with be performing this song as part of her setlist. https://evyfrearson.com

SATURDAY
Poetry Might...Poetry at the Bookshop.
Saturday 29th June 5pm - 7pm, Free.

Monthly poetry event hosted by Gordon and Blossom. The theme for this month’s meeting and it’s 'Risky / Risqué’. Although it is not compulsory it would help the spirit of the meeting. In the first half we will read poems on this month's theme. After the break you will be able to read any other material you have been working on. Please come along and invite your poet friends and help us bring new faces and poetry along.
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The Nose is a bookshop, cafe and project space and is open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday: 10.30am-5pm and Friday afternoons 4pm - 7pm.

The Nose, 28 Newgate Street, Walton on the Naze, Co14 8AL

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Saturday to celebrate The Nose’s 2nd birthday. Just wanted to say a big thank you to the wonderfully talented Nose Team: Phoebe, Liam, Sushmitha and Evy for all your hard work. Thank you to Jo Marshall for her beautiful artist prints displayed in the window, and 2nd birthday prints, to Ian Noble for bringing plants from his garden and for his prints and paintings. Thank you to Dave for making a show stopping Nettle & Honey cake. Thanks to everyone for coming along, for your flowers, cards and kind words and for being such a lovely group of people who make every event here pretty special. Looking forward to see what we do together this year!

There’s a lot of art to see this weekend in Walton-on-the-Naze and Frinton-on-Sea. We’re showing some artwork by Jo Marshall in our window as part of the Walton Open Gardens Weekend. Jo Marshall creates nature prints using gel plate printing. We’re also showing her mixed media works inspired by The Naze landscape.

Glenda Wakeman and Lynette Singers are opening their art studios and their gardens as part of the Open Garden Weekend.

‘Art of Frinton’ at Oasis have an exhibition opening today called ‘Hot Hill, Portugal' by Emily Ball between 2 and 4pm.

We have our 2nd Birthday Garden Party from 3.30pm - 5.30pm where you can see Jo Marshall and Ian Noble's artwork at The Nose.

Tonight The Naze Tower have their their summer exhibition opening from 6.30pm - 8.30pm.

The Nose 2nd Birthday
GARDEN PARTY
Saturday 22nd June
3.30pm - 5.30pm

We are celebrating The Nose’s 2nd birthday by having a small garden party. Join us for floral drinks and cakes. Thank you for your custom, participation and support this year. All welcome!

OPEN GARDENS
Walton on the Naze
Saturday 22nd June,10am - 4pm

Visit The Nose for tea, cake, a street planter with seasonal planting and a crab apple tree. Plant stall by Ian Noble and Nature prints in the window by Jo Marshall.

This is part of Open Gardens, a weekend of varied selection of private gardens across Walton on the Naze on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd June. The gardens are scattered around the town so getting from one end to the other can take time. Tickets for Open Gardens Weekend are £5 and available in advance from The Nose and in gardens on the day. All proceeds to Walton in Bloom.

Find out more here:
https://www.opengardens.co.uk/open_gardens.php?id=592

The Nose is a bookshop, cafe and project space and is open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday: 10.30am-5pm and Friday afternoons 4pm - 7pm. 28 Newgate Street, Walton On The Naze.

Bit of a green theme going on today. Matcha lattes and cake and new Cupcakes by Emma.

The Nose is a bookshop, cafe and project space and is open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday: 10.30am-5pm and Friday afternoons 4pm - 7pm.

WALTON 100
A meeting for local businesses at the Walton Tavern on Thursday 13th June, 5pm - 6pm.

Agenda: Drop in visitor numbers, advertising, opening times, summer season, bunting / lighting, Walton Map, Walton Business Group WhatsApp, shop front grants & whatever else you would like to bring to the table.

The Walton Tavern. 30-31 The Parade, Walton on the Naze CO14 8AP

On a day when Walton has come together to remember those who fought against Fascism 80 years ago, the REFORM party are in our town canvassing.

On the home page of their website it says ‘Let’s stop this woke nonsense’ which could be translated as ‘Let’s stop the progression towards social and racial equality’.

The young people I spoke with today were excited to meet Farage, and told me that they didn’t ‘do’ politics, didn’t know what the different parties stood for, and that they weren’t going to vote.

Nearly everything in our daily lives is affected by politics and policy.

Here are the policies of the different parties:
Reform: https://www.reformparty.uk/
Labour: https://labour.org.uk/
Green https://greenparty.org.uk/
Conservative: https://www.conservatives.com/
Lib Dems: https://www.libdems.org.uk/

In Clacton our candidates are:
* Bensilum, Matthew (Liberal Democrats)
* Farage, Nigel Paul (Reform UK)
* Jamieson, Craig (Climate Party)
* Mack, Tony (Independent)
* Osben, Natasha (Green Party)
* Owusu-Nepaul, Jovan (Labour Party)
* Papanastasiou, Tasos (Heritage Party)
* Pemberton, Andrew (UKIP – NO to Illegal Immigration)
* Watling, Giles Francis (The Conservative Party Candidate)

Register to vote by the 18th June:
https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

And go out and vote on Thursday 4th of July and know who you are voting for and why.

Lots of events happening at The Nose this month. We've got a blackboard in the bookshop that you can read what's going on, or sign up to the monthly Noseletter on our website https://thenose.org/ or in the shop.

The Nose is a bookshop, cafe and project space and is open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday: 10.30am-5pm and Friday afternoons 4pm - 7pm.