The drought hit Suffolk hard last summer. At Bentwaters, a disused US military airbase, the grass was so parched it turned to dust. Deer crossed the silent runway through a heat haze. Yet behind the rusted old fighter jets and the aircraft hangars shaped like midwest prairie barns, fresh seeds were settling in among the weeds and a new branch of arts was taking root.
Old Jet, a creative hub, sits inside a former fighter-jet operations building. Like most rural hubs, it houses a unique mixture of people who live locally and need studio space: in this case, 35 musicians, artists, writers, photographers, fashion designers and more, ranging from early-career artists to established names such as Mercury prize winner Talvin Singh and artist Jelly Green.
