Normal for Norfolk, that’s me. Most school holidays the Cultural Wednesday family answer the siren call of the East. One of our favourite things is meeting up with friends for a spot of crabbing at…
Visiting Orford Ness was forbidden. We could see it, just across the water. There were masts. Curious buildings. Mysterious explosions. Orford Ness was a secret site. Now it is a National Trust property that anyone…
Seeking quiet Norfolk off the beaten track is not hard when you know where to look. In these times of social distancing and staycations some places are getting a little crowed. Let me offer you…
Houghton Hall in north Norfolk is one of the great English country houses. Centuries old. Yet the sculpture at Houghton Hall is modern. Late twentieth century at very oldest, most of it twenty-first century. Viewing…
The fact that I was spending a weekend in Bury St Edmunds caused the teens much amusement. But why are you going to bury St Edmund? Why has he not been buried before? Ho, ho.…
Norwich is my home city, quite why I’ve never written about her is a mystery to me. So here it is, what to see in Norwich – an insider’s guide. Come with me to discover…
Art at Sainsbury’s? Well no. Let me show you the highlights of the Sainsbury Centre Norwich. Robert and Lisa Sainsbury amassed an art collection and then donated it to the University of East Anglia. Norman…
