Blog Posts

  • Watch again – Once Upon a Time in Norfolk

    Please dive in to this fascinating conversation between two very different genre writers – one a crime-writing native with Norfolk blood and deep roots on the north coast, and the other an author of romantic historical fiction who settled in Norwich 24 years ago. Find out what the Norfolk landscape means to Rachel Hore, a…

  • Natural Connections – catch up if you missed this inspiring, fascinating and amusing discussion

    Three writers with Norfolk roots and three lifetimes of nature knowledge discuss the amazing diversity and endless wonder of the natural world – and the power of words to engage with and capture that fascination. This discussion between Mark Cocker, Matt Howard and Jane Lovell was rich with memorable images and moments. If you didn’t…

  • Nature Recovery: Tony Juniper and Jake Fiennes discuss nature recovery with BBC’s Joe Crowley

    Nature Recovery: Tony Juniper and Jake Fiennes discuss nature recovery with BBC’s Joe Crowley

    We’re delighted to be able to share this discussion in which the BBC’s Joe Crowley expertly questioned Jake Fiennes and Tony Juniper CBE about the biodiversity crisis, and what – if anything – can be done to help nature to recover. The UK population is growing; we need food, water and more housing, and all…

  • Daphne Astor – an inspiration

    Daphne Astor – an inspiration

    It hardly seems fair that this wonderful woman who encouraged us only a few months ago as we put our first festival together was not around to enjoy it. We chatted to Daphne at the last event of Sea Fever in May 2003, though she had met Charles at the chalk streams conference in Cambridge.…

  • Creativity and mental health

    Creativity and mental health

    It seems rather gloomy to describe creativity in medical terms. We’ve been hearing such a lot about mental health for a while now that – on the good side – we hope we now have an environment in which people can feel freer and more confident to open up about their secret struggles without worrying…