Rover Returns To Pay

If you grew up watching Play School, the name Derek Griffiths is certain to bring a smile to your face – and this month he will be entertaining a new generation of fans in pantomime at Norwich Theatre Royal

Oh Come All Ye Faithful

A Bishop’s Christmas ranges from presiding at cathedral midnight mass and staying with the royals, to scrubbing pans – but at its heart is the birth of a baby

A Very Merry Norfolk Chirstmas

You might think that festive traditions are similar wherever Christmas is celebrated. But, writes ROWAN MANTELL, from the traditional turkey and crackers to the modern tunnel of light, lots of the fun which makes up Christmas has a Norfolk flavour

More Rapid Than Eagles His Coursers They Came...

It’s become a Christmas tradition to track Santa and his sleigh as he flies around the world – and now a Norfolk expert in migrating birds is adding festive sparkle to his science

5 Minutes With...

The Mediaeval Baebes, who bring their soaring blend of medieval and modern music to Christmas concerts in Norwich Cathedral and St Nicholas Chapel, King’s Lynn

A Question Of Buying Art Online

ANTHONY SMITH looks at the booming online market, while raising an eyebrow at some of the prices

Crafty County

FRANCESCA BAKER takes a look at how crafts have thrived in Norfolk over the centuries

Inspiration For Your Home

GEOFF PARKER, of West Norfolk Glass, has some great ideas to make your home sparkle

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A NEW EYEWEAR PRIZE WORTH £600

Adventures In Art

For six decades, adventurous Norfolk artist Shirley Carnt has exhibited all over the world but painting isn’t her only passion.

Be A Norfolk Wild Child

Norfolk Wildlife Trust ambassador Ben Garrod discusses the importance of growing up with nature in our hearts.

Making Light Of Royal Occasion

As if giving a speech to an audience including the Queen wasn’t enough, Susie had to do it in the dark...

Rescue Act Of Faith

The splendid St George’s Theatre in Great Yarmouth is the triumphant validation of a determined community vision, as RICHARD BATSON reveals

Hear Is The News

The talking newspaper Chatterbox – which also records EDP Norfolk magazine for blind and visually impaired listeners each month - is celebrating a special anniversary

Making Every Penny Count

JAMES MATTHEWS takes a trip down memory lane – and it only costs him £1

A Vision For Our Future?

CHRIS DADY, chairman of the Campaign to Protect Rural England Norfolk, welcomes the government’s latest environment plan - with some caveats

My Super Seven

Gardener, writer, broadcaster and all round horticultural hero ALAN GRAY shares his Super Seven cultural picks

What Bliss To Be In Diss

From the nearly miraculous to the merely marvellous, this south Norfolk town is a delight 

Saba's Seventh Heaven

Raised with the elephants, born into the wonders of the natural world – BBC presenter, wildlife expert and conservationist Saba Douglas-Hamilton says she could never have been anything else

Sign Language

From ornate metalwork symbolising industry and agriculture to cartoon-like carvings depicting gruesome folklore – Norfolk’s hundreds of village signs tell fascinating tales and one man is on a mission to discover them all 

Way To Go!

Norfolk’s Milestone Man, Nigel Ford, has been shortlisted in a national competition

Lights...Camera...Action!

All summer long, a major movie shoot has been happening in the depths of the Norfolk countryside – could it be a spring board to the county establishing itself as a major player in the film industry?

Tom Kerridge My Norfolk Food Hero

He may have made his fame and fortune at double Michelin-starred gastropub The Hand and Flowers, but superstar chef Tom Kerridge had a springboard to success in Norfolk.

Platform For Portillo

From party line, through branch lines, to punchlines, politician turned railway raconteur Michael Portillo is arriving at platforms in Norwich and King’s Lynn.

Sky Dancers

Hickling Broad is the realm of the marsh harriers says BEN GARROD, NWT ambassador.

Hit The Cat Walk

Vintage style, gorgeous glamour, spectacular hairstyles, music and so much more - Norwich Fashion Week is here.

Even Greater Yarmouth!

Tall ships will sail into the quay, circus performers will wow crowds on the street and an army of bowls players will descend on the seafront – its festival season in Great Yarmouth 

Norfolk Has The Edge

Chris Riddell is an illustrator whose characters populate tens of thousands of childhoods, a cartoonist who distils each week of politics into a searing image, and a lover of libraries, landscapes and Norfolk.

Lavish Lavs

An unusual collection inspired a far from bog-standard business.

Dressed In Their Best

It began with a dress for her first baby – and grew into a unique evocation of upper class nursery life in what Angela Lynne calls the ‘Christopher Robin to Prince Charles’ years. Now her collection is a delight of dainty smocked frocks and romper suits and tiny, sturdy button-bar sandals