Join local poet Penny Plowman as she discusses and reads from her book 'Fractional Moments', which traces her experience, week by week, of living in Norwich through the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This event was recorded on Tuesday 10th December 2024 at the Norfolk Heritage Centre.

Join Norwich historian and author, Helen Murray, as she discusses the artist, Juliet Seebohm, and those she captured in her sketchbook of Cromer, 1883-1884, including the bathing machine proprietor, Lucy Miller, Russian professor, Vinogradoff, and eccentric fisherman, ‘Old Billy.’

This talk was recorded at the Norfolk Heritage Centre on the 8th May 2025.

Join Colin Howey, a wellbeing activist who has worked in the heritage sector for over twenty years, as he explores ways in which engaging with historic environments can potentially nurture wellbeing and emotional resilience. Drawing on his experience of leading weekly History Health Walks for the local charity, MensCraft, he will illustrate how ‘finding wonder as we wander’ within heritage settings is an investment in positive mental health.

We all know about witches and their black cats. But why did people in the early modern period fear their neighbours’ cats? Why were they fearful of wax models? How did they protect themselves? Join historian Danny Buck as he explores these questions and more.

This talk took place at the Norfolk Heritage Centre in October 2023. Please visit norfolkheritagecentre.wordpress.com to see the images referred to throughout the talk.

Disability is mostly missing from the history books - and all too often, when we do see photographs of disabled people, they are anonymous medical images. Join Cath Cartman, photographer and researcher, as she shares her research from the Picture Norfolk archive, and introduces you to James, Robert, Dick and others whose stories she encountered along the way.

This talk took place at the Norfolk Heritage Centre in December 2023, as part of UK Disability History Month. Visit norfolkheritagecentre.wordpress.com to see the images referred to throughout the talk.

Join Dr Michael Nix, author of 'Norwich Textiles, a Global Story 1750-1840', as he explores how pattern books and cards, containing thousands of small samples of fabric, provide us with a means of understanding an industry whose creativity and enterprise made Norwich one of the most prosperous cities in England.

This talk took place at the Norfolk Heritage Centre as part of Heritage Open Days in September 2023. Visit norfolkheritagecentre.wordpress.com to see the images referred to throughout the talk.

Join Kevin Faulkner, author of numerous essays on the life and work of Sir Thomas Browne, as he examines the 17th century physician-philosopher's writings, discusses some of the books he owned, and explores Browne's intellectual pursuits in the context of the proto-psychology he termed 'the Theatre of Ourselves'.

This talk took place in person at the Norfolk Heritage Centre in October 2023.

Join local writer Helen Murray, author of Newhaven Court: Love, Tragedy, Heroism and Intrigue, as she discusses her book about the Newhaven Court Hotel in Cromer, a house whose fascinating history encompasses visits by Churchill, Shackleton and Tennyson, among others.

This talk took place on Tuesday 17th January at the Norfolk Heritage Centre. To see the images referred to throughout the talk, please visit norfolkheritagecentre.wordpress.com.

Join author Rob Mitchell as he discusses his book, ‘Festival for a Fine City’, and explores the Norfolk and Norwich Festival’s 250-year journey from its origins in 1772 to the present day.

This talk took place on Tuesday 18th January 2022 at Norfolk Heritage Centre. For the images referred to during the talk please visit norfolkheritagecentre.wordpress.com.

Join Project Curator Andrew Ferrara as he explores the medieval history of Norwich Castle and offers an inside look at the ongoing multi-million pound redevelopment project of the Norman Keep and the exciting new exhibits destined for the inside.

This talk took place on Tuesday 9th May 2023 at Norfolk Heritage Centre. To see the images referred to throughout Andrew's talk, please visit norfolkheritagecentre.wordpress.com.