Norfolk holiday homeowners are auctioning stays at their homes to raise money to support Ukraine, facilitated by a local letting firm and charity Street Child. Established in 2008 by Norwich local Tom Dannatt, Street Child is a charity focused on the safety and educational empowerment of children. It has recently partnered with Norfolk Cottage Agency…
Interview
Fire Woman: in conversation with Norfolk’s first woman firefighter
In 1982 Josephine Reynolds became Norfolk’s first woman firefighter at age 17. At the time, she was one of only two in the whole of Britain, the other having started her training in London in the same month. Josephine became an early pioneer for women breaking into this male-dominated industry and met with me to…
Home of the Wonderful
RAGsoc help ‘MAP’ the way for Norfolk’s young women
When first approached to write a piece for International Women’s Day (IWD) I was concerned nobody would care about an unknown young woman’s voice. Upon reflection, I realise this is one of the problems IWD aims to highlight- the all-too-common feeling that we, as women, have smaller voices. This is one of the many feelings…
Deputy Editors' Column
Change in the air
Norfolk is our version of Kansas, albeit without the tornadoes. Flat, but full of life. Green, but full of grit. Sometimes hot, occasionally freezing, wet and windy, and from time to time, both at the same moment. Norfolk is arguably Britain’s equivalent of Alaska, for one simple reason: unlike most UK cities, it isn’t a…
News
Norfolk’s PCC joins national call to end violence against women and girls
Norfolk’s Police and Crime Commissioner has joined many across the country pledging to ‘Make the Promise’ to say no to violence against women and girls. People are being asked to make a stand and ‘promise to never commit, excuse or remain silent about male violence against women’. This is part of White Ribbon Day which…
Climate Change, Science
Jeff Price’s talk at the Norwich Science Festival: the impact of climate change on Norfolk’s biodiversity
From the 2015 Paris Climate Accords to this year’s “code-red for humanity” warning issued by the IPCC, it seems 1.5 ºC has been in non-stop circulation. As government leaders, organisations, and businesses at COP26 deliberated how they planned to keep the Earth’s temperatures increasing beyond the golden number, Norfolk-based scientists have continued their public talks…
Sport
UEA netball announce exciting partnership with Norfolk United netball club
The formal partnership between UEA Netball and the local Norfolk United Netball Club was announced last week and signals an opportunity for both clubs to further their development in this joint venture. The partnership will commence instantly ahead of the new season. The excitement surrounding the relationship was obvious in various statements from the involved…
TV, Venue
Interview: Paul Hayes on his new radio documentary about the original UEA Television station, Nexus: Norfolk’s Forgotten TV Station
As a student at UEA in the early 2000s, Paul Hayes was a presenter at the university’s resident T.V station, Nexus. While the station wasn’t at its height during this time, it was still active in producing daily news and their own shows to be shown in Union House, now named University House. Hayes’ fascination…
Arts
Banksy in Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth: home of golden sands, the famous Pleasure Beach, the Time and Tide Museum. Oh, and now multiple works of art by the world-famous artist Banksy. That’s right, Banksy has been hard at work just down the road, and it’s not just Great Yarmouth – Cromer, Lowestoft, Gorleston and Oulton Broad were also places…
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