Norfolk Bookworm

Madama Butterfly, Glyndebourne on Tour, Theatre Royal, Norwich. November 2016. I have to thank a friend and colleague for the chance to...

Breakfast at Tiffany's, Norwich Theatre Royal, Norwich. November 2016. Breakfast at Tiffany's is one of my favourite films and w...

The Wipers Times, New Wolsley Theatre, Ipswich. November 2016 Getting to and from Ipswich proved nearly as time consuming and awkward a...

Fishermen & Kings: The Photography of Olive Edis, Castle Museum, Norwich. October 2016. As a photographer I am always interested in...

Heffers Classics Forum, Cambridge. October 2016. Last year there was no Classics Forum and I have to say I missed it, the chance to sit...

My Great Orchestral Adventure, Royal Albert Hall, London. October 2016. Being an auntie is great, not only do I get to spoil my nephew ...

Book review: Cartes Postales from Greece by Victoria Hislop A couple of years ago I read and reviewed Victoria Hislop's last book...

Jess and Joe Forever, The Garage, Norwich. October 2016. A very brief review on line had me wishing I could see this in London and I go...

The Boys in the Band, Park Theatre, Finsbury, London. October 2016. Perhaps not enjoying the comedy Greek play had me offending the tra...

Cambridge Greek Plays 2016, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge. October 2016. I can't believe that three years have already gone pas...

An afternoon with Colonel Chris Hadfield, National Space Centre, Leicester. October 2016. After the joys of meeting and hearing the Kel...

Space Lecture's Autumn Event: Mark and Scott Kelly. October 2016. Another first for the amazing Space Lectures team - not one, but ...

The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare's Globe, London. October 2016. I saw this last year and reviewed it very favourably  here . In ...

The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe, London. September 2016. I'm used to walking into ...

Georgia O'Keefe, Tate Modern, London. September 2016. I discovered O'Keefe's work through Ansel Adams. They took inspiratio...

Pride and Prejudice, Theatre Royal, Norwich. September 2016. It is a truth universally acknowledged that the Norfolkbookworm had not re...

  Exploring the locations of a favourite book. Last year I read When Marnie Was There  by Joan G Robinson on Mr Norfolkbookworm's r...

Doctor Faustus, The Barbican, London. September 2016. I'm easily swayed into going to the theatre and this time it was my friend th...

Growing Old Disgracefully. I can't stop talking about this book it is The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole meeting the 100 Year Old Man W...

Number crunching the books. A near disaster with a glass of water and 11 years of  reading diaries saw me decide to type up all the boo...