Norfolk Bookworm

Unlike the weather here in Norfolk at the moment I am definitely starting to feel better. Reading and computer use still aren't the e...

Apologies for the lack of updates into 2018 - I haven't given up on blogging, however the health issues I mentioned in passing at the ...

As is my tradition I've not even looked back at my 2017 reading journal until 2018 has started. 2017 ended up on a bit of low readin...

2017 At the Theatre I was hoping to be trying to pick my favourite shows from a list of 36, but due to unexpected illness I had to miss ...

Call Me By Your Name - Andre Aciman Rebecca introduced me to this book a few years ago and it has become a favourite of mine too. We...

Artemis - Andy Weir I was late to the party with Weir's The Martian  but I loved it when I did get there. It was a gripping romp se...

For a variety of reasons in November I did a lot of rereading, one was to compare book and film (Andre Aciman's Call Me By Your Name )...

Young Marx, The Bridge Theatre, London. November 2017. After a busy week away for me, and a nightmare journey for Rebecca, we were both...

Sunset Boulevard, Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham. November 2017. During some recent time in Birmingham (more on this soon) I discove...

Hedda Gabbler, Theatre Royal, Norwich. November 2017. I'd missed this in London at the National Theatre and so was very happy to fi...

Bruce McCandless, Space Lecture event. November 2017. Apologies for the lack of detail in this write up - the event was as excellent as...

I didn't think that I'd read that much in October but when I counted up it was a respectable 20 books again. There was a lot of ...

Helen Sharman at the Norwich Science Festival, Norwich Cathedral. October 2017. Having had a hint of what a great speaker Helen Sharman...

Fantasia Live in Concert, The Royal Albert Hall, London. October 2017. Delayed gratification appears to be a thing in our family as thi...

It has been a busy month here in the Norfolkbookworm burrow - as well as lots of exciting things happening at work I also took a short bre...

New Scientist Live, ExCeL Centre, London. September 2017. Through being in the right place at the right time I made an unexpected trip ...

La Boheme, The Royal Opera House, London. September 2017 After our wonderful outing to see Madama Butterfly in the spring Mum and I hav...

Our trip to Yellowstone and the other American National Parks has a big effect on me - I don't think that I've ever fallen in love...

A week which has left the Norfolkbookworm grumpy and bewildered. I think that regular readers of this blog (waves at all three of you!...

Boudica, Shakespeare's Globe, London. September 2017. After two shows that I found to be shockingly bad (and another that we didn...