As the gates to the Royal Hospital Gardens at Chelsea opened to the world’s media yesterday, with a frenzy of activity as photographers and camera crews vied for the best vantage points, there was also a very palpable sense of relief among the hundreds of nurserymen and women who have come to exhibit their prize horticultural specimens that their stands were complete and looking their very best.
A woodland venue is set to welcome fairies and elves as it provides a magical way of introducing children to the wonders of nature.
Perhaps no other event at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival brings together all ages like the sold-out Baby Disco Dance Hall.
When their cheeriest song is one about crucifixion, you know you’ve stumbled upon a rather odd band.
Following strong performances in Killer Joe, Bernie, Magic Mike and The Paperboy, which garnered several awards, Matthew McConaughey’s renaissance continues with an eye-catching central turn in Jeff Nichols’s tender coming-of-age drama.
Once again the Norfolk and Norwich Festival has taken over Chapelfield Gardens to stage music, cabaret, comedy and some cheeky burlesque in a traditional wooden theatre. SIMON PARKIN reports.
Something very unusual happened when DEREK JAMES took his wife Bridgette to Roger Hickman’s Restaurant in Norwich to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
Hidden behind St John the Baptist is the cathedral’s modern extension housing the Narthex Refectory. Light, friendly and offering home cooked meals, SIMON PARKIN was pleased to discover a new lunch destination.
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A show being performed in the Norfolk and Norwich Festival this week has been presented with an award in New York.
Perhaps no other event at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival brings together all ages like the sold-out Baby Disco Dance Hall.
Perhaps no other event at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival brings together all ages like the sold-out Baby Disco Dance Hall.
From a disco for babies to a fun-filled show full of paint to a roof top performance with intriguing acrobatics - people of all ages are enjoying an array of entertainment during the second weekend of this year’s Norfolk and Norwich Festival.
People can impose themselves on a room in different ways: Will Self towers over an audience both with his giant height and his substantial intellect.
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