Crazy! It's not even 10am in good ole Blighty and I'm doing the 2nd post of the day, as promised.
Just wanted to put a link up on here to the latest article on the fabulous NorfolkPlaces website.
A couple of days ago recent winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Kazuo Ishiguro, gave a talk at the UEA. NorfolkPlaces were there at this sold out event and so figured the big literature fans amongst you might be interested to see what Ishiguro had to say.
Click here to read the review of Kazuo Ishiguro's talk
There you go. That's probably it for the year now!
Showing posts with label Norwich. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Norwich. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 8 September 2010
Local stuff - Norwich Castle
Remember a long time ago I said I'd start sticking the occasional piece in here about Norwich and the surrounding area?
Well, I did a couple of articles and then I forgot about it, until now.
So, I figured I'd prattle on about Norwich Castle. Afterall, it is pretty much the centre piece of the City.
Norwich castle was built in 1067 at the request of William the Conqueror originally as a motte and bailey(mound) with a wooden keep, which was replaced by the current stone keep at the around 1120. The old structure was more about defending an important City such as Norwich (which was the 2nd largest City in England at the time), but the stone castle was originally a royal palace and later it was used a prison. It has been a museum for the past 126 years.
![History of the Religious Orders and Communities, and of the Hospitals and Castle, of Norwich [Ed. by D. Turner].](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tZKqSiA_XAsdUsZZ1YSRlGxDHYn2cwURLoQ0n5GpZcxRDxL2whpBlz5SWKCZD-qNGtJJS6XwZBQXiuWZvSTxwW_zzm1Oys5nFLtbx49--dnLq8rRnlwTA2uV40vU8Wcne8Ptr7PS0y-v-r9hWArQeda0pmgfR6eq22x_l3LkibyGzmvHboblUitenEEN703Q5TfGxfi34VdqQZ1iL3rJMIm7nQaH4ifQgNWspyzw=s0-d)
Well, I did a couple of articles and then I forgot about it, until now.
So, I figured I'd prattle on about Norwich Castle. Afterall, it is pretty much the centre piece of the City.
Norwich castle was built in 1067 at the request of William the Conqueror originally as a motte and bailey(mound) with a wooden keep, which was replaced by the current stone keep at the around 1120. The old structure was more about defending an important City such as Norwich (which was the 2nd largest City in England at the time), but the stone castle was originally a royal palace and later it was used a prison. It has been a museum for the past 126 years.
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Yay for me
Here's a link to a caption competition I won recently.
http://www.footballfancast.com/caption-competition-gallery/attachment/capcompwinner26feb-2
Of course, like all Football fans (especially English ones!) I'm gutted for Beckham who is unlikely to feature in the World Cup in June because of a torn achilles tendon.
Here's a link to an article for the local newspaper where I took the photo (from the top front seat of a double-decker bus!)
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/eveningnews24/norwich-news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=xNews&itemid=NOED12%20Mar%202010%2010%3A52%3A07%3A910
I am of course hoping for other things (i.e. stories) to get published this year, but the small amount of kudos for anything published no matter how small is always appreciated :-)
http://www.footballfancast.com/caption-competition-gallery/attachment/capcompwinner26feb-2
Of course, like all Football fans (especially English ones!) I'm gutted for Beckham who is unlikely to feature in the World Cup in June because of a torn achilles tendon.
Here's a link to an article for the local newspaper where I took the photo (from the top front seat of a double-decker bus!)
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/eveningnews24/norwich-news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=xNews&itemid=NOED12%20Mar%202010%2010%3A52%3A07%3A910
I am of course hoping for other things (i.e. stories) to get published this year, but the small amount of kudos for anything published no matter how small is always appreciated :-)
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Things to know about Norwich
I've decided to add an extra dimension to my blog by blogging about the City (Norwich) and the County (Norfolk) where I live.
This doesn't mean I'm going to stop the usual mixed bag of football moaning, kid frustrations, music videos, humour and general opinion. It's just something else to throw into the mix. :o)
So, let's start with the Sea Henge. Yep, Sea Henge. Everyone in the civilised world has heard of Stonehenge, but have you heard of Sea Henge?
Discovered in 1998 emerging from a beach at Holme-next-the-Sea this 4000 year-old timber circle dates back to the bronze age.
It had beeen covered by a peat dune but Sea Henge became exposed when the dune was swept away by winter storms.
Unfortunately leaving it exposed would've caused Sea Henge to be destroyed by the sea, so it was moved to the King's Lynn Musuem.
Image Source: http://www.geocities.com/jilaens/stones.html
This doesn't mean I'm going to stop the usual mixed bag of football moaning, kid frustrations, music videos, humour and general opinion. It's just something else to throw into the mix. :o)
So, let's start with the Sea Henge. Yep, Sea Henge. Everyone in the civilised world has heard of Stonehenge, but have you heard of Sea Henge?
Discovered in 1998 emerging from a beach at Holme-next-the-Sea this 4000 year-old timber circle dates back to the bronze age.
It had beeen covered by a peat dune but Sea Henge became exposed when the dune was swept away by winter storms.
Unfortunately leaving it exposed would've caused Sea Henge to be destroyed by the sea, so it was moved to the King's Lynn Musuem.
Image Source: http://www.geocities.com/jilaens/stones.html
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