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Sunday, 31 January 2010
World Art Collections Exhibition
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
The Anderson Collection of Art Nouveau
A major new exhibition of the Anderson Collection of Art Nouveau opens at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia(UEA), Norwich, on Tuesday 9 February and runs until Sunday 23 May 2010. The Collection, which was given to the University of East Anglia in 1978 by Sir Colin and Lady Anderson, is considered one of the most exquisite privately assembled collections in the country. The Art Nouveau design styles featured in the exhibition can also been seen in Norwich, on buildings by leading architect Geoff Skipper.
Emilie Gallé
Vase, c. 1920
‘Blow-out’ cameo glass
Anderson Collection of Art Nouveau
UEA 21017
The Anderson Collection, which is exhibited every 3 years at the Sainsbury Centre, comprises jewellery, furniture, glasswork and metalwork featuring the fluid organic lines and whiplash curves that characterised European styles in the last years of the 19th and early years of the 20th century. Pieces by the leading exponents of Art Nouveau will be on display including Emile Gallé, René Lalique, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Minton and Royal Doulton. Visitors will also able to see a new addition to the collection, a stunning dragonfly brooch, which has recently been generously donated.
“We have the exciting opportunity to re-present the entire Anderson Collection on a regular basis as part of the Sainsbury Centre’s special exhibitions programme. This means that our approach to the collection is constantly refreshed by the possibility of a different display aesthetic and, perhaps more importantly, by new research into all aspects of the Art Nouveau movement. ” – Nichola Johnson, Director, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
The new exhibition will offer insights in to the development of Art Nouveau by focusing on some of the key makers represented in the Anderson Collection. Amongst those featured will be Emile Gallé, who developed innovative cameo glass techniques, Archibald Knox, who was a leading designer for Liberty & Co, and René Lalique, who initiated a revolution in French jewellery design.
The exhibition will tell the fascinating stories of names such as of Louis Comfort Tiffany who originally found success in interior design when his firm was commissioned for prestigious projects; these included the refurbishment of Mark Twain’s house and rooms in the White House for President Arthur. Other stories will include: the close relationship between Georges Fouquet and Alphonse Mucha, the influence of the Japanese style of Phillipe Wolfers and the rise to fame of Louis Majorelle at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Supplementary information available on request.
Although the Art Nouveau style was based around botanical and natural motifs, it was essentially urban, adorning homes, buildings, streets and cities. The architecture of George Skipper (1856-1948), one of the UK’s leading Art Nouveau exponents, can be seen in Norwich. The Royal Arcade (1899) is an Art Nouveau gem, as is Skipper’s office, just round the corner from the arcade and now part of Jarrolds Department Store. The terracotta frieze on the building depicts a day in the life of the architect and his family. Skipper was also the architect for Norwich Union’s headquarters, Surrey House. The Marble Hall, which boasts 15 different types of marble, is breathtaking.
The Anderson Collection of Art Nouveau runs concurrently with The Artist’s Studio, an exhibition which explores the ways artists have represented their workplaces in Britain since the mid-17th century. Full press release available on request.
Dragonfly Brooch, 1890-1900
Gold, semi-precious stones
Anderson Collection of Art Nouveau
UEA 21157
Dates, Times and Information
The Anderson Collection of Art Nouveau runs from Tuesday 9 February t o Sunday 23 May 2010. The exhibition will be open Tuesday to Sunday (closed Mondays), 10am to 5pm and until 8pm on Wednesdays. Tel 01603 593199 www.scva.ac.uk.
Combined Admission to The Anderson Collection of Art Nouveau and The Artist’s Studio
£4, concessions £2
Family admission (up to 2 adults and 3 children) £8, concessions £8.
Marketing and Press Sponsor
National Express
Additonal Marketing Support for the Anderson Collection Exhibition
Eastern Daily Press
Wherry Line and Bittern Line
Other Information
George Sexton Associates have provided the lighting and exhibition design for The Anderson Collection of Art Nouveau
The Sainsbury Centre is supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and The Gatsby Charitable Foundation
A major new exhibition of the Anderson Collection of Art Nouveau opens at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia(UEA), Norwich, on Tuesday 9 February and runs until Sunday 23 May 2010. The Collection, which was given to the University of East Anglia in 1978 by Sir Colin and Lady Anderson, is considered one of the most exquisite privately assembled collections in the country. The Art Nouveau design styles featured in the exhibition can also been seen in Norwich, on buildings by leading architect Geoff Skipper.
Emilie GalléVase, c. 1920
‘Blow-out’ cameo glass
Anderson Collection of Art Nouveau
UEA 21017
The Anderson Collection, which is exhibited every 3 years at the Sainsbury Centre, comprises jewellery, furniture, glasswork and metalwork featuring the fluid organic lines and whiplash curves that characterised European styles in the last years of the 19th and early years of the 20th century. Pieces by the leading exponents of Art Nouveau will be on display including Emile Gallé, René Lalique, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Minton and Royal Doulton. Visitors will also able to see a new addition to the collection, a stunning dragonfly brooch, which has recently been generously donated.
“We have the exciting opportunity to re-present the entire Anderson Collection on a regular basis as part of the Sainsbury Centre’s special exhibitions programme. This means that our approach to the collection is constantly refreshed by the possibility of a different display aesthetic and, perhaps more importantly, by new research into all aspects of the Art Nouveau movement. ” – Nichola Johnson, Director, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
The new exhibition will offer insights in to the development of Art Nouveau by focusing on some of the key makers represented in the Anderson Collection. Amongst those featured will be Emile Gallé, who developed innovative cameo glass techniques, Archibald Knox, who was a leading designer for Liberty & Co, and René Lalique, who initiated a revolution in French jewellery design.
The exhibition will tell the fascinating stories of names such as of Louis Comfort Tiffany who originally found success in interior design when his firm was commissioned for prestigious projects; these included the refurbishment of Mark Twain’s house and rooms in the White House for President Arthur. Other stories will include: the close relationship between Georges Fouquet and Alphonse Mucha, the influence of the Japanese style of Phillipe Wolfers and the rise to fame of Louis Majorelle at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Supplementary information available on request.
Although the Art Nouveau style was based around botanical and natural motifs, it was essentially urban, adorning homes, buildings, streets and cities. The architecture of George Skipper (1856-1948), one of the UK’s leading Art Nouveau exponents, can be seen in Norwich. The Royal Arcade (1899) is an Art Nouveau gem, as is Skipper’s office, just round the corner from the arcade and now part of Jarrolds Department Store. The terracotta frieze on the building depicts a day in the life of the architect and his family. Skipper was also the architect for Norwich Union’s headquarters, Surrey House. The Marble Hall, which boasts 15 different types of marble, is breathtaking.
The Anderson Collection of Art Nouveau runs concurrently with The Artist’s Studio, an exhibition which explores the ways artists have represented their workplaces in Britain since the mid-17th century. Full press release available on request.
Dragonfly Brooch, 1890-1900
Gold, semi-precious stones
Anderson Collection of Art Nouveau
UEA 21157
Dates, Times and Information
The Anderson Collection of Art Nouveau runs from Tuesday 9 February t o Sunday 23 May 2010. The exhibition will be open Tuesday to Sunday (closed Mondays), 10am to 5pm and until 8pm on Wednesdays. Tel 01603 593199 www.scva.ac.uk.
Combined Admission to The Anderson Collection of Art Nouveau and The Artist’s Studio
£4, concessions £2
Family admission (up to 2 adults and 3 children) £8, concessions £8.
Marketing and Press Sponsor
National Express
Additonal Marketing Support for the Anderson Collection Exhibition
Eastern Daily Press
Wherry Line and Bittern Line
Other Information
George Sexton Associates have provided the lighting and exhibition design for The Anderson Collection of Art Nouveau
The Sainsbury Centre is supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and The Gatsby Charitable Foundation
World Art Collections Exhibition
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
The Artist’s Studio
The Artist’s Studio, an exhibition which explores the ways artists have represented their workplaces in Britain since the mid-17th century, opens at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich, on Tuesday 9 February and runs until Sunday 23 May 2010. The exhibition features paintings by artists including Paul Cézanne, Mark Gertler and Gwen John, and photographs by Bruce Bernard, Gautier Deblonde and Perry Ogden. Also on display will be studio furniture including an easel from the studio of Joshua Reynolds and painting equipment belonging to J M W Turner. The Artist’s Studio is a touring exhibition developed by Compton Verney, Warwickshire.
Elizabeth Brown
Female Figure Lying on a Bed, 1931
University College London
“Since the late medieval period, the artist’s studio has been seen as a potent space where the artist is visibly engaged in the act of creation. The studio has possessed an aura of glamour, of apartness from the outside world, as a place of magic” – Giles Waterfield, independent curator.
Beginning in 1640, the exhibition gives an insight into the studio as a site for artistic creation and as a subject that has been long explored by artists. From places of display, theatricality and practical production to spaces of personal expression and retreat, the studio is shown not only as a creative space but as a rich source of information about the nature of the artist and their work.
Artists’ paintings of their studios often revealed aspiration as well as reality. Those concerned with their position in society could depict their studio to present themselves as learned or respectable, or give a glimpse of a more bohemian, alternative existence. Works by George Jamesone and Peter Tillemans show artists keen to position themselves in a grand studio setting, filled with works of art and evidence of cultural wealth. The uses of the studio are also explored through the exhibition: a studio could be not only be a workroom but a social space and, before the days of commercial galleries, a display space for potential clients. Other artists, such as Paul Cezanne, have depicted the romanticised figure of the artist suffering for his art in an impoverished garret.
Contemporary studios have changed with the demands of the artist and the exhibition considers the variety of spaces now used. While many artists still use traditional studios, others operate out of offices, on laptops, in converted factory buildings and on-site in art galleries or public spaces. The contemporary studio is a popular subject for photography, and the exhibition includes examples by photographers such as Bruce Bernard, Perry Ogden and Gautier Deblonde of the studios of artists including Anthony Gormley and Paula Rego.
Eric Ravilious
Edward Bawden Working in his Studio, 1929
© Estate of Eric Ravilious. All rights reserved, DACS 2009
“It is wonderful to be showing The Artist’s Studio, developed by Compton Verney, in the context of the Sainsbury Centre. This fascinating exhibition brings together a body of magnificent paintings, drawings, prints and photographs, and explores the practise of a wide range of artists, a number of whom are represented the Sainsbury Centre’s permanent collections” – Amanda Geitner, Head of Collections and Exhibitions at the Sainsbury Centre.
The exhibition has been organised by Compton Verney, and curated by Giles Waterfield, independent curator and writer, and Antonia Harrison, curator, Compton Verney. It is accompanied by a fully illustrated book available from the Sainsbury Centre Gallery Shop.
Dates, Times and Information
The Artist’s Studio runs from Tuesday 9 February to Sunday 23 May 2010. The exhibition will be open Tuesday to Sunday (closed Monday), 10am to 5pm and until 8pm on Wednesdays.
Tel: 01603 593199
www.scva.ac.uk
Combined Admission to The Artist’s Studio and The Anderson Collection of Art Nouveau £4, concessions £2
Family admission (up to 2 adults and 3 children) £8, concessions £6.
The Artist’s Studio runs concurrently with The Anderson Collection of Art Nouveau.
The Artist’s Studio, an exhibition which explores the ways artists have represented their workplaces in Britain since the mid-17th century, opens at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich, on Tuesday 9 February and runs until Sunday 23 May 2010. The exhibition features paintings by artists including Paul Cézanne, Mark Gertler and Gwen John, and photographs by Bruce Bernard, Gautier Deblonde and Perry Ogden. Also on display will be studio furniture including an easel from the studio of Joshua Reynolds and painting equipment belonging to J M W Turner. The Artist’s Studio is a touring exhibition developed by Compton Verney, Warwickshire.
Elizabeth BrownFemale Figure Lying on a Bed, 1931
University College London
“Since the late medieval period, the artist’s studio has been seen as a potent space where the artist is visibly engaged in the act of creation. The studio has possessed an aura of glamour, of apartness from the outside world, as a place of magic” – Giles Waterfield, independent curator.
Beginning in 1640, the exhibition gives an insight into the studio as a site for artistic creation and as a subject that has been long explored by artists. From places of display, theatricality and practical production to spaces of personal expression and retreat, the studio is shown not only as a creative space but as a rich source of information about the nature of the artist and their work.
Artists’ paintings of their studios often revealed aspiration as well as reality. Those concerned with their position in society could depict their studio to present themselves as learned or respectable, or give a glimpse of a more bohemian, alternative existence. Works by George Jamesone and Peter Tillemans show artists keen to position themselves in a grand studio setting, filled with works of art and evidence of cultural wealth. The uses of the studio are also explored through the exhibition: a studio could be not only be a workroom but a social space and, before the days of commercial galleries, a display space for potential clients. Other artists, such as Paul Cezanne, have depicted the romanticised figure of the artist suffering for his art in an impoverished garret.
Contemporary studios have changed with the demands of the artist and the exhibition considers the variety of spaces now used. While many artists still use traditional studios, others operate out of offices, on laptops, in converted factory buildings and on-site in art galleries or public spaces. The contemporary studio is a popular subject for photography, and the exhibition includes examples by photographers such as Bruce Bernard, Perry Ogden and Gautier Deblonde of the studios of artists including Anthony Gormley and Paula Rego.
Eric RaviliousEdward Bawden Working in his Studio, 1929
© Estate of Eric Ravilious. All rights reserved, DACS 2009
“It is wonderful to be showing The Artist’s Studio, developed by Compton Verney, in the context of the Sainsbury Centre. This fascinating exhibition brings together a body of magnificent paintings, drawings, prints and photographs, and explores the practise of a wide range of artists, a number of whom are represented the Sainsbury Centre’s permanent collections” – Amanda Geitner, Head of Collections and Exhibitions at the Sainsbury Centre.
The exhibition has been organised by Compton Verney, and curated by Giles Waterfield, independent curator and writer, and Antonia Harrison, curator, Compton Verney. It is accompanied by a fully illustrated book available from the Sainsbury Centre Gallery Shop.
Dates, Times and Information
The Artist’s Studio runs from Tuesday 9 February to Sunday 23 May 2010. The exhibition will be open Tuesday to Sunday (closed Monday), 10am to 5pm and until 8pm on Wednesdays.
Tel: 01603 593199
www.scva.ac.uk
Combined Admission to The Artist’s Studio and The Anderson Collection of Art Nouveau £4, concessions £2
Family admission (up to 2 adults and 3 children) £8, concessions £6.
The Artist’s Studio runs concurrently with The Anderson Collection of Art Nouveau.
You Need Handsso use the PULL PUSH driving technique
One of the most important techniques of learning to control a motor vehicle is the use of the steering wheel.
In order to turn left and right correctly and not cut corners or go too wide, the good old pull push to feed the wheel became the rule of the day.
Everyone thinks they have good steering skills mainly in a going forward position.
It is also important how you hold the wheel and must also be how you turn the wheel.
We all know it is easy to become sloppy when steering, such as holding a cigarette, eating a sandwich and holding the gear lever. Again it must be said to take a grip on the wheel when taking one hand off the wheel to change gear.
It takes 2 to 3 seconds to recover from any problem occurred by sloppy use of the wheel. With so many sudden surprises which occur now while driving a sloppy control of the steering wheel could result in major problems.
A driver is high risk by having a sloppy approach to driving, using the hand for instance at the bottom of the wheel in the six o'clock position. With all drivers taught to use 10 to 2 position on the wheel and both hands being used, many trainers now favour a quarter to three lower stage on the wheel, being lower can be less tiring on long journeys and more balanced within the centre of the wheel, while giving an ideal grip.
With power steering on modern vehicles steering becomes much lighter to use and no brute force is needed to turn the car, it is easy to bring in palming, underhand sweep.
The choice of methods in steering depends on the size of the steering wheel, the turning circle of the vehicle and the number of turns from lock to lock on the wheel.
So it is important to sit firmly in the seat with your back firm which gives you a good anchor point. When you see drivers sitting so forward mainly because they are more nervous (of course a hazard if the airbag deploys) allow themselves too sacrifice any stage of control for the vehicle.
And yes it is a major problem if the hands pass over the twelve o'clock position, even though holding the wheel at twelve o'clock whilst reversing can be most comfortable.
To cross over the hands, in my opinion, is very bad practice, as we must be aware of any airbag deployment, which can result in your hands being thrown back into your face causing major injury.
Also keep our thumbs up on the wheel rim. If you grip the wheel with fingers and thumbs around the wheel rim, it will result in fingers and thumbs being broken in the event of an accident. By keeping the thumbs up on the outside of the steering wheel rim, your hands can be pushed off the wheel by the airbag, preventing any added injury to your fingers.
So using a number of steering methods is a very bad practice.
We must keep to the pull push method of feeding the wheel.
There is much more and better car control by pull push in steering movements.
Much has been said recently in relaxing the pull push method, but experience has shown me the old methods are best, and this will reduced the work load with our hospital specialists.
No holding the gear level - eating - drinking and most important no holding a mobile phone and talking to friends or texting.
Driving safely - is not multi-tasking.
In order to turn left and right correctly and not cut corners or go too wide, the good old pull push to feed the wheel became the rule of the day.
Everyone thinks they have good steering skills mainly in a going forward position.
It is also important how you hold the wheel and must also be how you turn the wheel.
We all know it is easy to become sloppy when steering, such as holding a cigarette, eating a sandwich and holding the gear lever. Again it must be said to take a grip on the wheel when taking one hand off the wheel to change gear.
It takes 2 to 3 seconds to recover from any problem occurred by sloppy use of the wheel. With so many sudden surprises which occur now while driving a sloppy control of the steering wheel could result in major problems.
A driver is high risk by having a sloppy approach to driving, using the hand for instance at the bottom of the wheel in the six o'clock position. With all drivers taught to use 10 to 2 position on the wheel and both hands being used, many trainers now favour a quarter to three lower stage on the wheel, being lower can be less tiring on long journeys and more balanced within the centre of the wheel, while giving an ideal grip.
With power steering on modern vehicles steering becomes much lighter to use and no brute force is needed to turn the car, it is easy to bring in palming, underhand sweep.
The choice of methods in steering depends on the size of the steering wheel, the turning circle of the vehicle and the number of turns from lock to lock on the wheel.
So it is important to sit firmly in the seat with your back firm which gives you a good anchor point. When you see drivers sitting so forward mainly because they are more nervous (of course a hazard if the airbag deploys) allow themselves too sacrifice any stage of control for the vehicle.
And yes it is a major problem if the hands pass over the twelve o'clock position, even though holding the wheel at twelve o'clock whilst reversing can be most comfortable.
To cross over the hands, in my opinion, is very bad practice, as we must be aware of any airbag deployment, which can result in your hands being thrown back into your face causing major injury.
Also keep our thumbs up on the wheel rim. If you grip the wheel with fingers and thumbs around the wheel rim, it will result in fingers and thumbs being broken in the event of an accident. By keeping the thumbs up on the outside of the steering wheel rim, your hands can be pushed off the wheel by the airbag, preventing any added injury to your fingers.
So using a number of steering methods is a very bad practice.
We must keep to the pull push method of feeding the wheel.
There is much more and better car control by pull push in steering movements.
Much has been said recently in relaxing the pull push method, but experience has shown me the old methods are best, and this will reduced the work load with our hospital specialists.
No holding the gear level - eating - drinking and most important no holding a mobile phone and talking to friends or texting.
Driving safely - is not multi-tasking.
Mike Daniels and AcciDON’TD.S.A. Registered Instructor, Awarded Highest Grade 6
This video clip was taken along side one of my photographic projects it includes a slow motion clip of a Kestrel in flight, all clips were taken from my car window with a Canon 7D DSLR.
For a high res image go to: www.wildaboutimages.co.uk
© Paul Bunyard
Friday, 29 January 2010
The quality of life in Norfolk is second to none. The beautiful countryside is quickly and easily accessible, even from the centre of Norwich.
Whatever you want in life - culture, wild spaces, tranquillity, excitement or nightlife - you will find it here.
Find out more at www.worldclassnorfolk.com
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Thursday, 28 January 2010
HighTide Season 2010
We’re delighted to exclusively announce Season 2010, HighTide’s fourth year of work.
But first, we’d like to recap on a magnificent Season 2009, and thank you for your support. In March, Stovepipe opened in London as a site specific production with the National Theatre and Bush Theatre. The Sunday Times listed it as one of the Ten Best Theatre Productions of the Decade, and it is currently nominated for Best Off-West End production with WhatsonStage.com. In May we premiered Lucy Caldwell’s Guardians, Jesse Weaver’s Muhmah, and Lydia Adetunji’s Fixer in the 2009 HighTide Festival. Both Fixer and Stovepipe will open in Australia in March 2010 as part of the National Playwriting Festival.
Ditch by Beth Steel
Britain in the near future. Much of the country is underwater and the government has been reduced to a group of fascist strongmen. In a rural outpost of the state, the men struggle to control their women prisoners, and to retain a semblance of civility in the face of the encroaching wilderness.
Stark and unforgiving, but shot through with a sense of humanity, Ditch is a clear-eyed look at how we might behave when the conveniences of our civilisation are taken away, and a frightening vision of a future that could all too easily be ours. Richard Twyman directs.
Lidless by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig
Fifteen years ago, Alice was an interrogator in Guantanamo. The pills she took at the time mean she can’t remember what she did. Fifteen years ago, Bashir was a prisoner there. Dying of liver failure, he can’t forget what she did. One day, he visits her.
Lidless, Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's devastating first play, won the 2009 Yale Drama Series Award for Playwriting. A work of extraordinary intelligence and finely-balanced sensibility, it marries the implacable logic of a Greek tragedy with an all-too-modern setting. Steven Atkinson directs.
"Lidless is an extraordinary and original attempt to show the enduring strain on the victims of the U.S.'s deployment of torture at Guantanamo." David Hare
Moscow Live by Serge Cartwright
A state-run English-language TV station in Moscow. On Richard Hunt’s first day as acting producer, Milosevic dies. A simple story of an evil man dying unmourned may not be so simple after all.
Moscow Live is based on Serge Cartwright’s experiences in a Moscow newsroom. A very funny but deadly serious look at how truth and news are rarely the same thing, and how individual motives interfere with both. It is a thrilling, thought-provoking and razor-sharp debut. Jonathan Humphreys directs.
They will premiere as part of HighTide Festival 2010, in Halesworth, Suffolk from April 29th to May 3rd. The full programme will be announced March 1st on www.hightide.org.uk when tickets go on sale online and through our box office: 0207 566 9767.
Next month we look forward to announcing the HighTide Genesis Laboratory and our Research and Development Studio, and the HighTide Ensemble. In the meantime, please do visit our brand new website.
We do hope to see you at the festival and best wishes for the New Year,
Steven and Sam
Artistic Directors
HighTide
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Looking for something to do at half term? Then visit RSPB Minsmere nature reserve, near Westleton, or the RSPB Wildlife Information Centre at Snape Maltings, to enjoy family fun and discover some wonderful nature on your doorstep.
The theme at Minsmere each day from Saturday 13th to Sunday 21st February 2010 is Homes for Wildlife, focusing on how you can attract wildlife to your own garden. This event is free, with no need to book.
RSPB spokesman, Ian Barthorpe, said, “We’ll show you how to attract a wide range of interesting creatures to your garden, including hedgehogs, lacewings, bumblebees. There’ll be short walks every half hour to discover some of Minsmere’s wildlife and learn what squirrels, birds and other animals use to make their nests.”
On Thursday 18 February, you can make you own nestbox and take it home to provide a nesting place for blue tits or great tits. The nestbox kits are ready for you knock in the nails. Costs are £8 per child, or £5 for RSPB Wildlife Explorers, and advance booking is essential on 01728 648281. Sessions run every half hour from 10.30 am to 2.30 pm, and places are limited.
At Snape Maltings, visitors can help to make our Big Picture. This is event is free, and runs from 10 am to 4 pm daily from Sunday 14 to Sunday 21 February.
Ian Barthorpe continued, “Here’s your chance to paint, draw, stick on or write a poem about the types of wildlife and countryside that you care about, highlighting how important it is to protect them for the future.”
The RSPB speaks out for birds and wildlife, tackling the problems that threaten our environment. Nature is amazing – help us keep it that way. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a registered charity: England and Wales no 207076, Scotland no SC037654.
RSPB Minsmere is open daily. The visitor centre opens from 9 am to 5 pm. The RSPB Shop is open 10 am to 5 pm. The tearoom is open 10 am to 4.30 pm. Entry to the visitor centre is free. There is a charge for non-members to use the nature trails and birdwatching hides.
The RSPB Wildlife Information Centre at Snape Maltings is open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays only until April, plus daily from 13 to 21 February. Usual opening hours are 10 am to 4 pm.
St Peter's Church, Spixworth
Join us for our annual Snowdrop Walk
Sunday 14th February 2010
11:30am - 4pm
Adults £2.50 Children £1 (under 5's free)
Dogs on leads welcome
Hot refreshments & cakes
Strong footwear essential
Mini Exhibition
"Finds on the farm - from the Ice Age to Today"
Enjoy a walk around the Churchyard, Woodland & Farmland
Along a number of walks up to 3 miles long, starting at the Church.
Sunday 14th February 2010
11:30am - 4pm
Adults £2.50 Children £1 (under 5's free)
Dogs on leads welcome
Hot refreshments & cakes
Strong footwear essential
Mini Exhibition
"Finds on the farm - from the Ice Age to Today"
Enjoy a walk around the Churchyard, Woodland & Farmland
Along a number of walks up to 3 miles long, starting at the Church.
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
HighTide announces it is to recruit an Ensemble who will work across the company’s 2010 Season
Today, HighTide’s Artistic Director Steven Atkinson announced that the leading new writing company HighTide will enter its fourth Season of work with a new emphasis on creating an Ensemble of actors who will collectively realise three new HighTide productions.
The HighTide productions are Ditch by Beth Steel, Lidless by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig and Moscow Live by Serge Cartwright, which will all receive their World Premieres at HighTide Festival 2010 in Halesworth Suffolk on April 29 2010. These productions will transfer across the UK later in 2010. The Ensemble will rehearse these three plays in tandem throughout April, and beyond these plays the Ensemble will receive personal development training and work with HighTide Resident Playwrights and Directors-on-Attachment on Research and Development projects in the Genesis Laboratory, HighTide’s new Studio based at the Tabernacle in Notting Hill.
The Ensemble will be jointly directed by Steven Atkinson (HighTide’s Artistic Director), Richard Twyman (Associate Director of the RSC Histories Season) and Jonathan Humphreys (National Theatre Staff Director). The Ensemble will work with takis (Design), Matt Prentice (Lighting), Christopher Shutt (Sound), Tom Mills (Music), and John Tucker (Voice), to collectively produce the HighTide productions and artist development work in 2010.
Throughout 2010, there will be a flexible approach to actors working in the Ensemble. The underlying principle is that each member commits to acting in a production at HighTide Festival 2010, and they are then offered opportunities to get involved in HighTide’s other work, including the Genesis Laboratory in the Tabernacle, Notting Hill, HighTide Readings, Artistic Residencies at the Aldeburgh Music in Snape Maltings and transfers of the HighTide Festival 2010 productions. Becoming a member of the Ensemble requires a commitment to its principles, rather than one based on availability or experience.
Principles of the Ensemble:
- The Ensemble exists primarily to offer actors the priceless incentive of consistent and regular activity, aware that acting is a craft that needs to be honed and practised above all else. It will offer an environment that engenders trust and the freedom to play; through regular work.
- The Ensemble offers access to the next generation of theatre directors and writers, and thus the opportunity to forge lifelong relationships;
- The Ensemble will receive focused training from theatre industry leaders on their acting skills through the Genesis Laboratory Research and Development programme.
"HighTide’s unique in that we have a single design team that works across all our shows. That sense of identity and quality is integral to our work, and I wanted to extend that to how we work with actors. The 2010 Ensemble will be a family, and we will work to the common aim of rehearsing and opening three new world premieres at the same time, and then continuing to develop and perform these plays in 2010. It’s a unique challenge to everybody at HighTide and that sense of teamwork is what makes our shows quite unique."
Steven Atkinson, Artistic Director
Directors of the Ensemble
As HighTide’s Artistic Director, Steven Atkinson has produced three Seasons of acclaimed work, which have included collaborations with the National Theatre and Bush Theatre, and Stovepipe, which the Sunday Times listed as one of the Ten Best Theatre Productions of the Decade. He will direct this Season’s production of Lidless, following his 2009 production of another American World Premiere Muhmah (HighTide Festival 2009).
National Theatre Staff Director Jonathan Humphreys (Gethsemane, The Pitman Painters, All's Well That Ends Well) makes his HighTide directing debut with Moscow Live.
Richard Twyman directs Ditch, following his triumphant Royal Shakespeare Company production of Henry IV Part II as part of the RSC Histories, which he Associate Directed and which won Olivier Awards for Best Revival, Best Ensemble and Best Costume.
Casting the Ensemble
We are open to receiving unsolicited CVs from actors to join.
For further information please contact Greer at casting@hightide.org.uk
Please visit www.hightide.org.uk for more information
Monday, 25 January 2010
Alerter
All you ever wanted to know about
being a retained FireFighter in Suffolk
being a retained FireFighter in Suffolk
Workshop fire in Blundeston...And you just know that when that little black thing shakes itself to bits and wakes the dead, you'll nearly croak with surprise.
That's what happened late on Monday afternoon. I was just locking the door to my office, trying to balance all sorts of things when my alerter did it usual pace-maker stopping trick. Luckily, and because I'm writing this, the surprise didn't actually make me croak!
Run to the car, pull out into the early rush-hour traffic and what seems an all too leisurely drive to the fire station behind someone doing barely 20mph. You know they haven't made it out of 2nd gear...
I'm second in and pick up the drivers tally and learn we're off to Blundeston, a village just to the north of Lowestoft, famous for its connections to Charles Dickens and its prison!
As we pull off the main road and head towards Blundeston we can see a pall of smoke rising lazily above the village - so it's a job...
I pull up behind White Watch on Lowestoft South 01 and run a length of 70 to them so that they can top up from our 1800 litres (400 gallons). Mel and Shambles don BA and approach the workshop from the opposite side to the BA crew from White.
It seems that the fire was in a workshop attached to the rear of a bungalow. The blaze totally destroyed the workshop and its contents but was stopped before it could take hold of the bungalow.
We lit the pumps up like Christmas trees because there's is little if any street lighting, trying to throw as much light as possible on the incident. Portable lighting was set up at the rear of the bungalow to enable everyone to see what was happening. Early on we were warned that they may be asbestos present so dust masks were worn and the fire kit of the BA wearers was backed ready to go off for specialist cleaning and/or to be destroyed.
And with the fire extinguished and all the gear stowed we headed back into Lowestoft stopping off to get fuel at Tesco's. While filling up our gallant crew tried helping a damsel in distress who couldn't start her car but were singularly unsuccessful.
Back to Normanshurst, top up the water, wash the pump and finally back home two hours after I'd planned to be there...
– IAN CARTER (www.accessiblewebsites.co.uk)
www.alerter.co.uk
Sunday, 24 January 2010
Don't Text & DriveThis week we have seen a young lady fined for hitting and killing another motorist while driving from Suffolk to Oxfordshire.
Each day we read this in the papers but there is more in the story, yes the young lady at fault was sending and making over 20 texts messages.
The Police can trace how the mobile was being used seconds before the crash!
The young lady who died was sitting behind the wheel of her car and was stationary at the time she was only aged 24 years old. The other driver unable to stop crashed into the back of her car.
The driver who was texting was 21 years old and had worked a full day, then left Suffolk at 9pm in the dark to travel to Oxford, in court she said she was in a " hyper state" and made many calls.
The 21 year old at fault was fined and disqualified from driving for 3 years
(was this enough? surely a lifetime ban for taking a life!)
So here is another word you always hear me say on the Blog, yes you guessed it
TIREDNESS
This really was an accident in the making:
Lets all plan our journeys and give ourselves time.
Only drive when fit and not over tired.
Have a good rest time during the drive.
Make the phone calls before you start,
then SWITCH OFF THE PHONE!
Look forward to making your calls,
and tell the world you have arrived safe,
once you have stopped at your journeys end.
Your friends will appreciate it,
they don't want to hear you did not make it,
or you did, but someone else did not!
Don't forget you can kill your mates and not even be behind the wheel of a vehicle,
"don't ring them when you know their driving"
they could die to answer your call.
Friday, 22 January 2010
Archive Film Shop
Archive Anglia TV Sale
2010 is here and we thought that you might need a little something to beat the January blues... So we're offering a fantastic £5 off a whole range of Archive Anglia TV DVDs at Archivefilmshop.co.uk!With selected DVDs at half price, and £5 off our Anglia at War 3 DVD boxset - you'll find the perfect bargain and a bit of nostalgic entertainment to enjoy on the cold, dark evenings.
The Way We Were - Were £9.99, now £4.99
Take a look back at 100 years of family film with Anglia TV's popular series, The Way We Were.
Each of the DVD volumes recalls how aspects of daily and family life have changed; from schooldays to workdays, and all those special moments in between.
Watch fragments of old home movies and hear poignant interviews with the people who appear in them.
For over twenty years, the familiar theme tune to Anglia TV's much loved series, Bygones, was a common sound in homes across the region.
Bygones' popular hosts, Dick Joice and Eddie Anderson, explored lost aspects of East Anglian life; traditional methods of farming or fishing, steam engines and vintage cars, and the lives of the characters that make East Anglia such a unique place.
Now, you can once again gather around the TV set and reminisce about rural life with the Bygones Specials... DVDs now only £4.99 each.
Here was the News 1960 Part 1 and Part 2 - now half price!
In 1959, the only source of news from your area was the local paper - until the launch of Anglia Television brought regional news to television sets for the first time.
From flooding to fashions, see the first year of local television news broadcasting in East Anglia on Here was the News 1960 Part 1 and Part 2.
50% off, now just £4.99 each!
Anglia at War: The Complete Collection, is the definitive look back at East Anglia in World War II. Now the popular Anglia Television series is available as a three DVD boxset, containing every episode, originally broadcast in the 1990s.
Now at only £19.99 for a limited time only, this must-own boxset is also a real bargain! (Please note postage on this title is £3 - UK Mainland only)
But be quick, these offers won't be around for long...
The Big Birthday Bash
In aid of the East Anglian Air Ambulance
Come and join us at what promises to be the party of 2010; The Big Birthday Bash!
Saturday 20th March 2010
The East Anglian Air Ambulance turns ten this year and we are celebrating in style. Join us at Epic TV Studio for music and dancing with Scratch The Cat; pub games and fantastic entertainments, hog roast included! Come along in fancy dress (the theme is heroes and villains) and if your costume is good you're in with the chance of winning a fantastic prize.
There are only a limited number of tickets and we expect them to sell out fast: so be quick! Tickets are £15 each.
There will be a raffle drawn on the night. We have some amazing prizes - a helicopter ride, a years gym membership, an overnight stay in a luxury country estate hotel.
Find out more details at www.runningformatthew.com
Or call: 07749 508445
In aid of the East Anglian Air Ambulance
Come and join us at what promises to be the party of 2010; The Big Birthday Bash!
Saturday 20th March 2010
The East Anglian Air Ambulance turns ten this year and we are celebrating in style. Join us at Epic TV Studio for music and dancing with Scratch The Cat; pub games and fantastic entertainments, hog roast included! Come along in fancy dress (the theme is heroes and villains) and if your costume is good you're in with the chance of winning a fantastic prize.
There are only a limited number of tickets and we expect them to sell out fast: so be quick! Tickets are £15 each.
There will be a raffle drawn on the night. We have some amazing prizes - a helicopter ride, a years gym membership, an overnight stay in a luxury country estate hotel.
Find out more details at www.runningformatthew.com
Or call: 07749 508445
Thursday, 21 January 2010
Coming next:
On 23rd January 2010
at 2.30pm
Unpacked Theatre presents a madcap, high octane, full-throttle adventure:
Jumping Mouse
Set on a red double-decker bus, join Jumping Mouse and her friends; a rabbit with a few tricks up his sleeve, a bullfrog blues band and a wolf amongst others, as they go on their journey. But what will Jumping Mouse find as the trip comes to an end?
For families and children age 4+, tickets cost: £7 adult, child £5, conc. £5.50, Go4less child £3
On 23rd January 2010
at 2.30pm
Unpacked Theatre presents a madcap, high octane, full-throttle adventure:
Jumping Mouse
Set on a red double-decker bus, join Jumping Mouse and her friends; a rabbit with a few tricks up his sleeve, a bullfrog blues band and a wolf amongst others, as they go on their journey. But what will Jumping Mouse find as the trip comes to an end?For families and children age 4+, tickets cost: £7 adult, child £5, conc. £5.50, Go4less child £3
Jude Orange
Norwich Puppet Theatre
St James, Whitefriars, Norwich NR3 1TN
Tel: Box Office 01603 629921;
Administration 01603 615564;
Fax 01603 617578
www.puppettheatre.co.uk
NEW LIFE for the DISS CORN HALLA three-day programme of comedy, music and debate marks the dawning of an exciting new era in the life of Diss Corn Hall.
Following a decision by Diss Town Council to lease the building to the community group the Friends of Diss Corn Hall, plans are in place to make it a venue for events which will appeal to a wide range of age and tastes; from February onwards, something will be going on at the Corn Hall two or three times a week.
The launch will take place between 18th and 20th February 2010, and will feature BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions?, chaired by Jonathan Dimbleby, on Friday 19th February. The previous evening will be devoted to comedy with a visit from Norwich’s famous Red Card Comedy Club, and Saturday 20th is music night featuring the local indie band Vanilla Kick and the popular BBs.
Please click on image to view or download full programmeFor the brochure of Spring events contact 01379 652241
or e-mail admin@disscornhall.co.uk
all events are also on www.disscornhall.co.uk
Manager Angela Sykes is also looking for volunteers to help run the venue and she can be contacted as above.
Roughcast Theatre Company presents
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
by John Ford
Roughcast Theatre Company present John Ford's controversial Caroline era classic ‘Tis Pity She's A Whore. In great Shakespearean tradition the play follows two star-crossed lovers who are destined not to be together. A revenge tragedy stuffed with Sex, Swords and....Siblings.Friday 23rd April 2010 - Fisher Theatre, Bungay: Box Office 01986 897130
Saturday 24th April 2010 - The Red Lion, Debenham: Box Office 01379 588102
Thursday 29th April 2010 - Hartismere High School, Eye: Box Office 01379 588102
Friday 30th April 2010 - St Edmunds Hall, Hoxne: Box Office 01379 588102
Saturday 1st May 2010 - Stradbroke Community Centre: Box Office 01379 588102
Friday 7th May 2010 - Dragon Hall, Norwich: Box Office 01603 663922
Saturday 8th May 2010 - Seagull Theatre, Lowestoft: Box Office 01502 589726
All performances start at 7.30pm, tickets £8 and £6 (concessions).
Tickets may be available on the door.
www.roughcast.co.uk
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Breakfast with Slow Food
Slow Food Aylsham is the not-for-profit organisation which runs the annual Aylsham Food Festival and its leader, Liz Jones, says they are planning a series of other events this year. "The Food Festival in the autumn always includes a Big Slow Breakfast", she says, "but we thought this year we would help banish the winter blues with an earlier, additional event, also giving people the chance to discover what Slow Food is all about."
Big Slow Breakfast is served!Slow Food Aylsham is a not-for-profit membership organisation and a branch of Slow Food UK (www.slowfood.org.uk). The Slow Food movement started in Italy more than 20 years ago and now boasts over 100,000 members in 132 countries.
More details are available from: Liz Jones on 07908 098003 or 01263 732920 (evenings)
On the horizon, January 2010 - Visit East of EnglandDo something amazing this year
Explore somewhere different this year and see what the East of England has to offer. With so much to do and see this winter, now is the perfect time to do something amazing with your weekends. Relax, unwind and take a break this winter, there are so many imaginative activities and exciting events to choose from in the East of England.
For a full guide click here!
What's in this issue
Discover what's new in 2010
WIN a relaxing short break in the heart of Suffolk
Make the most of the winter treats
Escape to the East Anglian coast in 2010
Tour of Britain comes to Norfolk
Sunday, 17 January 2010
Lexham Hall Snowdrop Walk - A Sign of Spring
It is a Norfolk tradition that has attracted many followers over the years. It is a “Snowdrop Walk” at Lexham Hall, nr Litcham, launching the National Gardens Scheme “Open Garden” season on Sunday February 7th (11am – 4pm), followed by Bagthorpe Hall on February 14th, (A Valentines Day Walk).
When the first snowdrops start to appear it is a sign winter is finally coming to an end. So what better way to celebrate the change in seasons than by garden visiting. Not only do the snowdrops provide a ray of hope that spring is on its way but, each year money is raised through the National Gardens Scheme for many worthwhile charities.
County Organiser Anthea Foster of Lexham Hall said “The NGS gardens that open early in the year are really popular and most gardens admit children 16 and under for free, which makes a garden visit excellent value for money and a great day out. As well as blowing away the winter cobwebs, it is helping good causes too for charities, which include Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Help the Hospices and Crossroads Cares, The Queen’s Nursing Institute, The Royal Fund for Gardeners’ Children, the National Trust and Perennial. Founded in 1927, the NGS has donated more than £25 million to charities in the last 10 years. Last year Norfolk raised over £71,000 as well as raising additional funds for local charities nominated by the garden owners. Lexham and Bagthorpe Hall received nine hundred visitors between them raising over £3700 pounds. What better way to start the New Year.”
If you are one of the garden visitors that have followed the “Yellow Arrow Sign” of the “ngs gardens open for charity” please continue your support in 2010. Or if your garden is of high quality, character and at least forty-five minutes interest visit www.norfolkgardens.org or contact County Organiser Fiona Black to discuss opening your garden. Tel 01692 650247.
The Norfolk Garden 2010 booklet will be available in early February and at the snowdrop walks or pre order a copy of The Yellow Book from www.ngs.org.uk
Lexham Hall
nr Litcham PE32 2QJ. Mr & Mrs Neil Foster. Adm £4, chd free. Sun 7 Feb (11-4); Sun 16, Mon 17 May; Wed 22 Sept (11-5). 2m W of Litcham. 6m N of Swaffham off B1145. Light refreshments (Feb), home-made teas (May & Sept). Fine C17/C18 Hall (not open). Parkland with lake and river walks. Formal garden with terraces, yew hedges, roses and mixed borders. Traditional kitchen garden with crinkle crankle wall. Extensive collection of scented, winter flowering shrubs and woods, carpeted with snowdrops. 3-acre woodland garden with azaleas, rhododendrons, camellias, spring bulbs, and fine trees. A major new planting scheme commences in the walled garden autumn 2009. Dogs on leads welcome Feb only. Featured in 'Country Life'
Bagthorpe Hall
Bagthorpe PE31 6QY. Mr & Mrs D Morton. Adm £3.50, chd free. Sun 14 Feb (11-4).
3½m N of East Rudham, off A148. At King's Lynn take A148 to Fakenham. At East Rudham (approx 12m) turn L by Cat & Fiddle PH. 3½m into hamlet of Bagthorpe. Farm buildings on L, wood on R, white gates set back at top. Home-made teas and organic soups.
Snowdrops carpeting woodland walkGable House Suffolk
Halesworth Road, Redisham NR34 8NE.
John & Brenda Foster. 01502 575298.
Home-made teas. Adm £3, chd free (share to St Peter's Church, Redisham). Sun 21 Feb (11-4).
Visitors also welcome by appt for groups, refreshments available.
Founded in 1927, The NGS has raised more than £25 million for charity in the last 10 years.
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