Hidden History: The forgotten chapel
Ring-roads, go round and past. Nature of the beast I suppose, circling. Norwich is blessed with ever-increasing circles; from the old castle ditches and the fee to the city wall and the inner link roads, out to the proper ring-road now forming into another ripple of...
The Walled City 4: St Augustines Gate
This used to be the back wall of Magpie Print. I remember it being an inside; the inside of a building full of printing gear with ‘Mudpie Bob’ as we called him at the helm steering it. The trade seas were rough, from letterpress through to photolitho. I...
Aerial ghosts: Messines updated
I had a very interesting email today from Gil Bossuyt of frontaaltours.com which has prompted this post. Gil has been looking at the image I originally colourised in this piece. It goes thus: “I went searching on trench maps to recognize some road structures,...
WW1: Aerial Trench Ghosts Part 3 – Lens
Someone asked if I’d done any Loos aerials, I hadn’t, it’s not an area I’m hugely familiar with, it does tend to get forgotten in between all the noise about the Battle of the Somme and The Ypres Salient. There’s plenty of front in...
Lost in a landscape: The Denes
Summer is nearly upon us, it’s May, a bank holiday weekend. What better time for a lazy trip to Great Yarmouth for a mindless wander along the prom and up to the strange outland of the Denes, even hazy sun is nice, in this swearing breathing Martin Parr...Products
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An exhibition of some of my rephotography opens at The Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell on Saturday 22 May.![]()
It's been a year long trip to get here, which started during the first lockdown in 2020 and resulted in a bit of an odyssey of discovery about both who John Crome, and about the locations he knew and painted. This included revelations about a few places we thought we understood but didn't fully, and realising how little in some respects of the Norwich he recorded in the late 18th and early 19th centuries still exists. It's been fascinating to follow him, to record his places and to put that experience into both words and pictures.Have you heard that the museum re-opens on Saturday 22 May? ![]()
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What's more, we are proud to present our new exhibition Crome’s Norwich: 1821-2021, which runs 22 May - 18 Sept. ![]()
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This fascinating exhibition takes a fresh look at the work of the great British landscape artist, John Crome, and his relationship with his native city.![]()
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John Crome (1768 – 1821) lived and worked in Norwich all his life. The son of a weaver, he was an errand boy for a local doctor, before becoming an apprentice to a coach and sign painter where he learned to mix colours and paint. He went on to become a drawing master and was one of the principal founders of the Norwich Society of Artists. He remains one of the country’s great Romantic artists, rooting his work in the local landscape.![]()
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During the first lockdown of 2020, local photographer Nick Stone followed in Crome’s footsteps, taking advantage of the deserted city streets to pinpoint the painter’s locations and capture them as contemporary scenes. The result is an exhibition of stunning images which blend Crome’s artwork with Nick’s photographs, bringing the story of Crome’s Norwich up to date.![]()
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The museum will be open again on Sat 22 May and will be open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays 10.00 - 16.30 until further notice. ![]()
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✅ Full safety measures are in place.![]()
🎟️ Tickets must be booked in advance at: norfolk-museums.arttickets.org.uk/ ![]()
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Face coverings must be worn, except by those with medical exemption. ![]()
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For more info go to museums.norfolk.gov.uk.![]()
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99-year-old colour autochrome photos of the ruins of Langemark in Belgium three and half years after WWI. Among the shell-torn city are the wreckages of two British Tanks. Taken by Frédéric Gadmer. Albert Kahn Museum collection.
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